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In this powerful and uncompromising message, we dive deep into the eternal question: Are you under God’s grace or under God’s judgment? This biblically rich and theologically sound sermon unpacks the critical differences between God's unmerited favor and His righteous wrath. With clarity, urgency, and reverence, you’ll discover how the cross of Christ is the ultimate display of both mercy and justice—and why the time to respond is now.
🔍 Using Scripture as the foundation, this message explains:
What true grace really is (and what it’s not)
Why God must judge sin to remain holy
The stark line between salvation and condemnation
How the cross bridges the gap between justice and mercy
Why your eternal destiny hinges on how you respond—today
Perfect for those seeking truth, clarity, and deep biblical teaching. Share this with someone who needs to understand the gospel clearly.
📌 Why You Should Watch:
This message is not feel-good religion. It's truth spoken in love, directly from the Word of God. If you’ve ever wondered what it means to be saved—or whether you're truly under grace—this sermon offers biblical clarity. It’s not just another motivational speech; it’s a call to respond to the most important decision of your life. Whether you're unsure of where you stand or want to deepen your understanding of the gospel, this video will bring light, conviction, and hope. Don’t wait until it’s too late.
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🔍 Using Scripture as the foundation, this message explains:
What true grace really is (and what it’s not)
Why God must judge sin to remain holy
The stark line between salvation and condemnation
How the cross bridges the gap between justice and mercy
Why your eternal destiny hinges on how you respond—today
Perfect for those seeking truth, clarity, and deep biblical teaching. Share this with someone who needs to understand the gospel clearly.
📌 Why You Should Watch:
This message is not feel-good religion. It's truth spoken in love, directly from the Word of God. If you’ve ever wondered what it means to be saved—or whether you're truly under grace—this sermon offers biblical clarity. It’s not just another motivational speech; it’s a call to respond to the most important decision of your life. Whether you're unsure of where you stand or want to deepen your understanding of the gospel, this video will bring light, conviction, and hope. Don’t wait until it’s too late.
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God’s judgment, God’s grace, grace vs judgment, John 3:18 sermon, wrath of God, gospel sermon, are you saved, true grace explained, salvation message, biblical teaching on sin, what is propitiation, Christ our substitute, urgent gospel message, repentance and faith, heaven or hell, eternal life, God’s holiness, judgment day, cross of Christ, final warning sermon
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00:00Let us open our hearts to the truth of God's Word.
00:03We are not here today for entertainment.
00:05We're not here for emotionalism.
00:07We are here for truth.
00:09And nothing is more urgent, more sobering, and more necessary than understanding the
00:14two great realities that run throughout Scripture like two mighty rivers – God's grace and
00:19God's judgment.
00:20These are not minor themes.
00:22These are not optional doctrines.
00:25From Genesis to Revelation, God reveals Himself as both merciful and just.
00:30To ignore one is to distort the other.
00:32So today we will search the Scriptures, not based on opinion or feeling, but on the eternal
00:37Word of God to answer one life defining question.
00:41Are you under God's grace or are you under God's judgment?
00:44Let's begin with grace.
00:46What is it?
00:47Grace is not a reward.
00:49It is not earned.
00:50It is not deserved.
00:51It is the unmerited favor of a holy God toward sinners who deserve nothing but His wrath.
00:57Ephesians 2.8.9 declares, For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is
01:02not your own doing.
01:04It is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
01:08This is the heart of the Gospel, that God saves sinners by His own sovereign will, not
01:13because of their efforts, but because of His mercy.
01:16Grace is not God lowering His standards.
01:19Grace is not God turning a blind eye to sin.
01:22No, grace is God satisfying His justice through Christ.
01:26Romans 3.24 says we are justified by His grace as a gift through the redemption that is in
01:32Christ Jesus.
01:34Grace costs nothing to you, but it costs everything to Christ.
01:37On that cross God did not ignore sin.
01:40He crushed it.
01:41He poured out His full wrath on His own Son so that His grace could flow freely to those
01:46who believe.
01:47But there is another side.
01:49The same Bible that proclaims God's grace also warns repeatedly of His judgment.
01:54And the world hates that message.
01:56Many pulpits avoid it, but the Bible does not.
