The Old Man is Dead: Week 1, Day 1

Did you know that you can say “goodbye and good riddance” to your sin nature? In fact, when you were born again, that’s exactly what you did. Each of us was once a sinner, but salvation changed that. God no longer looks at you and sees sin; He only sees the new nature that Jesus provided by grace at the cross.

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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH

WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,

A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES

ON GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

>> AND GRACE.

>> EVERYTHING I HEAR HIM SAYING

>> IS TRUTH, I KNOW IT.

>> THE TRUTH IN HIS WORD

LITERALLY COMES

>> FROM THE BIBLE.

>> THE MORE YOU WATCH IT,

THE MORE YOU REALIZE

>> IT IS THE TRUTH.

>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.

WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S

BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

TODAY I’M BEGINNING

A BRAND NEW SERIES.

I’M TEACHING ON

THE OLD MAN IS DEAD.

AND YOU KNOW I HAVE NEVER

JUST MADE A TEACHING

ON THIS SPECIFICALLY.

NOW I’VE GOT THIS IN

MY ROMANS EDITION BOOK.

I COVER THIS.

ALSO, MY LIVING COMMENTARY

I TEACH VERSE BY VERSE

THROUGH THESE THINGS.

AND I’VE REFERRED TO THIS

MANY TIMES JUST IN PASSING.

BUT THE LORD WOKE ME UP

AT 4 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING.

I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW,

WHEN I WENT TO BED,

ABOUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO

TEACH ON TELEVISION

AND THE LORD WOKE ME UP,

AND JUST SAID THAT THIS IS

SO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE

GET THAT THEIR OLD MAN IS DEAD

AND GONE AND NON-EXISTENT.

THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT USE THE TERMINOLOGY

ABOUT OUR OLD MAN IS DEAD,

BUT THEY BELIEVE IT RESURRECTS

EVERY MORNING.

AND THEREFORE THEY IDENTIFY

THAT THEY STILL HAVE A FALLEN,

SINFUL, HUMAN NATURE.

AND I TELL YOU,

THAT IS DETRIMENTAL

TO CHRISTIAN GROWTH.

AND THE LORD JUST REALLY

LAID IT ON MY HEART THAT THIS IS

SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO

TEACH ON SPECIFICALLY

JUST THIS ONE POINT

AND MAKE THE APPLICATIONS TO

OUR LIFE BECAUSE THIS IS

ESSENTIAL IN MY LIFE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT TRUTHS

THAT REALLY TURNED MY LIFE

TOTALLY AROUND.

SO I’M GOING TO HAVE

A BRAND NEW SERIES ON THIS

ENTITLED THE OLD MAN IS DEAD.

AND THE SUBTITLE IS GOING TO BE

GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE.

AMEN.

AND I TELL YOU IF YOU COULD

UNDERSTAND THE THINGS

THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT,

THIS WILL RADICALLY

CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

IT REALLY GOES TO THE CORE

OF YOUR IDENTITY.

AND IF YOU THINK

THAT YOU’RE AN OLD SINNER

THAT GOT SAVED BY GRACE,

BUT THAT YOU ARE AN OLD SINNER,

IF THAT IS YOUR CORE

AND YOU’VE JUST BEEN FORGIVEN,

WELL THEN IT’S GOING TO PLAY OUT

IN THE WAY THAT YOU LIVE.

PROVERBS, CHAPTER 23,

VERSE 7 SAYS,

FOR AS HE THINKETH IN HIS HEART,

SO IS HE.

AND THE WAY THAT YOU SEE THINGS

ON THE INSIDE DETERMINES

HOW YOU LIVE ON THE OUTSIDE.

AND THE SAD FACT,

MOST CHRISTIANS ONLY BELIEVE

THAT THEIR SINS

HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN.

THEY…VERY FEW PEOPLE

REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT MEANS

TO HAVE YOUR SINS FORGIVEN.

BUT EVEN IF THEY DO,

THEY THINK THAT YOU STILL HAVE

THAT CORE OLD NATURE,

OLD MAN THAT JUST

DRIVES YOU TO SIN.

AND THEY SEE THAT

AS THEIR IDENTITY.

THEY SEE THEMSELF

AS A FORGIVEN SINNER.

BUT THE TRUTH IS

WHEN YOU GET BORN AGAIN,

YOU ARE NOT A SINNER ANYMORE.

