1 00:00:46,859 --> 00:00:47,099 Notebook. 2 00:00:47,099 --> 00:00:48,729 Tonight we've got four. 3 00:00:48,849 --> 00:00:51,393 Including tonight, we have four Wednesday nights left. 4 00:00:51,441 --> 00:00:52,985 So here's what I'm going to do. 5 00:00:53,177 --> 00:00:56,001 We are on page 37 in your outline. 6 00:00:56,105 --> 00:00:59,635 We're going to finish up in the next three weeks. 7 00:00:59,667 --> 00:01:01,443 So tonight and then two more. 8 00:01:01,611 --> 00:01:05,331 And then on the final night, I have a message that I would like 9 00:01:05,355 --> 00:01:06,519 to preach to you. 10 00:01:07,579 --> 00:01:09,239 And so we'll end it. 11 00:01:10,779 --> 00:01:12,355 So tonight and three more weeks. 12 00:01:12,387 --> 00:01:15,315 So tonight, two more weeks, we'll be finished with this. 13 00:01:15,347 --> 00:01:18,731 And then I have a message I'd like to preach that the Lord laid 14 00:01:18,755 --> 00:01:21,851 on my heart regarding this subject. 15 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:26,621 Obviously, I want to share something with you. 16 00:01:26,685 --> 00:01:28,741 By the way, we do have section six back there. 17 00:01:28,765 --> 00:01:31,973 I don't have anything else laid out today except section six. 18 00:01:32,101 --> 00:01:33,365 It was laid out last week. 19 00:01:33,397 --> 00:01:36,077 So if you don't have it, feel free to go ahead and grab it. 20 00:01:36,133 --> 00:01:39,253 It's on that back table or on the counter back there at the bookstore. 21 00:01:39,341 --> 00:01:41,689 There are also ten commandment tracts. 22 00:01:42,069 --> 00:01:44,325 You can pick those up now or later. 23 00:01:44,517 --> 00:01:47,333 And in that box with the Ten Commandment tracts, there are also 24 00:01:47,381 --> 00:01:49,069 some ten commandment book markers. 25 00:01:49,149 --> 00:01:52,369 Those might even work better than the gospel tracts. 26 00:01:53,059 --> 00:01:55,379 But I'd like for you to have those. 27 00:01:55,419 --> 00:01:58,499 And we're going to talk about the law in evangelism tonight. 28 00:01:58,659 --> 00:02:01,599 But before I do that, I want to talk to you just a little bit, 29 00:02:01,939 --> 00:02:05,239 and I want to share something with you that I hope and I believe 30 00:02:05,699 --> 00:02:06,963 it will bless your heart. 31 00:02:07,051 --> 00:02:10,399 I think it will really, really encourage you tonight. 32 00:02:11,459 --> 00:02:18,467 But first of all, let me say that I'm using, again, I'm going 33 00:02:18,483 --> 00:02:19,499 to continue to say this. 34 00:02:19,539 --> 00:02:23,655 I use the illustration with the new move in bags more than anything 35 00:02:23,827 --> 00:02:29,519 because they are really the best tool that we have at Heritage 36 00:02:29,559 --> 00:02:32,259 Baptist Church to reach people with the gospel. 37 00:02:32,559 --> 00:02:36,047 I believe that it is, like I said, you have a name, you have a 38 00:02:36,063 --> 00:02:36,303 gift. 39 00:02:36,351 --> 00:02:39,099 It is a warm call if you want to call it that. 40 00:02:40,879 --> 00:02:43,175 And so the opportunity is there. 41 00:02:43,287 --> 00:02:45,299 The potential is amazing. 42 00:02:45,719 --> 00:02:48,519 And I don't mean to put anybody on the spot tonight. 43 00:02:48,599 --> 00:02:50,151 He just happens to be here. 44 00:02:50,255 --> 00:02:52,499 I didn't know he was going to be here, but he's here. 45 00:02:53,469 --> 00:02:55,669 And so I'll include him in my illustration. 46 00:02:55,709 --> 00:02:56,565 I hope he won't get upset. 47 00:02:56,597 --> 00:02:58,049 Not my illustration, my story. 48 00:02:58,789 --> 00:02:59,529 Saturday. 49 00:03:00,629 --> 00:03:02,981 Now, a lot of times people can't go out on Tuesdays. 50 00:03:03,005 --> 00:03:06,089 And so if you can't come out on Tuesdays for whatever reason, 51 00:03:06,389 --> 00:03:09,661 we also have Saturdays as an option to come out. 52 00:03:09,805 --> 00:03:11,069 And some do. 53 00:03:11,109 --> 00:03:14,277 And so tice comes out on Saturday, comes out on Tuesday as 54 00:03:14,293 --> 00:03:14,421 well. 55 00:03:14,445 --> 00:03:18,173 But he came out with me on Saturday, and we grabbed, we grabbed 56 00:03:18,221 --> 00:03:21,309 one new move in sheet and I grab one. 57 00:03:21,349 --> 00:03:25,797 And as I said before, what I like to do is I like to do whatever 58 00:03:25,853 --> 00:03:27,013 happens to be on that. 59 00:03:27,101 --> 00:03:31,717 On one of the streets, there might be one or two addresses on 60 00:03:31,733 --> 00:03:35,397 the same street, maybe three or four, maybe half a dozen, but 61 00:03:35,413 --> 00:03:37,981 on this particular sheet, there were only two that were on 62 00:03:38,005 --> 00:03:38,693 that one street. 63 00:03:38,741 --> 00:03:43,117 So we'll do that one and then we knock the doors of all the other 64 00:03:43,213 --> 00:03:44,421 houses on that street. 65 00:03:44,485 --> 00:03:48,089 So we got two warm calls and then we got, the rest are cold calls. 66 00:03:49,069 --> 00:03:53,089 As it happened, we don't have a lot of time on Saturdays. 67 00:03:53,469 --> 00:03:57,949 He had something that he had to do with his boy, band practice 68 00:03:57,989 --> 00:03:59,813 or something, soccer, something like that. 69 00:03:59,941 --> 00:04:02,021 And so we couldn't spend a lot of time. 70 00:04:02,165 --> 00:04:04,613 I had a granddaughter's birthday party to attend. 71 00:04:04,661 --> 00:04:06,797 In fact, I had two granddaughter's birthday party to 72 00:04:06,813 --> 00:04:07,069 attend. 73 00:04:07,109 --> 00:04:08,409 You reckon that was important? 74 00:04:08,989 --> 00:04:10,477 That was important to me. 75 00:04:10,573 --> 00:04:13,769 So we determined we were going to spend a couple hours out. 76 00:04:14,449 --> 00:04:17,189 I think it ended up being an hour and a half, really. 77 00:04:17,929 --> 00:04:19,801 So we took one and a half hour. 78 00:04:19,865 --> 00:04:25,321 On Saturday we had one new move in sheet and we stopped at the 79 00:04:25,345 --> 00:04:26,189 first house. 80 00:04:26,689 --> 00:04:30,097 And the first house on the list happened to be a gentleman by 81 00:04:30,113 --> 00:04:37,149 the name of Keith Jacobson and struck up a conversation with him. 82 00:04:38,569 --> 00:04:39,569 Nice guy. 83 00:04:39,689 --> 00:04:41,349 I didn't know if he was gonna be at first. 84 00:04:42,409 --> 00:04:43,473 No, I'm teasing. 85 00:04:43,601 --> 00:04:44,169 Nice guy. 86 00:04:44,209 --> 00:04:45,377 Super nice guy. 87 00:04:45,553 --> 00:04:48,377 And he was just really, really friendly. 88 00:04:48,473 --> 00:04:50,809 Of course, his wife came out and she was a lot sweeter. 89 00:04:50,889 --> 00:04:52,401 She was a really sweet lady. 90 00:04:52,545 --> 00:04:53,385 Sweeter than he is. 91 00:04:53,417 --> 00:04:54,865 But no, she was real sweet. 92 00:04:54,897 --> 00:04:55,385 They were sweet. 93 00:04:55,417 --> 00:04:59,001 So we just, we struck up a good conversation and he told me 94 00:04:59,025 --> 00:04:59,989 where he was from. 95 00:05:01,569 --> 00:05:03,777 And in the end he said, well, I'll come tomorrow. 96 00:05:03,833 --> 00:05:06,431 I'm gonna come to your friend day now. 97 00:05:06,455 --> 00:05:09,419 You know how many times people tell you I'm going to come? 98 00:05:10,879 --> 00:05:14,039 Well, when I walked away from there, this doesn't happen very often, 99 00:05:14,079 --> 00:05:21,671 but when I walked away from there, I believed 99.95% that he 100 00:05:21,695 --> 00:05:22,699 was going to come. 101 00:05:23,199 --> 00:05:26,495 And I don't say that with very many, but sure enough, he showed 102 00:05:26,527 --> 00:05:31,535 up, brought his wife on Sunday morning, and stayed and ate some 103 00:05:31,607 --> 00:05:34,575 lunch with us and then stayed for the preaching afterwards. 104 00:05:34,767 --> 00:05:38,335 And by the grace of God, he's back here tonight. 105 00:05:38,527 --> 00:05:42,139 Brother Jim Taylor went by his house, a visit with him last night, 106 00:05:42,519 --> 00:05:47,167 and they exchanged pleasantries and Keith said, I need 107 00:05:47,183 --> 00:05:47,967 a haircut. 108 00:05:48,103 --> 00:05:49,739 Jim said, well, I'm a barber. 109 00:05:50,519 --> 00:05:55,499 So Keith went over there and got a haircut and came back tonight. 110 00:05:56,199 --> 00:06:02,349 And so within that hour and a half, we did the rest of the block. 111 00:06:03,209 --> 00:06:05,265 We didn't have one bad visit. 112 00:06:05,337 --> 00:06:08,989 It was a Saturday and so we caught a lot of people at home. 113 00:06:09,409 --> 00:06:11,189 We didn't have one bad visit. 114 00:06:11,609 --> 00:06:14,961 In fact, every person who opened the door, am I right? 115 00:06:15,145 --> 00:06:15,989 Am I? 116 00:06:16,689 --> 00:06:17,249 Did we? 117 00:06:17,289 --> 00:06:18,497 Well, nevermind, we'll talk about it. 118 00:06:18,513 --> 00:06:20,897 Anyway, it was, I don't remember a bad visit. 119 00:06:21,073 --> 00:06:22,329 I don't remember a bad visit. 120 00:06:22,369 --> 00:06:23,385 I honestly don't. 121 00:06:23,537 --> 00:06:26,137 And I guess it would have to really qualify as bad for me to say 122 00:06:26,153 --> 00:06:26,793 it's a bad visit. 123 00:06:26,841 --> 00:06:29,537 But the fact is most everybody was really pleasant. 