1 00:00:01,540 --> 00:00:04,480 I believe there's a lot of people in 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:04,980 hell. 3 00:00:05,580 --> 00:00:08,540 I believe there's a lot of people going 4 00:00:08,540 --> 00:00:09,140 to hell. 5 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,100 And I also believe, friends, that there are 6 00:00:12,100 --> 00:00:14,680 some good church folks who are on their 7 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:15,620 way to hell. 8 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:20,580 In 1 John, chapter 5, and in verses 9 00:00:20,580 --> 00:00:24,080 11 through 12, we read, And this is 10 00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:27,980 the record that God hath given to us, 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,700 the eternal life. 12 00:00:29,700 --> 00:00:32,520 And this life is in His Son. 13 00:00:33,540 --> 00:00:37,000 He that hath the Son hath life, and 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,840 he that hath not the Son of God 15 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:41,580 hath not life. 16 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,380 That's an important statement, friends. 17 00:00:44,740 --> 00:00:47,760 And it's a very clear statement on salvation 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,960 from the Apostle John. 19 00:00:50,460 --> 00:00:54,360 He doesn't say, he who has accepted Jesus 20 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,680 as their personal Savior has eternal life. 21 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,440 He doesn't say, he who has done a 22 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,140 physical act, like walking an aisle or repeating 23 00:01:05,140 --> 00:01:07,860 a prayer, has eternal life. 24 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,500 He doesn't say, those who have made a 25 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:13,620 decision to become a Christian through a mental 26 00:01:13,620 --> 00:01:16,940 flip for Jesus have eternal life. 27 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,420 I actually heard a Baptist pastor tell his 28 00:01:21,420 --> 00:01:24,020 congregation that all you had to do to 29 00:01:24,020 --> 00:01:27,340 be saved was to believe John 3.16. 30 00:01:27,340 --> 00:01:31,580 That's what that seminary-trained pastor said. 31 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:34,860 But believing a text won't save you, friend. 32 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:37,240 It just makes your pastor a liar. 33 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:41,400 John tells us that he that hath the 34 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,700 Son hath life, and he that hath not 35 00:01:44,700 --> 00:01:47,160 the Son hath not life. 36 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:52,460 Herein lies the great divide between heaven and 37 00:01:52,460 --> 00:01:52,940 hell. 38 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:54,900 Have you found Christ? 39 00:01:54,900 --> 00:01:59,220 Have you gotten savingly to Christ Jesus for 40 00:01:59,220 --> 00:02:00,800 forgiveness of sin? 41 00:02:01,060 --> 00:02:03,800 Are you born from above and washed in 42 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,500 the blood by being in a vital union 43 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:08,240 with the living Lord? 44 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,260 Or have you missed Christ? 45 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:13,300 And that's the tale of my message today, 46 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:13,920 friends. 47 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,720 Have you missed Christ? 48 00:02:17,340 --> 00:02:20,120 What are some ways you can miss Christ? 49 00:02:21,060 --> 00:02:24,240 You can miss Christ by resting your hope 50 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,600 of heaven on an empty religious profession. 51 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,520 You can miss Christ by resting upon the 52 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:35,080 rotten foundation of a good opinion of yourself 53 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,800 and a long track record of service. 54 00:02:38,660 --> 00:02:41,760 You can miss Christ by missing repentance. 55 00:02:42,580 --> 00:02:46,300 You can't have Christ and not repent, no 56 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:48,920 matter what modern theologians tell you. 57 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:53,260 The only believed gospel that's gained prominence in 58 00:02:53,260 --> 00:02:56,800 the last 60 years won't save you from 59 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,180 the penalty of sin. 60 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:01,200 It will only damn you to a devil's 61 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:01,660 hell. 62 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,080 If you miss repentance, you miss faith. 63 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:10,100 Acts 20.21 demonstrates that repentance and faith 64 00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:15,320 go hand in hand in salvation, testifying both 65 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,240 to the Jews and also to the Greeks. 66 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,540 Repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord 67 00:03:22,540 --> 00:03:24,120 Jesus Christ. 68 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:28,080 So if you've missed repentance, then you've missed 69 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,480 saving faith. 70 00:03:29,740 --> 00:03:32,480 And if you've missed faith, then you've missed 71 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:33,280 Christ. 72 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:36,740 A mere mental flip for Jesus won't cut 73 00:03:36,740 --> 00:03:39,320 the mustard, friends, when it comes to you 74 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,580 standing before God on Judgment Day. 75 00:03:43,220 --> 00:03:47,660 You see, friend, when Jesus was here in 76 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:51,680 His earthly ministry, as He passed through towns 77 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:56,600 and villages, those who encountered Him experienced change. 78 00:03:56,980 --> 00:03:59,520 Have you ever been awake until you lost 79 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:00,080 condition? 80 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,840 Have you ever been brought under conviction of 81 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:04,240 sin? 82 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,660 Have you ever experienced change through the new 83 00:04:07,660 --> 00:04:12,380 birth whereby God works grace upon your heart 84 00:04:12,380 --> 00:04:15,440 through the supernatural act of regeneration? 85 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,800 Have you ever been born again, He that 86 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,540 hath the Son, hath life? 87 00:04:22,860 --> 00:04:26,060 Do you have eternal life? 88 00:04:26,340 --> 00:04:29,380 Or do you just have a good reputation 89 00:04:29,380 --> 00:04:30,340 at church? 90 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:33,680 Have you just done what your pastor told 91 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,300 you to do and called that salvation, yet 92 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:38,520 you missed Christ? 93 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,540 If you missed Christ, friend, you would die 94 00:04:42,540 --> 00:04:46,000 on your sins and spend eternity in a 95 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:50,400 region of outer darkness called hell because He 96 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,660 that hath not the Son of God, hath 97 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:54,640 not life. 98 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,080 Repent before it's too late.