Amen.
Well, I want to thank Pastor Mahia for giving me the opportunity to preach this morning.
And you're there in 1 John chapter 5, look down at your Bibles at verse 13.
The Bible says, these things have arisen unto you that believe on the name of the Son of
God.
And it says that you may know that you have eternal life and that you may believe
on the name of the Son of God.
And the title of the sermon this morning is the importance of eternal security,
the importance of eternal security.
And this is why I want to preach on this doctrine of eternal security or one
save while we save because it is an essential doctrine of the Christian faith.
The Bible does teach that eternal security is the gospel.
So in order to be saved, you have to believe in this doctrine.
And according to the eternal security, you know, as a believer, we can have full assurance
that we are saved.
So if you're here this morning visiting and you don't know whether or not you're
going to go to heaven, the Bible says right there in 1 John 5, 13 that God wrote this
so that we can know that we have eternal life.
And this morning I have six points that I want to cover of what eternal security proves.
And I have a seventh point as a bonus of what happens if you deny this doctrine.
So just as a way of introduction, I'm going to read to you a couple of verses and while
I do that, just go to John chapter 10 if you would, John chapter 10.
And as I said, eternal security is the gospel.
It is something that God has made clear in the Bible.
It's not an obscure doctrine where, you know, we have to wonder whether or
not we're going to go to heaven.
The Bible makes it very clear that we can know.
And that's a good assurance to us.
That's the good news knowing whether or not we're going to go to heaven when we die.
And it's not something that we have to wait until, you know, we die, you know,
to find out whether or not we were good enough to go.
The Bible says right here that he wrote this so that we can actually know
because we believe on the name of the Son of God.
And so Acts 16 tells us exactly what we have to do in order to get saved.
Obviously this is just a review for a lot of us because we know what it
takes to get saved if you're saved this morning.
The Bible makes it clear that there's only one thing that we have to do
in order to go to heaven and that's just to believe on Jesus Christ,
which means we have to put all our faith, all our trust, all our confidence
in what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross.
You know, the fact that he died for us was buried and that he rose again
three days later. And if we put our faith on this,
the Bible says that we have eternal life.
The Bible says in Acts 16 30 and 31 and brought them out and said,
sirs, what must I do to be saved?
And so that question was asked in the Bible.
You know, what do I have to do in order to go to heaven?
And it's pretty simple. The answer, right?
It was very clear.
You know, God could have put anything on this passage, you know,
when it talks about what do we have to do to go to be saved?
You know, God could have said you have to repent of your sins.
God could have said you have to get baptized.
You have to go to church.
You have to be a good person.
But when we read that verse, when the question was asked,
what must I do to be saved?
The answer was clear and it says this, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shall be saved.
So it's that simple, just believing on Jesus Christ,
having faith in the Jesus of the Bible.
And like I say, you know, eternal security is not an obscure doctrine.
It's something that's very clear in the Bible.
It's not something that we have to, you know, study for long hours.
We read a verse and we take it at face value, use some common sense,
use some logic, and we can understand that once we're saved, we're always saved.
And we read to you another verse.
The Bible says in Acts 4 12, you're still there in John chapter 10.
The Bible says in Acts 4 12, neither is there salvation and any other
for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.
And so the point I'm trying to make here is that Jesus Christ
is the one that gives us eternal life and there's no other name
given among men under heaven where we must be saved.
And so the Bible makes it clear that we have to put our faith on Jesus Christ.
And when we talk about Jesus Christ, we're talking about the Jesus of the Bible.
See, because there's a lot of false Jesus out there.
There's a lot of false Gospels out there.
And when we tell people, hey, put your faith on Jesus Christ,
we're talking about Jesus of the Bible.
The Bible says in 1 Timothy chapter two, verse five, it says, for there is one God
and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.
So all throughout the Bible, it's going to emphasize that the Savior of men
is Jesus Christ.
And notice that it says that there's one mediator between man and God,
the man Christ Jesus.
It's not saying the Virgin Mary.
It's not saying the Pope, that faggot, right?
It's not saying the priest or anything like that.
It's saying that there's one man between one mediator between man and God,
the man Christ Jesus.
Now I'm going to read to you in John chapter 22, you're still there in John 10.
John 22, 31, similar
wordage to what we saw in 1 John chapter five.
It says, but these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God, and that believing you might have life through his name.
And so John makes it very clear what we have to believe, right?
In order to get saved.
He tells us the purpose of his books.
He says, but these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God, and that believing you might have life through his name.
In 1 John five, 13, when we first started,
he said that these things are written that you may know that you have eternal life,
right? That you believe on the name of Son of God, may know that you have
eternal life.
And so this morning, as I said, I want to give you six points of what the
doctrine of eternal security proves and a seventh one as a bonus of what
happens if you denied this doctrine.
So let me read to you another verse before we get started.
Second Corinthians chapter 11 and verse four says,
for if he that cometh, preach another Jesus whom we have not preached,
or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received or another
gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.
And so here we see that there is another Jesus, obviously the false Jesus.
There's another gospel, which is a false gospel.
There's another spirit.
And the Bible tells us in the first John five,
I believe it says, beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits,
whether they are of God, because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
And so there's a lot of false prophets out there.
The Bible makes it very clear.
People that profess to be Christians, people that pass themselves as passers,
you know, desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what
they teach nor where they affirm.
And so there's a lot of people out there that have the title of a pastor,
but they're teaching a false gospel.
And why is it false?
Because they deny one, save what we save.
They deny eternal security.
And so here we see that there's another spirit.
There's another gospel.
The Bible also says in Galatians one, it says, which is not another,
but there will be some that trouble you who would pervert the gospel of Christ.
So it's not that there's two gospels or anything like that.
There's only one gospel, believing in the Lord Jesus Christ.
But there are people out there that would pervert this gospel of Christ.
