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Welcome. Tc24 truth with Pastor Eric C, Bogan.

Janet rate Sahara.

We're going to share with you, the words. Let's go to Matthew Chapter 7.

I want to introduce.

I want to introduce a new lesson for you. We're calling this foundations. Foundations. This is a new subject. We're going to be examining the pillars of the Christian faith. So for the next couple of weeks, we're going to be focusing on those foundational pillars of the Christian faith that when we talked about foundations were talking about the basis upon which something is supported. For example, the foundation of a building represents the thing that supports a building and keeps it from falling. If a building is going to stand the test of time that it must have a strong Foundation, Matthew 7:24. Matthew 7. Inverse. 24.

And it reads.

therefore, Whosoever heareth, these sayings of mine.

And do it them. I will liken him unto a wise man. Which built his house. Notice upon a rock? The range to send it. The floods came the winds blew, and beat upon that house. And it fell. Not why? Because it was founded. Somebody say, founded upon a rock was founded upon a rock. This is what the advantage of understanding. Foundations foundations is, what gives a building strength and submit stability to last the last when things get difficult. And if we're going to be at church, that last, if we're going to be at church, that is sustained, no matter what happens. We're going to have to make sure that work on a good foundation. People who like a good foundation, they fall away and they faint in difficult times. I see so many times, the body of Christ members of the body of Christ. All of a sudden they are walking with God. Next thing, you know, they don't even know if they believe in God anymore. I don't know. Pastor details. We really trust that. There is a God.

How do we really know this? Do we really know the school teacher? Manga.

How we how far we Fallen? that's because we like a good foundation. The thing we need to realize about foundations is that it takes a skilled Craftsman. It takes a skilled Craftsmen to correctly, lay a building's Foundation. Unless a building, unless a building's Foundation has been properly laid than that, building will be vulnerable to failure. 1st Corinthians chapter 3. It's it's one thing to understand the importance of having a strong Foundation. It's another thing to recognize that Good Foundations, require skilled Craftsmen. In order to lazy. You can have the right materials. If you have the wrong person responsible for laying those materials establishing that Foundation, the building is just as vulnerable as it was without the material here in 1st Corinthians, chapter 3 verse 10. According to the grace of God, which is given unto me. This is Paul. He's writing. According to the grace of God, which is given unto me as they noticed wise, master builder. I have laid the foundation. In another building is there on, but let every man, take heed how he build this their own. According to Paul Corning to this passage laying a good foundation requires as he puts it a master builder. Meaning. Laying a good foundation, is not a job for your run-of-the-mill weekend warrior.

Or diyre.

You don't give this project to students.

This is not a student-led project. This is not something you do over the weekend, when you got free time. This is not a DIY project. You need to hire professionals uses.

You might go to Home Depot to paint your house, but you better not go to Home. Depot to figure out. How can I give you classes at Home Depot on that? Cuz I know you are not be doing that. You got to call in for my say, the professional. Master builder. Paul says in this word Master Builders. It's the from the Greek word arcade teknon. Arcade Pac-Man, in this word is where we get to work. We get to work. Architect frontman and this word architect. Non or architect is made up really up two words. The first one is r-ky, which means cheap. And tekton which means worker or Builder are Chi-Chi's and pets on which these worker or Builder.

We're familiar with that. Prefix Ark, we fight it in the word, Bishop heard that word before. Archbishop. That's the chief among other Bishops or priest. we've heard of the term archrival is not your run-of-the-mill rival, is the chief of all rifles, so I think MSU

I don't know why I always use every opportunity I can. to slander the green and white, but arch rival. Or archenemy, which is different in the arch rival arrival as someone who's contending for the same spot you are. That's why MSU is our rival cuz they're contending for the fan ship of Michigan. We have an arch enemy. Say OSU,

In this case, we're not just fighting for Michigan's Hearts. We going to fight you if we see you on the street anywhere. We just don't like you. Somebody say that. She's among enemies.

Archangel. Among the angels. So, now we come to the work architect, which is the chief among all Builders. You have a house, have many Builders electricians papers plumbers, but the chief among all of those workers among all of those Builders is the architect.

Everyone every electrician, every paint for every drywaller gets their Direction. Architect overseas, everything. You don't have a good architect. Then nothing those Builders do. Be able to stand the test of time. Come on somebody.

Bishop Hogan would always say. If you want to die. Get a jack leg doctor.

