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00:03 to you by the friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry. 00:14 Doug Batchelor: My friends that believe once saved, 00:15 always saved, they say, "So, once I am saved, 00:17 it doesn't matter what I do. 00:19 I could, you know, turn from the Lord and go back to the world, 00:21 and sin like the devil, but God's promised I am saved." 00:25 So, there's millions of people out there that have 00:28 this false security. 00:31 It is deadly. 00:36 Doug: Typically, you come to church, 00:38 and you hear the pastor talk about how the lost can be saved, 00:43 how the lost can be saved. 00:44 It's a wonderful message in the Bible, 00:47 and I think everyone here knows that but in case you don't 00:49 and you're lost, I want you to know you can be saved. 00:54 "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save 00:57 that which is lost." 00:58 Jesus comes to save the lost. 01:00 John 3:17, "God did not send His Son into the world to condemn 01:04 the world, but through Him the world might be saved." 01:09 1 Timothy 1:15, "This is a faithful saying and worthy of 01:12 all acceptance that Jesus Christ came into the world," 01:15 for what reason? 01:17 "To save sinners." 01:19 Jesus comes to save the lost. 01:20 But our message isn't today that Jesus can save the lost. 01:25 That's part of the message. 01:27 The question we want to address today is, 01:29 Can saved be lost? 01:32 That's a very important question because whether you know it 01:35 or not, there are a lot of dangerous doctrines that are out 01:40 in the world. 01:42 Among Protestants, about 30% of Protestants believe 01:45 in predestination. 01:48 They actually believe in the-- it's, you know, 01:52 Calvinist or Reformed theology. 01:54 You've heard the expression, "Once saved, always saved." 01:58 Now, that's really a package of different beliefs. 02:00 And don't misunderstand, Calvin was a great reformer. 02:04 He was a tremendous theologian. 02:06 He wrote the book "Institutes of the Christian Religion" 02:09 when he was in his 20's. 02:10 He had an incredible mind, and he contributed a great deal. 02:13 But some things, they were coming out of such darkness 02:16 I believe that he misunderstood, that can be dangerous. 02:20 The idea that once you're saved, you can't be lost is, 02:25 I think, a dangerous belief. 02:27 Another part of that is the idea that Jesus's death on the cross 02:31 wasn't to save everybody, but he only shed enough blood 02:34 and only suffered enough for those he knew would be saved, 02:37 better known as the elect. 02:40 And then, the third, which I find the most egregious of all, 02:44 is the idea that God has predetermined who he's gonna 02:49 save and there are others that he has deemed he created 02:52 to be lost, and nobody really has any choice. 02:57 It's all only based on God's choice. 03:00 So, this fatalistic idea, it's almost like Hinduism 03:04 that's just, you know, "you are what you are, 03:06 you can't change your circumstances, 03:07 or you don't have a choice," I believe flies in the face 03:10 of what the Bible says when Joshua said, 03:13 'Choose ye this day who you will serve." 03:15 We very much do have a choice and we very much 03:18 do have responsibility. 03:20 And the choices we make every day do lend themselves 03:23 towards our ultimate destiny. 03:26 So, for any who might be fuzzy on the subject, 03:29 let's just make it clear what the Bible teaches. 03:35 And so, I've just got to the heart of the question, 03:37 can the saved be lost? 03:39 And there's other things we're gonna talk about in the process. 03:42 Now, you might think, well, as long as you're sincere, 03:44 it doesn't matter what you believe. 03:47 Wrong. 03:49 The Bible tells us Matthew 7:21, "Not everyone that says to me, 03:53 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, 03:56 but he that does the will of my Father in heaven." 03:59 Now, my friends that believe once saved, 04:00 always saved, they sort of believe that once you're saved, 04:03 you get a new heart. 04:05 You're born again. 