Now if you'll turn back with
me to Hebrews chapter 10, just put a marker there. The book of Hebrews is an open
letter to Jewish believers. Jewish believers who were raised
up under the ceremonial law of Moses. That's all they ever knew. They grew up under the law of
Moses. They were circumcised to male children at eight days
old. They grew up. They were catechized. They went through all these things.
They were taught the law. They were taught the ceremonial
law. They were taught the feast days and all of these things. They grew up in it. They were
steeped in it. They were catechized in it. They knew it front to back. And they were raised under a
priesthood economy which offered sacrifices, animal sacrifices. Instead of standing up here like
I'm standing up here this morning talking to you, they would bring
a lamb, cut its throat, open it up, put it on the altar. They
offered animal sacrifices. They taught the keeping of days, Sabbath days, holy days. They
taught keeping of days. And on those days, you couldn't
do anything. No kind of work whatsoever. You couldn't do anything on those
days. Those days were to be strictly kept. Certain dietary laws. You couldn't
eat pork if you were a Jew. The old pork chops out, boy,
that just X'd me out. I have bacon nearly every morning
of the world. They couldn't have it. And all kinds of dietary laws.
And then circumcision, every male child. But in this epistle,
Paul writes, and the theme of the letter is something better.
Something better. He just keeps telling. He's better
than the angels. He's better than the priesthood.
He's better than the sacrifice. And Paul's intention in writing
this letter is to show that these old tithes were given to set
forth the coming Redeemer in His person, in His offices, and
in His accomplishments. And it's in reference to this
old Jewish economy, this old priesthood, these old tithes
and so on, that Paul writes to the church at Rome in Romans
chapter 3. telling them that God's people
are justified freely by His grace, through the redemption that's
in Christ Jesus, whom God has set forth to be a propitiation
for our sins, through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness
for sins that are past. Is that talking about our past
sins? Talking about the sins of those
Old Testament saints through the forbearance of God. There were men from the time of Adam who could
look at those sacrifices and look at that altar and look at
that blood and know that those things spoke of a coming Redeemer. Abel knew that. He knew that. Cain didn't. And there was many in Israel
who knew it. Joshua knew it. Caleb knew it. Moses knew it. Abraham knew it. You can go on and on and on. This is talking about the faith
of those Old Testament saints. which is based upon how God set
forth His Son, the coming Redeemer, in His glorious offices and His
person and work. Well, how do you know that, preacher?
How do I know that that's what they're talking about? Because the very next verse says
to declare, I say at this time, His righteousness. That's how
he was set forth in the Old Testament. Do you realize that Paul didn't
have a New Testament? He was preaching from the Old
Testament. And when he talked about that justifying righteousness
of Christ, he said this is how God set him forth there. This
is how God set him forth. in the substitutionary work of
Christ. And a careful reading of Hebrews
chapter 9 will bear out what I just told you, calling these
old tithes, figures for the time then present, patterns of things
in the heavens, and figures of the true. And as I read to you
in Hebrews 10, it begins, the law having a shadow, just a shadow. The person is Christ. And in Hebrews 10, Paul clearly
sets forth the accomplished redemption of Christ, fulfilling the redemptive
will of God, and sanctifying through the offering of His body,
once for all, all His elect. Well, you say, don't say His
elect. It does in Romans 8. Yes, it does. It makes it clear. And the same
man wrote Romans 8, wrote Hebrews chapter 10. What it says over there, it says, Who is he that condemneth? It's
Christ that died. Who shall lay anything, now listen,
to the charge of God's elect. Isn't that what that says? Justification
has to do with God's elect. And then he tells us in verse
15 of Hebrews chapter 10 that this is the ministry of the Holy
Ghost. This is what he bears witness
to. This is what he comes to reveal to God's elect. The law honored and exalted in
Christ and our sins and iniquities remembered no more. What if,
just think with me here for a minute. What if today every evil and
wicked thing you ever thought or did suddenly vanished? It was gone. Completely gone. It's gone. It
wasn't there. It wasn't there. It was like a dream, and you
woke up, and it's all gone, Richard. It ain't there no more. I mean, not anybody, not even
God, could find no sins anymore. That's what it means to be forgiven
of your sins. And that's what the Holy Ghost,
when He comes in power, writes on your conscience. Your sins
have been satisfied in an all-sufficient Savior. And they're gone. They're gone. He bore our sins
in His own body on the tree. And they laid on His head and
sent off into the wilderness like the scapegoat, never to
