Why didnt Jesus remove the stone Why didnt
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Why didn’t Jesus remove the stone? Why didn’t Jesus loose him?
God Never Does What Man Can Do For Himself n Salvation in the Ark – Noah was required to “build” (Genesis 6) n Deliverance of Israel – Chose Moses to “bring them out” (Exodus 3: 7 f) – Required Moses to “use the rod” at the sea (Exodus 14: 16) – Required Moses to “stretch out his hand” to close the sea (Exodus 14: 26)
God Never Does What Man Can Do For Himself n Removing of the Plaque of serpents – Required Moses to “make a fiery serpent” – Numbers 21: 8 n Naaman required to wash – In the Jordan River 7 times – 2 Kings 5: 10
God Never Does What Man Can Do For Himself n Blind man was required to “wash” – In the pool of Siloam – John 9: 7 n All men are to “be baptized” – For the remission of sins – Acts 2: 38 – To be saved – Mark 16: 16; 1 Peter 3: 21
God Always Does What Man Cannot Do Note What God did in each of the previous examples He provided the way of salvation IF man believed and Obeyed n He furnished the sacrifice (Heb 10: 4; Rom 5: 6) n He gave the plan (Gal 1: 11 -12; 2 Tim 1: 9) n He gives the salvation (Eph 2: 8 -9) n He enrolls our names in heaven (Rev 3: 5)
n Stone of unbelief (John 8: 24) n Stone of impenitence (Acts 17: 30 -31) n Stone of denial (Matthew 10: 32 -33) n Stone of disobedience (Romans 6: 17 -18)
n Stone of indifference (Hebrews 6: 12; Eccl 9: 10) n Stone of Ignorance (2 Tim 2: 15; 2 Peter 3: 18) n Stone of Love of the World (1 John 2: 15 -17) n Stone of Carnality (Romans 8: 6 -8)
– Matthew 7: 21; Hebrews 5: 9 v 2 n Salvation IS conditional Re – God wants us to do be saved § 1 Timothy 2: 1 -4; 2 Peter 3: 9 2: 1 4 n God has done His part – We must do ours
