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,
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>> MY ENTIRE PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE
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