The Rejecting Christ

My message tonight is on the
subject, and it may be a shocking subject
to some of you, the rejecting Christ. We're so accustomed to thinking
of the Lord Jesus Christ as a receiver of men. Most people think on any term. until we naturally shudder when
a preacher mentions Christ as a rejector of men. In our day, Jesus Christ is made
to appear like a lovesick, rejected suitor. who keeps on pressing
his case again and again and again in the face of rejection
and hatred. That's how he's presented from
the average pulpit. And this is another Jesus. This is an unattractive, cheapened
Jesus. And this is not the Christ of
the Bible. We have begged the world to do
something for Jesus so long that the gospel that's being preached
today appears to the world to be nothing but sentimental, weak
hogwash. It's become the butt of humor
and jokes, and the attitude of the world today toward preaching
and toward religious camp meetings and revivals is, who cares? And when somebody goes to the
altar out at the plant, they say, did you hear so-and-so got
religion? Or did he? A man came to me one
time and he said, are you still trying to save sinners? I said,
no, sir. No, sir, I'm not. I can't save
anybody. I know who can. And I'm trying
to introduce people to him who can. But I'm not out trying to
save anybody. The overzealous pastors and evangelists
today give an invitation that sounds like an auction sale.
Who will take Jesus on this verse? Who will take Jesus on this proposition? Who will let God save him today? Or why not tonight? And men get
the idea that God is desperately in need of them. that God is
willing to save them on their terms in their own time when
they get good and ready. Turn with me to John chapter
19. And this generation and the past
generation and the one before that one of these days are going to
wake up to the fact that God Almighty doesn't need any of
us, and God's not trying to do anything. What God purposed to
do and what God planned to do and what God determined to do
in his Son, God has done and is doing and will do. In John
chapter 19, verse 8, when Pilate, therefore, heard that saying,
he was more afraid. Our preaching doesn't strike
fear in anybody's heart. Poor little Jesus, he's just
trying his best to save us, and we won't let him. But Pilate
was afraid, and he went into the judgment hall, and he said
to Jesus, Whence art thou? And the Lord Jesus gave him no
answer. Then said Pilate unto him, Speakest
thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have
power to crucify thee, and power to release thee? And Jesus answered,
Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were
given thee from above. You don't have any power over
me. Our Lord is not in the hands
of this world. This world is in his hands. He's
not in the hands of sinners to reject. They rejected him when
he came. They'll never get the opportunity
again. Turn to Luke chapter 23. In Luke
23, listen to this, verse 27. Our Lord had been condemned to
death, the death which had been appointed for Him by the Father
in His determinate counsel and foreknowledge, the death of which
Isaiah spoke, of which David wrote, the death of the cross,
which our Lord Himself declared that He would die. And he was
on his way to the cross in Luke 23, verse 27, and there followed
him a great company of people and of women who bewailed and
lamented him. They were just crying and weeping,
following him down the street as he carried his cross. And
he turned unto them and said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep
not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. Don't
weep for me. You weep for yourselves and for
your children. And these preachers that have
tried to make Jesus Christ appear to be a defeated, disillusioned,
disappointed person are preaching another Jesus. He is a victorious,
conquering Redeemer who has risen from the tomb and ascended to
the right hand of God where he sitteth in power where he sitteth
expecting his enemies to become his footstool, and from whence
he will come again to receive that which he purchased. He is
a victorious king. Our Lord is not a beggar, and
any preacher who presents him as a beggar is preaching another
Jesus. Our Lord is a king. The Lord
Jesus Christ said one old writer came to the world to save sinners. He came to give his life a ransom
for many. His coming was accompanied with
a heavenly compassion and a sincere invitation. Yet, there is a matchless
dignity in the operation of his grace. And this matchless dignity
and victory is seen in the cases of those who approached him for
different reasons while he was here on this earth. Some he received
and some he turned away. Christ didn't receive all men,
he rejected many. There was never any deception
in Christ's dealings with men. There was never any guile, never
any hypocrisy when he dealt with sinners. Then, as now, he received
sinners on his terms, not on their terms. There was never
any compromise. The sinner always dealt with
King Jesus. Now, I want to show you that,
as this writer said, that this matchless dignity in the operation
of his grace is seen in the cases of those who approached him for
various reasons while he was here on this earth. Now turn
to John chapter 3, the rejecting Christ. Now I want you to stay
with me tonight. First of all, he rejected those
who approached him on the wrong ground. He clearly rejected those
who approached him on the wrong ground. Nicodemus was one. In verse 1 of John 3, there was
a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He was a minister. He approached
Christ on the grounds of his religion. He was a Pharisee. He was a minister. He was a ruler
of the Jews. And he came to Jesus by night
and said unto him, We know that thou art a teacher come from
God, for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except
God be with him. And Jesus answered this minister,
he answered this religious man, he answered this ruler of the
Jews, with these words, verily, verily, I say unto thee, Accept
a man, be born again. Accept a man, be regenerated,
not educated, regenerated. Accept a man, be born again.
