"But Now" - Johnny Elmore

With everything so far. It's always a it's always a

pleasure to be here and I look forward to a great meeting.

I'm going to read a passage this morning from the 9th chapter of

Hebrews beginning with verse 24 of this chapter.

And in this place we hear the Divine writer saying or Christ

is not entered into the holy places made with hands which are

the figures of the true but into heaven.

In itself now, to appear in the presence of God for us, nor yet,

that he should offer himself often as the high priest

entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others.

For then must, he often have suffered since the foundation of

the world, but now once in the end of the world hath, he

appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself and as it

is appointed unto man once to die, but after this This the

Judgment. So Christ was once offered to

Bear the sins of many and unto them that look for him.

Shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation?

Want to talk on a theme this morning.

That I think all of us should be interested in, but before we

speak certainly, we do feel disposed to pray.

I know that you have been recipients of god good gift this

week by virtue of the fact that you're able to be here today

even as I have and we're thankful for God's blessings

wish to express our thanks to him and call upon his old

prevailing name. So at this time, let us Us

humble ourselves in prayer. Well, this morning, we're going

to have a little homemade blessing.

A young preacher. One time was complaining about

not being able to find sermon material.

And one of the older Brethren is reported to have told him boy,

get your Bible. There's hundreds of them in the

Bible and of course, that's true.

Not like to suggest another source of ideas and that is to

get your concordance. And to look at that, I became

intrigued recently with the conjunction of contrast that we

have on the board here, but now 18, Robertson states that this

term constitutes a strong contrast as opposed to at that

time. So, here we have a contrast at

that time. But now, and he also defines the

word as except for the fact, but means, except for the fact, now

means at the present time, so, I got my concordance day on and I

find several places. These where that little

conjunction is used. So I would like to know this

just a few of those and I believe it will be something

that you're interested in. And Hebrews the 9th chapter and

verse beginning with verse 24, we know that the book of Hebrews

is extolling, the virtues of Christ's Administration if you

will of, as opposed to that of Moses.

And he said, in verse 24 Christ, is not entered into the holy

places made with hands which are the figures of the true.

But into heaven itself now to appear in the presence of God

for us nor yet that he's He should offer himself often as

the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with

blood of others or then musty often have suffered since the

foundation of the world. But now once in the end of the

world hath, he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of

himself and as it is appointed unto men once to die.

But after this the Judgment so Christ was once offered to Bear

the sins of many and unto them that look for him.

Him, shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation?

Notice, if you will, that contrast He would often have

suffered since the foundation of the world, if he had to do is

the high priest of the Old Testament.

But now, but now once in the end of the world or the End of the

Age, the Jewish, or the Mosaic age, happy appeared to put away

sin by the sacrifice of himself. That's a wonderful thought there

because the sacrifices of the Old Testament prefigured and

foreshadowed the sacrifice of Christ.

Did you know that way back Yonder in the Garden of Eden.

When man first was put upon this Earth and was given the

beautiful paradise in which to live, that was a test for Adam.

I presume. Adam was surrounded by

everything that the heart of man could possibly desire.

The Bible said that there were fruit trees.

There it must have been a beautiful place because So every

day, probably the temperature was just exactly right.

The climate must have been wonderful, it was also full of

things that were good to eat and there was simply no reason for

anybody to be unhappy or dissatisfied in the Garden of

Eden. However, God had only two

prohibitions. One of them was a positive

command and the other was a negative command.

God said that he was to keep the garden to tell it and And to

keep it. And the other was that he was

not to eat of the fruit of the tree of which I commanded thee

saying, Thou shalt not eat there.

In the midst of the garden was the tree of knowledge of Good

and Evil. God said don't eat of it because

in the day that you eat thereof, you will die.

And there's no evidence that Adam failed in that first

command to grass and to keep the garden, but Eve was given to him

as we, well know, and Being as the Bible says the weaker vessel

Satan came through mother Eve and he appealed to her vanity

and to all of the three Avenues by which man is tempted.

He said, look at this fruit. Why it's beautiful to look at

besides that it tastes good and it'll make you wise.

She prays, he tried to suggest that maybe God had unduly and

restricted them has God said that you're not to eat of any of

the Trees of the garden. She said, no God said that we

could eat of all of the Trees of the garden.

But of that tree, were not to eat it or touch it.

Lest you die? So she understood God's command.

Very well and he said you won't die.