And so, like I said this morning,
I just want to give you six points on what the doctrine of eternal security proves.
And then a bonus point of what happens if you were to deny this doctrine.
So go to you're there in John chapter 10.
Look down at your Bibles at verse 28.
That's how the sermon this morning is the importance of eternal security.
So here's the first thing that proves number one is this,
that eternal security does prove one save, always save, right?
Or as we also can put it as you cannot lose your salvation.
The Bible teaches that once you're saved, you're always saved.
That's it. Once you put your faith on Jesus Christ, you have eternal life.
And like the word implies eternal means eternal.
It's not temporal life.
It's something that once you have it, you're always going to have it.
Now in John chapter 10, verse 28, look down at your Bibles and it says,
And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish.
Neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My father, which gave them me, is greater than all.
And no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hand.
Now go to Romans chapter eight.
And so here we see, you know, that not only are we placed in the hand of Jesus,
we're also placed in the hand of the Father.
And so once we're in God's hand, there's nothing that we can do to pluck ourselves out.
That's why it doesn't make sense when people say, you know,
well, I'm able to walk away or what if I were to give the gift back?
Or what if I were to fall away?
That wouldn't make any sense.
I would contradict this verse because the Bible clearly teaches that we're in
the Father's hand and it says that no man is able to pluck them out out of my
father's hand. And so that would include me. That would include you.
You know, anything that you do,
there's nothing that you can do, whereas you would fall out of the hand of God.
God is preserving us. God is protecting us in his hand.
Now you're there in Romans chapter eight.
I'm going to read to you from John chapter six.
And this reinforces what John 10 says.
It says, All that the Father give me shall come to me and hand that come
into me, I will know wise.
Now notice how it says in no wise cast out, which means for any reason.
So there's nothing that we can do where Jesus Christ will say, you know,
cast us out, right? He knew far before we even got saved, you know,
all the sins that we were ever to commit our future sins, our past sins,
our present sins, because we sin every single day.
And knowing that, having the knowledge of that, you know,
the Bible says that he will cast us out in no wise.
So for any reason, he will not cast us out.
As I said, not only are we in Jesus hand, but we're also in the hand of the Father.
The Bible says that, you know, no man is able to pluck them out.
So we're not able to pluck ourselves out.
Nobody is able to pluck us out.
And in no wise means for any reason.
Now you're there in Romans chapter eight.
Look down at verse thirty eight.
The Bible says, For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come.
I want you to remember that.
And it says in verse thirty nine, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
And so notice how it says in verse thirty eight, nor things to come.
And you know, what's included in that are future sins, right?
Because what's what's to come?
We're going to sin tomorrow.
You know, we probably already sinned today.
There's no day that we can go without even sinning one time.
And so God, knowing that beforehand,
he still chose to die for us over 2000 years ago.
Jesus Christ died for all our sins and knowing very well that we're still going to
sin, the Bible says, nor things to come, that would include our future sins.
Because here's the thing, we're going to sin regardless, right?
Whether you're saved, whether you're lost, we're all sinners.
The Bible says for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
And so even if we were to backslide, according to the Bible,
we would still be saved, right?
It's not to say that, you know, we should backslide.
But the reality is this, Christians backslide, people fall out of church.
People get involved in sin.
People start developing sinful habits or resorting to old habits,
where it takes them out of the race.
And even if we were to do that, according to the Bible, we would still be saved.
The Bible says in Hebrews 10, it says,
for we are not of them that draw back into perdition,
but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
And so we're never going to backslide to the point where we're lost, right?
Because again, nobody could pluck us out out of the hand of the Father.
Now go with me, if you would, to Romans chapter four.
Romans chapter four.
So the point I'm trying to make this morning, the first point is that
eternal security proves one's save all we save.
And the reason why we say that this is the gospel is because
in order to get saved, you have to believe in the promise of God.
The Bible says that in the hope of eternal life,
which God that cannot lie promised before the world began.
So if you were to get saved, you have to believe that you can never lose it.
If you believe that you can lose it for any reason at all, for any wise,
right, you're not believing what God is saying.
The Bible says that in, give me a second here.
And go to, I told you, go to Romans chapter four.
The Bible says in Romans chapter four,
look down your browser, verse number six.
It says, even as David also described the blessedness of the man
unto whom God and Peter righteous without works.
So before I get to the second point, what I'm trying to make here
is that the first point is this, that once we believe on Jesus Christ
on the right Jesus, we have eternal life.
That's it.
No man could pull like this out of his hand.
The first point I'm making is this, that eternal life proves one save,
always save.
The second point that I want to make this morning is that eternal
security proves that Jesus paid for every single sin.
Jesus Christ died for every single sin.
And what we're saying is that this too, that once you believe
on Jesus, the right Jesus, the Jesus of the Bible,
not the Jesus of the Mormons, who's the brother of Satan,
not the Jesus of the Muslims, right?
Who just think he's a prophet or something like that.
Not the one who's Pentecostal Jesus, none of that.
We're believing in Jesus of the Bible, the Son of God, God and the flesh.
So once we believe on him, we have eternal life.
The second point is this, that eternal
eternal security proves that Jesus paid for every single sin.
Now you're still there in Romans chapter four.
Let's continue reading there.
It says in verse number seven, saying blessed are they whose
iniquities are forgiven, which would refer to our past sins.
And then it says and whose sins are covered, which would refer to our
present sins. And it says, blessed is the man to whom the Lord
will not impute sin.
So that shows us that Jesus Christ even paid for our future sins.
And a lot of people at the door, sometimes you ask him that question,
right? Do you believe that Jesus paid for your sins?
And they're going to say, of course, but then sometimes, you know,
they wonder, you know, what if I were to kill myself?
What if I were to go and commit murder or adultery?
The Bible says that he paid for every single sin.
