1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,080 Brother George, you know, it's funny, I'm so used to leading 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:07,360 the songs that when we got to the third verse, my mind said, 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,880 say this is the last verse. And thankfully I didn't yell it 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,680 out. Go ahead and grab your Bibles. 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,840 We're going to we're going to continue in our discipleship 6 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,960 books. When pastor asked me to to 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,680 teach, he said, you know what, there's no reason that we can't 8 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:28,480 just keep on in the discipleship because the goal really is, and 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,320 I think he mentioned this quite a few times at the at the 10 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:35,600 beginning of this class, and that's really what it is. 11 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,440 These are more classes than lessons. 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,160 There's plenty to learn in them, but the goal here is that you 13 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:44,080 can take the same book. So be making lots of notes and 14 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,920 everything else. And when you see someone come to 15 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,880 Christ or even someone interested, and I'll get back to 16 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,760 that in a second that's interested in church or even 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,480 religious things or spiritual things. 18 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,440 You can take this book, take all the notes you've made in it and 19 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,120 go through this course with them or as far as they would are 20 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,200 still interested in in going through it with you. 21 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,120 But that goes then to say, and I don't know what chapter we're 22 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,040 even on. If you go to the front, is there 23 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:15,120 a chapter content? Yeah. 24 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:20,520 So we are on repentance, saving faith, the gospel, and now we're 25 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,600 on chapter 4, the evidence of salvation. 26 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:29,520 And so we still are up to this one here talking about salvation 27 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,360 itself. And I think that's important 28 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:38,480 because like I said, if, if, if you find somebody at work or you 29 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,720 know, from wherever that is interested and says, Hey, you 30 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,560 know what, I'd like to you talk about the Bible more with you or 31 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,800 something like that, But you may know they are not saved. 32 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:52,000 You know that this is, this is a great place to start because the 33 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,000 first four lessons of this book are about salvation, walking 34 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,840 them through how to be saved. And so, and then we get into 35 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,240 some, some more actual discipleship or growth things. 36 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,440 But you cannot grow in Christ if you're not in Christ. 37 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,960 And so I think it's, I think it is important to start with these 38 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,760 few chapters because then you get the the next one after 39 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,560 tonight is baptism and then eternal security. 40 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,640 This is still the new believer being sure of their salvation. 41 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,440 And then we get into position and practice and all the the 42 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:30,080 start the doctrines of what it means to be a Christian and what 43 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,560 the Bible says about certain things. 44 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:37,240 But still today we are in making sure that we're saved evidence 45 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,080 of salvation. And so I wanted to reiterate 46 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:47,480 that because as you're going through, this is not to for for 47 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,120 us and for you when you're doing it. 48 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:55,320 This is not to maybe judge someone that hey, you're not 49 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,080 saved. You need to be saved as much as 50 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,400 it's for them to say, wow, these things are really gives me 51 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,280 something to think about. Am IA Christian or not because 52 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,040 somebody who's coming to you that's not saved, but is 53 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:12,160 interested in of church or interested in Bible study or 54 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:18,320 something like that. They obviously have a they want 55 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,440 to they want to know Christ, but they may not yet. 56 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,000 And so this is a good opportunity for us then to lead 57 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,320 them to Christ. And so that's what this this 58 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,680 lesson tonight, this this chapter that we're going to do 59 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,560 and it's very short, only a page and 1/2. 60 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,480 So hopefully we can get through it pretty quickly. 61 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,200 Alex, can you grab me a mic? We are going to, I am going to 62 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,400 have some of y'all read for me just because there are a lot of 63 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,600 passages and we'll just start on this side. 64 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,640 And Alex will, he's not going to pass walk it, but he'll pass it 65 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,640 through. So Alex is going to start for 66 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:53,120 us. All right. 67 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,080 And so go to 1st. John chapter 2 is where I'd like 68 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,040 everybody to go first. John chapter 2, verses 3 and 4 69 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,320 is where we'll start and then let's pray and then I'll give us 70 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,640 all a bunch of passages and we'll start working through it. 71 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,680 All right, let's pray and then we'll get into it. 72 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,440 Father, thank you for this day you've given us. 73 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,880 Thank you for another opportunity we have to open your 74 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,079 word. God, I pray as we're going 75 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:19,519 through these lessons that we would check our own hearts, but 76 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:23,080 also that we would have this with a with a mind towards 77 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,360 showing others how to be saved and, and, and leading others to 78 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,600 you. And so God, I pray that this 79 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,440 this lesson we look at tonight would be profitable to us that 80 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,800 we'd be able to use in the future and God, that we would be 81 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,240 reminded of some very good truths out of your word tonight 82 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,440 in Jesus name, I pray, Amen. All right, Alex, start in first 83 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,760 John chapter 2, verses 3 and 4. And I'm going to go right to 84 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,240 Miss Becca and then on through. So maybe circle the verse that 85 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,120 you have just because I'm not going to remember which one I 86 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,320 gave you. All right, so first John 2-3 and 87 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:59,160 four, Miss Becca, 2nd Corinthians 517, Riley Titus 116 88 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:09,800 Emma, second Timothy 219. Let's see Grammy Ephesians 2, 89 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,400 eight through 10, I'm allowed to call her that. 90 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:18,320 Ephesians 28 through 10, Doc John 3/3. 91 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:27,000 And then Brother Matt, I'm going to have you go to John 4 and I'm 92 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,680 going to have you read verse 15 and 39. 93 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,680 That's not in there, But those are the two I want you to read 94 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,440 because I'm not going to have you read all of John 4. 95 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:38,960 So John 415 and 39. Miss Etiana, I'm going to have 96 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,840 you go to Luke 19 and I'll let you know which verses when we 97 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,360 get there, all right? Because I'm not going to have 98 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:45,560 you read all ten of those either. 99 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:54,960 All right, Johanna, let's see Acts 241 and 42 and I'll 100 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,840 probably, I'll have her read that, but we'll all end up in 101 00:05:57,840 --> 00:05:59,560 Acts. And because there's a whole 102 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,720 bunch of passages there and they're real close together. 103 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,160 So I'd like to look at all those together. 104 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,760 So everybody will be in Acts here in just a minute. 105 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:14,400 And then let's see for the Johnny, can you go to First 106 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,160 Thessalonians 19 and 10? Miss? 107 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:28,400 So it's all Matthew 18 three Adeline, John 847 and then 108 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:33,480 Brother John and I get you to do Hebrews 12/6 and 8/6 through 8 109 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:41,120 and Miss Marlisa Hebrews 928. All right. 110 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,000 And that'll get us through the first page. 111 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,120 And then I think we'll I think we'll be good after that to kind 112 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,280 of go to all of them together. All right, so here's what we're 113 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:53,440 going to start with and you guys are have the privilege of seeing 114 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:55,200 exactly what we're going to talk about. 