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Welcome to the Word of the Lord, the weekly television

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broadcast of Living Word Christian Church, proclaiming

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the good news of the gospel of the Lord Jesus

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Christ. Pastor Mark Clements, in -depth, relevant

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biblical teachings will help you in life and

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living in today's world. Now, let's join Pastor

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Clements in the service already in progress.

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Oh, I think a week or two ago, we looked at verse

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15. Beware of false prophets, which come to you

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in what kind of clothing? Yeah, not wolves clothing.

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False prophets come in sheep's clothing. Inwardly,

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they're ravening wolves. And you shall know them

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by their fruits. You'll know them by their fruits.

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Verse 20, by their fruits you shall know them.

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But this morning I want to just go back two verses

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and look at verses 13 and 14. Matthew 7, 13 and

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14. Enter ye in at which gate? The straight gate.

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For wide is the gate. And broad is the way that

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leads to destruction. And if you don't have this

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underlined in your Bible, make sure you underline

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the next phrase, many. And many there be that

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go on that way. Because straight is the gate

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and narrow is the way. Which leads to life. And

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few there be that find it. This is what our Bible

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says. Our Bible says that there are going to

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be a lot of people, many people, that take the

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wide gate and go the broad way that leads to

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destruction. Many there be, there'll be that

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go that route. But then there's another way,

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and it's straight and narrow. And it specifies

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right there, few, few there be that find it.

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I want to preface our time in God's Word this

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morning with that verse, establishing this premise,

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that just because something is popular, Just

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because some doctrine or belief or series of

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beliefs, some theology, is widely accepted does

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not make it right and does not lead to everlasting

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life. I'm reminded right now of the millions

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and millions of people who, this is Bible vernacular,

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whose carcasses fell dead in the desert over

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the course of 40 years. And out of those millions

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and millions and millions of people, only two

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went into the promised land. Only two. Now, most

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people, most theologians agree that the number

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of Israelites in the desert was somewhere between

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two and six million. Two and six million. Well,

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two out of even the lowest number there, two

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out of two million is not very great odds. But

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all of the rest of them died and all of the rest

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of them never walked into the promised land.

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And they all thought they were right. They all

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thought that they were accurate. They all thought

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that they were correct. They all thought that

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they were believing. In a right way, in a right

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manner, in a right fashion. But they were wrong.

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But they were wrong. Christianity as outlined

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in the Holy Scriptures may very well not be the

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most popular religion in the world. And may very

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well not be. I'm talking about the Christianity

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outlined in the Holy Bible. Not modern day Christianity.

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Modern day Christianity says, go to the altar,

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say one prayer, leave the altar, don't let it

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impact or affect your life one bit. And you'll

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be okay. Live self -seeking, live loving pleasure,

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live doing your own thing and running your own

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life. And at the end, you'll be accepted into

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God's kingdom because you accepted his son. You

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better read your Bible again. But that's the

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most common theology embraced in this nation

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that you and I are standing on the soil of right

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now. Your Bible and mine says that at the end,

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He's going to check out the fruit in everyone's

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life. Whether or not it evidences that something

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actually took place back there when you knelt

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at that altar and accepted Christ. Because if

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something did take place, there's going to be

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evidence. There's going to be fruit that was

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produced. If not, then your faith was dead. Many,

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many people in America have responded to an altar

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call while they played just as I am. You can

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come just as you are, but then our God expects

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from that moment forward that there be some change,

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that there be adjustment, that there be growth,

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that there be a humbling of oneself before our

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God, that there be a willingness and an obedience

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that reflects the life of the Savior. whose entire

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life was given and devoted and dedicated and

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ultimately committed to seeing the will of God

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done. I did not come to do my own will, but the

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will of Him that sent me. If you read Hebrews

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chapter 10, part of our Bible reading, just...

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was it yesterday or whenever we were in the Hebrews,

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before he ever left heaven, it was already about

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the will of God. It wasn't about making heaven.

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It was about the will of God. He said, prepare

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for me a body that I might go and do your will.

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It was all about doing God's will. When he was

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12 years old and his family left without him,

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He didn't fret. He stayed right there in church.

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Got right up in the faces of the teachers and

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the Pharisees and scribes and was talking to

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them, asking them questions. They were listening

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to him, marveling at his answers. And mom came

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in and started chewing him out. He said, what's

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the problem? Don't you realize I have to be about

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my father's business? If I'm a Christian, that

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means I'm a Christ -like one. And I'm not all

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caught up in my business. Asking him to bless

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me in what I do and be with me in whatever I

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go. I'm caught up in his business. And I came

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to do the will of him that sent me. Broad is

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the way. Broad is the way, and wide is the gate

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that leads to destruction, and many there be

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that find it. But straight is the gate, and narrow

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is the way that leads to life, and few there

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be that find it. Few there be that find it. This

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morning I have a rather extensive list. It is

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not every scripture in the Bible. It's not every

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verse in the Bible. But my intent is not to give

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you every verse in the Bible. My intent is to

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help you with your faith. To help you be firmly

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rooted and firmly grounded and firmly established

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in what you believe and know why you believe

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it. And one of the things that we believe is

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that there is only one way to heaven. There's

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only one way to God. There's only one way to

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life everlasting. And it's not up for discussion.

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It's not up for a vote. It's not up for debate.

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God doesn't care what I think, doesn't give any

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attention whatsoever to what my opinion is in

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the matter or what my culture or what my society

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or what my generation believes about it. Other

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cultures and other generations don't believe

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that anyone who's wealthy or anyone who's rich

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can make heaven. Other cultures and other societies

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don't believe anyone of one particular gender

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can make heaven. Because only men can make heaven.

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And women can't make heaven. Well, since we don't

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see that in our Bible, and our Bible is the base

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of everything that we believe, then... Men and

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women can make heaven. Young and old can make

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heaven. Rich and poor can make heaven. Educated

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and uneducated can make heaven. It's not based

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on our genealogy. It's not based on our family

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tree. It's based on the grace of God that sent

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his only begotten son who took our place and

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died as our substitute and bore the consequence

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and the penalty for my sin. That's what put him

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there. And my faith in what he did. And my acceptance

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and receiving is Him as my Savior and then living

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for Him as my Lord is the way to life everlasting.

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And nothing short of it and nothing in addition

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to it. The largest Christian church in the United

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States of America. Right here in this century.

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Not in this decade, in a previous decade. The

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pastor of that church was called up to the largest,

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most often watched and well -known talk show

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in the United States of America and was sat right

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on live camera and asked, Is it true that you

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believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to

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heaven and only people who embrace and accept

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him and who are Christians are going to heaven

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and all of these other people are going to hell

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and all of these Muslims and all of these Hindus

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and all of these and named all these different.