So any sin that you could think of, you know, it would fall
in under that category.
He not only paid for the big sins, he paid for the smallest
of sins, like a white lie.
He paid for every single sin.
And that's something that we have to understand.
That's something that people have to believe and not just pay
lip service to it, because the Bible literally teaches that
that he paid for every single sin.
Now go to Colossians chapter two, Colossians chapter two.
And while you turn down, I'm going to read to you from first
Peter two, it says in verse 24, who his own self bear our sins
in his own body on the tree that we being dead to sins should
live unto righteousness by whose stripes ye were healed.
And so we can see here that our sins were placed on Jesus Christ
on the cross and he paid for every single one of them.
And that's why the Bible says that we're justified because
when God looks down on us from heaven, he sees us just as
if we never sinned.
He sees us with the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
The Bible also says in second Corinthians, who he had made
sin for us, who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness
of a God in him.
And so all our sins were placed on him.
His righteousness, righteousness was placed on us.
And so that's why when God sees us, we're deemed as righteous,
we're saved.
So in Colossians chapter two, you're there in Colossians
chapter two, look down on your Bibles in verse number 13.
The Bible says, and ye being dead in your sins and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, had he quickened together with
him, having forgiven you all trespasses, blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was
contrary to us and took it out of the way, nailing it to
the cross.
And so again, the Bible, this just reinforces that Jesus
Christ paid for every single sin because it wouldn't make
sense if he only paid for our passions because then we
would still have to our pay for make atonement for our
future sins.
And we know that that's not possible because once we were
sinners, you know, we're always going to sin.
We're the Bible says there's not a just man upon, there's
not a just man.
That's it.
How's the verse go?
Nobody finished.
Yeah, upon earth that sin is not doing good, right?
So there's nobody in this world that can say that
they've never sinned or does not sin.
That's why it's very comical when we're at the door
and then, you know, they say, well, I lied when I was
a little kid, right?
Is it like, don't you lie more sometimes as an adult?
You know, sometimes people, because they fear getting
in trouble at work or, you know, at home or kids, right?
They just fear getting in trouble with their parents.
Sometimes they resort to lying.
And so it's impossible for anybody to say, you know, with
a clear conscience that they don't lie at all.
So they may not commit bigger sins, but at the end of
the day, we still all lie, right?
So you're so go with me to James chapter two.
Go to me to James chapter two.
I'm going to read to you a verse from the Old
Testament that also talks about this.
It says in Isaiah 53 verse six, it says, all we like sheep
have gone astray.
We have turned everyone to his own way and the Lord had
laid on him the iniquity of us all.
And so we know that Jesus Christ is the Lamb slain
before the foundation of the world.
So even before we were born, Jesus Christ already knew
the sins that we would commit and he still paid for
every single one of them.
That's what the Bible says in Romans 5.8, but God
commended his love toward us in that while we were
yet sinners, Christ died for us.
And that's a beautiful truth because we know and we
have that confidence that there's no sin that we
could ever commit after that we get saved or God
would say, you know what, that's it, you know, I'm
going to take your salvation away because that
wouldn't make any sense.
You know, that would be just temporal life.
And if God were to do that, you know, that
would, you know, that would prove that his
promises were not true.
Now James chapter two, if you're there in James
chapter two, it says in verse 10, for whose
service shall keep the whole law and yet offend?
And look what it says in one point, he is guilty of
all. So even if you were to try to commit the
whole law, you know, I'm not going to steal, I'm
not going to commit adultery, I'm not going to
murder, I'm not going to cover my neighbor's
wife, whatever you want to think of, you
know, even if you were to stay away from all
these sins, we still bear false witness
sometimes, right?
And we're guilty of all.
So there's no sin.
There's nothing, no day where we go where we
don't sin, the Bible says that even the thought
of foolishness is sin.
And you know, I'll be the first one to admit, you
know, sometimes throughout the day you have
dumb thoughts, right?
I mean, anybody else, right?
But we all struggle with that, right?
You have some dumb thoughts and the Bible
says that even that is sin.
So that just shows us that there's sins
that we commit not only with our mind, not
only with the things that we say, the
things that we do, there are sins that
we commit throughout the day that we're
not even aware of.
And if you've only been a church for a certain
amount of time, you don't really know what
the Bible teaches as far as like sins, right?
There's a lot of things that sometimes you're
in church and you hear about it for the
first time, like long hair on men.
How many people would think, you know, in
the world today that long hair on man is
a sin, but the Bible clearly teaches
that that is a sin and that's something
as men we have to steer away from, right?
But you wouldn't know that unless you come
to a church that actually preaches the
whole counsel of God.
And so what I'm trying to say here is
that, you know, there's no moment in time
where we're not going to sin.
We're going to be sinners to the day
that we die because we still have the
flesh, we have the old man.
But thanks to the promises of God, we
know that he paid for every single sin.
Now go with me if you will to
go to Mark chapter one.
Go to Mark chapter one.
So the title of the sermon this morning
is the importance of eternal security.
Why eternal security matters?
And the first point that I made is
that eternal security proves one
save always save.
The second point that I made is that
eternal security proves that Jesus
Christ paid for every single sin.
Now here's the next thing it proves.
Eternal security proves that you don't
have to turn away from your sins to
be saved.
And this is a heresy that we hear a
lot today, right?
That you have to turn from your sins.
You have to be willing to turn from
your sins.
You have to, you know, you can't
make a practice of sinners.
All these ways that people try to
twist it, but at the end of the
day you will not find a verse in
the Bible that says that you have to
turn from your sins in order to be
saved.
Now to repent means obviously to
have a change of mind, you know,
change your mind about what you're
trusting in and put your faith on
Jesus Christ.
And there's a lot of people today,
you know, that they have bad language
when it comes to this.
