1 00:00:01,410 --> 00:00:03,770 Welcome to From the Pulpit in Classic Sermons. 2 00:00:04,090 --> 00:00:05,790 Each week, we bring you a different message 3 00:00:05,790 --> 00:00:07,590 from some of history's greatest speakers in the 4 00:00:07,590 --> 00:00:10,170 Christian faith, and powerful sermons for modern preachers, 5 00:00:10,370 --> 00:00:10,510 too. 6 00:00:11,050 --> 00:00:13,310 This week, we have William Blackburn with his 7 00:00:13,310 --> 00:00:15,170 message, The Final Judgment of God. 8 00:00:16,730 --> 00:00:20,050 The great message of the Bible is that 9 00:00:20,050 --> 00:00:23,370 God is a God of love and mercy 10 00:00:23,370 --> 00:00:24,710 and grace. 11 00:00:24,710 --> 00:00:28,370 The one message that goes throughout the Bible 12 00:00:28,370 --> 00:00:29,070 is this. 13 00:00:29,210 --> 00:00:31,650 God is saying, I love you, I love 14 00:00:31,650 --> 00:00:32,950 you, I love you. 15 00:00:33,250 --> 00:00:35,310 I like what the Bible says in the 16 00:00:35,310 --> 00:00:36,010 book of Romans. 17 00:00:36,170 --> 00:00:38,690 It says, For I am persuaded that neither 18 00:00:38,690 --> 00:00:42,230 death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor 19 00:00:42,230 --> 00:00:45,210 powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 20 00:00:45,430 --> 00:00:48,290 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature 21 00:00:48,290 --> 00:00:50,690 shall be able to separate us from the 22 00:00:50,690 --> 00:00:52,850 love of God which is in Christ Jesus 23 00:00:52,850 --> 00:00:53,650 our Lord. 24 00:00:53,650 --> 00:00:56,430 The message of the Bible is God loves 25 00:00:56,430 --> 00:00:56,650 you. 26 00:00:57,030 --> 00:00:58,910 God loves you with all of your faults, 27 00:00:59,330 --> 00:01:01,310 your failures, your sins. 28 00:01:01,730 --> 00:01:03,530 God loves you. 29 00:01:03,849 --> 00:01:05,470 But hear me, teenage friend. 30 00:01:06,130 --> 00:01:08,750 The Bible says God is also a God 31 00:01:08,750 --> 00:01:10,810 of judgment and wrath. 32 00:01:11,290 --> 00:01:13,450 Yes, God loves you, but hear me tonight, 33 00:01:13,610 --> 00:01:13,910 friend. 34 00:01:14,190 --> 00:01:17,210 The Bible says God is holy, he hates 35 00:01:17,210 --> 00:01:21,070 sin, and God has dedicated himself to one 36 00:01:21,070 --> 00:01:22,630 day judging sin. 37 00:01:22,630 --> 00:01:24,110 Friends, I want to tell you something. 38 00:01:24,530 --> 00:01:26,570 God is a God of love, but God 39 00:01:26,570 --> 00:01:30,110 is also a God of judgment and wrath. 40 00:01:30,430 --> 00:01:33,230 Because the God that set little children on 41 00:01:33,230 --> 00:01:35,970 his knee in Mark 10 is the same 42 00:01:35,970 --> 00:01:39,910 God that sent a universal flood and destroyed 43 00:01:39,910 --> 00:01:42,250 the entire world in his judgment. 44 00:01:42,670 --> 00:01:45,490 The God that welped at the tomb of 45 00:01:45,490 --> 00:01:49,470 Lazarus is the same God that killed Ananias 46 00:01:49,470 --> 00:01:50,270 and Sapphira. 47 00:01:50,270 --> 00:01:53,990 The God that welped over Jerusalem and healed 48 00:01:53,990 --> 00:01:57,150 the sick is the same God that sent 49 00:01:57,150 --> 00:01:59,870 fire and brimstone down from heaven. 50 00:02:00,310 --> 00:02:02,210 Yes, God is a God of love, but 51 00:02:02,210 --> 00:02:04,590 God is also a God of judgment and 52 00:02:04,590 --> 00:02:04,890 wrath. 53 00:02:05,150 --> 00:02:06,390 Let God be balanced. 54 00:02:06,510 --> 00:02:08,610 You see, you take away his love, he 55 00:02:08,610 --> 00:02:10,690 becomes a bloodthirsty tyrant. 56 00:02:10,850 --> 00:02:12,930 But you take away his judgment, and he 57 00:02:12,930 --> 00:02:16,070 becomes a silly sentimentalist that just winks at 58 00:02:16,070 --> 00:02:16,530 sin. 59 00:02:16,950 --> 00:02:19,250 God says, one day I'm going to judge 60 00:02:19,250 --> 00:02:19,770 the world. 61 00:02:19,770 --> 00:02:22,950 God says, I command everyone in Laurel, Mississippi 62 00:02:22,950 --> 00:02:25,950 to repent of their sins and turn to 63 00:02:25,950 --> 00:02:28,530 Jesus because one day I'm going to judge 64 00:02:28,530 --> 00:02:29,310 the world. 65 00:02:29,710 --> 00:02:31,670 The apostle Paul, in these verses I've just 66 00:02:31,670 --> 00:02:33,650 read, he was going to the city of 67 00:02:33,650 --> 00:02:34,090 Athens. 68 00:02:34,270 --> 00:02:36,590 He was going to Mars Hill to preach 69 00:02:36,590 --> 00:02:37,090 a sermon. 70 00:02:37,370 --> 00:02:39,090 On his way to Mars Hill, he saw 71 00:02:39,090 --> 00:02:43,510 several statues that were tributes to pagan gods. 72 00:02:43,690 --> 00:02:46,810 One statue was given to the unknown God. 73 00:02:46,810 --> 00:02:49,470 These Athenians were so fearful that they would 74 00:02:49,470 --> 00:02:51,510 offend a God they didn't know about. 75 00:02:51,770 --> 00:02:53,850 They had a statue to an unknown God. 76 00:02:54,170 --> 00:02:56,250 And Paul said, let me tell you about 77 00:02:56,250 --> 00:02:57,430 this unknown God. 78 00:02:57,670 --> 00:02:59,330 Let me tell you about the one living 79 00:02:59,330 --> 00:03:01,870 and true God, Jesus Christ. 80 00:03:02,050 --> 00:03:03,870 And Paul told them this message. 81 00:03:03,930 --> 00:03:05,830 He said, one day God is going to 82 00:03:05,830 --> 00:03:06,670 judge the world. 83 00:03:06,990 --> 00:03:10,050 God says, repent of your sin, turn away 84 00:03:10,050 --> 00:03:12,490 from your foolishness, turn away from your silliness, 85 00:03:12,490 --> 00:03:15,230 turn away from your rebellion against God, and 86 00:03:15,230 --> 00:03:18,050 turn to the one living and true God. 87 00:03:18,390 --> 00:03:20,130 God has appointed a day. 88 00:03:20,410 --> 00:03:23,830 He will judge the world in righteousness by 89 00:03:23,830 --> 00:03:26,630 that man He has raised from the dead, 90 00:03:26,970 --> 00:03:27,970 Jesus Christ. 91 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:29,590 He's going to judge the world. 92 00:03:29,710 --> 00:03:32,130 My message tonight is to America. 93 00:03:32,490 --> 00:03:35,890 I preach to America tonight with her 20 94 00:03:35,890 --> 00:03:37,730 million homosexuals. 95 00:03:37,730 --> 00:03:40,570 I preach to America tonight with her one 96 00:03:40,570 --> 00:03:44,290 and a half million criminal abortions every year. 97 00:03:44,730 --> 00:03:47,710 I preach to America tonight with their prostitutes 98 00:03:47,710 --> 00:03:51,310 and their pornography and their wickedness and their 99 00:03:51,310 --> 00:03:51,910 drugs. 