I WANT TO SAY THERE ARE THREE
TREMENDOUS TRUTHS, THAT IF YOU’VE NEVER SEEN THEM, YOU’VE
NEVER BEEN SAVED. YOU SAY, “WELL I UNDERSTAND SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND JUDGMENT.” MAYBE YOU DO INTELLECTUALLY, BUT UNTIL THE
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD TEACHES YOU THESE THINGS, YOU WILL NEVER
KNOW THEM. ADRIAN ROGERS WAS A MOTIVATOR, AN ENCOURAGER AND A
LEADER OF THE FAITH, WHO PRESENTED A CLEAR INVITATION TO
FOLLOW JESUS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. HE WAS ALSO
PASSIONATE ABOUT PRESENTING SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION TO
EVERYDAY LIFE CIRCUMSTANCE AND YOU’LL SEE THAT IN TODAY’S
MESSAGE. HAVE YOUR BIBLE READY AND JOIN US FOR THIS STUDY FROM
GOD’S WORD. AND IF YOU’RE ENCOURAGED BY TODAY’S 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, LET’S JOIN ADRIAN
ROGERS. AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE GOD’S
WORD TODAY AND TURN, PLEASE, TO JOHN CHAPTER 16. AND I WANT TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CONVICTING, CONVINCING POWER OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT. TITLE OF THE MESSAGE; “THREE THINGS THAT YOU
CANNOT LEARN IN SCHOOL.” HA, HA, THANK GOD FOR SCHOOL, BUT
THERE’S SOME THINGS THAT NO SCHOOL TEACHER CAN TEACH YOU.
FOR THAT MATTER, THERE’RE SOME THINGS THAT NO PASTOR CAN TEACH
YOU, NO SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER CAN TEACH YOU, BUT ONLY THE HOLY
SPIRIT CAN TEACH YOU. NOW MEN, WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, BY
NATURE, ARE STUNNINGLY IGNORANT, STUNNINGLY IGNORANT. I THINK OF
NICODEMUS; HE WAS A MASTER IN ISRAEL, A RULER OF THE JEWS.
JESUS HAD TO REMONSTRATE WITH AND SAID, HUH, “AREN’T YOU A
MASTER IN ISRAEL AND YET YOU DON’T KNOW THESE THINGS?” JESUS
WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT SPIRITUAL THINGS. NOW I HOPE
THAT YOU’LL OPEN YOUR HEART TODAY TO THIS TRUTH. NOW THIS IS
TRUTH THAT ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN GIVE YOU. YOU SAY, “WELL,
PASTOR, IF ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN GIVE THIS TRUTH, THEN WHY
ARE YOU PREACHING?” BECAUSE HE USES HUMAN INSTRUMENTS, HE USES
THE WORD OF GOD, BUT HE IS THE TEACHER. I’VE SAID MANY TIMES,
“I CAN PREACH TRUTH, BUT ONLY HE CAN IMPART TRUTH.” NOW LOOK IN
JOHN CHAPTER 16 AND VERSE SEVEN, JESUS SAYS, “NEVERTHELESS, I
TELL YOU THE TRUTH; IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT I GO
AWAY, FOR IF I GO NOT AWAY, THE COMFORTER WILL NOT COME UNTO
YOU. BUT IF I DEPART, I WILL SEND HIM UNTO YOU.” NOW THE
COMFORTER IS THE HOLY GHOST, THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE DIVINE
PARACLETE. JESUS SAID, “I AM GOING TO HEAVEN, BUT I WILL SEND
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO TAKE MY PLACE.” NOW NOTICE IN VERSE
EIGHT, “AND WHEN HE IS COME,” THAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT, “WHEN
HE IS COME, HE WILL REPROVE THE WORLD OF SIN AND OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND OF JUDGMENT.” NOW THE WORD REPROVE ACTUALLY
MEANS CONVICT OR CONVINCE. “HE WILL CONVICT, HE WILL CONVINCE
THE WORLD OF SIN, OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF JUDGMENT.”
THOSE ARE THREE THINGS YOU’LL NEVER LEARN IN SCHOOL: THE TRUTH
CONCERNING SIN, THE TRUTH CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND
THE TRUTH CONCERNING JUDGMENT. NOTICE VERSE NINE, “OF SIN,
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME; OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE I GO
TO MY FATHER AND YE SEE ME NO MORE; OF JUDGMENT, BECAUSE THE
PRINCE OF THIS WORLD IS JUDGED.” NOW I WANT YOU TO OPEN YOUR
HEART TODAY TO TRUTH BECAUSE THE NEED OF THIS HOUR BEYOND THE
SHADOW OF ANY DOUBT IS TRUTH. TRUTH IS THE ISSUE. THERE IS
COWARDICE AND THERE MAY BE SOME TODAY WHO ARE COWARDS WHO ARE
AFRAID OF THE TRUTH. THERE IS LAZINESS THAT ACCEPTS PART OF
THE TRUTH. THERE’S ARROGANCE THAT THINKS IT KNOWS ALL OF THE
TRUTH. AND THERE IS TRUE HUMILITY BEFORE GOD THAT OPENS
ONE’S HEART SO THAT YOU MIGHT RECEIVE WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF
GOD WANTS TO TEACH. NOW I WANT TO SAY THERE ARE THREE
TREMENDOUS TRUTHS, THAT IF YOU’VE NEVER SEEN THEM, YOU’VE
NEVER BEEN SAVED. YOU SAY, “WELL I UNDERSTAND SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND JUDGMENT.” MAYBE YOU DO INTELLECTUALLY, BUT UNTIL THE
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD TEACHES YOU THESE THINGS, YOU WILL NEVER
KNOW THEM. NOW LET’S THINK OF THEM ONE AT A TIME. UH, THREE
THINGS THAT YOU’LL NEVER LEARN IN SCHOOL. FIRST OF ALL DEALS
WITH THE CONCEPTION OF SIN. WHAT IS SIN? LOOK IN VERSE NINE,
JESUS SAID, “THE HOLY SPIRIT IS COME TO CONVINCE MEN OF SIN,”
NOW WATCH IT, “BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME.” NOW THE
BIBLE TEACHES THAT A MAN IS AND A WOMAN, A BOY, A GIRL, A HUMAN
BEING, IS A SINNER FOR THREE BASIC REASONS. FIRST OF ALL, HE
IS A SINNER BE, BECAUSE OF WHAT HE IS BY NATURE. HE IS A
NATURAL-BORN SINNER. THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER TWO
AND VERSE THREE THAT, “HE IS BY NATURE A CHILD OF WRATH.” YOUR
LITTLE GRANDSON, YOUR LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER, YOUR PRECIOUS
NEWBORN BABY IS BY NATURE A CHILD OF WRATH. NOW THE HOLY
SPIRIT OF GOD HAS TO REMOVE A CERTAIN KIND OF IGNORANCE IN OUR
HEART. WE THINK THAT MEN ARE WICKED AND SINFUL BECAUSE OF
WHAT THEY DO. WE THINK A MAN IS A SINNER BECAUSE HE LIES,
BECAUSE HE STEALS, BECAUSE HE COMMITS ADULTERY OR BECAUSE HE
KILLS. HE IS NOT A SINNER BECAUSE HE DOES THESE THINGS; HE
DOES THESE THINGS BECAUSE HE IS A SINNER. A MAN IS NOT A LIAR
BECAUSE HE TELLS LIES, HE TELLS LIES BECAUSE HE’S A LIAR. A MAN
IS NOT A THIEF BECAUSE HE STEALS; HE STEALS BECAUSE HE IS
A THIEF. “THESE THINGS,” JESUS SAID, “COME OUT OF THE HEART.”
