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Last Thursday we talked about
God's key to the subject. For whom did Christ die? Let's
begin by reading verse number 1 together. Therefore, being
justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ. It says therefore because it's
talking about Abraham in the Old Testament. He believed God
and it was counted on him for righteousness. Therefore, being
justified, declared absolutely righteous, is the word there,
absolutely righteous, genuine faith in Christ makes us righteous
in the sight of God. Then because we are justified,
if we are, if you are here this morning and you are justified
by faith, you are saved. If you are not justified by faith,
you are not saved. But if you are saved, notice, we have peace
with God. That is a present tense, continuous
action. Genuinely saved Christians continuously have peace with
God. Now the Gnostic critical Greek text changed the word we
have from an indicative mood to a subjunctive mood. They don't
have peace with God. They say, let us have peace with
God. I'm not sure about that. No, we don't have let us, false
Gnostic heresy in these new versions in the Greek text. We have it. We continuously have it, peace
with God if we're genuinely saved. And he verses on peace, of course
that's the word shalom for the Hebrew greeting, shalom. In Mark
4.39, he rose and revoked the wind, that stormy wind and said
peace, be still. In Luke 2.14, glory to God in
the highest and on earth, peace, goodwill to our man at the birth
of our Savior. In John 14, 27, the Lord Jesus said, Peace I
leave with you. You know this one. My peace I
give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let
not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Then in John
16, 33. I think we may know this even.
These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have
peace. In the world ye shall have tribulations,
but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. Romans
3.16. Destruction and misery are in
their ways, these unbelieving people. The way of peace they
have not known. Everybody that's lost has no
knowledge of the peace of God. In Galatians 5, 22-23, one of
the fruits of the Spirit is love, joy, peace. The Spirit of God,
if we're led by Him and controlled by the Spirit of God, we have
His peace. In Ephesians 2, 14, it says, speaking of the Lord
Jesus Christ, He is our peace. That's a title for the Lord Jesus,
who has made both one, broken down the metal wall of partition
between us, the Jew and the Gentile. Ephesians 6, 15, The feet are
to be shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. The gospel
of the Lord Jesus Christ is the gospel of peace. As it says in
this first verse, being justified by faith we have peace. We've
got justification first, then peace. And then Philippians 4.7,
we perhaps know that one too. And the peace of God, which passeth
all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus. That's the peace of God. Peace
with God is salvation. Peace of God is following the
Lord and having victory in our lives. In Colossians 1.20, speaking
of the Lord Jesus Christ, having made peace through the blood
of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself. Let's
read verse number 2 together. By whom also we have access by
faith unto this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope
of the glory of God. By whom, that is by the Lord
Jesus, if we are genuinely saved, trusting him as our saviour,
we have access, access to the Lord, always, every time. That
word is a very important word, that access is prosage, it's
leading in to the very presence of God, access by faith into
this grace Where do we stand? Now this standing is an eternal
security. A lot of people that teach, you
know, they teach that we don't have eternal security. They teach
that you can lose your salvation by sin. That's not what this
means. Where do we stand? Histemi. That means to stand
up. That means to be undertaken and
to be made firm, to be fixed, to be established. We're established
in this grace of God once we're saved. If we sin, then we must
confess those sins as 1 John 1 says, let's say that together.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. We
stand in Christ if we are genuinely saved, never lose it. We may
lose fellowship with the Lord, that's why we have to get back
and write with him and we confess those sins. And then we rejoice
in hope of the glory of God. This verse is on access in Ephesians
2.18, for by him, through him, the Lord Jesus, we have access
by one spirit unto the Father. Any time we can go in prayer,
he's open. Access. Ephesians 3.11, according
to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus,