01:59Hebrews 10.31 is clear.
02:01It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
02:04Why?
02:05Because God is holy, and holiness demands justice.
02:09If God does not judge sin, He is not good.
02:12He is not righteous.
02:13But He is, and therefore He must judge.
02:16Romans 1.18 says, For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
02:21and unrighteousness of men.
02:24His wrath is not a loss of temper.
02:26It is His settled, righteous opposition to all that is evil.
02:29And let me be clear, no one escapes God's judgment on their own.
02:34Romans 3.23 reminds us, For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
02:39Now hear this closely.
02:41You are under either grace or judgment.
02:44There is no neutral ground.
02:45There is no purgatory, no spiritual middle class.
02:50Either you have repented and trusted in Christ, or you are storing up wrath for the day of judgment.
02:55Romans 2.5 says, But because of your hard and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath
03:00for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
03:05That's not an opinion.
03:08That's the Word of God.
03:09And the most loving thing I can do is tell you the truth.
03:12If you are still in your sin, God's grace is available now, but it will not be available
03:17forever.
03:18There is a day when judgment comes.
03:20And no one will escape by being religious, by doing good works, or by living a nice life.
03:27Only those who have come to the cross humbled, broken, and desperate for mercy.
03:31Only they will be saved.
03:33Do you want to see the clearest picture of both grace and judgment?
03:36Look to the cross.
03:38At the cross God's judgment was poured out, not on you, but on Christ.
03:44At the same time His grace was poured out on all who would believe.
03:482 Corinthians 5.21 says, For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that
03:54in Him we might become the righteousness of God, that is the gospel.
03:58Justice satisfied, mercy extended, grace reigns, but only for those who come to the Savior.
04:05You will stand before God.
04:07That is not a possibility.
04:09That is a certainty.
04:10And on that day you will not plead your good intentions.
04:13You will not present your church attendance record.
04:16You will not be judged by comparison to other sinners.
04:19You will be judged by the standard of perfect righteousness.
04:22If you are in Christ, that righteousness is yours.
04:25If you are not, then judgment is yours.
04:28So I plead with you, flee to Christ, not tomorrow.
04:32Now while there is breath in your lungs and mercy at the door, Titus 2.11 says, For the grace
04:38of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people.
04:41Yes, His grace has appeared, but so has His warning.
04:45And you must choose grace or judgment, Christ or wrath.
04:49Eternal life or eternal separation.
04:52Choose today whom you will serve.
04:54Grace is one of the most misunderstood concepts in all of Scripture.
04:58In a world that revolves around merit, performance and reward, the idea that something so valuable
05:03as salvation can be given freely is almost unthinkable.
05:08Yet that is exactly what the Bible teaches.
05:10Grace is the unearned, undeserved and unrepayable favor of God extended to sinners.
05:16It is not given because of who we are, what we've done, or what we promised to do.
05:20It is given entirely because of who God is.
05:22He is merciful.
05:23He is kind.
05:24He is loving.
05:25And He chooses to extend grace not to the worthy, but to the unworthy.
05:30Ephesians 2.8.9 says it plainly, For by grace you have been saved through faith, and
05:35this is not your own doing.
05:37It is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
05:42Notice the clarity of that statement.
05:44Now, salvation is by grace, it is not earned through faith.
05:47It is received through faith.
05:49Faith is the channel, not the cause.
05:51The cause is grace.
05:52The initiative is God's.
05:54The power is God's.
05:55The plan is God's.
05:57Even the very ability to believe is a gift of His grace.
06:00This cuts against the grain of every natural human instinct.
06:03People want to contribute.
06:04They want to believe that if they try hard enough, if they clean up their life, if they
06:08attend church, give money, or do good works, they will somehow earn a place in God's favor.
06:15But the truth is, no amount of human effort can achieve what only divine grace can accomplish.
06:21Isaiah 64.6 says that all our righteous deeds are like filthy rags before a holy God.
06:28That means even our best moral efforts, apart from God's grace, are tainted with sin, pride,
06:33and self-righteousness.
06:35Grace then is not a reward for the good.
06:38It is a rescue for the lost.
06:406 says, for while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
06:46Not for the godly.
