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Introduction:
the Gospel is the good news.
The good news that through Jesus Christ men can be reconciled to God by grace.
The means of that reconciliation is his sacrificial death on the cross.
Now this is a very interesting thing, this good news is wonderful, we love it, it is the single greatest event of our lives.
And so you would think that salvation or “God’s plan of salvation” would start with that, right out of the gate, but interestingly it does not, in fact on the 5 brick path, the gospel is only brick 3!
Why?
Because the sinful man does not see the gospel as the saved man does.
The good news, the great news, the best news is totally unappealing and foolish to the sinner.
The Very Person who needs the good news.
Everyone Needs Grace
Salvation is not just for some and not for others.
Its not just some people who need salvation.
all under sin....
The conclusion is simple: No person, niether Jew or Gentile is without sin.
again:
First Step in Roman Road:
Well so what?
This is a big problem for everyone.
Because everyone has sinned, on the day of judgment everyone will be found guilty, and everyone will be condemned.
So surely to escape condemnation everyone will call to God for help?
Right?
No.
There is a problem, the problem is that even though God says there is none that is righteous, mankind manufactures a type of righteousness.
He fabricates it by setting up his own standard of what is right and what is wrong.
Its not a real righteousness at all, it has no weight or substance to anyone other than the person him/herself.
It’s called self-righteousness.
This is a serious issue.
The only reason not everyone is a christian and free is because of self righteousness.
“I don’t need a saviour” “Im a good person”.
Its like having the cure for a life threatening disease, but no one is willing to acknowledge that they have the disease.
Its like throwing a life raft to a drowning man, but he ignores it because he is too proud to admit that he is drowning.
Self righteousness is fuelled by pride.
So this is a real problem.
We have a people who are in desperate need of help, but are totally blind to their desperate need of help.
So what did God do?
The law.
The law silences the excuses.
it strips us of our false self righteousness and makes us see our sinful condition.
The Law shows man his diagnoses of death and makes him see the need of the cure.
“It is a favorite thing of infidels to set their own standard, to measure themselves by other people.
But that will not do on the Day of Judgment.
Now we will use God’s Law as a balance weight”.
- DL Moody
The Law pops our bubble of false peace and shows us that in our hearts, we are not good people.
“The Law sets before us our wretched state by sin.” - Matthew Henry
It shows us ourselves not with our rose tinted glasses, but it shows us ourselves at we truly are in the sight of a holy and perfect God.
What do I mean?
Well lets look at the 10 Commandments:
1: You shall not lie
How many lies?
What do you call someone who tells lies?
2: you shall not steal
Have you ever taken something that did not belong to you?
3: You shall not take God’s name in vain.
4: Adultry
So far The Law has shown us that we are: Lying, Thieving, blaspheming adulterers at heart.
The Law shows us our sinful condition, but it can do no more.
The Law bring the sinner to that wonderful place of Godly sorrow.
It bring them to the foot of the cross and it does so without any false promises.
The law does not promise health or wealth.
The Law only makes one promise:
Lawbreakers go to Hell.
But Jesus also makes a promise, and its not health or wealth either.
Jesus makes us a promise:
Even this is step 3, we offer it now.
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