04:06 God said, "You know, I will never lose any that come to me." 04:08 And there's some key verses they have, 04:10 I don't want to undermine there are some verses that not 04:13 rightly placed or in the wrong context, it can confuse you. 04:18 They say, "So once I am saved, it doesn't matter what I do. 04:20 I could, you know, turn from the Lord and go back to the world 04:23 and the sin like the devil, but God's promised I am saved 04:26 and I'm gonna be there." 04:28 And Pastor Ross and I hear it all the time when people call 04:30 in with Bible questions. 04:31 They say, "Well, I was saved back when I was nine years old. 04:35 I gave my heart to the Lord." 04:36 They say, "I haven't been walking with the Lord 04:38 for 20 years now, and I've got this drinking problem. 04:40 And I'm having an affair, and I want to know--" 04:43 And we're going, "Brother, you are not saved." 04:44 "Oh, I was saved. I was saved." 04:47 We're going, "No, you're not. 04:49 'Cause Jesus said, you'll know them by their fruit. 04:52 So, there's millions of people out there that have this 04:55 false security that is deadly. 04:59 That's as bad as having a defibrillator 05:01 with a dead battery. 05:04 You know what I mean? 05:05 Clear. 05:06 Wait, nothing's happening. 05:08 Wouldn't that be a bad time to find out there's no power? 05:12 And so, this is what's gonna happen. 05:14 "Many will say to me in that day," 05:16 what day's he talking about?" 05:18 The day of the Lord, the great judgment day. 05:19 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, 05:22 and cast out devils in your name, 05:24 and done many wonderful works in your name?' 05:26 And I'll declare to them, 'I never knew you 05:29 depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.'" 05:34 So, it doesn't matter what a profession is if a person's 05:37 practicing lawlessness, then are they really converted? 05:42 Is the question. 05:44 Well, I want to first do this in sequence. 05:46 Let's address the big question that I started with, did Jesus, 05:49 in his sacrifice, only die for the elect, 05:54 a certain group, or did he die for everybody? 05:58 2 Corinthians 5:15, "And he died for all, 06:04 that those who live should no longer live for themselves, 06:07 but for him who died for them." 06:09 John 1:29, "The next day John the Baptist saw Jesus coming 06:13 and he said, "Behold, the Lamb of God 06:14 that takes away the sin of the elect." 06:17 Is that what he said? 06:19 The sin of who? The whole world. 06:22 First John 2:2, "And he himself is the appropriation 06:25 for our sins, and not ours only but for the whole world." 06:30 I mean, if God wants to say the whole world, 06:32 if that was inadequate, what other words would he use? 06:35 The whole, whole world. 06:37 What else could he say? 06:38 He's trying to make it clear for everybody. 06:40 He's not talking about this planet and the dirt. 06:42 He's talking about the people. 06:44 So now, is salvation available to everybody? 06:47 That's the other question. 06:49 They say, "No, he didn't die for all. 06:50 It's just available for the elect." 06:53 Romans 5:18, "Therefore, as through one man's offense, 06:58 judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, 07:01 even so through one man's righteousness, 07:04 at one man's righteous act, Jesus's sacrifice, the free gift 07:09 came to all men, resulting in justification of life." 07:13 Romans 10:12, "For there is no distinction between Jew 07:17 and Greek, for the same Lord is over all is rich 07:21 to all who call upon Him. 07:24 For whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." 07:27 Is that clear? 07:28 Anybody who calls on the name of the Lord. 07:30 Now, some Calvinists will take that verse, 07:33 all you gotta do is call on the name of the Lord 07:35 and you're saved. 07:36 So, you pray, you call on the Lord, 07:39 you're saved and then go on and live the way you want. 07:41 That's not what that verse is saying. 07:42 Calling on the Lord means those who have a life 07:44 of calling upon God. 07:47 And so, it's an ongoing behavior. 07:50 1 Timothy 2, verse 3 and 4, "For this is good and acceptable in 07:54 the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved." 08:00 It's not just a few elect that are gonna be saved. 