You know, we do go to people at
the doors and we tell them that
they're sinners and they have to
realize, you know, that they sin
against God, that they need a savior.
But we're not telling them, hey,
you need to be willing to forsake
your sins in order to be saved.
That's a big difference right
there.
And unfortunately there's a lot of
people in churches, in non-denoms,
in all the old IV churches that
give a pass to people that teach
this and let that not be said
that that's somebody like us.
You know, that would be any of us
right, giving a pass to people
when they teach that you have to
turn from your sins.
Maybe you listen to somebody that
says some good stuff, right,
some good advice, but if they're
teaching that you have to turn
from your sins in order to be
saved, they're a heretic.
And so let me give you an example
of one, probably the one of the
most famous ones in the last
couple of years, John MacArthur,
right?
John MacArthur is a false prophet
and I thank God that he's burning
in hell today.
And that offends people
sometimes because people like
John MacArthur, right?
He's been around for years.
You have a brother Howells
that preached against him.
You have, you know,
Roland Rasmussen preached against
him. That guy's been around
for years and, you know, he
finally died.
He's finally in hell.
And unfortunately he left back a
lot of books that are damning
people to hell.
And that's why it's important
to preach against individuals
like this.
But listen to what he said in one
of his books and just the title
of the book itself should tell
you, you know, it should show
you red flags.
The title of the book is hard
to believe.
Is that what we believe in a
church? We don't, right?
We believe that it's easy to
believe. Easy believes it says
him.
And so John MacArthur in that
book, it says salvation for
sinners cost God his own
son.
It cost God his, it cost
God's son his life and it'll
cost you the same thing.
So is that salvation us giving
our life to Jesus Christ?
No, it's not.
You know, salvation is what
Christ did for us.
Not what we can do for him.
It's not us giving our life to
Jesus.
It's the fact that Jesus Christ
gave his life for us.
And so John MacArthur is a
heretic, you know, like I
say, he's in hell right now
and he'll be in hell for all
eternity.
And so this is a false gospel,
the fact that you have to
give your life to Jesus Christ
and we shouldn't use language
like that, you know, give your
life to Christ, you know, be a
follower of Jesus Christ.
These are things obviously that
we want to follow Jesus Christ,
but that's not something that we
do to get saved.
So salvation is not again giving
our life for Christ is what
Christ did for us, the fact
that he gave his life for us.
Let me give you another
example.
And this is another false
prophet who's still alive
unfortunately, right?
His name is Ray Comfort.
I'm sure a lot of you have
seen his videos, you know,
the way of the master, all
this stuff that he has and
he's out there never getting
people saved, right?
He's out there supposedly
soul winning and trying to show
people how their sinners and
this and that, but he never
gets them saved.
Why?
Because he's not saved
himself.
And so he said in his book,
it says, if you will repent
of your sins and put your
trust in Jesus, God says he
will forgive you of all your
sins and grant you the gift
of everlasting life.
And you can see how that's
confusing to some people
because it's saying that you
have to trust in Jesus
Christ.
He'll give you the gift of
everlasting life.
But what does he start off
if you repent of your sins?
Now, what does he mean by
that forsaking your sins?
And that's not the gospel.
You don't have to forsake
your sins to be saved.
Then he goes on to say, if
you repent, that means to
confess and forsake your
sins.
So in case there was any
doubt, you know, I wonder
what he means by this.
He puts it in parentheses.
He says, if you repent, that
means to confess and
forsake your sins and put
your trust in Jesus, then
you will not have to suffer
God's justice in hell because
the payment for your crimes
was made by Jesus on the
cross.
And that's what he said.
And that's a false narrative,
right? The fact that you have
to forsake your sin in order
to be saved.
You just have to believe on
Jesus Christ.
That's it.
Now, you're there in Mark
chapter one, look down on
your Bible as a verse
number four.
The Bible says, John did
baptize in the wilderness and
preach the baptism of
repentance for the remission
of sins.
And so here we see, obviously
the word is used throughout
the Bible of repenting.
But we have to look at the
context.
You know, what does God
mean by repenting in this
passage?
And they always bring up
verses like that, having
to repent and, you know,
do and all this, but it's
never in the context of
salvation.
And if we have to repent of
our sins, you know, we have
to ask the question, you
know, what sins do we have
to repent of?
You know, is it the small
sins?
Is it the bigger sins?
Is it like sins that I'm
like continuously doing?
You know, what, how many
sins do I have to repent
of?
And that just shows you if
you use some logic and
common sense, it's
impossible to forsake
every single sin.
Now go to 1st John
chapter three, 1st John
chapter three, I'm going to
read to you from Acts 19
verse four, that explains
to us what the baptism of
repentance is.
And it says, then said Paul,
John barely baptized with the
baptism of repentance.
And look what it says.
It says, saying unto the
people that they should
believe on him, which
should come after him, that
is on Christ Jesus.
So what was John the
Baptist preaching?
The same thing Baptist
today are preaching,
believing on the name of
Jesus Christ.
Now in 1st John chapter three,
look down at your Bibles at
verse number nine.
It says, whosoever is born of
God does not commit sin, for
his seed remained within him
and he cannot sin because
he is born of God.
Let me read to you from a
modern version, not that I
have it. This is the King
James Bible.
All right. I don't want to
scare anybody.
KJV.
But let me read to you from
the NIV and a lot of
confusion comes because
people use a false version
of the Bible.
That's why it's important to
stick to the King James,
the word of God in English.
So in the NIV it says no one
who who is born of God will
continue to sin because
God's seed remains in them.
They cannot go on sinning
because they have been born
of God.
The ESV, another false
version says no one born
of God makes a practice of
sin for God's seed abides
in him and he cannot keep
on sinning because he has
been born of God.
And so that's why a lot of
people today are mixed up
when it comes to
salvation because they're
reading a false version.
You know they read stuff like
cannot make a practice of
sin, cannot continue sinning.