be seen again. Gone. Gone. He said, there are sins and iniquities
I will remember no more. Now listen. He said, where remission
of these is, there is no more offering for sin. No more offering
for sin. My friend, the Lord God Almighty
set His affection. Are you listening to me? He set
His affection upon a people that He chose in Christ before the
foundation of the world. And that's who He's going to
save. Everlast one of them. Everlast one of them. Choosing them in Christ, He made
provision for them in Christ, provision which could not fail,
and all-sufficient provision. He made Him surety of the everlasting
covenant of grace. And David, His dying words, He
said, Although it be not so with my house, yet hath He made with
me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure, and this
is all my salvation, all my desire." Christ is sure because Christ
is the surety. When did He become sure? Before
the foundation of the world. And then, when the fullness of
the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made
under the law, to redeem them that were under the law. that
they might receive the adoption of sons. And because they're sons, how
did they get to be sons? In Christ. It tells you that
in Ephesians, what is it? Ephesians 1.5, having predestinated
us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself. And
then He said, because you're sons, God sent forth His Spirit
into your heart and enabled you to cry, Abba, Father. Christ died for His elect. God
loves His elect. The Holy Spirit comes to God's
adopted sons and enables them to cry, Abba, Father. Now I said
all that to say this. There is no more abominable sin
than the idea that God loves all men. That's an abomination
to God. That Christ, His only begotten
Son, the surety of that everlasting covenant, come and shed His blood
for all men. That is an abomination to God. Now Paul feared in Hebrews 10
the religion of the Jews, legalism, ceremonialism, circumcision,
all of those things, drawing men away from Christ. But that's
not the problem in our day. There is ceremonialism, there
is spiritualism, legalism, all these things in our day. But
the thing in our day that wants to draw men away from Christ
is this thing of universal salvation, man's free will, and God loves
everybody. I'll never forget years ago,
Brother Barnard in that big park up in Ashland, this was one of
those Baptist things where all the churches in the whole area
come together. And they all came down and brought
as many people as they could come. And their evangelist got
sick and couldn't come. And they said, does anybody know
anybody we can get? He said, yeah, I know one. He
said, Roth Barnard. And they called him. Never had
heard him. Called him. He got up in that park that night.
And he said, two biggest lies ever been told. God loves you
and Christ died for you. You could hear a pin drop. But that's so. That's so. Oh, I call it an abomination
because it leads men to believe that they are their own Savior. If the death of Christ only makes
men savable, only opens the door of possibility, if the death
is not effectual without the cooperation of men, then the
power, success, and glory of salvation rests on men and not
with God. Is that so? So you see what I
mean? It's an abomination. God has
done all these marvelous works. He's accomplished all of these
things for us, things that we can't possibly do. He did for
us in Christ. And what do we do? Throw it aside. Cast it on the dirt. act like
it never happened, and run over here to man's free will. I'm telling you, that's an abomination
to me. I can't even imagine what it
is before God. It leaves men to birth themselves,
teach themselves, sanctify themselves, keep themselves, present themselves
perfect before their maker. The Scriptures teach in the plainest
possible terms that Jesus Christ died for, redeemed, and justified
His elect. No reason for us to go off here
and there. It tells us so plainly that a
child can understand. I quoted this Scripture to you
a few minutes ago. Who shall lay anything to the
charge of God's elect? It's God who justified. Who did
He justify? His elect. Say anything about
justifying any bad? Who is he that condemneth? Condemneth
who? His elect. It's Christ who died. Yea, rather, that's risen from
the dead, who's even at the right hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us. And who's going to separate us
from his love? The love of God. Where is it?
In Christ Jesus, our Lord. Oh, my soul. I'm going to give
you 10 things this morning, and I've already started on the first
one. Universal redemption makes men
His own Savior. I'm going to give you 10 reasons
why these things are an abomination. And it's the exact thing that
Paul's talking about here in Hebrews chapter 10. It's sinning
willfully and leaving those things which we've heard. That's exactly
what it is. All right, secondly, the doctrine
of universal love and atonement reduces the love of God to an
idle passion. It's like, well, I love you,
but I can't do anything for you. What kind of love is that? That
sounds like something I'd do. I remember the old pastor up
in Louisville years ago, Henry come down preach a message there
at the church, preach a conference for him, or a few days meetings.