06:48Not for the spiritually impressive.
06:49For the ungodly.
06:51That means grace reaches down to those who have nothing to offer, no spiritual resume,
06:56no record of achievement, no list of accomplishments.
07:00Grace is God stooping down to lift up the broken, the guilty, the helpless, and the condemned.
07:05It is crucial to understand that grace is not opposed to effort in the Christian life,
07:10but it is absolutely opposed to earning.
07:13Grace changes the heart and leads to obedience, but it never originates from human obedience.
07:19It is not a transaction where we do our part and God does His.
07:23It is a divine initiative where God saves and transforms according to His purpose and
07:28mercy.
07:29Titus 3.5 says, He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according
07:34to His own mercy.
07:36Another key aspect of grace is its cost.
07:39Though it is free to us, it was infinitely costly to God.
07:42Grace is not cheap.
07:44Grace is not casual.
07:45It is not sentimental.
07:47It is holy.
07:48It is weighty.
07:49It was purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ.
07:51When Christ went to the cross, He bore the full wrath of God against sin.
07:55That wrath was not set aside.
07:58It was not ignored.
07:59It was poured out completely on the sinless Son of God so that grace could flow to sinners
08:03like us.
08:04That's why Paul writes in Romans 3, 24, 25, that we are justified by His grace as a gift
08:12through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by His
08:17blood to be received by faith.
08:20This is not a message that puffs up man.
08:24This is a message that exalts God.
08:26It strips away every illusion of self-sufficiency and forces us to come empty-handed.
08:31It brings us low.
08:32That Christ might be lifted high.
08:34And that is why grace is offensive to the proud, but precious to the humble.
08:38To receive grace, we must admit our guilt.
08:41We must confess our sin.
08:43We must abandon every attempt to justify ourselves.
08:47We must throw ourselves entirely on the mercy of God.
08:50That's what faith is.
08:51It is the open hand that receives what grace alone can give.
08:54And once grace takes hold of a person's life, it changes everything.
08:59It doesn't leave us where it found us.
09:01It doesn't excuse sin.
09:03It breaks its power.
09:05Grace is not just pardon.
09:07It is power.
09:08It enables us to live in obedience, not in order to earn God's love, but because we already
09:12have it.
09:13It teaches us to say no to ungodliness and yes to righteousness.
09:18Titus 2, 11, 12 says, For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
09:25training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright,
09:29and godly lives in the present age.
09:32Grace humbles us because we know we didn't deserve it.
09:36Grace compels us to worship because we know the price that was paid for it.
09:40Grace motivates us to live righteously, not out of fear of judgment, but out of gratitude
09:44for mercy.
09:45It removes boasting, silences pride, and elevates the glory of God in salvation.
09:51When a person truly understands grace, they do not ask, how much can I get away with?
09:57They ask, how can I live to please the one who saved me?
10:00Because grace doesn't produce laziness.
10:03It produces love.
10:05It's not a shallow emotional feeling, but a deep, lasting devotion rooted in the knowledge
10:09of what God has done.
10:11Grace is not God helping those who help themselves.
10:14It is God helping those who cannot help themselves.
10:17It is not God meeting us halfway.
10:19It is God coming all the way.
10:21It is not a second chance.
10:23It is a new life.
10:25It is not about improving the old nature.
10:27It is about replacing it with a new heart, a new spirit, a new identity.
10:32God's judgment is not an abstract theological concept.
10:35It is a real active and terrifying reality clearly revealed throughout the pages of scripture.
10:41It is not the product of divine anger gone out of control, but the deliberate and righteous
10:46action of a holy God against sin.
10:48Many people today prefer to speak only of God's love or mercy, but to ignore his judgment is
10:55to distort his character.
10:57God is not a passive observer of evil.
10:59He is the sovereign judge of all the earth, and he will by no means clear the guilty.
11:04His judgment is not arbitrary or emotional.
11:07It is precise, perfect, and inescapable.
11:11Romans 1.18 says, For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
11:17and unrighteousness of men.
11:19That is not future tense.
11:21That is present tense.
11:23God's judgment is not only something coming at the end of time.
11:26It is already being revealed.
