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GOSPEL: Paying The Highest Price
Happy Sunday everyone!
As we like to do around here each week on Sunday, I’m back again with a Gospel message for you.
This one might challenge you, and that’s ok….
From Pastor Robb:
Today’s Sunday message is titled, Paying The Highest Price.
There’s a price to pay for following Jesus.We are not called to live on easy street.Our lives will get very difficult as times progresses onward.It may be very hard to live a Christian life.
Evil is growing worse and worse.Be prepared for unexpected difficulties in the days ahead.Keep your eyes on Jesus.Don’t forget praying for President Trump and his family and staff.
Pastor Robb GoodmanSr. Pastor of Zion Freedom Fellowship USA
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FULL TRANSCRIPT:
Pastor Robb Goodman:
Hey everybody, and happy Sunday morning to you.My name is Pastor Robb Goodman, and I am the senior lead pastor here at Zion Freedom Fellowship in Maryland in the beautiful United States of America.Woohoo. Hallelujah. God is so good. Wow.
Can you believe we’re in the month of December already?I know I say that every week, but I just can’t fathom how fast time is flying.I believe it’s because we’re living in the end days.And God is so good, is He not?
Well, I’ve got a really good message to share with you today.And after we pray, I’ll share that title with you.And we’ve been called. Amen.We have been called by the Lord.We’ve been called by the Lord to speak His word.
And God is doing mighty things in the body of Christ in this day and hour.He is preparing us for great days that lie ahead.And many of us—I say this every week—many of us are going through insurmountable testing.I mean, the testing has been quite immense.
But God is on our side.And He is preparing us.He’s preparing us to meet the Bridegroom, Jesus Christ.And I don’t know about you, but I want to be ready when that day comes. Amen.
I want to be ready.I want to be prepared.And He said, “Be you holy because I am holy.”And without holiness, no man will be able to see the Lord. Amen.
Praise be to God.Well, the Lord is great.He’s greatly to be praised, and bless His holy, mighty name in Jesus’ name.Thank you, Lord.
Father, let Your word go forth in power today.Let Your word go forth in power and in great anointing in the mighty name of Jesus.Thank you, Lord, that You are the Mighty One of Israel.No one, no one is greater than You.
There’s no demon in hell, no principality, no power, no spirit of darkness, no evil one or person.Jesus took away the keys of hell, death, and the grave from Satan.And he is a defeated foe.I’m here to tell you that Jesus paid the highest price for you and for me.
And you and I, we are free.We are free in the Messiah.We are free in the Lord Jesus Christ.So proclaim who you are.
Proclaim His greatness and His mightiness.Proclaim His power, His authority, and decree—decree, decree, decree—what the Lord has called you to be and what He has called you to do.You know, I heard an interesting story.
I was watching an old interview with Jimmy Doohan, who played Commander Scott on Star Trek, the original series.And I’m telling you, I enjoyed that show as a young guy and even as an older guy.Yes, my wife and I and my family, we are Trekkies.I’m not ashamed to admit that.
We enjoy the Trek. Amen.Not the Shrek, but the Trek.I gotta clarify that.Anyway, God is so good.
Well, Jimmy Doohan was telling a story that he had an issue.He was in the war and he had eight bullets hit him in his knee.He and his buddy were walking past enemy German territory, and he got blasted by eight bullets.Well, the doctors brought him through that and he was in such immense pain.
And you know what he said he did?Now, he’s not proclaiming to be a Christian or a believer, but God gave man authority.He gave Adam authority.And it’s incredible that Jimmy said, “I began to speak to that pain.
I spoke to it and I commanded it to leave my body.”Now, that’s amazing to me, because he said, “I got over the pain.”He said, “They didn’t have pain medicine that was strong enough to relieve me of the pain.I laid in the bed and I moaned all the time.”
So he said, “I started to speak to the pain and tell it to leave my body.”He didn’t use the word “command,” but isn’t that amazing?Isn’t it awesome what the Lord can do?I’m telling you, I am just amazed when I heard him share that testimony.
