1 00:00:01,950 --> 00:00:05,110 Welcome to From the Pulpit and Classic Sermons. 2 00:00:05,730 --> 00:00:07,570 Each week we bring you a different message 3 00:00:07,570 --> 00:00:09,970 from some of history's greatest speakers in the 4 00:00:09,970 --> 00:00:13,470 Christian faith, and powerful sermons from modern preachers 5 00:00:13,470 --> 00:00:13,790 too. 6 00:00:14,690 --> 00:00:17,330 This week we have William Blackburn with his 7 00:00:17,330 --> 00:00:19,850 message, How to Be a Good Samaritan. 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,560 The Lord Jesus Christ was answering a question 9 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,280 one day, and he was trying to tell 10 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:29,960 a man what is the most important thing 11 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:31,320 you can do with your life. 12 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:33,600 And so he shared a story with this 13 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,840 man to give instruction so the man would 14 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,500 not miss the message of the Bible. 15 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,660 Jesus Christ always taught in parables. 16 00:00:42,060 --> 00:00:45,220 He always told stories that were symbolic of 17 00:00:45,220 --> 00:00:48,180 a deeper spiritual message because as he knew 18 00:00:48,180 --> 00:00:50,020 and as I have learned, there's something about 19 00:00:50,020 --> 00:00:52,540 telling a story that opens the window of 20 00:00:52,540 --> 00:00:54,600 the mind that a person can really grasp 21 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,020 the spiritual truth. 22 00:00:56,020 --> 00:00:57,900 Jesus Christ said, I want to tell you 23 00:00:57,900 --> 00:01:01,000 a story about life and what's really important. 24 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,420 He said, well, there was a man, we 25 00:01:03,420 --> 00:01:04,860 don't know what kind of man he was, 26 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:06,520 whether he was a businessman or not, but 27 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,380 Jesus Christ said, here was a man who 28 00:01:08,380 --> 00:01:11,480 was traveling on a dusty road from Jerusalem 29 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:12,740 to Jericho. 30 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,520 We don't know why he's traveling, perhaps it 31 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:15,300 was a business meeting. 32 00:01:15,740 --> 00:01:17,760 But the Bible says along this road of 33 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,880 traveling, he encounters trouble. 34 00:01:20,020 --> 00:01:21,980 He comes upon a band of thieves. 35 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,280 And the Bible says these band of thieves, 36 00:01:24,340 --> 00:01:26,720 they robbed him of his raiment. 37 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:28,820 That is, they strip his clothing off his 38 00:01:28,820 --> 00:01:29,180 body. 39 00:01:29,540 --> 00:01:30,440 They beat him. 40 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:33,340 And the Bible says they leave him half 41 00:01:33,340 --> 00:01:33,940 dead. 42 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:35,120 Now, sir, get the picture. 43 00:01:35,420 --> 00:01:37,860 Here's a man lying beside the ditch. 44 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:38,940 He's been beaten. 45 00:01:39,180 --> 00:01:40,060 He's been robbed. 46 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:41,280 He's been left for dead. 47 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:42,900 Hey, he's not just bumped on the head. 48 00:01:43,140 --> 00:01:44,780 You just can't come and put a bandage 49 00:01:44,780 --> 00:01:46,660 on his head or a little salve on 50 00:01:46,660 --> 00:01:47,260 the bruise. 51 00:01:47,260 --> 00:01:48,680 This is a serious matter. 52 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,260 Here's a man who is lying beside the 53 00:01:51,260 --> 00:01:51,560 ditch. 54 00:01:51,660 --> 00:01:55,020 He is going to die unless somebody comes 55 00:01:55,020 --> 00:01:56,080 to his aid. 56 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,600 Now, listen, a parable is a story that 57 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,440 is there to teach us a deeper spiritual 58 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:01,940 message. 59 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,260 Everyone in this story is symbolic of somebody 60 00:02:05,260 --> 00:02:07,340 that Jesus is trying to get us to 61 00:02:07,340 --> 00:02:08,000 take a look at. 62 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,740 Now, who does a man in the ditch 63 00:02:09,740 --> 00:02:10,280 represent? 64 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,300 Now, dear friend, this story has been told 65 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:15,200 a million times and has been always preached 66 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:15,920 from this way. 67 00:02:15,980 --> 00:02:17,120 This man is here. 68 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:18,440 He's a man in need. 69 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:19,580 Maybe he's hungry. 70 00:02:19,860 --> 00:02:21,800 Maybe he's not clothed and we're to go 71 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,600 and minister simply to his needs. 72 00:02:23,620 --> 00:02:25,200 But sir, I believe it is a much 73 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,640 deeper message than that. 74 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,260 You see, Jesus Christ came for one reason 75 00:02:29,260 --> 00:02:30,040 to planet earth. 76 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,220 He did not come to planet earth simply 77 00:02:32,220 --> 00:02:34,340 to teach us to be good to less 78 00:02:34,340 --> 00:02:35,140 fortunate people. 79 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:36,940 He did not simply come to teach us 80 00:02:36,940 --> 00:02:38,460 to give our money to the poor. 81 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,540 He did not simply come to teach us 82 00:02:40,540 --> 00:02:42,340 how to fellowship at church. 83 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,660 Jesus Christ in Luke 19 verse 10 said, 84 00:02:45,740 --> 00:02:48,200 the son of man has come to seek 85 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,440 and to save that which was lost. 86 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:54,740 Jesus Christ came for one reason, sir, that 87 00:02:54,740 --> 00:02:57,220 is to save your soul from hell. 88 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,340 And I believe with all my heart, this 89 00:02:59,340 --> 00:03:01,940 story of what we call the good Samaritan 90 00:03:01,940 --> 00:03:04,780 is simply a story about winning men to 91 00:03:04,780 --> 00:03:05,660 Jesus Christ. 92 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:07,840 You see, I believe this man lying in 93 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,000 the ditch over here represents every lost man, 94 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:13,420 every lost woman in the world who doesn't 95 00:03:13,420 --> 00:03:15,280 have Christ as Lord and savior. 96 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,680 You see a man without Jesus is not 97 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,520 just unchurched or unsolicited or uninvolved, but a 98 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,200 man without Jesus is doomed and down to 99 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:25,380 a place called hell. 100 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,080 A man without Jesus is hopelessly lost. 101 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:29,440 He's bleeding to death. 102 00:03:29,540 --> 00:03:31,660 The very life of his body is going 103 00:03:31,660 --> 00:03:32,700 out through the blood. 104 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,840 A man without Christ is hopeless and helpless. 105 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,700 He has no way to Jesus unless somebody 106 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:41,340 comes to his aid. 107 00:03:41,540 --> 00:03:43,200 There's a man dying in the ditch. 108 00:03:43,420 --> 00:03:44,820 Jesus said, he's over there. 109 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,520 He's been beaten so bad. 110 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:49,040 He's been robbed of everything he owns. 111 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:54,100 He's dying and three men come by. 112 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,580 The first man that comes by the Bible 113 00:03:56,580 --> 00:03:58,500 says was a priest. 