11:28We see it in the moral chaos of society, in the decay of truth, in the darkness of human
11:34hearts that suppress the knowledge of God.
11:36His wrath is not simply fire from heaven.
11:39It is the removal of His restraining grace.
11:42It is God giving people over to the consequences of their rebellion.
11:46That is judgment already at work.
11:48But the Bible also speaks of a coming judgment, one that will be final and eternal.
11:53Hebrews 9.27, sin is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.
12:00That means every human being will stand before God, not some, not most, all.
12:06Every word spoken, every thought entertained, every deed committed will be brought into account.
12:11There will be no escape, no plea bargaining, no hiding.
12:15No hiding.
12:16Revelation 20.12 gives a sobering glimpse.
12:19And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.
12:24And the dead were judged by what was written in the books according to what they had done.
12:30This judgment is not by human standards.
12:33It is not a comparison to others.
12:35God does not weigh good deeds against bad like some divine scale.
12:39His standard is absolute perfection.
12:42James 2.10 says, whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of
12:46all of it.
12:48One sin is enough to condemn.
12:49One offense is enough to bring judgment.
12:52Because the issue is not just the act, it is the heart.
12:56God sees motives, intentions, and desires.
12:58He judges the inner man.
13:00There is no hiding from his gaze.
13:02Hebrews 4.13 says, no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to
13:08the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
13:11That is why human goodness can never save.
13:14People deceive themselves into thinking they are safe because they are not as bad as others.
13:18But God's judgment is not graded on a curve.
13:21He is not impressed by human morality.
13:24Isaiah 13 says, I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity.
13:31His justice is not swayed by excuses, explanations, or intentions.
13:35He judges sin because He is holy and His holiness demands justice.
13:39God's judgment is also certain.
13:42It is not a possibility.
13:44It is a guarantee.
13:45Romans 17.31 declares that God has fixed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness.
13:51That day is already set.
13:53It is not subject to delay or revision.
13:56The world may mock it, ignore it, or deny it, but it will come.
14:00And when it does, it will be too late to change course.
14:03The opportunity to repent will be gone.
14:06The mercy that is available today will be withdrawn.
14:09The time for salvation is now.
14:11Not after death, not at the final hour, not when it is convenient.
14:15And this judgment is not limited to the obviously wicked.
14:19It includes the religious.
14:21Jesus warned in Matthew 7, 22, 23.
14:24On that day many will say to Me, Lord, Lord, and then I will declare to them, I never knew
14:30You.
14:31Depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness.
14:34These were not atheists.
14:36These were people who professed belief, but their lives were marked by disobedience.
14:41Their faith was false.
14:43God's judgment is not avoided by religiosity.
14:46It is avoided only through genuine repentance and saving faith in Christ.
14:51God's judgment is not cruelty.
14:53It is justice.
14:54He is not an angry tyrant.
14:56He is a righteous judge.
14:57Psalm 9, 7, 8 says, The Lord sits enthroned forever.
15:01He has established His throne for justice, and He judges the world with righteousness.
15:06He judges the peoples with uprightness.
15:08His judgment is fair.
15:11It is exact.
15:12It is based on truth.
15:14Romans 2, 6 says, He will render to each one according to His works.
15:18No one will be judged unjustly.
15:20No one will be falsely condemned.
15:23Every judgment will be right, and every mouth will be stopped.
15:26The only reason God withholds His judgment now is because of His patience.
15:312 Peter 3, 9 says, The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise, but is patient toward
15:37you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
15:42That patience is not weakness, it is mercy.
15:45It is space to repent, but it will not last forever.
15:49The same God who flooded the earth in Noah's day, who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, who struck
15:54down Ananias and Sapphira, is the same God who will one day bring judgment to this world
15:59again.
16:01The fact that He has not yet done so is not because He has changed.
16:05It is because He is giving time.
16:07To ignore this truth is to play games with eternity.
16:10To assume judgment will not come is to mock the holiness of God.
16:14He does not tolerate sin.
16:16He does not overlook rebellion.
16:18He is patient, but He is not forgetful.
16:22And when His judgment falls, it will be total.
16:24There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
16:27There will be everlasting separation from His presence.
