1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:06,520 Praise the Lord, I want to read a few verses from First Peter 2 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:11,760 chapter 4. I was going to read the whole 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,800 chapter, but I'll refrain from that. 4 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:16,600 I'd encourage you to read it at home. 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:21,400 First Peter chapter 4. And we're going to read from the 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,560 verse 12 to verse 19. Let's hear the Word of God 7 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,800 First. Peter chapter 4, verse 12, 8 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,400 reading of course, from the King James Bible. 9 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,440 The words will come up and scream for all who are online, 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,880 and we pray the Lord will bless us as we read and hear the word 11 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:49,600 of God together. Beloved, think it not strange 12 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:54,640 concerning the fiery trial which is to try you as though some 13 00:00:54,640 --> 00:01:01,560 strange thing happened unto you. But rejoice in as much as ye are 14 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:08,200 partakers of Christ's sufferings, that when his glory 15 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:13,040 shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 16 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:20,280 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye for the 17 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,800 Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. 18 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:31,760 On their part he is evil spoken of, but in your part he is 19 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:36,560 glorified. But let none of you suffer as a 20 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:45,600 murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busy body 21 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:50,400 in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a 22 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:56,680 Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God 23 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,280 on this behalf, for the time has come. 24 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,960 The judgement must begin at the House of God. 25 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:10,360 And if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them 26 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:16,880 that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely 27 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:22,200 deceived, where shall the ungodly and the Sinner appear? 28 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,560 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God, 29 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,160 commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as 30 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:37,440 unto a faithful Creator, Amen. We know that God will stamp with 31 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,640 His own approval and blessing this reading of His own precious 32 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:44,920 and infallible and errant word. Amen. 33 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:51,720 Now my text tonight is taken from the latter part of first 34 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:58,440 Peter chapter 4 verse 17. And it says and if it first 35 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:04,200 beginneth us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the 36 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:09,480 gospel of God and have entitled the message tonight? 37 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:16,560 What shall your end be now in this last Sunday night of 2025? 38 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:21,840 And a little while the year will be gone, all its precious 39 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:26,640 moments gone. It's painful memories you have 40 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:32,080 many of them, and all it's powerful mercies they'll pass 41 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,960 into history. And yet what faces you tonight 42 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:45,280 is a question of destiny. What shall your envy you see? 43 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:50,520 This question of destiny comes to you from the Lord. 44 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,960 You've heard throughout the year of the gospel of God. 45 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,320 You've heard the message Jesus Christ come into the world to 46 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:00,720 see of sinners. Paul said. 47 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,320 Of whom I am chief. You've heard about his birth, 48 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,400 his incarnation, his virgin birth. 49 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:06,960 You've heard about his sin, this life. 50 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,880 A Saviour that kept the law of God perfectly for us. 51 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,640 A Saviour who did no sin you no sin in him is no sin. 52 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,959 A Saviour who died an atoning death in Calvary's tree. 53 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,399 You've heard the call to repent and believe. 54 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,600 You've heard about the gifts that offer that you can have 55 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,440 peace with God. You can lay your head in the 56 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,160 pillow and know that all your sins are forgiven, a full and 57 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,840 free and forever pardon. You can have knowledge that 58 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:38,080 you've been adopted into God's family, that God pronounces you 59 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:44,680 his son or his daughter. God bestows to you the gift even 60 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,480 of everlasting life. He that believeth hath 61 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,920 everlasting life. Life begone now, and and of 62 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,520 course, eternal life is promised in the world to come. 63 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:01,000 And yet for some of you tonight who have been listening to this 64 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:06,640 message, that call has not yet been answered. 65 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:13,440 I wonder tonight, is it because of ignorance, a claim that you 66 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,720 don't fully understand it, Or is it because you put it off and 67 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:22,080 procrastinate it? Are you guilty of wilful delay? 68 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,400 Are you guilty tonight of open rebellion? 69 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:28,840 You see, one thing I can say from this pulpit is this, that 70 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:35,120 2025 has been a year of grace. Every sermon that you have heard 71 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:40,040 has been an act of God's patience to your soul. 72 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,800 Every sermon has been an expression of God's mercy. 