Amen. Okay, so Romans chapter 2. We went through Romans chapter 1 yesterday, which is a pretty
unoffensive and just quiet sermon. No, you can't preach Romans 1 like that, can you? I enjoy going
through Romans 1. And if you remember back in Romans 1, we saw the Bible Paul writing under
the inspiration of the Holy Spirit saying that God gave them up, God gave them over to a reprobate
mind. Now I say that because some people try and go to Romans chapter 2 and, you know, try and
basically just bend what God's saying and change things and we're going to have a look at this in a
second. Because if you remember in Romans 1, he talked about that and being given up and being
given over and was giving that example. Then he went into this list of sins, didn't he, that
they're filled with. He ended in Romans 1 32 with, who knowing the judgment of God, that they which
commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same but have pleasure in them that do
them. Okay, then he went, then we go into chapter 2 and verse 1 where it then says, Therefore thou
art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judges, for wherein thou judgest another, thou
condemnest thyself, for thou that judgest doest the same things. Let's go to the Lord in the word
of prayer quickly. Father, thank you for your word. I thank you for this chapter. Please just
help me to just expand it clearly. Just fill me with your spirit. Help me to just preach
accurately now and help those to just have attentive ears and hearts, help us to all just stay
attentive and alert and just help me to preach clearly and in Jesus name we pray that all of
this. Amen. So like I said, chapter 1, Paul's given a list of sins that they are filled with
and he's saying here in verse 1 here, Therefore thou are inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art
that judges, for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself, for thou that judgest doest
the same things. I've heard this preached in different ways. I believe that he's basically
saying that just because there are wicked, vile, disgusting reprobates around, don't think that
you're now excused of your sins. That's how I see, you know, that kind of marrying up there,
because we can all look at the psychopathic sodomite, can't we? And they are psychopaths.
We can look at them and feel pretty holy, can't we? We can look at these people, look at the
wickedness and feel like, yeah, well, I'm doing all right. And not just us, but O man here, I think
he's giving this to basically, you know, the unsaved is what he's saying here. It's like the
sort of hypothetical unsaved in this writing here. And he's saying, O man, whosoever thou art that
judges, because how many people do you knock on the door and they feel pretty holy, don't they?
And in this day and age, in this nation, in this society, it's pretty easy to feel pretty holy,
isn't it? And you could be, you could never have walked in a church in your life. You could never
have really done that much wrong. And you're knocking on the door and there's this blatant sin
in your face, but they're going, oh, I'm a pretty good person, I think I'm all right. Why? Because
in comparison to the, what seems to be a growing, growing amount of reprobates in this society,
with all the sodomy, all the filth, all the just debauchery everywhere,
it's pretty easy as an unsaved person to think, well, I think I'll be all right. Cause I'm not
that bad. Cause I'm not as bad as them. I'm not as bad as him. And people do believe that,
don't they? They do. I had a guy today knocked on the door and he said, yes, he thinks he's going
to heaven. He did say he went to church. Why? Because I haven't sinned yet. And he was quite,
he was being serious, wasn't he? And look, you know, I don't want to, I hope he's watching yet.
You know, I love him. He got saved in the end as well. And, but at the beginning he was sadly under
the impression he hadn't sinned yet because he went to a church apparently, or I don't know how
often he went there. But I think in his mind that, that, well, I haven't really done anything that
bad. So for him, I think sin was sort of, you know, the real depths. Whereas once I started
pointing out what sin was, then he kind of got a bit of a shock. Yes, they may not be filled
with the whole list here in Romans one, but, but everyone has been guilty of some of these sins.
Let's have a quick look back at those. Verse 29 talks about being filled with, yes,
we're not filled with, but all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness. That's
a common sin, isn't it? Covetousness. Okay, you see that everywhere we could all be guilty of
covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit. I mean, how many times do you hear
Christians, I've overheard Christians say things, I would just lie. Just say this, just lie. And
that's deceit, isn't it? Okay, full of deceit, that's like your kind of go-to, well, just lie
about this, lie about that. Malignity whisperers. And look, that's a sin that affects everyone,
whispering, backbiting. Okay, that is a common sin. Haters of God. Wait a second, not haters
of God. Well, maybe you don't feel like you're a hater of God, but how many people here maybe hate
certain commandments? Maybe hate certain parts of the Bible? Maybe hate's a strong word, but
again, I don't know, some people seem to get pretty strong-minded about certain bits of it,
so-called Christians. Despiteful, proud, boasters. Again, common sins, aren't they? Yeah. Inventors
of evil things. Disobedient to parents. Sadly, that is common. Without understanding covenant
breakers. Breaking promises. How many people promise something? Swear to do something and
then don't do it. Without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful. So, here he's saying,
look, this is how I read this. Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that
judges. For wherein thou judgesth another, thou condemnest thyself for thou that judgesth the
same things. Now, I don't think he's talking about the sodomy and stuff, because he goes on,
he goes on, I think, further down to say, or despises thou the riches, in verse four,
of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee
to repentance. Now, if he's talking to that same hypothetical person, obviously, it's impossible
for them to be doing those sorts of sins, okay? Otherwise, they can't be led to repentance. So,
that's how I see that. I've heard it preached in different ways, and obviously, it's not of
private interpretation, but that's what I believe that's saying there. Okay, obviously, he's not
saying you can't judge, is he? The Bible clearly warns us of hypocritical judgment, okay? You judge
