Those That Go Into the Kingdom and Those who Do Not Luke 6

LET US LOOK AT THE CHARACTER OF A PERSON WHO IS A TRUE BORN AGAIN BELIEVER
LUKE 6:23-26 June 14, 2015

Charles e Whisnant, Pastor-Exposition Teacher who could be defined theologically as Baptist-Reformed-Calvinist, Dispensational, Credobaptist (Believer’s baptism) Doctrine of Grace, Lordship Salvation, Salvation by Grace (Soteriological) Called, Convicted, Converted

“THE SERMON ON THE PLAIN”

The auditors of this sermon: 6:17
This sermon is addressed,
The prelude to this sermon 6:17-19
The content of this sermon: 6:20-49

A.The character of those who will be admitted to the Kingdom (6:22-23)

They are poor (poor in spirit {have a low esteem of themselves apart from God} and oftentimes poor in material things). But they are blessed, for theirs is the Kingdom of God

They are hungry (hungry for spiritual things) . But they are blessed that they will be filled.

They are sorrowful (full of weeping). But they are blessed in that they will laugh later. i.e. spiritual joy.

They are hated, rejected and reproached. But they are blessed and they are to rejoice in their sufferings for Jesus’ sake: (1) because great is their reward in heaven and (2) because they are in company with the persecuted prophets.

The four descriptions of the righteous in vv 20-22 should not be seen as separate groups; but as elements of one portrait describing those for whom God has compassion.

1. The poor. Psalms 25:9; 34:2; Isaiah 42:1-18 61:1. Those people who understand that they must depend on God, because life is beyond their control
2. The hunger is a result of religious persecution and harsh treatment by people in power who take advantage of others. These people may be deficient in material goods, but they have turned to God for care, and He will care for them and satisfy them. Isaiah 32:6-7, 58:6-7; 9-10, Ezekiel 18:7, 16
3. The sad as a result of the strain of life, but there will come a time when they will laugh. Weeping as a picture of those who suffer unjustly. Psalms 126:5-6; 137:1; Isaiah 450:1-2. Those who weep have paid the price of painful rejection for lining up with God
4. These people suffer, hatred, insult, rejection, and exclusion from the Jewish community. The community gives them an “evil name,” because they have come to the Son of Man, that is, Jesus.

The are well spoken of – They believe, talk, act, and look, like the world, therefore the world accepts them and speaks well of them. But woe awaits them later

 FOUR WOES MATCH AND CONTRAST THE FOUR BLESSINGS: This speaks of Jesus’ displeasure with people who are uncaring about those around them and who refuse to be sensitive to God. These woes are description of one kind of person.

vs.24 But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full. i.e. those who are “rich” and often take advantage of the poor. (James 2:1-7, 5:1-6) Wealth can create a sense of independence that results in distance from God and callousness towards others (First Timothy 6:6-18) The “comfort” is their wealth, which they cannot take with them.

vs. 25 Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. On the day of Judgment, (Isaiah 5:22; 6:13; Amos 8:11. Those who ignore God and place their hope solely on the good life here have little comfort for the future.

Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. Will someday mourn and weep. (Isaiah 65:14) they are too enthralled with the pursuit of life to care about anything else

vs. 26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way. Reveals the spiritual depravity of those people. They are spoken well of by others.

THE BIBLE WAY OF SALVATION:

This is the message of the Sermon

1. Salvation from sin, escape from judgment and hell, eternal joy, heavenly glory doesn’t come to people who are fascinated with Jesus Christ.
2.The preaching of Jesus, He preached the same way that John the forerunner of Jesus in the wilderness. Jesus preached the same way that the prophets of the Old Testament, i.e. the true prophets. He preached repentance. Why? He was preaching to those who were and are sinners.

Definition of Sin – What are God’s rules? It definition of sin is breaking God’s rules
Jesus speaks on Hell and Destruction in Forty Six versus in the Bible.

A definition of sin is doing what is wrong or not doing what is right according to God’s rules (1 John 3:4). If God says “Do not lie” and you lie, then you have sinned. If God says “Do not steal” and you steal, then you have sinned.

According to God, sin separates you from Him (Isaiah 59:2).