115 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,440 So a lot of times we've got a I've got an outline up here that 116 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,920 you're just getting the basics, but you can see exactly what 117 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,560 we're going to talk about. And so you see the first point 118 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,840 there is that the New Testament everywhere teaches that 119 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:11,760 salvation will be accompanied by evidence, evidence of salvation. 120 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,040 And I'll start this lesson by by this and then we'll just kind of 121 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:20,200 go through it. But pastor mentions this fairly 122 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,240 often, but there's a reason he mentions it. 123 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:27,680 There is a there is a faction out there that believe and it's 124 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,760 fairly new. Obviously it's not new or 125 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,440 because they were still dealing with it in the Bible, but it's 126 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:38,240 fairly a new resurgence of the fact that you know, there is no, 127 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,520 there's no need to change your life for salvation. 128 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:43,960 You just have to change your belief. 129 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,440 You have to change from unbelief to belief. 130 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,840 There is no, that is the repentance. 131 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,000 There's no change of your life because if you're changing your 132 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:57,440 life, then it's work, salvation. And the obvious point there is 133 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,080 you're not changing your life to be saved. 134 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,640 You're changing because you are saved. 135 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:06,040 But there has to be a shift in your mind about sin. 136 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,840 We all know people that are unsaved and are happy as can be 137 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:17,240 in their sin or they say happy as a hog and and slob right to 138 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,800 be in their sin. They have no problem with it and 139 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,160 if a Christian is fine with that, that's the evidence that 140 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,400 they have don't have salvation. Now we're going to talk about 141 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,480 this in a second, but pastor covered it pretty well. 142 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:36,240 I think Sunday morning maybe that they might believe in God 143 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,720 and they might believe in Jesus, but they're either not believing 144 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,520 it on him for their salvation or it's a different Jesus. 145 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,120 So they might believe there is a God. 146 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,280 Sure that doesn't the Bible even says that and we'll probably 147 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:51,120 look at this one of these verses is is it says this even the 148 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,840 devils believe in tremble. So believing in God is not 149 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,200 evidence of salvation or that is not salvation. 150 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:01,560 So I'm I preface it with saying that there there has to be there 151 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:04,920 is going to be some evidence of salvation when a person gets 152 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:06,040 saved. So we're with that. 153 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,280 We'll get right into it and and Alex is going to start in first 154 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:14,240 John chapter 2. And hereby we do know that we 155 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:15,840 know Him if we keep His commandments. 156 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,000 He that saith I know him and keepeth not his commandments is 157 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,640 a liar, and the truth is not in him. 158 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,520 OK, so I'm, I'm going to try not to commentate on every single 159 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,200 verse because that you have them here. 160 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:28,480 You can go back and look at them. 161 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,960 And I would encourage you to do that maybe tomorrow for your 162 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,320 devotions or even tomorrow night or whatever. 163 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:34,720 Go back and kind of look through these. 164 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,360 But first, John 2-3 and four, hereby we know that we know him. 165 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:45,320 OK am I saved You can know that you know him you can know that 166 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,960 you're saved if we keep his commandments. 167 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,880 That's how we know he that saith I know him and doesn't keep his 168 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,240 commandments keepeth not his commandments is a liar and the 169 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,880 truth is not in him. Well, it's not just that he's 170 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:03,000 that truth is not in him who is the truth Christ I am the way 171 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 the truth and the life. So that's what he's talking 172 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,040 about here. If you say you know him and 173 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,320 don't keep his commandments, you're a liar and the truth 174 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,240 Christ is not in you. And so I think it's a very, 175 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,480 that's a key verse. But then let's let's move on. 176 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:18,200 2nd Corinthians, chapter 5, verse 17. 177 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,640 Therefore, if any man isn't being Christ, he is a new 178 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:23,440 creature. Old things are passed away. 179 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,120 Behold, all things are become new. 180 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,840 So you don't have to change anything except old things are 181 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:33,160 passed away. And so I don't want to hound or 182 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,240 belabor that point, but it's pretty obvious that there is 183 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,400 going to be a change when somebody gets saved, old things 184 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,520 are passed away and all things are become new. 185 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:47,280 Titus chapter 1 and verse 16. They profess that they know God, 186 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:51,280 but in works they deny him, being abominable and 187 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,280 disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. 188 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,560 And and that makes me wonder, the ones that are acting this 189 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:05,200 way, that are abominable and disobedient and reprobate, why 190 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,800 would they even profess to know God? 191 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,800 Like I, I don't really, but but we do see it. 192 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,520 We see it even now. I mean, every one of you 193 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:15,960 probably has people at work who says, Oh yeah, I'm a Christian. 194 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:17,480 I may even go to church every Sunday. 195 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,440 And then they turn around and they've got the filthiest mouth 196 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:22,440 and they're telling the dirtiest stories. 197 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:26,880 And what is that? This they profess that they know 198 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,800 God. But but what Paul is saying here 199 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,240 is they they don't, they profess that they do, but in works they 200 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,880 deny it. And that's a pretty good 201 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,000 evidence that someone is not saved. 202 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:44,280 And so I'll get to this at the end or toward the end that we're 203 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,120 not looking. The Bible's Christ is not 204 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,240 looking for perfection to prove that you followed him. 205 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,560 But it's similar to repentance. There has to be a mind and a 206 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,360 desire to live for Christ to to have. 207 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,240 That is the evidence of salvation. 208 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,600 Someone who is not saved is not going to desire to live for 209 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,000 Christ. But anyways, let's move on 210 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,960 Second Timothy chapter 2 and verse 19. 211 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,640 Nevertheless, the foundation of God standeth sure having this 212 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:19,760 seal, the Lord knoweth them that are his, and let everyone that 213 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,920 name with the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 214 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,880 They're very good the foundation of God stand ashore having this 215 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,320 seal. Where else do we see that seal? 216 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,280 What is that? Where do we see that in 217 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,720 salvation? Holy Spirit seals us, right? 