Truly, truly, truly amazing.Praise be to God.Well, the title of today’s message is Paying the Highest Price.Paying the highest price.
And praise be to God.Let’s pray over this message.Father, in the name of Jesus, You are the Lord our God.And I thank You, Father, that You are He who has called us.
You’ve called us by Your name.You are the Mighty One.And Lord, we trust in You.We trust in You because of who You are, Lord.
Because of who You are.You are the Mighty One of Israel.And You will never change. Never. Never. Never, You will never change.Praise be to God.
Father, minister this message to Your people today.Use these lips of clay.Speak through them, Lord.You put Your words in my mouth, and I release them now.
May they be spoken in boldness, accuracy, clarity, and divine truth.Bring the spirit of wisdom and revelation to the body of Christ and whoever needs to hear this message.Holy Spirit, just tailor this message to the needs of Your people,so they may receive freedom, insight, and joy
at the revelation of Jesus Christ, our Lord and our Savior.We thank You and we praise You that You, oh God, are the same yesterday, today, and forever.Hallelujah. You’re the same yesterday, today, and forever.Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.
Let me make sure I’ve got the right scripture here.And we’re going to look at 1 Corinthians chapter 6.Going to start at verse 19:“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you,
whom you have from God?You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.So glorify God in your body.”Glorify God in your body.
And I’m reading out of the ESV version right now.Okay. Glorify God in your body.So Jesus paid the highest price for you and me by shedding His blood on that cross on Calvary, on Golgotha’s hill.He shed His blood.
It’s interesting to note that that’s the same exact area where Abraham was told to sacrifice his son Isaac, on Mount Moriah.And God caused His Son to be sacrificed in that same place.That to me is quite amazing. Praise be to God.God is so good.
“For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”This emphasizes that because Christ paid for our redemption, our bodies are now God’s, and we should honor Him with our bodies. Amen.Do you believe that?Let’s go to Colossians 1.
Colossians 1.And we are going to look at verse 7:“Just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant,he is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, and he made known to us your love in the Spirit.
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you,asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.”Wow, that’s amazing.Be filled with the knowledge of God’s will.
You know, people are always wondering, “Well, what is God’s will?What is God’s will concerning my life for today?What has God called me to do?What has God called me to be?”
Well, the scripture says right here that Paul prayed for the church at Colossae,“asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work,and increasing in the knowledge of God,
being strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might,for all endurance and patience with joy.”Woo! I’m telling you, that’s exciting.Being filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
You and I have spiritual understanding.We’ve been enlightened.We’ve been born again.We’ve now got the Spirit of God and the power of God living on the inside of us.
We don’t have to be pushed off by the enemy.We’ve overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of His testimony.And blessed be the name of Jesus Christ.And then he says,
“Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.He has delivered us from the domain”—or the dominion—”of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”Glory be to God.
That’s exciting.I don’t know about you, but that gets me excited.Blessed be the Lord. Woo! Hot diggity dog. Yes, sir.This verse highlights that the price was Christ’s blood, which brought redemption and forgiveness to us.
All right, let’s go to Galatians chapter 3.Galatians chapter 3.And we are going to go to verse 10:“For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, ‘Cursed be everyone who does not abide
by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.’Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for ‘The righteous shall live by faith.’”That was a command by God.“The righteous shall live by faith.”
“But the law is not of faith, rather ‘The one who does them shall live by them.’Christ redeemed us”—bought us back. Hallelujah.You know what? We’re no longer on Satan’s slave trade market.He bought redemption for us by the shedding of His blood.
You are no longer under the curse of Satan.You are no longer under his dominion.You have been set free from the power of darkness.And you’ve been translated into the kingdom of light.
And now you have fellowship with the Father, with the Holy Spirit, with the angels, with all that are in heaven.You’ve got fellowship.And your names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.Nothing can defeat you.