And this is what Jesus was teaching in this sermon in Luke 6. That is the message. Every body is a sinner and they are head for divine judgment and eternal condemnation. That is Jesus message.

THIS PLACE CALLED HELL IS THE PLACE WHERE SINNERS GO  

1. Hell is the place of torment for the lost (unsaved). Because everyone has sinned no one deserves to live with the Holy and righteous Heavenly Father (Romans 3:10; 3:23). But God is a loving Father and He offers salvation from death to all, and for those that reject the offer, God’s justice will be executed and the wage of sin will be paid in Hell.
2. In Jesus day, the message of “repentance” was not well received. They believed they were good enough.
3. You talk to the average person today, and they will say “You know I figure that I’m a good and just man. I am a good person generally. If there is a Heaven I would say my chances are as good as anyone I know.”

The Hunger After the Jesus Christ, Luke 6

WHAT IS IT TO HUNGRY AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS
Luke 6:21 Charles e Whisnant

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
5:6 hunger . . . for righteousness. Those who seek God’s righteousness receive what they desire, not those who are confident of their own righteousness. Reformation Study Bible

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6).

21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Unsaved people thirst for happiness and hunger for fulfillment, but they seek Many people have a hunger for the wrong things. And seek it in the wrong places : 2 Peter 2:22. Isaiah 55:2

Jesus knew they were hunger and offered Himself as Bread Jeremiah 2:13. John 2:15-15

WHAT ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR? ASK YOURSELF? Power? Praise? Possessions? Pleasure?

Your answer will determine whether or not you are in the kingdom.

What is interesting is people are breaking their backs to get all they can and what is cool is that Christians will get it all anyway in the Kingdom. On God’s condition we inherit.
Having the right spirit, the right heart and the the right ambition gets us into the kingdom

Which is saying: All I want, God is Your Righteousness, all I want is to be meek before you.” I Corinthians 3:22-23

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HUNGER AND THIRST? AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS?

A right kind of desire. To be needy. Idea of genuine thirst.
Examples: (1) Moses (2) David: Psalms 23; 42:12 and 63:1. (3)

Paul: Acts 9:3-9; 18:9-10; 2 Corinthians 18:9-10 Philippians 3:10
J.N. Darby said: “To be hungry is not enough, I must be really starving to know what is in God’s heart toward me.” Luke 1:53 and Psalms 107:9.

WHAT IS IT WE ARE TO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR?

The prophet Amos said Amos 2:7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy … Read the entire book of Amos … The people – That make a prey even of the poor afflicted ones, who walk with dust on their heads.

The church wants happiness that is earthly not necessary spiritual. A spiritual feeling. But righteousness nans to be right with God.

Means to seek salvation. Righteousness is equated with Salvation: Isaiah 45:8; 46;12-13; 51:5; 56:1; 61:10

DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY? Hunger and thirst after salvation. Secondly this mean an increasing in holiness which is sanctification. Philippians 1:9. Its not getting a piece here and a little there but its getting as much as we can continually. In fact we are never totally satisfied. Like David said: Psalms 17:15

HOW DO I KNOW IF I’M REALLY THIRSTING AND HUNGRY AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS?

What satisfied you? What do you think about yourself? What is your appetite about?
One a scale of 1 to 10 what is your appetite for the Word of God? Jeremiah 15:16 is this true in your heart.

WHAT IS THE RESULT OF THIS HUNGERING AND THIRSTING?
RIGHTEOUSNESS IS: Psalms 107:9; 34:10; 23; Jeremiah 34:14; John 4:14; 6:35.

God Is Sovereign Over All Things

We believe in a sovereign God who is in control of the universe, and every thing that is in it.  He allows what happens, He can at any time step in and do His will.  He is God and as God He can act and do with justice and righteousness all that He wills at His pleasure.

In this matter of being born again lets ask a few questions:

In the Fall, did Adam and his offspring lose their desire to  and ability to come to Christ?

1. Genesis 3:8-9

As a fallen sinner, were you just spiritually sick, or spiritually dead?

1. Genesis 2:17
2. Ephesians 2:1,5
3. Colossians 2:13
4. The spiritually dead can’t raise themselves. They must be raised by God.

Could you spiritually see the Gospel, or were you spiritual blind?

