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Welcome to the Liberty Baptist 
Sermon Archives. 

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The message you're about to hear
was preached at Liberty Baptist 

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Church in Easton, MA. 
You can find out more about us 

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or contact us at my 
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us up on Facebook. 
And now we hope that this 

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message from God's Word will be 
a blessing to you. 

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All right, just as a way to 
remind us of where we've been 

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over the last few days. 
Our very first night on 

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Wednesday, we talked at length 
and preached about having a 

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greater burden for the lost. 
We saw the idea that the stakes 

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dictate the pace. 
Amen. 

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The idea that when the stakes 
are low, that the pace doesn't 

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have to be as quick. 
And we use the example of the 

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NFL, the difference between the 
Pro Bowl, the Super Bowl, 

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there's a big difference between
the pace because of the stakes. 

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We talked about the fire 
department dealing with a fire 

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where there is no loss of life 
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potential for loss of life, and 
they might hang back a little 

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bit and contain a fire compared 
to grushing in all of all other 

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thoughts abandoned because 
they're going to save a life. 

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The stakes, they take the pace. 
And so we talked about how the 

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lake of fire should dictate our 
pace, that we should be going 

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out and doing everything we can 
to reach the loss because the 

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lake of fire is real. 
And then yesterday we gave you 

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some verses to be able to 
encourage you as a soul winner. 

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I really focus on Second Timothy
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For the Lord has not given us 
the spirit of fear, but of power

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and of love and a sound mind. 
You know what you'll need 

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tomorrow around 10:00? 
You'll need power and love and a

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sound mind. 
You know what you need when you 

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hand somebody a track? 
Power and love and a sound mind.

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And so we take that verse as 
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looked at and really hold to 
those and claim those as our 

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own. 
We talked at length yesterday, 

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really the practical 
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What do we do when we go to the 
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How do we get to the door? 
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doorbell cameras are the new 
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They're the digital peephole, if
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honestly watching you go up the 
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We want to make sure that we are
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we are not embarrassing 
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harder for the door to open 
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ourselves going up. 
And we talked about when someone

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opens the door, how do we handle
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And then we want to transition 
them from the general 

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conversation that we'd love to 
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We like to talk to you about 
more spiritual things because 

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again, then we do want the 
people we visit to come to 

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Liberty Baptist Church. 
I mean, it's kind of silly to 

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say that we don't want them to 
come to Liberty Baptist Church. 

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Of course we want them to be 
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Sunday. 
That's why we visit on Saturday 

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because we want to really get it
in their mind on Saturday to be 

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able to come the next day. 
You can visit on Tuesday, You 

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can visit on Thursdays. 
We've done some of those things 

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over the years, and I'm not 
saying there's anything wrong 

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with it, but I found that 
sometimes when you give the Word

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of God on Tuesday and Thursday, 
it gives time for the birds to 

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snatch away that seed of the 
Word of God before Sunday comes.

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And so on Saturday, it's already
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Sunday. 
Again, there's no right or wrong

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way to do it. 
The Bible doesn't say thou shalt

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make visits on Saturday. 
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Lord is pleased no matter when 
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But I do find practically it 
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into Sunday. 
But we more than just wanting 

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them to come to church, we 
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I mean, that's really why we're 
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And I couldn't imagine being 
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And let's say maybe a few weeks 
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different region, to a different
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They can't come to church here. 
And we say, boy, what a waste of

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time. 
We want someone to Christ. 

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And they didn't even come to 
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I can't even imagine having that
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them again, but we will see them
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And that we were able to be used
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And so we talked about 
transitioning that conversation.

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And really where we ended was on
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I wish I'd put page numbers on 
this, but if you have your 

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booklet here, we ended on the 
page that says how to ask 

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someone about salvation. 
And we ended with the two 

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important questions. 
Do you remember those? 

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We talked about this last night.
Are you 100% sure that you'd go 

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to heaven when you pass from 
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And there'll be some people that
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I, I wish I knew those types of 
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And there's some people who will
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They'll say absolutely. 
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want to rejoice at that because 
certainly we think that's a 

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wonderful thing. 
And on its face it is a 

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wonderful thing. 
But we do have to dial down a 

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little bit or dig down a little 
bit, maybe will be the better 

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way of saying it to really 
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What do they mean about their 
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heaven? 
Because again, as I said last 

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night, and I know we're kind of 
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I do think it's important for us
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We want to make sure that we 
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understand what they're talking 
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Are they sure they're going to 
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works? 
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heaven because they're a good 
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Are they sure they're going to 
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to philanthropic opportunities? 
Is this why they think they're 

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going to heaven? 
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if you were asked why should you
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heaven? 
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What would your answer be? 
And of course, again, admitting 

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that we know that's not the way 
salvation works, but it is a way

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to illuminate exactly why that 
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heaven. 
And so we ended there at that 

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bullet point that says ask 2 
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And then below that as we 
continue it says answer 

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according to their response. 
So you could say, do you mind if

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I take a few moments to show you
from the Bible how you can know 

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for sure we have eternal life? 
And I do think it's good to ask 

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them that question because if 
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may be they're just not ready to
be able to hear the word. 

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But you can launch into the 
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But sometimes a transitional 
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that. 
Or maybe it's very obvious that 

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they're busy. 
Maybe, again, it just seems like

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they're not quite focused on 
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And again, we don't want to pick
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We want to make sure that the 
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And it could be something like 
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Hey, you know, it seems like 
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here at the house right now. 
It seems like you got a lot 

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going on. 
Maybe they say something like 

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this. 
Well, I was actually just 

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heading out to the store. 
I got an appointment here in 20 

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minutes. 
That's an opportunity for you to

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say, well, would it be all right
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we'll be OK if I gave your 
information to our pastor, maybe

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he gave you a call and and he 
would be able to set something 

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up. 
That's something that you can 

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do. 
Again, I don't want to say don't

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take no for an answer because 
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his approach again, putting the 
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closing, That's not we're trying
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But I would say don't always 
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you're talking to at face value 
because a lot of times they will

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have because of their own 
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And sometimes we forget this. 
Imagine how anxious you may be 

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talking to someone about the 
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They're anxious about talking to
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And so they may answer in a way 
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to their own selves. 
And we may say that they're not 

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interested. 
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take it for face value. 
They're not interested getting 

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we're not pushy, we're not 
salesman, But you can just maybe

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push back on that a little bit 
and just say, oh, you're not 

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interested. 
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You could even say something. 
Well, you know, there was a time

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in my life I was interested too.
And I think about many years in 

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my life where I push the Lord 
away and you know, Are you sure 

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this isn't something you'd like 
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And then if they continued, you 
would know that that's not the 

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appropriate time and response. 
So I can answer according to 

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their response, those questions 
that we gave you. 

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Now here's some general 
applications about talking to 

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someone about the Lord when you 
get into the specific verses 

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here in just a moment, That's 
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of what we need to talk about. 
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ourselves to this place so that 
we understand how to have this 

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conversation. 
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the Lord, first of all, 
recognize distracting questions.

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And what I mean by that is as 
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about the Lord, they will say 
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You know, I've always wondered, 
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I've always wondered, where did 
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Abel get their wives from? 
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question, but it's probably not 
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right now. 
They'll even say something, you 

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know, have you ever thought 
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head of a pen? 
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something like this, You know, 
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But why don't we put this off to
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Because I, I really want to make
sure we can talk to you about 

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what I want to talk to you about
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And every time someone asks me 
one of those questions and, and 

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oftentimes they're heartfelt, 
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I had someone expressed to me 
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about, you know, vegetarianism 
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those kind of things. 
And it's like, you know, that's 

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a great question and we can get 
to that later. 

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But can I really finish what we 
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what we're talking about first? 
And every time someone has 

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started with one of those 
distracting questions, if they 

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do get to the place where they 
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99 times out of 100, they don't 
care about that question 

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anymore. 
It's just the fact that now they

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know Jesus Christ. 
It's like, you know what, that 

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that'll work itself out. 
And so recognize those 

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distracting questions and don't 
feel that you have to run down 

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every rabbit that everyone puts 
in front of you when you're 

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talking to them about the Lord. 
I put there, bounce the 

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basketball. 
What that means is, you know, 

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just because they say no to 
something again, kind of bounce 

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the basketball, kind of keep 
going at it. 

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And that we were taught in Bible
college, you know, three 

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different times. 
You try to continue to talk to 

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them about the Lord before you 
give up. 

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I don't know. 
There's no biblical number for 

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what it should be. 
You should just be Spirit led 

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and understanding, but just kind
of keep going at it a little bit

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just because they say no, you 
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Well, I understand how you feel.
I felt like that myself in the 

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past, you know, do you believe 
that this is something that you 

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need to do today to trust Jesus 
Christ? 

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Well, I don't know that I need 
to do that today. 

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Well, don't just say, oh, well, 
then maybe another day. 

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Maybe say, well, what? 
What would hinder you today from

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trusting Jesus Christ your 
Savior to ask those kind of 

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probing questions and not to 
just fold when they give you 

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some sort of resistance? 
Again, we're not trying to push 

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people to salvation. 
You can't truly push someone to 

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salvation. 
If you do, then you have made a 

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convert. 
The Lord hasn't made the 

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convert. 
We're not trying to push people 

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in that. 
But at the same time, just 

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because someone gives a little 
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we just fold and say, well, I 
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So bounce the basketball a 
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Avoid yes or no questions. 
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says? 
Yes. 

