sin because God basically says this person should not be allowed to this
person has relinquished they forfeited their right to live by committing this
capital crime so that kind of shows you like man this is a really horrible sin
whereas fornication does not carry that same tone right fornication does not
merit the death penalty adultery on the other hand does because you're are
essentially being a covenant breaker in this particular instance and that's what
But in the New Testament, this is a thing too.
Look at verse number one of Romans 13.
New Testament says,
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers.
For there is no power but of God,
the powers that be are ordained of God.
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power,
resisteth the ordinance of God,
and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
So let's clarify a couple of things.
When the Bible talks about power,
a synonym for power would be authority.
And so what he's saying here is that we need to subject ourselves to the the authorities and in the context
It is referring to governmental authorities. Okay, in other words, you know, don't be a jerk to the police
Respect those who are you know, if they pull you over don't be these these people am I being detained?
You know, if they say hey, have you been drinking say no, I don't I'm a Christian, you know, okay
Have a nice day you too, you know, why be a jerk about it?
Just you know be subject to the higher powers
Now obviously if they're telling you you can't preach the gospel you can tell well you can go jump in the lake a
Fire right
and the Bible is telling us here that if we resist governmental powers in
Their customs their ordinances the things that they impose upon the people that aren't necessarily simple just their laws
We are resisting the ordinance of God
because God has specifically placed sovereign nations
to impose and enact these laws within their nations.
And it says that when you resist this,
you'll receive to yourselves damnation.
Now, don't let that word scare you
because damnation is not referring to eternal damnation.
Damnation is just another way to describe punishment, okay?
Now, I don't recommend you use that today.
Like, oh man, my kids are misbehaving,
so I have to give them damnation or something, you know?
But this is simply what it's referring to okay, and he says in verse 3 for rulers are not a terror to good works
But to the evil so God specifically places or Danes
Governments to be there not to terrorize or to harass good people
They're there to terrorize bad people to punish bad people evil people
Wilt that then not be afraid of the power?
Do that which is good and that should have praise
to the same.
In other words, if you're a law abiding citizen,
you have nothing to be afraid of.
If you are driving and you got your license,
you got your registration, your insurance is updated,
you know, you're good to go,
you don't need to worry every time you see a police officer.
You know, he pulls up right next to you,
you're just like, you should look at him
just to make it not look.
Hey, just take off or something.
Don't be afraid of the power.
And you shall praise it the same.
And I often think of when we used to be in Omanin,
you know, people would call the police on us for soul winning.
And then the police would come in
and they would check on us and say,
we just want to make sure you guys are okay.
And that's probably the only time
other than when we got bomb.
Where I see like the police officers
actually like on our side protecting us,
which is exactly what they're supposed to do.
They're praising us for doing good, right?
We shall have praise of the same verse 4 says for he is a minister of God to thee for good
But if thou do that which is evil be afraid
For he beareth not the sword in vain. So what is God saying here? He's implying
That ordinances rulers are equipped with a sword and it's not for spanking
It's not for a slap on the wrist a sword is used to kill
And he's saying here, look, if you're being evil,
and how do we equate evil?
You know, just breaking the law,
doing something that merits capital punishment,
then you should be afraid, if you murder someone,
you should be afraid that you would get murdered.
You would be killed.
Because the ruler does not bear the sword in vain.
They don't, you know, they don't have a sword there
just for looks.
It's there so that they can put people to death if necessary.
And that's why police have guns, right?
You know in case someone's getting crazy to try to take the life of another person a police officer is there and you know
That's why you know, don't be stupid when you're interacting with police officers
You know you always see these reels like here's a good way to give your license
You know
Don't mess around with police officers. Well, I don't you know believe in and police officers
I don't believe in them either, but you know we have them. They're not make-believe
They're real people
And you know what, I don't hate police officers.
Obviously, I have my opinions on the police
in light of the Bible.
But, you know, when I see them, I respect them.
I'm not rude to them.
I'm not trying to disobey them.
I'm not trying to give them a reason to taze me.
Okay?
And if I ever get pulled over,
I'm putting my widest voice on.
Amen?
What seems to be the problem, officer?
And, you know, I could put it on good, you know?
Oh, wow, I didn't see that.
Well, I'm sorry about that.
Why?
Because I don't, you know, they bear not the sword in vain,
and they don't bear the ticket book in vain, too, right?
And it says, for he is a minister of God, a revenger,
to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
So, this is New Testament teaching us that God has placed rulers and authorities there
to punish, to give consequence to law breakers, right?
And obviously, there's a lot of laws in our land that I don't agree with, but, you know...
The laws that I do agree with is some form of punishment for capital crimes
You know even though obviously someone is placed on death row. They probably won't see it. It's a long road
It's a long row right to death or whatever
But it is what it is and he says wherefore you must be needs be subject not only for wrath
But also for conscience's sake so we see in the New Testament that God is good with the death penalty
That's what the sword is for and we should respect that and of course we're not going to continue reading here
Go to back to John chapter 8
Even Romans 13 is for paying taxes.
