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Be Declared Not Guilty By God

Scripture: Romans 4: 6-8

King David spoke of this, describing the happiness of an undeserving sinner who is declared “not guilty” by God. “Blessed and to be envied,” he said, “are those whose sins are forgiven and put out of sight. Yes, what joy there is for anyone whose sins are no longer counted against him by the Lord.”

Scripture Commentary:

King David was guilty of terrible sins: adultery, murder, lying. Yet he experienced the joy of forgiveness.

What can we do to get rid of guilt? First, we need to quit denying our guilt and recognize that we have sinned, admit our guilt to God and ask for His forgiveness. Then we should let go of our guilt and believe that God has forgiven us.

This can be difficult when a sin has taken root and grown over many years. It’s difficult when the sin is very serious, or involves others. We must remember that Jesus is willing and able to forgive every sin.

Jesus paid a tremendous price on the cross for us.

Have faith and believe you have no sin that God cannot forgive. It is Jesus Christ who saves us, not our feelings or actions. He is strong enough to save us no matter how weak we are.

Jesus offers us salvation as a gift because He loves us, not because we have earned it through our powerful works. Faith is believing and trusting in Jesus Christ, and reaching out to accept his gift of salvation.

God’s Word declares that sins confessed are sins forgiven.

Read the Entire Chapter of the Scripture Referenced:

Romans Chapter 4

Read Other Commentary from the Book of Romans

Worship the Creator, The One True God

God Has Made It Plain

Lord, Help My Unbelief, Increase My Faith

Scripture: Romans 3: 1, 3

 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? (1) For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? (3)

Scripture Commentary: We all stand as sinners before God.

Paul contends that everyone stands guilty before God. He dismantles the common excuses of people who refuse to admit they are sinners. Some do not believe there is a God. But does their unbelief negate God? Others will say they follow their conscience, and some try to justify their actions by saying, “I’m not as bad as other people.” Some church-goers rely on their church membership, or call out that they are “religious.”

No one will be exempt from God’s judgment on sin.

Every person must accept that s/he is sinful and condemned before God. Only then can we understand and receive God’s wonderful gift of salvation.

In the beginning of Romans, Chapter 3, Paul prints a depressing picture. All of us — pagans, Gentiles, humanitarian, and religious people — are all condemned by our own actions. The law, which God gave to show the way to live, holds up our evil deeds to public view.

But there is hope for us!

It’s true that the law condemns us but the law is not the basis of our hope. God is! He, in His righteousness and wonderful love, offers us eternal life with Him.

We cannot earn it. Accept it as a gift from our loving heavenly Father through His son, Jesus Christ. In order to receive it, we must give ourselves to Our Lord. Live as He commanded us to do. We must love our fellow man, and help spread the Word of Our God.

Read the Entire Chapter of the Scripture Referenced:

Romans Chapter 3

From the title: Mark 9: 24

Other Commentary from the Book of Romans

Jesus Freely Died For Your Sins

God Is the Root That Supports You

Jesus Will Prepare a Place for You

Scripture: John 14: 1-3

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God[a]; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”

Scripture Commentary:

You can feel the love Christ has for you when you read these three verses. He is the servant going to prepare a place for you. He died for you, and is waiting to serve you.

The question is are you serving Him? Jesus’s words show that the way to eternal life, though unseen, is as secure as your trust in Him. In this chapter He tells us the way and how to get there.

Follow His words.

By uniting our life with His, we are united with God. Although the details of eternity are unknown, we need not fear because Jesus has prepared the way! Until then, He has given us The Holy Spirit to comfort and help us spread the Gospel of Our Lord.

When our lives are intertwined with His, He will help us walk through adversity without sinking into debilitating lows. Likewise, He will help us manage prosperity without moving to deceptive highs.

The true joy of living with Jesus Christ will keep you in His hands. Jesus will give you peace if you accept Him. He is preparing to spend eternity with you.

Read the Entire Chapter of the Scripture Referenced:

John Chapter 14

Other Commentary on the Book of John:

There’s A Mansion for You in Heaven

Believe on the Name of Jesus

We Have Done Wrong and Ask Forgiveness

Scripture: Romans 2: 6, 8, 12-13

God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”(6) But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. (8) All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.(12)  For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.(13)

Scripture Commentary:

If we stand before God today, He will ask us what we have done? Did we obey His ways or did we go our own way? If and when we didn’t know God, we still knew right from wrong. This is the Holy Spirit in each of us.

