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291 | Continuing Down the Romans Road - Romans 10:9-10 · The Woman at the Well Ministries Podcast

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  Music.
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  Hello, friends, and welcome back to another podcast of Woman at the Well Ministries,
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  where we believe that all of us have to come to Jesus like the woman at the
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  well in John chapter four.
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  Our highest priority is making God real in your life.
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  we invite you to sit down with us as we look to the scriptures to learn more
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  about God and to strengthen your daily walk with Jesus Christ.
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  Living her life for Christ. She's a happy girl.
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  She's a happy girl.
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  In this episode of the Woman at the Well Ministries podcast,
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  join Kim Miller and Erica Close in a conversation as we walk with Jesus.
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  In today's conversation, we continue to discuss the importance of the Roman's
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  road and the power it has as a tool to witness to others and build the kingdom of God.
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  Well, hello, everyone. This is Erica Close, and I am here with Kim Miller.
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  Hello. Thank you for joining us in this podcast as we continue our journey down
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  the Roman's road, making all of us disciples who make other disciples,
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  who enlarge the kingdom of God, which is our purpose in life.
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  All of our purposes in life is to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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  Absolutely. So for the last few Wednesdays, we have been talking about the Roman's
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  road, going verse by verse in detail, looking at how these verses are both truth,
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  but how they are also a tool that you can use when you're sharing the gospel with others.
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  So before we jump into today's verse, I wanted to take an opportunity just to
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  review all of the verses that we call the Romans Road.
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  These verses are a series of verses out of the book of Romans that when put
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  put together, provide a really good picture of what salvation is, why we need salvation.
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  How we can be saved, and then what the results of salvation actually are.
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  So the very first verse in the Romans Road is Romans 3.23.
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  And that verse says that for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
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  So that's the verse that sort of sets the stage for the situation where we are.
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  And then we move on to Romans 6.23 that says, For the wages of sin is death,
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  but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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  So the wages of sin is death. Having set the stage in Romans 3.23,
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  saying where we are, we learn about the consequences, the results of the fact
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  that we have sinned and do come short of God's glory.
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  And the wages, the results of our sin, is eternal death.
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  Then we move into Romans 5.8. This is the verse that we talked about last Wednesday.
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  And we read, But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet
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  sinners, Christ died for us.
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  So last week, we talked about the solution to the problem that we as humans
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  who are sinners find ourselves in.
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  And that is that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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  And Christ was gifted to us by God.
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  And through his amazing love, he gave us his son for salvation.
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  Today, we're going to be talking about the next verse on the Romans road,
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  which is Romans 10, 9 and 10,
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  which reads that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus,
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  and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
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  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
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  And then the last verse, which we'll get to next week in detail, is Romans 10, 13.
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  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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  That is a celebration verse.
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  But today we're talking about what is very much an action verse.
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  And that's Romans 10, 9 and 10.
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  You know, when we get to Romans 10, 9 and 10, which says that we should confess,
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  that that we have to confess.
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  It says that, you know, that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
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  that gets us to that place where if we're going to confess that he is Lord Jesus,
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  we have to know that we're a sinner in need of a Savior.
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  We have to understand what Jesus did because he draws us, the Holy Spirit draws us to him.
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  And we have to see ourselves as the sinner that is explained in Romans 3.23,
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  when he says, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
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  Because if you think that you can make it on your own, then you don't need Jesus. That's right.
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  And if you think that you and Jesus have an understanding.
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  Unless it's the understanding that unless
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  you know him you're going to go to hell
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  then your understanding is not correct but i
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  want you to understand that jesus has never and will never send anyone to help
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  ephesians 2 8 and 9 says for by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves.
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  It is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.
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  And John 3.16 tells us, for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten
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  son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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  And we all are a whosoever. So that free gift in Ephesians 2,
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  8, and 9 is available to all of us, but we have to be willing to submit to God
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  and give him our life and choose to accept the gift.
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  The gift is there, but we have to make that choice.
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  And then in making that choice, we have to confess it with our mouth. This verse is explicit.
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  It talks about confession and it talks about believing that God has raised Jesus
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  from the dead for our salvation.
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  You know, one of the things you said, we have to receive it.
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  And it reminds me of all the gifts underneath a Christmas tree all the days
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  leading up to Christmas or whenever you choose to open them.
