The Bible teaches that humanity is composed of eternal beings, and therefore, understanding the eternal state is crucial for well-balanced, thinking individuals. Scripture provides sufficient information about the afterlife, aligning with scientific findings. The sermon emphasizes that believing in the Son of God is the record of eternal life, as stated in 1 John 5:9-13. It warns that the current times, characterized by self-love and disregard for God, are the last days, mirroring the conditions before Noah's flood and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The imminent second coming of Christ will involve the rapture of believers, leaving the unsaved to face judgment, a fate that can be avoided by accepting God's free salvation.
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God is with me. As far as you are gone, I'll fight for me. Don't take it all your way to God, but there is me again. Never come to die for me. Good evening, radio friends. The Bible teaches us that we are creatures of eternity, and since this is true, we must think in terms of a life beyond this short span on earth. Only a very foolish person would say, I want to be ignorant regarding the future.
Well-balanced, thinking people are interested in learning all they can about the eternal state. and all our information is limited to one book, the inspired Holy Scriptures. But they are sufficient, and all the findings of accredited science will fall in harmony with the Word of God. On this Gospel broadcast we invite the attention of well-balanced thinking people as we seek to bring the claims of the Lord Jesus Christ to your attention. The members of the Choir of the Gospel Center are ready to present musical selections. is the voice of the Lord.
We sing the praise of God, we sing the praise of God, we are Lord. We love Him. One week and one year and three, for every hope of the day, now we do to make us sing, we love Him. When the men of God say, oh the cross, take your fear, go everywhere you go. Yes, oh, God, oh, life is right, world is right, and earth is God. That's the perfect sight is right. Keep us within. Jesus is the blessed way, Jesus is the Son of God, Jesus Christ is the Son, Jesus Christ, Jesus is the Son, Jesus Christ, Jesus is the King, the will of God, just like the faithful Paul, over the dead and once for all, Jesus is the King.
Thank you, I see you, that's everywhere you go. Thank you, God, for all my good life. Praise you, praise you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Way God, when it is not near you, O the close, because the angels, every way is known.
Sing your humble voice with pride, please live with praise and pride, and love life with pride in life. Jesus, My scripture reading is taken from First John chapter five, beginning at verse nine.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God which he has testified of his son. He that believeth on the son of God has the witness in himself. He that believeth not God hath made him a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that believeth not, he that hath the Son of has life, and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
From the deep deep love I never had known, From the joy that was at my heart. Since I yielded my soul, my body and soul, To my wonderful, wonderful my wonderful Lord my wonderful my Savior,
divine, my wonderful, wonderful Lord. Oh, the talents I have, I have laid at my feet, I surrender it all to my wonderful are on the road.
By angel and seraph they never know, Lord, my holy man, My Savior divine, my wonderful, wonderful Lord. When I think of the cross where my Saviour died, Neath the crown of the darkened skies, When I hear the groan of the crucified, And I look on those death flows die, When I know that for me he the anguish bore from sin he might set me free, Oh, I know that I'll love him forevermore, When I think of his love for me.
When I think of the grave where they laid my Lord, and they sealed him within the gloom, when I think how according to his word he arose from that vanquished tomb. Oh, I know that for me he endured it all. My eyes with tears grow dim, while low at his feet in love I fall whenever I think of him. is a Jesus gift for me, coming from his home abroad.
When through pain and sorrow are the need I know, I've had it too much for me to know. Oh, what is your life for me? May we praise the truth of life for me. Oh, what are you? for our singing, O our Lord.
Will he then not keep me on my journey through? Yea, and true, I'll play the love. Never will I not give God his prophet you. is the source of saving and forgiving love. Oh, love, my Jesus died for me.
Saving grace, those who survive for me. Oh, love, Evermore must be here, O Allah. Our gracious Father, once more we bow before thee to praise thee for that wondrous love that was expressed in the giving of thy Son.
And we pray that the sons of men who have never trusted him, may be brought into the power of that love and may trust him as Lord and Savior, we ask in Jesus' name, amen. In the beloved, accepted him I, risen ascended and seated on high, saved from all sin through his
infinite grace. with our redeemed ones accorded a place. In the beloved, God's marvelous grace calls me to dwell in this wonderful place. God sees my Savior, and then he sees me in the beloved, accepted and free.
In the beloved, I went to the tree. There in his person, by faith I made sin. Infinite wrath, rolling over his head. infinite grave, for he died in my stead. In the beloved, God's marvelous grace called me to dwell in this wonderful place.
God sees my Savior, and then He sees me in the beloved, accepted and free. Each day as you read your newspaper you must be startled at the unending stream of tales of kidnapping, murder, suicide, drunkenness, assault. And the steady increase of these cause you to raise the question, what lies ahead of this poor world?
The natural man who does not read his Bible has found no answer to this question. But Bible-reading Christians are not too greatly disturbed. For in the Scriptures they have been told that these things will increase as time marches on. In the second letter to Timothy chapter three, we have a record of the conditions that will exist in the last days of this dispensation of grace. Here is the record. I am reading from second Timothy chapter three. This know also that in the last days perilous times shall come, for men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blaspingers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, cruise-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisors of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof from such turn away.
As you read these verses slowly, I leave you to judge whether these things characterize the days in which we are living. If so, and I rather think you will come to that conclusion, then we are living in the last days in which the chief ambition of man is to please himself, giving very little, if any, regard to God, nor the moral laws that God has established for the welfare of the human family. The Bible history of God's dealing with Adam's race revealed that God has allowed man to continue in disobedience until a certain point. Then God steps in and calls for a balance of the books.
