Here in John 6, verse 37, last
week I talked about the word world. What does it mean and
who does it mean when it says, you know, that God so loved the
world that he gave his only begotten son? And that he was a propitiation
not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world.
And I hope, by the grace of God, I made you understood That the
world means the world of God's elect, the world for whom Christ
died. So many different meanings of
the word world in the scripture. Now tonight I want to take that
word all. All. You know there's people,
and we'll look at some scriptures here in a minute about all. And
here in John 6.37 it says this, All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me. And him that cometh to me, I
will him no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven,
not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
And this is the Father's will, which hath sent me, that of all
which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise
it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that
sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth
on him, may have everlasting life, And God will raise him
up at the last day. Now, there's lots and lots of
scriptures that have the word all in it. And some of them,
it's really easy to know what its meanings are, like here in
John 6.37. And in John 6.35, it says, you
know, it's written in the prophets, they shall be all taught of God.
Every man, therefore, that hath heard and learned of the Father
cometh unto me. Now, it's easy to understand what word all means
in these verses, 637, John 4, 645. We know it's talking about
all that the Father gave Christ, all that's taught of God. There's
a certain group of people that's going to be given to Christ and
that's taught of God. Now, by the grace of God, believe
in the salvation that's according to the scriptures, not according
to our opinion or our feelings. or our denominational creed,
or what they tell us from some other place that we're supposed
to believe. Paul says, you know, I delivered unto you, first of
all, that I received, how that Christ died for our sins according
to the Scriptures, and how that He was buried and raised again
from the dead according to the Scriptures. And our Lord Jesus,
you look with me over here in Luke chapter 24, and look what
our Lord Jesus said about Himself in Luke 24, 25. He's on the Emmaus
Road. Now, we believe in a salvation
that's according to Scripture. Everybody gets to go to heaven
when they die. You know, but according to scriptures,
everybody knows, in terms of salvation, you've got to be saved.
You've got to be saved by the grace of God. You've got to know
Christ. If you're taught of God, you
learn of Christ and you come to Christ. If you're one that
was given to Christ, you'll come to Christ, and He'll not lose
you. He'll keep you. And so we are
talking about a salvation according to what God says. What God says. So forget what you think about
what God says. In Luke 24, 25, then our Lord
Jesus speaking to the disciples on the mass road. Then He said
unto them, O fools, slow of heart to believe all that the prophets
have spoken. Ought not Christ to have suffered
these things, suffered death, suffered cruelty at the hands
of sinners, suffered for sins, suffered to put the sins away,
suffered the wrath and justice of God. Ought not Christ to have
suffered these things, and to enter into His glory? And beginning
at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all
the Scriptures the things concerning Himself." So that's what we're
talking about. So it's plain from the Scriptures
that our Lord's death was an atonement. It was a sacrifice
for sin. It was redemption that put away
sin for His people and His people alone. Not for all men. No, He
didn't intend to save all men. It says, you know, for the transgression,
Isaiah 53 and 8 says, for the transgression of my people was
He stricken. Thou shalt call his name Jesus,
for he shall save his people from their sins. Said he shall
give his life a ransom for many. And I'll tell you in Luke 6 says
he came, he came to say God sent salvation and redemption unto
his people when he sent Christ into this world. Now it was for
the sheep and not goats that the good shepherd gave his life.
It was the church of God that he purchased with his own blood.
And look over here in John 11, 49, just with me just a moment. John 11, 49. This is when they're talking
about delivering the Lord Jesus Christ up to be crucified. And
the high priest is speaking at this time, and look what he says.
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same
year, one of descendants of Aaron, said unto them, You know nothing
at all, nor consider that it is expedient or profitable for
us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole
nation not perish. And this spake he not of himself,"
he's not talking about himself dying, But being high priest
that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation. Now watch this. And not for that
nation only, but also that he also should gather together in
one the children of God that were scattered abroad. He prophesied
or something, and he didn't even know what he was talking about.
