Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy approaches Bible teaching with a passion for getting the basic doctrines explained so that the individual can understand them and then apply them to circumstances in their life. These basic and important lessons are nestled in a framework of history and progression of revelation from the Bible so the whole of Scripture can be applied to your physical and spiritual life.
Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
NT Framework - God's not interested in your Good Works
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Will He reward you for works done in faith? Yes. But does He need them? No, He doesn't need anything from us. But He desires something from us, and that is our praise that comes from a thankful heart that is in awe of His character. In other words, it is about His Glory being seen, appreciated, and shared so others may also glorify Him.
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
Welcome And Series Context
SPEAKER_00Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and our series on the New Testament framework. Today, a smaller, bite-sized piece from the larger lesson. We hope you enjoy it.
Why God Gave The Law
SPEAKER_02The nation Israel was given the law of Moses, right? What was its purpose? Well, it was a tutor. One of its purposes was a tutor to show them their sin so that they would turn to justification by faith, like Abraham, right? Who lived before the law. But justification by faith is the same before the law is after the law. So the law wasn't there to justify anybody, it was there to condemn and to show people that they needed a righteousness that could only come by faith. And so that's the purpose of the law.
Gentiles And The Law Within
SPEAKER_02Now, Gentiles who did not have the law, Paul tells us in Romans 2, well, what about all the other Gentile nations? This was just for Israel, right? What about the other Gentiles? Well, it says Gentiles who didn't have the law had the law in their conscience, so that they knew God's righteous demands, and they still fell short of the glory of God. And this means that both Jew and Gentile fall short. Just like Romans 3.23 said, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
One Salvation For Everyone
SPEAKER_02Well, then how can we be saved? Well, there's only one way of salvation. It's both for Jews and Gentiles. And here's basically the bottom line of how it all worked. Being one way of salvation for Jew and Gentile, the basis of salvation is always going to be Christ's death. He's the one that paid the penalty for our sin. And as Galatians 2.21 says, if righteousness were through the law, in other words, if you could do enough work to get righteousness with God, he says, Christ died immediately.
SPEAKER_01There's no point.
SPEAKER_02So there's only one basis, and that's the death of Christ. He had no sin, and he took our sin upon himself, and he paid the penalty for our sin. And God accepted that penalty. And the evidence is that he rose from the dead. That's the basis.
Faith Alone Not Religious Add Ons
SPEAKER_02The source of salvation is always God. Who is it who saved? God saved. And repeatedly the Bible says hundreds of times that God is a savior. God saved. The means of salvation is always faith. Genesis 15, 6. Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteous. Ephesians 2 8 and 9. For by grace are you saved through faith. That not of yourselves, it's a gift of God, not of works, lest any man should love. So salvation the means is always through faith. Philippian jailer asked, What must I do to be saved? Paul said, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. He didn't say anything about confess your sins, do 500 Hill Marys. Go get water baptized, commit your life to Jesus Christ, say the sinner's prayer. He didn't say any of that. Walk an aisle. And if if those any of those things were necessary, why did Paul not tell that man how to get saved? Why would we even listen to anything Paul said after that if he can't even tell a man how to get saved? But all Paul said was just believe.
SPEAKER_01And so that's all that's required. Believe in the Lord Jesus. Well, it wasn't easy for Jesus Christ. Because he paid our penalty in full. Nothing we can do merit in God's righteous faith. So he did it all. We just put our confidence, our faith, our belief in him.
SPEAKER_02It's easy in that sense, but it's sometimes hard to get over our attempt to want to prove ourselves to God or say, Well, I'm a good person. Well, God isn't God says there's none righteous. No, not one. So that's his evaluation. And his evaluation is ultimate. We can make value imputations, but our value imputations are often wrong.
SPEAKER_01God's are absolute. He says, none of us are right. But he says, if you believe in Christ, I'll give you Christ righteousness. How about that? That's a good idea. A gracious plan.
What We Must Believe Over Time
SPEAKER_02And lastly, the content of salvation. What is it that a person is to believe? Well, that changes over time with progressive revelation. I mean, they just didn't know about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in Genesis 4. But they did know that there had to be sacrifice for man to approach God. They did know a promise that God was going to send a seed of the woman. They knew that, so they could believe that, and that would be sufficient content to believe in order to be saved. Now, yes, much later, now we know more. We know about the death and resurrection of Christ. That becomes the essential content for safety. But it's always based on Christ's death. The source is always God. He's the one who saves. The means is always faith. And the content, of course, changes over time. But now is the death and resurrection
What Salvation Reveals About God
SPEAKER_02of Christ. Well, what does there's this salvation partaking? What does this reveal about God? If this is really all about his glory, what does his salvation plan reveal about him? It reveals that he's loving, right? For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. Part of it is very cru about about the salvation is the crucial revelation that God is loving. Benevolent, which just means good.
SPEAKER_01He's gracious. For by grace have you been saved by God. He's merciful.
SPEAKER_02We're both Jews and Gentiles.
SPEAKER_01Romans 11, wonderful statement at the end of Romans 11, a wonderful statement about the mercy shown to Jews, the mercy shown to Gentiles, so that he might be shown the mercy of all people.
SPEAKER_02So those are the five uh major ways that dispensationalists claim that God contributes to his ultimate purpose, which is to glorify himself, to put himself on display, to highlight his essence, his attitude.
Where To Watch And Final Request
SPEAKER_00Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas. If you would like to see the visuals that went along with today's sermon, you can find those on Rumble and on YouTube, Under Spoke and Bible Church. That is where Jeremy is the pastor and teacher. We hope you found today's lesson productive and useful in growing closer to God and walking more obediently with Him. If you found this podcast to be useful and helpful, then please consider writing us in your favorite podcast app. And until next time, we hope you have a blessed and wonderful day.