Greet you again this evening
in the name of our worthy Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Can
I see the hands of the children? Put them high. Yes, I'm seeing
the children scattered throughout. Welcome. I love to see the children
here. We continue our story, the story
of Henry. Last night, we discovered where
he was. He had been taken to a cave,
a robber's cave, a den of thieves, literally. And it was not a good
place to be. It was a dark place. There was no sun that could shine
into that dark place. There was no light of the moon.
He couldn't see the stars. He couldn't see the flowers.
He couldn't see the grass. He didn't... Those were things
that He was so young when he went down, when he was taken
into that cavern, that all recollections of anything like that were totally
erased from his mind. It was in that setting that Henry
learned to talk. He was not taught of God, so
he heard the swearing and the words and the rough language
of the thieves. And when the thieves would go
to do their plundering, he was left alone down there in that
cavern. A little oil lamp or something
was there that would flicker in that dark place. There was
a pool, a reservoir of water somewhere that they would use
as their water source. And as the thieves would go to
plunder, Henry's only company would be the gypsy lady. that had stolen him from his
parents and had brought him to this dark place. And she was
getting older. She got older as time went along
and she became almost blind. And so she would be sitting there
in quietness and never saying a word or seldom ever said a
word. And in the midst of that setting, Henry formed his first
impressions of life and began to impression as his character
was being be molded in that setting. There was one of the robbers
who was a young man who because of his early habits of gambling
had found himself trapped and was also a prisoner of the thieves. He was the youngest of them but
he was also the one that he would also go along to plunder But
he was the one that kept Henry in mind when they would plunder.
He'd pick up little things here, little games or little pictures
or little animals or whatever he'd lay his hands on and would
bring them into the cavern for Henry's enjoyment. And then he
would sit with Henry by the hour and he would talk to Henry. He
could not tell Henry of God because that would have been forbidden
by the rest of the robbers, and he knew that. He wished a hundred
times to escape himself, but he couldn't because they always
kept a sharp eye on him. So he couldn't get away. But
in his heart, he had a real heart for Henry. And he would tell
Henry stories, and he would help form some kind of impressions
of decency upon Henry. as best he could. And in his
heart he was pining, he was grieving that such a child would have
to spend his early years in such a dark, dank place, godless place. He thought of Henry's parents
and it grieved him to the point that even at times the tears
would creep down his face in the darkness of that cavern. time passed. And in that setting,
Henry began to grow. And he began to become inquisitive. When the robbers would leave,
he'd ask, where are you going? Can I go along? And always they'd
say, oh, no, you can't go along. Maybe next time. And then Henry would be left
alone by himself with the gypsy lady and pass the hours as they
were out plundering all by himself with the gypsy, not even hearing
a word of cheer from her in the dank quietness. Well, as the
years went on or the time went on, the gypsy lady got older.
She got to the place where she could hardly walk. Henry was
at the place where he could walk He could walk well, he could
get along. One day he discovered that the
gypsy woman had fallen asleep. This happened at times, but this
time Henry got up his courage and he picked up a candle, lit
the candle, and he decided he's going to see where the robbers
have gone. Where did they go? He knew what
passage they took. So with his candle, he began
to make his way out through the passage until he came to that
big gate, door. And to his disappointment, he
discovered it was locked. He could not proceed any further.
