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00:38 Hello and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:40 I'm Chris Shelton, your host, 00:42 I wanna thank you for joining us today. 00:45 Today's study is entitled "Where Sin Came From, 00:48 and How We Can Be Saved From It." 00:50 This lesson is number 16 out of 25 lessons 00:54 contained in this study guide by Brother Richard Bland 00:56 of the United Prison Ministries. 00:59 And this study guide is entitled 01:00 "Sharing God's Love Makes You Happier, 01:03 What The Bible Says." 01:05 We're excited to partner with Brother Richard 01:08 in turning his Bible study into full one hour sermons 01:12 with Pastor Kenny Shelton. 01:14 Each study has been a blessing thus far 01:17 as I'm sure that this one will be as well. 01:19 It is a study that anyone 01:21 who has ever been born on this planet must face 01:25 and that being the issue of sin. 01:28 Again, we will be studying where sin came from 01:31 and how we can be saved from it. 01:33 The truth of the matter is that if we are not safe from it, 01:38 we will die in it, we will die in our sins. 01:41 God has left us this information 01:44 in His Word, 01:45 His wonderful Bible, the Word of God 01:47 which He has so graciously preserved 01:50 for our salvation. 01:51 From His Word today, 01:53 we will find out who committed the first sin 01:56 and where this act was first done. 01:59 And just what exactly is the definition of sin 02:03 and what sin has cost? 02:06 What we must do to be saved 02:07 and finally, what awaits anyone 02:10 who refuses the plan of salvation 02:12 as so freely given and offered by our Savior. 02:16 But before we join Pastor Kenny Shelton 02:19 for this all important study, 02:21 let's visit 3ABN 02:22 and listen to a song that is entitled "Deep River" 02:26 as performed by Brother Kendol Bacchus. 05:25 Blessings, we're glad you joined us here once again 05:27 at Behold the Lamb Ministries. 05:28 And, you know, it's always nice, 05:30 I think to take a couple of seconds 05:31 and then thank every one of you, 05:33 those who are calling in, 05:34 those who, you know, 05:36 are just interested in the truth 05:37 getting out to the world. 05:39 We thank you for your prayers. 05:40 We know many of you are praying for us 05:41 and we love that. 05:43 Thank you for praying for us. 05:44 And thank you for the support. 05:45 Thank you for sending Behold the Lamb 05:47 that we may continue to prosper and grow 05:49 and reach the world over and over and over 05:52 that Jesus will come, 05:53 and we can be ready to meet Him in the clouds of glory. 05:56 Again, we're glad you joined us 05:57 and I want you to make sure you get your Bible, 05:58 pencil, and paper, sit down 06:00 and be able to jot some things down 06:02 because we're gonna be looking at subject today, 06:06 "Where Did Sin Came From, 06:08 and How Can We Be Saved From It." 06:11 What an interesting sermon title. 06:13 And we're gonna recover that 06:14 based on the Word of God in just a moment. 06:16 But first we have a quick prayer together. 06:18 Would you pray with me? 06:22 Merciful Father in heaven, again, we come to Thee, 06:24 we ask that Your Holy Spirit 06:25 will take possession of our hearts, 06:27 our lives, and our minds. 06:28 We asked for forgiveness of sin. 06:30 We wanna be covered by the blood. 06:32 We wanna be able to hear from heaven. 06:33 We wanna relay the message 06:35 that You have for Your people today. 06:36 We want the people to able to hear it. 06:38 Pray their ears or eyes will be open, 06:41 that they may understand 06:42 that which You are speaking 06:43 to the each one of us today. 06:45 Thank you, Lord, for hearing and answering prayer. 06:47 May these questions be answered and answer from the Word of God 06:50 and we thank you in Jesus' name, 06:51 amen. 06:54 Again, where did sin come from? 06:56 Well, that's probably a simple question 06:57 for many, many people, 06:59 but it's not for others, 07:00 so many have never really hardly ever opened 07:02 the Word of God. 07:03 So they're not really sure where sin came from. 07:05 They just hear you talk about it 07:06 when you go to church and so on. 07:08 But most of all, we know that sin developed. 07:11 But now I wanna know how we can be saved from it, 07:15 from this issue this thing called sin? 07:17 If you have your Bibles, 07:19 and you might wanna just turn to this passage quickly, 07:21 in James 1:14 and 15. 07:23 Now, there are 11 questions 07:26 that will be asked on this study. 07:28 You heard my wife talk about it in the beginning, 07:30 this is study, this is gonna be study guides. 07:33 If you don't have that guide, you're gonna need it 07:34 because more than likely we'll never get through all 11. 07:37 But if you have that guide, 07:38 you can go ahead and finish it on up. 07:40 But I want you to turn with me to James 1:14 and 15 first 07:44 and listen to the Word of God 07:45 speak to your heart, speak to mind. 07:47 James 1:14 and 15. 07:51 The Word of God says, 07:53 "But every man," every man is what? 07:55 "He's tempted," notice, 07:57 "when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed." 08:01 Verse 15, 08:02 "Then when lust hath conceived, 08:04 it bringeth forth sin, sin when it is" what? 08:08 "Finished, bringeth forth death." 08:12 Interesting when you look 08:13 at the passage of scripture here, 08:15 every man when he's tempted, it says here, huh. 08:19 Every man is drawn away of his own what? 08:22 His lust, his desire, this is what he's want, 08:25 he's drawn away from his own desire 08:27 from his own, may be his own longing, 08:30 he's enticed. 08:31 That means he's entrapped, he's deceived by himself. 08:35 The enemies come down the temptation 08:37 but what's happened? 08:39 He's deceived, he deceived himself. 08:41 And so we need to be very, very careful 08:42 when that's all played out. 08:43 What does the Bible say? 08:45 When sin is finished, notice this, 08:48 it bringeth forth death. 08:49 So we wanted to just discuss that a little bit today. 08:52 Would we agree, 08:54 would be possible that we would agree today, 08:56 that sin is the basic cause of all of our problems. 09:00 Sin is what? 09:02 Sin is the basic cause of all of our problems in the world 09:05 that we are having. 09:06 We want to blame Joe Blow over here, 09:09 and this person and that person and everybody else, 09:11 but sin is the real issue that we have to deal with 09:14 that's causing all this mayhem 09:17 that's going on in the world today. 09:19 Now I want you to think about just as we think about it, 09:22 it seemed like it ought to be a little more settled. 09:24 It seemed like that sin shouldn't be 09:26 as rampant as it is. 09:28 If you look around and I may just go a little far 09:31 with this right here, but it seems like 09:32 there's a church on every corner. 09:35 You know, it seem like wherever you go, 09:36 there's churches all over the place. 09:38 Amen. 09:40 Modern medicine, 09:41 you think about modern science, 09:44 countless hospitals, 09:47 wherever you look, 09:48 there's social 09:49 and there's governmental organizations 09:52 but they're still what? 09:53 There's still sickness, there's still disease, 09:55 and there's still death. 