Romans – Paul’s Masterpiece on Grace: Week 1, Day 5

Many Christians use the word “gospel” but don’t know what it means. Today, it is almost a religious cliché. However, in Paul’s day, using the term made a radical statement. It was a way of referring to the grace of God, the free gift that allows us to obtain right standing with Him (Romans 1:16).

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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 FRIDAY’S

BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

THIS IS THE END OF MY VERY FIRST

WEEK TEACHING THROUGH

THE BOOK OF ROMANS.

I TELL YOU, THIS IS POWERFUL.

THIS JUST LIGHTS MY FIRE.

I DON’T KNOW IF THAT AFFECTS YOU

THAT WAY, BUT LET ME SAY THIS,

THAT IF THE BOOK OF ROMANS

ISN’T ONE OF THE MOST FAVORITE

PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE

THAT YOU HAVE, THEN YOU DON’T

UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL.

I KNOW THAT’S QUITE A STATEMENT,

BUT I BELIEVE THAT

THAT’S TRUE, AND I KNOW

THAT MOST PEOPLE

REALLY DO NOT HAVE

A GOOD REVELATION OF

THE BOOK OF ROMANS

BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH LAW

AND LEGALISM BEING TAUGHT

AS GOSPEL TODAY AND IT’S NOT,

AND BECAUSE OF IT,

IT’S…WHAT OUR EXPERIENCE IS

IS SO CONTRARY

TO THE BOOK OF ROMANS

THAT MOST PEOPLE,

THERE’S JUST A DISCONNECT.

THEY…THEY JUST

CAN’T UNDERSTAND IT

BECAUSE THE TRADITIONS

AND THE DOCTRINES OF MEN

MAKE THIS WORD OF NO EFFECT,

MARK, CHAPTER 7, VERSE 13.

AND SO, I…AS WE TEACH THROUGH

THE BOOK OF ROMANS,

THIS IS PAUL’S MASTERPIECE ON

THE SUBJECT OF GRACE,

AND IF YOU CAN FOLLOW WITH ME

AND FOLLOW THESE THINGS

THAT WE’RE SAYING,

I TELL YOU WHAT,

THIS WILL SET YOU FREE

FROM THE RELIGIOUS
CONDEMNATION

THAT IS SO PREVALENT

IN THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE TODAY.

I KNOW THAT THERE’S SOME PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM

THAT THINK, MAN, I DON’T SEE

A PROBLEM.

I’M SAYING THIS IN LOVE,

BUT IF YOU DON’T SEE A PROBLEM

IN THE CHURCH TODAY,

AND IF YOU DON’T RECOGNIZE

THAT PEOPLE…

THEY MAY BE BORN AGAIN,

THEY MAY BE ON THEIR WAY

TO HEAVEN, BUT THEY CERTAINLY

AREN’T EVEN CLOSE TO

LIVING THE ABUNDANT LIFE

THAT JESUS PURCHASED FOR THEM.

THEY LIVE UNDER GUILT

AND CONDEMNATION.

THEY’RE AS SICK AS

THEIR NEIGHBORS

THAT DON’T KNOW THE LORD.

THEY’RE AS POOR,

THEY’RE AS FEARFUL,

THEY’RE AS STRESSED OUT.

THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE

DURING THIS PANDEMIC,

CHRISTIANS THAT PANICKED,

JUST AS MUCH AS PEOPLE

THAT DON’T EVEN KNOW THE LORD.

THERE IS…THERE IS NO REASON

FOR THAT IF YOU UNDERSTOOD

THE GOSPEL.

IF YOU KNOW THE GOSPEL,

IT’LL SET YOU FREE.

NOT ONLY WILL THERE BE

THE POWER OF GOD

TO GETTING YOUR SINS FORGIVEN,

BUT IT’LL BE THE POWER TO

SETTING YOU FREE FROM

THE FEAR THAT GRIPS

OTHER PEOPLE, THE NEGATIVISM,

THE DREAD, THE SICKNESS,

THE DISEASE,

ON AND ON AND ON YOU GO.

THOSE ARE RADICAL STATEMENTS,

BUT THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

AND SO, I’VE GOT

A BRAND-NEW BOOK OUT

ON THIS.