08:02 He doesn't want anyone to be lost. 08:04 So, this idea that God said, "Well, you know, I've gotta-- 08:08 I've gotta make some sinners out there." 08:10 Or I've heard people say, "Well, you know, Jesus said, 08:13 I'm saving the the apostles, except for Judas, 08:16 'cause somebody had to be the fall guy, 08:19 that the prophecies might be fulfilled." 08:21 So, Judas had no choice. 08:23 No, Jesus-- God knew he would do it, 08:25 but he did it because of his choice. 08:29 Or you read the verse where it says, 08:31 "And God hardened Pharaoh's heart." 08:33 So, God is looking down from heaven he's going, 08:35 "Let me see, who will I save? 08:37 Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, you can be the Pharaoh, 08:40 I'm gonna harden your heart. 08:41 No matter what happens, you are not gonna repent 08:43 because I'm not giving you the capacity to repent. 08:45 You're just gonna be lost because it makes for good story 08:50 so Pharaoh, you're lost, so I'm hardening your heart." 08:53 Keep reading, you gotta compare Scripture with Scripture. 08:55 You'll find it says many more times, 08:57 "Pharaoh hardened his heart." 09:01 See, it's the way that God hardened Pharaoh's heart 09:04 it's simply saying that the circumstances that God sent, 09:07 because Pharaoh was proud, it hardened him. 09:11 It's like someone said one time, "The sun can shine on wax, 09:16 and it will melt it. 09:17 The sun can shine on clay and it will harden it." 09:20 It's the same sun, it's shining on different substance. 09:26 So, if a person has a proud heart, 09:28 the circumstances that might humble one king like David or 09:32 Manasseh, they humbled themself, when the circumstances came, 09:35 will harden somebody like the pharaoh. 09:39 And so, it really is, what is the substance? 09:42 Does that make sense? 09:44 John 3:16, Who knows that on? 09:47 "That whosoever believes in Him might not perish, 09:51 but have everlasting life." 09:53 Go to 2 Peter 3:9, "The Lord is not slack concerning 09:56 His promise, as some men count slackness." 09:59 Talking about, why is it taking them so long to come back? 10:01 So, he hasn't forgotten his promise. 10:02 "But he's longsuffering toward us, 10:05 not willing that any should perish." 10:08 And so, yeah, there's a battle between good and evil. 10:11 It is not God's will that innocent people suffer. 10:15 It's not God's will that the devil rebelled. 10:17 None of the evil is God's will. 10:20 If you want to know God's will, you look in Genesis, 10:22 chapter 1 and 2, and you see a perfect paradise 10:25 with creatures made in his image, completely happy. 10:29 They're living in bliss, everything is good, 10:31 good, very good. 10:32 That's God's will. 10:34 When the devil came in and he brought the sin, 10:35 that's not his will. 10:37 He doesn't want you to perish, which is why he sent Jesus 10:39 so you have an option. 10:42 But he can't force love and he can't change your heart. 10:45 That's something we must do. 10:47 That leads us to the big question, 10:50 once saved, always saved? 10:51 Once a person is saved, can they then be lost? 10:55 Now, I'll tell you why this doctrine developed, 11:00 and there are two extremes. 11:03 Who wants an experience where you come to Jesus to be saved, 11:07 but you just never feel you're good enough. 11:09 And every time you think a bad thought, 11:10 or do a wrong thing, you say, "Now I'm lost. 11:12 I'm sorry, Lord. 11:13 Now, I'm saved. 11:15 Oh, but what if I do something wrong, now I'm lost. 11:16 Now I'm saved, now--" Repent, confess, 11:18 repent, confess, sin, repent, committed sin, 11:20 and you're going back and forth and it's like, 11:22 you can go crazy like that. 11:24 You have no assurance. 11:27 So, theologians who said, "Does God want us to always be living, 11:31 and wondering, and hoping, that we might be saved 11:34 and always in doubt." 11:36 You're miserable 'cause you're just always wondering, 11:38 "Did I do something wrong?" 11:39 And there's no peace, there's no assurance. 