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Do you understand what this 
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Yes. 
Do you understand what this 

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verse says? 
Yes. 

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Do you want to get saved? 
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And by the time they're done, 
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talking about because they're 
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ask them in an open-ended way. 
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state will be? 
That's a great way to start, you

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know, if you were to die today 
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some of the questions or some of
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about judgment and about 
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Find ways to ask those questions
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understand what they're thinking
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know what they're thinking. 
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they're thinking if you're just 
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because they're just go yes, 
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and nobody knows what anybody 
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around Bible words there. 
There are words that oftentimes 

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can be confusing. 
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toward us in that while we were 
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time, they may not understand 
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is that here I am on a Sunday 
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have lost people you have newly 
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Christ or non belief in Jesus 
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I talked about even this Sunday,
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Christ is servant. 
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looking at the fact that Jesus 
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be a servant and to give his 
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some time there. 
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Philippians chapter 2 again, how
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mind be in you, which was also 
in Christ Jesus? 

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But I have to recognize there's 
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aren't saved. 
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back to the basics and make sure
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fill this in because you didn't 
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Bible? 
It's like, well, I know a lot of

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places to go in the Bible to be 
able to illustrate the fact that

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Christ is servant, but I want to
maybe go to the most profound 

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section of Scripture that maybe 
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someone else isn't. 
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saying that. 
Don't take for granted that you 

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understand what words like 
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look at the word propitiation. 
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chapter #2 you use that word 
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Someone's eyes glaze over. 
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don't know, but it's the 
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behalf of someone else. 
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And there's ways to be able to 
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And so explain Bible words 
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Make it personal. 
Talk about you again, not talk 

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about you like you love yourself
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testimony, you have a story. 
You had the same objections, you

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had the same questions very 
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from high to them and explain to
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Show them. 
Listen, I was where you were at.

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I had the same questions. 
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with church. 
I wanted nothing to do with 

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Jesus. 
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years and many of you, that's 
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But I got out of that and for a 
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really was because of what I was
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But then I found out that it 
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way or the Baptist way. 
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here in particular on a Sunday 
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Bible way of accepting Jesus 
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his Baptist to believe in things

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the Bible way. 
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Bible says, but overcome some of
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Because you and I, when we give 
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we're talking about. 
But to them immediately in their

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mind, they're thinking something
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So I have to become a Baptist. 
I'm going to have to go to 

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church. 
I'll have to go to all these 

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different things. 
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to be put off to the side. 
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understand is they need Jesus 
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split hell wide open if they 
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their sins. 
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understand. 
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they are new creatures, those 
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they are taught because now they
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Now they have the Holy Spirit 
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Have your own Bible ready. 
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I hope you have your Bible ready
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looking at several verses here 
in just a moment down the Romans

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Rd. 
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the Romans Rd. 
I've shared it more times than I

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can tell you in my Bible, I have
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And after every place I show 
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You know why? 
Because I'm in the middle of 

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talking with somebody. 
Sometimes I can confuse myself. 

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I know it's hard to believe that
I can confuse myself, but there 

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are times that even as I'm 
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where to go because I'm talking 
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A lot of times as I'm sharing in
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reading my Bible upside down, 
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And so write those verses down 
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Don't, don't feel bad about 
marking up your Bible. 

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We're not talking about taking a
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Bible like this. 
We're talking about taking a pen

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and writing different verses and
underlining them. 

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And don't feel bad about that 
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worn out, I've heard said 
probably belongs to a Christian 

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that's not worn out the ideas. 
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kind of things, but the idea is,
is that when you see a Bible has

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been well used, you can see 
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the Lord. 
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appropriate thing. 
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next two pages and that's taking
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Now I want to make this 
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I have this right at the top. 
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salvation is not dependent on 
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this exact order. 
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unless you show these verses in 
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then someone can't get saved 
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That is taking the gospel and 
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than what it is. 
The Romans Rd. is a great way to

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show the basics of the gospel in
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another in a very particular 
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However, you can find the gospel
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You are not confined to showing 
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However, you can show these 
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basic understanding by just 
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Bible and you will find that it 
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Again, we do not want to create 
an extra barrier to salvation 

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because what if someone says, 
well, I didn't read these verses

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in this order, Am I really 
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Good heavens, no, that's not 
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tonight. 
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be able to show us what the 
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And you can do it within 5 to 10
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on how big your type is and how 
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So first of all, we're going to 
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That is not in the book of 
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You don't have to turn there 
because I think you're pretty 

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familiar with John 316 and 
that's a great place to start. 

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You know why almost everybody 
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Even a heathen knows John 316. 
You look at it, NFL game and you

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know what they have in the end 
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Somebody brought a sheet and put
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At least they used to do that. 
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Because it's just the most 
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knows. 
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this is where you need to start.
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That's the basis of everything 
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They need to understand that God
loves them. 

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We understand this, but there 
are people who maybe don't 

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understand the concept of God's 
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You can even go to Romans 5 
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well, right before Romans 58 
where it talks about the fact 

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that some would not die, most 
would not die for someone else 

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who is sinful, but God 
commendeth His love toward us in

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that while we were yet sinners, 
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So start right there in my 
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Again, you don't have to do 
this, but when I'm showing 

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people the gospel, I typically 
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next we are sinners. 
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Turn to Romans 310 if you would.
Let's go ahead and look at this 

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road together now as you're 
turning there and had a good 

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conversation with Brother Joe 
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You know, it's interesting. 
Almost everybody you talk to, 

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they will admit they're a 
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I would say this deep down in 
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conscience, and this is the 
conversation we were having talk

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about from the beginning of the 
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In the conscience God has 
implanted in them the knowledge 

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there is God, but also that 
they're sinners, that's 

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implanted upon them. 
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Every once in a while someone in
their pride and arrogance will 

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not want to admit that which 
they know in their heart, but 

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they won't admit it to you. 
And if they can't admit the fact

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they're a Sinner, you can't go 
on because what are they getting

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saved from? 
They need to understand that 

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they are a Sinner. 
I was talking with Brother John 

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Kelly last night about a soul 
winning opportunity he had years

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ago and he was going into 
someone's house. 

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Another soul winner. 
And I hesitate to tell you the 

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story because some of you will 
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don't want to go out of 
visitation if this is what it's 

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like. 
But this is a kind of a one in a

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million kind of thing. 
They went in, they started 

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having a conversation and they 
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they're a Sinner. 
And the man literally got up and

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said get out, don't say that 
about me, get out. 

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And Brother John said last 
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had a bad day, maybe we got 
there at a bad time. 

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I don't know, but he said this 
is over. 

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I'm not talking to you about the
fact that I'm a Sinner, but yet 

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the Bible makes it clear all 
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the glory of God. 
By the way, that's not me saying

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it all right. 
Look at Romans chapter #3 and 

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verse #10 where it says this. 
As is written, there is none 

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righteous. 
No, not one drop down to verse 

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#23 for all have sinned and come
short of the glory of God. 

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Now, interestingly enough, those
two verses in the book of Romans

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are both first found in the book
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These are being retold by Paul. 
Romans 10 or Romans 310 comes 

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from Psalm 53, verse 3. 
Romans 323 comes from Psalm 130 

452
00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,880
verse 3. 
These are not new concepts. 

453
00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,800
These are Old Testament concepts
brought into the New Testament 

454
00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,280
time. 
The person must understand 

455
00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,280
they're a Sinner. 
And again, there can come a time

456
00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,040
where they have had their 
conscience seared with a hot 

457
00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,040
iron, where they have been given
over to a reprobate mind, Romans

458
00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,560
chapter 1, and they won't even 
believe they're a Sinner 

459
00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:45,080
anymore. 
Or they probably did once 

460
00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:46,960
because it was written upon 
their heart. 

461
00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,840
But they've gotten so far in 
stiff arming God that they 

462
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,680
refuse to be able to admit the 
very basis of the fact that 

463
00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,920
they're sinners. 
But let's be honest, most people

464
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,160
you talk to, you don't need to 
go to the 10 commandments. 

465
00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,120
You don't need to ask what they 
are lied. 

466
00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:01,960
You don't need to ask what they 
ever stole. 

467
00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:03,640
You only ask them that they ever
cussed. 

468
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,360
You say, are you a Sinner? 
Yeah. 

469
00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:09,600
You want to talk about that? 
99 out of 100, that number that 

470
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:13,120
I told you just a few moments 
ago, 99 out of 100 people, when 

471
00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:16,040
I say the Bible says you're a 
Sinner, they look at me go, Yep.

472
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,160
But at the same time, they do 
need to understand that and 

473
00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,720
understand that the Bible tells 
them that and understand that 

474
00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,280
their sin is a transgression 
against God. 

475
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,960
They have transgressed against 
God. 

476
00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,320
So Romans 310, Romans 323, great
place to start. 

477
00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,360
You can mark those in your Bible
and then if you want to, you can

478
00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:38,160
mark Romans 320, or rather the 
Romans 623. 

479
00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,240
Now I do do this a little 
differently than other people. 

480
00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,600
Again, this is just how I do 
this. 

481
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,240
And so you can take this for 
what it is. 

482
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,320
You can take it or leave it. 
This is free here tonight. 

483
00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:50,120
Literally in every conceivable 
way, what I'm giving you is 

484
00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:53,480
free. 
But I do do this on purpose 

485
00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:57,520
because I want to really walk 
people through the explanation 

486
00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:02,160
of what the gospel is. 
The Word says in Romans 623, it 

487
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:06,440
says this for the wages of sin 
is death. 