114 00:03:58,860 --> 00:04:00,400 Take your Bibles and look with me if 115 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,160 you will, please. 116 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:07,720 It says in verse 31, it says, and 117 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,400 by chance there came down a certain priest 118 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:09,900 that way. 119 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:11,620 And when he saw him, he passed by 120 00:04:11,620 --> 00:04:12,420 on the other side. 121 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:13,240 Now who were the priests? 122 00:04:13,300 --> 00:04:13,800 Now listen to me. 123 00:04:14,380 --> 00:04:16,300 The priests were the most religious man of 124 00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:16,640 their day. 125 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:18,040 They were the big shots in the church. 126 00:04:18,140 --> 00:04:19,779 They were the big cog in the synagogue. 127 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:22,120 I mean the, the priests, they were the 128 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,200 biggest men in church. 129 00:04:23,260 --> 00:04:23,880 They were respected. 130 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:24,800 They were admired. 131 00:04:25,060 --> 00:04:26,300 They wore beautiful robes. 132 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:27,780 They prayed long prayers. 133 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,680 The priest was the highest ranking man in 134 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:31,120 church. 135 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,320 And he too was traveling on that dusty 136 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,280 road from Jerusalem to Jericho. 137 00:04:35,420 --> 00:04:37,580 Now we don't know why he's traveling, but 138 00:04:37,580 --> 00:04:38,680 I want to tell you, it was very 139 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,340 important business because those roads were so dangerous 140 00:04:41,340 --> 00:04:43,100 that no man would get on that dusty 141 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:45,500 road from Jerusalem to Jericho unless it was 142 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:46,920 very serious business. 143 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,180 So we have the priest. 144 00:04:48,260 --> 00:04:50,660 He's traveling on that road from Jerusalem to 145 00:04:50,660 --> 00:04:53,140 Jericho, but he sees the man lying in 146 00:04:53,140 --> 00:04:55,300 the ditch and what he does, he does 147 00:04:55,300 --> 00:04:56,080 absolutely nothing. 148 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,400 Perhaps he sees the man over there bleeding. 149 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,160 He thinks to himself, you know, that man 150 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,820 has trouble, but you know, I don't have 151 00:05:01,820 --> 00:05:02,860 time to get involved. 152 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,140 I've got an important meeting down the road. 153 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:06,960 I bought this big expensive suit. 154 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:08,440 I might get blood on it. 155 00:05:08,620 --> 00:05:10,120 I mean, this man is in, he's in 156 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:11,700 need, but they've got me on the preaching 157 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:12,260 program. 158 00:05:12,380 --> 00:05:13,540 So I've got to get down there. 159 00:05:13,660 --> 00:05:15,340 It's much more important for me to go 160 00:05:15,340 --> 00:05:17,000 preach to those preachers than to help this 161 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:17,680 dying man. 162 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,780 So the Bible says the priest, he passes 163 00:05:19,780 --> 00:05:21,140 by on the other side. 164 00:05:21,620 --> 00:05:23,860 Now remember a parable is a story that 165 00:05:23,860 --> 00:05:25,880 is given to teach you a deeper spiritual 166 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:26,380 message. 167 00:05:26,540 --> 00:05:29,020 If the man in the ditch represents every 168 00:05:29,020 --> 00:05:31,760 lost sinner without Christ, who does the priest 169 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:32,200 represent? 170 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,880 He represents those of us in church who 171 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,000 are indifferent to lost souls. 172 00:05:37,260 --> 00:05:38,680 Friend, I want to tell you, our churches 173 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,300 today are filled up with preachers and deacons 174 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:44,080 and Sunday school teachers who are totally indifferent 175 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,700 to a lost and dying world. 176 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,720 I'm telling you, sir, every program we have, 177 00:05:49,020 --> 00:05:51,460 every dollar we spend, every activity we take 178 00:05:51,460 --> 00:05:54,040 upon ourselves should have as the end result 179 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,060 to win somebody to Jesus Christ. 180 00:05:56,140 --> 00:05:58,640 And the sad fact is that most Christians 181 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:00,480 have never won anybody to Jesus. 182 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,920 The sad fact is that the majority of 183 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,280 preachers who are in our pulpit today have 184 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:08,160 never won somebody personally to Jesus, their own 185 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:08,460 self. 186 00:06:08,460 --> 00:06:10,580 I'm telling you, we are filled up today 187 00:06:10,580 --> 00:06:12,440 with people in our churches who really could 188 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,620 care less that people die and go to 189 00:06:14,620 --> 00:06:14,920 hell. 190 00:06:15,140 --> 00:06:17,040 The priest passed by on the other side, 191 00:06:17,260 --> 00:06:20,140 just simply indifferent to a lost and dying 192 00:06:20,140 --> 00:06:20,500 world. 193 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:21,240 Are you indifferent? 194 00:06:21,820 --> 00:06:23,220 Do you care if your daddy goes to 195 00:06:23,220 --> 00:06:23,520 hell? 196 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:25,260 Do you care if your mama goes to 197 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:25,540 hell? 198 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,580 Are you concerned that your son goes to 199 00:06:27,580 --> 00:06:27,780 hell? 200 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,020 Does it burden you that men without Christ 201 00:06:30,020 --> 00:06:31,520 go to a place called hell? 202 00:06:31,740 --> 00:06:32,560 Are you like the priest? 203 00:06:32,700 --> 00:06:35,300 You're just simply indifferent to a lost and 204 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:35,900 dying world. 205 00:06:35,980 --> 00:06:38,540 The second man comes by, the Bible says 206 00:06:38,540 --> 00:06:40,560 he was a Levite. 207 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:41,520 Look at verse 32. 208 00:06:42,340 --> 00:06:44,900 It says, and likewise, the Levite, when he 209 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:47,320 was at the place came and looked on 210 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,100 him and passed by on the other side. 211 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,220 Now remember a parable is a story that 212 00:06:52,220 --> 00:06:53,940 is given to teach us a deeper spiritual 213 00:06:53,940 --> 00:06:54,460 message. 214 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,480 The man in the ditch, he represents every 215 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:57,980 lost sinner without Christ. 216 00:06:58,140 --> 00:07:00,700 The priest represents those who are indifferent. 217 00:07:01,100 --> 00:07:02,160 Well, what about the Levite? 218 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:03,480 Well, the Levites were these. 219 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,800 The priest was the highest ranking man in 220 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:06,160 church. 221 00:07:06,500 --> 00:07:08,040 And right below the priest, there were the 222 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:08,540 Levites. 223 00:07:08,700 --> 00:07:11,000 They were the second highest ranking men in 224 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:11,460 the church. 225 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,660 The Levites were the ones that went to 226 00:07:13,660 --> 00:07:15,940 the service and they were responsible for setting 227 00:07:15,940 --> 00:07:18,040 up all the worship furniture so that everybody 228 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:18,860 could have church. 