Now, we read in 1 Samuel, chapter 1,
verse 1, Now there was a certain man,
there was a certain man of Ramoth, Amzophim,
of Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah.
His name was Elkanah.
Verse 2, and he had two wives.
He had two wives.
The name of the one was Hannah, and
the name of the other, Peninah.
And Peninah had children, but Hannah
had no children.
And this man went up out of his
city early to worship and to sacrifice unto
the Lord of hosts in Shiloh.
And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.
And when the time was that Elkanah offered,
he gave to Peninah, his wife, and to
all her sons and her daughters, portions.
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion,
for he loved Hannah.
But the Lord had shut up her womb.
The Lord had shut up her womb, and
her adversary also provoked her sore for to
make a threat, because the Lord had shut
up her womb.
And as he did so year by year,
when she went up to the house of
the Lord, so she provoked her.
Therefore she wept and did not eat.
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah,
why weepest thou?
And why eatest thou not?
And why is thy heart grieved?
Am I not I better to thee than
ten sons?
So Hannah rose up after they had eaten
in Shiloh, and after they had drunk.
Now Eli, the priest, sat upon a seat
by a post of the temple of the
Lord.
And she was in bitterness of soul, and
prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
And she vowed a vow, and said, O
Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look
on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember
me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt
give unto thine handmaid a man child, then
I will give him unto the Lord for
all the days of his life.
And there shall no razor come upon his
head.
And it came to pass, as she continued
praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her
mouth.
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart, only
her lips moved, but her voice was not
heard.
Therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt
thou be drunken?
How long wilt thou be drunken?
Put away thy wine from thee.
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord,
I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit.
I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink,
but have poured out my soul before the
Lord.
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of
Belial, for out of the abundance of my
complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace,
and the God of Israel grant thee thy
petition that thou hast of him.
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace
in thy sight.
So the woman went her way, and did
eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
They rose up in the morning early, and
worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came
to their house to Ramah.
And Elkanah knew Hannah.
Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord
remembered her.
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time
was come about after Hannah had conceived, that
she bear a son.
She bear a son, and called his name
Shammayuah, saying, Because
I have asked him of the Lord.
And the man Elkanah and all his house
went up to offer unto the Lord the
yearly sacrifice and his vow.
But Hannah went not up, for she said
unto her husband, I will not go up
until the child be weaned.
And then I will bring him, that he
may appear before the Lord, and there abide
forever.
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do
what seemeth thee good, tarry until thou have
weaned him.
Only the Lord establish his word.
So the woman abode, and gave her son
Sock, until she weaned him.
And when she had weaned him, she took
him up with her with three bullocks, and
one effer of flour, and a bottle of
wine, and brought him unto the house of
the Lord in Shiloh.
And the child was young.
The child was young, and they slew a
bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
And she said, Oh, my Lord, as thy
soul liveth, my Lord.
I am the woman that stood by thee
here, praying unto the Lord, for this child
I prayed.
And the Lord hath given me my petition,
which I asked of him.
Therefore, also, I have lent him to the
Lord.
As long as he liveth, he shall be
lent to the Lord.
And he worshipped the Lord.
He worshipped the Lord there.
Chapter 2, verse 11.
And Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house,
and the child did minister unto the Lord
before Eli the priest.
Now the sons of Eli were sons of
Belial.
That is, they were worthless men.
They were worthless.
They knew not the Lord.
Verse 17.
Wherefore, the sin of the young men was
very great before the Lord.
For men abhorred the offering of the Lord.
But Samuel ministered before the Lord.
Being a child girded with a linen effort,
moreover, his mother made him a little coat.
And brought it unto him from year to
year, when she came up with her husband,
to offer the yearly sacrifice.
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife and
said, The Lord give thee seed of this
woman.
For the loan which is lent to the
Lord.
And they went unto their own home.
And the Lord visited Hannah.
So that she conceived and bared three sons
and two daughters.
And the child, Samuel, grew before the Lord.
Now Eli was very old.
Eli was very old.
And heard all that his sons did unto
all Israel.
And how they lay with the woman that
assembled at the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation.
And he said unto them, Why do ye
such things?
Why do ye such things?
For I hear of your evil dealings by
all this people.
Nay, my sons, for it is no good
report that I hear.
Ye make the Lord's people to transgress.
If one man sin against another, the judge
shall judge him.
But if a man sin against the Lord,
who shall entreat for him?
Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of
their father.
Because the Lord would slay them.
