WE TRUST AND OBEY. WE DO NOT
LIVE BY EXPLANATIONS; WE LIVE BY PROMISES, AMEN? AND ONE OF THE
GREAT PROMISES, HOWEVER, IS THAT WE CAN KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT WE
KNOW THAT WERE SAVED, HEAVEN-BORN AND HEAVEN-BOUND.
AND IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED, YOU NEED TO BE SAVED SO YOU CAN KNOW
IT. AND IF YOU ARE SAVED, YOU OUGHT TO KNOW IT. SOMEBODY SAID,
IF YOU COULD BE SAVED AND NOT KNOW IT, YOU COULD LOSE IT AND
NOT MISS IT. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT YOU CAN KNOW,
BEYOND THE SHADOW OF ANY DOUBT, THAT YOU ARE SAVED. KNOWN FOR
HIS UNIQUE ABILITY TO SIMPLIFY PROFOUND TRUTH SO THAT IT CAN
APPLIED TO EVERYDAY LIFE, ADRIAN ROGERS WAS ONE OF THE MOST
EFFECTIVE PREACHERS, RESPECTED BIBLE TEACHERS AND CHRISTIAN
LEADERS OF OUR TIME. WE HOPE YOULL HAVE YOUR BIBLES OPEN AS
HE TAKES US THROUGH TODAYS STUDY. AND IF YOU ARE ENCOURAGED
BY TODAYS MESSAGE, REMEMBER, YOU CAN STREAM THIS MESSAGE AGAIN
AND DOWNLOAD OUTLINES, NOTES, A TRANSCRIPT AND OTHER RESOURCES
TO GO ALONG WITH THIS MESSAGE, ALL AT LWF.ORG. NOW, LETS JOIN
ADRIAN ROGERS. YOU KNOW, GOD DOES NOT OWE US
EXPLANATIONS. THEY WOULDNT DO US ANY GOOD ANYWAY, BECAUSE IF HE
EXPLAINED, WE STILL WOULDNT UNDERSTAND. HA, SO DONT ASK HIM
TO EXPLAIN; THAT WOULD BE LIKE ASKING EINSTEIN TO EXPLAIN
SOMETHING TO YOUR DOG. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] HA, HA, AH, YOURE,
YOURE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE WAYS OF GOD. HIS WAYS ARE
ABOVE OUR WAYS. WE TRUST AND OBEY. WE DO NOT LIVE BY
EXPLANATIONS; WE LIVE BY PROMISES, AMEN? [AUDIENCE: AMEN]
AND ONE OF THE GREAT PROMISES, HOWEVER, IS THAT WE CAN KNOW
THAT WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT WERE SAVED, HEAVEN-BORN AND
HEAVEN-BOUND. AND IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED, YO U NEED TO BE SAVED SO
YOU CAN KNOW IT. AND IF YOU ARE SAVED, YOU OUGHT TO KNOW IT.
SOMEBODY SAID, IF YOU COULD BE SAVED AND NOT KNOW IT, YOU COULD
LOSE IT AND NOT MISS IT. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT YOU
CAN KNOW, BEYOND THE SHADOW OF ANY DOUBT, THAT YOU ARE SAVED.
NOW WE SANG A SONG, SAVED BY HIS POWER DIVINE. THERERE ONLY TWO
CLASSES IN THE WORLD. NOW WE DIVIDE PEOPLE BY UPPER CLASS,
MIDDLE CLASS, LOWER CLASS. BUT GOD DOESNT DO THAT. THERERE ONLY
TWO CLASSES: THE SAVED AND THE LOST, THE SAINTS AND THE AINTS.
AND YOU ARE IN ONE CATEGORY OR YOU ARE IN ANOTHER. AH, WELL,
YOU SAY, WELL, IM NOT ENTIRELY SAVED, PASTOR ROGERS. NO, NO.
HUH, NOBODY IS HALF-SAVED. TO BE HALF-SAVED IS TO BE ALTOGETHER,
ENTIRELY LOST. EITHER YOU ARE SAVED OR YOU ARE LOST. WELL, YOU
SAY, AH, AH, ONLY GOD CAN SAY WHOS SAVED. WELL, YOURE RIGHT
ABOUT THAT, AND THATS WHAT WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY, AND WERE
GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT GOD SAYS. AND THEN WHEN WE FIND OUT WHAT
GOD SAYS, THEN YOU CAN SAY WHAT GOD SAYS AND YOU CAN BE SURE.
NOW, LETS SEE WHAT GOD SAYS. FIRST JOHN CHAPTER FIVE VERSE,
AH, FIVE. AH, WHO IS HE THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, BUT HE
THAT BELIEVETH THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD? THIS IS HE THAT CAME
BY WATER AND BLOOD, EVEN JESUS CHRIST; NOT BY WATER ONLY, BUT
BY WATER AND BLOOD. AND IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT BEARETH WITNESS,
BECAUSE THE SPIRIT IS TRUTH. FOR THERE ARE THREE THAT BEAR RECORD
IN HEAVEN: THE FATHER, THE WORD, AND THE HOLY GHOST; AND THESE
THREE ARE ONE. AND THERE ARE THREE THAT BEAR WITNESS IN
EARTH: THE SPIRIT, AND THE WATER, AND THE BLOOD; AND THESE
THREE AGREE IN ONE. IF WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN, THE
WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER; FOR THIS IS THE WITNESS OF GOD WHICH
HE HATH TESTIFIED OF HIS SON. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD
HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF; HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT GOD HATH MADE
HIM A LIAR, BECAUSE HE BELIEVETH NOT THE RECORD THAT GOD GAVE OF
HIS SON. AND THIS IS THE RECORD, THAT GOD HATH GIVEN TO US
ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. HE THAT HATH THE SON
HATH LIFE, AND HE THAT HATH NOT THE SON OF GOD HATH NOT LIFE.