in whom we have boldness and access. No one but a genuinely
saved Christian has access to God the Father. Nobody. Just
generally say, people, the door is open. Then we stand, eternal
security. Then we rejoice in hope, continuously
rejoice, present tense. In Ephesians 2.12, having no
hope, these people that are strangers and without the Lord Jesus Christ,
they have no hope. And without God in the world,
they have no rejoicing. In Colossians 1.5, for the hope
which is laid up for you in heaven, the believers have hope. We rejoice
in this hope laid up in heaven, hope for glory, the hope for
eternity with the Lord. And then Colossians 1.27, to
whom God would make known what is the riches of his glory, of
his mystery through the Gentiles, which is, now this is the definition,
Christ in you, the hope of glory. We said many times in John chapter
14 and 15 and 16, the Father will come to you and I will come
to you and make our abode with you and the Holy Spirit, Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, this is Christ in you, the hope of glory. So many times when I preached
on the book of Colossians there in Africa, Liberia, West Africa,
I looked out about those Negroes, those black Christians there,
just impoverished and nothing much to live for and so on, and
I came to this verse, And I said, that's true of them, just like
it's true of any of us. Well-to-do people with plenty
of things to live for, that Christ, those that are genuinely saved
in that African country, in them the hope of glory. And 1 Thessalonians
4 verse 13, I would not have you ignorant brethren, talking
about the rapture of the church, concerning those that are asleep
and have died, that ye saw not, even as others, who have no hope. The lost people that have ever
genuinely saved and trusted Christ, there's no hope for them. They're
hopeless. They don't think they're hopeless. They think they're
wonderful. In Titus 2 verse 13, we know that one, we'll say that
one again. Looking for that blessed hope
and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior,
Jesus Christ. The blessed hope, that's the
rapture. He's going to come to take those that are genuinely
saved home to heaven. A blessed hope. Let's read verse
number 3 together. And not only so, but we glory
in tribulations also, knowing that tribulations work as patience. Paul gloried in tribulations,
I don't know whether any of us do, tribulations and trouble,
but he did. He says the reason is that tribulation
works patience, and patience is something that all of us need. Patience, hupomone is what the
word is, steadfastness, constantly, endurance. Tribulation works
patience. In John 16.33, Lord Jesus told
his disciples, these things I have spoken unto you that in me ye
might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation. Mark
it down. That's not the great tribulation.
That's not tribulation period. Tribulation is trouble. Be of
good cheer, I have overcome the world. Victory in the Lord Jesus
Christ. In Romans 8.35, who shall separate
us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, there it is,
or distress, or persecution, or famine, all things were more
than conquerors through Him that loved us. In Romans 12, verse
12, again Paul rejoicing in hope, he says, patient in tribulation.
Tribulation works patient, but in tribulation be patient. Very
tough to do, but that's what God, continuing instantly in
prayer. In 2 Corinthians 1, verse 4, we have a God who comforted
us. in all our tribulation. The comfort
of God to comfort those of us in trouble. Why? That we may
be able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the comfort
where we ourselves are comforted about four times. Comfort, comfort,
comfort, comfort. God comforts us, we can comfort
others in any trouble. In 2 Corinthians 7 verse 4, Great
is my boldness of speech, he said to the Corinthian church,
toward you. Great is my glorying of you.
I'm filled with comfort. I'm exceeding joyful in all our
tribulation. Joyful again in tribulation.
I don't know how he did it. He had more tribulation than
any of us ever hoped to have. But he was joyful. Exceeding
joyful, not simply joyful. In 1 Thessalonians 3 and verse
4. Apparently when we were with you, we told you before that
we should suffer tribulation. We warn them, even as it came
to pass and ye know. The Christians of Thessalonica
suffered tribulation as other Christians and as many Christians
today do. In 2 Thessalonians 1 verse 4,
so that yourselves know that in the churches of God, for your
patience, glory in you, for your patience and faith and all your
persecutions and tribulations that ye endure, the Thessalonian
Christians endured tribulation and persecution. Now verses on
patience. Tribulation works patiently.