09:57 I mean, all of these thousands of institutions 09:59 that are out there, 10:01 there's still suffering, there's still death, 10:03 there's still fear, 10:05 there's still crime, 10:07 there's war, 10:08 there's the killing, murder 10:09 is going on every, every just a few seconds. 10:12 Someone's killed in this, in the United States alone. 10:16 There's fire, there's floods, 10:17 we understand that storms, 10:19 there's earthquakes, 10:21 there's disaster on every hand. 10:23 This is what the Bible said. 10:24 All we have to do is look it up in Luke Chapter 12. 10:27 So few simple words, verse 25, 10:30 maybe that's 21. 10:31 Luke 21:25, 10:33 the Word of God is very, very clear. 10:35 It says, "Upon the," what? 10:36 "Earth distress of..." 10:39 "Upon the earth distress of nations," notice it, 10:42 "with perplexity." 10:44 So we live in a time 10:45 when men's hearts are failing them for fear 10:48 of what's coming up on this world. 10:50 Again, we have the churches, we have the hospital, 10:52 we have the science, we have all of these things, 10:55 but there's still some issue here. 10:56 Could it be the sin issue? 10:59 Sin and despair grips millions of people. 11:05 Remember, 11:07 we realize there's a real McCoy as it were, the worst things 11:10 we're to be concerned about. 11:11 There's other things 11:13 that we realized in God's hands. 11:15 And if we'd to believe that we are in God's hands 11:17 and He's gonna take care of all of these issues 11:20 that come our way, 11:22 but He's gonna do it in His time, 11:23 not necessarily the way 11:25 we would like for Him to handle it. 11:27 But it's gonna be for our very best. 11:29 We realize there's, for instance, 11:31 there's some people that get so things happen, 11:33 so many things happen to them, 11:35 that it's very difficult to bounce back. 11:37 Please do not ever get in this shape 11:40 because God is there to help us. 11:42 This is a story of a German man. 11:46 He gave his testimony 11:48 at the, right after the fall of Hitler 11:51 in World War II. 11:52 So he'd been in Germany all the mess that was going on, 11:55 all the disaster. 11:56 Here was this Christian man 11:58 and here's what he said after 11:59 it's all said and done, he simply said this. 12:02 He gave his testimony, 12:03 he said, "Well, life is horrible sometime." 12:06 He said, "My son was killed in the war. 12:09 My daughter, I can't even find her, 12:11 she's missing. 12:13 I lost my wife too. 12:16 My house is gone. 12:18 Everything that I've ever worked for, 12:20 all the property I own is gone. 12:23 I have clothes on my back 12:26 but they were given to me. 12:27 They're not even mine. 12:29 I've come to the point 12:31 in my experience 12:33 that I just can't even pray 12:35 anymore. 12:37 I can't even think 12:40 anymore. 12:43 I can't seem to go backwards 12:45 and I can't seem to go forwards. 12:47 I'm stuck. 12:51 I'm stuck because of all the things 12:52 that I've experienced. 12:57 It's just 12:58 no longer possible 13:02 for me to live the life that I once lived." 13:06 This man came to the end of his rope. 13:10 So many things that happened in such a short period of time, 13:13 it was too much, 13:15 or is it too much for God? 13:18 Was it too much for God? 13:19 Was all these things that happened to him 13:21 really the result, 13:23 in a nutshell, that sin has laid out in this world? 13:28 It was never to meant to be like this. 13:30 We were never meant to lose loved ones. 13:34 We're never meant to lose, 13:35 you know, they say, called by husbands, and wives, 13:37 and daughters, and homes, and property. 13:39 It's not the way God lined it out. 13:41 My first question then, somebody's responsible? 13:45 Somebody's responsible for this mess? 13:48 So our first question, 13:49 you know, as we have in our study guides, 13:51 and again, I mentioned there's 11 of them, 13:53 we'll go as far as we can. 13:55 Simply the first question, who committed the first sin? 13:59 Who committed the first sin? 14:01 Well, the Bible 14:02 simply tells the answer that you know 14:03 I'm sure found in the Book of 1 John 3:8. 14:07 Now remember, 14:08 we can always try to blame it on this one 14:10 and blame it on that one. 14:11 But we go back to the Word of God 14:13 and let God's Word speak to us and say, 14:15 who committed the first sin? 14:17 Who is the, you know, 14:19 who's the one that started this whole thing? 14:21 Bible said, notice this, in 1 John 3:8, 14:25 "He that committeth sin is of the," what? 14:29 Now you notice, it didn't just 14:31 limit it to the devil in this first line. 14:33 It said, "He that commits," what? 14:36 Sin, 14:37 that could be any of us, is that right? 14:40 "He that committeth sin is of the devil." 14:44 Now the Bible goes on and says, why? 14:47 "For the devil sinneth from the beginning." 14:50 Did you get it? 14:51 For the devil sinneth from the beginning, 14:53 so he would be the first sinner. 14:55 Does that make sense? 14:56 He's the first sinner right here, notice, 14:58 and it goes on and said, 15:01 for this purpose the Son of God was manifested, 15:06 that He might destroy the works of the devil. 15:09 Aren't you glad 15:10 there's just another part to that? 15:11 Now we've got it in our heads, the devil is the culprit. 15:14 He's the one that did the first sin, 15:15 he's the one decided he was going to go against God. 15:19 It says it. 15:21 And it's always perplexed me over the years 15:22 because it says, he sinned from the beginning 15:25 and I know there was eons of time, 15:28 least the best I can do 15:30 in looking at principle was study the Word of God. 15:32 There was eons of times in the heavens 15:35 that there was no sin. 15:39 God never had to give any mercy to anybody. 15:42 Did we get that? Why? 15:44 Because there was no sin. 15:47 But from the beginning it says, 15:49 here we have the old devil begin to act up. 15:52 That could certainly be in a couple of different angles 15:54 as we look at here 15:55 from the beginning of human sin 15:59 or from the beginning of his sin. 16:02 Did you get that? 16:03 Beginning here in the Greek, 16:06 it says, in order, in this order, 16:09 in time, and in place first, 16:13 kind of interesting. 16:14 He was first in order, and time, and place 16:17 to finally make the decision 16:19 he was going to go against God. 16:21 If we get no farther than that, we need to realize today, 16:24 you can't beat God. 16:25 You might think that you can out there. 16:27 Somebody say, "Well, I'll do my own thing 16:29 and I'll have my own way." 16:30 Oh, you'll get your own way all right. 16:32 That's not gonna be something you're gonna want. 16:35 We want to be on the winning side. 16:36 We want to be on God's side. 16:39 He said because of sin issue, 16:41 the world going down it says, 16:43 you know, down the drain, 16:44 that wonderful that Jesus was willing to come, 16:47 the purpose of Jesus' coming. 16:49 The manifestation of Him coming down here 16:51 simply meant His incarnation, 16:53 His willingness to come down here. 16:55 How awesome that is that He might destroy what? 16:59 The devil. 