In our text that we noticed just a moment ago we find such a
wonderful invitation that was extended by.
Jesus Christ himself for his Jesus said come unto me all ye
that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for.
I am meek and lowly at heart and ye shall find rest unto your
souls for. My yoke is easy.
Easy. And my burden is light, you
know, today we find great comfort and we find great hope
in the words that Jesus expressed so long ago for it is
in these words that we find rest, and we find relief, we
find rest and relief from our burdens and our cares.
In this life. In Jesus Christ, we find
freedom, freedom, from sin, and freedom, from all of the burdens
that would weigh us down. And trouble us from day to day.
Jesus Christ is the one that sets us free and he does.
So by giving us a new dignity, a new Destiny and finally he gives
us a new direction for our lives.
You know, the reason that many of us feel burdened and heavy
laden is because we spend as it were far too much time swimming
against the current We have our priorities out of sorts and
because of that, we very sadly unnecessarily, complicate our
lives to illustrate this point. I understand that of all of the
tools and a lion tamer can take into a lion's cage, believe it
or not. And this is considering the fact
that a lion tamer often times. We'll have a whip in one hand
and a firearm on his hip that have all of the tools that he
might take into that. At cage, the most important
thing in his possession is a small stool.
Well, I'm told by the experts that are lion Tamers and
understand that concept, that that lion tamer can rack, can
grab that stool by its back and thrust, those four legs toward a
charging wild animal. And when he does, so that animal
tries to focus on all four of those legs at the same time.
And I am told as a Out. He becomes confused.
He even becomes quite paralyzed. Somewhat tame.
And docile the reason for that is his attention has become
fragmented. I am convinced today that the
secret of successful living is to seek.
After that. One thing I don't stand before
you today saying that we cannot have hobbies that we cannot have
interests that we cannot have a variety.
Variety of things that we do in our life.
Surely, there's nothing wrong with having a variety of things
that we do. It kind of makes us a
well-rounded person. It makes us a greater value to
the ones that we love and the ones that we touch and the ones
that we come in contact with from day to day.
What I am saying is there can only be one Number one, man
finds himself in great turmoil. When he tries to focus on more
than one number one. That one thing in our life, of
course, is none. Other than seeking, after the
kingdom of God. Many of us have our lives too
complicated, too fragmented. We all need to yield our self
though, to Jesus Christ, and let him establish, what our
priorities should be. That we may take care of the
really important things in life and leave the less important
things where they belong and that is that the edges or
outskirts of Our Lives. Yes, and Jesus Christ.
There is Ultimate Freedom. It's not that we will never,
again, have problems in this life.
Please, do not misunderstand me. I am not saying that when a
person comes to Jesus and obeys Jesus and obeys the gospel and
and lives their life in accordance with God's will
through God's word, which is God's plan.
I am not saying that everyone is going to have an easy life as we
journey in the flesh. I'm not saying that at all,
because even though a man wrote a book on the subject, he did
not invent the concept. And that is this that there are
wonderful people that are living right now that are seeking after
that which is true and right and righteous and just And yet
horrible things have happened to them.
Yes, indeed, sometimes bad things happen to good people.
The point is this, though, if Jesus is at the Forefront of our
thinking, and he is the one that's to guide us in our life
if we find rest and freedom and hope and relief.
In Jesus, the point is this, we will never look at those
challenges and those problems the same way ever again.
Again those problems that seem so insurmountable that seem
greater than we can possibly fathom and possibly bear when we
put our trust in the Lord and all that is entailed in doing.
So we will never view the challenges in our life, the same
ever again. So when Jesus extended that
invitation, we ask ourself this morning to whom was Jesus
talking to who is going to have this.
Wonderful invitation, what did Jesus extend?
What was he saying? And who was Going to receive
this invitation well, from the very words of Jesus, he said it
is to all those that labor and are heavy laden.
Those that are burdened in this life and burdened in the burden
of sin of all the things that I can possibly talk about though.
Why would I choose to speak on something or refer to something?
In this particular point in our sermon today, that is unpleasant
like sin. I Stand.
There are far more pleasant things, far more comforting
things, far more pleasurable, things that I might speak on.
As I preached the sermon this morning, but let me just say
this Jesus extended this, wonderful invitation so long to
go to all those that are burdened in sin.
And you know what? I find that there's great
comfort in that because all are burdened in sin, read the reason
that it's so important for us to And that concept is simply this
that of all the things that we will do in our life and all of
the circumstances that come our way, all the decisions that we
make and so on and so forth. There's only one thing.
