Gospel—Jim Hyland
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Like to welcome everyone to The Gospel Meeting this evening. We're glad you came, and we'd like to start this evening with Hymn #7 on the Gospel Hymn sheet. God loved the world of sinners lost and ruined by the fall. Salvation full at highest cost, He offers. Free to all Hymn #7. If someone could please start it.
I'd like to turn tonight to Luke's Gospel and read a very, very familiar story. A story that I suppose most of us have heard from the very early days of our youth. It's in Lukes Gospel chapter 10. It's a story told by the Lord Jesus himself when he was here on earth, but we're going to read a few verses prior to him telling this story to see why he told the story.
Luke's Gospel, chapter 10.
And verse 25.
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And he said unto him, What is written in the law? How readest thou? And he answering, said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right this do, and thou shalt live.
But he willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor? And Jesus answering said, a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side, And likewise A Levite, when he was at the place came.
And looked on him and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was.
And when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the Morrow, when he departed, he took out 2 Pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him, And whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee, Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among thieves?
And he said, And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise Well, as I say, most of us, if not all of us in this room this evening have heard this story before. It's a story that we usually tag as the story of the Good Samaritan. But I think it's important when you take up these stories that the Lord Jesus told to see who he was speaking to.
And what prompted him to tell the story? Perhaps I'll just say this too, that these stories are more than just interesting stories. When I was a boy, they were interesting stories. I found these stories fascinating. But as I've got older, I realized that these stories, told by the Lord Jesus and recorded so carefully in God's living word by inspiration, are more than just interesting stories.
These stories are to illustrate the truth. These stories are to illustrate the gospel because God wants us to understand this evening very clearly what it is to be saved, what it is to not only know that we're sinners, but to realize that God has a great salvation for us and He His desire is that the way of the gospel would be made so plain tonight that no one would leave this room lost and in their sins.
And so these stories illustrate certain aspects of the truth, certain aspects of the gospel, and that's why they're important. And that's why so often on occasions like this, we open to the Gospels, and we read these stories, and we seek, by the grace of God as simply as possible, to present the way of salvation. And so we find this story is told to a man who came to the Lord Jesus.
And this man had a question, and he seemed fairly sincere. But his question was, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? But we want to make it very clear at the beginning of this gospel meeting that there is nothing in ourselves that we can do to inherit eternal life. In fact, I want to make a little application here, because I realize that there are all ages here, but there are some children here.
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And some young people, some children, and young people who have been brought up in Christian homes by Christian parents don't think that that you inherit salvation because your parents are Christians and brought you to the meeting. You may inherit something after your parents die. You may inherit something of this world's goods, but you will not become a Christian simply because your parents are Christians.
You know Timothy had a God fearing mother and a godly grandmother. But the day came when Timothy had to make it his own. And that's why Paul spoke to him of the scriptures which were able to make him wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. The day came when Timothy had to put his faith in the Lord Jesus. He had to appropriate the work of Calvary and the gospel for himself.
It didn't count that he had a godly heritage. And so we find this man. He came and he asked this question, and the Lord Jesus asked him what it said in the law. Now he was a lawyer. And when it says a lawyer here, that's a little different than we think of a lawyer. A lawyer in those days was a man who had read and understood, interpreted and taught the law of Moses, the Old Testament law.
And that's why the Lord Jesus questioned him about this. And he knew the law. He was able to recite it right off. And maybe there's someone here tonight. And if I were to step down from this platform and ask you how to be saved and ask you to give me scriptures as to how to be saved, perhaps you could rattle scriptures off. You could tell me the way of salvation. This man knew the Old Testament law, and maybe you heard the way of salvation so many times.
That you can tell it plainly and clearly. Maybe you can recite verses that you learned in your youth that you learned in Sunday school.
But that isn't enough either. It wasn't enough that this man simply could recite back to the Lord Jesus part of the law, and so the Lord Jesus. Then as a result, he tells this story. Now, sometimes the Lord Jesus told actual stories about people who actually lived in this world. Sometimes he told he used current events. If we were to go on a few chapters in Luke, we would find the Lord Jesus drew on some current events of the day.