NOW HERES THE CLIMATIC VERSE, VERSE 13, THESE THINGS HAVE I
WRITTEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD, THAT
YE MAY KNOW, K-N-O-W, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL
LIFE, AND THAT YE MAY BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD. NOW
ARE CHRISTIANS FOOLS? ARE WE MERE SENTIMENTALI,
SENTIMENTALISTS, OR DO WE HAVE A BASIS FOR OUR BELIEF? NOW, THE
GOSPEL OF JOHN, JOHNS PREVIOUS BOOK, THE GOSPEL, WAS WRITTEN TO
TELL US HOW TO BE SAVED; AND, AH, THIS FIRST JOHN WAS WRITTEN,
THE EPISTLE OF JOHN, AH, TO TELL US HOW TO, TO KNOW THAT WERE
SAVED. IF YOU TAKE OF JOHN WHEN YOU GET HOME SOMETIME AND READ
IT, CIRCLE THE WORD KNOW, K-N-O-W. JUST CIRCLE IT. MAYBE
TAKE A RED PEN AND JUST CIRCLE IT. BY THE WAY, DONT MIND
WRITING IN YOUR BIBLE. WHEN YOU WEAR IT OUT, GET A NEW ONE,
AMEN? JUST WRITE, CIRCLE IT. AH, IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE FALLING
APART, YOU HAVE A LIFE THATS NOT FALLING APART. JUST, JUST, JUST
CIRCLE IT, EVERY TIME YOU FIND THE WORD K-N-O-W, KNOW, JUST
CIRCLE IT; AND, AND YOU WILL FIND THAT OVER FORTY TIMES IN
THESE FIVE CHAPTERS HE USES THE WORD KNOW. IT IS THE GOSPEL OF
CERTAINTY. IT IS NOT A HOPE SO, MAYBE SO; IT IS A KNOW-SO
SALVATION. AND HE SAYS, THESE THINGS, VERSE 13, HAVE I WRITTEN
UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD, THAT YOU
MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. WOULDNT IT BE WONDERFUL
FOR YOU TO SAY, PRAISE GOD, I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW,
HA, HA, THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I AM HEAVEN-BORN AND I
AM HEAVEN-BOUND. NOW, THERES ANOTHER KEY WORD, AND IT IS USED
IN, SOME TEN TIMES IN THESE VERSES THAT IVE READ, JUST READ
TO YOU; FIRST JOHN, AH, CHAPTER FIVE VERSES FIVE THROUGH 13. AND
THAT KEY WORD IS THE SAME WORD. IT IS TRANSLATED DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT IS TRANSLATED WITNESS, RECORD, TESTIMONY, AND TESTIFY.
ITS THE SAME WORD, THAT ITS JUST TRANSLATED DIFFERENT WAYS. SO,
GOD IS GIVING US A WITNESS SO WE CAN KNOW. HE IS GIVING US A
TESTIMONY SO THAT WE CAN KNOW. AND THATS WHAT WERE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY: THE SOURCE OF OUR CERTAINTY, THE BASIS OF
OUR BELIEF, AH, AND REMEMBER LAST WEEK WE TOLD YOU THAT A
THREE-FOLD CORD IS NOT EASILY BROKEN? WE TOLD YOU THREE WAYS
THAT YOU COULD TEST FALSE SPIRITS. NOW WERE GOING TO TELL
YOU TODAY THREE WAYS THAT YOU CAN KNOW, YOU CAN KNOW, K-N-O-W,
THAT YOU ARE SAVED, AND THAT YOURE ON THE WAY TO HEAVEN, AND
THAT YOU CAN BE ABSOLUTELY SURE. NOW, THE FIRST WAY, THERE IS THE
CERTAINTY THAT COMES FROM THE ATONING WORK OF CHRIST. WRITE
DOWN THE ATONING WORK OF CHRIST, THE ATONING WORK OF CHRIST. NOW,
WHERE, HOW DOES THAT CERTAINTY COME? WELL, LOOK IF YOU WILL IN
VERSE SIX, THIS IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD, EVEN JESUS
CHRIST; NOT BY WATER ONLY, BUT BY WATER AND BLOOD. NOW, WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, IT SPEAKS OF WHAT JESUS CHRIST DID TO
REDEEM US, AND IT SAID THAT HE CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD. WHAT IS
THE MEANING OF THAT? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF WATER AND BLOOD? PUT
IN YOUR MARGIN JOHN, THAT IS, THIS TIME THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,
JOHN CHAPTER 19 VERSES 33 AND 34. THE SETTING FOR THIS VERSE
IS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS ON THE CROSS. HE IS DYING IN AGONY AND
BLOOD UPON THAT CROSS, AND THE ROMAN SOLDIERS, IN ORDER TO MAKE
CERTAIN THAT THOSE WHO HAD BEEN CRUCIFIED WERE DEAD, HUH, THE
JEWS WANTED THEM DEAD BEFORE THE SABBATH, THEY WERE COMING ALONG
TO BREAK THE LEGS OF THOSE WHOD BEEN CRUCIFIED TO HASTEN DEATH.
BUT WHEN THEY CAME TO JESUS, HE WAS ALREADY DEAD. NOW LISTEN TO
THE SCRIPTURE. JOHN 19 VERSES 33 AND 34, BUT WHEN THEY CAME TO
JESUS, AND SAW THAT HE WAS DEAD ALREADY, THEY BREAK NOT HIS
LEGS; BUT ONE OF THE SOLDIERS, WITH A SPEAR, PIERCED HIS SIDE,
AND FORTHWITH CAME OUT BLOOD AND WATER. OUT OF THE WOUNDED SIDE
OF THE LORD JESUS THERE POURED OUT BLOOD AND WATER. AND NOW THE
APOSTLE JOHN TELLS US OVER HERE IN, AH, IN, AH, THE EPISTLE THAT
WERE READING IN FIRST JOHN CHAPTER FIVE AND VERSE SIX, THIS
IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD, EVEN JESUS CHRIST. THE
PERICARDIAL PLEURAL FLUID THAT ENCASES THE HEART IS A WATERY
SUBSTANCE; AND, OF COURSE, ITS THE HEART THAT PUMPS THE BLOOD.
