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I have traveled to the location in Anfield,

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Connecticut, where Jonathan Edwards preached his famous sermon,

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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

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It is now an empty field which sits

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across the street from a Presbyterian church, and

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in the middle of that field is a

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stone marker which states that on July 8,

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1741, Jonathan Edwards preached in the Meeting House,

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which stood on this ground from the text

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Deuteronomy 32, 35, their foot shows slight in

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due time, and as I walked the length

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and breadth of that sacred plot of land

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where God under Edwards' preaching manifested his awful

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presence to such a degree that the people

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felt the soles of their feet being warmed

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from the flames of hell below, and strong

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men in the congregation grabbed hold of the

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pillars in the church lest they dropped into

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hell and its raging flames, the people were

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bowed down with an awful conviction of their

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sin and their great danger.

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I have an actual account, friends, from that

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meeting as it occurred that remarkable evening of

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July 8, 1741, from the pen of a

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minister who was in that very Meeting House

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as Edwards preached.

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The eyewitness account is by a man named

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Stephen Williams who recorded the events of that

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evening in his diary.

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Here now is his vivid description of what

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transpired that evening while Jonathan Edwards preached.

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We went over to Enfield where we met

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dear Mr. Edwards of Northampton who preached a

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most awakening sermon from these words, Deuteronomy 32,

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35, and before sermon was done there was

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a great moaning and crying out through the

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whole house, what shall I do to be

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saved?

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Oh, I'm going to hell, oh, what shall

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I do for Christ?

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So ye minister was obliged to desist, for

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ye shrieks and cries were piercing and amazing,

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amazing and astonishing power of God was seen.

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Listen, friends, Jonathan Edwards was not afraid to

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preach up the wrath of God to awaken

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the lost, but today the doctrine of the

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wrath of God is a neglected doctrine in

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our churches.

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It's not politically correct, so it's avoided like

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the plague because we don't want to offend

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anybody.

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Why, if we preach an uncomfortable message like

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that, that got under somebody's skin, they may

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get mad and get up and leave and

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take their tithe with them, and we just

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can't have that.

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And if we start preaching the full counsel

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of God and being honest with folks, why,

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we might upset the chairman or the deacons

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and we can't have that either.

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So we preach nice little sermons about the

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love of God and how God loves the

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sinner but hates the sin, and we make

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it sound like God has become just a

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love God who wouldn't send anybody to hell

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these days because he's a chilled out God

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who's more tolerant of sin than our Bibles

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declare of him.

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So you'd be hard pressed, friends, to walk

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into a church in this country and stumble

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upon a sermon being preached on the wrath

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of a holy God against sinners.

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And so to make up for the lack,

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I'm going to preach today on the doctrine

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of the wrath of God because God is

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a God who must punish sin.

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My King James Bible doesn't say God loves

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the sinner.

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Rather, it declares God is angry with the

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wicked every day.

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If he turned not, he will wet his

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sword.

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He hath bent his bow and made it

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ready.

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But all we tell folks today, friends, is

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John 3, 16, and we fail to warn

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them with John 3, 36, which speaks of

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God's wrath.

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And that's what I'm going to preach on

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right now.

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And the title of my message is God's

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wrath cannot be avenged, but by Christ's blood.

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And I'm going to bring you a biblical

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message based on a truth that the church

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of this hour refuses to preach upon.

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And that is the wrath of God.

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I don't want you to get out a

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pen and paper or your iPads or whatever

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you use these days and jot down the

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following four Bible verses and keep them in

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the margin of your Bibles.

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It would be good to memorize them for

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use in evangelism.

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I will first list them for you and

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I will then read them in order.

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Here is the list.

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Psalm 2, 12, John 3, 36, Romans 1,

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18, and Ephesians 5, 6.

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And please, friends, pray that preachers in this

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country will be bold enough to start preaching

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the hard doctrines of the Bible once again

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and not be so afraid of losing their

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congregations and reputations for doing so if the

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full counsel of God is not once again

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preached in its purity and proper order.

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Oh, we are sunk as a nation because

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the one stringed instrument of God loves you

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is making false converts and sending folks to

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hell.