If you want to go to jail. Get a jackleg lawyer. If you want to go to hell.

Get a jackleg architect. I mean bracelet.

in some of these folk are headed to

Because they got exactly. Builder.

Someone who did not lay good.

We're here, falling away. You got to look at the architects. What's good foundation, laid? Now, the problem could be the people who came on later who built on another Foundation, but you got to start with the foundation first, then they have a good. That's the question we have to you. Do you have a good foundation? You're trying to build this and we got people trying to build their Ministry, build their life. Good. What are you building on? Make sure that you build it on a good. You can't leave whatever you do from here, but I have to be on this.

You offer this on this?

Call fitted this way. Do you have ten thousand instructors? You have not many fathers. What? Because it is the job of every father to lay the foundation in the lives of their children.

And according to the foundation that our father lays in a life of his children will determine how high that sound goes. And whether or not they'll be able to stay when they get there. What determines how high a building goes is what's it's at. Its foundation of watching, a documentary of the twin towers. And they talked about all the effort had to be put in laying the foundation for the skyscrapers. The skyscrapers went down almost as deep as it went up and had to have a strong Foundation before they could start building it. So, you know what that tells us. Every buildings potential is determined by its foundation. Every buildings durability is determined by its foundation. What a building has underneath. The surface will determine what is able to be above the surface. And what every Christian has? Below the surface. will determine What you are able to be. Above the surface, never forget that. We're so eager to build walls. But your potential is not determined by how high you can make the walls. Your potential is determine what you got going on underneath?

So what are these foundational pillars? Of the Christian faith. Only examined scripture. We discovered that there are at least four. They are at least four foundational pillars. In the first is the pillar of righteousness. The pillar. Righteousness.

When it comes to the subject of righteousness, we meet it on almost every page of scripture. It's almost impossible to, to read a go. So far inscription without encountering. This word righteousness is everywhere. It's everywhere. It's because righteousness is the basis of everything God does. And it is the foundation upon, which his kingdom is built. Did you know that God's kingdom, his rule. His authority is built on a foundation of righteousness, in Psalm 89 friend, since I'm going to read it out, the SV Version, Psalms 89, and verse 14 notice is it reads righteousness and justice? Are the foundation of your throne or of your kingdom. Loving kindness and Truth goes before thy face. Righteousness, and Justice are the foundation of Vine throne? I think in the King James that says the habitation with the word isn't habitation is really Foundation. Righteousness, is at the foundation. Of everything. Does his rule, everything. Does, he does it right?

I wonder what is the foundation of of what we do? We're always trying to as a scheming ween. Eamon and women. Not sure with women is, but it can't be righteous.

Gay men and women.

But God, but God's rule his kingdom is established on doing, right? Or righteousness. Don't because God is Holy because he is righteous. He cannot have any fellowship with anyone who is not wholly and not self-righteous. God Is So righteous that he cannot fellowship with anyone who is so much. They not right? Someone who doesn't do, right? Can a fellowship with the problem with this is no man. Is righteous in the sight of God. Try, how you meant? You can do whatever you want to do with. The Bible says the works of man are as filthy rags. Man's righteousness, man's attempt at doing right. God still sees flaws in it. There is nothing you or I can do it ourselves that can make us write this in God's eyes. And because of that, there is nothing we can do to have fellowship with a holy God and see what the Dilemma is. We can't have fellowship with God because we're not righteous and he is.

So, how can a holy God? Have relationship and fellowship with an ungodly Unholy and unrighteous. People. This is where Christ comes in.

Christ came. Lived a righteous life. I said he lived a righteous life and he died for our sins. That we might be righteous in the side of gods. And so I want to give you a definition of righteousness. Righteousness, is list. Write this down. Righteousness, is that state? In which man's sins are forgiven. Righteousness, is that state in which man's sins are forgiven? And he is seen. As right. In the sight of God is the state in which man's sins are forgiven, and he is seeing somebody say seen as right, or right in the sight of God. Righteousness is basically the opposite of condemnation. To be righteous is the opposite of being condemned. Therefore righteousness is synonymous with another term. We might no justification. Go with me to Romans chapter 8.

Never heard that $50 word before justification. It means the same as righteousness to be justified means to be declared righteous. Here in Romans, for instance, Romans chapter 8, hopefully all these verses will start coming into Focus for some of us Romans 8, and 31. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us.

