The Greatest Independence Day - 7/5/26 - Bro. Todd McKeehan - Meadows Baptist Church

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Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from

God.

>> And it's great to have the man of God

here with us again. and uh did a

tremendous job in Sunday school. I

enjoyed it. Fed my soul and I'm looking

forward to what he has for us now.

Preacher, you come and you share what

the Lord's put on your heart and uh be

obedient to the Lord this morning. Amen.

And uh listen to him. Amen. Listen to

him. And you say, "Well, what do you

mean by that?" Well, don't just don't

just hear it,

>> but do it.

Don't be like that man James said he

beholds himself in that mirror and looks

at it but then he straightway for he

leaveth and straightway forgetth what

manner of man he was those that are

hearers and not doers of the word.

>> Amen.

>> Do do the word today. Amen. Be obedient

to the Lord. Preacher you preach to us.

>> Thank you brother. Love you. Amen. West

good been church. Amen. I say this

church looks great. All this decoration

man red, white and blue. But I thank the

Lord for it. Amen. I sitting there

thinking about it, you know, amazing our

colors of this nation, red, white, and

blue. Uh I give you a good study

sometime. Be good, good study to study

those colors through the word of God.

And uh and uh there's no accident the

red the blood of Christ.

>> Amen. I mean, we can trace that all the

way through the word of God. Amen.

>> Blue, you stay the tabernacle and you

see the blue tapestry and uh blue speaks

of heavenly origin. Amen. And uh and

then white purity. I mean, you study

those colors through the word of God. I

don't think it's any accident uh that we

have the colors of this nation. Amen.

That we have. And uh and I'm thankful

for I'm thankful for our country. And uh

thankful that uh that we have a country

we can worship in freely. And I praise

the Lord for that. And I thank God for

If you got a Bible, turn to uh to John

chapter number eight. I started at Acts

Acts 8 · chapter mention

chapter 8, but John chapter number

eight. And uh you pray the Lord help us

this morning and uh pray God to give us

what we need. And uh

John chapter number eight. And is it not

good to be in church? Amen. And I

remember before I got saved, I had no

desire to be in church and never had a

desire to be in church. I we wasn't

raised in it. I wasn't raised around the

things of God, around the word of God.

really had no desire. Grew up and was

out on my own and had never did care

about going to church, no concern for

it. Sunday was just another day. Amen.

And uh in May of 1999, God done

something in my heart really that I have

never been able to explain. And I mean,

I know what scripture says, but I just

can't wrap my mind around it. But God

done a work in my heart and saved me by

the grace of God. And ever since then, I

just I'm just glad to get to go to

church. Aren't you? A Amen. I mean, I

just wanted to go to church when God

saved me. And I've always had ever since

God saved me, I just wanted to be in the

house of God. And uh don't really um

didn't have to. Nobody had to tell me I

supposed to go or I need to go or I

should go. I just want to go. Amen.

Y'all quiet, but that'd be all right.

Amen. I remember I met people ask me all

the time said, "Preacher, how do you go

to church so much?" I mean, I'm in

church nearly every day of my life. And

I said, "How you go so much?" I I just

like it. I just like going. Amen. And uh

because uh this is my father's house.

>> And when God saved me, he just put a

hunger in my heart to be around where he

is. Amen. And I'm grateful for that. And

I thank God for it this morning.

Actually, or Acts, I don't know why I

keep saying that. Y'all pray for me.

Amen. I'm a little bit nervous. Say,

"Why?" Well, if you had to look at you.

No, I'm joking.

John chapter number eight. You find your

place. Would you stand as we read the

word of God uh this morning? John

chapter number eight. Looks like looks

like uh everybody made it one piece. I

don't really worry about fireworks. I

watched some videos last night when I

got in late and I'm thinking there's

some people it's a miracle. They is

alive this morning. And so I'm glad

we're here safely. Amen. And John

chapter number 8. Look at you will verse

number 31. John chapter number 8 verse

number 31. We look at some of these

verses in Sunday school. Verse number

31. The Bible said, "Then said Jesus to

those Jews which believed on him, if you

continue in my word, then are ye my

disciples indeed. You shall know the

truth and the truth shall make you

free." They answered him, "We be

Abraham's seed and were never in bondage

to any man. How sayest thou, ye shall be

made free?" Jesus answered, "Verily,

verily I say unto you, whosoever

committh sin is the servant of sin, and

the servant abideth not in the house

forever, but the son abideth forever. If

the son therefore shall make you free,

you shall be free indeed. And I know

that you're Abraham's seed, but if you

seek to kill me, because my word hath no

place in you. Now speak that which I

have seen with my father, and ye do that

which you have seen."

Let me read that again. speak that which

I have seen with my father, and ye do

that which you have seen with your

father." And they answered and said unto

him, Abraham is our father. And Jesus

saith unto them, If ye are Abraham's

children, you would do the works of

Abraham. But now you seek to kill me,

and a man that hath told you the truth,

which I have heard of God, this did not

Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father.

And as far as we'll read for the sake of

time this morning, let's ask the Lord to

help us as we look at these verses.

Father, in Jesus name, thank you for the

privilege to be in the house of God.

Thank you, Lord, for your mercy and your

grace. Thank you, God, for loving us.

Thank you for caring for us, God. Thank

you for allowing us to gather around the

word of God one more time, this side of

eternity. God, I thank you for the

freedom to do that today. But God, I

thank you for the desire to do that. And

I bless your name for it. And I pray,

God, you know the need of every heart.

God, you know what needs to be said. And

I ask you, Lord, that you would give me

clarity of speech and thought. Lord, I

pray God that you would just uh uh speak

to hearts. I can't do anything, Lord,

within myself, God. I need your touch. I

need your help. I need your power. And

Lord, I'm asking you for that. Lord, I

pray, God, for those that do not know

you as their savior today, Lord. I pray

the spirit of God would reprove them of

their sin. And Lord, I pray they'd come

to you in faith and repentance. Lord, I

pray that they would trust you before

it's too late. Help help your people do

what only you can do. We'll thank you

for it in Jesus' name. Amen. And amen.

