Gospel—David Mearns
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I'd like to welcome everyone to the Gospel meeting tonight.
I wonder if we could open by singing in our Little Flock hymn books. Hymn number 54 in the back.
Hymn number 54 in the back, the 1St 2 verses.
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Our God and our Father.
We thank the.
For the Lord Jesus.
We thank Thee for the Gospel message that touched the hearts of so many of us here.
But are gone tonight we think of that gospel message and perhaps someone here tonight.
Moshe, not his father, although knows the gospel well, knows not Thy blessed Son of their Savior. We just would pray tonight and as we open thy precious word.
And we would realize that Thou art speaking to us tonight.
And if there is someone lost, but they might hear thy voice, and they would turn to thee.
And so our God, we would ask this, and just would pray thy blessing upon thy precious word.
And asked that.
It would be a real blessing to some lost soul. Tonight we'd ask this, our God and the worthy and the precious name of our Savior, the Lord Jesus, Amen.
Turn with me, please, to Romans chapter one.
We're gonna start with a phrase here in Romans chapter one that we actually ended with in the reading Meeting in Hebrews, Romans chapter one and verse 17, the last part of the verse.
Adjust shall live by faith.
Adjust shall live by faith, for the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.
Who hold the truth in unrighteousness, because that which may be known of God is manifest in them. For God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.
Tonight, as we're sitting here with the word of God in our hands.
And we have some 40 minutes ahead of us.
The responsibility is somewhat staggering to realize that perhaps there's someone here and you're lost and in your sins.
You know, not the Savior.
And you know, the work of a soul is the work of God.
And I can't.
Point to you and your chair and saying you're the one but somewhere here in this room you're sitting there and you're lost and in your you're in your sins and if the terrible position to be in and we trust that tonight as we proclaim the wondrous gospel of the grace of God that you would realize your need of a Savior and that you would come to him. You would come to the Savior here in this portion that we read. We ended by there without excuse.
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And just to let you know where I'm going tonight, I'd like to turn to the book of Genesis for a few verses to show there some of the things that would show us why were there with that excuse in these early chapters of Romans. He takes up the thought of Genesis and many things that happened there, and all of us in the human race are without excuse. And then I trust from there to go to the Gospel of Luke for a portion.
And then to turn to the book of the Acts and to see a few people.
That had various excuses as to why they would not come to the Savior and then to end up in Matthew chapter 22. So let's turn to the book of Genesis now for a few moments. The book of Genesis.
The Book of Genesis.
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1St chapter.
We hear much in the world today about two words, 2 words. One of them is viewpoint and the other is outlook.
Viewpoint and Outlook.
And our outlook.
Is determined by our viewpoint. Just think about that for a minute. Our outlook, whatever it might be, on our circumstance, on our life, on whatever we think about our outlook.
Has to do with our viewpoint. I had an interesting thing happened after the prayer meeting this morning.
Windows Live.
And, umm.
I was visiting with our dear sister Shadia.
And she informed me that I have an accent.
You know our our viewpoint effects, our outlook.
And.
If our viewpoint tonight is not the word of God.
Then our outlook is gonna be all over the place. But tonight, if our viewpoint is indeed the word of God, then our outlook is gonna be the same.
If we recognize this as indeed the holy, infallible Word of God.
Then our viewpoint is gonna be the same and we're gonna have a similar outlook. Very interesting, eh? Shadia thinks that I have an accent.
Here in Genesis chapter one.
Verse one In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Verse nine And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. Verse 11 And God says, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself upon the earth, and it was so.
Verse 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly upon above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every wing fell after his kind. And God saw that it was good. Verse 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, creeping thing feast of the earth after his crime, And it was so.
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind.
Everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and God saw that it was good.
And God said, let us make man in our image after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, and the image of God created he him, male and female created he. Then chapter 2 verse seven. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
If we were to turn to the Book of Hebrews Chapter 11, and we won't do so.
We would read.
That by faith.
We believe.
That the worlds were framed by the word of God.
We've read an an account here in connection with the creation. I'm not a scientist. I'm not gonna take this up from that viewpoint.
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So I would suggest that.
If there's someone here that has entertained the thought that we evolved from some green slime 100 million years ago.
I would suggest it takes far more faith to believe that than to believe the account that we have just read that that that the world's, the heavens and the earth were framed by the word of God. It would take far more faith to believe that you and I evolved from some green slime 100 million years ago. And if there is someone that has such tremendous faith like that here in this room, let me ask you, where did the green slime come from?