229 00:07:18,980 --> 00:07:20,180 They were very important. 230 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:22,760 And the Levite is also traveling on that 231 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,320 dusty road from Jerusalem to Jericho. 232 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,560 We don't know why he's traveling either, but 233 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:29,980 he at least does more than the priest 234 00:07:29,980 --> 00:07:30,420 does. 235 00:07:30,540 --> 00:07:33,880 The Bible says he at least stops and 236 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,720 looks on the man's condition. 237 00:07:36,220 --> 00:07:37,880 Perhaps he said something like this, you know, 238 00:07:38,220 --> 00:07:39,280 this man's in trouble. 239 00:07:39,820 --> 00:07:41,340 This man's bleeding to death. 240 00:07:41,860 --> 00:07:44,300 Somebody needs to help this man, but I 241 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:45,320 can't get involved. 242 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:47,180 I mean, they can't have church down to 243 00:07:47,180 --> 00:07:48,380 the convention till I get there. 244 00:07:48,580 --> 00:07:50,600 All those preachers, they can't have service till 245 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,260 I get down the road and take care 246 00:07:52,260 --> 00:07:52,780 of their needs. 247 00:07:52,860 --> 00:07:54,480 I mean, I'd like to help this man, 248 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,400 but it's more important that I get down 249 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:57,000 to the convention. 250 00:07:57,220 --> 00:07:58,920 So what I'll do is I'll just say 251 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,160 a little prayer for him that somebody will 252 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:02,380 come by and help him. 253 00:08:02,820 --> 00:08:04,720 And he too passes by on the other 254 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:05,440 side. 255 00:08:06,220 --> 00:08:07,420 Who does the Levite represent? 256 00:08:07,740 --> 00:08:08,520 Listen to me, sir. 257 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,360 The Levite represents those people in church who 258 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:17,120 are too busy doing church things that they 259 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,700 can't do God things. 260 00:08:18,980 --> 00:08:21,300 It is possible to be so wrapped up 261 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:24,580 in religious activities and religious programs that we 262 00:08:24,580 --> 00:08:26,520 fail to do the main work and that 263 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:27,780 is to win men to Christ. 264 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:29,760 It is possible to be so wrapped up 265 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,059 in Sunday school and vacation Bible school and 266 00:08:32,059 --> 00:08:34,480 fellowships and deacons meetings and all kinds of 267 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,140 activities doing this religious stuff that may look 268 00:08:37,140 --> 00:08:39,400 good on the outside and fail to do 269 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,200 the main thing and that is to win 270 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:42,559 men to Jesus Christ. 271 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,820 You see the Levite, he was just too 272 00:08:45,820 --> 00:08:49,420 busy to win this man to Jesus. 273 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,460 Well a third man comes by and he's 274 00:08:53,460 --> 00:08:55,440 the hero of the story. 275 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,160 He was a Samaritan. 276 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:01,320 Now who were the Samaritans? 277 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:02,520 Well let me tell you who the Samaritans 278 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:02,860 were. 279 00:09:03,620 --> 00:09:06,780 The Samaritans were the lowest of the low. 280 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,000 They were the outcast of society. 281 00:09:10,820 --> 00:09:13,020 Why the Samaritans were those folks that lived 282 00:09:13,020 --> 00:09:14,600 on the other side of the track. 283 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:17,340 They were the folks that had the, on 284 00:09:17,340 --> 00:09:19,440 the welfare programs, got the food stamps. 285 00:09:20,100 --> 00:09:21,940 Hey man, nobody liked the Samaritans. 286 00:09:22,620 --> 00:09:23,840 They hated the Samaritans. 287 00:09:23,940 --> 00:09:25,600 Man, if you could live in those days, 288 00:09:25,740 --> 00:09:27,540 sir, and you could choose who you wanted 289 00:09:27,540 --> 00:09:29,460 to be, you would never choose to be 290 00:09:29,460 --> 00:09:30,020 a Samaritan. 291 00:09:30,340 --> 00:09:33,400 Nobody liked the Samaritans and yet Jesus said 292 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,780 it was the Samaritan that did the right 293 00:09:35,780 --> 00:09:36,160 thing. 294 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:38,020 What did he do? 295 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,080 He did five things I want to share 296 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:40,700 with you tonight. 297 00:09:41,300 --> 00:09:45,340 Number one, he went to the dying man. 298 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:46,800 Look what it says in verse 33. 299 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:48,580 It says, but a certain Samaritan as he 300 00:09:48,580 --> 00:09:51,140 journeyed came where he was verse 34 and 301 00:09:51,140 --> 00:09:53,000 went to him. 302 00:09:53,180 --> 00:09:55,420 Now the priest and the Levi, they passed 303 00:09:55,420 --> 00:09:57,300 by on the other side, but here the 304 00:09:57,300 --> 00:10:00,160 Samaritan is he's traveling also on that dusty 305 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:01,940 road from Jerusalem to Jericho. 306 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:04,440 He come upon the man, he stops his 307 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,700 journey and he looks at the man's condition. 308 00:10:06,980 --> 00:10:09,220 He comes to where the man is. 309 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:10,840 Now listen, sir, that's the story of the 310 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,180 Bible about Jesus. 311 00:10:12,420 --> 00:10:15,260 Jesus Christ left the glory of heaven and 312 00:10:15,260 --> 00:10:17,740 he came to planet earth where we are 313 00:10:17,740 --> 00:10:19,300 to save our soul. 314 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:20,880 And if we're going to be like Jesus, 315 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:22,380 if we're going to win a lost and 316 00:10:22,380 --> 00:10:25,520 dying world, we too must go where the 317 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:26,780 lost and dying are. 318 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:28,260 We must get up out of our truck, 319 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,900 comfortable pews out of our comfortable churches, out 320 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:32,020 of our comfortable routines. 321 00:10:32,020 --> 00:10:33,540 And we've got to go into the highways 322 00:10:33,540 --> 00:10:36,520 and the hedges and the byways, the hospitals, 323 00:10:36,780 --> 00:10:40,460 the, the, the housing complexes go into the 324 00:10:40,460 --> 00:10:42,560 jails and the prisons go to where people 325 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,280 are to tell them about Jesus. 326 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,920 Because remember ma'am, a man without Christ 327 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,800 is doomed and down hopeless and helpless, lying 328 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,520 by the ditch, bleeding to death. 329 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,420 And if we're going to serve Christ, we've 330 00:10:53,420 --> 00:10:54,720 got to stop playing church. 331 00:10:54,860 --> 00:10:56,240 We've got to stop pretending. 332 00:10:56,460 --> 00:10:57,900 We've got to put on the whole armor 333 00:10:57,900 --> 00:10:59,580 of God and we've got to go out 334 00:10:59,580 --> 00:11:01,000 and we've got to go to where they 335 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,980 are and tell them about Christ. 336 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:04,780 And I've had men tell me, well, William, 337 00:11:04,900 --> 00:11:06,180 I don't believe in that. 338 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:07,840 You know, I don't believe in going out 339 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:09,880 there and bothering people and knocking on doors 340 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:11,480 and witnessing the people about Christ. 