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Guest teaching for July 20th, 2025 at Little Sandy Church in Hot Springs North Carolina. This teaching was presented with the purpose of instilling confidence in one's salvation regardless of what others may say and to provide concrete evidence that scripture alone and not anyone else or any other organization can define what salvation is, the requirements for salvation, and that only Jesus can judge our salvation.  Notes file: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K8qSL-DI-QiAutJ3-fmYrXDDyVFFbdlEbOK3-rTOOKs/edit?usp=sharing  God Honest Truth is a Messianic Ministry based in Western North Carolina. Our goal is to spread the good news of Messiah Yahushua to the entire world and to teach the truths of Yahuweh’s word to anyone seeking to further their education and walk in faith.  We believe in the inerrancy of scripture and that scripture alone, not any church decree or any word of man, can define what is and is not salvation.  We will always strive to do Biblical things in Biblical ways instead of allowing the traditions of men to get in the way of scripture.  https://www.GodHonestTruth.com Team@GodHonestTruth.com  Online bible resources: http://www.youversion.com/  Social Media Links: https://gab.com/GodHonestTruth https://rumble.com/c/c-643077 https://www.bitchute.com/channel/BfzfXOOYButS/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aAmJYVkdHgTeLfX9WLPDQ https://twitter.com/GodHonestTruth3 https://www.facebook.com/God-Honest-Truth-100444598763259  ######################################                                      Disclaimer ######################################  The information and content in this video is for documentary, educational, and entertainment purposes only.  Imitation or the use of any acts depicted in this video is solely AT YOUR OWN RISK. We (including YouTube) will not be held liable for any injury to yourself or damage that may occur resulting from attempting anything shown in any of our videos. We do not endorse any specific product and this video is not an attempt to sell you a good or service. These videos are free to watch and if anyone attempts to charge for this video notify us immediately. By viewing or flagging this video you are acknowledging the above.  Fair Use: In the rare instance we include someone else’s footage or images, it is covered in Fair Use for Documentary and Educational purposes to drive commentary and allow freedom of speech.  This video may contain content that is unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humor or irrational religious beliefs.

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00:00Last week's message was on rejection, and I want you to be able to stand fast in your

00:07assurance of your salvation, even when you're rejected by those who would claim to be your

00:11brothers and sisters in Messiah.

00:13We also went over the concept of brotherly interaction in the last Sunday School message

00:21in June.

00:22If you look back, and I think it's this particular booklet, but it talks about the brotherly

00:27interactions and how we should be kind to one another and not be divisive and hateful

00:33and things like that.

00:34So hopefully this teaching will help with that.

00:37And I also want to ask yourself, do you think that God wants true believers to go throughout

00:42their life worrying whether or not they are actually born again?

00:47Or do you think God wants you to have assurance and to be firm in your confidence of your

00:54salvation?

00:54So a little bit of history, and this is sort of a side note, but I think it's kind of interesting.

01:02People say that you can only be saved in the name of Jesus.

01:07When we think about salvation, we talk about salvation, that's the first name that comes

01:11to mind is the name Jesus.

01:15But what does that really mean?

01:17Because 250 years ago, before that, no one had ever heard the name Jesus.

01:23It may be surprising to find out, but when the 1611 King James was translated, it wasn't

01:30the first English translation.

01:31Wycliffe, Tyndale, others had come before that.

01:34But the 1611 King James, which a lot of people around here point to, you know yourself, some

01:41of these King James only people, which is fine, that's not today's subject, but the original

01:461611 King James did not ever mention the name Jesus, not even once.

01:54Everybody know that?

01:56It's very interesting.

01:57We have it today in our King James, but that's because of the adaptation and the changing of

02:02the English language and the way things were.

02:05In 1611, when the King James was put together, the name of Christ was put together with I-E-S-U-S.

02:14Yesus.

02:16Anyone ever heard that name before?

02:19Well, that's the name you get from the Greek, because that was his name in Greek, Yesus,

02:25which that Greek name itself came from the Hebrew word Yeshua.

02:30Anyone ever heard the word Yeshua before?

02:34Well, Yeshua is the name that our Messiah was called by when he was here on earth.

02:40So I'm going to put it to you like this.

02:42It's not the actual pronunciation, it's what saves us.

02:46In scripture, the way the Hebrew mindset works, his name represents power and authority and

02:54character.

02:55So it is true that we are only saved by the power, authority, and character of our Messiah,

03:02not the actual syllables that get uttered.

03:05Does that make sense?

03:06I just thought it was always neat, because I'm a history kind of nerd, but that was kind

03:10of neat, in my opinion.

03:13But when we talk about salvation, that is the name that we think of.

03:17Think of Jesus, which comes from the Hebrew Yeshua.

03:19Now, every Hebrew name has a meaning, but Yeshua, in Hebrew, is the Hebrew word for salvation.

03:31And it actually means, literally, Yahweh saves, or God saves.

03:36And if you look up in the Strong's Dictionary, look up the name Jesus, that's exactly what it

03:41says.

03:41It comes from a certain Hebrew word, which means Jehovah saves, in Strong's.

03:46But, that's the subject for a different day, how the J got evolved.

03:51But you can look in your notes, I've actually put the entries in there for that Hebrew word,

03:55Yeshua.

03:56That's what our Messiah was called while he was here on earth, and his name literally means

04:01salvation.

04:04Now, you ask different people about salvation, how to get saved, they'll come up and tell you

04:10different things.

04:11Let's look at Mormonism, real quick.

04:17Mormonism, from the Book of Mormon itself, it states,

04:22For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children and also our brethren, to believe

04:27in Christ, and to be reconciled to God.

04:29For we know that it is by grace that we are saved after all we can do.

04:35That struck a chord right there, from anyone who is even semi-familiar with the biblical concept

04:44of salvation?

04:47It goes on.

04:49And that's from the Book of Mormon.

04:50I'm not making this up.

04:51That is the actual text from the Book of Mormon.

04:53Here is a quote from the actual website, the official website of the Church of Jesus Christ

04:58of Latter-day Saints.