73 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:49,560 Every stirring of your heart is the work of God's Holy Spirit. 74 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,120 And you see, every year that begins on the 1st of January 75 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:59,840 must end, and it ends in the 31st of December. 76 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:05,400 We're not promised another year. We're not promised another 77 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:10,680 sermon, We're not promised us another Sunday night, even in 78 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:15,000 the House of God. What we are promised is this 79 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,640 Jesus saith, All that the Father giveth me shall come to me, and 80 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:23,480 then that cometh I will in no ways cast out. 81 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,680 And here's the apostle Peter in his day and generation, a good 82 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,520 and faithful servant of the Lord. 83 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,240 OA man full of feelings, a man full of faults. 84 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,400 And yet, despite the feelings and the faults, this man loved 85 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,280 the Lord in his heart. Remember he was asked the 86 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:43,840 question on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias. 87 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,360 Lovest thou me more than these, Peter? 88 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,600 And what was his response? Yeah, Lord, thou knowest that I 89 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:54,520 love thee. He didn't use agape, he used the 90 00:06:54,680 --> 00:07:02,040 word for brotherly love. Peter was a sea of man, a man 91 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:08,520 who did his best to express his love for Christ. 92 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:15,080 And many of the people that he preached to didn't know Christ. 93 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:20,800 They didn't want him. They remained ignorant of him. 94 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,000 And yet Peter was called to faithfully serve Christ. 95 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,560 Remember in Matthew 419 follow me, and I make you to become 96 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,920 fishers of man. He got the call to leave his 97 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,000 gnats and to leave his home and to leave his possessions. 98 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,160 And he became a preacher of the gospel. 99 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,040 And he threw out the gospel then, and he exercised a great 100 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,080 ministry of preaching and teaching. 101 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:45,440 And here he's writing to God's people, and they're in the midst 102 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:50,000 of suffering. They're scatter abroad, they're 103 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,160 scared in the midst of certain fiery trials. 104 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:57,160 Listen to verse 12. Beloved thinketh not strange 105 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,360 concerning. The fiery trial was to try you. 106 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,320 So some strange thing happened unto you. 107 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,480 Verse 13 But rejoice in as much as your partakers of Christ's 108 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:10,160 suffering, that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be 109 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:16,960 glad also with exceeding joy. These fiery trials were fierce. 110 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,120 They were frightening for the people of God. 111 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,600 They were suffering great persecution. 112 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,520 Even many face martyrdom at this time. 113 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,840 Could you imagine being tossed into a furnace of fire? 114 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:38,840 And yet God used the trials and the testing to test his people. 115 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,760 And he said to them, But rejoice in as much as your partakers of 116 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:49,840 Christ's sufferings. And what he stated then further 117 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:55,000 on the chapter LED up to this question of destiny. 118 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,920 Notice the words in verse 17. For the time has come, the 119 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:06,000 judgement must begin at the House of God, and judgement will 120 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,080 begin at the House of God. And that's a sermon all in 121 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:10,840 itself. And I'm not going to preach it 122 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,040 tonight. But just to add this, the Bible 123 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:17,160 says then everyone of us shall give an account of himself to 124 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,440 God. As you lived out 2025, as I 125 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,640 lived it out, you will give an account to God, not for 126 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:30,960 salvation, but for your life of service, the prayer meetings 127 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,200 you've attended, the prayers offered, the Bible that was 128 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,480 read, the witnessing that was done, the the help for the work 129 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,920 of God. All of that will come under 130 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:44,680 thee, all seeing searching eye of the Almighty. 131 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,880 And then he adds this for the time has come. 132 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,160 The judgement must begin at the House of God. 133 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,560 And if it first begin at us, that's the people of God, those 134 00:09:54,560 --> 00:10:00,520 who are saved, what shall the end be of them that obey not the 135 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,240 gospel of God? He's making reference in verse 136 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,840 718 to the ungodly and the Sinner. 137 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,320 He says, for if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall 138 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:15,280 the ungodly and Sinner appear? In other words, where will you 139 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,400 be at the end? We're familiar with maybe 140 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,160 watching a television programme and you see the words coming up 141 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,840 in the screen. They're just two words, the end. 142 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:28,400 And you see at this year's end, it's the end of time as we know 143 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,360 it. As far as 2025 is there, it's 144 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,120 the end of the journey for this year. 145 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:38,280 For some, it might even be the end of life as far as we know 146 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,080 it. So I'm going to ask the 147 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,680 question. I'm going to answer it then 20 148 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:46,400 minutes. What shall your end be? 149 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:53,120 Think of this, the greatest message that is rejected. 