Barriers… DISTRACTION FEAR DOUBT FEELING UNQUALIFIED LACK OF COMPASSION OUR THEOLOGY

Pastor Wang Yi As a pastor, my firm belief in the gospel, my teaching, and my rebuking of all evil proceeds from Christ’s command in the gospel and from the unfathomable love of that glorious King. Every man’s life is extremely short, and God fervently commands the church to lead and call any man to repentance who is willing to repent. Christ is eager and willing to forgive all who turn from their sins…

Pastor Wang Yi …This is the goal of all the efforts of the church in China—to testify to the world about our Christ, to testify to the Middle Kingdom about the Kingdom of Heaven, to testify to earthly, momentary lives about heavenly, eternal life. This is also the pastoral calling that I have received. For this reason, I accept and respect the fact that this Communist regime has been allowed by God to rule temporarily…

Pastor Wang Yi …As the Lord’s servant John Calvin said, wicked rulers are the judgment of God on a wicked people, the goal being to urge God’s people to repent and turn again toward Him. For this reason, I am joyfully willing to submit myself to their enforcement of the law as though submitting to the discipline and training of the Lord.

What is the Gospel? The gospel is the good news about what Jesus Christ has done to reconcile sinners to God. (9 Marks)

God He is the Creator and Owner of everything God is Holy He requires Perfect Obedience to His law

God He is the Creator and Owner of everything God is Holy He requires Perfect Obedience to His law

1 Peter 1:16 for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

God He is the Creator and Owner of everything God is Holy He requires Perfect Obedience to His law

Matthew 5:8 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect

Man God created Mankind in His Image All Men have broken God’s Law The Payment Due for our sin is Death Good Works and intentions cannot save Anyone

Romans 1:21,25 For although they (men) knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him…they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen

Man God created Mankind in His Image All Men have broken God’s Law The Payment Due for our sin is Death Good Works and intentions cannot save Anyone

Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you

Man God created Mankind in His Image All Men have broken God’s Law The Payment Due for our sin is Death Good Works and intentions cannot save Anyone

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Man God created Mankind in His Image All Men have broken God’s Law The Payment Due for our sin is Death Good Works and intentions cannot save Anyone

Isaiah 64:6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;

Christ He is Fully God, yet also became Fully Man He Died on a Cross to provide salvation He Rose from the Dead and is Alive today He will Return one day to Judge all men

Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin.

Christ He is Fully God, yet also became Fully Man He Died on a Cross to provide salvation He Rose from the Dead and is Alive today He will Return one day to Judge all men

Colossians 1:21-22 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation

Christ He is Fully God, yet also became Fully Man He Died on a Cross to provide salvation He Rose from the Dead and is Alive today He will Return one day to Judge all men

Christ He is Fully God, yet also became Fully Man He Died on a Cross to provide salvation He Rose from the Dead and is Alive today He will Return one day to Judge all men

You Must… Repent and Turn from all that Offends God Count the Cost of Following Christ Plead for Christ to Save you and Trust Him

REPENT A change of mind involving both turning from sin & turning to God.

Ezekiel 18:30-32 "Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each one according to his ways, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!

Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Acts 26:19-20 "So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds.

MacArthur Repentant faith is not merely a decision to trust Christ for eternal life, but a wholesale forsaking of everything else we trust, and a turning to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior

Titus 1:16 Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

You Must… Repent and Turn from all that Offends God Count the Cost of Following Christ Plead for Christ to Save you and Trust Him

Luke 9:23-24 Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.

You Must… Repent and Turn from all that Offends God Count the Cost of Following Christ Plead for Christ to Save you and Trust Him

Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Romans 10:9-10 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

God Will… FORGIVE Us JUSTIFY Us ADOPT Us SANCTIFY Us RECONCILE Us SECURE Us

Will You Commit To… PRAY for 3 CARE for 2 SHARE with 1

Colossians 4:3-4 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ…that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

Luke 10:2 Challenge PRAY at 10:02 Every Day… LABORERS to GO OPPORTUNITIES to GO (Col. 4:3-4)