WEBVTT 00:00:00.030 --> 00:10:41.020 This morning number 82, we'll sing there starting 00:10:41.020 --> 00:12:34.820 You for another day to guarantee that we should really reverence and honor 00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:42.970 ability and opportunity to come together to gather house to hear preaching and to lift up our voices and praise to you Lord with 00:12:42.970 --> 00:12:48.110 That said I just pray that you would be with us for the service that you would fill us with your spirit that you would open 00:12:48.110 --> 00:12:51.560 Our ears to the message and that you also would incline your ears 00:12:51.560 --> 00:12:56.770 We sing out praises unto you and that everything in this service would be done decently and in order these things 00:12:56.770 --> 00:13:01.170 We pray in Jesus name. Amen for our next hymn number 00:13:01.170 --> 00:13:06.480 104 104 lean on his arms 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:25.830 104 lean on his arms 104. We'll sing there starting on the first 00:13:25.830 --> 00:16:44.410 Now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ who hath abolished life and 00:16:44.410 --> 00:16:49.310 Immortality to light through the gospel. You'll open up your bulletin on the inside 00:16:49.310 --> 00:16:53.530 You'll see our service times are listed there Sunday morning at 10 30 Sunday evening 00:16:53.530 --> 00:16:59.630 430 in our Wednesday Bible study through Ecclesiastes at 7 o'clock below that 00:16:59.630 --> 00:17:02.750 We have all of our organized soul winning times listed there 00:17:02.750 --> 00:17:07.860 Definitely want to encourage you to pick a time that you get involved in and go out and preach the gospel to the lost 00:17:07.860 --> 00:17:13.750 We have great results so far this year with soul winning. 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So please do participate with that 00:18:17.710 --> 00:18:24.580 We'd love to have you then may 2nd is our first ever college soul winning marathon at OSU in 00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:30.790 Still water and you could scan that QR code right there to sign up at God resource comm slash 00:18:30.790 --> 00:18:34.950 Events may 9th is the ladies T 00:18:34.950 --> 00:18:41.860 May 20th through the 24th is the anti Israel conference coming up real soon at steadfast Baptist Church 00:18:42.100 --> 00:18:46.770 Definitely want to encourage you to drive down there if you can make it out and support the conference 00:18:46.770 --> 00:18:51.570 It's gonna be a lot of great preachers there and it's definitely a hot-button topic in this day and age 00:18:51.570 --> 00:18:54.480 It's kind of encouraging how many people are waking up on this issue 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:58.630 So it might be just perfect timing for this conference, but come out come out and support 00:18:58.630 --> 00:19:02.820 steadfast Baptist Church then June 17th through the 20th 00:19:02.820 --> 00:19:06.500 There's a great soul winning conference happening in Frankfurt, Germany 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:13.170 Awesome opportunity to be a part of a soul winning conference and travel a really fun place. So if you can make it that'd be great 00:19:13.170 --> 00:19:15.160 If not, at least keep that in prayer 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:19.710 That would be awesome. And then we have our updated prayer list on the inside 00:19:19.710 --> 00:19:25.240 If you have any updated requests, please do email us and we'll get that reflected in the bulletin for you 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:29.700 But that's going to be it for announcements this morning. We're going to go to our third song together 00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:35.400 Third song this morning number 00:19:35.930 --> 00:19:52.540 86 him number 86 86 in the garden him number 86 in the garden 00:19:52.540 --> 00:24:10.230 To Galatians chapter 10 chapter number chapter 2 then 14 years after I went up again to Jerusalem with 00:24:10.230 --> 00:24:18.170 Barnabas and took Titus with me also and I went up by Revelation and communicated unto them that gospel 00:24:18.170 --> 00:24:21.740 Which I preached among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:25.730 Less by any means I should run or had run in vain 00:24:25.730 --> 00:24:33.570 But neither Titus who is with me being a Greek was compelled to be circumcised and that because of false brethren 00:24:33.570 --> 00:24:38.130 Unaware is brought in who came in privily to spy out our Liberty 00:24:38.130 --> 00:24:47.110 Which we have in Christ Jesus that they might bring us under into bondage to whom we gave place by subjection 00:24:47.150 --> 00:24:53.070 No, not for an hour that the truth of the gospel might continue with you 00:24:53.070 --> 00:24:59.680 But of these who seem to be somewhat whether what whatsoever they were it make it no matter to me 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:08.210 God accepted no man's person person for they who seem to be somewhat in conference adding nothing to me 00:25:08.210 --> 00:25:13.290 But contrary wise when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:21.440 Was committed unto me as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter for he that wrought 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:24.940 Effectually and Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision 00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:33.940 The same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles and when James Cephas and John who seemed to be pillars 00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:38.620 Perceived the grace that was given unto me 00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:42.830 They gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:50.790 That we should go unto the heathen and they under the circumcision only they would that we 00:25:50.790 --> 00:25:59.910 Should remember the poor the same which I also was forward to do but when Peter was come to Antioch 00:25:59.910 --> 00:26:07.980 I was stood him to the face because he was to be blamed for before that certain came from James 00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:09.980 He didn't eat with the Gentiles 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:17.060 But when they were come he withdrew and separated himself fearing them which were of the 00:26:17.370 --> 00:26:24.480 Incision and the other Jews dissembled likewise with with him and so much that Barnabas 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:27.440 Also was carried away with their dissimulation 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:34.720 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:39.460 I said unto Peter before them all if thou being a Jew 00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:44.190 Livest after the manner of Gentiles and not as do the Jews 00:26:44.190 --> 00:26:49.410 Why compel us thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews who? 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:54.340 We who are Jews by nature and not sinners of Gentiles 00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:58.250 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law 00:26:58.250 --> 00:27:00.990 But by the faith of Jesus Christ 00:27:00.990 --> 00:27:09.580 Even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and 00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:15.740 Not by the works of the law for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified 00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:22.830 But if while we seek to be justified by Christ we ourselves are found sinners is 00:27:22.830 --> 00:27:30.650 Therefore Christ the minister of sin God forbid for if I build again the things which I destroyed 00:27:30.650 --> 00:27:38.800 I make myself a transgressor for I through the law am dead to the law that I might live 00:27:38.800 --> 00:27:42.320 Unto God I am crucified with Christ 00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:45.140 Nevertheless, I live yet 00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:49.650 Not I but Christ liveth in me and the life which I now live in the flesh 00:27:49.650 --> 00:27:55.980 I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me 00:27:55.980 --> 00:28:02.920 I do not frustrate the grace of God for if righteousness come by the law then Christ is dead in vain 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:06.100 Let's pray gracious Lord. Thank you so much 00:28:18.690 --> 00:28:22.670 Amen Galatians chapter number two 00:28:22.670 --> 00:28:26.680 Let's start reading in verse 4 the Bible says and that because of false 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:31.930 Brethren unawares brought in who came in privily to spy out our liberty 00:28:31.930 --> 00:28:39.110 Which we have in Christ Jesus that they might bring us into bondage to whom we gave place by subjection 00:28:39.110 --> 00:28:46.050 No, not for an hour that the truth of the gospel might continue with you 00:28:46.110 --> 00:28:50.630 So the epistle written to the Galatians if you read the whole epistle 00:28:50.630 --> 00:28:55.860 It's very obvious that there's a group of people within the Christians that are at Galatia 00:28:55.860 --> 00:29:00.330 That are being deceived that are being drawn away from a with another gospel 00:29:00.330 --> 00:29:04.980 That are being tricked by people that the Bible calls false brethren 00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:10.080 Let's look back at this go to Galatians 1 flip one page back. Look at verse 6 Paul says 00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:17.060 I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another 00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:22.970 Gospel so notice the frustration here of the Apostle Paul. He's like, I'm just mind blown 00:29:22.970 --> 00:29:28.680 I just can't even believe how quickly you guys have been removed from the truth of the gospel 00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:37.440 Unto another gospel. He says in verse 7 which is not another but there be some that trouble you and would pervert 00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:45.020 The gospel of Christ, right? So people here who are drawing others away onto another gospel 00:29:45.020 --> 00:29:50.330 The Bible says they're not preaching an entirely different gospel the people who are at the church at Galatia 00:29:50.330 --> 00:29:54.740 It's not like they're necessarily getting deceived by a completely different religion 00:29:54.740 --> 00:30:00.740 It's not like these false prophets are coming in and saying hey Jesus isn't God you actually need to worship Zeus 00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:04.850 You actually need to worship Allah, which I know Allah didn't exist at that time 00:30:04.850 --> 00:30:08.250 You know it with Islam and everything, but it's not a completely different religion 00:30:08.250 --> 00:30:13.670 What false brethren do is that they pervert the gospel of Christ, right? 00:30:13.670 --> 00:30:18.550 So they're false brethren in the sense that they look like brethren. They will claim the name of Christ 00:30:18.550 --> 00:30:24.300 They will say they are a Christian. They will have a Bible in our modern day. They will be behind a pulpit 00:30:24.300 --> 00:30:30.270 They'll be preaching on Sunday, but there are people that the Bible calls false brethren and these false brethren 00:30:30.270 --> 00:30:37.220 They do what they pervert the gospel of Christ go back to Galatians chapter number two notice how it says and that because of false 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:39.640 Brethren unawares brought in who came in 00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:44.860 Privilege the word privilege means privately or secretly 00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:51.460 Here's what you got to understand about false prophets and false brethren is that they don't come announcing to you. Hey everyone 00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:57.650 I'm a false prophet. Hey everyone. I'm a false brother. Hey everyone. I want to let you know I'm bringing unto you another gospel 00:30:57.650 --> 00:31:04.540 Hey, I'm perverting the gospel of Jesus Christ today, you know, they work subtly just like the devil works subtly 00:31:04.540 --> 00:31:09.190 You know, there are religions that are not subtle at all. It's just obviously a false religion, right? 00:31:09.190 --> 00:31:13.730 You know Christians today are not really gonna get deceived by Hinduism by Buddhism 00:31:13.730 --> 00:31:19.660 And so the devil has to use subtlety to trick people with L within the realm of Christianity 00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:25.660 And he does that by using false brethren go if you would to 2nd Corinthians 11 and keep your place there 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:31.650 2nd Corinthians chapter number 11, you know 00:31:31.650 --> 00:31:37.740 There always has been and there are now people who stand up claim to be Christians claim to be saved 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:45.910 But actually preach a false gospel and they do so subtly look at 2nd Corinthians 11 verse 3 the Apostle Paul again says 00:31:45.910 --> 00:31:51.970 But I fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety 00:31:51.970 --> 00:31:57.060 So your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ 00:31:57.060 --> 00:32:04.080 So notice the devil he uses subtlety. He didn't go up to Eve and say hey, I'm Satan 00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:09.970 I hate God. I hate the Creator and I want to damn all of humanity. That's not what he said, right? 