124 00:06:29,713 --> 00:06:32,649 And in fact, out of the ones that we caught home, about three 125 00:06:32,689 --> 00:06:35,873 or four said they were looking for a church home. 126 00:06:35,921 --> 00:06:36,809 And here's the reason why. 127 00:06:36,849 --> 00:06:40,217 Because that whole area was new, fairly new, and there were a 128 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:41,377 lot of new people. 129 00:06:41,513 --> 00:06:44,145 There were a lot of people who had just moved in, although they 130 00:06:44,177 --> 00:06:45,889 weren't on the list for whatever reason. 131 00:06:45,929 --> 00:06:47,945 Maybe they'll be on there next month, but they weren't on there 132 00:06:47,977 --> 00:06:48,817 this month. 133 00:06:48,993 --> 00:06:52,377 And so I just, I wanted to share that with you and tell you 134 00:06:52,393 --> 00:06:56,113 that it doesn't, you know, it doesn't work out like that every 135 00:06:56,161 --> 00:06:59,853 single week, but this particular week, the Lord really 136 00:06:59,901 --> 00:07:04,421 blessed and allowed us to meet Keith and his sweet wife Marsha and 137 00:07:04,445 --> 00:07:07,689 then the potential of others to go back and follow up on. 138 00:07:08,629 --> 00:07:16,757 So I came in on Monday morning and Savannah said, I want you to 139 00:07:16,773 --> 00:07:17,849 hear a voicemail. 140 00:07:18,229 --> 00:07:24,109 So I went down to her office and this is what we found. 141 00:07:31,889 --> 00:07:32,949 I got it. 142 00:07:34,769 --> 00:07:35,529 Okay. 143 00:07:35,649 --> 00:07:45,149 It's only 40 seconds long, so get the volume up here. 144 00:07:46,449 --> 00:07:47,617 Okay, listen to this. 145 00:07:47,713 --> 00:07:48,749 Okay, listen. 146 00:07:53,859 --> 00:07:55,399 Oh, wait, I'm recording. 147 00:07:59,219 --> 00:07:59,843 Here we go. 148 00:07:59,891 --> 00:08:00,331 I got it. 149 00:08:00,355 --> 00:08:01,195 Okay, you ready? 150 00:08:01,227 --> 00:08:01,999 You ready? 151 00:08:17,509 --> 00:08:18,005 Guys? 152 00:08:18,077 --> 00:08:23,525 I had stopped by my house and dropped off a beautiful package with 153 00:08:23,557 --> 00:08:27,449 some things and some information about your church. 154 00:08:27,949 --> 00:08:33,461 And I was wondering, do you guys make house calls just to kind 155 00:08:33,485 --> 00:08:34,925 of talk in prayer? 156 00:08:35,077 --> 00:08:38,965 I'm kind of in a really bad situation and really just don't really 157 00:08:38,997 --> 00:08:40,909 have anyone I can turn to or talk to. 158 00:08:40,949 --> 00:08:43,461 And it was almost like a godsend when you guys stopped by 159 00:08:43,485 --> 00:08:48,413 my house because I was having a really dark moment when you guys 160 00:08:48,461 --> 00:08:49,565 dropped it off. 161 00:08:49,757 --> 00:08:51,205 But you can reach me. 162 00:08:51,397 --> 00:08:51,789 All right. 163 00:08:51,829 --> 00:08:53,541 She started giving personal information there. 164 00:08:53,565 --> 00:08:56,529 So I stopped the recording right there. 165 00:08:57,069 --> 00:09:00,197 So I reached out to this lady that day. 166 00:09:00,253 --> 00:09:01,169 It's Monday. 167 00:09:01,589 --> 00:09:02,781 I called, no answer. 168 00:09:02,805 --> 00:09:03,901 I left a voicemail. 169 00:09:04,005 --> 00:09:05,125 I left a text. 170 00:09:05,277 --> 00:09:07,729 No answer Monday, no answer Tuesday. 171 00:09:08,069 --> 00:09:10,043 As I was driving in, she called me. 172 00:09:10,141 --> 00:09:10,727 Tonight. 173 00:09:10,823 --> 00:09:14,831 As I was driving in, she called me and she explained more 174 00:09:14,855 --> 00:09:17,559 of the situation when she said she was having a dark moment. 175 00:09:17,639 --> 00:09:21,831 The dark moment was she shared with me all the things that she'd 176 00:09:21,855 --> 00:09:26,295 been going through over the past in a very short period of time. 177 00:09:26,327 --> 00:09:29,535 I'd say within months, a couple of months, or, you know, within 178 00:09:29,567 --> 00:09:30,459 a few months. 179 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:32,951 And she said she was just done. 180 00:09:33,095 --> 00:09:36,179 And she was very seriously contemplating suicide. 181 00:09:36,689 --> 00:09:41,041 And she was on the phone with a friend of hers, and she said that 182 00:09:41,105 --> 00:09:43,589 she was crying, and she said, I'm just done. 183 00:09:44,529 --> 00:09:49,269 I just know that committing suicide would be a better option. 184 00:09:50,609 --> 00:09:54,025 And then she hung up with every intention, she said, of committing 185 00:09:54,057 --> 00:09:54,909 suicide. 186 00:09:55,569 --> 00:09:58,393 And she said, for whatever reason, she decided to go out on 187 00:09:58,401 --> 00:09:59,065 the porch. 188 00:09:59,177 --> 00:10:01,667 When she went out on the porch, she found our bag on the door. 189 00:10:01,753 --> 00:10:02,499 Amen. 190 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:08,459 And she said. 191 00:10:13,319 --> 00:10:16,415 She said, the Lord just spoke to her heart and said, don't give 192 00:10:16,447 --> 00:10:17,139 up yet. 193 00:10:22,719 --> 00:10:25,575 Now, I want to know if there's anybody in here who remembers being 194 00:10:25,607 --> 00:10:30,113 on tangle brush on Saturday in Sundera Ranch. 195 00:10:30,281 --> 00:10:31,369 Is anybody in here? 196 00:10:31,449 --> 00:10:32,829 Were you on tangle brush? 197 00:10:33,329 --> 00:10:34,905 Because I asked her where her address was. 198 00:10:34,977 --> 00:10:36,829 She said she was on tangle brush. 199 00:10:37,249 --> 00:10:42,629 Somebody on Saturday left a new move in bag on a door. 200 00:10:45,129 --> 00:10:53,201 And you not only maybe saved a life, you very well could save a 201 00:10:53,225 --> 00:10:53,869 soul. 202 00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:04,129 Was that a blessing? 203 00:11:06,789 --> 00:11:07,437 Phew. 204 00:11:07,573 --> 00:11:08,889 I get choked up. 205 00:11:09,349 --> 00:11:12,933 So we have an appointment, my wife and I, to go over there tomorrow 206 00:11:12,981 --> 00:11:15,249 night at 530. 207 00:11:16,069 --> 00:11:18,533 So if you think of it, about 530. 208 00:11:18,581 --> 00:11:19,609 Pray for us. 209 00:11:20,809 --> 00:11:22,069 See what we can do. 210 00:11:22,929 --> 00:11:23,361 All right. 211 00:11:23,385 --> 00:11:28,849 We're on page 37 in our section six, and we are talking about 212 00:11:28,889 --> 00:11:29,793 personal evangelism. 213 00:11:29,841 --> 00:11:31,345 We talked about several things already. 214 00:11:31,417 --> 00:11:32,609 I won't review everything. 215 00:11:32,689 --> 00:11:33,729 We're on section six. 216 00:11:33,769 --> 00:11:35,349 The soul winner's message. 217 00:11:35,689 --> 00:11:37,309 The soul winner's message. 218 00:11:38,289 --> 00:11:40,681 We talked about three stops on the road to heaven. 219 00:11:40,745 --> 00:11:42,745 Why do I need to be saved? 220 00:11:42,897 --> 00:11:45,493 Who can save me, and how am I saved? 221 00:11:45,681 --> 00:11:49,013 These are the three basic components needed to successfully 222 00:11:49,061 --> 00:11:52,189 convey a thorough salvation message. 223 00:11:52,309 --> 00:11:56,909 And I really want to emphasize that because being thorough is so 224 00:11:56,989 --> 00:11:57,325 important. 225 00:11:57,397 --> 00:11:58,293 We don't want to. 226 00:11:58,381 --> 00:11:58,813 We don't. 227 00:11:58,861 --> 00:12:02,053 We don't want to skim over this thing and do it superficially. 228 00:12:02,101 --> 00:12:03,405 And we're not. 229 00:12:03,597 --> 00:12:06,929 We don't want to be constrained by time. 230 00:12:07,869 --> 00:12:10,629 If we don't have the time, then make an appointment to come 231 00:12:10,669 --> 00:12:11,249 back. 232 00:12:11,579 --> 00:12:14,587 Don't just try to go for the prayer. 233 00:12:14,683 --> 00:12:15,947 That's not what we're looking for. 234 00:12:16,003 --> 00:12:17,851 We're not looking to get a notch in our belt. 235 00:12:17,915 --> 00:12:19,859 We're not looking to get a feather in our cap. 236 00:12:20,019 --> 00:12:21,587 We're looking to see souls saved. 237 00:12:21,643 --> 00:12:25,119 We want to see people who genuinely understand the gospel, 238 00:12:26,539 --> 00:12:27,123 but it's. 239 00:12:27,171 --> 00:12:32,119 Again, I said this before, and I'm going to say it again, it's not 240 00:12:34,739 --> 00:12:40,565 overly complicated to share the gospel, but it is simplistic. 241 00:12:40,597 --> 00:12:44,405 But we don't want to lose, we don't. 242 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:49,205 We can make it so simple that we lose the value and the cost of 243 00:12:49,237 --> 00:12:49,989 salvation. 244 00:12:50,149 --> 00:12:51,493 We don't want to do that. 245 00:12:51,661 --> 00:12:52,989 And so there's a balance there. 246 00:12:53,029 --> 00:12:53,609 So. 247 00:12:54,429 --> 00:12:55,213 All right, so we. 248 00:12:55,261 --> 00:12:57,469 Oh, actually, I have that written down here in that first paragraph. 249 00:12:57,509 --> 00:13:00,885 While this sounds simple, and it is, we don't want to be so simplistic 250 00:13:00,917 --> 00:13:03,445 with free salvation that we undermine its cost. 251 00:13:03,637 --> 00:13:04,325 Amen. 252 00:13:04,437 --> 00:13:07,085 And at the same time, we don't want to convolute the simplicity 253 00:13:07,117 --> 00:13:10,157 of salvation with doctrine that will be learned by the new Christian 254 00:13:10,213 --> 00:13:11,129 over time. 255 00:13:11,549 --> 00:13:12,469 They'll get it. 256 00:13:12,509 --> 00:13:12,997 They'll get it. 257 00:13:13,013 --> 00:13:15,989 If they get in and we do our job correctly and preach the gospel 258 00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:19,141 and get them involved in Sunday school and teach the word 259 00:13:19,165 --> 00:13:20,997 of God, they'll learn. 