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2 Sermon Illustrations on Salvation Grace

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Salvation grace in Christian preaching emphasizes God's unmerited favor toward sinners, highlighting His relentless pursuit and personal intervention to heal and restore the soul (Ephesians 2:8-9). Illustrations often use images of a loving pursuit and the intimate application of healing, underscoring that salvation is both a divine gift and a personal encounter with Christ.

God's Part

God pursues sinners relentlessly, even when they run away from Him for years.

A man once rose up in a meeting to give his testimony to the saving grace of God. He told how the Lord had won his heart and given deliverance from the guilt and power of sin. He spoke of Christ and His work but said nothing of any efforts of his own. The leader of the meeting was of a legalistic mind, and when this man's testimony was ended he said, "Our brother has only told us of the Lord's part in his salvation. When I was converted, there was a whole lot I had to do myself before I could expect the Lord to do anything for me. Brother, didn't you do your part first before God did His?" The other was on his feet in an instant and replied, "Yes, sir, I clean forgot. I didn't tell you about my part, did I? Well, I did my part for over 30 years, running away from God as fast as ever my sins could carry me. That was my part. And God took after me till He ran me down. That was His part."

The Plaister And The Hand

Salvation's healing power is effective only when Christ personally applies it to the soul.

"The gospel is a sovereign plaister, but Christ's own hand must make it stick." How true is this! The wounded heart cannot by its own unaided power avail itself of the promise though it be evidently adapted to its need. Instead of grasping consolation, the soul refuses to be comforted. Nor can the most loving of ministers apply the balm; awakened consciences are usually more cunning at putting from them the reasons for hope than we are in applying them. They think us flatterers when we bring them cheering news. It will even happen that when a gracious word seems to strike them and to stick upon their minds, they will with a cruel diligence and suicidal resolution tear it off lest it should work their cure. Abundant facts prove that according to our author's statement--

When wounded sore the stricken soul, Lies bleeding and unbound, One only hand, a piercéd hand, Can salve the sinner's wound."

Therefore, O Lord, doth my soul love thee because thou didst not only provide a salvation for me, but thou didst also apply it to me; and at this hour thou dost not only lay up comfort in store for me, but thou dost actually cheer and sustain my spirit.

Thou art both Physician and physic, Comforter and comfort, yea, thou art all in all.

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