218 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:42,040 So that's what this is same same vein that he's talking the 219 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:46,120 foundation of God stand ashore having this seal and this is the 220 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,160 seal two parts the Lord knows them that are his and everyone 221 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,320 that names the name of Christ departs from iniquity 222 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,920 permanently or perfectly. No, but they do desire to depart 223 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,880 from iniquity and so that's what I'm saying this lesson is not to 224 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:08,160 say do you partake in sin and you're not sorry for it. 225 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,200 You must not be saved. That's not my point here, but 226 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:15,680 but an evidence of salvation is someone who departs or hates 227 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:20,440 sin. They hate the works of the the 228 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,840 works of them that are of Satan. They hate that. 229 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,480 And so that's that's a two-part seal of salvation, a proof of 230 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,440 salvation. God knows those that are his and 231 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,600 a true, true believer departs from iniquity. 232 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,680 All right. And then Ephesians 2, eight 233 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:40,160 through 10. And I'll have you read it and 234 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,400 then we'll, we'll talk about it for just a second. 235 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:43,680 Ephesians 2. Eight through 10. 236 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,080 For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of 237 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,800 yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of 238 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,040 works, lest any man should boast, For we are his 239 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:57,040 workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God 240 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,640 hath before ordained, that we should walk in them. 241 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,080 So we often stop with verse 9, right? 242 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,880 For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of 243 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,280 yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of 244 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:10,840 works, lest any man should boast. 245 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:16,760 But verse 10 is an evidence of salvation, that there is works 246 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,040 in it, not for salvation, but works after a person's 247 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,200 salvation. For we are his workmanship 248 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,640 created in Christ Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath 249 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:33,240 before ordained, that we should walk in them, or prepared. 250 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,960 I have it's not a study Bible, but I have that in the margin of 251 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,200 my Bible, that that ordained is prepared. 252 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:45,080 So Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath prepared these 253 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:46,600 good works that we should walk in them. 254 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:48,960 So those are for people that are saved. 255 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:55,640 It is expected of us to to go on and do good and be a part of 256 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:59,680 good works, not for our salvation again, but to show 257 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:03,760 that our, our life has changed. And and that's not, I want to 258 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,720 be, I, I think we all know this, but I want to be clear that 259 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,160 we're not doing those good works to show my salvation. 260 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:14,720 A, a safe person does those good works and it is evidence of his 261 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,680 salvation, if that makes sense. It's kind of like, you know, a 262 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:23,840 dog doesn't growl when you touch his food to prove he's a dog. 263 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,520 He growls when you touch his food because he's a dog. 264 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:31,120 OK, so that's a, a Christian doesn't do good works to prove 265 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:35,960 they're a Christian per SE. They are living in the Holy 266 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,600 Spirit and therefore they do good works because they're a 267 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,440 Christian. Hopefully that makes sense. 268 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:41,880 But that's what verse 10 is saying. 269 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:46,040 We are his workmanship after after being saved by grace. 270 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,400 We are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good 271 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,600 works, which God has ordained for us to do and that we should 272 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,480 walk in and he's prepared those things for us. 273 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,680 All right, John chapter 3 and verse 3 and all we're doing 274 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:00,040 here. This is the first point is just 275 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,200 looking at some scripture that teaches that salvation is 276 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,360 accompanied with evidence of that salvation. 277 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:09,160 So John chapter 3 and verse 3. This is the story of Nicodemus, 278 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:14,320 but the the first part of it Jesus answered and said unto 279 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,760 him, verily, verily I say unto thee, except the man be born 280 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,600 again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. 281 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,920 All right, so all his point here brother clouds point here is 282 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:32,480 just that salvation is a supernatural birth as as much of 283 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:39,000 A as much of a massive change or a miracle that the that a that a 284 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,160 physical birth is a spiritual birth is the same way it's a 285 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:47,240 supernatural birth that changes an individual's life. 286 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:52,040 We are reborn and like second Corinthians 5 says, the old 287 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,800 things are passed away. Everything is new for those that 288 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,360 come to Christ. All right, couple more verses 289 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,200 and then we'll we'll move on. But let's see where we at John 290 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:03,520 chapter 4. Is that where we're at? 291 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,680 We're going to switch. She's going to do John. 292 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,000 OK, John chapter 4. All right. 293 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:12,000 So before we even get into that, he says consider the conversions 294 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,880 described in the Gospels under Christ's earthly ministry. 295 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:20,680 So think of people that Christ witnessed to or Christ showed 296 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:25,119 himself to that believed him, and think of the change that 297 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,480 happened to them. OK, so that's fine. 298 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,320 We'll go. So she's doing John. 299 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,800 OK John chapter 4 and verse 15 if you will. 300 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:42,440 The the woman said into him, Sir, give me this water that I 301 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:46,480 thirst not neither come hide there to draw. 302 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,840 OK, so this is the woman at the well. 303 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:53,000 Jesus comes to her and and he's asking her, you know, well verse 304 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,720 11, the woman saith unto him, Sir, thou has nothing to draw 305 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,400 with, and the well is deep, from whence hast thou that living 306 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,280 water? So he's saying, I have living 307 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,400 water. You want to ask, ask me for it. 308 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,520 And she says, how can you have living water? 309 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,640 You don't even have anything to draw from this well with. 310 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,280 Are you greater than our Father Jacob which gave us this well? 311 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,520 And then Jesus says, whosoever drinketh of this water shall 312 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,280 thirst again. But whosoever drinketh of the 313 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,440 water that I will give him shall never thirst, but the water that 314 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,080 I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up 315 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,760 unto everlasting life. Then we get to verse 15 where 316 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,680 she says, give it to me. Then I want that water. 317 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:33,080 And then we have where Jesus says, you know what, go get your 318 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,720 husband. And we have that whole testimony 319 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:41,720 of this woman's past life. And then you get to verse 39. 320 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:49,000 Read that for me, Miss Ariana. And many of the Samaritans of 321 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:54,160 the city believed on him for the same saying of the woman which 322 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,920 testified. He told me all that ever I did. 323 00:18:58,080 --> 00:18:59,080 Very good. Thank you. 324 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:04,080 So we see from verse and obviously this is not her, you 325 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:08,320 know, we don't really have much of her life after this, but she 326 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:14,040 goes from living her life with five husbands and then living 327 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:15,360 with a guy that's not her husband. 328 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:17,920 And Jesus knows all this. And it's not that she was 329 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,640 surprised. He he knew that as much as he 330 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,160 brought to her attention the way she was living. 331 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,960 And she says, OK, I want that, I want to change. 332 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:34,200 And then you see in verses, well, like 35 through 39, but it 333 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,960 ends with many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for 334 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,200 the saying of the woman which testified. 