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Well, good morning, church.
If you have your Bibles, and I hope you do, I want to invite you to join us in Matthew
chapter 7.
If you do not have a copy of God's Word, we do have some free copies that we would love
to give you.
They are at the back of the church, and so back at the connections table, they look just
like this, so you can stop by there afterwards and grab one.
We would love for you to have a copy of that.
This morning, as we continue on in our study of the Gospel of Matthew, we will conclude
our mini-lengthy study on the Sermon on the Mount.
I look back over this, and we started our study of Matthew really at Christmas last year, and
we looked at Matthew's birth account in December.
We continued on, and on January 25th, we started in Matthew 5.
And now we come today, and we will conclude the greatest sermon ever given by the greatest
preacher, and Jesus being the greatest preacher, the Sermon on the Mount being the greatest sermon.
And so we're glad that each and every one of you could be here.
A couple of things before we get into this this morning.
A reminder, if you haven't been able to be here, I will be going on sabbatical after tonight.
And so, no better way to kick off a sabbatical in South Carolina than with a night of bingo.
All right, so we'll be here tonight.
Would love for you to come and join us.
I have been promised that, I don't know what the prizes are, but I've been promised that
they are fantastic.
All right?
So, that's a word.
You can come, you can hang out with us tonight, be a part of that.
At the very end of the service, I'm going to come back out.
We're going to have a special time of prayer for a family in our church, and we'll share
about those details at the end of the service.
So, if you don't have somewhere that you've got to be, if you can just hold back for a
couple of minutes, we want to have that a little bit different than normal.
So, make sure that you stick around for that.
Well, the greatest pastor, the greatest preacher, Jesus, gives the greatest sermon that we know
in the Sermon on the Mount.
And Jesus perfectly, in his perfection, lays out the narrative that he's been building on
since chapter 5.
So, if I could take for a moment and just kind of hit the high points of what we've been working
on since January 25th.
Jesus redefines for his audience and for us what it means to be blessed.
Jesus gives a call from the very beginning about missionary mobilization for those who have
responded that repent for the kingdom of heaven is near to go and be salt and light.
Jesus gives a challenge that if you have a hope in eternity, it is that your righteousness
exceeds that of the scribes and the Pharisees.
He corrects faulty teaching in matters like anger and lust, divorce, oaths, and so on.
He challenges the motives of the religious works and exposes hearts of self-righteousness.
And now he will give his conclusion.
He will draw it to a final point where everyone there then and everyone here today must decide
within themselves, what do I do with what I've just heard?
How do I respond to this?
I heard a pastor say this week that what Jesus is bringing everyone to is the understanding
of the desperation that we come to Christ.
He said, you cannot listen to the Sermon on the Mount and think that you come to Christ by
your own means.
But he said, no, and I love this, that we come to Christ as the means of a beggar who deserves
nothing but finds everyone, everything in Christ alone.
To come to God in our own inability is the death of the pride that we wrestle and struggle
with.
So if you'll join with me as we look at this, starting in verse 21, we'll look at three
different sections, the first being verses 21 through 23.
Jesus says, not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven.
But the one who does the will of my father who is in heaven.
On that day, many will say to me, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and cast
out demons in your name and do many mighty works in your name?
And then I will declare to them, I never knew you.
Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
Folks, this is a terrifying passage of scripture.
Jesus shares that there will be people when the day of judgment comes
who have made a verbal profession of Christ.
They've done religious works.
They've done works that the world would look at and be astonished and amazed
that this could happen and that this could take place.
But their eternity will not be eternity with Christ.
And what they will hear is, I never knew you.
Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
What I want to look at this morning, within the words of Christ, is what we find are two professions.
Two professions that within us today, I hope it becomes a internal wrestle within us
about who we are and what have we professed.
Jesus deals with the verbal profession.
This is important to remember.
Jesus here is not dealing with an irreligious or unreligious people,
but he is dealing with a group of people who are obsessed with religious activity.
But for a large majority of the crowd, that's all it was, was an activity.
And Jesus says that in this religious-minded, relationally broken people,
is that they are delusional about their eternity.
And what you and I need to do today as we look through this,
and I hope you've been working through me,
and I'm like, this is what Jesus says about anger,
and this is where I'm at with anger.
