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A profitable exercise, friends, can be found in

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reading the story of David Brainerd's conversion, that

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over a prolonged period of time, as he

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was in anguish over the destiny of his

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soul, how he was angry at God for

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imputing Adam's sin to him.

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He was angry at God for the strictness

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of his law, which he confessed he was

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unable to uphold.

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He wished at times there was no God,

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and that there was an easier way to

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salvation other than Jesus Christ, that he felt

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it was unfair for God to have the

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sovereignty to either give him faith or withhold

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it and damn him forever and still be

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a just God.

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Brainerd felt his heart rising up against God

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during this time of seeking salvation, which he

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finally found through the aid of Solomon Stoddard's

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book, Guide to Christ.

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And I look at how Orthodox Christianity shined

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in 18th century New England by eminent ministers

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who preached the doctrines of grace in all

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their fullness, clarity, and in their proper order,

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and how careful men were with the souls

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of men back then.

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And I look around today at all the

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apostasy in our churches, the ignorance and stupidity

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that we call evangelism today, and I see

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entire denominations damning the souls of men with

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heretical doctrines that go against the Bible and

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common reason and calling that salvation, to foolishly

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believe that a soul can pass from death

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to life in two minutes by raising their

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hand or walking an aisle or repeating a

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prayer and being saved by making a decision,

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goes against the whole of scripture and the

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whole attributes of a holy God.

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God is the author of salvation, not man,

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a sinner in his natural condition, is blind

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and deaf and dead and utterly corrupt and

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helpless to come to Christ on his own.

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The badness of his heart hates God and

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drinks iniquity like water.

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To think that a hardened sinner can open

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his own heart to accept Jesus is utter

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nonsense and heresy at its highest.

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To teach that man can be saved by

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just accepting Jesus is a lie that goes

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against the teachings of Christ who said, Except

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ye repent, ye will all likewise perish.

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To teach that sinners have the power within

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them to make a decision and become converted,

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take salvation out of the hands of God

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and place it in the hands of man.

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Jesus taught that no man can come to

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me except the Father draw him.

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No man is saved by merely making a

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decision, but only by the regenerating power of

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the Holy Spirit.

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A great majority of our churches today are

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mere factories intended on producing man-made converts

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to support a denominational program and cover the

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bills on an oversized church campus that was

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built by the pride of men, and the

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process they call evangelism is nothing more than

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damning the souls of men.