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).
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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 TUESDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
TODAY I’M GOING TO CONTINUE
A SERIES THAT I STARTED
JUST YESTERDAY, AND I’M TEACHING
NEARLY VERSE BY VERSE
THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
I TELL YOU, THIS EXCITES ME.
I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU RESPOND
TO THIS, BUT THE BOOK OF ROMANS
IS ONE OF THE GREATEST…
A MATTER OF FACT, I CALL IT,
PAUL’S MASTERPIECE ON GRACE.
HE TEACHES AND EXPLAINS GRACE
IN A WAY THAT IF A PERSON
FOLLOWS WHAT HE SAYS
THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS,
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU
TO EMBRACE WHAT HE SAYS
AND STILL STAY A LEGALIST,
STILL SAY A…STAY A PERSON WHO
IS JUST LIVING BY PERFORMANCE
AND LIVING UNDER CONDEMNATION.
I PROMISE YOU THAT THIS WILL
SET YOU FREE.
SO I JUST STARTED
THIS YESTERDAY.
I’VE GOT A LOT OF PRODUCT,
WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT
AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM,
BUT I’VE GOT A BRAND-NEW
BOOK OUT THAT IS A COMBINATION
OF MY FOOT NOTES
FROM MY LIVING COMMENTARY,
THAT’S A DIGITAL COMMENTARY
THAT I HAVE ON THE BIBLE.
I HAVE NOW WRITTEN FOOTNOTES
ON OVER 25,000 VERSES
IN THE BIBLE OVER THE LAST
30-SOMETHING-YEARS,
AND SO IT’S GOT ALL OF
THOSE FOOTNOTES THAT ARE ON
THE BOOK OF ROMANS,
PLUS IT’S GOT TEACHING
THAT I’VE DONE,
AND IT TAKES THAT
AND COMBINES IT.
SO SOME OF IT MIGHT BE
A OVERLAP AND A REPEAT,
BUT YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER
AND YOU JUST GET A COMMENTARY,
I BELIEVE, ON THE BOOK OF ROMANS
THAT WILL OPEN THIS UP TO YOU
AND MAKE THESE TRUTHS
COME ALIVE.
SO YESTERDAY, WE JUST
GOT STARTED, AND I WAS
IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 16,
WHICH IS WHERE I BELIEVE
PAUL BEGINS TO START
MAKING SOME OF THE MAIN POINTS
THAT HE’S GOING TO SAY
THROUGHOUT THIS
BOOK OF ROMANS.
AND IN ROMANS 1:16, HE SAYS,
I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL
OF CHRIST: FOR IT,
THE GOSPEL,
IS THE POWER OF GOD
UNTO SALVATION TO EVERY ONE
THAT BELIEVETH;
TO THE JEW FIRST,
AND ALSO TO THE GREEK.
I SPENT QUITE A BIT
OF TIME YESTERDAY
EXPLAINING THAT WHEN HE USES
THIS TERM, GOSPEL,
IT WAS A RARE WORD.
NOBODY USED IT
BECAUSE IT MEANS, GOOD NEWS,
BUT ACTUALLY MORE THAN
JUST GOOD NEWS.
IT’S NEARLY TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS.
AND THERE WAS NOTHING
IN THE JEWISH RELE…RELIGION
ABOUT ALL OF THE RULES
AND THE REGULATIONS
AND HOW MANY STEPS
YOU COULD TAKE ON A SABBATH DAY
AND ALL OF THESE RITUALS
THAT THEY HAD.
IT WAS OPPRESSIVE,
AND LATER PAUL TALKS ABOUT,
IT’S A BURDEN
THAT WE COULDN’T BEAR,
WHY WOULD WE TRY
AND IMPOSE THIS
ON ANYBODY ELSE?
IT WAS…IT WAS BAD NEWS.
THE GOSPEL…OR LET ME
NOT USE THAT TERM,
BUT THE RELIGION
THAT THEY HAD IN THAT DAY
WASN’T GOOD NEWS,
AND FOR HIM TO COME OUT AND SAY,
I’M NOT ASHAMED OF
THE NEARLY TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS ABOUT CHRIST,
WHAT IS THAT TALKING ABOUT?