And they were on their way to church, and they were coming
down. Henry was staying at a hotel. And a man came over to get him,
and they were on their way down. They stepped into the elevator,
and this old drunk come in the elevator. Couldn't hardly stand
up. Boy, I mean, he was shocked.
And he looked over at him, and he
said, You saved me years ago. He said, you saved me. The old
pastor looked at him about his head, and he said, it looked
like some of my work. That's it. That's what I'm trying to
tell you. It leads men to birth themselves
and to do all these things. The doctrine of universal love
and atonement reduces the love of God to an idle passion. It's
just, I want to, but I can't do anything about it. You listen
to these men preach. I'm not talking about this little
one here and there and yonder. Go listen to the elite of them
on television, on the radio, the most elite they have. Listen
to them. They talk about His hands being
tied. Can you imagine the Creator of
the universe with His hands tied? It says those Jews would have
taken him out and thrown him off a cliff, but they couldn't.
His day wasn't come yet. And you're going to tie his hands?
You ain't going to tie his hands. My arm's not shortened that I
cannot save. He can save. Oh. The love of God as it's defined
in the scriptures is vitally connected with the salvation
of God's elect. You can't separate one from the
other. In Romans 9-11, God said some
things to Rebekah about the twin boys and her womb. Romans 9-11
for the children. Now listen to this. Being not
yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose
of God, according to election, might stand, not of works, but
of him that calleth. It was said unto her, the elder
is going to serve the younger, as it is written, Jacob have
I loved, Esau have I hated." Well, what's that got to do with
us? You know what Abraham is. He's synonymous with faith, isn't
he? You think Abraham, boom, your mind goes straight to faith.
Faith, that's what. He's the father of the faithful. He's synonymous with faith and
the father of all who believe. So Jacob is synonymous with God's
electing grace. That's how he's setting him forth
here, setting forth Jacob. And he's setting him forth here
not only in God's election of grace, but he sent him forth
here in his love for his elect. You notice that? Jacob have I
loved. Who did he love? One each other.
One each other. And he said all this that the
purpose of God according to election might stand. That's how it is. You want to know what it is,
there it is. God called that man Jacob. He changed his name.
He said, I'm going to call you Israel. And do you know that
every and all of the elect of God from that day forward are
still called the children of who? Israel. His elect. When God said, Jacob have I loved,
He sang to all His elect, I love you. Turn with me to Ephesians 1. He tells us in Ephesians 1, verse
3, that the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ hath blessed
us with all spiritual blessings and heavenly places in Christ
according. That is, on this basis. As He
hath chosen us in Him, before the foundation of the world,
that, here's the result, that's the basis, here's the result,
that we should be holy and without blame, now watch this, before
Him in love. I don't know how many years I've
been looking at that verse. I always try to somehow in my
mind think that that's talking about me loving him. That's not
what this is talking about. This is back before the foundation
of the world. This is talking about he chose us in Christ that
we should be holy and without blame before him being loved. That's what that's talking about.
in love. Sitting there is his children
at his feet in love. In love. I tell you, he loves his children.
He won't cast off his children. This universal love men talk
about, they talk about men, God not loving them anymore. God
sending them to hell. Well, Paul named everything that
could possibly be in Romans 8 and those verses. What's going to
separate you from love of Christ? Huh? Things present, things to
come? Heavenly things? Hellish things? What's going to separate you?
Nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which
is in Christ Jesus our Lord. And in Christ, he said, I've
loved you with an everlasting love. It's not something that
happened in time. It's something that He did from
all eternity, and there's never been a break in it. He has loved
us with an everlasting love. God's love is vitally connected
with the person of Jesus Christ and His effectual work at Calvary.
Ah, but you say, what about John 3.16? John wrote that verse. by divine inspiration in the
light of Jewish prejudice. God's elect are not necessarily
a Jew. One of them, there was a church
in Rome, there was a church in Ephesus, there was a church in
Corinth. God got elect all over the world, all over the world. I think you can use that word
world without meaning every individual in it. Paul does it often. In 2 Corinthians 5.19, he defines
the ministry of reconciliation saying, God was in Christ reconciling
the world unto himself. Oh, how those Jews hated that
word world. They hated Gentiles. Oh, they were so prejudiced.
