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Revelation 21:5-7

Revelation 21:5-7
Fred Evans March, 5 2023 Video & Audio
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Fred Evans
Fred Evans March, 5 2023

In the sermon on Revelation 21:5-7 delivered by Fred Evans, the main theological topic centers around the theme of God's grace as it culminates in the new creation. The preacher articulates five key points: the announcement, assurance, accomplishment, and abundance of grace, alongside the promise of God's perpetual presence. Specifically, he references Scripture passages such as Ezekiel 36:24-27 and 2 Corinthians 5:17, which support the doctrine of regeneration and new creation in Christ, emphasizing that believers have been made new through the work of Jesus. The practical significance of this message lies in the assurance it provides believers regarding their salvation, grounded in the finished work of Christ and the transformative power of grace that brings assurance of eternal life and new identity as children of God.

Key Quotes

“Behold, I make all things new. This is surely the heart of all the sons of God for Jesus Christ to come and fulfill all of these promises.”

“The salvation of sinners then is the work of God alone. It is a work of grace and not based on merit.”

“He did not make salvation possible; otherwise, it wouldn't be finished. If He died for everyone and then just left it up to you, then it's not done.”

“For a believer, the old man of sin is still present, which is why we need constant assurance from God's Word.”

Sermon Transcript

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Amen. All right, take your bibles
and turn back with me to Revelation, Chapter 21. Revelation, Chapter 21. I text to be found in verses
five. Through verse. Seven. The scripture says, and
he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said it to me right for
these words are faithful and true. And he said to me, it is
done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the end. I will give unto them him that
is a thirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit
all things and I will be his God and he shall be my son. Now I've got five points for
my message this morning. I'll give them to you at the
onset of this. First of all, I want us to see
an announcement of grace, an announcement of grace. Behold, I make all things new. Then we see the assurance of
grace. He that sat upon the throne said
it. And we see the accomplishment
of grace, it is done. And we see the assurance of grace. These words are faithful and
true. And we see the abundance of grace
in this water, this fountain of the water of life that he
gives freely. So in By way of introduction,
we went over this last Sunday, Wednesday, the last time we met
together concerning verses one through five. And we see at this
point in the vision that John is witnessing the end, the end
of all things. He sees New Jerusalem coming
down from God out of heaven, which is the church. We see the
new creation, a new heaven and the new earth. We see that there's
no more separation, no more sea, no more trouble, no more enemies. That's what represented by the
sea is separation and trouble and enemies. He said no more
sea, no more of these things. New Jerusalem, the Church of
God coming down out of heaven as prepared. We saw this, that
the Church of God is prepared by God in election. The Church
of God is prepared by the perfect work of Christ. It is prepared
by the Spirit's work. And now we see it in its glory.
Christ coming down with His saints and those on earth rising to
be with Him forever. This is the New Jerusalem. And
we see that the presence of God now is forever with man. He said
the tabernacle of God is with me. God will be there, God, and
he shall be we shall be as people. And the fourth thing we saw is
that no more the no mores of heaven, no more tears, no more
death, no more sorrow, no more crying. It's all those things
are passed away. And he said, Behold, I make all
things new. And it is in this context truly
that he at the end, we shall see a forever new existence. I don't know of anything in this
world that's forever new. We get something new, it's automatically
becomes old. But in that place, this is something
beyond our comprehension. All things will be eternally
new. And this is the first one on
the announcement of grace. It's surely the heart of all
the sons of God for Jesus Christ to come and fulfill all of these
promises. Isn't it our heart that he come?
What have you come now? And that'd be great. Come right
now. That's what John said. Even comes. Even so, Lord Jesus,
come now. And the saints have been saying
this for over 2000 years. We say it this morning. Even
so, come. It's our heart's desire. And
when Jesus come, he will make all things new. But this text
also reminds me of the thing that he has made new in every
believer. In every believer, we have been
made a new creation. Jesus Christ will come, but let
us not forget that He is now, even now, continually making
all things new in the salvation of sinners. Now the old man,
by nature, is ruined. We were dead in trespasses and
sins, and like the Pharisees, we were religious. You know,
when man fell, he didn't cease to be religious. We were religious, we were moral. But our Lord tells us, like He
did those Pharisees, He said, You are nothing more than painted
tombs. That's what a religious man is.
A religious man is good on the outside. You can see him, he's
painted up on the outside. But the problem is not the outside,
it's the inside. He is full of dead men's bones. Dead men's bones. By nature we
are wicked and corrupt. Listen to what the Lord said
in Mark chapter 7. He said, Are you without understanding?