But God put words in his mouth. He's going to die for the children
of God scattered abroad, that the Lord Jesus would die. Now,
men have trouble with the word, all, and as they do with the
word, world, in the Scriptures. Well, let's just look at a few
of them and see what they say. Let's look what they say. Let's
see what the Word of God says. Now, I want you to look at several
Scriptures with me. First of all, let's go to 2 Corinthians,
Chapter 5. Here's a word, all, and I remember
a fellow asking me about this, so I studied it so I can answer
him. And there's a man that's been
coming here for quite a while, and he came here for quite a
while, and he asked me, he says, you know, what about that all
in 2 Corinthians 5.14. Now watch what it says. For the
love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge that if
one died for all, then we're all dead. Now they say if Christ
died for all, then what does it mean that all were dead? Well,
I'm going to tell you what it means. It tells us here that
all, if one died for all, whereas by one man sin into the world
and death by sin, so all died into Adam. And so it's when Christ
died, he died for all. of his elect, for all of his
people, and then those that he died for, they were dead, and
they died with him. That's what he's talking about.
That when Christ died, we died with him. When Christ was crucified,
we were crucified with him. That's what the apostle says,
you know, that Christ died for me, and loved me, and
gave himself for me. When he's crucified, I was crucified
with him." And that's what it means here. And look a little
down there in verse 15, and look what it says here, showing that
these people that he died for also have life by him. After
that, he died for all, not of all men, that they which henceforth
should not live unto themselves, but unto them which died unto
him which died for them, and rose again." So the people that
were dead were died with Christ, rose with Christ, and seated
now with Christ. And I can show you that from
the Scripture. Want me to show you that? Look in Ephesians chapter
2. I'll show you that. That's what
he meant, you know, our Lord Jesus. He says that Christ didn't
die and died under sin once, and so we also died under sin
once. He didn't die of sin. He's freed
from sin, justified for it. And we died with Christ. We just
judged if Christ died, all for whom He died for, they died with
Him. That's the way it is, according
to the Scriptures. When Christ died, we died with Him on the
cross. I say, you didn't exist in the
mind and will and purpose of God, I did. You remember what
Bruce preached here in our conference, the purpose of God according
to salvation? That God purposed salvation before
the foundation of the world. And not only did He purpose salvation,
but He purposed it in Christ. And thirdly, He purposed it and
gave it to us in grace that was given us in Christ before the
world ever began. So God had a purpose of salvation,
and that was before we ever was. Grace was given us in Christ
before the world ever began. Salvation was called purpose.
Never has anybody ever been saved by chance. Never has anybody
ever been saved when they is given an opportunity. Never has
anybody ever been saved by their free will. Never has anybody
ever been saved by their goodness. Never has anybody ever been saved
by raising their hand and walking in and out and getting on an
altar. God's people are saved on purpose. And when did he purpose it? Before
the world ever began. He gave us the grace to save
us by Christ before the world ever began. Now look what he
said here in Ephesians 2, in verse 5. Even when we were dead
in sins, hath Christ quickened us together with Christ. That
word means given life together with Christ. And watch what he
says now. For by grace you are saved, now
listen to this, and hath raised us up together, made us sit together
in heavenly places, together, together, together. Oh my, bless his name. You see,
not only did we die with Christ on the cross, but when he arose,
we arose unto him and live unto him now in unison life. And I'm
going to read another, you don't have to look at it, I'll just
read it to you. Because I don't want you to just wear yourself
out looking through the Scriptures, but I'll read this to you. In
Romans chapter 6 and verse 6, it says this, Knowing, knowing
this, that our old man is crucified with... Who's that old man? That
Adam. Our old man. Crucified with Christ. That's the body of sin, and that's
why He considered all of our sins to be one body of sin. Not
a sin here, not a sin there, not a sin over here, but all
of our sins were grouped in one body as far as God's concerned.
All of our sins, I mean all of our sins from the day we were
born without sin until the day we leave this world with all
the sins in between, God considered that just as one body of sin.
Now why stress it? might be destroyed, that all
the sins that you've ever committed might be what? Destroyed. Who
destroys them? God does. That henceforth we
should not serve sin. Now listen to it. For he that
is dead is freed from sin. Now when you're dead, sin ain't
gonna bother you ever again. Sin ain't gonna trouble you,
sin ain't gonna charge you against you. Now watch this. Now watch
this. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall
also live with Him. Knowing that Christ being raised
from the dead dies no more. Death hath no more dominion over
him. For in that he died, he died
unto sin once. But in that he liveth, he liveth
unto God. Now listen to what he tells me
in here. Likewise reckon, count yourself also to be dead indeed
unto sin, but alive unto God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Oh my. You see, as our representative,
and I substitute before the law and justice of God, those whom
He represents, they're considered as one, as far as God's concerned.