And only one thing, that'll keep a Man Out Of Heaven.
And that is sin. Sin is a burden that separates
one from God. Hear the words of the prophet of
old and Isaiah chapter 59. Now and beginning in verse One
where the Bible says, behold the Lord's hand is not shortened
that it cannot save. Neither his ear heavy.
That it cannot hear but notice but your iniquities have
separated between you and your God and your sins have hidden
his face from you. That he will not hear you.
You see, sin is a burden that will separate man from God.
But, you know, even in this life, Even while we're living
and even though we're talking about this life and not the life
after this, one of the hope of heaven where sin will keep a Man
Out Of Heaven. What about in this life?
Sin has terrible side effects. It really does we find rest and
freedom from that in Jesus Christ.
Because of the side effects of sin, one side effect of sin in
this life is this that a person that's living their life
burdened in that condition. He lacks inner peace and Isaiah
48:22. The Bible says, there is no
peace. Saith the Lord unto the wicked.
Instead of inner peace. The Sinner is burden with
anxiety. He is burdened often times with
depression. He is burdened with fear and
even doubt and, you know, rightfully so because we
understand as we view the ultimate consequence and that is
spiritual death were a man is separated, from the almighty God
for all eternity. Yes, indeed, it is easy to see,
why a man would feel Way, the Apostle Paul said in Romans
chapter 6 and verse 23, he said for the wages of sin is death
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, Our
Lord. So to whom is it extended to?
This wonderful invitation I submit to you this morning
ladies and gentlemen, that the invitation is for everyone.
For the Bible says that all are sinners, the Apostle Paul said
in Romans chapter 3 and Verse 23.
He said for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
And then in verse 10 of Romans 3, Paul said as it is written
there is none righteous. No not one and because there is
none righteous. No, not one.
All are in bondage to sin and it's heavy burden.
Jesus said in John chapter 8 and verse and verse 34 he said
verily, I say unto you whosoever Whoever committeth sin is the
servant of sin, oh, what a wonderful invitation extended to
those. Anyone that is away from God,
that's what we need to understand this morning.
Everyone, that is away from God. Jesus has given the invitation
that you are going to have comfort that you are going to
have rest that you are going to have all of those wonderful
blessings. The condition is you have to
come to him. At tells me that if a person is
going to reject the teachings of the Gospel is going to reject
Jesus and all that Jesus said they are not going to have what
Jesus Promised because there is conditions to his promise that
is we must come to him. I think it's important though,
at this part of our lesson that we understand a very important
concept about Sin, understand and this that a person is not
born into sin, contrary with what, some would believe that a
person is born into sin with the depraved soul and guilty of the
sin of Father, Adam, that was done in the garden.
So long ago, understand this little children are not burdened
in sin. If you look out across our
audience this morning and you see all of these wonderful
little children. You understand this?
Jesus loves them there. Precious in His sight, they're
Priceless in his sight, they are wonderful and they are innocent.
You remember in Matthew the 18th chapter Jesus made that clear
point when he said for those, that would try to keep little
children coming to Jesus, Jesus is, oh no, you permit, little
children to come to me and you forbid them, not for of such is
the kingdom of God. Yes, indeed, a person that is
going to become as a little child being born again as we
mentioned last. Last night, which is being born
of water and the spirit that's the Little Child Jesus is
talking about. Oh, little children are
wonderful and precious in the eyes of the almighty God.
You know there's going to come a time.
When children though come to the realization, when they're old
enough to realize that, the life that they're living is sinful if
you pardon the personal example, my children, all of, you know,
them, they only know right from wrong because of what they've
been told by Tina or myself or anyone else in their life, that
is an authority figure, that's why they know what's right and
what's wrong, they do not know how to decipher or go through
what really is right and what really is wrong, they do things
or do not do things for Or of punishment.
They understand that if there's a consequence, they don't want
that consequence. So what are they going to do?
They're going to obey what they're told, but they're not
old enough to make the wise decisions and choices of moral
issues and all of the things that would be considered sin,
their little fellows, all the little kids, and they're
innocent because they don't know that someday though, they'll
come to the realization if they live long enough.
Before, if the Lord does not come back and put an end to this
old world, they're going to have to stay be accountable, and
they're going to have to come to the realization.
I am lost in the condition that I'm in.
When a person can understand that and they're old enough to
decipher that. Then they know, I can look to
the scriptures and find out just exactly what am I supposed to do
with my condition, notice though, that the Bible teaches
and Ezekiel Great teen and verse 20.
