I'm trying to figure out how to put it, like, because you know most people say the more sins you make, the more chance you have of going to hell, but I don't believe that.
Sure, so usually people believe one of two things, either that salvation's 100% by trusting in Jesus Christ and his sacrifice, hello, or by believing in him and living a good life.
Which one do you think you've fallen to?
Both.
Both?
Okay, so kind of a mix of faith and works.
And here's the thing, you know, God wants us to live a good life.
He wants us to do good.
But when it comes to getting to heaven, the Bible says it's a free gift.
It's not based on how you live because of the fact that I'm a sinner and you're a sinner.
Right?
So we're never going to be perfect.
That's why salvation can't be by our works.
You had like 10 minutes.
I could show you that from the Bible.
That way you can be 100% sure.
Would you want to see that real quick?
Awesome.
The Bible says here for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Of course, no one's perfect, right?
We've all sinned meaning that we've all broken God's commandments.
And so the bad news first is that in Romans 6 the Bible says that we all have a punishment for our sin right here.
The Bible says for the wages of sin is death.
So when we die, there's one of two places we can go. Heaven or where?
Yeah. Do you believe that hell's a real place? No, you don't think it's real?
Well, let me ask you this. Do you believe the Bible? Okay. So I want to show you this because
Bible
Sure, the Bible says that it was created for the devil and his angels
But here's the thing once man sinned in the Garden of Eden that caused death to come upon humanity
That's why it says for the wages of sin as death
And the unfortunate reality is that the Bible does teach that because we've sinned, we do deserve to go to hell,
and there are people that are going to go there.
And it's a real place. This is how the Bible describes people in hell.
It says,
So, you know, I don't like hell. I wish hell wasn't real, but if we believe the Bible,
the Bible does say that hell is a real place. And in Revelation chapter 21, God gives us
a list of the type of people that are going to go there someday. It says here, but the
fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and hormongers and sorcerers
and idolaters. This is a really bad list, right? But then it says this, and all liars.
shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone,
which is the second death." I know I've told a lie before. Have you ever told a lie before?
Everyone has, right? And so, what this is teaching us...
is that because we've all sinned, we all deserve that punishment of going to help.
But do you think that God wants us to go there?
No. And see, this is the important distinction is that,
yes, hell is real, and yes, God will send people there.
But He doesn't want to. So He gave us a way that we don't have to go there.
In Romans 5, the Bible says,
but God commended His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
So he loves us, and the way he showed us his love was by giving us his son, Jesus Christ.
And I'm sure you've heard how Jesus, he was born of a virgin, right? His mother Mary.
And so since he was born of a virgin, he had no earthly father.
Hello? Because his real father was who?
God in heaven, right? So when Jesus was born, he was 100% God and 100% man, right?
So he's God in the flesh. Do you believe that? Awesome. Yeah. And so that made him
obviously special and he was able to live his entire life never sending a single time. You and I, we probably mess up every day, right?
The Bible even says, for example, that the thought of foolishness is sin.
I have foolish thoughts, you have foolish thoughts, right?
So we all sin every single day.
But Jesus, he never sinned, he was perfect, never lied, never stole, never cheated, never
did anything wrong.
And when he was about 30 years old, he started his ministry where he did a lot of miracles,
right?
So he raised people from the dead, he walked on water, people who were blind, he caused
them to see, people who were not able to speak, he helped them speak, right?
All these great things.
but most importantly what he did was that he preached the truth, he preached the word of God
and because of his preaching there was a group of people that hated him, the Jews
and they ended up lying about him and having a fake trial
and in this trial they spit in his face they ripped out his beard
you know they whipped him they put a crown of thorns on his head made him bleed
they put him up on a cross and they drove nails through his hands through his feet
and hung him on that cross where he was there for six hours dying
And do you know why it is that he died on the cross?
Like, why did he allow himself to do that?
For our sins.
Exactly, to pay for all of our sins.
Exactly right.
And so he died for all of our sins of the whole world,
past, present, and future, all nations, all people.
He died for everyone.
Then his body was buried in the tomb.
And when his body was in the tomb,
the Bible says that his soul went somewhere
for three days and three nights.
