 Matthew chapter seven super I'm listening to this chapter and if there's so much great doctrine in Matthew chapter seven we're going to focus on one specific part of Matthew chapter seven but what are we talking about this evening we're starting a new series tonight we're talking looking at salvation roadblocks what we're looking at is is what is what are some things that are common out there amongst people that we run into today amongst people in especially in Fresno in America what is keeping people from believing the gospel what are some common things that people believe that are causing them to not be saved that's what we're looking at in this sermon series now look down at Matthew chapter seven and verse number 21 a lot of people tonight we're going to look at the number one cause now a lot of people a lot of people claim the name of Jesus today a lot of people claim to believe in Jesus they claim that they know who Jesus was they believe Jesus was God a lot of people claim this today but it's always been this way and as a matter of fact the bible tells us in Matthew chapter seven if you look back at actually verse number 13 let's look there first most of Matthew chapter seven if you have a red letter bible by the way the words are red that means this is Jesus talking okay this is Jesus himself if you look back at Matthew chapter seven look at verse 13 Jesus says entry in at the straight gate for why does the gate and broad is the way that lead it to destruction and many there be which go in there at Jesus here is responding to a question that one of the disciples asked him earlier saying are there few that be saved the disciples asked Jesus at one time are there few that be saved I mean are most people saved or are most people not saved and as I showed you this morning God wants it's God's will that most people that all people would be saved but that's just simply not reality the reality is is that most people are not saved tonight we're going to look at the number one roadblock that keeps people from being saved and that is the belief in works based salvation the belief that you must work your way to heaven that you must do things yourself to earn your own righteousness this is the number one thing especially if you become a soul winner this is this is what everybody is hung up on is works based salvation look down at Matthew chapter 20 Matthew chapter seven in verse number 21 a lot of people as I said a lot of people claim the name of Jesus if you talk to probably 50 60 percent of people I don't know what the percentage is now but I would guess being a soul winner somebody that knocks doors every single week I would guess that it's 50 60 percent of people maybe more that they claim the name of Jesus but the Bible says Jesus himself says that straight is the gate meaning narrow not straight like an arrow straight ST AI STRI I'm an engineer I've never known how to spell okay STR AI T not straight as an arrow okay straight is the gate like the straights of Hormuz like a narrow passageway that is the that is the path that leads to life but why but why it's a gift it's not hard to get a gift it's not hard to trust on Jesus it's not hard to receive something that's free but it is something that is difficult for most people to do because they can't take the trust off themselves and put it on the Lord Jesus Christ okay but a lot of people claim the name of Jesus so what gives Jesus explains this Matthew chapter seven look down at verse number 21 Matthew chapter seven in verse number 21 looking at works tonight we're looking at the the stumbling block of works based salvation tonight look at Matthew chapter seven in verse number 21 not everyone that sayeth unto me Lord Lord these are red words in your Bible this is Jesus Christ talking not everyone that sayeth unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven these people are calling Jesus Lord that is the first point I need to make here these people and Jesus saying not everybody that calls me Lord look they're acknowledging that he is God they're acknowledging that he is the Savior they're acknowledging that they're saying not everyone this he says not everyone that says on me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven what's the will of the father that everyone would believe on the son John 640 verse number 22 he goes into further detail he says many will say to me in that day this is the day this is the moment where they have died and they're standing in front of the Lord Jesus Christ many will say to me in that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy name in in thy name cast out devils in in thy name done many wonderful works look at verse 23 and then I will profess unto them I never knew you depart from me ye that work iniquity these people are going to hell right here they call Jesus Lord they're standing in front of Jesus and he says I never knew you notice notice and we'll talk about eternal security in a few minutes but notice how he doesn't say I used to know you and then I forgot you he says I never knew you because what are these people trusting in look back up at verse number 22 when Jesus asked them and they stand in front of Jesus what are they trusting in what do they say they say look at all the wonderful works that we have done and Jesus at that point will say I never knew you look folks there's going to be a lot of people that are very surprised in that