We receive life in the sight of the law and the sight of God.
In fact, it's said in 2 Corinthians 5, 17, that we, they that be
in Christ, are new creatures. If you've died with Him, risen
with Him, and in Him, They that are in Christ are made new creatures. Started out dead over there with
Him, raised with Him, and brand new people in Him. And as the result of Christ dying
for all, they live and they live under Him. And why do they live
under Him? The love of Christ constrains
us. And I want to show you another. Look over in 1 Timothy. This
is one that folks really run to. talking about all. First Timothy two, what he said here in verse four,
talking about, "...who will have all men to
be saved, and come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one
God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."
who gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time."
To all. All men would be saved to come
to a knowledge of the truth. Gave himself a ransom for all.
Now, the word men here means not man. If he had said man,
it would have been all mankind. But men, a particular group,
who gave himself a ransom for all. Now, let me show you something
about all. Whenever you look at the word
all in the scriptures, it says it's applied to mankind. It has
two meanings. It means when you say all, it
means absolutely all without exception. All without exception. Or all without distinction, relatively. Now, I'm going to show you what
I mean by that. First of all, go over here to Mark chapter
one. I want you to see these things. You need to see this.
You know, the Scriptures tells us to be apt to teach, instructing
all men in gentleness and meekness those that oppose themselves.
Perhaps God will get them repented. But all without exception. Look
what it said in Mark chapter one and verse five. Absolutely
all without exception. When you say all, we're all without
distinction. Look what it said here in Mark
chapter one and verse five. And there went out unto him all
the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized
of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins." Now,
does this mean here all mankind went forth to be baptized of
Jesus, or baptized of John? Was everybody there all baptized
in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins? Was all mankind there?
Huh? Does that mean every man, woman,
and child in Judah came there to be baptized? Huh? No. Because I'll show you some
people that was there, and they didn't get baptized. Look in
Luke chapter 7. Look at Luke chapter 7, verse
30. Verse 29, And all the people
that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized
with the baptism of John. Now, does that mean all the people
that were there? No. But look what it says in
the next verse, But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel
of God against themselves, being not baptized with him. They lived
in the same place. So when it says here, when it
says all without extension, that's not what it means. Every one
of them, it means all without distinction went down to be baptized
of John. All classes of people, all conditions
of people, whether they were rich or poor, ignorant, learned,
men or women, it made no difference. When they all went to be baptized
to John, it means children, old folks, young people, middle-aged
people, firm people, rich people, poor people, people that had
an education, people that didn't. It means all men without distinction
went down there to be baptized. If you had a need of being baptized
to confess your sin, those are the ones that went to John to
get baptized. And those who will come to Christ in the same way
as those who went to be baptized in John, they'll come because
they've got sin, they need to confess, and they're going to
come because they're sinners. Look in John chapter 8 with me
just a minute. You know, in John chapter 8 and
verse 2, look what it says. Talking about that. Absolutely,
all without exception. When it refers to mankind, all
have sinned and come short of the glory of God. That's all
mankind. Every member of the human race. Without exception. And look what
it said in John 8 too. Jesus went out of the Mount of
Olives, and early in the morning He came again into the temple.
Now listen to it. And all the people came unto Him, and He
sat down and talked to them. Does this mean everybody that
was in Jerusalem at that time? Now he's in Jerusalem now, he's
in the temple. Does this mean all the people, without exception,
came there to hear the Lord Jesus Christ teach and preach? No.
Because you go on down here and you find some fellas interrupting
him. And they brought a woman taking
in adultery, so they wasn't even there when he started teaching
them, so some folks came and interrupted him while he was
going on. And they didn't come to hear him teach, they come
to teach him something, and expose him. But war doesn't mean all
people, it means all classes of people, all conditions of
people, all sorts of people. First of all, because the temple
wasn't large enough to hold all the people without exception.