04:59Quote,

05:00To be cleansed from sin through the Savior's atonement, an individual must exercise faith

05:06in Jesus Christ, repent, be baptized, and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

05:11Those who have been baptized and have received the Holy Ghost through the proper priesthood

05:15authority have been conditionally saved from sin.

05:23This is the Mormon concept of salvation.

05:26Again, from their official website, in their own words.

05:31Quote,

05:31Let me read that again.

05:51Almost every person who has ever lived on the earth is assured salvation from the second

05:58death.

05:58Now, you start reading through this to learn what other people kind of think about various

06:04doctrines and stuff, and you start reading things like this on their website, from their

06:07actual text, and certain stuff seems to be correct.

06:12Seems like it's good.

06:14Some of these things I've already read, they are correct.

06:17They are in line with Scripture.

06:18If you take the whole thing in context, you see what they're actually saying, and they're

06:22not actually following Scripture.

06:24It goes on to continue from the official Mormon website.

06:29In the Scriptures, the words saved and salvation often refer to eternal life or exaltation.

06:36Eternal life is to know Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and dwell with them forever, to

06:41inherit a place in the highest degree of the celestial kingdom.

06:44Now, this exaltation, speaking of salvation, being with God and all that, this exaltation

06:51requires that men receive the Melchizedek priesthood and that all church members make and keep sacred

06:59covenants in the temple.

07:01Which temple do you think they mean?

07:03The Mormon temple.

07:05Keep sacred covenants in the temple, including the covenant of eternal marriage.

07:11Lots of things wrong there, at least from what I can see.

07:16Number one, we are not required to have the Melchizedek priesthood for salvation.

07:21Not from what I read in Scripture.

07:22If I'm wrong, let me know.

07:25Raise your hand.

07:26Let's present some evidence.

07:27But I don't see that.

07:29Number two, we're not required to go to the Mormon temple for salvation.

07:34Mormon temple has only been around less than 200 years.

07:39Messiah was here almost 2,000 years ago.

07:41And number three, eternal marriage.

07:46I know just about everyone in here is married or has been married, but the way I read Scripture

07:51is once you die, that's it.

07:53Your marriage is done.

07:54When you get to heaven, you might see your spouse, but you're not going to be married

07:57to them.

07:59Or at least that's what I read from what Jesus said, that when we die, we'll be like the

08:03angels, that we are neither married nor given in marriage.

08:07But not with Mormonism.

08:09Mormonism teaches that you have eternal marriage, and it really gets into the weeds, but Mormons

08:14believe that God, the almighty God that we think of God, used to be human and mortal and

08:19stuff like that, but he ascended to his Godhead or his Godship, and that we can do the same

08:24if we lead a good Mormon life.

08:27We'll go off, be a God, like the God, rule over our own planet and things like that.

08:33It really gets steep.

08:35And like I said, I am not appealing to this.

08:36I'm just using this for illustration purposes only.

08:40Moving on, let's go and look at the Jehovah's Witnesses.

08:43I'm sure just about everyone here has had some kind of encounter with Jehovah's Witnesses

08:47before.

08:48But this comes from their Watchtower magazine, their September 15, 1991 edition.

08:55To ensure their salvation, Noah and his family needed to exercise faith.

09:02During the Great Tribulation, it will be just as imperative that we follow the leadings of

09:06the Holy Spirit and obey Jehovah's instructions through his organization.

09:13So according to Jehovah's Witnesses, what is part of the thing that's required for salvation?

09:19Now once again, if you go to the actual electronic version online, you'll be able to click there.

09:32It will take you directly to the Jehovah's Witnesses website.

09:36You can read for yourself.

09:37I am not making this up.

09:38I promise you.

09:41From their book, You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth in 1982.

09:45You do not conclude that there are different roads or ways that you can follow to gain life

09:52in God's new system.

09:54There is only one.

09:56There was just the one ark that survived the flood, not a number of boats.

10:00And there will be only one organization, God's visible organization, that will survive the

10:06fast approaching Great Tribulation.

10:08You must be part of Jehovah's organization doing God's will in order to receive the blessing

10:14of eternal life.

10:16So if you're not a part of the Jehovah's Witness organization, apparently you're not going to

10:20have eternal life, according to Jehovah's Witnesses, anyways.

10:24And finally, from the Watchtower 1989 September edition,

10:29only Jehovah's Witnesses, those of the anointed remnant, and the great crowd as a united organization

10:36under the protection of the supreme organizer, have any scriptural hope of surviving the impending

10:43end of this doomed system dominated by Satan the devil.

10:47They will make up the flesh that Jesus said would be saved through the worst tribulation

10:52of all human history.

10:54You kind of start seeing a theme here, right, that we looked at Mormons and they said if

11:00you're not part of Mormonism, you're not doing the temple and stuff like that, you're not

11:04saved.

11:05Jehovah's Witnesses says if you're not part of our organization, you're not going to be

11:09saved.

11:10You kind of start seeing a theme here.

11:13Well, let's continue this theme with one more group you've probably heard of before.

11:17These are called the Roman Catholics.

11:20This comes from the Second Vatican Council in 1964, quote,

11:28This sacred council wishes to turn its attention firstly to the Catholic faithful, basing itself

11:34upon sacred scripture and tradition.

11:37It teaches that the church, now sojourning on earth as an exile, is necessary for salvation.

11:44Let me stop right there real quick.

11:46When you're reading some of these texts and back in, especially older texts, stuff like

11:50that, when it talks about church, lowercase c, it generally means like the body of Christ,

11:57believers everywhere, stuff like that.

11:59And this quote, it's got the capital C for church, which means they're talking about the

12:05church, they mean the Catholic church.

12:07Also, the word Catholic, when it's a lowercase c, it means pretty much universal, believers

12:13everywhere, those of the faithful of all time, anywhere on earth.

12:17Catholic C is the Catholic church, like we would think about today.

12:21So, it teaches that the church, capital C, now sojourning on earth as an exile, is necessary

12:29for salvation.

12:30Christ, present to us in his body, which is the church, is the one mediator and the unique

12:37way of salvation.

