Dr Charles Stanley - I Am Saved, Now What - Part 1

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1:02Now, what does he mean by that? Work out your salvation for your trembling. When he says, work out your salvation. Listen carefully. He did not say, work for your salvation, but having been saved, work it out. Becoming a Christian launches a lifetime of being a Christian. But we don't always know what that life is supposed to look like. If you're a new believer, or if you've been a Christian for a while and you're pretty sure there's more of the Christian life, stay with us for in touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley. Begin building some momentum in this new year by learning practical answers to the question, I'm saved now what? When you were saved, did anybody sit you down and say, well, let me explain to you just what happened to you. I want to talk to you about God, so you'll understand who he is. I want to explain to you who Jesus is

2:04and his relationship to God. I want you to understand the presence and the work and the power of the Holy Spirit that now will begin working in your life. I want to help you see that you have some responsibility now that you've become a Christian because what you've said is you will and will become a follower of Jesus Christ. Did anybody sit you down and tell you those things? Or did they say, well, we're so not glad that you're a Christian now and they get along the best you can? They probably didn't say that, but that's the way they acted. For the simple reason, they didn't open the Word of God and say to you, well, now, let me give you a couple of passages of Scripture that it would be good for you to learn or to begin to read in the Psalms or John or whatever it might be. Most people who join a church, even after they're saved, they're sort of left on their own. Most people become a child of God and nobody ever tells them

3:04what they should expect as a result of that when they join a church. Nobody ever tells them, here's what you can expect and here's your responsibility. So what I want to do in this message, I want to answer three questions. I want to deal with three specific things. The three specific things every person should understand if you are going to become a Christian. McDonald's is putting value back on the menu. Whether you're craving a big mac, McNuggets are sausage egg and cheese, McGrittle's make it a meal and save. Your favorite is now your wallet's favorite too. Extra-value meals are back. You get a big something extra. With a big mac or 10-piece McNuggets, fries and a medium coke, all for just $9. Limited time only, promotion pricing may be lower than meal pricing. Ba-da-ba-ba-ba. Meet the Red Bull Dragonberry Emergizer. It's one of the many new drinks out now. Who knew ice cold drinks could be so fire?

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5:12and months go by and years go by. I want you to listen carefully because there's a passage of Scripture that takes all of this in. And if you'll think about it for a moment, it is a serious thing to receive Jesus Christ as your personal savior and choose by an act of your will to follow Him. So I want you to turn into your will to Philippians chapter two. Beginning in verse five of this second chapter of Philippians, Scripture says, And that every tongue will confess

6:15that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Now watch the next phrase. So then, that is on the basis of all that. So in the second chapter, we'll see what happens in the second chapter of this chapter. So in the second chapter, we'll see what happens. And in the second chapter, we'll see what happens. And in the second chapter, it is on the basis of all that. So then, My beloved, just as you have always obeyed not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with your intermingle. For it is God who is at work in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. That is one of the most important verses in the Bible when it comes to living a Christian life. And the first thing I want to talk about is simply this. And that is the person

7:16and place of Jesus Christ in your life. You say, Oh, I've been a Christian for years and years and years, but just listen carefully. Who is he? Many people get saved and think Jesus was a man who died on the cross for my sins. But listen what Paul said. Paul said that Jesus Christ was the incarnate son of God. What does that mean? That means he was God who came in the flesh, walked among men and made it possible for us to understand who God is and what he's like. That's what he's saying in this scripture. And he said he emptied himself, taken upon himself the form of a bond servant. That is, Jesus came into this world as the son of God taken upon himself as a servant to obey his father. Not only that, the scripture says, he was found and a parent as a man humbled himself as. Meet the Red Bull Dragonberry Emergeizer. It's one of the many new drinks out now. Who knew ice cold drinks could be so fire?