260 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:22,693 They'll learn from the old hymns. 261 00:13:22,741 --> 00:13:23,489 Amen. 262 00:13:23,989 --> 00:13:24,621 They will. 263 00:13:24,685 --> 00:13:28,109 So, all right, so let's move on then down to that last paragraph 264 00:13:28,149 --> 00:13:31,269 just before number one, before we consider the answer to these questions. 265 00:13:31,309 --> 00:13:31,989 What questions? 266 00:13:32,029 --> 00:13:33,077 Why do I need to be saved? 267 00:13:33,133 --> 00:13:33,885 Who can save me? 268 00:13:33,917 --> 00:13:34,955 How am I saved? 269 00:13:35,077 --> 00:13:38,007 Before we consider the answer to those questions, it's imperative 270 00:13:38,143 --> 00:13:42,263 that we first consider the role of God's law in evangelism. 271 00:13:42,431 --> 00:13:45,591 The three questions of why, who, and how will be answered with 272 00:13:45,615 --> 00:13:46,743 the law of God in view. 273 00:13:46,791 --> 00:13:47,655 All right, so let's move on. 274 00:13:47,687 --> 00:13:48,983 Number one, the law. 275 00:13:49,071 --> 00:13:50,127 Why do we use the law? 276 00:13:50,183 --> 00:13:52,135 Because the law magnifies. 277 00:13:52,207 --> 00:13:55,111 Number one, the law magnifies. 278 00:13:55,255 --> 00:13:57,059 Now, I have tracts with me. 279 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,535 My New Testament is in my truck. 280 00:13:59,647 --> 00:14:02,463 But I've got gospel tracts with me, and I will always start 281 00:14:02,511 --> 00:14:04,185 out with a gospel tract. 282 00:14:04,367 --> 00:14:08,437 And I used to keep a coin, a penny, ten commandments stamped on 283 00:14:08,453 --> 00:14:08,853 a penny. 284 00:14:08,901 --> 00:14:09,389 They were great. 285 00:14:09,429 --> 00:14:11,885 They were great gifts, but I can't get those anymore. 286 00:14:12,037 --> 00:14:15,037 So I have tracts back there and I also have bookmarks, and I'm 287 00:14:15,053 --> 00:14:16,501 going to start using these. 288 00:14:16,685 --> 00:14:19,381 So I always start out with the tract just to let them know who I 289 00:14:19,405 --> 00:14:20,489 am, where I'm from. 290 00:14:20,789 --> 00:14:22,649 And I always have this ready. 291 00:14:22,949 --> 00:14:27,485 And I always, always, always, if they give me the opportunity to 292 00:14:27,517 --> 00:14:31,005 present the gospel, I will always use the law of God. 293 00:14:31,077 --> 00:14:31,405 Always. 294 00:14:31,477 --> 00:14:32,501 And you'll see why. 295 00:14:32,645 --> 00:14:35,037 Number one, because the law magnifies. 296 00:14:35,093 --> 00:14:36,805 It makes sin more obvious. 297 00:14:36,957 --> 00:14:39,605 Romans chapter seven, verse seven, says, what shall we say then? 298 00:14:39,637 --> 00:14:40,581 Is the law sin? 299 00:14:40,645 --> 00:14:41,637 God forbid. 300 00:14:41,773 --> 00:14:44,613 Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law. 301 00:14:44,781 --> 00:14:49,413 For I had not known lust, except the law said, thou shalt not 302 00:14:49,461 --> 00:14:50,209 covet. 303 00:14:50,829 --> 00:14:53,965 Okay, so it magnifies the law. 304 00:14:53,997 --> 00:14:55,717 It makes sin more obvious. 305 00:14:55,853 --> 00:14:57,701 I'll illustrate this in number two. 306 00:14:57,805 --> 00:15:00,743 Number two, the law intensifies. 307 00:15:00,941 --> 00:15:02,051 It intensifies. 308 00:15:02,115 --> 00:15:04,507 It increases the degree of conviction. 309 00:15:04,643 --> 00:15:05,443 Let me read the verse. 310 00:15:05,491 --> 00:15:08,963 Romans 713 was then, that which is good made death unto me. 311 00:15:09,011 --> 00:15:14,275 God forbid, but sin that it might appear sin, working death in 312 00:15:14,307 --> 00:15:15,795 me by that which is good. 313 00:15:15,867 --> 00:15:16,355 What's good? 314 00:15:16,387 --> 00:15:17,119 The law. 315 00:15:17,739 --> 00:15:21,939 That sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 316 00:15:22,019 --> 00:15:22,899 That's what we want. 317 00:15:22,939 --> 00:15:26,323 We want sin to become exceeding sinful in their eyes. 318 00:15:26,371 --> 00:15:26,699 Why? 319 00:15:26,779 --> 00:15:29,479 Because everybody agrees that they're a sinner. 320 00:15:30,329 --> 00:15:32,109 No one will deny that. 321 00:15:33,809 --> 00:15:36,409 Everybody agrees it agrees with that. 322 00:15:36,529 --> 00:15:40,905 But they just don't understand the depth of sin and the cost of 323 00:15:40,937 --> 00:15:42,225 sin and the magnitude of sin. 324 00:15:42,257 --> 00:15:43,569 They don't understand that. 325 00:15:43,729 --> 00:15:47,909 And so the law, what the law does, it brings their sin into focus. 326 00:15:48,449 --> 00:15:51,829 If you're, and I think you've heard me use this illustration before, 327 00:15:52,449 --> 00:15:55,539 I'm fairly heavy footed when I'm in the cardinal. 328 00:15:55,689 --> 00:15:57,463 Not as bad as I used to be. 329 00:15:57,591 --> 00:16:00,339 I actually fairly do fairly well anymore. 330 00:16:00,679 --> 00:16:04,619 If the speed limit's 60, I'll usually do 68 or 70. 331 00:16:05,039 --> 00:16:06,631 They usually grade on a curve. 332 00:16:06,695 --> 00:16:08,059 I feel safe there. 333 00:16:11,639 --> 00:16:14,567 Well, I haven't had a ticket in about 30 years that says something, 334 00:16:14,623 --> 00:16:15,419 I reckon. 335 00:16:16,319 --> 00:16:21,695 But I have been known to get a little free, usually if I'm listening 336 00:16:21,727 --> 00:16:24,099 to preaching while I'm driving. 337 00:16:24,909 --> 00:16:30,197 So if I'm driving, let's say I am doing 75 in a 60, or if I am doing 338 00:16:30,253 --> 00:16:36,717 85 in a 70, I know I'm speeding, right? 339 00:16:36,773 --> 00:16:38,765 I know it, and I know that it's not. 340 00:16:38,877 --> 00:16:40,285 I know it's breaking the law. 341 00:16:40,357 --> 00:16:41,529 I know I am. 342 00:16:41,829 --> 00:16:44,541 But I'm not too worried about it because I'm just keeping up with 343 00:16:44,565 --> 00:16:45,249 traffic. 344 00:16:45,749 --> 00:16:48,325 And in fact, every now and then somebody passes me. 345 00:16:48,397 --> 00:16:53,271 And so I think, well, I'm doing pretty good until I get over 346 00:16:53,295 --> 00:16:55,807 the top of the hill and I see that policeman down there at the 347 00:16:55,823 --> 00:16:56,819 bottom of the hill. 348 00:16:57,639 --> 00:16:59,139 And then what happened? 349 00:17:00,439 --> 00:17:03,499 Sin became exceeding sinful. 350 00:17:04,159 --> 00:17:08,799 When the law appeared, the sin was magnified. 351 00:17:08,959 --> 00:17:10,339 It was intensified. 352 00:17:10,919 --> 00:17:12,487 I knew I was doing wrong. 353 00:17:12,583 --> 00:17:15,071 But, man, when the law appeared, when the law came into 354 00:17:15,095 --> 00:17:19,319 the picture, oh, man, my heart sunk into my stomach. 355 00:17:20,579 --> 00:17:24,147 And that's happened a few times lately where I drove by and 356 00:17:24,163 --> 00:17:25,347 I'm like, whoo, he didn't catch. 357 00:17:25,403 --> 00:17:27,771 The fact is, in Chisholm Springs, I don't know what it is, 358 00:17:27,795 --> 00:17:30,827 but somebody, they've got somebody called the police and they 359 00:17:30,843 --> 00:17:32,839 said, y'all need to start setting up in here. 360 00:17:33,299 --> 00:17:35,587 I drove by the other day, I was doing about 30. 361 00:17:35,643 --> 00:17:36,307 It's a 15. 362 00:17:36,403 --> 00:17:41,123 Listen, it's a dumb, dumb 15 miles an hour speed limit within 363 00:17:41,171 --> 00:17:42,279 our entire community. 364 00:17:43,058 --> 00:17:44,138 That is way too. 365 00:17:44,178 --> 00:17:44,914 That's even under the. 366 00:17:44,946 --> 00:17:46,114 That's under school speed limit. 367 00:17:46,146 --> 00:17:47,718 That is way too slow. 368 00:17:48,498 --> 00:17:51,146 And every now and then I'll get behind somebody that thinks they 369 00:17:51,162 --> 00:17:52,158 ought to go 15. 370 00:17:54,178 --> 00:17:57,598 And it's irritating I didn't turn this on. 371 00:17:57,898 --> 00:17:59,558 It's irritating, to say the least. 372 00:17:59,858 --> 00:18:01,986 I tried to go around one guy last. 373 00:18:02,162 --> 00:18:02,474 When? 374 00:18:02,506 --> 00:18:03,746 I won't say how soon. 375 00:18:03,842 --> 00:18:04,658 Long ago. 376 00:18:04,818 --> 00:18:07,650 I tried to go around one person who was doing 15, and they 377 00:18:07,674 --> 00:18:08,362 wouldn't let me around. 378 00:18:08,410 --> 00:18:09,354 They started cutting me off. 379 00:18:09,386 --> 00:18:10,002 I wanted. 380 00:18:10,130 --> 00:18:11,799 I'm so glad I'm a Christian. 381 00:18:14,699 --> 00:18:16,171 Anyway, you get the point, right? 382 00:18:16,235 --> 00:18:17,019 The law. 383 00:18:17,179 --> 00:18:18,995 You bring the law into the situation. 384 00:18:19,107 --> 00:18:22,235 It intensifies the sin, it intensifies it. 385 00:18:22,307 --> 00:18:22,779 Number three. 386 00:18:22,819 --> 00:18:24,227 The law clarifies. 387 00:18:24,403 --> 00:18:29,771 It makes clear the nature of salvation needed, right? 