11:41 And they said that that can't be the answer so it must be 11:44 that once you are saved, you can't be lost. 11:46 That's the only way you would have that assurance 11:48 and that security. 11:51 They call it eternal security, is one of the names 11:53 for once saved, always saved. 11:56 Well, that's the extreme solution. 11:59 That's also the other problem, the idea, 12:01 "Okay, I'm saved now, I can do whatever I want." 12:05 Doug: Don't go anywhere, friends, in just a moment, 12:07 we're going to return for the rest of today's presentation. 12:10 You know, the power of choice is an amazing gift from God, 12:14 but when a person is saved, do they choose God 12:17 or does he choose them? 12:19 And once a person is saved, do they still have the freedom 12:23 to reverse that decision? 12:25 Well, this is probably one of the most deeply discussed 12:28 concepts in the Bible. 12:30 But if we're confused about what really constitutes 12:33 true salvation, well, that could be the most expensive mistake 12:37 we ever make. 12:38 Fortunately, you don't have to be confused about the good news. 12:42 Amazing Facts would like to send you a special gift called, 12:45 "Can a saved man choose to be lost?" 12:49 This is a short but very insightful book 12:51 for anyone who has questions about the once saved, 12:54 always saved teaching that's now exploding through 12:57 the Christian church. 12:58 It'll help you to find clarity and lasting meaning for 13:01 your life, while inspiring you with the goodness 13:04 and the fairness of God's kingdom. 13:06 So, don't wait, friend. 13:07 To get your free copy, call the number on the screen and ask 13:10 for offer number 112, or visit the web address. 13:14 And after you read this incredible resource, 13:16 make sure and share it with a friend. 13:18 Well, let's return to today's presentation and learn 13:20 some more amazing facts from the Word of God. 13:25 Doug: "No matter what I do, I have peace, I'm saved, 13:28 but don't you dare tell me otherwise 13:30 'cause you're gonna shake me. 13:31 You're gonna take away my peace and my security." 13:33 And so, that's the other extreme. 13:36 Now, you know, I have a lot of Baptist friends believe 13:38 in eternal security, and they're very godly people. 13:40 They don't try to exploit it, but I've also preached 13:44 in some Baptist churches where people said, 13:45 "You better not go along with a sermon 'cause 13:47 the football game starts at 12." 13:50 And so, you know, you and I saw them gathering outside 13:54 and smoking right after church, and then go home 13:56 and drink beer and watch football. 13:58 And they say, "Yeah, I was saved at 12 years old, 14:00 I gave my heart to the Lord." 14:02 But they're not living for God. 14:04 And so, you've got these two extremes of people 14:06 that are constantly in fear. 14:09 They're always looking at their works. 14:11 And you got the other group that they're they say, 14:14 "Once I was saved and I'm saved by faith, 14:15 it doesn't matter what I do." 14:18 Now, I want to make it clear, we are saved entirely 14:20 by grace through faith. 14:21 We are not saved by works, but that is not a license 14:24 to live a life of sin. 14:26 So, I'm just gonna tell you straight up, yes, 14:28 if you are not continuing to daily walk in the Lord, 14:31 you can lose that assurance and you can lose eternal life. 14:36 Let me give you some verses. 14:38 Galatians 5, verse 4, "You have become estranged from Christ, 14:43 you who attempt to be justified by the law; 14:45 you have fallen from grace." 14:47 Now, no matter what you think about grace and the law there, 14:49 Paul says grace-- these are people, 14:51 he's writing to the church in Galatians. 14:53 You can fall from it. 14:54 Now if you've fallen from grace, are you saved? 14:56 If you're only saved by grace and you've fallen from grace, 14:58 are you still saved? 14:59 No. 15:01 So, Paul said it. 15:02 Mark 13:13 Jesus said, "He that endures 15:05 to the end will be saved." 15:10 So, when do you finally know? 15:12 At the end. 15:13 You've got to continue enduring. 15:15 Now, that doesn't mean you can't have peace that you're saved. 