Accept a man, become a new creature, not an old creature polished
up with religious ordinances and ceremonies, but a new creature.
Accept a man, be born again by the power of God's Spirit, not
by the power of the law, By the power of God's Spirit, not by
the power of religious ritual, he'll never see the Kingdom of
God. That's the message he had for
this religious man. You must be born again. That
which is born of the flesh is flesh, and flesh and blood cannot
inherit the Kingdom of God. In the flesh dwelleth no good
thing. No man, however religious he
might be, in the flesh can please God. Nicodemus, Your problem
is this, you need to be born again. But Nicodemus didn't understand
it. And he answered verse 9. How
can these things be? And Jesus said, Art thou a master
of Israel? That's how you came here. A ruler
of the Jews, a master of Israel, a minister of the word, and you
know not these things? Verily, verily, I say to you,
we speak that we know, and testify that we've seen, and you receive
not our witness. If I told you earthly things
and you don't believe them, how can you believe if I tell you
of heavenly things?" This man Nicodemus approached
Christ on the grounds of his religion, his ministry. And our Lord Jesus Christ gave
him nothing but this word. You must be born again. Turn
to Mark chapter 10. Here was a man who approached
Christ on the grounds of his morality and was turned away. Mark chapter 10, verse 17. Listen to this. Mark 10, 17. And when he was gone forth into
the way, there came one running and kneeled to him and asked
him, What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus
said to him, why do you call me good? The first thing our
Lord laid down is this. There's no good men. There are
no good men. Only God is good. If you don't
recognize me as God, don't call me good. There's none good, no,
not one. Only God is good. Of course,
Christ is good because he's God, but this young man didn't recognize
that. And Christ said, why is it you call me good? I'll tell
you why he called him good, because he thought he was good. And then
our Lord said, there's none good but God, now he's going to show
this young man that he's not good. Thou knowest the commandments. Do not commit adultery, do not
kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, defraud not, honor
thy father and thy mother. Why, he said, Master, all of
these have I kept from my youth up. Now the Master is going to
reveal his greed, his selfishness, the fact that he loved himself
and nobody else. So the Master said, One thing
thou lackest, go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, give it
to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. Come, take
up thy cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying,
and he went away greedy, for he had great possessions And
the Lord Jesus didn't reach out and stop him and say, well, we'll
take you on other terms. We'll take you on lesser terms.
We're desperately in need of church members. We're desperately
in need of tithers. We're desperately in need of
baptism. We'll take you anyway, no matter if you don't love your
neighbors yourself. No, the master looked round about
him, and said to his disciples, as the young man walked away,
How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom
of God." It can't be done. It can't be done. All right,
turn to John 8. Here's some more people that
approached him, and the Lord rejected them. He rejected them. He would not receive them. In
John chapter 8, verse 39, listen to this. They answered and said to him,
Abraham is our father. These people approached him on
the grounds of heredity. We're Jews. We're Jews. We're Baptists. We come from
a long line of Baptists. Our Baptist forefathers go all
the way back yonder through Roger Williams and then back through
the Albergenses and the Waldenses and the Anabaptists, all the
way back. Abraham's our father. Abraham is our father, and Christ
said to them, verse 39, if you were Abraham's children, you
may be naturally his children, but you're not spiritually his
children. He's the father of believers. You do the works of
Abraham, but you seek to kill me, a man that hath told you
the truth which I have heard of God, and this Abraham didn't
do. You do the deeds of your father,
and they said, we're not born of fornication. We have one father.
