How to Share Jesus with Friends & Family | Greg Fritz | World Outreach Church

But first, I'm going to tell you an

experience that I had in high school. I

I grew up Christian and got filled with

the Holy Spirit at 15. Really got turned

on to God. I actually started preaching

at 16. So, I was a a junior in high

school. And uh and so, but but by that

time, every one of my friends and I

stayed in the same school my whole

career. Uh and that all of my friends,

everyone in the school knew I was a

Christian. I didn't preach. I just lived

it. And and in fact, I really wasn't

very evangelistic. I have to be honest.

I just felt like I'm not going to tell

them what to do and they're not going to

tell me what to do. I'm going to believe

what I want. I'm not going to go to

their parties and I'm not going to

partake in their habits, but I'm going

to I'm going to live my life. I'm not

going to preach at them and preach down

to them. And so, it was kind of a mutual

understanding. And uh but as I got

older, and this is where I believe our

responsibility comes in, uh the spirit

of God started dealing with me about my

friends. Not everybody in the school,

but my closest friends. And there was a

list of them. And I don't know, it was

less than a dozen. I don't remember how

long the list was, but I knew who they

were. And the Lord started doing like he

does many times. He started dealing with

me gently. He said, "You know, some of

these people you're never going to see

them again." I said, "Good. Some of them

I don't want to see again."

And uh he said, "You grew up with these

people and you've shared life with

them." I said, "I know. I know. I I know

I have. and uh graduation's right around

the corner. I said, "That's that's good.

I'm ready to go preach." I wanted to be

a preacher in high school. I wanted to

go to Bible school and travel the whole

world. And so, I had my sight set on

that. But he wouldn't leave me alone.

And and then he showed me this. He said,

"Uh, if you won the lottery, you'd share

that with him, wouldn't you?" And I

said, "Well, sure. I mean, if I won a

hund00 million, I'd tell my friends,

hey, guess what happened? Wouldn't you

tell them that?" And he said, 'Well, how

much more should you tell them about the

greatest treasure in the world, which is

salvation through Jesus Christ?

And then he showed me this. He said,

"One of these days, if they don't get

saved, they'll be in hell and you'll be

in heaven and they're going to ask you,

you mean you knew this and you didn't

tell me?"

>> And what is your excuse going to be

then? Well, I didn't want you to reject

me or I didn't want you to uh judge me

or I didn't want that awkward. No. And

and so I began to pray specifically for

each and every one of them. and they

were on a list and I started praying and

and I I I know everybody can do there's

a hundred ways to do evangelism and I'm

not trying to say this is how you have

to do it but I'm saying this is what I

did to just stir you up so you can use

these things in your own world because

there are people there are friends

co-workers that you probably have this

same responsibility toward and not

everybody but certain people in my life

I thought you know if they did had

something valuable they'd tell me and if

I have the greatest gift in the world, I

I need to tell him, but I don't want to

just spring it on him. So, I I started

praying. And so, one of them I I had him

on my heart. I'm praying for him. Lord,

help me. Help me share with Clifford. I

want the right mo moment. I want the

right time. I want the right And so, um

and and so I knew it's time to go

fishing with Clifford. So, I called

Cliff said, "Hey, let's go fishing."

Now, I didn't fish a whole lot, but I

did that day. [snorts] And uh and and so

I took my little track. I had a little

salvation track and I put it in my

pocket and I'm ready to go. That was

more important that day than the

fishbait. And so we went out and we

start. There seemed to be no

opportunity. We're fishing and he's

fishing and we're just small talk. And

he never went to church. He didn't grow

up in church. And here I was on fire for

God, full of Jesus. And and I had the

message. I had the answer. And he had

the problem. And and so here we are

fishing. And I didn't want to just say,

"Cliff, do you know where you'd go if

you died today?" You know, you know how

that approach is. And if you've used

that, I'm not condemning it. I just

think we should be more intentional. We

can be we can get the Lord to work with

us. You you've seen the Holy Spirit work

in these services. You see this all the

time, how they wait and and how will

waits and and Sarah, they wait for the

Holy Spirit. And then the pastor waits.

I've never seen more of a of a gentleman

than him in the spirit and in the

natural, but but constantly waiting to

get the direction. And I was doing this

with my friend and and since we grew up

together and we were close, it was

awkward. How many of you know what I'm

talking about? He knew that I was

different and I knew, you know, but but

it's not we never talked about it. We

just left each other alone. But on this

day, this was his day and I prayed and

and we kept fishing and we weren't

catching anything. And we didn't get

You'd think if you went on a fishing

trip for the Lord

anyway.

I mean, if he could help Peter catch

fish, he you know what I mean? But

anyhow, I was must be that bad. And so

we never caught anything. And and I

thought, well, this day is getting away.

What am I going to do? And it started

raining.

Well, it's raining now. We got to get in

the truck.

>> So now we're sitting in the truck in the

rain. Can't fish.

and I struck up a conversation with

Cliff.

Now, I'm not going to demand that anyone

pray with me right then and there, but

on that day, Cliff did. He prayed. He

prayed the salvation prayer and he got

saved that day.

>> A few years later, I helped him get

filled with the Holy Ghost. And he

literally lived for God his entire life.

He went home to be with the Lord two

years ago and went to heaven.

>> Isn't that cool? and and they say,

"Well, well, wouldn't somebody else have

shared with him?" And they probably

would have, but I was his friend and I

owed it to him to tell him the most

valuable truths that I have in my life.

Then there was another and there was

several people on the list and and this

happened with each and every one of

them. I knew the time, I knew the place,

I had my track ready, my salvation track

cuz I didn't want to just tell them and

not give them any information. So, I

always had a track ready. So, one of the

guys was my best friend. We grew up

together like brothers. We went through

Boy Scouts together. I stayed with him

in his home. His parents treated me like

a a son. And and so we were really

close. And they were totally unchurched.

Didn't want church. Didn't go to church.

Didn't have anything to do with church.

And I knew this was going to be a tough

one. And so I prayed and prayed and I

sought God and I said, "I want to share

with my friend." And I'm not going to

give his name out, but I I want to share

with him and and you got to help me

because this is awkward and I want it to

be right. And so, uh, I it came down to

it's it's getting to be fall and it's

it's, uh, dove season.

And, uh, I didn't go dove hunting a lot,

but, I did this time. And I prayed and I

thought, "This is the day I'm going to

call my friend. He's working until 6:00.

I know his schedule. I'm going to call

him." We didn't call a lot in those days

cuz we didn't have personal cell phones.

These are days when the phone was on the

wall in the kitchen. You probably don't

Google it. It really used to be on the

wall in the and it was a green color.

You ever had the green phone? We don't

even use that color anymore. That whole

color has been retired [laughter]

and and it had a cord that you could

walk around the kitchen with with and

and so uh and so I'm going to call him.