And salvation for one is not
a process.
Right.
It's not that we're being
saved like the New King James
says we are saved.
And that's why a lot of
confusion comes from these
modern versions because
people think you know when
it says born of God does
not commit sin, of course
we still sin right.
But what it's referring to
is that the spirit of God
that lives within us,
our new man does not
commit sin.
When we walk in the spirit
the Bible says walk in the
spirit and you should not
fulfill the lust of the
flesh.
So we're in the spirit of
course we're not sinning
against God but we still
have the old man.
We still have the flesh.
And you know there's a lot
of podcasts out there
that you know it's good
for enjoyment in the sense
of like you see what
other people believe.
And they always bring
up this fact you know how
can God still grant us
eternal life if we
continue sinning.
I'm thinking of one of
George Janko.
I don't know some of you
guys are familiar with it
but he always has these
heretics on there and he
himself he's not saved
because anytime you know
he's talking about
salvation he's always
referring to how he
still has to you know keep
the commandments.
He doesn't say straight out
like that but that's what
he implies.
And so these
podcasts when they talk
about salvation being a
gift salvation being only
by believing they and
then how even if you
were to sin you would
never lose it.
What they forget to
mention is the fact
that we do have the new
man obviously but we also
have the old man still
living with it within us.
We still have the flesh
with sinful desires
and every day we have to
choose whether or not we're
going to walk in the spirit.
You know the first thing
that you do when you wake
up in the morning you
read your Bible you listen
to hymns you come to church
why so you could have a
fighting chance to walk
in the spirit to know
what God wants from you.
But if you're constantly
just you know listening
to worldly music
watching worldly shows
you know out in the
work for you just making
like all these bad jokes
you're still going to
be in the flesh you're
still going to sin.
The point I'm trying to
make is that when the
Bible says that the
not commit sin is
referring to our spirit.
We don't sin with the
new man now go to Romans
chapter seven go to Romans
chapter seven and over
there look down at your
Bible is in verse number
14. The Bible says for
we know that the law is
spiritual but I am carnal
soul under sin for that
which I do I allow not for
what I would that do I
not but what I hate that
I do that do I if then
I do that which I would
not I can send it to the
law that it is good now
then it is no more I that
do it but sin that dwelleth
in me for I know that in
me that is in my flesh
dwelleth no good thing
for to will is present with
me but how to perform it
that which is good I find
not. Now I'm not going to
repeat that because
that's always a tongue
twister for everybody but
you know basically what
Paul is saying is the
show that we would all
agree that we go through
day to day the fact that
the things that we want
to do which are spiritual
things we don't always
do it right. I for
well I don't always wake
up with the desire you
know every morning
especially retired to
read my Bible but you
have to do it right. You
don't always wake up with
the desire of coming to
church you know some of
you guys look like you
just roll out a bit
and I'm just kidding but
but you don't always
wake up with that desire
right. You know these
are things that you have
to purposely form that
discipline and say you
know what Sundays are
for church right. These
are things that the
spiritual man desires but
you know what the old
man desires to sleep in
right. It desires to just
chill at home you know
watch cartoons but you
know just be you know
just be lazy sometimes
but the spirit you know
desires good things. It
desires to read the
Bible. It desires to be
among God's people. It
desires to be in church
to preach the gospel.
These are all good
things that the
spiritual man has but
we're not always in
the spirit which is
why we're not always
doing them and so here
we see the fact that
even the greatest
Christian some would
say which is Paul he
struggled with in himself
and are we not a lot like
Paul we struggle every day.
You know this is a
continued battle that
we're going to have
until we have our glorified
body and so go with me
if you would to John
chapter one John
chapter one I'm going to
read to you from
Galatians chapter five
another verse that has
to do with this. It says
this I say then walk
in the spirit and you
should not fulfill
the lust of the flesh
for the flesh lusted
against the spirit and
the spirit against the
flesh and these are
contrary the one to the
other so that you
cannot do the things
that you would and so
we see there again
that constant battle
with between us.
We have the flesh
the spirit and their
constant just battling
within us and it's up
to us to be in church
to be able to have
like I said that
fighting chance to be
able to renew our mind
to know what God
expects from us.
That's why a lot of
people you know they
live their lives
and they don't know
what the Bible says
they don't get
godly counsel
they're just living
like the world you know
there's no difference.
You know when you look
at their life
and what they're doing
their aspirations
their dreams
their goals
there's no difference why
because they haven't
renewed their mind.
They haven't
brought themselves
to think biblically
and put their life
and thinking
and align with the Bible.
Now you're there
in John chapter
one.
Give me a second.
John chapter one.
We said the title
of the sermon this morning
is the importance
of eternal security.
The first point is
that it proves
one save what we save.
Second it proves
that Jesus
paid for all our sins.
It also proves
that we don't have to turn
from our sins to be saved.
Here's the fourth thing
that eternal security proves
it proves that we are
the children of God.
Now here's the thing
obviously we're all
created by God
but not everybody
is a child of God
and the Bible
makes that very clear.
That's why I hate it.
Well you know
you're not going to say
nothing at the door
but when they say
we're all brothers
you know we all
serve the same God
if that guy is a Catholic
that ain't my brother.
Right.
So in John chapter one
look down at verse number 12
the Bible says
but as many as receive them
to them gave the power
to become the sons of God
even to them
that believe on his name.
And again we see it over
and over again.
What's the requirement
believing on his name?
And once we do that
the Bible says
that he gave power
to become the sons of God.
So it is at that moment
of salvation
that you become
a child of God.
Go to Hebrews chapter 12
go to Hebrews chapter 12
I'm going to read to you
from 1st John chapter 3
verse one says
behold what manner of love
the Father had bestowed upon us
that we should be called
the sons of God
therefore the world
knoweth us not
because it knew him not.