everything in life, yeah? You can't go through a day in the world without judging, okay? That's
ridiculous. It's obviously talking about hypocritical judgment. We're constantly told to
judge, in fact, in the Bible. John 7 24, Jesus said, judge not according to the appearance, but judge
righteous judgment. Anyone that says, judge not, is basically saying, I don't have a clue about the
Bible, okay? Anyone who says, didn't God say, or didn't Jesus say, judge not, they're just basically
saying, I'm either a complete baby in Christ, or I am clearly not saying, I don't have all
understanding at all, or I just don't have a clue, I'm saying I don't have a clue, okay? Because
the Bible is clearly constantly telling us to judge, it's just the type of judgment and not
hypocritical judgment, okay? And that's what he's saying here. If you're doing these same sins and
then judging and feeling all holy about yourself, no, don't. Don't be a hypocrite either. Yes,
obviously, you're not going to be a reprobate. I had a lot of people say this, and a lot of them,
they're just non-Christians, aren't they? Judge not, judge not. I actually had an old friend,
yeah, who he, for some reason, went and got a tattoo on his forearm that said, only God will
judge me. He just, what a bizarre thing to go and get. He's even a believer. I'll try to get him,
I bumped into a while back, didn't want to hear it, but he's got a tattoo on his arm saying,
only God will judge me. Well, good luck with that. He's going to be in trouble. So anyway,
verse two, but we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which
commits such things. And think it's our this, O man, that judges them which do such things and
do us the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God. So again, I think O man is
a sort of hypothetical to the unsaved. Such things, I believe, being the list at the end of
chapter one. Just because someone isn't some filthy sodomite, are they therefore going to
escape judgment? Are you going to escape judgment? As long as you don't, you're not just a vile
reprobate. No, every single person is facing judgment. The judge would see it quite unless
they put their faith through Jesus Christ, yeah? Verse four, or despises thou the riches of his
goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth
thee to repentance. Now, there are many people that say things like, how do people get away
with X, Y, and Z, don't they? In fact, we had one today, claimed to not believe God, but then
his justification for not believing God, you thought he'd go to, you know, the science and
this or that, was really, well, you know, when you see what happens is they're like children
and stuff like that, you know. Basically, I don't like God, or I'm angry with God, so I'm choosing
not to believe God. That's what happens a lot, doesn't it? But many people do say, how do people
get away with this, don't they? And they're not always talking about the definite sons of Belial,
are they? You get people who just look at world leaders, and a lot of world leaders are, but they
just look at rich people in general and just be like, how do they get away with this? Why does
God let the rich take advantage? Why does God allow this? Why does God allow that? But either
way, thank God for his forbearance, his patience and long suffering, or most of us here would have
perished long ago, wouldn't we? In fact, everyone here, barring some kids here, would have perished
a long time ago, if it wasn't for his forbearance, for his long suffering. It was God's goodness, it
was his patience and long suffering that led us to repentance, wasn't it? Wasn't it really? Because
without that, no one would be getting saved. And obviously, repentance here being a change of
attorney of what we did believe to faith in Jesus Christ. I had someone today trying to explain that
to them today. Verse five, but after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasure us up unto thyself
wrath against the day of wrath, the revelation of the righteous judgment of God. And look, again, I
know some people read that and think it's talking about the reprobate there, but many people could
have a hard heart, don't they? I don't think that's a given over heart, it could be, but the repentance
often comes after the hard, this is just an unremorseful heart that's stored up future punishment,
isn't it? So you're hard-hearted for a time because ultimately, really, look, you're rejecting
Christ when you're unsaved, aren't you, to some degree, because you could really be seeking him,
couldn't you? And look, at this point, after the hardness and impenitent heart, treasure us up
unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, the revelation of the righteous judgment of God. So
he's saying here that you're treasuring that up, and it's not just that it's undeserved, is it? It's
righteous judgment, because he says in verse six, who will render to every man according to his deeds.
That according to his deeds, people are getting punished, there are levels of punishment, aren't
there? There are depths of hell. The Bible's clear about that, there are different levels of sin.
Jesus said in Matthew 23 14, woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye devour widows,
houses, and for a pretense make long prayer, therefore ye shall receive the greater, greater
damnation. Because there are levels of sin, yes, still sin. It all has the wages of death, which
includes hell, but John 19 11, Jesus answered, talking to Pilate, thou couldest have no power at
all against me, except it were given thee from above, therefore he that delivered me unto thee
have the greater sin. It should be obvious, shouldn't it? Shouldn't that be obvious that there's levels of
sin? But how many people do you hear, but we're all sinners, we're all sinners, with this whole
judge not crowd, isn't it? Well, he that be without sin casts the first stone, you know, you can't
judge anything, you can't talk about any sorts of sin. If you're a sinner, well that's everyone, that
means no one can ever talk about any sin. Again, absolutely ridiculous. Verse 6, he said, who will
render to every man according to his deeds, to them who by patient continuous in well-doing
seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life. Now what does he say the well-doing is here?
Because again, people could take a verse like this, try and teach a work salvation and go against
all the hundreds of clear salvation verses. Well, for me, the well-doing is seeking for glory and
honour and immortality, eternal life. Because you do have to want it, you've got to ask for it, don't you?
You do have to want it. And like, this is a delicate subject, so don't misconstrue me here, okay?