He's at work and I get and and I'm I'm

waiting cuz I'm home from school and we

just got this little window and I'm

going to see if he wants to go dove

hunting. My phone rang in the kitchen.

We had no answering machine. and you had

to answer it yourself. These were the

good old days.

>> Good old days.

>> If somebody called you and you didn't

answer, there's no answer machine.

There's no missed calls. It's like it

never happened. [laughter]

Nowadays, you can't you get a call and

it's like I called you. You got it me on

your missed call list. It's like I just

didn't want to call you back.

Anyway, um the phone rang. I pick up the

phone. It's him. He said, 'Hey, I'm at

work. I get off at 6:00. You want to go

dove hunting tonight? I said, "Uh, yeah,

I think that'd be fine. Let me see if I

can work that in." And so, off we go.

And uh and I picked him up or he picked

me up, whatever, at 6:00. And and I have

my track in my pocket. And we drive out

to the place. It's just a field. And we

sat out there. And I don't know what

people get out of hunting really, you

know. Have you ever heard deer hunters?

You know, I got up at 3:30

and I sat in a tree [laughter]

for 17 hours. I never even saw a deer.

Like, the only thing worse than that is

that you'd shoot one and have to deal

with it. You got a dead carcass.

Anyway, [laughter]

that's my issue.

So, so off we go. We're sitting in a

field just sitting in a in a bean field

and we got our guns and and and we're

waiting and it just seem didn't seem

right. We're small small talk whatever.

We've been together our whole lives and

you know we're just dealing with

whatever and the sun's going down and

I'm getting nervous that tracks burning

a hole in my pocket. It's like what am I

going to do? I got to witness this is I

know this is the time but it just

doesn't seem right. And the sun finally

went down. We got in his truck and off

he drives toward home and it's only like

15 minutes away and I'm thinking, "Boy,

time is short. I got to do this. How am

I going to get this done?" And and all

of a sudden in at dusk he pulls over

there's an old cemetery right next to

the road and he just pulled over and he

goes, "Look at that." What [laughter]

cemetery? Let's get out. So we got out

and we're walking through and it was it

was old like 1800. the tombstones are

written 1800 19 you know ear way way

back and and we're walking and it didn't

mean a thing to me cuz I know the truth

>> but but he was just all freaked spooked

out whatever and we got back in the

truck and he's visibly moved he looks at

me and he goes whoa that was amazing I

said what he said all them dead people

out there

I thought I GOT IT I GOT it I said those

people. They're not out there.

>> They're not That's just their bodies.

They buried their bodies. Their spirits

went somewhere else. And boy, I started

preaching the gospel. He He He did it to

himself. [laughter]

He did it to himself. Don't tell me that

those people are out there in the ground

cuz I know better. So, I preached a

sermon all the way home. By the time we

got home, he was sweating. I know he was

ready for me to get out of the truck. I

told him everything I knew about

salvation and and Jesus Christ and the

Savior. And we pulled into my driveway

and I said, "Look, I know this is a lot

for you." I said, "I'm ready to pray

with you right now if you want to pray.

If you don't, I have this booklet. I'm

going to leave this with you." He says,

"No, I I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm just not

ready to do that right now." I said,

"That's fine, but I had to tell you. I

had to tell you."

>> Are you getting the principle here?

>> How could I hide the most valuable thing

in the history of the world? How could I

hide from my friends who are on their

way to hell if something doesn't change

the answer, the solution to the greatest

problem in the world? And so, uh, he

didn't pray, but he took the booklet.

Most of them did pray, and they're

serving God today. He, on the other

hand, didn't pray, but he did get

married, and they are in church today.

Thank God they found it. But, but, but,

but, but I did my part. You don't have

to lead somebody all the way to do your

part. Just just just do what you can.

You know, all of us only help people as

much as they'll let us. And some people

let you do it more than others. And some

people may be a little offended, but we

uh and I just want you to be aware

because this is a day of harvest and

awakening. And there are people in your

life that you have influence with. And

not only that, you have a responsibility

to. Do you understand what I'm saying?

So, uh I I did a series on forgiveness.

And I I loved that series. I'd been I'd

studied it out and and it was called

forgiven or not. You're either forgiven

or you're not. If you're a Christian,

don't go around feeling guilty all the

time. And if you're not forgiven, you're

either forgiven of all your sins or none

of your sins. And so anyway, I just

dealt that dealt with that like four

messages and I got that series ready and

I and I've completed it and I went to

bed that night thinking, you know, I got

to do something on salvation. I got I've

got everything to take a person from

forgiveness all the way through to

spiritual growth, maturity, but I don't

have anything on salvation. And so I got

up the next morning and it just was

downloaded in my spirit. And I'm going

to share that with you. How many of

you'd like to have that? I'm going to

share that with you today. It came in an

instant. I went right to my media room

and I recorded it. It was about a

30-minute message. And I made this

booklet out of it. It's called It's

called Prepare to Meet Your Maker.

>> Are you ready for eternity? And and I

realized, you know, there's a lot of I I

actually designed this for our ministry

to to give to people electronically, not

in this form, but we put it on the

screen with a QR code and people can

download it right to their device. Isn't

that a cool alter call? You have people

come forward and say, "Now look, I want

you to know what happened to you.

There's a QR code. Download this

booklet." And in the in exchange for

that, we get their name and and address.

And so they fill out their own salvation

card, which I think is awesome. And so,

uh, anyway, I I I made that sermon into

this booklet, and it's not the only way

to reach people, but it's one way. I had

some friends that, uh, that don't

believe in God at all. And say, "Well,

they're your friend." Yeah, I'm the

preacher and they're the whatever, the

businessman, the lawyer, the whatever,

the atheist. And so, uh, I I I pretended

like I was sitting down with them. And

here's what I would want to tell them.

And I'm going to tell you, you want

this? All right. So the booklet, here's

the introduction. This booklet was

written for to prepare people for the

most important experience of their

existence, the moment they meet God. It

reveals four truths that everyone needs

to know before they pass into eternity.

It was written for Christians and

non-believers alike. It is a modern-day

plea for salvation and a road map to

obtain it. If you're not ready to meet

God or you know someone who isn't, this

booklet is for you. Ain't that good?

It's a good intro. So, so, uh, what came

to me was this, and and I'll read some

of this because I want to I I want to

say it properly, but but what what I

realized was you got people that are

very responsible in this world. They're

making sure that every order, their

finances, their family, their their

future. Uh, you know, they pre-plan and

prepare for everything. They have a will

and they have an estate and they have an

estate planner and they and everything's

in position and and and I thought these

people are very diligent, very think

forward. They're they have a lot of

forethought, but some of them have never

given a minute of thought to eternity.

And so I thought I'm going to I'm going

to try to appeal to their to their

intellect and logic and then I'm going

to give them the answer. How many of you

like that? Cuz because you want to

strike up some sort of, you know, they

already think we're judgmental.