THAT JESUS PERFORMED
AND KEPT ALL OF THE LAW FOR US
SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO
KEEP IT.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS
TRUST AND BELIEVE JESUS
AND RECEIVE THE
GOODNESS OF GOD
THROUGH WHAT JESUS DID,
NOT THROUGH WHAT WE DO.
IT’S NOT WHAT WE DO
THAT PLEASES GOD,
IT’S WHAT JESUS DID
THAT PLEASES GOD
AND IT’S ALL AVAILABLE TO US
BASED ON FAITH,
NOT BASED ON PERFORMANCE.
THOSE ARE RADICAL STATEMENTS
THAT STILL ARE UNPOPULAR
WITH RELIGION TODAY,
BUT IN JE…IN PAUL’S DAY,
I GUARANTEE YOU, THIS JUST,
I’M SURE, MADE ALL OF
THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE IRATE.
IT BROUGHT UP
ALL OF THEIR WRATH,
ALL OF THEIR HATRED FOR PAUL
TO TALK ABOUT GOOD NEWS,
THAT JESUS HAS PAID FOR IT
AND WE DON’T HAVE TO EARN IT?
BUT PAUL IS SAYING,
I’M NOT ASHAMED OF THAT.
THAT IS THE POWER OF GOD,
SPECIFICALLY THIS MESSAGE,
THAT IT’S NOT YOUR GOODNESS,
BUT IT’S YOUR FAITH
IN JESUS’ GOODNESS
THAT PURCHASES EVERYTHING
FROM GOD.
TO…THAT IS THE POWER OF GOD,
AND I ALSO SPENT
QUITE A BIT OF TIME
SHOWING THAT SALVATION HERE
ISN’T LIMITED TO ONLY
THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
WHICH MOST CHURCHES TODAY USE
THE WORD SALVATION
AND FORGIVENESS OF SINS
INTERCHANGEABLY.
WELL, SALVATION INCLUDES
FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES PROSPERITY,
IT ALSO INCLUDES HEALING,
IT ALSO INCLUDES DELIVERANCE.
EVERYTHING THAT WAS PURCHASED
FOR US BY JESUS IS A PART OF
WHAT THE GOSPEL PRODUCES,
SALVATION RIGHT HERE.
SO TODAY MOST CHURCHES SAY,
WE JUST NEED TO
PREACH THE GOSPEL
AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT
THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS
AND LET’S LEAVE ALL OF THIS
OTHER STUFF ALONE.
NO, JESUS TOLD US
IN THE 28TH CHAPTER,
OF THE BOOK OF MATTHEW,
TO GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES.
THAT MEANS PEOPLE
WHO LEARN ABOUT HIM,
AND THEN IN VERSE 20, HE SAYS,
TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE
ALL THINGS THAT I COMMANDED.
HE COMMANDED US
TO GO HEAL THE SICK,
CLEANSE THE LEPER.
HE COMMANDED US TO PREACH
DELIVERANCE TO THOSE
THAT HAVE BEEN BOUND,
AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER
THE CHURCH HAS JUST
SHRUNK THE GOSPEL MESSAGE
DOWN TO, ITS JUST CONCERNING
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
IT INCLUDES THAT,
BUT IT ALSO IS PART OF
YOUR SALVATION TO BE HEALED,
TO BE DELIVERED.
I’M GOING TO SAY
SOME THINGS HERE…
I’LL SPEND WEEKS EXPLAINING THIS
AS WE GO THROUGH
THE BOOK OF ROMANS,
BUT THERE’S SOME OF YOU
WATCHING THIS THAT THIS IS
A RADICAL THOUGHT TO YOU,
AND IT WAS A RADICAL THOUGHT
TO THE PEOPLE THAT PAUL WAS
TALKING TO, THAT HEALING
HAS BEEN PURCHASED
THROUGH JESUS FOR YOU
JUST AS MUCH AS
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
PROSPERITY HAS BEEN
PURCHASED FOR YOU
JUST AS MUCH AS
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
DELIVERANCE FROM OPPRESSION,
DEPRESSION, FEAR,
ANXIETY, ANGER,
HAS BEEN PURCHASED FOR YOU
THROUGH WHAT JESUS DID.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING ELSE TO EARN IT.
IT ISN’T AN ADDITION
TO SALVATION,
IT’S AN INTEGRAL PART
OF SALVATION.
