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The Bible tells us that God has already judged the world. For 1500 years he had given to the nation of Israel his law, but he had also given the light of understanding, of conscience to the Gentiles, also where they could know that there is a God because of His creation, because of conscience being able to reason that if there is a world, there has to be a God. That is assumed. Even when we read in the very first words of the Bible, God does not explain God.

He just simply starts off with the very first verse in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. It is assumed that the nations of the world, the people of the world, know there is a God. But instead of seeking God and letting even their conscience, which has a little bit of light, guide them To God, they refused that. So whether it was because of the word that was revealed to Israel, or the world that is revealed to the common mind, everyone has found themselves to be guilty before God.

Because God has judged the whole world. Now take your Bible and turn to the book of Romans in chapter 3. And he makes a statement there in verse 9. Now Now we know that what things so ever the law sayeth, it’s safe to them who are under the law, y’all get this, that every mouth may be stopped. Because whatever God does, it must be right. And God must be just justified in the eyes of everybody that whatever God did, it was right.

So God has to always vindicate Himself and prove to the world that what God did was justified and God’s going to do that. This is the only main reason for the Grey White Throne Judgment so that every lost man will get a day in court and present his cause. And when it’s all over with, there won’t be anything for them to say and the Bible says and they will be cast into the lake of burning fire. Now get what he says here.

In the last part of this verse he says that every mouth may be stopped all the world. The word all if you don’t have it on the line you should. All the world may become guilty before God. So if you are found to be guilty it means that courts already been held. It’s already been held. has already declared this to be true. And so therefore this is a judicial decision as a judge would make in a courtroom. Thou art found guilty.

And if you had a jury trial and how does the jury find the defendant guilty innocent, every man is a liar. Look in verse 4 of Romans in chapter 3. God forbid you let God be true. Every man a liar. Everybody’s a liar. I know we don’t like to admit that we ever told a lie, but we have. And God says every man is a liar in a thousand ways. But God says in this verse all the world may become guilty before God.

Now look in verse 20. Therefore… If the sentence has already been rendered, then there’s nothing that the defendant can do to justify himself, cause courts over. Courts over. It’s in the words, it’s like a judge saying that you are guilty and you’re just waiting for that. Nothing that you do now is going to change the judge’s mind. It’s final. Now the day we have the court of appeals and this appeal matter appeal and so forth and they said on death for over 20 years You think God’s like that?

God’s not like that God makes a decision and he has said the whole world is guilty and because the whole world is guilty Therefore there’s nothing that you can do to deliver yourself from that verdict Now, this is why God sent his son Look in verse 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight Because there’s nothing that you can do the verdict is over. It’s your guilty and you got to pay And he says for by the law is the knowledge of the sin that is how we know that we are a sin Now these are simple verses that we’ve covered many many times now take your Bible and turn it there to the book of John chapter 3 John and chapter 3 The Gospel of John is a book that’s very simple, very good, easy for anybody to understand.

It’s one that I guess more people of trusted Christ is Savior from than any other book in the Bible. I always recommend the Gospel of John to a person who has just trusted Christ. I say read it and then we get through, read it again, and then we get to read it again. If you don’t get to any other books in the Bible, just read the Gospel of John. because Gospel of John is so easy and simple for a person to understand.

So many great truths. Now look at John 3 16, a verse you’re very familiar with, but look at it. He says, for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever it be, leave it then Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Now you said, well everybody’s heard that verse. There are people who’ve never heard the verse. The first time I heard the verse, I was 18 years old. Now think about that. You think everybody’s heard that.

I was 18 for I ever heard that verse. Get what he says in verse 17. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world. Why? The world was already condemned. So Christ didn’t come down here to prove to everybody about all this bad wickedness that everybody’s doing. He came to save the world. I believe very strongly that as a person that is sent into the world, like it says God sent his son, well the Bible also says he sent us into the world.

Well if God didn’t send his son into the world to condemn the world, then why should I go into the world to condemn the world? The homosexual is going to hell not because he’s a homosexual. the man that drank, he’s going to help not because he drank him. All those are the results of him being a sinner. That’s not an issue to me. We’re supposed to love the person, not their sin, and they don’t have to stop their sin in order for us to love them more or even for God to love them more.

