All right, we're here in Romans chapter 5 and we're just going verse by verse continuing through Romans
We've taken kind of a couple weeks off from this
But you know, I like to go verse by verse because it kind of forces me to preach on everything the Bible talks about
You know, you cannot avoid any topic in the Bible and we're gonna finish all of Romans 5 here today
There's a lot of just points here listed in Romans 5 a lot of different topics verse number one the Bible reads
Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ
Okay
And what I want to highlight here is the peace that's mentioned that we have with God when we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
Okay, when you get saved the Bible talks about the peace of God that will enter into you when you're a saved person
Go to go to Philippians chapter 4 Philippians 4 Philippians 4
Now
There are a couple ways we have peace one is the fact that God is never going to judge us for our sins
We have peace with God. He's never going to judge us and send us to hell
If you're saved you have eternal life, you cannot lose that salvation
But you know the Bible also speaks about the peace of God which passeth all understanding
That doesn't logically make sense
But as a saved person filled with the Spirit of God you can have a peace that's going to pass any
Understanding anyone could possibly have okay Philippians 4 verse 7 and the peace of God which passeth all
Understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus
The Bible says the peace of God which passeth all understanding. Okay now
One way to look at this is you look at our world during 2020 and this world has become crazy
Right this world has been mad, but you know save people that love God they have peace about them
Right I mean the sky's not falling in my life
I mean I'm doing fine, and you know you look at how you know people are reacting in some and look
I agree with being cautious. I don't think we should be foolish, but it's like you look at the decisions that are being made
It's like man like all over the world, and it's like people are really scared of their own shadow
It's like the Bible talks about when you're saved having a peace of God which passeth all understanding
Okay, go back to Romans 5 Romans 5
Romans chapter 5 I
Remember when I was in college a good friend of mine died
You know he's only 20 years old and he is someone that I went soul winning with and it's a really tragic death
You know we were camping and then it was a drowning accident, but you know he loved the Lord
You know he went soul winning and everything
I went to church with him, and you know I remember he passed away
And we were at his funeral a few days later, and this is a long time goes back in 2008
But I remember we were at his funeral, and you know his relatives are there and everything and they were asking us
You know like because everybody's crying and sad and then me and my friends. You know we were doing okay
And then they were asking like you know how are you guys able to handle this right well? We know he's in heaven
Right I mean we had a peace about us and look was I happy absolutely not did I shed some tears
That week absolutely I did, but you know I had a peace that that passed all understanding
You say why because I knew he was in heaven and obviously many people at the funeral
They didn't understand certain things like that. They didn't understand spiritual issues, okay, but knowing he was in heaven
You know what we were doing okay?
And when you get saved the Bible says you have a peace that will pass all understanding that comes upon you
I never wake up worried about oh, no man. What if I do wrong?
I might end up in hell right that that thought never crosses my mind
Say why I done got saved a long time ago, right?
I mean I was 18 years old a freshman in college right a long time ago
I'm not worried about where I'm going to spend eternity, but the average person out there. They are scared to death
They have no peace about themselves where they're going to spend eternity and sometimes
They don't even like to think about it because they're so scared they try to just avoid the topic
It's like yeah, you know what you know a kid does the same thing they do something wrong
They put a blanket over their head. It's like mom and dad won't see me. It's like no we know you're under there son
Okay, it's like you know we understand
You're still under there, and they can pretend not to think about it and try to avoid it, but it doesn't change reality
Eternity is reality whether they want to believe it or trust in it or not okay notice
What it says in verse 3 and not only so but we glory in tribulations also knowing that tribulation worketh patience
And patience experience and experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed
Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given on to us and notice
How he said in verse 3 we glory in tribulations also
What Paul is teaching here is that going through trials in life builds character?
It makes you a better person look don't shy away from going through tough times in life
People want life to be just incredibly easy they always want to take the easy way out life's not easy and
Trials and tribulations are good for us. They build character
They make us better people it says here we glory in tribulations also tribulation worketh patience patience experience experience
hope
Look going through trials builds character in your life, okay look at verse number two so number one
We talked about the peace that it mentions, but let us talk about how do we get access to that peace and it is by?
faith
Romans 5 verse 2 by whom also we have access by
Faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God so in verse 1
We're justified by faith
Okay, when you think of justified you can think of it as just as if I never sinned
Justified you're completely forgiven just as if you never sinned you're justified before God you put your faith in Jesus Christ
And you are saved for all eternity. It's that simple and and we don't make it a gray area around here
You know there's a lot of churches out there that will tell you salvation is by faith
But if you're really saved if you're really saved, there's there's gonna be something right
I mean there's gonna be some sort of change they make it confusing no
It's completely by faith. It's
100% by faith alone, and it's done. It's finished your child of God
Look once you're born into a family you can't crawl back into that womb
It's done. I mean once you're born your child is your child forever
Nothing ever changes that
Now if you do wrong you get punished by your parents if my son acts up he gets punished by me
But he's still my son and nothing ever changes that it's the same way with salvation you put your faith in Jesus Christ
You're born into God's family, and it's forever
Think of when a pregnancy takes place
Okay, who is it that goes through the pain is it the mom or the baby?