15:19 And I'll explain that because the word "saved" 15:21 is used different ways. 15:23 Paul said, 1 Corinthians 9:27, "But I keep my body under 15:27 and I bring it into subjection, lest, that by any means 15:30 when I preach to others, I myself should be a castaway." 15:33 Paul was saying, "I need to continually bring 15:36 my body into subjection." 15:38 Paul said, "I die daily." 15:40 Now if once you're saved, you're always saved, 15:41 why would you need to die daily? 15:43 But Paul said, "Daily I must deny myself." 15:46 Jesus said, "Whoever takes up his cross 15:47 daily denies himself and follows me." 15:51 Those are the terms of Jesus, "Daily take up your cross, 15:53 deny yourself, follow me." 15:56 And if you should cease to daily have that ongoing relationship, 15:59 you're--it's dangerous. 16:02 Hebrews 10:26, "If we sin willfully," 16:05 and that there means if we continue to live a life of sin, 16:08 doesn't mean if you once sin. 16:11 "But if we sin willfully after we've received the knowledge of 16:14 the truth," all right, so he's talking right now to somebody. 16:17 "They received the knowledge of the truth." 16:20 But they turn from it for willful, ongoing sin. 16:24 "There no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 16:26 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment 16:28 and fiery indignation that will devour the adversaries." 16:32 Go--same chapter, Hebrews 10:35, "Therefore do not cast away 16:38 your confidence, which has a great reward. 16:41 For you need endurance." 16:45 He that endures will be saved. 16:46 "So that after you've done the will of God, 16:49 you may receive the promise." 16:52 "So, what in the world is going on here, Pastor Doug, 16:54 can we have any peace?" 16:58 The secret to the Christian life is you've got to keep moving. 17:02 A lot of Christians think you come to the Lord, 17:04 you say a prayer, that is done with now. 17:07 You come to the Lord and you are saved from your past sins, 17:11 you are justified, that is true. 17:14 You are saved by grace and justified when you come 17:18 to the Lord. 17:19 When you get off your knees after you've asked them 17:20 to forgive your sins, you have salvation, of justification. 17:24 But you have not been saved yet from the power of sin 17:28 in the world. 17:29 The devil is gonna be there tempting you. 17:32 And so, you continually day by day, 17:34 you've got the freedom to choose. 17:37 And we are encouraged all through the Scriptures 17:39 to continue choosing God. 17:42 But can we have peace? 17:44 Where does the word "confidence"come from? 17:48 When you say con means with, fidelity or fidence means faith, 17:54 with faith. 17:56 He who believes and is baptized will be saved. 18:00 Can you have security? 18:03 If you believe. 18:05 John 3:36, "He who believes in Son has everlasting life." 18:10 Now, isn't that a good promise? 18:12 What does it mean to believe? 18:14 That's a big question. 18:16 Some people think that means just believe that he exists 18:19 or believe that he died, believe that he lived, 18:21 believe that he rose. 18:22 All those things I just mentioned, 18:24 does the devil believe all of those? 18:26 Does the devil believe that God lives? 18:29 He knows it better than you, used to see him in his glory. 18:31 Does the devil know that Jesus came to earth? 18:34 Does he know that he died for our sins? 18:35 Does he know that he rose again? 18:38 He does. He knows all that. 18:39 He even knows he loves you. 18:41 It's not gonna save him. 18:44 It's a kind of belief where it means the word "believe" means 18:47 to be live. 18:49 The word believe means to be live. 18:51 It means to live in something. 18:54 It's not just the mental assent 'cause James said 18:56 the devils believe like that. 18:58 It means saying, "I'm willing to do your will, Lord." 19:04 You know, the reason that it's important to understand 19:07 that God can give us power not only to justify us, 19:13 but he can give us power to save us from the power of temptation 19:16 and sin, is when you know that God will do his part, 19:21 you have more security. 19:24 What is righteousness by faith? 