488
00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,280
And I say stop right there. 
I do this every single time. 

489
00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,280
The wages of sin is death. 
And I asked him stuff, don't 

490
00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,280
keep reading because the good 
news is coming. 

491
00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:15,440
I don't want to see the good 
news yet. 

492
00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,200
I want to see the bad news 
because I need to understand to 

493
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,320
understand what the bad news is.
And this is the part where I 

494
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,880
will explain what is a wage. 
And so let me just ask you here 

495
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,680
tonight a little bit of a 
question and answer time. 

496
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,600
And we did this last night for a
little bit. 

497
00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:35,080
How would you explain a wage, a 
payment beyond that? 

498
00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:36,600
And so we want to broaden that 
out a little bit. 

499
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,280
That's a good start. 
But a payment for what? 

500
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,600
Because a donation could be a 
payment. 

501
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:43,240
What? 
What would you say? 

502
00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:45,760
A reward? 
That's it. 

503
00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,320
An exchange earning. 
I'm gonna put these two 

504
00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,200
together. 
Yeah, you are. 

505
00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,840
You are getting paid for 
something you earned, for 

506
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,760
something that you did. 
Because that's what a wage is. 

507
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,520
Because if I just gave Vince 
here, by the way, by the way, 

508
00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:02,760
welcome back, Vince. 
Good to see you. 

509
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,280
And so he he was really hoping 
I'd call him out here tonight. 

510
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:06,120
I could tell it. 
Look at that. 

511
00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:07,360
Look at that. 
Look at that face. 

512
00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:10,120
All right. 
And so carved by the angels. 

513
00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:12,520
All right. 
So anyway, yeah. 

514
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,560
So that's, I want to embarrass 
you, but I think you just liked 

515
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:19,320
it more. 
But so if I just gave him $100 

516
00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,880
because, you know, a man, you 
know what I'm saying? 

517
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,840
That's not a wage. 
That's a gift. 

518
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,440
Or we'll get to the gift. 
Don't go to the second-half of 

519
00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,760
the verse. 
A wage is something that you 

520
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,760
earn. 
And so I'll say to the person, 

521
00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:36,000
you know, if you were working 
for two weeks, what would you 

522
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,440
receive? 
Well, I'd receive my my wages, 

523
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,280
my paycheck. 
Well, why did you get your 

524
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,600
wages? 
Well, because I worked for two 

525
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,600
weeks and I got a two week 
paycheck, a two week wage. 

526
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,440
So that's right. 
Now what if you didn't work for 

527
00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,240
those two weeks? 
Let's take PTO, vacation, all 

528
00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,160
that other stuff out of it. 
What if you didn't work for two 

529
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:53,040
weeks? 
Would you get a wage? 

530
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:54,000
No. 
Why? 

531
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,280
Because you didn't work. 
And so the next step is 

532
00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,760
understanding this. 
You've been working and working 

533
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,800
and working your whole life 
spiritually, say working at what

534
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,240
sin you've been working. 
That's what it is. 

535
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,720
And what is that sin? 
What does it cost us? 

536
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:15,240
The wages of sin is death and we
explain what the second death is

537
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,760
that we explain as we saw from 
the Book of Revelation, this is 

538
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,360
not just you die and then you 
were gone that the Bible says 

539
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,600
that there's born to man. 
It's been appointed on the man 

540
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,480
wants to die. 
And after this, the judgment 

541
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,360
that it's not just that you go 
into the ground and that is it 

542
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,560
that the payment for the sin of 
your unbelief, the payment for 

543
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,240
the sin of your life is what 
judgment. 

544
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:37,640
Here's what you're going to want
to do. 

545
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,160
You're not going to want to talk
about judgment. 

546
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,680
You're not going to want to use 
the term hell, we talked about 

547
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:44,360
this. 
We're not going to want to talk 

548
00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:46,960
about it. 
But you have to talk about it. 

549
00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,360
You have to say it. 
Why? 

550
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,760
Because you are doing them a 
grave disservice if you don't 

551
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,720
tell them there's a penalty. 
You are basically withholding 

552
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,040
that which they need. 
What does the Book of Jude say? 

553
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,600
Some are saved by the fire. 
They literally are. 

554
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,640
The fact that hell is real is 
what's going to push them 

555
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,840
towards the fact that they need 
to be saved. 

556
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:11,120
You say, well, I don't want to 
scare him. 

557
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:12,520
Well, somebody needs to scare 
him. 

558
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,000
No, I'm not trying to be weird 
about it, but I'm saying they 

559
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,280
need to know there's something 
to be more than just scared of. 

560
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,080
Like I'm knocking my knees 
together. 

561
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:25,000
There needs to be real fear in 
their heart that there is 

562
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,400
judgment that is real. 
And we can't just hide the ball.

563
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,840
And I think sometimes we do that
because we don't want to be 

564
00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:32,200
offensive. 
We don't know how they're going 

565
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,160
to understand it. 
But if the Spirit, if the 

566
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:39,680
Spirit's working in their heart 
and the Spirit is responding to 

567
00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,080
your truth, not not your truth, 
boy, we want to be careful how 

568
00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,560
we say that because of your 
truth, my truth, but the truth 

569
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,720
of which you are speaking from 
the word of God, isn't the 

570
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:49,960
Spirit going to say to them, 
yeah, that's you. 

571
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,520
That's you. 
Trust the Spirit, trust the 

572
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,480
word. 
Now, that doesn't mean that you 

573
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,120
have to say it in a way that is 
unkind. 

574
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,520
That doesn't mean that you have 
to say it in a way that is 

575
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,160
inappropriate. 
But you need to tell them the 

576
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:08,360
wages of your sin, what you have
earned for this life is death. 

577
00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:10,400
And that's where I stopped right
there. 

578
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,800
And that's important because we 
want to contrast it in a few 

579
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,200
moments with the second-half of 
the verse. 

580
00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:18,120
And so usually I'll say 
something like this. 

581
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:19,480
That's pretty bad news, isn't 
it? 

582
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,840
And they go, Oh, yeah, it's 
pretty bad news. 

583
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,600
What would happen if I left 
right now? 

584
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000
Oh, boy. 
You'd be pretty bad, pastor. 

585
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,480
Exactly. 
But the good news is there's 

586
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,320
more to it, that you have to 
understand the bad news before 

587
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,120
you understand the good news. 
You have to know that there's a 

588
00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:36,800
problem before you have an 
answer. 

589
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,480
You have to know that there is 
an antidote to that, which is 

590
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,720
the poison of your soul. 
This is what you need to know. 

591
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,640
And so that's when I go 
backwards to Romans 5/8. 

592
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,640
So go back in chapter, if you 
would, to Romans chapter 5, 

593
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:55,840
verse 8, and you can even go to 
verse number six. 

594
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,400
Why don't you go up there? 
I just referenced this a few 

595
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,040
moments ago. 
I recited it at least in 

596
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:06,440
summary, verse 6 for when we 
were yet without strength, in 

597
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,480
due time, Christ died for the 
ungodly. 

598
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,280
So who are the ungodly? 
Everybody who did Christ die for

599
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,200
the ungodly. 
Now would anybody else do that? 

600
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,840
Well, it says in verse #7 for 
scarcely for a righteous man 

601
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,920
will one die. 
Yet per adventure for a good 

602
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,240
man, some would even dare to 
die. 

603
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:27,040
The idea is it takes someone of 
a very special nature to die on 

604
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,320
behalf of someone else. 
We understand I've used this 

605
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,840
verse before in giving 
commendation to veterans, 

606
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,240
particularly those who have 
given their lives. 

607
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,080
I've done that here in our town 
before. 

608
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:43,800
Use this verse for a town 
Memorial Day service. 

609
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,360
Why? 
Because I'm saying that it takes

610
00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:49,040
a special person to be able to 
sign on the line that they're 

611
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,080
willing to give their life for 
someone else. 

612
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,240
But even then, there's 
reservation. 

613
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,760
There could be hesitation. 
Now imagine that person who was 

614
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,040
giving their life on the line 
knew everything about the other 

615
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,880
person before they had to give 
up their life. 

616
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,680
I think there'd be a lot more 
hesitancy, wouldn't there? 

617
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:06,800
What if that person actively 
hated them? 

618
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,080
Even more hesitation. 
But Christ knew all of this 

619
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,800
about us and still went to the 
cross. 

620
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:15,720
Christ knew they would buffet 
him. 

621
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:17,360
Christ knew they would spit on 
him. 

622
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,560
Christ knew that they would nail
Him to the cross and put the 

623
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:24,320
crown of thorns upon him. 
And not just those people, but 

624
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:29,840
that all of humanity would 
gather together, if you will, in

625
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,240
placing Him on that cross 
because of our sin. 

626
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,480
But look at what verse 8 says. 
But God commendeth. 

627
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,160
And really the best way that you
can explain that very quickly 

628
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,800
is, well, God shows, God shows. 
That's it. 

629
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,960
I would say that's a very quick 
way of explaining that. 

630
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,800
But God showed his love. 
How did God show his love? 

631
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,160
We, we went back to John 316 and
it said that God so loved the 

632
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,000
world that he gave his only 
begotten Son. 

