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For a few minutes today, you and I are going

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to have one of those heart -to -heart talks.

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And I pray that what we have to say today will

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mean much to you because it involves all of us.

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I'm going to talk about three deadlines. Three

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vitally important. deadlines. You will agree

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with me, and I say it to you without fear of

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contradiction, that all members of the human

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race have two things in common. You may be poor.

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You may be the richest man living today. You

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may be living in mediocre circumstances. You

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may have the finest the world has to offer. Regardless

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of your nationality. Regardless of what the world

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thinks of you this hour. All members of the human

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race had these two things in common. Each of

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us was born. And each of us must die. Most of

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us are not too concerned. With the circumstances

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of our birth, not really. We don't remember it.

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It lies far behind us, and we seldom speak of

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it. But the thought of dying is another matter.

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That's one thought that few people want to really

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concentrate on. There are some folk. who don't

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even want to discuss the matter. I remember well

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not too long ago, I was talking to a lady and

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she was the type that never wanted to think of

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death. She rebelled against it and I said to

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her, and I was so serious with her, I said, but

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it is appointed unto man once to die. And honey,

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you're... going to die. And she'd lit for money.

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It had been her god. I said, and remember something,

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you're not going to take it with you. And she

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turned on me in her black eyes, snapping. She

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meant it. And she said, Miss Kuhlman, I'm just

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not going to go. She felt their way about it.

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She'd gotten her way. in life about everything

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else. And so she felt that when it came that

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hour, when she'd have to go, she just wasn't

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going to go. But that's the one thing that each

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of us has in common. We're going to go is going

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to happen to us whether we like it or not. and

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the knowledge that our days on earth will come

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to an end is absolutely inescapable. It's a somber

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thought. It's mysterious and sometimes kind of

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frightening. But that one deadline, every man,

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every woman has in common. And Jesus said to

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the unbelieving, and I quote his words in the

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8th chapter of John, If ye believe not that I

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am he, ye shall die in your sins. Remember something.

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There comes that deadline in the life of every

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man and every woman. The destiny of your soul,

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my friend, whoever you are, is made final before

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your heart takes its last beat. It is not made

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beyond the grave. It is not made after the old

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heart takes its last beat. You can be the richest

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man in the whole world, and should you have the

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millions to offer, and if millions were offered

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to change the destiny of your soul after its

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heart has taken its last beat, The destiny could

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not be changed. Millions of prayers can be offered

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for you after the old heart has taken its last

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beat. But those prayers will never change the

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destiny of your soul. There is a deadline that

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every man and every woman, every human being

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must face before the heart takes its last beat.

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For when death has come to the body, that deadline

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has been crossed for the destiny of your soul.

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It's just like that. You can't change it. I know

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it's frightening. I know it seems very somber

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to some of you. But what I say? comes from the

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very Word of God. And the fool is the man or

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the woman who will take issue with the Word of

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God. We come to the second deadline. And no human

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being can take issue with the second deadline.

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It's the sin against the Holy Ghost. The sin

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that is called the unpardonable sin. Oh, I can't

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begin to tell you. The importance of the Holy

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Spirit. Sure, it seems that I have always been

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acquainted with the Holy Spirit. I've always

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known the importance of the Holy Spirit to a

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certain degree. But I do not believe that I have

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fully known the importance of this mighty third

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person of the Trinity until recently. Consider

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something. The Holy Spirit must be vitally important

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when you go back to the time when the three,

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the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit were

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at that great conference table planning the redemption

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of mankind. There isn't one listening to me this

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very moment because it's the very first scripture

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that any child memorizes. When that child begins

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to go to Sunday school, John 3 .16, you know

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it well without having me quote it. Just giving

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you the scripture reference, you know immediately.

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For God so loved the world that he gave his only

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begotten son. But something happened before God

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gave his son. Jesus first. offered himself through

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the Holy Spirit, through the Holy Ghost, to be

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given to the Father that the Father was able

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to give him as a sacrifice. I cannot tell you

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I do not have the answer. If I had the answer

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as to why Jesus offered himself through the Holy

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Spirit to the Father, why he did not offer himself

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to the Father directly, but instead he went through

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the Holy Spirit to offer himself to the Father.

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If I had the answer, I would be perfect knowledge.

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I would have the knowledge of God. I do not have

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that answer. No man has it. But it shows me the

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importance of the Holy Spirit. When Jesus found

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it necessary to offer himself through the Holy

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Spirit to God the Father, and then God the Father

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was able to give his Son for the redemption of

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men and women. If you would have a hundred people

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before you, and they... had very little knowledge

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of the Word of God. And if you were to ask them

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against whom they thought the unpardonable sin

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would be committed, whether against God Almighty,

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against Jesus Christ, His Son, or against the

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Holy Ghost, I would dare say that the majority

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of them would say that the sin for which there

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is no forgiveness would be against God. God Almighty.

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And then the rest would say against Jesus Christ

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the Son. But do you realize that the sin for

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which there is no forgiveness in this world or

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in the world to come is not against God the Father.