day there's going to be a lot of people that claim the name of Jesus that are very they're going to be very surprised in that day look James 2 19 says even the even the devils even the devils turn to James chapter 2 turn to James chapter 2 James chapter 2 and look at verse number 19 James chapter 2 look at verse number 19 even the devils believe that there is one God James 2 19 thou believe is that there is one God thou do us well the devils also believe in tremble look it is it is not about believing that there's one God even believing Jesus is that God and then trusting in your own works that's these people in Matthew chapter 7 the problem is works and what they were trusting in in Matthew chapter 7 turn to Ephesians chapter 2 in verse number 8 turn to Ephesians chapter 2 in verse number 8 you say what's the problem you say what's the problem I mean these people were doing they were wonderful works they're casting out devils look that's a good thing to do devils are bad you know they're doing they're prophesying in Jesus name the problem is is that he never knew them okay look it's all about when it comes to salvation it's all about whether or not it's not whether you claim Jesus it's whether he claims you it's whether he knows you or not and these people he did not know look at Ephesians chapter 2 in verse number 8 for by grace are you saved that means saved from hell folks for by grace he's saved through wonderful works no for by grace he's saved through faith and not of yourselves it is they it is the gift of God and then just to make sure we get it I love verse number 9 just to make sure we get it he says it again not of works I mean there's there's probably the simplest verse in the entire Bible right there you are saved not of works lest any man should boast that that is two of the simplest verses in the entire Bible at this point we could pray start the grill and have a good time all right but here's the problem why are so many people hung up on this why are people I mean look the the Catholic church is just straight up works you know it's just straight up they just preach works I mean it's just Ephesians 2 8 through 9 that proves that wrong right there very simple the problem though is when you get into the Protestants and you know all these different denominations of the Reformation is that what you get into is this veiled works theology it's not right out in front like the Catholics you just must do these things you must do the sacraments you must confess your sins to a priest you must go to mass this time this many times a week or whatever it is it's it's veiled works but it's works all the same it's works based salvation all the same that's why I've always said that the Reformation everyone thinks that the Reformation was so great now the Reformation was the devil's plan B the Catholic church was simply getting too stupid too far away from the Bible where they're selling indulgences they're saying you can buy your relatives out of hell all these things that are just not in the Bible at all and they're trying to get rid of all the Bibles and they're trying to persecute people that have Bibles or that are translating Bibles they just couldn't get them all finally you know the Reformation happens and you get this this veiled works based theology that pops out of this all right the Reformation was it's just as wicked it's just a veiled works based theology and it's really got some people wrapped around the axle out there so that's what I want to give you I want to use some Bible verses we're going to give some doctrine tonight to where if you have somebody that's confused on these doctrines that's confused on this this worse works based intertwined theology that just trying to put works into salvation you'll have some horsepower to get people beyond this so they could actually get saved all right the Bible says he that believeth on the sun hath everlasting life another very simple verse believeth on meaning trust as Ephesians chapter one says hey when you trust in Jesus you have it it's done and it's what and it's life that lasts for five years no it's everlasting it's eternal the Bible says everlasting everlasting eternal eternal eternal you're sealed by the Holy Spirit it's done it's over at that point works has nothing to do with it so the first one I want to kind of come after is this veiled works turn to Romans chapter 11 is this idea of belief plus works like I have to believe on Jesus but I also have to do the works to go to heaven to be saved okay don't get me wrong folks we preach against we preach the whole Bible here I just I stand up here and I scream Sunday morning Sunday night Wednesday night I scream against sin I preach everything that the Bible says but look getting getting good works into your life has nothing to do with whether or not you go to heaven nothing not even a little bit so this whole idea of well you got to believe but you got to do the works too look it's it's false doctrine it's false doctrine turn to Romans chapter 11 you say why does it matter you know why does it matter you know I've had I've had Protestants I've had Lutherans tell me you know why why do you baptists why do you baptists have to make have to make salvation so narrow it's like were those my red words in the Bible this is Jesus said straight is the gate look it's people making salvation narrow salvation is easy my friends it's easy turn to Romans