Do you not perceive and whatsoever things that from without entereth
into man, it cannot defile him? Because it entereth not into
the heart, but into the belly, and goeth out the draught purging
all meats. And He said, That which cometh
out of man, that defileth a man. For from within, out of the heart
of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornication, murders,
thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil
eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from
within and defile a man. How is a man defiled? He's defiled
from the inside and that works its way out. So nothing outward can affect
the heart. You can do all of these religious
things and it will not change the heart. We're going to eat the Lord's
Supper next week. You can eat that bread and drink that wine as
much as you desire but that will not change the heart. What a sinner needs is not a
change of habits but a change of heart. He needs a new heart. A new heart. He just consider
this for a minute. Take a man. He is the worst man
that you can imagine. This guy, he's a drug addict,
a fornicator. He he's the worst man you could
possibly imagine. And suppose by some miracle this
man is able then to turn his life around. He stops taking
drugs. He starts going to church. He's
very religious. He becomes very moral. All of
his family that once rejected him now love him. He's got his
family. He owns his own business now. And he's got a big success. He's
really doing well. He lives the rest of his life
in complete and perfect happiness. At his deathbed, all of his children
are gathered around him. All men praise him. And he closes
his eyes in death, expecting heaven, but wakes up in hell. Our Lord said, What then does
it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own
soul? What are you profiting? If you
get all that the world has to offer you, And you lose your
own soul. What is a man profited? What
does he give in exchange for his soul? Jesus here is telling us, look,
make the tree good and the fruit will be good. You have a corrupt
tree, you should not expect anything but corrupt fruit. What do you
need? A new tree. What he's saying is you need
a new heart. And if you have a new heart, it will produce
fruit. Good fruit. But unless you have
a new heart, you cannot please God. And so what Christ says
here, listen to his words, do you need a new heart? Are you
just satisfied with the one you got? You need a new heart, listen
what Christ said, behold. I make all things. new. I make all things new. Here's an announcement of the
grace in a new creation. Notice who it is that's speaking
here, he sat on the throne. This is the one, the great and
glorious God man, the only redeemer of sinners, the only one. only
one that can save a sinner is saying this eternal son of God. And listen. Truly, Christ was. By divine right, he was seated
on the throne as the creator of all things, isn't he? In the
beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word
was God and all things were made by him and not anything was made
without him. He made all things. But now being made a man, having
been made a representative of all the elect of God, He came
into the world and by His own perfect obedience and offering
for sin, God hath made this man who said this, both Lord and
Christ. God hath made him both Lord and
Christ in that God raised him from the dead and seated him
on the throne of heaven given all power to Jesus Christ. The
one who's making this statement is Jesus Christ and all power
is given unto him for this purpose that he should give eternal life
to as many as the father gave him. That's what he's doing.
Therefore sinner behold him that set on upon the throne. He sits
upon the throne in sovereign majesty and eternal glory having
all power to make men new. Who has the power to give men
a new heart? Only Christ can make all things new. He said, I make all things new. Do you need a heart of righteousness? heart that yields good fruit,
then none can give you this except the Son of God. Only Jesus Christ
can make a new creation. And He asserts, He assures us
that this is no cooperative effort. Look what your text says, He
said, Behold, I make all things new. I make. It's not a cooperative effort.
Do you need a new heart? Then listen, the only one that
can make this is Christ. He is the only one that can make
all things new. I make all things new. The salvation
of sinners then is the work of God alone. It is a work of grace
and not based on merit. Do you have a new heart this
morning? How is it you have a new heart, have received such a new
heart? It was a covenant God made with
himself. A covenant he made for his elect. Go to Ezekiel chapter 37. Ezekiel
chapter 37, look at verse 24. I'm sorry, 36. I'm sorry, 36.