Why? You'll you'll be as Gods

yourself. You'll know good from evil.

He persuaded her that, that was the thing to do and of course,

she ate of it. And the Bible says that she gave

it to her husband and he did eat.

I've often wondered why Adam with full knowledge entered into

that sin, that digression from God's commandment.

But as one of our older preachers pointed out some years

ago, I think it was true that he loved her so much that he

intended to share her faith. Whatever that was, and so he ate

all of it. Now, we Either guilty, pair

hiding out in the bushes. Somewhere from God, Made made

some little old skimpy fig Leaf garments with which to clothe

themselves, they were inadequate and so the voice of God sought

them out. Adam, Where Art Thou God, of

course new right. Exactly where Adam was what

Bush? He was hiding behind.

And he wanted Adam to see where he was.

And so, Adam says, well, we were afraid because we were naked and

so we hid ourselves. God said, have you eaten of the

tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not, eat

Madam had to confess that he had and so the Bible tells us that

God made them coats of skin and immediately wonder where to get

that skin. While you know that occasion the

death of an animal, didn't it a victim, an innocent victim in

order to cover Adam and Steve, because they're covering that

they had made was inadequate. And so, the Bible says that he

made them coats of skin and thus, probably shed the blood of

the first sacrificial victim upon the face of the Earth.

Incidentally, that word atonement.

He made an atonement for their sin, that word, atonement means

a covering God, covered them with that sacrifice.

And thus, a way back Yonder in the Garden of Eden.

As it were, we see the picture of Christ's sacrifice.

Now in Genesis 3:15, Bible scholars.

Genesis 3:15

Believe this is an allusion to Christ when he said to the

serpent that he would Breathe, the seed of the woman that he

loved the seed of the woman. And, and that he would crush his

head. The seed of the woman would

crush the Serpent's head, that's the only place where exclusively

seed of a woman is mentioned. Usually, you know, the man has

that role. But in this case, Case Christ

was to be born through a virgin and there's the prediction way

back Yonder in the Garden of Eden.

How beautiful a picture that is that Christ was prefigured in

foreshadowed back then. Some think that when God said,

when Eve, when God promised that to Eve and to Adam, and you

remember Eve brought forth her firstborn son.

She said, you remember what she said?

She said, I've gotten a man from the Lord, some seem to think

that, maybe she thought that was the Savior, but of course, it

wasn't man, had to be prepared for the coming of the Lord.

So ages as the ages swept past. Past.

We said other sacrifices which prefigured in for shattered the

coming of the Christ, we see on the knife that the children of

Israel left Egypt, we see a picture there.

They had developed into a mighty nation.

God appointed Moses to lead them out and Moses had showed Pharaoh

all of these wonderful signs plagues that were designed to

mail his over hard heart and let the children of Israel.

And he had resisted every one of them he would agree to it and

then he would he would change his mind.

God said I'm going to give you one more and he will let you go.

God told Moses. He said you this is what you

tell the Israelites in every house you take a lamb.

You take one that is without spot and blemish and you kill

that lamb and you take its blood and you put it in a basin and

then you take hyssop. And you dip that hyssop, in that

blood and you strike it on the lentils and doorposts of every

home, way back there and ol Egypt.

We see the sign of the cross. And God says, when I see the

blood, I will pass over you. That's where that term Passover

came from. And so that night, the children

of Israel with feet shod and with staff in hand and with

everything that they intended to take were ready and it midnight,

a cry went up all over each. Require the blood had not been

applied and the children of Israel made their exodus.

Yes. Away back there in Old Egypt.

We see in that Passover Lamb. The picture of the Christ, the

blood separated from the body, indicated, of course, the

picture of death and that foreshadowed that Christ who was

to come again. The day of atonement rolled

around among the Jewish nation, and on this day once a year, The

high priest took his victim, a bullet and he put his right hand

upon that victim's head and he put that knife between his

teeth. And then he took his left hand

and he took that knife and he cut that innocent victims,

throat and shed, its blood. And that the Bible says, he took

that blood and he made an atonement first for his own sins

and then for the sins of the people.

Hebrews says in Hebrews 10 and verse 1.

However, for the law, having a shadow of good things to come,

and not the very image of the things can never with those

sacrifices, which they offered year-by-year.

Make the comers thereunto. Perfect for then, would they not

have ceased to be offered? Because that the worshippers

once purged should have had no more conscience of sins?

