Okay, if you will take with me in your Bibles to the book of James. James chapter 4 and verse 17. A verse we know very well. So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. Y aquel al que sabe hacerlo bueno y no lo hace, les pecados preoramos. Father, I pray that in your mercy and grace as we approach this text, you would work on us and through us in your spirit that we would learn and grow and take this truth and apply it to our hearts so we would learn our need to grow in doctrine and practice and that we would have a healthy balance here of those two. Got to do pray this evening for those who are not here because they're sick and just pray that you would Let them feel better quickly, and that you would even this evening, maybe through video or whatever, use this text to work on their hearts. You would grow our church, Father, that you would cause us to have a desire and a passion to learn truth, but not only to learn it, but that we would walk in it, and that it would be part of our everyday lives. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. You may be seated. Pueden tomar asiento. So James does something interesting here. Santiago hace algo interesante aquí. He's gone through, in Chapter 4, Sábado en Quépica 4, warnings against being worldly. Advertencias de ser del mundo. Warnings of not walking in godliness. Advertencias de no andar en piedad. Warnings against sin. Advertencias sobre pecado. And he comes to a close here. Llega a una final aquí. And his presupposition is this. Su presupposition es esto. What I have brought up of sin, lo que he sacado de pecado. What I've brought forth, what I've brought to the top, lo que he sacado, lo que he traido arriba de pecado. It's clear. It's claro. The scriptures are clear. Sin. The Scriptures are clear. It's pecado. So he says, so whoever knows this and doesn't practice. He doesn't take these things and apply them to their life. For him it is sin. Now there is a problem in our text. We will get to it. Is it only sin when we sin against knowledge? If I remain in ignorance, do I escape sin? But the real question that we need to deal with in the text, the gran pregunta que debemos tratar en el texto is, what is the end of the life in Christ? ¿Cuál es el fin de la vida en Cristo? This is what James is dealing with in his whole letter. Es lo que Santiago está tratando en toda su carta. It's what Peter deals with. Es lo que Pedro se trata. And it is what Hebrews deals with. Es lo que Hebreos se trata. And so we have a theme amongst these three books, or four letters. Tenemos una tema en estas cuatro cartas, in James, Hebrews, 1 and 2 Peter, Santiago, Hebreo, 1 y 2 Pedro. And that theme is this. Ese tema es esto. What is the end of the Christian life? ¿Cuál es el fin de la vida cristiana? What is the reason that we've been given grace and mercy? ¿Cuál es la razón que has dado gracia y misericordia? The reason that God has saved us, the reason that God has saved us, is that we would be holy. That we would be set apart. And that we would, in being holy, give Him glory. So, the whole idea of separating us from the world and making us saints. is that we would be holy and blameless before Him. Es que seamos santos y sin mancha delante de El. It says in Ephesians 1 verse 4, dice en Efesios 1 capítulo 4, He has predestined us that we would be holy and blameless before Him. Que El nos ha predestinado que seamos santos y sin mancha delante de El. That is the reason of his choosing us in Christ. We were a people destined to be wicked and evil. Peter, it says, as they were destined to do. And Peter says, as they were destined to do. So we were a people born in sin. And he chose us in Christ to be different. To be a holy priesthood. In verse 6 of Ephesians 1, He did this for this reason, to the praise of His glory. He chose us in Christ so we'd be holy. So that we would glorify Him. So you know the catechism. What is the chief end of man? To glorify God. So how in the world can we bring God glory? Well, that we would be holy. Holiness brings God glory. If you think about it like this, in 2 Corinthians, which we're reading right now in the Bible reading plan, In Christ, in Cristo, he made him who knew no sin. Lo hizo pecado quien no conoció pecado. That in him we might be the righteousness of God. Que en el seamos la justicia de Dios. That means that the world would look at us and say, God's righteous. Que el mundo ve a nosotros y diga, Dios es justo. So our end is for His glory, and the means by which we glorify Him is holiness. El fin de nosotros is the glory of the Lord, and the means by which we glorify Him is holiness. Holiness is the means by which we glorify God. Holiness is the means by which we glorify God. James is getting at that. Santiago esta llegando a esta. You can't say you have faith and not obey. No puedes decir que tienes