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SALVATION
Look to Jesus describes the beauty, completeness, and availability of salvation in Jesus Christ, for all who sincerely seek Him. After understanding each sinner’s personal need for salvation (based on violation of God’s Law), the student is presented with the gospel of salvation in Christ. He then is encouraged to overcome some of the common misunderstandings associated with the true gospel message: that Jesus is somehow too high above him and therefore unavailable, and that he is somehow not qualified for forgiveness because of his sin. The course is self contained with four short chapters of reading material, each followed by several study questions. The reader answers the “Response” questions from the text, as well as the “Reflection” and “Making It Personal” questions from their own viewpoints and experience.
This course presents the student with a thorough description of the depth of man’s sin, his total ruin, and his utter hopeless condition apart from the Savior. A detailed explanation of Romans 1: 16 - 32 is used to catalogue these sins and the downward spiral in which natural man finds himself: spiritual death separated from God.
The last portion of the course is devoted to the living hope we have in Christ, the perfect unmerited substitute provided by God out of His love for us. We see that God’s justice and righteousness requires a penalty for sin, that man is incapable of paying for it himself apart from his own death, that a perfect substitute was provided in the shed blood of Christ at the cross, that man must be given holiness in order to stand before God, and that Christ’s holiness is the only answer for us. The course ends with a short overview of all that Christ’s substitutionary sacrifice provides for us.
All of Grace quickly became Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s most read book after its printing in 1886. It remains so to this day. This study course draws the reader through a step-by-step revelation of the beauties of God’s salvation, all by grace through faith. In the earlier sections Spurgeon lays out clearly how God justifies the ungodly.
In Part Two,Spurgeon deals with doubts and hindrances, so that the sincere reader is brought to a place of complete dependence upon a mighty, loving, and merciful God for his salvation from sin. The earnest seeker is brought to solid understanding of the gospel, and his responsibility to turn to God. The course is also useful to the experienced believer, in order to better communicate with others, and for much assurance and confidence in our God.
This foundational course examines in detail the common modern message sometimes called “easy-believism”, where justification in Christ is preached alone, at the expense of holy living. This gospel holds that one must only make a decision to receive Christ, without bowing to His authority over one’s life. The problem is that many conclude: “a little sin won’t hurt—I’m just carnal, and God will save me any way.” This false gospel leaves the professing Christian without any power over sin, and a false confidence in heaven, even to the point of resisting calls to repent because “I don’t need to; I’m already saved.” Romans 6 is used to develop a Biblical understanding of “die to self,” and passages in I and II Timothy are used to explain the deceitful nature of selfish sin. Finally, the rich new life in the true biblical Gospel is explored.
NOTICE: This Institution offers diplomas for the sole purpose of religious study and/or religious vocation and operates under Section 1713.02 (E) of the Ohio Revised Code. Horizons Bible College is not certified by the Board of Regents or the State of Ohio.