And the child, Samuel, grew on and was
in favor both of the Lord and also
with men.
And there came a man of God.
There came a man of God unto Eli
and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord,
verse 33, All the increase of thine house
shall die in the flower of their age.
And this shall be a sign unto thee
that shall come upon thy two sons, on
Hophni and Phinehas.
In one day they shall die, both of
them.
Chapter 3, verse 1.
And the child, Samuel, ministered unto the Lord
before Eli.
The child, Samuel, ministered unto the Lord before
Eli.
The word of the Lord was precious in
those days.
The word of the Lord was precious in
those days.
There was no open vision.
And it came to pass at that time
when Eli was laid down in his place.
And his eyes began to wax dim that
he could not see.
And ere the lamp of God went out
in the temple of the Lord where the
ark of God was, and Samuel was laid
down to sleep, the Lord called, Samuel.
And he answered, Here am I.
And he ran unto Eli and said, Here
am I, for thou callest me.
And he said, I called not.
Lie down again.
And he went and lay down.
And the Lord called yet again, Samuel.
And Samuel arose and went to Eli and
said, Here am I, for thou didst call
me.
And he answered, I called not, my son.
Lie down again.
And Samuel did not yet know the Lord.
Samuel did not yet know the Lord.
Neither was the word of the Lord yet
revealed unto him.
And the Lord called Samuel again the third
time.
And he arose and went to Eli and
said, Here am I, for thou didst call
me.
And Eli perceived that the Lord
had called the child.
Therefore Eli said unto him, Go, lie down.
And it shall be, if he call thee,
that thou shalt say, Speak.
Lord, for thy servant heareth.
So Samuel went and lay down in his
place.
And the Lord came and stood and called
as at other times, Samuel.
Then Samuel answered, Speak, for
thy servant heareth.
And the Lord said unto Samuel, Behold, I
will do a thing in Israel at which
both the ears of every one that heareth
it shall tingle.
In that day I will perform against Eli
all things which I have spoken concerning his
house.
When I begin, I will also make an
end.
For I have told him that I will
judge his house forever for the iniquity which
he knoweth.
Because his sons made themselves vile and he
restrained them not.
And therefore I have sworn unto the house
of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house
shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering
forever.
And Samuel lay, Samuel lay until
the morning and opened the doors of the
house of the Lord.
And Samuel feared, Samuel feared to show Eli
the vision.
Then Eli called Samuel and said, Samuel, my
son.
And he answered, Here am I.
And he said, What is the thing that
the Lord hath said unto thee?
I pray thee, hide it not from me.
God do so to thee and more also
if thou hide anything from me of all
the things that he hath said unto thee.
And Samuel told him every wit and hid
nothing from him.
And he said, It is the Lord.
Let him do what seemeth him good.
And Samuel grew and the Lord was with
him and did let none of his words
fall to the ground.
And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba
knew that Samuel was established to be a
prophet of the Lord.
And the Lord appeared again in Silo for
the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Silo
by the word of the Lord.
And the word of Samuel came to all
Israel.
The word of Samuel came to all Israel.
Now, our beloved, in these passages from God's
sacred word, we are given many fearful
revelations in the light of the rest of
the scriptures.
We are given many fearful, staggering revelations.
Firstly, we see in these two sons
of Eli that it is possible to be
in God's service, to be tolerated and allowed
in God's service, though we are wicked, vile,
worthless men.
It's possible through circumstances in this world today.
I wonder what percentage of preachers under the
banner of Christianity, even evangelical Christianity worldwide.
You see, Jesus said, Not everyone that sayeth
unto me, Lord, Lord, should enter into the
kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the
will of my father, which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day.
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name?
Now, that word prophesied, according to Luther, Wesley,
Zwingli included, and Calvin, that word in its
context is preach, is preaching.
Nothing more, nothing less in the context of
what Christ was saying.
Have we not preached in thy name?
Have we not prophesied in thy name?
And in thy name have cast out devils.
And in thy name done many wonderful works,
miracles.
And then will I profess unto them, I
never knew you.
I never knew you.
Depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
You that lived in sin, doing these sins.
You that never came to a place of
repentance or a desire to repent.
I want you to notice Christ didn't say
to them, that's not true.
He didn't challenge them and say, that wasn't
true.
In my name casting out devils, demons.
He didn't challenge that.
That staggers me.
That staggers this world.
In thy name have done many wonderful works.
He didn't say, no, that never happened.
When you prayed in my name, there were
no miracles.
No, he didn't challenge that.
