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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES ON
GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
>> AND GRACE.
> I LOVE THE
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS
AND THE SIMPLICITY THAT…
> THAT HE USES TO TEACH.
> HIS TEACHINGS ARE VERY SIMPLE
> FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
> IF IT HADN’T BEEN
FOR THIS MINISTRY,
> I DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE.
>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.
WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
TODAY I AM BEGINNING
A BRAND-NEW SERIES
TEACHING ON,
MORE GRACE, MORE FAVOR.
I’VE GOT A BRAND-NEW BOOK OUT
ON THIS.
THE FIRST TIME
THAT WE’VE EVER ADVERTISED THIS,
AND OF COURSE,
WE HAVE CDs AND DVDs
THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM
OUR TELEVISION PROGRAM.
AND I TELL YOU, THIS IS GOING TO
BE A BLESSING TO YOU.
YOU KNOW, I’VE GOT
SOME TEACHING
OUT ON HUMILITY,
WHICH IS REALLY WHAT
THIS TEACHING IS ALL ABOUT.
BUT OUR PUBLISHER,
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SAID
THAT HUMILITY IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT PEOPLE LIKE A TEACHING ON,
AND SO THEY ENTITLED IT,
MORE GRACE, MORE FAVOR,
WHICH IS STILL VERY APPROPRIATE.
THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD
ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE,
BUT THIS IS BASICALLY
A TEACHING ABOUT BEING MEEK
AND HUMBLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS
A TURNOFF TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINK IT’S ONLY OTHER PEOPLE
THAT NEED TO BE HUMBLE,
THAT THEY’RE JUST FINE.
OR IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY,
HUMILITY IS SOMETHING
THAT’S LOOKED AT AS WEAKNESS.
THIS WILL COVER THE THINGS
THAT I’VE TAUGHT
IN PREVIOUS TEACHINGS,
BUT IT JUST…
IT’S MORE DETAILED.
IT’S MORE ENCOMPASSING.
IT GOES INTO A LOT OF THINGS
AND I BELIEVE IT IS GOING TO BE
A TREMENDOUS HELP
TO HAVE YOU WALK
WITH THE LORD.
I’M GOING TO USE
A NUMBER OF SCRIPTURES
THAT TALK ABOUT HOW
THAT GOD RELATES TO
PEOPLE WHO HUMBLE THEMSELF,
BUT HE RESISTS THE PROUD.
MATTER OF FACT,
LET ME JUST READ
SOME OF THESE VERSES.
I’LL BE COMING BACK TO THIS,
THIS IS A VERSE
THAT WE’LL BE USING
THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE SERIES.
BUT IN 1 PETER, CHAPTER 5,
AND IN VERSE 5, IT SAYS,
LIKEWISE, YE YOUNGER,
SUBMIT YOURSELVES
UNTO THE ELDER.
YEA, ALL OF YOU BE SUBJECT
ONE TO ANOTHER,
AND BE CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE…
THERE IS SO MUCH IN THIS,
AND AGAIN, I’LL…
I’LL BE DEALING WITH THIS
IN MORE DETAIL
AS WE GO THROUGH
THIS ENTIRE SERIES.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE
CLOTHED WITH SOMETHING,
LIKE I’M CLOTHED WITH THIS SHIRT
AND STUFF,
AND YOU SEE THIS SHIRT.
IT’S THE FIRST THING
THAT YOU SEE.
NOW, IT’S NOT ME,
BUT IT’S THE FIRST THING
THAT YOU SEE.
AND THIS IS SAYING TO
BE CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY.
IN OTHER WORDS,
THIS OUGHT TO BE ONE OF
THE DISTINGUISHING
CHARACTERISTICS
OF A BELIEVER IS HUMILITY,
AND YET I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,
THAT IS FAR, FAR, FAR FROM
THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN.
HUMILITY IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT’S EMBRACED AND PROMOTED
IN THE BODY OF CHRIST,
BUT THIS SAYS THAT YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE CLOTHED
WITH HUMILITY:
FOR GOD RESISTETH THE PROUD,
BUT GIVETH GRACE TO
THE HUMBLE.