00:32:09.970 --> 00:32:14.350 He came subtly just saying like yea hath God said he shall not surely die 00:32:14.350 --> 00:32:16.830 You know, he uses subtlety in the garden 00:32:16.830 --> 00:32:21.670 He uses subtlety today where oftentimes people come up and they claim something good 00:32:21.670 --> 00:32:28.480 But they're actually false prophets it says in verse 4 for if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus 00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:33.570 Whom we have not preached or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received 00:32:33.570 --> 00:32:38.040 Notice this or another gospel which you have not accepted 00:32:38.040 --> 00:32:43.640 Ye might well bear well, sorry ye might well bear with him 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.090 He's worried saying hey 00:32:45.090 --> 00:32:51.150 I'm worried that as the devil use subtlety to trick Eve that there's all these false prophets false brethren going around 00:32:51.590 --> 00:32:58.620 Using subtlety to draw you away not to Buddha not to Vishnu not to Zeus but to another 00:32:58.620 --> 00:33:04.540 Jesus right there is a danger today with people standing up claiming the name of Christ 00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:09.350 But they're not preaching the Christ of the Bible. There's a danger today of people standing up 00:33:09.350 --> 00:33:16.930 Proclaiming the gospel, but it's another gospel. It's a false gospel and notice how the Apostle Paul 00:33:16.930 --> 00:33:21.590 He said we didn't put up with these people not for an hour that the truth of the gospel might prevail with you 00:33:22.130 --> 00:33:27.150 Go back if you would herb. Sorry. Let's keep reading verse 13. He says for such are false Apostles 00:33:27.150 --> 00:33:30.010 deceitful workers 00:33:30.010 --> 00:33:32.340 transforming themselves into the Apostles of 00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:38.660 Christ now for good people for just simple-hearted good well-intentioned individuals 00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:41.410 They go to church because they want to hear more about God 00:33:41.410 --> 00:33:46.790 They want to learn more about the truth and for those type of people it's hard for us to imagine 00:33:46.790 --> 00:33:50.270 Someone getting up and working deceitfully with the Word of God 00:33:50.270 --> 00:33:56.810 It's hard for us to imagine that someone gets up behind a pulpit and their intention is not to share the truth of the gospel 00:33:56.810 --> 00:34:01.210 Or the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ, but it's actually to deceive you 00:34:01.210 --> 00:34:07.120 But let me tell you this world is full of false prophets and deceitful workers 00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:13.480 This world is full of people who claim the name of Christ, but are actually ministers of Satan 00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:18.400 Look what it says in verse 14 and no Marvel for Satan himself is 00:34:19.100 --> 00:34:21.060 transformed into an angel of light 00:34:21.060 --> 00:34:24.650 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers 00:34:24.650 --> 00:34:32.220 Also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness whose end shall be according to their works 00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:37.210 So notice the devil uses subtly he comes to you as a messenger of light, right? 00:34:37.210 --> 00:34:42.730 He shows as he he shows himself as something that's good positive something that's to be desired 00:34:42.730 --> 00:34:47.010 same thing with his ministers notice how the Bible says that Satan has 00:34:47.540 --> 00:34:51.510 ministers and those ministers transform themselves into 00:34:51.510 --> 00:34:57.460 Ministers of light meaning there's people that serve the devil that are on the devil's program 00:34:57.460 --> 00:35:03.260 But they're gonna present as if they're a Baptist preacher. They're gonna present like they're this sweet little, you know 00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:08.710 Innocent girl Mormon missionary. Oh this little 18 year old Mormon missionary. How sweet? 00:35:08.710 --> 00:35:14.200 How nice which she's actually transformed herself into a minister of light, but she's actually the servant of the devil 00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:21.280 Why because Mormons believe in another Jesus. They have another gospel. They have another testament of Jesus Christ 00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:27.170 So we have to not be simple and just think every person who preaches the Bible is sincere or good 00:35:27.170 --> 00:35:29.140 No, there are ministers of the devil 00:35:29.140 --> 00:35:36.320 Transforming themselves as ministers of light go to Galatians chapter number two Galatians two and notice 00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:42.110 What the application of this truth is for us in Galatians chapter two verse four 00:35:42.250 --> 00:35:49.660 the Bible says and that because of false brethren unawares brought in who came in privilege to spy out our liberty which we 00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:55.170 Have in Christ Jesus that they might bring us into bondage. So what's the goal of the false prophet? 00:35:55.170 --> 00:35:57.790 It's to bring you back into bondage under the law 00:35:57.790 --> 00:36:03.380 It's to try to damn you to hell with them verse 5 to whom we gave place by subjection 00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:10.620 No, not for an hour the Apostle Paul's attitudes towards false prophets towards false brethren 00:36:10.620 --> 00:36:14.740 It's a we're not gonna put up with it for an hour. We're not gonna tolerate it at all 00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:19.250 We're not gonna sit here and pretend like Catholics are our brothers in Christ 00:36:19.250 --> 00:36:24.510 We're not gonna sit here and pretend like Mormons are Christians that they have the right gospel 00:36:24.510 --> 00:36:26.690 No, no, we're not gonna put up with it for a single hour 00:36:26.690 --> 00:36:33.470 Why this is the most important part that the truth of the gospel might continue with you? 00:36:33.470 --> 00:36:39.700 The time my sermon is the truth of the gospel knows that was the most important thing for the Apostle Paul 00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:45.570 Saying we are not gonna put up with this today because we care about the truth of the gospel 00:36:45.570 --> 00:36:52.600 there is a lot of lies out there in this world regarding the most important thing in the world the gospel of Jesus Christ and 00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:55.700 How do you stand up for the truth of the gospel? 00:36:55.700 --> 00:37:01.440 Well, you do it number one by not putting up with the false prophets like the Apostle Paul did then right and you know 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:03.540 We have to call out the false gospels of this world 00:37:03.540 --> 00:37:07.850 We have to stand up for the truth of the gospel in this sermon 00:37:07.850 --> 00:37:12.980 What I want to do is I want to provide you with several lies that are taught about the gospel today 00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:18.390 And then we'll look at the Bible and see what the Bible actually says about these things because you know what we as Baptists 00:37:18.390 --> 00:37:21.230 We actually believe that the Bible is the final authority 00:37:21.230 --> 00:37:26.680 And this is something that we take for granted and if you spend time talking to people of other religions 00:37:26.680 --> 00:37:31.160 It'll just blow your mind how you could show someone something from the Bible and they don't care 00:37:31.160 --> 00:37:37.020 It's like here's Bible verses and then they're just like walls of text. Oh, but but the Pope said oh 00:37:37.120 --> 00:37:41.910 But my Catholic priest said oh, but the Mormon prophet said it's like hey, what does the Bible say? 00:37:41.910 --> 00:37:45.660 That's all we care about is God's Word. So here's lie number one 00:37:45.660 --> 00:37:53.260 Here's one of the biggest lies that are taught about the gospel today and this lie is another gospel. It's another Jesus 00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:57.310 It's a perversion of the gospel. It's something that is taught by false brethren lie 00:37:57.310 --> 00:38:04.370 Number one is that salvation is by faith and good works that salvation is by faith and good works 00:38:04.370 --> 00:38:12.090 this is a lie from the pit of hell and anyone who believes this is on their way to hell and it doesn't matter if you're 00:38:12.090 --> 00:38:14.450 In a church today. It doesn't matter if you have a Bible 00:38:14.450 --> 00:38:19.050 It doesn't matter if you're following a guy that calls himself a pastor if you are trusting in faith 00:38:19.050 --> 00:38:22.160 Plus your works to be saved you are not saved 00:38:22.160 --> 00:38:28.330 we're gonna prove that now go if you would keep your a bookmark in Ephesians to go to Ephesians 2 and 00:38:28.330 --> 00:38:35.650 Keep a bookmark in Ephesians chapter number two now the Bible is very very clear about what it takes to get to heaven 00:38:35.650 --> 00:38:40.940 And it's very important that when you're building your doctrine of what it takes to get to heaven that you actually go to verses 00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:42.480 That are in the context of salvation 00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:48.560 What false prophets love to do is they love to show you all these verses that have nothing to do with salvation and then try 00:38:48.560 --> 00:38:50.530 To prove works salvation based on that 00:38:50.530 --> 00:38:55.610 But look what the Bible says in Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 the Bible says for by grace 00:38:55.610 --> 00:39:00.890 Are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves? 00:39:00.890 --> 00:39:07.990 It is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast now to me that seems very clear 00:39:07.990 --> 00:39:15.220 We're saved by grace through what faith and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God not of works 00:39:15.220 --> 00:39:22.510 Let me break it down for you faith not of works faith is not works. Oh works is faith 00:39:22.510 --> 00:39:28.470 No, no, we're saved by faith not works. These things are different from each other. Okay, what does the Catholic Church say? 00:39:28.470 --> 00:39:31.300 Here is an article from Catholic US 00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:38.280 It says this the historical debate from the Reformation to the Council of Trent in the 16th century 00:39:38.630 --> 00:39:44.950 The church talking about the Catholic Church faced one of the most critical moments in its history with the Protestant Reformation 00:39:44.950 --> 00:39:52.510 When Martin Luther proposed the famous sola fide faith alone thesis arguing that salvation is obtained 00:39:52.510 --> 00:39:55.160 Solely through faith and not through works 00:39:55.160 --> 00:40:02.980 Well, that seems to match what the Bible says that we're saved by grace through faith not of works Luther based this stance 00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:08.010 Luther based this stance on his interpretation of the writings of st 00:40:08.010 --> 00:40:14.000 Paul especially in the letter to the Romans where the Apostle states and they're using a false version here 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:20.540 But they quote for we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law of Romans 3 28 00:40:20.540 --> 00:40:27.030 However, the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent in 1545 through 1563 00:40:27.030 --> 00:40:36.310 Affirmed that while faith is essential it alone does not justify it alone does not suffice for salvation 00:40:36.720 --> 00:40:42.250 So notice they say well, we know that the Bible says we're saved by faith alone and not of works 00:40:42.250 --> 00:40:49.400 But the Catholic Church says yeah faith is essential, but it is not sufficient to save you 00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:51.590 It's like okay. Well someone's lying here 00:40:51.590 --> 00:40:58.610 Someone's a false brother. Someone's a false prophet. Someone is perverting the gospel and it's not the Apostle Paul 00:40:58.610 --> 00:41:02.950 It's the Pope that's who's deceiving today notice 00:41:02.950 --> 00:41:10.130 It says the church's doctrine holds that God's grace is the source for our justification and salvation 00:41:10.130 --> 00:41:13.860 but humans created with free will must 00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:21.810 Actively cooperate through their works for this grace to bear fruit. So yeah, yeah, we're saved by faith 00:41:21.810 --> 00:41:28.160 It's it's the source of our salvation, but you must have works. So notice they're lying 00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:33.560 They're not saying that faith is alone to save they're not saying that faith is enough to save you 00:41:33.560 --> 00:41:40.120 They said no, no, you must have works. You must cooperate and have works. Guess what? That is a false gospel 00:41:40.120 --> 00:41:44.450 That is a lie that is twisting the gospel of Jesus Christ 00:41:44.450 --> 00:41:52.420 It says this works in this view are not a burden or an alternative path to faith 00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:54.670 But a necessary 00:41:54.670 --> 00:42:02.270 Manifestation of it thus the council reaffirmed that faith and works are two sides of the same coin now 00:42:02.270 --> 00:42:08.510 I told you to keep your place there at Ephesians chapter 2 they say hey faith and works two sides of the same coin 00:42:08.510 --> 00:42:12.670 They're the same thing. Yeah, we have to have faith for our justification 00:42:12.670 --> 00:42:17.920 But faith alone is not sufficient to justify you to save you you also must 00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:24.230 Cooperate through your works now does that match up with the Bible says Ephesians 2 verse 8 for by grace 00:42:24.230 --> 00:42:31.660 That's something you don't deserve. Are ye saved through faith, right? So how are we saved? 00:42:31.660 --> 00:42:37.360 How do we have eternal life? It's by grace meaning we don't deserve it through what faith? 00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:43.390 That's our trust in Jesus Christ and that not of yourselves. Does that sound like you must cooperate 00:42:43.390 --> 00:42:48.020 You must cooperate with your free will. No. No Bible says not of yourselves 00:42:48.020 --> 00:42:51.190 It is the gift of God notice not of 00:42:51.190 --> 00:42:59.090 Works lest any man should boast so the Bible the Apostle Paul under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit says 00:42:59.090 --> 00:43:06.710 Hey, you want to be saved? It's only by faith. It's only by believing and it's not of works and the Catholic Church says 00:43:06.710 --> 00:43:11.280 Oh, yeah, yeah, it's faith. Oh, yeah, it's faith. Yeah, yeah, but you have to work someone's a liar 00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:16.590 The Catholic Church is lying. They are deceivers. They are false brethren 00:43:16.590 --> 00:43:21.830 They are sending people to hell today. We need to stand up for the truth of the gospel 00:43:21.830 --> 00:43:22.650 You know what? 00:43:22.650 --> 00:43:29.400 I'd rather listen to what the Bible says in Ephesians 2 than what some pedophile and address has to say about the gospel of Jesus 00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:35.400 Christ the Apostle Paul is under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The Pope is a minister of Satan 00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:42.750 Transforming himself into a minister of light. They're liars. What's the truth? That's the claim. That's the lie 00:43:42.750 --> 00:43:46.560 What's the truth of the gospel is that salvation is by faith alone? 