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I was born in the 1950s, when there

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was still a fear of God in the

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land, and a sense of shame in society.

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Back then, marriage was between a man and

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a woman, and you were arrested for public

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nakedness and indecency.

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It was a time when a man's handshake

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was as good as gold, and only sailors

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had tattoos.

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And if any atheist cried out against God

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in public, there were more than enough Christians

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to shout that person down, because God held

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the majority in the nation back then.

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Well, personally, my father was an agnostic, and

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my grandfather was an Italian mob boss, and

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the house I grew up in was haunted.

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Well, that's not the very best of beginnings,

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is it, friends?

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But you know, God can take someone from

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the worst situation and change their life.

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And that's what happened to me.

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I came to Christ in 1968 in a

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revival meeting outside of Chicago.

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It was there I heard an evangelist preach

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the following truths of the gospel of the

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cross, and I want to share those with

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you today, friends.

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The truths he taught me that night were,

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first he quoted Romans 3.23, and he

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said, this was the very word of God.

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He had respect for the word of God.

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And as he read it, he was very

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reverent, and he said, for all have sinned

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and come short of the glory of God.

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Then the preacher was very careful to be

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clear in the fact that all of us

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there were sinners, that all mankind were sinners,

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and every one of us was a sinner.

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And he said I was a sinner.

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Then he said God was a just God

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who must punish sin.

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He will by no means clear the guilty.

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Then the preacher said that because I was

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a sinner, I was on my way to

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hell because I was under God's condemnation for

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sin, and that there was a future judgment

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that awaited all mankind where every mother's son

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would stand before God and be judged.

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And if their name was not found written

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in the book of life, they'd be cast

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into a terrible lake of fire burning with

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brimstone, the brimstone of God's wrath for sin.

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He said my only hope was to trust

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in the remedy of sin, the remedy for

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sin in the person of Jesus Christ who

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left heaven and became man and went about

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doing good, feeding the hungry and giving sight

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to the blind.

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A cruel man sought to get rid of

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him, and they arrested him, and they nailed

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him to a cross.

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And the preacher said, and he was numbered

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with the transgressors, and he bore the sin

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of many.

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And then the preacher commented that although Jesus

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bore the sins of many, he did not

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bear the sins of all.

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And he said because I was a sinner,

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I needed a substitute for sin in the

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person of Christ Jesus, and that salvation wasn't

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something you could earn through good works or

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a good character, that it was a free

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gift from God, and you could only receive

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it by faith.

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It was a grace given, and I had

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to receive it like receiving a gift.

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And my only hope of escaping hell's punishment

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for sin was to look to Jesus Christ

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because salvation is found in Jesus, and that

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this man Jesus died on that cross and

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was buried.

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But on the third day, he rose again

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and appeared unto many before he ascended back

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into the very heaven from which he came,

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where he now sits at the right hand

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of the Father, and he earned that right

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by way of a bloody cross.

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And the preacher said for me to come

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to Christ through repentance and faith.

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And that night, friends, I heard the voice

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of God speak to me through the preacher's

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voice to come to Christ in my heart

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and surrender my life to him.

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And as a 13-year-old boy, I

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came to Christ that night, friends.

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And that's the gospel I heard back then,

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the gospel of the cross.

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You know, you don't hear much of it

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today.

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The gospel of the Bible has always been

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a gospel of the cross.

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For the apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians

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1.18, For the preaching of the cross

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is to them that perish foolishness, but unto

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us which are saved it is the power

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of God.

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Well, that word power in the Greek is

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the Greek word dunamis, where we get our

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English word dynamite from.

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Old-time preachers preach the gospel of the

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cross with their Bible in one hand and

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a stick of dynamite in the other.

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And God was honored and souls were saved.

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And that was 57 years ago when I

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got saved that night when I was just

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a boy.

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But since that time, the gospel has changed

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in our pulpits in America.

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It's no longer the gospel of the cross,

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but the gospel of just quoting John 3

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.16. It's been diluted so much through the

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years.

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It's just a silly little message of God

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loves you.

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He wants you to go to heaven, believe

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on Jesus, accept him as your savior, and

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you will go to heaven.

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And people take Jesus like a free stick

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of chewing gum and chew on him for

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a little while until the flavor goes out

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of their religion.