But in those sacrifices, there is a remembrance of sins made of

a Sims every year. Here for it, is not possible

that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

All of those sacrifices, there was a remembrance, again, made

the scripture says every year, and finally, when Christ died

you see, he took away the sins of man.

Once for all the sacrifice on Calvary was once for all

incidentally. Once for all is a Translation of

the Greek word hapax. That's the one that's used for.

Once In, this passage in Hebrews and this word is of immense

significance and it's used several times in key statements

in the New Testament, for example, Christ has been

manifested in human form. Once for all we're told and

Hebrews 9 and 26, he suffered man's sins.

The righteous for the unrighteous were told in First

1 Peter 3:18

Peter 3:18 Teen. Once once, for all Christ died,

once for all Hebrews, 9 + 28, he offered his blood in heaven,

once for all Hebrews 9 and verses 12 and 26.

The faith that recognized Body of Proof, that was given to us.

Thief Faith was given delivered to the Saints once for all

according to Jude 3. It's appointed unto man once to

die once for all Hebrews 9 and verse 27.

Once for all God will shake the earth and the heavens that is to

remove them according to Hebrews 12 and verse 27, the glory of

Christ sacrifice as set forth here consists of the complete

the final. The irrevocable nature of his

offering it was not a something to be repeated it was once for

all those offerings and sacrifices He's under Judaism

were repeated year after year, after year, but Christ's

sacrifice was once for all. And this passage eliminates any

idea that the church should have something to offer or sacrifice

in such a thing as the mass for example, because the one and

only efficacious sacrifice has been offered in heaven where

alone it could do any good and by the only one capable of doing

it. And that's Course, the Lord.

Jesus Christ. You know, in some quarters there

is teaching that in the mass Christ is re sacrificed that's

the meaning of that word, the mass but you know, under

Christ's administration his sacrifice was once for all.

But this passage also reveals the true purpose of Jesus coming

into the world. It was not to begin an Earthly

Kingdom, it was not to erect an Earthly.

Throne Our own. It was not to restore a literal

Kingdom to Israel. It was to put away sin by the

sacrifice of himself and those who view the crucifixion of

Christ, as something other than God's plan and envision, from

the beginning, have failed to grasp.

The most fundamental teaching of all the scriptures.

You see, God's offering of himself in the person of his son

upon the cross. That's the sin quite on of all

human forgiveness, and salvation.

And when the writer of the Hebrew letter said there in

Hebrews 9, so Christ was once offered to Bear the sins of

many, it brought to mind that statement of Isaiah, and Isaiah

53, and verses, four through six, God indeed had laid upon

him, the iniquity of us all the chastisement of our peace was

upon him. We did Esteem him stricken of

God and Afflicted. The little Jewish hierarchy had

their little day with him. They humiliated him, they

crowned him with every conceivable insult, they

inflicted upon Christ. The most heinous punishment,

that could be known to the mind of, man.

He was despised and rejected of men.

And thus, he died for the sins of many, but after his death

there quickly appeared the Judgment of God upon Christ.

He arose from the dead, the Supreme Court of the universe

reverse the adversity, decision of the saint.

He, he'd run and the Roman procurator and Christ was

elevated to the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Yes. But now we see the sacrifice of

Christ. But there's another, but now and

that's here in Romans, 6 and verse 20 Where the Apostle said

for, when you were the Servants of sin, you were free from

righteousness. What fruit had you then in those

things, where I have your now, shamed, for the end of those

things is death. But now being made free from sin

and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto Holiness

and the end everlasting life for the wages of sin is death.

But the gift of God is eternal. I have through Jesus Christ.

Our Lord folks, this is a tremendous thought right here.

He said, one time you had, you had your life in sin, but now

now being made free from sin, what happened in the lives of

the Roman Christians, that cause them to cease to be Servants of

sin and become Servants of righteousness.

That's a question. I want to explore for just a

moment. Moment in the 6th chapter of

Romans and verse 16. Paul said, no, you're not.

The righteousness. God be thanked that you were the

Servants of Satan. But now he says you're become

the Servants of righteousness, what happened?

That caused people to cease to be Servants of sin, become the

Servants of righteousness. Alright, let's notice his words

again. He said God be thanked that you

were the Servants of sin. But ye have obeyed from the

heart that form of Doctrine, which was delivered.