00:43:46.560 --> 00:43:51.090 Go to John chapter number 3 John chapter number 3 00:43:51.090 --> 00:43:59.320 You know false prophets are really scared of going to verses in context about salvation 00:43:59.390 --> 00:44:04.180 Because then they can't teach their false gospel then they can't teach their works salvation 00:44:04.180 --> 00:44:10.150 But you know, John 3 16 is the most famous verse in the world for a reason because it's so clear 00:44:10.150 --> 00:44:19.730 Knows what it says in John 3 16 for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever 00:44:19.730 --> 00:44:25.510 Cooperates of their own free will with their works. Oh wait. We don't have a Catholic Bible, do we? 00:44:25.510 --> 00:44:32.370 No, look what it says that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life now 00:44:32.370 --> 00:44:39.390 Doesn't that match up perfectly with Ephesians 2 8 & 9 now if you believe that you have to have faith and works 00:44:39.390 --> 00:44:45.780 What you've done is you've introduced contradictions into the Bible and but here's the thing their doctrine does bring a lot of 00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:49.850 Contradictions into the Bible which is why they have to not have the Bible as their final authority 00:44:49.850 --> 00:44:51.100 They have to say okay 00:44:51.100 --> 00:44:57.760 Our final authority is the Church Council is the Pope is the preacher not the Bible because then the Bible would make no sense 00:44:57.760 --> 00:45:01.470 Why is the Bible constantly saying it's faith alone? It's only by belief 00:45:01.470 --> 00:45:07.130 It's not of works when it really is by works in addition to your faith verse 17 00:45:07.130 --> 00:45:10.220 For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world 00:45:10.220 --> 00:45:16.710 But that the world through him might be saved he that believeth on him is not condemned 00:45:16.710 --> 00:45:24.440 But he that believeth not is condemned already because he have not believed in the name of the only begotten son of God 00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:26.590 Notice how the Bible 00:45:26.590 --> 00:45:33.160 differentiates two groups of people here those who are saved those who are unsaved and it's not those who have lived a good life and 00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:34.930 It's not those who have repented of their sins 00:45:34.930 --> 00:45:41.370 It's not those who have cooperated through their good works and those that haven't it is those who have believed in the Son of God 00:45:41.370 --> 00:45:47.010 And those who have not believed in the Son of God those who believe in the Son of God are not condemned 00:45:47.010 --> 00:45:49.640 I don't care what any false prophet has to say about that 00:45:49.640 --> 00:45:55.590 I'm gonna listen to John chapter 3 those that believe are not condemned those that have not believed they are condemned already 00:45:55.590 --> 00:46:01.700 Because they've not believed in the only begotten son of God go to Romans chapter 3 again 00:46:02.090 --> 00:46:07.970 chapters that people are really afraid to take you to because these chapters are so clear and they're in 00:46:07.970 --> 00:46:13.900 Context of salvation Romans chapter 3 verse 23 00:46:13.900 --> 00:46:18.730 The Bible says for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God 00:46:18.730 --> 00:46:20.700 That's a big problem for you 00:46:20.700 --> 00:46:26.820 If you want to be justified by your works is that you've already sinned and what does James chapter 2 verse 10 say? 00:46:26.820 --> 00:46:32.850 That if you've transgressed the law in one point you're guilty of all. Oh, you don't say I yeah 00:46:32.850 --> 00:46:35.490 I have sinned but I've repented of those. I haven't done anything too bad 00:46:35.490 --> 00:46:39.030 No, no, if you've sinned at all, you're guilty of all you are a guilty sinner 00:46:39.030 --> 00:46:43.220 You are in need of a Savior you are on your way to hell if you've not gotten saved 00:46:43.220 --> 00:46:47.440 But now let's talk about salvation verse 24 being justified freely 00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:55.170 By His grace doesn't that match up with Ephesians 2 as well through the redemption that is in Christ 00:46:55.170 --> 00:47:00.700 Jesus who is the Redeemer is it you is it your cooperation with your good works? 00:47:00.780 --> 00:47:06.750 No, Christ is the Redeemer blessed Redeemer. What a Redeemer. It's not about you 00:47:06.750 --> 00:47:11.450 I mean, I don't understand how these false prophets sing the hymns in our hymnal, you know 00:47:11.450 --> 00:47:16.600 Like they should just be singing about themselves, right? They're the blessed Redeemer. They're doing the work of self 00:47:16.600 --> 00:47:22.540 No, no, no, Jesus is the Redeemer. It says whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation 00:47:22.540 --> 00:47:28.330 through faith in His blood to declare His righteousness 00:47:28.930 --> 00:47:33.280 For the remission of sins that are passed through the forbearance of God notice 00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:38.220 Who is the righteous one Jesus who gets the honor and glory for salvation? 00:47:38.220 --> 00:47:44.900 Jesus does why because he is righteous. He is the only one who lived a sinless life 00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:51.890 He was the spotless lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world verse 26 to declare 00:47:51.890 --> 00:47:59.330 I say at this time his righteousness that he might be just and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus 00:47:59.860 --> 00:48:03.820 Notice you're not justifying yourself. You are not the justifier of your salvation 00:48:03.820 --> 00:48:11.760 Jesus is his righteousness must be put on your account and people say oh, no, no, no, you know, nothing unclean will enter into heaven 00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:17.210 Yeah, that's what I'm completely clean because I'm washed in the blood of the crucified one 00:48:17.210 --> 00:48:20.940 Hey, I am cleaned by the blood of Jesus Christ. And you know what? 00:48:20.940 --> 00:48:26.820 My new man is completely sinless and pure and clean because of Jesus Christ 00:48:27.150 --> 00:48:31.070 Now my flesh is still dirty. I still sin in this body and you know what? 00:48:31.070 --> 00:48:36.040 I will sin in this body till the day I die anyone that claims otherwise is a stinking liar 00:48:36.040 --> 00:48:40.820 Hey, he that says he has no sin deceive it himself and the truth is not in him 00:48:40.820 --> 00:48:49.770 We are sinners today, but it says verse 27. Where is boasting then it is excluded by what law of works? 00:48:49.770 --> 00:48:58.140 Nay, but by the law of faith see when you're when you realize that salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ apart from your works 00:48:58.370 --> 00:49:01.560 There's no boasting. There's no bragging about yourself 00:49:01.560 --> 00:49:06.940 That's exactly the same thing what ephesians chapter 2 said says lest any man should boast 00:49:06.940 --> 00:49:11.290 Right because if salvation were by faith plus your works 00:49:11.290 --> 00:49:15.520 Then you know what you could do you can get up and boast and you know what false prophets love to do 00:49:15.520 --> 00:49:18.990 Is they love to get up and they love to say yeah. Yeah, I believed in Jesus 00:49:18.990 --> 00:49:24.060 But let me tell you I turned away from a life of sin. I was a drug addict. I was an adulterer 00:49:24.060 --> 00:49:28.540 I was a fornicator. I was a gang banger, but you know what I turned my life over 00:49:28.780 --> 00:49:34.380 I repented of all my sins. What are they doing? They're boasting in their works, but you know what they're fools. They're liars 00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:41.260 They're unsaved because your works don't save you and anyone trusting in their works to save them is headed towards a fiery hell 00:49:41.260 --> 00:49:50.540 Keep reading therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law 00:49:50.540 --> 00:49:53.620 Oh, yeah, yeah, you're saved by faith, but you have to have works, too 00:49:53.620 --> 00:49:59.200 No, no, that's not what the bible says you are saved by faith without the deeds of the law 00:49:59.440 --> 00:50:04.660 Is he the god of the jews only is he not also of the gentiles. Yes of the gentiles also 00:50:04.660 --> 00:50:11.040 Seeing it is one god which shall justify the circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith 00:50:11.040 --> 00:50:14.220 Do we then make void the law through faith god forbid? 00:50:14.220 --> 00:50:19.510 Yay, we established the law notice the apostle paul saying hey, are we just gonna throw out the bible? 00:50:19.510 --> 00:50:24.680 We're just gonna throw out the law of god god forbid and you know what just because we're not saved by works 00:50:24.680 --> 00:50:29.090 Doesn't mean that we don't still love the word of god and love the law of god 00:50:29.330 --> 00:50:35.570 Look, should you keep god's commandments? Yes, we love god's law. We establish god's law 00:50:35.570 --> 00:50:40.770 We preach god's law. Hey, shall we continue in sin that grace may abound god forbid? 00:50:40.770 --> 00:50:44.850 Why would we want to continue sinning? But you know what keeping the law doesn't save you 00:50:44.850 --> 00:50:51.310 I want to keep god's law. I want to obey god's commandments. I strive to do that in my life 00:50:51.310 --> 00:50:55.300 Am I perfect? Absolutely not never claimed to be but you know what people will say? 00:50:55.300 --> 00:50:59.640 Oh, you're just justifying sin. You just love sin. You're just saying we can sin 00:50:59.880 --> 00:51:03.570 It's like let me tell you something whether or not I tell you you can sin you're gonna sin 00:51:03.570 --> 00:51:10.770 You're gonna be breaking god's commandments. Hey, no, no, I establish the law every commandment in the bible is good pure 00:51:10.770 --> 00:51:18.070 Enlightening the eyes converts the soul. It's sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. I love god's word. I love god's law 00:51:18.070 --> 00:51:24.000 I love not drinking alcohol. I love being sober. I love being faithful to my wife 00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:29.820 I love working hard. I love preaching the gospel. I love reading his word. I love praying to god 00:51:30.050 --> 00:51:31.740 You know what? None of those things save me 00:51:31.740 --> 00:51:33.250 None of those things save me 00:51:33.250 --> 00:51:37.930 You know people can't understand this who are trying to work their way to heaven that we would actually want to live a good life 00:51:37.930 --> 00:51:42.160 And it's not motivated out of fear of hell. Why are you guys out here preaching the gospel? 00:51:42.160 --> 00:51:44.210 Why do you go to church three times a week? Why do you read the bible? 00:51:44.210 --> 00:51:47.920 Why do you memorize these things if you don't think that you have to do those things to be saved? 00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:52.990 Have you ever heard of this thing called love? Have you ever thought about loving god? 00:51:52.990 --> 00:51:55.600 Have you ever thought about loving your neighbor? 00:51:55.600 --> 00:51:59.660 You see not everything in life has to be motivated out of a fear of going to hell 00:51:59.900 --> 00:52:03.050 Now here's the thing you should be scared of going to hell if you're not saved 00:52:03.050 --> 00:52:06.360 And you know that should motivate you to call upon the name of the lord 00:52:06.360 --> 00:52:09.800 That should motivate you to believe on the lord jesus christ and get saved 00:52:09.800 --> 00:52:12.240 But you know after that I have zero fear of hell 00:52:12.240 --> 00:52:16.950 I am i'm scared of hell this much because i'm saved and salvation is not a process 00:52:16.950 --> 00:52:25.150 It's a one-time event now go if you would to galatians 2 now 00:52:25.150 --> 00:52:28.660 Here's where people will try to use deception and lie again is they'll say 00:52:28.660 --> 00:52:30.790 Oh, of course, of course 00:52:30.790 --> 00:52:33.450 We're not saying that you're saved by keeping the law 00:52:33.690 --> 00:52:37.080 Because the bible is so clear that you're not saved by keeping the law. Oh, of course 00:52:37.080 --> 00:52:42.000 We're not saying that you're saved by keeping the law. We're just saying you have to repent of your sins 00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:47.580 But here's the thing. These are the exact same things. There's no difference between these things 00:52:47.580 --> 00:52:51.510 Let me prove that to you. You're going to galatians 2 first john 3 4 says this 00:52:51.510 --> 00:52:57.930 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law for sin is the transgression of the law 00:52:57.930 --> 00:53:01.520 What is sin? It is when you break the law 00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:07.320 It is when you go across the boundary of god's law god's rules god's commandments 00:53:07.320 --> 00:53:13.500 So if you're saying hey to be saved to go to heaven, you must repent of your sins 00:53:13.500 --> 00:53:19.940 You're saying you have to stop transgressing the law. You have to stop breaking the law. You have to fulfill 00:53:19.940 --> 00:53:24.220 The law that's what it means folks. You can't just come up with your own definitions for words 00:53:24.220 --> 00:53:26.970 The bible teaches sin is the transgression of the law 00:53:27.130 --> 00:53:32.510 So if I have to repent of my sins to be saved you are saying that I have to keep the law to be saved 00:53:32.510 --> 00:53:37.200 Let me tell you that's a lie. That's a deception. That's a perversion of the gospel 00:53:37.200 --> 00:53:42.150 You're there in galatians 2 look at how much the apostle paul just spells it out for people 00:53:42.150 --> 00:53:45.340 He says in verse 16 knowing that a man is not 00:53:45.340 --> 00:53:49.180 Justified by the works of the law. You know what that means? 00:53:49.180 --> 00:53:54.540 You're not justified by ceasing from transgressing the law and now fulfilling the law 00:53:54.700 --> 00:53:59.950 You're not justified by repenting of your sins, but by the faith of jesus christ 00:53:59.950 --> 00:54:05.660 Even we have believed in jesus christ that we might be justified by the faith of christ 00:54:05.660 --> 00:54:13.050 And not by the works of the law for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified 00:54:13.050 --> 00:54:17.780 The bible is so clear on this folks. You are not saved by repenting of your sins 00:54:17.780 --> 00:54:24.380 You are not saved by adding works to faith. You are not saved by oh, I quit drinking now. I'm sober 00:54:24.460 --> 00:54:29.390 Oh, I quit fornicating now. I'm i'm faithful. Here's the thing. Should we keep god's commandments? Yes 00:54:29.390 --> 00:54:38.170 But are you doing those things to be saved? Absolutely not now go to galatians 5 galatians 5 00:54:38.170 --> 00:54:41.020 And again people will will try to twist the definition of words 00:54:41.020 --> 00:54:43.470 Oh, no, no, you're not you don't have to keep the law to be saved 00:54:43.470 --> 00:54:46.480 You just have to repent of your sins. It's like wait a second. These are the same things 00:54:46.480 --> 00:54:50.210 The bible says you're not saved by keeping the law sin is the transgression of the law 00:54:50.210 --> 00:54:55.120 Oh, no, no, i'm not saying that you're saved by works. I'm just saying you have to repent of your sins 00:54:55.190 --> 00:54:59.570 Okay again, the bible defines works as repenting of your sins 00:54:59.570 --> 00:55:05.130 I'll read for you jona chapter 3 verse 10 says and god saw their works 00:55:05.130 --> 00:55:12.330 That they turned from their evil way and god repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them 00:55:12.330 --> 00:55:16.780 And did it not what does the bible say god saw their works? 