Most Christians believe that God can do anything, and many believe that He has made promises to heal, deliver, bless, and prosper His children. But these same believers may find themselves unable to reconcile the Word with what they experience. They live in frustration or disillusionment, wondering why God’s promises don’t seem to be working for them. But God is no respecter of persons (Rom. 2:11). What He has done for one, He’s done for all.
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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES
ON GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL
>> LOVE AND GRACE.
> YOU HAVE THAT RAISING
FROM THE DEAD POWER,
THE GREATEST DISPLAY
OF GOD’S POWER
THAT HAS EVER EXISTED
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD,
> THAT SAME POWER IS IN YOU.
>> THAT IS THE GOSPEL
IN ONE SENTENCE RIGHT THERE,
>> YOU’VE ALREADY GOT IT.
> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.
WELCOME TO OUR TUESDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
TODAY I’M INTO MY SECOND WEEK
OF TEACHING ON A SUBJECT
THAT I’VE ENTITLED:
YOU’VE ALREADY GOT IT.
AND I TELL YOU,
THIS IS POWERFUL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST
APPLICATIONS OF WHAT I’VE TAUGHT
UNDER THE SERIES THAT I CALL
SPIRIT, SOUL & BODY.
IT’S TALKING ABOUT WHO YOU ARE
IN CHRIST,
AND ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT IN THE SPIRIT
YOU ARE ALREADY COMPLETE,
THAT YOUR SPIRIT
IS AS COMPLETELY SAVED
AS IT WILL EVER BE,
IT IS IDENTICAL TO JESUS,
1 JOHN, CHAPTER 4, VERSE 17,
AND ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT,
THEN YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU AREN’T TRYING
TO GET MORE OF GOD,
YOU’VE ALREADY GOT
THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD.
THE REST OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
IS A RELEASING;
IT’S A RENEWING OF THE MIND
TO WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE
AND THEN LEARNING
HOW TO RELEASE
WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.
THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT,
AND WE’VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS
NOW FOR…THIS IS MY SEVENTH
PROGRAM.
I STARTED THIS SERIES A WEEK AGO
YESTERDAY,
SO I WA…I’VE BASICALLY COVERED
EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 1.
IF YOU’VE MISSED ANY OF
THIS TEACHING,
PLEASE GO BACK AND GET IT.
YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE,
WE HAVE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS
LOCATED ON THERE
AND YOU CAN WATCH
MONDAY’S BROADCAST,
YOU CAN GO BACK
THROUGH THE ENTIRE
PREVIOUS WEEK,
AND YOU NEED TO
HAVE THE CONTEXT
OF ALL OF THIS,
BUT IN CHAPTER 1,
IT WAS ALL WRITTEN,
NOT ABOUT WHAT GOD MIGHT DO,
COULD DO, WOULD DO,
IN THE FUTURE,
BUT IT’S ALL ABOUT
WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
YOU’RE ALREADY BLESSED
WITH ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS,
YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN
IN HIM,
YOU ARE ALREADY ACCEPTED
IN THE BELOVED,
YOU ALREADY HAVE WISDOM,
YOU ALREADY HAVE BEEN SEALED,
AND ON AND ON IT GOES,
AND THEN HE PRAYS A PRAYER
IN VERSES 15,
THROUGH THE END
OF THE CHAPTER,
VERSE 23;
THIS IS EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 1,
AND HE PRAYS THAT YOUR EYES
WOULD JUST BE OPENED
TO WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE,
THE GREATNESS OF THE POWER
THAT HAS BEEN DIRECTED
TOWARDS YOU,
THE SAME POWER THAT WAS USED
TO RAISE JESUS FROM THE DEAD.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS
WE’VE ALREADY COVERED.
MAN, IF YOU’VE MISSED
ANY OF THAT,
PLEASE, PLEASE GET IT.
IT WOULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
SO, LET’S CONTINUE
INTO CHAPTER 2,
AND REMEMBER THAT THE BIBLE
WAS NOT WRITTEN IN CHAPTER
AND VERSES.
THESE WERE ADDED LATER
TO HELP US IDENTIFY THINGS
AND THEY’RE VERY USEFUL,
I’M NOT CRITICIZING IT,
BUT I’M SAYING THAT CHAPTER 2,
IS NOT A NEW THOUGHT.
