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 MONDAY’S

BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH,

AND TODAY I’M GOING TO START

TEACHING THROUGH

THE BOOK OF ROMANS.

I HAVE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THIS

FOR A LONG TIME

BECAUSE I HAVEN’T TAUGHT THIS

FOR A LONG TIME.

THIS IS ONE OF

MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TEACH

AND WE HAVE A BRAND
-NEW PRODUCT.

WE HAVE TAKEN

MY LIVING COMMENTARY NOTES

ON THE BOOK OF ROMANS,

AND I MEAN,

THERE’S HUNDREDS OF THEM.

THERE’S PROBABLY OVER

A THOUSAND FOOTNOTES,

PLUS MY TEACHING

THAT I’VE DONE,

AND WE’VE COMBINED THOSE

INTO A BOOK.

AND THIS IS A BRAND-NEW PRODUCT.

MATTER OF FACT,

IT’S SO BRAND-NEW

WE DON’T HAVE IT AT THIS TIME.

I’M MAKING THESE PROGRAMS

LIKE, THREE MONTHS BEFORE

YOU SEE THEM AIRED.

BY THE TIME THIS PROGRAM

IS AIRED ON

OUR TELEVISION PROGRAMS,

WE WILL HAVE THE BOOK.

BUT THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE

THINGS TO TEACH ON.

WE’VE ENTITLED THIS TEACHING,

ROMANS: PAUL’S MASTERPIECE

ON GRACE,

AND I TELL YOU, ROMANS IS

ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS.

I BELIEVE I COULD

MAKE THIS STATEMENT,

THAT IF ROMANS ISN’T ONE OF

YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS,

THEN YOU DO NOT HAVE

A REVELATION OF THE TRUE GOSPEL.

NOW THAT NEEDS

A LOT OF EXPLANATION

AND I’M GOING TO BE

TALKING ABOUT THIS,

BUT I TELL YOU,

THIS IS A POWERFUL,

POWERFUL BOOK.

I’M NOT GOING TO BE TEACHING

EXACTLY VERSE BY VERSE

THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS,

BECAUSE THAT WOULD JUST BE…

IT WOULD…IT WOULD STRETCH

FOR SIX MONTHS.

I’M GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH

AND SUMMARIZING,

BUT I’M GOING TO BE TAKING

A LOT OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS.

I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF IT

WILL BE READING

AND TALKING ABOUT.

AND I TELL YOU,

THIS IS POWERFUL.

WHEN I FIRST GOT

REALLY TURNED ON TO THE LORD

IN 1968, WHEN I HAD

THIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE LORD,

IT WAS DURING THAT SAME SUMMER

OF 1968, THAT I WAS AT A MEETING

AND I HEARD A MAN SAY

THAT IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND

THE FIRST EIGHT OR NINE

CHAPTERS OF THE
BOOK OF ROMANS,

IT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO BE

A MATURE CHRISTIAN,

AND I REMEMBER

THAT STUCK OUT TO ME

AND SO I STARTED STUDYING THIS,

I MEAN, SERIOUSLY STUDYING

THE BOOK OF ROMANS IN 1968,

AND I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY

IT WAS AT LEAST 10 YEARS

OR MAYBE 15 YEARS

BEFORE I FELT LIKE I GOT

A REVELATION OF IT.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY REVELATION,

I HAD KNOWLEDGE,

BUT IT JUST DIDN’T REALLY

IMPART THE TRUTH THAT PAUL

WAS TRYING TO GET ACROSS

FOR AT LEAST 10 OR 15 YEARS.

AND I’M STILL LEARNING.

I’M NOT SAYING THAT I’VE GOT IT

ALL FIGURED OUT YET,

BUT THIS HAS BECOME ONE OF

THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS

THAT GOD HAS SPOKEN TO ME.

AND I TELL YOU,

IF IT AFFECTS YOU

THE WAY THAT IT HAS AFFECTED ME,

I BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD BE

JUST TOTALLY LIFE-TRANSFORMING.

IT REALLY IS THAT POWERFUL.

THIS IS GOING TO

TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT

BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE

GOING THROUGH

NEARLY VERSE BY VERSE,

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU

TO PLEASE JOIN ME,

GO TO OUR WEB SITE,

AND…AND GO BACK

AND STUDY THESE THINGS,

OR GET THE MATERIALS.