WE’VE GOT MY LIVING COMMENTARY

THAT WE’RE OFFERING,

WE’VE GOT DVDs,

WE’VE GOT TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE

THAT WERE JUST TRANSFORMED

BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

AND I TELL YOU, IT WOULD BE

REALLY GOOD.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

YOU KNOW, WHAT I WOULD

LIKE TO DO TODAY IS TO PLAY

ONE OF THESE TESTIMONIES.

ABOUT VIRGINIA CROY,

IT’S ON OUR VERY FIRST

GRACE ENCOUNTER.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST

MIRACULOUS TESTIMONIES

THAT I’VE EVER HEARD,

AND I MEAN, IT’S A MIRACLE

THE WAY THAT SHE GOT HOLD OF

THE TEACHING AND THE WAY

THAT GOD SET HER FREE,

SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO

WATCH THIS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO

DVDs THAT WE’RE MAKING AVAILABLE

FREE OF CHARGE,

AND THIS IS JUST ONE TESTIMONY

OUT OF FIVE ON THIS DVD,

VIRGINIA CROY.

WATCH THIS AND I’LL BE BACK

AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM.

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>> I WAS BORN INTO THIS CHURCH

AND THIS RELIGION.

MY FATHER WAS A PASTOR.

WE WEREN’T ALLOWED

TO WEAR PANTS.

WE HAD TO WEAR DRESSES.

WE COULD NOT CUT OUR HAIR,

WEAR MAKEUP…JEWELRY.

MY MOTHER MADE US LIVE IT.

I NEVER WENT TO BALL GAMES,

NEVER WENT TO A BOWLING ALLEY,

NEVER DID ANYTHING

BECAUSE THEY WERE CALLED

WORLDLY THINGS,

AND THAT PEOPLE WOULD SWAY US

AND LEAD US TO HELL

IF WE GOT MIXED UP WITH THEM.

AS A YOUNG GIRL, IF…IF WE WERE

OUT PLAYING

AND THE NEIGHBORS CAME OUT,

WE HAD TO GO IN THE HOUSE.

WE WERE NOT ALLOWED

TO MIX WITH ANYBODY

OR BE WITH ANYONE ELSE.

WE LISTENED BECAUSE
WE WERE TOLD

IF WE DIDN’T, GOD WOULD

STRIKE US WITH A SICKNESS,

HE WOULD MAKE US…

SOMETHING HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE,

THAT…LIKE WE COULD EVEN

POSSIBLY DIE,

BUT ONE DAY I GOT SICK.

I WAS VERY ILL.

SOMEBODY TOLD ME

MY APPENDIX BURST.

I JUST KNEW SOMETHING EXPLODED

INSIDE ME.

I WAS SO SICK.

MY HAIR FELL OUT OF MY HEAD,

MY FEVER WAS SO HIGH,

I COULD PEEL THE SKIN RIGHT OFF

MY FACE.

WE WERE NOT…DEFINITELY NOT

ALLOWED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

IF YOU DID, YOU TRULY LEFT GOD

AND WERE GOING TO HELL.

THEY WOULD SET ME

ON THE COUCH

AND PUT BOOKS AROUND ME,

AND MY HUSBAND WOULD GO OFF

TO WORK,

AND THERE I SAT…COULDN’T…

COULDN’T WALK.

MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN

HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM ME

FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO CARE FOR,

AND I WAS DESPERATE.

I WANTED MY HEALING.

I COULDN’T UNDERSTAND

WHY GOD DID THIS TO ME

WHEN I WAS

SUCH A GOOD CHRISTIAN.

I WOULD SIT ON MY COUCH

EVERY DAY SAYING, GOD,

IF YOU’RE REALLY THERE,

WHO ARE YOU AND
WHAT DO YOU WANT

FROM ME?

BECAUSE I HAD COME TO A POINT

THAT THERE MUSTN’T EVEN

BE A GOD,

AND IN MY IGNORANCE,

I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW

WHAT I WAS SAYING,

BUT GOD HEARD MY PLEA,

AND ONE DAY I PULLED MY BIBLE

IN MY LAP AND I WENT, WOW,

I NEVER SAW THIS BEFORE.