It's the mom I know I know and I know there's a lot of expecting moms that were hoping the answer would be the baby
But no I mean the mom the mom goes through the trials and the pain. It's difficult for the mom
She goes through labor. She does the work. What does the child do well the child is just born
When it comes to salvation who does the work who died on the cross did we die on the cross?
Jesus Christ did the work so when it comes to being born into God's family the person who did the work was Jesus Christ
We just believe that we're born into his family, and we have a father-son or father-daughter relationship that will never change
Okay, now look at verse number three
Or verse number six I should say so point number one we talked about peace point number two we talked about faith
Point number three I want you to realize that this faith comes as we are
Undeserving people we do not deserve salvation
We do not deserve forgiveness, but Jesus died for the ungodly the Bible says Romans 5 verse 6 for when we were yet
without
Strength in
Due time Christ died for the ungodly so the Bible says here in verse 6 when we were yet without strength
Okay, now just picture somebody who's you know lifting weights, and he's doing bench press
And you know he doesn't have a spotter because look if you're gonna lift weights, and you do certain exercises you need a spotter
Okay, otherwise it could be dangerous right you know if you've ever lifted weights before we've all done this thing where you get the weight
Trapped on you, and you kind of do this roll thing where it crashes into the ground and everybody at the gym
Looks at you like what's wrong with you right?
I mean imagine doing bench press and benching 225 pounds or whatever and you do a couple reps
And then all of a sudden you're like and then it's stuck on your neck
Right and you have no strength and then imagine somebody comes over and just
Pulls it off for you right that is how it is with salvation. We don't have an ability
We have no strength. We have no ability to lift that weight
We have no ability to die or pay for our sins
We don't deserve it, but Jesus Christ died when we were without strength. We couldn't save ourselves. It was impossible
Verse 7 for scarcely for a righteous man will one die the Bible says it's a very rare thing that somebody's gonna die
for a righteous man
Now look when it comes to my life, and you know I care about the church members in this room
But but look I would die for my wife for my son my daughter
No offense
But you know you're not my son. You're not my daughter. You're not my wife
Okay, it's like you would die for people you really truly care about but you know the reality is this that you know
It's very rare someone who would just die for somebody else and just say I'd be willing to die for you know such-and-such
Person that's not my brother not my father not my mother not my wife or my husband for scarcely for a righteous man
Will one die yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die
But God commended his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us
And so Jesus Christ died for us when we were sinners undeserving of it, okay?
Now realize this Jesus died for every single person and every single sin that would come into the world
So here's the thing about this Jesus died for people that became wicked pedophiles
Knowing they would never get saved
Knowing they would commit these atrocious things and he died in paid for those sins
He paid for sins for people that were bad people that never got saved
So look it's it's not just the fact that he died for your sins and my sins
And he went to hell for three days and three nights
No, he suffered for all of those sins, which means the more people he died for the more he suffered
It's not just the fact he was in hell for three days and three nights
No, he actually suffered for each individual sin now
We don't understand how this can work logically for three days and three nights paying for the sins of the world
But that is what the Bible teaches. He died and paid for the sins of the entire world
Turn to Lamentations chapter 3 Lamentations 3
Lamentations chapter 3
And by the way, you know, we're the only religion that has a Savior that actually died for us
I mean Muhammad didn't go on the cross
Buddha didn't die for the sins of the world. I mean Buddha was like the most selfish man who ever lived
He's about to have a baby born and he just leaves the family. I mean, what kind of a father is that?