THIS BRAND-NEW BOOK

THAT WE’VE GOT OUT,

IT IS GOING TO BE

A POWERFUL STUDY GUIDE FOR YOU

TO BE ABLE TO GET HOLD OF

THESE TRUTHS.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU

TO PUT SOME EFFORT INTO THIS

BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT.

THE BOOK OF ROMANS, OF COURSE,

WAS WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL

TO THE ROMANS.

PAUL HAD NOT BEEN TO ROME

AT THIS TIME, BUT HE WAS

WRITING TO THEM.

IT’S VERY CLEAR.

THERE’S NUMEROUS INSTANCES

IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS

WHERE PAUL IS REVEALED TO BE

THE AUTHOR.

THE VERY FIRST VERSE, IT SAYS,

PAUL, A SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST,

CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE,

SEPARATED UNTO

THE GOSPEL OF GOD.

SO FROM THE VERY FIRST VERSE,

PAUL MAKES IT CLEAR

THAT HE’S THE WRITER.

THE FIRST NUMBER
OF VERSES HERE

ARE KIND OF
INTRODUCTORY VERSES.

ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT STAND OUT

IS IN VERSE 8, WHERE HE SAYS,

FIRST, I THANK MY GOD

THROUGH JESUS CHRIST

FOR YOU ALL,

THAT YOUR FAITH IS SPOKEN OF

THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD.

NOW THIS IS

AN AMAZING STATEMENT.

YOU KNOW, TODAY IF YOU WERE TO

GO TO A CITY SOMEPLACE

AND SEE A CHURCH THERE

AND YOU…AND YOU GO IN AND SAY,

YOUR FAITH IS SPOKEN OF

THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD,

THERE’S VERY, VERY
FEW CHURCHES

THAT THAT WOULD BE

APPLICABLE TO THEM

BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,

EVEN ACROSS THE STREET,

IN THE NEXT BLOCK,

SOMETIMES IN THE SAME TOWN,

THOSE CHURCHES

HAVEN’T EVEN MADE AN IMPACT

ON THINGS.

BUT THIS CHURCH IN ROME

HAD MADE AN IMPACT

ON THE ENTIRE WORLD.

THEIR FAITH HAD BEEN SPOKEN OF

THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD.

SO THAT GIVES YOU

SOME DEGREE OF UNDERSTANDING

ABOUT THESE PEOPLE

AND THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED

THE GOSPEL.

THERE WAS A MIXTURE OF GENTILES

AND JEWS IN THIS CHURCH IN ROME,

BUT AS WE WILL SEE

AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BOOK,

THE JEWS HAD
BEGUN TO INFLUENCE

THESE NEW BELIEVERS IN JESUS

TO GO BACK UNDER THE LAW

AND TO HAVE TO OBSERVE ALL OF

THE JEWISH LAWS AND THINGS.

YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANITY

IS AN OUTGROWTH OF JUDAISM.

OF COURSE, THE OLD TESTAMENT

WAS WRITTEN PRIMARILY TO

GOD’S COVENANT
PEOPLE, THE JEWS,

AND THE LAW…

WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT

THE LAW A LOT AS WE GO THROUGH

THE BOOK OF ROMANS.

THE LAW WAS GIVEN TO THE JEWS.

ROMANS, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 19,

SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW

THAT THE LAW SPEAKS TO THOSE

TO WHOM IT WAS WRITTEN.

IT WASN’T EVEN INTENDED

FOR THE GENTILES.

IT WAS WRITTEN TO THE JEWS.

AND WHEN THE MESSIAH CAME,

JESUS, THE MESSIAH, OF COURSE,

MANY OF THE JEWS CONVERTED.

A LOT OF THE JEWS REJECTED IT.

AS A WHOLE,

THE JEWISH NATION
REJECTED JESUS

AS THEIR MESSIAH AND THE GOSPEL

PASSED ON UNTO THE GENTILES.

AND SO, THE GENTILES,

FOR THE LAST 2,000 YEARS

HAVE REALLY BEEN THE ONES

THAT HAVE BEEN CARRYING

THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND PRESENTING IT

AND BRINGING THESE TRUTHS

TO THE WORLD,

BUT IT WAS AN OUTGROWTH

OF JUDAISM.

AND THEREFORE, THERE WERE

SOME JEWS WHO HAD BELIEVED

ON JESUS WHO WERE TRYING TO

MAKE THE NEW
TESTAMENT BELIEVERS

GO BACK AND OBSERVE

ALL OF THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW,

AND THE BOOK OF ROMANS

IS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY TO

EXPLAIN THAT THE NEW TESTAMENT

IS DIFFERENT THAN

THE OLD TESTAMENT.

YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE,

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

THE OLD TESTAMENT

AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS JUST

ONE BLANK PAGE IN THEIR BIBLE

RIGHT HERE.

THEY SEE ALL OF THIS

AS ONE THING,

BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS.

THE BOOK OF ROMANS

IS PAUL’S MASTERPIECE ON GRACE,

AND HE’S GOING TO BE

COUNTERING A LOT OF

THE OLD TESTAMENT IDEAS.

HEBREWS DEALS WITH

THE SAME THING, AND HEBREWS,

WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY

WHO WROTE IT.

IT’S NOT SPECIFICALLY STATED.

IT SOUNDS TO ME

LIKE IT’S THE APOSTLE PAUL,

SO I PERSONALLY BELIEVE

THAT PAUL IS THE ONE

THAT WROTE THE
BOOK OF HEBREWS,

BUT WE CAN’T BE SURE ABOUT THAT.

PAUL WROTE

THE BOOK OF GALATIANS,

AND IN THE BOOK OF GALATIANS,

HE’S SAYING THE SAME THINGS

THAT HE SAYS HERE

IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS,

BUT IT’S LIKE IN GALATIANS,

HE’S…I’M NOT SAYING

HE’S ANGRY, BUT HE IS PUT OUT

WITH THE LEGALISM

THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD GONE INTO

AND HE BEGINS TO SAY,

IF AN ANGEL…IF ANY…

EVEN IF AN ANGEL

PREACHES UNTO YOU

ANY OTHER GOSPEL

THAN WHAT I HAVE PREACHED,

LET HIM BE ACCURSED.

THAT WAS SUCH A
STRONG STATEMENT

THAT I’M SURE PEOPLE

WERE SHOCKED,

AND SO HE REPEATED IT

IN THE NEXT VERSE.

HE SAYS, AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU,

IF ANYBODY, EVEN AN ANGEL,

PREACHES ANOTHER GOSPEL,

LET HIM BE ACCURSED.

AND THEN IN GALATIANS,

CHAPTER 3, HE SAYS,

YOU FOOLISH GALATIANS.

ONE OF THE TRANSLATIONS SAYS,

YOU STUPID IDIOTS,

HOW COULD YOU BE DECEIVED

LIKE THIS?

HOW COULD YOU START IN GRACE

AND EVER GO BACK TO THE LAW?

SO THE BOOK OF GALATIANS

IS COVERING SOME OF

THE SAME THINGS, BUT I MEAN,

IT’S GOT AN EDGE ON IT.

IT’S IN YOUR FACE,

BUT IT IS MAKING SOME OF

THESE SAME THINGS.

BUT THE BOOK OF ROMANS

IS JUST A SCHOLARLY

STEP-BY-STEP EXPOSE

ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

THE NEW COVENANT GRACE

AND THE OLD COVENANT LAW,

AND SO I’LL BE SAYING

THESE THINGS

MANY DIFFERENT TIMES.

PAUL JUST SAID SOME OF

THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER

AND OVER, BUT AS I’VE SAID

DURING THIS INTRODUCTION,

I BELIEVE THAT ROMANS IS LIKE

PAUL’S MASTERPIECE.

IT’S LIKE, THIS ISN’T SAID

WITH THE SAME EDGE THAT IT WAS

SAID IN THE BOOK OF GALATIANS.

THIS IS JUST A SCHOLARLY

EXPLANATION OF

THE NEW TESTAMENT GRACE

THAT WE’RE UNDER,

AND THEREFORE,

THE NEW COVENANT

THAT IT BROUGHT IN,

A BRAND-NEW WAY

OF GOD DEALING WITH US

THROUGH MERCY

AND…AND GRACE

INSTEAD OF LAW BASED ON

OUR PERFORMANCE.

AND I PROMISE YOU,

THAT THE THINGS

THAT ARE WRITTEN RIGHT HERE,

THEY APPLY TO US

JUST AS MUCH TODAY AS THEY DID

BACK DURING THE TIME

THAT PAUL WROTE IT.

I THINK THAT IN PAUL’S DAY

THEY WERE PROBABLY EVEN MORE

RELIGIOUS AND BOUND BY

RELIGIOUS TRADITION

THAN WE ARE TODAY,

BUT I CAN GUARANTEE,

IT’S NOT LIKE WE ARE TOTALLY

FREE IN THIS AREA.