19:28 When you believe that God hears your prayer for forgiveness, 19:32 and you are justified, and you believe that the moment 19:34 you prayed, that he forgives all your past sins, 19:36 and he gives you power, and he is gonna begin creating 19:38 a new heart in you, that gives you confidence that, 19:43 "Hey, I've got eternal life." 19:45 If you have eternal life, how will that motivate you 19:48 to be different? 19:50 If you know that God says, "I am the author and the finisher of 19:52 your faith, I will stay with you if you continue to turn to me. 19:55 You may fall, but turn right back to me," 19:58 and see if he doesn't grow you. 20:01 That should give you confidence. 20:03 I remember reading when they were building the 20:04 Golden Gate Bridge, at first they had no safety precautions, 20:09 and 23 men slipped and fell to their deaths in the water below. 20:15 Finally, they thought, "You know, we need to do something," 20:18 'cause it was in the early stages. 20:20 They'd already lost 23 men, and a guy named Strauss helped 20:23 develop, he was an engineer, a net that was spread 20:28 all the way across. 20:29 They'd never had a safety device like this on a big project. 20:32 They built a net at $100,000. 20:34 And for us, it would be like $10 million today, 20:37 that went across the entire span. 20:40 You know what they discovered after they put 20:41 the net under there? 20:43 First of all, the net saved like 19 men. 20:45 But the other thing they noticed was once the net showed up, 20:48 the men, because of their confidence, 20:52 were a lot braver and the work went a lot faster, 20:55 and it was a lot more successful because the men had security. 20:59 Now, do you hear what I'm saying? 21:01 Because you cannot say, "Once saved, always saved," 21:04 doesn't mean you cannot have security in your relationship 21:07 with the Lord. 21:09 You've just gotta be careful about being presumption. 21:11 I've used this illustration before. 21:13 Karen and I got married. 21:15 We've actually got witnesses to the wedding today. 21:17 You make very restrictive vows. 21:20 You promise to keep yourself only unto that other person, 21:24 and we love each other. 21:25 We made those promises. 21:29 Now, if I want to, I could break that promise tomorrow. 21:32 I could break it today. 21:33 I am free. 21:35 I never have, God willing I never will. 21:39 I don't worry about it. 21:41 I don't worry about her because when you've got love and faith, 21:46 you can have confidence. 21:48 But that doesn't mean we don't have the freedom. 21:52 See what I'm saying? 21:54 And so, this is how it is in our relationship with the Lord. 21:57 He loves you. He accepts you. 21:59 He adopts you, and he'll never let go of you. 22:01 But you can let go of him. 22:03 His love for years non-failing. 22:05 Life and death cannot separate you from his love. 22:07 My Calvinist friends say, "That means you can't be lost." 22:09 No, it means he will not stop loving you, 22:12 but you are still free 'cause you can't force love. 22:16 The idea once God saves someone he takes away their freedom, 22:18 what does that mean, you're a robot now? 22:21 That's not loving anymore. 22:24 "Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest you fall." 22:28 So, you want to have confidence, but you don't want 22:31 to have arrogance. 22:33 You need to have faith, but be careful. 22:35 Again, Hebrews 4:1, "Therefore since a promise remains 22:37 of entering his rest, let us fear lest any of us 22:41 seem to come short of it." 22:43 We need to be God-fearing and yet have peace. 22:46 See, there's a balance here in the Christian life. 22:49 Romans 10:13, 22:51 "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." 22:55 And if we are calling on God, he promises to save us, 22:58 but we need to press on. 23:00 Revelation 3:5, "He who overcomes will be clothed 23:03 in white raiment," again, he's speaking to the church, 23:06 "and I will not blot his name from the Book of Life." 23:10 Now, why would Jesus even say that unless it was possible 23:13 for a name to be taken from the Book of Life? 23:16 If your name, once put in the Book of Life, 23:18 could never be taken out, why would he say that? 23:21 Matter of fact, Exodus 33, didn't expect me 23:23 to go to the Old Testament. 