JESUS WANTS YOU HEALED,
DELIVERED, SET FREE, PROSPERED,
JUST AS MUCH AS HE WANTS YOU
FORGIVEN OF SINS,
AND IT’S THE GOSPEL
THAT RELEASES THAT POWER
OF SALVATION FOR HEALING,
FOR DELIVERANCE, FOR JOY,
FOR PEACE,
AND FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
IT’S UNDERSTANDING THE GOSPEL
THAT RELEASES THAT.
SO I COULD SAY THIS,
THAT IF YOU ARE SICK,
IF YOU ARE POOR,
IF YOU’RE AFRAID,
IF YOU ARE BOUND
BY UNFORGIVENESS,
IF YOU ARE DEPRESSED,
AND ON AND ON I COULD GO
WITH ALL OF THESE
NEGATIVE THINGS
THAT EVEN CHRISTIANS
EXPERIENCE,
IT’S BECAUSE YOU DON’T
UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL,
BECAUSE THE GOSPEL IS
THE POWER OF GOD
UNTO SALVATION,
WHICH IS ALL INCLUSIVE OF
ALL OF THESE THINGS
THAT I’VE TALKED ABOUT.
IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING
IN ANY OF THOSE AREAS,
YOU ARE STRUGGLING
TO UNDERSTAND
HOW TRULY GOOD NEWS
THE…THE MESSAGE IS
OF WHAT JESUS DID FOR YOU,
AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER
YOU’VE MIXED IT WITH
YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE.
DID YOU KNOW SATAN CANNOT
CONDEMN JESUS AND SAY
THAT JESUS DIDN’T DO IT ALL,
JESUS WASN’T PERFECT.
I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF
THE PEOPLE,
THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE,
THAT ARE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM,
YOU WOULD BELIEVE
THAT JESUS WAS PERFECT
AND THAT HE DID
EVERYTHING PERFECTLY
AND THAT HE HAS POWER
TO OVERCOME ANYTHING.
SATAN ISN’T REALLY
ACCUSING JESUS.
WHAT HE’S DOING IS ACCUSING US
AND SAYING, OH, YEAH,
JESUS CAN HEAL,
JESUS CAN DELIVER,
JESUS COULD SOLVE
YOUR PROBLEM
IN A HEARTBEAT,
BUT WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
HE WOULD DO IT FOR YOU?
YOU HAVEN’T FASTED,
YOU HAVEN’T PRAYED.
YOU’VE DONE THIS WRONG,
YOU’VE DONE THAT WRONG,
AND IT’S OUR SIN CONSCIOUSNESS,
AND BECAUSE WE
DON’T UNDERSTAND
THE GOSPEL,
WE THINK THAT GOD IS GIVING US
ONLY WHAT WE DESERVE.
WE DON’T DOUBT THAT GOD HAS
THE POWER, WE JUST DOUBT
THAT HE WOULD DO IT FOR US
BECAUSE WE KNOW US,
AND WE KNOW THAT WE
DON’T DESERVE IT.
AND SO, WE…WE BEG AND PLEAD
AND HOPE THAT HE WILL
DO SOMETHING,
BUT WE DON’T HAVE FAITH,
CONFIDENCE AND ASSURANCE
BECAUSE WE DON’T UNDERSTAND
THE GOSPEL.
THE GOSPEL WILL SET YOU FREE
FROM A PERFORMANCE-BASED
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
IT WILL SET YOU FREE
FROM THE GUILT
AND THE CONDEMNATION
THAT COMES WHEN YOU KNOW
THAT YOU HAVEN’T DONE
EVERYTHING RIGHT.
IF YOU TRULY UNDERSTOOD
THE GOSPEL, THE NEARLY
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE NEWS,
THAT IT’S NOT WHAT YOU DESERVE,
IT’S WHAT JESUS DESERVED,
AND HE’S OFFERED EVERYTHING
THAT HE HAS
MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU
ON THE BASIS OF FAITH,
NOT ON THE BASIS
OF PERFORMANCE.
MAN, THAT IS NEARLY TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE’S PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM RIGHT NOW
ALL AROUND THE WORLD;
WE HAVE OVER THREE BILLION
PEOPLE THAT COULD
WATCH THIS PROGRAM
AT ANY GIVEN TIME,
AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
UPSET WITH WHAT I’M SAYING,
AND I’M SAYING EXACTLY
WHAT PAUL SAID,
THAT IT IS THE GOSPEL,
THE NEARLY TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS
THAT JESUS PAID IT ALL,
YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY.