And people always bring this up to me,
they're like, oh, but what if they use that money
for wicked means?
They probably do.
What do you mean, what if?
Our question is that but you know what Jesus said render into Caesar the things which are Caesar's and render into God
The things which be God's and are you gonna sit there and tell me that the Roman Empire did not use the money?
That was paid for wicked means of course
They did but that didn't impede Jesus from paying taxes because once it was out of his hands into the hands of the Romans
It was at the discretion what they wanted to do and they would be judged by God because of that
but on our side, it's our responsibility
to follow those rules.
The important thing I'm making here is that,
you know, he's obviously telling the Pharisees,
he's not agreeing with them, he's not disagreeing with them,
he's just shutting them down in their own argument.
Because at the end of the day,
they don't care about obeying the law of Moses,
they're trying to trip them up,
they're trying to catch them in his words.
And obviously we have a beautiful ending to this story
because they're convicted in their conscience,
she stands up and he tells her,
and they're not there, and he says, you know,
neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more, right?
And obviously this shows us as well
that Jesus Christ has compassion on sinners.
Adultery is an evil sin.
And you know what, thank God that this woman
was not under the Israeli law, right?
When under theocracy,
because she would have been put to death.
But she's under a Roman Empire where that law wasn't enacted and so she wasn't put to death
And in fact she was used to
Display a story of great compassion and mercy were God and obviously we know that you know
One of the reasons that God essentially Jesus let her go is because at the end of the day he paid for her sin
Right he paid for her sin on the cross and yes adultery is paid for on the cross
It's an extremely wicked sin, but it's paid for on the cross murder is extremely wicked sin
But it's paid for on the cross
theft lying all these sins that the Bible talks about are paid for on the cross and
Here's here's the lesson for this woman. You know you messed up. It's an evil thing
It almost cost you your life now go and sin no more
Now, let me clarify. When he says go and sin no more, he's not saying literally don't commit any sins whatsoever
because you will never do it again.
Because she's gonna sin again because she's a sinner.
Just like everyone else.
And there's not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sineth not.
That's what the Bible literally says.
Obviously what he's referring to is like don't commit adultery again.
Okay.
And so this should be a lesson to you.
It should be a lesson to me that if God has spared us
from a consequence of maybe a grievous sin
that we've committed, there's forgiveness at the cross.
But let me just say this, go and sin no more though.
And as he told others, less a worst thing come upon thee.
Right, and God can make sure if you are turning the grace of God into lasciviousness
If you are taking it if you're using the grace of God as an occasion to the flesh
God can punish you for that and this is something that people often neglect to talk about
You know, this is something that you know people are like are you saying you could just sit and do whatever you want?
No, we're not
You know, we're saying that you can sin and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and still be saved because you know
You're delusional if you think you're not going to sin after salvation
But our our goal should be not to sin
That we should go and sin no more and you know typically those who
Criticize once saved always saved are often some of the most exceeding sinners that I've ever seen
You know, they're looking at me and I'm not perfect,
but I try to live a righteous life.
I preach righteousness.
I do my best to live righteously with my wife,
with my children, with my church.
And yet they're like, oh, you're saying, you can live.
No, actually, you're saying the opposite,
but you are sending and doing whatever you want.
You're committing some of the worst possible things ever.
You know, the hypocrisy is astounding.
But this is the position of those who criticize
one saved always saved.
And so, you know, he tells her, go and sit no more.
Look at verse 12, if you wouldn't,
then speak Jesus again into them,
saying, I am the light of the world.
He that follow with me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have light of life.
Now, this is obviously in context of the former adulteress.
Because he's saying, look, you know, go and sit no more.
What does he tell her?
Walk in the light as Jesus is in the light, right?
And you can't say that you're following Jesus
and you're walking in darkness.
Which is exactly what that crowd says or you say you could just live get saved live however you want
You're claiming to be a follower of Jesus in your walking in darkness
You know God does not he's not happy with when Christians
You know are claiming to be followers of Jesus Christ, but on the same token. They're drinking. They're smoking. They're committing
Fornication they're committing adultery. They're running with those that do it's hypocrisy in the eyes of God
And so it's a wicked thing to do what this is teaching us is that we should strive to walk in the light, right?
1 John 1 5 says this then is the message which we have heard of him and declare to you that God is light and in him
Is no darkness at all if we say we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness
We lie and do not the truth now. What's funny about this is that?
Often, you know when I've talked to people online namely Catholics by the way
You know, they'll criticize one saved always saved and you know, I've gotten a little carnal with people in times pass
And I go on their profile, and they have alcohol,
they have the clubs, and the lewd women,
and I'm like, bro, you're telling me,
you're condemning me for the things
that you're posting about on your gram.
And this is their response, well, no one's perfect.
