Does our Gospel presentation make men excited about what God can do for them on this earth, or about whom God is?
The question is not, “Do you know you are a sinner?” the question is this, “As you have heard me preach the Gospel, has God so worked in your life that the sin you once loved you now hate?”
You go up to the devil and ask if he knows he’s a sinner and he’ll say, “Well, yes I am! And a mighty fine one at that!”
You go up to the devil and ask if he knows he’s a sinner and he’ll say, “Well, yes I am! And a mighty fine one at that!”
You must use the Holy Scriptures to teach them ─ the Holy Spirit using the sword to penetrate their heart and to show them what it truly means to be a sinner!
Next, they’ll say, “Do you want to go to heaven?” Have you ever had anybody say, “No, I’d rather go to hell.” My friend, understand this, everyone wants to go to heaven. They just don’t want God to be there when they get there.
The question is not, “Do you want to go to heaven?” The question is, “Do you want God?”
Then they ask, “Do you want Jesus to come into your heart?” Does it bother anyone that this formula or language is not found in the New Testament?
“But I got saved that way!” No, you got saved in spite of that way not because of that way.
A man is saved only by faith … only by faith.
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