1 00:00:39,779 --> 00:00:44,789 Surprised what our sacrifices of time and talents and treasures 2 00:00:39,779 --> 00:00:48,309 yield when we get to heaven. 3 00:00:49,409 --> 00:00:51,857 And, you know, right on the heels of that song, I just want to 4 00:00:49,409 --> 00:00:57,443 say, as pastor, well, I just want 5 00:00:49,409 --> 00:00:59,587 to reiterate what pastor said last week. 6 00:00:59,723 --> 00:01:02,163 I don't think this is the only way to do it. 7 00:01:02,291 --> 00:01:03,155 I certainly don't. 8 00:01:03,187 --> 00:01:04,715 This is my way of doing it. 9 00:01:04,827 --> 00:01:08,199 And if it helps you, then I'm blessed. 10 00:01:08,539 --> 00:01:13,239 But, man, we're grateful for any way you do it. 11 00:01:13,659 --> 00:01:14,179 Amen. 12 00:01:14,219 --> 00:01:15,019 Get a gospel. 13 00:01:15,099 --> 00:01:17,075 Get the track into somebody's hand. 14 00:01:17,227 --> 00:01:19,771 And I was talking to somebody recently, we were talking about how 15 00:01:17,227 --> 00:01:24,529 that some people are absolutely mortified 16 00:01:17,227 --> 00:01:28,517 to talk to a stranger, to knock on 17 00:01:17,227 --> 00:01:29,181 a door. 18 00:01:29,325 --> 00:01:33,957 And I personally don't get that, but I get it. 19 00:01:34,053 --> 00:01:34,509 There are. 20 00:01:34,549 --> 00:01:35,349 I understand that. 21 00:01:35,389 --> 00:01:37,133 That absolutely does happen. 22 00:01:37,301 --> 00:01:43,741 And so, you know, honestly, if we can take a bag, and I know I'm 23 00:01:37,301 --> 00:01:46,421 focusing on the bags, but we'll go 24 00:01:37,301 --> 00:01:47,237 beyond that later. 25 00:01:47,333 --> 00:01:50,773 But if you can just take a bag and put it on somebody's porch, they 26 00:01:47,333 --> 00:01:52,261 will open that bag. 27 00:01:52,405 --> 00:01:54,445 They will want to see what's inside. 28 00:01:54,597 --> 00:01:56,253 They will grab that track. 29 00:01:56,421 --> 00:01:59,809 They will look at it at least, and maybe they'll read it. 30 00:02:00,509 --> 00:02:06,181 And, you know, you've done more than most christians, so don't 31 00:02:00,509 --> 00:02:07,969 stop doing what you're doing. 32 00:02:08,549 --> 00:02:12,333 Please believe me when I say I don't think I have all the answers 33 00:02:08,549 --> 00:02:13,981 and my way is the only way of doing it. 34 00:02:14,005 --> 00:02:14,429 It's not. 35 00:02:14,469 --> 00:02:20,029 And I know that this is one way, and if it'll help you, then 36 00:02:14,469 --> 00:02:21,961 we've served our purpose. 37 00:02:22,025 --> 00:02:22,625 Amen. 38 00:02:22,737 --> 00:02:25,789 All right, we are going to cover a lot of ground this evening. 39 00:02:26,809 --> 00:02:28,633 Hopefully, everybody has their outline. 40 00:02:28,681 --> 00:02:29,489 There should be on the. 41 00:02:29,529 --> 00:02:30,361 Well, I don't know where they're. 42 00:02:30,385 --> 00:02:31,789 I don't see them back there now. 43 00:02:33,129 --> 00:02:34,393 I don't know where they're at. 44 00:02:34,521 --> 00:02:34,881 Anyway. 45 00:02:34,905 --> 00:02:36,009 I hope everyone has one. 46 00:02:36,049 --> 00:02:37,449 Does everybody have one? 47 00:02:37,609 --> 00:02:38,705 Does everybody have a handout? 48 00:02:38,737 --> 00:02:40,057 Who does not have a handout? 49 00:02:40,113 --> 00:02:41,229 Put your hand up. 50 00:02:41,579 --> 00:02:41,971 Okay. 51 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:45,131 There's several, but I don't see any on the back table back there, 52 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:48,251 and I had like, 100, so. 53 00:02:48,355 --> 00:02:49,947 Okay, well, I'm gonna go ahead and get started. 54 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:51,555 Hopefully they'll get these out. 55 00:02:51,747 --> 00:02:52,419 There you go. 56 00:02:52,459 --> 00:02:53,131 Hold your hand up. 57 00:02:53,155 --> 00:02:54,155 Brother Taylor's got some. 58 00:02:54,187 --> 00:02:56,679 We want to get these out, please. 59 00:02:58,139 --> 00:03:00,307 It might be better just to leave them on the back table and 60 00:02:58,139 --> 00:03:01,559 let folks grab them. 61 00:03:01,979 --> 00:03:03,315 But thank you, though. 62 00:03:03,387 --> 00:03:05,999 Thank you, guys, for getting them out. 63 00:03:07,589 --> 00:03:09,101 All right, we got some down here. 64 00:03:09,165 --> 00:03:12,529 Go ahead and hold your hands up and they'll get them to you. 65 00:03:13,309 --> 00:03:14,709 So let me just say this to you. 66 00:03:14,749 --> 00:03:18,357 I also have another supplement, and it's not one that 67 00:03:14,749 --> 00:03:19,237 we have to go over. 68 00:03:19,293 --> 00:03:27,653 This is actually the really the scenarios that we went over last 69 00:03:19,293 --> 00:03:29,037 week when brother tice was up here 70 00:03:19,293 --> 00:03:30,277 and I went over it with the bag and 71 00:03:19,293 --> 00:03:32,333 I took 1 minute to get to the question 72 00:03:19,293 --> 00:03:33,901 and I just actually printed that 73 00:03:19,293 --> 00:03:34,381 out for you. 74 00:03:34,405 --> 00:03:36,229 I typed it up and I printed it out. 75 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:39,221 And, you know, if you just want to look at it right before you 76 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:40,517 go out, if this is something you 77 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:42,405 want to do, if you want to take these 78 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:43,589 new moving bags. 79 00:03:43,709 --> 00:03:47,533 And I was telling somebody today, just today, I still believe 80 00:03:43,709 --> 00:03:49,813 that the new moving bag is the best tool 81 00:03:43,709 --> 00:03:52,005 that we have at Heritage Baptist 82 00:03:43,709 --> 00:03:52,957 Church to reach people. 83 00:03:53,013 --> 00:03:54,809 We have a name, we have a gift. 84 00:03:55,149 --> 00:03:56,581 That is amazing. 85 00:03:56,765 --> 00:03:58,979 That's a warm, warm call. 86 00:03:59,059 --> 00:04:02,747 And so it's a great opportunity, and that's why I'm trying 87 00:03:59,059 --> 00:04:05,039 to capitalize on this. 88 00:04:05,539 --> 00:04:09,947 So if you want to look over this, if you say, okay, I want to 89 00:04:05,539 --> 00:04:11,323 take the next step in this, I want 90 00:04:05,539 --> 00:04:12,555 to knock the door, I want to talk 91 00:04:05,539 --> 00:04:13,307 to people. 92 00:04:13,483 --> 00:04:15,851 And I put those scenarios on this page here. 93 00:04:15,875 --> 00:04:18,867 So it's called getting to the question with a new move in bag. 94 00:04:19,003 --> 00:04:21,763 And there's just those three scenarios that we went over last 95 00:04:19,003 --> 00:04:22,403 week. 96 00:04:22,571 --> 00:04:23,539 But we're going to go ahead. 97 00:04:23,579 --> 00:04:24,835 We're on page 22 now. 98 00:04:24,867 --> 00:04:26,591 We're going to go on with section four. 99 00:04:26,755 --> 00:04:29,935 And I hope to get through section four and section five, because 100 00:04:26,755 --> 00:04:31,807 after this week, we've got five more 101 00:04:26,755 --> 00:04:35,775 weeks and we'll be on section six. 102 00:04:35,847 --> 00:04:37,823 Section six is the final section. 103 00:04:37,871 --> 00:04:40,143 It's going to encompass 20 some odd pages. 104 00:04:40,311 --> 00:04:45,095 And it is strictly all about the soul winner's message. 105 00:04:45,247 --> 00:04:47,415 Right now we're talking about the soul. 106 00:04:47,607 --> 00:04:48,879 God throws out a lifeline. 107 00:04:48,919 --> 00:04:50,063 It's kind of a review. 108 00:04:50,231 --> 00:04:53,399 And then section five, we're talking about the components of soul 109 00:04:50,231 --> 00:04:53,923 winning. 110 00:04:54,031 --> 00:04:59,279 And then we'll talk about in section six, the soul winner's message, 111 00:04:54,031 --> 00:05:01,147 and that will do. 112 00:05:01,283 --> 00:05:04,723 The rest of it will be about really how to use the Romans road, 113 00:05:01,283 --> 00:05:08,651 how to use the law in witnessing 114 00:05:01,283 --> 00:05:09,403 to people. 115 00:05:09,571 --> 00:05:17,963 So section four, page 22, is mostly review. 116 00:05:18,051 --> 00:05:20,515 And then it's a lot of verses, so I'm not going to read every verse. 117 00:05:20,547 --> 00:05:22,787 And we're going to go through section four pretty quick. 118 00:05:22,843 --> 00:05:23,347 Okay. 119 00:05:23,443 --> 00:05:25,163 Because I want to get to section five. 120 00:05:25,331 --> 00:05:30,139 And so section one, we talked about the wise work of winning souls. 121 00:05:30,179 --> 00:05:33,051 We asked the question, why should we evangelize the lost? 122 00:05:33,195 --> 00:05:35,923 And then who was qualified to evangelize the lost? 123 00:05:36,051 --> 00:05:39,451 And then section two, we talked about man's condition, how 124 00:05:36,051 --> 00:05:43,123 that he went from perfect to from 125 00:05:36,051 --> 00:05:44,827 hero to zero, I guess, basically 126 00:05:36,051 --> 00:05:46,107 is the way you want to say it. 127 00:05:46,203 --> 00:05:49,331 And then section three, we looked at a brief overview of the 128 00:05:46,203 --> 00:05:51,721 doctrine of Satan, and then we come 129 00:05:46,203 --> 00:05:54,625 up on section four, and it's basically 130 00:05:46,203 --> 00:05:55,305 salvation. 131 00:05:55,377 --> 00:05:57,985 God throws out a lifeline because man needs it at this point. 132 00:05:58,017 --> 00:06:01,073 If you remember, last section, we talked about man's condition. 133 00:06:01,121 --> 00:06:02,097 It was horrible. 134 00:06:02,233 --> 00:06:04,993 And then we talked about why it's horrible because of Satan. 135 00:06:05,121 --> 00:06:08,873 And Satan is real, and we believe in God, we believe in heaven, 136 00:06:05,121 --> 00:06:10,073 we better believe in the devil, and 137 00:06:05,121 --> 00:06:11,209 we better believe in hell because 138 00:06:05,121 --> 00:06:12,593 it's just as real. 139 00:06:12,761 --> 00:06:16,561 Every page on the Bible is equally important and carries the 140 00:06:12,761 --> 00:06:17,653 same amount of weight. 