>> Here's what they think about preachers

like me. They think you're judgmental

and you think they're all sinners and

you just want their money. That's the

two things they think. So I never talk

about money to them. They're I don't I

don't receive from them. I receive from

the body. And and I and I don't want to

uh make them think that I don't like

them because of the way they act because

God's not that that way. God hates the

sin, but he loves the sinner. And and

there's a difference. So, uh here here's

my intro or my my my the way to connect

to kind of get the the ball moving. You

can use this if you'd like. I think

anytime you sit down with a relative or

or a friend or family member that's

older uh that that's getting on up that

you have conversations just like this

about other things. So, here it is. Many

people spi spend years preparing for

retirement. Most spend more time

preparing for retirement than they spend

living in retirement.

Some make plans for their death by

prepaying and pre-planning their funeral

long before it happens. Now, if you

think it's awkward to ask somebody about

their eternal security, how would you

like to sell funerals to people before

they die? I mean, that's awkward. You

know, have you ever thought about your

funeral? Not really.

How would you like to buy it and plan it

right now? I don't think so. But but

they actually sell those. Some people

think ahead so much that they would

rather do their own funeral.

Well, if you can talk about that, you

can surely talk about life after death.

>> So, as well as making extensive

arrangements for their interests after

their passing, the dispersement of

funds, personal possessions, and

business interests, this is considered

being responsible and looking ahead. On

the other hand, many of these same

people don't spend one minute preparing

for eternity.

>> Now, we talk to the non-believers, not

sinners. They don't think they're

sinners. They're non-believers. How many

of you know that's changed in our

culture? You could say sinners.

Everybody knew what you thought. But you

say sinners now and they think you're

just judgmental.

What is sin? Okay, forget it. You're a

non-believer.

I think they would all raised their

hand. Yeah, I don't believe. I don't

believe what you believe. Okay. I don't

believe Jesus is God. I don't believe in

God. Fine. You're a non-believer. So,

um, non-believers

don't believe in God. And you can ask

them. You may not think it's necessary

to prepare for life after death.

But what if you're wrong? What if there

is a God? What if there is an eternal

destiny awaiting you? What if the

universe didn't happen accidentally and

there was a master designer behind the

creation of the world? If there is a

chance that there's a God, would you

want to enter into eternity never having

acknowledged him or thanked him for the

gift of life? Isn't that a great

thought?

I'm not out and out at this point

telling them there's a God. I'm saying,

what are the chances? There's got to be

some odds. I wish Las Vegas would give

us odds on, you know, I asked Chat GPT,

is there a God or is this all happened

accidentally? And even Chat believes

there's a God. Now Chat's not saved.

[laughter]

Chat don't have a soul to save. But but

you understand, I I said according to

the evidence, what do you and Chad

actually said it it appears there's some

kind of designer behind creation.

>> So there is chance.

You can't say there's no chance. There's

a chance. Everyone who owns a car buys

car insurance not because a wreck is

inevitable, but because there's always a

chance.

>> Most of us pay much more in insurance

premiums over our lifetime than we ever

receive in claims. But we still get

insurance, don't we?

>> Just in case.

Likewise, homeowners pay insurance to

cover damages or losses to their home

due to fire or flood. In Oklahoma,

there's only an 8% chance that

somebody's going to lose part or all of

their home due to a fire. 8%. And yet,

we have fire insurance.

Why? Because the risk is too great.

>> Can you imagine the risk re let's just

talk about risk.

>> Let's talk about riskreward.

If you're wrong and you don't buy

insurance for your house, which you have

to do that normally, but if you don't

and you lose your house, you lose

100,000, 200,000, 300, $500,000 worth of

value just like that. That's nothing

compared to being wrong about eternity

>> and not being ready to stand before

Almighty God.

The risk is great if I'm right, and I

am.

I don't say that at this point. You

understand? We're just kind of talking

about whatifs.

>> Only 8% of people in Oklahoma will

actually have a fire that destroys part

or all of their house. Most won't

experience a flood either, but each year

we pay out multiplied thousands of

dollars in insurance premiums. Such

disasters may never happen, but we pay

the money because there's a chance. And

no one thinks anything about it. It's

just being responsible. It's good

business. It's believing for the best

but preparing for the worst.

Do you, Mr. Mrs. non-believer, want to

be guilty of taking better care of your

house uh care of your car and your house

than your eternal soul?

Isn't that a great question? Are you

make making better preparations for your

earthly possessions than for your

eternal destiny?

When you look at the evidence, the Earth

with its seasons and beauty and the

delicate balance of nature, the

precision of the solar system, the

vastness and wonder of outer space, what

are the odds that they didn't just

happen? That didn't everything didn't

just come from nothing for no reason.

Did all of this order arise from chaos?

Have you ever seen anything like that

happen?

And science hasn't either. It's it goes

against the laws of science. the

universe really shouldn't even be here

if it weren't for an outside force.

>> And they've come to that conclusion, but

they just want to deny that there's a

God. But without an outside force that

supersedes the laws of thermodynamics,

which they've discovered, the universe

could not even be here. So something did

that. And it wasn't a big bang. It was a

big god. Okay, sorry. Got carried away.

I'm got to hold back, you know, at this

point.

If there's even the slightest

possibility that there's a God who

created you, don't you want to be ready

to meet him?

>> I'd like to share with you four Bible

truths to prepare you for the most

important moment of your life.

The moment when you meet God.

Isn't that awesome? That just came just

like that. And it's not the only way to

do this, you understand? But at least it

gets us thinking this direction. How can

I reach my friends? What makes them

tick? What are they concerned about? Are

they good business people? Are they

family oriented, relational? Do you want

to see your family again? Do you want to

see your loved ones again? And and

there's so many ways to get the

conversation started, but we need to

kind of plan on it, prepare for it,

focus on it, pray about it, say, "God, I

I don't have to convert them, but I do

need to share with them. I need to plant

these seeds in their hearts. And so, uh,

you can get this book. There's a few of

them back on the table if you'd like it.

But, uh, you can also download it. And

that's what I'd like for you to do. You

can download them. You can get this

whole booklet in electronic form by

email. You know what that means? You can

forward the email. Can you imagine just

giving putting this in someone's inbox?

It's non-confrontational.

It's everything they need to know about

salvation. Even if they know nothing,

they can read this and actually get

saved. And you can send it to them

electronically. It doesn't cost anything

and they can delete it if they want, but

they get to read it in the privacy of

their own home. And there's no one there

to argue with.

>> See the it's an electronic track. I

think it's a powerful tool. And so I you

have my permission to send it to

everyone you want. And if they get

angry, let them get mad at me.

Tell them I did it. So, four truths to

prepare any person to meet God. Number

one, not number one's my favorite. Now,

we stop the conversation. Now, we're

just going to preach to the spirit. You

understand? You're preaching to their

heart, not their head. And in their

heart, they know there's an eternity. In

their heart, they know there's right and

wrong. In their heart, they know there's

a God. So, you start. Now, we were

talking to the head, just trying to

break the ice. Now, we want to speak to

the heart. Number one, you will meet

God. You will meet God. Every created

being on the planet will stand before

Almighty God. It's not a question of if.