1. Deuteronomy 29:4
2. Matthew 13:13-15
3. John 12:38-40
4. Acts 26:18
5. Romans 3:11
6. 2 Corinthians 3:14
7. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4
8. The blind can’t see, until God first gives them sight.

Could you spiritually hear the gospel, or were you spiritually dead?

1. Deuteronomy 29:4 “yet the Lord has not given you a heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear”
2. Matthew 13:13-15

When you were spiritually dead, blind, and deaf, did you desire and seek God yes or no?

1. Genesis 6:5
2. John 3:19
3. Romans 1:30
4. Romans 3:11
5. Romans 10:20

Are unbelievers not sheep because they don’t believe, or do they not believe because they’re not sheep?

1. John 10:26

When you were spiritual dead, deaf and blind, were you born again by your will or God’s will?

1. Romans  9:16  “who were born, not of blood, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy,
2. John 1:13 “who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
3. James 1:18 “of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth.”

How much of a part did you have in willing your own physical conception? None! Your parents conceived  you by their own wills.  As it is with physical birth, so it is with spiritual birth. You didn’t ask to be birthed. The Father birthed you.

Then, the question arises, “If fallen, deaf, blind sinners can’t come to Christ, then how do they come to Christ? Does God give  the new birth because they believed, or so that they can believe?  In other words, is faith the cause of the new birth, or is the new birth the cause of faith?

To believe that fallen, deaf, blind sinners repented and believed to be born again is like getting the cart before the horse. Logically, they must have first been spiritually born again, before they could repent and believe in Christ.

Well, whether faith or the new birth comes first is irrelevant – because God gives not only the new birth, but also faith and repentance, so He gets all the credit , 

Can You Lost Your Salvation

The master communicator and economy of words

Salvation Past Event With Present Results

 

 

The Purpose of Salvation, The Result of Sin

The FIRST EPISTLE OF PETER CHAPTER ONE VERSES FOURTEEN TO SIXTEEN

SAVLVATION PRODUCES HOLINESS

PASTOR/TEACHER CHARLES e. WHISNANT

THE PURPOSE OF SALVATION IS THAT SALVATION WILL PRODUCE HOLINESS IN US

1A WHAT IS SALVATION:

1B Salvation means being rescued from jeopardy and misery, so that one is now safe. Exodus 52:2; Jonah 2:9 and Psalms 116:6

2B Salvation from sin and its consequences.

3B Salvation has three tenses

      1C from sin’s guilt (the past aspect, exposure to penalty is gone)

      2C from its power (the present aspect: sin no longer rules us

      3C from its presence (the future aspect: sin will one day be no more than a bad memory.)

4B Christians have been saved from:

      1C from the wrath of God (Romans 5:9; 1 Thess. 1:10

      2C from eternal death: Romans 6:21 and 23

3C from the dominion of sin: Romans 6:14, 18

4C from the life of fear: Romans 8:15

5C from controlling habits of ungodliness and immorality: Titus 2:12

Christians will one day be fully conformed to Jesus in body and moral character: Philippians 3:20 and I John 3:2.

5B While we live in joyful favor with God, we serve out of a gratitude of worship, there is this indwelling sin. But through the energy of the Holy Spirit we gain victory: Romans 5:12; 12:1; 8:14; Galatians 5:16. Romans 7:24 and 8:23.

6B The Desire For Holiness:

For the moment the ability for holiness exceeds our ability. God’s does give us salvation, and we are into our salvation, but salvation is not yet fully into us. We have a taste, but the full effect is yet future.

7B Salvation Gives Us The Following

1C Forgiveness, justification, reconciliation, pardon, acceptance, standing, fellowship. John 5:24 and Romans 8:32-39.

         2C Salvation also put us in Christ: called “union with Christ.”. Romans 5:12-19  Ephesians 4:20-24 and Colossians 1:27; 5:4.

      3C Our life as a moral person is super naturalized by the Holy Spirit which makes the presence of Christ “to us”, and reproduces in us the what God’s gives us:

         1D The desires, aims, attitudes, and behavior patterns that we see in Jesus Christ.

