Last week, we looked at three of the seven sayings of Jesus on the cross. We will now examine the other four.

By grace, Jesus died “for all” (2 Corinthians 5:14), tasted death “for everyone” (Hebrews 2:9), and is the propitiation “for the sins of the whole world” (1 John 2:2). This means that all can benefit from what God has done through Christ. No one is beyond reach.

The Lord promised to build his church. He declared, “On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18). “Church” is from the Greek word ekklesia and means “assembly.”

Prayer is a special privilege for Christians. It gives us an open line of communication with God and ought to be taken advantage of regularly.

“Must I get baptized to be saved?” Though there are plenty of passages that teach baptism has a role in salvation, many deny this truth because “baptism is a work and we are not saved by works.” Therefore, I would like to consider that argument scripturally.

In the early 1800s, some Methodist missionaries went into northeast Alabama to evangelize Indian clans. They came upon some English-speaking Indians and gave them a Bible to read, promising to return the next year.