It's utter nonsense.
It's hypocrisy.
What Jesus is saying here is if we want to have fellowship with God we need to make sure that we don't walk in darkness
We don't you know, we got to make sure that we're confessing our sins daily
They were keeping sin out of our lives as best as we know how and let me just say this one of the best ways
To assure yourself that you are walking in light is just be in church
Because it's like how do I know if I'm walking in the light? Well, if you're reading your Bible and you're in church
You're on a good start there
If you're around other godly Christians,
other godly Christians are gonna exhort you
to live a life that's pleasing unto God.
They are gonna correct you, they are gonna rub off on you,
the light rubs off, and you're gonna be like,
you know what, I need to make sure,
I gotta stop drinking.
No more fornication, I gotta break up with so and so.
No more this, that, and the other.
Why, because I'm in church, I'm trying to live righteously.
That's a manner in which you can live in the light,
walk in the light.
And he says, but if we walk in the light,
as he is in the light,
we have fellowship one with another,
like in church, right?
And the blood of Jesus Christ's Son cleanseth us
from all sin.
And of course we see there that people are like,
well, I don't sin.
And it's just like that you're making God a liar.
Okay, go back or you're in John chapter 8. So he's saying here if you're gonna follow me you need to walk in the light
So following Jesus, you know isn't accomplished by putting follower of Jesus on your profile or
You know placing some sort of reference in your bio or
Claiming to be a Christian, you know, obviously actions speak louder than words
Okay, now obviously when it comes to salvation words are more important
No, people will say, Lord, Lord, not going to enter into the kingdom.
By thy words, thou shalt be justified.
Did you hear me?
By thy words, thou shalt be justified.
By thy words, thou shalt be condemned.
In other words, what you say you believe determines if you have eternal life or not.
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God will raise
it for the dead, thou shalt be maybe saved?
No, thou shalt be saved.
You've started on the path of the salvation?
No, you're saved.
And so we see here that obviously we need to make sure
that we go and sit no more.
And I'm sure this woman is just like,
I deserve death, but I didn't get it.
And you know what?
I think a lot of us can point to a time
that maybe we deserve a really bad consequence
and repercussion of our action and we didn't get it.
You know what?
That's called God's mercy on your life.
Not getting what you do deserve, right?
And so, you know, this is what she got, she got mercy.
And this is not Jesus being compromising
on the death penalty.
You know, that's not even the case here.
The case is the fact, the issue here
is the Pharisees trying to trip him up.
Let's continue here because I want to get to
the really juicy stuff of John 8.
The Pharisees therefore sit into him, verse 13,
thou bears record of thyself, and that record is not true.
Jesus answered and said unto them,
though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true.
For I know whence I came and whether I go,
but ye cannot tell whence I came and whether I go.
Ye judge after the flesh, I judge no man.
And by the way, why is he saying he judges no man
because they are already judged?
John 3 tells us that they're condemned already.
Okay, he says in verse 16 and yet if I judge my judgment is true for I'm not alone
But I am the father that sent me it is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true
I am one that bear witness of myself and the father that sent me bear witness of me
Now the funny thing is like they're bringing up the law of Moses in an unrighteous manner
Jesus also brings up the law of Moses, and it's valid because he's testifying of himself,
but God the Father also testified of Jesus Christ at his baptism, right?
And he's saying, according to your law, the witness of two men is valid, right?
Verse 19 says this then said they unto him. Where is thy father?
Jesus answered you neither know me nor my father if you had no me you should know you should have known my father also
These words spake Jesus in the treasury as he taught in the temple and no man laid hands on him for his hour
Was not yet come then said Jesus again into them I go my way and he shall seek me and shall die in your sins
Whether I go you cannot come
Then said the Jews will he kill himself because he saith whether I go you cannot come and he said unto them
You are from beneath. I am from above you are of this world. I am not of this world
Now you kind of wonder sometimes like why is Jesus so cryptic when he's speaking to people
But at the end of the day you have to understand something the people who want the truth end up getting the truth
The people like the Pharisees who are also Jews who are rejecting the truth will continuously become confused in the truth
He wants them to be confused. He wants them to just be delusional
He wants him to just not understand what he's trying to get across because he doesn't care about them
People he cares about the people who want the truth
And so he's like I'm from above you're from beneath. They're like is he gonna kill himself?
He's not even addressing that
Verse 24, I said therefore unto you that ye shall die in your sins
And I want you to notice this for if you believe not that I am he ye shall die in your sins
Now this is a great verse here. Okay verse 24, and I use this very often
When I'm soul winning or when I'm just talking to people about salvation online or wherever it may be
You know people often bring up this hypothetical. What if you you know, believe but then you're in sin
Right, and then like you die in your sin
You know don't you lose your salvation if you die in your sin?
Well, let me just help everyone understand that everyone basically dies in their sin
Because you live in a corruptible body
So your new man is literally encapsulated within this sinful wretched man
Known as the old man. So you die in this
You die in sin, right?
