Whosoever

Q: What does the Bible say about the equality of all people before God?

The Bible teaches that there is no difference between people; all are sinners and equal in God's sight (Romans 3:22). In Romans 10:12-21, Scripture states that there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile, indicating that all of humanity is created from the same blood and stands equal before God. As Romans 3:22 articulates, 'For there is no difference; for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.' This demonstrates that regardless of nationality, morality, or education, every individual is a sinner in need of God's grace. The equality emphasized in the Bible underscores God's impartiality and the universality of His salvation.

Q: How do we know God shows no favoritism?

The Bible explicitly states that God does not show favoritism and His mercy is available to all who call upon Him (Romans 10:12). In Romans 10:12, it is declared, 'For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.' This verse reinforces the idea that God's mercy is not based on race, status, or human standards. Everyone, regardless of who they are, has access to God's riches and grace if they call upon Him in faith. This truth emphasizes that God's character is fundamentally unjust and that salvation is offered freely to all who believe, without any distinctions.

Q: Why is the concept of 'whosoever' significant in salvation?

'Whosoever' emphasizes the unconditional and universal invitation to salvation available to all, as stated in Romans 10:13. The term 'whosoever' holds significant theological weight in the context of salvation. As stated in Romans 10:13, 'For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.' This phrase signifies that salvation is open to anyone who recognizes their need for mercy, highlighting the inclusivity of the Gospel message. It reiterates that salvation is not limited to a select group but is accessible to all humans, regardless of their background or sins, emphasizing God's grace and the abundance of His willingness to save. The wider implication is that the call to Christ is not bound by human distinctions.

Q: How can we be sure we are saved according to the Bible?

The Bible assures us that if we genuinely call on the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved (Romans 10:13). Assurance of salvation comes from the solid promise found in Scripture. Romans 10:13 states, 'For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.' This assurance is founded on the character and promise of God rather than our own performance or worthiness. It's important to recognize that true calling involves faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, as genuine belief leads to calling upon Him. This reflects the interplay between God’s sovereign choice and our human responsibility in believing the Gospel, both of which are critical for assurance in our salvation.

Jew and Gentile, male and female,
bond and pre, there is no difference. Now you know and I know we try
to make a difference based on nationality. I suppose that racial bias and
bigotry that's born within all of us will always be there. I
just always will be there, but it's wrong. It doesn't make it
right because we have it, because we feel superior, superior to
the red man or superior to the black man or superior to the
white man. We're not. There is no difference.
God hath made of the same blood all men. That's true now. There is no difference. We're
all sinners. We're all creatures of God. We're
all subjects of the King. There's no difference. There
just is no difference. Like a man said recently, talking
about another man, he said, Brother so-and-so. It was Brother Richardson,
he was talking about some man. He said, Brother so-and-so, and
this theologian said, he may not be your brother. Scott said,
well, if I didn't get him in Christ, I'll get him in Adam.
He's my brother some way. And that's true. There's no difference.
And I read something in the paper this week that really, really
did stick out. I know nearly all of you read
it, and I wonder if you noticed it. We not only try to make a
difference in nationality based on nationality, we try to make
a difference based on morality. But let me assure you, there's
no difference. When I picked up the paper this week and the
judge had sentenced my baseball hero Pete Rose to
prison, and they said he was coming to
Ashland, and they interviewed one of the
guards out at the penitentiary, and someone asked him, Will you
ask Mr. Rose for his autograph when he
gets to the prison?" I believe it was one of the guards out
here, one of the guards somewhere. And here was his reply. No, sir. No, sir. He's not one of us now. He's one of them. No, he's still
one of us. There aren't any us in them.
There is no difference. I know that's hard. I know that's
It's just so, these heads are so thick. But no, it's not thick-headedness,
it's black-heartedness. That's the trouble, isn't it?
These hearts are so prejudiced and so biased, there's no difference.
