1 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:39,299 And there was a line in that song that said revival is happening, 2 00:00:39,459 --> 00:00:40,179 so to speak. 3 00:00:40,339 --> 00:00:45,219 I didn't say it properly, but revival in the land and everything 4 00:00:45,219 --> 00:00:47,939 that I, that I, that I see. 5 00:00:48,579 --> 00:00:54,139 And I'm not, you know, huge on believing everything I see on the 6 00:00:54,139 --> 00:00:56,819 Internet or hear on the Internet, but I tell you what I do 7 00:00:56,819 --> 00:01:05,759 see is I see a resurgence of people going to church. 8 00:01:06,399 --> 00:01:10,719 I see a resurgence of people interested in the things of God. 9 00:01:10,719 --> 00:01:11,879 There is an interest in that. 10 00:01:11,879 --> 00:01:15,159 Now, how much you know, I'm sure that the Charlie Kirk incident 11 00:01:15,159 --> 00:01:18,119 had something to do with that, but not just that. 12 00:01:18,119 --> 00:01:23,399 It's God and it's God working in the people who want truth, want 13 00:01:23,399 --> 00:01:23,719 truth. 14 00:01:23,719 --> 00:01:25,559 Tired of the garbage, tired of the lies. 15 00:01:25,559 --> 00:01:30,339 Tired of, you know, superficial feel good Christianity. 16 00:01:31,219 --> 00:01:35,939 And without beating around the bush, let me just state the obvious. 17 00:01:36,339 --> 00:01:41,699 The message of the church in America today has been obscure and 18 00:01:41,699 --> 00:01:42,419 hazy. 19 00:01:43,939 --> 00:01:49,139 It has been diluted with feel good psychology and recipes for success. 20 00:01:50,259 --> 00:01:51,459 Now I'm all for feeling good. 21 00:01:51,459 --> 00:01:52,819 I'd rather feel good than bad. 22 00:01:54,089 --> 00:01:55,209 And I'm all for success. 23 00:01:56,249 --> 00:01:57,609 I'd rather succeed than fail. 24 00:01:59,129 --> 00:02:02,649 But whether through the preaching, we help folks to feel 25 00:02:02,649 --> 00:02:06,569 good or not, whether we lay out a plan of success or not, we 26 00:02:06,569 --> 00:02:12,329 must ever be mindful of the church's primary message and objective. 27 00:02:12,649 --> 00:02:17,369 And we need to be faithful to God and to you to preach that central 28 00:02:17,529 --> 00:02:18,009 theme. 29 00:02:19,059 --> 00:02:20,659 We cannot ever forget that. 30 00:02:20,819 --> 00:02:23,659 And I believe that in America, a lot of churches have forgotten 31 00:02:23,659 --> 00:02:23,859 that. 32 00:02:23,859 --> 00:02:29,299 We've gotten so bogged down with feel good and fill me and give 33 00:02:29,299 --> 00:02:31,699 me and give me and give me and it's all about me. 34 00:02:31,699 --> 00:02:34,499 We forgot about the actual theme of the Bible, the theme of 35 00:02:34,499 --> 00:02:37,779 the church, the message from the church and the central theme 36 00:02:37,779 --> 00:02:38,259 of the Bible. 37 00:02:38,259 --> 00:02:43,379 And the primary message of the church is salvation through faith 38 00:02:43,459 --> 00:02:45,059 in Jesus Christ. 39 00:02:45,879 --> 00:02:50,199 The primary message of the church is Jesus Christ and salvation 40 00:02:50,359 --> 00:02:51,079 through him. 41 00:02:52,279 --> 00:02:54,239 The message is found throughout the Bible. 42 00:02:54,239 --> 00:02:55,559 There's no getting around it. 43 00:02:56,119 --> 00:03:00,159 In Genesis 7 and 8, we see the story of Noah and Ark, Noah and the 44 00:03:00,159 --> 00:03:00,439 Ark. 45 00:03:00,439 --> 00:03:03,759 There you have a message of not only the message of salvation, 46 00:03:03,759 --> 00:03:07,039 but we see Jesus Christ in the ark. 47 00:03:07,039 --> 00:03:11,879 We see him In Genesis 22, we see Abraham and Isaac on Mount Moriah. 48 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:15,159 There again we have a picture of Jesus Christ and what else? 49 00:03:15,239 --> 00:03:15,879 Salvation. 50 00:03:16,359 --> 00:03:20,559 In Exodus, chapter 12 we have the story of the Passover wonderfully 51 00:03:20,559 --> 00:03:23,319 demonstrates Jesus Christ and salvation. 52 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:27,799 In Exodus, we have a picture of the tabernacle being built, which 53 00:03:27,799 --> 00:03:31,759 is everything in it has to do with Jesus Christ and it has to do 54 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:32,599 with salvation. 55 00:03:33,079 --> 00:03:37,919 Leviticus, chapter 16, we see the atonement being made, which is 56 00:03:37,919 --> 00:03:41,319 all about Jesus Christ and about salvation. 57 00:03:42,219 --> 00:03:43,339 Numbers 21. 58 00:03:43,579 --> 00:03:49,339 And we see again in John 3:14, the serpent being lifted up. 59 00:03:49,659 --> 00:03:52,939 And it's all about Jesus Christ and it's all about salvation. 60 00:03:54,299 --> 00:03:56,939 And if you'll allow me for a few minutes this morning, I'd like 61 00:03:56,939 --> 00:04:01,579 to show you that this message is also laid out for us beautifully 62 00:04:01,659 --> 00:04:03,179 in Isaiah 53. 63 00:04:03,659 --> 00:04:06,219 So if you would turn in your bibles to Isaiah 53. 64 00:04:07,669 --> 00:04:10,709 Now, this message, it's a wonderful message. 65 00:04:10,789 --> 00:04:12,509 I mean, I'm saved. 66 00:04:12,509 --> 00:04:13,109 Amen. 67 00:04:13,429 --> 00:04:16,109 I'm going to miss hell and I'm going to make heaven because I'm 68 00:04:16,109 --> 00:04:17,749 saved through faith in Jesus Christ. 69 00:04:18,229 --> 00:04:19,989 And that's an amazing message. 70 00:04:19,989 --> 00:04:22,189 It's an amazing thing that happened to me. 71 00:04:22,189 --> 00:04:22,989 It's miraculous. 72 00:04:22,989 --> 00:04:27,069 Now, the message itself may not be as palatable as some other 73 00:04:27,069 --> 00:04:27,589 messages. 74 00:04:28,469 --> 00:04:30,909 This message that I'm going to preach this morning, it might be 75 00:04:30,909 --> 00:04:35,499 a little bitter to the flesh, but I promise you it will be sweet 76 00:04:35,499 --> 00:04:36,179 to the soul. 77 00:04:37,779 --> 00:04:39,579 Are you In Isaiah, chapter 53? 78 00:04:39,579 --> 00:04:40,739 If you're there, say amen. 79 00:04:41,539 --> 00:04:42,579 Isaiah 53. 80 00:04:42,579 --> 00:04:44,179 I'm just going to read two verses for now. 81 00:04:44,179 --> 00:04:48,979 The Bible says in verse five, but he was wounded for our transgressions. 82 00:04:49,779 --> 00:04:50,419 He was. 83 00:04:51,699 --> 00:04:53,419 He was wounded for our transgressions. 84 00:04:53,419 --> 00:04:55,459 He was bruised for our iniquities. 85 00:04:56,179 --> 00:05:00,669 The chastisement of our peace was upon him with his stripes. 86 00:05:00,669 --> 00:05:02,549 We are healed all. 87 00:05:02,549 --> 00:05:04,509 We, like sheep, have gone astray. 88 00:05:04,829 --> 00:05:08,789 We have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid 89 00:05:08,789 --> 00:05:11,389 on him the iniquity of us all. 90 00:05:12,429 --> 00:05:17,669 I want you to notice, first of all that the message is a message 91 00:05:17,669 --> 00:05:19,469 of alienation from God. 92 00:05:19,469 --> 00:05:22,429 This message of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. 93 00:05:22,669 --> 00:05:26,019 It is a message of alienation and from God. 94 00:05:26,019 --> 00:05:29,979 You see that in Isaiah, and it's a beautiful thing that we see. 95 00:05:30,139 --> 00:05:34,419 It might not sound beautiful, but it is an amazing thing. 96 00:05:34,419 --> 00:05:38,139 And it's a great truth that has gotten lost over the years. 97 00:05:38,459 --> 00:05:40,699 And pulpits don't declare this anymore. 