Most churches teach that Jesus
Christ is not active in salvation, that he's done all he can and
he's waiting on you. Well, you're lost. You're lost. No, he's not waiting on you.
He's a seeking Savior. That's who he is. He is a seeking
savior. You remember the story about
the 99 sheep that were safe in the foal? There was one out of
the foal. Jesus left the 99 and he followed
that one lost sheep. He was looking for one lost sheep. Now, I'm sure there were many
more animals out there, but he was looking for this particular
lost sheep that belonged to him. He followed that lost sheep through
the swampy waters of life, over the mountains of sin, and finally
finding it, He lay hold on it, the Bible says. And He picked
it up, He put it on His shoulders, and walked all the way back to
the foe. Now, who do you think ought to
get the glory for finding the lost sheep? Well, of course,
Jesus. How did you get to Jesus? He
found you. He found you when you were lost.
So, I don't get that, pastor. Well, let me make it a little
plainer. You're down in Lodi Bar, down in the hood, down in
Detroit, here somewhere in Pontiac, just shooting up like crazy,
just crazy as a Juma. And you've pretty well lost everything
that you have, even your own self-respect. I mean, you are
lost. And you end up across the street,
at an old post office where there's a bunch of crazy people in there
who don't take any government funding, who are saying Jesus
is the way, the truth, and the life. You know, all the time when you
were in the crack house, all the time when you were shooting
up, all the time you were selling yourself, all the time you were
living in the backseat of a car in a vacant house, And then the
same goes every once in a while, and how awesome it is. Jesus
goes to a church house, you know, a place with a cross on it, and
he finds you inside there in all your stupidity. And you have
a form of godliness. Whether you've been brought out
of the crack house, the heroin house, or the church house, you
were found. You were lost and he found you. There ought to be some praise
going on in here. You didn't find yourself. He found you. And so today, and
those of you who are still here and your flesh is acting up,
but you have come to Christ. I said to myself, sitting up
here a few minutes ago, I said to myself, as crazy as I am, Can I deny that Jesus is Lord
and Savior? And you know what? Something
within me cried out, No! Now, you may be here still having
problems with the bottle, or with the needle, or with whatever
that sin is. In your flesh dwells no good
thing. But I can tell you this, He didn't
bring you to Christ. Christ didn't bring you to Himself
to lose you. I got good news for you. You're
struggling. In John 10, he said, I give unto
them eternal life. Them who? Them that the father
gave me. Those sheep I've been talking
about. I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish. He had to find you. You were
sought out and he did find you.