12:39In explicit terms, he himself affirmed the necessity of faith and baptism and thereby affirmed

12:45also the necessity of the church, capital C.

12:49For through baptism, as through a door, men enter the church.

12:55Whosoever, therefore, knowing that the Catholic church was made necessary by Christ, would refuse

13:03to enter or to remain in it, could not be saved.

13:09So, once again, just like with Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, if you're not part of their organization,

13:14they do not consider you to be saved.

13:15Going on, oh, I'm sorry, let me back up.

13:18That was from the Second Vatican Council in 1964, but this is just something that's been

13:23going on for the past 2,000 years almost.

13:27Catholic Church, at least in my opinion, got started in 325, but that's teaching for another

13:33day.

13:34And it lasted for about 1,200 years until Martin Luther came along in the 1500s.

13:40But during that time, there was only one church in the church.

13:43They had the power, they had the money, all that.

13:47And so, in 1964, the Second Vatican Council, they're still just stating what they've always

13:52believed.

13:53And here's something that comes from the, oh, no, I'm sorry, I'm not down to that yet.

13:59This comes from the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

14:02Again, this comes from the official Vatican website.

14:08In their own words, I'm not making this up.

14:10All salvation comes from Christ through the head, through the church, which is his body.

14:19Hence, they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary

14:25by God through Christ, would refuse to enter it or to remain in it.

14:31Once again, saying that the Catholic Church, their organization, is required for salvation.

14:37Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the gospel of Christ or his church,

14:43but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart and moved by grace, try in their actions

14:49to do his will, as they know it, through the dictates of their conscience, those too may

14:54achieve eternal salvation.

14:57So, before they were saying you have to be part of the Catholic Church, but now they're

15:00saying here, some of the ignorant, even those will have salvation, even those who do not

15:04come to Christ.

15:07In my opinion, it's starting to get way off course here.

15:11There's only one way to heaven.

15:13There's only one way to Father, and that's through the Son.

15:18Going back to the end of the 5th century, maybe the beginning of the 6th century, this

15:25is from the Athanasian Creed, which the beginning and end of that creed says pretty much all that

15:32you need to know about what Catholics believe about salvation.

15:35I put the entire creed in the notes, it's a big ol' long creed, but the very first and

15:41last parts is what I'm going to read to you right now.

15:43Whosoever will be saved before all things, it is necessary that he hold the Catholic faith,

15:50which faith, except everyone do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish

15:57everlastingly.

15:58Once again, they're saying you have to hold to the Catholic faith, but out of the other

16:14side of their mouth, they say something different.

16:17Another quote from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, directly from the Vatican website.

16:21This is about Muslims.

16:24Now listen to this.

16:28Let me read that first part one more time.

16:46The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, i.e., they're talking

16:53about Muslims here.

16:55They're talking about the Muslims are part of the plan of salvation.

17:01What verse is that in the Bible?

17:04I somehow missed that.

17:05Can someone pull it up real quick?

17:07Maybe it's in the book of Second Pope or something.

17:12I'm not really sure.

17:14But this is crazy.

17:16And once again, I've put this out there for illustration purposes only.

17:19I'm not appealing to the Mormons.

17:21I'm not appealing to the Joseph's Witnesses.

17:23I'm not appealing to the Roman Catholics.

17:26The point is that various people have different ideas about salvation, what constitutes salvation,

17:32and who can be saved.

17:34But I want you to know today that it doesn't matter what they say.

17:39It matters what God says in his scriptures and in his word.

17:44And that's where we're going to get to here in just a moment.

17:46None of these doctrines that we just went over that you may hear about, even within the Baptist

17:52church or the Methodist church or whatever, if it's not from scripture, then it's not a part

17:58of salvation, not required for salvation.

18:00The Bible is sufficient to tell us what salvation is, how to get salvation, and all that.

18:08We don't need anyone else.

18:10All these doctrines that we just went over, all these other doctrines that you may come

18:14across in your daily travels, they were written after the fact.

18:19They were written after the time of scripture.

18:22And therefore, they are man-made.

18:25And man-made doctrines tend to lead people astray.

18:29But the word of God is infallible.

18:33Placing your faith in these man-made doctrines will lead you astray.

18:37And they definitely will not save you.

18:43So, let's dive into the meat of it.

18:46Hopefully, we all believe that...

18:49Well, going back to that old refrain of sola scriptura by scripture alone.

18:55Hopefully, everyone here agrees with that.

18:57If not, we can talk later, but...

19:01So, how do we obtain salvation?

19:03Those of you who have your Bibles can turn with me to Romans chapter 10.

19:07I'm going to be jumping around a lot today, so hopefully you've got fast fingers.

19:13Those of you who have the notes are a step ahead, actually.

19:17It'll be in your notes as well.

19:18Romans chapter 10.

19:21If you do not hear anything else, if you do not remember anything else, if you do not retain anything else,

19:27retain this one section right here.

19:30After I get done reading this, you can get up and leave.

19:32That's fine.

19:33But I want you to know this one section right here, straight from the Word of God.

19:38Romans chapter 10, verses 9 and 10.

19:41So, the Word of God says,

20:06That's what the Word of God says about obtaining salvation.

20:20Now, that's on one hand.

20:22On the other hand, we've got the Mormons, we've got the Jehovah's Witnesses, we've got the Catholics all saying these other things.

20:28So, who are you going to choose today to put your trust in for salvation?

20:33The Word of God or external organizations and their opinion on what salvation is and how to get at salvation?

20:41Romans 10, 9 through 10.

20:42Like I said, remember that, write it down, memorize it.

20:45If that's the only thing you retain from today, hey, I feel like I've achieved something.

20:51Moving on to Acts chapter 16.

20:55Acts chapter 16, verses 30 through 31.

20:58Then he brought them out and said,

21:00Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

21:03So, someone's asking this very question that we're covering today.

21:07How do I get saved?

21:08How do I obtain salvation?

21:11Then he brought them out and said,

21:12Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

21:14And they said,

21:15Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.

21:22Isn't that what we just read in Romans chapter 10?

21:24Going on to John chapter 3, verses 16 through 18.

