The Law & The Gospel | Week 12

Thank you for coming to worship with us.

My name is Kyle a service lead. Pastor here.

If you're visiting I want to say an escrow special, thanks to you

for being here with us today. If you have your Bible, as

you're finding your seat, all that, you can open the John

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chapter 3. We'll be in John chapter 3

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today. We're continuing our sermon

series called the law and the gospel subtitled.

You must be born again. You must be born again.

And so, this is a look at the relationship between someone who

is trying to practice the law as a way to achieve salvation

versus what Jesus actually teaches about how to find

salvation Salvation is found through the gospel of Christ.

It's found by belief and the name of the son of God and And

so this is a conversation in John chapter 3 that's happening.

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It's a conversation between Nicodemus, who was a Pharisee?

Not only, was he, a Pharisee was a member of the ruling body of

Israel, the Sanhedrin. And on top of all of those

things, Jesus calls him, the teacher of Israel.

So he had some sort of high-ranking purpose, even

within even within the Sanhedrin or within the Pharisees in which

he was sought, seen as the teacher of Also, so many of the

things that Christ is now talking about, with him, he

should have known already, he should have known.

And so I'm going to read our passage today.

And then and then I'll pray for us.

My ask you to stand to your feet, as we get ready to read

this. If you're able or unable that's

fine, we're going to stand in the honor of reading.

The reading of God's word will do what we get, what we did last

week. So, when I finish this up, I'll

say this is the word of the Lord.

And you'll say, thanks. Me too God.

So let's practice. This is the word of the Lord.

All right, good job. Let's read it.

John 3:1 now, there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a

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ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night

and said to him. Rabbi, we know that you are a

teacher. Come from, God, for no one.

Can do these signs that you do unless God is with him, Jesus

answered him. Truly, truly, I say to you.

Unless one is born again, he cannot See the kingdom of God

Nicodemus said to him. How can a man be born when he is

old? Can he enter a second time into

his mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered truly, truly I

say to you unless one is born of water and the spirit, he cannot

enter the kingdom of God, that which is born, of the flesh is

flesh. And that, which is born of

spirit. Of the spirit is Spirit, do not

Marvel. That I said to you, you must be

born again. The wind.

Blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but you do not

know where it comes from or where it goes.

So it is with everyone who is born of the spirit Nicodemus

said to him, how can these things be Jesus answered him?

Are you the teacher of Israel? And yet you do not understand

these things. Truly, truly, I say to you, we

speak of what we know and bear witness to what we have seen,

but you do not receive our testimony.

If I have told you Earthly things and you did Not believe.

How can you believe if I tell you Heavenly things, no one has

ascended into heaven, except he who descended from Heaven, the

son of man, and as Moses lifted up, the serpent in the

wilderness so must the son of man be lifted up that whoever

believes in him may have eternal life.

This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Good job, we pray for us. Father, we love you, we thank

you for this time. We have together in your word

this time we have together to hear it tots Lord.

I pray that these words in your holy word would take root in our

hearts Lord, make our hearts, the good soil, the soil that

these these truths can be planted into and bear the fruits

of righteousness and our lives. Lord help us to be attentive

today, open our hearts and our ears and our eyes.

Eyes to see. And to know, to understand, to

believe your word today, in Christ's name.

I pray, amen. You may have a seat The thing I

want to put before you today, if you have notes, you can write

this down. This is the central theme of the

message. Anyway, is this, eternal life is

found only by looking to Christ and him crucified, eternal life

is found only by looking to Christ and him crucified.

Jesus in John, chapter 3 provides.

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The best model of evangelism. It's a point.

I briefly addressed last week but he he here in John chapter 3

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is proclaiming the gospel message with intense precision

and he's hitting the mark. He is Nicodemus has come to him

with assumptions about his own standing before God.

Based on his own Works based on his own righteousness that

everything he had dedicated his life to.