Thank you for standing. You can be

seated. You know that this week our

nation celebrates Independence Day. We

remember July the 4th, 1776

that the Declaration of Independence was

adopted and the colonies declared their

freedom from the rule of Britain. And

I'm thankful for that. Aren't you? I'm

thankful that we could celebrate our

nation and our country and the freedom

that we have as Americans. I'm thankful

for our country. I'm thankful for our

flag and the sacrifices that have been

made that we can enjoy the freedoms that

we have today. And I and by the way, we

have many freedoms that I am grateful

for. And one of those is that we have

the freedom to gather in the house of

God and worship and hear the word of God

preach. And I'm glad for that. We have

that freedom. And how we can trace much

of that back to that day when

independence was declared uh from

Britain. And I'm thankful for that day.

And I'm thankful for our Declaration of

Independence. But I want to preach God

to hit me this morning out of this text

on the greatest independence day. Amen.

You see, I'm glad that I'm thankful I'm

an American. I'm thankful that I was

born in this country. Said it in Sunday

school that, you know, we could have

been born in any country and in any

nation under any circumstances. But I

sure am thankful that God allowed me to

be born in this country that we have

freedom and not just in this country but

in the Bible belt of America that we

could hear the gospel preached. And many

of us have been have grew up around the

word of God and hearing the preaching of

the word of God. And I'm grateful for

that opportunity. I'm thankful that I am

not ashamed of my country. I know

there's some things going on to be

ashamed of friend. I'm thankful to be an

American. Amen. And I'm thankful for the

day we declared our independence. But

can I tell you the greatest uh day uh uh

uh the greatest declaration of

independence was not the day that this

country was made free from the uh the

the rule of Great Britain. But the

greatest day of independence is when

Jesus came to where I was and set me

free from the bondage of sin and gave me

victory over sin. And I that's exactly

what Jesus deals with in this text. I

want to talk to you about that. I'm glad

I've been made free. Amen. I mean, there

was a I don't want to get ahead of

myself, but there was a time in my life

when I could not I had no power to live

FOR GOD. I COULD NOT do the things that

were right and really had no desire to

do the things that were right. But God

came to where I was and had delivered me

from the bondage that I was in and set

me free. AND I'M GLAD UH THAT I'VE been

free indeed. Not because I'm an

American, but because thank God I know

the Lord Jesus and he worked the power

of freedom in my soul and broke the

bondage and gave me liberty in him. And

that's what I want to talk to you about

this morning. Don't you notice this text

and we talked a little bit about it in

Sunday school in chapter number eight.

Jesus gives these Pharisees a great

theological lesson. And then in verse

number 30, he said this or the Bible

says this and he spake these words and

many believed on him. I want you to

notice in these te this text that the

profession that was examined. So the

Bible said because of the discourse

Jesus has just gave them about him being

the light of the world that many

believed on him. But one thing is

interesting if you study the book of J

or the book of John you'll find that

John lays out the idea that there is a

uh there is a there's such a there is a

uh uh there is possibility of a false

faith. Amen. or a possibility of a of

believing things but not really trusting

things. How you say what do you mean?

Well, the Bible tells in John chapter

number two and verse number 23 that many

believed in his name when they saw the

miracles which he did. Now listen, I

tell you what most people would have

done right there. uh they would have

brought those people in, put them on a

church road, baptized them, and made

them members of a local church because

they believed uh in the miracles that

Jesus did. But you know what your Bible

said? Your Bible said this, "But Jesus

did not commit himself unto them because

he knew all men." Amen. They believed

something about him, but they did not.

He did not commit himself to them

because he knew what was in their heart.

And it's interesting in the very next

chapter how the Bible says that there

was a man of the Pharisees named

Nicodemus that came to Jesus by night.

And this is what he said. He said that

we know thou art the teacher come from

God for no man do these miracles except

God be with him. So there was a man

named Nicodemus. He was a religious man.

He believed that Jesus came from God. He

believed that God was with him. Now

listen, the miracles had convinced him

of that reality. But Jesus looks at

Nicodemus and says, "Verily, verily, I

say un thee, except a man be born again,

he cannot inherit the kingdom of God."

And so, listen, IT'S POSSIBLE TO BELIEVE

SOME things about Christ, IT'S POSSIBLE

TO BELIEVE SOME THINGS about God and not

really know him as your savior. Amen.

That's what we find in this text. Jesus

gives them again a great theological

truth about his identity as the Jehovah

God. And the Bible said that many

believe on him. But look at verse number

31. Then said Jesus of those Jews which

believed on him,

if you continue in my word, then are you

my disciples indeed. Amen. Now notice

there was an appearance of faith. There

were some people here that had heard the

word of God. that heard the authority of

his claims, that heard him speak about

the father, that heard him speak about

him being the light, that heard him that

heard the truth that he'd spoken. And

many believe the Bible, listen, but the

rest of the passage forces us to ask the

question, what kind of belief did they

really have? Because you'll find later

in this text, uh, that they they they

seek to stone him. They're really

rejecting him as the the son of God. And

so THEY HAVE AN APPEARANCE OF faith but

there is no reality to their faith.

Amen. And you know what? There's a lot

of people in this nation that they

they've memorized A FEW FACTS AND THEY'D

SAY they know that Jesus uh was bo was

born and lived and died and was buried

and rose again the third day. And they

have a few facts memorized. But friend,

listen. Just because they have a few

facts memorized and THEY BELIEVE THOSE

FACTS DOES NOT mean that they've been

saved by the grace OF GOD. AMEN. AND

THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN this text.

THEY HAD SOME THEY HAD SOME BELIEF ABOUT

the identity of who Jesus was, BUT THEY

REALLY DID NOT KNOW HIM AS THEIR SAVIOR.

AND WHAT JESUS BEGINS TO do in this text

is HE BEGINS TO PUT their uh their

profession of their faith under the

microscope.

>> Yeah.

>> And by the way, can I just make this

statement? Uh friend, if your salvation

of my salvation does not line up with

the word of God, then it it is not real.

Amen. I don't care how much you've been

in church. Uh I don't care how much

truth YOU'VE HEARD PREACHED. I don't

care how MANY FACTS YOU KNOW. I DON'T

CARE HOW MANY VERSES YOU CAN QUOTE. IF

YOUR SALVATION DOES NOT LINE UP WITH

THIS BOOK, THEN YOU ARE NOT SAVED.

>> That's right.

>> Amen. And Jesus begins to examine their

faith. He listen, there's the appearance

of faith and then there is the abiding

of true faith. Look what he says in

verse number 31. He said this. If you

can, he said uh to those Jews which

believed on him, if you continue in my

word, then are you disciples indeed.

