2. 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
“26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30 He is the source of your

3. life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 1:26-31

5. “If a person who is not a Christian dies, and they were a “GOOD PERSON”, what’s their ETERNAL DESTINY?”

6. This assumes the fate of a “GOOD PERSON” in the hands of what must certainly be a “FAIR GOD” and suggests, WHY NOT let a “GOOD PERSON” into HEAVEN?"

7. That “GOOD” can be defined in any of the following ways. I’m a…….

9. How do we arrive at SOME definition of “GOOD?”

10. The question presupposes:
there are CLEARLY “good people” in the world.

11. The question presupposes:
there are CLEARLY “good people” in the world
that “good people” somehow DESERVE to go to heaven versus hell.

12. The question presupposes:
there are CLEARLY “good people” in the world.
that “good people” somehow DESERVE to go to heaven versus hell.
that heaven is a reward given out by God to those HE JUDGES TO BE “good”, or at least “good enough”.

13. The question presupposes:
there are CLEARLY “good people” in the world.
that “good people” somehow DESERVE to go to heaven versus hell.
that heaven is a reward given out by God to those HE JUDGES TO BE “good”, or at least “good enough”.
that getting to heaven is DETERMINED BY MAN, not DETERMINED BY GOD.

14. Worst of all, it presupposes that JESUS CHRIST and HIS PLAN to die to save man is of MINOR IMPORTANCE compared to WHAT A “GOOD PERSON” THINKS.

15. Worst of all, it presupposes that JESUS CHRIST and HIS PLAN to die to save man is of MINOR IMPORTANCE compared to WHAT “GOOD PERSON” THINKS.
that being “good” TAKES PRECEDENT over all other CONSIDERATIONS OF GOD;

16. The worst of all, it presupposes that JESUS CHRIST and HIS PLAN to die to save man is of MINOR IMPORTANCE compared to WHAT “GOOD PERSON” THINKS.
that being “good” TAKES PRECIDENT over all other CONSIDERATIONS OF GOD;
that regardless of who JESUS IS or WHY HE CAME TO EARTH, I am a “good person”, so I cannot possibly be DENIED HEAVEN!

17. Where does this whole idea that “GOOD PEOPLE” can be saved, come from?

18. Isaiah 55:8-9
“8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

19. Without taking into account what God THINKS, or by IGNORING GOD, man reached the conclusion that “GOOD People” deserve salvation.

20. First of all, man IS A SINFUL creature.

21. First of all man IS A SINFUL creature.
Left to our own:
CHOICES

22. First of all man IS A SINFUL creature.
Left to our own:
CHOICES
JUDGMENT

23. First of all man IS A SINFUL creature.
Left to our own:
CHOICES
JUDGMENT
TEMPTATION

24. First of all man IS A SINFUL creature.
Left to our own:
CHOICES
JUDGMENT
TEMPTATION
…we will usually not make the CORRECT CHOICES.

25. Genesis 2:16-17
“16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the TREE of the KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL you shall NOT EAT, for in the day that you eat of it you shall SURELY DIE.”

26. Genesis 3:6
“6 So when the woman SAW that the tree was GOOD FOR FOOD, and that it was a DELIGHT TO THE EYES, and that the tree WAS TO BE DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE, she TOOK of its fruit AND ATE, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and HE ATE.

27. Acting on our own, here’s how we make decisions….

28. Acting on our own, here’s how we make decisions….
SEE

29. Acting on our own, here’s how we make decisions….
SEE
was GOOD FOR FOOD

30. Acting on our own, here’s how we make decisions….
SEE
was GOOD FOR FOOD
DELIGHT TO THE EYES

31. Acting on our own, here’s how we make decisions….SEE
was GOOD FOR FOOD
DELIGHT TO THE EYES
WAS TO BE DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE

32. Acting on our own, here’s how we make decisions….SEE
was GOOD FOR FOOD
DELIGHT TO THE EYES
WAS TO BE DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE
On our own we’ll MAKE THE WRONG CHOICE

34. So EVEN WHEN left with instructions to help MAN choose GOOD, he will CHOOSE EVIL THINKING it will make him “GOOD!”

36. Discussion between Jesus and a man who thought GOODNESS was…

37. Luke 18:18-23
“18 And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 19 And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.'" 21 And he said, "All these I have kept from my youth." 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the

38. poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me
poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." 23 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.”

