1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:01,840 Before we read the scriptures together, we'll speak 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:02,540 to the Lord in prayer. 3 00:00:05,140 --> 00:00:06,920 Father, we quiet our hearts in thy presence 4 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:08,520 again this evening to thank thee for the 5 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:08,760 day. 6 00:00:09,380 --> 00:00:11,200 We thank thee for the answered prayer, which 7 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:12,620 thou hast been faithful to meet the needs 8 00:00:12,620 --> 00:00:13,260 of thy people. 9 00:00:13,740 --> 00:00:15,160 And our Father, now the time has come 10 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:16,620 for the preaching of the gospel, and we 11 00:00:16,620 --> 00:00:19,060 pray that there would be indeed a genuine 12 00:00:19,060 --> 00:00:21,320 working of the spirit of God in the 13 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:22,700 hearts of each of us again tonight. 14 00:00:22,820 --> 00:00:23,960 We think of those who are yet in 15 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:25,500 their sins, and they know not the Savior. 16 00:00:26,020 --> 00:00:27,640 If they would die tonight, the best that 17 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,540 they would have would be a hope for 18 00:00:29,540 --> 00:00:29,900 heaven. 19 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:31,659 But our Father, we know that that is 20 00:00:31,659 --> 00:00:33,220 not enough, and so we would pray that 21 00:00:33,220 --> 00:00:35,300 there would be a great awakening tonight for 22 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:37,720 those that need salvation, that they might be 23 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,120 located as to where they are in the 24 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:41,860 light of eternity and in the sight of 25 00:00:41,860 --> 00:00:42,180 God. 26 00:00:42,380 --> 00:00:44,020 So we would just ask for help now 27 00:00:44,020 --> 00:00:46,320 as the gospel is to be proclaimed in 28 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,160 the worthy name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 29 00:00:48,740 --> 00:00:49,140 Amen. 30 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:51,640 We're gonna read together in the Gospel of 31 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,160 John, please, in chapter three. 32 00:00:55,140 --> 00:00:57,320 Gospel of John in chapter three, and we'll 33 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,060 read the very last verse of the chapter. 34 00:00:59,580 --> 00:01:00,940 Verse number 36. 35 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:10,040 In John chapter three, verse number 36, these 36 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:11,360 are the words of John the Baptist. 37 00:01:12,860 --> 00:01:14,900 And he says, he that believeth on the 38 00:01:14,900 --> 00:01:17,540 Son hath everlasting life. 39 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,280 And he that hath not the Son shall 40 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,520 not see life, but the wrath of God 41 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,280 abideth on him. 42 00:01:27,940 --> 00:01:30,420 Lord, bless to us the reading of his 43 00:01:30,420 --> 00:01:31,240 precious word. 44 00:01:32,860 --> 00:01:35,240 The Gospel of John is a tremendous book 45 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,200 when it comes to the person of the 46 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:37,840 Son of God. 47 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:41,140 And really, that's what John the Baptist is 48 00:01:41,140 --> 00:01:41,820 speaking about. 49 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,880 He's speaking about the Lord Jesus Christ. 50 00:01:44,620 --> 00:01:46,580 When we're looking at this verse tonight, just 51 00:01:46,580 --> 00:01:48,040 in the opening of this meeting, I would 52 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,380 like to get each and every one of 53 00:01:49,380 --> 00:01:51,820 us to find out where we are in 54 00:01:51,820 --> 00:01:52,300 the verse. 55 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,340 Not where we think we are, maybe in 56 00:01:56,340 --> 00:01:57,260 our own understanding. 57 00:01:57,460 --> 00:01:59,480 But as we examine this verse, it is 58 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,300 divided very clearly into two different groups of 59 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:02,580 people. 