Many Christians use the word “gospel” but don’t know what it means. Today, it is almost a religious cliché. However, in Paul’s day, using the term made a radical statement. It was a way of referring to the grace of God, the free gift that allows us to obtain right standing with Him (Romans 1:16). In Andrew’s teaching Romans: Paul’s Masterpiece on Grace, you’ll learn the true meaning of salvation and how to walk in the grace, healing, and prosperity available to you. You’ll also discover truths and get revelation that could transform your life. It’s time for you to start experiencing the power of the Gospel working on your behalf and a closer, more fulfilling walk with the Lord.

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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH

WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,

A TEACHING MINISTRY

THAT FOCUSES ON GOD’S

>> UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE AND GRACE.

>> EVERY PERSON THAT HAS EVER

BREATHED ON THIS PLANET KNOWS

THAT THERE IS A GOD,

THAT THEY HAVE COME SHORT

OF WHAT HE WANTS THEM TO BE,

AND THAT THERE IS AN IMPENDING

JUDGMENT AGAINST THEIR SINS.

THAT’S WHAT ROMANS 1:18

>> THROUGH 20 IS SAYING.

>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.

WELCOME TO OUR THURSDAY’S

BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

TODAY I’M GOING TO CONTINUE

MY TEACHING THROUGH

THE BOOK OF ROMANS.

WE’RE NOW IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 2.

IF YOU LISTENED TO MY TEACHING

THAT I DID YESTERDAY

FROM ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,

IT TALKS ABOUT

THE TERRIBLE THINGS

THAT WILL HAPPEN AS PEOPLE

JUST PROGRESSIVELY KEEP

MOVING AWAY FROM THE LORD.

AND THE LAST PART

OF ROMANS, CHAPTER 1, WAS ALL

DEALING WITH HOMOSEXUALITY,

AND…AND THAT’S LIKE

THE LAST STOP ON THE TRAIN

TO TOTAL DESTRUCTION,

AND WE’RE THERE.

WE ARE AT A PLACE

WHERE IF THE LORD DOESN’T

INTERVENE IN THIS NATION,

I DON’T THINK THAT THIS NATION

CAN STAND, AND I KNOW

THAT THERE’S PEOPLE

THAT WILL CRITICIZE THAT,

BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK IN HISTORY,

IT…THIS IS…IT’S BORNE OUT

EXACTLY WHAT THE BIBLE

IS SAYING RIGHT HERE.

ANY SOCIETY THAT JUST

GIVES THEMSELF OVER

TO UNCONTROLLED,

UNRESTRAINED SEXUAL IMMORALITY

IS DESTROYED.

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A NATION

THAT LIVED THAT WAY VERY LONG,

AND THIS IS WHERE AMERICA

IS BEING PUSHED, SO WE DO

NEED TO PRAY FOR THIS NATION.

I’M NOT GOING TO SPEND

THIS WHOLE PROGRAM ON THIS,

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY

THAT IN THE NAME OF JESUS,

I AM PRAYING THAT THERE IS

A REVIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES

AND AROUND THE WORLD.

AND YOU KNOW,

WHAT HAPPENS HERE

IN THE UNITED STATES,

I BELIEVE THAT WITH

ALL OF OUR FAILINGS

AND ALL OF OUR MISTAKES

THAT WE ARE STILL

THE LAST BEST HOPE

FOR THE GOSPEL IN THE WORLD.

MORE GOSPEL IS PUT OUT

THROUGH THE UNITED STATES

AND PUT OUT FROM
HERE OVERSEAS

THAN ANY OTHER PLACE

ON THE PLANET, AND I TELL YOU,

WE NEED TO SEE A REVIVAL.

WE…I JUST PRAY,

AND I AGREE WITH YOU

AND WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS

TOUCHING THIS NATION.

WE REPENT OF OUR SINS.

2 CHRONICLES 7:14,

IF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLED

BY HIS NAME,

WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES,

AND PRAY, AND SEEK HIS FACE,

AND TURN FROM

THEIR WICKED WAYS,

THEN HE WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN

AND FORGIVE THEIR SINS,

AND HEAL THEIR LAND.

AND SO I, WITH YOU, AGREE.

AND WE PRAY AND WE BELIEVE

THAT GOD IS

RAISING UP RIGHTEOUSNESS.

RIGHTEOUSNESS E…EXALTS

ANY NATION, BUT SIN IS

A REPROACH UNTO THEM.

SO GOING BACK TO

THE BOOK OF ROMANS.

I HAVEN’T GOT TIME TO

GO BACK THROUGH EVERYTHING

THAT I’VE TAUGHT.

PLEASE GO TO OUR WEB SITE.

PLEASE GET THIS

BRAND-NEW BOOK

THAT WE’RE PUTTING OUT,

ON TEACHING VERSE BY VERSE

THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS.