341 00:11:11,740 --> 00:11:13,460 I mean, everybody in the law of Mississippi 342 00:11:13,460 --> 00:11:15,160 knows where this church is and if they 343 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,340 want to come to church, they know they 344 00:11:16,340 --> 00:11:17,180 can come at any time. 345 00:11:17,260 --> 00:11:18,800 Sir, that's the devil talking through you. 346 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:20,880 My friend, the Bible never tells a lost 347 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,620 man to go to church, but the Bible 348 00:11:22,620 --> 00:11:25,200 tells saved men to leave the church and 349 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,280 to go out into the fields. 350 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,780 They are white unto harvest, but we don't 351 00:11:28,780 --> 00:11:30,400 have enough laborers. 352 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,880 We've got to go to where the dying 353 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:35,920 men are. 354 00:11:36,340 --> 00:11:38,140 But number two, not only did he go 355 00:11:38,140 --> 00:11:41,840 where he was, but he had compassion on 356 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:42,160 it. 357 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,180 Verse 33 said he had compassion. 358 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:44,720 He loved him. 359 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:45,880 Now listen very carefully, friends. 360 00:11:46,860 --> 00:11:48,540 He did not love this man because he 361 00:11:48,540 --> 00:11:49,060 knew him. 362 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,540 He did not love him because he was 363 00:11:51,540 --> 00:11:52,060 a relative. 364 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,880 He did not love him because there was 365 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,240 some kind of involvement relationship wise. 366 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,440 He loved him because he was a man 367 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:00,060 in need. 368 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:01,580 He was, he loved him because he was 369 00:12:01,580 --> 00:12:02,860 a man who was dying. 370 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,640 He was a man who had, he needed 371 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:04,980 help. 372 00:12:05,100 --> 00:12:06,300 And I want to tell you friends, if 373 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:08,040 we're going to serve God, we've got to 374 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:09,680 learn to have compassion. 375 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:12,300 And I'm not saying love those that love 376 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:12,940 you back. 377 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:15,100 I'm not saying love those that are nice 378 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:16,580 and clean and respectable. 379 00:12:16,680 --> 00:12:19,120 I'm talking about love those that hate you. 380 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:20,800 Love those that persecute you. 381 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:22,420 Love those that don't look right. 382 00:12:22,620 --> 00:12:24,040 Love those that don't smell right. 383 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,500 Love those that don't run in the same 384 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:26,080 circles with you. 385 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:27,900 Love every single person. 386 00:12:28,140 --> 00:12:31,500 Have compassion because every soul is loved by 387 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:32,040 Christ. 388 00:12:32,380 --> 00:12:33,660 Every soul is eternal. 389 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:35,700 Every soul goes to a place called heaven 390 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:37,200 or a place called hell. 391 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:38,700 And if we're going to be real born 392 00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:41,080 again believers, we've got to have compassion on 393 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,760 a lost and dying world that every man 394 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,880 without Christ could be saved and one day 395 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,680 spend an eternity in a place called heaven. 396 00:12:49,940 --> 00:12:51,840 So the good Samaritan, he went to where 397 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:52,840 the dying man was. 398 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,280 Number one, number two, he had compassion on 399 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:55,460 him. 400 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,500 But number three, he did something for the 401 00:12:57,500 --> 00:12:58,860 man himself. 402 00:12:58,980 --> 00:13:00,240 Look what it says in verse 34. 403 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:03,480 It says, and bound up his wounds, pouring 404 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,200 in oil and wine. 405 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:07,600 Now friend, listen to me very carefully. 406 00:13:07,940 --> 00:13:09,800 The good Samaritan did not simply see the 407 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,560 man over here and go to his knee. 408 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,240 He did not simply say, well, this man 409 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:14,980 is hurt and I've got to, I've got 410 00:13:14,980 --> 00:13:16,160 to have some compassion for him. 411 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:17,420 I feel very sorry for him. 412 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:18,620 He took action. 413 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:19,880 Now man, listen to me very carefully. 414 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:22,180 He did not run back to the pastor 415 00:13:22,180 --> 00:13:24,100 and say, pastor, there's a man dying over 416 00:13:24,100 --> 00:13:25,060 here in the ditch and you've got to 417 00:13:25,060 --> 00:13:25,820 go check him out. 418 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:27,960 They didn't go to a deacons meeting and 419 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:29,220 say, Hey, we've got to take a special 420 00:13:29,220 --> 00:13:30,160 offering for this man. 421 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:32,000 They didn't go to the Wednesday night prayer 422 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,340 meeting and say, you know, we need to 423 00:13:33,340 --> 00:13:35,120 add this old boy to our prayer list. 424 00:13:36,020 --> 00:13:38,780 They took action themselves. 425 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:40,040 You see, for instance, if you're going to 426 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,460 serve God, you've got to be in God's 427 00:13:42,460 --> 00:13:42,740 army. 428 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:45,620 You've got, you have responsibilities to serve God 429 00:13:45,620 --> 00:13:46,140 yourself. 430 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:48,980 You cannot delegate to your pastor or your 431 00:13:48,980 --> 00:13:52,160 staff, the responsibility that God has given to 432 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:52,500 you. 433 00:13:52,700 --> 00:13:55,920 Your pastor, your staff is no more obligated 434 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,340 to God to win people to Christ than 435 00:13:58,340 --> 00:13:59,980 every born again believer. 436 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:02,640 My friend, the Bible commands us to go 437 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,400 out and win the lost and dying world. 438 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,100 You say, well, I don't have the gift 439 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:07,460 of soul winning, sir. 440 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:09,240 So winning is not a gift. 441 00:14:09,380 --> 00:14:10,960 It is a commandment of God. 442 00:14:11,180 --> 00:14:12,600 God commands you. 443 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,720 If you've truly received the spirit of God, 444 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,000 you are commanded to go out into the 445 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:17,320 field. 446 00:14:17,420 --> 00:14:19,060 They're white and to harvest. 