It was the Feast of Tavernacles. And there was just all that was
there, all that got to be there. And that's why Paul, you know,
God told Paul, said, Thou shalt be a witness unto me, unto all
men of what you've seen and heard. Now, does that mean that Paul's
going to preach to every member of the human race without exception? It would have been impossible.
It would have been impossible. No, but he says, you go and don't
make no distinction in what you preach to any man. Whether he's
a Jew or a Greek or a barbarian or a Scythian or a Bond or a
Greek or a male or a female, you don't make no distinction
when you preach. You preach to every person exactly the same
wherever you do preach. And you, the old men that you
do get to preach to, you be sure and preach what I taught you,
what you seen and what you heard. Now, I do the same thing. I preach
what I see and heard unto all men that I get to preach to."
And then back over here, it says there in 1 Timothy 2, 6, "...who
gave himself a ransom for all." A ransom for all. Now, did he
give himself a ransom for every member of the human race? Huh? He said in Matthew 20, he said,
you know, he said he gave his life a ransom for many. And that word ransom means, you
know, that you're held in bondage. Somebody's got you and holding
you and somebody's got to come and pay for you so you can get
to go free. So Christ gave himself a ransom
to pay for the sins and pay the debt to let everybody go who
was held captive by the law of God and by the justice of God.
Then if Christ comes to pay that ransom with his own blood, then
every member of the human race would have to be free. But if
he didn't do it for every member of the human race, those he did
give himself a ransom for, they get to go free. So when it says
he gave himself a ransom for all, it means for men of all
nationalities, all generations, and all classes. Now, I tell
you, right now, I mean, you know, you take me, take you. When He
said He gave Himself a ransom for all, that means He gave Himself
a ransom for all men without distinction, without class, without
generations. So here we are, 2,000 years, that's 14, 15, 16 generations. Generations upon generations,
and we're back, removed from when Christ died on the cross.
And we're hearing about his ransom. We're one of those all, distinct,
without distinction, those generations, those classes, that he gave himself
a ransom for. And he let us know about it.
He told us about it. And then it tells us here that
he'll be testified to in due time, this ransom will be testified
to in due time, that he died for all. And what that means,
that in due time, We're going to testify that His ransom was
actually accomplished, and salvation was accomplished for all He made
Himself a ransom for. I'm testifying of it right now.
In due time, we testify of that. Somebody in due time come and
told me about Christ making a ransom that actually saved His people,
made a redemption that actually redeemed, made an atonement that
actually atoned. And somebody testified of that,
and in due time, I believe that testimony. Now look over in John
12, 32 with me for just a moment. This is what I've met folks really,
really like to... Look what it said here in verse
32. And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth," talking about His death, talking about His crucifixion,
talk about Him being lifted up on the cross. Now, "...if I be
lifted up from the earth will draw all unto me." That word,
men, is in italics. That's why I love the King James
Version, because it's the only version that's honest. It's the
best version there are, because if the Translators added a word
that wasn't in it. They italicized it to show that
you could use it without that word in it. And I, if I be lifted
up from the earth, will draw all unto me. All unto me. Now, beloved, I will draw. When they say He'll draw all
men unto Him, and they say, well, all men, that means all men.
No, it can't be all men. There's lots and lots of people
that ain't been drawn to Christ. Lots of folks who've been setting
side-by-side and wouldn't be drawn to Christ, none of them
left. They was down by the riverside,
and Paul was preaching down there, and there's a whole bunch of
people down there. But as far as I know, the Scripture said
only in Acts 16 that only one person had their heart open,
that when she gave attention to what Paul said, and the Scripture
said, the Lord opened Lydia's heart. as many as were ordained
to eternal life." What did they do? They believed. And he says,
draw, I will draw all unto me. All, who all is he talking about?
The same, all John 6, 37, all that the Father gives me, all
the elect. And why do they have to draw,
be drawn to Christ? Well, they're drawn because they're
dead in trespasses and sins. They're unwilling to come. They
will not come. So you have to be drawn to come.
