Are you a Christian at all?
No, I'm not a Christian. I'm Hindu.
Hindu? Okay.
So, just in your own view, what is it that you believe that you have to do to get eternal life or to go to heaven?
Do good karma.
Good karma? So, kind of like...
Living a good life. Gotcha. So what's funny is that there's a lot of religions that actually believe that they're doing good
It's how you get to heaven
But the Bible actually teaches that it's not about how you live your life
It's about who you're trusting in and if you just had a couple minutes
I could give you the opportunity to at least hear what the Bible says it does take to have eternal life
Would you be interested in hearing that?
Awesome cool. What's your name?
I'm Dylan nice to meet you. Yep. This is Brandon. So first of all the Bible says here
for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. You know what a sin is?
Sin is when we break God's commandments so you know we believe that there's one
God the God of the Bible here and that you know he has commandments for
example thou shalt not steal right and if we steal if we lie if we cheat if we
murder if we do any of those things that's a sin and what the Bible's
saying is that all of us have sinned no one's perfect right yeah we've all
broken God's commandments the bad news is that because we've broken God's
We all have a punishment that we deserve from God.
So right here it says, for the wages of sin is death.
When we die, according to the Bible,
there's one of two places we can go, heaven or where.
Have you heard this before?
So the Bible teaches that when you die,
there's one of two places you can go, heaven,
where God lives or hell,
which the Bible teaches is a place
of eternal punishment and torment and fire and agony.
Of the people in hell, the Bible describes them like this.
The Bible says,
And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone
in the presence of the holy angels
and in the presence of the Lamb.
And the smoke of their torment ascended up forever and ever.
And they have no rest day nor night.
So, you know, I'm here to tell you that this is a real place. Hell is a real place. And if someone dies
unsaved, not believing in God, they will spend all of eternity in this place called hell.
And the Bible even gives us a list of the type of people
who will go to hell someday because, you know, you kind of think, well, how bad do you really have to be
to deserve to go to hell? You have to be a murderer. Do you have to be a serial killer? Notice what the Bible says here.
But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongerers and sorcerers and idolaters and
All liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death
I know I've told a lie before. Have you ever told a lie before? Everyone has, right?
And so what this is teaching us is that, because we've sinned, we deserve the punishment of hell.
But do you think that God wants us to go to hell? Absolutely not, right?
Now, having shown you this from the Bible, do you believe that hell is a real place?
Stupence.
Okay. Because in order to be saved from hell, you have to know what you're being saved from.
And so, I just want to know, you know, do you believe what I'm showing you from the Bible?
I believe I think there's hell and...
Okay, good, good.
So the question is...
If hell is real, that means that God is real, that means that heaven is real, right?
So hell is a real place and God doesn't want us to go to hell.
So the question is, how do we escape hell?
That's the most important question that you'll ever answer.
Well, Romans 5 first tells us this,
but God commended his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
So the way that God showed his love to mankind,
was by giving us his son Jesus Christ.
So the Bible teaches that Jesus was born of a virgin.
He had no father, he had no earthly father.
His mother became pregnant
through the conception of the Holy Ghost.
And so Jesus, when he was born,
he was 100% man, just like us,
but he was also 100% God in the flesh.
Let me show that to you.
In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God
Right here says and the word was made flesh and dwelt among us
We beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the father
Right, so here's the thing
God there's not millions of gods. There's one God
And that God is three persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
So you have God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost.
Jesus is God, and He's eternally existed. He's always existed.
But, he became a human being, he was born into this world through Mary, why?
Here's why.
Because we're human beings, and we're sinners, and so we need a Savior.
And so what had to happen is that Jesus Christ had to come to this earth and live a perfect
life.
Jesus never sinned.
He was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin.
That's important because we sin, we deserve hell, but Jesus, he's able to be our replacement and our sacrifice because
he lived his whole life sinlessly. How do you live your life sinlessly? Well, because he's God.
That's the only way that you could do it. You and I, we could try as hard as we can and we will always fall short.
We'll always fail. Jesus was perfect. He never sinned. When he was about 30 years old, he started his ministry.
And to prove that he was God, he did a lot of miracles, right?
He rose people from the dead.
People who were deaf, he healed them.
People who were blind, he healed them.
He walked on water.
He fed the 5,000.
He did a lot of great miracles.