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Are you telling all of those people that they

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can't go to heaven because they embrace what

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they believe? And he waffled and he wishy -washy

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and he wouldn't answer the question. Because

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popular theology is, well, the Lord is understanding,

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the Lord's compassionate, and he's going to be

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understanding. There's a lot of ways up. I heard

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it again last week. Last week. Last week on national

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television. There are many ways up the mountain.

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And he doesn't care which path that you take.

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No, there are many ways up the mountain. Only

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one of them leads to the top. Only one of them

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is going up. And well, pastor, you're just too

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dogmatic. If I could be more dogmatic, I would

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be. I'm as dogmatic as the word of God. That's

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as dogmatic as I can get. And I won't change

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it for modern day culture. It doesn't matter

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to me if everybody gets mad at me, stands up

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and walks out in mass. It doesn't matter to me

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how many emails I get and how much hate mail

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I get about being hateful about other religions

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and other faiths and other denominations. I'm

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not against anybody. I was just as lost as everybody

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else. Lost and undone without God and on my way

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to hell. With no hope. But a God, but God, but

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God who's rich in mercy planned a plan of salvation

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and he made it simple and it doesn't take, there's

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not a lot of choices in it. There's one. And

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I'm not about to change it for me. See, it'd

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be so much easier as a preacher, be so much easier

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as a minister to just get everybody around a

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circle and say, well, you know, God loves everybody,

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which is true. And then just take some modern

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humanistic conversation like, well, how could

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a loving God send anybody to hell? You're asking

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the wrong question. Asking completely the wrong

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question. How could a just God not send everybody

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to hell? Ought to be the question. The same loving

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God is just. And the same penalty is open for

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all. Or the same eternal everlasting life, the

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gift of salvation, is open to all just as well.

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That's the just side of God. And that's the love

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side of God as well. And then he leaves it up

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to you. Whosoever will. Whosoever will, let him

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come. Whosoever will. Now, why do we believe

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there's only one way to heaven? Because of what

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the Bible says. And let's start by seeing what

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it says. Why don't we just start with the most.

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Are you going to help me this morning? Are you

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going to be my lovely assistant? My other lovely

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assistant's home recovery. And this is my lovely

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assistant, my daughter. I had to say that because

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at some point I might just reach over and give

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her a hug. And you need to know, she's mine and

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I'm happy about it. John 3 .16, this is going

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to be a long list, so you're going to have two

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columns at least, and they might even be small.

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Let's just start with the most well -known of

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all Bible verses, and did I not say this will

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not be an exhaustive list? So that means it's

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not going to be? You can write me if you want

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and say, well, here's a great verse, Pastor,

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that you missed, or here's one that I thought

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of, Pastor. That's fine. This isn't meant to

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be. All of them. But this will be enough, bless

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God, to put our hearts to shouting. This will

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be enough to say, yeah, that is what I believe.

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And this is why we believe it. Now, let me just

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say this as well. Sometimes you can, if you know

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your Bible. What was the first word of that sentence?

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If. If you know your Bible, sometimes you can

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learn just as much. By looking at what it doesn't

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say. And it doesn't say anywhere from Genesis

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1 -1 to Revelation 22 -21 that there's a second

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way. It doesn't say in one single solitary place,

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if you live a good life and intend to do right,

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God's going to welcome you into heaven. You don't

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find that anywhere in the Bible. That good intentions

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will cause the gates of heaven to swing open

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in your direction. You never read good intentions.

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Ever. You never read living a good life. What

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you read is Ephesians 2, 8 and 9. For by grace,

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that's what God did through Christ. For by grace

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are you saved. Through faith and that not of

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yourself. That's a gift of God. Not of our own

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works. Lest any of us should boast. It's not

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by works of righteousness, Titus 3 .5. It's not

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by works of righteousness which we have done.

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But according to His mercy, He saved us. There's

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no such thing as in our Bible. You don't read

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one verse in your Bible. You can't find the term

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co -redeemer anywhere in the Bible. You have

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no reference to co -savior anywhere in the Bible.

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Not one. Not even once. You don't have any verse

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that says, and if you don't like plan A, here's

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plan B. You have no verse whatsoever that there

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are multiple choice, A, B, C, or D, or E, all

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of the above. Or F, fill in the blank and choose

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your own way. You don't find one verse that says

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any of those things. But what you find in John

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3, 16 through 18 is for God so loved the world.

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And I'm going to emphasize a few words. For God

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so loved the world that he gave his only. He

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gave his one and only. Yeah, but pastor, there's

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a lot of good people that have done a lot of

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good things. And may there be continual. May

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I be looking at them. May they be viewing this

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morning. May I be addressing them. Wonderful,

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great, good people that have done wonderful,

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great, good things and will continue to do them.

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That doesn't mean we follow them. That doesn't

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mean they paid the price for us. That doesn't

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mean they bore our sins in their own body when

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they hung on a cross between heaven and hell,

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between earth and heaven. No, no, no. No, only

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one did that. I said only one did that. Thank

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you for your enthusiasm this morning. Only one

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did that. For God so loved the world, He gave

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His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth

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in Him Him should not perish, but have everlasting

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life. For God sent not His Son to the world to

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condemn the world, but that the world through

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Him should be saved. Verse 18, He that believeth

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in Him is not condemned, but he that believeth

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not is condemned already, because he's not believed

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in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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There's not two ways. There's only one. There's

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only one Savior and one Redeemer and one Son

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of God. John 1, verse 14, just a page or two

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over to the left, and speaking about God's Son,

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the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and

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we beheld His glory, the glory as the only begotten

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of the Father, full of grace and truth. He didn't

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begat any others. He's the only. He's the only.

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It's getting simpler all the time. The fog and

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smog is clearing away and it's just getting crystal

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clear again. There's only one. Say it to your

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neighbor. Yeah, there's only one. Acts chapter

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4 and verse 12. I don't know why this one flips

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my switch so. It lights my fuse. It blows my

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whole dynamite up. I mean, there's one particular

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verse. Neither is there salvation in any other,

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for there is no other name. We just close it

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up and say, go home. That's enough Bible right

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there because you can't find any verse that contradicts

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these. You can't find anything? Well, yeah, but

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what about Elijah? Well, what about Mary? Well,

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yeah, but what about Hindu Handurishi? What about

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Mother Teresa? What about her? What about her?

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What about the prophet? What about him? God had

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one only begotten son, and whosoever believeth

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in him. Whosoever believeth in him. should not

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perish but have everlasting life. You believe

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in who you want. You can lift up who you want.

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You can honor and esteem who you want. You can

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go ahead and just worship who you want. But there's

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only one that leads to everlasting life, and

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His name is Jesus. He is the Christ, Son of the

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living God, the only Savior, and neither is there

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salvation in any other. There is no other name

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under heaven given among men whereby we must

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be saved. There's any salvation, it's going to

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come through Him. We must be saved through that

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name. Now you'd think that was enough, but we

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are barely scratching. We're just getting started

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here. Romans 6 .23 For the wages of sin is death,

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but the gift of God is eternal life through whichever

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means you choose. Through whichever plan you

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determine is best for you. See, I'm going to

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turn 65 in a couple of days. When they do that,

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then they say, okay, now you're eligible for

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Medicare. I don't know anything about Medicare.

