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 FRIDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
THIS IS THE END OF MY VERY FIRST
WEEK TEACHING THROUGH
THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
I TELL YOU, THIS IS POWERFUL.
THIS JUST LIGHTS MY FIRE.
I DON’T KNOW IF THAT AFFECTS YOU
THAT WAY, BUT LET ME SAY THIS,
THAT IF THE BOOK OF ROMANS
ISN’T ONE OF THE MOST FAVORITE
PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE
THAT YOU HAVE, THEN YOU DON’T
UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL.
I KNOW THAT’S QUITE A STATEMENT,
BUT I BELIEVE THAT
THAT’S TRUE, AND I KNOW
THAT MOST PEOPLE
REALLY DO NOT HAVE
A GOOD REVELATION OF
THE BOOK OF ROMANS
BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH LAW
AND LEGALISM BEING TAUGHT
AS GOSPEL TODAY AND IT’S NOT,
AND BECAUSE OF IT,
IT’S…WHAT OUR EXPERIENCE IS
IS SO CONTRARY
TO THE BOOK OF ROMANS
THAT MOST PEOPLE,
THERE’S JUST A DISCONNECT.
THEY…THEY JUST
CAN’T UNDERSTAND IT
BECAUSE THE TRADITIONS
AND THE DOCTRINES OF MEN
MAKE THIS WORD OF NO EFFECT,
MARK, CHAPTER 7, VERSE 13.
AND SO, I…AS WE TEACH THROUGH
THE BOOK OF ROMANS,
THIS IS PAUL’S MASTERPIECE ON
THE SUBJECT OF GRACE,
AND IF YOU CAN FOLLOW WITH ME
AND FOLLOW THESE THINGS
THAT WE’RE SAYING,
I TELL YOU WHAT,
THIS WILL SET YOU FREE
FROM THE RELIGIOUS
CONDEMNATION
THAT IS SO PREVALENT
IN THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE TODAY.
I KNOW THAT THERE’S SOME PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM
THAT THINK, MAN, I DON’T SEE
A PROBLEM.
I’M SAYING THIS IN LOVE,
BUT IF YOU DON’T SEE A PROBLEM
IN THE CHURCH TODAY,
AND IF YOU DON’T RECOGNIZE
THAT PEOPLE…
THEY MAY BE BORN AGAIN,
THEY MAY BE ON THEIR WAY
TO HEAVEN, BUT THEY CERTAINLY
AREN’T EVEN CLOSE TO
LIVING THE ABUNDANT LIFE
THAT JESUS PURCHASED FOR THEM.
THEY LIVE UNDER GUILT
AND CONDEMNATION.
THEY’RE AS SICK AS
THEIR NEIGHBORS
THAT DON’T KNOW THE LORD.
THEY’RE AS POOR,
THEY’RE AS FEARFUL,
THEY’RE AS STRESSED OUT.
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE
DURING THIS PANDEMIC,
CHRISTIANS THAT PANICKED,
JUST AS MUCH AS PEOPLE
THAT DON’T EVEN KNOW THE LORD.
THERE IS…THERE IS NO REASON
FOR THAT IF YOU UNDERSTOOD
THE GOSPEL.
IF YOU KNOW THE GOSPEL,
IT’LL SET YOU FREE.
NOT ONLY WILL THERE BE
THE POWER OF GOD
TO GETTING YOUR SINS FORGIVEN,
BUT IT’LL BE THE POWER TO
SETTING YOU FREE FROM
THE FEAR THAT GRIPS
OTHER PEOPLE, THE NEGATIVISM,
THE DREAD, THE SICKNESS,
THE DISEASE,
ON AND ON AND ON YOU GO.
THOSE ARE RADICAL STATEMENTS,
BUT THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
AND SO, I’VE GOT
A BRAND-NEW BOOK OUT
ON THIS.
WE’VE GOT MY LIVING COMMENTARY
THAT WE’RE OFFERING,
WE’VE GOT DVDs,
WE’VE GOT TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE
THAT WERE JUST TRANSFORMED
BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
AND I TELL YOU, IT WOULD BE
REALLY GOOD.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
YOU KNOW, WHAT I WOULD
LIKE TO DO TODAY IS TO PLAY
ONE OF THESE TESTIMONIES.