chapter 11 turn to Romans and you know you know when I was a Protestant before I was saved let me just say this I never thought Baptists were unsaved so the Baptists you know the Lutherans and the Protestants will look at the Baptists look what's a Baptist when you when the Bible is your boss you're a Baptist that's it that's what a Baptist is when you believe everything in the Bible and nothing outside the Bible we don't have any extra biblical doctrine here I don't stand up here and read commentaries to you if it's in the Bible that's what gets preached here if it's not it doesn't it's very simple it's very simple so look turn to Romans chapter 11 why can't works be intertwined why why can't it be both why because the Bible that's why first of all logic the Bible is very logical okay the Bible matches a person's logic God didn't write a book that didn't match what he puts in what he put in our hearts in Romans 2 15 look at Romans chapter 11 look at verse number five the Bible points this out many times that it cannot be both it cannot be works-based salvation and grace look at verse number five of Romans chapter 11 the Bible says even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the according to the election of what of grace remember for by grace are you saved through faith and not of yourselves it is they the gift of God look at verse number six of Romans chapter 11 and if by grace so Paul says this it's a it's a rhetorical question because we know it's by grace in Ephesians chapter 2 then look at this it is no more of works otherwise grace is no more grace then he says it the other way so we there's no possible way you can misunderstand this then he says but if it be of works then it have no more grace he's saying it's either grace or it's works pick one because if it's by grace i mean think about it just think of the logic of it folks think of the logic of it it's like if it's by grace you're like it's by grace but i also it's a free gift but i also want to pay for it it makes no sense you know somebody gives you a gift and let me pay you for that free gift it makes no sense so if it's by grace it can't be of works just logically the bible's telling us that but if it's by work look if it's by works look and think of it the other way says it the other way too if it's by works then guess what you earned it you earned it it wasn't free you paid for it whether through work or whatever but the bible tells us that it's only grace it can only be grace not works turn to galatians chapter 2 there's tons of bible on this but it's a very simple concept turn to galatians chapter 2 we'll look at verse number 21 you cannot intertwine works with grace or it's not grace the bible says look at galatians chapter 2 and verse 21 i mean think about this look at galatians 2 21 i mean this is the huge i mean why would somebody why would somebody come to the earth suffer and die for humankind if they didn't have to why would somebody go through the terrible you know life death the soul going to hell resurrection from the dead if it didn't if it wasn't necessary look at galatians chapter 2 verse 21 that's called frustrating the grace of god paul says he says i do not frustrate the grace of god for it's right if righteousness come by the law meaning if i can be good enough if i can be good enough to get myself to heaven this is this is what he's saying he's saying then christ is dead in vain is unnecessary if i can be good enough or you can be good enough to get yourself to heaven through the works of the law jesus is is all together unnecessary that's what the bible is saying turn to galatians chapter 5 and verse number three galatians chapter 5 and verse number three galatians chapter 5 verse number three the bible says for i testify again to every man that is circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law what were the what was the problem with the jews at this time they thought that they were righteous through the law and what paul is saying here is look i mean seriously there's there's according to the bible there's two ways to heaven keep the whole law that's the first one which we're all toast for for all have sinned for all has that we've already broken the law we've already broken the law so nobody can do that one or trust on jesus christ those are the two ways and only one is possible for us look at verse number four for i testify again to every man that is circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law you better be perfect no verse four christ has become of no effect to you whosoever of you are justified by the law you're fallen from grace that just means that you don't get grace he's saying if you think that if you think that you can keep the law you're going to have nothing but debt that's it you're going to owe because you haven't kept the whole law look you may do all kinds of great things over here but that doesn't take away the law that you have broken over here and we've all broken god's law that's the definition of a sin is the transgression of the law go back to matthew chapter seven matthew chapter seven i should have had you keep your place there but go back to matthew chapter seven look folks everything in the bible matches our logic that we have it makes no sense that works could be intertwined with grace because it it wouldn't be grace look at matthew seven twenty two the bible says many will say to me in that day lord