If Christ died for everyone alike,
then everyone must go to heaven. Just think about it. How many
times have you been told that Christ died for you? Now, I'm
not going to tell you that because I don't know that. I can tell
you that he died for sinners. And if you qualify, that's a
good thing. If you're a sinner. I can tell
you he came into the world to save sinners on a definite purpose. I can also tell you that he did
save sinners on the tree of the cross because he said it's finished.
He didn't try to save somebody outside of Jerusalem on that
dark and dreary day. He saved his people from their
sins. You say, well, you know, that
was 2000 years ago. I know, but in time, he brings
those that he saved to a knowledge of himself. Have you come to
believe that salvation of your soul and life is in Jesus Christ
alone? Are you a follower of Jesus Christ
alone? I hope you are. You see, the
knowledge of being the object of God's eternal love and Christ-redeeming
death belongs to the individual's assurance, which cannot precede
faith-saving exercise. You can't know that God, in the
person of His Son, died in your stead, room and place on Calvary,
unless you've trusted Him completely. That is for the assurance of
salvation. Say, well, I have no, you know,
I really don't know whether or not, do you wanna know? If you
wanna know that God has loved you with an everlasting love
and chose you before the foundation of the world, believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. Do you hear what I'm
saying? That the assurance. You know, we often, often preachers
over the years that I've been in ministry try to wholesale
this message of the gospel. You know, Christ died for you.
Don't you have some pity for him? He's trying to save you. Let me tell you, God never tries
to do anything. See, you got the wrong God in
your mind. He never tries or attempts to
do. Whatever he wants to do is right
and holy, and he does. He's always right in what he
does. You say, well, I don't like that.
Then you're wrong. You're just wrong. God is sovereign. Do you know this? God can save you or damn you
and still be God. Still be holy and still be just. Everyone can be assured of this. If you trust Him and Him alone,
thou shalt be saved. Now, I want to make that clear.
I'm not saying to you that Christ died for you and that God loves
you. I don't preach that particular message. I do say this to you. If you're here and you have no
concern, zip, you're in a tough place. I mean, you're in a bad
spot. But if you're here and under
deep condemnation, say, well, pastor, even what you said about
abortion, you know, I've had three or four. You said that
today. I also followed that up with,
there is forgiveness for that. Amen.