IT’S NOT LIKE IT’S A NEW CHAPTER
AND IT, SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER,
IS NOT UNRE…IT’S NOT RELATED.
THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION
OF THE EXACT SAME THINGS
THAT WE’VE BEEN STUDYING
ALL THE WAY THROUGH CHAPTER 1.
SO IN CHAPTER 2, IT SAYS,
YOU HATH HE QUICKENED,
WHO WERE DEAD IN TRESPASSES
AND SINS.
NOTICE, IT DIDN’T SAY,
YOU CAN HE QUICKEN,
IF YOU WILL PRAY,
HE WILL QUICKEN IN THE FUTURE,
THIS IS OBTAINABLE,
IT’S POSSIBLE.
NO, HE’S SAYING,
YOU HAVE ALREADY
BEEN QUICKENED.
THE WORD QUICKENED MEANS,
MADE ALIVE.
WHEN YOU GOT BORN AGAIN,
YOU WERE RAISED FROM THE DEAD,
AND SOME PEOPLE
THINK, WELL MAN,
IT’S STILL THE SAME BODY
THAT I’VE GOT.
NO, BUT THE SPIRIT MAN WAS DEAD
IN TRESPASSES AND SINS
AND YOU’VE BEEN RAISED
FROM THE DEAD,
YOU’VE BEEN QUICKENED,
YOU’VE BEEN MADE ALIVE,
AND IN THE SPIRIT,
YOU ARE A BRAND NEW PERSON,
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17,
A NEW SPECIES THAT
NEVER EXISTED
BEFORE.
YOUR SPIRIT IS PERFECT
AND THAT’S WHAT
IT’S TALKING ABOUT.
NOTICE, IT’S ALL
IN THE PAST TENSE,
THAT WHEN YOU GET BORN AGAIN,
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT YOU ARE MOVING TOWARDS
THAT WILL BE FINALIZED
AND COMPLETE
WHEN YOU GO TO HEAVEN.
NO, YOUR SPIRIT IS AS SAVED
RIGHT THIS MOMENT
AS IT WILL EVER BE.
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE CLEANED,
DUSTED OFF,
INFUSED WITH MORE POWER.
YOU HAVE THE SAME SPIRIT
ON THE INSIDE OF YOU
RIGHT THIS MOMENT
THAT YOU WILL HAVE
THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY.
MAN, THAT IS POWERFUL.
I’VE ALREADY TAUGHT ON THAT.
IN VERSE 2, IT SAYS,
WHEREIN IN TIME PAST
YOU WALKED ACCORDING TO
THE COURSE OF THIS WORLD,
ACCORDING TO THE PRINCE
OF THE POWER OF THE AIR,
THE SPIRIT THAT NOW WORKETH
IN THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE:
AMONG WHOM ALSO WE ALL
HAD OUR CONVERSATION
IN TIME PAST
IN THE LUSTS OF OUR FLESH,
FULFILLING THE DESIRES
OF THE FLESH AND OF THE MIND;
AND WERE BY NATURE
THE CHILDREN OF WRATH,
EVEN AS OTHERS.
AGAIN, THIS SAME TERMINOLOGY.
NOW IT’S TALKING ABOUT
WHO YOU WERE BEFORE
YOU GOT BORN AGAIN
AND ALL OF THAT
IS IN THE PAST TENSE;
YOU WERE BY NATURE
THE CHILDREN OF WRATH,
BUT YOU ARE NOT BY NATURE
A CHILD OF THE DEVIL ANYMORE.
AGAIN, THERE’S CONFUSION
IN THE BODY OF CHRIST OVER THIS.
THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN…
I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY
OF CHRISTIANS BELIEVE
THAT YOU HAVE A NEW NATURE
AND A SIN NATURE.
THAT’S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE
TEACHES.
I’M NOT GOING TO TEACH ON THIS
RIGHT NOW,
BUT YOUR SIN NATURE IS GONE
AND ALL YOU HAVE IS A NEW NATURE
AND IT’S NOT IN A BABY FORM,
IT IS ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE; FULL.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS
THAT WE DON’T KNOW
WHAT WE HAVE.