633
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,560
And here it's nailed down 
literally when it says that he 

634
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,480
showed his love toward us. 
Even though we were sinners, 

635
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,320
Christ died for us. 
Now we're getting to some good 

636
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,640
news, aren't we? 
The bad news was before we're 

637
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,160
sinners. 
The good news is Christ, knowing

638
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:10,240
we were sinners anyway, still 
went to the cross because he 

639
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,720
loves you. 
And that's where you could start

640
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,280
to really see the wheels turn in
people's heads. 

641
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,720
That's where you can start to 
see in their minds that there's 

642
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,680
something here because they're 
starting to put pieces of the 

643
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,240
gospel together. 
Now, there could be times when 

644
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,440
people have questions about 
works and how works is involved 

645
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,000
in that. 
Ephesians 289 is a great place 

646
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,080
to take people to understand 
that it's not about the works 

647
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:37,320
that we have done. 
Titus is the same way. 

648
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,720
And we'll have these verses for 
you just a moment that you could

649
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,440
take people so that they can 
understand that it's not the 

650
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,040
fact that you can work. 
But we're really going to also 

651
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,040
nail that down here with our 
next verse because we're going 

652
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:51,320
to go back to Romans 623. 
So go back to Romans 623 because

653
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,440
I'll say something like this. 
Remember when I told you to stop

654
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,720
reading that verse? 
Well, now we've got to read the 

655
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,400
end of the verse because the end
of the verse has the good news. 

656
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,720
So the wages of sin is death. 
And what's the wage? 

657
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,360
It's something that you have 
earned for that what you've 

658
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:08,200
done. 
But and perhaps the greatest 

659
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:13,480
conjunction in the Bible is 
right there because we know the 

660
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:18,840
ways of sin is death, but 
however, the gift of God is 

661
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,480
eternal life through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

662
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,880
And this is where it's important
to bring out the difference 

663
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,760
between a wage and a gift 
because this is where they need 

664
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,920
to understand that it's not 
about works, that it's about the

665
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,200
free gift of salvation through 
Jesus Christ. 

666
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,040
And every time I talk to someone
about this, first I find 

667
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,960
something that's nearby. 
I find a pen, I find a bottle of

668
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,400
water. 
I've used my car keys before, 

669
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,000
whatever it is. 
And I will say to the person 

670
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,840
something like this, imagine, 
you know, I want to give this 

671
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,040
water bottle to you as a gift. 
Not much of A gift because I've 

672
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,360
already been drinking out of it.
But Vince, you know, I want to 

673
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,480
give this to you and it's a 
gift. 

674
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,760
When does this gift belong to 
you? 

675
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,280
And almost every time I talk to 
somebody, they'll say something 

676
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:06,640
like this. 
It's when you give it to me. 

677
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,400
And the answer is that's 
incorrect. 

678
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,800
Because what if I went up to 
Vince and said, hey, here's my 

679
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,720
water bottle. 
I was like drank out of it. 

680
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,400
I don't, I don't want it. 
It's like, no, I want you to 

681
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:17,560
take it. 
I don't want it. 

682
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,840
Said, listen, I'll kick you in 
the hip if you don't take it. 

683
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,400
All right? 
He says he's at the good hip or 

684
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,320
the bad hip. 
So I said you don't want he 

685
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,320
doesn't want. 
I can literally put it into his 

686
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,440
chest and he can put his arms 
down. 

687
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:34,120
He can get up and walk away. 
And the bottle's on the floor. 

688
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,680
It's not his. 
Do you know when? 

689
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:38,640
No, don't. 
Don't move. 

690
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:39,120
All right. 
Yeah. 

691
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,120
Be careful. 
Yes. 

692
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,400
You won't hurt somebody. 
You know when it belongs to him.

693
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,240
And this is where the light bulb
usually clicks. 

694
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:51,480
It's when you take it, receive 
it, accept it. 

695
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,560
Exactly. 
That's when it belongs to you. 

696
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,440
Historically, A pardon can be 
given, but if a pardon by a 

697
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,600
president is not accepted, and 
there's been examples of this, 

698
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,120
that the pardons have none 
effect. 

699
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,360
During the Civil War, Abraham 
Lincoln gave more than one 

700
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,040
pardon that was not accepted by 
those who are pardoned. 

701
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,800
And those men still went to 
their death because they 

702
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,640
refused, because in their heart 
they believe they deserve that 

703
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:14,880
which they were being pardoned 
for. 

704
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,560
And out of honor, they refused 
to be able to receive the pardon

705
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,320
and died. 
And so here's the issue. 

706
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:25,440
And I'll say to someone this 
very thing, Jesus Christ is 

707
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,480
holding out to you something 
better than the water bottle or 

708
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,760
pen or car keys, whatever I have
around me. 

709
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,480
So he's holding out the gift of 
salvation. 

710
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,800
And what do you need to do? 
Well, I need to accept it. 

711
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:41,120
You can make it yours. 
And here's what they have to 

712
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,520
understand. 
Now, if you, if you pay me for 

713
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:46,040
that water bottle, is it a gift 
anymore? 

714
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,920
No, what if you give me a water 
bottle later because I gave you 

715
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:54,560
a water bottle today? 
No, a gift is a gift is a gift 

716
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,480
is a gift. 
I'll even say, could you imagine

717
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,960
me on Christmas Day having all 
these gifts out for my children?

718
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,320
And I've used this illustration,
I believe here in preaching. 

719
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,360
You know, Diane and I, you know,
we earn the money. 

720
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:11,040
We put the gifts out there. 
All the kids unwrap everything. 

721
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,640
And then when they're done, I 
take a little envelope and I 

722
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,840
hand it to Bethany, and I hand 
it to Kaylee, and I hand it to 

723
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,360
AJ and I hand it to Peyton. 
Now I got to hand it to Carter 

724
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:23,000
and I have to hand to Casey. 
I had to hand them all out and 

725
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:24,400
they say, what's this? 
What's this, Dad? 

726
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:29,160
It's an invoice For what? 
Well, I mean, how do you think 

727
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,480
we're going to pay for this? 
I mean, we got it on. 

728
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,160
We got it on 30 day credit. 
So we got to get this going, you

729
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:34,440
know what I'm saying? 
So you guys are going to 

730
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,440
reimburse me as soon as you can 
say. 

731
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:40,120
But that's not a gift, right? 
It's not a gift. 

732
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,160
And if you have to work for your
salvation, it's not a gift 

733
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,360
anymore. 
What are you getting into? 

734
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:47,880
You're getting into wage 
territory. 

735
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:52,280
What do wages earn you? 
Death And so when you get to 

736
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,240
that point where you have told 
somebody that Jesus Christ is 

737
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,760
holding out the gift of 
salvation, I'll ask him a 

738
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:01,160
question like this. 
Oh, actually, let's go to Romans

739
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,200
10. 
Let's go ahead and, and, and go 

740
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,320
there first. 
You can see I'm all over the 

741
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:07,040
place. 
But the idea is again, that you 

742
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,840
don't. 
This is not a track that you 

743
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,080
need to go on like a railroad. 
In some ways this is a bowl of 

744
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:17,120
spaghetti in the sense that as 
long as it's all there in the 

745
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,920
bowl, as long as you are getting
what needs to be there, We don't

746
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,199
have to do this in the order we 
don't have to be able to use 

747
00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:26,280
these exact verses at this exact
time. 

748
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,239
We want to present to them this.
What's great about the Romans 

749
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,280
Rd. is that it helps us be able 
to keep these things in our mind

750
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,400
and go from one to another to 
another. 

751
00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:38,480
So what do you need to do? 
Romans 10910 and 13 It says 

752
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,480
this, that if thou shalt confess
thy mouth, the Lord Jesus, and 

753
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,280
shall believe in thine heart, 
that God hath raised him from 

754
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,920
the dead, thou shalt be saved. 
For with the heart man believeth

755
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,400
in the righteousness, and with 
the mouth confession is made 

756
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,880
into salvation. 
For whosoever shall call upon 

757
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,280
the name of the Lord shall be 
saved. 

758
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:57,000
And what's important about 
verses 9 and 10 particularly is 

759
00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,520
that it's not just about the 
mouth, it's about the heart that

760
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,400
both have to be engaged. 
Because I'll talk to people who 

761
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,520
say, I'd say, have you ever done
anything like this before you 

762
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:06,840
ever called upon Christ to save 
you? 

763
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,080
And a Catholic will say, I do it
every week, I do it all the 

764
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,960
time. 
And the question is this is that

765
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,080
this is not something that you 
do all the time. 

766
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,840
And you have to kind of go back 
and show them that this is 

767
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,160
something that you have to do 
one time. 

768
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,720
And then after that, we still 
sin, but we're still part of the

769
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:26,600
family of God. 
And we explain that to them. 

770
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,000
But we make clear this is not 
just me having you read a little

771
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,840
prayer and reciting this prayer.
Because if that was the case, 

772
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,680
I'd hand out cards. 
Everybody said just just say 

773
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,200
this, just say this, just say 
this. 

774
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,480
And they have no belief in their
heart whatsoever. 

775
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:41,080
They're just repeating something
that's on a card. 

776
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,240
And that's not what it's about, 
about what you pray. 

777
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,760
And the other good news about it
as well is that some people will

778
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,960
say, well, what if I don't say 
the right words? 

779
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,560
What if my prayer is not good 
enough because they're afraid 

780
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,560
about praying? 
Well, you tell what you do the 

781
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,400
best that you can, but listen, 
it's got to come from the heart 

782
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:01,880
and God sees your heart. 
And so you pray and you do that.