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I didn't know I was eligible. I didn't know anything

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about it. All I know is a mail started coming

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like six months ago. Did I ask for this? I started

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throwing it away. I said, I didn't order this.

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And I threw it away. I said, I didn't sign up

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for this. And I threw it away. I said, why do

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they keep sending me this stuff? And finally,

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I called somebody. And they said, well, it's

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automatic. You're going to be 65. And you go

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on Medicare. It's automatic. And you just have

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to pick which plan you want. And there's plan

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A. And there's plan B. And there's plan C. And

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now there's plan D. And I think one of them is

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a combination of all the other ones. Listen,

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salvation is a whole lot simpler than that. The

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Bible was written. It's been printed for hundreds

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and hundreds of years. It was there for you all

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the time. And there's no plan A, plan B, plan

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C, plan D, comp them together. There's only one

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plan. Neither is there any salvation in any other

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name given under heaven among men. And by the

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wages of sin is death. But the gift of God is

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eternal life through, through. Jesus Christ our

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Lord. There is no salvation in any other. No

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plan B, no plan C, no plan D. No, if you don't

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get this one here, there's always one other way.

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Somebody get me an offering envelope. Come on,

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pick one out, somebody. I don't have one. Just

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get me an offering envelope. Wave it around.

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Just weave it around. Okay, here we go. Here

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we go. Stand up. Stand up. All right. All right.

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If you didn't like plan A, now we're going to

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go to plan B. And if you got $5 ,000, I'm going

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to have $5 ,000. $5 ,000 for salvation. Salvation

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is $5 ,000. Here's $5 ,000 for salvation. Let

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me hear it. You might as well sit down. Nobody's

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buying it. You can't buy your salvation. I don't

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care how much money you have. Stand up and make

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that $5 ,000, $5 million. See who can buy it.

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Stand up and make it $5 billion. See who can

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make it. It doesn't matter if you have $5 billion.

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You can't buy this salvation. You have $5 billion,

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$5 trillion, $5 million, $5 ,000, or $5 measly

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dollars in a moldy Lincoln. You cannot buy your

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salvation. That's not the way salvation comes.

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The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God

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is eternal life through. The only one and only

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Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, we're going

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to study a little bit. That means you're going

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to have to open up that Bible. Romans chapter

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10. Romans chapter 10. I might be 10 % of the

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way through my scriptures, so pray for me and

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turn quick. Romans 10. Romans 10, 1 through 11.

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Now, he's talking here to Jews. See, now... I

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know I'm going to open a can of worms when I

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do this, but you know what? So be it. So be it.

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There's only one salvation. Yes, there is only

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one salvation. Just look it up on the screen

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here. Romans chapter 3, 21 and 22 says, the righteousness

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or right standing with God, that's the result

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of salvation. Without the law is manifested being

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witnessed by the law and prophets, even the righteousness

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of God, which is by faith in Jesus Christ. Unto

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ALL, unto all and upon all that believe, there

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is no difference. There is no difference. Now

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what he's talking about there is Jews and Gentiles.

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There is no difference. Now Romans, now why do

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I say that? Because there's a whole segment of

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Christianity today that tells us not to witness

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to the Jews. Oh yes, they're telling the Christian

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church do not witness. to Jews, they don't need

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to be saved. That's exactly what they say. That's

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exactly what they say because they're God's chosen

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people and they are already in. And they'll even

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quote you a couple Bible verses. Except they

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have to negate all the rest of the Bible. So

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with that, just look with me at Romans chapter

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10. He's writing this to his own people. Romans

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10 verse 1. My heart's desire and prayer for

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Israel. In the margin of my Bible. Somebody who

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can read, run up here. Run, quick, quick. Now,

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my study Bible says my heart's desire and prayer

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for Israel. See that reference? What does it

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say? My own people. My own people. He said, my

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heart's prayer for my own people is that they

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might what? See, not realize that they're already

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saved. There is not two ways. There's only one.

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There's only one. He came to his own people because

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they needed to be saved. And there's no difference.

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There's only one Savior, Jew or Gentile. My prayer

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for them is that they might be saved. But I bear

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them record, they have a zeal for God, but not

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according to knowledge. Boy, that can be said

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about religious people all over our nation, all

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over our continent. They believe in God and think

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that's enough. Listen very carefully to me if

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you're streaming right now. Because you believe

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in God is not enough. James, the book of James,

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right here in the New Testament, it says the

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demons even believe in God. James chapter 2.

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The demons believe in God. That's not going to

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get them saved. You have to accept the gift that

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He sent. And that was His only Son. And it's

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a free gift. Put your faith in Jesus Christ and

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the work He did on the cross of Calvary and ask

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Him to become your Savior and live for Him as

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your Lord. Don't put your faith in yourself,

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in your grandparents' prayers, in your parents

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taking you to church, in your church membership,

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in your giving or your service. That's not enough.

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God loved the world so much He didn't give us

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a place to serve or something to give to. He

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gave us His only Son to die in our place and

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we put our faith in Him and accept Him. It's

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really a pretty simple exchange. God gave His

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Son and if you'll accept His gift, God will accept

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you. If you won't accept His gift and try to

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come in some other way, John chapter 10 said

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you'll be found a thief and a robber. Except

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Jesus today. I bear them record they have a zeal

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for God, but not knowledgeably. They're ignorant

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of God's righteousness. Look at verse 3. They

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go about to establish their own righteousness.

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You can't establish your own righteousness. That's

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your works and your accomplishments. For Christ

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is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone

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that believes. Moses described the righteousness

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which is of the law, that the man that does those

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things must live by them. But the righteousness

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which is of faith speaks on this wise. Don't

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say in your heart, who shall ascend into heaven

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to bring Christ down again from above? Or who

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shall descend into the pit to bring Christ up

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again from the dead? But what does it say? The

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word is near you, even in your mouth and in your

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heart. That's the word of faith which we preach.

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That if you will confess with your mouth, not

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a church, Not a denomination. If you'll confess

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with your mouth, Jesus Christ is Lord, and believe

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in your heart that God raised Him, Him, H -I

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-M, Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For

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with the heart man believes under righteousness,

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with the mouth confessions made unto salvation.

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For the Scripture said, whosoever believes on

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Him, H -I -M, shall not be ashamed. There's only

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one. And whosoever believeth on Him shall not

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be ashamed. 1 Timothy chapter 2 and verse 5.

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There is one God and one mediator between God

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and man. The man, Christ Jesus. How many mediators?

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There's only one. John 14 verse 6. Jesus said,

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I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man

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comes to the Father except by Me. I'm the way,

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the truth, and the life. No man comes to the

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Father except through Him. John 17 and verse

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3, For this is life eternal, that they may know

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You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom

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you have sent. How about this one? John 10 and

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verse 9. John 10 and verse 9. I am the door.

