Calvary Baptist Church

Calvary Baptist Church, Grenada, MS, USA

Holding to the truths embraced by Baptist for centuries.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).

The measure of love is always its willingness to give, its capacity for sacrifice. If we would measure the love of God we must measure it by Calvary, by the cross of Christ. Nothing more completely reveals the nature of man and the love of God.

For whom did He give His Son? It was for sinners-for sinners such as you and me. For those who had violated His law, offended His holiness, despised his mercy, abused His creatures, embraced His enemy, and worshiped the works of their own hands. He gave Him for those who did not like to retain the knowledge of God in their hearts and turned to evil vile practices which were repugnant to His holy nature and deserved the fury of His wrath. What amazing love this is that He would love sinners at all.

For what did God give His Son? He gave Him to live as the sinner’s representative and to die as the sinner’s substitute. The Scriptures declare “For He (God) hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor. 5:21). In His life He obeyed the law for us. In His death He endured the curse of the law for us. In His life He was perfectly obedience to the Father in all things. In His death He bore all our sins and received the wrath of a Holy God as our substitute. By living and dying He accomplished all that was necessary for our salvation, and now whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. The believer stands accepted in Christ, clothed in His perfect righteousness. The believer sees the awfulness of His sin and the greatness of the love of God in Christ for the Father gave that which was most dear to Him to purchase our salvation. He knows it was all of God’s grace that he is saved. He knows that he deserves the wrath of God that was placed on his dear Savior, but he rejoices in the free gracious gift of salvation which God has bestowed upon him. He rejoices in the one who bore his penalty and purchased his redemption by shedding His own blood. The believer may still sin but, no longer can he truly take delight in sin. He delights that he has a living Saviour who is now seated at the right hand of the Father who ever lives to make intercession for him.

When he sins he has an advocate with the Father who claims him as His own, as one for whom He died. When he is weak, He prays for him that his faith fails not.

Dear believer, God can do nothing greater for you than He has not already done, nor can He give you anything greater than He has already given. He who gave His only begotten Son will surely give us anything we need. He who died for us will surely ensure that His work was not in vain. He who gave His only Son to die for us will surely do anything that we ask that is according to His all wise will. You can trust God with your every need. The Scriptures declare “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him give us all things?”

Oh, friend, if you are seeking pardon and cleansing from sin, peace with God and peace within, power for life’s trials and tribulations, assurance, eternal life, joy, comfort, hope, meaning and purpose for living now, and a blessed hereafter, do not seek them as a list of things you need. See in Jesus all that poor sinners can ever need for their present and everlasting well-being. God in His love and grace has freely given us all things in Him. Receive Him as God’s gift. To have Him is to have a full salvation.