And so he comes with these assumptions that he can

recognize that Jesus must be from God because of the things

he does. But Christ in this conversation,

reveals the error of his thinking and he shows him the

necessity of the new birth. In other words, what he shows

him is that you're not exactly where you think you are and

Nicodemus because of those Sulfur, I just works.

In fact you like all the rest of mankind are in need of a new

birth. You're in need of a new birth.

Your you need to start over, you need a new life and so he shows

him the necessity of new. The new birth, despite all of

those great works, his heart is still far from God.

He needs a new heart, he needs to be reborn if he is going to

enter the kingdom of heaven. And so Christ what he's doing

throughout this passage in John chapter 3, as we just reread it,

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you can see it. It's the conversation is

intensifying and Christ has become Being more and more clear

with what he is demanding of Nicodemus.

With what he is telling Nicodemus, you must believe as

he's also simultaneously exposing the wrong beliefs of

Nicodemus. He's moving it to a moment of

decision, he's creating with Nick within Nicodemus and

urgency to respond to the gospel.

Message Nicodemus, must believe in the one who he is talking to,

if he is going to be born again, he must believe that this is the

son of, man. The Son of God, it, it was not

enough. That Nicodemus had heard about

the truth It's not enough that he had even.

Now, heard Christ talked about the New Birth Christ tells

Nicodemus, he must entrust his life to him and by God's

Sovereign act, he would regenerate Nicodemus, his heart.

But Nicodemus is responsibility was to believe in the Son of

God. Nicodemus had a responsibility

here to believe the words of Christ to act upon them.

Nicodemus must place his faith and his Trust In Christ Alone.

Own, he must submit himself to Jesus Christ.

He must entrust his soul to the care of God, through Jesus,

which means he must believe that Jesus is more than a teacher,

he's more than one who has been sent by God to do some good

words, he's more than that, he must believe that Jesus is the

son of God, that Jesus is who he says he is that he's been sent

by the father to save his people from their Their sins.

And so what? Jesus now does In this passage

that were looking at in these verses verses 14 and 15, what

Jesus does is he provides a striking example, for belief in

the Son of God. An example that Nicodemus would

have no doubt known because he goes back to an Old Testament,

story about Moses and the Israelites, and this serpent in

the wilderness. Nicodemus, the teacher of Israel

would have known this story found in numbers and so let me

read John 3:14-15 again. Jesus says to Nicodemus and as

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Moses lifted up, the serpent in the wilderness so must the son

of man be lifted up that whoever believes in him may have eternal

life. So Jesus intends to use the word

of God with Evangelistic force and Nicodemus is life.

He's showing him from the word of God, what he must do.

To be saved and numbers, 21 5 through 9, you make a note or

you can turn there with me, I'm going to read it briefly, but

I'm going to read to you, a this account that Jesus is talking

about here, with Nicodemus, this account of Moses and the

Israelites, and the serpent in the wilderness.

Number 21, verse 5 and the people spoke against God and

against Moses. Why have you brought us out of

Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no

water. And we love this worthless food.

So here we are. We're taking a peek Into the

Wilderness journey of the Israelites after they've been

brought miraculously out of their bondage of slavery in

Egypt. And now they're grumbling.

Once again, this is several times.

Now, once again there grumbling against God and they're saying,

they say, first of all there's no food and then they just say

they get to the truth of the matter.

We don't like the food, we're getting, right?

Anybody have kids that do this? The, there's no food to eat.

Oh, that's not true. You just don't like the food.

We're offering you, right? This is where the Israelites are

in this moment. Verse 6, then the Lord sent

fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people so that

many people of Israel died. There you go, parents.

This is how you get your children to eat, right?

Warn them of fiery, serpents coming.

Then tell them to rest. Well alright so but in verse 6,

the Lord says art enough's enough, right?

Enough's enough. You cannot continue to Grumble

against me when I have been providing for you.