And this is why you have to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ before you die
So that you could receive the redemption of your body later on
But here's the thing though, you know, let's just think for a moment that let's say you do die in your sin
Like you're you die committing some sin
Let's say you're committing adultery and you die in that sin if you believe on Jesus Christ. Yes, you will go to heaven
100%
Why? Because according to Jesus' own definition dying in your sins equates to not getting saved
Right because he says for if you believe not that I am he ye shall die in your sins
So the only way to legitimately die in your sins where you receive the wages of your sin is by not getting saved
So who is an example of that Judas Iscariot?
Judas Iscariot died in his sins not necessarily because he betrayed Jesus
Christ but because according to Jesus himself he did not believe from the
beginning. No he deviated from the path, he started off good, all this retard you
know statements that people make that the Bible never talks about. It's like hey
There are some of you that believe not
For Jesus knew who they were which believe not and who should betray him
This is fake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon for he it is that should betray him being one of the twelve
No
Jesus is literally saying the reason Judas Iscariot
became who he was is because he didn't get saved.
He died in his sins because he didn't.
So think about this, Judas Iscariot is here
listening to this.
So he is gonna die in his sins.
So how do you prevent from dying in your sins?
I'll tell you how, get saved today.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ today.
If you don't know, be on a shout out that you're saved.
You can get saved tonight.
You can believe on Jesus Christ tonight get all your sins forgiven past present and future
So that when you die your spirit goes to heaven to be with the Lord
Your body is buried in the ground and your body resurrects in the end times and it's redeemed given a glorified body and
So shall you ever be with the Lord?
Verse 25 says that then said they unto him who art thou?
Jesus said unto him even the same that I said unto you from the beginning
I have many things to say and to judge of you, but he that sent me is true
And I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him
They understood not that he spoke to them of the father
Then said Jesus unto them when ye have lifted up the Son of man
Then shall you know that I am he and that I do nothing of myself
But as my father had taught me I speak these things obviously when he's referring to being lifted up
He's talking about the crucifixion
And he said, excuse me, verse 29,
and he that sent me is with me,
the Father hath not left me alone,
for I do always those things that please him.
Now this is a very important point here.
Look at verse 30, as he spake these words,
many believed on him.
Now look, folks, if we're to take the biblical definition
of what it means to believe
as noted in the book of John,
it means to get saved.
When you believe on Jesus Christ,
it means that you're trusting in Jesus.
Okay, it means that a person is placing their faith that Jesus can save them
The Jesus will save them if he asks if they ask him for salvation
That's what it means to believe right you're believing the record the God gave of his son
You're trusting the Jesus can is gonna die died on the cross to pay for your sins resurrected on the third day
So he's speaking this and they're just like he's the Christ right they're believing on him
You say, why is that important?
We'll look at verse 31.
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
if he continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.
So I want you to notice that he makes the distinction
between being a disciple and being someone
who has believed on Jesus Christ.
Now that's important.
Why?
Because you have a lot of mixed up Christians out there,
so called, on internet land that conflate the two.
Well to be a believer means to be a disciple. No to be a disciple first of all
Yeah, you've got to be saved
But you could be saved and not be a disciple of Jesus Christ
You know why because you're not continuing in his word
We get people saved every single week not all of them are disciples. You say who are disciples?
Well, I'm looking at them right now
Those who are continuing in the Word of God.
They've got Bibles in their hands.
They're reading the Word of God every day.
They're taking time out of their schedules to come here
to preach in God's Word.
That's someone who is continuing in the Word of God, right?
So there is a distinct difference between a disciple
and a safe person, okay?
You can be, you can call yourself a disciple,
but if you're not safe, you're not really a disciple.
And you can be saved, but just because you're saved
And the point that I'm making here
is that we can't conflate the two, right?
This whole thing with Charlie Kirk, for example,
people have just been debating a lot online regarding
his salvation.
I'm sure you guys have seen a lot of this.
And I've given my opinion already.
I believe he was saved.
I think based upon some of his testimonies,
I believe he was saved.
But I could definitely understand why people think
Right because he said some weirdly weird stuff that we would be like
No, bro. What do you mean venerate Mary? There's that
Come again. What do you venerate Mary? We need to venerate Mary more bro
What do you mean you're honoring the Mormons who work with you? What you know just a lot of weird stuff that does come out
But I'm not gonna just discount
I'm not gonna just say that he's not saved because of that because like then we would have to say like Saul's not safe
You know what I mean?
Because Saul was like really bad.
Saul died in his sins, right?
Bro was committing major necromancy
with the witch at Endor.
And so, but here's the thing is that a lot of people,
I made a post and people were like, oh,
I can't believe people are saying that.
Of course, he's saved.
He's served God.
Oh, that's interesting you're saying that.