447 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,580 They're there ready to be taken, but the 448 00:14:21,580 --> 00:14:22,640 laborers are few. 449 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,040 The Bible says, if you really want to 450 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:26,440 serve God, you've got to get off your 451 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,740 blessed assurance and get out there and serve 452 00:14:28,740 --> 00:14:29,220 God. 453 00:14:29,340 --> 00:14:31,220 I want to tell you, man, having faith 454 00:14:31,220 --> 00:14:32,640 is not something you sit down and dream 455 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:33,840 up in your mind, man. 456 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,300 Faith has sweat to it. 457 00:14:35,620 --> 00:14:37,020 Faith has energy to it. 458 00:14:37,260 --> 00:14:38,560 Faith has feet to it. 459 00:14:38,620 --> 00:14:40,620 If you really believe God, if you really 460 00:14:40,620 --> 00:14:42,220 believe that men are going to hell, that 461 00:14:42,220 --> 00:14:43,740 already gets you up off your seats. 462 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,000 It already gets you out there in the 463 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,920 highways to win men to Christ. 464 00:14:47,100 --> 00:14:48,580 Don't wait for your pastor to do it. 465 00:14:48,740 --> 00:14:50,120 Don't wait for the staff to do it. 466 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:51,400 Don't wait for me to do it. 467 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,200 Every born again believer has a responsibility to 468 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,760 tell the world that Jesus saves, Jesus saves. 469 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,480 He took action himself. 470 00:15:04,060 --> 00:15:05,880 Now, man, I love you, but hear me 471 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:06,240 tonight. 472 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,740 If you are a deacon and you cannot 473 00:15:10,740 --> 00:15:13,540 win somebody to Christ, you either need to 474 00:15:13,540 --> 00:15:15,200 learn how to do it and get busy 475 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,040 doing it or you ought to quit being 476 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:17,420 a deacon. 477 00:15:18,140 --> 00:15:20,860 You have no business being a leader in 478 00:15:20,860 --> 00:15:23,660 this church if you will not or cannot 479 00:15:23,660 --> 00:15:25,100 win somebody to Christ. 480 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,340 I will tell you friends, that is the 481 00:15:27,340 --> 00:15:29,020 first call of a Christian is to go 482 00:15:29,020 --> 00:15:30,880 out and share the gospel with a lost 483 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:31,620 and dying world. 484 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,940 Don't tell me how important you are in 485 00:15:33,940 --> 00:15:34,260 town. 486 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:35,820 Don't tell me how many board of directors 487 00:15:35,820 --> 00:15:36,320 you sit on. 488 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:38,540 Don't tell me how influential you are. 489 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:40,440 Don't tell me the offices you hold in 490 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:40,780 the church. 491 00:15:40,860 --> 00:15:42,660 If you cannot win a man to Christ, 492 00:15:42,820 --> 00:15:45,540 you have absolutely no, you have no reason 493 00:15:45,540 --> 00:15:47,780 to be in a leadership capacity in a 494 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:48,840 New Testament church. 495 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,260 The man took action himself, the good Samaritan. 496 00:15:52,340 --> 00:15:53,600 He did something for the man. 497 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:58,580 But then number four, he was selfless. 498 00:15:59,540 --> 00:16:00,840 He denied himself. 499 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,460 Look at verse three, four, it says, he 500 00:16:02,460 --> 00:16:04,140 set him on his own beast and brought 501 00:16:04,140 --> 00:16:06,760 him to an inn and took care of 502 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:07,220 him. 503 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:09,400 Now friends, I was just very carefully. 504 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:11,300 Here was the Samaritan. 505 00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:13,620 He was traveling on that dusty road from 506 00:16:13,620 --> 00:16:15,300 Jerusalem to Jericho. 507 00:16:15,740 --> 00:16:17,460 Now remember a man did not get on 508 00:16:17,460 --> 00:16:20,080 that dusty road from Jerusalem to Jericho unless 509 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:21,940 it was very important business. 510 00:16:22,380 --> 00:16:23,360 So here was the Samaritan. 511 00:16:23,540 --> 00:16:25,800 He wanted to get to Jericho. 512 00:16:26,540 --> 00:16:29,240 He needed to get to Jericho. 513 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:31,900 He had to get to Jericho. 514 00:16:32,980 --> 00:16:35,000 But when he saw the man dying in 515 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,260 the ditch, he stopped his trip to Jericho. 516 00:16:39,260 --> 00:16:42,800 He denied him self. 517 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:45,140 And that's the story of Jesus. 518 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,400 The Bible says that he denied himself to 519 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:49,760 save your soul, sir. 520 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,580 Jesus Christ, who is God himself left the 521 00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:56,080 glory of heaven and he came to planet 522 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:56,560 earth. 523 00:16:56,700 --> 00:16:58,340 He took on the form of a man. 524 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,020 He gave up his power from heaven simply 525 00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:02,060 to save your soul. 526 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,060 He died on the cross to pay your 527 00:17:04,060 --> 00:17:04,720 sin debt. 528 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,440 He was buried and raised from the dead. 529 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,859 He denied himself simply so you could be 530 00:17:09,859 --> 00:17:11,960 forgiven and go through the gates of glory. 531 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:13,300 And if we're going to serve God, we 532 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:15,040 must learn to deny ourselves. 533 00:17:15,079 --> 00:17:16,579 But here's what I've learned about a lot 534 00:17:16,579 --> 00:17:19,640 of church people, a lot of men, a 535 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,420 lot of women who claim to know Jesus, 536 00:17:21,420 --> 00:17:23,680 they will serve God. 537 00:17:26,030 --> 00:17:27,990 If it doesn't put them out too much, 538 00:17:30,990 --> 00:17:32,130 they'll serve God. 539 00:17:32,190 --> 00:17:33,870 If they can work it in their schedule, 540 00:17:35,190 --> 00:17:36,830 they'll do something for God. 541 00:17:36,850 --> 00:17:39,710 If they got some leftover time after they 542 00:17:39,710 --> 00:17:40,870 have done what they want to do with 543 00:17:40,870 --> 00:17:42,530 their time, as they have spent their money, 544 00:17:42,570 --> 00:17:44,030 like they want to spend it as they've 545 00:17:44,030 --> 00:17:45,590 gone to places they want to go and 546 00:17:45,590 --> 00:17:46,670 live like they want to live. 547 00:17:46,930 --> 00:17:48,830 If there's any time left, if there's any 548 00:17:48,830 --> 00:17:51,170 money left, if there's any energy left, they 549 00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:52,870 throw it to God like a bone to 550 00:17:52,870 --> 00:17:53,570 an old dog. 551 00:17:53,690 --> 00:17:55,830 And I'm telling you that's a sin because 552 00:17:55,830 --> 00:17:57,790 my friend, the Bible commands us to give 553 00:17:57,790 --> 00:18:00,110 God, not the leftovers of our life, but 554 00:18:00,110 --> 00:18:02,110 the best of our lives, not the back 555 00:18:02,110 --> 00:18:04,350 10%, but the top 10%. 556 00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:06,010 We're to give God the best of our 557 00:18:06,010 --> 00:18:08,310 time, the best of our energy, the top 558 00:18:08,310 --> 00:18:08,790 of our money. 559 00:18:08,790 --> 00:18:10,830 We're to give God the best because he 560 00:18:10,830 --> 00:18:12,870 has saved our soul and we must make 561 00:18:12,870 --> 00:18:14,230 up our mind if we're going to serve 562 00:18:14,230 --> 00:18:16,370 the living and true God, we must deny 563 00:18:16,370 --> 00:18:19,310 ourself, put our lusts and our wants back 564 00:18:19,310 --> 00:18:20,990 and give God our very best. 565 00:18:21,990 --> 00:18:26,850 Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow 566 00:18:26,850 --> 00:18:27,930 me, Jesus said. 567 00:18:28,670 --> 00:18:30,550 Oh, the Samaritan, he denied himself. 