The essentials of salvation

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Hallelujah to the glory of God So today's show we're going to be talking about the essentials of salvation and I know that this is a something that really needs to be talked about with you know, a

Lot of different cults going around today and a lot of different sub -christian groups

You know, what what must a person do to be saved? And so that's what we're going to get into today before we get into the questions do

Any of you guys have anything that you want to say about the essentials of salvation before we jump on the questions?

Yeah real fast it's real easy you got to believe in the the Prophet Joseph Smith No, you know

I Love that you bring that up though house because like that's we have exhortation from Scripture saying that there's gonna be false prophets

There's gonna be sheep or wolves among sheep There's false Gospels out there and the fact that Christ was teaching one gospel.

The Apostles were teaching one gospel it's so important that we understand what the essentials are because an essential means that you when we'll talk about it here in a second, but it means that you

You have to believe in something or else the recompense will be

X Y or Z out of it So so there's an essential in its definition. Is that it's a positive and a negative that's given

And so it says that this is this is what if you believe you'll have eternal life if you don't believe eternal condemnation right that that's kind of the the format of an essential and and so each one of these three things that we're talking about tonight will

Definitely have a recompense and negative that's given to it If you deny those thing therefore you have a false gospel a false

Christ a false religion, right? Right, you know I'm sorry And like like, you know, the scripture says, you know if anybody comes to you with a different Jesus other than when the one the

Jesus we brought you or a different gospel or a different spirit you put up with it readily enough and You know, the

Jehovah's Witnesses have a Jesus Mormons have a Jesus Muslims have a

Jesus 78 Venice have a Jesus in it. So which Jesus do you believe it?

Yes Yes this is that kind of idea like I usually say this when I witness to a Mormon or a Jehovah's Witness or you know, whoever it may be and I say imagine there's a group of us are a group of people talking and in each one in this group

Represents a different religion and in this group. We have a Mormon. We have a Jehovah's Witness. We have a

Muslim We have a oneness Pentecostal and they're all talking about Jesus and then someone like me walks up into the group and Starts being nosy because I'm from the trailer park

We start getting into details about this Jesus and we find out that one believes that Jesus is the spiritual brother of Satan well, that's the

Mormons by the Jehovah's Witnesses believe that no, that's not true, but Satan was

Michael the Archangel And then the one that's Pentecostal will say no. No, no, that's not true

Jesus and the Father are the same and then the Muslim speaks up and says no, that's not the

Jesus though. I worship, you know Allah doesn't have a begotten son and then me the

Christian walks up and you know and proclaims to them the biblical

Jesus right and so every one of us have a different Jesus. So which one is true?

Well, the one that Scripture teaches Each one of them are going to be using the same terms, but they all have different definitions for different definitions and so our faith is only as good as the object that we're putting it into and if I have a

Object that is not the one of the Bible. Our faith is Doesn't matter how strong you feel about it doesn't matter how

Good tingling feelings you get it's false because it's not according to the Word of God Yeah, and you might get this fill in your stomach that's burning in your bosom.

Listen, it could be gas, right? It could be gas. All right, let's get to the questions

Before we get ourselves into trouble, which you know Like a little bit of trouble just a little bit

All right so the first one is one of the essentials of salvation that I believe someone must believe and I'll read a scripture after I After I say it, but Jesus being the

Christ so on Matthew chapter 16 Jesus comes to his disciples in verse 13 and he says it says when

Jesus came to the Um Yeah, when Jesus came into the district of Cicero Philippi He asked his disciples who do people say that the

Son of Man is? and they said some say John the Baptist others say

Elijah and Others Jeremiah or one of the prophets He said to them, but who do you say that I am?

Simon Peter replied You are the Christ the

Son of the Living God verse 17 and Jesus answered him

Blessed are you Simon Barjona? For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you

But my father who is in heaven and I tell you you are

Peter and on this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it

Amen Hallelujah. So one of the things That's essential to salvation is believing that Jesus is the

Christ This is the foundation upon which the church will be built. So what does it mean that Jesus is the

Christ? Well, it means that you all let's just go to it

John Well, John 1 1 in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the

Word was God And the

Word was God all things were made through him and without him not was not anything made that was made in him was life and the life was the the light of men

The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it and in skipping down just a 14 real fast and it says and the

Word became flesh and Dwelt amongst us and we have seen his glory the glory of the

Son from the Father full of grace and truth So that's you know when we get going to First John I mean the epistles of John and it talks about Anyone that denies that Christ did not come in the flesh is

Antichrist And so it's that the hypostatic Union right there. It's fully

God fully man Yeah, so this is what he's talking about in my opinion

Him, you know Jesus being because like in first John and in second John Like it kind of lays it out different So it makes the statement that they went out from us for they were not of us

This particularly speaking about the one who denies that Jesus is the

Christ So in my study, I believe this to be Covenantal and it's speaking about the

Jews to whom Jesus came he came to his own people and his own people did not receive him

All right, so his own people who did not receive him John's telling this

First John he's saying that they the Jews these religious Jews went out from us because they were not of us and as a matter of fact

They are Antichrist because they do not believe that Jesus is the Christ Yes, and then you get to and and John to I think it's verse 7 it speaks about If you deny that Jesus came that the

Jesus Christ came into the flesh So at this time there was a man by the name of Sorrento's Sorrento's taught that as Jesus was being baptized when he came about the water the

Christ came down upon him and then at his Crucifixion the

Christ left him So he taught that Jesus had an earthly mother and father

He was you know, and then whenever he was crucified the Christ left him.