ABOUT VIRGINIA CROY,
IT’S ON OUR VERY FIRST
GRACE ENCOUNTER.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
MIRACULOUS TESTIMONIES
THAT I’VE EVER HEARD,
AND I MEAN, IT’S A MIRACLE
THE WAY THAT SHE GOT HOLD OF
THE TEACHING AND THE WAY
THAT GOD SET HER FREE,
SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
WATCH THIS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO
DVDs THAT WE’RE MAKING AVAILABLE
FREE OF CHARGE,
AND THIS IS JUST ONE TESTIMONY
OUT OF FIVE ON THIS DVD,
VIRGINIA CROY.
WATCH THIS AND I’LL BE BACK
AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM.
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>> I WAS BORN INTO THIS CHURCH
AND THIS RELIGION.
MY FATHER WAS A PASTOR.
WE WEREN’T ALLOWED
TO WEAR PANTS.
WE HAD TO WEAR DRESSES.
WE COULD NOT CUT OUR HAIR,
WEAR MAKEUP…JEWELRY.
MY MOTHER MADE US LIVE IT.
I NEVER WENT TO BALL GAMES,
NEVER WENT TO A BOWLING ALLEY,
NEVER DID ANYTHING
BECAUSE THEY WERE CALLED
WORLDLY THINGS,
AND THAT PEOPLE WOULD SWAY US
AND LEAD US TO HELL
IF WE GOT MIXED UP WITH THEM.
AS A YOUNG GIRL, IF…IF WE WERE
OUT PLAYING
AND THE NEIGHBORS CAME OUT,
WE HAD TO GO IN THE HOUSE.
WE WERE NOT ALLOWED
TO MIX WITH ANYBODY
OR BE WITH ANYONE ELSE.
WE LISTENED BECAUSE
WE WERE TOLD
IF WE DIDN’T, GOD WOULD
STRIKE US WITH A SICKNESS,
HE WOULD MAKE US…
SOMETHING HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE,
THAT…LIKE WE COULD EVEN
POSSIBLY DIE,
BUT ONE DAY I GOT SICK.
I WAS VERY ILL.
SOMEBODY TOLD ME
MY APPENDIX BURST.
I JUST KNEW SOMETHING EXPLODED
INSIDE ME.
I WAS SO SICK.
MY HAIR FELL OUT OF MY HEAD,
MY FEVER WAS SO HIGH,
I COULD PEEL THE SKIN RIGHT OFF
MY FACE.
WE WERE NOT…DEFINITELY NOT
ALLOWED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
IF YOU DID, YOU TRULY LEFT GOD
AND WERE GOING TO HELL.
THEY WOULD SET ME
ON THE COUCH
AND PUT BOOKS AROUND ME,
AND MY HUSBAND WOULD GO OFF
TO WORK,
AND THERE I SAT…COULDN’T…
COULDN’T WALK.
MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN
HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM ME
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO CARE FOR,
AND I WAS DESPERATE.
I WANTED MY HEALING.
I COULDN’T UNDERSTAND
WHY GOD DID THIS TO ME
WHEN I WAS
SUCH A GOOD CHRISTIAN.
I WOULD SIT ON MY COUCH
EVERY DAY SAYING, GOD,
IF YOU’RE REALLY THERE,
WHO ARE YOU AND
WHAT DO YOU WANT
FROM ME?
BECAUSE I HAD COME TO A POINT
THAT THERE MUSTN’T EVEN
BE A GOD,
AND IN MY IGNORANCE,
I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW
WHAT I WAS SAYING,
BUT GOD HEARD MY PLEA,
AND ONE DAY I PULLED MY BIBLE
IN MY LAP AND I WENT, WOW,
I NEVER SAW THIS BEFORE.
I STARTED READING,
AND IT WAS SO STRANGE
AND INCREDIBLE,
AND I…I GOT SCARED,
AND I SAID, OH, THE DEVIL
COULDN’T TAKE MY LIFE.
