Title: The Good News of Jesus Christ Meta: How can a condemned sinner be brought into a right relationship with God? There is only one way, and it is through the life and death of Jesus Christ. This is the good news that sinful humanity needs. It is Christ alone who satisfies the wrath of God that is due to us and gives us peace with God. Tags: Jesus Christ, Gospel, salvation, good news 1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,360 So I want to talk to you about 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,870 the most important thing 3 00:00:04,870 --> 00:00:06,120 in all of existence. 4 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,360 This news, that I want to tell you, 5 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:09,440 is the most important news 6 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,610 you will ever hear in your entire life. 7 00:00:11,610 --> 00:00:14,350 It's the most important issue in the world, 8 00:00:14,350 --> 00:00:17,580 and that is, how can a man be right with God? 9 00:00:17,580 --> 00:00:20,230 And for many of you, 10 00:00:20,230 --> 00:00:22,630 that may be a thought that you haven't even thought about. 11 00:00:22,630 --> 00:00:25,999 But the reality is every single one of us, 12 00:00:25,999 --> 00:00:28,909 we are in a position of being under 13 00:00:28,909 --> 00:00:31,259 the wrath of Almighty God. 14 00:00:31,259 --> 00:00:35,100 The issue is this: that man and God 15 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:37,090 are at odds with one another. 16 00:00:37,090 --> 00:00:38,090 You. 17 00:00:38,090 --> 00:00:38,790 Sir. 18 00:00:38,790 --> 00:00:39,390 Ma'am. 19 00:00:39,390 --> 00:00:40,800 Friend. 20 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,070 There's a conflict. 21 00:00:43,070 --> 00:00:45,340 There's a war, there's a battle, 22 00:00:45,340 --> 00:00:50,460 and you are an opposing side to the Lord Almighty. 23 00:00:50,460 --> 00:00:52,500 You may say, "How did I get here? 24 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:54,390 This is news I haven't heard before." 25 00:00:54,390 --> 00:00:56,460 I don't doubt you may not have heard that, 26 00:00:56,460 --> 00:00:58,190 but that doesn't, in any way, 27 00:00:58,190 --> 00:01:00,860 take away from the reality that it is true. 28 00:01:00,860 --> 00:01:01,860 God is a God of love, 29 00:01:01,860 --> 00:01:02,860 He's a God of mercy, 30 00:01:02,860 --> 00:01:03,860 He's a God of grace, 31 00:01:03,860 --> 00:01:05,000 He's a God of compassion, 32 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,299 but He's also a God of righteousness 33 00:01:07,299 --> 00:01:08,760 and holiness. 34 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,020 God is holy, holy, holy. 35 00:01:11,020 --> 00:01:11,820 He's true. 36 00:01:11,820 --> 00:01:12,790 He's almighty. 37 00:01:12,790 --> 00:01:13,620 He's perfect. 38 00:01:13,620 --> 00:01:15,020 He's good. 39 00:01:15,020 --> 00:01:16,999 He is awesome. 40 00:01:16,999 --> 00:01:18,820 And no one questions this. 41 00:01:18,820 --> 00:01:21,649 The Bible is filled with examples 42 00:01:21,649 --> 00:01:24,460 of Scriptures that talk about His majesty. 43 00:01:24,460 --> 00:01:26,829 And I think of Isaiah 6:1 44 00:01:26,829 --> 00:01:30,149 that talks about the holiness of our God. 45 00:01:30,149 --> 00:01:33,490 He is amazing. 46 00:01:33,490 --> 00:01:36,840 Now while this is all true and we say "amen" to this, 47 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:38,840 there is another truth. 48 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,009 And that is that you are not. 49 00:01:41,009 --> 00:01:44,740 And the problem that we all have is that every single one of us, 50 00:01:44,740 --> 00:01:47,869 every human being that's ever been born 51 00:01:47,869 --> 00:01:50,799 save for one, save for the Lord Jesus Christ, 52 00:01:50,799 --> 00:01:52,619 is not righteous. 