Who can be against us? So it's not even the devil can condemn us before God. If he's for U-verse 32c that spare not his son. So now you begin to see how he's for is, or why he is, or is he spared? Not his son? He's not his son but delivered him up for us all. How shall he not with him or buy him also freely. Give us all things my safe. Verse 33. Who sell late anyting? So, the charge of God's elect it is God that what? Or makes righteous God who declares righteous. If God declares you, righteous are just fine. Nobody. Not even the devil can bring a charge against you verse 34. Who is he? That condemneth? It is Christ that died. That's the key. Ye rather it is risen again. Who is even at the right hand of God who also make his wife.

The intersection is for our sins. The fact that he's at the right hand of God is so that we will appear before God as him. He represents us before the father. Bayonet that righteous one before the father is what we are relying upon. When we say, we are righteous or Justified before, God before God. The thing to remember, About righteousness. Somebody say I'm I'm listening.

The thing to remember about righteousness. Is that it's not about what makes us righteous before, God, but who?

It's not about what what makes us righteous. But who Because we're tempted to ask what what do I need to do? In order to feel like an I have a good standing before you in order for me to to be confident that I'm in a right relationship with you. What do I have to do to achieve that status? Well, the answer is nothing. Is Christ, who gives you that status? Is price. Who brings you into that relationship? It's Christ. Who gives you that good standing before. The father makes us righteous in his sight. Turn the Romans 10 turn over there. Romans 10, it's Christ. We talk about righteousness. We need to realize that at the foundation of righteousness is a person. Not an accent. What about what we do? About who we believe in?

Our righteousness is based and found it in a person. His name is Jesus. Romans chapter 10 verse 1, brother and my heart's, desire and prayer, Romans 10. And one, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel, is that they might be saved for, I bear them, right? They have a Zeal of God. But not according to what. So, it's possible to have a Zeal for God and not be saved. Is possible to run around the walls at church and not be saved? Is possible to the pray everyday and not be safe?

Can't make you think now verse 34, they being ignorant of God's righteousness going about to establish their own, right? And have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God's verse for for Christ. For Christ for Christ, is the end of the law for righteousness. To everyone. That believe it. It's not the end of the law, is the end of the law for righteousness, but we don't need it to be righteous. Because he's our righteousness. What we do with the long, is what we do, after we know that we are righteous. What are you saying here is stop trying to seek a good standing, a good relationship with a father for what you do.

The problem is many Christians like Israel that points out here, many Christians are going about to try to establish their relationship with God, their standing with God, based on what they do. Cuz they attend church cuz they ties cuz they fast. Cuz they pray, cuz they do this or do that. And Paul is writing here in Romans that we do not look to the things we do as a basis for our righteousness, as a basis for our relationship. This is what righteousness represents our relationship with gaunt, our standing with him. He says, here while you're looking to the things you do. As the basis of your righteousness. Guess what? You're not doing. You're not submitting. We might say you're not receiving the righteousness that comes from Christ. If you're busy, trying to prove your righteousness thing, you're not receiving the righteousness, that crisis. Are you want God to receive you based on what you done? This is how we place ourselves above other people. And really, we do this so that we could be Sinners on the other side. She's the reason why we want God to give us righteousness for coming to church it so that we can keep lying over here, but still appear righteous delay. I'm doing this. Do whatever we turn a self-righteous is because we're trying to hide something else. Because I'm doing this though because I'm serving. Because I've been a member of that church for 30 years because I give this much on Sunday morning and you got to overlook everything else, you know, don't worry about that.

Any sense when you're doing that, guess what you're not doing, you're not submitting your, not receiving the righteousness that comes from and I'm convinced that there's so many in the body of Christ at church today that have never really receive. The righteousness that comes from Christ. They're too busy telling dog. What they've done.

I want me to go with me to Luke 15.

We're going to the story of The Prodigal Son. Anybody's ever read. That story, know anything about that story know that, that the prodigal son is really about two sons. Not one. That the youngest son, which is called the prodigal son. He he he straight away. And, and, and he, he, he went to a far country. As the scripture said, in got involved in a whole lot of thin, but his elder, brother. He remained at home. And the Bible record while he was faithful to his father. He did everything, he took out the trash. He mowed the lawn. He helped with the family business. But he did that. In order to try to earn a standing with his father. Which regrettably he never received. And he was angry with him back there, by the team, pulling into the bank, that I did, all this stuff and I still can't get the standing that I don't know. I've been wanting from you, the appreciate the recognition, the validation. Some people at church feel the same way, they feel upset. The energy, all the effort, all the money. I've given. I still don't get the validation. The approval, the advancement, the stand. I believe I deserve. What the other song somebody say the other son?