You know because it's kind of showing that people equate salvation with serving God
Don't you know how much he did why are you talking about what he did?
Right, and so people who get mad at people questioning whether Charlie Kirk was saved or not
You they don't really seem to understand that they're proving
Why people think this because even out of their own mouths they're saying like oh he saved because of what he did
Because of this that and the other and it's just like you're giving you're making you're making it worse actually
You're making the point even worse
right and
So, you know, I've seen a lot and and you know what I've heard things that Charlie Kirk said that we agree with
But also the Catholics agree with and also that you know liberal Christian workspace salvationists agree with
That's not good
That's not a good thing
You know and here's the thing when I die the day that I die. No one's gonna question what I believe about salvation
Aaron's gonna be like no, I know exactly what really and you could think say I'm wrong or not
But you'll know you will be able to pinpoint me on a shot of a doubt. This is exactly what he believed
Right, and let me say this, you know, hopefully he is in heaven
And me saying this does not make it make him unsaved or make him saved. I believe he was saved and I hope he's in heaven
But it's a testament that we need to clearly communicate our salvation and not use wishy-washy answers
to try to appeal to one group or another for political means or whatever it may be.
And you know what? Being a disciple doesn't mean that you're saved.
Because a lot of people out on internet land call themselves disciples,
but they're not disciples of Jesus Christ, they're disciples of Satan.
They're disciples of works-based salvation as false prophets.
and you know you can talk about Jesus all you want you can call yourself a
disciple you call yourself a follower but if you don't believe the salvation is
by grace to faith alone then you're not saved plain and simple if you think it
requires works to be saved you're not saved if you think you have to be
baptized to be saved you're not safe if you think that being a Catholic gets
you saved you're for sure not safe and look these these watered-down
They'll even go to bat for some of them. What is that?
bro
They killed you
Point that I'm making here is Jesus Christ says, you know
Hey, he's fake these words many believe them and then he addresses those who believed on him
And he says now if you continue in my word then and only then are you my disciples indeed?
Right showing us that the step after getting saved is that you now need to become a disciple of Jesus Christ
He says in each I know the truth and the truth shall make you free now
We often use this verse to address salvation
But this could simply in its context be referring to the fact that we are liberated and other forms or fashions
through the word of God, right?
The word of God brings liberty to us
so that we don't have sin reigning in our mortal bodies
that we should obey in the luster of.
Neither yield ye your members as instruments
of righteousness, unrighteousness unto death.
Because at the end of the day, you can be saved
and still suffer the consequences of your sin.
But it's when you obey the word of God,
obey the preaching of God's word,
that you're liberated from the consequences
of your actions this side of eternity
because you're living a righteous life, okay?
We be Abraham seed and we're never bondage to any man. I'll say his value shall be made free now
I do find this passage interesting because he's talking to Jews, but it's just like a mixed crowd
He's talking to Jews that believed but then these other Jews answer. They're like well, we're Abraham see we're not in bondage
Right, so it's a definite mixed crowd
And I would say that the vast majority of the people he's addressing did not get saved because that's just how it works
small percentage, it might be a lot of people,
but in comparison to the overall crowd,
it's probably a minimal amount of people
compared to the others who actually got saved.
And so verse 33 is probably referring
to those Jews who rejected Jesus,
referring to the Pharisees.
They're like, we're Abraham's seed.
Verse 34, Jesus answered them,
barely, barely a saying to you,
who serve committed sin as a servant of sin,
and the servant abideth not in the house forever,
but the son abideth forever.
Now, I absolutely love that verse because I guarantee you a lot of people there have no idea what he's talking about because, again, they're so disconnected from the Bible because they're probably like, you know, just kind of being critical of what he's saying, but what is he talking about?
He's talking about Isaac and Ishmael because they brought up Abraham's seed.
And what does he respond with?
He responds with in verse 35,
that the servant abideth not in the house forever,
but the son abideth forever.
Now if we go back to the story of Isaac and Ishmael,
which one stayed in the house and which one was booted out?
Ishmael was booted,
the son Isaac, who's the seat of promise,
actually stayed.
The servant pictures Ishmael
who pictures unsaved Jews according to Galatians chapter four, but
safe Jews and later on Gentiles as we see in Galatians four are
spiritual the spiritual seat of Isaac and
The son referring to Isaac abideth forever
Why because they believed on Jesus Christ?
Whereas the servant referring to Hagar
Referring to Ishmael they don't abide forever and in fact they're cast out
As we see in Galatians chapter 4, Abraham, he gave Hagar the boot.
He was like, hey, Sarah says you got to go, you know, nothing personal, you know.
But hope it works out, you know, he just boots her eye, boots out Ishmael, and then the
picturing unsaved Jews in the New Testament.
And what's interesting is that in Galatians chapter 4, it says, cast out the bond woman
for they shall not be heirs with the seed of promise.
And what does Jesus say of the Jews in Matthew, what is it?