Amen. Jesus clearly, he said, now wait a

minute. How you say you believe on me?

Let's examine and see what that what

does a true disciple look like? What

does a true convert look like? And he

says this. He says in verse 31, he he

said, "If you continue in my word." Now

the word continue is important. It means

to abide. It means to remain. It means

to dwell, to stay. Jesus is not saying

that continuing in his word earns

salvation.

>> He is saying that continuing in his word

is evidence of salvation. Amen. Listen,

we're not saved by works. Is that right?

We're saved by grace through faith. It's

not of yourself. It is a gift of God,

not of works, lest any man should boast.

Nobody is saved by good deeds, by works,

by being a good person, by any ordinance

in the church. No one is saved that way.

Amen. But I tell you WHAT, IF YOU GET

SAVED, there'll be some works that

FOLLOW SALVATION.

>> THERE'LL BE SOME EVIDENCES. AMEN.

Continuence is not the root of

disciplehip. It is the fruit of

disciplehip. A true disciple does not

merely begin with Christ, but he

continues with Christ. Amen. He said,

"You continue, Amen, in my word." I

mean, think about a true disciple or a

true believer does not just respond to a

sermon, uh, but he comes under the

authority of Christ's word. Amen. YEAH.

>> AND CAN I TELL YOU THAT'S A GOOD uh

that's a good marker to see if you're

really saved or not IS WHAT WHAT YOU

THINK about the word of God. Amen. BUT

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, we live in a day

that there's people that profess TO BE

SAVED AND THEY profess to be TO KNOW

GOD, BUT THEY HAVE NO THEY HAVE NO

SUBMISSION TO THE WORD OF GOD. I MEAN, A

MAN OF GOD UP CAN get up AND PREACH

TRUTH AND PRESENT TRUTH AND PEOPLE CAN'T

EVEN agree with it, but they will never

submit to the truth of the word of GOD

AND CONTINUE TO WALK IN THAT TRUTH.

>> AMEN. I'M TELLING YOU, FRIEND, PEOPLE

THAT ARE CONTINUALLY WALKING IN

REBELLION TO THE TRUTH OF THE WORD OF

GOD, THAT'S A GOOD INDICATION THAT THEY

ARE NOT SAVED.

BECAUSE JESUS says in this text, "If you

continue in my word," LOOK WHAT HE SAID.

LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT THE BIBLE

SAID. HERE'S WHAT JESUS SAID. YOU SAID,

"WELL, PREACHER, WHY THAT AIN'T WHAT HE

REALLY MEANT, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE SAID,

PREACHER."

>> HE SAID, "IF YOU CONTINUE IN MY WORD,

THEN ARE YE MY DISCIPLES INDEED." THAT

word indeed is an interesting word. It

just means truly. Amen. Now that in

other words, if you continue in my word,

then you are truly or really a disciple.

Amen. I want to ask you a question this

morning. Uh listen, uh do you continue

in the word of God? WHAT IS your

relationship to the word of God? Amen.

Again, I said there a moment ago when I

got saved, I didn't know anything about

the scripture. I didn't know anything

about God. I just knew God had done a

work in my heart and I fell in love with

the the word of God. AND IF A MAN OF GOD

GOT UP AND PREACHED THAT BOOK AND SAID,

"YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THAT." YOU KNOW

WHAT I DID? BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I TRIED

TO STOP DOING IT. IF HE GOT UP AND

PREACHED OUT THE WORD OF GOD THAT YOU

NEED TO DO THIS, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I

TRIED TO DO IT. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE UH

UH LISTEN, THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL

ABOUT THAT WORD. UH AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT

IS? IT'S WHO IT COMES FROM. AND THANK

GOD WHEN GOD SAVED ME, I FELL IN LOVE

WITH HIM. AND IN TURN, I FELL IN LOVE

WITH HIS WORD. AMEN. AND FRIEND, IF YOU

DON'T CARE ANYTHING ABOUT THE WORD OF

GOD, IF YOU DON'T CARE ANYTHING ABOUT

OBEYING THE WORD OF GOD, IF YOU DON'T

CARE ANYTHING ABOUT, LISTEN, BEING

OBEDIENT TO THE SCRIPTURE, AND THAT'S A

GOOD INDICATION THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE

REAL FAITH.

>> AMEN.

>> AMEN, FRIEND. And so listen, uh, and I I

had I heard a guy say this one time

years ago. I never have forgot it. He

said, uh, uh, if you have a salvation

that doesn't change you, he said, I sure

wasn't trusted to get me to heaven when

I die.

>> BECAUSE IF IT AIN'T POWERFUL ENOUGH TO

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE, IF IT

AIN'T POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CHANGE YOU, IF

IT AIN'T POWERFUL ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU

WALK IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, I DOUBT

IT'S POWERFUL ENOUGH HOW TO GET YOU TO

HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE. AMEN. AMEN.

>> He said listen THERE IS UH IN THE TEXT

THERE IS AN ABIDING OF TRUE FAITH IF YOU

CONTINUE IN HIS word then THERE IS THE

UH THERE THE AUTHENT UH THE the

authenticity of disciplehip in this look

WHAT HE SAID HE SAID THEN ARE YOU MY

disciples indeed amen indeed truly truly

you are my disciples so he begins to

examine he begins to examine their

profession amen you know what that

doesn't bother for me this morning.

Amen. I remember years ago I was I was

preaching a message and out of I think

it's out of Peter and he he talked about

always be ready TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF

THE HOPE that is within you. And I'm

paraphrasing that but LISTEN AND I AND I

SAID THIS. I SAID YOU YOU YOU SHOULD

HAVE NO TROUBLE TELLING ABOUT YOUR

SALVATION. You should have no trouble

telling about when you got saved.

>> And I just started calling on people in

the congregation and say stand us up and

tell us how you know you're going to

heaven. YEAH.

>> STAND UP AND TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU GOT

SAVED AND how you know that you're going

to heaven.

>> I started calling on people.

>> Amen.

>> You know what happened? Some people got

real nervous.

>> Yeah.

>> AND THEN SOME PEOPLE SAID, "I can't

believe you done that. I can't believe

you'd call that. YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT.

YOU SHOULDN'T CALL PEOPLE OUT. THAT'S

NOT YOUR JOB TO DO. THAT'S NOT YOUR JOB

TO CALL PEOPLE OUT LIKE THAT."