I’VE TOLD YOU BEFORE IF YOU FIND AN APPLE WITH A WORM HOLE, YOU
NEEDN’T WORRY ALL THAT MUCH, IT DOESN’T MEAN THERE’S A WORM IN
THE APPLE. IT MEANS THERE WAS A WORM IN THE APPLE. THE WORM DID
NOT EAT HIS WAY IN, HE ATE HIS WAY OUT. THE WORM WAS BORN IN
THE APPLE. YOU SAY, “HOW’D HE GET IN THERE?” THE EGG WAS LAID
IN THE BLOSSOM AND, UH, THEN THAT WORM WAS HATCHED AND ATE
HIS WAY OUT OF THAT APPLE. NOW THERE IS IN THE VERY BLOSSOM OF
HUMAN NATURE A, A, A, A THING THAT THE BIBLE CALLS SIN AND,
UH, WHAT WE SEE COMING OUT IS WHAT HAS BEEN BORN ON THE
INSIDE. YOU SEE, A MAN IS A SINNER BECAUSE OF WHAT HE IS. IF
THERE’S A DOG THAT’S RABID, THAT DOG IS KILLED. PERHAPS HE’S NOT
BITTEN ANYBODY. WHY IS HE KILLED? NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE
HAS DONE, BUT WHAT HE IS CAPABLE OF DOING. YOU SEE, THE SIN THAT
WE’RE CAPABLE OF DOING IS THE SIN THAT IS DOWN IN OUR HEARTS,
LATENT, THAT GOD SEES WHETHER IT EVER COMES TO THE SURFACE OR
NOT, WHETHER THE WORM EVER GETS TO THE SURFACE OR NOT, WHETHER
THE DOG EVER BITES ANYBODY OR NOT. THAT’S THE REASON A
REFORMATION WILL NEVER DO FOR SIN. YOU TELL A MAN HE’S A
SINNER, IF HE’S A MAN OF THIS WORLD, WITHOUT THE CONVICTING
POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, HE SAYS, “WELL I’LL DO BETTER, I’LL
QUIT.” MAYBE HE’S A DRUNKARD AND HE SAYS, “WELL I WON’T DRINK
ANYMORE.” MAYBE HE’S AN ADULTERER AND HE SAYS, “I WILL
NOT COMMIT ADULTERY ANYMORE.” TAKE A LOG OUT OF THE FOREST,
CUT IT DOWN AND BRING IT TO THE SAWMILL. THAT LOG MAY BE
CROOKED. PUT IT ON THE CRADLE THERE IN THE SAWMILL AND RUN IT
THROUGH THAT, UH, SAWMILL AND THE SAW, THAT BIG BUZZING BLADE
CUTS OFF ONE SIDE. TURN THAT LOG, RUN IT THROUGH AGAIN AND
IT’LL CUT OFF THE OTHER SIDE. TURN IT AGAIN AND CUT OFF THE
OTHER AND THEN FINALLY YOU HAVE A LOG FROM THE OUTSIDE,
PERFECTLY SQUARE, PERFECTLY STRAIGHT, BUT LOOK AT IT FROM
THE END, AND THE HEART IS STILL CROOKED. THAT’S THE WAY MEN ARE,
THAT’S WHAT REFORMATION IS. YOU MAY, UH, CLEAN UP THE OUTSIDE,
YOU MAY SAY, “WELL I AM GOOD, I AM AS STRAIGHT AND SQUARE AS A
MAN CAN BE.” BUT THE BIBLE SAYS OF YOUR HEART THAT, “YOUR HEART
IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS AND DESPERATELY WICKED.”
THEREFORE, IF A MAN IS A DRUNKARD AND HE STOPS DRINKING
WITHOUT GETTING SAVED, HE’LL GO TO HELL SOBER. WHAT I’M TRYING
TO SAY IS THIS; THAT MAN HAS A PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM IS ON
THE INSIDE AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL ADMIT IT, YOU ARE A SINNER, NOT
PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DO, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU ARE.