00:55:16.780 --> 00:55:23.000 What were their works that they turned from their evil way that they repented of their sins? 00:55:23.240 --> 00:55:28.370 You know what that means works equals repenting of your sins repenting of your sins 00:55:28.370 --> 00:55:31.730 Equals keeping the law, right? 00:55:31.730 --> 00:55:36.210 So hey if you're saying you gotta repent your sins you're saying gotta keep the law if you're saying that you have to repent your sins 00:55:36.210 --> 00:55:40.870 You're saying that salvation is by works again. How many verses do we have to read to show that? 00:55:40.870 --> 00:55:47.240 It's not by works. It's not by keeping the law. Well, I think I could just add these things together 00:55:47.240 --> 00:55:52.040 Oh, I do believe in jesus, but I also think I have to live a good life 00:55:52.320 --> 00:55:57.960 I also think I have to keep god's commandments. Otherwise, it won't be safe. Okay. What does the bible say galatians chapter 5 verse 4 00:55:57.960 --> 00:56:01.240 The bible says christ has become of no 00:56:01.240 --> 00:56:08.760 Effect unto you whosoever of you are justified by the law ye are fallen from grace 00:56:08.760 --> 00:56:17.040 So notice the only way that you could have christ's righteousness imputed unto you is if you are trusting in him alone for your salvation 00:56:17.440 --> 00:56:23.800 It is not a mixture of faith and works and if you're trying to be justified by faith and the deeds of the law 00:56:23.800 --> 00:56:28.550 Then the bible says that jesus's sacrifice is of no effect unto you now 00:56:28.550 --> 00:56:33.690 Look people just need to humble themselves today because there are millions of people in this world 00:56:33.690 --> 00:56:36.120 That have been in church their whole life 00:56:36.120 --> 00:56:41.000 There are people this morning that are sitting in pews. They've been in church their whole life 00:56:41.000 --> 00:56:45.840 They know the bible stories. They know how to find every book in the bible. They know all the hymns 00:56:46.080 --> 00:56:51.520 They've memorized scripture and they're on their way to hell because they're trusting in their works 00:56:51.520 --> 00:56:56.980 And you know the only way that these people are going to be saved is if they have enough humility to say wow 00:56:56.980 --> 00:57:02.570 I have been unsaved my whole life. Wow. I have I have been reading this bible 00:57:02.570 --> 00:57:07.010 I've been hearing these sermons. I have been in church. I've been trying to live a good life 00:57:07.010 --> 00:57:11.370 But all this time i've been unsaved. That's the only way these people are going to be saved 00:57:11.370 --> 00:57:15.800 And look I would just beg people who believe that salvation is by faith 00:57:16.170 --> 00:57:23.860 And repenting of their sins to just please humble yourself or you're going to spend eternity in hell because christ sacrifice is made of no 00:57:23.860 --> 00:57:27.500 Effect unto you when you're trying to be justified by the law 00:57:27.500 --> 00:57:29.550 But sadly most people are not humble enough to do this 00:57:29.550 --> 00:57:36.110 Some people would rather just cling on to this lie that they've been telling themselves their whole life 00:57:36.110 --> 00:57:38.460 They don't want to face the fact that they've been wrong 00:57:38.460 --> 00:57:42.710 A lot of preachers don't want to face the fact that they're not even babes in christ 00:57:43.030 --> 00:57:47.130 They're not even young in the faith. They're not in the faith at all. They don't want to face that fact 00:57:47.130 --> 00:57:50.810 You know what? They're going to breathe their last and burn in hell for all of eternity 00:57:50.810 --> 00:57:55.850 What a sad and terrifying thought that is breaks my heart that there's so many people in church 00:57:55.850 --> 00:57:58.350 Today that will spend eternity in hell 00:57:58.350 --> 00:58:06.130 But you know what the devil is subtle the devil is sly his ministers have transformed themselves into ministers of righteousness 00:58:06.130 --> 00:58:08.170 And they are sending people to hell and you know 00:58:08.170 --> 00:58:13.890 It's our job to not put up with them for a single hour for the truth of the gospel 00:58:14.130 --> 00:58:18.120 Go to acts 15 acts chapter number 15 now 00:58:18.120 --> 00:58:25.830 There's a real life situation that paul dealt with with this exact concept of mixing works with faith 00:58:25.830 --> 00:58:35.670 In acts chapter number 15 verse 1 the bible says and certain men which came down from judaea taught the brethren and said 00:58:35.670 --> 00:58:41.340 Except you be circumcised after the manner of moses ye cannot be saved 00:58:41.340 --> 00:58:45.490 So what's the claim here? The claim is you must have works to be saved 00:58:45.810 --> 00:58:50.640 You must fulfill the works of the law to be saved. Hey, you got to repent of your sins to be saved 00:58:50.640 --> 00:58:57.410 That's the claim that's being made when therefore paul and barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them 00:58:57.410 --> 00:59:03.760 They determined that paul and barnabas and certain other of them should go up to jerusalem unto the apostles and elders 00:59:03.760 --> 00:59:10.070 About this question notice paul and barnabas they didn't say oh we could agree to disagree. This is no big deal 00:59:10.070 --> 00:59:15.460 No, they had no small dissension and disputation saying hey, we're not putting up with this for one hour 00:59:15.700 --> 00:59:18.330 This is a false gospel. This is false doctrine 00:59:18.330 --> 00:59:23.780 Look at verse six and the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter 00:59:23.780 --> 00:59:27.980 And when there had been much disputing peter rose up and said unto them 00:59:27.980 --> 00:59:31.370 Men and brethren, you know how that a good while ago 00:59:31.370 --> 00:59:37.610 God made choice among us that the gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel 00:59:37.610 --> 00:59:39.850 and believe 00:59:39.850 --> 00:59:45.540 And god which knoweth the hearts bear them witness giving them the holy ghost even as he did unto us 00:59:46.020 --> 00:59:49.490 And put no difference between us and them purifying their hearts by faith 00:59:49.490 --> 00:59:56.390 Now therefore why tempt ye god to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers 00:59:56.390 --> 01:00:00.090 Nor we were able to bear. He's saying look 01:00:00.090 --> 01:00:05.340 No one has ever been able to keep the law to be saved and it's funny people try to say like 01:00:05.340 --> 01:00:09.860 Oh, no, no, no when the bible says it's not of works when it says it's not by fulfilling the law 01:00:09.860 --> 01:00:15.100 That's only talking about jewish identity laws. That's only talking about the sabbath 01:00:15.420 --> 01:00:18.880 Or circumcision and of course we're not saved by those things 01:00:18.880 --> 01:00:22.240 But here's the thing no one has ever been saved by those things 01:00:22.240 --> 01:00:26.710 That's the that's the piece that people are missing today. They'll say oh, yeah in the new testament 01:00:26.710 --> 01:00:30.040 We're not under bondage. We don't have to keep the law of god to be saved 01:00:30.040 --> 01:00:35.060 Here's the thing no one has ever had to keep the law of god to be saved because if you read hebrews 01:00:35.060 --> 01:00:38.850 The bible says that the blood of bulls and of goats never took away sins 01:00:38.850 --> 01:00:44.680 Those things were always a picture. So no you just have a wrong definition. You need to learn something 01:00:44.910 --> 01:00:51.010 Here's what you need to learn verse 11, but we believe that through the grace of the lord jesus christ 01:00:51.010 --> 01:00:56.830 We shall be saved even as they so what's peter's final word on the matter? 01:00:56.830 --> 01:01:02.950 Hey, is it by faith and circumcision and you know plug into today's things that people say today 01:01:02.950 --> 01:01:10.320 Is it by faith and baptism faith and church membership faith and reading your bible faith and helping the poor? 01:01:10.320 --> 01:01:10.800 No, no 01:01:10.800 --> 01:01:15.380 We believe that by the grace of the lord jesus christ we shall be saved even as they 01:01:15.650 --> 01:01:19.330 How are we saved today in the new testament by believing on the lord jesus christ? 01:01:19.330 --> 01:01:26.540 How are people saved in the old testament by believing in the messiah by the by believing in the coming lord 01:01:26.540 --> 01:01:34.830 Jesus christ go if you would to ephesians 1 we talked about lie number 1 that salvation is by faith and good works 01:01:34.830 --> 01:01:39.790 What's the truth salvation is by faith alone in jesus christ lie number 2 01:01:39.790 --> 01:01:46.280 True faith in god actually means having good works just frustrates the crap out of me folks 01:01:46.620 --> 01:01:53.240 Because people just hide around all these courses that say it's by faith alone. It's not of works and they'll say oh, yeah 01:01:53.240 --> 01:01:59.230 Yeah, of course. Yeah, it's by faith. It's not of works, but faith actually means having works 01:01:59.230 --> 01:02:05.790 But true faith actually has works if you actually believe if you have a real saving faith 01:02:05.790 --> 01:02:10.940 That actually means obedience to god that means faith. Let me tell you something. That is a false gospel 01:02:10.940 --> 01:02:16.160 And look folks stop being so simple. These people don't walk around saying hey everyone 01:02:16.230 --> 01:02:22.190 I'm a minister of satan. I'm here to give you a false gospel. I'm here to pervert the gospel of jesus christ 01:02:22.190 --> 01:02:26.710 No, what they do is they say yes, of course. Yes, it's by faith. Yes, we like that verse 01:02:26.710 --> 01:02:31.150 Oh, yeah, we like ephesians too. Oh, we like romans 3, but faith actually means works 01:02:31.150 --> 01:02:38.570 That's the subtlety that the devil uses that's the slyness that he uses now. Here's what john mccArthur says 01:02:38.570 --> 01:02:44.840 John mccArthur is burning in hell right now. He's a false prophet. He taught a false gospel. He died earlier this year 01:02:45.000 --> 01:02:49.800 He's burning in hell, but you know what? He still influences people beyond the grave with his false gospel 01:02:49.800 --> 01:02:56.280 Here's what john mccArthur said he said faith and obedience are inescapably related 01:02:56.280 --> 01:03:03.890 There is no saving faith in god apart from obedience to god and there can be no godly obedience 01:03:03.890 --> 01:03:09.250 Without godly faith. So how does john mccArthur define faith? He says faith 01:03:09.250 --> 01:03:15.820 Equals obedience, right and that's how false prophets deceive people. They'll say yes, it's by faith 01:03:16.410 --> 01:03:22.720 Yes salvations by grace through faith. Yes, it's by believing but here's what believing means obedience to god 01:03:22.720 --> 01:03:28.680 Let me tell you something obedience to god is works. I mean folks who who are you trying to kid today? 01:03:28.680 --> 01:03:34.350 Obeying god's commandments takes works if you if you get up and say oh no, no, that's easy 01:03:34.350 --> 01:03:39.200 That's that's totally easy for me. You're a liar. It takes work to obey god 01:03:39.200 --> 01:03:43.620 It takes work to wake up early show up to church takes work to go out there 01:03:43.780 --> 01:03:48.440 Into the highways and hedges and preach the gospel of jesus christ. Hey, it takes work for the drug addict 01:03:48.440 --> 01:03:54.610 To repent of his drug addiction and to get clean it takes work for the drunk to stop drinking 01:03:54.610 --> 01:04:00.300 These things are works faith and obedience are not the same thing go to ephesians 1 01:04:00.300 --> 01:04:09.640 What's the truth faith means trust faith does not mean obedience faith does not mean works faith means trust 01:04:10.040 --> 01:04:17.840 Ephesians chapter number one look at verse 12 the Bible defines what it means to believe that we should be to the praise of his 01:04:17.840 --> 01:04:20.190 glory who first trusted in 01:04:20.190 --> 01:04:23.230 Christ in whom you also 01:04:23.230 --> 01:04:30.850 Trusted after that you heard the word of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also after that you what believed 01:04:30.850 --> 01:04:38.690 You were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise you see you got to go to the Bible to define terms for you 01:04:38.690 --> 01:04:46.590 You can't just say oh John MacArthur, please tell me what faith means means obedience. No, no faith means trust believe means trust 01:04:46.590 --> 01:04:50.490 How is it that you get saved? Here's the false accusation that people will give to us 01:04:50.490 --> 01:04:54.400 Oh, you're just saying that if you just say the name of Jesus that you're saved 01:04:54.400 --> 01:04:59.720 You're just saying if you just have intellectual ascent to the facts about the gospel that you're saved 01:04:59.720 --> 01:05:03.280 No, you're a liar or stupid or both because that's not what we claim 01:05:03.280 --> 01:05:08.460 We have never claimed say the name of Jesus and you're saved believe facts about Jesus and you're saved 01:05:08.460 --> 01:05:10.180 Here's what it means to be saved 01:05:10.180 --> 01:05:15.650 Is that you're putting all of your trust in what Jesus did for us on the cross to save you 01:05:15.650 --> 01:05:22.330 You see people who are trusting in their works to save them and Jesus they don't believe in Jesus 01:05:22.330 --> 01:05:29.430 They believe intellectual facts about him. They might believe with their mind. Oh, Jesus is the God man 01:05:29.430 --> 01:05:34.750 Jesus was sinless Jesus died and was buried again, but they're not putting their trust on that to save them 01:05:34.750 --> 01:05:39.240 How do you know they're not trusting that I think they're trusting that well because I go soul winning every week of life 01:05:39.280 --> 01:05:43.870 And I ask people what do you think it takes to get to heaven and the most common answer 01:05:43.870 --> 01:05:49.530 I hear is be a good person repent of my sins keep keep God's commandments 01:05:49.530 --> 01:05:55.530 You know that tells me they're trusting in themselves to save them because if I just verbatim ask someone 01:05:55.530 --> 01:06:00.910 What do you think you have to do to be