It's when it's going to happen. You are

going to stand before God. I am going to

stand before God. That is going to be

the most important moment of our

existence. It makes your natural birth

seem like minor stuff, like

kindergarten. You're going to stand

before God as an adult human being and

God's going to judge you

unless All right. So, you know, you've

heard the the phrase, there's nothing

sure except death and taxes. Well,

there's something even more sure than

death and taxes. You're going to stand

before God.

>> That day is coming and we're not going

to live forever. Hebrews 9:27 says, "It

Hebrews 9:27

is appointed to man once to die and

after this the judgment." Everybody's

going to die or be changed. How many of

you knew that? Our bodies are mortal.

That means they're death doomed. They're

not eternal. And there's no way. I saw a

report last week that we're this far

from from being able to get us, you

know, get the body to live forever.

Well, they're never going to close that

gap.

God said it is appointed to man once to

die. And we're going to die if we if

Jesus doesn't return. We're all going to

die. And then we're going to meet God.

Can you say amen?

>> Amen.

>> Now, let me read this to you. And then I

put this in the booklet and I thought,

you know what? We might as well tell the

truth. I don't want to sugarcoat

anything. But Revelation 20:1 says,

Revelation 20:1

"Then I saw a great white throne and him

who sat on it, from whose face the earth

and heaven fled away, and there was

found no place for them. And I saw the

dead, small and great, standing before

God. And books were opened. And another

book was opened, which is the book of

life. And the dead were judged according

to their works by the things which were

written in the books."

That is a frightening

idea, is not? You're going to stand

before God and he's going to judge you

by the things written in the book.

Revelation 2013, they were judged each

one according to his works.

Revelation 2015, "And anyone not found

written in the book of life was cast

into the lake of fire." So, so, so, so

God's going to judge people according to

the things written in the books. And

what's written in the books, every

thought, every word, every action in

your entire life will be reviewed before

Almighty God, unless your name is

written in the other book, the book of

life.

>> So, thank God there's another book. And

it's up to you. It's up to me. It's up

to them to make sure their name is

written in the book of life. God's not

choosing favorites. He's not deciding

who's in and who's out. We do that

ourselves. We decide if we want to be in

the book of life. And and the only

reason someone's name would not be in it

is because they refuse to believe on the

name of Jesus Christ. You may think this

is not fair. How could be we be

responsible to a God that we've never

met?

That's a good question, isn't it?

>> He's invisible. How how am I

responsible? Because two things. Number

one, you exist.

>> You can't deny that you're here.

>> You didn't ask to be here. You didn't

make it happen. You were given the gift

of life.

You could be nothing like before you

were ever born, but no, you're here. You

have you're a being, a human being.

You've re received the gift of life. And

because of the evidence all around us,

we're obligated

to search for our creator.

>> We're obligated. There's too much

evidence to just live your life, live,

and let live, and we'll figure it out

after death. No, no, no. there's enough

evidence for you to begin to seek and

look and ask questions. And so you're

talking to their heart because their

heart's already feeling this.

Do you understand? We understand lost

people better than they understand

themselves cuz we've been where they are

and then we're where we are. So we can

look back and see you're you're

believing a lie. You think that you're

better than the next person so it'll be

fine for you. No. No. Your name has to

be written in the book of life. And

there's only one way to get your name

written in the book of life and it's to

believe on the author of life, Jesus

Christ.

>> Amen.

>> All right. So um

so one reason uh in fact Romans 1:20

Romans 1:20

says since the creation of the world his

invisible attributes are clearly seen

being understood by the things that are

made even his eternal power and godhead.

So that they people who deny God are

without excuse. So that's God's standard

not mine. This means people are capable

of doing it. They actually want to do

it. They're predis they're predisposed

to do it. We just need to give them a

little push. You you want to know why

you're here. You want to know the God

who created you. You want uh to to

understand and and receive value as a

human being. You know, if you say

everything happened accidentally and

there's no God, it it means life is of

no value.

>> If it was an accident, you can't go

ahead now and 6,000 years later and try

to add value to it. No, it was an

accident.

In fact, if it was an accident, there

would be no morals. Where did morality

even come from? Why can't we just kill

and eat people like we kill and eat

cows?

>> No, there's a God and there's a sense of

right and wrong. In every pray, even in

fallen world, they have a sense of

morality. That all comes from a higher

power. It doesn't come from an

accidental chemical reaction.

>> So, so they have this desire and and I

have another I only brought two things

here today. One of them, the the other

series I brought is called Finding a

Good God in an Evil World. And we ask

these questions and and I did it really

for the internet for people who are

searching, not for people who want to

argue. I have nothing to say to people

who want to argue. I don't want to argue

with them. I save that for home. No, I'm

[laughter] kidding.

Actually, that's a little true. I'm much

better arguer than my wife. [laughter]

But I have learned this. You can win the

battle and lose the war. So anyway,

[laughter]

uh when I'm preaching, I'm not preaching

to people that want to argue if that's

all they want to do. I'm preaching to

people who want to be convinced

>> cuz I believe there are good people out

there that want a reason to believe

there's a God. They want a reason to

believe that church is right. They want

to believe a reason to believe that

we're right and they're watching you.

They're following you. They may even be

criticizing you, but they're hoping

you'll make it. They're hoping that you

will will prove to them that there

really is a God, that Christianity has

value. And only you and I can do that

for them. We're the we're the most Jesus

they're ever going to see on this

planet.

>> We are.

>> So, we've got to live the life. But then

there comes a point where you got to we

got you you got to have the interaction.

>> Present the case.

>> And and I believe it's we're we're in

the verge on the verge of a great

awakening right now.

>> And and we want to be part of it. I want

my friends and my relatives and and my

co-workers, I want them to come on in

with us.

>> Yeah. And so God may want to use you to

be that person at least to plant that

seed. So first of all, you can't deny

that you're here. You exist. Number two,

you can't Everyone has a desire to know

why they're here, where they came from.

There's a human desire to know why am I

here. There's a desire, a a void that

only God can fill in the human heart.

And so we're speaking to that. And so

that desire to know God and to know

where God came from, we are encouraging

them follow that cuz that'll lead you to

God. How many of you know a desire to

find aliens won't lead you to aliens?

[laughter]

You know why? Cuz there aren't any.

We'll have that talk another time. But

[laughter] just

>> I've read the Bible through many times.

They're not in there. There's demons and

angels and there's peoples. Yeah. And

>> then there's giants and they're all

dead. You you understand?

>> So, so there's so much misguided effort

in this world, but the desire to know

God will always be met with God. The the

search for God will always end in

finding God.

>> Yeah.

>> So good.

