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so here we have the gospel in its simplest form in verse 15 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life anyone who believes on Jesus Christ alone for salvation is saved, period and if you add anything to that you're perverting the gospel the Bible says for by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast you say well Pastor Anderson, and this is how people just cannot just accept that for some reason because of pride, they don't want to accept Jesus paid it all to him I owe sin had left a crimson stain, he washed it white as snow they don't want to believe that salvation is through faith alone by grace alone to God alone be the glory and so they want to add something to it so they say this, well but I just believe that everybody who believes just will get baptized you know if you really believe you'll get baptized if you really believe you'll have the works you know the works don't save you don't get me wrong but if you don't have them you're not saved well let's let the Bible answer that the Bible says in Romans 4-5 but to him that worketh not does it say to him who does very little barely any works just barely any but to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness we're talking about salvation with no works before, during or after if you don't believe that you're not saved if you believe that you have to have works to go to heaven you need to get saved because the Bible says that you must trust Christ alone for salvation and if you think that it's your good works your good life before, during or after you think that you must have works you must live the life you need to get saved. Period. I don't know how else to explain it to you there are two kinds of people in this world those who are saved and those who are not saved and it's not based on how they live it's not based on what they do it's based on what they believe and it's not complicated it's the simplest thing in the world people try to make it complicated whenever there's a gray area it's because it's not the truth because God doesn't have gray areas God has black and white on all pop cold heaven hell good bad and this is the way God boils it down if you're trusting Jesus Christ alone for salvation and what he already did on the cross you're saved if you're trusting anything else in addition to that you're not saved it's either Jesus paid it all or it's Jesus plus fill in the blank Jesus plus works Jesus plus my good life Jesus plus baptism Jesus plus communion Jesus plus church attendance Jesus plus tithing Jesus plus give up my sins in my old wicked ways you haven't given up your old wicked ways to this day you've been saved for years and neither have I because none of us is without sin the Bible says we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us and guess who the truth is Jesus Christ is not in you if you say that you have no sin anybody who says I'm sinlessly perfect I saw this preacher had this list of books you know that he liked and he knows what I'm talking about you know this list of books that he liked and there was a book on there by a guy and he says in that book that he believes people can reach a state of sinless perfection and that he's there the author of the book. It's written by one of these Quakers or whatever you know they think they're so cool with their beard with no mustache they think they don't have any sin okay well look he's not saved anyone who believes that they have no sin is not saved. You see this is the way I exegete the Bible I just read it and I just believe what it says and when it says it says if we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us that's what it says and if we say that we've not sinned we make him a liar and his word is not in us and so we see that in John chapter 3 let's go back there and in John chapter 3 I think you were still there but look at verse number 17 it says for God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved. Now Christ's first coming was not a coming of condemnation it was a coming of salvation now he's coming again and it will be with condemnation for the wicked I'd like to ask you a question do you know for sure if you died today would you go to heaven? you may say I'm not sure if I'm going to heaven maybe you've never even thought of it but the Bible says you could be 100 percent sure you are on your way to heaven now according to the Bible you need to understand a few things in order to be able to receive salvation the first thing is this the Bible says in Romans 3 23 for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God the Bible tells us that sin is a transgression of the law when we break God's law we sin and according to that verse we've all sinned I'm a sinner you're a sinner and unfortunately there are wages for our sin Romans 6 23 says for the wages of sin is death now the word wages means payment it's what you earn when I go to work they give me money those are my wages but because of my sin the wages is death what I earn is death for the wages of sin is death now when we think of death most people think of a physical death but Revelation chapter number 20 verse 14 and 15 says and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire a reference to hell it says this is the second death and whose serve was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire so according to the Bible our wages for our sin is not just a physical death but the second death you say what is the second death being cast into the lake of fire this is the second death what we earn because of our sin is death a physical death the second death which is being cast into the lake of fire revelation 21 8 says for the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters now that's a pretty