Sharper Than a Two Edged Sword: Week 1, Day 1

Many people claim to be born-again Christians but live their life contrary to Biblical principles. James 2:19-20 there is more to being a Christian than just acknowledging that Jesus is the Son of God. We need to put faith in Jesus and accept him as your personal Savior. Matt 7:21 True Christianity differs from all other religions in the world because all other religions require the person to do a work to be accepted by God. Jesus paid the debt that we owed and if we accept his gift, then we will be saved. Christianity is the only religion that has a Savior. It isn’t about what we do for God but what God did for us thru Jesus!

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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH

WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,

A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES

ON GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL

>> LOVE AND GRACE.

>> IT WAS LIKE HE WAS JUST

PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

FOR ME IN SUCH A WAY

THAT JUST WAS SIMPLE,

BUT POWERFUL, AND I WAS LIKE,

YEAH, THIS IS…

THIS IS GOD’S TRUTH

>> RIGHT HERE.

>> IT WASN’T ALWAYS WHAT I…

WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR,

BUT I KNEW IT WAS THE TRUTH

AND I ALWAYS WANTED

>> THE TRUTH.

>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.

WELCOME TO OUR THURSDAY’S

BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

TODAY I’M GOING TO BEGIN

A TEACHING THAT I’VE ENTITLED,

SHARPER THAN A
TWO-EDGED SWORD

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE

DIFFERENT TEACHING FOR ME

BECAUSE WHAT I’M DOING

IS BASICALLY GOING TO SUMMARIZE

16 OF THE MAJOR THINGS

THAT GOD HAS SPOKEN TO ME

THAT HAS BEEN USED

TO CHANGE MY LIFE

AND THEN AS I’VE SHARED THESE

WITH OTHER PEOPLE,

I’VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE

SET FREE,

BUT MANY YEARS AGO IN THE UK

MY STAFF OVER THERE BEGAN TO

TAKE SOME OF MY TEACHINGS

LIKE ON HEALING OR,

YOU KNOW, YOU’VE ALREADY GOT IT,

SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY,

YOU KNOW, SELF-CENTEREDNESS

AND JUST 16 OF

MY MAJOR TEACHINGS

AND THEY TOOK AND PUT INTO

LITTLE PAMPHLETS,

A TRI-FOLD PAMPHLET,

AND THEY WOULD GIVE

THOSE PEOP…THINGS OUT.

WHEN PEOPLE WROTE IN

WITH A QUESTION,

THEY WOULD SEND IN…

THEY WOULD SEND OUT

THESE PAMPHLETS

AND IT WAS SO POPULAR,

PEOPLE STARTED
REQUESTING THEM,

THAT THEY COULDN’T KEEP THEM

ON THE SHELF

AND WHAT THEY DID WAS

COMBINE THEM ALL INTO A BOOK

AND ENTITLE IT

SHARPER THAN A
TWO-EDGED SWORD

AND SO, AFTER WE SAW

THE SUCCESS OF THAT

AND HOW THAT THIS WAS

BLESSING PEOPLE,

INSTEAD OF GOING INTO DEPTH,

THEY JUST GAVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS

AND THEN IF PEOPLE WANTED MORE,

THEY COULD GO GET

THE DETAIL OF IT.

WELL, WE TOOK THIS

AND EDITED IT OURSELF

AND WE’VE GOT THIS BOOK

ENTITLED, SHARPER THAN

A TWO-EDGED SWORD,

WHICH THERE ARE 16 CHAPTERS

AND ONE CHAPTER SUMMARIZES

AN ENTIRE SUBJECT,

AN ENTIRE TEACHING,

AND THEN IF PEOPLE WANT IT,

THEY CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL.

WE ALSO HAVE THIS IN SPANISH.

RIGHT HERE’S THE SPANISH VERSION

I WON’T BUTCHER IT

BY TRYING TO PRONOUNCE IT,

AND THEN WE HAVE

THIS STUDY GUIDE

AND THIS STUDY GUIDE,

WE MAKE THESE,

SO THAT PEOPLE CAN EITHER

STUDY THIS…

IT’S GOOD SOMETIMES FOR YOU

JUST TO STUDY IT MORE IN DEPTH

YOURSELF,

BUT IT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED

TO ENABLE YOU TO TEACH

OTHER PEOPLE

AND YOU CAN PRINT OUT

THE QUESTIONS,

THEN YOU LOOK UP SCRIPTURES

AND IT’S A GREAT DISCIPLESHIP

TOOL,

AND MANY PEOPLE USE THIS

FOR A BIBLE STUDY

AND THEY GO THROUGH THESE

16 DIFFERENT TOPICS

AND THEN DEPENDING
ON WHICH ONE

THAT SEEMS TO HIT A NERVE

OR MEET A NEED IN THE PEOPLE

THAT ARE ATTENDING THE STUDY,

THEY WILL GET THE STUDY GUIDE

ON THAT ONE

AND THEN GO THROUGH

THE ENTIRE TEACHING

AND GO INTO DEPTH ON IT.