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And after I do that, I'll bring out

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some important aspects of this doctrine on the

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wrath of God.

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I will read you these verses in the

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order I gave them to you.

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Some of you may not even know these

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verses are in your Bibles.

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Here now is the word of God.

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May the spirit of God attend the reading

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of his preached word.

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Kiss the son lest he be angry and

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ye perish from the way when his wrath

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is kindled but a little.

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Blessed are all they that put their trust

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in him.

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He that believeth on the son hath everlasting

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life.

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And he that believeth not the son shall

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not see life but the wrath of God

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abideth on him.

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For the wrath of God is revealed from

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heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness who hold

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the truth in unrighteousness.

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Let no man deceive you with vain words

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for because of these things cometh the wrath

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of God upon the children of disobedience.

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Now the first aspect I want to bring

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forth from this doctrine is this.

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The doctrine of the wrath of God is

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a means which the Holy Spirit can use

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to bring conviction to a sinner and awaken

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him to his lost condition apart from Christ.

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You see, friends, we hinder the work of

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the Holy Spirit in your day and mine

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because we don't preach the gospel of the

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Bible anymore.

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We have watered it down so much through

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the years and diluted it to make it

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more palatable to sinful man that it has

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no saving power.

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But the Apostle Paul was not ashamed of

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the gospel and his gospel had power.

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He declared in Romans 1 16.

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For I am not ashamed of the gospel

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of Christ, for it is the power of

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God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.

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But we are ashamed of it today, friends.

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We made a big mistake when the church

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in America decided to get on a building

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program and expand its campus to such a

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degree that we cannot maintain its large operating

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cost without adding more bodies to our sanctuaries.

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So we tell folks about the love of

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God and soft-soak the gospel to get

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people to walk and join our church and

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pay our bills and go to hell because

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nobody's getting saved under this diluted message because

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we're not giving the Holy Spirit room to

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operate conviction on a poor sinner's heart.

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Number two, a lost man stands under the

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wrath of a holy God who hates sin

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and God's wrath cannot be quenched, but by

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Christ's blood.

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My Bible declares the soul that sinneth, it

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shall die.

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If a man dies in his sins, he

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will surely go to hell.

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My Bible says as a tree falls, so

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it shall lie.

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He that is unjust, let him be unjust

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still, and he which is filthy, let him

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be filthy still.

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Listen, friends, God is a God who must

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punish sin.

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It's a theme which runs throughout our Bibles.

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Look at the world in Noah's day and

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the wicked people whose thoughts were evil continually

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and who were drowning in their sins.

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God sent a flood to drown them in

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their sins and cast them into hell because

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God is a God who must punish sin.

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Look at the wicked inhabitants of Sodom and

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see the wrath of God rain down and

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fire upon those wicked cities of the plain.

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The smoke rising up from them was like

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the smoke of a great furnace because God

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is a God who must punish sin, all

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sin, every sin, big or little.

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God must have satisfaction for sin.

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God's wrath cannot be quenched, but by Christ's

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blood, friends.

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Listen to the true story which illustrates this

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point of the utter necessity of having our

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sins washed in Christ's blood.

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During a cruel and bloody war, a commander

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took an oath in the presence of his

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troops that he would slaughter the entire population

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of a certain town, and in due course,

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the bloodhounds of war were let loose on

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the defenseless people.

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Now it so happened that a fugitive seeking

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shelter spied a number of soldiers as they

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broke into a house, the inmates of which

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they put to the sword.

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On leaving it, one of them dipped a

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cloth into a pool of blood and splashed

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it on the door as a token to

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any who might follow of what had taken

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place inside.

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Quick as his feet could carry him, the

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poor fugitive sped away to a large house

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in the center of the town where a

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number of his friends were concealed, and he

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breathlessly told them what he had just seen.

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At once it flashed upon them what to

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do.

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Goat was in the yard.

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Immediately it was killed, and its blood splashed

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on the door.

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Scarcely had they closed the door when a

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band of soldiers rushed into their street, but

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when they came to the blood-marked door,

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they made no attempt to enter.

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The sword, so they thought, had already entered

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therein and performed its work.