100 00:03:52,130 --> 00:03:54,890 I preach to America with their self-righteous, 101 00:03:55,190 --> 00:03:57,730 puffed-up religion but no Jesus. 102 00:03:57,730 --> 00:03:59,870 I preach to America tonight to tell you 103 00:03:59,870 --> 00:04:03,150 that God has appointed a day in which 104 00:04:03,150 --> 00:04:06,350 He will judge the world, the living and 105 00:04:06,350 --> 00:04:07,530 the dead. 106 00:04:08,010 --> 00:04:09,130 You say, William, how do you know that 107 00:04:09,130 --> 00:04:10,330 God's going to judge the world? 108 00:04:10,570 --> 00:04:13,410 Because God has promised to judge the world. 109 00:04:13,610 --> 00:04:16,610 The Bible says God has appointed a day. 110 00:04:16,670 --> 00:04:17,570 Do you hear that, young friend? 111 00:04:17,990 --> 00:04:19,970 There's a God in heaven who has appointed 112 00:04:19,970 --> 00:04:23,110 a day, a definite day, a particular day. 113 00:04:23,110 --> 00:04:25,830 One day, God has said, on that day, 114 00:04:26,110 --> 00:04:27,610 I will judge the world. 115 00:04:27,930 --> 00:04:29,310 God promises judgment. 116 00:04:29,390 --> 00:04:31,050 I want to tell you, I travel across 117 00:04:31,050 --> 00:04:33,090 America, and I'm telling you the world is 118 00:04:33,090 --> 00:04:34,770 laughing about God's judgment. 119 00:04:35,010 --> 00:04:37,010 They are laughing at the promises of God, 120 00:04:37,150 --> 00:04:38,630 but I want to tell you, you can 121 00:04:38,630 --> 00:04:40,770 laugh about the promises of God. 122 00:04:41,030 --> 00:04:43,210 You can laugh about judgment of God, but 123 00:04:43,210 --> 00:04:44,530 you cannot laugh it away. 124 00:04:45,090 --> 00:04:47,830 You see, my friends, in Noah's day, the 125 00:04:47,830 --> 00:04:50,090 men laughed at the promises of God. 126 00:04:50,090 --> 00:04:53,010 When God promised to send judgment by sending 127 00:04:53,010 --> 00:04:55,130 a universal flood, they laughed. 128 00:04:55,230 --> 00:04:56,450 But I want to tell you, the flood 129 00:04:56,450 --> 00:04:58,930 still came and destroyed the world. 130 00:04:59,270 --> 00:05:02,610 In Lot's day, those homosexuals laughed at the 131 00:05:02,610 --> 00:05:03,530 promise of God. 132 00:05:03,730 --> 00:05:05,430 When God said, I will rain fire and 133 00:05:05,430 --> 00:05:07,730 brimstone down from heaven, but the fire and 134 00:05:07,730 --> 00:05:09,210 brimstone still came. 135 00:05:09,410 --> 00:05:11,910 They laughed in Jesus' day when He said 136 00:05:11,910 --> 00:05:14,350 the Roman army will come into Jerusalem and 137 00:05:14,350 --> 00:05:15,570 level it to the ground. 138 00:05:15,690 --> 00:05:17,670 But the Roman army came and leveled it 139 00:05:17,670 --> 00:05:18,110 to the ground. 140 00:05:18,110 --> 00:05:19,690 Now, you put it down straight. 141 00:05:20,070 --> 00:05:21,330 You put it down solid. 142 00:05:21,570 --> 00:05:23,950 When God promises something in His word, brother, 143 00:05:24,150 --> 00:05:25,330 it's going to happen. 144 00:05:25,630 --> 00:05:27,970 And God promises that one day He's going 145 00:05:27,970 --> 00:05:29,410 to judge the world. 146 00:05:29,710 --> 00:05:33,150 And the resurrection of Jesus Christ is God's 147 00:05:33,150 --> 00:05:36,310 guarantee that one day He's going to judge 148 00:05:36,310 --> 00:05:36,930 the world. 149 00:05:37,230 --> 00:05:39,550 The Bible says He's appointed a man, a 150 00:05:39,550 --> 00:05:41,610 man that He has raised from the dead, 151 00:05:41,730 --> 00:05:42,570 Jesus Christ. 152 00:05:42,570 --> 00:05:43,330 Friend, listen to me. 153 00:05:43,450 --> 00:05:47,350 It's always amazed me on Easter Sunday how 154 00:05:47,350 --> 00:05:49,830 people who, they rush to church on Easter 155 00:05:49,830 --> 00:05:51,810 Sunday morning, and yet the rest of the 156 00:05:51,810 --> 00:05:53,650 year they turn their back on God. 157 00:05:53,910 --> 00:05:56,790 My friend, don't you understand that Easter, the 158 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:59,170 day we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord 159 00:05:59,170 --> 00:06:03,650 Jesus Christ, is God's greatest guarantee that one 160 00:06:03,650 --> 00:06:05,570 day He's going to judge the world. 161 00:06:05,730 --> 00:06:07,590 I'm telling you, if you study all the 162 00:06:07,590 --> 00:06:09,970 evidence and you have an open heart and 163 00:06:09,970 --> 00:06:12,590 an open mind, there's absolutely no way you 164 00:06:12,590 --> 00:06:15,210 can avoid the truth that Jesus Christ was 165 00:06:15,210 --> 00:06:17,950 raised from the dead, He's alive in heaven 166 00:06:17,950 --> 00:06:20,510 right now, and one day He's coming back. 167 00:06:20,810 --> 00:06:23,590 And the resurrection of Jesus Christ is proof 168 00:06:23,590 --> 00:06:26,070 positive that your sin will be found out 169 00:06:26,070 --> 00:06:26,550 one day. 170 00:06:26,870 --> 00:06:28,710 God is going to judge the world. 171 00:06:30,070 --> 00:06:33,290 Several years ago, there were two lawyers. 172 00:06:33,890 --> 00:06:35,730 And these two lawyers, their name were Little 173 00:06:35,730 --> 00:06:36,390 and West. 174 00:06:36,770 --> 00:06:38,470 And these two men were atheists. 175 00:06:38,490 --> 00:06:39,630 They didn't believe in God. 176 00:06:39,630 --> 00:06:41,990 So they set out to disprove God. 177 00:06:42,110 --> 00:06:44,190 They set out to disprove that Paul had 178 00:06:44,190 --> 00:06:45,890 been converted on the Damascus Road. 179 00:06:46,370 --> 00:06:48,250 And they set out to prove that the 180 00:06:48,250 --> 00:06:49,650 resurrection was not true. 181 00:06:49,990 --> 00:06:52,070 These two men got their Bibles, they got 182 00:06:52,070 --> 00:06:54,850 all the historical documents, and they began to 183 00:06:54,850 --> 00:06:57,650 search and dig like lawyers trying to prove 184 00:06:57,650 --> 00:06:59,770 that Jesus had not been raised from the 185 00:06:59,770 --> 00:06:59,990 dead. 186 00:07:00,190 --> 00:07:02,370 But after several years of studying deep in 187 00:07:02,370 --> 00:07:04,410 the Bible and studying history, you know what 188 00:07:04,410 --> 00:07:04,710 happened? 189 00:07:04,930 --> 00:07:06,510 Little and West got saved. 190 00:07:06,510 --> 00:07:08,590 Because I'm telling you, as sure as I'm 191 00:07:08,590 --> 00:07:11,570 standing here tonight, Jesus Christ is living. 192 00:07:11,730 --> 00:07:12,290 He's in heaven. 