SO THIS IS JUST A GREAT WAY

TO INTRODUCE ANYONE

TO THE MINISTRY

AND GIVE THEM AN OVERVIEW

OF SOME OF THE MAJOR THINGS

THAT GOD HAS SPOKEN TO ME.

SO I WOULD SAY THIS THAT

IF YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO GET

ONE THING THAT WE’VE EVER

OFFERED

THIS MIGHT BE A GREAT

INTRODUCTION

IS TO GET JUST THIS TEACHING ON

SHARPER THAN A
TWO-EDGED SWORD.

SO THE VERY FIRST THING

THAT I TEACH IN THIS TEACHING IS

TALKING ABOUT

WHAT IS TRUE CHRISTIANITY

AND I TELL YOU, THIS IS REALLY

AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT TODAY

BECAUSE CHRISTIANITY

HAS BEEN WATERED DOWN

TO THE POINT THAT I THINK

THAT THERE ARE…

I DON’T KNOW THE NUMBERS,

BUT I’M SURE THERE ARE MILLIONS,

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

IN THE UNITED STATES

AND OVERSEAS,

WHO CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS

AND YET THEY DON’T POSSESS

A REAL RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE LORD.

NOW THAT MAY COME AS A SHOCK

TO SOME PEOPLE,

BUT YOU KNOW, HERE’S JUST…

HERE’S JUST SOME THINGS

THAT MAKE THIS OBVIOUS TO ME.

IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE

I THINK THAT THERE ARE

OVER 60 SOMETHING PERCENT

OF THE U.S. POPULATION

THAT CLAIMS TO BE BORN AGAIN.

THAT HAS BECOME A COMMON,

POPULAR TERMINOLOGY

AND THERE’S MANY PEOPLE

THAT CLAIM THE NAME,

BUT YET IF YOU LOOK

AT OUR ELECTIONS

AND THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING,

PEOPLE DO NOT VOTE IN A WAY THAT

REFLECTS A CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE.

THEY VOTE FOR THINGS THAT ARE

COMPLETELY UNGODLY.

I WAS JUST TALKING

TO A WOMAN YESTERDAY

WHO WAS AT OUR BIBLE SCHOOL

AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT

HER FAMILY THINKS THAT

SHE’S LOST HER MIND

BECAUSE SHE IS STANDING FOR

WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS

AND SHE HAS JUST…

YOU KNOW, MOVED AWAY

FROM HER ETHNIC BACKGROUND,

THE WAY THAT

IT’S ALWAYS BEEN DONE

ALL OF THESE YEARS,

AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE

WHO CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS

AND YET THEY LET

THEIR ENVIRONMENT,

THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES,

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THEM,

WHETHER OR NOT

THE GOVERNMENT’S GOING TO

PROMISE THEM

TO GIVE THEM MORE MONEY

OR WHATEVER

AND THEY LET THINGS LIKE THAT

INFLUENCE THEM.

THEY DO NOT REFLECT

CHRISTIANITY IN THEIR LIFE

AND LOOK AT THIS PASSAGE

OF SCRIPTURE RIGHT HERE,

MATTHEW, CHAPTER 7,

THIS WAS JESUS SPEAKING

AND JESUS SAID…

THIS IS THE ONE WHO IS

THE AUTHOR OF OUR SALVATION.

HE’S THE ONE THAT’S GOING TO

MAKE A DECISION ON

WHO IS ACCEPTED

AND WHO’S REJECTED

AND JESUS SAID,

IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 7, VERSE 21,

NOT EVERY ONE

THAT SAITH UNTO ME, LORD, LORD,

SHALL ENTER INTO

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN;

BUT HE THAT DOETH THE WILL OF

THE FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN,

AND THEN HE GOES ON

AND HE GIVES THIS PARABLE

ABOUT A MAN,

YOU KNOW, THAT BUILT HIS HOUSE

UPON THE SAND

AND ANOTHER ONE

THAT BUILT HIS HOUSE

UPON THE ROCK

AND WHEN THE STORMS COME,

THE ONE THAT JUST TOOK

THE EASY ROUTE OUT

AND THEY HAD A HOUSE

THAT MAY HAVE LOOKED GOOD,

BUT THE FOUNDATION

WAS COMPLETELY WRONG,

THAT HOUSE GOT TOTALLY

SWEPT AWAY AND DESTROYED

AND THE POINT THAT HE’S MAKING

IS THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE

WHO ARE JUST GOING

THROUGH THE MOTIONS

AND THEY MAY MAKE A PROFESSION

OF THEIR FAITH,

BUT THERE ISN’T AN ABSOLUTE

ENCOUNTER WITH THE LORD

WHERE THEIR LIFE

IS REALLY CHANGED

AND SO I BELIEVE THAT TODAY

WE NEED TO BE PROCLAIMING

THAT TRUE SALVATION ISN’T JUST

ADOPTING OR ACKNOWLEDGING…

RECOGNIZING SOME OF

THE CHRISTIAN TRUTHS.

LIKE THERE ARE PROBABLY

PEOPLE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM

RIGHT NOW,

WHO YOU WOULD
SIT THERE AND SAY,

WELL, I BELIEVE IN JESUS.

