Did you know that you can say “goodbye and good riddance” to your sin nature? In fact, when you were born again, that’s exactly what you did. Each of us was once a sinner, but salvation changed that. God no longer looks at you and sees sin; He only sees the new nature that Jesus provided by grace at the cross.
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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES
ON GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
>> AND GRACE.
>> EVERYTHING I HEAR HIM SAYING
>> IS TRUTH, I KNOW IT.
>> THE TRUTH IN HIS WORD
LITERALLY COMES
>> FROM THE BIBLE.
>> THE MORE YOU WATCH IT,
THE MORE YOU REALIZE
>> IT IS THE TRUTH.
>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.
WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
TODAY I’M BEGINNING
A BRAND NEW SERIES.
I’M TEACHING ON
THE OLD MAN IS DEAD.
AND YOU KNOW I HAVE NEVER
JUST MADE A TEACHING
ON THIS SPECIFICALLY.
NOW I’VE GOT THIS IN
MY ROMANS EDITION BOOK.
I COVER THIS.
ALSO, MY LIVING COMMENTARY
I TEACH VERSE BY VERSE
THROUGH THESE THINGS.
AND I’VE REFERRED TO THIS
MANY TIMES JUST IN PASSING.
BUT THE LORD WOKE ME UP
AT 4 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING.
I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW,
WHEN I WENT TO BED,
ABOUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO
TEACH ON TELEVISION
AND THE LORD WOKE ME UP,
AND JUST SAID THAT THIS IS
SO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE
GET THAT THEIR OLD MAN IS DEAD
AND GONE AND NON-EXISTENT.
THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT USE THE TERMINOLOGY
ABOUT OUR OLD MAN IS DEAD,
BUT THEY BELIEVE IT RESURRECTS
EVERY MORNING.
AND THEREFORE THEY IDENTIFY
THAT THEY STILL HAVE A FALLEN,
SINFUL, HUMAN NATURE.
AND I TELL YOU,
THAT IS DETRIMENTAL
TO CHRISTIAN GROWTH.
AND THE LORD JUST REALLY
LAID IT ON MY HEART THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO
TEACH ON SPECIFICALLY
JUST THIS ONE POINT
AND MAKE THE APPLICATIONS TO
OUR LIFE BECAUSE THIS IS
ESSENTIAL IN MY LIFE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT TRUTHS
THAT REALLY TURNED MY LIFE
TOTALLY AROUND.
SO I’M GOING TO HAVE
A BRAND NEW SERIES ON THIS
ENTITLED THE OLD MAN IS DEAD.
AND THE SUBTITLE IS GOING TO BE
GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE.
AMEN.
AND I TELL YOU IF YOU COULD
UNDERSTAND THE THINGS
THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT,
THIS WILL RADICALLY
CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
IT REALLY GOES TO THE CORE
OF YOUR IDENTITY.
AND IF YOU THINK
THAT YOU’RE AN OLD SINNER
THAT GOT SAVED BY GRACE,
BUT THAT YOU ARE AN OLD SINNER,
IF THAT IS YOUR CORE
AND YOU’VE JUST BEEN FORGIVEN,
WELL THEN IT’S GOING TO PLAY OUT
IN THE WAY THAT YOU LIVE.
PROVERBS, CHAPTER 23,
VERSE 7 SAYS,
FOR AS HE THINKETH IN HIS HEART,
SO IS HE.
AND THE WAY THAT YOU SEE THINGS
ON THE INSIDE DETERMINES
HOW YOU LIVE ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND THE SAD FACT,
MOST CHRISTIANS ONLY BELIEVE
THAT THEIR SINS
HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN.
THEY…VERY FEW PEOPLE
REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT MEANS
TO HAVE YOUR SINS FORGIVEN.
BUT EVEN IF THEY DO,
THEY THINK THAT YOU STILL HAVE
THAT CORE OLD NATURE,
OLD MAN THAT JUST
DRIVES YOU TO SIN.
AND THEY SEE THAT
AS THEIR IDENTITY.
THEY SEE THEMSELF
AS A FORGIVEN SINNER.
BUT THE TRUTH IS
WHEN YOU GET BORN AGAIN,
YOU ARE NOT A SINNER ANYMORE.
NOW, I’M NOT SAYING
THAT CHRISTIANS DON’T SIN.
