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Another Sermon for the Starving Bible Believing Christians All Over the World Wide Web
2005 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2005
Learning the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15

Lost People Are Not All Bad People!
But they are still sinners!
Paul's gospel is getting a raw deal these days!

Paul's gospel is not being very welcomed in saved circles let alone the lost folks.

Why is that?
    1)  to the saved 'only' - no increase/change from Paul's gospel compared to Jesus' gospel...
even the Catholics talk Jesus these days
    2)  to the lost - they are not hearing or seeing the truth these days - the real truth!

Some just don't like being told they are lost because they think that we are saying that they are a bad person!

But that isn't really the issue!


Well, there are some folks who really do appear to be bad folks!

Some speak evil of truth!
II Peter 2:2,3

Some have gone the way of Balaam!
II Peter 2:12-15

Some are just plain enemies of the cross!
Philippians 3:18-20

Some are enemies of the gospel
Romans 11:28

Some are just plain rebelling!
Romans 1:21-32
Galatians 5:20; I Samuel 15:23

Some of have been raised in witchcraft!
Galatians 5:20; I Samuel 15:23; II Chronicles 33:6; Jeremiah 7:31,32; Psalm 106:37-40

Some are just doing their own thing!
Proverbs 14:12; 16:25

Some have rejected God's hand over and over!
Proverbs 1:24-25

Some have forgotten God's blessing/Creation, etc.
Psalm 106:12-14

Some are tired of the ways of God, as they have heard them, anyway!
Psalm 106:24-25

Some won't hear and see lest they hear and see!
Matthew 13:15


However, there are some folks who really are not intent on being bad folks!

Some are just "doing their own thing," which could be a very 'good' walk according to right and wrong...
Romans 10:2-3

Some have just mingled with the world and don't know any better!
Psalm 106:34-35

Some are tricked and seduced by seducing spirits and doctrines of devils!
II Timothy 4:1

Some are just ignorant!
    Acts 17:23 - ignorantly worship the unknown God!
    Romans 10:3 - of God's righteousness
    Romans 11:25 - mysteries that are suppose to be kept as mysteries until God reveals them  (Israel, joint heir; tribulation, etc.)
    II Corinthians 2:11 - of Satan's devices so that puts him in advantage of them
    I Thessalonians 4:13 - death and all that comes with it
    I Timothy 1:13 - ignorant of right and wrong

    Yes, there are those who choose to be willingly ignorant - II Peter 3:5

Some just have a bad idea of the truth!
II Timothy 4:3,4

Some rely on their own faith!
Habakkuk 2:4 vs Romans 3:28

Some try but they still stumble at the stumbling block!
Romans 9:31,32

Some even think they ARE saved but will find out eventually that it is based on a false gospel and that they had an imitation salvation that was preached by their imitation pastor preaching from an imitation bible in their imitation church led by an imitation spirit!
Galatians 1:7; I John 4:1-3; Matthew 7:21-23


But after learning the way of God more perfectly through Paul's gospel -
- I believe that most folks today - saved and lost ...

Just Don't Know About the Goodness of God!
(or they have been taught a fable about His goodness!)

Take note of Romans 2:3,4 - And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?  Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Two issues for the lost:
1) judgment of God - and it is coming whether or not they believe it!  see Revelation 4-19
2) the riches of God's goodness and forbearance and long-suffering - based on the truth, that is - not some made up modern & false gospel of God!

They don't know what they need to know about 'sin!'


Note Romans 2:6 - every man will be judged according to his deeds!  (and that, by the way, will be by Jesus with his gospel as presented to Paul - Romans 2:16)

All people are not bad people, but ALL are under sin! - Romans 3:9+; Galatians 3:22-26
Salvation is not based on their good or bad works - it is based on sin that is still attached to their deeds!

A lost person dies in his sins, not just because of being a bad person!
John 8:21
John 8:24
Ephesians 2:1
Ephesians 2:5
Colossians 2:13
I Peter 2:24

A lost person can choose to be a good-deed-doer, but all of his deeds will still have sin attached!
A saved person can still choose to be a good or a bad deed doer, but all of his deeds will never again sin attached!  Colossians 2:11-13

Christ became sin for the sinner and then washed them away for anybody who believes in and on Him!
II Corinthians 5:21: For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Romans 5:8  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Colossians 2:11 -  In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

That is why our works are judged but not sins - and that is why WE are not burned in the Judgment Seat of Christ when our works are put to the judgments fire!
I Corinthians 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
That is also why a lost person burns in hell and then the lake of fire - it is because of sin that is attached to him and he to it! 
Revelation 20:13  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.


Let's just simply read a few of the Scriptures that apply to the issue of "sin!"

In this order, read the following Scriptures:

Romans 3:19-31
Romans 4:4-8; 23-25

Romans 5:1,2
Romans 5:8-11
Romans 5:12-14
Romans 5:15a
Romans 5:16b
Romans 5:17a
Romans 5:18a
Romans 5:19a
Romans 5:20
Romans 5:21c
Romans 5:21b

Romans 6:1-8
Romans 6:8-11
Romans 6:17,18
Romans 6:22,23

Romans 7:4-6
Romans 7:9-20

Romans 8:1-5
Romans 8:9-11
Romans 8:14-18
Romans 8:24-31
Romans 8:34-39


There ya have only a few verses on the goodness of God that should lead a lost person to repentance!

It isn't that a person is such a 'bad' person...
it is because that person is a sinner and needs Christ to deal with the sin that is attached to that person!

Thanks to Adam!
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
I Corinthians 15:21,22

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already,
because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:17,18

Asking for forgiveness - asking for Christ to come into your heart - asking Christ to come into your life - praying a specific prayer, repeating a prayer said by someone else, having some 'officially recognized person' either sprinkle your head as a baby or dunk you as an adult, etc. DOESN'T SAVE YOU!  There are no Scriptures that tell us those things have anything to do with salvation!

None of those things take care of the sin that is in & attached to folks!

Salvation:
Romans 10:9-13
Ephesians 1:12-14
Ephesians 2:1-22

And Paul says a lot more about salvation from Romans to Philemon!