The key to becoming disciplined is motivation, and discipline for godliness is no different. According to 1 Corinthians 1:8, one of the motivations for training ourselves for Godliness is the undeniable, unmovable fact that godliness holds immense value not only for this life, but also the life to come.
00:04:12.400the scripture says elsewhere it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living god
00:04:17.080because the living god the holy god the judge of the living and the dead he is also the saving god
00:04:24.980he is the savior and this is how saving he is this is the point this this isn't paul's chance
00:04:32.940to you know i don't i don't think paul's saying i'm going to slip in a little bit of reformed
00:04:35.940theology and calvinism right here this is his point of saying savior of all people but especially
00:04:40.220those who believe i am convinced this is it why does he say this we know here's the last paragraph
00:04:47.620right before the conclusion we know that paul clearly taught that jesus would one day return
00:04:51.840to receive his people and to deliver retribution and judgment to those who have not obeyed the
00:04:56.480gospel that's paul also paul the same paul who wrote this text verse 10 first timothy chapter
00:05:02.140four verse 10 he also wrote second thessalonians chapter one verses eight through nine that says
00:05:06.840Jesus will return and eternally judge those who have not
00:05:10.620obeyed his gospel. So therefore it is abundantly clear
00:05:14.380from scripture that not everyone will be saved. Universalism is a heresy.
00:05:18.940It is wrong. So then what is Paul saying? That God is
00:05:22.680the Savior of all people. Well John Calvin,
00:05:26.440a 16th century theologian, he suggested that Paul is using the word Savior
00:05:30.580in two senses. In a general sense, and when I say general
00:05:34.640sense you guys got to hear that because on general sense all right let's catch this because if you
00:05:39.940don't hear this then you're going to think that john calvin and joel webin are heretics in a
00:05:43.900general sense god is the savior of the whole world in regard to the whole world but in a special sense
00:05:50.160with regard to only believers now the general sense is this that god gives protection and
00:05:55.880provision under the banner of his common grace even to the wicked who refuse his call to salvation
00:06:01.200However, in a special sense, God is the savior of believers since he not only provides them with temporal blessings, but also eternal deliverance from his judgment and never ending joy.
00:06:13.460Now, here's the point. There are heinous, wicked people. There are murderers and abusers who, as I speak and as you listen, are enjoying wonderful meals, who are watching sunrises, breathing fresh air.
00:06:39.460there are wicked people who are experiencing regularly for 70 80 90 years pleasure see god
00:06:49.580in a general sense not eternal but in a general sense in his long suffering in his slowness to
00:06:55.780anger and his kindness and tolerance and forbearance god is saving that is he is sustaining
00:07:01.860he is sparing them and if God saves even those who refuse the most wicked thing that any person
00:07:10.300could do who refuse to obey his gospel second Thessalonians if God saves for a time that is
00:07:19.800he he causes it to rain on both the wicked and the righteous in his common grace he gives good
00:07:25.040temporal blessings, pleasure, life, joy, even to the wicked who have disobeyed his gospel for 70,
00:07:32.66080, 90 years, then certainly we can set our hope on the living God. Because if he even saves for
00:07:40.040a time the wicked, he will save to the uttermost the righteous. Especially, that is eternally,
00:07:47.260that is forever those who believe. All right, all right, all right. Stop twisting my arm. I know
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00:09:34.340biblically valid, why it's absolutely necessary, and why, by the grace of God, theonomy and
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00:10:14.240The studio, our goal is that it would be completely done
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