You cannot continue to mock me. You cannot continue in your

sinful ways. Enough is enough.

And so, he sends these fiery, serpents among the people.

They bit, the people. So that many of the people of

Israel died verse 7. And the people came to Moses and

said, we have sinned, For we have spoken against the Lord and

against you pray to the Lord, that he take away the Serpent's

from us. And so Moses prayed for the

people. So judgment has a way of

bringing about repentance, right?

When you understand the fiery, serpents, the error of your

ways. It has a way of bringing you to

pleading for the mercy of God, and this is what happens to the

Israelites. And so Moses made a bronze

service. Even serpents re, and the Lord

said, to Moses verse a make a fiery, Serpent and set it on a

pole. And everyone who is bitten when

he sees it shall live. So Moses made a bronze Serpent

and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he

would look at the bronze Serpent and live.

Wow. So Israel's Wilderness

wanderings were the result of their own unbelief, the refusal

to trust God for his safety, his provision and ultimately his

salvation brings about God's punishment.

These three verses are again just one example of their

troubled relationship with God from their journey of Egypt

through this point and despite God's continued help they

complained against him, a desire to go back into Egyptian

slavery. So God sends this.

Devastating judgment. He sends venomous serpents who

bit and as a result of that bite, many of these rebellious

people died. So the people fear for their

life, I beg for Moses has helped please intercede with God on our

behalf bag of his mercy and God hears their cries.

He offers relief to them by having Moses amount of bronze,

serpent on a pole, lifted up in the middle of the Wilderness so

everyone can see it. And if those who were dying from

the bite, if those who had been bitten were dying.

If they were to look at the poll, look at the serpent there

to be hold it, they would be healed.

Those who chose the believe the word of God and do what God says

would be saved. Those who did not would perish

in their unbelief. So why did God choose a serpent

might be one question? We would ask the, the servant is

probably emblematic of the Venom coming from the complaining lips

of the people. It's also possible that the

serpent is just a model or an illustration of the root of all

sin. That it was that serpent in the

garden who tempted, he's caused her and her husband to fall.

And now all mankind is sinful by his by his actions, But

unquestionably what happens is the presence upon the pole

required, the people to face their sin, you've been bitten by

a serpent as a result of your sin.

And now you're having to look at a serpent to acknowledge your

sin and be saved and the face their sin.

And this was part of God's instrument of healing as they

look to it in order to live and Jesus here and Nikki and

Nicodemus chapter 3 and John chapter 3 is speaking to

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Nicodemus and he's telling him that that you like the

Israelites are dying of poison. You failed to obey me and you

must look to not a serpent but Christ who will be raised upon a

cross, you must look to him. You must look to Christ with the

eye of Faith. Jesus Christ became a curse for

us on the cross so that we might look to him and live and like

the serpent set up on a pole. So that Christ crucified so is

sorry, Christ crucified becomes the me.

Means God himself has provided for us to look upon for our sin

that we might be saved from his own righteous judgment.

This is because for believers, their Endtime judgment has

already taken place at the Cross of Christ, the punishment that

we deserve was poured out on another in our place.

And so John 3:14, again, he says in as Moses lifted up, the

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serpent in the wilderness so must the son of man, be lifted

up. This idea of must means he must

die. So what Jesus has his mind.

He must die. Steve Lawson in his book.

New Life In Christ says this. He says the son of man must die

as the sin bearing sacrifice, as he became sin for his people

upon the cross, Jesus must bear the curse of the law, the

penalty being Eternal death, Jesus must die.

So that those who Look to Him, by faith would be healed of the

deadly curse of sin, those who look to him will live forever.

Those look to him will live for ever believing in.

Jesus Christ is like looking to him by faith for your salvation.

And so, that is why I say at the beginning of this eternal life

is found the only by looking to Christ and him crucified, this

is where you find eternal life. So in this text, Jesus is

stressing the necessity of faith and finding eternal life.