That the soul, that sinneth, it shall die.
The son shall not bear. The iniquity of the father.
Neither shall the father bear, the iniquity of the son, the
righteousness of the righteous, shall be upon him.
And the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
I read that verse of scripture for your hearing this morning
because I want to paint a picture to you about a sinner
because the Bible in Ezekiel chapter 18 and verse 20, It's a
picture about a sinner the soul that sinneth.
It shall die. But look at the very next verse
look at verse 21. Because there's a ray of Hope
for that sinner. Notice what a person has to do.
Now in verse 21, there are three conditions to get you out of
that. Horrible state three conditions
to keep you from dying. Spiritually, number 1 and verse
21, it says, but if the wicked, number one will turn from all
his sins that he hath committed. That's number one.
That tells me that if a person is not willing to repent And
turn from all of those sins that are in their life that they have
committed. They are not going to have rest,
they will not be relieved from the horrible condition that sin
has burden them with, but he will not die.
If he does these three things turns, from all this sins that
he hath committed. Secondly.
Keeps all my statues. Yes, indeed.
The child of God has rules and regulations, and Commandments.
He must obey. Not only do you turn from all
your sins that you've committed but you keep all of his statutes
thirdly though. Now, you have a responsibility
to do something. You know, there is a difference
between works that are works of Merit.
It is true that I cannot perform enough Acts.
S of works that are works of Merit to stand before my maker
and that last and final day and catalog.
The things that I have done in that I have earned a spot into
heaven. No, there's not enough works of
Merit that I can do in my life, in order to do that.
But the Bible, clearly tells me this, there are works of
obedience that I must do in order to go to heaven.
Ezekiel, 18 and 21. You got to turn from Change if
committed. You've got to keep all my
statutes and here it comes, you have to do all that is, right?
And lawful, if you do all three of those things, it says he
shall surely live. He shall not die.
You know, a person. Cannot blame someone else for
his sins. I know we live in a society of
blame, don't we? Don't we live in such a society
We want to blame our teacher, we want to blame our principal, you
want to blame our father, or mother, or sister, or brother.
We even want to blame society for the reason that we are what
we are. But I'll tell you something.
Ladies and gentlemen, I realized our evil influences in the
world. You know how I feel about that.
But I'll tell you, this shit won't do a man, any good with
reference to his chin because you cannot stand before your
maker and the Judgment seat of Christ.
One day and catalog, all the The reasons why you are what you
are. All we know is this a person has
to turn from all those sinful ways and he's going to be
accountable and responsible. Everyone of us one by one will
be judged, according to the things that we have done.
Jesus offers us rest also in this life.
He offers us rest a present rest in Jesus Christ because there is
rest in hope in Romans, chapter 5, and beginning.
In verse 1, the Apostle Paul said, therefore being justified
by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ by
whom. Also, we have access by faith
into this grace, wherein, we stand and rejoice in Hope of the
glory of God. God, you know, the reason that
we have hope is because of our faith.
Faith is something that the child of God needs to hold onto
and latch onto. And I never turn loose of, you
know, Paul dealt with that very thing.
You remember, you remember, when he talked to a young evangelist,
you remember, when he spoke to him in that letter and First
Timothy chapter 1 and verse 19, he told Timothy holding faith
and a good conscience. That's how you're going to get
through this life. A child.
God has freedom and hope in Jesus Christ.
He has rest in that. And so in order to get through
the trials and burdens of this life, he has to do something.
Paul says what you're going to do, you're going to hold your
faith. Paul said this many have not
done that and they have become shipwreck.
You've heard me say this before and it's so true.
The steering apparatus of a man's soul is his faith.
A ship's Captain can have a ship and hold on to that steering
apparatus. He can hold on for with all of
his might. And when he goes to the
merciless, waves and tempestuous sees that beat against his ship,
if you'll hang on to that steering apparatus, he's got a
chance to get through, but if he turns loose, he subjects his
ship to the wreckage that's coming.
Paul said, that's what he wanted us to understand.
That's the, Connection. Paul said, that's what you do.
If you let go of your faith, don't ever do that.
Don't ever do that because there's hope in that.
I can't imagine living my life without faith.
Yes, indeed, there is rest in that but secondly, there's a
present rest in this life in Jesus Christ because there's a
risk from the bondage of sin in Romans chapter 6, beginning in
verse 17, Remember that the Apostle Paul said, but God be
thanked that you were the Servants of sin but ye have
obeyed from the heart that form of Doctrine which was delivered.