fe y no obedecer. There is more to lip service to Christianity. Hay mas que servicio de labios en cristianismo. It's deeper. Es mas profundo. God saved us for a reason. Dios nos salvó por un razón, and that reason is his own glory. Esa razón es su propia gloria. So let's look at our text this evening. Miramos nuestro texto esta tarde. It says, so whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, him, for him it is sin. Dice, al que sabe hacerlo bueno y no lo hace, le es pecado. The first thing I want you to note here is the word to know. It is a perfect active participle. So, you know, but you need to note here, the work to know has already been done. El trabajo a conocer, a saber, ya está hecho. So, you've done the work to learn. Has hecho el trabajo a aprender. And in your present state, en tu estado presente, you know. Tu sabes. There's a knowledge that you know. Hay un conocimiento que sabes. You've gained a knowledge. And now you know. This word here means to understand. To be able. Can. And the idea here is that a Christian has an understanding. Tiene un entendimiento. And that understanding they're able to believe, to obey. Ese entendimiento son capaces de obedecer. So first I want to point this. Christianity is about knowing. It's about knowledge. So, many of our day have reduced Christianity. Muchos de nuestros dias han reducido Cristianismo. Away from truths, afuera de verdades, and more about experience, mas sobre experiencia, and more about practice, y mas sobre la practica. But, at the root, en raiz, at the base, in a base, Christianity is about knowing. So as we're in this chapter of 6 in Hebrews, there's a foundation of the church. Fundación. And this foundation, esta fundación, is about knowing. Se trata de conocer. Of repentance and of dead works. Repentimento de obras muertas. Faith in God. Fe en Dios. About the doctrine of baptisms. The doctrina del baptismo. The laying on of hands. Imposición de manos. About the last judgment. A final juicio. And the return of Christ. Regreso de Cristo. Christianity is about knowing. Christianismo se trata de conocimiento. Now, let me point to a text from Paul. Galatians 4.8 says, Galatians 4.8, Formally, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who are by nature are not gods. Certamente en otro tiempo, no conociendo a Dios, servais a los por naturaleza que no son dioses. So, you didn't know God, therefore you were enslaved to gods that aren't gods, no? No conociste a Dios, entonces estabas esclavizado a los que no son dioses. So, the difference in knowledge here is regenerate and unregenerate. The difference in knowledge here is regenerate and unregenerate. Now, let me be clear, let me be clear. Regeneration isn't just about knowledge. Regeneration isn't just about knowledge. But knowledge is involved in regeneration. So you can't be regenerate unless you know the truths of the gospel. So that's why Paul says if someone preaches the gospel other than what we've preached. De lo que hemos predicado. They're anathema. Son anathema. That means cursed. Maldito. Regeneration is not merely knowing. Regeneration no es solamente conocimiento. Conociendo. But it's an understanding of knowledge brought through the preaching of the Word of God. It's un entendimiento de conocimiento traído a través de predicación de la palabra, by the Holy Spirit, por el Espíritu Santo, and applied to the heart, aplicado a corazón. That's the first step in regeneration, primer paso en regeneración. So, I simply want to make this known. Solo quiero que sabemos eso. You have to know to be saved. Tienes que conocer ser salvado. You cannot be saved without knowing. No puedes ser salvado sin conocimiento. So, Paul says what I delivered to you of first importance, Pablo dijo lo que entregó a ustedes a primera importancia, that Jesus Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures. Que Jesucristo murió por nuestros pecados, de acuerdo con las escrituras. Unless you know that, you cannot be saved. Si no conoces esto, no puedes ser salvado. Unless you know that you're a sinner, si no sabes que eres pecador, unless you know that Jesus died for sin, y si no sabes que Jesús murió por pecado, you cannot be a Christian. No puedes ser cristiano. Unless you know that he rose on the third day in accordance with the scriptures. Si no sabes que el resucitó el tercer día de acuerdo con las escrituras, You cannot be a Christian. That makes it another gospel. Not that there is one, but they try to make one. Christianity is about knowing. I also want to mention here. How do we know? How do we come to a knowledge? Well, our scriptures, our catechism. The scriptures are our only rule of faith and practice. We know because of the scriptures. We can only know through the scriptures. We can only know what to believe. We can only know how to apply what we