You will not find eternal life apart from faith in Christ

Jesus. John 3:15, he says that whoever

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believes in him may have eternal life.

This is what Christ is getting at.

You look to the son of man, as the Israelites had to look to

the serpent. In the wilderness.

You are looking to the son of man and whoever does that

whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

And we talked about it before but it's worth bearing witness.

Again, the word believed to say, I am a believer in Jesus and our

culture doesn't carry the way that it did in first century.

It's got kind of a wide array of meanings but to Believe In

Christ that idea of belief means to have faith to put your trust

in something. And so literally, what Jesus is

saying is is that this means that a person who believes then

commits his Life to me. Commits himself to me.

And so in this case the someone that you're committing to is

Christ, the something that you are committing your life to is

the gospel of Christ, the message of an atonement, the

message of a sacrificial servant.

The message of one who is imputed his righteousness to you

while your sins were imputed to him on the cross.

So that a sacrifice could be made for you.

This is what we're believing. Nicodemus must stop trusting

himself. He must look away from his own

Works, which are worthless on the Eternal scale.

He must look to Christ and him crucified by faith.

If he is going to be saved from his sins and you too, must stop

looking to yourself. You must stop looking at your

own self righteous Works. He must stop trusting in them

for your salvation. You must look to Christ and him

crucified if you are to receive eternal life.

There are many other analogies Lawson mentions.

He's in his book but there are many other analogies used in the

Gospel of John for saving faith. So he goes into a few of those

that the size of Act is represented as receiving Jesus

into your life. As we would welcome guests into

our homes to warmly fellowship with them.

This idea of receiving Jesus is seen in John 1:12.

John 1:12

Another one is saving, faith is obeying Jesus.

As we would heed the authoritative command, from a

superior in rank. We see this in John 3, verse 36,

John 3:36

Again, we see another analogy. It is like eating Jesus.

As we would take bread and consume it for nourishment.

We see this in John 6:35, 51, 53, 54 56 through 68, Jesus

John 6:35

there in John. Chapter 6, talks about how he is

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the bread of life. We also see that Satan faith is

like drinking Jesus. As we would drink water to

sustain and replenish life. We see this in John chapter 4,

John 4:14

verse 14, we see it in John. Chapter 7 verses 37 through 38.

John 7:37–38

Another analogy is it is following Jesus.

As a sheep, would come after its Shepherd.

We see this in John chapter 10 verses 4, and 27.

John 10:4

There are many other passages that could be cited, but but

these are sufficient to give a proper picture of what it means

to believe in Jesus Christ. It's to obey him, it's to eat

him. It's the drink him, it's the

follow him. It's to commit yourself.

To him, is to receive him. It's all of those things.

It's to make him. You are everything.

So trust him, fully And again, eternal life is found only by

looking to Christ and him crucified.

So what does Jesus means when he says you will have eternal life?

Jesus has promised Nick, Jesus promises Nicodemus, and everyone

else for that matter that whoever he says, whoever

believes in me will have eternal life.

He promises that you will receive eternal life.

What does this word eternal life?

Mean, what does he mean by this might ask?

One of the first things he must mean, is that you receive life

to the fullest. Let's life abundant as he

describes in John chapter 10, eternal life, refers to the

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quality of life, that one receives in the new birth, in

the New Birth, you receive the very life of God in heaven,

within your own soul. God takes up residence in You by

his holy spirit. You are now the Temple of the

Living. God And so if you have been born

again, Christ lives in you. And so eternal life is

experienced. Then from the moment you receive

Christ by faith. All the way into eternity

future. You experience eternal life.

Now, if you are in Christ you are not a waiting eternal life.

We're not just Meandering through this life, awaiting that

moment of eternal life, you have eternal life.

Now you have the quality of life that God has promised.

You now it is yours now, because the spirit of God dwells inside

of you, he has made you alive. You were alive in Christ, John

John 5:24

5:24 says, truly. Truly, I say to you.