It's like good night. He didn't even stay there to raise his kids. He just left his wife to go in search of religion
It's like yeah, that's that's what you call like a vagabond or or you know, you know, whatever just like a derelict father
Okay, he didn't die and pay for anybody's sins
I mean the Hindu gods didn't die and pay for anybody's sins only Jesus Christ died and paid for the sins
I mean Joseph Smith when he died in prison because he was arrested because everyone knew he's a bad person
He went down guns-a-blazing shooting at them. It's like they killed him. He got shot to death
Yeah, and the Mormon say hey, he got shot to death for the cause of Christ. He was shooting at them
It's like Jesus Christ wasn't shooting anyone out when he was on the cross
He freely was willing to die and pay for the sins of the world. He's the only one who did that
He is the Savior. He is the Christ
Lamentations 3 verse 22
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed because his compassion's fail not they are new every morning
Great is thy faithfulness, you know this ought to encourage us that God is his compassion
It's new every morning
His mercies are new every morning
Which means when you have days where you don't read your Bible and you have a bad attitude and you backslide
You can wake up in the morning
Get right with God and it's a new day and it's a new start and God will forgive you and give you another chance now
We understand you can never lose your salvation
But if you want God's blessings upon your life, you need to be right with God and that is something we should be doing
Every night and every morning
Every night you ought to go to bed and say God forgive me for what I did wrong today and
You know specific things you might have done wrong or just in general and say God help me to do better tomorrow
You wake up the next day and say God, please help me to do well today. Please help me not to screw up
Please help me to work hard
Have a good attitude have the right mind to read my Bible to pray to learn something from your word
We should do that every day and God's mercies are new every morning turn back to Romans 5 Romans 5
Romans chapter 5
And so next let's talk about the blood as is mentioned in Romans 5 verse 9 Romans chapter 5 verse 9
Much more than being now justified by his blood
We shall be saved from wrath through him
So remember justified is like just as if I never sinned you are justified by
His blood referring to the Lord Jesus Christ. Nobody else's blood. Okay
So according to this verse is the blood of Jesus Christ significant for our salvation
You better believe it is we are justified by his blood
That is what the Bible says. It does not say by his death
It says by his blood see the way Jesus died was important
Jesus could not have just died of old age
Jesus could not have just jumped off a cliff when Satan was tempting him and just crashed into the ground and died
No, he had to die a blood-shedding death. It says justified by his blood turn to Hebrews 9 Hebrews 9
Hebrews 9
There's a reason why we sing are you washed in the blood
There is power in the blood. There is a fountain
When I see the blood there's a reason why a lot of songs we sing are about the blood
Look if the blood didn't mean anything wouldn't it be kind of weird to sing about blood all the time, right?
I mean, that's that's something you'd expect, you know
Someone who's really dark or satanic if it meant nothing we would never sing about the blood. It would be weird
But the reason why we sing songs about it is because the Bible tells us salvation comes by the blood of Jesus Christ
Okay, notice what it says in Hebrews 9 verse 20
Hebrews 9 verse 20
Saying this is the blood of the new tech
This is the blood of the Testament which God hath enjoined on to you
Moreover, he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood and notice this and without
Shedding of blood is no remission
So, let me ask you is there a remission of sins without the blood of Jesus Christ
No
The blood of Jesus Christ is significant. It's necessary for salvation to occur go back to Romans 5 Romans 5
There's a famous false teacher and he's perhaps the most famous Calvinist. He's certainly up there
John MacArthur and John MacArthur says the blood means nothing
Okay, now look we understand that preachers misspeak and say things wrong
I misspeak sometimes but he has held this position for over 30 years. I mean, he's he's pretty old now probably 40 years, right?
He has held this position his entire life about how the blood means nothing now
He tries to word it in a way where he tries to avoid that
but what he actually believes is this that all that matters is the death of Jesus and the blood is just
Happens to be the way how Jesus died but it doesn't really matter
The blood means absolutely nothing all that matters is Jesus die is that Jesus died
Look, there are seven billion people on this planet and unless the rapture is coming in our lifetime. We're all gonna die. I
Mean what's significant about that?
Everybody dies
Okay, I mean except Enoch, you know Elijah. I mean everybody dies, right? It's like so everybody dies
So what would be significant if the fact that Jesus, you know, well, you know
He died of old age lived to be 85 years old. He died and he was the Savior
No, he actually had to die a blood shedding death. Okay, the blood is significant. It is not just his death
Romans 5 verse 10 for if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his son
Much more being reconciled. We shall be saved by his life and not only so but we also joy in God through our Lord
Jesus Christ by whom we have now received the atonement, okay
Verse number 12 point number five is this let's talk about this concept of original sin and Adam's
Transgression and where babies go when they die notice what it says in Romans 5 verse 12
Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin. Okay. Now who is that referring to in verse 12?
Adam by one man sin entered into the world
What's interesting about this passage is the blame is put on the man not the woman
Now who committed the first transgression in the book of Genesis?
Eve
Why does God blame Adam?
well Adams the head of that household and God gave Adam the
Instructions for his house and obviously he either didn't pass it on to his wife or just you know
Whatever but he's the one who's held responsible as the head of that home
Okay
And look as guys we must realize the Bible teaches we are the heads of our homes of our wives of our children
And it's your responsibility when things go wrong. God will hold you accountable
Okay, Adam is held accountable, even though we know Eve is the first one who is tempted by the devil
Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men
For that all have sinned death passes upon all men because of the fact we all sin we are guilty
We have a sin nature and all of us sin. Okay, and so death passes upon all of us
now a
Popular teaching, you know is obviously evolution, right?
evolution teaches this that there was millions upon millions upon millions of years of death and
destruction and
Eventually man came into this world that death
Brought man into this world. What does the Bible teach man?
Brought death into the world the exact opposite
I mean people try to tell you that evolution in the Bible are
Compatible that you can bring them together and you can believe in both
It's like how in the world could you believe the Bible and evolution?