98 00:05:40,699 --> 00:05:44,299 We're just not declaring, hey, you're alienated from God. 99 00:05:46,059 --> 00:05:49,419 But I want you to Notice in Isaiah 59:2, the Bible says, Sin 100 00:05:49,419 --> 00:05:51,019 has separated us from God. 101 00:05:51,019 --> 00:05:55,239 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, 102 00:05:55,239 --> 00:05:58,159 and your sins have hid his face from you that he will not hear. 103 00:05:58,159 --> 00:06:01,119 Folks need to know that if you're here this morning and you've 104 00:06:01,119 --> 00:06:04,719 never accepted Christ as your savior, if you're not 100% sure you're 105 00:06:04,719 --> 00:06:08,359 going to heaven when you die, if you can't say yes, I'm saved. 106 00:06:08,359 --> 00:06:11,999 I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, from my bottom of my head, 107 00:06:11,999 --> 00:06:14,279 bottom of my toes to the top of my head, I know that. 108 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:14,759 I know that. 109 00:06:14,759 --> 00:06:17,239 I know I'm saved and going to heaven when I die. 110 00:06:17,239 --> 00:06:19,839 If you can't say that, I want you to understand something. 111 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,289 You have to first of all, come to the realization you. 112 00:06:22,519 --> 00:06:27,239 You are a sinner and that sin has separated you from God. 113 00:06:27,959 --> 00:06:30,639 That sin is separated between you and your God. 114 00:06:30,639 --> 00:06:31,559 It separates us. 115 00:06:33,319 --> 00:06:36,439 The saddest verse I believe in, one of the saddest verses in 116 00:06:36,439 --> 00:06:38,039 the Bible is Ephesians 2:12. 117 00:06:39,159 --> 00:06:40,039 Paul said this. 118 00:06:40,039 --> 00:06:41,559 He said at that time, he was. 119 00:06:41,639 --> 00:06:43,079 Now he's talking to Christians. 120 00:06:43,159 --> 00:06:46,519 But he said, at that time, before you became Christians, you 121 00:06:46,519 --> 00:06:52,909 were without Christ, having no hope, and without God in this world, 122 00:06:54,429 --> 00:06:57,549 there's not a worse place to be than somewhere without hope. 123 00:06:58,349 --> 00:06:59,069 No hope. 124 00:07:01,229 --> 00:07:02,949 I don't mean to point you out. 125 00:07:02,949 --> 00:07:04,709 I just met my friend from Germany here. 126 00:07:04,709 --> 00:07:08,709 When I was in the military, I had the opportunity to go to the 127 00:07:08,709 --> 00:07:09,789 other side of the wall. 128 00:07:09,789 --> 00:07:11,469 That was before the wall came down. 129 00:07:12,109 --> 00:07:17,119 And we just went on a tour of eastern Germany, and we had to take 130 00:07:17,119 --> 00:07:19,199 our regimental crests off. 131 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:20,599 We had to take our name tags off. 132 00:07:20,599 --> 00:07:23,679 They didn't want us photographed for propaganda, and 133 00:07:23,679 --> 00:07:24,959 so we had to stay together. 134 00:07:27,359 --> 00:07:30,879 And I can tell you with certainty that when I. 135 00:07:31,039 --> 00:07:35,039 As soon as we crossed over, when we went through Checkpoint Charlie, 136 00:07:36,159 --> 00:07:38,879 there were soldiers lining the railroad track. 137 00:07:39,439 --> 00:07:45,379 And then once we passed over Checkpoint Charlie, there was a building 138 00:07:45,379 --> 00:07:46,419 there, and every. 139 00:07:47,219 --> 00:07:49,219 There were bars on every window. 140 00:07:50,579 --> 00:07:54,819 And this side of the street, if you look at the wall, it was pristine. 141 00:07:54,819 --> 00:07:56,259 There wasn't a mark on it. 142 00:07:56,659 --> 00:07:59,259 But the other side of the wall on the west side of the wall was 143 00:07:59,259 --> 00:08:04,539 full of graffiti, and it was just art or whatever it was painted 144 00:08:04,539 --> 00:08:06,419 up, but the other side, nothing. 145 00:08:06,499 --> 00:08:08,339 And people were not allowed to cross that. 146 00:08:08,579 --> 00:08:11,989 And once we actually got into there and they let us off the bus 147 00:08:11,989 --> 00:08:15,229 and we started walking through the neighborhoods and going to the 148 00:08:15,229 --> 00:08:15,669 stores. 149 00:08:17,749 --> 00:08:20,789 Unless you've been there or unless you've been somewhere like 150 00:08:20,789 --> 00:08:28,629 it, you cannot understand the look of hopelessness and the feeling 151 00:08:28,629 --> 00:08:30,789 of oppression that was there. 152 00:08:31,589 --> 00:08:33,029 And the feeling that was. 153 00:08:33,029 --> 00:08:34,349 There was a feeling of oppression. 154 00:08:34,349 --> 00:08:39,369 Because that doctrine that is taught in a communist system is one 155 00:08:39,369 --> 00:08:40,569 of no God. 156 00:08:41,049 --> 00:08:43,609 And when you have no God, you have no hope. 157 00:08:44,249 --> 00:08:47,609 And that's exactly what Paul is talking about in Ephesians 2. 158 00:08:47,609 --> 00:08:51,929 He says, @ that time, you were without Christ and you had no hope. 159 00:08:52,009 --> 00:08:54,249 You were without God in the world. 160 00:08:54,649 --> 00:08:57,529 Sin has separated us From God. 161 00:08:57,529 --> 00:08:59,049 Without God, I have no hope. 162 00:08:59,289 --> 00:09:00,969 Without Christ, you have no hope. 163 00:09:00,969 --> 00:09:04,169 There's no hope of getting to heaven, no hope of eternal bliss. 164 00:09:06,089 --> 00:09:09,329 I want you to notice also, sin has alienated us from God. 165 00:09:09,329 --> 00:09:13,689 He said in Colossians 1:21, you that were sometime alienated 166 00:09:14,009 --> 00:09:17,289 and enemies in your mind by wicked works. 167 00:09:17,449 --> 00:09:18,889 Alienated from God. 168 00:09:20,329 --> 00:09:21,129 Alienated. 169 00:09:21,129 --> 00:09:22,089 We couldn't reach him. 170 00:09:22,089 --> 00:09:25,209 We couldn't get to him because sin had separated us. 171 00:09:26,249 --> 00:09:30,489 The Bible tells us that mankind is dead in trespasses and 172 00:09:30,489 --> 00:09:30,969 sins. 173 00:09:32,029 --> 00:09:34,989 Mankind is dead in trespasses and sins. 174 00:09:34,989 --> 00:09:36,429 Ephesians, chapter 2, verse 1. 175 00:09:36,429 --> 00:09:38,149 And you hath he quickened? 176 00:09:38,149 --> 00:09:40,029 Well, why would you need to be quickened? 177 00:09:40,269 --> 00:09:41,549 Because you were dead? 178 00:09:41,629 --> 00:09:46,029 The word quickened is a word that means made alive, brought to 179 00:09:46,029 --> 00:09:46,349 life. 180 00:09:46,829 --> 00:09:48,669 Why would we need to be brought to life? 181 00:09:48,669 --> 00:09:49,549 Because that old. 182 00:09:49,869 --> 00:09:53,949 That spirit that was in us, that was in touch with God before 183 00:09:54,029 --> 00:09:56,189 Adam sinned, it died. 184 00:09:56,269 --> 00:10:00,059 After Adam's sin, when Adam sinned, that spirit within him died. 185 00:10:00,059 --> 00:10:01,059 That's what God was talking about. 186 00:10:01,059 --> 00:10:03,219 In the day that ye eat thereof, ye shall surely die. 187 00:10:03,379 --> 00:10:06,779 Well, their bodies began to go toward physical death. 188 00:10:06,779 --> 00:10:09,139 But immediately that spiritual death happened. 189 00:10:10,259 --> 00:10:12,139 They were not in touch with God anymore. 190 00:10:12,139 --> 00:10:18,099 They lost that ability to have a relationship with God because their 191 00:10:18,099 --> 00:10:19,059 spirit was dead. 192 00:10:20,339 --> 00:10:23,379 And our spirit is dead unless the Holy Spirit quickens it. 193 00:10:23,539 --> 00:10:24,859 God quickens that spirit. 194 00:10:24,859 --> 00:10:25,779 He makes it alive. 195 00:10:25,859 --> 00:10:27,659 April 18, 1984. 