53 00:01:52,619 --> 00:01:53,619 We are not holy. 54 00:01:53,619 --> 00:01:55,249 See, when Adam sinned, 55 00:01:55,249 --> 00:01:58,149 when Adam rebelled against God, 56 00:01:58,149 --> 00:02:04,030 all of creation was put underneath the dark cloud of God's curse. 57 00:02:04,030 --> 00:02:06,499 Judgment has fallen on all of humanity 58 00:02:06,499 --> 00:02:11,900 and we are now born with a heart that is set upon doing evil. 59 00:02:11,900 --> 00:02:14,530 And the problem is that one day 60 00:02:14,530 --> 00:02:19,239 the Bible says every one of us will give an account before God for our actions. 61 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:22,989 We'll stand before God in judgment and give an account for our lives. 62 00:02:22,989 --> 00:02:27,970 And unless you have lived an absolutely perfect and holy life, 63 00:02:27,970 --> 00:02:30,720 you won't be able to stand in that day. 64 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,580 You won't be able to stand before God. 65 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:35,769 Because God is a holy and righteous and perfect being, 66 00:02:35,769 --> 00:02:38,250 and He requires holiness and righteousness 67 00:02:38,250 --> 00:02:42,770 and absolute perfection if we are going to enter into His presence. 68 00:02:42,770 --> 00:02:44,180 Perfection is the standard. 69 00:02:44,180 --> 00:02:46,850 It will not be lowered for you, or for me, 70 00:02:46,850 --> 00:02:48,150 or for anyone else. 71 00:02:48,150 --> 00:02:49,540 Perfection is the standard, 72 00:02:49,540 --> 00:02:51,480 only perfect people get to Heaven. 73 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:52,519 The problem is, 74 00:02:52,519 --> 00:02:53,980 as I've already alluded to, 75 00:02:53,980 --> 00:02:55,290 that we are not perfect. 76 00:02:55,290 --> 00:02:57,579 We have broken the laws of God. 77 00:02:57,579 --> 00:02:59,760 We have not believed Him, we have not loved Him. 78 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:01,829 We have not served Him, we have not honored Him. 79 00:03:01,829 --> 00:03:06,360 We have not worshiped Him as He is worthy to be worshiped! 80 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,920 And one of these days, we're all going to die and stand before God, 81 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:14,730 and we'll have this mountain of guilt and sin hanging over us. 82 00:03:14,730 --> 00:03:16,530 And so that the desperate situation 83 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:18,049 that every human being is in. 84 00:03:18,049 --> 00:03:19,049 But it gets worse. 85 00:03:19,049 --> 00:03:22,280 It doesn't just stop that we have disobeyed Him. 86 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,799 See, every sin has a consequence, 87 00:03:24,799 --> 00:03:27,519 the wages of sin is death. 88 00:03:27,519 --> 00:03:29,650 There's a punishment! 89 00:03:29,650 --> 00:03:33,580 And that is the very anger and fury and wrath of God. 90 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:36,530 So not only have we disobeyed God, 91 00:03:36,530 --> 00:03:38,450 but disobedience has 92 00:03:38,450 --> 00:03:40,610 resulted in a consequence, 93 00:03:40,610 --> 00:03:42,760 and that consequence is the wrath of God 94 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,280 and it is approaching. 95 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,489 The good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ is that 96 00:03:49,489 --> 00:03:53,040 God has intervened to do something for us 97 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,980 that we could never do for ourselves. 