HUMBLE YOURSELVES THEREFORE
UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD,
THAT HE MAY EXALT YOU
IN DUE TIME:
CASTING ALL YOUR CARE
UPON HIM;
FOR HE CARETH FOR YOU.
I’M GOING TO BE COMING BACK
TO THIS AND SAYING MANY
THINGS FROM HERE,
BUT LET ME JUST POINT THIS OUT:
THAT IT SAYS,
GOD RESISTS THE PROUD,
BUT HE GIVES GRACE
TO THE HUMBLE.
NOW THE GRACE OF GOD
HAS ALREADY APPEARED
AND COME TO ALL OF US.
IT’S BY THE GRACE OF GOD
THAT WE ARE SAVED
THROUGH FAITH.
AND SO, GRACE IS EXTENDED
TOWARDS EVERYONE,
BUT THIS IS SAYING
THAT YOU CAN GET MORE GRACE.
IF YOU CAN HAVE MORE GRACE,
YOU CAN HAVE LESS GRACE.
AND GRACE ISN’T DEPENDED IN…
ISN’T DEPENDENT
UPON YOUR PERFORMANCE.
IF IT WAS, WELL THEN,
IT WOULDN’T TRULY BE GRACE.
I MEAN, GRACE BY THE DEFINITION,
THE MOST COMMONLY
ACCEPTED DEFINITION IS THAT
GRACE IS THE UNMERITED,
UNEARNED, UNDESERVED
FAVOR OF GOD.
NOW THAT’S TRUE,
BUT I THINK IT’S MUCH MORE
THAN THAT.
GRACE IS EVERYTHING
THAT GOD IS,
EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS.
ALL OF HIS GOODNESS,
HIS ABILITY, EVERYTHING,
AVAILABLE TO US
ON AN UNEARNED,
UNDESERVED BASIS.
AND OF COURSE, YOU COULD EVEN
GO FURTHER THAN THAT,
AND DEFINE GRACE IN MORE DETAIL,
BUT AS A RULE,
GRACE IS TALKING ABOUT
THAT IT’S NOT TIED TO
YOUR PERFORMANCE.
SO GRACE ISN’T BASED ON
YOUR HOLINESS, YOUR GOODNESS.
BUT YOU DO GET MORE GRACE
WHEN YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF.
HE GIVES MORE GRACE,
IS WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS.
AND SO, IF YOU CAN HAVE
MORE GRACE, YOU CAN HAVE
LESS GRACE.
THIS SAYS THAT GOD
RESISTS THE PROUD,
AND I’M GOING TO, AGAIN,
GO INTO MORE DETAIL
AS WE GO THROUGH THIS SERIES.
I’M JUST GIVING YOU
AN INTRODUCTION.
BUT WHEN IT SAYS
THAT HE RESISTS,
THIS ISN’T THAT GOD IS
AGAINST YOU,
IT’S JUST THAT GOD IS
A HUMBLE GOD.
GOD ESTABLISHED HUMILITY.
HUMILITY IS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
THE ELECTRICITY IS CONDUCTED
THROUGH COPPER,
AND IT FLOWS BETTER
THROUGH COPPER
THAN IT FLOWS THROUGH WOOD.
WOOD IS AN INSULATOR
TO ELECTRICITY.
IT’S THE LAWS.
ITS NATURE.
IT’S THE WAY GOD MADE THINGS.
SO YOU COULD SAY
THAT WOOD RESISTS ELECTRICITY,
WHEREAS COPPER
CONDUCTS ELECTRICITY,
AND IT FLOWS BETTER.
YOU GET MORE ELECTRICITY
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH COPPER
THAN YOU DO THROUGH WOOD.
AND THAT’S NOT
THAT GOD HATES WOOD,
IT’S JUST THE LAWS THAT HE MADE.
WELL, GOD DOESN’T HATE US.
HE LOVES US IN SPITE OF
OUR PERFORMANCE,
BUT WHEN YOU ARE
OPERATING IN PRIDE,
GOD’S GRACE DOESN’T FLOW
THROUGH PRIDE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO
TO MATTHEW, CHAPTER 11,
AND AGAIN, THIS IS INTRODUCTION,
I’LL BE DEALING WITH
ALL THESE THINGS IN MORE DETAIL.