17:00 I like that, destroy the devil. 17:02 The works of the devil. 17:05 Aren't you glad that's gonna be destroyed. 17:07 Destroyed here means to be released from. 17:10 We can be released from the old devil. 17:12 We can be, notice this, 17:14 we can break away from the devil. 17:17 He came down here to dissolve the sin issue. 17:20 Jesus came down to dissolve, 17:23 to break up this sin issue. 17:25 And I'm so thankful for that, I know in my own life. 17:27 John shows us quickly what God is doing. 17:30 John is showing us what we need to do 17:32 as Christians 17:34 in order to meet the requirements of God 17:37 and He does have requirements 17:38 as much as we don't like it. 17:40 Interesting in the world everything has requirements. 17:43 Are you there? 17:44 Now, look, what you go to do that has requirements. 17:46 I don't care if it's going to the store, 17:48 if it's going here, buying this, buying that, 17:49 but there's requirements. 17:51 And we don't have a problem with that, 17:53 but God has requirements. 17:54 Man, I can see more and more and more 17:56 why God has requirements 17:58 before we enter the kingdom of God 17:59 because such a wonderful place, 18:01 He's not going to let it go 18:02 and get carried away once again. 18:04 Not with sin, 18:05 won't rise up again the second time. 18:07 1 John 4:8. 18:09 1 John Chapter 4. 18:12 No, 1 John 1:8. 18:14 This is why you have a pencil, 18:16 'cause with the pencil you got an eraser 18:17 and you can always erase it and put down right 18:19 once I get squared away. 18:21 1 John 1:8, the Bible said, 18:23 "If we say we have," what? 18:26 "If we say we have no sin," 18:28 we're doing what to ourself? 18:30 "We're deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us." 18:34 So if anybody's going around saying what? 18:36 Oh, oh, I have any, I don't have any sin. 18:39 Only Jesus can boast of that and He doesn't boast about it. 18:43 Only Jesus can be said, 18:45 is the only one who ever lived on this earth 18:46 without what? 18:47 Without sin. 18:49 Some people don't get it through their head. 18:50 They think that Mary the mother of Jesus was sinless. 18:52 Well, she was not, she sinned 18:54 because the Bible said every person, right? 18:55 "We've all sinned 18:57 and come short of the glory of God, " 18:58 that will be in our study. 19:00 Everybody, that's too including the pope and the pastors, 19:02 are you still there? 19:04 "We've all sinned and come short." 19:06 So we don't wanna go around and say we have no sin. 19:10 Because, you know, the sin issue to me 19:11 is something 19:13 that I need a continual cleansing 19:14 day by day. 19:15 Are you still with me? 19:17 We come to Jesus, we ask for forgiveness of sin 19:18 and then we just get up and people say, 19:19 I just go and live my life the way I want to. 19:21 You're making a mistake. 19:23 You're making mistake, we need a day by day 19:26 continual cleansing by the blood of the Lamb, 19:28 the recognition that I'm sinner, 19:31 and I need grace. 19:32 Well, this is wonderful news, and we will read it, 19:35 Manuscript 27. 19:36 It says here, 1886, 19:38 time is just flying by, notice this, 19:40 Manuscript 27, in 1886 says, 19:43 "There are those who claim to be holy, 19:46 yet are breaking God's commandments. 19:49 Their assertion that they are sinless is false 19:52 and should not be received." 19:54 Kind of an interesting thought and again, 19:56 this condition is you say, 19:58 who would even if they had that life of sinless 20:01 would go around bragging about it. 20:03 You wouldn't do that 20:04 because the closer you get to Jesus, what? 20:06 The more we see ourselves 20:08 for what we are is a dirty sinner. 20:09 Is that okay to say that? 20:11 Is a sinner in need of grace, 20:13 in need of help, 20:14 in need of encouragement? 20:16 We need Jesus 20:18 so we never want to come to the point, 20:19 there'll be a group, 20:21 sure absolutely before Jesus comes, 20:22 that lives the life of perfection 20:24 through the grace of Jesus. 20:26 Jesus face shines through each, every one of these individuals. 20:29 Is Christ within the hope of glory? 20:31 It's no longer their mind the mind of Christ, 20:33 there will be a group 20:35 but right now we're looking and say, 20:36 I need You, Lord. 20:38 Look at your own life now, 20:39 look in the mirror and say my, my, my, 20:40 am I what it's going to take, 20:42 is this going to heaven? 20:44 Might take another look and so my, 20:47 we need some help. 20:49 Now we've come, 20:50 now we've named the original sinner, 20:52 that's right, the Bible said, who is it? 20:54 The devil, he sinned right from the beginning 20:56 right here. 20:57 Now let's name, 20:59 let's get down to the, time of the original sin. 21:02 I believe the Bible kind of dictates 21:04 to where it originated, 21:05 how it originated and the timeframe of it. 21:08 First of all, in Revelation 12:9, 21:10 once again, lets us know. 21:12 It's referred to the, remember the great dragon. 21:15 Do you remember him? 21:16 That old serpent called the devil and Satan. 21:19 So we know Satan is the one 21:21 that sin came by him 21:23 we understand that, he made a choice. 21:25 But then as we look in Isaiah 14:2, 21:29 the Bible says in Isaiah 14:2, 21:32 he is called Lucifer here, 21:34 come on, we'll put in the nutshell as we can, 21:36 that means Son of the Morning. 21:39 So we see the time of his original sin was where? 21:44 Is that in the beginning? 21:46 In the beginning and that could be what? 21:48 Certainly near the time of creation 21:50 or from the time right we talked about there 21:52 from the beginning of the human sin, 21:54 it could be from the beginning of his own decision, 21:58 you see, to go against God. 21:59 So in the time of creation, 22:02 we have to realize that Satan was a created what? 22:06 He was a created being, interesting. 22:09 Question number two, 22:10 where was the first sin committed then? 22:13 Right, we've established, it must been, 22:15 it's from kind of from the beginning. 22:16 Satan's the one that did it. 22:18 Now where was it when the sin was committed? 22:20 Revelation 12:7, 8. 22:23 The Bible is very clear. 22:24 The Bible said there was war in heaven. 22:27 "There was war in heaven." 22:29 Think about this. 22:30 "Michael and his angels," did something, 22:32 "they fought, " you notice this, 22:34 "against the dragon, 22:35 and the dragon and his angels fought." 22:37 Did you notice that? 22:40 But notice I like verse 8 22:42 comes on Revelation 12:8 says, 22:45 "And prevailed not." 22:47 Did you notice that? 22:49 The angel, the dirty devil, 22:51 Revelation 12:7 and 8, it says, 22:53 "And he prevailed not, 22:55 neither was their place found any more in heaven." 22:57 You notice that because he failed. 22:59 Because of sin, 23:01 God said you can't stay here. 23:04 So is God gonna be taking us to heaven 23:06 while we still have unconfessed sin in our life? 23:09 No, He cannot, and He will not, He cast out the enemy, right, 23:13 Lucifer because he had what? 23:15 He rebelled against God's authority. 