We'll have some support about his patience in 2 Corinthians 6 and verse
4. By all things approving ourselves, said Paul, as ministers of God
in much patience. But after that it says in afflictions,
in necessities, in distress, patience through all the difficulties
that Paul went through. We must be patient. It's hard
to do. Do you want to be patient? Do
you want to learn patience? Ask for tribulation. Tribulation
works patience, that's what it says. Colossians 1 verse 11,
Strength of the Almighty according to the glorious power unto all
patience and longsuffering with joyfulness. God alone can give
us that patience and only he to the power of God the Holy
Spirit who dwells in the genuine Christians. In 2 Thessalonians
1 verse 4, We ourselves glory in you, in the churches of God,
you at Thessalonica, for your patience and your faith in all
your persecutions and tribulations which ye endure." They still
had patience in all their tribulations. They endured them. In 1 Timothy
6, verse 11, Paul says to Pastor Timothy there at the church at
Ephesus, he says, Now, thou, O man of God, Timothy, you are
a man of God. Here is what I want you to do.
Flee these things, wicked things that he has listed earlier. Follow
after righteousness, godliness, faith, love. Fifth thing, patience. Follow after patience and meekness. Then 2 Timothy 3 verse 10 and
11. Again he says to Pastor Timothy at the Church of Ephesus, Thou
hast fully known and Timothy went with Paul and was on his
missionary journeys much of the time. I fully know, what do you
know about Paul? My doctrine, my manner of life,
my purpose, my faith, my long suffering, my charity, my patience. See, Paul couldn't hide from
Pastor Timothy his life. And you and I can't hide from
others our lives either, if they're close to us. They either see
us, we got patience, or we don't have patience. You have known
my patience, as well as persecutions and afflictions which came unto
me. Paul said, Timothy, you follow me, you know exactly what I'm
for and what I'm against. In Titus 2 verse 2, he's talking
about the aged men. We have some aged men here, we
have some listening to us on the internet. Aged men. What
about the aged men? First of all, be sober. Be grave. Be temperate. Sound in the faith,
in charity, and in patience. Of course we are old women too,
or young men or young women, or boys or girls, we should be
patient, especially at the age of men. In Hebrews 10 verse 36,
this is an interesting thing as far as answers to our prayers,
it says to the Christians, from the Jews that became Christians,
for ye have need of patience. you have need of patience, that
after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. We know that one, we'll say it.
For you have need of patience, that after you have done the
will of God, you may receive the promise. God doesn't always
answer immediately, but if you've done his will, be patient and
he will fulfill what he promises. And then in Hebrews 12 verse
1, Wherefore, seeing we are encompassed
about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every
weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us
run with patience the race that is set before us. Every one of
us has a different race. Let us run it with patience.
And James 1 verse 3, Knowing this, that the trying and testing
of your faith worketh patience. And patience let ever perfect
work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
And then James 5 verse 10. Perhaps you know this one. Take
my brethren the prophets who have spoken in the name of the
Lord for an example of suffering affliction and of patience. Here
is tribulation, affliction with the patience. And then in James
5 verse 11. Behold we count them happy which
endure. Ye have heard of the patience
of Job. And having seen the end of the
Lord, the Lord is very pitiful. The patience of Job. You think
of Job's patience, you think you've got it and I've got it,
we've got nothing compared to what Job had. He lost his family,
he lost his children, his wife was still spared, he lost his
property, he lost his servants, his animals, everything. But
the Lord established everything and doubled what he had as far
as his possessions. He had more children as well,
but he was faithful in his patience. Let's read verse number 4 together.