I think it's Matthew chapter 12,
when he's talking about the Roman centurion,
that many shall come from the east and from the west
and shall sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
and the kingdom of God.
And the children of the kingdom shall be cast out
into outer darkness.
There shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Who are the children of the kingdom
as referring to the Jews?
So they like Ishmael are going to be cast out the difference is they're not going to be cast out like Ishmael into the wilderness
They're going to be cast out in hell
Because they didn't get saved
Pretty cool, huh?
But the Son of Bideth forever we abide forever because you know we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ verse 36
If the Son therefore shall make you free you shall be free indeed
I know that ye are Abraham's seed, but ye seek to kill me because my word hath no place in you.
Now, Jesus is not saying, like, I know that you're spiritually Abraham's seed.
He's saying, like, physically, you are Abraham's seed, because he's addressing Jews, and Jews are of what?
Judah, right?
You know, those who are abiding in the nation of Judah at this time, Judea, are Jews.
legitimate Jews, okay, not fake ones.
These are from Judah, along with Benjamites
and some of some of some other different tribes,
the Levites, for example, but mainly Jews.
So it can be said that they're physically of Abraham's seed
and you can't really say that they're not
because Jesus literally said it right here, right?
Well, Jesus wasn't a Jew.
We just saw earlier in John chapter four
that he says salvation is of the Jews.
So he says in verse 38 I speak that which I've seen with my father and he do that which he have seen with your father
Now this is where it gets nice and heavy
Right because now and Jesus is bold. He's a bold. He's by himself
All these Pharisees all these Jews and he's just like yeah, you're Abraham see but you're trying to kill me
I do what I see with my father, and you're doing what you see with your father.
And obviously he's setting them up because he wants them to bring up this thing of who their father is.
Look at verse 39, they answered and said to him, Abraham is our father!
Jesus says to them, if you're Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
But now you seek to kill me, a man that had told you the truth, which I have heard of God, this did not Abraham.
Ye do the deeds of your father.
They say it.
Then said they to him we be not born a fornication. We have one father even God. So now they're approaching him
Because they're not saying it explicitly, but what they're implying is that Mary committed fornication committed adultery really
You know obviously fornication here not adultery. It's fornication because they weren't married as of yet
This is during the patrol the stage there. They're basically saying that Mary
You know she basically he's a bastard child is what they're implying there
We'd be not born a fornication
We have one father even God Jesus say them to him if God were your father you would love me for I proceeded forth and came from
God neither came I have myself, but he sent me why do you not understand my speech even because you cannot hear my word now?
This is important when it comes to verse 43 because he's saying the reason they don't understand what he's saying is because they're not saved
He says you can't understand my speech. You can't hear my word because according to John chapter 10
The only people who hear his word and agree with it are his sheep
Right. He told he actually says that in John chapter 10
He's saying that you know a stranger will they not follow and then they're just like I don't understand what he's saying
It's like you just proven the point
So they're approaching him saying that he's born of fornication that he's illegitimate. This is what the Talmud teaches by the way
That he is born of a Roman soldier Pantera. That's what the Talmud says
So we see the rudiments of those teachings even here
Verse 44 here's here's the hot hot liner right here
This is uh
This is good stuff right here
Ye are of your father the devil
And the lust of your father where you do he was a murderer from the beginning in the boat not of the truth because there
Is no truth in him when he speak at the lie speak at the bosom for he is a liar and the father of it
Because I tell you the truth. He believed me not now. This is an extremely bold thing to say
And there's no amount of anti-semitism that could come out of this mouth that can top this
Because he's saying here like you're what is he saying when he says you're father the devil he's saying your children of the devil
And when he says ye, because people are like,
well, he's just talking about like the religious leaders.
Well, it's a mixed group of religious Jews
and just Jews who are not religious leaders.
Just Jews.
Okay.
Now, you know, there's no way to interpret this
other than by what it says.
Because he's saying like there's children of God
and then there's children of the devil,
your category B, okay?
Now, obviously, this is insane that every unsafe person is a child of the devil.
That's an inaccurate assessment of this verse.
The Bible says that all unsafe people generally are children of wrath, they're children of
disobedience.
Why?
Because they're walking according to the course of this world, according to the prince
of power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
It says they're children of wrath because the wrath of God abideth on them because they're
A child of the devil is someone who not only rejects Jesus Christ but becomes an adversary
against Jesus Christ.
It's one thing to just say, I don't have time, no, I'm not interested in closing the
door on you.
That's not a child of the devil.
A child of the devil is someone who literally intentionally fights against Christ.
They abhor him.
They hate him.
That's not ever human being in this world.
Some people are just really apathetic
towards the things of God.
They don't care about the things of God, right?
They're not interested or they just don't like Christians.
That's not a child of the devil.
A child of the devil is someone who curses God in their heart.
And these people actually exist.
It's what the Bible would equate to being
a worker of iniquity, okay?