He talked about those eighteen men that the Pool of Siloam had fallen on. He talked about those Galileans that Pilate had mingled their blood with their sacrifices. Those were current events of the day, and he used them to bring before his listeners the solemnity and the reality of eternity, and the fact that they were no better than the ones that had died in those tragic events, and that they needed to repent.
Just as much.
And sometimes, he told parables. Parables were not fairy tales. They were not fables. Parables are stories that the Lord Jesus told to make a point and to clarify certain aspects of the truth. And so here we have this story of the Samaritan and the man who fell among thieves. And this story, I believe, illustrates so very beautifully the true condition, first of all, of a person born into this world as a Sinner.
Helpless before God to do anything to better his position before God. And it illustrates the beauty in a beautiful way, The Lord Jesus who came into this world to save sinners. Isn't it wonderful that we can speak of the Lord Jesus tonight? Because this is the theme of the gospel? We're not talking tonight about philosophy, We're not talking about Reformation, We're not talking about theology even.
We want to speak about Christ. You know, I grew up under the preaching of an evangelist by the name of Ernie Wakefield. And he used to often tell us, when you preach the gospel, preach Christ, because it's Christ that's the Savior of sinners. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son.
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That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. But before we continue in that theme, let's impress upon our souls the condition of the man in our story, relative to how it applies to you and to me Today we find there was this man, and he was he decided to travel from Jerusalem to Jericho.
Now Jericho is a place that has a very interesting history. If we were to go back to the Old Testament, you remember when the children of Israel crossed the river Jordan and went into possess their inheritance, there was a formidable city blocking their way, and that was the city of Jericho. And we know the story about how God delivered Jericho into their hand as they marched around that city so many days and so many times.
But there was an interesting there's an interesting statement made about Jericho back there. Because when Jericho fell under the judgment of God in those days, God said that whoever rebuilt Jericho, two things would happen. First of all, when he laid the foundation of Jericho, he would lose his first born son, and when he finished the city and and put up the gates of the city.
He would lose his youngest son. And if we were to go over in the word of God to I believe, its first kings, I think it might be chapter 16. We find there was a man named Heil, and Heil did rebuild Jericho, and what God pronounced as judgment happened when he laid the foundation, he lost his eldest son. When he set up the gates of Jericho and its completion, he lost his youngest son.
And I believe we learned from that, that when God pronounces judgment, God means what he says.
You know, it says in the scriptures that he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained. And God has pronounced judgment on this world. Just as Jericho was the city of the curse, this world is under the judgment of God. When the Lord Jesus was here feeling the imminence of judgment hanging over this world, he said, Now is the judgment of this world is God fooling around?
You know, sometimes there are those who say, where is the promise of his coming? For since the Father's fell asleep, all things continue as they are until now. They're scoffers, it tells us. And you know, when they come in, the last days shall come scoffers. And they say that when I hear someone scoffing and saying, oh, people have been talking about the Lord's coming and judgment and so on from way back in the Apostle Paul and the Apostle Peter's day, they've been talking about it for centuries and it hasn't happened.
When I hear people talk like that, I realize it's just about to happen. Scripture says that those are the kind of people that rise up just before the Lord comes and just before the judgment falls. It's serious. Tonight we are on the brink of world catastrophe. And I'm not talking about some nuclear catastrophe. I'm not talking about some environmental catastrophe. I'm talking about the judgment of this world that is going to take place.
After the Lord Jesus comes and calls the true believers home to heaven, This is a reality. We're serious about what we're Speaking of tonight because just God was serious in pronouncing judgment and a curse on Jericho. So today God is serious in warning men and women to flee from the wrath to come. But you know, there's something else very interesting about Jericho.
If we were to go over to the book of Deuteronomy, we would find that Jericho was the city of palm trees. In fact, the name Jericho means a constant fragrance. I come from Canada. We've had one horrendous winter. We've had snow unlike most of us can remember for a long, long time. And you know, those who have the time and can afford it, what do they do to escape winter? They head South. They head to places where there's palm trees.
And fragrance. Fragrant, warm breezes, because they want something a little more conducive to life. They want something a little warmer, somewhere where they can relax a little and not have to worry about shoveling their driveway out in the next snowstorm or driving on icy, treacherous roads.
