I want to speak to you this morning.
I want to speak to you. To you. Not to the person on
your left hand, not to the person on your right hand. Not to the
person in front or behind of you. Not to someone listening
elsewhere, but to you. I have a message for you today
and a question for you today. The passage which we read this
morning from Psalm 14 We read in verse 1, that the
fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. The fool hath
said in his heart, there is no God. Now is that you? Is that you this day? Have you
said in your heart, do you say in your heart, that there is
no God? Have you ever said in your heart,
there is no God? Are you this fool? Were you this
fool? Have you said that in your heart?
Perhaps even with your lips? Brazenly, oh there's no God. Or just in your heart? Well if
you have, you're a fool. For deep down in your conscience,
If you have a conscience, you know. You know, like everyone,
that there is a God. And you know that one day you
will stand before this God. And you know that one day you
will give an account of your life and everything you have
done and everything you have said to this God. Oh yes, you
know there is a God. Whatever you may say with your
lips and whatever you may say with your heart. You know it. But will you still be a fool
and say in your heart, there is no God? You see, it's a matter
of the heart. What I'm addressing to you today
is what you say in your heart. You may say before other men
with your lips, oh, I believe in God. I believe in God. Many say they believe in God.
But in their hearts, it's another matter. What they say in their
lips is one thing, but with their heart, by their deeds and their
actions, they live as though there is no God. And in their
hearts they say there is no God. The Bible says in one place that
this people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth
me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Where is your heart this day?
What do you say with your heart? No matter what you say with your
lips, is your heart far from God? Does your heart say there
is no God? Do you live as though there's
no God? Or do you know God? Do you know
his salvation? But there's a voice which has
gone out into this world, a voice as subtle an insidious, a persuasive
voice, which has persuaded and which has deceived millions to
their destruction. A voice which comes alongside
man and whispers into the heart of man, you shall not surely
die. Which says there's no God. And
today thousands, millions, are still listening to the persuasive
whisperings of this voice and are taken in by this voice and
his whisperings and what fools they are, what fools they are
to listen to such a voice which says to them you shall not surely
die, which says to them there is no God. What folly to believe
such whisperings in your heart For there is a God. And we will
stand before this God. And we will die and we'll have
to give an account on that day in which we die to this our maker. And should you reject him, then
you will surely die. And you will surely remain dead. But when you stand before him,
he will cast you out. into everlasting darkness and
everlasting death. So consider some of these whisperings
which come alongside man to the fool of man that is taken in
by such things. Consider these whisperings and
these sayings which spring in the heart of the fool, which
have entered into the heart of man, which when man fell in sin
entered, and when sin entered, death entered, Consider these
foolish sayings. Let us consider six sayings of
the fool. Firstly, in the heart of the
fool, the fool says, there is no God. He begins by saying, there is
no God. But the heavens, the world, the
creation, the conscience within man, and the scriptures, the
word of God, say otherwise. Man may say in his heart there
is no God, but there is a threefold testimony which says otherwise,
and a threefold testimony which man must shut his ears to and
shut his eyes to, to remain deceived. A man may say there is no God
for he cannot see God. He looks with the outer eye and
he sees and he says, well, where is God? I cannot see him. As
Job said of old, oh, that I knew where I might find him, that
I might come even to his seat. Man can't see God by nature. And he knows not where to go
to find God. And because he cannot see him,
he dismisses him. And yet though he cannot be seen,
he is still there. Man cannot see the air that he
breathes, but take that air away and man would drop down dead
in a moment. Man depends on the air and the
oxygen in the air to live. And though he cannot see it,
it is there and it is vital to his existence. And though he
cannot see God who created him and who sustains him, nevertheless,
if God were not there, man would drop down dead in an instant.