That’s a love the world. And he came saying it’s not to condemn the world because they’re already condemned. But we can let them know that they are condemned. Because they have not believed Not because of the things they’re doing because then whenever you point out all the sins that they’re now doing We’re giving the impression you got to stop before God will save you and I disagree with that Though I want people to live good and righteous and so forth, but that’s not the point when you’re talking about salvation Look there in verse 17 When he says for God sent out his son into the world to condemn the world But that the world through him might be what might be safe.

So he came to save. Not to condemn, but to save. It’s not good to always try to point out all the wickedness that people are doing. Most of the, all you got to do is put your center and everybody. I think most people, they know that. I’ve only met a couple of people in my whole life that thought they were perfect.

And this guy, he says, he says, if you ever met anybody that’s perfect or heard about anybody being perfect, he says, oh, yeah. He says, my wife’s ex-husband. Look at verse 18. Verse 18 says, he that believeth on him is what? Not condemned, but get this. But he that believeth not is condemned when? He is already condemned. So he’s not going to hell because of any particular sin that he’s doing. Those, all those things that he does is because he is a sinner.

That’s what he is. That’s just the fruit on the tree. We don’t have to get him to pick the fruit off the tree before God will save him. No. But get what he says. He is condemned already because he have not, what, he have not believed in the name of the only begotten son of God. This is, this is why. a man’s condition because he hasn’t believed not because of all the bad things are doing Hitler didn’t go to hell because he killed six million Jews or however many millions he killed that’s not why what the hell if he went to hell because he didn’t believe on Christ didn’t trust Christ saw them who sang if he was the trust Christ’s savior where would he go they go to heaven and nothing else matters I mean for the world yes I mean that’s terrible what happened and

And those some have been lost. I mean, but if they trust Christ, they’re safe. They’ll go to heaven when they die Despite everything they’ve ever done. It’s hard sometimes for us to believe it, but that’s that’s grace That’s because God loves them Remember you and I don’t looking things exactly the way God does God loves the people we despise and we hate I Hope there’s nobody like that in your life But he makes a statement verse 19 and get it and this is the condemnation that light is coming to the world because men love God.

So God has given us the light so that people could see there’s a God that loves you. And I told the man I said I would rather let him know God loves you. And instead of trying to condemn everybody because of all the bad things that they do, maybe they have done a lot of bad things. And I went down one day to the ball game they were having down there and they had all these tailgate parties. And I had never been to one.

And I saw, I mean, but you know, for the most part, yeah, there were some people down there drinking. That was a little fan of mine. You know, but for the most part, people were just having a good time. Those are having fun. They were eating same food that I eat. And some of them were even drinking some of the same stuff that I drink. But to put a blanket, they’re all bad. No, they’re not. There’s a lot of good people doing a lot of good things.

And there’s a few people that will do some things that are not good. We, I believe, have a tremendous message that people could only hear it and understand and let them know about the love of God. And to me, this is what Christmas is about. Now, take your Bible and turn to John chapter five and verse 24. John chapter five and verse 24. See, you were condemned already. say judicial decree from the judge, God. After you trust Christ as your Savior of the same God that says once you are guilty, you’re condemned, but you trust Christ, you’re saved from the condemnation and then this same God has already decreed you can never be condemned again.

In other words you can’t be tried for the same crime twice. I was judged because I was a sinner. I can never be judged for that again. We even have laws in our country that says the very same thing. And this is why he says here in verse 24, verily, verily I say unto you, hear that, heareth my word, believeth on him, that sent me half right now, present, tenth, everlasting life, and shall not come into to condemnation. You can’t be condemned in the future because that would be double jeopardy.

You can’t do that. It is God that says it but is past from death in the life. God has already given you eternal life. He can’t condemn you. This is why it’s such a wonderful thing to know that you have eternal life and to know that you’re going to heaven when you die and understand why. I know sometimes people say well all you know is John 3 16. Well if that’s all that I new and the seven steps in the hand gesture.

That’s a tremendous message and that’s a lot to know and there’s like I don’t think I’d ever run out of people to talk to. But it’s understanding all these other things in the Bible that make you strong enough to keep doing that and keeping it simple and clear because you really believe it. But as you notice from this verse 24, shall not in the future ever be condemned again. You will never come into condemnation. That is And right along with you can know you have eternal life, half ever, you have this.