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Any sin that you commit against God the Father

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will be forgiven. Any sin that you commit against

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Jesus Christ, His Son, will be forgiven. But

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there is a sin against this wonderful third person

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of Trinity, the Holy Ghost, for which there is

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no forgiveness in this world or in the world

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to come. There is literally a deadline that man

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can cross. for which there is no forgiveness,

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the unpardonable sin. Therefore, Jesus said,

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I say unto you, and I am reading from the twelfth

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chapter of Matthew, the thirty -first verse,

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All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven

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unto men, but the blasphemy against the Holy

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Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever

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speaketh a word against the Son of Man, it shall

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be forgiven him. And whosoever speaketh against

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the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him,

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neither in this world, neither in the world to

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come. It's a deadline. Any person who attributes

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the work of the Holy Ghost The work of the third

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person of the Trinity. The person through whom

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Jesus offered himself to God the Father to be

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given. There is a sin that one commits for which

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there is no forgiveness when that one attributes

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the work of the Holy Ghost to Satan. to the devil,

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to satanic power. Now, we have seen two deadlines.

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Death, remembering that the destiny of our soul

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is determined before your heart takes its last

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beat. Your destiny is made final. You cross that

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deadline. Second, the sin against the Holy Ghost,

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man can cross a deadline. And there is in this

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sin a sin that is unpardonable in this world

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and in the world to come. But now we come to

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the third deadline. I've been talking to you

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about the rapture of the church, the great catching

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up. And as surely as God made a way of escape

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for Noah and his family before judgment struck

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this old world, he's also made a way of escape

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for his church, for his bride. For those who

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are members of his body and he has made a way

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of escape before the great tribulation through

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the great catching up. We call it the rapture

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of the church. God is merciful. Oh, if you'd

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pause just one moment and think of the mercy

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of God. I tell you very frankly, I still don't

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think of the wrath of God. And I'll tell you

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why. It's because I personally am not afraid

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of his wrath. I'm afraid that I might grieve

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him. It's because I think of him not in the term

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of one who sends judgment, but to me he's my

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heavenly father because I've been born again.

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And it's just like that. In exactly the same

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way. I seldom, very seldom think of hell, so

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far as I personally am concerned, because I don't

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expect to go to hell. I'd rather talk about hell,

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but heaven is my home. That's where I'm going,

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and it's just like that. Let's just pause and

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think of the mercy of God. Do you know that God

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has never sent a judgment to this old world?

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without making an escape for his own, never.

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You turn back the pages of history. You read

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the word of God. And you'll find out that it's

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the truth that I am speaking. Never has God ever

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sent a judgment to this earth. without making

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some means of escape, some way of escape for

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his own. He loves his own. He loves his adopted

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children. Literally. If we've been born again,

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those of us who've had that experience of regeneration,

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we have been adopted of the Father. He's our

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Heavenly Father. were joint heirs with his son.

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And he has made a wonderful way of escape for

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his church, for his own, for those who are members

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of the body of his son. Go back, if you will,

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please. And this, to me, has always been very

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thrilling. The way of escape that he made for

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Noah before the world was... Struck with judgment.

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And he told Noah. He warned Noah. And he always

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warns his own. When the great population comes

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upon this generation, remember something. There

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is not a question of what we'll be able to say.

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He warned us. Through his word, he has warned

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men and women. of the great tribulation that

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is about to strike upon this earth. He could

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not have made it clearer than he has made it

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in his word. But somehow, we have closed our

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ears, we have closed our eyes, we have closed

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our mind to the warning, but the warning is still

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there. After the great catching up, And men and

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women who will be left to go through the great

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tribulation, turning to the word of God, will

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see very clearly that the warning was there the

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whole time. And yet they had refused to hear.

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They had refused to see. They'd closed their

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mind to the preaching of the gospel. God gave

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forth his warning through Noah. To a lost generation.

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Before judgment struck upon the earth. Before

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the floodwaters came. And Noah cried out. Noah

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warned the people. And he thinks that many a

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man scoffed and laughed. And called him an old

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fool. Called him an old fanatic. Said he went

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off on religion. He's losing his mind. He has

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become a little senile. Uh -huh. Yeah, but the

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day came when God kept his word, and he'll always

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keep his word. That's one thing you can stake

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your very life on. He will keep his word. And

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the floods came. And methinks that just before

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the floodwaters began to rise, And I read it,

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the seventh chapter of Genesis. And they that

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went in, that's into the ark. I dare say not

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a drop of water had fallen. There wasn't a cloud

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in the sky. There was no sign of rain when Noah

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began to build that ark. Humanly speaking, so

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far as the natural was concerned, I do not believe

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that there was a cloud in the sky. But Noah believed

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the word of God, and he started to build the

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ark, and he built it on dry ground. He believed

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God. He believed God's word. And they that went

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in, went in, male and female of all flesh, and

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the Lord shut. In other words, God shut the door.

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The lock, methinks, was on the outside of the

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door. Not inside. Outside. And God himself shut

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the door. And when God shut that door, no man

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could enter. into that ark. Oh, methinks. They

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were screaming. They were crying. Noah, let us

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in. Noah, let us in. The floodwaters are rising.

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Noah, let us in. No, my friend. He couldn't.

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For God himself had shut that door. The deadline

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had come.