saved and you know, it doesn't come out of their mouth Jesus 01:06:00.910 --> 01:06:05.220 Jesus is sinless Jesus died for my sins. He was buried he rose again 01:06:05.220 --> 01:06:09.860 I'm trusting in his sacrifice for my sin. What comes out of their mouth is I have to be a good person 01:06:09.860 --> 01:06:12.120 I have to repent of my sins. I have to live a good life 01:06:12.120 --> 01:06:17.710 What does that mean? They don't believe in Jesus and again, that's gonna take some humility 01:06:17.710 --> 01:06:24.350 That's gonna take some humility for people who have been in church their whole life and they know the Bible stories and they believe facts 01:06:24.350 --> 01:06:28.820 About Jesus to be told you're not saved. You do not believe in Jesus 01:06:28.820 --> 01:06:35.360 You are not going to heaven because you're trusting in yourself. What is belief? It's trust. It's saying hey God 01:06:35.360 --> 01:06:37.660 I know I'm a sinner. I know I deserve hell 01:06:37.660 --> 01:06:44.340 I know I can't get to heaven by my own merits by my own works by fulfilling the law by repenting of my sins 01:06:44.340 --> 01:06:50.570 I have to have someone else who's perfect and I have to lean on his righteousness only and you know what when you believe 01:06:50.570 --> 01:06:57.970 In Jesus Christ you receive his righteousness and now you are perfectly clean. Now you are perfectly righteous again 01:06:57.970 --> 01:07:06.430 I just want to hammer this verse go to Ephesians 2 Ephesians chapter 2 because John MacArthur says faith means obedience 01:07:06.990 --> 01:07:13.520 Faith means works. Okay, how many times we got to go over this? Here we go Ephesians 2 verse 8 for by grace 01:07:13.520 --> 01:07:20.240 Are you saved through faith and it not of yourselves? It is the gift of God not of works. Let's say any man should boast 01:07:20.240 --> 01:07:27.240 I mean folks why can't people understand this you're saved by faith not of works faith not of works 01:07:27.240 --> 01:07:32.120 These are not the same thing. I mean, how is this hard to understand? These people are liars 01:07:32.120 --> 01:07:36.160 Oh faith actually means works. What other stupid beliefs do you have? 01:07:36.580 --> 01:07:42.590 What other parts of the Bible can't you understand when God's are saying you're saved by faith not of works? 01:07:42.590 --> 01:07:49.760 Well faith must mean works folks. It's so stupid. It's so evil. It's a false gospel 01:07:49.760 --> 01:07:57.290 What about James - what about James - the Bible says that the devil's believe in God. No, it doesn't 01:07:57.290 --> 01:08:00.860 It says that the devil's believe that one God 01:08:00.860 --> 01:08:08.170 Exists I never claimed that to be saved. You have to believe one God exists. You know what that is. That's intellectual sin 01:08:08.170 --> 01:08:15.610 There's lots of people who believe one God exists that are going to hell. They're called Muslims. Oh, we believe in Allah 01:08:15.610 --> 01:08:21.750 Yeah, they're going straight to hell. They believe one God exists and they're not saved go to James chapter number two 01:08:21.750 --> 01:08:24.680 Let's just go through this chapter. Let's leave no stone unturned this morning 01:08:24.680 --> 01:08:33.400 We're gonna stick up for the truth of the gospel James chapter number two. Here's the verse that people never quote correctly 01:08:33.400 --> 01:08:41.510 Intentionally because they're liars James 2 verse 19 thou believest that there is one God 01:08:41.670 --> 01:08:46.630 Thou doest well the devil's also believe and tremble did that say man 01:08:46.630 --> 01:08:50.280 You know even the devil's put all their hope and trust in Jesus Christ for salvation 01:08:50.280 --> 01:08:54.940 Even devils have called upon the Lord said God, I know I'm a sinner 01:08:54.940 --> 01:08:58.970 I know I'm a deserving of hell, but I believe you died for my sins and I'm trusting only you 01:08:58.970 --> 01:09:04.940 No, the devil's believe that one God exists. The devil's have a head knowledge of God. They know that he is God 01:09:04.940 --> 01:09:10.780 I mean they they definitely knew when they were around the Lord Jesus Christ saying like hey, don't torment us before the time 01:09:10.930 --> 01:09:17.470 They knew that he was God, but are they trusting in God to save? No folks. Absolutely not. It's just a lie 01:09:17.470 --> 01:09:22.630 Oh, what about faith without works is dead. That means to have real faith you have to have works 01:09:22.630 --> 01:09:31.090 Okay, let's read this chapter in this amazing beautiful word called context which false prophets are afraid of they're terrified of this word 01:09:31.090 --> 01:09:36.140 Context they never want to go to things in the right context. Let's look at this in context 01:09:36.140 --> 01:09:42.630 Look at James chapter 2 verse 14 notice these first four words. What does it profit? 01:09:42.630 --> 01:09:49.490 Did this say how do you go to heaven? What must I do to be saved? Here's how you obtain eternal life 01:09:49.490 --> 01:09:53.620 Here's the question. What does it profit my brethren though? 01:09:53.620 --> 01:10:01.540 A man say he hath faith and have not works can faith save him now again people see the word save and they just assume every 01:10:01.540 --> 01:10:05.630 Time they see the word saved that that's talking about a spiritual salvation, right? 01:10:05.630 --> 01:10:07.950 But yet Peter when he was walking on the water, he said Lord save me 01:10:07.950 --> 01:10:11.770 He wasn't talking about going to heaven the Bible talks about in first Timothy chapter 2 01:10:11.870 --> 01:10:18.270 How ladies are gonna be saved through childbearing right not saying you have to have children to go to heaven 01:10:18.270 --> 01:10:20.780 It's saying that you're gonna be saved from living a tail-bearing 01:10:20.780 --> 01:10:26.100 Gossiping busybody life by having children by working hard by doing the things of God 01:10:26.100 --> 01:10:28.860 So not every time you see the word save is it talking about salvation? 01:10:28.860 --> 01:10:33.780 The question is what is it profit if a man says he has faith and has not works 01:10:33.780 --> 01:10:38.480 Let's keep reading if a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily food 01:10:38.700 --> 01:10:44.620 And one of you say unto them depart in peace be ye warmed and filled not withstanding you give them 01:10:44.620 --> 01:10:49.780 Not those things which are needful to the body. What does it profit? What's the context? 01:10:49.780 --> 01:10:55.860 What does it profit other people when you say you have faith, but you have no works? 01:10:55.860 --> 01:11:00.700 What is it profit other people? What is it profit your brother or sister? 01:11:00.700 --> 01:11:06.060 What is it profit if I say I have faith and then someone comes up to me they're destitute 01:11:06.060 --> 01:11:11.300 They're in tattered clothing and I have an ability to help them and I'm just like be ye warmed and filled 01:11:11.300 --> 01:11:18.790 Hope things go well for you. How then how is that faith profitable for them? It's not that would be a dead fate, right? 01:11:18.790 --> 01:11:24.280 Now did this say how do you know you're going to heaven? Well, you know faith without works is dead in regards to going to heaven 01:11:24.280 --> 01:11:33.110 No, no, that's not the context verse 17 even so faith if it hath not works is dead being alone to that 01:11:33.110 --> 01:11:39.460 I say amen faith without works is dead. It's not profitable. It's not going to help anyone 01:11:39.460 --> 01:11:43.740 Just like how my phone without a battery is not profitable 01:11:43.740 --> 01:11:47.600 But guess what it's still a phone if my phone battery is dead 01:11:47.600 --> 01:11:52.910 Can I open up my email app and send emails? Can I edit videos? Can I take pictures? 01:11:52.910 --> 01:11:59.260 Can I do stuff on my phone? No, but it's still a phone. It's still there. It's just not a profitable phone 01:11:59.320 --> 01:12:05.300 Here's the thing someone could believe on Jesus Christ. They could be saved they could have faith but if they don't have works with that 01:12:05.300 --> 01:12:08.650 Then their fate is not profitable to anyone else now 01:12:08.650 --> 01:12:14.590 Here's the thing if I have faith in Jesus Christ and works and I go out and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ 01:12:14.590 --> 01:12:15.260 You know what? 01:12:15.260 --> 01:12:23.200 That's gonna be profitable to other people by preaching the gospel isn't context amazing verse 19 or verse number 18 01:12:23.200 --> 01:12:28.810 Yeah, a man may say thou hast faith and I have works show me thy faith without thy works 01:12:28.810 --> 01:12:32.440 And I will show thee my faith by my works 01:12:32.440 --> 01:12:37.150 How is it that you demonstrate your faith to man by your works? 01:12:37.150 --> 01:12:41.360 That's how you demonstrate your faith to other human beings now 01:12:41.360 --> 01:12:43.260 We'll talk about in the eyes of God in a minute 01:12:43.260 --> 01:12:49.820 But verse 19 says thou believest that there is one God that do as well the devil's also believe and tremble 01:12:49.820 --> 01:12:55.180 But wilt thou know Oh vain man that faith without works is dead was not Abraham our father 01:12:55.260 --> 01:13:02.270 Justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar see as thou how faith wrought with his works and by works 01:13:02.270 --> 01:13:04.810 Was faith made perfect, right? 01:13:04.810 --> 01:13:10.760 So you could have a dead faith that doesn't have any works and it's not profitable to anyone else or you could have a perfect 01:13:10.760 --> 01:13:18.240 Faith it's a faith that's accompanied with works. That's not saying faith is works John MacArthur. Oh faith is obedience 01:13:18.240 --> 01:13:24.270 No, no a perfect complete whole faith has works with it has works alongside of it 01:13:24.270 --> 01:13:30.770 but you know what fate is not works and the scripture was fulfilled which saith Abraham believed God and it was imputed unto him for 01:13:30.770 --> 01:13:34.680 Righteousness and he was called the friend of God go to Romans chapter number four 01:13:34.680 --> 01:13:40.990 So here in James 2 we have the context of your faith being profitable to other people 01:13:40.990 --> 01:13:46.210 We have the context of how I could demonstrate my faith in the eyes of my fellow man 01:13:46.210 --> 01:13:50.730 What if there was a chapter that was in the context of being justified in the eyes of God? 01:13:50.770 --> 01:13:57.090 What if there's a chapter that was in context of going to heaven of being saved of having your sins forgiven? 01:13:57.090 --> 01:14:01.380 Maybe we should let that chapter dictate our doctrine on salvation 01:14:01.380 --> 01:14:06.230 Hey, let's go to James 2 to dictate the doctrine of how important works are to our fellow man 01:14:06.230 --> 01:14:12.710 And let's go to Romans 4 to explain how people are saved and justified in the eyes of God Romans 4 1 01:14:12.710 --> 01:14:19.710 What shall we say then that Abraham our father as pertaining to the flesh hath found for if? 01:14:20.130 --> 01:14:26.670 Abraham were justified by works. He hath wear up to glory but not before God remember in the eyes of man 01:14:26.670 --> 01:14:29.700 How do I demonstrate my faith by my works? 01:14:29.700 --> 01:14:35.510 But here's the thing Abraham was not justified by his works in the eyes of God. That's why the Bible says if 01:14:35.510 --> 01:14:44.090 Abraham were justified by works saying he was not justified by works in the eyes of God for what say it the scripture 01:14:44.090 --> 01:14:49.480 Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteous 01:14:49.560 --> 01:14:55.000 When was Abraham righteous in the eyes of God when he believed when he had faith? 01:14:55.000 --> 01:15:01.910 Verse 4 now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt 01:15:01.910 --> 01:15:08.690 Hey, if righteousness was rewarded to you by your works, that's no longer grace. You can no longer say 01:15:08.690 --> 01:15:10.370 Oh, I'm saved by grace. No, no 01:15:10.370 --> 01:15:15.520 No, if you add works to it, then you're trying to earn it and it's now a debt rather than grace 01:15:15.890 --> 01:15:24.240 Verse number five, but to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justify at the ungodly 01:15:24.240 --> 01:15:32.210 His faith is counted for righteousness make this verse make sense when you plug in John MacArthur's evil wicked doctrine saying faith 01:15:32.210 --> 01:15:36.970 Actually means obedience faith actually means works. Then how is it possible here? 01:15:36.970 --> 01:15:44.340 The Bible describes someone that has no works, but to him that worketh not he is not repented of his sins 01:15:44.460 --> 01:15:49.270 He is not living a godly life. He is not keeping God's law but to him that worketh not 01:15:49.270 --> 01:15:55.410 But believeth that on him that justifieth the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness 01:15:55.410 --> 01:16:00.280 Folks works and faith cannot be the same thing because if this person has no works 01:16:00.280 --> 01:16:03.790 But they do have faith that means faith and works are not the same thing 01:16:03.790 --> 01:16:08.860 And if you have faith without works you are saved verse number six 01:16:09.120 --> 01:16:17.320 Even as David also described at the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputed righteousness without works 01:16:17.320 --> 01:16:22.840 Saying blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered? 01:16:22.840 --> 01:16:28.470 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin notice how salvation 01:16:28.470 --> 01:16:30.280 It's a one-time event 01:16:30.280 --> 01:16:33.910 He says you've forgiven me of my sins in the past the sins I'm doing now 01:16:33.910 --> 01:16:36.440 And he says that the Lord will not impute sin in the future 01:16:36.480 --> 01:16:43.090 Why because salvation is by faith once you believe in Jesus Christ you are saved go to Romans chapter number 10 01:16:43.090 --> 01:16:51.280 Romans chapter number 10 so that's lie number two that well faith actually means works faith actually means having good works doing good deeds 01:16:51.280 --> 01:16:58.720 Here's line line number three good works are an evidence of salvation good works are an evidence of salvation 01:16:58.720 --> 01:17:06.900 People say well if you truly believe then you're gonna have good works as a result of that. Here's what Paul Washer said 01:17:06.900 --> 01:17:14.130 He's preaching. He said this he said now men today are trusting in the fact that at least one time in their life 01:17:14.130 --> 01:17:19.890 They prayed a prayer and someone told them that they were saved because they were sincere enough 01:17:19.890 --> 01:17:25.710 And so in their salvation if you ask them, are you saved they do not say yes 01:17:25.710 --> 01:17:28.340 I am because I am looking unto Jesus and 01:17:28.340 --> 01:17:34.560 There is mighty evidence giving me assurance of being born again. No, they say one time in my life 01:17:34.560 --> 01:17:42.420 I prayed a prayer and they