60 00:02:03,380 --> 00:02:05,160 There are those that have the Son, those 61 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,660 that believe on the Son, have everlasting life. 62 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:10,260 And there's those that believe not the Son, 63 00:02:10,980 --> 00:02:14,220 and they shall not see life. 64 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,340 And so to start just very simply, if 65 00:02:17,340 --> 00:02:19,760 you were to die tonight, would you be 66 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:20,620 in heaven and why? 67 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:24,000 If this would be your appointed day on 68 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,040 earth, when you would go out into eternity 69 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:30,220 to meet God, would you be those that 70 00:02:30,220 --> 00:02:32,160 have life, or among those that have not 71 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:32,600 life? 72 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,180 It's just really that black and white. 73 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:38,960 When it comes to God's salvation, and when 74 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,600 it comes to the work of the Lord 75 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,620 Jesus, and when it comes to the love 76 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:45,360 of God, the reality is very simple. 77 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:49,320 We make the Gospel sometimes complicated in our 78 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:49,680 thinking. 79 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,600 But the reality is tonight is this, you 80 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,100 are either on one of two roads. 81 00:02:54,220 --> 00:02:57,200 You either have life tonight, or you do 82 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,180 not have life. 83 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:00,780 You can't be somewhere in the middle. 84 00:03:01,540 --> 00:03:03,580 You can't be half dead or half alive. 85 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:06,000 Either you have Christ tonight, or you do 86 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,020 not have Christ. 87 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:09,620 And it behooves us all tonight to ask 88 00:03:09,620 --> 00:03:11,820 the question, and to search our foundation. 89 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,200 Am I saved? 90 00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:16,600 Or am I lost? 91 00:03:17,180 --> 00:03:18,680 Am I in Christ? 92 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,200 Or am I out of Christ? 93 00:03:22,260 --> 00:03:24,000 You see, there are billions of people on 94 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,740 the earth tonight, and they believe about the 95 00:03:25,740 --> 00:03:26,740 Lord Jesus Christ. 96 00:03:27,820 --> 00:03:31,100 They believe that He came at Christmas time. 97 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,360 And they believe that He died at Easter 98 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:33,720 time. 99 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,700 And they believe that God raised Him from 100 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:36,220 the dead. 101 00:03:36,780 --> 00:03:38,320 But you see, to believe about the Lord 102 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,040 Jesus Christ is entirely different than knowing Him 103 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:42,420 as your own personal Savior. 104 00:03:43,060 --> 00:03:45,600 We can understand all the facts about Him. 105 00:03:45,860 --> 00:03:47,940 That He came, that He died, that He 106 00:03:47,940 --> 00:03:50,140 was buried, that He was raised again from 107 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:50,700 the dead. 108 00:03:53,450 --> 00:03:54,810 But when did He become your Savior? 109 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:58,900 When did He become yours? 110 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:03,500 Not just the history about Him, but the 111 00:04:03,500 --> 00:04:05,160 reality of the work of Christ. 112 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:06,660 And what does it mean to you tonight? 113 00:04:10,130 --> 00:04:12,010 John says, He that believeth on the Son 114 00:04:12,010 --> 00:04:13,430 hath everlasting life. 115 00:04:14,130 --> 00:04:15,930 And that tells us something very simple. 