Even God is our father. We're religious people. We're
people with heredity. We have a heritage, a religious
heritage. Christ said, verse 42, if God
were your father, you would love me. Verse 44, you are of your
father the devil, and the lust of your father you will do. These people approached him on
the grounds of heredity. They truly were the natural children
of Abraham, but they weren't the children of God. And then
Luke 9, let's go over here a minute. Here's some people who were willing
to follow Christ, well, partially. You know how they say today,
come and accept Jesus as your Savior, and then later on you
can make him your Lord, if you so desire, if you feel so disposed. Here were those people, listen
here, in Luke 9, verse 59. And he said unto another, follow
me. Luke 9, 59. And the fellow said, well, let
me go first and bury my father. Jesus said to him, Let the dead
bury their dead. Go thou and preach the kingdom
of God. Another said, Lord, I'll follow you, but let me first
go back and bid them farewell, which are at home, at my house. And Jesus said, No man, having
put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the
kingdom of God. These people were willing to
follow Christ part time or perhaps some day, but not now. They had
certain pressing duties which prevented them from an all-out
commitment to Jesus Christ. They were rejected. Our Lord
rejected all who approached him on the wrong ground. Nicodemus
on the religious ground, the young man on moral ground, the
children of Abraham on the grounds of heredity, and these people
who were willing to follow him after they had taken care of
certain pressing duties and obligations, not willing to have an all-out
commitment to Christ. Now, secondly, our Lord rejected
those who would exploit him. Now, this is very important.
These people, about whom I'm going to read, are people who
were interested in making a deal with Jesus Christ. They were
interested in making a deal with Christ for their personal gain
and for their personal comfort. How many preachers have you heard
promise people that God will prosper them materially in return
for 10% of their income? How many preachers have you heard
stand in the pulpit and say, now God will bless you if you
tithe? How many preachers have you heard
stand in the pulpit and say, God will bless you materially,
God will prosper your business if you'll take God as a partner?
This is nothing in the world but bargaining, exploiting Jesus
Christ and trying to use Him for personal gain and comfort.
I'm going to read you some illustrations of that. How many preachers have
you heard promise people good health and physical healing if
they'll serve God and believe on Jesus, huh? If you serve God,
if you believe on Christ, God will bless you, God will heal
you. The true believer says, though he slay me, yet will I
trust him. The true believer will give if
he goes broke. He may go broke giving, but he's
going to give because he has a generous spirit, and he's not
bargaining with the Son of God for eternal life through his
good works. Now let me read you some people
who exploited Christ, and Christ rebuked them for it. First of
all, in Luke 10, turn over to Luke 10, verse 38. Some of these
people were his disciples, but they were trying to exploit him.
They were trying to use him. They were trying to bargain with
God. Don't ever do that. Job said, The Lord giveth, and
the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Job said, Though he slay me, yet will I trust him. In Luke 10, 38, Now it came to
pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village, and a
certain woman named Martha received him into her house. She had a
sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet and heard
his word. But Martha was comfortable about much serving. And she came
to him and she said, Lord, Martha wanted the Lord to settle her
domestic problems. Listen to her, her domestic affairs.
Lord, don't you care that my sister hath left me to serve
alone? You bid her therefore that she
help me. Lord, you see that I get some
help. And Jesus answered, rebuked her. He said, Martha, Thou art careful
and troubled about many things, but one thing is needful, and
Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away
from her." You're not going to exploit the Master. You're not
going to use the Master for your personal gain and personal comfort.
Lord, I'm in here serving and working and doing all these things,
and Mary's sitting there at your feet. Now you make her come help
me. And who got rebuked? Did Mary get rebuked? Martha
got rebuked. She was trying to use the Master
to settle her domestic affairs. Lord, if you'll bless my home
and make it a happy home, then I'll serve you. Lord, if you'll
do this, you'll do that, then I'll do so and so. You're driving
a bargain with God. And the Lord Jesus Christ always
rebuked those that did that. Turn to Luke 12. in Luke chapter
12 verse 13. Now listen to this. And one of
the company said to him, Master, speak to my brother that he divide
the inheritance with me. And he said, Man, that sounds
like a reasonable request, doesn't it? Man, who made me a judge
or a divider over you? He said to him, Take heed. You
take heed. and beware of covetousness. Who
got the rebuke? Who got the rebuke? Here was
a man, father died, he left the money to this boy, this one here
didn't get anything, he came to the master and said, make
him divide. He was wrong, this man was wrong in not dividing
inheritance, but who got the rebuke? The man who tried to
use the Lord Jesus Christ and exploit him and get him to settle
his financial, economical problem. Why, he said, man, beware of
covetousness. A man's life does not consist
in the abundance of the things that he possesses. Now look at John 8. Here's some
more folks trying to exploit the Lord. John chapter 8. And
our Lord rebuked them. In the 8th chapter of John, verse
1. Jesus went into the Mount of Olives, and early in the morning
he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him,
and he sat down and taught them. And the scribes and the Pharisees
brought unto him a woman taken in adultery. Now, these scribes
and Pharisees were religious leaders. There were certain rules
and laws laid down in the synagogue and in the temple about adultery.