388 00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:31,079 That's what the law does. 389 00:18:31,419 --> 00:18:36,851 Galatians 310 and 13 says, for as many as are of the works of the 390 00:18:36,875 --> 00:18:38,633 law are under the curse. 391 00:18:38,771 --> 00:18:42,413 For it is written, cursed is everyone that continueth not in all 392 00:18:42,461 --> 00:18:45,249 things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 393 00:18:45,629 --> 00:18:46,781 Christ hath redeemed us. 394 00:18:46,805 --> 00:18:50,237 Verse 13 says, christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the 395 00:18:50,253 --> 00:18:52,405 law being made a curse for us. 396 00:18:52,437 --> 00:18:55,829 For it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree. 397 00:18:55,869 --> 00:18:58,557 We have to understand what the word of God says, or at least we 398 00:18:58,573 --> 00:19:01,997 need to get them to understand what the word of God says about our 399 00:19:02,093 --> 00:19:04,885 transgressing the law and what they do. 400 00:19:04,917 --> 00:19:09,845 When we transgress the law, we are placed under a curse, and we 401 00:19:09,877 --> 00:19:13,129 transgress the law regularly, daily. 402 00:19:13,869 --> 00:19:17,805 And so we need to help them to understand this isn't a light thing. 403 00:19:17,997 --> 00:19:22,765 The law helps us to realize the necessity of Christ's substitutionary 404 00:19:22,837 --> 00:19:25,821 death without understanding why he died. 405 00:19:25,885 --> 00:19:29,885 We don't recognize the value of our death, of his death in our 406 00:19:29,917 --> 00:19:30,489 place. 407 00:19:32,029 --> 00:19:37,571 And so John ten, nine, Jesus says, I am the door, and by me, if 408 00:19:37,595 --> 00:19:40,027 any man enter in, he shall be saved and shall go in and out and 409 00:19:40,043 --> 00:19:41,411 find pasture. 410 00:19:41,555 --> 00:19:43,155 Salvation is in a person. 411 00:19:43,227 --> 00:19:44,763 Can I get an amen right there? 412 00:19:44,931 --> 00:19:46,427 It's not in a prayer. 413 00:19:46,603 --> 00:19:47,611 It's not in a plan. 414 00:19:47,675 --> 00:19:49,131 I love it when people pray. 415 00:19:49,275 --> 00:19:52,451 I will always ask them to pray, you know, if they bring me, 416 00:19:52,475 --> 00:19:55,315 if they allow me to go through the plan of salvation, and we get 417 00:19:55,347 --> 00:19:57,227 down to the bottom and I'm going to draw the net. 418 00:19:57,283 --> 00:20:00,939 I will always ask them to pray, and I like for people to pray, 419 00:20:00,979 --> 00:20:03,971 but I always am careful to say, now, your salvation and you 420 00:20:03,995 --> 00:20:07,139 getting saved is not in this prayer. 421 00:20:07,479 --> 00:20:09,779 It's believing in what you're praying. 422 00:20:10,399 --> 00:20:15,823 And so salvation is in a person, and that person is Jesus 423 00:20:15,871 --> 00:20:18,351 Christ eternal life. 424 00:20:18,535 --> 00:20:21,071 For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. 425 00:20:21,135 --> 00:20:22,659 It is a gift of God. 426 00:20:23,159 --> 00:20:24,119 It is a gift of God. 427 00:20:24,159 --> 00:20:25,263 That's not the word I'm looking for. 428 00:20:25,311 --> 00:20:30,479 For by grace, wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal 429 00:20:30,519 --> 00:20:32,261 life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 430 00:20:32,375 --> 00:20:35,161 So often, and I used to be guilty of this, where I would put 431 00:20:35,185 --> 00:20:37,829 the emphasis of the gift on the eternal life. 432 00:20:38,929 --> 00:20:43,721 And it is true, the eternal life is a gift, but the emphasis 433 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:46,149 is through Jesus Christ. 434 00:20:48,809 --> 00:20:49,601 John. 435 00:20:49,785 --> 00:20:53,961 In the gospel of John, he said in chapter one, he came unto his 436 00:20:53,985 --> 00:20:57,907 own, and his own received him not, but to as many as received him, 437 00:20:58,073 --> 00:21:02,463 received him to them he gave the power to become the sons of God. 438 00:21:02,551 --> 00:21:03,591 So salvation. 439 00:21:03,695 --> 00:21:07,439 Yes, eternal life is a gift, but you don't get it unless you receive 440 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:08,623 Jesus Christ. 441 00:21:08,751 --> 00:21:10,699 So the emphasis needs to be on Christ. 442 00:21:11,679 --> 00:21:18,231 And so the law is going to help them to understand they're in 443 00:21:18,255 --> 00:21:19,179 big trouble. 444 00:21:19,879 --> 00:21:24,279 They're in big trouble, and the only way out is through Jesus 445 00:21:24,319 --> 00:21:24,899 Christ. 446 00:21:25,269 --> 00:21:27,409 Luke 1152. 447 00:21:27,829 --> 00:21:30,693 Well, let me finish that sentence here. 448 00:21:30,741 --> 00:21:34,169 Jesus said, he is the door, and every door must have a key. 449 00:21:34,509 --> 00:21:36,173 Every door must have a key. 450 00:21:36,301 --> 00:21:38,529 And, of course, jesus is that key. 451 00:21:39,029 --> 00:21:40,037 Luke 1152. 452 00:21:40,053 --> 00:21:42,605 He says, woe unto you, lawyers, for you have taken away 453 00:21:42,637 --> 00:21:44,173 the key of knowledge. 454 00:21:44,301 --> 00:21:45,661 You entered not in yourselves. 455 00:21:45,725 --> 00:21:48,125 And them that were entering in, you hindered. 456 00:21:48,277 --> 00:21:50,765 He's talking to the lawyers and the scribes and the Pharisees, 457 00:21:50,797 --> 00:21:52,333 because they were the keepers of the law. 458 00:21:52,381 --> 00:21:54,507 They were the keepers of the oracles, of goddesse. 459 00:21:54,553 --> 00:21:59,319 And rather than use them to bring the world to a knowledge of 460 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:02,979 God, they hoarded it and they hid it. 461 00:22:03,319 --> 00:22:05,207 And then they convoluted the law. 462 00:22:05,303 --> 00:22:07,967 And they made it so difficult for people to even understand the 463 00:22:07,983 --> 00:22:10,287 law and its use and its purpose. 464 00:22:10,463 --> 00:22:14,179 And so rather than use the key to open the door, they hid it. 465 00:22:16,079 --> 00:22:20,415 And so the law is the divine key that unlocks the door to salvation. 466 00:22:20,487 --> 00:22:23,113 We must reclaim the key that was taken away. 467 00:22:23,231 --> 00:22:26,757 Romans 320 says, therefore, by the deeds of the law, there shall 468 00:22:26,813 --> 00:22:29,489 no flesh be justified in his sight. 469 00:22:30,149 --> 00:22:32,685 I thought you just said the law was the key to salvation. 470 00:22:32,757 --> 00:22:33,149 It is. 471 00:22:33,189 --> 00:22:33,973 Look at the next part. 472 00:22:34,021 --> 00:22:37,049 For by the law is the knowledge of sin. 473 00:22:37,909 --> 00:22:39,409 They can't keep the law. 474 00:22:40,469 --> 00:22:43,493 But in having the law present, it helps them to understand their 475 00:22:43,541 --> 00:22:44,849 need for a savior. 476 00:22:45,589 --> 00:22:50,427 Galatians 324 says, wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring 477 00:22:50,483 --> 00:22:53,787 us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 478 00:22:53,843 --> 00:22:54,559 Amen. 479 00:22:55,499 --> 00:22:58,411 Top of page 39, jesus used this key. 480 00:22:58,515 --> 00:23:00,563 He used it with the rich young ruler. 481 00:23:00,691 --> 00:23:04,771 In Luke chapter 18 and verse 18, he asked him this. 482 00:23:04,915 --> 00:23:06,971 He said, you remember what the rich young ruler said? 483 00:23:06,995 --> 00:23:08,723 He said, what must I do to be saved? 484 00:23:08,891 --> 00:23:10,275 He said, well, keep the law. 485 00:23:10,427 --> 00:23:11,859 He said, well, I've done that. 486 00:23:12,019 --> 00:23:13,107 And he quoted him. 487 00:23:13,123 --> 00:23:14,851 He said, well, honor your parents, do all of this. 488 00:23:14,875 --> 00:23:16,451 He said, all that I've done from my youth up. 489 00:23:16,475 --> 00:23:18,995 He said, okay, then go and sell everything you have and come 490 00:23:19,027 --> 00:23:19,919 follow me. 491 00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:24,667 And of course he said, I can't do that. 492 00:23:24,723 --> 00:23:25,547 I'm not doing that. 493 00:23:25,603 --> 00:23:26,203 Turned away. 494 00:23:26,291 --> 00:23:27,879 What law did he use? 495 00:23:28,859 --> 00:23:30,719 What law did jesus use? 496 00:23:31,379 --> 00:23:32,971 Which one of the ten commandments? 497 00:23:33,075 --> 00:23:33,571 Help me out. 498 00:23:33,595 --> 00:23:34,923 Which one do you think it was? 499 00:23:35,091 --> 00:23:35,627 Huh? 500 00:23:35,723 --> 00:23:36,371 Covet. 501 00:23:36,515 --> 00:23:38,355 Thou shalt not covet. 502 00:23:38,547 --> 00:23:41,559 He used the law to show the young man where he erred. 503 00:23:41,939 --> 00:23:44,795 He said, I can honor my parents, and I don't lie, and I don't 504 00:23:44,827 --> 00:23:46,065 steal, and I do this. 505 00:23:46,187 --> 00:23:47,489 Yeah, but you covet. 506 00:23:49,189 --> 00:23:51,853 And then when Jesus was talking to the woman at the well 507 00:23:51,901 --> 00:23:55,621 in John chapter four, that one's a pretty obvious one. 508 00:23:55,645 --> 00:23:56,197 Remember? 509 00:23:56,333 --> 00:23:59,789 He said, go tell your husband and I'll share with you this truth. 