WE’VE ALREADY COVERED

ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,

AND IT SHOWS THAT THE GOSPEL,

THE NEARLY TOO GOOD

TO BE TRUE NEWS,

THAT IT’S BASED ON

WHAT JESUS DID FOR US

AND NOT WHAT WE DO FOR HIM.

THAT IS THE POWER OF GOD

TO ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED,

HEALING, DELIVERANCE,

PROSPERITY, JOY, PEACE,

FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

THE GOSPEL, WHAT JESUS DID

FOR US, INDEPENDENT OF US,

IS THE POWER OF GOD

THAT RELEASES ALL OF

THOSE THINGS.

PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE

AN INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE

ON THE INSIDE,

BUT YOU CAN DEADEN YOURSELF

TO IT.

AND ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,

VERSES 21 THROUGH THE END

OF THE CHAPTER,

SHOWS THESE PROGRESSIVE STEPS

THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER

HEARD ABOUT GOD

TAKE AWAY FROM GOD.

THEY MAY NOT HAVE

THE REVELATION THAT YOU

AND I HAVE HAD

THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD

AND THROUGH OUR SOCIETY

HAVING A CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND

AND HERITAGE,

BUT IN THEIR HEART,

THEY KNEW THINGS

AND THEY WENT AGAINST IT

AND THEY WILL BE

HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

THEN IN CHAPTER 2,

AND I’M JUST GOING TO SUMMARIZE

MOST OF THIS.

I HATE TO DO THIS, BUT AGAIN,

I COULD LITERALLY SPEND

OVER A YEAR TEACHING THROUGH

THE BOOK OF ROMANS,

AND THERE ARE JUST SO MANY

OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT TO

GET ONTO.

SO I’M GOING TO SUMMARIZE THIS.

PLEASE GET THE MATERIALS

THAT WE’RE OFFERING

THAT WILL DEAL WITH ALL OF

THESE VERSES HERE.

THERE’S SOME POWERFUL THINGS

SAID, BUT IN A NUTSHELL,

CHAPTER 1 HAD SHOWED

THAT THE NON-RELIGIOUS,

THE PEOPLE THAT HAD NEVER HAD

THE GOSPEL PREACHED UNTO THEM,

WERE STILL ACCOUNTABLE

BECAUSE THEY HAD

AN INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE.

IN CHAPTER 2, IT BEGINS TO

DEAL WITH THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE,

AND IT SHOWS THAT EVEN

THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE,

THEY’RE DOUBLY GUILTY

BECAUSE THEY NOT ONLY HAD

THIS INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD,

BUT THEY ALSO HAD

THE WORD OF GOD

COMMITTED UNTO THEM,

AND SO THEY ARE

EVEN MORE GUILTY.

YOU KNOW, IT SAYS,

IN LUKE, I BELIEVE

IT’S CHAPTER 12, VERSE 48,

TO WHOMSOEVER MUCH

HAS BEEN GIVEN,

OF HIM SHALL MUCH BE REQUIRED.

THE ONES THAT FAILED

BUT DIDN’T HAVE MUCH KNOWLEDGE

WILL BE BEATEN WITH

A FEW STRIPES,

BUT THE PEOPLE WHO

HAD MORE KNOWLEDGE

AND THEY FAILED,

THEY’LL BE BEATEN

WITH MANY STRIPES.

IN OTHER WORDS,

THERE IS DIFFERENT LEVELS

OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO EVEN A PERSON

WHO HAS NOT HAD THE GOSPEL

AS SUCH PREACHED UNTO THEM

IS STILL ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD

BECAUSE OF

THE INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE,

THIS HOMING DEVICE,

THAT GOD PLACED ON

THE INSIDE OF EVERY PERSON.

BUT THEN A RELIGIOUS PERSON

WHO HAS HAD TRUTH PRESENTED

TO THEM,

THE TRUTHS OF GOD’S WORD,

THEY NOT ONLY ARE ACCOUNTABLE

FOR THIS INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE,

BUT NOW THEY ARE

ACCOUNTED…ACCOUNTABLE FOR

THE SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE

THAT THE WORD OF GOD

HAS GIVEN THEM,

SO THEY’RE EVEN MORE GUILTY.

AND THE REASON FOR PAUL

BRINGING THIS OUT

IS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE

WOULD SIT THERE

AND CONDEMN THOSE WHO,

YOU KNOW, HAVEN’T GOT

ANY EVIDENCE OF CHRISTIANITY

IN THEIR LIFE WHATSOEVER.

THEY’RE JUST TOTAL PAGANS.

BUT PAUL IS BASICALLY SAYING,

THOSE THAT HAVE HEARD

THE GOSPEL, THEY’RE GUILTY

JUST THE SAME,

AND HE…HE CONTINUES THIS

ALL THE WAY INTO

THE 3RD CHAPTER.

