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Welcome to From the Pulpit in Classic Sermons.

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Each week we bring you a different message

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from some of history's greatest speakers in the

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Christian faith and powerful sermons from modern preachers

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This week we have William Blackburn with his

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message Judas Lost Disciple and what happens after

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death.

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John chapter 18 verse 1, it says, When

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Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth

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with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where

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was a garden into which he entered and

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his disciples.

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And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the

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place.

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For Jesus oftentimes resorted thither with his disciples.

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Judas then receiving a band of men and

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officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh

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thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

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Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come

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upon him, went forth and said unto them,

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Whom seek ye?

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They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.

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Jesus saith unto them, I am he.

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And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with

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them.

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There are many sad stories in the Bible.

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There's the story of a man named Jephthah,

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a man who made a foolish vow to

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He said, God, if you'll give me victory

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in battle, when I go home, I will

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sacrifice the very first thing that I see.

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God gave him the victory, but when he

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went home, the very first thing he saw

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was his little daughter running to welcome him.

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You need to be careful about vows you

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make to God.

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It's also a sad story about Cain.

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You remember how Cain tried to make an

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offering to God, but it was rejected.

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He became so angry and bitter against God

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that he killed his own brother.

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The first murder in the Bible, that's a

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very sad story.

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It's a sad story about King David.

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David was a man, remember, who had slain

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Goliath.

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He'd been used by God.

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He was God's man.

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The Bible says he was a man after

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God's own heart, but you remember how this

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great man of God fell into sin.

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He committed adultery with Bathsheba and then committed

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murder, having her husband killed in battle to

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cover up that sin.

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What a sad story.

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It's a sad story about the man named

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Samson.

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God had given Samson abundance of physical strength.

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He was God's man.

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He could fight hundreds and thousands of men

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and defeat them single-handedly, but Samson fell

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into sin.

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He rebelled against God and the power of

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God left Samson.

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What a sad story.

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It's a sad story about Ananias and Sapphira.

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There in the New Testament church, God was

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pouring out his Holy Spirit, but this young

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couple, they lied to the Holy Spirit of

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God, and the Bible says God killed them

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in the church house.

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Those are sad stories, but I'm here to

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tell you, friends, the saddest story in all

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the Bible is the story that I'm going

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to share with you today.

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It is the story of a man named

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Judas Iscariot.

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Now, the name Judas Iscariot means this.

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Karyat was a part of southern Palestine, so

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the name Judas Iscariot simply means Judas, the

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man from Karyat.

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Now, when I say the name Judas, you

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start cringing right there, because when we think

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of Judas, we think of the disciple that

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betrayed the Lord Jesus Christ.

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We think about the disciple that took the

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30 pieces of silver and betrayed God in

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the form of a man, Judas, who then

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committed suicide and went to hell.

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We think of this awful, dirty, mean, wicked

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man, but sir, that's not Judas Iscariot at

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Judas Iscariot is not what you think, friend.

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Judas Iscariot was a good man, a moral

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man, an honest man, a religious man, a

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man who believed in God, a man who

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had all the outward appearance of being a

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Christian, being a born-again believer.

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He had everything the world says it takes

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to be saved, but inside his heart, he

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did not have the spirit of the living

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God.

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Friend, I'm going to tell you a story

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about Judas today that will surprise you, because

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Judas was not only a good man, he

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was the best man.

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He was an admired man.

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He was a respected man.

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He was the most honest and trusted of

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all the disciples, and yet he rebelled against

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God and went straight to hell.

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And as I tell the story of Judas

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Iscariot, I'm going to tell the story of

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many of you here this morning.

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As I tell this story, God is going

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to speak to your heart, and he's going

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to reveal to you men that in your

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heart, you too have never been born again.

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You may have done a lot of good

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things, you may have a good facade, you

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may have a good reputation, but in the

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eyes of a holy God, you are lost,

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you are condemned, you are doomed to a

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devil's hell, and unless you repent and be

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born again, there is absolutely no hope for

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your life.

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Judas Iscariot was a man who made a

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public perfection of faith.

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They had a big revival in Kariot, and

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John the Baptist came and preached a revival.

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Oh, John, he was a flaming evangelist.

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Man, he was a wild man.

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He wore a coat made out of camel's

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hair.

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He ate locusts and wild honey.

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He was a wild man, but he had

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the power of God on his life, and

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he began to proclaim, repent, the kingdom of

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God is at hand, and many folks believed.

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They ran down the aisle to get saved.

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There was a lot of excitement that day

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in the revival, and Judas Iscariot, he came

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forward and made a decision.

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He came forward and made a decision, but

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he did not get born again.

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He prayed at the altar, but he did

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not get born again.

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He signed up to be a follower of

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John the Baptist, but he did not get

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born again.

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Here was a man who walked an aisle,

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prayed a prayer, made a public perfection of

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faith, but the Bible says he was lost

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and went to hell.

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Now, how in the world does that happen?

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How does a man walk an aisle, pray

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a prayer, and live a good moral life,

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and have all the outward appearance of being

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a Christian, but inside his heart, be lost?

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Well, it happens several ways.

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Perhaps Judas got wrapped up in the excitement.

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Maybe he got carried away with all the

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wonderful singing and the dynamic preaching.

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Maybe he came down the aisle to impress

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somebody or to build his reputation.

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I had a lady tell me one time

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that when she was a little girl, she

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came down during the invitation because her mother

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was coming to be saved, and she wanted

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to impress her mother.

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I had a man tell me that he

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came down the aisle one time because he'd

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just gotten married, and his wife was a

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Christian.

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He wanted to impress his wife.

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But I'm here to tell you, friends, that's

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not enough.

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Unless your heart is repenting of sin, unless

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your heart is turned to God, unless your

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heart is born again by the Holy Spirit,

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a profession of faith will take you straight

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to hell.

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It doesn't matter what you say with your

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lips.

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What matters is what goes on inside your

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heart.

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Judas Iscariot was a man who walked an

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aisle and made a profession of faith, but

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he did not have the spirit of the

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living God in his heart.

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Now, what about you?

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Why did you come down the aisle?

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When you came down the aisle that day,

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did you get born again?

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I mean, when you knelt at the altar

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and prayed, did you get born again?

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Friend, you need to be serious about this

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because God knows the truth.

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You can fool everybody in town, but you

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cannot fool God.

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And I'm telling you, friends, eternity is too

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long to be wrong.