But no, you don't have to spend months or years searching for the truth, okay? That's obvious, isn't
it? No, you don't have to do that to get saved. Many do though, don't they? I know, because I know
from speaking to many people here who've got saved, many of them were searching for the truth. Many of
them were on, you know, on Truth's, you know, Finder, whatever type, what do they call them,
the old Truth Truthers movement and stuff like that, and they're basically looking for the truth
of life. And I believe that if you really want the truth, you will find Jesus Christ. Now look,
look, no one has to go through hours of study on the truth of life to get saved, but ultimately if
you are seeking the truth, you are going to come to one ultimate truth, aren't you? But even listening
to a Gospel presentation from someone that knocked on your door does take some amount of what it says
here, patient continuous in seeking eternal life, doesn't it? Because most of them, they don't even
want to give us 50, because we usually say five minutes, don't we? Oh, let me just, you know, give
me just five minutes, then you're hoping to get started with five minutes again. Most people don't
even want to give you that, do they? Okay, and for me there's still some patient continuance there
in seeking eternal life. And look, 15 minutes, 20, some people will just cut you off halfway,
won't they? They just don't want to hear. You've still got to, you've got to hear the Gospel,
you've got to want it, don't you? You've got to want eternal life, okay? And if you want it,
you're going to, you'd hope, at least listen to someone tell you how to get it. And many don't.
But that's why when we ask people if they want, if they want to know they're going to heaven,
yeah, we do ask them, don't we? We ask them, it's a choice, you have a choice, and many people just
say no. We ask if they want immortality, if they want eternal life, do you want to know for sure?
Would you like me to show you? And many don't want. I had a, we had a really funny one today,
I knocked on the door and the lady, I don't know, she was kind of entertaining me for a second and
was listening a bit, said she wasn't really a believer, but then I said would you like to know?
The foul comes from the background, yeah, and this kind of hippie guy comes up and says to me,
he says to me, you should ask first before ringing on the doorbell.
To which I replied, how on earth am I going to ask you before I ring on your doorbell? I mean,
it's just an open house, this is like a block of flat. And he's like, well, he's like,
what should I do? And I was like, surely I've got to ring on the doorbell to ask you.
That's what I'm asking you right now. He just kind of, kind of got a bit flustered,
started trying to, he looked like he wanted to put his two fingers up at me,
but he was weird, weird old hippie guy. But anyway, but we do ask, don't we? Okay,
we might not ask before we actually ring on the doorbell, but we do ask when they answer the door,
would you like to know? And people have to make that choice, don't they? They make that choice,
and I think that's what it's talking about here. But wanting salvation is at work. If you want it,
you are going to ask for it, aren't you? Okay, if you want salvation, you're going to ask for it.
That's obvious, isn't it? And I say that just because, look, there may be the odd
person that for some reason will only want to ask Jesus in private in their own home,
but that's pretty rare, isn't it? And just to make it clear in this church, if someone doesn't ask
Jesus for salvation in front of you, you don't count them as a salvation, okay?
Okay, and you need to tell them they need to ask Jesus, they need to confess with their mouth,
yeah? Just to make that clear, because for me, I will not count a salvation, and I don't want
anyone else here to count salvation if they don't call on the name of the Lord, okay? Now look,
yeah, amen, there might be people that say no one might go away and get saved, great, okay? But for
me, the vast majority won't, because if they're not willing to stand there and ask him, they've
just been willing to listen to our analog, talk to you for however long it's taken to get them
to that point, and they don't want to call the name of the Lord, that's usually for a good reason,
isn't it, okay? And why? Why is that the case? Because the Bible clearly says in Romans 10, 9,
that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth, not confess in your head. Oh, what about the dumb
people? What about people? How many people have you preached gospel to that can't talk?
And yeah, there might be the odd one out, but why are we going off to these extreme examples,
and I'm sure God's going to hear them if they want to call to him, but if you have a mouth,
you're going to confess in your mouth, aren't you? Okay? If thou shalt confess with thy mouth,
the Lord Jesus, and obviously, you can't confess your mouth if you don't believe, you ain't getting
saved, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Why? For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation. For the scripture said whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed,
for there's no difference between the Jew and the Greek. For the same Lord over all is rich unto all
that what? Call upon him. Call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved. And it's clear scripture, isn't it? It's clear scripture, but you still get to
this day, people argue this, I know you had this guy online, and obviously there's been some
good sermons on that, and I'm going to go off too long on this. What's the guy, Norm Diamante,
or whatever his name is? I don't know much about the guy, I've never really listened to him.
What I do know is that you'll constantly get the doctrines of the Bible attacked over time,
but I don't want people here going out and counting, or thinking about counting
salvations. If someone hasn't called on the name of the Lord, they're not saved, okay? If you think
they might call the name of the Lord, great, but unless you have them state categorically to you
that they have called on the name of the Lord themselves in faith, they're not saved. So yeah,
you could preach the gospel to someone, they might go away, they might come back to you and say,
actually I went away and I prayed, I called on the name of the Lord, great, amen to that, yeah? But
other than someone saying that and being sure that, yeah, that's what they did, it was in faith,
you preached, they understand, they ain't saved, okay? And look, I know that sounds like pretty
obvious, but sadly for many this seems to get attacked a lot, and people get a bit confused
with it sometimes and wonder, well, maybe they, you know, they think they believe, they said they
believe. Look, they believe they're going to ask, okay? Jesus said in John 4 10, Jesus answered,
said unto her, if thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, give me to drink,
thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. If you believe,
you would ask. And I don't know about you, but I've had people that won't. I had someone
we had somewhere recently, didn't we, who said she went through, you know, everything, she was like
seemed to be the lowest hanging fruit from what I could tell, just believed everything, agreed
everything, every time I was recapping, just answering, you know, everyone, spot on, got to the
end, went through it, oh, do you believe all that? Yeah. Now, oh, saved, didn't she? She said she believed.
