Okay, so Romans chapter 4, a great chapter of the Bible, Romans 4 is, we're going to
look at the first five verses again of Romans 4. Romans 4 and verse 1 reads, What shall
we say then that Abraham, our fathers, so entertained with the flesh, had found? For
if Abraham were justified by works, he had way of glory, but not before God. But what
said the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Now to him that worketh is a reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh
not, but believeth on him that justifiably ungodly, his faith is counted unto the righteous.
The title of my sermon this morning is The Two World Religions. The Two World Religions
I'd like to thank you for. I thank you for having me. Just how clear you make of our
sermon in the chapter section. There's many others in the Bible that we want to be able
to just listen to what the Word's got to say to as many as there's going to be pressure
and recap, some maybe, some maybe. Just send Lord and please finish this message. This
clearly actively evolving but with the Spirit please Lord have heaven and heaven. Amen.
Okay, keep a finger here in Romans 4 or keep something there, a ribbon, something else,
a bulletin and turn over to Matthew chapter 7 please. Matthew chapter 7. There are many
head barriers that God avoiders will say something like this. Well there's so many religions
out there, which one in the YouTube? Has anyone heard something like that before? Most of
you will have heard something like that. If you've gone out trying to preach the gospel
you're going to hear something like that. In fact I pretty much most of the time now
I like to point this out pretty early on as a sort of icebreaker with it that there
really aren't really many religions out there. In fact you can pretty much boil it down to
two religions aren't you? There are two religions in the world. There is grace through
faith alone in terms of when it comes to religions and the goal of salvation and let's be honest
most religions teach some sort of heaven or hell, some version of heaven, some version
of hell and you've got grace through faith alone like we've just read about and then
you've got pretty much all the other religions in the world and all the other religions in
the world will teach you some version of your good deeds will get you to some version of
heaven and your bad deeds will get you to some version of hell and sometimes their version
of heaven is something completely bizarre like reincarnation until you've extinguished
and that's a bit of a bizarre version but again it needs to reach a sort of spiritual
high until you're eventually no longer existing and think about Buddhism there but for most
it's some version of what we would know of as heaven and then the opposite is some version
of what we know of as hell and that's pretty much everything. If you think about Islam
what does Islam teach? Pretty much the five pillars. They try and be a bit of a copy
of Christianity and say about merciful Allah and things like this but when you boil it
down what's his mercy based on? Their good deeds. The same with Hinduism. You go there's
a million different gods in Hinduism. I mean which one does that but what's it all come
down to? Serve and worship and be good in whatever version of God you're choosing to
worship whether it's the rat god, the cow god or any other bizarre god and what's it
come down to? Well if you're good enough you've added some version of heaven if they
believe in that and not the reincarnation which again is just you get better reincarnations
until some sort of spiritual mecca depending on your head. But that sort of version of
some sort of high some sort of great place you can get to.
Which one's the truth? So many interpretations of the Bible they try and say but again you
can boil it down to two choices. Really works or faith and that's what it comes down to
and look the Catholics what do the Catholics believe in? Work salvation. Seven sacraments
they believe in working way to heaven. The Orthodox Church it's similar the Anglican
similar the Pentecost it's all work salvation isn't it? In one way or another now some
are a bit more subtle some will claim faith faith faith it's believed but when you really
get when you really ask them then it's down to what and I've got to be good and I've
got to do this and I've got to do that. Even atheists you're going well okay they're
all the real what about an atheist? Well the atheists I noticed a lot that when you talk
to them about heaven and hell they'll go well if there's a heaven or hell I'm a
good citizen I'm a good person why wouldn't I go there? Because what's what's the truth?
Well Romans 1 tells us the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen being understood by the things that are made even his what eternal eternal
power and Godhead so that they're without excuse. You know deep down have you ever noticed
when you go and preach the gospel deep down most people just accept heaven and hell don't
they? Because deep down we have an innate knowledge of his eternal power and it is eternal
isn't it? Because it's eternity in heaven or eternity in hell and deep down we know
it's you've got to be pretty hard-hearted to get to the point where you just completely
reject all that innate knowledge to the point you claim I don't believe no such thing
no way at all a lot of them will go well if there was and ultimately well I still think
I'm a good enough person it's the same thing isn't it that's what they're saying
and like I said then then you've got the Christianity and then amongst the so-called
grace through faith type of churches you've still got two kinds haven't you? So you've
got all these Christian versions which sorry about that guys we've still got these Christian
versions which believe that there's some sort of well you know you've got to at least do
this sorry you've got to at least do that and then you've got the ones that claim in
they claim grace through faith they'll even say oh yeah it's faith alone and then they'll
add a little bit of works won't they? They'll add a little bit of repent of your sins a
little bit of turn away from sin a little bit of you can lose your salvation one or
the other and ultimately it comes down to two religions they're all still the other
religion they're all still you can work your way to heaven in one way or another you
have to keep working your way to heaven you had to at least do some works you have to
at least do something and then there's the gospel and the gospel is it's grace through
faith alone and it really is as simple as that it really is and and I'm hoping look
I'm hoping today that that look for many here you go look this is old news brother but you
know what it's important news but I'm hoping today as well that for some of you maybe strengthen
you a little bit as well because you're going to get times in life you have the odd little
doubt because the broad way is so broad there's so many people trusting in their works in
one way or another that you can feel a bit alone with this sometimes can't you but but
believe me you've just chosen the right religion there are only two religions look at
Matthew 7 where Jesus points out the two religions he says in verse 13 empty in at the
straight gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and
many there be which go in there at that's the majority religion isn't it that's the
majority that's work salvation that's what you'll see from from one corner of the world
to the other that's what you'll see all over the world you're going to see people trusting