193 00:07:12,510 --> 00:07:13,830 He's been raised from the dead. 194 00:07:14,110 --> 00:07:17,010 And the resurrection of Jesus Christ is God's 195 00:07:17,010 --> 00:07:19,870 guarantee that one day He's going to judge 196 00:07:19,870 --> 00:07:20,710 the world. 197 00:07:21,190 --> 00:07:23,590 I'm telling you, friend, if there's a man 198 00:07:23,590 --> 00:07:27,090 here tonight that flatters himself that there'll be 199 00:07:27,090 --> 00:07:29,330 no judgment of God, if there's a man 200 00:07:29,330 --> 00:07:31,730 here tonight who thinks he can sin and 201 00:07:31,730 --> 00:07:33,450 he's not going to be called into account 202 00:07:33,450 --> 00:07:35,390 for it, if there's a man here tonight 203 00:07:35,390 --> 00:07:37,530 who thinks he can trample on the blood 204 00:07:37,530 --> 00:07:40,050 of Jesus Christ and reject God and get 205 00:07:40,050 --> 00:07:42,110 away with it, I'm telling you, put that 206 00:07:42,110 --> 00:07:43,390 thought out of your mind, friend. 207 00:07:43,610 --> 00:07:44,510 It is baseless. 208 00:07:44,750 --> 00:07:47,150 There is a judgment of God coming, and 209 00:07:47,150 --> 00:07:48,830 you're going to stand before God one day 210 00:07:48,830 --> 00:07:50,690 and give an account of your life. 211 00:07:50,910 --> 00:07:53,450 The judgment of God is certain, and every 212 00:07:53,450 --> 00:07:55,310 lost sinner will stand before God. 213 00:07:55,730 --> 00:07:58,250 Because the Bible says the judgment will be 214 00:07:58,250 --> 00:08:00,530 a judgment of the world. 215 00:08:00,530 --> 00:08:04,010 It says God will judge the world. 216 00:08:04,510 --> 00:08:05,870 Oh, listen to me, friend, it won't be 217 00:08:05,870 --> 00:08:06,870 a class judgment. 218 00:08:07,150 --> 00:08:08,810 It won't be a certain group of people. 219 00:08:09,010 --> 00:08:11,570 It'll be every man, every woman, every boy, 220 00:08:11,650 --> 00:08:14,410 every girl, every teenager who has rejected Christ. 221 00:08:14,810 --> 00:08:16,570 They will stand no matter who they are, 222 00:08:16,630 --> 00:08:18,370 no matter where they're from, no matter how 223 00:08:18,370 --> 00:08:19,870 much money they've got, no matter who their 224 00:08:19,870 --> 00:08:21,410 daddy is or who their mama is. 225 00:08:21,490 --> 00:08:23,150 If they have not been born again by 226 00:08:23,150 --> 00:08:25,250 the Holy Spirit, they will stand before a 227 00:08:25,250 --> 00:08:26,830 holy God and give an account of their 228 00:08:26,830 --> 00:08:27,130 life. 229 00:08:27,550 --> 00:08:29,010 There is going to be no escape from 230 00:08:29,010 --> 00:08:29,910 the judgment of God. 231 00:08:29,910 --> 00:08:30,750 And I will tell you, a lot of 232 00:08:30,750 --> 00:08:33,230 times men escape judgment here on planet Earth. 233 00:08:33,750 --> 00:08:34,690 We have a lot of men. 234 00:08:34,809 --> 00:08:38,250 There are burglars that have never been arrested. 235 00:08:38,730 --> 00:08:40,830 There are murderers who've never been caught. 236 00:08:41,289 --> 00:08:44,190 There are fornicators and adulterers and blasphemers and 237 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:46,090 sinners who seem to get by with their 238 00:08:46,090 --> 00:08:46,450 sin. 239 00:08:46,930 --> 00:08:48,470 But, friend, I'm telling you, there's a day 240 00:08:48,470 --> 00:08:50,710 when Holy God is going to send His 241 00:08:50,710 --> 00:08:51,590 angels out. 242 00:08:51,790 --> 00:08:53,470 He's going to gather up the living and 243 00:08:53,470 --> 00:08:53,930 the dead. 244 00:08:54,190 --> 00:08:55,810 They're going to stand before God, I'm telling 245 00:08:55,810 --> 00:08:57,810 you, in deepest, darkest Africa. 246 00:08:57,810 --> 00:08:59,330 They're going to give up those that are 247 00:08:59,330 --> 00:09:00,990 buried there in the Sahara Desert. 248 00:09:01,110 --> 00:09:01,910 They're going to give up the dead. 249 00:09:02,150 --> 00:09:03,230 The sea will give up the dead. 250 00:09:03,650 --> 00:09:04,990 Death and hell will give up the dead 251 00:09:04,990 --> 00:09:07,650 to stand before God on that judgment day. 252 00:09:08,150 --> 00:09:09,970 I'm telling you, dear friend, a few years 253 00:09:09,970 --> 00:09:12,210 ago, there was a physics professor in a 254 00:09:12,210 --> 00:09:13,070 major university. 255 00:09:13,410 --> 00:09:14,850 And he wrote in his will that when 256 00:09:14,850 --> 00:09:17,010 he died, he wanted to be cremated and 257 00:09:17,010 --> 00:09:19,210 his ashes spread across the sea. 258 00:09:19,530 --> 00:09:21,350 When he died, they did exactly that. 259 00:09:21,430 --> 00:09:22,670 They cremated his body. 260 00:09:23,070 --> 00:09:25,150 And they spread his ashes across the ocean. 261 00:09:25,150 --> 00:09:27,310 But you hear me tonight, sir, there's coming 262 00:09:27,310 --> 00:09:29,330 a day when God's going to gather those 263 00:09:29,330 --> 00:09:30,130 ashes together. 264 00:09:30,130 --> 00:09:32,250 And He's going to stand that physics professor 265 00:09:32,250 --> 00:09:33,970 before His holy judgment. 266 00:09:34,190 --> 00:09:36,710 I'm telling you, dear friends, you cannot crawl 267 00:09:36,710 --> 00:09:38,950 into the grave and pull the dirt on 268 00:09:38,950 --> 00:09:40,890 top of you and hide from God. 269 00:09:41,170 --> 00:09:43,130 I'm telling you, if they cremate your body 270 00:09:43,130 --> 00:09:44,890 and they spread your ashes to the four 271 00:09:44,890 --> 00:09:47,710 corners of the earth, God's Holy Spirit's going 272 00:09:47,710 --> 00:09:50,370 to put those ashes together and stand you 273 00:09:50,370 --> 00:09:50,990 before the judgment. 274 00:09:50,990 --> 00:09:53,290 Because the judgment of God will be a 275 00:09:53,290 --> 00:09:55,630 judgment for the whole world. 276 00:09:56,890 --> 00:09:58,590 Every man without Jesus. 277 00:09:59,290 --> 00:10:01,110 Revelation 20, verse 8 says, But the fearful, 278 00:10:01,270 --> 00:10:03,190 the unbelieving, and the abominable, the murderers, and 279 00:10:03,190 --> 00:10:05,870 horror-mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all 280 00:10:05,870 --> 00:10:08,150 liars shall have their part in the lake 281 00:10:08,150 --> 00:10:10,650 which burns with fire and brimstone, which is 282 00:10:10,650 --> 00:10:11,550 the second death. 283 00:10:11,850 --> 00:10:13,130 You say, William, I'm not a murderer. 284 00:10:13,210 --> 00:10:13,850 I'm not a robber. 