Romans 2:12-16 "Those Who Have Never Heard" - 4/20/2017

well let me just tell you I sure missed getting to meet with with you guys the last couple weeks I've just come back from being overseas in Portugal Ireland Northern Ireland and just preaching up a storm and teaching and and the whole thing so God's doing a great work around the world and we're just a small part of that take one thing that's very interesting to me is wherever I went men came up to me and said they're watching our Bible study so Portugal Ireland Northern Ireland Belfast I mean just wherever I went men on their own initiative man I we watch you every week we love the Bible study so though we're just sitting here they're there men all around the world and even ladies all around the world who are watching what God is doing in this room so to God be the glory for that we've got a killer study today I mean that this is going to be really good and let me just tell you on the front end to next week we need to meet on Tuesday morning and I don't know what you've got going on for Tuesday morning but cancel it okay just cancel it tell your kids to walk to school or whatever that's the way you got there [Music] but we're gonna be here Tuesday morning so we can keep this going and I'm in and out in and out in and out but I really love this and don't want to miss this time with you so let me just begin in a word of Prayer father thank you for this time for us to be able to come together I appreciate it all the more after not meeting the last two weeks I pray for your guidance and direction not only for myself but for all these men as we look together into your word and I pray that you will enrich us edify us greatly bless those who are watching livestream pray this in Christ's name Amen alright let's just dive into this Romans chapter 2 verses 12 through 16 and let me tell you what the title this this message is the title is those who have never heard and the question is always raised what about those people who have never heard how do they stand before God will God grade them on the curve will God judge them in comparison to a moderated standard of morality will God measure them by others in their culture will God is there another way if they're just religious and if they're just sincere can that gain them acceptance with with God and there have been many times that I have witnessed to people and they inevitably want to chase this this rabbit so this is good for us this will help equip us as we talk to people about well what about those who have never heard so this is the signature text and we've got a lot to pull out of this and I want to leave time for us to discuss this and I don't know that we can even get it all in so but I don't want to rush this because I think that this is a very vital subject so let me just read the passage starting in in verse 12 and I'm gonna start reading in verse 11 really just to get a running start at this for there is no partiality with God and you'll notice verse 12 now starts with the word for meaning this explains verse 11 this explains that there is no partiality with God in judgment for all have sinned without the law for all who have sinned without the law verse 12 will Parrish without the law and all who ascend under the law will be judged by the law for it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God but the doers of the law will be justified for when Gentiles who do not have the law do instinctively the things of the law these not having a law or a law to themselves in that they showed the work of the law written in their hearts their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them on the day when according to my gospel God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus so this is a very strong passage on those who have have never heard so what I want to do is lay this out in a little bit different way I want to give you several points I want to give you several headings to walk through this concerning those who have never heard and what I need to do is reach back for just a moment to chapter one and then after we walk through this I'm going to reach forward to a couple other portions of the book of Romans so as we start this I'm not going to tell you how many headings I have or you won't write them down so let me just start go back to chapter 1 verse 18 let's just get a running start and here's the first heading is that all people are under divine wrath that's chapter 1 verse 18 when we say all people we're talking about all people who are unconverted by the gospel all people who are outside of Christ verse 18 for the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all not some not most all ungodliness and unrighteousness unrighteousness of who suppress the truth in unrighteousness this is true of those who have heard the gospel and reject it this is true of those who have never heard the gospel and live their lives without gospel knowledge either way they are already under wrath and you'll note in verse 18 it's the present tense verb for the wrath of God is revealed right now this very moment wherever a person is on the earth they are under divine wrath if they're outside of the Lord Jesus Christ that that's crystal clear there's not another category there's not an another line for some people that they're in second is in verses 19 and 20 in Chapter 1 here all have general revelation of God and are without excuse all have general revelation of God and are without excuse verse 19 and 20 makes this very clear because that which is known about about God is evident within them for God made it evident to them God has revealed himself to every person on planet Earth with general revelation which gives the knowledge