8:21Try them all only at McDonald's. Kitchen and bathroom professionals know what goes behind the tile matters. That's why Trade Pro's trust Fiber cement Party Backer Board to keep tile firmly in place, resist cracking and help block moisture. Chosen in over 40 million kitchen and bathrooms, Party Backer Board, what the best build on. Shop now at participating Home Depot, Lowe's and floor into core stores. For more information, visit JamesHearty.com slash Hardy Backer. Meet the Red Bull Dragonberry Emergeizer. It's one of the many new drinks out now. Who knew ice cold drinks could be so fire? Try them all only at McDonald's. A man just like any other man, only he was sinless. And not only that, the scripture says in this passage, that he obeyed the father even at the point of going to the cross. That is the reason Jesus came, what's the doubt for you?

9:25Now watch this carefully. If God the Father sent his son Jesus and he died on the cross to make it possible for you to be forgiven and have a right relationship with him and go to heaven, there must be something very, very serious about living a life of sin. Because the father sent his son to down the cross and pay your sin debt in full, that was the only way you and I would ever get to heaven. And so he says he came and he went to the cross to pay your sin debt in mind. That's who he is, that's what he's about. Then he says in this passage, for this reason, because he did that, God highly exalted him so that his name is above every other name that exists. That is the name of Jesus is the highest name there is. There is no name that cares more quality. There's no name more heavenly.

10:26There's no name that has the power and the energy that the name of Jesus Christ has. He gave him that awesome name. Then the Scripture says not only that, but he says for that reason, God highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name. So that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow of those who are in heaven on earth, under the earth. And that is Jesus Christ came as Lord, not only as Savior. Every knee would bow. Every tongue will one day confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, as he says to the glory of God the Father. Now let me interpret that word Lord. What that means in essence is this. He is the boss. Lord, here means he is the sovereign ruler. The Creator has Paul described him in Colossians. He created all things and all things exist and are sustained by him.

11:27He's the boss. No name to equal his name. He is the Lord. Every knee will bow. Every tongue confess why. Confess that he is Lord to the glory of God the Father. That's the will of the Father that I confess that he's my Lord. And what I'm saying is simply this, put it in modern terms. I see Jesus Christ as my Savior. I also know him in a practical way daily. He's the boss. He has the right to call every single play in my life. He has the right to tell me where to go. He has the authority and the enablement and the power to not only tell me what to do, but also enable me to do it. He is the Lord of our life. And somewhere along the way, we've separated Jesus Christ as Savior from Lordship. When you deny His position as the Lord right up front and say, well, I'll take Him as my Savior but that Lord business, I don't know about that. Listen, you know what?

12:27He's not two persons. He is Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. And the Bible says He is exalted to the point of being Lord because this and it brings glory and honor to the Father. Meet the Red Bull Dragonberry Emergeizer. It's one of the many new drinks out now. Who knew ice cold drinks could be so fire? Try them all only at McDonald's. So the first thing a person needs to understand is the person and the place of Jesus Christ in their life.

13:29He's the boss. Look if you will at the time of the year, you'll receive the first number of the number of the people who are living in this place, and you'll receive the number of the number of the people who are living in this place. You'll receive the number of the people who are living at verse 11 when he says that every tongue will confess that every knee is going to bow. That's the will of the Father. Now watch this carefully. When I came to First Med is, I came as an associate pastor for a couple of years. So when I walked into a staff meeting as a new member of the staff, they weren't going to pray. I said, well, why don't we pray? You pray. I said, okay. So I hesitate for a second. I thought they'd all bow their heads and we'd pray. Nobody bowed their heads. So on a lot of occasions, I said,

14:30well, we need to get on and knees and talk to God about this issue. We need to get on and knees. Rebellion. If you're not willing to bend your knees to the Lord, you have a problem. You have a problem with a divine boss, who is the most revered person who has ever walked the face of this earth, who has the right by his life and death to ask anything of us he chooses. And our answers should always be, yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. Now watch what happens in the next verse here. Having said all that, here's what Paul says. So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now also more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling. Now, what does he mean by that? Work out your salvation, fear and trembling. Well, Paul was writing the Christians when he starts out