He got caught, you didn't. There's no difference. There's
no difference. There's no difference. And then
we try to make a difference based on education. I tell you, wherever
I go, especially up north, they think we're all country bumpkins
down here, and maybe we are. I used to go up to Michigan and
preach a lot, and they all wanted to know if we all kept our washing
machines on the front porch. I said, yeah, most of the time.
They'd been riding down through Appalachia, you know, and they
saw washing machines on the front porch, and I said, yeah, We keep
them. That's a good place for them,
you know. It's convenient. You run the water right off the
porch. I didn't mind that too much. It's one of those Yankees
asked me if we played basketball down here. That made me mad. There's no difference. There is no difference. There's
no difference between the educated hick and the country hick. There's
no difference. There's no difference in the
pious, highfalutin center and the lowfalutin center. There
is no difference. Am I getting across what I'm
saying? This is what he said, there is no difference. And we try to make a difference
in other areas, in riches. We try to make a difference in
strength. People are proud of their strength or beauty. Some poor child, this starts
with our children. Even in school, a child comes
to school, you know, and he has an affliction. Kids make fun
of him. I'll tell you where they get
that from their parents. They look down. Their little girl
is not as attractive as other little girls, and they won't
have anything to do with her. That's sad, isn't it? It starts
young and it just continues trying to make a difference based on
beauty or strength. Who maketh thee to differ? What hast thou that thou didst
not receive? There's no difference. And the two main areas where
there's no difference, the first one, turn to Romans 3, Romans
chapter 3. The two areas. Two areas. There is no difference. Romans 3, verse 22. Romans 3, 22. We're talking about
the righteousness of God without the law. Verse 22 says, even
the righteousness of God, which is by faith or by the faithfulness
of Jesus Christ, it's unto all and upon all them that believe,
for there is no difference. For all have sinned and come
short of the glory of God. That's where it is. There is
no difference. All have sinned and come far
short of the glory of God. Now, let's be honest. Will you
be honest? I'll try to. Aren't there times
when you feel a little bit more righteous than someone else?
A little bit more holy? A little bit more moral? A little
bit more godly? a little bit more spiritual.
Has that ever crossed your mind or go through your heart? You
feel just a little bit more spiritual, a little bit higher than most
folks you know. Well, we're not. There's no difference. We've all sinned, sinned, sinned. There's sin in everything we
think, say or do. There's not any person in this
building Of whom it can be said, he pleases God. Not any. Not a one. There's no difference. As far as sin is concerned, as
far as deserving the judgment and wrath of God, we're all just
as equal. There's not some who deserve
it more than others. We all come short of the glory
of God. And to offend in one point of
the law is to be guilty of the whole law. Isn't that what the
Bible says? And there's no difference. All
right, turn back to the text. And I thank God for this, the
second area. Thank God for this, in which
there's no difference. And there's no difference, all
if sin. But verse 12 says, for there's no difference between
the Jew and the Greek. Oh, listen to this. The same
Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him. There's no
difference. No difference. The same Lord
is merciful, rich, kind, and gracious to all who call on Him,
whether you be a Jew or a Gentile, whether you be a male or a female,
whether you be old or young, whether you be rich or poor.
Come ye sinners, poor and needy, weak and wounded, sick and sore,
Jesus ready, stands to save you, full of pity, love, and power. Come ye sinners. Heavy laden,
bruised and mangled by the fall. If you tear it till you're better,
you'll never come at all. He's able. He's able. He's willing. All the fitness He requires is
to feel your need of Him. There's no difference. There's
no difference. The same Lord over all is rich
unto all that call upon Him. Now then, if we can understand
that truth right there, There is no difference. There is no
difference. If we can understand that, that
we're all sinners, guilty, there's no degrees of guilt. Guilt is
guilt. Guilt is guilt. Sin is sin. If
we can understand that, but if we can understand this, that
with God there's no respect of persons, that is, he doesn't
regard any man's righteousness, He doesn't regard any man's nationality. God's mercy is not drawn toward
us because of anything he finds in us. It's all found in him. The cause, the basis, the foundation
of God's mercy is not found in any creature because there's
no difference. You get a whole And this is awful to talk about,
but the Bible uses it. You get a whole carcass of maggots,
whether they're big maggots or little maggots, strong maggots
or weak maggots, male or female maggots, Jew or Gentile maggots,
they're all maggots. And there's nothing about them that would induce you to show
pity upon any single one of them. God is no respecter of maggots.