CHRISTIANS CAN SIN,
BUT IT IS NOT YOUR NATURE.
THAT IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
AND I’M GOING TO GO
THROUGH SOME THINGS HERE
THAT IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THIS,
I TELL YOU IT WILL MAKE
A HUGE SHIFT IN YOUR PARADIGM.
MATTER OF FACT,
I HAD ONE PERSON COME TO ME
AFTER I WAS TEACHING ON THIS
AND HE SAID,
THAT ISN’T A PARADIGM SHIFT.
THAT’S A PARA-QUARTER SHIFT,
AND HE SAID IT WAS HUGE.
AND THIS WILL
TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.
SO AGAIN,
THIS IS A BRAND-NEW TEACHING.
I’VE MENTIONED IT,
I’VE TAUGHT ON IT
IN MY ROMANS EDITION BOOK
AND IN MY LIVING COMMENTARY
IN DEPTH, BUT I DON’T HAVE
A TEACHING SERIES ON IT.
AND SO, I REALLY FELT LIKE
THE LORD WANTED ME TO FOCUS
ON THAT AND SO THAT’S WHAT
WE’RE BEGINNING TO DO TODAY.
TODAY IS MY FIRST DAY OF
TEACHING ON THE OLD MAN IS DEAD.
SO I’M GOING TO TAKE THIS
PRIMARILY FROM ROMANS,
CHAPTER 6, 7, AND 8.
AND I’VE GOT TO GIVE
A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
ROMANS IS
PAUL’S MASTERPIECE ON GRACE.
I’VE GOT THIS BOOK,
AND THIS IS A 400 PLUS PAGE BOOK
THAT GOES VERSE BY VERSE
THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
AND I HADN’T GOT TIME TO
PUT IT ALL INTO CONTEXT.
BUT BASICALLY,
PAUL WAS PREACHING AGAINST
THE MENTALITY OF
THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW,
WHERE PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY HAD
TO PERFORM IN ORDER TO BE
ACCEPTED WITH GOD.
NOW THAT’S NOT REALLY
THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW.
THAT’S NOT WHY GOD GAVE IT.
GOD GAVE THE LAW ACTUALLY TO
SHOW US A STANDARD
THAT WAS SO FAR BEYOND
ANYBODY’S ABILITY TO MEET IT,
THAT IT WOULD MAKE THEM DESPAIR
OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND TRYING TO EARN GOD’S FAVOR.
AND IT WOULD JUST SHUT THEM UP
TO SAY, OH GOD,
IF THIS IS YOUR STANDARD
HAVE MERCY ON ME.
AND THAT’S WHAT HE WANTED.
HE WANTED US TO JUST
THROW OURSELF ON
THE MERCY OF GOD AND QUIT
TRUSTING IN OUR OWN GOODNESS.
SO THAT WAS
THE REAL PURPOSE OF THE LAW.
BUT RELIGION BACK IN JESUS’ DAY,
AND IN OUR DAY,
HAS PERVERTED THE LAW
AND HAS TOLD PEOPLE
THAT YOU GOT TO DO
ALL OF THESE THINGS
FOR GOD TO ACCEPT YOU.
AND IF YOU FAIL TO DO IT,
THEN YOU CAN COME UNDER
THE WRATH OF GOD
OR AT THE VERY LEAST,
GOD IS NOT GOING TO
ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS.
HE’S NOT GOING TO FELLOWSHIP
WITH YOU AND BLESS YOU.
SO MOST OF CHRISTIANITY
IN PAUL’S DAY,
AS WELL AS OUR DAY,
IS ALL PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED.
AND PAUL WAS USING
THE BOOK OF ROMANS,
TO JUST DISMANTLE THAT BELIEF.
AND I TELL YOU IT IS AWESOME.
AND BY THE TIME PAUL GOT TO
ROMANS, CHAPTER 6,
HE HAD USED
SCRIPTURAL ACCOUNTS
OF ABRAHAM, AND DAVID,
AND MANY OLD TESTAMENT
SCRIPTURES.