My mistake, 36 chapter 36, verse 24. He says, for I will take you
from among the heathen and will gather you out of all countries
and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle
clean water upon you and you shall be clean from all your
filthiness, from all your idols. Will I cleanse you? Listen to
the promise. A new heart. new heart also will
I give you a new spirit will I put within you and I will take
away the stony heart out of your flesh and will give you a heart
of flesh and I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk
in my statutes and you shall keep my judgments and do them
this is the covenant of grace a new heart a new heart listen
this heart is going to be so perfect that you will walk in
his statutes and do them. You will be holy is what he's
saying. Everyone who has this new heart,
this new heart is holy. Without seeing. And the apostle even uses this
same language that Christ uses. How do I know this is talking
about the new creation? Look over in 2 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians
chapter 5. When Christ said, I make all
things new, I know that he's talking about the end of all
things. But according to this text of scripture, he's also
talking about the new creation. Look what he says, 2 Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 17, he said, therefore, If any man be in Christ, he is
a new creation. Old things are passed away. Behold,
all things are become what? New. Are become new. In the salvation of sinners,
Jesus Christ does not fix the old man. No. He subdues it. He does not
fix it. He does not fix the old man,
but He does give us by the power and grace a new man. A new man that is created after
God in true holiness. Now listen, if something is created,
what does that mean? It means it was not there before. We are created after God, listen,
in true holiness. Not a fictitious holiness, not
a holiness that's going to be. We are created after God in true
holiness. I want you to see that. Go to
Ephesians chapter 4. Ephesians chapter 4. Look at
verse 21. Now, Paul's exhorting something
here. He's talking to believers. He's not talking to unbelievers
here. He's talking believers. Look at verse 21, if so, be that
you have heard him and have been taught by him as the truth is
in Jesus that you put off concerning the former conversation. Listen,
the old man. You believers, you got an old
man. Paul says you do. You got an old man. He said, put him off. You got
to keep doing that. Maybe I'm the only one. Maybe
the apostle and myself, we're the only ones got this old rotten
corpse about our neck. I do. I got an old man. He must
be put off. Constantly. If so, you have heard
Him. Have you heard Him? He's not
talking to the lost, He's talking to the saved. Put off the old
man and his deeds, which is corrupt, constantly corrupt, according
to deceitful lust, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind that
you put on the, listen, new man. You see two there? I do. I see
old and I see new. Put on the new man, which is
after God created in righteousness and true holiness. It gives the illustration of
what it is to put it off, put off lying and those things. We
put those things away because we have to keep doing it. because we still have this old
man. Peter says this about a new salvation that we are partakers
of the divine nature. You got that? First Peter, second
Peter chapter one in verse four. He says that we that we might
be made partakers of the divine nature by the grace and power of God.
Listen, you believe you are made partakers of divine nature, that
which is created of God and true. Behold, he makes all things new.
This is how John could say this. Go to John and see what he says
about the believer. Go to First John, Chapter three. First John,
Chapter three. And look at verse nine. Whosoever is born of God, are
you born of God? You must be born again. He's
talking about the new birth. Everyone, every believer is born
again. Listen, what he says about the one that's born again. Whosoever
is born of God doth not commit sin. Oh, wait a second. You go
back chapter one, he says, when we see. You see, he's not saying we don't
sin, but he's talking about this new nature that God has given
us, everything, everyone that's created in Christ, Jesus is born
again of God. Listen, he says this, we say
not. Commit not see it. he doth not
commit sin, for his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, because
he is born of God. In this the children of God are
manifest, and the children of the devil, whoso doth not righteousness
is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. And so
we see this, that those who are made a new creation, God, when
Christ said, I make all things new, you listen, he did. He gave
us a brand new nature, a new nature that is created after
God in true holiness. That nature has made us partakers
of the divine nature. And by this nature, it cannot
sin. Cannot see it. The result of
God's grace upon the center is that we are given. Then the right. Can you have the right to be
called the sons of God without holiness? Is that possible? No. But this is what He has made. This is what He has made. He
has made us heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. Children.