Okay, would you like to call the name of the Lord? No, no thanks. Why not? I know where I'm going, I deserve
to go to hell. That's what she said. Now, for me, I think she, you know, looking back at it,
I think she's probably reprobate, she understood, she knew, yeah, she knew the truth. In fact, she
said her father, you should see his Bible, she said at one point, you know, full of notes and this and
that, and blah, blah, blah, and I don't mean, I know that doesn't mean anything, it seems like she
obviously had some, you know, access to it all, and she said no, I know I deserve to go to hell
for my sins, and she said, and she's, you know, and she said that Jesus, what did she say? She said
something like, I deserve to go to hell for my sins. Yeah, then she said, even made a joke looking
forward to the walk from it, but she said she believed it, she said she understood it all,
but when we're talking about believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, talking about trusting Christ,
putting your faith in Christ, yeah, not just saying, yeah, yeah, I understand, yeah, I believe what you're
saying to me, that means you're putting your trust in Jesus Christ, yeah, okay, and if you do it, you're
going to ask him, aren't you? Okay, you're going to ask him. Okay, verse seven said, to them who by
patient continuous in well-doing seek for glory and and honor and immortality eternal life, but unto
them that are contentious and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness indignation and wrath
tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil of the Jew first and also of the
Gentile. Okay, believing the Gospel is often called obeying the Gospel because it is a commandment.
Okay, turn to 2 Thessalonians 1, well I read Acts 17 30. In Acts 17 30, Paul says, and the times of
this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent. Okay, it's a command,
it's a command that needs obeying, repenting, being obviously a change of mind to faith in Christ
Jesus. 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 and verse 7 says, and to you who are troubled rest with us when the
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire taking vengeance on
them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. But carry on reading to
see what that is, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction for the presence of the
Lord and for the glory of his power when he shall come to be glorified in his saints to be admired
in all them that believe because our testimony among you was believed in that day. Okay, so it's
talking about faith isn't it, it's that faith which is obeying the Gospel. Obeying the Gospel is
believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, right. Verse 9 he said, tribulation anguish upon the soul of
every man that doeth evil of the Jew first and also of the Gentile. So according to Paul here,
the Jew is just as guilty. There's no special deal because of some genetic superiority.
John 1 12 to 13, you don't have to turn there says, but as many as received him to them gave
you power to become the sons of God even to them that believe in his name which were born
not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor the will of man but of God. This belief that causes
God to give us a spiritual birth isn't it, it's faith, it's not about your bloodline, it's not
about any of that, we're going to look at that in a minute. For those of you who are getting
impatient, but for those who aren't saved, it's what, indignation it says here and wrath,
tribulation and anguish. That sounds pretty scary doesn't it, for those people there,
indignation, wrath, tribulation and anguish. You heard people try and tell you that they think that
oh I think it's this is hell, you had people on the door say that before, yeah oh yeah I think
this is hell, I think earth is hell, no way, no idea have you, while they're just standing there
relaxing, chatting to you on the door, I don't know, a cup of tea in the hand, yeah I think this
is hell, yeah, yeah good luck with that, it'll be in for a bit of a shock but no way, tribulation,
anguish, indignation, wrath. But verse 10, but glory, honor and peace to every man that
worketh good, to the Jew first and also to the Gentile. How does a man worketh good, and look
by the way, in case you're wondering here, you know Romans is clear as day, remember this is a
whole letter, it's clear as day, it's faith, it's faith, it's faith, yeah, but to him that worketh not,
but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness, okay.
So then, with that in mind, yeah, because it's clear as day, that's why so many people,
so many people used to just preach out the book of Romans for salvation, so you're looking at
that in light of that, once you talk about worketh good here, to the Jew first and also to the Gentile,
how does a man worketh good? And I know some people look at that and just say well it's just
giving like the idea but obviously that's impossible, you could say that, well I don't,
I think actually if you turn to Ephesians chapter 2 and listen to me while you turn to Ephesians
chapter 2, Isaiah 64 6 says, but we are all as an unclean thing and all our righteousnesses
are as filthy rags and we all do fade as a leaf and our iniquities like the wind have taken us
away. So for a man to work good he has to get saved first, doesn't he? First John 2 29 says,
if you know that he is righteous you know that everyone that doeth righteousness is born of him.
Talking about Jesus Christ, God only sees the righteousness in those that are saved, doesn't he?
That's the righteousness starts with Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2 8 to 10 says, for by grace are you
saved through faith that not of yourselves it is a gift of God, not of works lest any man should
boast, okay, clear as day. But go on to verse 10, for we are his workmanship creating in Christ
Jesus unto good works which God has before ordained that we should walk in them. That's
after salvation, isn't it? After salvation until then God looks down and sees filthy rags,
filthy rags. Look at verse 11, for there is no respect of persons with God.
Okay now he's talking about Jews and Greeks there from verse 10, didn't he? For as many as have
sinned without law shall also perish without law and as many as have sinned in the law shall be
judged by the law. For not the hearers of the law are justified, sorry, for not for not the hearers
of the law are just before God but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles
which have not the law do by nature things contained in the law, these having not the law
are a law unto themselves which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience
also bearing witness and their thoughts of me while accusing or else excusing one another.
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel.
So basically whether you've been raised a Christian or not you're still guilty when you sin,
when you sin yeah, when you've been raised with the Bible you're still guilty when you sin.
Because there are people aren't there that think that, well I don't know any better.
Well that's not what these verses are saying is it? Okay you do know better, you have a conscience
you know better, but for those of you that are that are raised in it as well you're all still
sinners as well. Now verse 15 says here their conscience also bearing witness, your conscience
bears witness doesn't it? In a remote village in India somewhere worshipping an idol they know
better okay, their conscience bears witness. I believe that, I believe that they know better,
I believe here it says that without the law when they do by nature things contained in the law,
these having not law are law unto themselves. Talking about because he says which show the
work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness and their thoughts
and meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. In a communist nation somewhere worshipping
the state they're really doing that again, they know better, their conscience is convicting them.