That is more fearful than anything else.
What percentage of preachers across the world today
under the ban of Christianity that are allowed
in God's service, that allow themselves in God's
service, will Christ say, I never knew you.
I never knew you.
I think every one of us in this
building and everyone that hears this sermon would
all fall on our faces and weep for
hours in sobbing fear if God were to
tell us what percentage of preachers across the
entire world, including all others that are in
the service of God, allowed, accepted, and accept
themselves knowing what they are.
I wonder whether there will be anyone left
on their faces for days.
Wouldn't be on their faces groaning and weeping
in agony and shock at what percentage across
the world today, accosting our devils in Jesus'
name and sensationalism, emotion, all the sensational.
Buries the truth, doesn't it?
Because that's what draws the carnal nature and
sinful fleshly.
It is
a tragedy to think that from those days,
circumstances and upbringing allowed such wicked evil men
to be tolerated or to tolerate themselves serving
God and doing God's service in the ordained
religion of God on earth at that time.
It's fearful.
It's very, very fearful.
Then another staggering, staggering, staggering revelation in this
book.
It's possible, you see, in the Old Testament,
men had more than one wife.
Now, that doesn't mean because it's in the
Bible, we can condone polygamy.
You see, the fall had such devastating effect
on the human.
God literally, the Bible said, had to close
his eyes on many, many things.
You cannot compare the Old Testament to the
new.
God had to steadily give more and more
light to the prophets.
It would become the word of God till
man would know when he came.
God manifest in the flesh.
And gave the full revelation as his son,
Jesus, came and gave the full revelation of
God's will that was lost tragically and drastically,
uncomprehendably through the fall.
The devastation of that fall was beyond our
comprehension, beloved.
But when you come to the New Testament,
which is the only way you could ever
consider the Old Testament, which we must consider,
but always in the light of the New
Testament.
Don't you dare condone polygamy.
Jesus said it was not so from the
beginning.
Man had one wife.
This was God's will.
One woman or it's adultery.
And any preacher that doesn't say that from
the pulpit would be accountable to God one
day for lying and blinding not only his
eyes and hearts, but everyone.
He will be accountable.
Watch out, preacher, worldwide.
What you do with this book, you won't
only be judged what you say.
You'll be judged what you do not say.
It's worse crime than saying wrong things, let
alone denying right things.
Be careful now.
Another tragic thought and revelation in this book.
It's possible to be godly and to fail
God in raising your children.
Now, we need to be careful of that
statement, but I want to repeat it.
Eli was a man of God.
Don't doubt that.
He was godly.
He was a godly, godly man with incredible
transparency, humility, gravity, all that God required.
Oh, but this man, it's possible to be
that and to still fail God and your
children in the way you raised them.
It's possible.
You see, God didn't just blame these boys
because his sons made themselves vile.
That was their choice.
No matter what upbringing or godly home they
were in, that was their personal free will,
and he restrained them not.
I want us to have compassion on Eli
tonight and ask ourselves, why would he have
done that?
I'd like to believe, and I do believe
this, that I think he gave up because
of how wicked they were as they were
growing up.
And there was something that is tragic here
because it's possible for a godly man and
woman to give up.
And a warning here.
Sir, I don't care how wicked your son
or daughter is, God still expects you to
do everything you can to stop them.
Not only your prayers, but your conduct and
your grief.
The grief.
I know wicked boys who only came to
God because of the grief they saw as
their parents aged as they pursued.
That brought them to repentance.
Sir, if you're dying and your son's still
denying Christ and wanting wickedness, you die pleading.
That's what God wants.
Don't give up.
God saw that as an incredible grief.
And he gave up.
I think he saw in little Samuel, the
son embodied there, everything he ever wanted in
the life of a child.
And so he, with this, that was committed
to him to raise his child up now,
to prepare him to be used of God.
I think he just took his child to
heart and loved him as a son that
he didn't have in his own sons.
But be careful.
I can't blame Eli and judge him.
God did to a degree.
But let me be sure about this.
When they stand before God, it will not
be Eli to be judged then.
It's you, child.
You stand alone when you see Jesus.
Don't doubt this now.
The sins you see of the fathers will
not be required of the sons.
Neither shall the sons' sins be required of
the fathers.
Every man shall be judged for his own
sin.
This is twice in the Old Testament.
His sons made themselves vile and he restrained
them not.
Now then comes some staggering words.
Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of
their father.
You see, he did eventually, because of the
pressure, the grief, the cry of the nation,
the wickedness of these boys, he said to
them what he should have said long before.