I’M REALLY SKIPPING OVER

A LOT OF THINGS,

BUT IN THE 3RD CHAPTER,

HE BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER

TO SAY THAT BASICALLY EVERYBODY

HAS…IS GUILTY BEFORE GOD,

AND IT CULMINATES

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 23,

WHERE HE SAYS, ALL HAVE SINNED,

AND COME SHORT OF

THE GLORY OF GOD.

AND ONE OF THE POINTS

THAT HE’S GOING TO BE MAKING

IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS

ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT

IS THAT YOU CAN’T COUNT ON

YOU BEING BETTER THAN

SOMEBODY ELSE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT PEOPLE CONSTANTLY DO.

THEY COMPARE THEMSELVES

AMONG THEMSELVES

AND MEASURE THEMSELVES

BY THEMSELVES,

WHICH THE BIBLE SAYS

IS NOT WISE,

BUT RELIGIOUS PEOPLE DO THIS

ALL THE TIME.

YOU KNOW,

THE PHARISEE IN THE PARABLE

THAT JESUS GAVE,

HE WAS PRAYING,

AND HE SAYS, FATHER,

I THANK YOU I’M NOT LIKE

OTHER MEN.

I FAST TWICE IN THE WEEK.

I PAY TITHES OF MINT AND ANISE

AND CUMIN.

I DO ALL THESE THINGS.

THANK YOU THAT I’M NOT LIKE

THIS PUBLICAN OVER HERE.

A PUBLICAN WAS A OVERT SINNER,

A PERSON WHO WORKED FOR

THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT

AND STOLE MONEY.

AS HE COLLECTED THE TAXES,

HE WAS ABLE TO SKIM STUFF

OFF THE TOP AND THE ROMANS

ALLOWED HIM TO DO IT.

SO THEY WERE THIEVES.

THEY WERE TRAITORS TO

THE NATION OF THE JEWS.

THEY WERE HATED AND DESPISED,

AND HE SAYS,

I THANK YOU THAT I’M NOT

LIKE THIS PUBLICAN.

WELL, THIS PUBLICAN,

HE DIDN’T EVEN LIFT UP

HIS EYES TO HEAVEN.

HE JUST SAID,

GOD, I’M NOT WORTHY.

OH GOD, HAVE MERCY ON ME,

A SINNER, AND JESUS SAID

THAT THE PUBLICAN

WAS JUSTIFIED BY GOD,

NOT THE RELIGIOUS PERSON.

THE RELIGIOUS PERSON WAS LIVING

AN INFINITELY GREATER LIFE,

BUT THE PROBLEM WAS

HE WAS TRUSTING
IN HIS GOODNESS.

AND THIS IS THE POINT

THAT PAUL IS MAKING HERE

IN ROMANS,

THAT IT DOESN’T MATTER

IF YOU’RE BETTER THAN

SOMEBODY ELSE.

WHO WANTS TO BE

THE BEST SINNER

THAT EVER WENT TO HELL?

ALL OF US HAVE SINNED,

AND COME SHORT OF

THE GLORY OF GOD.

AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS,

THIS IS THE REASON

THAT GOD GAVE THE LAW.

I’VE GOT A TEACHING

THAT GOES INTO
GREAT EXPLANATION

ON THE AUTHORITY
OF THE BELIEVER

I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE TIME

TO TEACH IT RIGHT HERE,

BUT THIS IS WHY

GOD GAVE THE LAW.

FOR 2,000 YEARS

AFTER THE FALL OF ADAM AND EVE

HE DIDN’T IMPUTE PEOPLE’S SINS

UNTO THEM.

HE DIDN’T SHOW THEM

HOW BAD THEY WERE.

ALL THEY HAD TO OPERATE ON

WAS JUST THIS CONSCIENCE,

THIS INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE

THAT THEY NEEDED GOD.

HE DIDN’T WANT TO SHOW US

HOW BAD OUR SIN WAS,

BUT PEOPLE BEGAN TO

COMPARE THEMSELVES

AMONG THEMSELVES

AND MEASURE THEMSELVES

BY THEMSELVES,

WHICH IS NOT WISE,

AND THEY BEGAN TO THINK,

WELL, IF THIS PERSON GOT BY

WITH MURDER,

WELL, THEN I’M GOING TO GET BY

WITH MURDER BECAUSE MINE

IS MORE JUSTIFIABLE,

IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE.

AND THAT’S NOT WHAT GOD SAID,

BUT THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE SAID.

AND SO PEOPLE BEGAN TO LOSE

THEIR SENSE OF WHAT’S RIGHT

AND WRONG.

YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT

A WHOLE GENERATION

THAT HAS GROWN UP NOW

WITH HOMOSEXUALITY

BEING PRESENTED
AS BEING NORMAL,

PARADES WHERE THEY

BRAG ABOUT IT,

DRESS IN DRAG QUEEN STUFF.

THEY GO INTO SCHOOLS

AND DO ALL OF THIS

TRANSGENDER STUFF.