JESUS PAID IT ALL.
THAT IS THE POWER OF GOD
UNTO GETTING YOUR
SINS FORGIVEN,
UNTO GETTING YOUR BODY HEALED,
UNTO GETTING PROSPERITY,
DELIVERANCE, JOY, PEACE,
EVERYTHING ELSE.
MAN, THAT’S A RADICAL STATEMENT.
AND THEN HE SAYS,
IN THE NEXT VERSE,
HE SAYS, FOR THEREIN…
TALKING ABOUT IN THE GOSPEL,
IN THIS MESSAGE ABOUT
IT’S WHAT JESUS DID FOR YOU,
NOT WHAT YOU DO FOR JESUS.
IN THAT MESSAGE
IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
REVEALED FROM FAITH TO FAITH:
AS IT IS WRITTEN, THE JUST SHALL
LIVE BY FAITH.
AGAIN, I’M GOING TO HAVE TO
HURRY THROUGH HERE.
I COULD SPEND AN HOUR
ON EVERY ONE OF THESE VERSES,
BUT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
IS REVEALED.
SEE, IF YOU ARE
LIVING UNDER THE LAW
AND IF YOU THINK
YOU’VE GOT TO PERFORM,
YOU’VE GOT TO BE HOLY
BEFORE GOD WILL ANSWER
YOUR PRAYER,
YOU ARE SEEKING RIGHTEOUSNESS,
BUT IT’S SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
THAT YOU’RE AFTER.
ROMANS, CHAPTER 10,
MAKES A VERY CLEAR CONTRAST
BETWEEN A RIGHTEOUSNESS
WHICH COMES OF THE LAW
AND A RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS
OF FAITH.
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BASED ON
YOUR PERFORMANCE,
KEEPING ALL OF THE LAW,
THE RULES AND THE REGULATIONS,
AND IT IS INFINITELY INFERIOR
TO GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
ROMANS 3:23, SAYS,
ALL HAVE SINNED,
AND COME SHORT OF
THE GLORY OF GOD.
YOU COULD SAY, SHORT OF
GOD’S KIND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
THAT WAS MANIFESTED
AND EXEMPLIFIED,
DEMONSTRATED THROUGH JESUS.
ALL OF US HAVE COME SHORT OF
JESUS’ RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND YOU MAY HAVE
SOME SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU
IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
WITH PEOPLE,
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GOD,
YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND THIS SAYS, FOR THEREIN
IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD…
A FAITH RIGHTEOUSNESS,
A RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES BY
JUST HAVING IT GIVEN TO YOU
BECAUSE YOU PUT FAITH IN
WHAT JESUS DID.
THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS REVEALED
FROM FAITH TO FAITH,
NOT FROM PERFORMANCE
TO PERFORMANCE.
NOT FROM WHAT YOU DO,
YOU SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER
EARNED IT, AND THEN GOD
RESPONDS TO YOU.
THESE ARE RADICAL STATEMENTS,
AND AGAIN, I COULD AMPLIFY
ON THIS, BUT I…I WANT TO
MOVE ALONG, BUT I JUST HAVE TO
MAKE THIS POINT,
THAT THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
OF PAUL’S DAY
NEARLY CHOKED TO DEATH
ON THESE FIRST TWO STATEMENTS
RIGHT HERE IN THE VERY BEGINNING
OF THIS BOOK,
THAT YOU’RE TELLING ME
THAT IT’S NOT BASED ON…
I DON’T HAVE TO
BECOME CIRCUMCISED,
I DON’T HAVE TO GO
TO THE SYNAGOGUE,
I DON’T HAVE TO KEEP THESE RULES
AND REGULATIONS,
I DON’T HAVE TO OBSERVE
THE SABBATH, I DON’T HAVE TO
DO THESE THINGS?
THIS IS NOT WHAT MAKES ME
RIGHT WITH GOD?
