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Those who limit God's grace, are we correct in calling them Bible believers?
Those who sprinkle a little grace here and a little grace there, do they actually believe the word of truth rightly divided?
I know they say they do, but do the words they speak confirm this?
There is no limit on God's grace.
We can't limit it because we didn't give it, and make no mistake, limiting his forgiveness comes in all forms.
It's in all denominations.
They think you have to do something for forgiveness.
They place conditions on it.
It's a serious problem, and one that results from not actually believing their Bible.
Oh, they believe parts, but not all.
And their unbelief has led them to teach all sorts of errors.
Take the Presbyterians, they teach that forgiveness is a process that includes communal sin confession.
They think baptism assures believers of God's forgiveness and cleansing.
The Seventh Day Adventists will say they believe that forgiveness is a freely offered gift to be accepted, not earned.
Yet they teach that without confessing your sins to God, you can't be forgiven.
So which is it?
That's our question.
Which is it?
These two are different.
You see, religion has a way of taking away your ability to think, to think for yourself.
Methodists, they, they rely on 1 John 1:9 and James 5:16 for their forgiveness.
Mormons have a multiple step process.
Church of Christ, they depend on their water baptism.
The Freewill Baptists, they say forgiveness is not earned by works, but only received when an individual voluntarily turns from sin and to God.
Again, which is it?
You have to pick one because these are not the same.
Religion teaches forgiveness in all manner of mixed up ways.
Some say confess your sins, others say abandon your sin.
If you abandon all your sinful behaviors and habits God will forgive you.
And then you've got those who say forgiveness comes when you turn over a new leaf and toward a new life.
Some say if you, if you don't feel genuine Godly sorrow for your sin, then God cannot forgive you.
All these various ways seems to point to you.
The focus is on you and off the cross.
The Catholics, they give the priest the authority to act as an instrument to grant absolution and forgiveness, which will involve examining one's conscience, true sorrow, contrition, confessing mortal sins at least annually, and performing penance to amend one's life.
Such a mess, such a mess, but God's grace, it's amazing.
And we're seeing there's an increasing number realizing that there is nothing you can do to be forgiven because Christ did it all.
All credit goes to him.
He did all the doing that needed to be done.
Through his Son he finished something that most refuse to accept.
At the cross, the Son took our sin upon himself, satisfying the Father which opened the door for the whole of mankind to be made righteous and justified.
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he, God the Father, have made him, God the Son, to be sin for us.
Mmm, that's good.
Jesus, who knew no sin, by him doing this, we have the opportunity to be made righteous through faith in him.
That's where he Colossians 1:20 made peace through the blood of his cross.
And if you're saved, God has committed this word of reconciliation to you. Go tell it.
That's why in Ephesians 4:1 Paul beseeches us to walk worthy of this vocation wherewith we are called.
Our vocation is the gospel of reconciliation.
That's what we've been commissioned with.
The sum and and substance of the gospel is what Paul called the word of reconciliation which is what enabled us to have right relationship with God.
A relationship that couldn't have happened until the enmity was removed, which is what happened at the cross.
Colossians 1:27 Paul wrote, To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Our job, hey, hey listen, our job guys, is that we let the world in on this.
How that peace is found by grace through faith in the finished work of Christ.
That's the only way to have Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Complete restoration and peace comes when, when we are Romans 5:1 justified by faith.
There is great peace in knowing we have been reconciled to God and have 100% complete and secured assurance.
We're totally secure in our eternal salvation.
This lifelong discussion, you know, you've heard it, the one that says you can lose your salvation, it, it's foolish.
Satan laughs at all the debates that's gone on about losing your salvation.
Listen, once you're saved, Christ is your head, right?
Therefore, if we could lose our salvation, our head would have to be decapitated.
How absurd, it's foolish to even entertain such an idea.
Only a narcissist would think that they can undo what God has done.
It's judicially impossible for God to un-adopt someone, impossible.