196 00:10:27,659 --> 00:10:29,969 When I placed my trust in Jesus Christ, God. 197 00:10:30,119 --> 00:10:33,079 God reached down and he allowed his Holy Spirit to take up 198 00:10:33,079 --> 00:10:33,919 residence within me. 199 00:10:33,919 --> 00:10:37,959 And when that Holy Spirit took up residence within me, he quickened, 200 00:10:38,199 --> 00:10:40,919 regenerated, revived, whatever you want to call it. 201 00:10:41,159 --> 00:10:43,399 He made that my spirit alive again. 202 00:10:43,639 --> 00:10:44,679 He quickened it. 203 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,559 I became alive once again to the things of God. 204 00:10:48,039 --> 00:10:50,439 All of a sudden, he said, you hath he quickened. 205 00:10:50,439 --> 00:10:51,479 He's talking to Christians. 206 00:10:51,639 --> 00:10:55,319 You hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins. 207 00:10:55,319 --> 00:10:58,119 Folks, if you're here this morning and you're not 100% sure 208 00:10:58,119 --> 00:11:00,599 you're going to heaven, if you can't say beyond a shadow of a doubt, 209 00:11:00,599 --> 00:11:01,639 I know that I'm sa. 210 00:11:02,179 --> 00:11:04,019 You're dead in your trespasses and sins. 211 00:11:04,099 --> 00:11:06,419 Your spirit is dead to the things of God. 212 00:11:07,779 --> 00:11:09,059 And you need to be quickened. 213 00:11:09,059 --> 00:11:10,299 You need to be born again. 214 00:11:10,299 --> 00:11:13,139 You need to be made alive through faith in Christ. 215 00:11:13,299 --> 00:11:16,899 It's not your ability to perform to God's standard that has 216 00:11:16,899 --> 00:11:17,699 to be dealt with. 217 00:11:18,259 --> 00:11:21,739 It is not your ability to be a better husband or wife or parent 218 00:11:21,739 --> 00:11:23,939 or child that needs to be dealt with. 219 00:11:24,179 --> 00:11:27,579 It is not your ability to be a better employee that needs to be 220 00:11:27,579 --> 00:11:28,019 dealt with. 221 00:11:28,019 --> 00:11:31,629 It is not your ability to be a better church member or to get involved. 222 00:11:31,949 --> 00:11:35,149 It is not your turning over a new leaf that needs to be dealt with. 223 00:11:35,229 --> 00:11:38,909 It is not you giving up this habit or that habit that needs to 224 00:11:38,909 --> 00:11:39,469 be dealt with. 225 00:11:39,549 --> 00:11:43,229 It is not you determining to attend church regularly that needs 226 00:11:43,229 --> 00:11:43,869 to be dealt with. 227 00:11:43,869 --> 00:11:46,949 It is not baptism or any of those outward things that make us 228 00:11:46,949 --> 00:11:49,149 feel religious that need to be dealt with. 229 00:11:49,229 --> 00:11:51,949 It is your sin that needs to be dealt with. 230 00:11:53,069 --> 00:11:55,829 Isaiah 53:5,6 he was wounded for what? 231 00:11:55,829 --> 00:11:57,229 Our transgressions. 232 00:11:57,549 --> 00:11:59,629 He was wounded for our transgressions. 233 00:11:59,759 --> 00:11:59,919 He. 234 00:12:00,069 --> 00:12:01,829 He was bruised for our iniquities. 235 00:12:03,029 --> 00:12:04,389 The Bible doesn't say that. 236 00:12:04,389 --> 00:12:08,069 It doesn't say he took upon himself all of our Let me read the 237 00:12:08,069 --> 00:12:08,709 rest of it here. 238 00:12:10,869 --> 00:12:14,309 The chastisement of our peace was laid upon him, and with his stripes 239 00:12:14,309 --> 00:12:15,389 we are healed all. 240 00:12:15,389 --> 00:12:16,909 We, like sheep, have gone astray. 241 00:12:16,909 --> 00:12:20,109 We have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid 242 00:12:20,109 --> 00:12:23,269 on him the iniquity of us all. 243 00:12:23,429 --> 00:12:26,669 Now, we don't read in the Bible that he took upon himself our 244 00:12:26,669 --> 00:12:27,269 sicknesses. 245 00:12:27,269 --> 00:12:30,309 You see, people take this piece of verse way out of context. 246 00:12:30,869 --> 00:12:32,709 I can't tell you how many times I've heard this. 247 00:12:32,709 --> 00:12:34,309 And with his stripes we are healed. 248 00:12:35,749 --> 00:12:37,509 Took it completely out of context. 249 00:12:38,389 --> 00:12:42,268 And they use that verse as a pretext to try to pray. 250 00:12:42,268 --> 00:12:43,229 Healing over somebody. 251 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:44,189 Now, I'm all about healing. 252 00:12:44,189 --> 00:12:45,429 I believe God heals people. 253 00:12:46,149 --> 00:12:47,229 I've seen him heal people. 254 00:12:47,229 --> 00:12:49,589 I've seen people raise up off a sickbed. 255 00:12:49,669 --> 00:12:52,389 I've seen that God can miraculously heal. 256 00:12:52,899 --> 00:12:57,019 I don't believe that he has divine healers, but he can absolutely 257 00:12:57,019 --> 00:12:57,699 heal the Word. 258 00:12:57,939 --> 00:13:00,259 The book of James tells us that the effectual fervent prayer 259 00:13:00,259 --> 00:13:01,859 of a righteous man availeth much. 260 00:13:02,259 --> 00:13:05,539 And if we pray over him, anoint him with oil, then God may 261 00:13:05,539 --> 00:13:07,539 use that to raise them off a sickbed. 262 00:13:08,739 --> 00:13:12,499 But I have a couple of verses here I had outlined. 263 00:13:12,499 --> 00:13:13,419 Galatians, chapter one. 264 00:13:13,419 --> 00:13:14,659 I'm just going to read this right quick. 265 00:13:14,659 --> 00:13:15,419 I have it marked. 266 00:13:15,419 --> 00:13:20,419 I think I do Listen to this in Galatians 1:4. 267 00:13:20,419 --> 00:13:21,619 Listen to what the Bible says here. 268 00:13:22,999 --> 00:13:26,439 The Bible says, speaking of Jesus Christ, grace be to you and 269 00:13:26,439 --> 00:13:29,799 peace from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave 270 00:13:29,799 --> 00:13:34,039 Himself for our sins, who gave Himself for our sins, that he might 271 00:13:34,039 --> 00:13:37,199 deliver us from this present evil world according to the will 272 00:13:37,199 --> 00:13:37,678 of God. 273 00:13:37,678 --> 00:13:40,839 He said, who gave himself for our sins. 274 00:13:40,919 --> 00:13:43,319 And then again, I had another verse outlined here. 275 00:13:43,319 --> 00:13:44,599 First John, chapter two. 276 00:13:44,999 --> 00:13:46,439 Listen to verse two. 277 00:13:47,079 --> 00:13:49,639 Verse one says, my little children, these things I write unto 278 00:13:49,639 --> 00:13:50,679 you that you sin not. 279 00:13:51,159 --> 00:13:54,439 And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, 280 00:13:54,439 --> 00:13:55,079 the righteous. 281 00:13:55,399 --> 00:13:56,359 Now listen to this. 282 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:00,999 And he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, 283 00:14:00,999 --> 00:14:03,559 but also for the sins of the whole world. 284 00:14:03,879 --> 00:14:05,439 The point I'm trying to make is this. 285 00:14:05,439 --> 00:14:08,599 Jesus Christ, the Bible does not say that he took upon himself 286 00:14:08,599 --> 00:14:12,119 our sicknesses or our diseases of the world. 287 00:14:12,199 --> 00:14:15,639 The Bible says he took upon himself the sins of the world. 288 00:14:17,729 --> 00:14:19,129 And this right here, listen. 289 00:14:19,129 --> 00:14:21,249 He was wounded for our transgressions. 290 00:14:21,329 --> 00:14:22,929 Is that spiritual or physical? 291 00:14:23,969 --> 00:14:24,929 That's spiritual. 292 00:14:24,929 --> 00:14:27,009 He was bruised for our iniquities. 293 00:14:27,009 --> 00:14:28,449 Is that spiritual or physical? 294 00:14:29,249 --> 00:14:29,889 Spiritual. 295 00:14:30,049 --> 00:14:32,609 The chastisement of our peace was upon him. 296 00:14:32,929 --> 00:14:34,129 Spiritual or physical? 297 00:14:34,769 --> 00:14:35,409 Spiritual. 298 00:14:35,409 --> 00:14:38,169 All right, you're not going to change horses midstream and all of 299 00:14:38,169 --> 00:14:39,569 a sudden change the context. 300 00:14:39,569 --> 00:14:42,289 The next verse, the next portion says, and with his stripes, 301 00:14:42,289 --> 00:14:43,009 we are healed. 