335 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:44,080 He told me all that ever I did. Now were they surprised that the 336 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,200 shock wasn't that he knew what she had done. 337 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,920 The shock was this is the Messiah. 338 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,440 And you'll see that in in that passage if we read through it 339 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,760 and we don't have time. But she says this, you're the 340 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,120 prophet that we've been looking for. 341 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,880 And Jesus says, yes, I am. And so her life has changed 342 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:05,080 dramatically. By her confrontation with Christ 343 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,680 and so that's the point there is to see that these individual 344 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,320 lives were dramatically changed when they when they got saved. 345 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:16,360 Luke chapter 19 Matt you're there right. 346 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,840 So this is the story of Zacchaeus real quickly very 347 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,760 familiar story. We know we know this, but it he 348 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,600 gives you verses one through 10 just to give you context. 349 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:33,320 But what I want to look at is Zacchaeus was he wanted to he 350 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,200 wanted to see Christ. You see him come where Christ 351 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,440 is. He's not running from him. 352 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:39,320 He climbs up in the tree. He wants to see. 353 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,320 Now what did he just want to see him physically? 354 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:45,360 Who is this, this miracle worker, this prophet, whatever 355 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:47,160 everybody was saying about it, I want to see him. 356 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,080 But he climbs up in the tree. Jesus calls him down and says, 357 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,960 I'm going to your house. And then look what happens in 358 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:58,320 verse. Read 7 through 10, Matt. 359 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,520 OK. And when they saw it, they all 360 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:05,040 murmured, saying that he was gone to be guessed with the man 361 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,880 that is a Sinner. And Zacchaeus stood and said 362 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:12,200 unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the 363 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,000 poor, and if I have taken anything from any man by false 364 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,440 accusation, I restore him fourfold. 365 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,400 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation, come to this 366 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,000 house. For as much as he also is a son 367 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,320 of Abraham. For the Son of man has come to 368 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:31,080 seek and to save that which was lost very good. 369 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:36,480 So was his salvation because he says, behold, I'm half my goods. 370 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:38,960 I'm going to give to the poor. That's not his salvation. 371 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,360 That is proof that this man believed on Christ. 372 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,560 And because it in verse 7, these people, even I mean, Zacchaeus 373 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,760 was a he was a wicked man and even the people are going, wow, 374 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,080 Jesus is going to be a guest with a man that's a Sinner. 375 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,000 That's crazy. I can't believe this teacher 376 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,320 would go with a Sinner like that. 377 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,400 Zacchaeus had not made any changes in his life up to this 378 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,240 point. He's a Sinner and everybody 379 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,920 knows it. But then in verse 8, he says to 380 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,200 the Lord, Behold Lord, the half my goods I give to the poor. 381 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,400 And if I've taken anything from any man by false accusation, I 382 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,280 restore him full fourfold. And Jesus says this day 383 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,920 salvation come to this house for as much he also is a son of 384 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:17,640 Abraham. But it's it was the change that 385 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,240 came because of his belief in Christ. 386 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,440 Not everybody go to Acts, if you will, and we'll all just start 387 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,720 there. In chapter 2 and verse 41, we're 388 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,280 going to look at some of the these these conversions that are 389 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:34,160 described in the book of Acts. And let's see, Johanna will read 390 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:38,640 Acts 241 and 42 and then I will read just to pick a few verses 391 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:43,040 out of these other stories. But we first see the dramatic 392 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,320 change in those that were saved on the day of Pentecost, Acts 393 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:53,760 241 and 42. Then they that godly, badly 394 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,040 received his Word, were baptized in the same day. 395 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,920 They were added unto them about 3000 souls. 396 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:06,320 And they continue steadfastly in this, in the apostles doctrine 397 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,160 and fellowship, and in breaking of bread and in prayers. 398 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,800 Very good. So the key there is that they 399 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,040 continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship 400 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:18,040 doctrine, and in fellowship and in breaking of bread and in 401 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,440 prayers, when in verse 37. And when they heard this, they 402 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,160 were pricked in their heart and said unto Peter and to the rest 403 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,080 of the apostles, men and brethren, what shall we do? 404 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:33,000 Peter's preaching to them. Verse 36, Let all the House of 405 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,640 Israel know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus who 406 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,800 you crucified. So these are these are Jews that 407 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,200 denied Christ. They crucified him. 408 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:47,720 And now all of a sudden in verse 42, verse 41, they gladly 409 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,400 received the word, they're baptized. 410 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,000 And then you see the change in their life. 411 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:53,600 It continues steadfastly in the apostles doctrine, the exact 412 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,920 same ones that they just crucified Christ for. 413 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:01,840 They now are continuing in those steadfastly a change in someone 414 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,360 who gets saved. Now let's look at the Ethiopian 415 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:06,920 eunuch in Acts chapter 8 and we're just going to go through 416 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:14,160 chapter by chapter here, but Acts chapter 8 and verse 39, you 417 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,760 got the whole story of the Ethiopian eunuch verses 26 418 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:23,800 through 2939. But in verse 39, verse 38, and 419 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,960 he commanded the chariot to stand still and they went down 420 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,720 both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized 421 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,120 him. And now hopefully you don't 422 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:33,800 think there are going to be parts of these stories that you 423 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,840 may be like, oh, he skipped the best part. 424 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:40,720 The point here is not particularly to get all of the 425 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,400 context. That's why I'm skipping around 426 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:47,280 because we know these stories. But Peter asks him or he he 427 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,040 says, I want to be baptized. Peter doesn't say, yeah, your 428 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,880 baptism is your salvation and that's not the point of this 429 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,440 lesson. But he takes him into the water 430 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,920 and says if you well, he asks him first, if you truly believe, 431 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,560 then you can be baptized. He said, I do believe they go 432 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,480 get baptized and then you see the change in his life. 433 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,040 Verse 37, Philip said, if thou believest with all thine heart, 434 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,560 thou mayest be baptized. And he answered and said, I 435 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,160 believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 436 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:14,520 And he commanded the chariot to stand still. 437 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,800 And they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, 438 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,680 and he baptized them. And when they were come up out 439 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,520 of the water, Spirit of Lord caught away Philip that the 440 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,480 eunuch saw him no more. And he the the eunuch went on 441 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:30,360 his way rejoicing and no doubt went back to his country and 442 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:32,440 spread the gospel. We know that from history. 443 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,040 But a change in this Ethiopian eunuchs life. 444 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,600 He was desiring to know Christ finds him and then his life 445 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,040 changes. We have Paul in Acts Chapter 9 446 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,040 same page. We got the whole conversion 447 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,840 story of Paul, but I want to read this one verse in in 20 and 448 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,760 I think this is an interesting story. 