I believe even the atheist agrees it's wrong to steal, wrong to murder, wrong to do these things,
wrong to commit adultery. Why? Because their conscience really bears witness doesn't it,
until it gets seared, unfortunately. But verse 13 there, verse 13 which reads for not the
hearers of the law just before God but the doers of the law shall be justified. It shows
that most so-called Christians aren't justified because they just do parts of the law is it?
Okay just because they've heard it, well I know it, you know I'm a Christian or whatever else,
doesn't mean you're justified does it? You're justified by the blood of Jesus Christ.
James 2 10 says for whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offending one point he is
guilty of all. Now that's not saying that all sin is equal is it? If you went, I was thinking about
this for an example, if you went for a job interview for example and that job, the criteria
was you have to have a clean criminal record. That's the criteria, you cannot get a job if you
have any form of criminal record. It doesn't matter how minor your criminal record is does it?
Okay you're still not getting a job. That's not saying that it's the same, it's not saying that
if your criminal record is for stealing some petty sweets when you are you know a teenager
and someone else goes for the job and he doesn't get it because he's committed first degree murder
that neither are you getting a job. Okay and that's you know because sometimes people look at
that and just say oh look all sin is equal again you know it goes man all sin is equal look who
so should keep the whole law yet offending one point is guilty of all. No it's just saying that
you're still guilty of breaking the law aren't you? He said in the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel because that's part of the gospel isn't it?
The bad news is part of the ultimate good news. Without knowing the bad news you can't really
acknowledge and accept the good news can you? And we need to make that clear when we're preaching
the gospel don't we? Okay just it's because sometimes it can be a bit uncomfortable preaching
on hell it's not always it's not the most fun part of the gospel presentation isn't it? You filthy
sinner you're going to hell. Is that not a good way of doing it? That's why I'm not getting anyone
saying no but we have to preach it don't we? You have to preach that people are you know as sinners
you have to preach hell and look that's part of the gospel according to my gospel and by the way
he's not talking about his own personal gospel that's his good news that's the gospel that he's
preaching to people. We need to make that clear now look at verse 17. Behold thou art called a Jew
and restest in the law and makest thy boast of God and knowest his will and approvers the things
that are more excellent being instructed out of the law and are confident that thou thyself art
a guide of the blind a light of them which are in darkness an instructor of the foolish a teacher of
babes which has the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. Okay talking to the Jew here
okay talking to the Jew thou art called a Jew and restest in the law and make his side boast to God
because look they are called a Jew and look by the way when Paul writes these epistles he's talking
about he's referring when he's referring to the Jews it's the world's terminology as we're going
to see in a minute okay so he's just referring to them as everyone else refers to them as Jews
they think that they have their salvation in the law don't they they boast of God but if anyone's
ever known any Jews they do boast of God don't they they boast that they're the people they
know it they're they're the close ones they're the ones it was delivered to you know the oracles
of God etc. Verse 18 and knowest his will and approvers the things that are more excellent
being instructed out of the law and you hear this don't you the rabbi scholar knows best
oh yeah well what does a rabbi say about what that really meant at the time you know what's
a rabbi scholar though absolutely diddly squat what do the Jewish scholars say
well who cares what they say because again they don't know anything if they're still
calling themselves Jewish scholars verse 19 says an art confident that thou art thou thyself are
to guide of the blind a light of them which are in darkness yeah then they do they believe that
they will show these goyim what God really meant yeah they'll show these goyim they'll let them
know these cattle look at verse 20 an instructor of the foolish a teacher obeys which has a form
of knowledge and of the truth in the law and those foolish goy yeah that's what they think
don't they because we have the knowledge and truth and keeping the law but do they really keep the
law no way do they live that's 21 thou therefore which teaches another teaches sound not thyself
thou that preaches a man should not steal does our steel
think about some of the corporate theft that's gone over the years
i mean it's just it's ridiculous isn't it and look you know when i'm talking about this in case
you're wondering i'm not talking about a race they could call themselves a race as much as they like
it's a religion it's a religion and yeah they might decide that they've inherited the religion
by their mother being of the religion okay but it's a religion okay it's not a race you could
convert to it and many have converted to what we now call judaism many times over the years i
think the biggest one on mass was the ashkenazi conversion wasn't it and i mean you're talking
about any dna studies that have been done of these people over in israel claiming that they
they deserve the land i mean vast vast vast majority of ashkenazi heritage which has got
absolutely nothing to do with any line to abraham anyway well no more than you or i have anyway
which kind of goes without saying doesn't it but look at verse 22 thou that sayest a man
should not commit adultery does thou commit adultery thou that abhorrest idols does thou
commit sacrilege now of course adultery and divorce which causes adultery is high in this
religion like like pretty much it's pretty much the same as most religions most people
but what we talked about this morning you do realize that jews are the pretty much the
instigators and still at the top and essential to what is known as the porn
industry yeah i mean that is basically they are massive in it okay and they have been for it for
the mainstream porn they've always been involved in it by the way so what they're doing basically
encouraging adultery in the form of lusting after another woman aren't they because like i read
earlier matthew 5 28 says but i sound to you that whosoever looketh on a woman to last after
have committed adultery with already in this heart okay clearly there's a big issue there
isn't it where they say does you know that they say they say you should not commit adultery yet
they're basically propagating filth which commit which encourages people to commit adultery
crazy isn't it now look on that uh just something because it's just making me think of it right now
we're not trying to we're not trying to downplay it but obviously being caught in the act of
physical adultery is different to looking on a woman to lust after her you shouldn't be looking
on a woman to last after her you are committing adultery in your heart but i think some people