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And I suggest that Jericho would bring before us a place that was very pleasant. You know, as I say, it means a constant fragrance. I have opportunity from time to time to visit the island of Grenada. If you go home and look in your spice cupboard, you'll probably find that a good many of your spices come from Grenada. It is the Spice island, and it's very interesting because sometimes we take a boat into Grenada.
And when you come into the harbor, if the wind is blowing the right way, you can smell the spices long before you land. It's a constant fragrance. There's beautiful palm trees. Grenade is actually one of my favorite islands to visit, and we have wonderful opportunities there to preach the gospel and to visit believers. But Jericho was a place that was pleasant, perhaps a place where this man thought he could relax a little, or a place where he could.
Conduct business and maybe make some money and get ahead of in life.
We're not told exactly why he decided to go to Jericho, but nevertheless he never got there. Because we find that on the road to Jericho he fell among thieves who left him half dead. Now you know these stories often fall a little bit short of the what what they are illustrating, because this man lay in the ditch half dead. But tonight, if you are not saved, you're not half dead, you're dead.
Now, I'm not talking about physically dead, of course. But as we had this morning in the Sunday School lesson, we are dead in trespasses and sins. That's why we're not going to tell you tonight to reform or turn over a new leaf. No use turning it over a new leaf. The leaf is dead. We're dead. That's what scripture says. And being dead, your iniquities have separated between you and your God. And so tonight.
If you're without Christ, you're dead in trespasses and sins. And that's why it's important to open your ears and to listen, because there is a voice speaking to those that are dead, and that's the voice of God. That's the voice of the Lord Jesus. And that voice is calling you to himself. Come unto me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. The Lord Jesus is saying, come unto me and drink. He wants to give you eternal life tonight. The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God.
Is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord here, and your soul shall live. Are you listening? Because we're born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible by the word of God that liveth and abideth forever. That's why we've read part of the word of God. That's why we're seeking to quote verses from the Word of God, because that's where the power is. It's the living word of God. It's living and powerful and it's not which God can use tonight to impart divine life to you.
If you're listening. And so we find this man. He fell among thieves. It's a picture of Satan because Satans not our friend. Satans A robber and a destroyer. Sometimes people have the impression that Satans their friend, and if they just go along, Satan will give them what they want. And this will be it'll be great. Life will be great. Satan is not our friend. We have it illustrated in another way in the Old Testament. You remember when the children of Israel were slaves in Egypt?
Under the ******* of Pharaoh and the Egyptians, Again, a picture of what we are by nature. Pharaoh, a picture of Satan. The Egyptians, a picture of Satan and his hosts. And Satan and his host tonight are seeking to keep souls from coming under the good of redemption and deliverance.
The enemy no doubt is busy in this very room tonight to distract you, to keep you from listening to the word of God, and ultimately to keep you from coming to the Lord Jesus. And that's what Pharaoh and his host tried to do. You know, Pharaoh and his host, they only wanted the children of Israel for what they could get out of them. In fact, one time we were going through the story with my girls that are family reading and we were particularly struck with the fact.
That a time came in their history when Pharaoh told the taskmasters not even to give them straw to make their bricks, but they still had to keep up the same number of bricks every day. That's the enemy. He wants to squeeze everything out of us. If it's if it's the corporate world.
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You young men know the corporate world only wants you for what it can get out of you. Doesn't care about your family, doesn't care about you. It only cares about what you can give. And that's the way of the world. But oh, tonight we're presenting one. That's a giving God. We're presenting one who desires your your blessing.
I often have opportunity to preach the gospel in the schools in the Bahamas. We've had wonderful opportunities, an open door from the school board, the government of the school board of the Bahamas with liberty to go from school to school and island to island with no restrictions as to what we can speak.
And I remember one time I was on a plane from Toronto, Canada to Nassau, and I was wondering and praying about what I would present to the youths of the schools of the Bahamas on that particular occasion. And I find it's helpful sometimes to get something from their history that makes an application, something from their geography perhaps. And so as I was sitting on the plane and considering this and praying about, I reach forward and I picked up the In Flight magazine.