141 00:06:17,801 --> 00:06:20,725 So the devil's real just as real as Jesus is. 142 00:06:20,757 --> 00:06:25,149 So now we're going to talk about how that God throws out a lifeline 143 00:06:20,757 --> 00:06:28,449 to this lost man, this lost, undone, 144 00:06:20,757 --> 00:06:31,889 hopeless and helpless sinner. 145 00:06:32,269 --> 00:06:33,829 And so God throws out a lifeline. 146 00:06:33,869 --> 00:06:35,901 So before we get to that, let's look at the review. 147 00:06:35,965 --> 00:06:36,277 Sin. 148 00:06:36,333 --> 00:06:41,581 Basically, number one, man is God's crown jewel of creation, and 149 00:06:36,333 --> 00:06:42,805 I'm not going to read these verses. 150 00:06:42,837 --> 00:06:44,343 I have them all right there for you. 151 00:06:44,461 --> 00:06:46,667 Genesis 126 and 27. 152 00:06:46,803 --> 00:06:49,803 Number two, God gives them dominion over all the earth. 153 00:06:49,851 --> 00:06:51,251 Genesis 128. 154 00:06:51,395 --> 00:06:54,883 And he gives them one mandate, only one. 155 00:06:55,051 --> 00:06:57,611 The Lord commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden, 156 00:06:55,051 --> 00:06:58,987 thou mayest freely eat, but of the 157 00:06:55,051 --> 00:07:00,003 tree of the knowledge of good and 158 00:06:55,051 --> 00:07:02,107 evil, thou shalt not eat of it. 159 00:07:02,203 --> 00:07:04,475 For in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely 160 00:07:02,203 --> 00:07:04,747 die. 161 00:07:04,803 --> 00:07:08,079 Number four, Satan enters upon the scene and deceives Eve. 162 00:07:08,539 --> 00:07:10,119 Deceives Eve. 163 00:07:10,929 --> 00:07:12,265 We can't really blame Eve. 164 00:07:12,297 --> 00:07:13,033 She was deceived. 165 00:07:13,081 --> 00:07:15,097 The Bible tells us she was deceived. 166 00:07:15,273 --> 00:07:18,269 But Adam walked into it, eyes wide open. 167 00:07:18,849 --> 00:07:20,825 Adam just flat disobeyed. 168 00:07:20,857 --> 00:07:21,833 They were both wrong. 169 00:07:21,921 --> 00:07:24,409 But Adam walked into it, eyes wide open. 170 00:07:24,569 --> 00:07:26,673 Genesis three, four, six. 171 00:07:26,801 --> 00:07:30,929 So in number five, then page 23, their perfect sinless nature 172 00:07:26,801 --> 00:07:34,529 is corrupt, has corrupted their perfect 173 00:07:26,801 --> 00:07:36,273 sinless nature because of their sin, 174 00:07:26,801 --> 00:07:37,405 is corrupted. 175 00:07:37,537 --> 00:07:40,925 And then number six, God's first promise of a redeemer in Genesis 176 00:07:37,537 --> 00:07:43,341 315, the first prophecy of the Bible. 177 00:07:43,405 --> 00:07:46,781 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed 178 00:07:43,405 --> 00:07:47,301 and her seed. 179 00:07:47,325 --> 00:07:49,917 It shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel. 180 00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:53,885 And then, number seven, God pronounces a curse upon man, the 181 00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:55,333 serpent and the earth. 182 00:07:55,461 --> 00:07:58,389 And then number eight, God provides a substitute to cover their 183 00:07:55,461 --> 00:08:00,929 nakedness or to cover their sin. 184 00:08:01,429 --> 00:08:02,249 God. 185 00:08:02,709 --> 00:08:07,233 In Genesis 321, unto Adam and unto his wife did the Lord God make 186 00:08:02,709 --> 00:08:10,769 coats of skins and clothed them. 187 00:08:10,929 --> 00:08:15,825 A sacrifice was made for their sin and then, number nine, fellowship 188 00:08:10,929 --> 00:08:20,713 between God and man is severed next 189 00:08:10,929 --> 00:08:25,073 to the verse that says, man is hopelessly 190 00:08:10,929 --> 00:08:27,401 lost without God, without Christ 191 00:08:10,929 --> 00:08:28,273 in this world. 192 00:08:28,401 --> 00:08:32,399 This has got to be the second saddest verse. 193 00:08:33,579 --> 00:08:36,235 Therefore, the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, 194 00:08:33,579 --> 00:08:38,319 so he drove out the man. 195 00:08:39,259 --> 00:08:42,427 Fellowship between man and God is severed. 196 00:08:42,603 --> 00:08:47,039 And then, number ten, Adam passed his sinful nature to his offspring. 197 00:08:47,579 --> 00:08:51,603 Wherefore, as by one sin or by one man, sin entered into the world, 198 00:08:47,579 --> 00:08:53,411 and death by sin, and so death passed 199 00:08:47,579 --> 00:08:54,547 upon all men. 200 00:08:54,683 --> 00:08:58,711 For that, all have sinned us, all of us we talked about. 201 00:08:58,735 --> 00:09:00,919 There's nobody in here that would deny that anyway. 202 00:09:01,079 --> 00:09:02,559 We're just rotten, man. 203 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,191 Some of us just smell better, but we're all rotten. 204 00:09:06,295 --> 00:09:08,303 We're all rotten to the core. 205 00:09:08,471 --> 00:09:12,071 Completely and totally depraved. 206 00:09:12,255 --> 00:09:13,799 Absolutely depraved. 207 00:09:13,959 --> 00:09:16,679 All right, so number one, then, roman number one, God's plan 208 00:09:13,959 --> 00:09:18,967 of salvation did not begin in the 209 00:09:13,959 --> 00:09:19,527 garden of Eden. 210 00:09:19,583 --> 00:09:20,959 Now, I'm going over this for a reason. 211 00:09:20,999 --> 00:09:22,079 You'll see in just a minute. 212 00:09:22,199 --> 00:09:23,551 God's plan of salvation. 213 00:09:23,615 --> 00:09:27,455 This is good for us to know as we go out and as we. 214 00:09:27,527 --> 00:09:29,863 Whether we take the bags and knock on the door and have people 215 00:09:27,527 --> 00:09:31,511 come to the door, or if you're talking 216 00:09:27,527 --> 00:09:33,855 to your kin, you're talking to your 217 00:09:27,527 --> 00:09:35,071 relatives, you're talking to your 218 00:09:27,527 --> 00:09:36,375 neighbor, you're talking to your 219 00:09:27,527 --> 00:09:38,391 coworker, this is information that 220 00:09:27,527 --> 00:09:40,591 you really need, the God's plan of 221 00:09:27,527 --> 00:09:41,023 salvation. 222 00:09:41,071 --> 00:09:42,831 They don't need it, but you need it. 223 00:09:42,975 --> 00:09:46,199 God's plan of salvation did not begin in the Garden of Eden. 224 00:09:46,279 --> 00:09:48,819 It began before the foundation of the world. 225 00:09:50,199 --> 00:09:53,527 Ephesians one three four says, blessed be the God and father of 226 00:09:50,199 --> 00:09:55,255 our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed 227 00:09:50,199 --> 00:09:56,711 us with all spiritual blessings in 228 00:09:50,199 --> 00:09:58,993 heavenly places, in Christ, according 229 00:09:50,199 --> 00:10:01,273 as he hath chosen us in him, before 230 00:09:50,199 --> 00:10:03,441 the foundation of the world, that we 231 00:09:50,199 --> 00:10:04,809 should be holy and without blame 232 00:09:50,199 --> 00:10:06,617 before him in love. 233 00:10:06,753 --> 00:10:07,329 And then one. 234 00:10:07,369 --> 00:10:08,429 Peter 118. 235 00:10:09,569 --> 00:10:11,409 Look at verse 19 with the precious. 236 00:10:11,529 --> 00:10:12,321 No, let me go. 237 00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:13,097 Verse 18. 238 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:16,113 For as much as you knew that you were not redeemed with corruptible 239 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:18,057 things as silver and gold from your 240 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:19,809 vain conversation, received by tradition 241 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:21,481 from your fathers, but with the precious 242 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:24,321 blood of Christ, as of a lamb without 243 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:25,881 blemish and without spot, who was 244 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:29,077 verily foreordained before the foundation 245 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:30,765 of the world, and in revelation 13 246 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:32,621 eight, all that dwell upon the earth 247 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:34,301 shall worship him, whose names are 248 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:35,613 not written in the book of life, 249 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:38,509 of the lamb slain from the foundation 250 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:39,845 of the world. 251 00:10:40,037 --> 00:10:42,605 Why was he slain from the foundation of the world? 252 00:10:42,637 --> 00:10:44,925 Because we needed a sacrifice. 253 00:10:45,117 --> 00:10:48,245 We needed somebody to pay the debt for our sins. 254 00:10:48,357 --> 00:10:51,189 This was done before the foundation of the world. 255 00:10:51,309 --> 00:10:53,101 It didn't happen in Bethlehem. 256 00:10:53,245 --> 00:10:55,803 Jesus didn't just appear in Bethlehem. 257 00:10:55,851 --> 00:10:57,859 He is the eternal son of God. 258 00:10:58,019 --> 00:11:00,003 Always has been, always will be. 259 00:11:00,051 --> 00:11:00,787 Amen. 260 00:11:00,963 --> 00:11:01,499 He is. 261 00:11:01,539 --> 00:11:03,159 He was, he shall be. 262 00:11:04,139 --> 00:11:09,399 So, number two, salvation is wholly and unequivocally God's plan. 263 00:11:10,099 --> 00:11:14,451 Salvation is wholly and unequivocally God's plan. 264 00:11:14,515 --> 00:11:16,595 It is not based on God's foreknowledge. 265 00:11:16,707 --> 00:11:19,955 Pastor talked about that right before we started this series, as 266 00:11:16,707 --> 00:11:24,959 he did the Calvinism series, that 267 00:11:16,707 --> 00:11:27,771 it's not based. 268 00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:30,811 We're not saved based on God's foreknowledge of who will and who 269 00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:31,515 won't believe. 270 00:11:31,627 --> 00:11:32,203 Letter B. 271 00:11:32,251 --> 00:11:34,995 That would be putting God's decision of who gets saved into our 272 00:11:32,251 --> 00:11:35,759 hands. 