He says, that's not how you learned Christ.
That's not what Jesus Christ preached to you.
That's not what you taught.
Oh, but Jesus was a liberal, Jesus was a socialist, Jesus was a long haired hippie.
No, Jesus was a fire breathing preacher of righteousness.
John the Baptist got up and preached that man needed to live a righteous, godly, holy
life.
And he says, did you even learn Christ?
Did you even hear Christ preach, is what he's accusing them of right here.
He's saying, if so be that you've heard him in verse 21, that you've been taught by him
as the truth is in Jesus, have you ever even heard him preach?
Have you even read his word and you think that he is the sponsor of unclean and unrighteous
and unholy living?
Do you even know who he is, is what he's saying.
He's saying, that's not how I learned Christ.
The Christ I know told me to put off my former conversation, to get rid of the lust, to be
renewed in the spirit of my mind.
And verse 24, that I put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and
true holiness.
What does righteousness mean?
Doing the right thing.
That's right.
Right.
Those are the first five, right, righteousness, not doing wrong.
And let me tell you something, stealing is wrong, murder is wrong, adultery is wrong,
covetousness or lust, the two are synonymous in the Bible, is wrong, thou shalt not covet.
Paul said, I've not known lust, but the commandments that thou shalt not covet, covetousness is
wrong, idolatry is wrong, graven images are wrong, statues are wrong, worshiping a plastic
Jesus and a plastic Mary on your dash is wrong, rubbing rosary beads is wrong, okay,
living with someone that you're not married to is wrong, murder is wrong, abortion is
wrong, it's wrong, stealing wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, and I could go on and on.
That's just kind of a quick summary of the 10 commandments, blaspheming God is wrong,
taking the Lord's name in vain is wrong, watching filth on your television is wrong, sending
your kids to a godless school is wrong, to be indoctrinated by the television or by Obama
or by Napolitano, it's wrong, it's all wrong, and I'm here to tell you this morning, it's
wrong, you came to church to hear me say, it's wrong, Jesus when he was on this earth
said, you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong.
You know what the word repent means, it means you're wrong, that's what it means.
I'm having trouble understanding this word repentance, it means you're wrong, you don't
believe the gospel, you're wrong, you're living in sin, you're wrong, you think that the Old
Testament is not part of the Bible, you're wrong, you think that the gay lifestyle is
okay, the Bible calls it filth, you're wrong, oh but I just, I don't care what you think,
you're wrong, repent, you're wrong, you know what rebuke means, you're wrong, you're wrong,
rebuke means when I tell you, you're wrong, you are wrong, reprove, you know what reprove
means, look it up in the dictionary, you're wrong, that's what it means, anything that
starts with a re in the Bible, rebuke, repent, reprove, they all just mean you're wrong and
people don't like to be told that they're wrong, nobody likes being told they're wrong
but the whole Bible is just constantly telling you you're wrong, okay, so that's why the
word repent occurs hundreds of times because people are constantly keeping wrong and yes
keep telling them that they're wrong and so look if you would at Romans 13 verse 12, Romans
chapter 13, you're in Ephesians, just go back a few pages to Romans 13 and you see that
our church should really be called you're wrong Baptist Church because honestly the
reason that you come to church is to have somebody tell you you're wrong, I mean look
if I wanted somebody to just tell me I'm right all the time, what would even be the point
of going to church, I'm already right, I don't need church, if I'm right, listen, if I'm
right about everything, I don't need church, you know what I mean, if I'm right, what do
I need church, I need church because I'm wrong and I need somebody to tell me I'm wrong and
show me in the Bible where I'm wrong and to get it right, listen to this, the Bible says
for all scriptures given by inspiration of God is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness, let me turn there, you stay there, I just
wanted to, I wanted to just show you something quickly in this, in 1 Timothy or 2 Timothy
3 16, you stay over there in Romans, I'm going to be there in a second, but it says it's
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
four things, ok, so he says it's profitable for doctrine, that's teaching you what's right,
reproof, that's teaching you what's not right, correction, that's teaching you how to change
and get it right, correction, right, and instruction in righteousness is how to keep it right,
ok, this is sort of like the 5S, ok, but you know what I'm talking about, but it's a variation,
this is right, this is wrong, this is how you're going to get that which is wrong right
and this is how you're going to keep it right, that's what the Bible is for, that's the four
step process, look at Romans 13 verse 12 I think I said