116 00:04:16,910 --> 00:04:20,550 There's a time when a person obtains everlasting 117 00:04:20,550 --> 00:04:21,230 life. 118 00:04:21,670 --> 00:04:24,170 A person isn't born with everlasting life. 119 00:04:24,770 --> 00:04:26,710 A person isn't born on their way to 120 00:04:26,710 --> 00:04:26,990 heaven. 121 00:04:27,710 --> 00:04:30,390 We're born in sin and shape in an 122 00:04:30,390 --> 00:04:32,490 iniquity, but it says here that He that 123 00:04:32,490 --> 00:04:34,070 believeth on the Son hath. 124 00:04:34,510 --> 00:04:37,210 There's a moment in one's experience when the 125 00:04:37,210 --> 00:04:39,870 truth of the Word of God strikes home 126 00:04:39,870 --> 00:04:41,250 to the heart of the individual. 127 00:04:43,730 --> 00:04:44,950 And they trust Christ. 128 00:04:45,590 --> 00:04:47,170 But the night that I was saved, I 129 00:04:47,170 --> 00:04:49,330 was saved without even thinking about believing. 130 00:04:49,750 --> 00:04:51,510 The reality of the truth of the Scripture 131 00:04:51,510 --> 00:04:53,530 was so obvious, it was right there on 132 00:04:53,530 --> 00:04:54,030 the page. 133 00:04:54,750 --> 00:04:56,490 It was right there the whole time, but 134 00:04:56,490 --> 00:04:57,350 I couldn't see it. 135 00:04:57,870 --> 00:04:59,170 Why couldn't I see it? 136 00:04:59,630 --> 00:05:00,910 Because I was blind. 137 00:05:01,790 --> 00:05:03,430 Blinded by the prince and the power of 138 00:05:03,430 --> 00:05:03,730 the air. 139 00:05:04,010 --> 00:05:05,050 Blinded by sin. 140 00:05:05,690 --> 00:05:07,370 And it's the same for all tonight. 141 00:05:08,470 --> 00:05:10,370 If our gospel be hid, it is hid 142 00:05:10,370 --> 00:05:11,530 to them that are lost. 143 00:05:11,530 --> 00:05:13,630 And whom the God of this world hath 144 00:05:13,630 --> 00:05:15,850 blinded the minds of them that believe not. 145 00:05:16,010 --> 00:05:18,530 Lest the light of the glorious gospel of 146 00:05:18,530 --> 00:05:20,330 Christ should shine unto them. 147 00:05:22,910 --> 00:05:24,650 So we're not born saved. 148 00:05:26,050 --> 00:05:27,650 We need to be born again. 149 00:05:28,850 --> 00:05:30,670 And John says, He that believeth on the 150 00:05:30,670 --> 00:05:32,630 Son hath everlasting life. 151 00:05:32,850 --> 00:05:35,270 And he that believeth not the Son shall 152 00:05:35,270 --> 00:05:36,990 not see life. 153 00:05:38,810 --> 00:05:40,510 Shall never see life. 154 00:05:42,350 --> 00:05:44,910 But the wrath of God abides on him. 155 00:05:45,070 --> 00:05:46,510 I want to take just a few moments 156 00:05:46,510 --> 00:05:49,330 and talk about the reality of the wrath 157 00:05:49,330 --> 00:05:49,790 of God. 158 00:05:51,390 --> 00:05:53,530 The wrath of God is something that is 159 00:05:53,530 --> 00:05:56,190 quite intriguing, really. 160 00:05:57,790 --> 00:06:00,650 How that a God that is love, described 161 00:06:00,650 --> 00:06:03,270 by that as His character, God is love. 162 00:06:04,450 --> 00:06:06,610 And yet He has a wrath that is 163 00:06:06,610 --> 00:06:06,950 holy. 164 00:06:08,550 --> 00:06:10,710 That He has an anger against sin that 165 00:06:10,710 --> 00:06:11,310 is righteous. 166 00:06:12,770 --> 00:06:15,390 And to think that those that die without 167 00:06:15,390 --> 00:06:17,970 the Savior, they'll be under the wrath of 168 00:06:17,970 --> 00:06:18,570 God forever. 169 00:06:19,470 --> 00:06:21,390 Make no mistake about it, God has done 170 00:06:21,390 --> 00:06:25,530 everything heavenly possible that you might be saved 171 00:06:25,530 --> 00:06:25,870 tonight. 172 00:06:27,410 --> 00:06:28,170 Did you get that? 173 00:06:28,910 --> 00:06:32,410 God has done everything heavenly possible that sinners 174 00:06:32,410 --> 00:06:33,970 would never see His wrath. 175 00:06:33,970 --> 00:06:36,710 That sinners would never experience a judgment for 176 00:06:36,710 --> 00:06:37,350 their sin. 177 00:06:38,010 --> 00:06:40,530 God has done everything that heaven can do. 178 00:06:41,070 --> 00:06:42,570 That souls might be rescued. 179 00:06:44,130 --> 00:06:50,030 But yet, there'll be multitudes that'll be under 180 00:06:50,030 --> 00:06:51,110 the wrath of God. 181 00:06:53,570 --> 00:06:56,350 Human mind cannot comprehend what that's like. 182 00:06:58,010 --> 00:07:01,230 Most of the wrath of men is unrighteous. 183 00:07:02,490 --> 00:07:04,890 Most of the wrath of man stems from 184 00:07:04,890 --> 00:07:05,350 hatred. 