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I'm not one of the doors. I mean, how would you

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like to walk up to a house? My first job was,

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I was a paper boy. I guess that was my second

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job. My first job was throwing hay bales for

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my grandpa. Cleaning out calf pens. Worked for

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a week for 50 cents. Think that was a lot of

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money. And then that day it was. And my second

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job, I'll put it that way then, because when

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I was 11, I got a paper route. And some people

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wanted the paper at their front door. Some people

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wanted it at their side door. A couple of them

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wanted it at their back door. And you just put

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it at whatever door they wanted. I don't know

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what it would be like to walk up to a house and

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there have 27 different doors. and not know which

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door I was supposed to go to to deliver my newspaper.

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Well, I've got something that's a whole lot more

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important for you to determine today, and that's

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which door to go to. But the great thing is there's

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not 27 of them. There's only one. I am the door.

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I am the door. And if any man enter in, he shall

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be saved. There's only one door. You don't read

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anywhere in your Bible that there's multiple

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doors. There's only one. His name is Jesus. He's

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the way. No one comes to the Father except through

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Him. Here's a great verse, John 3 .36. How can

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anyone argue with this verse? John 3 .36, and

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then the next one I give you. How's there going

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to be any, you have to take your Bible, see why

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we had to establish this first? Because if you

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don't establish this, that what you believe is

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based on this right here, the Holy Scriptures,

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the written Word of God, chapter and verse. From

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the Gospels, from the Epistles, from the major

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prophets, from the Psalms and Proverbs, from

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the Pentateuch, from Genesis 1 all the way to

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Revelation 21. Nothing left out, nothing added

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to it. If that is not your foundation, then you're

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:52.119
going to be wishy -washy. You're going to swallow

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:55.400
anything. You're going to never be certain, stable,

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:57.279
going to be unstable, going to be uncertain,

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:59.279
and you're going to be unsure about what you

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:01.119
believe. It's always going to be questionable.

00:34:03.690 --> 00:34:06.450
You'll be susceptible to doubt. You'll be susceptible

00:34:06.450 --> 00:34:11.570
to attack. But since the Word of God never changes,

00:34:11.809 --> 00:34:19.670
see, I try to be calm. And Reverend Kimberling's

00:34:19.670 --> 00:34:21.809
the only one who encourages me. He says, just

00:34:21.809 --> 00:34:23.789
forget it. Just don't even try to be calm. Just

00:34:23.789 --> 00:34:27.550
let it fly. I try to be calm, cool, and collected.

00:34:30.769 --> 00:34:34.860
Keep my voice down. Don't get excited. How can

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:38.059
you not get excited about the eternal Word and

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:42.420
the promises of God and the reality of everlasting

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:46.159
life? How do you not get excited and enthused?

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:53.159
What's it feel like to be 65? I don't know. I'm

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:57.019
not 65 yet. I don't know. I've never been any

00:34:57.019 --> 00:35:00.360
less excited. I'm more excited about God's truth

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:02.780
and about God's word and about God's promises

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:05.179
and about the reality of standing before him

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:07.780
and about the reality of being in his presence

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:13.059
than I've ever been. Than I've ever been. If

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:15.380
it offends you that I walk around and wave my

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:18.480
arms and get enthused about God's word, it'll

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:20.480
just have to be. I don't know how to be any other

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:24.590
way. When I can't talk anymore, we'll quit. He

00:35:24.590 --> 00:35:28.889
that believeth on the Son has everlasting life.

00:35:29.050 --> 00:35:32.090
He that believeth not on the Son shall not see

00:35:32.090 --> 00:35:34.809
life. The wrath of God will remain upon him.

00:35:37.070 --> 00:35:44.530
How about this? Your Honor, I rest my case. Oh,

00:35:44.530 --> 00:35:46.170
excuse me, Your Honor. I don't rest my case.

00:35:46.250 --> 00:35:51.759
I've got one other verse. 1 John chapter 5. That

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:54.679
verse right there, John 3, 36 says, whoever has

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:56.880
a son has life, but he that doesn't have the

00:35:56.880 --> 00:36:00.260
son has not eternal life. I'd sit right there.

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:02.699
I'd look at her right across her little table

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:05.000
in her little talk show, and I'd say, that's

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:07.139
exactly what I mean. They're all going to hell,

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:10.579
every one of them. I didn't determine that. That's

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:13.630
not my plan, and that's not God's wish. But he

00:36:13.630 --> 00:36:16.630
sent his only begotten son. And there is no difference

00:36:16.630 --> 00:36:23.150
in culture, in society, in race, in nation. There's

00:36:23.150 --> 00:36:25.349
no difference. Well, that's just not what our

00:36:25.349 --> 00:36:27.369
family believes. Well, your family better get

00:36:27.369 --> 00:36:31.610
it straight really quick. That's not what our

00:36:31.610 --> 00:36:33.409
church believes. I don't know what your church

00:36:33.409 --> 00:36:39.730
believes. Now, I don't do this very often, but

00:36:39.730 --> 00:36:48.800
I'm going to do it right now. I don't even want

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:53.639
to. But I'm good anyway. I'm going to share a

00:36:53.639 --> 00:37:00.260
story with you. I don't embrace very many people's

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:05.940
stories or accounts of going to heaven or going

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:11.139
to hell. But there are just certain elements

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:16.219
of what some people share that are so in line

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:20.000
with the scriptures. that I find myself at least

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:25.500
considering them. And one of them was a Baptist

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:28.780
preacher by the name of Howard Pittman. Brother

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:34.599
Pittman died a year or two ago at 99. Howard

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:38.059
Pittman was a Baptist preacher. He was in his

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:41.460
car on the way down Louisiana or Mississippi,

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:43.599
one of the two, and he was on his way down to

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:47.559
file his papers to run for sheriff. He's a good

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:52.079
man. And on his way, the main body trunk aorta

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:55.139
in his body burst. He pulled over to the side

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:59.000
of the road and started to bleed out. And help

00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:01.699
arrived, and they got him stabilized and transferred

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:04.019
to the hospital. This is his testimony. I've

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:06.380
heard it personally. I've also got it in writing.

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:16.980
And on the table, he died. Left his body. ascended

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:20.639
to heaven and was not allowed to go into heaven.

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:26.199
Talked about the voice of the Lord coming up

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:29.460
and over a wall that was so high you couldn't

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:31.980
see the top of. Well, 1 ,500 miles, Revelation

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:34.400
says, is the wall of that city. That'd be that

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:37.659
high. And how the voice of the Lord came over

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:41.079
that wall like all the water coming over Niagara

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:45.219
Falls and just crushed him. As he waited outside

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:50.539
that wall. And the Lord expressed to him. His

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:54.860
disappointment in him. And his anger with him.