AND FOR ANYBODY WHO WOULD
PAY ATTENTION, HE HAD BASICALLY
BROUGHT THEM TO A PLACE
THAT YOU COULD NOT BELIEVE
THAT YOU COULD
BE RIGHT WITH GOD
ANY OTHER WAY
EXCEPT THROUGH GOD
JUST GIVING YOU RIGHTEOUSNESS
IN EXCHANGE FOR YOU ACCEPTING
WHAT JESUS DID FOR YOU.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU COULD
EVER POINT TO YOUR
OWN GOODNESS
AND PROCLAIM THAT
GOD OWED YOU
SOMETHING BECAUSE OF
YOUR PERFORMANCE.
SO THAT’S WHAT HE DID
COMING UP TO ROMANS, CHAPTER 6.
AND THEN IN ROMANS,
CHAPTER 6, VERSE 1,
HE SAYS, WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN?
SHALL WE CONTINUE IN SIN,
THAT GRACE MAY ABOUND?
NOW, OF COURSE THE ANSWER
TO THIS IS IN VERSE 2,
AND HE SAYS, GOD FORBID.
THAT IS A STRONG STATEMENT.
IT’S ABOUT AS STRONG
AS YOU CAN GET WITHOUT USING
SOME TYPE OF PROFANITY
OR SOMETHING.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE
UNQUALIFIED NEGATIVE.
NO.
ABSOLUTELY NOT,
IS WHAT HE’S SAYING.
BUT I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT
THAT WHEN PAUL
TAUGHT ON GRACE,
AND HE TOTALLY DID AWAY WITH US
TRUSTING IN OUR OWN GOODNESS
AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER
BEING WORTHY OF GOD LOVING US
OR MOVING IN OUR LIFE.
WHEN PAUL TAUGHT ON THAT,
THIS IS A QUESTION
THAT CAME UP REPEATEDLY.
IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 3,
HE SAID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.
HE SAID IT HERE IN ROMANS,
CHAPTER 6, VERSE 1,
AND THEN IN
ROMANS, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 15,
HE SAYS THE SAME THING.
WHAT AM I SAYING?
AM I SAYING THAT WE SHOULD
LIVE IN SIN?
AND OF COURSE
THE ANSWER TO THAT
EVERY SINGLE TIME
IS ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BUT UNLESS YOU
UNDERSTAND GRACE
TO THE POINT THAT GOD LOVES YOU
BECAUSE HE IS LOVE
AND NOT BECAUSE
YOU WERE LOVELY,
IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT,
TO THE POINT THAT IT MAKES THIS
QUESTION COME UP ABOUT,
WELL, WHAT ABOUT SIN THEN?
IF GOD LOVES ME
COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF
MY PERFORMANCE,
DOES THIS JUST MEAN
THAT I COULD LIVE IN SIN
AND IT HAS NO EFFECT ON ME?
NO, THAT’S NOT WHAT PAUL
WAS SAYING.
NO, THAT’S NOT WHAT I’M SAYING.
BUT THAT IS A LOGICAL QUESTION.
AND IF THAT QUESTION NEVER
COMES UP FROM THE PEOPLE
THAT YOU’RE HEARING PREACH
QUOTE/UNQUOTE THE GOSPEL,
WELL THEN THEY AREN’T
PREACHING THE SAME GOSPEL
THAT PAUL PREACHED
BECAUSE HE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS
NUMEROUS TIMES.
HE DEALT WITH IT THREE TIMES
HERE IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS,
AND THEN IN GALATIANS,
TWICE HE SAID
A VERY SIMILAR THING.
AND THE POINT IS THAT IF
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF
YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS,
IT AFFECTS THE WAY
YOU RELATE TO PEOPLE,
AND YOU DO NEED
TO ACT CORRECTLY
IN ORDER TO HAVE
GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE.
AND IT SPECIFICALLY AFFECTS
THE WAY THAT SATAN
HAS ACCESS TO YOU.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS OVER IN
1 PETER, CHAPTER 5,
THAT OUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL,
IS LIKE A ROARING LION,
AND HE GOES ABOUT,
SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR.
HE’S OUT TO STEAL KILL,
AND TO DESTROY.
JOHN, CHAPTER 10, VERSE 10.
THAT’S WHAT JESUS SAID
ABOUT SATAN.
AND HE’S TRYING TO DESTROY
EVERY SINGLE PERSON
THAT HE POSSIBLY CAN.
BUT HE CAN’T DO IT TO EVERYBODY.