510 00:23:59,829 --> 00:24:01,409 She said, well, I have no husband. 511 00:24:01,989 --> 00:24:05,129 He said, that's right, you've had five. 512 00:24:05,549 --> 00:24:08,049 And the one you're living with now is not your husband. 513 00:24:09,469 --> 00:24:10,525 Oh, man. 514 00:24:10,717 --> 00:24:14,989 When the law entered, sin became exceeding sinful. 515 00:24:16,689 --> 00:24:17,897 Jesus used the key. 516 00:24:17,953 --> 00:24:19,233 Jesus used the law. 517 00:24:19,361 --> 00:24:20,753 John used the law. 518 00:24:20,801 --> 00:24:24,841 In first John three, four, whosoever committeth sin transgresseth 519 00:24:24,945 --> 00:24:28,737 also the law, for sin is transgression of the law. 520 00:24:28,873 --> 00:24:30,049 Paul used this key. 521 00:24:30,089 --> 00:24:31,449 Acts 28, verse 23. 522 00:24:31,489 --> 00:24:34,329 When they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into 523 00:24:34,369 --> 00:24:37,001 his lodging, to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom 524 00:24:37,025 --> 00:24:40,131 of God, persuading them concerning Jesus both out of the 525 00:24:40,155 --> 00:24:41,963 law of Moses and out of the prophets. 526 00:24:42,011 --> 00:24:43,371 From morning till evening. 527 00:24:43,475 --> 00:24:44,899 James used the key. 528 00:24:44,939 --> 00:24:48,275 James 210 for whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend 529 00:24:48,307 --> 00:24:50,119 in one point ye guilty of all. 530 00:24:51,019 --> 00:24:55,275 I would recommend you highlight that verse and keep that 531 00:24:55,347 --> 00:24:55,923 in your mind. 532 00:24:55,971 --> 00:24:58,715 I would recommend you memorizing it or keeping it in your 533 00:24:58,747 --> 00:25:01,515 New Testament, which we are going to make available to you. 534 00:25:01,547 --> 00:25:03,243 Some soul winners new Testaments. 535 00:25:03,291 --> 00:25:05,357 We're going to make those available to you very soon. 536 00:25:05,523 --> 00:25:09,385 I would definitely keep that one in your archives, the archive 537 00:25:09,417 --> 00:25:10,201 of your memory. 538 00:25:10,305 --> 00:25:12,809 Whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point, 539 00:25:12,849 --> 00:25:14,189 he is guilty of all. 540 00:25:14,729 --> 00:25:15,953 And I say it very often. 541 00:25:16,001 --> 00:25:18,549 I say, how many cars do you have to steal to be a thief? 542 00:25:21,529 --> 00:25:22,269 One. 543 00:25:23,489 --> 00:25:24,345 Not even cars. 544 00:25:24,377 --> 00:25:26,589 How many times do you have to steal to be a thief? 545 00:25:27,249 --> 00:25:27,801 Just one. 546 00:25:27,825 --> 00:25:30,761 It doesn't have to be a car, doesn't have to be grand theft auto. 547 00:25:30,785 --> 00:25:32,989 It can be that piece of candy you stole as a child. 548 00:25:33,409 --> 00:25:35,913 And it's funny, I've said this before to you whenever I go out and 549 00:25:35,921 --> 00:25:38,217 I ask people, have you ever stolen when I'm using the law, have 550 00:25:38,233 --> 00:25:39,601 you ever stolen anything? 551 00:25:39,745 --> 00:25:40,553 It's amazing. 552 00:25:40,601 --> 00:25:41,377 It's amazing. 553 00:25:41,433 --> 00:25:42,105 I promise you. 554 00:25:42,137 --> 00:25:46,353 Most people will say, well, when I was a kid, nobody ever steals 555 00:25:46,401 --> 00:25:47,309 as an adult. 556 00:25:48,289 --> 00:25:50,377 Then I want to say, wow, you just broke the 9th one. 557 00:25:50,393 --> 00:25:51,349 You just lied. 558 00:25:54,169 --> 00:25:55,473 So James used the key. 559 00:25:55,521 --> 00:25:56,569 All right, so let's move on then. 560 00:25:56,609 --> 00:25:58,185 Number one, why do I need to be saved? 561 00:25:58,217 --> 00:26:00,737 We're going to answer these questions in light of the law. 562 00:26:00,793 --> 00:26:02,889 We're going to use the law to answer these questions. 563 00:26:03,009 --> 00:26:04,849 So why do I need to be saved? 564 00:26:04,969 --> 00:26:07,865 If a person doesn't see the need for salvation, they'll never 565 00:26:07,897 --> 00:26:08,713 be saved. 566 00:26:08,881 --> 00:26:11,929 Far too many people have prematurely led in a prayer and were 567 00:26:11,969 --> 00:26:14,629 erroneously convinced they were saved. 568 00:26:15,609 --> 00:26:20,469 And all that serves to do is inoculate them against the true gospel. 569 00:26:21,329 --> 00:26:24,169 The very first thing that we must help the lost to understand 570 00:26:24,289 --> 00:26:26,709 is that we need to be saved. 571 00:26:27,089 --> 00:26:30,065 The best way to do this is to introduce the law of God or the Ten 572 00:26:30,097 --> 00:26:32,189 Commandments into your gospel presentation. 573 00:26:33,429 --> 00:26:35,421 And so you want to do this. 574 00:26:35,485 --> 00:26:40,581 And now, obviously, we're at the point in our soul winning endeavors 575 00:26:40,645 --> 00:26:44,557 where we've taken the bag, we've introduced ourselves, we allowed 576 00:26:44,573 --> 00:26:47,469 ourselves, we got to the question, and once we got to the 577 00:26:47,509 --> 00:26:50,249 question, they allowed us to go farther. 578 00:26:50,749 --> 00:26:52,533 And I'm not going to go back to the question. 579 00:26:52,581 --> 00:26:54,725 You've got sheets back there that will help you to get to that 580 00:26:54,757 --> 00:26:55,213 point. 581 00:26:55,341 --> 00:26:57,009 And of course, what is the question? 582 00:27:01,719 --> 00:27:04,099 Somebody say a little bit louder so everybody can hear it. 583 00:27:06,999 --> 00:27:07,727 Thank you. 584 00:27:07,823 --> 00:27:08,631 Amen. 585 00:27:08,815 --> 00:27:10,939 That's the question we're trying to get to. 586 00:27:11,479 --> 00:27:17,375 And that how they answer that, well, that might take you a hundred 587 00:27:17,407 --> 00:27:21,039 different ways, but we're going to assume they're allowing 588 00:27:21,079 --> 00:27:22,319 you to go through the gospel. 589 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:25,537 So the first thing that they need to understand is that they need 590 00:27:25,553 --> 00:27:26,473 to be saved. 591 00:27:26,601 --> 00:27:27,961 They need to be saved. 592 00:27:28,145 --> 00:27:29,633 So why do they need to be saved? 593 00:27:29,681 --> 00:27:31,905 Because of our sin. 594 00:27:32,017 --> 00:27:32,593 Letter a. 595 00:27:32,641 --> 00:27:34,225 They need to be saved because of our sin. 596 00:27:34,297 --> 00:27:38,673 A gospel presentation that does not major on sin is not a gospel 597 00:27:38,721 --> 00:27:40,429 presentation at all. 598 00:27:42,169 --> 00:27:46,389 And the Bible way to major on sin, again is to use the law of God. 599 00:27:46,969 --> 00:27:51,867 So when I'm talking to people, I literally just say, okay, there 600 00:27:51,883 --> 00:27:54,747 are really four things that we need to understand in order to get 601 00:27:54,763 --> 00:27:55,643 to heaven. 602 00:27:55,811 --> 00:27:58,755 And I've had a lot of people, once I ask the question, I've had 603 00:27:58,787 --> 00:27:59,891 people say it in many ways. 604 00:27:59,955 --> 00:28:01,719 Well, can anyone really be sure? 605 00:28:02,619 --> 00:28:06,299 And I'm going a little off reservation here. 606 00:28:06,339 --> 00:28:07,003 I'm usually going. 607 00:28:07,051 --> 00:28:08,763 I'm going off of the roman road. 608 00:28:08,891 --> 00:28:12,403 A little bit of deviation here, but a lot of times I will go 609 00:28:12,411 --> 00:28:12,699 to one. 610 00:28:12,739 --> 00:28:13,799 John 513. 611 00:28:14,749 --> 00:28:17,141 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name 612 00:28:17,165 --> 00:28:21,005 of the son of God that you may know you have eternal life. 613 00:28:21,157 --> 00:28:23,781 So if I can show them in the Bible that they can know they have 614 00:28:23,805 --> 00:28:28,397 eternal life, I have a lot greater success in moving forward. 615 00:28:28,573 --> 00:28:30,341 I say, yes, you can know. 616 00:28:30,485 --> 00:28:32,125 But there's four things you have to know. 617 00:28:32,157 --> 00:28:34,037 First of all, you have to understand you're a sinner. 618 00:28:34,093 --> 00:28:35,469 All mankind are sinners. 619 00:28:35,509 --> 00:28:39,747 Again, this one isn't hard for people to grasp or to acknowledge. 620 00:28:39,933 --> 00:28:40,823 Romans 310. 621 00:28:40,871 --> 00:28:42,751 These are ones, I'm highlighting these, and these are 622 00:28:42,775 --> 00:28:43,479 ones you need to know. 623 00:28:43,519 --> 00:28:45,231 Romans 310, Romans 312. 624 00:28:45,295 --> 00:28:46,303 Romans 512. 625 00:28:46,431 --> 00:28:49,791 You ought to have those in your memorization as it is written. 626 00:28:49,815 --> 00:28:50,743 There's none righteous. 627 00:28:50,791 --> 00:28:51,415 No, not one. 628 00:28:51,447 --> 00:28:53,063 The word of God says, there's none righteous. 629 00:28:53,111 --> 00:28:53,935 No, not one. 630 00:28:54,047 --> 00:28:56,255 Romans 312 says, there's none that doeth good. 631 00:28:56,287 --> 00:28:57,299 No, not one. 632 00:28:58,039 --> 00:29:00,559 And at this point, I go a little off track here, and I say, 633 00:29:00,599 --> 00:29:02,559 you see, because we all think we're good. 634 00:29:02,599 --> 00:29:06,935 But the Bible says in Isaiah that all of our righteousnesses, 635 00:29:07,007 --> 00:29:11,067 all of our good works are as filthy rags to God. 636 00:29:11,243 --> 00:29:13,435 And I usually have an illustration for that. 637 00:29:13,587 --> 00:29:18,579 But number two, Romans 512 says, wherefore, as by one man, sin 638 00:29:18,619 --> 00:29:21,771 entered into the world and death by sin, and so death passed 639 00:29:21,795 --> 00:29:23,067 upon all men, for that all have sinned. 