285 00:10:13,870 --> 00:10:14,710 I'm not a horror-monger. 286 00:10:14,770 --> 00:10:15,290 I'm not a liar. 287 00:10:15,370 --> 00:10:15,890 Listen to me, friend. 288 00:10:16,030 --> 00:10:18,230 The second one mentioned is unbeliever. 289 00:10:18,770 --> 00:10:19,930 You say, what does it mean to be 290 00:10:19,930 --> 00:10:20,350 an unbeliever? 291 00:10:20,410 --> 00:10:22,090 Now hear me carefully, Laurel, Mississippi. 292 00:10:22,650 --> 00:10:24,610 You can believe in Jesus and still be 293 00:10:24,610 --> 00:10:25,870 an unbeliever and go to hell. 294 00:10:26,250 --> 00:10:28,730 Because the Bible says the devil believes in 295 00:10:28,730 --> 00:10:29,070 Jesus. 296 00:10:29,490 --> 00:10:31,090 You may have walked down an aisle. 297 00:10:31,190 --> 00:10:32,650 You may have prayed some little prayer. 298 00:10:32,750 --> 00:10:34,090 You may have been dunked in some water. 299 00:10:34,390 --> 00:10:35,930 You may have your name on a church 300 00:10:35,930 --> 00:10:36,250 row. 301 00:10:36,630 --> 00:10:38,290 But my friends, to believe on the Lord 302 00:10:38,290 --> 00:10:40,070 Jesus Christ in a way that will save 303 00:10:40,070 --> 00:10:40,710 you means this. 304 00:10:40,930 --> 00:10:42,830 You must make a decision to repent, young 305 00:10:42,830 --> 00:10:43,150 friend. 306 00:10:43,570 --> 00:10:45,050 You must turn away from the world. 307 00:10:45,390 --> 00:10:47,010 You must turn your life over to God. 308 00:10:47,010 --> 00:10:49,150 You must be born again by the Holy 309 00:10:49,150 --> 00:10:49,550 Spirit. 310 00:10:49,830 --> 00:10:51,950 And I'm telling you, men, we have lived 311 00:10:51,950 --> 00:10:54,730 with a generation of people that thinks God 312 00:10:54,730 --> 00:10:55,650 has no power. 313 00:10:55,870 --> 00:10:57,390 They think they can walk an aisle and 314 00:10:57,390 --> 00:10:59,750 really get saved and remain the same. 315 00:10:59,970 --> 00:11:01,790 But I'm telling you, that's not found in 316 00:11:01,790 --> 00:11:02,630 the Bible, sir. 317 00:11:02,870 --> 00:11:04,510 When you really give your heart to the 318 00:11:04,510 --> 00:11:07,070 Lord Jesus, the Spirit of God comes in 319 00:11:07,070 --> 00:11:07,550 your heart. 320 00:11:07,650 --> 00:11:09,510 It produces a changed life. 321 00:11:09,670 --> 00:11:11,370 It produces a love for God. 322 00:11:11,530 --> 00:11:13,310 It produces a passion for God. 323 00:11:13,310 --> 00:11:15,110 When a man is born again by the 324 00:11:15,110 --> 00:11:18,090 Spirit of God, he seeks and hungers after 325 00:11:18,090 --> 00:11:19,010 the things of God. 326 00:11:19,330 --> 00:11:21,230 And men, this idea that you can come 327 00:11:21,230 --> 00:11:23,250 to church on Sunday and live for the 328 00:11:23,250 --> 00:11:24,610 world the rest of the week and still 329 00:11:24,610 --> 00:11:26,950 be saved, that's not found in the Bible. 330 00:11:27,270 --> 00:11:28,970 And teenage friend, the idea that you can 331 00:11:28,970 --> 00:11:30,430 be a member of a church, come to 332 00:11:30,430 --> 00:11:32,650 church on Sunday, or a youth activity on 333 00:11:32,650 --> 00:11:34,750 Wednesday, whether on Friday and Saturday night, you're 334 00:11:34,750 --> 00:11:36,290 out there living in sin like all the 335 00:11:36,290 --> 00:11:38,510 other teenagers, and you think you're saved, you 336 00:11:38,510 --> 00:11:39,370 are dead wrong. 337 00:11:39,370 --> 00:11:40,970 I want to tell you, when a man 338 00:11:40,970 --> 00:11:42,850 gets the Spirit of God, when he really 339 00:11:42,850 --> 00:11:45,150 believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, it points 340 00:11:45,150 --> 00:11:48,190 him to live the way God wants him 341 00:11:48,190 --> 00:11:48,590 to live. 342 00:11:48,810 --> 00:11:51,650 But the judge will be the judgment of 343 00:11:51,650 --> 00:11:52,070 the world. 344 00:11:54,210 --> 00:11:56,390 And what will be the standard of the 345 00:11:56,390 --> 00:11:56,690 judgment? 346 00:11:57,430 --> 00:11:58,590 Let's note what the Bible says. 347 00:11:58,610 --> 00:12:00,710 The Bible says God will judge the world 348 00:12:00,710 --> 00:12:03,190 in righteousness. 349 00:12:03,970 --> 00:12:10,210 That word righteousness means honesty, truth, perfection. 350 00:12:11,050 --> 00:12:12,390 That means the Word of God. 351 00:12:12,990 --> 00:12:15,150 This Bible I hold in my hand will 352 00:12:15,150 --> 00:12:18,030 one day be the standard by which God 353 00:12:18,030 --> 00:12:19,670 judges the world. 354 00:12:19,870 --> 00:12:21,930 Well, what does the Bible say about judgment, 355 00:12:22,170 --> 00:12:22,270 sir? 356 00:12:22,410 --> 00:12:23,530 What's God going to judge? 357 00:12:23,570 --> 00:12:25,210 When you stand before a holy God on 358 00:12:25,210 --> 00:12:27,390 that day, and God opens up the Bible, 359 00:12:27,490 --> 00:12:29,350 the Word of God, and you are judged 360 00:12:29,350 --> 00:12:31,610 by righteousness, what does that mean? 361 00:12:31,610 --> 00:12:33,630 Well, the Bible says, number one, it means 362 00:12:33,630 --> 00:12:36,290 you will be judged by your words. 363 00:12:36,830 --> 00:12:39,110 Here's what the Bible says in Matthew 12, 364 00:12:39,230 --> 00:12:39,590 36. 365 00:12:40,290 --> 00:12:43,030 It says, but I say unto you, every 366 00:12:43,030 --> 00:12:46,330 idle word that men shall speak, they shall 367 00:12:46,330 --> 00:12:48,790 give an account thereof in the day of 368 00:12:48,790 --> 00:12:49,210 judgment. 369 00:12:49,530 --> 00:12:52,270 For by thy words thou art justified, and 370 00:12:52,270 --> 00:12:54,550 by thy words thou art condemned. 371 00:12:55,010 --> 00:13:00,090 Every word you speak goes in God's record. 372 00:13:00,090 --> 00:13:01,070 Now, men, look at me. 373 00:13:01,790 --> 00:13:05,210 That would be serious enough if it just 374 00:13:05,210 --> 00:13:08,850 meant our serious, studied, prayerful words. 375 00:13:09,350 --> 00:13:12,250 But it says even our idle words are 376 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:13,810 recorded by God. 377 00:13:14,350 --> 00:13:18,210 Every flippant thing you've said, every dirty joke 378 00:13:18,210 --> 00:13:22,170 you've told, every lie, every slanderous remark, every 379 00:13:22,170 --> 00:13:25,570 childish complaint, everything that you've said flippantly about 380 00:13:25,570 --> 00:13:28,410 God, by every idle word you've ever spoken, 381 00:13:28,590 --> 00:13:30,750 God says that one day you will stand 382 00:13:30,750 --> 00:13:33,050 and you will give an account for every 383 00:13:33,050 --> 00:13:34,490 word you've ever spoken. 