And so again
once you trust
in Jesus Christ
you become a child of God
and because you're a child
of God
now you're able to receive
that chastisement
from Jesus Christ.
Right.
Because the Bible says
in Hebrews 12
look down to verse number 6
Hebrews 12 verse number 6
it says
for whom the Lord loveth
he chastened it
and scourged every son
whom he received it.
And ye endure
if you endure chastening
God dealeth with you as sons
for what son is he
whom the Father chastened
if not.
But if ye be
without chastisement
whereof all are partakers
then are ye bastards
and not sons.
So if you're not
being chastised by God
it clearly says
whether you're bastards
right and not sons.
And God
being our heavenly Father
he doesn't want to see us
going down the wrong path.
That's why if we were to get
involved in sin
you know God will chastise you
God will discipline you
you know spiritually spank you
to make sure
that you get back
on the right track.
And us as parents
you know if you have children
you know this to be true.
You know we try to raise
our children in such a way
so that they could be
you know good kids.
And the way that we do that
often requires spanks.
Right.
If they're doing something
that it's not right
if they're going down
a bad path you know
they're going to get spanked
right so that they can do
what's right.
It's not that we spank them
as parents because you know
oh I just hate this child
so much.
I'm just like
give them a good one.
No you have love
for that child
so that they can do
what's right.
And our parents did that
with us.
You know a lot of people
hopefully in here grew up
getting spanked right.
If you're in church today
I'm pretty sure you got
spanked right.
Because people out there
are grown adults
who are spoiled brats
you know it's just
throwing fits acting
like little kids
I guarantee you
they weren't spanked
as a child.
And if they were
they probably weren't spanked
hard enough.
So Hebrews 12 just shows us
because we're children
of God we're going to get
disciplined and chastised
by God.
Now go to Romans chapter 6
Romans chapter 6
I'm going to read to you
from Psalm 89
Romans chapter 6
you turn there
it says in Psalm 89
verse 30
if his children forsake
my law and walk
not in my judgments
if they break my statues
and keep not
my commandments
then will I visit
their transgression
with the rod
and their iniquity
with stripes
nevertheless
my loving kindness
will not
will I not utterly
take from him
nor suffer my faithfulness
to fail
my covenant will I not break
nor alter the thing
that has gone out of my lips
and so regardless
if we sin or not
which we are
God will discipline us
but what does it say
nevertheless
it says nevertheless
my loving kindness
why I not utterly
take from him
so even though
we're getting chastised
that's just God
showing us
that he loves us
he wants us to do what's right
why because we're his children
but we will not lose our salvation
we will not go to hell
and the Bible teaches that
the children of God
if you're saved
you know you do suffer consequences
but the difference is this
that every consequence
that we receive from God
will be in this life
will be in this earth
and that's something that we always
clear up at the doors
and it makes sense for them
it clicks
you know because oftentimes
if Jesus paid for our sins
and there's no sin
that can send us to hell
then you know what happens
that we sin
if we're not going to hell
that doesn't change the fact
that we're still going to receive
consequences in this life
and that helps people understand
like okay
that makes sense
because
although I'm going to heaven
you know I should still want to do
what's right
so I could avoid
getting spanked by God
now the first thing I said
the first point I made
is that eternal security
approves one same
while we save
it proves that Jesus died
for every single sin
it proves that
you know we don't have to turn
from our sins to be saved
and then lastly I said
that it proves that we are
the children of God
now here's the fifth thing it proves
eternal security proves
salvation is a gift
and not a reward
salvation is a gift
and not a reward
you're there in Romans chapter 6
familiar verse it says in verse 23
for the wages of sin is death
and then look at the second part
it says
but the gift of God
is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord
and so we know that God
gives us the gift of eternal life
and it's only through Jesus
it's not through the church
it's not through your baptism
it's not through how well you keep
the commandments
it's through Jesus Christ
and it's sacrifice alone
so God gives us that gift
and like any other gift
there's no conditions attached to it
there's nothing that we can do
or have to do in order to get it
the Bible says right there
but the gift of God
is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord
now go with me
if you went to Romans chapter 4
Romans chapter 4
and so obviously when we receive a gift
even in an earthly sense
if I were to give somebody a gift
you know I'm the one that pays for it
okay
and all you have to do is receive it
and the same way
that's the way that God gives us that gift
you know he paid for it
by the death of his son on the cross
and all we're doing is just receiving it
by believing in his son
now if you're there in Romans chapter 4
I'm gonna read to you from Romans chapter 5
before going to
Romans chapter 5 verse 18 says
therefore as by the offense of one
judgment came upon all men
to condemnation
even so by the righteousness of one
the free gift came upon all men
to justify
justification of life
and if you're there in Romans chapter 4
look down on your Bibles in verse number 4
it says now to him that worketh not
sorry now to him that worketh
is the reward not reckoned of grace
but of debt
but to him that worketh not
but believe it on him that justified the ungodly
his faith is counted for righteousness
and so we see the difference there
if you're working for it
it's not a reward
it's not a gift it's a reward
it's something that you earn
by the things that you do
and the Bible makes it clear that salvation
is not a reward it's a gift
now granted we could get rewards
if we serve Jesus Christ
right
the Bible says in Ephesians 2 for by grace
or you say through faith
and it says
and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God
not of works
let's any man should boast
so I don't know how many times the Bible has to say
over and over again
that salvation is not of works
you know it's the gift of God
now go to
with me if you would to Romans chapter 11
Romans chapter 11
as I said a gift is something that's free
no conditions
it's unearned
it's ours to keep no matter what
and as a believer
salvation being a gift
you're still able to earn rewards
by the things that you do
you know anything that you do as unto the Lord
I'm sure God will reward you
the Bible says
in Ephesians 2 10 for we are his workmanship
created in Christ Jesus
unto good works
which God have
before ordained that we should walk in them
so of course God wants us to do works
God wants us to serve them
but not for salvation
you know anything that you do
when you get people saved
when you get people to gospel
God will reward you for that
and that makes God a great God
because not only did he give us the gift of salvation
for free without ever earning it
but he's even willing to reward us
for the things that we do after that
so that's why it's important to get in a good church
so that you're able to get equipped
to learn the Bible
to learn how to preach the gospel
so that you could earn some rewards
and if you're in this church this morning
and first of all if you're not saved
get saved today
but if you're saved
you know it's time to earn some rewards
right
you don't want to live a life without purpose
without ever ever doing anything for God
you know it would be a sad reality
to go throughout your whole life
and never getting one person saved
you know we live in the year 2026
technology exists
you know it removes a lot of excuses
you know it's too hot outside
I'm tired I can't walk or whatever
there's Omi TV nowadays right
you can literally sew in
do missions online right
you could get connected to somebody
across the world in South Africa
across the states right
in any other state
you know I'm thankful for people like brother T.J.