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And I'm telling you, when you stand before

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a holy God and say, but I made

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a profession of faith, Jesus Christ will say,

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there are many who profess me with their

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mouth, but with their heart and their life,

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they deny me.

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So Judas, he was a good man.

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He was a moral man.

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He was a honest man.

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Now he's a religious man, but he's not

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been born again.

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And then he's baptized there at the River

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Jordan.

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John the Baptist is baptizing all the converts.

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So Judas is there.

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Maybe his mom and dad are there.

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Maybe his friends are there to see Judas

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He walks out into the water and John

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the Baptist puts his hand on the back

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of his head and said, I baptize you,

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my brother.

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And surely Judas must have been convicted in

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his heart.

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Surely he must have said, wait a minute,

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John, I'm not your brother.

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I'm not saved.

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I've not really been born again.

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I prayed a prayer, but God didn't change

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my life.

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But you know what happened?

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Fear came into his heart.

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Pride came into his heart.

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He began to think to himself, what's everybody

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going to say?

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What's everybody going to say?

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I've come forward.

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I mean, I know that I need to

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be baptized, but I need to be saved

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first.

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But you know what happened?

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The old devil began to whisper in his

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ear and said, oh, Judas, just hang on.

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You're all right.

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You're a good man.

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You're a moral man.

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You'll be all right.

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Maybe you haven't done everything you need to

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do, but it'll get straightened out in the

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future.

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And so John baptized Judas, but he was

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still lost.

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Now think about it.

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Here's a man who was a follower of

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John the Baptist, baptized by John the Baptist,

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and yet he's a lost man.

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Friend, do you understand that baptism will not

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save you?

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Friend, I will tell you, you may have

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been baptized or sprinkled or confirmed, but that

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means absolutely nothing unless you have the power

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of God in your life.

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Unless you've been born again by the Holy

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Spirit of God, all you did was get

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wet, son.

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I'm telling you, I have seen people come

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into the baptistry.

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I remember a lady one time she got

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into the baptistry.

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She said, I'm so excited about being baptized

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because when I get baptized, I'll be saved.

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The pastor said, you mean you're not saved

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now?

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But she said, no, when I get baptized,

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I'll be saved.

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He said, ma'am, let me tell you

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how to be saved.

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He led her to Jesus and then he

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baptized her.

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I'm telling you, friends, listen to me.

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Some of you here today, you walked an

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aisle, you prayed a prayer, you've been baptized,

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but your heart has never been converted by

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the Holy Spirit.

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You've not been truly born again.

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You're just like Judas Iscariot.

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You've prayed a prayer, you've made a profession,

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you've been baptized, but you don't have the

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spirit of the living God in your heart.

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Then Judas, after he was baptized, he was

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called as a disciple.

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Now, think about this, men.

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The Lord Jesus Christ has been praying in

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the mountains.

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He comes down to name the 12 most

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important men on planet Earth.

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The 12 men that will be responsible for

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spreading the gospel around the world.

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Everybody is there.

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They're waiting, hoping, praying that they will be

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one of these 12 men.

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Jesus comes down and he looks over the

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crowd and he says, John, follow me.

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Peter, follow me.

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Andrew, follow me.

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James, follow me.

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Judas, follow me.

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Surely Judas must have said, wait a minute,

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why is he calling me?

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I mean, Jesus knows everything.

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I mean, sure, he knows I'm not saved.

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Why in the world would he call me?

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I mean, I'm not born again.

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And he would want to step forward and

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get saved.

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But again, that old pride would well itself

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up.

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That fear of embarrassment would come up and

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the devil would get and say, listen, listen,

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you'll embarrass yourself, Judas.

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You'll embarrass Jesus.

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Why, if you get up after going so

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long and being baptized and claiming to be

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a Christian, if you stand up and say

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you're not saved now, you'll embarrass yourself.

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So just hold your peace.

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So Judas bites his tongue and he starts

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play acting.

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He becomes a hypocrite.

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He starts pretending to be saved.

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He starts going through the religious game and

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he's lost.

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Now, think about it, men.

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Here's a guy baptized by John the Baptist.

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Here's a man called as a disciple.

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Here's a man who is ordained and here's

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a man lost.

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Oh, I'm telling you, our churches are filled

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up with people like this.

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Folks who have walked in our parade of

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prayer.

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Listen to me, friend.

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I want to tell you not only was

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Judas ordained, but he was called as a

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treasurer.

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Listen to me, when Jesus Christ told the

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disciples, he said, listen, we need somebody to

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take care of the money.

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We need somebody who can be trusted.

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We need somebody to keep our books straight.

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We need somebody to take care of the

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finances.

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We need to elect a treasurer.

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And I imagine Peter must have said, well,

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I nominate Judas.

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And James might have said, well, I second

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that nomination.

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Everybody in favor, say amen.

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And so they nominated Judas.

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But here was a man who had been

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baptized by John the Baptist, who had been

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called by the Lord Jesus Christ to be

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a disciple, who had been voted the treasurer

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of the group, the most honest, the most

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respected, the most admired disciple of all, and

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he was lost.

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Don't tell me people can't be in church

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and be lost, buddy.

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Don't tell me a man can't be a

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deacon and be lost.

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Don't tell me you can't be in church

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for 30 or 40 years and be lost.

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I'm telling you, our churches are filled up

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with people who are lost.

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They come and they do the work.

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They do the activities.

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They go through the motions.

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They have so been deceived by Satan.

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They don't understand.

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They've not been born again by the Holy

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Spirit.

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And sir, I will tell you, this kind

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of preaching is your only hope to shape

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you and to move you, to take a

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hard look into your heart because Judas Iscariot,

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he had everything, buddy.

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But when he wanted to step forward, they

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said, we want you to be the treasurer.

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We trust you, man.

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We love you.

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You're the most honest disciple of all.

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We want you to take care of the

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money.

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And surely, surely to God, the conviction must

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have been strong.

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Surely he won't just fall at the feet

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of Jesus and, oh, God, be merciful.

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I'm not really saved.

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But again, that old pride welled itself up

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and, oh, Judas kind of choked it back.

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He got his composure back.

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He got under control.

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He began acting again.

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He made another excuse.

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He drove another nail in that coffin, and

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he continued that tragic journey to hell.

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There are some of you here today just

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like that.

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Sir, I love you, but I was saved

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when I was 36 years old.