>> And I can prove it to you here, but but

but let's go back. Deep down, everyone

has a desire to know where they came

from. Every human being has a void that

only God will fill. And it's important

to follow this urge and search for God.

Reach out, attempt to learn about him,

to find him. And I've said this before,

but if scientists would would search as

hard for God as they have for aliens,

they'd have found him by now.

>> Why say, "Well, how can it be fair? He's

he's invisible. He's hidden so he can be

found.

>> He's not hidden to tease you. He's not

hidden. So, some can and some can't.

He's hidden because that's the best way

to do this. And and I've explained this

before. I'll say it again because this

is my sermon and say what I want.

But my job would be so much easier if

God would just reveal himself.

And I could quit all this preaching

trying to get people to believe things

they can't see. It's frustrating

sometimes.

It's frustrating when people don't agree

with me. I love it when they agree.

Right. Right, Carol. Thank [laughter]

you. Thank you.

I love that.

But he's not hidden. He's He's not

hidden so he can't be found. He's hidden

so he can be found. He wants to be

found. He's made himself findable on

purpose. Because if God himself were to

reveal himself to the world, it would

blow the world away. Everyone would

surrender. Not by choice, but by force.

that

>> everyone would just say, "Okay, whatever

you want. You're you're you're the most

powerful thing I've ever seen." And I

give this illustration, but in World War

II, the the Japanese were relentless

warriors. Surrender was not in their

vocabulary. They fought to the death.

They would rather use their empty plane

as a missile than to surrender. And

which is where the kamicazis came from.

They would not surrender. They would go

on islands and fight to the last man.

Our troops would have to go on the

island and kill every single Japanese.

They would not surrender until uh the

United States dropped two atomic bombs

on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It killed

200,000 people instantly. Guess what

happened next? Japan surrendered

unconditionally.

They weren't going to ever consider that

until that display of power brought them

to their knees. Now, they didn't

surrender by choice. They surrendered by

force.

>> That's not a family environment.

>> God wanted a family.

>> He didn't want slaves. He didn't want

people that were obligated and forced to

serve him. That's why he doesn't force

people. He invites people.

In fact, the Bible says this and and if

you think about this is one of the most

remarkable scriptures in the Bible.

Jesus himself, the resurrected Christ,

the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the

man with a name above every every name,

the most powerful entity that's ever

been on this planet, said this, "Behold,

I stand at the door and knock."

>> What? Knock?

>> Why don't you just knock it down?

He's Jesus. Yeah,

>> he could do anything. We wouldn't have a

door

>> if it weren't for him.

>> It's his door.

>> And yet, he's knocking. Why? Because he

wants this to be a joint effort. He

wants people to search for him and find

him.

>> Isn't that powerful?

>> So, so here's the scripture.

Jeremiah 29:11. And this was the most

Jeremiah 29:11

This was the greatest revelation in this

whole booklet is Jeremiah 29:11. I

Jeremiah 29:11

already knew it, but it's powerful. It

says, "I know the thoughts that I think

toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of

peace and not of evil to give you a

future and a hope." [clears throat]

And then he and he goes on, so he wants

to do good things for you. And we'll

talk about that in a minute. But then he

says, "Then you will call upon me and go

and pray to me

>> and I will listen to you and you will

seek me and find me when you search for

me with all your heart."

That is a spiritual law.

>> That's why we got to encourage people.

Just try it. Search for God. Go into an

empty room and turn your head toward

heaven and talk to an invisible God and

see if you don't find something. We did

it.

>> We're not special. We're not We're not

just one of a kind. We're we're just

humans like everyone else. And at one

point or another, we got desperate

enough to SAY, "GOD, SHOW ME YOU'RE

REAL." And he did. And now there's no

doubt about it. I don't have to see him.

I don't have to feel him. I don't have

to go into his throne room and look into

his I know there's a God in heaven and I

know he lives in me today.

>> They can have the same knowledge. Don't

let them act like they're incapable of

it. They are capable, fully capable. God

has put himself within everyone's reach

>> because the way to access God is by

faith. And everybody can believe

whatever they want. And let me tell you,

it takes more faith to believe that

everything came from nothing for no

reason than to believe that in the

beginning God created the heavens and

the that's easy after you look at their

>> version. I don't know how anybody

believes that.

>> Come on.

>> So anyone who comes to God must believe

that he is. That's not a very high bar.

Don't let them act like it is. It's not.

>> It's very low. You can just step over

that one.

>> I believe there's a God.

So, so we appeal to that part of them.

If you'll seek him, and I can promise

you that these atheists have never done

this,

>> they've never search for him with all

their heart. Why? Because if you do,

you'll find him.

>> It's a spiritual law. Seek and you will.

>> God's not hidden so he can be missed.

He's hidden so he can be found.

>> Did you get that?

>> And we make that clear to them. It'll

answer a lot of questions that they may

have. All right. So, I'm going to give

you the four points and then I So,

number one, does anybody know what

number one is? You will meet God.

Number two, all have sinned.

Number three, Christ died for your sins.

Number four, you must be born again.

I'm telling you, those four truths, I

have meditated these. I got them

instantly that day. But I've looked at

them and I think there's not a better

way to to unveil salvation. You have to

have these four. You have to believe

these four points. It's very very

important. So number two, all have

sinned. I believe it's important to say

it that way to let them understand.

You're not saying you're a sinner. They

are, but we're not going to say it that

way. Sin was universal. We were all in

the same boat. We were all sinners

because of what Adam did. Adam's sin

passed down to all of us. We were all

born in sin. The wages of sin is death.

And and we were there's none righteous.

No, not one. We're all lost and undone

without God. All those things are true

about everyone.

>> Can you say amen?

>> All right. So So So you will meet God.

The reason that's a fearful thing is

because all have sinned. You're not

ready to meet God.

>> So you're going to meet him as a sinner.

You see, if they don't understand the

the the gravity of their situation, then

then they're not going to be open to a

savior, which is is where we're leading

them. So, if they don't think there's

any need to be saved, they're not going

to be open to a savior. You ever been to

a public pool and tried to swim with a

lifeguard with always blowing a whistle

and yelling at everyone? They're so

annoying.

And then every so often they tell

everybody to get out of the pool. What

for? A lifeguard break. What do you mean

a [laughter] life guard? All you do is

sit there. Why can't you just like

you need a break from sitting?

Anyway, get off the rope. I never

understood that. [snorts] Ropes were

made to get on to pull on. [laughter]

That's like you're Why do I have to get

off the rope? But you Anyway, they're

annoying

until

>> someone's drowning.

>> Yes.

>> Then it all change. I used to be a

lifeguard. I know. Somebody jumped off

the board, they go down. Then it's like,

"Where's that guy?" And then you got to

go save someone. And then you become the

most popular person at the pool.