that God exists and it tells us in general ways something about what God is like so verse 24 since the creation of the world his invisible attribute and now he spells out these attributes his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly clearly seen being understood through what has been made so that they are without excuse every person on planet earth whether they've heard the gospel or not heard the gospel are directly accountable to God and are without excuse because they know that there is a God any thinking human being can look at creation and know there has to be a creator out of nothing nothing comes if there's anything that presupposes and necessitates that there was an original first cause and the only original first cause can't must be an uncreated entity and that uncreated entity which is the first cause is none other than God himself and the creator's thumb prints are all over what he has made you just look around and you clearly see that God is awesome God is is is powerful God is orderly God is perfect etc etc and we've already talked about this but we need to lay that back down as we walk into chapter 2 verse 12 so number one all men everywhere are under divine wrath because of their sin and we said number two all men everywhere have general revelation of God and are without excuse no one will be able to say on the last day well god I didn't know no God has has revealed himself and his existence to every man so now come to chapter 2 and verse 12 and we'll walk into now there's this new section number three here's the third thing as we as we build this case for those who have never heard all has sinned without the law all who are without the law have sinned in verse 12 is crystal clear for all who have sinned without the law will perish so here's the point those without the law and those who have never heard are not innocent and they are not righteous they are sinners who have rebelled against God and who are in defiance against God they have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and this word sinned is a Greek what comes from a Greek word that means to miss the mark it's the idea of an archer aiming his bow and his arrow at a target and they have dramatically missed the mark they haven't even come close to hitting the mark of God's perfect holiness so that's number three that this is a very important point we must understand that again they're not in a state of innocence and they are not righteous they are unrighteous now number four all who are without the law will perish look at verse twelve again for all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law and that word also is a very is very important because what it indicates is whether you have the law or whether you do not have the law without the gospel you're going to perish and the word perish here refers to eternal destruction eternal punishment eternal damnation so this is a very strong statement it does not say that they will be saved it says they will perish without the law and according to first Corinthians 1:18 they're already perishing right now they are self-destructing by their own life lived without God I meant there like a cheap sweater that's unraveling as they live their life alright number five they instinctively know what to do what is in the moral law of God that's in verse 14 now let me just say this I skipped over verse 13 and I do want to make a comment on verse 13 though it's not a part of our main focus today verse 13 is an explanation of the end of verse 12 at the universe 12 he says all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law and this refers to Jews who at this time have received the moral law of God from God and it has been passed down from generation to generation it has read in the synagogue it is memorized and they are under the law meaning they have the law and are directly accountable to the law and they have sinned and they will be judged by the standard and that is in the law now verse 13 begins with the word four and verse 13 is now an explanation of the end of verse 12 about those who are under the law so he says for it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God but the doers of the law will be justified now this is a very important verse I don't want to make sure we get this let me begin by saying what it does not say and then tell us what it does say or what it does not mean what it does mean what it does not mean verse 13 is that there are people who can keep the law obey the law do the law and they will be justified by God the whole rest of the book of Romans makes that crystal clear that that would be a wrong interpretation of what Paul is saying here and as you remember in verse seven and eight 9 he's already been talking about those who do and who are doers who do good etc so even in the context verse 13 is talking about those who keep the law but they are not justified by keeping law so what is verse 13 saying it is saying that if you are more than a hearer of the word of the law but you are a repenter and a believer in Jesus Christ who is presented in the gospel you will immediately begin to live in obedience to the law of God that that that is crystal clear from verse 4 from verse 13 so he is saying just because you have the law doesn't mean that you're right with God you've got to be a doer of the law to prove that you are right with God and this really goes back to chapter 1 and verse 5 and it would be worth our just turning back for one second Paul has already established this truth at the very outset of the book of Romans and in Romans 1 verse 5 he he talks about the obedience of faith and what that means is the obedience that comes from faith the obedience that