Do you think that was heaven or hell?
Thank you.
So he did eventually go to heaven, but check this out right here.
It says, he's seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ,
that his soul was not left in hell.
Neither his flesh did see corruption.
Now you might be thinking, well, why would Jesus have gone to hell if he's God?
And if he lived a perfect life, he didn't deserve to go there.
But remember, where is it that we deserve to go for our sins?
Where do we deserve to go?
Right, exactly. So Jesus, he loved us so much that he lived the perfect life, he died on
the cross for our sins, he was buried, and he went to hell for three days and three nights
to pay the punishment that all of us deserve. But he didn't stay dead because what happened
to Jesus three days after he died. Exactly, he rose again from the dead. Physically, he
rose again, he showed his disciples the holes in his hands and in his feet, right? Now here's
the question.
Just because Jesus died and was buried in Rose again. Do you think that means everybody just automatically goes to heaven?
No, so there's there's one thing that we have to do to get there. Okay, so this question is asked right here
Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
And they said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved now
Does that say go to church and you'll be saved live a good life help old ladies cross the street do good
No, right? There's one thing we got to do which is believe
Now here's what it means to believe. It doesn't just mean that you believe he
exists, right? There's plenty of people that I believe exist, but I don't
necessarily automatically trust them, right? I know politicians are real, but
do you automatically trust politicians? No, right? So what it means to believe in
him, yes, it means that you believe he's real, of course. But beyond that, it means
that you're trusting that what he did for you on the cross is the only thing
or the things that I do. Because people who are unsaved
Let me tell you who they're trusting in.
They're trusting in themselves.
I ask people all the time,
what do you think it takes to get to heaven?
And you know what people tell me?
Live a good life, repent of your sins, be a good person,
go to church, pray, read the Bible, do good,
all these things, notice what they're saying,
all the things that they do, right?
But the Bible says this,
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.
So getting to heaven, it's not of you, it's not of me, and it's not of our works.
Otherwise we'd be able to boast or brag, right?
What are works? Just doing good, right?
Reading the Bible is a good work, going to church is a good work, and those things are good.
I'm not saying they're bad, but the Bible says that we're not saved by those things.
Otherwise we'd be able to brag. Do you think we could brag to God?
Of course not, right? So just as an example, you know,
I don't believe this, but let's just say, for example,
oh, I'm going to heaven because I'm such a great guy
and I live a good life and I do good
and I don't drink and I don't do drugs or whatever.
Who does it sound like I'm trusting in?
You're so right.
Exactly, right.
But what if I said to you, hey, I'm not a good person.
I'm a sinner.
The Bible says I'm a sinner,
but I believe Jesus died on the cross for all my sins
that he was buried and rose again
and I'm only trusting him to take me to heaven.
Now who am I trusting in?
Exactly, that's all you have to do to be saved.
You just have to place your trust not in yourself.
or in your pastor, your religion or whatever, you put it 100% in Jesus Christ.
When you do that, the Bible says that He gives us something.
Because you know, so far I've shown you that we're sinners, we deserve help,
but Jesus paid our punishment and that we get to heaven by, how do we get to heaven?
Hold on, I'm sorry. No, you're fine. You're good, you're good.
You got some tennis elbow or what?
I got my elbow sitting against here for 12 hours. Oh, I got you.
believe in him. Exactly right. So now we get something when we believe in him. The
Bible says this, for the wages of sin is death. That's the bad news that we deserve
help.
But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
So the Bible says that God wants to give us a gift, and that gift is called eternal life.
But you can only get it through one person, Jesus Christ, right?
So let's say I wanted to give you this Bible as a gift, and I said, hey, this is a free gift for you.
All you have to do is pay me $100. Would that be a gift?
Of course not, right? Exactly. Or if I said, hey, I want to give you this Bible as a free gift. You just have to wash my truck.
Is that a gift? No. So think about it with salvation. It's the same thing. God says it's a free gift.
So God's not saying, hey, here's a free gift. It's called eternal life, but you have to go to church.
You have to pay a tithe. You have to repent of your sins. You have to read the Bible. That wouldn't be a gift, right?