NOW, I’M NOT SAYING

THAT CHRISTIANS DON’T SIN.

CHRISTIANS CAN SIN,

BUT IT IS NOT YOUR NATURE.

THAT IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.

AND I’M GOING TO GO

THROUGH SOME THINGS HERE

THAT IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THIS,

I TELL YOU IT WILL MAKE

A HUGE SHIFT IN YOUR PARADIGM.

MATTER OF FACT,

I HAD ONE PERSON COME TO ME

AFTER I WAS TEACHING ON THIS

AND HE SAID,

THAT ISN’T A PARADIGM SHIFT.

THAT’S A PARA-QUARTER SHIFT,

AND HE SAID IT WAS HUGE.

AND THIS WILL

TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.

SO AGAIN,

THIS IS A BRAND-NEW TEACHING.

I’VE MENTIONED IT,

I’VE TAUGHT ON IT

IN MY ROMANS EDITION BOOK

AND IN MY LIVING COMMENTARY

IN DEPTH, BUT I DON’T HAVE

A TEACHING SERIES ON IT.

AND SO, I REALLY FELT LIKE

THE LORD WANTED ME TO FOCUS

ON THAT AND SO THAT’S WHAT

WE’RE BEGINNING TO DO TODAY.

TODAY IS MY FIRST DAY OF

TEACHING ON THE OLD MAN IS DEAD.

SO I’M GOING TO TAKE THIS

PRIMARILY FROM ROMANS,

CHAPTER 6, 7, AND 8.

AND I’VE GOT TO GIVE

A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

ROMANS IS

PAUL’S MASTERPIECE ON GRACE.

I’VE GOT THIS BOOK,

AND THIS IS A 400 PLUS PAGE BOOK

THAT GOES VERSE BY VERSE

THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS.

AND I HADN’T GOT TIME TO

PUT IT ALL INTO CONTEXT.

BUT BASICALLY,

PAUL WAS PREACHING AGAINST

THE MENTALITY OF

THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW,

WHERE PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY HAD

TO PERFORM IN ORDER TO BE

ACCEPTED WITH GOD.

NOW THAT’S NOT REALLY

THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW.

THAT’S NOT WHY GOD GAVE IT.

GOD GAVE THE LAW ACTUALLY TO

SHOW US A STANDARD

THAT WAS SO FAR BEYOND

ANYBODY’S ABILITY TO MEET IT,

THAT IT WOULD MAKE THEM DESPAIR

OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS

AND TRYING TO EARN GOD’S FAVOR.

AND IT WOULD JUST SHUT THEM UP

TO SAY, OH GOD,

IF THIS IS YOUR STANDARD

HAVE MERCY ON ME.

AND THAT’S WHAT HE WANTED.

HE WANTED US TO JUST

THROW OURSELF ON

THE MERCY OF GOD AND QUIT

TRUSTING IN OUR OWN GOODNESS.

SO THAT WAS

THE REAL PURPOSE OF THE LAW.

BUT RELIGION BACK IN JESUS’ DAY,

AND IN OUR DAY,

HAS PERVERTED THE LAW

AND HAS TOLD PEOPLE

THAT YOU GOT TO DO

ALL OF THESE THINGS

FOR GOD TO ACCEPT YOU.

AND IF YOU FAIL TO DO IT,

THEN YOU CAN COME UNDER

THE WRATH OF GOD

OR AT THE VERY LEAST,

GOD IS NOT GOING TO

ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS.

HE’S NOT GOING TO FELLOWSHIP

WITH YOU AND BLESS YOU.

SO MOST OF CHRISTIANITY

IN PAUL’S DAY,

AS WELL AS OUR DAY,

IS ALL PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED.

AND PAUL WAS USING

THE BOOK OF ROMANS,

TO JUST DISMANTLE THAT BELIEF.

AND I TELL YOU IT IS AWESOME.

AND BY THE TIME PAUL GOT TO

ROMANS, CHAPTER 6,

HE HAD USED
SCRIPTURAL ACCOUNTS

OF ABRAHAM, AND DAVID,

AND MANY OLD TESTAMENT

SCRIPTURES.