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  And when it gets to that day that you understand which of those presents under
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  the tree are yours, then you begin to be more interested in those particular presents.
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  And the others kind of don't matter to you.
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  But even then, there's still gifts that are yours that you're not using,
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  applying, or even knowing what they are.
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  And I liken that unto a person who's been in church, who's got friends,
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  who's seen the story, who's maybe even read some of the Word of God,
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  And they know that Jesus Christ died on a cross and was buried and rose again.
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  They understand that account. They may call it a story or they may think it
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  didn't really happen, but they understand that part of the Bible, at least what it says.
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  They may even have gone to church and played the parts.
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  They may be faithful in the services. But until they understand that that gift
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  of Jesus Christ as their Savior is for them and that they need him because they
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  can't get to heaven on their own.
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  That's what we know in John 14, 6, right? He is the way, the truth, and the life.
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  Until they accept him as Savior and say they are sinners and you're the only
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  way to heaven and Lord, come live in my heart.
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  They're like the people looking at the Christmas gifts. This amazing thing right
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  there in front of them. That's all theirs if they'll just receive it.
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  Jesus has done his part. The Holy Spirit continues to do his part, drawing you to be saved.
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  But you got to do it yourself. You got to choose Jesus.
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  And when you make that choice...
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  This verse out of Romans 10, 9 and 10, makes it clear that the belief that you
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  have in Christ needs to be confessed, right? It needs to be recognized.
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  It needs to be spoken about.
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  This is a choice that we make, and we make it clear. We make it clear to ourselves.
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  Generally, we make it clear to others, but it is a clear choice.
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  Because I think you have to associate yourself with him because before that,
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  you're associated with the world.
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  And you said you have to confess him. You said, if you don't confess him before
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  men, I won't confess you either before my father.
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  What do you think it means to confess? To me, it means, to me,
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  it literally means to say out loud, you know, I have made this choice.
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  I mean, clearly, salvation comes through the belief. It comes through the repentance.
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  It comes to us through a prayer and confessing it to Him.
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  But I also believe that there is this point where we confess something.
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  When you confess something, you're stating a belief.
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  You're making that belief clear.
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  It seems like that Romans 10, 9, and 10 is telling us there aren't any closet
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  Christians, the ones that are just hiding away.
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  And I understand in some countries, you might have to be, you're telling other
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  believers around you about him, but not where you're just like,
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  okay, this is just something I'm going to do in my heart.
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  And I'm not telling anyone, like a skeleton in a closet.
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  That's not going to work. You got to align yourself, associate negotiate yourself.
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  And I think you have to confess that you need him because how can you receive
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  his gift of salvation if you don't think you're in need of a savior?
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  And I think too, I think this verse kind of makes it clear that we make that.
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  Confession with our mouth.
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  Like it's something that is in some way spoken.
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  It's something that is said. I also think it's something that is lived.
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  I don't think it's one moment in time. I think you get saved one moment in time.
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  And I I think when you get saved, you get all of him, including the Holy Spirit.
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  But I think it's a process of time for him to get really all of you,
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  that process of justification.
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  But I believe that you have to stand for him.
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  Remember the song in Vacation Bible School, I'm in the Lord's army?
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  Yes, I do remember the song.
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  I love that song. But it's that you have to stand because you're in the Lord's army.
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  That's right. You're a soldier for Christ. You're a warrior,
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  which is why in Ephesians 6, he gives you the armor of God.
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  When I think about this verse and I think about the things...
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  That this, that happen if you are, say you're following the Romans road with
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  someone and they are accepting Christ.
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  To me, this verse follows the point of understanding.
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  I think, you know, Romans 5, 8, but God committed this love toward us and that
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  while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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  To me, that verse represents the understanding that I really understand Christ
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  as the solution for my situation.
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  And what he did just for me. For me, exactly.
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  I feel like that is a point of understanding.
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  And then to me, I believe that Romans 10, 9, and 10 represents the point of decision.
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  It's the decision, it's the prayer, it's the understanding.
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  And, you know, we're talking about these verses, talking about them,
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  you know, in depth week by week, but, you know, the Romans road, it's a tool.
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  And, you know, you can imagine if you're having a conversation with someone
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  and you're sharing the gospel and you're sharing these verses with someone and
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  sort of walking them through these truths.
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  You're going to be sharing most likely a personal story.