WE’VE GOT TO RENEW OUR MIND.
THE GROWTH IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
IS NOT YOUR SPIRIT GROWING,
IT’S YOUR MIND GROWING
IN UNDERSTANDING
IN HOW TO RELEASE IT,
AND THEN YOUR ACTIONS GROWING
IN OBEDIENCE TO WHAT
GOD IS SHOWING YOU.
BUT IN THE SAME WAY
THAT WE ARE ALREADY
ALL OF THESE THINGS IN CHRIST,
YOU ARE NOW NO LONGER
ALL OF THESE THINGS.
YOU WERE CHILDREN OF WRATH,
EVEN AS OTHERS.
IN VERSE 4, IT SAYS,
BUT GOD, WHO IS RICH IN MERCY,
FOR HIS GREAT LOVE WHEREWITH
HE LOVED US.
BOY, THAT IS A POWERFUL VERSE.
YOU CAN READ THIS
IN SOME TRANSLATIONS
THAT I’M DOING IT BY MEMORY NOW,
BUT IT SAYS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO
THAT GOD, FOR HIS GREAT LOVE,
AND IN ORDER TO SATISFY
HIS GREAT LOVE,
COMMENDED HIS LOVE TOWARD US.
IN OTHER WORDS,
GOD DIDN’T LOVE US,
BECAUSE WE WERE LOVELY.
HE LOVES US BECAUSE HE IS LOVE,
1 JOHN, CHAPTER 4, VERSE 8.
IN VERSE 5,
EVEN WHEN WE WERE DEAD IN SINS,
HATH QUICKENED US TOGETHER.
AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT’S ALREADY A REALITY.
IT’S NOT SOMETHING
THAT WE ARE IN SINS
AND IF WE WILL PRAISE GOD,
THAT SOMEDAY HE WILL QUICKEN US.
NO, WE WERE IN SINS
BEFORE WE GOT BORN AGAIN
AND NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY
BEEN QUICKENED,
MADE ALIVE TOGETHER WITH CHRIST,
FOR (BY GRACE YE ARE SAVED;)
AND HATH RAISED US UP TOGETHER,
NOTICE THE TERMINOLOGY,
HE HATH DONE;
IT’S ALREADY HAPPENED.
SOME OF YOU DON’T FEEL
RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
THAT’S BECAUSE YOU LIVE
IN YOUR PHYSICAL BODY
AND IN YOUR EMOTIONS
MORE THAN YOU LIVE
IN WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
BUT IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND
AND RECEIVE THIS
AND CHANGE YOUR IDENTITY TO,
THIS IS NOT WHO I AM.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU’RE IN PRISON
RIGHT NOW,
MAYBE YOU’VE DONE
SOMETHING WRONG
AND YOU ARE EVERY DAY
BEING CONFRONTED WITH YOUR SIN
AND YOU’RE BEING INCARCERATED
AND SEPARATED FROM THE WORLD
BECAUSE OF THE
DANGER YOU WERE
TO PEOPLE,
YOU’RE BEING PUNISHED,
SOME OF YOU, IT WOULD BE EASY
FOR YOU JUST TO THINK,
BUT I AM A CON, I AM A CROOK,
I HAVE MURDERED,
OR WHATEVER IT IS,
BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET
BORN AGAIN,
YOU BECOME A NEW PERSON
IN CHRIST, 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17.
AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY STILL
HAVE PHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES,
YOU MAY STILL BE IN THAT
JAIL CELL,
YOU ARE NOT THAT SAME PERSON
ANYMORE.
YOU HAVE BEEN QUICKENED
TOGETHER WITH CHRIST.
YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED
FROM THE DEAD.
THE SPIRIT MAN ON THE INSIDE
OF YOU IS CLEAN AND PURE
AND DOESN’T HAVE ANY IMPURITY
IN IT AT ALL,
AND IF YOU COULD SEE THAT
AND TOTALLY EMBRACE IT
AND START LIVING
OUT OF YOUR SPIRIT,
YOU COULD BE FREE EVEN THOUGH
YOU’RE BEHIND BARS.