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I walked an aisle when I was 12,

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got baptized, got my name on a church

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robe, but I didn't have Jesus.

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Finally, at the age of 36, I got

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under some convicting preaching.

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But I'm telling you, for six or eight

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weeks, my pride held me back from being

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saved.

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I almost forfeited heaven because of my pride.

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And I travel across this country, and I

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meet thousands and thousands of men who are

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doing the same thing.

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They've walked an aisle.

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They've prayed their prayer, but they don't live

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for God.

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They don't have the spirit of God.

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They have no passion for God.

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They know something's wrong in their heart, but

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they've been elected a deacon.

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They've been elected treasurer.

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They sing in the choir.

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They teach Sunday school, and they're saying, oh,

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what's everybody going to think?

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I'm telling you, it doesn't make a hill

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of beans what everybody thinks.

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I'm telling you, when you stand before God,

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it won't matter what the world says.

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I'm telling you, buddy, when you stand before

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a holy God, and he says, for whosoever

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is not written in the Lamb's book of

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life is cast in the lake of fire,

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it won't do you any good to say,

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well, at least I kept my pride.

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Buddy, you will have lost it all.

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And that's where some of you are today.

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You are lost from God.

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You have fooled your wife.

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You fooled your husband.

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You fooled your friends.

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You fooled the pastor.

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But you have not fooled God.

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He looks in your heart today.

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He sees what you are, a sinner against

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God, religious and lost.

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You have walked an aisle, prayed a prayer,

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been baptized, but you've never surrendered your will

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to God, sir.

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You've not been born again.

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You're just like Judas Iscariot.

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You've got a name that you live, but

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you're dead.

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Because Judas Iscariot was a man who made

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a public profession of faith, but he didn't

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get born again.

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He got baptized in some water, but he

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didn't get born again.

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He was called to be a disciple, but

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he was not born again.

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He was ordained as a preacher, but he

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was not born again.

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He was elected as treasurer of the group,

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but he was not born again.

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Because finally, at the end, Judas showed what

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he really was.

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The Bible says that Judas betrayed the Lord

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Jesus Christ for 30 pieces of silver.

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That's $19.50. You can tell a lot

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about a man according to his attitude about

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money.

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You show me, old boy, at a business

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meeting, he's always griping and whining about money.

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I'll show you a lost man, buddy.

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A man's attitude about the things of God

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and money of God, it tells a lot

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about his spiritual condition.

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With Judas, he betrayed the Lord Jesus.

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He went to the Pharisees, the priests, and

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he got a band of men, about 200

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men, and they came to the Lord Jesus.

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And the Lord Jesus was praying in the

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garden.

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And the Bible says Judas betrayed him with

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a kiss.

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Now, why?

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Why did Judas betray Jesus with a kiss?

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If he was going to betray him to

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be killed, why did he walk up and

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slap him?

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Why did he walk up and kick him?

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Why did he walk up and slug him

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in the face?

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If he was turning his back on God,

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why did he betray Jesus with a kiss?

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I'll tell you why.

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Because Judas had spent his whole life living

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a lie.

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He had learned the art of pretending to

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do something good while in reality, he was

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doing something evil.

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There are some of you here today, you've

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done the same thing.

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You kiss Jesus.

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You kiss Jesus with your lips, but you

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deny him with your life.

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You kiss him with the songs.

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You kiss him with your Sunday school class.

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You kiss him by doing good works and

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living a good life.

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But in your heart, you've not been born

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again.

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So all these good things that you think

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you are doing, the Bible says, they are

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empty, dead works.

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They are filthy rags in the eyes of

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God.

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You see, Judas could have been saved anytime

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he wanted to.

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I mean, all he had to do was

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put his old sorry pride down.

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All he had to do was put his

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old sorry religion down.

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All he had to do was come and

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humble himself before a holy God and say,

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God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

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And Jesus would have saved Judas just like

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he'll save you today, sir, if you'll let

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him.

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You say, William, why did Jesus even choose

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Judas?

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If he knew Judas was lost and was

545
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going to betray him, why did he even

546
00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:44,280
choose Judas?

547
00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:48,340
Jesus chose Judas because he loved him.

548
00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:51,500
And he wanted to keep Judas as close

549
00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:54,080
to him as possible so that he'd have

550
00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,860
every opportunity to be saved.

551
00:17:56,460 --> 00:18:00,160
Every sermon that Jesus preached, every miracle that

552
00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,980
he performed, every wonderful miraculous act he did,

553
00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,540
I believe in Jesus' heart, he was praying

554
00:18:06,540 --> 00:18:09,460
and hoping that Judas would come and believe

555
00:18:09,460 --> 00:18:10,420
and be saved.

556
00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,960
And I believe the reason Jesus chose Judas

557
00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,240
is he wanted to give him every opportunity

558
00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:15,700
possible.

559
00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:18,120
So he kept him close to himself for

560
00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:20,720
three years, letting him see the miracles, letting

561
00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,780
him see the works, hoping that Judas would

562
00:18:22,780 --> 00:18:23,600
get saved.

563
00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,960
You say, well, William, if that's true, it

564
00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:27,620
didn't work.

565
00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,900
No, it didn't work for Judas and it

566
00:18:32,900 --> 00:18:34,120
hasn't worked for you either.

567
00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:37,660
Why has God kept you so close, sir,

568
00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:38,640
for so many years?

569
00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:41,400
Why has God allowed you to walk an

570
00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:42,960
aisle and pray a prayer and not be

571
00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:43,340
real?

572
00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:45,460
Why has God allowed you to be a

573
00:18:45,460 --> 00:18:47,020
deacon or a Sunday school teacher and not

574
00:18:47,020 --> 00:18:47,720
be born again?

575
00:18:48,220 --> 00:18:50,340
Why has God kept you so close to

576
00:18:50,340 --> 00:18:51,780
himself and yet you not be real?

577
00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,300
It's because God loves you.

578
00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,080
And he knew that this morning you were

579
00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:58,920
going to be at Highland Baptist Church.

580
00:18:59,380 --> 00:19:00,800
And he knew that this morning you were

581
00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:01,980
going to hear this sermon.

582
00:19:02,460 --> 00:19:03,940
And he knew that this morning the Holy

583
00:19:03,940 --> 00:19:05,860
Spirit was going to draw you to salvation.

584
00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:09,080
And right now in heaven, he's praying for

585
00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:09,460
you.