640 00:29:23,083 --> 00:29:24,971 And at this point, I'll usually ask them, do you know who 641 00:29:24,995 --> 00:29:26,035 that one man is? 642 00:29:26,147 --> 00:29:28,835 A lot of times they will, and a lot of times they won't know, but 643 00:29:28,867 --> 00:29:29,571 most of them will. 644 00:29:29,635 --> 00:29:31,635 I mean, the ones who know, they'll just come around and say, 645 00:29:31,667 --> 00:29:32,799 well, it's Adam. 646 00:29:33,419 --> 00:29:34,171 They'll understand. 647 00:29:34,275 --> 00:29:34,635 They know. 648 00:29:34,667 --> 00:29:36,559 Adam and Eve, they understand that. 649 00:29:36,969 --> 00:29:41,033 And then, number two, most will not deny that they have sinned. 650 00:29:41,161 --> 00:29:42,233 Now, follow this with me. 651 00:29:42,241 --> 00:29:43,041 I want you to see this. 652 00:29:43,105 --> 00:29:46,537 Most people will readily consent to being a sinner, and in 653 00:29:46,553 --> 00:29:49,521 their mind, they justify it by comparing themselves to everyone 654 00:29:49,585 --> 00:29:50,189 else. 655 00:29:52,209 --> 00:29:55,697 That's why we have to make sin sinful, because they don't see it 656 00:29:55,713 --> 00:29:56,489 as very sinful. 657 00:29:56,529 --> 00:29:58,505 Because they're trying to compare themselves to other people 658 00:29:58,537 --> 00:30:00,309 who are far worse off than they are. 659 00:30:01,209 --> 00:30:02,081 You'll hear it all the time. 660 00:30:02,105 --> 00:30:03,199 Well, no one's perfect. 661 00:30:03,289 --> 00:30:05,039 I'm no worse than anyone else. 662 00:30:07,699 --> 00:30:08,919 Hear it all the time. 663 00:30:09,339 --> 00:30:13,435 And so we can't assume that they understand the catastrophic 664 00:30:13,507 --> 00:30:17,131 loss mankind suffered because of the sin committed in the garden 665 00:30:17,155 --> 00:30:17,659 of Eden. 666 00:30:17,739 --> 00:30:20,091 In fact, they cannot comprehend it because they do not 667 00:30:20,115 --> 00:30:22,399 have the spiritual capacity to do so. 668 00:30:24,779 --> 00:30:25,379 Letter B. 669 00:30:25,419 --> 00:30:26,923 Because our sin is against God. 670 00:30:26,971 --> 00:30:28,003 Why do we have to get saved? 671 00:30:28,051 --> 00:30:28,955 Why must we be saved? 672 00:30:28,987 --> 00:30:29,939 Because we've sinned. 673 00:30:29,979 --> 00:30:31,323 Because our sin is against God. 674 00:30:31,371 --> 00:30:32,339 Romans 323. 675 00:30:32,379 --> 00:30:34,293 That's another one that you ought to highlight. 676 00:30:34,491 --> 00:30:36,065 All have sinned and come short of what? 677 00:30:36,097 --> 00:30:37,389 Of the glory of God. 678 00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:39,353 We've come short of the glory of God. 679 00:30:39,401 --> 00:30:41,481 Come short means to miss the mark. 680 00:30:41,665 --> 00:30:42,953 It means to miss the mark. 681 00:30:43,001 --> 00:30:47,921 We have all missed the mark of God's holiness or what he requires 682 00:30:47,985 --> 00:30:51,189 of us to enter into heaven. 683 00:30:53,089 --> 00:30:57,273 We have offended Almighty God because we have broken all his ten 684 00:30:57,321 --> 00:30:58,189 commandments. 685 00:31:01,619 --> 00:31:03,675 I'm wanting to get ahead of myself, but I'm looking at the next 686 00:31:03,707 --> 00:31:04,715 page, and I see it's over there. 687 00:31:04,747 --> 00:31:07,519 So I'll stick with my outline here. 688 00:31:09,139 --> 00:31:12,339 We've missed the mark of his ten commandments or his law. 689 00:31:12,379 --> 00:31:14,359 We've missed the mark of his law. 690 00:31:14,899 --> 00:31:17,187 We must help them to understand that this is not a set 691 00:31:17,203 --> 00:31:19,707 of civil laws that we have broken, which carries its own set 692 00:31:19,723 --> 00:31:21,411 of penalties, but God's law. 693 00:31:21,515 --> 00:31:25,481 And breaking God's law carries an entirely different set of penalties. 694 00:31:25,675 --> 00:31:28,661 And I will often illustrate that by simply saying, all right, 695 00:31:28,685 --> 00:31:31,605 remember I was talking about driving in my car and, you know, 696 00:31:31,637 --> 00:31:33,453 going 85 miles an hour. 697 00:31:33,581 --> 00:31:34,533 But here's the thing. 698 00:31:34,581 --> 00:31:39,637 What if I was going 110 miles an hour through a school zone while 699 00:31:39,693 --> 00:31:40,969 on my cell phone? 700 00:31:41,989 --> 00:31:42,957 You know what they would say? 701 00:31:43,013 --> 00:31:44,649 They would say, you're going to jail. 702 00:31:45,509 --> 00:31:46,293 And that's true. 703 00:31:46,341 --> 00:31:47,173 I probably would. 704 00:31:47,221 --> 00:31:48,533 I would say, yeah, that's the. 705 00:31:48,621 --> 00:31:49,253 And. 706 00:31:49,421 --> 00:31:51,769 And that's a civil law that I've broken. 707 00:31:52,589 --> 00:31:54,509 But we're not talking about civil laws. 708 00:31:54,549 --> 00:31:56,165 We're talking about God's laws. 709 00:31:56,197 --> 00:31:58,649 These are divine laws, and these are totally different. 710 00:31:59,189 --> 00:32:03,317 And then I often ask the question, if someone committed a 711 00:32:03,333 --> 00:32:06,637 heinous crime, and the worst crime that I can even imagine is 712 00:32:06,653 --> 00:32:08,449 the crime against children. 713 00:32:08,949 --> 00:32:12,133 If someone committed a heinous crime against children, multiple 714 00:32:12,181 --> 00:32:16,021 children, and all the evidence pointed to them, and they were standing 715 00:32:16,045 --> 00:32:18,879 before the judge, and how do you plead? 716 00:32:18,919 --> 00:32:20,071 And he said, guilty. 717 00:32:20,215 --> 00:32:21,359 All the evidence is there. 718 00:32:21,399 --> 00:32:22,431 There's no way around it. 719 00:32:22,455 --> 00:32:22,967 I'm guilty. 720 00:32:23,023 --> 00:32:23,799 I did it. 721 00:32:23,919 --> 00:32:27,903 And if the judge said, well, look, do you promise not to do it 722 00:32:27,911 --> 00:32:28,459 again? 723 00:32:28,919 --> 00:32:30,699 Well, yes, judge, I do. 724 00:32:31,319 --> 00:32:31,967 I promise. 725 00:32:32,023 --> 00:32:32,591 I'm sorry. 726 00:32:32,655 --> 00:32:33,983 I promise I won't do it again. 727 00:32:34,071 --> 00:32:37,991 Now, if the judge turns a blind eye to his crime, would you 728 00:32:38,015 --> 00:32:40,339 call him a good judge or a bad judge? 729 00:32:41,319 --> 00:32:42,779 A bad judge. 730 00:32:43,489 --> 00:32:48,109 By virtue of his office, he must judge the crime. 731 00:32:48,889 --> 00:32:50,989 He must enforce penalty. 732 00:32:51,329 --> 00:32:53,705 And I said, now, what kind of judge would God be? 733 00:32:53,737 --> 00:32:54,889 The judge of all the earth. 734 00:32:54,929 --> 00:32:58,977 What kind of judge would God be if we broke all of his laws and 735 00:32:58,993 --> 00:33:00,577 he turns a blind eye to it? 736 00:33:00,633 --> 00:33:03,825 Because people always want to say, well, God is love, and he's 737 00:33:03,857 --> 00:33:04,737 real forgiving. 738 00:33:04,873 --> 00:33:05,989 He is that. 739 00:33:06,369 --> 00:33:12,009 But he's also holy, he's also righteous, he's also just, he's perfect 740 00:33:12,049 --> 00:33:15,137 in his love, he's perfect in his grace, and he's perfect in his 741 00:33:15,193 --> 00:33:17,809 righteousness, and he's perfect in his holiness, and he's 742 00:33:17,849 --> 00:33:19,161 perfect in his justice. 743 00:33:19,265 --> 00:33:24,073 And if we sin against him, he'd be a bad judge to turn a blind 744 00:33:24,121 --> 00:33:25,105 eye to it. 745 00:33:25,297 --> 00:33:27,409 And everybody will agree with that. 746 00:33:27,569 --> 00:33:29,049 And it wakes them up. 747 00:33:29,089 --> 00:33:30,089 I mean it really. 748 00:33:30,249 --> 00:33:31,465 Sometimes you can see it. 749 00:33:31,497 --> 00:33:34,025 Just a shock will come over them. 750 00:33:34,057 --> 00:33:34,669 Wow. 751 00:33:35,859 --> 00:33:37,419 I do have to stand before God. 752 00:33:37,459 --> 00:33:39,639 I am going to give account for my sins. 753 00:33:40,259 --> 00:33:43,067 And so we continue to bring the law into this thing, and it helps 754 00:33:43,083 --> 00:33:48,747 them to understand that their sin is against God, God almighty. 755 00:33:48,803 --> 00:33:51,259 We've broken his laws, not man's laws. 756 00:33:51,419 --> 00:33:55,147 And they're going to stand before not a judge in a courtroom 757 00:33:55,203 --> 00:33:58,959 here on earth, but God almighty in heaven. 758 00:34:02,069 --> 00:34:06,329 The ten commandments are God's standards of righteousness for man. 759 00:34:06,669 --> 00:34:09,845 And I'm telling you that so you'll understand that when you use 760 00:34:09,877 --> 00:34:10,669 the law, this is. 761 00:34:10,709 --> 00:34:15,765 It's potent, if you'll say this with conviction, this is God's 762 00:34:15,837 --> 00:34:19,629 standard of righteousness for every living human being on this 763 00:34:19,669 --> 00:34:20,289 earth. 764 00:34:20,629 --> 00:34:22,409 It is his standard. 765 00:34:22,909 --> 00:34:25,869 If you want to get to heaven, you have to meet the standard of 766 00:34:25,909 --> 00:34:29,909 righteousness that one acquires by keeping the law. 767 00:34:30,409 --> 00:34:31,949 And that is perfection. 