Evolution teaches death brought man into the world that there's endless tens of millions of years hundreds millions years death and destruction
And everything and eventually man comes into the world
The Bible teaches the opposite the Bible teaches on that creation week that man was created and man's sin brought death into the world
Death did not bring man into the world man brought death into the world the exact
Opposite of evolution and look if you just read the Bible literally
I don't see four and a half billion years here in this Bible Adam and Eve are created and you know counted up
It's less than seven thousand years from the time of where we are today. Okay, it's not tens of millions years
You know, what's funny about this is you look at this world today
because you look at these liberal wicked politicians and
They're just going on and on about global warming global warming and everything. This world is going to be destroyed in ten years
You know, we're destroying it it's about to end they believe the earth is four and a half billion years old
But in ten years, we're gonna destroy it. Do you realize how crazy that sounds?
Four and a half billion years old, but in ten years we can destroy it
You know by polluting it now look I'm not for pollution
But it's ridiculous to think the earth lasted four and a half billion years and yet in ten years is going to be gone
Now I get it. Maybe not all of them
You know, we're math majors and they think oh these are just another, you know, ten zeros on the end, right?
You look every one of those zeros is a lot. Okay. It's like in ten years. They claim this world's gonna be destroyed
That's ridiculous. It's funny because you know in the 70s it was global cooling
That's what they taught all the science journals front page
Now are we preparing for another Ice Age the Ice Age might come in a couple years 20 years later all global warming
It's like make up your mind it's like, you know, they change their mind all the time
I mean you can go online and in the 70s, they're saying global cooling global cooling. This earth is getting really cold
It's about to be destroyed now. They're saying it's getting really warm. It's about to be destroyed
Well, it's ridiculous. It's like, you know, obviously the temperature goes through ups and downs through various years now
I will say this we can look at our planet today and I believe we see more natural disasters than we used to
You say why is that because of the fact the earth is waxing old as a garment the Bible says in revelation 20
The earth is getting old
Yeah, we're seeing more problems because the earth is aging because guess what when the earth is only 6,000 years a hundred years go by
That's a big amount of time and the earth is aging and as a garment gets old
It's going to get holes and have problems with it as the earth ages and gets older
Yeah, I believe we're gonna have more problems with you know
The weather natural disasters and things like that and that's why in California over the last three years
Two of the biggest years ever for wildfires
That's why you have massive hurricanes and things like that and I believe it's going to be like that to the end
Why the earth is waxing old as a garment, okay?
Now turn your Bible to Romans 5 notice verse 13
verse 13 for until the law
Until the law sin was in the world
But sin is not imputed when there is no law. Okay until the law sin was in the world
What does that mean when Adam and Eve were created?
Okay
Sin was in the world
There were things that were wrong. There are things that they were not supposed to do things that were sins
But remember unless they ate the forbidden fruit. They weren't really aware and
God just said don't do this one thing they eat the forbidden fruit and what happens all of a sudden they're like, oh man
I'm not wearing any clothes
It's like they figured out. Oh, wow. I should be wearing clothes. Okay, it's like a child
Take a one-year-old does a one-year-old feel bad about being without clothes. Not at all. Does a two-year-old?
No, I mean your two-year-old runs out of the shower like whoo, right not wearing any clothes
They don't think anything of it
They don't realize that at the age of two or three, but then eventually they're gonna reach a point where they're like
Oh, I don't feel appropriate you say why that is built into them by God, but it doesn't come from day one when they're born
Okay, that is like Adam and Eve. But see once they ate of that fruit they realized man. I've got to cover up
See you have to understand a child we know is going to go to heaven when they don't have this comprehension yet
Once they're reaching that age where they start to understand sin and they realize this is inappropriate
Then you should start preaching the gospel as a parent. Why? Because now they understand there's consequences
They start to understand these things. At a young age
You're just trying to get your children to obey, but they don't understand all of this stuff
They just understand if I don't do this, I'm gonna get a spanking so I'll do right
But then they're gonna reach a comprehension of that and then they will be held accountable
So yes babies go to heaven when they die you say why they don't realize that they're without clothes
They don't understand these things yet. Okay?
Sin is not imputed when there is no law it says
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression
Who is the figure of him that was to come. Turn to second Samuel 12. Second Samuel 12 real quickly. Second Samuel 12
And
We've looked at this story a lot recently and it's just kind of happened to be that way but
The story of David and his baby son is a great example of what we're talking about that babies
Do go to heaven when they die the Bible is very clear on this topic and this is not the only spot
But it's the clearest spot
Okay, I mean sin is not imputed when there is no law. It's it's referencing the same thing
We can tie that to babies, but this is the clearest spot in second Samuel 12 verse 20
Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his apparel and came into the house of the Lord and worshipped
Then he came to his own house and when he required they set bread before him and he did eat
Then said his servants on to him
What thing is this that thou hast done thou didst fast and weep for the child while it was alive
But when the child was dead thou didst rise and eat bread and he said while the child was yet alive
I fasted and wept for I said who can tell whether God will be gracious to me that the child may live
But now he is dead
Wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again?
I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me and what David said is this?