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But the gospel today has no mention of

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man being a lost and helpless sinner, hellbound,

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apart from Christ's blood.

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There is no mention of a future judgment

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that awaits all mankind and the justice of

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an offended and provoked God.

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No mention of man's duty of repentance needed

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for salvation from sin.

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Why, it's just believing.

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You go to heaven.

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It's like joining a gym or a social

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club.

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And the result is you have a congregation

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full of unconverted church members who wear John

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3.16 T-shirts as they send their

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way to hell.

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We preach nice little messages today that don't

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disturb anyone.

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And the diluted version of the gospel that

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we preach today has no power to save

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a flea, much less a lost sinner hardened

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in sin.

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But I want you to know, friends, that

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sin stains.

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I have a two-point message today, just

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two little simple points of this gospel message.

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But these two points are pretty big points

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as far as your destiny is concerned.

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And these two points are these.

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Sin stains, and Jesus saves.

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If you don't remember anything else from this

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message today, friends, always remember sin stains, and

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Jesus saves.

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Well, let's see how sin stains.

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Let me share a story with you, friends.

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Years ago, I was preaching in a church

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down south in Mississippi one Sunday morning.

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And it was customary down south, after the

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service, to have a big smorgasbord for the

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visiting preacher.

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Well, we all went to the fellowship hall.

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We're at picnic tables.

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We're ready.

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At a long table, buffet food was lined

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up there.

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Well, I like hot dogs, so I loaded

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up my plate with a few hot dogs.

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And I like mustard on my hot dogs.

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Some of you kids might like mustard on

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your hot dogs as well.

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So I lathered them up from a jar

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of mustard on the table that was before

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me.

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I sat down with an old deacon and

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his wife, and I wondered why they were

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staring at me so, until I realized I

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had smeared yellow mustard all over the front

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of my brand new blue pinstripe suit.

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The old deacon shook his head and said,

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Well, at least we know you're human.

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I took that suit to the cleaners, but

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that mustard stain never came out of that

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blue suit.

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It always had a green hue.

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Every time after that, when I wore that

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suit and looked in the mirror, it always

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carried that stain.

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And that's what sin does to you, friend.

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It stains you, and it won't come out.

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It won't come off of you.

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You can try to whitewash sin by calling

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it other names, but that won't do.

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A fib is still a lie.

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Taking something that doesn't belong to you is

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still stealing.

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Fooling around is still adultery.

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You can't whitewash sin by renaming it.

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Now listen to me, friends.

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Sin is still sin, and it leaves a

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stain on you morally that you can't wash

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out, even by church membership.

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My new blue suit had that mustard stain,

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and it's still there, even though the suit

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is old.

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But there's a future judgment that awaits all

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mankind, and every mother's son will someday give

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an account of themselves to God.

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Well, how will you stand on that day?

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Will you stand there with mustard on your

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blue suit, with the stain of sin on

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you?

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It'll be too late then, friend, for change,

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because we read in the Bible, As a

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tree falls, so it shall lay.

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And we read in Revelation 22, 11, these

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terrible, frightening words.

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He that is unjust, let him be unjust

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still.

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And he which is filthy, let him be

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filthy still.

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And he that is righteous, let him be

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righteous still.

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And he that is holy, let him be

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holy still.

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Like mustard on a blue suit, your sins

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will find you out.

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You'll be found guilty of the stain of

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sin, and breaking God's unbending law, and the

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sentencing of the law will be carried out

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on all guilty lawbreakers.

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But listen to God in this word from

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Isaiah 118.

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There's hope here, friends.

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Come now, and let us reason together, saith

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the Lord.

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Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall

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be as white as snow.

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Though they be red like crimson, they shall

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be as wool.

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The old hymn says, what can wash away

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my sins?

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Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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The gospel is good news, because we have

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a Savior from sin.

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In the person of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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Jesus saves.

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But you have to feel your need of

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a Savior for sin.

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Listen to me, friend.

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The gospel is for the hungry, the weary,

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and the thirsty.

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Are you hungry for God?

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Are you sick and tired of your dirty,

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rotten sins?

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Are you thirsty for Christ?

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Well, keep listening.

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I've got good news for you.