783
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,560
And that's why I try to be very 
careful even in leading someone 

784
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:07,080
in prayer and say and leading 
them in prayer and having them 

785
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,000
repeat after me. 
I know people do that. 

786
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,520
I'm not saying you can't do it, 
but I just want them from their 

787
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,640
heart to be able, even if it's 
to themselves. 

788
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,160
They don't have to do out loud 
so that I hear every word. 

789
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,000
I just want them to know that 
this is what they need to do. 

790
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,280
Verse 13 for whosoever I always 
say, and verse 13 just 

791
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,000
summarizes it all. 
For whosoever shall call upon 

792
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,120
the name of the Lord shall be 
saved. 

793
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,160
Call upon the Lord today to save
you. 

794
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,760
And so at that point, I have 
here on the, on the next page, 

795
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,240
Second Corinthians 79 and 10 
comes to mind here where it 

796
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:38,480
talks about the idea of what 
true repentance is. 

797
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,760
We're not just talking about 
someone feeling guilty. 

798
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,720
We're also not talking about 
someone working for their 

799
00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:45,160
salvation. 
Again, that's, that's penance. 

800
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:46,760
That's what the Catholic Church 
teaches. 

801
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,720
You do a little bit more, a 
little bit more, you climb up 

802
00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:53,280
the stairs, you know, you do a, 
a rosary, a Hail Mary, you know,

803
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,040
Saint Christopher, St. 
Anthony, whatever it is, you 

804
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:57,560
pray to the Saints and then 
you're good. 

805
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,720
No, that's penance. 
We're talking about turning from

806
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:04,120
unbelief to belief in Jesus 
Christ and understanding these 

807
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,520
that this is what we're talking 
about. 

808
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,640
So we bring them to this place 
decision. 

809
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,000
Have you done this before? 
It's a one time decision. 

810
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,120
And so I'll ask him this. 
According to what the Bible 

811
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:13,200
says, what do you need to do 
today? 

812
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,000
According to what you just read,
what do you need to do? 

813
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,320
And I remember just talking a 
few weeks ago in the backroom 

814
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:23,160
with Logan and he says, I need 
to, I need to, I need to get 

815
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,680
saved. 
And just that conviction of, 

816
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,000
well, this is what it says and 
this is what I need to do. 

817
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,720
And it's a wonderful thing. 
And again, I have here, pray 

818
00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:33,560
yourself and allow them to pray.
I always try to pray first. 

819
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,360
If someone wants to ask Jesus to
save them, I'll say, would you, 

820
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,920
would you like me to pray first?
Sometimes that gives them 

821
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,520
courage to be able to pray. 
And if they pray out loud, but 

822
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,040
again, they do not have to pray 
out loud. 

823
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,000
That's not what it says. 
I know it says that, hear that, 

824
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,800
confess with thy mouth the Lord 
Jesus. 

825
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,960
Certainly once they get saved, 
they're going to be confessing 

826
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,360
the Lord Jesus. 
All right, that's the case. 

827
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,880
That does not mean that they 
have to pray out louder. 

828
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,560
They can't be saved. 
I don't believe that is what 

829
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,880
that means. 
But I do think that they will 

830
00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:02,440
give credibility to that which 
they've said right after. 

831
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,320
Because oftentimes I will ask 
them, what did you just pray? 

832
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,160
And they'll say, I just asked 
Jesus to save me. 

833
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,040
That's not confessing with the 
mouth. 

834
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,720
I don't know what is. 
They're saying I just got saved.

835
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,640
So praise the Lord for that. 
And again, there are no exact 

836
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,320
words or form of a sinner's 
prayer that must be uttered. 

837
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,960
Again, the idea of the sinner's 
prayer, you know you're Jesus. 

838
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,400
I know that I'm a Sinner. 
Again, there are people who pray

839
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:25,640
that. 
There's nothing wrong with that.

840
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,720
But those words formed in that 
particular way is not what saves

841
00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:31,760
somebody, because we have to be 
careful because that can end up 

842
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:35,200
turning into something of which 
the Bible is not teaching. 

843
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:36,680
So we have to be very careful 
about that. 

844
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,440
There's nothing wrong with that 
in and of itself. 

845
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:40,800
But we can't say, well, if 
somebody doesn't pray that 

846
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:42,640
prayer, well, do they really get
saved? 

847
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:46,280
Well, you can't find that 
sinner's prayer in those words 

848
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,760
anywhere in the Gospels or the 
book of Acts. 

849
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,920
So what do we say? 
We say, well, these are the 

850
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,000
principles that they have to 
accept of the gospel to be 

851
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,000
saved. 
And you'll often find that 

852
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,080
people will when they trust 
Christ and they're excited, it's

853
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,520
a wonderful thing. 
And next follow up with a 

854
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,280
decision that was just made. 
The very first thing I say is 

855
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,680
when you came in here, what 
would have, what would you, what

856
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,040
would happen if you'd passed 
away? 

857
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,040
You know, today, as awful as is 
to think about what would have 

858
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,960
happened before I said, well, I 
would have gone to hell well 

859
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:19,760
after what just happened. 
What, what, where are you? 

860
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:21,560
Where would you go now? 
Why go to heaven? 

861
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,320
Why? 
Because Jesus saved me. 

862
00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:25,840
Now I'll tell you, there's 
probably no better words you can

863
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,240
ever hear anybody say than to 
hear them say that they 

864
00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:30,800
understand that they just pass 
from death into life because 

865
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,160
that's a wonderful thing. 
I try to share verses about 

866
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,760
eternal security as I as I can. 
I know we've talked about that 

867
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:39,560
before, but I always try to 
explain that even though because

868
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:41,560
sometimes they'll think, well, 
if I send the next day, I need 

869
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,200
to do this again, especially 
they come from a Catholic 

870
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,560
background. 
And so I try to remind them, 

871
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,760
John first, John 512 and 13, you
can read those later. 

872
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:53,200
But I do try to remind them of 
the fact that, well, just 

873
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,120
because you have transgressed 
doesn't mean you've left the 

874
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,480
family. 
You are part of the family now. 

875
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,240
You've been adopted into the 
family. 

876
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,120
And that's important because I 
can transgress against my 

877
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:06,200
father, but my father cannot say
to me, you're not my son 

878
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:07,400
anymore. 
We'll take that back. 

879
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,160
He can say you're not my son 
anymore. 

880
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,480
But as the old saying goes, the 
DNA says. 

881
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,920
I belong to him. 
Once you're saved, guess what? 

882
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,280
You belong to Christ. 
Now here's the issue. 

883
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,960
If I transgress against my 
father and I come up to him 30 

884
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,760
minutes later and say, hey dad, 
could I have something from you?

885
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,520
He says, are we not going to 
deal with the problem that we 

886
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,120
have here? 
What do we have? 

887
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,960
We have a problem with 
fellowship and that's why we 

888
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,720
need to get right with the Lord 
and confess our sins so we can 

889
00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:37,040
have fellowship again. 
That's a different issue. 

890
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,240
And so I try to bring that up to
them as well. 

891
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:41,640
Get them, ask them to come to 
church on Sunday, get 

892
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,640
information so the church can 
follow up. 

893
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:47,520
These are very important things.
Now I have a handout for you 

894
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,640
that I want to give you, and I 
mentioned this the last couple 

895
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,680
nights that these are items of 
Brother Dan. 

896
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,920
Maybe you could hand these out. 
These are verses that are soul 

897
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,280
winning helps you can cut this 
out and it fits really well in 

898
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:00,720
the front or the back of your 
Bible. 

899
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:03,280
And if you're ever looking for 
help with this, go ahead, 

900
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:05,920
brother. 
This is a this is a great 

901
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,360
resource for you. 
I was given this several years 

902
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:10,200
ago and I hope it'll be a help 
to you. 

903
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:13,960
And this is verses that are just
outside the book of Romans as 

904
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,520
well. 
So they're not just in the book 

905
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,880
of Romans, but outside the book 
of Romans and they can help you 

906
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,280
with some of the things that we 
just looked at. 

907
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:25,920
So I know that that's a very 
quick way of going through it, 

908
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,320
but I hope maybe you've never 
had that explained to you before

909
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,440
from your perspective of how to 
be able to explain to somebody, 

910
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:32,800
maybe there's something you can 
watch. 

911
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,360
Again, that would certainly be a
wonderful thing. 

912
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:39,240
But I will say there's a great 
way that you can go through how 

913
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:42,400
to show someone's salvation 
without knowing all the verses, 

914
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,280
and that's by grabbing a track. 
You know what happens on all of 

915
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,440
our tracks, whether you have 
this welcome track, there's a 

916
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,720
track that we have here for 
Resurrection Sunday coming up. 

917
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,600
There's our thank you track. 
These are great at restaurants. 

918
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:55,880
We'll talk about those in just a
minute. 

919
00:41:56,360 --> 00:42:00,480
Just use one yesterday with 
that, a longer form track. 

920
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,120
Are you good enough for 
salvation? 

921
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:04,800
This is a great one. 
It's probably one of my 

922
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,640
favorites. 
And then even the door hangers 

923
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:09,360
on the back. 
You know what you can do? 

924
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,120
You just follow through with 
these verses right here and you 

925
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:13,680
always have one of these close 
to you. 

