I draw your attention to the
16th chapter of Revelation, if you would turn there, please.
There's a lot of folks who have problems with Christmas. I do too, as far as how the world
celebrates it. I am aware, and so is anyone
who has any understanding of the Scriptures that December
25th was not the day that our Lord Jesus was born. Matter of
fact, that was a pagan holiday way before Christ came into this
world. December 21st is the shortest
day of the year. By the 25th, the sun worshipers
knew their sun was coming back. That was a day of celebration
for those who worship the sun. goes way, way, way back before
the coming of Christ. Christmas trees is just another
pagan custom, has nothing to do with Christ or his salvation. And we have nativity scenes and
children's plays that, although they have their place, has nothing
to do with the gospel. But those things are not the
issue. The issue is Jesus Christ on His glorified sovereign throne
as Lord and Savior of His people. And if you have been disturbed
by what I have just brought before you, 2 Corinthians 5.16 says,
Yea, speaking of our Savior the Lord Jesus, Yea, though we have
known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we Him
No more. God has never delivered any of
his chosen blood-bought children out of darkness through debates
over the origin of Christmas, the origin of Christmas trees,
the date, December 25th, nativity scenes, or Christmas plays put
on by different churches and schools. God never delivers any
of His chosen blood-bought children in any other way but under the
preaching of His glorious Gospel. And so what people need to hear
are the truths concerning why Christ was born, why He came
into this world, what He accomplished and who He accomplished it for,
where He is now, what He is doing right now, We read about a demoniac
man in Mark 5 who experienced the power of our Lord Jesus Christ
in casting out a legion of demons. At least 2,000 evil spirits possessed
him. He was a madman. Everybody in
that area where he was. He knew he was a madman. He lived
in a cemetery. He screamed at night. He cut
himself. And it was just a terrible thing
that he was going through. And our Lord purposely went to
that land to save that man. And He did. And when He cast
out those demons after sending them into a herd of pigs that
drowned themselves into the sea, Those people who owned those
pigs and those people who knew that madman came and they saw
that demoniac man, that man that was possessed with those demons,
sitting there with the Lord Jesus Christ clothed and in his right
mind. Now he was sitting, no doubt
about it, that was his posture, but he was also resting in Christ.
He was clothed, his nakedness, he went running through the cemetery
in that known country naked, just screaming. He was clothed,
his nakedness was covered with the garments of this world, but
he was clothed with the righteousness of Jesus Christ. He was delivered
from that awful mind that caused him to be controlled by those
evil demons. But he also had his mind enlightened
by the power of God the Holy Spirit to know the things concerning
Christ. And when our Lord got back into
the boat to leave that country, that child of God was so much
in love with his Savior, he wanted to go with Him. And I don't blame
him. But it wasn't God's purpose for
him. God told him to go home to thy friends. and tell them
how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion
on thee." And he departed and began to publish in Decapolis
how great things Jesus had done for him, and all men did marvel. So instead of getting into arguments
and debates over these Christmas things that you're opposed to,
Take the opportunity that's before you and gather with family and
with friends and have dinners. There's nothing wrong with that.
Or you're invited to a feast. The Word of God says go. And
tell them what great things the Lord has done for you. How He
has had compassion on you. Tell them why He came to this
earth. And tell them what you experienced
under the preaching of His Gospel. And be a testimony, a witness,
a faithful witness for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ during
this time when minds are many of them anyway, are thinking
about the birth of Jesus Christ. He's no longer a baby in a manger.