The other son recognized that he was no longer Worthy.

He was no longer able or worthy to have a good standing with the father. He knew he forfeited it. And there's some people that church today know that there's nothing they can do to overcome with Dave done. They've given up trying. To be worthy and have a good standing in the sight of God. And it is him. It was that son that was able to receive some as they receive. The status, the standing that the father offered. Let's look at it, Luke 15. This is a story of righteousness and 21 through 15 and 21. We pick up the story, the sun. He comes home. He says to the father father, I have sinned. Against heaven. Aaron's eyesight. Eminem no more notice Worthy. To be called by son. I lost my standing. But the father said to his servants, bring forth the best robe. Put it on him, put a ring on his hand shoes on his feet. Bring hither the what fatted calf and kill it and let us eat and be merry. Otis. When the son recognize he was bankrupt. In being able to please, or gain a good standing, or maintain a good standing before the father in made him a candidate. To receive the Bible says, a new role. In fact, it doesn't just call it a new robe and called it the best rope. May not make any difference to the Casual Observer for to the Sunday School students. I understand that in the Old Testament, Joseph receive the best rope. It was a robe of Many Colors and it gave him status above his brothers because his brothers understood the moment. The father gave Joseph special, really the best rolled it immediately meant that he had the status of the first born.

Or this song to receive the best roll represents how God is offering the righteousness of the firstborn to those who recognize their no longer Worthy. Earn it. I put the best route, the road here represents righteousness, but it's not man's righteousness. It's the best righteousness of bailable, which is that of the firstborn, which is Christ. The only begotten of the father.

And notice why he was able to receive it because he realized he was unworthy. When you stop trying.

That's what you going to get. What you been searching for.

When you submit and say, God, I can't, I can't what I'm looking for. I can achieve, I need you to give it to me. Foundations are built their laid, their given everything. We talked about each one of these Foundation. These are things that must be given to you. You can't buy it. You can't build it. You can't earn it. You got to receive it. Puts it say, it gives it to you feel a zit in your heart.

This is the T for the body of Christ. We got to come to the point where we realize that we are big, whoop, and unworthy so that we can receive the standing, not good, man, but of the best man. The God man, who is Jesus Christ?

We should point out.

That the sun here was surprised. To receive this lofty robe or lofty position. I'm not even worthy to be. It was given that he wasn't, he was surprised. You know, why? He was surprised because he couldn't understand how the father could give such righteousness. Such a robe to such a terrible person. He thought he had to prove himself. You know what, he found out that this role is righteousness was given to him even before he was proven. Even before he was worth it for me to Romans chapter 4, what are the things we need to realize about righteousness is righteousness is given while we're still unproven and unrighteous. You don't get righteousness after you've been in church 5 years. You don't get this righteousness after you served on the Usher board or in the choir. You get this right since the moment you come in even while you're unproven and on the Worthy. On the righteous, he gives this righteousness to the ungodly. How old somebody is out there? Are you out there? Romans 4:3 Romans 4:3 for what saith the scripture? Adam Abraham believed God and it was counted. Somebody say, count it. Remember that word. It was counted unto him for righteousness. First for now, take him. That work is, is the reward, not reckoned. Same were counted of Grace, but of debt. First five, but take him, that work is not be before you start serving on any boards. That work is not but believes on him. That justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted.

Whose faith is County for rent the ungodly? Got it sitting here at this righteousness, which is one of the pillars of your Christian faith is given to you while you're still unproven, just wrap your mind around that.

Is granting. You this standing with him? Before you prove anything. Can you receive that? Some people can't take them awhile? Cuz there's their self-righteous and prideful. It's why you can't get some people stuff. They feel like they got to earn everything. I don't do it. Don't do it. A lot of that is just false humility. Its prize during pregnancy, when you can you can you can buy him a ticket gas even after they came across town to pick you up. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

And I did it back that sometimes you just want people to know that you're doing it on a kind of your heart, but not let me know. Sometimes we can go too far with that. And that we can't receive anything. And if you keep doing that, you'll build up a mentality where if you're not only not receiving from me and you won't even receive from. You, feel like you got to prove something to get it. A little bit something extra in the offering plate in order to get it. And see, there it is. You haven't submitted. You haven't submitted submitted your pride and let somebody give you something, but it was very humbling to receive stuff from people.