I STAYED OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
HE TRIED TO GET ME
TO GO IN THERE,
BUT NO, I STAYED OUT,
SO NOW HE’S TRYING TO
DECEIVE ME.
SO, I PUT THE BIBLE
BESIDE MY COUCH,
AND IT WAS ABOUT
THREE DAYS LATER I HEARD A VOICE
SPEAK TO ME AND HE SAID,
WHY AREN’T YOU
READING MY WORD?
AND I SAID, WHO ARE YOU, LORD?
HE SAID, READ MY WORD,
AND I SAID, NO.
THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO
DECEIVE ME
BECAUSE HE WANTS MY SOUL,
AND HE SAID, NO,
THE DEVIL DOES NOT
KNOW MY WORD
TO DECEIVE YOU.
HE ONLY KNOWS MY WORD
TO ACCUSE YOU.
NOW, READ MY WORD.
I PULLED THAT BIBLE BACK UP
IN MY LAP,
AND I WAS SO AFRAID TO OPEN IT.
I…I…I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING
TO EXPLODE,
BUT I OPENED IT UP
AND I STARTED READING.
I DON’T KNOW WHERE I READ.
I JUST KNOW THAT I COULDN’T STOP
AND I JUST READ AND READ
AND READ,
AND SOMETHING HAPPENED INSIDE,
JUST LIKE…JUST LIKE
MONTHS EARLIER SOMETHING HAD
EXPLODED IN ME,
NOW SOMETHING EXPLODED
UP IN HERE.
I COULDN’T EXPLAIN IT,
I COULDN’T TELL YOU
WHAT HAPPENED,
I JUST KNEW IT WAS STRANGE
AND DIFFERENT,
AND SO ONE DAY I WAS OUT
IN A YARD SALE,
AND I FOUND THIS TV
THAT SET THERE AND SAID, FREE,
AND THE MAN TOLD ME IT WAS
BROKEN…THAT IT DIDN’T WORK,
BUT HE HAD JUST PUT IT OUT
IN CASE SOMEBODY WANTED IT
FOR PARTS.
SO, I TOOK IT HOME
AND SURE ENOUGH IT WORKED
WHEN I PLUGGED MY VCR INTO IT.
WHEN I WOULD GO TO SHOW
MY SON MOVIES,
I WOULD STICK THEM IN FIRST
BECAUSE EVERY TIME I TURNED
THE TV ON IT WOULD MAKE
THIS LOUD SOUND,
SO I WOULD STICK THE MOVIE IN
FIRST, THEN TURN ON THE TV.
ONE DAY, I DON’T KNOW WHY,
BUT I TURNED THE TV ON
FIRST…
>> THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT STAND UP
AND THEY PREACH HELL FIRE
AND DAMNATION,
AND THEY SAY, BOY,
YOU’RE A ISNNER
AND YOU’RE GPOING TO HELL
AND I’M TELLING YOU THE GOSPEL.
NO, THAT’S NOT THE GOSPEL.
>> AND HERE COMES
THIS MAN’S VOICE OVER THE AIR.
THERE WAS NO PICTURE…
THERE WAS NOTHING,
BUT I COULD HEAR THIS MAN
SPEAKING JUST LIKE I’M SPEAKING
TO YOU.
>> THERE’S PROBABLY PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS
TELEVISION PROGRAM
THAT YOU KNOW THAT GOD’S REAL
THAT’S THE REASON
YOU’RE WATCHING
A CHRISTIAN PROGRAM,
AND YET YOU JUST DESPAIR
OF EVER HAVING GOD REALLY MOVE
AND MANIFEST IN YOUR LIFE
BECAUSE YOU FEEL
THAT YOU’VE GOT
TO DO EVERYTHING JUST RIGHT.
>> HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GOD
AND THIS JESUS WHO CAME
AND DID THIS…THIS WORK
ON THE CROSS,
WHO TOOK AWAY OUR SINS
AND DID ALL THIS.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
I JUST COULDN’T GET ENOUGH OF IT
AND I…BUT I JUST HAD TO
HEAR IT
AND SO, THE NEXT DAY I TOOK
MY SONS TAPES…HIS MOVIES
AND I PUT TAPE OVER THE HOLES
SO THAT I COULD STICK IT IN
AND RECORD,
>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT EMPHASIZES GOD’S
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND GRACE.
>> AND THEN THAT AFTERNOON
WHEN I PUT MY SON TO BED,
I SET DOWN AND STUCK
THAT TAPE IN AND LISTENED TO IT
AND IT WAS SO STRANGE.
I’M LIKE, I NEVER HEARD
ANYTHING LIKE THIS,
BUT I WAS SO COMPELLED,
I JUST HAD TO LISTEN TO IT
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, WHAT’S
REALLY STRANGE,
NOTHING ELSE COME OVER THAT TV.
I JUST GOT HIM.
>> WE HAVE A PHONE CENTER SO…
TO MAKE THIS AS AVAILABLE TO YOU
AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
IF YOU’LL TELL THEM THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE THE TAPE ON
THE TRUE GOSPEL,
WE’LL GET THAT IN THE MAIL
TO YOU RIGHT AWAY, SO PLEASE
CALL OR WRITE TODAY.
>> THROUGH THAT
IS WHERE I STARTED THEN GETTING
CDs FROM ANDREW,
AND…AND I COULDN’T AFFORD THEM
BUT ONE NICE THING
ABOUT ANDREW
IS HE GAVE THEM AWAY FREE.
>> THIS IS ANDREW WOMMACK
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TAPE
IN A SERIES, A FOUR-TAPE SERIES
THAT I’M DOING…
>> I STARTED LISTENING TO
ANDREW’S TAPES OF,
GOD WANTS YOU WELL,
THE BELIEVER’S AUTHORITY,
AND I STARTED TO REALIZE THAT
I COULD HAVE THIS DELIVERANCE…
THAT I, A WOMAN,
COULD HAVE THIS.
GOD LOVED ME.
HE WASN’T UP THERE WAITING
TO STRIKE ME DEAD
IF I DIDN’T READ
OR IF I DIDN’T DO
SOMETHING RIGHT.
IT…IT WAS INCREDIBLE,
BUT BECAUSE OF ALL THAT,
MY HUSBAND KNEW SOMETHING
WAS GOING ON,
AND I WOULD START TALKING ABOUT
THIS JESUS THAT HE DIDN’T
UNDERSTAND AND KNOW,
AND SO, HE GOT VERY ABUSIVE
VERBALLY,
AND…AND HE HAD THREATENED ME,
AND TOLD ME NOT TO SPEAK
THE NAME OF JESUS,
AND I WASN’T ALLOWED TO HAVE
THE RADIO ON,
AND I WASN’T ALLOWED TO HAVE
MAIL IN THE HOUSE.
SEE…SEE, WHEN…WHEN YOU TALK
JESUS TO THEM,
BECAUSE THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND,
IT MADE THEM ANGRY.
YOU COULD TALK ABOUT GOD.
EVERYTHING ABOUT GOD WAS OKAY,
BUT DON’T SAY THAT JESUS THING.
DON’T SAY JESUS WAS GOD.
DON’T…DON’T TALK ABOUT JESUS.
I WOULD STILL KEEP GOING BACK
TO THAT CHURCH.
I…I STARTED TO HAVE MY EYES
OPENED…KNOW THEY WERE
TEACHING WRONG.
I WOULD JUST START SPEAKING
RIGHT OUT LOUD IN CHURCH,
THAT’S WRONG.
THEY’RE NOT SAYING
THE RIGHT THING,
AND HE GOT VERY EMBARRASSED
AND…AND TOLD ME I COULDN’T GO
TO CHURCH ANYMORE.
NOW I WAS OUT OF THE CHURCH.
MY HUSBAND STILL WAS GOING
TO THAT CHURCH.