So in disappointment, he turned around and began to make his
way back toward the place where they were living. But as he was
going, his eye caught a passageway going off to the one side. And
he determined that he's going to explore. So he began to go
down that passageway, the direction that it would lead, not knowing
where it would go. And he was, as he was going along,
he would His light was small and his candle was small, but
he was, as he walked along, he was very curious. Where is this
going to go? And he just moved along slowly,
further and further and further, unmindful of what was happening
to his candle. The candle was getting shorter
and shorter and shorter until finally, There was not enough
candles for Henry to turn around and go back in the way he had
gone. The candle was almost down to
the bottom. Come back tomorrow night, we'll
tell you what happens from there. Let's have a chorus. Let's sing
one verse of Come Gracious Spirit. Know me, come gracious Spirit,
heavenly dove, with light and comfort from above. Be thou our guardian, thou our
guide. First Kings chapter eighteen. Verse verse twenty-one. It's out of
this verse that I pull my title for this evening's sermon. And Elijah came unto all the
people and said, how long hold she between two opinions? And my title is, How Long Hold
She Between Two Opinions? The first evening we looked into
the face of Jesus Christ as he revealed himself in Revelation
chapter 1. Last evening, we looked into
the face of Jesus Christ as he hung upon the cross as a lamb
for the world. But tonight, I want to take a
little different turn. I want to look tonight and push
us because all of us tonight have to answer this question. How long halt ye between two
opinions? In our lifetime, no matter who
we are, we're called upon to make a choice. We have to decide,
determine, what we're going to do with our life. We looked last
night in the book of Genesis, how the man is a creature of
choice. God gave man the ability to choose
between, will you obey, will you take of the fruit, or will
you not take of the fruit? And the blessing of that is that
God wants to be followed by choice. It is not one of people that
is forced to serve Him, but He's looking that every person and
every individual would make his own personal and private decision
to serve Jesus Christ. And tonight, I want to give you
just a few pointers. I want to keep these pointers
very, very simple. so that you can carry them with
you. Because as you choose, there
are a number of things that I think we need to focus on in our choices
that will help us to choose between right or wrong. That will help
us to choose in which direction we will go. And the interesting
thing, I was absolutely blessed this evening Isaiah 57 is exactly
where I wanted to go to begin the first point. That verse that
was pointed out to us this evening in Isaiah chapter 57 in verse
15. Thus saith the High and Lofty
One that inhabiteth eternity. This is the only place in the
King James Version where the word eternity is translated in
that way in the Scriptures. We have, and we'll look at it
later, we have the thought in another scripture, but in this
scripture, in Isaiah chapter 57, is the only place where the
word eternity is found in the King James Version. I want to
pull tonight into our focus that one of the issues that is of
utmost importance as we make the decision of what we will
do with our life is the idea of are we making our decisions
in light of eternity or are we making our decisions in light
of what feels good for me here and now. That key point is imperative
for us to have very clearly in our mind. Because how you make
your decisions, what feels good now, does not stand you in good
stand for what is going to be in eternity. The decisions you
make today, if you can have your focus upon eternity, you will
make wise decisions today that will pull you in the right direction. But if you only make your decisions
today in light of what feels good, you will make the wrong
decisions. And I want that to be very clear
to us tonight. It's a very simple principle,
but it's a very basic principle. It's a very sobering principle
for us to think about. Every one of us, no matter what
your choice has been, even in the small choices of your life
today, though you may have made the bigger choice to serve Jesus
Christ, yet you must also think about the small choices you made. Yes, you can have forgiveness
when you make a small choice in the wrong direction. But believe
me today, each victory will help you some other to win. And when
we make a wrong decision in our life once, it often leads us
to make a wrong decision again. And it makes it easier to make
that wrong decision in the wrong way. So I bring to us tonight
the sobering idea and thought that in light of eternity, you
and I have been built for eternity. I love the book of Genesis and
all the principles of scripture basically take us back and come
from the book of Genesis. Genesis chapter 2 tonight in
verse 7. I have this word. We have in
chapter 1 that man was created in the image of God, but in chapter
2 we have how God created man. And he informed man of the dust
of the ground, and verse 7 of chapter 2 tells us this. The Lord formed man of the dust
of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,
and man became a living soul. You are God breathed. God breathed. Your life is not
an accident. through procreation. All of us
go back to our first parents, Adam and Eve, who were God-breathed. God formed them with his fingers,
with his hands, out of the dust of the ground. Breathed into
their nostrils the breath of life. Man became a living soul. Woman taken out of the sight
of the man. She as a Secondary, oh, that's not saying
it right. She has the second creation.
And think of it this way, when someone makes something, when
they look at it, the second shot is an improvement. And so I think when God made
the second time, He was improving upon what he did the first time. That's why he says it's not good
for the man to be alone. Never says that about a woman.