Salvation is secured by God, not maintained by man.
We have a divine commission, guys, let's get serious about this, a commission to tell others of how they are kept by God's grace.
We've been committed to tell the world how that God is not angry with them because of their sin, which was cleared by the way, their account was cleared at the cross.
And in doing so, now they can be saved.
The hostility is gone, and right now, under the grace administration, God doesn't see anyone as his enemy.
So, what does that make you and I?
Peacemakers.
And as peacemakers, that's what we're supposed to be preaching.
We're to be peacemakers who repair the breach, bringing words of comfort to repair the divide and, and help restore what's broken.
The oppressed need to be freed and we have the good news to do it.
The gospel of reconciliation is the only thing able to bring together that which has been torn apart.
The world avoids a relationship with God because they think there's something they got to do with their sins first.
Having missed the fact that he was the initiator, he did something with our sins.
Our job is to make known that reconciliation was initiated by God through his Son at the cross.
He initiated it, and all that is needed from the unbeliever is to respond in faith.
But how can they if they don't know it?
See, through the pharasitical mindset of most of the world, Satan has in place his systematic oppression which has inhibited the masses from the gospel of reconciliation.
God has done everything needed for worldwide restoration, but it can't even come close to happening until we have made it known.
We need more ministers of reconciliation, those willing to step up, step up to the plate and face this issue head on.
Willing to fight the good fight that's needed to heal the breach between mankind and God.
I just read a, I read an article earlier from a pastor who claims that to be forgiven you must quote, "Turn from sin and return to God, confess specific sins, agree with God about all your wrongdoings, renounce sinful attitudes and habits," and I'm quoting this, "make restitution when needed, forgive others, and recommit to obeying God's word." End quote.
This is crazy.
This is nonsense.
This limited-forgiver religious system is a real mess, that I can tell you.
All it does is make forgiveness a process.
Forgiveness is not a process.
We have, we have no to-do list.
Jesus, he was given the to-do list and he finished it all.
He finished it and the process is done.
The information is no longer hid, so no one has an excuse.
Through the dispensational change, God stopped charging, stopped counting, stopped imputing sins.
It was achieved for us on the cross and announced to and through the Apostle Paul in due time, 1 Timothy chapter 2.
There starting in verse 5 he said, For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (Verse 6) Who gave himself a ransom for... how many? How many does it say? ...for all, to be testified in due time.
Where did this take place?
At the cross, but was it known there?
By no means.
It was to be testified in due time, and Paul was the due time testifier of this outstanding news.
And now we have it right here, in 13 books, Romans through Philemon.
I have an article here from the Forrest Hill Baptist Church.
We need to look at it.
Just give me a moment to pull it up here.
You know, what we have to understand is that it, it's Satan's greatest priority to keep secret the truth of what took place at the cross.
You understand that, right?
You can't have it getting out to the masses.
Over there in 1 Corinthians chapter 2, we're told how that the fullness of the crosswork was hid from Satan.
And now it's his desire to hide it from as many as possible.
And to his credit, he's doing a real good job.
This from the Forrest Hill Baptist Church titled, "How can you be forgiven of your sins?"
The title alone makes me want to puke.
How can you be forgiven?
As if it's future and up to you instead of past with all credit going to Christ.
See how that works?
Forrest Hill Baptist Church, obviously limited forgivers here who put the burden of forgiveness on human effort.
All right, this article is very lengthy, but, uh, we're going to skip through some here at the first and get to the heart of it.