HE STILL PUT THE CHILDREN
IN THEIR SCHOOL,
AND EACH DAY I HAD TO TRUST GOD
THAT HE WOULD KEEP US TOGETHER
BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY…
REALLY PULLING US APART.
I WAS ONE WAY AND
MY HUSBAND WAS
TAKING MY CHILDREN
AND GOING ANOTHER WAY.
HE TOLD ME LATER THAT HE WOULD
DO THINGS TO TRY TO MAKE ME
LEAVE HIM SO THAT HE COULD
TAKE ME TO COURT
AND GET MY CHILDREN
SO I COULD NEVER SEE THEM.
HE WAS JUST THAT ANGRY THAT
I WAS USING THE NAME OF JESUS.
SO, I GOT PREGNANT
WITH MY FOURTH CHILD.
I WAS IN LABOR FOR A WEEK,
AND I WAS TRYING TO HAVE HIM
AT HOME.
FINALLY I SAID TO MY HUSBAND,
SOMETHING’S WRONG.
HE SAID, HOW DO YOU KNOW?
I SAID, BECAUSE I HAD
THREE OTHERS.
SOMETHING’S WRONG.
SO, MY SISTER SAID TO HIM,
ARE YOU GOING TO LET HER
LAY THERE IN THAT BED AND DIE
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
IN THAT CHURCH?
HE FINALLY TOOK ME
TO THE HOSPITAL.
WHEN I GOT THERE,
THEY STARTED TO DO
AN EXAMINATION…
DISCOVERED MY BABY HAD ALREADY
STOPPED BREATHING,
THAT HE HAD DIED.
THEY SAID, YOU HAVE TO DO
AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION.
THEY…THEY IM…JUST RAN ME OFF
IMMEDIATELY.
[PHONE RINGING]
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[PHONE RINGING]
ONE PERSON FROM MY OLD CHURCH
CALLED ME WHILE I WAS
IN THE HOSPITAL
AND SAID, WHY DIDN’T YOU LET
GOD DO WITH YOU
WHAT HE WANTED TO?
WHY DIDN’T YOU MAKE
YOUR LIFE RIGHT
AND LET GOD TAKE YOU
LIKE HE WANTED TO,
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
IN THERE DIE IN CHILDBIRTH.
[LONG BEEP]
[HEART BEAT SOUND]
THEY HAD LITERALLY SHOCKED HIM
BACK TO LIFE.
THEY DIDN’T EVEN KNOW
IF HIS HEART WOULD HOLD OUT…
[HEART BEAT SOUND]
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BUT IT DID, AND GOD PUT HIM
IN PERFECT HEALTH.
AND SO, IT WAS THROUGH THAT
THAT MY HUSBAND
HAD TO COME OUT
OF THE CHURCH
BECAUSE REALLY, THE CHILDREN
WEREN’T ALLOWED
TO GO TO SCHOOL
THERE ANY LONGER.
NOW, MY HUSBAND DIDN’T BELIEVE,
BUT NOW HE HAD NOWHERE TO GO
AND IT WAS THROUGH THAT
THAT HE STARTED COMING TO KNOW
THE LORD THEN
BECAUSE NOW HE WASN’T GETTING
THAT WORD.
HE WASN’T HEARING THEM DAILY
AND NOW GOD COULD START
TALKING TO HIM.
IT’S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY,
BUT IT’S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ONE
AND NOW GOD HAS RESTORED
MY HUSBAND TO THE FAITH…
MY HUSBAND’S BELIEVING NOW.
ALL MY CHILDREN BELIEVE.
HE HAS PUT US
IN A BIBLE BELIEVING CHURCH
AND WE ARE NOW WORSHIPPING
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.
THE LEGALISM HAS
SUCH A STRONG HOLD ON YOU
THAT EVERY DAY I HAVE TO KEEP
IN CHRIST.
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I…I THINK EACH DAY GOD TAKES
ANOTHER CHAIN OFF OF ME,
THE CHAINS OF BONDAGE
THAT WERE…WERE BINDING ME
AND HE JUST…I…I LITERALLY
CAN HEAR THEM
FALLING ON THE FLOOR
AS HE KLINKS THEM OFF OF ME,
AS HE CUTS THEM AWAY
AND SETS ME FREE.