BUT SOMETIMES IN GREAT DURESS, MEDICAL PEOPLE TELL US, THERE,
THAT, THAT PLASMA, IT, IT, IT, IT SEPARATES AND THAT, THAT
FLUID, AH, IS THERE AROUND THE HEART, THAT PLEURAL FLUID THAT
SHOWS SOMETHING OF THE AGONY THAT JESUS HAD. YOU SEE, WHY DID
JESUS DIE FIRST AND THE THIEVES NOT DIE, THE OTHER TWO? BECAUSE
JESUS DIED OF A BROKEN HEART. JESUS LITERALLY DIED OF A BROKEN
HEART. THERE WAS NO AGONY LIKE THE AGONY OF JESUS. YOU CANNOT
UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURE THAT WAS UPON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. WE
SEE, WE SAW A, A, AH, PREMONITION OF THAT, OR WE SAW
THE BEGINNING OF THAT WHEN JESUS, IN THE GARDEN OF
GETHSEMANE, HIS, HIS, HIS PERSPIRATION BECAME AS BLOOD.
WATER AND BLOOD, WATER AND BLOOD. JESUS DIED IN AGONY. THE,
THE ETERNITIES WERE COMPRESSED UPON THE LORD JESUS. THE SINS OF
THE WORLD WERE DISTILLED UPON THE LORD JESUS. HE DIED OF A
BROKEN HEART. AND WHEN THAT, THAT SOLDIER TOOK THAT SPEAR AND
RAMMED IT INTO THE SIDE OF THE LORD JESUS, THERE, THERE POURED
OUT WATER AND BLOOD. THATS THE MEANING OF JOHN SPEAKING OF
WATER AND BLOOD. BUT WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF IT? WELL, YOU SEE, IT
IS THE BLOOD THAT CLEANSES FROM SIN. IT IS, IT IS THE BLOOD THAT
REMOVES THE PENALTY OF SIN. THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH AND, AND,
AH, WITHOUT SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERES NO REMISSION. AND JESUS
TOOK MY SIN AND YOUR SIN TO THAT CROSS, AND WITH HIS BLOOD HE
PAID SINS PENALTY. BUT THERES ALSO THE WATER. THE WATER SPEAKS
OF THAT WHICH CONTINUES TO CLEANSE. IT SPEAKS NOT ONLY OF
SALVATION, BUT SANCTIFICATION. REMEMBER IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
CHAPTER ONE, THE BIBLE SAYS, AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH AND
DWELT AMONG US? THE WORD IS JESUS, THE LOGOS, WAS MADE FLESH
AND DWELT AMONG US. THE WORD DWELT IS THE WORD TABERNACLED.
AH, JESUS TABERNACLED AMONG US. DID YOU KNOW THAT IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT GOD HAD A TABERNACLE? AND, AND THAT TABERNACLE IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT WAS A PROPHECY OF JESUS. AND HAD YOU GONE INTO
THAT TABERNACLE TO WORSHIP, FIRST OF ALL, THERE WOULD HAVE
BEEN A BRAZEN ALTAR, AND THATS WHERE THE BLOOD WOULD HAVE BEEN
SHED. THAT SPOKE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS. AND THEN RIGHT PAST THAT
ALTAR, YOU WOULD COME TO A GREAT BASIN CALLED A LAVER. AND, AH,
THE BLOOD IS HERE AT THE ALTAR, BUT AT THE LAVER IS WATER. AND
SO, THEY WOULD COME, FIRST OF ALL, THROUGH THE BLOOD TO THE
WATER. THE BLOOD DEALS WITH THE PENALTY OF SIN; THE WATER DEALS
WITH THE POLLUTION OF SIN. JESUS TABERNACLED AMONG US. JESUS CAME
BY BLOOD AND WATER. AND ITS SIGNIFICANT THAT WHEN THEY PUT
THAT SPEAR IN HIS SIDE, OUT CAME BLOOD AND WATER. NOW WHAT DOES
THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE ASSURANCE OF MY SALVATION?
FRIEND, HA, HA, HUH, MY HOPE IS BUILT ON [THUMP] NOTHING [THUMP]
LESS THAN THE BLOOD AND THE WATER. AND YOU KNOW, WE SING
THAT SONG, AH, ROCK OF AGES. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT
PHRASE THAT YOUVE SUNG SO MANY TIMES, LET THE WATER AND THE
BLOOD, FROM THY WOUNDED SIDE WHICH FLOWED, BE OF SIN THE
DOUBLE CURE, SAVE FROM WRATH AND MAKE ME PURE? THATS THE WATER
AND THE BLOOD. HE SAVES FROM WRATH. HE MAKES US PURE. I
WOULDNT GIVE HALF A HALLELUJAH OF YOUR HOPE OF HEAVEN, APART
FROM THE WATER AND THE BLOOD, APART FROM THE DEATH OF THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST UPON THAT CROSS. THATS THE SOLID ROCK ON WHICH WE
STAND. FRIEND, THAT, FIRST OF ALL, THATS THE FIRST CORD IN OUR
THREE-FOLD CORD THAT GIVES US ASSURANCE. THERE IS CERTAINTY
FROM THE ATONING WORK OF CHRIST. DID YOU WRITE THAT DOWN? ALL
RIGHT, NOW WRITE THIS DOWN: THERE IS CERTAINTY FROM THE
ABIDING WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT. THE ATONING WORK OF THE SON, THE
ABIDING WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT. NOW, CONTINUE TO READ THE LAST
PART OF VERSE SIX, AND IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT BEARETH WITNESS,
BECAUSE THE SPIRIT IS TRUTH. FOR THERE ARE THREE THAT BEAR RECORD
IN HEAVEN: THE FATHER, AND THE WORD, AND THE HOLY GHOST; AND
THESE THREE ARE ONE. AND THERE ARE THREE THAT BEAR WITNESS IN
EARTH: THE SPIRIT, AND THE WATER, AND THE BLOOD. NOW YOU
SEE, WHERE THE SPIRIT TAKES THE WATER AND THE BLOOD, THE HOLY
SPIRIT TO BEAR WITNESS. AND THESE THREE AGREE IN ONE. NOW
NOTICE JOHNS ARGUMENT HERE, IF. AND THAT WORD, IF, AH, CAN BE
TRANSLATED SINCE. SINCE WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN, THE
WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER; FOR THIS IS THE WITNESS OF GOD WHICH
HE HATH TESTIFIED OF HIS SON. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD
HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF. NOW, THAT IS THE ABIDING
WITNESS. YOU SEE, YOU HAVE THE ATONING WORK, BUT THE HOLY
SPIRIT TAKES THE ATONING WORK AND HE TESTIFIES OF IT. HE GIVES
WITNESS TO YOU ON THE INSIDE. NOW, LET ME TELL YOU HOW THE
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD WITNESSES. THIS IS THE WAY THAT YOU CAN
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, AH, THIS, AH, BLESSED ASSURANCE. FIRST OF
ALL, THE HOLY SPIRIT WITNESSES TO YOU. THE HOLY SPIRIT
WITNESSES TO US. THAT IS, BEFORE WERE EVEN SAVED, THE HOLY SPIRIT
IS TELLING US ABOUT JESUS. NOTICE AGAIN, AH, AH, IF YOU
WILL, VERSE SIX, AND THIS IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD,
EVEN JESUS CHRIST; NOT BY WATER ONLY, BUT BY WATER AND BLOOD.