This is what Jesus says about lust, and this is what I'm wrestling through with lust.
This is what Jesus says about marriage, and this is what I'm wrestling through within this.
I hope within this that you didn't just skim over this,
and without leaning into the working of the Holy Spirit,
you go, no, no, no, I'm good.
I'm good.
For me this week, full confession, and right where we're at,
like, man, like, I read this, and I'm like, God, like, where are we at?
Where are we at?
Because I'm going to tell you, like, I don't want,
Lord, Lord, oh, Bo, I never knew you.
I never knew you.
But I'm a preacher, but I never knew you.
Well, I'm a pastor, but I never knew you.
Well, I've got degrees, I never knew you.
I went on mission trips, I never knew you.
I give, I never knew you.
I don't want, in my eternity,
I don't want, in my kid's eternity,
I don't want, in my wife's eternity,
I don't want, in your eternity,
for that day to come,
and you feel like there's confidence
in what you've done in your religious resume of activity
that's void of a relationship with Jesus.
But Jesus says
that there are people
who think they're good
and they're not.
And they're not.
So what can cause someone
to assume
that they're saved?
What can cause someone
to assume
that they're saved?
John MacArthur, in 1980,
preached this message.
And in 1980,
I love how, like,
for some of us in here,
I said 1980,
and we were like,
man, that was yesterday, right?
We know who we are.
Some of us said 1980,
and another group of us is like,
I'm pretty sure
that's when World War II was, right?
Like,
1980.
In 1980,
John MacArthur is preaching
on this passage of Scripture.
And he shared, like,
four things
that can creep
into someone's life
that can cause them
to have a false assurance,
a false hope
of salvation.
So I want to share
these four with you,
explain them a little bit.
Number one,
number one,
he said,
he categorized this one
as simply
a false sense
of assurance.
That you've falsely
been assured
by other people
in your life
that you're saved.
You're not.
But there are people
in your life
who either have
such a desire
to encourage you
that they've falsely
assured you,
oftentimes out of
a good motivation,
that you are someone
that you are not.
They look at your works,
they look at your morality,
they look at your attendance,
they look at all your deeds,
all of your works,
and time and time again
they assure you
that you're the best
Christian they know.
The problem with that is,
what if the Spirit of God
is testifying to you
something different?
Can I tell you,
the testimony of God
is always greater
than the testimony of man.
And God knows your heart
greater than anyone else.
So MacArthur said
a false sense of assurance.
The second thing
he talked about
is a false work
of self-examination.
A false work
of self-examination.
Like under the power
of the Holy Spirit,
do you and I examine
sin and see the sin
that is in our life?
And in that,
when we do,
when we notice it
because it's what
we've been taught
that we can recognize
within here,
do we fall in
an abuse of grace?
And let me explain
what I mean by
an abuse of grace.
My sin doesn't matter
because Jesus
just forgives me.
Folks,
Paul actually writes
about this in Romans
and he says,
if this is where
your heart is,
your void spirit of God.
I'm good.
It doesn't matter
what I do
because God's
just going
to forgive me.
if a husband
said that
about his wife,
we would call him
an abuser.
So why would we
think any differently
when that's what
we do to God?
Does God lavish us
with his forgiveness?
Absolutely.
But receiving
and abusing
two different things.
Number three.
A false desire
for religious
activity.
A false desire
for religious
activity.
Here's the question.
When it comes
to doing
the works
of God
at the core
of who we are,
are we simply
just working for it?
Are we simply
just
working for it?
You know,
I want to keep
God happy.
I want to prove
myself to God.
I want to show
him what I'm
capable of.
I want to show
him why I'm
here and why
I'm worth it.
And so this
is what
I do.
One of the things
that I found
interesting with
reading through
here in verse
22, when it says,
on that day,
many will say to me,
Lord, Lord,
did we,
did we not
do?
Let me tell you
anything.
Let me tell you
one thing with
this.
When it comes to
did we not do,
let me tell you
the heart
that's found
and set
and secure
in Jesus Christ
that if there is
anything good
that comes from
me or is,
it is not
of me.
It is from
him.
It is from
him.