in works in one way or another that's the broad way okay that's the broad way and often
we've talked about this before they do tolerate each other don't they so they will a lot of
these broad way a lot of these majority other religions followers will say something along
the lines of well you know there's probably all different paths to God it's all a different
way a different path because ultimately they are all believing in work salvation they tolerate
other work salvation is they've got no problem oh yeah yeah oh it's all every religions a
different path to God he ever tried to point out to these people what about Satan worship
them oh yeah what about and come up with some really obscure religion because they don't
really believe that do they however any form of work salvation they're happy with that
aren't they pretty much now you've got that and ultimately by the way they all worshipping
Satan but that's another story okay because he's behind all false religion but they tolerate
each other and nowadays you've seen that a lot more in the ecumenical movement aren't
we so you're seeing now you're seeing just this movement of of all sorts of interfaith
we buddy up with this guy the catholic priest buddies up with the the jewish rabbi the jewish
rabbi buddies up with the orthodox priest the orthodox priest buddies up with the with
the muslim imam they're happy with each other because they're all work salvationists and
what they hate is someone going no there is only one way because jesus christ said i am
the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the father but by me and if you claim
to believe the bible how can you ignore that how can you ignore how clear the bible makes
it that there is only one way of salvation it says here in verse 14 because straight
is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it and
that's the other religion that's a minority religion that's a true religion that's grace
grace through faith alone no works before no works during and no works after otherwise
it ain't grace through faith it's grace through faith and your works and that's work salvation
now many will say well how could so many people be wrong how could the theologians the professors
the celebrities the popular people in many aspects of life look at the popularity of these people
right look at the popularity of some of these mega preachers who are preaching you've got to at
least turn from sin you've got to at least do this you've got to at least do that well my bible
says in first corinthians 3 19 you'd have to turn there for the wisdom of this world is foolishness
with god for it is written he taketh the wise in their own craftiness it's foolishness and it
doesn't matter how many people slap each other on the back and tell each other how intelligent
they are how bright they are what great thinkers they are and everything else it's foolishness
with god it's foolishness and all of them they're all trying to somehow have some part in playing
some part to play in earning salvation aren't they all of them they're all trying to somehow
have somewhere going but i've at least done this i'm at least better than that person i've at least
achieved this it's the other religion and and along with that and to help you understand it
more because again people get they find this hard to fathom because you you walk across city like
this and how many people are preaching grace how many churches how many religions are teaching
grace through faith i don't know of any others in this church i really don't oh wait a second but
this sounds like a cult now no it sounds like the straight gate in a narrow way because they're
all adding some sort of works and when you really question they're all adding something you go well
how could that be how could all those people be wrong well those imams those rabbis those monks
those priests those vicars those pastors even teaching that junk of false prophets and the bible
says in first john 4 1 belit beloved believe not every spirit but try the spirits where they have
god because many many false prophets have gone out into the world they're all over the place the
bible says many have gone out so is the bible lying no the bible says many have gone out into
the world which is why jesus then gives us this warning here in matthew 7 and verse 15 he said
beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravening
wolves they're ravening wolves and depending on what your idea of how a sheep should look there
is sheep's clothing to suit most out there isn't there so depending on so look a lot of people see
sheep in different way and maybe if you went across the world you might see different types
and breeds of sheep maybe in the colder climates are going to have maybe thicker wool and maybe in
other areas they might not maybe in the more mountainous regions there might be a bit more
wirey built and stuff like that and it's kind of the same in in in the secular world than the
the these people because ultimately that's what it is by the way it's a secular world all these
false religions all these fake religions all these people have their different ideas of what sheep
should look like so for some it's you know a long flowing dress and they call it a cassock i think
you know for many that's a good sheep's outfit they're like man that must be a man of god he's
wearing a dress and because they don't know the bible so they're like yeah for others it's wearing
a kind of strange little collar thing in between instead of a tie and for many that's that's wow
that must be a religious person for others it's some a lot of the time it's dresses a lot of these
religions like dresses gowns flowing dresses in one way or another they like to enlarge the
borders of their garments don't they so for many it's some sort of holy outfit like that now and
and we've also talked about this a lot before is that for most of them it's a special hat as well
so most people it's like well i don't know about the rest of it but as long as they got a special
hat and if the hat it doesn't really matter what sort of hat just some sort of special hat they
must be holy they must be and that's it and for many that's an effective sheep's habit now for our
sort of people for people that know the bible and read the bible and and want to go to a to a
church where they're maybe giving some reverence respect to god and everything else look many many
false prophets come with a suit come in a dress a skirt you know and they can be a bit harder to
spot for many okay for others they're thinking false prophet because he's not wearing a dress
you know and look there's there's a there's a flavor for everyone but how do we spot them how
do we spot them then because look they can they can dress apart they can look the part depending
on what you think the part is well verse 16 says you shall know them by their fruits do men gather
grapes of thorns or figs of thistles even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit but a corrupt
tree bringeth forth evil fruit a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit now keep a finger here and flick over to matthew chapter 12 what are the
fruits what are the fruits it's what comes out of your mouth okay fruits the fruits of these people
is what comes out of their mouth in matthew 12 33 jesus is responding to these reprobate pharisees
blaspheming the holy ghost okay they're saying he has a devil he shows them the choice between
between choosing that path of reprobation or not he says in verse 33 either make the tree good and