I STARTED READING,

AND IT WAS SO STRANGE

AND INCREDIBLE,

AND I…I GOT SCARED,

AND I SAID, OH, THE DEVIL

COULDN’T TAKE MY LIFE.

I STAYED OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.

HE TRIED TO GET ME

TO GO IN THERE,

BUT NO, I STAYED OUT,

SO NOW HE’S TRYING TO

DECEIVE ME.

SO, I PUT THE BIBLE

BESIDE MY COUCH,

AND IT WAS ABOUT

THREE DAYS LATER I HEARD A VOICE

SPEAK TO ME AND HE SAID,

WHY AREN’T YOU
READING MY WORD?

AND I SAID, WHO ARE YOU, LORD?

HE SAID, READ MY WORD,

AND I SAID, NO.

THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO

DECEIVE ME

BECAUSE HE WANTS MY SOUL,

AND HE SAID, NO,

THE DEVIL DOES NOT
KNOW MY WORD

TO DECEIVE YOU.

HE ONLY KNOWS MY WORD

TO ACCUSE YOU.

NOW, READ MY WORD.

I PULLED THAT BIBLE BACK UP

IN MY LAP,

AND I WAS SO AFRAID TO OPEN IT.

I…I…I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING

TO EXPLODE,

BUT I OPENED IT UP

AND I STARTED READING.

I DON’T KNOW WHERE I READ.

I JUST KNOW THAT I COULDN’T STOP

AND I JUST READ AND READ

AND READ,

AND SOMETHING HAPPENED INSIDE,

JUST LIKE…JUST LIKE

MONTHS EARLIER SOMETHING HAD

EXPLODED IN ME,

NOW SOMETHING EXPLODED

UP IN HERE.

I COULDN’T EXPLAIN IT,

I COULDN’T TELL YOU

WHAT HAPPENED,

I JUST KNEW IT WAS STRANGE

AND DIFFERENT,

AND SO ONE DAY I WAS OUT

IN A YARD SALE,

AND I FOUND THIS TV

THAT SET THERE AND SAID, FREE,

AND THE MAN TOLD ME IT WAS

BROKEN…THAT IT DIDN’T WORK,

BUT HE HAD JUST PUT IT OUT

IN CASE SOMEBODY WANTED IT

FOR PARTS.

SO, I TOOK IT HOME

AND SURE ENOUGH IT WORKED

WHEN I PLUGGED MY VCR INTO IT.

WHEN I WOULD GO TO SHOW

MY SON MOVIES,

I WOULD STICK THEM IN FIRST

BECAUSE EVERY TIME I TURNED

THE TV ON IT WOULD MAKE

THIS LOUD SOUND,

SO I WOULD STICK THE MOVIE IN

FIRST, THEN TURN ON THE TV.

ONE DAY, I DON’T KNOW WHY,

BUT I TURNED THE TV ON

FIRST…

>> THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT STAND UP

AND THEY PREACH HELL FIRE

AND DAMNATION,

AND THEY SAY, BOY,

YOU’RE A ISNNER

AND YOU’RE GPOING TO HELL

AND I’M TELLING YOU THE GOSPEL.

NO, THAT’S NOT THE GOSPEL.

>> AND HERE COMES

THIS MAN’S VOICE OVER THE AIR.

THERE WAS NO PICTURE…

THERE WAS NOTHING,

BUT I COULD HEAR THIS MAN

SPEAKING JUST LIKE I’M SPEAKING

TO YOU.

>> THERE’S PROBABLY PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS
TELEVISION PROGRAM

THAT YOU KNOW THAT GOD’S REAL

THAT’S THE REASON

YOU’RE WATCHING

A CHRISTIAN PROGRAM,

AND YET YOU JUST DESPAIR

OF EVER HAVING GOD REALLY MOVE

AND MANIFEST IN YOUR LIFE

BECAUSE YOU FEEL
THAT YOU’VE GOT

TO DO EVERYTHING JUST RIGHT.

>> HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GOD

AND THIS JESUS WHO CAME

AND DID THIS…THIS WORK

ON THE CROSS,

WHO TOOK AWAY OUR SINS

AND DID ALL THIS.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

I JUST COULDN’T GET ENOUGH OF IT

AND I…BUT I JUST HAD TO

HEAR IT

AND SO, THE NEXT DAY I TOOK

MY SONS TAPES…HIS MOVIES

AND I PUT TAPE OVER THE HOLES

SO THAT I COULD STICK IT IN

AND RECORD,

>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH

WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,

A TEACHING MINISTRY

THAT EMPHASIZES GOD’S

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND GRACE.

>> AND THEN THAT AFTERNOON

WHEN I PUT MY SON TO BED,

I SET DOWN AND STUCK

THAT TAPE IN AND LISTENED TO IT

AND IT WAS SO STRANGE.

I’M LIKE, I NEVER HEARD

ANYTHING LIKE THIS,

BUT I WAS SO COMPELLED,

I JUST HAD TO LISTEN TO IT

AGAIN AND AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, WHAT’S
REALLY STRANGE,

NOTHING ELSE COME OVER THAT TV.

I JUST GOT HIM.

>> WE HAVE A PHONE CENTER SO…

TO MAKE THIS AS AVAILABLE TO YOU

AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

IF YOU’LL TELL THEM THAT

YOU WOULD LIKE THE TAPE ON

THE TRUE GOSPEL,

WE’LL GET THAT IN THE MAIL

TO YOU RIGHT AWAY, SO PLEASE

CALL OR WRITE TODAY.

>> THROUGH THAT

IS WHERE I STARTED THEN GETTING

CDs FROM ANDREW,

AND…AND I COULDN’T AFFORD THEM

BUT ONE NICE THING
ABOUT ANDREW

IS HE GAVE THEM AWAY FREE.

>> THIS IS ANDREW WOMMACK

AND THIS IS THE FIRST TAPE

IN A SERIES, A FOUR-TAPE SERIES

THAT I’M DOING…

>> I STARTED LISTENING TO

ANDREW’S TAPES OF,

GOD WANTS YOU WELL,

THE BELIEVER’S AUTHORITY,

AND I STARTED TO REALIZE THAT

I COULD HAVE THIS DELIVERANCE…

THAT I, A WOMAN,

COULD HAVE THIS.

GOD LOVED ME.

HE WASN’T UP THERE WAITING

TO STRIKE ME DEAD

IF I DIDN’T READ

OR IF I DIDN’T DO

SOMETHING RIGHT.

IT…IT WAS INCREDIBLE,

BUT BECAUSE OF ALL THAT,

MY HUSBAND KNEW SOMETHING

WAS GOING ON,

AND I WOULD START TALKING ABOUT

THIS JESUS THAT HE DIDN’T

UNDERSTAND AND KNOW,

AND SO, HE GOT VERY ABUSIVE

VERBALLY,

AND…AND HE HAD THREATENED ME,

AND TOLD ME NOT TO SPEAK

THE NAME OF JESUS,

AND I WASN’T ALLOWED TO HAVE

THE RADIO ON,

AND I WASN’T ALLOWED TO HAVE

MAIL IN THE HOUSE.

SEE…SEE, WHEN…WHEN YOU TALK

JESUS TO THEM,

BECAUSE THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND,

IT MADE THEM ANGRY.

YOU COULD TALK ABOUT GOD.

EVERYTHING ABOUT GOD WAS OKAY,

BUT DON’T SAY THAT JESUS THING.

DON’T SAY JESUS WAS GOD.

DON’T…DON’T TALK ABOUT JESUS.

I WOULD STILL KEEP GOING BACK

TO THAT CHURCH.

I…I STARTED TO HAVE MY EYES

OPENED…KNOW THEY WERE

TEACHING WRONG.

I WOULD JUST START SPEAKING

RIGHT OUT LOUD IN CHURCH,

THAT’S WRONG.

THEY’RE NOT SAYING

THE RIGHT THING,

AND HE GOT VERY EMBARRASSED

AND…AND TOLD ME I COULDN’T GO

TO CHURCH ANYMORE.