There was no resurrection and So it's it's it's messing with the deity of Christ and so that's gonna mall

I'm gonna kick it off to you in a second right in but as Christians, we believe that Jesus Is the

God man meaning the hypostatic union what you was talking about? Perhaps that Jesus is truly

God and truly man. So when we when we say he's the Christ we're saying that God became man that that that that that Christ was not something that he became but he has always been the anointed one the

Messiah the Christ the Son of the Living God and That when Jesus came he was truly

God and truly man, right? I'm like flipping through several several

Bible verses as you guys are talking because my mind's going left and right and right in between But you guys are hitting it right on the nail the hit and nail right on the head on this subject, right

Immediately when you were reading from from Matthew 16 Jeff or perhaps

I can't remember one of you two I mean you guys are reading from that. Yeah, and it says yes But it talks about in there that upon this rock

I will build my church in Matthew chapter 7 We see that there's going to be many on the last day that call out to him and say

Lord Lord Have we not prophesied in your name cast out demons in your name done all these many mighty Works or miracles in your name and he will declare to them.

I never knew you depart from me workers of iniquity This is in Matthew 7 verses 22 and on and after this then

Jesus says this therefore Everyone who hears these words of mine and acts upon them may be compared to a wise man who built his house upon The rock and the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and the bursts against the house and yet it did not fail

For it had been founded upon the rock 1st Corinthians chapter 3 It says that we have to be built upon the foundation of Jesus Christ And and it repeats this over and over again that he's the chief cornerstone that was cast out

The builders rejected him in Isaiah chapter 44 and the Old Testament says is there any other rock besides me?

I know none Jesus Christ is the rock because he is God in flesh. That was one thing that my mind was going through on that but also

As house was reading from from John chapter 1 immediately, I was thinking about the prophecy given in Isaiah chapter 7 that the

Burden would be with child that she'd be bearing a child, right? And in Matthew chapter 1 verses 21 through 23, it says and she will bear this is an angel speaking to Joseph About Mary and it says and she will bear a son and you shall call his name

Jesus now we get the definition of what Jesus's name is for it is he who will save his people from their sins

Now all this was took place that the word was to the word that was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled saying

Behold, the Virgin shall be with child and his and shall bear a son and they shall call his name

Emmanuel which translated means God with us now The reason

I'm jumping around to all these different verses is it's painting this picture of who Jesus Christ is as we all are all talking about this and Those different false religions that you may mention of earlier

Jeff and house Those are all people that some of those those false cults and and faiths would proclaim

Jesus as the Christ They would say Jesus is the Christ. They call him Jesus Christ. That's on our on our church title, right?

Yeah, yeah Mormons you you have a different that you don't you're not defining Christ the way that we see it in the

Bible And so when we're saying it's an essential to believe that Jesus is the Christ is not just merely to state Jesus is the

Christ it means to actually believe in all the things that he claimed himself to be the prophecy. He was fulfilled

God becoming flesh 1st Corinthians chapter 15 Verse 47 says this the first man is from earth

Earthly the second man is from heaven There's two different natures that are going on between Adam and Christ, right?

And that's because it was God that dwelt with us and God took on flesh He tabernacled amongst us.

And so There's so much There's so many different areas that we can go to when we talk about this the clear gap the clear chasm

That's between us and these other false religions that are defining Christ using the same terms, right? Yeah, completely different Definitions and so yeah, go ahead.

Sorry. I'm I'm rambling now. No, no, no man ramble on homie ramble on and you know also

Let's see Hebrews One story

Okay. Yep. One three is beautiful He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature

And he upholds the universe by the word of his power now

I you know, just I just want to ask this for one second. We have people on here and Maybe new people and if they have any questions, please just type it in and we'll get back to your questions and stuff like that But I want to ask you both right now

So what if you're just off a little bit about God? What what about if you believe Jesus is the

Messiah? But you also believe that he's Archangel Michael Well, you deny who

God is. This is theology 101 Yeah, Jesus came to exegete the

Father you was quoting from John chapter I'm a gospel of John earlier verse 9 verse 18 says no one has ever seen

God Now in the contest this is speaking of God the Father. So no one has ever seen God the only

God speaking of Jesus Who is at the Father's side has made him known so now now is

Jesus come one of the one of the points of Jesus coming was to exegete to explain to us who the

Father is and in doing so we understand as we was reading this that the word was in the beginning that the word was

Face -to -face with God proston theon and that the word was

God and that everything that was created was created through him. He looked back at the Genesis God created the world right here is saying that Jesus created the world

So Jesus walked with Adam Like we really need to understand what it means when we're saying that Jesus is deity.