You have to be compelled to come. Because we're unwilling and will
not come. That's why men won't come. They
have to be drawn. And you know what the word draw
means? It means to impel unwilling subjects. Impel them. I mean, you know, we're so unwilling
to come that Christ has got to make us come. We ain't got sense enough to
come until He gives us sense enough to come. Look in John
6.45 again. I'll show you what I'm talking
about. John 6.45, He will not come to me. We're so adverse to God, so adverse
to Christ, so adverse to our sin, and so adverse, we're so
in love with ourselves, so in love with our sin, so in love
with our opinion, so in love with our self-righteousness,
that we will not come to Christ. We're unwilling to come until
He makes us willing. He's got to make you come, or
you won't come. People say, well, if you use
us and God's getting you by the nape of the neck and brain, if
he don't do that, you ain't coming. I'm telling you, he don't get
you by the nape of the neck. You know where he gets you? Gets
you by your heart. Gets you by that heart. He keeps squeezing
it and squeezing it and squeezing it and squeezing it. Until, beloved,
there's nothing left in there but submission and bowing down
and gladly, rejoicingly submit to the Lord Jesus Christ. Look
what he said in John 6, 44. No man can come to me except
the Father which hath sent me drawing. Same word, draw, draw. And I'll raise him up at the
last day. Now listen to it. It is written in the Prophets,
they shall be all taught of God. Who? Isaiah 54 says that all
thy children shall be taught of God. And they shall all be
taught of God. Every man therefore that hath
heard and hath learned of the Father, what does he do? He comes
to Christ. He has to impale, and that word
draw also means to lay firm hold on, hold and pull. But Simon Peter was in that garden,
and they come to get the Lord Jesus Christ, and they come out
there as a fellow. His name was Malchus. He was
a servant to some other man that was out there to get the Lord.
And Simon Peter had a sword. He jerked that sword out. He
was going to defend Christ. And he went to swinging that
thing like this here, and he cut a man's ear off. The Lord put the man's ear back
on and said, put your sword up, son of Peter. But what I said
to the son of Isaiah is that he had to draw that sword. He
laid hands on it and pulled it out. That's what Christ does
to us, like drawing that sword. He lays hands on you and he starts
drawing you. He draws you with love. He draws
you with kindness. He draws you with grace. He draws
you with his power. He draws you with your need.
And he makes you needy before he'll ever bring you to himself.
Everything that you need to make you come to Christ, He gives
you that to make you come. You need to know your sin, He'll
make you know your sin. You need to know your inability,
He'll make you know your inability. You need to know that you have
no strength, He'll make you understand you ain't got no strength. You
need faith, you're gonna have to get it, He's gonna be the
only one that can give it to you. You're going to need repentance,
be sorry over your sin, and your sorry nature, and your sorry
lives, and your sorry thoughts, and your sorry sin. He's the
only one that can make you sorry over your life. They'd put you
in jail and you'd be sorry for getting caught and done what
you did to put you in jail. But you'll never be sorry over
sin, never be sorry over yourself, never be sorry over your self-righteousness,
never be sorry over your own rotten, stinking self and hellish
life unless Christ makes you conscious of that, makes you
aware of that. He's the only one that can do
it. I've seen lots of man-made, preacher-made sinners. I've seen
lots of man-made sinners. And a man-made sinner, a preacher-made
sinner, all he is is a God-forsaken sinner. That's all he is. A preacher
tells you, well, you say, yes, I am. You want to serve Jesus? Yes, I do. Why? Because I know
I'm going to hell. But say the sinner's prayer with
me, I'll tell you what, if Christ ever makes you a sinner, you'll
know what I have to teach you how to pray. You'll pray from
the depth of your heart and soul. You'll know what a sinner's prayer
is when Christ makes you a sinner. Oh, this idea of praying the
sinner's prayer, that's all in the world I've ever prayed, the
sinner's prayer. If you haven't prayed anything
besides it, you surely ain't prayed a Pharisee's prayer since
God saved your body and praise. That's all we can pray as a sinner's
prayer, because we're sinners in need of Christ. Lord, save me. I can't do nothing,
I know nothing, I have nothing without You. Now, if that's the
way you feel, and that's where you are, you're one of them all
that the Father brought to Christ, that God taught you. Here, I'll
teach you some things. And it says here that when he
was raised up, he would draw all men unto him, that he would,
after his death, draw men of all nations, and kindreds, and
tongues, and races, and sects. His grace and salvation would
not just be limited to Israel. That's why Simon Peter said,
you know, when he said, Joel said this, and I pour all my
spirit out for all flesh. Before that, he was only on a
few preachers and a few prophets in time. Now, I'm going to show
you one other thing, and then I'm through. Oh, my God, help
us. I tell you, this idea, you're
talking about putting people in a Hebrews 2-9 with me. Talking about spilling people's
conscience and spilling their minds and making them so presumptuous
on God, so presumptuous on Christ, so presumptuous on grace, so
presumptuous on being saved. You know, well, I'm a good person.