You may say in your heart there is no God, but everything witnesses
to him. The heavens witness to him. The creation witnesses to him. You cannot look upon this creation
and upon the stars and the firmament, the sun and the moon, the rising
up of the sun and the setting of the sun, the growing up of
the crops and the harvest of the crops, the creation, the
creatures, the creation of man, the wonder of man, the wonder
of the human eye, the wonder of all living creatures. You
cannot look upon these things with an honest and an open mind. and not see the hand of the Creator
in them. For as it says in Romans, the
invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, and being understood by the things that are made,
even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
because that when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God,
neither were thankful. but became vain in their imaginations
and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise
they became fools and changed the glory of the uncorruptible
God into an image made like the corruptible man and to birds
and four-footed beasts and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave
them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts
to dishonor their own bodies between themselves, who change
the truth of God into a lie, and worship and serve the creature
more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this cause God gave them
up unto vile affections, for even their women did change the
natural use into that which is against nature, and likewise
also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their
lust one toward another. Men with men work in that which
is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of
their error which was meet. And even as they did not like
to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate
mind to do those things which are not convenient. Being filled
with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness,
full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whisperers,
backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of
evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant
breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful, who know
in the judgment of God that they which commit such things are
worthy of death, not only do the same but have pleasure in
them that do them. Oh yes man knows there's a God,
the creation of the world clearly witnesses to him, it clearly
demonstrates his eternal power and Godhead and though he may
be invisible He who is invisible is made known by the work of
his hands. And though man may proclaim himself
to be wise, he has become as a fool. For all creation around
him testifies what he knows in his heart and conscience, that
there is a God before whom he is accountable. Yeah what an
awful tale we have read here of what happens to man in his
folly when he turns from God and says in his heart there is
no God, what becomes of him? What sin and wickedness and corruption
he falls into, how contemporary this description is, how descriptive
of mankind in our day and age and the depravity into which
he has fallen when he says there is no God and God turns around
and says and does to those who do not like to retain God in
their knowledge, God gives them over to a reprobate mind and
gives them up to their folly and to their corruption. That
which they sow they will reap. For the wrath of God is revealed
from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who
hold back the truth in unrighteousness. Because that which may be known
of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them.
You may say with your lips, or you may just say in your heart
that there is no God, but that which may be known of God is
manifest in you. and God have showed it unto you,
whether you see it or whether you reject it. And should you
reject it and say in your heart, there is no God, know you this
day that the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Yes, it's revealed in
the heavens. The heavens declare the handiwork
of God. the heavens declare his eternal
power and Godhead. But these things are not just
made known in the heavens, they're made known in the conscience
of man. The Gentiles which have not the
law nor the scriptures, when they do by nature the things
contained in the law, these having not the law are a law unto themselves,
which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their
conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile
accusing or else excusing. one another. You see in the heart
of man, in the conscience, whether you have been raised to hear
the preaching of the gospel, whether you have ever read the
Bible, whether you know anything of the Bible or nothing, as these
Gentiles to whom Paul was sent at Rome, they knew nothing of
the scriptures which the Jews had, yet in their conscience,
their conscience bore witness, their hearts bore witness and
they either accused one another of wrong or excuse one another. The heart of man knows right
from wrong, and the heart and conscience of man knows that
there is a God. And not only that, not only is
it true in the heavens, not only is it true in the creation, not
only is it true in the conscience of man, that he knows there is
a God deep down. but also the record has been
left to us in the scriptures and in the preaching of the scriptures
in the gospel. God has declared his truth and
has broadcast it throughout the world. He has sent it forth to
the four corners of the world to make it known to all who will
listen. These things are known that God
is true and his word is true. It is absolutely true. Absolute truth. God has declared
his truth of who he is and what he has done, and what man is
before him. And if men shut their ears, and
men turn aside, and men scoff and reject, and men say in their
hearts, there is no God, they have no excuse, for the truth
is made known in creation, in the conscience, and in the gospel
and the word of God. Do you today say there is no
God in your heart? For there is a God, there is
one God, He is just, He is true, His word is true. He declares
His word in the scriptures, sanctified and through thy truth, thy word
is truth, it says in John. The word of the Lord is right
and all His works are done in truth. For this cause also thank
we God without ceasing, because when ye received the word of
God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of
man, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually
worketh also in you that believe. This word which we preach is
true, and ye shall know the truth, God says to those who receive
it, and the truth shall make you free. God's word is true,
there is a God. There is a God, whatever you
may say in your heart, there is a God. But the fool doesn't
just say there is no God. The fool goes on to say if there
is no God, then there is no creator. There is no creator, they look
around at the world around them. Modern man today says this world's
not created, he comes at it with his science, falsely so called. He looks at the world around,
he looks at the fossils he digs up. He looks at the creatures
and he examines them. And despite the testimony which
shouts out loud and clear through all of it to him that this is
created, he says, there's no creator. He looks at the data
and he works out some means and some schemes by which it might
have come into being. And he says, no, it's all by
chance. No, there can't be a God, so
there can't be a creator. It's all just come about by chance. Everything's interrelated. He
looks at the animals and he says, oh, they've all come from one
ancestor. And he works at it with his science and he says,
oh, it's all so scientific. We've examined the data, we've
examined the evidence and we've proven that we've all descended
from one ancestor and we've all descended from creatures that
came from the sea and they all descended from single cells which
came from but elements upon the earth and the earth came from
explosions through atoms and all eventually came from nothing
and man in his wisdom becomes a fool For the data says none
of these things. He puts upon it a hypothesis
and a theory which has no proof and no backing. But having rejected
God, he must come up with another means by which he came to be.