98 00:03:55,980 --> 00:03:59,030 Your works are not going to remove the wrath of God. 99 00:03:59,030 --> 00:04:00,569 Your efforts are not going to do it. 100 00:04:00,569 --> 00:04:01,999 Your tears are not going to do it. 101 00:04:01,999 --> 00:04:03,090 Your church attendance, 102 00:04:03,090 --> 00:04:05,099 dressing up, dressing down, 103 00:04:05,099 --> 00:04:06,530 good works, 104 00:04:06,530 --> 00:04:08,400 volunteering, charity; 105 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:09,400 none of those things 106 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,510 are going to satisfy the wrath of God, 107 00:04:11,510 --> 00:04:12,700 and none of those things 108 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:14,670 are going to allow you to be 109 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:16,440 perfect. 110 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:17,769 It's not going to meet the requirement. 111 00:04:17,769 --> 00:04:18,930 So what does? 112 00:04:18,930 --> 00:04:21,220 So the good news is that Jesus Christ 113 00:04:21,220 --> 00:04:23,139 entered the world, 114 00:04:23,139 --> 00:04:27,330 He was fully God, He existed as God from all eternity, 115 00:04:27,330 --> 00:04:28,740 and He became a Man. 116 00:04:28,740 --> 00:04:30,190 He took on human flesh. 117 00:04:30,190 --> 00:04:31,710 He humbled Himself 118 00:04:31,710 --> 00:04:33,180 to become a Man. 119 00:04:33,180 --> 00:04:35,000 To enter into this world as a baby, 120 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,360 a lowly infant. 121 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,900 And to live as a m an 122 00:04:38,900 --> 00:04:41,810 amongst the sinful world 123 00:04:41,810 --> 00:04:43,740 and He lived a perfect life. 124 00:04:43,740 --> 00:04:46,419 He lived thirty three years, approximately. 125 00:04:46,419 --> 00:04:48,460 He obeyed God's law perfectly, 126 00:04:48,460 --> 00:04:50,680 He obeyed all of the commandments, 127 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,370 He fulfilled all the prophecies 128 00:04:52,370 --> 00:04:53,720 that were written in the Old Testament. 129 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,970 Hundreds of prophecies that were foretold 130 00:04:55,970 --> 00:04:57,500 about the Messiah who would come, 131 00:04:57,500 --> 00:04:59,360 He fulfilled those prophecies. 132 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,180 He came to do what? 133 00:05:01,180 --> 00:05:03,530 To obey where we have disobeyed. 134 00:05:03,530 --> 00:05:06,340 He came to fulfill the Law of God. 135 00:05:06,340 --> 00:05:10,389 He satisfied the righteous requirement of the Law. 136 00:05:10,389 --> 00:05:11,590 Why is this good news? 137 00:05:11,590 --> 00:05:12,590 Because like I said 138 00:05:12,590 --> 00:05:15,070 only perfection gets you into Heaven! 139 00:05:15,070 --> 00:05:16,070 And none of us are perfect, 140 00:05:16,070 --> 00:05:20,440 but Jesus Christ came and He lived perfectly! 141 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:21,650 And not just that. 142 00:05:21,650 --> 00:05:23,400 Oh, after He satisfied the Law, 143 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:28,360 after He was obedient to the point of death 144 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:32,270 He surrendered His life to the cross. 145 00:05:32,270 --> 00:05:34,780 He surrendered His life to be a sacrifice. 146 00:05:34,780 --> 00:05:36,599 See, like I said. 147 00:05:36,599 --> 00:05:37,660 One problem: 148 00:05:37,660 --> 00:05:38,660 None of us are perfect. 149 00:05:38,660 --> 00:05:39,660 We have all sinned. 150 00:05:39,660 --> 00:05:41,610 But problem two is that we deserve a punishment. 151 00:05:41,610 --> 00:05:43,070 We deserve a consequence, 152 00:05:43,070 --> 00:05:44,889 and that consequence is not just death, 153 00:05:44,889 --> 00:05:46,500 but it is eternal death. 154 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:48,900 But Jesus Christ upon the cross, 155 00:05:48,900 --> 00:05:50,580 He surrendered Himself 156 00:05:50,580 --> 00:05:56,660 to take upon Himself the due penalty that we all deserve, 157 00:05:56,660 --> 00:06:00,180 the wrath of God. 158 00:06:00,180 --> 00:06:03,099 It was laid upon Him. 159 00:06:03,099 --> 00:06:08,490 And so not only did He suffer all the physical agonies of the cross in crucifixion, 160 00:06:08,490 --> 00:06:13,190 but He suffered the spiritual agonies of bearing the weight of sin. 161 00:06:13,190 --> 00:06:16,650 The Bible says that He became a propitiation. 