You know, we as men need and help me. I do. Sometimes I don't
like to admit it, but I need and help me. Somebody to tell
me when my shirt's sticking out the back. Someone to tell me
when I've forgotten to comb myself. Someone to tell me that, you
know what? That's not good manners. Someone
to sharpen me up in the way I ought to live and be and what's socially
acceptable. So when God created the woman
out of the rib, It was the new and improved version of mankind. In the image of God, God created
man and then he created woman. But we have something I want
to look in chapter 3. Verse 19 of the book of Genesis,
because I think this is an interesting word. In the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground, for out
of it was thou taken unto dust, shalt thou return. This is what
God brought back to the attention of man after they had sinned. He reminded them, you've been
made of the dust. you're going to go back to the
dust. That's why today, we have all
throughout the countryside, we have the cemeteries. We have
the tombstones that are there that remind us that someone has
been buried here. And it doesn't only take but
so many years for someone to bring up, to dig up, and there
will be very, very little there. There was a time in Kenya when
we were at a funeral. And there in Kenya, they bury
right around their homes. And in this particular setting,
when I got to the place of the funeral, they had dug the grave. And in the process of digging
the grave, someone miscalculated where the other person had been
buried. And as they dug down through
there, they came upon there was nothing left but a few bones.
Didn't take long. Didn't take long. You know, the
Word says we're going to return to the ground from whence we
were taken. That is the temporary part of
man. Man is body, soul, and spirit. And the Bible tells us that the
soul that sinneth, it shall die. The soul that sinneth, it shall
die. But the spirit of man, my friends, I believe is what God
gave to man at the time when he breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life. Our body returns back to the
soil. It's that which is disposable
and goes back to the ground. But I believe the spirit of man... We'll just look at the Scriptures. What happens to the spirit of
man? Turn to Ecclesiastes chapter 3, and it tells us here something
about the spirit of man. Ecclesiastes chapter 3, beginning
in verse 9, 10, and 11. What prophet has he that worketh
in that wherein he laboreth? I have seen the travail which
God has given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made everything beautiful
in His time. Also He has set the world in
their hearts, so that no man can find out the work that God
maketh from the beginning to the end. Here is another word,
not the same word that is used in Isaiah 57, but the word that
is translated in this point, the world, could have been translated
eternity. God has set eternity into the
heart of man. You and I have been created by
God not to be a temporary being. But we have been made to be a
being that is going to live not just for now, but to live on
through eternity. Our life here is but a vapor.
It's not the end. Death is but a gateway to another
place, to another form of being. Another form, another way of
existence. But it is only moving on from
one place to another. It is a stepping out of this
life and on into eternity. My friends tonight, you and I
need to keep that focus in mind. The Bible has said that we are
going to die. It is appointed unto men once
to die. Man is going to die. And that's
why all around the world today, men are dying. And it doesn't
guarantee when we're going to die, how long we will live. And
I'm always marveling, and I keep wondering, what does God have
in mind as he takes someone that is very young, even a small child,
barely here, and takes them into eternity? And then there are
those that can live long, long lives. And just, God allows them
to live long. There are those that are very
wicked. And God allows them to move on in their life long times. Story I have is of a lady that
was 100, I believe 101 years old. And someone asked her, well
what's the secret? Two year long life. Well, she
said, I've been smoking a cigarette every day since I'm seven years
old. My friends, why did she live that long in that condition? It's because God gave her breath. God gave her breath. Another
lady that was living for a long time, I believe she was a hundred
and some years old. Someone said, what's your secret to long life? She said, I just get up every
morning. So if you wanna live long, get up every morning. We,
my friends, the issue is, we have life is a gift. You and
I cannot necessarily choose how long we will live. We do well
to be good stewards of our body, to live carefully, to live responsibly,
as God would want us to live, but that does not guarantee that
we will have long life. Our times are in God's hands. I want to look at another verse
here in the book of Ecclesiastes chapter 3 in verse 21. Who knoweth the spirit of man
that goeth upward and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward
to the earth. There is a difference between
man and beast. The Bible says that a beast also
has a spirit. I don't know how to define that. But Bible says the beast also
has a spirit. It's what it says right here.