586
00:19:09,660 --> 00:19:11,680
And deep inside of his heart, Jesus is

587
00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,060
hoping that you'll leave your seat and leave

588
00:19:14,060 --> 00:19:16,780
your sin and come and make it real

589
00:19:16,780 --> 00:19:19,260
before it's everlastingly too late.

590
00:19:19,260 --> 00:19:22,180
Oh, Judas, he walked with Jesus.

591
00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,300
He saw Jesus heal blind eyes.

592
00:19:25,380 --> 00:19:27,880
He saw Jesus heal deaf ears.

593
00:19:28,020 --> 00:19:30,160
He saw Jesus walk on the water.

594
00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,780
He saw Jesus raise old Lazarus from the

595
00:19:32,780 --> 00:19:33,120
dead.

596
00:19:33,380 --> 00:19:36,420
He walked with God, but he was lost.

597
00:19:38,020 --> 00:19:40,320
There are some of you here tonight, right

598
00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:41,620
now God's speaking to you.

599
00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:43,880
In your heart, you say, well, I've walked

600
00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:44,900
an aisle, so did Judas.

601
00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:46,640
I've made a profession of faith, so did

602
00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:46,940
Judas.

603
00:19:46,940 --> 00:19:48,780
I've been baptized, so did Judas.

604
00:19:49,340 --> 00:19:50,320
You say, well, I'm a deacon.

605
00:19:50,740 --> 00:19:51,720
I'm a Sunday school teacher.

606
00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,180
Judas was a preacher who walked with the

607
00:19:54,180 --> 00:19:56,140
Lord, but yet he died and went to

608
00:19:56,140 --> 00:19:56,260
hell.

609
00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,500
Because when Judas came to his senses, the

610
00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:00,120
Bible says he took that 30 pieces of

611
00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:01,920
silver, and he said, my God, I have

612
00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:03,600
betrayed innocent blood.

613
00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,000
And he ran off, the Bible says, and

614
00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,640
he hanged himself, and the devil had the

615
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:09,720
victory in his life.

616
00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:12,160
The devil not only had his physical body,

617
00:20:12,260 --> 00:20:14,300
but the devil drug his soul straight to

618
00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:14,580
hell.

619
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,340
And that's the devil's plan for you, sir.

620
00:20:16,740 --> 00:20:18,560
He wants to deceive you into hell.

621
00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:20,620
The Bible says, be not deceived.

622
00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,280
Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,

623
00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,300
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

624
00:20:25,460 --> 00:20:27,300
On that great judgment day, there are going

625
00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:29,060
to be deacons, and Sunday school teachers, and

626
00:20:29,060 --> 00:20:31,340
choir members, and pastors, and evangelists.

627
00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:32,920
They will stand before God and say, well,

628
00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,720
God, we've prophesied in your name.

629
00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,380
We've cast out demons in your name.

630
00:20:36,540 --> 00:20:38,340
We've done all these wonderful works in your

631
00:20:38,340 --> 00:20:38,780
name.

632
00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:41,480
And God is going to say, depart from

633
00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:45,180
me, ye that work iniquity.

634
00:20:45,860 --> 00:20:48,160
Because the Bible says, for whosoever was not

635
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,020
found written in the book of life was

636
00:20:51,020 --> 00:20:53,520
cast into the lake of fire.

637
00:20:56,820 --> 00:20:58,440
You know, the Bible has a lot to

638
00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,880
say about living, and dying, and living again.

639
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,140
The Bible tells us a lot about what

640
00:21:04,140 --> 00:21:06,000
happens after death.

641
00:21:06,620 --> 00:21:08,140
The first thing the Bible says, the Bible

642
00:21:08,140 --> 00:21:09,820
says, death is certain.

643
00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,520
The Bible says, it is appointed unto men

644
00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,560
once to die.

645
00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,620
All my dear friends, the one thing true

646
00:21:16,620 --> 00:21:19,740
in life is that all men must die.

647
00:21:20,580 --> 00:21:22,760
All ages die, no matter how young or

648
00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,580
how old, people die at all ages.

649
00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:28,320
All races die, red, yellow, black, and white.

650
00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,360
All nationalities die.

651
00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,460
All levels of society die.

652
00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,520
In fact, the Bible says, you are going

653
00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:36,020
to die.

654
00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:39,740
It is appointed unto men once to die.

655
00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,040
In fact, the Bible says your life is

656
00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,080
nothing but a vapor that appears for a

657
00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,580
little time and then vanishes away.

658
00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:50,980
In fact, the Bible says the exact moment

659
00:21:50,980 --> 00:21:53,860
of your death has already been determined by

660
00:21:53,860 --> 00:21:54,380
God.

661
00:21:54,460 --> 00:21:57,420
It is appointed, the Bible says.

662
00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,800
Oh friend, listen, God is not surprised when

663
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:00,500
people die.

664
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:02,780
God is not caught off guard.

665
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,360
God is in control of this whole thing

666
00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:08,500
of living, and dying, and living again.

667
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,860
You say, William, are you trying to say

668
00:22:10,860 --> 00:22:13,940
that somewhere out there in heaven, God has

669
00:22:13,940 --> 00:22:15,760
taken his pen and he circled on the

670
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,940
eternal calendar the exact day I'm going to

671
00:22:18,940 --> 00:22:19,300
die?

672
00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,040
Oh my friend, I'm saying precisely that.

673
00:22:22,380 --> 00:22:24,180
God has appointed a day.

674
00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,460
God knows the day you're going to die.

675
00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:28,360
Now here's the problem.

676
00:22:29,140 --> 00:22:31,420
You don't know that day.

677
00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:34,880
Several years ago, a professor in a seminary

678
00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:36,960
was talking to a group of young preacher

679
00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:37,260
boys.

680
00:22:37,340 --> 00:22:38,440
And he said, young man, he said, don't

681
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:39,900
worry about how you live your life.

682
00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:42,240
Just eat, drink, and be married, do whatever

683
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:42,940
you want to do.

684
00:22:43,020 --> 00:22:45,180
But the day before you die, you can

685
00:22:45,180 --> 00:22:46,940
get right with God so you'll go to

686
00:22:46,940 --> 00:22:47,220
heaven.

687
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:49,180
And one of the young preacher boys said,

688
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,460
but sir, we don't know the day we're

689
00:22:51,460 --> 00:22:52,300
going to die.