And then the gospel comes. And God saves the Gentiles. And
oh, they despised that. They just despised even the thought
of it. And I believe that's why the Holy Spirit of God inspired
these men to use that word so often, world, world, world. He is the propitiation for our
sins, and not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole
world. If God the Holy Spirit intended
that the word world to be interpreted as all men without exception,
There'd be no reason for hell and judgment. Is that right? Whatever Christ did, He did.
Let's just get that straight. What He did, He did. If He put
away sin, sin put away. If He ushered in a righteousness,
that righteousness is ushered in. And if He intended that for
all men, then there's no reason to have a hell. But there is a hell. So He didn't
intend it to be for all men. He intended it for His elect.
You see what I'm saying? Universal love is an abomination
to God, and it makes the death of Christ and the love of God
of none effect. Judas died. If God loves every
man, He loved him and He still sent him to hell. He loved him
and made him a reprobate. That can't be. And then thirdly,
the doctrine of universal atonement reduces the wisdom of God to
foolishness. If God sacrificed His Son for
those who were already condemned and suffering in hell and for
those who would soon join up with Him, where's the glory of
God's wisdom? There's no wisdom in that. When I was about six years old,
my folks bought me a little swimming pool. I guess the first of those
little blow-up swimming pools. It was rubber and it was about
five feet wide in diameter. And being smart like I am, I
decided that this would be a perfect parachute. And so I crawled up
on the shed out back, took a hold of that swimming pool, and jumped
off. Boom. I hit the ground. I was laying
down there, no breath on my back. And from down there looking up,
I thought, how stupid was that? You see what I'm telling you
about the wisdom of God? All those in hell, if Christ
died for all men, if he loved all men, those laying down there
in hell looking up would say, how stupid was I? You see what I'm saying? His
wisdom. It makes his wisdom foolishness. Makes it a whim. Makes it a reaction
to something you do in time. And then you do something else
and you have to change again and figure something else out.
That's the God of this generation. God is all-wise. He did not purpose
a salvation that would ultimately fail. And every man, woman, and
child that God purposed to save, He made provision for, and they
shall be saved. When Christ came, He said, His
name shall be called Jesus, for He shall save His people from
their sin. Fourthly, universal redemption
is a denial of the justice of God. Redemption is an act of
justice. Did you know that? Romans 3,
24 through 26, that God might be just and justifier of all
that believe. Solomon said, by mercy and truth,
iniquity is purged. And if Jesus Christ died on the
cross bearing my sins and his own body on the tree, and then
in time, for whatever reason, I have to bear them again, what's
that say about the justice of God? Makes a mockery of it, don't
it? Augustus' top lady said, payment
God cannot twice demand. First at my bleeding surety's
hand, and then again at mine. Can't be. Whom he did foreknow,
them he also did predestinate. Whom he did predestinate, them
he also called. Whom he called, them he also
justified. And whom he justified, them he
did also glorify. Universal redemption is a denial
of the justice of God as it's manifested in the death of Christ.
Fifthly. Those who believe and preach
universal redemption reduce the omnipotence of God to less than
the weakest of men. God done all he can do. How many
times have you heard that? Oh, I've heard that so often.
It makes me want to throw up. God done all he can do. Now it's
all up to you. You saying that the sinner has
more power than the sovereign God? That's insane. That's insane. I cannot even imagine the great
God of glory who spoke this universe into existence with a word, delivered
Israel out of Egyptian bondage without an army, split the Red
Sea before the people with the staff held in the hand of a man,
stopped the flow of the flooding Jordan, made the sun stand still. I cannot imagine this God with
His hands tied before a weak, sniveling sinner, helpless to
do anything because He won't let him. Can you? That's why I'm telling you this
thing of universal salvation and universal love and man's
free will and all of these things. It's an abomination to God. Paul
said, who art thou that replies against God? Shall the thing
formed say unto him that formed it wisest thou may be thus? Hath
not the potter power over the clay? Therefore hath he mercy
on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he'll harden. That's
just so. It's not of him that willeth
and it's not of him that runneth. It's of God that showeth mercy.