21:30And I'm reading from the translation called the English Standard Version.

21:35If you have something different and it says something different and it kind of piques your interest, let me know.

21:40Because, like I said, I love various translations.

21:44But John chapter 3, verses 16 through 18.

21:46For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,

21:51that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

21:56For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,

22:00but in order that the world might be saved through him.

22:04Whoever believes in him is not condemned,

22:07but whoever does not believe is condemned already,

22:11because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

22:19Now there's many other verses, but for the sake of time,

22:21I'm just going to stick with these three on about what salvation is,

22:24how to come to salvation.

22:26And in these three passages that we just read,

22:28is there anything in there about being part of the Roman Catholic Church?

22:33I didn't catch anything.

22:34Anything in there about being in the Mormon temple,

22:38in eternal marriage?

22:41I didn't read that.

22:44What about being a part of only Jehovah's organization

22:47and doing the will of the organization?

22:50Nope.

22:51What does scripture say about salvation?

22:53You believe in Jesus.

22:57What is Julius always saying

22:59that we should remember and think about during Sunday school?

23:04It's belief, right?

23:06Have faith.

23:07Have belief.

23:08Believe that Jesus is Lord

23:10and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead

23:13and you will be saved.

23:17Moving on to Hebrews chapter 11.

23:21Hebrews chapter 11, verse 6.

23:23And without faith, it is impossible to please him.

23:28For whoever would draw near to God

23:30must believe that he exists

23:32and that he rewards those who seek him.

23:36Again, hitting on that theme of belief.

23:39Not actions, not works,

23:41not membership to a particular organization.

23:44Belief.

23:45Going on to 1 John.

23:48Told you he was going to be jumping around.

23:50Be begging for Nathan to come back.

23:52Please don't make me jump around like that again.

23:531 John chapter 5.

23:581 John chapter 5, verse 13.

24:00I write these things to you

24:03who believe in the name of the Son of God

24:06that you may know that you have eternal life.

24:11Be confident.

24:12Be assured that you have salvation

24:15because you believe in Christ.

24:18Because you confessed Jesus as Christ.

24:21Because you believe that God raised him on the third day.

24:23You are saved, have confidence,

24:25have assurance in that,

24:26no matter what anyone says.

24:31Going on to the Gospel of John.

24:34Chapter 20.

24:36You'll see the theme here.

24:39Contradiction or the contrast

24:40between what we read in the beginning

24:42and what we're reading now in Scripture.

24:46John chapter 20, beginning in verse 30.

24:48Now Jesus did many other signs

24:53in the presence of the disciples

24:54which are not written in this book.

24:56But these are written so that you may believe

24:59that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,

25:02and that by believing you may have life in his name.

25:07Say what you want to about the Gospel of John.

25:10Say, talk about the themes,

25:12talk about who it was written to,

25:14talk about even why it was written.

25:15But John himself tells us right here

25:18why he wrote the Gospel of John.

25:20And he wrote it so that you may believe

25:23that Jesus is the Christ,

25:26that he's the Son of God,

25:27and that by believing,

25:29you may have eternal life.

25:35John didn't write this

25:36so you could get membership

25:37in a particular organization,

25:38so you could go off

25:39and make your own requirements for salvation.

25:42No, he told you why he wrote this

25:44and it's so you could have salvation

25:45by believing in Jesus.

25:51So now we know

25:52what other people say about salvation,

25:54how to give salvation,

25:55what is salvation,

25:57all that stuff.

25:58Now we know what Scripture says

26:00about how to obtain salvation,

26:02what salvation is.

26:05So now let's look at

26:06judging one another's salvation.

26:09Can we do it?

26:11Should we do it?

26:12How do we do it?

26:15Well, once again,

26:16let's not go to any organization.

26:18Let's not listen to

26:19a good-looking redneck up front.

26:20Let's look at the Word of God itself.

26:26Going to John chapter 5, verse 22.

26:30John chapter 5, verses 22 and 27.

26:33For the Father judges no one,

26:37but has given all judgment to the Son,

26:39and He has given Him authority

26:41to execute judgment

26:42because He is the Son of Man.

26:45So when it comes down to

26:46judging someone else's salvation,

26:49are we to do it?

26:51Not from the way I read it.

26:53Now we are to judge sin.

26:55Yeah.

26:56If someone's doing something,

26:58I can say,

26:58well, that's a sin.

26:59That's a judgment.

27:00I can do that kind of judgment.

27:02And Jesus actually tells us

27:03to judge righteous judgment,

27:06but not judge by appearance.

27:08But when it comes to

27:08the judgment of salvation,

27:10that's not for any of us to judge.

27:12That's just for Jesus alone.

27:14Even here in the book of John,

27:15it says,

27:16for the Father Himself judges no one.

27:20He gave that authority to the Son.

27:23That's given all judgment to the Son.

27:25And in the context,

27:26what's it talking about here?

27:27The judgment of salvation.

27:29It's not for us.

27:30And it even says that

27:31the Father judges no one.

27:33He's given that authority to Jesus.

27:36So if someone's judging your salvation,

27:38ask them if they're Jesus.

27:40Because He's the only one

27:41who has authority.

27:43And we read a few of these

27:46from other groups.

27:48You heard those.

27:48You were sitting here.

27:49But lots of people

27:50have different ideas.

27:52Someone could read the Bible

27:53and say,

27:54well, I believe that the Bible teaches

27:55we should eat vanilla ice cream.

27:57Okay, well, I read the Bible

28:00and I see that the Bible says

28:01we should eat chocolate ice cream.

28:03We have a difference of opinion

28:04on what the Bible says

28:05on certain doctrines.

28:07That's fine.

28:08We can disagree.

28:10In my opinion,

28:11there are certain beliefs there

28:15that are open to gray areas

28:16because it's not a salvation issue.

28:19When it comes to salvation issues,

28:22that's where it gets tricky.

28:23You cannot say that

28:24just because you believe

28:25in eating vanilla ice cream

28:28that's required for salvation.

28:29No, that's going above and beyond

28:31what Scripture says.