[laughter]

If people don't know they're in danger

of hell, if they don't know how bad the

sinful condition is, they're not going

to be open to a savior. So, we have to

to to make them understand that we were

all sinners and lost without God and

without a mediator. When you stand

before God, he's going to review all of

your thoughts, all your words, all of

your deeds for all of your life and

judge accordingly. No one wants that.

>> Say, well, why can't we just, you know,

I think a lot of people have this

philosophy. We'll just wait. You know,

we'll do the best we can. I'm not the

worst person in my neighborhood. I'm in

the top 50%.

Okay. I mean, I'm not perfect, but I and

I have room for improvement, but I'm not

the worst. And I'm sure that when it all

comes down and when we go to the other

side, if there is one, that the good man

upstairs is going to have compassion on

me. And I'm sure I'll make it. And you

you I mean, you can never really know

till you get there. We can't let them

have that out because that's not true.

And and when they understand that that

there is none righteous, know not one,

that we're all by nature the children of

wrath just as others. We inherited that

from Adam. We're not fit to go to

heaven. We're not ready to meet God in

our in our sinful condition.

Does that make sense?

>> People People sin because they are by

nature sinners.

So you can't just deal with the sin. You

got to deal with the sinner. You got to

have that meteor, that savior save you

from yourself. And only Jesus can do

that.

>> And then you always get this question,

how could a good God,

>> how could a good God send anyone to

hell? I just don't see how a good God

could send anyone to hell. Well, let me

ask another question. And I think this

is more appropriate. How could a

righteous God

>> send anyone to heaven?

>> That's a good question, isn't it? How

could a righteous, holy God let any one

of us sinful people go to heaven? How

could he possibly do that? There's only

one answer to both questions. It's

through Jesus Christ.

>> See, here's what it says. This is

powerful. John 3:18, he who believes in

John 3:18

him is not condemned.

Uhhuh.

>> But he who does not believed is

condemned already. Welcome to the state

of the human race without Christ.

They're already condemned. God's not

sending anyone to hell. We did that to

ourselves. It started in the Garden of

Eden and we've carried out the tradition

and we're all headed the same direction

and without divine intervention, nobody

would make it to heaven.

>> Everybody would end up in hell. It's not

personal. It's it's a it's a it's a

matter of of of righteousness and

justice.

>> And the only way God could be just and

merciful is to send his son to die on

the cross.

>> There there his justice is satisfied and

his mercy is satisfied. Jesus did it for

us. Isn't that good?

Uh so so um

all have sinned. Once you understand

that this next point becomes good news.

Christ died for your sins. No one else

did. No one else could have.

The wages of sin is what?

>> Death. We all deserve that. Christ died

for our sins according to the

scriptures. Isaiah 53:5. He was wounded

Isaiah 53:5

for our transgressions. He was bruised

for our iniquities. The chastisement of

our peace was upon him. By his stripes

were healed. He was numbered. Isaiah

Isaiah 53:12

53:12. He was numbered with the

transgressors and he bore the sin of

many and made intercession for the

transgressors. And then my favorite

gospel presentation is 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 15:3

15:3 and 4. I delivered to you first of

all that which I also received that

Christ died for our sins according to

the scriptures. He was buried and he

rose again the third day according to

the scriptures.

>> Don't you love it?

>> The resurrection's pivotal. They got to

believe in the resurrection. You could

spend some time talking about that. But

here's the point. If he died for our

sins, if death was the wage of sin and

he died for our sins and he's still

dead, it hadn't been paid for.

>> Right?

If that tomb's not empty, if his body is

still dead, then then that that that

price has not yet been paid. But if he

died for our sins and he's alive,

>> then this the price was paid.

>> So we must preach, believe, get a

confession of a resurrection.

First Peter 1:3 says, "He's begotten us

1 Peter 1:3

again to a living hope through the

resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

Then the fourth point, now we'll go

through them again. Number one, you will

meet God. Number two, all have sinned.

So that's a terrifying proposition.

Number three,

Jesus died for our sins. How many of you

know this is real simple,

but but you know, if we know it backward

and forward, we can sit in a truck in

the rain with a friend and be able to

have a conversation and know exactly

where we're going.

I I knew where I was going before I got

in the truck. He didn't, but I did. So,

I was able to steer it. You know, Jesus

used the same method over and over

again. He's at the well with the woman

at the well, and he's asking for a

drink. She gets offended o over water

and he goes, "You know what? Let's talk

about water. I'll give you water and if

you drink this, you'll never thirst

again." And she was like, "Oh, I want

this water." Well, how'd they get

started on water? They were standing at

a well.

And then Jesus made the loaves and

fishes and they came the next day and

said, "Lord, give us some more bread

from heaven." And he said, "I am the

bread."

>> It's like, you want to talk about bread?

I can bring up the gospel and from any

direction you want to go. I'll bring it

back to you. That's what I love about

Billy Graham and Franklin Graham. They

could be on a a news show, flatout new

secular news, and they'll go, "What do

you think about the price of eggs in

China?" And they'll go, "You know what?

I just don't know about eggs in China,

but I know this that Jesus Christ came

and died for our sins." And and you're

like, "What?" [laughter]

Salvation. He's offered salvation to the

whole world. We we need to be

evangelistic in our thinking. Not in an

>> not in a religious way and and not in an

annoying. I don't like awkward. I don't

like annoying.

>> And I still like Robert. Isn't that

cool? I [laughter] mean, miracles do

happen.

I say that cuz he's the most unan he's

the smoothest

he's the smoothest MC in the building,

is he not? And I and I do like him

>> a little bit. He's he's growing on me.

All right, never mind.

>> Thank you, Robert. Appreciate that. Um,

[snorts]

[clears throat]

so, so, so Jesus, he used seeds and

trees and mountains

to teach us about faith. Look at it.

It's in there.

>> There's a tree. Let me tell you about

this tree. You could move a mountain.

See that mountain? You can move the

mountain. Or how about a seed? You take

a seed and plant. He he used whatever

subject was at hand to to it wasn't do

you know where you're going to go if you

die today.

You're going to turn or burn sinners.

You know I I just some of these messages

just don't resonate today. You know what

I'm saying? We we've got an a culture

that's offended by everything and

ashamed of nothing.

>> There's nothing you can and so we we

really need to try to reach them as much

as we can without compromise. But we we

at least if we can talk to them about

life insurance and pre-planning a

funeral. You know, if if you have

funeral plan planners, wedding planners,

estate planners, financial planners, why

can't you have an eternity planner?

>> I'm going to put that on my desk.

Eternity planner

>> right here.

>> What about my fin? I have not a clue.

But I can tell you how to live with God

forever. Tell you that.

>> How about prepare for forever,

>> man? I knew a guy who worked his whole

life. He worked six days a week his

whole life. Barely took any time off.

Retired at at 65 and died in a he was

going to travel the world and he died in

a week.

>> There's nothing, you know, sure, but

death and taxes and the fact that you

will meet God.

>> You need to be ready for that moment.