690
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,000
And the wise professor said, well, in that

691
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,920
case, you need to get right with God

692
00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:58,980
today.

693
00:22:59,780 --> 00:23:00,780
That's what the Bible says.

694
00:23:00,860 --> 00:23:02,040
God has appointed a day.

695
00:23:02,140 --> 00:23:03,420
You have a day when you're going to

696
00:23:03,420 --> 00:23:03,580
die.

697
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,060
God knows that day, but you don't know

698
00:23:07,060 --> 00:23:07,220
it.

699
00:23:07,660 --> 00:23:11,300
That's why the Bible says, prepare to meet

700
00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:11,960
God.

701
00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,720
Several years ago, I came across an article

702
00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,760
about a flight that took place several years

703
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,880
ago over in the Hawaiian Islands.

704
00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:22,860
It was Aloha Airlines.

705
00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,860
It was a Boeing 737.

706
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,040
It was going from the island of Hilo

707
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:28,360
to Honolulu.

708
00:23:29,060 --> 00:23:31,040
Everybody on board was a vacationer.

709
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,080
They were laughing, joking, drinking, having a great

710
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:34,520
time.

711
00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,440
Not concerned about anything except enjoying their vacation.

712
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,320
When the plane reached about 10,000 feet

713
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,580
altitude, what they didn't know was this.

714
00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,400
There was a crack in the fuselage of

715
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:44,840
the plane.

716
00:23:45,260 --> 00:23:47,800
When the pressure became so great, it actually

717
00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,160
ripped away part of that airplane, causing a

718
00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:52,860
vacuuming, a sucking effect.

719
00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:55,300
And everything that was not held down or

720
00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:58,340
strapped down was pulled out of that plane,

721
00:23:59,180 --> 00:24:02,880
including Claribel Lansing, airline attendant.

722
00:24:03,620 --> 00:24:06,180
Sucked out into eternity to face God.

723
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,240
Oh, my friend, you need to understand about

724
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:09,880
living, dying, and living again.

725
00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:10,820
It is certain.

726
00:24:11,300 --> 00:24:12,320
It is coming.

727
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,280
You have an appointment with God and you

728
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,360
need to be prepared for that day.

729
00:24:19,060 --> 00:24:21,460
How common is sudden death?

730
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000
Well, it is the most common form of

731
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,320
death there is.

732
00:24:25,660 --> 00:24:28,260
In fact, 50% of all deaths are

733
00:24:28,260 --> 00:24:29,840
sudden and unexpected.

734
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,880
There are 300,000 sudden and unexpected deaths

735
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,680
each year in America.

736
00:24:36,740 --> 00:24:38,980
I remember when I first saw the World

737
00:24:38,980 --> 00:24:42,900
Trade Center disaster, when those two planes flew

738
00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:44,080
into those buildings.

739
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,920
What a horrifying event, creating so much terror

740
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:49,940
and fear.

741
00:24:50,620 --> 00:24:52,820
I remember watching people run out of the

742
00:24:52,820 --> 00:24:54,280
building and down the street.

743
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,200
I watched as the towers fell and that

744
00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,860
big cloud of smoke and debris followed them

745
00:24:59,860 --> 00:25:00,540
down the street.

746
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,020
I began to think about all the people

747
00:25:03,020 --> 00:25:05,400
inside the building that were going to die

748
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:05,980
that day.

749
00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,580
Most of them, if not all of them,

750
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:10,720
came to work that day thinking it was

751
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,160
just another day at the office.

752
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,820
Probably thinking about the work they had to

753
00:25:14,820 --> 00:25:15,100
do.

754
00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:17,600
Perhaps even thinking about where they would go

755
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:18,260
for lunch.

756
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,020
Maybe thinking about when they would get home

757
00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:23,160
that night, playing with their children, being with

758
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:23,700
their family.

759
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,460
They had no idea before those planes crashed

760
00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:30,620
they were actually living their last day on

761
00:25:30,620 --> 00:25:31,580
planet Earth.

762
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:33,460
That's the way death is.

763
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:37,200
Many times it can come suddenly and unexpectedly.

764
00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:41,380
I remember seeing some of those people jump

765
00:25:41,380 --> 00:25:42,260
out of the window.

766
00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:45,120
What an amazing thing to see people jump

767
00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:47,800
out of a 60, 70 story building to

768
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,900
certain death on the concrete below.

769
00:25:50,740 --> 00:25:52,240
And I asked myself, why?

770
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:54,680
What would make a person jump out of

771
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,320
a building to a concrete death?

772
00:25:58,080 --> 00:25:59,960
And the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart

773
00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:02,940
and said, William, they're jumping from the building

774
00:26:02,940 --> 00:26:05,400
to get away from the fire.

775
00:26:06,740 --> 00:26:10,360
Jesus said, And fear not them that can

776
00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:13,240
kill the body, but are unable to kill

777
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:13,860
the soul.

778
00:26:14,420 --> 00:26:17,060
But rather fear Him who is able to

779
00:26:17,060 --> 00:26:20,140
kill both body and soul in hell.

780
00:26:21,020 --> 00:26:22,620
What is death anyway?

781
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,040
You know, many years ago doctors said that

782
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:27,620
death was when your heart stopped beating.

783
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:29,760
But then they invented a machine that could

784
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,080
keep your heart going even after you were

785
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:32,460
gone.

786
00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:34,500
Then they said, well, death is when your

787
00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:36,100
brain waves cease.

788
00:26:36,340 --> 00:26:37,980
But they have a machine now that can

789
00:26:37,980 --> 00:26:39,960
keep you alive even when your brain stops

790
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:40,360
working.

791
00:26:41,060 --> 00:26:44,900
The Bible teaches us that death is separation.

792
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:49,340
It's when your soul separates from your body.

793
00:26:49,860 --> 00:26:51,320
You see, my dear friends, this flesh and

794
00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:52,940
bone body that you have is not the

795
00:26:52,940 --> 00:26:53,460
real you.

796
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:55,900
The real you is inside that body.

797
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,140
It's called your soul.

798
00:26:57,500 --> 00:26:59,720
It is comprised of your will, your intellect,

799
00:26:59,940 --> 00:27:00,520
your emotions.

800
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,340
The soul is that part of you that's

801
00:27:02,340 --> 00:27:03,160
going to live forever.