THAT WAS SO RADICAL
AND SO OFFENSIVE TO THE JEWS
THAT I KNOW PAUL WAS THINKING
THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE
ARE SAYING,
IF YOU DON’T SHOW PEOPLE
HOW EVIL THEY ARE
AND HOW SINFUL THEY ARE,
AND IF YOU DON’T SHOW THEM
THAT YOU’VE MISSED IT IN THIS
AND THIS AND THIS,
WELL, THEN PEOPLE WILL NEVER
TURN TO GOD,
AND SO PAUL SAYS
IN THE NEXT VERSE,
AND IT STARTS IN VERSE 18.
VERSES 18 THROUGH 20,
ARE SOME POWERFUL SCRIPTURES,
THAT AGAIN,
I COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON,
MORE THAN ONE DAY’S
PROGRAM ON.
I’M GOING TO HAVE TO
HURRY THROUGH THIS, BUT LOOK,
IT SAYS, IN VERSE 18,
FOR THE WRATH OF GOD…
THE WORD, FOR,
IS CONNECTING THIS TO
THE PREVIOUS STATEMENTS.
HE HAD JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT,
IT’S THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
IT’S THE NEARLY TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS,
THAT GOD ISN’T GIVING YOU
WHAT YOU DESERVE,
BUT HE’S GIVING YOU
WHAT JESUS DESERVES,
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS BELIEVE AND RECEIVE,
OR DOUBT AND DO WITHOUT.
THAT’S NEARLY TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS,
AND HERE’S THE REASON
THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO
JUST TELL PEOPLE
HOW TERRIBLE THEY ARE
AND WHAT GREAT SINNERS
THEY ARE,
BECAUSE…FOR THE WRATH OF GOD
IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN
AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS
AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF MEN,
WHO HOLD THE TRUTH
IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS;
BECAUSE THAT WHICH
MAY BE KNOWN
OF GOD IS MANIFEST IN THEM;
FOR GOD HAS SHOWN IT UNTO THEM.
FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM
FROM THE CREATION
OF THE WORLD.
MAN, THAT’S A RADICAL STATEMENT.
IN OTHER WORDS,
ALL OF THE THINGS
FROM THE BEGINNING OF CREATION
UP UNTIL THIS TIME,
THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN
SHOWN UNTO THEM,
THEY HAVE BEEN CLEARLY SEEN,
IS WHAT IT SAYS RIGHT HERE
IN THE 20TH VERSE,
BEING UNDERSTOOD
BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE,
EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER
AND GODHEAD;
SO THAT THEY ARE
WITHOUT EXCUSE.
THOSE ARE RADICAL STATEMENTS.
THIS IS BASICALLY SAYING
THAT THERE IS
AN INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE
ON THE INSIDE OF EVERY PERSON
OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD,
AND NOT ONLY THAT GOD EXISTS,
BUT HIS WRATH
AGAINST THEIR SINS.
THEY KNOW IN THEIR HEART
THAT WHEN THEY GO OUT
AND KILL A PERSON
AND TAKE AWAY LIFE THAT
THAT’S NOT RIGHT.
THEY KNOW THAT WHEN
THEY ABUSE OTHER PEOPLE
AND DO THESE THINGS WRONG
AND SLANDER PEOPLE
AND THEY HURT PEOPLE
WITH THEIR WORDS
OR WITH THEIR ACTIONS,
THEY KNOW IN THEIR HEART
THAT THESE THINGS ARE WRONG.
THERE IS AN INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE.
IN VERSE 18, IT SAYS,
THAT THIS INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE
IS REVEALED,
AND IF YOU WERE TO LOOK THIS UP
IN THE GREEK,
THE GREEK IS
MUCH MORE DESCRIPTIVE
THAN OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
IT HAS TENSES TO WORDS,
AND IT…IT’LL SHOW YOU
WHETHER IT’S PAST TENSE,
PRESENT TENSE,
FUTURE TENSE OR WHATEVER.
AND WHEN IT SAYS HERE THAT…
FOR THE WRATH OF GOD
IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN
AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS
AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF MEN,
IF YOU LOOK THIS UP
IN THE GREEK, IT LITERALLY
IS SAYING THAT THE WRATH
OF GOD IS ALREADY REVEALED.
IT’S ALREADY BEEN REVEALED.
IT’S ON THE INSIDE OF
EVERY PERSON,
AND IT SAYS IN THE NEXT VERSE,
BUT THAT WHICH MAY
BE KNOWN OF GOD IS MANIFEST
IN THEM; FOR GOD HATH
SHOWN IT UNTO THEM.