AND FOR ANYBODY WHO WOULD

PAY ATTENTION, HE HAD BASICALLY

BROUGHT THEM TO A PLACE

THAT YOU COULD NOT BELIEVE

THAT YOU COULD
BE RIGHT WITH GOD

ANY OTHER WAY
EXCEPT THROUGH GOD

JUST GIVING YOU RIGHTEOUSNESS

IN EXCHANGE FOR YOU ACCEPTING

WHAT JESUS DID FOR YOU.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU COULD

EVER POINT TO YOUR
OWN GOODNESS

AND PROCLAIM THAT
GOD OWED YOU

SOMETHING BECAUSE OF

YOUR PERFORMANCE.

SO THAT’S WHAT HE DID

COMING UP TO ROMANS, CHAPTER 6.

AND THEN IN ROMANS,

CHAPTER 6, VERSE 1,

HE SAYS, WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN?

SHALL WE CONTINUE IN SIN,

THAT GRACE MAY ABOUND?

NOW, OF COURSE THE ANSWER

TO THIS IS IN VERSE 2,

AND HE SAYS, GOD FORBID.

THAT IS A STRONG STATEMENT.

IT’S ABOUT AS STRONG

AS YOU CAN GET WITHOUT USING

SOME TYPE OF PROFANITY

OR SOMETHING.

IT IS AN ABSOLUTE

UNQUALIFIED NEGATIVE.

NO.

ABSOLUTELY NOT,

IS WHAT HE’S SAYING.

BUT I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT

THAT WHEN PAUL
TAUGHT ON GRACE,

AND HE TOTALLY DID AWAY WITH US

TRUSTING IN OUR OWN GOODNESS

AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER

BEING WORTHY OF GOD LOVING US

OR MOVING IN OUR LIFE.

WHEN PAUL TAUGHT ON THAT,

THIS IS A QUESTION

THAT CAME UP REPEATEDLY.

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 3,

HE SAID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.

HE SAID IT HERE IN ROMANS,

CHAPTER 6, VERSE 1,

AND THEN IN

ROMANS, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 15,

HE SAYS THE SAME THING.

WHAT AM I SAYING?

AM I SAYING THAT WE SHOULD

LIVE IN SIN?

AND OF COURSE

THE ANSWER TO THAT

EVERY SINGLE TIME

IS ABSOLUTELY NOT.

BUT UNLESS YOU
UNDERSTAND GRACE

TO THE POINT THAT GOD LOVES YOU

BECAUSE HE IS LOVE

AND NOT BECAUSE
YOU WERE LOVELY,

IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT,

TO THE POINT THAT IT MAKES THIS

QUESTION COME UP ABOUT,

WELL, WHAT ABOUT SIN THEN?

IF GOD LOVES ME

COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF

MY PERFORMANCE,

DOES THIS JUST MEAN

THAT I COULD LIVE IN SIN

AND IT HAS NO EFFECT ON ME?

NO, THAT’S NOT WHAT PAUL

WAS SAYING.

NO, THAT’S NOT WHAT I’M SAYING.

BUT THAT IS A LOGICAL QUESTION.

AND IF THAT QUESTION NEVER

COMES UP FROM THE PEOPLE

THAT YOU’RE HEARING PREACH

QUOTE/UNQUOTE THE GOSPEL,

WELL THEN THEY AREN’T

PREACHING THE SAME GOSPEL

THAT PAUL PREACHED

BECAUSE HE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS

NUMEROUS TIMES.

HE DEALT WITH IT THREE TIMES

HERE IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS,

AND THEN IN GALATIANS,

TWICE HE SAID

A VERY SIMILAR THING.

AND THE POINT IS THAT IF

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF

YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS,

IT AFFECTS THE WAY

YOU RELATE TO PEOPLE,

AND YOU DO NEED
TO ACT CORRECTLY

IN ORDER TO HAVE

GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE.

AND IT SPECIFICALLY AFFECTS

THE WAY THAT SATAN

HAS ACCESS TO YOU.

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS OVER IN

1 PETER, CHAPTER 5,

THAT OUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL,

IS LIKE A ROARING LION,

AND HE GOES ABOUT,

SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR.

HE’S OUT TO STEAL KILL,

AND TO DESTROY.

JOHN, CHAPTER 10, VERSE 10.

THAT’S WHAT JESUS SAID

ABOUT SATAN.

AND HE’S TRYING TO DESTROY

EVERY SINGLE PERSON

THAT HE POSSIBLY CAN.

BUT HE CAN’T DO IT TO EVERYBODY.