Jesus is God He is not the father and he is not the son. No one has ever seen the father

Adam saw God He didn't see the father. He didn't see the father Isaiah saw

God. He didn't see the father He saw Jesus Christ John chapter 12. Now.

What about that people that believe in the hierarchy? That the father is greater than the son.

The son is greater than the spirit well You know

I really think it depends on how far we take these things if we take Kereses to the point where we are starting to deny essentials.

That's when it starts to to be bad, right? And so I think that there's there's some things that I know

I fail on miss on understanding the scriptures completely therefore it's heretical, but there's a difference between Heretic heresy and damnable heresy, right?

And so when I cross that line in the damnable heresy There is no there is no going back in that sense, right?

Yeah, right John John 8 24 says unless you believe I am you shall die in your sin So if I believe

Jesus Christ is not the one and only self existing God from that all the scriptures have been teaching about Then I'm denying who

Jesus Christ is it doesn't matter if I say that he's the archangel I'm denying

Christ. Therefore. I am going to be dying in my sin unless I repent and believe in the gospel, right? Yeah, I want to read something real quick.

I'm gonna read from Isaiah chapter 6 Isaiah chapter 6 verse 1 in the year that King Uiza died.

I saw the Lord Sit it upon a throne high and lifted up and the train of his rope filled the temple above him

Stood the seraphims each having six wings and with two wings they covered their face and with two wings

They covered their feet and with two wings. They flew and one called to another and said, holy. Holy.

Holy Is the Lord of hosts the whole earth is full of his glory and the foundations of the threshed floor shook at the voice of him who called him who called speaking of that seraphim and The house was filled with smoke and I said woe is me for I am lost from a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of people of unclean lips for My eyes have seen the king

The Lord this is Yahweh of hosts then one of the seraphims flew to me having in his hand a burning coal

He had taken with tongs from the altar and he touched my mouth and he said behold this has touched your lips Your your guilt is taken away in your sin a

Tone for it. And then I heard a voice saying whom shall I send and who will go for us now? Listen, can you can anyone look me in my eyes and tell me that this

God is in subordination to anything? That's Jesus He saw on the throne

John chapter 12. Yep, and let me tell you what Jesus did Jesus did not send an angel

With tongues that he took to get a piece of coal from the altar to come down and touch our lips but he himself took on flesh and Died and lived a life of substitution for us and died the substitutionary atonement death for us

That's the God we serve ladies and gentlemen. Yes Boom sucka the

Creator Entered creation the infinite became finite and the way your hand fills a glove

God filled a human body Isaiah saw him and spoke of his glory

Yeah, which is awesome too because where we write from Hebrews 1 3 and then John 1 18 and John chapter 14

If I have an identical twin I had a friend explain this analogy to me I love it if I had an identical twin sitting right next to me.

I was looking at him in the mirror Right next to me, right I could maybe say how man you look really similar to me

But you're not the exact representation of my nature. You're not the exact radiance of my glory

But guess what? The father can look to the son like that the son can look through the father like that because why they're the same being there's one

God three persons Boom sucka next question.

Yeah ready? Yeah, let's do it. All right so I Didn't write him down as a question, but just just stop it for discussion

So the first essential that we believe in order for someone to have salvation is that they must believe

That Jesus is the Christ the next one. They must believe in the resurrection So this already tells you, you know

Without a reservoir, you know, if you don't die, there's no resurrection, right? So yeah, you must believe that Christ died for your sins according to the scriptures and that God raised him from the dead

Right. There is no salvation if you do not believe That Christ died for our sins

Was buried and that God raised him from the dead thoughts I Can start this one off since I've started off the last one if you're okay with that brother haps

Yeah, I was answering a question online. So oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Take your time. You're on that for sure then

No, so the the gospel message is clearly seen in 1st Corinthians chapter 15 1 through 4 and then starting and I'll just read starting at Verse 2 it says by which also you are saved if you hold fast the word which

I preached to you unless you believed in Vain for I delivered to you as a first importance that I also receive that Christ died for our sins

Like you said that we can't have a resurrection unless you died He died for our sins according to scriptures and then he was buried and then he raised on the third day according to The scriptures and just a little bit later on in the same chapter in verse 14 and 17

It says and if Christ had not been raised then our preaching is vain Your faith is also vain and in verse 17, and if Christ had not been raised your faith is

Worthless you are still in your sins now There's many things that took place that the the resurrection

With is very powerful event, right? It absolutely is but there's something that also took place at the resurrection

Jesus Christ could have claimed all these different attributes He could have claimed all these different Titles to deity he could have claimed all these things

Let's say let's say we ignore the fact that he did miracles that proved who he was But let's just say he claimed things right if he had not resurrected from the dead it would have not validated anything that he claimed and so when he rose from the dead a

Man that was dead and his tomb stinked if that's how we want to think about it

He was dead in the tomb, right? absolutely factually

Dead he rose from the grave That validates him being the

Christ it validates us placing our faith in him It validates all the titles that he claimed to be it

Validated him with that final word that he said on the cross to tell us die without the resurrection

I have no hope Christ is still in the grave. David is still in the grave.