Because you're earning it. You're working for it. You don't pay for a gift. It's free, right? And this gift right here
It's called eternal life. How long does eternal last for?
Yeah, exactly. So let me ask you this. Once someone believes in Jesus, and they have eternal life,
do you think they could ever do anything to lose that salvation? Or do you think once they're saved, they're always saved?
No, I'm sorry, what do you say?
Once someone believes in him, and they have eternal life, do you think there's anything they could ever do to lose that salvation?
Wasn't the devil an angel and he was in heaven and then something happened and then he, like, yeah.
So let's think about something real quick.
Not talking about the devil or angels, we're just talking about human beings.
When Jesus died for our sins, did he die just for our little sins or also for our big sins?
All sins.
All sins, right?
Does the Bible say that you have to stop sinning to be saved?
Or does it say you have to believe in Jesus Christ?
Right. When we believe in him, does he give us temporary life or eternal life?
Right. So if I have eternal life and then I do something bad and then that life ends, was that eternal or was that temporary?
Exactly. So here's the thing. Eternal life, it means that you can never lose it because by definition eternal lasts for forever.
Not only that though, because obviously if we just think about it, we can never lose our salvation.
But most importantly, Jesus said we could never lose our salvation. Jesus said this,
verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me half
everlasting life. So if you believe in Jesus, right now, present tense, you have
Everlasting life. How long has everlasting last for?
Exactly, right? So if I have
Everlasting life today, well, I have it tomorrow. What about a million years from now? Yeah, because it's everlasting, right?
Not only that, but he says and
Shall not come into condemnation
Condemnation means going to hell
So, if you believe in Jesus, you have everlasting life right now, and you'll never go to hell.
Because if I have everlasting life, then I'll never go to hell, right?
Not only that, it says, but is passed from death unto life.
So, notice, it's not, well, someday you might pass some death unto life if you're a good
person, if you've done enough good in your life, if you've repented of your sins.
You pass from death into life. How? By putting your faith in Him.
Why? Because salvation is not a process. It's not a lifelong, you know, struggle of doing good and
abstaining from doing evil. It's simply one time putting all your trust in Him. And when you do that,
you're saved for forever, no matter what you do. That's why the gospel is good news. You know, because
it's good news that it's free.
that it's easy. You know, if I told you, hey, I've got good news for you. You can
go to heaven. All you have to do is read the Bible every day, pray every day, go to
church, pay your tithe, be a good person, never sin. That would not be good news,
right? Because I would fail day one. We would all fail, right? So here's the thing.
We have everlasting life. We can never lose that but I'm not saying that you would never have any punishment for your actions
Okay, because for example, you know, I've got my daughters here and if my daughters do good
I'm pleased with them. I'll bless them
But if they disobey and they're bad and they're breaking the rules
I'll punish them right and do I do that because I love them or hate them because I love them right so in John 1
The Bible says, but as many as received him, so whoever believes in Jesus, to them gave
he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.
So, how you become a child of God is putting your faith in Jesus Christ.
You know, Jesus said you must be born again.
We were born into this world through our mother, right?
We get born into the family of God by trusting in Jesus Christ.
We become his sons and his daughters.
Now, as God's son, if I go out and do something terrible, if I go rob a bank, God's going
to spank me on this earth, right?
I could get arrested.
I could get shot by the police.
I could lose my money.
I could lose my health.
family, I could lose my car. Like God could punish me, right? Because the Bible says,
whom the Lord love it, He chases it. So here's the thing. If I believe in Jesus and I do something bad,
God will punish me, but I'm still saved. Just like if my daughters do something bad,
I'll correct them, but they're still my daughters. Does that make sense? Yeah, so let me do a quick
recap here. You know, in the beginning I said that all of us have sinned,
And because we've sinned, where do we deserve to go?
To.
Right, but God doesn't want us to go there.
So what did He do for us that way we don't have to go there?
Oh my gosh, I was listening. I'm sorry. Repeat that?
Yeah, yeah. So, you know, we deserve hell because we've broken God's commandments.
But God loves us, and so He did something for us so that way He could pay for our sins.