>> Got upset about it.

>> Amen.

>> CAN I TELL YOU, FRIEND? NOW, DON'T GO

AHEAD AND ASK THAT. DON'T BOTHER ME.

MATTER OF FACT, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND

TELL YOU BEFORE YOU ASK. I'M IN MAY OF

1999. I REALIZED I WAS A GUILTY SINNER,

UNDONE, GUILTY BEFORE GOD. AND I COME TO

HIM IN FAITH AND REPENTANCE. AND THAT

NIGHT, HE SAVED MY SOUL AND CHANGED ME.

AND I'M NOT WHAT I OUGHT TO BE, BUT

THANK GOD I'M NOT WHAT I USED TO BE. HE

MADE A DIFFERENCE IN ME THAT NIGHT. AND

I KNOW IN WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED AND I AM

PERSUADED THAT HE IS ABLE TO KEEP THAT

THAT I'VE COMMITTED UNTO HIM THAT

AGAINST THAT DAY. THANK GOD I KNOW WHAT

HE DONE FOR ME. AMEN.

>> I KNOW I'M NOTHING, BUT THANK GOD I KNOW

WHAT HE DONE FOR ME. AND HE CHANGED MY

LIFE AND CHANGED MY DESIRES AND PUT A

NEW LISTEN, PUT A NEW HEART ON THE

INSIDE. THANK GOD I KNOW THAT I KNOW

THAT I KNOW THAT I'M SAVED. AMEN.

>> AMEN. NOT BECAUSE I PRAYED A PRAYER.

MATTER OF FACT, I DON'T REMEMBER HARDLY

WHAT I PRAYED.

>> AMEN. I LISTEN. I DON'T REMEMBER HARDLY

WHAT I SAID OR HARDLY WHAT I PRAYED, BUT

THANK GOD I REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW HE

ANSWERED AND HE DONE A WORK IN ME AND HE

CHANGED MY LIFE AND THANK GOD THIS FREE

AND I AM I KNOW THAT THAT HE SAVED ME. I

KNOW WHAT HE DONE FOR ME. AMEN.

>> AMEN. I WORRY ABOUT THIS CROWD CAN'T

NEVER TELL ABOUT IT.

>> AMEN. IF I STARTED DOING THAT THIS

MORNING, IF I COME ON THIS SIDE AND IT

SAID, "STAND UP AND TELL US ABOUT WHEN

YOU GOT SAVED."

>> YEAH. Tell it, PREACHER.

>> AMEN.

>> OH, I COME ON THIS SIDE. SO, I WANT YOU

TO STAND UP RIGHT NOW AND TELL ME HOW

YOU KNOW

>> THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MISS HELL.

>> Tell it, preacher.

>> AMEN. WHY DON'T I COME ON THIS SIDE? I

WANT YOU TO STAND UP AND TELL ME HOW YOU

TELL ME ABOUT WHEN YOU GOT BORN AGAIN.

>> NOT WHEN YOU JOINED THE CHURCH. NOT WHEN

YOU GOT BAPTIZED.

>> AMEN. TELL ME ABOUT STAND UP AND TELL ME

HOW YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW

THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU

DIE.

>> YES.

>> AMEN.

>> What would you say?

>> Amen. Now listen he there is the and

then notice there is a problem that is

exposed. Look at look at these verses in

verse number 33 through35. Look what the

Bible said. And then answered him they

answered him. We be Abraham's seed and

were never in bondage to any man. How

sayest thou ye shall be made free. Now

think about it. Notice the deception.

Their deception was exposed. THINK ABOUT

WHAT they said in verse number 33. They

said this. They said, "We be Abraham's

seed and were NEVER IN BONDAGE TO ANY

MAN." REALLY?

HOW COULD THEY MAKE THAT STATEMENT? NOW

THINK ABOUT IT. THESE JEWS. HE SAID, "WE

BE ABRAHAM'S seed and WE NEVER BEEN IN

BONDAGE TO ANY MAN." REALLY?

>> PREACHER.

>> WHAT ABOUT IN EGYPT FOR 400 YEARS?

>> YEAH.

>> AMEN. WHAT ABOUT LISTEN, WHAT ABOUT

BABYLON? WHAT ABOUT THE CAPTIVITY OF

SYRIA? WHAT ABOUT LISTEN MEO PERSIA?

WHAT ABOUT GREECE AND LIVING UNDER THE

AUTHORITY OF GREECE? AND EVEN IN THIS

DAY WHEN THEY MAKE THIS STATEMENT, YOU

KNOW WHAT? THEY WERE LIVING UNDER THE

AUTHORITY OF ROME.

>> Y

>> AND THEY SAID, "WELL, we're not in

bondage

>> and we've never been in bondage."

>> Amen.

>> They were deceived. I mean, they they

were ne THEY SAID, "WE BE Abraham's

seed." You know what they were doing? UH

THEY WERE TRUSTING IN THEIR LINEAGE,

THEIR HERITAGE. AMEN.

>> We be Abraham's seed. There's a lot of

people doing that in the day and time

we're living in.

>> Amen. So and so IS MY PARENT. SO AND SO

IS MY MOM OR DADDY. AMEN.

>> AMEN. SO AND SO I AND AND AND THEY MAY

NOT MAKE THE STATEMENT. I THINK I'M

GOING TO HEAVEN BECAUSE I'm I'm the I'm

the child of so and so. But

subconsciously somehow.

>> Yeah.

>> Amen.

>> OR MAYBE YOU I'M IN CHURCH.

>> AMEN. OR I'M THIS AND I I'M THAT. AMEN.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE DOING. LISTEN.

But they WERE SO DECEIVED. THEY SAID,

"WE'VE NEVER BEEN IN BONDAGE TO ANY

MAN." BUT JESUS EXPOSES THEIR DOMINION

in verse number 34. JESUS ANSWERED,

"VERILY, VER I SAY TO YOU, WHOSOEVER,

WATCH THIS, COMMITTH sin is the servant

of sin."

>> So he identifies it here in this text.

Look what he said. WHO WHOSOEVER

COMMITTH SIN. NOW HE IDENTIFIES their

real problem.

>> THEIR GREATEST PROBLEM WAS NOT ROME.

Their greatest problem was sin. Amen.

THAT'S RIGHT.

>> CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? I'M OLD.

