Romans 9:30-10:21 | Human Responsibility (Part 7) -Tom Pennington

Tom Pennington has served as Pastor-Teacher at Countryside Bible Church in Southlake, Texas since 2003. Prior to arriving in Texas, Tom served in various roles at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California for 16 years. His ministry at Grace included being an elder, Senior Associate Pastor, and the personal assistant to John MacArthur. Tom was also an adjunct faculty member of The Master’s Seminary and Managing Director of Grace to You.

Tom is a graduate of Bob Jones University and holds an honorary Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) from The Master’s University.

In addition to his role at Countryside, Tom travels internationally to train pastors in expository preaching. He currently serves as the Dean of the Dallas Distance Location of The Master’s Seminary where he also is an adjunct professor. He teaches various pastoral and preaching courses.

Tom’s preaching and teaching ministry at Countryside provides the source material for the majority of the content on The Word Unleashed.

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[EternalYeild]

Your right, we must feed on the word of God daily. Amen!!

[wateringthefate]

Our work is for the coming kingdom not ourselves. When Jesus returns. What do you TRULY see after heaven sit around and gossip talk and slowly fall away from God again for another love no we labour in love. What's the labour if no works applied😏 you can love the world and loose your soul ? So must be a effort thing like Noah Moses Abraham did and many MORE. We will return to days of old or Bible not tell us of building new yet as in the days of OLD 👣👷😇

[teddyduchamp]

If you are unsure about where you will end up when you die, chances are you have never been told the truth about the GRACE AND MERCY OF GOD. The truth is; eternal life is easy to inherit because salvation is a “free gift”. BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST FOR ETERNAL LIFE (John 11:26)! He is the only true Savior of the world (John 14:6).

Isaiah 55:6 KJV
6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

It is truthfully GOOD NEWS that salvation is a “FREE GIFT” (Romans 5:14-16). To better understand why this is such good news, it is expedient for us to acknowledge that we are a sinner in need of a Savior. The fact is we all sin. Regardless of how well we may understand the difference between right and wrong, we cannot always do that which is right, and never do that which is wrong. This is a big problem because God is perfect and heaven is a perfect place, so nothing can get into heaven that would defile it in any way (Revelation 21:27). If we want to get into heaven we must be perfect (sinless) and none of us are. The Bible indicates that the wages of sin is death. Since we all sin, we all die. If we do not go to heaven when we die, then we will go to hell. God is Holy, and because of His righteousness, He must be just and punish sin. Unfortunately, no matter how hard we try, we cannot make ourselves perfect (sinless). Therefore, we cannot save ourselves from going to hell and from the punishment for our sins. We need God to save us!

The great news is that although God hates our sin because it hurts us, hurts others, and separates us from Him; He loves us and made a way for us to be with Him in heaven.

John 3:16-17 KJV
16 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. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Jesus Christ, who is God, God the Son (1 John 5:7), manifested in the flesh and was made in the likeness of men. He was born of a virgin (a miracle birth) and lived a perfect sinless life (which only God can do). Since He did not sin (Hebrews 4:15), He did not have to die. However, He suffered for us, died for us on the cross, and His precious blood was shed for the remission of our sins. I DECLARE UNTO YOU THE GOSPEL (1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-4); HOW THAT CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES; AND THAT HE WAS BURIED, AND THAT HE ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES. Although Jesus was without sin and did not have to die, He suffered and died for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2). That includes your sins! He loves you so much that He died for all of your past, present, and future sins so that you may have eternal life by believing on Him. The fact that He died, proves He was delivered for the penalty of our sins. The fact that He was buried, proves His death was a real death. The fact that He resurrected in bodily form on the third day, proves He satisfied the required penalty for our sins and abolished death. Thus, we may have life and immortality through what Jesus accomplished for us.

BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND YOU SHALL BE SAVED (Acts 16:31). There is nothing else that is required of you for salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9). The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ (Romans 6:23). This gift would not be “eternal” if it could be lost, forfeited, or walked away from. If you have believed on Christ Jesus, you can rest assured that you shall never perish (John 10:28), and that you have received forgiveness for all of your sins (Colossians 2:13). In which case, you now have everlasting life (John 6:47).

The Bible says that God is love (1 John 4:8). God proved this to be true when He was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself; as His suffering and death for the sins of the whole world was the ultimate act of LOVE.