150 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,600 Look at the text. What shall the end be of them 151 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,480 that obey? Not the gospel of God. 152 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,080 Underline the Word, the gospel of God. 153 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,120 Here's the message that they heard in Peter's day. 154 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,520 Here's the message that was proclaimed in their hearing and 155 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,160 proclaimed in your hearing. What is the message? 156 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:16,400 It's the gospel of God, and that phrase appears at least seven 157 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:20,880 times in the New Testament. I'm not going to give you all of 158 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,840 the references, but it's first of all revealed there in Romans. 159 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,080 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, 160 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,760 separated unto the gospel of God. 161 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,200 And it's mentioned here in first Peter 4 and 17. 162 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,720 What shall the N be of them that obey? 163 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,720 Not the gospel of God. I want you to think of these 164 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,280 words. The gospel. 165 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,600 The gospel, of course, is from the Greek word eugalion, which 166 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,960 means good news. It's a joyful announcement about 167 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:57,320 God's saving work in and through the person and work of His Son, 168 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,520 Jesus Christ. The gospel off God. 169 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,520 The word off is very important. You should underline it. 170 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:08,120 What does off mean? It has to do with the source of 171 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:12,800 this great message that the source and origin is it's the 172 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:19,600 gospel of God and primarily that means it's from God. 173 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:22,560 I have a message from God for you. 174 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:26,120 It belongs to God. It's produced by God. 175 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,280 It reveals the truth about God, what he has done and what he's 176 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,360 doing. It's an announcement, A joyful 177 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:39,640 announcement authorised by God. The Gospel of God is good news 178 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:44,600 that comes from God, that's produced by God, that belongs to 179 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,120 God and reveals what God is doing and what he has done. 180 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:55,400 It originates with him. It's not man me it it's not 181 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,520 something that has been invented by man. 182 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:03,160 I want to stress this. It's not connected to the 183 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:07,760 thoughts of even good man, certainly not connected to the 184 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:12,520 thoughts of angels. It's certainly not a message 185 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,800 that's been dreamed up and thought of by the church or any 186 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,680 scholar in any university or professor. 187 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:23,040 It's not even a message connected to Satan in any way. 188 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:28,120 It's the gospel of God. Let's think about the source of 189 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:29,800 the gospel. Let's think of the sum of the 190 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,120 gospel. You see, there's only one true 191 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,920 gospel message, the Gospel of God. 192 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:42,360 Notice the employment of the definite article, the Gospel of 193 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:46,760 God. Now I emphasise this, there's 194 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:51,280 not seven different gospels. I have spoke to some Christians 195 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,920 recently who told me that there's seven different gospels 196 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,720 and they rattle them off. The Gospel of the Kingdom and 197 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,480 the Gospel of God. The Gospel of the grace of God, 198 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:07,240 I want to tell you. The gospel of Christ, I want to 199 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,280 tell you. All of those are one and the 200 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:14,800 same gospel message, and they're emphasising different aspects. 201 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,760 The gospel of the Kingdom has to do with the reign and rule of 202 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,800 King Jesus in your heart and life. 203 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,200 The gospel of the grace of God. That's the spring of which God 204 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,080 deals with man. It's God's riches at Christ's 205 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:32,040 expense. The Gospel of God, as I've 206 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:35,400 emphasised, as from God it belongs to Him. 207 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,560 He authorised, he, he, He produced it. 208 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,120 It reveals the truth about what He is doing and what He has 209 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:46,560 done. The Gospel of the Kingdom in 210 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:51,000 Matthew chapter 423 is not different from the Gospel of God 211 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:57,480 in Romans One and one, or from first Peter 4 and 17, or the 212 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,280 Gospel of the Grace of God in Acts 2024. 