Turn with me now back to Romans
chapter 10. Romans 10 again. My prayer for this morning is
that the Lord might reveal to us something concerning what
is said in verse 13. Romans 10 verse 13 says, For whosoever shall call upon
the name of the Lord shall be saved." Whosoever, whosoever, shall call upon the name of the
Lord shall be saved. Whatever God says in His Word
is so. Whatever God says in His Word,
it's so. If God has written something
in His Word, then it is absolute truth. Absolute truth. God cannot lie. God does not write with trickery. There's no guile in Him. None
whatsoever. He does not say one thing, meaning
something else. He doesn't do that. Whatever
he says, that's what he means, plain and simple. Whatever he
says, that's what he means. Now that doesn't mean we always
understand what he has written. Just because he means it, that
doesn't mean we understand it. Sometimes we wonder, we read
a verse of scripture and we wonder, how does that fit into my doctrine? This doctrine that I have my
mind set on, I have my mind around. We may not always understand
everything that our God has written, but God's people believe everything
that he has written. And this is the reason why. For
God's people, honestly, for God's people, this Word is our doctrine. This Word is our doctrine. We don't try to conform the Word
to our doctrine. Our doctrine conforms to the
Word. That's what it does. Our doctrine
conforms to the word. When a person tries to conform
the word to his doctrine, that person has to end up throwing
out and or and not believing half of the word, half of what's
written. Because he can't make it fit
into this doctrine that he set on. That's why people skip over verses.
Well, that doesn't fit into this doctrine I've got made up into
my mind. But when the Word is a person's doctrine, that person
won't throw out any of it. Not one word of it. He will believe
all of it. What do I believe? Ask a believer,
what do I believe here? This will be his answer. Every
word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. That's what a believer
believes. Every word that proceeds out
of the mouth of God, every word concerning God, every word concerning
man, every word concerning Christ, who is the only mediator between
God and man. And this is what God has said
in Romans 10 verse 13. He said, whosoever, whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. You say, well, Gabe, I thought
you said you believed in election. God choosing who he would save
before the foundation of the world, God predetermining Pre-ordering. I thought you said that you believe
this was all in God's hands and not man's hands. Oh, I do. Amen. Absolutely. Amen. Well, then
how can you say that you believe whosoever? Whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be saved. It's because John 5 verse 40 says, no man
will. If any man calls, John 5 verse
40 says, no man will. Our Lord said, you will not come
to me that you might have life. John 6 verse 44 and Ephesians
2 verse 8, they both say, no man can. John 6 44 says, no man can come
to me except the father which has sent me draw him. And I'll
raise him up at the last day. So if man in his totally depraved,
this is called total depravity, you're looking at sin, this is
sinful flesh. Total depravity, total wickedness,
this is a horrible natural condition. But if man would, he couldn't. And if man could, He wouldn't. Psalm 110 verse 3 says, God has
to make His people willing in the day of His power. It's the
only way. God must first perform a work
in His people before they will or can do anything. Philippians 2.13 says, It is
God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure. So that call, saying whoever
calls, that cry, that is the open evidence of God's work in
a person. That's what it is. In understanding
that, we can very clearly see, and this statement will absolutely
hold true, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord
shall be saved. That call is the evidence. It's
the evidence. They shall be saved because that
call is the evidence of the fact that the person has already been
saved. Now if God says something one
time, it carries an eternal weight of truth. Not one word shall
fail. That word will hold true for
all eternity. But God said that, that verse,
three times. That verse is in this word three
times. Look with me if you would at Acts chapter two. This tells us where it was originally
written. Acts chapter 2 verse 16, it says,
but this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel. This was
originally declared in the book of Joel. Verse 17, and it shall
come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of
my spirit upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy and your young men shall see visions and your
old men shall dream dreams. And on my servants and on my
handmaidens, I will pour out in those days of my spirit and
they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in heaven
above and signs in the earth beneath, blood and fire and vapor
of smoke. The sun shall be turned into
darkness and the moon into blood before that great and notable
day of the Lord come. Verse 21 says, and it shall come
to pass. that whosoever shall call on
the name of the Lord shall be saved." He said, I'm going to
do all this. I'm going to do all of this. And it shall come
to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord
shall be saved. Shall be. Go ahead and turn with
me to Joel chapter 2. I know this is a hard one to
find. It's at the end of the Old Testament. If your Bible's
like mine, it's page 1139. It's after Daniel, after Hosea. It's before Amos and Jonah. Joel 2 verse 32, And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant
who the Lord shall call." Who is going to call? Who is going to end up being
a whosoever? Who is going to end up being
a whosoever? Whoever is in the remnant that
the Lord calls. Our call unto Him, that's the
evidence of His call to us. Everything that we do unto Him,
everything, is only a response to Him doing it first. That's
all it is. David said in Psalm 27, when you said, seek my face, my heart said, thy face will
I seek. 1 John 4, 19 says, we love Him because He first loved