So, you must be born again. Jesus said,

"Unless one is born again, he cannot see

the kingdom of God." He said, "I say

unto you, unless one is born of the

water, water and the spirit, he cannot

enter the kingdom of God." That means

you have to be born first as a as a

human baby and then you have to be born

again as a spiritual new new creation.

And in other in order to see the kingdom

of God and he said, "Do not marvel that

I said you must be born again." Being

born again is a life-changing

experience. There's nothing like it on

the on the planet. It's the most radical

transformation you could ever

experience. And it happens in your

spirit. When you look at someone's body,

you can't tell if they've been born

again or not. But in eternity, it'll be

very evident who is and who isn't. The

reason we have to be born again is

because we don't just sin. We're

sinners. We sin because we're sinners.

Our nature's corrupt. It's at enmity

with God. It was passed down from Adam.

We had no way out of it. Either God had

to do away with the entire human race or

provide an answer and let whosoever will

come and accept his answer. And he chose

the latter. If he hadn't have, we

wouldn't be here.

>> How many of you are glad we're here

>> that we have an opportunity to choose?

But I'm going to tell you, you have to

choose. And you have to do it in this

life.

It [clears throat] when you're born

again, the sinful nature you inherited

through Adam's sin passes away. It was

crucified with Christ. You become a new

person with a new nature. Isn't that

awesome?

>> If anyone's in Christ, he's a new

creation. Old things have passed away.

Behold, all things have become new. Do

you want to become a new creation? Do

you want to get rid of the sin nature,

become the righteousness of God in an

instant? You can do that by one simple

confession of faith.

The truth is people ought to be running

to God, not running away from God. He

wants to give you a future and a hope.

There's a lot of people out there that

think if there is a God, he must really

be mad at me. How many of you know how

many people think that?

>> I told you I was at the lake one time

and trying to build a fire and cook. I

don't know if I've told that here, but I

was trying to cook on on the on the

beach and they knew I was a preacher

because they asked me five times what I

did and I didn't want to tell them. So,

I didn't want it to be awkward and it is

awkward. Anyway, I told him I was a

preacher. So, I'm the preacher. So, I'm

trying to build this fire and cook

something on the grill and this guy's

following me around and he goes, "I cuss

too much." And I said,

"What?" He said, "Yeah, I cuss too much,

but I don't cuss around my kids."

>> [laughter]

>> Okay, that's just a half a point against

you. Whatever. I mean, what do you want

me to say? [laughter]

And then and then so I didn't say

anything. I said, ' Okay. And so we're

and I keep cooking and he says, "I drink

too much." I said, "What?" [laughter] He

said, "But I don't get drunk. Just just

drink." Another half a point.

>> [laughter]

>> And then a few minutes later, it's like

he everybody, you know, there's a

segment of the population that knows

just enough about God to think he's mad

at him.

>> And he said, he finally said, I don't

read my Bible enough.

Well, that's it. You're going straight

to hell. No.

I said I finally just said I said called

him by his name. I said, "Christianity

is not a bunch of rules and regulations.

It's not about doing more good than you

do bad and you go to heaven. It's about

a personal relationship with Jesus

Christ. And when you're ready for that,

you come tell me and I'll help you with

that."

>> You go, "Oh, okay." And you know, he

did. He did. Later on, he did.

>> So, you don't have to uh do the whole

thing all at once. And you may never be

able to complete the deal, but somebody

will. and and and these people you're

praying for, God brings them to your

heart and your mind for a reason. You

can target them with prayer. You know,

some people might not be ready right

now. Some people all you can do is just

love them and show them that you love

them. And that means to them that God

loves them. They say, "Well, you're not

like all the rest." Well, you don't know

all the rest.

>> You're not like all those hypocrites in

church. Well, you never been to church

cuz there aren't any hypocrites here.

>> You see what I mean? But they got all

these ideas in their head. And and you

you can blow all that away by being real

and by targeting them and realizing

here's how much I can help this one and

this one I've got to tell because we're

too close not to. I've got to tell them

and this one I'll pray for them that

somebody else will tell them. You

understand when I'm take authority over

your world and reach out to those in

your world. And if we all do that, boy,

I've been studying this lately,

meditating, and it's such a powerful

thought. You may think, well, my life's

just not worth much. Well, who are you

to value your life? And first of all,

you're worth what somebody's willing to

pay for you. Now, I wouldn't give a dime

for you. [laughter]

I'm kidding.

But Jesus paid the ultimate price for

you according to what he paid for. You

are priceless.

>> And that's before you do anything. YOU

DON'T HAVE TO DO anything and you're

already priceless.

>> Thank you, Lord.

>> Oh my goodness.

>> And you may think, well, I don't have

much influence. Well, who does? I did

this study. Did you know that there's 10

to 15 billion people in the body of

Christ since Jesus death, burial, and

resurre to 15 billion? So, what does

that mean? We're all just a small part

of this.

>> There ain't nobody big in that with

those numbers.

So, if you're reaching five or 10 or 15

or or one, you're part of the 15 billion

and you're part of making the body of

Christ the greatest force on earth.

You're part of something that's going to

live forever.

>> So, you're just as valuable as anyone

else. You can't you can't look at your

value that way because none of us are

big deal

>> in the body of We're all small parts of

a big work.

>> So, you reach your world. I reach my

world. You you reach those in your

sphere of influence and make sure

nobody's left untouched either by prayer

or by personal witness or by friendship

or by a good work. if God will show you

how to reveal him to them.

>> I have friends that had no concept of

church and had no desire to ever go to

church. And I knew I can't preach to

them. All I can do is is prove to them

that I love them

>> and they at least they'll know a

preacher. They got my number,

>> but I couldn't preach at them. I

couldn't preach to them. I didn't have

that kind of entrance in their life. And

I knew this is how far you can go no

more.

>> Are are you with me today? It's more

intentional than just a scattershot or

trying to witness to strangers. And we

can do that and we need to have crusades

and witness to strangers. But those

people in your life are special.

>> So all right. So you get them ready to

pray and there's no better place to go.

There's just no other place to go in the

Bible than Romans 10:9. How many of you

Romans 10:9

know what it says? You bring them there

and you say, "Here's what you do. You

want to believe on Jesus. You want to

have your name written in the book of

life. You want to be saved, born again,

have everlasting life. Here it is.

>> Believe in your heart that God raised

Jesus from the dead, and confess with

your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and you

shall be saved. For the heart man

believes under righteous. With the mouth

confession is made under salvation.

That's what you do. Say, "Well, that's

too simple." No, it's it's simple, but

it's not too simple.

So, well, that just makes it too easy.

Well, it's free. How hard can it be?

It's already free.

If somebody's giving you a gift, how

hard is it to receive it?

>> You got to open your hand.

>> Yeah, you just have to open your hand.