926
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,440
That should be a help. 
All right, I know I went through

927
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:17,840
a lot with you there in just a 
few minutes. 

928
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:19,800
They may have any questions 
about what I just said. 

929
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,320
I know there could probably be a
lot, but I want to take about 5 

930
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,720
minutes or 10 minutes and answer
those questions that will go to 

931
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:30,160
the last page. 
Anybody or there could be no 

932
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,680
questions that's fine too. 
All right, you never know that's

933
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,280
fine, he said. 
Pastor, you explain that so well

934
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:40,000
that there was no so you know it
here's the thing there's always 

935
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,280
place to learn. 
There's always place to grow. 

936
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,080
Even I've found myself in the 
way that I talk to people and 

937
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,360
different things like that. 
I want to get better. 

938
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:52,760
That's my desire. 
And so you may say to yourself, 

939
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,040
well, I don't know that I would 
do this very well. 

940
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:57,480
There's only one way to get to 
the place of doing this well is 

941
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,520
to do it, is to do it. 
You'll never do it. 

942
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,560
Well, if you never do it, what 
do you got to do? 

943
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:05,240
You got to get some reps in. 
You got to get some swings in. 

944
00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:07,720
That's what you need to do. 
And I'm talking about practicing

945
00:43:07,720 --> 00:43:10,160
on other people, no 
role-playing, all right. 

946
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:13,680
But the idea of that you just 
need to talk to people about the

947
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:15,320
Lord. 
And that's what's really going 

948
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:17,240
to help. 
And I have seen churches where 

949
00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:19,640
they said, well, let's get into 
a room and we'll put two people 

950
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:22,280
table and you pretend like 
you're you're say you're unsafe.

951
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,200
You pretend. 
And first of all, like we're all

952
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:26,640
weirded out about this to begin 
with. 

953
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:28,840
And that's even worse. 
It's like, all right, pretend 

954
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:29,560
you're a heathen. 
Go. 

955
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:34,440
So it's a that's not great. 
OK, you're a Buddhist that had 

956
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,760
questions about Jesus, but you 
had trauma in your background. 

957
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,360
No go. 
All right, that's that's not we 

958
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:41,320
don't want to do that. 
All right. 

959
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:44,760
The idea is just get out there 
and do the very best you can and

960
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,440
the Lord overtime will honor 
think he will honor your 

961
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:49,280
commitment. 
He will honor your heart. 

962
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,360
You were going to make some 
mistakes, but again, remind 

963
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:56,320
yourself you were planting, you 
were watering. 

964
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,480
God gives the increase. 
I don't want to say this in a 

965
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:03,200
way that makes you feel strange,
but it's not all on you 

966
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,160
understand this. 
It's not all in you one, it's 

967
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:08,840
the spirit that's the work in 
their heart. 

968
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:13,240
It's all the spirit. 
You can't, you can't get to 

969
00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:17,240
these so perfectly that all of a
sudden they they have to get 

970
00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:19,080
saved. 
It has to be the spirit work in 

971
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:20,680
their heart. 
But also understand this, 

972
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,600
there's other people along the 
way you have also been sharing 

973
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:27,680
the gospel and you are just one 
cog in the great mechanism that 

974
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,960
God has in place in their life. 
And again, I'm not saying it's 

975
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:32,560
not important. 
It's so important. 

976
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,800
It's eternally important. 
But sometimes maybe we can feel 

977
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:39,280
the weight of that eternal 
importance so much that we lock 

978
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,840
up and just don't do anything. 
Just get out there and try to 

979
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,480
talk to people about the Lord. 
And the best way to do that 

980
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:48,960
really comes to our last page 
because as I mentioned here just

981
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:51,400
last night, there's really two 
ways. 

982
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:53,600
And it's interesting that we 
spend the least amount of time 

983
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,000
on the second way. 
But we talked about the 

984
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:01,280
organized church soul winning 
visitation program, that we have

985
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:05,240
special days that we have 
organized visitation, that we 

986
00:45:05,240 --> 00:45:07,960
have a back to school bash where
we preach to people. 

987
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:09,520
These are the kind of things 
that we do. 

988
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:13,280
Certainly this is important. 
But as I mentioned last night, 

989
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:18,240
if you were only giving the 
gospel one or two hours a month,

990
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:21,960
you've missed out on that which 
God has called you to do That 

991
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:25,280
Giving the gospel is something 
that we do with our lives. 

992
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,560
It's not just something that we 
do when the church has called us

993
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,840
to do this together. 
That's why we have many 

994
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:32,880
different kinds of tracks. 
I have actually have a couple 

995
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:35,600
different ones that are on order
right now because we're getting 

996
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,160
low. 
But we always keep tracks in the

997
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:38,760
back. 
They don't often need to be 

998
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:40,080
refilled. 
And one of the reasons why is 

999
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:42,960
because they don't always go as 
fast as we want them to go. 

1000
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:46,160
But you say, Pastor, what if I 
take all of the last tracks? 

1001
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:48,120
Then let me know. 
You take all the rest of them. 

1002
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:50,080
We'll order more and we'll give 
out more. 

1003
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:51,400
What's the worst thing to 
happen? 

1004
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,680
Boy, we gave out too many tracks
this month. 

1005
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:55,640
I would love for that to be the 
case. 

1006
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,360
Just know if you take them, you 
know, kind of want to give them 

1007
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,240
to somebody, right? 
Don't use them as coasters for 

1008
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,160
your Pepsi or something like 
that at home. 

1009
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:03,200
OK? 
This is something you want to 

1010
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,280
give out to people. 
So where can you hand out 

1011
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:06,520
tracks? 
Where can you hand them out? 

1012
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,440
The restaurant? 
I'll tell you that the best 

1013
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,080
place, the easiest place you can
hand out a track. 

1014
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,280
Everybody can start here at a 
restaurant. 

1015
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:17,840
Now me remind you their tip is 
not the track you want to make 

1016
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:20,560
sure they don't read it. 
Then leave them a 0 tip and tell

1017
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:24,120
them God loves you. 
OK, God loves them and so tip 

1018
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:26,480
them well. 
I leave a track. 

1019
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:29,600
I always try to make sure I tip 
well because I want them to be 

1020
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,240
able to be more receptive to 
that which I've left you say, 

1021
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:34,200
but I might have to give them 
extra two or three dollars. 

1022
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:38,400
You might, but they might be 
more receptive to what you left.

1023
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:40,640
I love this track because it's 
just a thank you track. 

1024
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,320
It says, I want to take a moment
to say thank you for how well 

1025
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:46,960
you treated me today and a very 
short form version of just some 

1026
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,560
biblical political verses to be 
able to help encourage them. 

1027
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,400
And so you can check this out. 
This is a helpful one. 

1028
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:54,920
The check out line. 
You can often hand one out 

1029
00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:56,520
there. 
I know it's not always possible,

1030
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,800
but it is possible. 
If you get into a conversation, 

1031
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:01,280
if you're just standing there 
and staring at them and they're 

1032
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:04,640
just going beep, beep, beep. 
I would probably not expect at 

1033
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:06,960
the end of that interaction to 
say here, I'd like to give you 

1034
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:10,040
this because that's going to be 
really awkward. 

1035
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:11,960
And to be honest with you, 
they're probably not going to 

1036
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:12,880
read it. 
They're like, what's the deal 

1037
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:13,720
here? 
But if you're having a 

1038
00:47:13,720 --> 00:47:16,480
conversation with them and 
you're trying to lead them to a 

1039
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:21,080
place where you can give them a 
track, it is very possible and 

1040
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:23,960
very doable to be able to do 
that at the store. 

1041
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:26,720
People that you meet, you might 
just meet people. 

1042
00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:29,000
I don't know who did this. 
There's a couple here. 

1043
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:30,920
Hopefully, Lord willing, they'll
get a visit tomorrow. 

1044
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:34,480
I've never told anybody, hey, 
just go take tracks and put them

1045
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:37,240
on people's cars. 
I've never said that there are 

1046
00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:39,880
places that you could get in 
trouble conceivably for doing 

1047
00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:41,800
that. 
And but at the same time, it's 

1048
00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:44,120
the word of God. 
I'm not going to tell anybody 

1049
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:45,840
not to give the word of God. 
You understand what I'm saying? 

1050
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:48,960
There's a couple that's coming 
here right now, one who has 

1051
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:51,280
questions about salvation. 
The other was asking for 

1052
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:54,280
assurance of salvation. 
They got one of these on their 

1053
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:58,200
windshield. 
And, and I, I even told them, I 

1054
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:01,360
said, you know, where were you? 
All of that didn't really match 

1055
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:02,560
up. 
I'm not really sure. 

1056
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:05,760
I've asked a couple people about
it, but here's what I do know. 

1057
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,160
I said, I said, Are you sure 
That's from our church? 

1058
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:10,000
And she said, well, hold on a 
second. 

1059
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,440
I'm gonna go out to the car And 
she grabbed it and it was this, 

1060
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:15,560
not this very track, but it was 
this track design that was a 

1061
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:18,520
left on the windshield. 
Here they are at liberty. 

1062
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:19,680
They have been the last couple 
weeks. 

1063
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:21,600
Of course, you know, the weather
and people being sick and all 

1064
00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:22,680
that. 
But that's one of the reasons 

1065
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,200
when you go visit them tomorrow 
to be able to try to talk to 

1066
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:27,120
them about the Lord, try to be 
able to have them come back. 