How did He do that?
No, Jesus did. Exactly. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. Right, and Jesus is the Son of God
But he's also God in the flesh. Yeah. Yeah, so he died on the cross for our sins
He was buried and then after he was buried what happened exactly he rose again
And what is it that we have to do to get to heaven?
Right, it's not by works. It's not by doing good, you know doing good works is great
But trusting in those things to get us to heaven. That's wrong
You're not gonna be able to get to heaven if you're trusting in those things
we have to trust in Christ.
So yeah, he rose again from the dead,
and then what is it that we have to do to be saved?
You told me, what was your answer again?
I'm sorry.
We have to be saved?
Yeah, what do you have to do to be saved?
We have to believe in him.
Exactly.
And once you believe in him, how long are you saved for?
Eternal life.
Eternal, right?
Now, if you do bad, God will punish you,
but he's not gonna take away your salvation.
Why?
Because it's eternal.
Because it's eternal and it's a free gift, right?
Exactly.
So this whole time, I've been telling you
that all we have to do to be saved is believe, right?
Put our trust in Him.
But the question is, how do we believe in Him?
How do we put our trust in Him?
This is how right here.
It says that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart
that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved, right?
So if you believe it truly in your heart
and you say it with your mouth,
the Bible says that you'll be saved and then what right here it says for whosoever that's
everyone right that's me you everyone for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved so you know if you believe these things if you want that gift of eternal life all you have
to do is ask God to give it to you right and so what i'd like to do with you real quick is just
help you word of prayer and ask him for that gift of eternal life and you can just repeat after me
I know I'm a sinner, I know I deserve hell, but I believe you died on the cross for my sins that you were buried and rose again from the dead.
I'm only trusting you and not myself. Please give me eternal life. Amen.
Awesome. Thank you. What was your name again? Serenity. That's a great name. I'm
Pastor Oz. Nice to meet you. Here on the uh... I also want to give you another
thing here. This is a free documentary that a friend church of ours made. It's
called the Sodomite Deception. You know, we're in the month of June, which is
like Pride Month. And a lot of people want to corrupt your kids and tell them
that homosexuality is natural. They'll even have like drag queen shows and try
to bring kids to that stuff. But the Bible says that those people actually hate
And as a result, they've been given over to a reprobate mind.
it allows them to do all sorts of gross and just disgusting stuff and you want
to make sure you protect your kids from people like that and so we're handing
that out it's totally free online. Our church is just across the street,
literally just across the street so if you ever wanted to come we'd like to
have you after you get saved like you just did now you should get baptized and
so I could baptize you anytime you want. Well the reason I bring that up is
because the Bible teaches, let me just show you real quick.
in Acts chapter number eight, because a lot of people get, you know, dunked under the water or they get sprinkled as a baby or something like that.
But baptism is a picture of salvation, right? Because you're standing in the water.
It's kind of like Jesus standing on the cross, right? You go into the water picturing his death.
You come up out of the water picturing his resurrection. This happens after you get saved because
Right here. There's a man who he just
He just heard the gospel like you just heard and he asks this question
He says and as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water
It's like a river or something and the eunuch said see here is water
What doth hinder me to be baptized? He's saying hey
What's stopping me from getting baptized right now?
And then the preacher says and Phillips say it said if thou believest with all thine heart thou mayest
He answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and he commanded the chariot to stand still
And they went down both into the water both Philip and the eunuch and he baptized him
So what was stopping this guy from getting baptized is that before he wasn't safe?
He didn't believe in Christ
So you know when I came to your door you told me that you thought to get to heaven
We have to do good works live a good life, but now you see that it's a free gift now
You've trusted in Christ you've received everlasting life
So according to the Bible you should get baptized again because before you were just getting wet
you were just taking a bath. But now that you're saved, now you should get baptized again.
And then after that, that's the only time you ever have to do it. But you do have to get baptized
after salvation. So if you want to do that, I'd be happy to baptize you. Just come over at church.
You've got our address there. And yeah, anything you need, you've got our contact information. It's
very nice meeting you. Yep. God bless you. Take care. All right. Thank you. Bye.