So they wanted to trap Jesus Christ. So they brought this
woman found in adultery and they sent her right in the middle
of Christ and all these people. They were going to exploit him.
They were going to get him to settle their moral issues and
their rules of conduct for other people. And the scribes and Pharisees
brought to him this woman and they said, Master, this woman
was taken in adultery in the very act. Now Moses in the law
commanded us that such should be stoned. What have you got
to say? What have you got to say? Here
they are exploiting Christ. Here they are putting him on
the spot. Here they are demanding that
he settle their moral issues. Here they are demanding that
he deal on an equal basis with them concerning a moral wrong. This, they said, tempting him,
that they might have to accuse him. And he stooped down, and
with his finger rolled on the ground, as though he heard them
not. And when they continued asking
him, What do you say? What do you want to do about
it? He lifted up himself and said to them, Who got the rebuke?
Huh? The woman in adultery? No. Who
got the rebuke? The accusers got the rebuke.
The men who were going to exploit Christ. the men who brought his
high and lofty principles of affection and compassion down
to deciding what two and two equals. And Christ said to them,
He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone. And again he stooped down and
wrote on the ground. And they which heard it being
convicted by their own consciences went out one by one and left
the woman alone. And Christ said, Woman, where
thine accuses? Hath no man accused thee? She
said, No man, Lord. He said, Neither do I. Turn to Luke chapter 20. Here
are some more people trying to exploit the Master. And he rejected
them. He rebuked them. He rebuked those
who approached him on the wrong ground. He turned them away.
He rebuked those that approached him in this way so as to exploit
him, to use him. In Luke chapter 20, these folks
wanted Christ to settle their political problems. So they came
to him in verse 21, and one of them said, Master, we know that
thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person
of any, but teachest the way of God truly. Is it lawful for
us to pay taxes? Is it lawful for us to pay tribute
to Caesar or not? He perceived their craftiness. He said, why do you tempt me?
Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription
is that on the penny? They said, that's Caesar's. He
said, you render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and
unto God the things that are God's. Our Lord rebuked these
men, spoke plainly and positively to them. in a searing rebuke. Then our Lord thirdly rejected
those who came to him on their own grounds. He rejected those
who came to him to exploit him, to use him for their own gain,
for their personal prosperity, for their personal comfort. And
then he rejected those who offered him only an outward religious
Listen to John 2. This is a text I read a little
while ago, John 2. Now, when he was in Jerusalem
at the Passover and the feast day, John 2.23, many believed
in his name when they saw the miracles which he did. when they
saw the miracles which he did. This is a day in which this very
thing is happening. People are trying to prove the
existence of God through so-called miracles. They're trying to prove
that people ought to believe in the Word of God because of
miracles. They're trying to prove that
people ought to receive God's power because of miracles. Well,
these people believed because of the miracles they saw, but
Jesus did not commit himself unto them. He knew them. He knew
it was nothing but an outward show. He knew this was not heart
faith. He knew it was a false interest
created by the miracles that they had beheld. It was phony,
and he knew it was phony. And then in John 6, look over
here, verse 25, He had fed these people, thousands of them, with
just a little food. He had fed them. And they just
chased around after him, you know, followed him here and followed
him there and followed him yonder and just praised him. They wanted
to make him king, verse 15 says. And then verse 25, they found
him on the other side of the sea, trying to get away from
them. And they said, Rabbi, when did you come over here? And Jesus
answered, Verily I say unto you, you seek me Not because you saw
the miracles. That other gang was following
me because they saw miracles. But you seek me because you did
eat the loaves and were filled. Don't labor for the meat that
perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto eternal life,
which the Son of Man shall give to you. For him hath God the
Father sealed." Now look at Luke 9. Here is another
fellow in Luke chapter 9. I don't know why we don't speak
like our master spoke. I don't know why we won't try
to make a beggar out of a king. I don't know why we're trying
to appeal to this world to do something for Jesus. I don't
know why we sound like a bunch of auctioneers. Won't you take
Jesus? Who'll take Jesus? Won't somebody
take Jesus? Oh, please take Jesus. He's not
up for sale. Our Lord's on the throne. It's
not will you bow to him as Lord, it's when are you going to bow?