can just go right look at that and go right that person is clearly you know an adulterous whatever
else and really should be getting stoned to death because they've looked at women to lust after in
the same way that being divorced and remarrying is wicked it's adultery but it's not the same
actually being caught in the act of adultery is wicked as hell isn't it and all of this is wicked
but that is up there isn't it okay there are and you again you judge righteous judgment with these
things but i'm not trying to condone any of the rest of it okay just just because something that
i was thinking about recently now they say here it says and thou that abhorrest idols does thou
commit sacri sacrilege oh yeah they hate idols but these people do commit sacrilege it'll put it
forward to this day nothing's changed because sacrilege is the crime of violating or profaning
sacred things is there anything or anyone more sacred than the lord jesus christ is there and
these people these people that we call jews that the world calls jews that apparently abhor idols
how much sacrilege do they commit on a daily basis against the lord jesus christ
look at the movies and look again oh you're not allowed to say that the the movie industry
has got it's got so much jewish influence or what is called jews jewish influence this day yes it
does and i don't think anyone could deny that you've got to be a complete moron to deny that
and the movie industry literally is just profaning blaspheming jesus christ on a daily basis isn't it
just everywhere you look it's everywhere isn't it and part of the reason and don't get me wrong
look people should do part of the reason i was at my son's um uh football yesterday morning
and standing next to a guy and just suddenly out of nowhere you know you use the lord's name and
it's just a swear word and it gets you angry doesn't it and i'm you know and i'm standing
next to this guy he's one of the dads there and and i'm you know you're just praying in your
head lord forgive him you know and just help me to come because it's just it's wicked isn't it but
why do you think he does that and i think part of that is it's just it's so pushed on you isn't it
in the movies everywhere you see you here it's just people it's like that's their favorite
swear word isn't it it's it's made a swear word how wicked is that isn't it it's more
to take it in vain it's usually as a swear word it's wicked but what about the talmud
anyone know much about the babylonian talmud i don't think there's any doubt about the just
wicked just unbelievable blasphemous filth written in that monstrosity about jesus christ
yeah that is unbelievable isn't it the stuff that i'm not going to repeat that that they claim in
that book the the you know the oral commandments yeah all right yeah the the the commandments of
men that they try to make doctrines aren't they going you know people in israel get you know
christians get spat at in israel people get abused by these these people absolutely hate jesus you
try preaching jesus to a jew and i'm talking like to a so-called observing jew they absolutely hate
him you want to get them wound up talk about jesus okay it's absolutely terrible they have
whore idols but they commit sacrilege don't they thou that makest i boast of the law through
breaking the law dishonorists our god those that claim to be keeping the law for salvation they
dishonor god every time they break the law don't they because the onlooker is looking at these
people going what sort of holy people are these aren't they dishonoring god because they're
claiming to be the people of god they're looking at them going what on earth yeah verse 24 for the
name of god is blasphemed among the gentiles through you as it is written isn't that the
truth yeah how many people must be put off god by these abrahamic religions in inverted commas
and you and from from the the roman catholic to the to the you know to the muslim to the jew
they must just look at a go what a bunch of fruit loops yeah what a bunch of wicked fruit loops
yeah doing crazy stuff from the roman catholic priest the pervert priest going around in his
dress waving incense around and doing all this weird stuff while just clearly queer as anything
you like to to the jew to the to those guys that we see when we see them out here with the tassels
and the just bizarre look satanic outfits running around with all that junk on in the top hat and
then you're not looking at it going oh yeah i want to know god more for the unsafe they're
just looking at it going wow i don't fancy that much to the muslim the muslim in his dress
guys wandering down the street so holy wearing a dress yeah you absolute queers yeah you're
looking at it you're not looking at going yeah yeah i don't know maybe i should look into
religion a little bit more it's not is it because really the name of god is blasphemed among the
gentiles through these people isn't it and with the jews look what we call jews with their curly
their long flowing garments their broad phylacteries something holy about them at all
is it you're just looking at them just thinking no way if they're not saved you can imagine they're
just thinking though because they think like you talk to someone i've talked to friends before i
want to know a bit more about the bible and you know the ones who try and think that they you know
they're intelligent to something oh yeah so so the jews though but they're god's people aren't they
and it's no they're not no they're the furthest thing they are literally the furthest thing from
the furthest thing from but the the uneducated in of in these things which are most
they're looking at thinking okay so why aren't these keeping the law so what on earth this is
how are these these special people these holy people that sadly even say christians are saying
are these special holy people and people are looking at them and look you can shout anti-semi
as much as you like but it doesn't change the fact that there are look these people who by the way
aren't semitic but regardless these people uh this religion are propagating some of the worst
filth in this world some of the worst crimes the worst stuff you know if you look at the media
look at the news industry look at these people at the top of this and people must be looking at that
because they're not blind as much as they try and you know accuse anyone shut you down you can't
talk about it must just look at it and just go and they blaspheme god don't they they just think yeah
great holy people cheers for that but they're not his people are they and in a way i think this is
probably what you know this is well at the least people think they look at it and think this must
be what old testament israel was like they see those guys in the curl with the curly tassels and
the top hats and those just bizarre outfits and go okay so that's what it was like in old testament
israel yeah guys walking around doing this stuff you know and it do you see any of that in the
bible oh absolutely ridiculous isn't it but it is the name of god is blasphemed because of it
and like i said look at all the greed the racism because that is a racist bunch of people isn't it
yeah how dare anyone be called an anti-semite for daring to talk about this stuff coming from
probably the most racist bunch around okay the hollywood filth the lying news media
and the rest of it and the name of god is blasphemed because of that god's people no thanks