You read that to read this verse 18, it says being then made free
from sin. Ye became the Servants of
righteousness, there's blessings and hope in this life in Christ.
But like Paul said though the greatest rest is coming,
remember what Paul said? If the only hope that we had in
Jesus Christ was in this life. He said we are of all men.
Most miserable. Can you imagine if this is it?
If this is as good as it gets, if this life is all that, we
have a hope in It gets better, notice the blessings of being in
Jesus when we are Christians we find that there's rest.
After this life hear the words of Hebrews chapter 4, beginning
in verse 9, where the Bible says there remaineth therefore notice
arrest for whom it says, there remaineth arrest.
For the people of God. If I were to go out today this
afternoon in between services and I would go from one person
to the next that are out in the world today.
Anybody that I would come across or come in contact with and if I
would ask them this question, if I would say now this is provided
that this person at least understands the concept of
Heaven and the concept of hell, even if that person doesn't know
a whole lot about it, if a person, even understands the
concept of Heaven and the concept of hell, If I were to
ask that person and you understand that concept, where
would you rather go? I would imagine that all would
say, well, I'd rather go to heaven because it surely beats
the alternative of hell. And then, if I were to ask that
same person, but do you think you're going?
I would imagine most would say, well sure, I think so.
I think I'd be going. You know what?
Hebrews 4 said there remaineth. Rest.
For the people of God, there's no rest for people that are not
of god, notice though as it says for he that is entered into his
rest. He also hath ceased from his own
works, as God did from his notice.
Here's another condition. He speaking to Christians,
understand, this was written to the Hebrew Brethren.
These Jews that were converted to Christianity.
He's speaking to Chris, Christians in this letter and he
says there's a rest for the people of God that.
Do what? Labor to enter in to this rest.
There's a condition there, isn't it?
That tells me if I want to become a child of God?
But I backslide and I go to the ways of the world, it tells me
this, I believe that the Hebrew writer happens to be the Apostle
Paul and in that letter he said there's a rest for the people of
God. He says, as a result of that
promise, let us labor therefore to enter into that rest.
So what so you don't end up. Up in the same state as those
that have unbelief. So, even the child of God, who
backslides can find himself in a place where the unbeliever is to
go to get rest. You have to be a, the people of
God and labor to enter in another thing, though.
We have rest from all of our outward afflictions and
Revelation chapter 21 and verse 4.
The Bible says these wonderful words and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes and there shall be Be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying neither shall there.
Be any more pain for the former things are passed away.
And that wonderful that there's coming a day.
When you will never again, stand over a newly made grave of one
that you dearly loved. There's going to come a day in
the future. When you will never again, stand
at the sickbed of a loved one. There's going to come a day,
when they'll be no sickbeds, there'll be no convalescent
hospitals, they'll be none of those things that we labor and
troubling in this life. There's coming a day, when all
of our outward afflictions In the Flesh will no longer be an
issue. We are promised that.
In this rest, we're going to have a new body and that body is
going to be like Christ. You know what else?
The Bible also says the righteous shall be righteous.
Still, there will be no sin over there either.
What a wonderful place at the Bible pictures.
They'll be a rest from all of our Labor's.
Also Revelation, 14, and third and 13.
The Bible says, and I Heard a Voice from Heaven saying unto
me, write blessed are the dead, which die in the Lord from
henceforth. Ye saith the spirit that they
may rest from their labors and their Works do.
I follow them, they'll come a day when we have a rest from The
Temptations of the devil, there's a rest coming for those
that are going to be no longer burdened by the wickedness and
meanness and unkindness of others.
I know folks are sometimes unkind in the world.
I know that let us never be guilty of that.
I know that there are folks that are just mean That's stating the
obvious, I think. But there's coming a day when no
one will ever do that again to the people of God, who are
laboring to get there. There's going to be a rest from
all sin and unrighteousness as well.
These are wonderful blessings that we have in Jesus Christ.
So let me ask you this question now.
What does it mean to come to Christ?
I'll tell you something that ought to be in the Forefront of
our thinking. When we look at there are
conditions to get there, there's conditions upon that rest And
Jesus made the promise, Jesus gave the invitation.
Jesus gave the conditions at tells me this, I want to find
out just every single thing that I must do, because I'll tell you
something. If you're like me, you want to
go there too. What does it mean to come to
Christ? It means following his
teachings. Isn't that reasonable for us to
understand and accept that? If it's his invitation, it is
his rules. It is his Commandments.