39. Here was a "good" who wanted ETERNAL LIFE…

40. Here was a "good" man who wanted ETERNAL LIFE…
In telling him to sell and give to the poor, and follow Jesus, it revealed he was not “AS GOOD” as he thought he was.

41. Here was a "good" man who wanted ETERNAL LIFE…
In telling him to sell and give to the poor, Jesus was revealing he was not “AS GOOD” as he thought he was.
Jesus says, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.”

42. Jesus goes on to explain to this man the difficulty those with wealth have in ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

43. If I say I am a “GOOD” person and SOMEHOW I think MY “GOODNESS” puts me on an EQUAL LEVEL WITH GOD, what am I ignoring?

44. I’m saying there is some “FORMULA OF GOOD” that makes me 100% RIGHT with God.

45. I’m saying there is some “FORMULA OF GOOD” that makes me 100% RIGHT with God.
More importantly, I am IGNORING MY NEED FOR A SAVIOR!

46. I’m saying there is some “FORMULA OF GOOD” that makes me 100% RIGHT with God.
More importantly, I am IGNORING MY NEED FOR A SAVIOR!
Jesus’ perfect life and sinless death MEAN NOTHING.

47. I’m saying there is some “FORMULA OF GOOD” that makes me 100% RIGHT with God.
More importantly, I am IGNORING MY NEED FOR A SAVIOR!
Jesus’ perfect life and sinless death MEAN NOTHING.
That's why Jesus won't let this young man get away with using the word “GOOD” casually.

48. …not about Jesus making some DISTINCTION between HIMSELF and GOD…

49. Was Jesus Good? No!

50. Was Jesus Good? No!
He was PERFECT!

51. Was Jesus Good? No!
He was PERFECT!
Was he saying God is good?

52. Was Jesus Good? No! He was PERFECT.
Was he saying God is good?
He was saying to the man, if I FOLLOW YOUR human LOGIC about “BEING GOOD”, only God qualifies.

53. Was Jesus Good? No! He was PERFECT!
Was he saying God is good?
He was saying to the man, if I FOLLOW YOUR human LOGIC about “BEING GOOD”, only God qualifies.
But was God “GOOD”? Not in ANY human sense. God is PERFECT!

54. Was Jesus Good? No! He was PERFECT.
Was he saying God is good?
He was saying to the man, if I FOLLOW YOUR human LOGIC about “BEING GOOD”, only God qualifies.
But was God “GOOD”? Not in ANY human sense. God is PERFECT.
So much for man’s ability to be “GOOD” getting him to heaven.

55. The key to eternal life IS NOT found in A PERSON’S “GOODNESS”, but in the ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.

56. The key to eternal life IS NOT found in A PERSON’S “GOODNESS”, but in the ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
I Corinthians 1:30, “30… in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.

57. Galatians 2:20-21
“20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.”

58. 2 Corinthians 5:21
“21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

59. Jesus EXCHANGED OUR SIN for HIS PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS so that we can stand before God.

60. Jesus EXCHANGED OUR SIN for HIS PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS so that we can stand before God.
Having Jesus’ righteousness GOD does not SEE our sin.

61. Jesus EXCHANGED OUR SIN for HIS PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS so that we can stand before God.
Having Jesus’ righteousness GOD does not SEE our sin.
Galatians 2:20
“20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

62. For me to BE JUSTIFIED or RIGHTEOUS, something must happen to me.

63. For me to BE JUSTIFIED or RIGHTEOUS, something must happen to me.
I must be CRUCIFIED with Christ – I must die.

64. For me to BE JUSTIFIED or RIGHTEOUS, something must happen to me.
I must be CRUCIFIED with Christ – I must die.
Christ will then LIVE IN THE PLACE of my “Old Man” -- which was killed.

65. For me to BE JUSTIFIED or RIGHTEOUS, something must happen to me.
I must be CRUCIFIED with Christ – I must die.
Christ will then LIVE IN THE PLACE of my “Old Man” -- which was killed.
I now live in the flesh BY FAITH

66. For me to BE JUSTIFIED or RIGHTEOUS, something must happen to me.
I must be CRUCIFIED with Christ – I must die.
Christ will then LIVE IN THE PLACE of my “Old Man” -- which was killed.
I now live in the flesh BY FAITH
Faith in Jesus who loved me and DIED IN MY PLACE.