Say, "I'll take that." He's not going to

push it on you. That's the problem. He's

not going to force you, but he's

certainly ready anytime you are. And he

will respond to those who want to pray

that simple prayer and make that simple

confession. And I know there's other

people teaching other things and and and

condemning us for preaching the simple

gospel, but I've read the Bible for

myself. I got saved by believing Romans

Romans 10:9

10:9. I know it works.

>> And I've seen lots of people saved with

this same verse, this same simple

prayer. I don't call it the sinner's

prayer. I call it the salvation prayer.

>> Say, are you afraid to say, "No, I just

don't want to offend someone before they

hear what I have to say. Excuse me.

>> So, so I want to offer the salvation

prayer and it's so easy. Uh, anyone can

do it. Anyone can lead someone else to

the Lord by using Romans 10:9. You just

Romans 10:9

confess with your mouth that Jesus is

Lord. He made it pretty simple, didn't

he?

>> God didn't want this to be beyond

anyone's reach. He wanted everyone and

anyone to be able to get saved whenever

they want. He made it so clear. He's

over and over in the gospels, over and

over in the in the New Testament, he he

talks about salvation, eternal life,

being born again. And uh and he wants us

to make sure to get that one. You know,

the whole point of life, of your

existence, is to be born on this planet

in this universe to come to some sort of

self-awareness

and seek and find God.

If you do that, you have really embraced

the reason for your being.

We get so hung up on, well, I haven't

done this much or my life seems. Did you

know even if you were prisoner in a in

in death row and you were in solitary

confinement, you could still live that

life for God?

>> Yeah.

>> Wherever you are, whatever you feel like

your limitations are, you can use that

life and live it for God. fact, and this

is controversial probably today, but

Paul talked to slaves and said, "If

you're a slave, be a good one.

>> Be a good slave. Be be good to your

master, especially if they're a

believer."

It's like, "What? Why don't we just

abolish slavery?" Well, that's coming.

Did you know the gospel helped abolish

slavery? But there were generations of

people that lived as slaves, and God's

message was there is no wasted life. No

one's life is lived in vain. I don't

care if you're in prison, if you're a

slave. If you're a slave, you're

Christ's free man. If you're free,

you're Christ's slave. No one's life is

worthless. No one's life is everyone's

life has value.

>> And you don't have to wait for society

to change or for the world to change for

your life to count. It counts right

here, right now in this world. And and

boy, when you know that,

>> then you can do what you do. It's just

gravy. You've already made the right

decision. and you've already realized

the the purpose for your existence

>> is to find and know God.

>> And that's true for everyone you know.

Amen.

>> Amen.

>> Amen. Well, I've said enough. Why don't

we stand up?

>> Let's stand up together. Thank you for

being patient.

I hope that you'll take these four

points and and and you know what, just

use them um for yourself. You can adapt

them to your own use. [snorts] I I'm I

really wanted to share these things just

this is how God showed it to me. This is

how I always preach salvation now. But

um but but but it's it's not

complicated. And just to get you

thinking in this direction, I think is a

help. And of how many of you believe

that it is a help? And and [music] there

are people in your life probably that

will be targeted from this day forward.

You didn't know really what to do with

them. Listen, first thing you do is just

pray for them and say, "God, give me an

opportunity. I need to I need to talk to

that one."

>> And you pray for them until God helps

you work that opportunity because he

will. He He will. And others, you're

like, there's nothing I could say to

convince them. But I'll pray for them

and that situations, circumstances,

people will come into their life that

will be able to talk to them. But I can

love them and I can treat them like

they're valuable

and and and not and not condemn them. I

don't condemnation's really not useful

in any in any setting. Conviction. Now

that's another thing.

But the Holy Spirit does that. Isn't

that great? Amen. Would you bow your

heads? Father, thank you for the Holy

Spirit who's here to help us. And we

pray that you help us reach the world.

and we have been actively involved in

reaching the world. I don't think any

church has done more with what they've

had than this church to reach the world.

It's a privilege and an honor to stand

here and to say that after these years,

but we also want to reach our world.

We want to reach those that you've put

in our life. And we pray over them. Show

us in the days to come, Holy Spirit,

those that are ripe, those that are

ready, those that need to hear

something. and give us words to speak in

their behalf.

Help us to sew the seeds

in their heart. Hallelujah.

Praise God. Praise God. Praise God

that you minister through us.

And then when they're saved, and I put

this in the little booklet, get in a

church that preaches the word of God.

Tell them what happened to you. Get

[music] materials. Begin to read your

Bible. Pray. Get in a room and pray and

talk to God.

It's stuff that we know, but boy, we

need to. It needs to be on the tip of

our tongues. We need to be ready to

share it.

And And whether you sew the seed or pray

the prayer,

know this that God's word does not

return void. And I I've said this

before, but I believe it with all my

heart. One of the most often asked

questions in heaven is going to be,

"What are you doing here?

How did you make it?"

Because there'll be people who have

rejected God their whole life that'll

get saved on their deathbed because the

seeds of the gospel were sowed in their

life. Don't write anyone off. You don't

know where they went. You do not know.

And God is not looking for reasons to

banish people from heaven. He's looking

for any way to let them in. And I

believe it can even happen when they're

unconscious on their deathbed. Their

spirit still active. I believe they can

take knowledge of the things that

they've received, the words that they've

heard and make a decision right then and

there that nobody even realizes they

made. And so let's let's just keep the

faith. Stay faithful. Amen.

>> Amen.

>> Amen. [music]

Well, you know, I might as well give

some of these away. I brought some and

and then there's some back there. We we

just charge $5 for these. And somebody

says, "What is the volume discount?"

That is the volume discount. I can't do

one of these for much less than that.

That's It costs so much nowadays to

print anything. But anyway, the booklet

form is $5. Greg, would you help me give

these out to a few people?

>> I mean, not Greg.

>> Matt, I get you mixed up with Greg. It's

It's the beard.

All you young people look alike to me,

except for Robert. Now, I can see Robert

in a crowd. I won't tell you how, but he

sticks out. He

And this is that series, Finding a Good

God in an Evil World. And what we did

here, I've spent a lot of time putting

this together. I found evidence for

people who want to be convinced. Again,

I'm not an apologist and I don't argue

and debate, but for those who want to be

convinced, we found evidence for God in

science, space, nature, literature, and

history. Everywhere you look, God's left

his fingerprints. And and once you begin

to see that you can go in any area. So,

it was a fun thing. And then we talk

about in here the invisible God. And

then I preach this message, prepare to

meet your maker. It's all in this

series. And these are back there as

well. You can have one of these. These

are CDs. Who has who still does CDs? and

you want this. Do you have a CD player?

Well, come on. You can have it. I'm just

glad somebody wanted it. Like,

>> no. I appreciate that.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you guys. And I think I'm going to

turn this. Robert, forgive me for

anything I might have said. I I see that

you get the mic last. I wasn't thinking

ahead, but come on. and and try to be

nice.