NOW PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN AWAY SIN. THE EVOLUTIONISTS SAYS
THAT, “MAN IS A SINNER BECAUSE HE HADN’T HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO
DEVELOP.” THE ENVIRONMENTALIST SAYS THAT, UH, “MAN IS A SINNER
BECAUSE HE’S BEEN MOLDED AND SHAPED BY, UH, UH, SOURCES ON
THE OUTSIDE AND WHAT HE NEEDS IS A BETTER, UH, ATMOSPHERE.” THE
EDUCATOR SAYS, “THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SIN, IT IS ONLY
IGNORANCE, AND IF WE COULD EDUCATE A MAN, WE WOULD BE ABLE
TO DEAL WITH HIS SIN.” BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A MINNESOTA
CRIME COMMISSION REPORT SAID, STUDYING THE MATTER OF JUVENILE
DELINQUENCY. I WANT YOU PARENTS TO LISTEN TO THIS; “EVERY BABY
STARTS LIFE AS A LITTLE SAVAGE. HE IS COMPLETELY SELFISH AND
SELF-CENTERED. HE WANTS WHAT HE WANTS WHEN HE WANTS IT; HIS
BOTTLE, HIS MOTHER’S ATTENTION, HIS PLAYMATE’S TOYS, HIS UNCLE’S
WATCH, OR WHATEVER. DENY HIM THESE AND HE SEETHES WITH RAGE
AND AGGRESSIVENESS WHICH WOULD BE MURDEROUS IF HE WERE NOT SO
HELPLESS. HE’S DIRTY; HE HAS NO MORALS, NO KNOWLEDGE, NO
DEVELOPED SKILLS. THIS MEANS THAT ALL CHILDREN, NOT JUST
CERTAIN CHILDREN, BUT ALL CHILDREN ARE BORN DELINQUENT. IF
PERMITTED TO CONTINUE IN THEIR SELF-CENTERED WORLD OF INFANCY,
IF GIVEN FREE REIN TO THEIR IMPULSIVE ACTIONS TO SATISFY
EVERY ONE OF THEM, EVERY CHILD WOULD GROW UP A CRIMINAL.” HA,
HA, THAT’S, THAT’S YOUR LITTLE BABY. YOU SAY, “NOT MY LITTLE
BABY,” YES, YOUR LITTLE BABY. OR, YOU, HE IS BY NATURE A CHILD
OF WRATH. NOW WHY IS A MAN A SINNER? HE IS A SINNER, NUMBER
ONE, BECAUSE OF WHAT HE IS. AND THEN BECAUSE OF WHAT HE IS, HE
DOES WHAT HE DOES. NOW IF YOU SAY, “WELL I TAKE UMBRAGE AT THE
FACT THAT YOU SAY THAT, ‘I’M A SINNER BY NATURE.’” ALL RIGHT,
THEN LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO. ROMANS CHAPTER THREE VERSE
10, “AS IT IS WRITTEN, THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE.” I
WANT YOU TO SAY IN YOUR HEART, “NOT EVEN ME,” HMM, HA, AGREE
WITH GOD, “THERE’S NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE. THERE IS
NONE THAT UNDERSTANDETH, THERE IS NONE THAT SEEKETH AFTER GOD.
THEY ARE ALL GONE OUT OF THE WAY, THEY ARE TOGETHER BECOME
UNPROFITABLE. THERE IS NONE THAT DOETH GOOD, NO NOT ONE.” HA, HA,
FOLKS, GET THAT IN YOUR HEART. ROMANS 3:23, “FOR ALL HAVE
SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.” NOW YOUR NATURE
IS THE POISONED WELL. YOUR SINS THAT YOU DO ARE THE POISONED
BITTER WATER THAT COMES OUT OF THAT WELL. YOU SAY, “WELL, I
DON’T, I DON’T KILL AND I DON’T, UH, STEAL.” WHAT ABOUT YOUR
THOUGHT LIFE? JESUS SAID, “LUST IS ADULTERY.” JESUS SAID, “HATE
IS MURDER.” JESUS DESTROYED A CIVILIZATION WITH A FLOOD
BECAUSE OF THE IMAGINATIONS OF MEN’S HEARTS. NOW YOU KNOW THE
WORD SIN HAS GONE OUT OF VOGUE TODAY. WE HAVE, UH, REDEFINED
SIN AND REDEFINED IT OUT OF EXISTENCE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE
WORD ABORTION USED TO MEAN? IT USED TO MEAN A MISCARRIAGE. IF
A, IF A BABY, UH, INADVERTENTLY DIED IN THE MOTHER’S WOMB, THAT
WAS A SAD AND A TRAGIC THING, AND THEY SAID, “WELL, THAT BABY
WAS ABORTED.” UH, WHAT THE REAL WORD IS, IS NOT ABORTION, IT IS
INFANTICIDE, KILLING A BABY. BUT NOW, UH, WE DON’T, UH, WE DON’T
LIKE ABORTION, SO THE ABORTIONISTS HAVE CHANGED THAT
WORD, EVEN. NOW THEY, THEY TAKE THE KILLING OF A BABY AND THEY
CALL THAT ABORTION BUT THEY SAY, “NO, LET’S SEE IF WE CAN GET A
NICER SOUNDING, UH, PHRASE,” AND SO THEY CALL IT PRO-CHOICE.
DOESN’T THAT SOUND A LOT BETTER THAN, UH, ABORTION? CERTAINLY
SOUNDS BETTER THAN INFANTICIDE. BUT YOU KNOW THEY, THEY, THEY
DIDN’T LIKE THAT SO MUCH, THEY SAID, “LET’S GET SOMETHING
BETTER THAN PRO-CHOICE, LET’S, LET’S USE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.”
AND THEN, UH, “LET’S, OH NO, THAT’S NOT ENOUGH, LET’S CALL IT
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.” NO, LET’S CALL IT KILLING BABIES;
[AUDIENCE: AMEN] LET’S CALL IT KILLING BABIES RATHER THAN
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. BUT YOU SEE, WE DON’T LIKE THE IDEA OF
SIN. UH, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF LUST. BUT WE DON’T
CALL IT LUST. WHAT DO WE CALL IT? ADULT ENTERTAINMENT. AND WE
LOOK AROUND AND WE SEE THE RAPE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND IMMORALITY
RAMPANT IN OUR LAND, BUT THE WORD LUST SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE
SIN, DOESN’T IT? THE BIBLE CALLS SEXUAL IMMORALITY, FORNICATION.
THE BIBLE CALLS IT ADULTERY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE CALL IT?
SEXUALLY ACTIVE, THAT’S WHAT THEY CALL FORNICATION TODAY.
THAT TEENAGER IS SEXUALLY ACTIVE. AND WHAT DO WE CALL
ADULTERY, HAVING AN AFFAIR. YOU SEE WHAT WE’VE DONE? DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THE BIBLE CALLED A WOMAN WHO SELLS SEX? THE BIBLE CALLS
HER A WHORE AND A HARLOT. YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS A MAN
WHO PAYS FOR HER SERVICES? THE BIBLE CALLS HIM A WHOREMONGER.