162 00:06:16,650 --> 00:06:21,210 He satisfied God's righteous wrath and anger against sin. 163 00:06:21,210 --> 00:06:23,790 It was poured out upon Him on the cross. 164 00:06:23,790 --> 00:06:26,139 And He dies, He really dies. 165 00:06:26,139 --> 00:06:27,360 For He is both God and man, 166 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,419 He really lays down His life 167 00:06:29,419 --> 00:06:33,320 and He is put into the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, 168 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,180 as it was prophesied. 169 00:06:35,180 --> 00:06:37,310 But three days later, 170 00:06:37,310 --> 00:06:39,500 He comes back to life with a promise. 171 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:41,539 See, He has conquered death! 172 00:06:41,539 --> 00:06:43,650 He has conquered the enemy, Satan! 173 00:06:43,650 --> 00:06:44,830 He has conquered sin, 174 00:06:44,830 --> 00:06:46,620 and He comes back with a promise: 175 00:06:46,620 --> 00:06:49,830 that everyone who believes in Him will not be put to shame. 176 00:06:49,830 --> 00:06:52,000 See, if you place your faith in Jesus Christ 177 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,650 and what He did in His perfect life, 178 00:06:53,650 --> 00:06:55,360 and what He did in His sacrificial death, 179 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,659 and what He did in His victorious resurrection: 180 00:06:57,659 --> 00:06:59,340 You, no matter what you've done, 181 00:06:59,340 --> 00:07:01,020 no matter how many sins you've committed, 182 00:07:01,020 --> 00:07:02,730 no matter how many times you've done it. 183 00:07:02,730 --> 00:07:03,980 No matter what the blasphemy, 184 00:07:03,980 --> 00:07:05,080 no matter what the shame: 185 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:06,340 You, sir! 186 00:07:06,340 --> 00:07:07,600 You, ma'am! 187 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,560 Will be saved! 188 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:10,580 Saved from what? 189 00:07:10,580 --> 00:07:12,670 Saved not only from Hell and the wrath of God, 190 00:07:12,670 --> 00:07:15,729 but saved from the power of sin that has you a slave! 191 00:07:15,729 --> 00:07:19,610 And repentance means having a change of mind 192 00:07:19,610 --> 00:07:22,720 about yourself and your sin. 193 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,069 And a change of mind about who God is 194 00:07:25,069 --> 00:07:26,960 and His holiness and His righteousness. 195 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,389 And it means to come to a recognition 196 00:07:29,389 --> 00:07:35,470 of the great guilt that your sin brings upon us. 197 00:07:35,470 --> 00:07:37,379 And so we need to repent, 198 00:07:37,379 --> 00:07:39,540 and we need to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. 199 00:07:39,540 --> 00:07:41,509 He changes you, supernaturally. 200 00:07:41,509 --> 00:07:42,750 The Holy Spirit comes, 201 00:07:42,750 --> 00:07:43,790 He lives within you, 202 00:07:43,790 --> 00:07:44,790 He gives you a new heart, 203 00:07:44,790 --> 00:07:45,710 new affections, 204 00:07:45,710 --> 00:07:46,790 new desires. 205 00:07:46,790 --> 00:07:48,909 And you walk victoriously. 206 00:07:48,909 --> 00:07:50,979 Forgiven of all of your sin. 207 00:07:50,979 --> 00:07:53,449 Empowered to live righteously, 208 00:07:53,449 --> 00:07:54,449 and promised 209 00:07:54,449 --> 00:07:56,661 that you will be with Christ forever in Heaven. 210 00:07:56,661 --> 00:07:58,050 This is the good news, 211 00:07:58,050 --> 00:08:00,180 this is the news that we want to bring to Temple. 