Go o Oh you cannot serve God and materialism at the same time you have to make a choice no man can serve two masters either he will hate the one or else he will hold to the one and despise the other you cannot serve God and materialism you know there’s a
Psychological vacuum in America tonight Millions have no purpose for living and no motivating challenge they want a cause to believe in they want a song to sing and they want a flag to follow Ernest Hemingway once said I live in a vacuum that is as lonely as a radio
Tube when the batteries are dead and there’s no current to plug into Iran es Cobb once said in politics I’m a democrat in religion I’m an innocent bystander I remember a story that they used to tell out of the American Civil War one man said I’m neutral so he put on Gray
Trousers and a blue coat and they shot at him from both sides Christ never allowed people to be bystanders and Spectators the word Christian is from the Latin and it literally means partisan for Christ a partisan for Christ you know they’re having all that trouble down in
Yugoslavia and Mr Tito died some time ago and left a vacuum in that country and his people that followed him in fighting the Nazis during the war were called partisans I I’m old enough to remember that myself and they were called partisans and they committed themselves they believed in something and those
Partisans never play it neutral they never play it safe they never sit on the fence they are never Spectators in the struggle of their times they take sides they commit themselves I heard one in Texas they asked this man are you a Christian he said no thank God I’m a
Baptist the word Christian in the early days was used in derision it was a term of reproach many people have a wrong idea about what a Christian is they think that a Christian is a person who prays who lives by the Golden Rule who is Sincere who goes to church and who
Keeps the Ten Commandments all those are good things they’re products many times of being a Christian but that doesn’t make you a Christian that doesn’t really make you a true follower of Jesus Christ a Christian is one that three things has taken place in his life first
He has made a choice all the way through the Bible we’re asked to make a choice Adam and Eve made made the wrong choice and it affected the whole human race because they sinned against God and that became a disease that went from generation to generation and you and I
Have a disease that’s going to end in physical death and spiritual death unless we return unless we turn to Christ every choice we make affects other people in Deuteronomy the 30th chapter 30th chapter Moses called upon the people of Israel I called all Heaven and Earth to record this day against you
That I’ve set before you life and death blessing and cursing therefore choose life that both thou and thy seed may live choose Joshua the 24th chapter Joshua said to the people choose you this day whom you’re going to serve I’m asking you tonight to make a choice you
Have many of you have a choice to make I talked to a man on the telephone this afternoon and I asked him straight out will you receive Christ as Savior he said not now I’m going to think it over I have too many questions to ask and he
Made a choice but he said I’ll watch on television and I’m praying that he’ll make the right choice in First Kings the 18th chapter Elijah said to all the people how long are you going to Halt between two opinions if the Lord God be God follow him if the devil is God serve
Him Jesus said enter ye in at the Straight Gate for wide is the gate and Broad is the way that leadth to destruction and many there be that go therein because straight is the gate and narrow is the way which leadth to life and few there be that find it think of
It Jesus said it’s a narrow gate it’s a narrow road for eternal life and only a few people are going to find it most of the people are going to be on the broad road that leads to destruction and judgment and Hell which road are you on
Tonight you have to make that that choice before you leave here and then secondly a Christian is a person who has made a change a change in the way you live the Holy Spirit comes into your life when you receive Christ and he gives you the
Power to change your whole way of life the scripture says therefore If any man be in Christ he is a new creation old things have passed away behold all things have become new your mind your emotions your will are all involved in that change and it affects your whole
Life when you come to Christ many people have made statements about this very thing Freud said people change by renewing their fixations Adler the great psychiatrist used to say people change by renewing their goals Roo May used to say they change by renewing their efforts towards self-realization ation
But God says people change by renewing their minds the Bible has a lot to say about the mind when you come to Jesus Christ you don’t commit intellectual suicide you come to Christ with your mind and you change your mind and that’s repentance you change your mind toward
God you change your mind toward sin you change your mind toward yourself and you change your mind towards your neighbor and you begin to love your neighbor as yourself the Bible is very clear to change from a defeated problem oriented person depends on first changing the mind because our problems
Emotional upsets and feelings and behavior and goals are all rooted in wrong basic beliefs about how to meet our personal needs in Christ the third thing a Christian is a person who has accepted a challenge Cheng Jesus said If any man will come after me let him deny
Himself and take up his cross daily and follow me how many of you are looking for a challenge If any man will come after me the first thing he must do is deny self your own selfish Ambitions your own self goals and you must come to the Cross
Where Christ died for you and shed his blood because you see you and I are sinners we’ve all broken God’s law and we deserve judgment we deserve hell we’re going to end up in hell we’re going to end up at the Judgment but Christ came on the
Cross and by his stripes we are healed when they took those long leather thongs with steel pets and beat him across the back he was doing that for you when they put those Nails in his hands he was doing it for you when they put that
Spirit his side he was doing it for you he went to hell for you he took your judgment and your hell so that you’ll never have to spend one minute in hell and you’ll never have to face the great Judgment of God that’s how much God loves you God loves [Applause]