i have to turn there second peter to to talk about rep rate says and many shall follow their
pernicious ways by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of and that's what happens
isn't it people that claim to be people of god people that claim to be christians and do wicked
things the name of god is blasphemed by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of
that's what happens isn't it verse 25 for circumcision verily profiteth if thou keep the
law but if thou be a breaker of the law thy circumcision is made under circumcision
so basically you better go and get circumcised if you want to get judged by the law
yeah hey you repent of your sins bunch go and get circumcised while you're at it yeah
you're repenting of your sins go get circumcised or some jewish doctor will do a cheap deal
i have to forego the anesthetic but you know line up no because if you're gonna do that you better
keep the whole law yeah but you can't pick a choose can you elation 5 3 says for i testify
again to every man that is circumcised it is a debtor to do the whole law oh no that was just
the jews oh that back the jews now yeah they just want to pick and choose don't they so which sins
are you repenting of then only some sins repent of your sins how ridiculous is all that look at
verse 26 therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law shall not his uncircumcision
be counted for circumcision and shall not uncircumcision which is by nature if it fulfill
the law judge thee who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law now
matthew 5 17 says think not that i am come to destroy the law or the prophets i'm not come to
destroy but to fulfill the fulfilling of the law was done by jesus christ wasn't it okay so
an uncircumcised or gentile can fulfill the law by being in christ can't they and therefore judges
sin in unbelief of the jew because basically they're judged in comparison aren't they but that
term jew like i said that's in the world's eyes isn't it because look at verse 28 for he is not
a jew which is one outwardly funny that neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh
oh wait a minute who's a jew then oh what these people aren't jews verse 29 but he is a jew which
is one inwardly oh is that the ones that read the talmud that yeah no he's jewish on inwardly
and circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit and not in the letter whose praise is not
of men but of god so a jew is one inwardly with a circumcised heart in the spirit who's that then
amen to that turn over to colossians 2 writing to the saved at colossae and while you turn
i'm going to read philippians 3 3 which says for we are the circumcision which worship god in the
spirit and rejoice in christ jesus and have no confidence in the flesh who are the circumcision
us if you're saved you're the circumcision you're a jew colossians 2 verse 8 says
beware colossians 2 8 beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit
after the tradition of men after the rudiments of the world and not after christ and this is
sadly the case with many christians today isn't it following this this false religion or this
so-called you know that are the jews are the special people following it you know the basically
the false religion jew aren't they because that's what they're doing they're just just hanging off
what they say oh yeah you're the chosen people yeah oh well you must be genetically even though
none of you actually will do a dna test no no but it's just based on the you know the jewish elders
have said that yeah actually they're a good jewish citizen so they must be you know they must have
come down through the line for in him dwelleth all that let's talk about christ for in him dwelleth
all the fullness of the godhead bodily and you are complete in him which is ahead of all
principality and power in whom also ye are circumcised huh what with the circumcision made
without hands sounds a bit dangerous i'm joking in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by
the circumcision of christ that's the circumcision of the heart and the spirit isn't it buried with
him in baptism wherein also you arisen with him through the faith of the operation of god who
had raised him from the dead and you being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh
had he quickened together with him having forgiven you all trespasses that's the same christian right
there isn't it every single trespass forgiven and that's why go back to back to romans there verse
29 says but he is a jew which is one inwardly and circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit
and not in the letter whose praise is not of men but of god look what i'm preaching here will get
many saved Christians around the world literally frothing at the mouth we'll get many unsaved
christians doing that as well but there will be saved men of god if they watch this now they
would just be fuming and then they would just because they can't go to scripture barring some
old testament promises that they'll go that discounts it all instead they'll just start
shouting anti-semi they'll start shouting whatever they can because they can't they can't argue it's
clear isn't it clear as day it's clear as day turn to ephesians chapter 2 they would refuse to
fellowship with us call us anti-semitic like i said which is crazy as we're talking about a religion
anti-judaism guilty yep i am anti-judaism yeah and look i'll give the caveat yeah i'm anti all
false religions but i'm gonna go out on a limb here no i'm probably anti-judaism more than any
other false religion okay because it is probably the most wicked religion out there because they
are literally rejecting jesus christ the savior full on they're calling him all sorts they're
they're anti-christ yeah they're anti-christ ephesians 2 11 says wherefore remember that he
being in times past gentiles in the flesh were called uncircumcision by that which is called
the circumcision in the flesh made by hands okay if you're following there i think you can see what
that's talking about there okay being called the uncircumcision of gentiles here by the jews
that at that time you're without christ being aliens from the commonwealth of israel and
strangers from the covenants of promise having no hope and without god in the world but now in
christ jesus you sometimes were far off and made nigh by the blood of christ for he is our peace
who have made both one and had broken down the middle wall of partition between us having
abolished in his fleshly enmity even the law of commandments contained in ordinances okay that's
what it's the law of commandments in ordinances for to make in himself of twain that's of two
one new man so making peace and that he might reconcile both unto god in one body by the cross
having slain the enmity thereby it came and preached peace you which were far offered to them
that were nigh for through him we both have access by one spirit unto the father now therefore
you're no more strains of foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household
of god spiritual israel because we're not physical citizens are we although we have more right to
that land and those christ rejecting frauds don't we every single person in this room who's saved
has more right to to what they call israel now than any of those people out there yeah but i
would hope that no one here would go out there and just start basically kicking people out of homes