right who's a silent worker really
he's been like on Omi for the longest
and now he's pretty popular on there
one of his videos went viral
he got some South African rapper
saved
and then I think next month
he's going to go on tour with them
but you know this is the work
that he's getting done online
and I like that video for several reasons
one because the haters
no matter how hard they try to hate on it
they can't
right
that video you know what it shows
that we're thorough with our gospel presentation
it shows that we're charitable
right
T.J. wasn't on there you know
cussing him out calling him the N
we're nothing like that
he was you know he had Matt
yeah he was charitable right
and he was thorough in his presentation
he wasn't sloppy
he wasn't just trying to get him to pray
like hey real quick you know
let's just pray real quick
so I could count him as a number
because that's what they say right
you know those South Asians even count
they do count
you don't you think they don't count
because you don't believe
right you don't believe in getting people saved
and so I love that video
you know it shows
somebody getting saved in real time
and he didn't know that he was being recorded
right
and that's why it's important when you're
all know me to be you know
abnormal
you know be a good testimony of our church
now you're there in
sorry I told you go to Romans chapter 11
before I go there
let me read to you from
Ephesians 10 to 10
I'm going to read it for you again
it says for we are his work
we should create and cross Jesus
unto good works
which God had before ordained
that we should walk in them
so again salvation is a gift
anything that we do after that
we will get rewarded for it
so eternal security proves
number one that once you're saved
you're always saved
I want you to remember that
number two is that Jesus Christ
paid for every single sin
number three is that
it teaches us and it proves
that we don't have to turn from our sins
to be saved
and then it teaches us that
we are the children of God
it also teaches us right here
that salvation is a gift
and not a reward
and lastly
eternal security proves
that salvation is not of works
and that's the most obvious one
but that's important to always
you know hit on
because we want to make it clear
to everybody in our church
that salvation is not based
on your works
anything like that
you don't need works to get saved
you don't need works to stay saved
and you don't need works to prove
that you're saved
right all you have to do is just
believe on Jesus Christ
because a lot of people pay
lip service to this that
yeah of course salvation is not of works
but if you don't have works
are you really saved right
then they do believe that it takes works
and we got to be careful
with how we word things
you know just make it clear
as the Bible makes it clear
not of works
as Annie mentioned both
for any reason
now if you're there in Romans
chapter 11
look down verse number 6
the Bible says
and if by grace
then it is no more of works
otherwise grace is no more grace
but if it be of works
then is it no more grace
otherwise work is no more work
and so it's saying there
it can't be both
it's either salvation is by works
or salvation is by grace
if it's by grace
then it's not of works
if it's by works
then it's not of grace
there's no other way to put it
you know eternal security proves that
that it's not of works
because if it was based
on our works
then we can't really know
if we're saved
can we?
how do you know
when you've done enough works
how do you know
when you've been good enough
and it's only because it's
reliant on the fact
that Jesus Christ paid
for every single sin
that we know
that we have eternal life
that's why it is good news
and people that don't
that believe that
it's based on their works
they'll never know
whether or not they're saved
you could ask any one of them
any religion
you know do they
are they 100% sure going to heaven
they're not going to give you 100%
and if they say 100% they're lying
because when you ask them
what do you trust in
what do you believe it takes
they're going to say
well I'm a pretty good person
right?
so they don't believe
that it's not of works
and I'm thankful it's not of works
because none of us would make it to heaven
if it was based on that
now go to Galatians chapter 2
Galatians chapter 2
and again
not of works
that includes
it doesn't require you to be baptized
you should get baptized
after salvation
but even if you were to not get baptized
you would still go to heaven
it's not based on church sacraments
it's not based on
anything religious that you could think of
it's definitely not based on the Eucharist
right
it's just based on believing on Jesus Christ
and I'm thankful God put
you know the example of the thief on the cross
the story of the thief on the cross
in the Bible
because that just
disproves every single argument about it
and they like to say
well that's just an example
you know that's the exception
not the rule
no that just proves
over and over again
what the Bible teaches
that salvation is only by faith
so in Galatians chapter 2
verse 16 it says
knowing that a man is not justified
by the works of the law
and it says
but by the faith of Jesus Christ
even we have believed in Jesus Christ
that we might be justified
by the faith of Christ
and not by the works of the law
for by the works of the law
shall no flesh be justified
and so how many other ways can it put it
you know it's saying that we're not justified
by the works of the law
but by the faith
and it says we're justified by faith
and not the works of the law
so they just keep saying it over and over
and it says for by the works of the law
shall no flesh be justified
And now I'm going to read to you from Romans 3 while I do that.
Go to James chapter 2 and Romans 3 says to declare I say at this time his righteousness
that he might be just and the justifier of him which will leave it in Jesus.
Where is bolstering then?
It is excluded by what law of works, nay, but by the law of faith.