is produced by faith all true faith is an obedient faith there's no such thing as faith that is disobedient all true saving faith produces obedience in James chapter 1 James chapter 2 is abundantly clear a blind man could see it a deaf person could hear it it is crystal clear so obedience is a very important truth faith is the route obedience is the fruit I mean it's just a cause and effect it's a direct cause and effect and if you don't get that you you miss a lot of proper understanding of Scripture so even Jesus in Matthew 7:21 says not everyone who says to me Lord Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven but he who does the will of my father hello so verse 13 is addressing those who have repented of their sins and have true genuine saving faith in Jesus Christ as presented in the gospel they are known as doers of the law and they alone are justified by God those who do not do the law are unconverted they are religious but lost and we would say today they're just lost church members unconverted religious people who have a form of godliness but denies air of so that's what verse 13 is saying and it is a firt it is a follow up explanation of the end of verse 12 those who have sinned under the law and who are judged not saved judged by the law so that's a that's a parenthesis so if you got a ballpoint pen you just put a parenthesis around the second half of verse 12 and all of verse 13 so when we come to verse 14 we come back to his original argument which is the first part of verse 12 we go back now to talking about those who are without the law those who have not received special revelation those who have never heard the gospel so this now brings us to verse 14 and the fifth proposition that I want to set with for you is that those without the law instinctively know to do what is in the law that's an important point and we'll address it here in just a second the reason is God has written it upon their heart now just pause and meditate on that the invisible finger of God has written upon the tablet of every human heart his law now it is a limited knowledge of the law and it is not enough to be saved it is enough to condemn now this is what we call Chris big boy football this is this is big boy football here so verse 14 for when the Gentiles who do not have the law do instinctively the things of the law these not having the law or a law to themselves God has written it upon the tablet of their heart and therefore they are held accountable to God for the choices that they make and as we'll see in a second not just for the choices that the deeds but for their very thoughts for the very conscience for the very secrets within them they are held accountable before God so verse 14 shows that they are accountable to God for the law that is within them so they're there they're not off the hook that they're not in no-man's land they are not without accountability to God now let me just give you a footnote here those who have the law have a stricter accountability to God because they have greater light and those without the law but have only the law written upon their heart is a lesser accountability but nevertheless it is an accountability so it would be better to have never heard the truth than to hear the truth and reject it that that is the point now let's continue to walk verse fifteen as we come to verse fifteen number six God has written the same law upon their hearts verse fifteen in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts now how is it written in their hearts well there is only one who can write it in their hearts and it is their creator it is their maker as they are made as a part of being made in the image of God that you have the law written in the heart and what this means is you they instinctively and intuitively know the difference between right and wrong now this is not referring to the ceremonial law and the civil law and and all of that it's referring to the moral law of God containing the Ten Commandments they instinctively know they should honor their parents they instinctively know they should not steal they instinctively know they should tell the truth they instinctively know that they should love other people and show compassion to other people they instinctively know that and God has written it upon their hearts now let's continue to walk through this number seven is in verse 15 they have a conscience that bears witness to them of right and wrong every human being on planet Earth has a conscience and a conscience is that which instinctively tells you when you have crossed the line and violated the law or it tells you when you have kept the law your conscience is like a smoke alarm that goes off in the middle of the night that wakes you up and alerts you when something's wrong your conscience is like feeling pain in your body when you have broken your ankle you need to know that you don't need to keep walking around on your ankle you need to know that you have broken something and pain is your friend because it tells you that something is broken that is what the conscience does and your conscience may be clean your conscience may be guilty your conscience may be weak your conscience may be strong it just depends upon how many stop signs have you been running as the law of God is telling you stop this stop this stop this and there comes a point where that conscience becomes seared as with a hot iron and it no longer feels what it once felt and now there's no brakes in the car and there's now no moral restraint and you just blow down the highway of sin that that is a seared conscience but as you humble yourself and keep the law that strengthens the conscience and you become more sensitive to even little