23:17 When you and I choose to do our own thing knowing like, 23:20 right, we're putting ourselves in the place of God. 23:23 That's called sin. 23:25 We have to be very careful with that. 23:26 This is the question, notice here, 23:28 Letter 162, 1906. 23:30 So we've established there's war in heaven, 23:33 Satan, all that took his side were cast out. 23:37 Letter 162 written in 1906 says this, 23:41 "This condition of things 23:43 had existed a long period of time, " 23:45 you know notice it's talking about that before, 23:47 " before Satan was unmasked and the evil one expelled." 23:53 This condition did what? 23:55 He had it inside for a long time, didn't he? 23:59 And then, what happened, 24:01 but he begin to get little more bold with it. 24:03 That's what sin is. 24:05 That's how sin works on us, isn't it? 24:06 Sometimes it starts out kind of quiet 24:08 and not such a big deal and just kind of in our mind, 24:10 and then it begins to be worked out in our life 24:13 and some of we, we're deceived by that. 24:16 So this was going on a long time 24:18 before God decided to unmask him. 24:22 And let the other angel see, 24:23 let the world see for us to read about it today. 24:26 Now remember, question number three says this. 24:29 Was Satan sinful 24:31 when he was created? 24:33 We've established that sin was committed where? 24:35 The first sin was in heaven. Right? 24:37 The devil is the one 24:39 that started this whole issue here. 24:41 Now we're looking, was Satan sinful 24:42 when he was created? 24:44 People say, "Oh, yeah, he must have been, 24:45 he had in him." 24:46 The Bible simply says this, 24:48 it takes faith, right? 24:49 It takes faith, doesn't it, 24:50 to read Scripture and believe what 24:52 Scripture says. 24:53 Ezekiel 28:15 notice what it says, 24:57 this just finalizes for me. 25:00 I don't need anything else. 25:02 I don't need to try to debate it. 25:04 I don't need to think my mind's better than God's. 25:06 Or my ways are better than God's, 25:08 because the Bible starts out, Ezekiel 28:15. 25:11 Do we believe that Ezekiel was a prophet of God? 25:13 Oh, absolutely, we do. 25:15 Do we believe the Word of God is truth? 25:16 Yes, we do. 25:18 Then God write the Holy Spirit working through Ezekiel 25:20 penned these words, 25:21 Ezekiel 28:15, 25:23 "Thou was perfect." What was that? 25:26 "Thou was perfect." 25:28 Thou was without blemish. 25:30 Thou was sound. 25:32 Thou was without spot. 25:34 Thou was complete. 25:36 Thou was full. 25:37 Thou was perfect, 25:38 is what the Bible said here in the day 25:40 that thou was created. 25:43 Did you get it? 25:45 He was created notice, 25:46 "until iniquity was found in you." 25:49 Until he decided to go against God's authority 25:52 and His Word. 25:54 See, we can do the very same thing today. 25:55 I can read it in here 25:56 and I can decide 25:58 I want to go the opposite direction. 25:59 Well, my fate is just like 26:01 that of the devil and the enemy, 26:02 do you get it? 26:03 We're not gonna make it to heaven that way. 26:05 We cannot rebel against the Word of God. 26:08 In fact, we need to what? 26:09 "Take in every word that proceeds 26:10 out of the mouth of God," 26:12 in Matthew 4:4, you remember that? 26:14 This is what God is talking about. 26:16 Every word is so important in the Word of God 26:19 and not leave some out 26:20 because it doesn't fit our lifestyle. 26:23 Lucifer then was what? 26:26 He was created in where, 26:27 he's created in heaven, was he not? 26:30 It says until iniquity was found in him. 26:33 That means before iniquity came out. 26:36 That means before iniquity came forth. 26:39 That means before iniquity occurred. 26:42 Satan was in heaven. 26:44 And now he was created in heaven. 26:46 Notice this. 26:48 This is where he lived. 26:50 This is where he worked. 26:51 It's okay to say that, this is where he worked. 26:54 This is where he served his Creator. 26:56 It's for a long period of time. 26:58 We don't know how long a period. 26:59 And it's not necessary I guess that we understand that. 27:02 But just, when I see this and understand 27:04 there's a long period of time 27:06 before God brought it to the forefront 27:08 is saying how merciful and how good God is. 27:11 Did you get it? 27:13 Because when we sin, 27:14 we're worthy of death and He could put us out, 27:15 couldn't He? 27:17 But He gives us grace period, doesn't He? 27:18 He gives us time to come back before it's too late. 27:23 Lived in heaven, 27:25 until iniquity was found in him. 27:29 And then the Bible said he was cast out of heaven, 27:32 woe unto the inhabitants of the earth. 27:34 Now this is proven, he was cast out. 27:37 This is proven that he lived in heaven 27:38 because you know why? 27:40 Because Jesus said so. 27:41 You remember reading that in Luke 10:18, 27:44 as Jesus said, 27:46 "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." 27:50 What did Jesus, you got to believe this, right? 27:51 I have to believe this. 27:53 Jesus said that I beheld, I looked up, 27:54 and I saw Satan as he were falling as lightning 27:57 out of heaven. 27:58 So, boy, that makes it clear. 28:00 So here's the issue 28:02 that Satan was in the very presence of God 28:05 and Christ. 28:06 He was in the very presence of God and Christ. 28:09 You see why this makes it more binding as it were 28:14 or more difficult 28:15 as God looks at the enemy 28:17 because Satan you see, 28:19 he was in the presence of God. 28:20 He looks at, man he said, you've not been in my presence. 28:23 You haven't seen, 28:24 I need to extend more mercy to them. 28:26 But that's end of reason? 28:28 The enemy had a lot of edge, did he, he had a edge, 28:30 did he not? 28:32 Because he was there, in the presence of God. 28:35 The Bible is clear. 28:36 He saw God create. 28:37 He saw the majesty of God. 28:41 He trembled at the voice of God. 28:43 He knew what it was all about. 28:45 And yet he decided to go his own way. 28:47 And God looked at him and looks at mankind and said, 28:49 oh, they need some special help. 28:51 Why? Because they haven't seen me. 28:53 They're gonna learn from me from the Word of God. 28:56 They're gonna learn about me. 28:59 God is so fair, so just, and so good. 29:02 Huh. 29:04 So Satan was in the presence of God and of Christ 29:07 and I might say, the Holy Spirit 29:08 if you let me go. 29:11 Say, Satan want to be part of the what? 29:14 Of the Godhead. 29:16 But, you know, and as you look at it, 29:18 we always say, well, he was the fourth in, 29:20 you know, in power. 29:22 We'll never understand this life 29:23 till we get to glory, 29:25 we might understand of all the power 29:26 that he had. 29:28 I could say then simply put that he was next in line, 29:31 even though he was created. 29:33 He's not part of the Godhead. 29:34 Absolutely not. 29:36 He couldn't because he was created, 29:38 but he wanted to be. 29:40 Bible says in Ezekiel 28:14, 29:44 it just tells us the closeness 29:46 that existed between God and Lucifer before sin. 29:51 There was a closeness there. 29:53 Interesting. 