He's no longer walking on this earth to establish a righteousness
for His people and perfect obedience to His Father. He's not on that
cross anymore. He's not in the grave. He's on
His sovereign throne in glory and that's why I like that song
those ladies were singing. We have come here to worship
Christ the Lord for He alone is worthy. Now last week I laid
a foundation for this morning's message and I might add what
Brother John Reeves brought in his devotional and what we considered
in the adult Sunday school class also laid a foundation for this
morning's message. Last week we took a brief look
at Isaiah 13 and the prophecy of the destruction of that wicked
city Babylon. God had revealed to Isaiah what
he was going to do. It was a prophecy. It was a prophetic... Those were prophetic statements
written by Isaiah concerning the destruction of Babylon. It
was yet in the future. And God destroyed that wicked
city just exactly like He purposed to do. He had no mercy on any
of them. Well, we went into the book of
Revelation, the 17th chapter, and we saw the spiritual meaning
of the destruction of that wicked city, Babylon. We talked about
Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots, the spirit of Antichrist
that's come upon all false religionists. I made this statement during
the Sunday school lesson this morning. I've made it before,
I'll make it again. Arminian free will doctrine is
the biggest deception that Antichrist has ever produced. I'll give you a minute to ponder
that. And I'll say this, if you believe your free will brought
you to Christ, that he couldn't do anything until you gave him
permission, you're still in darkness, you have never been delivered
from the power of the spirit of Antichrist. God will not share
his glory with anyone. And the reason I know that doctrine
is a lie, the Word of God tells us it is not of him that willeth,
nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. The
Holy Spirit moved the Apostle Paul to put that lie of free
will right alongside with any other works that man thinks he
can produce in order to earn God's favor. And so this mother
of harlots, Babylon the Great, encompasses the world. False
religionists all over the world think they're going to heaven
because of something they have done. And I'm warning you, Please take this to heart. God will have no mercy. None. When this world comes to
an end, when Christ our Savior comes back pouring out His wrath
on those who will not believe the record God has given us of
His Son in His Holy Scriptures. Now those They were wrong in their predicted
date of the end of the world. So was Harold Camping. And he
knew more than they. But he still predicted a date
that came and went, and a date that came and went, and a date
that came and went. God has not revealed to any man the day of
the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. But I can tell you on
the authority of God's Word, it's coming. Jesus Christ is
coming in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not
God and obey not the Gospel of Isa and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now chapters 16, 17, and 18 of Revelation are prophetic statements
concerning the wrath of God that will be poured out on all religious
hypocrites who believe the lies of Antichrist. I encourage you
to read that on your own time, not right now. I mean, I don't
want you to miss this message. There are a lot of symbols, a
lot of things we might not understand. But all of these things have
important meanings. But the subject is the destruction
of this world when God comes pouring out His wrath on all
of this world of ungodly people who hate Christ and His gospel.
That includes you, that includes me, that includes anyone who's
foolish enough to believe the lies that's being preached from
the pulpits of this great generation, this great country we're living
in, or any pulpit around the world who produces lies encouraging
people to trust in the works of their own hands. This is serious
business. So, our Lord in the 16th chapter
of Revelation talks about angels who pour out vials of God's wrath
upon the earth. Then in verses 5 through 7 of
Revelation 16 we read, And I heard the angel of the water say, Thou
art righteous, O LORD, which art, and wast, and shalt be,
because Thou hast judged thus. For they have shed the blood
of saints and prophets, and Thou hast given them blood to drink. for they are worthy. And I heard
another out of the altar say, even so, Lord God Almighty, true
and righteous are thy judgments." That's the title of this morning's
message. Lord God Almighty, true and righteous
are thy judgments. Now, brethren, God, our Father,
has committed all judgment unto His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
On the front of this morning's bulletin, this scripture is taken
from John chapter 5, verses 22 through 24, and this is God's
holy word. We read, the Father judgeth no
man. but hath committed all judgment
unto the Son, that all men should honor the Son, even as they honor
the Father. He that honoreth not the Son
honoreth not the Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily,
I say unto you, so our Lord Jesus himself speaking, verily, verily,
I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him
that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation, but is passed from death unto life. And so all judgment
has been committed unto the Son. And our text, verse 7 of Revelation
16 says, the last part, Even so, Lord
God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. Jesus Christ
is God Almighty. All judgment has been committed
unto Him. And all of His judgments are righteous. They're true.
Whatever He has decided to do, it is right. Someone said, it
isn't just that God does what's right. Whatever He does is right.
And that is so true. And we must learn this. We must
have this revealed to us. We must know that the government
is on the shoulders of Jesus Christ, our Lord and our Savior.
He rules and reigns over this whole universe and everything
in it. I want to take you back to Matthew chapter 3. Now, let's
leave this book of Revelation. Go to Matthew chapter 3. And
in this third chapter, John the Baptist says something to some
Pharisees and Sadducees that we need to lay to heart. Now,
let me just share some thoughts before I read this passage of
Scripture in Matthew chapter 3. John mentioned this in his
devotional. Our hearts are saddened and grieved
by that awful madman who took the lives of 20 children and
6 adults before killing himself. He had just killed his mother
before he went to that school. And our dear pastor friend, Brother
Don Fortner, said that he would like to reach right out and hug
those people who are mourning the death of their loved ones.