00:38:54.940 --> 00:39:02.059
Of his misrepresentation. To my people. And he

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:04.300
is a Baptist preacher. He said I don't understand.

00:39:05.949 --> 00:39:08.909
Lord, I've only always served you. See, never,

00:39:09.030 --> 00:39:10.949
ever, ever should you think that your assessment

00:39:10.949 --> 00:39:13.150
of yourself is going to be what the Lord thinks

00:39:13.150 --> 00:39:18.090
about you when you meet him on that day. Every

00:39:18.090 --> 00:39:24.769
man proclaims his own goodness. He said it was

00:39:24.769 --> 00:39:28.349
the power of his words. I had to admit every

00:39:28.349 --> 00:39:32.780
single one was true. And it absolutely pressed

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:40.800
and squashed all of the life out of me. And he

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:44.960
said, when I did regain the strength to stand

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:47.739
up, I knew that I would have to stand up and

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:50.440
turn, accepting my judgment, and I'd have to

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:52.760
walk away from the gate of the holy city and

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:56.460
down and down and down to my eternal punishment

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:59.679
for the disappointment that I'd been of the eternal

00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:04.840
Savior. But he said, instead, mercy stood me

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:11.840
up. The mercy of God. The mercy of God. Stood

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:15.159
him up and said, I'm going to send you back and

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:17.719
I'm going to give you another chance. And you're

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:19.239
going to go and you're going to preach the truth

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:21.739
about salvation. You're going to preach the truth

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:24.340
about the baptism with the Holy Spirit. You're

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:26.900
going to preach the truth about deliverance from

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:28.960
demons. And you're going to preach the truth

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:33.349
about healing and miracles. For the rest of your

00:40:33.349 --> 00:40:36.710
life that I give you a second chance to. And

00:40:36.710 --> 00:40:40.489
he argued with the Lord. Now listen, all of this

00:40:40.489 --> 00:40:43.909
brings me to this one point for you. And for

00:40:43.909 --> 00:40:47.409
all of you. He argued with the Lord. He said,

00:40:47.469 --> 00:40:54.929
but Lord, you know my church. And we do believe

00:40:54.929 --> 00:40:57.289
in salvation and I've preached salvation my whole

00:40:57.289 --> 00:40:59.929
life. But you know the church that I pastor.

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:04.019
We don't believe in the baptism with the Holy

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:06.480
Spirit and speaking with other tongues and the

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:08.400
gifts of the Spirit. My church doesn't believe

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:14.239
that. And Lord, demons, I learned in seminary

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:18.800
that demons don't exist. That there is no literal

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:21.079
devil. All those are just principles to help

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:23.159
people and get them to make right choices and

00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:26.599
live good lives. But we don't believe in that.

00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:29.800
And I didn't learn that in my seminary. He said

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:32.099
that same voice came tumbling over the wall again.

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:36.679
And he said, I know exactly what Paul meant when

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:39.610
he said fire was flashing in his eyes. Because

00:41:39.610 --> 00:41:42.710
what he said to me was, I don't care what your

00:41:42.710 --> 00:41:45.809
church believes, what your church preaches, or

00:41:45.809 --> 00:41:48.469
what your seminary taught you. You'll not be

00:41:48.469 --> 00:41:51.650
judged on what your seminary taught you or what

00:41:51.650 --> 00:41:54.630
your church believes. You will be judged by what

00:41:54.630 --> 00:41:58.949
my word says. Along with every other human being.

00:42:01.710 --> 00:42:04.670
Every single human will be judged by what the

00:42:04.670 --> 00:42:08.210
Bible says. Not by what you think about it. Not

00:42:08.210 --> 00:42:10.670
by what your pastor says about it. Not by what

00:42:10.670 --> 00:42:13.110
your understanding of it is. We'll be judged

00:42:13.110 --> 00:42:16.190
by what his word says. Read your Bible. It's

00:42:16.190 --> 00:42:19.889
exactly what it says judgment day will be. It

00:42:19.889 --> 00:42:24.329
is the only standard that every human being will

00:42:24.329 --> 00:42:28.769
be compared to on that day. Now, not only did

00:42:28.769 --> 00:42:31.599
the Lord send him back to preach. He's just got

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:34.079
one of the most outstanding testimonies. The

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:36.420
angel took him for a tour through the demon world.

00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:40.599
And then got him back in his body. He was covered

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:43.500
up. He was dead. And they pulled everything,

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:46.260
shut everything off, and left the room. And I

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:48.159
don't know how many minutes, maybe somebody else

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:50.440
remembers, 37 minutes or whatever it was. He

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:51.900
pulled the sheet off and got off of the bed.

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:55.099
Went walking out, totally healed, went preaching.

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:58.739
Spent the rest of his days preaching to people.

00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:01.420
Demons are real. Here's the way demons work.

00:43:02.059 --> 00:43:04.199
Taught us a lot about the whole demon realm,

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:06.840
how temptation works, how you're never, ever,

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:09.519
ever cognizant of them pulling right up behind

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:12.059
you and whispering in your ear and projecting

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:15.039
thoughts in the forms of temptation and how some

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:20.360
demons are vile and ugly and smelly and repulsive

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:23.860
and others are dressed in fine suits and they

00:43:23.860 --> 00:43:26.199
deal with things like covetousness and greed

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:30.360
and love of money and others are in the political

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:34.260
realm. and others are things like jealousy and

00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:37.579
envy, and some of them are in churches, and people

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:41.179
are just... He said, I didn't believe in that.

00:43:42.579 --> 00:43:44.559
I mean, when you do that, you might as well just

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:46.800
resign your Baptist church, and you might as

00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:48.800
well just give all your papers back, and you

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:51.159
might as well just follow God, which is what

00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:56.940
he did. I mean, it's an interesting story. I

00:43:56.940 --> 00:44:00.860
don't expect you to believe it. I'll just tell

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:04.360
you that the statement that he made is accurate.

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:09.000
The Lord doesn't care what we believe. He doesn't

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:11.500
care what our statement of faith says. He doesn't

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:14.699
care what our guiding principles are. He doesn't

00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:20.079
care what grandma and auntie taught us. We're

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:21.880
going to give an account based on what his word

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:24.179
says. It's the only thing that will never change.

00:44:29.379 --> 00:44:35.599
Where did we turn? 1 John 5. Come on, smile.

00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:45.840
Verse 11. 1 John 5, 11 and 12. How can you argue

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:49.119
with the word of God? Well, see, I've had people

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:51.739
do this. People call me on the telephone. Call

00:44:51.739 --> 00:44:53.400
me on the telephone. Hey, can I talk to Pastor

00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:54.639
Clements? Yeah, what do you want to talk about?

00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:55.900
Well, I want to tell him I don't believe the

00:44:55.900 --> 00:45:00.610
Bible. Oh, yeah. I mean, the staff. I don't know

00:45:00.610 --> 00:45:02.869
why they put those calls through. I think they

00:45:02.869 --> 00:45:06.909
all get outside my door. I'm not making it up.