I CAN CUT MY HAIR
AND NOT WORRY THAT I’M GOING TO
GO TO HELL.
I CAN STICK ON A NECKLACE
AND SOME EARRINGS
AND NOT WORRY THAT I’M GOING TO
GO TO HELL.
IF I MAKE A MISTAKE, I JUST KNOW
HE’S GOING TO PICK ME UP,
HE’S GOING TO LOVE ME,
HE’S GOING TO PUT HIS ARMS
AROUND ME AND LOVE ME…
NOT INFLICT THE SICKNESS ON ME
OR CAUSE ONE OF MY CHILDREN
TO DIE.
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I COULDN’T WALK AWAY ON MY OWN.
I WAS POWERLESS TO DO ANYTHING,
BUT NOW THROUGH CHRIST,
I CAN DO ALL THINGS.
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MAN, WASN’T THAT POWERFUL?
I TELL YOU,
VIRGINIA HAS BECOME
A GOOD FRIEND,
AND I’VE TALKED TO HER
A NUMBER OF TIMES
AND IT’S JUST MIRACULOUS.
I MEAN, TO ME, SHE IS
A TROPHY OF GRACE,
AND WE’VE GOT
ANOTHER TESTIMONY
ON HERE, TOO,
ABOUT A GOOD FRIEND OF HERS,
CAROLINE YEAGER.
THEY WERE BOTH IN
THAT SAME CHURCH
THAT WAS A CULTIST CHURCH
AND THEY BOTH CAME OUT OF IT,
AND I TELL YOU,
THESE WOMEN HAVE
BEEN SET FREE,
AND I JUST LOVE THEM.
IT’S…IT’S AWESOME
WHAT GOD HAS DONE,
AND THERE ARE SOME OF YOU
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM
THAT YOU RELATED TO
SOME OF THESE THINGS
THAT SHE WAS SAYING.
YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF EXTREME
WHAT SHE’S DESCRIBING.
IT’S NOT THAT BAD FOR EVERYBODY,
BUT IT’S THE SAME PRINCIPLE.
IT’S JUST VARYING DEGREES
OF BADNESS.
I WOULD SAY
THAT THE AVERAGE
CHRISTIAN TODAY
IS LIVING UNDER
THIS SAME MINDSET,
THAT YOU’VE GOT TO DO
ALL OF THESE THINGS
AND THAT GOD IS AN ANGRY GOD
AND THAT HE’S GOT TO
BE APPEASED, BUT SEE,
UNDER THE NEW COVENANT
IT’S DIFFERENT.
JESUS CAME AND BORE
THE WRATH OF GOD.
LET ME TURN OVER
AND USE THIS VERSE OUT OF
JOHN, CHAPTER 12,
AND IN VERSE 30…
WELL, LET ME JUST START READING
AT VERSE 30.
IT SAYS, JESUS ANSWERED
AND SAID, THIS VOICE CAME NOT
BECAUSE OF ME,
BUT FOR YOUR SAKES.
NOW IS THE JUDGMENT OF
THIS WORLD: NOW SHALL
THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD
BE CAST OUT.
AND I, IF I BE LIFTED UP
FROM THE EARTH,
WILL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO ME.
PEOPLE OFTEN TAKE THAT SEC…
32ND VERSE AND SAY THAT IF WE
WILL JUST PREACH JESUS,
LIFT HIM UP PROPERLY
UNDER THE ANOINTING OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT,
HE’LL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO HIM,
AND FROM THAT, THEY DECIDE
THAT IF MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE
ARE COMING, THEN THEY MUST BE
REALLY PREACHING THE GOSPEL.
THEY DON’T BASE IT ON
WHAT THE CONTENT IS,
JUST BASICALLY ON
THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE COMING.
YOU KNOW, I COULD SPEND
MULTIPLE PROGRAMS ON THIS.
I’M JUST GOING TO
SAY IT QUICKLY, BUT WE’VE GOT
MEGA CHURCHES.