AND THIS IS WITH…
THIS IS PEOPLE THAT…
IF A PERSON
SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER
COULD BE BORN
AND THEN ABANDONED
AND GROW UP
AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER
LIVE IN TOTAL ISOLATION
WITH NOBODY AROUND THEM
TO TELL THEM ANYTHING,
THEY STILL WOULD HAVE
THIS INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
AND HIS DISPLEASURE WITH SIN
AND THINGS THAT THEY ARE
DOING WRONG.
THAT’S WHAT THIS IS SAYING.
THIS IS INSIDE OF EVERY PERSON.
IT DOESN’T MATTER
IF THOSE PEOPLE
HAVE EVER HAD THE GOSPEL
PREACHED UNTO THEM,
WHETHER THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
HAS EVER BEEN TOLD THEM,
WHETHER ANYBODY’S EVER
BROUGHT THE BIBLE.
INSIDE OF EVERY PERSON
THERE IS THIS INTUITIVE
KNOWLEDGE OF RIGHT AND WRONG.
YOU KNOW, I’M AMAZED AT ANIMALS.
I’VE BEEN TO, YOU KNOW,
DIFFERENT PLACES,
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
WHERE THE SPARROWS COME BACK
EVERY YEAR ON THE SAME DAY
TO THAT SAME MISSION.
I’VE READ THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW,
THE SALMON SPAWN
AND THEY TRAVEL
THOUSANDS OF MILES
AND COME BACK
TO THE EXACT PLACE
WHERE THEY WERE BORN,
AND JUST ON AND ON
YOU COULD GO THROUGH NATURE.
IF AN ANIMAL CAN HAVE
THAT KIND OF A GUIDANCE SYSTEM
ON THE INSIDE OF THEM AND JUST
INTUITIVELY KNOW THINGS,
WHY IN THE WORLD IS IT
A STRETCH FOR PEOPLE TO BELIEVE
THAT PEOPLE HAVE A KNOWLEDGE
OF RIGHT AND WRONG?
THE TRUTH IS MANY PEOPLE
DENY THIS AND THEY DENY IT
SO HARD THAT AFTER A WHILE
THEY CONVINCE THEMSELF
AND THEY MAY CONVINCE
OTHER PEOPLE, BUT ACCORDING TO
THE WORD OF GOD,
EVERY PERSON THAT HAS EVER
DRAWN A BREATH ON THIS PLANET
KNEW THAT THEY WEREN’T GOD,
THAT THERE WAS A GOD,
THEY WEREN’T HIM,
THEY NEEDED GOD,
AND THAT THEY HAD
DISPLEASED HIM
BY THEIR ACTIONS.
THEY HAD HAD IT REVEALED.
ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
AND ALL UNGODLINESS
HAS BEEN SHOWN TO THEM.
THEIR CONSCIENCE
CONDEMNS THEM.
OVER HERE IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 2,
IT TALKS ABOUT THIS.
THEIR CONSCIENCE EITHER
BEARS WITNESS WITH
WHAT THEY DO
OR CONDEMNS THEM.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT’S INSIDE
OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON,
AND IN VERSE 20, IT SAYS,
FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM
FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
ARE CLEARLY SEEN.
THIS MEANS IT’S NOT VAGUE,
IT’S NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND,
THEY COULDN’T COMPREHEND IT.
NO, THEY CLEARLY SEE,
BEING UNDERSTOOD
BY THE THINGS
WHICH ARE MADE,
EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER
AND GODHEAD;
SO THAT THEY ARE
WITHOUT EXCUSE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS
IN VIETNAM OUTSIDE OF
MY BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS,
HAWK HILL, AND I WOULD DRIVE
SOMETIMES ON…ON HIGHWAY 1
THERE IN VIETNAM.
AND OFF TO THE WEST
OF THAT HIGHWAY,
THERE WERE THESE
THREE TEMPLES,
AND…AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS…
IT WAS HUNDREDS OF YARDS
OFF OF THE ROAD,
AND SO I NEVER GOT UP CLOSE
TO THEM, BUT IT LOOKED TO ME
LIKE THEY WERE THREE
FIVE STORY TALL BUILDINGS
AND THERE WERE THREE OF THEM
THAT WERE RIGHT THERE,
ALL TOGETHER.