So he spins a lie, and a lie which deceives countless millions.
For the millions say, well, the scientists say. And the scientists
cannot be right, for the scientists have looked into these things
and have proof. And the fools follow the fools. And the fools
say there is no creator. For if there's no God, then there's
no creator. And they follow a lie. And the
lie is proclaimed so many times that the fools believe it. If
you tell the people a lie often enough, the people will believe
it. And the lie is proclaimed everywhere. And the people, like fools, believe
it. Are you such a fool? When creation
speaks loud and clear that you come from a maker, that there
is one who put you upon this earth before whom you must stand?
The account in Genesis 1 of creation is true. The account in Hebrews
11 that by faith we understand that God created the heavens
and the earth is true. It is true, it is absolutely
true. Through faith we understand that
the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which
are seen were not made of things which do appear. But they were
made out of nothing. But they were not made out of
nothing by nothing. They were made out of that which
existed before the heavens and the earth were brought into being.
They were made by the one who existed from eternity, God. the one who existed before the
heavens and the earth, the one whose voice sounded, the one
who could speak and bring forth living things into being, the
one who spake and it was. If you take away him, you have
no cause for anything to come out of nothing. But if there's
a God, then there's a creator, and there is a creator, whatever
the fools may say. But the fools go on to say that
if there is no God and there is no creator then there is no
sin. There can be no sin. They reject
the gospel and they reject the truth of God and the witness
of the truth of God against them. That they are sinners and as
sinners they are accountable to God for their wickedness and
their rebellion to God. But if they turn away from God
and say there is no God, then there is no God to be accountable
to. And they have made themselves
into God and they are accountable to themselves. If you say in
your heart there is no God, then you have no one to give an account
to. And therefore whatever you do
is just right because it is right in your eyes. You do as you wish. If you choose to do this, that's
fine. If you choose to do that, that's fine. There is no such
thing as good and evil. People talk about morality and
ethics, and yet in a world in which they have abolished the
truth, and in a world in which they have abolished God from
their thinking, in a world in which in their hearts they say
there is no God, then there is no truth. There is no right and
wrong. There is no ground for morality
or ethics. Every man can do just as he pleases. Who are you to judge whether
it is right for your neighbor to do this or that? How can you
say it is wrong for your neighbor to steal from you? How can you
say it is wrong for your neighbor to beat you or to lie to you?
Or to murder you? How can you sit in judgment of
your neighbor when there is no truth? And when there is no rights
and wrongs? And when there is no one to give
account to except yourselves? Your neighbor does as he pleases
and you do as you please. what fools you have become and
yet the fools say there is no sin and they rise up in anger
should anyone come and say but you're a sinner and you are accountable
and there is right from wrong and you will be judged for that
which you have done for the truth is that there is
sin and every man upon this earth is a sinner and he stands before
God with whom he must deal and he will have to give an account
for he is a sinner. As the Psalm 14 which we read
said following that declaration that the fool have said in his
heart there is no God. It goes on to say that they are
corrupt The fools are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that doeth good.
The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see
if there were any that did understand and seek God. And yet they are
all gone aside. They are all together become
filthy. There is none that doeth good.
No, not one. All these fools that say in their
heart there is no God have all gone aside. They are all together
become filthy, there is none that doeth good. For they are
sin in their heart, they have sinful hearts, corrupt hearts. You in your heart who says there
is no God, you are corrupt. Your heart says there's no God,
for your heart is corrupt. And your heart rebels against
God. Your heart rebels against He
who put you upon this earth. Your heart rebels against He
who sustains you this very moment. He who keeps your heart beating. He who keeps your lungs breathing. He who keeps you in existence. With that life which He gives
you at this moment, you rebel and you say there is no God.