I'm going to the grave the first man died and Now I'm going to to it's now in the second man.

I have faith because he is defeated death, you know

I heard earlier today that Salvation came through the

Torah Yeah And we are definitely going to touch base on that next week

Yes, I'm here next week, okay two weeks from now, yeah We got to have you here, right?

I know I want we got we got to have our holiday the doc holiday What I think is you want to you know

Especially when it comes to the resurrection his resurrection was so powerful that others rose with him Right, and that's where our hope is in.

You know that that not only does he resurrect us spiritually But physically, you know

Right, and so what are some of the things that's accomplished in the resurrection so we see that The resurrection points to him fulfilling the

Davidic Covenant Which would it be the new covenant right him?

Raising from the dead he fulfills So the new covenant is basically like if I can just say it like this the new covenant is the covenant of works fulfilled in Christ So the covenant of works is do this and live

Now as Reformed Baptists, we believe that the covenant of grace was a promise to us given in Genesis chapter 3 15

But it was not fulfilled. It was not inaugurated until Christ came was crucified and bruised the head of the serpent while only bruising his heel

Right. So the covenant of works the covenant of grace is the act of obedience of Christ him

Fulfilling the covenant of works and so because he has fulfilled the covenant of works

Right. Are you follow me because he has fulfilled the covenant of works. The covenant of grace is established through this

Crucifixion and when he rose from the grave Peter tells us in Acts chapter 2

That this is him sitting on the throne of David. This is the sign his resurrection and ascension is him sitting on the throne of David's Any thoughts about that?

so Now that he came and fulfilled the law does that make us able to Keep the law because he and do not

Answer is no Jesus has kept the law for us He lived the life that we could not live and cannot could never

Died as a substitute in our place. I was just making sure I didn't know but you know, I don't

I don't want to lose my Yeah, well if you can lose it you definitely will

I know you All right, so also like like dealing with dealing with resurrection so so You know, we're in what's called

Holy Week Right. So tomorrow is what's called Good Friday.

It's where You know, it's not you know The exact day dates or whatever anniversary of it, but it's a day that we set aside to celebrate

Christ Dying for our sins his passive obedience, right

You know and a lot of people they might think it's weird. You're celebrating the death of Christ. Absolutely Absolutely, because he he did this to atone for us.

This was the father's purpose All right, but this Lord's Day We're going to celebrate the resurrection

Again, like we're talking about earlier without no death. There is no resurrection Jesus died for our sins and and and I know a lot of times y 'all hear about me.

You hear me speaking about the You know the act of obedience of Christ and the passive obedience of Christ well we're able to To be justified

I mean we're able to be righteous before God because of the life that he lived all right, we are justified because of the death that he died for us and we can die because Jesus has taken away the sting of death and because he lives

Are you hear me because he lives still ever -present right now lives with the father We can live

We can live we can have no fear in death, you know, like the other night

I was hurting real bad I thought I was having a heart attack or something like I didn't know what was going on with me, but man there was such a

Like I was worried about my family like if it's like if something was really happening I was like I was worried about my family, but man,

I was There was no fear

I wouldn't even worry about well, what if I'm not saved what are you talking about? Yeah, I am in him

Mm -hmm, and he's proved himself to be who he says he was by his resurrection The resurrection is the hinge upon the door that Christianity swings on.

Yeah, no resurrection No Christianity. Yep it's it's because of that gospel message that death burial and resurrection that Paul himself in Philippians chapter 1 could say for me to die is is gain to live is

Christ and to die is gain no one else in any other False religion no one else in any world sort of view

Can say such a statement because to us death is gain and while on earth

It is Christ that we're going to be proclaiming and him being the firstfruits of many

Amen, but go back on your acts chapter 2 comment. I do agree with you 100 %

There there might be some Christians that do disagree with that that Christ is sitting on David's throne in that way

They're looking for a future literal reign on earth for their throne But Peter didn't say it

Peter made it clear that this is sitting on the throne And I would say that is not on because the someone has down here on the throne of God It doesn't say that it's the throne of David the throne of David is at the right hand of God the father

Yeah, I agree and it you know, and also, you know, someone 10 -1 and the Lord said to my lord Until I make your all your enemies your footstool and where's he sitting at the throne of David?