1067
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:29,400
That's why it's so important. 
You never know. 

1068
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:32,320
Here's the thing, keep these 
with you at all times. 

1069
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:33,600
One of these I love about the 
winter. 

1070
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:36,120
I love about the winters. 
I can always have place for the 

1071
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:38,880
tracks because I got 18 pockets 
in my coats. 

1072
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:40,800
In fact, the problem sometimes 
is trying to remember which 

1073
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,160
pockets in because I've got so 
many pockets. 

1074
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:45,480
But that's great. 
Diane gave me for Christmas 

1075
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:46,800
something. 
I forgot to bring it with me 

1076
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:50,120
tonight, but it's literally a 
track holder that I'm able to 

1077
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,920
keep in my pocket because if I 
just keep tracks in my pocket, 

1078
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:55,240
by the time you give them to 
somebody, it looks like, you 

1079
00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:57,560
know, somebody chewed it up and 
ate it and then you hand it to 

1080
00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:58,760
him. 
That's not really very 

1081
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:02,280
attractive to be able to do. 
But this track holder I can put 

1082
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:04,520
in my pocket. 
It's kind of leather. 

1083
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:06,480
It kind of looks like a wallet 
in some ways. 

1084
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:09,080
But no matter what I do in my 
pocket, the tracks always come 

1085
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:11,560
out perfectly. 
So you can find something like 

1086
00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:13,080
that online. 
I could probably help you find 

1087
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:14,400
something like that. 
Ladies. 

1088
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:16,000
The purse obviously is a great 
thing. 

1089
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:18,560
The glove pox in the car is a 
great thing. 

1090
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:23,160
You can find different ways to 
be able to hold on to them, but 

1091
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:27,040
handing out tracks it you'd be 
surprised what kind of response 

1092
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:31,040
comes from handing out tracks, 
inviting people to church. 

1093
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:32,960
That's one of the reasons we 
have special days. 

1094
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:35,880
We have family and friends that 
we can invite to church. 

1095
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,080
Your neighbors. 
These are people that you can 

1096
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:41,040
talk to about the Lord 
proactively pray for your 

1097
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:43,560
family. 
Actively pray for those who you 

1098
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:46,080
love to be able to have 
opportunities to witness to 

1099
00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:47,440
them. 
I know that you can't 

1100
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,840
necessarily witness to them 
every single time you're around 

1101
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,040
them because if you do, they're 
not going to listen to you at 

1102
00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:54,160
all. 
But you can love on them with 

1103
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:56,320
the love of Christ. 
You can pray for a door of 

1104
00:49:56,320 --> 00:50:00,120
utterance to be able to talk to 
them and understand that the 

1105
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:03,680
Spirit will give you the liberty
to talk to them probably more 

1106
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:06,920
than your flesh wants to. 
And so just be prepared to be 

1107
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:08,800
able to have those 
conversations. 

1108
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:12,680
Talk to your neighbors. 
Your neighbors should know of 

1109
00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:14,640
you being a believer. 
They see you probably going out 

1110
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:16,520
to your car on Sunday with your 
Bible. 

1111
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:19,600
They're outside doing the lawn. 
They're outside getting ready 

1112
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:21,480
for a Pats game and what are you
doing? 

1113
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:23,760
You got your Bible in your arm. 
There you go again. 

1114
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:25,960
You're going to church in our 
apartment building. 

1115
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:28,280
People know where the church 
people why one could be a big 

1116
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:31,760
church fan, but two, I'm going 
out tonight and what I got, I 

1117
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:34,120
got two kids in tow. 
I got a leather case. 

1118
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:36,640
I'm dressed up in a suit. 
What everybody know? 

1119
00:50:36,680 --> 00:50:39,000
Oh, here comes the preacher, 
like hope he doesn't talk to me.

1120
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:41,280
You know, that's kind of what 
some of them say. 

1121
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:44,840
So, but these are people you can
invite to church, make at 

1122
00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:47,000
different times of the year, 
make a basket of goodies and be 

1123
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,480
able to just give them to them, 
those kind of things. 

1124
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:52,200
There's very small things that 
you can do to be able to invite 

1125
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:54,040
people to church, but this is 
what you do when you're so 

1126
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:55,080
conscious. 
You're thinking about 

1127
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:56,280
opportunities. 
You're thinking about 

1128
00:50:56,280 --> 00:50:57,400
opportunities. 
This is why we make 

1129
00:50:57,400 --> 00:50:59,880
opportunities here. 
So I would give out Donuts 

1130
00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:01,240
before friends and family 
Sunday. 

1131
00:51:01,240 --> 00:51:02,560
Why? 
Because at least they'll keep 

1132
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:04,040
the door open long enough for 
the Donuts. 

1133
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,920
And so we'll be able to give 
them a track and hopefully talk 

1134
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:08,920
to them. 
And that has been effective for 

1135
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:11,400
us over the years. 
Here's some that's important. 

1136
00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:13,760
Bring up your relationship with 
Christ in conversation. 

1137
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:18,040
This is a big deal because a lot
of times we don't have 

1138
00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:20,160
opportunity to talk about Christ
because we don't talk about 

1139
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:21,880
Christ. 
You know what I'm saying? 

1140
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:24,360
You know, if somebody says you 
know, what were you doing 

1141
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:29,280
yesterday and it's Monday, don't
say well y'all just around the 

1142
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:31,800
house because you're 
embarrassed. 

1143
00:51:32,720 --> 00:51:34,000
Always a church made a great 
day. 

1144
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:35,720
Church it was, it was 
phenomenal. 

1145
00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:41,680
And talk about how good it was. 
I mean don't lie, but talk about

1146
00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:42,360
it. 
It was good. 

1147
00:51:43,240 --> 00:51:45,920
I went a few weeks ago to Big Y 
after church. 

1148
00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:48,800
How am I dressed? 
I'm dressed like this about 

1149
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,120
1:00. 
Oh, I know what day it was. 

1150
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:53,640
It was the day that the heat 
went out at the church. 

1151
00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:57,360
Went to Big Y afterwards to pick
up some food to be able to come 

1152
00:51:57,360 --> 00:51:59,600
home. 
And the lady said, wow, you're 

1153
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,720
dressed up nice. 
She said, what were you doing? 

1154
00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:05,720
And you know, in that second 
you're thinking, boys, a lot of 

1155
00:52:05,720 --> 00:52:08,360
things I could say. 
And I said, well, I was at 

1156
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:10,720
church. 
Oh, that's a great thing to be 

1157
00:52:10,720 --> 00:52:12,680
at church. 
And I said it is. 

1158
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:15,640
I said, I said, you know what? 
I said it was cold. 

1159
00:52:15,640 --> 00:52:17,320
I said, you know, it's 40° in 
that building. 

1160
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:21,080
Everybody's mad at the pastor. 
And she said, oh, yeah, that's 

1161
00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:22,480
awful. 
And I said, I said, you know who

1162
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:23,840
the pastor is? 
Me. 

1163
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,120
And she laughed, you know, And 
I've seen her before. 

1164
00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:29,800
I didn't in that moment have an 
opportunity to give her a track.

1165
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,520
But at the same time, I have 
seen her before and we'll see 

1166
00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:35,440
her again. 
And just those little things you

1167
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:36,520
say. 
Will anything come of it? 

1168
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:37,960
I know how nothing will come of 
it. 

1169
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:41,200
By not saying anything, if 
something good happens, say 

1170
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:44,720
praise the Lord in front of 
your, in front of your friends, 

1171
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:46,680
Hey, say something like this. 
I was praying for that. 

1172
00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:48,120
I was praying for that 
promotion. 

1173
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:50,400
I was praying for that raise. 
Thank the Lord for that. 

1174
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:52,840
These are ways that people you 
can do without being 

1175
00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:55,400
sanctimonious. 
You can do without being weird. 

1176
00:52:55,720 --> 00:52:59,920
But if Jesus is a part of your 
life, then why would we not talk

1177
00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:02,920
about him during our daily life?
He's not part of our life and 

1178
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:04,560
then we're surprised we don't 
have opportunity to talk to 

1179
00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:07,760
people of Jesus. 
Well, oftentimes the world's not

1180
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:09,320
going to come to you saying, 
what do you think about Jesus? 

1181
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:13,560
They will, Sometimes they will, 
especially if they've seen Jesus

1182
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:16,040
in you. 
But you know, more often you're 

1183
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:20,000
the one that needs to bring him 
up and talk to him and give him 

1184
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:22,120
glory. 
And as you do, some people be 

1185
00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:24,320
off put by it. 
Some people won't want to talk. 

1186
00:53:24,320 --> 00:53:26,840
Some people won't take the bait.
We've talked about that before. 

1187
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:29,800
Some people as soon as you say 
Jesus, their eyes glaze over. 

1188
00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:31,480
They oh boy, you know, it's 
like, Oh yeah. 

1189
00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:33,400
It's like, Oh yeah, that's 
that's good for you. 

1190
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:36,280
You know, that kind of thing. 
But there might be some others 

1191
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:41,080
that will listen and so bring 
him up in your conversation. 

1192
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:43,560
Make individual visits, not door
to door visits. 

1193
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:45,880
That really goes along with I 
just said visit children shut 

1194
00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:47,320
insurance. 
You might have those in your 

1195
00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:49,400
neighborhood. 
If you see people that that 

1196
00:53:49,840 --> 00:53:51,960
there's a family with some kids,
they might be struggling a 

1197
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:54,920
little bit a shut in someone 
that doesn't get out very much. 