YOU SAY, WELL, ADRIAN, HOW DO I KNOW THATS TRUE? JUST CAUSE YOU
SAY IT? HA, HA, NO, LISTEN, AND IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT BEARETH
WITNESS. DO YOU THINK THAT IM UP HERE TRYING TO PERSUADE YOU OF
SOMETHING? OH, NO, NO. YOU SEE, IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
THAT WILL TELL YOU WHETHER THIS IS TRUE OR WHETHER ITS NOT. IT
IS THE SPIRIT THAT BEARETH WITNESS BECAUSE THE SPIRIT IS
TRUTH. WHAT IS THE MIN, MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT? JESUS SAID,
HE WILL TAKE THE THINGS OF MINE AND HE WILL SHOW THEM TO YOU.
AND NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS THERE IN VERSE NINE, EH, IF WE RECEIVE
THE WITNESS OF MEN, THE WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER. AH, YOU
BELIEVE MEN. YOU RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN ALL THE TIME. YOU
GO OUT TO A RESTAURANT. YOU TRUST PEOPLE, TO EAT; TAKES MORE
FAITH EVERY DAY. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] YOURE SITTING IN THIS
BUILDING. YOUVE TRUSTED THE ENGINEERS THAT, THAT, AH,
FIGURED THIS ROOF THAT ITLL NOT FALL IN. AH, IVE OFTEN THOUGHT
ABOUT IT. YOU GET ON AN AIRPLANE TO FLY OVERSEAS. HA, YOU SIT
DOWN. YOUVE NEVER SEEN THAT PILOT, YOUVE NEVER MET HIM,
YOUVE NEVER EXAMINED THAT AIRPLANE. AND HE CRACKS THAT
THROTTLE OPEN, GONNA FLY YOU ALL ACROSS THAT PUDDLE. THATS FAITH.
AH, YOU, YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR. HE WRITES A PRESCRIPTION NEITHER
HE NOR THE PHARMACIST CAN READ. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] AND THAT MAN
GOES BACK THERE AND TAKES ALL THAT STUFF FROM THE SHELF AND
MIXES SOMETHING UP AND YOU TAKE IT. LISTEN, WE RECEIVE THE
WITNESS OF MEN EVERY DAY, DONT WE? SURELY, WE DO. YOU SAY,
WELL, ITS DIFFICULT TO LIVE BY FAITH. YOU LIVE BY FAITH EVERY
DAY OF YOUR LIFE, AND YOU PUT YOUR FAITH IN TWO-LEGGED MEN
WHOSE BREATH IS IN THEIR NOSTRILS. IF WE RECEIVE THE
WITNESS OF MEN, THE WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER. MEN CAN LIE. THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS TRUTH. AND SO, FIRST OF ALL, THE HOLY SPIRIT
WITNESSES TO US. HA, THATS THE REASON WHY IM NEVER MOVED WHEN A
MAN SAYS, WELL, AH, I CANT BELIEVE. HES A LIAR. IF YOU WANT
TO BELIEVE, THE HOLY SPIRITLL ENABLE YOU TO BELIEVE.
[AUDIENCE: AMEN] JESUS DID NOT SAY, YOU CANNOT COME UNTO ME.
JESUS SAID, YE WILL NOT COME UNTO ME. YOU SEE, IT IS BECAUSE
THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, WHEN THE WORD OF GOD IS PREACHED, THE
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD WITNESSES WITH THE WORD. FIRST OF ALL, HE
WITNESSES, AH, AH, TO YOU. AND THEN, NOT ONLY DOES HE WITNESS
TO YOU, THEN HE WITNESSES IN YOU. LOOK IN THE LAST PART OF
VERSE, AH, 10, IF YOU WILL, HE THAT BE, OR, THE FIRST PART, HE
THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF.
NOW, WHEN HE WITNESSES TO YOU, AND YOU RECEIVE CHRIST, THEN HE
COMES INTO YOU, AND YOU HAVE THE WITNESS IN YOU. NOW, SUPPOSE,
AH, BROTHER BOB AND BROTHER JIM ARE ARGUING WITH ME ABOUT APPLE
PIE. AND I HAVE AN APPLE PIE OVER HERE, AND IVE JUST EATEN A
BIG SLICE OF IT. AND JIM SAYS, I DONT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY APPLE
PIE. UH, IT DOESNT EVEN EXIST. AND BOB SAYS, WELL, I BELIEVE IT
EXISTS, BUT ITS NO GOOD. AND ADRIAN IS OVER HERE, HAVING
WRAPPED HIMSELF AROUND A PIECE OF APPLE PIE. NOW, YOU THINK
THOSE TWO GUYS ARE GOING TO DISTURB ME? SEE, I HAVE THE
WITNESS IN MYSELF. [AUDIENCE LAUGHER] HA, I HAVE THE WITNESS
IN MYSELF. AND THAT IS THE REASON THAT A CHRISTIAN WITH AN
EXPERIENCE IS NEVER AT THE MERCY OF AN INFIDEL WITH AN ARGUMENT.