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For the gospel of the cross is found

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in my Bible.

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And that gospel of the cross speaks of

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the scandal of the cross.

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And it's disturbing.

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Jesus hung there in the shame and pain

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of Calvary.

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It was a disturbing sight.

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Christ is disturbing.

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We read in the book of Job, Therefore

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am I troubled at his presence, when I

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consider I am afraid of him.

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For God maketh my heart soft, and the

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Almighty troubleth me.

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Christ, in his earthly ministry, was disturbing.

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As Jesus passed through towns and villages, he

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disturbed things.

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The spiritual world was disturbed by him.

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Devils cried out and besought him to possess

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a herd of swine that ran violently into

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the sea.

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And the citizens of that coast were so

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disturbed by that that they begged Christ to

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depart from them.

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Everywhere Christ went, there was a disturbance.

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The complacency of towns and villages were disturbed

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by him.

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To where the multitude thronged him, Jesus disturbed

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hearts and consciences.

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Jesus disturbed the woman at the well until

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she felt her sinfulness.

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Jesus disturbed religious traditions.

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He disturbed the religious leaders of his day

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to where they wanted to destroy him.

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Christ disturbed lives.

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He disturbed physical nature in healing the lame,

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the sick, and the blind.

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He disturbed death in raising the dead to

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life.

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Jesus disturbed one's entire course of life.

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He disturbed Saul of Tarsus by confronting him

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smack dab in the middle of the road,

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knocking him off his ride, his horse, and

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altering his life's direction and purpose.

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Christ disturbed Herod's rotten heart.

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He disturbed the physical laws of nature by

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walking on the water.

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Jesus disturbed reality by multiplying the loaves and

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the fishes to feed a multitude.

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In truth, when Jesus passed through towns and

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villages, he disturbed things.

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He disturbs consciences.

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Jesus disturbed religious pandering, the overturn of the

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tables of the money changers in the temple.

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He disturbed the Philippian jailer who cried out,

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What must I do to be saved?

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He disturbed the Roman centurion who cried, Truly,

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this was the Son of God.

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Jesus disturbed his first hearers by stirring their

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animosity in their hearts to want to hurl

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him headlong off a cliff.

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Christ disturbed the devil wherever he went because

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demons would cry out, Son of God, don't

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torment us before the time.

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He disturbed the religious crowd who said he

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was possessed of a devil.

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Jesus taught by parables because bare, naked truth

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would have been too disturbing.

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Christ disturbed all things from the touch of

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a woman's hand to his garment, which disturbed

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the flow of her plague and healed it

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when physicians could not.

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By the touch of his hand on Jairus'

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daughter, he disturbed death itself by raising her

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from death to life.

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Christ disturbed the very atmosphere on the Mount

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of Transfiguration where he spoke with Moses and

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Elijah.

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Jesus disturbed reliance upon material possessions by disturbing

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the rich young ruler's priorities.

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Jesus disturbed blind Bartimaeus who cried out, Jesus,

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thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

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And Jesus disturbed the darkness of sight and

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made him see.

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Listen, friends, give me your full attention.

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Listen to me now.

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On the cross, Christ was disturbing.

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It was disturbing to look at him hanging

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there, soaked in sweat and bloody gore and

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nailed naked in the shame and pain of

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Calvary to see the Son of God writhing

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beneath the burden of sin was too disturbing

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a sight to behold.

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Even the angels had to look away.

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It was disturbing to his friends to see

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him bleeding and suffering so.

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On Calvary, Christ disturbed the very elements of

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nature.

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The sky darkened.

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The earth trembled.

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Rocks were torn asunder in the veil in

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the temple, which was 60 feet high and

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four inches thick, was torn right in two

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like it was made out of paper mache.

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Christ disturbed things that day.

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He disturbed hell itself, reconciling sinners back to

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God.

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Jesus even disturbed the dead in their graves

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for we're reading Matthew's gospel.

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And the graves were opened, and many bodies

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of the saints which slept arose and came

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out of their graves after his resurrection and

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appeared unto many.

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There is nothing like the disturbing presence of

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Christ in a day as fast approaching, friends,

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where Christ will come again with his mighty

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angels with a shout.

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Will his spirit come among us and disturb

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someone now?