But he said something else. He said, I would love to hug
them and point them to Jesus Christ. Shortly after that terrible
tragedy, this question came from the lips of many. Where was God
when that shooting took place? Well, let me tell you where God
was, where God has always been, and where He always will be,
on His throne in glory, ruling over everything. God was on his
throne when Cain murdered his brother Abel. God was on his
throne when all those people drowned in the floodwaters during
the days of Noah. God was on his throne when all
those people died in Sodom and Gomorrah. God was on his throne
during every tragedy that has taken place in this sin-cursed
world, such as earthquakes, and tornadoes, and hurricanes, and
tsunamis, that took the lives of thousands, and thousands,
and thousands of people. God has always been on his throne. Now here's something we should
not overlook. God was on his throne when the
wicked leaders of this country allowed evolution to be taught
in our schools, not as theory, but as fact. and would not allow
the biblical truths of creation to be taught in the public schools.
God was still on his throne. God was on his throne when the
wicked leaders of this country legalized abortion, allowing
women to murder millions of babies. God was on his throne when the
wicked leaders of this country instead of punishing homosexuals
passed laws to protect them. And that's not all. They allow
teachers in our public schools to teach that those perverted
lifestyles are accepted. They're teaching those lies.
This country that was founded by godly men has turned their
back on God. They hate God and are not afraid
to demonstrate their hatred for God by their blatant acts of
willful, sinful deeds that just causes people that love the Lord
Jesus Christ to cringe. Now I hope you don't misunderstand
what I'm saying. I would not even pretend to tell
you that I understand why God allowed those 20 children and
those 6 adults to be murdered by that madman. But I do know
this, the Lord Jesus Christ was not on vacation when that took
place. He was still on his throne. And the words of our text are
true in any given situation. Even so, Lord God Almighty, true
and righteous are all thy judgments. My heart goes out for those grieving
parents. My wife and I know the pain of
losing a child. My 11-year-old son died in my
arms, and there's no pain like that. So I grieve for those parents
who are suffering the loss of their children. There's no pain
that can compare to that, and there's no way of describing
it. But if you've ever experienced it, you feel the pain that's
in the hearts of others who go through that. But as difficult
and painful as that is, absolutely nothing can compare to the pain
of eternal torment. And people are dying in their
sins by the thousands every day and going right out into eternal
torment. John the Baptist was the forerunner
of Christ our Savior. He was filled with the Spirit
of God. He preached the truth. And here in this third chapter
of Matthew, starting at verse 1, we read, In those days came
John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and
saying, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this
is He, speaking of Christ, that was spoken of by the prophet
Isaiah, saying, the voice of one crying in the wilderness,
prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his path straight. So John
was the, he was the forerunner, the one that the prophet spoke
about, pointing people to Jesus Christ. And the same John had
his raiment of camel's hair and a leather girdle about his loins,
and his meat, his food, was locusts and wild honey. Then went out
to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round about
Jordan, and were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their
sins. People had not heard from God
through a prophet since the day of Malachi. They were looking
for another prophet. Many of them were looking for
the Messiah. But when John the Baptist came on the scene and
started preaching the truth, there was a great stir in the
land. So multitudes came out and was hearing him preach, repent,
repent, repent. He pointed them to Jesus Christ.
He pointed to Christ and said, Behold, the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sins of the world. He wasn't drawing attention to
himself. He wasn't dressed in the royal
clothing of kings. He wasn't eating the dainty dishes
of those people who are noble. But he was God's preacher. God's
preacher preaching the truth, warning people of the coming
wrath of God. We read in verse 6, they were
baptized of him and Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he, when
John the Baptist saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come
to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers,
who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? So he was
preaching that. And he put this question before
men who were not ungodly men as far as their lifestyles are
concerned. They were very sincere, dedicated,
religious people who were supposed to be the leaders of the people
in Israel. But John calls them nothing but
slithering snakes full of poison and they were poisoning the minds
of those people they were supposed to be pointing to Christ. It was supposed to be pointing
them to Christ. They didn't care about Christ.
They hated Christ. They had their own false doctrine.