28:33We need to get back to Scripture,

28:35to Scripture alone.

28:37Sola Scriptura.

28:38And we just read in your,

28:40you can look for it yourselves

28:41in the other translations.

28:43Scripture does not say anything else

28:44except believe that God raised Him

28:47from the dead and confess Him

28:49that He is the Christ.

28:51That's what's required for salvation.

28:55Going on to Romans chapter 15.

28:59Anybody remember when they were younger

29:01how they used to do sword drills

29:02in like Sunday school

29:03or vacation Bible school,

29:05stuff like that?

29:07Nobody?

29:08Wow.

29:10Maybe that was a Baptist thing.

29:13Romans chapter 15.

29:17Verse 4.

29:19For whatever was written

29:20in former days

29:21was written for our instruction

29:23that through endurance

29:24and through the encouragement

29:25of the Scriptures

29:26we might have hope.

29:30So we saw what salvation is.

29:32We saw how to get saved.

29:33We saw who can judge salvation.

29:35It's not us.

29:36It's only Jesus.

29:38It requires belief.

29:40And our source of that belief

29:42is not in man.

29:44It's not in man-made doctrines.

29:45It's not man-made organizations

29:46that came hundreds

29:48or even thousands of years

29:49after Jesus.

29:51No.

29:52Scriptures are sufficient

29:53for the knowledge of salvation

29:55and for the process of salvation

29:57and to tell us how to get saved.

29:59And Romans chapter 15 verse 4

30:01starts letting us know that.

30:04Then going on to 2 Timothy chapter 3.

30:072 Timothy chapter 3 verses 14 through 17.

30:10But as for you

30:13continue in what you have learned

30:14and have firmly believed

30:16knowing from whom you learned it

30:18and how from childhood

30:19you have been acquainted

30:20with the sacred writings

30:22which are able

30:23to make you wise

30:25for what?

30:27Salvation.

30:28Through faith

30:30in Christ Jesus.

30:33All Scripture

30:33is breathed out by God

30:35and profitable

30:36for teaching,

30:37for reproof,

30:38for correction,

30:39and for training

30:39in righteousness

30:41that the man of God

30:42may be complete,

30:44equipped for every good work.

30:47So this passage

30:48hits directly to the heart

30:50of what we're trying

30:50to get at today.

30:52Is that it's the Scriptures,

30:54the sacred writings

30:55which is able

30:56to make you wise

30:57for salvation.

31:00Not anyone else,

31:01not anyone outside of Scripture,

31:03Scripture itself.

31:05something else.

31:07We looked at,

31:07what was that first one

31:08we looked at?

31:09It was Mormons

31:10from the Book of Mormon

31:12saying that

31:12we can be saved

31:14by coming to Jesus

31:15after we do

31:17all that we can do.

31:19At first glance,

31:20that strikes me

31:21as a works-based salvation.

31:24I don't know about

31:24the rest of you

31:25but that's the way

31:25I interpreted that

31:26after I've read that

31:28not only how many times.

31:30So,

31:31how do works

31:31fit into salvation?

31:32Is any of that true?

31:33Not the way I read it.

31:36From the way I read Scripture,

31:37we are not saved by works.

31:40We're going to look at

31:40Ephesians chapter 2

31:42and start taking a look

31:44at how works

31:45kind of

31:46does or does not

31:49fit in with salvation here.

31:51Ephesians chapter 2

31:53verses 8 and 9.

31:55For by grace

31:57you have been saved

31:58through faith.

32:01And this is not

32:02your own doing.

32:03It is the gift

32:04of God

32:06not

32:06a result of works

32:08so that no one

32:09may boast.

32:11Once again,

32:12hitting on that theme

32:14of faith

32:14and belief

32:15for salvation

32:16and not

32:18of works.

32:20Let's go on

32:21and look in

32:22Galatians chapter 2.

32:24Galatians chapter 2

32:26verse 21.

32:27I do not

32:29nullify the grace

32:31of God

32:31for if righteousness

32:32were through the law

32:34then Christ

32:35died for

32:36no purpose.

32:38And this is something

32:39that a lot of people

32:40get mixed up.

32:41They think that the

32:42Torah,

32:43the law,

32:44used to be back in the

32:45Old Testament

32:45times

32:46the source

32:47and the way

32:48to salvation.

32:50But that's not true.

32:52That's a whole

32:52another teaching

32:53on itself.

32:54Probably a whole series

32:54of teachings.

32:56But the sacrifices

32:58back in the Torah

33:00or what's called

33:00the Tanakh

33:01but especially

33:02the Torah

33:03they weren't all

33:04for sin.

33:05And even this

33:06there were some

33:07that were for

33:07particular feast days

33:09there were some

33:10for gratitude

33:11things like that

33:12for cleansing

33:13and whatnot.

33:14Not all of them

33:15were for sin.

33:16But the sacrifices

33:17that were for sin

33:18were not for

33:19eternity.

33:21They were just

33:21for temporary

33:22cleansing

33:23of the

33:25temple

33:25or the

33:26tabernacle.

33:27And this is

33:28because when we

33:29come into the

33:30tabernacle during

33:30those times

33:31we would be

33:32sinful, right?

33:33We'd be unclean

33:34and we had to

33:34cleanse ourselves

33:35in order to get

33:36close to God.

33:38So that was just

33:39for the temporary

33:40cleansing of the

33:42flesh

33:42not for the

33:44eternal

33:44cleansing of our

33:45soul and our

33:46conscience.

33:47All of those

33:48sacrifices were

33:49looking forward

33:50to Messiah

33:51to Christ.

33:52And only

33:54Christ and

33:54his sacrifice

33:55can cleanse

33:56us eternally

33:57from our

33:57sins in our

33:58soul and in

33:59our conscience.

34:01Like I said,

34:01that's another

34:02thing.

34:04But here in

34:05Galatians and

34:05Ephesians and

34:06et cetera,

34:07et cetera,

34:07Paul is telling

34:08us that it's

34:09not works that

34:10saves us,

34:11it's the

34:11belief,

34:12it's the

34:12faith in

34:14Messiah.