us. So every action in us is only
a reaction to Him. Our actions are only evidences
of His action. That's all it is. With that being
said, let's let it be known that this truth will stand forever,
whosoever. Whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be saved. Whoever calls on the name of
the Lord shall be saved. Now, let's go into the heart
of the message. All right, all that set up the
heart of the message. Turn with me to Matthew 7. Matthew 7 verse 21, it says,
not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord shall enter into
the kingdom of heaven. Does that strike anyone as being
interesting? Not everyone that saith unto
me, Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. Not every
single person that cries Lord, just because a person cries Lord,
not every single person who cries Lord will enter into the kingdom
of heaven. Verse 22, it says many, and it's
not just a few. He said, many will say to me
in that day, Lord, Lord. And in verse 23, he said, then
will I profess unto them. I never knew you depart from
me, ye that work iniquity. Now that's the truth. That is the truth. That is the
absolute truth. Whatever God says in his word
is so it is. So God cannot lie. God does not write with trickery. He does not say one thing, meaning
something else. Whatever he has said, that's
what he means. And this is what he said, verse
21. Not everyone that saith unto
me, Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. but he
that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will
say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied
in thy name? And in thy name have cast out
devils? And in thy name done many wonderful
works? And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you, depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Now this is what I pray God might
cause us to understand this morning. Saying, Lord, many will say,
Lord. Saying, Lord, and calling upon
the name of the Lord, are two totally different things. They
are not the same thing. Not at all. To just spell it
out, to get to the punchline and not drag it out. Saying Lord
is saying, Lord, look at me. To call on the name of the Lord
is to say, Lord, I'm looking to you. To say Lord is to say, I want
recognition for the things that I've done. To call upon the name
of the Lord is to say, I need forgiveness for the things that
I've done. To say Lord is to say, give me
what's coming to me. To call upon the name of the
Lord is to say, please don't give me what's coming to me. To say Lord is to say, I plead
my works. To call upon the name of the
Lord is to say, I plead your mercy. I plead your grace. I'm pleading your works alone. Do you see how verse 22 says,
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied? Don't you see what we've done?
We're all preachers. Have we not prophesied in thy
name? And in thy name, we cast out devils. We said in Jesus
name be healed. In thy name, we've done many
wonderful works. Don't you see how many good works
throughout the world we did? Don't you see what all we've
done? That's what they're saying. Lord,
Lord, don't you see what all we've done? Look at us. How could
you not let us in? Look at us. That's what the Pharisee in the
temple said. Lord, I'm not as other people
are. I'm not an extortioner. I'm not
unjust. I'm not an adulterer. He said,
I fast twice in the week. I give tithes of all that I possess.
That's saying Lord. Lord, just look at me. This is
what God said concerning him. Not justified. Not justified. While that Pharisee was saying
Lord, there was a publican that was a far off calling upon the
name of the Lord. And that publican would not so
much as lift his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, crying,
God, be merciful to me, the sinner. Concerning him, God said, justified. Saved. Do we see the difference? Great, great difference. To say
Lord is to say I am. To call upon the name of the
Lord is to say, you are. You are the I am. I'm not. I'm not. One cry is unto damnation. And one cry is unto life. Now,
our Lord has declared His name in His word. He has said, this
is who I am. And in knowing His name, we know
who we're calling upon. It's why we call, because we
know who we're calling upon. And we know what we're calling
for. So what I want to do is I want
to show you something, and then I want to tell you something.
And I'm going to be quick about this. But I pray the Lord will
cause us after seeing and hearing this to call upon the name of
the Lord. I pray He will cause us to do
that. Look with me if you would at
Exodus 3. Exodus 3 verse 13. And Moses said unto God, behold,
when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto
them, the God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they
shall say to me, what is his name? What shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I am
that I am. And he said, thus shalt thou
say unto the children of Israel, I am hath sent me unto you. And God said, moreover unto Moses,
thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord
God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac
and the God of Jacob hath sent me unto you. This is my name
forever. And this is my memorial unto
all generations. He said, I am. I am that I am. I am what I am. There are two
parts to His name. I am. Two parts. Another way to say
that is the Lord is. Jehovah is. I'm gonna tell you seven names
that He has given to us to tell us who He is. and what He's done
for us. And each one of them say Jehovah,
and then it gives another name with it. The Lord is. Now to start with the Lord, look
with me at Genesis 14. This is what Jehovah means, to
say His name is Jehovah. This is what Jehovah means. Genesis
14 verse 22, And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift
up mine hand unto the Lord, the Most High God, the Possessor
of heaven and earth. That's what Jehovah means. It
means the Most High God, the possessor of heaven and earth.
Over in Genesis 17 verse 1, it says, When Abram was ninety years
old and nine, the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said unto him,
I am the Almighty God. Walk before me, and be thou perfect.