his fruit good or else make the tree corrupt his fruit corrupt for the tree is known by his fruit
old generation of vipers how can ye being evil speak good things for out of the abundance of the
heart the mouth speaketh a good man out of the good treasury of the heart bringeth forth good
things an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things but i sound to you
that every idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof in a day of judgment
for by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned
clearly referring to the words to what comes out of your mouth however there are those that speak
out of both both sides of their mouth no they're not many of us have come across these people
they'll claim grace through faith grace through faith faith six months later oh yeah you've got
to repent your sins oh you've got to at least stop certain sins you can't say do you do these sins
again you're thinking well wait a second so how did that come out of their mouth
they can spend even many years seemingly saying the right things how does that work well ultimately
it's not good fruit coming out of their mouth they're unable to get people saved with what
comes out of their mouth okay so it's not good fruit because what what is that fruit the fruit
of the righteous is a tree of life what comes out is able to to to basically to result in salvation
okay and they cannot get people saved so they can look you could you could you could get some
reprobate off the street there bring him in and go look i'll give you 20 quid if you read this
read john 3 16. how did that come out of his mouth well he's reading what the bible says right
but it's the fruit coming out of his mouth is not able to result in salvation okay he he could read
that all day long to anyone he could read it to the lowest hanging fruit he could go up to someone
in the street he's walking down going sir what must i do to be saved and that reprobate could
come along and read john 360 then they cannot get them saved and we've had that when we've
had people here before and now we're starting to hit similar areas again and talking to people
that that have previously had the gospel preached to them low hanging fruit have had the gospel
preached to them by people that have been in this church and and people are questioning said oh who
was it and they're given a description and ain't saved okay and then and and they never got saved
and then they get saved after by someone who's actually saved preaching them the gospel okay
because look it's faith to faith isn't it however however back in in matthew chapter 7
jesus tells us what will happen to these liars what will happen to these eyes now ultimately
what a lot of the time what they really believe will come out of their mouth but at least what
they claim to believe and don't believe will never result in that tree of life verse 19 says every
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and casts into the fire wherefore by their
fruits ye shall know them and when it comes to the other religion most of them are pretty open
and forthright with their evil fruit aren't they okay so when it comes to most versions of the
other religion the catholic priest he's not even hiding it is he okay the the the imam isn't hiding
it okay the the monk isn't hiding it okay but it includes those that claim the name of christ so
like i said even many of these other guys are pretty open however there are also those that
claim the name of christ who are a little bit trickier aren't they and they claim they claim
to believe he's the lord they'll say things like you know the lord jesus christ i gave my life to
christ they like that one don't they or i made him lord of my life or i chose to follow jesus
or something else and you're like right let's see if it's bad terminology or if we need to dig a
little deeper he said in verse 21 not everyone that saith unto me lord lord shall enter into
the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven and and the false
prophet will go see look you've got to do everything god says well who here is doing everything
god says because i know i'm not i know i may i i get it wrong yeah we all get it wrong don't we
yeah we're all gonna have days where we fail we have days where look we need to start afresh the
next day the next day yeah in fact look there's not one person in the world that does everything
that god wants them to do otherwise they wouldn't need jesus christ what's the will of the father
second peter three nine says the lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count slackness
but his long long suffering to us would not willing that any should perish but that all
should come to repentance so it's god's will that we come to repentance which is a change of mind
to faith in jesus christ that's god's will god's will is that you put your faith in jesus christ
john 640 says and this is the will of him that sent me that everyone which see if the son and
believeth on him may have everlasting life and i raise him up at the last day okay so god's will
is that we put our faith in jesus christ that's god's will now many we've just seen not everyone
that said saith unto me lord lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will
of my father which is heaven the will of the father is that we get saved so there are those
that were called jesus lord but they're not believing in christ alone they've they haven't
repented from dead works to faith in christ okay that these people basically they're they're
calling him lord but they're still trusting their works we're going to see that here many will say
to me in that day lord lord have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils
and in thy name have done many wonderful works what are they trusting their works they're
trusting their works and it's amazing how many false prophets will use verses like this to go see
look at the you know look look you might call him lord but you didn't do x y and z no they're
trusting their works they didn't do the will of the father which was get saved instead they're
going look at everything i've done lord look now who here if they if they stood before jesus
if they had to actually stand before him who here or on judgment day is going to be going yeah but
look at everything i've done look look at look at me look at how great i am look at my works look
at what i did in your name i hope everyone here would be saying but you promised all i had to do
is put my faith in you that's all i had to do is put my faith in you so they're saying but look
they're saying lord lord have we not prophesied in our name in our name of course that devils in
our name have done many wonderful works now they call him lord don't they oh they recognize that
jesus is the lord apparently they've made him lord is that enough well verse 23 says and then
will i profess unto them i never knew you depart for me ye that work iniquity
he never knew them okay he didn't used to know them and now well now they've gone off the rails
no he never knew them okay he never knew them these are works of iniquity these are the false
prophets preaching in the name of christ they're calling him lord claiming to cast out devils
but they're trusting in their works and they're only two religions it's faith alone in christ alone
or it's works it's clear isn't it it's faith alone in christ alone or it's work salvation
it's trusting his works or your works there's no combination it's one of the other now turn to psalm
nine whilst i read romans 11 6 romans 11 6 shows there is no combining the two romans 11 6 says