2A THE PURPOSE OF OUR SALVATION: BECAUSE OF SIN

1B The question is why do we need salvation: Note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vbydx95tVQhttp://cwhisna.blogspot.com/ Martyn Lloyd Jones gives a great reason why we need salvation.

2B The Definition of Sin

1C Any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.

2C It is an energy, an obsession, an allergic reaction to God’s law, an irrational anti-God syndrome.

3C Our very nature is driven toward self-gratification.

4C Here is sin in action: it is nonconformity to God in several ways:

     1D rebellion against God.

     2D transgression of the bounds God’s sets for us.

    3D missing the mark God has told us to aim at.

    4D defiling oneself in the sight of God

5C Sin: The mind of sinful man is death. its hostile to God, It do not submit to God’s law, nor can the mind do so. Romans 8:6-8.

3B The Bible is like a mirror for self-knowledge, that is the Bible shows us ourselves as we are.

4B “No smokescreen of religiosity can save us from sin.”

5B Do all people know that they are sinners? Yes and No. All people know where are not they obey God or reject His ways. And as result they don’t believe they are sinners. All people have a certain amount of knowledge of God, thus they are without excuse: Romans 1:18-32.

Sermon From Romans 10 9 -12

 

Whosoever that call upon the Name of the Lord

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans 10:11-15
Charles e Whisnant, Pastor/Elder/Exposition Preaching
November 10 2013

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

Acts 7:59, 10:36; Romans 3:22; 3:29; 3:30; Colossians 3:11; 1 Timothy 2:5

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
‘Joel 23:32, Acts 2:21; Romans 1:1;
Whosoever: Joel 2:32 and Acts 2:21

10:12-17 There is not one God to the Jews, more kind, and another to the Gentiles, who is less kind; the Lord is a Father to all men. The promise is the same to all, who call on the name of the Lord Jesus as the Son of God, as God manifest in the flesh. All believers thus call upon the Lord Jesus, and none else will do so humbly or sincerely. But how should any call on the Lord Jesus, the Divine Saviour, who had not heard of him? And what is the life of a Christian but a life of prayer? It shows that we feel our dependence on him, and are ready to give up ourselves to him, and have a believing expectation of our all from him. It was necessary that the gospel should be preached to the Gentiles. Somebody must show them what they are to believe. How welcome the gospel ought to be to those to whom it was preached! The gospel is given, not only to be known and believed, but to be obeyed. It is not a system of notions, but a rule of practice. The beginning, progress, and strength of faith is by hearing. But it is only hearing the word, as the word of God that will strengthen faith.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

John 9:36; Acts 8:31; Ephesians 2:17; 4:21; Titus 1:3; Romans 1:1.

Romans 1:5; 16:25-26; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:46-47; John 20:31; Acts 19:2; 26:1;7;-18; 2 Timothy 4:17; Titus 1:3

Verses 14, 15. – How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? This question may be taken, in the first place, as serving to connect the two passages from Joel and from Isaiah. But it is further the beginning of a sorites, suggested by a new thought, which is carried out to the end of the chapter.

The course of this new thought through the rest of the chapter may be expounded as follows: It might be pleaded, in behalf of the unbelieving Jews, that they had never really heard, through preachers duly sent to them, the gospel message; and hence that they were not to be blamed for rejecting it. With this idea before him, the apostle first (vers. 14, 15) allows generally, in the form of a series of questions, that, as before calling on the Lord there must be faith, so before faith there must be hearing, before hearing there must be preaching, and for preaching there must be authorizing mission; and he quotes, in illustration, a passage from Isaiah, which describes beautifully the preaching of good tidings of peace by commissioned messengers to all the world.
But he is careful to add (vers. 16, 17) that, according to the same prophet, such universal preaching, and consequent hearing, does not involve universal hearkening; thus showing, in view of the main purpose of his argument, that the fact of the Jews not hearkening now is no evidence that they had not heard.

Then he goes on to ask whether any could plead the excuse of not having heard, so as to justify want of the faith that cometh of hearing. Nay, he replies (ver. 18), the sound of the good tidings has gone forth to all the earth, even like the language of nature spoken of in Psalm 19.