IF HE COULD, EVERYBODY WOULD BE

DYING OR DEAD.

THEY WOULD BE SICK.

THEY WOULD BE MISERABLE.

THEY WOULD BE DRUG ADDICTS.

THEY WOULD ALL BE PROSTITUTE

OR WHOREMONGERS.

I GUARANTEE YOU IF SATAN HAD

TOTAL ACCESS TO US

HE WOULD JUST
DESTROY EVERYBODY.

BUT HE CAN’T DO ANYTHING TO YOU

WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT

AND COOPERATION.

SO HOW IS IT THAT WE CONSENT

AND COOPERATE WITH THE DEVIL?

IT’S THROUGH SIN.

SO, MY POINT IS WHEN IT COMES

TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,

YOUR SIN DOESN’T DISQUALIFY YOU

NOR DOES YOUR HOLINESS

QUALIFY YOU TO BE LOVED OF GOD.

THOSE ARE RADICAL STATEMENTS

THAT THE MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS

TODAY JUST CHAFE AT THAT.

THEY CAN’T ACCEPT THAT

THAT’S TRUE BUT THAT’S EXACTLY

WHAT THE GOSPEL SAYS.

AND FROM THAT THEY JUST

AUTOMATICALLY SAY, WELL,

THEN YOU’RE SAYING THAT SIN

DOESN’T MATTER.

NO.

SIN IS A DIRECT INROAD OF SATAN

INTO YOUR LIFE,

AND HE WANTS TO KILL…

STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY.

AND IF YOU COMMIT SIN,

YOU’RE JUST THROWING YOURSELF

OPEN TO THE DEVIL

AND YOU WILL SUFFER FOR IT.

SIN WILL TAKE YOU FURTHER THAN

YOU WANT TO GO,

KEEP YOU LONGER THAN

YOU WANT TO STAY,

AND KEEP…COST YOU MORE THAN

YOU WANT TO PAY.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN SIN.

BUT YOUR SIN, OR LACK THEREOF,

HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU.

GOD COMMENDED HIS LOVE

TOWARD US, IN THAT,

WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,

CHRIST DIED FOR US.

SO HE COMMENDED HIS LOVE

TOWARD SINNERS.

AND HE’S STILL GRACIOUS TO US.

PEOPLE WILL OFTEN

TAKE THAT VERSE FROM

ROMANS, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 8,

ABOUT, GOD COMMENDED HIS LOVE

TOWARD US, IN THAT,

WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,

CHRIST DIED FOR US.

AND THEY WILL OFTEN

TAKE THAT OUT OF CONTEXT,

AND THEY WILL JUST MAKE A…

A POINT AND IT’S A…

IT’S AN ACCURATE POINT

THAT GOD LOVES SINNERS.

YOU KNOW YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE

HOLY IN ORDER FOR GOD TO EXTEND

SALVATION FOR YOU.

HE DIED FOR THE UNGODLY.

ROMANS, CHAPTER 5, SAYS THAT.

JOHN, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 16,

GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD,

THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY

BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER

BELIEVES IN HIM

WOULD NOT PERISH,

BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.

SO IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY TRUE

STATEMENT THAT GOD COMMENDED

HIS LOVE TOWARD SINNERS,

BUT THE POINT THAT IS BEING MADE

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 5,

IS NOT VERSE 8.

VERSE 9,

IS THE POINT THAT’S BEING MADE.

I REALLY DON’T WANT TO BACK UP

AND TEACH THIS WHOLE CHAPTER

BECAUSE MAN, THERE ARE SOME

POWERFUL THINGS IN IT,

BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT

THAT VERSE 9,

IS THE POINT HE WAS GETTING TO.

VERSE 8 SAYS,

GOD COMMENDS HIS LOVE

TOWARD US, IN THAT,

WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,

CHRIST DIED FOR US.

BUT VERSE 9,

SAYS MUCH MORE THEN,

BEING NOW JUSTIFIED BY

HIS BLOOD, WE SHALL BE SAVED

FROM WRATH THROUGH HIM.

SO THE POINT THAT’S BEING MADE

IS NOT THAT GOD LOVES SINNERS.

BUT THE POINT THAT’S BEING MADE

IS THAT IF GOD LOVED US,

SO MUCH THAT,

WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS,

JESUS CAME AND DIED FOR US.