So, Jesus is speaking here. Never hears, my word and

believes him who sent me has eternal life.

He does not come into judgment but has passed from Death to

life. So this idea of Jesus is laying

out, is that he has eternal life.

Whoever's believed him who sent me has eternal life?

Meaning, its presence. It's there.

It's the moment that you believe in Christ.

Lawson adds this to the idea of eternal life.

Eternal life is receiving the very life of Jesus Christ

himself John, 14. Jesus claimed that he is the

bread of life, John 6:35 that is he alone gives Supernatural life

John 6:35

to those who feed upon him. He is living bread.

John 651, meaning that he is alive being full of life.

He alone gives life abundantly John 10:10.

John 10:10

This is why Jesus said that he is The life, John 11:25 and John

John 11:25 John 14:6

14:6. This life is found in submitting

his one's life to Jesus Christ, and a saving relationship, John

John 17:3

17:3. But if you do not receive Christ

by faith, If you do not receive him, you do not place your trust

in him. Your faith in him for your

salvation, then there is no spiritual life in you.

Yours is an empty existence. The eternal life of God is found

only by faith in Jesus Christ. God is the only source of

eternal life. You won't find it in anything

else. You won't find it in any one

else and this is what Nicodemus needed to hear.

Because Nicodemus is staking his life on the law on his ability

to produce what he thinks is life.

And though he had religion, he did not have eternal life.

May it not be said of us. The second thing we see about

eternal life that Christ is trying to communicate one of the

truths. We know that eternal life means

is, is this, that it's unbroken fellowship with God.

So we turn a life is not only the quality of life that you

have, but it's unbroken fellowship with God.

Which speaks to the duration of this life, this present life

with God will never come to an end.

If you are in Christ by grace through faith, you will always

be in Christ by grace through faith.

You you will always be alive in him as a recipient of eternal

life. You enjoy an unbroken fellowship

with God. Again, Lawson is helpful here in

his book, he says elsewhere. Jesus said, whoever drinks of

the water that I will give him shall never thirst John for.

In other words, the living this living water will forever be

fulfilling. We need look no.

Where else for our souls to be satiated.

After taking one sip of this divine grace, we will never

thirst again. This is the unending experience

of eternal life in Christ. Jesus also said he who believes

in me will never thirst. First John, 6, those who believe

in Christ will always be fulfilled in him.

He will never have to look elsewhere to be made content.

Jesus also said he who eats this bread will live forever John 6

again. In other words, those who eat

and drink of Christ will Feast upon him with pleasure

forevermore. With pleasure forevermore.

Now, the world offers you instant gratification.

Not may or may not bring temporary fulfillments, but make

no mistake if there is fulfillment from instant

gratification, it is temporary. It is temporary.

It never brings Eternal fulfillment.

You will go on seeking temporary pleasure for the rest of your

life. If you do not submit yourself to

Christ, However, let me add this.

The fact that you are even seeking pleasure, the fact that

you even want to be happy, the fact that you even want to

experience good things in life, testifies to the truths of

Eternity, you are seeking something to fulfill you.

And so there is a longing for something that is eternally

satisfying in. You But that can only be

satisfied by something that brings Eternal fulfillment.

So, this is where Jesus Christ comes in.

And what Jesus Christ is offering here is not an instant

gratification, but an internal gratification, it's a life

change, your life is made new, it's unlike anything else this

world has to offer and as you believe in Jesus Christ, you

will forever have full contentment with him.

In John 15 verses 9 through 11 Jesus.

John 15:9–11

Again he's talking to Disciples here.

And he says this, he says, as the father has loved me, so,

have I loved you abide in? My love means, remain in my

love. Stay in my love.

How verse 10 if you can, if you keep my Commandments, you will

abide in my love. Just as I have kept my father's

Commandments and abide in his love.