EVEN IF YOU AREN’T IN PRISON,
YOU COULD BE FREE FROM THE PAIN
IN YOUR BODY
EVEN THOUGH YOU STILL HAVE
THAT PAIN THERE,
BUT YOU COULD HAVE IT
IN YOUR HEART.
YOU COULD KNOW IT’S DONE
AND IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME
UNTIL THE BODY GETS IN LINE.
YOUR WHOLE LIFE FLOWS FROM
YOUR SPIRIT.
THIS IS WHY WHEN PEOPLE
AREN’T BORN AGAIN,
THAT THEIR LIFE…YOU CAN DO
ALL OF THE SELF-HELP THINGS
THAT YOU WANT TO,
YOU CAN GO THROUGH
ALL THE BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
COURSES THAT YOU CAN GO TO,
AND YOU CAN CHANGE
YOUR EXISTENCE TO A DEGREE,
BUT YOUR SPIRIT IS DEAD
AND SEPARATED FROM GOD,
AND AS IT SAYS RIGHT HERE
IN THIS VERSE 3,
THAT YOU ARE BY NATURE
A CHILD OF THE DEVIL,
EVEN AS OTHERS,
AND IF YOU DON’T GET THAT SPIRIT
CHANGED,
YOU CAN CHANGE THE OUTSIDE
ALL YOU WANT TO,
GO GET PLASTIC SURGERY,
GO GET ALL THIS
RECONSTRUCTION DONE.
YOU CAN MAKE IT LOOK GOOD
ON THE OUTSIDE,
BUT INSIDE YOU’RE STILL GOING TO
BE DEAD.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,
WHEN YOU MAKE JESUS YOUR LORD,
YOU GET BORN AGAIN,
AND EVEN THOUGH
YOU COULD STILL
BE IN A JAIL CELL,
EVEN THOUGH YOU
COULD STILL HAVE
PHYSICAL PROBLEMS,
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS,
IN YOUR SPIRIT,
YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED
FROM THE DEAD
AND YOU CAN LEARN TO START
LETTING THE SPIRIT MAN
CONTROL YOUR LIFE
AND IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME
UNTIL WHAT’S IN YOUR SPIRIT
WILL FLOW OUT.
YOUR WHOLE LIFE FLOWS
FROM YOUR SPIRIT
AND IT WILL FLOW OUT
THROUGH YOU
AND IT WILL PRODUCE DELIVERANCE
IN YOUR EMOTIONS
FROM DEPRESSION,
DISCOURAGEMENT,
DEFEAT, ANGER, BITTERNESS, HURT,
UNFORGIVENESS.
IT WILL PRODUCE PHYSICAL HEALING
IN YOUR BODY,
BUT YOU’VE GOT TO WALK
IN THE SPIRIT,
AND YOU CAN’T DO THAT
IF YOU DON’T KNOW
WHAT’S HAPPENED TO YOU
ON THE INSIDE.
YOU’VE GOT TO BELIEVE
THAT IT’S ALREADY DONE.
YOU DON’T NEED GOD TO RAISE YOU
FROM THE DEAD,
YOU ARE RAISED FROM THE DEAD
IS WHAT THIS IS SAYING,
HE HATH RAISED US UP TOGETHER,
AND MADE US SIT TOGETHER
IN HEAVENLY PLACES
IN CHRIST JESUS:
THAT IN THE AGES TO COME
HE MIGHT SHEW THE EXCEEDING
RICHES OF HIS GRACE
IN HIS KINDNESS TOWARDS US
THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.
AND THEN IN VERSE 8, IT SAYS,
FOR BY GRACE YE ARE SAVED.
YOU AREN’T GOING TO BE SAVED.
NOW THERE IS A TRUTH
THAT YOUR PHYSICAL BODY
IS GOING TO BE CHANGED,
YOUR MIND IS GOING TO
BE RENEWED WHEN WE GET
TO HEAVEN,
BUT IN THE SPIRIT REALM
YOU ARE ALREADY CHANGED,
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17,
IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST,
HE IS A NEW CREATURE:
OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY
ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW.