I BELIEVE THAT THE MAJORITY

OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE

COME TO THE LORD

AND THEN GONE TO CHURCH

HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN RELIGION

AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF THESE

PERFORMANCE-BASED MENTALITIES

THAT KEEPS US FROM

RECEIVING FROM
GOD AND IT CAUSES

A LOT OF GUILT AND CONDEMNATION.

WE AREN’T WALKING IN THE LIBERTY

AND THE FREEDOM

THAT GOD INTENDED US TO

BECAUSE OF A LOT OF

WRONG TEACHING

THAT THE BOOK OF ROMANS IS

GOING TO SPECIFICALLY DEAL WITH.

SO AGAIN, THE FIRST FEW VERSES

OF ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,

ARE KIND OF INTRODUCTORY.

LET ME GO AND START READING

AT VERSE 13.

HE SAYS, NOW I WOULD NOT

HAVE YOU IGNORANT, BRETHREN,

THAT OFTENTIMES I PURPOSED

TO COME UNTO YOU,

(BUT WAS LET HITHERTO,)

THAT I MIGHT HAVE SOME FRUIT

AMONG YOU ALSO,

EVEN AS AMONG OTHER GENTILES.

I AM DEBTOR BOTH TO THE GREEKS,

AND TO THE BARBARIANS;

BOTH TO THE WISE,

AND TO THE UNWISE.

LET ME JUST SAY HERE

THAT WHEN HE’S TALKING ABOUT

GREEKS AND BARBARIANS,

YOU KNOW, IN THAT DAY

THE JEWS CONSIDERED
THEMSELVES

THE ONLY PEOPLE OF GOD

AND EVERYBODY ELSE A GREEK.

THEY ALSO REFER TO THE GREEKS

AS GENTILES.

THEY CALLED THEM BARBARIANS.

AND IN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 2,

THEY WERE ALIENS FROM

THE COVENANTS OF GOD,

WITHOUT HOPE,

STRANGERS IN THIS WORLD.

SO ANYWAY, THE WAY WE WOULD

SAY THIS TODAY, THIS IS NOT ONLY

WRITTEN TO THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE,

THOSE WHO HAVE EMBRACED

CHRISTIANITY AND STUFF,

BUT HE’S SAYING,

I’M A DEBTOR TO EVERYBODY,

TO THE CHRISTIANS,

TO THE NON-CHRISTIAN,

TO THE RELIGIOUS,

TO THE NON-RELIGIOUS.

YOU NEED TO INTERPRET

SOME OF THESE THINGS

IN THAT LIGHT TODAY.

IN VERSE 15, HE SAYS,

SO, AS MUCH AS IN ME IS,

I AM READY

TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO YOU

THAT ARE AT ROME ALSO.

AND THEN IN VERSES 16 AND 17,

IS I…WHERE I BELIEVE

HE REALLY BEGINS TO START

GETTING IN TO THE MEAT

OF WHAT HE’S WANTING TO SAY,

AND WHAT HE’S SAYING RIGHT HERE

ISN’T AS SHOCKING TO US

AS IT WAS

TO THE FIRST CENTURY CHURCH

BECAUSE SOME OF THESE WORDS

HAVE BECOME CLICHÉS TO US.

LIKE IN VERSE 16, HE SAYS,

I AM NOT ASHAMED

OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.

DID YOU KNOW THE WORD

GOSPEL TODAY,

PEOPLE USE THAT WORD

AND APPLY IT TO

ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

I’VE HEARD P…MINISTERS

STAND UP BEFORE AND I MEAN,

PREACH AND YELL AND SCREAM,

GET RED IN THE FACE,

YOU CAN SEE THEIR JUGULAR VEIN

STANDING OUT,

AND THEY’RE SAYING,

YOU’RE A SINNER,

YOU’RE GOING TO HELL,

AND I MEAN,

THEY’LL DRAW THE WORD OUT

AND THEY’LL SCREAM

AND THEY HAVE

THIS GRAVELLY VOICE

BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN SCREAMING

SO MUCH,

AND THEY WILL JUST

CONDEMN PEOPLE,

YOU’RE GOING TO HELL,

YOU’RE GOING TO

BURN IN HELL FOREVER,

AND THEN THEY’LL SAY,

THAT’S THE GOSPEL.

SO WE HAVE USED

THE TERM GOSPEL NOW

TO REFER TO NEARLY ANYTHING

THAT HAS TO DO

WITH CHRISTIANITY.