Yeah, and and and it says that he'll rule with a rod of iron in the midst of his enemies. Mm -hmm so How okay now kind of going back a little bit because we're talking about the resurrection and how if you deny this you don't have

Salvation, how do those Colts such as Jehovah Witnesses LDS? Muslims False religions, how do they deny the resurrection because Jehovah Witnesses will say that Jesus rose from the grave

But that he actually didn't raise Yeah, he rose spiritually those physically or spiritually.

Yes. Yep I would say that he was the Michael the Archangel and then whenever he was whenever he came into earth

Whenever you know, he was no longer Michael, but he was Jesus and then once he died and that is resurrection

He ceased to be Jesus and he returned. Yes to be a Michael. Yeah, and he was a

God How would you guys talk about this with the LDS because the LDS will claim that they believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ But once again, they they deny

Jesus being the Christ according to the definition of what the Christ is in the New Testament As we see and the Old Testament So, how do we talk about that because it sounds like on the outward side that they're they're claiming it an essential of Christianity Say that again

Yeah, so the LDS claim that Jesus Christ rose from the grave that he was resurrected and that he lives physically today resurrected

Are they denying an essential of Christianity by believing in their view of the resurrection? Well, I would say that they're denying it because there's the

Jesus that they're speaking of Never lived and never died. Yep, much less rose again

Yeah, because I think that the argument goes back to The argument goes back to that who who are you talking about?

It's the same thing with the Jehovah's Witnesses Michael never became a man in the person of Jesus Christ and when he resurrected whenever he died

Resurrected to back being Michael the archangel. Yeah, I agree and I would also add on to that as well as as Because we look to Jesus's life death burial and resurrection as the the means of what we're going to be talking about here in a second but since the

LDS Deny that as being what saves them is the life death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ that it's through him and their good works

They're in essentially denying the resurrection because they're denying it being what saves them.

They're denying it They're they're saying it as a matter of fact that it took place But they're not looking to the resurrection for salvation

They're looking at it as what can make it so I can do good works in order to have salvation, right?

Seems like a lot of that's going around. Yeah Right. Hey, let me respond again to someone.

I can't care. What is it? on YouTube care

Cereal scrubs. That's one. Yes Yeah So there's no way that we'll be able to answer every question that you pose right now because we have a certain thing that we're

Gonna do But uh, I definitely would like to answer these questions maybe Next week, but if there's time, we'll get them active at the end of this

We just got to make sure we go to this list. So bear with us, brother All right, so anything else on the resurrection if you don't believe that Jesus is the

Christ You cannot have salvation If you don't believe that Jesus died for our sins was buried in rose from the dead

There is no salvation All right, dude, do we add baptism to this?

No We don't add that we don't add baptism to this, right? The central for salvation is not

Baptism, so we'll skip that and if the churches of Christ want to get you know, talk about it

You know Have a debate baby All right, so let's move to Justification by faith alone

Justification by faith alone the question will be why is justification by faith alone an essential doctrine

You start this one off. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Go ahead half. Sorry Well, we were talking about this earlier.

Yeah, you know Jeff when I called you and everything and in Romans Chapter 10 that I found really interesting.

I'm trying to get there Romans chapter 10

I'll start an eight it goes. But what does it say? The word is near you and in your mouth and in your heart

That's a key part to that right there I'll touch on that later That is the word of faith that we proclaim because you confess with your mouth

That Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart That God Raised him from the dead.

He will be saved for with the heart one believes and is justified

And with the mouth one confesses and is saved For the scripture says everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame

For there's no distinction between Jew and Greek For the same Lord that is

Lord of all Bestowing his riches on all who call on him for everyone who calls on the name of the

Lord will be saved But For with the heart one believes and is and is and is justified

But yeah, did you want to touch on the heart yeah If you have something you want to get off your chest

Well, yeah, well so a rocky heart can't do that you have to be given a new heart

You know and that new heart Believes after you know

Regeneration after we're given the the gift of faith and we'll touch on regeneration.

That's what I was gonna talk We gotta get justification first Ruining the flow

Yes, I would say that justification You know, of course when you look at Romans chapter 5

We see that we're justified by his blood, you know Romans chapter 5 verse 9

I believe since therefore we have been justified by his blood Much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God and then you look at verse 1 of chapter 5

It says therefore since we have been justified by faith We have peace with God through our

Lord Jesus Christ, so our human responsibility Is not the shedding of blood

It is faith. We are to believe What are we your belief that Jesus is the

Christ? That he died for our sins according to the scriptures and that God raised him from the dead

When our faith is then what who Jesus is and what Jesus has accomplished on our behalf

All right, then you get back to what you just quoted in chapter 10 Look back at chapter 10 verse 9 because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is

Lord Jesus is Christ And believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead

You will be saved but with the heart one believes and is justified believes

Remember we have peace with God by faith believes And is justified and with the mouth one confesses and is saved so now

I know You've probably heard me ramble on this a time or two. We live in a world where most people

Have professed faith in Christ Right, like we live in in America. A lot of people have walked out shook hands signed cars hugged the neck prayed a prayer and believed himself to be saved even wrote the wrote in the back of the

Bible the time the day the Person that led them in the prayer or whatever and they walked away from the faith right, well, that's easy to do if you just confess with your mouth

You know that you've called upon his name and you've confessed with your mouth but notice it gives two things

All right Remember we gave two things you have to believe that he is the

Christ And then you have to believe that God raised him from the dead That's what this verse gives you two things call upon the name of the lord him being the

Christ And believe that God raised him from the dead many people who have called upon his name

Only have done one they've called upon the name they called upon him being the Christ, but they have not

Believed that God raised him from the dead listen And I know

I've said this before maybe I just need to reiterate it when you truly believe

That that Jesus died he was in the tomb for three days and that he came forth from the grave

Like like when that becomes truth to you and you believe it that's scientifically impossible.

We don't see this Happening, but whenever that's something that you can truly believe That's when it connects that you do not you can't conjure you can't make yourself believe that Right, and so whenever you believe that you are justified by faith faith in what and what

God has done for us in Christ Right and take the wheel.

Yeah Justification means to be

Be it means to be declared legally righteous before God legally righteous that that your wage has been paid

Your debt is no longer there. It is done complete and now you were Justified you're you're you're you're declared legally righteous.

You have a righteousness now Romans chapter 1 says that the righteous man shall live by Faith Romans chapter 3 verse 28 says for we maintain that man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law

Romans chapter 4 says for if Abraham was justified by works He has something to boast about but not before God For what does the scripture say and Abraham believed

God and it was reckoned to him as righteousness Now to the one who works his wage is not reckoned as favor

But as what is due But to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly his faith is reckoned as righteousness

Romans chapter 5 verse 1 it says therefore having been justified By baptism.

No Are you sure just i'm pretty sure let me look again. Yeah, therefore having been baptized by faith

We have peace with God through our lord. Jesus christ I mean, it's just I could just keep on flipping from page to page to page.

Yeah Jesus christ enters into galilee after beginning his public ministry In mark 1 chapter or mark 1 verses 14 through 15 he says repent

Or let me turn to it real fast so I don't butcher it It's a really small verse but I know I will if I don't turn there And if and after john had been taken into custody

Jesus came into galilee preaching the gospel of god and saying the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of god is at hand repent and believe in the gospel

Um, there are so many places that we can go to with this galatians chapter 2 verses 16 through 21

I'll turn to that one real fast Galatians chapter 2 and i'll read verse 16 and 21 Encourage anybody that's listening to read the entirety of this chapter

But it says nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law But through faith in christ.

Jesus. It doesn't say through faith plus your works after many many years You're justified. No, it says you were justified by faith in jesus christ

Even we have believed so even paul the apostles they've all believed and that's how they've been justified

That's how abraham was justified. That's how david was justified. That's how we are justified is through faith in jesus christ

And not by the works. Let me say it again and not By the works the law since by the works the law shall no flesh be justified in verse 21

It says I do not nullify the grace of god For if righteousness comes through the law, then christ died

Needlessly now, I want the person a little bit of scripture. Okay. Yeah, I mean I'm going on like i'm not done.

You interrupted me now. I mean, how did you add to this right here? Keep going going. It's non -stop.

Like it's every single page that you turn to that Yes, the bible does tell you to obey god, right?

Because god's not going to give a command and then say don't obey me No, he he's the he is perfection

Of course, he's going to demand perfection But guess what the law was given to hold you accountable before god romans chapter 3 verses 10 through 19

And not only this no one is righteous. No, not one and we all fall short of the glory of god

And it is only through the blood of jesus christ that we are justified and that's through faith in him

Now I want to read one word first. Let me read one more Philippians chapter 3 because this this to me

Is a man paul who has looked to the works the law the torah and he has looked

To those things in order to be saved and here he gives us a resume of himself.

He says in verse 3 Well, let's first let's read in verse 2 it says beware of dogs beware of evil workers beware of the false circumcision

What is the false circumcision those that are claiming to have been circumcised by hands and being justified by them?

You can read more about that in romans chapter 4 But in verse 3 it says for we are the true

Circumcision who worship worship in the spirit of god and in glory in christ

Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh. I have no confidence in anything. I have done none

Although I myself have confidence even in the flesh if anyone else

Has a mind to put confidence in the flesh. I far more. This is paul speaking circumcised the eighth day of the nation of israel the tribe of benjamin a hebrew of the hebrews and of the law a pharisee as to zeal a

Persecutor of the church as to the righteousness which is in the law found blameless

This is paul saying look at what I have done If anyone is going to be saved by the law and obedience to it.