You can’t be condemned. You can’t go to hell in the future. Take your Bible, look at 2 Corinthians in chapter 5. 2 Corinthians in chapter 5. And this verse is a tremendous truth. Great truth. I never really understood this verse until I heard Dr. Stanford speak on it about a thousand times. I mean, he was always hitting this verse. I’ve read the verse, but I didn’t get out of it what he got out of it until I listened to him.

And then he had to say it over and over again for me. I see what he’s saying. Look at verse 21, where he had made him to be sin for us. He knew no sin. Christ, you know Sam, that we might be made the righteousness of God. Now let me ask you a question concerning Christ. Can Christ go to heaven? Why?

That’s why Christ is going to heaven. He’s perfect. What if you were in Christ? If He goes you go because you’re in Him. If Leon is driving his little red pickup truck down the highway going to Culver If Mrs. Campbell gets in the truck wherever Leon goes She’s going why she’s in the trunk When you are in Christ You get to go where he goes Because that’s where he is you’re in him now This is a simple illustration. I’ve given it before but I want to show you something This is me see there got Yankee on it.

That’s how you know it’s me and this This is Christ So whenever you trusted Christ as your Savior God Put you where in him and The Holy Spirit sealed you in in Christ. And then the Bible says that Christ is in God. So now, where am I? God the Father can see the Son. And whenever He looks for me and He finds me, He finds me in Christ. And Christ is in the Father. and I am sealed in Him.

This is a positional truth. This is what happens when you trusted Christ as your Savior. He says that you are in Him. Now get the last part of the verse. Be made the righteousness of God those two words. very important in him. So me going to heaven is me being in Christ. So Christ says salvation is Yankee needs to be into my life. We have people today that are saying that if you want to go to heaven you have to have Christ in your life.

You need Christ in your life, Christ in your life. And I’ve asked Christ to come into my life for salvation. No is is that Christ wants you in his life and Then you get to go and enjoy his life where he is That’s the different story that salvation Now whenever we’re talking about Serving the Lord God left us in this world in this world. I I live in this body. So Christ wants to be where? In me Christ in me.

In this life I am supposed to live. Christ wants to live his life through my life. That’s service. Salvation is that Christ wants me in his life. That’s a position of truth that cannot change. But Christ living his life through you down here in this world can change moment by moment. Because you see, it’s not that he is any less, it’s that I am not letting him live his life through me in this life. So as a Christian do I want Christ in my life?

Yes, but I want Christ to live his life through me. When I get to heaven, I will be in his life, not eternal life. When you trust in Christ your Savior, you are placed in Him. And He says He’ll never cast you out, never lose you. You are in the Son, sealed by the Holy Spirit, and the Son is in Christ. How can you ever get out of here? You can’t. You’re sealed. You’re ready to be delivered. you’re going to heaven when you die.

Now that’s the good news. Now take your Bible and turn to the book of Philippians in chapter 3, the book of Philippians and chapter 3. I am in Christ to live there. Christ is in me to live here and some people get it mixed up and they think that I just got to get Christ in my life to go to heaven. No. Because here you’re talking about Christ helping you live your life or you’re living your life for certain things for Christ and that that’s not salvation.

So you have a lot of Christians, people I should say go in the church, live in good lives, doing things for Christ and so forth and never trust Christ to take them to heaven. Because salvation is Christ allowing you to enter and to him his life. And that’s how you get eternal life. Now here in Philippians in chapter three, look what he says in verse nine. And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness, which is of God, by faith.

And be found where? in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness, which is of God by faith. How did you get there? By faith alone, believing that what Christ did was for you. You here can never be condemned. That’s your position in Christ. You’re safe and it can never be changed. Never be altered. can never undo this. Over here, Christ in your life may have control of you at one time and not another because it depends upon you yielding to the one who lives on the inside of you.

This is why we often say, greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. Satan in the world, Christ is in you, greater is He that is in you. So if you let the Lord, who lives within you, have the right to live through you because you yield to Him, you have the power to defeat the one that’s in the world that’s greater than you. And you can have power over the temptations of the flesh, the trials and tribulations, and anything the world has to throw at you because Christ is in your life in this world here, now you can have victory.