185 00:07:06,050 --> 00:07:08,270 You think of the wars that are going 186 00:07:08,270 --> 00:07:10,430 on and the conflicts that are going on, 187 00:07:10,570 --> 00:07:13,450 where one nation hates another nation, and then 188 00:07:13,450 --> 00:07:14,750 you've got the result of war. 189 00:07:16,710 --> 00:07:20,110 You've got one ideology that hates another ideology, 190 00:07:20,210 --> 00:07:20,870 and what do you have? 191 00:07:21,010 --> 00:07:22,210 You have a state of war. 192 00:07:24,350 --> 00:07:26,550 But when it comes to the wrath and 193 00:07:26,550 --> 00:07:30,330 the judgment of God, judgment is God's strange 194 00:07:30,330 --> 00:07:30,790 work. 195 00:07:31,970 --> 00:07:33,610 You think of the Lord Jesus as He 196 00:07:33,610 --> 00:07:36,070 looked over a city called Jerusalem so many 197 00:07:36,070 --> 00:07:38,250 years ago, and He did everything that He 198 00:07:38,250 --> 00:07:38,670 could do. 199 00:07:38,870 --> 00:07:41,330 How often He would have gathered that city 200 00:07:41,330 --> 00:07:43,850 as a hen does gather her chicks under 201 00:07:43,850 --> 00:07:44,650 His wing. 202 00:07:44,870 --> 00:07:46,370 But they would not. 203 00:07:48,350 --> 00:07:49,690 The onus was on them. 204 00:07:50,430 --> 00:07:51,650 They would not. 205 00:07:53,670 --> 00:07:56,810 And there was not one stone left upon 206 00:07:56,810 --> 00:08:00,590 another when the emperor come through and leveled 207 00:08:00,590 --> 00:08:00,990 the city. 208 00:08:01,670 --> 00:08:03,550 Not that very long after that. 209 00:08:04,310 --> 00:08:06,250 You see, the judgment of God can be 210 00:08:06,250 --> 00:08:08,030 seen in different ways throughout the Scripture. 211 00:08:09,950 --> 00:08:12,410 We see it in Noah's day, don't we? 212 00:08:14,430 --> 00:08:16,410 Where there the thoughts and the imagination of 213 00:08:16,410 --> 00:08:18,530 the hearts of men were only evil continually. 214 00:08:19,370 --> 00:08:21,990 And God sent Noah, a preacher of righteousness, 215 00:08:22,290 --> 00:08:23,910 and there that man preached and that man 216 00:08:23,910 --> 00:08:26,270 builded, and he made an ark, and God 217 00:08:26,270 --> 00:08:28,370 is going to destroy the world then because 218 00:08:28,370 --> 00:08:29,170 of their sin. 219 00:08:30,530 --> 00:08:33,450 So corrupt, so abominable, and we're no different 220 00:08:33,450 --> 00:08:34,750 tonight than they were then. 221 00:08:36,330 --> 00:08:38,049 The thoughts and the intents of the heart 222 00:08:38,049 --> 00:08:39,789 were only evil continually. 223 00:08:41,650 --> 00:08:44,930 And what God had made had been so 224 00:08:44,930 --> 00:08:47,690 defiled and so destroyed and so distorted from 225 00:08:47,690 --> 00:08:48,970 what He intended it to be. 226 00:08:49,730 --> 00:08:51,570 And the people in their hatred of God, 227 00:08:51,670 --> 00:08:53,650 in their hatred of authority, in their hatred 228 00:08:53,650 --> 00:08:55,650 of that which is good, and God now 229 00:08:55,650 --> 00:08:57,190 sends the flood upon the earth. 230 00:08:57,390 --> 00:08:59,590 And you can see how God moves when 231 00:08:59,590 --> 00:09:01,210 the time comes. 232 00:09:02,470 --> 00:09:04,430 With those in all their pride and all 233 00:09:04,430 --> 00:09:05,370 their unbelief. 234 00:09:05,690 --> 00:09:07,130 And they reject God. 235 00:09:08,070 --> 00:09:09,690 They reject God and His love. 236 00:09:11,490 --> 00:09:13,430 And the wrath came in those days. 237 00:09:14,190 --> 00:09:17,610 And God spared not the old world, but 238 00:09:17,610 --> 00:09:18,790 took them away with the flood. 239 00:09:19,830 --> 00:09:21,730 And you see the wrath of God in 240 00:09:21,730 --> 00:09:24,610 Sodom and Gomorrah, 2 Peter chapter 2. 241 00:09:25,230 --> 00:09:27,470 And there the fire and brimstone comes from 242 00:09:27,470 --> 00:09:29,470 heaven, and it burns those cities up. 243 00:09:30,510 --> 00:09:32,730 And again we're reminded that God is holy 244 00:09:32,730 --> 00:09:34,450 and that sin will not be tolerated. 245 00:09:35,630 --> 00:09:39,130 God is long-suffering tonight, not willing that 246 00:09:39,130 --> 00:09:40,790 any should perish, but that all should come 247 00:09:40,790 --> 00:09:41,350 to repentance. 248 00:09:41,350 --> 00:09:43,930 And so even this night, God is long 249 00:09:43,930 --> 00:09:47,570 -suffering, waiting for sinners to listen and to 250 00:09:47,570 --> 00:09:50,290 change their mind and agree with Him. 251 00:09:51,150 --> 00:09:51,890 And that's repentance. 252 00:09:53,530 --> 00:09:55,630 But the wrath of God abides on Him. 253 00:09:55,690 --> 00:09:58,570 I used to think that before God saved 254 00:09:58,570 --> 00:10:01,770 me, that I was in my unbelief. 255 00:10:01,870 --> 00:10:02,990 I knew I was in my unbelief. 256 00:10:03,050 --> 00:10:04,790 Have you ever been convinced of your unbelief? 