believe. Through the scriptures. And so we must know the scriptures. So here in our text, whoever knows the right thing to do. So the one who knows the right or good thing to do. We learn only that from the scriptures. So in this verse we see a connection. We see a connection with doing right. Godliness, right doing. So if we were to define godliness in the most simple form. Doing what the scriptures say. If that was the most simple definition of godliness. Now, I would say this, we could spend years defining godliness. But if we say that the most simple way to define it. Godliness is doing what the scriptures say. It's obeying the heart of God. So if we say right doing comes through knowledge. There is a connection. I know so that I can do. Knowledge is not godliness. We cannot confuse the two. But you cannot be godly and ignorant of the scriptures. James is desiring that these people walk in godliness. The one who knows. El quien sabe. Your right to know. To say we could be godly without the scriptures is like a man telling you how much he loves his wife. And how great she is. And him not knowing anything about her. What's her favorite color? What color eyes does she have? You can't even describe her. The Christian must know. El cristiano debe saber. We must give ourselves to know. Debemos dar nuestras vidas a saber. And we must be students of the scriptures so that we know. Y debemos de ser estudiantes de las escrituras para que sabemos. The next thing in our text is the right thing, the good thing. La siguiente cosa en nuestro texto es lo bueno. This word means to be attractive, an outward appearance. Esta palabra quiere decir a ser bonito en aparencia de afuera. So, you look at it and you say, wow, that's beautiful. Tú mires esto y dices, esto es hermoso. This word means beautiful. Esta palabra quiere decir hermoso, handsome, guapo, fine, fino, good, bueno, useful, útil. Anything good. This is what the scriptures teach us. This is what we receive from preaching. Good things. Handsome things. Beautiful things. What is right and useful and beautiful flow from the scriptures. So from the scriptures we learn. We learn of the beauty of God. We learn of the rightness of God. And we learn the right things that are commanded. This is where our flesh and our spirit fight. This is where Paul wrestles in Romans 7. I know the good. Yo sé el bien. I want to do good. Yo quiero hacer bien. I learned the good. Yo aprendí el bien. And I fail. Fracaso. And this is where many today want to depart from the truth. Es donde muchos hoy en día quieren apartar de verdad. And they want to say, well, Goodness is installed in us upon regeneration. It's in us. It's infused to us. And some make statements like this. If we would just walk in the goodness that's in us, we wouldn't even need the scriptures. If we would just advance ourselves in what was given to us, we wouldn't even need the scriptures. You see the problem? You no longer, when you have that mentality, you're no longer looking for the scriptures to tell you what's good. Emotion. Imagination. And all of a sudden we invent what's good. Paul, to fight against this, Pablo a pelear contra ese, he says, the law is good. La ley es bueno. Why is the law good? Por que la ley es bueno? It tells us the character of God. Nos cuenta el caracter de Dios. It tells us the standard of God. Nos cuenta el standard de Dios. It tells us the standard of godliness. Nos cuenta el standard de piedad. How do we measure godliness? Como medimos la piedad? We look at God's revealed character. So what are the 10 scriptures principally teach? What were to believe and what were to do? And that is good. Ese es bueno. We should come every time we can. Debemos venir cada vez que podemos. To the scriptures. A las escrituras. And learn what is good. Y aprender lo que es bueno. Third. Tresera. So you have the one who knows. Tienes el quien sabe. The good. El bueno. To do. Hacer. And fails to do it. Y no lo hace. What we learn from the scriptures is everything that is right and beautiful. Lo que aprendemos los escritores es lo que todo es justo y hermoso. And what is meant to be put in practice. Y lo que debe ser aplicado y puesto en practica. There are men who claim to be atheists in the world. Hay hombres que proclaman ser ateístas en el mundo. They're mistaken. Son en error. They say they don't believe in God. Ellos dicen que no creen en Dios, but they suppress that knowledge. Ellos oprimen este conocimiento. They do know God. Ellos saben a Dios. But then there are men who claim to know God. But are practical atheists. This is a term coined by Stephen Sharnock. It's a term used by Stephen Sharnock. He says, an atheist is someone who claims not to know God. An atheist is someone who claims not to know God. A practical atheist says, well, no, no, I love God. Un ateista practica es uno que