29:54 Notice how the Bible reads here. 29:57 God said to Lucifer, 30:00 He said, 30:01 "Thou wast upon the holy mountain of God." 30:04 Did you get it? 30:06 Ezekiel 28:14, 30:08 "Thou hast walked up and down 30:09 and in the midst of the stones of fire." 30:13 Other words he walked around, he was around God's throne. 30:17 Wow! 30:19 Daniel testifies to this in Daniel 7:9, 30:24 he says, "His throne was like fiery flames, 30:27 and his wheels as burning fire." 30:31 And then if that doesn't quite convince you, 30:34 the John the Revelator had something to say about it 30:37 in Revelation 1:13-15, 30:40 I'll kind of paraphrase a little bit, you read it on. 30:43 Notice it says right here, 30:44 "He saw the Son of man, " 30:46 notice this, "his eyes were like," what? 30:49 "Flame of fire." 30:50 Oh, boy, "His feet unto fine brass, 30:53 as if they were burned in a furnace." 30:57 Lucifer the Bible said full of wisdom 30:59 knows perfect in character, 31:01 perfect in beauty at one time. 31:03 He was the anointed covering cherub. 31:07 What a position to hold. 31:09 You ever think about this covering cherub. 31:12 What does that really mean here? 31:14 You remember over the ark in the earthly sanctuary, 31:18 the ark, there was a lid, there was a cover, 31:22 that covered the mercy seat, 31:24 Exodus Chapter 25. 31:26 Think along this that he was the covering cherub 31:30 of what? 31:32 Of the law of God, 31:34 and his job as it were to oversee 31:35 the holiness of God's law. 31:38 So he must have known it. 31:41 He knew where it came from. 31:43 He knew the holiness of it. 31:46 The law of God is divine basic principles 31:49 of God's government. 31:51 See, Lucifer understood all of this. 31:54 He understood that justice and the mercy of God. 31:58 Again, we're talking about the sin issue here, 32:00 but we have to look at and identify the first one 32:02 who sinned. 32:04 And what maybe was going through his mind, 32:06 why did he give his allegiance to himself as it were, 32:10 rather than into the God of the universe? 32:13 When all these things was revealed to him, 32:15 his allegiance to begin with, 32:17 what we say for eons of time was with God. 32:20 His allegiance was with Christ. 32:23 You remember what Satan want to do, 32:24 he didn't as it were want to take God's place. 32:26 Whose place did he want? 32:28 He wanted Jesus Christ place. 32:33 He gave his allegiance to God. 32:35 He gave his allegiance before sin. 32:39 He gave his allegiance to the Holy Spirit. 32:41 He gave his allegiance to the law of God. 32:44 He was the protector of it, 32:46 of the holiness and the reverence of it. 32:50 And then, certainly, 32:52 his allegiance was to the government of God. 32:55 But something happened. 32:58 Because I realized that I read the Word of God 33:00 that the law was designed to bring happiness. 33:03 Did you get it? 33:04 And freedom. 33:07 Not, oh, no, I can't do. 33:10 Oh, no. 33:12 God designed the law to bring happiness 33:14 to the universe. 33:16 One good test certainly would be 33:18 when it is in the world, other worlds of today. 33:21 It's all happiness and joy and peace 33:23 because they never transgressed God's law. 33:27 This is the only planet that has and look at it, 33:30 and look at it. 33:31 So it was designed to bring what? 33:33 Peace and happiness. 33:36 So any transgression against God's law would be sin. 33:41 And it would bring unhappiness. 33:43 Sin brings unhappiness, as the end result. 33:47 Might think you're happy, 33:48 might think things are all going wonderful 33:50 and great and God's overlooked in it, 33:52 but God does not do that. 33:55 He's faithful. 33:58 Before we talked about this transgression 34:03 there was, we talked about eons of time. 34:07 Where there was no sin and I think back to that, 34:09 I'll think how wonderful time that must have been. 34:12 No one knows how many, 34:14 tens of thousands, hundred thousand. 34:16 We don't just, we don't know, 34:19 that there was just perfect, perfect peace 34:21 in the whole universe in which there is no in. 34:25 Question number four, so what is sin? 34:27 We're looking at here, it makes you unhappy. 34:32 You have to give your allegiance to somebody else. 34:33 The Bible says in 1 John 3:4, 34:36 then our questions that we have, 34:37 what is sin? 34:39 The biblical definition and the only definition 34:42 that's given that's in Scripture is what? 34:44 Sin is the transgression of God's law. 34:49 Interesting, sin's a transgression of God's law. 34:53 When God created 34:56 angels and man, 34:58 He gave us the power of choice. 35:01 Isn't that wonderful? 35:02 Knowing the results, 35:04 see that's still beyond my mind. 35:06 So I know he's tried to figure it out. 35:08 He knew what was going to happen. 35:11 But he realized the importance of giving the individual 35:14 when you give them the ability to weigh evidence out, 35:19 that they're gonna be accountable 35:21 for their choice. 35:22 He knew what Lucifer would do. 35:23 That's the way He must have created 35:25 the angels of heaven, isn't that right? 35:26 The power of choice. 35:31 Bible religion is based on many numerous things, 35:35 but let me give you three of them quickly. 35:37 Bible religion is based upon three things 35:40 I'm just gonna use. 35:41 Number one, persuasion. 35:43 If you read the Word of God, 35:44 you're gonna be persuaded 35:46 by the power of the Holy Spirit. 35:47 Are you still with me today now? 35:50 Real Bible religion is based upon evidence. 35:54 There's evidence not only in the Word of God, 35:56 right left, but evidences in the world. 35:59 The digging, the things they've dug up from the earth. 36:01 There's evidence says that God exists. 36:03 There's evidence says that God's on the throne. 36:06 There's evidence that He's coming back. 36:08 There's evidence that the rise of nations 36:10 and the fall of nations is there 36:12 can be no excuse for us today. 36:15 And also number three, 36:17 there that we're talking about Bible religion 36:19 is based upon choice. 36:21 So we have the choice. 36:23 So we're gonna have persuasion, evidence and choice. 36:27 God gives us, we can choose 36:29 not force, never force. 36:33 If you're trying to be forced into something, 36:34 that's the devil's tactics. 36:37 God does not operate that way. 36:39 John, just a quick one, John 7:17, 36:42 the Bible said, "If any man will do his will," 36:46 he's gonna know. 36:47 Did you get that? 36:48 If any man will do the will of God? 36:50 This, sister, what did I say? 36:52 I'm throwing this out to you. 36:54 You decide what you want to do, is that make sense somebody? 36:57 I'm throwing it out to you. 36:58 If any man, if any man will do the will of God, 37:00 that's what he says. 37:02 Revelation 22:17, 37:06 the Bible said, "Whosoever will." 37:09 We could read all the verses, 37:10 but we can't because of our time, 37:11 "Whosoever will." 37:13 Sounds like a choice to me. 37:14 Brother Levi, it's got to be a choice now. 37:17 And certainly, 37:19 the one the standby always is, 37:20 it's found in the Book of Joshua 24:15. 37:24 It says, "Choose you this day, whom you" what? 37:28 "Whom you will serve." 