302 00:14:43,589 --> 00:14:46,309 Now, are we just going to all of a sudden change the context and 303 00:14:46,709 --> 00:14:47,989 make it talk about the physical? 304 00:14:48,229 --> 00:14:50,029 He's talking about our spiritual. 305 00:14:50,029 --> 00:14:51,749 With his stripes, we are healed. 306 00:14:51,749 --> 00:14:52,629 We're healed. 307 00:14:53,429 --> 00:14:54,629 Mankind is dead. 308 00:14:54,709 --> 00:14:56,389 In trespasses and sin. 309 00:14:56,869 --> 00:15:00,589 It's your sinful condition that will keep you from heaven and 310 00:15:00,589 --> 00:15:02,829 in right standing with God Almighty. 311 00:15:02,829 --> 00:15:03,909 It is a sin problem. 312 00:15:04,789 --> 00:15:08,469 And man must realize his lost condition before he can be saved. 313 00:15:10,719 --> 00:15:12,559 Now, there are churches today that are going to. 314 00:15:12,559 --> 00:15:15,039 If you go to them, there are some churches, many churches, in 315 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:18,679 fact, way, way, way too many, that are going to tell you this morning 316 00:15:18,679 --> 00:15:19,919 how wonderful you are. 317 00:15:21,039 --> 00:15:23,839 And they're going to try to make you believe that there's some 318 00:15:23,839 --> 00:15:26,399 intrinsic goodness in you. 319 00:15:27,919 --> 00:15:31,799 But there is no intrinsic goodness in man, not according to 320 00:15:31,799 --> 00:15:32,439 the word of God. 321 00:15:32,439 --> 00:15:34,879 The word of God tells us that we are depraved. 322 00:15:36,469 --> 00:15:37,829 The world will tell you, follow your heart. 323 00:15:37,829 --> 00:15:38,389 Follow your. 324 00:15:38,389 --> 00:15:39,669 You don't want to follow your heart. 325 00:15:39,829 --> 00:15:41,029 Our heart is deceitful. 326 00:15:41,029 --> 00:15:43,989 The word of God says we are deceitful and desperately wicked. 327 00:15:45,189 --> 00:15:47,429 You listen to the world long enough, I'm telling you, they'll 328 00:15:47,429 --> 00:15:48,469 lead you straight to hell. 329 00:15:49,189 --> 00:15:52,269 The Bible, if we want the truth, and there's a resurgence of 330 00:15:52,269 --> 00:15:53,509 people wanting the truth. 331 00:15:53,589 --> 00:15:58,509 I'm telling you, I was watching one video, and there's no 332 00:15:58,509 --> 00:15:59,469 reason for me to doubt it. 333 00:15:59,469 --> 00:15:59,909 I saw it. 334 00:15:59,909 --> 00:16:03,509 They were actually driving up to their church, and this lady on 335 00:16:03,509 --> 00:16:04,749 this video, she said. 336 00:16:05,309 --> 00:16:09,029 She said, I was looking at my phone and this was real time. 337 00:16:09,029 --> 00:16:12,269 She said, I was looking at my phone and my husband said, look up 338 00:16:12,989 --> 00:16:15,989 and she looked up from her phone and there was a long line. 339 00:16:15,989 --> 00:16:20,469 And this was up in the Northeast, and I think it was Maine 340 00:16:20,469 --> 00:16:20,909 or something. 341 00:16:21,629 --> 00:16:25,469 She said, we're in Maine, and this doesn't happen in Maine. 342 00:16:26,989 --> 00:16:30,789 This is a long line of people trying to get into the parking lot 343 00:16:30,789 --> 00:16:31,469 of our church. 344 00:16:32,669 --> 00:16:35,629 And when they actually got to the parking lot, it was absolutely 345 00:16:35,629 --> 00:16:36,069 flooded. 346 00:16:36,069 --> 00:16:38,109 She said, this does not happen in Maine. 347 00:16:38,669 --> 00:16:42,349 This was today, this was yesterday, and today this happened. 348 00:16:42,829 --> 00:16:45,789 There's a resurgence of people looking for the truth. 349 00:16:46,669 --> 00:16:47,668 They don't need to be. 350 00:16:47,668 --> 00:16:49,309 They don't need to have their ears tickled. 351 00:16:51,149 --> 00:16:51,869 I walked by. 352 00:16:51,869 --> 00:16:52,509 We went by. 353 00:16:52,749 --> 00:16:56,149 I don't mean to hurt anybody's feelings this morning, but I am just 354 00:16:56,149 --> 00:16:57,069 going to go ahead and say it. 355 00:16:57,479 --> 00:17:02,119 I told you, it may not be palatable as other sermons. 356 00:17:02,839 --> 00:17:05,079 My wife and I drove by Gateway the other day. 357 00:17:05,079 --> 00:17:09,919 Yesterday, I think it was, we drove by Gateway and there was a 358 00:17:09,919 --> 00:17:12,199 bunch of houses being built right across the street. 359 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,639 I don't even remember which one it was, but there was a bunch 360 00:17:15,639 --> 00:17:19,159 of houses being built right across street from Gateway Church. 361 00:17:19,879 --> 00:17:23,519 And at first I said, man, if I was them, I'd be taking advantage 362 00:17:23,519 --> 00:17:23,959 of that. 363 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:26,519 But then I said, no, wait a minute. 364 00:17:26,519 --> 00:17:28,319 They don't have to take advantage of that. 365 00:17:28,799 --> 00:17:32,639 Because the word of God tells us that in the last days, people 366 00:17:32,639 --> 00:17:36,359 will not listen to sound doctrine, but they will heap to themselves. 367 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:39,599 Teachers having itching ears, they'll heap to themselves. 368 00:17:39,599 --> 00:17:40,039 They don't. 369 00:17:40,039 --> 00:17:42,199 Look, the preachers of those churches don't have to go out and 370 00:17:42,199 --> 00:17:46,079 knock doors because there are a bunch of people out there who. 371 00:17:46,479 --> 00:17:47,599 They'll heap to themselves. 372 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:49,919 Teachers who tell them exactly what they want to hear. 373 00:17:49,999 --> 00:17:51,999 And this is not what they want to hear. 374 00:17:52,409 --> 00:17:55,849 People don't want to hear that sin is what's separating us from 375 00:17:55,849 --> 00:17:56,249 God. 376 00:17:56,329 --> 00:17:58,609 They don't want to hear that it's your sin that's going to keep 377 00:17:58,609 --> 00:17:59,529 you out of heaven. 378 00:17:59,769 --> 00:18:03,409 They don't want to hear that you are on your way to hell because 379 00:18:03,409 --> 00:18:04,249 of your sin. 380 00:18:04,649 --> 00:18:08,609 They don't want to hear that your way to God is not through baptism. 381 00:18:08,609 --> 00:18:11,049 Your way to God is not through membership of the church. 382 00:18:11,049 --> 00:18:12,849 It's not through the rosary. 383 00:18:12,849 --> 00:18:14,249 It's not through praying prayers. 384 00:18:14,249 --> 00:18:15,769 It's not through repetition. 385 00:18:16,169 --> 00:18:18,169 It's through faith in Jesus Christ. 386 00:18:18,169 --> 00:18:21,569 But we have to look, the Bible says in John 3:16, For God so loved 387 00:18:21,569 --> 00:18:22,179 the world that. 388 00:18:22,329 --> 00:18:25,409 That he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in 389 00:18:25,409 --> 00:18:25,649 him. 390 00:18:25,649 --> 00:18:26,409 Believe what? 391 00:18:26,729 --> 00:18:29,689 Believe that he died for your sins. 392 00:18:30,489 --> 00:18:31,609 That's what we must believe. 393 00:18:32,089 --> 00:18:35,169 Believe that we're sinners, that he died for our sins and that 394 00:18:35,169 --> 00:18:37,729 he went into the grave and that he came up out of that grave 395 00:18:37,729 --> 00:18:40,809 three days later because he defeated death. 396 00:18:40,809 --> 00:18:41,849 And we're going to get to that. 397 00:18:42,649 --> 00:18:46,209 It's our sinful condition that will keep us from heaven and in right 398 00:18:46,209 --> 00:18:47,409 standing with God Almighty. 399 00:18:47,409 --> 00:18:48,489 It is a sin problem. 400 00:18:48,729 --> 00:18:52,269 Man must realize his lost condition before he can be saved. 