People are condemned not for what they don’t know but for what they do with what they know. Take a child for example. When s/he is about to do something wrong, s/he will look to see if anyone is looking. This is the Holy Spirit.

Those who know God’s written word and His law will be judged by them. Those who have never seen a Bible still know right from wrong. They will be judged because they didn’t keep even those standards that their own conscience dictated.

Admit to yourself and to God that you fit the human pattern and have fallen short. That’s the first step to forgiveness.

Read the Entire Chapter of the Scripture Referenced:

Romans Chapter 2

Read Other Commentary from the Book of Romans:

Jesus Set Us Free with His Sacrifice on the Cross

There Is No Death in Jesus Christ

Do I do the same things I pass judgment on?

Scripture: Romans 2: 1-3, 6

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? (1-3) God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” (6)

Scripture Commentary:

How can you justifiably judge someone else? Whenever you find yourself feeling justifiably angry about someone’s sin, look in the mirror and say, “Do I do the same things?”

We have all sinned.

If we are being truthful, we still sin. Oftentimes the things we notice in others are the things that have taken root in us.

God has halted His judgment on us to give us time to repent. If God is giving us time, why can’t we give one another time?

Be a true light in the world for Our Lord Jesus Christ. Help others. In doing so we must live the life of being a true Christian.

When others look at us, what do they see?

Do they see the God in us or the Satan in us? If it is the God in us, they will see the wonderful gift of salvation.

Read the Entire Chapter of the Scripture Referenced:

Romans Chapter 2

Read Other Commentary on the Book of Romans:

Let Christ Set You Free

Jesus Delivered Us and Teaches Us Love

Are You Spiritually Blind?

Scripture: John 9: 39-41

Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose to be separated from God], so that the sightless would see, and those who see would become blind.” 40 Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind [to spiritual things], you would have no sin [and would not be blamed for your unbelief]; but since you claim to have [spiritual] sight, [you have no excuse so] your sin and guilt remain.

Scripture Commentary: Am I blind?

This is a question we can ask ourselves. Blind to what? Are you blind to injustice to your fellow man? Do you turn from the truth?

Are you a follower of Our Lord, Jesus Christ? If so, do you try to live a Christian lifestyle and spread the Gospel?

The person in the Scripture did not know Jesus had given him his sight. But once he knew, he worshiped Him and told people what Christ had done.

Do you tell people what Christ has done for you?

The man was cursed and evicted from the synagogue but that didn’t stop him from telling everyone about Christ. Physical sight is nothing without spiritual sight. When you turn to Jesus, you begin to see and understand.

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”

Read the Entire Chapter of the Scriptures Referenced:

John Chapter 9

Matthew Chapter 7

Read Other Commentary on John Chapter 9:

Jesus Heals the Blind

How Will You Live Your Life?

Sermon – Part Two: How Will You Live Your Life? (What Punctuation Mark Describes Your Life?)

God has given us time between our birth and death. How will you live your life? What will your ‘black box’ record about you?

Have you ever done something wrong and wondered why you could not look in the mirror and lie to yourself? Satan tried to make Eve think that sin was good, pleasant and desirable. God’s Word, The Holy Bible, tells us what is good and what is evil.

As God called to Adam, “Where art thou,” He is also calling to you. Where are you?

Genesis 3:11

“And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?”

God tells us what to do and what not to do. As with Eve, people think sin is good, pleasant and desirable, and think that the knowledge of good and evil is harmless. People usually choose wrong things because they have become convinced that those things are good. It feels good so it must be good. Our sins don’t always appear ugly to us. And it’s the ‘pleasant’ sins that are the hardest to avoid.

Romans 1: 22

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools

We can’t always prevent temptation. God does not tempt us; the devil does. But there is always an escape. Recognize and confess your sin to God. He will forgive you.

John 1: 29

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

What statement will be in your black box when that day, hour, minute and second comes?

John 12: 26

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

Jesus has accepted you? Have you accepted Him?

John 6: 47

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

Life is short. Accept Jesus. That is eternal.

Read the Entire Chapter to the Scriptures Referenced:

Genesis Chapter 3

Romans Chapter 1

John Chapter 1, Chapter 12, and Chapter 6

Read Part One of the Sermon, What Punctuation Mark Describes Your Life?

