In Andrew’s teaching Romans: Paul’s Masterpiece on Grace, you’ll learn the true meaning of salvation and how to walk in the grace, healing, and prosperity available to you. You’ll also discover truths and get revelation that could transform your life. It’s time for you to start experiencing the power of the Gospel working on your behalf and a closer, more fulfilling walk with the Lord.
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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 MONDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH,
AND TODAY I’M GOING TO START
TEACHING THROUGH
THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
I HAVE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THIS
FOR A LONG TIME
BECAUSE I HAVEN’T TAUGHT THIS
FOR A LONG TIME.
THIS IS ONE OF
MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TEACH
AND WE HAVE A BRAND
-NEW PRODUCT.
WE HAVE TAKEN
MY LIVING COMMENTARY NOTES
ON THE BOOK OF ROMANS,
AND I MEAN,
THERE’S HUNDREDS OF THEM.
THERE’S PROBABLY OVER
A THOUSAND FOOTNOTES,
PLUS MY TEACHING
THAT I’VE DONE,
AND WE’VE COMBINED THOSE
INTO A BOOK.
AND THIS IS A BRAND-NEW PRODUCT.
MATTER OF FACT,
IT’S SO BRAND-NEW
WE DON’T HAVE IT AT THIS TIME.
I’M MAKING THESE PROGRAMS
LIKE, THREE MONTHS BEFORE
YOU SEE THEM AIRED.
BY THE TIME THIS PROGRAM
IS AIRED ON
OUR TELEVISION PROGRAMS,
WE WILL HAVE THE BOOK.
BUT THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
THINGS TO TEACH ON.
WE’VE ENTITLED THIS TEACHING,
ROMANS: PAUL’S MASTERPIECE
ON GRACE,
AND I TELL YOU, ROMANS IS
ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS.
I BELIEVE I COULD
MAKE THIS STATEMENT,
THAT IF ROMANS ISN’T ONE OF
YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS,
THEN YOU DO NOT HAVE
A REVELATION OF THE TRUE GOSPEL.
NOW THAT NEEDS
A LOT OF EXPLANATION
AND I’M GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THIS,
BUT I TELL YOU,
THIS IS A POWERFUL,
POWERFUL BOOK.
I’M NOT GOING TO BE TEACHING
EXACTLY VERSE BY VERSE
THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS,
BECAUSE THAT WOULD JUST BE…
IT WOULD…IT WOULD STRETCH
FOR SIX MONTHS.
I’M GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH
AND SUMMARIZING,
BUT I’M GOING TO BE TAKING
A LOT OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF IT
WILL BE READING
AND TALKING ABOUT.
AND I TELL YOU,
THIS IS POWERFUL.
WHEN I FIRST GOT
REALLY TURNED ON TO THE LORD
IN 1968, WHEN I HAD
THIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE LORD,
IT WAS DURING THAT SAME SUMMER
OF 1968, THAT I WAS AT A MEETING
AND I HEARD A MAN SAY
THAT IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND
THE FIRST EIGHT OR NINE
CHAPTERS OF THE
BOOK OF ROMANS,
IT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO BE
A MATURE CHRISTIAN,
AND I REMEMBER
THAT STUCK OUT TO ME
AND SO I STARTED STUDYING THIS,
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY STUDYING
THE BOOK OF ROMANS IN 1968,
AND I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY
IT WAS AT LEAST 10 YEARS
OR MAYBE 15 YEARS
BEFORE I FELT LIKE I GOT
A REVELATION OF IT.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY REVELATION,
I HAD KNOWLEDGE,
BUT IT JUST DIDN’T REALLY
IMPART THE TRUTH THAT PAUL
WAS TRYING TO GET ACROSS
FOR AT LEAST 10 OR 15 YEARS.
AND I’M STILL LEARNING.
I’M NOT SAYING THAT I’VE GOT IT
ALL FIGURED OUT YET,
BUT THIS HAS BECOME ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
THAT GOD HAS SPOKEN TO ME.
AND I TELL YOU,
IF IT AFFECTS YOU
THE WAY THAT IT HAS AFFECTED ME,
I BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD BE
JUST TOTALLY LIFE-TRANSFORMING.
IT REALLY IS THAT POWERFUL.
THIS IS GOING TO
TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE
GOING THROUGH
NEARLY VERSE BY VERSE,
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU
TO PLEASE JOIN ME,
GO TO OUR WEB SITE,
AND…AND GO BACK
AND STUDY THESE THINGS,
OR GET THE MATERIALS.
