Whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved. If you are not saved, it is because
you have not called on the name of the Lord. You do not call
on the name of the Lord because the Lord has not called you.
This is a message to urge, to exhort everyone who hears this
to call on the name of the Lord that you may be saved. In Romans
10, It says in verse 11, Whosoever believeth on him, that is, the
Lord Jesus Christ, shall not be ashamed. And there's no difference
between the Jew and the Greek. The same Lord over all is rich
unto all them that call upon Him. For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Some people might ask,
saved? What does that mean? Saved from
what? God's word is very clear, save from wrath, save from the
judgment of God. Yes, God, the true God, the living
God, the God of the Bible, is angry with the wicked every day. This is something you'll not
hear in modern religion today. Very little of the wrath and
the judgment of God. God is holy. God is righteous.
God is just. God hated all workers of iniquity. That's what the Scripture said.
Nowhere does it say God loves the sinner and hates his sin.
Nowhere. It says God is angry with the wicked. That's persons,
people, the wrath of God, the judgment of God. The last verse
in John 3, which very few people know, says, He that believeth
not is condemned, is under the wrath of God. God is angry with
the wicked every day. You say, that's the Old Testament
God. No, God changes not. The same God of the Old Testament
is the same God of the New. Listen to 2 Thessalonians 1.
It says that Jesus Christ will come in flaming fire, taking
vengeance on them that know not God, that obey not the gospel
of our Lord Jesus Christ. That is, they don't believe.
They don't come to Christ. They don't call. It says they
will be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence
of the Lord, from the glory of His power. Hebrews 12, 29 says,
Our God is a consuming fire. But, whosoever shall call on
the name of the Lord shall be saved. Saved from wrath. Saved
from judgment. Saved from sin. Sin is the source
of all all trouble, all heartache, all pain, all suffering, all
wickedness, all iniquity, all things that are vile. Death is the result of sin, sin. And sin, the greatest sin of
all is unbelief, is rejecting God. That's what all men and
women and young people do by nature. And perhaps the greatest
sin of all started in the garden Free will. A man thinks he's
God and doesn't acknowledge God. Scripture says God is naughty
in all his thoughts. Well, sin is what we need saving
from. We need saving from the punishment
of it. We need saving from the power
of it, the reigning, the ruling, controlling power of it. We need
to be brought out of the presence of it. We need saved. Saved from
bondage to sin. Saved from the bondage, captivity
of the God of this world. Save from this world, the things
of this world that hold us captive, save from religion. Religion
has people captive, and Satan's behind it. That's his chief seat,
is in religion, with all its superstition, all its tradition.
Well, Scripture says, God says, whosoever shall call, on the
name of the Lord shall be saved." Saved from the wrath of God,
the judgment of God, from sin, from bondage, from this present
evil world. So I preach and I urge you to
call on the name of the Lord, but I cannot make anyone call. No man can. It's not by might,
not by power, but it's by the Spirit of God, saith the Lord.
I can only call on the Lord for myself. And I call on the Lord
in order that you might call on the Lord. I ask Him to make
you call, to make me call. Now this is taken from Romans
10, verse 13, "...whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord."
It's taken from the Old Testament. Joel 2, verse 32, it says, "...as
many as the Lord our God shall call." That's who will call. Now, many are lost. All are lost
by nature. But some are lost. Some are not
saved right now, perhaps to hearing my voice. Some don't know the
Lord. And some think they know the
Lord, but don't. The reason people are not saved
is because they do not call on the name of the Lord. Number
one, they don't think they need saving. Or number two, or both,
they don't want saving. Men and women like things just
like they are. They don't need change. They
don't want saving. They don't believe in need saving. I've got my religion. I've got
my profession. I know Jesus. Well, whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord Jesus shall be saved. If you're not saved, it's because
you haven't called. You don't call. God's saved people
continue to call. And the reason they call is because
God calls them. The Gospel calls. The Word. The Gospel is the power of God
unto salvation to everyone that believeth. And they hear the
Gospel call. The Gospel is a saver of life
unto life. And I preach all the time to
people. I look into their faces and it's
obvious there's no life there. Where there's life, This emotion,
this reaction, happy, sad, laugh, cry, mourn, rejoice, hot, cold. No, lukewarm or indifferent is
a sign that there is no life there. Word, the Gospel is the
Lord's voice, the Shepherd's voice. When He calls, sheep come,
they follow, they cry, they call. This is not a how-to message.