There's no difference. That's why there's no difference.
If there's any feeling of pity and love and affection from Him,
it's based on what He is and who He is, not what you are or
who you are. That's right now. That's right. Now, if we understand that, and
you and I really want to know this God, this living God, really
want to be saved by His power and grace from the penalty and
the practice and the presence of sin, If we really want to
walk with God like Enoch of old, see God like Moses saw his glory,
praise God like David the psalmist, fellowship with God like John
the beloved, know the Redeemer like Job the confident, and be
assured of his love like Paul. Let's read the next verse. For
whosoever, whosoever, there is no difference, whosoever. This
is a wide word, isn't it? Whosoever, I know this word's
been abused and misused and a lot of things that it's been drawn
into where it doesn't belong, but here's an illustration. I've
heard that if a person makes out a will, I don't know anything
about wills, not a thing in the world, but I've heard this, that
if you make out a will and you want to leave everything to your
wife in your will, just say so. Just say so. Now don't go into
detail. Don't go into detail at all. You may leave something
out or you may write something in that will enable a shrewd
lawyer to change the whole thing. But if you want to leave everything,
just say so. And this will and testament,
this covenant of mercy here, when God said, whosoever, whosoever,
this is better than if he had written my name in here. It's better than if he had said,
for if Henry Mahan shall call on the name of the Lord, he shall
be saved. There may be another Henry Mahan. In fact, my grandfather
was named Henry Mahan. And instead of putting the name
in, or if any person, or any Jew, or any Gentile, or any woman,
or any man, that he just says, whosoever, whosoever, whosoever,
No earthly distinction, no human distinction, no difference for
whosoever. I'm a whosoever. You're a whosoever. That's what he's talking about.
There's no difference. There's no difference. Whosoever, black
and white, rich or poor, old, young or old, whosoever. Now,
here's an easy word. Chaconne. No work involved. No payment involved, no requirements,
no conditions, she'll call. Brethren, it's pretty easy to
call. When I thought about this word
here and the simplicity of the word, I thought about when Peter
was trying to walk on the water and come to the Lord, and he
saw the lightning and the storm clouds and the wind and the waves
began to roll, and he began to sink. And what did he do? He
called, he called, Lord, save me, or I'll perish. Pretty simple,
wasn't it? And that's it, whosoever, there's
no difference. We're all sinking, we're all
perishing. Lord, the thief on the cross, he called, blind Bartimaeus
sitting by the wayside, and I'm just as much a beggar as he is,
the dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day. There
may I, there's no difference. Though vile as he, wash my sins
away. Bartimaeus, Lord, son of David,
have mercy on me. The publican in the temple would
not so much as lift his eyes to heaven, but he called. He
called. And actually, in the case of
the Lord God, you don't even have to speak. You don't even have to utter
a word. All you have to do is just look. in no particular direction because
He's everywhere and He knows every heart. If I can just realize
there's no difference, if I can come to the conclusion that the
scriptures reached a long time ago of my state before God and
His greatness, glory, and His goodness, and His mercy, and
His grace, if I can just come to understand that and think
that I'd like to have His mercy. Just think. Just think. I'm already in business. Whosoever
shall call. Now watch this. This is an important
word. A wide word, whosoever. An easy
word, shall call. Now here's an important word.