NOW I WAS OUT OF THE CHURCH.

MY HUSBAND STILL WAS GOING

TO THAT CHURCH.

HE STILL PUT THE CHILDREN

IN THEIR SCHOOL,

AND EACH DAY I HAD TO TRUST GOD

THAT HE WOULD KEEP US TOGETHER

BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY…

REALLY PULLING US APART.

I WAS ONE WAY AND
MY HUSBAND WAS

TAKING MY CHILDREN

AND GOING ANOTHER WAY.

HE TOLD ME LATER THAT HE WOULD

DO THINGS TO TRY TO MAKE ME

LEAVE HIM SO THAT HE COULD

TAKE ME TO COURT

AND GET MY CHILDREN

SO I COULD NEVER SEE THEM.

HE WAS JUST THAT ANGRY THAT

I WAS USING THE NAME OF JESUS.

SO, I GOT PREGNANT

WITH MY FOURTH CHILD.

I WAS IN LABOR FOR A WEEK,

AND I WAS TRYING TO HAVE HIM

AT HOME.

FINALLY I SAID TO MY HUSBAND,

SOMETHING’S WRONG.

HE SAID, HOW DO YOU KNOW?

I SAID, BECAUSE I HAD

THREE OTHERS.

SOMETHING’S WRONG.

SO, MY SISTER SAID TO HIM,

ARE YOU GOING TO LET HER

LAY THERE IN THAT BED AND DIE

LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE

IN THAT CHURCH?

HE FINALLY TOOK ME

TO THE HOSPITAL.

WHEN I GOT THERE,

THEY STARTED TO DO

AN EXAMINATION…

DISCOVERED MY BABY HAD ALREADY

STOPPED BREATHING,

THAT HE HAD DIED.

THEY SAID, YOU HAVE TO DO

AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION.

THEY…THEY IM…JUST RAN ME OFF

IMMEDIATELY.

[PHONE RINGING]

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[PHONE RINGING]

ONE PERSON FROM MY OLD CHURCH

CALLED ME WHILE I WAS

IN THE HOSPITAL

AND SAID, WHY DIDN’T YOU LET

GOD DO WITH YOU

WHAT HE WANTED TO?

WHY DIDN’T YOU MAKE

YOUR LIFE RIGHT

AND LET GOD TAKE YOU

LIKE HE WANTED TO,

BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE

IN THERE DIE IN CHILDBIRTH.

[LONG BEEP]

[HEART BEAT SOUND]

THEY HAD LITERALLY SHOCKED HIM

BACK TO LIFE.

THEY DIDN’T EVEN KNOW

IF HIS HEART WOULD HOLD OUT…

[HEART BEAT SOUND]

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BUT IT DID, AND GOD PUT HIM

IN PERFECT HEALTH.

AND SO, IT WAS THROUGH THAT

THAT MY HUSBAND
HAD TO COME OUT

OF THE CHURCH

BECAUSE REALLY, THE CHILDREN

WEREN’T ALLOWED
TO GO TO SCHOOL

THERE ANY LONGER.

NOW, MY HUSBAND DIDN’T BELIEVE,

BUT NOW HE HAD NOWHERE TO GO

AND IT WAS THROUGH THAT

THAT HE STARTED COMING TO KNOW

THE LORD THEN

BECAUSE NOW HE WASN’T GETTING

THAT WORD.

HE WASN’T HEARING THEM DAILY

AND NOW GOD COULD START

TALKING TO HIM.

IT’S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY,

BUT IT’S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ONE

AND NOW GOD HAS RESTORED

MY HUSBAND TO THE FAITH…

MY HUSBAND’S BELIEVING NOW.

ALL MY CHILDREN BELIEVE.

HE HAS PUT US

IN A BIBLE BELIEVING CHURCH

AND WE ARE NOW WORSHIPPING

TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.

THE LEGALISM HAS

SUCH A STRONG HOLD ON YOU

THAT EVERY DAY I HAVE TO KEEP

IN CHRIST.