It is his conditions. Notice when Jesus gave this
great invitation in verse 29 of Matthew 11 from our text, we
find that in coming to Christ. Jesus says, we must learn of him
here. Also the words of Jesus, in Luke
chapter 6, and beginning in verse 46, where Jesus said this
and why call you me, Lord Lord and do not the things which I
say whosoever cometh, to me and heareth my sayings and doeth
them. I will show you to whom He is
like he is like a man, which built his house and dig deep and
laid the foundation on a rock. And when the flood arose in the
Stream, beat vehemently upon the house and could not shake it for
it was founded upon a rock but he that heareth and doeth not is
like a man that without a foundation built his house upon
the Earth against which the stream did vehemently and beat
vehemently and immediately it fell and the ruin of that.
House was great. We need to learn of him, we need
to learn of his teachings. We need to obey his terms.
Number one, how does that work? The Apostle Paul said in meeting
the terms that are in God's plan, in Romans chapter 10, and
verse number 10, he said, for with the heart, man, believeth
unto righteousness. And with the mouth confession is
made, Unto or up to Salvation. Remember this, I want to know
just exactly what I must do to be in to Christ because it is
those that we find. There's blessings only found in
Christ, notice verses 11 and 12 from Romans chapter 10 where
Paul said for the scripture saith whosoever believeth on him
shall not be ashamed for. There is no difference.
Difference between Jew and Greek for the same Lord is over.
Who it said the same Lord is Rich unto all that.
Do what that call upon his name? Let's continue the very next
verse for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord.
Shall be saved. But how then shall they call on
him in whom they have not believed?
And how shall they believe in him on whom they have not heard
and how shall they hear? Without a preacher notice, the
Bible says, and the Bible teaches us, this, that God has
chosen the foolish - of preaching to save them.
That believe it's not foolish in the eyes of God and it's
certainly not foolish to the children of God.
It is foolish to all those that Are the wise men of the day
after all? There are other things in other
proofs. But God chose the foolish things
of the world and he chose the things that were foolish to the
world to save them. That believe.
Paul said, you have to preach the gospel.
There's a preacher preaching, the word of God upon that
preaching one is hearing that word.
He's Believing on that with all of his heart that Jesus Christ
is who he says he is. Paul said you believe.
To righteousness or up to righteousness.
The Bible also says that we need to repent of our sins.
We need to make a change in our life.
And finally, we confess the name of Jesus Christ.
As the Son of God, these are the final things that are up to or
unto a man's salvation. What else did Paul say?
You got a call on the name of the Lord, all you have to do is
call on the name on Milord the question is this?
How do you do that? We know this.
It is not when you here. Because that happens before you
believe it's not when you believe because that also
happens before you call it is not when you repent, because the
Bible says that we repent unto life, we repent unto or up to
righteousness. Repentance is a direct
prerequisite for a man, salvation?
It is the Turning or changing of a man's heart.
We know it is not calling on the name of the Lord is not simple,
verbiage confess. Jesus as Lord, or even the son
of God, because we find Paul said, you do that before you
call, I want to know what it is, then that I have to do to call
all of these things are before I call on the name of the Lord.
And Paul said, I have to do that in order to be saved here, the
very simple language that puts one into Christ.
First of all, let me just say this, I'll give you the
scriptures now. What I just quoted, Romans 10
and Ten man believes unto or up to righteousness, acts 11 and
18, man repents unto or up to Salvation, Romans 10:10 man,
confesses unto or up to salvation.
But Galatians 3:27 says this even though all these are unto,
the Bible says in Galatians chapter 3 and verse 27.
Paul said for, as many of you as have been, Sized.
Into Christ have put on Christ, you want to be in Christ.
Another translation says, when you're baptized into Christ, you
have clothed yourself with Christ.
You put him on when you do that, you are in him.
A person is not in him. Until he's baptized washing
away. His sins, baptized into the body
of Christ. Just there are many things I'd
like to talk about today. I don't have time.
I want to tell you this though. Give you just a little example
of where one had to call on the name of the Lord.
In order to be saved, we have read and quoted from many
passages of scripture from the great Apostle Paul.
And you got to understand this was the chosen vessel of Jesus
Christ to bear his name before the Gentiles and you remember as
the Lord said to ananias in a vision, he says to ananias.
He said I am going to show this man how many great things he
will suffer for my name's sake. This was a chosen vessel of the
Lord. This was a man who was destined
to be an apostle. This man was one who wrote by
divine inspiration over two-thirds of the New Testament
scriptures. We have read from him.