It is me I have far more confidence than the next And this is what the heart of a true believer will will say is in verse 7

But whatever things were gained to me those things I count as a loss for the sake of christ

More than that. I count all things to be a loss in the view of the surpassing value of knowing

Christ jesus my lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them but rubbish dung poop in order that I may gain

Christ And may be found in him not having a righteousness not having a righteousness of my own

Derived from the law not from what what paul just said. I have far more confidence in than the rest I have not received a righteousness from that but that which is through what not baptism not by obedience

Not not any of these not not any of that But it's through faith in christ the righteousness

Which comes from god on the basis of faith That I may know him and the power of his resurrection.

We just talked about the resurrection And the fellowship of his suffering being conformed to his death

Amen, it's the same paul that wrote galatians chapter 2 that says for I have been crucified with christ is no longer

I who live but him who lives for me now Putting this together justification is being declared legally righteous before god

The legal act was that passive obedience that christ did upon the cross He's suffering the death that I deserve and it is the righteousness

That he is life is active obedience the life that I could not live the the fulfillment of the covenant of works that you may

Mention of earlier jeff is through those things that when I have faith in him and him alone

That I count all other things to be a loss I am saved by faith in christ.

I am justified now Yeah, I hope can I break in and out right there? And no, no, that's you went blurry, but you you didn't you didn't break it.

Okay, good That's just a straight mic drop and now these are the works of a god that we believe in the one and whom was sent

Christ jesus and love our neighbor says herself. Yeah. Yeah, so so in order to believe

I mean, I mean so we named off The first two was believing that jesus is the christ which jesus made it clear that that is the foundation upon which

Well, he said the rock upon which the church will be built And then in the death burial and resurrection that you have to believe that christ died for your sins

According to the scriptures was buried that god raised him from the dead. All right

And then when now dealing with justification by faith this doctrine that's so precious to us

It would say that when we believe this About him that he is the christ that he died for our sins according to the scripture was buried we are justified by his blood through faith in jesus christ now the question is

The fourth one that was going into is being born again, how do we how is it that Mere men the bible says that we're dead in our trespasses and sins romans chapter one.

We shake our fist at god we Uh, well, it doesn't say that necessarily but it says that we hate god and that's all

I like to say that we shake our fist Adam, um, you know, we we don't want no part of god.

Why because you know Criminals don't look for police when they rob the bank, right?

Right, you don't see a a criminal trying to wave a police down after he's done something wrong

No, they're hiding from the police. We are hiding from god. We're we're naked. We're trying to clothe ourselves

We hear god, you know We we know there's a god because the creation declares his glory and we want nothing to do with them because we hate him

We suppress the truth and unrighteousness And we're dead in our sins. How is it that we are given this faith?

Because the bible makes it clear you're saved by grace through faith and this is not of yourself That this is not of yourself is faith

If we're saved by grace through faith by believing how is it that we're able to believe this about jesus?

Whenever it's humanly impossible to believe something like this. It's scientifically impossible So something has to happen to us and we call that being born again.

How does that take place? I know

I just I did a lot of the talk i'm gonna shut up now I'm, just wrapping it Well, we we have to be given a new heart a new heart, right?

Plain and simple that's you know going back to uh, rome Oh I was talking about uh, ezekiel 36

Why don't I say jeremiah i've been preaching jeremiah 31 31 preach it preach it preach it with a tear in your eye, you know um

Uh, no, but um first first, uh, we we need to be regenerated in order for our hearts to start um

Believing in christ We have to be given new hearts Right, you know

Yeah, so like to interject for just a second. I'll let you take it home. So we would say that regeneration is uh, so So regeneration would see it as a forensic transaction right um, and then uh, so Grace would be this forensic transaction and then faith will be like this ethical transformation

That takes place in regeneration That this is not something that we've caused ourself to do so upon hearing the gospel

Something happens to us We are born again is what the bible calls is what jesus calls it

We are and in being born again, we are given faith And that's what would be that new heart that you're speaking on Yeah, and so that that's just it philippians 1, uh 29

Not only has it been gifted granted for you to believe in the name. Jesus christ

But also to share in his suffering so for in order for us to even believe we're given the gift of faith

This is after regeneration and given the gift of repentance and so in order for us to start loving him and um

And confessing him not only with our mouth but with our and believe with our hearts. We have to be given new hearts first and um,

I mean that's You can go on that all day long, you know that that we were chosen in him before the foundation of the world that um, he has sent us out with the

The uh, the keys to the kingdom, which is the gospel of jesus christ and those that are god's elect will respond to the gospel

Of jesus christ and they'll be regenerated and then given the gift of faith so they can start faithing

And uh believing and then given the gift of repentance so that they can start repenting

Yeah, so this is kind of touching on our controversial uh, the most controversial, uh podcast that we've done thus far uh dealing with the doctrines of grace um

And so and so what the next one will be yeah. Well, yeah well so far And so what he's talking about is the general and the effectual call

You know as as uh preachers of the gospel whether it's behind the pulpit or in the open air

Which I I love doing both We call men to repent And put their faith in jesus christ to turn from self -righteousness and to turn to god through christ

All right. Now I cannot make someone believe it is my job to Accurately proclaim what christ what god has done for us in christ, right the old testament god

God promises a redeemer new testament god delivers the redeemer and so I uh, we oh testament, uh, the idea of we broke god's law new testament shows how god paid our fine

And so we proclaim this message We call men to repentance. This is the general call that all men

Receive when they hear this not not saying that they receive it Like it's receiving christ, but they hear it.