You know what? My son's dead now and at this point I can do nothing to bring him back
It doesn't matter how much I pray he's not going to come to me, but I will go to him
Now David was obviously a safe person. So what he's saying is that his son was in heaven
Okay, and so look when a baby dies they go to heaven that's what the Bible teaches
Now there's a doctrine out there. That's a false doctrine and it's called original sin
Now you might not realize this because a lot of people think that they believe in original sin
But I would say they don't understand what original sin actually teaches
Okay, what original sin teaches which is a Catholic doctrine is that when a baby is born?
They are
guilty
When they're born
Now logically, I guess they're guilty in the womb as well, you know
But they teach that baby is guilty when they're born and if that baby dies, they will go to hell unless oh, you know
we just
Pour a little bit of water on top of the head, right?
Infant baptism is required to take away the sins of that baby. Why? Because that that baby has original sin
That's what they teach. Now. Why do the Catholics teach this? Well, it's a tradition, but it was really just for money
I mean even today you get your baby baptized and it's like hey the priest gets, you know
2500 peso, you know donation because it's a it's a it's a memorable event for for a baby
It's like a big event and they get a little bit of money here and a little bit of money there
They have a very low salary and yet they can afford the most expensive cars. I wonder how that happens, right?
And so look, you know, they they baptized babies and for the purposes of money
But what they teach is that well babies have original sin and you must wash away
That original sin with baptism. Okay, that's ridiculous. You're never gonna find that in the Bible
you never find a baby being baptized in the Bible and it's a ridiculous teaching to teach that a baby is guilty when they're born and
You know, here's the hypocrisy of this if you're at churches like this Catholic or Protestant churches
They don't do those baptisms immediately when that baby's born. I
Mean think about this the infant mortality rate is is very high compared to other ages
I mean, they're so young and so small at that age if something's gonna go wrong
It's it's most likely gonna happen at that age and it's just like, you know, an infant is far more
Susceptible to dying at a young age. So look if that's the case and they must be baptized
Why wouldn't you just baptize them right after they're born?
Right. I mean, I love what brother Jared said, you know brother Jared Pozarnsky at Verity Baptist Fresno in California
And he's running that church plan out there and you know, he was he was Lutheran
So we have good conversations because we were both raised Protestant
He was Protestant for a long time before he became a Baptist and you know when his babies were born
Like he said I believed in the Lutheran doctrine. So I told the minister. No, I need you there
For the birth. He's like I need you to be there in the waiting room right when that baby's born
I need you to baptize that baby and he's like don't you want to have like a big
Celebration a couple months from now with all the family. He's like, are you crazy?
He's like what if that baby dies he's like no, I need the baptism immediately when they're born and look that is logical
Right. I mean if they really had to be baptized as a baby, it would be done immediately
I mean you'd be insane as a parent if you believe that and didn't want your baby baptized
Oh, we want to have a big celebration. Look if they're they're they're they're eternal souls at stake
It's a ridiculous teaching the Bible never teaches your baby has to be baptized
Okay, the Bible doesn't teach baby baptism because you must believe first and a baby does not believe they don't have that
capacity yet to believe that okay
So if we don't believe in original sin, we do not believe people are born guilty
The Bible does not teach that now the Calvinists kind of teach this as well that people are born guilty
It's like everybody's just already guilty. No the Bible teaches that you are safe
when you're a baby and
Once you reach that age of accountability, then you need to get saved because you are no longer safe
Okay, turn to Romans 5 look at verse 15 verse 15
And we're gonna look at several verses here and I'm gonna explain them and Calvinism is destroyed in this chapter, okay
Notice what it says in verse 15
But not as the offense so also as the free gift for through the offense of one many be dead
Much more the grace of God and the gift by grace, which is by one man
Jesus Christ hath abounded on to many okay
And when it says many be dead many is referring to everybody and we'll see that in this passage, okay?
Notice what it says in verse 16 and not as it was by one that sinned so as the gift
For the judgment was by one to condemnation
But the free gift is of many offenses on to justification and the Calvinists like to look at this and say we'll see the free
Gift is just for many right. It's not for everybody. It's for many
Well, let's keep reading verse 17 for if by one man's offense death reigned by one much more
They which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ verse 18
therefore as by the offense of one
Judgment came upon all men to condemnation
How many people have sinned in this world everybody
It's come upon all men is there a just man on the earth that doeth good and never sins
No
We are all guilty the Bible says this that the judgment came upon all men to condemnation
Every single person in this world was condemned and guilty and deserved going to hell
Okay, every single person there is nobody who has never sinned
So the judgment came upon all men to condemnation notice this even so by the righteousness of one
The free gift came upon all men
onto justification of life
So how many people did this free gift come upon all men?
Now we know not everybody goes to heaven because the Bible specifically mentions people that go to hell
But this free gift is available for all men
You say well, how do you know this all?
Really means all
Well look in verse 18 when it says came upon all men to condemnation. Does that mean all?