Outside here, as we look through the windows, we see grass, we see trees.
And we've read about the creation of the grass and the trees.
And this morning, you know, when I when I woke up, my window was just beside the deck there where you folks were singing.
And my bunk is right beside the window. And so I heard the first movements and I heard people coming out and greeting each other. How was your night last night? How was your night last night? And a response, you know, I, I didn't hear anyone go to one of the trees there and pat the tree and say, how was your night last night? How was your night? It's alive. But, but why don't you do that?
It's life, you know, but it's different life. And we've read about that. The grass and the trees are different. At home. I get up in the morning and I go downstairs and on my way outside, we have a dog that sleeps in the garage. And I say to him, you know, his name's Cole. I pat him and I say, cool boy, how was your night last night? You know, he doesn't understand what I'm saying, but he responds. The tail waggles and his head rubs up against my leg. And there's a real response there, even though he has no idea what I'm talking about.
But when my kids come down for the reading and I say to them, so how was your night last night? I I get an intelligent answer from my kids.
Get an intelligent answer that they had either a good night or they had not such a good night.
That that life is different.
You know these trees and the trees up where I am, they spend 4 in the grass. It spends four months in the decrease, frozen solid.
And yet the sunshine comes out in the spring, warms everything up, and out come the leaves.
I was like if I was to take my dog and throw it in the deep freeze for four months.
And and pull it out. It might turn green, but it would not be alive.
It has to do the same with you and with me. We wouldn't be able to go through that kind of a scenario.
Were different than the animal life. Were different than the plant life.
If there's someone here and you're saying, yeah, I believe in that green slime, come on, please.
Let's listen to the Word of God tonight. Let's listen to what God has to say to each one of us. Let's turn over now to Luke chapter 14.
With chapter 14, verse 16.
Then said he unto them, a certain man made a great supper, and bade many, and sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden come, for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began. Here's our little subject now began to make excuse. The first set of the MI bought a piece of ground. I must need to go and see it. I pray that you have any excused. Another said I bought 5 yoke of oxen, I go to prove them, I pray they have me excused. And another said I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So the servant came and showed his Lord these things.
Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant, glowed quickly into the street and lanes of the city, and bringing hit her the poor, and the mained, and the halt, and the blind, And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden shall eat of my supper. Here we find 3 excuses, very, very poor excuses. The first one.
I bought a piece of ground.
And I must need to go see it.
He bought the ground. Whether he went to see it that night, whether he went to see it a week from then, whether he went to see it a month from then, didn't make any difference. It was an excuse. It was an excuse.
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No, we're we're used to making excuses.
And, umm.
I look at the young folks here and, uh, you know, you go to school and, uh, sometimes you're late to a class and you know, as you're trying to get there, you're thinking, uh, what can I say here that's gonna be palatable to, to be a good reason? And so you arrive at the class and you come up with some conjecture as to why you were late. Umm, maybe there's young people here and your parents that said to you, you gotta be home by such and such a time. And you know, you're half an hour late and you're going through your mind. What do I gonna come up with here for a reason is to show why it's bona fide that I'm to be late. And you arrive and, and you've got this story.
Fabricated, you know, we're used to making excuses and here there was no reason at all why this man couldn't company. He says, well, you know, I I can't come. You made an excuse. The next one.
I bought 5 yoke of oxen. You know the auction were his. Whether he proved them that day, whether he proved them a week from then or he approved them a month from that, from that time didn't make any difference. It was an excuse why he didn't want.
To go to the supper. 20th, 1St and others said I have married a wife, therefore I cannot come. Why couldn't the man have brought his wife? Now let's go to the book of the Acts, Acts chapter 8.
The first person that we're going to look at in the book of the Acts is a man by the name of Simon.
And in in Acts chapter 8 and verse eight, it says there were great joy in that city. And so the word is preached and there's great joy. You know, we started our day off today with great joy hearing of someone who turned to the Lord, marvelous thing. But right after that verse we hear but it says, but there was a certain man called Simon, which beforehand in the same city used sorcery and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one.
To whom they all gave heed from the least to the greatest thing. This man is the great power of God, and to him they had regard, because that of a long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. And Simon himself believed also. And when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and wondered beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
Verse 18 And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands he may receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said unto him, by money, perish with thee because.