You have been paid for.Jesus paid the highest price by the shedding of His blood.“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyonewho is hanged on a tree’—so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles,
so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.”The promise of the Spirit through faith.Woo! I’m telling you, that gets my goat.I can’t help it, guys. I get super excited.
This explains that Jesus paid the highest price to free us from the law’s penalty.Wonderful. Amen.Absolutely wonderful. Absolutely beautiful.Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.
Let’s go to 1 Peter chapter 1.1 Peter chapter 1.Let’s look at verse 14:“As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.”
See, when you were living in sin, you were ignorant of the things of God.You were ignorant of the Spirit of God.You did not understand spiritual things.You were blind to it.
But when the Spirit of God came inside of you and you were born again,you became a new creature in Christ Jesus.And the scripture says, “Old things have passed away; behold, everything has become new.”So you’re a brand new creature in Christ Jesus.
“But as He who has called you is holy, you also be holy in all of your conduct”—the way that you live, your lifestyle.Be holy because the Lord is holy, right?“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
“And if you call on Him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds,conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers,not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.”Perfect Lamb Jesus was.He was the perfect Lamb of God.He’s no longer the Lamb—He’s the Lion of the tribe of Judah.
And man, when He roars one day, you don’t have to be afraid.You’re going to be with Him.When the Lion roars in Zion, you’re going to be right there with Him forever and ever and ever.“He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you,
who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory,so that your faith and hope are in God.Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love,love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable,through the living and abiding word of God.For ‘All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass.The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.’
And this word is the good news that was preached to you.”You heard the word that was preached to you and you got born again.Amazing. Absolutely astonishing and amazing.Thank you, Lord.
This emphasizes that the price was Christ’s precious blood, not earthly valuables.Nothing could ever save you like the blood of Christ.Nothing. Nothing can save you.Move back a little bit—nothing can save you.
Only the blood of Jesus.Your works will not save you.You have no boasting rights to say, “Well, Lord, I lived such and so, and I did this and I did that.”Not good enough.
It just is not, and will never compare to the righteousness of God,which is a free gift that God has given you once you got born again.You’ve been given a free gift.And the Lord loves you and He’s called you by His name.
You belong to the Lord.You know, I found that Swiss Miss makes sugar-free hot chocolate.And that’s what I’m drinking right now.Man, it’s some tasty stuff.
I really enjoy it.For people that deal with sugar issues, it’s really good.Alrighty.Now, let’s go to 2 Samuel 24.
2 Samuel 24:24.2 Samuel 24.Actually, let’s go to verse 20:“And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him,
and Araunah went out and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground.And Araunah said, ‘Why has my lord the king come to his servant?’David said, ‘To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the Lord,that the plague may be averted from the people.’
Then Araunah said to David, ‘Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him.Here are the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.’And Araunah said to the king, ‘May the Lord your God accept you.’”
“But the king said to Araunah, ‘No, but I will buy it from you for a price.I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.’”Woo! Wow, that’s powerful.“So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
And David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.So the Lord responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.”So David went to buy this area, right?And he said, “I’m going to pay for it, because I’m not going to offer something to the Lord that didn’t cost me anything.”
You and I also have a high price to pay.When you think about all the apostles, all the disciples, all the followers of Jesus through the ages—look at the Apostle Paul.Look at the different disciples.
Some of them were killed for the gospel’s sake.Think about it. They laid down their lives.What makes us think that we are any different?We will pay a price.
And I’m telling you folks, if you don’t learn how to pay a price—I’m not talking about getting your salvation; these are two different areas, you have to understand that.You have to understand that salvation is free.You don’t pay a price for it.
It’s not of any works that you do that you could ever boast about.But we have to live our lives in a way that’s pleasing to the Lordand allow our lives to be laid down in full for the Lord Jesus Christ,that He may live through us and reign through us and have His way in us. Amen.
Do you understand what I’m talking about?There is a price to be paid, and that price is a hefty, hefty price.It will cost you something.It might cost you your family.