And in doing, you do no good, but you sin. and you sin grievously
against Him who will bring you to account. Old men say there
is no sin, and yet the truth is that in man there is no good. For in the garden when Adam sinned,
when that voice which whispers to every man upon this earth
came alongside Eve and whispered and said, ye shall not surely
die, and deceived Eve, and she was taken in by that voice. And
she thought she could eat of the tree of the fruit of the
knowledge of good and evil, which her God had commanded that should
not be eaten. When she was deceived, she ate,
and she went to her husband, Adam, and beguiled him, and he
ate. And as he ate, sin entered into
the heart of man, and by sin, death. and sin entered in death
by sin. And death is something you cannot
escape nor deny. And should you try to deny the
presence of sin in your own heart, the certainty and the reality
of death says otherwise. You will die. And why do you
think you will die? The answer is simple. Because you are a sinner. And
sin entered into your heart when man fell, and death by sin. And if you want a proof for sin,
it's death. You cannot deny that you will
die. And what answer have you got after death? When you come
to stand before God, you need something to stand before him
with, and that's righteousness and perfection. There's no righteousness
and perfection in a sinful heart. that says there is no God. But the fool that says there's
no sin consequently must say there is no judgment. There is
no judgment. We shall not surely die, the
fool says in his heart. He listens to the whisperings
of the subtle deceiver, the serpent that says, you shall not surely
die. You have become as gods. You
know right from wrong. You will live forever. But you
shall surely die. And after this, the judgment.
Death is the proof of judgment. Death was God's sentence against
man when man rebelled against him in the garden. And after
natural death there is an eternal judgment which will decide whether
you enter into eternal life and glory with God or into eternal
darkness and death and suffering apart from God in hell. For there is a judgment. You
will die and judgment awaits those who die. and judgment awaits
those who are accountable to their maker, morally accountable,
for ye shall surely die. The heavens and the earth which
are now by the same word are kept in store, reserved under
fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
that every one may receive the things done in his body, according
to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore
the terror of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest
under God, and I trust also are made manifest in your conscience. Knowing therefore the terror
of the Lord, we persuade men, We come before you with this
message. I warn you, you who are foolish,
you who say in your heart there is no God, I warn you this day,
there is a God. There is a God and there is a
Creator and He put you upon this earth to worship Him and you
have not worshipped Him. He put you upon this earth to
live for Him and you have not lived for Him. He put you upon
this earth to serve Him and you have not served Him. He put you
upon this earth to glorify Him and you have not glorified Him.
He put you upon this earth to walk righteously before Him and
you have not walked righteously before Him. There is a God, there
is a Creator. No, you have not walked right
before Him. You have sinned and you have rebelled. For there
is sin and as a consequence there is judgment. and this is he before
whom you will stand. And I warn you, for he is a terrible
God to stand before. And there is a judgment seat
of Christ which we must stand before, that everyone may receive
the things done in his body according to that he hath done, whether
it be good or bad. As it says in Romans chapter
2, Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, Whosoever thou art that
judgest, for wherein thou judgest another, thou judgest thyself,
for thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure
that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit
such things. And thinkest thou this, O man,
that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that
thou shalt escape the judgment of God? or despises thou the
riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing
that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after
thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath
against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment
of God, who will render to every man according to his deeds. to them who by patient continuance
in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal
life. But unto them that are contentious
and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation
and wrath, tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth
evil, of the Jew first and also of the Gentile. But glory, honour
and peace to every man that worketh good to the Jew first and also
to the Gentile. For there is no respect of persons
with God. For as many as have sinned without
law shall also perish without law, and as many as have sinned
in the law shall be judged by the law. in the day when God
shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to
my gospel. Yes, my friend, there is a judgment.
There is a day coming when God shall judge the secrets of men,
the hearts of men, by Jesus Christ according to the gospel. But
fifthly, the fool says, regarding Jesus Christ. Having declared
that there's no God, there's no creator, there's no sin, there's
no judgment, therefore, there is no savior. There is no savior. Man says there's no Jesus Christ,
the son of God. Man might acknowledge a historical
figure. Modern man tries to question
the reality of that historical figure to his folly. But should
he even acknowledge the figure of Christ, the person of Christ,
that man who lived in this world 2,000 years ago, that man that
taught such great truths, that man that led so many people,
that man who was rejected by so many people, that man who
was nailed to a tree, that man who was crucified. Should they
acknowledge that man? They say, no, he's not the son
of God, he was just a man. And no, he is no saviour, for
who needs salvation? So the fool says in his heart,
there is no saviour. There is no saviour. If we are
not sinners, and if there is no judgement, we need no saviour. Oh, what folly, the fool utters. or a progression of thought does
the fool go along. How deceptive is that voice that
whispers in his ear, you shall not surely die. You shall not
surely die, therefore you need no savior. You are not a sinner,
therefore there's no judgment. If no judgment, there's no need
for salvation. And the fools receive such foolish
wisdom to their folly, to their ruin and to their destruction. For there is a Saviour and He
did come to save. For mankind is a sinner and sinners
need salvation. You need salvation. I need salvation. We need salvation. Man needs
a Saviour. And thank God there is a Saviour.