And that's them because when you have these these men saying you're born of fornication
They're denying the testimony of Jesus. They're denying the testimony of the father. They're denying the testimony of Moses
They have all this truth. It's just like bro. You're just stubborn. You just hate Jesus is what it is
Now let me also say this is that when it says father of the devil year of your father the devil children of the devil
This doesn't apply to all Jews
because there are Jews out there that don't feel that way
as the Jews feel in Israel.
But let me say this, the Jews that absolutely love the Talmud,
they hate Jesus, they spit on the ground when they hear his name,
they are children of the devil.
The heck? How is that controversial? Yes, they are.
And you know what, that does speak for a lot of the Jews who are in Israel.
Okay? And quite frankly, I have not met a Jew who doesn't hate Jesus.
You know I might have met one I just
They just didn't make a strong enough impression for me to think that they didn't hate Jesus
You know the vast majority of them do hate Jesus
Okay, now this will not deter me from witnessing to them when I meet them because I'm not gonna say oh
Here comes this Jerry Curle, you know sideburn Jerry Curle guy with the funny hat or whatever
You know, I'm not gonna witness a he prays pray a child of the devil. No, I want to see I want to hear it out of his mouth first
Because by that word, I should be condemned.
By that word, I should be justified.
And so if he tells me that, you know,
if I tell him, do you believe in the Talmud that it says,
like that, you know, Jesus is born of fornication
and that Mary committed, if they are like, oh yeah,
he's, you know, for sure.
Like, like Ben Shapiro is a child of the devil.
It's like, no doubt about that.
Which he should not be a candidate for turning point USA. I don't even think I don't believe turning point USA is necessary
Christian organization in my eyes, but it is a Christian organization to others
And so like therefore like the standard should be can you at least call yourself a Christian and not just be a Christ
rejecting Jew
Who denies the resurrection who says that he was he deserved to die and all these things, you know, let's get someone else
Obviously that's not going to happen, but the point that I'm making is that he is a child. I don't care how many value Christian values
He supposedly has it's not Judeo Christian and Christians ought to be ashamed of themselves for following such a wicked person and
Associating with such a person who hates the Lord Jesus. Where's your loyalty?
Where is your loyalty Christian if it's just like yeah, but he's right on some things if you're wrong on Jesus you're wrong on everything
Who is a liar but he that denied that Jesus is the Christ?
He is anti-Christ that denied the father and the son according to the biblical prescription
Ben Shapiro is an anti-Christ
You know Christians need to just grow some stones bunch of eunuchs
And just proclaim and say you know I don't want nothing to do with Ben Shapiro
I don't care how much he parades as being a conservative. You know he hates Jesus Christ, and that's my God
We should be loyal to the Lord Jesus Christ and not just be like well
Let me just turn a blind eye because he you know
He's for conservative values and he's a he's for the Republican Party and that's my party
Well, if that's your party, you need to make you choose a new party
You know because you have haters of Christ in that party
And the Bible says listen listen to this have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather approve them
And so, you know, and look, when he says,
year of your father, the devil, this isn't like new.
John the Baptist said, you're a generation of vipers.
You know what a viper is?
It's a snake.
It's a serpent.
And who's the serpent?
Satan.
So John the Baptist was calling him a generation.
He didn't call him a brood of vipers, by the way.
You're a brood of snakes, you know,
these new modern versions, whatever.
Generation of vipers.
You were generated by Satan.
You were birthed by Satan this is what the Bible says that they can pass land and sea to make one proselyte
And when he is made they make them twofold more a child of hell to themselves
That's what he says and so you know
It's not controversial to say the Jews who hate Jesus Christ are children of the devil
You know, you better not be a Christian saying that that's a bad thing to say
Don't let me catch you
Being a Christian saying that we shouldn't say that those are the words of Jesus and that's that's it by the way
That's like that's just John 844
You know like like Jesus resurrected he ascended and then he came back and told John by the way there's a synagogue of Satan
Right like he said this during his ministry. He died. He ascended
He came back to the Isle of Patmos and he's just like synagogue of Satan
in his glorified state, like just looking glorious.
Just like synagogue of Satan.
They would say they're Jews
and are not but are the synagogue of Satan.
You know what?
Christian Zionists hate those verses.
They hate to address those verses.
They never want to explain them.
Because what's there to explain?
Certain things need deciphering.
Revelation 2 9 3 9 does not need I can ask my five-year-old to come up here and say what is sitting on this is like
It's bad dad
It means that they're they're satanic. It's not hard at all
and so
Very good. Amen
Verse 46 is which of you convinced with me of sin and if I say the truth, why do you not believe me?
He that is of God here with God's words he therefore hear them not because you're not of God
Now this is showing us that if people reject what Jesus is saying here
You're not of God now if you are saved and you're making excuses for this then you're just a limp roasted weak
Milk toast snowflake of a Christian and please stop telling people that you are a Christian because you're embarrassing us
We should proclaim this loudly
You know that say what the Bible says for the verse 48 says then answered the Jews and said to them say we not well that
Thou are a Samaritan and has the devil so why don't you get offended at that?