When telling everyone how to get forgiveness, they say, quote,
"According to the Bible, there are several requirements. The problem is that many people look to only one or two of these requirements but fail to satisfy the others. It's a little like someone suffering from cancer and being told they can be cured if they'll go to the doctor. So they go to the doctor's office and then say, Well, I went to the doctor like they said. I guess I'm cured. But going to the doctor is just the start of the process. Then you have to do what the doctor says and accept his treatment. That, of course, is the hard part. So it is with the forgiveness of sin. You don't receive God's forgiveness simply by saying to him, 'Oh, by the way, I sinned. I need your forgiveness.' If that is all you ever do in seeking forgiveness, then you're in big trouble. You can't merely say, 'Please forgive me,' as if it's some magical incarnation that gets you off the hook to hell. Much more is required. This morning, consider what God's word has to say about the six requirements that must be satisfied in order to have your sins forgiven. The Bible gives some very thorough instructions on this. If you want your sins erased like the markings on an old Etch a Sketch, you need to follow these instructions. So what are the things God requires for forgiveness of your sins?"
Okay, so here they go.
They're going to give us six ways, six requirements.
"Requirement number one, you must believe in his Son, Jesus Christ, and have faith in him. Requirement number two, you must love Christ. Requirement number three, you must be obedient to God's word. Requirement number four, you must confess your sins to God. Requirement number five is repentance. Requirement number six, you must be willing to forgive others for the wrongs they have done to you."
Then here they, they go on to say in this article,
"You see? God's gift of his Son, Jesus Christ, makes our forgiveness possible. His bloodshed on the cross takes away all trace of sin for those who, number one, have faith in him, number two, love him, number three, obey him, number four, confess their sins to God, number five, repent, and six, forgive others. We don't deserve forgiveness, but God in his wondrous grace offers it just the same." End quote.
After giving us the list of six requirements that we have to perform, they say, "God in his wondrous grace offers forgiveness to us."
What?
I tell you, we find it fascinating how most who talk grace don't have a clue as to what it means.
Grace means we do nothing for it.
Grace can't be earned.
It's unmerited, meaning we cannot point to something we did and say, "Look, look what I did."
They also say here quote, "There you have them, six requirements every person must meet to be forgiven of their sins. When you survey this list, these requirements may seem daunting." End quote.
Religion is in a very sad state.
Again, all this does is make forgiveness a process.
Forgiveness is not a process.
I don't care if it's a denominational preacher or someone calling themselves a grace teacher.
If the process list, if the requirement is only one thing you have to do for forgiveness, they've perverted and poisoned what our Apostle Paul tells us.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing you have to do to get sins forgiven.
You can't get sins forgiven that are not being imputed.
That defies all logic.
It's not a process of doing one thing or several things.
Christ was given the to-do list and he completed it.
Process done.
The focus shouldn't be on trying to get something but believing something that already is.
We give all credit, all glory to Jesus Christ for taking care of that.
There's one verse that obliterates the platform whereby limited forgivers stand.
Romans 5 verse 13, (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Are you hearing that?
For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
That should, that should clear it up.
One, one simple question, one simple question you can ask them is, has the law been in effect during your lifetime?
And if they know anything, the answer of course will be, "No."
Which can only lead us to one simple conclusion.
It's impossible for sins to be imputed to anyone, believers or non-believers.
For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law, and there is no law.
Therefore, when an unbeliever dies, he or she cannot go to hell for sins that were not imputed because the law wasn't in operation during their lifetime.
Argument over, case closed.
You see, regardless of the religious articles and the sermons they preach from behind the pulpits, in this dispensation salvation is not getting your sins forgiven, it's believing they already are.
Christ died for them all, was buried, but has risen to justify you unto eternal life, and it is this, it is salvation that you must do something for, not forgiveness.
But salvation, what must I do to be saved?
Believe.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.
Grace and peace.
Hey Trey, Truth Time Radio, I just want to share some truth from what I've learned, listening to you and preacher Scott from just open the book,
that no one is forgiven and saved at the same time.
We were forgiven first and then saved two thousand years later when we heard that good news of the gospel.
And also, being born again, that term is not for the body of Christ.
It is for Israel because they had to be born again because they were God's first born.
And as the body of Christ, we are new creatures.
I just want to thank you, man, I'm learning so much.
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