401 00:18:56,019 --> 00:18:58,859 A good story is only a good story if it's contrasted against 402 00:18:58,859 --> 00:18:59,619 a bad one. 403 00:19:03,459 --> 00:19:05,219 And the only way I'm going to know I'm. 404 00:19:05,619 --> 00:19:09,059 The only way I'm going to be saved is if I first realize I'm lost. 405 00:19:11,299 --> 00:19:13,699 So if you're here this morning and you've never accepted Christ 406 00:19:13,699 --> 00:19:14,459 as your Savior. 407 00:19:14,459 --> 00:19:17,219 Now, listen, I know that there may be some folks in here who use 408 00:19:17,219 --> 00:19:21,739 the same terminology, the same vernacular, but you have different 409 00:19:21,739 --> 00:19:22,419 definitions. 410 00:19:24,099 --> 00:19:26,739 You see, receiving Christ isn't through the Eucharist. 411 00:19:27,059 --> 00:19:29,219 It's not through the wafer and the juice. 412 00:19:29,459 --> 00:19:30,979 That's not how you receive Christ. 413 00:19:31,219 --> 00:19:33,779 The Word of God says, we receive Christ by faith. 414 00:19:34,579 --> 00:19:35,459 By faith. 415 00:19:37,139 --> 00:19:39,379 And so you have to believe that. 416 00:19:39,539 --> 00:19:44,499 Believe that we receive the positive aspect of the gospel, only 417 00:19:44,499 --> 00:19:47,339 accentuated when we first preach the negative aspect. 418 00:19:47,659 --> 00:19:52,859 And the negative portion is that mankind, from the fall of Adam 419 00:19:52,859 --> 00:19:57,419 on down are alienated and separated from God because of sin. 420 00:19:58,779 --> 00:19:59,978 That's the bad news. 421 00:20:00,539 --> 00:20:01,739 Clay, where you at? 422 00:20:01,739 --> 00:20:02,179 Clay? 423 00:20:02,179 --> 00:20:06,939 Adam had one job, if y' all know Clay, that's funny. 424 00:20:07,339 --> 00:20:08,539 He had one job. 425 00:20:10,149 --> 00:20:10,949 God told Adam. 426 00:20:10,949 --> 00:20:11,789 He said, I'm going to give you. 427 00:20:11,789 --> 00:20:13,149 You have everything here. 428 00:20:13,149 --> 00:20:15,349 It's all yours except that tree. 429 00:20:15,749 --> 00:20:17,749 Don't eat from that one tree. 430 00:20:18,069 --> 00:20:19,269 He had one job. 431 00:20:20,309 --> 00:20:21,549 He ate from that tree. 432 00:20:21,549 --> 00:20:28,349 And as the progenitor of the entire human race, we all sinned 433 00:20:28,349 --> 00:20:29,189 in Adam. 434 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,309 We all suffered the same consequence. 435 00:20:33,269 --> 00:20:37,039 We died as God cast Adam out of the garden. 436 00:20:37,679 --> 00:20:40,719 So we alienated ourselves from God through sin. 437 00:20:41,199 --> 00:20:42,399 That's the bad news. 438 00:20:43,439 --> 00:20:46,919 But I want you to notice, not only is it a message of alienation 439 00:20:46,919 --> 00:20:52,159 from God, but it's a message of substitution by God. 440 00:20:52,399 --> 00:20:56,399 It is, first of all, a message of alienation from God, but it's 441 00:20:56,399 --> 00:20:59,519 a message of substitution by God. 442 00:20:59,839 --> 00:21:01,599 Continue to look at our text again. 443 00:21:01,599 --> 00:21:07,859 In Isaiah 53, he was wounded for our transgressions. 444 00:21:07,859 --> 00:21:12,899 You see that he was bruised for our iniquities. 445 00:21:13,619 --> 00:21:17,699 The chastisement of our peace was laid upon him. 446 00:21:18,259 --> 00:21:22,419 And with his stripes we are healed all. 447 00:21:22,419 --> 00:21:23,779 We, like sheep, have gone astray. 448 00:21:23,779 --> 00:21:25,459 We have turned everyone to his own way. 449 00:21:25,459 --> 00:21:29,219 And the Lord hath laid on him, the iniquity of us. 450 00:21:31,949 --> 00:21:34,509 Someone has to make a payment for sin. 451 00:21:35,469 --> 00:21:35,869 Someone. 452 00:21:36,589 --> 00:21:42,829 You remember when Abraham was bargaining, so to speak, with God? 453 00:21:42,829 --> 00:21:43,749 Do you remember that? 454 00:21:43,749 --> 00:21:48,189 Over the future, the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. 455 00:21:49,229 --> 00:21:52,989 And Abraham knew that his nephew Lot lived down there in Sodom, 456 00:21:53,229 --> 00:21:54,629 so he was concerned about him. 457 00:21:54,629 --> 00:21:56,589 And God said, I'm going to destroy the entire city. 458 00:21:57,249 --> 00:22:01,729 Abraham said, well, if we found 50, for the sake of 50 righteous, 459 00:22:01,729 --> 00:22:03,129 will you spare the entire city? 460 00:22:03,129 --> 00:22:04,289 God said, I sure will. 461 00:22:05,089 --> 00:22:07,169 He said, what about for the sake of 40? 462 00:22:07,489 --> 00:22:08,489 Will you spare the city? 463 00:22:08,489 --> 00:22:09,249 He said, I will. 464 00:22:10,209 --> 00:22:12,409 And Abraham knew he was beginning to press his luck. 465 00:22:12,409 --> 00:22:13,369 And he made this statement. 466 00:22:13,369 --> 00:22:17,889 He said, should not the judge of all the earth do right? 467 00:22:20,129 --> 00:22:22,729 Well, of course, the obvious answer to that would have, he is 468 00:22:22,729 --> 00:22:23,249 the judge. 469 00:22:23,249 --> 00:22:24,369 He's going to do right. 470 00:22:25,189 --> 00:22:26,389 Judge should do right. 471 00:22:32,229 --> 00:22:36,989 If somebody was found guilty of some of the most heinous crimes 472 00:22:36,989 --> 00:22:39,749 in the world, and the most heinous crimes I can think of are 473 00:22:39,749 --> 00:22:40,549 crimes against children. 474 00:22:42,309 --> 00:22:45,269 Let's say that we found somebody who was guilty of the most 475 00:22:45,269 --> 00:22:47,509 heinous crimes that you can imagine against children. 476 00:22:47,749 --> 00:22:50,869 All the evidence was stacked against him, and they brought it 477 00:22:51,179 --> 00:22:52,699 before the judge and showed it. 478 00:22:52,699 --> 00:22:56,939 And he basically, he said, I can't deny I'm guilty. 479 00:22:57,259 --> 00:22:58,459 I'm guilty. 480 00:22:59,739 --> 00:23:00,939 Penalty Death. 481 00:23:02,219 --> 00:23:02,619 Death. 482 00:23:06,619 --> 00:23:09,579 Now, if that man looked at the judge and he said, now, judge, listen, 483 00:23:11,579 --> 00:23:12,499 I made a mistake. 484 00:23:12,499 --> 00:23:13,579 I should not have done that. 485 00:23:14,299 --> 00:23:14,979 I'm guilty. 486 00:23:14,979 --> 00:23:15,579 I know it. 487 00:23:16,869 --> 00:23:21,269 But I promise you, you let me out of here, I won't do it again. 488 00:23:21,829 --> 00:23:22,789 I will not do it again. 489 00:23:22,789 --> 00:23:23,429 I promise. 490 00:23:24,869 --> 00:23:29,269 Now, if that judge turns a blind eye and says, okay, since you 491 00:23:29,269 --> 00:23:30,949 promise, I'm gonna go ahead and let you go. 492 00:23:30,949 --> 00:23:35,029 Good judge or bad judge, right? 493 00:23:35,909 --> 00:23:36,789 Bad judge. 494 00:23:37,429 --> 00:23:39,109 You let him go, you're bad judge. 495 00:23:39,109 --> 00:23:39,389 Why? 496 00:23:39,389 --> 00:23:44,479 Because by virtue of your office, you must go judge righteously, 497 00:23:44,879 --> 00:23:47,119 you must judge right. 498 00:23:47,199 --> 00:23:48,879 You must judge honestly. 499 00:23:49,679 --> 00:23:52,639 The crime must be punished. 500 00:23:55,119 --> 00:24:05,199 But yet we can live a lifetime not even acknowledging God, use his 501 00:24:05,199 --> 00:24:11,809 name in vain, put the blood of Christ on the ground and walk over 502 00:24:11,809 --> 00:24:20,649 it and tread upon it, curse God, do vile things about God and 503 00:24:20,649 --> 00:24:27,449 expect him to close his eyes, turn a blind eye. 504 00:24:28,809 --> 00:24:30,969 We have sinned against God. 505 00:24:33,129 --> 00:24:33,929 How many in here? 506 00:24:33,929 --> 00:24:37,099 Is there anybody in here who's never told a lie besides that baby 507 00:24:37,099 --> 00:24:38,019 you're holding right there? 