But there is a difference. The spirit of beast goes down. He says here in this passage,
if you look in the verses earlier, that there's, they're made of
flesh. And it seems like they're made
of the same kind of stuff. But the spirit of one goes down,
and the spirit of the other goes upward. As I understand the scriptures,
the spirit of man goes back to God who gave it. And we're going
to look at that thought a little bit later on, because that's
another concept that I think we need to carry in mind. But
you and I have been made for eternity, and therefore we need
to bear in mind that as the people that have been created by God
to have a choice, we should make our decisions in light of eternity. We're living today in perilous
times and therefore we need to today, as much as any day, make
our decisions in light of eternity and not for just what feels good
now. How we spend our money, how we
spend our time, what we do, what we say, will be determined by
how we look at eternity and a look at the destination of our soul. I'd like to look at a second
principle, Matthew chapter 7. Only eternity will reveal the
full picture of what the brush of time is painting. What the brush of time is painting. Everything you do, everything
you say, the way you live your life is putting
a stroke on the picture of what men see when they look at you. Can the world see Jesus when
they look at your life? Matthew chapter 7 verse 13 and
14. Enter ye in at the straight gate
for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction. And many there be which go in
thereat. Look at what he says first. Enter
ye in at the straight gate. The narrow gate. The small gate. The straight is the idea of almost
the idea of squeezing through. Because broad is the way which
leadeth to destruction. And many there be which go in
thereat. That tells me something. The
majority are making the wrong decisions. You can live any way
you want to on the Broadway. You really don't have to make
any decision to walk on the Broadway. Because as Adam sinned and gave
to us through procreation our sinful nature Our sinful nature
will automatically take us down the broad way. And the easy,
it's the easy way, it's the downward path. Where you really don't
have to resist your own inclinations. You can just go that way. But
there is a thought here. It's not that easy when you have
to make, when you make the right decision. Verse 14, because straight
is the gate. Narrow is the way which leadeth
unto life, and few there be that find it. Few there be that find
it. Friends, what does that tell
you? Truth and those who follow truth,
those who make decisions in light of eternity, will always be in
the minority. And that's a sobering thing to
think about. Very sobering indeed. Of those of us that are here
who have made our decision and are attempting to make our decisions
in light of eternity, you and I are in the majority. That means
the potential for you being mocked is always present. There will
always be those who will oppose the way of Christ. There will
always be those who are adverse to what is right. There will
always be those who will be attempting to draw you away from that which
is right, and seek to confuse you in making the right decision. Look in verse 20, through the
rest of the chapter, Wherefore, by your fruits, their fruits,
ye shall know them. My friends, we are living in
deceptive times today. There are those today that I
believe are even confusing us at times. Let's just read on
a little further. This is why I feel that way.
Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into
the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my father,
which is in heaven. Many will say unto me in that
day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in
thy name have cast out devils And in thy name have done many
wonderful works. And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you. Depart from me ye workers of
iniquity. The word there, iniquity, could
well have been translated lawlessness. We have many today who in the
name of liberty declare themselves as being free from law. Being a law unto themselves to
the point that they believe that they can define That the Spirit
of God will talk to them and define for them the way that
they should go, even though it might be contrary to the Scriptures
and the Word of God. We have the full and complete
revelation of truth with us tonight. And that truth tonight is a truth
that cannot be bent. A truth that cannot be changed. Look what he says yet in the
next few verses here, where he says this, verse 24. Therefore, whosoever hears these
sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise
man which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended,
and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that
house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. And
every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them
not, shall be likened unto one like unto a foolish man which
built his house upon the sand, and the rains descended, the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and
it fell, and great was the fall of it." My friends, tonight, profession,
by word of mouth, will never be good enough. It is obedience. He that doeth. He that doeth not. There can be no exchange. and the life of one who lives
a life of faith, following Jesus. There can be no exchange for
the life of obedience. And I am convinced tonight, and
this is something that I am concerned about, because I believe it is
very, very deceptive. There are those who become very
bold in their profession, to the point that I even back off
and say, ah, I wish I could be that bold. But as I look at their
life, I find that they have become very careless, and they somehow
think we can throw this away, we can throw that away, We don't
have to do this anymore. We don't have to do that anymore.
My friends, buy their fruits. You will know them. Discipleship
of Jesus Christ. My friends, salvation is not
a one-time thing. And maybe we'll look at this
another scripture, another evening. I don't have time to go into
this in depth. What we need today is discipleship. Obedience is
not a popular word. My friends, without obedience,
we will not enter into the kingdom of God. He that doeth the word
will be entering in. It's the foolish man who doesn't
do, and his house is blown over by the storms of life. sobering
to think about. And so tonight, I want to bring
to our minds, turn with me to Isaiah chapter 45. I want to
bring to our minds very clearly this second principle. The first
principle, living and making our decisions in light of eternity. And that stands as good, it matters
not in what culture, what place we live or in what time we live. The second principle, is just
as important. Isaiah 45 verse 5 verse 5 I am the Lord there is none else
there is no God beside me I girded thee though thou hast not known
me that they may know from the rising of the sun and from and
from the West, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord,
there is none else. This is the verse I want, the
next verse. I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create evil. I, the Lord, do all these things. Powerful word. I form the light
and create darkness. It's a powerful thought and it's
a basic thought. Every one of us needs to be very
clear on that issue. Light versus darkness. Let's read in verse 19 of this passage. I have not spoken in secret in
a dark place of the earth. I said not unto the seed of Jacob,
seeking me in vain. I, the Lord, speak righteousness.