lord have we not prophesied in thy name and i named cast out devils and i named on many wonderful works here's another reason why god would never have salvation be even a little bit by your works why what are these people doing here what are these people doing as they stand in front of jesus christ and and what are they doing are they saying thank you jesus christ for dying for me are they saying thank you god for sending your son to live a perfect life and take the sacrifice for my sins thank you i'm a poor miserable sinner thank you for doing that for me i deserve nothing but hell is that what they're saying no they're saying look how great we are they're saying what are they doing they're boasting they're boasting as it as in Ephesians chapter two verse eight through nine god says we would do not of works why why is it not of works lest any man should boast because god knew if he even let it be even part of your works you just sit up there and you would say look at me look at how great i am and the and his and his own son's death would be in vain what would be the point of that we would just boast about it turn to isaac chapter 64 god literally tells us why he designed salvation this way why because you all will brag about it if i don't do it for you is what he says i mean you could claim credit you could claim credit look at isaac chapter 64 verse but but what it is when people do try to mix works in to in with grace what they're doing is they're claiming credit for something that they had nothing to do with and in isaac chapter 64 verse number six we see how god feels about that look at verse number six of isaac 64 but we are all as an unclean thing we're all sinners folks and all our righteousness you know what that means all the good that you do all the good that you do this is what it means for your salvation all our righteousness are as filthy rags and all we do will fade as a leaf and our iniquities like the wind have taken us away you know what that's saying it's like when it comes to your salvation it's your iniquities that's the problem it's like all your good all the good things that you've done it's like filthy rags it's like walking it's a we're we're going to go to the clobas farmers market the other day and it's like walking up to some guy at the booth at the farmers market and grabbing a bunch of fruit and nuts and all these things and he come to pay and you know i just give him a pile of filthy rags from my garage like here you go how's that going to work it's not going to work that's mixing works with salvation right there it's it our works their ability look look good works are good things to do don't get me wrong this is what we are supposed to do it is our reasonable service as pastor me he has said a week ago but trying to buy your salvation with your good works they're filthy rags payment not accepted look every single this every single religious unsaved person believes the version of what i'm talking about right now and guess what all those people all those religious people that are relying on their works to get themselves to heaven they all think they're pretty good they all think that they're good people but guess what put yourself in god's shoes here i know that's that's impossible for us to do but let's just just think about this for a second just think about doing something great think about just think about any analogy that i could make here is not good enough think about doing something great for someone think about you have a great friend someone that you love and you just like they're struggling and you they're struggling and they don't have any money and you and they don't have a way to get to work and you like you give them a car you're like here's a car brother you just give them a car and you say here you go i mean that's that's a big gift a car and then this person they take the car and and they go around and and they come they come in and they they're around all their friends and your friends and they're saying well you know everyone's like that's a great car that's a great car that you have and they say well i have this car because i work hard and and god has blessed me and i have this car and and if you were if you're like me you could have a nice car too and you're standing there and you've just given them the car wouldn't that be irritating it's a small analogy but think about us think about god sending his own son to do what he did only god could do it only god could live a perfect life and die and be an acceptable sacrifice no matter how much i like any of you i cannot die for your sins because i am a sinner i am not innocent god does this he does it successfully he suffers and he dies and that payment is accepted and then we claim credit no i don't think so it's never gonna work that way anybody claiming the name of jesus that believes this they're on their way to hell unless they understand what the bible says that they must take all of their trust and they must believe on jesus christ they must put all their belief on the lord and savior jesus christ remember folks we exist for his glory there is nothing that we are here for for our own glory we exist only for the glory of god anything that we're doing for our own glory is wrong and we don't want to be wrong on salvation how about this one turn to jonah 3 10 or just look at the front of your bulletin jonah 3 10 an extremely powerful soul-winning verse jonah 3 