What Punctuation Mark Describes Your Life?

Sermon – Part One: What Punctuation Mark Describes Your Life?

There is a gap between our first and last breath. In between those breaths is a punctuation mark. These punctuation marks in our lives can be a comma, exclamation point, question mark, apostrophe, colon, semicolon, and definitely the almighty period.

None of us is a mistake. God doesn’t make mistakes.

In Genesis 3: 4-6, it says:

4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die! 5 For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened [that is, you will have greater awareness], and you will be like God, knowing [the difference between] good and evil.” 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise and insightful, she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband [c]with her, and he ate.

This is the first recorded decision that man and woman made.

In an airplane, there is a black box. With humans, the black box is our soul, our spirit that God placed in us.

John 3: 6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 

We all have punctuation marks in our lives.

Are you a COMMA, a mark indicating a separation from life, not doing what God placed you here to do?

Or are you an EXCLAMATION POINT? Do you express excitement about what God is doing in your life?

Perhaps you are a QUESTION MARK. You have doubts, uncertainties, and difficulties that have shaken your confidence.

Or, maybe you’re an APOSTROPHE. Have you turned away from life, taking the path of not being present? In doing so, you show your omission from God and the life He has given you.

If you are a COLON, are you part of a group that set good examples in life or are you a series of things that have no meaning? Are you quoting the good or the bad?

Or, are you the SEMI-COLON – that mark of punctuation denoting a degree of separation greater than that marked by the comma but less than that marked by the period?

No matter who you are, the end – completion – is marked by a PERIOD. This is our death.

What punctuation mark will come before the PERIOD in your life?

Read the Full Chapter of the Scriptures Referenced:

Genesis Chapter 3

John Chapter 3

Read Other Sermons by The Gospel Mailman:

The One That Is Lost

Jesus Came to Save the Lost (Part One)

Be Willing to Accept Jesus Into Your Heart (Part Two)

God Can Hear Your Cry and Save You (Part Three)

Return Thursday for the conclusion of the sermon, What Punctuation Mark Describes Your Life?

You Can Inherit the Kingdom of God

Scripture: Matthew 25: 34-36

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Scripture Commentary:

Through parables, Jesus teaches us, in a language that we can understand, how we can inherit the kingdom of God that has been prepared for us.

Jesus tells us how to live, how to treat people and ourselves. If someone is in need, how can we go about life not helping them? How can we not feel their pain?

People aren’t always in need of money, food, or a place to stay.

They may need someone to talk to, or someone to just listen to them. God placed His Holy Spirit in us but if we don’t call on Him for direction, the door won’t open.

Lord, my God, help me to be the servant to feed the people you place in my life. Help me to listen to them. Help me to clothe the naked with your love and forgiveness. I want to spread your Gospel; I want to be a better helper.

Read the Entire Chapter of the Scripture Referenced:

Matthew Chapter 25

Read Other Commentary on Matthew Chapter 25:

They That Were Ready Went In With Him

The Wise Take Time to Prepare

Will You Be Prepared When Christ Returns?

Can You Hear the Voice of Jesus?

Scripture: John 5: 27-29

and to judge the sins of all mankind because he is the Son of Man. 28 Don’t be so surprised! Indeed the time is coming when all the dead in their graves shall hear the voice of God’s Son, 29 and shall rise again—those who have done good, to eternal life; and those who have continued in evil, to judgment.

Scripture Commentary:

Will you hear the voice of God’s Son, Jesus? Can you hear His voice now? Are you doing what He is telling you to do, or are you doing what you think you should do?

If we don’t hear Jesus now, how will we hear Him in the grave? In saying that the dead will hear His voice, Jesus is talking about the spiritually dead who hear, understand, and accept Him.

Those who accept Jesus’s word will have eternal life.

God is the source and creator of life for there is no life apart from God, either here or hereafter. Our life is a gift from God. Because Jesus is eternally existent with God, the Creator, He, too, is “the life.” It is through Him that we live eternally.

Jesus is talking to you now. Are you listening? Do you hear Him?

Read the Entire Chapter:

John Chapter 5

Read Other Commentary on John Chapter 5

Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?

You Can Depend on Jesus to Make You Whole