But many of God’s people have no victory in their Christian life, but they can. Now get what he says in verse 9, be found in him not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness, which is of God by faith. So God will give you his righteousness. Jesus Christ can go to heaven because he’s perfect. All right. If you’re placed in Him, then you’re in Christ and He’ll never cast you out and never lose you.

And you get to go because of what Christ did for you. See, this is a message that none of them never heard this. That man and his family they left. And so this young black couple, they got up to leave. And when they got up I says, and she was laughing about something. And I said, I don’t know what you’re laughing about it but it must be good and she slowly is. I said I got something good for you too.

I said you know that little thing I gave you that little piece of paper? I said let me, I said you got two minutes don’t you? I said yeah. I said sit sit out. They came and they sit down at my table and so when they said down I said come on let me show you something. Let me show you how you can know that you’re going to heaven. I said can I ask you? I said do you know that you’re going I’m going to heaven.

I said, what about you? He said, yeah, me too. Oh, this is great. They’re all Christians. I said, is there anything that you could do that could keep you from going to heaven? She said, well, yeah, that’s why you got to go to church and do the best you can. Were they really trusting Christ? No. They had the right words to start with, but they weren’t trusting in the way they lived. And she said that this is why we have to go to church.

And she says, and that’s why she said, and I pray and I try to do right. I said, well, what if you don’t? Well, then you don’t get to go. I said, let me talk to you. So I pulled out my wallet and I went through the hand gesture and I explained the gospel how they can know they have eternal life by trusting Christ’s Savior. And I says do you understand what I’m saying? She said yes, I do Look at what she said and I told him all about Robert coming to our church.

I invited them to come I said he needs somebody to come in here Set with him and says I said I’d love to have you come and I said this guy is one of the biggest dudes You’ve ever seen your life. I said he lifts weight. He’s big and solid kind of bill like myself Anyway, I enjoyed talking to them and I I said, where are you right now? Will you trust Jesus Christ as your Savior? And I said, yes, I will.

Now I looked at the guy and I said, what about three? He says, I won’t do it. I said, if you trust Christ right now, what would you have eternal life? Now listen, it’s right of everything else you think about. And even with all the stores and you can buy all kind of stuff and people will, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But the greatest gift you can give to anybody is the explanation of how to have the gift of eternal life.

And one of his shame for year after year after year to go by, and there’s nobody that you’ve ever talked to, find a victim. I sat down deliberately and asked the Lord, though let me talk to somebody. Then I had to take advantage of an opportunity. And sometimes it works. Sometimes it don’t. But at least you try. I’m sure that if you really try, You can find one person just, they didn’t know I was a preacher. I didn’t tell him I was a preacher till afterwards, but you can do it because it’s just the good message.

It’s a good news. It’s the greatest story in all the world. Go for it. Try it. You’ll like it. And to see something that would be tremendous. But anyway, keep it in mind. Salvation is not me having Christ in my life, but Christ having me in his life. Service is me having Christ in my life here. So I am in Christ to live there and Christ is in me to live here. Doesn’t that make sense? I thought of that last night sitting downstairs.

All of us admit that makes sense to me and I wrote that down and I knew you’d like that. Didn’t you like that? Because it does, so it makes sense. I’m always trying to find out a simpler way to say something because anybody can be hard and complicated. I want people to understand what I’m saying, and I want to be cleared simple, and I hope that makes sense to you. With headbound eyes closed and no one looking around, ask the Lord that in the next couple weeks, you will take the time, somehow, some way, and find someone to talk to, not just give them a track, let it be a door that you open up, but talk to somebody.

Nobody even has to know it. Find one person, come by themselves, talk to a little kid, But anybody somewhere, and it’s the greatest thing that you’ll ever do. Father, we ask Your blessings upon us. We thank You for all You’ve done for us. We thank You for these people, our church, and Father, ask Your blessings upon each and everyone. In Christ’s name we pray, Amen. You’ve been listening to Bibleline, a teaching ministry of Calvary Community Church in Tampa, Florida with Dr.

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