So a false
desire for
religious activity
to keep God
happy, to prove
myself to him,
to show that I
am worth it or
the second part
for this, that
some people, that
this is the
balance of what
they do and a
false desire for
religious activity
to pay for past
sins.
Let me tell you
like Jesus has
forgiven you, he
is forgiving you
and he will
forgive you.
And so the
mindset of someone
that says, I
sinned yesterday,
so today let me
do holiness to
account for my
sins that I've
done.
Folks, that's
works, that's
not the gospel.
That's works,
that's not the
gospel.
If you can feel
like you can do
anything to
deserve the
forgiveness of
God, that's not
the gospel.
It's not a set
amount of prayers,
it's not enough
giving, it's not
enough mission
trips, it's not
enough kindness,
there's not
anything that you
can do to earn
or deserve it.
You don't pay for
your sins, Jesus
paid for them.
And the fourth
thing is a
false application
of righteousness.
This would have
probably been what
Jesus dealt with
the most in the
hearts of religious
people during his
day.
A false
application of
righteousness.
Their righteousness
was self-righteousness.
And here's how they
came to a conclusion
of self-righteousness.
They looked at
people who they
deemed worse than
them and said,
at least I'm not
that guy.
At least I'm not
her.
I'm better than
them, so in that
my righteousness
is found in the
fact that look at
how good I am.
instead of
looking at how
broken I am
before a
holy God.
So they've
professed.
They've done the
things.
But Jesus
will say,
I never
knew you.
I never
knew you.
To know
someone
means something
different
based in the
relationship.
So what is
Jesus saying?
Is Jesus
saying,
I never
knew you?
Like, hey, I'm
sorry, like, we
were never
introduced.
Like, this one
got slipped past
me.
My bad on
this.
I never
knew you.
No, that's not
at all what
Jesus is
saying.
The word
to know
here is the
word within the
Bible that it
talks that a
husband and a
wife will come
together and
know one
another.
And this is
not to take us
down a path of
over-examining
the illustration,
but it's to
point to that
within our
relationship with
Christ, to
know Christ
and for Christ
to know us
is described as
an intimacy
of relationship
that is more
than a casual
passing by on
a Sunday
morning or in
the works that
we've lined up
for the week.
Jesus says,
I never knew
you.
So to know
Christ, to
profess Christ
as Lord and
Savior without
the depth of
intimate
relational
relationship with
Christ, folks,
for you and I
would be a
dangerous path
to walk down
concerning your
eternity.
My plea with
you this morning
is not do you
know religious
things, it's not
do you do
religious activities,
but is that at
your heart, is
there a depth of
intimacy that
resides between you
and Christ?
I'm not talking
about perfection
on our end,
but I'm talking
about a deepening
desire for the
Lord.
So we can do
all the stuff,
but do we love
the Savior?
So what does
this intimacy
look like?
What does this
intimacy begin to
pull from,
from here?
Like, I think,
like, this is what
I want to be,
this is what I
want to have.
Well, I want to
just point to
this.
John writes
about this in
1 John 1
chapter 9.
He says this,
what does intimacy
look like?
If we confess
our sins,
he is faithful
and just
to forgive
our sins
and to
cleanse us
from all
unrighteousness.
Right before we
see within the
Sermon on the
Mount being
delivered,
remember,
the Sermon on
the Mount is
not Jesus'
introduction
into ministry.
This is not
Jesus' trial
sermon.
Jesus has been
traveling around
and he's been
preaching and he's
been sharing and
he's been working
and he's been
calling and what
we find in
Matthew chapter 4
verse 17 is
the summary of
the message that
Jesus has been
preaching.
Repent for the
kingdom of heaven
is at hand.
I believe that
at the heart of
an intimate
relationship with
Jesus is a
man and a
woman of
God who lives
in a posture
of repentance.
That it's a
continual.
It's daily.
It's professing.
It's coming
before him.
Broken for who
we are and what
we've done.
And I come to
this in trying to
understand what
is said in
scripture about
David.
about King David.
I'm going to
tell you, King
David is one of
my favorite
characters in
all of the
Bible.
And it
fascinates me
because in 1
Samuel 13,
14,
in the rebuke
of Saul,
here's what is
said about
David.
but now your
kingdom shall
not continue.
That's to
Saul.