34:16And if you

34:16look through

34:17the scriptures

34:17you'll see that

34:18Paul still kept

34:19the Torah.

34:20He even proved

34:20that he kept

34:21the Torah.

34:22So he had

34:23a respect for

34:25Torah, but he

34:26did not hold

34:26it up as a

34:27requirement for

34:28salvation.

34:29But think about

34:30this, if we

34:31were saved by

34:32keeping the

34:33Torah, here's

34:36some questions

34:36you'd probably

34:36have to ask

34:37yourself.

34:38Number one,

34:39how many other

34:39commandments do

34:40I have to

34:41keep?

34:43The Maimonides

34:44come up with

34:45613 commandments

34:46from the Torah.

34:49If you look at

34:49some of those,

34:49you ask

34:50yourself, how

34:51did he

34:51consider that

34:52a commandment?

34:53But anyways,

34:54let's go with

34:55613.

34:56Out of those

34:56613, certain

34:58of those

35:00commandments were

35:00only for the

35:01priest.

35:03So that cuts

35:03it down.

35:05Certain of those

35:05were only for

35:06women.

35:07Certain of those

35:07were only for

35:08men, etc., etc.

35:10So how many

35:11other commandments

35:11do you have to

35:12keep for salvation

35:13if you had to

35:13keep the Torah?

35:15How long do you

35:16have to keep them?

35:16Is it only from

35:18a certain age

35:18until the age

35:19of retirement?

35:20Or is it all

35:20your life?

35:21How long do you

35:22have to keep

35:22them in order

35:22to grab that

35:23salvation?

35:24Do you have to

35:25keep them

35:25perfectly, or can

35:26you kind of

35:27bend it a little

35:28bit?

35:29Are some more

35:30important than

35:31others?

35:32That's a big

35:32question.

35:33And will God

35:34grade on a

35:35curve if we

35:36had to keep

35:36Torah for

35:37salvation?

35:38Fortunately, we

35:42don't.

35:42We don't have

35:43to ask those

35:43questions.

35:43We don't need

35:44the answers to

35:44them because

35:45Scripture tells

35:46us it's not

35:47about works.

35:48It's about

35:49belief.

35:50It's about

35:50faith.

35:52We are not

35:53saved by works,

35:54but Scripture

35:55also tells us

35:56that works

35:56are important.

35:58Let's go look

35:58at James

35:59chapter 2.

36:01Somebody got

36:02tired fingers.

36:03I'm not hearing

36:03as many page

36:04flips now.

36:06James chapter

36:072,

36:07verses 17

36:09through 26.

36:12So also,

36:13faith by

36:14itself, if it

36:15does not have

36:16works, is

36:17dead.

36:18But someone

36:19will say,

36:20you have

36:20faith, and

36:21I have

36:22works.

36:23Show me your

36:23faith apart

36:24from your

36:24works, and

36:25I will show

36:26you my

36:26faith by

36:27my works.

36:29You believe

36:30that God is

36:30one.

36:31You do

36:31well.

36:33Even the

36:33demons believe

36:34and shudder.

36:35Do you want

36:36to be

36:36shown, you

36:38foolish

36:38person, that

36:39faith apart

36:40from works

36:41is useless?

36:42Was not

36:42Abraham, our

36:43father, justified

36:45by works when

36:46he offered up

36:47his son Isaac

36:47on the altar?

36:49You see that

36:50faith was active

36:51along with his

36:52works, and

36:53faith was

36:53completed by

36:54his works.

36:55And the

36:56scripture was

36:56fulfilled that

36:57says, Abraham

36:58believed God, and

36:59it was counted

36:59to him as

37:01righteousness, and

37:02he was called a

37:04friend of God.

37:05You see that

37:06a person is

37:07justified by

37:08works and

37:09not by faith

37:10alone.

37:11And in the

37:11same way, was

37:12not also Rahab

37:13the prostitute

37:14justified by

37:15works when

37:16she received

37:17the messengers

37:17and sent

37:18them out by

37:19another way?

37:20For as the

37:21body apart from

37:22the spirit is

37:22dead, so

37:23also faith

37:24apart from

37:25works is

37:27dead.

37:27If you are

37:28saved, this is

37:29not a judgment

37:30on your

37:30salvation, but

37:33when I read

37:34from scripture,

37:34if you are

37:35saved and

37:35truly saved, that

37:37will be able to

37:37be seen in

37:38your life.

37:39And how do we

37:40see that in

37:40your life?

37:41By the works

37:41that you

37:42produce, the

37:44works that you

37:44do.

37:45What works?

37:46Good works.

37:46What are good

37:47works?

37:47What God

37:48tells us to

37:48do.

37:49It's not our

37:50own machinations.

37:53And this is

37:54really the heart

37:55of what Paul

37:56got at in

37:57his particular

37:58life as we

37:59see that.

38:00He still did the

38:01Torah and stuff

38:02like that.

38:02That's where

38:02the commandments

38:03of God.

38:04But he also

38:05had faith in

38:06that faith is

38:07what saved him,

38:08not his works.

38:10James is saying

38:10the exact same

38:11thing here.

38:13I mean, think

38:13about it.

38:14When we look at

38:14the life of

38:15Jesus, he was

38:16perfect.

38:17He had faith in

38:18God.

38:19How do we know

38:19it?

38:19Because he did

38:20many miraculous

38:21things.

38:21He was also the

38:22Messiah, the

38:22Son of God.

38:23So let's not

38:23forget all that

38:24too.

38:25But even the

38:25apostles, they did

38:26good works.

38:27We can see their

38:28faith.

38:28We can see their

38:29salvation.

38:30We can also see

38:31it in our

38:31lives.

38:32But these

38:33works are not

38:34required for

38:35salvation.

38:37On the cross, when

38:38Jesus was hanging

38:39up there and the

38:39thief said, please

38:41remember me, I

38:43believe that was a

38:44confession of faith.

38:45He turned to

38:46Jesus, he realized

38:47who Jesus was, and

38:49he came to

38:49salvation.

38:50And what did

38:51Jesus say?