live like devils so notice how does Paul washer gauge someone's salvation if someone tells them? 01:17:42.420 --> 01:17:46.160 Hey, I called upon the name of the Lord. I trusted in him. I 01:17:46.160 --> 01:17:53.540 Sincerely put my he may even use the word sincere. I sincerely believed in him. I called upon him. No, no 01:17:53.540 --> 01:17:57.540 No, that's not good enough because what he wants to hear is well, I believed in Jesus 01:17:57.540 --> 01:18:00.440 Yeah, there's that Jesus guy who died on the cross for my sins rose again 01:18:00.440 --> 01:18:06.840 But there's mighty evidence in my life that I'm saved mighty works are being done because I'm so righteous 01:18:06.840 --> 01:18:11.010 He goes no, no, no, they say they believe in him, but they live like devils 01:18:11.010 --> 01:18:15.080 So that's how Paul washer is gonna gauge if someone saved is how they live 01:18:15.080 --> 01:18:22.320 You know that is work salvation how they all the works that they're doing Paul washer is a false prophet 01:18:22.320 --> 01:18:25.790 He is a minister of Satan. He is a liar 01:18:25.870 --> 01:18:33.570 He is corrupting the truth of the gospel. Look what the Bible says in Romans chapter 10 verse 9 who cares what Paul washer says 01:18:33.570 --> 01:18:41.210 What about Paul the Apostle Romans 10 verse 9 that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and 01:18:41.210 --> 01:18:47.640 Shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved 01:18:47.640 --> 01:18:50.590 I missed the mighty works in that verse 01:18:50.590 --> 01:18:58.930 Where's the mighty lifestyle change in that verse for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation 01:18:59.520 --> 01:19:03.480 For the scriptures sayeth whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed 01:19:03.480 --> 01:19:09.870 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him 01:19:09.870 --> 01:19:14.840 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved 01:19:14.840 --> 01:19:21.580 Hey guess what if you believe in your heart and you confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins 01:19:21.580 --> 01:19:28.430 That he was buried that he rose again you call out to him in faith. You are saved you are going to heaven 01:19:28.430 --> 01:19:30.830 Oh, but they live like devils afterward 01:19:30.830 --> 01:19:36.410 Oh, you mean like lot who the Bible says just lot the Bible says lot was saved 01:19:36.410 --> 01:19:43.030 Oh, yeah, the one that ended up getting drunk and impregnating his own daughters. That's not mighty works being done in his life 01:19:43.030 --> 01:19:45.160 That's about as bad as it gets folks 01:19:45.160 --> 01:19:51.890 And you know I think God gave us people like him as an example to really emphasize the fact that salvation is by grace 01:19:51.890 --> 01:19:59.310 Well, I don't think that lot deserves grace. That's what it means not deserving of salvation, but guess what? 01:19:59.310 --> 01:20:02.500 I'm not deserving of salvation. You're not deserving of salvation 01:20:02.500 --> 01:20:10.510 That's why it's by grace go to Roman six John MacArthur says this it is not faith plus obedience 01:20:10.510 --> 01:20:15.570 Equals salvation which is weird because he just got done telling us that faith is obedience 01:20:15.570 --> 01:20:22.820 It is not faith plus obedience equals salvation true faith is verified in obedience 01:20:22.820 --> 01:20:29.330 That's why the Bible constantly says that Jesus is Lord because that demands submissive obedience 01:20:29.440 --> 01:20:35.200 There's no faith without obedience. There has to be obedience for faith to be genuine 01:20:35.200 --> 01:20:41.660 So according to John MacArthur, if you do not have works, you are not saved 01:20:41.660 --> 01:20:47.940 You do not have works. You don't have a true faith, which is weird because Romans 4 5 literally just said but to him 01:20:47.940 --> 01:20:54.200 That work is not but believe it on him that justified the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness 01:20:54.200 --> 01:20:58.440 How are you gonna sit here and contradict the Bible like this and contradict God's Word? 01:20:58.440 --> 01:21:04.080 Oh true faith is obedient. No, no, they're our faith. There's someone that has faith and no works and they're saved 01:21:04.080 --> 01:21:11.460 They're going to heaven. Here's the truth is that we have the free will decision to walk in newness of life 01:21:11.460 --> 01:21:15.220 Look after you're saved you should have works 01:21:15.220 --> 01:21:21.400 You should give your body a living sacrifice the Bible says as our reasonable service 01:21:21.400 --> 01:21:25.280 You should be free to thrive. You should read your Bible every day. You should pray every day 01:21:25.280 --> 01:21:30.660 You should preach the gospel. You should memorize scripture. You should repent of your sins. You should honor Christ 01:21:30.660 --> 01:21:36.020 You should stop using his name in vain. There's so many things we should do. Hey, you should not get tattoos 01:21:36.020 --> 01:21:40.190 You should not fornic. I mean, how long do we got to go? Yes, we established the law 01:21:40.190 --> 01:21:47.270 We love God's Word, but you know what after you're saved you have the free will choice to walk in newness of life 01:21:47.270 --> 01:21:54.450 Roman chapter number six says this what shall we say then shall we continue in sin that grace may abound God forbid 01:21:54.600 --> 01:22:00.330 How shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein look of course? 01:22:00.330 --> 01:22:04.810 We should not continue living in sin, but guess what we are not robots folks 01:22:04.810 --> 01:22:08.860 It's not like you get saved and all of a sudden everyone starts doing that which is right 01:22:08.860 --> 01:22:11.580 Because then lots of stories in the Bible would make no sense 01:22:11.580 --> 01:22:18.400 Why are all these saved people in the Bible constantly messing up right if it was just automatic verse 3? 01:22:18.400 --> 01:22:23.980 No, you not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death 01:22:23.980 --> 01:22:26.540 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism 01:22:26.860 --> 01:22:34.590 Into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the father even so we also notice this word 01:22:34.590 --> 01:22:38.290 Should walk in newness of life. Hey, guess what? 01:22:38.290 --> 01:22:45.410 We should walk in newness of life and the fact that the Bible is telling us we should do something tells us that it's a choice 01:22:45.410 --> 01:22:51.540 We have to make right. We are not robots. Someone can get saved. Someone could call upon the name of the Lord 01:22:51.540 --> 01:22:57.510 Genuinely putting all of their faith and trust in them in him and then not have works afterwards and that person is still saved 01:22:57.510 --> 01:23:03.460 Now I would say that person is foolish. I would say that person is lazy. I would say that person is wicked 01:23:03.460 --> 01:23:08.800 I would say that person is gonna stand at the judgment seat of Christ and not have a lot of rewards in heaven 01:23:08.800 --> 01:23:15.820 In fact, while I'm thinking about it go to Matthew chapter number 5 verse 19, Matthew chapter number 5 verse 19 01:23:15.820 --> 01:23:23.110 Matthew 5 look at verse number 19 01:23:23.110 --> 01:23:29.800 Jesus said whosoever therefore shall break one of the least one of these least commandments and shall teach men 01:23:29.800 --> 01:23:37.430 So he shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven that sounds strange. This person is breaking God's commandments and 01:23:37.430 --> 01:23:40.640 Wickedly teaching others to break God's commandments 01:23:40.640 --> 01:23:43.700 But the Bible says this person will be least in the kingdom of heaven 01:23:43.700 --> 01:23:47.040 The Bible doesn't say this person will be going to hell, right? 01:23:47.040 --> 01:23:50.350 Because there are people that are saved that walk in the flesh that teach 01:23:50.350 --> 01:23:54.740 Heresies that are causing people to break God's commandments, but that doesn't mean they're unsaved 01:23:54.780 --> 01:24:02.740 Then it says but whosoever shall do and teach them the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven, right? 01:24:02.740 --> 01:24:07.140 So here's the thing baseline. How do you get to heaven? You believe in the Lord Jesus Christ 01:24:07.140 --> 01:24:09.760 But is everyone gonna be equal in heaven? 01:24:09.760 --> 01:24:14.280 No, if you want to be great in the kingdom of heaven, you need to obey God's commandments 01:24:14.280 --> 01:24:16.390 You need to teach people to obey God's commandments 01:24:16.390 --> 01:24:20.130 If you want to be least in the kingdom of heaven then go ahead and keep living a life of sin 01:24:20.130 --> 01:24:22.310 Go ahead and keep you know, not repenting of your sins 01:24:22.310 --> 01:24:26.490 Go ahead and keep not going to church go ahead and keep not being a soul winner. You'll be least in the kingdom of heaven 01:24:26.490 --> 01:24:31.240 And then God forbid even teaching other people to break God's commandment. That's horrible. That's wicked 01:24:31.240 --> 01:24:36.390 But there are safe people that do that and they're going to heaven, but they will be least in the kingdom of heaven 01:24:36.390 --> 01:24:41.770 But they'll still be a lot better than John MacArthur and Paul washer who are going to both be in hell 01:24:41.770 --> 01:24:45.600 Go to Ephesians chapter 4 Ephesians chapter number 4 01:24:45.600 --> 01:24:50.300 You know if you take this idea that when you get saved you just automatically do what's right 01:24:50.380 --> 01:24:55.910 There's gonna be a lot of Bible verses that start to make zero sense look at Ephesians chapter number 4 verse 30 01:24:55.910 --> 01:25:01.020 This is a command the Bible says and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God 01:25:01.020 --> 01:25:04.020 Whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption 01:25:04.020 --> 01:25:11.860 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice and 01:25:11.860 --> 01:25:19.330 Be ye kind one to another tender-hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you 01:25:19.610 --> 01:25:24.450 Notice God commands us. Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God. Well, God 01:25:24.450 --> 01:25:28.830 Why do you have to tell me that if I'm automatically gonna do what's right if because I have faith 01:25:28.830 --> 01:25:35.720 I'm just automatically gonna be walking in newness of life and being kind and tender-hearted and charitable and forgiving 01:25:35.720 --> 01:25:40.300 No, no, he says hey, you have to make the decision not to grieve the Holy Spirit of God 01:25:40.300 --> 01:25:46.390 Why or how by putting away from you bitterness? Oh, once you're saved, you'll never get bitter 01:25:46.390 --> 01:25:53.630 Really? I've seen a lot of bitter Christians in my life. I've seen a lot of Christians who are saved that choose to be bitter and 01:25:53.630 --> 01:25:57.870 Choose to grieve the Holy Spirit of God. Does that mean they're not saved? 01:25:57.870 --> 01:26:02.500 No, it just means they're selfish and they're walking in the flesh doesn't mean they're not going to heaven 01:26:02.500 --> 01:26:08.100 But they're choosing to grieve the Holy Spirit of God. This would make no sense with their interpretation 01:26:08.100 --> 01:26:12.450 Oh, once you're saved just gonna be walking on water. Basically, you're gonna be living such a good life 01:26:12.450 --> 01:26:18.910 No, no, we have to put off from us bitterness wrath anger clamor evil speaking 01:26:18.910 --> 01:26:27.280 We have to choose to be kind one to another tenderhearted forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you 01:26:27.280 --> 01:26:32.130 Oh when you get saved, you're just gonna be automatically forgiving person a tender-hearted person. No, that's not the case folks 01:26:32.130 --> 01:26:45.800 You know, you get those things is by walking in the spirit go to Galatians chapter number five Galatians chapter number five Galatians five 01:26:45.800 --> 01:26:52.970 Look at verse 16 this I say then walk in the spirit and ye shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh 01:26:52.970 --> 01:26:57.040 God, why are you telling me? I have to walk in the spirit. I thought I just automatically did that 01:26:57.040 --> 01:27:00.750 I mean God's just giving us these pointless commands that we're just automatically gonna do 01:27:00.750 --> 01:27:05.570 Oh, once you're saved, you're just automatically not gonna fulfill the lust of the flesh. No, no, no 01:27:05.570 --> 01:27:09.550 No, when you walk in the spirit, you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh 01:27:09.550 --> 01:27:16.910 Here's how we could actually live a transformed line life after being saved by choosing to walk in the spirit 01:27:16.910 --> 01:27:18.850 But guess what? We don't do that 100% of the time 01:27:18.850 --> 01:27:23.120 Do we and that's why we still sin because if we were just walking in the spirit 01:27:23.120 --> 01:27:28.740 100% of the time we would not sin but guess what we can't do that as human beings Jesus 01:27:28.740 --> 01:27:31.710 Hey, he was anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows 01:27:31.710 --> 01:27:36.950 He what he had max filling of this Holy Spirit at all times. He never sinned for us 01:27:36.950 --> 01:27:37.650 It's not gonna be that way 01:27:37.650 --> 01:27:41.290 But you know what if we choose of our own free will to walk in the spirit 01:27:41.290 --> 01:27:42.790 We will not fulfill the lust of the flesh 01:27:42.790 --> 01:27:49.930 let's keep reading for the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh and these are 01:27:49.930 --> 01:27:54.880 Contrary the one to the other so that you cannot do the things that you would here's the thing 01:27:54.880 --> 01:27:57.620 It's not saying you can never do that which is right 01:27:57.620 --> 01:28:03.520 But what it's saying is that when you're in the flesh you can't do what's right when you're in the spirit you will do 01:28:03.520 --> 01:28:06.840 What's right? This is why the Apostle Paul said I am carnal 01:28:06.840 --> 01:28:10.920 He's like I do things that I don't want to do things that I want to do 01:28:10.920 --> 01:28:16.560 I don't do it's like Oh wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death 01:28:16.560 --> 01:28:18.100 What is that the flesh? 01:28:18.100 --> 01:28:23.010 The Bible says we have the flesh and the spirit these things are contrary the one to the other 01:28:23.010 --> 01:28:26.610 So that you cannot do the things that you will so what do we have to do crucify the flesh? 01:28:26.610 --> 01:28:30.490 We have to walk in the spirit. We have to be filled with the Spirit of God 01:28:30.490 --> 01:28:32.690 That's how we're gonna do right in our life 01:28:32.690 --> 01:28:40.500 Now it says this now the works of the flesh are these or I'm sorry now the works of the flesh are manifest 01:28:40.500 --> 01:28:46.230 Which are these adultery now has there ever been a saved person that committed adultery? 