In other words, tribulation works patience. That word is document,
approved, tested character, specimen of tried worth. In other words,
once you have tribulation works patience and you have experience,
you've been tested. Through the life I've been tested
many, many times whether it was in the US Navy as a Navy When
people got after me there were plenty of testings, plenty of
back against the things that I believed. I went up to Massachusetts
and worked with a person. Testings again, everywhere we
go. But once you've had that, the testings and tribulations
and the patience, it gives you experience. Tested in all these
things so that you can take out another test. If you've never
been tested in one testing or tribulation and another and another,
how are you going to meet the next one? It gives you experience. Tested experience. Dokemae. Tried and tested. And then experience
works hope. Expectation. This word Elpis
or hope is future but it's assured. In the Greek text it's hope is
future but yet assured. Hope of eternity. Hope of forgiveness
of sins. We have hope in that it works
hope. Let's read verse number 5 together. And hope, make us
not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Not ashamed. In Christ we have heaven, we
have a hope, and we should not be ashamed. In Luke 8 and 9,
26, the Lord Jesus said this, very interesting, especially
on the battle for the Bible. Whosoever shall be ashamed of
me and of my words. That's Bible. Ashamed of me and
of my words. Of him shall the Son of Man be
ashamed. when he shall come in his own
glory and in his father's and the holy angels. Bill O'Reilly
is ashamed of God's words. He says they are filled with
errors. The Bible is filled with errors. That is a terrible, satanic
type of statement. If you are ashamed of the Lord
Jesus and His words, He is going to be ashamed of you when He
comes with His power and glory. Then in Romans 1.16 we know that
one. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it
is the power of God and the salvation to everyone that believes it,
to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Wonderful. Not be
ashamed of the gospel. Romans 9.33. Now the New Verses
are ashamed of the gospel of Christ because they leave off
Christ. It said the same in the Gospel, Christ is gone, they
are ashamed of Christ. The Gnostic New Testament translations,
false versions. And Romans 9.33, whosoever believeth
in him shall not be ashamed. Very clear. And then in Romans
10, 11, whosoever believeth in him shall not be ashamed. Again,
the scripture says, quoting scripture, in Philippians 1, 20, Paul says,
we perhaps know this, he was in jail, he was in prison, according
to my earnest expectation and my hope that in nothing I shall
be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ
shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. Paul not ashamed, even in prison. In 2 Timothy 1 verse 8, he says
to Pastor Timothy at Ephesus again, Be not thou therefore
ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner.
He was a prisoner there, 2nd Roman prison. But be thou partaker
of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God.
In 2 Timothy 1 verse 12. Perhaps we know this one, for
the rich cause I also suffer these things. Nevertheless, I
am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded
that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him
against that day. Not ashamed. And then again,
2 Timothy 2.50, we know this one. Study to show thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth. Rightly divide the scripture,
not ashamed. In 1 Peter 4.16, let a man suffer as a Christian. If a person suffers as a Christian,
not as a bad thing, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify
God on this behalf. Then in 1 John 2.28, Our little
children abide in him, that when he shall appear, We may have
confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. The
love of the Holy Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit of Galatians
5, the love of God. So all these things work together
for good. Let's read verse number 6 together.
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ
died for the ungodly. In due time Christ died for the
ungodly. This is why we've titled our
message, For Whom Did Christ Die? It says right here. for
the ungodly. In due time, not a second before,
not a second later, the Lord sent his Son. When the fullness
of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman,
made under the law, to redeem them that are under the law.
In due time, without strength, just weak people. Notice, when
we, all people, not just the elect, all people of the world,
we, without strength, Christ died for the ungodly, not simply
the elect, but all the ungodly people of the world. And for
us, huper, it means not only in our place, but for our benefit. Huper, not only in our place,
but for our benefit, due time. In Galatians 4.4 we mention the
fullness of time has come, God sent forth his son. to redeem
them that are under the law. And our strength, we're without
strength, but if we're saved, genuinely saved, we have Christ's
strength. In 2 Corinthians 12 verse 9,
He said unto me, when He asked to remove that thorn in the flesh,
three times, please Lord remove it, remove it, remove it. And
the Lord said to Paul, My grace is sufficient for thee. We know
this one. For my strength is made perfect
in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I
rather glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may
rest upon me. Power of Christ. In Ephesians
6, 10. Finally my brother be strong in the Lord. Now Christ's
death for the ungodly, not just for the elect. I'm just going
to give you 12 verses. There are many, many more. I'm
just going to give you 12. hypocritical and how apostate
and heretical are the teachings of the hyper-Calvinist people
all over this world. And they're thriving, they're
growing. The band of hyper-Calvinists are growing and growing and growing,
saying Christ just died for a certain group of the elect, didn't die
for the whole world. They don't believe John 3.16 literally,
the whole world, he loved the world. The first verse out of
the twelve, Isaiah 53, 5 and 6. Speaking of the Messiah, he
was wounded for our transgression, the whole world. Bruised for
our iniquity. The sign of our peace was upon
him when his stripes were healed. And the next verse, all we like
sheep have gone astray, the whole world, not simply the elect.