213 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:07,640 It's all one and the same message, just different aspects 214 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,720 of it. It's not connected to the 215 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,200 message of men. It's not connected to the ideas 216 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,200 and philosophies of men. The source of the gospel, the 217 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,640 sum of the gospel. Think of the subject of the 218 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,520 gospel. This is one of my favourite 219 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,000 themes. Of course, in First Corinthians 220 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:32,720 chapter 15, Paul says in verse 3 For I delivered unto you first 221 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,080 of all that which I also received, how the Christ died 222 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,720 for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that he was 223 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:39,560 buried. And he rose again the third day 224 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,600 according to the Scriptures. And that he was seen of ceasef, 225 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,040 then of the 12th. After that He was seen of above 226 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,280 500 brethren at once, of whom the greater part remained unto 227 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,360 this present. But some are falling asleep. 228 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,800 You see, when you analyse the Gospel, it centres in the 229 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:00,440 personal work of Christ, Christ's incarnation, Christ's 230 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,800 virgin birth, the fullness of time, Christ's sinless life, 231 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,320 Christ's attoning death and right Calvary. 232 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:12,280 It emphasises his person who he is saying he's not just a good 233 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,560 man and a great man and a gracious man. 234 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,160 He's the God man. Many people miss that greatest. 235 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:22,600 The mystery of God in his God was manifest in the flesh. 236 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,600 You were thinking about Emmanuel, which being 237 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:33,000 interpreted as what God with us. Think of his work Hebrews 10 and 238 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,320 12. But this man, after he'd offered 239 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,840 one sacrifice for sins, forever sat down on the right hand of 240 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,880 God on the ground of blood atonement. 241 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:47,160 Blood has been shed. Then there's a message of full 242 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:51,880 and free and forever pardon. Think tonight of the strength of 243 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:54,760 the gospel. Paul says this, for I'm not 244 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,520 ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it's the power of God unto 245 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,600 salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew 1st and 246 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,520 also to the Greek. For therein that's in the gospel 247 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,319 is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith as 248 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:10,680 it is written, the just shall live by faith. 249 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:16,920 The reference in verse 16 to the word power is the word dunamis, 250 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,599 from which we get the English word dynamite, the explosive 251 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:24,520 energy. And you see the Gospels, the 252 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,599 power of God unto salvation. And what does Ulster need? 253 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:30,440 The Republic of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. 254 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:36,040 It needs the gospel of God. This is a delivered message, 255 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:42,800 delivered once unto the seals. And as this message is 256 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:49,920 proclaimed in the Gospel, there's the call in the gospel. 257 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,560 There's power to cleanse the Sinner because the blood of 258 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,440 Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all said. 259 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,760 There's power to change and transform a life. 260 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,560 If any man be in Christ, he's a new creature. 261 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,800 All things are passed away and all things become new and all 262 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,640 things are of God. It is power to comfort a soul. 263 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,960 You're in deep grief and pangs like some of these ones that 264 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,880 we've mentioned who have suffered tragedy and news about 265 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,520 the death of loved ones, especially the young. 266 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,880 It is power to counsel, because the preaching of the cross is to 267 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,640 them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved, 268 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,040 what is it? It's the power of God, a power 269 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,360 that originates with God, a power that belongs to God, a 270 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:33,880 power that changes and transforms lives. 271 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:38,960 I remember 18 years of age kneeling down at a Roman 272 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,880 Catholic lodging house and Coleraine on a Sunday evening, 273 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:49,160 crying out to God and asking God to save me, a guilty hail 274 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,200 deserving Sinner. Up to that point I had no 275 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:57,080 thought and fear of God. Up to that point I had no 276 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,960 interest in spiritual things. I was only interested in wine 277 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,640 and women and so on. And then I was invited to a 278 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,200 gospel meeting. And in that gospel meeting I 279 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,880 heard the Gospel. John 10 and 10. 280 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,120 I'm come that you might have life and you might have it more 281 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:12,000 abundantly. I come under conviction. 282 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,240 That was on a Friday night and then on that Sunday evening 283 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,800 kneeling down at a Roman Catholic lodging house, can't 284 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,400 remember the time, probably near midnight and cried out God be 285 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,640 merciful to me. The Sinner didn't use those 286 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,440 exact words for didn't know them at the time and and that night I 287 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,480 passed from death unto life. That night I was born again of 288 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,040 God's spirit. That night I became a new 289 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:38,360 creature in Christ. We were singing in the hymn. 290 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,000 Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power? 