WE’VE GOT A WHOLE GENERATION

OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE GROWN UP

AND THEY DON’T KNOW

WHAT NORMAL IS.

THEIR NORMAL IS GOING TO BE

SO ABNORMAL THAT THEY…

THEY JUST DON’T HAVE A SENSE.

THEY…THEY HAVE THIS

INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE,

BUT IT’S BEING

CONSTANTLY OVERRIDDEN

AND CRITICIZED AND DENIED

BY ALL OF THE STANDARDS

OF OUR SOCIETY.

SO HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT?

THE LAW WILL CONDEMN A PERSON

AND BRING YOU
BACK TO A STANDARD

OF WHAT TRUE HOLINESS IS.

YOUR CONSCIENCE IS A GUIDE,

BUT IT’S NOT A TOTALLY

RELIABLE GUIDE.

IT CAN BE PERVERTED.

IT CAN BE SEARED ACCORDING TO

1 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 4.

PEOPLE CAN DENY

THEIR CONSCIENCE.

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 2,

IT EVEN TALKS ABOUT

THAT THEIR CONSCIENCE

BEARS THEM WITNESS

OR ACCUSES THEM.

YOU CAN GET YOUR CONSCIENCE

TO WHERE IT STARTS

BEARING WITNESS WITH EVIL.

IT IS A GUIDE, BUT IT’S NOT

AN INFALLIBLE GUIDE.

SO, BECAUSE OF SOCIETY,

BECAUSE OF A PERSON’S OWN

REBELLION TOWARDS GOD,

THEY CAN SKEW THEIR SENSE

OF RIGHT AND WRONG.

THIS IS WHY GOD GAVE THE LAW,

BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE THINKING,

THIS IS OK.

NOW HOMOSEXUALITY, ADULTERY,

LYING, STEALING, MURDER,

IS OKAY.

YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN TO

SOME COUNTRIES WHERE LYING

IS JUST A PART OF THE CULTURE.

I’M NOT GOING TO MENTION

THE NAME OF THIS,

BUT WE HAD AN EMPLOYEE

IN ONE OF MY PLACES

THAT THEY WOULD

COME INTO THE BOOKSTORE

AND IF THEY PAID BY CHECK,

HE WOULD PUT IT

INTO THE MINISTRY,

BUT IF THEY PAID IN CASH,

HE WOULD JUST TAKE IT

AND POCKET IT.

AND HE WAS BUILDING

A BRAND-NEW HOUSE

AND WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT

AND WE ASKED HIM, AND HE SAYS,

WELL, I KNOW IT’S WRONG,

BUT THIS IS THE WAY WE DO IT

IN THIS COUNTRY,

AND IF A PERSON PAYS CASH,

IT’S JUST THE WAY YOU DO IT.

THEY…THEY WOULD LIE.

THEY SAID THAT, YOU KNOW,

THEY WOULD DESIGNATE

ALL OF THIS MONEY TO FIX ROADS

AND JUST A FRACTION OF IT

WOULD GET TO THE ROADS

BECAUSE IT WAS JUST THE WAY

THAT IT WAS DONE.

POLITICAL FIGURES

WOULD TAKE BRIBES
AND DO THINGS.

SAD TO SAY, THAT HAPPENS IN

EVERY COUNTRY TO SOME DEGREE,

BUT IN SOME COUNTRIES,

IT’S JUST NEARLY

ACCEPTABLE PRACTICE,

AND THAT’S WRONG.

AND BECAUSE OF IT,

PEOPLE LOSE THEIR SENSE.

THIS GUY,

WHEN WE CONFRONTED HIM,

HE ACTUALLY SAID,

WELL, THIS IS THE WAY IT’S DONE

IN OUR COUNTRY,

AND I SAID, IT’S NOT THE WAY

WE’RE GOING TO DO IT

IN THIS COUNTRY,

AND WE FIRED HIM

AND WE GOT RID OF HIM.

BUT SEE, THERE’S SOME PEOPLE

THAT HAVE LOST THEIR SENSE

OF RIGHT AND WRONG.

SO THE WORD OF GOD, THE BIBLE,

COMES ALONG AND SAYS,

THOU SHALT NOT,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN FOR ANYBODY

WHO WOULD PAY ATTENTION,

THIS CONSCIENCE
WAS BROUGHT BACK

TO A PROPER STANDARD.

YOU KNOW, I’VE OFTEN USED

THIS ILLUSTRATION,

THAT IF YOU COULD IMAGINE

YOU STANDING IN QUICKSAND

AND THERE’S PEOPLE AROUND YOU

AND EVERYBODY’S SINKING.

IT’S REALLY SO SLOW

IT’S NEARLY IMPERCEPTIBLE,

AND YOU LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE

AND EVERYBODY’S SINKING

AT THE SAME RATE

THAT YOU’RE SINKING,

AND SO YOU REALLY…

YOU’RE COMPARING YOURSELF

WITH THEM AND EVERYTHING

LOOKS LIKE IT’S OKAY.