I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CAME,

I BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED

FOR OUR SINS,

AND YOU THINK THAT

THAT’S WHAT SALVATION IS,

BUT THE SCRIPTURE TEACHES THAT

IT’S MUCH MORE THAN JUST

AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

OVER IN JAMES, CHAPTER 2,

AND IN VERSE 19,

BOY, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST

SARCASTIC STATEMENTS

IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE.

I MEAN, IT SAYS, IN JAMES 2:19,

IT SAYS, THOU BELIEVEST THAT

THERE IS ONE GOD…YOU DO WELL:

THE DEVILS ALSO BELIEVE,

AND TREMBLE.

BUT, AND THE NEXT VERSE,

VERSE 20, IT SAYS,

BUT WILT THOU KNOW, O VAIN MAN,

THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORKS

IS DEAD?

AND IF YOU WERE TO READ

ALL OF THIS IN ITS CONTEXT,

IT’S SAYING, JUST ACKNOWLEDGING

THAT GOD EXISTS

ISN’T DOING ANYTHING THAT

THE DEVIL HASN’T DONE.

THE DEVIL ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGES GOD

AND EVEN TREMBLES AT HIS NAME.

PROBABLY THE DEVIL ACTUALLY

IS MORE COMMITTED

AND MORE AWARE OF GOD

THAN VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE

WHO CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS,

BUT YOU’VE GOT TO DO

WHAT THE DEVIL HAS NEVER DONE

AND THAT IS, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT

YOURSELF,

PUT FAITH IN GOD AND HIS SON,

THE LORD JESUS,

WHO PAID FOR YOUR SINS

AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE JESUS

YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.

JUST ACKNOWLEDGING

THAT HE EXISTS

DOESN’T DO ANYTHING THAT

THE DEVIL HASN’T DONE.

THE DEVIL LIVES HIS LIFE

IN REBELLION

AND AGAINST GOD

AND AGAIN, REMEMBER THIS VERSE

THAT I STARTED WITH,

MATTHEW, CHAPTER 7,

NOT EVERY ONE

THAT SAITH UNTO ME,

LORD, LORD, SHALL ENTER

INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN;

BUT HE THAT DOETH THE WILL OF

THE FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.

IT’S GOT TO BE MORE THAN JUST

AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

YOU’VE GOT TO MAKE
A COMMITMENT

OF YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD.

HERE’S WHAT IT SAYS,

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 10, VERSE 9,

IT SAYS, IF YOU WILL CONFESS

WITH YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS,

AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT

GOD HATH RAISED HIM

FROM THE DEAD,

YOU SHALL BE SAVED.

FOR WITH THE HEART MAN BELIEVES

UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS;

AND WITH THE MOUTH

CONFESSION IS MADE

UNTO SALVATION,

AND THEN VERSE 13, SAYS,

WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL

UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD

SHALL BE SAVED.

IF YOU TAKE IT IN CONTEXT,

THIS IS TALKING ABOUT

CALLING UPON THE LORD IN FAITH,

PUTTING YOUR TRUST IN HIM,

RELYING UPON GOD.

IT’S MORE THAN JUST

MOUTHING WORDS.

YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY WAS

IN A SERVICE ONE TIME;

IT WAS AN OUTDOOR SERVICE

AND WE HAD A PERSON SINGING

AND THEN PEOPLE WERE WALKING

THROUGH THE CROWD

AND WITNESSING TO THE PEOPLE

WHO CAME TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC

AND ONE OF THEM RIGHT BEHIND ME

WAS TALKING TO A WOMAN

AND QUOTED ROMANS,

CHAPTER 10, VERSE 9,

AND SAID, WELL,

PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME,

AND SO HE LED TH…

THIS WOMAN IN A PRAYER

AND IT SAYS, I BELIEVE THAT

JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD,

AND THE WOMAN JUST STOPPED

AND SHE SAYS, WELL,

I DON’T BELIEVE THAT,

AND HE SAYS, WELL,

IT DOESN’T MATTER

IF YOU BELIEVE IT,

JUST REPEAT THE WORDS

AND YOU’LL BE SAVED,

AND I HAD TO TURN AROUND

AND STOP AND SAY,

HEY, THIS ISN’T TRUE.

YOU DO HAVE TO BELIEVE IT

AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IT

ACCORDING TO THOSE VERSES

IN JOHN…JAMES, CHAPTER 2.

YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IT

TO THE POINT THAT IT CAUSES

YOUR ACTIONS TO CHANGE.

NOW I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT

YOU HAVE TO LIVE A PERFECT LIFE

BECAUSE NONE OF US DO THAT.

GOD IS MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS

AND EVEN THOUGH WE MAKE

A COMMITMENT TO JESUS

TO BE OUR LORD,

THIS IS NOT YOU SAYING THAT

I’LL NEVER MAKE ANOTHER MISTAKE,

I’LL NEVER SIN,

I’LL, FROM NOW ON DO EVERYTHING

PERFECTLY,

BECAUSE YOU CAN’T DO THAT,

BUT YOU DO HAVE TO BE WILLING

TO MAKE JESUS YOUR LORD;

NOT JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT

HE EXISTS,

BUT FOR HIM TO
BECOME YOUR LORD,

FOR YOU TO SUBMIT

YOURSELF TO HIM,

FOR YOU TO YIELD TO HIM.