But the
Lord has
sought out
a man
after his
own
heart.
And the
Lord has
commanded him
to be prince
over his
people because
you have not
kept what the
Lord has
commanded you.
I'm going to
tell you, that
description
fascinates my
mind.
The Lord
has sought
out a
man after
his
own
heart.
The
intimate
language of
what we find
in the
description of
David.
So David,
if this is
God's
description of
David,
I bet
David is a
guy in the
Bible who
never messes
up, right?
Let me just
tell you,
he messes up
a lot.
A lot.
Here's the
short
five-summary
PG-13
description of
how much
this guy
messes up.
Here's five
sin struggles
that David
has.
He lies.
He lies a
lot.
He
commits
adultery.
Some
would even
argue
assault.
David
denies
justice,
God's
justice.
He lives
in and
practices
polygamy.
And I
separated
adultery and
polygamy.
We could
put them
under the
same, but
want to
get that
picture there.
And then
lastly,
in our
brief
description of
the life
and the
struggles of
David,
let's throw
in murder.
maybe not
the guy,
I heard a
guy say one
time, like it
was a pastor
somewhere where
sometimes we
say things and
then we listen
to what we
said and
I wish I
never would
have said
that.
That happens
from time
to time.
And this
guy said
this, he
said,
wouldn't we
all love
it if
David was
our worship
leader?
No.
Like that's
meeting after
meeting to deal
with that.
You know what I
mean?
Like we're on
the front page
of the news,
right?
That's not
what we
want.
So what
makes that
guy,
what makes
that guy
a man
after God's
own heart?
Because when
David sinned
and he did
and David
sinned
greatly
and you
and I
we sin
and you
may not
think that
your sin
is great
but your
sin is
and so
was mine.
But when
David sinned
because of
the intimacy
and the
relationship
with God
David
grieved
his sin.
David
grieved
over it.
I want
to read
to you
the 51st
Psalm.
51st
Psalm
written
by David
written
after the
prophet
Nathan
confronted
him
concerning
his sin
with
Bathsheba
and the
murder of
her husband.
David
doesn't
blame
her.
David
doesn't
blame
the natural
desires
that he
has.
David
doesn't
blame
God
and the
kingship
and the
authority
that God
has given
him.
The most
powerful man
who could
have made
it go
away
politically
at the
snap of
his fingers
but realizes
that he
can't make
it in
himself
go away
before a
holy God
writes
this.
Have
mercy
on me
God
according
to your
steadfast
love
according
to your
abundant
mercy
blot
out
my
transgressions
wash
me
thoroughly
from my
iniquity
and cleanse
me from
my sin
for I
know
my
transgressions
and my
sin
is ever
before me
against
you
and you
alone
have I
sinned
and done
what is
evil
in your
sight
so that
you
may be
justified
in your
words
and blameless
in your
judgment
behold
I was brought
forth
in iniquity
and in sin
did my
mother
conceive
me
behold
you
delight
in truth
in the
inward
being
and you
teach me
wisdom
in the
secret
heart
purge
me
with
hyssop
and I
shall be
clean
wash
me
and I
shall be
whiter
than snow
let me
hear joy
and gladness
let
the bones
that you
have
broken
rejoice
hide
your face
from my
sins
and blot
out all
my
iniquities
create
in me
a clean
heart
oh God
and renew
a right
spirit
within me
cast
me not
away
from your
presence
and take
not your
holy spirit
from me
restore
me
to the
joy
of your
salvation
and
uphold
me
with a
willing
spirit
then I
will teach
transgressors
your ways
and sinners
will return
to you
deliver
me
from the
blood
guiltiness
oh God
of my
salvation
and my
tongue
will sing
aloud
of your
righteousness
oh Lord
open my
lips
and my
mouth
will declare
your praise
for you
will not
delight
in sacrifice
or I
would give
it
you will
not be
pleased
with a
burnt
offering
the
sacrifices
of God
are a
broken
spirit
and a
broken
and contrite
heart
oh God
you will
not
despise
do good
to Zion
in your
good
pleasure
build up
the walls
of Jerusalem
then you
will delight