Some preacher said, come and make Jesus your Lord. I say this,
you can't do it. You can't do it. God beat you
to it. God's already made him your Lord.
He's your Lord and you'll confess it either now or in hell, but
he's the Lord. He became Lord when God the Father
made him Lord. That's so. He's every man's Lord. Every knee shall bow, and every
tongue shall confess that he is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father." Luke 9, verse 57, And it came to pass that as they
went in the way, a certain man said to him, Lord, I'll follow
you, I'll follow you wheresoever you go. And the Lord Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of
the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath not where to lay
his head. You talk about following me whithersoever I go. He knew
it wasn't a genuine profession. He treated it as such, and he
told this young man all of the consequences he must suffer in
following the Lord. So I've showed you many illustrations
now of the rejecting Christ. He rejected the man who came
as a minister on the grounds of religion. He rejected the
man who came to him on the grounds of morality. He rejected those
who came to him on the grounds of heredity. He rejected and
rebuked those who came to exploit him. He rejected those who came
without heart, simply because they saw miracles, or they ate
the loaves and fishes, or false professions. I'll go anywhere
with the Lord. Wherever the Lord leads, I'll
go. He rejected them. He rebuked them. He turned them
away. But he received some. And I'm going to give you some
illustrations of those he received and how they came. I turn to
Luke 18. If this doesn't interest you,
then something's desperately wrong. Look at those he received. He's a receiving, redeeming Christ. But I want you to note the attitude
in which these people came and the motive by which they came. Luke 18, verse 13. Well, two
men, verse 10, let's go back a little bit. Two men went to
a temple to pray. One of them a Pharisee and the
other a publican. The Pharisee was a preacher and the publican
was a was not even religious at all. The Pharisee stood and
prayed thus with himself, God I thank you I'm not like other
men, I'm not an extortioner, I'm not unjust, I'm not an adulterer,
I'm not even like this publican, I fast twice in the week, I give
tithes of all I possess, watch this now, and the publican standing
afar would not lift up so much as even his eyes, let alone his
hands to heaven. He smote on his breast and he
cried saying, God be merciful to me, the sinner. Christ speaking
now, I tell you this man went down to his house justified,
this man, rather than the other. For everyone that exalteth himself
shall be abased, he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. See,
get the message? You see how he came? All right,
look here at Matthew 8. Here's another man. Christ received
this man. In Matthew 8, verse 1, watch
this. When he was come down from the
mountain, great multitudes followed him, and, behold, there came
a leper, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you
can make me clean Lord if you will not rabbi not teacher not
master Lord if you will you can make me clean and Jesus stretched
forth his hand and touched him and said I will be thou clean
here was a man who came and what worshipped him fell at his feet
in adoration in humility in uncleanness and cried Lord if you will it's
in your sovereign pleasure You can make me clean. All right,
look at Matthew 15, turn over there just a moment. Here was
a woman who had a sick daughter. Matthew 15, verse 22, the Syrophoenician
woman. And she came to Christ and she
said, Lord, my daughter is grievously vexed with the devil. Verse 23. But he didn't answer another
word. And his disciples came and said, send her away. She
cries after us. This was a Gentile woman. But
he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of
the house of Israel. She came and worshipped him and
cried, Lord, help me, help me. And he answered and said, it's
not right to take the children's bread and give it to dogs. And
she said, that's so. Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs
which fall from their master's table. That's humility. That's
submission. And Jesus answered and said,
O woman, great is thy faith, be it unto thee even as thou
wilt. And her daughter was made whole.