BUT IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 11,
JESUS SAYS,
TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU,
AND LEARN OF ME; FOR I AM MEEK
AND LOWLY IN HEART:
AND YOU SHALL FIND REST
UNTO YOUR SOULS.
THIS IS JESUS, GOD ALMIGHTY
IN THE FLESH SPEAKING,
AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
THAT HE IS THE MANIFEST
TOKEN OF GOD.
I MEAN, HE IS A DELIBERATE,
EXACT COPY,
HEBREWS, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 3.
THE EX…EXPRESS IMAGE OF GOD,
IS THE KING JAMES TERMINOLOGY.
IF YOU’VE SEEN JESUS,
YOU HAVE SEEN GOD,
AND THAT’S WHAT JESUS SAID
ABOUT HIMSELF IN
JOHN, CHAPTER 14.
AND SO, WHEN JESUS REVEALED
THAT, I AM MEEK
AND LOWLY IN HEART,
THAT’S THE WAY THAT GOD IS.
GOD IS A HUMBLE GOD.
THAT’S SOMETHING
THAT DOESN’T EVEN SEEM TO GO
IN THE SAME SENTENCE TOGETHER.
MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK
THAT GOD IS ALMIGHTY,
AND…AND EVERYBODY
BOW THE KNEE
TO HIM.
WELL, IT’S TRUE,
AND THAT IS…HE…
HE IS ALMIGHTY,
AND COMPARED TO GOD,
NONE OF US HAVE ANY
WORTH OR VALUE.
ALL OF US HAVE SINNED,
AND COME SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
BUT GOD, IN HIS NATURE,
IS NOT A SHOW OFF.
NOW HE HAS GIVEN US
PLENTY OF EVIDENCE.
CREATION JUST DECLARES
THE GLORY OF GOD.
HE TOLD US FOR OUR OWN GOOD
THAT WE SHOULD
WORSHIP HIM ONLY
BECAUSE ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS
THAT ARE WORSHIPPED
AND GODS THAT ARE WORSHIPPED
ARE DESTRUCTIVE,
AND THEY COME
TO STEAL KILL AND DESTROY.
HE CAME TO GIVE US LIFE
AND TO GIVE IT TO US
MORE ABUNDANTLY,
SO HE CONSTANTLY DIRECTS US
TOWARDS HIM,
AND IN THAT SENSE,
PROMOTES HIMSELF,
BUT ONLY BECAUSE
IT’S FOR OUR GOOD.
JESUS SAID, I AM MEEK
AND LOWLY OF HEART.
JESUS DID NOT PROMOTE HIMSELF.
HE CONSTANTLY WAS PROMOTING
HIS FATHER.
HE SAID THAT IF I AM
GLORIFYING MYSELF
THAT I AM NOT TRULY OF GOD.
HE SAYS, I DIDN’T COME
TO GLORIFY MYSELF.
I CAME TO BRING ALL GLORY
TO GOD.
I’LL BE GOING INTO MORE DETAIL
IN THIS, BUT I’LL SHOW YOU
HOW THAT JESUS OBEYED
HIS FATHER WHEN HE…
WHEN MULTITUDES,
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
TOOK OFFENSE AT WHAT HE SAID
AND WALKED AWAY
AND INSTEAD OF
SUCKING HIS THUMB
OR ASKING SOMEBODY ABOUT,
PLEASE GIVE ME A HUG
BECAUSE I FEEL REJECTED.
HE ONLY CARED ABOUT
PLEASING HIS FATHER.
HE WAS NOT PROMOTING HIMSELF
AND HE TURNED RIGHT AROUND
TO HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES,
AND HE SAYS,
WILL YOU LEAVE ALSO?
HE GAVE THEM, YOU KNOW,
THERE’S THE DOOR.
IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE,
YOU AND CAN LEAVE,
BUT THIS IS WHO I AM,
AND I AM NOT GOING TO
SIT HERE AND PROMOTE MYSELF
AND WORRY ABOUT
WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ME.
HE SAYS, THE ONLY PERSON
I’M OUT TO PLEASE
IS GOD THE FATHER.
SO JESUS IS THE
GREATEST EXAMPLE
AND REPRESENTATION OF GOD
THAT THE EARTH HAS EVER SEEN.