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  You know, you can imagine when you, if you're having this conversation with
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  someone, when you get to this verse,
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  you're probably going to talk about your own point of understanding,
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  of understanding that you needed a Savior, of praying a prayer,
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  you know, praying what we call that sinner's prayer and repenting of your sins.
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  But this, to me, represents the place where you decide, you get it.
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  Like, it's where your heart gets it, and so your mouth can't but say it.
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  Amen. That is so true. And, you know, when you are taking someone through the
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  Roman's road, you take them through all the verses in one sitting.
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  You don't do what you and I are doing. And so, you know, explain why,
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  because they're sinners, and then you explain how, you know,
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  and then you explain what to do.
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  And it's interesting to me that people, you know, they'll say, I don't know what to do.
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  Well, you can tell somebody how to be saved and not know the Roman's road by
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  simply doing what you just said, explaining how Jesus miraculously saved you.
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  But your words do not have the impact that his words do.
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  So though you need to explain your conversion, perhaps, like you said,
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  and you need to talk about your story.
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  This is why we're giving you the Roman's road, because this is what he says
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  and only what he says matters.
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  Is the fact. Well, yeah. My story is not going to have the power of God's holy word, right?
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  My story is not going to have the transforming power of scripture,
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  but my story allows another to see.
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  We can't just share our story. We have to give people the truth.
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  And that's why we're spending the time talking about these verses.
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  And your story that you give is so powerful because it It makes all the scriptures
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  come alive into what it is.
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  And what's interesting is that we are all sinners in need of a Savior.
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  We learn that in Romans 3.23.
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  I was saved very young, at the age of five.
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  But I want you to know, it took as much of God's blood, of Jesus' blood, to save me,
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  a sinner in need of a Savior at age five, as it does the rankest of sinners,
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  sinners murdering and doing all kinds of horrible things because we are all
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  sinners in need of a Savior.
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  I just praise the Lord. My environment at home and where I was raised in the
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  church I was in, I had a very early understanding of who God was.
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  But you may be 75 and God is speaking to your heart.
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  It's never too late because the scripture says today is the day of salvation.
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  Now is the accepted time it is
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  too late if you are no longer alive so it can
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  be too late and we're no promise for tomorrow so we need not only to get the
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  word out to others and help them see they're in need of a savior because we
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  all have to be saved the scripture says unless your name's written down in the
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  lamb's book of life unless you've received him as savior you'll spend eternity in hell.
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  But we also, if you're listening and you don't know him, don't let another moment
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  go by before you make that calling and election sure in your life,
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  because you don't know you're going to get another moment.
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  I think it's really important that you talk about, you know,
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  a situation where someone who has saved at five versus someone who has saved at 75.
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  We all come to that same understanding. It's all believing in our hearts that
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  God raised him from the dead in order that we might be saved.
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  We all have the same point of belief and point of confession and explaining
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  to God and probably to others that we understand.
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  And it's only through and by God that we can be saved.
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  That's what we're learning in 10.9.10 is how can he save us?
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  And it's because God raised him from the dead and he was a sinless, perfect lamb of God.
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  And we do learn that in John 3.16.
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  And so when you believe in your heart...
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  That's when you put some action to it. That's when you're making a choice.
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  I went to church with a guy who used to say that salvation, the difference between
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  religion and salvation was 18 inches because he said that was the average distance
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  between your mind, your brain, and your heart.
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  And you could know, but until you believed, until you confessed,
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  until you made that choice, you were not saved. and I always thought that was very powerful.
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  I'm just grateful that God chose to make a way and that he's given us a tool
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  and we can share this with our friends, our loved ones, our coworkers,
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  whoever God puts on your heart.
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  Because if he's putting someone on your heart, that means the Holy Spirit is
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  definitely drawing them.
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  The Bible says the word will not go void. And you have been given the word.
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  Amen. We've been given the word along with our own testimony,
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  the power of our own testimony,
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  to share who God is with others and to have them understand just how much they
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  are loved, loved enough for someone to die on a cross for their sins.
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  And, you know, if you're just looking for a testimony, several months back, we gave our testimony.
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  I gave my testimony. Erica gave her testimony.
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  We gave the testimony of the woman at the well ministry. So I would encourage
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  you to go back in the podcasts and look up those testimonies.
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  They'll be labeled in a way that you can find them and allow the Holy Spirit
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  to just take you through those and look at your own life and construct your
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  own story of how to tell others about Jesus.
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