DID YOU KNOW IT IS TRUE

THAT THERE IS A HEAVEN

AND A HELL,

AND IT IS TRUE

THAT IF PEOPLE

DON’T ACCEPT JESUS

THAT THEY’RE GOING TO HELL,

BUT IT IS NOT THE GOSPEL,

AND I KNOW THAT THIS MAY SHOCK

A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THE WORD GOSPEL HERE,

I’M NOT GOING TO GO INTO

ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW,

TECHNICALITIES OF THIS.

THERE IS A LOT ABOUT THIS

I COULD SAY,

BUT I THINK

THAT I WOULD PROBABLY

LOSE MOST PEOPLE.

I JUST WANT TO BOIL THIS DOWN

TO ITS SIMPLEST TERMS.

THE WORD…THE GREEK WORD

FOR GOSPEL HERE

WAS A RARE WORD

THAT WAS VERY SELDOM USED.

MATTER OF FACT,

ONE OF THE COMMENTARIES

THAT I READ ABOUT THIS

SAID THAT IN ALL OF

THE GREEK LITERATURE…

NOW I DON’T KNOW IF THIS MEANS

ALL OF THE GREEK LITERATURE

OR MAYBE JUST ALL OF

THE GREEK LITERATURE

THAT THIS COMMENTATOR

HAD LOOKED AT, I DON’T KNOW,

BUT ANYWAY,

IN ALL OF THE GREEK LITERATURE

IS WHAT HE SAID,

THAT THIS WORD

THAT WAS TRANSLATED, GOSPEL,

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

WAS ONLY USED TWICE

OUTSIDE OF THE BIBLE.

IT WAS A RARE WORD.

IT LITERALLY MEANS, GOOD NEWS,

BUT IT’S ACTUALLY MORE

THAN THAT.

IT WAS SO RARE

THAT THIS WAS A HYPERBOLE.

IT WAS AN OVERSTATEMENT.

IT WAS AN EXAGGERATION.

IT WAS SU…

IT WAS SUCH A THING…

IT WAS SUCH GOOD NEWS

THAT OUTSIDE OF THE BIBLE,

NOBODY EVER USED THIS WORD.

IT WAS VERY RARE

THAT IT WAS USED

BECAUSE IN A FALLEN WORLD

THERE WAS VERY LITTLE

THAT WAS REALLY GOOD NEWS.

YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE

MORE ACCURATE,

THIS IS MY OWN DEFINITION,

BUT I THINK THAT THE WORD

GOSPEL HERE IS REFERRING TO

THE NEARLY-TOO-GOOD

TO-BE-TRUE NEWS.

NOT ONLY GOOD NEWS,

BUT I MEAN, SUCH RADICALLY

GOOD NEWS THAT THIS IS

JUST RARE.

IT DOESN’T REALLY APPLY

TO ANYTHING EXCEPT

WHAT JESUS CAME TO DO FOR US.

WHAT JESUS DID FOR US

THROUGH HIS DEATH

AND RESURRECTION

AND TAKING OUR SINS

IS SO RADICAL

THAT I BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE

TO SAY THIS IS NEARLY TOO GOOD

TO BE TRUE NEWS.

SO WHEN PAUL ANNOUNCED

RIGHT HERE THAT,

I AM NOT ASHAMED

OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,

DID YOU KNOW TODAY

THAT DOESN’T HAVE MUCH IMPACT

ON PEOPLE, BECAUSE AGAIN,

WE USE GOSPEL TO REFER

TO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW,

A KNITTING CIRCLE,

THE…A MEN’S MEETING,

A WOMEN’S MEETING.

WE’RE GOING TO COME TOGETHER

FOR THE GOSPEL,

AND IT MAY NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT

WHAT JESUS HAS DONE.

WE JUST USE THE WORD GOSPEL

TO KIND OF REFER TO ANYTHING

THAT IS RELIGIOUS, SPECIFICALLY

CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS.

BUT IN ITS SIMPLEST TERMS,

IT JUST IS TALKING ABOUT

A RADICAL GOOD NEWS,

SUCH GOOD NEWS

THAT IT’S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

IT’S TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE-NEWS.

AND WHEN PAUL SAID THIS,

THE RELIGION OF HIS DAY HA…

DIDN’T HAVE ANY GOOD NEWS IN IT.

I MEAN, IT WAS OPPRESSIVE,

AND AGAIN, I COULD SPEND

THE REST OF THIS PROGRAM

AND MULTIPLE PROGRAMS

TRYING TO AMPLIFY ON THIS,

BUT THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE OF

JESUS’ DAY WERE SO LEGALISTIC.