THIS BRAND-NEW BOOK
THAT WE’VE GOT OUT,
IT IS GOING TO BE
A POWERFUL STUDY GUIDE FOR YOU
TO BE ABLE TO GET HOLD OF
THESE TRUTHS.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO PUT SOME EFFORT INTO THIS
BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT.
THE BOOK OF ROMANS, OF COURSE,
WAS WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL
TO THE ROMANS.
PAUL HAD NOT BEEN TO ROME
AT THIS TIME, BUT HE WAS
WRITING TO THEM.
IT’S VERY CLEAR.
THERE’S NUMEROUS INSTANCES
IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS
WHERE PAUL IS REVEALED TO BE
THE AUTHOR.
THE VERY FIRST VERSE, IT SAYS,
PAUL, A SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST,
CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE,
SEPARATED UNTO
THE GOSPEL OF GOD.
SO FROM THE VERY FIRST VERSE,
PAUL MAKES IT CLEAR
THAT HE’S THE WRITER.
THE FIRST NUMBER
OF VERSES HERE
ARE KIND OF
INTRODUCTORY VERSES.
ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT STAND OUT
IS IN VERSE 8, WHERE HE SAYS,
FIRST, I THANK MY GOD
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST
FOR YOU ALL,
THAT YOUR FAITH IS SPOKEN OF
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD.
NOW THIS IS
AN AMAZING STATEMENT.
YOU KNOW, TODAY IF YOU WERE TO
GO TO A CITY SOMEPLACE
AND SEE A CHURCH THERE
AND YOU…AND YOU GO IN AND SAY,
YOUR FAITH IS SPOKEN OF
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD,
THERE’S VERY, VERY
FEW CHURCHES
THAT THAT WOULD BE
APPLICABLE TO THEM
BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
EVEN ACROSS THE STREET,
IN THE NEXT BLOCK,
SOMETIMES IN THE SAME TOWN,
THOSE CHURCHES
HAVEN’T EVEN MADE AN IMPACT
ON THINGS.
BUT THIS CHURCH IN ROME
HAD MADE AN IMPACT
ON THE ENTIRE WORLD.
THEIR FAITH HAD BEEN SPOKEN OF
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD.
SO THAT GIVES YOU
SOME DEGREE OF UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT THESE PEOPLE
AND THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED
THE GOSPEL.
THERE WAS A MIXTURE OF GENTILES
AND JEWS IN THIS CHURCH IN ROME,
BUT AS WE WILL SEE
AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BOOK,
THE JEWS HAD
BEGUN TO INFLUENCE
THESE NEW BELIEVERS IN JESUS
TO GO BACK UNDER THE LAW
AND TO HAVE TO OBSERVE ALL OF
THE JEWISH LAWS AND THINGS.
YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANITY
IS AN OUTGROWTH OF JUDAISM.
OF COURSE, THE OLD TESTAMENT
WAS WRITTEN PRIMARILY TO
GOD’S COVENANT
PEOPLE, THE JEWS,
AND THE LAW…
WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
THE LAW A LOT AS WE GO THROUGH
THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
THE LAW WAS GIVEN TO THE JEWS.
ROMANS, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 19,
SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW
THAT THE LAW SPEAKS TO THOSE
TO WHOM IT WAS WRITTEN.
IT WASN’T EVEN INTENDED
FOR THE GENTILES.
IT WAS WRITTEN TO THE JEWS.
AND WHEN THE MESSIAH CAME,
JESUS, THE MESSIAH, OF COURSE,
MANY OF THE JEWS CONVERTED.
A LOT OF THE JEWS REJECTED IT.
AS A WHOLE,
THE JEWISH NATION
REJECTED JESUS
AS THEIR MESSIAH AND THE GOSPEL
PASSED ON UNTO THE GENTILES.
AND SO, THE GENTILES,
FOR THE LAST 2,000 YEARS
HAVE REALLY BEEN THE ONES
THAT HAVE BEEN CARRYING
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
AND PRESENTING IT
AND BRINGING THESE TRUTHS
TO THE WORLD,
BUT IT WAS AN OUTGROWTH
OF JUDAISM.
