The modern gospel of our day should be
called the great omission because it's void of
all its teeth and power as its great
doctrines fall silent in our churches today.
But if you want to be safe friend
there are five truths you must hear as
you get under the sound of the gospel
of the son of God and I'm going
to list these five truths for you now.
Truth number one, you are ruined by sin
and you are under a curse.
Every mother's son enters this world with the
poison in his blood from Adam's fall.
We are born in a ruined condition with
a bent toward sin.
In Job 15 16 we see man's utter
depravity.
How much more abominable and filthy is man
which drank at the iniquity like water and
God told Adam in Genesis, curse it is
the ground for thy sake in sorrow shall
thou eat of it all the days of
thy life.
You must know about your ruined condition friend
and your natural estate and if you remain
unchanged in your natural condition you will surely
go to hell.
Truth number two, you cannot save yourself.
Salvation is in the hands of God and
not man.
We read in Ephesians 2 8 and 9
for by grace ye are saved through faith
and that not of yourselves.
It is the gift of God not of
works lest any man should boast.
If you are saved friend it's because God
gave you saving faith.
In John's gospel in chapter 6 and verse
65 Jesus exclaims therefore said I unto you
that no man can come unto me except
it were given unto him of my father.
Remember friend you cannot save yourself.
God is sovereign in salvation.
Truth number three, every person will be held
up against the strictness and severity of the
unbending law of God.
The sentencing of the law must be carried
out upon all guilty lawbreakers.
Sin is the transgression of the law and
God requires perfection to get into his holy
heaven for he declares that except your righteousness
shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and
pharisees ye shall in no case enter into
the kingdom of heaven.
At a future judgment for all mankind every
person will be held up against the strict
law of God and all will fail that
test because all have sinned and come short
of the glory of God.
There at that judgment friend your sin will
find you out and your mouth will be
stopped for he will by no means clear
the guilty.
This leads us to truth number four you
must repent.
In Acts 17 30 we read God commandeth
all men everywhere to repent.
Jesus's first sermon was on repentance and his
disciples preached the doctrine of repentance and Jesus
warned in Luke 13 5 except you repent
ye shall all likewise perish.
Listen friend your rebellion must be crushed and
you must throw down your shotgun of rebellion
at his nail-pierced feet and get your
sins washed in his blood.
Lastly truth number five you must be born
again.
You must experience the supernatural act of regeneration
upon your heart whereby God works grace upon
the heart of stone and makes it a
heart of flesh receptive to the things of
God.
When Jesus was here in his earthly ministry
as he passed through towns and villages all
who encountered him experienced change.
Regeneration is a changed life all for the
glory of God.
Jesus told Nicodemus that which is born of
the flesh is flesh and that which is
born of the spirit is spirit.
Marvel not that I said unto thee ye
must be born again.
Listen friend salvation means you are born from
above.
It is my prayer that if God's spirit
has brought conviction to your heart you will
exercise repentance toward God and faith in his
son the Lord Jesus Christ.
Come to Christ friend in repentance and faith
confessing you are a sinner and own him
as your savior and lord.
You must be washed in the blood and
born from above.
Let us pray.