37:29 The choice is yours. 37:30 The choice is mine. 37:32 What kind of choice are you making today? 37:34 What kind of a choice am I making today? 37:36 May I make this statement? 37:38 Sin was not necessary. 37:43 Man, that's heavy duty. 37:45 Sin was not necessary, 37:48 but it was possible. 37:52 And at the beginning it wasn't, 37:53 for a long time it wasn't. 37:57 But it was possible. 38:00 Man may choose to do good or he may choose to do evil. 38:05 But you know what? 38:06 Angels have to choose between good and evil. 38:10 Same thing, did you get that? 38:11 Angels have to choose every day, 38:14 interesting thought. 38:16 This has been very true 38:17 from the very beginning of time. 38:20 And it's gonna be what? 38:21 Be true from the very creation of the first angel. 38:27 And God was prepared to meet this sin issue 38:31 we know that before it happened. 38:34 My Matthew Chapter 25, 38:35 which we go through all and read and we can't, 38:37 Matthew Chapter 25. 38:38 Ephesians 1:4, 38:41 we find in Hebrews 4:3, 38:44 I think it is, 38:45 there's another passage there, 1 Peter 1:20, 38:48 he's talking about, "He knew 38:49 before the foundation of the world." 38:51 God knew all of these things would exist. 38:53 But you know what? He had a plan. 38:55 I'm glad He had a plan, if not we'd be down the tomb. 38:59 You need to plan and I need to plan. 39:03 We cannot be defeated by the devil 39:06 unless you want to be defeated by him. 39:08 You want defeat today and you want to live in defeat, 39:10 that's your choice. 39:12 I choose not to be defeated by the devil. 39:14 I choose by the grace of God to rise up and fight. 39:16 I choose by the grace of God to put forth an effort. 39:19 I choose by the grace of God right to fight 39:21 the good fight of faith. 39:22 Because what are the choices are left for? 39:25 Can I say for Pete's sake what else is left? 39:28 But the doom and gloom of the old devil, 39:29 and I refuse to live in that by the grace of God. 39:33 This is what we're looking at here in this time 39:34 because sin and what it cost 39:36 and what it's doing to millions and countless of people 39:38 in the world today. 39:44 This is simply the risk that God took, 39:49 when He made man with the power, intelligence, 39:52 and the power of choice. 39:56 You know, other worlds have to choose, you know. 40:01 You read that in Spirit of Prophecy. 40:02 I know there's other worlds 40:04 and I'm not talking about Martians 40:06 and freaky things going on, somebody with me. 40:11 Yeah, aliens or whatever you want to call them. 40:14 I'm talking about other angels, 40:16 other worlds, 40:17 or maybe millions, and trillions. 40:19 I don't know. 40:20 But there's no end to the universe 40:22 and God is not limited. 40:25 None of them have ever sinned. 40:27 None of them, 40:28 let me just read you something here is true. 40:33 Do you believe that they have a tree? 40:37 Do you believe they have a tree of life, 40:38 when they're home? 40:40 Do you believe they have the tree of knowledge 40:41 of good and evil? 40:42 And if they take of that and eat, they will fall? 40:44 Absolutely, will be. 40:45 Why? 40:47 Because it's still an ongoing test 40:48 even in other worlds. 40:49 This is the miserable place in the universe is right here, 40:53 this old World. 40:55 Let me read you something 40:57 if you haven't read it in a while, 40:58 Early Writings, page 39 and 40. 41:02 It says, "The Lord has given me a view of other worlds." 41:06 Whoo, somebody needs to pick up on that one. 41:09 Yeah, just in my mind's view, my eye view, 41:12 you know, I'm thinking about these other worlds 41:14 and the sinlessness and the kind of people 41:16 that live up there, and how happy they are, 41:20 and what they even look like. 41:22 She was given, notice, a view of other worlds, 41:25 "The inhabitants," notice this, "the inhabitants bore, 41:30 they bore the express image of Jesus." 41:35 Someone may jump over a pew if you want to. 41:39 The people who lived in the other world, 41:42 they bore and expressed image of Jesus. 41:45 Why? 41:46 Because that's all they were ever beheld. 41:48 They just behold Jesus like we did, 41:49 we become like him. Notice this. 41:53 We live. Notice this. 41:55 She asked, asked the angel the question, 41:58 what is it, what's going on here? 42:00 How come you don't look like the world 42:01 that I came from? 42:02 The angel said to her, notice, 42:04 "We live in strict obedience 42:06 to the commandments of God, and have not fallen. 42:10 Then I saw two trees, yes, 42:13 looked much like the tree of life 42:15 but one of them they could not eat. 42:18 They had power to eat both, 42:21 but were forbidden to eat of one, 42:23 if they would eat, they would fall." 42:27 I mean, to me that's just very interesting. 42:31 So god is fair, just and good, is He not? 42:33 They make it fair for everybody, 42:35 He put in the Garden of Eden, He put the tree, right? 42:38 There's one little thing just don't eat that, 42:39 you're gonna be okay. 42:44 The man began to think he was smarter than God, 42:46 that God was withholding something. 42:49 Question five. 42:50 What does the reward? Huh? 42:53 What is the reward of sin? 42:54 You know, what it is, in Romans 6:23 says what? 42:58 "For the wages of sin is good is death." 43:01 I like the last part of what? 43:02 "But the gift of God is eternal life 43:05 through Jesus Christ our Lord." 43:07 The wages of sin is death. 43:09 Sin is the transgression of God's law. 43:11 You've got the 10 of them right there. 43:13 It doesn't take very smart person. 43:15 There's 10 right there. 43:16 If I transgress just one. 43:18 James 2:10 "If you offend in one point, 43:20 you're guilty of all." 43:21 People walk around proud as peacocks 43:23 today running about, I keep the law of God. 43:25 Well, we don't keep the fourth commandment, 43:27 I'm just going to lay it out as the way it is. 43:29 The fourth one, but remember the Sabbath day 43:31 to keep it holy. 43:32 We just crossed that out and say we don't have to. 43:34 That's right in the middle of the law of God, 43:36 we must, that's just as important 43:37 and more than all the other ones. 43:38 Are you with me? 43:40 That's what the Bible says. 43:43 And we live in an hour, 43:44 which that's our job is to give this to the world. 43:47 They're not gonna like you for, 43:50 they're not going to appreciate it. 43:52 But God has commissioned us to give, why? 43:54 Because He loves them and we should love them enough. 43:56 We tell them way that it is, you can't just say, 43:59 I keep nine, and I'm going to make it to heaven. 44:01 No, by the grace of God we can't keep any, 44:03 by the grace of God we can keep them all. 44:06 Bible is clear being free from sin. 44:10 Yeah, isn't that wonderful? 44:11 This passage after passage, 44:14 that just realize, but again, 44:15 we're looking at ourselves all the time, 44:17 and we're just going to be more than failures. 44:19 And so I says look to Jesus, 44:20 the author and finisher of our faith. 44:22 Trust in Him on what He says from His Word, Letter 22. 