You but he rose again we don’t worship a Christ who still on a cross we worship a living Christ that’s what Easter is all about but God says that if you are to follow him you’re going to have to take up your cross daily every morning when you get up you
Take up your cross now what is your cross the cross is the fact that Jesus went out to die on the cross it was like saying take up the electric chair and follow me today take up the Gallows and follow me you identify yourself with Christ openly
And publicly and you’re not ashamed of Christ that’s what it means he would walk down the street and people and he would call men and they would follow him now some young people here tonight resist the idea of choice of any sort we’ve been called the generation of the
Uncommitted you don’t want they don’t want to be called narrow they don’t want to close their minds Christ taught clearly that they’re two roads two masters and two Destinies we cannot travel both roads so we avoid the choice as long as we can there’s death in every
Choice you die to one road when you go down the other life never allows neutrality without exacting a price try to be neutral in politics and one day you’ll be confronted with The Ballot Box try to be neutral about the race problem and it’ll you you’ll be confronted in
Your block in your neighborhood or on your street or in your school and someday it will come to you you can’t be non-involved in the issues of our day and the social problems of our day you can’t be involved with the thousands of people that walk the streets of King
County with no place to sleep and nothing and very little to eat we have to do something about it that’s the reason we have love and action we know we can’t feed all the hungry people but we do it as an example as to what churches ought to be doing all the time
We ought to be extending a helping hand to help all of those that are in need some people don’t want to be involved in their neighbors problems there’s a time though when you must stand up and be counted Jesus Christ demands that you decide decide about him
Pilate asked what shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ pilate washed his hands you have to make a decision about Christ whom do men say that I the son of man am and Simon Peter answered and said you are Christ the son of the Living God
Now some are reluctant to make the choice for Christ because of theology uh you don’t want to accept all the things that the scripture teaches about God and about Christ even about God himself the Bible says I am the Lord God I change not the Bible says God is a god of
Love and then there comes the Bible what am I going to do about the Bible I can’t accept the Bible job says I’ve esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food in 2 Timothy the 3rd Chapter it says all scriptures given by inspiration of God the Bible is the
Inspired word of God God I don’t ever spend five minutes wondering whether this is the word of God or not I accepted this by faith years ago and I’ve never had a doubt about it since when you accept it by faith nothing can move you there are things I
Don’t understand in the Bible there are things that are almost apparent contradictions but they’re not I just accept it as God’s word by faith my problem is not the things I don’t understand in the Bible it’s the things I do understand things that I do understand
That I ought to be doing in obedience to Christ that’s what disturbs me and then there are a lot of young people that say well I’ve heard about conversion and you want us to be converted yes because Jesus said except you be converted and become as little
Children you can’t see the kingdom of God what does conversion mean it just means turn around I’m going this direction I turn and I start this direction in my life that’s conversion just changing over that’s all it means don’t make a big thing out of
It but it is a big thing because it depends your eternity depends on whether you’ve been really converted or not you have to be converted inside in your heart not just the outward things many people think you’re a good person because you go to church you’ve been baptized or maybe you’ve been confirmed
In your church but you need to come and reconfirm your confirmation vows you need to come and reconfirm the baptism vows that you took or the baptism vows that your parents took you need to come and make Christ real in your own life and then some refuse Christ because
Of the church how many times I hear the word well the church is full of of Hypocrites well there’s Hypocrites in every area of life I was born and rid on a dairy farm and we sold milk and we would distribute the milk to the various customers and we’d get up
Early in the morning and uh send our little Dairy trucks out and I would milk the cows and sometimes I’d go on the truck and uh we had several dairies in our area and so the when price of milk got so low the farmers began to put
Water in the milk now they were Hypocrites in the milk business but that did not mean that they were not some real ones my father would never stoop to such a thing as that now the One requirement for membership in the church is that you are unworthy to
Be a member Christ himself founded the church the church is made up of Sinners that have been saved by the grace of God there’s no such thing as a perfect church if you find a perfect church and you join it it becomes imperfect the church is for Fellowship
The church is for strengthening our faith the church has many things that it can contribute to you but there’s another reason that we sometimes say we don’t want to come to Christ we don’t want to pay the price if you want an education you’ll deny anything to get it
If you want wealth you’ll give up all sorts of things to attain it now God gave the very best he had for you the scripture says he spared not his own son the scripture says the world passes away and the lust thereof but he that doeth the will of God abides
Forever what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul and then there are other young people that are afraid of being misunderstood and ridiculed do not want to be in such a small minority the Bible teaches that there may be persecution
There will be you will be misunderstood you will be an outsider in many groups in and peer pressure is so powerful today in the various School levels whether it’s the University or whether it’s the high school the Bible teaches that you may be an outsider and you may have to seek