[AUDIENCE: AMEN] PARDON ME. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] YOU SEE, HE
WITNESSES TO YOU. AND THEN HE WITNESSES IN YOU. THATS THE
REASON THE BIBLE SAYS, TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD. ONE
WAY TO FIND OUT WHETHER APPLE PIE IS GOOD OR NOT IS TO TASTE
AND SEE. NOW, YOU SAY, WELL, THATS BRINGS UP A REAL QUESTION,
ADRIAN. WHAT IS THE WITNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT? NOW I WANT YOU
TO BE VERY CAREFUL HERE. THE WITNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
NOT AN EMOTIONAL FEELING. NOW IF YOU DONT GET THIS, YOURE GONNA
MISS THE WHOLE THING. MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT THE WITNESS OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SOME EMOTIONAL FEELING: GOOSE BUMPS,
LIVER SHIVERS. OH, YOU SAY, I KNOW IM SAVED ëCAUSE I FEEL IT.
OH, BOY. THEN YOUR CON, YOUR ASSURANCE OF YOUR SALVATIONS
GONNA GO UP AND DOWN WITH THE CONDITION OF YOUR LIVER. IF YOU
LIVE BY EMOTIONS, YOURE GONNA BE ON A ROLLER COASTER. NO, NO, NO,
NO. AH, THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT IS FAR DEEPER THAN
EMOTIONS. HOW DOES, HOW DOES GOD KNOW ANYTHING? DOES HE KNOW
SOMETHING BECAUSE SOMEBODY TELLS HIM? DOES HE KNOW SOMETHING
BECAUSE HE HAS LEARNED IT? DOES HE KNOW SOMETHING BECAUSE HE
FEELS IT? NO, SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE GOES BEYOND THOSE
THINGS. NOW, I, I, VERY, VERY FRANKLY, IM NOT REALLY AN
EMOTIONAL PERSON, EXCEPT WHEN I PREACH. I GET EMOTIONAL WHEN I
PREACH. BUT I, I, IM MORE EMOTIONAL WHEN I PREACH THAN AT
OTHER TIMES. SOMETIMES JOYCELL SAY TO ME, HEY, WHY DONT YOU GET
EXCITED LIKE YOU DO WHEN YOU PREACH? I DONT GET ALL THAT
HIGH; I DONT GET ALL THAT LOW. WELL, I CANT TAKE CREDIT FOR
THAT, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THATS JUST THE WAY IM WIRED.
THAT IS MY PSYCHOLOGY. ID BE THAT WAY IF I WERE NOT SAVED. IM
JUST, THATS MY EMOTIONAL BAND. I DONT GET ALL THAT HIGH; I DONT
GET ALL THAT LOW. I, IM JUST, IM, IM MORE IN A, IN A NARROW
BAND. NOW, AH, THE ASSURANCE OF YOUR SALVATION CAN SHOW UP IN
YOUR EMOTIONS. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT DAWNS ON YOU THAT YOU KNOW THAT
YOURE SAVED, YOU MAY GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. NOTHING WRONG
WITH THAT. HA, HA, HUH, ONE MAN SAID, MAN, WHEN, WHEN I GOT
SAVED, I WAS SAVED. I WAS PLOWIN. I GOT SAVED IN THE
CORNFIELD, TORE UP A HALF AN ACRE OF CORN. ITS KINDA HARD ON
THE CORN, BUT THATS OKAY. BUT THAT MAN WHO GOT SAVED, PLOWING,
AND TORE UP A HALF AN ACRE OF CORN, IS NO MORE SAVED THAN A
TEN YEAR OLD GIRL WHO COMES DOWN THIS AISLE THIS MORNING, AND
SWEETLY GIVES HER HEART TO JESUS CHRIST. NO MORE SAVED. THE
EMOTIONS ARE FINE. THAT IS NOT THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT. THAT
MAY BE, YOUR EMOTIONS MAY PLAY ON THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT.
YOU SAY, PASTOR, THEN WHAT IS THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT? HOW,
EXPLAIN IT. YOU DONT EXPLAIN IT; YOU RECEIVE IT. GODS SPIRIT
SPEAKS TO YOU THAT YOU BELONG TO HIM. HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH
THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF. AND, YOU KNOW, SO MANY TIMES WERE TRYING
TO MAKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAVE THE SAME KIND OF AN EMOTIONAL
EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE. YOU KNOW, IN, IN SOME CHURCHES THEY
USED TO HAVE, AH, ALTARS, WHERE YOU CAME TO THE ALTAR TO KNEEL
AND GET SAVED. NOW, NOTH, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. ITëS
NOT NECESSARY. YOU, YOU CAN BE SAVED BACK THERE. YOU CAN BE
SAVED UP HERE. YOU CAN BE SAVED IN AN AIRPLANE. YOU CAN BE SAVED
IN A SUBMARINE. YOU CAN BE SAVED ANYWHERE, AH, BUT THIS MAN CAME
TO ONE OF THOSE OLD-FASHIONED PRAYER BENCHES TO GET, AH,
SAVED. AND THERE WERE SOME OF THE BROTHERS IN THIS COUNTRY
CHURCH AND SISTERS WHO CAME TO HELP HIM TO GET THROUGH. ONE
KNEELED DOWN ALONGSIDE OF HIM WHILE HE WAS PRAYING AND SAID,
AH, AH, BROTHER, HOLD ON. AH, YOULL NEVER GET SAVED IF YOU
DONT HOLD ON. ANOTHER WELL-MEANING PERSON CAME UP
RIGHT AFTER THAT AND SAID, BROTHER, LET GO! [AUDIENCE
LAUGHTER] YOU, HA, WHEN I, I NEVER DID GET SAVED TILL I
FINALLY LET GO. AND SOMEBODY ELSE CAME RIGHT AFTER THAT AND
SAID, OH, MAN, LOOK FOR A BRIGHT LIGHT. HE SAID, WHEN YOU SEE
THAT BRIGHT LIGHT, HUH, YOULL KNOW YOURE SAVED. AND THIS MAN,
LATER ON, WHO FINALLY DID GET SAVED, HE SAID, YOU KNOW,
BETEEN, BETWEEN TRYING TO HOLD ON AND LET GO AND LOOK FOR THAT
LIGHT, I ALMOST DIDNT MAKE IT. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] AH, LISTEN.