384 00:13:35,010 --> 00:13:36,430 And, men, I want to tell you, those 385 00:13:36,430 --> 00:13:38,190 men who have taken the name of Jesus 386 00:13:38,190 --> 00:13:40,590 lightly, those men who have turned their back 387 00:13:40,590 --> 00:13:42,850 on God, those who have blasphemed the name 388 00:13:42,850 --> 00:13:44,930 of Jesus, they're going to stand before God 389 00:13:44,930 --> 00:13:47,510 and give an account for every word they've 390 00:13:47,510 --> 00:13:49,630 ever spoken in their life, good or bad. 391 00:13:49,630 --> 00:13:51,710 The Bible says you'll be judged in righteousness 392 00:13:51,710 --> 00:13:55,970 by every idle word you've ever spoken. 393 00:13:56,350 --> 00:13:57,910 But the Bible says you'll also be judged 394 00:13:57,910 --> 00:13:59,110 by your deeds. 395 00:13:59,590 --> 00:14:01,370 Because in Romans 2, 5 and 6 it 396 00:14:01,370 --> 00:14:03,910 says, But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, 397 00:14:04,310 --> 00:14:08,030 treasures up unto thyself wrath and revelation of 398 00:14:08,030 --> 00:14:10,910 the righteousness judgment of God, who will, listen, 399 00:14:11,030 --> 00:14:15,690 who will render to every man according to 400 00:14:15,690 --> 00:14:17,970 his deeds. 401 00:14:18,930 --> 00:14:23,390 Every wicked act is put under your name. 402 00:14:24,930 --> 00:14:28,910 Every overt act against God is recorded in 403 00:14:28,910 --> 00:14:29,630 God's record. 404 00:14:30,290 --> 00:14:33,710 Every transgression against the law of God is 405 00:14:33,710 --> 00:14:35,350 put to your account. 406 00:14:36,470 --> 00:14:37,250 Did you cheat? 407 00:14:38,030 --> 00:14:39,110 God wrote it down. 408 00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:40,790 Did you lie? 409 00:14:41,430 --> 00:14:42,850 God put it in the record book. 410 00:14:43,230 --> 00:14:44,330 Did you commit adultery? 411 00:14:45,090 --> 00:14:47,650 God has engraved it in stone for all 412 00:14:47,650 --> 00:14:48,130 eternity. 413 00:14:48,450 --> 00:14:50,670 I'm telling you, friends, every word you've said, 414 00:14:50,770 --> 00:14:52,710 every thought you've had, one day you will 415 00:14:52,710 --> 00:14:54,730 stand before God and give an account. 416 00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:55,790 There'll be no excuse. 417 00:14:55,890 --> 00:14:56,790 There'll be no way out. 418 00:14:56,970 --> 00:14:59,270 You'll stand before a holy God and your 419 00:14:59,270 --> 00:15:00,670 life will be revealed. 420 00:15:00,850 --> 00:15:02,930 I want to tell you, that man tonight 421 00:15:02,930 --> 00:15:06,130 who's living in drunkenness, who's giving away his 422 00:15:06,130 --> 00:15:09,090 life, his manhood and his family, that drunken 423 00:15:09,090 --> 00:15:11,610 man will stand before God one day and 424 00:15:11,610 --> 00:15:14,070 give an account of that rebellion against God. 425 00:15:14,490 --> 00:15:17,290 That woman tonight who is living a frivolous 426 00:15:17,290 --> 00:15:20,250 life, just partying with society and she's not 427 00:15:20,250 --> 00:15:22,370 living for God, that woman will one day 428 00:15:22,370 --> 00:15:23,950 give an account of that for God. 429 00:15:24,250 --> 00:15:26,650 That man who has made gold his God, 430 00:15:26,930 --> 00:15:28,410 that man who knows what he ought to 431 00:15:28,410 --> 00:15:30,130 do but he won't do it, that man 432 00:15:30,130 --> 00:15:32,630 who lives in sin and lust, that man 433 00:15:32,630 --> 00:15:34,870 will one day stand before a holy God 434 00:15:34,870 --> 00:15:37,450 and give an account, young teenage friend, for 435 00:15:37,450 --> 00:15:39,910 every laugh you've had, every joke you've made, 436 00:15:39,910 --> 00:15:41,970 you'll give an account to God one day. 437 00:15:42,070 --> 00:15:45,050 The Bible says every idle remark, every deed 438 00:15:45,050 --> 00:15:46,990 you've done, you'll give an account to God. 439 00:15:47,310 --> 00:15:50,050 But listen to this, not only your words 440 00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:51,550 and your deeds, but the Bible says your 441 00:15:51,550 --> 00:15:53,250 secret things. 442 00:15:53,810 --> 00:15:55,750 In Romans 2.16, listen, sir. 443 00:15:56,790 --> 00:15:59,030 In the day when God shall judge the 444 00:15:59,030 --> 00:16:04,950 secrets of men by Jesus Christ, those things 445 00:16:04,950 --> 00:16:08,470 done in the dark, those things done in 446 00:16:08,470 --> 00:16:12,970 secret, those things done and covered up, those 447 00:16:12,970 --> 00:16:14,830 things you've done that nobody but you and 448 00:16:14,830 --> 00:16:18,150 God know about, sir, one day those secret 449 00:16:18,150 --> 00:16:20,170 things will be shouted from the rooftop. 450 00:16:20,970 --> 00:16:22,330 Oh, I'm telling you, you're going to give 451 00:16:22,330 --> 00:16:24,450 an account for every secret act in your 452 00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:26,530 life that is in rebellion against God. 453 00:16:26,930 --> 00:16:28,170 Now, you may be here tonight and you 454 00:16:28,170 --> 00:16:29,470 say, well, wait a minute, William, I'm a 455 00:16:29,470 --> 00:16:31,290 good person, I'm a moral person, I come 456 00:16:31,290 --> 00:16:32,970 to church, but you listen to me, friend. 457 00:16:33,250 --> 00:16:36,850 Suppose right now that every thought you've had, 458 00:16:36,850 --> 00:16:40,670 every desire you've had, every imagination you've had 459 00:16:40,670 --> 00:16:44,010 for the last 24 hours were photographed and 460 00:16:44,010 --> 00:16:46,190 we projected them on a screen for everybody 461 00:16:46,190 --> 00:16:46,850 to see tonight. 462 00:16:47,090 --> 00:16:48,230 What would that do to your heart? 463 00:16:48,570 --> 00:16:50,190 And yet one day you're going to stand 464 00:16:50,190 --> 00:16:52,750 before God and every thought you've had, every 465 00:16:52,750 --> 00:16:55,130 deed, every secret act, not only for 24 466 00:16:55,130 --> 00:16:57,690 hours, but for your entire life will be 467 00:16:57,690 --> 00:16:59,430 shown for the world to see what you 468 00:16:59,430 --> 00:17:02,630 really are, a sinner lost and condemned. 