WHAT DO WE CALL HER TODAY? A CALL GIRL. WHAT DO WE CALL HIM
TODAY? A PLAYBOY. THE BIBLE CALLS SEXUAL PERVERSION SODOMY,
CALLS THESE PEOPLE WHO DO THIS SODOMITES. WHAT DO WE CALL THEM
TODAY? HOMOSEXUALS. WE CALL THEM GAYS. WHAT DO WE CALL IT TODAY?
AN ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE, AS IF GOD HAS SEVERAL LIFESTYLES AND
YOU CAN PICK THE ONE YOU WANT. WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WE HAVE
DEFINED SIN OUT OF EXISTENCE. BUT THE BIBLE CALLS SIN SIN AND
THE BIBLE SAYS, “ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF
GOD.” A MAN IS A SINNER BECAUSE OF WHAT HE IS. HE IS BY NATURE A
CHILD OF WRATH. A MAN IS A SINNER BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DOES,
AND HE DOES WHAT HE DOES BECAUSE HE IS WHAT HE IS. BUT WHAT DOES
OUR TEXT SAY? WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY THAT THE, THAT THE
HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME TO CONVICT MEN OF? LOOK AGAIN IF YOU WILL
AND SEE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, UH, THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS
IN VERSE NINE, “HE IS COME TO CONVICT MEN OF SIN, BECAUSE THEY
BELIEVE NOT ON ME.” NOW THAT’S THE PART MOST OF US CAN
UNDERSTAND THUS FAR. BUT WHEN WE GET TO THIS PART, THEN WE SEE
THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD CONVICTS A MAN OF SIN, NOT ONLY
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE IS, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF WHAT HE HAS DONE, BUT
THE BIBLE CONVICTS HIM OF SIN BECAUSE OF WHAT HE HAS NOT DONE.
“OF SIN, BECAUSE HE BELIEVES NOT.” WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SIN,
TELLING LIES, STEALING, LUST, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SAYS,
“WELL, YES, EVERYBODY’S GOT HIS LITTLE FAULTS, HA, HA, EVERYBODY
MAKES MISTAKES. BUT I DON’T THINK THAT GOD WOULD LET ME GO
TO HELL FOREVER BECAUSE I TOLD A LIE. THAT WOULD BE LIKE PUTTING
A MAN IN THE PENITENTIARY FOR LIFE FOR STEALING A LOAF OF
BREAD.” OH, FRIEND, WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF SIN,
YOU CAN’T HELP THE WAY YOU WERE BORN AND THEREFORE YOU DO WHAT
YOU DO BECAUSE YOU WERE BORN WITH A SINFUL NATURE. BUT, OH,
THERE IS A SIN, A DAMNING [SLAP] SIN, A HORRIBLE [SLAP] SIN, A
WICKED [SLAP] SIN, A VILE [SLAP] SIN, A TERRIBLE [SLAP] SIN, A
CONDEMNING SIN THAT MOST OF THE WORLD NEVER THINKS ABOUT. DO YOU
KNOW WHAT IT IS? NOT BELIEVING ON JESUS CHRIST; [AUDIENCE:
AMEN] NOT BELIEVING ON JESUS CHRIST. “OF SIN, BECAUSE THEY
BELIEVE NOT ON ME.” WHAT IS SIN? SIN IS A CLENCHED FIST IN THE
FACE OF GOD. SIN IS FAILING TO BOW THE KNEE. SIN IS HIGH
TREASON AGAINST HEAVEN’S KING. ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN TEACH
YOU THAT. ONLY THE HOLY SP; WHEN YOU SEE THAT, WHEN YOU SEE THAT
YOU ARE GUILTY OF HIGH TREASON AGAINST HEAVEN’S KING, THAT YOU
HAVE NEVER BOWED THE KNEE TO YOUR MAKER, THE ONE WHO DIED IN
AGONY AND BLOOD FOR YOU UPON THAT CROSS, WHEN YOU SEE THAT
YOU’VE IGNORED, SPURNED, REFUSED HIM, THEN YOU’LL UNDERSTAND WHY
THE BIBLE CALLS YOU A SINNER. I PRAY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD WILL
CONVICT YOU OF THAT. PUT THIS VERSE IN YOUR MEMORY, IN YOUR
MARGIN. JOHN THREE VERSE 18, JESUS SAID CONCERNING HIMSELF,
THE SON OF MAN, “HE THAT BELIEVETH ON HIM IS NOT
CONDEMNED, BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT ON HIM IS CONDEMNED ALREADY
BECAUSE HE HATH NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN
SON OF GOD.” UNBELIEF IS THE GREATEST SIN AND UNBELIEF IS THE
PARENT SIN, IT IS THE MOTHER SIN, THE FATHER SIN, THE SIN OUT
OF WHICH ALL OTHER SINS HAVE GROWN. IT WAS UNBELIEF THAT
CAUSED ADAM AND EVE TO SIN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. HOLY SPIRIT
OF GOD, HELP ME TO SAY THIS AND I PRAY THAT PEOPLE WILL HEAR IT
TODAY AND I PRAY THAT THOSE OF YOU IN TELEVISION WILL LISTEN TO
THIS. A COURTROOM MAY CONVICT YOU OF CRIMES; CONSCIENCE WILL
CONVICT YOU OF WRONG DOING; BUT ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD WILL
TRULY CONVICT YOU OF SIN. WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT SIN IS,
YOU’LL NOT BE STRUTTING YOUR WAY TO HELL THINKING YOU’RE TOO GOOD
TO BE DAMNED. WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE SAID
“NO,” TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, IF YOU’VE NEVER REALLY OPENED
YOUR HEART AND RECEIVED HIM AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, THEN YOU
WILL SAY, “GOD, BE MERCIFUL TO ME, A SINNER.” THE HOLY SPIRIT
OF GOD TEACHES FIRST OF ALL A TRUE CONCEPTION OF SIN. “OF SIN,
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT.” HERE’S THE SECOND TRUTH THE HOLY
SPIRIT’LL TEACH YOU. SOMETHING YOU’LL NEVER LEARN IN SCHOOL,
NOT ONLY THE CONCEPTION OF SIN, BUT THE COMPLETION OF SALVATION;
THE COMPLETION OF SALVATION. LOOK IF YOU WILL NOW IN THE
NEXT, EH, VERSE, VERSE 10, “OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE I GO TO
MY FATHER AND YOU SEE ME NO MORE.” HE COMES TO CONVICT OF
SIN AND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. TO GIVE A CONCEPTION OF SIN AND TO
SHOW THE COMPLETION OF SALVATION. NOW WHY DOES HE SAY,
“OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE I GO TO MY FATHER?” WELL, HE LEFT THE
FATHER’S HOUSE. HE CAME DOWN AT, THROUGH THAT, EH, DARK JUDEAN
NIGHT, OUT OF THE IVORY PALACES INTO THIS WORLD OF WOE. HE LIVED
A SINLESS, PERFECT LIFE, HE CAME TO THAT CROSS, HE TOOK MY SIN,
YOUR SIN, OUR SIN UPON THAT CROSS. HE SUFFERED, BLED AND
DIED IN AGONY UNMENTIONABLE, INDESCRIBABLE, HORROR AND PAIN.