AND THEREFORE, THERE WERE
SOME JEWS WHO HAD BELIEVED
ON JESUS WHO WERE TRYING TO
MAKE THE NEW
TESTAMENT BELIEVERS
GO BACK AND OBSERVE
ALL OF THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW,
AND THE BOOK OF ROMANS
IS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY TO
EXPLAIN THAT THE NEW TESTAMENT
IS DIFFERENT THAN
THE OLD TESTAMENT.
YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE,
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE OLD TESTAMENT
AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS JUST
ONE BLANK PAGE IN THEIR BIBLE
RIGHT HERE.
THEY SEE ALL OF THIS
AS ONE THING,
BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS.
THE BOOK OF ROMANS
IS PAUL’S MASTERPIECE ON GRACE,
AND HE’S GOING TO BE
COUNTERING A LOT OF
THE OLD TESTAMENT IDEAS.
HEBREWS DEALS WITH
THE SAME THING, AND HEBREWS,
WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY
WHO WROTE IT.
IT’S NOT SPECIFICALLY STATED.
IT SOUNDS TO ME
LIKE IT’S THE APOSTLE PAUL,
SO I PERSONALLY BELIEVE
THAT PAUL IS THE ONE
THAT WROTE THE
BOOK OF HEBREWS,
BUT WE CAN’T BE SURE ABOUT THAT.
PAUL WROTE
THE BOOK OF GALATIANS,
AND IN THE BOOK OF GALATIANS,
HE’S SAYING THE SAME THINGS
THAT HE SAYS HERE
IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS,
BUT IT’S LIKE IN GALATIANS,
HE’S…I’M NOT SAYING
HE’S ANGRY, BUT HE IS PUT OUT
WITH THE LEGALISM
THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD GONE INTO
AND HE BEGINS TO SAY,
IF AN ANGEL…IF ANY…
EVEN IF AN ANGEL
PREACHES UNTO YOU
ANY OTHER GOSPEL
THAN WHAT I HAVE PREACHED,
LET HIM BE ACCURSED.
THAT WAS SUCH A
STRONG STATEMENT
THAT I’M SURE PEOPLE
WERE SHOCKED,
AND SO HE REPEATED IT
IN THE NEXT VERSE.
HE SAYS, AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU,
IF ANYBODY, EVEN AN ANGEL,
PREACHES ANOTHER GOSPEL,
LET HIM BE ACCURSED.
AND THEN IN GALATIANS,
CHAPTER 3, HE SAYS,
YOU FOOLISH GALATIANS.
ONE OF THE TRANSLATIONS SAYS,
YOU STUPID IDIOTS,
HOW COULD YOU BE DECEIVED
LIKE THIS?
HOW COULD YOU START IN GRACE
AND EVER GO BACK TO THE LAW?
SO THE BOOK OF GALATIANS
IS COVERING SOME OF
THE SAME THINGS, BUT I MEAN,
IT’S GOT AN EDGE ON IT.
IT’S IN YOUR FACE,
BUT IT IS MAKING SOME OF
THESE SAME THINGS.
BUT THE BOOK OF ROMANS
IS JUST A SCHOLARLY
STEP-BY-STEP EXPOSE
ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE NEW COVENANT GRACE
AND THE OLD COVENANT LAW,
AND SO I’LL BE SAYING
THESE THINGS
MANY DIFFERENT TIMES.
PAUL JUST SAID SOME OF
THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER
AND OVER, BUT AS I’VE SAID
DURING THIS INTRODUCTION,
I BELIEVE THAT ROMANS IS LIKE
PAUL’S MASTERPIECE.
IT’S LIKE, THIS ISN’T SAID
WITH THE SAME EDGE THAT IT WAS
SAID IN THE BOOK OF GALATIANS.
THIS IS JUST A SCHOLARLY
EXPLANATION OF
THE NEW TESTAMENT GRACE
THAT WE’RE UNDER,
AND THEREFORE,
THE NEW COVENANT
THAT IT BROUGHT IN,
A BRAND-NEW WAY
OF GOD DEALING WITH US
THROUGH MERCY
AND…AND GRACE
INSTEAD OF LAW BASED ON
OUR PERFORMANCE.
AND I PROMISE YOU,
THAT THE THINGS
THAT ARE WRITTEN RIGHT HERE,
THEY APPLY TO US
JUST AS MUCH TODAY AS THEY DID
BACK DURING THE TIME
THAT PAUL WROTE IT.