449 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:57,160 Even when, when, when the disciples get wind, you got to 450 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,560 realize at the beginning of Acts, Paul is killing 451 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,640 Christians. And then here all only in Acts 452 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:12,280 Chapter 9 we have let's see it. He's got verses one through 21. 453 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,360 So I'd like at some point for you to go back and read those. 454 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:21,480 But verse 12. Well, verse 11 and the Lord said 455 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,760 unto him, arise and go into the street, which is called 456 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,240 straight, and inquire in the House of Judas for one called 457 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,760 Saul of Tarsus. For behold, he prayeth, and as 458 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,320 seen in a vision, a man named Ananias coming in and putting 459 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,080 his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. 460 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:38,640 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I've heard by many of this man 461 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,040 how much evil he have done to thy Saints at Jerusalem, and 462 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,640 here he hath authority from the chief priest to bind all that 463 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,720 call on thy name. But the Lord said unto him, Go 464 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,480 thy way, He's a chosen vessel unto me to bear my name before 465 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,720 the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. 466 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:56,000 For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my 467 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,880 name's sake. And then Ananias obeys and says, 468 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,040 brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus that appeared unto thee in 469 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,640 the way as thou camest hath sent me, that thou mightest receive 470 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,280 thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 471 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:11,640 And then we have in verse 20 and straight well verse 19 when he 472 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:12,920 received me, he was strengthened. 473 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,000 Then was saw certain days with the disciples which were at 474 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,520 Damascus, and straightway he preached Christ in the 475 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,520 synagogues that he is the Son of God, God. 476 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,440 And but all that hurt him were amazed and said Is this not the 477 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,040 one Is this not he that destroyed them, which called on 478 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,520 his name in Jerusalem and came hit her for that intent they 479 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,360 might bring them bound under the chief priest. 480 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,880 Anyways, the point here is just like Zacchaeus, everybody knew 481 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:41,360 who Saul was and by verse 20 he's converted to Christ. 482 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:44,080 He's born again and straightway he goes out preaching Christ in 483 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,520 the synagogue's that he is the son of God. 484 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,320 Dramatic evidence of salvation in Paul's life. 485 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,600 And then we have Lydia Acts chapter 16. 486 00:27:52,680 --> 00:28:00,600 So go there two more in Acts Acts chapter 16 and verse 14. 487 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:02,680 We'll just read both of the I didn't give this to anybody, did 488 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:07,920 I OK Acts chapter 16, verse 14 and 15 and a certain woman named 489 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,000 Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, which 490 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,840 worshipped God heard us whose heart the Lord opened that she 491 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,520 attended under the things that were spoken of Paul and when she 492 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,040 was baptized in her household. She besought us saying, if you 493 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:22,280 have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and 494 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,000 abide there. And she constrained us. 495 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,120 But she gets saved and she changes. 496 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:31,640 Now I can't remember exactly where it's at and I'm not going 497 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,640 to go looking for it, but there's there's another. 498 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,600 Is it at the end of 16? Yeah, 16, verse 40. 499 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,480 And they went out of the prison and entered into the House of 500 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,200 Lydia, and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted 501 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,240 them and departed. This is right after the 502 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,120 Philippian jailer, which we'll look at in just a second. 503 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,840 But they get out of prison finally, and immediately. 504 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:54,400 Who do they go to? Lydia. 505 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,160 They entered into the House of Lydia when they'd seen the 506 00:28:58,160 --> 00:28:59,880 brethren. So the brethren are at Lydia's 507 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,160 house and they're comforted, and then they depart from there. 508 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:06,840 But Lydia has a very, very obvious change in her life after 509 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:11,520 her salvation and evidence of salvation, not her way of her 510 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,760 way of salvation. All right, then the Philippian 511 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,360 jailer in Acts 1634. We'll just read this one verse 512 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:20,160 because we are we're not running out of time, but we're going to, 513 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,560 we're going to run out of time. Verse 34 and we brought them 514 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,640 into his house. He set meat before them and 515 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,200 rejoice believing in God with all his house. 516 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,080 And you can read that whole story of the Philippian jailer. 517 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:35,480 But a massive, massive evidence, a change in his life as evidence 518 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,240 of his salvation. And I did give this to somebody, 519 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:39,560 right? First Thessalonians. 520 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,280 But Johnny, if you don't mind reading this, this is the 521 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,680 believers at Thessalonica, verses 9 and 10. 522 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,920 For they themselves show us, yeah, it's on. 523 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,360 For they themselves show of us what manner of entering we had. 524 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:59,680 And unto you and how you turn to God from idols to serve the 525 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:04,480 living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, from he 526 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:08,240 ways, from the dead, even Jesus, which deliver us from the wealth 527 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,080 to come. So these are the Thessalonian 528 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,240 Christians. They were idol worshippers. 529 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,360 And you see that in verse 9. They themselves show us what 530 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,240 manner of entering and we had and how you turn to God from 531 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,000 idols to serve the living and true God. 532 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,320 And if you write in your Bible, I wrote this in mine, but I 533 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:30,560 think it's a very good point. Most people turn to God when 534 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:34,600 they have tried everything else. And I think it's interesting the 535 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:38,720 way this is written, how you turned to God from your idols. 536 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,040 You weren't you. You hadn't come to the point 537 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:42,600 where your idols didn't work anymore. 538 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,160 You were still in the middle of worshipping your idols when you 539 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,520 turned to God and to serve the living and true God. 540 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,240 I think it's a, it's an important phrase there. 541 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,520 But anyways, so you see the Thessalonian Christians have 542 00:30:55,520 --> 00:31:00,360 this genuine salvation and then evidence, obvious evidence of 543 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,960 the fact that they are saved and that they turned away from those 544 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:04,880 idols to serve the living and true God. 545 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,400 All right, and then point number 25 evidences of salvation. 546 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,680 And we'll we'll move through these quickly as we can. 547 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,520 But I had somebody's got Matthew 18 right, Miss so tall a 548 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:20,560 conversion experience. So the point here is every time 549 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,680 we see somebody saved in the Bible, we don't we don't have 550 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:27,680 them, you know, 11 moment because there's a reason for 551 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:32,320 each one of these stories. And so we don't have them, you 552 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,520 know, wicked reprobate against Christ. 553 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,600 And then all of a sudden, the next time we see them, they've 554 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,880 just, you know, changed their mind. 555 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,480 They have a conversion experience and then they change. 556 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,960 And we see that in Matthew chapter 18 and verse 3. 