38:51Did he say, get

38:52down from here, go

38:53do some good

38:53works, come back,

38:54and we'll talk

38:55about it later?

38:56He said, no.

38:57He said, I promise

38:58you today, you will

39:00be with me in

39:01paradise.

39:03And I think that

39:04was a statement

39:04from Jesus confirming

39:06that man's salvation

39:07and being saved.

39:09Even though he had

39:11not done good

39:11works, apparently

39:12because he had

39:12been convicted of

39:14crimes enough to

39:15be crucified for

39:16him.

39:17But he changed

39:18his life around,

39:19and he didn't have

39:20a loan to live

39:21after that, but

39:22still, it wasn't

39:22his works that

39:23saved him, it

39:24was his faith.

39:25Going on to the

39:27last book in

39:28Revelation chapter

39:2914.

39:31Revelation chapter

39:3214 and verse

39:3412.

39:36Here is a call

39:37for the endurance

39:38of the saints,

39:39those who keep

39:40the commandments

39:41of God and

39:42their faith

39:44in Jesus.

39:46So keep your

39:48faith.

39:50Keep believing.

39:51Don't lose that.

39:52No matter what

39:53anyone says, no

39:54matter who comes

39:56to you and says

39:57this is the way

39:57of salvation,

39:58and this is

39:58not, discard

40:00that.

40:00Keep your faith

40:01in Jesus, keep

40:01your faith in

40:02the word, and

40:04do good works

40:05so that you

40:06may let your

40:07light shine

40:08before men, as

40:09it says in

40:10scripture.

40:12The faith and

40:13the belief is

40:15the root of

40:16our salvation.

40:17That's what

40:17saves us, not

40:18our works, but

40:19works are

40:19important because

40:21works display

40:23our gratitude

40:24for our

40:25salvation.

40:26it displays

40:27our belief

40:28and our

40:28obedience to

40:29our creator,

40:30to his son,

40:31to the

40:32Messiah.

40:33It makes

40:34the world a

40:34better place

40:35when we do

40:36good works.

40:38And in turn,

40:39those good works

40:40help bring other

40:41people into the

40:42fold, and that's

40:43really what it's

40:43all about, bringing

40:44other people into

40:45salvation so that

40:47more people can

40:48worship God.

40:49obedience and

40:52works, like I

40:53said, is not

40:55the root of our

40:55salvation, but

40:57it is the

40:58fruit of our

41:00salvation.

41:01Jesus said that

41:02a tree is known

41:03by its fruit, and

41:04a tree that does

41:05not produce good

41:06fruit is cut

41:06down.

41:07You shall know

41:08them by their

41:09fruit.

41:11So if someone is

41:13not producing good

41:14fruit, you do not

41:15see that in their

41:15lives, then

41:17probably that tree

41:18is dead.

41:20If it's got good

41:21roots, it's got the

41:22good roots of

41:22salvation, the good

41:23roots of Jesus, it's

41:25going to produce good

41:26fruit, good works.

41:30Walking with God is

41:31like walking on a

41:32well-lit path, and

41:34this is a theme that

41:35is stated directly,

41:39in my opinion, in

41:40scripture in Psalm

41:41chapter 119.

41:43But walking with

41:44God is like walking

41:46on a well-lit path,

41:47path, you do not

41:47have to stumble if

41:48you stay on that

41:49well-lit path, if

41:50you stay on God's

41:51word, unless you

41:53step off of it.

41:54You get off that

41:55well-lit path, you

41:56get off God's

41:57word, then you

41:58stumble, then you

41:59have issues.

42:00So stay in the

42:01light, and your

42:01steps will be firm.

42:04In Psalms chapter

42:05119, in verse

42:07105, and most of

42:10you probably know

42:10this by heart

42:11anyways, but

42:12Psalms chapter

42:14119, verse

42:15105, your word

42:17is a lamp to

42:18my feet, and

42:20a light to

42:21my path.

42:23So how do we

42:24know which

42:24direction to go

42:25in life?

42:26When we examine

42:27this situation, or

42:28have this decision

42:28to make, it's by

42:30scriptures.

42:33And then

42:33finally, let's

42:34look in Proverbs

42:35chapter 6.

42:36Proverbs

42:38chapter 6, verse

42:3923, for the

42:41commandment is a

42:42lamp, and the

42:43teaching a light, and

42:44the reproofs of

42:45discipline are the

42:46way of life.

42:50So we can say on

42:51the well-lit path,

42:53God Almighty has

42:54given us that

42:55well-lit path

42:56through his word.

42:57We know what to

42:59do if we just get

43:00in and we read it,

43:01we study it, we

43:03look for ourselves,

43:03we learn from

43:05the word of

43:06God.

43:06We don't go to

43:07other organizations.

43:09We don't go to

43:09the Book of Mormon,

43:10which was written

43:11almost 2,000 years

43:12after Messiah.

43:15We don't go to

43:15Jehovah's Witnesses.

43:16We don't even go to

43:17the Catholic Church,

43:18which has been

43:19around since I

43:20don't even know

43:21exactly when.

43:22Like I said, I

43:22think it's 325, but

43:24that's open for

43:25debate.

43:26We don't go to

43:26anyone else.

43:27We don't go to

43:27anywhere else except

43:29the word of God.

43:30The word of God

43:31is sufficient.

43:34It is perfect

43:35in its original

43:37authorship.

43:39We can get into

43:39all the translations

43:40and stuff like that,

43:40but it is perfect

43:42and it is suitable

43:44for teaching us

43:45what salvation is

43:46to show us that

43:47light on that path,

43:49how to go,

43:51how to be saved,

43:52how to retain

43:53salvation,

43:54all that good stuff.

43:55So we just go to

43:57Scripture.

43:57We don't go to

43:58anyone else's

43:58opinion about

44:00what salvation is

44:01or how to get

44:01salvation.

44:02So, in summary,

44:05let's wrap up and

44:06look at what we

44:07have covered today.

44:09Number one,

44:09various groups and

44:11various people have

44:11their own ideas

44:12about what salvation

44:13is.

44:15Don't look to that,

44:16only look to

44:17Scripture.

