Christ Can Set You Free

Real life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim truth, equip the saints, and impact our culture. Jesus sets people free. He washes away your sins, he moves inside, it's not religion, it's meeting the Lord Jesus Christ in reality, and he's the one that gets you ready for heaven. He does it and you don't. You cooperate, you walk with him. You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ, then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, that's like saying amen or yes, then that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to what God's Word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs. Are you free to follow Jesus? Are you free from what the world would try to bring under you and it's bondage and it's intimidation? I don't have the time to tell you what we've gone through this week with intimidation from the media world. They can do anything they want, they can make up whatever they want to do to try to silence the truth. Guess what? God will never allow his truth to be silenced. Ever. It's impossible to silence true. Jesus said, I'm the way the truth and the life and no man comes to the Father but through me. And you can do all you want to shut that down but you can never shut it down. God will go right around it and we hurt it all. All the excuses, oh we're sorry and we don't know why and this and the other and oh maybe that and then this and one of the accusations against me is I preached a sermon that I wrote my sermon without quoting any other human being, me, mine and in fact copywritten by me and they accused me of breaking copyright laws on that sermon. How do you do that? I ripped myself off. And then when that was pointed out that went away. The world is going to do whatever it does do and everyone listen we'll try to push their authority on you. Just know this. Jesus Christ is the king of kings and the Lord of Lords and your his child and and he rules and reigns in your life. Listen, Benjamin Franklin said God governs in the affairs of men and I believe Ben Franklin because he was simply quoting really good theology. There's a new authority. For Christ also suffered once for sins the just that's him for the unjust that's me that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh Jesus died in the flesh but made alive by the spirit. It's the spirit of God the Bible says that resurrected Jesus from the dead. How could the grave what why didn't the grave keep him down because listen because he was sinless Jesus wasn't a really good man who impressed God and won the prize the Bible says that he was the God man who came from heaven to earth to live in this world and meet all the requirements of the law. Satisfying the law imagine if Moses could have been personified 2000 years ago in the 10 commandments Jesus would have lived his life at the end of his 33 and a quarter years. Moses would have went awesome. That's incredible. So you're the one I prophesied about. Moses would have bowed down. He lived the perfect life you and I can't. He died on the cross his body died on the cross by the way you do know that right his body died on the cross that's all that died on the cross is his body as a sacrifice by the way when you and I die that's all that dies is your body you know the you the you that you are that lives forever where are you going last service somebody came here from Atlanta and they said I got a hurry got a hurry back to Ontario Port I get a catch my flight back out to Atlanta came to first service so I said where you going Atlanta can you say today if somebody asks you where you going heaven hopefully it's the next flight out of here would that be great heaven do you know that you're supposed to know that the Bible tells us to know that the Bible says in 1 John 3 verse 5 and you know that he that is the son of was manifest to take away our sins Jesus came to take away our sins and in him there is no sin there you go the sinless had to die for the sinful the just for the unjust watch if you have a problem with that God is saying to you today you need to get right for heaven if you have a problem with that it's called pride I'll do it myself pride I don't need this yes you do no I don't it's pride did I already say this we're not asking you for a penny we don't listen you wait listen God bless you but you don't have to come back here ever again there's no membership to sign up on did we pass the plate we only want you to make sure you're right with him and it's between you and him and when he calls you out on the inside you're to respond to him he is sinless and pure and he died where I was supposed to die and he rose again from the dead so that the grave could never hold me or you if you trust him you know that the Bible says for the Christian the Christ follower to be absent from this human bodies to be present with the Lord wouldn't you like to know for sure that the moment you breathe your last or you see that train coming down the track or that truck you you just know that last moment oh my goodness I'm going to see Jesus right now the Bible says to be absent from this bodies to be present and the word is immediately we'll do have to walk through some gauntlet no instantly even before Stephen died in the book of Acts he saw the glory of God before he breathed this last is that the authority that's over your life it's your choice there is an authority over your life if you like it or not it's either you or God in 1st Peter chapter 2 verse 24 1st Peter 2 24 who himself at his Jesus bore our sins in his own body wow on the tree that's a reference to the cross it's made out of wood that we have been died to sins that is how do I die to sins I receive him as Lord and Savior I ask him to come into my life that's when the Holy Spirit takes over and sin no longer has the strength of the power that it once had in my life do you guys want to stand that those of you who are new to this everybody around us we're all the same the only difference is there are people here that are saved and people here that are not saved what does that mean there are people here going to heaven and there are people here going to hell well that's not nice but it's true well I don't want to go great grab the ticket it's already paid for what's the ticket he died for you on the cross rules again from the dead he paid the price that you couldn't pay to give you his righteousness that you could never earn it's a great exchange and when you realize that you fall in your face and you realize oh my gosh Lord how can you be so good to me I'm a wretch oh wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from this body of sin and death says Paul I thank God that there's therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus and a new law is written in my life by the Holy Spirit's power God puts the love in your heart to love him is that weird think about that do you love me you ask somebody do you love me and you say yeah I love you no no I'm really really stop going down do you love me yeah I said I love you don't say it like that do you love me listen again if you have to ask if you're loved you need marriage counseling no no that's meant to be funny if you're married and you have to ask someone do you love that's the that's the same we got to get that fixed it's free you need to come we got to get Bible no I'm serious we all have different languages and we need to learn how to