On the name of the Lord. Now, who is it upon whom we call? The name of the Lord. A person
is identified by his name. A name reveals who the person
is. A name is distinct. A name is
personal. A name is revealing. And we're
calling not just on anyone or on any name. We're calling on
the name of the what? Charlie the Lord. It's not another
Jesus. Paul said they'll come preaching
another Jesus. whom we haven't preached in another
spirit and another gospel, but there's none other name under
heaven given among men whereby we must be saved, that name,
the name of the Lord. And here are some distinctions
which that name conveys. First of all, his name is the
Lord Jesus Christ. Now I'm always a little uneasy
when preachers keep on calling him Jesus. Jesus said this and
Jesus said that and Jesus went here, Jesus went there. It's
not Jesus who saves alone, it's the Lord Jesus Christ now. I'm telling you. It's disrespectful
to call him Jesus. The disciples never called him
Jesus. When they were writing in the full Gospels, they reported
what Jesus did, because he was then in the flesh on the earth
as a man. And they wanted to distinctly
identify who did it. This man, Jesus of Nazareth.
If they said the Lord did it, immediately they'd think of the
Lord in heaven, you see. But when they addressed him,
they called him Master. He said, you call me Lord. You
say, well, so I am. They called him Master. And when
they wrote about him over in the epistles, they always called
him Our Lord, did they not? It always bothers me when a boy
or a girl or a man or a woman refers to their parents by their
first name. My dad lived to be 83 years old. I never ever in my life ever
called him John. Never. I never called my mother
Eileen. It was just something about the
authority and the position and the person. He was always dad
or pop. She was always mom. And I don't
have much sympathy for young people who have so little respect
as to call their parents by their first name. Got no place for
that. But that same lack of respect
for authority carries over to Him who's the Lord. They call
Him Jesus. And He's the Lord. He's the King
of kings and Lord of lords. Oh, if I could extol and exalt
and magnify His name above every name, He's the Lord. And if you
know Him, you'll call Him Lord. Master. Master. I was listening to television
one Sunday morning somewhere in a meeting, there was a black
preacher on, and he was going to pray for his friends in prison. And I loved the way he prayed.
He bowed his head and he said, Master, he said, I was going
to ask you to go and be with them who are in prison, but I
know you's already there. I like that, don't you? I know
you's already there. Master, I tell you something
else, he's sovereign. He quickens whom he will. All authority is
given unto him in heaven and earth. I tell you, whosoever
shall call, but it's not just call to the skies, and it's just
not call to some image or idol, it's to call on the name. The
name, the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the sovereign Lord. That
leper came to him in Matthew 8 and fell at his feet and said,
Lord. He didn't say Jesus. He said,
Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. That's his name. He said, I will. Be thou clean. It's just that simple. If he
will, he can. If he will, he will. If he will,
you will. It's not if you will, he will.
That's backwards. I hear the preachers say, if
you will, he will. That ain't so. If he will, you
will. Thy people shall be willing in
the day of thy power. He's the Lord. The throne of grace is still
a throne. It's still a throne. And a throne
means rule. I'll tell you something else
about it. He's the fullness of God. That's where it all is. Alpha and Omega. That's his name. He's the Lord our righteousness.
That's his name. He's prophet, priest, and king.
That's his name. And that's what this is talking
about here. I don't know, that's been abused a lot too. And they
say, well, if you just say the word, You better know what you
mean when you say the word and who you mean. Whosoever shall call on the name,
that's right, the name of the Lord, His name. And His name indicates and reveals
and manifests who He is and what He did and why He did it and
where He is now. I never will forget a long time
ago, 1950, when Brother Barnard came to Pollard the first time.
None of us knew anything about the gospel. But we were carrying
on a program, and the song leader got up and announced we was going
to sing Jesus Saves. So we cut loose on it and sang
it. And Barnard got up after we got through and he said, it
ain't so. It ain't so. And I didn't know
what in the world he was talking about, but he said, Jesus doesn't
save, it's the Lord Jesus that saves. The Lord Jesus. Alright, here's a sure word.
