Have you ever considered what
would come from your flesh in the form of some kind of creation? I mean, if you were able to make
yourself a creation, wonder what form that would be. I mean, let's
say, in my flesh dwells no good thing. So, what would you create? It wouldn't be a masterpiece.
The truth is this, that right now your flesh can be described
in this manner, half beast and half demon. My flesh, your flesh. Say, but I'm a Christian, you
just said I'm a masterpiece. I'm talking about what God has
done. You in your flesh, left by yourself, are a loathsome
mess. All of you who are continuing
in the addiction use, using those types of things to try to get
through life, what a mess you are. And if God, and those of
us who are in here who are new creatures in Christ, if God had
left us to ourselves, we'd still be in that mess. You know, many
of you are in here living in what you created yourself out
of your flesh. That's exactly right. You did
it. The devil didn't make you do it. You did it. Your flesh
is no good. And you need a God work. If you
were to be able to visit hell, Think about them proposing to
create something. That mass of people that are
in hell, weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, nothing
but self-centeredness, nothing but hatred for God, enmity toward
God, creating something. It's been amazing to me the past
40 years to see how creative the flesh is. You know, I've
seen about every kind of crack pipe there is. Everything from
Pepsi cans to bolts and nuts. You are a creative bunch. Think
about your own imagination. And every Christian in here knows
that their fleshly imagination is absolutely wicked. I don't
want to hear about yours. I got enough problems with my
own. Oh, we're creative in our flesh. Just consider for a few minutes,
it'll frighten you how depraved and despicable our flesh is. So consider the cesspool of hell
attempting to make itself acceptable to God by their own works. Just
consider that. I know you're going to quit using.
I know that. You're going to quit fornicating. You're going to quit having sex
outside of marriage. I know you're going to turn over
a new leaf. I know you're going to get better this new year. No. No. You need to be rescued. You see,
you're like my FIBA chef. You're a dead dog beside the
road, rotting. on the inside. Your only hope
is that God will come where you are and do for you what you cannot
do for yourself. You need a miracle. Do you understand
that we're shut up here to seeing miracles happen? And that
we have seen them happen. God does miracles.