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Unlike most other preachers, I'm not here to

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entertain you and make you laugh.

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Sin is no laughing matter, because it dishonors

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God and robs Him of His glory.

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And hell is no joke, but a literal

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place of punishment for sin.

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Hell is for all eternity, and the fastest

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way to go to hell is to hug

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your darling sin.

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Animal trappers catch monkeys in Africa by dropping

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a nut in a bottleneck jar.

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The monkey will desire that nut so badly,

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he will contract his paw to squeeze it

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into that jar, and then he will grab

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that nut and hang on to it for

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dear life.

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And try as he may, he cannot extract

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his hand from that jar so long as

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he hangs on to that nut.

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And that's how the trappers catch him, because

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he won't sense his danger, because he's hanging

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on to that nut.

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And that's exactly how the devil will get

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you, friend, good churchgoer that you are.

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You have a pet sin that you won't

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let go of, and it will drive you

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into the clutches of the devil in a

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dark infernal called hell.

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You better listen to me today, friend, because

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I care about your soul.

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I don't want you to go to hell.

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It's too crowded enough in there already without

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you busting hell wide open when you die.

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I have a somber message of warning to

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you today, friends.

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And dullness of hearing is what the devil

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wants for you, because he does not want

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you to hear this message today with clarity

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that brings conviction of sin, because he doesn't

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want to lose his hold on you, that

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he is entrenched in your life with sin.

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Well, that's the introduction to my message today,

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friends, that is entitled Pressing the Claims of

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Christ's Lordship on This Perverted Generation That Doesn't

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See Anything Wrong with Sin.

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That's a long title, but it's true, and

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I pray that God will disturb somebody today

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with this message to keep them out of

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hell.

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Most preachers like to be accepted by their

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hearers, so they won't preach any message that

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is disturbing to them.

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Why upset the good deacons if you don't

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have to?

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So they will only give you soothing messages

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that ease your conscience and keep you entertained.

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But I'm not like most other preachers, because

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God has called me and commissioned me to

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warn you that the soul that sinneth, it

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shall die.

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I have a duty to God to warn

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you about sin and its consequences, because whether

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you believe it or not, friend, God is

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a God who must punish sin.

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I don't want your blood on my hands,

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as written about in Ezekiel chapter 33, when

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I say unto the wicked, O wicked man,

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thou shalt surely die.

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If thou dost not speak to warn the

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wicked from his way, that wicked man shall

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die in his iniquity, but his blood will

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I require at thine hand.

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I don't want bloody hands at the judgment,

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friend.

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I don't want your blood on my hands.

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The main problem with this generation is that

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everyone has become desensitized to sin.

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Turn on cable TV, and you can watch

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the most perverted things, and it won't make

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you blush.

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Sin no longer shocks us.

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Sin no longer shames us.

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We can sit back and enjoy sin and

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still call ourselves Christians.

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And the blame is not all on Hollywood

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programming, but the blame needs to be shared

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with all pastors who quit preaching hard against

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sin and warning folks about a devil's hell

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and omitting the claims of Christ's lordship in

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the gospel.

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Jesus had some hard sayings that he pressed

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on his followers, but we modern preachers ignore

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them today.

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We just tell folks that God loves them,

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and if you want to go to heaven,

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all you have to do is walk an

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aisle or raise your hand or repeat a

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prayer where you accept Jesus as your personal

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savior.

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But that's not in my Bible, and it's

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a lie out of hell that has given

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millions a false assurance and has plunged them

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into a devil's hell.

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Jesus said, If thy right eye offend thee,

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pluck it out and cast it from thee.

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For it is profitable for thee that one

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of thy members should perish, and not that

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the whole body should be cast into hell.

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But the church member or anyone else who

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hangs on to a pet's sin is like

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a monkey in his nut, and he'll surely

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be cast into hell and its torments, so

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says the Lord Jesus.

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Jesus said, No man can serve two masters,

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for either he will hate the one and

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love the other, or else he will hold

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to the one and despise the other.

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You cannot serve God and mammon.

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I guess that knocks out 90% of

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our money-loving, money-hoarding congregations, church members

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who trust in a bank account more than

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they trust God.

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Jesus said, There are few who are saved.

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Jesus said, Enter ye in at the straight

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gate, for wide is the gate, and broad

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is the way that leadeth to destruction.

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And many there be which go in thereat,

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because straight is the gate, and narrow is

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the way which leadeth unto life, and few

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there be that find it.

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But most pastors today have broadened the way

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of salvation in ways Jesus never did.

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Jesus continually pressed his claims and demands on

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all followers of his.

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He that loveth father or mother more than

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me is not worthy of me.

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And he that loveth son or daughter more

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than me is not worthy of me.

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And he that taketh not his cross and

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followeth after me is not worthy of me.

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Let me ask you, friend, is Jesus sitting

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at your country club or is he mingling

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with the homeless at the downtown mission?

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Have you been going your own sinful, self

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-satisfied way and asking Jesus to follow you?

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Or do you die to yourself and take

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up your cross and go where he goes,

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no matter how distasteful it is to your

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flesh?

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Jesus said, The kingdom of heaven is like

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unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls, who,

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when he had found one pearl of great

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price, went and sold all that he had

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and bought it.

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Jesus, like that great pearl, is of inestimable

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value.

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He's worth selling all for and losing all

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for, so he may be gained.

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How can you follow a crucified Lord if

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you are hugging your favorite sin and you

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refuse to be completely done with it?

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That monkey in the jungle with his nut

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has got nothing on you.

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Jesus said, If you want to follow him,

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then self must go the way of the

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cross and die.

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If any man will come after me, let

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him deny himself and take up his cross

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and follow me, for whosoever will save his

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life shall lose it, and whosoever will lose

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his life for my sake shall find it.

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Are you sitting on the throne of your

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life and ruling there?

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Self must be dethroned and another enthroned there.

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The Lord Jesus Christ, a crucified Christ, must

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have crucified followers.

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Listen to me, friend, and listen to me

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closely.

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God demands unconditional surrender to the lordship of

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his blessed son in your life and mine.

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If you're going to be saved, your rebellion

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must be squashed.

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You must throw down your sin at his

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nail pierced feet and be done with it.

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If you don't drop that sin, you will

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go to hell.

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You must come to the place in your

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life where you see your wicked heart for

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what it is and acknowledge to God that,

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because the fact that you are a sinner,

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you deserve to go to hell.

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You're not a sinner because you sin.

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Rather, you sin because you are a big

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sinner, even if you are the chairman of

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the deacons.

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Don't be like that foolish monkey with his

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nut.

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Drop the sin.

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Drop it now.

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Now is the time to be honest with

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yourself and transparent with God.

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You must repent and throw down your shotgun

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of rebellion at his nail pierced feet and

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own him as savior and lord.

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You must submit all you are to all

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he is, and he is lord.

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The lordship of Christ is a reality, friend,

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and if you continue to keep going your

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own way, that is rebellion and sin.

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It's treason, and Isaiah states, all we like

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sheep have gone our own way, and sin

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is going our way when we know it

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isn't God's way.

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Repent before it's too late and come to

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a bloodstained Christ for forgiveness of sin.

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Jesus said, I am the bread of life.

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He that cometh to me shall never hunger,

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and he that believeth on me shall never

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thirst.

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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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Let me ask you, are you hungry for

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God?

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Are you weary of sin?

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Are you thirsty for Christ?

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Then come to him in utter surrender.

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When you come to him, your life is

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no longer your own.

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Your time is no longer your own.

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Your money is no longer your own.

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Your body is no longer your own.

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Christ must be a complete master.

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He is lord.

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He is lord.

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Let us pray.