16:30Revelation 20, 15 says, If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was
16:35thrown into the lake of fire.
16:37That is not symbolic language.
16:39That is eternal reality.
16:41Judgment is not merely a warning.
16:43It is a certainty backed by the character of God.
16:47There are only two categories that exist in God's economy.
16:50Those who are under grace and those who are under judgment.
16:53There is no spiritual middle class.
16:56There is no third way.
16:57The Word of God draws a sharp and unyielding distinction between the saved and the lost,
17:01the redeemed and the condemned, the sheep and the goats, the wheat and the tares, the
17:06righteous and the unrighteous.
17:08This is not merely a theological position.
17:11It is a divine truth revealed on every page of Scripture.
17:14No person is neutral before God.
17:17People are either recipients of His mercy or subjects of His wrath.
17:21This division begins at the very foundation of human history.
17:25From the moment of the fall in Genesis 3, mankind has been split between those who respond
17:30to God in repentance and faith, and those who continue in rebellion and unbelief.
17:36Abel and Cain were not just brothers.
17:38They were representatives of two spiritual lines, the one who worshiped God rightly and the one
17:43who rejected Him.
17:45That pattern continues throughout the Bible.
17:48Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord, while the rest of the world was swept away in
17:52judgment.
17:54Israel was called out by God not because they were righteous, but because He chose to show
17:58them mercy while the pagan nations remained in darkness.
18:02Jesus Himself confirmed this spiritual binary with sobering clarity.
18:06In Matthew 7, 13, 14 He said, enter by the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the way is easy
18:14that leads to destruction.
18:16And those who enter by it are many, for the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads
18:20to life, and those who find it are few.
18:23That is not poetic imagery.
18:25That is divine reality.
18:27There are only two roads.
18:29One leads to eternal life.
18:31The other leads to eternal destruction.
18:33Every person is on one or the other.
18:35No one walks a third path.
18:37The natural condition of every human being is judgment.
18:40That is the default state.
18:42Romans 3, 10, 12 declares, a nun is righteous.
18:45No, not one.
18:47No one understands.
18:49No one seeks for God.
18:50All have turned aside.
18:52Every person is born into sin.
18:54Every person inherits a nature that is corrupt and rebellious.
18:58As a result, all are under condemnation from birth.
19:01John 3, 18 says, whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe
19:06is condemned already.
19:08That is a crucial phrase, condemned already.
19:11Judgment is not only future.
19:13It is present for those who have not come to Christ.
19:15Grace is not something automatic.
19:18It does not fall on all people equally.
19:21It is not a blanket of divine goodwill that covers everyone indiscriminately.
19:25Grace is specific.
19:26It is directed.
19:27It is effectual.
19:29It comes only through faith in Jesus Christ.
19:31Ephesians 2, 8 is clear.
19:33By grace you have been saved through faith.
19:36That means those who have not believed are not under grace.
19:39They are still under the curse of the law.
19:42They are still under the sentence of divine wrath.
19:45Galatians 3, 10 says, all who rely on works of the law are under a curse.
19:50People often assume that as long as they are not hostile to God, they are spiritually safe.
19:54But the Bible paints a different picture.
19:56Romans 8, 7 says, the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God.
20:03Hostility toward God is not merely seen in shaking a fist toward heaven.
20:07It is the passive indifference of the heart that refuses to bow to His authority.
20:11That indifference, that refusal to surrender is what places someone under judgment.
20:17It is not only violent rebellion that condemns, it is the silent pride of the human heart.
20:23There is no spiritual gray area.
20:25A person cannot hover between grace and judgment, hoping to fall on the right side eventually.
20:30The line is clear and immediate.
20:33Jesus said in Matthew 12, 30, whoever is not with me is against me.
20:38There is no neutrality when it comes to Christ.
20:40A person either confesses Him as Lord or rejects Him, whether actively or passively.
20:46And that decision, that condition determines their standing before God.
20:50Those who belong to Christ are under grace safe, secure, forgiven.
20:55Those who do not belong to Christ are under judgment exposed, guilty, condemned.
20:59This is not harsh.
21:01This is truth.
21:02And it is because of God's love that He makes this distinction so clear.