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I…I THINK EACH DAY GOD TAKES

ANOTHER CHAIN OFF OF ME,

THE CHAINS OF BONDAGE

THAT WERE…WERE BINDING ME

AND HE JUST…I…I LITERALLY

CAN HEAR THEM

FALLING ON THE FLOOR

AS HE KLINKS THEM OFF OF ME,

AS HE CUTS THEM AWAY

AND SETS ME FREE.

I CAN CUT MY HAIR

AND NOT WORRY THAT I’M GOING TO

GO TO HELL.

I CAN STICK ON A NECKLACE

AND SOME EARRINGS

AND NOT WORRY THAT I’M GOING TO

GO TO HELL.

IF I MAKE A MISTAKE, I JUST KNOW

HE’S GOING TO PICK ME UP,

HE’S GOING TO LOVE ME,

HE’S GOING TO PUT HIS ARMS

AROUND ME AND LOVE ME…

NOT INFLICT THE SICKNESS ON ME

OR CAUSE ONE OF MY CHILDREN

TO DIE.

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I COULDN’T WALK AWAY ON MY OWN.

I WAS POWERLESS TO DO ANYTHING,

BUT NOW THROUGH CHRIST,

I CAN DO ALL THINGS.

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MAN, WASN’T THAT POWERFUL?

I TELL YOU,

VIRGINIA HAS BECOME

A GOOD FRIEND,

AND I’VE TALKED TO HER

A NUMBER OF TIMES

AND IT’S JUST MIRACULOUS.

I MEAN, TO ME, SHE IS

A TROPHY OF GRACE,

AND WE’VE GOT
ANOTHER TESTIMONY

ON HERE, TOO,

ABOUT A GOOD FRIEND OF HERS,

CAROLINE YEAGER.

THEY WERE BOTH IN

THAT SAME CHURCH

THAT WAS A CULTIST CHURCH

AND THEY BOTH CAME OUT OF IT,

AND I TELL YOU,

THESE WOMEN HAVE
BEEN SET FREE,

AND I JUST LOVE THEM.

IT’S…IT’S AWESOME

WHAT GOD HAS DONE,

AND THERE ARE SOME OF YOU

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM

THAT YOU RELATED TO

SOME OF THESE THINGS

THAT SHE WAS SAYING.

YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF EXTREME

WHAT SHE’S DESCRIBING.

IT’S NOT THAT BAD FOR EVERYBODY,

BUT IT’S THE SAME PRINCIPLE.

IT’S JUST VARYING DEGREES

OF BADNESS.

I WOULD SAY

THAT THE AVERAGE
CHRISTIAN TODAY

IS LIVING UNDER

THIS SAME MINDSET,

THAT YOU’VE GOT TO DO

ALL OF THESE THINGS

AND THAT GOD IS AN ANGRY GOD

AND THAT HE’S GOT TO

BE APPEASED, BUT SEE,

UNDER THE NEW COVENANT

IT’S DIFFERENT.

JESUS CAME AND BORE

THE WRATH OF GOD.

LET ME TURN OVER

AND USE THIS VERSE OUT OF

JOHN, CHAPTER 12,

AND IN VERSE 30…

WELL, LET ME JUST START READING

AT VERSE 30.

IT SAYS, JESUS ANSWERED

AND SAID, THIS VOICE CAME NOT

BECAUSE OF ME,

BUT FOR YOUR SAKES.

NOW IS THE JUDGMENT OF

THIS WORLD: NOW SHALL

THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD

BE CAST OUT.

AND I, IF I BE LIFTED UP

FROM THE EARTH,

WILL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO ME.

PEOPLE OFTEN TAKE THAT SEC…

32ND VERSE AND SAY THAT IF WE

WILL JUST PREACH JESUS,

LIFT HIM UP PROPERLY

UNDER THE ANOINTING OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT,

HE’LL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO HIM,

AND FROM THAT, THEY DECIDE

THAT IF MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE

ARE COMING, THEN THEY MUST BE

REALLY PREACHING THE GOSPEL.

THEY DON’T BASE IT ON

WHAT THE CONTENT IS,

JUST BASICALLY ON

THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE

THAT ARE COMING.

YOU KNOW, I COULD SPEND

MULTIPLE PROGRAMS ON THIS.