257 00:10:07,030 --> 00:10:08,670 There's a dear brother in Iowa, he always 258 00:10:08,670 --> 00:10:10,590 prays that God would convince people of their 259 00:10:10,590 --> 00:10:11,150 unbelief. 260 00:10:13,450 --> 00:10:17,250 Have you ever been convinced of your unbelief? 261 00:10:17,690 --> 00:10:19,110 And I used to think this was me 262 00:10:19,110 --> 00:10:21,210 in my life, and I was a pretty 263 00:10:21,210 --> 00:10:23,590 good kid, and I knew I wasn't saved, 264 00:10:23,650 --> 00:10:25,110 and the wrath of God was over me, 265 00:10:25,110 --> 00:10:25,850 and that's true. 266 00:10:27,610 --> 00:10:29,690 But do you realize what's keeping that wrath 267 00:10:29,690 --> 00:10:30,690 from falling tonight? 268 00:10:33,730 --> 00:10:35,690 I used to think that God was waiting 269 00:10:35,690 --> 00:10:37,710 for me to make my last sin, or 270 00:10:37,710 --> 00:10:39,510 maybe my biggest sin, whatever one it might 271 00:10:39,510 --> 00:10:41,390 be, that would trigger the judgment to fall 272 00:10:41,390 --> 00:10:42,590 and He would smash me into hell. 273 00:10:42,730 --> 00:10:44,070 That couldn't be farther from the truth. 274 00:10:46,850 --> 00:10:48,550 You see, what kept me out of hell 275 00:10:48,550 --> 00:10:53,130 all those years was the mercy of God. 276 00:10:55,970 --> 00:10:58,910 You see, I deserve to be under the 277 00:10:58,910 --> 00:10:59,610 wrath of God. 278 00:11:00,550 --> 00:11:02,230 It was what I had done, it was 279 00:11:02,230 --> 00:11:02,830 my sin. 280 00:11:02,830 --> 00:11:04,870 And it's the same with you tonight, friend. 281 00:11:05,650 --> 00:11:08,010 Your sin deserves nothing less than the wrath 282 00:11:08,010 --> 00:11:08,610 of God. 283 00:11:10,010 --> 00:11:14,170 And tonight it's God's mercy that you're here. 284 00:11:14,810 --> 00:11:17,450 It's God's mercy that you're not experiencing that 285 00:11:17,450 --> 00:11:19,810 wrath, and the wrath of God abides on 286 00:11:19,810 --> 00:11:19,950 Him. 287 00:11:20,210 --> 00:11:22,450 And God now is longing in this day 288 00:11:22,450 --> 00:11:24,530 and age of grace that souls would be 289 00:11:24,530 --> 00:11:26,450 saved, that they'd be forgiven of their sin, 290 00:11:26,610 --> 00:11:28,670 that they would find the Savior, that they 291 00:11:28,670 --> 00:11:31,970 would know that the Lord Jesus Christ is 292 00:11:31,970 --> 00:11:33,950 God's only way of salvation. 293 00:11:35,230 --> 00:11:38,790 That's why the verse is talking about believing 294 00:11:38,790 --> 00:11:41,690 on the Son hath everlasting life. 295 00:11:42,830 --> 00:11:45,030 If a person has it, they don't wonder 296 00:11:45,030 --> 00:11:45,850 if they have it. 297 00:11:46,870 --> 00:11:48,870 They know that they have it. 298 00:11:49,670 --> 00:11:52,210 What does John write in 1 John chapter 299 00:11:52,210 --> 00:11:52,590 5? 300 00:11:52,590 --> 00:11:54,530 These things have I written unto you that 301 00:11:54,530 --> 00:11:55,990 believe on the name of the Son of 302 00:11:55,990 --> 00:11:57,510 God that you may know. 303 00:11:58,810 --> 00:11:59,910 Do you know tonight? 304 00:12:01,910 --> 00:12:03,750 Oh, nobody can know for sure until they 305 00:12:03,750 --> 00:12:04,150 get there. 306 00:12:04,290 --> 00:12:05,790 That's not what the Bible teaches. 307 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,420 The Bible says if you don't know, you 308 00:12:10,420 --> 00:12:11,000 won't go. 309 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,020 They that believe, he that believeth on the 310 00:12:16,020 --> 00:12:18,260 Son hath everlasting life. 311 00:12:18,260 --> 00:12:21,840 And he that believeth not the Son shall 312 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:23,160 not see life. 313 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:25,880 Did you know tonight we don't really know 314 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,240 what life is until we're saved? 315 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:30,820 That's so real. 316 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:35,040 People are seeking to be satisfied in everything 317 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:36,060 that never satisfies. 318 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,320 The businessman, he's not satisfied with what's coming 319 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:41,500 in. 320 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:43,640 There's always opportunity for growth, and there's always 321 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,240 opportunity for expansion. 322 00:12:46,020 --> 00:12:48,420 And whatever avenue, whatever aspect of life you 323 00:12:48,420 --> 00:12:50,500 think about, men are never satisfied. 