THEY HAD COUNTED OUT

HOW MANY STEPS
YOU COULD TAKE ON

A SABBATH DAY.

YOU COULDN’T TAKE MORE THAN

JUST A PRESCRIBED

NUMBER OF STEPS.

THAT’S REFERRED TO

IN THE GOSPELS WHEN IT SAYS

THAT BETHANY WAS

A SABBATH DAY’S JOURNEY

FROM JERUSALEM.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS

THAT WAS THE MAXIMUM

NUMBER OF STEPS

THAT YOU COULD TAKE.

DID YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE

THAT WERE CALLED THE ESSENES…

NOW, THEY AREN’T MENTIONED

BY NAME IN SCRIPTURE,

BUT THEY’RE THE PEOPLE

THAT LIVED AROUND THE DEAD SEA

AND THEY’RE THE ONES

THAT WROTE THE
DEAD SEA SCROLLS.

THEY WERE SUCH A STRICT,

I MEAN, OPPRESSIVE

RELIGIOUS ORDER THAT YOU

COULDN’T DO HARDLY ANYTHING.

THEY…YOU WERE JUST

CONSTANTLY BEING CONDEMNED

OVER THE WAY YOU HAD

DONE THINGS, AND IT…

WITH THESE ESSENES,

IT’S ACTUALLY IN THEIR WRITINGS

THAT YOU COULDN’T HAVE

A BOWEL MOVEMENT

ON THE SABBATH DAY

FROM SUNDOWN FRIDAY

UNTIL SUNDOWN SATURDAY.

IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW,

THEIR LAW, FOR YOU TO HAVE

A BOWEL MOVEMENT.

I MEAN, THEY HAD SUCH STRICT

RELIGIOUS THINGS.

YOU REMEMBER

THAT THE DISCIPLES

WALKED THROUGH
THE GRAIN FIELDS

AND THEY TOOK SOME GRAIN

AND RUBBED IT IN THEIR HANDS

AND ATE THE GRAIN

AND THEY SAID,

YOU’RE BREAKING THE SABBATH.

THEY ACCUSED JESUS

OF BREAKING THE SABBATH

WHEN HE HEALED PEOPLE

ON THE SABBATH DAY.

THEY JUST HAD ALL OF

THESE RITUALS AND LAWS.

AND SO ANYWAY, THE POINT IS

THAT THERE WAS NO GOOD NEWS

IN THAT.

YOU WERE JUST CONSTANTLY

BEING TOLD, YOU’RE WRONG HERE,

YOU’RE WRONG THERE.

YOU CAN’T DO ENOUGH,

AND IT WAS A LA…

A MINISTRY OF CONDEMNATION.

I’M GOING TO Y…DEAL WITH

THESE SCRIPTURES MORE

AS WE GO THROUGH THIS,

BUT IN 2 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 3,

IT CALLS THE LAW,

WHICH THE BOOK OF ROMANS IS

TO GET US TRANSITIONED

OUT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW

INTO THE NEW TESTAMENT GRACE,

AND 2 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 3,

VERSE 7, I BELIEVE IT IS,

CALLS THE LAW

A MINISTRATION OF DEATH.

VERSE 9, CALLS IT

A MINISTRATION OF CONDEMNATION.

AND IT WAS JUST

CONDEMNATION, GUILT.

IT WAS CONSTANTLY POINTING OUT

YOU’RE WRONG.

SO IN THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM

OF PAUL’S DAY,

THERE WAS VERY LITTLE,

IF ANY, GOOD NEWS.

IT WAS OPPRESSIVE,

AND FOR PAUL TO COME ALONG

AND SAY, I’M NOT ASHAMED

OF THE GOSPEL,

THAT WORD WASN’T
COMMON TO THEM.

HE WAS SAYING,

I’M NOT ASHAMED OF

THE NEARLY-TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE

NEWS THAT JESUS
PAID EVERYTHING.

AND IT’S NOT BASED ON

MY PERFORMANCE ANYMORE.

I TELL YOU, WHEN PAUL SAID THIS,

THIS WAS RADICAL.

WOULD TO GOD…

I’VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS,

AND I WISH THAT I HAD

SOME WORD TO DESCRIBE

WHAT JESUS DID THAT WAS

AS RADICAL AS THE WORD GOSPEL

WAS IN HIS DAY.