212 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:01,750 This is the news we want to bring to Killeen, 213 00:08:01,750 --> 00:08:04,009 this is the news we want to bring to you. 214 00:08:04,009 --> 00:08:07,449 This is the news that can save you, that can finally set you free. 215 00:08:07,449 --> 00:08:08,760 From all the things that you've tried 216 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,650 all your life to be free from, 217 00:08:10,650 --> 00:08:11,650 here is the news. 218 00:08:11,650 --> 00:08:14,830 The message of Christ and Him crucified. 219 00:08:14,830 --> 00:08:19,419 And we are seeking to proclaim the true biblical gospel, 220 00:08:19,419 --> 00:08:20,419 because the reality is 221 00:08:20,419 --> 00:08:24,080 there are many churches that seek to proclaim 222 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,949 the truth of Christ and yet the message, 223 00:08:26,949 --> 00:08:29,060 if you listen carefully, 224 00:08:29,060 --> 00:08:32,120 it's a very watered down version of what the Bible teaches. 225 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:36,740 And so, Jesus warns, 226 00:08:36,740 --> 00:08:38,559 there will be many on that day that say, 227 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,370 'Lord, Lord, have we not done various things' 228 00:08:41,370 --> 00:08:42,649 And Jesus will say, 229 00:08:42,649 --> 00:08:44,470 "Depart from me, I never knew you, 230 00:08:44,470 --> 00:08:46,339 you workers of iniquity." 231 00:08:46,339 --> 00:08:51,120 So we're calling people to the reality of what true conversion is. 232 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,350 And the Bible says if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, 233 00:08:54,350 --> 00:08:55,940 you trust in Him, 234 00:08:55,940 --> 00:08:56,940 you shall be saved. 235 00:08:56,940 --> 00:08:59,410 And so we're saved by faith alone, 236 00:08:59,410 --> 00:09:01,760 faith is always coupled with repentance, 237 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,300 but if you are genuinely saved, 238 00:09:04,300 --> 00:09:07,440 that will result in a transformation in your life. 239 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,760 The Bible talks about the necessity of being born again, 240 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,890 or being regenerated. 241 00:09:12,890 --> 00:09:15,760 And so the idea is that we pass from death to life. 242 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,610 From spiritual death to spiritual life. 243 00:09:18,610 --> 00:09:21,459 It's just not possible for someone to say, 244 00:09:21,459 --> 00:09:22,459 "I'm a Christian", 245 00:09:22,459 --> 00:09:26,680 and yet for them to never have experienced some kind of a transformation in their life. 246 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:28,570 And so many many people, 247 00:09:28,570 --> 00:09:29,610 perhaps thousands, 248 00:09:29,610 --> 00:09:30,610 maybe millions of people, 249 00:09:30,610 --> 00:09:33,029 are deceived on this point. 250 00:09:33,029 --> 00:09:36,990 We're calling people to what the Bible speaks of 251 00:09:36,990 --> 00:09:40,150 as what genuine Christianity is. 252 00:09:40,150 --> 00:09:42,530 It involves submitting yourself to the Lordship of Christ, 253 00:09:42,530 --> 00:09:43,490 believing on Him, 254 00:09:43,490 --> 00:09:44,840 trusting Him, 255 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:46,420 giving yourself wholly to Him, 256 00:09:46,420 --> 00:09:50,570 and clinging to Him alone for your salvation. 257 00:09:50,570 --> 00:09:53,100 We pray that many of you will come and join us, 258 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:55,140 and that God will be merciful to draw many people, 259 00:09:55,140 --> 00:09:56,860 in Killeen and Temple, 260 00:09:56,860 --> 00:09:58,550 to saving faith in His Son. 261 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:00,416 He changes us. 262 00:10:00,416 --> 00:10:01,643 He changed me. 263 00:10:01,643 --> 00:10:02,850 He can change you.