This is why it's harder for men to be saved, many times in women. Because men are more prideful in this regards. Because we are built to be fit, the leaders, the provider's, the source, and now we got to come to our source. And sometimes it's too much for Manitou that it struggles with that. I need to do something.

I need to say yes, Lord. I need it. I need thee every hour.

Oh, bless me now. My savior. I come where to you.

Counting.

Does this in Romans 4 counting their face for righteousness? That were counted? You know what it means? It means to see or to think of person. That tells us that the righteousness that God gives us at least initially is not something that can be seen by. Man is only seen in the eyes of God. When God says, he's calling you right, since he's not looking at your flesh. It got looking at the reality. He's looking at you in his sights.

How many people is there? Where? I can't believe? I'm right. I don't know what I did last night. What you see is what he sees. Because remember Christ is risen. And feed it at the right hand. And so he's not seeing you. He's seeing your righteousness with his price. So if it was, if it was actually earned by you, then it will be you up there. Nobody brought you with him because he's your righteousness. See if your faith in Christ that allows Christ to be your stand-in. Is Crisis a I'm here. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me, brother, do it for me. Do I have the standing? I'm speaking for them. I'm standing for them. I'm representing them because they believed in me. So so it's not. Don't look at them. Look at me by the look at me. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. And so our God sees in his side is the righteousness. This is why when Jesus came, he couldn't just come and die. Took the baby and just killed it. The baby had to grow up in the baby. Have to be obedient because we need more from the baby. That is blood. We need to talk.

We need more from the baby that is blunt the but forgives, our sins, but that doesn't help us see. A judge can can, can acquit you of the crime even when you go out there and you still got a mark on you. Oh, you forgot to record.

Even though you've been released from prison, you still got a records. They got you on the report. You don't folk don't want to live next to you. How do I say it's been reported?

Price came and live a holy life first so that he can communicate to us, not only his blood, but his obedience, his righteousness.

Do you see when you're going before it got, it really doesn't matter what you've done. It's not about you. Is about your ability to see God Christ as you people. Struggle with that, as I said. Colossians chapter 1.

Are y'all out there?

My say is true in his sights. I know what you I know what you did. Yeah, right, but the good thing is, I don't need you to get a prayer through. I need God's. Cuz I'm not asking you I'm asking him. So it doesn't matter what you see. It's a matter of what constitutes. And I'll say that to the boy who spread it. Don't matter what you see. Medical custody. You allow the devil to keep, still keep you looking at what you doing until that was not about what I see. But what he see. I'm writing. I'm about to show you in his sights here in Colossians. Chapter 1 and verse 21. And you, somebody say and me? That were sometimes alienated and enemies in your mind, by Wicked works at Old. You can't have a relationship with God and be Wicked. You can't even have a relationship with God and have wickedness in your thoughts.

Alienated. In your mind by Wicked work yet. Now as he reconciles. In the body of his flesh through death. Present you, somebody saying me? Haley and unbelievable, and unreproveable. In his. Notice your name isn't even there. In whose eyes and whose side's your neighbor sites, your mother sites, the world sites, your enemy site, the devil cites his fights. What do he see? Here's The Clincher. Birth23 if You continue in the face? Grounded. Found it and what I told and be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which you have heard which was preached to every creature which is under heaven where of I Paul and May Day. That's what your minister should be telling you. The bases, the ground, the phone station.

How you are viewed in, God's sight is based on whether or not you believe that through his death Christ presents, you holding not working on it. Holy.

Not better than the rest unblameable. You can't bring a charge. You can't find nothing. Unreputable in his and that's at day one. Since that day, one not day. 53. Not year. 45 at day one. If you can believe it. That's the face. Cuz she's smart righteousness and then doesn't mean. Then I'm not trying to be right, this, you know, what it does mean? That what I do is not something I'm trying to do to become, I'm doing it because I is

Is the fruit of my righteousness? And not the call of my righteousness when I'm praying. I don't crave to become like this. I'm praying because I'm in crisis. I don't like this because I'm his wife, his hand up her rights, as people do. And what I did and I am when I'm generous, I don't do that to become, right? Just I do that because that's what good righteous people. They give their generous.