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Over and over again, without the deeds of the law, by faith.
You're there in James chapter 2, look down at your bolster, verse number 26.
The bolster says, for as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
And isn't this what people always bring up, you know, at the door, at your workplace,
wherever you're trying to give the gospel, you know, when you say it's not a works?
Yeah, but if you don't have works, you know, you have a dead faith.
You don't have genuine faith.
And people like using these terms like, oh, he doesn't have saving faith, you know,
or if you're truly saved, you know, when they say things like that, they're relying on their works.
And they like to pull out James 2, but we know that James 2 is not talking about salvation.
First of all, it's talking about to the believer.
And we know that our works do not justify us before God.
It does justify us before men because they can't see our heart.
But whether or not we have works, we still have faith.
It still exists.
It's just dead, right?
So we should have works in order to help the brethren in order to earn rewards.
But having no works does not prove that you don't have faith.
Because the Bible clearly gives us an example of somebody in the Bible that had no works yet was saved.
The Bible says in Romans 4, but to him that work is not, he had no works.
But believe it on him that justified the engali.
It says his faith is counted for righteousness.
So even though James says they don't contradict each other, you know,
we should have works to help our brethren.
But even if we don't have works, God sees our heart.
It says that our faith is what justifies us.
And I go to Romans chapter 4.
I want to read to you some verses there.
I'm going to read to you from Titus 3.5, reinforcing this.
It says, not by works of righteousness, which we have done,
but according to his mercy, he saved us by the washing of generation and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
So again, it says, not by works of righteousness, which we have done,
but according to his mercy, he saved us.
In Romans 4, look down here in your Bible, verse number 2.
It says, for if Abraham were justified by works, he had wear of to glory, but not before God.
For what saved the Scripture, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
And then it goes on to the verse that we said, but to him that work is not,
but believe it on him that just the engali, his faith is counted for righteousness.
So I think that makes it very clear that it's not of works.
There's so many verses in the Bible that you could prove to people that it's not of works.
And at the end of the day, it's just common sense.
It's logic. It's just taking the Bible at face value.
And it's not that they don't understand it. They just don't want to believe it.
Now, go to 1 John chapter 5.
So again, the title of the sermon this morning was the importance of eternal security.
And this is an important doctrine. It's something that we constantly have to hit on,
because we don't want to be a church where we have people who are mixed up,
you know, in their doctrine, in their language. We want to make it clear that
eternal security means one save always save.
You know, the first thing it proves is that you cannot lose your salvation.
One save always save. It proves that Jesus paid for our sins.
It proves that we don't have to turn from our sins to be saved.
It also proves that we are the children of God.
It proves that salvation is a gift and not a reward.
And it proves that salvation is not a works.
That's only the beginning. I did have a bonus point, which is the seventh point.
And this is what happens if you deny eternal security.
If you deny eternal security, that tells God that you don't believe what he said.
That tells God that you think he's a liar.
You think he's a bull face liar.
You're making God a liar if you deny eternal security.
And you don't want to do that, right?
When people, you know, you listen to people that just deny
once they've always saved, it's not only that they're denying it.
They're calling God a liar, right?
And you know that God is not a man that he should lie.
And in 1 John chapter 5, look down here, Bible is in verse number 10.
It says,
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself,
and he that believeth not God had made him a liar,
because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
And this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life,
and his life is in his Son.
He that hath the Son hath life,
and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
And so we see here that if you deny eternal security,
you're not believing the record that God gave of his Son.
You're telling God, you know, I don't believe you,
you know, I don't believe your promise.
I don't believe that Jesus paid for all my sins.
You know, I don't believe that I'm held in your hand.
You're making him a liar.
And God loved us enough, as the Bible says,
for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
But if you deny eternal security,
you're saying, no, that's not true, right?
You're denying those verses.
You're denying he that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life,
he that believeth not the Son shall not see life,
but the wrath of God abideth on him.
You're calling God a liar by denying eternal security.
It's not a place that you want to be at,
because in order to be saved,
you do have to believe that it's forever.
If you deny eternal security, you're not saved.
You don't have eternal life.
You're making God a liar.
Now Titus 1, 2 tells us in hope of eternal life,
which God that cannot lie promised before the world began.
So you're calling him a liar.
You're not believing the promises that he made to us.
And so if you were to deny that, again, you're not saved.
If you don't believe in once they've always saved,
you know, you get that right today.
If you're visiting today and you're just here,
you know, in town or whatever,
you know, get saved today.
You don't want to go on in life,
not knowing where you're going to go when you die.
Where we started, the Bible clearly said that
these things have written unto you
that believe on the name of the Son of God
that you may know that you have eternal life.
So salvation is something that you can get settled today.
It's something that you can know for sure,
whether or not you're going to go to heaven.
And it's something that has been promised to us.
All right.
And lastly is this, that those are the things
that eternal security proves,
the fact that, you know, he paid for all our sins.
We're his children.
We don't have to repent, turn from our sins to be saved.
And salvation is clearly a gift and not a reward.
And when you're out there, I just want to encourage you,
always emphasize eternal security
because we want to make sure that people are getting saved.
All right.
We don't want to just avoid that
and people not knowing whether or not it's forever.
We want to make it clear eternal life means eternal.
Let's pray.
Heavenly Father, Lord, thank you for this day.
Thank you for all the things that you do
and for the promise of salvation, Lord,
that you give unto us.
I thank you, Lord, that the Bible makes it clear
that we can know that we're saved
and that we have your promises.
And we believe your promises, Lord,
that you were able to be kept by your hand
and by your power, Lord.
I pray that you continue to use this, Lord,
to reach the people of Anaheim and the city surrounding it.
And I pray, Lord, that you continue to use our church
in a mighty way.
Please bless our pastor and the remainder of our day.
In Jesus' name, amen.