IF HE COULD, EVERYBODY WOULD BE
DYING OR DEAD.
THEY WOULD BE SICK.
THEY WOULD BE MISERABLE.
THEY WOULD BE DRUG ADDICTS.
THEY WOULD ALL BE PROSTITUTE
OR WHOREMONGERS.
I GUARANTEE YOU IF SATAN HAD
TOTAL ACCESS TO US
HE WOULD JUST
DESTROY EVERYBODY.
BUT HE CAN’T DO ANYTHING TO YOU
WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT
AND COOPERATION.
SO HOW IS IT THAT WE CONSENT
AND COOPERATE WITH THE DEVIL?
IT’S THROUGH SIN.
SO, MY POINT IS WHEN IT COMES
TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,
YOUR SIN DOESN’T DISQUALIFY YOU
NOR DOES YOUR HOLINESS
QUALIFY YOU TO BE LOVED OF GOD.
THOSE ARE RADICAL STATEMENTS
THAT THE MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS
TODAY JUST CHAFE AT THAT.
THEY CAN’T ACCEPT THAT
THAT’S TRUE BUT THAT’S EXACTLY
WHAT THE GOSPEL SAYS.
AND FROM THAT THEY JUST
AUTOMATICALLY SAY, WELL,
THEN YOU’RE SAYING THAT SIN
DOESN’T MATTER.
NO.
SIN IS A DIRECT INROAD OF SATAN
INTO YOUR LIFE,
AND HE WANTS TO KILL…
STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY.
AND IF YOU COMMIT SIN,
YOU’RE JUST THROWING YOURSELF
OPEN TO THE DEVIL
AND YOU WILL SUFFER FOR IT.
SIN WILL TAKE YOU FURTHER THAN
YOU WANT TO GO,
KEEP YOU LONGER THAN
YOU WANT TO STAY,
AND KEEP…COST YOU MORE THAN
YOU WANT TO PAY.
YOU DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN SIN.
BUT YOUR SIN, OR LACK THEREOF,
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU.
GOD COMMENDED HIS LOVE
TOWARD US, IN THAT,
WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,
CHRIST DIED FOR US.
SO HE COMMENDED HIS LOVE
TOWARD SINNERS.
AND HE’S STILL GRACIOUS TO US.
PEOPLE WILL OFTEN
TAKE THAT VERSE FROM
ROMANS, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 8,
ABOUT, GOD COMMENDED HIS LOVE
TOWARD US, IN THAT,
WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,
CHRIST DIED FOR US.
AND THEY WILL OFTEN
TAKE THAT OUT OF CONTEXT,
AND THEY WILL JUST MAKE A…
A POINT AND IT’S A…
IT’S AN ACCURATE POINT
THAT GOD LOVES SINNERS.
YOU KNOW YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE
HOLY IN ORDER FOR GOD TO EXTEND
SALVATION FOR YOU.
HE DIED FOR THE UNGODLY.
ROMANS, CHAPTER 5, SAYS THAT.
JOHN, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 16,
GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD,
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER
BELIEVES IN HIM
WOULD NOT PERISH,
BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
SO IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY TRUE
STATEMENT THAT GOD COMMENDED
HIS LOVE TOWARD SINNERS,
BUT THE POINT THAT IS BEING MADE
IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 5,
IS NOT VERSE 8.
VERSE 9,
IS THE POINT THAT’S BEING MADE.
I REALLY DON’T WANT TO BACK UP
AND TEACH THIS WHOLE CHAPTER
BECAUSE MAN, THERE ARE SOME
POWERFUL THINGS IN IT,
BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT
THAT VERSE 9,
IS THE POINT HE WAS GETTING TO.
VERSE 8 SAYS,
GOD COMMENDS HIS LOVE
TOWARD US, IN THAT,
WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,
CHRIST DIED FOR US.
BUT VERSE 9,
SAYS MUCH MORE THEN,
BEING NOW JUSTIFIED BY
HIS BLOOD, WE SHALL BE SAVED
FROM WRATH THROUGH HIM.
SO THE POINT THAT’S BEING MADE
IS NOT THAT GOD LOVES SINNERS.
BUT THE POINT THAT’S BEING MADE
IS THAT IF GOD LOVED US,
SO MUCH THAT,
WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS,
JESUS CAME AND DIED FOR US.