Now watch this. Whosoever a wide word shall call
a simple word an important word on the name of the Lord shall
be saved. I tell you, I love the shalls
and the wheels of this book. Let's read some of them. Turn
to John chapter 6. John chapter 6, verse 37. John 6, 37. Listen to our Lord here. He says
in verse 36, John 6, 36, I said to you that you also have seen
me and you didn't believe, you believe not. All that my Father
giveth me shall come to me. They shall. There's no maybe,
perhaps. It shall. And him that cometh
to me I will in no wise cast out. Turn to John 10. Listen to him over here. John
10 verse 16. Listen to this. Oh, the shalls
and the will. Whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall without doubt be saved. John 10, 16,
and other sheep I have, which are not of this fold, them also
I must bring, and they shall, hear my voice, and they shall
be one fold and one shepherd. Isn't that great? Look at verse
26. He said to these religious folks,
he said, you believe not because you're not of my sheep, I said
to you, my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, they follow
me, and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. They shall never perish, neither
shall any man pluck them out of my Father's hand." His honor
is engaged to keep the weakest of his believing sheep. And I'll tell you this, if you
believe on Christ, Really and truly, and call on the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall be saved. You shall be saved. And don't bring anything else
into it. You shall be. I read the story one time of
a very wise believer. Someone was questioning him or
giving him a difficult time about his confidence in Christ. his
confidence in Christ. They were just giving him a hard
time. And the person finally said to him, well, he said, now
you say you're resting in Christ and not any of your works, not
any of your righteousness, not church members, you're just resting
in Christ. What if you get to heaven and they tell you that
you're not accepted up there, that you can't come in? Well,
this was his reply. If that should take place, God
will lose more than I'll lose. And the person questioning him
was shocked. He said, what on earth do you
mean? If you're cast out of heaven and not admitted that God would
lose more than you'd lose. He said, I'd lose my soul. God
would lose his honor. Because God said in his word,
he that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. And I
believe on the Son. They shall not perish. And I
tell you, these doubts and fears that we have, if we're true believers,
these doubts and fears are not of his word, they're of our flesh.
Isn't that right? That's where they come from.
We don't get any doubts and fears out of here, it's too positive. Whosoever, that's a wide word,
shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved. He didn't say perhaps, maybe, if
he does this, that and the other, he says he shall be saved. Do
you believe on the Son of God? Do you? I do. We shall be saved. His honor is engaged to keep,
yea, even the weakest of his sheep. But here's a word of caution,
verse 14. But how shall they call on him,
very distinct here now, on him in whom they've not believed?
There can be no calling without faith. That's the reason I keep
saying it's not just calling on him, it's believing on him
whom you call. There's no calling without believing.
How shall they call on him in whom they've not believed? Paul
said, I know whom I have believed. I know who he is, the Son of
God, the Son of Man. I know what he did. He came to
this earth. He met the law full force. He
died on the cross. I know why he did it. that God
may be just and justify. I know where He is. God's raised
Him, exalted Him to His right hand. I know there can be no
calling without believing. I believe that, and because I
believe that, I call. He's the only one who can save
me. It's a fourfold warning. Listen, how can they call on
Him in whom they've not believed, and how can they believe in Him
of whom they've not heard? There's no believing without,
there's no calling without hearing. Without no calling, without believing,
no believing without hearing. Now I want to show you something. I want you to turn to four or
five scriptures. Now turn to these with me and
I want to show you something very plain and very vivid and
very important. First of all, let's turn to 2
Thessalonians 2.13. 2 Thessalonians 2.13. The Word of God teaches God's
absolute, indisputable, immutable sovereignty. He'll save whom
He will. But now it teaches also our human
responsibility. You will hear and you will call. All right, look at 2 Thessalonians
2.13. We're bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren,
beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen
you to salvation. But that's not the end of that
verse. He chose you to salvation through sanctification of the
Spirit and what? Belief of the truth. And there's
not going to be any salvation without God choosing you, nor
without your believing. No, sir. That's as deadly an
error as Arminianism. to believe that a man will be
saved without hearing the gospel and believing it. All right, turn to Ephesians
1. You notice every time it's the same way, Ephesians 1, verse
13 and 14. Now listen to this, Ephesians
1, 11. Let's read verse 11. Ephesians 1, 11. In whom also
we have obtained an inheritance. being predestinated according
to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel
of his own will. What's that saying? Well, the
heirs of God are chosen heirs, and they're predestinated to
their inheritance. And who purposed it? God did.