Look at Muslims when they come to know the Lord Jesus.They literally hold a funeral for them, and they cut them off from their family.That seems like a horrible, horrible thing.But for some people, that’s what happens to them in this modern day and age when they come to know the Lord.
And some of these parents, of these people who become followers of Jesus,are hunted down by their family members—even some Jewish people as well who become followers of Jesusand believe the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Their families go after them.I’m telling you folks, it’s really something.There is a price that has to be paid.Are you willing to pay that price?
Are you willing to show God that you love Him more than anything in this world—more than your wife, more than your children, more than your home or your valuable possessions?Are you willing to lay it all down for Jesus Christ?Yes, there is a price to be paid. Amen.
Praise be to God. Thank you, Lord.This shows a willing sacrifice and a refusal to give something without personal cost for God’s kingdom.A refusal to give something that does not cost you something.Wow.
Romans 6:23: “For the wages of sin is death,but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life.Sin will cost you something.
It will cost you your eternal life.If you continue in sin, you can lose your eternal life.Isaiah 53:5: “But He was pierced for our transgressions;He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with His wounds we are healed.”Hallelujah.Jesus’ blood saved us from eternal death and torment in hell.He paid the full price for us.
It cost Him something.His love cost Him something.Philippians 3:8: “Indeed, I count everything as lossbecause of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish,in order that I may gain Christ.”Paul had the same mindset as Jesus.Are you and I to do anything less?
Think about that for a minute.Are you and I to do anything less but to give up everything for Him?I believe we’re living in a day where Jesus is wrestling with His own bodyto lay things down.
Lay down things.Lay things down.Don’t hold back anymore.Let Him have His way with you.
Let’s look at Mark 1, verse 1:“The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.”‘John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentancefor the forgiveness of sins.And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him
and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.”John also paid a high price to prepare the way for Jesus.We are preparing the way for His second coming.You and I, we’re preparing His way for His second coming.
Don’t feel like it’s going to be a free ride.Don’t be deceived by that.God has something great for you.When you stand before the Lord one day,
and the Lord ministers to you and says, “Thus and so—well, you’ve done good in this area.Well, this is some area that you could have done a little bit differently.”Will you stand before God with a clear conscience?I sure hope that we will.
That is so very important.It is so, so important.Praise be to God.We are preparing the way for His second coming.
And some of us, as things get worse and worse,we may have to die for what Jesus is doing in the land today.It’s very possible.But you know what?
Those that receive the baptism—baptism of fire—you will be used by God in a powerful, powerful, mighty way.And God will use you mightily.Let’s look at 1 John chapter 5.
We’ll start reading at verse 7.1 John chapter 5:“For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater,
for this is the testimony of God that He has borne concerning His Son.Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself.Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar,because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning His Son.
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.”Man, I’m telling you—you know what? So what if I give this life up? So what?If you’re so in love with this life right now and the things that you have, think about it.
What if some of us will be here in the tribulation?You know, I often wonder—the testing is so difficult right now.None of us likes tests.
Hey, when you went to school and you were in high school or in college,did you enjoy taking tests?Maybe you were a bit more confident when you were prepared.But when you weren’t prepared, did you enjoy taking that test?
I beg to say not.You didn’t like it.You wanted nothing to do with it.You couldn’t wait to get out of there and just go about your way and do your own thing.
That’s what you were waiting for.Oh, He loves you so much, people.Let God have His way in you.Let God have His way in you, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Let Him have His way in you.Let’s go to Exodus chapter 20, and I’m going to read 21 verses:“And God spoke all these words, saying, ‘I am the Lord your God,who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
You shall have no other gods before Me.You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above,or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.You shall not bow down to them or serve them,
for I the Lord your God am a jealous God,visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate Me,but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love Me and keep My commandments.You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,
for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.Six days you shall labor and do all your work,but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.
On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter,your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock,or the sojourner who is within your gates.For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them,
and rested on the seventh day.Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the landthat the Lord your God is giving you.