THEY WERE SO CLOSE
THAT AGAIN, I WAS AT A DISTANCE,
BUT IT LOOKED LIKE
YOU COULD JUST BARELY
WALK IN BETWEEN
THESE BUILDINGS.
THEY WERE SEPARATE BUILDINGS,
BUT THEY WERE SO
CLOSE TOGETHER
THAT YOU COULD JUST
BARELY WALK BETWEEN THEM.
THEY HAD FALLEN INTO RUIN,
TREES WERE GROWING
OUT OF THE ROOF
AND OUT OF THE SIDES OF IT
AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
AND I ASKED ABOUT IT
AND I WAS TOLD
THAT THOSE THREE TEMPLES
PREDATED CHRISTIANITY
COMING TO VIETNAM BY 500 YEARS.
SO THEY WERE 500 YEARS
BEFORE ANYBODY CAME
AND TOLD THEM WHAT
THE WORD OF GOD SAID,
AND YET I WAS TOLD
THAT THESE WERE THREE TEMPLES
TO ONE GOD, WHO MANIFESTED
HIMSELF IN A TRINITY.
NOW, I’M NOT SAYING
THAT THIS WAS TRUE WORSHIP
OF GOD.
I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS
PROBABLY POLLUTED.
THEY HAD PROBABLY
PUT OTHER THINGS INTO IT
AS DESCRIBED HERE
IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,
BUT NONETHELESS,
IT CONFIRMS THIS VERSE,
THAT EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER
AND GODHEAD…
TALKING ABOUT THE TRINITY,
IS REVEALED TO PEOPLE
IN AN INTUITIVE WAY.
BEFORE ANYBODY
BROUGHT SCRIPTURE TO THEM
AND TOLD THEM ABOUT
THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY GHOST,
THEY HAD A CONCEPT OF A GOD
THAT WAS IN THREE PARTS.
YOU KNOW, I WENT TO
CHICHEN ITZA, MEXICO,
IN THE YUCATAN PENINSULA,
AND THEY HAD AN
ENGRAVING THERE,
AND THE GUY WHO WAS THE GUIDE
TO OUR GROUP SAID THAT THEY
BELIEVED IN A TRINITY,
THAT THE THUNDERBIRD
WAS ONE OF THE MANIFESTATIONS,
AND IT SHOWED ON
THESE ENGRAVINGS
THAT THEIR RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS,
THEY BELIEVED IN A GOD
THAT HAD A TRINITY
THAT MANIFESTED HIMSELF
IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS.
NOW I CAN GUARANTEE YOU
THAT THAT WORSHIP
WAS PERVERTED
BECAUSE IN THAT PLACE,
THEY OFFERED HUMAN SACRIFICES.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SPANIARDS
CAME INTO MEXICO CITY,
THEY FOUND A PYRAMID
THAT THEY ESTIMATED WAS MADE
OUT OF 350,000 SKULLS,
THAT THE MEXICANS HAD BEEN
OFFERING HUMAN SACRIFICES
AND THEY WOULD
CUT THE HEART OUT
AND THROW THE BODY
AND IT WOULD ROLL DOWN
THIS PYRAMID,
AND THE PEOPLE AT THE BOTTOM
WOULD JUST EAT…
CANNIBALIZE THESE PEOPLE
WHO HAD BEEN SACRIFICED
TO THESE DEMON GODS,
AND YET THEY BELIEVED
IN A TRINITY.
SO I’M CERTAINLY NOT
ENDORSING THAT AND SAYING
THAT THAT WAS A TRUE WORSHIP
OF GOD, BUT IT DOES REFLECT
WHAT THESE VERSES SAY,
THAT EVERYBODY
ON A HEART LEVEL
AT ONE TIME KNEW
THAT THERE WAS A GOD.
I HAD A MAN WHO WORKED FOR ME
AND HE WAS RAISED IN CALIFORNIA.
HE WAS RAISED AN ATHEIST.
HIS PARENTS DID NOT
BELIEVE IN GOD,
AND SO HE WAS TAUGHT
THAT THERE WAS NO GOD.
AND WHEN I WAS TEACHING ON
THIS VERY PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE,
HE CAME TO ME AND HE SAYS,
LOOK, I RESPECT YOU AND…
BUT I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE THIS.