MUCH MORE NOW THAT WE HAVE
ACCEPTED SALVATION
DOES GOD LOVE US.
SO, IF GOD DIDN’T REFUSE TO
SAVE ANY OF US WHEN WE WERE
STILL IN SIN, WELL THEN HE’S NOT
GOING TO REFUSE TO HEAL,
PROSPER, BLESS, DELIVER,
FELLOWSHIP WITH ANY OF US
NOW THAT WE’VE BEEN BORN AGAIN.
AND YET DID YOU KNOW
THAT THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN
DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THIS?
THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN BELIEVES
THAT GOD LOVES THE SINNER
BUT LET THAT SINNER GET SAVED
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW,
THEY WILL PREACH THAT IF
YOU DON’T LIVE RIGHT,
IF YOU DON’T PAY YOUR TITHES,
IF YOU DON’T GO TO CHURCH,
IF YOU DON’T DO THIS, THIS,
AND THIS, GOD WON’T BLESS YOU.
GOD WON’T MOVE IN YOUR LIFE.
THAT’S SAYING
THAT GOD LOVES YOU LESS.
THAT HIS BLESSINGS ARE LESS
DEPENDENT UPON GRACE
NOW THAT YOU’RE BORN AGAIN
THAN THEY WERE BEFORE
YOU GOT BORN AGAIN.
BUT OVER IN COLOSSIANS,
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 6, IT SAYS,
AS YOU HAVE THEREFORE RECEIVED
CHRIST JESUS THE LORD,
SO WALK YE IN HIM.
IF YOU GOT BORN AGAIN THROUGH
PUTTING FAITH IN WHAT JESUS DID
FOR YOU AND NOT WHAT
YOU HAVE DONE FOR JESUS,
THEN MUCH MORE
NOW YOU SHOULD
BE ABLE TO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE
THROUGH WHAT JESUS DID
AND NOT THROUGH YOUR HOLINESS.
BUT AGAIN, THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN
THEY COME TO THE LORD,
AND THEY SING THIS SONG,
JUST AS I AM WITHOUT ONE PLEA.
THAT MEANS THAT I DON’T HAVE
ANY RIGHTEOUSNESS.
I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER
YOU BUT THAT THY
BLOOD WAS SHED
FOR ME O LAMB OF GOD I COME.
AND WE SING THAT SONG
AND PEOPLE COME
AND THEY GET BORN AGAIN.
AND THAT’S ACCURATE.
BUT THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN
BELIEVES THAT ONCE
YOU GET BORN AGAIN,
YOU MIGHT’VE COME TO THE LORD
WITHOUT HAVING
ANY RIGHTEOUSNESS.
BUT NOW YOU BETTER LIVE RIGHT.
YOU BETTER TOE THE MARK.
YOU BETTER BE HOLY
OR GOD’S NOT GOING TO BLESS YOU.
AND SOME PEOPLE WILL EVEN GO
AS FAR AS TO SAY
THAT THE WRATH OF GOD
WILL COME UPON YOU.
THAT YOU COULD
LOSE YOUR SALVATION
IF YOU COMMIT SIN
AND DON’T GET IT CONFESSED.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.
BEFORE YOU GOT BORN AGAIN,
HOW MUCH HAD YOU BEEN
FASTING, AND PRAYING,
AND STUDYING THE WORD,
AND GOING TO CHURCH,
AND PAYING YOUR TITHES,
AND LIVING HOLY?
THE VAST MAJORITY OF US
WOULD HAVE TO SAY,
MAN, WE WEREN’T DOING
ANY OF THAT STUFF.
AND YET YOU RECEIVED
THE GREATEST MIRACLE
THAT YOU COULD EVER RECEIVE,
WHICH IS THE FORGIVENESS OF
YOUR SINS AND BECOMING
A BRAND NEW CREATION.
AND AGAIN I REFER TO
COLOSSIANS 2:6,
AS YOU HAVE THEREFORE
RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE LORD,
SO WALK YE IN HIM.
IF THE WAY YOU GOT SAVED
WAS COMING TO HIM WITHOUT
ONE PLEA
AND NO RIGHTEOUSNESS,
NO GOODNESS TO YOUR NAME
WHATSOEVER, BUT YOU TOTALLY
PUT YOUR FAITH IN JESUS,
THEN THAT’S THE WAY YOU SHOULD
CONTINUE IN YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE.