Sixthly, those who preach a universal atonement blaspheme the very
character of God. God says of himself and especially
his blessed gifts of grace and salvation that they come down
from the Father of lights with whom is no variableness, neither
shadow of turning. God's not going to change. Everything
God purposed to do from eternity, He's going to do. He's not going
to change. What if man falls? Man did, but
God didn't change. God didn't change. Man changed. God didn't change. What if this? God's not going
to change. I am the Lord. I change not.
Therefore, you sons of Jacob are not consumed. Religion always
sets forth their God as one who watches events and circumstances
and men and then reacts to them by changing and altering his
ways. That's an abomination to God. But the scriptures tell
us something different. The scriptures tell us that we
have obtained an inheritance being predestinated according
to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel
of his own will. You know, there was a time when
old Nebuchadnezzar, he stood on that great, one of the eight
wonders of the ancient world, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
And he stood up there, and I've always pictured him in a pair
of suspenders. I know those old kings didn't
wear them, but that's, I'm a hillbilly, so. I see him with his thumbs
in them suspenders and rocking back and forth up on that great
wedding gift to his wife. And he's looking down and he
said, it's not this great Babylon which I built by the power of
my might and for my name and for the home of my kingdom. Look
what I've done. Look what I've done. Oh, my soul. And then there was a time when
God made him to experience his true nature. Run around out there
like a beast, eating grass, crawling on his knees. That's all the
proud rebel's religious idolatry and stuff, man. He's as the grass. He's just all flesh is grass. And here he is. He's out there
feeding on it, feeding on it, feeding on it. Feeding on man,
feeding on his glory, feeding on those things. And then there was a time when
God gave that beastly man the eyes of faith. And lifting up
those blessed eyes into glory, he said, I now bless the Most
High. Oh, he said, I praise and honor
Him that liveth forever, whose dominion is everlasting, and
His kingdom is from generation to generation. Now listen, and
all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing before
Him. And He, that omnipotent God,
that unchangeable God, doeth according to His will in the
army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, and
none can stay His hand or even question what He does. Here's the savior thing. Those
who believe and preach a universal atonement rest their hope On
this universal atonement, they rob God of the glory which He
purposed to show in this salvation from all eternity. They take
it away. That's what they're trying to
do, take it away. The old ark that God gave Israel
in which the table of the law were kept and Aaron's rod bloomed
and the manna, all preserved in that ark. And over that ark
was a mercy seat, a picture of Christ our Redeemer. And that
ark fell into the hands of the enemies of God. And they brought
the news down to Eli that his two sons had been killed in a
battle. That didn't faze him. It didn't faze him. He was a man of God. That didn't
faze him one bit. And they said the enemy took
the ark. He lied rock backwards in his chair and broke his neck
and died. The shock of it. And his daughter-in-law, when
she heard, she went into labor and died giving birth to a son.
And she lay there dead. And the nurse, having delivered
the baby that she died giving birth to, tried to wake her up,
and she was gone. And she named that son Ichabod. You know what that means? The
glory hath departed. The glory hath departed. That's
what happens. This universal salvation, this
universal love, all these ideas. I know it's, we can't help sometimes but think
about it. But it robs God of his glory. And this is what happens when
Christ is taken out of worship and he's not properly presented
before the people. You can write Ichabod on the
door. The glory has departed. Salvation is about the glory
of God. God has saved us, Paul said,
and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but
according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us
in Christ Jesus before the world began. And He's working all things
after the counsel of His own will that we should be to the
praise of His glory who first trusted in Christ. Here's the number eight. Universal
redemption is a blasphemous doctrine because it denies the satisfaction
of God with the redemptive work of Christ. Does it not? It's saying that the death of
Christ was tremendous. We'll celebrate it. We'll picture
it. We'll put statues in our yard. We'll put him on the cross.
We'll do all of these things. But we're not going to look at
that death as sufficient to put away sin. It still takes your
cooperation. It still takes your will. It
still takes this. It still takes that. That's an
abomination to God. The Holy Spirit said, he shall
see of the travail of his soul. and shall be satisfied. I remember
we went on one occasion to the National Gallery where they keep all these
paintings and stuff. I've told you about it so often.