I THINK THAT IN PAUL’S DAY
THEY WERE PROBABLY EVEN MORE
RELIGIOUS AND BOUND BY
RELIGIOUS TRADITION
THAN WE ARE TODAY,
BUT I CAN GUARANTEE,
IT’S NOT LIKE WE ARE TOTALLY
FREE IN THIS AREA.
I BELIEVE THAT THE MAJORITY
OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
COME TO THE LORD
AND THEN GONE TO CHURCH
HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN RELIGION
AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF THESE
PERFORMANCE-BASED MENTALITIES
THAT KEEPS US FROM
RECEIVING FROM
GOD AND IT CAUSES
A LOT OF GUILT AND CONDEMNATION.
WE AREN’T WALKING IN THE LIBERTY
AND THE FREEDOM
THAT GOD INTENDED US TO
BECAUSE OF A LOT OF
WRONG TEACHING
THAT THE BOOK OF ROMANS IS
GOING TO SPECIFICALLY DEAL WITH.
SO AGAIN, THE FIRST FEW VERSES
OF ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,
ARE KIND OF INTRODUCTORY.
LET ME GO AND START READING
AT VERSE 13.
HE SAYS, NOW I WOULD NOT
HAVE YOU IGNORANT, BRETHREN,
THAT OFTENTIMES I PURPOSED
TO COME UNTO YOU,
(BUT WAS LET HITHERTO,)
THAT I MIGHT HAVE SOME FRUIT
AMONG YOU ALSO,
EVEN AS AMONG OTHER GENTILES.
I AM DEBTOR BOTH TO THE GREEKS,
AND TO THE BARBARIANS;
BOTH TO THE WISE,
AND TO THE UNWISE.
LET ME JUST SAY HERE
THAT WHEN HE’S TALKING ABOUT
GREEKS AND BARBARIANS,
YOU KNOW, IN THAT DAY
THE JEWS CONSIDERED
THEMSELVES
THE ONLY PEOPLE OF GOD
AND EVERYBODY ELSE A GREEK.
THEY ALSO REFER TO THE GREEKS
AS GENTILES.
THEY CALLED THEM BARBARIANS.
AND IN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 2,
THEY WERE ALIENS FROM
THE COVENANTS OF GOD,
WITHOUT HOPE,
STRANGERS IN THIS WORLD.
SO ANYWAY, THE WAY WE WOULD
SAY THIS TODAY, THIS IS NOT ONLY
WRITTEN TO THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE,
THOSE WHO HAVE EMBRACED
CHRISTIANITY AND STUFF,
BUT HE’S SAYING,
I’M A DEBTOR TO EVERYBODY,
TO THE CHRISTIANS,
TO THE NON-CHRISTIAN,
TO THE RELIGIOUS,
TO THE NON-RELIGIOUS.
YOU NEED TO INTERPRET
SOME OF THESE THINGS
IN THAT LIGHT TODAY.
IN VERSE 15, HE SAYS,
SO, AS MUCH AS IN ME IS,
I AM READY
TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO YOU
THAT ARE AT ROME ALSO.
AND THEN IN VERSES 16 AND 17,
IS I…WHERE I BELIEVE
HE REALLY BEGINS TO START
GETTING IN TO THE MEAT
OF WHAT HE’S WANTING TO SAY,
AND WHAT HE’S SAYING RIGHT HERE
ISN’T AS SHOCKING TO US
AS IT WAS
TO THE FIRST CENTURY CHURCH
BECAUSE SOME OF THESE WORDS
HAVE BECOME CLICHÉS TO US.
LIKE IN VERSE 16, HE SAYS,
I AM NOT ASHAMED
OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.
DID YOU KNOW THE WORD
GOSPEL TODAY,
PEOPLE USE THAT WORD
AND APPLY IT TO
ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
I’VE HEARD P…MINISTERS
STAND UP BEFORE AND I MEAN,
PREACH AND YELL AND SCREAM,
GET RED IN THE FACE,
YOU CAN SEE THEIR JUGULAR VEIN
STANDING OUT,
AND THEY’RE SAYING,
YOU’RE A SINNER,
YOU’RE GOING TO HELL,
AND I MEAN,
THEY’LL DRAW THE WORD OUT
AND THEY’LL SCREAM
AND THEY HAVE
THIS GRAVELLY VOICE
BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN SCREAMING
SO MUCH,
AND THEY WILL JUST
CONDEMN PEOPLE,
YOU’RE GOING TO HELL,
YOU’RE GOING TO
BURN IN HELL FOREVER,
AND THEN THEY’LL SAY,
THAT’S THE GOSPEL.