21:06There is no value in comforting people with ambiguity.
21:10To suggest that God views everyone the same regardless of their response to the gospel is
21:14not compassionate.
21:15It is deceptive.
21:17The truth must be told.
21:19Jesus did not come to make good people better.
21:21He came to raise the dead.
21:24And only those who have been born again by the Spirit of God are under grace.
21:28All others remain spiritually dead in their sin.
21:31First John 5, 12 states, whoever has the Son has life.
21:36Whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
21:39That is the defining line.
21:41It is not church attendance, not good behavior, not religious tradition, not moral values.
21:47It is Christ.
21:49Without Him there is no grace.
21:51Without Him there is only judgment.
21:53The dividing line is not based on human standards.
21:56It is based on the righteousness of Christ credited to the believer through faith.
22:01Second Corinthians 5, 21 says, For our sake He made Him to be sin, who knew no sin, so
22:07that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
22:10The church must proclaim this truth clearly.
22:13To blur the distinction between grace and judgment is to fail in our witness.
22:18The gospel is only good news when people understand the bad news.
22:22The beauty of grace shines brightest when set against the backdrop of the judgment we all
22:27deserve.
22:28When people realize the weight of their sin, the holiness of God, and the certainty of divine
22:32judgment, only then will they see their desperate need for mercy.
22:37Only then will grace become precious.
22:39Only then will the cross become central.
22:42Only then will Christ be their only hope.
22:45The cross of Jesus Christ is the most profound moment in human history.
22:49It is not merely a symbol of Christianity or a historical event.
22:53It is the place where the full weight of divine justice and the full measure of divine
22:57mercy collided.
22:59It is where God's perfect righteousness met humanity's total depravity, and where His judgment
23:05and His grace were both fully displayed and fully satisfied.
23:09To understand the gospel is to understand the cross.
23:12And to understand the cross is to recognize it as the clearest, most complete revelation
23:16of both God's wrath against sin and His love for sinners.
23:21The cross was not a tragic accident or the martyrdom of a good man.
23:25It was the predetermined plan of God to deal with sin in a way that upheld His justice
23:29and displayed His mercy.
23:31Acts 2, 23 says Jesus was delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God.
23:38That plan was not to overlook sin, not to punish it fully and finally.
23:43On the sinless substitute, Jesus Christ, God did not sweep sin under the rug.
23:48He placed it squarely on the shoulders of His Son and unleashed His wrath upon Him in our
23:52place.
23:53Isaiah 53, 10 declares, it was the will of the Lord to crush Him.
23:58He has put Him to grief.
24:00The weight of that statement is staggering.
24:02God in His justice crushed His own Son so that sinners could be forgiven.
24:07At the cross, God's judgment was fully poured out.
24:11Jesus bore the wrath that sin deserved.
24:13He became the object of divine punishment.
24:162 Corinthians 5, 21 says, for our sake He made Him to be sin, who knew no sin, so that in
24:23Him we might become the righteousness of God.
24:26Jesus did not become a sinner, but He was treated as if He were.
24:30Every lie, every theft, every act of pride, lust, hatred, and rebellion, Jesus stood in the
24:36place of those who committed those sins.
24:39And God dealt with Him accordingly.
24:41This is substitution, this is propitiation.
24:43Romans 3, 25 calls Jesus, the one whom God put forward as a propitiation by His blood,
24:49to be received by faith.
24:52That word, propitiation, means satisfaction.
24:55The wrath of God was satisfied, not dismissed, not withheld, but satisfied, because justice was
25:01executed.
25:03Yet in that same moment, the cross displayed God's mercy and grace with unmatched clarity.
25:09While the Father was pouring out judgment on the Son, He was also extending forgiveness
25:13to those who would believe.
25:15Grace does not mean that judgment was avoided.
25:18It means that judgment was transferred.
25:21The punishment did not disappear.
25:23It was absorbed.
25:24Christ bore the penalty so the guilty could be declared righteous.
25:29Romans 5, 8 captures this perfectly.
25:32But God chose His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
25:37Not when we improved, not when we sought Him.
25:40While we were still sinners, that is the scandal of grace.