NOW IT’S A PROCESS

AND WHEN YOU
BEGIN THIS PROCESS,

YOU YIELD TO THE LORD

AS MUCH AS YOU KNOW

AND AS YOU GO ON,

GOD WILL SPEAK TO YOU.

BUT I’M SAYING A PERSON

WHO IS SITTING THERE SAYING,

OH YEAH, I’M A CHRISTIAN,

YEAH, JESUS IS MY LORD,

AND YET YOU JUST LIVE A LIFE OF

TOTAL REBELLION AGAINST GOD,

I DON’T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS

TRUE SALVATION.

I THINK IT’S POSSIBLE THAT

A PERSON COULD BE TRAPPED

IN A SIN

AND BECAUSE OF

THE WEAKNESS OF THEIR FLESH

STRUGGLE WITH SOME ISSUE

LIKE ALCOHOLISM

OR DRUG ADDICTION

OR…OR YOU KNOW, PORNOGRAPHY

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT

AND YOU COULD STILL BE

A CHRISTIAN

BUT IF YOU ARE A TRUE CHRISTIAN,

THEN YOU ARE MISERABLE

BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE

A COMMITMENT TO THE LORD

AND THIS IS CONTRARY

TO YOUR WHOLE LIFE,

YOUR WHOLE DESIRE

AND COMMITMENT

AND YOU WOULD BE MISERABLE,

YOU WOULD BE CONDEMNED.

A PERSON THAT COULD

JUST SIT THERE AND SAY,

OH YEAH, I’M A CHRISTIAN,

AND THEN LIVE THEIR LIFE

COMPLETELY CONTRARY TO GOD

AND HAVE NO CONVICTION

AND NOT HAVE ANY DESIRE

TO CHANGE,

NOT BEING…NOT TRYING TO BE

SET FREE FROM THAT THING,

I DOUBT SERIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE

TRULY BEEN BORN AGAIN

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE JUST

CHEAPENED SALVATION.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GREAT

EVANGELISTIC LEADERS OF

THE 1800s GAVE A PROPHECY…

I DON’T KNOW IF THEY

RECOGNIZED IT WAS A PROPHECY,

BUT THEY SAID,

THEY SEE A TIME COMING

WHEN CHRISTIANITY

IS GOING TO BE REDUCED

TO WHERE IT’S JUST

AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT

OF SOME FACTS

AND THERE WILL BE
QUOTE-UNQUOTE,

REPENTANCE WITHOUT
ANY CHANGE,

THERE WILL BE COMMITMENT

WITHOUT ANY TRUE HEART FELT

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,

AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING,

THEY SAW A TIME COMING WHERE

THE GOSPEL MESSAGE

HAS JUST BEEN CHEAPENED.

NOW DON’T MISUNDERSTAND

WHAT I’M SAYING.

MAN, I PREACH THE GRACE OF GOD.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT

WE HAVE TO LIVE HOLY

IN ORDER TO EARN OUR SALVATION

AND MAN, I STAND BY THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE LORD SPOKE

TO THE THIEF ON THE CROSS

AND HE SAID, TO DAY

YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE,

AND ALL HE DID WAS SAY,

LORD, REMEMBER
ME WHEN YOU COME

INTO YOUR KINGDOM.

INSTEAD OF RIDICULING JESUS

AND MOCKING HIM

THE WAY THE OTHER THIEF DID,

HE RECOGNIZED THAT

JESUS WAS THE CHRIST

AND HE JUST ASKED FOR MERCY

FROM GOD

AND THE LORD SAID,

TODAY YOU WILL BE

WITH ME IN PARADISE.

THIS MAN DIDN’T HAVE TIME

TO BE WATER BAPTIZED,

HE DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO CHANGE

HIS LIFE,

HE DIDN’T HAVE TIME

TO START READING THE BIBLE

AND PRAYING

AND GOING TO CHURCH

AND PAYING HIS TITHES.

HE DIDN’T DO ANY OF THE…

SO CALLED WORKS
THAT MANY TIMES

PEOPLE WILL SAY, YOU HAVE TO DO

IN ORDER TO BE SAVED.

HE JUST CALLED OUT TO THE LORD

AND BOOM, LIKE THAT,

HE GOT SAVED.

IT’S THAT SIMPLE.

IT’S NOT BASED ON OUR HOLINESS

OR OUR GOODNESS

AND SO I AGREE WITH THAT

AND I STAND BY THAT,

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

A PERSON WHO SAYS,

OH, I’VE CALLED OUT TO THE LORD

AND I’VE RECEIVED SALVATION,

AND YET YOU HAVE NO DESIRE

FOR GOD,

YOU HAVE NO LOVE FOR GOD,

YOU AREN’T SEEKING GOD

AND YOU ARE LIVING A LIFE

OF REBELLION TO EVERY STANDARD

THAT GOD PUTS DOWN

AND YOU HAVE NO CONVICTION

ABOUT IT,

I JUST DON’T BELIEVE THAT

YOUR HEART HAS EVER BEEN

CHANGED.