But that's not the end. Listen. There's a colon there
and not a period. That we should be to the praise
of his glory who what? Who what? who first trusted in
Christ. Yeah, he chose us. Yes, he predestinated
us, but we trusted. Now look at the next verse. Now
he's talking about Paul said, we trusted, we disciples, but
in whom you trusted, after you what? Heard the word of truth,
the gospel of your salvation, in whom after you believed, you
were sealed with the Holy Spirit, not before. We're saved by faith. That's right. Justified by faith.
And you, to me, to my satisfaction, there's no way you can give God
too much glory. There's no way you can exalt
him too highly. There's no way you can lift up
Christ or magnify him more abundantly. No, sir. He's sovereign. He'll
save whom he will. Salvation is of the Lord. But
my friends, also, no salvation without hearing the gospel and
believing. God has no unwilling servants. That's right. He has no unwilling bride. He'll
draw us, and we'll come. He'll call us, and we'll respond.
If we don't, we'll never be saved. That's right. Let me show you
a couple more. 1 Thessalonians 1. I preach from this quite often,
and I hope I handle it scripturally. 1 Thessalonians 1, verse 4. Paul
said to the church at Thessalonica, I know, brethren, beloved, your
election of God. 1 Thessalonians 1.4, I know your
election of God. And here's how I know it, because
our gospel came not to you in word only, but in power and in
the Holy Ghost. And it must assure us, as you
know what manner of men we were among you, you came to be followers. That's how I know your election.
Paul said, I didn't see the Lamb's book of lies. God's never ruffled
the pages up there and let me peer into it. But I look at you,
and I say, you've heard the gospel, and you believed it, and you
followed the gospel, therefore you want to hear the elect. Because
here's elect, here's what? Let me show you another. It all
goes this way. Well, don't turn to this. You know what? I've
quoted it a dozen times today. All that my Father giveth me
shall come to me. They shall come. And him that
cometh, I won't cast out. Now one more. Well, I read this
while ago. He said to these Pharisees, he
said, you believe not because you're not of my sheep. My sheep
hear my voice, I know them, and they what? They follow me. Always. And turn to Acts 13. Here's one
I haven't read today. Acts 13, verse 48. Listen to
this. Listen to Acts 13, verse 48. Acts 13, verse 48. And when the
Gentiles heard this, they heard Paul preach. And when they heard
it, they were glad. And they glorified the word of
the Lord. And as many as were ordained to eternal life. Did
what? They believed. They will invariably. Every one of them. And as many
as were ordained to life did what? They believed. And if they
didn't believe, they weren't ordained to life. Can I say that?
That's so. So let's go back to our text
and move along quickly. This four-fold warning, there's
no calling without believing. Who he is, what he did. There's
no believing without hearing. And what's this? In verse 14,
Romans 10, and how shall they hear without a preacher? Without
a preacher. Now then, the preacher may be
an angel of the Lord. It was in the case of Manoah. It was in the case of Manoah.
The preacher may be the Lord himself. It was in the case of
Abraham. That's right, the Lord said, come out. The preacher
may be an apostle of old. A man can be converted by reading
the Word. That's right, reading the Word
of God. After all, that's what I'm preaching is the Word of
God. So why can't it, Charlie? Why can't a man be converted
by reading the Word of God? This is the preacher. John the
Baptist preached. All priests, they can be converted
by reading the Word of God, hearing the Word preached through these
men who wrote it, the preacher may be a man among you. But those who believe and those
who call have got to hear this gospel. That just must be identified,
it must be preached, it must be. Now watch this, the fourth
thing, verse 15. And how shall they preach except
they be sent? Sent from whom? Sent from God. If my voice is the only voice
you hear, I'm preaching this gospel. I preached it this morning.