BUT IF SOMEBODY WAS

TO PUT SOME KIND OF A POLE

WITH A MARKER ON IT

AND PUT THESE MEASUREMENTS

ON IT, AND AS YOU LOOK AT THAT,

YOU REALIZE,

OH-OH, I’M SINKING, THAT

THAT STANDARD IS GETTING HIGHER

AND HIGHER.

I’M GETTING LOWER AND LOWER.

IT WOULD CHANGE
YOUR PERSPECTIVE

AND IT WOULD HE…IT WOULD

HELP YOU TO BE ABLE TO

TAKE EVASIVE ACTION

AND TO GET OUT OF
THAT QUICKSAND

AND SAVE YOUR LIFE.

THIS IS WHAT THE WORD

OF GOD DID.

PEOPLE WERE
COMPARING THEMSELVES

WITH OTHER PEOPLE

AND EVERYBODY WAS SINKING

AT THE SAME LEVEL

AND THEY WERE THINKING, WELL,

I’M AS GOOD AS EVERYBODY ELSE,

AND THEY DIDN’T REALIZE IT,

SO GOD GAVE THE LAW.

HE WAITED 2,000 YEARS

TO GIVE THE LAW

BECAUSE HE DIDN’T REALLY

WANT US TO KNOW

HOW SINFUL WE WERE

BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE US THINK,

HOW COULD GOD EVER LOVED ME?

AND HE WANTED TO LOVE US,

AND HE KNEW THAT WE WOULD HAVE

A HARD TIME RECEIVING HIS LOVE

IF WE REALLY UNDERSTOOD

HOW VILE WE WERE.

SO FOR 2,000 YEARS,

HE DEALT WITH PEOPLE

IN INNOCENCY,

BUT EVENTUALLY HE GAVE THE LAW

AND WHEN HE DID, FOR ANYBODY

WHO WOULD LOOK
AT THAT STANDARD

AND PAY ATTENTION,

THEY COULD TELL THAT,

MAN, I’VE FAILED.

I’VE COME SHORT OF

THE GLORY OF GOD.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT HE’S SAYING

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,

THAT HE’S PREACHING

THE GOOD NEWS

THAT IT DOESN’T MATTER

ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE.

WHETHER YOU ARE A PERSON

THAT HAS NEVER HEARD ABOUT

THE LORD, YOU STILL…

IN YOUR HEART YOU KNOW

YOU’VE SINNED,

YOU KNOW YOU NEED GOD.

IF YOU’RE A RELIGIOUS PERSON

AND YOU’VE HEARD THE LAW

AND YOU’VE HEARD THE STANDARD

THAT GOD PUT DOWN,

THAT DOESN’T MAKE YOU BETTER,

IT JUST MAKES YOU DOUBLY GUILTY

BECAUSE YOU NOT ONLY HAVE

THIS INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE,

BUT NOW YOU ALSO

HAVE THE SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE

THAT THE WORD OF GOD GAVE YOU,

AND SO IT MAKES ALL OF US GUILTY

BEFORE GOD.

SO THAT’S THE CONCLUSION

HE COMES TO

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 3,

WE’VE ALL SINNED

AND COME SHORT OF

THE GLORY OF GOD.

LET ME READ SOME
OF THESE VERSES

FROM ROMANS, CHAPTER 3,

AND IN VERSE 9.

HE’S TALKING TO

THE RELIGIOUS PERSON

AND HE SAYS,

ARE YOU ANY BETTER OFF

THAN THE NON-RELIGIOUS PERSON?

WELL, YOU’VE GOT

MORE UNDERSTANDING,

BUT UNLESS YOU SUBMIT TO IT

AND YIELD TO IT,

NO, YOU’RE…YOU’RE JUST

MORE GUILTY

THAN THE NON-RELIGIOUS PERSON,

IS BASICALLY WHAT HE’S SAYING.

SO IN VERSE 9, HE SAYS,

WHAT THEN?

ARE WE BETTER THAN THEY?

NO, IN NO WISE:

FOR WE HAVE BEFORE PROVED

BOTH JEWS AND GENTILES,

THAT THEY ARE ALL UNDER SIN;

AS IT IS WRITTEN,

THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS,

NO, NOT ONE.

THIS IS AN OLD TESTAMENT

QUOTATION AND…IN THESE VERSES.

AS IT IS WRITTEN,

THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS,

NO, NOT ONE: THERE IS NONE

THAT UNDERSTANDETH,

THERE IS NONE THAT SEEKETH

AFTER GOD.

THEY ARE ALL GONE OUT OF

THE WAY, THEY ARE TOGETHER

BECOME UNPROFITABLE;

THERE IS NONE THAT DOETH GOOD,

NO, NOT ONE.