00:45:07.130 --> 00:45:10.150
They call me on the phone and say, well, I just

00:45:10.150 --> 00:45:12.809
want you to know that our church doesn't believe

00:45:12.809 --> 00:45:15.030
like you do. Well, that's okay. I don't care.

00:45:17.409 --> 00:45:21.010
I really don't. I mean, I wish you embraced God's

00:45:21.010 --> 00:45:23.869
word. Well, we believe that parts of it are true.

00:45:24.030 --> 00:45:27.130
Well, I mean, that's your issue. I mean, go ahead

00:45:27.130 --> 00:45:29.059
and... Take a chance. I mean, throw the dice.

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:34.039
Flip the coin. I don't really want to. Do you?

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:36.780
Do you want a chance your eternity on flipping

00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:39.099
a coin? How many of you would go to heaven or

00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:41.159
hell right now if I had the coin, and if you

00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:43.239
called it in midair, you'd be willing to take

00:45:43.239 --> 00:45:51.079
that chance? I'm not going there. Wouldn't you

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:53.679
rather accept the free gift of salvation purchased

00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:56.739
for all, take it by faith, and live the whole

00:45:56.739 --> 00:46:00.320
rest of your life persecuted, afflicted, tried,

00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:04.599
tempted, having to stand, do spiritual warfare,

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:08.559
pray your heart out, burn your knees out on the

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:11.539
floor, pray. Wouldn't you rather fast? Wouldn't

00:46:11.539 --> 00:46:14.500
you rather just have to battle through and love

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:16.860
the unloving and pray for those who hate you?

00:46:16.900 --> 00:46:20.079
Wouldn't you rather just take a sure thing? No

00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:24.559
matter what it costs, absolutely. There's no

00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:28.619
chance that God's Word is true. It's true from

00:46:28.619 --> 00:46:32.239
the beginning. And this is the record that God

00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:35.260
has given to us eternal life. He provided it.

00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:42.320
And this life is in His S -O -N. Singular, there

00:46:42.320 --> 00:46:49.380
is only one. Take a deep breath. Look at verse

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:58.260
12. He that hath the Son hath life. And he that

00:46:58.260 --> 00:47:03.780
hath not the Son of God hath not life. Pretty

00:47:03.780 --> 00:47:09.000
simple. I said pretty simple. One way, no salvation

00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:12.960
in any other. He's the door. He's the only one.

00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:20.260
John 11, 25. You thought I was done? Oh, no,

00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:23.239
no, no, no, no. I am the resurrection and the

00:47:23.239 --> 00:47:28.440
life. He that believeth in M -E, though he were

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:34.780
dead, yet shall he live. There's only one. Acts

00:47:34.780 --> 00:47:40.320
chapter 16, 30 and 31. Acts 16. This is more

00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:42.800
than two or three witnesses right here. And then

00:47:42.800 --> 00:47:45.219
just coupled with the fact that there is no verse

00:47:45.219 --> 00:47:48.260
anywhere in all of the Scriptures that contradicts

00:47:48.260 --> 00:47:50.619
any one of these, there's not even one verse.

00:47:52.420 --> 00:47:55.699
Acts 16, 30 and 31. And He brought them out and

00:47:55.699 --> 00:47:57.880
says, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Hold

00:47:57.880 --> 00:48:04.940
it, hold it, hold it. Wait, wait. The answer

00:48:04.940 --> 00:48:09.800
to this question, whatever it is, If it's going

00:48:09.800 --> 00:48:12.980
to conform to modern day, even Christianity,

00:48:13.199 --> 00:48:17.320
even Christian believing churches, if it's going

00:48:17.320 --> 00:48:19.800
to conform to the United States of America and

00:48:19.800 --> 00:48:22.119
much of the world, the answer to this question

00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:25.340
is going to have to have more than one choice.

00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:29.440
If it's going to conform to what the broad way

00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:33.300
and the wide gate is preaching today on the internet,

00:48:33.500 --> 00:48:35.619
then it's going to have to have door number one,

00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:37.960
number two, number three, and number four. It's

00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:40.099
going to have to be multiple choice. It's going

00:48:40.099 --> 00:48:43.300
to have to have many paths up the mountain. But

00:48:43.300 --> 00:48:46.239
if the answer to this question in your Bible,

00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:50.099
uncontradicted by any other scripture in any

00:48:50.099 --> 00:48:53.260
other chapter and any other verse, if there's

00:48:53.260 --> 00:48:57.500
only one answer to this question, then you better

00:48:57.500 --> 00:49:00.159
be in the middle of that gate on the center of

00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:04.780
that road. What must I do to be saved? Answer.

00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:08.860
Next verse. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ

00:49:08.860 --> 00:49:18.760
and you shall be saved. Door number one. Choice

00:49:18.760 --> 00:49:23.480
A. The only one. The only one. Colossians 1.

00:49:24.730 --> 00:49:30.010
Colossians chapter 1. Verse 19 and 20. See, we

00:49:30.010 --> 00:49:32.909
could go back, and this whole section is talking

00:49:32.909 --> 00:49:38.289
about Jesus Christ. Verse 18 says He's the head

00:49:38.289 --> 00:49:43.110
of the body. The beginning, the firstborn from

00:49:43.110 --> 00:49:45.710
the dead, that in all things He might have the

00:49:45.710 --> 00:49:49.550
preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in

00:49:49.550 --> 00:49:56.219
Him should all fullness dwell, and having made

00:49:56.219 --> 00:50:01.699
peace through the blood of His cross by Him to

00:50:01.699 --> 00:50:05.980
reconcile all things to Himself, whether they

00:50:05.980 --> 00:50:13.860
be things in earth or in heaven, by who? By Him.

00:50:13.980 --> 00:50:20.219
By Him to reconcile all things to Himself. See,

00:50:20.320 --> 00:50:25.679
there's only one. Him. Ephesians 2 and verse

00:50:25.679 --> 00:50:31.679
18. Ephesians 2, 18. For through Him, H -I -M.

00:50:33.099 --> 00:50:36.219
Through Him. Not through a variety of paths all

00:50:36.219 --> 00:50:40.119
which lead up the mountain. No, through Him we

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have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Romans

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chapter 5. Do a little more study before we go.

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Turn over to Romans 5 with me. This is a whole

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sermon right here by itself. Romans 5, verses

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6 through 21. Romans 5, 6 through 21. For when

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we were without strength in due time, Christ

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died for the ungodly. I'm sorry, whoever else,

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whatever other religious heroes you have, they

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didn't die for the ungodly. They all died because

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it's appointed unto all men once to die. But

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only one of them came out of his grave three

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days later. Only one of them walked around preaching.

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Only one of them was ascended into heaven. Only

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one of them sat down at the right hand of God.