291 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,040 Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? 292 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,840 You've heard this message, but the question is not have you 293 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,600 heard it? The question is, have you hated 294 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:55,680 it? Have you received this message? 295 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,960 Christ and crucified. See, the preacher's job is not 296 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:03,680 to preach about self. It's not even to preach about 297 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,040 the ceremonies and rites of the church. 298 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,960 Good as the church is as an institution, it's not the church 299 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,560 that saves. It's Christ. 300 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:21,360 Do you know anything of Christ's love, Christ's life? 301 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,600 Do you know anything of Christ's grace and mercy? 302 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:30,840 Do you know anything of Christ's justice and holiness? 303 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:36,360 Is is, is God not just in the justifier of him that believeth 304 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:40,560 in Jesus? Isn't it wonderful to know that 305 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:47,360 God imputes our sin to Christ and then Christ God imputes 306 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:50,920 Christ's righteousness to our account for he that is God hath 307 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,800 made him, that is Christ to be sin for us who you know, sin 308 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,160 that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 309 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,120 That's the strength of the gospel. 310 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:07,400 That's the greatest message that is rejected. 311 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,280 Notice very quickly the greatest mistake that is revealed. 312 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:15,800 If you go back to our text, it says, what shall the envy of 313 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,280 them that obey? Not the gospel of God. 314 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,400 Notice these words that obey not. 315 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:27,640 The greatest mistake that is revealed is they obey not. 316 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,920 What do they not obey? They obey not the call of the 317 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,280 gospel. You see, the gospel calls men 318 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,480 and women to do 2 things. Mark 1 and 15. 319 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,560 There's a call to repent. Repentance is sorry enough to 320 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:44,480 stop or to quit your sin. It's not a suggestion, It's not 321 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,640 something that's optional. It's the command of the King of 322 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:51,640 Kings and Lord of Lords. It's not just a change in one's 323 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,360 thinking, it's a change in direction. 324 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,760 It's a change in lifestyle. It's a change in behaviour. 325 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:04,200 It's a change of heart. And part of that call is also to 326 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:10,560 believe for over there in Mark chapter 1 and verse 15, we read 327 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:15,920 these words and saying the time is fulfilled and the Kingdom of 328 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,840 God is at hand. Repent thee and believe the 329 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:20,920 gospel. The word believe means to trust 330 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,240 and adhere to and rely on. And you've heard this message 331 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,320 loads of times. You've heard this call and yet 332 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,800 you've put it off. You've turned your back on it 333 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:35,880 and you've thought to yourself, well, I'm I'm too young now and 334 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,560 and you're not of course, because Jesus said suffer the 335 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,120 little children to come unto me and forbid them not for if such 336 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,800 is the Kingdom of heaven, maybe you are too busy. 337 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,920 But if you're too busy for God, then you are too busy. 338 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,520 If you proclaim that you're too sinful, I can tell you, you're 339 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,520 not for the vilest offender who truly believes that known from 340 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:59,520 Jesus a part it receives, you see, And it's not too late 341 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,920 because you're still in the day of grace and this was only the 342 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:06,000 last Sunday evening of 2025, and your life is in the hands of 343 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,360 God. And remember the dying thief as 344 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:10,440 he died. What news did he hear? 345 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,000 Today shall thy be with me in paradise? 346 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,600 Of course there was only one dying thief got converted. 347 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:22,720 The other died as he lived, which is sad, but there was one 348 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:27,440 who got saved on his deathbed so that we would not despair. 349 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:31,400 But don't pursue me upon a deathbed repentance because 350 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:35,160 there's very few real deathbed repentance. 351 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:38,920 Maybe you're saying, but I'm too old now, God wouldn't want me. 352 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:43,520 Doesn't matter what age you are, even a 70 or 80 year old or a 90 353 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,600 year old can come to faith in Christ. 354 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,480 The call of the gospel is to repent and believe. 355 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,960 And the greatest mistake that's revealed in this text is that 356 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,720 those who have not obeyed the call of gospel. 357 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,520 See, the wonderful message is that Christ can grant you a full 358 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,720 and free and forever pardon. All known sin, past, present, 359 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,160 and future can be forgiven under the blood. 