I declare things that are right. God determines what is right. We spoke on the first evening
of God wanting to illuminate us through the Word of God. The principles of right and wrong
will never change. Never change. Never ever. God determines what is right. And the principle that God created
the light and the darkness is the thread that you can follow
from all the way to the book of Genesis, all the way through
to the book of Revelation. Let's do it. Genesis chapter
1. Genesis chapter 1. The first
five verses. In the beginning, God created
the heaven and the earth. And the earth was about form
and void. Darkness was upon the face of
the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon
the face of the water. And God said, let there be, say
it together, light That's the principle, my friends, of creation. Let there be light. And then he says, and God saw
the light that it was good, and God divided the light from the
darkness, and God called the light day, and the darkness he
called night. God created the light because
it's part of His character. And but when He created the light,
now He had to also make so that it would be dark. And so He created
day and night. It's significant that works of
darkness are perpetuated in the dark. Works of light perpetuated
in the light. The principle of right and wrong,
light and darkness, goes hand in hand. And let's continue to
look into the Scriptures, this principle of light. We go to
the book of 1st John, in chapter 1, in verse 5. Here's what it
says. This then is the message which
we have heard of Him declaring to you, that God is light, and
in Him is no darkness at all. The principle of God is light. Right is light. Darkness is evil. Evil is depicted by darkness. It's a principle of scripture.
Look at another scripture. We have it in John chapter 8,
where Jesus is speaking in verse 12. Then spake Jesus and said
unto them, I am the light of the world. that follow me shall not walk
in darkness, but shall have the light of light." Think of that. Jesus is saying, I am the light
of light. If you want to walk in light,
follow me. I'll be your flashlight. Every
step of the way that you go, I'll light your way. The principles
of right and wrong. We need to know what they are,
and they're defined in the scriptures, and we'll look at more of them
later, but now in Revelation chapter 21. Revelation chapter
21, we want to look at this difference of light and darkness. Chapter
21, beginning to read in verse 22. I saw no temple therein,
for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon,
to shine in it, for the glory of God did lighten it. And the
Lamb is the light thereof, and the nations of them which are
saved shall walk in the light of it, and the kings of the earth
to bring their glory and honor into it. And the gates of it
shall not be shut at all by day, for there is no night there. My friends, in the final end,
darkness is going to be wiped away. There is no night in glory. God created the night in Genesis
chapter one for the time when earth would be. But in eternity,
he's erasing the night. The principle of division of
light and darkness is a creation principle that is meant for God's
people to be very, very serious and soberly consider. In the
light of life and the decisions that you make today, God has
given us the principles of right. The principles of light. There
is no compromise in those principles. Men have sought to redefine the
laws of God. And in so doing, they have brought
the confusion of the gray into being. When marriage has been redefined
by governments and by nations, to be whatever they choose for
it to be, versus what God says for it to be. One man and one
woman unmarried previously, unless there is death, separated only
by death. And if it's not that, it's adultery. My friends, sobering to think
about. Sobering to think about. It's
a law of God. In fact, if you will turn with
me to Exodus chapter 20, let's just look at more of these laws. Exodus chapter 20, thou shall
have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee
any graven image. Thou shalt not bow down thyself
to them. Just hopping along here. Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. When God
gave the laws of right and wrong, he did not stutter. He said it the way he meant it
to be. He said it the way it is. And the
definition of man, however wise he may consider himself to be,
does not change the principle of right and wrong. And my friends, tonight, we will
be judged upon those principles. If you look into the New Testament,
there's affirmation of nine of the laws that are given on Mount
Sinai. The tenth one, the Sabbath day
is not affirmed in the same way. The Sabbath day, remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy is not affirmed in the New Testament.
