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Pastor Tim talks about living in a World that is drowning in a sea of our own sin and how that sin is drawing us ever closer to an eternity separated from God in Hell, but God sent us a Savior for no other reason that we could not save ourselves and that was the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul keeps reminding us in Romans that righteousness is possible through the Law, but only if a person could keep every precept perfectly and not break even the smallest. Because to break one means a person is guilty of the whole thing,  (James 2:10). Of course, even if a person were able to perfectly keep the Law, he would still have to deal with the problem of his sinful nature. Man isn’t a sinner because he sins, man sins because he is a sinner, (Romans 3:23, Gal 3:22). We are born in sin, we just prove the reality of our sinful nature by the things we do. Tim explains that when he got caught shoplifting and told the judge he was a good guy and had never murdered anyone, never raped any girls and that those good things should balance out his first shoplifting conviction. Just like an earthly judge must be a just judge in order to punish the guilty, so must our mighty God be a righteous and just judge and He will punish all sinners. God hates sin and His Law says that “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). This means that all sin must be punished by death. But because of His love for us, God sent His Son to die in our place. God put the sins of the world on Jesus and punished Him as though He was guilty (1 Cor 15:1-4). The Bible says that if anyone will repent and believe in Jesus then they will be forgiven (Luke 5:32-34). However, if anyone refuses to accept God’s free offer of forgiveness then they will have to take their own punishment in hell (John 3:36, Rev 16:9-10). Steve’s weekly cartoon below paints us a perfect picture of what people are constantly telling us about hell, that it’s a myth… But we need to quit listening to the sinfulness and flesh of Man and listen to what God’s Word tells about us about the reality of hell (Psalm 9:17, Proverbs 15:24, 2 Peter 2:4, Luke 12:5, Rev 1:18, Rev 20:14, etc…) so you don’t end up in a place that you once thought was a myth. Which way will you choose?

May we learn the truth that God only has one plan of salvation. It is not a Jewish plan, nor any other religious plan. If we expect to miss the condemnation of Hell and to go to Heaven when we depart from this world, then we must come to God on His terms. We must reject every work of the flesh and every attempt to get there on our own (2 Peter 1:10).

“That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)

Series: Romans 10:1
Speaker: Tim Miles
Type: Sunday Sermon

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