They had their own way of thinking. And they were deceiving the people
just like this generation of preachers we have today are deceiving
the people with lies. They're nothing but snakes full
of the poison of anti-Christ. Drawing people after their own
religious beliefs. And they're blind leaders of
the blind. And both shall fall in a ditch. Now I'm not making
this up. These truths are found in God's
Word just as clear as can be, but people don't want to believe
them. So God sends them strong delusion that they should believe
a lie. John says in verse 8 to those slithering snakes, Bring
forth therefore fruits, meek for repentance, and think not
to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father. For
I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children
unto Abraham, and now also the axe is laid unto the root of
the trees, therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good
fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. And God's flaming fire
is coming. And no unregenerate, hell-deserving
sinner who has not experienced the miracle of the new birth
can bring forth good fruit. It's all evil. Everything in
a natural man is evil. Everything that comes forth from
the natural man is evil. That's where we were. before
we experience the miracle of the new birth. And this is why
Christ came. This is why our Lord Jesus Christ
came. To save His chosen people. So that we would be delivered
out of that group of people who still love those lies and are
headed for eternal torment. Now turn to Romans chapter 4
if you would please. Our God is a merciful God. who
delights in showing mercy. There is a way that hell-deserving
sinners can escape the wrath to come, but only one way. Only one way. And that way is
Jesus Christ. In His perfect redeeming work
for His chosen people, our Lord Jesus paid the ransom price in
full for all their sins. while He walked on this earth.
And I've already told you that our Lord Jesus is no longer a
baby in the manger. And I'm just as thankful, I hope
I am, as any sinner saved by the grace of God, that our Lord
Jesus came into this world. But here is what I want to share
with you so you don't misunderstand what I'm saying. People delight
in a Jesus that's still in the manger. That's where they want
Him. They delight in a Jesus that
they can manipulate, that they can control. They delight in
a Jesus that doesn't even exist. And their desire is to turn your
eyes away from the risen, exalted Christ of God, who is seated
on His sovereign throne of power, giving eternal life to as many
as God the Father gave Him. And we must believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ. All of God's preachers, all of
God's enlightened saints, thank God for sending His Son into
this world. But He sent Him into this world
to establish a perfect righteousness for us. We wouldn't have any
righteousness that God will accept if it had not been for Christ
our Savior. Folks, listen, He walked perfect. He walked perfect. in the sight
of God the Father. He did always that which pleased
His Heavenly Father. Always. He loved the Lord God
with all His heart, soul, strength and mind. He loved His neighbor
as Himself. He fulfilled the law of God. He kept the law of
God perfectly. Everything He did was perfect.
When He went to that cross, He went as the spotless Lamb of
God without blemish of any kind. And that walk of perfect obedience
is ours. If our faith is in the Lord Jesus
Christ, God sees us in Christ when He was born of the Virgin,
in Christ when He walked on this earth perfectly, in Christ when
He went to that cross at Calvary. God sees the righteousness of
Christ, and He sees us in Christ with that righteousness imputed
to us. This is wonderful. This is good
news for people who know they're a sinner. It's people who think
they're good enough. without Christ, to go to heaven. People who are trusting in the
works of their own hands. People who think they're good
and outweigh their bad. There's no good in anybody until God sends the Spirit of
His Son into our hearts. So He established a righteousness
for us. He endured God's wrath when He
suffered and bled and died. As our substitute, we've already
been punished. in Christ Jesus. God is a just
God. He cannot demand payment for
sin twice, and payment has already been made for His people, for
the people of the Lord Jesus at Calvary 2,000 years ago. So
His blood that He shed, the divine blood of Jesus Christ, that's
why it's important to believe in the virgin birth. His blood
was not tainted by the sin of man. It was the blood of God
that was flowing through His veins. And that blood that was
shed at Calvary, has washed all of God's chosen people clean. Not one spot is upon God's people. God does not see any sin in Jacob. No sin in His spiritual Israel. Because He sees us in Christ.
And so, these wonderful truths concerning Jesus Christ is what
God's preachers want you to hear. And that's not being preached. I'll guarantee you the majority
of the churches in this nation and around the world today are
talking about a Jesus that's still in the manger. And that song you ladies sung
just a moment ago is replaced by Christmas songs that have
nothing to do with the gospel of our Savior. So if you're here
in Romans chapter 4, I'll bring this to a close just
in a moment. Before I read the scripture, let me say this. Abraham
believed God. Abraham believed God. And it
was imputed to him for righteousness. Abraham's faith was written for
our learning. For our sake. If you hear in
Romans chapter 4, look at verse 23. After describing Abraham's
faith, The Word of God says, now it
was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to
him, but for us also to whom it shall be imputed if we believe
on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered
for our offenses and was raised again for our justification.
