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.