AND HE SAYS, I AM MEEK
AND LOWLY IN HEART.
IF YOU WANT TO BE LIKE JESUS,
IF YOU WANT TO BE GODLY,
THEN YOU NEED TO BE MEEK
AND LOWLY OF HEART.
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
IN NUMBERS, CHAPTER 12,
MOSES, IT SAYS IN,
I BELIEVE VERSE 3,
THAT HE WAS THE MEEKEST MAN
ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
SO, MOSES, HE WROTE
THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
HE WROTE PSALMS, CHAPTER 90.
HE IS THE FOUNDATION
OF ALL OF THE OLD COVENANT,
YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIP
THAT GOD HAD WITH MEN.
SO PROBABLY ONE OF
THE GREATEST CHARACTERS
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IS MOSES.
HE WAS THE MEEKEST MAN
ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
UNDOUBTEDLY, THE GREATEST
CHARACTER IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT,
ACTUALLY IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY
OF THE WORLD, IS JESUS.
AND HE SAYS,
I AM MEEK AND LOWLY OF HEART.
YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER
WITH 1 PETER, CHAPTER 5,
JAMES, CHAPTER 4,
WHICH SAYS THE SAME THING,
AND IT SAYS,
GOD RESISTS THE PROUD
AND GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.
AND THEN,
HUMBLE YOURSELVES, THEREFORE.
YOU PUT ALL OF
THESE THINGS TOGETHER
AND I AM TELLING YOU
THAT HUMILITY IS THE PATH
TO SEEING THE GREATER GRACE
OF GOD MANIFEST IN YOUR LIFE.
IF YOU ARE OPERATING IN PRIDE,
AND PRIDE…IT’S GOING TO
HAVE TO BE DEFINED.
I’M NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME
TO DO ALL OF THIS TODAY,
BUT AS WE GO THROUGH
THIS SERIES, I THINK
THAT YOU’LL SEE
THAT HUMILITY IS NOT WEAKNESS.
MAN, JESUS WASN’T WEAK.
MOSES WASN’T WEAK,
AND YET, HE WAS
THE MEEKEST MAN
ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
UH…HUMILITY IS NOT WEAKNESS.
IT IS NOT HAVING
LOW SELF-ESTEEM.
IT IS NOT BEATING YOURSELF UP.
IT’S NOT GOING AROUND
WITH THIS TIMID ATTITUDE,
THIS RELI…FALSE RELIGION
FORM OF PRIDE OR HUMILITY.
IT’S NOT ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO
REDEFINE IT, AND I’LL BE USING
SOME OF THESE CHARACTERS
IN THE BIBLE TO SHOW YOU
PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY MEEK
AND SUBMITTED TO GOD,
AND YET BOLD AND AUTHORITATIVE
AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, HUMILITY…
NEEDS TO BE REDEFINED,
BUT AS THIS BOOK SAYS,
IT’S THE PATH TO MORE GRACE.
MORE GRACE PRODUCES
MORE FAVOR IN YOUR LIFE,
AND I TELL YOU,
WE NEED MORE GRACE.
THE MANIFOLD GRACE OF GOD.
THE WORD, MANIFOLD, MEANS,
MANY-FACETED.
THERE IS MORE TO GRACE
THAN JUST RECEIVING SALVATION.
NOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE GRACE
IN ORDER TO BE SAVED.
NOBODY CAN BE SAVED
BY THEIR OWN GOODNESS.
NONE OF US DESERVE SALVATION.
WE’VE ALL SINNED,
AND COME SHORT OF
THE GLORY OF GOD, ROMANS 3:23.
AND ROMANS 6:23 SAYS
THAT THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.
AND SO, EVERY ONE OF US
DESERVES TO DIE.
NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY,
BUT ETERNALLY SEPARATED
FROM GOD.
THAT’S WHAT WE DESERVE.
AND IF ANYBODY DISAGREES
WITH WHAT I’M SAYING,
AND THINK WELL,
I’M NOT AS BAD AS THESE OTHERS.
I DON’T NEED AS MUCH GRACE.
I DOUBT SERIOUSLY IF YOU WERE
BORN AGAIN.
THERE ISN’T A HELL NUMBER TWO
OR A HELL NUMBER THREE.