SEE, TRUE CHRISTIANITY IS NOT

JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT

OF A CERTAIN CREED,

A CERTAIN DOCTRINE.

THIS IS WHAT ALL OF

THE OTHER RELIGIONS
OF THE WORLD

IT’S ALL ABOUT.

THEY HAVE THEIR SET

OF DOCTRINES,

THEY HAVE THEIR
BELIEF ABOUT GOD

AND ALL OF THESE KIND OF THINGS

AND THEY WILL TELL YOU

THEIR CONCEPT OF GOD,

BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY

ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR PRECEPTS,

THEIR TEACHINGS

AND THEN YOU FOLLOW IT

AND BASED ON HOW WELL

YOU FULFILL ALL OF THESE THINGS,

GOD WEIGHS YOUR GOOD

VERSUS YOUR BAD

AND IF YOUR GOOD

OUTWEIGHS YOUR BAD,

WELL THEN, YOU’RE IN

AND THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS

THAT ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT.

THEY MAY NOT USE

THE EASTERN RELIGION,

THE MUSLIM,

THE BUDDHIST STANDARDS,

BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN

CHRISTIAN STANDARDS

AND IF THEY WILL GO TO CHURCH

AND PAY THEIR TITHE

AND LIVE HOLY

AND DO X NUMBER OF THINGS,

THEN THEY BELIEVE THAT

IF THEIR LIFE WAS MORE GOOD

THAN IT WAS BAD,

THAT GOD WILL ACCEPT THEM,

BUT THAT IS NOT

WHAT THE WORD OF GOD TEACHES.

THE VERY REASON THAT

THE OLD TESTAMENT
LAW WAS GIVEN,

WAS TO AMPLIFY OUR SIN,

TO MAGNIFY OUR SIN

AND TO MAKE SIN COME ALIVE

SO THAT WE WOULD RECOGNIZE,

LIKE IT SAYS,

IN ROMANS 3:23,

ALL HAVE SINNED,

AND COME SHORT OF

THE GLORY OF GOD.

EVERYBODY HAS.

NOBODY IS GOOD ENOUGH,

NOBODY IS EVER GOING TO STAND

BEFORE GOD

AND BE ACCEPTED

BECAUSE OF YOUR GOODNESS

BECAUSE IT SAYS,

IN JAMES 2:10,

IF YOU KEEP THE WHOLE LAW,

AND YET OFFEND IN ONE POINT

YOU BECOME GUILTY OF ALL.

YOU KNOW, I’VE LIVED

A RELATIVE HOLY LIFE COMPARED TO

MOST PEOPLE.

I’VE NEVER SAID

A WORD OF PROFANITY,

AND I’VE NEVER TAKEN

A DRINK OF LIQUOR,

I’VE NEVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE,

BUT WHO WANTS TO BE

THE BEST SINNER

THAT EVER WENT TO HELL?

I HAVE SINNED AND THEREFORE,

I AM GUILTY OF ALL.

I’M GUILTY OF HOMOSEXUALITY,

LYING,

STEALING,

MURDER;

EVEN THOUGH I’VE NOT DONE

THOSE PHYSICAL THINGS,

IT’S LIKE…THE LORD SAYS

IT’S LIKE THIS HUGE GLASS

OR SOMETHING

AND IF YOU HAD THIS GLASS

IN FRONT OF YOU AND ME,

YOU COULD SHOOT

A LITTLE BB THROUGH IT

AND MAKE A LITTLE PIN HOLE

OR YOU COULD RUN

A TRUCK THROUGH IT

AND MAKE A HUGE HOLE.

IT DOESN’T MATTER;

IF THE THING IS BROKEN,

THE ENTIRE THING HAS TO BE

REPLACED.

GOD’S STANDARD

ISN’T 10,000 DIFFERENT THINGS,

IT’S ONE STANDARD MADE UP OF

10,000 DIFFERENT THINGS

AND IF YOU HAVE BROKEN

ONE OF THE LEAST STANDARDS,

YOU STAND GUILTY BEFORE GOD

AND SO TRUE CHRISTIANITY

DIFFERS FROM ALL
OTHER RELIGIONS

ON THE PLANET

IN THE SENSE THAT THEY WILL SAY,

YES, THERE’S A GOD,

THEY WILL SAY,

YES, WE’VE SINNED,

YES, THERE IS

A FUTURE PUNISHMENT AWAITING

IF WE DON’T RECEIVE FORGIVENESS,

BUT THEN WHERE CHRISTIANITY

DIFFERS FROM EVERY OTHER

RELIGION,

EVERY OTHER RELIGION

PUTS THE BURDEN OF SALVATION

ON YOUR BACK.

YOU’VE GOT TO EARN IT

BY GOING TO CHURCH,

IN THE CHRISTIAN REALM,

YOU’VE GOT TO GO TO CHURCH

AND PAY YOUR TITHES

AND LIVE A MORAL LIFE

AND DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS

AND IF YOUR GOOD

OUTWEIGHS YOUR BAD,

WELL THEN GOD WILL ACCEPT YOU,

BUT TRUE CHRISTIANITY SAYS,

NO, YOU’RE ALL GUILTY,

ALL HAVE SINNED,

AND COME SHORT OF

THE GLORY OF GOD.