AND IF I COULD USE THAT WORD

TO SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER

DISTINGUISH WHAT JESUS DID

FROM WHAT THE WORD GOSPEL

HAS COME TO MEAN

BY CONNOTATION TODAY,

I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

I JUST CAN’T THINK OF

A BETTER WORD THAN THIS,

BUT THE WORD GOSPEL

AS HE USED IT

WAS SO RADICAL

THAT THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

OF HIS DAY WERE OFFENDED AT THIS

BECAUSE IT WAS TALKING ABOUT

GOOD NEWS, THAT
YOU’RE FORGIVEN,

THAT YOU’RE CLEANSED

BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DID

AND IT’S NOT BASED ON

YOUR PERFORMANCE.

BOY, THAT WAS OFFENSIVE

TO THE JEWS OF HIS DAY.

SO REMEMBER ALL OF THAT

WHEN HE SAYS, IN VERSE 16,

I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL,

THE NEARLY-TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE

NEWS, OF CHRIST: FOR IT,

TALKING ABOUT THE GOSPEL,

IS THE POWER OF GOD

UNTO SALVATION

TO EVERY ONE THAT BELIEVETH;

TO THE JEW FIRST,

AND ALSO TO THE GREEK.

HERE’S ANOTHER WORD

THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED,

IS THE WORD, SALVATION,

BECAUSE TODAY,

THE WORD SALVATION

HAS BEEN CHEAPENED FROM

WHAT IT ORIGINALLY MEANT TO BE.

THE WORD SALVATION

AS USED IN THE BIBLE

IS NOT LIMITED TO

FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

IT INCLUDES FORGIVENESS OF SINS,

BUT IT’S MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

FOR INSTANCE, THE SAME WORD

THAT WAS TRANSLATED, SAVED,

MANY TIMES IN THE BIBLE

IS TRANSLATED, SAVED,

OVER IN JAMES, CHAPTER 5,

WHERE IT SAYS,

IF ANYBODY’S SICK, LET HIM CALL

FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH,

LET THEM ANOINT HIM WITH OIL

AND PRAY OVER HIM,

AND THE PRAYER OF FAITH

SHALL SAVE THE SICK,

SOZO, THE SICK.

THAT’S THE GREEK WORD,

AND IT’S THE EXACT SAME WORD

THAT WAS TRANSLATED, SAVED,

AS PERTAINING TO

FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

THAT SAME WORD IS ALSO

TRANSLATED ABOUT, DELIVERED,

THAT YOU CAN BE DELIVERED

OF DEMONIC THINGS.

THE GREEK WORD SOZO

IS LITERALLY REFERRING TO

NOT ONLY FORGIVENESS OF SINS,

IT INCLUDES THAT,

BUT IT’S THE HEALING

OF YOUR BODY,

IT’S DELIVERANCE FROM SATAN,

DEPRESSION, DISCOURAGEMENT.

IT’S PROSPERITY.

IT’S ALL OF THESE THINGS.

BASICALLY, I COULD SAY IT

THIS WAY,

THAT THE WORD, SALVATION,

AS USED IN THE BIBLE

REFERS TO ANYTHING

THAT CAME AS A RESULT

OF WHAT JESUS DID.

AND SAD TO SAY, THE CHURCH

FOR WHATEVER REASON TODAY

HAS BROKEN SALVATION DOWN TO

MEAN ONLY FORGIVENESS OF SINS,

BUT THEY DON’T INCLUDE

THE HEALING OF YOUR BODY.

NOW THERE…THERE’S SOME

THAT BELIEVE THAT HEALING

HAS PASSED AWAY
AND GOD DOESN’T

HEAL ANYBODY TODAY,

BUT THERE’S A LARGE SEGMENT

OF CHRISTIANITY

THAT IF THEY GET SICK,

THEY WILL PRAY FOR A HEALING

AND IF HEALING COMES,

THEY’LL SAY,

PRAISE GOD!

BUT THEY WOULD NEVER SAY

THAT IT’S A PART OF

JESUS’ ATONEMENT,

THAT HE PROVIDED HEALING

JUST AS MUCH AS

HE’S PROVIDED SALVATION,

FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

MOST CHRISTIANS WOULD SAY,

NO, THAT’S NOT TRUE.

THEY LOOK AT HEALING,

DELIVERANCE, PROSPERITY,

JOY, PEACE, AS BEING POSSIBLE,

BUT ADDITIONAL TO SALVATION.

BUT THIS WORD SALVATION

IN THE GREEK INCLUDES HEALING,

PROSPERITY, DELIVERANCE,

AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.