469 00:17:03,050 --> 00:17:05,250 The secret things, those things that we have 470 00:17:05,250 --> 00:17:07,190 hidden from our husband, our wife, our pastor, 471 00:17:07,349 --> 00:17:09,230 we have even hidden from ourselves, but friend, 472 00:17:09,290 --> 00:17:10,930 we have not hidden them from God. 473 00:17:11,349 --> 00:17:13,069 And the secret things will be judged one 474 00:17:13,069 --> 00:17:14,970 day, but the greatest basis of judgment, the 475 00:17:14,970 --> 00:17:17,470 Bible says, will be what have you done 476 00:17:17,470 --> 00:17:18,810 with Jesus? 477 00:17:19,390 --> 00:17:21,050 The Bible says he that believes on him 478 00:17:21,050 --> 00:17:23,569 is not condemned, but he that believes not 479 00:17:23,569 --> 00:17:27,170 is condemned already because he has not believed 480 00:17:27,170 --> 00:17:29,610 on the name of the only begotten Son 481 00:17:29,610 --> 00:17:30,070 of God. 482 00:17:30,210 --> 00:17:32,390 My friend, I will tell you, every sin 483 00:17:32,390 --> 00:17:34,950 you've ever committed will be forgiven except the 484 00:17:34,950 --> 00:17:36,870 one sin of unbelief. 485 00:17:37,170 --> 00:17:39,530 You can be forgiven for murder, robbery, rape, 486 00:17:39,590 --> 00:17:42,230 adultery, pornography, selling drugs to little kids, but 487 00:17:42,230 --> 00:17:44,210 the one sin God says he will never 488 00:17:44,210 --> 00:17:46,930 forgive is unbelief in the Lord Jesus Christ. 489 00:17:47,250 --> 00:17:48,910 And the word believe, when it says believe 490 00:17:48,910 --> 00:17:50,790 on the Lord Jesus Christ, is the Greek 491 00:17:50,790 --> 00:17:51,610 word pistou. 492 00:17:51,830 --> 00:17:53,370 It means not just to believe it with 493 00:17:53,370 --> 00:17:53,850 your head. 494 00:17:53,950 --> 00:17:55,550 It means to commit your life to it, 495 00:17:55,730 --> 00:17:57,370 to surrender your will to it, to be 496 00:17:57,370 --> 00:17:59,250 born again by the Holy Spirit. 497 00:17:59,510 --> 00:18:01,350 Friends, I want to tell you, our churches 498 00:18:01,350 --> 00:18:03,410 today are filled up with people who have 499 00:18:03,410 --> 00:18:05,210 a head knowledge, but they don't have a 500 00:18:05,210 --> 00:18:05,870 heart knowledge. 501 00:18:06,110 --> 00:18:08,230 They know all the stories about Jesus, but 502 00:18:08,230 --> 00:18:09,850 they've never committed their life to him. 503 00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:11,590 They've not been born again. 504 00:18:11,850 --> 00:18:12,870 You know how you can tell? 505 00:18:13,190 --> 00:18:15,730 By how you live your life seven days 506 00:18:15,730 --> 00:18:16,130 a week. 507 00:18:16,430 --> 00:18:17,210 Men, listen to me. 508 00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:19,690 The Bible teaches there's no such thing as 509 00:18:19,690 --> 00:18:21,990 being saved and living lost. 510 00:18:22,110 --> 00:18:23,690 That was made up by a bunch of 511 00:18:23,690 --> 00:18:24,530 badness somewhere. 512 00:18:24,730 --> 00:18:26,410 That's not found in the Word of God. 513 00:18:26,630 --> 00:18:30,350 The Bible teaches you are what you live. 514 00:18:30,350 --> 00:18:33,010 Sir, if you live like a lost man, 515 00:18:33,090 --> 00:18:34,550 you're a lost man. 516 00:18:34,610 --> 00:18:36,450 You need to come and be born again 517 00:18:36,450 --> 00:18:37,550 by the Holy Spirit. 518 00:18:37,710 --> 00:18:39,610 And our churches are filled up with men 519 00:18:39,610 --> 00:18:41,350 who have walked an aisle, prayed a prayer, 520 00:18:41,570 --> 00:18:43,330 but they have not been born again by 521 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:44,090 the Holy Spirit. 522 00:18:44,370 --> 00:18:46,370 And sir, there's coming a day when you're 523 00:18:46,370 --> 00:18:48,010 going to stand before God and give an 524 00:18:48,010 --> 00:18:49,990 account of your wicked, rebellious life. 525 00:18:50,230 --> 00:18:51,550 You're going to stand before God. 526 00:18:51,670 --> 00:18:53,030 You're going to give an account for every 527 00:18:53,030 --> 00:18:55,190 word you've ever said, every thought you've ever 528 00:18:55,190 --> 00:18:57,810 had, every deed you've ever done, every secret 529 00:18:57,810 --> 00:18:58,870 sin you've ever committed. 530 00:18:59,450 --> 00:19:00,790 And you're going to give an account for 531 00:19:00,790 --> 00:19:05,190 rejecting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. 532 00:19:05,930 --> 00:19:07,490 I can imagine what some of you will 533 00:19:07,490 --> 00:19:09,230 say when you stand before a holy God. 534 00:19:09,290 --> 00:19:10,210 You'll say, wait a minute, God. 535 00:19:10,570 --> 00:19:11,290 Wait a minute, God. 536 00:19:11,350 --> 00:19:13,230 I know I'm saved because I walked in 537 00:19:13,230 --> 00:19:14,670 an aisle and I made a profession of 538 00:19:14,670 --> 00:19:14,970 faith. 539 00:19:15,510 --> 00:19:16,990 And Jesus Christ will say, there are many 540 00:19:16,990 --> 00:19:18,990 who profess me with their mouth, but with 541 00:19:18,990 --> 00:19:20,770 their life, they deny me. 542 00:19:21,110 --> 00:19:22,470 There'll be some folks that say, well, wait 543 00:19:22,470 --> 00:19:22,790 a minute, God. 544 00:19:22,890 --> 00:19:24,810 I lived a good moral life, but God 545 00:19:24,810 --> 00:19:26,490 will hold up the Bible and say, as 546 00:19:26,490 --> 00:19:27,950 it is written, there is none righteous. 547 00:19:28,110 --> 00:19:29,110 No, not one. 548 00:19:29,630 --> 00:19:30,270 You'll say, wait a minute, God. 549 00:19:30,310 --> 00:19:31,410 I worked hard at the church. 550 00:19:31,470 --> 00:19:32,330 I was a Sunday school teacher. 551 00:19:32,390 --> 00:19:32,950 I was a deacon. 552 00:19:33,110 --> 00:19:34,690 But God will simply hold up the Bible 553 00:19:34,690 --> 00:19:36,930 and say, not by works of righteousness, which 554 00:19:36,930 --> 00:19:38,810 we have done, but according to his mercy, 555 00:19:38,850 --> 00:19:39,930 he has saved us. 556 00:19:40,170 --> 00:19:41,150 Some of you will say, well, I didn't 557 00:19:41,150 --> 00:19:42,530 know Jesus was the only way to be 558 00:19:42,530 --> 00:19:43,050 saved. 559 00:19:43,190 --> 00:19:44,830 But God will hold up the Bible and 560 00:19:44,830 --> 00:19:46,510 say, I am the way, the truth, and 561 00:19:46,510 --> 00:19:46,870 the life. 562 00:19:47,050 --> 00:19:49,050 No man comes to the Father, but by 563 00:19:49,050 --> 00:19:49,410 me. 564 00:19:50,090 --> 00:19:53,110 Every lie you tell, the truth will deny 565 00:19:53,110 --> 00:19:53,290 it. 566 00:19:53,290 --> 00:19:55,910 Every excuse you make, the word of God 567 00:19:55,910 --> 00:19:57,050 will stand against it. 568 00:19:57,630 --> 00:20:01,290 And you will stand before God to be 569 00:20:01,290 --> 00:20:01,710 exposed. 