Want you to realize something we compare spiritual things with spiritual and a word does not change meaning part way through the same verse
Right. I mean came upon all men to condemnation
Everybody's guilty and then the free gift came upon all men. Oh, that's just you know, the elect
It's like what in the world it says all men onto condemnation earlier in the verse and everybody is condemned
So came upon all men onto justification of life. That means Jesus died for everybody
You say what are you talking about?
Calvinism is this doctrine that teaches Jesus died for only some people
Limited atonement
No, it's limitless
He died for everybody. There is no limit to it. He died and paid for everybody since they say well
Jesus only died for some people. This is how much he loves the world that he died for some people
It's like wow, that's a really powerful verse. You got there in John 3 16. Jesus died for everybody
And look there's so many verses that teaches the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men
Well, the all doesn't really mean all there. It's like maybe you need to go back to first grade grammar school and
Understand just basic words and understand what they mean
No
The all means all and look a word's not going to change meaning in the same
Verse if it says all men earlier that everyone's condemned when it says all men that all men have this possibility of the free gift
But not everybody goes to heaven why we have free will
It's really not complicated. I mean doesn't it just make sense that Jesus died for everybody since I
Mean he didn't just die for some people he died for everybody since what I mean
What what kind of nonsense is it that Jesus only died for people that believe in him?
No
Jesus died for the Muslims and the Buddhists and the Hindus and everybody and they can't have any excuses because of the fact
Jesus died for them as well
Now Muhammad didn't die for anybody
Buddha didn't die for anybody but Jesus died for everybody
Whether they get saved or they end up going to hell because they never get saved
notice verse 19
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners so that by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous
You say brother Stuckey? Why does it say many if that's referring to everyone? Well, look seven billion people is many
That's a lot of people
Look when the Bible was written
Sometimes it explains things slightly differently with the wording just because that's how you write poetically
Look, I mean if you've ever written poems or stories or whatever, you don't use the same word over and over again
Right me you got a paragraph and you start it off. We started off like this. Also, we went to the store
Also, then we went to the gym. Also. Look that's bad writing
You change up the wording and so there's a reason why he kind of changes the wording and the King James Bible is not just
Word for word perfect. It was also written in a poetic and elegant elegant way
You can read the Bible and look at and say man that is amazing how the Bible was written. Okay now
Turn your Bible. We'll look at verse 20 verse 20
This passage also teaches once saved always saved that salvation can never be lost verse 20
Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound but where sin abounded
Grace did much more abound. What does that mean? It means that you as a safe person
When you sin against God, although sin is abounding grace abounds even more
Above it no matter what you do. Grace is going to about even if it was a terrible sin
Look if you committed murder one day, it's a pretty bad sin sin is abounding
Guess what grace is abounding more. It does not matter because it's eternal life
You cannot lose your salvation grace is going to abound now in this life
You're gonna pay for your sins you reap what you sow
But your salvation is secure because we're sin abounds grace did much more bound the Bible says verse 21
That is sin hath rained on death even so might grace rain through righteousness on to
eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord
Eternal means it never ends and look when you receive your salvation it will never end
Nothing can change it. It doesn't matter what the sin is you are saved forever
It will never change why because we're sin abounds grace did much more about
And look, you know people always try to come up with like a certain scenario where they're like, yeah, you know
I know I agree one saved always saved except this one's what if you blaspheme the Holy Ghost?
It's like well a safe person is not going to do that according to passage. It's an unsafe person
Okay, so what if you take the mark of the beast?
Well, I mean Revelation says no safe person is gonna take the mark of the beast. What if you do this?
What if you do that? It's eternal
It is not eternal life as long as you don't do this
Right. I mean does John 3 16 say for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish but have everlasting life as long as you stay in church as
long as
You know you you follow his rules as long as you don't commit a bad sin as long as you walk with him daily
As long as you repent and get right with God. No, it says it's everlasting life and
Realize this God is all-knowing
God says before you get saved. I am promising you everlasting life
Do you really think somebody gets eternal life and then they commit a sin and God's like, oh, I didn't know you're gonna do that
I wouldn't have called it eternal. I wouldn't have called it everlasting if I knew you were gonna commit that sin, man
I had no idea that you know, you were gonna you know do that thing man. I would have called it conditional life
It's like do you really think God gets confused? No, he says if you believe right now I
Will give you everlasting life, which is forever no matter what you do
Okay, so he's saying I will give it to you
Even if you become a drug dealer, even if you kill somebody one day, even if you killed your own life
It's spiritual eternal life. It will last forever. That's what he promises and look if you don't have eternal life
If it's not eternal if we could lose our salvation we would lose it every single day
You say why well, how many sins does it take to be condemned according to Romans 5?
One sin how many lies does it take to be condemned according to the Bible one lie?
All liars shall have their part one lie condemns you to hell. So look if you could lose your salvation
Then you lose it every single day. I
Mean probably over half you lost it during the sermon for having the wrong thought or whatever, right?
