1 00:00:03,270 --> 00:00:09,750 In Psalm 110.3 we read, Thy people 2 00:00:09,750 --> 00:00:12,630 shall be willing in the day of thy 3 00:00:12,630 --> 00:00:13,130 power. 4 00:00:13,970 --> 00:00:18,250 Today's modern gospel has taken salvation out of 5 00:00:18,250 --> 00:00:20,470 the hands of God and placed it in 6 00:00:20,470 --> 00:00:21,490 the hands of men. 7 00:00:22,170 --> 00:00:24,770 Like in the days of the prophet Amos, 8 00:00:25,210 --> 00:00:26,610 the following is true. 9 00:00:27,430 --> 00:00:31,570 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, 10 00:00:31,830 --> 00:00:33,750 that I will send a famine in the 11 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:37,070 land, not a famine of bread, nor a 12 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:40,250 thirst for water, but of hearing the words 13 00:00:40,250 --> 00:00:40,970 of the Lord. 14 00:00:41,590 --> 00:00:44,770 If men attend church where the gospel is 15 00:00:44,770 --> 00:00:48,230 not preached, they will remain in a senseless 16 00:00:48,230 --> 00:00:53,850 condition, Sunday after Sunday, although they attend faithfully, 17 00:00:54,290 --> 00:00:56,130 they will never be better for it. 18 00:00:56,690 --> 00:00:59,830 They will live with a false assurance and 19 00:00:59,830 --> 00:01:03,510 rest upon a rotten foundation of an empty 20 00:01:03,510 --> 00:01:04,690 religious profession. 21 00:01:06,130 --> 00:01:09,970 Hell fills by the hour with baptized church 22 00:01:09,970 --> 00:01:13,290 members who were never awakened to their lost 23 00:01:13,290 --> 00:01:18,170 condition, never came under Holy Spirit conviction, and 24 00:01:18,170 --> 00:01:21,330 who were never united savingly to Christ through 25 00:01:21,330 --> 00:01:23,990 heartfelt repentance and faith. 26 00:01:24,730 --> 00:01:29,070 These who believe modern gospel has been diluted 27 00:01:29,070 --> 00:01:32,130 of all its power to make it more 28 00:01:32,130 --> 00:01:34,090 palatable to sinful man. 29 00:01:34,090 --> 00:01:38,690 Multitudes have fallen under its sway and rest 30 00:01:38,690 --> 00:01:42,470 upon rotten plank boards that creak and split 31 00:01:42,470 --> 00:01:46,170 every time they move because of their false 32 00:01:46,170 --> 00:01:49,870 assurance their hope of heaven is nothing more 33 00:01:49,870 --> 00:01:51,490 than a hole in the wall. 34 00:01:52,270 --> 00:01:55,410 In a day of great spiritual declension in 35 00:01:55,410 --> 00:01:58,430 the church, we must be honest with ourselves 36 00:01:58,430 --> 00:02:02,350 in regard to biblical salvation and answer the 37 00:02:02,350 --> 00:02:03,710 following questions. 38 00:02:04,370 --> 00:02:07,330 Is God the agent of salvation or is 39 00:02:07,330 --> 00:02:07,810 man? 40 00:02:08,350 --> 00:02:10,830 Are men saved as a result of a 41 00:02:10,830 --> 00:02:14,210 decision they make or as the result of 42 00:02:14,210 --> 00:02:17,310 the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit? 43 00:02:17,830 --> 00:02:21,850 How we answer will determine if Christianity in 44 00:02:21,850 --> 00:02:25,390 America can recover from the great decline it 45 00:02:25,390 --> 00:02:27,610 has been in since the end of the 46 00:02:27,610 --> 00:02:28,870 Second Great Awakening. 47 00:02:29,710 --> 00:02:33,510 If this nation wants to avert disaster, it 48 00:02:33,510 --> 00:02:37,690 must experience reformation in the people to keep 49 00:02:37,690 --> 00:02:39,570 God's judgments from the land. 50 00:02:40,230 --> 00:02:43,330 It's time to break away from the popular 51 00:02:43,330 --> 00:02:46,910 man-centered gospel and return to the old 52 00:02:46,910 --> 00:02:49,010 paths of a God-centered gospel. 53 00:02:49,010 --> 00:02:51,730 The old gospel is God-centered. 54 00:02:52,410 --> 00:02:57,370 It's the gospel of Edwards, Whitefield, Nettleton, Spurgeon, 55 00:02:57,870 --> 00:03:01,710 men who knew that the proclamation of the 56 00:03:01,710 --> 00:03:05,710 doctrines of grace, wielded properly, could hew men 57 00:03:05,710 --> 00:03:09,790 down like a double-edged claymore because the 58 00:03:09,790 --> 00:03:11,970 Word of God is the sword of the 59 00:03:11,970 --> 00:03:12,490 Spirit. 60 00:03:12,490 --> 00:03:15,630 But salvation is in the hands of God. 61 00:03:16,150 --> 00:03:19,690 It is his voice that raises dead souls. 62 00:03:20,590 --> 00:03:23,490 The old gospel thunders the terrors of the 63 00:03:23,490 --> 00:03:27,190 law about sinners' ears until they tremble with 64 00:03:27,190 --> 00:03:28,370 conviction of sin. 65 00:03:28,810 --> 00:03:31,250 Then it shuts men up to God until 66 00:03:31,250 --> 00:03:35,050 the receiver revealed Christ for forgiveness of sin. 67 00:03:35,050 --> 00:03:38,870 The full counsel of God in the proclamation 68 00:03:38,870 --> 00:03:42,650 of the gospel should clearly state the following. 69 00:04:05,050 --> 00:04:08,650 His future judgment awaits all mankind where he 70 00:04:08,650 --> 00:04:11,570 will be held accountable before the judge of 71 00:04:11,570 --> 00:04:12,510 all the earth. 72 00:04:13,130 --> 00:04:18,010 Number five, the miseries and unending torments of 73 00:04:18,010 --> 00:04:18,450 hell. 74 00:04:19,370 --> 00:04:22,590 Number six, God's demand for repentance. 75 00:04:23,710 --> 00:04:27,450 Number seven, the necessity of regeneration. 76 00:04:28,450 --> 00:04:32,730 Number eight, the preciousness of Christ who, like 77 00:04:32,730 --> 00:04:35,410 the pearl of great price, is worth selling 78 00:04:35,410 --> 00:04:38,010 all for so he may be gained. 79 00:04:38,690 --> 00:04:42,830 Number nine, the sufficiency of Christ's blood and 80 00:04:42,830 --> 00:04:43,490 redemption. 81 00:04:44,430 --> 00:04:47,510 And number ten, Jesus Christ is Lord. 82 00:04:48,050 --> 00:04:50,490 He must be one's prince as well as 83 00:04:50,490 --> 00:04:51,010 a savior. 84 00:04:51,010 --> 00:04:54,070 If there is any hope for us as 85 00:04:54,070 --> 00:04:57,150 a people of God, we must repent and 86 00:04:57,150 --> 00:04:59,930 return to the Lord before it's too late.