HE DIED UPON THAT CROSS. HE WAS LAID IN THAT COLD TOMB. HE CAME
OUT OF THAT TOMB THE THIRD DAY, LIVING, RISEN, VICTORIOUS OVER
SIN, DEATH, HELL, AND THE GRAVE. HE ASCENDED TO THE FATHER TO
PRESENT HIS BLOOD THERE BEFORE THE FATHER IN THAT TABERNACLE IN
HEAVEN. THAT’S WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAYS, “I GO TO MY
FATHER.” “I AM GOING BACK TO MY FATHER, IT IS DONE, I HAVE PAID
THE PRICE FOR REDEMPTION, AND NOW THERE IS ONE WAY, ONE AND
ONLY ONE WAY, THAT A MAN CAN BE RIGHTEOUS; IT IS THROUGH MY
DEATH, BURIAL, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION BACK TO THE FATHER.”
NOW ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD CAN TEACH YOU THAT BECAUSE MAN
IS IGNORANT. HE IS IGNORANT NOT ONLY CONCERNING SIN; HE’S ALSO
IGNORANT CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS. WHAT DOES THE
AVERAGE PERSON THINK? THE AVERAGE PERSON THINKS HE IS A
SINNER IF HE DOES WRONG, SO THEREFORE HE’S RIGHTEOUS IF HE
DOES RIGHT, ISN’T THAT RIGHT? ISN’T THAT WHAT THE AVERAGE
PERSON THINKS? THE AVERAGE PERSON THINKS THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS
COMES BY DOING AND BEING GOOD. PUT THIS VERSE IN YOUR MARGIN,
ROMANS 10 AND VERSE THREE. PAUL SPOKE OF THE JEWS OF HIS DAY AND
HERE’S WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THEM, “FOR THEY, BEING IGNORANT OF
GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS,” NOW LISTEN TO THIS, “BEING IGNORANT OF
GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS AND GOING ABOUT TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN
RIGHTEOUSNESS, HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THEMSELVES UNTO THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.” A MAN CAN BE SINCERE AND BE SINCERELY
WRONG. SULFURIC ACID AND WATER LOOK THE SAME, CLEAR, COLORLESS
LIQUID. H2O AND H2SO4; ONE IS WATER, ONE IS DEADLY POISON.
POOR WILLY, HE’S GONE FROM US, HIS FACE WE’LL SEE NO MORE, FOR
WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS H2O, WAS H2SO4. I MEAN, IF A MAN
SINCERELY DRINKS A, A, A GLASS OF SULFURIC ACID, DOES IT MATTER
HOW SINCERE HE IS IF HE IS SINCERELY DEAD? THE ONLY HOPE
THAT A MAN HAS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS JESUS. NOTICE, YOU SAY, “BUT
PASTOR ROGERS, I AM NOT THAT BAD, I’M A PRETTY GOOD PERSON.”
THAT’S THE REASON THAT JESUS SAID TO THE PHARISEES,
“PUBLICANS AND SINNERS AND HARLOTS ARE GOING TO HEAVEN
BEFORE YOU WILL.” THEY WERE THE CROWDS THAT SIT IN CHURCH ON
SUNDAY MORNING AND WHEN THE INVITATION IS GIVEN, THEY’LL
LOOK AROUND TO SEE IF ANY OF THOSE OLD SINNERS ARE GOING TO
GO FORWARD AND GIVE THEIR HEART TO JESUS CHRIST. LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT ISAIAH SAID TO THE PEOPLE OF HIS DAY IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 64
AND VERSE SIX, “BUT WE ARE ALL AS AN UNCLEAN THING,” AND BY THE
WAY, THE WORD UNCLEAN THING MEANS THE, THE, THE BANDAGE THAT
WOULD WRAP THE LEPER’S PUTREFYING SORE, “BUT WE ARE ALL
AS AN UNCLEAN THING,” NOW WATCH THIS, “AND ALL OF OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESSES ARE AS FILTHY RAGS IN HIS SIGHT.” HA, HE
DIDN’T SAY YOUR, THE, THE BAD THINGS YOU DO, I’M TALKING ABOUT
THE THINGS THAT YOU BOAST ABOUT. “ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSES ARE
AS FILTHY RAGS IN HIS SIGHT, AND WE DO ALL FADE AS A LEAF AND OUR
INIQUITIES LIKE THE WIND HAVE TAKEN US AWAY.” THE ONLY WAY
THAT YOU WILL EVER SEE THE PORTALS OF HEAVEN, THE ONLY WAY
THAT YOU CAN EVER GO TO HEAVEN IS THROUGH THE DEATH, BURIAL,
RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST AND YOUR FAITH IN
THAT FACT. YOU NEED TO LEARN THIS. IF THERE WERE SOME OTHER
WAY, IF, IF A PERSON COULD BE SAVED BY REFORMATION, IF A
PERSON COULD BE SAVED BY DOING GOOD, THEN LET ME ASK YOU A
QUESTION. IF A PERSON COULD BE SAVED ANY OTHER WAY, WAS NOT
THEN CALVARY THE BLUNDER OF THE AGES? THINK ABOUT IT. DO YOU
UNDERSTAND CALVARY? DO YOU THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS
WHEREBY PEOPLE CAN BE SAVED? DO YOU MEAN THERE IS SOME OTHER WAY