273 00:11:36,899 --> 00:11:39,899 We would really be determining that God would almost be. 274 00:11:39,979 --> 00:11:43,187 His hands would be tied until we actually got saved. 275 00:11:43,283 --> 00:11:44,719 That's not the way it works. 276 00:11:45,299 --> 00:11:49,691 So it's not based on God's salvation is not based on God's foreknowledge 277 00:11:45,299 --> 00:11:51,479 of who will and who won't believe. 278 00:11:51,869 --> 00:11:52,917 And I wish I had time. 279 00:11:52,973 --> 00:11:54,165 Pastor did such a great job. 280 00:11:54,197 --> 00:11:57,861 If you didn't hear the lessons on Calvinism, go back in time on 281 00:11:54,197 --> 00:12:01,489 the website and listen to those. 282 00:12:01,869 --> 00:12:02,981 We missed that third one. 283 00:12:03,005 --> 00:12:05,129 Maybe you finished that up one of these days. 284 00:12:05,909 --> 00:12:06,885 Letter C. 285 00:12:07,037 --> 00:12:08,909 And I think that we'll get an amen out of this. 286 00:12:08,989 --> 00:12:13,969 No one deserves God's saving grace, mercy or love. 287 00:12:14,429 --> 00:12:16,477 No one deserves it. 288 00:12:16,653 --> 00:12:17,529 Amen. 289 00:12:18,589 --> 00:12:21,409 You know what the wrong question is? 290 00:12:22,789 --> 00:12:24,989 Well, why does God send those people to hell? 291 00:12:25,149 --> 00:12:27,165 Well, number one, God doesn't send them to hell. 292 00:12:27,197 --> 00:12:30,129 But the better question is, why does God save anyone? 293 00:12:31,669 --> 00:12:33,565 None of us deserve to get saved. 294 00:12:33,637 --> 00:12:34,141 None of us. 295 00:12:34,165 --> 00:12:35,929 Not a one of us deserve it. 296 00:12:38,349 --> 00:12:41,741 These are, you know, I want to read these because it just speaks 297 00:12:38,349 --> 00:12:44,117 so loudly about our condition and I 298 00:12:38,349 --> 00:12:46,389 know I hit it on it good last two 299 00:12:38,349 --> 00:12:47,091 weeks ago. 300 00:12:47,245 --> 00:12:48,455 But let's go ahead and read these. 301 00:12:48,487 --> 00:12:49,567 You have them right there. 302 00:12:49,703 --> 00:12:51,979 Romans chapter three, verse ten through 18. 303 00:12:53,079 --> 00:12:54,991 As it is written, there's none righteous. 304 00:12:55,095 --> 00:12:56,343 No, not one. 305 00:12:56,391 --> 00:13:00,499 There's none that understand, there's none that seek after God. 306 00:13:01,439 --> 00:13:04,295 When you're talking to people and they'll tell you, well, I was 307 00:13:01,439 --> 00:13:05,263 looking for God. 308 00:13:05,391 --> 00:13:06,895 It's a matter of semantics. 309 00:13:07,047 --> 00:13:09,063 We don't have to correct them on that. 310 00:13:09,231 --> 00:13:11,619 If they're lost, we don't have to correct them on that. 311 00:13:12,199 --> 00:13:13,351 We know the truth. 312 00:13:13,415 --> 00:13:14,503 They weren't seeking God. 313 00:13:14,551 --> 00:13:15,751 God was seeking them. 314 00:13:15,855 --> 00:13:19,263 And if they had a heart toward God, it's because goddess, in some 315 00:13:15,855 --> 00:13:21,499 fashion, was drawing them to him. 316 00:13:22,399 --> 00:13:26,655 Because the word of God tells us there is none that seek after 317 00:13:22,399 --> 00:13:26,903 God. 318 00:13:26,951 --> 00:13:28,559 I don't have any problem with that word. 319 00:13:28,599 --> 00:13:28,815 None. 320 00:13:28,847 --> 00:13:29,579 Do you? 321 00:13:30,239 --> 00:13:33,623 God said, there's none that seek after God. 322 00:13:33,711 --> 00:13:34,419 None. 323 00:13:34,919 --> 00:13:36,487 They are all gone out of the way. 324 00:13:36,543 --> 00:13:38,351 They are together become unprofitable. 325 00:13:38,415 --> 00:13:40,079 There is none that doeth good. 326 00:13:40,119 --> 00:13:42,015 That's a hard pill to swallow. 327 00:13:42,207 --> 00:13:43,975 There's none that doeth good. 328 00:13:44,047 --> 00:13:45,441 We all think we're do gooders. 329 00:13:45,535 --> 00:13:47,277 There's none that doeth good. 330 00:13:47,453 --> 00:13:48,245 And it's hard. 331 00:13:48,317 --> 00:13:50,649 I mean, Mother Teresa does good. 332 00:13:54,389 --> 00:13:57,949 My grandma, my grandpa, your grandma, your grandpa. 333 00:13:58,109 --> 00:14:00,357 And I'm not trying to make light of anybody's grand. 334 00:14:00,413 --> 00:14:03,289 My grandma died without Jesus Christ. 335 00:14:04,509 --> 00:14:06,329 She wasn't a bad person. 336 00:14:08,149 --> 00:14:08,917 And it's hard. 337 00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:10,253 Some people, they don't. 338 00:14:10,301 --> 00:14:14,489 Once they even accept the fact that the only way to heaven is through 339 00:14:10,301 --> 00:14:15,481 Jesus Christ. 340 00:14:15,625 --> 00:14:20,337 Many times they'll reject it just because they realize that by 341 00:14:15,625 --> 00:14:22,241 accepting it they'll also have to 342 00:14:15,625 --> 00:14:24,401 accept the truth that their grandparents 343 00:14:15,625 --> 00:14:27,229 or parents are not in heaven. 344 00:14:28,009 --> 00:14:30,229 And that is a hard pill to swallow. 345 00:14:31,009 --> 00:14:34,505 But the word of God says, there is none that doeth good. 346 00:14:34,537 --> 00:14:35,249 No, not one. 347 00:14:35,329 --> 00:14:37,281 Now look at the commentary on man, verse 13. 348 00:14:37,345 --> 00:14:39,893 Their throat is an open sepulcher with their tongues. 349 00:14:39,941 --> 00:14:40,973 They have used deceit. 350 00:14:41,061 --> 00:14:44,405 The poison of Asps is under their lips, whose mouth is full of 351 00:14:41,061 --> 00:14:45,517 cursing and bitterness. 352 00:14:45,613 --> 00:14:47,597 Their feet are swift to shed blood. 353 00:14:47,733 --> 00:14:50,981 Destruction and misery are in their ways and the way of peace have 354 00:14:47,733 --> 00:14:52,909 they not known there is no fear of 355 00:14:47,733 --> 00:14:54,969 God before their eyes? 356 00:14:55,269 --> 00:14:56,501 Brethren, listen. 357 00:14:56,645 --> 00:15:00,173 We may say before we got saved, I know that I grew up in a 358 00:14:56,645 --> 00:15:01,661 home that was not christian, but 359 00:14:56,645 --> 00:15:04,289 it was quote unquote, God fearing. 360 00:15:05,999 --> 00:15:10,215 And I use that term extremely loosely, as a lost person would use 361 00:15:05,999 --> 00:15:11,899 the term God fearing. 362 00:15:12,959 --> 00:15:17,059 We had a big old family Bible sitting on the table beside the, 363 00:15:12,959 --> 00:15:19,819 you know, in the living room beside the 364 00:15:12,959 --> 00:15:20,899 chair. 365 00:15:21,839 --> 00:15:25,551 And my parents had used every word in the book except the Lord's 366 00:15:21,839 --> 00:15:26,391 name and faith. 367 00:15:26,495 --> 00:15:31,785 So we were God fearing, went to, dutifully went to church. 368 00:15:31,817 --> 00:15:34,793 I mean, my parents shuttled me, shoved me into the church van 369 00:15:31,817 --> 00:15:37,961 on Sunday and Wednesday for a couple 370 00:15:31,817 --> 00:15:39,497 of years when I was like eight, nine 371 00:15:31,817 --> 00:15:40,269 years old. 372 00:15:40,729 --> 00:15:43,949 And they dutifully went on Christmas and Easter. 373 00:15:44,529 --> 00:15:52,305 We were God fearing, but we lived like atheists the rest of the 374 00:15:44,529 --> 00:15:52,909 year. 375 00:15:54,849 --> 00:15:58,321 Like God didn't see God, didn't hear God didn't know what 376 00:15:54,849 --> 00:15:59,189 we were doing. 377 00:16:00,239 --> 00:16:02,215 Unfortunately, there's a whole lot of christians that live like 378 00:16:00,239 --> 00:16:04,459 atheists, don't we? 379 00:16:06,319 --> 00:16:07,791 There's no fear of God. 380 00:16:07,895 --> 00:16:08,655 No fear of God. 381 00:16:08,687 --> 00:16:09,447 Before I was lost. 382 00:16:09,503 --> 00:16:10,071 No fear of God. 383 00:16:10,095 --> 00:16:12,887 I may have known his name, I may have known the stories in the 384 00:16:10,095 --> 00:16:14,671 Bible, but I had no fear of God. 385 00:16:14,695 --> 00:16:17,339 And I guarantee you, I promise you, it doesn't matter. 386 00:16:17,719 --> 00:16:21,379 People who are not saved have no fear of God because God said so. 387 00:16:22,159 --> 00:16:23,079 God said so. 388 00:16:23,159 --> 00:16:24,999 Ephesians, chapter two, verse one through 13. 389 00:16:25,079 --> 00:16:27,399 You hath quickened who were dead. 390 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:27,705 I. 391 00:16:27,727 --> 00:16:30,333 You were dead in your trespasses and sins wherein in time 392 00:16:27,727 --> 00:16:32,077 pass, you walked according to the 393 00:16:27,727 --> 00:16:33,757 course of this world, according to 394 00:16:27,727 --> 00:16:35,261 the prince of the power of the air, 395 00:16:27,727 --> 00:16:37,125 the spirit that now worketh in the 396 00:16:27,727 --> 00:16:38,837 children of disobedience. 397 00:16:39,013 --> 00:16:40,701 Okay, I'm not gonna read all of this. 398 00:16:40,725 --> 00:16:41,621 You have it right there. 399 00:16:41,685 --> 00:16:45,053 The fact is, he says, we walked according to the path of Satan. 400 00:16:45,101 --> 00:16:46,485 We followed in his steps. 401 00:16:46,557 --> 00:16:47,969 We did his bidding. 402 00:16:50,509 --> 00:16:51,213 Letter D. 403 00:16:51,261 --> 00:16:52,373 I'm on page 26. 404 00:16:52,421 --> 00:16:52,869 Letter D. 405 00:16:52,909 --> 00:16:54,445 For God so loved the world. 406 00:16:54,517 --> 00:16:55,049 Why? 407 00:16:55,189 --> 00:16:56,065 John 316. 408 00:16:56,137 --> 00:16:58,161 God so loved the world that he gave his only. 409 00:16:58,265 --> 00:16:59,969 Why did God so love the world? 410 00:17:00,089 --> 00:17:01,705 Because he is loved. 411 00:17:01,777 --> 00:17:04,349 He didn't love us because we were so lovely. 412 00:17:05,169 --> 00:17:08,229 He didn't love us because there was anything worth loving. 413 00:17:08,769 --> 00:17:12,269 He loved us because he is love, period. 414 00:17:12,849 --> 00:17:19,825 He chose to love us despite our ungodliness, he chose to love 415 00:17:12,849 --> 00:17:20,955 us first. 