We sat there looking at that painting. I just can't imagine
myself sitting there, just pretend like that was the death of Christ,
looking at this masterpiece. And I'm going to take my little
paintbrush now, and I'm going to go up there and touch it up. That's what universal salvation
is saying. If his death's not sufficient,
take your will. You're going to take your will
and touch up. You're going to, oh, my soul. I can't imagine. There was a big burly man in
the corner. If you had a paintbrush and started to work on him painting,
buddy, he'd put you down. And God will, too. He will, too. When God the Father looked upon
His dying Son being made sin for us who knew no sin, who made
His soul an offering for sin, He was satisfied. And when He
makes you to see what He saw, you'll be satisfied. You'll be
satisfied. To save chosen sinners, the justice,
righteousness, and holiness of God had to be satisfied. All right, here's the ninth thing.
The doctrine of universal redemption declares that Christ died for
a people that He wouldn't pray for. Now what He said in John 17?
He said, I'm praying for these. I'm not praying for the world.
I'm not going to pray for them. You mean He loved all people,
but He won't pray for them? That don't make sense, does it?
He died to put away everybody's sin, but He won't use that sacrifice
to intercede for them and pray on their behalf? It obliterates the priesthood
of Christ, universal salvation. He said, I pray for them. I pray
not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me, for
they are Thine, and all Mine are Thine. and thine are mine,
and I am glorified in them." He'll pray for them. What a hideous
idea that Christ suffered and died for a people and then refused
to intercede for them in glory. And then here's the last thing.
I know I've kept you a long time. Universal redemption is as useless
as it is blasphemous because it offers the condemned sinner
no reason to look to, hope in, or find rest in his soul in a
Savior who cannot save. That's why men quit. Did you
know that? They join the church, they get
religious, they make a profession, and somewhere down the road they
quit. Because they never had any confidence in Him who was
able to save. They had confidence in their
confidence. They had confidence in themselves. They had confidence
in their experience. They had confidence in anything
but Christ. My friend, I'm telling you, when
God shows you Christ, He'll show you His sufficiency. And you'll
trust in Him. And you'll keep on trusting in
Him. And you won't leave Him. Because in Him dwelleth all the
fullness of the Godhead bodily, and you're complete in Him. I'm going to tell you something
about these men who've made these professions. When they get in
trouble, their doctrine changes. This God that can't do anything,
they set him aside for a minute and they start calling on the
living God who's able to come and heal them, who's able to
come and help them, who's able to... Well, that ain't who they
preach. Their doctrine changes when they
get in trouble. And my mother was one of those
that believed in universal salvation and man saving himself. in winning
God's approval by her own works. And when she died, her dying
words were this. My sister heard her cry out.
She was downstairs and my sister was upstairs. Oh, God, not now. Mankind is condemned to praise
sinful, God-hating rebels who mock God in their religion, who
despise His word, hate His preachers, do despite unto the Spirit of
grace, and they trot underfoot to the Son of God. Now, if you
can go enjoy that, you go ahead. It makes me want to throw up.
I can't even stand to look at their signs in the parking lot.
And the more I know about them, the more I despise them. Deceived
by a nature of sin, deceived by satanic religion, and find
even their closest relatives to be enemies of their souls. The same chosen sinners, God
himself must be their savior. He must love them with an everlasting
love, an effectual love, an unchangeable love. He must manifest his infinite
wisdom, become himself their federal head, and satisfy his
infinite justice. He must exercise His omnipotent
power in the person of their Savior. And by His Spirit, He
must and will maintain and never compromise. In this faith, He
gives them the glory of God's character. And in all that He
does, He must glorify Himself. I hope I've helped you to see
some of these things. Now, if they're not preaching
these things, you'd ignore everything I said. But I'm telling you they
are. I listen to them. I listen to them. I read their
articles in the newspaper. I listen to them, and this is
what they're doing. They're an abomination to God. And all these proselytes
and converts that they make, the Scripture said when they
made them, they're twofold more their child of hell than they
are. And I know people get the idea in their head, oh, my son
and daughter's off to college. Well, did they find any place
to work? Well, they're going down here to the First Baptist
Church. I suppose that's better than nothing. Let me tell you something. Everybody
thinks that. Everybody thinks that. You go
down here in one of them places, and I'm telling you this, you're
stepping into a rattlesnake's nest with what you're doing.
You're stepping into a nest of rattlesnakes. Is that what you
want your daughters and sons to do? Well, I don't want mine
to do it.