Then (ver. 19), pressing his argument home to the Jews, who have been all along in view, he asks, “But I say, Did not Israel know?” The word ἕγνω, being different from ἤκουσααν previously used, must express some different meaning. But what St. Paul exactly meant by it is not quite clear. The quotations from the Old Testament that follow in proof of knowledge (vers. 19, 20) seem to support the view that what Israel knew, or ought to have known, was the Divine design of the promulgation of the “good tidings” to all the world, which has just been spoken cf.

Such promulgation should have been to them no stumbling-block; for it had been told to them from Moses downwards, and they had full opportunity of knowing it. Lastly (ver. 21), the apostle intimates that the present state of things, in which Gentiles accept the gospel while Israel in the main rejects it, far from being an objection to it, is but a further fulfilment of Isaiah’s prophecies, which represent God as making himself known to those who had not known him, while pleading with Israel in vain. This exposition of the supposed course of thought being borne in mind, the passage (with the further aid of some interposed comments) may become intelligible. It continues:

And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard! and how shall they hear without a preacher! and how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that [preach the gospel (or, good tidings) of peace, and] bring glad tidings of flood things! (Isaiah 3:7). The genuineness of the. words within brackets is at least doubtful. Even with them the text is not quoted in full, though sufficiently to remind of its purport.

And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 15the very feet of its preachers are called “beautiful” for the sake of their message.

Isaiah 52:;7; Nahum 1:15; Romans 1:15; 15:20; Ephesians 6:15; Romans 1:1; and 10:14

AND HOW?  Jeremiah 23:32; Matthew 9:28; 10:1-6; 28:18-20; Luke 10:1; John 20:21; Acts 9:15; 13:2-4; 22:21; 1 Corinthians 5:18-20; Ephesians 3:8; 4:11-12; 1 Peter 1:12. THE GOSPEL:  Isaiah 57:19; Luke 2:14; Acts 10:36; Ephesians 2:17; 6:15. AND BRING: Isaiah 40:9; 61:1; Luke 2:10; 8:1; Acts 23:26

And how shall they preach, except they be sent,…. There is no proper, rightful, regular, and lawful preaching of the word without a mission, which is either extraordinary, or ordinary; extraordinary mission was such as the apostles themselves had; who, as they were called to extraordinary service, had extraordinary qualifications, and were sent forth in an extraordinary manner, with a power of doing miracles, and immediately by Christ himself.

Ordinary mission is of men to be pastors and teachers, which includes qualifications for the ministerial work; for whom Christ sends forth into such service, he bestows gifts on them, fitting them for it, some more, some less, but all have some; and it also includes a call unto it, which is either internal, and by the Spirit of God.
A and lies partly in the furniture he gives, and the inclination of the heart to this good work which he forms; and which arises not from a vanity of mind, and a desire of popular applause, and worldly views, and sinister ends; but from a real concern for the good of souls, and the glory of Christ, being willing to deny themselves, and forsake all for Christ.

The very feet of its preachers are called “beautiful” for the sake of their message.
Sermon notes taking from several great men:  Spurgeon, MacArthur, Gill, Barnes and google image.

Because of Our Salvation Grace First Peter One Twelve

First Peter One Twelve     https://vimeo.com/77636594

This video is part one and if you go to here you can listen to the rest of the sermon.

Is There a Chance For Heaven only by Works?

Last night my message again was from Romans 9.  I went back to the text again  to get a better understanding of what Paul was saying.

There are two reason why people get saved.  One: God Himself (9:8,24) has chosen him unconditionally (Romans 9:11, 21-23)  and has called him  (which means God as saved Him) to Himself (Romans 9:8, 24)  God is the primary actor in this matter of salvation.

But there is another reason that we must view: In order for God to save anyone, that person must “attain righteousness” without God could never save anybody.

So in Romans 9:30 Gentiles, who id not go after righteousness, nor did they know they could at one point, attained righteousness. Note that the got this righteousness by faith.”

This is why they were saved. The Jew believed they received righteousness by their keeping the Law.

While it is true to say God elects men to salvation they still have to attain righteousness by faith.  And men’s righteousness can not bring about his salvation.  Man has to receive a righteousness that is not his own.

THEREFORE NO PERSON CAN BE SAVED BY DOING SOMETHING TO EARN IT.