IF YOU MISS HEAVEN BY AN INCH,
YOU MISS IT BY A MILE.
IF…UNLESS YOU ARE PERFECT,
UNLESS YOU HAVE NEVER SINNED,
WHICH THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
ALL HAVE SINNED,
AND COME SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
UNLESS YOU ARE PERFECT,
YOU NEED GRACE TO BE SAVED,
NOT JUSTICE.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FAVORITE
STORIES IS WHEN I LIVED IN
CHILDRESS, TEXAS,
I HAD A JOB WHERE I DEVELOPED
PICTURES FOR A LIVING
AND…AND YOU KNOW,
WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE COME IN
AND THEY WOULD TAKE A SETTING
AND WE WOULD
TAKE THEIR PICTURES,
AND THEN WE WOULD
DEVELOP THESE PICTURES
THEN THEY WOULD COME IN
AND LOOK AT IT.
WE WOULD SPREAD DOWN…
WE WOULD SPREAD OUT
ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POSES
AND EVERYTHING.
AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS
ALWAYS WOMEN THAT
WOULD DO THIS,
BUT THEY WOULD
LOOK AT THESE PICTURES
AND THEY WOULD SAY,
OH, THIS PICTURE
DOESN’T DO ME JUSTICE.
AND THEY WERE
REALLY NICE-LOOKING PICTURES.
WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS JUST
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE
A LITTLE EMBARRASSED.
THEY DIDN’T WANT
TO SAY SOMETHING.
THEY WERE KIND OF FISHING
FOR A COMPLIMENT.
THEY WOULD KIND OF
CRITICIZE THE PICTURE,
HOPING THAT YOU
WOULD COME BACK
SAY OH, THIS LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
AND I NEVER HAD THE NERVE
TO DO THIS, BUT IN…YOU KNOW,
WHEN THEY WEREN’T AROUND,
AMONG OURSELVES,
WE WOULD TALK
AND WE WOULD SAY,
WHAT…WHAT WE NEED TO SAY IS
LADY, YOU DON’T NEED JUSTICE,
YOU NEED MERCY.
AMEN?
I WISHED I HAD
HAD ENOUGH GER…NERVE
TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, IT’S THE SAME THING
WHEN IT COMES TO GOD.
PEOPLE SAY,
THIS JUST ISN’T FAIR.
IT ISN’T FAIR THE WAY THINGS ARE
WORKING OUT.
YOU DON’T NEED JUSTICE.
YOU DON’T NEED WHAT’S FAIR.
YOU NEED MERCY.
NONE OF US DESERVE
THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
AND UNLESS YOU
HUMBLE YOURSELF
AND ADMIT THAT,
AND QUIT PROMOTING
YOUR OWN GOODNESS,
AND UNLESS YOU COME TO A PLACE
THAT GOD, IT DOESN’T MATTER
IF I’M BETTER THAN SOMEBODY ELSE
OVER HERE.
WHO WANTS TO BE
THE BEST SINNER
THAT EVER WENT TO HELL?
NOT ME.
ALL HAVE SINNED, AND COME SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.
GOD, I NEED MERCY.
UNLESS YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF
AND QUIT PROMOTING
YOUR OWN GOODNESS,
AND COME TO GOD SAYING,
GOD, NOT BASED ON ANY GOODNESS
OF MY OWN.
IT’S NOT WHAT I DO,
BUT IT’S WHAT JESUS DID FOR ME.
AND YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF
AND RECEIVE SALVATION AS A GIFT,
NOT AS A PAYMENT,
BUT AS A GIFT.
UNLESS YOU DO THAT,
YOU CAN’T BE SAVED.
AND THERE MAY BE PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM
THAT THIS IS REVELATION TO YOU,
BECAUSE YOU WERE THINKING,
NOW WAIT A MINUTE,
I THOUGHT I WAS SAVED
IF MY GOOD OUTWEIGHS MY BAD.
YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF LIKE
ONE OF THESE SCALES,
AND ALL OF US HAVE MESSED UP,
BUT IF I’M MORE GOOD
THAN I AM BAD, WELL THEN,
CERTAINLY GOD IS GOING TO
ACCEPT ME BASED ON THE FACT
THAT I’M MOSTLY GOOD.