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Thus, while the many around them were slain,

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all within the blood-marked door were saved.

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I like that story, friends, because it reminds

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me of the account of the first Passover

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as given by Moses in Exodus 12, which

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relates a story of how God instructed Moses

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to speak to all the congregation of Israel

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to take a lamb without blemish and to

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kill it in the evening and to take

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a bunch of hyssop and dip it in

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the blood that is in the basin and

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strike the lentil and the two sideposts with

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the blood.

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And God told them not to go outside

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until the morning.

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And the text reads, For the Lord will

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pass through to smite the Egyptians, and when

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he seeth the blood, the Lord will pass

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over the door and will not suffer the

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destroyer to come in unto your house to

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smite you.

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You see, friends, the children of Israel were

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under the shelter of the blood and they

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were in perfect safety from being destroyed.

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And you, friend, who perhaps joined the church

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by a decision, but you've never experienced transformation

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of the new birth through an act of

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regeneration, and you sit upon a false bottom

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of carnal security.

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If you die, you die in your sins.

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For the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

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Let me ask you, friend, are you under

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the blood?

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Are your sins washed in the blood of

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the Lamb, Jesus Christ?

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And are you born from above?

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If not, you are in grave danger.

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For God is a God who must punish

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sin.

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For the sentencing of the law must be

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carried out.

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And you're a guilty rebel who's broken the

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strict and severe law of God.

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And one day you'll be held up against

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the strictness of God's law.

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And listen, friend, God requires perfection to get

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to his heaven.

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And you are not perfect.

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You will fail that test if you stand

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there in your own merits as a lawbreaker.

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Listen, friend, I know I'm a sinner, and

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I need a remedy for sin in the

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person of Jesus Christ.

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And so do you, friend.

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So do you.

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Why?

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Because God's wrath cannot be quenched, but by

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Christ's blood.

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There is power in the blood, friend.

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A wonder-working power.

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And nothing but the blood can wash my

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sins away.

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And nothing but the blood can wash your

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sins away, friend.

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Get under the blood.

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Escape from God's wrath upon you.

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Flee to your only refuge.

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The Lord Jesus Christ.

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Exercise repentance toward God and faith in Jesus

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Christ before it's too late.

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And lastly, the doctrine of the wrath of

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God must be preached in this land once

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more.

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If we ever hope to see another revival.

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I've been studying revival for several decades.

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I have written several books on revival.

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I've preached myself blue in the face on

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the subject of revival.

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I've prayed for revival for decades, and I

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still pray for it to come to this

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country and to our churches every single day

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of my life.

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That God would once again pour out his

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effusions of grace upon this sin-soaked land

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and unrepentant church.

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But until we preachers start being honest with

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folks and warn them of their great danger

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of dying in their sins and being cast

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into a hell of misery.

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And we once again preach up the wrath

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of a holy God who hates all sin.

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Then we'll keep going as we have been

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since 1858 in this country, which was the

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last time this nation saw a national spiritual

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awakening.

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It's been that long, friends, that revival was

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birthed by prayer, by praying men and women

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who still had a fear of God and

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who knew full well the wrath of God

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against sinful man.

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When they prayed, they addressed the Almighty, who

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was a God who must punish sin.

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But today we address God like he's our

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golf buddy.

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We put him on our level and shrunken

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him down to our size.

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So how can we fear a God who's

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on our level?

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But listen to me, dear friend.

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God's wrath cannot be quenched, but by Christ's

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blood.

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Perhaps some young preacher boy will come along

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and pick up his Bible and actually believe

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it and begin to preach its straight doctrines

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once again.

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And just maybe the tops of the mulberry

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trees will be stirred and a mighty revival

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will sweep this land from coast to coast.

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Oh, pray that it will, friends.

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Listen, dear friend, if you have not trusted

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the blessed Savior, who is the Lord Jesus

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Christ, receive him now before it's too late.

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Soon he will come in judgment on this

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world when his anger shall burn as an

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oven and then you shall meet him as

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your judge.

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I repeat, friend, God's wrath cannot be quenched

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but by Christ's blood.

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Get under the blood.