Now I thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou was neither part nor law in this matter, for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. I wonder tonight if there's someone here that's in the position of Simon.
You know, it says here about Simon that he believed.
Was he real? No, he wasn't. No, we read that the devils believe also and tremble. Here's a man he believes.
But he's not the Lord. And we read in the UMM, we read in the 13th verse that he was baptized. Here's a man he believes and he's baptized and he's still not the Lord.
I wonder if there's someone here tonight and that's your position. But yeah, you believe.
And yet you've been baptized, but you know, know the Lord, you know Simon. Here is a picture of the Philistines. The Philistines were dwelling in the land, but they didn't go through the Red Sea and they did not go through the Jordan.
And we read in Romans chapter 10 that yes, we need to believe in our hearts, but we have to also confess with our mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord. That's what we need to do. We need to take our place as a guilty Sinner before God and recognize his claims upon us. Have you done that tonight? You know what? The cross. There were those that would say we will not have this man to reign over us.
How is it with you tonight?
Do you believe?
Have you been baptized?
But you will not have this man to reign over you.
You know the sad thing about Simon, if we turn to the end of that portion that we read that he comes to the point in his life where he says then answered, Simon Says, pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these come things come which ye have spoken, which ye have spoken come upon me. You know Simon wanted them to pray for him.
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And if I could pray here tonight for you, or if I could reach down and grab you by the lapel and make you believe, I would. But I cannot do that. It's something that you have to do yourself. You have to take your place as a guilty Sinner before God in repentance and recognize your need and recognize the claims of God upon your heart and turn to him. And Simon didn't do that. He wanted to be prayed into heaven. That's not something that we can do.
Let's turn over now to another one in Acts chapter 17.
Acts chapter 17 we read about two groups of people.
And verse 16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit.
Was stirred in him when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoics encountered him, and some said, What will this babbler say? Some said, He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods, because he preached unto them Jesus and the resurrection. Verse 30. And the times of this ignorance God winked at. But now commandeth all men everywhere to repent, because he have appointed a day.
In which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained, whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
So pulled apart from among them.
All these two groups of people here, these Stoics and these Epicureans, they heard this message and they say, what's this guy babbling about?
You ever sat in a gospel meeting and and entertained a thought like that? What's this guy preaching about? Is that the thought of your heart tonight as we're seeking to proclaim the matchless gospel of the grace of God?
What are you babbling about, you know?
When Paul preached the resurrection.
It says here that some mocked.
At some month and it said others.
Said.
We will hear thee again.
Of this matter.
Not now, another time.
The Resurrection.
Christ died.
Was very.
And he rose again according to scriptures.
Now the resurrection is something.
That people who know not the Lord they have a difficulty with.
Because it suggests that there's a time coming when we'll stand in the presence of God.
The Resurrection.
They didn't want to hear about the resurrection. Time and time again, through the book of the Acts, the resurrection comes up.
People do not want to hear about the resurrection.
I remember when I lived in Montreal, I worked with a man and, uh, at the end of the week, I asked, I asked the man what he was doing that weekend. He said, well, I'm, uh, gonna take a drive up into the mountains. Umm, I knew his dad passed away some time ago and he had him create, uh, his dad wanted to be cremated. And, uh, that particular weekend, his son was gonna take a little urn of ashes and he's gonna sprinkle them on one mountain and he's gonna take a drive and go to another mountain, sprinkle a few ashes over there.
Take another drive and have these ashes spread out all over the place. Why? Why? If you're here and you're lost and in your sins, you too have a difficulty with the resurrection if God.
Can call into existence the world that we spoke of in the book of Genesis. You think he cannot take those ashes and put them together?
That day coming, every person is going to stand there in the presence of God, the resurrection.
You know, it's a marvelous thing. It's a marvelous thing to think of what God has done. We've read that account to think of God calling into existence the very world that we live in, the universe.
There's one thing that God could not do.
He could not say.
Sin be gone.
Sin begone.
That is not something that God could do with my sins now, as we realize.
What it cost God?
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For my sins to be gone.
It's staggering.
It's a marvelous thing to think of Creator God and to think of all that He is.
But you know what some far more marvelous thing to me To think of God, as we had in our reading meeting, taking upon Him the body of a man.
To take that lowly place and as we think that through the Lord Jesus didn't come with white hair as the Ancient of Days. That's not how he came. If we're gonna turn to the the book of the Song of Solomon, we see there someone who is in the prime of manhood and he didn't come that way with his locks as bushy is there and black as a Raven. That's not how the Lord Jesus came. He came as a dependent babe. That's how the Lord Jesus came. That's how the creator of this universe came. This universe came.