15:32this book. He says the very first verse to the saints at Philippi. So he's talking about Christians and he says in this particular passage, he says, but while I was with you, you were very obedient and followed the Lord's work. And now that I'm gone, you're still doing the same thing. That's wonderful. And here's what he said. Now, so then, work out your salvation with fear and trembling. What in the world did he mean? Well, here's what many people think. And this is the most deceptive idea that Satan could ever perpetrate. And he's very successful at it. When he says, work out your salvation. Listen carefully. He did not say work for your salvation. But having been saved, work it out. And this is vast difference because you see many people believe and many people have been taught, well, if you be good, kitchen and bathroom professionals know what goes behind the tile matters. That's why trade pros trust Fiber cement party backer board

16:34to keep tile firmly in place, resist cracking and held block moisture. Chosen over 40 million kitchens and bathrooms, party backer board, what the best build on shop. Now it participating home depot, lows and floor into core stores. For more information, visit James Hardy dot com slash Hardy backer. Enough. If you just live a good life, you go into heaven and got a proves you just live a good life. Well, what's a good life? Now, watch the fallacy of this because this is what Satan perpetrates upon multitudes of people. And if you ask your friends, you ask your friends, people you work with, why do you think when you stand before God, he's going to accept you into heaven? Well, I'm a pretty good person. I'm not bad. I don't steal line cheat. Now, commit adultery. Never have been the prison and I tried to do a hard day's work. If I can't know it's why shouldn't I go? What's all about about all that's about I now watch this.

17:35This is most one of those critical things in the Bible. God does not accept us on our works. For the simple reason that salvation is not based on what I do. Salvation is based on what Jesus did when he went to the cross and shed his blooded calvary. That's what salvation is about because you see it's righteousness that God wants in our life. And there's not a single one of us who is righteous within ourselves. Every single one of us has sinned and sinned and sinned. We can never boast of righteousness. We could just boast of our works. But you see what God was dealing with at the cross is our sin problem, not our works by our birth nature. We came in this world as sinners. So it's not our works. It's our sin. He dealt with our sin problem. And what it caused him was the death of his son. When he died on the cross, he made it possible for every

18:38person who is willing to accept him as their personal savior to be accepted by him and become a child of God. And your name written in the Lamb's work of life. So this whole idea that if I'm good enough, I'm going to be accepted now as a God. How good do you have to be? You can't answer that. How long do you have to be good? Suppose you make a big mistake. Suppose you do some terrible. Then what? It has nothing to do with works. That is a lie of the devil. And I want to give you four verses of Scripture because I want to explain this one. Four verses of Scripture to just underline that in Romans three verse twenty through twenty eight. He says there is no justification or salvation by works in Galatians two sixteen. Kitchen and bathroom professionals know what goes behind the tile matters. That's why trade pros trust Fiber cement party backer board to keep tile firmly in place resist cracking and help block

19:38moisture. Chosen in over forty million kitchens and bathrooms party backer board. What the best build on shop now at participating home depot lows and floor into core stores for more information. Visit James Hardy dot com slash Hardy backer. Salvation is not by works are trying to keep the law. Somebody says I live on the 10 Commandments. Oh, you do. You mean you don't ever steal you've never stolen you've never lied you've never gossiped you never coveted you've never committed adultery. No one has ever kept the law and in Ephesians two eight and nine which all of us know and you know this in my heart. For by grace you say through faith. Not of works. Last in the person should boast and then of course in Titus three five he said not by works of righteousness or good deeds that we've done it we've been saved but by the mercy of God is what I want you to see when he comes to that verse he says work out your salvation he does not mean work for it.

20:40You cannot work for it because you're dealing with sin you're dealing with your nature dealing with the inside not things that you do. So people who think they go into heaven by good works and I can tell you my friend you are not going to heaven by good works. You cannot bring one single verse of Scripture to me to prove that you can I can give you a minute to prove that you cannot and if you can get to heaven by good works God made a horrible mistake by sending his son to the cross and having him crucified for your sins in mind biggest mistake ever made in human history. God doesn't make mistakes and so he sent to the cross because that was the only way he paid you sinned that in mind and full now with that look at this verse. He says that we are to work out our salvation with fear and churn him what does he mean by that he simply means this that we're to put our salvation experience into the operation mode. It's to be operational that is now having trusted Jesus Christ