I’M BASICALLY GOOD.
NO, THAT’S NOT HOW IT IS.
YOU HAVE TO COME TO
THE END OF YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE TO COME TO A PLACE
TO WHERE GOD,
I DON’T DESERVE SALVATION.
I DON’T DESERVE ANYTHING.
MY ONLY CLAIM
TO HAVING RIGHT STANDING
WITH YOU IS THE FACT
THAT I HAVE PUT FAITH
IN WHAT JESUS DID FOR ME.
I HAVE RECEIVED SALVATION
AS A GIFT.
AGAIN, THAT VERSE I’VE QUOTED
A NUMBER OF TIMES ALREADY,
ROMANS, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 23,
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH,
BUT THE GIFT OF GOD
IS ETERNAL LIFE.
IT’S NOT A PAYMENT.
IT’S A GIFT.
YOU HAVE TO BE
100% DEPENDENT UPON GOD.
YOU KNOW, JUST IMAGINE THIS.
IMAGINE THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE WERE STANDING IN HEAVEN
BEFORE GOD,
AND WE’RE HAVING TO
GIVE AN ACCOUNT
OF WHAT WE’VE DONE.
AND SO, IF THE LORD WAS TO SAY,
WHAT MAKES YOU WORTHY
TO ENTER INTO HEAVEN?
IF YOU WOULD SIT THERE
AND START SAYING,
WELL, I WENT TO CHURCH,
AND I WAS BASICALLY
A GOOD PERSON,
AND I HELPED PEOPLE,
AND I GAVE TO THE CHURCH.
HERE’S MY GIVING RECEIPTS.
HERE’S WHAT I’VE DONE.
AND IF YOU STARTED
POINTING TO GOOD THINGS
THAT YOU HAVE DONE
TO GAIN YOU ENTRANCE
INTO HEAVEN,
DID YOU KNOW THAT
THAT IS A DIRECT TICKET TO HELL?
BECAUSE EVEN
THOUGH YOU MIGHT BE
BETTER THAN I AM, AGAIN,
ALL HAVE SINNED
AND COME SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS,
NO, NOT ONE.
EVERY ONE OF US, YOU KNOW,
IT’S…YOU…YOU CAN’T JUST BE
CLOSER THAN I AM.
YOU EITHER HAVE TO
EARN SALVATION ON YOUR OWN,
WHICH NO PERSON
HAS EVER DONE THAT,
OR YOU HAVE TO HUMBLE YOURSELF
AND RECEIVE IT AS A TOTAL GIFT.
AND DID YOU KNOW, REALLY,
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.
IT…WE LIVE IN A…BASICALLY,
A CHRISTIAN CULTURE.
IT’S BECOMING LESS AND LESS
CHRISTIAN ALL OF THE TIME,
BUT YET, THERE ARE VAST NUMBERS
OF PEOPLE IN THE WESTERN WORLD
WHO CONSIDER THEMSELF
A CHRISTIAN
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN
GOD THE FATHER.
THEY BELIEVE IN JESUS.
THEY BELIEVE IN THE GOLDEN RULE.
THEY BELIEVE IN
BASICALLY LIVING A…A GOOD LIFE
AND THEY THINK THAT
THAT MAKES THEM A CHRISTIAN.
BUT WHAT MAKES YOU A CHRISTIAN
IS WHETHER OR NOT
YOUR FAITH IS SOLELY IN
JESUS’ SACRIFICE FOR YOUR SINS.
IT IS NOT BASED IN ANY GOODNESS
ON YOUR OWN.
AND A CHRIS…
A PERSON WHO CLAIMS TO BE
A CHRISTIAN,
AND YET IS PROMOTING
THEIR OWN GOODNESS
AS THE REASON THAT GOD,
YOU NEED TO ACCEPT ME,
IS NOT A TRUE CHRISTIAN.
THAT’S A STARTLING STATEMENT
TO A LOT OF PEOPLE,
BUT IT’S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
AGAIN, GO BACK AND IMAGINE
THAT YOU WERE STANDING BEFORE
GOD IN HEAVEN, AND HE SAYS,
WHAT MAKES YOU WORTHY?