and if by grace then is it no more of works otherwise grace is no more grace but if it be
of works then is it no more grace otherwise work is no more work you can't combine them
it's one or the other and and look if you're trying to combine them if you're sitting there
going yeah but you know i still think you've got to at least do a little bit of works you need to
get right you need to get right quick because you're sitting in a church where you've been
hearing this stuff preached for a long time you've been hearing people going preach that on the door
look there's only for me there's a point where you're going right i'm rejecting that i'm
rejecting the gospel and it can get to the point where god's going to reject you
okay look put your faith in christ it's one or the other and this is constantly illustrated
throughout the old testament okay by men choosing to worship the work of their own hands this is the
illustration we see in the old testament as opposed to the work of his hands okay and that's what we
see constantly there's a picture of this psalm nine and verse one psalm nine one says to the
chief musician of bon muffin a psalm of david i will praise your lord with my whole heart
i will show forth all thy marvelous works okay it's all about god's marvelous works not our own
by the way that's david who's in heaven right now as opposed to the wicked in verse 16 where it says
the lord is known by the judgment which he executed the wicked is snared in the work of
his own hands he guy on salah okay there's a difference there's a contrast in the bible
between those that are trusting that are putting faith in their own works the work of men's hands
the idols of graven images all that sort of stuff and those that have the faith in the work of his
hands okay and the ultimate work that he did was to come and die on the cross to be buried and
rise again to pay for your sins that's what we're trusting in so uh turn to jeremiah chapter 1
psalm 92 4 where you turn to jeremiah 1 psalm 92 4 says for thou lord has made me glad through
thy work i will triumph in the works of thy hands because that's the difference are you
triumphing in his works or you triumphing in your works and there's a lot of people out there claiming
the name of christ that are triumphing in their works not his work some 107 of verse 8 says oh
that men would praise the lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works the children of men
are you praise the lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works or for your own because a lot
of people are praising really themselves for their own works aren't they jeremiah 1 and verse 15
jeremiah 1 and verse 15 says for lo i will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north
that's a lot of people saith the lord and they shall come and they shall set everyone is thrown
at the entering of the gates of jerusalem and against all the walls thereof round about and
against all the cities of judah and i will utter my judgments against them touching all their
wickedness who have forsaken me and have burned incense unto other gods of worship the works of
their own hands that's what it's all about it's a work of their own hands what they've achieved
rather than what god has done and by the way that's the majority of that's the majority
religion they said all the families of the kings of the north that's the majority of people out
there they're not trusting what god has done for them but instead they're trusting what they have
done for god two religions the majority religion that worships the works of their own hands
and the straight gate and narrow way which is grace through faith alone plus nothing minus
nothing go back to where we started romans for now i want to focus today on the more subtle
versions of the other religion okay because look there's the obvious ones out there there's all
those false religions look you got i mean some of them they should just be a no-brainer for
starters so if someone really and look if someone seeks him they will find him if they search for
him with all their heart okay and if someone really wanted the truth and look that's not
to say that everyone we're not calvinists here we're not going okay well if they if they want
the truth they're going to find it anyway might as well just put our feet up in between the services
don't bother trying to reach anyone no no that's not how it works there's a lot of people that
aren't seeking with all their heart but they will listen to the gospel and get saved okay but there
are people that will seek the truth okay and those that seek it look if they really sought
it with an open heart and i don't care whether they're raised in it or not i don't care whether
they're in in in the middle east somewhere surrounded by mosques surrounded by dress
wearing funny hat wearers okay i look if they really want the truth are they really going to
choose a religion where the prophet's a pedophile he's a pedophile everyone knows he's a pedophile
okay he married a six-year-old consummated at nine years old he's a pedophile okay you follow
that look you're wicked you're wicked now you might be forced to follow it as a youngster but
it gets to a point where you get the choice whether or not you carry on going to a mosque
and following basically a pedophile okay that's a no that's done then you go okay well what about
buddhism it's a death cult they're all just trying to seek eternal extinguishment okay ridiculous and
then they're all about the reincarnation all that stuff load of old nonsense okay pretty obvious now
we're boiling it down a bit then you've got hinduism which kind of look they'll worship any
god they can get their hands on any work of their own hands i mean it doesn't matter what it is
they'll just go for anything ridiculous so how can you take him seriously well your god's a rat
your god's a cow your god's this you've got it's just it's nonsense absolute nonsense and again
it all kind of is a mishmash of buddhism and other kind of just eastern mysticism and all this sort
rubbish as well now well we're boiling it down a bit now aren't we then you've got christianity
and you've got the word of god and when you really look at it then you realize wait a second a lot of
people that call themselves christians don't actually follow the word where does it come from
where does where does christianity come from the word of god the bible if you're just going to pick
and choose little bits of bible and make your own bits up clearly a false religion isn't it and if
you boil it down and boil it down and boil it down well we come down to a bible believing church don't
we we come down to what does the bible say and that has to be your final authority or you're
just choosing a false religion and if you're sitting here thinking well i already know this
brother and like i said hopefully this will strengthen you hopefully at least you think
well it's a good reminder of why you're right so nice a nice pat on the back isn't it yeah least
least i'm in the right place and i'm listening to the to the to the right book i'm listening to the
right thing because there are only two religions one of two religions romans chapter four says
what shall we say then that abraham our father's as pertaining to the flesh is found for if abraham
were justified by works he had whereof to glory but not before god for what said the scripture
abraham believed god and it was counted unto him for righteousness now abraham did some great works
didn't he we've been going through the book of genesis on a wednesday evening he did some great