These things, I have spoken to you that my joy may be in you

and that your joy may be full how many of you know, the joy of

Christ It does not run out and then Joy of Christ is lasting.

It's Eternal. And when he is in you and you

are in him, your joy will be full.

The third thing we see about eternal life is that it means

Everlasting, pardon eternal life means that the life God has

given to, you will never end. Now, at first, this may sound

the same as the second point, right?

Like you just talked about this, but they're different.

They're different point to refers to the duration of

eternal life, but this point refers to the life that you've

received itself. Once you were dead in your sins,

once you were dead in your trespasses.

Passes once you were following your master Satan.

But now if you were in Christ by faith, you are alive in Christ

and you have been made Alive by the mercy and the love and the

grace of God. According to Ephesians 2.

You were no longer under God's judgment.

You have real spiritual life. Now you are truly alive.

And that will not end. It won't end.

John 5:24 Jesus. Again, we've read this earlier,

John 5:24

but I'll read it again. Truly, truly, I say to you,

whoever hears my word and believes in him.

Believes him who sent me has eternal life?

He does not come into judgment, but has passed from Death To

Life. The most high and holy God Of

Heaven and Earth has pardoned you by the death of his own son.

And if you will receive Christ, you will receive God's Eternal

pardon that pardon will not be taken away from you.

If a Believer could be pardoned for a few years, say five years,

say a Believer could be pardoned for five years and then lose his

or her salvation that is not eternal life.

And then if a Believer, let's add some years to it.

If a Believer could be pardoned for 10 years, And then lose his

or her salvation, it would only be a 10-year life.

That is not eternal life, but God has given eternal life to

all of those who believe in Christ Jesus.

This is a life that will never end goes on through eternity.

Again Lawson's helpful, he's quoting Christ here.

He says Jesus, says, truly, truly, I say to you everyone who

commits sin, is the slave of sin, the slave does not remain

in the house forever. The sun does remain forever.

So if the sun now, he's talking about himself, makes you free,

you will be free, indeed, John, 8:34 and 36, how many, you know?

If the Son of God sets, you free, you are free, indeed.

You are now A son or a daughter. You're no longer a slave.

Amen. So, when we were born again lost

in said, God delivers us from the Dominion, the domination,

sorry of sin without Christ. Every person is under the wrath

of God, John 3:36, all have sinned in the wages of sin is

John 3:36

death, Romans 3:23 and 6:23 since God is Holy and just, he

Romans 3:23

must punish the rebellious inner to Believe In Christ includes

turning from a lifestyle of sin and turning to Christ with a

submissive heart to believe is to To enter into salvation from

the wrath of God. This is belief.

And so when God regenerates You by his Spirit, you are

immediately transferred from the condemnation of

self-righteousness into the Eternal pardon of, Christ's

righteousness, you are transferred from the kingdom of

the devil, into the kingdom of God.

This is the blessing of the new birth. and as a result of your

new birth, As a result of being born again from above.

You can now walk in obedience to the word of God, your old

worldly, desires or passing away.

You have been born again. You have been born Anew, you

have been born from above, you are a new creation in Christ.

Jesus created by God to walk in the good works, which God has

prepared for you. You are truly truly free.

From your bondage to sin. Amen.

John 8:36 again. So if the son sets you free, you

John 8:36

will be free, indeed. And so the one who is truly

delivered from sin, by the new birth will never return to their

old, Master will never return to their life of sin.

This is not to say they won't have sin present.

This is to say they are actively seeking to put to death for sin.

That is in them as they strive to obey the commands of God.

And when my flesh rubs up against the commands that God

has said, I am saying not to God, Away from me, I am saying

to my flesh. Go away from me.

I am a boat's and redeemed. Child of God, I'm not a slave to

my sin. Any longer?

I've been adopted into the family of God.

I'm his, he is mine, and I'm submitting myself to him.