508 00:24:39,699 --> 00:24:40,659 Anybody else? 509 00:24:40,819 --> 00:24:42,579 Anybody who's never told a lie? 510 00:24:42,659 --> 00:24:46,179 You know, how many lies do you have to tell to be a liar? 511 00:24:47,379 --> 00:24:50,419 How many cars do you have to steal to be a car thief? 512 00:24:51,858 --> 00:24:54,579 How many sins do you have to commit to be a sinner. 513 00:24:56,259 --> 00:24:59,299 Sin, according to the word of God, is the transgression of the 514 00:24:59,299 --> 00:24:59,619 law. 515 00:25:00,419 --> 00:25:01,619 Not man's law. 516 00:25:02,129 --> 00:25:02,769 God's law. 517 00:25:03,249 --> 00:25:05,649 We have broken God's law. 518 00:25:06,529 --> 00:25:09,129 If you break man's law, you're going to go before the judge and 519 00:25:09,129 --> 00:25:11,489 he's going to mete out judgment. 520 00:25:12,689 --> 00:25:15,889 Should not the God of all the earth, the Judge of all the earth, 521 00:25:15,889 --> 00:25:16,369 do right? 522 00:25:17,489 --> 00:25:21,089 We will stand before God one day, and he will judge. 523 00:25:21,489 --> 00:25:22,609 He will judge. 524 00:25:23,169 --> 00:25:26,289 Someone has to make a payment for that sin. 525 00:25:28,379 --> 00:25:32,459 Romans chapter 6, verse 23 says, the wages of sin is death. 526 00:25:33,179 --> 00:25:34,859 But now here comes the good news. 527 00:25:36,699 --> 00:25:42,539 But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ Our Lord. 528 00:25:42,939 --> 00:25:44,379 Hebrews 9:27. 529 00:25:44,379 --> 00:25:46,579 Listen, I told you bad news, but now I want to share with you 530 00:25:46,579 --> 00:25:47,179 some good news. 531 00:25:47,179 --> 00:25:50,939 For as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this, 532 00:25:50,939 --> 00:25:53,379 the judgment, well, that's not good news. 533 00:25:53,379 --> 00:25:54,659 Wow, that's still bad news. 534 00:25:54,659 --> 00:25:57,419 Because the Bible says in Ezekiel 18, God said, Behold, all 535 00:25:57,419 --> 00:26:00,599 souls are mine, as the soul of the Father, so also the soul of the 536 00:26:00,599 --> 00:26:04,439 Son is mine, and the soul that sinneth, it shall die. 537 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:07,999 And then we get down to the book of Revelation. 538 00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:08,679 Listen to this. 539 00:26:08,999 --> 00:26:10,199 Revelation 21:8. 540 00:26:10,199 --> 00:26:13,039 The fearful and the unbelieving and the abominable and 541 00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:16,359 the murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters. 542 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:16,879 Watch this. 543 00:26:16,879 --> 00:26:21,759 And all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with 544 00:26:21,759 --> 00:26:25,079 fire and brimstone, which is the second death. 545 00:26:26,289 --> 00:26:29,169 You know, when I bring that before people, most people have no 546 00:26:29,169 --> 00:26:30,689 idea there's two deaths. 547 00:26:31,249 --> 00:26:33,729 I actually say, did you know that there are two deaths? 548 00:26:33,889 --> 00:26:37,969 No, I'm telling you, 99% of the people I ask that to, no, I didn't 549 00:26:37,969 --> 00:26:38,969 know there were two deaths. 550 00:26:38,969 --> 00:26:41,889 Yes, you have a physical death, as it is appointed unto men 551 00:26:41,889 --> 00:26:45,209 once to die, and then after this, the judgment, and then there 552 00:26:45,209 --> 00:26:49,449 is a spiritual death where their soul is cast in the lake of 553 00:26:49,449 --> 00:26:49,649 fire. 554 00:26:49,649 --> 00:26:53,649 And I ask people, if you die and your body goes into the grave, 555 00:26:54,869 --> 00:26:56,149 then what goes to judgment? 556 00:26:56,789 --> 00:27:00,949 Without hesitation, 100% of the time. 557 00:27:00,949 --> 00:27:01,629 100%. 558 00:27:01,629 --> 00:27:04,469 You can try this 100% of the time. 559 00:27:04,469 --> 00:27:10,149 They say, well, my soul or my spirit, every single time. 560 00:27:10,549 --> 00:27:12,389 These are people who may not go to church. 561 00:27:12,389 --> 00:27:14,789 They may have never been to church in their entire life, but 562 00:27:14,789 --> 00:27:15,829 they know that truth. 563 00:27:15,829 --> 00:27:17,909 They know that they are an eternal being. 564 00:27:19,189 --> 00:27:22,629 I even had a guy one time, he walked backwards on me. 565 00:27:22,629 --> 00:27:23,989 He said he was an atheist. 566 00:27:24,609 --> 00:27:26,329 And I just continued to witness to him. 567 00:27:26,329 --> 00:27:30,649 And I came to this portion and I said, so if our Body dies and goes 568 00:27:30,649 --> 00:27:32,409 to the grave, then what goes to judgment? 569 00:27:32,409 --> 00:27:37,089 He said, well, my soul, if you believe in that sort of thing, I'm 570 00:27:37,089 --> 00:27:39,249 telling you, that's exactly how that played out. 571 00:27:39,249 --> 00:27:40,049 He knew it. 572 00:27:40,929 --> 00:27:43,049 He knew it, and you know it. 573 00:27:43,049 --> 00:27:44,209 You're an eternal being. 574 00:27:45,169 --> 00:27:48,369 You're an eternal being and you will stand before God. 575 00:27:48,529 --> 00:27:50,449 Should not the judge of all the earth do right? 576 00:27:50,989 --> 00:27:52,269 Have you sinned against God? 577 00:27:53,469 --> 00:27:55,589 It's not man's law you have to worry about. 578 00:27:55,589 --> 00:27:56,669 It's God's laws. 579 00:28:00,429 --> 00:28:04,349 But the good news is Christ became the substitution for me. 580 00:28:05,149 --> 00:28:06,109 Christ became. 581 00:28:06,589 --> 00:28:08,389 Somebody had to make payment for that sin. 582 00:28:08,389 --> 00:28:09,469 And Christ did it. 583 00:28:09,629 --> 00:28:10,629 Jesus did it. 584 00:28:10,629 --> 00:28:11,349 It's amazing. 585 00:28:11,349 --> 00:28:14,029 When I talk to people, I'll ask them the question, why did you? 586 00:28:14,029 --> 00:28:16,269 And these are religious people, a lot of times, or even if 587 00:28:16,269 --> 00:28:17,629 they're not, they actually know the. 588 00:28:18,049 --> 00:28:20,009 Because I'll say, look, I'm going to ask you a question. 589 00:28:20,009 --> 00:28:21,089 It's not a trick question. 590 00:28:21,089 --> 00:28:23,169 I want you to give me the first thing that comes to your mind. 591 00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:24,689 Because they know the answer. 592 00:28:25,169 --> 00:28:28,609 And I always ask if why did Jesus die on the cross? 593 00:28:29,409 --> 00:28:33,209 And even if they never went to church, I'm telling you, 99.9% of 594 00:28:33,209 --> 00:28:36,129 them will say, well, to pay for our sins or for our sins. 595 00:28:36,529 --> 00:28:39,209 They know that Jesus went to the cross. 596 00:28:39,209 --> 00:28:40,129 He died on the cross. 597 00:28:40,129 --> 00:28:42,289 He died for our sins. 598 00:28:42,529 --> 00:28:43,249 My sin. 599 00:28:43,659 --> 00:28:45,819 Jesus was the substitute for my sin. 600 00:28:46,219 --> 00:28:47,739 He was a substitute for you. 601 00:28:48,139 --> 00:28:49,499 He died in your place. 602 00:28:51,099 --> 00:28:52,579 He became the substitute. 603 00:28:52,579 --> 00:28:56,459 Romans 5:8 says, God commended or he demonstrated his love toward 604 00:28:56,459 --> 00:29:01,019 us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 605 00:29:01,659 --> 00:29:04,139 Our iniquities were nailed to his cross. 606 00:29:04,299 --> 00:29:05,379 Colossians 2:14. 