As a dependent vein.
Is there anything that's more astounding than that? Yes, we can see the universe and what a marvelous thing it is, but we have a newborn babe in our assembly. We haven't had one for some time.
His name is Tommy House. Beautiful little baby. Beautiful, but he's totally dependent.
Totally dependent. You know, just this very week my boys got some day old chicks.
And they are older than little Tommy.
At least, rather they're younger than little Tommy.
And at the present time, they're only just a few days old. They're running around their pen. They go to the food tray when they're when they're hungry and they they eat till they're full. They go to the the watering through when they're thirsty. And they drink and they fight with each other and they play with each other and they flap around. This is just days old.
One of the last things I did before I came here is I drove to Perth and I'm driving along behind this car and all of a sudden the car slams on the brakes and I didn't see anything in the way. And I, I, I come behind it and I stop and a few minutes later a mother duck walks out from the, the front of the car in front of me with 11 little ducklings right behind it went down into the ditch and ran into a pond. And they're all swimming around in the pond. You know, you take a baby duck that's just a day old and you throw it in the pond and it swims.
But you know.
A human being when they're born, totally dependent. Totally dependent. And that's how our Savior, the Lord Jesus came.
Oh, that marvelous glory to think of the low place. You know, my dad, he used to say it this way when he was addressing the Lord Jesus on Lord's Day morning. He would thank the Lord Jesus for the mighty stoop that he took, the mighty stoop that he took to save my soul and to save your soul.
Where are you tonight?
Do you believe in the resurrection or is it something that you fear here? There were those that said, what's this babbler saying? There were those that mocked when they heard of the resurrection and they said, oh, we're gonna hear hear you some other time about this matter.
Is that your position tonight? I'm working presently with Aman working on his house.
And I spoke to him some time ago and gave him the gospel.
And he told me these words, he said, Dave, I'm going to wait.
Until I'm on my deathbed. Deathbed. And then I'm gonna turn to the Lord he recognized.
That there was a God. He recognized his need.
But he said not now. I'm gonna wait till then. And there are those here in this very chapter. Let's read it.
Chapter 17.
And verse 32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked another said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Let's go to the next chapter, Chapter 18.
Versailles.
And when Galileo, the deputy of IKEA, and when Galio, the deputy of IKEA, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat, saying This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason, would that I should bear with you. But if it be a question of words and names and of your law, look he to it, for I will be no judge of such matters. And he draves them from the judgment seat. Then all the Greeks took sophomies, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Galileo cared for none of those things. Are you like Gallio tonight? Are you like Gallio tonight?
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Whereas we stand here and preach the gospel of the grace of God, Yes, and great feebleness, but your responses like Galileo, Galileo and you say who cares? Who cares?
This was presented to Gallio. It says he cared for none of those things.
Is that your position tonight? You couldn't care less.
About what we're presenting tonight, the meetings that we've had today.
No many view whatsoever.
You just don't care. What a solemn thing, What a solemn thing you think when Gallios stands and we have no reason to believe we don't read that he ever turned to the Lord.
When he stands is the excuse that he didn't care?
Is that gonna be valid in that coming day?
You know, it's, it's, it's a, such a strong thing to, to, to see Gallios, umm, attitude here in connection with the things that we're speaking about. It says he cared for none of those things. Let's go to chapter 20.
Chapter 20 and verse seven upon the first day of the week, when the disciples.
Chapter 20, Verse 7.
Upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the Morrow.
And continued his speech until midnight. And there were many lights in the upper chamber where they were gathered together and they're sat in a window. A certain young man named Utica being fallen into a deep sleep as Paul was long preaching. He sunk down with sleep and fell down from the third loft and was taken up dead. Here's another man. And yes, I know we've had a long day and we've sat much in these chairs, but here we're preaching tonight, and we're not gonna preach until midnight. But here, Eunice, listen to the preaching, perhaps for a little while, but he went to sleep.
He went to sleep. Are you asleep as to your need? Remember the parable of the virgins? There was 5 wise and there was 5 foolish, and it said they all slumbered and slept. Is that your position tonight as to your soul's need?
You're sound asleep, you know, Eunicus was the sound of sleep. Eunice fell out of the window. You know, it was a happy ending to this because his life returned to him and we trust.
