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There's a verse in my Bible that troubles

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It is Jeremiah 8 20 which states, the

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harvest has passed, the summer has ended, and

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we are not saved.

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That's a frightening verse, friend, for it means

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a person can resist the Spirit of God

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only so many times before God stops striving

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with you.

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That means you've gone so far away from

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God that you are too far gone.

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A harvest speaks of a bounty to be

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enjoyed like salvation.

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It refers to a time of reaping, the

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crops are ready for picking, but when the

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harvest has passed, that means the season is

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over as the summer has ended, and the

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tragedy here is, and we are not saved.

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The ship has sailed, you missed your opportunity,

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you're locked out of heaven, and that's the

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title of my message today, friends, locked out

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of heaven.

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Some folks board the wrong ship of salvation,

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thinking it is the right one, until it's

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too late and the ship sinks.

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When it comes time for them to die,

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they find out they are locked out of

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heaven because they were never subjects of a

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regenerated heart to begin with.

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There are reasons you're not saved.

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Some folks think salvation is baptismal.

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Some folks think salvation is decisional.

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Some folks think salvation is church membership.

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Some folks think salvation is reciting a prayer

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like the so-called sinner's prayer.

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Some folks think salvation is believing a verse

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like John 3.16. Some folks think salvation

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is a physical response to an emotional appeal

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like walking an aisle or raising your hand

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to accept Jesus, but none of these things

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are in my Bible.

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Jesus never told his hearers to raise their

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hand if they wanted him, or to repeat

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a prayer to be saved.

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All of these gimmicks are of modern evangelism.

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Some folks aren't saved because they have never

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exercised repentance toward God.

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Repentance means that the love of sin dies,

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the great danger of a false assurance.

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It's like sailing on a doomed ship like

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the Titanic.

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Believe in all is well when things are

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not, but I believe the main reason why

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folks aren't saved is that there is a

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point of rebellion in their lives, that they

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are unwilling to surrender to God.

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Their rebellion may head up in a pet

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sin or a controlling lust they are unwilling

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to part with.

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They don't mind confessing their sin from time

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to time so long as they can hold

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on to it, but true repentance is turning

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from your beloved idols and smashing them at

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the pierced feet of Christ Jesus.

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Your point of rebellion may be like mine,

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friend, before God saved me.

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I didn't want to surrender to a call

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to preach because I love money too much,

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and I knew most preachers were poor, and

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I didn't want to be a poor preacher

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depending on the occasional love gift of a

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church or individual, but I finally realized if

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I were to have Christ savingly and not

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just some form of religion, I had to

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throw down my shotgun of rebellion at the

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foot of the cross and put all my

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trust and faith in a blood-stained savior

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from sin.

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And if you get saved, friend, it's because

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God has placed his finger on your point

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of rebellion and showed you that you were

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on your way to hell, no matter how

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religious you are, and your only hope is

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to come to the foot of the cross

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and surrender all you are to all he

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is, and he is Lord.

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He must rule.

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He is a sovereign.

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The risen Christ must be Lord in every

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single area of your life, and if you

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try to hold back something from him and

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refuse to give it to him, then that's

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where your rebellion heads up, and he will

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have nothing to do with you until you

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get serious with him in regard to true

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repentance of that thing that stands between you

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and God.

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It has to be crushed beneath his nail

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-pierced feet.

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The rich young ruler had a point of

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rebellion that kept him from following Jesus, and

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that was his love of money.

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Jesus would not accept him on the other

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points of keeping God's commands because he knew

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they came from a divided heart, and Christ

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wanted all his heart, but the young man

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would not comply and turned his back on

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Jesus and walked away.

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I like what Vance Havner said of the

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rich young ruler.

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He said the rich young ruler was a

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good boy, but he wasn't God's boy, and

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I submit to you friends that there are

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a lot of good boys in church, and

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they serve on this committee and in that

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capacity, but they are not God's boy.

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They've never been saved because of that point

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of rebellion in their life that they refuse

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to give God unless surrendered to God.

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Your point of rebellion will lock you out

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of heaven and send you to a devil's

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hell.

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If you've missed repentance, friend, then you've missed

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faith, and repentance is where the love of

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sin dies, and you come in complete surrender

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to a living Lord.

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Those individuals who are traveling to heaven have

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been washed in the blood and born from

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above.

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You must repent immediately before it's too late.