>> AMEN. HEY, LISTEN. CAN I TELL YOU THE

WHAT WHAT THE GREATEST PRO THE PROBLEM

SALVATION THAT AND THAT WHAT that it's

not to be saved from hell.

>> Yeah. Tell it, preacher.

>> Don't die on me now.

>> Tell it, preacher.

>> It's to be saved from sin.

>> Yach.

>> Amen.

>> Oh, MAN. YOU SAY, "PREACHER, I DON'T

KNOW ABOUT THAT." WELL, LISTEN, FRIEND.

HOW THE BIBLE SAID BY ONE MAN, I SAID IN

SUNDAY SCHOOL, HOW THE BIBLE SAID BY ONE

MAN sin entered into the WORLD AND DEATH

BY SIN. YOU UNDERSTAND HOW GOD MADE MAN,

PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN, GAVE HIM A

COMMAND. YOU CAN EAT OF EVERY TREE OF

THE GARDEN except the tree of the

knowledge of good and evil. IN THE DAY

THAT YOU EAT THEREOF, THOU SHALT SURELY

DIE. AM I RIGHT ON THAT?

>> AND HOW ADAM DISOBEYED GOD. Eve was

deceived. She was deceived BY THE

SERPENT. SHE GAVE TO ADAM AND HE DID EAT

in disobedience.

>> Amen. And sin entered this world. Well,

what is sin? Sin in your Bible, it

listen, it brings death.

>> Sin is disobedient. AND AND THAT

DISOBEDIENCE BRINGS DEATH. AND DEATH IN

YOUR BIBLE IS SEPARATION from God.

>> AMEN.

>> AND AND I SAID IT THERE, SUNDAY SCHOOL.

I SAID IT AGAIN. IT'S REALLY TWOFOLD.

IT'S SEPARATION OF THE SOUL FROM GOD.

AND IT'S SEPARATION OF THE SOUL FROM THE

BODY.

>> WHEN ADAM SINNED, WHEN HE DISOBEYED GOD,

SIN ENTERED IN THIS WORLD AND HE DIED

SPIRITUALLY IN THAT MOMENT. HIS SOUL WAS

SEPARATED FROM GOD AND LEFT HIM unable

to have A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

>> AMEN.

And listen, THAT'S WHY PEOPLE NEED

SALVATION IS BECAUSE THEY ARE IN SIN.

AND THAT SIN BRINGS DEATH AND THEIR SOUL

WAS SEPARATED FROM GOD. AND THEY'RE

UNABLE TO COMMUNE WITH GOD, TO HAVE A

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, TO WORSHIP GOD,

AND THAT SOUL MUST BE QUICKENED SO THEY

CAN BE BROUGHT BACK INTO A RIGHT

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. AMEN.

>> BUT IF AN INDIVIDUAL DIES IN THEIR SIN,

>> THEIR SOUL'S ALREADY SEPARATED FROM GOD.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AMEN.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

AND SO THEIR SOUL WILL GO TO HELL AND

SPEND ETERNITY IN A LAKE OF FIRE

SEPARATED FROM GOD. AMEN. BECAUSE THE

BIBLE SAID THE WRATH OF GOD ABIDE

ALREADY ABIDES ON THOSE THAT ARE NOT

SAVED. How that those WHO ARE NOT SAVED

ARE CONDEMNED ALREADY. AMEN.

>> AMEN. NOW, THANK GOD THE RESULT OF BEING

DELIVERED FROM SIN MEANS WE'RE DELIVERED

FROM HELL. AND THANK GOD FOR THAT. AMEN.

YEAH. YEAH.

>> BUT THE PROBLEM IS SIN THIS MORNING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AND JESUS SAYS IN THIS TEXT, LOOK WHAT

HE SAID IN THE TEXT. HE SAID, "VERILY,

VERY I SAY IN VERSE 34, WHOSOEVER

COMMITTH SIN IS the servant of sin."

Now, what's that mean? Hey, LISTEN THAT

THAT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT AN ISOLATED act

of sin or but the the the phrase commit

a sin. He it it h it has the idea of

living in sin.

>> LIVING AN OPEN REBELLION TOWARD GOD.

>> A lifestyle of sin.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> NOT NOT NOT MAKING A MISTAKE MESSING UP,

BUT A CONTINUAL LIFESTYLE OF SIN.

>> That's right.

>> Amen.

>> And he says this. He said, "Whoever that

committh sin is the servant of sin."

That word servant CARRIES OUT OF A

SLAVE. AMEN.

>> And can I TELL YOU THAT'S WHAT THE IDEA

OF THIS TEXT IS? THAT SIN BRINGS

BONDAGE.

>> YES.

>> AMEN. You know why people live in sin is

because they're in bondage to that sin

>> AND THEY CANNOT ESCAPE THAT BONDAGE.

>> That's right.

>> Amen. You know why people are addicted

to things? It's because they're in

bondage to sin. And no matter HOW HARD

THEY TRY, THEY CANNOT BREAK free from

the CHAINS OF SIN

>> BECAUSE THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE A

SERVANT OF THAT SIN AND IT HAS THEM

BOUND AND THEY CANNOT BREAK FREE FROM

THAT BONDAGE.

>> AMEN. EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT'S THE ANSWER

FOR ADDICTION? WHAT'S THE ANSWER FOR

THIS? I'M TELL YOU WHAT THE ANSWER IS,

FRIEND. IT'S LISTEN GETTING BORN INTO

THE FAMILY OF GOD. THE ANSWER IS JESUS

AND LETTING HIM BREAK THE BONDS OF SIN.

AMEN.

>> That's right.

>> I REMEMBER BEFORE I GOT SAVED, I mean, I

lived the life of sin. I didn't care

anything about God. I

>> I I've done things that my by my

children don't even know about. And all

my children have ever known is A

PREACHING DADDY. AND AND ALL THEY'VE

EVER KNOWN, THEY DON'T KNOW THE WHAT I

WAS BEFORE. AND I THANK GOD FOR THAT.

>> AMEN. BUT I WAS DOING things and I

remember Missy and I were about to GET

MARRIED AND I TOLD HER I said I said uh

don't let me DO THIS OR DON'T LET ME DO

THAT. And every time she'd turn her back

I'd run right back to it.

>> I MEAN I SHE I I MEAN I DON'T KNOW. I

thought she could police me.

>> Amen.