And also, he did a lot of just preaching of the truth,
preaching of the Word of God.
And because of his preaching, the Jews hated him.
and they lied about him. They gave him a fake trial and they spit in his face,
they plucked his beard out, they put a crown of thorns on his head, they whipped
him, they made him bleed, they tortured him, they put him on a cross. When he was
on the cross they put nails through his hands, through his feet, and he suffered
on the cross for six hours struggling to breathe and he ended up dying on the
cross. And then they pierced his side,
Blood and water came out showing that he was dead and the question is do you know why he had to die on the cross?
Because here's the thing. Jesus is God. Why would God allow himself to be killed?
Have you ever heard of that before? Have you ever thought about that before?
Why would God allow himself to be killed? Let me show you why.
If I could find it real quick.
So notice what the Bible says here.
In Galatians chapter number one it says this Jesus is talking about Jesus because it says grace be to you in peace from God the Father and
From our Lord Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us from this present evil world
So here's the thing. I've sinned you've sinned my friend Brandon here is sinned
But Jesus was the only person who's ever lived that was perfect.
So he was that sinless, perfect Lamb of God sacrifice.
When he died on the cross, he could pay the punishment for all of our sins.
So when he was on the cross, he took the sins of the whole world.
Past, present, and future, every person who's ever lived,
he was thinking of you when he was on the cross.
He loves you, he loves us, he wants us to go to heaven.
He died on the cross for our sins and he was buried in the ground.
Here's another proof that Jesus was God, so we'll actually I'm getting ahead of myself when he was buried in the ground
His soul went somewhere for three days and three nights. Do you think that that was heaven or hell?
Okay, okay, so he did eventually go to heaven so you're you're not far off
But first he did go to hell. I'll show you this he's seeing this before
Spake of the resurrection of Christ that his soul was not left in hell neither his flesh did see corruption
So when his body was in the tomb his flesh didn't decay his body didn't decay his soul went to hell now
Can you think, why would Jesus' soul go to hell?
He's God, he's never sinned.
Why would he have gone to hell?
Do you have any-
Because of our sins?
That's exactly right.
You're smart, absolutely.
We deserve hell.
We've sinned, we deserve that punishment of hell,
but God loved us so much that he gave us his son
who lived a perfect life.
Never sinned died for our sins on the cross was buried and went to hell to pay the punishment that you and I deserve
That's how much love he has for us, but here's the thing after he died
He didn't stay dead. Do you know what happened to Jesus three days after he died?
Let me show you
This is the most important thing and this proves that Jesus Christ is God that he's not just a good teacher or a good man
That he's actually God the Bible says for I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received
How that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose again
The third day according to the scriptures now
This is not one person's testimony because then he says and that he was seen of Cephas. That's Peter
then of the Twelve, the Twelve Apostles.
After that, he was seen of above 500 brethren at once.
So here's the thing
Many people saw Jesus rise again from the dead
There's a reason that billions and billions of people today
2000 and 25 years later worship Jesus Christ because he rose again from the dead. That's a miracle, right?
When I die, I'm not coming up. You knew how you're not coming up
Jesus was killed and three days later. He rose again from the dead
that changed the world. Now here's the thing, do you believe what I'm telling
you? Good. Just because Jesus died and was buried and rose again, do you think
that that means everybody now just automatically goes to heaven no matter
what? You think so? Everybody automatically goes. So unfortunately
that's not true. Man, I wish that everybody just automatically went to
heaven, but there's one thing that we have to do and what we have to do is very
Right here this question was asked sirs what must I do to be saved and they said
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and now shall be saved now. Does that say go to church and you'll be saved?
Live a good life help old ladies cross the street. No one thing we have to do believe right now
What does it mean to believe it doesn't just mean that you believe he exists right because let's say that there were some
Cops down there or some politicians down there and I said hey those politicians exist does that mean that I trust them?