01:28:46.230 --> 01:28:51.880 How about David man after God's own heart? Oh, I guess David's not saved. No. No, he was in the flesh 01:28:51.880 --> 01:28:57.880 He was walking in the flesh. What are the works of the flesh adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness 01:28:57.880 --> 01:29:03.630 idolatry witchcraft hatred variants emulations wrath strife 01:29:03.630 --> 01:29:05.200 seditions 01:29:05.200 --> 01:29:09.080 heresies envies envying's murders drunkenness 01:29:09.470 --> 01:29:17.920 revelings and such like so notice what are people like if they're in the flesh all of those things on that list and you know 01:29:17.920 --> 01:29:23.960 What you even and I even as a Christian if we just walk in the flesh if we choose not to walk in the spirit 01:29:23.960 --> 01:29:25.800 All of these are on the table for us 01:29:25.800 --> 01:29:32.070 We can be just as wicked as this world the longer you grieve the Holy Spirit the longer you're in the flesh 01:29:32.070 --> 01:29:36.940 The worst you're gonna get and the more you walk in the spirit the more let's keep reading 01:29:36.940 --> 01:29:43.050 It says as I've told you also in times past that they would do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God 01:29:43.050 --> 01:29:50.240 But the fruit of the spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance against such 01:29:50.240 --> 01:29:55.140 There is no law people say see if you're doing any of these things, then you're not gonna go to heaven, okay? 01:29:55.140 --> 01:29:59.650 Well, let's just take that interpretation for a minute. Every single person in this world is doing one of these things 01:29:59.650 --> 01:30:05.810 That's just a fact and there if they're saying they're not they're liars. They're only deceiving themselves. Here's the thing 01:30:05.810 --> 01:30:08.630 Hey, our flesh is not going to inherit the kingdom of God 01:30:08.630 --> 01:30:14.360 Our flesh is going to be buried someday and it's going to be resurrected in a new glorified body someday 01:30:14.360 --> 01:30:18.070 But guess what we have the flesh we have the spirit the flesh 01:30:18.070 --> 01:30:25.680 Sins it lusts against the spirit the spirit is obviously God God the Holy Spirit and that Holy Spirit is never going to do 01:30:25.680 --> 01:30:27.790 Wrong we're never going to fulfill these things 01:30:27.790 --> 01:30:34.440 my new man is going to heaven and my new man has never committed any of these sins and never will notice but the fruit of the 01:30:35.070 --> 01:30:41.650 Spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance against such there is no law again 01:30:41.650 --> 01:30:46.110 People don't like to read the Bible. Oh the Bible says that the fruit of a saved Christian is all of those things 01:30:46.110 --> 01:30:51.840 No, the Bible says that's the fruit of the spirit. That's not the fruit of Dylan Oz. That's not the fruit of you 01:30:51.840 --> 01:30:54.600 That's not the fruit of anyone. That's the fruit of the spirit 01:30:54.600 --> 01:30:59.740 And yes, we can have these things manifested in our lives when we walk in the spirit 01:30:59.910 --> 01:31:06.510 But to say oh real faith if you're actually saved if you actually have true faith, you're gonna have all of these things 01:31:06.510 --> 01:31:10.930 That's a lie. That's a perversion. That is a twisting of the gospel 01:31:10.930 --> 01:31:18.530 Again, I brought up lot Bible calls him just lot. Okay, what about Saul because people say oh, well, here's the thing 01:31:18.530 --> 01:31:24.740 Yeah, David committed adultery, but he repented of his sins. Oh, yeah, you know lot he impregnated his daughters 01:31:24.740 --> 01:31:27.630 But later on I'm sure he repented of his sins. Okay, what about Saul? 01:31:27.630 --> 01:31:33.340 He committed suicide the last thing he ever did on earth was sin suicide is a sin folks 01:31:33.340 --> 01:31:37.670 What does the Bible say in first Samuel chapter 28 if you want to turn their first Samuel chapter number 28? 01:31:37.670 --> 01:31:44.140 There's no repenting of your sins after you kill yourself. Sorry 01:31:44.140 --> 01:31:48.970 There's not this there's not this brief moment after you die where you stand before Jesus and he asks 01:31:48.970 --> 01:31:51.790 Are you sorry would you like to change your mind and go to heaven? 01:31:51.790 --> 01:31:58.440 The Bible says as it is appointed unto men wants to die and after this the judgment look at first Samuel 28 verse 16 01:31:58.440 --> 01:32:03.060 Then said Samuel wherefore then just to give you some context Saul's in trouble 01:32:03.060 --> 01:32:09.090 The spirit of the Lord has departed from him and he goes to a witch to bring up the presence of Samuel brings up 01:32:09.090 --> 01:32:11.040 Samuel this miracle happens verse 16 01:32:11.040 --> 01:32:17.840 It says then said Samuel wherefore then dost thou ask of me seeing the Lord has departed from thee and has become thine enemy 01:32:17.840 --> 01:32:20.520 Now does that mean Saul's not saved? 01:32:20.520 --> 01:32:23.180 No, the Bible says whosoever will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God 01:32:23.180 --> 01:32:29.280 You could be saved to be the enemy of God verse 17 says and the Lord had done to him as he spake by me 01:32:29.280 --> 01:32:34.690 For the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand and given it to thy neighbor even to David 01:32:34.690 --> 01:32:39.540 Because thou obey it's not the voice of the Lord nor executest his fierce wrath upon Amalek 01:32:39.540 --> 01:32:41.890 Therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day 01:32:41.890 --> 01:32:46.420 moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines and 01:32:46.420 --> 01:32:55.820 Tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines 01:32:55.820 --> 01:32:59.280 Samuel is saved Samuel is in heaven 01:32:59.910 --> 01:33:07.320 Samuel's brought up in this apparition to Saul by some miracle and he tells Saul hey tomorrow you and your sons are gonna be with me 01:33:07.320 --> 01:33:10.260 Well, if you keep reading in first Samuel, what happens the next day? 01:33:10.260 --> 01:33:18.170 He's overrun in battle and Saul commits suicide Saul kills himself. There's no repenting of your sins after that this idea 01:33:18.170 --> 01:33:21.890 Oh, you know, you're saved by faith, but you know, once you sin, you gotta repent your sins again 01:33:21.890 --> 01:33:25.440 You lose your salvation you repent again. No, no, no salvation is a one-time event 01:33:25.840 --> 01:33:33.650 Go if you would to John chapter number three and John chapter number three look looking at someone's lifestyle is 01:33:33.650 --> 01:33:40.820 Not the most effective way to judge someone's salvation because if someone is living a really good life, you know, they're saved 01:33:40.820 --> 01:33:44.890 They're walking in the spirit. What that is is that's evidence that someone is walking in the spirit 01:33:44.890 --> 01:33:49.540 That is not evidence that they're saved and someone can be saved and live a really really horrible life 01:33:49.540 --> 01:33:54.940 Live a really raunchy life and even commit grievous sins like adultery like suicide 01:33:55.180 --> 01:34:02.620 Here's how you judge how someone is saved what they believe because salvation is by what you believe it's by what you trust 01:34:02.620 --> 01:34:06.250 So, how do I judge if someone's saved at the door when I go soul winning do I ask them? 01:34:06.250 --> 01:34:09.990 You know, how many drugs have you done this week? How many bottles of alcohol have you drank? 01:34:09.990 --> 01:34:13.650 How many you know bouts of fornication have you had in your life? 01:34:13.650 --> 01:34:18.250 No, it's just like what do you think it takes to go to heaven and if they tell me oh believing in Jesus Christ 01:34:18.250 --> 01:34:24.420 Then I'm gonna say that person saved if they tell me oh I have to be a good person then that person's not saved lie 01:34:24.420 --> 01:34:30.000 Number four. Here's the last lie. We're gonna talk about this morning that people twist the truth of the gospel lie 01:34:30.000 --> 01:34:31.970 Number four is that you could lose your salvation 01:34:31.970 --> 01:34:39.010 That is a wicked lie out of the pit of hell and it is works salvation to teach that you could lose your salvation 01:34:39.010 --> 01:34:44.440 Let me tell you something you believe in works salvation. What's the truth? Once you're saved? 01:34:44.440 --> 01:34:51.960 You're always saved John 3 look at verse 36. He that believeth on the Sun half 01:34:53.300 --> 01:34:59.450 Everlasting life and he that believeth not the Sun shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him 01:34:59.450 --> 01:35:01.580 Notice the Bible says that we have 01:35:01.580 --> 01:35:08.150 Present tense in our possession when we believe on the Son of God. What kind of life everlasting life 01:35:08.150 --> 01:35:16.090 What are you gonna tell me false prophet that believe doesn't mean believe works doesn't mean works sin doesn't mean transgression of the law 01:35:16.090 --> 01:35:20.950 Everlasting doesn't mean everlasting like what other part of the Bible. Do you want to pervert and corrupt? 01:35:21.970 --> 01:35:25.920 Everlasting means it lasts for forever. Oh, no, you you could lose it 01:35:25.920 --> 01:35:28.550 Okay, so you're saying it lasts for two days five days ten years 01:35:28.550 --> 01:35:31.580 Fifty years if it's anything other than forever 01:35:31.580 --> 01:35:39.320 It's not everlasting if I got saved today and I lost my salvation five years from now that wasn't everlasting life 01:35:39.320 --> 01:35:47.010 That was temporary life. Look at John 5 verse 24 John 5 verse 24 01:35:47.010 --> 01:35:51.880 Jesus said verily verily I say unto you he that heareth my word and 01:35:52.450 --> 01:35:57.720 Believeth on him that sent me hath ever lasting life again 01:35:57.720 --> 01:36:02.800 present tense when we believe we have everlasting life and 01:36:02.800 --> 01:36:07.990 Shall not come into condemnation. You know what that means. You'll never go to hell 01:36:07.990 --> 01:36:15.020 Condemnation means hell. He says you believe you have everlasting life. You'll never come into condemnation 01:36:15.020 --> 01:36:22.230 Let's keep reading but is passed from death unto life notice when you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ 01:36:22.390 --> 01:36:27.350 The Bible says you are passed from death unto life. It does not say some day 01:36:27.350 --> 01:36:33.520 You're gonna find out if you're safe someday you hope you wonder you guess if you live a good enough life 01:36:33.520 --> 01:36:38.150 Someday you might get everlasting life. No, no salvation is one moment in time 01:36:38.150 --> 01:36:43.760 And this is the most important thing when it comes to eternal security is that salvation is not a process 01:36:43.760 --> 01:36:47.710 It is not a continuation of doing good 01:36:48.100 --> 01:36:55.450 Salvation is one moment in eternity where you put all your faith in Jesus Christ and the Bible says you are passed from death unto 01:36:55.450 --> 01:37:01.720 Life and people say oh you're saying you don't believe in free will you're saying we don't have free will no 01:37:01.720 --> 01:37:02.950 No, we have free will folks 01:37:02.950 --> 01:37:08.000 You get to make the free will decision to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ or to believe in your works 01:37:08.000 --> 01:37:15.090 And you know what people who are unsaved they've made the free will decision to go to hell by rejecting the gospel and instead trusting in 01:37:15.090 --> 01:37:20.420 Their works, you know people that believe they can lose their salvation. They've made a free will choice to discount 01:37:20.420 --> 01:37:24.810 What Jesus Christ said and believe in their own twisted version of theology 01:37:24.810 --> 01:37:31.460 But here's the thing just because we have free will does not mean that everything is possible to us because here's the thing 01:37:31.460 --> 01:37:35.690 Salvation is not a process. What did I say? It's one moment in time 01:37:35.690 --> 01:37:41.510 So I got saved a long time ago well over a decade ago. Oh, I have free will right now 01:37:41.510 --> 01:37:45.510 Don't I don't I have free will I mean, can I just like walk over here? Hey guys, how's it going? 01:37:45.510 --> 01:37:52.650 Can can I just like do anything I free will right? But here's the thing. Can I change the past can I change the past? 01:37:52.650 --> 01:37:58.140 No, but do I free will yes salvation is something that happened to me in the past 01:37:58.140 --> 01:38:03.000 I already put my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ in the past and in the past 01:38:03.000 --> 01:38:08.120 I was already transferred from death unto life. Hey, I have free will I could ruin my life 01:38:08.120 --> 01:38:14.370 I could walk in the flesh I could get punished by God, but I can't lose my salvation because salvation is a one-time event 01:38:14.490 --> 01:38:21.040 Yes, we still have free will but that has nothing to do with losing your salvation go to John chapter number 10 John chapter number 10 01:38:21.040 --> 01:38:26.520 Oh, you're saying we don't have free will because you're saying we could not lose our salvation 01:38:26.520 --> 01:38:29.050 It's like I have free will but I can't jump 10,000 miles in the air right now 01:38:29.050 --> 01:38:31.700 I have free will but I can't crawl back into my mother's womb 01:38:31.700 --> 01:38:36.160 I have free will and I can't make other people do what I want them to do, right? 