768 00:34:34,049 --> 00:34:34,949 Perfection. 769 00:34:36,129 --> 00:34:38,497 It is righteousness perfected. 770 00:34:38,633 --> 00:34:39,869 The Ten Commandments. 771 00:34:40,369 --> 00:34:42,629 It is holiness perfected. 772 00:34:43,209 --> 00:34:46,829 The Ten Commandments are God's standard for heaven. 773 00:34:48,209 --> 00:34:51,521 Now, when witnessing, I will often ask, and I put this down here 774 00:34:51,545 --> 00:34:52,009 for you. 775 00:34:52,089 --> 00:34:55,579 When witnessing, I will often ask, do you believe that God has 776 00:34:55,619 --> 00:34:59,559 a standard for heaven, or do you think he will let anyone in? 777 00:35:00,259 --> 00:35:02,115 The answer is usually divided. 778 00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:04,731 Half will say, oh, he'll let anyone in. 779 00:35:04,875 --> 00:35:07,959 The other half will say, well, no, he has a standard. 780 00:35:09,059 --> 00:35:14,199 And I'll ask them, do you know what that standard is? 781 00:35:14,899 --> 00:35:16,291 Some do, some don't. 782 00:35:16,435 --> 00:35:17,899 But at this point you don't even have to ask that. 783 00:35:17,939 --> 00:35:23,335 Just hand them the ten commandment card or the tract and 784 00:35:23,367 --> 00:35:24,579 go over it with them. 785 00:35:25,359 --> 00:35:27,279 Here's God's standard right here. 786 00:35:27,399 --> 00:35:28,575 Well, let me ask you this. 787 00:35:28,647 --> 00:35:29,735 Have you ever told a lie? 788 00:35:29,767 --> 00:35:31,299 That's commandment number nine. 789 00:35:32,479 --> 00:35:34,431 Nobody denies telling a lie. 790 00:35:34,495 --> 00:35:35,463 Everybody agrees. 791 00:35:35,511 --> 00:35:38,447 Everybody, everybody, everybody knows it. 792 00:35:38,503 --> 00:35:40,319 They all admit telling a lie. 793 00:35:40,439 --> 00:35:43,199 Then I will say, okay, well, have you ever stolen anything? 794 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:44,895 That's commandment number eight. 795 00:35:45,087 --> 00:35:47,983 And then like I said, some will say, well, when I kidde, but 796 00:35:48,031 --> 00:35:49,055 almost a very few. 797 00:35:49,087 --> 00:35:51,823 And I've run into a few said, no, I've never stolen anything. 798 00:35:51,871 --> 00:35:53,819 And then I said, kudos to you. 799 00:35:54,199 --> 00:35:55,539 Then I move on. 800 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,539 Have you ever used God's name in vain? 801 00:36:00,879 --> 00:36:03,699 99% will say, well, yeah. 802 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,735 And then at that point I'll ask them, have you always honored 803 00:36:06,767 --> 00:36:07,223 your parents? 804 00:36:07,271 --> 00:36:08,339 It's amazing. 805 00:36:09,599 --> 00:36:12,979 All of them will say, oh yeah, I've always honored my parents. 806 00:36:13,569 --> 00:36:16,705 And then I say it, a little comical, but serious enough where 807 00:36:16,737 --> 00:36:18,273 they know that it's not a joke. 808 00:36:18,321 --> 00:36:19,841 I say, okay, now wait a minute. 809 00:36:19,865 --> 00:36:23,017 You always honor your parents, but you just admitted to be a lying 810 00:36:23,193 --> 00:36:25,745 thief who uses God's name in vain. 811 00:36:25,897 --> 00:36:27,589 Does that honor your parents? 812 00:36:29,809 --> 00:36:30,829 Well, no. 813 00:36:32,369 --> 00:36:34,429 Well, then let me ask you this, Dan. 814 00:36:36,929 --> 00:36:39,769 If you died today and you had to stand before God and he judged 815 00:36:39,809 --> 00:36:43,839 you by his law, would you be innocent or guilty? 816 00:36:45,859 --> 00:36:47,599 You see how powerful that is? 817 00:36:48,179 --> 00:36:49,679 I didn't condemn them. 818 00:36:50,939 --> 00:36:52,479 The law of God did. 819 00:36:53,739 --> 00:36:58,439 All I did was brought the law, and it made sin exceeding sinful. 820 00:36:58,779 --> 00:37:00,227 The law judged them. 821 00:37:00,323 --> 00:37:01,559 I didn't judge them. 822 00:37:03,219 --> 00:37:07,315 And then I go in to say, of course the truth is no one has ever 823 00:37:07,347 --> 00:37:09,755 kept all ten commandments throughout their entire life except 824 00:37:09,787 --> 00:37:10,219 Jesus. 825 00:37:10,299 --> 00:37:11,195 We can't keep the law. 826 00:37:11,227 --> 00:37:16,049 And then I show them how, that if you just James 210, whosoever 827 00:37:16,089 --> 00:37:18,385 shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point, he's guilty 828 00:37:18,417 --> 00:37:20,345 of all Romans 310. 829 00:37:20,377 --> 00:37:21,669 There's none righteous. 830 00:37:22,089 --> 00:37:26,921 And then I go on to share with them how that of course, the rest 831 00:37:26,945 --> 00:37:28,673 of the gospel, you know, that's all bad news. 832 00:37:28,721 --> 00:37:30,441 And then the gospel means good news. 833 00:37:30,545 --> 00:37:32,269 Ten commandments are bad news. 834 00:37:32,809 --> 00:37:34,029 It's bad news. 835 00:37:34,569 --> 00:37:36,321 But we've got to get them to that point. 836 00:37:36,465 --> 00:37:38,689 Look at this illustration that I put here at the bottom of page 837 00:37:38,729 --> 00:37:39,121 41. 838 00:37:39,145 --> 00:37:41,837 The ten Commandments are like ten sharks in the ocean. 839 00:37:42,033 --> 00:37:43,981 Don't dismiss using the law, please. 840 00:37:44,045 --> 00:37:47,805 I mean, it took me a long time to actually learn this. 841 00:37:47,917 --> 00:37:49,569 I didn't do this for years. 842 00:37:50,109 --> 00:37:53,285 And it wasn't until I started our second church in Tacoma that 843 00:37:53,357 --> 00:37:55,869 I was introduced to using the law on evangelism. 844 00:37:55,909 --> 00:37:59,197 And once I saw it and the potency of it and the success that 845 00:37:59,213 --> 00:38:01,889 it brought, and I say success, you know what I mean? 846 00:38:02,589 --> 00:38:03,769 True salvation. 847 00:38:04,309 --> 00:38:06,929 I was like, wow, why didn't I use this before? 848 00:38:08,439 --> 00:38:12,207 And so I heard this illustration, and it's great. 849 00:38:12,263 --> 00:38:15,127 So the Ten Commandments are like sharks in the ocean. 850 00:38:15,303 --> 00:38:18,295 A person might be enjoying a nice swim in the ocean and consider 851 00:38:18,367 --> 00:38:22,607 you foolish for yelling at him to grab the life preserver as you 852 00:38:22,623 --> 00:38:23,579 throw it to him. 853 00:38:24,359 --> 00:38:27,175 But if you tell him, say, turn around, turn around, and he turns 854 00:38:27,207 --> 00:38:30,855 around and he sees ten sharks swimming toward him, all of a sudden, 855 00:38:30,887 --> 00:38:33,459 that life preserver looks mighty precious. 856 00:38:34,699 --> 00:38:38,203 That is the effectiveness of using the law to help someone understand 857 00:38:38,291 --> 00:38:39,523 their need for a savior. 858 00:38:39,571 --> 00:38:41,307 Jesus is that lifeguard. 859 00:38:41,403 --> 00:38:44,611 He is that life preserver, and we're going to toss that to him. 860 00:38:44,635 --> 00:38:47,315 But first we've got to get him to see that there are sharks in the 861 00:38:47,347 --> 00:38:47,919 water. 862 00:38:48,339 --> 00:38:50,075 There are sharks in the water. 863 00:38:50,267 --> 00:38:56,059 Those sharks are the Ten Commandments, and they are there 864 00:38:56,099 --> 00:38:56,827 to destroy you. 865 00:38:56,843 --> 00:38:58,187 And that's what the law does. 866 00:38:58,283 --> 00:38:59,719 That's what sin does. 867 00:39:00,859 --> 00:39:05,699 So we have to pause right here and once again emphasize the enormity 868 00:39:05,739 --> 00:39:06,715 of man's corruption. 869 00:39:06,747 --> 00:39:07,267 By the fall. 870 00:39:07,323 --> 00:39:11,235 We must major on it because the Bible majors on it. 871 00:39:11,387 --> 00:39:12,003 We can't. 872 00:39:12,051 --> 00:39:14,883 We can't just can't whitewash man's sin. 873 00:39:14,931 --> 00:39:20,443 We can't whitewash how corrupt man is and how deeply we've offended 874 00:39:20,531 --> 00:39:20,891 God. 875 00:39:20,955 --> 00:39:22,667 Again, you don't want to overdo it. 876 00:39:22,683 --> 00:39:24,067 I mean, you're standing there. 877 00:39:24,123 --> 00:39:28,501 You can discern, really, if there's some conviction going on 878 00:39:28,525 --> 00:39:29,541 in their heart. 879 00:39:29,685 --> 00:39:32,169 You may not have to, you know, don't overdo it. 880 00:39:33,029 --> 00:39:35,901 The Holy Spirit, I believe, will give you understanding and help 881 00:39:35,925 --> 00:39:37,529 you to know when to move on. 882 00:39:37,829 --> 00:39:40,569 But if you don't think he's getting it, don't move forward. 883 00:39:43,309 --> 00:39:46,517 They've got to know that they're a sinner, that they've sinned 884 00:39:46,533 --> 00:39:50,649 against God, and that sin is what's condemning them to hell. 885 00:39:51,399 --> 00:39:53,751 Romans eight, seven, eight says, because the carnal mind is 886 00:39:53,775 --> 00:39:55,983 enmity against God, for it is subject to the law. 887 00:39:56,031 --> 00:39:58,911 It is not subject to the law of God, neither can be. 888 00:39:59,095 --> 00:40:02,223 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 889 00:40:02,391 --> 00:40:05,695 Ephesians 417 says, I say, therefore and testify in the Lord 890 00:40:05,727 --> 00:40:09,503 that ye henceforth walk not as other gentiles walk in the vanity 891 00:40:09,551 --> 00:40:10,079 of their mind. 892 00:40:10,119 --> 00:40:12,459 Remember, he's walking in the vanity of his mind. 893 00:40:12,919 --> 00:40:15,567 He's not thinking and acting through the spirit. 