Did you hear that? He was delivered for our offenses. All of our iniquities were laid
on Christ. God made Him. God our Father
made His darling Son who knew no sin to be sin for us that
we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. I wish I could preach. Grab a hold
of this. If our iniquities were laid on
Christ, and God punished His Son for our sin, and I'm not
just talking about a little lie here, and I'm talking about all
of our sins from the time we came into this world to the time
we leave this world. All of our sins, past, present,
and future, were laid on our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
and He paid the ransom price in full for all of them. He was
delivered for our offenses. He was raised again for our justification. That can't mean the whole world.
If it meant the whole world, the whole world would be justified. Look at verse 1 of chapter 5.
Therefore being justified, and there's where the comma should
be, By faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
He was raised again for our justification. Therefore, being justified, by
faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
So folks, listen, faith does not save you, but nobody is going
to be saved without it. Jesus Christ is our Savior, but
we must have faith to believe on Him, and faith is God's gift
to the sinner. Contrary to popular belief, faith
is not the sinner's gift to God. All men have not the faith. We looked at that just earlier
this morning in Sunday school. But God is the author. The Lord
Jesus Christ is the author and the finisher of our faith. He
comes to us when we're running from Him with
the same hatred in our hearts that those wicked men had when
they crucified the Lord with glory. He comes to us when we
hate Him, running from Him, drinking iniquity like water, have no
use for the Christ of Holy Scripture, no love for His Gospel. To the contrary, the Gospel to
the unregenerate man is foolishness. It's nothing but foolishness.
But the Word of God says it's to them that perish foolishness.
But unto us who are saved, it's the power of God. So He comes
to us and He gives us faith to believe that Jesus Christ was
delivered for our offenses, was raised again for our justification. Read on. In verse 2, it says,
by whom, speaking of Christ our Savior, by whom also we have
access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice
in hope of the glory of God. Our faith will cause us to receive
what Jesus Christ has done for us, and God's grace enables us
to come into His presence with singing, with praise, with joy,
rejoicing in what Jesus Christ has done for us, and the hope
that's set before us, which is Christ Jesus, the hope of glory. Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Look at verse 3. And not only so, But we glory
in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience,
and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope maketh
not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." You need more
patience? Be careful how you pray. Tribulation
worketh patience. But it's God Himself. And here's
the point. The Holy Spirit has come to us. God's elect at His appointed
time of love for us. And the love of God is shed abroad
in our hearts by His power. We learn of the love of God.
We learn that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, and whosoever believeth on Him shall not perish, but
have everlasting life. We believe that this is love.
Not that we love God, but that He loved us. And sent His Son
to be the propitiation for our sins. That word propitiation
means sin atoning sacrifice. The sin debt has been taken care
of. by God who loved us with an everlasting
love, by God who loved us so much, His chosen people, His
elect, that He sent His Son to redeem us with His own precious
blood. This is the gospel. The gospel
is not God has done all He can, the rest is up to you. If that's
true, there's no hope for any of us. Salvation is of the Lord
from start to finish. And He comes to us. And He reveals
the love of God to us. The eternal, immutable love of
God that absolutely nothing can separate us from. That love is
in Christ Jesus. These truths need to be preached. Look at verse 6. For when we
were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the
ungodly. When we had no strength, when
we were totally depraved, when we had no hope, when we were
without God, Jesus Christ went to that cross and He laid down
His life for the ungodly. That's me. That's me. I don't
know about you, but I find my name in the Holy Scriptures ungodly.
But Jesus Christ laid down His life for the ungodly. Look at
verse 7. For scarcely for a righteous
man will one die, yet peradventure for a good man some would even
dare to die. We know what that means. There
are many who have laid down their lives for good men and would
not have laid down their life for the town drunk. But look
at verse 8, God commended His love toward us in that while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. That's when the redemption
price was paid, while we were yet sinners. That's when we were
redeemed, while we were yet sinners. That's when the holy justice
of God was satisfied, while we were yet sinners. Verse 9 says
much more. This is so wonderful. Don't miss
this. Much more than being now justified
by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. Now the
wrath is coming. God's wrath is coming. John the
Baptist told those religious muckety-mucks, who hath warned
you to flee from the wrath to come? And they wouldn't believe
him, though a man told it to them. They were self-righteous
in their own way of thinking. They had the law that they were
keeping for their righteousness. They had a cloak of their own self-righteousness
that they portrayed before the people, praying in the streets
so that people would see them and think they were very spiritual. Our Lord Jesus called them whited
sepulchers, hypocrites. full of dead men's bones. They
looked good on the outside, but inside they were just as spiritually
dead as any of the ungodly people who would never darken the door
of a church. It's like a grave. Put flowers on the grave, put
beautiful marble headstones at the grave, plant grass around
the grave, but down inside that grave, nothing but dead men.