568 00:18:31,670 --> 00:18:32,650 He took care of this man. 569 00:18:32,710 --> 00:18:33,770 He put him on his own base. 570 00:18:34,730 --> 00:18:37,770 He took him to an end and he 571 00:18:37,770 --> 00:18:38,570 took care of him. 572 00:18:39,110 --> 00:18:40,890 But the final thing he did was he 573 00:18:40,890 --> 00:18:44,510 paid a price to help this man. 574 00:18:45,310 --> 00:18:47,830 In Luke 10 35, it says, and whatsoever 575 00:18:47,830 --> 00:18:50,290 thou spendest more when I come again, I 576 00:18:50,290 --> 00:18:52,370 will repay you. 577 00:18:52,990 --> 00:18:56,450 It costs the good Samaritan to help this 578 00:18:56,450 --> 00:18:56,850 man. 579 00:18:57,410 --> 00:18:58,850 And I want to tell you, it costs 580 00:18:58,850 --> 00:19:02,590 Jesus Christ, his blood to save your soul. 581 00:19:03,030 --> 00:19:04,410 And I will tell you friends, if you're 582 00:19:04,410 --> 00:19:06,390 going to serve Jesus, it's going to cost 583 00:19:06,390 --> 00:19:06,950 you something. 584 00:19:07,590 --> 00:19:09,310 And I'll be quite blunt with you. 585 00:19:09,430 --> 00:19:11,550 If you really serve Christ with all of 586 00:19:11,550 --> 00:19:13,410 your heart, it's going to cost you some 587 00:19:13,410 --> 00:19:13,990 friends. 588 00:19:14,190 --> 00:19:16,170 It's going to cost you some popularity. 589 00:19:16,430 --> 00:19:18,250 It's going to cost you some position in 590 00:19:18,250 --> 00:19:18,670 this world. 591 00:19:18,890 --> 00:19:21,870 You cannot serve the living and true God 592 00:19:21,870 --> 00:19:24,630 with a hot heart and please the world 593 00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:25,750 at the same time. 594 00:19:26,110 --> 00:19:28,090 You cannot serve two masters. 595 00:19:28,370 --> 00:19:30,610 You will love one and hate the other. 596 00:19:30,730 --> 00:19:32,790 The Bible says, love, not the world, neither 597 00:19:32,790 --> 00:19:34,150 the things that are in the world. 598 00:19:34,290 --> 00:19:35,910 If a man loves the world, the love 599 00:19:35,910 --> 00:19:37,810 of the father is not in him. 600 00:19:38,070 --> 00:19:40,650 And David said, I wouldn't give God anything 601 00:19:40,650 --> 00:19:42,230 that didn't cost me something. 602 00:19:43,430 --> 00:19:46,230 You got to pay a price to serve 603 00:19:46,230 --> 00:19:46,770 Jesus. 604 00:19:47,390 --> 00:19:49,250 The Bible says, count the cost. 605 00:19:49,850 --> 00:19:51,170 You see the reason most men are not 606 00:19:51,170 --> 00:19:53,550 saved is because they count the cost. 607 00:19:53,630 --> 00:19:54,610 It's too high a price. 608 00:19:55,110 --> 00:19:56,850 They have to give up some friends, give 609 00:19:56,850 --> 00:19:58,410 up some sin, give up something they want 610 00:19:58,410 --> 00:19:59,910 to do and give their life to Christ. 611 00:19:59,990 --> 00:20:01,690 What they don't know is there's more to 612 00:20:01,690 --> 00:20:03,750 be gained than there is to be given 613 00:20:03,750 --> 00:20:04,130 up. 614 00:20:04,590 --> 00:20:05,650 Because my friends, you're here tonight. 615 00:20:05,730 --> 00:20:06,730 I want to tell you to serve God 616 00:20:06,730 --> 00:20:07,810 with all of your heart is the greatest 617 00:20:07,810 --> 00:20:08,850 thing that a man can do. 618 00:20:09,250 --> 00:20:10,790 There's no greater thing a man can do 619 00:20:10,790 --> 00:20:12,270 than to give God all of his life, 620 00:20:12,330 --> 00:20:13,890 to have a passion for God. 621 00:20:14,070 --> 00:20:15,710 There's no greater thing is to go out 622 00:20:15,710 --> 00:20:16,610 and win people to Christ. 623 00:20:16,770 --> 00:20:18,630 There's no greater thing to tell somebody how 624 00:20:18,630 --> 00:20:19,170 to be saved. 625 00:20:19,410 --> 00:20:21,230 Friend, this is a cold, cruel world and 626 00:20:21,230 --> 00:20:23,070 people are dying and going to hell all 627 00:20:23,070 --> 00:20:23,670 around us. 628 00:20:23,830 --> 00:20:24,810 We've got to wake up. 629 00:20:25,010 --> 00:20:25,930 We've got to get excited. 630 00:20:26,110 --> 00:20:27,410 We've got to have a passion for the 631 00:20:27,410 --> 00:20:28,050 things of God. 632 00:20:28,210 --> 00:20:29,750 We've got 14 more services. 633 00:20:30,070 --> 00:20:31,770 If you're going to win law, Mississippi, you've 634 00:20:31,770 --> 00:20:32,410 got to get to work. 635 00:20:32,650 --> 00:20:33,750 You've got to get to work. 636 00:20:33,990 --> 00:20:35,110 You've got to deny yourself. 637 00:20:35,290 --> 00:20:36,310 You've got to pay a price. 638 00:20:36,490 --> 00:20:38,570 We've got to seize the opportunity to tell 639 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:40,610 these folks that Christ can really make a 640 00:20:40,610 --> 00:20:41,310 difference in their life. 641 00:20:41,370 --> 00:20:43,230 I'm telling you, I have traveled for the 642 00:20:43,230 --> 00:20:44,210 last 12 years. 643 00:20:44,270 --> 00:20:46,830 I have traveled 40 weeks of the year 644 00:20:46,830 --> 00:20:49,990 preaching revival out of that 12 years. 645 00:20:50,050 --> 00:20:51,910 I figured up one time that out at 646 00:20:51,910 --> 00:20:54,810 12 years, I have spent eight years of 647 00:20:54,810 --> 00:20:57,050 that on the road away from home. 648 00:20:57,350 --> 00:20:59,250 And I'm telling you son, many times I 649 00:20:59,250 --> 00:21:00,070 get discouraged. 650 00:21:00,410 --> 00:21:01,830 Friend, I'll tell you what, I'm not in 651 00:21:01,830 --> 00:21:02,430 this for the money. 652 00:21:02,770 --> 00:21:03,970 And don't you kid yourself, buddy. 653 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:05,330 There's a lot of things I can do 654 00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:06,730 with my life to make a lot more 655 00:21:06,730 --> 00:21:08,370 money than I'm making now with a lot 656 00:21:08,370 --> 00:21:10,230 less aggravation that I'm putting up with. 657 00:21:10,370 --> 00:21:12,090 And I'm telling you many times I'm out 658 00:21:12,090 --> 00:21:13,850 there and I'm beating my head against the 659 00:21:13,850 --> 00:21:15,570 wall and I'm thinking to myself, is it 660 00:21:15,570 --> 00:21:15,970 worth it? 661 00:21:16,130 --> 00:21:17,650 Does anybody care what I'm doing? 662 00:21:17,810 --> 00:21:19,890 Does it really make a difference in somebody's 663 00:21:19,890 --> 00:21:20,170 life? 664 00:21:20,270 --> 00:21:22,210 And many times I'll be discouraged and the 665 00:21:22,210 --> 00:21:23,110 money will be tight. 666 00:21:23,310 --> 00:21:24,350 And I'm thinking, why don't I just quit 667 00:21:24,350 --> 00:21:25,810 it all and go home and get a 668 00:21:25,810 --> 00:21:27,470 job and take care of my family. 669 00:21:27,690 --> 00:21:29,550 And I'll be out sometime in a little 670 00:21:29,550 --> 00:21:32,550 small town, maybe walking through a store, feeling 671 00:21:32,550 --> 00:21:34,610 sorry for myself and somebody will call my 672 00:21:34,610 --> 00:21:37,210 name and I'll turn around. 673 00:21:39,010 --> 00:21:40,910 Some little teenager will run up and hug 674 00:21:40,910 --> 00:21:43,850 my neck and say, don't you remember me? 675 00:21:45,130 --> 00:21:47,070 You were here two years ago when I 676 00:21:47,070 --> 00:21:50,860 got saved and my life's never been the 677 00:21:50,860 --> 00:21:51,100 same. 678 00:21:52,860 --> 00:21:53,580 Oh, hallelujah. 679 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,040 Does it pay to serve Christ? 680 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,300 You better believe it, but it's going to 681 00:21:57,300 --> 00:21:57,800 cost you. 682 00:21:57,940 --> 00:21:59,220 You cannot be a friend of the world 683 00:21:59,220 --> 00:22:00,860 and a friend of God at the same 684 00:22:00,860 --> 00:22:01,260 time. 685 00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:02,860 You must make a choice tonight. 686 00:22:03,140 --> 00:22:05,360 You must choose the God of your life, 687 00:22:05,460 --> 00:22:05,560 sir. 688 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,380 You must choose to give your life to 689 00:22:07,380 --> 00:22:08,680 God or give your life to sin. 690 00:22:08,740 --> 00:22:09,940 You cannot serve both of them. 691 00:22:10,140 --> 00:22:11,480 And there are many of you here tonight. 692 00:22:11,620 --> 00:22:13,080 You have been given your life to the 693 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:13,300 devil. 694 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,700 You've given your life to sin and lust. 695 00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:17,300 You've done what you want to do when 696 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:17,940 you want to do it. 697 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,620 You have ignored God with your life and 698 00:22:19,620 --> 00:22:20,600 tonight you're lost. 699 00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:22,160 You're that man lying in the ditch. 