We were by nature the children of wrath even as others. But
God who is rich in mercy for His great love wherewith He loved
us even when we were dead in sins. When do you love you? Even
when we're dead in sin. Listen, hath quickened us together
with Christ, for by grace you are saved. He hath raised us
up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus, that in the ages to come he might show forth the exceeding
riches of his grace toward us through Jesus Christ. For by
grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, Faith
is a gift of God. It's not of works, lest any man
should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto
good works, which God before ordained that we should walk
in them. So if you believed on the Son of God, Has God shown
you the exceeding riches of his grace in Christ, the beauty of
his person? Do you see that? Do you see the
perfection of his obedience and the triumph of his death? And
we that have believed on him. He has made us. New. He has made us new. He's given us a new nature. He's
made us righteous. And like I said, this is not
a hypothetical righteousness. It's not a righteousness that's
going to be. It is a righteousness that weeks
we have right now. He's made us spotless. He has
purged our sins, covered us. with his perfect salvation. This
is what Isaiah said. My soul is joyful in my God,
for he had clothed me with the garments of his salvation. He
had covered me with the robe of his righteousness. That's
what it is to be made new. Is to be made perfect by the
perfect work of Jesus Christ. I make all things new. The second is the assurance of
grace. Listen what he said. assurance of grace. Go back,
let me go back to my text there. He that sat upon the throne said,
Behold, I make all things new, and he said it to me right for
these words are true and faithful. Now that we are made. By the
Holy Spirit, a new nature. Our Lord did not yet destroy
the old. Therefore, we need this constant
assurance. This is why he writes this. Listen,
doesn't this give you assurance because of the old man of sin
still with us? Listen, this assures me. Write
this down. It is faithful and true. Everything
God says in his word is faithful and true. Faithful and true,
therefore, We have a new nature, a new man, but God did not eradicate
the old as of yet. The old man of sin does not change. He was not made new, but still
is prone to every vile evil and affection of sin. This is why Paul said this in
Romans 7, In my flesh dwelleth no good thing. This is the confession
of believers. Let me ask you this. You that
are you that are saved. Is your experience sinless? Or do you still have sin? We still have sin. Well, how can this be? He made
me holy. How can this be? I am perfect. How can this be? He has created me after God in
true holiness. John says, I don't commit sin,
and yet my experience tells me different. What's the deal? Because
the old man of sin is still in us, with us. So then this struggle is constant. The holy nature was set up in
us with the old. This was pictured in Genesis
chapter 25. You know, the promise of God
was given to Isaac. He said in Isaac shall thy seed
be called. Christ is going to come from
that that man, Isaac and Rebecca, his wife. She was elated. She she was pregnant. And the
promise was to her seed. And yet she didn't know this,
but there were twins in there. And they were fighting each other
in the womb. And she says this, if it be so,
if the promise of God is sure, why then do I have this pain? Why am I thus? Is that not a
question every believer asks? Why am I thus? It is a point I long to know.
Oft it causes anxious thought. Do I love the Lord or no? Am
I His or am I not? Why am I thus? Why this dull
and lifeless frame? Hardly could they be worse who
never heard his name. Why am I thus? As there were
two twins struggling in her womb, even so, my friend, there are
two natures struggling within the breast of every believer.
If you don't have this struggle, listen, it's because you only
got one and you're dead. But you believers, you know the
experience of this struggle. You do. You know it. This is the struggle of every
person in Scripture. That's why I love the Scriptures.
They're so honest with men. They set up these patriarchs
not to be sinless, but they expose all their sin. Why? Because that's me. That's me. When I see Abraham's doubt, when
I see Abraham's sin, I see mine. When I see Peter's sin, I see
mine. When I see David's sin, I see
mine. Because we have this struggle.
And Jesus, knowing this struggle, then gives us this oath, listen,
regardless of what you feel or experience in this life, my words
are faithful and true. I make all things new. I saved
you and you are saved. What a blessing. I'm so glad
we don't worship a weak, effeminate savior who's trying to do something.
I worship the one that sits on the throne and does whatsoever
he pleases, and it was his pleasure to save me. And he said it's
faithful and true, no matter what you experience. My words. Therefore, believer,
let us not be moved from his word. But by faith, let us stand
fast in this sound doctrine. Paul said this in Galatians 5,
he said, Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty wherewith he hath
made us free, and not be entangled with the yoke of bondage. Don't
go back to law. Stand fast in the liberty. He
has made us free from the law of sin and death. made us free,
why would we return back to that bondage? When God raised Lazarus, did
you see him try to pick up the grave clothes and put them back
on? No. And so then though our feelings
may fluctuate. Is that true with you? Feelings
fluctuate? cold, hot, cold. Though our faith be low in strength
that you. Is your faith low? Or you got perfect faith that
I'm experiencing that. Is your love low in exercise? Do we fail to be compassionate?
Merciful. Caring. Those circumstances seem contradictory
to us. Is that not your experience?
God's promised you peace. And yet, what do you have in
this world? Tribulation. Seem to contradict each other,
don't they? But listen to him, behold, I
am the Lord, I change not. Therefore you sons of Jacob,
no matter what happens to you, you are not consumed, not consumed. Therefore David said this, I will praise thee with my whole
heart. I will worship toward thy holy temple and praise thy
loving kindness and for thy truth. For thou hast magnified thy word
above thy name. You know what that means? If
God's promise fails. Then God ceases to be God. That's what it means. He staked
his whole glory and reputation on his word. Behold, I make all things new. Write it down. It's faithful
and true. If he's made you new, listen,
we have the promise of this. One day this body will drop into
the ground and we will experience what he has really made us to
be. Third thing is this, the accomplishment
of this grace. I know I got to move the accomplishment
of this grace. Notice the determination A declaration
of Jesus Christ after this. Look what he says. He said unto
me, it is done. The accomplishment of grace.