802
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:04,940
One day this whole body is going to

803
00:27:04,940 --> 00:27:05,600
stop working.

804
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,000
But when your body stops working, your soul

805
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,080
will separate from that body and go on

806
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:12,420
living somewhere else.

807
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,160
That's what death is.

808
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:15,960
Death is separation.

809
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,960
When your soul separates from your body.

810
00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:23,220
Well, you say, where does the soul go?

811
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:24,960
When it separates from your body and leaves

812
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,320
your body, it goes on living somewhere else.

813
00:27:27,620 --> 00:27:28,340
Where does it go?

814
00:27:28,340 --> 00:27:31,700
Well, the Bible says that your soul will

815
00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:35,400
live forever either in a place called heaven

816
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,880
or a place called hell.

817
00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:39,880
Oh, my friend, that's the whole story of

818
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:40,340
the Bible.

819
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,480
That you were created by God to live

820
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:44,080
forever.

821
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,040
You are an eternal being.

822
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,180
Now, once this whole body is going to

823
00:27:48,180 --> 00:27:48,640
die.

824
00:27:48,820 --> 00:27:51,240
But when your body dies, the soul, man,

825
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,900
the real you will leave that body.

826
00:27:53,420 --> 00:27:55,040
God created it that way.

827
00:27:55,260 --> 00:27:57,200
And God wants you to come and live

828
00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:57,820
with Him.

829
00:27:57,820 --> 00:28:00,260
He's made a perfect place called heaven for

830
00:28:00,260 --> 00:28:02,360
those who will believe in Him.

831
00:28:02,740 --> 00:28:05,320
But the Bible says that we have sinned

832
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:06,120
against God.

833
00:28:06,460 --> 00:28:08,120
In fact, the Bible says we have broken

834
00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:10,300
God's law into a thousand pieces.

835
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,340
We have rebelled against God.

836
00:28:12,420 --> 00:28:14,560
We've lived selfish and self-centered lives.

837
00:28:14,900 --> 00:28:17,300
And the Bible says God loves us, but

838
00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:18,500
God hates sin.

839
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,400
And God has declared the wages of sin

840
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:22,240
is death.

841
00:28:22,580 --> 00:28:24,920
Because we have sinned against God, we're all

842
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:25,760
doomed to hell.

843
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,600
And there's nothing we can do to save

844
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:28,200
ourselves.

845
00:28:28,860 --> 00:28:30,700
But the Bible says God loved us so

846
00:28:30,700 --> 00:28:33,520
much, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ.

847
00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:35,840
And Jesus left the glory of heaven, and

848
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:37,160
He came to planet earth.

849
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,860
He took all of our sins, and He

850
00:28:39,860 --> 00:28:42,640
died in our place that we might live.

851
00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:44,720
And the Bible says if we will turn

852
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:46,780
from our sin, and we will give our

853
00:28:46,780 --> 00:28:48,880
lives to Christ, God will forgive us.

854
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:50,260
God will save us.

855
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,840
Being saved is the most important thing in

856
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:54,500
your life.

857
00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:56,780
And I'm not talking about being saved the

858
00:28:56,780 --> 00:28:59,000
Baptist way, or the Methodist way, or the

859
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,080
Catholic way, or any other denomination way.

860
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,100
I'm talking about being saved God's way.

861
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,260
Because my dear friends, if you're not saved

862
00:29:07,260 --> 00:29:10,000
God's way, then you're not saved at all.

863
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,200
And if we are born again by the

864
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,880
Spirit of God, the benefit of being a

865
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:17,980
child of God is that one day, when

866
00:29:17,980 --> 00:29:21,700
this body stops working, our soul will go

867
00:29:21,700 --> 00:29:23,700
to be with God in heaven.

868
00:29:24,260 --> 00:29:26,160
Jesus said, let not your heart be troubled.

869
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,240
You believe in God, believe also in me.

870
00:29:29,780 --> 00:29:31,240
He said, in my Father's house are many

871
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,700
mansions, if it were not so, I would

872
00:29:33,700 --> 00:29:34,280
have told you.

873
00:29:34,660 --> 00:29:36,440
He said, I go and prepare a place

874
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:37,740
for you, and if I go and prepare

875
00:29:37,740 --> 00:29:39,680
a place for you, I will come again

876
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,080
and receive you unto myself, so that where

877
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,260
I am, there you may be also.

878
00:29:45,860 --> 00:29:48,300
Hold my dear friends, heaven is a prepared

879
00:29:48,300 --> 00:29:52,300
place, but it's only for prepared people.

880
00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:54,140
Heaven is a perfect place.

881
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,980
No sadness, no sickness, no death.

882
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,300
When a man goes to heaven, he lives

883
00:30:00,300 --> 00:30:02,580
in the glory of God forever and ever,

884
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,320
and it all depends on what he's done

885
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:04,860
with Jesus.

886
00:30:05,620 --> 00:30:07,860
But the same Bible says, as wonderful as

887
00:30:07,860 --> 00:30:10,660
heaven is, hell is awful.

888
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:12,920
The Bible calls it a lake of fire,

889
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,440
a burning pit, a place where men have

890
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,780
no rest, a place where men are separated

891
00:30:17,780 --> 00:30:20,440
from God for all eternity, a place where

892
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:21,660
men are tormented.

893
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:23,540
The man who went to hell in the

894
00:30:23,540 --> 00:30:25,220
Bible, the rich man, he cried out and

895
00:30:25,220 --> 00:30:27,820
said, Father, I'm so tormented in this flame,

896
00:30:28,180 --> 00:30:29,880
would you please let that old dirty beggar

897
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:31,840
Lazarus put one of his dirty, filthy fingers

898
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:33,540
in some water and just touch the tip

899
00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:34,320
of my tongue?

900
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,600
Oh friends, listen, the Bible says that death

901
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,420
is when your soul separates from your body,

902
00:30:40,740 --> 00:30:42,900
and it goes either to a place called

903
00:30:42,900 --> 00:30:45,400
heaven to be with God, or a place

904
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,040
called hell to be separated from God forever.

905
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,780
And the good news is God lets you

906
00:30:50,780 --> 00:30:53,160
choose where you'll spend eternity.

907
00:30:53,660 --> 00:30:55,580
That's the whole story of the Bible, that

908
00:30:55,580 --> 00:30:58,520
God has given you the choice of heaven

909
00:30:58,520 --> 00:30:59,940
or hell.