MUCH MORE NOW THAT WE HAVE

ACCEPTED SALVATION

DOES GOD LOVE US.

SO, IF GOD DIDN’T REFUSE TO

SAVE ANY OF US WHEN WE WERE

STILL IN SIN, WELL THEN HE’S NOT

GOING TO REFUSE TO HEAL,

PROSPER, BLESS, DELIVER,

FELLOWSHIP WITH ANY OF US

NOW THAT WE’VE BEEN BORN AGAIN.

AND YET DID YOU KNOW

THAT THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN

DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THIS?

THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN BELIEVES

THAT GOD LOVES THE SINNER

BUT LET THAT SINNER GET SAVED

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW,

THEY WILL PREACH THAT IF

YOU DON’T LIVE RIGHT,

IF YOU DON’T PAY YOUR TITHES,

IF YOU DON’T GO TO CHURCH,

IF YOU DON’T DO THIS, THIS,

AND THIS, GOD WON’T BLESS YOU.

GOD WON’T MOVE IN YOUR LIFE.

THAT’S SAYING

THAT GOD LOVES YOU LESS.

THAT HIS BLESSINGS ARE LESS

DEPENDENT UPON GRACE

NOW THAT YOU’RE BORN AGAIN

THAN THEY WERE BEFORE

YOU GOT BORN AGAIN.

BUT OVER IN COLOSSIANS,

CHAPTER 2, VERSE 6, IT SAYS,

AS YOU HAVE THEREFORE RECEIVED

CHRIST JESUS THE LORD,

SO WALK YE IN HIM.

IF YOU GOT BORN AGAIN THROUGH

PUTTING FAITH IN WHAT JESUS DID

FOR YOU AND NOT WHAT

YOU HAVE DONE FOR JESUS,

THEN MUCH MORE
NOW YOU SHOULD

BE ABLE TO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE

THROUGH WHAT JESUS DID

AND NOT THROUGH YOUR HOLINESS.

BUT AGAIN, THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN

THEY COME TO THE LORD,

AND THEY SING THIS SONG,

JUST AS I AM WITHOUT ONE PLEA.

THAT MEANS THAT I DON’T HAVE

ANY RIGHTEOUSNESS.

I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER

YOU BUT THAT THY
BLOOD WAS SHED

FOR ME O LAMB OF GOD I COME.

AND WE SING THAT SONG

AND PEOPLE COME

AND THEY GET BORN AGAIN.

AND THAT’S ACCURATE.

BUT THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN

BELIEVES THAT ONCE

YOU GET BORN AGAIN,

YOU MIGHT’VE COME TO THE LORD

WITHOUT HAVING

ANY RIGHTEOUSNESS.

BUT NOW YOU BETTER LIVE RIGHT.

YOU BETTER TOE THE MARK.

YOU BETTER BE HOLY

OR GOD’S NOT GOING TO BLESS YOU.

AND SOME PEOPLE WILL EVEN GO

AS FAR AS TO SAY

THAT THE WRATH OF GOD

WILL COME UPON YOU.

THAT YOU COULD

LOSE YOUR SALVATION

IF YOU COMMIT SIN

AND DON’T GET IT CONFESSED.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.

BEFORE YOU GOT BORN AGAIN,

HOW MUCH HAD YOU BEEN

FASTING, AND PRAYING,

AND STUDYING THE WORD,

AND GOING TO CHURCH,

AND PAYING YOUR TITHES,

AND LIVING HOLY?

THE VAST MAJORITY OF US

WOULD HAVE TO SAY,

MAN, WE WEREN’T DOING

ANY OF THAT STUFF.

AND YET YOU RECEIVED

THE GREATEST MIRACLE

THAT YOU COULD EVER RECEIVE,

WHICH IS THE FORGIVENESS OF

YOUR SINS AND BECOMING

A BRAND NEW CREATION.

AND AGAIN I REFER TO

COLOSSIANS 2:6,

AS YOU HAVE THEREFORE

RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE LORD,

SO WALK YE IN HIM.

IF THE WAY YOU GOT SAVED

WAS COMING TO HIM WITHOUT

ONE PLEA

AND NO RIGHTEOUSNESS,

NO GOODNESS TO YOUR NAME

WHATSOEVER, BUT YOU TOTALLY

PUT YOUR FAITH IN JESUS,

THEN THAT’S THE WAY YOU SHOULD

CONTINUE IN YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE.