You being then made free. Consuming, you became the

Servants of righteousness. Now, there was something that

happened in the lives of the Romans that caused them to cease

to be Servants of sin and become Servants of righteousness.

What was why? He said God be thanked that you

were the Servants of sin. But ye have obeyed from the

heart that form of Doctrine, which was delivered.

You what was that form of Doctrine?

Form is a likeness of any thing, isn't it?

You know what it is? When you're building something

like sidewalk, you'd you lay a form out, you fill it up with

liquid concrete and when it dries, it has that form.

You see, or maybe, maybe you want to make something else.

Maybe somebody wants to form something like a statue, and it

Bears, the likeness of whatever it is, that you're making.

I remember reading one of the Gospel preachers in Borden who

told that during when he was a boy.

He said that it was evidently after the Civil War and that he

had found some old bullet mold somewhere and he said there was

also a quantity of LED and they would have fun melting that led

getting it, hot and melting it and pouring it into the bullet

molds and making bullets. And he said then when they got

the bullets made They'd melt those down and recast them

again. Fun was in the making of the

bullet, you know? Finally, they used up all of

their lad and so they cast about to find something else to use

and got into his mother safe and found some biscuits and he took

the biscuit dough and poked it into the bullet moles.

And he said, they came out in the form of bullets, they were

biscuit bullets, sort of fly out.

And I mean, sort of flabby, E and pale but he said they were

bullets. They were shaped like bullies

but you know, I just want a mole does.

That's what a form. Does it it casts it into the

likeness of whatever the The Forum is.

Now there's a form of doctrine that they obey that caused them

to be to become Servants of righteousness, to cease to be

Servants of sin and become Servants of.

Right? What do you suppose?

That was Well let's look at what we are commanded to do to become

Christians were commanded to believe, partly, do you see and

believe anything that looks like a form of the doctrine somebody.

So what's the doctrine? Will Paul explained that First

Corinthians 15 and verse 3? He said I delivered unto you

that which I also received how that Christ died for our sins

and that he was buried and that he rose again.

Third day. Now that's the likeness.

Now, Paul said there that you will beta form of, that

Doctrine, which duck was delivered posted.

This is what I believe is, right here.

You see anything in belief that looks like this?

I submit you don't. That's a command.

We have to believe. Nothing.

And then we're commanded to repent.

You see anything in Repentance? That looks like this over here.

The death burial resurrection of Christ.

I'm Frank to say I don't well what we're commanded to confess

Christ with our mouth. Matthew 10:32, you see anything

Matthew 10:32

here? That looks like this over here.

Not really no. But what about baptism?

You see anything at baptism? That's another command.

Jesus said, he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.

You see anything? Baptism that looks like this.

Let's look at Romans, 6 and verse 1 verse 4.

It is for, he says No, you're not but so many of us as were

baptized into Jesus. Christ were baptized into his

death. Therefore we are buried with him

by baptism into death like as Christ was raised up from the

dead by the glory of the father, even so we also should walk in

newness of life. Or if you've been planted

together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the

likeness of his resurrection. That's a beautiful picture is

now notice again. He said, God be thanked.

You were the Servants of sin but ye have obeyed from the heart.

That form of Doctrine which was delivered.

You being then made free from sin.

Ye became the Servants of righteousness, I think it's

obvious and evident what it is that makes us free from sin and

causes us to become children of God or Servants of

righteousness. What Paul did not say is

significant, he didn't say thank God.

You pray through or thank God you only believed he said thank

God. Yeah.

Have obeyed obeyed, what that form of Doctrine, which was

delivered. You now, when were they made

free from sin when they believe know?

When they prayed through those say that when the Holy Spirit

fell on them, no, according to Roman's 6, 17 and 18.

It was when they obeyed that form of Doctrine.

But I want to notice another now and that's the now of position.

Now, we've noticed the now of, Christ's sacrifice the now of

forgiveness. Now, we're in a blessed position

out of Christ's death on the cross and our obedience to the

gospel, grows another precious word here in Ephesians 2:13.

Ephesians 2:13

He said, but now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far

off are made nigh by the blood of Christ again and Ephesians 5

and 8. 84. You were sometimes Darkness.

But now are you light in the Lord?

Walk as children of light. Again, Peter puts it another

way. Peter said in First, Peter 2 and

25 for you, worry, sheep going astray.

But her now, returned under the shepherd and Bishop of your

souls seems like the Old Testament was in Paul's mind,

constantly, the background verse In this passage seems to be

Isaiah 57. And Obtain that says, I create

the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to him.