No, right? So what it means to believe in Jesus? Yes, you have to believe he's real
Yes, you have to believe he's God, of course
But more than that you have to trust that his death his burial and his resurrection
Are the only things that could take you to heaven not the good things that you do
Okay, because you know for example, you keep using the word karma
The Bible teaches something similar like you reap what you sow if I sow good into people if I sow a good life
I'm gonna reap that kind of stuff. That stuff is true
There's no doubt about that, but that does not get me to heaven doing good works does not get me to heaven
Reading my Bible preaching the gospel being a nice person none of those things can take me to heaven
The only thing that could take me to heaven is
believing in Jesus Christ now if I'm trusting partly in Jesus and partly in myself
Then I'm not fully trusting in Christ. Am I right? So let me show you an example
This is super important right here. The Bible explains how we go to heaven
It says for by grace grace is something we don't deserve right for by grace
Are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves? It is the gift of God not of works
Lest any man should boast
So the Bible says, going to heaven, having eternal life.
It's not of me, it's not of you.
It's not of our works, the things we do,
the good life that we live.
Otherwise we'd be able to boast or brag, right?
Now I don't believe this, but what if I said to you,
hey man, I'm going to heaven because I'm such a great guy
and I do so much good and I live a good life
and I read the Bible and I pray and I go to church
and I give to homeless people.
Who does it sound like I'm trusting in?
God or myself?
Right, exactly.
But what if I said, hey, I'm not that good of a person?
I'm a sinner?
I deserve hell, but I believe Jesus died on the cross,
he paid for all my sins, that he was buried and rose again,
and I'm only trusting him to get me to heaven.
Now who am I trusting in?
Exactly, that's all you have to do to be saved.
That's why it's called the good news,
because if I said to you, hey, I have good news,
you can go to heaven, you just have to stop sinning.
That's not good news, because you would fail the first day,
and so would I, right?
But here's the good news, the most famous verse in the whole Bible says right here,
for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that's Jesus,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
If you believe in him, you're saved. If you don't, you're not.
If you don't believe Jesus is God, if you don't believe that he died on the cross for your sins,
if you're not trusting in him for your salvation, you will spend eternity in hell.
that's why I'm at your doors. I don't want you to go there. You know? It says right here,
he that believeth on him is not condemned but he that believeth not is condemned already
because he would have not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
See, every single person that I talk to that doesn't believe in Jesus Christ,
they're already on their way to hell.
They're already condemned and what I'm trying to do is show you that you can be saved if you choose to believe in Jesus Christ
But if you don't you will go to hell and I don't want that for you
So let me do a quick what we talked about so far. We're all sinners, right?
We deserve to go to hell, but God loves us. He gave us his son who is God in the flesh
He lived a perfect life. He died for our sins. He was buried rose again
And what it was that we have to do to be saved believe exactly now when we believe God gives us something and
It's a free gift. It's called eternal life. The Bible says for the wages of sin is death
That's the bad news that we deserve hell, but the gift of God is
Eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
So God wants to give you a gift, that gift is called eternal life, but you can only get it through
one person, Jesus. Not Muhammad, not any other God, one person, Jesus Christ. It's a gift.
What if I said to you, hey man, I want to give you this Bible as a free gift,
but you have to pay me $100? Would that be a gift? Of course not, right?
Or if I said, hey, this is a gift for you, totally free, but you have to wash my truck. Is that a gift?
No, right because you're working for it. So same thing with salvation. God says it's a gift
So God isn't saying hey, here's a free gift
All you have to do is pray go to church live a good life or pen at your sins do good
That wouldn't be a gift right because you're earning it
Gifts are free. Who pays for the gift the giver or the receiver?
The giver gift pays for it right if I were to buy you a birthday present I pay for it's free for you
Right, so who paid for the gift of salvation?
Jesus did and he paid for it by shedding his blood on the cross by dying by raising again from the dead
And what is it that we have to do to receive it leaving him exactly when we get this gift?
It's called eternal life. How long does eternal last for?
Eternal lasts for forever right eternal means it can never end it can never stop
So let me ask you this once someone believes in Jesus Christ
Do you think there's anything they could ever do
to lose their salvation and go to hell?
Or do you think once you're saved, you're always saved?
I think if we like believe for some time
and if we like not believe for some time,
that would lead to hell.
Well, let me ask you this.
There's some things that we're just not
gonna ever stop believing, right?
And now I'm sorry, what was your name again?
Shateesh.
Shateesh, I'm sorry if I'm not saying that right.
When you wake up in the morning,
Do you need to be reminded what your name is or do you know?
No, I know my name.
Right.
Are you ever going to stop believing that?
No.
No, no, no.
So there's some things that once you know the truth, you're not going to stop believing,
right?