And that's what they were. And that's where we were, in
that same camp. But our Lord Jesus Christ justified
us by His blood. He didn't make us justifiable.
He justified us by His blood. Therefore, we shall be saved
from wrath through Him. And verse 10 says, for if when
we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son,
much more being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Our Lord Jesus said, because
I live, you shall live also. It's the risen, exalted, glorified
Son of God that keeps us by His power. We're saved by His life. He gives us eternal life, and
He keeps us by His power through faith unto salvation, ready to
be revealed at the last time. So we have a Savior who's no
longer a baby in a manger, no longer walking in humility before
God in this world, no longer on the cross, no longer in the
grave, but on His throne in heaven. All power in heaven and earth
has been given to Him, and by that power He gives us eternal
life. and He keeps us looking to Him
as the one and blessed only hope for entrance into eternal bliss,
escaping the eternal torment of God's wrath. We shall be saved
by His life. Verse 11 says, and I'll try to
bring this to a close, not only so But we also joy in God through
our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we have now received the atonement. So under the preaching of the
gospel, when we receive Christ, we receive all that Christ has
done for us. We have received the atonement.
John read a word in the article of today's bulletin, Expiate. That means that satisfaction
has been made for our sins. That means that God's anger has
been appeased. That means that we, as God's
children, have been delivered because of the sin-atoning sacrifice
of Jesus Christ our Lord. And God remembers our sins against
us no more. But as I walk you through these
scriptures, Was there anything at all in those scriptures that
pointed to man's doings? No. It's all because of what
Christ has done. Now judgment day is coming. God
has committed all judgment to His Son. All of us must stand
before the judgment seat of Christ. All of Adam's posterity will
be there. But would you just look for a
moment at verse 1 of chapter 8. Verse 1 of chapter 8 of this
book of Romans. The Word of God says, There is
therefore now no condemnation, no judgment to them which are
in Christ Jesus. And the last part of that first
verse belongs down in verse 4. But folks, this is the Gospel. Jesus paid it all. All to Him
I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain.
He washed it white as snow. And it's all because of God's
eternal purpose and the precious redeeming work of Christ our
Savior. I share two more verses with you in this eighth chapter. And I'll leave you with this.
Romans chapter 8, verses 32 and 33. He that spared not his own son,
but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also
freely give us all things? God has given us all things that
pertain unto life and godliness. Who shall lay anything to the
charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies. People
who hate the doctrine of election better read that. God has justified
his people. through the perfect redeeming
work of Christ our Savior. He didn't spare His Son. He sent
Him to that cross for this very purpose, to pay the ransom price
in full for all the sins of His chosen people. So I encourage
you, I warn you, if you're trusting in anything other than the Lord
Jesus Christ, I don't care what it is, anything, whether it's
your baptism, whether it's meeting on a certain day, whether it's
speaking in gibberish, whether it's speaking things that you
think are true, or whether it's your free will, your decision
for Jesus, anything other than the Lord Jesus Christ, get rid
of it. Get rid of it. Come to Christ. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved. And if you don't, if you go out
into eternity, Without believing what the Holy Word of God says
about Christ our Savior, there's no escape from eternal torment.
Today is the day of salvation. Come to Him by faith. Cry out
to God for mercy. In the name of Jesus Christ our
Lord and our Savior. And rejoice with all of God's
saints that Christ did come into this world. Rejoice that He did
accomplish what no other could do. establishing a perfect righteousness
for us. Rejoice that He paid the price
in full for all of our sins, that nothing can be laid to our
charge. Rejoice in the One who is seated on His throne in glory,
Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. Bow down to Him, giving
Him the praise and the glory for this wonderful, unspeakable
gift. eternal life through what he
has accomplished for us and sing this closing song with us with
joy unspeakable hallelujah what a savior