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November 1
THANKS TO CALVARY

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:11 “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?  Be no deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.  And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”

     The songwriter of a popular song says, Today I went back to the place where I used to go, Today I say the same old crowd I knew before. And when they asked me what had happened, I tried to tell them: Thanks to Calvary I don’t come here anymore. There’s just something about when we get saved that changes us completely.  The Bible tells us it is that we become a new creature in Christ Jesus.
    Dwight L. Moody said that when he got save, “I went outdoors and fell in love with everything.  I never loved the bright sun shining as much as I did that day.  When I heard the birds sing, I fell in love with the birds. Everything was different.”
    On the grave of John Newton, author of one of the most popular hymns ever written, “Amazing Grace” are these words:  John Newton, Clerk, Once an infidel and libertine A servant of slaves in Africa, Was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, Preserved, restored, pardoned, And appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy.  
    On one occasion Newton said to a friend, “I am not all that I should be or what I want to be, but thank God I am not what I used to be.”  Jesus makes every repentant sinner a new creature and His salvation brings them a brand new life.  Newton said in his song, Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me.  I once was lost, but now I’m found, T’was blind but now I see. 
     The songwriter further said in his song, Thanks to Calvary, I am not the man I used to be!  Thanks to Calvary, things are different than before.  While the tears ran down my face, I tried to tell them:  Thanks to Calvary I don’t come here anymore!  Have you been to Calvary, my friend?