stuff abraham he also did some funny stuff as well by the way okay did some some questionable things
but he did some great works but he was counted righteous due to his trust his faith in the coming
christ that's why he was righteous it wasn't because of his works it says in verse four now
to him that worketh is a reward not record of grace but of debt now this is someone who's
trusting in their work it's someone who's trying to work their way to heaven someone who is
attempting in any way shape or form to work their way to salvation is a debtor to the whole law it
says it says he is a reward not record of grace but of debt he's a debtor to the whole law okay
you want to try and work your way to heaven with whatever list whatever version of works you think
you need to add to salvation no no no no you don't get to choose you don't get to choose which works
you need to do you need to do the whole lot then you need to follow the law to the letter by the
t from start to finish of your life and not make one error and you can do that yeah you're good
enough to go to heaven anyone able to do that no because all have sinned to come short the glory
of god it's nonsense but to him that worketh not but believeth on him that just fath the ungodly
his faith is counted for us and what a great verse survivor that is how do you even know i
once tried to preach the gospel to a lady who was who believed in works came to our uh when
we were in south end previously uh came to the the old church building uh and she said to me um
she i read us a verse i read her this verse said yeah but i haven't read the whole chapter you
just you just cherry picked a verse let's read let's read Romans 4 then let's read in fact let's
read Romans in fact let's read Romans 3 as well we could do the whole lot and then she okay okay
you made your points and she really want to hear the word of god now she did she eventually she
seemed to get saved but we didn't see her again and that doesn't mean she wasn't saved but however
it took a while and she was trying to argue with the word of god but look it's a pretty clear
chapter of the bible isn't it what great chapter and this verse to him that worketh not now you
could say therefore someone that tries to do nothing at all someone that does nothing at
all you could say look someone here who literally does no good works in their whole life but
believeth on him that just fath the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness it's his faith
in christ alone which is the reason he's righteous in god's eyes
he's it then goes on in verse six even as david also describeth the blessedness of the man under
whom god imputeth righteousness without works saying blessed are they whose iniquities are
forgiven and whose sins are covered blessed is the man to whom the lord will not impute sin the
title is the two world religions the point number one it's the other religion if past sins aren't
forgiven it's the other religion if past sins aren't forgiven verse six said even as david also
describeth the blessedness of the man unto whom god imputeth righteousness without works okay
and this is works before during or after here we're going to look at past sins saying blessed
are they whose iniquities are forgiven the true religion the straight and narrow way is that
jesus christ death bell and resurrection paid for all of your past sins the whole lot that
means that you don't have to question whether what you did was too sick well yeah but i i was pretty
bad i did do that you don't have to question that you don't have to go yeah but because people like
to like to go people like to accuse you yeah after what you were like when you were young
that sort of thing right it but if you put your faith your trust in jesus christ you weren't
reprobate okay because some people get a bit hung up on this well yeah but could i be do you believe
on the lord jesus christ salvation do you have your faith alone in christ alone do you believe
that with your heart well you're saved you're saved because rep rates cannot truly believe
they can't believe they can't really get saved john 12 40 says he had blinded their eyes and
hardened their heart that they should not see where their eyes nor understand with their heart
and be converted and i should heal them okay there are people yeah there are people that have been
rejected by god but if you put your faith of jesus christ you're saved now you're saved
now some will say some believe that it's because they were so holy that's why they're able to get
saved heard people like that before well you know it's because because i was already this or that i
was already a good person i was already that that's why i got saved nonsense you ain't saved because
you ain't trusting christ you're still trusting yourself it's faith alone in christ alone
and anyone condemning you for past sins is of the other religion okay anyone who thinks that
you had to be a certain way before getting saved is of the other religion it's all the other
religion okay there's only one way you're saved and that's faith only there are no works before
salvation okay there's no such thing some 103 in verse 12 says as far as the east is from the west
so far have he removed our transgressions from us the old friend family members characters from
your past claiming that you couldn't be a christian they believe in the other religion
okay they're the other religion they don't understand the true religion they still think
there's some sort of works before salvation and that should be an obvious one but do you know what
it is for us as well that it's a good reminder for us not to discard people that aren't obvious
reprobates look if someone's clearly a reprobate okay someone's just a clear open sodomite someone's
just you know walking down the road you know six foot two strapping geezer with lipstick on and a
mini skirt okay that guy is a reprobate he ain't getting saved okay but however the guy walking
down the street with the stupid baphomet on his t-shirt there's a lot of people like that i mean
isn't it just messed up it doesn't mean that guy can't get saved that's not oh well he's gone too
far he won't get saved because that doesn't mean he's a reprobate no he might be in fact probably
a lot of those guys with a baphomet t-shirts maybe are but it doesn't mean they are does it okay and
that's the same in many like you can look at people don't know about that one oh i'll avoid
that one i'll go for that one and we can all do that can't we sometimes especially if you're in
the street you sometimes pick and choose a bit look sometimes you want to be led by the spirit
as well you know and you might think okay i'm being drawn i really want to go over to that
person preach the gospel but ultimately we shouldn't just discard people because we think
they're already this sort of person or that because ultimately we're just judging them on their sin
aren't we we're going well they look like they're probably too prideful they look like look still
try right off of them you'd be surprised it's i mean when you look back you those of you that've
been soul winning for for several years look back and think some of the people that have got saved
in the end and how they looked when you first approached them you probably thought i don't know
how this is going to work out you've knocked on the door for here we go and then maybe half hour
later they're putting their faith in jesus christ okay so the title is two world religions number
one it's the other religion if past sins aren't forgiven let he can forgive those sins can't he