ROMANS 6:23 SAYS,

THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.

THERE IS A PAYMENT FOR SIN

AND IT DOESN’T MATTER

IF YOU COMMIT BIG SINS

OR LITTLE SIN,

ALL HAVE SINNED.

YOU BECOME GUILTY OF ALL

AND IF YOU HAVE SINNED,

THE WAGE OF SIN IS DEATH.

IT IS PUNISHMENT,

IT IS SEPARATION FROM GOD,

BUT IT GOES ON TO SAY

IN ROMANS 6:23,

BUT THE GIFT OF GOD

IS ETERNAL LIFE.

AGAIN, EVERY OTHER RELIGION

ON THE PLANET

MAKES YOU DO CERTAIN THINGS

TO TRY AND EARN AND BE WORTHY

FOR GOD TO ACCEPT YOU,

BUT TRUE CHRISTIANITY DIFFERS

FROM EVERY OTHER RELIGION

IN THIS SENSE

AND THAT IS THAT GOD KNEW

WE COULDN’T SAVE OURSELF,

SO GOD HIMSELF BECAME A MAN,

JESUS BECAME OUR SAVIOR.

HE TOOK OUR PLACE,

HE HUNG ON THE CROSS,

HE WAS PUNISHED

FOR YOUR SIN AND MY SIN

AND TRUE CHRISTIANITY

IS AN ACCEPTANCE

AND A COMMITMENT TO JESUS

AS YOUR SAVIOR;

NOT TO YOU BEING YOUR SAVIOR,

NOT TO YOU TRYING TO EARN

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,

BUT IT’S JUST YOU

THROWING YOURSELF

ON THE MERCY OF GOD

AS THAT THIEF ON THE CROSS DID

AND SAY, BE MERCIFUL UNTO ME,

A SINNER.

REMEMBER ME

WHEN YOU COME
INTO YOUR KINGDOM,

HAVE MERCY ON ME,

AND IF YOU CALL OUT TO JESUS

AND BELIEVE THAT HE HAS ALREADY

PAID FOR YOUR SINS,

THAT HE DIED

AND HE SUFFERED THE JUDGMENT

THAT YOU SHOULD SUFFER

AND THAT I SHOULD SUFFER,

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT

AND TRULY PUT FAITH IN HIM

AND SAY, FATHER, I BELIEVE

THAT YOUR SON, THE LORD JESUS,

PAID FOR MY SINS

AND I RECEIVE

THAT SALVATION AS A GIFT,

AS IT SAYS, IN ROMANS 6:23,

THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE.

IT’S NOT A PAYMENT,

IT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU EARN.

IT’S SOMETHING YOU ASK

AND BELIEVE

AND RECEIVE AS A GIFT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE

PEOPLE FROM ALL OF THE MAJOR

RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD

ALONG WITH A TRUE CHRISTIAN

AND IF THEY WERE TO ALL DIE

AND THEN STAND BEFORE GOD

AND IF GOD CAME TO THEM

AND HE SAYS, WHY SHOULD I

ACCEPT YOU INTO HEAVEN?

WELL, YOU WOULD HAVE

THE BUDDHIST SIT HERE

AND SAY, WELL, I SHAVED MY HEAD

AND I PUT ON A SAFFRON ROBE

AND I BEGGED

AND I TOOK THIS OATH OF POVERTY,

AND YOU WOULD HAVE THE MUSLIM

SIT HERE AND SAY,

WELL, I DID ALL OF THESE THINGS;

I DID A JIHAD

AND I KILLED THE INFIDEL,

AND YOU WOULD HAVE

DIFFERENT PEOPLE NAME

EVERYTHING THAT THEY’VE DONE,

BUT IF A TRUE CHRISTIAN

WAS STANDING THERE

AND GOD CAME TO THEM

AND SAYS, WHAT
MAKES YOU WORTHY?

THEY WOULDN’T POINT

TO ANYTHING THAT THEY’VE DONE.

THEY WOULDN’T POINT TO

THEIR CHURCH ATTENDANCE

OR THEIR BIBLE STUDY

OR THEIR PRAYER.

INSTEAD THEY WOULD POINT

TO JESUS

AND THEY SAID,

I’VE GOT A SAVIOR

CHRISTIANITY IS

THE ONLY RELIGION

ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH

WITH A SAVIOR, A PERSON

WHO BOUGHT SALVATION FOR US,

WHO PAID THE DEBT THAT

WE COULDN’T PAY

AND TRUE CHRISTIANITY…

I HAVE TO EMPHASIZE THAT

THERE IS FALSE CHRISTIANITY

THAT BASICALLY IS DOING

THE SAME THING AS

THE OTHER RELIGIONS

OF THE WORLD,

SAYING IT’S BASED ON

YOUR GOODNESS;

IF YOU’LL LIVE HOLY ENOUGH,

IF YOU’LL JUST COME TO CHURCH,

IF YOU’LL DO THESE THINGS,

GOD WILL ACCEPT YOU.

THAT’S NOT TRUE CHRISTIANITY.