THEIR THROAT IS

AN OPEN SEPULCHRE;

WITH THEIR TONGUES

THEY HAVE USED DECEIT;

THE POISON OF ASPS

IS UNDER THEIR LIPS:

WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING

AND BITTERNESS:

THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT

TO SHED BLOOD:

DESTRUCTION AND MISERY

ARE IN THEIR WAYS:

AND THE WAY OF PEACE HAVE

THEY…HAVE NOT KNOWN:

THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD

BEFORE THEIR EYES,

YOU KNOW, I’VE ALREADY USED

THIS VERSE,

BUT IN PSALMS, CHAPTER 36,

VERSE 1, IT SAYS,

THE TRANSGRESSION

OF THE WICKED SAYS

THAT THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD

BEFORE THEIR EYES.

PROVERBS, CHAPTER 8,

VERSE 13, SAYS,

THE FEAR OF THE LORD

IS TO HATE EVIL:

PRIDE, AND ARROGANCY,

AND THE FROWARD WAY DO I HATE.

THE FEAR OF THE LORD

IS TO HATE EVIL, AND TODAY,

WE’VE GOT PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP,

WE’VE GOT PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP

IN MANY CHURCHES

THAT ARE PREACHING ABORTION

AND SAYING THAT
THEY DEFEND THAT

ON THE BASIS OF SCRIPTURE.

THAT’S EVIL.

IT’S WICKED.

THE SCRIPTURE DOES NOT

PROMOTE ABORTION,

IT DOES NOT

PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY,

IT DOES NOT

PROMOTE ADULTERY AND LYING

AND STEALING AND SELFISHNESS

AND GREED AND ALL OF THE THINGS

THAT WE SEE TODAY.

AND SO THE TRANSGRESSION

OF THE WICKED SHOWS ME

THAT THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD

BEFORE THEIR EYES,

AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT

THIS IS SAYING.

ON OUR OWN,

NO PERSON SEEKS AFTER GOD.

THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS WHO SAY,

OH NO, THAT’S WRONG,

I’M SEEKING AFTER GOD.

WELL, IT’S BE…YOU AREN’T

DOING IT ON YOUR OWN.

IF YOU’RE SEEKING AFTER GOD,

IT’S BECAUSE GOD HAS

TOUCHED YOUR LIFE AND GOD IS

DRAWING YOU TO HIMSELF.

ON OUR OWN,

WE DON’T SEEK AFTER GOD.

ON OUR OWN…

IN JEREMIAH, CHAPTER 17,

I BELIEVE IT’S VERSE 9,

THE HEART IS EVIL

AND DESPERATELY WICKED,

WHO CAN KNOW IT?

THAT’S THE NATURE OF MAN.

FALLEN MAN WAS BORN

SEPARATED FROM GOD

AND INSIDE OF EVERY PERSON

THERE IS A DESIRE,

A LUST, A SEEKING AFTER EVIL.

NOW THAT’S NATURAL.

YOU CAN SEEK AFTER GOD,

BUT IF YOU ARE SEEKING

AFTER GOD,

IT’S LIKE JESUS SAID,

IN JOHN, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 44,

WHERE HE SAYS, NO MAN CAN

COME UNTO ME,
EXCEPT THE FATHER

DRAW HIM.

YOU ARE BEING DRAWN BY GOD.

IF YOU HAVE A HUNGER

AND A SEARCH FOR GOD,

THAT’S BECAUSE GOD HAS PUT THAT

IN YOUR HEART,

AND YOU NEED TO
FOLLOW THROUGH

AND RESPOND TO IT.

YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN SEEKING GOD

SINCE I WAS A YOUNG CHILD.

I MEAN, BACK WHEN I WAS FOUR

AND FIVE YEARS OLD,

I CAN REMEMBER
SEEKING AFTER GOD

AND WONDERING
WHAT GOD’S PURPOSE

FOR MY LIFE WAS,

BUT THAT WASN’T
MY HUMAN NATURE.

THAT WAS GOD WORKING

IN MY HEART

AND REVEALING HIMSELF UNTO ME.

SO THIS IS JUST TALKING ABOUT

WHAT WE ARE ON OUR OWN,

AND IT JUST CONTINUES,

AND MAYBE I’LL COME BACK

TO SOME OF THESE VERSES,

BUT LET ME JUMP DOWN

TO VERSE 23.

HERE’S KIND OF THE SUMMARY

OF IT.

IT SAYS, FOR ALL HAVE SINNED,

AND COME SHORT OF

THE GLORY OF GOD.

EVERY ONE OF US, YOU, ME,

EVERY PERSON THAT HAS EVER

TAKEN A BREA…BREATH

ON THIS PLANET

HAS SINNED AND COME SHORT

OF THE GLORY OF GOD,

AND YOU KNOW,

ONE OF THE MISTAKES

THAT PEOPLE MAKE IS TO THINK

THAT GOOD PEOPLE GO TO HEAVEN

AND BAD PEOPLE GO TO HELL.