607 00:29:05,379 --> 00:29:08,419 He said, Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was 608 00:29:08,419 --> 00:29:10,799 against us, which was contrary to us. 609 00:29:10,799 --> 00:29:13,559 He took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross. 610 00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:17,399 Listen, the substitutionary death of Christ. 611 00:29:17,639 --> 00:29:23,119 That's a theological term, but it is absolutely a key doctrine in 612 00:29:23,119 --> 00:29:23,639 the Bible. 613 00:29:23,879 --> 00:29:26,359 The substitutionary death of Christ. 614 00:29:26,679 --> 00:29:29,719 He paid your price on the cross. 615 00:29:29,959 --> 00:29:31,799 He died in your place. 616 00:29:31,959 --> 00:29:33,799 He was your substitute. 617 00:29:36,129 --> 00:29:39,649 And if you try to get to heaven any other way, you're slapping 618 00:29:39,649 --> 00:29:43,569 God in the face when he gave His Son to die in your place. 619 00:29:43,569 --> 00:29:45,489 And you're saying, nah, I don't need that. 620 00:29:46,129 --> 00:29:47,489 I'll do it some other way. 621 00:29:48,049 --> 00:29:49,569 I'll get there by baptism. 622 00:29:49,649 --> 00:29:51,009 I'll get there through my prayers. 623 00:29:51,009 --> 00:29:52,489 I'll get there through church membership. 624 00:29:52,489 --> 00:29:54,129 I'll get there by being a good person. 625 00:29:55,169 --> 00:29:57,089 I'll get there by keeping the golden rule. 626 00:29:57,089 --> 00:29:59,409 Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you? 627 00:30:01,249 --> 00:30:02,609 You just slap God in the face. 628 00:30:02,609 --> 00:30:05,929 How would you feel if you gave your child to die in the place of 629 00:30:05,929 --> 00:30:09,789 somebody else and that person, oh, I did this on my own. 630 00:30:14,989 --> 00:30:17,389 It is a message of alienation from God. 631 00:30:18,189 --> 00:30:20,669 It is a message of substitution by God. 632 00:30:21,149 --> 00:30:22,469 But here, listen. 633 00:30:22,469 --> 00:30:23,549 Here's a wonderful thing. 634 00:30:23,789 --> 00:30:26,509 It is a message of reconciliation to God. 635 00:30:27,629 --> 00:30:29,749 It's a message of reconciliation to God. 636 00:30:29,749 --> 00:30:31,189 Isaiah 53, verse 6. 637 00:30:31,189 --> 00:30:32,509 Again, verse 5 and 6. 638 00:30:32,509 --> 00:30:33,029 But as. 639 00:30:33,029 --> 00:30:35,149 But he was wounded for our transgressions. 640 00:30:35,309 --> 00:30:36,989 He was bruised for our iniquities. 641 00:30:37,379 --> 00:30:39,299 The chastisement of our peace was upon him. 642 00:30:39,299 --> 00:30:40,019 And watch this. 643 00:30:40,019 --> 00:30:43,539 And with his stripes we are healed. 644 00:30:43,859 --> 00:30:44,619 We're healed. 645 00:30:44,619 --> 00:30:44,979 Done. 646 00:30:45,379 --> 00:30:46,179 It's finished. 647 00:30:46,179 --> 00:30:48,179 With his stripes we are healed. 648 00:30:48,339 --> 00:30:50,219 I am reconciled back to God. 649 00:30:50,219 --> 00:30:52,819 Now, reconciliation, reconciled is a biblical term. 650 00:30:53,619 --> 00:30:57,899 Romans 5:10 says, for if when we were enemies, we were reconciled 651 00:30:57,899 --> 00:31:03,259 to God by the death of his son, much more being reconciled, 652 00:31:03,259 --> 00:31:05,949 we shall be saved by his life. 653 00:31:06,509 --> 00:31:08,189 In other words, when he died. 654 00:31:08,589 --> 00:31:09,709 Look, two things happen. 655 00:31:09,949 --> 00:31:11,789 Two things happen at the same time. 656 00:31:12,269 --> 00:31:15,469 When he died, we were reconciled. 657 00:31:15,629 --> 00:31:16,589 Let me put it this way. 658 00:31:16,749 --> 00:31:19,389 There are two things that happen when we put our faith in Jesus 659 00:31:19,389 --> 00:31:19,669 Christ. 660 00:31:19,669 --> 00:31:20,229 Two things. 661 00:31:20,229 --> 00:31:24,629 First of all, when we put our faith in the fact that he died, we're 662 00:31:24,629 --> 00:31:26,109 reconciled to Jesus Christ. 663 00:31:27,389 --> 00:31:30,869 When we put our faith in the fact that he rose again, we are being 664 00:31:30,869 --> 00:31:31,869 reconciled. 665 00:31:32,549 --> 00:31:34,189 All this stuff happened at the same time. 666 00:31:34,189 --> 00:31:36,149 Jesus Christ died and he rose again. 667 00:31:37,109 --> 00:31:39,029 We were reconciled by his death. 668 00:31:39,509 --> 00:31:41,029 We were saved by his death. 669 00:31:41,349 --> 00:31:44,709 And we are being continuing to be reconciled by his life. 670 00:31:44,869 --> 00:31:46,069 And he lives. 671 00:31:46,069 --> 00:31:48,069 He rose from the dead and he lives forever. 672 00:31:48,149 --> 00:31:50,629 He's the one who said, behold, I am alive. 673 00:31:50,629 --> 00:31:51,469 I was dead. 674 00:31:51,469 --> 00:31:53,509 But behold, I am alive forevermore. 675 00:31:54,229 --> 00:31:57,149 As long as he lives, we're going to continue to be reconciled 676 00:31:57,149 --> 00:31:57,669 to God. 677 00:31:58,319 --> 00:32:01,279 Now, it's a biblical term, but it's also a financial term. 678 00:32:01,279 --> 00:32:02,959 And it means to balance. 679 00:32:03,439 --> 00:32:04,399 To balance out. 680 00:32:04,399 --> 00:32:06,119 You've heard it, you've used the term yourself. 681 00:32:06,119 --> 00:32:08,799 I got to balance the accounts, so you may call it. 682 00:32:08,799 --> 00:32:10,319 I got to zero the books. 683 00:32:10,559 --> 00:32:11,919 I got to balance the account. 684 00:32:12,239 --> 00:32:17,159 Colossians 1:21 says, and you that were sometime alienated and 685 00:32:17,159 --> 00:32:20,399 enemies, yet now hath he reconciled. 686 00:32:20,959 --> 00:32:22,559 Now hath he reconciled. 687 00:32:22,559 --> 00:32:25,319 Reconcile means there's nothing left when I'm reconciling 688 00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:26,599 the books that there's nothing left. 689 00:32:26,599 --> 00:32:30,679 There's not one penny unaccounted for that's reconciled. 690 00:32:30,679 --> 00:32:32,279 That's zeroing out the books. 691 00:32:33,559 --> 00:32:34,599 Reconciled. 692 00:32:34,759 --> 00:32:38,559 Do you know, when Jesus Christ died on the cross and I placed My 693 00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:39,319 faith in him. 694 00:32:39,319 --> 00:32:45,399 He reconciled me to God and left not one sin unforgiven? 695 00:32:46,599 --> 00:32:47,639 They're all done. 696 00:32:47,639 --> 00:32:48,079 Amen. 697 00:32:48,079 --> 00:32:50,479 Some people believe that, okay, I'm saved up to this point, 698 00:32:50,479 --> 00:32:52,599 and then I got to pay for my sins from here on out. 699 00:32:52,679 --> 00:32:55,189 Listen, Jesus died 2,000 years ago. 700 00:32:55,349 --> 00:32:57,189 I'm not 2,000 years old. 701 00:32:58,869 --> 00:33:02,069 So when he died, all my sins were yet future. 702 00:33:02,789 --> 00:33:05,309 He didn't die until I got saved in 1984. 703 00:33:05,309 --> 00:33:06,629 And the rest is up to me. 704 00:33:07,269 --> 00:33:10,709 How would you like to lay on the table with a disease written 705 00:33:10,709 --> 00:33:11,429 in your body? 706 00:33:11,669 --> 00:33:14,029 And you lay on the table and say, now, Doc, I want you to take 707 00:33:14,029 --> 00:33:15,109 out about 20%. 708 00:33:15,109 --> 00:33:18,809 No, let's say 80% of it, and I'll get the rest of the. 709 00:33:19,999 --> 00:33:22,719 What doctor in his right mind is going to leave you with your body 710 00:33:22,879 --> 00:33:25,519 still riddled with a disease if he has the ability to take it 711 00:33:25,519 --> 00:33:26,079 all out? 712 00:33:27,439 --> 00:33:28,559 Let's make sense here. 713 00:33:28,559 --> 00:33:31,839 God said, the Bible tells us here that as long as Jesus Christ 714 00:33:31,839 --> 00:33:34,719 is living, you're reconciled to God. 715 00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:37,199 Reconciled, balanced out, zero account. 