TRUE CHRISTIANITY ISN’T

WHAT YOU DO FOR GOD,

BUT IT’S WHAT GOD DID FOR YOU

THROUGH JESUS

AND YOU HAVE TO PUT FAITH

IN JESUS.

YOU WILL ALSO HEAR MANY PEOPLE

TODAY SAYING, WELL,

THERE’S MANY PATHS UNTO GOD.

THAT’S NOT TRUE.

JESUS SAID,

IN JOHN, CHAPTER 14, VERSE 6,

I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH,

AND THE LIFE: NO MAN COMES

UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME.

I’VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY,

WELL, I BELIEVE THAT JESUS…

HE WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE,

HE WAS ALL OF THESE THINGS,

BUT YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT

THE BUDDHIST ARE ALSO GETTING IN

AND…ET CETERA,

AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT

RELIGIONS.

THAT’S NOT TRUE.

J…AND YOU CAN’T SAY THAT

JESUS WAS A GREAT MAN

AND A GREAT EXAMPLE.

EITHER HE WAS WHO HE SAID

HE WAS…

YOU KNOW, THE
WOMAN AT THE WELL

SHE SAID, I KNOW THAT

WHEN THE MESSIAH COMES,

HE’LL TELL US ALL THINGS

AND HE’LL LEAD US

INTO THIS TRUTH

AND JESUS SAID, I AM HE.

JESUS SAID, I AM THE MESSIAH,

I AM THE SON OF GOD,

I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH,

AND THE LIFE:

NO MAN COMES UNTO THE FATHER,

BUT BY ME.

THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.

EITHER JESUS IS

WHO HE SAID HE WAS

AND THE ONLY WAY TO GOD

OR HE WAS DECEIVED

OR A DECEIVER,

BUT YOU CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

HE IS EITHER WHO HE SAID HE WAS

AND HE IS THE ONLY WAY;

YOU HAVE TO TRUST HIM

AND NOT WHAT YOU DO FOR HIM

BUT YOU HAVE TO TRUST

WHAT HE DID FOR YOU,

OR YOU HAVE TO WRITE HIM OFF

AS BEING A CROOK,

A CHARLATAN,

A DECEIVER

OR A PERSON WHO WAS

DECEIVED HIMSELF.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO

YOUR PUTTING FAITH IN A SAVIOR

AND IF IT’S TRUE BIBLE FAITH,

I GO BACK TO THOSE VERSES

THAT I USED AT THE FIRST OF

THE PROGRAM,

JAMES, CHAPTER 2,

VERSES 19 AND 20.

YOU’VE GOT TO DO

WHAT THE DEVIL HAS NEVER DONE.

YOU’VE GOT TO DO MORE THAN JUST

ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GOD EXISTS

AND THAT JESUS WAS

THE SON OF GOD.

YOU HAVE TO COMMIT YOUR LIFE

UNTO HIM.

YOU HAVE TO CONFESS

WITH YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS,

ROMANS, CHAPTER 10, VERSE 9.

THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO MAKE

A COMMITMENT OF YOUR LIFE

AND TURN YOUR LIFE OVER TO HIM.

AGAIN, THIS ISN’T REALLY

DIFFICULT

BUT IT IS A HEARTFELT COMMITMENT

I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD

WHEN I DID THAT

AND MY LIFE CHANGED.

THE VERY NEXT DAY

MY FRIENDS COULD TELL

I WAS DIFFERENT

AND I TOLD THEM, I GOT SAVED,

AND I REMEMBER THEM

MAKING FUN OF ME IN THE…

IN THE THIRD GRADE

AT EIGHT YEARS OLD.

THERE WAS A CHANGE IN ME

AND IT WAS A NOTICEABLE CHANGE.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT

WHEN YOU GET BORN AGAIN,

YOU CHANGE,

YOU PASS FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE.

I KNOW THAT THERE’S PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM…

MAYBE YOU’VE WATCHED

MY TELEVISION
PROGRAM MANY TIMES

AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE

THE EXISTENCE OF GOD,

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE

SOME OF THESE THINGS.

YOU MIGHT EVEN DESIRE

SOME OF THE RESULTS

THAT I’VE TALKED ABOUT,

BUT HAVE YOU EVER REALLY MADE

A COMMITMENT OF YOUR LIFE?

HAVE YOU EVER MADE JESUS

YOUR LORD?

IF YOU WERE TO
STAND BEFORE GOD,

WOULD YOU POINT TO

WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN
DOING FOR GOD

OR WOULD YOU POINT TO

YOUR SAVIOR AS THE ONLY REASON

FOR YOUR ACCEPTANCE
INTO HEAVEN?

THAT’S A QUESTION

THAT YOU NEED TO ANSWER.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE

TO ENCOURAGE YOU

IF YOU HAVEN’T MADE THAT KIND OF

A COMMITMENT,

CALL THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE

ON YOUR SCREEN.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT

WOULD BE GLAD TO
SHARE WITH YOU

AND PRAY WITH YOU

AND YOU COULD
BECOME BORN AGAIN

TODAY.

LET ME ALSO MENTION THAT

I HAVE THIS TEACHING

SHARPER THAN A
TWO-EDGED SWORD.