AND YOU START NAMING OFF
YOUR GOOD THINGS.
REALLY, THAT’S NO DIFFERENT
THAN THE MUSLIM
WHO START SAYING,
WELL, I DID JIHAD,
AND I PRAYED FIVE TIMES A DAY
TOWARDS MECCA
OR I…AND THEY START
NAMING THINGS
THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
DID YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT’S UNACCEPTABLE TO GOD.
OR YOU COULD GO
TO THE BUDDHIST
THAT SAYS, I SHAVED MY HEAD
AND I PUT ON A SAFFRON ROBE
AND I DID…I BEGGED
AND I TOOK AN OATH OF POVERTY
AND THIS MAKES ME ACCEPTED.
THAT’S…THAT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
YOU CANNOT ATONE
FOR YOUR OWN SINS.
YOU HAVE TO HUMBLE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR FAITH
100% IN JESUS.
THE THING THAT MAKES
CHRISTIANITY DIFFERENT
FROM EVERY OTHER RELIGION
ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET
IS THAT WE ARE THE ONLY RELIGION
THAT HAS A SAVIOR.
EVERY OTHER RELIGION,
YOU HAVE TO SAVE YOURSELF
BY YOUR GOOD WORKS.
YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND DO JIHAD.
YOU HAVE TO PRAY
SO MANY TIMES A DAY.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH
ALL THESE RELIGIOUS
CALISTHENICS.
YOU HAVE TO DO
ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SAD TO SAY, THERE’S A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT CALL THEMSELVES
CHRISTIANS, THAT HAVE
THE EXACT SAME MINDSET.
THEY JUST DO CHRISTIAN THINGS
INSTEAD OF THE
MUHAMMAD THINGS,
OR THE BUDDHIST THINGS,
OR THE HARE KRISHNA
AND HARE…HARE LAM THINGS.
IT’S JUST A DIFFERENT SET
OF RULES AND REGULATIONS,
BUT THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT CONSIDER THEMSELVES
TO BE CHRISTIANS.
BUT IF THEY STOOD BEFORE GOD,
THEY WOULDN’T POINT TO JESUS.
THEY WOULD IMMEDIATELY SAY,
BUT I WAS A GOOD PERSON
AND I DID THIS.
DID YOU KNOW, GOOD PEOPLE
DON’T GO TO HEAVEN,
AND BAD PEOPLE
DON’T GO TO HELL.
AND THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS
THAT ARE OFFENDED BY THAT,
SAYING, THAT’S NOT TRUE.
IT IS TRUE.
THE ONLY PEOPLE
THAT GO TO HEAVEN
ARE FORGIVEN PEOPLE
WHO HAVE ACCEPTED SALVATION
AS A GIFT FROM GOD
THROUGH WHAT JESUS DID FOR US.
AND THEY HAVE
HUMBLED THEMSELVES
AND PUT THEIR FAITH IN JESUS.
IT’S ONLY FORGIVEN PEOPLE
THAT GO TO HEAVEN
AND IT’S ONLY UNFORGIVEN PEOPLE
THAT GO TO HELL,
PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T
HUMBLE THEMSELF
AND RECEIVE SALVATION AS A GIFT
BUT INSTEAD THEY WERE TRUSTING
IN THEIR OWN GOODNESS,
IN THEIR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE
THAT GO TO HELL.
IT’S NOT GOOD VERSUS BAD.
IT’S FORGIVEN
VERSUS UNFORGIVEN.
AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO,
HAVE YOU HUMBLED YOURSELF?
ARE YOU STILL PROMOTING
YOUR GOODNESS?
ARE YOU STANDING ON
YOUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS?
OR HAVE YOU HUMBLED YOURSELF?
AND LIKE THE PHARISEE
AND THE PUBLICAN
THAT WERE PRAYING.
THE PUBLICAN JUST
SMOTE HIS BREAST.
HE DIDN’T EVEN FEEL WORTHY
TO LOOK UP TO HEAVEN,
AND HE SAYS,
GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME,
A SINNER.
THE PHARISEE BEGAN TO PROCLAIM,
GOD, I FAST TWICE EVERY WEEK.
I PAY TITHES OF MINT AND ANISE
AND CUMIN.