557 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,880 Not a particular person, but for people in general. 558 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:55,240 Go ahead. Verily I say unto you, Except 559 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,200 you be converted and become as little children, you should not 560 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,600 end enter into the Kingdom of heaven. 561 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:05,240 So first evidence of salvation, you have a conversion of 562 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,120 conversion experience. Now, if you talk to brother 563 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,680 Nitin, there's all kinds of different conversion 564 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,080 experiences. I saw light in my dream. 565 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,440 I saw an Angel in my dream. I you know, I had this vision 566 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:21,760 all kinds of conversion experiences, but except the be 567 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:25,880 converted not just have a an experience with a light, right. 568 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,720 Bible says even even Satan, he's an Angel of light. 569 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:32,320 So a lot of these experiences. I am not convinced that it's not 570 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:38,360 Satan giving them a show of something supernatural so that 571 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,320 they'll believe on it instead of Christ. 572 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,440 But there's a conversion experience first of all. 573 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:46,480 Secondly and very important, John chapter 8 and verse 47. 574 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,160 He that is of God heareth God's words. 575 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,840 He therefore hear them not, because you are not of God. 576 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,720 Read that again, Adeline, can you read it a little bit, just a 577 00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,280 little bit louder and I'm not picking on you. 578 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,240 He that is of God heareth God's words. 579 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,200 He therefore hear them not, because you are not of God. 580 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,960 That's that's pretty powerful. He's not saying that you can't 581 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,440 physically hear them. He that is of God hears God's 582 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:13,680 words. And what does the Bible say? 583 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,200 You're a doer of it after you hear it. 584 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,680 But he hears them. But ye are, ye hear them not 585 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,760 because you're not of God. It reminds me, is it First 586 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,280 Corinthians where he says, but these things are, they don't 587 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:26,800 know them. It's foolishness to them because 588 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:28,480 these things are spiritually discerned. 589 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:33,760 That doesn't mean these people are spiritually discerned. 590 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:37,320 It means these things can only be understood by those who are 591 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,840 converted and now have a spiritual mind. 592 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,640 And that's what he's saying here, verse 47. 593 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,800 Ye hear them not because you're not of God. 594 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,480 You have no desire to hear God's Word. 595 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,760 There's a love for God's Word. That's the second evidence of 596 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,840 salvation. And Alex, are you still in first 597 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,480 John two? You're not. 598 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,840 I'll go there first John 2 because he read 3 and 4. 599 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:07,000 But first John 25 is another verse goes along with this. 600 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:14,679 If I can get there quickly. Let's see first John 2/5 but 601 00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:17,520 three and four hereby we know that we know him if we keep his 602 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,199 commandments. He that saith I know him and 603 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:21,800 keepeth not his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in 604 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:26,760 in him, but whoso keepeth his word in him, verily is the love 605 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,120 of God perfected or matured or completed. 606 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,800 Hereby know we that we are in him how? 607 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,199 By keeping his word. That's that's hearing his word 608 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,920 and doing it. That's an evidence of salvation. 609 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,440 And then a love of righteousness. 610 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,800 And Alex, I had, I didn't give anybody this because it's your 611 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:48,400 verse again, but I'm already here. 612 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,719 But they love righteousness. And that's what I just read. 613 00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:57,400 We know that we know him if we keep his commandments, we love 614 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,840 to keep the law of of God. And that's not the Old Testament 615 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:02,440 law. That's the laws that God gives 616 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:03,480 us, the commands that he gives us. 617 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,920 We love to keep them. They're not a burden to us. 618 00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:09,840 That's a third evidence of salvation, but then Hebrews 619 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,920 chapter 12, verse 6 through 8, the 4th evidence of salvation is 620 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,800 that there is God's chastening. If you are bebopping through 621 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,200 life in any sin that you want, doing anything you and there's 622 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:25,440 really no correction ever. It's evidence of not having 623 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:29,320 salvation is who is that for the job for whom? 624 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,760 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourges every 625 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:38,560 son whom he received it. If ye endure chastening, God 626 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:43,360 deal with you as with sons. For what son is he whom the 627 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:48,920 Father chasteneth not? But if ye ye but if ye be 628 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:53,880 without chastisement, we're of all partakers, then are ye 629 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,960 bastards and not sons. I think Pastor just read this 630 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,600 verse. Maybe someday but and evidence 631 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,040 of salvation is that God chastens you and if he doesn't 632 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,560 verse 8 if you be without chastisement, you're not his 633 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,760 son. It's an evidence of salvation. 634 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,720 God's chastening, even though we don't like it and he says that 635 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,600 verse 7 if you endure chastening you didn't say if you love it. 636 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,440 He said if you endure it, then God deal with with you as with 637 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:22,440 sons for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not so forth. 638 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,320 Evidence is you're going to experience God's chastening at 639 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,640 times. Then Hebrews Chapter 9 verse 28, 640 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:33,880 A true a child of God looks for Christ's return. 641 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:38,520 Hebrews 928. So Christ was, so Christ was 642 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,600 once offered to bear the sins of many, and unto them that look 643 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:45,000 for him shall he appear the second time, without sin unto 644 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,440 salvation. Unto them that look for him 645 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,880 shall he appear. You know there's a verse in 646 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,840 Revelation, I didn't look it up, I should have, that says there's 647 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,800 a crown for those that look for the return of Christ. 648 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,240 Those that are looking for Christ's return get a crown just 649 00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:03,240 like the soul winner gets a crown and and all the rest. 650 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,640 There's one for those that are looking for Christ and that's an 651 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:09,080 evidence of salvation. Then thirdly, and we'll move 652 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,280 kind of quickly through these, but Jesus warned that it is 653 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:15,600 possible to believe without being saved and I think I 654 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,840 stopped there. So I will just turn if you can 655 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:22,680 turn to these do but John chapter 2 and verse 23. 656 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:30,200 John chapter 2, verse 23. I'll read it and then we'll 657 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:33,200 we'll talk about it. John 223 Now when He was in 658 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:38,120 Jerusalem at the Passover in the feast day, let's see, many 659 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:41,000 believed in His name when they saw the miracles which He did. 660 00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:44,080 But Jesus did not commit Himself unto them, because He knew all 661 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:48,080 men and needeth not that any should testify of man, for He 662 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:53,160 knew what was in man. But the point here is when, when 663 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,400 they saw the miracles, which He did, many believed in His name. 664 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,440 Now, so back to the what is that Third Point? 665 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:04,120 Jesus warned that it is possible to believe without being saved. 666 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,400 And that's that's what he's given us here in John chapter 2. 