SO WE HAVE USED
THE TERM GOSPEL NOW
TO REFER TO NEARLY ANYTHING
THAT HAS TO DO
WITH CHRISTIANITY.
DID YOU KNOW IT IS TRUE
THAT THERE IS A HEAVEN
AND A HELL,
AND IT IS TRUE
THAT IF PEOPLE
DON’T ACCEPT JESUS
THAT THEY’RE GOING TO HELL,
BUT IT IS NOT THE GOSPEL,
AND I KNOW THAT THIS MAY SHOCK
A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THE WORD GOSPEL HERE,
I’M NOT GOING TO GO INTO
ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW,
TECHNICALITIES OF THIS.
THERE IS A LOT ABOUT THIS
I COULD SAY,
BUT I THINK
THAT I WOULD PROBABLY
LOSE MOST PEOPLE.
I JUST WANT TO BOIL THIS DOWN
TO ITS SIMPLEST TERMS.
THE WORD…THE GREEK WORD
FOR GOSPEL HERE
WAS A RARE WORD
THAT WAS VERY SELDOM USED.
MATTER OF FACT,
ONE OF THE COMMENTARIES
THAT I READ ABOUT THIS
SAID THAT IN ALL OF
THE GREEK LITERATURE…
NOW I DON’T KNOW IF THIS MEANS
ALL OF THE GREEK LITERATURE
OR MAYBE JUST ALL OF
THE GREEK LITERATURE
THAT THIS COMMENTATOR
HAD LOOKED AT, I DON’T KNOW,
BUT ANYWAY,
IN ALL OF THE GREEK LITERATURE
IS WHAT HE SAID,
THAT THIS WORD
THAT WAS TRANSLATED, GOSPEL,
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
WAS ONLY USED TWICE
OUTSIDE OF THE BIBLE.
IT WAS A RARE WORD.
IT LITERALLY MEANS, GOOD NEWS,
BUT IT’S ACTUALLY MORE
THAN THAT.
IT WAS SO RARE
THAT THIS WAS A HYPERBOLE.
IT WAS AN OVERSTATEMENT.
IT WAS AN EXAGGERATION.
IT WAS SU…
IT WAS SUCH A THING…
IT WAS SUCH GOOD NEWS
THAT OUTSIDE OF THE BIBLE,
NOBODY EVER USED THIS WORD.
IT WAS VERY RARE
THAT IT WAS USED
BECAUSE IN A FALLEN WORLD
THERE WAS VERY LITTLE
THAT WAS REALLY GOOD NEWS.
YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE
MORE ACCURATE,
THIS IS MY OWN DEFINITION,
BUT I THINK THAT THE WORD
GOSPEL HERE IS REFERRING TO
THE NEARLY-TOO-GOOD
TO-BE-TRUE NEWS.
NOT ONLY GOOD NEWS,
BUT I MEAN, SUCH RADICALLY
GOOD NEWS THAT THIS IS
JUST RARE.
IT DOESN’T REALLY APPLY
TO ANYTHING EXCEPT
WHAT JESUS CAME TO DO FOR US.
WHAT JESUS DID FOR US
THROUGH HIS DEATH
AND RESURRECTION
AND TAKING OUR SINS
IS SO RADICAL
THAT I BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE
TO SAY THIS IS NEARLY TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS.
SO WHEN PAUL ANNOUNCED
RIGHT HERE THAT,
I AM NOT ASHAMED
OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,
DID YOU KNOW TODAY
THAT DOESN’T HAVE MUCH IMPACT
ON PEOPLE, BECAUSE AGAIN,
WE USE GOSPEL TO REFER
TO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW,
A KNITTING CIRCLE,
THE…A MEN’S MEETING,
A WOMEN’S MEETING.
WE’RE GOING TO COME TOGETHER
FOR THE GOSPEL,
AND IT MAY NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT
WHAT JESUS HAS DONE.
WE JUST USE THE WORD GOSPEL
TO KIND OF REFER TO ANYTHING
THAT IS RELIGIOUS, SPECIFICALLY
CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS.
BUT IN ITS SIMPLEST TERMS,
IT JUST IS TALKING ABOUT
A RADICAL GOOD NEWS,
SUCH GOOD NEWS
THAT IT’S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
IT’S TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE-NEWS.