416 00:17:20,987 --> 00:17:21,699 John 410. 417 00:17:21,739 --> 00:17:25,291 Here in his love, not that we love God, he tells us right. 418 00:17:25,355 --> 00:17:28,319 Not that we love God, but that he loved us. 419 00:17:29,859 --> 00:17:33,603 His love for us is not based on anything from our past, present, 420 00:17:29,859 --> 00:17:34,267 or future. 421 00:17:34,323 --> 00:17:37,091 We see that in romans nine, verse eleven through 13. 422 00:17:37,195 --> 00:17:40,091 As he gets down to in verse 13, he says, jacob, have I loved, 423 00:17:37,195 --> 00:17:41,519 and esau, have I hated. 424 00:17:42,139 --> 00:17:44,971 I honestly don't have time to get into all of that. 425 00:17:45,075 --> 00:17:46,635 That's a study all in itself. 426 00:17:46,747 --> 00:17:48,359 I'd encourage you to look at it. 427 00:17:50,448 --> 00:17:53,232 The truth of that is that neither one of them did anything 428 00:17:50,448 --> 00:17:55,272 to merit God's favor or his hate. 429 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:57,616 And that hate again, do the study yourself. 430 00:17:57,672 --> 00:18:00,108 The word hate's not how you and I think it is today. 431 00:18:01,328 --> 00:18:02,776 All right, so letter f, then. 432 00:18:02,832 --> 00:18:05,344 Understanding this particular truth that we're talking about, it's 433 00:18:02,832 --> 00:18:06,720 vital when we're out soul winning 434 00:18:02,832 --> 00:18:07,528 for several reasons. 435 00:18:07,568 --> 00:18:08,032 Here's why. 436 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:12,248 Number one, because people will rely heavily upon their good 437 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:14,228 deeds for entrance into heaven. 438 00:18:15,399 --> 00:18:16,699 Do you hear what I'm saying? 439 00:18:17,039 --> 00:18:19,719 When you talk to your coworker, when you talk to your family, 440 00:18:17,039 --> 00:18:22,671 who I was the first one saved in 441 00:18:17,039 --> 00:18:23,471 my family. 442 00:18:23,655 --> 00:18:26,703 And, man, my mom had a hard time getting past. 443 00:18:26,831 --> 00:18:27,311 What do you mean? 444 00:18:27,335 --> 00:18:28,659 I don't have to do anything. 445 00:18:31,079 --> 00:18:32,295 And then there's the opposite. 446 00:18:32,327 --> 00:18:33,479 Well, I'm jumping ahead of myself. 447 00:18:33,559 --> 00:18:36,295 So people will rely heavily upon their good deeds for entrance 448 00:18:33,559 --> 00:18:36,967 into heaven. 449 00:18:37,063 --> 00:18:40,071 Now, number two, I've run into this so many times, and you may have 450 00:18:37,063 --> 00:18:40,391 as well. 451 00:18:40,415 --> 00:18:41,625 And if you haven't, you will. 452 00:18:41,767 --> 00:18:44,757 Usually when people begin talking about their good deeds as 453 00:18:41,767 --> 00:18:47,165 a means into heaven, Jesus is never 454 00:18:41,767 --> 00:18:48,409 a part of that equation. 455 00:18:49,029 --> 00:18:49,769 Never. 456 00:18:50,309 --> 00:18:52,717 People will start talking about how good they are and why they 457 00:18:50,309 --> 00:18:53,325 should go to heaven. 458 00:18:53,357 --> 00:18:54,125 Because of this. 459 00:18:54,237 --> 00:18:58,061 About two months ago, I sat at the kitchen table with an adult daughter, 460 00:18:54,237 --> 00:19:00,685 the mom and the Father, and I asked 461 00:18:54,237 --> 00:19:00,861 him. 462 00:19:00,885 --> 00:19:02,381 I went around the room, and I asked the girl. 463 00:19:02,405 --> 00:19:06,021 I went around the table, and I asked the young lady, I said, do 464 00:19:02,405 --> 00:19:07,553 you know if you'd go to heaven? 465 00:19:07,741 --> 00:19:10,905 And she said, no, I don't have a clue. 466 00:19:11,057 --> 00:19:13,425 I asked the mom, do you know if you'd go to heaven? 467 00:19:13,537 --> 00:19:14,793 She said, yes, I do. 468 00:19:14,881 --> 00:19:16,745 I said, why do you think you'd go to heaven? 469 00:19:16,857 --> 00:19:19,161 She said, because Jesus Christ is my savior. 470 00:19:19,265 --> 00:19:21,185 I accepted him as my Lord and savior. 471 00:19:21,297 --> 00:19:22,081 Da da da da da. 472 00:19:22,105 --> 00:19:23,849 I said, okay, I got to the dad. 473 00:19:23,889 --> 00:19:26,641 I said, are you 100% sure you'd go to heaven? 474 00:19:26,665 --> 00:19:28,537 He said, well, of course I'd go to heaven. 475 00:19:28,633 --> 00:19:30,545 I said, why would you go to heaven? 476 00:19:30,737 --> 00:19:34,869 And then he went into a plethora of things that he had done, 477 00:19:30,737 --> 00:19:37,069 literally. 478 00:19:38,129 --> 00:19:39,429 And it was a lot. 479 00:19:39,729 --> 00:19:44,189 His community service, his benevolence, his. 480 00:19:45,369 --> 00:19:46,629 What's the other thing? 481 00:19:48,009 --> 00:19:50,549 Philanthropic endeavors. 482 00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:54,905 All the things that he had done, all the money that he had given, 483 00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:56,937 all the time that he had donated. 484 00:19:57,073 --> 00:20:00,349 And this guy was impressive. 485 00:20:01,709 --> 00:20:06,141 And when I said, sir, the Bible says that none of that will 486 00:20:01,709 --> 00:20:07,205 get you to heaven. 487 00:20:07,357 --> 00:20:10,009 I'm telling you, he all but kicked me out of the house. 488 00:20:12,189 --> 00:20:13,469 I am not joking. 489 00:20:13,549 --> 00:20:14,669 He did not like it. 490 00:20:14,709 --> 00:20:15,509 Not a little bit. 491 00:20:15,549 --> 00:20:16,701 I quoted scripture. 492 00:20:16,765 --> 00:20:20,309 I was showing him from the Bible what the word of God says about 493 00:20:16,765 --> 00:20:22,013 how that we cannot get to heaven 494 00:20:16,765 --> 00:20:23,149 based on our works. 495 00:20:23,229 --> 00:20:26,189 And I even flat asked him, I said, do you know why Jesus died 496 00:20:23,229 --> 00:20:26,997 on the cross? 497 00:20:27,133 --> 00:20:30,045 And when I ask that question, most people say, yeah, for our sins. 498 00:20:30,157 --> 00:20:32,685 And I'm like, well, if he died for your sins, what is there left 499 00:20:30,157 --> 00:20:33,437 for you to do? 500 00:20:33,493 --> 00:20:35,973 Why do you think you have to earn your way to heaven if Jesus 501 00:20:33,493 --> 00:20:37,249 died for your sins? 502 00:20:38,109 --> 00:20:42,237 And I kept trying to talk, I should have shut up a long time ago. 503 00:20:42,293 --> 00:20:47,013 But he said probably five or six times that night, that afternoon, 504 00:20:42,293 --> 00:20:49,005 he said, okay, look, we got you, okay? 505 00:20:49,037 --> 00:20:49,693 We got your story. 506 00:20:49,741 --> 00:20:50,157 We got it. 507 00:20:50,173 --> 00:20:50,277 We. 508 00:20:50,293 --> 00:20:51,053 All right, we heard you. 509 00:20:51,101 --> 00:20:51,749 You made your point. 510 00:20:51,789 --> 00:20:52,767 You made your point. 511 00:20:52,933 --> 00:20:54,539 He was saying to me, you can leave now. 512 00:20:54,579 --> 00:20:55,155 You can leave now. 513 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:57,715 He wasn't saying those words, but he was saying, you can leave 514 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:57,915 now. 515 00:20:57,947 --> 00:20:59,363 Every time he said, all right, you made your point. 516 00:20:59,411 --> 00:21:00,259 You made your point. 517 00:21:00,379 --> 00:21:02,319 He was really irritated. 518 00:21:03,579 --> 00:21:07,079 And it's really sad. 519 00:21:07,659 --> 00:21:09,999 It's really sad because he's a great guy. 520 00:21:10,739 --> 00:21:15,851 Honestly, any one of us could sit down here and talk with him and 521 00:21:10,739 --> 00:21:18,797 enjoy the conversation, but he's 522 00:21:10,739 --> 00:21:20,969 lost as a ball in high grass. 523 00:21:21,429 --> 00:21:22,169 Lost. 524 00:21:25,349 --> 00:21:30,229 Others, on the other hand, they'll reject salvation for the 525 00:21:25,349 --> 00:21:31,717 exact opposite reason. 526 00:21:31,853 --> 00:21:34,565 They are convinced they are not good enough because they've done 527 00:21:31,853 --> 00:21:35,605 horrible things in the past. 528 00:21:35,637 --> 00:21:38,757 Has anybody ever run into somebody while you're talking to 529 00:21:35,637 --> 00:21:39,461 them about Christ? 530 00:21:39,525 --> 00:21:42,461 And maybe they're a veteran, maybe they're a Vietnam vet. 531 00:21:42,605 --> 00:21:45,845 And because I've run into this particular situation on a number 532 00:21:42,605 --> 00:21:47,517 of occasions where a person says, you 533 00:21:42,605 --> 00:21:48,249 know, I. 534 00:21:48,659 --> 00:21:49,859 I can't go to heaven. 535 00:21:49,939 --> 00:21:50,995 There's no way I can go to heaven. 536 00:21:51,027 --> 00:21:52,439 I've killed too many people. 537 00:21:53,699 --> 00:21:56,159 Has anybody ever run into that? 538 00:21:57,339 --> 00:21:59,259 Yeah, they just. 539 00:21:59,339 --> 00:22:01,443 They think the opposite spectrum. 540 00:22:01,571 --> 00:22:06,759 But the fact of the matter is, there's nothing that you've done 541 00:22:01,571 --> 00:22:09,999 that will earn God's love and favor. 542 00:22:11,579 --> 00:22:12,835 I don't care how good you are. 543 00:22:12,867 --> 00:22:15,621 So it doesn't matter what we've done or haven't done. 544 00:22:15,795 --> 00:22:17,225 We don't deserve. 545 00:22:17,377 --> 00:22:20,553 He chose to love us despite all of those things. 546 00:22:20,721 --> 00:22:25,025 He chose to love us in our worst state and in our best state. 547 00:22:25,137 --> 00:22:26,049 Well, there is no best. 548 00:22:26,089 --> 00:22:27,309 It was all horrible. 549 00:22:28,169 --> 00:22:31,625 One Peter 315 says, but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts 550 00:22:28,169 --> 00:22:34,145 and be ready always to give an answer 551 00:22:28,169 --> 00:22:35,945 to every man that asketh you a reason 552 00:22:28,169 --> 00:22:38,481 of the hope that is within you, with 553 00:22:28,169 --> 00:22:39,529 meekness and fear. 554 00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:43,281 So two Timothy four two, preach the word, be instant, in season, 555 00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:46,593 out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhortanization 556 00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:48,501 with all longsuffering and doctrine. 