25:44It is extended not to the deserving, but to the undeserving, through the most costly act
25:48of love imagined.
25:50The cross also demonstrates that God does not compromise His character to save sinners.
25:56He does not relax His holiness.
25:58He does not dilute His law.
25:59He does not bend the standard.
26:01He meets the demands of justice in full and offers salvation without diminishing His righteousness.
26:08That's why Romans 3, 26 says God is a just and the justifier of the one who has faith in
26:13Jesus.
26:14He is just.
26:15He punished sin.
26:17He is the justifier.
26:18He declares sinners righteous through faith.
26:21Only the cross makes this possible.
26:23It is the only place where sin is punished and sinners are saved in one act.
26:28There is no other religion, no other philosophy, no other system of belief that offers this
26:32kind of salvation.
26:34All human religions seek to bridge the gap between man and God through effort, ritual,
26:39morality or merit.
26:41But none of them deal with the problem of sin in a way that satisfies divine justice.
26:46Only Christianity declares that God Himself took the initiative to provide what His own
26:50righteousness required.
26:52Only Christianity teaches that the judge became the Savior.
26:55Only the cross offers both justice and mercy.
26:59This is why the message of the cross is central to the gospel.
27:02First Corinthians 1, 18 says, For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing,
27:08but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
27:11To the world the cross appears weak, shameful, even absurd.
27:15But to the believer it is everything.
27:18It is the place where sin was defeated, where Satan was disarmed, where death was conquered,
27:23and where grace was made available.
27:25The cross is not just a past event, it is a present reality.
27:29It is the foundation of our hope, the assurance of our pardon, and the guarantee of our peace
27:34with God.
27:35The believer does not outgrow the cross.
27:38It is not the starting point we leave behind.
27:40It is the center we continually return to.
27:43It is at the cross that we see the seriousness of our sin, the depth of God's love, the cost
27:48of our redemption, and the magnitude of divine grace.
27:51The cross humbles us, it silences all boasting, it strips away every pretense of self-righteousness.
27:58It reminds us that we brought nothing to our salvation, but the sin that made it necessary.
28:03And it points us forward, reminding us that the one who died for us also rose for us and
28:08will return for us.
28:11The cross is the ultimate display of God's glory, because it reveals the full spectrum
28:15of His attributes, His holiness, His justice, His wrath, His mercy, His patience, His love,
28:21His sovereignty, His grace.
28:23Every divine perfection converges at the cross.
28:26It is the centerpiece of redemptive history, the fulfillment of Old Testament sacrifice,
28:31the foundation of New Testament faith, and the eternal anthem of heaven.
28:35Revelation 5 shows the saints and angels crying out, worthy is the Lamb who was slain.
28:41Not merely a worthy is the King, but a worthy is the Lamb, forever tying the worship of heaven
28:46to the work accomplished on the cross.
28:49The call of the gospel is not something to be postponed, debated, or approached casually.
28:54It demands an urgent response.
28:56The Bible is clear that today is the day of salvation.
29:00Not tomorrow, not next week, not when life calms down or circumstances improve.
29:042 Corinthians 6, 2 declares that, behold, now is the favorable time, behold, now is the
29:10day of salvation.
29:12This urgency is not rooted in manipulation or emotional pressure.
29:16It is grounded in the reality of life's uncertainty, the certainty of death and the finality of God's
29:22judgment.
29:24Time is a gift, and every moment that passes without Christ is a step closer to eternal separation
29:29from God.
29:31The gospel invitation is open, but it is not indefinite.
29:35God is patience, but His patience has a purpose and a limit.
29:39Romans 2, 4 says, do you presume on the riches of His kindness and forbearance and patience,
29:44not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
29:49His delay in judgment is not permission to continue in sin.
29:52It is a window of mercy.
29:54It is time granted to turn from rebellion and believe the gospel.
29:57But that window will not remain open forever.
30:01The door of salvation will one day close, just as it did in the days of Noah, when the ark
30:05was sealed and the floodwaters came.
30:08The urgency of the gospel is also tied to the brevity of life.
30:12James 4, 14 reminds us, you do not know what tomorrow will bring.
30:16What is your life?
30:18What is your life?
30:19For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
30:23No one is promised another day.