I DO ALL OF THESE GREAT THINGS.
I THANK YOU THAT I’M NOT LIKE
THIS PUBLICAN OVER HERE.
AND YET JESUS SAID
THAT THE PUBLICAN
THAT ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS
BASED ON MERCY AND GRACE,
HE’S THE ONE THAT WAS
ACCEPTED BY GOD.
THE ONE WHO PROMOTED HIMSELF
WAS REJECTED.
WHICH ARE YOU?
ARE YOU THE PHARISEE,
OR ARE YOU THE PUBLICAN?
ARE YOU THE ONE
THAT PROMOTES YOURSELF
AND STANDS ON YOUR
OWN GOODNESS,
OR ARE YOU THE ONE
WHO HUMBLES YOURSELF
AND SAYS,
GOD, I DON’T HAVE ANY RIGHT
TO RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM YOU,
I RECEIVE IT AS A GIFT?
NOW SEE, THAT’S HUMILITY.
THAT IS HUMBLING YOURSELF.
THAT IS NOT PROMOTING YOURSELF.
THAT IS NOT STANDING ON
YOUR OWN SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS.
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 64,
I BELIEVE IT’S VERSE 6,
SAYS, ALL OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
IS LIKE FILTHY RAGS.
IF YOU LOOK THAT WORD UP
IN THE HEBREW,
IT’S LITERALLY TALKING ABOUT
YOUR SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
IS LIKE A MENSTRUAL CLOTH,
SOMETHING TO BE DISCARDED
AND WALKED AWAY,
NOT FRAMED AND PUT ON A…A…
YOU KNOW IN A FRAME,
AND PUT ON A WALL
AND BRAGGED ABOUT,
AND THIS IS
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF
THEIR GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
RELATIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE,
YOU MAY LOOK GOOD.
BUT ALL HAVE SINNED,
AND COME SHORT
OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
WHAT GOD INTENDED YOU TO BE,
AND YOU CANNOT
RECEIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
BASED ON YOUR OWN GOODNESS.
YOU HAVE TO HUMBLE YOURSELF.
THAT’S NOT ONLY TRUE
OF BEING BORN AGAIN,
THE INITIAL
BORN-AGAIN EXPERIENCE,
BUT IT’S TRUE OF
EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT SAYS IN COLOSSIANS,
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 6,
AS YOU HAVE THEREFORE
RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE LORD,
SO WALK YE IN HIM.
THAT MEANS IF YOU
STARTED SALVATION
BY NOT PROCLAIMING
YOUR OWN GOODNESS
BUT SAYING, JUST AS I AM
WITHOUT ONE PLEA,
BUT THAT THY BLOOD
WAS SHED FOR ME,
O LAMB OF GOD I COME.
IF THAT’S THE WAY YOU START
YOUR SALVATION,
THAT’S THE SAME WAY
YOU RECEIVE HEALING,
DELIVERANCE JOY, PEACE.
THE MOMENT YOU
START PROCLAIMING YOURSELF
AND SAYING GOD, I FASTED,
I’VE PRAYED, I’M DOING THIS,
NOW WILL YOU HEAL ME?
YOU AREN’T GOING TO
RECEIVE HEALING LIKE THAT.
GOD RESISTS THE PROUD.
GOD RESISTS YOU
PROMOTING YOURSELF.
GOD RESISTS WHEN YOU SIT THERE
AND STAND ON YOUR
OWN GOODNESS
AND THINK THAT SOMEHOW OR
ANOTHER IT’S UNFAIR,
UNLESS YOU DO THIS
YOU WOULD BE UNFAIR.
YOU DON’T GET
ANYTHING FROM GOD
BASED ON WHAT YOU DESERVE.
YOU HAVE TO HUMBLE YOURSELF
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT,
YOU GET MORE GRACE,
BASED ON THE VERSE
THAT I STARTED WITH,
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MORE MANIFEST POWER OF GOD
IN YOUR LIFE.
EVERY ONE OF US NEED THAT,
AND I’M TELLING YOU,
THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS THAT DOOR
AND RELEASES MORE GRACE
IN YOUR LIFE, IS HUMILITY.
HUMBLE YOURSELVES THEREFORE
UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD.
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