10 we looked at god changing his mind this morning how about this one you have to yes you got to believe on jesus but then you have to turn from your sins or you have to you have to repent of your sins people will teach but guess what this is veiled works look folks turning from your sins is good repenting or changing your mind about your sin and getting out of sin is good again that's why i stand up here and i yell and i holler and scream three times a week but it's not for salvation it has nothing to do with you being saved by turning from your sin look at jonah 3 10 look what i'll prove it to you first of all the phrase repent of your sins never occurs in the bible it's made up there is nowhere in the bible first of all it doesn't even say repent of your sins in the bible the closest verse that has anyone repenting from their sin is jonah 3 10 and it has nothing to do with salvation it's just people just getting right with god it's just about a nation a city getting right with god look at verse number 10 and god saw their works but isn't this interesting what are their works what are their works that they turned from their evil way repenting from your sin is works look it's a good thing to do but it's works and it has nothing to do with being saved it has nothing to do with salvation and then god changes his mind about what he's going to do we talked about that this morning and he decided to not destroy the city but then it says god repented and we talked about you know repent just means to change your mind folks repent means to change your mind god changed his mind all the time in his management of us doesn't mean he made a mistake just we have free will god changes his mind according to whether we got right or not that's what the bible teaches but the point is i'm trying to make this evening is turning from your sin or what people come and claim out there today look this is a definition that's just been ruined we must use the bible as our dictionary you know repent just means to change your mind repenting from your sin or turning from your sin or getting sin out of your life is a work it's a good work i hope you all do it it has nothing to do with whether or not you go to heaven nothing how about this one turn to romans chapter four how about this one so repent to your sin is veiled works you must repent of your sins to be saved this is uh ray comfort this is ray comfort when he goes around and he gives the gospel and then he gets to he tells people how their sinners and look that's the easy part most people realize just with their conscience that they're a sinner all right and then he tells them all to be saved you gotta repent from your sin you gotta turn for your sin it's a false gospel he's accursed it's a false gospel it's works based salvation turn to romans chapter four how about this one how about this one yeah i i believe it's only only trusting on jesus it's only believing on jesus but if you're truly saved you will do the works well let's see if this is true if you're truly saved you will do the works all right look at romans chapter four verse number four let me tell you something that's not true either there's plenty of christians out there doing nothing for the lord there's plenty of saved people out there doing nothing for the lord i'm not happy to report that to you but that's the case and they're not any less saved than you and i tonight look at romans chapter four and verse number four for the person that says this this is the verse that you go to in romans chapter four verse number four and verse number five we're looking at two people we're looking at two guys here look at what the bible says in verse number four now to him that worketh now to him that worketh now this is a guy doing good works this is a guy he's out there he's going to church he's very you look at him and say that guy's pretty religious now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but of what but of debt to him that's out there and he's doing good works he's out there and he's coming to church and he's he seems spiritual and he's not into all kinds of sin but he's trusting on that he's going to have debt that's what he's going to have when he stands in front of jesus he's going to have a debt that he can't repay he's the one that's going to say jesus said i i i never i never knew you like just i don't know who you are look at verse number five now here's another guy so the guy in verse number four he's doing good works you might look at this guy and say that's a nice guy that's a nice christian guy people might say in verse number four but look at verse number five but to him that worketh not this guy's a jerk this guy's not doing any works this guy he's into all kinds of whatever he's just not doing works at all hey look it doesn't say he worketh a little the bible's making a very clear contrast here the guy in verse four worketh the other guy worketh not speaking about good works but look at the guy in verse five says but what there's those two words but this guy believeth on him that justifies the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness the guy in verse number five is going to heaven he's a jerk but what he believeth on he trusted on jesus he's not trusting in his own works the guy that seems nice and seems religious in verse number four he's trusting his own works is going to hell because it has nothing to do with whether or not you