BUT AGAIN, ONCE PEOPLE GET

BORN AGAIN, THEY GO TO CHURCH

AND THEY START HEARING THAT

MAN, YOU SHOULD BE

READING YOUR BIBLE,

YOU SHOULD PAY YOUR TITHES,

YOU NEED TO TURN

THE OTHER CHEEK,

YOU NEED TO LOVE YOUR WIFE

THE WAY THAT CHRIST LOVED

THE CHURCH,

YOU NEED TO LOVE YOUR HUSBAND

THE WAY THAT THE CHURCH

SUBMITS TO CHRIST.

YOU NEED TO DO THIS.

YOU NEED TO GO OUT

AND KNOCK ON DOORS.

YOU’RE A DEBTOR,

AND WE…THEY JUST START

PUTTING ALL OF THESE THINGS

THAT YOU’VE GOT TO DO.

AND IF YOU AREN’T CAREFUL,

IF YOU DON’T REALLY

UNDERSTAND GRACE,

YOU WILL COME TO A PLACE

WHEREAS I GOT SAVED BY GRACE,

BUT NOW MY CHRISTIAN LIFE HAS TO

BE MAINTAINED BY MY OWN WORKS,

MY OWN EFFORT.

THAT IS NOT TRUE.

AND THIS IS WHAT PAUL HAS BEEN

DEALING WITH IN

THE BOOK OF ROMANS

THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE TIME.

YOU KNOW, LET ME JUST USE

THIS EXAMPLE THAT IF

A PERSON CAME INTO A CHURCH,

IF YOU WERE IN A CHURCH SERVICE

AND IF YOU HAD A DRUNK,

OR A PERSON WHO IS A DOPE ADDICT

COME IN OR A PERSON WHO WAS

HAVING SEXUAL IMMORALITY

IN THEIR LIFE,

OR ANY OF THESE THINGS

THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE,

YOU KNOW, BAD SINS.

AND IF THEY CAME INTO

THE CHURCH, DID YOU KNOW

THAT THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN

AS LONG AS THEY ARE A SINNER,

AS LONG AS THEY’RE LOST,

THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN WOULD

GO UP TO HIM AND SAY,

JESUS LOVES YOU.

JESUS DIED FOR YOUR SINS.

AND IF YOU’LL REPENT,

GOD CAN SAVE YOU

AND FORGIVE YOU.

AND YOU WOULD MINISTER GRACE

AND FORGIVENESS
TOWARDS A PERSON

WITH ANY OF THESE SINS

IN THEIR LIFE, AS LONG AS

THEY WEREN’T BORN AGAIN.

BUT LET THEM GET BORN AGAIN,

AND THEN COME BACK

NEXT SUNDAY AND STILL BE DRUNK,

OR STILL HAVE DRUG PROBLEMS,

AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THE SAME PEOPLE

THAT MINISTERED GRACE,

AND FORGIVENESS, AND MERCY

TOWARDS THEM
WHEN THEY’RE LOST,

NOW THAT THEY PROCLAIMED

THAT THEY ARE TRUSTING

IN THE LORD, THE SAME PEOPLE

WOULD COME UP AND SAY,

GOD’S ANGRY AT YOU.

GOD’S NOT GOING TO BLESS YOU.

GOD WON’T ANSWER
YOUR PRAYERS.

THIS IS WHY YOU AREN’T HEALED,

ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND

ACCORDING TO COLOSSIANS 2:6,

THAT’S NOT WALKING BY

THE SAME RULE,

THAT’S NOT LIVING BY

THE SAME GRACE THAT YOU GOT

BORN AGAIN WITH?

AND AGAIN,

THE MOMENT I START SAYING THIS,

IT’S THE EXACT SAME RESPONSE

THAT PAUL DEALT WITH HERE IN

ROMANS, CHAPTER 6.

WHAT AM I SAYING?

OR AM I SAYING THAT YOU CAN

JUST GO LIVE IN SIN?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

BUT SIN IS NOT A FACTOR

BETWEEN US AND GOD

ONCE YOU GET BORN AGAIN.

GOD DOESN’T LOVE YOU MORE

IF YOU DON’T SIN.

HE DOESN’T LOVE YOU LESS

IF YOU DO SIN.

GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU IS

INDEPENDENT OF
YOUR PERFORMANCE.