in right
sacrifices
in burnt
offerings
and whole
burnt
offerings
then
bowls
will be
offered
on your
altar
can I
ask you
a question
this is a
question I
felt as I
read this
this week
that the
spirit of
God
asked me
now I
will be the
first to
say
that I
lack the
eloquence
of David
but the
eloquence
of David
is not
what's
impressive
about
Psalm 51
it's the
honesty
and the
brokenness
and the
humility
of David
and this
week I
had to ask
myself this
question that
I'm going to
ask you
when was the
last time you
talked to God
like that
when was the
last time
that you
talked to
God
in the
true reality
of who
and of
what you
are
and of
what you've
done
folks
sometimes I
think we
admit sin
but we
don't grieve
it
do you
grieve your
sin or you
just feel bad
because of the
consequences that
come with
it
do you
grieve your
sin or
just seek
better works
tomorrow to
replace the
sins you
committed today
do you
grieve your
sin and run
to God or
just make
excuses how
life is
unfair and
people around
you should be
better do
you grieve
sin and
seek forgiveness
and righteousness
or do you
just compare
yourself to
other sinners
who are
around you
what's your
profession
what's your
profession
Jesus
continues on
in verses
Matthew 7
verses 24
through 27
everyone then
who hears
these words
of mine
and does
them
will be like
a wise
man who
built his
house on
the rock
and the
rain fell
and the
floods
came
and the
winds
blew
and beat
on that
house
and it
fell
and great
was the
fall
of it
there's two
professions
but there's
also two
decisions
within this
and the
brokenness
and the
convincing
of ourselves
that we
are sinners
who desperately
need to be
saved
that we
are people
who are
broken
and removed
from a
relationship
with God
and our
religious
activity
cannot
fix the
brokenness
that's
there
but Jesus
has fixed
it
through his
death
on the
cross
and the
power
of the
resurrection
he has
made a
way
and that
way is
not simply
found
through an
intellectual
acknowledgement
of who
Jesus is
and what
Jesus has
done
and it's
not a
commitment
to just
doing
more
religious
works
but it's
a surrender
to Jesus
it's a
brokenness
before him
it's a
depth
it's an
intimacy
of relationship
and Jesus
in his
conclusion
paints a
picture
paints a
picture of
two people
one who
is wise
and one
who is
foolish
and then
this
Jesus
says
it's what
you're going
to do
with these
words of
mine
will we
truly
know
Jesus
and know
the word
and obey
or we
will we
simply
know about
Jesus
know about
the word
and then
at our
heart
disobey
we see
two houses
we see
two people
yet the
same
environment
the same
attacks
and yet
two
different
outcomes
that
from
the
intimacy
of
relationship
what we
see
when we
were to
look
if we
were to
do the
full study
of David's
life this
morning
is we
see the
brokenness
that comes
from the
sin
we see
the
restoration
and the
work
that God
does
and we
see the
desire
of the
obedience
for David
to do
what God
has called
him to do
then I
will teach
sinners
and
transgressors
will turn
to you
there's a
desire
James
in James
1
22
through
25
that
within
us
be
doers
of
the
word
and
not
hearers
only
deceiving
yourself
for if
anyone
is a
hearer
of the
word
and not
a
doer
he
is a
man
who
looks
intently
at his
natural
face
in a
mirror
for if
he
looks
at
himself
and
goes
away
and
at
once
forgets
what
he
is
like
but
the
one
who
looks
into
the
law
the
law
of
liberty
and
perseveres
being
no
hearer
who
forgets
but
a
doer
who
acts
he
will
be
blessed
in his
doing
in
Matthew
the word
wise
is used
seven
different
times
and
in
each
time
that
wise
is used
in
Matthew's
gospel
it's
connected
with
the
call
to
prepare
for
the
coming
of
the
Messiah
and
so
in
your
life
and
in
my
life
and
the
depth
of
the
relational
intimacy
with
Christ
are
we
living
our
life
in
the
preparation
for
him
there's
the
contrast
there
will
be
those
who
hear
and
make
the
choice