IN YOUR SPIRIT,
YOU ARE ALREADY CHANGED,
SO IT’S NOT SOMETHING
THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT’LL BE COMPLETED
SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY
WHEN WE GO TO HEAVEN,
BUT RIGHT NOW IN THIS LIFE
IF YOU ARE BORN AGAIN,
YOUR SPIRIT IS AS CHANGED
AS IT WILL EVER BE.
1 JOHN, CHAPTER 4, VERSE 17,
SAYS, HEREIN IS OUR LOVE
MADE PERFECT,
THAT WE MAY HAVE BOLDNESS
IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT:
BECAUSE AS HE IS,
SPEAKING OF JESUS,
SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD.
NOT IN THE WORLD TO COME,
BUT IN THIS WORLD.
THAT’S NOT TRUE
OF YOUR PHYSICAL BODY,
IT’S NOT TRUE OF YOUR MIND,
BUT IN YOUR SPIRIT,
YOU ARE IDENTICAL TO JESUS
RIGHT NOW
IF YOU’VE BEEN BORN AGAIN,
IF YOU’VE MADE JESUS YOUR LORD.
MAN, THAT IS RADICAL.
AND NOW IN EPHESIANS,
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 8,
HOW DID ALL OF THIS HAPPEN?
FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED
THROUGH FAITH;
AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES:
IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD:
NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN
SHOULD BOAST.
THIS IS SAYING YOU’RE SAVED
BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.
YOU AREN’T SAVED BY GRACE
OR YOU AREN’T SAVED BY FAITH.
YOU ARE SAVED BY
THE COMBINATION
OF THE TWO.
NOW LET ME JUST GO BACK UP
TO EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 2,
VERSE 5.
IN A PARENTHETICAL PHRASE
IT SAYS HERE,
IN THE END OF THE VERSE,
BY GRACE YE ARE SAVED.
SO I DON’T THINK IT’S TOTALLY
WRONG TO SAY YOU’RE SAVED
BY GRACE.
I DON’T THINK IT’S TOTALLY WRONG
TO SAY YOU’RE SAVED BY FAITH.
LIKE FOR INSTANCE,
IF A PERSON WAS TELLING ME,
HEY, GOD HAS TO SAVE ME,
BECAUSE I’M SUCH A GOOD PERSON,
I MEAN, I’M BETTER THAN
THIS PERSON OVER HERE,
I LIVE SO HOLY
I BELIEVE GOD OWES IT TO ME,
THEN I WOULD SAY, NO,
YOU’RE SAVED BY GRACE,
NOT BY WHAT YOU DO.
THAT WOULD BE A TRUE STATEMENT,
BUT IT’S NOT FULL,
IT’S NOT COMPLETE,
BECAUSE YOU AREN’T SAVED
BY GRACE ALONE.
YOU WERE SAVED BY GRACE
THROUGH FAITH,
AND LET ME JUST BREAK THIS DOWN
AND SHARE THIS WITH YOU IN A WAY
THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THIS,
BUT GRACE IS WHAT GOD DOES
FOR YOU INDEPENDENT OF YOU,
ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU EVER
EXISTED.
IT SAYS, IN JOHN, CHAPTER 1,
THAT WE BEHELD HIS GLORY,
THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY
BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER,
FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.
JESUS WAS GRACE.
HE WAS GOD’S GRACE MANIFEST
TO THIS WORLD.
IT ALSO SAYS THAT THE GRACE
AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST.
SO GRACE IS SOMETHING
THAT CAME THROUGH JESUS
2,000 YEARS AGO.
IT WAS INDEPENDENT OF YOU.
IT WAS BEFORE YOU EXISTED,
IT’S BEFORE I EXISTED.
IT DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH US.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DEFINE GRACE
IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS,
BUT MOST PEOPLE WOULD ACCEPT
THAT THE…THE SIMPLEST
DEFINITION IS THAT GRACE
IS UNEARNED, UNMERITED,
UNDESERVED FAVOR;
THE FAVOR OF GOD.
GRACE IS NOT BASED ON
YOUR PERFORMANCE.
IF YOUR PERFORMANCE
HAS TO ENTER INTO IT,
WELL THEN IT’S NOT GRACE
BECAUSE IT’S GOT TO BE UNEARNED,
UNDESERVED, UNMERITED FAVOR.
SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH YOU.