things and and I have people who will call me after I've had a conversation with them and say would you please forgive me I shouldn't have said whatever whatever and I'm not even aware anything wrong took place and I have to assure them hey there was no problem I did I didn't even take it that way it's because their conscience is so sensitive because they've been walking in the truth and walking with the Lord other people it would take a sledgehammer across the forehead for them to even ponder the thought that this might be blasphemous because they have worn the brakes off their car because they have just been plowing through their conscience until they have no conscience now and now they just come out of the closet now they don't hide it anymore yet now they just tell everybody yeah I've been doing whatever whatever whatever where earlier they had enough moral restraint to hide it now there's no longer that that they just flaunt it now so we're in verse 15 in that they show the work of the law and the work of the law is really what the law requires written in their hearts their conscience please note this bearing witness their conscience is giving a clear and strong signal it is giving a strong testimony regarding what is right and what is wrong now number eight and we're talking about those who are without the law their thoughts in verse 15 their thoughts are accusing them of their sin so look at verse 15 their thoughts at the end of verse 15 alternately accusing or else defending them and it's not either/or it's both an but how much sin does it require for someone to be under the divine wrath of God one just one let alone a mountain of sin so their thoughts and the thoughts here are connected to their conscience their conscience is bearing witness of their thoughts accusing them and the idea there is bringing conviction and pressing down and you feel a sense of guilt Hey guilt is a good thing it's not a bad thing it's a good thing guilt is telling you how you need to get right something is wrong now there is a false guilt but there's also a true guilt and guilt is a haunting thing and you know that you have violated your conscience and your conscience is connected to the law of God written upon your heart so this person with without the law this person who has never heard special revelation their conscience is accusing them before God and it says there else defending them and yes ever so often they help old ladies across the street I mean every so often they fold the laundry for their mother I mean every so often they do some right things but they're also doing that which their heart the law written in their heart forbids so let's keep going here verse verse 16 we come to verse 16 number nine all without the law will stand at the last day before God in verse 16 it says on the day when according to my gospel God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus there will not be a reprieve there will not be a settling out of court there will be their day in court on that day he calls it on the day and we know what that day is because in verse 5 if you look up ahead he talked about the day and the day is so dramatic and graphic that he only needs to refer to it as the day so in verse 5 because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God so those who have never heard those without the law will be there on that last day number 11 they will be judged on that last day it's not just that they will appear but they will be weighed in the balances by God against the standard of the law written on their heart they have the law written on their heart and they will be measured against the law written upon their heart they will be judged please note not saved but judged now number 12 is it number 12 next number 11 okay number 11 thank you they will be judged by the gospel note verse 16 on the day when according to my gospel God will judge there will not be a different standard and the gospel includes the message of condemnation the good news includes bad news there is no good news if there's not bad news and the bad news of the gospel is found in the section that we're in chapter 1 verse 18 all the way to chapter 3 verse 20 chapter 1 verse 18 all the way to chapter 3 verse 20 this is the foundation for the gospel it's the bad news of condemnation upon which the good news of salvation will be built but there inseparably bound together that they are connected together you've got to be saved from something you're not just saved unto something but you're also safe from something and you're saved from the wrath of God in condemnation and so verse 16 says that on that last day they will be judged according to my gospel or the gospel and so this is important the judgment again it will not be by their own morality as compared to other people they will not be judged on the curve they will not be judged to see if they done more good than bad you know they'll be judged by the gospel and the gospel man's that all men everywhere repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ now I've got a couple more here number 12 those without the law will be judged by God and I've already basically said that and alluded to that but in the middle of verse 16 it couldn't be any more clear it just says God will judge you see that on the day when according to my gospel God will judge so doesn't say they'll be saved it doesn't say they'll be pardoned it says they will be judged so those without the law will still be judged by God in accordance to the law written upon their heart but it goes deeper number 13 those without the law will have all their secrets judged verse 16 God will judge the secrets of men so it's not just their deeds but it's their secret