There is a Saviour. And He was born in Bethlehem. He came as He was promised. The Saviour whom God promised
to send to His people, to save His people, to suffer in the
place of His people, to die for His people, to redeem and ransom
His people. He came The Lord Jesus Christ
came and he was not just a man. He was the Son of God. God sent
his only begotten Son into this world, that whosoever believe
if on him might not perish, but have everlasting life. The one
who was prophesied of came. And when Mary and Joseph heard
the angels, heard the Lord saying unto them, that Mary should bring
forth a son. They heard him say that thou
shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from
their sins. Not only did Christ come, not
only did the Son of God come, not only was there a Saviour,
but this Saviour came to this end, that he should save his
people from their sins, for this people are sinners. and they
need salvation from their sins but the fool says there is no
saviour for the fool cannot see the saviour and why can the fool
not see the saviour for the fool is blind and the fool cannot
see and the fool is dead and he's dead in trespasses and sins
for in his first birth by nature having inherited sin from his
mother and father adam and eve in the garden who transgressed
and fell and sin entered and death by sin that sin entered
and passed into all men and death passed upon all men and all men
are born sinners and are born dead and being born dead they
are blind to the things of god they seek not god there is none
that understand if there is none that seek if after god And there
is none who sees him. There is none who can see the
things of God. There is none who can comprehend the things
of God. Why not? Because except ye be
born again, ye shall not see the kingdom of God. As Christ
said unto Nicodemus, except the man be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of God. But Nicodemus said, how can a
man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into
the mother's womb and be born again? And Jesus answered, truly,
truly, I say unto thee, except the man be born of water and
of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That
which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born
of the spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee,
ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell where it cometh,
and whither it goeth. So is every one that is born
of the Spirit. You cannot see, except you be
born again. And the fool with his heart cannot
see, he cannot see the Saviour, he cannot see his salvation,
he says there is no God, and there is no Saviour. Is that
you today? What does your heart say? Do you see Jesus Christ?
Do you know him? Do you say this is the saviour
of sinners? Or do you say he's no saviour? Lastly, the sixth saying of the
fool, as a consequence is that there is no salvation. If there's
no God, no creator, no sin, no judgement and no saviour, then
there can be no salvation. He says there's no salvation
for there's nothing to be saved from. Oh, what foolishness! How the fool goes to his grave
with such stupidity, such blindness. What a consequence there awaits
for him. What a shock there awaits him.
What an awful reckoning there will be when he comes to stand
before Him with whom he must deal. What folly! For there is salvation and he
rejects it at his peril and he rejects the Saviour at his peril. And the fool needs to hear of
this Saviour and he needs to hear of this salvation. This
is his need. This is your need. Don't be the
fool this day. Don't say in your heart there
is no God, there is no Creator. There is no sin, no judgement,
no saviour and no salvation. For you need this saviour and
you need his salvation. And the only way you will hear
of it and know of it is if God gives you ears to hear his gospel. And that is what you are hearing
this day, his gospel. But can you hear it with your
heart or does it just go into your outward ears? You need to
hear this gospel, not just with the outward ears, but in the
heart, in power, in power. For Paul said of this gospel,
I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power
of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first
and also to the Greek. This gospel is the power of God. It's what he sends forth by power
to make his savior and thus salvation known. And you need to hear of
this salvation, not just with the mind, not just with the outer
ear, but in your heart this day. Don't be the fool that counts
it as foolishness, for the preaching of the cross is to them that
perish foolishness. But unto us which are saved,
it is the power of God. But I thank God that He has said
that I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to
nothing the understanding of the prudent. For if it's that
wisdom that you've got, it needs to be destroyed, and it needs
to be brought to nothing. May God bring such wisdom to
nothing this day in your heart. For where is the wise? And where
is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this
world? Have not God made foolish the
wisdom of this world? Yes, he has. For after that,
in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God. It pleased
God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For
the Jews require a sign and the Greeks seek after wisdom, but
we preach Christ crucified. Unto the Jews a stumbling block,
unto the Greeks foolishness, but unto them which are called,
both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom
of God, because the foolishness of God is wiser than men and
the weakness of God is stronger than men. What does your heart say to such
things? Do you follow the foolishness of men, the what they call wisdom? Or will God give you ears to
hear the foolishness of God, which in reality is the wisdom
of God? That wisdom and that power in
the gospel which brings to naught the wisdom of the wise, which
destroys the wisdom of the wise, which brings to nothing the understanding
of the prudent, For God hath chosen the foolishness of things
of this world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the
weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty,
the base things of the world, the nothings have God chosen,
things which are not, to bring to naught things that are, that
no flesh should glory in his presence. For there is a Saviour, and there
is salvation and Christ did come to save his people and mankind
is a sinner who will give an account in the day of judgment
before his maker, his creator, before his God. Will you hear
the word of God this day? Let me tell you briefly something
of the word of God this day. You've heard six sayings of the
fool. Now hear one one word of wisdom
from God's word. Wisdom, God's wisdom. Hear of the one who came, who
died, who was crucified, who was buried, and who rose again
to save sinners such as you and me. Hear this word of wisdom. Be it known unto you all, and
to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom ye crucified, when you said
in your heart, there is no God, you crucified him, whom ye crucified,
and yet whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this
man stand here before you whole. This man I stand before you today
whole because of this man Jesus Christ who made me whole. This is the stone Christ is the
stone which was set at naught of you builders which has become
the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in
any other for there is none other name and the heaven given among
men, whereby ye must be saved. This Jesus Christ whom men reject,
whom men say is not a saviour, and in whom men say there is
no salvation, nevertheless this Christ came into this world to
save sinners, and this Jesus Christ did indeed save sinners. When he was nailed to a cross,
when he was beaten and bruised, when he hung up his head and
cried out with a loud voice and cried out, it is finished. He had saved his people from
their sins. God had punished that people's
sins to the uttermost in that Saviour. in His own Son, who,
loving that people, gave Himself for that people, who shed His
blood for that people, who swallowed up the wrath of God that they
deserved, that people like you and I deserved, that wrath of
God which we will have to swallow should we stand before him on
the day of judgment and have no salvation to plead. Yet if God gives you mercy, if
God opens your eyes to see this Savior, then you will know that
this Savior came for you. And this Jesus Christ of Nazareth
died for you and stood in your place. and swallowed up the wrath
of God that you deserved for you. Do you know him? Have you heard him? Have you
seen him? This savior who died for sinners,
who died for fools, who died for those that say in their heart,
there is no God. Listen to this word of wisdom,
there is none other name given among men whereby we must be
saved but the name of Jesus Christ. Will you turn from him in your
folly? Will you despise him in your
heart or will you receive him in your heart? He died to save
his people from their sins, then who are that people? They are
elect They are chosen in Christ from the world's foundation.
And all that people chosen in Him, come unto Him. They come
unto Him, for He saved them. And the Spirit will save all
for whom He died. The Spirit will draw all for
whom He died. He will bring all such people
to hear this Gospel that you are hearing today. He will bring
them to a place to hear of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners,
the Saviour of fools. Then are you so foolish that
you will stand back from such a Saviour? Or will you come unto
Him who came to save sinners? Will you come unto Him whose
name is salvation? Oh what a name this is! Oh what
a Saviour this is! And oh what salvation He has
for those whom God has given Him. O what God has prepared
for this people in his Son! For it is written that I have
not seen, nor ear heard, neither have it entered into the heart
of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love
him. O hear this wisdom, believe in
your heart, may this wisdom enter into your heart. it may not have
entered into your heart what God has prepared for those that
love him but may this wisdom enter into your heart this day
may these words sink down into your heart that you might believe
and that believing you may no longer be the fool but you may
be saved for you see it's a matter of the heart then what do you
say this day in your heart What says it? The word is nigh thee,
even in thy mouth and in thy heart. That is the word of faith
which we preach, that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the
heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation. Oh may God open your eyes and
your ears. May God open your eyes to see.
May he open your heart this day to no longer be the heart of
the fool. But may he open your heart this
day to see, to believe and to confess that there is none other
name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. but the name of Jesus Christ,
Amen.