to
disobey
and
there'll
be
those
who
hear
and
obey
Jesus
says
that
the
ones
who
hear
in
the
choice
of
who
they
are
choose
to
disobey
he
says
that
he
will
deceive
himself
but
in
others
there's
the
heart
and
the
obedience
of
Christ
folks
are
you
different
are
you
different
because
of the
work
of the
Holy
Spirit
and
the
message
of
the
gospel
I'm
not
asking
are
we
perfect
because
I'm
not
perfect
and
you're
not
perfect
but
are
you
different
are
you
different
because
you've
encountered
and
you've
met
and
you've
been
brought
into
relationship
with
Jesus
are
you
different
because
of
the
gospel
concerning
your
anger
are
you
different
concerning
lust
are
you
different
in
your
marriage
are
you
different
in
truth
are
you
different
concerning
retaliation
or
loving
others
are
you
different
in
your
giving
are
you
different
in
your
prayer
are
you
different
in
your
fasting
and
your
dependence
are
you
different
in
the
goals
of
your
life
are
you
different
concerning
matters
of
control
and
anxiety
are
you
different
in
your
judgmental
attitude
that is
critical
of
others
are
you
different
in
how
you
treat
others
are
you
different
in
the
daily
path
of
life
that
you
choose
are
you
different
for
the
desperation
of
truth
not
because
you
have
to
prove
yourself
but
because
you
know
who
Jesus
is
the
storm
of
judgment
will
come
and
the
Bible
says
Jesus'
words
there
will
be
those
who's
built
on
the
rock
and
it
will
sustain
and
there
will
be
those
who
are
built
on
the
sand
and
it
will
crumble
in
his
words
in
that
fall
will
be
great
the
destruction
of
it
will
be
like
no
other
last
two
verses
we'll
conclude
with
these
verses
28
and
29
can you
imagine
being
there
imagine
this
teacher
from
Nazarene
looked at
as
common
by
most
verse
28
when
Jesus
finished
these
sayings
the
crowds
were
astonished
at
his
teaching
for
he
was
teaching
them
as
one
who
had
authority
and
not
as
their
scribes
two
things
for
us
today
concerning
the
message
of
the
gospel
of
what
Jesus
has
shared
through
the
sermon
on
the
mount
folks
Jesus
words
are
amazing
are
amazing
you
see
Jesus
what
they
hear
is
different
than
they've
been
taught
there
is
not
a
world
religion
that
is
copied
off
of
the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
every
false
religion
every
single
one
stack
them
up
stack
up
the
false
religions
stack
up
the
cults
put
them
all
together
here's
the
one
narrative
if
you
want
to
follow
a
different
faith
other
than
Christianity
here's
the
rules
that
you
got
before
you
do
good
and
earn
it
do
good
and
earn
it
do
good
and
earn
it
Jesus
says
you
can't
but
Jesus
says
but I
can
it's
different
it's
about
putting
your
faith
hope
and
trust
in
Jesus
in
the
work
that
he
will
do
some
two
and a
half
years
later
on the
cross
where
in
his
life
he
was
perfect
and
offered
the
perfect
sacrifice
so
sinner
after
sinner
after
sinner
their
sins
could be
paid
for
and
forgiveness
could be
found
in him
alone
folks
that's
amazing
that's
amazing
but it
feels like
I should
do
something
but
Jesus
did it
but
Jesus
did it
and
then the
second
thing
what
they
say
within
here
for
his
teaching
for
he
was
teaching
them
as
one
who
had
authority
that
Jesus
teaching
is
authoritative
it
is
the
way
it
is
the
truth
and
through
Christ
it
is
the
life
and
anything
removed
from
that
is
not
in
the
authority
of
God
so
you
can't
Jesus
carries
the
word
my
greatest
fear
in
ministry
my
greatest
concern
each
week
the
most
consistent
prayer
that
I
pray
concerning
our
gathering
here
is
this
God
do
not
let
the
people
who
come
to
here
today
be
delusional
about
their
eternity
may
they
not
believe
that
they
are
something
or
someone
that
they
are
not
in
God
through
the
power
and
the
working
of
your
spirit
may
today
be
their
day
of
salvation
on
that
day
what I
don't
want
is
for
you
to
hear
from
Christ
away
from
me
I
never
knew
you
would
you
do
me
a
favor
and
ask
the
band
if
they'll
come