324 00:12:51,140 --> 00:12:55,180 But the Christian, those that have Christ, they're 325 00:12:55,180 --> 00:12:55,820 satisfied. 326 00:12:56,940 --> 00:12:59,320 And the peace that comes with knowing Christ 327 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,860 is my Savior. 328 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,180 To know Christ is the substitute that was 329 00:13:06,180 --> 00:13:08,120 under the wrath of God for me. 330 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,420 The one that suffered for sins but not 331 00:13:11,420 --> 00:13:12,020 his own. 332 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:15,520 The one that satisfied God on behalf of 333 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:15,960 sin. 334 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,340 If you've never been saved, you have no 335 00:13:21,340 --> 00:13:23,280 clue what true life is really all about. 336 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:25,900 And the devil will tell you that if 337 00:13:25,900 --> 00:13:27,340 you're saved, it's going to ruin your life. 338 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:28,840 You'll never be able to have any fun. 339 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:30,760 You'll be a miserable old Christian with your 340 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,460 lip dragging on the floor because everything's going 341 00:13:33,460 --> 00:13:33,780 wrong. 342 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:34,560 It's just the opposite. 343 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,860 A true believer tonight, one with everlasting life, 344 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:42,780 knows not only the quantity of that life, 345 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:44,380 but the quality of that life. 346 00:13:46,060 --> 00:13:47,180 Is that you tonight? 347 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,520 To lay your head down on your pillow 348 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:54,020 and know if you die in your sleep, 349 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:56,020 that it is well with your soul, that's 350 00:13:56,020 --> 00:13:56,380 life. 351 00:13:57,860 --> 00:13:59,700 To lay your head down tonight and not 352 00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:01,600 know, and just hope that you live and 353 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,620 wake another day, and hope you don't have 354 00:14:03,620 --> 00:14:05,780 some sort of a wreck or something that 355 00:14:05,780 --> 00:14:07,040 would take you out into eternity. 356 00:14:08,420 --> 00:14:09,920 That's no way to live. 357 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,860 Men through fear of death were all their 358 00:14:13,860 --> 00:14:15,740 lifetime subject to bondage. 359 00:14:17,020 --> 00:14:20,280 But when a person possesses presently an eternally 360 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,640 everlasting life, what a quality of life. 361 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,340 And so just to start this meeting tonight, 362 00:14:31,020 --> 00:14:33,580 are you located tonight where you stand before 363 00:14:33,580 --> 00:14:33,940 God? 364 00:14:36,900 --> 00:14:39,120 This isn't a matter of, if God doesn't 365 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:40,800 accept me the way I am, that's His 366 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:41,280 loss. 367 00:14:45,020 --> 00:14:46,780 That's not the attitude to have. 368 00:14:48,340 --> 00:14:50,240 It isn't that if I'm not good enough 369 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,040 and my good works aren't good enough, then 370 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,120 that's just too bad. 371 00:14:54,180 --> 00:14:56,060 It's not the idea of, this is what 372 00:14:56,060 --> 00:14:57,940 I've been raised in and I've always been 373 00:14:57,940 --> 00:15:00,540 taught that, and we're the 17th generation that 374 00:15:00,540 --> 00:15:02,060 have been to this church and have done 375 00:15:02,060 --> 00:15:04,320 these things and carried out these ordinances. 376 00:15:04,580 --> 00:15:06,620 That's not everlasting life. 377 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:09,640 It's found in the Son. 378 00:15:11,260 --> 00:15:12,120 The Son. 379 00:15:13,460 --> 00:15:15,720 And there at the cross of Calvary, when 380 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,800 John here is talking about the Son, John 381 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,980 the Baptist didn't understand the depths of the 382 00:15:20,980 --> 00:15:22,900 suffering that Christ was going to go through. 