But he suddenly cries out in grief.
Why do he such thing?
I wonder what percentage of godly homes have
said that to one child.
All of them with a broken heart.
Oh, you read the book of Proverbs to
see how a man of God can be
broken and lose everything and be the grief,
the undoing, the destruction of his father and
mother.
If they choose wickedness through the free will.
Yeah, he was now grieving, shocked.
I believe shocked beyond comprehension here tonight.
Why do he such thing?
Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of
their father.
Because the Lord would slay them.
What's this?
Well, you see, I believe with all my
heart in the light of the rest of
the scriptures, which you must always look at
to not be heretical on any verse, any
passage, any statement, any doctrine.
If there's one verse in the entire Bible
that contradicts your interpretation of anything in this
Bible, you are heretic.
If you don't accept and acknowledge that verse
and try and blend it in.
You see, there's a point that God seals
a man's choice.
That is seen here and right through the
Bible.
And that is fearful to me.
They were young.
And God sealed their choice.
Think of that young man.
Even as they did not like to retain
God in their knowledge, God gave them over
to a reprobate mind.
To do those things was not convenient.
To be filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness.
Oh yes, God names the sins.
And most preachers wouldn't dare preach Romans one
word for word.
For fear of being excommunicated.
For even acknowledging Romans 1 as they know.
For this cause, God gave them up.
Romans 1 verse 20.
There's always a cause.
Don't blame God for a man when God
seals the man's choice.
You see, Pharaoh hardened his heart five times
against God.
Finally, God sealed his choice.
And then we read after five times, God
hardened Pharaoh's heart.
Be careful.
Don't ever think you find a verse in
this book that you can blame God for
what you are.
You give me one.
It's out of its context.
And nonetheless, I'll give you 20 to show
you you're wrong.
If you blame God in any way.
For the free will he's given you.
And your choice, as young as you are,
even if you're a boy.
And God sees your heart and the wickedness
you make in yourself.
Vile!
Be careful.
He that hardened his neck, oft times, shall
suddenly be destroyed.
And that without remedy.
That's not talking about death.
I want to cry to every single young
person here, every single person in this building.
Who thinks you can play the fool with
God.
Can you?
Do you?
Oh, be careful.
Eternity, sir.
Young boy, young girl.
Never ceases.
The soul never ceases.
One place or the other.
It will never, ever, ever, ever, ever cease.
Are you honestly contemplating this moment of life
and choosing sin?
Knowing that forever and ever and ever and
ever and ever and ever and ever and
ever.
God won't hear your cry for mercy.
If you die without having prepared to meet
with God.
This side of death, with all your heart
and proven it.
Be careful what you do with this message.
Young, young man, young woman.
From godly homes.
Because of your free will.
And your choice to serve Satan.
And not God.
Know ye not that to whom ye yield
yourselves servants to obey, his servant ye are.
To whom ye obey.
Romans 6 verse 16 and many, many other
verses.
Now, another staggering thing here is Hannah.
That woman was amazing.
In her integrity.
And what she said to God.
She committed her child life, if God gave
her any children.
To serve God before she conceived.
They were given to God.
Now, that a godly man and woman do.
I remember when we were first married, my
darling wife and I.
I did something that made me tremble and
begin to weep on my knees alone.
I remember after a little while of marriage
saying to God.
And I tried to stop myself.
And I began to weep.
And what I was saying, I said, God.
Please, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Don't let us have children.
If they will serve the devil.
If they are going to serve sin and
the devil.
And go to hell and put us to
hell.
Please, God.
Don't let any have children.
I was so scared as I prayed that
I was trembling.
I began to weep at myself.
But God knew I meant it.
Wonderful thing about this holy God.
I seldom in the nights don't get on
my knees with an open Bible.
Normally where I'm reading.
And cry to God.
And as I was praying that prayer, tears
were falling down onto the pages.
And I tried to wipe the tear away
from the page where it was open.
And I read where I was wiping.
All thy children shall follow me.
Their righteousness shall be of me.
And great shall be the peace of thy
children.
I have shared that verse and others that
I just threw open the Bible.
The same thing.
Four times.
I knew it was God.
Not mocking me.
But God giving me hope and peace and
faith.
No matter how defiled the world is.
And difficult for any young man to stay
clean or woman in it today.
And I told my sons on a number
of occasions as they grew of those verses.
And I just looked at them.
I think on one occasion I just looked
at them weeping.
And left it to God to say to
them.
Why he gave me those wonderful promises.