667 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,960 It's possible to believe these people did they believed in the 668 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,200 miracles, but he didn't commit himself to them because they 669 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,320 were believed. They weren't believing in Christ 670 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:18,200 for their salvation. They were believing in this 671 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,240 these cool things that he was doing really in their eyes. 672 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:29,600 James chapter 2 and verse 19 and and I won't have you turn to all 673 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:33,560 of these, but I'm I'm going to James chapter 2 and verse 19. 674 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:35,320 There's a whole bunch of verses here. 675 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,320 I'll probably end up skipping a few of them for sake of time. 676 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:45,560 But James chapter 2 and verse 19 says thou believe is that there 677 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,000 is one God. Thou do as well. 678 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,280 The devils also believe in tremble and we mentioned that 679 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,280 already. So very good verse to say that, 680 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:55,200 you know, just just because, Oh yeah, I believe in Jesus, so do 681 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,840 the devils and they tremble at his name, but they're not saved. 682 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:00,360 Why? Because they don't. 683 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,960 Well, they don't have the ability or they did and they 684 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,680 lost their opportunity. But mankind can do the same 685 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:10,040 thing and believe that there's a Jesus, believe that he died on 686 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,280 the cross, believe all of that, but not put their faith in him 687 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,400 for their salvation. And pastor has mentioned this 688 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:20,240 here recently as well. But you know, salvation is not 689 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:23,720 just so we can go to heaven. Salvation is to have our sin 690 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:25,240 taken care of. That's the problem. 691 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:31,760 And heaven is a great benefit. But the point of salvation is we 692 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:36,120 are being saved from our sin that is sending us to hell. 693 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,040 And he says that in John chapter 6. 694 00:39:39,240 --> 00:39:40,320 I already turned away from there. 695 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,720 But John chapter 6, they were believing on him as a miracle 696 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:45,560 worker to provide for their physical needs. 697 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:49,520 But that was it that they weren't believing him as as the 698 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:53,280 salvation from their sins. And I'll just read through this 699 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:55,640 for sake of time and you can follow right along. 700 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:59,520 It's right there in your book. He said they were believing him 701 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,000 as a prophet, as a miracle worker and a provider of their 702 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,480 physical needs and as one who would deliver them from the 703 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,640 power of Rome, which was their concept of the Messiah. 704 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:13,720 So not he was he was the the the chosen one or the set one, but 705 00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:18,120 to deliver them politically, not from their sin, but from Rome. 706 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,600 A political deliverer, he says that a political deliverer 707 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,240 rather than a personal savior from sin. 708 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,520 They that they were not true believers as evident and that 709 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,920 they turned away from Christ because of his preaching. 710 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:36,080 And I do want to read that in John chapter 6 in verse 60. 711 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:39,080 So you have that whole passage there where they're looking at 712 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:40,960 his miracles. They're astounded by them. 713 00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:47,920 But then in verse 60, we have a contrast here between verse 60 714 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,240 and the end of the end of the passage. 715 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,800 But in verse 60, many therefore of his disciples, when they had 716 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,800 heard this said this isn't hard saying who can hear it? 717 00:40:55,200 --> 00:41:00,280 And what he was teaching was that man needs a savior. 718 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,920 When they heard that it's a hard saying, who can who can hear it? 719 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:06,840 And then they leave, I believe it says and and from that day 720 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:10,360 forward, many left and and they didn't follow him anymore. 721 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:14,520 But you have in verse 67, you see that right there at the end 722 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,960 of that paragraph. But verse 67 we have Peter here. 723 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,960 Then Jesus says under the 12 will ye also go away when Simon 724 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:24,280 Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? 725 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,400 Thou hast the words of eternal life and we believe and are sure 726 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,520 that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 727 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:32,520 That's an assurance of your salvation. 728 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:35,320 And that's that's the difference here between those in verse 60 729 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,400 and Peter and the other apostles here. 730 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:39,880 Where are we going to go? You are the Son of the living 731 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:41,320 God. The others were there for the 732 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,880 miracles and for the what he could provide for them. 733 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,440 And then we see in Matthew Chapter 7 verse 21 or 22 is 734 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:54,280 actually the verse, but that many of those who call on him as 735 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:59,680 Lord Lord are false Christians. Verse 21 of Matthew Chapter 7 736 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,240 verse 21. Not everyone that saith unto me, 737 00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:05,000 Lord, Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven, but he that 738 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:06,880 do it, the will of my Father, which is in heaven. 739 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,800 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not 740 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,480 prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, 741 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:14,240 and in thy name done many wonderful works? 742 00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:17,320 Then will I profess unto them, I never knew you depart from me, 743 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,360 ye that work iniquity. Why? 744 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:24,760 Because they're relying on their gifts and they're these things 745 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,760 that they're able to do for their salvation rather than 746 00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,840 Christ. He says that we see from the 747 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:33,680 testimony of people in verse 22, they trust their works and their 748 00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,440 sign gifts rather than trusting Christ's blood first alone for 749 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,840 salvation. Christianity Today is filled 750 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,960 with people who profess Christ, but who are trusting many other 751 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:46,520 things, baptism, their attendance in church, priests, 752 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:50,440 the sacraments, their sincerity, social justice activity, 753 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,000 etcetera. There's a million different 754 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,560 things people follow for their salvation, but they're they're 755 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:58,520 not following Christ and they're counting on those things for 756 00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,600 their salvation that that's a work salvation. 757 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:07,400 And then lastly, we when we say there is evidence of salvation 758 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,560 and this is this is what I was saying at the beginning. 759 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,880 This is key. We are not saying there will be 760 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:17,720 some sort of sinless perfection. And I wrote down first John 18 761 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,720 because I want to read that right here before we read the 762 00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:28,760 rest of this first John 1/8 though this is and pastor says 763 00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:30,000 this all the time. First, John was written to 764 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,680 Christians, right? But verse 8 says if we say that 765 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,000 we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not 766 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:36,720 in US save people. Yeah. 767 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,840 So we're not, this is not sinless perfection as he says 768 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,640 that here. We when we say there's evidence 769 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,000 of salvation, we are not saying there will be some sort of 770 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,760 sinless perfection. That there is evidence of 771 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,440 salvation does not mean every believer will change at the same 772 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:54,640 rate or bear the same fruit. And I want to go to this verse 773 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:57,520 2, Matthew chapter 13, because this is important. 774 00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:00,960 This is not so that we can go around judging. 