GRACE IS GOD’S PART
AND IT IS INDEPENDENT
OF YOU AND ME.
SO BY GRACE YOU’RE SAVED.
GOD DID THINGS 2,000 YEARS AGO
THROUGH JESUS.
ROMANS, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 8,
BUT GOD COMMENDED HIS LOVE
TOWARD US, IN THAT,
WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS,
CHRIST DIED FOR US.
JOHN 3:16, SAYS,
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD,
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON,
THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
SHOULD NOT PERISH,
BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
THAT’S GRACE.
JESUS DIDN’T COME TO GIVE US
WHAT WE DESERVE.
WE DESERVE DEATH.
THE BIBLE SAYS, IN ROMANS 3:23,
THAT ALL HAVE SINNED,
AND COME SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD;
ALL OF US.
PEOPLE WILL
SOMETIMES GRADE SINS
AND SAY, OH THAT’S A SINNER
OVER THERE, WHEREAS I’M NOT.
NO. THE BIBLE SAYS, ALL OF US
HAVE SINNED;
THERE’S JUST VARYING DEGREES
OF BEING LOST,
VARYING DEGREES OF SINNER,
BUT ALL HAVE SINNED,
AND WHAT IS THE PAYMENT FOR SIN?
WELL, IT’S NOT THAT THOSE
WHO JUST DO A LITTLE BIT OF SIN
ONLY GET A LITTLE BIT
OF PUNISHMENT.
NO. IT SAYS, IN ROMANS,
CHAPTER 6, VERSE 23,
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH;
BUT THE GIFT OF GOD
IS ETERNAL LIFE…
ETERNAL LIFE IS A GIFT.
IT IS NOT A WAGE.
YOU DON’T EARN ETERNAL LIFE.
NONE OF US DESERVE TO BE SAVED;
NOBODY.
YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO
OTHER PEOPLE,
I’VE LIVED A REALLY HOLY LIFE.
I’M OVER 70 YEARS OLD NOW,
I’VE NEVER SAID A WORD
OF PROFANITY,
I’VE NEVER USED A CUSS WORD,
I’VE NEVER TAKEN A DRINK
OF LIQUOR,
I’VE NEVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE,
I MEAN, I’VE NEVER EVEN
TASTED COFFEE,
AND PEOPLE…
PEOPLE WILL HEAR THAT
AND THEY’LL SAY, ARE YOU SAYING
THAT COFFEE IS SIN?
NO, YOU’VE GOT SCRIPTURE
THAT SAYS,
YOU CAN DRINK ANY DEADLY THING
AND IT SHALL NOT HARM YOU.
I’M JUST SAYING THAT I’VE LIVED
A HOLY LIFE
RELATIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE,
BUT WHO WANTS TO
BE THE BEST SINNER
THAT EVER WENT TO HELL.
I’VE SINNED; I’VE COME SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD
AND THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.
THERE ISN’T DEATH NUMBER TWO,
AND DEATH NUMBER THREE.
IF YOU FALL SHORT OF HEAVEN
BY AN INCH
YOU MISS IT BY A MILE.
I NEEDED A SAVIOR AND JESUS CAME
AND DIED FOR ME,
BUT HE DID IT 2,000 YEARS AGO.
GOD’S GRACE WAS EXTENDED
2,000 YEARS AGO BEFORE I LIVED,
BEFORE I HAD SINNED.
BEFORE MY NEED OF SALVATION
EVEN EXISTED,
GOD HAD ALREADY PAID
FOR MY SINS.
HE HAD ALREADY
FORGIVEN MY SINS.
NOW THAT DOESN’T MEAN
THAT I’M AUTOMATICALLY SAVED
BECAUSE IT SAYS HERE,
THAT YOU’RE SAVED BY GRACE
THROUGH FAITH.
GRACE IS GOD’S PART.
GOD DID IT FOR US
INDEPENDENT OF US,
PRIOR TO OUR NEED,
BEFORE WE EVEN EXISTED;
THAT’S GRACE.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY’S SAVED
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO RESPOND
TO GOD’S GRACE;
THAT’S WHAT FAITH IS.
FAITH IS JUST A POSITIVE
RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE.