I saw this means, we submit everything to the rule of

Christ. Your thoughts, your actions, the

members of your body, Paul says, Is should be used for

righteousness. Once they were used for

unrighteousness, but you're submitting yourself to God, your

emotions, you're going through a bad day, you're worried, you're

stressed out, you're fearful, whatever the emotions are.

You're saying to your emotions submit to the truths of God?

You're not letting your emotions, run your actions.

Right, I've said it before, I'll say it again.

Sometimes it's easier to act your way into a feeling than it,

is to feel your way into an action.

In other words, we know what God's word says, about

something, whatever it may be, do not do this, or do this.

And if Will obey that, if will tell God, I'm trusting you to

help me obey this command. So there might glorify your name

and not my own. I won't don't want to submit to

my own feelings, my own thoughts.

My own desires. I want to submit to you. if

you'll do that, if you'll do that, you'll receive new

desires. If you'll do that, your mind is

transformed by the renewal of the Holy Spirit.

You come to know what Paul calls, the good and the

acceptable in the perfect will of God in Romans 12.

Verse 2, submitting yourself to him.

Having your mind renewed having your heart renewed but don't let

your emotions run. You don't let the Tail Wag the

Dog so to speak. Amen.

Follow Christ and obedience. Do not return to your old way of

life. This is eternal life that you

have in Christ means that you are no longer a slave to sin.

So don't put yourself back in bondage.

Don't look at the Lord as the Israelites did and say there's

no food or well, the food you've given us.

I don't like, I want to go back to Egypt.

Don't do it. Receive the word of the Lord

receive the bread that he's provided received.

The water that he gives and walk in him.

Don't be a slave to sin. This is why Paul says in

Galatians 2:20. As he's talking about putting to

Galatians 2:20

death that desire to want to justify Yourself by your actions

and Galatians 2:20. He says I have been crucified

Galatians 2:20

with Christ. It is no longer I who live but

Christ who lives in me and the life.

I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the son of God.

Who gave himself for me? What's he sayin?

He said everything about my flesh is now lived by faith in

Christ. I'm not letting my flesh, run

me, I have a new life in Christ. I'm crucifying My Flesh.

Another thing that we know about the New Birth is that will never

see spiritual death. Once you have been made alive,

eternally, you are alive eternally.

You will live forever. Though, your body will perish.

For example, Jesus told Martha, one of Lazarus sisters.

Who was mourning the loss of her brother and John chapter 11?

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He says, there are she's upset with him if you had been here.

Lord, this would not have happened in Jesus says to her, I

am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me will

live even if he dies. And everyone who believe, who

lives and Believes In Me will never die.

Do you believe this? He says to her and so I ask you,

do you believe this that Christ is the resurrection and the

life. Once you were born again to

believe in Jesus, you will truly live forever with God.

When You Believe In Christ, you have been regenerated by the

spirit of God, the spirit of God.

Now lives with you. John 14:16.

John 14:16

He says, I will ask the father and he will give you another

helper to be with you forever. The spirit of God is with you

forever. The helper here is the holy

spirit. He indwells you your life.

The lives of God's disciples forever.

Again Lawson is helpful here. He says this in his book.

He says, no believer will ever forfeit the residing presence of

the spirit. No life and dwelt.

By this Divine helper will ever be vacated by him.

Whoever believes in, the son is instantly, given eternal life,

all believers have unending life that can never be forfeited.

He goes on to say a little later.

He says, every believer her can be comforted that we are

eternally pardoned from all sins and forever released from the

slavery to sin to, which we once were bound, We Are Forever

Living in reality with God and forever, having his spirit and

dwell and Empower all who trust in.

Jesus Christ, all of these promises are unconditional and

unending, amen. Church.

It is important for you to know that you receive the new birth

once for all time. Once for all time, God's initial

work of regeneration and justification that is causing

your new birth giving you a new heart.