BUT AGAIN, ONCE PEOPLE GET
BORN AGAIN, THEY GO TO CHURCH
AND THEY START HEARING THAT
MAN, YOU SHOULD BE
READING YOUR BIBLE,
YOU SHOULD PAY YOUR TITHES,
YOU NEED TO TURN
THE OTHER CHEEK,
YOU NEED TO LOVE YOUR WIFE
THE WAY THAT CHRIST LOVED
THE CHURCH,
YOU NEED TO LOVE YOUR HUSBAND
THE WAY THAT THE CHURCH
SUBMITS TO CHRIST.
YOU NEED TO DO THIS.
YOU NEED TO GO OUT
AND KNOCK ON DOORS.
YOU’RE A DEBTOR,
AND WE…THEY JUST START
PUTTING ALL OF THESE THINGS
THAT YOU’VE GOT TO DO.
AND IF YOU AREN’T CAREFUL,
IF YOU DON’T REALLY
UNDERSTAND GRACE,
YOU WILL COME TO A PLACE
WHEREAS I GOT SAVED BY GRACE,
BUT NOW MY CHRISTIAN LIFE HAS TO
BE MAINTAINED BY MY OWN WORKS,
MY OWN EFFORT.
THAT IS NOT TRUE.
AND THIS IS WHAT PAUL HAS BEEN
DEALING WITH IN
THE BOOK OF ROMANS
THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE TIME.
YOU KNOW, LET ME JUST USE
THIS EXAMPLE THAT IF
A PERSON CAME INTO A CHURCH,
IF YOU WERE IN A CHURCH SERVICE
AND IF YOU HAD A DRUNK,
OR A PERSON WHO IS A DOPE ADDICT
COME IN OR A PERSON WHO WAS
HAVING SEXUAL IMMORALITY
IN THEIR LIFE,
OR ANY OF THESE THINGS
THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE,
YOU KNOW, BAD SINS.
AND IF THEY CAME INTO
THE CHURCH, DID YOU KNOW
THAT THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN
AS LONG AS THEY ARE A SINNER,
AS LONG AS THEY’RE LOST,
THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN WOULD
GO UP TO HIM AND SAY,
JESUS LOVES YOU.
JESUS DIED FOR YOUR SINS.
AND IF YOU’LL REPENT,
GOD CAN SAVE YOU
AND FORGIVE YOU.
AND YOU WOULD MINISTER GRACE
AND FORGIVENESS
TOWARDS A PERSON
WITH ANY OF THESE SINS
IN THEIR LIFE, AS LONG AS
THEY WEREN’T BORN AGAIN.
BUT LET THEM GET BORN AGAIN,
AND THEN COME BACK
NEXT SUNDAY AND STILL BE DRUNK,
OR STILL HAVE DRUG PROBLEMS,
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE SAME PEOPLE
THAT MINISTERED GRACE,
AND FORGIVENESS, AND MERCY
TOWARDS THEM
WHEN THEY’RE LOST,
NOW THAT THEY PROCLAIMED
THAT THEY ARE TRUSTING
IN THE LORD, THE SAME PEOPLE
WOULD COME UP AND SAY,
GOD’S ANGRY AT YOU.
GOD’S NOT GOING TO BLESS YOU.
GOD WON’T ANSWER
YOUR PRAYERS.
THIS IS WHY YOU AREN’T HEALED,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND
ACCORDING TO COLOSSIANS 2:6,
THAT’S NOT WALKING BY
THE SAME RULE,
THAT’S NOT LIVING BY
THE SAME GRACE THAT YOU GOT
BORN AGAIN WITH?
AND AGAIN,
THE MOMENT I START SAYING THIS,
IT’S THE EXACT SAME RESPONSE
THAT PAUL DEALT WITH HERE IN
ROMANS, CHAPTER 6.
WHAT AM I SAYING?
OR AM I SAYING THAT YOU CAN
JUST GO LIVE IN SIN?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BUT SIN IS NOT A FACTOR
BETWEEN US AND GOD
ONCE YOU GET BORN AGAIN.
GOD DOESN’T LOVE YOU MORE
IF YOU DON’T SIN.