775 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:05,920 Oh, they don't look saved. This is this is so now we do 776 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:07,280 judge them. We do. 777 00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,960 We do have to if somebody said just because somebody says, Oh 778 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:15,160 yeah, I trust Christ as my Savior and you can tell, no, 779 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:17,040 they're not. So we do judge. 780 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:23,480 But verse 23 here. But he that received the seed. 781 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:25,280 So this is the parable of the sower. 782 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,320 He that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth 783 00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:31,880 the word and understandeth it. Now this is the key, which also 784 00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:35,280 beareth fruit and bringeth forth some and a hundredfold some 60 785 00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:38,520 and some 30. So somebody in in the church 786 00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:42,680 who's, you know, not as as busy as you or not as spiritual as 787 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,120 you in your mind. Oh, they might not have evidence 788 00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,800 of salvation. We all grow at a different rate. 789 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,360 We all produce a different amount of fruit as the Lord 790 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,800 allows us to. That doesn't mean you're not 791 00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:56,480 safe. There will be some fruit, 792 00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,560 though, and that's what he's saying here. 793 00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,320 Some produce a hundredfold, some produce 60, some 30, but they're 794 00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:02,840 producing fruit. That's the key. 795 00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,600 That's evidence of salvation. We are producing fruit in our 796 00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,800 lives. The believer still has the old 797 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,160 man that he inherited from Adam, and the Christian life is a 798 00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:14,920 process of putting off that old man and putting on the new man, 799 00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:17,800 which is Christ. Some believers are more 800 00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,400 passionate in living for Christ than others. 801 00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:22,200 We're not saying that there will be a total transformation. 802 00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:24,320 We are saying there will be a transformation though. 803 00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:27,400 And I was just listening and we're done. 804 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:34,840 But I was listening to a little maybe a 10 minute piece of a 805 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:39,840 sermon that a guy was preaching and he said, there's something 806 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:46,600 to remember in our attempt at holiness or separation or 807 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,080 consecration to God. That's what that's what holiness 808 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:53,640 is being consecrated to Christ. And he said is that there's that 809 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:57,800 we need to remember mercy in our attempt at holiness. 810 00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:01,520 And what he was saying is mercy in not looking at others and 811 00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:03,200 going, oh, they're not as holy as me. 812 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:07,560 Well, now you've just done exactly what we had in our, in 813 00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:10,200 our trivia. These seven things are an 814 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:13,960 abomination to to God, a proud look looking at others. 815 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,240 They're not as holy as me. That's not the point of these 816 00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:19,360 evidences of salvation. This is more of an internal look 817 00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:25,400 to say, am I producing fruit? Do I, as we see on page 25, did 818 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:27,680 I have a conversion experience? OK, that's that's key. 819 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:31,600 Do I love God's word, Do I love righteousness? 820 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:34,640 Do I endure God's chastening and endure. 821 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,080 That doesn't mean I just put up with that means I learned from 822 00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:38,960 it. I understand, I understand if 823 00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,800 you're kid, if you chasing your kid and they don't learn and you 824 00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:44,920 do it 100 times and they still rebel against that chastening. 825 00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:48,360 It wasn't profitable. And that's what God is saying 826 00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:49,920 here. They endure God's chastening, 827 00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,640 they learn from it, they change and they move forward. 828 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:55,120 And then lastly, we're looking for Christ's return. 829 00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:59,160 You know, these these are that's why that's why pastor preaches 830 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:05,360 so much about, you know, being being separated, but our our 831 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:09,880 priorities and soul winning because if we're looking for 832 00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:13,400 Christ's return, we believe it's coming and we only have a short 833 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:16,480 a short time to win others. That's looking for Christ's 834 00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:18,480 return. If you don't think it's imminent 835 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:21,440 and you don't think it's could be any day, you're not going to 836 00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,040 have an urgency to win souls because we got plenty of time. 837 00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:27,600 And that's one of the evidences of, of salvation of your 838 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:30,720 salvation is that you're looking for Christ's return and leading 839 00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:35,280 others and telling others. So anyways, we will look at 840 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,840 pastor, we'll use some of these questions the next week in the 841 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:41,080 trivia. So if you didn't get them as we 842 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:44,640 were going through, go back and answer those this week and that 843 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:47,320 way you'll at least have the answers for when he does the 844 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:49,120 trivia. But evidences of salvation, he's 845 00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:52,640 going to get into baptism. I said I can do baptism or 846 00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:54,560 eternal security. He said no, I want to do those. 847 00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:56,560 So he left me with evidences of salvation. 848 00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,000 So thankfully it was the next one in line. 849 00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:01,600 So it looks like it was, it worked out perfect. 850 00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:03,840 But anyway, evidences of salvation. 851 00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:05,560 Go back and look at those verses again. 852 00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:10,200 Lots of good stuff in there. And we'll continue on with that 853 00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:12,760 next week. All right, let's pray and then 854 00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,520 we will close with our song. What is our song on Wednesdays? 855 00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:19,040 I get them all mixed up the old time way. 856 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,200 All right, we'll put that up there and we'll sing it after we 857 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:23,400 pray. Father, thank you for this day 858 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:25,400 you've given us. Thank you for that opportunity 859 00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:27,680 we had to open your word. And God, I pray that you would 860 00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:31,640 just help us to be students of it, not to, to have a head 861 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:35,120 knowledge, but God, so that we have a confidence in what you 862 00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:38,840 did for us on the cross, that that is our salvation And, and 863 00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:40,240 God that we would love your word. 864 00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:44,040 And God, I just pray that you'd give us each each of us a desire 865 00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:47,800 in our hearts to to love righteousness, to love your 866 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:50,720 word, to want to follow what you tell us to do. 867 00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,840 God, when we are chastened that we would take it as a good son, 868 00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:58,360 as a good daughter, learn from it and love you more for it 869 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,720 because you actually care about us and try to bring us back to 870 00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:03,680 your path. Pray that you'd give us a good 871 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:06,280 rest of our week. God, as we leave from here and 872 00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:07,880 pray that you'd help us to be good testimonies in our 873 00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:12,240 workplaces and, and with those that we bump into and come in 874 00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:14,360 contact with. I pray that you just help us to 875 00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:16,800 be a light for you as we go from here. 876 00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:18,920 Pray that you be with pastor and Brother Mark as they come back 877 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:20,160 tomorrow. Give them safety. 878 00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:22,920 And God, I just pray that you give us a profitable week 879 00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:26,200 weekend as we serve you on Saturday and Sunday. 880 00:49:26,720 --> 00:49:29,000 And, and I just thank you for your people. 881 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,600 Thank you for each one that's here tonight. 882 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:34,600 And I pray that they would have gotten a blessing from being 883 00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:37,080 here. And I got to just pray that 884 00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,840 you'd help us to to live for you, that you'd help us to give 885 00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,080 our hearts to you. In Jesus name I pray. 886 00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:42,800 Amen.