I'm preaching it again tonight. It's Christ. The gospel is Christ
is all. I preached it on television. I preached it in that Bible class
this morning. But my voice must not be the
only voice you hear. You've got to hear him who speaks
through his word. It's got to come effectually. We've listened to the preacher.
Truth by him has been told. But we need a greater preacher.
We need a preacher from above, for revelation is of God. See, God, I can get your ear,
and I can use illustrations and all these things to keep your
attention, but only God has the key to your heart. He's the only
one who can unlock it and make these things to be experienced. Only God. Only God. There's no hearing without a
preacher. There's no effectual preaching without the power of
the Holy Spirit. God has to reveal. Our Lord said,
I thank you, Father. You've revealed it to babes.
And I'll tell you to whom he reveals it. He said, I thank
you, Father, you've hid this thing from those who make a difference. The wise and the prudent. They
make a difference. They say we're different. We're
religious, or we're wise, or we're prudent, or we're moral,
or we're this. They've made a difference. And there is no difference. There's
no difference. Whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved. But they make a difference. So
you've hid it from them. And you revealed it to babes.
And I tell you, in babes, there's no difference. There's no difference. Oh, my. Let's read on. And how should they preach, except
they be sent, as it is written, how beautiful are the feet of
them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings.
They are. When a fellow comes from a far
country with good news, oh, how quickly we receive him. So glad
to see him. A fellow comes running down the
hillside, good news, the war is over, good news, we're just
so glad to see him. We're glad to see you and anybody
that's come down that hill ever. You've got good news. Reconciliation. Peace. The war is over. God is
at peace. Christ has died. This is good
news. How happy we are to see him. But, verse 16, they've not
all listened, they've not all heard, and they've not all believed,
and they've not all obeyed the gospel. Isaiah said, Lord, who
hath believed our report? To whom is the armor of the Lord
revealed? So then, faith, saving faith, comes by hearing. And that's what we're doing here,
hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Isn't it a special treasure? I'll tell you that scripture
Ronnie read a moment ago. I read it earlier today. I read
it along with him when he read it. It's so powerful. Christ. Christ. And he that heareth my
words, he said, he that is so wise that heareth my words, what
a fool a man is not to hear it, not to believe it. There's no
other hope, no other way. You know, I don't know, I said
to a friend the other night, I just don't know why, and that's, we use that I don't know
why, we really know why, but we think if people have any intelligence
Why do they object to God being on the throne? Who would you
rather have there? I don't understand that. Why would they object to salvation
being free? Without any strings attached,
without any work, without any money, without any price, without
any effort or deeds on our part. I have nothing to bring to God.
Nothing. I have nothing. Why would they
object to God keeping us? Our salvation, they say, well,
if you don't hold out, you'll sin and fall. Why do they object
to God keeping me? I can't keep myself. I don't
understand that. It's free, it's full, it's complete,
it's sure, it's certain, it's of the Lord, and it's free to
anyone who wants it. All you have to do is call on
Him. There's no difference, though. Now, he's not going to give you
special consideration because of who you are. There's no respect
of persons with God because you're Jew, Gentile, old or young, rich
or poor, smart or not smart. God's not going to have any mercy
on you because of who you are. You're one of us. That old boy,
he's not one of us, he's one of them. I'm glad I'm one of
them, aren't you? Why do they object? Why do the
heathen rage? Why they imagine a vain thing?
Let us cast his bands off. Let us throw off this rule and
let the Lord of glory laugh at them. Have them in derision. I'm glad God's God. I'm glad
God's on the throne. I'm glad salvation's by grace. I'm glad salvation's a gift.
I'm glad Almighty God did everything that needed to be done in Christ,
because I got nothing to bring. And I'm glad He keeps me by His
power. If I fail, He won't. If I'm ashamed,
He won't be. He won't be. He'll never lose
one of His own. My confidence is in Him and that
covenant of mercy. That's my confidence. And it's
not shaking either. Because the older I get, the
more I realize I need him. And nothing else. All right,
Mike, come lead us in a closing hymn, if you would.

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How can we be sure we are saved according to the Bible?

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