dice, yo amo a Dios. But they live like there is no God. Pero viven como no hay Dios. Their lives are like that of an atheist. Sus vidas son uno como un ateista. So it is these men who know the good that they are to do and fail to do it. Es esos hombres que saben el bien que deben hacer y no lo hacen. And then we come to the problem. Llegamos al problema. For him it's sin. Le es pecado. So the one who knows the good and does not do it, el que sabe bien y no lo hace, it's sin to him. Es pecado a el. One could say, uno puede decir, Is there no sin then in ignorance? If I just remain ignorant of the scriptures, am I good? Are we safer not to know what they say? Are we to continue in ignorance that grace may abound? You need to know this phrase for him, and it's sin. Debes saber esta frase, por el es pecado. What it means, lo que quiere decir, it is sin indeed. Es realmente pecado. So he's saying, the one who doesn't do this, what he knows the good he ought to do, el quien no hace el bien que sabe que debe hacer, that is the worst sin. Es el peor pecado. It's really sin. It's, en realidad, pecado. This is a grave sin. Ese es un grave pecado. Romans 1 makes very clear. Hermanos 1 lo hace muy claro. All men are without excuse. Todos hombres son sin excusa. Even those who don't have the written law. Aún los que no tienen la ley moral. So first, they're all, everyone everywhere is without excuse. Primero, en el capítulo uno, todos en todos lados son sin excusa. Romans 1, but in Romans 2, but in Romanos 2, even the one who doesn't have the law is without excuse. Aún el que no tiene la ley es sin excusa. But to the one that much is given, much is required. A él quien has dado mucho, mucho es requerido. We read this story in Luke this week. Ten coins were given to one. Diez minas dado a uno. Five to another. Cinco a otro. One to one. Uno a uno. The one who had won, él quien tiene uno. He knew the boss. He's a hard man. I don't want to Waste what he's given. No quiere desperdiciar lo que ha dado. He did nothing with what he had been given. No hizo nada con lo que fue dado. He made an excuse for it. Hizo una excusa por ello. The text says even what he has will be taken away. El texto dice, aun lo que tenia sera quitado. The one whom much is given, much is required. El quien es mucho dado, mucho es requerido. And we also often face a problema que frecuentemente enfrentamos, the ones who are in Christ, los que están en Cristo, is that we know the Gospel. Sabemos el Evangelio. Nothing can separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Nada puede separarme del amor de Dios en Cristo Jesús. And we presume upon the mercy of that. Presumimos sobre la misericordia de esto. We presume on his kindness. Presumimos sobre su... Bondad, even against our sin. No, it doesn't. Not a big deal if I neglect the means of grace. What punishment is there? I can indulge in this sin. I mean, covered by the blood of Jesus. The warning from James here. You know it's wrong. That's a worse sin. It's sin indeed. Remember the passage we looked a few weeks ago in Sunday school. about the Lord's Supper. It says they've eaten unworthily. Some are sick. Others have died. And I made it very clear. I'm not saying every time you get sick it's because you ate the Lord's Supper wrongly. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. But we shouldn't discredit. 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Conoces la frase, es pecado realmente. The one who knows the good he ought to do, it's really sin. El quien conoce bien, y no lo hace. Por el realmente es pecado. A couple of applications, only two this evening. Unas aplicaciones, solo dos esta tarde. It's not enough to know good. No es suficiente conocer bien. It's not enough to spend your days with the Puritans and scriptures. It's not enough to read and gain understanding. We must be doers as well. Don't wrongly understand. Knowledge is good. We are to go to the Word of God. We are to consume it. We're to learn the deep doctrines of Christ. We're looking at the great passage in Hebrews 6 right now. In chapter 5 he says, I want to give you solid food. I want you to learn the doctrine of the priesthood of Christ. I want you to learn the deep truths of Christ. Quiero que aprendas las profundas verdades de Cristo. We are to set ourselves in a church. Debemos poner nuestras vidas en una iglesia. We should place our families in a church. Debemos poner nuestras familias en una iglesia, where we're pushed to a greater knowledge. A better understanding of theology. The whole counsel of God. Doctrine cannot be a secondary pursuit in the life of a Christian. Secondary in the life of a Christian. Christ must be the one we pursue. We must make it our one desire, like the psalmist says. One thing I ask, and one thing I seek. That I might dwell in the house of the Lord. My mind