That's what Jehovah means. The Almighty God. Now amazingly, this is what the
Almighty, the possessor, says that He is to and for His people. All right, seven names. I'm gonna
show you the first one, because it's right here. Then I'll just
tell you the other ones. In these seven names, we see
who we are calling upon, why we're calling. Some of them are
in the text, some of them are in the margin, some of them you
look up in the concordance. But these seven names, first
one is in Genesis 22. This is the story of Abraham
taking Isaac up on Mount Moriah. Abraham was going to sacrifice
Isaac because God told him to. And I can only imagine the fear,
the heartbreak, the thinking he had to sacrifice his son.
But in faith, by faith, Abraham built an altar, tied his son
up, and raised the knife. And just before he was going
to plunge, God said, Abraham, behind you is a ram caught in
a thicket. Lay hold of that ram and slay
that ram instead of your son. That's Christ being slain instead
of his people. Christ our substitute. And Abraham
did that, and it says in verse 13, Abraham lifted up his eyes
and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket
by his horns. And Abraham went and took the
ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his
son. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-Jireh. That is, as it is said to this
day in the mount of the Lord, it shall be seen. If you look
in the center margin, if you have one in your Bible, it says,
the Lord will provide. That's His name. That's His name.
Jehovah Jireh. I will provide. The Lord is our
provider. To call upon the name of the
Lord is to call upon the one who can and will provide everything
that His people need. To call upon Him is to say, I
can't provide for myself. I need you to provide for me. So I call on Him, call on you.
All right, I'm gonna quote the rest of them. In Exodus 15 verse
26, our Lord declared His name to be Jehovah Rapha, R-A-P-H-A. That means the Lord is our healer. He said, I am the Lord that healeth
thee. To call upon His name is to call
upon the healer. We need healing. We need healing. And to call upon His name is
to call upon the only one who can heal us from our sin. Psalm 103 says, Who healeth all
thy diseases, the greatest one being our sin. The next one is
in Exodus 17, verse 15. Our Lord declared His name to
be Jehovah-Nissi. That means the Lord is our victory. The Lord is our banner and banner
means victory. To call upon His name is to call
upon His victory. Men are trying so hard to win
the battle over sin. I feel like I just got a battle
going on and I'm trying to beat it. To call upon His name is
to call upon His victory. He beat it on the cross with
His blood. It's done. The battle's over. To call upon Him is to say, outside
of Him, I have no victory. There is no victory. He's my
provider. He's my healer. He's my victory. The next one is in Judges 6,
verse 24. Our Lord declared His name to
be Jehovah Shalom. That means the Lord is our peace. To call upon His name is to cry,
He is our peace. Men are crying, peace, peace,
when there is no peace. No peace with God. But the Scripture
says we are made nigh by His blood. He's broken down the middle
wall of partition between us. He did that by reconciling us
to God in His blood through the death of His cross. He slew the
enmity, so making peace. Jehovah Shalom. The Lord is my
peace. He's my peace with God. Number five is found in Psalm
23 verse 1. This is one you have to look
up in the concordance. But the original Hebrew language says,
that's what verse 1 says, Jehovah-rah. The Lord is my shepherd. To call upon His name is to say,
I need a shepherd. Do you need a shepherd? I need
a shepherd. I need someone to lead me, feed
me, shelter me, protect me. So I'm calling on you. My provider, healer, victory,
peace, shepherd. Number six. It's in Jeremiah
23 verse 6. The Lord God said, This is His
name whereby He shall be called. The Lord is our righteousness. Jehovah Sidkenu. The Lord is our righteousness.
To call upon His name is to call upon His righteousness. It's to say, I don't have one. Your holiness, your perfection,
your goodness, that's my only hope. That's my only hope. It's that you are for me everything
I need to be before God. The Lord is my righteousness.
The Lord's my goodness. And the last one that we'll mention
in this message is in Ezekiel 48 verse 35. Our Lord declared
his name to be Jehovah Shammah. It means the Lord is there. The Lord is here. The Lord is
near. The Lord is with us. It means
he'll never leave us. He'll never forsake us. If you see your need to be in
Him. I've got some closing remarks
here, but I want to just, me to you. I hope we do. I hope we do. Because most people don't. They
don't see their need of Him. They see Him to be a part of
the picture somehow. But they think they're right
with God. I'm good with God. I don't need Him per se. I pray God will cause us to see
our need of Him in every way, shape, and form. And if He does,
if He causes us to see, I need Him to provide for me. I don't
see what I need before God right here. If God ever causes us to
see Him to be our provider and Him to be our healer, I can't
heal myself. Him to be our victory, Him to
be our peace, Him to be our shepherd, Him to be our righteousness,
Him to be our security. If God reveals that, then call
upon the name of the Lord. If He's enabled you to, if He's
given you a desire to, He gave it to you, call upon the name
of the Lord. If you see Christ to be all those
things that God requires of you, then call upon the name of the
Lord. If you do, if He causes you to, from the heart, Lord,
I need Christ. If you do, that's the evidence
that you shall be saved. Not lip service, but from the
heart, I need Christ. He's my only hope before God.
If you do, this is the truth, whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord, shall be saved, shall be. May the Lord cause
us to call. Let's all stand together.