44:19We saw in Scripture

44:20that we obtain

44:20salvation by what?

44:23Think about this.

44:24The one thing I told

44:25you to remember

44:25out of all this

44:27is Romans chapter

44:2810, verses 9

44:29and 10,

44:30that if we confess

44:32with our mouth

44:32that Jesus is Lord

44:34and believe

44:36in our heart

44:37that God raised

44:39Him from the dead,

44:40we will be saved.

44:42For with the heart

44:43one believes

44:44and is justified,

44:45and with the mouth

44:46one confesses

44:47and is saved.

44:49That's the words

44:50of Scripture.

44:52Not membership

44:53in anywhere else.

44:54We don't have to

44:54add all these things

44:55to the requirements

44:57for salvation.

44:59We have it right here.

45:00It's believe

45:01that God raised

45:02Him from the dead

45:02and confess with

45:03your mouth

45:03that He is Christ.

45:06It's by belief

45:07that we are saved

45:08by grace

45:09through faith.

45:10We are not

45:11saved by works,

45:12but works

45:14are important.

45:15Christ is the one

45:18who will judge

45:19our salvation

45:20on the last day.

45:22Not anyone else,

45:24not someone

45:25in the pews,

45:26not someone

45:27in the pulpit,

45:28not someone

45:28on TV,

45:29not someone

45:29writing a book,

45:30and it doesn't matter

45:31how many degrees

45:32they have,

45:34it doesn't matter

45:34which seminary

45:35or college

45:36they went to,

45:37they still do not

45:37have the authority

45:38to judge

45:39your salvation.

45:42Lots of

45:42smart people

45:43out there,

45:44lots of people

45:45with higher

45:46education,

45:46lots of people

45:47with multiple

45:48degrees who have

45:49spent their whole

45:50life in a

45:52particular field.

45:53That doesn't make

45:54them right,

45:54and it certainly

45:55does not give

45:56them the authority

45:56to judge

45:57your salvation.

45:58That only

45:59goes to

46:00Jesus.

46:03And finally,

46:03the scriptures

46:04are sufficient

46:05for the knowledge

46:05of salvation

46:06and how to

46:07get saved.

46:09It's,

46:10trust me,

46:11I've been there

46:11before.

46:12People will

46:13question your

46:13salvation because

46:14you don't

46:16completely go

46:16with what

46:17they think,

46:18with their

46:19doctrines,

46:19their beliefs.

46:21And beliefs

46:22vary a lot.

46:24We saw that

46:25with various

46:25groups that we

46:26examined today.

46:27There are other

46:27groups out there.

46:28Even within this

46:29group right here,

46:31there are varying

46:31beliefs about

46:33different subjects.

46:35And there's lots

46:36of subjects that we

46:36can disagree on

46:37and still come

46:38together as

46:39brothers and

46:39sisters and

46:40Messiah.

46:40It doesn't mean

46:41that one's saved

46:42and the other

46:42one's not

46:42saved.

46:44We can still

46:45disagree on

46:46certain subjects

46:47and still be

46:48saved all the

46:49same, both of

46:50us.

46:51It's only Christ

46:52who knows our

46:53heart.

46:54Like I said,

46:55in Romans

46:55chapter 10,

46:55it says,

46:56believe in your

46:57heart that God

46:59raised them from

47:00the dead.

47:00I can't see any

47:01of your hearts.

47:02I don't know

47:03from my

47:04perspective whether

47:04you do or you

47:05don't believe in

47:06your heart.

47:08Jesus does.

47:09He has the

47:10authority to

47:11judge that.

47:12Not me,

47:13not anyone here,

47:14not anyone with

47:15a Pope hat on,

47:16not anyone in

47:17the Mormon temple,

47:19no one else.

47:20Just Jesus.

47:22So be confident

47:22in your salvation

47:23when you go out

47:25and like Nathan

47:26said last week,

47:27if you're rejected,

47:28hey, that's fine.

47:29Jesus said,

47:30shake the dust

47:30off your feet,

47:31right, when you

47:31leave that place.

47:32That does not

47:33affect your salvation

47:34just because you're

47:34rejected.

47:35You go out and

47:36start talking to

47:36people in the

47:37community and they

47:38get in your face

47:39or someone

47:40dressed nicely

47:42comes down

47:42your driveway

47:43to the house

47:44and says,

47:44may I talk to

47:45you about

47:45Jehovah?

47:46Okay, well,

47:48that's not going

47:48to affect my

47:49salvation any

47:50because I know

47:51what salvation

47:52is.

47:52It comes straight

47:52from Scripture.

47:55So as the

47:57musical team

47:59gets ready,

48:00I'll give you

48:02this final charge.

48:04Now, salvation

48:05is a gift,

48:07but it's not

48:08cheap.

48:09It costs

48:10the blood

48:10of Jesus.

48:12It costs

48:13him his

48:13entire life,

48:15in fact.

48:16And that's

48:17how we're

48:17able to have

48:18salvation now.

48:19If you have

48:20truly received

48:20it, it will

48:21change your

48:22life.

48:23Just about

48:23everyone out

48:24there can

48:24attest to

48:25that fact.

48:26So walk

48:27worthy, walk

48:28holy, walk

48:29steadfast until

48:30the end, and

48:30walk confidently

48:31knowing that it's

48:33not other humans

48:34that determine

48:34your salvation.

48:36It's only Jesus

48:36who gets to

48:37judge your

48:38salvation.

48:39Rather, it is

48:40God who is the

48:41ultimate source of

48:42our salvation, and

48:43Jesus who is the

48:44only judge of our

48:45salvation.

48:46So be always

48:47confident in your

48:47salvation, and do

48:49not allow others

48:50to disturb your

48:52faith.

48:52And if anyone out

48:56there still has

48:58doubt about your

48:59salvation, please

49:00feel free to come

49:01talk to me, or

49:02get up with Nathan

49:03when he comes

49:03back, or if you

49:05have not yet come

49:06to salvation, then

49:07come talk to us.

49:08We'll be happy to

49:09have a discussion

49:11with you.

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