he will forgive those sins if they put their faith in him and obviously being able to put their faith
in number two it's the other religion if present sins aren't forgiven it's the other religion if
present sins aren't forgiven he said in verse six even as david also describeth the blessedness of
the man unto whom god imputeth righteousness without work saying blessed are they whose
iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered now you might go isn't it the same thing no because
there are damnable heretics all over this nation telling you you have to repent of your sins
anyone heard that yeah everyone's heard everyone surely has heard someone come out with that sort
of nonsense you have to repent of your sins you have to repent of certain sins for example you
couldn't get saved if you're an alcoholic you would have to give up the alcohol first you'd
have to give up this sin first you have to stop certain sins you have to be willing to stop
certain things you've got at least try to stop certain things you've got to give up you've got
to do something but that's not what the bible says does it they'll say you have to turn that
now some will go really subtle you've got to at least turn from your sins what does that even
mean can you quantify what turning from your sins means no one really can and whenever i've
questioned these people about this and many of us have done the same you'll get an array of
different answers won't you well you've got to at least acknowledge blah blah everyone knows
that you got yeah you acknowledge you're a sinner to get saved right okay no one's questioning that
that's got nothing to do with repenting of sins has it so then they'll go well you've got to like
at least at least try not to or at least you know want to not to or whatever else
well let's turn to jonah three and i know this is old ground for many because
turning from your sins to get saved is works and you know what it is in fact it's hard work
it's really hard work because we all have a lot of sins there's a lot of sins if these people
actually read their bible they'd realize that they're sinners that every single person here
is a sinner and every single person will continue to sin because there's a lot of sins and no one's
turning from their sins now we do have to repent if anyone's going well wait a second the bible
does say repent but that's referring to a change of mind about what you're trusting for salvation
what are you trusting because i repented of trusting in some sort of work salvation and put
my faith in jesus christ that's repentance that's biblical repentance for salvation
you have to repent of your wicked work salvation in fact they they these people have to repent
of their wicked work salvation trusting but they don't repent of that okay that's the sad truth
most of these people will not repent to get saved yet they think they're repenting of their sins
they're going oh you don't believe in repentance no you haven't repented you didn't repent biblically
you're still trusting in your works you don't believe in repentance you don't believe in the
correct definition of repentance you're still believing in your works and if you're believing
in your works you're not safe and if you're preaching that you're damnable heretic and you
might be a subtle damnable heretic and you might be a very friendly damnable heretic you might be
a big smiling damnable heretic but you're still a damnable heretic in jonah three the men of
ninova okay they're hoping that god will change his mind and not physically punish the city
verse nine says who can tell if god will turn and repent yeah look repentance isn't just talking
about sin god repents and god can't sin he said who can tell it says who can tell if god will turn
and repent and turn away from his fierce anger that we perish not and god saw their works that
they turn from their evil way so the repentance that god was doing the the changing of his mind
from the physical punishment he's about to dole out that was the repentance we're talking about
here for salvation the changing of your mind what they're doing here they're turning from
their evil way the bible says in verse 10 his works and god saw their works this is the narrator
the bible the holy spirit here this isn't a man that we're that's being quoted no this is the
holy spirit saying and god saw their works that they turn from their evil way so what's turning
from your evil way according to the word of god works and god repented of the evil that's
god's repentance and evil here talked about the punishment he was going to do that he had said
that he would do unto them and he did it not so according to verse 10 turning from evil ways works
and back in romans 4 someone who is trusting in works is in debt you know if you're trusting that
you'd turn from any sort of evil way any sort of i turned from this at least i gave up this to get
saved i gave up this which is why i got saved etc so any of that stuff you're trusting in works
he says in verse 4 now to him that worketh is a reward not record of grace but of death
yeah you want you want to add in your little i've i had to at least turn away from this
i had to at least give up this sort of sin to get saved i i've i'm you know at least i i've
i've changed my mind i don't want to sin anymore that's that's why i got saved that's what you're
trusting in well good luck because you're a death through the whole law you had one bit of work to
your salvation you're a death through the whole law or is your trust in faith is your trust in
christ alone is it faith alone in christ alone because if it is you ain't got no debt to do any
law he said now to him that work worketh is a reward not record of grace but of debt but to
him that worketh not but believeth on him that just fires the ungodly his faith is counted for
righteousness i say you had any sort of turning giving up trying to stop cutting out sin for
salvation you're saying jesus christ wasn't enough you're saying his death his burial his that wasn't
enough i've got to add a bit of myself i've got to do a bit extra myself i've earned it i've had
a part to play i'm not accepting that i just needed a savior i'm not accepting that i would
just that i'm basically just just a sinner that needs a savior no no no no no i added a bit to my
salvation and that's the broad way that's the majority of people around the world isn't it
in fact the majority of people believe that it's not just a little bit they're doing a lot for
their salvation but the subtle the subtle difference amongst sadly most of christianity
is that they believe that they've added something extra to salvation and that ain't the gospel it's
another gospel which is not another because there's no other gospel there's only one good
news the good news is grace through faith alone in christ alone the title is two world religions
number one it's the other religion if past sins aren't forgiven number two it's the other religion
if present sins aren't forgiven and number three it's the other religion if future sins aren't
forgiven it's the other religion if future sins aren't forgiven verse six says even as david also
describe the blessedness of the man unto whom god imputeth righteousness without works saying
blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven that's past and whose sins are covered that's
and whose sins are covered that's present blessed is the man to whom the lord will not impute sin
that's future he will not impute sin to your eternal account because if he did then you're
still working your way to heaven okay and this is probably the most common out of those that sound