In the pocket in front of me and in that in Flight magazine there was an advertisement for a new museum that had opened in downtown Nassau. It was called and is called the Pirates of Nassau Museum. Well, I thought that sounded interesting and I'm always interested in history and museums and so I took a little time on landing in Nassau before I started my school circuit to go to this museum and as I was taken from 1 exhibit to the other and it's very well done.
But as I was taken from 1 exhibit to another, I realized one thing, that the pirates that sailed in and around the Bahamas back in those days came there for one reason, not to give, but to get. They plundered. They killed to get treasure for themselves, and I was able to go around to the schools and by the grace of God tell the children that though the pirates of Nassau came to get and to plunder, there was one who came into this world.
To give, He gave his life. At Calvary's cross, He shed his precious blood at Calvary's Cross, he rose from the dead. He went back to heaven. And he's offering salvation tonight. He doesn't want you for what he can get out of you. That's not the God and the Savior that we're presenting tonight. No, the God and Savior that we are presenting tonight want you for what he can give you.
And he wants to give you eternal life. He wants to bless you with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places. And ultimately, he wants to take you to heaven to be with himself forever. But we would be less than faithful tonight if we didn't mention that there is a consequence if we reject God's offer of salvation. And it's a dire consequence. It's an eternal consequence. You know, sometimes the things we do in our lives have consequences for a little time.
Sometimes for a greater time. And there are things we do in our lives that have consequences the rest of our lives.
But that's not what we're talking about tonight. To reject God's offer of salvation, to go out of this room tonight unsaved and to pass into a lost eternity has a consequence that is eternal.
It will mean that you will be like the man again that the Lord Jesus told of later on in Luke's gospel, who lifted up his eyes being in torment, and he desired that one drop of water be brought to cool his tongue.
That he would have momentary relief in hell. You know he never got it. I have found it interesting in reading that story to realize that the man in hell never asked to be released. Isn't that interesting? He didn't say to Abraham. Try to Get Me Out of here. I suggest that he understood very clearly that his eternal destiny was fixed all he wanted.
Was one drop of water brought to him to give him momentary relief? You know, I have been in some very hot climates. Some of us were talking at the table a few minute moments ago about southern Guyana. And when you're in southern Guyana, you're 1° from the equator and not too far above sea level. It is hot and steamy every day. I have been out on the Sinai Peninsula when it's 130 some degrees.
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Little different heat than the humidity of the jungle, but hot or arid or humid, That's hot. And sometimes you wish you could just open a can or a bottle and get one blast of cold air. You think it would just be momentary relief. That's what that man in the Lost eternity wanted. He just wanted momentarily relief. And you know, that wasn't a parable. That was an actual story about a man who lived in this world.
And entered a lost eternity. And when the Lord Jesus told that story, he'd been in hell for some time. But you know, he's been there over 2000 years since, think of it, 2000 years ago or more. He wanted relief. And now he's been there all these these centuries and he's going to be there for eternity. How solemn. But oh, tonight you don't have to go to that awful place. There's a place.
That the Lord Jesus has prepared for those who receive him as their savior. Well, to continue our story, we find that this man, he falls among thieves. They strip him, they rob him. He's left bankrupt. He's left half dead. And there he is in the ditch, helpless.
To lift himself out. I know if you're in your sins tonight, you're helpless to get rid of one sin.
You cannot get rid of one sin as much as you might try, as much as youth may think that you have the answer, there is only one answer, one remedy and one cure for sin. No substitutes. And so this man is lying there helpless.
And then we find two men come along, and they are The first one is a priest, the second one is a Levite. Now, we're not going to take long to comment on this. Suffice it to say that these two men would represent to us the Old Testament law. And it was impossible for these two men to help this man in the ditch. Why? Because the law was never given to save souls.
And the law was never given as a passport to heaven. Why was the Old Testament law given? Well, it tells us why the law entered, that the offense might abound. In other words, God gave his standard to show just how far short man had fallen of God's standard. And that's why it says all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
The law was never given to save souls or to take them to heaven. Not only that, but the priest and the Levite couldn't come and help this man. If they did, they under the Old Testament order of things, they would have been defiled, they would have been defiled, and they couldn't have carried on their function as a priest and a Levite without certain rights and ceremonies having taken place. And so they were. They were just as helpless as the man in a sense. They could not help him. They had to pass by on the other side.