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Let me go along with my message, friends.

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I was playing golf with a giant of

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a man.

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He stood six foot five, and he was

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wide as a brick wall.

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And every time this big man took a

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swing at the ball, he cursed God and

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cussed man.

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He had the filthiest mouth of any man

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I ever heard.

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Why, I couldn't take it anymore, so I

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turned to him on a tee box and

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said, Friend, can I ask you a question?

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And he said, Shoot.

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I asked, How is your relationship with God?

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Why, he smiled a big grin and said,

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Fine.

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I have a great relationship with God.

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I leave him alone, and he leaves me

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alone.

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That's what the big man said.

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And do you know what, friends?

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It breaks my heart to say it, but

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all you have to do to go to

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hell is for God to leave you alone,

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for Christ to never disturb you.

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Are you content to have God leave you

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alone and let you go your own way

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to hell?

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Or would you rather be disturbed by God's

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merciful spirit now and face the consequences of

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turning to God with all your heart and

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turning from all your sins and forsaking them

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for a bloodstained Christ who died for sin?

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Only God can open your heart, friend, and

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disturb you and make a heart of stone,

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take a heart of stone and make it

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a heart of flesh sensitive to the things

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of God in eternity.

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You're not in hell yet, friend.

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You better seek God in earnest while you

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still can, friend.

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Do you want your sins washed away?

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Do you acknowledge my two points that sin

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stains, and do you really believe that Jesus

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saves?

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Well, if you're stained with sin, why won't

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you come to a bloodstained Savior for sin?

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Listen to the word of the Lord.

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Listen to Him, friend.

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He's speaking to you.

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Come now and let us reason together, saith

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the Lord.

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Though your sins be as scarlet, they should

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be as white as snow.

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Though they be red like crimson, they should

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be as wool.

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The gospel is a gospel of grace, friends.

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It's where God offers mercy to guilty sinners.

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Are you a guilty sinner in need of

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a Savior for sin?

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Jesus is the only remedy and refuge for

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sin, but you must come to Him in

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repentance and faith and surrender your all to

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Him.

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Listen, friend.

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You must lay down your shotgun of rebellion

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at the nail-pierced feet of the Lamb

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of God who taketh away the sins of

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the world.

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God will not run His white flag of

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peace over a soul who still has their

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weapons of rebellion pointed at Him.

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What are you going to do, friend?

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It's life or death.

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It's heaven or hell.

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Look yonder.

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I think I see the suffering Son of

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God upon that bloody cross.

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Look at that man on the cross, friend.

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Look at that blessed man on the cross.

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See His bleeding hands and feet.

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Look at that bloodstained Savior for sin.

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See Him twisting and turning on that terrible

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tree as He struggles beneath the weight of

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sin in the turned face of the Father.

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Oh, friend, look at that man on the

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cross with his arms outstretched beckoning you to

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come to Him and believe on Him and

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own Him as your Savior and Lord.

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Look unto Me, all ye ends of the

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earth, and be ye saved, for I am

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God and there is none else.

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Look, look, look upon Jesus, the only remedy

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for sin.

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Hear Him in John 14, 6, for Jesus

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says, I am the way, the truth, and

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the life.

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No man cometh unto the Father but by

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Me.

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Here, Jesus answers the three greatest questions of

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the human heart.

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How can I be saved?

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Jesus says, I am the way.

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How can I be sure?

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Jesus says, I am the truth.

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How can I be satisfied?

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Jesus says, I am the life.

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Jesus gives everlasting life to those sinners who

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repent and believe.

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I plead with you, friends.

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I plead with you.

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Don't go to hell.

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It's a terrible region of darkness and demons.

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Jesus said, it's a place of weeping and

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gnashing of teeth.

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Weeping speaks of great loss and grief.

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And gnashing of teeth signifies great anger and

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regret.

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Hell is a place of awful regret.

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And once you shut up in there, there's

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no getting out.

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But you can't get to heaven on your

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good reputation or your good track record, friends.

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That's of the flesh and it's empty.

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And it's like trying to get to heaven

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on an empty religious profession.

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It's like trying to climb up there on

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a rope of sand that will soon dissolve

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into empty air.

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Wake up, friends.

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Wake up, you poor, deluded sinner.