would gaze upon his beauty. Que me mente, mirar su hermosidad. We read just yesterday, I think it was, yesterday or today. Ayer hoy leemos. The glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. La gloria de Dios en el faz de Jesucristo. We're to gaze. Debemos mirar. We with unveiled faces are to behold him. Nosotros con ojos sin velo debemos contemplarlo. We are to press on to know him. Debemos seguir adelante a conocerlo in the power of his resurrection, el poder de su resurrección. So don't hear me wrong this evening. No me escuches mal esta tarde. We should know theology. Let me give a warning. Orthopraxy, without orthodoxy, without orthodoxy is hot air. If all you've got is, I'm going to go, do, do, do. Si solo tienes es, voy a ir, hacer, hacer, hacer. I'm going to be hands and feet. Voy a ser manos y pies. With no knowledge. Sin conocimiento. You're zeal without knowledge, Paul warns of. Celo sin conocimiento, Pablo adverte. It's hot air. It's aire caliente. It's got no substance. No tiene substancia. However, sin embargo. Orthodoxy without orthopraxy is a hardened heart. Orthodoxy without orthopraxy is a hardened heart. It cannot be gifted in the mind. Without a change of heart. Expect to walk in holiness. Expect to walk in holiness. We find all the time men with such great knowledge. And yet they fall prey to their appetites. They do not mortify sin. Our theology must be proper. It should be right. We should strive to have a right understanding of the Bible. We should have a proper theology. But it should also be practical. Some deny God in their minds. And others deny Him with their lives. Some question truth in their minds. And others deny it with their lives. We are prone so quickly to say, I know that. I know that truth, you say, es verdad. As though we can't learn it again. Como si no pudieramos aprenderlo de nuevo. And yet, there's no such evidence of that knowledge in our lives. Y no hay evidencia de ese conocimiento en nuestras vidas. We think, oh, I've taken hold of it. Pensamos, eh, I got algo. I know, yo se. I don't know. We must take our orthodoxy. Debemos tomar nuestra ortodoxia and we should mix it in our lives. Debemos mezclarlo en nuestra vida. In our daily life. En nuestra vida diario. We should take the high knowledge of God. Debemos tomar el alto conocimiento de Dios and stick it everywhere we live. Y ponerlo en todo lugar donde vivimos. To form our orthopraxy. A formar nuestra orthopraxia. We need to think about grace. Quiero que pienses de gracia. So, before in this passage, antes en ese pasaje, James warns, Santiago adverte. You cannot be a friend of the world. No puedes ser amigo del mundo. If you're a friend of the world, you're an enemy of God. Si eres amigo del mundo, eres enemigo de Dios. So then why did he give us grace? Why was he gracious to us? So that he would display us to the world. Not that we would hide it under a bush, oh no. No que escondemos abajo de un árbol o no. He didn't give us grace so that we could sit around and sing kumbaya. No nos dio gracia para que podamos sentar y cantar kumbaya. He didn't give us grace so we could say I'm a particular Baptist. No nos dio gracia para que podamos decir soy bautista particular. No, no, listen to this, escucha. It's by grace that you're saved. Es por gracia que soy salvo. not by works, no por obras, but through faith, por fe. So that no one would boast, para que nadie se glorie. And we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do the works which he predestined us for. obra maestra, para hacer las buenas obras que el nos predestinó hacer. So he gave us grace, nos dio gracia, so that he could display us to the world by what we do, para que pueda mostrarnos al mundo por lo que hacemos. You see it, la vez? You're saved by grace so that God could show you all. So in a sense, we are a mosaic of grace. So that the world could look and say, He's good and He's gracious and He's kind. 1 Timothy chapter 1. 15 and 16. It's trustworthy saying and deserving of full acceptance. Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Of which I'm the first. But I received mercy. Pero yo recibí misericordia. I was given over to mercy. Fue entregado misericordia. That in me, as the foremost, que en mi, el primero, he might display his perfect patience to those who would believe on him for eternal life. Que el muestre su clemencia perfecta a los que deben creer a el por vida eterna. So he gave us mercy. Nos dio misericordia. Praise God. Gloria a Dios. Why? Por que? That he might display. Que el muestra. How does God display his grace and mercy in us? Como Dios explica, expone su gracia y misericordia en nosotros? When we come to a knowledge of what's right. Cuando llegamos a un conocimiento de lo que esta bien, correcto. And we do what it says. Y hacemos lo que dice. First, primero, it's not enough to