DONT YOU, DONT YOU IMPOSE, DONT YOU IMPOSE YOUR EMOTIONS ON ME.
I WONT IMPOSE MY EMOTIONS ON YOU. WE ARE DIFFERENT
EMOTIONALLY. THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT IS NOT AN EMOTIONAL
EXPERIENCE. IT IS A CERTAINTY. WHEN GODS SPIRIT SPEAKS TO YOUR
SPIRIT, AND HE TELLS YOU, YOU ARE MINE. HE THAT HATH THE
SPIRIT, HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF. THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
WITNESSES TO YOU. AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD WITNESSES IN
YOU. AND THAT, MY FRIEND, IS WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD CAN
WITNESS THROUGH YOU. YOU REMEMBER WHAT, AH, OUR LORD
SAID, HA, HA, ACTS 1:8, YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER AFTER THAT THE
HOLY GHOST IS COME UPON YOU; YE SHALL BE WITNESSES UNTO ME. MAN,
WHEN YOU HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF YOUR SALVATION, A KNOW-SO
SALVATION, ITS SO MUCH EASIER TO BE A WITNESS BECAUSE, AH, AS THE
APOSTLE SAID, WE ARE WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS, AND SO IS ALSO
THE HOLY GHOST, WHOM GOD HATH GIVEN TO THEM THAT OBEY HIM. IM
NOT DEPENDENT UPON ELOQUENCE, IM NOT DEPENDENT UPON LOGIC, IM NOT
DEPENDENT UPON THOSE THINGS IN ORDER TO PERSUADE YOU. AND THATS
THE REASON, BEFORE I CAME OUT HERE, I GOT ON MY KNEES AND
SAID, ëO GOD, O GOD, YOURE THE WITNESS. YOU WITNESS THROUGH ME.
ITS THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD. WHO IS THE WITNESS? HOW DO WE HAVE
THIS ASSURANCE? THE ATONING WORK OF THE SAVIOR; THE WATER AND THE
BLOOD. THE ABIDING WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT. HERES THE THIRD
CORD. REMEMBER NOW, A THREE-FOLD CORD IS NOT EASILY BROKEN. THE
WORK OF THE SAVIOR, THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT, AND HERES THE
THIRD CORD: THE WORD OF THE FATHER, HMM, THE WORD OF THE
FATHER. THERE YOU SEE THIS THREE-FOLD CORD; FATHER, SON,
AND HOLY GHOST TOGETHER TO BRING THIS CERTAINTY. NOW, WHAT IS THE
WORD OF THE FATHER? I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO IT HERE, BEGINNING
IN VERSE 10, HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD HATH THE
WITNESS IN HIMSELF; AND HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT GOD, NOW, HERE IT
IS, THE FATHER, HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT GOD HATH MADE HIM
A LIAR, BECAUSE HE BELIEVETH NOT THE RECORD THAT GOD GAVE OF HIS
SON. AND THIS IS THE RECORD, THAT GOD HATH GIVEN TO US
ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. HE THAT HATH THE SON
HATH LIFE; AND HE THAT HATH NOT THE SON OF GOD HATH NOT LIFE.
NOW, UNDERSCORE THIS NEXT PHRASE, THESE THINGS HAVE I
WRITTEN UNTO YOU, THATS THE WRITTEN WORD, FRIEND, THAT
BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD, THAT YE MAY, K-N O-W,
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. NOW, GOD GAVE US A RECORD. GOD
GAVE US THE BIBLE. THIS IS THE RECORD. THESE THINGS HAVE I
WRITTEN UNTO YOU. ARENT YOU GLAD FOR THE BIBLE? SAY, AMEN.
[AUDIENCE: AMEN] HUH, BECAUSE WHERE DO WE LEARN ABOUT THE
WATER AND THE BLOOD? WHERE DO WE LEARN ABOUT THE WITNESS OF THE
SPIRIT? WE LEARNED ABOUT THAT FROM THE WORD OF GOD. THIS IS
THE THREE-FOLD CORD, AGAIN, THAT IS NOT EASILY BROKEN. GOD GAVE
US HIS WORD. NOW, AH, ITS SO VERY IMPORTANT THAT, AH, YOU
BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD, BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD HAS ONE CENTRAL
MESSAGE FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION. YOU CAN PUT IT IN
TWO WORDS. YOU READY FOR IT? JESUS SAVES. [AUDIENCE: AMEN]
THATS IT. HA, HA, THIS, THIS, THIS BOOK WAS NOT WRITTEN TO
TELL YOU HOW THE HEAVENS GO; IT WAS WRITTEN TO TELL YOU HOW TO
GO TO HEAVEN. THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE, FROM GENESIS TO
REVELATION, IS ONE MESSAGE: JESUS SAVES, JESUS SAVES. NOW,
GOD GAVE US HIS WORD THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THAT ASSURANCE, THAT
WE MIGHT BE ABSOLUTELY SURE. NOW, IF YOU DONT BELIEVE THE
BIBLE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOURE DOING? YOURE CALLING GOD A LIAR.