That you would get life tonight from the Savior.
We're running out of time. Let's go to chapter 24.
Chapter 24.
In chapter 24 and 25, we read about three people.
Chapter 2424.
After certain days when Felix came with his wife.
Ducilla, which was a Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ, and as he reasoned the righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled and answered, Go thy way for this time. When I have a convenient season I will call for thee. We had an interesting thing happened last summer.
And many of you have been to Rita Fury where we meet in a little yellow meeting room and right beside that is a little brick one.
And last summer, a young man came down the old Kingston Road and he got to the curb just before the meeting room and he lost control of the car and he slammed into the meeting room.
And as life was taken like that.
You tell me how much time?
That young man had.
To entertain.
The thoughts of turning to the Lord Jesus.
As he was coming down the highway and his car went out of control, there was no time for a convenient season.
Now the Lord says, behold, now is the accepted time. Behold, now is the day of salvation. And tonight, as you sit there in your chair, are you saying it's not convenient tonight? Yes, I need to do it. Yes, I would like to do it, but not tonight. All we would urge you tonight we would plead with you that the convenience season is now here. Felix trembled, but he said, not now, not now, let's go over.
The next chapter.
We read about Agrippa in the first chapter of the first verse of chapter 26.
Agrippa said, And De Paul Dauer permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand and answered for himself. I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee, touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews.
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Especially because I know thee to be the expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently, my manner of life, and so on. And he says in verse 8, Why should it be a thought? Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Now let's go to verse. He quotes what Moses said, umm, speaks, and in verse 23, that Christ should suffer, that he should be the first that should rise from the dead.
And should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles. And as he thus speak for himself best, as said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself. Much learning doth make thee mad. But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. For the king knoweth of these things before whom I also speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things were hidden from him. For this thing was not done in a corner. King Agrippa believed to sell the prophets. I know that thou believe us.
You know, this next verse is such a sad verse because we never read that Agrippa turned to the Lord. It says here that Agrippa said Paul almost I'll persuaded me to be a Christian. I wonder tonight if there's someone and you're just on the verge of turning to the Lord. You know, I don't know where you're sitting.
I can't tell that, but there you are, lost it in your sins. You realize you're in need of a savior. You realize you have no excuse and you're at the same position as the gripping. You say, you know, I'm almost there. What a sad thing for the people that we read about in the Word of God, that we're almost saved, but we're lost.
Think of Lot's wife as she left the city, almost spared, turned into a pillar of salt.
A young person or older person, wherever you sit tonight, don't be like Agrippa.
Don't be like Agrippa, who said almost. Let's turn to Matthew chapter 22. Matthew chapter 22.
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The Kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king.
Which made a marriage for his son.
Sent for the servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding, and they would not come. And again he sent forth other servants. Thing. Tell them what your bid. And behold, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen, my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come under the marriage. They made light of it, went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. And the remnant took his servants and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wrong, and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, the wedding is ready, but they which were bidden, they're not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find bid to the mayors.
So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good, and the wedding was furnished with gifts.
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment. And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hit her not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless, or he was without excuse.
Then said the king to the servants, find him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth for many, our call, but few are chosen. What a sad story to think that there was a wedding garment for this man, but he just didn't put it on. He just didn't put it on. Is that your position tonight?
That's your position tonight.
Oh, we trust tonight that it would not be so.
As we have preached the gospel, I know feebly tonight.
But you are without excuse.
Were all without excuse.
Won't you turn to the Savior?
Won't you own the Lord Jesus?
As your Lord and turn to him tonight and repent of that lifestyle that you have of your sins and recognize.
All that God has done.
That marvelous plan to bring you into blessing and all you have to do is own your need and receive it and just put on that wedding garment.
Could we sing two more verses out of that hymn that we started with?
First number three and #5 of 54 in the back. Somebody please start that verses 3:00 and 5:00.
Our God and our Father, we thank Thee for thy marvellous plan that has brought so many of us into blessing.
But tonight, our God, we just would pray if there's someone here tonight and they're lost.
They haven't owned that blessed One as their Lord.
That tonight they would do. So they would not put it off, they would not say some other time.
It would not say almost, but not tonight, but tonight they would bow the knee. We are our God, that the work of a soul is thy work. And we just would pray.
At the good feet tonight would fall on fertile soil, and there would be blessing for thine honor and glory.
We'd ask this our God.