THEY HAVE THIS KIND OF LIKE,

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ONE OF

THESE THINGS WITH A FULCRUM

IN THE MIDDLE

AND THESE SCALES ON THE SIDE,

AND IF YOUR GOOD OVER HERE

OUTWEIGHS YOUR BAD,

IF YOU’RE MORE GOOD THAN BAD,

SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER

YOU’LL BE RECEIVED INTO HEAVEN.

THAT’S NOT WHAT THIS IS SAYING.

THIS IS SAYING

THAT WE’VE ALL SINNED

AND COME SHORT

OF THE GLORY OF GOD,

AND ROMANS 6:23, SAYS,

THE WAGES OF THAT SIN IS DEATH.

IT’S NOT IF YOU MAKE

99 ON A TEST, YOU GET AN A+

BECAUSE YOU ONLY MISSED

ONE QUESTION.

NO, IF YOU MISS ONE QUESTION

OUT OF A HUNDRED

ON GOD’S TEST, YOU’VE SINNED,

AND INSTEAD OF RECEIVING

AN A+ YOU FLUNK, YOU FAIL.

YOU CAN’T APPROACH GOD

BASED ON YOUR OWN HOLINESS

BECAUSE ALL OF US HAVE SINNED.

IT DOESN’T MATTER

IF YOU’RE A GOOD SINNER

OR A BAD SINNER.

THERE REALLY IS NO SUCH THING

AS A GOOD SINNER.

IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW,

HAVING TO REACH A CERTAIN PLACE

AND YOU KNOW,

IF…IF YOU HAD A CEILING

THAT WAS 20 FEET HIGH

AND YOU HAD TO TOUCH IT

IN ORDER TO SAVE YOUR LIFE

AND YOU…SOME PEOPLE,

YOU KNOW, THEY CAN ONLY JUMP

A FOOT OFF THE GROUND.

YOU CAN GET OTHER PEOPLE

THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO UP

FIVE OR SIX FEET OR EIGHT FEET

OFF OF THE GROUND.

BUT IF THE MINIMUM STANDARD

WAS 20 FEET,

WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE.

NOBODY CAN MEET THAT STANDARD,

AND ALL HAVE SINNED

AND COME SHORT

OF THE GLORY OF GOD.

JESUS IS THE GLORY OF GOD.

IT’S NOT A MATTER OF

WHETHER YOU’RE AS GOOD AS I AM

OR AS GOOD AS SOMEBODY ELSE.

WHO WANTS TO BE THE BEST SINNER

THAT EVER WENT TO HELL?

WE’VE ALL SINNED AND COME SHORT

OF THE GLORY OF GOD.

THIS IS WHAT THE OLD TESTAMENT

LAW WAS ALL ABOUT,

TO TAKE AWAY

THIS SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,

THIS THOUGHT

THAT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER

I’M GOING TO BE SAVED.

EVEN THOUGH I’M NOT PERFECT,

I’VE DONE IT BETTER THAN

SO AND SO OVER HERE,

AND GOD’S GOT TO

ACCEPT SOMEBODY,

SO HE WILL ACCEPT ME.

NO, THAT’S NOT THE WAY IT IS.

YOU EITHER HAVE TO BE PERFECT

OR YOU NEED A SAVIOR

WHO WAS PERFECT,

AND YOU JUST RECEIVE

ON THE BASIS OF WHAT HE DID.

THAT’S WHAT THESE

FIRST THREE CHAPTERS

ARE GETTING AT.

HE STARTED OFF BY SAYING,

IT’S THE GOODNESS OF GOD,

THE NEARLY TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

NEWS, THAT JESUS PAID

FOR EVERYTHING FOR US.

WE GET IT FOR NOTHING BUT FAITH,

AND THAT’S WHAT OPENS UP

THE DOOR TO HEALING,

DELIVERANCE,

FORGIVENESS OF
SINS, EVERYTHING.

THAT’S HOW HE STARTED,

AND IMMEDIATELY

PEOPLE START SAYING,

NO, THAT CAN’T BE,

YOU’VE GOT TO PERFORM,

AND WHAT HE DOES IS

FOR TWO AND A HALF CHAPTERS

IS JUST SHOW YOU, THAT LOOK,

YOU CAN’T APPROACH TO GOD

ON YOUR OWN.

WE’VE ALL SINNED AND COME SHORT

OF THE GLORY OF GOD.

THE PEOPLE THAT DON’T KNOW

ANYTHING ABOUT GOD

HAVE AN INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE

THAT MAKES THEM ACCOUNTABLE

TO GOD.

THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE

HEARD THE WORD OF GOD

ARE DOUBLY ACCOUNTABLE.