up
on
stage
prayer
team
if
they'll
make
their
way
to
the
side
of
auditorium
would
you
just
bow
your
heads
and
close
your
eyes
I'm
asking
you
to
do
this
way
because
I
don't
want
anything
in
the
room
to
distract
you
so
if
you
could
just
forget
your
coffee
for
a
second
if
you
could
set
that
phone
down
for
just
a
moment
I
don't
want
you
leaving
here
today
standing
on a
false
foundation
of
faith
I
don't
want
you
to
leave
here
today
thinking
that
you're
good
when
you're
not
I
don't
want
you
leaving
here
today
thinking
your
religious
works
is
what's
going
to
get
you
by
in
the
end
I
don't
want
you
today
clinging
to a
false
profession
made
at some
point
in time
in your
life
when
there's
a lack
of an
intimate
relationship
between
you
and
Christ
I
don't
want
you
to
leave
here
today
thinking
that
you
are
justified
because
you
are
morally
better
than
most
in
the
society
that
you
live
in
I
don't
want
you
to
leave
here
today
without
a
confidence
a
confidence
that I
can't
give
you
but
a
confidence
that
is
found
in
Christ
and
in
Christ
alone
I
don't
want
you
to
leave
here
today
without
knowing
and
being
known
by
Jesus
folks
tomorrow
I
will
celebrate
25
years
of
knowing
Jesus
Christ
is
my
Savior
25
years
I
got
saved
when
I
was
22
years
old
I
was
hung
over
I
strung
out
I
was
morally
bankrupt
and
my
whole
life
my
whole
life
people
had
convinced
me
that
I
was
saved
because
of a
card
I
filled
out
when
I
was
five
years
old
now
I'm
not
telling
you
that
five
year
olds
don't
get
saved
because
they
do
but
I'm
telling
you
that
for
twenty
for
seventeen
years
I
clung
to
a
false
profession
and
I
clung
to
a
false
affirmation
and
on
that
day
if
I
would
have
breathed
my
last
breath
folks
I
would
have
busted
the
gates
of
hell
wide
open
I
didn't
know
really
what
it
meant
to
be
saved
but
I
knew
that
I
wasn't
and
in
that
moment
on
a
rock
in
the
middle
of
a
river
in
Toccoa
Georgia
I
was
introduced
to
the
lover
of
my
soul
who
died
on
a
cross
for
me
and
who
promised
me
the
hope
of
eternal
life
and
in
that
moment
an
intimate
relationship
was
started
and
let me
tell
you
I
haven't
always
been
faithful
but
he
has
and
I
stand
here
today
with
confidence
with
confidence
in my
eternity
not
because of
what I've
done
not
because of
what you've
said to
me
or about
me
or what
others
would say
not because
of the
faith of
my family
the faith
of my
church
but I
stand
here
today
because
I
know
and I
know
and I
know
that I
know
Jesus
and that
he
knows
me
and I
don't want
you to
leave here
today
with
the
concern
I
don't
want
you
to
leave
here
today
with
a
worry
regardless
of
what
you've
done
regardless
of
what
you've
heard
regardless
of
what
others
have
said
about
you
if
in
this
moment
there
is
a
wrestle
between
the
false
testimony
and
the
pleading
of
the
spirit
of
God
on
your
heart
listen
to
the
pleading
of
the
spirit
come
to
Jesus
and
find
him
find
your
relationship
and
start
your
intimacy
with
him
so on
that
day
when
that
day
comes
what
you
hear
is
from
the
very
words
of
your
savior
I
know
you
and
you
know
me
welcome
in
welcome
in
God
my
prayer
for us
is that
the
spirit
of
God
would
work
and
move
how
you
do
and
if
Lord
if
there's
anyone
here
who
is
who
does
not
know
you
and
who
is
not
known
by
you
regardless
of
their
religious
resume
would
today
be
the
day
of
their
salvation
Lord
I
pray
against
the
mumblings
and
lies
of
Satan
who
seek
to
whisper
now
you're
good
look
at
what
you've
done
you're
good
look
at
what
others
say
about
you
you're
good
look
at
yourself
compared
to
everyone
else
Lord
in the
name
of
Jesus
Christ
Lord
we
rebuke
him
and
Lord
those
who
are
being
drawn
to
you
would
they
respond
to
you
today
we
ask
this
in
Jesus
name
that's
it
for
this
week's
message
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sure
to
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week
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