SO WHEN PAUL SAID,

I’M NOT ASHAMED OF

THE NEARLY-TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE

NEWS THAT JESUS PAID IT ALL.

IT’S NOT BASED ON

MY PERFORMANCE;

IT’S BASED ON MY FAITH

IN WHAT HE DID,

AND HE PAID IT ALL.

THIS IS THE POWER OF GOD

UNTO THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS,

THE HEALING OF YOUR BODY,

YOUR PROSPERITY, YOUR JOY,

YOUR PEACE, YOUR DELIVERANCE,

YOUR EMOTIONAL STABILITY,

ON AND ON.

FOR HIM TO SAY

SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS SO

RADICAL TO THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM

OF HIS DAY.

THEY DIDN’T PREACH GOOD NEWS

THAT JESUS HAD DONE IT ALL,

THEY PREACHED

THAT THE BURDEN OF SALVATION

WAS ON YOUR BACK.

IF YOU DIDN’T PERFORM,

GOD WOULDN’T MOVE,

AND YOU KNOW, IT’S A DIFFERENT

SET OF STANDARDS TODAY.

MOST PEOPLE WOULDN’T

CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE

LIKE THE JEWS OF PAUL’S DAY,

BUT IT’S THE SAME THING.

IT’S JUST GOT

SOME DIFFERENT NUANCES TO IT.

BUT THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN TODAY

BELIEVES THAT GOD CAN

DO ANYTHING.

THEY BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN HEAL.

THEY BELIEVE THAT GOD PRE…

COULD PROVIDE

A FINANCIAL MIRACLE.

THEY BELIEVE THAT IF

THEY’RE DEPRESSED

AND DISCOURAGED AND IN FEAR,

THAT GOD COULD MOVE

IN THEIR LIFE,

BUT THEY JUST DON’T KNOW

FOR SURE THAT HE WOULD

BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE

THAT GOD’S POWER

BEING DEMONSTRATED

IN THEIR LIFE IS DEPENDENT UPON

THEIR GOODNESS,

WHETHER THEY FASTED, PRAYED,

STUDIED THE WORD,

WHETHER THEY’RE DOING THINGS.

SO THEY…IT’S NOT REALLY

THAT PEOPLE DOUBT

GOD CAN DO THINGS,

THEY DOUBT GOD’S WILLINGNESS

TO DO IT

BECAUSE THEY KNOW IN

THEIR OWN HEART

THEY HAVEN’T DONE

EVERYTHING CORRECTLY,

THAT THEY HAVEN’T LIVED UP

TO IT.

DID YOU KNOW

IF WHAT I JUST SAID EXPRESSES

YOUR ATTITUDE,

YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
THE GOSPEL.

THE GOSPEL IS

THE-NEARLY-TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE

NEWS THAT YOU DON’T GET

WHAT YOU DESERVE,

YOU GET WHAT JESUS DESERVED,

AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS BELIEVE AND RECEIVE,

OR IF YOU CONTINUE

TO TRUST YOURSELF,

YOU WILL DOUBT

AND DO WITHOUT.

YOU HAVE TO GET BEYOND

YOUR SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS

AND GO TO TRUSTING GOD,

AND THIS IS WHAT PAUL IS SAYING.

I’M NOT ASHAMED TO TELL PEOPLE

THAT IT’S THE GOOD NEWS

ABOUT WHAT JESUS DID FOR US,

NOT WHAT WE DO FOR HIM

THAT CAUSES THE POW…

THAT RELEASES THE POWER

FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS,

HEALING OF YOUR BODY,

PROSPERITY, JOY, PEACE,

EVERYTHING ELSE.

BOY, THAT IS RADICAL

AND I’M JUST BARELY

BEGINNING ON THIS.

WE’RE OUT OF TIME TODAY,

BUT I’M STARTING A SERIES

THAT IS GOING TO GO

NEARLY VERSE BY VERSE

THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS,

AND IF YOU STICK WITH ME

AND STUDY THIS,

I GUARANTEE

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I’VE GOT A BRAND-NEW BOOK

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YOU KNOW,

THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME

A HUGE VISION

AND WE’VE BEEN BLESSED UP

TO THIS POINT,

BUT I’VE STILL GOT SO MUCH

THAT GOD’S LEADING ME TO DO.

I’M BELIEVING GOD

FOR 10,000 NEW PARTNERS.

WE’VE ALREADY GOT OVER

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