That is far off, and to him that is near sethe Lord.

I will heal him, but the wicked are like, the troubled sea.

When it cannot, rest, whose Waters cast up mire and dirt.

There is no peace saith. My God to the wicked, those

words far off. In both the Old Testament and

the New Testament are a reference.

To the Gentiles. That's what he's talking about

when he says them that are far off.

That's us, folks. Did you know that back in

ancient times, anything that was a far-off was held to be

detestable even among the pagans.

The English word, profane derives from a Latin word

protocol off on 0 which literally means for our off away

from the Temple. In other words, the utter

depravity of the whole pre-christian Gentile,

civilization is expressed by these words are far off.

They were far off from the temple, from covenant

relationship with God. Don't you see?

But the blood of Christ, cleanses from sin and makes it

possible for the profane, the far-off to enter the temple of

God? Patience to 14.

He says he is our peace who hath made both one and hath.

Broken down the middle wall of partition, having abolished in

his flesh, the Commandments contained in ordinances.

Again in Ephesians, these passages here, make a blessed

comparison of what we were with what we are.

He said we were dead in trespasses and sins.

We were walking according to the prince of the power of the air.

We were having our conversation in the lusts of our flesh,

fulfilling the desires of the Flesh, and of the mind, we were

by Nature the children of Wrath, even as others.

But now I want to counter the other.

Now that is his death on the cross and our obedience to the

gospel. We are in Christ work.

Quick and we're sitting in the Heavenly places.

We're no longer a far-off, but were made nigh by the blood of

Christ and were returned to the shepherd and Bishop of our

souls. It's that blessed position and

it's not after we die. It's now, but now he says, but I

would have consider another now and that's the now of practice.

You know are blessed position in Christ.

Forgiving is no excuse for folded hands and Pious laziness

anymore than it is the license to live as we please.

What we were and what we are impels us to consider, soberly

what we should be. What we should be.

Peter said in First Peter 2 and 9 you're a chosen people.

A chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, A

peculiar people. Yes, we're all of that, but this

is no place to stop reading. Let's go on.

He said that ye should Shew forth the Praises of him who

hath called you out of Darkness Into His Marvelous Light.

Now, Paul goes on to say, in Colossians 3 & 8, listen now,

but now you also put off all the These anger wrath malice

blasphemy filthy Communications out of your mouth and then

follows a list of practical duties and responsibilities

every day matters like lying domestic duties business duties.

You see, don't we see that what we should be and we should be in

practice. Now, what we are in profession,

we profess something. Now that we become Christians

and were to be in practice. What we profess, those whose

practice doesn't fit their profession.

Bring reproach upon the church, they tell the world that Christ,

and the church have done nothing for them.

And if you claim membership in the Lord's church, and you're

living in sin, let me tell you that you're hurting the church

because you You see the person who's out here, he just wants an

excuse for not being the Christian.

He wants to justify himself and so he measures himself by the

church member, who's not living a good life and he says, well,

I'm as good as he is, so I guess I'm all right, you see?

Because we're the only gospel that this old sinful world is

going to read. They're not going to read the

Bible. They don't look for Christ in

the Bible. They don't look for Christ in

nature but you know where they do look for Christ.

If you claim to be a Christian, they look for Christ in you.

If they cease in there instead of Christ, the church is hurt.

Here's a man over here somewhere who boast that, he's a church

member But in business, he puts over a shady deal at the

cocktail party. He drinks like everyone else out

on the golf course he uses profanity bets on the game.

He's not a good example. His life hurts the cause of

Christ. Somebody said that, you can take

a cork and put it in a bottle toss it into the ocean, and not

a drop of water will get into it.

And, you know, in the same way, if a man has sin in his life, he

can attend worship every Sunday, but no blessing can come to him

because he has that sin in his life.

Unless our practice fits our profession, we bring reproach

upon the cause of Christ. Now I'm going to say something

that may sound harsh but I really have been convinced for a

number of years that there's a lot of people on the face of

this Earth that are just going to hell with a lot of trouble

because they are not committed to Christ and to his cause.

So it's true, they attend worship at times, but they're

not faithful Christians. And what does it mean to be

faithful? You know the Bible says well

done thou good and faithful servant.

What does it mean to be a faithful Christian?