BUT GOD CHOSE TO LET HIS SON DIE IN AGONY AND BLOOD WHEN THERE
COULD’VE BEEN SOME OTHER WAY? THAT’S THE REASON THAT THE
APOSTLE PAUL SAID IN GALATIANS TWO VERSE 21, “I DO NOT
FRUSTRATE THE GRACE OF GOD, FOR IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE
LAW, THEN CHRIST IS DEAD IN VAIN.” WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN
PLAIN ENGLISH? IF YOU COULD BE SAVED BY TEEP, KEEPING THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS, CALVARY WAS A BLUNDER. MOST OF US THINK WE’RE
TOO GOOD TO BE DAMNED. I’VE SAID BEFORE, “THE WORST FORM OF
BADNESS IS HUMAN GOODNESS WHEN HUMAN GOODNESS BECAUSE A
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE NEW BIRTH.” YOU SAY, “I DON’T AGREE WITH
YOU,” AND I’M SURE YOU DON’T, BUT WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
SPEAKS TO YOUR HEART, THEN YOU’LL AGREE. YOU SEE, I CAN’T
TALK YOU INTO THAT. YOU’LL SIT HERE AND MENTALLY ARGUE WITH ME,
YOU’LL SAY, “I DON’T AGREE WITH THAT.” THAT’S THE REASON I’M
SAYING, FRIEND, THAT YOU’LL NOT LEARN THIS IN SCHOOL AND NO
PREACHER CAN TEACH YOU THIS. THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD WILL TEACH
YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS THAT YOU’RE A SINNER BECAUSE YOU’VE
REFUSED THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD WILL
CONVICT YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS THAT THE ONLY WAY, THE ONLY WAY,
YOUR ONLY HOPE OF HEAVEN IS TO RECEIVE CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL
LORD AND SAVIOR AND WHEN YOU DO RECEIVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, I
WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT HE’LL DO FOR YOU. REMEMBER WE SAID THAT
YOU’RE A SINNER BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO, AND WHAT
YOU’VE NOT DONE? HUH, WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, THEN HE DEALS WITH WHAT YOU ARE. WE ARE
BY NATURE CHILDREN OF WRATH, BUT WHEN WE GET SAVED, WE BECOME
WHAT? PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE. THE BIBLE CALLS THIS,
HUH, “THE NEW BIRTH.” CHRISTIANS ARE NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO’VE
REFORMED, THEY’RE JUST NOT NICER PEOPLE, CHRISTIANS ARE THOSE WHO
HAVE HAD A CHANGE OF NATURE, HE CHANGES WHAT YOU ARE AND THEN HE
FORGIVES WHAT YOU’VE DONE. REMEMBER YOU DO WHAT YOU DO
BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU ARE; HE CHANGES WHAT YOU ARE AND HE
FORGIVES WHAT YOU’VE DONE; EVERY STAIN, EVERY BLOT, EVERY BLUR,
EVERY BLEMISH, GONE, BURIED IN THE GRAVE OF GOD’S
FORGETFULNESS. “AND THOUGH OUR SINS BE AS SCARLET, THEY’LL BE
AS WHITE AS SNOW. THOUGH THEY BE RED LIKE CRIMSON, THEY BECOME AS
WOOL.” FRIEND, THAT’S THE GOSPEL. BUT WAIT A MINUTE, NOT
ONLY DOES HE CHANGE WHAT WE ARE, NOT ONLY DOES HE CLEANSE WHAT
WE’VE DONE, BUT HE GIVES WHAT WE NEED, WHICH IS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
YOU SEE, HE TOOK OUR SIN THAT WE MIGHT TAKE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THESE ARE PRECIOUS VERSES I’M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU. ROMANS
FOUR VERSES FIVE AND SIX, PUT THEM IN YOUR MARGIN, “BUT TO HIM
THAT WORKETH NOT BUT BELIEVETH ON HIM THAT JUSTIFIETH THE
UNGODLY, HIS FAITH,” LISTEN, “HIS FAITH IS COUNTED FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS; HIS FAITH IS COUNTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, EVEN
AS DAVID ALSO DESCRIBETH THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE MAN UNTO WHOM
GOD IMPUTETH RIGHTEOUSNESS, IMPUTETH RIGHTEOUSNESS, WITH,
WITHOUT WORKS.” WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHEN YOU SAY, “LORD JESUS,
I BELIEVE YOU DIED FOR ME UPON THAT CROSS, I BELIEVE YOU PAID
MY SIN DEBT, I KNOW THAT I’M A SINNER, I NEED TO BOW MY KNEE
BEFORE YOU AND BELIEVE ON YOU AND TRUST YOU,” THEN GOD SAYS,
“YES, I’LL COME INTO YOUR HEART, I’LL GIVE YOU A NEW NATURE, I’LL
FORGIVE YOUR SIN, AND THEN I’LL TAKE MY RIGHTEOUSNESS AND I WILL
IMPUTE IT TO YOU.” THAT MEANS, “I’LL PUT IT ON YOUR ACCOUNT.”