You see the difference? Turn to Mark 10. Let me just
give you a couple more. Mark chapter 10. Mark the 10th
chapter, verse 46. Mark 10, verse 46. Here was a
man been blind all his life, sitting by the wayside, begging. Mark, chapter 10. Bartimaeus,
the son of Timaeus. Mark 10, verse 46. They came
to Jericho, and as they went out of Jericho with the disciples,
a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus,
sat by the wayside, begging, and when he heard it was Jesus,
he began crying, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy
on me. And many charged him that he
should hold his peace, but he cried out the more therefrom
That doorway where he sat in his darkness and blindness and
dirt and cried, Thou Son of David, King of Kings, Messiah, have
mercy! You don't hear any of these people
back here I've told you about talking about mercy. They talked
about their heredity. They talked about their heritage.
They talked about their morality. They talked about their religion.
They talked about all these things. Barnabas of Mares talks about
one thing, mercy! And Jesus stood still. He said,
bring him to me. Bring him to me. Now, one more,
Luke 23. Watch this now. Luke 23, verse
39. When our Lord was crucified on
the cross, he was crucified between two thieves. These men had been
judged, convicted, condemned and nailed to crosses. And verse
39, And one of the male factors, which were hanged, railed on
him, saying, If ye are the Christ, save thyself and us. But the
other answering rebuked him, saying, Don't you fear God? Now the first thing this thief
recognizes, Jesus Christ is God. Don't you fear God, seeing that
we're in the same condemnation, and we indeed justly. We indeed, second thing he recognizes,
he's getting what he deserves. That's what he said to that other
thief, don't you fear God, seeing we're in the same condemnation,
we indeed justly. But this man has We receive what
we deserve, the due reward of our deeds. But this man has done
nothing wrong. He recognized the holiness of
Christ. And then he said, Lord, not master, not rabbi, not teacher, not even Jesus. He said, Lord,
if thou shalt confess with our mouth Jesus to thee, what, Lord? Every one of these people. The
publican in the temple, Lord, be merciful to me, the sinner.
The leper, Lord, if you will, you can make me whole. Vine Bartimaeus,
Jesus, thou what? Son of David, that's Messiah,
that's Christ. The thief on the cross, Lord,
I want mercy. Remember me when thou comest
into thy kingdom. Where does God find his people?
In the dust. Where does God find his people?
In the state of inability. Where does God find his people?
Broken at his feet, suing for mercy. Now what can a sinner
do? Well, he can't make God save him. God's obligated to no person
here tonight. He cannot in the flesh please
God. He cannot by natural wisdom find
God. But he can do four things a sinner
can do. Number one, he can take his place
as a sinner. The publican did. God be merciful
to me, a sinner. Secondly, he can seek the Lord. Bartimaeus did. When he heard
it was Jesus, he cried out, Jesus, don't pass me by. Don't pass
me by! Wait a minute! Have mercy on
me!" Thirdly, he can cry for help. That's what the leper did. Lord, if you will, you can make
me whole. If you will, you can make me
whole. Fourthly, what can he do? He can bow to the Lordship
of Christ, the thief did. Lord, and Christ knew him in
it. Because he knew the hearts of
all men. You remember me when you come into your kingdom. You're
not going to stay dead. You're going to rise from the
tomb and enter a kingdom. And when you come into your kingdom,
I want you just to remember me. Remember me. Christ? Oh, yes. You go through this Bible. And
you'll find our Lord in His sovereignty and in His holiness turning men
away, turning them away. Coming on the wrong grounds,
coming from the wrong motive, coming with an outward phony
religious profession, and He rejected them and He rebuked
them. But you'll find him receiving people too. But he receiveth
what? Sinners. This man receiveth sinners,
the Bible says. This man receiveth sinners. Our
Father in heaven, make of every one of us a genuine, bona fide
sinner. Reveal unto us what sin is. Reveal
unto us our own guilt and transgressions, and humble us in the dust at
thy feet. And may we count all things but
dumb, that we may win Christ and be found in him, that we
may know him and the power of his resurrection. We pray that thy Holy Spirit
would reveal to us our guilt and also thy grace in Christ
the Lord. That we might be brought by thy
Spirit to a saving relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Bowing humbly before him as our
Lord and our Redeemer. In his name we pray. Amen.

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