557 00:22:48,565 --> 00:22:50,565 And the key there is with all long suffering. 558 00:22:50,757 --> 00:22:53,009 We have to tell people the word of God. 559 00:22:53,309 --> 00:22:56,889 We have to be able to show them the good, the bad and the ugly 560 00:22:53,309 --> 00:22:57,589 and. 561 00:22:57,629 --> 00:23:01,061 But you have to do it with long suffering and with doctrine. 562 00:23:01,245 --> 00:23:03,533 We can't just say, well, bless God, because that's what the Bible 563 00:23:01,245 --> 00:23:03,813 says. 564 00:23:03,861 --> 00:23:08,165 No, show them the Bible, and do it with love and do it with patience. 565 00:23:08,317 --> 00:23:12,229 And maybe, just maybe, the Holy Spirit can use that in their 566 00:23:08,317 --> 00:23:14,175 heart and break up fallow ground 567 00:23:08,317 --> 00:23:15,655 and they'll get saved. 568 00:23:15,847 --> 00:23:18,539 But we have to do it in love. 569 00:23:19,239 --> 00:23:22,135 So on page 27, we're about done with this particular section. 570 00:23:22,167 --> 00:23:25,271 The questions, the challenges, the criticisms, the arguments and 571 00:23:22,167 --> 00:23:27,379 self made theology will be endless. 572 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:29,659 There's no end to it. 573 00:23:31,319 --> 00:23:34,935 This is why I say that soul winners are some of the most biblically 574 00:23:31,319 --> 00:23:36,819 astute christians I know. 575 00:23:38,289 --> 00:23:41,241 And so I want to encourage you to not allow the questions that you 576 00:23:38,289 --> 00:23:42,785 cannot answer keep you from being 577 00:23:38,289 --> 00:23:44,113 a consistent soul winner. 578 00:23:44,201 --> 00:23:46,993 Sometimes the best answer is, I don't know, but I'll find out. 579 00:23:47,081 --> 00:23:48,041 Be honest about it. 580 00:23:48,065 --> 00:23:49,681 I don't know, but I'll find out. 581 00:23:49,865 --> 00:23:50,657 Okay. 582 00:23:50,793 --> 00:23:51,273 And so. 583 00:23:51,321 --> 00:23:54,953 All right, so let's move on to section five. 584 00:23:55,121 --> 00:23:57,121 And I hope I can get through this. 585 00:23:57,145 --> 00:23:59,817 I really want to because I want to start up fresh on chapter 586 00:23:57,145 --> 00:24:01,149 on section six. 587 00:24:02,089 --> 00:24:05,069 So if we get down to the end, I may just give you the blanks. 588 00:24:05,729 --> 00:24:07,665 Section five, the components of sow winning. 589 00:24:07,697 --> 00:24:09,189 Number one, the word of God. 590 00:24:09,569 --> 00:24:12,549 First and foremost, the word of God. 591 00:24:13,809 --> 00:24:16,665 I mean, we can't stress that too strongly. 592 00:24:16,817 --> 00:24:18,801 The word of God is number one. 593 00:24:18,825 --> 00:24:22,857 The word of God is the primary tool or weapon, if you want to call 594 00:24:18,825 --> 00:24:24,209 it that, of the Holy Spirit. 595 00:24:24,289 --> 00:24:27,225 And so it ought to be the primary tool of the soul winner. 596 00:24:27,257 --> 00:24:31,345 That's why I want to encourage you to take that outline that I gave 597 00:24:27,257 --> 00:24:34,527 you on the simple outline of the 598 00:24:27,257 --> 00:24:36,783 plan of salvation and memorize those 599 00:24:27,257 --> 00:24:39,343 particular verses that I have highlighted. 600 00:24:39,511 --> 00:24:42,071 And if you don't have that, please let me know. 601 00:24:42,135 --> 00:24:44,135 In fact, I'll just say this right off the bat, too. 602 00:24:44,207 --> 00:24:47,119 If there are any of this, if there's any of this that you don't 603 00:24:44,207 --> 00:24:48,711 have, just let me know, and I will 604 00:24:44,207 --> 00:24:50,271 make sure you get copies of it. 605 00:24:50,375 --> 00:24:53,415 But memorize those simple verses the Romans wrote. 606 00:24:53,487 --> 00:24:55,223 It's not hard, honestly. 607 00:24:55,351 --> 00:25:00,275 Most of you can probably do it very simply, and it's the primary 608 00:24:55,351 --> 00:25:02,979 tool to winning people to Jesus Christ. 609 00:25:03,019 --> 00:25:03,947 The word of God. 610 00:25:04,043 --> 00:25:05,319 The word of God. 611 00:25:07,019 --> 00:25:10,395 Ephesians 617 says, take the helmet of salvation and the sword 612 00:25:07,019 --> 00:25:11,915 of the spirit, which is the word of 613 00:25:07,019 --> 00:25:12,519 God. 614 00:25:12,899 --> 00:25:15,219 One Peter 123 being born again. 615 00:25:15,299 --> 00:25:18,571 How not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible by the word 616 00:25:15,299 --> 00:25:20,819 of God, which liveth and abideth forever. 617 00:25:20,979 --> 00:25:23,323 It's the word of God that will save people. 618 00:25:23,371 --> 00:25:24,547 It's the gospel. 619 00:25:24,683 --> 00:25:27,179 Paul said, I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. 620 00:25:27,299 --> 00:25:30,243 It is the power of God unto salvation, to all that believe. 621 00:25:30,331 --> 00:25:31,771 But they have to hear it. 622 00:25:31,955 --> 00:25:32,955 They have to know it. 623 00:25:32,987 --> 00:25:35,675 They have to be able to make a decision based on it. 624 00:25:35,747 --> 00:25:36,603 Hebrews 412. 625 00:25:36,651 --> 00:25:39,979 The word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two 626 00:25:36,651 --> 00:25:40,883 edged sword. 627 00:25:41,051 --> 00:25:42,843 One verse will do more. 628 00:25:43,011 --> 00:25:48,411 One verse given in 3 seconds or 5 seconds will do more than all 629 00:25:43,011 --> 00:25:50,371 of our illustrations and presentation 630 00:25:43,011 --> 00:25:53,273 given in an hour, because it's sharper 631 00:25:43,011 --> 00:25:56,865 than any two edged sword, piercing even 632 00:25:43,011 --> 00:25:58,585 to the dividing asunder of soul and 633 00:25:43,011 --> 00:25:59,905 spirit and of the joints and marrow, 634 00:25:43,011 --> 00:26:01,177 and is a discerner of the thoughts 635 00:25:43,011 --> 00:26:02,589 and intents of the heart. 636 00:26:04,809 --> 00:26:09,065 The word of God will look deep, deeper, deeper than I can look. 637 00:26:09,257 --> 00:26:11,001 All I can see is the outer shell. 638 00:26:11,025 --> 00:26:12,909 And most of the time it looks pretty good. 639 00:26:13,289 --> 00:26:15,913 I mean, sometimes we'll get into the down and out, you know, 640 00:26:13,289 --> 00:26:17,913 sometimes my inner city ministries, 641 00:26:13,289 --> 00:26:20,209 we're always with mostly down and outers, 642 00:26:13,289 --> 00:26:22,137 and they look rough, you know. 643 00:26:22,193 --> 00:26:26,265 But I always found the word of God is what did it. 644 00:26:26,457 --> 00:26:29,841 Not Brother Stone's illustrations, not Brother Stone's 645 00:26:26,457 --> 00:26:31,069 personality. 646 00:26:32,289 --> 00:26:33,989 You can always say, amen to that. 647 00:26:34,769 --> 00:26:35,409 Let her be. 648 00:26:35,449 --> 00:26:35,681 All right. 649 00:26:35,705 --> 00:26:36,569 So let me get to you. 650 00:26:36,649 --> 00:26:40,745 The Lord Jesus Christ uses illustrations in a very powerful 651 00:26:36,649 --> 00:26:43,601 way, and we will use illustrations as 652 00:26:36,649 --> 00:26:46,729 a secondary tool in evangelism, okay? 653 00:26:46,769 --> 00:26:49,537 Because what I say on letter a, the word of God is the primary 654 00:26:46,769 --> 00:26:53,369 tool, and we'll use illustrations as a 655 00:26:46,769 --> 00:26:54,629 secondary tool. 656 00:26:55,049 --> 00:26:59,865 But we must never forget that an illustration is simply a window 657 00:26:55,049 --> 00:27:02,473 that we open to shed light on a spiritual 658 00:26:55,049 --> 00:27:04,097 truth in the word of God. 659 00:27:04,273 --> 00:27:05,229 That's all. 660 00:27:05,769 --> 00:27:07,137 And illustrations are great. 661 00:27:07,233 --> 00:27:10,273 Jesus used them and we'll use them, but that's not what's going 662 00:27:07,233 --> 00:27:11,549 to win them to Jesus. 663 00:27:11,889 --> 00:27:14,801 They may have an aha moment, say, oh, now I understand what that 664 00:27:11,889 --> 00:27:16,815 verse means, because you shed light 665 00:27:11,889 --> 00:27:18,539 on it through this illustration. 666 00:27:19,759 --> 00:27:20,359 Letter B. 667 00:27:20,399 --> 00:27:23,335 We cannot separate God from his word. 668 00:27:23,487 --> 00:27:26,031 We cannot separate God from his word. 669 00:27:26,175 --> 00:27:27,103 John one. 670 00:27:27,231 --> 00:27:28,255 Verse one and two. 671 00:27:28,367 --> 00:27:29,519 In the beginning was the word. 672 00:27:29,559 --> 00:27:30,575 The word was with God. 673 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:31,799 The word was God. 674 00:27:31,839 --> 00:27:33,439 The same was in the beginning with God. 675 00:27:33,479 --> 00:27:34,015 Verse 14. 676 00:27:34,087 --> 00:27:37,839 The word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his 677 00:27:34,087 --> 00:27:38,183 glory. 678 00:27:38,231 --> 00:27:41,231 The glory is of the only begotten of the father, full of life 679 00:27:38,231 --> 00:27:42,329 and truth. 680 00:27:42,439 --> 00:27:44,149 I want to read Hebrews on the other. 681 00:27:44,189 --> 00:27:46,477 I'm not going to read all of these verses, but I'm going to read 682 00:27:44,189 --> 00:27:48,125 a portion of each one, just a line 683 00:27:44,189 --> 00:27:48,653 or two. 684 00:27:48,741 --> 00:27:51,009 But in Hebrews, chapter one, look at verse one. 685 00:27:51,429 --> 00:27:55,037 For God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time, 686 00:27:51,429 --> 00:27:57,005 passed unto the fathers by the prophets. 687 00:27:57,157 --> 00:28:00,405 He hath in his last day spoken unto us by his son, whom he hath 688 00:27:57,157 --> 00:28:02,325 appointed heir of all things, by 689 00:27:57,157 --> 00:28:03,645 whom also he made the world. 