>> AND EVERY TIME SHE'D TURN AROUND I'D RUN

RIGHT BACK TO MY SIN.

>> AMEN. AND BOND AND I'D EVEN HAVE GOOD

INTENTIONS. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK TO

IT.

>> AMEN. I MEAN, I SAID, "I'M GOING TO STOP

THIS. I'M NOT GOING BACK." BUT AS SOON

AS IT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE ME, I WOULD RUN

RIGHT BACK TO IT.

>> AMEN.

>> YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE NO, NO MATTER HOW

HARD I TRIED, NO MATTER WHO TRIED TO

POLICE ME, I WOULD ALWAYS GO BACK TO

THAT SIN BECAUSE I WAS IN BONDAGE TO

THAT SIN. AMEN.

>> AMEN. HOW ABOUT THANK GOD MAY OF 1999 ON

THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ORDER ALONG

ABOUT 10 MINUTES OUT OF EIGHT JESUS

BROKE THE CHAINS IN MY LIFE AND MY WIFE

DON'T HAVE TO POLICE ME. I'M TELLING YOU

LISTEN I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT

RUNNING BECAUSE HE BROKE THE CHAINS OF

SIN IN MY LIFE. AMEN.

>> HALLELUJAH.

>> AMEN.

>> AMEN. HEY, SOME OF YOU YOU CAN'T STOP

YOUR SINNING BECAUSE YOU STILL IN

BONDAGE to it.

>> AMEN. AMEN. YOU HAVE A FEW FACTS

MEMORIZED. YOU'VE BEEN IN CHURCH LONG

ENOUGH TO YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, BUT YOU

CANNOT STOP YOUR SIN BECAUSE YOU'RE

STILL IN BONDAGE TO IT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AMEN, PREACHER.

>> AMEN.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THAT'S HARD, PREACHER. WELL, LET'S I'm

Am I out of the Bible?

>> Amen.

>> Amen. You see, WHEN YOU GET SAVED OH, I

GOT TO HURRY. I'M I'm I'm getting ahead

of myself.

>> Hey, listen. Notice their destiny was

exposed. Verse 35. and the servant

abideth not in the house forever. Jesus

here gives A PARABLE AND THE idea is of

a slave that lived in a house and a

servant or a slave that lived in a house

and that that servant that slave had no

right to the inheritance of the family.

Amen. And you know what the owner of the

slave or the servant could do? He could

he could kick them out of the house. He

could expel them. He could SELL THEM.

YOU KNOW WHY? BUT AT ANY TIME THEY HAVE

NO RIGHT TO THE INHERITANCE OF THE

FATHER'S HOUSE. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE

THEY WERE A SLAVE.

>> AND JESUS SAID, HE USES THAT IDEA IN

VERSE NUMBER 35. AND A SERVANT ABIDETH

NOT in the house forever, but the son

abideth forever. You know what he's

simply saying this? HE HE SAID, YOU HAVE

NO INHERITANCE TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE.

And he was tell he tells THEM PREVIOUS

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU'LL DIE IN YOUR SIN.

AMEN. Hear me AND HEAR ME WELL. IF

YOU'VE NEVER BEEN SET FREE FROM THE

BONDAGE OF SIN, FOR YOU HAVE NO

INHERITANCE TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE. AND

IF YOU DIE WITHOUT GOD, HEY, LISTEN, YOU

WILL NOT GO TO HEAVEN. YOU WILL NOT HAVE

ANY INHERITANCE OF THE FATHER'S HOUSEH.

WHY? BECAUSE LISTEN, YOU ARE A SERVANT

TO SIN.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AMEN.

>> Notice in the text, the person that must

be embraced. Amen. Look what he said.

The servant abide verse 35. And the

servant abideth not in the house

forever, but the son abideth forever. If

the son therefore, notice the word

therefore. Amen. And it connects back to

verse what's said previous. You

understand that? If the son therefore

shall make you free. So the son has an

inheritance to the father's house.

That's right.

>> AMEN.

>> AND THE SON OWNS EVERYTHING THAT THE

FATHER OWNS. AND AND THE ONLY ONE THAT

CAN MAKE YOU FREE IS THE SON.

>> AMEN.

>> And and IF THAT BE THE CASE, HE SAID

THERE IF THE SON THEREFORE SHALL MAKE

YOU FREE, you shall BE FREE INDEED.

NOTICE THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEDOM in the

text. He said if. Amen. The word if does

not suggest any weakness in Christ or

like he's not able to do it. Amen. He's

not questioning that that Christ is able

to set him free. He's just saying it's

possible for all men to be free. Amen.

If you are saved, if you have been set

free by Christ, then you will listen.

You will have an inheritance with the

father. You will be set free from the

bondage of sin. HEY, LISTEN. IT IS A

POSSIBILITY. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT TELLS

ME? THAT TELLS ME THAT NOT ALL PEOPLE

ARE SAVED, BUT ALL PEOPLE CAN be saved.

>> Right.

>> That's right.

>> And I would dare say this morning, not

all people in here are saved. Yeah, tell

it, preacher.

>> Amen.

>> You say, "Preacher, you don't know

anything about me." You're right. I

don't. But I know this. If you're a

servant of sin, you are yet in your

sins, and you have never been born again

by the grace of God.

>> Amen.

>> That's right.

>> And so, listen, in this, there was many

in this crowd. They they believe some

things. Amen. You may believe some

things

that don't mean you've been saved.

Are we all right?

>> ARE WE ALL AROUND TIME? I KNOW WHAT TIME

Y'ALL. YOU HEY, LISTEN. BUT BUT HEAR ME.

HEAR ME. BEFORE I GOT SAVED, I KNEW THAT

JESUS DIED AND WAS BURIED and rose again

the third day. Heard that my whole life.

>> I have no problem believing that.

>> I mean, I'm raising a BIBLE BELT. I I'M

LISTEN, I And there was not things to

influence like they are now. There was

not Facebook and and and and and and all

these other things. YouTube and all. I

mean, all I'd ever heard Jesus died and

buried and rose again. That's all I ever

heard.

>> Had no problem believing that.

>> Amen. Somebody asked me if I believed in

Jesus. I said, "Absolutely."

>> Amen.

>> I mean, I mean, I was not raised in

church, BUT I'D BEEN I KNEW ENOUGH. I'D

heard

>> somebody help me. Amen. Yeah.