LOOK IN VERSE 10, LOOK IN VERSE 10. AH, AH, HE THAT BELIEVETH
NOT GOD HATH MADE HIM A LIAR. NOW, SOMETIMES A PERSON WILL SAY
TO ME, WELL, YOU KNOW, PASTOR ROGERS, I AM TRYING TO BELIEVE
THE BIBLE. OH, YOU ARE? HOW NICE. SUPPOSE YOU CAME TO ME AND
ASKED ME FOR SOME INFORMATION; AND I SAID, HERES THE WAY IT IS:
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND ID TELL YOU SOME THINGS. AND YOU
LOOK AT ME AND YOU SAY, WELL, ADRIAN, IM TRYING TO BELIEVE
YOU. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT ME? IM TRYING TO BELIEVE YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? NOW, ADRIAN, YOU MUST BE A LIAR PART
OF THE TIME. HUM, HUM, HA, HA, OR, ADRIAN, AH, AH, YOURE NOT
TRUSTWORTHY. IM TRYING TO BELIEVE YOU, ADRIAN. FRIEND,
LISTEN, WHEN YOU SAY, OH, IM TRYING TO HAVE FAITH, HE THAT
BELIEVETH NOT GOD HATH MADE [THUMP] HIM A LIAR. [THUMP,
THUMP] GODS NO LIAR. YOU SEE, LISTEN, THIS IS THE RECORD. GOD
HATH GIVEN TO US ETERNAL LIFE. THERE IS THE DIVINE, INSPIRED
WORD OF GOD, AND IT IS SETTLED IN HEAVEN. PSALM 119:89,
FOREVER, O LORD, THY WORD IS SETTLED IN HEAVEN. THE ATONING
WORK OF CHRIST, THE ABIDING WORK, WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT, AND
THE AFFIRMING WORD OF GOD. YOU TAKE THOSE THREE, PUT THEM
TOGETHER, AND THEN YOU CAN SAY, I KNOW THAT I HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
NOW LETS BREAK, BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND LETS JUST SEE
WHAT JOHN DID SAY IN THE WORD. FIRST OF ALL, HE TELLS US THE
SOURCE OF THIS LIFE. NOTICE THE RECORD, AND THIS IS THE RECORD,
THAT GOD HATH GIVEN TO US ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS
IN HIS SON. NOW THATS THE SOURCE. YOU DONT HAVE LIFE IF
YOU DONT HAVE THE LORD JESUS. APART FROM JESUS, THERE IS NO
ETERNAL LIFE. SAY, AMEN. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] APART FROM
JESUS, THERE IS NO ETERNAL LIFE. WELL, YOU SAY, I HAVE LIFE. NO,
YOU HAVE EXISTENCE. JESUS SAID, IVE COME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
LIFE, AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY. THE SOURCE OF THE LIFE IS JESUS.
NOW, NOT ONLY IS JESUS THE SOURCE OF THE LIFE, BUT HES ALSO
THE SUBSTANCE OF THE LIFE. LOOK IN VERSE 12, HE THAT HATH THE
SON HATH LIFE; AND HE THAT HATH NOT THE SON OF GOD HATH NOT
LIFE. NOW, CHRISTIANITY IS CHRIST. ITS NOT A CREED, NOT A
CODE, NOT A CAUSE, IT IS CHRIST. JESUS CHRIST IS TO YOUR SPIRIT
WHAT BLOOD IS TO YOUR BODY. IT IS NOT A RELIGION ABOUT HIM. IT
IS NOT SIMPLY FOLLOWING HIS PRECEPTS. IT IS CHRIST IN YOU,
THE HOPE OF GLORY. OTHER TEACHERS MAY POINT TO LIFE;
JESUS SAYS, I AM THE LIFE. NOW, LISTEN TO ME, THE SOURCE OF YOUR
LIFE IS JESUS; THE SUBSTANCE OF YOUR LIFE IS JESUS. AND,
THEREFORE, THE, AH, THE SURETY OF YOUR LIFE IS JESUS. NOTICE
VERSE 13, THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON
THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
ETERNAL LIFE. NOW, NOTICE, HE SAYS, THESE THINGS HAVE I
WRITTEN THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW. SO THE, THE, THE SURETY OF YOUR
LIFE IS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. NOW SUPPOSE YOU AND YOUR WIFE
FILED A JOINT INCOME TAX RETURN. AND THE TAX MAN CAME TO YOU AND
SAID, YOU FILED A WRONG RETURN. AH, YOU HAVE NOT PROVEN THAT
YOURE MARRIED. YOU SAY, WELL, I KNOW IM MARRIED. NO, I WANT SOME
PROOF THAT YOURE MARRIED. HA, HA, HA, AND YOU SAY, WELL, AH,
MAN, I, UH, I CAN, I, IT WAS LIKE YESTERDAY. I STOOD THERE AT
THE MARRIAGE ALTAR WITH JOYCE. OH, YOU SHOULDVE SEEN HER. AH,
YOU SHOULDVE SEEN WHEN SHE CAME DOWN THERE IN THAT WHITE DRESS.
SHE, SHE WAS, SHE WAS RADIANT. OH, I REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN THE
PASTOR SAID, ëADRIAN, DO YOU TAKE JOYCE. WILT THOU? AND I
JUST WILTED. HUH, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER THE, THE EMOTION I HAD.
I REMEMBER THE FEELINGS THAT I HAD. SIR, OH, I, I CAN TELL YOU
ALL ABOUT THE JOY, THE COMMITMENT IN MY HEART. HE SAYS,
WELL, SON, IM, HA, IM GLAD THAT YOU HAD THAT EXPERIENCE AND YOU
FEEL THAT WAY, BUT FOR OUR RECORDS THAT WONT COUNT, NO
MATTER HOW YOU FELT. YOU HAVE SOMETHING BETTER? I SAID, YES, I
HAVE SOMETHING BETTER. COME BACK TOMORROW AND ILL HAVE IT. AND I
GO DOWN TO THE COURTHOUSE, AND I GET THE RECORD WHERE ADRIAN
PIERCE ROGERS WAS MARRIED TO JOYCE LOUISE GENTRY, AND IT IS
SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO. AND A SEAL [POUND] IS PUT UPON IT. I
SAY, NOW, YOU WANT SOMETHING BETTER THAN EMOTION? THERES THE
RECORD, THERES THE RECORD. GOD HAS [THUMP] GIVEN TO [THUMP] US
A RECORD. GOD HAS GIVEN TO US HIS WORD! IT GOES BEYOND
EMOTION. THANK GOD FOR EMOTION. HA, YOU OUGHTA HAVE SOME WHEN
YOU GET MARRIED, BUT ITS NOT THE EMOTION THAT MAKES YOU MARRIED.