But then comes along the Samaritan. And this Samaritan is such a beautiful picture of the Lord Jesus. You know, the Samaritans were a despised people, a despised race back in the days of the Lord Jesus. In fact, the woman at the well said the the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. The Lord Jesus sitting there was a Jew. She was a Samaritan. She was amazed that he would have anything to do with with her. There was another time they accused the Lord Jesus of two things.
They said, Thou art a Samaritan, and hast the devil. And so I believe it brings before us the Lord Jesus as the lowly man of grace, the one who came into this world. And we read of him. He humbled himself, and became obedient unto death.
Even the death of the cross. And so this Samaritan, he sees the plight of this man, but he doesn't pass by on the other side. No, he has compassion on him. Oh, tonight I wish I could impress upon your soul how much the Lord Jesus loves you. The boys and girls this morning saying that him that I love to sing. Jesus loves me. This I know, for the Bible tells me so.
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Was another incident in the days of the Lord Jesus when a young man came to the Lord Jesus and it says Jesus beholding him, loved him. Oh, if you could just get one taste, one inkling of how much God loves you, of how much the Lord Jesus loves you, you wouldn't stay away. You know? It's like our children, isn't it? When my girls were were young and at home, sometimes when we sat down to the dinner table and the bowls were passed.
We'd sometimes hear something like this, oh, yuck. Or I don't want any. And we would sometimes say to them, but you don't know. How do you know you don't like it? How can you say oh yuck when you haven't even tried it? And you know, there are so many people in this world who turn away from the gospel. They don't want the Lord Jesus, but they don't understand how precious he is. They don't understand the greatness of his love.
How sweet his person is. Oh, tonight taste and see that the Lord is good.
Sometimes we say to our girls, if you just take one taste, you'll like it. One taste of ice cream and a child is usually hooked for life, one taste of honey and we want a little, a little more. And that's the way it is with the gospel. You know, I've been tasting by the grace of God, the love of the Lord Jesus for 50 and for for over 50 years and all it just gets sweeter and sweeter. And so we find here this Samaritan, a picture of the Lord Jesus. He had compassion on the man.
But not only did he have compassion on the man, he went to him where he was. He went to him. He came right where the man was. And the Lord Jesus came down into this world right where we were, but he came down further than that. He went to Calvary Cross. And as we've been saying there he gave his life and shed his precious blood.
Have you come under the cleansing value of the blood of the Lord Jesus?
From the early days of my youth, I have sung that hymn. What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. You know I will never have to pay for my sins because even though the wages of sin is death, as we quoted earlier, the Lord Jesus bore my sins in his own body on the tree. I'm reminded of a story that took place in the state of Maryland some years ago, backed over 100 years ago.
There was a young man who was trying to work his way through college and university, and in the summer he would go out and he would sell books, encyclopedias and other books as from door to door and town to town, as they used to do in those days. And he was in a farming community and going from door to door, and it was a hot, humid summer day, and he knocked on one door and a young lady came to to answer his knock.
And he showed her his books and asked her if she would like to buy a set of his books. Oh, she said, My mother is a widow, and we just eke out a living here on this small farm and we cannot afford to buy sets of books such as you sell. Well, the young man said, that's OK And as he was about to leave, he said to her, he said, it's a hot, humid day. You wouldn't be able to give me a glass of water, would you? She said yes, I'd be happy to. But she said, you know, there's lots of milk in the in the milk house.
Some fresh melt. Wouldn't you like a glass of milk? Always said I would appreciate it very much. And so she went and she poured him a large glass of milk, and he found it very refreshing, and he went on his way. Well, years later, Howard Kelly became a very famous physician, and he was working in one of the large hospitals in the United States. And as he was making his rounds one day, he noticed a young lady.
In one of the wards, and he immediately recognized her, recognized her as the young lady who had given him a glass of milk on that hot summer day in that farming community in Maryland.