It was so in the days of Noah. God allowed men to indulge at any length. They deliberately disobeyed all God's commands. God watched them patiently until a given day. Then he seemed to say, It is enough. And judgment fell. When Christ was living on the earth, he said, As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, or had their marriage annulled, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Did you notice those three words? Until the day. It must have been a shocking day. a very rude awakening. The Bible clearly tells us that an event is yet to occur which will give to the world its greatest shock. The shock will consist in the sudden disappearance of millions of its choicest inhabitants. This disappearance will be of such a mysterious nature that it will seem as though the earth has opened its mouth and swallowed them. But that will not be the case. Heaven will have opened its doors to receive them. I do not wish to be sentimental, but these facts are clearly stated in the Bible.
Listen as I read from First Thessalonians four sixteen. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. When this world-shocking event takes place, those who are not saved will be left behind for punishment. And the world's experts will have to give an explanation of the mysterious disappearance of millions. And I'm sure they will be able to offer explanations that will be accepted by some.
However, I think there will be some who have heard of the second coming of Christ, who will have read in the Bible. and who will not fall for the satanic explanations that experts will offer. These will know what has happened, and will find no comfort, for they will know that their doom is sealed. In Noah's day the coming of judgment was proclaimed for one hundred and twenty years. But as now, so then, many would not believe the report. Only eight souls out of the teeming thousands believed that God's program would be carried out. The masses were saying a loving God wouldn't send the flood, and by this satanic reasoning they brushed aside all responsibility of taking shelter in the ark which God provided.
After the fateful day arrived, many believed, and if a second chance had been offered, they all would have crowded into the ark. after christ comes again and all christians will disappear in a moment of time many christ rejectors will be anxious to be saved but god will not offer a second chance remember christ said as it was in the days of noah so shall it be also in the days of the son of man and the flood or judgment came and destroyed them all if you raise the question What lies ahead of this full world?
The Bible answers your question in a twofold manner. For those who are born again, who have come to Christ for salvation, heaven and eternal happiness lies ahead. Not just the possibility, but as a definite certainty. The other half of the answer to the question, what lies ahead of this world, is extremely sad. For those who are not born again, have nothing ahead. but judgment. Facing such a dark prospect will rob you of all possible joy, and life is unbearable, a mere waste of energy. The solemn fact of judgment ahead is announced in the Bible not to cast gloom upon the future, but to cause men and women to face the facts and to turn from that coming judgment.
The coming judgment will not fall upon all men, It will only come on those who neglect God's free salvation. So there's no reason why you should ever be caught in that fearful day of vengeance. It is God's desire that you might be saved before Christ comes again. He would much rather save you than punish you. But if you refuse his kind offer of salvation, there's nothing left for him to do, but to banish you from his presence for all eternity. The shock of Christ's second coming will apparently not last very long, for men will learn the necessity of adjusting themselves to any existing condition.
The Holy Spirit, who is now in the world restraining the forces of evil, will also be removed when Christ comes again. The bounds of Satan's power will be greatly enlarged, with no representative from heaven to restrain him. If you think world conditions are bad today, you have a few more guesses coming, for after Christ comes, this poor world will reel to and fro like a drunkard. The front page of your newspaper will only be able to carry a few of the blood-curdling events of the day. I'm glad I won't be here when the devil's ropes are lengthened. His present power is more than I care to see.
In the light of these Bible facts regarding the future, do you still feel that you should be without Christ and unsaved? I appeal to your better judgment. Does it seem reasonable to you that Christ should stand ready to save you from the awful day of impending judgment, and still you should refuse him and deliberately wait for God's wrath to fall upon you? The tremendous price that Christ paid on the cross of Calvary in order to save you ought to melt your cold heart. Those of us who are saved still shudder to think of those days when we were exposed to eternal judgment. How stupid of us to hear of God's free salvation and to turn a deaf ear and prefer to go on in our sins.
Among the greatest regrets in my life are those days when I turned down God's offer of salvation. I now look upon it as a form of insanity. Evidently, I didn't believe that God meant what He said. But I'm glad, eternally glad, for the day when I trusted Christ as my Lord and Savior. And I read in the Bible of the fearful judgment that will come, I am not disturbed. I can read it calmly, saying, Thank God, when all this happens, I will be at home with my blessed Savior. But I find it difficult to read about the things that shall fall upon this full world without being concerned about you who are still unsaved.
I wish you would believe that this matter is very serious. Perhaps you don't believe what God says. Perhaps you prefer to listen to the world's experts. Bible haters have a wide variety of answers to offer. You can take your pick, and one of them will lead you, every one of them will lead you to hell. My unsaved friend, as I bring this broadcast to a close, I ask you once more to consider the days in which you are living are days that hold nothing for joy and happiness. You will never have it until you trust the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior. I beg of you to open your heart to Him this very hour and find the peace, the joy, the satisfaction that your heart is longing for.
You'll find it all wrapped up in one package, and it's the Lord Jesus Christ. And now, our gracious Father, we ask thy blessing to rest upon everyone who has listened to thy word in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Day of judgment may be nearing. What a morning that will be. There'll be same season in Jesus.
Rock of ages left for me. Oh, my loving brother, when the world's on fire, don't you want God's bosom to be your pillow? Hide me over in the rock of ages. Rock of ages cleft for me When the dawning of that morning Breaks in fury all the world Rocks and mountains, streams and mountains In confusion will be heard.
O loving brother, when the world's on fire, Don't you want God's bosom to be your pillow? Ride me over in the rock of ages. Clock of ages, cleft for me. Villers trembling, saints rejoicing, each departing to his place. All the random fights will gather, He has saved them by His rays.
Home loving brothers, When the world's on fire, touch Lord God's bosom to be your pillow. Hide me over in the rock of ages. Rock of ages. Climbs for me.