will do the works you should do the works that's why all through romans you see this this word this word this is why like we're king james only by the way you change one word in the bible you change salvation paul says again and again you should do this i should i should do this yes you're saved you should get in church you should listen to the bible you should learn what the word of god has for your life but you know what that means it means it's all for how you will profit other people it has nothing to do with your own salvation nothing not even a little bit you know people that are told this doctrine people that are told this doctrine that oh if if if you're really saved you will do the works you know what they could be relying on that for their salvation it's very dangerous to teach that to believe that especially the last one tonight the last one tonight and this this is actually the one that i was hung up on before i got saved the last one turned to john chapter 10 the last one is this we're talking about veiled works we're talking about works based salvation and how it can be veiled and intertwined with you know the true gospel is the idea that you could lose your salvation the idea that you could believe it on the sun half everlasting life and then somehow that's taken away from you if you don't go to church enough or you don't i shouldn't tell you this right i should tell you you need to come to church you need to come to church or you're going to go to hell you need to give money in the offering or you're going to go to hell look then we'd be a pentecostal church but that's not what the bible says that's a false gospel then we'd be a catholic church we are a bible-based baptist church once you are saved it is everlasting life you can never lose your salvation look at john chapter 10 and verse number 28 there's so much bible on this it's it's it's so clear it's a sermon in itself but jesus said these are red words as well my favorite verse to this is john chapter 10 and verse number 28 the bible says jesus says and i give what do you give you give a gift by the way and i give unto them eternal life and when shall they go to hell when shall they get the second death i give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish once you have everlasting life it's done you will never you have no chance ever that you will ever perish ever get the second death neither well what if what if somebody comes and teaches you something different and you turn away from church or you quit going to church neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand see god is telling you here that when you get saved this is why he says in Ephesians chapter one that you are sealed by the holy spirit you know who the holy spirit is it's god you know it keeps your salvation in his hand god you can't you can't i've seen it demonstrated where somebody brought up their child the pastor brought up his child and said you know because a lot of people say oh yeah but you can turn away from god and they bring up their child and they you know a strong pastor is holding his child hand and said all right son get away from me look you're not strong enough to get out of god's hand once you are saved you are always saved because guess what believe just think of the logic of it again believing that you have to work to stay saved is no different than believing to work to get saved it's the same thing it's exactly the same thing Titus one two says in hope of eternal life which god and guess what if god told you that something was a gift and it was eternal and then he takes it away for any reason that's not truthful but in Titus one two it says in hope of eternal life this is in hope of eternal life meaning here's how you can know it's eternal which god that cannot lie there's only one thing in the bible god says he can't do imagine god created the whole universe he created you he created me he can do anything except lie he can't lie so when he tells you that it's eternal that it's everlasting that you're sealed that he holds it it's true because he can't lie turn to first john chapter five first john chapter five here's some more logic for you look it's just it's the only way that salvation by grace through faith is the only thing that makes any sense it's the only thing that makes any sense i mean how many times have i just said think about it logically think about it logically think about this logically look at first john chapter five in verse number 13 first john chapter five verse number 13 these things have i written on to you that believe on the name of the son of god so he's talking about people that are saved who are who are people that believed on the name of the son of god these are people that have trusted on jesus you think i've written this to you why why why god why did you write this that you may know that you have eternal life did he say did he say uh that you may think you might have it he said no i'm writing these things to you know it now let me ask you this if you could lose it if it was possible for you to lose it first of all if it was possible for any of us to lose it we'd lose it but second of all if you could if you could possibly lose it could you ever know that you really had it don't you and i sin every day don't you and i slip up or don't we have the flesh the bible says that's going to be with us until my heart stops beating you could if you could ever lose