Who told you that? God didn't tell you that. You know what God said? Psalm
14, Psalm 53, God went looking for a good man. He said He went
looking for a good man. You know what He come back and
said? There's none good, no, not one. Now, we're talking about
good in the sight of God, not good in sight of one another. I've got a good wife. She's a good person as far as
how she treats other people. A lot of you all, the way you
treat folks, the way you are, you wouldn't mistreat people.
But when we come to God, we ain't got no goodness or wrong, none.
James, you're a good fella. You're a good man. I like you.
I love you. Oh, boy. Raising two grandbabies
after you've raised a family? That takes some grace to do that.
But, oh, listen. Look here in Hebrews 2, verse
9, talking about Jesus. But we see Jesus, who was made
a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned
with glory and honor. that he, by the grace of God,
should taste death for every man." Uh-oh, wait a minute. Every man? Well, let's find out
who all these men, every man is. For it became him, for whom
are all things, everything that is ever made was made for him,
and by whom all things are right now. And bringing many sons unto
glory, to make the captain the head of their salvation, perfect
through sufferings. Now listen, for both he that
sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of one. For which cause
he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, I will declare
thy name unto my brethren in the midst of the church while
I sing praise unto thee. And again I will put my trust
in him, and again behold I and the children which God hath given
thee. So who is this ever man that he tasted death for? Well,
first of all, it's the many sons that he's going to bring unto
glory. It tells us. Every man that's involved in
that many sons bringing unto glory. And then verse 11, that
the sanctified and he that sanctifies them, they're all of one. And
then they're his brethren. He's not ashamed to call them
his brethren. So every man is his brethren. is the sons that
he's going to take unto glory. And then again, he says, I'll
declare thy name unto my brethren. They're called his sons, his
children. He said, I will put my trust
in him. Behold, I am the children which thine has given me. So when he tasted death, he tasted
death for his sons, for his children, for those that were sanctified, And He's not ashamed to call
them brethren. He'll bring many sons unto glory. So whenever
we start talking about Christ dying for all men, we need to
find out what all means. What all means. And I by no means
dealt with all of it as much as it needs to be dealt with.
But let me ask you this. Can you trust the Lord Jesus
Christ? Can you trust Him? Can you receive Him as He is?
To as many as received Him gave He the power to become the sons
of men. Can you receive Him as He is? Do you see a beauty in
Him and His being lifted up? Why was He lifted up? That's
what I'm interested in. Why was He lifted up? Oh, He
was lifted up. He was lifted up before the world,
lifted up before the justice of God. lifted up to the wrath
of God. And God's justice came down and
fell on him like a thousand worlds came on him. He said, My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me? He was stricken, smitten
of God, and afflicted. He was bruised in chastisement
for our iniquities. And he was lifted up to bear
the sins. of all that the Father gave Him.
He was lifted up and all might be drawn to Him. Have you seen
Him lifted up and seen His beauty? Have you been drawn to Him? Do you desire Him and see His
salvation? I'll tell you something. You come to Him, and He's the
only one who can save you. And He will save you. I believe with all my heart,
everyone who comes to Christ, is saved. But that's the key. You've got
to come to Christ. Not to me, not to a church, not
to an altar, not to the front, not to some preacher, not to
some priest or pope or rabbi, not to some ceremony. Get along with God. Get along
with God on the side of Christ. And James prayed back there in
the office, and he said this back in the study. He said, Lord,
if I'm not saved, save us now. If we don't know you, we want
to know you right now. And I want to know Christ. I
want to know Him. I want to be found in Him. He was lifted up for all. Are you one of them all? If you
are, come to Him. Come, come, come, come, come,
come, come. Don't wait another minute. Come
in your heart. Come to Him.