THEN HOW RIGHTEOUS ARE YOU? YOU’RE AS RIGHTEOUS AS JESUS
CHRIST BECAUSE YOU HAVE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. THERE WAS A MAID
WHO WORKED FOR A MAN AND SHE GOT SAVED, HE WAS AN INFIDEL, HE
RIDICULED HER. HER NAME WAS BETTY. HE SAID, “BETTY, YOU
CLAIM TO BE SAVED, WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE SAVED?” HE, SHE
SAID, “I DON’T THINK I COULD EXPLAIN IT WHERE YOU COULD
UNDERSTAND IT.” BUT SHE SAID, “IT FEELS TO ME AS IF I’M
STANDING IN JESUS’ SHOES AND HE’S STANDING IN MINE.” A
THEOLOGIAN COULDN’T HAVE SAID IT BETTER. HE TOOK MY SIN, I TAKE
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. I CAN PREACH THIS TRUTH; I PRAY GOD THE HOLY
SPIRIT WILL TEACH YOU THIS TRUTH. WHEN HE IS COME, HE WILL
CONVICT YOU OF SIN, HE WILL CONVICT YOU OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
YOU WILL SEE A PROPER CONCEPTION OF SIN AND YOU’LL SEE A PROPER
COMPLETION OF SALVATION THAT JESUS ASCENDED TO THE HEAVEN,
HE, BACK TO THE FATHER, TO PAY THAT SIN DEBT. NOW HERE’S A
THIRD AND FINAL THING THAT YOU’LL NOT LEARN IN SCHOOL AND
YOU’LL NOT LEARN FROM ANY PREACHER’S PREACHING UNTIL THE
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD BRINGS IT TO YOUR HEART. NOT ONLY THE TRUTH
CONCERNING SIN AND NOT ONLY THE TRUTH CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS,
BUT THE TRUTH CONCERNING JUDGMENT. CONTINUE TO READ IN
VERSE 10, EXCUSE ME, IN VERSE 11, THEN HE SAYS, HERE’S THE
THIRD THING, “OF JUDGMENT, BECAUSE THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD
IS JUDGED.” IT DOESN’T SAY, “HE’S GOING TO BE JUDGED,” THIS
IS PERFECT TENSE, IT MEANS IT’S ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. WHO IS THE
PRINCE OF THIS WORLD? THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD IS THE DEVIL, HE’S
THE GOD OF THIS AGE, THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD, BUT JESUS SAID,
“HE HAS ALREADY BEEN JUDGED.” THE PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD SEEM TO
THINK THAT SOMEHOW WE’RE WAITING ON THE OUTCOME OF THINGS TO SEE
WHO’S GOING TO WIN; CHRIST OR ANTI-CHRIST; GOD OR SATAN.
FRIEND, WE SANG ABOUT THE CROSS, WE CALLED IT THE MIGHTY CROSS.
WITH THAT IN MIND, REMEMBER JOHN 12 VERSE 31, JESUS FACING THAT
CROSS SAID THIS, “NOW IS THE JUDGMENT OF THIS WORLD.” “NOW,”
RIGHT NOW, “IS THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD CAST OUT.” DON’T GET
THE IDEA THAT ONE OF THESE DAYS WE’RE GOING TO SEE HOW IT WORKS
OUT. KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE PERSON THINKS? THE AVERAGE
PERSON HAS THE IDEA THAT EITHER SOMEHOW THE WHOLE SCHEME OF
THINGS WILL BE NULLIFIED, OR THAT SOMEHOW SIN WILL GET BY,
THAT GOD WILL BE MERCIFUL EVEN IF MEN DO NOT REPENT OF SIN AND
RECEIVE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. THAT IS NOT TRUE. OUR LORD MUST
REIGN, HIS ENEMIES WILL LICK THE DUST, THERE’S NO CONTEST OUT
THERE, TRUTH IS MIGHTIER THAN ERROR. LOVE IS STRONGER THAN
HATE. HOLINESS IS HIGHER THAN SIN. AND OUR LORD HAS WON THE
VICTORY. NOW, FOLKS, LISTEN TO ME, THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD NEEDS
TO TEACH YOU THAT SATAN’S CAUSE IS A LOST CAUSE, SATAN SAILS A
SINKING SHIP. SATAN RULES A DOOMED DOMAIN, HE HAS ALREADY
BEEN SENTENCED, ADJUDICATED A CRIMINAL, HE HAS BEEN JUDGED,
SOONER OR LATER HE’S GOING TO BE THROWN INTO THAT PENITENTIARY,
THAT LAKE OF FIRE. GOD DID NOT PREPARE HELL FOR YOU. IF YOU GO
TO HELL, WHICH YOU MAY, BUT IF YOU GO TO HELL, YOU’LL BE AN
INTRUDER. JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 25 AND VERSE 41, “THEN
SHALL HE SAY ALSO UNTO THEM ON THE LEFT HAND, ‘DEPART FROM ME
YOU CURSED INTO EVERLASTING FIRE PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS
ANGELS.’” I WAS WATCHING TELEVISION AND I SAW A LITTLE
BIT OF A PROGRAM BEFORE I TURNED IT OFF THAT DEALT WITH THE
SUBJECT OF HELL. IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THE UNSOLVED
MYSTERIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THE IDEA OF THIS
PROGRAM WAS THAT IN THE MIDDLE AGES THE CHURCH WAS LOSING ITS
HOLD UPON PEOPLE, SO THE CHURCH INVENTED THE IDEA OF HELL TO
KEEP PEOPLE CORRALLED, SO THAT THE PREACHERS WOULD HAVE SOME
TOOL, UH, TO HOLD OVER PEOPLE’S HEADS TO CONVINCE THEM THEY’D
BETTER TURN OR BURN. THAT WAS THE IDEA, THAT SOMEHOW THIS IDEA
OF HELL WAS SOMETHING THAT DANTE OR SOMEBODY INVENTED. DO YOU
KNOW WHO THE GREATEST HELLFIRE PREACHER IN THE BIBLE WAS?
J-E-S-U-S. JESUS. ABSOLUTE, INFINITE, FATHOMLESS LOVE, AND
IT WAS JESUS WHO WARNED ABOUT HELL AND HE SAID THAT, “HELL WAS
PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS,” AND, “SATAN HAS ALREADY
BEEN JUDGED,” HE IS A CONDEMNED CRIMINAL, SIN CAN’T WIN AND
FAITH CAN’T FAIL. YOU NEED TO LEARN THAT. ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT
OF GOD CAN TEACH YOU THAT. OF SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND
JUDGMENT. THE CONCEPTION OF SIN, THE COMPLETION OF SALVATION, THE
CONDEMNATION OF SATAN. THAT’S WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
TEACHES. SUPPOSE YOU’RE SICK, YOU CALL THE DOCTOR, THE DOCTOR
GIVES YOU AN EXAMINATION AND THEN YOU CAN TELL BY THE LOOK ON
THE DOCTOR’S FACE THAT HE’S, HE’S VERY WORRIED. YOU SAY,
“DOCTOR, GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT, DON’T PUT IT IN FANCY LANGUAGE,
DON’T HOLD OUT FALSE HOPE, IF I’M THAT GRAVELY ILL I NEED TO
KNOW IT.” HE SAYS, “ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE AN INCURABLE ILLNESS,
YOU’RE GOING TO DIE.” YOU SAY, “BUT DOCTOR, I’M NOT READY TO
DIE, I’VE GOT A LOT OF LIVING TO DO, I WANT TO SEE MY CHILDREN’S
CHILDREN, I’VE GOT PLANS. DOCTOR, ISN’T THERE SOME WAY
THAT I CAN LIVE. YOU SAID IT’S INCURABLE.” HE SAID, “WELL, LET
ME SAY THIS. THERE IS A NEW VACCINE, A SERUM, THAT HAS JUST
BEEN DEVELOPED. IT IS VERY RARE, VERY EXPENSIVE, NOT AVAILABLE,
THEREFORE YOUR CASE IS HOPELESS.” “BUT DOCTOR, DOCTOR,
IF IT’S THERE, I MEAN IF IT’S SOMEWHERE, THEN, THEN, THEN GET
IT.” THE DOCTOR SAYS, “WELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY MONEY?” “NOT MUCH,
JUST A LITTLE.” DOCTOR SAYS, “I’LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.”