it through your works you could never know that you have it and this is what got me this is what got me when i was thinking about these things before anybody had ever given me the gospel because i didn't know i was going to church i was trying to read the bible i was trying to do these things but i was like man i don't know i don't know because i'm messing up all the time here and i know i'm going to church and i'm confessing my sins as first john one nine says i should and i know that i'm but sometimes when i confess my sins i know i'm going to do those sins again am i am i really thinking that i'm fooling god i didn't know the only way to know is if it's only through trusting on jesus and once you have it you can never lose it that's the only way there's no list of sins in the bible that says you can look if there's a list if there's if there is sins that can cause me to lose my salvation i need a chart i need nexel spreadsheet i need something that says you can do this many sins of this much uh you know of the of these varying degrees in this period and it needs to be over time there's nothing like that in the bible and the reason that there isn't because it has nothing to do with your works to get saved it has nothing to do with your works to stay saved you can know that you're saved and the only way you can know is it because once you trust it in a moment you have it and that's done it's it and look god will chastise you on this earth but he'll never take away your salvation you can't tell people that you can't tell people they can do whatever they want hey go to hebrus chapter 12 if you want to be chastised and beaten by god but you're not going to lose your salvation you're not going to be losing you're not going to lose your salvation you become a child of god god adopts you into his family and look god's a good father he's going to chastise his children but you will never stop being his son just like your child your child may mess up and you if you're a good father you'll punish that child that child grows up to be a wicked kid you may kick them out of your house one day but they will never stop being your son that's exactly how it works hebrus chapter 12 verse number 7 says if you endure chastening meaning if god is beating you god dealeth with you as sons lowercase s for what son is he whom the father chastened if not but if you be without chastisement wherever you're all partakers you'd be bastards and not sons this is why you see so many people out there that are not saved that seem like they're getting away with stuff i mean that's a big question too i'll deal with that in another sermon that's a big question have is why why are all these evil wicked people able to get away with all these things why are they able to go out and do all these things and it doesn't seem like god cares because he's going to burn them in hell for eternity that's why no vengeance that we could ever come up with on this earth could ever compare to what god is going to do to these wicked evil people that murder people that hurt children you know whatever god says vengeance is mine the reason he says that is because look he's like you know what let me handle it it's like i got this but look he's going to chastise us as believers in this body on this earth king saw saved at a young age became a wicked king murdered priests god sent an army against him he saw the army he committed suicide first time in chapter 28 says he's in heaven god killed him god got so tired of that believer that he's like i'm done with you i'm taking you off this earth but god can't lie he will never take away our salvation it's a promise it's a promise look here's the irony as a soul winner you'll see this as you get to become a experienced person out there just seeing the soul winner out there had there is no better person that has their pulse on our current society than somebody that is out there sharing the gospel with people it is one of the biggest benefits in my opinion of being a soul winner you just you see the state of our communities of our country of our states of other parts of the world if you become a soul winner here we're going to send you all over but look people here's the irony that you will see the more people believe in works it's just it's just a trend i noticed trends the more people believe in works to justify themselves the more wicked of a person they are it's just a trend that i've noticed and i was like this must be in the bible somewhere and i was thinking about it and sure enough turn to job chapter nine turn to job chapter nine everyone because guess what this is the trap of works based salvation is everyone thinks they're pretty good i'm sure hitler thought he was pretty good i'm sure stalling thought he was doing the right thing or you know doing you know i'm pretty sure when he sat at the end of the day these evil most wicked people that have ever lived had thought they were pretty good but look at job chapter nine in verse number 20 job a very godly man a very godly man who passed this this amazing test from the lord god just allowed his life to be crushed allowed everything to be taken from him he never one time blamed god look what he says in verse number 20 he says if i justify myself isn't that what these people are doing isn't that what anyone that believes in works based salvation or any combination of the things that we're doing like i can be good enough i