700 00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:24,200 At this very moment, you're lying in that 701 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:24,460 ditch. 702 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,400 Your blood is flowing out of your body. 703 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:27,680 You are doomed and damned. 704 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:28,380 You are hopeless. 705 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,400 And I've come to point you to Jesus. 706 00:22:30,820 --> 00:22:32,460 And tonight you've got a chance to get 707 00:22:32,460 --> 00:22:33,020 out of that ditch. 708 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,020 You've got a chance to go and have 709 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:35,520 some help. 710 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:37,420 You have a chance tonight to have to 711 00:22:37,420 --> 00:22:39,060 be born again by the Holy Spirit. 712 00:22:39,260 --> 00:22:41,100 It is the opportunity of a lifetime. 713 00:22:41,540 --> 00:22:43,820 You need to run to Christ tonight and 714 00:22:43,820 --> 00:22:46,560 be saved before it's too late. 715 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:51,540 Oh, several years ago in Atlanta, Georgia, a 716 00:22:51,540 --> 00:22:54,640 newspaper article came out and it told the 717 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,180 story of a teenage girl by the name 718 00:22:56,180 --> 00:22:57,640 of Wanda Williams. 719 00:22:58,660 --> 00:23:01,760 Wanda Williams was a typical teenager and it 720 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:02,700 was New Year's Eve. 721 00:23:02,780 --> 00:23:04,660 So Wanda went out to a New Year's 722 00:23:04,660 --> 00:23:05,260 Eve party. 723 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,240 Her parents went out to their party. 724 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,880 The parents came in early and they thought 725 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:11,680 Wanda was still out partying. 726 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:12,600 So they went to bed. 727 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,960 The next morning they woke up and mother 728 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:15,540 was in the kitchen. 729 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,120 She was preparing breakfast and and breakfast got 730 00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:19,320 ready. 731 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,160 They called Wanda to breakfast, but Wanda didn't 732 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:22,640 come. 733 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:25,260 So her dad went to the bedroom to 734 00:23:25,260 --> 00:23:27,360 check on Wanda, but the bed had not 735 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:28,340 been slept in. 736 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,040 There was a note on the dresser and 737 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,100 the note said, you'll find me in the 738 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:35,600 garage. 739 00:23:38,910 --> 00:23:40,310 And her dad ran to the garage and 740 00:23:40,310 --> 00:23:42,750 there she was, his beautiful teenage daughter hanging 741 00:23:42,750 --> 00:23:44,170 by a rope from by her neck. 742 00:23:44,350 --> 00:23:46,270 There was a second note on the floor 743 00:23:46,270 --> 00:23:47,530 and the second note said this. 744 00:23:47,590 --> 00:23:52,370 It said, all last year I was alone 745 00:23:52,370 --> 00:23:54,370 and I was miserable. 746 00:23:55,050 --> 00:23:56,670 And so I prayed to God, I said, 747 00:23:56,730 --> 00:23:59,030 God, I can't live like this anymore. 748 00:23:59,890 --> 00:24:01,330 You've got to change my life. 749 00:24:01,430 --> 00:24:02,350 You've got to point me in a new 750 00:24:02,350 --> 00:24:02,770 direction. 751 00:24:02,870 --> 00:24:04,530 And she said, God, if my life doesn't 752 00:24:04,530 --> 00:24:06,230 change, if something doesn't happen in my heart, 753 00:24:06,410 --> 00:24:08,390 she said, God, if a year goes by 754 00:24:08,390 --> 00:24:10,470 and something doesn't change my life, God, I 755 00:24:10,470 --> 00:24:11,470 don't want to go on living. 756 00:24:12,570 --> 00:24:13,990 And she said, another year has gone by 757 00:24:13,990 --> 00:24:14,790 and nothing's happened. 758 00:24:15,510 --> 00:24:17,230 And so she hanged herself. 759 00:24:18,030 --> 00:24:20,650 Now, did God, didn't God love Wanda Williams? 760 00:24:21,370 --> 00:24:22,350 Sure he did. 761 00:24:22,850 --> 00:24:25,190 Didn't God hear the prayers of Wanda Williams? 762 00:24:26,050 --> 00:24:27,090 Sure he did. 763 00:24:27,430 --> 00:24:29,570 But my dear friends, the way God operates 764 00:24:29,570 --> 00:24:30,990 on planet earth is this. 765 00:24:31,450 --> 00:24:33,930 God works through us who are his children. 766 00:24:34,270 --> 00:24:35,790 We are his ambassadors. 767 00:24:36,290 --> 00:24:38,730 God speaks to our heart and he lays 768 00:24:38,730 --> 00:24:40,650 people on our hearts and we're to go 769 00:24:40,650 --> 00:24:42,770 and share with them the good news of 770 00:24:42,770 --> 00:24:43,630 Jesus Christ. 771 00:24:43,810 --> 00:24:46,030 And I believe in Atlanta, Georgia, there was 772 00:24:46,030 --> 00:24:48,650 somebody that was touched about Wanda, but whoever 773 00:24:48,650 --> 00:24:50,710 God spoke to in Atlanta, Georgia, they didn't 774 00:24:50,710 --> 00:24:51,410 have the time. 775 00:24:51,530 --> 00:24:53,050 They were too wrapped up in their activities. 776 00:24:53,270 --> 00:24:54,770 They didn't have time to go and tell 777 00:24:54,770 --> 00:24:56,450 a little girl how her life could be 778 00:24:56,450 --> 00:24:56,910 changed. 779 00:24:57,070 --> 00:24:58,270 And I believe they'd gone and told her 780 00:24:58,270 --> 00:24:58,810 about Jesus. 781 00:24:58,990 --> 00:25:01,970 She'd be alive tonight, but nobody had the 782 00:25:01,970 --> 00:25:03,610 time to worry about Wanda. 783 00:25:04,530 --> 00:25:05,730 Hey, have you ever had a feeling in 784 00:25:05,730 --> 00:25:07,730 your heart that you wanted to tell somebody 785 00:25:07,730 --> 00:25:10,650 about Jesus or invite somebody to the revival, 786 00:25:10,650 --> 00:25:12,290 but you just kind of pushed it back 787 00:25:12,290 --> 00:25:13,150 and didn't do it? 788 00:25:13,870 --> 00:25:15,230 That was the Holy Spirit. 789 00:25:15,750 --> 00:25:17,770 That was the Holy Spirit of God trying 790 00:25:17,770 --> 00:25:19,390 to reach that person through you. 791 00:25:19,870 --> 00:25:21,130 And my friends, I want to tell you, 792 00:25:21,250 --> 00:25:23,690 there are people all around us in Laurel, 793 00:25:23,910 --> 00:25:26,170 in Jones County, in Mississippi, there are people 794 00:25:26,170 --> 00:25:28,630 all around us that God is wanting to 795 00:25:28,630 --> 00:25:31,170 get to and he's laying them on our 796 00:25:31,170 --> 00:25:31,610 heart. 797 00:25:32,010 --> 00:25:34,170 And our responsibility is to go to where 798 00:25:34,170 --> 00:25:36,950 they are and to have compassion on them 799 00:25:36,950 --> 00:25:39,150 and to give and to do something for 800 00:25:39,150 --> 00:25:41,870 them, to tell them about Christ, to be 801 00:25:41,870 --> 00:25:44,450 selfish, to deny ourselves, to pay whatever price 802 00:25:44,450 --> 00:25:47,730 it takes to win them to a lost 803 00:25:47,730 --> 00:25:48,970 and dying world. 804 00:25:49,910 --> 00:25:51,790 You see, I was lost for a long 805 00:25:51,790 --> 00:25:52,270 time. 806 00:25:53,270 --> 00:25:55,050 I was that man in a ditch for 807 00:25:55,050 --> 00:25:56,070 a long time. 808 00:25:57,030 --> 00:25:59,170 And I'm telling you, it breaks my heart. 809 00:26:00,170 --> 00:26:04,650 As a teenage boy in college with 50 810 00:26:04,650 --> 00:26:09,370 Baptist churches within a five mile radius, nobody 811 00:26:09,370 --> 00:26:11,030 ever told me about Jesus. 812 00:26:12,210 --> 00:26:14,530 Nobody ever invited me to church. 813 00:26:15,970 --> 00:26:18,450 No man cared for my soul. 814 00:26:19,670 --> 00:26:21,750 And I lay in the ditch for a 815 00:26:21,750 --> 00:26:25,390 long time, bleeding to death. 816 00:26:26,690 --> 00:26:29,990 But praise God, there was a man who 817 00:26:29,990 --> 00:26:32,990 came to my aid, a man who sat 818 00:26:32,990 --> 00:26:36,630 me down and took a Bible and told 819 00:26:36,630 --> 00:26:37,550 me about Jesus. 820 00:26:38,750 --> 00:26:42,610 And my life was saved and my soul 821 00:26:42,610 --> 00:26:45,930 was saved because somebody cared. 822 00:26:47,150 --> 00:26:48,870 There are some of you here tonight just 823 00:26:48,870 --> 00:26:49,710 like I was. 824 00:26:50,670 --> 00:26:53,350 You're in that ditch and right now you 825 00:26:53,350 --> 00:26:56,770 don't have Jesus and your heart is empty 826 00:26:56,770 --> 00:27:00,450 and you're alone and you're wondering what life's 827 00:27:00,450 --> 00:27:00,870 all about. 