690 00:28:03,757 --> 00:28:06,773 Now watch this verse, who being the brightness of his glory 691 00:28:03,757 --> 00:28:13,875 and the express image, now express, that's 692 00:28:03,757 --> 00:28:15,723 just the root of expression. 693 00:28:15,891 --> 00:28:16,959 Expression. 694 00:28:17,579 --> 00:28:19,787 When we want to say something, we express ourselves. 695 00:28:19,843 --> 00:28:22,283 When we want to get something out there, we express ourselves. 696 00:28:22,411 --> 00:28:23,059 Look what he says. 697 00:28:23,099 --> 00:28:25,719 He is the express image of his person. 698 00:28:27,819 --> 00:28:30,039 That's why Jesus is the word. 699 00:28:30,819 --> 00:28:35,039 He is the expression of God in human form. 700 00:28:36,519 --> 00:28:39,871 He is the express image of his person and upholding all things by 701 00:28:36,519 --> 00:28:42,059 the word of his power. 702 00:28:43,239 --> 00:28:43,911 When we. 703 00:28:43,975 --> 00:28:45,895 This is living. 704 00:28:45,967 --> 00:28:48,135 This is the living word of God. 705 00:28:48,287 --> 00:28:53,419 This is for all practical purposes, we're giving them Jesus, 706 00:28:48,287 --> 00:28:59,659 and I can't save anybody, but he can. 707 00:29:00,969 --> 00:29:04,393 So we cannot separate God from his word. 708 00:29:04,441 --> 00:29:07,001 When we're giving the word of God, we're giving the God of the 709 00:29:04,441 --> 00:29:07,669 word. 710 00:29:08,529 --> 00:29:09,977 Hebrews 613. 711 00:29:10,153 --> 00:29:10,993 Just verse 13. 712 00:29:11,041 --> 00:29:13,505 At the last there, he says, he swear when he was made. 713 00:29:13,577 --> 00:29:15,825 When he made a promise to Abraham because he could swear by 714 00:29:13,577 --> 00:29:16,241 no greater. 715 00:29:16,265 --> 00:29:17,537 He swear by himself. 716 00:29:17,713 --> 00:29:18,749 Verse 17. 717 00:29:19,129 --> 00:29:22,025 Wherein God willing, more abundantly to show unto the heirs, 718 00:29:19,129 --> 00:29:23,985 had promised the immutability of his 719 00:29:19,129 --> 00:29:24,553 counsel. 720 00:29:24,681 --> 00:29:26,315 He confirmed it by an oath. 721 00:29:26,417 --> 00:29:29,419 Verse 18, that by two immutable things. 722 00:29:30,319 --> 00:29:31,927 What were those two immutable things? 723 00:29:32,023 --> 00:29:33,935 His name and his word. 724 00:29:34,127 --> 00:29:35,191 His name and his word. 725 00:29:35,215 --> 00:29:37,727 And then two, Peter one, verse 16 through 19. 726 00:29:37,783 --> 00:29:40,279 It talks about when they were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 727 00:29:40,319 --> 00:29:41,215 Verse 16. 728 00:29:41,407 --> 00:29:44,899 When they were up on the mount and they saw with their own eyes, 729 00:29:41,407 --> 00:29:48,383 they saw Jesus, they saw him glorified 730 00:29:41,407 --> 00:29:50,991 before them the transfiguration of 731 00:29:41,407 --> 00:29:51,807 Christ on the mountain. 732 00:29:51,863 --> 00:29:56,669 And then verse 19, he says, we have a more sure word of prophecy. 733 00:29:56,829 --> 00:29:57,749 Even more sure. 734 00:29:57,789 --> 00:30:00,397 I mean, look, you go to a court of law, there's nothing more 735 00:29:57,789 --> 00:30:02,209 powerful than an eyewitness. 736 00:30:06,269 --> 00:30:11,181 But Peter said, I have something even more powerful than 737 00:30:06,269 --> 00:30:12,209 an eyewitness. 738 00:30:14,309 --> 00:30:15,449 His word. 739 00:30:17,549 --> 00:30:19,089 I'm going to do this one more time. 740 00:30:20,359 --> 00:30:21,415 His word. 741 00:30:21,567 --> 00:30:25,647 We must never forget the power that's in the word of God when we 742 00:30:21,567 --> 00:30:26,783 are out witnessing. 743 00:30:26,911 --> 00:30:28,551 All right, number one, while witnessing. 744 00:30:28,575 --> 00:30:30,895 At the bottom of page 29, while witnessing. 745 00:30:31,007 --> 00:30:34,167 If people refuse to give credence to the fact that the Bible 746 00:30:31,007 --> 00:30:35,799 is the word of God, then really, 747 00:30:31,007 --> 00:30:37,231 all we're doing is casting our pearls 748 00:30:31,007 --> 00:30:37,839 before swine. 749 00:30:37,879 --> 00:30:38,739 If we continue. 750 00:30:39,399 --> 00:30:40,783 I mean, that's the way I feel. 751 00:30:40,831 --> 00:30:43,823 Some of you may, if you feel impressed in the spirit, to continue 752 00:30:40,831 --> 00:30:45,641 on, but I have. 753 00:30:45,785 --> 00:30:47,193 I used to argue that fact. 754 00:30:47,241 --> 00:30:50,601 I used to try to prove, no, this is God's word, and you can't. 755 00:30:50,705 --> 00:30:51,417 It's just written. 756 00:30:51,473 --> 00:30:52,401 I get that all the time. 757 00:30:52,465 --> 00:30:53,505 I still get it all the time. 758 00:30:53,537 --> 00:30:54,289 That's just man's. 759 00:30:54,329 --> 00:30:54,601 It's just. 760 00:30:54,625 --> 00:30:56,429 A bunch of men wrote that. 761 00:30:57,289 --> 00:30:58,121 I'll discern. 762 00:30:58,185 --> 00:31:01,321 I will try my best to discern the spirit that they said that in. 763 00:31:01,465 --> 00:31:05,593 If I can discern that they're saying it in a spirit of ignorance, 764 00:31:01,465 --> 00:31:08,433 but yet willing to learn, then I'll proceed. 765 00:31:08,521 --> 00:31:11,739 But most of the time they don't want to know. 766 00:31:11,899 --> 00:31:13,803 Most of the time it's just argumentative. 767 00:31:13,891 --> 00:31:14,867 At that point. 768 00:31:15,043 --> 00:31:18,147 I've finally come to the place where I'll just shut it down, pastor, 769 00:31:15,043 --> 00:31:20,027 because any further than that, you're 770 00:31:15,043 --> 00:31:21,459 just casting your pearls before swine. 771 00:31:21,499 --> 00:31:22,611 Because the fact of the matter is. 772 00:31:22,635 --> 00:31:23,679 Look at page 30. 773 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:30,107 Fact of the matter is, Matthew seven six says, give not that which 774 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:31,979 is holy unto the dogs, neither cast 775 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:33,851 your pearls before swine lest they 776 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:35,291 trample them under their feet and 777 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:36,179 turn again and rend you. 778 00:31:36,219 --> 00:31:41,097 They have no clue of the value and they can't really, unless the 779 00:31:36,219 --> 00:31:42,425 Holy Spirit is working on them. 780 00:31:42,497 --> 00:31:46,169 And if the Holy Spirit's not working on them, go find someone 781 00:31:42,497 --> 00:31:47,909 that the Holy Spirit is working on. 782 00:31:49,489 --> 00:31:52,369 We truly have no authority upon which to stand. 783 00:31:52,449 --> 00:31:55,305 If they refuse to believe the Bible is the word of God, what's 784 00:31:52,449 --> 00:31:55,713 the point? 785 00:31:55,761 --> 00:31:58,697 I mean, if they're going to say, yeah, get that thing away from 786 00:31:55,761 --> 00:31:59,825 me, there's no point. 787 00:31:59,897 --> 00:32:03,017 I actually had somebody run from the Bible at one point. 788 00:32:03,153 --> 00:32:04,443 That's powerful. 789 00:32:04,601 --> 00:32:05,871 I'm not joking. 790 00:32:06,015 --> 00:32:07,175 I'm gonna tell you that little story. 791 00:32:07,207 --> 00:32:08,135 I don't know how much time. 792 00:32:08,207 --> 00:32:08,823 Yeah, I do. 793 00:32:08,911 --> 00:32:09,819 I do know. 794 00:32:11,079 --> 00:32:12,231 I was in Tacoma. 795 00:32:12,295 --> 00:32:13,063 I have to tell you this. 796 00:32:13,111 --> 00:32:15,959 I was in Tacoma and I came up to a porch. 797 00:32:15,999 --> 00:32:17,655 I came up to a yard that was fenced in. 798 00:32:17,687 --> 00:32:19,487 The gate was closed, so I didn't walk in. 799 00:32:19,583 --> 00:32:24,503 There was a lady sitting on the porch, sitting on the steps. 800 00:32:24,671 --> 00:32:29,299 And it was obvious that she was a lesbian. 801 00:32:30,329 --> 00:32:32,233 But I don't care. 802 00:32:32,361 --> 00:32:33,545 They need the word of God. 803 00:32:33,617 --> 00:32:34,689 She needs to get saved. 804 00:32:34,769 --> 00:32:37,185 That's exactly how I feel about it. 805 00:32:37,377 --> 00:32:38,753 And so I began to. 806 00:32:38,841 --> 00:32:39,401 I asked her. 807 00:32:39,425 --> 00:32:40,793 I just began to witness. 808 00:32:40,961 --> 00:32:46,189 And in about 15 minutes, 20 minutes into it, she began to cry 809 00:32:40,961 --> 00:32:48,489 because I began talking about. 810 00:32:48,529 --> 00:32:51,589 We got to the part of the wages of sin is death. 811 00:32:52,129 --> 00:32:53,273 Death and hell. 812 00:32:53,361 --> 00:32:54,649 And hell is real. 813 00:32:54,809 --> 00:32:59,475 And I expressed that very strongly and she began to weep. 814 00:32:59,547 --> 00:33:02,479 She began to cry and then she began to cry uncontrollably. 815 00:33:02,899 --> 00:33:04,559 And I was like, oh, man. 816 00:33:05,019 --> 00:33:06,307 I kind of got worried. 817 00:33:06,363 --> 00:33:09,491 And she got up and she went inside and she just left me standing 818 00:33:06,363 --> 00:33:09,627 there. 819 00:33:09,643 --> 00:33:10,811 And I said, okay. 820 00:33:10,995 --> 00:33:13,067 Well, that didn't go how I had hoped it went. 821 00:33:13,123 --> 00:33:13,739 It would go. 822 00:33:13,819 --> 00:33:15,439 So I went to the next house. 823 00:33:16,259 --> 00:33:17,115 Next house. 824 00:33:17,227 --> 00:33:18,411 I walked in. 825 00:33:18,595 --> 00:33:19,387 Gate was open. 826 00:33:19,443 --> 00:33:21,075 I walked up to the door, door was open. 827 00:33:21,107 --> 00:33:23,395 There were three guys sitting in there drinking a beer, young guys. 828 00:33:23,427 --> 00:33:24,171 It was college town. 829 00:33:24,195 --> 00:33:27,723 It was close to Pacific, whatever college that is over there, 830 00:33:24,195 --> 00:33:28,519 university. 831 00:33:29,739 --> 00:33:35,051 And they were drinking a beer, and I was standing in the door, and 832 00:33:29,739 --> 00:33:36,347 I was trying to talk to them, and 833 00:33:29,739 --> 00:33:37,387 they were cordial. 