21:41as my savior I am to live out what God is placed within me which is the life of Christ when you trusted him as your savior the Bible says the Holy Spirit came to end well you in you with you and upon you forever and it is the Holy Spirit working in and through us that God works out our life and so it is a progressive thing and so when you trust the Christ as your personal savior from that point on you and I were to work out what he's placed in us let's say for example you start reading the word of God you begin to learn you begin to pray to him and you begin to trust him and God begins to work in your life and unusual way or just a normal way he works you begin to share your faith you begin to give what happens God begins to work out through those avenues he begins to work out in your life the things he's placed within you so when he says we're to work out our salvation that doesn't mean that we are to do anything in

22:45order to be saved it's to work out what's already there and so we working out our salvation what are we doing we are living out what he's placed within us and so we're not talking about working for it but we're talking about having been saved by his grace we had to work it out you say well where I'm out of work it out where do you live you work it out among your family you work it out on your job you work it out in your school you work it out among your friends you work it out among people that you meet who are strangers that is in every place of our life what we should be doing is what working out and that is he uses the word for energy here we should be energized kitchen and bathroom professionals know what goes behind the tile matters that's why trade pros trust fiber cement party backer board to keep tile firmly in place resist cracking and help block moisture chosen over 40 million

23:47kitchens and bathrooms party backer board what the best build on shop now participating home depot lows and floor into core stores for more information visit James Hardy dot com slash Hardy backer to give ourselves wherever we are whatever situation we find ourselves doing what living in a way that our conversation and our conduct and our character are exemplifying the life of Christ in your office for example if you use some profanity what you've done you have short circuit in your testimony you tell a dirty joke you short circuit in your testimony that's not he says work out your salvation with fear and terming that is with to live in such a fashion that somebody knows you different this is why he said once you trust him as you save you to be like salt you to make a difference it may be healing to some and agitate into others but depends upon their

24:48response you to be like salt and like light you impact that is when believers live a godly life in recognition that the Lord is their boss and they're following him because they love him and they understand what he's done for them then what happens their life impacts other people's lives you cannot live around a godly person without it impacting you one way or the other it will either draw you to Christ or your rebellious spirit will increase and you'll walk away to your home this man your own destruction thanks for joining us today for in touch the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley salvation is based on what Jesus did not on anything we do and once you're saved it's important that you spend time studying the Bible on a regular basis as you stay close to the Lord in this way you'll find it easier to believe what he says regardless of your circumstances will

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27:53Christ sent it holy spirit filled instruction so you can know God you can learn how a Charles Stanley Institute dot or G you're listening to in touch are you wondering if the ways you serve God are significant with an encouraging reminder for believers here's a moment with Charles Stanley if God has gifted you any hands and he's given you in a place of service that is important the eyes of God you're important the eyes of God and God's going to reward you not in comparison to someone else he's going to reward you listen on the basis did you give it your best did you do it for his glory did you do it in such a fashion that it was fruitful for the kingdom of God did you do it selfishly with the wrong kind of motivation and so every single area is an area of importance in the eyes of God and listen I do believe that God has allocated rewards for every single area of service

28:56every single area of service it doesn't make any difference what it is and so the question is not is God gonna bless this person because it's a little place but rather did that person do their best where they were now I say all about to say this what in the body of Christ are you doing that you say nothing you're in trouble because God is a great place for everybody we're all the servants of God we just have different roles and what I want to challenge you to just think about it what are you doing in the kingdom of God to serve Him

29:58are you doing your best at it? becoming a Christian requires nothing but receiving God's forgiveness through faith in Jesus Christ it should then be natural for believer to serve the Lord grateful for his grace learn more about the Christian life at ntouch.org and if today's program has encouraged you to anchor yourself in God's word we'd love to hear from you tomorrow on ntouch when God calls you to do something he will supply the resources here how to consistently rely on the Lord when today's message continues Thursday on ntouch ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley this program is a presentation of ntouch ministries at Lanta Georgia and remains on this station through the grace of God and your faithful prayers and gifts