He made some inquiries to make sure and sure enough it was confirmed to him that this was the same lady.
Things began to happen. She was moved to a private room. She was very sick. In fact, if she didn't have some very major treatment and surgery, she was going to die. But it wasn't long till the wheels of the medical wheels were put in place. She had that surgery and it saved her life and she began to recover. And the day before she was to be released from the hospital, she began to get troubled because she began to think of the hospital bill that must have mounted up.
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With her very good care, her private room, the surgery that, the treatments, the recovery and so on. And so when the nurse came in to tend her, she said to the nurse, I'm a little concerned about the bill for my stay here in the hospital, The nurse said, I'll go and find the bill and we'll bring it to you. And pretty soon someone from the administration of that hospital came into that room with the bill.
Handed it to this young lady.
She her eyes immediately went down that long list of expenses, and it was even a greater amount than she had even anticipated in her own mind. And then she looked over, and she saw written across that bill.
Paid in full by a glass of milk, Howard A Kelly, MD.
Oh, you can imagine the relief and Thanksgiving that must have gone through her soul at that time to realize what had taken place.
And oh, it's just a simple story in connection with the Lord Jesus. He's paid my debt in full, not with a glass of milk, but with his precious blood.
All the blood of Jesus is so precious to my soul, and it's even more precious to the heart of God tonight.
When it says I'm redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, thank God that's not my estimation of the blood of Jesus. It's God's estimation. It's precious to his heart tonight. And I trust it's precious to your heart. And I trust every one of us here can say that we're redeemed with the precious blood of Christ.
If my debt is paid in full, I could have never paid the debt if I'd had eternity to do it. But I don't have to. He's made peace through the blood of his cross, and we find that this man, this Samaritan, the picture of the Lord Jesus, he comes to the man in the ditch and he takes care of his every need. Our time is almost gone. We don't have time to go into all these details. It's been suggested that this meeting be 45 minutes, and I agree.
But we find he takes care of his every need. He pours in oil and wine, he takes him out of the ditch. He puts him on his own beast. He takes him to the end and he takes care of him. And I say that because I think sometimes at the end of a gospel meeting, there are people who would like to get saved. But they say, oh, I could never live the Christian life. I'd never have the power to live like I see other Christians living. But none of us could live the Christian life in our own power.
It's only in the power and resources that have been provided for us by the Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus has not only saved my soul, He's not only washed my sins away and given me eternal life, but He's given me the Spirit of God as the power for my life as a Christian.
I have the Lord Jesus living for me at God's right hand as my high priest, to keep me in the path of faith and service, as my advocate, to restore me to the path of faith and service when I sin. I have the word of God in all its living power to read as direction for my pathway, as refreshment for my soul. Every day I have the resource of and power of prayer, all these wonderful things that He gives us.
He gives us more than just salvation, you know, Sometimes when people think about getting saved, they think of what they'll have to give up. You know, the only thing I gave up when I got saved were my sins, and I'm glad they're gone. As far as the East is from the West, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
They're gone. He's blotted them out as a thick cloud. Thy sins and iniquities. I will remember no more.
I my sins are gone, but what I've received in return was far, far more than I ever anticipated. And then to think that I'm not only saved from hell, but I'm on my way to heaven and I'm going to be forever with the Lord Jesus, my Savior. The moments coming. And it's not far off when he's going to give a shout. And every Christian, every believer, and every person that's ever died in faith is going to be raised to go to be with the Lord Jesus and the Father's house.
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Oh, I thrill when I think of the nearness of the Lord's return. I love to look up and say Amen even, so come Lord Jesus. But oh, at the end of this meeting again, I feel a burden. I'm solemnized to think that there may be someone here tonight and you're still lost. You're still on the Broad Rd. that leads to destruction. We're going to sing a hymn in closing. And this hymn is another appeal to you and as you sing this hymn.
Or you listen to its song, Think of its invitation, think of its appeal. Not just from myself, not just from the person that brought you to this gospel meeting or is praying for your salvation, but from God Himself, from the Lord Jesus. We're going to sing #21. Decide for Christ today and God's salvation, see, yields soul and body, heart and will to him who died for thee, Him #21. If someone could start it, please.