IMAGINE IN A FEW DAYS THE DOCTOR COMES BACK TO YOUR BEDSIDE, HE’S
NOT THE MAN THAT LEFT THE BEDSIDE, HE, HE LOOKS DIFFERENT,
HIS HAIR IS DISHEVELED, HIS EYES ARE SUNKEN BACK IN HIS FACE, HIS
CLOTHING IS TORN, HIS CLOTHING IS BLOODY, HIS HANDS HAVE
TREMORS, HE’S SHAKING. AND I SAY, “DOCTOR, WHERE’VE YOU BEEN?
YOU’RE LIKE, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH HELL. WHAT’S
HAPPENED TO YOU, DOCTOR?” HE SAID, “I WENT OUT TO GET THIS
MEDICINE FOR YOU,” HE SAID, “I WENT TO THE FOUNDATIONS, I GOT
WHAT I COULD GET. THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH, I TOOK MY OWN SAVINGS
OUT OF THE BANK, THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH, I MORTGAGED MY HOUSE.
FINALLY I GOT ENOUGH TO GET THIS VIAL OF MEDICINE FOR YOU. THEN
IN MY HURRY TO COME TO YOUR BEDSIDE, I WRECKED MY
AUTOMOBILE, I’VE JUST COME FROM A WRECK. I HAD MY SON IN THE CAR
WITH ME, MY ONLY SON, MY DARLING SON, THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE, MY
ONE SON. HE WAS KILLED IN THE WRECK. THE BLOOD ON MY GARMENTS
IS THE BLOOD OF MY SON! HERE’S THE MEDICINE, TAKE IT, YOU WILL
LIVE.” SUPPOSE YOU TOOK THAT VIAL OF MEDICINE, LOOKED AT IT
AND THEN DASHED IT ON THE FLOOR AND THE CONTENTS RAN OUT IN THE
RUG, NEVER TO BE RE, RECLAIMED. SUPPOSE YOU DID THAT, THEN WOULD
YOU BE ABLE TO POINT A FINGER IN THE FACE OF THAT DOCTOR AND SAY,
“DOCTOR, IF I DIE, IT’LL BE YOUR FAULT. DOCTOR, IT WOULDN’T BE
FAIR TO LET ME DIE.” NO! OF COURSE NOT, YOU SAY, “ADRIAN,
THAT, THAT WOULD BE ABSURD.” YES! LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER
QUESTION. IF GOD TOOK HEAVEN’S RICHES, HIS OWN DEAR SON, AND IF
HE DIED IN AGONY AND BLOOD UPON THAT CROSS AND YOU REFUSED SUCH
LOVE, THEN YOU’LL UNDERSTAND WHY THE BIBLE SAYS, “THE HOLY SPIRIT
HAS COME TO CONVICT MEN OF SIN BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME.”
“OF SIN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME, OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
BECAUSE I GO TO MY FATHER, OF JUDGMENT [CLAP] BECAUSE THE
PRINCE OF THIS WORLD IS JUDGED.” MANY OF YOU NEED TO BE SAVED
TODAY. SOME HAVE YOUR NAME ON CHURCH ROLLS, BUT THAT WON’T GET
YOU TO HEAVEN. THE DEVIL HAD RATHER SEND YOU TO HELL FROM THE
PEW THAN FROM THE GUTTER. BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER. HEADS ARE
BOWED AND EYES ARE CLOSED. IF YOU’RE SAVED, BEGIN TO PRAY FOR
THOSE ROUND ABOUT YOU WHO ARE NOT SAVED. IF YOU’RE NOT CERTAIN
THAT YOU’RE SAVED, THEN RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO GET
CERTAIN. RECEIVE THE LORD. MY PRAYER, MY PRAYER IS THAT THE
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD HAS USED THE MESSAGE TODAY TO SPEAK TO YOUR
HEART, BECAUSE IF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD IS NOT SPEAKING TO
YOU, YOU JUST HEARD ONE MORE SERMON, THAT’S ALL. BUT IF THE
SPIRIT OF GOD IS SAYING, “YES, YOU’RE THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE
SAVED, THERE’S NO GREATER SIN THAN TO REFUSE MY SON JESUS, AND
ALL OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AS FILTHY RAGS AND THERE’S NO
POSSIBLE WAY THAT YOUR SIN CAN GO UNJUDGED IF YOU DON’T GET
SAVED.” IF YOU CAN HEAR THAT AND REALLY HEAR IT, THEN YOU WILL
HEAR WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD IS SAYING. FATHER, I PRAY TODAY
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THAT MANY WILL TRUST IN HIM AND BE SAVED.
LORD, YOU MUST OPEN HEARTS. IT IS YOUR WORK. DO IT, WE PRAY, IN
THE NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. PRECIOUS FRIEND, I REMIND YOU
AGAIN THAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
CLEANSES FROM ALL SIN. HUH, THAT IS A HALLELUJAH! EVERY BLUR,
EVERY BLEMISH, EVERY SPOT, EVERY STAIN CAN BE WASHED WHITER THAN
SNOW IN THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE
YOUR SIN CLEANSED AND OBLITERATED BY THE BLOOD? WOULD
YOU? WOULD YOU PRAY A PRAYER LIKE THIS, “LORD JESUS, THANK
YOU FOR DYING FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR THE POWER OF YOUR SHED
BLOOD. I NOW TURN FROM MY SIN TO YOU; COME INTO MY HEART, FORGIVE
MY SIN, CLEANSE ME, LORD JESUS. SAVE ME, LORD JESUS.” PRAY IT,
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