thoughts as verse 15 talked about their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them so what will be on trial goes deeper than just their actions that violate the law of God written on their heart it goes deeper than just their actions it's their attitudes it is their motives it is their hidden thoughts it is their selfish ambitions it is revenge it is anger it is hatred I mean all of that will come out into the open before God on the last day and the evidence will be overwhelming for those who are without the law now let's just keep keep pressing here at the end of verse 16 those without the law we'll be judged through Christ Jesus that's how verse 16 concludes through Christ Jesus and the idea is that or the truth is that God has given all judgment to his son and it is before the son of God that every person without Christ will stand and John 5 verse 22 it says that that God has appointed all judgment to his son in Revelation 20 the great white throne judgment him who sat upon that throne heaven and earth fled away and there was no place found for them and the books are opened in the book of life was open and their deeds were judged according to what they have done it will be before Jesus Christ himself that all without the law will stand now I've got just a couple more as we continue through the book of Romans number number 15 as we come to verse 3 verse 9 vs. 3 verse 9 is really the summation of this entire section all are under sin and verse 9 he says for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin and the Greeks here are those without the law they are under sin and therefore they are they are under the curse of the law which is death in Romans 6:23 says for the wages of sin is death that is the curse of the law now let me give you two more and then we're gonna open this up for discussion and thanks for tracking with me this is a lot to take in alright number number what is it number 16 mm-hmm come to chapter 5 and verse 12 all mankind has Adams original sin imputed to them Romans five verse 12 for just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin and so death spread to all men because all sinned when Adam sinned his original sin was charged to the account of every person who would ever be conceived in the womb of a woman and this is why there are miscarriages that is why there is death even in the womb because the moment of conception oh really 6000 plus years ago Adam's sin was charged to every person who would ever be conceived in the mother's womb and if that sin was not imputed to that child in the mother's womb at the moment of conception that child would never die the mere fact that there is death in the womb bears testimony that Adam's sin has already been imputed to that person in the womb or there could never be death in the womb so the rest of Rome is five and I'm not going to walk us through the whole thing but it is so crystal clear that by Adams one act of disobedience the many were made sinners that includes not only those who are under the law but also those who are without the law so they to enter into this world already with Adam's sin charged against them and already in a state of death so therefore the final point in chapter 10 and verse 14 and then we'll wrap this up chapter 10 beginning in verse 14 all who are without the law are in desperate need to have the gospel brought to them so in chapter 10 beginning in verse 14 how will they call on him in whom they have not believed that's a rhetorical question the answer is they cannot they cannot call upon him in whom they have not believed and how will they believe in him whom they have not heard you can't believe in that which you have not heard and how will they hear without a preacher and the answer is they can't hear unless someone tells them whether it is one who holds the office of pastor preacher or whether it's a parent or a businessman bearing witness and preaching the gospel one-on-one whatever it is no one can be saved without hearing the gospel then verse 15 how will they preach unless they are sent just as it is written how beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things verse 17 so faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ so this is why we must be so resolutely committed to the cause of World Missions and global evangelization and one-on-one witnessing and you don't have to go to the outside of the world to meet I've never heard the truth you can just walk across the street and and meet people who have never heard the truth and many of them are in churches where they never hear the truth it's just show time it's just entertainment or it's just dead ritual and routine or whatever it is anything in between yeah I mean you don't have to go to Africa or China or India to find people who have never heard the truth they live right here in Dallas Texas the pure simple saving gospel message so what this is talking about is the vast majority of people on planet earth this is not a little pocket of people this is not a little called a sack of people on a peninsula sticking out from some continent on the other side a little island someplace we're talking about billions of people who are exactly being addressed in these verses who are without the law and who have never heard the saving gospel of Jesus Christ nevertheless they have the law written upon their heart and their heart is accusing them that they have sinned and fallen short of this standard and they will stand at the judgment before God on the last day and all of their secrets their thoughts their their ambitions their lusts their motives will all come out as well as the entire record of their deeds and it will be Jesus Christ before whom they