speak them but one of this things should be absolutely unshakable and that is I know that I love Lisa and I know that she loves me that she put up with a lot can you imagine being married to me that's why she's like this she's like a steady ship at sea I'm like going from wave to wave God's God is a way of doing crazy things right I'm grateful but just know that God wants you to know that his love is upon your life and the Bible tells you in Hebrews chapter 9 verse 28 so Christ that is Jesus was offered once to bear the sins of many are you in that many imagine that he died for the sins of all there is a while you say how come it says many are not all because this is all in some places this it's true he died for all but not all except him that's the many he died for everybody you could be sitting in the church right here right now and saying yeah you know I guess that's all good for you guys Christ died for the many he died for the all but to settle it in your own life you need to make the decision for yourself and then also this you guys is that there's a new order in verse 3 there's a new order by design for what the law could not do listen up everyone for what the law could not do and that it was weak through the flesh I love this God did I love that so who wouldn't amend it the law is awesome and holy and pure right yeah all of that stuff totally true you just said it's weak yeah it is weak listen I'm quoting Paul the Apostle here from the Bible for some of you who are legalists maybe you're Jewish today and you're saying I find that highly offensive I get it but can I remind you I'm reading from a Jew 2,000 years ago who knew about being a Jew way more than you do he was the Jew of Jews the Hebrew of Hebrews he was Saul of Tarsus Paul the Apostle and he says the law is amazing but it's got a weak spot what's the weak spot can't save you let's go to the meaning of that word weak the word means feeble you never think of the law being feeble do you it's in stone the 10 commandments yeah it's awesome to point out what's wrong and to tell you what to do but does anywhere in the 10 commandments is it anywhere in the Bible tell you in the Old Testament laws how to be saved the law is feeble it's unable it's without the strength to help or to save it's powerless regarding the context of salvation that is redemption forgiveness restoration access into the presence of heaven it cannot do it can't do it so I've told you guys this before and I'm I've burned out this analogy I'm trying to milk it as long as I can but I told you before that some dear friends of ours got me for my birthday a race a racetrack on the Porsche race course in in LA for 90 minutes you got to go as fast as you want and you know what about 100 I don't know just to be safe 100 200 feet away was the 405 freeway I'm going 180 and they're going 55 you can go look at it online it's amazing here's the thing they had to drive 55 white's posted but what are you doing 55 why is that important you it's the law what are you doing well right now 120 180 how are you able to do that it's not posted do you hear me it's a race track there's no speed limit there's no law to break you can have all the laws that you want you'll be weighed under a pressure and you'll you'll you're you're a Christian who wants that you not only don't have people who want to be with you you don't want to be with you because your experience with God is a real bummer and then you realize wait a minute he lifted the law that it doesn't condemn me anymore and all of my wrongs that's right not only that he's going to write that law the spirit of the law he's going to write on your heart you don't have to read it you put it in you and he's going to do it through you here's the here's what you'll do for the rest of your life cooperate put your foot on the pedal and go break when you need to tomorrow morning or today when you get out of this church you should be hell should tremble when these doors open up hell should go oh gosh there they go they're loose why because of the spirit of the law that God has placed in your heart is the spirit of life not of stone and that's a whole new order over your life designed by God listen to this acts 1339 says for by him that's Jesus Christ everyone who believes is justified from all from listen from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses is that anymore clear beware therefore lest what has been spoken in the prophets the Old Testament prophets come upon you what is that behold you despisers marvel and perish why for I work a work in your days a work which you will by no means believe the one word to declare it to you I'm declaring it to you Jesus sets people free he washes away your sins he moves inside it's not religion it's meeting the Lord Jesus Christ in reality and he's the one that gets you ready for heaven he does it and you know you cooperate you walk with them when Jesus went through the toll gate with Matthew in the north of Galilee all he said to Matthew was imagine that he's a he's a he's a he's a toll keeper Matthews he's sitting there you're supposed to pay him money when you go through the regions in Jesus is walks by there's the Bible doesn't say Jesus paid anything maybe he did it doesn't say he probably did but it doesn't say but he just walks by in the Bible says that he looks to Peter says come follow me now son I love that how many rules how many rules how many rules did he set up Peter I mean Matthew here's the deal set up these seven hurdles and then I'm going to have quick sand at the other end and after you make it through all that I want you to climb that tree he didn't do any of that stuff he just said Matthew come and follow me kind of invitation is I can imagine Billy Graham are being a crusaders like that or Greg Laurie at a crusade I have a message Jesus said come and follow me God bless you thanks for coming that's it but you know that isn't that true come and follow me Romans chapter 5 verse 6 says for when we were still without strength I love this translation for when we were still without the ability to pull ourselves out of the hole we had no strength left to get ourselves out of what was causing us to sink is it drugs is it a bad relationship is it sex is it money is it power what is it when you have no I you I pass you Jack I appreciate what you're saying but there could never be a change in my life you're stuck in a hole you're trying to do it your way as long as you keep trying to get yourself out of it he's got to wait it's like the man drowning don't ever try to rescue a guy drowning stay away from him so that's cool that's brilliant let him drowned then rescue him because he'll kill himself and you wait till he's completely devised it got does that with you and I God help me out of the way because I messed up I tried everything he takes it that's the number one thing for me is that he takes it I just go but he's not like me so he he just waits it's not offended he's listening and then you start going under it done you spent it all you've tried it all and he starts singing and he grabs you pull as you out of the pit mark 1045 for even the son of man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many this jack hips podcast as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities are listener supported will you consider partnering with us through a special gift go to jackhids.com to learn more and stay connected