I mean good night if we could lose our salvation we would lose it every single day throughout the day
I mean is your mind just 100% focused on the things of God all day long?
No, we do wrong the thought of foolishness is sin. We think a lot of fool at least I think a lot of foolish thoughts
Right. I mean we think a lot of foolish thoughts that alone is a sin
So look if you could lose your salvation every single day you would lose your salvation throughout the day
Turn to first John three first John three
first John three
You say brother Stuckey if one sin condemns us to hell
Then how is it that we cannot lose our salvation if we send afterwards?
What you have to understand is that when you get saved the Bible says you are imputed with the righteousness
of our Lord and Savior
You're not going to come to judgment one day
Jesus was perfect notice what it says in 1st John 3 5 and you know that he was
Manifested to take away our sins and in him is no sin
You're imputed with the righteousness of the Lord and Savior
So here's the thing if there's no sin in Jesus Christ then spiritually speaking. There is no sin in you
Now our body chooses do wrong here in this life. And when we do wrong, there's a punishment
there's a penalty but
Spiritually, we are perfect and that will never change why we're imputed with the righteousness of Christ
Turn to Ephesians 1 Ephesians 1
We'll close up here in Ephesians 1
Ephesians chapter 1
I mean, how could you really have the peace of God if you could lose your salvation every day?
Right, I mean when I got saved I had the peace of God because of the fact I was like man
No matter what I do. I'm safe and secure even if I screw up
Right. I mean if you could lose your salvation, you would be scared to death every single day. Like what if I do wrong?
What if I do wrong? What if I do wrong? Okay
Ephesians 1 verse 13 notice what it says
In whom he also trusted
After that, he heard the word of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also after that he believes
So we see you have to hear the gospel. You have to believe it
It says you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise
The Bible says the Holy Spirit of promise as a saved person you are indwelled with the Spirit of God
Jesus said if I remain the comforter is not going to come but as Jesus left the Holy Spirit came and indwelled all believers
Okay, and as a saved person in today's world
You will be indwelled with the Spirit of truth the Holy Spirit of God
When you get saved and it says you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of
Promise God says this spirit is given to you as a promise
What is that promise? Well noticed which is the earnest of our inheritance the earnest of our inheritance?
Okay. Now I'm not sure how many people in this room have ever bought a house before but when you buy a house
There's something called earnest money
Okay, and so basically let's say you buy a house for you know, I don't know, you know two million pesos
Okay, and you know basically, you know
Houses put on the market and there's a lot of people that are interested in buying it or whatever
I've sold a house before you know our house we had in Sacramento and let me explain it works
The same way as when you go soul winning people come by and they're like man, I'm gonna buy that house
You never hear from them again. I
Mean it happens all the time people come by this is so beautiful
It's like man in the backyard is awesome your tree and I mean, that's what we heard from a lot of people like this is great
Yeah, I'm gonna buy this
Never hear from them again. Isn't that how it goes with soul winning? It's like man. This is awesome
I'm gonna be your best church member. I'm gonna be there. It's like, you know on Wednesday night
Three to thrive. I'm gonna get baptized. I'm gonna go soul when I'm gonna start reading the Bible
Those people are never coming right those that are super excited. It never happens
It's the same way when you're selling a house those that are super excited. I'm gonna get that house
They don't actually come and get it now
Here's the thing just as when you first start going soul winning and you're kind of tricked by that
It's the same thing when you're buying a house. We had all these people that said we're gonna get that house
I'm thinking yeah, we're gonna sell this house and then it's like nope
No bids are put on and so here's what takes place
If somebody says they're gonna buy that house and we were to take it off the market and they don't buy it
Well, we're in trouble. We lost a lot of potential buyers
So if you really like a house, you're there you see it you say man
I want that house, but see that's not the end because most people don't buy a house in cash
Most people have to get approved for a loan and their their credit is checked and things such as that
So there's a process after you decide you want a house
Before it's actually in your name
Okay, and there's gonna be a person, you know who comes out, you know who checks out and gets a value on the house
And things like that. There's a lot of steps
It's like over a month at least in the US for us after we said we're getting this house
It takes some time
But here's the thing we didn't want that house that we bought in Sacramento on the market because we said we want that house
So you say what do you do? You basically give them earnest money you give them a couple thousand dollars and what you're saying
Is this I'm giving you this money with the guarantee that I'm gonna come and buy this house
So if in two weeks I changed my mind I lost $2,000
The earnest money is like the guarantee. We're getting this house
This is how serious we are and so that means they're not going to sell it to anybody else
Basically, you've agreed with a handshake kind of a deal
We're gonna buy this house for this price and here is our money and if we fail we don't get approved for the loan
We change our mind you keep the money
That's how the earnest money works
Okay, so look you're not gonna put down five thousand dollars in the house and walk away. It's a lot of money
Okay, but you don't want them to still have it on the market because you want that house
What God is saying is this which is the earnest of our inheritance?