I JUST COVERED BASICALLY

THE FIRST CHAPTER IN THIS BOOK

TODAY.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET IT.

LISTEN TO OUR ANNOUNCER;

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INFORMATION

ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET

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THAT WILL COVER

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY

AND I PROMISE YOU,

THIS WOULD BE A BLESSING TO YOU.

SO LISTEN,

PLEASE RESPOND

AND THEN JOIN ME
AGAIN TOMORROW

AS WE CONTINUE
THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

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YOU SAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS

I’M NOT GOING BY WHAT I SEE.

I GO BY WHAT

THE WORD OF GOD SAYS.

THERE’S MORE THAN

JUST THIS PHYSICAL REALM.

THERE’S ALSO A SPIRITUAL REALM.

I DON’T CARE

WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE,

I KNOW WHAT

GOD’S WORD SAYS.

>> I WAS TOLD THAT

I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE

SEVERE ASTHMA

>> AND FOOD ALLERGIES.

>> I WAS BORN MISSING

THE LEFT SIDE OF MY HEART

WITH A VERY SMALL CHANCE

>> OF LIVING.

>> THE DOCTORS INDICATED

THAT I HAD A PERMANENT

BRAIN INJURY

AND THAT I WOULD NEVER FUNCTION

>> IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY AGAIN.

>> I’M TIM MCDERMOTT

AND MY BROTHER AND I WERE TOLD

THAT WE WOULD NEVER RECOVER

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FROM A YOUNG AGE

I HAD SEVERAL DIAGNOSES

INCLUDING ASPERGER’S SYNDROME,

DYSEXECUTIVE SYNDROME,

AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS.

MY BROTHER JAMES
WAS DIAGNOSED

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FOR YEARS IT SEEMED LIKE

WE WOULD NEVER BE NORMAL,

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OF HANNAH TERRADEZ.

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TO ANDREW’S FREE

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WHERE WE WERE
HEALED OF AUTISM.

TODAY, 10 YEARS LATER

I’M STILL WALKING IN

MY COMPLETE HEALING

>> AND I’M NOT ALONE.

>> I HAVEN’T NEEDED MY INHALER

IN YEARS AND NOW I EAT

>> WHATEVER I WANT.

>> MY HEART GREW BACK

ITS MISSING PIECE

AND THE DOCTORS COULD NOT

>> EXPLAIN IT.

>> TODAY, I AM COMPLETELY

HEALED, AND I GET TO TEACH

>> GOD’S TRUTH ABOUT HEALING.

>> BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU

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WE HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN

OUR LIVES BACK.

WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH

FOR YOUR GENEROSITY,

BUT THERE ARE STILL MILLIONS

OF LIVES OUT THERE

LOOKING FOR THE SAME TRUTH

THAT SET US FREE.

WILL YOU HELP US BRING

>> THIS MESSAGE TO THEM?

>> THE WORD NEEDS TO GET OUT

TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S LIVES.

PLEASE CONSIDER

>> A PARTNERSHIP.

>> PLEASE PARTNER

WITH THIS MINISTRY.

>> IT’S AMAZING.

>> PLEASE CONSIDER

BEING A PARTNER

>> WITH THIS MINISTRY.

YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT KNOW

THESE PEOPLE, BUT I KNOW

EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE

THAT YOU JUST SAW THEM

GIVE A TESTIMONY,

AND I TELL YOU,

JESUS CHANGED THEIR LIFE

BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERS.

IF YOU’VE NOT YET JOINED WITH US

AND BECOME A PARTNER,

I ASK YOU TO PRAY ABOUT IT

AND JOIN WITH US TODAY.

♪ MUSIC ♪

>> THE DEMAND FOR LEADERS

TODAY AND THE NEED

FOR LEADERS TODAY

IS GREATER THAN IT HAS BEEN

>> IN ANYTIME IN MY LIFE.

>> EVERYTHING RISES

AND FALLS ON LEADERSHIP.

>> EVERYTHING.

♪ MUSIC ♪

>> YOU GOT TO FAIL FORWARD.

YOU GOT TO BE WILLING

TO GET OUT THERE AND SWIM

>> IN THE DEEP WATER.

♪ MUSIC ♪

♪ MUSIC ♪

I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU

TO CALL IN,

AND I KNOW THAT GOD IS SPEAKING

TO MANY, MANY PEOPLE,

AND YOU MAY HAVE HAD THE LORD

TOUCH YOU TODAY,

AND IF YOU JUST NEED SOMEBODY

TO TOUCH AND AGREE WITH YOU,

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,

IF ANY TWO OF YOU
AGREE TOUCHING

ANYTHING THAT THEY ASK,

IT SHALL BE DONE FOR THEM

OF MY FATHER.

SO WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE,

I MEAN POWERFUL PEOPLE,

WHO LOVE GOD

AND ARE EQUIPPED IN

THE WORD OF GOD,

THEY ARE THERE TO PRAY WITH YOU

AND HELP YOU.

CALL THAT NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN.

WE WOULD LOVE TO PRAY WITH YOU.

♪ MUSIC ♪

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