Today we have quoted from him today but there was a time when
he was not Such a good fella. There was a time when he was a
sinner. You remember what he was doing?
He was binding, all those that call on the name of the Lord,
all those, that would be Christians.
All of those were punished at the hand of The Hired Gun of the
Sanhedrin being Saul of Tarsus, which was his name before it was
changed to Paul. One day, he's on that Damascus
Road for the purpose of doing just that he's going into
Damascus to go and bring all those together that would call
upon the name of the Lord and punish them and about that time.
Jesus appears to him as a great light shining round about him.
And the Bible says it stopped him dead in his tracks and it
blinded him on that road on that path, that day.
And a voice from Heaven. I've tried to picture in my
mind's eye, how that must have been to this song.
Of Tarsus so long ago. But a booming voice from Heaven,
spoke down, directly, to Saul of Tarsus, and said Saul Saul.
Why persecutest thou me, you know, what he says, who art?
Thou Lord. He said, I am Jesus whom thou
persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick
against the Pricks. Me ask you something, his very
next words were these Lord. What will you have me to do?
Do you think when he respond in such a fashion?
He believed in Jesus. Oh, surely he did.
Surely, he believed in Jesus. You know what else he did, he
accepted him as the savior, he accepted him for all that.
He Was he was willing to confess his name there, right there and
acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God as the savior.
But he says Lord What wilt thou have me to do?
You know what Jesus said, you're going to go now, you're going to
go into Damascus and by the way he's still blind.
He said it's going to be told thee.
What thou must do. Another words, somebody's going
to come in a preacher's, going to come in, and he's going to
tell him words that he must do in order that he will be saved
from the horrible fate that he's in.
And that we talked about being the burden of sin.
This You know what he does? He prays for three days.
He imagined, he was sorry. You imagined that he spent an
awful long time in that period of three days repenting.
You reckon he was awful. Sorry for what he had done.
You imagined that he had a change of heart.
Oh, he surely had a change of heart.
All of a sudden though as Jesus Promised, a man is on the way.
This man named ananias came in. When he came in, he says, and
now why tarriest thou or in other words, what do you waiting
for arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins here, it is
calling on the name of the Lord. These are steps that lead us up
to calling on the name of the Lord.
Paul said, if you call on the name of the Lord will be saved.
What happened? This was the man, he could speak
from that. From obviously, he was inspired
by the Holy Spirit, but this happened to him personally and
an Ayah says, what are you waiting for?
Get up, be baptized and wash away thy sins.
Calling on the name of the Lord. Let me say one more thing about
that. if a man like Paul, Could have Jesus.
Come to him personally, blind him, have him feel as sorry as
he can be. Be a chosen vessel of the Lord.
Be a man that was going to be one that was going to write over
two thirds of the New Testament. This man was supposed to Bear
the name of Jesus to the Gentiles and all of that if he
couldn't pray, his sins away for three days straight.
Why does a man today, think in a one little sentence prayer?
He can have his sins washed away. ladies and gentlemen, he
cannot his sins are washed away when he is baptized into Christ.
He rides us to walk in newness of Life.
Romans chapter 6 when he does, he fulfills what Jesus said to
Nicodemus, so long ago, that a man must be born again.
When he's born of water and of the spirit.
Finally, this morning, one more thing before I close final rest
is conditioned Upon Our faithfulness unto death.
Final rest is conditioned on those things.
Jesus talked about that very thing.
And so many parables we must hold on.
We must make it to the end. We need to encourage one
another. Not to fall if our brother or
our sister Falls, we need to reach down and grab them and do
the best we can to take them with us.
It's serious business, folks. We need to fight for those that
are having a hard time fighting for themselves.
We need to try to encourage them to stay in the truth and this
and the straight and narrow way. Because they want life, they
really do. We need to have love and
compassion in our heart for those but never support the sin.
Reach down, encourage those that have fallen, don't leave him
alone. You bug him to death if they've
backslidden you call them on the phone.
I'm telling you until they throw you out physically, you keep
going to see him. They want to go to heaven. and
if they're having trouble now, You encourage them to stay
straight, you encourage yourself to do that, you surround
yourself with people that are going to help you get to heaven.
You turn your back on the evil influences of the world so that
you can go to heaven, one day. In conclusion, a man wrote this
about salvation. He said to every man, their
openness away and ways and away and some men climb the highway
and some men grow below. And in between on the Misty,
Flats the rest drift to and fro to every man, they're open.
If the highway and below and every man decided which way his
soul shall go. We thank you for listening to
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