Day 1
Day 1
PRAYER
The Greatest Problem of the Bible:
a. God would change their hearts and reveal the
-if God is just, He cannot forgive you -or He will be truth of the Gospel
corrupt... although He is loving, remember He is
holy… b. God would convince them of His love and show
them their need of salvation
(Romans 3)
c. wisdom to best minister to them
The Cross
Paul Washer
-on that cross, Christ bore the sin of His people. He God’s holiness and man’s depravity
is crushed under the wrath of God in their place. He
satisfied the demands of God’s justice.
Romans 3
v23 ff…
The Resurrection
*For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
-This Christ is raised from the dead. Now Christ sit God. (common, lost its true meaning)
in the right hand of God. All authority and power is
given to Him. (Romans 4?) *this will truly terrify us, we hear sin but no big
impact in our life… the scripture, understand the
attributes of God and the nature of Sin… how
Repent and believe loathsome… hatred of sin… the more we chase the
purity of Christ, the more we hate sin…
-Explain gospel warnings… grow…
* “For ALL have sinned” even Adam… the best
characteristic of man it is SIN… even hundreds of
*you and I deserve death, wrath of God years before- wars… what’s the cause of it? Sin…
Abortion… result of sin
*What is Sin? Greek (onomasdkshvksh), to miss the common grace of God restraining his evil, the God
mark, (ex: dart) what is the target: The Law of God he denies, he takes credit, his virtue but not, it is the
that He has revealed on the Scripture… grace of God. Romans 1… brutal, horrible sins…
although they knew God, they did not glorify
*sin: is not that it’s just we do sometimes, sin is
Him… that’s the greatest sin… v32…
rebellion, it’s a crime. When a man puts his will
against God’s law. It’s not a mistake, it’s an *Why do they hate a good God? Because they are
intentional rebellion. And all of us has rebelled EVIL.
God. Sin is more than an act. We sin because by
*is it amazing that God sent His son for people like
nature we are sinners. If you see sin as an act or a
that? This is what you and I are… that’s why you
decision… you will treat sin superficially, you will
don’t want your thoughts to be published.
superficially find a cure. Spiritually dead
*Isaiah 64:6 “unclean- like leprosy?”
* Heart: Genesis 6:5 (the flood of Noah)… the
“wickedness of man was GREAT” every intent of Then you will buy a beautiful cloth, but again it will
the thought of a man’s heart is only EVIL… adverb bleed through… the corrupt will be seen again…
CONTINUALLY… people may say, my thoughts that’s like us… we cannot save unless a
aren’t like that… The scripture said that the heart of supernatural, grace abounding work of
man is bad, (ex: I can get your thoughts and put it in redemption… this is why the death of God son,
a DVD and show it to everyone) having suffer the wrath of God is absolutely
essential. We cannot think of a severe remedy than
*Imagine on the day of judgements and all of this
the cross, why? Because our malice is so severe…
will be revealed…
*the bible said: there is no man who is righteous
*Genesis 8:21 “… the intents of man’s heart is evil
Romans 3:10… Romans 3:11 no one seeks for
from his youth…” … Men are born corrupt… (ex:
God… God is the one who seeks for man… (just
put a child in a room and give a toy, and the child
like a criminal seeks for a policeman)
will throw the toy, and be angry and do it again and
again… and give the toy to another child and they *that man cannot understand because he doesn’t
will fight) you don’t need to teach a child to be want to understand, not because he cannot, why he
angry, violent or be selfish, to lie… you even need will not because he hates God. The more they go
time to teach the opposite. close to light, the more they will be exposed…
*the man should be change, the bible said that the *I don’t want the love of God, if He doesn’t accept
man loves his self than God, all are born haters of me as I am. That’s the society… no one seeks for
God… people said “I love God” NO you don’t! God. Churchgoers=not useful to God, they did
You love a god that you made! According to the nothing in God’s wisdom- come watch leave but
lust of your heart. (the god of prosperity, the god of they are useless.
easy life, god of love*) Why do men hates God?
Because God is good. *Truly converted: bear fruits
*We are free, so you’re telling me that the law is *if you die right now: will you go to heaven? I will
oppressive? Which law? Is it the thou shall not lie? go to heaven because I am good, I haven’t killed
Well that means you love to lie! Which law is you anybody. But what God says in Romans “there is
hate? If you do hate these laws, what does it says to none righteous”
you? This is what we are (referring to Genesis) *they lower the standard of “goodness”. “You
*How cold God send men to hell, (a terrible place) thought I was like you” - psalm
they thought it is immoral, they think it is immoral * “…their throat is an open grave…” the mouth. It
because they do not men are evil, they think men reveals the heart-what comes out in the mouth.
are misguided, good so they conclude that.
*the heroes of the movies are violent, cruel… they
*if a man gives things people say that man is show the intentions of the heart of man. Because
good… if you see Hitler, you can conclude he is in this is the kind of people we are. Video games =
hell… that’s common grace… see? We don’t living not into the reality. They don’t want to know
understand man. What about the good atheist, can the ways of the Holy One, they chose ignorance.
you give me his name cause I’ve never met him… a
nice guy, they will give you anything, decent *When is the last time you heard this study? Peace,
person… what about him? Maybe the severe peace when there is no peace…
judgement of God is waiting for him… the only *none of us kept the law… You have to come to the
reason why he can do that is because of the point where you will say that “I have no
righteousness at all before God” that’s the only way *Did He save Lucifer? No. He is a beauty compared
you will be saved. The law was made not to save! It to you but why save you? What He did is a marvel
is to condemn so that the men might be saved. So of marvel.
that the men will recognize that they have no
righteousness and they turn to God.
* “God has a wonderful plan for your life” xx look
at v23… the idea is we are made for the glory of
God. The purpose we are made.
*things became useless if they are used for
something they are not made (ex: bow will be used
for creating music)
*Nothing can fulfill you except submission to God.
(Not the husband and wife will complete you, the
reason of divorce…) Only God in Christ will
complete me. If they fail you, you think you
married a wrong person.
*The only way you can understand sin is through
understanding God. God is holy. God cannot sin (?)
secondary definition
*holiness- to cut and separate, it means that He is
separate, no one is like God. God is not like us,
bigger and better. He is not in our category. No one
like God. (ex: which is more like God, archangel or
a worm… neither of them) He is not like us at all. If
you think He is like us, that is idolatry. “I am who I
am.” There is no one like God.
*man=sinful, God=not sinful
* “God loves the sinner, but hates the sin”
Bible: He hates a sinner (Psalm 5:5)
What about John 3:16? So is Psalm 5:5…
God can’t hate because He is love? No
God is angry to the wicked everyday… (Psalm
7:11)
If you said my God is not like that, then your God is
not the God of the bible.
*if he looks at the sin that’s in this world. How
much God hates sin? Adam sinned one time and the
universe was turned to chaos and judgement. How
many times have you sinned? (Psalm 7:12-13) He
designed the judgement, He thought about it.
*You probably never heard about this. You heard
about God’s love but not this. Love and judgement?
God’s judgement is stored for the wicked… the
mercy of God, hold back the wrath of God, calling
the sinners before it’s too late. God’s love is
towards all men, He calls men. But, one day, He is
gonna pull back that hand, and judgement will fall.
*hell: it is where God gives every man exactly to
the final penny what they deserved. A place for
perfect justice. Every last though, word, act, will be
paid to the very last sin. Remember Adam.