01:38:36.160 --> 01:38:38.460 There's limitations to us as human beings 01:38:38.460 --> 01:38:41.510 But notice what Jesus said in John chapter number 10 verse 27 01:38:41.630 --> 01:38:47.130 My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me and I give unto them 01:38:47.130 --> 01:38:53.880 Eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand 01:38:53.880 --> 01:39:00.740 My father which gave them me is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hand 01:39:00.740 --> 01:39:01.750 Hey, you know what? 01:39:01.750 --> 01:39:08.780 God is stronger than you God is stronger than me and when we believe the Bible says we have eternal life and we're in God's 01:39:08.780 --> 01:39:15.170 Hand the Bible says no man can pluck him out of my father's hand and it's funny people be like, that's true 01:39:15.170 --> 01:39:21.160 No, man can pluck you out of God's hand, but you sure could walk away, but you sure could jump out 01:39:21.160 --> 01:39:27.370 It's like what part of no man. Do you not understand how prideful? Oh when Jesus said no, man, that's everyone but me 01:39:27.370 --> 01:39:33.020 I'm the one exception. I could jump out of God's hand. I'm strong enough out of my own free will no 01:39:33.020 --> 01:39:37.330 No, it's like you think this right now because you're not even in his hand to begin with you're not even saved 01:39:37.410 --> 01:39:44.210 Because if you believe you can lose your salvation what you believe in is works salvation because what you're saying is yeah 01:39:44.210 --> 01:39:45.910 You know we get saved by believing 01:39:45.910 --> 01:39:51.440 But if you don't keep doing the works if you don't keep repenting of your sins if you don't keep living a good life 01:39:51.440 --> 01:39:54.450 Then you're gonna lose that salvation translation you believe in works 01:39:54.450 --> 01:39:56.940 You believe in fulfilling the law to go to heaven 01:39:56.940 --> 01:40:00.820 You are not saved if you believe you could lose your salvation by the way 01:40:00.820 --> 01:40:05.310 Please emphasize eternal security when you go so winning because just yesterday 01:40:05.540 --> 01:40:11.070 We ran into someone who goes to an independent fundamental Baptist Church, and they said they believe in Jesus 01:40:11.070 --> 01:40:14.960 But when we asked if they could lose their salvation, they said yes, and they weren't saved 01:40:14.960 --> 01:40:22.320 We have to emphasize the fact that you are always saved when you believe it's like your children go to John chapter number one 01:40:22.320 --> 01:40:29.750 I like that God gives us several illustrations to prove this right the Bible gives us the gift right the gift illustration 01:40:29.750 --> 01:40:36.790 And of course gifts are free gifts have no strings attached the giver pays for the gift not the person who receives it 01:40:37.150 --> 01:40:40.210 Also, the Bible says in John 1 verse 12 01:40:40.210 --> 01:40:45.320 But as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God 01:40:45.320 --> 01:40:51.090 Even to them that believe on his name notice the Bible says you become a child of God 01:40:51.090 --> 01:40:57.580 Once you believe once you receive the Lord Jesus Christ. There's a lie out there that says we're all God's children 01:40:57.580 --> 01:41:02.030 Oh, we're all God's children. No only those who believe in Jesus Christ 01:41:02.030 --> 01:41:08.970 only those who believe salvation is by faith in Christ those are the only children of God in this world and you become a 01:41:08.970 --> 01:41:14.120 Children of God, but you become a child of God by faith in Jesus Christ, you know, once you're a child 01:41:14.120 --> 01:41:18.550 You're always a child just like our physical children in this world 01:41:18.550 --> 01:41:20.850 You know God has this as a picture of salvation 01:41:20.850 --> 01:41:26.710 Children are born into our family and did kids have to do any of the work of labor? 01:41:26.710 --> 01:41:29.680 No, mom did the work of labor, right? 01:41:29.680 --> 01:41:34.970 It's a picture of the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ did all the work for our salvation. He fulfilled the law 01:41:34.970 --> 01:41:37.020 He did the good works. He never sinned 01:41:37.020 --> 01:41:41.460 We're just born into his family right kids are just born into this world mom did all the work 01:41:41.460 --> 01:41:43.990 And you know what once they're born they're always our kids 01:41:43.990 --> 01:41:50.330 They always have our DNA no matter what if they grow up and they want to have a good close relationship with mom and dad 01:41:50.330 --> 01:41:57.040 You know what they're gonna need to do obey mom and dad respect mom and dad follow mom and dad's rules be good children 01:41:57.040 --> 01:42:03.390 Then you're gonna what bless them have closeness with them, but what if they grow up they disobey they disrespect 01:42:03.500 --> 01:42:08.630 They just thwart all of mom and dad's rules. They live wicked lives. They commit crimes 01:42:08.630 --> 01:42:12.790 You know what you're gonna do. You're gonna punish those kids. You're gonna chastise those kids 01:42:12.790 --> 01:42:16.200 Does that mean that you don't love them? No, you still love them. Does that mean they're not there your kids? 01:42:16.200 --> 01:42:19.050 They're still your kids. The Bible says whom the Lord loveth 01:42:19.050 --> 01:42:24.010 He chastened and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth 01:42:24.010 --> 01:42:30.420 So we're not up here saying oh you could believe in Jesus Christ and then live a wicked life and have no consequences whatsoever 01:42:30.420 --> 01:42:34.520 No, no, if you believe in Jesus Christ and you live a wicked life you will go to heaven 01:42:34.520 --> 01:42:39.550 But you will make your life on earth bad. You will have issues on this earth. God will spank you 01:42:39.550 --> 01:42:44.070 God will punish you God will chastise you on this earth. You go out you commit adultery 01:42:44.070 --> 01:42:46.960 You're not gonna lose your salvation, but God sure could give you a disease 01:42:46.960 --> 01:42:52.990 He sure could make you lose your marriage lose your house lose your job lose your money lose your health 01:42:52.990 --> 01:42:58.450 God can punish us in a myriad of ways, but we're not gonna lose our salvation go to 1st 01:42:58.450 --> 01:43:06.850 John 5 1st John chapter number 5 1st John chapter number 5 01:43:06.850 --> 01:43:11.440 I want to prove to you that believing in eternal security is a requirement for salvation 01:43:11.440 --> 01:43:17.950 1st John 5 verse 2 verse 10 he that believeth on the Son of God have the witness in himself 01:43:17.950 --> 01:43:26.350 He that believeth not God have made him a liar because he believeth not the record that God gave of his son 01:43:26.350 --> 01:43:30.090 So there's people that don't believe the record that God gave of his son 01:43:30.090 --> 01:43:35.710 What are those people the Bible says that those people believe not God you understand this? 01:43:35.710 --> 01:43:39.790 So far you deny the record you don't believe God and you're calling God a liar 01:43:39.790 --> 01:43:44.460 Well, let's find out what that record is and this is the record that God has given to us 01:43:44.460 --> 01:43:50.360 Eternal life not temporary life eternal life and this life is in his son 01:43:50.360 --> 01:43:56.540 He that hath the son hath life and he that hath not the son of God hath not life 01:43:56.540 --> 01:44:02.520 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God that ye may know 01:44:03.110 --> 01:44:09.720 That ye have eternal life and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God if you deny that 01:44:09.720 --> 01:44:15.940 Salvation is eternal that once you're saved you're always saved. You've denied the record that God gave of his son 01:44:15.940 --> 01:44:20.240 You have called God a liar. You do not believe God you're not saved 01:44:20.240 --> 01:44:26.630 But guess what you can know that you're saved people hate this false prophets hate this no one can know that you're saved 01:44:26.630 --> 01:44:29.500 You only know at the very end of your life when you stand or judged by all your works 01:44:29.500 --> 01:44:33.560 No, no, the Bible says I could know and guess what I know that I'm saved 01:44:33.680 --> 01:44:35.660 Hey, say amen if you know you're saved this morning 01:44:35.660 --> 01:44:40.210 You know why I know I'm saved because I believe the record that God has given of his son 01:44:40.210 --> 01:44:44.020 I don't sit here and say oh, I know I'm saved cuz I live such a perfect life 01:44:44.020 --> 01:44:49.270 Because I've repented of all my sins because I'm such a good person. No, no, I'm a sinner. I deserve hell 01:44:49.270 --> 01:44:53.040 I don't deserve heaven at all. But guess what? I believe in Jesus Christ 01:44:53.040 --> 01:44:55.880 I believe the record that God gave his son and guess what? 01:44:55.880 --> 01:45:03.460 I know that I'm saved go to 2nd Timothy chapter 1 look anyone teaching you to lose your salvation 01:45:03.460 --> 01:45:06.450 They are perverting the gospel. They are liars 01:45:06.450 --> 01:45:09.340 We need to not put up with them for a single hour 01:45:09.340 --> 01:45:15.370 Why for the truth of the gospel 2nd Timothy chapter 1 look at verse number 8 01:45:15.370 --> 01:45:23.380 How do we apply this it says in verse number 8 be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord 01:45:23.380 --> 01:45:29.090 Nor of me his prisoner, but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel 01:45:29.090 --> 01:45:34.970 According to the power of God look I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ today 01:45:34.990 --> 01:45:39.840 I am not ashamed in the saving power of the blood of Jesus Christ 01:45:39.840 --> 01:45:44.850 I am not ashamed of the fact that I'm going to heaven based on nothing to do with me 01:45:44.850 --> 01:45:49.150 It's all about Jesus praise God for salvation praise God for his 01:45:49.150 --> 01:45:52.330 Unspeakable gift I'm not ashamed of the testimony of our Lord 01:45:52.330 --> 01:45:58.910 And you know what I'm not ashamed of the ministers of God and what does the Bible say be thou therefore a partaker of the 01:45:58.910 --> 01:46:02.420 Afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God 01:46:02.420 --> 01:46:07.610 You know what if you actually stand up for the gospel if you actually call out the false prophets if you actually say I want 01:46:07.610 --> 01:46:11.150 To stand up today for the truth of the gospel there will be afflictions 01:46:11.150 --> 01:46:18.330 There will be so many of the ministers of Satan flocking all over you attacking you lying about you 01:46:18.330 --> 01:46:25.030 Slandering you oh you love sin. Oh, you're telling people that they should sin you this you that look 01:46:25.030 --> 01:46:30.700 Just bring on the afflictions of the gospel because we are never ever gonna compromise on the crystal clear 01:46:30.930 --> 01:46:37.250 Waters of salvation that it's by faith alone not of works once you're saved you're always saved 01:46:37.250 --> 01:46:42.780 We'll never compromise on that whatever afflictions come our way. We need to be willing to be partaker of those afflictions 01:46:42.780 --> 01:46:51.270 Verse number nine who hath saved us and hath called us with an holy calling not according to our works 01:46:51.270 --> 01:46:53.730 But according to his own purpose and grace 01:46:53.730 --> 01:47:02.050 Which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ 01:47:02.400 --> 01:47:07.380 Who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel 01:47:07.380 --> 01:47:14.400 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles for the witch cause 01:47:14.400 --> 01:47:16.350 I also suffer these things 01:47:16.350 --> 01:47:22.440 Nevertheless, I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded 01:47:22.440 --> 01:47:28.270 That he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day notice 01:47:28.270 --> 01:47:32.860 He says hey the gospel he's been appointed a preacher of the gospel 01:47:32.860 --> 01:47:36.040 He's been appointed a teacher of the gospel 01:47:36.040 --> 01:47:40.280 He's been an appointed an apostle to the Gentiles for the gospel and you know what? 01:47:40.280 --> 01:47:42.720 We have been appointed as preachers of the gospel as well 01:47:42.720 --> 01:47:50.860 We have been given the Great Commission to go into all the world and preach the gospel of every creature telling people hey 01:47:50.860 --> 01:47:56.870 You need to believe on Jesus Christ and notice verse 12 for the witch cause I also suffer these things 01:47:56.870 --> 01:48:03.280 There will be suffering involved with someone who actually wants to stand up and defend the gospel of Jesus Christ 01:48:03.280 --> 01:48:08.850 But he says hey, nevertheless, I am NOT ashamed why for I know whom I have believed 01:48:08.850 --> 01:48:15.250 There's no reason to be scared. There's no reason to be ashamed because we know whom we have believed 01:48:15.250 --> 01:48:18.580 We have believed in the Creator Jesus Christ 01:48:18.580 --> 01:48:24.290 We have believed in the Son of God who died and rose again from the dead 01:48:24.290 --> 01:48:26.740 I mean, hey, why would be ashamed of that guy? 01:48:26.740 --> 01:48:31.010 Why would be afraid of anything coming our way if he is with us? 01:48:31.130 --> 01:48:35.740 The Son of God who holds this world up by nothing in the vastness of space 01:48:35.740 --> 01:48:42.320 Hey, I know whom I have believed and I'm persuaded that he is able to perform that which he's committed unto me against that day 01:48:42.320 --> 01:48:47.490 Go to Galatians chapter number two. Hey people will hate you for preaching this they hated Paul 01:48:47.490 --> 01:48:54.830 two more verses will go to while you're turning to Galatians to Romans 3 verse 8 says this and not rather as we be 01:48:54.830 --> 01:49:02.820 Slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say let us do evil that good may come whose damnation is just 01:49:02.970 --> 01:49:10.480 What are the Apostle Paul say hey when I'm preaching the gospel all these wicked ministers of the devil come up and slander us 01:49:10.480 --> 01:49:15.190 Saying oh Paul you're preaching that we should do evil you're preaching that we should sin 01:49:15.190 --> 01:49:19.860 He says you know I let these people's damnation is just let these people go to hell 01:49:19.860 --> 01:49:23.780 Hey, if any man preach any other gospel other than that which we have preached unto you 01:49:23.780 --> 01:49:29.810 Let him be accursed is what Paul said we need to care about the truth of the gospel today 01:49:30.040 --> 01:49:40.440 Galatians chapter 2 verse 4 Galatians chapter 2 will finish where we started the Bible says and that because of false brethren 01:49:40.440 --> 01:49:46.410 Unaware is brought in who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus 01:49:46.410 --> 01:49:53.050 That they might bring us that they might bring us into bondage to whom we gave place by subjection 01:49:53.050 --> 01:49:59.530 No, not for an hour that the truth of the gospel might continue with you 01:49:59.530 --> 01:50:07.360 Hey, why preach a sermon like this on a Sunday morning for the truth of the gospel because this city state 01:50:07.360 --> 01:50:11.060 Country world is filled with false brethren 01:50:11.060 --> 01:50:18.480 Attacking the gospel of Jesus Christ perverting the gospel of Jesus Christ and there's got to be someone in Oklahoma City 01:50:18.480 --> 01:50:19.960 That's gonna stand up and say hey 01:50:19.960 --> 01:50:26.430 We're not gonna put up with these people for a single hour that the truth of the gospel might prevail. Let's pray Lord 01:50:26.430 --> 01:50:27.590 Thank you so much for your word 01:50:27.590 --> 01:50:33.180 Thank you for the gospel of Jesus Christ for the crystal clear waters of salvation 01:50:33.180 --> 01:50:39.370 I pray that we would just never be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ that we would care so deeply about it that we 01:50:39.370 --> 01:50:45.700 Would defend it against heretics teaching you to repent of your sins to be saved or teaching that you could lose your salvation 01:50:45.700 --> 01:50:51.680 I pray also that we would all be good stewards of the gospel that we'd be motivated to go out and not just believe the gospel 01:50:51.680 --> 01:50:56.660 But preach it boldly to every creature in this world in Jesus name. We pray Amen 01:51:10.030 --> 01:51:15.950 127 01:51:15.950 --> 01:51:22.260 127 127 it is so sweet to trust in Jesus 01:51:22.260 --> 01:51:38.500 127 127 we'll sing there starting on the first 01:53:11.730 --> 01:53:12.750 ♪ Let's run ♪