DURING THE LAST 20,
30 YEARS HAS BEEN
THE RISE OF MEGA CHURCHES,
NOT ONLY IN THE U.S.,
BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD,
AND THINGS AREN’T
GETTING BETTER,
THEY’RE GETTING WORSE.
WE’VE GOT PEOPLE COMING TO
THESE MEGA CHURCHES IN MASS,
BUT THEY AREN’T BEING TAUGHT
THE WORD OF GOD.
MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN
NOTHING BUT INOCULATED AGAINST
THE TRUE GOSPEL.
I THINK IT’S WRONG TO
INTERPRET THIS THAT IF YOU JUST
PREACH THE GOSPEL,
IT’LL DRAW LARGE NUMBERS
OF PEOPLE.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,
I’VE BEEN TO SOME OF
THE MEGA CHURCHES
AND THEY HAVE COMPROMISED
IS THE REASON THEY DRAW
LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE.
THEY’VE TURNED IT MORE INTO
A PERFORMANCE THAN THEY HAVE
A MINISTRY TO PEOPLE.
THIS ISN’T TALKING ABOUT
THAT IF YOU DRAW…
JUST LIFT UP JESUS PROPERLY,
HE’LL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO HIM.
IF YOU LOOK IN
THE KING JAMES VERSION,
THAT WORD MEN IS ITALICIZED,
WHICH MEANS THAT IT WASN’T
IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE.
IT WAS ADDED BECAUSE OF
TRYING TO MAKE IT
GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT,
AND I’M NOT AGAINST THAT.
I PRAISE GOD THAT THE KING JAMES
PEOPLE HAD ENOUGH INTEGRITY
TO SHOW THAT WHEN THEY HAD TO
ADD A WORD,
THEY WOULD SAY IT WASN’T
EXACTLY IN THERE,
BUT HI…THIS IS WHAT WE THINK
IT MEANS.
LIKE FOR INSTANCE,
WHEN JESUS, YOU KNOW,
THEY CAME OUT TO ARREST HIM
AND THEY SAID, WHO DO YOU SEEK?
AND THEY SAID,
JESUS OF NAZARETH, AND HE SAID,
I AM HE.
WELL, THEY PUT THE WORD, HE,
THERE TO MAKE IT
GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT,
BUT THEY PUT IT IN ITALICS
BECAUSE ACTUALLY
WHAT JESUS SAID
WAS, I AM.
THE SAME THING THAT WAS IN
EXODUS, CHAPTER 3,
WHEN MOSES SAID, WHO ARE YOU?
AND HE SAID, I AM THAT I AM.
THAT WAS THE NAME OF GOD,
AND SO WHEN THEY ASKED JESUS
WHO HE WAS SEEKING,
THEY SAID, JESUS OF NAZARETH,
AND HE SAYS, I AM,
IS WHAT HE LITERALLY SAID,
AND BECAUSE IT’S ITALICIZED,
YOU CAN SEE THAT.
WELL, HERE THIS WORD, MEN,
IS ITALICIZED.
SO WHAT HE LITERALLY SAID IS,
IF I BE LIFTED UP, I WILL DRAW
ALL UNTO ME.
IT DIDN’T SAY ALL WHAT,
AND SO THEY JUST ASSUMED
IT WAS TALKING ABOUT MEN.
BUT LOOK AT THE NEXT VERSE.
IT SAYS, THIS HE SAID,
SIGNIFYING WHAT DEATH
HE SHOULD DIE.
WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
BEING LIFTED UP,
THIS WASN’T TALKING ABOUT BEING
EXTOLLED AND PREACHED ABOUT,
IT WAS TALKING ABOUT
WHEN HE WOULD
BE PUT ON A CROSS AND LIFTED UP
ON A CROSS, THAT HE WOULD DRAW
ALL JUDGMENT UNTO HIM.
THAT’S THE SUBJECT IN
VERSE 31.
NOW IS THE JUDGMENT
OF THIS WORLD:
NOW SHALL THE PRINCE OF
THIS WORLD BE CAST OUT.