>> But just BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THAT, I

REMEMBER AS A 9-YEAR-OLD BOY, VACATION

Bible school, I went with some friends

of mine. THE PREACHER SAID, "EVERYBODY

WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN, RAISE YOUR HAND."

>> YEAH.

>> ABSOLUTELY. Who don't?

>> Yeah.

>> Come on, somebody help me. Amen.

>> And he said, "Everybody wants to go to

heaven, raise your hand." Raise my hand.

He said, "ALL RIGHT, COME DOWN TO

ALTAR." AND I WENT DOWN THE ALTAR. And

he looked at me and he said, "DO YOU

BELIEVE JESUS DIED and was buried and

rose again THE THIRD DAY?" I SAID, "I

do." He said, "Well, then get up. you're

saved. Tell everybody.

>> And I got up and I and and and I went

around to I I went back home told I got

saved out of Bible school.

>> Amen. But here's the problem. I did not

know why Jesus died.

>> Amen.

>> I didn't know. I didn't understand that

he died for my sin. Right.

>> I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS MY SIN

THAT NAILED HIM TO AN OLD RUGGED CROSS.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS GUILTY

BEFORE A HOLY GOD. AND IT WAS MY SIN

THAT CRUCIFIED HIM. AND IT WAS MY SIN

THAT SEPARATED ME FROM GOD. AND IT WAS

MY SIN THAT BROKE CONDEMNATION. AND IT

WAS MY SIN WAS A REASON I WAS GOING TO

HELL. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THAT.

>> AMEN. I BUT THANK GOD FOR THE DAY WHEN I

REALIZED WHEN IT WAS MY SIN THAT HUNG

HIM THERE. WHEN I WAS CONDEMNED, WHEN I

WAS GUILTY, WHEN IT WAS MY SIN, I

CRUCIFIED THE SON OF GOD AND I CAME DOWN

TO ALTER. YOU KNOW WHAT I DID? I

REPENTED OF MY SIN. AMEN.

>> AMEN.

>> That's right. Everybody repent. You know

what? Listen, if you really want to get

saved and God showed you, you're you'll

naturally turn from sin. Yeah, right.

>> Because you understand it was sin that

crucified him.

>> And you understand THAT HE HAD TO DIE

FOR YOUR SIN. AND LISTEN, APART FROM

THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE NO HOPE. BUT THANK

GOD, HE DIED FROM YOUR FOR YOUR SIN.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AND YOU NATURALLY WERE TURNED TO GOD

FROM SIN. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? THE

CHAIN IS BROKEN.

>> BONDAGE IS SET FREE FROM BONDAGE. AMEN.

>> OH, LISTEN. THERE IS THE POWER. I GOT TO

HURRY. THERE IS THE POWER FOR FREEDOM.

HE SAID, "IF THE SUN THEREFORE MAKE YOU

FREE, YOU SHOULD BE FREE INDEED." AMEN.

>> I'm telling you, thank God, I'M NOT FREE

BECAUSE I'M A I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

AND I THANK GOD FOR THAT. BUT I'M NOT

FREE FROM MY SIN BECAUSE I'M AN

AMERICAN. I'M NOT FREE FROM MY SIN

BECAUSE I'M IN CHURCH. I'M NOT FREE FROM

MY SIN BECAUSE I'M IN THE MINISTRY. I'M

NOT FREE FROM MY SIN BECAUSE I WAS

RAISED IN THE BIBLE. I'M FREE FROM MY

SIN BECAUSE THE SON, BECAUSE THE LORD

JESUS CHRIST, BECAUSE THE LAMB OF GOD

CAME BY WHERE I WAS AND RESCUED ME FROM

THE PENALTY AND CONDEMNATION AND SET ME

FREE. AMEN.

>> HALLELUJAH. Come on.

>> IT'S THE SON.

>> YOU KNOW HOW I'M SAVED TODAY? BECAUSE

THE SON, THANK GOD, HE CAME TO WHERE I

WAS. HE SAVED ME. HE FORGAVE ME OF MY

SIN. AMEN. Bless his name.

>> Amen.

>> AMEN.

>> THE SON, THE POWER OF FREEDOM. AMEN.

He's able to make you FREE BECAUSE OF

WHO HE IS. HE IS THE SON OF GOD. UH HE'S

NOT JUST A MAN, BUT HE IS THE SON OF THE

LIVING GOD. HE'S ABLE TO MAKE YOU FREE

BECAUSE UH LISTEN TO WHERE HE DWELLS.

HE'S IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE. HE SAYS IT

IN THE TEXT. HE'S ABLE TO MAKE YOU FREE

BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DONE. HE PAID FOR

YOUR SIN AT CALVARY. AMEN.

>> AMEN.

Oh Lord, help me. There's the product of

freedom. Look at it. Oh, I love this.

And I feel like running. Look what he

said. Verse 30. If the son therefore

shall make YOU FREE, YOU SHALL BE free

indeed.

>> Truly free INDEED. THANK GOD. LISTEN,

I'M FREE FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN. I'VE

BEEN SET FREE. THEY CAN TAKE ME AND LOCK

ME UP IN A PRISON, BUT I'LL BE JUST AS

FREE AS I'VE EVER BEEN. BECAUSE THANK

GOD HE SET ME FREE.

>> HALLELUJAH.

>> And I've heard people make this

statement. Are y'all right?

>> I KNOW I'M SAVED BECAUSE WHEN I start to

do wrong, something Don't say amen.

>> Come on.

>> WHEN I START TO DO WRONG, SOMETHING

TELLS me that that's wrong.

WELL, WHEN ADAM PTOOK OF THAT FRUIT, HE

TOOK OF he ptook of the FRUIT OF THE

KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND WHAT? SOMEBODY

HELP ME.

>> EVIL.

>> AMEN.

>> MAN HAS A CONSCIENCE.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT NATURALLY KNOWS GOOD AND EVIL.

>> YEP. THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AND BEFORE I GOT SAVED, I KNEW IT'S

wrong to murder.

>> Yeah.

>> Right.

>> That's right. I knew it was wrong to

commit adultery, to fornicate, and all

this. I knew that was wrong.

>> Yeah.

>> Amen. But that didn't make me saved.

>> But here's the difference. When you get

saved,

>> Yeah.

>> and you get freed FROM THAT BONDAGE OF

sin and you trip up and commit sin.