67. Question:
When (at what point in time) does God view me as crucified with Christ?

68. Question:
When (at what point in time) does God view me as crucified with Christ?
Romans chapter 6

69. v1 – “1 What shall we say then
v1 – “1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?”

70. v3 – “3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?”

71. v3 – “3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?”
We died to sin when we were baptized into Christ…

72. v4 – “4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.”

73. It’s imperative that we see three things from this text: 

74. It’s imperative that we see three things from this text. 
1. when we are baptized into Christ – we are baptized into His death

75. It’s imperative that we see three things from this text: 
1. when we are baptized into Christ – we are baptized into His death
2. we are buried with Christ into death. WHY? To kill our former self – way of life

76. It’s imperative that we see three things from this text: 
1. when we are baptized into Christ – we are baptized into His death
2. we are buried with Christ into death. WHY? To kill our former self – way of life
3. Why?  So we may have a new life.

77. v5 – “5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.”

78. v6 – “6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin—“

79. v6 – “6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin—“
When we are baptized into Christ we:

80. v6 – “6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin—“
When we are baptized into Christ we:
…choose to put OUR OLD MAN on the cross with Him. 

81. v6 – “6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin—“
When we are baptized into Christ we:
…choose to put OUR OLD MAN on the cross with Him. 
As a result “the body of sin” dies as surely as Christ died. That is the COVENANT we make at baptism.

82. v7 – “7 For one who has died has been set free from sin.”

83. v8 – “8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.”

84. v8 – “8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.”
WHEN does God view us as dying with Christ?

85. v8 – “8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.”
WHEN does God view us as dying with Christ?
When we are baptized into His death…

86. v12 – “12 Let not sin therefore REIGN in your mortal bodies, to MAKE YOU OBEY their passions.”

87. v12 – “12 Let not sin therefore REIGN in your mortal bodies, to MAKE YOU OBEY their passions.”
There is a point in time when we say, “I STOP THIS LIFE OF SIN!”

88. WHY? Because:
you died with Christ and had your sins removed;

89. WHY? Because:
you died with Christ and had your sins removed;

90. WHY? Because:
you died with Christ and had your sins removed;
you NOW look at sin differently;

91. WHY? Because:
you died with Christ and had your sins removed;
you NOW look at sin differently;

92. WHY? Because:
you died with Christ and had your sins removed;
you NOW look at sin differently;
you’ve even changed your view of your former friends still in the world;

93. WHY? Because:
you died with Christ and had your sins removed;
you NOW look at sin differently…
you’ve even changed your view of your former friends still in the world…
sins have been cleaned from your soul. Don’t crawl back into the mud of sin again…

94. It is by faith (obedience – from the heart) you are saved… 
Noah…

95. Romans 6:17-18
“17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin,”

97. Baptism:
gets no power from the water…

98. Baptism:
gets no power from the water…
is not a work whereby I earn my salvation…

99. Baptism:
gets no power from the water…
is not a work whereby I earn my salvation…
Baptism
gets its power from the death of Christ on the cross…

100. Baptism:
gets no power from the water…
is not a work whereby I earn my salvation…
Baptism
gets its power from the death of Christ on the cross…
gets its cleansing power from the blood of Jesus that can wash away sin…

101. Baptism:
gets no power from the water…
is not a work whereby I earn my salvation…
Baptism
gets its power from the death of Christ on the cross…
gets its cleansing power from the blood of Jesus that can wash away sin…
requires that I believe Jesus is in fact God’s son…

102. 1 Peter 3:20-21
“20 …in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,”

103. Jesus did not die for “GOOD PEOPLE.” He died for sinners.

104. Jesus did not die for “GOOD PEOPLE.” He died for sinners.
Do you have a sin problem that Jesus hasn’t had a chance to remove?

105. Jesus did not die for “GOOD PEOPLE.” He died for sinners.
Do you have a sin problem that Jesus hasn’t had a chance to remove?
I can’t tell you to pray a sinner’s prayer…

106. Jesus did not die for “GOOD PEOPLE.” He died for sinners.
Do you have a sin problem that Jesus hasn’t had a chance to remove?
I can’t tell you to pray a sinner’s prayer…
I just shared with you the end of the conversion experience…. starts with hearing…