can get good enough to cover up my sense look you're justifying yourself he says jope says if i justify myself my own mouth shall condemn me if i say i am perfect it shall also prove me perverse isn't that interesting the more perfect someone you ever met somebody who a few times i've met somebody that says i've never sinned i've met i've met that person but look that is a perverse person the bible says that says that i have never sinned that i am pretty good that i'm going to justify myself through my works this is why the more people believe they can justify themselves the worse people they actually tend to be and you'll see that you'll see that that's just a a side note for you but all that to say this folks just to conclude tonight any any addition of works to the gospel is a different gospel that's what you need to understand and the bible says in galatians 1 verse 8 and verse 9 twice it says anybody preaching a different gospel is a cursed meaning damned it's very serious so here's what i do to these people here's what you should do out soul winning you should ask people if they know if they're going to heaven as we ask that question but let them tell you in their own words let me ask you if i was if i was your friend you know what would you tell me it takes to get to heaven ask them and then listen to their own words and hit record because a lot of these people are so twisted around the axle it's very difficult for you to even tell them the truth and then to realize there's a difference in what you're saying so just ask them if i was your friend what would you tell me it takes to get to heaven and then just listen to what they say and then i will usually say to those people if i can show you from the bible how the bible says something different would you be interested in hearing and then what you can do is when you get to these verses that you're going to use to show them what the bible actually teaches you can use their own words you see how that's different than repent of your sins do you see how that's different from what you told me at the door from what you told me at the beginning and we go and you use roman's chapter 4 roman's chapter 11 galatians chapter 2 galatians chapter 5 all these different verses isaia chapter 64 matthew chapter 7 when you use all these verses to show them and look this is why we carry a bible out there so we carry a bible because it's god's words that have power not ours you know it's it's not me trying to come out and just convince people you know of something that i came up with no i'm using god's words they have power i have nothing my words are nothing but look some people they're so wrapped around the axle they're they're not that you're gonna it's going to be hard to untwist them but if you find somebody that truly wants to know the truth they will listen and the bible has power and it will show them but look here's the point folks here's why it works is the biggest stumbling block that we were running to out there why why because it's from satan that's why because workspace salvation is satan's religion there's only two religions in the whole world you say what are you talking about you're crazy there's two religions in the whole world you say what there's thousands no there's two there's religions that teach that you justify yourself as job said that's every think of it that's Mormons that's Catholics Buddhists Hindus Sikhs Muslims Jews name a religion and then there's what the it's all different forms of working your way to heaven you got to do this you got to do this you got to do this you can't do that it's all different forms of works based salvation justifying yourself and then there's what the bible says that it's through grace and jesus did it all and all you have to do is trust on that that's it two religions in the whole world the works based religions all of them are designed look you can tell you can tell like if if somebody's designed a bridge or a factory or something you can tell if it's the same designer that's designed a bunch of different machines because they tend to come out of the same way that works based salvation is definitely designed by satan because they all have that same characteristics that is trying that that those religions are trying to get you to justify yourself and those religions are going to send you to hell why because what does satan what is satan's main philosophy in isaac 14 what does he say what does satan say in isaac 14 he says i will be like the most high works based salvation is trying to get you to claim credit for something that only god can do it's trying to get you to say every single person that you come to the door you say do you know if you're going to go to heaven yeah i'm pretty good you know what they just said i'm like the most high only jesus christ can justify us only jesus christ can justify any person in the world that has ever lived only jesus christ and if we say i can do it myself i'm saying i like the most high you know who said that satan said that i'm trying to arm you with the truth tonight so you can go out and you can pull these people you can pull these people to the truth and look if you find somebody that wants to know the truth they will listen to this because it makes perfect sense and god's word has power it's not of works folks not a little bit that is satan's religion thank god for the bible what's power heads and have a word of prayer