know good, we must do good as well. No es suficiente conocer bien, debemos hacer bien. Second, segundo, the sins of knowledge are the most dangerous. Los pecados en conocimiento son los más peligrosos. The sins that we commit knowing, los pecados que cometemos sabiendo, They're the most dangerous. Because they're fueled by malice and contempt. We know it's wrong. It's detrimental to our walk. It's not good for grace in my life. And yet we do it. We know it offends God. God, I know this is what you've commanded me not to do. And yet we press on to do it. One of the Puritans. said, and we would understand it well here, no vinegar, so tart, As that which is made from the sweetest wine. So I want you to think about something. When we take the Lord's Supper, we make our own grape juice. And it's sweet. I don't know if you know this or not. In half a cup of that grape juice, the average sugar content is 80 grams. That's sweet. But, it's the sweetest wine that makes the most tart vinegar. Proverbs 28.4 says this. Those who forsake the law, praise the wicked. Los que dejan la ley alaben los impíos. Think about that, piénsalo. You know the good you ought to do. Sabes el bien que debes hacer. Paul says, I do not do what I want to do. Pablo said, I don't do what I want to do. You know the law. When we don't do it. Proverbs says, when we do what we know the law forbids. We praise the wicked. Think about that. Here's what Psalm 101.3 says, this is okay, Psalm 103.1, 101.3, 101.3. I will set no unjust thing before my eyes. I hate the works of those who do wicked. No pondre algo injusto ante mis ojos. Aborrezco las obras de los que hacen maldad. So you see the difference, lo ves la diferencia. When we give in, To the thing we hate. We hate it because we know it's wrong. When we give in to that, we're praising the wicked. When we do what the law forbids. When we do what we know is wrong. When we don't do what's right. We not only commit the sin, but we approve of it. Here's where our mind and heart goes. I know it's wrong. But for the sake of my own pleasure, I'm going to do it. I know it's wrong. But for the sake of my own preservation, I'm going to do it. That's the sin of it. This is a pecado. That's why he says, it's sin indeed. Por eso dice, es pecado, por cierto. Let me give two warnings here. Dámela dos advertencias aquí. First to the church. Primero a la iglesia. There's no greater evil that remains in us than to sin against the knowledge that we've gained from the scriptures. No hay un mayor mal en nosotros que pecar contra lo que sabemos que dicen las Escrituras. It's the worst thing we can do. Es la cosa mayor que podemos hacer, peor que podemos hacer. God in his infinite grace has called us out of darkness into light. Dios de su gracia infinito nos ha llamado de las tinieblos a la luz. And He's placed us under the ministry of His Word. That we would have greater communion with Him. When we sin against that. It's the greatest form of mockery. It's like the old hymn says, were you there when they crucified my Lord? It makes me want to tremble. We must learn to obey the Word of God. Here's how we do it. Through the scriptures, through the means of grace, gaining a right understanding of who God is. praying and giving ourselves to the practice of it. Second, to those who are lost here this evening. Ones who are not in Christ. Hell is going to be terrible. One of the most misunderstood verses in the Bible comes from the book of Thessalonians. They will suffer eternal punishment away from the presence of the Lord Jesus. afuera de la presencia del Señor Jesus, that participle there, preposition, esta preposición ahí, from, de. They will suffer eternal punishment from the Lamb. Van a sufrir castigo eterno del Correro. You won't be outside of His presence. No, no, no. The punishment comes from the Lamb. It's from Him that they'll suffer. Hell is going to be terrible. It's going to be more terrible for the one who's trampled the blood of Christ underfoot. You must consider what you do. Debes considerar lo que has hecho. You must consider what God has allowed you to know. Debes considerar lo que Dios ha permitido que sabes. You must do the right thing. Debes hacer lo correcto. The right response to the one not in Christ. Correcto respuesta a el que no está en Cristo is to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. A arrepentir y creer en el Señor Jesucristo. There's an abundance of grace and mercy. There's a love of a father that will instruct you. A church, one more thing. I encourage us, go to the scriptures. Learn what is right. Do what is right. For the one who doesn't do it, he is sin indeed. Let's pray. Perdónanos, Dios, por no dar más atención de lo que hacemos y no sujetar a lo que nos has mandado. Usa esta exhortación en la vida de tu iglesia. En nombre de Cristo, susurramos. Amén.