716 00:33:37,599 --> 00:33:39,199 No sin left, unforgiven. 717 00:33:39,199 --> 00:33:40,559 Isn't that an awesome thing? 718 00:33:40,559 --> 00:33:42,479 Isn't that an amazing thing, man? 719 00:33:42,479 --> 00:33:43,359 I'm forgiven. 720 00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:47,079 Now you have to read Romans, chapter 6:2. 721 00:33:47,079 --> 00:33:49,559 Should we abound in sin that grace may abound? 722 00:33:49,559 --> 00:33:50,279 God forbid. 723 00:33:50,439 --> 00:33:52,119 That's not a license to sin. 724 00:33:54,839 --> 00:33:57,479 This is the payment that Christ made for every person when 725 00:33:57,479 --> 00:33:58,439 he hung on the cross. 726 00:33:58,919 --> 00:34:03,159 Second Corinthians 5, verse 18 says, and all things are of God, 727 00:34:03,159 --> 00:34:06,959 who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ. 728 00:34:06,959 --> 00:34:12,019 And then in verse 21, he says, he God hath made him, Jesus, to be 729 00:34:12,019 --> 00:34:17,299 sin for us who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness 730 00:34:18,099 --> 00:34:20,099 of God in him. 731 00:34:21,859 --> 00:34:25,059 To get that payment applied to our account, we must personally accept 732 00:34:25,139 --> 00:34:26,739 Jesus Christ as our Savior. 733 00:34:28,019 --> 00:34:30,899 Hypothetically, I wish it was for real, but it's not. 734 00:34:31,059 --> 00:34:31,939 Never will be. 735 00:34:32,739 --> 00:34:35,379 Brother Kelly is going to put a million dollars in my account. 736 00:34:40,269 --> 00:34:41,069 He loves me enough. 737 00:34:41,069 --> 00:34:41,949 If he had it, he would. 738 00:34:41,949 --> 00:34:42,589 I know that. 739 00:34:44,349 --> 00:34:45,709 But let's just say he did. 740 00:34:46,269 --> 00:34:49,629 And then he came to me and he told me, brother Stone, I love you. 741 00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:54,589 And look, I don't want you to try to pay me back. 742 00:34:55,709 --> 00:34:58,189 I put a million dollars in your account is yours. 743 00:35:01,629 --> 00:35:04,828 And then he walked away and left it in my account. 744 00:35:07,948 --> 00:35:09,308 And I never drew on it. 745 00:35:10,588 --> 00:35:11,228 It's there. 746 00:35:12,108 --> 00:35:12,988 It's for me. 747 00:35:14,188 --> 00:35:15,228 He put it in there. 748 00:35:17,628 --> 00:35:20,108 And I dare say there are probably some in here this morning. 749 00:35:21,308 --> 00:35:26,188 Jesus Christ, he put salvation into your account. 750 00:35:27,308 --> 00:35:27,988 It's there. 751 00:35:27,988 --> 00:35:28,668 It's free. 752 00:35:29,919 --> 00:35:36,719 He paid Everything that needed to be paid he has given you. 753 00:35:37,039 --> 00:35:40,639 He has the ability to reconcile you back to God, to have 754 00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:42,479 zero account with God. 755 00:35:42,639 --> 00:35:46,559 Wouldn't it be an amazing thing to be able to wake up or to 756 00:35:47,199 --> 00:35:49,359 bow down your where's my page? 757 00:35:49,359 --> 00:35:50,479 I can't find a page. 758 00:35:50,879 --> 00:35:52,559 I never can find one on this Bible. 759 00:35:52,559 --> 00:35:54,399 They're all written in okay. 760 00:35:54,399 --> 00:35:56,759 Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing to be able to open. 761 00:35:56,909 --> 00:35:59,869 Open your eyes and have your sin account look like that? 762 00:36:01,149 --> 00:36:04,269 Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing to be able to look at, to know 763 00:36:04,269 --> 00:36:07,469 that this is what your slate looks like before God? 764 00:36:08,269 --> 00:36:09,629 Wouldn't that be an amazing thing? 765 00:36:09,629 --> 00:36:11,149 You know, that can be you this morning. 766 00:36:11,789 --> 00:36:17,869 That can be you if, like me, April 18, 1984, I bowed my head and 767 00:36:17,869 --> 00:36:22,869 my heart to God and I said, God, I am a sinner and I know that 768 00:36:22,869 --> 00:36:24,109 I've sinned against you. 769 00:36:25,409 --> 00:36:27,849 But I know you love me and I don't deserve to go to heaven. 770 00:36:27,849 --> 00:36:31,889 But I know that you loved me enough to send your son to die for 771 00:36:31,889 --> 00:36:32,289 me. 772 00:36:32,609 --> 00:36:36,289 He died in my place and the best way I know how. 773 00:36:36,689 --> 00:36:39,489 I'm asking you, God, please forgive me of my sin. 774 00:36:39,889 --> 00:36:42,609 And I'm receiving Jesus Christ as my Savior. 775 00:36:43,249 --> 00:36:46,489 The Bible says in John 1, verse 11, he came unto his own and 776 00:36:46,489 --> 00:36:49,969 his own received him not, but as many as received him. 777 00:36:50,769 --> 00:36:54,449 To them gave you the power to become the sons of God, even to them 778 00:36:54,449 --> 00:36:56,529 that believe on his name. 779 00:36:57,409 --> 00:36:59,089 Then he says, you must be born again. 780 00:36:59,089 --> 00:36:59,489 How? 781 00:36:59,729 --> 00:37:04,929 Just bow your head and ask God to save you and he will quicken you. 782 00:37:05,329 --> 00:37:10,569 You'll be reborn, regenerated, revived, however you want to use, 783 00:37:10,569 --> 00:37:11,889 whatever term you want to use. 784 00:37:12,289 --> 00:37:13,329 He'll save you. 785 00:37:14,289 --> 00:37:18,529 This is the central theme of the Bible, the primary message of 786 00:37:18,529 --> 00:37:22,809 this church, salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. 787 00:37:23,449 --> 00:37:26,169 The question is, what will you do with this message this morning? 788 00:37:28,009 --> 00:37:28,969 Are you saved? 789 00:37:31,209 --> 00:37:33,769 If you're not saved, I want you to ask yourself this question. 790 00:37:34,089 --> 00:37:35,529 Why am I holding back? 791 00:37:36,169 --> 00:37:38,489 Why am I not doing this? 792 00:37:39,049 --> 00:37:45,119 Why would I not accept this amazing gift that the God of all 793 00:37:45,119 --> 00:37:46,679 creation is offering me? 794 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:54,439 A free, free salvation, reconciliation to God, a new heart, 795 00:37:54,919 --> 00:37:57,719 a new life in Christ Jesus. 796 00:37:58,679 --> 00:38:01,479 The Bible tells us we are accepted one way. 797 00:38:02,119 --> 00:38:07,359 God accepts us in the beloved, in Jesus Christ. 798 00:38:07,359 --> 00:38:08,999 We can only come to God through Jesus. 799 00:38:08,999 --> 00:38:09,599 He said this. 800 00:38:09,599 --> 00:38:12,149 I am the way, truth and the life. 801 00:38:12,389 --> 00:38:15,589 No man comes to the Father but by me. 802 00:38:16,149 --> 00:38:21,109 If you're not saved this morning, I implore you, please just 803 00:38:21,269 --> 00:38:22,149 look, come to me. 804 00:38:22,149 --> 00:38:24,309 Come to somebody and say, I want to get saved this morning. 805 00:38:24,869 --> 00:38:26,548 When the music starts in just a moment. 806 00:38:26,548 --> 00:38:27,989 That'll be what we call an invitation. 807 00:38:27,989 --> 00:38:29,829 I want you to come on down here and just tell me. 808 00:38:29,829 --> 00:38:30,709 I want to get saved. 809 00:38:31,509 --> 00:38:32,509 I'll put you with a lady. 810 00:38:32,509 --> 00:38:34,229 If you're with a lady, I'll put you with a lady. 811 00:38:34,229 --> 00:38:36,869 They'll take a Bible and you guys can pray together. 812 00:38:37,529 --> 00:38:38,049 You can come to me. 813 00:38:38,049 --> 00:38:39,689 I'll put your brother Kelly somebody. 814 00:38:39,689 --> 00:38:43,129 But if you want to get saved, get saved today. 815 00:38:43,849 --> 00:38:46,409 Take advantage of what God is offering you. 816 00:38:46,729 --> 00:38:47,369 Amen. 817 00:38:47,769 --> 00:38:48,429 Let's all stand.