And we, all of us, have turned every one to his own way, and
the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. All! See
how sinful and wicked and corrupt the hyper-Catholics are? don't
even understand scripture. There may be a few verses, just
one or two or three that seem to be questioning, but there
are so many multitudes that are so clear. And the first rule
of Hermeneutics, the law of Bible interpretation, is when the scriptures
are clear, Always reconcile the unclear with the clear. Always
reconcile the unclear. Throw those out and reconcile
them with the clear scriptures. In the second out of twelve,
Matthew 11, 28, we know that one. The Lord Jesus said, come
unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give
you rest. He invited all to come, not simply
the elect. Presbyterians teach that, many
of them. Episcopalians teach that, many
of them. And Calvinists of all kinds teach this thing. Then
in John 1 through 29, we know this one. The next day John seeth
Jesus coming and said unto him, Behold the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the world. Not simply the sin of only the
elect, the whole world, everyone. That doesn't make everybody saved,
but sin is gone. Now the question is not the sin
question for those of you who are unsaved. The question is
not your sin question. That has been removed by Christ. The question is the Son question.
What have you done with the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ?
Have you genuinely received Him? Or have you rejected Him? Take
away the sin of the world. Very clear. John 3.14, we know
that one. And as Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man lift it up. Now
these people in the wilderness were bitten by serpents. And
God says, Moses, make a pole and put a serpent on there, a
serpent of brass. And he put that serpent, anyone who is bitten,
anyone, not simply the elect or some little group, anyone
that is bitten by the serpent or sinned, look on that serpent
and when he looks he will be saved. That's what this verse
means. As Moses lifted up the serpent, so must the Son of Man
be lifted up. Then everyone looked to him and
trusted him. Anyone, everyone, not simply some little elect
group. People that are high and mighty and some of those are
very proud and arrogant by the way. I am one of the elect. You're
not. Christ died for me, not you.
They're arrogant and proud. It's a horrible situation. Then
in John 3.18 we know this one. He that believeth on him is not
condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already, because
he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Notice the way that's phrased. He that believeth not is condemned.
Not if you're not elect. He that believeth not the Lord
Jesus. Why is he condemned? Because
he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
They are condemned not because they are not elect, but because
they reject the Lord Jesus Christ and do not believe in Him. That
is so clear. In Romans 5 verse 6. For when we were yet without
strength, we know this, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. That is the verse we have. For
all the ungodly. In 2 Corinthians 5 verse 19. To it that God was in Christ,
we know this for perhaps, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing
their trespasses unto them, hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation. Notice, he reconciled the world
unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them. doesn't
mean they are saved, they got to trust the Lord Jesus Christ
as Savior, but the provision was reconcile the whole world,
die for the sins of the whole world, not simply the elect,
the whole world. We must trust that Savior. Then that's number
7, the 8th out of 12, 1 Timothy 2, 5 and 6. There is one God, or mediated between God and man,
the man, Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all, not
simply the elect, a ransom for all people, every single one
of us, to be testified in due time. Then in Hebrews 2, verse
9, we see Jesus was made a little lower than the angels for the
suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, let me know
this one, that he by the grace of God should taste death for
every man. Dying for every man. No question. Simple as pie. Any little fifth
grader, first grader could understand this. So simple. Everyone. He
died. And then the 10th verse out of
12, 2 Peter 2 verse 1. Here's even the false prophets
that are lost and bound for hell. Notice what it says about them.