Well let's see. if I have a paper ball at home, that

supposed to deliver the paper every day, And he just delivers

that one day a week. Would you call that a faithful

Paperboy? I don't think so.

Suppose I had a car. And one day a week, that car

would start would that be a faithful dependable car?

Not really. I've convinced Sometimes some

are simply too slow for too lazy to be faithful.

Said that an ox and a mule one-time work together.

One day, the op said he'd had enough and he wasn't going to

work. So he stayed in the barn that

night he said to The Mule Did the boss say anything about my

not working today? And the mule said no, he didn't

say anything about you not working.

But I had a long talk with a butcher on the way home but you

know, God can't use lazy people. You check the Bible folks and

you'll see that the ones that God has used mightily have been

those who are busy. People who already working

Proverbs 19 and 24, says a slothful man.

Height of his hand in his bosom and will not so much as bring it

to his mouth again. What a picture of a man who's

even too lazy to feed himself. I'd heard this old story ever

since I was a child at home about some old worthless boy in

the community, who was just so lazy.

That he wouldn't provide for his family, too, lazy to do

anything. Finally, some neighbors, made it

up. They just going to take him to

the cemetery and bury him. Somebody said, well don't do

that. I'll give him a bushel of corn.

And said he raised his head up from off, the wagon looked over

and says his it shelled. They said, well, no, you'd have

to Shell it. He said drive on boys.

Well, you know, that's a picture of a lazy person and some people

are too lazy to get up on Sunday morning as you have today, and

attend worship too. Lazy to attend midweek Services,

too. Lazy to attend gospel meetings,

too lazy to do anything for God and others.

And yet, the only ones that are going to be saved according

Order to Jesus are those who are good?

And Faithful Servants, Matthew 25, and 23.

His lord said unto him. Well done.

Good. And faithful servant thou Hast

been Faithful over. A few things.

I will make thee ruler over many things.

Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

What about us are? We faithful Christians but now I

want to notice one and then I'll be through this morning the now

of either calvary or condemnation.

Let's remember the awful consequence of rejecting, the

now of the Cross. And the now of gospel obedience

and that produces the now of blessed position and practice.

Abraham is speaking to the rich man in the 16th chapter of Luke,

And I know I've heard sermons on that one phrase of that

fearfully solemn passage son, remember but there are two other

words of terrible significance. In a Luke 16 and 25.

He said but Abraham said Son. Remember.

That thou and thy lifetime, receiveth.

I good things and alas, likewise Lazarus, evil things but now he

is comforted and thou are tormented You see, one time he'd

had it going his way. One time when he was leaving in

God's world, he drank God's water.

He breathe gods, are he enjoyed God?

Sunshine. He ate God's food.

But he serve the devil and now the situation is reversed.

Now, he says, you're tormented Lazarus, all he had was evil

thing. Now he is comforted what a

contrast, the rich fool thought, he had much Goods laid up for

many years. God said thou fool this night?

Shall thy Soul be required of the he and God were running on

different timetables. So there comes one day that

final retribution. The tables were turned we may

have had our way and other times but now it's sins, awful

penalty. And the only way out is through

his provision, it's either the now of calvary or the now of

condemnation. For the condemnation is now,

even though he'll comes later, you remember what Jesus said in

John 3:18 Jesus said he that believeth on me is not condemned

John 3:18

but he that believeth not is condemned already because he

hath, not believed in the name of the only begotten, Son of

God, you don't have to die to be lost.

The person who's lost is lost all the time.

Whether he's home or whether he's at way, whether it's at

night or in the daytime, doesn't matter.

He's lost all the time. And the only thing that stands

between him and that awful Abyss that we read about in the Bible

is the pulsations of his heart when that stops.

The now. Of condemnation takes hold.

However, if the condemnation is now.

So, is the Deliverance? Now the Bible said is the day of

salvation. Now, if we will believe and

Obey, as the scripture says, the work is done, He saved old

tonight as the old gospel song says, thank God for the fact

that we can obey now and receive that promise of our Lord.

I don't know how you stand with God today.

I don't know what your relationship with the Lord is,

but I know that every person here today knows exactly what

that is. You know, whether or not you've

ever obeyed, the gospel that will make you a new testament.

Christian, you know, whether you've ever believing, repented

of your sins confess Christ, then buried of the Lord and

baptism for the remission of sins.

But if you haven't done those things, that's the most urgent

business at hand for you. We thank you for listening to

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