828 00:27:01,650 --> 00:27:03,130 And I'm here to tell you that in 829 00:27:03,130 --> 00:27:04,890 that ditch you can lay there and you 830 00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:06,630 can die and you can bleed to death 831 00:27:06,630 --> 00:27:08,310 and you can go straight to hell. 832 00:27:09,050 --> 00:27:12,310 But tonight there's a Samaritan here that wants 833 00:27:12,310 --> 00:27:14,850 to help you, that wants to love you, 834 00:27:15,350 --> 00:27:17,810 that wants to point you to Jesus, that 835 00:27:17,810 --> 00:27:20,710 wants to save your life and save your 836 00:27:20,710 --> 00:27:21,070 soul. 837 00:27:21,710 --> 00:27:23,090 But you've got to want help. 838 00:27:23,790 --> 00:27:25,650 You see the problem is you've sinned against 839 00:27:25,650 --> 00:27:26,110 God. 840 00:27:26,610 --> 00:27:28,290 You've rebelled against God. 841 00:27:28,770 --> 00:27:30,130 You've broken God's law. 842 00:27:30,270 --> 00:27:31,290 You've broken God's heart. 843 00:27:31,370 --> 00:27:33,370 You've lived a selfish and self-centered life. 844 00:27:33,910 --> 00:27:35,330 You have ignored God. 845 00:27:35,870 --> 00:27:37,950 And even though God loves you, God hates 846 00:27:37,950 --> 00:27:39,130 the way you've been living, sir. 847 00:27:39,530 --> 00:27:40,810 He hates your sin. 848 00:27:41,150 --> 00:27:43,190 And God has given his word the wages 849 00:27:43,190 --> 00:27:45,890 of sin is death because you have sinned 850 00:27:45,890 --> 00:27:47,250 against the most high God. 851 00:27:47,330 --> 00:27:49,290 At this very moment you are doomed and 852 00:27:49,290 --> 00:27:49,730 damned. 853 00:27:50,030 --> 00:27:51,390 There's no hope for you. 854 00:27:51,550 --> 00:27:53,530 But the Bible says God loves you so 855 00:27:53,530 --> 00:27:55,610 much he sent a Samaritan. 856 00:27:56,270 --> 00:27:58,290 He sent Jesus, his son. 857 00:27:58,790 --> 00:28:00,850 And Jesus came and Jesus took all of 858 00:28:00,850 --> 00:28:02,870 your sins and he went to a cross 859 00:28:02,870 --> 00:28:04,010 and he took your place. 860 00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:06,330 He paid your sin debt for you. 861 00:28:06,530 --> 00:28:08,550 He suffered hell so that you could enjoy 862 00:28:08,550 --> 00:28:08,930 heaven. 863 00:28:09,270 --> 00:28:11,070 He died so that you could live. 864 00:28:11,430 --> 00:28:12,930 Then he was buried in a tomb after 865 00:28:12,930 --> 00:28:14,210 three days of being dead. 866 00:28:14,510 --> 00:28:16,490 God the father raised him from the dead. 867 00:28:16,570 --> 00:28:19,170 He's alive tonight and one day he's coming 868 00:28:19,170 --> 00:28:19,510 back. 869 00:28:19,570 --> 00:28:20,970 You say, William, I've heard the story about 870 00:28:20,970 --> 00:28:21,370 Jesus. 871 00:28:21,650 --> 00:28:22,510 Sir, listen to me. 872 00:28:22,810 --> 00:28:24,370 It's not enough to hear the story about 873 00:28:24,370 --> 00:28:24,710 Jesus. 874 00:28:25,050 --> 00:28:27,010 You've got to admit that you're a sinner. 875 00:28:27,290 --> 00:28:29,050 You've got to admit you're a rebel. 876 00:28:29,270 --> 00:28:30,990 You've got to get honest with God. 877 00:28:31,150 --> 00:28:32,870 You've got to say, God, I'm a sinner 878 00:28:32,870 --> 00:28:33,530 and I'm sorry. 879 00:28:33,710 --> 00:28:35,250 And then you must repent of that sin. 880 00:28:35,530 --> 00:28:36,270 Turn away from it. 881 00:28:36,290 --> 00:28:38,290 You cannot come to Jesus with sin in 882 00:28:38,290 --> 00:28:40,030 your life and sin in your heart. 883 00:28:40,290 --> 00:28:41,850 You've got to let go of that fornication. 884 00:28:42,550 --> 00:28:43,870 You've got to let go of that adultery. 885 00:28:44,270 --> 00:28:45,790 You've got to let go of those lies 886 00:28:45,790 --> 00:28:47,310 and that backbiting and that drinking. 887 00:28:47,750 --> 00:28:49,070 You've got to let go of that rebellion 888 00:28:49,070 --> 00:28:49,950 against God. 889 00:28:50,230 --> 00:28:51,590 You've got to let go of that pride 890 00:28:51,590 --> 00:28:53,630 and that self-centeredness and you've got to 891 00:28:53,630 --> 00:28:54,530 turn away from it. 892 00:28:54,590 --> 00:28:56,170 You've got to give your life to Jesus 893 00:28:56,650 --> 00:28:57,910 holding nothing back. 894 00:28:58,590 --> 00:29:01,590 But if you'll do that, the good Samaritan 895 00:29:01,590 --> 00:29:03,090 will put you on his own beast. 896 00:29:03,970 --> 00:29:05,290 He'll take you to an end and take 897 00:29:05,290 --> 00:29:05,930 care of you. 898 00:29:06,510 --> 00:29:07,090 You know why? 899 00:29:07,170 --> 00:29:08,850 Because he has compassion on you. 900 00:29:09,770 --> 00:29:12,750 He'll save your soul if you'll give your 901 00:29:12,750 --> 00:29:13,530 life to him. 902 00:29:14,390 --> 00:29:16,830 If you were to die tonight, what would 903 00:29:16,830 --> 00:29:17,390 happen to you? 904 00:29:19,030 --> 00:29:20,470 If you were to die tonight, what would 905 00:29:20,470 --> 00:29:21,090 happen to you? 906 00:29:21,610 --> 00:29:23,310 You say, I believe I'd go to heaven. 907 00:29:24,370 --> 00:29:25,430 Why do you believe that? 908 00:29:26,150 --> 00:29:27,390 What makes you think you're going to heaven 909 00:29:27,390 --> 00:29:27,990 when you die? 910 00:29:28,130 --> 00:29:29,050 You say, well, when I was a little 911 00:29:29,050 --> 00:29:30,790 boy, I walked down that aisle and I 912 00:29:30,790 --> 00:29:32,590 made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, 913 00:29:32,670 --> 00:29:33,550 got baptized, sir. 914 00:29:33,690 --> 00:29:34,990 That doesn't mean you're saved. 915 00:29:35,330 --> 00:29:36,830 That just means you say you're saved. 916 00:29:36,950 --> 00:29:37,430 You know why? 917 00:29:37,770 --> 00:29:38,930 Jesus said, there are a whole bunch of 918 00:29:38,930 --> 00:29:40,950 folks that say they are saved, but with 919 00:29:40,950 --> 00:29:42,470 their heart, they're denying me. 920 00:29:42,630 --> 00:29:43,650 They're a long way from me. 921 00:29:43,850 --> 00:29:45,790 See, a profession of faith in Jesus means 922 00:29:45,790 --> 00:29:48,510 nothing unless you let go of sin and 923 00:29:48,510 --> 00:29:50,470 your heart was changed by Jesus. 924 00:29:50,830 --> 00:29:52,250 You say, well, I believe in Jesus. 925 00:29:52,330 --> 00:29:53,550 The Bible says you'll believe in Jesus. 926 00:29:53,610 --> 00:29:54,230 You'll be saved. 927 00:29:54,410 --> 00:29:56,530 But the Bible also says the devil believes 928 00:29:56,530 --> 00:29:57,350 in Jesus, sir. 929 00:29:57,690 --> 00:29:59,230 You can believe in Jesus and go straight 930 00:29:59,230 --> 00:29:59,770 to hell. 931 00:30:00,130 --> 00:30:01,130 You see, it's not a matter of believing 932 00:30:01,130 --> 00:30:01,570 in your head. 933 00:30:01,630 --> 00:30:02,830 You've got to commit your life to him, 934 00:30:03,090 --> 00:30:04,790 surrender your will to him, become one with 935 00:30:04,790 --> 00:30:04,990 him. 936 00:30:05,710 --> 00:30:07,070 You see, you're lying by the ditch and 937 00:30:07,070 --> 00:30:08,490 you're dying at this very moment. 938 00:30:08,790 --> 00:30:10,730 And tonight God wants you to, wants to 939 00:30:10,730 --> 00:30:11,410 save you. 940 00:30:11,570 --> 00:30:13,130 But what you must do right now is 941 00:30:13,130 --> 00:30:14,450 you must get honest with God. 942 00:30:14,590 --> 00:30:16,190 You must repent of your sin. 943 00:30:16,530 --> 00:30:18,790 You must leave your religion behind, leave that 944 00:30:18,790 --> 00:30:21,150 profession of faith behind, leave all that church 945 00:30:21,150 --> 00:30:23,030 stuff behind, and you've got to turn your 946 00:30:23,030 --> 00:30:24,930 life over to the living and true God. 947 00:30:25,170 --> 00:30:28,670 Take him as Lord, Savior, God, boss, master, 948 00:30:28,950 --> 00:30:29,910 owner of your life. 949 00:30:30,790 --> 00:30:34,070 And when God sees you serious, he'll get 950 00:30:34,070 --> 00:30:36,650 serious and he'll forgive you of every sin 951 00:30:36,650 --> 00:30:37,290 you've ever committed. 952 00:30:37,930 --> 00:30:39,530 He'll put his spirit in your heart to 953 00:30:39,530 --> 00:30:40,690 guide you and direct you. 954 00:30:41,230 --> 00:30:42,510 He'll write your name down in heaven, in 955 00:30:42,510 --> 00:30:45,350 the Lamb's book of life, simply for one 956 00:30:45,350 --> 00:30:48,270 reason now, because he loves you. 957 00:30:49,250 --> 00:30:49,850 Hallelujah. 958 00:30:50,810 --> 00:30:51,350 Hallelujah. 959 00:30:52,410 --> 00:30:53,350 What a Savior. 960 00:30:54,250 --> 00:30:55,070 Let's bow our heads. 961 00:30:55,750 --> 00:30:57,570 You have been listening to the From the 962 00:30:57,570 --> 00:30:59,290 Pulpit and Classic Sermons series. 963 00:31:00,090 --> 00:31:02,330 This week, you heard William Blackburn with his 964 00:31:02,330 --> 00:31:04,870 message, How to Be a Good Samaritan. 965 00:31:05,990 --> 00:31:08,450 Tune in next week for another powerful message 966 00:31:08,450 --> 00:31:11,450 from God's Word on From the Pulpit and 967 00:31:11,450 --> 00:31:12,590 Classic Sermons.