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In Genesis chapter 4, we read of the

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first murder, where Cain slew his brother Abel,

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and God told Cain, The voice of thy

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brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

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And now art thou cursed from the earth,

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which hath opened her mouth to receive thy

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brother's blood from thy hand.

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When thou tellest the ground, it shall not

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henceforth yield unto thee her strength.

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A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be

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in the earth.

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And as to tell of my message day,

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friends, fugitive on the run, because ever since

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fallen man was kicked out of paradise because

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of sin, man has been a fugitive on

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the run from a holy God.

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Years ago I was standing on the range

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of a golf course hitting practice balls, and

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standing next to me was a big man

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who cussed a lot.

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In fact, every time he hit a golf

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ball, he took God's name in vain.

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Obscenities were flying out of this man's mouth

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every time he opened it.

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Finally, I turned to him.

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Can I ask you a question, I asked.

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Sure, he said.

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I looked up at him and said, How

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is your relationship with God?

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He smiled a big grin and replied, 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 boy said.

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Men are fugitives from God because they stand

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under his condemnation awaiting the sentencing of the

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law.

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Those who don't believe in God feel no

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need of him.

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Those who have other gods, like success and

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wealth, fail to recognize the one true God.

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Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are two of

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the richest men in the world, and they

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don't believe in God because money is their

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God.

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The God of the Bible is an almighty

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God, omnipotent and omnipresent, and all-powerful and

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all-sufficient.

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God is righteous, God is holy, and God

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is true.

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But men make excuses to try and outrun

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God.

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They say God doesn't exist, or religion is

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just a sham, or at the most a

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crutch.

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But you can't escape God, friends.

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In Amos 9-2, we read, Though they

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dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take

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them.

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Though they climb up to heaven, thence will

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I bring them down.

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We see that man can't outrun God because

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he's got a long reach.

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Whether man tries to slither down to hell

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or climb up to heaven, God will take

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him and bring him down.

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In Amos 9-8, we read, Behold the

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eyes of the Lord God are upon the

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sinful kingdom.

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Man can't outrun God because God has excellent

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eyesight.

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There is nowhere to hide where he can't

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find you.

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Man is a fugitive on the run from

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God, and he thinks he can sin all

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he wants to and get away with it.

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But we read in Amos 9-9, For

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lo, I will command, and I will sift

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the house of Israel among all nations, like

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as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet

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shall not the least grain fall upon the

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earth.

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What this means, friends, is that God will

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sift out every evil thing because he keeps

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detailed records on every one of us.

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Not one deed will pass by his judgment.

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For although man thinks now that he's getting

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away with sin, a day is fast approaching

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where he'll be held accountable and judged for

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his sin, because you can't outrun God and

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get by.

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When Nietzsche died, he found out that God

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wasn't dead.

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When Helen Reddy died, she found out that

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God wasn't a woman.

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When Voltaire and Stephen Hawkins died, they found

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out that God existed after all, as they

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met him as their judge.

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Man is but a fugitive on the run

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from a holy God, and the chase will

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end one day, one of two ways.

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Man will either surrender to a sovereign savior

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and cry out, I can't resist him any

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longer, or man will run as far as

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he can away from God until death lays

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hold of him, and then they will meet

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God as their judge.

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But either way, you can't outrun God and

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get by.