There will be false prophets among the people, there will
be false teachers among you, who privately shall bring in
damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them. Denying
the Lord that bought them. Even the unsaved, He bought them
too. They reject Him, so they're going to hell. But He bought
them. The death of Christ is for those lost and saved. Everybody
in the whole world. The Lord that bought them. Then
in 1 John 11 out of 12 verses. 1 John 4 verse 14. And we have
seen and we testify that the Father sent the Son to be the
Savior of the world. Not simply the elect. Savior
of the whole world. Not that the whole world is saved,
but they're able to be saved if they'll trust the Savior.
Two or three things they have to do to change their mind about
the sin, that they're sinners. If they still say they're not
a sinner, then Christ is not going to help them. If they say,
I'm still perfect, I don't need the Savior, I'm not a sinner,
you've got to realize, reconcile and change your mind about your
own sin. Secondly, you've got to realize the Lord Jesus died
for those sins. It's not like Bill O'Reilly's
Christ film that he had. It never tells why Christ died. That whole film of Bill O'Reilly,
the death of Christ, nothing about why he died. He died for
the sins of the world. They've got to realize that.
And then third, they've got to trust that Savior as their own
by faith. So the Savior, the 12th and last verse in 1 John
2 and verse 2, we perhaps know this one. He, that is Christ,
is the propitiation, that is the satisfaction for our sins,
and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
The sins of the whole world. God is satisfied. So that's what
the message is about as far as the title, For Whom Did Christ
Die? And if you ask a Calvinist, hyper-Calvinist
that, you'll have a completely different answer than the Bible
gives us. Let's read verse number 7 together. For scarcely for
a righteous man will one die, yet for adventure for a good
man none would even dare to die. In other words, suppose there's
a righteous person. Would you go into a burning house
and rescue them even if you're going to die instead? Maybe,
if you're righteous. For adventure even a good man,
what about a good man? Would you go in and try to rescue
him? Some would even dare to die to rescue mothers going in
to rescue their children, different ones, for good or for righteous. But the contrast is in the verse
number 8. Let's read that together. But
God committeth his love toward us in that while we were yet
sinners Christ died for us. We weren't righteous, we weren't
good, we're sinners and the Lord Jesus died for us in our place. Who buried it in our place instead
of us? Tremendous price it was paid.
That's a substitutionary vicarious atonement on the Lord Jesus Christ
on the cross of Calvary. Dying for sinners, not righteous,
not good. Commendeth, sunis taos, what
the word is, to place together, to set in the same place, to
bring a band together, to stand with and stand near. He commends
and closes near to us his love. in that while he died for sinners. Let's read verse number 9 together. Much more than being now justified
by his blood, we should be saved from wrath through him, justified,
declared righteous by his blood. Now MacArthur doesn't like blood.
So what does that mean? When it says blood, it's blood.
When it says death, it's death. Certainly he died and he shed
his blood in his death, but the Lord Jesus' blood justifies us,
cleanses us, 14, 15, 16 different things the blood of Christ does,
but justified, declared right by His blood, genuinely saved.
We should be saved from wrath through Him. Now, people have
tried to tell us that to be a pre-tribulation rapture person and believer,
we're crazy. They don't believe that the Lord
Jesus is going to come before this seventh year period of tribulation.