You shall not murder.You shall not commit adultery.You shall not steal.You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house;you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant,or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning,
and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking,the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off and said to Moses,‘You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.’Moses said to the people, ‘Do not fear, for God has come to test you,
that the fear of Him may be before you, that you may not sin.’The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.”Something else, huh?People had a fear of God and they didn’t want God to speak to them.
You know, when you begin speaking the word of God to others,it’s as if God is speaking.They don’t want to hear it.They push you away and they want nothing to do with you.
“Shut up. Get him out of here. I don’t want to hear that.”Revelation 20:4:“Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed.Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God,
and those who had not worshiped the beast or its imageand had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.”Something else.
But in order to reign with Christ a thousand years, a price had to be paid.Many of them lost their lives.They were beheaded; their heads were lopped off because they wanted to serve the Lord.Wow.
Revelation 19:11–21:“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse!The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems,
and He has a name written that no one knows but Himself.He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which He is called is The Word of God.And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following Him on white horses.From His mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations,
and He will rule them with a rod of iron.He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.”Here’s the last scripture I have for you today, and we’ll be wrapped up after this.1 Corinthians 9:24–27. Let’s look at that scripture.
1 Corinthians 9.Let’s look at verse 21:“To those outside the law I became as one outside the law(not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak.I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize?
So run that you may obtain it.”Only one winner, right?So run that you may obtain it.Run hard in this life that you may obtain the prize of Jesus Christ.
That that’s all that matters to you.Run hard after it.Run hard after Him.“Every athlete exercises self-control in all things.
They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.”In the old days they gave out wreaths they put on the Olympians’ heads when they won the prize.“So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.But I discipline my body and keep it under control,
lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.”Oh boy. Oh boy.When I was preparing that message the other day, I was thinking about that verse.I don’t want to be a castaway.
I don’t want to become disqualified.So we must cry out to God and we must commit ourselvesto live for Christ as He wants us to live.Let God have His way in you.
God loves you so much.He wants you to win the race.Are you willing to run?Are you willing to fulfill the race and lay down everything in your life for Jesus?
Are you willing to do that?Let Him have His way in you.Let Him have His way in you,because He has called you.
He who calls you is holy, so be you also holy in all manner of living and conversation.Be holy.Be holy.He’s got a plan for you.
Well, I trust that this message has ministered to you in one way or another.I pray that God speaks to your heart.I pray that God has His way with you,and that you will live your life for Jesus Christ.
He has called you and He is holy.Thank you, Jesus.I want you to pray this prayer with me,those of you that are watching this broadcast and you have never prayed this prayer before.
Ask the Lord:“Father, forgive me for my sins.I have not lived a life for You.Please cleanse me and forgive me.
I confess to You that I am a sinner in need of Your Son, Jesus Christ.It is the only thing that can save me from this sinful life.Forgive me, Father.Jesus, I ask You right now to come into my heart.
I want to live for You.I want to serve You.Thank you, Jesus.”If you prayed that prayer, would you do me a big favor and write me?
Write me a line and drop it at this email.You can write me at: zionfreedomfellowshipgmail.com.zionfreedomfellowshipgmail.com straight through—zionfreedomfellowshipgmail.com.
And once I receive your email I will respond to you as quickly as I can.God bless you, and may the Lord bless you and keep you.May the Lord cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you.May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you His everlasting peace, His everlasting shalom.
May God Himself pour Himself out on you.Thank you, Lord, in Jesus’ name. Amen.I love you all.I’ll see you again next week at this time, the Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, right?
I love you all.This is Pastor Robb Goodman from Zion Freedom Fellowship in Maryland,in the good old United States of America, saying I love you.God bless you.
Have a wonderful, wonderful preparation of your Christmas holiday.And I pray that you’re able to spend time with your family and those that you love,that the Lord would have His way with you.In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen and amen.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.The Lord is good.I’ll say bye-bye for now, and God bless you guys.Love you.