383 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,960 But Christ at the cross of Calvary suffered 384 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,460 the wrath of God for sin. 385 00:15:29,460 --> 00:15:31,900 Christ died for our sin according to the 386 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:34,520 Scriptures, and He was buried and He rose 387 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,620 again the third day according to the Scriptures. 388 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,940 And what took place at Calvary was God 389 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:40,940 dealing with sin. 390 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:43,300 Not men dealing with sin. 391 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:45,440 But God. 392 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:47,600 But God. 393 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,180 And because God has settled the sin question 394 00:15:51,180 --> 00:15:53,900 through the person of the Lord Jesus Christ 395 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:57,060 and the cross and the resurrection, you can 396 00:15:57,060 --> 00:15:58,940 know for certain tonight that you'll be in 397 00:15:58,940 --> 00:16:00,000 heaven at the end of life. 398 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,480 There's a lot of people who want to 399 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:05,880 dispute that, but they're going to have to 400 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:06,620 argue with God. 401 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,080 Because God says everlasting life. 402 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:12,560 Everlasting life. 403 00:16:12,660 --> 00:16:14,580 So, which are you in this verse? 404 00:16:15,860 --> 00:16:17,900 Do you have this everlasting life? 405 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,460 If you have the Son, you have life. 406 00:16:21,140 --> 00:16:23,140 Or are you missing out on this everlasting 407 00:16:23,140 --> 00:16:23,800 life? 408 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:26,200 If you do not have the Son, you 409 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:27,180 do not have life. 410 00:16:28,580 --> 00:16:30,240 And the text goes even further. 411 00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:34,220 But the wrath of God abides on that 412 00:16:34,220 --> 00:16:34,660 person. 413 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,400 This is very solemn tonight, but it's very 414 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:39,720 exciting at the same time. 415 00:16:41,060 --> 00:16:42,920 That there might be someone in this audience 416 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:44,540 tonight, and you're wanting to be right with 417 00:16:44,540 --> 00:16:46,080 God, and you're wanting to know the forgiveness 418 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,140 of sins, that you can be saved tonight. 419 00:16:48,970 --> 00:16:50,980 You can be rescued from your sins and 420 00:16:50,980 --> 00:16:52,280 their consequences tonight. 421 00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:54,160 Why? 422 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,020 Because Christ finished the work. 423 00:16:58,140 --> 00:17:00,400 Nearly 2,000 years ago at the place 424 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,540 called Calvary, where He made payment for sin 425 00:17:03,540 --> 00:17:04,480 that was not His own. 426 00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:06,700 And when He suffered for sins that were 427 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:09,500 not His own, and when He satisfied God's 428 00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:12,359 righteous and holy wrath, the judgment that sin 429 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:14,680 deserves, it fell upon Him. 430 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,579 It fell upon Christ. 431 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:20,740 What's the text say? 432 00:17:21,420 --> 00:17:22,400 Think about it tonight. 433 00:17:22,740 --> 00:17:25,780 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting 434 00:17:25,780 --> 00:17:28,520 life, and he that believeth not the Son 435 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,020 shall not see life, but the wrath of 436 00:17:31,020 --> 00:17:33,880 God abideth on Him.