44:25 I'm quickly hurrying on. 44:27 Notice 1900 says this, 44:29 "When transgression came, when sin came." 44:31 notice this, 44:32 "It placed the whole world in jeopardy 44:34 but under the death sentence." 44:36 Oh! "But in heaven, there was somebody shout, 44:39 there was heard a voice saying, 'I found a ransom.' " 44:44 How exciting, the whole world was under death decree. 44:47 There was no hope for mankind. 44:49 But that voice loud in heaven said, 44:51 God said, "I found a ransom." 44:53 See, that's exciting to me. It gives me goose bumps. 44:56 I found a ransom. 44:57 Who was that ransom? 44:59 Oh, had to be the Lamb. 45:01 Revelation 5:12. 45:04 It says, "With by the blood what it worthy 45:06 is the Lamb that was slain." 45:09 In this verse, worthy is the Lamb, 45:11 the voice was heard, it was the Lamb. 45:13 He was the only one that was worthy. 45:15 He's the only one that could stand. 45:18 He's the only one that could give His life. 45:21 Not even the sinless angels could do it. 45:22 Only Jesus could do it. 45:25 And he was willing to do that. 45:27 Hallelujah. I found the ransom. 45:29 You know, today I say my, brothers and sisters, 45:30 you found, I pray you found a ransom. 45:33 I found that ransom and I know his name is Jesus. 45:36 This is what it's all about. 45:38 I found that ransom. 45:39 There's only one ransom. You may have this. 45:41 You may have that and all the stuff of the world 45:43 that's not going to help you. 45:44 You have to have Jesus, 45:46 you have to have Him deep in your heart. 45:47 You have to have Him deep in your mind. 45:49 You have to be willing to put Him first. 45:51 Be willing to go whatever it takes 45:52 to make it to heaven. 45:53 This is what it's all about. 45:55 Has everyone sinned... 45:57 Question number six, has everyone sinned. 46:00 We just read their advice on the death penalty. 46:02 Romans 3:23 says, 46:03 "We've all sinned and come short of, " what? 46:06 "Short of the glory of God." 46:08 Patriarchs and Prophets says 338 says, 46:13 "Through Satan's temptations, 46:15 the whole human race 46:16 has become transgressors of God's," what? 46:19 "His law." 46:21 But notice this, 46:22 the most dangerous falsehoods are those 46:24 that are mingled with truth. 46:27 There it is. 46:28 The most dangerous 46:31 thing that the enemy have is, 46:32 is taking a mingling. 46:34 See, he loves error, 46:36 but he takes a little bit of truth 46:37 and he gets it because people who don't know the word of God, 46:39 they're gonna be suckered in. 46:42 Well, I know what it says but never... 46:44 There's no buts in the cause of Christ, 46:46 there's no buts in the Word of God here. 46:49 Exceptions to the rule God lays it out clear for us. 46:52 We need His help. 46:54 All have sinned. Question seven. 46:55 Why did Jesus come to this earth? 46:57 We've got to cover this in about eight minutes 46:59 or so left, so please stay with. 47:01 Why did Jesus come to this earth? 47:03 Was there a reason He came? 47:04 Absolutely there, 1 Timothy 1:15 says, 47:08 "Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners." 47:12 Notice this. 47:13 Paul said of, "Whom I'm chief." 47:16 Most people don't want to talk about that today, 47:19 oh, I'm the chief sinner, oh, I'm worse than you. 47:21 We always say, well, I'm better than he is, 47:22 I'm better than she is... 47:24 No, Paul, a man of God wasn't he? 47:28 There's no doubt about a man of God. 47:30 Jesus chose him personally to do a work, 47:34 the faith that the man had awesome, 47:37 but he get that faith by hearing the Word of God 47:41 and close communion with Jesus Christ. 47:43 He had that faith. 47:44 He said, I look in the sinners, oh, I'm the chief, 47:47 I'm the world's worst. 47:49 Somebody says, you are low down culprit. 47:52 Yeah, that I am. 47:54 You realize there would be very little argument 47:55 if nobody getting mad... 47:57 I will, you dirty thief. Yeah, that's exactly. 48:00 The one time or the other we might have stole some, 48:01 we might have, blah, blah, blah, you know. 48:03 If not, we may be stealing time, 48:04 we may be stealing a lot of things 48:06 we don't even count as money and... 48:07 Are you still there? 48:08 Yeah. 48:13 Paul had... 48:14 Lord, help us to have the humble opinion of ourselves 48:17 the way Paul had of himself. 48:20 He was highly honored of God. 48:23 Yeah. 48:24 I tell you, he was not a boastful man at all 48:26 when it came to himself at all, wasn't? 48:28 No, he wasn't even self confident. 48:33 We don't need to be self confident. 48:35 We don't need any kind of self. 48:38 We need more of Jesus. 48:41 He saw himself of the worst of the worst. 48:44 However bad that can get, the worst of the worst. 48:47 He said that's what I am and he was not a liar. 48:50 I believe he meant it from the bottom of his heart. 48:52 It's easy for me to say, 48:53 I'm the dirtiest of the dirt 48:55 and then not really believe that I am. 48:59 But you really look at your life, 49:00 there's nobody more filthy, look how we had... 49:02 You know, broken the laws of God, 49:04 time and time again, 49:05 how we've done wrong, 49:07 we knew better that only by God's grace 49:08 and His mercy. 49:10 But note, regardless of how Paul's life, 49:12 he preached Jesus and Him crucified. 49:15 This is where the victories at, we're talking about sin 49:18 and be able to what? 49:19 The originator of sin and how? 49:21 By the grace of God we overcome sin 49:24 through Jesus Christ. 49:25 Can any other person save us? 49:27 Can any other being save us in this world? 49:29 Question eight. 49:31 No, there's no other name, 49:33 Acts 4:12. 49:34 The Bible is so clear, 49:35 "Neither is there salvation in" what? 49:37 "In any other for there is none other name 49:40 under heaven, 49:41 given among men whereby we," what? 49:43 "Must be saved." 49:44 What does that say? 49:46 There's no other way that you can be saved 49:47 or I can be saved, 49:49 other than accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior. 49:51 And don't cross hairs with it. 49:54 You need to do today. 49:55 Well, I know who He is, and I kind of love Jesus. 49:57 We're either in or we're out. 49:59 It's either 100% or it's not. 50:01 Matthew 12:30, 50:02 "He who is not with me is against me." 50:04 There's none of us brooding around and saying, 50:05 "Well, no, I'll tell you, it's not going to be." 50:07 It either is or it isn't, you either get in or get out. 50:10 This is where we're at in earth's history. 50:12 Time's telling us right now we've got to do it. 50:13 Why? 50:15 Because God wants to use you do something great in this world. 50:17 He wants to use you, 50:19 let's not get on the edges and never make that decision 50:21 and choice for Him. 50:23 Man, I tell you, remember the arrest of... 50:26 Was it Peter and John. 50:28 You know, they were questioned by the religious leaders. 50:31 They asked them, by what power, 50:35 what name, had they been able to do good 50:37 to this impotent man? 50:38 Do you remember? Oh, they laid it not. 50:40 How could this miracle work right here, 50:41 how could they do this? 50:43 How could it be done? 50:45 And what did they do? 50:47 The men of God's that they boldly proclaim. 