360 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,360 You can have peace with God. You can have the peace of God in 361 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,040 the midst of trials and troubles. 362 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,200 To whom can you go in the midst of trial and trouble? 363 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:19,760 God can adopt you and His family, allow you to use the 364 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,400 family name. You can address God as Father, 365 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,320 no, Christ as Saviour, no, you're indwelt by the Spirit of 366 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,320 God. You can be an heir of God, a 367 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,600 joint heir with Christ. You can find in Christ a friend 368 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,920 indeed a shepherd in the Tain of trouble, many other wonderful 369 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:40,480 gifts, and it's all connected to John 3 and 16. 370 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,040 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, 371 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,320 that whosoever believeth in them should not perish, but have 372 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,840 everlasting life. Have you tasted the power of 373 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,480 Christ? Have you tasted anything of his 374 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:58,720 love and truth, anything of his grace and mercy? 375 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,520 Have you, have you felt the power of the blood that's 376 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:07,280 applied? Obey not the call of the gospel. 377 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,000 That's a great mistake that's revealed. 378 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,200 Obey not the condition of the gospel. 379 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:12,840 What's the condition of the gospel? 380 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:19,880 Here it is, all that the Father giveth me shall come to me. 381 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,320 Him that cometh I will in no way he's cast out. 382 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,800 Didn't the Lord Jesus say? And here's one of my favourite 383 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,360 verses, Come unto me, all ye that labour under heavy laden, 384 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,440 and I will give you a rest. Come as you are. 385 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,080 You see, it's Christ that issues the call to repent and believe. 386 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,840 It's Christ that sets the condition. 387 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,440 What's the condition? Come as you are. 388 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,600 Come now. Behold, now is the accepted 389 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,360 time. Now is the day of salvation, not 390 00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:49,680 tomorrow. We're not granted tomorrow. 391 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,560 Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for no man knoweth what a day 392 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,600 may bring forth. Let me ask you the question, why 393 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,560 not obey the call? Why not fulfil the condition? 394 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,800 Is there an answer? Well, in John chapter 3 and in 395 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:11,040 verse 19 we've got the words. And this is the condemnation 396 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,520 that light has come into the world, and men love darkness 397 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,120 rather than light because their deeds were evil. 398 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,040 See, some people love sin more than the Saviour. 399 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,800 They love sin more than their soul. 400 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,120 They love sin more than salvation. 401 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,880 And therefore they refuse to come to this person. 402 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,360 They they they refuse to come even on the basis of a promise. 403 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:40,080 They refuse to come and taste of His power, all because of a love 404 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,240 for sin. They would rather listen to the 405 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,560 voice of man than the Master. They'd rather listen to the 406 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:51,800 voice of self then the Saviour, rather listen to the voice even 407 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,640 of their own conscience rather than the voice of Christ. 408 00:26:56,160 --> 00:27:00,360 And yet he stands and says, Come unto me, all ye that labour and 409 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:03,880 are heavy laden, I will give you a rest. 410 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:09,960 The greatest mistake that's revealed, obey not the gospel of 411 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:14,480 God. I want to finish with the guilty 412 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:19,280 mystery that is recognised. You know there's a solemn 413 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:24,200 disclosure here in this text. What shall the end be of them? 414 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:31,720 This is a question about the ungodly and the Sinner in 415 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,960 contrast. And if the righteous scarcely be 416 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:39,000 saved, what shall? Where shall the ungodly and the 417 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:43,240 Sinner appear now? The ungodly, as a person has 418 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,440 just deliberately left God out of their life. 419 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,760 They live without God. They've no love for God. 420 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,440 They've no real thought or regard for him. 421 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:59,560 In actual fact, they're also branded an enemy of God because 422 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:03,880 in the book of Romans, in Romans chapter 8 and verse 7, we read 423 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,080 this particular statement because the carnal mind is 424 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,520 anybody against God, for it is not subject to the law of God. 425 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:16,920 Neither indeed can be the reference here to the word 426 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,960 Sinner. You should underline it. 427 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,920 A Sinner is someone who falls short of the mark for all of 428 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,240 sinned. Romans 3 and 23 that that's the 429 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:33,760 past tense for all of sinned. When did all sin we sinned? 