910
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,620
In the New Testament, Jesus tells a story

911
00:31:04,620 --> 00:31:07,100
about a rich farmer who one year has

912
00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:08,380
a tremendous crop.

913
00:31:09,020 --> 00:31:10,860
In fact, the harvest is so great, his

914
00:31:10,860 --> 00:31:13,160
old barns will not hoe the increase.

915
00:31:13,620 --> 00:31:15,420
So he decides to tear down the old

916
00:31:15,420 --> 00:31:18,240
barns and build new, bigger, and better barns.

917
00:31:18,540 --> 00:31:20,300
He does this, he fills them up with

918
00:31:20,300 --> 00:31:20,960
his harvest.

919
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:22,820
Then he sets back and says, now I've

920
00:31:22,820 --> 00:31:23,540
got it made.

921
00:31:23,860 --> 00:31:26,020
I'm going to eat, drink, and be merry.

922
00:31:26,620 --> 00:31:29,160
But God speaks to him and says, you're

923
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,780
a fool, because tonight your soul is required

924
00:31:32,780 --> 00:31:33,280
of thee.

925
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,720
Then who's going to receive all the things

926
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:36,640
you have worked for?

927
00:31:38,220 --> 00:31:42,140
The Bible says that we have sinned against

928
00:31:42,140 --> 00:31:44,800
God, but God has made a way to

929
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:45,840
stay out of hell.

930
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,260
And a man can be born again, he

931
00:31:48,260 --> 00:31:50,140
can be saved, he can stand in the

932
00:31:50,140 --> 00:31:52,120
very presence of God for all eternity.

933
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:57,800
But listen, friends, 30 million people die every

934
00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:58,200
year.

935
00:31:58,780 --> 00:32:02,660
That's an average of 90 people every 60

936
00:32:02,660 --> 00:32:03,560
seconds.

937
00:32:04,220 --> 00:32:06,960
Every minute you've been watching me on television,

938
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,060
90 people have died and 90% of

939
00:32:11,060 --> 00:32:13,740
them have gone straight into hell.

940
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:15,560
You see, my friends, you've got to make

941
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:16,160
a choice.

942
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:18,800
God doesn't send anybody to hell.

943
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:20,880
God has done everything necessary.

944
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:22,580
See, a man makes his own choice, his

945
00:32:22,580 --> 00:32:23,420
own decision.

946
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:25,280
And some of you are going to do

947
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:25,640
that today.

948
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:26,520
Some of you are going to say, you

949
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,520
know, I don't care about that Jesus stuff.

950
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:29,980
I'm not concerned about that.

951
00:32:30,380 --> 00:32:32,040
But when you make that decision, you have

952
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,020
sealed your destiny.

953
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,380
And unless God gives you another chance and

954
00:32:36,380 --> 00:32:38,060
you repent and give your life to Christ,

955
00:32:38,060 --> 00:32:39,300
you're going to spend eternity in hell.

956
00:32:39,980 --> 00:32:41,280
And many people do that.

957
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,220
Many people love their sins so much that

958
00:32:44,220 --> 00:32:47,260
they would rather risk hell rather than humble

959
00:32:47,260 --> 00:32:50,460
themselves before God and be born again by

960
00:32:50,460 --> 00:32:51,540
the Spirit of God.

961
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,920
Sarah Winchester was a woman who wanted to

962
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:58,000
live forever.

963
00:32:59,380 --> 00:33:02,520
Sarah was married to Henry Winchester, the man

964
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,980
who invented the famous Winchester repeating rifle.

965
00:33:05,860 --> 00:33:08,460
Henry became a very wealthy man and when

966
00:33:08,460 --> 00:33:11,620
Henry died, Sarah became a very wealthy widow.

967
00:33:12,380 --> 00:33:15,380
And Sarah wanted more than anything to live

968
00:33:15,380 --> 00:33:16,480
forever.

969
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:21,140
So Sarah consulted a fortune teller, a witch.

970
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,800
And this fortune teller told her, Sarah, if

971
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,720
you'll do one thing, you'll never die.

972
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,600
If you'll start building a house and never

973
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,140
stop building.

974
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:32,620
So Sarah began to build on this great

975
00:33:32,620 --> 00:33:33,120
house.

976
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,500
She built on it day after day, month

977
00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:37,040
after month, year after year.

978
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,160
She spent millions of dollars.

979
00:33:39,340 --> 00:33:41,380
She hired thousands of workers.

980
00:33:42,220 --> 00:33:44,840
She built on this wonderful, marvelous home for

981
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,140
38 years because if you never stop building,

982
00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:49,900
you never die.

983
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,300
You can see the home that Sarah built

984
00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:55,400
if you go to San Jose, California, there

985
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:56,520
in the Santa Clara Valley.

986
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,180
At one time, it was more than seven

987
00:33:59,180 --> 00:34:00,480
stories high.

988
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,200
The home itself covered several acres of land.

989
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:06,340
There are hundreds of rooms.

990
00:34:06,340 --> 00:34:10,820
There are thousands of windows because if you

991
00:34:10,820 --> 00:34:12,719
never stop building, you never die.

992
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:17,840
But after 38 years of building, one night,

993
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,600
the icy finger of death came walking down

994
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,080
one of those hallways into one of those

995
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,600
rooms and death found Sarah and took her

996
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:27,219
to eternity.

997
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,820
Oh, my friend, you cannot hide from death.

998
00:34:31,460 --> 00:34:33,179
Death is coming for you and death is

999
00:34:33,179 --> 00:34:33,940
coming for me.

1000
00:34:33,940 --> 00:34:36,880
And death may be coming a lot sooner

1001
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:40,020
than any of us ever expected.

1002
00:34:41,219 --> 00:34:42,280
What about you?

1003
00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:47,760
If you were to die right now, where

1004
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:48,600
would you spend eternity?

1005
00:34:49,860 --> 00:34:52,000
Would your soul leave your body and go

1006
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,380
to heaven to be with God?

1007
00:34:54,219 --> 00:34:56,260
Or would your soul fall into the lake

1008
00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:56,840
of fire?

1009
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,560
It would all depend on what you've done

1010
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:00,120
with Jesus.

1011
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,640
Do you know for sure if you die

1012
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:03,900
today that you'd go to heaven?

1013
00:35:04,900 --> 00:35:06,280
You say, William, I've got to be honest.