WE NOT ONLY HAVE

THE INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE,

BUT WE ALSO HAVE

ALL OF THIS WRITTEN WORD

AND THE LAWS OF GOD

THAT HAVE BEEN REVEALED TO US,

AND SO WE’RE GUILTY

EVEN MORE SO THAN PEOPLE

THAT DON’T KNOW THE LORD,

AND SO BASICALLY,

WE’VE JUST ALL SINNED

AND COME SHORT OF

THE GLORY OF GOD.

NOBODY CAN EVER APPROACH GOD

ON THE BASIS OF YOUR GOODNESS,

AND I’M TELLING YOU,

WHAT I’M SAYING RIGHT HERE

IS SO CONTRARY TO

OUR RELIGIOUS SYSTEM.

OUR RELIGIOUS SYSTEM

IS BASICALLY PREACHING

THAT GOD MOVES IN YOUR LIFE

BASED ON YOUR HOLINESS.

I’VE HAD PEOPLE COME UP TO ME

BY THE THOUSANDS

IN MY PRAYER LINES

AND THEY’LL SAY

SOMETHING SIMILAR TO,

WHY HASN’T GOD HEALED ME?

I FAST, I PRAY, I STUDY

THE BIBLE, I GO TO CHURCH,

I PAY MY TITHES.

I LIVE THE BEST I CAN;

WHY HASN’T GOD HEALED ME?

WHEN A PERSON SAYS

SOMETHING LIKE THAT,

YOU’VE TOLD ME WHY

GOD HASN’T HEALED YOU.

BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T POINT TO

WHAT HE DID FOR YOU,

YOU’VE POINTED TO

WHAT YOU’VE DONE

AND YOU THINK THAT GOD IS

GOING TO MOVE IN YOUR LIFE

WHEN YOU GET HOLY ENOUGH,

WHEN YOU PRAY ENOUGH,

WHEN YOU FAST ENOUGH,

AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING

IS PROCLAIMING YOUR GOODNESS

AS THE BASIS OF GOD

ANSWERING YOUR PRAYER

INSTEAD OF JESUS,

AND THAT’S THE GREATEST SIN

OF ALL, THE SIN OF THINKING

THAT JESUS ISN’T ENOUGH.

JESUS, IT DOESN’T MATTER

WHAT YOU’VE DONE,

I’VE GOT TO BE HOLY.

THAT IS VOIDING

WHAT JESUS HAS DONE.

THAT’S A WORSE SIN

THAN HOMOSEXUALITY,

THAN ADULTERY,

THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS

PROCLAIMING YOUR
OWN GOODNESS,

AND SO YOU’VE GOT TO COME TO

THIS PLACE IN ROMANS 3:23,

THAT ALL HAVE SINNED

AND COME SHORT OF

THE GLORY OF GOD.

THERE’S NONE OF US

THAT CAN APPROACH GOD

AND SAY, GOD,

YOU OWE ME SOMETHING

BECAUSE I HAVE DONE

THESE THINGS.

NOW YOU MOVE IN RESPONSE

TO ME.

NO, WE’RE SUPPOSED TO MOVE

IN RESPONSE TO HIM.

HE DOESN’T RESPOND TO US.

HE RESPONDS TO JESUS,

AND WHETHER OR NOT

YOU PUT FAITH IN JESUS

DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT

YOU WILL RECEIVE.

IT’S NOT YOUR GOODNESS.

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> CHARIS HAS SHOWN ME,

AN INTIMACY WITH GOD

> THAT’S NOT BASED ON FEAR.

>> MY ENTIRE PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE

>> HAS CHANGED.

>> TO GET IMMERSED IN THE WORD

LIKE THAT,

IS REALLY WHAT IS GOING TO

>> CHANGE YOUR HEART.

> IT’S…IT’S GIVEN ME THE…

THE CONFIDENCE I GUESS TO

STEP OUT IN THE TRUTHS

> THAT I’VE LEARNED.

>> THE FELLOWSHIP ALONG WITH

THE TEACHING

IS THE THING THAT IMPACTED

>> MY LIFE THE MOST.

> AND IT WAS JUST LIKE

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>> IT’S OPENED MY EYES TO KIND

OF BE LIKE YOU’RE NOT ALONE

IN THIS JOURNEY.

THERE ARE OTHERS,

THAT BELIEVE LIKE YOU

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>> WE WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT

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MARK YOUR CALENDERS

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IN THE MONTH OF JULY,

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LASTLY IN JULY,

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A CHARIS DAILY LIVE BIBLE STUDY.

WE’VE BEEN DOING A BIBLE STUDY

EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT

LIVE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS,

BUT NOW WE HAVE

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WE’VE VARIED THE TIMES

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ANYBODY’S SCHEDULE.

AND IT’S GOING TO

REALLY BE GOOD.

WE’RE GOING TO USE

OUR INSTRUCTORS

FROM THE SCHOOL,

AND IT’LL BE A BLESSING,

SO REMEMBER, WE NOW HAVE

A CHARIS DAILY LIVE BIBLE STUDY

FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

♪ MUSIC ♪

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