It's the fruit. Not the route.

The roots of my righteousness is a person. not my log, keeping

The last thing I want thing, I want to maybe the last thing we need to realize a number ending with this about righteousness. Really, what makes righteousness of pillar, what makes righteousness foundational? Is the fact that it is the basis of everything we receive from them. We need to think about this. What makes righteousness so foundational? the reason why is listed as one of the pillars of the faith is because if the basis, Of everything we receive from God. whether or not, We can believe. Can see Christ as being our righteousness. Will determine anything we receive from God.

Unless you can be righteous in God's sight. You can't receive anything from gaunt. And remember, nothing you can do is righteous in his sights. You can only be righteous in his sight when you receive price.

As a source of your righteousness, go to Romans chapter 10. First 10, Romans 10 verse 10.

Romans 10 verse 10. Are y'all out there?

Anybody feel like they're being established. Yeah, man. This is going to help you establish you.

Romans 10 and 10. With the heart. Man, believeth unto righteousness. And with the mouth confession is made unto

you make salvation. You believe for righteousness.

Notice the order. You have to believe you are righteous. Before you can receive salvation.

There is no salvation for the unrighteous.

You receive salvation? Cuz your righteous is a gift to the righteous James chapter 5.

You'll be surprised if you see this many many times, but maybe you just kind of glanced by, but today we're going to actually stop by and look at it. James 5:16 confess your faults. One to another. Pray one for another that you may be. What's next for the sexual fervent? Prayer of any man? Of a righteous man. Availeth much the words Avail much means to make Power available. There's only Power available for those. Who are righteous when they print? Only the righteous man has access to God available power. Only a righteous man can make Power available for instance to be sealed. But how are we may ride to some things that we are righteous because we've been coming to church.

We think we are righteous because, you know, we got baptized. We serve on the Deacon board. So God. You got to heal my body. That's service. I've been to.

Are you going to leave me here on this hospital beds?

I wish we, we do that, you know, we will pray for sex. Then, Lord everything they don't. Did you know?

It was me working in you the will and do. If my good person, they wouldn't even use. And if it was you, then everything you did is filthy rags, and it don't get burnt up. It ain't Godly. Come at me again. One more time. Remind me. Why am I obligated to do this? I don't owe you nothing. Oh, you not because everything you got. I gave it to you. I gave you everything. Oh you are so I don't owe you nothing. Don't don't come play and don't play that car with this. Take it back up. Put it back in your head. Don't know what don't ever play that card don't ever. Don't ever ever ever play. That card won't win the game.

You're playing the wrong car. He put down the players Hearts. You put down time cuz I didn't go to get with you in the play as Hearts. You can't wait with that car.

So you never played space before. I know. That's alright.

Did the colors green? You can't play with it? Don't talk to it. What it is.

I got to change up for your Holy One, then some only ones that are holy.

You're making me sweat in Jesus name?

No, no, it is is his righteousness, is his righteousness that gives us power with. It's because we appear before him as Christ. That God is compelled to do it. I didn't said I thank you. Father. You always do everything and I'mma tell you something else. He always does, he does everything we ask in his name? And when I say in his name, it doesn't mean told his name like a, like a, like a formula in the name of Jesus, that I asked. I asked those sons of skiva repeating his name, get anything. They said, I command you in the name of Jesus, that Pall Prima devil jumped off. And when he says, when you ask in my name, he doesn't mean saying my name. He means ass representing me. Believing that you're standing in my righteousness. That's how you get your prayers answered when you believe, he is your righteousness and you're asking is Jesus. And his perfect record. Alright, let's look at another one. Last one Romans 5, then imma let you go cuz I've tried.

Romans 5.

I'm trying to build a good foundation. I don't know about you because there's something coming around this corner. That's going to shake the body of Christ. And if you're not founded on the rock.

You're going to start right now. Some things you thought you would never be now. These are the days are going to be so terrible. That if it was possible, it will deceive even the very elect. Nobody came to see the electric cuz they are.

Their house is built. And I don't saying,

Where are you? Can you can go to these pizza? Somebody's Ministries, ain't nothing but sand boxes.

Bullets, and they got capsules what they're saying, capsules.