bad list right murderers whoremongers sorcerers most people would agree a murderer oh yeah they're gonna go to hell but notice he says for the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters at the end of that list he says this and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death and the reason that God adds that sin of lying at the end of that list he's trying to make a point and the point is this we're all sinners every human being has lied and he's trying to say there is none righteous we've all sinned we all deserve to go to hell and that's the bad news I'm a sinner you're a sinner and and we're all initially condemned to hell but the gospel is the good tidings or the good news Romans 6 23 says for the wages of sin is death we understand what that means now but the second part of that verse says but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord the Bible says that God has a gift he wants to give you and that gift is eternal life now in Ephesians 2 8 and 9 the Bible says for by grace are ye saved through faith the word grace means to get something you don't deserve you didn't earn it you didn't pay for it are ye saved is a reference to being saved from hell because I don't want to go there I'm sure you don't want to go there through faith the word faith means to believe it says for by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves has nothing to do with you here's why it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast a gift is not something you work for a gift is something that's given to you someone else pays for it but you don't pay for it if I gave you a gift and asked you to give me money for it that wouldn't be a gift I gave you a gift but ask you to do something for it that wouldn't be a gift now the gift doesn't cost you anything but it costs the person giving it to you something and the gift of God is the exact same way Jesus had to pay for that gift Romans 5 8 says but God commendeth his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us John 3 16 the most famous verse in the Bible says for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life the gospel is this Jesus Christ was born of a virgin he lived a sinless life he never sinned never did anything wrong he died on the cross was buried the Bible tells us his soul went down to hell for three days and three nights and he rose from the grave not to pay for his own sin because he had no sin he died to pay for our sins and see it's already been paid for the gift has already been paid for now you gotta understand this about the gift John 3 16 says everlasting life the gift is everlasting life that means the word everlasting means it'll last forever life that'll last forever it's never gonna end John 3 15 says eternal life eternal means it'll never end John 3 36 has everlasting life Romans 6 33 says eternal life all throughout the Bible you find this concept eternal life everlasting life life that will last forever life that will never end according to John 3 36 you get it the moment you believe he that believeth on the Sun hath everlasting life now some people think well I can receive salvation but once I have it if I do something really bad like commit adultery like murder commit suicide then God is gonna take away my salvation but if he takes it away then it didn't last forever see we gotta understand that salvation is not something that we earn and once we have it is not something that we keep the Bible says in Titus 1 2 it says in hope of eternal life which God that cannot lie promised before the world began see our hope for eternal life is this God can't lie if God promised me eternal life then guess what it's eternal life he promised me everlasting life then it's gonna last forever so what if I do something really bad what's not of ourselves it has nothing to do with me it's a gift that will last forever now here's the only thing you need to do just like any other gift you get a choice whether you'd like to accept it or reject it you may ask well how do I accept the gift of God Romans 10 9 says this that if now it says if because you get a choice he says if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus the word confess means to admit say what am I admitting well you're admitting you're a sinner you're admitting that you deserve to go to hell but you're asking for forgiveness he says if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus but it's more than just saying words he also says and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead you're believing that Jesus Christ died on the cross was buried and rose from the grave as a payment for your sins he says if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead the Bible says thou shalt be saved it doesn't say you might be saved it doesn't say you hopefully will be saved God says I will save you if you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart notice you don't have to go to church doesn't say you have to get baptized doesn't say you have to repent of your sins doesn't say you have to do anything simply believe and ask him to save you if you believe that in your heart if you believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins was buried but rose from the grave he wants to give you a gift it's eternal life then why don't you just confess with your mouth right now I'd like to help you form a prayer if you believe that why don't you just pray with me right now dear Jesus I know I'm a sinner and I deserve to go to hell please forgive me of all my sin and give me eternal life I'm not trusting in my works not trusting in my religion I'm only trusting in you thank you for saving me amen if you prayed that prayer and you believe in your heart according to the Bible you're now saved you have eternal life congratulations