1198
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,400
Let's go over and make them a 
plate of cookies. 

1199
00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:00,840
Go over unless they're diabetic,
you know, go over and you know, 

1200
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:05,240
just try to make them a friend. 
These visits often take time to 

1201
00:54:05,240 --> 00:54:07,960
see fruit but are needful each 
week. 

1202
00:54:07,960 --> 00:54:10,920
And so there's some of these. 
It's going to be a long time 

1203
00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:12,760
before you see fruit, if you see
fruit at all. 

1204
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:14,640
But again, be so conscious about
it. 

1205
00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:16,960
If you can't listen, if you 
can't come, pray for those who 

1206
00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:19,120
go out on Saturday. 
If you can't attend for an hour 

1207
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:20,640
or two, would you devote that 
time to prayer? 

1208
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:21,880
Maybe you're at work on 
Saturday. 

1209
00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:24,440
I can't work, but would you? 
If you know we have visitation, 

1210
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:26,600
we'd be praying for those who do
go out. 

1211
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:28,760
Pray for yourself. 
Pray for those who witnessed 

1212
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:31,320
here in the church just during 
the week, just commit that to 

1213
00:54:31,320 --> 00:54:33,080
prayer. 
When you say is that important? 

1214
00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:35,560
It's vitally important. 
We pray the Spirit goes out 

1215
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:37,640
before us and does the work that
we can't do. 

1216
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:41,360
What if that person gets a phone
call right before we come and 

1217
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:44,280
that phone call softens their 
heart to the gospel? 

1218
00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:48,240
You don't know where people will
be in their in their place of 

1219
00:54:48,240 --> 00:54:50,920
life. 
You can assist with writing 

1220
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:52,320
materials for soul winning as 
well. 

1221
00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:55,120
And I'll talk more about that on
Sunday night because there is 

1222
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:56,920
some effort and work that goes 
into that. 

1223
00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:01,400
But I will say, and this is 
probably a good place for us to 

1224
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:05,840
to end here tonight, you don't 
know, just because someone 

1225
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:09,080
wasn't interested in the Lord 
before that they will be not 

1226
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:10,360
interested in the Lord the rest 
of their life. 

1227
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:14,800
When I was growing up, there's a
very famous TV show called 

1228
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:16,800
Dawson's Creek. 
Some of you may have heard that 

1229
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:19,280
as a teen soap opera kind of 
thing. 

1230
00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:22,080
I'm certainly not saying that it
was something that you should 

1231
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:23,760
been watching, something I 
shouldn't have been watching, 

1232
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:27,680
but I was, at least for a little
while when I was in some years 

1233
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:30,400
where I was just kind of doing 
whatever I wanted to do. 

1234
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:32,720
But you probably heard in the 
news a few days ago, there was a

1235
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:35,000
gentleman just a little bit 
older than me named James Van 

1236
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:37,520
Der Beek. 
And he was the star of that 

1237
00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:40,400
show. 
He was Dawson and wanted nothing

1238
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:44,520
to do with God for years. 
Just found out just about a year

1239
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:46,560
or two ago about the cancer that
he had. 

1240
00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:51,600
Again, just a little bit older 
than me, but he said in an 

1241
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:54,560
interview, one of the last 
interviews they gave, that he's 

1242
00:55:54,560 --> 00:55:58,080
found over the last six months 
that he has truly gotten the 

1243
00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:00,120
place where he wants to know God
better. 

1244
00:56:01,080 --> 00:56:02,480
Now, let's be honest, we don't 
know what that means. 

1245
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:06,120
We don't know what that means, 
But it isn't interesting that 

1246
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:08,200
somebody could not want to know 
God. 

1247
00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:11,840
But then in that moment when 
they were faced with the 

1248
00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:14,400
reckoning of their lives, what's
the first thing they do? 

1249
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:19,480
They think of God. 
The events of life change 

1250
00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:22,640
people, and we can't just assume
because someone told you they 

1251
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:25,480
weren't interested a year ago or
two years ago that they will not

1252
00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:26,520
be interested the rest of your 
life. 

1253
00:56:26,520 --> 00:56:29,960
Don't give up. 
Don't give up. 

1254
00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:33,280
I can tell you story after story
of people. 

1255
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:34,680
I thought that person will never
get saved. 

1256
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:36,680
Humanly speaking, they'd never 
get saved. 

1257
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:38,840
But God worked in them in such a
way. 

1258
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:41,320
If God loves them that much, 
don't you think God's going to 

1259
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:43,320
try to get their attention any 
way he can? 

1260
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:46,080
He'll use you to be able to 
help. 

1261
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:49,160
Is this uncomfortable? 
Boy, It's uncomfortable. 

1262
00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:51,920
Is it easy? 
It's not easy. 

1263
00:56:52,760 --> 00:56:56,160
Is it something that could end 
up devoting a lot you devote a 

1264
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:58,360
lot of your life to? 
Absolutely. 

1265
00:56:59,240 --> 00:57:01,840
But as I mentioned just a few 
days ago, aren't you glad 

1266
00:57:01,840 --> 00:57:05,840
somebody did that for you? 
And honestly, there's probably 

1267
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:08,840
several people who did that for 
you along the way. 

1268
00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:13,960
And for us, we need to be that 
person and those people. 

1269
00:57:14,360 --> 00:57:18,480
And you don't know how. 1 little
action, 1 little act prayerfully

1270
00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:21,640
done could change a life 
forever. 

1271
00:57:22,160 --> 00:57:25,360
Even reaching somebody that is 
saved already or inviting 

1272
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:29,120
someone to church, I never could
have imagined, and I'll use this

1273
00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:31,280
example and I'm done. 
I never could imagine right 

1274
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:34,960
before, well, right when the 
pandemic hit and we decided we 

1275
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:38,800
were going to do a outdoor 
service, it was one of those 

1276
00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:40,520
things that I, you know, for 
Easter, I said, you know, I'm 

1277
00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:42,240
not, I'm not asking anybody's 
opinion about it. 

1278
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:44,040
This is just what we're going to
do. 

1279
00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:45,760
I remember I didn't ask the 
trustees what they thought. 

1280
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:47,200
I'd just informed them this is 
what we were doing. 

1281
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:49,440
And it's not saying I should 
have to consult with them and 

1282
00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:51,280
those kind of things. 
It was a pretty big decision to 

1283
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:53,480
be able to do. 
I just, I felt in the spirit, 

1284
00:57:53,480 --> 00:57:55,960
this is what we need to do. 
We need to be together, even if 

1285
00:57:55,960 --> 00:57:59,880
we're in the cars, all that. 
I remember putting out press 

1286
00:57:59,880 --> 00:58:01,240
releases. 
Pastors don't normally put out 

1287
00:58:01,240 --> 00:58:04,120
press releases, but I didn't 
have a way to to letting the 

1288
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:07,400
community know what's going on. 
And I put every TV station, 

1289
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:11,600
every newspaper in the area, a 
press release from the church. 

1290
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:16,680
I remember W the CBS affiliate, 
WCRBI think whatever it is, I 

1291
00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:19,120
don't know, the CBS affiliate 
interviewed me. 

1292
00:58:19,160 --> 00:58:23,000
The CBS affiliate came down for 
the service and all that. 

1293
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:26,520
I could never have imagined that
from that there was a guy who 

1294
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:28,080
came in, came out. 
We didn't know it was because we

1295
00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:29,440
couldn't talk to each other. 
There's Chuck. 

1296
00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:34,640
That was Chuck six years ago. 
And from that, now Chuck was 

1297
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:37,320
already saved. 
But Chuck had a son who wasn't 

1298
00:58:37,320 --> 00:58:40,000
saved. 
And now guess what? 

1299
00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:42,880
He felt burdened about Chucky 
getting saved. 

1300
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:48,680
Charles Chucky got saved, and 
now Chucky is in Bible college 

1301
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:52,240
and he's winning other people to
Christ, as we talked about a few

1302
00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:56,120
weeks ago. 
You don't know from one small 

1303
00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:58,640
action. 
So, Pastor, should I be putting 

1304
00:58:58,640 --> 00:59:02,200
out press release that you're 
saying in my sphere, I did 

1305
00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:04,760
everything I could at that 
moment because I didn't feel 

1306
00:59:04,760 --> 00:59:07,760
like there's much I could. 
What if I felt that desperate 

1307
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:11,640
every day about the lost? 
It would change the way I looked

1308
00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:13,720
at life. 
It would change the way I look 

1309
00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:16,600
at my priorities. 
The desperation of that moment 

1310
00:59:16,600 --> 00:59:20,560
made me get very creative. 
But shouldn't we just be that 

1311
00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:23,280
emphatic about the gospel 
anyway? 

1312
00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:26,320
Because the stakes dictate the 
pace. 

1313
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:29,800
Thank you for listening to the 
sermon from the pulpit of 

1314
00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:32,720
Liberty Baptist Church. 
If this message was a blessing 

1315
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:36,200
to you, or if there's any way we
can serve you, please let us 

1316
00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:40,800
know by contacting us at 
info@mylibertybaptist.org. 

1317
00:59:41,080 --> 00:59:45,640
Or you can visit us this Sunday 
at 800 Washington St. in Easton,

1318
00:59:45,640 --> 00:59:48,440
MA. 
May the Lord bless you as you 

1319
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:49,640
grow in His Word.