I am here to tell you that if you are lost, that is, if the
Lord finally reveals to you that you are lost, you will call on
Him. You will come to Him. If you
are saved, you will call on Him, and call on Him, and call on
Him, and continue to come. But I am going to tell you what
it means to call, what it is to call on the name of the Lord. Three or four things here. Who
should call? Who shall call? And how will
they call then? And what is it to call? Now who
should call? Who should call on the name of
the Lord? Who? Well, Scripture says all
should call. All should call on the name of
the Lord. In Isaiah chapter 55, it says, Seek the Lord while
He may be found. Call ye upon Him while He is
near. I'm preaching the Gospel. The
Gospel is the power of God unto salvation. The Gospel is near. It's even in your ears right
now. "...Seek ye the Lord while he
may be found. Call ye upon him while he is near. Let the wicked
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return
unto the Lord, and God will have mercy upon him. To our God He
will abundantly pardon." All men and women and young people
ought to call, need to call, must call or they won't be saved.
God commandeth all men and women and people everywhere to repent. That's who should call, everyone.
Who will call? Well, who will call? Well, listen
to Jeremiah chapter 29, verse 4. God says, Thus saith the Lord
of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away
captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem
unto Babylon, He goes on to say in verse 11, I know the thoughts
I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, not
of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon
me. And you shall go and pray unto
me, and I will hearken unto you. And you shall seek me and find
me when you shall search for me with all your heart. And I
will be found of you, saith the Lord, and I will turn away your
captivity. I will gather you from all the
nations, from places I have driven you, and I will bring you into
the place I have caused you to be carried away captive. Who
will call? Joel said, The remnant our Lord
shall call. Peter preached at Pentecost,
As many as the Lord our God shall call. Yes, whosoever shall call
And whoever will call are those the Lord calls. You will not
call if the Lord doesn't call you. You say, I'm confused, preacher.
Yes, you are. You sure are. But when the Lord
calls you, you're no longer confused. And you will start calling. And
after He calls you, and you believe, and you come to Him, you realize
you wouldn't have come unless He called you. Why do I say this? Because it's true. Because it's
true. Our Lord said, no man can come
unto Me except the Father which hath sent Me. Draw him. And he that cometh to Me, Christ
said, all that the Father giveth Me, the elect, the chosen of
God, all that God gave to Christ before the world began, they
come to Christ. And Christ said, he that cometh
to Me, I will in no wise cast out. Why do I say this? Because
it's true. Because it's true. Because salvation
is of the Lord because it's His glory. Because you will not come
unless He calls you. And if you do come and you do
call, you will hit your knees and thank Him for calling you.
I'm not begging anybody to call on the Lord. I'm begging the
Lord to call on you. 1 Corinthians chapter 1, Paul wrote
to the Corinthian church. And he said unto all the saints,
called to be saints, to everyone and every place that called on
the name of the Lord. And he went on to say, Do you
see your calling, brethren? Not many wise men at the flesh,
not many mighty, not many noble, but God hath chosen the foolish
things of the world to confound the wise. God hath chosen the
weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty,
base things of the world, things which are despised. Hath God
chosen. The choice is His. It's not yours.
Anyone who says that's a liar, a false prophet, a false prophetess,
a Jezebel. No, the choice is God's. The
call is God's, and whoever God calls, Christ said, My sheep
hear My voice, and they come to Me. And He gets all the glory
for calling them. That's who we'll call, the call
to the Lord. If you call, you've been called.
If you come, you've been drawn. If you keep calling, And keep
coming. You're the called. You're the
chosen. Oh, that gives me hope. Romans 8, for whom He did foreknow,
He did predestinate. Whom He predestinated, He called. And whom He called, He justified. Whom He justified, He glorified. Salvations of the Lord. Throw
away your old religion. Reject that God who's standing
outside your door. Hit your knees before the Lord
Jesus Christ and call on Him. If you do, it's because He first
called you. How do we call? How do we call? Romans 10 says, call on the name
of the Lord. But it says we won't call unless
we hear. Hear the truth. And you won't
hear unless a preacher comes and preaches the Gospel. The
Gospel is the power of God. The Gospel is the call of God.
You must hear the Gospel call. What is that Gospel? It's the
Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. It's the call on the name of
the Lord. The Lord Jesus. Oh, many believe on a Jesus,
a man who's a beggar, who's a helpless fellow who wants to save you
and can't unless you let him. That's not the Lord Jesus Christ.
Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, Lord, have mercy
on my sinful soul. Lord, spare me. Lord, save me. Save me or I perish. It is a
call on the name of the Lord. Salvation is up with the Lord.
Salvation is not for you to do anything. It's for the Lord to
do something for you. But whosoever shall call on the
name of the Lord shall be saved. Lord, save me. Lord, spare me. Lord, have mercy upon me. Lord,
would you bring me into your kingdom? Have you called on the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ? I hope you do. I hope you have. I hope you will. In the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.