894 00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:17,819 He's acting through his mind, through his flesh. 895 00:40:18,379 --> 00:40:20,835 He said, they're having the understanding darkened. 896 00:40:20,867 --> 00:40:22,155 His understanding is darkened. 897 00:40:22,227 --> 00:40:25,131 He's alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that 898 00:40:25,155 --> 00:40:29,227 is in him because of the blindness of their heart, who, being 899 00:40:29,283 --> 00:40:32,643 past feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, 900 00:40:32,771 --> 00:40:35,119 to work all uncleanness with greediness. 901 00:40:35,659 --> 00:40:38,027 They might look pretty on the outside, but inside they're full 902 00:40:38,043 --> 00:40:39,279 of dead men's bones. 903 00:40:41,299 --> 00:40:43,119 And Jesus said that I didn't. 904 00:40:44,549 --> 00:40:47,901 So devastating is sin's influence upon the human consciousness 905 00:40:47,965 --> 00:40:51,797 that now in America, it is glamorized. 906 00:40:51,893 --> 00:40:53,517 Sin, that is, is glamorized. 907 00:40:53,573 --> 00:40:57,069 And it's recognized to the degree that those who stand for morality 908 00:40:57,109 --> 00:41:01,829 and call wickedness immoral are perceived as haters, bigots, 909 00:41:01,989 --> 00:41:04,933 intolerant, the cancers of society. 910 00:41:05,101 --> 00:41:06,809 And a threat to democracy. 911 00:41:10,319 --> 00:41:14,423 In this room right here, you, in the eyes of most every liberal, 912 00:41:14,471 --> 00:41:16,259 you are a threat to democracy. 913 00:41:17,999 --> 00:41:21,063 Outside of responding to God in faith for salvation, there is 914 00:41:21,111 --> 00:41:24,199 no thought or word or deed that a lost man can do to please 915 00:41:24,359 --> 00:41:24,791 God. 916 00:41:24,855 --> 00:41:26,695 He is altogether unrighteous. 917 00:41:26,727 --> 00:41:28,559 And that's Isaiah 64 six. 918 00:41:28,679 --> 00:41:31,719 We are all as an unclean thing, and all of our righteousnesses 919 00:41:31,759 --> 00:41:34,663 are as filthy rags, and we all do fate as a leaf. 920 00:41:34,711 --> 00:41:38,029 And our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 921 00:41:39,849 --> 00:41:43,313 I am going to get through in the next two weeks because I have 922 00:41:43,321 --> 00:41:43,705 a message. 923 00:41:43,737 --> 00:41:44,457 I want to preach to you. 924 00:41:44,473 --> 00:41:46,709 So I'll have to speed this up as we move along. 925 00:41:47,169 --> 00:41:50,113 But I want you to understand this sin. 926 00:41:50,281 --> 00:41:52,777 A preacher used to say this, and he said it so often from the 927 00:41:52,793 --> 00:41:56,389 pulpit, make sin ugly. 928 00:41:56,689 --> 00:41:58,321 Paint sin ugly. 929 00:41:58,345 --> 00:42:00,469 And he was talking to parents, to their kids. 930 00:42:01,009 --> 00:42:04,425 And I think we need to do the same thing not only in our own lives, 931 00:42:04,457 --> 00:42:07,161 but in the lives of those who we're dealing with, when we bring. 932 00:42:07,225 --> 00:42:09,545 When we're trying to bring salvation into their life, when we're 933 00:42:09,577 --> 00:42:11,589 trying to help them to see their need for salvation. 934 00:42:11,889 --> 00:42:13,897 Paint sin ugly. 935 00:42:13,953 --> 00:42:16,789 Don't move on until they see it for what it is. 936 00:42:17,409 --> 00:42:19,349 There might be somebody in here tonight. 937 00:42:19,809 --> 00:42:22,989 I mean, I've been talking about this, and now all of a sudden, 938 00:42:23,289 --> 00:42:25,225 we brought the law into the situation. 939 00:42:25,337 --> 00:42:26,289 We brought the law. 940 00:42:26,369 --> 00:42:28,269 We added that into the equation. 941 00:42:29,059 --> 00:42:32,091 And maybe you're even sitting here tonight, and you're thinking, 942 00:42:32,195 --> 00:42:34,399 you know, I never really saw it as that bad. 943 00:42:35,179 --> 00:42:39,839 But now, man, I need to get saved. 944 00:42:42,619 --> 00:42:43,699 I don't know everybody. 945 00:42:43,739 --> 00:42:44,919 I don't know your heart. 946 00:42:46,059 --> 00:42:48,679 I only know that I'm saved for sure. 947 00:42:50,099 --> 00:42:54,343 And I can tell you, I've met so many people who have sit in churches 948 00:42:54,411 --> 00:42:58,479 for years and years and years and ended up getting saved later 949 00:42:58,519 --> 00:42:59,299 in life. 950 00:42:59,599 --> 00:43:02,895 My wife and I met a pastor's wife who was a pastor's wife for 951 00:43:02,967 --> 00:43:05,259 35 years. 952 00:43:05,559 --> 00:43:10,479 And she knew she was lost, but she was afraid that going forward 953 00:43:10,559 --> 00:43:13,259 would mess up her husband's ministry. 954 00:43:13,679 --> 00:43:16,279 She was afraid of what everyone in the ministry would say. 955 00:43:16,399 --> 00:43:19,339 All of her friends, all the pastor's friends, all the wives. 956 00:43:19,849 --> 00:43:23,561 Finally, her pastor, her husband preached on hell one day, 957 00:43:23,745 --> 00:43:26,601 and the holy spirit got ahold of her and she said, I am not going 958 00:43:26,625 --> 00:43:27,909 to hell for anyone. 959 00:43:28,489 --> 00:43:33,057 And after 35 years in ministry, she walked the aisle and 960 00:43:33,073 --> 00:43:33,949 got saved. 961 00:43:38,809 --> 00:43:39,809 I've said this before. 962 00:43:39,889 --> 00:43:42,545 I can't think of a worse place to go to hell from than a church 963 00:43:42,577 --> 00:43:43,229 pew. 964 00:43:45,419 --> 00:43:48,835 So if you're here tonight and you're not saved, man, this stuff 965 00:43:48,867 --> 00:43:49,707 is real. 966 00:43:49,883 --> 00:43:53,755 We've offended a holy God and we've got to stand before him one 967 00:43:53,787 --> 00:43:57,559 day and he's going to judge like a righteous judge should. 968 00:43:58,539 --> 00:44:00,339 Child of God, you know that you are saved. 969 00:44:00,379 --> 00:44:03,763 I wonder if you'd be willing tonight, man, just say, I'm going 970 00:44:03,771 --> 00:44:04,811 to grab some of these tracks. 971 00:44:04,835 --> 00:44:06,643 I'm going to get some of those ten commandments, and I'm going to 972 00:44:06,651 --> 00:44:09,067 go over this thing, and I'm going to learn how to do this, and 973 00:44:09,083 --> 00:44:11,075 I'm going to share the gospel with others, and I'm going to use 974 00:44:11,107 --> 00:44:11,723 the law. 975 00:44:11,851 --> 00:44:12,419 Use the law. 976 00:44:12,459 --> 00:44:13,439 It's not hard. 977 00:44:13,859 --> 00:44:17,707 And you can come up with your own illustrations, but I hope that 978 00:44:17,723 --> 00:44:18,651 we'll commit to doing this. 979 00:44:18,675 --> 00:44:20,419 I appreciate Brother Scott tonight. 980 00:44:20,459 --> 00:44:22,731 He came up to me and he said, brother, I committed to God to give 981 00:44:22,755 --> 00:44:22,915 out. 982 00:44:22,947 --> 00:44:23,515 How many did you say? 983 00:44:23,547 --> 00:44:27,187 Two tracks a day, two tracks a week, brother. 984 00:44:27,243 --> 00:44:28,427 That's a start, isn't it? 985 00:44:28,483 --> 00:44:29,363 That's great. 986 00:44:29,491 --> 00:44:30,947 Thank you for doing that, brother. 987 00:44:31,043 --> 00:44:31,387 Thank you. 988 00:44:31,403 --> 00:44:33,359 That courageous encourages me. 989 00:44:33,699 --> 00:44:35,763 Let us all do the same thing. 990 00:44:35,811 --> 00:44:36,147 Amen. 991 00:44:36,203 --> 00:44:38,759 Let's stand together tonight and let's have a verse of invitation 992 00:44:47,539 --> 00:44:50,291 we won't linger I'm going to let them play through a verse or 993 00:44:50,315 --> 00:44:52,239 two and Caleb sing a verse or two. 994 00:44:52,619 --> 00:44:54,539 I'm going to pray and then they'll begin. 995 00:44:54,699 --> 00:44:55,915 And then it's just up to you. 996 00:44:55,947 --> 00:44:56,275 You come. 997 00:44:56,307 --> 00:44:59,187 If the Holy Spirit speak in your heart, you can either come here 998 00:44:59,203 --> 00:45:01,411 or you can make an altar right there where you stand, where you 999 00:45:01,435 --> 00:45:01,979 sit. 1000 00:45:02,139 --> 00:45:03,507 But just let God do business. 1001 00:45:03,563 --> 00:45:05,259 Do business with God if he's dealing with your heart. 1002 00:45:05,299 --> 00:45:07,867 Father, again, we just say thank you for how you worked in our 1003 00:45:07,883 --> 00:45:11,991 own hearts and lives to bring the message of salvation to us. 1004 00:45:12,175 --> 00:45:14,775 And, Lord, I pray like David did. 1005 00:45:14,807 --> 00:45:17,831 Like David was just a vessel that you used to bring the gospel 1006 00:45:17,855 --> 00:45:19,767 to me when I was ready to hear it. 1007 00:45:19,903 --> 00:45:21,383 I want to be that vessel. 1008 00:45:21,551 --> 00:45:24,367 I pray that you'd use us to be that vessel, to bring the truth and 1009 00:45:24,383 --> 00:45:27,231 the gospel to others when they're ready to hear it. 1010 00:45:27,375 --> 00:45:32,311 Lord, let us be your glove that you put on and use for your 1011 00:45:32,335 --> 00:45:32,903 honor and glory. 1012 00:45:32,951 --> 00:45:35,119 I pray it in Jesus name with heads bowed.