fairly biblical because they'll say i was born again they'll go i put my faith in christ they'll
say it's belief alone grace through faith they'll say all that stuff these are ones that actually
claim to believe the bible and then they'll go but you can lose your salvation whoa wait a second
so it's not grace through faith alone oh so it wasn't faith in christ though now you've got a
part to play still haven't you and there's a lot of those out there the sacrifice wasn't enough
jesus still needs you to do your bit that's what they believe don't they
you're not saved but hoping to get saved is what they're saying aren't they how are you saved if
you still don't believe that you're 100 saved how are you saved if you still have to do something
and it really is as simple as that but look the reality of it is and i know it sounds weird but
you look out at church like this and the reality of it is that there will be people in here that
do deep down believe this still that's the truth there'll be people here that deep down believe in
their heart that they still have to at least do something in the future that they've at least
their their good works their good works are shining forth and that's why they're staying saved
or something along those lines they will believe well as long as i didn't do that as long as i
didn't do this and they everyone has a different bar for that don't they now now look so because
a lot we will use a murder one won't we because murder is a big sin and some people have their
line at murder but there is no line because all sin takes you to hell the way the sin is death
there is no line one sin will take you to hell it's jesus christ death on the cross that has
paid for that sin and all other sins so you can't just make your line oh well murder will take me to
hell but you know but lying won't but covetousness won't but the wicked pride of my wicked heart they
can't just trust christ alone oh that won't take me to hell it's only the big sin well they believe
they believe that they're still hoping to get saved however turn to first corinthians chapter one
because first corinthians 15 while you're trying to first corinthians one first corinthians 15
talks of the gospel in verse 2 says by which also ye are saved present tense ye are saved
first corinthians 1 18 where you're turning first corinthians 1 and verse 18 says for the preaching
of the cross is to them that perish foolishness but unto us which are saved it is the power of
god you're saved when you put your faith in jesus christ you're saved if if if you can lose your
salvation you're not saved and this would be this would be wrong paul writing under the inspiration
of the holy spirit was lying when he said which he said which are saved second corinthians 2 15
says for we for we are unto god a sweet saviour of christ in them that are saved and in them that
perish because we're sweet saviour of christ in them that are saved are you saved have you put
your faith in christ alone you're saved you are saved you're not being saved you're not going to
get saved you're not you're not working on being saved you are saved turn to john 5 where jesus
makes it as clear as day that you're saved that moment you trust christ the moment you put your
faith in christ you're saved but if you don't believe you are you haven't put your faith in
christ so yeah you're not saved and any of these people thinking they can lose their salvation
they've got to do this they've got to do that they've got to maintain they've got to at least
get baptized they've got to do any anything like that they ain't saved because they didn't trust
christ they didn't have that moment when they got sick because they still haven't got 100 trusted
christ alone john 5 24 jesus christ said verily verily truly truly he's making it really clear
look not that anything he says isn't true but he's going look truly verily verily i sound to you
he that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting love you have it
how could you have it if if it wasn't everlasting you don't have it then it's not everlasting he
said have ever lost love and shall not come into conversion he said you'll never go to hell you've
put your faith in me you will never go to hell you shall not come into condemnation but is passed
from death unto life is passed is the second you put your faith in christ you put your trust in
christ alone you pass from death and love and if you didn't believe that you still need to put
your faith in christ if you don't believe that you still need to put your faith in christ
anyone who believes that you can lose your salvation in any way any way shape or form
any excuse any reason that you can lose your salvation is not saved they're not saved and
they need to get saved it's as simple as that you in your mind you're like yeah but what if i did
this one will be like well look what if i what if i kill myself get saved get saved what if i well
what if i did something really bad get saved then get saved and then you won't lose your salvation
it's as simple as that and if you still yeah i'm not having it brother in no got to be a white no
no my old church told me my whatever i've heard i'm not look you're wicked as hell because the
bible's clear bible's clear you're sitting there reject the word of god reject the word of god
reject the word of god reject the word of god he's going to reject you because look you're sitting
in a church like this hearing the gospel preach loud and clear amongst people you're going out
sony hearing this you're still trusting yourself that's wicked that's wicked
you think you can give the gift back you heard that before they come out with this stuff
well yeah but you can give the gift back how do you give the gift back why would you give the
gift back what are you talking about but what they mean is you give it back by not following god
enough what they mean is you you're giving it back because you're not being good enough they're not
going that you're literally gone to god okay i'm going to give you that back now because i don't
want to go to heaven i want to go to hell uh no no what they actually mean is you're giving it
back by not following the the list of commands that they've decided you've got to follow
depending on what wicked church it is that's trying to teach this stuff what false what
lists that that that what specific false prophet list has been made up in their church yeah
that you have to make jesus lord of your life what does that mean that means i've got to follow him
that means he's got to be lord of my life that means you ain't saved because you're not trusting
in faith alone in christ alone you're trusting in following jesus you're trusting your action
to follow him not put your trust in him it's the other religion it's back to self-justification
it's back to the works of men's hands isn't it and then that's the difference what do you trust
do you trust christ alone or do you trust your own works do you trust your previous works you
could trust your current works do you trust your future works or do you trust jesus christ
go forward to john chapter 11 and verse 25 john chapter 11 and verse 25
says in verse 25 jesus said unto her i am the resurrection and the life he that believeth in me
though he were dead yet shall he live you believe in him you were dead but yet shall you live and
whosoever that's anyone right liveth and believeth in me shall never die unless they do something
really bad unless they you know don't do whatever i i'm not doing because you know i'm the man in