He's saying this you have an inheritance up in heaven and you will get the glorified body
It is a guarantee and this is how serious I am
I'm giving you the earnest of our inheritance the Holy Spirit
So if God changes his mind if we commit a sin and God says I've got to take that salvation away
God loses the Holy Spirit you say why the Holy Spirit was the proof was the earnest money
So to speak the earnest of our inheritance that we will get that glorified body
Now look God's not walking away from the Holy Ghost my friend
God uses this example to show how serious he is
I'm giving you the Holy Spirit of God and you know what?
Don't worry. You're getting the glorified body. Don't worry. You're going to heaven. This is the earnest of our inheritance
It's a guarantee. I'm gonna come back and you're gonna get that glorified body
Okay, just like as you would buy a house. So look God's not lying or trying to trick us
He's trying to drive home the point that you know what? It's a done deal. But do we have the glorified body now?
No, we don't are we in heaven now?
No, we aren't but being saved with that Holy Spirit of truth inside of you
You know inside your own heart that you're saved on your way to heaven
When you believe on Jesus Christ, you don't have the physical proof of it. I don't have a glorified body
You know, we can still get sick and have problems and things like that. We're gonna to get older
We're gonna die one day
But we know through the Spirit of God inside of us that reveals this on to us that it's a guarantee
That we're not worried about our eternal destiny that God will come back and give us that glorified body and we will inherit heaven
It is the earnest of our inheritance until
the redemption of the purchase possession on to the praise of his glory and God says
You know until the purchase possession comes the redemption of the purchase possession. Here is your promise. I'm
Guaranteeing it's gonna take place
So look the Bible speaks about once saved always saved like 55 different ways till Sunday, right?
I mean every single direction he's like, here's one explanation. Here's another explanation
Here's another and another and another and another you say why are all these Christians out there that don't think salvation is forever
How come there's so many Christians out there that think that salvation can be lost there aren't
If you don't believe in eternal security, you're not saved
They don't understand the Bible if they had the spirit of truth inside of them
They would understand that that salvation is forever. Look if somebody doesn't believe in eternal security
They don't understand salvation is a free gift
There's no works to be saved. There's no works to stay saved
It's a hundred percent by grace through faith
And if somebody thinks that they can lose their salvation if they commit some wrong sin
Look they're not saved
So look when we go soul-winning
We must focus on the things that people are struggling with
Now here in the Philippines most people understand Jesus is God
So look there's not really a need to spend 10 minutes in a in a gospel conversation
Proving that now you can give them a verse and give them a quick explanation, but we don't live in India
Now if you lived in India, I'd tell you man explain that the nature of God for at least
You know 25 minutes or whatever however long it takes right? We don't live in India
We live in the Philippines and most people believe Jesus is perfect
Most people believe Jesus is the Christ the Messiah most people believe Jesus is God
Most people do not believe once they've always saved though, and they must understand salvation is a free gift
So when we preach the gospel, we must explain eternal security
Okay. Now this is something that takes a lot of practice. It's not something you learn overnight
Okay, you know I always recommend to people obviously at a church full of ours
You know people that explain the gospel and preach the gospel
You can go soul-winning with other believers and get a good template for a good outline
And you can always make it your own as you get experience and stuff like that
But we must explain eternal security for people to get saved. Okay now here in the Philippines. What is the one?
Specific sin that people really struggle with in terms of eternal security that makes them not believe in eternal security
Suicide why we're Catholic country
Right now in other countries. It might not be necessary because look murders worse than suicide
I don't know why anyone would actually think suicide is worse than murder because murder you're harming someone who's innocent
Suicide is done by depression suicide is not the worst sin
But everybody here seems to think it's the one sin that will send you to hell
So look we do need to explain to people that hey, even if you committed suicide you wouldn't lose it
Now what I've found is the best way to explain that is to basically explain that it's your soul
It's spiritual life. It's not physical eternal life. It's spiritual. And so when you commit suicide
What did you kill the body or the soul?
You killed the body by definition suicide kills your body
Okay, and that's a good way the simple things confound the wise the simple things make people understand salvation and they're like, yeah
You know what that makes sense, you know killing the body
Doesn't end eternal life because it's spiritual eternal life and God said hell is the second death he color won't come a time
Okay, so look when we go soul-winning we must explain eternal security. Why that is part of salvation
Okay, they must understand what they're believing. Let's go to the word of prayer
Dear Heavenly Father. Thank you for allowing us to be here today and just getting to read this chapter Romans 5 and just getting to
See it and explain it and everything like that
God help us to know our Bibles and to love our Bibles and to dig into each and every one of these chapters
There's so much great information God and I ask you to continue to bless our church
Help us to be a church filled full of unity
Not to have strife or divisions help us be a church that has the same love and care for towards one another
We also ask you to bless us later this afternoon that the weather will hold up so that we can go soul-winning
God, we pray this in Jesus name. Amen