834 00:33:37,563 --> 00:33:43,091 And all of a sudden, I heard that gate slam open slang, and I 835 00:33:37,563 --> 00:33:45,643 turned around, and here comes another 836 00:33:37,563 --> 00:33:46,639 lesbian. 837 00:33:47,419 --> 00:33:48,279 Mad. 838 00:33:49,219 --> 00:33:50,919 Mad as a hornet. 839 00:33:51,549 --> 00:33:54,969 And she came up to me and she started thumping me in the chest. 840 00:33:57,029 --> 00:33:59,893 Who in the blankety blank do you think you are? 841 00:33:59,941 --> 00:34:01,901 You blankety blank blank blank. 842 00:34:02,005 --> 00:34:05,649 Who do you think you are, telling my wife she's going to hell? 843 00:34:06,709 --> 00:34:10,049 I mean, just like that, mad, fierce. 844 00:34:11,069 --> 00:34:14,325 And I said, the Lord gave me the words because I freaked out. 845 00:34:14,357 --> 00:34:20,709 I've never had anybody, let alone a girl, thumped me in the chest, 846 00:34:14,357 --> 00:34:25,337 and I freaked out. 847 00:34:25,353 --> 00:34:28,633 And I said, I didn't tell her she was going to hell. 848 00:34:28,761 --> 00:34:32,201 And I reached into my back pocket and I pulled out my New Testament, 849 00:34:28,761 --> 00:34:34,545 and I said, let me show you what 850 00:34:28,761 --> 00:34:35,313 I told her. 851 00:34:35,361 --> 00:34:37,549 She saw it said new Testament on there. 852 00:34:38,329 --> 00:34:40,185 You get that thing away from me. 853 00:34:40,297 --> 00:34:40,913 And she ran. 854 00:34:40,961 --> 00:34:42,951 I'm telling with my hand up before the Lord. 855 00:34:43,105 --> 00:34:45,907 She ran away when she saw me pull out the Bible. 856 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:50,051 God did something or the devil did something, I don't know, but 857 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:50,683 she ran. 858 00:34:50,771 --> 00:34:51,363 She ran. 859 00:34:51,411 --> 00:34:54,355 She literally said, get that thing away from me, and took off 860 00:34:51,411 --> 00:34:54,683 running. 861 00:34:54,731 --> 00:34:55,319 Left. 862 00:34:55,659 --> 00:34:56,919 And I was like, whew. 863 00:34:58,019 --> 00:34:59,679 Glad I didn't have to fight her. 864 00:35:01,459 --> 00:35:03,587 The word of God, it's powerful. 865 00:35:03,723 --> 00:35:04,851 It's powerful. 866 00:35:04,995 --> 00:35:07,811 I can only explain that as the Lord because I was freaked out by 867 00:35:04,995 --> 00:35:08,399 that. 868 00:35:09,549 --> 00:35:10,929 Okay, where am I? 869 00:35:14,429 --> 00:35:18,237 Number three, be ready always to help them understand what these 870 00:35:14,429 --> 00:35:19,013 verses mean. 871 00:35:19,061 --> 00:35:21,845 Two, Peter one, you get this all the time, too. 872 00:35:21,917 --> 00:35:22,981 Well, men just wrote that. 873 00:35:23,005 --> 00:35:24,461 That's your interpretation. 874 00:35:24,645 --> 00:35:25,757 You'll get that a lot. 875 00:35:25,853 --> 00:35:26,789 That's your interpretation. 876 00:35:26,829 --> 00:35:29,389 You probably get that from your family, your coworkers. 877 00:35:29,429 --> 00:35:30,349 You don't have to be outdoor. 878 00:35:30,389 --> 00:35:32,261 You can get it from a lot of people. 879 00:35:32,445 --> 00:35:35,957 But two, Peter 120 says, knowing this verse, that no prophecy 880 00:35:32,445 --> 00:35:38,255 of scripture is of any private interpretation. 881 00:35:38,437 --> 00:35:41,435 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but 882 00:35:38,437 --> 00:35:42,851 holy men of God spake as they were 883 00:35:38,437 --> 00:35:43,699 moved by the Holy Ghost. 884 00:35:43,739 --> 00:35:44,491 You know what? 885 00:35:44,635 --> 00:35:46,107 You don't have to break that down. 886 00:35:46,163 --> 00:35:48,027 Dissect it and explain it. 887 00:35:48,123 --> 00:35:55,347 Just quote it because it's the word of God and you don't have to 888 00:35:48,123 --> 00:35:56,643 say, well, I don't really understand 889 00:35:48,123 --> 00:35:57,515 that verse, pastor. 890 00:35:57,547 --> 00:35:58,955 I really don't know how to break that down. 891 00:35:58,987 --> 00:36:02,451 You don't have to just quote it, mark it in your Bible and know 892 00:35:58,987 --> 00:36:04,211 where it's at and go to it and say, 893 00:35:58,987 --> 00:36:05,675 look, the Bible says right here there 894 00:35:58,987 --> 00:36:07,371 is no prophecy of scriptures of any 895 00:35:58,987 --> 00:36:08,467 private interpretation. 896 00:36:08,563 --> 00:36:11,019 I can't have one interpretation and you have another. 897 00:36:11,999 --> 00:36:13,215 That's what that's saying. 898 00:36:13,367 --> 00:36:14,179 Okay? 899 00:36:14,519 --> 00:36:15,535 Now look at letter C. 900 00:36:15,567 --> 00:36:16,223 This is important. 901 00:36:16,311 --> 00:36:19,927 If we must leave off portions of our presentation for lack of time, 902 00:36:16,311 --> 00:36:22,775 leave off the illustrations and present 903 00:36:16,311 --> 00:36:24,007 the word of God. 904 00:36:24,143 --> 00:36:27,319 It is a thousand times more powerful than our presentation. 905 00:36:27,439 --> 00:36:28,199 Okay. 906 00:36:28,359 --> 00:36:31,951 Above all, we must have the utmost confidence in the gospel of 907 00:36:28,359 --> 00:36:34,191 Jesus Christ to do its work in the 908 00:36:28,359 --> 00:36:35,219 sinner's heart. 909 00:36:35,729 --> 00:36:38,681 Again, Paul said, I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. 910 00:36:38,785 --> 00:36:43,265 It is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, 911 00:36:38,785 --> 00:36:45,309 to the jew first and also to the Greek. 912 00:36:46,609 --> 00:36:48,993 I kind of was reminded of something last night. 913 00:36:49,081 --> 00:36:50,377 It was a tremendous visit. 914 00:36:50,473 --> 00:36:54,545 I visited with that brother last night, a man who came on Sunday. 915 00:36:54,617 --> 00:36:56,025 And I went to his house last night. 916 00:36:56,057 --> 00:36:57,033 Sim and I did. 917 00:36:57,161 --> 00:36:58,673 And, oh, it was a wonderful visit. 918 00:36:58,721 --> 00:36:59,369 Is he here tonight? 919 00:36:59,409 --> 00:36:59,937 Are you here? 920 00:36:59,993 --> 00:37:00,847 Is he here? 921 00:37:00,993 --> 00:37:01,907 I thought he might come. 922 00:37:01,963 --> 00:37:06,091 Anyway, a good reminder to me. 923 00:37:06,275 --> 00:37:09,435 I was telling him about all the different people and how this 924 00:37:06,275 --> 00:37:11,131 place is growing like crazy and, 925 00:37:06,275 --> 00:37:12,723 man, the houses are just popping 926 00:37:06,275 --> 00:37:13,359 up. 927 00:37:13,779 --> 00:37:18,475 And then I said, and one of the things that is happening that 928 00:37:13,779 --> 00:37:20,399 I'm not sure how to deal with yet 929 00:37:13,779 --> 00:37:22,971 is the amount of Hindus that are 930 00:37:13,779 --> 00:37:24,239 moving into the area. 931 00:37:25,259 --> 00:37:26,907 And he said, yeah, you're right there. 932 00:37:27,003 --> 00:37:27,827 And I made the statement. 933 00:37:27,883 --> 00:37:31,147 I said, I don't know how to deal with that. 934 00:37:31,203 --> 00:37:31,883 I don't know. 935 00:37:31,931 --> 00:37:32,959 I have no. 936 00:37:33,379 --> 00:37:36,627 I don't know the doctrines of Hindu. 937 00:37:36,683 --> 00:37:40,691 I know that they believe in Nirvana, some altered state of consciousness 938 00:37:36,683 --> 00:37:43,515 or enlightenment or something like 939 00:37:36,683 --> 00:37:43,739 that. 940 00:37:43,779 --> 00:37:44,879 I don't really know. 941 00:37:45,219 --> 00:37:46,799 And he told me this. 942 00:37:47,499 --> 00:37:49,239 He said, you don't have to know. 943 00:37:51,019 --> 00:37:52,907 I mean, let's just be simple about it. 944 00:37:52,923 --> 00:37:54,399 He said, you don't have to know. 945 00:37:54,539 --> 00:37:57,019 All you have to do is give them the gospel. 946 00:37:59,359 --> 00:38:02,339 He said, that's what's going to save them. 947 00:38:02,639 --> 00:38:04,415 That's what's going to convict them. 948 00:38:04,567 --> 00:38:06,167 If they get it, they get it. 949 00:38:06,183 --> 00:38:08,271 And it wasn't you who caused them to get it. 950 00:38:08,415 --> 00:38:10,575 If they don't get it, then they don't get it. 951 00:38:10,607 --> 00:38:12,191 And it wasn't your fault. 952 00:38:12,375 --> 00:38:14,099 You did your part. 953 00:38:14,559 --> 00:38:18,191 I'm telling you, when we understand that, it takes a huge 954 00:38:14,559 --> 00:38:22,011 load off of us because we go up and 955 00:38:14,559 --> 00:38:23,547 down and you guys get those, you 956 00:38:14,559 --> 00:38:24,627 get the new moving bags. 957 00:38:24,643 --> 00:38:27,315 And I'm telling you, there's a whole lot of them that are indian 958 00:38:24,643 --> 00:38:27,683 names. 959 00:38:27,731 --> 00:38:29,323 I can't even pronounce the names. 960 00:38:29,491 --> 00:38:30,891 Brother Tyson and I have gone up. 961 00:38:30,915 --> 00:38:31,275 We've gone. 962 00:38:31,307 --> 00:38:32,795 And they're hindu, but they're nice, huh? 963 00:38:32,827 --> 00:38:33,563 They're nice people. 964 00:38:33,651 --> 00:38:35,011 They're super nice and sweet. 965 00:38:35,035 --> 00:38:37,267 And they'll talk to you, so why not? 966 00:38:37,363 --> 00:38:39,267 If you've got their ear, give them the gospel. 967 00:38:39,363 --> 00:38:40,187 Amen. 968 00:38:40,363 --> 00:38:41,475 Give them the gospel. 969 00:38:41,587 --> 00:38:41,955 All right. 970 00:38:41,987 --> 00:38:42,379 Number two. 971 00:38:42,419 --> 00:38:43,559 Roman numeral two. 972 00:38:44,379 --> 00:38:45,899 I'm gonna have to quit here in what, ten minutes? 973 00:38:45,939 --> 00:38:47,439 What time do I need to quit, preacher? 