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Stop.

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Stop and sense your need.

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Listen to this gospel plea.

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Oh, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the

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waters.

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And he that hath no money, come ye,

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buy and eat.

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Yea, come.

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Buy wine and milk without money and without

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price.

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Venture yourself on Christ, friend, and close with

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Him.

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Listen.

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Seek ye the Lord while He may be

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found.

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Call ye upon Him while He is near.

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Let the wicked forsake his way and the

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unrighteous man his thoughts.

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And let him return unto the Lord.

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And He will have mercy upon him and

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to our God.

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Frily well, abundantly pardon.

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Oh, that's good news, friends.

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Go to God now and surrender to Him.

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Look, I can't save you, friend, and you

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can't save yourself.

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Only God can save you by a work

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of grace upon the heart.

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I have to stop preaching now, friends.

549
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I'm just an old man with a pacemaker

550
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and I'm plum worn out.

551
00:28:18,450 --> 00:28:20,430
I don't think I can go on here

552
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much longer.

553
00:28:21,250 --> 00:28:23,430
I'm going to have to close this down.

554
00:28:23,850 --> 00:28:26,830
I've done my best to point you to

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00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:30,370
Christ, to get you to Jesus, for only

556
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Jesus saves.

557
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And it's my hope and prayer that you

558
00:28:35,010 --> 00:28:38,190
just didn't hear my old shaky voice.

559
00:28:38,470 --> 00:28:42,310
But by God's grace, some of you heard

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00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:43,310
His voice.

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00:28:43,770 --> 00:28:46,430
And you will hear His voice as it

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00:28:46,430 --> 00:28:49,710
comes to you in a demonstration of His

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spirit and power.

564
00:28:51,710 --> 00:28:55,590
The gospel in the hands of a God

565
00:28:55,590 --> 00:28:58,870
-called preacher is pure dynamite, friends.

566
00:28:58,870 --> 00:29:02,330
It will blow up every false hope and

567
00:29:02,330 --> 00:29:07,750
every false foundation to smithereens, to where you're

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00:29:07,750 --> 00:29:10,750
naked before God and Him alone.

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00:29:11,470 --> 00:29:14,110
Well, that's the end of my two-point

570
00:29:14,110 --> 00:29:18,710
sermon now, friends, how sin stains and Jesus

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00:29:18,710 --> 00:29:19,510
saves.

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00:29:21,130 --> 00:29:23,750
Oh, friends, let me take a minute here

573
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to pray for us before we go.

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00:29:28,410 --> 00:29:35,090
Great God, O Ancient of Days, have mercy

575
00:29:35,090 --> 00:29:40,110
now and come and open hearts, I pray.

576
00:29:41,070 --> 00:29:45,870
And Lord, by Your Spirit, come and disturb

577
00:29:45,870 --> 00:29:47,030
somebody here.

578
00:29:47,770 --> 00:29:51,830
Awaken them and alarm them and show them

579
00:29:51,830 --> 00:29:55,930
their danger of dying in their sins and

580
00:29:55,930 --> 00:29:59,810
grant them grace to flee from Your wrath

581
00:29:59,810 --> 00:30:03,230
to come to the only place of safety,

582
00:30:03,690 --> 00:30:08,170
to Your only begotten Son, the Lord Savior,

583
00:30:08,770 --> 00:30:09,970
Jesus Christ.

584
00:30:10,590 --> 00:30:13,590
The biggest sinner in this town tonight can't

585
00:30:13,590 --> 00:30:15,650
come to You and be saved.

586
00:30:16,370 --> 00:30:18,650
If only they repent, believe.

587
00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:22,850
We're all big sinners, Lord, and we're in

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00:30:22,850 --> 00:30:25,850
need of a Savior for pardon of sin.

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00:30:26,610 --> 00:30:29,830
Oh, come, Lord, and work grace on some

590
00:30:29,830 --> 00:30:31,030
hearts, I pray.

591
00:30:31,730 --> 00:30:35,070
And I pray these things in the strong

592
00:30:35,070 --> 00:30:40,730
name of Christ Jesus for Your glory and

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00:30:40,730 --> 00:30:42,030
for Your kingdom.

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00:30:42,770 --> 00:30:43,410
Amen.