I HAD…NEVER KNEW
THAT THERE WAS A GOD
UNTIL HE GOT SAVED IN HIS 20s.
AND I SAID, WELL,
I DON’T MEAN TO CRITICIZE YOU,
BUT SOMETIME GOD
REVEALED HIMSELF TO YOU.
YOU MAY HAVE DENIED IT.
HE DOESN’T FORCE IT ON YOU,
BUT IT WAS REVEALED TO YOU
AT ONE TIME.
SO HE WENT
AND HE PRAYED ABOUT IT,
AND AS HE PRAYED ABOUT IT,
THE LORD REMINDED HIM
OF A TIME WHEN HE WAS
AROUND 10 YEARS OLD
AND HE LIVED IN
THE LOS ANGELES AREA.
HE CLIMBED UP ON A HILL
AND HE WAS WATCHING THE SUNSET,
AND AS THAT SUN SET,
HE BEGAN TO SEE THESE LIGHTS
COME ON ALL OVER LOS ANGELES,
MILLIONS OF LIGHTS,
AND HE WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT
HOW MUCH EFFORT IT TOOK
TO PUT EACH ONE OF THOSE LIGHTS
IN THEIR PROPER PLACE,
AND HE WAS JUST
THINKING ABOUT THIS.
AND AS IT GOT DARK,
HE JUST LIFTED HIS GAZE
AND LOOKED UP INTO THE SKY
AND THERE WERE
MILLIONS OF LIGHTS,
AND HE SAID THAT THE THOUGHT
CAME TO HIM VERY CLEARLY
THAT JUST AS THOSE LIGHTS
IN LOS ANGELES,
EVERY ONE HAD TO BE PUT THERE,
THEY DIDN’T EVOLVE,
IT DIDN’T JUST HAPPEN.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE LIGHTS
IN THE SKY, EVERY STAR,
HAD TO BE MADE BY SOMEBODY,
AND HE SAID RIGHT THEN
HE RECOGNIZED AND SAYS,
THERE MUST BE A GOD.
BUT WHEN HE WENT BACK HOME
AND BEGAN TO
EXPRESS THESE THINGS,
HIS ATHEIST PARENTS REJECTED IT.
AND SO, HE DISMISSED IT
AND STUFF,
BUT JUST AS THIS VERSE SAYS,
EVERYONE AT ONE TIME
KNEW THAT THERE WAS A GOD.
EVERYONE AT ONE TIME KNEW
OF THEIR NEED FOR A GOD,
AND EVEN ATHEISTS.
I REMEMBER WHEN
I WAS IN VIETNAM,
THESE PEOPLE WOULD SAY,
WE DON’T BELIEVE IN A GOD.
THEY’RE…THEY’RE ATHEIST
AND THEY WOULD
SPOUT OFF THESE THINGS,
BUT WHEN THE BOMBS
GOT TO DROPPING
AND THE BULLETS GOT GOING,
I SAW SOME OF
THOSE SAME PEOPLE
WHO SAID THEY WERE ATHEIST
PRAYING AND SAYING,
OH GOD, HELP ME.
I WOULD…THERE ARE NO ATHEISTS
IN FOXHOLES.
YOU PUT A GUN UP TO
A PERSON’S HEAD AND COCK IT
AND THEY’LL GO, OH GOD!
EVEN THOUGH THE…THEY SAY
THEY DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD.
IT’S A MIND GAME.
AT A HEART LEVEL,
EVERYBODY AT ONE TIME KNEW
THAT THERE WAS A GOD.
NOW THE REST OF ROMANS,
CHAPTER 1…
AND I’LL GET INTO THIS
ON TOMORROW’S PROGRAM,
SHOWS YOU THAT YOU CAN
HARDEN YOURSELF
TO THIS REVELATION
AND YOU CAN REACH A PLACE
TO WHERE GOD WILL JUST
LET YOU GO,
AND…AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
YOU’RE TURNED OVER
TO A REPROBATE MIND,
WHERE YOU’VE LOST
ALL SENSE OF…OF GOODNESS
AND THIS CONSCIENCE AND STUFF.
YOU CAN SEAR IT WITH A HOT IRON,
AS IT SAYS,
IN 1 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 4,
AND WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT
THAT TOMORROW.
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BECAUSE ON A HEART LEVEL
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THEY JUST NEED TO HEAR
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