and saying no no this is a settlement it's for for safety for security see you later we'll take
your family home for hundreds of years because it because it's ours now yeah because the bible says
yeah because we're jews no because we're talking about spiritual nation aren't we
fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of god okay by the way that saved jews
and not jews and obviously that that's not just jews because really it's the 12 tribes anyway but
with the saints and of the household of god that's the saved verse 20 and have built upon
the foundation of the apostles and prophets jesus christ himself being the chief cornerstone
in whom all the building fitly framed together growth unto an holy temple in the lord in whom
ye also are builded together for an habitation of god through the spirit so not only we graft
in as part of god's holy nation but we're the temple of the holy ghost too it's pretty amazing
isn't it no wonder they're so bitter about that back to romans 2 verse 28 said for he is not a
jew which is one outwardly neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh
so who are these outward jews then wait a second so if they're not the jews who are they
we'll turn to revelation chapter 2 glad you asked because they say they're jews but they're not
according to the bible yeah my bible says they say they're jews but they are not
he is not a jew which is one outwardly so it doesn't matter how many little funny skull caps
you have on or whether you go for the top hat style the furry one or not yeah it doesn't really
matter it doesn't matter if you have the tassels if you decide not to go with the tassels you have
the tassels coming off your cape sorry i mean your coat yeah does it it doesn't really matter
does it because apparently you're not a jew if you if if it's outward so who are these guys well
revelation 2 of verse 8 says and unto the angel of the church's Smyrna right these things said
the first the last which was dead and is alive i know thy works in tribulation and poverty but
they are rich and i know the blasphemy of them which say they are jews and are not
oh who are they but are the synagogue of satan so those that say they are jews and are not and
that's anyone who's not got faith in jesus christ calling them a jew yeah we've just seen that
is what they are the synagogue of satan that's pretty damning isn't it wow well that's a lot
of people isn't it and that's just how messed up christianity is today isn't it you have professing
bible believers yeah i'm not just talking about people that claim to be a christian professing
by professing bible scholars professing bible experts professing bible believing churches
that believe every word that we stand on the word of god saying that the jews are god's people
that the jews those that say they're jews and are not but the synagogue of satan are actually
god's chosen people you need to pray for them you need to pray for them you need to pray for their
salvation you need to actually forget everyone else you need to just make some effort to get
them saved they need protection any money they need money sent out to them to help them to protect
them but what does the bible say they're the synagogue of satan isn't it amazing it's and
i'm talking about saved men of god who just refuse they refuse to listen to the word of god
they'll all sorts of what we know of as mental gymnastics they'll do won't they any which way
they can to try and bend and twist their way around just clear scripture it's clear in the
bible isn't it first thessalonians did you turn there chapter 2 did i ask you to turn there no
turn to first thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 13 says for this cause also thank we god without
ceasing because when you received the word of god which he heard of us he received it not as a word
of men but as it is in truth the word of god which effectually worketh also in you that believe
it's believers right for ye brethren became followers of the church of god which in judea
are in christ jesus for you also have suffered like things of your own countrymen even as they
have of the jews who both killed the lord jesus and their own prophets and have persecuted us
and they please not god and are contrary to all men interesting that isn't it forbidding us to
speak to the gentiles that they might be saved to fill up their sins all way for the wrath is come
upon them to the uttermost that's pretty damning isn't it yeah how damning is that they were
actively preventing people getting saved and has anything changed nothing's changed has it that's
just continued to this day they actively prevent people getting saved don't they that's what that
seems to be their mode of operandum isn't it prevent christianity getting out there
prevent the gospel prevent the truths of the bible propagate basically lift up and and and
encourage sodomy and the rest of it reprobates everywhere synagogue of satan yeah synagogue of
satan but that's if you want to read and believe the bible isn't it yeah yeah i want to believe
the bible okay and how everyone comfortable that might make it however hard that might make
preaching in this country however that might mean that we yeah there might be some hard times
because of that well i believe the bible and i hope everyone here believes the bible and we're
just going to keep preaching the bible aren't we and you know and let's let you know let god deal
with it verse 29 back to romans 2 said but he is a jew which is one inwardly and circumcision is
that of the heart in the spirit and not in the letter whose praise is not of men but of god so
look if you're saved whether you used to identify as a jew as a muslim as a hindu
you're now one of god's people yeah and that's the only way you can be one of god's people
by faith in jesus christ circumcision of the heart on that let's pray
father i thank you for your word i thank you for for this great chapter in the bible um that that
just those last couple last couple of us alone just make it so clear clear as day that we have
been grafted in we are you know you've broken down that middle wall of partition we are fellow
citizens what a great truth that is what something that we should celebrate as christians it's
christians real saved men and women of god the world over should be able to celebrate this
should be able to to to enjoy that to know that all those promises are going to be fulfilled that
are being fulfilled you know how you look upon your children to you you know to to that you
know that that holy nation that we are and sadly there are so many that can't realize those truths
well you know we pray that you'll help us to to enjoy that and and help others to have their
eyes open to this as well around the world and help people to preach the truth help people to
believe the truth um thank you for your word thank you for this church thank you for this
group of people here that just want to hear that the the truth preached and no matter what no you
know no matter who that offends and no matter what that does and lord um i pray that you'll
help us to preach the truth about your gospel this week um help us to get out there and get people
saved and to return back safely next week also help the baptisms to just go go well tonight and
help those people getting baptized to just you know continue to follow your commandments going
forward beyond beyond getting baptized and in jesus name we pray all of this amen