50:49 It was done in the name of Jesus. 50:52 This is what it's all about. 50:54 There's no other name given among mine, it's a name. 50:56 It's given to me, his name of Jesus. 50:59 Jesus is the answer. 51:01 Did you notice that? 51:03 They proclaimed loudly, 51:08 Acts 4:7-9, it says, 51:11 "They boldly proclaimed 51:13 it was done in the name of," what? 51:14 "Of Jesus." 51:17 But you know what? They didn't quit there. 51:19 They said, it's done in name of Jesus 51:21 whom you crucified. 51:23 Man, they weren't afraid of the enemy. 51:25 To whom you crucified. 51:27 Wow. 51:29 And he's the one that were proclaiming 51:31 that God raised him from the dead. 51:33 You notice this. 51:36 This miracle was done in the name of Jesus, 51:38 and there is no salvation outside of Jesus Christ. 51:42 And the Bible said all the people standing around, 51:44 all of them were listening to him. 51:46 They knew that the disciples had been with Christ. 51:49 How's it in your life and my life? 51:51 Your neighbors and your friend know that 51:52 you've been with Jesus. 51:54 This is the way it was 51:55 when Jesus was really living in their heart. 51:57 Are they looking at your face or my face today and my doings 52:00 and whatever and they're saying 52:01 that Christ's can't live within, 52:03 they don't know Jesus. 52:04 See how important it is that we lift up the name of Jesus, 52:06 Acts of the Apostle, page 594 says, 52:10 "As the disciples proclaim the completeness of Christ, 52:14 the risen Savior," 52:15 notice, "Their words moved hearts, 52:19 men and women were won to the gospel." 52:22 Why? 52:24 Because they had been with Jesus. 52:25 You see, and the Holy Spirit begins to work, 52:28 people make decisions. 52:31 See, there could be something wrong 52:32 in our own hearts and our life, 52:34 say God, I want to get straightened out today 52:35 because I want to be a soul winner. 52:37 The place should be filled up, 52:39 should be standing with Him only, 52:41 should be out building another building. 52:45 This what we must do to be saved. 52:46 Only two minutes I can do, there's four points 52:48 and I'm gonna go just quickly as I can. 52:50 What must we do to be saved from the sin issue? 52:53 Four, Hebrews 11:6, 52:56 "Without faith," what is it, 52:58 I can't go in, go to all the... 52:59 "Without faith is," what? 53:00 "It's impossible to please God, 53:02 'cause we must believe that He is." 53:05 Number two, 1 John 1:9 we must do, what? 53:09 "If we confess our sins, 53:11 He is faithful and just to forgive us of our sin." 53:13 So we have to by faith believe that He is. 53:15 We have to confess our sins. 53:17 And then number 3, Isaiah 1:18-19. 53:21 He said, notice "Come now and let us reason together, 53:24 saith the Lord: though your sins be as," what? 53:27 "Scarlet, oh, they shall be white like snow, 53:30 though they be red like crimson, 53:33 they shall be as wool." 53:36 But then that verse goes on and said, 53:37 what do you mean three, 53:39 "If ye be willing, and obedient, 53:41 ye shall eat the good of the land." 53:44 Become right, have faith to believe. 53:48 Faith to believe in Jesus, we confess our sins. 53:52 They lay them out before Him and he said, 53:53 "I'm going to clean you up, 53:55 but you have to be willing and obedient." 53:58 And number four, Acts 16:31 says, 54:02 "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 54:03 and thou shalt be saved." 54:05 You noticed that. "And all thy house." 54:08 Man, how wonderful that is today, think about it. 54:13 That as we close, we close the day 54:14 what we should be crying out. 54:16 Lord, what must, I must I do to be saved? 54:19 Sin issue is a horrible thing. 54:23 The enemy sinned from the beginning, 54:25 he started this whole mess. 54:27 But you came to seek and save that which was lost. 54:29 That was me. 54:31 I'm the vilest of the vile. 54:32 We need to be able to say that from the grace of God, 54:34 but because of Jesus, 54:36 He's going to clean me up whiter than snow. 54:40 My life does need to stay the same 54:41 as it's always been. 54:43 It can be new in him today. 54:46 Today is the day of salvation we choose 54:48 by the weight of evidence. 54:50 The evidence is here, Jesus coming, 54:52 evidence is He's come to put, get rid of sin or sinners. 54:56 So I want to turn that sin over to Him. 54:58 So He can take me to heaven. How about you today? 55:01 Anyone would like to decide 55:02 before we have closing prayer together. 55:03 I want to be taken to heaven. I want sin to go from my life. 55:06 Oh, God help me to do that. Let's pray quickly. 55:08 Last 15 seconds we have. 55:10 Father in heaven, 55:11 thank You for Your precious, precious, 55:13 precious promises You've given us. 55:14 Thank You, You said, I will come again. 55:16 We cast our care on you, for You care for us, 55:18 in Jesus' name. 55:20 Amen. God bless you. 55:22 We look forward to seeing you next time. 55:26 Hello and welcome back. 55:27 How good is our God, 55:29 He has left absolutely no stone unturned. 55:33 He instrumented the very first GPS, 55:36 global positioning system through His Word, the Bible. 55:40 He's laid out the path of sin from its roots 55:44 and how it affects which path of life 55:46 that we choose to travel down in our final destination 55:50 unless we choose to make a turn and to take that straight, 55:54 that straight and narrow road that leads to eternal life. 55:58 All of heaven was emptied in the gift of Jesus Christ 56:03 coming as a Lamb of God to make propitiation 56:06 for our sins. 56:07 Without this ultimate sacrifice of love, 56:10 there would be absolutely no hope of salvation 56:14 for any one of us. 56:16 What a solemn thought? 56:18 The King of the universe lay down His life for you 56:23 and for me, 56:24 in order that we may someday have a home 56:27 and eternal life with Him in heaven. 56:30 Today's message again is entitled, 56:32 "Where Sin Came From 56:34 And How We Can Be Saved From It." 56:37 And it can be yours. 56:39 This lesson can be yours 56:40 for a love gift of just $8 or more. 56:43 Along with this corresponding Bible Study guide 56:47 that is entitled "Sharing God's Love 56:49 Makes You Happier, What The Bible says." 56:52 And remember, 56:53 all 25 hours of study are also available as well. 56:57 When you order all 25 lessons, 25 hours, 57:02 we will include five Bible Study guides for free. 57:06 For today's lesson, for one, 57:08 will include one Bible Study guide for free. 57:10 All 25 are offered for a love gift 57:13 of just $175 or more. 57:16 Simply call us here at Behold the Lamb Ministries 57:19 in the United States. 57:20 You may call us at (618) 942-5044, 57:25 that Central Time, 57:26 or write to Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:29 PO Box 2030, Herrin, Illinois 62948. 57:34 You may email your order 57:35 at BeholdTheLambMinistries @Yahoo.com, 57:38 or you may also order these messages 57:40 on our website at BeholdTheLambMinistries.com. 57:44 My dear friends, may our precious Lord 57:47 continue to richly bless you and yours. |
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