>> Amen.

>> There's a grief on the inside.

Amen. THERE'S A BROKENNESS ON THE INSIDE

BECAUSE YOU HAVE JUST OFFENDED GOD.

>> I never tell this in I never tell this

in church. I never tell this. I told

this in prison. I don't know how many

times, but I've never told this in

church, I don't think. But I never do. I

got saved six months after I got saved.

I was working construction. I was in

South Carolina.

And God had delivered me. I was I was a

drunk. I was a drug addict. I mean, all

that stuff. God delivered me from all

that. I may throw a hatist.

Set me free. I don't even I don't even

understand how he's done it. Set me

free.

Six months after I got saved, I was at a

restaurant and a friend of mine, he

said, "Let's order a beer. Want to order

an alcoholic beverage." And I said, "No,

no, no. God saved me. I have no desire

for that. Don't want him.

>> Please don't look down on me."

>> He kept on. He kept on and kept on.

young people, you better be careful who

you run with.

>> Are you hearing me?

>> Yeah.

>> He kept on and kept on and I I ordered

one.

>> And I can remember it like it was

yesterday.

The pizza joint in Greenwood, South

Carolina,

and they brought it sit it down. And I

picked it up and took one sip

and the Holy Ghost.

Yeah.

>> Yeah.

>> I was four hours AWAY FROM MY CHURCH,

four hours away FROM MY WIFE. AIN'T

NOBODY WOULD HAVE EVER KNOWN

>> but the Holy Ghost

>> broke my heart.

>> And I listen I begin to weep and cry and

and by the grace of God I sit it down

and pushed it back. AND I LISTEN THAT'S

BEEN that's been over I DON'T KNOW 27

YEARS AGO AND I HAVEN'T TOUCHED THIS.

SEE, IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M ANYTHING, BUT

BECAUSE HE BROKE LISTEN, WHEN yet God

breaks the bondage of sin in your life

and you try to put them back on,

>> they don't feel the same anymore.

>> I SAID THEY DON'T FEEL THE SAME ANYMORE,

FRIEND. AND IF YOU CAN STILL WEAR THE

CHAINS OF SIN, IF YOU CAN STILL LIVE AND

SEE IT, IF YOU CAN STILL TRAVEL DOWN THE

ROAD OF TRANSGRESSION AND IT DOES NOT

BOTHER YOU.

>> COME ON.

I'd really examine

if I was in the faith.

Amen.

Hey, some of you bothered this morning.

I ain't trying to make nobody down, but

I'm just telling you something, friend.

I know I'm saved. Do you know that?

>> Amen. Why do you know that? How do you

know that?

The greatest day. Thank God for that

day.

>> Amen. But thank God for this day.

>> OH, I'M TELLING YOU, FRIEND. LISTEN, I'M

GLAD I'M AN AMERICAN. BUT IF I WASN'T AN

AMERICAN, I THANK GOD I'M A CHRISTIAN.

I'VE BEEN SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

I'VE BEEN SET FREE.

>> And that is the greatest

>> day of independence.

my life. Here's the question this

morning. Have you ever had a day like

that?

Have you ever been set free from a

bondage of sin?

Or if you died, would you die in your

sin?

And if you do, friend, you will be

separated

from God. Have I preached the Bible this

morning?

>> Amen. Yes.

>> And I tell I tell you what concerns me.

There's there's not a doubt in my mind.

There's people here that are not saved.

>> They doubt my mind. Say, "Preacher, you

shouldn't say that." Well, I don't think

God would have me to preach a message

like this to the pews.

And it doubt my mind there's people here

not saved.

Amen.

Two things.

If you know for sure that you are saved,

you should be broken.

Because there's people here not. Amen.

And if you're here and you're not saved,

you don't have to lead that way.

You can get saved today. You can get

born again today. Get freed from

bondage. Amen. Let's bow our head for a

word of prayer. I'm gonna pray. I try to

preach everything. I try to preach every

I try to preach so many other things,

but God the Holy Ghost kept bringing me

back this text, this message this

morning.

And I want I wonder if you're here and

you're not saved. I wonder if you died

right now. Are you satisfied? Are you

satisfied you'll be in heaven? Are you

satisfied, friend, that you're saved

today? And ain't nobody looking around

but me and the Lord. I wonder I wonder

who'd be the first one to say,

"Preacher, I'm not saved. If I died

right now, I'd go to hell. I realize

that I've I've never been set free from

my sin. I am not saved. Pray for me.

Would you just slip your hand up? Say,

"Preacher, pray for me. I won't

embarrass you when I come to you." I

will pray for you, preacher. I am not

saved. Let me pray for you this morning.

Would there be one somewhere in the

building?

Would there be one?

How about this? I'm done. I'm I'm I'm

going to pray. We're going to give an

invitation.

How many with the uplift in a hand say,

"Preacher, I know beyond a shadow of a

doubt that my name's written in heaven."

And you can raise your hand real high

and say, "Preacher, I know that I know

that I know that I know." Raise them

real high if you know beyond a shadow of

a doubt that you're saved today. Ain't

no doubt in your mind that you know God.

AIN'T NO DOUBT IN YOUR mind that you're

going to heaven. RAISE THEM REAL HIGH,

FRIEND. IF YOU KNOW THAT, YOU WAVE THEM

TO THE LORD. IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW

THAT YOU KNOW, WAVE THEM LIKE YOU MEAN

IT. WAVE THEM LIKE YOU'RE GRATEFUL FOR

IT. THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU

KNOW THAT YOU'RE SAVED.

Thank God. You can put them down.

Here's what I noticed.

Some of you can't do that today.

And what I beg of you

is that you would come get in this

altar.

Let somebody take a Bible. Show you how

you can get saved today.

Get transformed.

Father, thank you for the privilege to

be in the house of God. Thank you for

the word of God. And I pray dear God in

heaven that you'll touch hearts. Lord, I

beg you please for those that are not

saved. God, I'm begging you. Please God,

I pray the spirit of God, Lord, no doubt

you already have arrested their soul

and revealed to them that they are not

they are not saved.

God, I pray

that the power of God

would draw them and I pray God in heaven

that they would not resist you today.

Lord, I pray they'd run to you and get

saved. moving the invitation. Bind the

forces of hell. Remove every obstacle.

Do what only you can. We'll thank you

for it in Jesus name.

Amen. Amen. Preacher, you come.

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