YOUR PERFORMANCE
DOESN’T AFFECT

GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU.

IT DOESN’T CAUSE HIM TO

REJECT YOU.

BUT YOUR PERFORMANCE

STILL HAS IMPACT.

IT CAUSES PEOPLE TO REJECT YOU.

YOU GO OUT AND ROB A BANK,

YOU GO OUT

AND DO CERTAIN THINGS,

YOU COULD GET PUT IN JAIL.

AND YOU GO GET DRUNK,

YOU GO GET HIGH AND YOU DRIVE,

YOU COULD HAVE A WRECK.

YOU COULD KILL SOMEBODY.

YOU COULD RUN OVER SOMEBODY.

IT STILL HAS CONSEQUENCES.

AND IT IS A DIRECT INROAD OF

SATAN INTO YOUR LIFE.

I’LL DEAL WITH THIS MORE

IF I EVER GET DOWN TO

ROMANS, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 16.

BUT HE SAYS THERE THAT,

HIS SERVANTS YE ARE TO

WHOM YE YIELD YOURSELVES

SERVANTS TO OBEY,

WHETHER OF SIN UNTO DEATH,

OR OF OBEDIENCE UNTO

RIGHTEOUSNESS.

SO IF YOU GO LIVE IN SIN,

YOU ARE DIRECTLY

YIELDING YOURSELF TO SATAN

WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THAT SIN,

WHO ONLY COMES TO STEAL, KILL,

AND TO DESTROY,

AND HE IS GOING TO

DESTROY YOUR LIFE

IF YOU LIVE IN SIN.

SO, IT’S NOT ACCURATE TO SAY,

WELL SIN IS TAKEN CARE OF

AND SO IT DOESN’T MATTER

IF I SIN.

AS FAR AS GOD IS CONCERNED,

ONCE YOU MAKE JESUS YOUR LORD,

SIN IS A NON-ISSUE

BETWEEN YOU AND GOD.

AND AGAIN, THERE’S GOING TO BE

PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD

THAT THINK I’M A HERETIC

FOR SAYING THAT

BECAUSE THAT COMPLETELY

GOES AGAINST WHAT

THE VAST MAJORITY OF

CHRISTIANITY TEACHES.

AND THEY’RE SAYING,

SO YOU’RE JUST SAYING

THAT YOU CAN LIVE IN SIN,

AND IT DOESN’T MATTER.

WHAT I’M SAYING IS SIN IS NOT

A TRANSGRESSION BETWEEN

YOU AND GOD ONCE YOU GET

BORN AGAIN BECAUSE HE FORGAVE

ALL OF YOUR SIN, PAST, PRESENT,

AND FUTURE.

MAN, I’VE SAID A MOUTHFUL HERE

AND I HADN’T GOT TIME TO

VERIFY ALL OF IT.

BUT I AM SAYING THAT NO,

SIN IS STILL DEADLY

BECAUSE IT RUINS YOUR

RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE.

IT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO

OTHER PEOPLE.

AND IT IS A DIRECT INROAD OF

SATAN INTO YOUR LIFE.

SO, NO, SIN IS STILL DEADLY.

I AM NOT SAYING THAT

SIN HAS NO CONSEQUENCES.

BUT I’M SAYING THAT GOD DOES NOT

RELATE TO YOU BASED ON

YOUR HOLINESS,

OR YOUR LACK THEREOF.

SIN IS NOT HOW GOD SEES US.

AND I’M GOING TO GO INTO

MUCH MORE DETAIL AS WE GO

THROUGH THIS SERIES.

BUT OVER IN 2 CORINTHIANS,

CHAPTER 5, VERSE 17,

IT SAYS, IF ANY MAN

BE IN CHRIST,

HE’S A NEW CREATURE:

OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY,

ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW.

AND VERSE 18, SAYS,

AND ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD,

WHO HATH RECONCILED US TO GOD.

NOT IS RECONCILING US

OR IS GOING TO RECONCILE US

BUT HAS ALREADY RECONCILED US

UNTO GOD.

IT IS AN ACCOMPLISHED FACT.

GOD IS A SPIRIT,

JOHN 4:24, SAYS THAT.

GOD IS A SPIRIT:

AND THOSE WHO WORSHIP HIM

MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT

AND IN TRUTH.

AND WHEN YOU GET BORN AGAIN,

IT’S YOUR SPIRIT

THAT GETS CHANGED.