They they hear the message But the effectual call is what we're talking about being born again

Now if if you're saved by grace through faith and faith is not of yourself.

It is the gift of god You cannot make yourself believe So what we're saying is is regeneration being born again is god giving you what it takes

To have salvation it's the gift faith is the gift he grants to you faith you go from not believing

To believing something that's scientifically impossible that god

Became a man in person of jesus christ Died for our sins lived the life we could not live and died for our sins was buried

And came up out the tomb three days later That's a faith that you cannot conjure up.

You cannot make yourself have It's something that has to be given to you and that happens through the message of what christ has done for us

And what's that message the same thing that we're talking about when it comes to the essentials of salvation Boom Y 'all are lucky that this mic is hooked to a stand i'm telling you what i'm going to unscrew it

Just to drop it, yeah, just drop it just drop it And if I was to drop it i'd have like a real comfortable pillow over here where it land on Well, it kind of wraps up that um

Now We're right at an hour if y 'all are ready to go

Uh, let me see every man has been given a measure of faith Uh, uh, joe peach,

I would say yeah, every man has been given a measure of faith, but that's not the faith that saves I would say that everyone has uh, you know, everyone kind of You know, like when you get into your vehicle you're driving down the road

You hit your brakes you have brakes that you have faith that your brakes are going to stop the vehicle

So there's different things in what we have faith in but faith

Faith that's speaking of salvation salvificly means that you have to believe that god entered creation

Born of a woman Suffered under the hands of Pontius Pilate lived a sinless life and died a substitutionary atonement death

And that once he died three days later, he came forth from the grave and after coming from the grave

He appeared to his disciples for 40 days and he ascended into heaven and he sits at the right hand of the father that kind of faith men do not have

So there's a difference when it comes to the idea of faith And if you're saved by grace through faith yeah, so So he points a good friend of mine points to Romans chapter 12 verse 3.

It says for by the grace given To me I say to everyone among you

Not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think But to think with sober judgment

Each according to the measure of faith god has assigned to him. We lost braden but notice here

That god has assigned to him the faith but what we're saying is that And I think it could be argued that each man is not speaking of every individual it could be

I haven't walked through the text but if each man had this kind of faith of faith to believe in what

I just spoke about then salvation Is forever like everyone like like that's universal atonement like like like Like everyone goes to heaven like if that's what it is everyone

Oh, yeah Yeah, I think braden got kicked off.

I don't know if he's gonna try to get back on He just text me and said dang it. Yeah All his internet kicked him out.

Uh Well, you want to close it down? It's up to you um, I mean i'm fine with answering questions if people have questions, but I I really need to work on my sermon too.

So Yeah, I got some work to do myself. Yeah, let's just close it down and uh, He's not going to be here next week.

If if you want to do something that's not hebrew roots, we'll save that for him But maybe we can uh have a question answer time if someone wants to come on live with us and ask questions uh contact us we uh joe, um

I I can't serial whatever What does I can't see any of these people three really mean

Well, I would really like to get into it, but we're at an hour. Um If you want to come on live on our show next week and ask questions joe

I'd love to have you on i'll send you the link we can get on here and and have a wonderful conversation as brothers

We love each other And uh wrestle through the text and we can uh, if you want to focus on romans chapter 12 verse 3 we'd love nothing more than to do that as brothers in christ who love each other

Yeah, so since we're coming up on the hour, uh Again, we want to thank y 'all for for watching for um

For participating. We love y 'all And uh any last words Perhaps yeah, if anybody has any questions you can contact us.

Uh, Either one me jeff rayden Um, or you can go to our our uh site open air theology on facebook or my two cents uh with um

Jeff jeff rice jeff rice. I got a such a bad headache right now, but um And uh, and if you guys have questions and stuff like that and you want to come on Um, you know, we'll we'll search the scriptures with you, you know, but let's come out these scriptures with humility and um

And love for one another love for one another. Amen. Yeah, we want to take everything that's pastorally.

We don't want to You know fight with each other. We want to show the world that christians love each other and not women

Not what's been being shown? Yeah, uh and and uh, um, you know, and so i'll just leave you with this

Uh glorify god and enjoy him forever All right, and my last words are hallelujah.