It is done. It is done. In these three words, we have the
complete summation of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is done. It is done. I'm going to give
you an illustration of this. Remember the parable in Matthew,
chapter 22. There was a king. King who prepared a feast and
he told his servants you go tell them that are bidding all is
ready And what does that mean? Means it's done That's what it
means. It's done. All is ready. And
you know, he sent his servants out and they told everybody and
they were mocked him they killed them and he was mad the king
was wrong and he said go out into the highways and the hedges
and Because the wedding is ready
is what he said. The wedding is ready. What does
that mean? It's done. And then there were bidding are
not worthy. On the highways, and you shall bid them to the
marriage. So those service went in the highways and they gathered
together as many as were found good and bad, the wedding was
furnished with guests. What does that mean? Full. It's full. Friends, the Lord has prepared
a feast for His guests, those that He has called. This morning we call sinners
to Christ. We call sinners to Christ. And the word that we
preach to you, listen to me, it's done. It's done. God purposed that the spiritual
blessing in Christ should be to all of His elect people, They
were predestinated of God to be called, justified and glorified. Jesus Christ has come into the
world and done the work. He has finished the work. Matter
of fact, those were the very words he stated on the cross.
He declared it is finished. It is finished. Now again, I'm
not a very complicated person. What does that mean? It means it's done. It's finished. Salvation is complete. You see, He didn't make salvation
possible. Otherwise, it wouldn't be finished. If He died for everyone and then
just left it up to you, then it's not what? It's not finished. But see, I'm preaching a successful
savior, one that actually did the work. He saved us. You know
what? That's what Paul says in the
second Timothy one nine or first Timothy. Rain's not working. He said this, who had saved us
and then what called us? You see, he did it before he
called you. It was done before he called you. And then when
he called you, you experienced it. But it was done long before
you experienced it. It's finished, it's done, I'm
declaring Christ is successful. Scripture says he has perfected
forever them that are sanctified. They're sanctified by the blood
of Christ, by the will of God. He has perfected us and at the
appointed time, listen, He came to us with this word and we came
to him by faith. When this happens, we all come
undone. When I came to him, I was undone. That's what Isaiah said, Woe
is me. For I am undone. And listen, I'll tell you this,
I still come to him the same way. I am undone. But you done it. You've done
it all. You finished the work. My faith
is in your finished work. Not in anything I can apply. But how many men in that text
and in Matthew 22, there was one man that came to that wedding
feast, listen, and he had his own coat. Maybe his mama made it for him.
I don't know. It was very sentimental to him. That's how religion is,
isn't it? It's sentimental. To the religious,
it's sentimental. Well, it's what my mom and daddy
believed, what my grandpa believed, it's what we believe. I don't
care what we believe, what do you believe? They can't help
you, they can't save you. This man came with his own religion,
his own righteousness. That man had his own wedding
garment and God through the parable says friend. How is it you come
and not have a wedding garment? Remember, they bound him hand
and foot and cast him into outer darkness. Now, how can a literal
king, an earthly king cast you into outer darkness? You see,
it's a spiritual thing he's talking about. Talking about Abel. And then he said this, made this
statement, many are called, but few are chosen. Chosen. Word goes out, but. When this
word goes out in power, I'll tell you what you'll do away
with your religion. I did away with mine. When I
was very young, I was a Calvinist. And what I trusted in was my
Calvinism. I trusted in my knowledge. As my hope to stand before God.
I did not as of yet know Christ. But now I trust him. I don't trust my religion. Trust
what knowledge I have. I trust his perfect work. Do
you? I trust this. This is faithful. The king said
it. It is done. But all who will rest upon what
they're doing and adding to Christ, they should be cast out. You
got it? What are you adding to Christ? What stitch will you stitch into
the robe of this righteousness? The moment you put your hand
to it, you defile it. Well, I'm doing good. You're stitching your own coat.