That's offensive
Because I think at this point who whoever said that they sealed their fate right then and there
Like the dude who got up and said that it's like immediately. They were sealed unto damnation that that is a hundred percent of reprobate right there
Because he's saying you have a devil. What is it? He's calling the Holy Spirit a devil
And remember Jesus said like you know if you speak evil of me
It shall be forgiven you but whoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost it shall have never forgiveness
Neither in this world or in the world to come
Basically, they're made reprobate and so here's an example of that Jesus answered
I have not a devil, but I honor my father and ye do dishonor me and I seek not my own glory
There is one that seek and judge it very very saying to you if a man keep my saying he shall never see death
Basically saying you know if you believe me you'll never see death
So he's like pleading with them and they're still rejecting it verse 52 then said the Jews unto him now
We know that thou has the devil off dude whoever else said that
Abraham is dead on the prophets and now says to a man keep my saying he shall never taste the taste of death
I thought greater than our father Abraham, which is dead. Yes
Of course, he's greater than Abraham
He's greater than Solomon
He's greater than Moses
He's greater than every single prophet of the Old Testament. He's God
And the prophets that are dead who make a style thyself Jesus answered if I honor myself my honor is nothing
It is my father the honor with me of whom you say that he is your God
It's funny huh whom you say that he is your God
Right. He's not even he's not even paying credence to that. He's not saying like he's your guy. He's like no, that's what you say
That's not what I'm saying
Yet you have not known him, but I know him.
And if I should say, I know him not.
I shall be a liar like unto you,
but I know him and keep his saying.
He's like, I'm not gonna say that
cause then I'd be like you.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day
and he saw it and was glad.
Then said the Jews unto him,
thou art not yet 50 years old
and has thou seen Abraham?
Now this is an awesome line right here.
Jesus said unto him, verily, verily, I say unto you,
before Abraham was, I am.
Now that's power now look again, the Jews are so disconnected from the Bible that they don't get a lot of stuff
Right. I mean Jesus on the cross saying Eli Eli lamak sabbaktani and they're like always calling for Elijah
It's like bro. God he's calling for God. What do you mean?
That's like
But this they are getting because he's like before Abraham was
I am.
Now what is he referring to?
He's talking about tetragrammaton in Exodus
where God says the I am that I am.
And that's something that's obviously referring to Jehovah.
So what is Jesus saying?
I am Jehovah.
For you false Jehovah's witnesses out there.
Jesus is saying I am, meaning I am Jehovah, I am God.
Now here's the funny thing about this last portion here.
Because in the beginning of the story they brought the woman caught in adultery and they're like oh stoner, right?
They didn't want to do it themselves, but it's because of the fact that they just want to catch Jesus in his words
But all of a sudden, you know, they kind of switch on that look at verse 59 then took they up stones to cast at him
So that's showing you they don't care about the law of Moses says and they don't care what the law of the Romans is either
They just hate Jesus
You know if they really believed in the law of Moses, they would have stoned the adulterous woman
Right, but here we see they brought them they brought the adulterous to Jesus to try to catch him up and trip him up
And then when they're pissed off right here
Because he called himself the I am there and there's they want to cast stones at him
But Jesus hit himself and went out from the temple going through the midst of them and so passed by so the reason
He was able to avoid being stoned
Obviously his time was not yet come, but this is another indication that Jesus looked like every other Jew during that time
because he was able to just blend in with all the other Jews
that were there.
And they were just like, they couldn't really find him.
Whereas if he was six foot Caucasian, long-haired, blue
eye, goatee, Pantene Provee, you know what the dress on,
you can spot that guy.
So where does this guy think he's going?
He's just walking through the mitts.
But obviously, you know, he looked like every other Jew, which is why he was able to you know avoid the persecution here
for a moment and so great chapter here and this is some of the hardest preaching that we see right?
Jesus was not afraid to call them the children of the devil because that's exactly what they were and
Obviously by proxy any false prophet who teaches a false gospel is a child of the devil. Okay?
The devil is their father, any false prophet, any reprobate, any sodomite, any person who
is essentially reprobate concerning the faith according to biblical standards is a child
of the devil.
And so these people are beyond the hope of salvation.
So just as the child of God is sealed unto the day of redemption, the child of the devil
There's no winning them or converting them at all we convert the children of wrath the children of disobedience
But the child of the devil cannot be converted just as the child of God cannot be unconverted
They're just there forever right because the Sun abideth forever. Let's pray father. We thank you so much for your word
Thank you for John 8 and I pray Lord that you help us to be as bold as Jesus was
On this earth Lord help us not to be ashamed of the words of Christ
You bless us as we go on our way. We love you. We thank you pray this things in Jesus name. Amen
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