570 00:20:02,850 --> 00:20:07,030 And God tonight says, I call men to 571 00:20:07,030 --> 00:20:07,290 repent. 572 00:20:08,210 --> 00:20:11,350 God says, I laughed at your foolishness in 573 00:20:11,350 --> 00:20:16,330 the past, but today I demand all men 574 00:20:16,330 --> 00:20:17,610 to repent. 575 00:20:18,390 --> 00:20:20,350 And the reason God calls you to repentance 576 00:20:20,350 --> 00:20:22,310 is, God says, because I have appointed a 577 00:20:22,310 --> 00:20:25,210 day in which I will judge the world 578 00:20:25,210 --> 00:20:28,170 in righteousness by that man that I have 579 00:20:28,170 --> 00:20:29,570 raised from the dead. 580 00:20:29,610 --> 00:20:31,750 And that's my guarantee that I'm going to 581 00:20:31,750 --> 00:20:32,690 judge the world. 582 00:20:33,010 --> 00:20:36,410 The Bible says, except you repent, you'll perish. 583 00:20:36,690 --> 00:20:39,190 Except you repent, you'll perish. 584 00:20:39,390 --> 00:20:41,990 You cannot serve two gods, teenage friend. 585 00:20:42,250 --> 00:20:44,810 You cannot serve the God of popularity and 586 00:20:44,810 --> 00:20:45,670 the God of heaven. 587 00:20:45,890 --> 00:20:48,070 You cannot serve the God of athletics and 588 00:20:48,070 --> 00:20:48,910 the God of heaven. 589 00:20:48,910 --> 00:20:50,830 You cannot serve the God of the world 590 00:20:50,830 --> 00:20:51,990 and the God of heaven. 591 00:20:52,170 --> 00:20:54,570 The Bible says, you cannot serve two masters. 592 00:20:54,830 --> 00:20:57,170 You will love one and hate the other. 593 00:20:57,410 --> 00:20:59,070 And the Bible says, love not the world, 594 00:20:59,250 --> 00:21:00,430 nor the things that are in the world. 595 00:21:00,570 --> 00:21:02,250 If any man loves the world, then the 596 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:04,830 love of the Father is not in him. 597 00:21:04,910 --> 00:21:06,310 And God calls you to repent. 598 00:21:07,130 --> 00:21:09,310 That means simply tonight you must change your 599 00:21:09,310 --> 00:21:09,650 mind. 600 00:21:10,330 --> 00:21:11,650 Change your mind about sin. 601 00:21:11,790 --> 00:21:12,850 Change your mind about Jesus. 602 00:21:13,330 --> 00:21:14,170 Change your heart. 603 00:21:14,270 --> 00:21:15,190 Stop loving the world. 604 00:21:15,290 --> 00:21:16,150 Start loving Jesus. 605 00:21:16,670 --> 00:21:17,690 Change your direction. 606 00:21:17,690 --> 00:21:19,930 Stop going the world's way and turn around 607 00:21:19,930 --> 00:21:20,950 and go God's way. 608 00:21:21,290 --> 00:21:22,310 You must repent. 609 00:21:22,670 --> 00:21:25,890 God commands every man to repent. 610 00:21:26,590 --> 00:21:29,970 Because the judgment of God is coming one 611 00:21:29,970 --> 00:21:30,370 day. 612 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:34,370 Many years ago, Alexander the Great was leading 613 00:21:34,370 --> 00:21:36,670 his great army in battle. 614 00:21:37,230 --> 00:21:38,970 It was the night before the great battle, 615 00:21:39,130 --> 00:21:40,470 and they were very close to the enemy, 616 00:21:40,550 --> 00:21:41,950 going to do a surprise attack. 617 00:21:42,270 --> 00:21:44,550 And Alexander the Great told every soldier there, 618 00:21:44,610 --> 00:21:46,530 he said, Listen, tonight there will be no 619 00:21:46,530 --> 00:21:47,850 light in the camp. 620 00:21:48,230 --> 00:21:51,110 No fires, no candles, no light in the 621 00:21:51,110 --> 00:21:53,650 camp to give away our position to the 622 00:21:53,650 --> 00:21:53,970 enemy. 623 00:21:54,590 --> 00:21:56,610 That night all the camp was dark. 624 00:21:56,990 --> 00:21:58,490 But there was a 19-year-old boy 625 00:21:58,490 --> 00:22:00,830 who was concerned about being killed in battle. 626 00:22:00,950 --> 00:22:02,290 He wanted to write his mother a letter. 627 00:22:02,690 --> 00:22:03,930 He lit one candle. 628 00:22:04,250 --> 00:22:05,950 He was there under his tent writing that 629 00:22:05,950 --> 00:22:06,190 letter. 630 00:22:06,290 --> 00:22:08,810 When Alexander the Great himself, walking through camp, 631 00:22:08,930 --> 00:22:11,250 saw the candle, he confronted that young man. 632 00:22:11,250 --> 00:22:13,250 He said, Young man, I've told you no 633 00:22:13,250 --> 00:22:15,530 light in the camp under the penalty of 634 00:22:15,530 --> 00:22:15,790 death. 635 00:22:15,950 --> 00:22:16,950 And the young man tried to make an 636 00:22:16,950 --> 00:22:17,290 excuse. 637 00:22:17,390 --> 00:22:18,250 He tried to explain. 638 00:22:18,970 --> 00:22:19,850 He tried to rationalize. 639 00:22:19,990 --> 00:22:21,530 Listen, I'm just writing my mother a letter. 640 00:22:21,690 --> 00:22:23,110 I'm just trying to explain that if I 641 00:22:23,110 --> 00:22:25,110 get killed in battle, how much I loved 642 00:22:25,110 --> 00:22:25,210 her. 643 00:22:25,250 --> 00:22:27,530 But Alexander said, I gave you an order. 644 00:22:28,070 --> 00:22:29,730 You have disobeyed an order. 645 00:22:30,530 --> 00:22:34,350 No light in the camp, and you've disobeyed. 646 00:22:34,690 --> 00:22:35,390 And he was executed. 647 00:22:36,010 --> 00:22:37,990 And I'm here to tell you, sir, God 648 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:39,110 has given you an order. 649 00:22:39,110 --> 00:22:42,070 God commands you to repent. 650 00:22:42,890 --> 00:22:45,390 God commands you to turn from your sin. 651 00:22:45,830 --> 00:22:48,190 Turn away from the world and turn to 652 00:22:48,190 --> 00:22:49,810 the living and true God. 653 00:22:50,090 --> 00:22:51,990 And I'm telling you, there's coming a day. 654 00:22:52,370 --> 00:22:54,910 The Bible calls it the Great White Throne 655 00:22:54,910 --> 00:22:55,990 Judgment. 656 00:22:56,470 --> 00:22:58,530 Oh, the Great White Throne Judgment. 657 00:22:58,630 --> 00:23:01,230 The glory, the splendor of it, I cannot 658 00:23:01,230 --> 00:23:01,850 describe. 659 00:23:02,350 --> 00:23:03,890 And on the Great White Throne will be 660 00:23:03,890 --> 00:23:06,170 none other than Jesus Christ himself. 661 00:23:06,170 --> 00:23:09,190 A rainbow around his head, a glass of 662 00:23:09,190 --> 00:23:10,450 sea at his feet. 663 00:23:10,630 --> 00:23:12,970 He will stand there, his eyes with a 664 00:23:12,970 --> 00:23:14,870 flame of fire to look straight into your 665 00:23:14,870 --> 00:23:15,770 very soul. 666 00:23:16,070 --> 00:23:18,690 You will stand before a holy God, naked 667 00:23:18,690 --> 00:23:20,050 and alone and exposed. 