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Only one. Only one. Christ died for the ungodly.

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Verse 8, God commended His love toward us while

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we were yet sinners. Christ died for us. Verse

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9, much more than being justified by His blood.

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H -I -S. His blood. We shall be saved from wrath

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through H -I -M. Him. While we were enemies,

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we were reconciled to God by the death of His

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Son. Much more being reconciled, we shall be

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saved by His life. Not only so, but we joy in

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God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we

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have now received the atonement. Wherefore, as

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by one man sin entered the world, and death by

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sin, so death passed upon all men, in that all

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have sinned. Verse 14, nevertheless, death reigned

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from Adam to Moses. Verse 15, not as the offense,

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so also is the free gift. If the offense of one,

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many were made dead, much more by the grace of

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God and the gift of grace, which is by one man,

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Jesus Christ has abounded unto many. Not as it

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was one that sinned, so is the gift for the judgment

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was one to condemnation, but the free gift. is

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of many offenses to justification. For if by

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one man's offense death reigned, much more they

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which receive abundance of grace and the gift

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of righteousness shall reign in life by one.

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There's only one. Jesus Christ. Therefore, as

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by the offense of one judgment it came to all

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men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness

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of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification

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of life. For as by one man's disobedience many

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remain sinners, by the obedience of one many

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shall be made righteous. Moreover, the law entered

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that the offense may abound, where sin abounded,

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grace much more abounded, that as sin hath reigned

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unto death, even so might grace reign through

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righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ

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the Lord. Romans 3, 24 -26. Being justified freely

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by His grace through the redemption that is in

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Jesus Christ. Whom God has set forth to be a

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propitiation through faith in His blood. To declare

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His righteousness for the remission of sins that

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are past. Through the forbearance of God to declare,

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I say at this time, His righteousness that He

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might be just and the justifier of him that believes

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in Jesus. We just came through the Christmas

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season. Matthew chapter 1 and verse 21. Matthew

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1, 21. The angel speaking to Joseph. And he says,

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and she shall bring forth a son. A son. She didn't

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have twins. It wasn't you have to believe in

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Jesus and His cousin John. You don't have to

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believe on His four brothers and we have them

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listed in other Scriptures. She'll bring forth

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a son and you'll call His name? Jesus. With a

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little more authority, you'll call His name?

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Jesus. Really loud so the entire TV audience

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can hear you say it? Jesus. They'll call His

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name Jesus for He, H -E, shall save His people

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from their sins. He shall do that. He's the only

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one. John 1 .21, when Jesus comes on the scene

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and John the Baptist looks over there, And he

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says, are you the one? And John the Baptist says,

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uh -uh, no, I'm not. No, it's not me. It's not

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me. I'm standing up here quoting John the Baptist

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this morning. It's not me. I said, it's not me.

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It's not me. There's only one. And in verse 29,

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he sees him coming. They ask him, are you the

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one? And he said, I'm not the one. But in verse

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29, he sees Jesus coming and he says, Behold

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the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the

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world. 1 John 2, verses 1 and 2. 1 John 2, 1

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and 2. My little children, these things I write

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that you sin not. If any man sins, we have an

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advocate. Not two advocates. Not three advocates,

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not 12 advocates. We have an advocate with the

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Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Verse 2.

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He is the sacrifice for our sins, and not ours

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only, but also the sins of the whole world. Well,

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yeah, He's your Savior, but we've got another

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Savior. No, no, no, no. There was only one sacrifice.

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There was only one Savior, and His blood was

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shed for the sins of the whole world. Whole world.

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A little more Bible study before we leave. Hebrews

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chapter 9. Hebrews chapter 9. Right into chapter

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10. Just a few verses here. Hebrews 9, 11 and

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12. But Christ, being come a high priest of good

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things to come, by a greater and more perfect

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tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say,

00:57:08.289 --> 00:57:10.230
not of this building, neither by the blood of

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bulls and goats, but by His own blood, He entered...

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Now say this next word with me. He entered in

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once. Why is that important, Pastor? Because

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there are places teaching today that every time

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we repent, every time we ask forgiveness, every

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time we appropriate the blood, He has to be punished

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again. Absolute nonsense. He entered once into

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the holy place having obtained an eternal redemption

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for us. Verse 24, Christ has not entered into

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a holy place made with hands, but He entered

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into heaven itself to appear in the presence

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of God for us. Verse 28 says it again, Christ

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was once offered to bear the sins of many, that

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unto them that look for Him He'll appear a second

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time without sin unto salvation. Skip down to

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chapter 10. Look at verse 10. For by the which

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will we were sanctified through the offering

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of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all.

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For every priest. Now watch this. Help you with

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your Bible. Ready? I said, are you ready? For

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every priest. What's the next word there? Does

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what? Why is that? Why is that important? Why

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is that important? Every priest stands. They

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signify by remaining standing that their job

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isn't done. Keep reading. For every priest stands

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daily ministering and offering oft times the

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same sacrifices which can never take away sins.

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But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice

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for sins forever, sat down. He's the only priest

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that ever sat down. He sat down. They all stood

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and he sat down. You might have another priest,

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but he's still standing up. His sacrifices are

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still being offered. He's not been perfected.

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Our priest sat down. He offered his blood and

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he sat down. Every other priest stands. Signifying

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they can't take away sin. But this man, after

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he'd offered one sacrifice for sins forever,

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sat down at the right hand of God. Henceforth

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expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

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And by one offering, he's perfected forever.

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Them that are sanctified. Revelation chapter

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1 and verse 5. Jesus, the only one. The door.

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The only way. This Jesus Christ, the faithful

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witness, the first begotten from the dead, the

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prince of the kings of the earth, unto Him who

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loved us and washed us from our sins in His own

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blood. Isaiah 53, verse 6, the Lord has laid

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upon Him. H -I -M, not your church, not your

01:00:23.239 --> 01:00:26.139
doctrine, not your theology, not your favorite

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translation. That's not going to get you to heaven,

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your favorite translation. Jesus and his sacrifice

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and his shed blood are the only thing taking

01:00:34.440 --> 01:00:37.699
you to heaven. There is no other sacrifice. There's

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no other name under heaven. There is no salvation

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in any other. God laid on him the iniquity of

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us all. On him. He bore, 1 Peter 2 .24, He bore

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our sins in His own body on the tree that we

01:01:00.489 --> 01:01:02.710
being dead to sin should live under righteousness.

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By His stripes we were healed. And 2 Corinthians

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5, verse 21, He who knew no sin became sin for

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us. That we might become the righteousness of

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God in Him. In Him. In Him. The way, the truth,

01:01:27.159 --> 01:01:30.219
the life. The only way. The door. The Savior.