Here's this woman she commits.
This child like any godly mother and father.
To God.
To serve God.
Before she was conceived.
That's godliness.
You might have a mother and father like
that young people.
That did that.
Oh you can thank God they did.
You can thank God they did.
There are literally billions that no one ever
prayed for in the name of Christ.
Across this world naming them.
300 million in Arabia alone.
Of which they say 3% actually have
heard the name of Jesus.
You have parents that prayed for you.
Oh you can thank God in this world
of 7 billion people.
What percentage do you think that anyone ever
named them in prayer?
They weren't even named.
Just masses saved the masses of Islam.
No.
You are so so privileged to have godliness.
If your mother and father maybe your mother
and father did that.
Like Hannah did and then God gave her
Samuel.
But then we read these words.
Samuel did not yet know the Lord.
But Samuel did not yet know the Lord.
Neither was the word of the Lord yet
revealed unto him.
You see it's possible to have had godly
parents that prayed like that.
And yet you sit here.
Not only the sons of Eli knew not
the Lord.
But Samuel.
Good.
Not wicked.
Not vile.
Not evil.
He was good.
He knew not yet the Lord.
That's possible.
You might sit here with such godly parents.
And you don't know Christ.
You know about him.
But you've never had an encounter with him
as you've come and given your life.
In such a way that God can take
it.
In such a way that God knows you'll
never take it back.
That's when God can save you.
You come and say it's all grace and
free.
No it isn't.
It costs your life.
Don't come to Christ unless you give your
life to him.
Conscience.
Common sense tells us.
That's required of this God who died for
you.
To make a way for you to have
eternal life.
No matter what sins you have committed.
It's possible.
Not only for the wicked sons.
From a godly home.
To not know the Lord and to try
and serve the Lord in this world.
It's possible for good boys from godly homes.
Good girls.
And you sit here.
Religious, yes.
Oh my.
But you do not yet know the Lord.
Be careful now.
Be careful playing the fool.
With this knowledge in your heart now.
You see there was a man that met
me on this tour of America already.
And he was sharing how he came to
God.
And he said he came from this godly
home.
Praying father.
Praying mother.
But he hardened his heart.
He closed his heart again and again.
As a child.
As others thought the Lord he wouldn't.
And he grew up more and more.
And more and more.
No.
Something no.
One day he sat in the meeting in
this conference.
He had been raised up in these meetings.
And this gospel was being preached.
For the first time it was dead.
Total dead.
It didn't grip him.
And he got such a fright.
He said he began to tremble.
Has God sealed my choice?
He was so fearful.
So frightened.
He sought the Lord in desperation.
On his face crying.
Please.
Don't.
For shame.
For being closing my heart.
Again and again.
From a boy.
When he came to God that way.
God took him and saved him.
Hallelujah.
But.
Be careful now.
Just because you had a praying mother and
father.
Does not mean you're just going to know
the Lord.
That's the free will.
The tragedy.
The tragedy of a free will.
That you can say no to God.
And mean it.
That's fearful.
So now.
I want to say to everyone in this
building.
And everyone that ever hears this message.
Through these videos.
Which somehow they spread across the world these
days.
And I'm very grateful.
Perhaps you are in God's service.
And know not the Lord.
And have wickedness going on in your heart.
Be careful what you do with this message.
Perhaps.
You're a father.
A mother.
Who gave up hope.
Who lost hope.
And you have to die with the resignation.
It is the Lord.
Let him do what seemeth him good.
When you see your sons, your daughters wickedness.
Perhaps you.
Restrain them not.
As God intended you to.
That could have made them stop.
I'm not talking about taking a rod.
And bashing them until they're nearly dead.
That's trash.
Discipline.
Can come with such love that even the
child knows.
It hurts you more than it's hurting him.
But you love him so much.
You love her so much.
Don't give up.
Be careful that these words are not written
against you.
But the mommy and daddy gave up.
And that was one of the reasons behind.
Their sons not ever repenting.
They were given up.
Perhaps.
You.
Godly home.
Sit here tonight.
Pursuing evil.
When God is close to sealing your choice.
Now listen if he did it to those
boys.
And if he cries out in this new
testament.
Even as they did not like to receive
the love of the truth.
God gave them over to believe a lie.
Be careful.
Perhaps you like Samuel.
You said from the godly home.
The godly mother that committed you before you
were even born.
That you would serve God.
And tried everything.
But here you sit.
Good.
Yes.
But you know not yet the law.
And you're taking a chance.