MAN, WHAT I’M SAYING HERE
IS POWERFUL.
THIS TOOK ME,
PROBABLY 20 OR 30 YEARS,
TO SAY THE SA…THE THINGS
THAT I’M SAYING TO YOU RIGHT NOW
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU THINK,
WELL BOY, YOU…YOU’RE
A SLOW LEARNER.
WELL, THAT MAY BE, BUT I ALSO
I THINK THAT MANY OF YOU
DON’T FULLY UNDERSTAND
THE PROFOUNDNESS
OF WHAT I’M SAYING
THAT GRACE IS GOD’S PART
AND THAT IS DONE INDEPENDENT
OF US, PRIOR TO OUR NEED.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US,
AND THEREFORE,
YOU CAN’T CLAIM THAT,
SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER,
YOU DESERVE SALVATION.
NO, IT’S BY GRACE,
BUT THAT GRACE HAS TO
BE ACCESSED.
MATTER OF FACT, IT SAYS,
IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 2,
IT SAYS, LET ME JUST TURN OVER
AND READ THIS.
IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 5,
AND IN VERSE 2,
IT SAYS, BY WHOM ALSO
WE HAVE ACCESS BY FAITH
INTO THIS GRACE
WHEREIN WE STAND,
AND REJOICE IN
HOPE OF THE GLORY
OF GOD.
YOU HAVE TO ACCESS FAI…GRACE.
GRACE IS DONE FOR YOU
INDEPENDENT OF YOU
BEFORE YOU EVER HAD DONE
ANYTHING GOOD OR BAD;
THAT’S GRACE.
BUT YOU HAVE TO ACCESS IT,
AND THIS WORD ACCESS
IS THE EXACT WORD
THAT WE GET ADMISSION FROM,
THE ENGLISH WORD ADMISSION.
IN OTHER WORDS,
IF YOU GO TO A MOVIE,
YOU HAVE TO BUY A TICKET
TO GAIN ADMISSION TO THAT.
WELL YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TICKET,
IN A SENSE, TO GET THE GRACE
OF GOD TO WORK FOR YOU.
WHAT IS THAT TICKET?
IT’S FAITH.
AND LET ME SAY SOME THINGS
RIGHT HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME DEFINE
WHAT FAITH IS NOT.
I WOULD SAY THAT MOST CHRISTIANS
HAVE HEARD THIS PHRASE ABOUT,
FAITH MOVES GOD,
FAITH IS WHAT MOVES GOD;
FAITH IS SOMETHING YOU DO
IN ORDER TO GET GOD TO MOVE
IN RESPONSE TO YOU,
THAT GOD IS RESPONDING
TO YOUR FAITH.
YOU MAY NOT PUT IT
IN THOSE EXACT WORDS,
BUT THAT’S THE CONCEPT.
THAT’S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE
TEACHES.
FAITH IS NOT SOMETHING YOU DO
IN ORDER TO GAIN A RESPONSE
FROM GOD.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT,
THAT’S THE REASON
THAT YOU’RE FRUSTRATED,
THAT’S THE REASON
YOU GET WEARY
AND TIRED AND GIVE UP AND SAY,
GOD, WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO,
BECAUSE YOU ARE LOOKING AT
YOU’VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
TO MAKE GOD RESPOND
TO YOU IN GRACE.
NO, GRACE IS INDEPENDENT OF YOU.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
YOU DON’T GET GOD TO RESPOND
TO YOU IN GRACE.
FAITH IS YOUR RESPONSE
TO GOD’S GRACE.
FAITH IS NOT SOMETHING YOU DO
TO MOVE GOD,
BUT HERE’S WHAT FAITH IS.
FAITH IS JUST YOUR POSITIVE
RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE,
TO WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY DONE.
NOW IF GOD HAS ALREADY DONE IT,
THEN THAT TAKES ALL OF THE WORK
OUT OF IT.
FAITH ISN’T A WORK.
FAITH ISN’T SOMETHING
THAT’S HARD AND THAT YOU HAVE TO
JUST, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLE
TO OPERATE IN FAITH.
FAITH IS JUST TRUST;
IT’S JUST RELYING UPON GOD.