AND WHEN PAUL SAID THIS,
THE RELIGION OF HIS DAY HA…
DIDN’T HAVE ANY GOOD NEWS IN IT.
I MEAN, IT WAS OPPRESSIVE,
AND AGAIN, I COULD SPEND
THE REST OF THIS PROGRAM
AND MULTIPLE PROGRAMS
TRYING TO AMPLIFY ON THIS,
BUT THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE OF
JESUS’ DAY WERE SO LEGALISTIC.
THEY HAD COUNTED OUT
HOW MANY STEPS
YOU COULD TAKE ON
A SABBATH DAY.
YOU COULDN’T TAKE MORE THAN
JUST A PRESCRIBED
NUMBER OF STEPS.
THAT’S REFERRED TO
IN THE GOSPELS WHEN IT SAYS
THAT BETHANY WAS
A SABBATH DAY’S JOURNEY
FROM JERUSALEM.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS
THAT WAS THE MAXIMUM
NUMBER OF STEPS
THAT YOU COULD TAKE.
DID YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE
THAT WERE CALLED THE ESSENES…
NOW, THEY AREN’T MENTIONED
BY NAME IN SCRIPTURE,
BUT THEY’RE THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVED AROUND THE DEAD SEA
AND THEY’RE THE ONES
THAT WROTE THE
DEAD SEA SCROLLS.
THEY WERE SUCH A STRICT,
I MEAN, OPPRESSIVE
RELIGIOUS ORDER THAT YOU
COULDN’T DO HARDLY ANYTHING.
THEY…YOU WERE JUST
CONSTANTLY BEING CONDEMNED
OVER THE WAY YOU HAD
DONE THINGS, AND IT…
WITH THESE ESSENES,
IT’S ACTUALLY IN THEIR WRITINGS
THAT YOU COULDN’T HAVE
A BOWEL MOVEMENT
ON THE SABBATH DAY
FROM SUNDOWN FRIDAY
UNTIL SUNDOWN SATURDAY.
IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW,
THEIR LAW, FOR YOU TO HAVE
A BOWEL MOVEMENT.
I MEAN, THEY HAD SUCH STRICT
RELIGIOUS THINGS.
YOU REMEMBER
THAT THE DISCIPLES
WALKED THROUGH
THE GRAIN FIELDS
AND THEY TOOK SOME GRAIN
AND RUBBED IT IN THEIR HANDS
AND ATE THE GRAIN
AND THEY SAID,
YOU’RE BREAKING THE SABBATH.
THEY ACCUSED JESUS
OF BREAKING THE SABBATH
WHEN HE HEALED PEOPLE
ON THE SABBATH DAY.
THEY JUST HAD ALL OF
THESE RITUALS AND LAWS.
AND SO ANYWAY, THE POINT IS
THAT THERE WAS NO GOOD NEWS
IN THAT.
YOU WERE JUST CONSTANTLY
BEING TOLD, YOU’RE WRONG HERE,
YOU’RE WRONG THERE.
YOU CAN’T DO ENOUGH,
AND IT WAS A LA…
A MINISTRY OF CONDEMNATION.
I’M GOING TO Y…DEAL WITH
THESE SCRIPTURES MORE
AS WE GO THROUGH THIS,
BUT IN 2 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 3,
IT CALLS THE LAW,
WHICH THE BOOK OF ROMANS IS
TO GET US TRANSITIONED
OUT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW
INTO THE NEW TESTAMENT GRACE,
AND 2 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 3,
VERSE 7, I BELIEVE IT IS,
CALLS THE LAW
A MINISTRATION OF DEATH.
VERSE 9, CALLS IT
A MINISTRATION OF CONDEMNATION.
AND IT WAS JUST
CONDEMNATION, GUILT.
IT WAS CONSTANTLY POINTING OUT
YOU’RE WRONG.
SO IN THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM
OF PAUL’S DAY,
THERE WAS VERY LITTLE,
IF ANY, GOOD NEWS.
IT WAS OPPRESSIVE,
AND FOR PAUL TO COME ALONG
AND SAY, I’M NOT ASHAMED
OF THE GOSPEL,
THAT WORD WASN’T
COMMON TO THEM.
HE WAS SAYING,
I’M NOT ASHAMED OF
THE NEARLY-TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE
NEWS THAT JESUS
PAID EVERYTHING.
AND IT’S NOT BASED ON
MY PERFORMANCE ANYMORE.