974 00:38:48,349 --> 00:38:49,249 Okay. 975 00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:51,689 Okay. 976 00:38:53,189 --> 00:38:54,117 I'm looking here. 977 00:38:54,173 --> 00:38:54,445 Okay. 978 00:38:54,477 --> 00:38:57,729 We're not gonna get done, so it's okay. 979 00:38:58,389 --> 00:39:00,925 You knew that when I started anyway, didn't you? 980 00:39:01,117 --> 00:39:01,813 It's okay. 981 00:39:01,861 --> 00:39:02,325 It's okay. 982 00:39:02,357 --> 00:39:03,957 We'll do this one and we'll stop. 983 00:39:04,133 --> 00:39:05,277 Roman numeral two. 984 00:39:05,413 --> 00:39:07,909 So we're talking about the components of soul winning. 985 00:39:07,949 --> 00:39:09,421 Number two is the Holy Spirit. 986 00:39:09,485 --> 00:39:10,749 So number one is the word of God. 987 00:39:10,789 --> 00:39:12,173 Number two is the Holy Spirit. 988 00:39:12,301 --> 00:39:12,813 These are. 989 00:39:12,861 --> 00:39:16,077 These are, you know, essentials. 990 00:39:16,133 --> 00:39:17,829 These are the absolute essentials. 991 00:39:17,949 --> 00:39:18,917 The Holy Spirit. 992 00:39:19,013 --> 00:39:22,449 So letter a, the Holy Spirit brings conviction to the heart. 993 00:39:23,349 --> 00:39:25,973 And while in a church setting. 994 00:39:26,061 --> 00:39:29,797 And I say that and pastor says that, and your Sunday school teacher 995 00:39:26,061 --> 00:39:31,445 will say that and we'll all say, 996 00:39:26,061 --> 00:39:31,789 amen. 997 00:39:31,829 --> 00:39:32,701 And we know that. 998 00:39:32,805 --> 00:39:36,189 But I promise you, when we get out there, we will feel personally 999 00:39:32,805 --> 00:39:38,529 responsible for them to get saved. 1000 00:39:40,759 --> 00:39:42,459 And then they won't get saved. 1001 00:39:42,799 --> 00:39:45,039 And then you get upset and you say, well, this doesn't even work. 1002 00:39:45,079 --> 00:39:47,159 I'm just a horrible soul and I'm just not even gonna try. 1003 00:39:47,199 --> 00:39:48,739 It's not up to you. 1004 00:39:49,999 --> 00:39:52,663 Our responsibility is to give them the gospel. 1005 00:39:52,711 --> 00:39:54,391 Tell them the death, burial and the resurrection. 1006 00:39:54,415 --> 00:39:55,023 Of course, yes. 1007 00:39:55,071 --> 00:39:56,135 We have to tell them they're a sinner. 1008 00:39:56,167 --> 00:39:59,175 You've got to go there and just, you know, go over this portion 1009 00:39:56,167 --> 00:40:02,399 of the, you know, the simple outline 1010 00:39:56,167 --> 00:40:04,639 of the plan of salvation that's in its 1011 00:39:56,167 --> 00:40:05,607 simplest form. 1012 00:40:05,703 --> 00:40:08,347 When I got saved, folks, I knew nothing. 1013 00:40:08,523 --> 00:40:09,959 I didn't know diddly. 1014 00:40:10,259 --> 00:40:11,419 I was not a Christian. 1015 00:40:11,459 --> 00:40:12,555 I didn't grow up in a christian home. 1016 00:40:12,587 --> 00:40:14,379 I had that big old bible there and that was it. 1017 00:40:14,419 --> 00:40:16,639 I didn't know anything about anything. 1018 00:40:17,299 --> 00:40:20,639 You don't have to know a lot to get saved. 1019 00:40:22,939 --> 00:40:23,899 We were talking to. 1020 00:40:23,939 --> 00:40:24,979 I was talking to Savannah. 1021 00:40:25,059 --> 00:40:25,731 Are you here this morning? 1022 00:40:25,755 --> 00:40:26,723 Are you here, Savannah? 1023 00:40:26,851 --> 00:40:27,355 No. 1024 00:40:27,467 --> 00:40:31,259 I was talking to her and she said that we were talking about being 1025 00:40:27,467 --> 00:40:33,741 saved as a child and how that a lot 1026 00:40:27,467 --> 00:40:35,821 of times children will come and they'll 1027 00:40:27,467 --> 00:40:37,805 say later on, well, I'm not sure 1028 00:40:27,467 --> 00:40:39,325 that I understood, and I'm not sure 1029 00:40:27,467 --> 00:40:39,909 that I. 1030 00:40:40,029 --> 00:40:40,717 Right. 1031 00:40:40,893 --> 00:40:42,129 Well, wait a minute. 1032 00:40:43,229 --> 00:40:45,849 What makes you think you have to understand a lot? 1033 00:40:48,029 --> 00:40:56,773 Now, I'm not entirely on board with, you know, child evangelism 1034 00:40:48,029 --> 00:40:59,023 in as we know it today. 1035 00:40:59,221 --> 00:41:02,715 I think you should be careful with children and be extremely thorough, 1036 00:40:59,221 --> 00:41:04,315 and especially if they have christian 1037 00:40:59,221 --> 00:41:05,915 parents, let the parents do it. 1038 00:41:06,107 --> 00:41:11,395 However, if a child is, if they understood it when they were 1039 00:41:06,107 --> 00:41:12,699 six, if they understood it enough 1040 00:41:06,107 --> 00:41:14,427 to ask Jesus Christ to save them and 1041 00:41:06,107 --> 00:41:17,139 ask God to be their savior, how much 1042 00:41:06,107 --> 00:41:18,515 more do they really need to know? 1043 00:41:18,587 --> 00:41:20,451 A lot of times people will come and they'll say, when they're 1044 00:41:18,587 --> 00:41:20,851 teenagers. 1045 00:41:20,875 --> 00:41:22,579 Well, I just didn't understand it all. 1046 00:41:22,699 --> 00:41:24,679 How much do you really need to understand? 1047 00:41:26,189 --> 00:41:30,669 I understood I was a sinner on my way to hell and that Jesus died 1048 00:41:26,189 --> 00:41:32,125 on the cross for me and that he rose 1049 00:41:26,189 --> 00:41:33,289 the third day. 1050 00:41:33,669 --> 00:41:35,329 And I accepted that. 1051 00:41:36,509 --> 00:41:37,949 I didn't know anything else. 1052 00:41:38,029 --> 00:41:38,997 I'm serious. 1053 00:41:39,093 --> 00:41:43,725 That's all I knew, and I learned along the way. 1054 00:41:43,837 --> 00:41:44,661 Amen. 1055 00:41:44,845 --> 00:41:46,397 They that know his will shall do. 1056 00:41:46,493 --> 00:41:49,045 They that do his will shall know of the doctrine, the Holy Spirit 1057 00:41:46,493 --> 00:41:50,349 brings conviction to the heart. 1058 00:41:50,389 --> 00:41:53,901 Number letter b, the spirit brings life to our dead spirit and 1059 00:41:50,389 --> 00:41:56,249 makes us a new creation in Christ. 1060 00:41:57,459 --> 00:42:00,011 Letter C, the Spirit seals the believer. 1061 00:42:00,115 --> 00:42:00,619 Letter D. 1062 00:42:00,659 --> 00:42:02,799 The Spirit teaches the believer. 1063 00:42:03,099 --> 00:42:05,199 The spirit teaches the believer. 1064 00:42:07,859 --> 00:42:09,387 Not all of us will agree on this. 1065 00:42:09,403 --> 00:42:13,059 I'm not even, I hadn't even talked to pastor about this, but 1066 00:42:09,403 --> 00:42:14,891 I used to be very big about, as soon 1067 00:42:09,403 --> 00:42:16,419 as I led someone to the Lord, I would 1068 00:42:09,403 --> 00:42:17,571 immediately start giving them all 1069 00:42:09,403 --> 00:42:19,039 kinds of verses of assurance. 1070 00:42:19,939 --> 00:42:22,587 Well, the Bible says here, look at Romans, John 316. 1071 00:42:22,643 --> 00:42:24,437 For whosoever are you a whosoever? 1072 00:42:24,603 --> 00:42:25,745 For God so loved the world. 1073 00:42:25,777 --> 00:42:26,521 Does that include you? 1074 00:42:26,545 --> 00:42:27,193 Are you in the world? 1075 00:42:27,241 --> 00:42:27,585 Yeah. 1076 00:42:27,657 --> 00:42:29,561 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten. 1077 00:42:29,585 --> 00:42:31,321 Said whosoever are you a whosoever? 1078 00:42:31,425 --> 00:42:32,629 Yeah, I'm a whosoever. 1079 00:42:33,089 --> 00:42:34,121 Whosoever believeth in him. 1080 00:42:34,145 --> 00:42:34,905 Did you believe in him? 1081 00:42:34,937 --> 00:42:35,817 Yes, I did. 1082 00:42:35,953 --> 00:42:37,745 Shall not perish, but have everlasting life. 1083 00:42:37,817 --> 00:42:39,209 And I would give. 1084 00:42:39,369 --> 00:42:44,369 But the problem with that was many times my approach to winning 1085 00:42:39,369 --> 00:42:49,289 them was flawed, and so they really, truly 1086 00:42:39,369 --> 00:42:52,337 never got saved, and I just inoculated 1087 00:42:39,369 --> 00:42:56,297 them to the true gospel when someone 1088 00:42:39,369 --> 00:42:58,629 else was gonna try to win them. 1089 00:42:59,089 --> 00:43:02,841 And so it's fine to give them assurance of salvation if you have 1090 00:42:59,089 --> 00:43:05,673 done your dead level best to thoroughly 1091 00:42:59,089 --> 00:43:08,709 explain the gospel to them, because 1092 00:42:59,089 --> 00:43:12,553 if we're gonna give them assurance about 1093 00:42:59,089 --> 00:43:15,033 something that didn't happen, that's 1094 00:42:59,089 --> 00:43:17,787 dangerous ground because they may 1095 00:42:59,089 --> 00:43:20,483 never hear another gospel presentation 1096 00:42:59,089 --> 00:43:21,123 again. 1097 00:43:21,291 --> 00:43:23,523 Well, I prayed that prayer with brother Stone. 1098 00:43:23,611 --> 00:43:27,771 I heard the story about a man who came up. 1099 00:43:27,795 --> 00:43:31,491 I guess I'll just say, Moody, I don't know who it was, but I read 1100 00:43:27,795 --> 00:43:33,523 it many times, in fact. 1101 00:43:33,651 --> 00:43:34,907 Preacher, a guy came up to. 1102 00:43:34,923 --> 00:43:35,211 Moody. 1103 00:43:35,275 --> 00:43:36,039 Drunk. 1104 00:43:36,779 --> 00:43:37,547 Drunk? 1105 00:43:37,683 --> 00:43:38,859 Hey, doctor Moody. 1106 00:43:38,939 --> 00:43:39,571 Brother Moody. 1107 00:43:39,635 --> 00:43:40,211 Mister Moody. 1108 00:43:40,275 --> 00:43:44,093 I'm one of your converts, Mister Moody said. 1109 00:43:44,221 --> 00:43:47,889 I can see that you're certainly not one of God's. 1110 00:43:50,309 --> 00:43:58,445 And while we laugh at that, we have to be very careful now. 1111 00:43:58,637 --> 00:44:03,469 It doesn't mean everybody we witness to and who prays are sincere. 1112 00:44:03,589 --> 00:44:06,277 That's the sad part of this whole thing, is that not all of them 1113 00:44:03,589 --> 00:44:09,719 are going to truly mean it, but some 1114 00:44:03,589 --> 00:44:10,339 will. 1115 00:44:10,959 --> 00:44:16,815 So I'd rather have someone tell me he's saved rather than me 1116 00:44:10,959 --> 00:44:18,159 tell him he's saved. 1117 00:44:18,319 --> 00:44:19,579 Does that make sense? 1118 00:44:20,119 --> 00:44:21,407 But I'm not against. 1119 00:44:21,583 --> 00:44:23,459 I'm not against giving assurance. 1120 00:44:24,279 --> 00:44:27,859 Because doubts happen. 1121 00:44:28,799 --> 00:44:34,103 And the devil's good at causing doubts to come into our minds. 1122 00:44:34,231 --> 00:44:34,575 All right. 1123 00:44:34,607 --> 00:44:35,079 753.