Well, I made my decision. Stitching your own coat. Well,
I was baptized. Well, I'm a good person. We come to Christ, we come this,
in my flesh dwelleth no good thing. And after I come to Christ,
I know this, in my flesh dwelleth no good thing. For thing one, the one who accomplishes
this is him that sat on the throne. He said this, I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end. What does this mean? My
salvation. Crisis, the beginning of it,
it began in eternity. When God chose me, Christ was
my salvation. When Christ came through this
world, he accomplished that salvation. He did it. He finished it. When
the Spirit of God came to me, it was Christ who sent him to
give me life, a new nature, a new heart to believe. And right now,
who's keeping you? Why will you not go away? You're the believer. Will you
go away also? Christ asked his disciples, and
they said, look, to whom shall we go? We have the word you have
the words of eternal life. And so then he is the alpha and
omega, he is the author and finisher of our faith, you got that he's
the author and finisher of our faith. And the last thing, the
abundance of this grace, he said, I will give to him that is a
thirst of the water of life freely. This fountain of water of life
is the salvation of God. It is pardon. It is forgiveness.
It is the cleansing of his blood. It is the spirit of God. He gives
to us. Right now, you and I have this
fountain in a matter of fact, told that woman, a Samaritan
woman, remember at the well? He said, if you know who's talking
to you, If you understood who say talking, you give me water,
you'd ask of him and he'd give you water. He'd give you living
water. She didn't understand what that
meant. And Jesus answered and said, whosoever drink of this
water shall thirst again, but whosoever drink of the water,
I shall give it shall never thirst. But this water show I shall give
him shall be a well of water springing up onto everlasting
life. This is this water is his spirit.
Everyone who has this water is his spirit. given to us. And I like this, it's a fountain
springing. There was, in Texas, there was
this, I hope I'm saying this, artesian well. Okay? Joanne's
nodding, so I'm right, Joanne. Artesian well. And that thing,
it just kept Pouring off. You can go back there right now.
I've seen it when I was a little kid. You can go back there right
now. Not well, just still pouring water. That's what he's talking
about. It's a continual pouring, a continual cleansing, a continual
faith, grace. Love all of these graces he pours
into the hearts of his people. And listen how he gives it freely.
There's no way to get it freely. Oh, everyone that thirsted come
you to the borders, come by wine and milk without money, without
price. Wherefore, do you spend money for that which satisfies
not? Why are you spending your time and money and energy on
things that just won't satisfy? Come by wine and milk without
money, without price, without merit. You ain't got no merit. See, this is talking to somebody
who's got nothing. I ain't got nothing. Why is he talking to
me? And listen, he said this, who
that overcometh shall inherit all things and I will be his
God and he shall be my son. What is it to overcome? It is
simply this, to continue in love and faith toward Christ and his
people. That's all. That's our law. Our
law is faith. Is there anything hard? Is there
anything Just so overwhelmingly brutish about that. Believe. For you that have faith, you
can't do anything but believe. Again, the old man and all he
can do is disbelieve, but that new man's all he can do is believe. And love. You know what motivates
me to love? Not law. You command me to love
and I can't do it. The love of Christ constraining
us. See, if I put him out there and
I show you how beautiful he is, isn't it just natural to love? Seeing how much he loved me.
Is it not reasonable for him to ask that I love you? Of course
it is. Of course it is. I pray that God blesses to us
this announcement of grace, this accomplishment of grace, this. Oh, it's a factual grace of God. It's done. It's done. He's the beginning and end of
our faith. Who gets all the glory for this,
if you found that out, I mean, is there any that I give you
any glory today? If I did delete it. All the glory
belongs to him. I'm so thankful he has given
us a new heart, aren't you? I'm so thankful he's made all
things new. In my eyes, they are. It's all
different now. I pray that he would in your
heart. Let's stand and be dismissed in prayer. Gracious Savior, Creator, Lord and Christ, we thank you.
We pray, Father, that you would bless this message according
to your will and by your power. To no glory of this preacher
or any hearer, but all the glory to Jesus Christ. who is the Alpha
and Omega in our salvation. I do pray you bless it in his
name. Amen.
Fred Evans
About Fred Evans
Fred Evans is Pastor of Redeemer's Grace Church. Redeemer's Grace Church meets for worship at 6:30PM ET on Wednesdays and 11 AM ET on Sundays at 4702 Greenleaf Road in Sellersburg, IN. USA. To learn more or to connect with us, please visit our website at https://RedeemersGrace.com, or our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/redeemersgracechurch. Pastor Evans may be contacted through our website and also by mail at: Redeemer's Grace Church, PO Box 57, Sellersburg, IN 47172-0057

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