Jesus: Victor and Forgiver — The Unforgivable Sin

``Jesus is saying, I'm stronger. I've come to bind the enemy. I've come to disarm him. I've come to defeat the dominion of darkness. I've come to render them helpless. This is my kingdom now. I am the king. I am the stronger man, and I get to do what I can do because I'm God. He says, I've never sinned. I'm on the way to defeat sin. I'm on my way to defeat death and sin on the cross. I'm on my way to do that publicly to defeat everything of darkness on that cross where sin and suffering will be defeated forever. [00:37:58] (39 seconds)  #KingOverDarkness

God is still working in many of you today to even soften your heart. So listen, don't despair your past. Don't look at your life and say I'm too far. I've done too much. Paul would say you're wrong. Jesus would say you're wrong. You're not more powerful than the cross. You can't mess up this plan. Don't despair your sin but at the same time, don't ignore it. But repent of it. Turn from it. Believe that Jesus paid for it, for your sins on the cross and you will be forgiven. That's the greatest news of the gospel I've ever heard. [01:00:45] (45 seconds)  #NoPastTooFar

So let me clarify for you. There is no other way. No other hope, no other possibility for the forgiveness of sins other than faith and repentance in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Jesus says, I am the way. I am the truth. I am the life. No one comes to God. No one comes to the father except through me. This is the only way sins can be forgiven is if they're atoned for by God himself. That's what I came to do. [00:55:02] (37 seconds)  #OnlyThroughJesus

And so the work of the spirit comes within us to humble us, to bring us to repentance of sin, and faith in the truth. But if we respond to that invitation and the power of the spirit by rejecting the work of Jesus and the work of salvation, then we shut ourselves off from the only one who could ever bring us to repentance and faith. Which means we shut ourselves off from an invitation from God that offers forgiveness. And if you shut yourself off from the invitation that is given to you by the spirit that offers you forgiveness, then guess what? There is no forgiveness. That's the point. [00:54:12] (50 seconds)  #HeedTheSpirit

Turning from your sin, what the bible calls repentance, and turning from our unbelief to belief in and upon the person and work of Jesus Christ, that's called faith. Repentance and faith collide, And when repentance and faith collide, there is forgiveness of all sins. So those who repent of sins, those who believe in Christ, those who believe in Jesus will be forgiven of all sin. There is not a sin that is greater than the cross. Not a sin that is beyond the grace and the forgiveness of Jesus Christ. [00:47:45] (41 seconds)  #RepentAndBelieve

I received mercy because I acted ignorantly and in unbelief. Everything that came out of my mouth was actually untrue when I spoke about Jesus Christ. But the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and the love that are in Christ Jesus. And the saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Jesus Christ came to save sinners. Jesus came to save sinners of whom I am the foremost. Meaning, I'm the worst. You will not out sin me. That's what he says. But I receive mercy. [00:45:32] (45 seconds)  #SavedByGrace

I've invaded the one who you're talking about. The liar, the deceiver, the enemy, the oppressor of my people. And so I'm the king. I've come to invade the enemy and the darkness, and if I wanna break into his property, and I wanna take the goods of somebody, you have to be stronger than them. And so Jesus is saying, I'm stronger than Satan. I'm the only one who can do this because I'm God. Jesus is showing the fact that he's the stronger man, and he's able to crush the kingdom of darkness and take back the people of his very own. [00:37:20] (39 seconds)  #JesusConquersDarkness

But here's the truth. Is that as we continue to back out and look at the full picture of Jesus, we are confronted with some of the things that Jesus says, and some of the things that Jesus does. And we have to realize very quickly that we can't be neutral about Jesus. Like every one of us has to do something with what we're understanding about this Jesus. And it forces us actually into a response. And and you would say, well, I don't respond. That is still a response. [00:21:30] (36 seconds)  #NoNeutralJesus