IT IS BEING SUPERNATURALLY
AT REST IN THE FACT THAT,
GOD, I BELIEVE BY GRACE
YOU’VE ALREADY DONE THAT.
SO FAITH IS JUST YOUR POSITIVE
RESPONSE TO GOD,
OR HERE’S ANOTHER DEFINITION
AND THIS HAS REALLY IMPACTED ME
AND HELPED ME,
FAITH IS JUST YOUR APPROPRIATION
OF WHAT GOD HAS
ALREADY PROVIDED
BY GRACE.
IF GOD HASN’T ALREADY
PROVIDED IT BY GRACE,
THEN YOU CAN’T MAKE IT HAPPEN
BY FAITH.
THAT’S HUGE WHAT I JUST SAID.
AND AGAIN, I DON’T THINK
THAT MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
FAITH ONLY APPROPRIATES
WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY PROVIDED
BY GRACE.
IF GOD’S GRACE HASN’T
PROVIDED IT,
YOUR FAITH CAN’T MAKE HIM DO IT.
GOD DOESN’T RESPOND
TO YOUR FAITH.
YOUR FAITH IS YOUR RESPONSE
TO HIM.
BY GRACE GOD HAS ALREADY
ANTICIPATED EVERY NEED
THAT YOU AND I WILL EVER HAVE,
WHETHER IT’S PHYSICAL HEALING,
WHETHER IT’S FINANCES,
WHETHER IT’S EMOTIONAL,
WHETHER IT’S RELATIONAL,
WHETHER IT’S WISDOM;
WHATEVER IT IS.
ANYTHING THAT YOU
WILL EVER NEED;
GOD, BY GRACE,
HAS ALREADY ANTICIPATED
YOUR EVERY NEED.
HE HAS PUT ON THE INSIDE
OF EVERY BORN AGAIN BELIEVER
EVERYTHING THAT YOU WILL
EVER NEED THROUGHOUT THIS LIFE
AND EVEN INTO ETERNITY.
THERE IS NO LACK WITH GOD.
BY GRACE IT’S ALREADY THERE,
BUT IT DOESN’T AUTOMATICALLY
COME TO PASS,
BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY
RESPONDS POSITIVELY
TO WHAT GOD HAS DONE,
THAT’S FAITH.
NOT EVERYBODY APPROPRIATES
WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY PROVIDED
BY GRACE;
THAT’S FAITH.
NOT EVERYBODY IS IN FAITH,
AND SO FAITH DOESN’T
MAKE GOD RESPOND TO US,
FAITH IS OUR POSITIVE RESPONSE
TO HIM.
I TELL YOU,
IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT,
THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
THAT TAKES ALL OF THE WORK
AND THE STRUGGLE OUT OF IT.
MATTER OF FACT,
I’LL BE DEALING WITH…
BUT HEBREWS, CHAPTER 4,
TALKS ABOUT FAITH AS ACTUALLY
BEING A REST,
WHERE YOU’RE RESTING.
YOU AREN’T LABORING ANYMORE.
THAT NEEDS MORE EXPLANATION
AND I WILL GET TO IT.
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>> IN THE DEEP WATER.
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>> YOU’VE GOT TO BE LEADERS
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AND SO YOUR WIFE,
YOUR CHILDREN
NEED THE PROVISION
THAT YOU CAN GIVE THEM
>> OF LEADERSHIP.
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WHERE WE STAND
AND WHY WE STAND
>> ON THESE PRINCIPLES.
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OR YOU’RE A PART OF THE PROBLEM.
GOD SAYS YOU ARE THE SOLUTION
AND HE’S CALLING YOU
TO STAND COURAGEOUS
>> IN THIS HOUR.
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THAT WE HAVE NOW STARTED
A CHARIS DAILY LIVE BIBLE STUDY.
WE’VE BEEN DOING A BIBLE STUDY
EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT
LIVE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS,
BUT NOW WE HAVE
FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
WE’VE VARIED THE TIMES
SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE
ANYBODY’S SCHEDULE.
AND IT’S GOING TO
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WE’RE GOING TO USE
OUR INSTRUCTORS
FROM THE SCHOOL,
AND IT’LL BE A BLESSING,
SO REMEMBER, WE NOW HAVE
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FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
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