Therefore, I believe there is validity to the issue of the
Lord's day being a replacement for that which is the Sabbath. But all nine of the other principles
are not only affirmed, they're strengthened. He that looketh
upon a woman to lust after her has committed adultery in his
heart. Now it is not only the act, but is the sin of the spirit. that is brought to judgment and
brought to bear for us to think about how we are inside the thought
presses that are there. For within the heart of man,
I believe it's in Mark chapter 10, maybe it's Mark chapter 13,
where he says, for from out of the heart of man proceed evil
thoughts. As a man thinketh in his heart,
so is he. Somebody's turning the clock. honor thy father and thy mother.
Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt
not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor,
thou shalt not covet. The laws of God, my friends,
the laws of right and wrong that God has given to us, God holds
that before us. And it's one of the principles
that you and I need to keep in mind. No matter what day and
time we live in, God's laws are that which should guide us in
making our decisions in light of eternity. And that's the second
principle. I bring to you now quickly the
third principle. And I go back to Isaiah chapter
45, and I look in verse 23. I have sworn by myself The word is gone out of my mouth
in righteousness and shall not return. God says I've said it. It's not going to be changed. But look at this. That unto me
every knee shall bow and every tongue shall swear. Affirmed in the New Testament,
Romans chapter 14. Romans chapter 14. in verse 11. For it is written, As I live,
saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall
confess to God. So then every one of us shall
give account of himself to God. My friends, we must make our
decisions if we would live right in light of eternity. We must
make our decisions based upon what God has said is right versus
what is wrong. But thirdly, you and I are going
to give account of ourselves to God. We will give account
of ourselves to God. As Adam and Eve in the garden,
when they had sinned, God shows up. And he asks Adam, why are
you hiding? And what does Adam do? He says,
the woman that you gave me. And he turns to the woman and
she says, the serpent beguiled me. You see, the placing of blame
upon someone else is something that is part of our sinful nature. But my friends, that will never
work. You and I make the wrong decisions
and we walk in the path of wrong and wickedness or lawlessness. When we stand before God, we
will not be able to say to God, my friends made me do this. We will not be able to say to
God, the devil made me do it. God is going to look at us And
he's asking us to give an account because he has given us the right
to choose. Choose you this day, my friends,
who you're going to serve. How long hold ye between two
opinions? Friends, tonight, the choice
is ours. How long hold ye between to opinions. The wishy-washy, oh, which way
am I going to go? We need to make a decision. The
gray will never work. One time over here, one time
over there. My friend, the right done over
here does not translate into a balancing of what has been
done wrong over here. There is only one remedy for
the sin that has been done on this side, and that is the blood
of Jesus. And we looked at that last night.
But tonight, I am pushing every individual that is here tonight
to make a choice. Deliberately choose who will
you serve. How long halt we between two
opinions. Statistics tell us that in the
U.S. today, there are now fewer people
than ever before, percentage-wise, that believe in God. The perpetuation
of falsehood through the news media and the U.S. news media
in the United States is considered to be the most corrupt of any
news media in the whole world. Finland having the most accurate
news projection as given in the world. But in the United States,
only 26% of the people believe that the news media can be trusted.
And there's a reason for that. There's a reason for that. I
wouldn't want the news media to present me to God. And I wouldn't
want the news media to present me to my fellow man. But my friends, one day, I'm
going to stand before God. I'm going to give account. There's
no way around it. How have I chosen today in light
of eternity? How have I chosen in light of
the laws of God? and the light that God has given
to us that clearly defines the right for all. How have you chosen? How long halt we between two
opinions? The fourth principle, I just
want to quickly pull out, and that is the principle, there
is forgiveness. We all fail. Though ages of sin
and death for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
God. But my friends, tonight, there is forgiveness. And though
we have failed, and all of us have, there is a place to come
to, to God, where there is He who is the master of reconciliation. He who is the one that presents
our case before God the Father, and we can come to Him, and we
can lay our cause in front of Him. In Romans chapter 10, We
have this word and I just want to quickly read it to us. Verse
9 and 10. That if thou shall confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus shall believe in our heart that God
has raised him from the dead. Thou shall be saved. We dropped down to verse 13.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord. Shall be
saved. I'm calling tonight for everyone
in this room who hasn't made a conscious decision. Choose
tonight. I don't do this lightly, but
I'm going to call for a song of invitation. And as we sing,
if there is someone here tonight that has felt the call of God
upon your life and you've never made that decision, who you will
serve. Just make your way to the prayer
room here to the left. Someone will counsel you, help
you find and make that decision clear. Can we have a verse or
so?