The essentials of salvation

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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 Prophet Joseph Smith.

Man I'm leaving this podcast right now.

No, I 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.

No, go ahead.

Please and like like, you know the scripture says you know if anybody comes to you with a different

Jesus other than when we 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 Seventh -day Adventists have a Jesus in it.

So which Jesus do you believe in?

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.

Let's start getting into details about this Jesus.

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 that 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 that scripture teaches.

Each one of them are gonna 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.

It 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.

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 I'm.

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 and 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 a glory of the Son from the Father full of grace and truth.

So that's you know when we get going to.

The.

First John I mean the 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 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 what 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 I'm all 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?

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 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 what happs?

I can't remember one of you two you guys are reading from that.

Yeah, and it says yes.

All right.

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 the 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 half was reading from from

John chapter 1 immediately I was thinking about the prophecy given in Isaiah chapter 7 that

the Bird 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 hats.

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

Jesus as the Christ.

They would say Jesus 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.

God took on flesh.

He tabernacled amongst us and so.

There 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 rambling now.

No, no, no, man.

Bramble on homie.

Ram alone.

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.

Jesus came to exegete the father you was quoting from John chapter of the

Gospel of John earlier first night.

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.

Yeah, so the 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.

You look 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 Heresies 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 Uyza died.

I saw the Lord Sitted 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 cover their feet and with two wings They flew in one call 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's this is Yahweh of hosts.

Then one of the seraphims flew to me having in his hand a burning coal that 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 and your sin Atoned for it and then I heard a voice saying whom shall I

sin 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

And died and lived a life of substitution for us and died the substitutionary atoning

death for us.

That's the God we serve ladies.

Amen.

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.

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.

I'm 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.

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, you ready?

Yeah, let's do it.

All right, so so I Didn't write them 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 to Christ the next one.

They must believe in the resurrection.

So this already tells you, you know.

Without a residue, 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.

Apps.

Yeah, I was answering a question online.

So oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Take your time you on that for sure then.

No.

So the the gospel message is clearly seen in first 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 preach 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 you can't have a resurrection unless you died.

He died for our sins according to scriptures and that he was buried and that 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.

What 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.

Okay, two weeks from now.

We got to have you here and I know I got we got to have our holiday the dock 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 fulfilled.

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 and 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.

Any thoughts about that?

So Now that he came and fulfilled the law

does that make us able to Keep the law because

he.

But I was just asked.

Short answer is no.

Jesus has kept the law for us.

He lived the life that we could not live and cannot could never.

And he 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 salvation.

Yeah, well if you can lose it you definitely will.

I know you.

Would.

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 and

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 be honest with you.

I was a little like I'm about to see Jesus.

There.

Was no fear I wouldn't even worry about.

Well, what if I'm not saying yeah, 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 that do disagree with that that Christ is sitting on David's throne in that way.

But that's because they're looking for a future.

Yep, literal rain on earth for the throne, but Peter didn't say it.

Peter made it clear that.

This is what I was pointing to 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.

Right hand 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 cults 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 physically or spiritually.

Yes.

Yep.

So how 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.

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 then 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.

Yeah, much less rose again.

Yeah, because I think 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 gonna 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 they're good works.

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

They're denying it there.

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?

It seems like a lot of that's going around, you know.

Right.

Hey, let me respond again to someone.

I can't care.

What is it closer to mine on YouTube?

Care.

Cereal scrubs.

That's one.

Okay.

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 I definitely would like to answer these questions maybe Next week but for this time,

we'll get them active at the end of this.

We just got to make sure we go through 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 and 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 essential for salvation is not Baptism, so we'll skip that and if

the churches of Christ want to get you know, talk about it.

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 at Nate 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 a 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 Y 'all 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.

And what and what God has done for us in Christ?

Brayden 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 it's 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?

I'm pretty sure.

I'll let me look at that.

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 4 mark 1 verses 14 through

15.

He says.

Repent.

Or let me turn to a 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.

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 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 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 know if I 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.

You're interrupting 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.

Because God's not gonna give a command and then say don't obey me.

No, 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.

A.

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 Glorying 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 but 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 in 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.

You went blurry, but you didn't you didn't break it.

Okay.

Good.

That's just a straight mic drop.

And now these are the works of God that we believe in the one in whom you sent.

Christ Jesus and love our neighbor says or so.

Yeah, so so in order to believe I Mean I mean so we named off

the first day 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 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.

Who would say that when we believe this?

About him that he is the Christ that he died for our sins according to 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 bow?

How is it that?

Mere men the Bible says that we're dead in our trespasses and sins Romans chapter 1 we

shake our fist at God.

We What 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 at

him.

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 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 know there's a God because of 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.

Plant plain and simple that's you know going back to.

Mine, oh.

I was talking about Ezekiel 36.

I've been preaching Jeremiah 31 31 preach it preach it preach it with a tear in your eye, you know.

Yeah.

No, but for first we we need to be regenerated in order for our hearts

to start.

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 so.

So regeneration would see it as a forensic transaction.

Right.

And then 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 causes 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 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 or 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 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 I mean, that's Gone that all day

long, you know that that we were chosen in him before the foundation of the world.

That.

He has sent us out with the The 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 Believing and then given the gift of repentance

so that they can start repenting.

Yeah, so this is kind of touching on our controversial The most controversial

Podcast that we've done thus far dealing with the doctrines of grace.

And.

So and so what the next one will be.

Yeah.

Yeah, well so far and so what he's talking about is the general and the effectual call

you know as as Preachers of the gospel whether it's behind the pulpit or in the open air.

Which 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.

The.

God promises a Redeemer New Testament.

God delivers the Redeemer and so I We Oh Testament.

The idea 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 and person of Jesus Christ Died for our sins

live 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.

Tell me what?

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.

Now.

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

Let me see.

Every man has been given a measure of faith.

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.

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 and what we have faith in but faith.

Faith that's speaking of salvation salvific Lee 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 atoning 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 Brayden.

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 and what I just spoke about then salvation.

It's forever like everyone like like that.

That's universal atonement.

Like like like like everyone goes to heaven like if that's what it is.

Everyone.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think Brayden 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.

Well, you want to close it down it's up to you I.

Mean, I'm fine with answering questions if people have questions, but I Really need to work on my sermon

too.

So I got some work to do myself.

Yeah, let's just close it down and He's not gonna be here next week.

If you want to do something, that's not Hebrew roots.

We'll say that for him.

Maybe we can have a question answer time if someone wants to come on live with us and

ask questions.

Contact us we Joe I Can't cereal whatever.

What the I can't see any of these people really mean.

Well, I would really like to get into it, but we're at an hour.

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 have a wonderful conversation.

As brothers we love each other and Wrestle through the text and we can if you want to

focus on Romans chapter 12 verse 3 we'd love nothing more

to do that.

As brothers in Christ who love each other.

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

watching for for participating we love y 'all and

any last words.

Perhaps yeah, if anybody has any questions you can contact us.

Either one me Jeff Braden or you can go to our.

Site.

Open air theology on Facebook or a my two cents with

Jeff with the Jeff rice Jeff rice.

I got a such a bad headache right now, but um.

And and if you guys have questions and stuff like that and you want to come on you know, we'll search the

scriptures with you, you know, but let's come out these scriptures with humility and Any love

for one another love for one another.

Amen.

Yeah, we want to.

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 what I'm in not what's been being

shown.

Yeah, and and You know, and so I'll just leave you with this

Glorify God and enjoy him forever.

All right, and my last words are hallelujah hollaback.

Boom.