I’M JUST GOING TO

SAY IT QUICKLY, BUT WE’VE GOT

MEGA CHURCHES.

DURING THE LAST 20,

30 YEARS HAS BEEN

THE RISE OF MEGA CHURCHES,

NOT ONLY IN THE U.S.,

BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD,

AND THINGS AREN’T

GETTING BETTER,

THEY’RE GETTING WORSE.

WE’VE GOT PEOPLE COMING TO

THESE MEGA CHURCHES IN MASS,

BUT THEY AREN’T BEING TAUGHT

THE WORD OF GOD.

MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN

NOTHING BUT INOCULATED AGAINST

THE TRUE GOSPEL.

I THINK IT’S WRONG TO

INTERPRET THIS THAT IF YOU JUST

PREACH THE GOSPEL,

IT’LL DRAW LARGE NUMBERS

OF PEOPLE.

I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

I’VE BEEN TO SOME OF

THE MEGA CHURCHES

AND THEY HAVE COMPROMISED

IS THE REASON THEY DRAW

LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE.

THEY’VE TURNED IT MORE INTO

A PERFORMANCE THAN THEY HAVE

A MINISTRY TO PEOPLE.

THIS ISN’T TALKING ABOUT

THAT IF YOU DRAW…

JUST LIFT UP JESUS PROPERLY,

HE’LL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO HIM.

IF YOU LOOK IN

THE KING JAMES VERSION,

THAT WORD MEN IS ITALICIZED,

WHICH MEANS THAT IT WASN’T

IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE.

IT WAS ADDED BECAUSE OF

TRYING TO MAKE IT

GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT,

AND I’M NOT AGAINST THAT.

I PRAISE GOD THAT THE KING JAMES

PEOPLE HAD ENOUGH INTEGRITY

TO SHOW THAT WHEN THEY HAD TO

ADD A WORD,

THEY WOULD SAY IT WASN’T

EXACTLY IN THERE,

BUT HI…THIS IS WHAT WE THINK

IT MEANS.

LIKE FOR INSTANCE,

WHEN JESUS, YOU KNOW,

THEY CAME OUT TO ARREST HIM

AND THEY SAID, WHO DO YOU SEEK?

AND THEY SAID,

JESUS OF NAZARETH, AND HE SAID,

I AM HE.

WELL, THEY PUT THE WORD, HE,

THERE TO MAKE IT

GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT,

BUT THEY PUT IT IN ITALICS

BECAUSE ACTUALLY
WHAT JESUS SAID

WAS, I AM.

THE SAME THING THAT WAS IN

EXODUS, CHAPTER 3,

WHEN MOSES SAID, WHO ARE YOU?

AND HE SAID, I AM THAT I AM.

THAT WAS THE NAME OF GOD,

AND SO WHEN THEY ASKED JESUS

WHO HE WAS SEEKING,

THEY SAID, JESUS OF NAZARETH,

AND HE SAYS, I AM,

IS WHAT HE LITERALLY SAID,

AND BECAUSE IT’S ITALICIZED,

YOU CAN SEE THAT.

WELL, HERE THIS WORD, MEN,

IS ITALICIZED.

SO WHAT HE LITERALLY SAID IS,

IF I BE LIFTED UP, I WILL DRAW

ALL UNTO ME.

IT DIDN’T SAY ALL WHAT,

AND SO THEY JUST ASSUMED

IT WAS TALKING ABOUT MEN.

BUT LOOK AT THE NEXT VERSE.

IT SAYS, THIS HE SAID,

SIGNIFYING WHAT DEATH

HE SHOULD DIE.

WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT

BEING LIFTED UP,

THIS WASN’T TALKING ABOUT BEING

EXTOLLED AND PREACHED ABOUT,

IT WAS TALKING ABOUT

WHEN HE WOULD

BE PUT ON A CROSS AND LIFTED UP

ON A CROSS, THAT HE WOULD DRAW

ALL JUDGMENT UNTO HIM.

THAT’S THE SUBJECT IN

VERSE 31.

NOW IS THE JUDGMENT

OF THIS WORLD:

NOW SHALL THE PRINCE OF

THIS WORLD BE CAST OUT.