Putting it off.
Saying no to God when you know you
should.
And God speaking.
You see Samuel heard God's voice.
Did you hear God's voice tonight?
Yes through a base man.
But God does that.
He takes the weak things of the world.
That no flesh can glory in his presence.
So I acknowledge.
Yes perhaps through a very weak and base
man.
But God's voice.
Calling out to you.
Very, very, very earnestly.
And you know it's God not man.
That you have to do with.
You know not yet the law.
Perhaps tonight you need to seek God.
Perhaps tonight.
Hoffni.
Phineas.
Worthless.
Yes up to now.
It's still time to seek God.
Grief to your father.
Grief to people.
But there's still time before it's too late.
Your choice is sealed.
Won't you come to Christ tonight?
In case God never, ever calls you again.
If you close your heart.
You see now is the acceptable time.
Today is the day of salvation.
If you will harden not your heart.
As in the day of provocation as they
did in the Old Testament.
And God threw 60,000.
It was so wicked.
God throws it to the New Testament.
It says the same thing twice.
Don't blame God.
Now I can save you today.
This is the time.
If you will harden not your heart.
Don't play the fool now.
I want to ask every one of you
sitting here tonight to have the courage.
If God's speaking to you.
Do not close your heart.
Careful now.
But to say God.
I'm coming.
And I'm giving my life to you.
No matter what friends I lose.
No matter what I have to throw out
of my life forever.
Even if I stand alone in this world
with nobody left.
I'd rather be alone with Jesus.
Than to have multitudes of friends that will
take me with them to hell.
No.
I want to ask every one of you.
Whatever it is if you heard God's voice
Samuel.
Don't close God's voice.
Open your heart.
Now.
Whatever it is between the two of you.
I want to ask.
If you know not yet the Lord tonight.
I want you just to raise your hand.
And say I know not yet the Lord.
God's spoken to me but tonight I'm coming.
I'm giving my life to Christ.
Forever.
In a way I'll never take it back.
I'll serve him.
I'll live for him.
With all my heart from this night.
But I won't take a chance and close
my heart in case.
This is God's final call.
And don't doubt it.
It's been so for many people.
I want anyone who needs Christ's children.
And perhaps grown ups.
Who also had godly parents but you sit
here and still don't know the Lord.
I want you who need to seek God
to save your souls.
And don't close the voice of God coming
to you tonight.
To just put your hand up and say.
I'm coming to Christ tonight.
I'm giving him my life.
What's left of it he can have it
for himself.
Is there anyone of you that would do
that young or old?
It's taking courage, isn't it?
I'm only asking once more.
Is there anyone?
God will save.
Just put your hands high.
Don't be ashamed.
We all had to do this.
I see hands, yes.
Keep them up.
I'm lingering for one more moment.
That's your answer tonight to God if you
know.
Now those people who have their hands up.
I want you please to have the courage
to do this.
Don't hesitate.
Heaven rejoices.
Christ said all the angels in heaven rejoice.
Over one sinner that repenteth.
You have heaven on its feet.
According to the Lord Jesus and I believe
it.
And grief in God's heart and theirs if
you say no.
But what more could God ever say to
reach you and make you say yes?
After tonight.
I want those who have their hands up
to please stand up and show this world
and the devil and the angels the courage
we needed.
Come stand up and just go to the
back.
Please just stand up.
If you know it costs.
Take the courage.
That's enough to get heaven on its feet.
And the rest of us.
Can we please stand.
Don't forget Roy's book.
To honor this son of mine.
That honors his father and mother.
And God.
Giving his life.
Every faculty of his being.
To God.
As he is.
It's honor if you can.
By spreading that book and reading it.
Everyone else that God's spoken to.
The fathers.
The mothers.
Who've given up.
Who lost hope.
As you walk out of this building.
It would be good.
For you to go to your children and
say.
Forgive me.
I love God with all my heart.
But I've lost hope somewhere.
And I haven't been what I should be.
I'm not taking a rod.
I'm not going to start beating you.
But I'm going to start weeping and begging
you.
To make you.
Agonize if you choose.
To not follow God.
Even till I die.
As I die I will.
Perhaps you need to.
Just go and say that to your children.
And you never know.
I was preaching a sermon on this tour.
I was stunned how many came to Christ.
Nobody responded in the meeting.
The next night this one preacher said.
Do you know how many children have given
their lives to Christ.
Because of the message you preached last night.
So.
We'll see in heaven.
What you did.
With this message.
Now Mr. Covell will commit us to Christ.