30:25Death does not send a notice, it does not wait for convenience.
30:28And once death comes, the opportunity to respond to the gospel is gone.
30:33Hebrews 9, 27 says, it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.
30:40There is no second chance after death, no purgatory, no possibility of spiritual revision.
30:45The decisions made in this life have eternal consequences.
30:48The call to respond urgently is emphasized by the preaching of Christ and the apostles.
30:55Jesus said in Mark 1, 15, the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand.
31:00Repent and believe in the gospel, not consider it, not analyze it endlessly.
31:06Repent and believe.
31:07In Acts 17, 30, Paul told the Athenians, the times of ignorance God overlooked.
31:13But now He commands all people everywhere to repent.
31:16This is not an invitation.
31:18It is a command.
31:19The gospel is not optional advice.
31:21It is a divine summons and rejecting it is rebellion against the King of the universe.
31:27The urgency is further heightened by the deceitfulness of sin and the hardening of the heart.
31:32Every time the gospel is heard and rejected, the heart becomes more calloused.
31:37Hebrews 3, 13 warns, exhort one another every day that none of you may be hardened by the
31:42deceitfulness of sin.
31:44The longer a person resists the truth, the more comfortable they become in their unbelief.
31:49What once stirred the conscience no longer moves the heart.
31:53What once brought conviction now feels familiar.
31:55This spiritual numbness is dangerous and often irreversible apart from a sovereign act of
32:00God.
32:02That is why Hebrews 3, 15 repeats the call.
32:05For today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.
32:09God's mercy is free, but it is not cheap.
32:11The opportunity to believe costs the life of His Son.
32:15Jesus suffered, bled, and died to provide salvation, and to treat that sacrifice lightly
32:21is to trample underfoot the blood of the covenant.
32:25Hebrews 10, 29 poses the question, how much worse punishment do you think will be deserved
32:31by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God?
32:34The gospel is not merely an offer.
32:37It is the greatest expression of love and justice in history, and to ignore it is to incur the
32:42greater guilt.
32:43The urgency of responding to the gospel is also seen in the parables Jesus told.
32:47In the parable of the ten virgins in Matthew 25, five were wise and five were foolish.
32:53The foolish ones delayed preparation, assuming they had time.
32:57But when the bridegroom came, the door was shut, and they were left outside.
33:01The message is clear, be ready now, do not delay.
33:05The opportunity may pass, and when it does, it cannot be reopened.
33:09The same warning is found in the parable of the rich fool in Luke 12.
33:13The man built bigger barns to store his wealth, thinking he had many years to enjoy his life.
33:19But God said to him, fool, this night your soul is required of you.
33:23He had planned for everything except eternity.
33:27True repentance is not something to be scheduled.
33:29It is not a matter of waiting until life feels stable or until one feels spiritually ready.
33:35That mindset reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of the gospel.
33:40Repentance is not a work to be perfected, but a turning of the heart to Christ in desperation
33:44and trust.
33:45It is the response of a sinner who sees their need and runs to the only Savior.
33:50Playing that response assumes that time belongs to us.
33:54But time belongs to God, and He has not promised another opportunity.
33:59There is also urgency because of the reality of spiritual warfare.
34:03The enemy of souls works tirelessly to distract, deceive, and destroy.
34:08Second Corinthians 4.4 says, the God of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers.
34:15Procrastination is one of Satan's most effective weapons.
34:19If he cannot keep someone from hearing the gospel, he will convince them to put off responding
34:23to it.
34:24He will whisper that there is still time, that there are other priorities, that life must
34:29be lived first.
34:31But all the while the soul drifts further from God and deeper into judgment.
34:35The gospel calls for immediate surrender.
34:38Not partial allegiance, not future promises, but a full yielding of heart and life to Jesus
34:44Christ as Lord.
34:45That call is urgent because of who He is, the sovereign King, the righteous Judge, the only
34:51Savior.
34:52His worth demands a response now.
34:54His authority requires obedience now.
34:56His mercy invites repentance now.
34:59The Scriptures never speak of salvation as something to be considered indefinitely.
35:03They call us to respond without delay, without hesitation, without reservation.
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35:09Amen.
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