will stand and they will have no defense whatsoever to give and their only hope they will have already passed the point of any hope at that moment the only hope they would have is in this world now and for us to take the gospel to them now but they're not just on the other side of the earth they're in your zip code they're in your office they're in your family they're in your neighborhood who still think you have to work your way to heaven still think they have to say Hail Marys to get to heaven still think that they have to go to church a certain number of times and do good to certain people in order to meet a standard in which they will find acceptance with God still on the treadmill of self-righteousness and who have no concept of the saving grace of God so this passage is really a it's a sobering passage so let me bring this to a close let me let me open it up for thoughts feedback questions insight you knew I was going to ask you this he wants to hop in I've always thought that ever picked up kalbi birthday yeah everybody that's just Chris Cobb everybody has to hear the news the good news and when everybody does that one time go calm that's not that that's kind of just the misconception everybody doesn't know the good news yeah well they don't know the good news they know the law that's right well if you have bad faith to the law to be saved right that's have the gospel faith in the gospel to be safe right the law is knowledge to condemn but the law is knowledge that should point us to the need for a savior who's Jesus Christ so that's the deal and then but the law is is is a tutor it takes one by the hand and leads them to Christ but it is only Christ who can say the law can only condemn the law cannot save he was guilty conscience was Kilinochchi was killed the only way to turn the conscience off and there he is in prison he's like I can't live with myself young guy conscience was just accusing him and accusing him think of Jesus that's what Jesus did Jews did the same thing he went out among himself yeah I mean it only made it worse then you in one second or in the flames of hell yeah and you live with it through all eternity I mean a conscience I mean what you were saying about the conscience is that that that alone that God would put that in us that that's it without the conscience we got no we got no idea looking out and see the beautiful trees or the clouds or the rain or you know I was rude to that person or cut the person off and that's all you know yeah the the conscience is an ally to help us as we witness it's huge it's huge or constant positive to huge it is but there are people who have so violated their conscience that it's like seared is with hot iron when it's when something is seared you don't feel it anymore you hit a point of and it's in the wrong I just keep doing this then you rationalize it I mean yeah but we see a lot but but where you people that claim Christ and they're living together and they just keep living together but they're going to church and they climb across but your conscience they're just searing they know it's wrong they know it's wrong of course I did and you've seen it where they think they rationalize that everybody's doing it you know it's a society say it's okay the heart God knows that you placed it in and it's wrong you know how hard it may be or must be yeah we you don't know what to do with the guilt and the accusation within your own breast you don't know what to do with it you keep trying to sear it or you kill yourself for it yeah sin will make you stupid I mean they'll just make the lead you to make more bad decisions yeah somebody else thumbs up thumbs down I got a thumbs up there all right mark you you've always got some great inside force you said at the very beginning you alluded to it that you'll get to this passage somebody will eventually take you down the trail what about the person who's never heard how can God hold that person responsible that's not fair you know the whole the argument yeah and you're and the person is basically doesn't understand that when Adam fell he was a federal representative that they fell and at the same time they are accusing or impugning the character of God and what this passage does is you step back the Lord has you said when he created man in His image in Genesis 1:26 he put his fingerprint on us and his conscience and our conscience and and over and as you were going through this systematically the Lord is fair the Lord is just he is righteous and he is good more than fair yeah that's what personal Lemon was saying there he is it he is there is no partiality with God in this it's it's a just yeah because the argument from the unsaved well I don't believe in that God that's not fair well we've all heard the arguments but but it's a lack of understanding you know you use a general revelation it's it's Psalm 19 the heavens are declaring the glory of God yea the Lord has put it on full display and so that the presupposition is all men should go to heaven when the reality is all men should go to hell yeah and then you get to Romans 10:17 and the sovereignty of God because all of us were saved because he opened our heart yeah in the ministry of the holy spirit he created a new heart he we heard the word and he allowed us to respond in faith yeah so instead of being unfair he is so gracious and merciful is His grace is triumph over his judgment because it'll say man in Romans five yeah and so that's salvation now we lost an Adam is now through Christ is bringing up that relationship back through sanctification and salvation a nurse hopefully our consciousness are becoming more christ-like we're learning more and we're coming full circle back to the truth