So if we believe that Jesus is God, that he rose again from the dead, you're not going
to stop believing that.
Because that's a really big important fact.
I mean, that's more important than who your name is, who my name is, right?
So let me ask it this way.
Let's say someone believes in Jesus Christ.
They've trusted Him for their salvation.
And then they go and do something really bad.
Let's say they like murder someone.
Do you think that God would then send them to hell,
or do you think that they would still be saved?
If they believe in Jesus, then they will send him to heaven, I think.
You're exactly right. You're exactly right.
Now, here's why. Jesus said that we can never lose our salvation.
Let me show you that.
Jesus said,
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word,
and believeeth on him that sent me,
hath everlasting life.
So, right now, present tense,
in this moment,
if you believe in Jesus Christ,
have everlasting life. Not you're gonna receive it someday. You have it now. If I
have everlasting life now, will I have it tomorrow?
What about a million years from now? Yeah, because it's everlasting, right? And he says, and shall not come into condemnation
Condemnation just means hell. So if you believe in Jesus Christ, you have everlasting life and you'll never come into condemnation
He says this but is passed from death unto life
The reason I asked you are you a hundred percent sure that you're going to heaven is because if you've put your faith in Jesus Christ
The Bible says you are passed from death unto life. Not you'll pass someday
if you live a good life, if you do enough good, if you have a good karma or anything like that,
no, no, no. Once you put your faith in him, you pass him down to the life. You're saved,
no matter what. When you believe in him, you become his child.
And here's the thing. Do you have any kids by chance? No. No, how old are you? I'm 19. 19, okay, cool
So I have four daughters and the Bible says here
But as many as received him so whoever believes in Christ to them gave he power to
Become the sons of God, right? So once we believe in Jesus Christ, we become his children my children
When they do wrong
punished them, right? Because I want them to grow, I want them to get better, right?
But do I still love them? Of course, right? So when we as Christians sin, the
Bible says, whom the Lord loveeth, he chasteneth.
and scourge it every son whom he received it.
So if we believe in Jesus Christ, we're saved.
We have eternal life.
But if I go out and rob a bank today,
God's gonna punish me.
I could get shot by the police.
I could lose my life, my health, my car, my money,
my family, my whatever, right?
I could lose all those things,
but I cannot lose my salvation.
Why?
Because he believed in the God.
Right, and what do I receive when I believe in him?
Eternal life.
Eternal life, not temporary life, eternal life, exactly.
So let me do a quick recap to make sure I hit everything.
In the beginning I said that we've all sinned.
Do you agree with that?
Yeah.
We've all broken God's commandments, no one's perfect.
And what is it that we deserve because of our sin?
We deserve hell.
Right, we don't want to go there, but that is what we deserve,
and that is a real place, my friend.
But God does not want us to go to hell,
so what did he do for us so we don't have to go there?
He died for us exactly and do you believe that Jesus is God?
That he died it on the cross for your sins. Do you believe that he rose again from the dead to prove who he is?
Amen. Now, what is it that we have to do to go to heaven?
Exactly just believe in him when you believe in him, how long are you saved for?
Eternal life. Can you ever lose that? No. Now if you mess up God will spank you on this earth, right?
But he's not gonna send you to hell. Now. Here's the thing this whole time. I've been asking you
You know, or I've been telling you rather all we have to do to go to heaven is believe, but how do we believe?
How do we put our faith in it?
This is how right here the Bible says that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth
All right, so I'm here soul winning with brother Brandon D. Hass here at the steadfast Baptist church
And we actually just got a Hindu saved which I've never had a Hindu saved that was super super exciting
And unfortunately the battery died right towards the end there before the prayer
but we made sure that he believed that Jesus Christ was the only God that he wasn't just making an
addition of his plethora of gods and adding Jesus Christ, but you know he really did understand
everything and he did end up calling upon the name of the Lord and getting saved.
so that was really encouraging and I just want to encourage you guys make sure you're not afraid to
preach the gospel to people of other religions, Muslims, Hindus, because obviously most of the
people we talk to are like Catholics or people who are Christian in name but not fully trusting in
Christ but hey Hindus can get saved you know the gospel is very powerful and so keep up the good
work guys. Brandon anything you want to talk about with that salvation there? Pastor did a beautiful
So don't be scared to preach the other religions just like you said God bless man. God bless guys