430 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,240 And Adam? Romans 5 and 12 wherever as by 431 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,040 one man sin entered into the world of death by sin, and so 432 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:42,080 death passed upon all men for that all of sinned, and we're 433 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:46,240 not worry of all sinned. But here's the rest of the text 434 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:51,080 in Romans 3 and 23 for all have sinned and have come short of 435 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,960 the glory of God. That's present continuous tense. 436 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,200 We've all missed the mark. You see, we're all born guilty 437 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,960 sinners. We've all fallen into a state of 438 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:03,920 sin and misery and Adam a bad record and a polluted heart 439 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,480 guilty and yet a heart with a bias towards sin, and we're all 440 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:12,120 constantly coming short. Can you imagine having a darts 441 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:16,440 match or a, let's say, a, an archery competition and we're 442 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:21,720 aiming for the bullseye and the bullseye is the one where you 443 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,880 get the special prize. And everyone of us who aims for 444 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,520 the bullseye are, are wide off. We don't even come close. 445 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,840 We're not even heading the archery board. 446 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:38,240 And how many of course, talk to God, talk to the preacher and 447 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:42,080 say, but I'm an honest person, I pay my taxes, I'm caned as a 448 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:46,240 neighbour, I give to charity, I'm loyal, I attend my church, I 449 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,640 have got my church. And all of that's true. 450 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,160 And they're sincere in what they're expressing. 451 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,200 But what they have is a high view of self. 452 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,040 They've never saw themselves as a Sinner. 453 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,480 They've never saw themselves as falling constantly short. 454 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,760 See, God has a divine standard, and not only have they got a 455 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:11,480 high view of self, but they've got a low view of God because 456 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,000 they know nothing of the holiness and justice of God. 457 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,440 And God's law is perfect and precise for life. 458 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,760 God's law is plain and powerful for life, and it reveals the 459 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:29,000 glory of God. You can't argue with it because 460 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,680 the law of God reveals what God requires of man. 461 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:36,200 What duty? Duty towards God. 462 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:42,800 The 1st 4 You're duty to your fellow man in the six that 463 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:47,440 follow. But how far short we fall, not 464 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,960 only because we don't really fulfil with a perfect 465 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:56,480 sinlessness what's required, but we also then fall far short 466 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,960 because we eagerly run and brace what is forbidden. 467 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:06,040 None of us have kept the law of God perfectly, but Jesus Christ 468 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:10,120 did. Only one man did, the second 469 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:14,560 Adam, and he did for all who would trust him as Lord and 470 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:19,880 Saviour. And to reject him is the height 471 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:24,240 of folly. On that day there'll be a 472 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:29,880 serious disclosure, the guilty misery that is recognised. 473 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:34,880 A serious disclosure. You've rejected the one who 474 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:41,680 could fulfil the meat, the standard of God and also a 475 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:46,960 solemn destiny. You see these words relate to 476 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:51,840 time as well as eternity. Over there in Second 477 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:56,680 Thessalonians, it talks there about the day of the Lord. 478 00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:01,600 I read the passage as we conclude tonight, Paul says, 479 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,640 writing to the church at Thessalonica for the second 480 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,320 time. And to you who are troubled, 481 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:12,920 rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven 482 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,040 with this mighty Angel. This is to do with the second 483 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:19,080 coming. And whenever he comes the second 484 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,000 time, he's not coming as Saviour, he's coming as judge. 485 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:27,200 Listen to these words first. See it in flaming fire, taking 486 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:32,600 vengeance in them that know not God and that obey not the gospel 487 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:37,440 of our Lord Jesus Christ. It's linked up to these words. 488 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:42,680 God in Christ is coming to take vengeance and all them that know 489 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:46,240 not God and haven't obeyed the gospel. 490 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:51,440 Remember the Lord Jesus said in his Sermon on the Mount in 491 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:56,560 Matthew Chapter 7, He said, not everyone that saith to me, Lord 492 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,080 Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven, but he that 493 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,200 doeth the will of my Father, which is in heaven. 494 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,160 Many will say to me in that day, this is the day of his coming, 495 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:07,040 the day of his return. Lord, Lord, have we not 496 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,200 prophesied in thy name, That's the preacher, and in thy name of 497 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,880 cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works. 498 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:18,040 Listen to this, and then will I profess unto them, I never knew 499 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,880 you depart from me ye that work inequity. 