I TELL YOU, WHEN PAUL SAID THIS,
THIS WAS RADICAL.
WOULD TO GOD…
I’VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS,
AND I WISH THAT I HAD
SOME WORD TO DESCRIBE
WHAT JESUS DID THAT WAS
AS RADICAL AS THE WORD GOSPEL
WAS IN HIS DAY.
AND IF I COULD USE THAT WORD
TO SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER
DISTINGUISH WHAT JESUS DID
FROM WHAT THE WORD GOSPEL
HAS COME TO MEAN
BY CONNOTATION TODAY,
I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
I JUST CAN’T THINK OF
A BETTER WORD THAN THIS,
BUT THE WORD GOSPEL
AS HE USED IT
WAS SO RADICAL
THAT THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
OF HIS DAY WERE OFFENDED AT THIS
BECAUSE IT WAS TALKING ABOUT
GOOD NEWS, THAT
YOU’RE FORGIVEN,
THAT YOU’RE CLEANSED
BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DID
AND IT’S NOT BASED ON
YOUR PERFORMANCE.
BOY, THAT WAS OFFENSIVE
TO THE JEWS OF HIS DAY.
SO REMEMBER ALL OF THAT
WHEN HE SAYS, IN VERSE 16,
I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL,
THE NEARLY-TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE
NEWS, OF CHRIST: FOR IT,
TALKING ABOUT THE GOSPEL,
IS THE POWER OF GOD
UNTO SALVATION
TO EVERY ONE THAT BELIEVETH;
TO THE JEW FIRST,
AND ALSO TO THE GREEK.
HERE’S ANOTHER WORD
THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED,
IS THE WORD, SALVATION,
BECAUSE TODAY,
THE WORD SALVATION
HAS BEEN CHEAPENED FROM
WHAT IT ORIGINALLY MEANT TO BE.
THE WORD SALVATION
AS USED IN THE BIBLE
IS NOT LIMITED TO
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
IT INCLUDES FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
BUT IT’S MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
FOR INSTANCE, THE SAME WORD
THAT WAS TRANSLATED, SAVED,
MANY TIMES IN THE BIBLE
IS TRANSLATED, SAVED,
OVER IN JAMES, CHAPTER 5,
WHERE IT SAYS,
IF ANYBODY’S SICK, LET HIM CALL
FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH,
LET THEM ANOINT HIM WITH OIL
AND PRAY OVER HIM,
AND THE PRAYER OF FAITH
SHALL SAVE THE SICK,
SOZO, THE SICK.
THAT’S THE GREEK WORD,
AND IT’S THE EXACT SAME WORD
THAT WAS TRANSLATED, SAVED,
AS PERTAINING TO
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
THAT SAME WORD IS ALSO
TRANSLATED ABOUT, DELIVERED,
THAT YOU CAN BE DELIVERED
OF DEMONIC THINGS.
THE GREEK WORD SOZO
IS LITERALLY REFERRING TO
NOT ONLY FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
IT INCLUDES THAT,
BUT IT’S THE HEALING
OF YOUR BODY,
IT’S DELIVERANCE FROM SATAN,
DEPRESSION, DISCOURAGEMENT.
IT’S PROSPERITY.
IT’S ALL OF THESE THINGS.
BASICALLY, I COULD SAY IT
THIS WAY,
THAT THE WORD, SALVATION,
AS USED IN THE BIBLE
REFERS TO ANYTHING
THAT CAME AS A RESULT
OF WHAT JESUS DID.
AND SAD TO SAY, THE CHURCH
FOR WHATEVER REASON TODAY
HAS BROKEN SALVATION DOWN TO
MEAN ONLY FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
BUT THEY DON’T INCLUDE
THE HEALING OF YOUR BODY.
NOW THERE…THERE’S SOME
THAT BELIEVE THAT HEALING
HAS PASSED AWAY
AND GOD DOESN’T
HEAL ANYBODY TODAY,
BUT THERE’S A LARGE SEGMENT
OF CHRISTIANITY
THAT IF THEY GET SICK,
THEY WILL PRAY FOR A HEALING
AND IF HEALING COMES,
THEY’LL SAY,
PRAISE GOD!
BUT THEY WOULD NEVER SAY
THAT IT’S A PART OF
JESUS’ ATONEMENT,
THAT HE PROVIDED HEALING
JUST AS MUCH AS
HE’S PROVIDED SALVATION,
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
MOST CHRISTIANS WOULD SAY,
NO, THAT’S NOT TRUE.