I try to say in chapter 9 of Daniel, verse 24, 70 weeks. Weeks of years. 70 times 7. 490
weeks. I am determined upon thy people. Israel. I had a woman
call me just last week. Well, are they people? I could
be anyone. No. Daniel is writing to Israel. The Jews. Thy people. The people, the Christians have
nothing to do with that last 70th week of Daniel. That's the
Jews. We are going to be out of here. It says right here,
He saved us from wrath. Now, I want you to notice some
of these verses on wrath. Power of the wrath, not only
the wrath of hell, but the wrath of the tribulation saved us from
us, the saved, the genuinely saved people, the Christian people
in Luke 3.7. You generation of vipers, flee
from the wrath to come. That's eternal hell. Wrath to
come. John 3.36, we've said that, let's
say it again. He that believeth on the Son shall have everlasting
life. And he that believeth not the
Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
God's wrath, and it will be sent to hell. Ephesians 2 and verse
3. We were by nature the children
of wrath, even as others. Ephesians 5 verse 6, that no
man despise you with vain words, because of these things cometh
the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Now those are
the wrath of God, the children of disobedience. The children
of the lost people, the wrath of God is going to be upon them.
First Thessalonians 1 verse 10, it says that we are to wait for
his son from heaven. That's the command. Those of
us who are genuinely saved, we're just to wait. He hasn't come
yet. He didn't come in Paul's day. He didn't come for thousands
of years, several, almost 2,000 years. He hasn't come again in
the rapture. But we're to wait. for a son
from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered
us from the wrath to come." Again I say, the future wrath is not
only the wrath of hell, he's delivered us from that if we're
genuinely saved, but the wrath of the tribulation, he's delivered
us from that as well. And these people that are going
to go halfway through the tribulation, all the way through the tribulation,
That's saying a lie to this scripture. If he delivered us from wrath,
all wrath, there's no way in the world Christians can go through
the wrath of the tribulation. Now, to be specific, in Revelation
6.16, that's during the tribulation this is written, "...set of the
mountains and rocks fall on us, and hide us from the face of
him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb."
If we're there in the tribulation, We've got to be delivered from
that wrath. We're not going to be there. It's the wrath of the
Lamb. I'll give you another verse in Revelation. During the Tribulation.
For great is the day of His wrath, the day of His wrath is come.
Who shall be able to stand? We're not going to be in that
day. He's delivered us from wrath. All wrath. And then in Revelation
11, 18. The nations were angry. And thy
wrath is come in the time of the dead. Again, God's wrath
in the Tribulation. He said He's delivered us from the wrath to
come. All wrath. And then Revelation 15, 1. I
saw another sign from heaven. The angel having seven last plagues,
for in them is filled up the wrath of God. We're not going
to be there. He's delivered us from wrath.
Believe the scriptures. Don't believe these people that
say pre-tribulation rapture is wrong. Revelation 16 and verse
1. I heard another voice out of the temple. This is during
the tribulation period. Seven angels, go your ways. Pour out
the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. We're not going
to be here. God says we're delivered from the wrath of God. And in
Revelation 19 verse 15, and out of his mouth goes a sharp sword,
that with it he should smite the nations. He shall rule them
with a rod of iron, and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness
and wrath of Almighty God. We have that wrath spoken of
in Revelation and he's delivered so those of us who are genuinely
saved. Now if you're not here, if you're here without being
genuinely saved, you won't be delivered from wrath. Either
the wrath of tribulation if it comes in your lifetime or the
wrath of hell. But only if you are genuinely saved, genuinely
trusting the Lord Jesus Christ from the heart, not the head,
then you will be delivered from wrath. I gave all these verses
to the lady that talked to me about that. I put them in an
email and sent them to her. I don't know whether she is going to
change her mind on it, but it is very clear. Let's read verse
number 10 together. For if, when we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more
being reconciled, we should be saved by His life. Enemies, reconciled
to God, dying for the sins of the world, when we trusted Him
genuinely as our Savior. If, when we were enemies, by
His death, much more being reconciled, if we're genuinely saved, we
shall be saved by His life. Where is he now? Again, there's
no resurrection in that movie that was mentioned earlier, the
death of Christ. No bodily resurrection, just
crucified, that's it. But where is he now? He's at
the Father's right hand. And those of us who are genuinely
saved, it says we shall be saved by his life. Salvation has been
always in three tenses, past, present, and future. Past, he
delivered us from the penalty of sin. Present, from the power
of sin. Future, from the presence of
sin. This saved by his life, He is interceding for the saved,
born again Christians, right now at the Father's right hand.