And then giving you the righteousness of Christ

justifying you in his own site, by the blood of his own son,

that work is eternal. No one is ever born again again,

as Lawson says. But the Divine Act of

regeneration can never be reversed, it can never be

revoked. It has it in it, God makes you

alive and if God has made you alive, you were truly alive.

And so, I want to, I want to close with this today.

No matter. The first thing I want to say to

you is no matter how religious or irreligious you are.

No matter how much you've tried to practice the right things in

your life or not, tried to practice the right things in

your life. You must be born again.

You must be born again. The second thing I want you to

know is that you must end that being born.

Again, you must rely completely on your personal faith.

In Jesus Christ to deliver you from Eternal punishment.

If you will humble yourself, if you will submit yourself.

Commit yourself to Christ. He will rescue you from your

sins and he will give you eternal life.

Salvation comes by God's grace alone through Through faith

alone in Christ alone. Eternal life is found by looking

to Christ and him crucified. and the third thing I want you to

know is that if you are born again, you must walk in

obedience to God's commands. Not to make yourself born again.

Not to cause a being born again. But because you have been born

again, you're called to obedience to him.

Your life is not your own. You now live for ever for the

Renown of a greater name, you live forever, for the advance of

a better Kingdom, you live forever to Bear.

The fruit of righteousness from this new life that you have in

Christ. And in fact, that fruit of

righteousness, is the best validating proof of being born

again. Is that your bearing?

The Works of God. Your fruitful in his

righteousness, And so I say to you, if you were my brothers and

sisters because of your faith in Christ, I say to you this, what

an encouragement, this is to us. What an encouragement this word

is to us. That if you will look to the son

of man and believe in him, you will have eternal life.

We are just as surely destined for the Kingdom of Heaven, as

though we have already been there.

Ten Thousand Years. Your Eternal Destiny is sure.

As though you're already there. And I want you to rest in this

eternal security that you've been given by God through his

Saving Grace. You stand your feet this

morning. We're going to practice.

Practice is probably a weird way to say.

We're going to receive today. The Lord's Supper.

I'm going to receive communion today.

And so the ushers are preparing that as they're preparing, that

almost say a couple of words about communion at New Life

Church. One we practice what, we call

close communion here, which means as long as you are a

Believer, a born-again believer in Jesus, Christ and saved from

your sins. Your faith is in him, you

followed him in baptism. Then we invite you to receive

communion with us today. Whether you're visiting or you

remember here, you're invited to partake.

Let me pray for us and then and then they'll start passing this

out. Thanks dude.

Heavenly Father, we love you, we praise you.

For the word we received today and we're just as we've seen

today, that those who believe in you must Feast on you, that

Christ is the bread of life. And he is said that whoever will

eat my flesh and drink, my blood will have eternal life and we

know father that he was not advocating.

Some weird practice. But Lord, that what we do now is

in faith as we receive the bread, and the Cup today, it's

in faith. It's faith.

In Christ, his death, his resurrection for the Forgiveness

of our sins. So, Lord help us.

Now, in this moment, to examine ourselves to be honest about

where we are, help us to be repentance.

Now, help us to lay aside foolishness UPS, to lay aside

our own stupidity. Help us to lay aside our own

ignorance. And, and to pursue you today,

Lord, would you save us from any Works?

Based righteousness that exists in us?

Help us to not be like Nicodemus.

Help us to stand on You, by faith.

The father, there's is anyone in here today?

Who does not know you as their savior?

Who's not placed themselves on the rock of Christ Jesus, who

was not looking to the cross for their salvation.

But rather they're looking to themselves to their own good

works or maybe they're just completely and despair that

salvation can't. It cannot be for them.

Lord, help them to see that. Oh yes it is.

Salvation is for all Call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

who will believe in them with their whole Hearts, who will

confess his death, his resurrection with their mouth.

They can be saved. Or would you save them today?

Lord. We thank you for these moments.

We have they are holy moments. Prepare our hearts for Christ's

name. We pray.

Amen.