OH NO, NO, NO. DONT GET MARRIED WITHOUT IT, HA. BUT, FRIEND, LET
ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. THERE IS A THREE-FOLD CORD: THE ATONING
WORK OF CHRIST, THE ABIDING WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT, THE
AFFIRMING WORD OF THE FATHER. PUT ëEM TOGETHER. PUT ëEM
TOGETHER! THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON
THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD, LISTEN, THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT
YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. A LITTLE BOY WAS IN A REVIVAL MEETING.
THE PASTOR PREACHED FROM JOHN FIVE VERSE 24, VERILY, VERILY I
SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD AND BELIEVETH ON HIM THAT
SENT ME, HATH ETERNAL LIFE, AND SHALL NOT COME INTO
CONDEMNATION, BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE. THAT WAS THE
MESSAGE. HE BELIEVED IT, WAS SAVED. AND YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL
ALWAYS COUNTER ATTACKS, DOESNT HE? ON THE WAY HOME, HA, HA, HA,
AH, THE, THE LITTLE FELLOW SAID THE DEVIL BEGAN TO WHISPER TO
HIM, SAID, YOURE NOT SAVED. YOU DONT, YOU DONT FEEL JUST RIGHT.
YOU DONT DESERVE IT. YOURE NOT GOOD ENOUGH. AND ALL THE WAY
HOME, THE DEVIL WAS JUST DOGGING THE FOOTSTEPS OF THAT LITTLE
BOY. HE SAT ON THE COUCH, TRYING TO GET IT ALL SORTED OUT BECAUSE
HE WANTED THE ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE THAT HE WAS SAVED. HE REMEMBERED
THE VERSE. WHERE WAS IT? JOHN 5:24, VERILY, VERILY I SAY UNTO
YOU. VERILY, VERILY? THAT MEANS TRULY, TRULY. I SAY UNTO YOU,
JESUS SAYS, HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD, HE SAID, I HEARD IT. AND
BELIEVETH ON HIM THAT SENT ME, HE SAID, I BELIEVE. [SLAP] HATH
EVERLASTING LIFE, HE SAID, I HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. IVE
[SLAP] DONE IT. THE WORD [CLAP] SAYS SO. HE SAID BY THEN, IT
SEEMED LIKE SATAN WAS UNDER THE COUCH. HE SAID, I TOOK THE BIBLE
AND STUCK IT UNDER THE COUCH AND I SAID ëDEVIL, READ IT FOR
YOURSELF. HA, HA. SAID, FROM THERE ON THE DOUBT LEFT. LISTEN,
WHEN THE DEVIL GETS ON YOUR TRAIL, DONT ARGUE WITH HIM. HES
NOT WORTH IT. POINT HIM TO THE WORD OF GOD AND STEP OUT OF THE
ARGUMENT. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] LET HIM ARGUE WITH GOD HIMSELF.
THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF
THE SON OF GOD, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
PASTOR, ONLY GOD CAN SAY WHOS SAVED. THATS EXACTLY RIGHT, HA,
HA, AND HE HAS. HE THAT HATH THE SON, VERSE 12, HATH LIFE, AND HE
THAT HATH NOT THE SON OF GOD HATH NOT LIFE. DO YOU HAVE HIM?
THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD IS HERE TODAY, TELLING YOU THERE WAS ONE
WHO CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD, WHO DIED FOR YOU. AND AS IM
PREACHING TO YOU, HES SAYING, THAT IS RIGHT. THAT IS TRUE. HE
IS WITNESSING TO YOU RIGHT NOW. BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER AND
CLOSE YOUR EYES. WHILE HEADS ARE BOWED AND EYES ARE CLOSED, NOW
REMEMBER, YOU CAN RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF GOD. IF WE RECEIVE
THE WITNESS OF MEN, THE WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER. IT IS MORE
THAN WHAT ADRIAN IS TELLING YOU TODAY. IT IS WHAT GOD IS TELLING
YOU. WOULD YOU PRAY THIS PRAYER IF YOU WANT TO BE SAVED? DEAR
GOD, I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME, AND I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO SAVE
ME. JESUS, THANK YOU FOR PAYING FOR MY SIN WITH YOUR BLOOD ON
THE CROSS. I BELIEVE YOURE THE SON OF GOD. I BELIEVE THAT GOD
RAISED YOU FROM THE DEAD, AND I NOW RECEIVE YOU AS MY LORD AND
SAVIOR AND MASTER FOREVER. SAVE ME, LORD JESUS, AND HELP ME
NEVER TO BE ASHAMED OF YOU. SAVE ME BY YOUR GRACE AND KEEP ME FOR
YOUR GLORY. SAVE ME, JESUS. AND, LORD JESUS, I THANK YOU FOR
DOING IT. I WILL MAKE IT PUBLIC. I WILL NOT BE ASHAMED OF YOU.
AND I WILL LIVE FOR YOU THE REST OF MY LIFE AS YOU GIVE ME
STRENGTH. FATHER GOD, I JUST PRAY THAT MANY WILL SAY THIS
TODAY AND MEAN IT. IN YOUR HOLY NAME, AMEN. FRIEND ARENT YOU SO GLAD THAT WE
ARE FREE TO CHOOSE? THE BIBLE SAYS, CHOOSE LIFE. AND FOR YOU
IT IS DECISION TIME. WOULD YOU PRAY THIS PRAYER AFTER ME, LORD
JESUS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REDEEMING LOVE; COME INTO MY
HEART, FORGIVE MY SIN, AND SAVE ME. BE IN MY HEART DAY BY DAY
AND BRING ME HOME TO HEAVEN. FRIEND, PRAY THAT; MEAN IT AND
TRUST HIM WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART. AND IF YOU DO, WRITE TO
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