500 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,360 See, it's easy to profess his name. 501 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:28,440 But there's a difference between a professor and a possessor, 502 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:33,280 because a possessor has a hatred for sin and a love for 503 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,880 righteousness. Oh, not perfectly, but 504 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:41,720 passionately. Many profess to be his. 505 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,800 They make a claim, but they have a greater love for sin than the 506 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,240 Saviour. They have a greater love for 507 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:51,120 self than the Saviour. And you see, this is a 508 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:56,440 deliberate choice. This is not done out of 509 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,160 ignorance. Remember what Paul says in 510 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,760 Romans 1 and verse 28. And even as they did not like to 511 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,720 retain God in their knowledge, God give them over to a 512 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,560 reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient. 513 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:14,360 They had a knowledge of God, but they didn't like to retain it. 514 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,000 They castaway the truth. They set the truth to the one 515 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:22,400 side, a deliberate action. They made many excuses. 516 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:31,280 A day of serious destiny being revealed. 517 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:38,320 Let me finish tonight over there in the Gospel of Matthew in 518 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:42,239 chapter 25. Whenever the Lord Jesus comes 519 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:47,400 back, he's going to separate individuals into two camps. 520 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:53,520 Listen to these words. Matthew 2531 When the Son of Man 521 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,360 shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then 522 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,560 shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. 523 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,480 And before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall 524 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:05,440 separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep 525 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,080 from the goats, and he shall set the sheep in his right hand, but 526 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,720 the goats in his left. Then shall the king say unto 527 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:14,640 them, in his right hand Come, you blessed of my Father, 528 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:19,440 inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the 529 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,880 world. Are you one of the Lord's sheep? 530 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,360 Can you say the Lord is my shepherd? 531 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,960 On which hand will you be the right hand of the left hand? 532 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,400 If you're one of his sheep, you'll be in the right hand. 533 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,560 But listen to this, what he said in the verse 41. 534 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:40,360 Then shall he say also unto them on the left, Depart from me, you 535 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:47,680 curse it in the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his 536 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,200 angels. And they protested. 537 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:53,960 And he said, For I wasn't hungered. 538 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:57,040 And you gave me no meat, I was thirsty, and you gave me no 539 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,160 drink. I was a stranger. 540 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:01,280 And you took me not in naked, and you clothed me not sick and 541 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,400 in prison, and you visited me not. 542 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:07,520 Listen to verse 44. Then shall they also answer him, 543 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:11,400 saying, Lord, when we saw thee in hungered, or a thirst, or a 544 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,520 stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister 545 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,920 unto thee? Then shall he answer them, 546 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:21,760 saying, Verily I say unto you, In as much as she did it not the 547 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:25,960 one of the least of these, He did it not to me. 548 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:30,320 Now let me make this clear. The Bible says He that believeth 549 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,480 hath everlasting life, and I believe that. 550 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,960 But the Bible also says do good to all men, especially they who 551 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:42,200 are the household of faith. And these actions and these 552 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,280 activities of visiting the sick and going into the prison and 553 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,040 feeding the hungry and clothing the naked, it's not the ground 554 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,600 of salvation. You're not doing it in order to 555 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,400 be saved. You're doing it as evidence that 556 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,200 you're born of God and you've got a new life in Christ. 557 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,400 And and just as God as a love for the lost, so do you. 558 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:07,440 The time for judgement had come, and how many want to block it 559 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,880 out? How many want to forget about 560 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,600 it? A day of reckoning and coming. 561 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:18,280 Where will the ungodly and Sinner be if judgement really 562 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:23,520 begins At the House of God? Do you plan to live and die and 563 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:27,560 sin? Do you plan to go to a loss 564 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:32,880 Christ less eternity? Do you really plan to be lost 565 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:36,160 for all eternity in this awful place called hell? 566 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:42,680 Do you want to be in Christ's left hand, branded a goat by the 567 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:48,360 Lord of mercy? Let's hear this great message. 568 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,840 Let's not make this great mistake. 569 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:56,960 Let's not fall into this guilty misery and recognise it for what 570 00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,360 it is. Our time is gone, Thank you for 571 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,280 coming. Pray the Lord will bless His 572 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:02,200 word to our heart.