668 00:23:20,410 --> 00:23:22,370 And the Bible says the books will be 669 00:23:22,370 --> 00:23:22,770 opened. 670 00:23:23,030 --> 00:23:26,270 And every word you've spoken, every deed you've 671 00:23:26,270 --> 00:23:28,930 done, every secret thing in your life, every 672 00:23:28,930 --> 00:23:32,210 rejection against God will be revealed to stand 673 00:23:32,210 --> 00:23:32,750 before God. 674 00:23:32,790 --> 00:23:35,170 It shows you've never truly given your heart 675 00:23:35,170 --> 00:23:35,810 to Christ. 676 00:23:35,810 --> 00:23:38,250 The Bible says there's another book, one book, 677 00:23:38,290 --> 00:23:39,870 a single book, a solitary book. 678 00:23:39,950 --> 00:23:42,430 The Bible calls it the Book of Life. 679 00:23:43,050 --> 00:23:44,930 And the Bible says for whosoever was not 680 00:23:44,930 --> 00:23:48,490 found written in the Book of Life was 681 00:23:48,490 --> 00:23:50,930 cast into the lake of fire. 682 00:23:51,650 --> 00:23:53,630 Oh, my friend, tonight, are you saved? 683 00:23:54,210 --> 00:23:55,330 Are you saved? 684 00:23:55,790 --> 00:23:57,530 I'm not asking have you walked an aisle 685 00:23:57,530 --> 00:23:58,830 and prayed a prayer, man. 686 00:23:58,890 --> 00:24:00,610 In Laurel, Mississippi, everybody's done that. 687 00:24:00,970 --> 00:24:03,150 I'm not asking have you been baptized, sprinkled, 688 00:24:03,190 --> 00:24:03,690 or confirmed. 689 00:24:03,690 --> 00:24:06,050 I'm not asking do you believe in God. 690 00:24:06,210 --> 00:24:08,170 I'm not asking are you a good person, 691 00:24:08,250 --> 00:24:08,510 sir. 692 00:24:09,250 --> 00:24:11,050 I'm asking you right now can you go 693 00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:13,690 back to a moment you remember when the 694 00:24:13,690 --> 00:24:16,390 Holy Spirit of God spoke to you personally 695 00:24:16,390 --> 00:24:18,550 and God told you that you were a 696 00:24:18,550 --> 00:24:21,730 sinner, a rebel, lost, and condemned. 697 00:24:22,170 --> 00:24:23,830 If you had broken God's law, you had 698 00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:25,650 broken God's heart, you were a rebel. 699 00:24:25,910 --> 00:24:28,170 And because you had sinned against God personally, 700 00:24:28,170 --> 00:24:30,090 you were condemned to hell. 701 00:24:30,090 --> 00:24:32,490 And there was absolutely nothing you could do 702 00:24:32,490 --> 00:24:33,570 to save yourself. 703 00:24:33,830 --> 00:24:35,210 Do you know why you remember it? 704 00:24:35,550 --> 00:24:37,750 Because it was the most desperate moment of 705 00:24:37,750 --> 00:24:38,270 your life. 706 00:24:38,730 --> 00:24:39,910 It felt like the weight of the world 707 00:24:39,910 --> 00:24:40,630 was on your shoulders. 708 00:24:40,750 --> 00:24:41,950 Your heart began to beat fast. 709 00:24:42,010 --> 00:24:43,470 The palms of your hands began to sweat. 710 00:24:43,650 --> 00:24:45,210 For the first time in your life, you 711 00:24:45,210 --> 00:24:47,650 knew that you were lost from God, doomed 712 00:24:47,650 --> 00:24:48,310 and down. 713 00:24:48,450 --> 00:24:49,230 What were you going to do? 714 00:24:49,890 --> 00:24:52,010 And then somebody took a Bible and told 715 00:24:52,010 --> 00:24:52,970 you about Jesus. 716 00:24:53,370 --> 00:24:54,650 How he had died on the cross to 717 00:24:54,650 --> 00:24:55,590 pay your sin debt. 718 00:24:55,750 --> 00:24:56,890 How he had been buried in a tomb 719 00:24:56,890 --> 00:24:58,070 and raised from the dead. 720 00:24:58,070 --> 00:24:59,450 And how if you had turned from sin 721 00:24:59,450 --> 00:25:01,290 and gave your life to him, he'd forgive 722 00:25:01,290 --> 00:25:02,070 you and save you. 723 00:25:02,250 --> 00:25:02,890 You know what you did? 724 00:25:03,490 --> 00:25:04,890 You got on your face before God and 725 00:25:04,890 --> 00:25:06,410 you said, Oh God, be merciful to me, 726 00:25:06,410 --> 00:25:06,750 a sinner. 727 00:25:07,250 --> 00:25:09,030 God, I admit it, I'm a sinner, I'm 728 00:25:09,030 --> 00:25:09,450 a rebel. 729 00:25:09,530 --> 00:25:11,050 I've lived my own life, done my own 730 00:25:11,050 --> 00:25:12,390 thing, but I'm sorry, God. 731 00:25:12,690 --> 00:25:14,230 But God, I believe you love me and 732 00:25:14,230 --> 00:25:15,910 I believe Jesus died for me. 733 00:25:15,950 --> 00:25:17,550 And the best I know how, I turn 734 00:25:17,550 --> 00:25:18,870 away from the world and I give my 735 00:25:18,870 --> 00:25:20,010 life to him. 736 00:25:20,650 --> 00:25:22,130 And man, when you stood up after praying 737 00:25:22,130 --> 00:25:25,470 that little childlike prayer, something inside your heart 738 00:25:25,470 --> 00:25:27,330 that day, it changed. 739 00:25:27,330 --> 00:25:29,170 And you've never been the same. 740 00:25:29,550 --> 00:25:31,430 From that moment until tonight, you've had a 741 00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:32,450 passion for God. 742 00:25:32,630 --> 00:25:33,950 You've had a love for God. 743 00:25:34,090 --> 00:25:35,250 You've had a hunger for God. 744 00:25:35,310 --> 00:25:35,650 You know why? 745 00:25:35,730 --> 00:25:37,750 Because you were born of the spirit of 746 00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:38,010 God. 747 00:25:38,250 --> 00:25:42,570 God commands every man everywhere to repent. 748 00:25:43,550 --> 00:25:47,110 Because he has appointed a day in which 749 00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:49,950 he will judge the world in righteousness. 750 00:25:50,730 --> 00:25:53,250 By that man, he is raised from the 751 00:25:53,250 --> 00:25:53,670 dead. 752 00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:59,030 Jesus Christ has his guarantee that one day 753 00:25:59,030 --> 00:26:01,370 he will judge the world. 754 00:26:02,930 --> 00:26:04,750 You've been listening to the From the Pulpit 755 00:26:04,750 --> 00:26:05,950 in Classic Sermons series. 756 00:26:06,550 --> 00:26:08,750 This week, you heard William Blackburn with his 757 00:26:08,750 --> 00:26:10,490 message, The Final Judgment of God. 758 00:26:11,110 --> 00:26:12,430 Tune in next week to hear Ray Comfort 759 00:26:12,430 --> 00:26:14,950 speak about Hell's Best Kept Secret on From 760 00:26:14,950 --> 00:26:16,430 the Pulpit in Classic Sermons.