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The only begotten Son of God. The only one in

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whom is life. In Him. In Him alone. I said in

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Him. In Him alone. The 17th verse of that chapter

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says, if any man be in Christ, he's a brand new

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creature. If any man be in Christ, the only faith,

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the only religion that claims the new birth,

01:01:58.469 --> 01:02:01.989
a brand new creation for anyone accepting Him.

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Old things all completely pass away. You're past.

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Expunged. Extinguished. You're pardoned. You're

01:02:11.130 --> 01:02:14.090
cleansed. You're washed. You're purified. You're

01:02:14.090 --> 01:02:18.309
justified. Just as if you'd never committed those

01:02:18.309 --> 01:02:23.769
sins. You're pure in the sight of God. Cleaner

01:02:23.769 --> 01:02:37.900
than freshly fallen snow. All right. If you want

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to, you can close your notes. We're done. But

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I've got a couple bonus ones I'm going to read

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just for me. Isaiah. Three of them in Isaiah.

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I love these verses. I just love these verses.

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I just love them. Isaiah 43, verse 11. I just

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love them. I was just relishing these last night.

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I thought, I'm not going to. Oh, yes, I am. I

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said, I am. I, even I, am the Lord. Beside me,

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there is no Savior. I am the Lord and beside

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me there is no Savior. See, it's not about what

01:03:15.440 --> 01:03:17.699
we like. It's not about what we can reason in

01:03:17.699 --> 01:03:20.579
our mind and make sense of. This is God's plan.

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This is God's creation. This is God's human race.

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This is God's plan of redemption. And He determined

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and decided that the only one that would be glorified

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in the end of all things would be His Son, who

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His desire and heart is that He be exalted and

01:03:36.860 --> 01:03:39.760
lifted up. He'll be the only one that people

01:03:39.760 --> 01:03:42.599
will kneel and bow before and confess His Lordship.

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He'll be the only one glorified and magnified

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and exalted in eternity. He's the only Savior.

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Isaiah 45, 21 and 22. Tell ye, bring them near.

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Let them take counsel together. Who hath declared

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this from ancient times? Who hath told it from

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that time? Have not I the Lord? And there is

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no God beside me. A just God and a Savior. There

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is none beside me. In 44 verse 6. One of my life

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verses. Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel,

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the Redeemer, the Lord of hosts. I am the first.

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I am the last. Beside me, there is no God. I

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am the first. I am the last. Thank you. Beside

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me. There is no God. There is no other Savior.

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There is no other plan of redemption. Go ahead

01:05:14.340 --> 01:05:16.360
and roll the dice and flip the coin and take

01:05:16.360 --> 01:05:19.679
your chance if you want. But there's a lot better

01:05:19.679 --> 01:05:22.480
way there. You don't have to take a chance. He

01:05:22.480 --> 01:05:26.280
made a plan of salvation that is available for

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every man, of every race, of every creed. Every

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age group. Of every gender. Of every generation.

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Of every society. No matter what your background,

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religious or not. The only way to God. The only

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way to eternal life. The only way to salvation.

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The only way to heaven. No matter what we think

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about it. Doesn't matter what our seminaries

01:05:54.690 --> 01:05:57.949
teach and what our churches embrace. What our

01:05:57.949 --> 01:06:01.559
well -meaning preachers communicate. The Bible

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is absolute in its clarity and it never varies

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whatsoever a little or a lot. It teaches there

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is one way to everlasting life and His name is

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the Lord Jesus Christ. It's not a creed. It's

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not a pattern. It's not a set of steps. It's

01:06:19.280 --> 01:06:24.579
not a doctrine. It's a person. God's Son is real.

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God's Son is the Savior. You can accept and embrace

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and receive Him today. You don't have to put

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it off until tomorrow. It doesn't matter what

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church you're from. It doesn't matter what denomination

01:06:35.280 --> 01:06:37.460
you're a part of. It doesn't matter if you just

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came home from your service and you are viewing

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the last part of this one. Salvation is a gift

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and it's offered to you. Across this sanctuary,

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across this region, across this nation, and across

01:06:49.940 --> 01:06:53.739
this globe, the free gift of God is salvation

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through His Son, Jesus Christ the Lord, and it's

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accepted by faith. And you don't need to make

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a lot of promises that you most likely are going

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to fail at anyway. All you need to do is humble

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yourself and bow your heart and accept from the

01:07:11.090 --> 01:07:13.949
great God of heaven the gift of everlasting life

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that He made available to you through His Son.

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Put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Not

01:07:19.050 --> 01:07:21.730
yourself. Not your works. Not your accomplishments.

01:07:22.090 --> 01:07:26.070
Not the generations before you. Not your intent

01:07:26.070 --> 01:07:32.170
to do better. Put your faith solely and 100 %

01:07:32.170 --> 01:07:36.500
on Jesus Christ the Lord. And what He did for

01:07:36.500 --> 01:07:40.500
you, dying in your place to pay for your sins.

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Your sins are not the issue. He died to pay for

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those. Accept that. Accept and receive that.

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Pray to Him right now and ask Him. Ask Him. Ask

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God the Father. Ask God the Father to save you

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through the work of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Believe that He died in your place. Believe that

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God raised Him from the dead. And confess right

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out loud with your mouth, today I make Jesus

01:08:09.460 --> 01:08:13.699
Christ my Lord. Confess it out loud with your

01:08:13.699 --> 01:08:17.239
mouth. Today Jesus Christ is my Lord. My faith

01:08:17.239 --> 01:08:20.119
is in Him and in what He did. And just realize

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this. Just realize this. It doesn't have to be

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a religious prayer. It shouldn't be a memorized

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prayer that somebody else wrote. Make it from

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your heart. and confess Jesus Christ as your

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Lord. That's the first step. That's just the

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very first step. Then He wants you to grow. Then

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He wants you to humble yourself. Then He wants

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you to yield your life to His will. He wants

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to really be your Lord. He'll walk with you.

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He'll speak in the quiet chambers of your heart.

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You're a candidate to be filled with His Holy

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Spirit after that. But it all starts with recognizing

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the Bible's right. The Bible's true. The Bible's

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perfect. And the Bible says there's only one

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way. Not two, not three, not four, not one and

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a half. Not one with a few things added to it.

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There's only one way. His name is Jesus. He's

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the Christ. God's only begotten Son. He is Lord

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of all. I hope you've enjoyed church this morning.

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I'm very grateful for... A voice to share the

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truth. Don't you love truth? Yeah, amen. Amen.

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It's so clear. Isaiah said it's so clear not

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even a wayfaring fool would err therein. It's

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really crystal clear. Might not be popular, but

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that's okay. I'm not looking for the wide gate.

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I'm looking for heaven. Let's go together. Thank

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you for watching The Word of the Lord. A weekly

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television broadcast of Living Word Christian

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Church. Living Word Christian Church welcomes

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you to join us at 2015 Ward Avenue in La Crosse,

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Wisconsin. And Wednesday evenings at 7. For more

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information on Living Word Christian Church,

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visit us on the web at lwcclax .com.