He is interceding, the Holy Spirit of God is interceding, that we
may not sin. He is saved by his life, delivered. In 2 Corinthians
5.18, for example, All things are of God, who hath reconciled
us to himself by Jesus Christ, given to us the ministry of reconciliation,
to it that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,
not imputing their trespasses unto them, and committed unto
us the word, of reconciliation. That's the ministry that God
has given to us through Christ. In 2 Corinthians 5, verse 20,
we're ambassadors for Christ as though God would be seated
by us, be reconciled to God. Now, the Lord Jesus' present
life helping believers, in Romans 8, verse 34, it's very clear
what the Lord Jesus is doing at the right hand of the Father,
among other things, one thing he's doing, who is he that condemneth? Writes Paul. It is Christ that
died, rather it is risen again, who is at the right hand of God,
who also maketh intercession for us, those of us who are saved,
interceding for us, saved by His life, not only reconciled
by His death, but saved in the present tense by His life. He
wants us to keep clean if we're genuinely saved. He doesn't want
us to be dirty and filthy and sinful and wicked. He wants us
to walk step by step in accordance with the Scriptures, the Word
of God. and he will help us. He is interceding for us. As
it says in the book of 1 John, he doesn't if any man sin. Little
children, I don't want anybody to sin, but if any man sin, we
have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. I
rather that you sin not. God doesn't want us to sin. But
the Lord Jesus is at the Father's right hand, interceding for us
when we do sin. And that's why 1 John 1-9 is
so important to those who are genuinely saved. We say it once
again. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. That
means that Christians, righteous Christians, not the Jews, Christians
save people. It's as if we Confess. And we've said many times before,
confess is two words in Greek. Homo logel. Homo is the same,
logel is to say. To say the same thing about sin
that God says. To agree with God. What we thought
is sin. What we said is sin. What we
did is sin. Thought, word, deed. Confess,
agree. Lord, I agree. That is sin. That's
what He says if we confess our sin. Agree with God. Then He
is faithful. To do several things. Forgive
us our sins. And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. To bring us back into fellowship.
Make us clean from that dirt of sin and filth. So we have
a Savior, Allah who died, reconciling us, who was saved by His life
of intercession. And God the Holy Spirit also
indwells those who are genuinely saved. He does not want us to
sin, He wants us to be controlled. As it says in the book of Galatians
chapter 5, in the Spirit, that is by the
means of the power of God the Holy Spirit, and ye shall not
fulfill the lusts of the flesh. And it lists 16, 17 different
lusts of the flesh that are listed, but the walk in the Spirit, 9
different fruits of the Spirit, if we are controlled by God the
Holy Spirit who lives within us. We don't have to sin, not
that we are sinlessly perfect, that's not right, but we don't
have to sin if we walk in the power of God the Holy Spirit. And the fruit of the Spirit as
what? Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
meekness, temperance. Against such there is no law.
God wants us to be holy to Him, controlled by God the Holy Spirit,
who indwells us, who are genuinely saved. Let's close with a word
of prayer. Father, we thank you for these
words that Paul has written to us. We thank you that the Lord
Jesus died for the sins of the whole world. that all of us who
trust Him genuinely might have everlasting life. Those of us
who have been unsaved in our church this morning or listening
on the internet, may they come to the Lord Jesus and trust Him
genuinely and be saved. For us who are Christians, help
us to walk the power of the Holy Spirit to please Thee in all
that we do and say, in Jesus' name we ask it. Amen.
For Whom Did Christ Die?
Series Verse By Verse Exposition
| Sermon ID | 412151550131 |
| Duration | 44:20 |
| Date | |
| Category | Sunday - AM |
| Bible Text | Romans 5:1-10 |
| Language | English |
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