1014
00:35:06,420 --> 00:35:08,360
I don't know 100% for sure if

1015
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,020
I died today I'd go to heaven.

1016
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,580
In fact, William, I don't know what would

1017
00:35:12,580 --> 00:35:13,760
happen if I died today.

1018
00:35:14,380 --> 00:35:16,260
But to think about dying and going to

1019
00:35:16,260 --> 00:35:17,260
hell, it frightens me.

1020
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:18,140
I don't want that to happen.

1021
00:35:18,180 --> 00:35:18,600
I know.

1022
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:20,600
And I don't want to stand before God

1023
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:21,880
one day and find out, though I've been

1024
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,280
a church member and lived a pretty good

1025
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,480
life, that I was really lost because I

1026
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:26,260
hadn't been born again.

1027
00:35:26,380 --> 00:35:27,720
You say, William, I want to be saved.

1028
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,020
William, I know that life is nothing but

1029
00:35:30,020 --> 00:35:30,420
a vapor.

1030
00:35:30,540 --> 00:35:31,960
I know that I could die at any

1031
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:32,300
moment.

1032
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:33,700
And William, I want to be prepared for

1033
00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:33,960
that.

1034
00:35:34,540 --> 00:35:35,820
I want to be able to stand in

1035
00:35:35,820 --> 00:35:38,320
the presence of God as a true child

1036
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:39,000
of God.

1037
00:35:39,660 --> 00:35:41,980
But you say, William, I don't know what

1038
00:35:41,980 --> 00:35:42,420
to do.

1039
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,740
What must I do to be prepared to

1040
00:35:45,740 --> 00:35:46,180
die?

1041
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:50,720
Well, the Bible says, except you repent, you'll

1042
00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:51,120
perish.

1043
00:35:51,620 --> 00:35:53,540
That word repent means you've got to change

1044
00:35:53,540 --> 00:35:54,260
your mind.

1045
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,400
You've got to change your mind about sin,

1046
00:35:56,540 --> 00:35:57,820
change your mind about God.

1047
00:35:58,320 --> 00:35:59,860
You see, you've got to see that sin

1048
00:35:59,860 --> 00:36:01,120
is not against people.

1049
00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:01,660
Sin is against God.

1050
00:36:01,660 --> 00:36:02,980
Sin is against your creator.

1051
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:05,080
And sin is not a small thing.

1052
00:36:05,220 --> 00:36:07,120
Sin is rebellion against God.

1053
00:36:07,660 --> 00:36:08,960
You've got to see it God's way.

1054
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:10,200
You've got to agree with God.

1055
00:36:10,620 --> 00:36:11,920
You've got to say, God, you're right.

1056
00:36:11,980 --> 00:36:12,560
I'm a sinner.

1057
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,160
God, I have lived a sinful, rebellious life.

1058
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,120
But God, I'm sorry.

1059
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,160
And I want to change my mind.

1060
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:19,880
I want to see things your way.

1061
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:20,960
I want to agree with you.

1062
00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:22,860
And God, I want to turn away from

1063
00:36:22,860 --> 00:36:23,520
my rebellion.

1064
00:36:24,060 --> 00:36:25,820
And I want to place my faith and

1065
00:36:25,820 --> 00:36:28,420
trust in Jesus Christ, Him and Him alone.

1066
00:36:28,980 --> 00:36:30,780
I want Him to be my God, my

1067
00:36:30,780 --> 00:36:31,720
boss, my master.

1068
00:36:31,940 --> 00:36:33,520
I surrender my will to Him.

1069
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,020
And my friend, if you'll do that, God

1070
00:36:36,020 --> 00:36:37,480
will save your soul.

1071
00:36:38,420 --> 00:36:39,700
God will change you.

1072
00:36:40,060 --> 00:36:42,960
And He will glorify Himself through you.

1073
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:46,240
And you can do that right now.

1074
00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:50,340
Right where you're sitting, I'm going to ask

1075
00:36:50,340 --> 00:36:52,100
you, will you be saved?

1076
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:53,700
Will you repent?

1077
00:36:54,580 --> 00:36:56,240
Will you admit that you're wrong and turn

1078
00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:57,560
your life over to Christ?

1079
00:36:58,160 --> 00:36:59,780
Just kneel right where you are.

1080
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:01,460
Just you and God.

1081
00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:03,740
And you can ask God to save you

1082
00:37:03,740 --> 00:37:04,360
right now.

1083
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:06,540
If you'll open your heart to God, if

1084
00:37:06,540 --> 00:37:07,900
you'll repent and give your life to Him,

1085
00:37:07,900 --> 00:37:08,820
He'll save your soul.

1086
00:37:09,580 --> 00:37:10,860
I'm going to pray a prayer called the

1087
00:37:10,860 --> 00:37:11,800
prayer of salvation.

1088
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:13,980
There's nothing special about this prayer.

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It's not the prayer that saves.

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What saves is when you open your heart

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to God and you turn from your sin

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and give your life to Christ.

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The prayer merely puts together the form that

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we can understand.

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I want you to pray this prayer after

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me, but more important than praying, I want

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you to open your heart to God and

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repent and let God save your soul.

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Pray with me right now.

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If God is speaking to your heart right

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now, if you are willing to repent, if

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you are willing to take Christ as your

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Lord and Savior, then pray with me right

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now.

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Let's pray.

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Dear Heavenly Father, I know that I'm a

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sinner and I know I cannot save myself,

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but God, I believe you love me and

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I believe Jesus died for me to pay

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for all my sin.

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The best I know how, I repent of

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my sin.

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I turn from my sin and I receive

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Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior.

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I commit my life to Him.

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I believe in my heart that God has

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raised Him from the dead.

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Forgive me of my sin, Lord.

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Come into my heart and save me.

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Oh, my friend, if you opened your heart

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to God, if you repented, I rejoice with

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you.

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And I want to be a help to

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you.

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I have some information that I'd like to

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make available to you.

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It's free.

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It's information about how you can know for

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sure that you're saved, know for sure you're

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going to heaven.

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It's also some information about how to live

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that abundant life that Jesus Christ promises to

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each believer.

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If you'll simply write me, William Blackburn, Post

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Office Box 2284, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 72901, I'll

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send this information out immediately.

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Judas Lost Disciple and What Happens After Death

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Tune in next week to hear Warren Wearspeed

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talk about A Father's Counsel on From the

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Pulpit and Classic Sermons