THEY LOOK AT HEALING,
DELIVERANCE, PROSPERITY,
JOY, PEACE, AS BEING POSSIBLE,
BUT ADDITIONAL TO SALVATION.
BUT THIS WORD SALVATION
IN THE GREEK INCLUDES HEALING,
PROSPERITY, DELIVERANCE,
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SO WHEN PAUL SAID,
I’M NOT ASHAMED OF
THE NEARLY-TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE
NEWS THAT JESUS PAID IT ALL.
IT’S NOT BASED ON
MY PERFORMANCE;
IT’S BASED ON MY FAITH
IN WHAT HE DID,
AND HE PAID IT ALL.
THIS IS THE POWER OF GOD
UNTO THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
THE HEALING OF YOUR BODY,
YOUR PROSPERITY, YOUR JOY,
YOUR PEACE, YOUR DELIVERANCE,
YOUR EMOTIONAL STABILITY,
ON AND ON.
FOR HIM TO SAY
SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS SO
RADICAL TO THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM
OF HIS DAY.
THEY DIDN’T PREACH GOOD NEWS
THAT JESUS HAD DONE IT ALL,
THEY PREACHED
THAT THE BURDEN OF SALVATION
WAS ON YOUR BACK.
IF YOU DIDN’T PERFORM,
GOD WOULDN’T MOVE,
AND YOU KNOW, IT’S A DIFFERENT
SET OF STANDARDS TODAY.
MOST PEOPLE WOULDN’T
CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE
LIKE THE JEWS OF PAUL’S DAY,
BUT IT’S THE SAME THING.
IT’S JUST GOT
SOME DIFFERENT NUANCES TO IT.
BUT THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN TODAY
BELIEVES THAT GOD CAN
DO ANYTHING.
THEY BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN HEAL.
THEY BELIEVE THAT GOD PRE…
COULD PROVIDE
A FINANCIAL MIRACLE.
THEY BELIEVE THAT IF
THEY’RE DEPRESSED
AND DISCOURAGED AND IN FEAR,
THAT GOD COULD MOVE
IN THEIR LIFE,
BUT THEY JUST DON’T KNOW
FOR SURE THAT HE WOULD
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE
THAT GOD’S POWER
BEING DEMONSTRATED
IN THEIR LIFE IS DEPENDENT UPON
THEIR GOODNESS,
WHETHER THEY FASTED, PRAYED,
STUDIED THE WORD,
WHETHER THEY’RE DOING THINGS.
SO THEY…IT’S NOT REALLY
THAT PEOPLE DOUBT
GOD CAN DO THINGS,
THEY DOUBT GOD’S WILLINGNESS
TO DO IT
BECAUSE THEY KNOW IN
THEIR OWN HEART
THEY HAVEN’T DONE
EVERYTHING CORRECTLY,
THAT THEY HAVEN’T LIVED UP
TO IT.
DID YOU KNOW
IF WHAT I JUST SAID EXPRESSES
YOUR ATTITUDE,
YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
THE GOSPEL.
THE GOSPEL IS
THE-NEARLY-TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE
NEWS THAT YOU DON’T GET
WHAT YOU DESERVE,
YOU GET WHAT JESUS DESERVED,
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS BELIEVE AND RECEIVE,
OR IF YOU CONTINUE
TO TRUST YOURSELF,
YOU WILL DOUBT
AND DO WITHOUT.
YOU HAVE TO GET BEYOND
YOUR SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND GO TO TRUSTING GOD,
AND THIS IS WHAT PAUL IS SAYING.
I’M NOT ASHAMED TO TELL PEOPLE
THAT IT’S THE GOOD NEWS
ABOUT WHAT JESUS DID FOR US,
NOT WHAT WE DO FOR HIM
THAT CAUSES THE POW…
THAT RELEASES THE POWER
FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
HEALING OF YOUR BODY,
PROSPERITY, JOY, PEACE,
EVERYTHING ELSE.
BOY, THAT IS RADICAL
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YOU KNOW,
THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME
A HUGE VISION
AND WE’VE BEEN BLESSED UP
TO THIS POINT,
BUT I’VE STILL GOT SO MUCH
THAT GOD’S LEADING ME TO DO.
I’M BELIEVING GOD
FOR 10,000 NEW PARTNERS.
WE’VE ALREADY GOT OVER
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