HE DOESN’T LOVE YOU LESS
IF YOU DO SIN.
GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU IS
INDEPENDENT OF
YOUR PERFORMANCE.
YOUR PERFORMANCE
DOESN’T AFFECT
GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU.
IT DOESN’T CAUSE HIM TO
REJECT YOU.
BUT YOUR PERFORMANCE
STILL HAS IMPACT.
IT CAUSES PEOPLE TO REJECT YOU.
YOU GO OUT AND ROB A BANK,
YOU GO OUT
AND DO CERTAIN THINGS,
YOU COULD GET PUT IN JAIL.
AND YOU GO GET DRUNK,
YOU GO GET HIGH AND YOU DRIVE,
YOU COULD HAVE A WRECK.
YOU COULD KILL SOMEBODY.
YOU COULD RUN OVER SOMEBODY.
IT STILL HAS CONSEQUENCES.
AND IT IS A DIRECT INROAD OF
SATAN INTO YOUR LIFE.
I’LL DEAL WITH THIS MORE
IF I EVER GET DOWN TO
ROMANS, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 16.
BUT HE SAYS THERE THAT,
HIS SERVANTS YE ARE TO
WHOM YE YIELD YOURSELVES
SERVANTS TO OBEY,
WHETHER OF SIN UNTO DEATH,
OR OF OBEDIENCE UNTO
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
SO IF YOU GO LIVE IN SIN,
YOU ARE DIRECTLY
YIELDING YOURSELF TO SATAN
WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THAT SIN,
WHO ONLY COMES TO STEAL, KILL,
AND TO DESTROY,
AND HE IS GOING TO
DESTROY YOUR LIFE
IF YOU LIVE IN SIN.
SO, IT’S NOT ACCURATE TO SAY,
WELL SIN IS TAKEN CARE OF
AND SO IT DOESN’T MATTER
IF I SIN.
AS FAR AS GOD IS CONCERNED,
ONCE YOU MAKE JESUS YOUR LORD,
SIN IS A NON-ISSUE
BETWEEN YOU AND GOD.
AND AGAIN, THERE’S GOING TO BE
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD
THAT THINK I’M A HERETIC
FOR SAYING THAT
BECAUSE THAT COMPLETELY
GOES AGAINST WHAT
THE VAST MAJORITY OF
CHRISTIANITY TEACHES.
AND THEY’RE SAYING,
SO YOU’RE JUST SAYING
THAT YOU CAN LIVE IN SIN,
AND IT DOESN’T MATTER.
WHAT I’M SAYING IS SIN IS NOT
A TRANSGRESSION BETWEEN
YOU AND GOD ONCE YOU GET
BORN AGAIN BECAUSE HE FORGAVE
ALL OF YOUR SIN, PAST, PRESENT,
AND FUTURE.
MAN, I’VE SAID A MOUTHFUL HERE
AND I HADN’T GOT TIME TO
VERIFY ALL OF IT.
BUT I AM SAYING THAT NO,
SIN IS STILL DEADLY
BECAUSE IT RUINS YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE.
IT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO
OTHER PEOPLE.
AND IT IS A DIRECT INROAD OF
SATAN INTO YOUR LIFE.
SO, NO, SIN IS STILL DEADLY.
I AM NOT SAYING THAT
SIN HAS NO CONSEQUENCES.
BUT I’M SAYING THAT GOD DOES NOT
RELATE TO YOU BASED ON
YOUR HOLINESS,
OR YOUR LACK THEREOF.
SIN IS NOT HOW GOD SEES US.
AND I’M GOING TO GO INTO
MUCH MORE DETAIL AS WE GO
THROUGH THIS SERIES.
BUT OVER IN 2 CORINTHIANS,
CHAPTER 5, VERSE 17,
IT SAYS, IF ANY MAN
BE IN CHRIST,
HE’S A NEW CREATURE:
OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY,
ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW.
AND VERSE 18, SAYS,
AND ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD,
WHO HATH RECONCILED US TO GOD.
NOT IS RECONCILING US
OR IS GOING TO RECONCILE US
BUT HAS ALREADY RECONCILED US
UNTO GOD.
IT IS AN ACCOMPLISHED FACT.
GOD IS A SPIRIT,
JOHN 4:24, SAYS THAT.
