John 12:48 “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my
words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall
judge him in the last day.”
Last week we looked at “Frustrating The Grace Of God”. We
learned last week that the word “Frustrating” has many differing definitions
which all lead to the definition - to reject, - it is also like, to set aside,
disannul, bring to nought. The ugliest definition is “bring to nought” which is
what is done when Salvation by grace is rejected for any sort of works on our
part. God boldly said salvation cannot be of both works and grace because one
cancels the other out. Romans 4:4 - 5 "Now to him that worketh is the
reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt…But to him that worketh not, but
believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for
righteousness." In our text scripture John 12:48 it says “He that
rejecteth me…” the word “reject” is the identical Greek word as Frustrating in
Galatians 2:2. So you might ask “how does one render Jesus Christ disannulled or
bring Him to nought? Well, Jesus answered that question in John 12:48 “He that
rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words…”. By rejecting Jesus Christ as Saviour
one is making Him worthless to themselves. If Jesus Christ has no true value to
you as Saviour then He serves no purpose to you. It is the same with God’s
grace, either it is everything in bringing you to your salvation or nothing.
God promised that Jesus Christ would come and save sinners “…thou shalt call
his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 God
also promised that "...being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved
from wrath through him." Romans 5:9 Since this is true then we must also
believe that salvation is in Him and Him alone because Jesus Christ said it absolutely
was. "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life:
and they are they which testify of me." John 5:39 Why would they
testify of Him and not our works, because He is salvation, and Him alone. The
way one can frustrate Jesus Christ is exactly the way they frustrate God’s
grace, they render it useless through false thinking in works. If one truly
examines the scriptures, they cannot determine that works have any place in
salvation at all. Salvation is not Grace and works and salvation is not
Jesus and works, otherwise both grace and Jesus are rendered totally useless.
This is properly defined in Ephesians 2:8 - 9 "For by grace are ye
saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God...Not of
works, lest any man should boast." If salvation is of Grace and through
Jesus Christ, then nothing else belongs in it. What else could be a part of it?
Pastors and Ministers frustrate both grace and Jesus Christ every single time
they preach that works, any sort of works have any part in salvation. This is
God’s record, recorded in His word, and to deny it is to deny God’s word and
truth. God sent His Son to seek and to save and this mission has nothing to do
with the efforts of man and his works. If you are saved, truly saved, then you
were saved by God’s wonderful grace and through His Wonderful Son Jesus Christ.
Paul summed this all up in his letter to the church as Rome in Romans 3:24 - 25
“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus...Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his
blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God;”