AND I, IF I BE LIFTED UP
FROM THE EARTH,
WILL DRAW ALL JUDGMENT
UNTO ME.
SO THE REASON I BRING THAT OUT
IS TO SAY, IS THAT ALL OF
GOD’S JUDGMENT AGAINST MY SIN
AND YOUR SIN WAS PLACED
ON JESUS.
GOD IS NOT GOING TO
JUDGE YOU FOR SIN.
NOW, I’LL EXPLAIN THIS MUCH MORE
WHEN WE GET INTO
ROMANS, CHAPTER 6,
BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS
RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE SOMEBODY
MIGHT TAKE WHAT I’M SAYING
AND THINKING, SO I CAN JUST
GO LIVE IN SIN AND I’M NOT
GOING TO BE JUDGED?
WELL, NOT BY GOD.
GOD PLACED YOUR JUDGMENT ON
JESUS IF YOU’RE BORN AGAIN.
NOW, IF YOU AREN’T BORN AGAIN,
YOU WILL HAVE TO ANSWER
FOR YOUR OWN SINS,
BUT IF YOU’VE PUT FAITH IN JESUS
AND MADE HIM YOUR SAVIOR,
YOU RECEIVE WHAT
JESUS DESERVES,
NOT WHAT YOU DESERVE.
BUT DOES THAT MEAN
THAT IT’S OKAY FOR YOU TO GO
LIVE IN SIN?
IT MEANS THAT GOD’S NOT GOING TO
PUNISH YOU,
BUT THERE STILL
ARE CONSEQUENCES
TO YOUR SIN.
YOU GO LIVE IN SIN,
YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE SATAN
AN INROAD INTO YOUR LIFE
AND HE WILL COME IN
AND EAT YOUR LUNCH
AND POP THE BAG.
HE WILL DESTROY YOU.
THE BIBLE SAYS, IN JOHN 10:10,
THAT THE THIEF COMETH
FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE
EXCEPT TO STEAL, KILL,
AND TO DESTROY.
YOU GO LIVE IN SIN,
SATAN IS GOING TO START
STEALING, KILLING,
AND DESTROYING FROM YOU.
GOD WILL STILL LOVE YOU,
BUT YOU WILL SUFFER FOR IT.
IF YOU WERE TO TAKE
WHAT I’M SAYING RIGHT HERE
AND GO OUT AND SAY, MAN,
I’M GOING TO GO LIVE IN SIN
BECAUSE ALL OF MY JUDGMENT
WAS PLACED ON JESUS,
SO YOU GO OUT
AND ROB A BANK
AND THEY CATCH YOU,
THEY ARREST YOU, THEY TRY YOU,
YOU’RE GUILTY, YOU GO TO JAIL,
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
GOD IS NOT GOING TO
HOLD THAT SIN AGAINST YOU.
HE WILL LOVE YOU
AND YOU COULD
FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM
IN YOUR JAIL CELL.
AS YOU ROT AWAY IN JAIL,
GOD WILL STILL LOVE YOU
AND TREAT YOU
JUST LIKE YOU NEVER SINNED,
BUT IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
NO, THERE’S STILL CONSEQUENCE
TO SIN.
MAYBE NOT FROM GOD,
BECAUSE HE PLACED
THAT JUDGMENT
ON JESUS, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO LIVE WITH MEN,
AND IF YOU BREAK THEIR LAWS,
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES,
AND NOT ONLY PHYSICAL MEN,
BUT SATAN.
WHEN YOU LIVE IN SIN,
ROMANS 6:16, SAYS, KNOW YE NOT,
THAT TO WHOM YE YIELD
YOURSELVES SERVANTS TO OBEY,
HIS SERVANTS YE ARE
TO WHOM YE OBEY;
WHETHER OF SIN UNTO DEATH,
OR OF OBEDIENCE
UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS?
YOU GO OUT AND COMMIT SIN,
YOU JUST GAVE SATAN AN INROAD
INTO YOUR LIFE
AND HE WILL TAKE
HIS POUND OF FLESH FROM YOU.
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