that we lost in sin right yeah we gain more in Christ than we ever lost in Adam yeah there are three amputations just footnote the first imputation was Adam's sin to the entire human race and someone may say well that's not fair well first of all if you were there you'd make the same decision second of all the other two imputations are positive and they're not fair either so before you say that's not fair you need to hear about the other two imputations the other two imputations are all the people who would ever believe upon christ their sins have been imputed to Christ at the cross that wasn't fair him who knew no sin God made to be sin for us then the third imputation is the perfect righteousness of Christ is imputed to all those who believe in Christ and that's sure not fair either but it's by the mercy and grace of God so those are the three imputations and that really succinctly summarizes the big picture of salvation and and when we get to Roman's 5 that's the case that Paul will make by the disobedience of the one the many were made sinners by the obedience of the one the many were made righteous and so that's the great exchange change in salvation Adam's sin imputed to me my sin imputed to Christ Christ's righteousness imputed to me you got to follow the bouncing ball on that but that's that's salvation and and and so even the one who's never heard Adam's sin has already been imputed to them they would never die if that were not the case and they commit sin against the law written upon their own heart otherwise they would never die they would just live forever but death is entered into the world through Adams one sin because of the Solidarity of the entire human race in Adam it's like a football team one man jumps offside the whole team is penalized everybody moves back five yards the one man but the good news is one man scored a touchdown another man slam dunked it in the endzone and we share his victory in triumph and we're high five and we didn't do a thing I mean we were just standing out as a wide receiver just standing out there yeah I mean we didn't do anything but his victory is now our victory Adams defeat our defeat the Christ victory our victory that's the good news of the gospel and we gained far more in Christ than we ever lost in Adam so anyone else before we wrap this up I've got four more minutes here this is awesome yeah yeah you know unfair that is so true you want mercy you want grace you don't want justice justice will damn you grace will save you yeah well someone else Alan what have you got for us when Mark was saying you have heard all the arguments and we need to speak up if you preach the Word of God it is a reason for you to know it know it well and transmit it to people because the reason why they don't know is because most of the times preachers are silent we have been somehow convinced that you know we should keep silent we talk to our congregation we talk to those who come but we go out we don't say a word we're just another guy and and that's not the way it works would you set it you know you find people across the street and have never heard the news yeah it is Georgia you know it yes because they've heard of Jesus Christ doesn't mean that they've heard the gospel I mean listen I've been around plenty of people lately saying Jesus Christ but it was cussing swearing it wasn't the plan of salvation yep yep so you need to speak up you need to say it something yeah I mean it's Auto responsibility and there's no way around it and I also think there's a hesitancy on our part to even speak of the word judgment condemnation which is just like right there and that's a part of what we must say to people so that they will treasure the good news of salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ well guys we've all got to talk this up and we got to tell people about Christ build bridges and and sometimes it takes time to build those bridges and at other times it's just a passing opportunity and but we've got to take advantage of those opportunities yeah you know God work in their hearts absolutely that's not our job that's a great point Chris we just sow the seed I mean they didn't take a whole lot of ability yeah I mean God even cultivates the soil and tills the soil and germinates the seed and brings forth life according to his purposes we just leave that with him we're to be faithful not successful well guys we got to carry this out I mean this should be a strong motivation to every one of us to capture opportunities to witness for Christ tell others about Christ to support God's work around the world and we're gonna meet next Tuesday okay next Tuesday morning because this thing doesn't slow down this thing just keeps picking up speed and pace and so we'll be in verse 17 next Tuesday morning for those of you watching on our live stream thanks for joining us it's really like you're in the room here with us and next Tuesday morning 7 o'clock Central Standard Time we want you to join with us and be a part so let me just close in a word of Prayer father thank you that you have revealed the truth to us thank you that we have heard the gospel of grace you have shown favor and mercy and grace to us we don't deserve it we praise you that you opened our eyes and opened our ears and opened our heart and caused us to be born again and we praise you and we're now debtors of your grace so use us in this room and those who are watching with us to to reach others around us with the message of your saving grace we pray this in Jesus name Amen alright man great study man I've missed this it is so good to be with you again I just love this

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Published: Thu Sep 07 2017