front of the church and i'll make my own list of things that i think means that you're saved or not
no whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die believe us how this do you believe this
how you believe this and if you believe this well man you need to tell some people don't you
because that's pretty easy isn't it in fact that's so easy anyone can do it all you got to do is
believe in the lord jesus christ isn't it something to tell everyone about because what are they all
believe what's the other religion it's a broad way it's a broad way that leads to destruction
it's a wide gate and the vast majority of this world is on their way down there so many of these
people that think they're so free thinking don't they they think they're so like yeah well i don't
believe religion i don't believe that and then when you really get to the bottom of it they'll
say something along the lines of well i think i'm a good enough person no you just believe the broad
way you moron you believe what everyone else believes that they're somehow good enough they're
somehow doing something to get themselves to heaven how about you actually be a bit individual
how about you actually really put your faith in christ alone and not yourself how about that
and if you don't believe this it's the other religion and here's the thing there's only one
place that the other religion is taking you john chapter three if you were in john just flick back
to john chapter three verse 36 it makes it clear there's only one way of salvation
john 336 says he that believeth on the sun had everlasting life you have it is yours and he that
believeth not the sun shall not see life but the wrath of god abideth on him god's angry fuming
what on earth how could you reject the lord jesus christ and trust yourself you wicked devils
i mean how many people they're everywhere how do they think they're good enough
i like to say this to muslims sometimes they just go yeah but come on do you think you're
all right really they're just gonna go up and go yeah i knew i was good enough cheers mate
what are you talking about how on earth how on earth are any of us gonna justify ourselves
in front of god in front of the almighty god and you know one of the reasons people do because
they've basically completely downgraded they completely changed who god really is
so people look at god like this sort of like we'd say many times the image that we see of
jesus now the the fake image the fake god and no people bury their face in the floor in the bible
when they're in front of the lord don't they i am not worthy and that's and when you have
that attitude and when you really have that attitude you'd understand there's only one way
isn't there it's the savior the fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge isn't it
but fools despise wisdom and instruction don't they and he said the wrath of god abideth on him
and and you believe you believe in any works at all you will burn down there you'll be the but
no look you'll be with the ecumenical gang down there yeah you can all join together with your
work salvation you'll burn there with the muslims the jews the the jehovah's witnesses the morons i
mean the mormons you you could seriously though because you are aren't you that's the truth you'd
be down there with them patting each other on the back do you think they're really doing that down
there you know they're doing a screaming out in fact they're begging that someone go to their
family's houses and teach their families the true way and tell them and preach them the gospel and
the reality of it is is that all these people are down there together yeah there is they are
all ecumenical together because it is the other religion and they'll be all down there burning
in their other religion and by the way that includes the fake baptists as well includes
all those baptist union clown churches out there with their wicked work salvation subtly or not
and everyone else that use their free will to choose work salvation that's what they've done
that we all have free will in life yeah look some people have a rougher start than others
some people get indoctrinated young by some wicked parents that's not god's fault they've chosen to
do that those parents have chosen to do that that's their fault and and whoever and and look
but those kids those people as they grow up they still have a choice we all have a choice you can
either choose the truth or you can choose the other religion and that's the only way look
abraham believed in the coming christ and that's the only way that anyone's ever been able to get
in there don't listen to these clowns that try and teach you work salvation the old testament
work salvation coming in the future and the only way anyone's ever been able to get into heaven is
by faith alone in christ alone whether it was a coming christ whether the christ who was there
at the time or whether it's the christ that's already been come died been buried and risen again
okay it's faith in christ alone john 14 6 says jesus saith unto him i am the way the truth and
the life no man cometh unto the father but by me no man you cannot get to the father but by the
lord jesus christ it's impossible you've never been able to you'll never be able to there's
only one way and that's why abraham is up there waiting for us look at look back in uh back in
romans 4 look at verse 21 romans 4 and verse 21 says in being fully persuaded that what he
had promised he was able also to perform that he knew he knew that that was going to happen he knew
he believed the gospel and therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness now it was
not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him but for us also to whom it shall be imputed
if we believe on him that raised up jesus our lord from the dead who was delivered for our
offenses and was raised again for our justification and that's the true religion isn't it and it's the
only one that makes sense the title is the two world religions number one it's the other religion
if past sins aren't forgiven number two it's the other religion if present sins aren't forgiven
and number three it's the other religion if future sins aren't forgiven and if you believe
that all three of those are forgiven and you put your faith in jesus christ well congratulations
because that is the only way you're going to get to heaven right that is a true religion not the
other one the title the title was two world religions um i hope that's been a blessing to
you on that we're going to finish in a word of prayer father thank you for your word thank you
for the truth of the bible lord the the gospel the the just clear just clear verses on salvation
lord just so much so much of the bible just makes it so crystal clear so that we don't have to have
our heads turned by verses taken out of context verses which aren't talking about salvation others
which the false prophets will use help us to just be strong in that lord to just just you know be
strong in our faith that that there are only two religions lord that however you try and add works
in whatever way you do to to salvation it's the other religion lord help us to just remember that
to be strong with that and help us to go out and preach that lord help us to to encourage people to
get saved help us to to just be be willing to preach the gospel to anyone who wants to hear it
who's clearly not you know beyond that point of being able to hear it lord help us to to find
people out there this afternoon get many people saved return for this evening's service in jesus
name for all of this amen