I'd rather take a little bit of house. Does built on a rock? Play Piggies out there. We're going to take a little bitty house. That's built on a rock. Cuz the devil is about to hook. and he's about to put,

he says the devil and his angels will be talked down to the Earth wall unto the inhabitants of the earth. Cuz the devil knows he has but a short time, it's going to happen. It's happening. Now think it won't Romans 5, you better get on the rock.

Romans 5 verse 1, therefore being justified made righteous, same word being justified or made righteous by faith. We have peace with God is reconciliation through our Lord Jesus Christ verse to buy whom We have access by faith. Notice into this grace, wherein we stand and rejoice in the hope of the glory. I've got reason we have access. God's grace. You name it Grace to be healed, Grace, to be delivered, Grace to be guided. Grace to be informed. The reason we have access to God's grace is because we have been Justified or made righteous. Because you can't gain access to the grace of God unless you come into His presence with boldness.

Come boldly before the throne of grace to obtain grace. And mercy, in the, you can't get Grace or Mercy from God. If you come to him outside of boldness for confidence, you got to have confidence. If you going to get anything from gods. You got to be bold. If you're going to get anything from golf reason, why we're not getting prayers answered. It ain't no problem with a Harper doesn't work is sometimes, you know, it's like rolling back. Sometimes it works. Sometimes. It, don't know, know know week prayers don't work company and prayers to Prayers made in boldness. Well, the question is, how do I get bonus and Bowl? This isn't just yelling.

Jesus said he would know more Bolder than if you whispered s. Eskimo Hut the compass in confidence doesn't come because you're able to quote 15 scriptures when you free. Confidence is rooted in righteousness, when you know you done, right? When you are right before God, you can come boldly. And remember. Don't try to come to him with your little weak. These I worked in the parking lot. I make some cakes. I preached this permit. They don't give you confidence with God's. The only thing that gives us confidence with Dawn is the righteousness of Jesus Christ. And when you can come before God believing that he is your righteousness. Nothing will be withheld from you and you have access to my say, the doors, open the doors, open. The door is open to whomever, life is based and built and found it on the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Door is open. The door is open. The door is open. You got to access.

3. Knock knock.

You got the key. You know what the key is. Believe that he is my righteousness.

Does work. We've got to do. This is our job. And we need to be about getting to this place.

This place of confidence that we're trusting, not in the Deeds that we've done. I don't want to be very clear. It's not that we discount doing good deeds because as I said what's below, the surface gives potential to what's above the surface. We start out it'll righteousness that only God can see. But it's that basis that allows us to perform righteousness that men can see. We'll start with the walls. We start with what's below the surface.

Forward teaching people.

You know, what's good with this building beef? If we would have stopped with the foundation? You got to keep going. That's the problem with some of these doctors to get a good foundation. They start with trusting and Chrysler right there, but they stopped right there. Don't ever put up any walls. How is that? Helping man? Cuz man can't see what's below the service test. Forgot.

What if we got the right thing? Below the surface, it should manifest itself in fruits?

I start there. Who gives this road? To the Unworthy. Stop trying to make yourself. Worthy of what God is trying to give you freely.

Justifies. Ungodly men. Wicked people. Nasty people. Which is it?

It's because of Jesus. And can you believe it? If you believe in your heart is righteousness. And you shouldn't hesitate to confess.

Your salvation. Let's bow our heads today. I want to pray for you father. I do pray in Jesus name.

Pray for every individual under the sound of my voice.

I pray for those who feel unworthy.

Who feel like their unqualified?

Unable. Deborah Hines. A good standing in a good relationship with you and the dishes, done too many things. I just don't know where to begin. But father, I pray that you would help them to see. Did they begin with Christ? Christ, is that beginning? Because of his great love. He gave his life. When I say life, father, we know that he gave not only his blood, but his life of obedience. That we might have a good standing. We might be seen as righteous in your sight. Other put this face. In all who listens to these words. Father, give us to believe, on this, let this be the foundation of our Christian Life and walk. I thank you so much that you have provided us with everything we need.

But if we continue in the face of these things, Nothing can move us.

We would be unmovable.

We will be like trees planted whose fruit never leave. Never rivers in always brings forth fruit in season. I thank you that you are reconstructing. Men's lives today. You are repairing the foundation of your church. You are establishing us. And making us ready? To be able to endure whatever tomorrow brings and we thank you today. We give your name all the praise in Jesus. Mighty name. Hey, man.

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