AND I, IF I BE LIFTED UP

FROM THE EARTH,

WILL DRAW ALL JUDGMENT

UNTO ME.

SO THE REASON I BRING THAT OUT

IS TO SAY, IS THAT ALL OF

GOD’S JUDGMENT AGAINST MY SIN

AND YOUR SIN WAS PLACED

ON JESUS.

GOD IS NOT GOING TO

JUDGE YOU FOR SIN.

NOW, I’LL EXPLAIN THIS MUCH MORE

WHEN WE GET INTO

ROMANS, CHAPTER 6,

BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS

RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE SOMEBODY

MIGHT TAKE WHAT I’M SAYING

AND THINKING, SO I CAN JUST

GO LIVE IN SIN AND I’M NOT

GOING TO BE JUDGED?

WELL, NOT BY GOD.

GOD PLACED YOUR JUDGMENT ON

JESUS IF YOU’RE BORN AGAIN.

NOW, IF YOU AREN’T BORN AGAIN,

YOU WILL HAVE TO ANSWER

FOR YOUR OWN SINS,

BUT IF YOU’VE PUT FAITH IN JESUS

AND MADE HIM YOUR SAVIOR,

YOU RECEIVE WHAT
JESUS DESERVES,

NOT WHAT YOU DESERVE.

BUT DOES THAT MEAN

THAT IT’S OKAY FOR YOU TO GO

LIVE IN SIN?

IT MEANS THAT GOD’S NOT GOING TO

PUNISH YOU,

BUT THERE STILL
ARE CONSEQUENCES

TO YOUR SIN.

YOU GO LIVE IN SIN,

YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE SATAN

AN INROAD INTO YOUR LIFE

AND HE WILL COME IN

AND EAT YOUR LUNCH

AND POP THE BAG.

HE WILL DESTROY YOU.

THE BIBLE SAYS, IN JOHN 10:10,

THAT THE THIEF COMETH

FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE

EXCEPT TO STEAL, KILL,

AND TO DESTROY.

YOU GO LIVE IN SIN,

SATAN IS GOING TO START

STEALING, KILLING,

AND DESTROYING FROM YOU.

GOD WILL STILL LOVE YOU,

BUT YOU WILL SUFFER FOR IT.

IF YOU WERE TO TAKE

WHAT I’M SAYING RIGHT HERE

AND GO OUT AND SAY, MAN,

I’M GOING TO GO LIVE IN SIN

BECAUSE ALL OF MY JUDGMENT

WAS PLACED ON JESUS,

SO YOU GO OUT

AND ROB A BANK

AND THEY CATCH YOU,

THEY ARREST YOU, THEY TRY YOU,

YOU’RE GUILTY, YOU GO TO JAIL,

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

GOD IS NOT GOING TO

HOLD THAT SIN AGAINST YOU.

HE WILL LOVE YOU

AND YOU COULD

FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM

IN YOUR JAIL CELL.

AS YOU ROT AWAY IN JAIL,

GOD WILL STILL LOVE YOU

AND TREAT YOU

JUST LIKE YOU NEVER SINNED,

BUT IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?

NO, THERE’S STILL CONSEQUENCE

TO SIN.

MAYBE NOT FROM GOD,

BECAUSE HE PLACED
THAT JUDGMENT

ON JESUS, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO

HAVE TO LIVE WITH MEN,

AND IF YOU BREAK THEIR LAWS,

THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES,

AND NOT ONLY PHYSICAL MEN,

BUT SATAN.

WHEN YOU LIVE IN SIN,

ROMANS 6:16, SAYS, KNOW YE NOT,

THAT TO WHOM YE YIELD

YOURSELVES SERVANTS TO OBEY,

HIS SERVANTS YE ARE

TO WHOM YE OBEY;

WHETHER OF SIN UNTO DEATH,

OR OF OBEDIENCE

UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS?

YOU GO OUT AND COMMIT SIN,

YOU JUST GAVE SATAN AN INROAD

INTO YOUR LIFE

AND HE WILL TAKE

HIS POUND OF FLESH FROM YOU.

YOU DON’T WANT TO DO THAT.

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