GOD IS A SPIRIT,

AND HE IS RELATING TO YOU

BASED ON WHO YOU ARE

IN THE SPIRIT.

AND ONCE YOU’RE BORN AGAIN,

YOU’VE GOT A NEW SPIRIT.

IT’S ACTUALLY

THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.

1 JOHN 4:17,

1 CORINTHIANS 6:17,

AND OTHERS SHOW
THAT YOUR SPIRIT

IS AS PURE AND HOLY AS JESUS IS.

BECAUSE GALATIANS 4:6 SAYS,

HE HAS SENT FORTH

THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON

INTO YOUR HEART,

CRYING, ABBA, FATHER.

YOUR BORN-AGAIN SPIRIT

IS LITERALLY

THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.

GOD IS LOOKING AT YOU IN

THE SPIRIT AND HE SEES YOU

AS RIGHTEOUS, AND HOLY,

AND PURE AS JESUS IS.

NOW YOU AREN’T ONLY SPIRIT.

YOU’VE GOT A SOUL AND A BODY.

BUT WHEN A CHRISTIAN

LIVES IN SIN, IT DOESN’T AFFECT

THAT SPIRIT MAN.

I’M GOING TO DEAL

WITH THIS MORE.

I…THIS IS JUST BASICALLY

AN INTRODUCTION TODAY TO

ALL OF THESE THINGS.

BUT EPHESIANS 1:13,

SAYS THAT ONCE YOU BELIEVED,

YOU WERE SEALED WITH

THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE.

SO THIS BORN-AGAIN SPIRIT

THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST

SENT INTO YOUR HEART,

YOU ARE SEALED WITH

THE HOLY SPIRIT,

AND WHEN A CHRISTIAN SIN,

IT AFFECTS YOUR BODY

AND IT AFFECTS YOUR SOUL,

YOUR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PART

BUT IT DOESN’T PENETRATE

THE SEAL AROUND YOUR SPIRIT.

AND SO YOUR SPIRIT RETAINS

RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS,

EVEN THOUGH YOU
MAY HAVE SINNED

AND GIVEN SATAN AND PEOPLE

AN INROAD INTO YOUR LIFE.

AND SO GOD IS A SPIRIT,

AND HE’S LOOKING AT YOU

IN THE SPIRIT.

NOW THAT’S NOT TO SAY

THAT HE’S IGNORANT OF

WHO YOU ARE IN THE FLESH.

AND HE WILL SHOW YOU

THAT WHAT YOU’RE
DOING IS WRONG.

THIS IS SIN.

QUIT DOING IT.

BUT NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF

BEING RIGHT WITH HIM.

YOU DO THAT THROUGH

FAITH IN JESUS.

BUT YOU NEED TO

QUIT LIVING IN SIN

SO THAT YOU QUIT GIVING SATAN

AN INROAD INTO YOUR LIFE.

SO ALL OF THIS I’VE BEEN SAYING

IS BASICALLY INTRODUCTION

TO THE POINT THAT I’M GOING TO

BE MAKING ABOUT

THE OLD MAN IS DEAD.

AND SO, WE’RE GOING TO

START HERE IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 6.

TODAY I COVERED ONE VERSE

AND TWO WORDS OF VERSE 2.

BUT WE’RE GOING TO BE

EXPLAINING THIS IN A WAY

THAT IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THIS,

THAT YOUR OLD MAN IS GONE.

YOU DON’T HAVE ANY SIN NATURE

THAT COMPELS YOU
TO SIN ANYMORE.

IT’S JUST AN UNRENEWED MIND.

THESE VERSES ARE

GOING TO MAKE THIS,

I BELIEVE CONCLUSIVELY.

AND YET SOMEHOW

OR ANOTHER CHRISTIANITY,

THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN

HAS MISSED THESE TRUTHS

AND BECAUSE OF IT THEY STILL

IDENTIFY AS AN OLD SINNER

SAVED BY GRACE.

AND BECAUSE OF IT, THEY WIND UP

WALKING OUT AND FULFILLING IT.

IT BECOMES

A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.

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GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE.

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OUR PARTNERS HAVE RECENTLY

ENABLED US TO START PRODUCING

MY TELEVISION PROGRAMS

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IT’S GOING TO REACH

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SPANISH IS THE SECOND

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