GOD IS A SPIRIT:
AND THOSE WHO WORSHIP HIM
MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT
AND IN TRUTH.
AND WHEN YOU GET BORN AGAIN,
IT’S YOUR SPIRIT
THAT GETS CHANGED.
GOD IS A SPIRIT,
AND HE IS RELATING TO YOU
BASED ON WHO YOU ARE
IN THE SPIRIT.
AND ONCE YOU’RE BORN AGAIN,
YOU’VE GOT A NEW SPIRIT.
IT’S ACTUALLY
THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.
1 JOHN 4:17,
1 CORINTHIANS 6:17,
AND OTHERS SHOW
THAT YOUR SPIRIT
IS AS PURE AND HOLY AS JESUS IS.
BECAUSE GALATIANS 4:6 SAYS,
HE HAS SENT FORTH
THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON
INTO YOUR HEART,
CRYING, ABBA, FATHER.
YOUR BORN-AGAIN SPIRIT
IS LITERALLY
THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.
GOD IS LOOKING AT YOU IN
THE SPIRIT AND HE SEES YOU
AS RIGHTEOUS, AND HOLY,
AND PURE AS JESUS IS.
NOW YOU AREN’T ONLY SPIRIT.
YOU’VE GOT A SOUL AND A BODY.
BUT WHEN A CHRISTIAN
LIVES IN SIN, IT DOESN’T AFFECT
THAT SPIRIT MAN.
I’M GOING TO DEAL
WITH THIS MORE.
I…THIS IS JUST BASICALLY
AN INTRODUCTION TODAY TO
ALL OF THESE THINGS.
BUT EPHESIANS 1:13,
SAYS THAT ONCE YOU BELIEVED,
YOU WERE SEALED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE.
SO THIS BORN-AGAIN SPIRIT
THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST
SENT INTO YOUR HEART,
YOU ARE SEALED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND WHEN A CHRISTIAN SIN,
IT AFFECTS YOUR BODY
AND IT AFFECTS YOUR SOUL,
YOUR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PART
BUT IT DOESN’T PENETRATE
THE SEAL AROUND YOUR SPIRIT.
AND SO YOUR SPIRIT RETAINS
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS,
EVEN THOUGH YOU
MAY HAVE SINNED
AND GIVEN SATAN AND PEOPLE
AN INROAD INTO YOUR LIFE.
AND SO GOD IS A SPIRIT,
AND HE’S LOOKING AT YOU
IN THE SPIRIT.
NOW THAT’S NOT TO SAY
THAT HE’S IGNORANT OF
WHO YOU ARE IN THE FLESH.
AND HE WILL SHOW YOU
THAT WHAT YOU’RE
DOING IS WRONG.
THIS IS SIN.
QUIT DOING IT.
BUT NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
BEING RIGHT WITH HIM.
YOU DO THAT THROUGH
FAITH IN JESUS.
BUT YOU NEED TO
QUIT LIVING IN SIN
SO THAT YOU QUIT GIVING SATAN
AN INROAD INTO YOUR LIFE.
SO ALL OF THIS I’VE BEEN SAYING
IS BASICALLY INTRODUCTION
TO THE POINT THAT I’M GOING TO
BE MAKING ABOUT
THE OLD MAN IS DEAD.
AND SO, WE’RE GOING TO
START HERE IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 6.
TODAY I COVERED ONE VERSE
AND TWO WORDS OF VERSE 2.
BUT WE’RE GOING TO BE
EXPLAINING THIS IN A WAY
THAT IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THIS,
THAT YOUR OLD MAN IS GONE.
YOU DON’T HAVE ANY SIN NATURE
THAT COMPELS YOU
TO SIN ANYMORE.
IT’S JUST AN UNRENEWED MIND.
THESE VERSES ARE
GOING TO MAKE THIS,
I BELIEVE CONCLUSIVELY.
AND YET SOMEHOW
OR ANOTHER CHRISTIANITY,
THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN
HAS MISSED THESE TRUTHS
AND BECAUSE OF IT THEY STILL
IDENTIFY AS AN OLD SINNER
SAVED BY GRACE.
AND BECAUSE OF IT, THEY WIND UP
WALKING OUT AND FULFILLING IT.
IT BECOMES
A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.
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ENTITLED THE OLD MAN IS DEAD,
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