23:25 Exodus 32, verse 33, "And the Lord said to Moses, 23:29 'Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot him out 23:32 of my book.'" 23:34 So, even in the Old Testament, 23:35 this is what Jesus is referring to here in Revelation 3, 23:38 God's enters a person in his book, 23:41 when you come to Christ and you're justified, 23:43 you're saved, your name is entered in the Book of Life, 23:45 but then you must press on through sanctification 23:48 and faith, and you have the victory, amen? 23:53 So, he doesn't want us to live in fear. 23:55 1 John 3:18, "There is no fear in love. 23:58 The perfect love casts out fear." 24:01 God has promised in Hebrews 13, verse 5, 24:03 "I will never leave you or forsake you." 24:06 "Being confident," Philippians 1:6, 24:08 "Of this very thing, he that has begun a good work 24:11 and you will complete it." 24:12 God gives you so many promises not to be discouraged, 24:15 not to think he doesn't want to save you. 24:16 He's desperate to save every one of us, 24:19 but you need to cooperate. 24:21 Don't--there's two ditches you can fall in, 24:23 one is get discouraged and say, "I'm never gonna make it," 24:25 the others say, "Once I'm saved, I can't be lost." 24:28 You need to be mature and biblical 24:31 about what it means to be saved. 24:34 So, God wants us to have some assurance, doesn't he? 24:36 He doesn't want us to live in fear. 24:39 Ezekiel chapter 33. 24:41 He says in verse 12, "Therefore, O son of man, 24:44 say to the children of your people, 24:46 'The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him 24:49 in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness 24:53 of the wicked, it will not-- he will not fall because of it 24:56 in the day of his--he turns from his wickedness; 24:58 nor shall the right just be able to live because 25:01 of his righteousness and the day that he sins." 25:04 That's pretty clear. 25:05 "When I say to the righteous that he will surely live, 25:07 but he trusts in his own righteousness 25:11 and he commits iniquity," this is describing the 25:13 "Once saved, always saved" people. 25:15 He says to the righteous, "You'll live, I've saved you. 25:17 You're forgiven." 25:18 "But he trusts in his own righteousness and commits 25:20 iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; 25:23 but because of the iniquity that he has committed, 25:25 he shall die. 25:26 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' 25:29 if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 25:33 if the wicked restores the pledge, 25:35 gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes 25:37 of life without committing iniquity, 25:40 he shall surely live; he will not die. 25:43 None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered 25:45 against him; he shall surely live." 25:48 God is telling us he' covering the two extremes, 25:51 right, and that wonder is he's saying, 25:53 "Look, if you follow me, you can live." 25:56 Now, we're saved by his grace because if we're gonna get 25:58 what we deserve, we're all doomed, right? 26:01 Penalty for sin is death, none of us has hope. 26:03 So, if anyone makes it, it's grace for everyone. 26:06 But when you are saved by grace and you accept that, 26:09 embrace that by faith, the Bible says we should walk 26:12 in a newness of life, amen? 26:20 announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing 26:22 free resource. 26:24 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, 26:26 you can download a digital copy straight to your computer 26:28 or mobile device. 26:30 To get your digital copy of today's free gift, 26:32 simply text the keyword on your screen to 40544 or visit 26:37 the web address shown on your screen. 26:40 And be sure to select a digital download option 26:42 on the request page. 26:43 It's now easier than ever for you to study God's Word 26:46 with Amazing Facts wherever and whenever you want, 26:49 and most important, to share it with others. 26:56 announcer: What if you could know the future? 26:58 What would you do? 27:01 What would you change? 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