Some new friends because one of the things that happens is when you come to Christ you enter a whole new social world and you will find that you will have brothers and sisters in every country of the world it’s a great fraternity that we join when we come to
Christ and it may not be just episcopalians or Baptist or Methodist or pentecostalist or Presbyterians or Catholic it may be we just are Christ ones I’ve been all over well not all over the world but many parts of the world and I’ve met people that were absolute strangers to me but the moment
We met we were brothers you might not be invited to certain parties you might not be invited to certain things and you may have to pay a price for a little while till you make new friends among Believers to follow Christ may be costly business but the Apostle Paul said yay
And all that will live Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution that’s a part of the cost it’s not easy to follow Christ in 1991 in America it’s hard it cost something and then there are many young people that just put it off you say I’m going to wait till another
Time Proverbs 27 says boast not thyself of tomorrow for you know not what a day will bring forth the scripture says behold now is the accepted time behold now is the day of salvation in Lillian Roth’s story and her book I’ll cry tomorrow at a certain point she had this
To say I’m an alcoholic and I need help you need to say tonight I have sinned against God and I need help I want to know I’m going to heaven I want to know my sins are forgiven I want to be sure if I died now that I would go straight into
Heaven will you say that tonight and if you’re not certain of your relationship to Christ tonight I’m going to ask you to make sure so that you can leave here and say I know that Christ lives inside of me and I’m going to ask you in a moment to get up out of
Your seat and say that you must make that commitment don’t sit on the fence any longer just stand out and say I’m coming a young man recovering from a motorcycle accident in which he nearly died saw that we were going to be in Sheffield England for Crusade and he said I don’t know
Anything about God but I ought to hear that man so he came he did and he accepted Christ and he told his counselor I almost died without faith when we went one of the places I forget some City there was a 16-year-old girl that gave her life to Christ and
The next night she found her counsel and said I want to give you a change of address I’m going back to live with my parents they came here tonight and we will reconciled George Williams who founded the YMCA came to Christ in the 19th century in England’s West country and he wrote
This I cannot describe to you the joy and the peace which flowed into my soul when first I saw that the Lord Jesus had died for my my sins and that they were all forgiven do you know Christ are you certain of it if there’s a doubt in your
Heart and mind make sure tonight I read the life story some years ago of Francisco pizaro it brought back to mind today when I was reading about the trouble they’re having in Peru in the 16th century he conquered Peru in the midst of great difficulties when he only had a
Handful of men left he drew a line with his sword on the ground one way was to Peru with riches and danger and the other was back toward Panama where their ships were and security he chose to March South to Peru and became the found of that great
Nation tonight you stand at the crossroads of your life you step across that line that has been drawn in the Sand by our Lord Jesus Christ and he says repent of your sin be converted come to me I will change your life I’ll make you a new person I’ll
Give you new power a new Joy a new peace a new happiness I’m going to ask you to come and by coming you saying I open my heart and give my life to Christ I want a change in my life get up and come I’m going to ask that no one leave please
[Applause] as hundreds are coming forward to respond to Mr Graham’s invitation to make a commitment to Jesus Christ you can make that same commitment right where you are just pick up the phone and call the number you see on your screen special friends are waiting to talk with
You and to pray with you about this most important decision so please don’t wait make that call now the line is busy write the number down and call again Later I want to say a word to you that have been watching by television you have been here in Seattle Washington with us in this great king doome one of the great stadiums of the world and we’ve seen hundreds of people come to Christ tonight simply not
Knowing all about it but coming to offer themselves to Jesus Christ and praying and hoping that there’ll be a change in their lives there will be with Christ in their lives you can make that same commitment where you are you make the commitment now and say yes to
Christ he’ll come into your heart and say Lord I want a change to take place in me in the relations with my family my wife my husband my children my parents I need you Lord and I want you to come in he’ll forgive your sin he’ll give you
The assurance that you’re going to heaven when you die give your life to him tonight if you just prayed that prayer with my father or if you have any questions about a relationship with Jesus Christ I would just call that number that is on the screen there’ll be
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Graham 1 Billy Graham Parkway Department C Charlotte North Carolina 28201 or you can contact us on the web 247 at peacewithgod.net everyone who responds at the invitation on behalf of Franklin Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association thank you for watching and thank you for your Prayers from our archives the Billy Graham classic now tonight I want you to turn with me to First Kings the 18th chapter First Kings the 18th chapter in the Old Testament First Kings 18 and this is one of the most dramatic stories in all the Bible 1821 how long halt ye between two
Opinions if the Lord be God follow him but if Baal be God follow him and the people answered not a word Elijah is the most remarkable character to me in all the Old Testament I like to read about him he’s mentioned 30 times in the New Testament and when Jesus
Christ went to the Mount of transfiguration there were two men that were there with him Elijah and Moses so we know that hundreds of years after Elijah had died or had been taken to heaven we know that he came back and we know know that he was living and he was
Talking because he was on the Mount of transfiguration but here in his life story he suddenly appears at the darkest moment of Israel’s history never had the nation gone so low morally spiritually militarily economically as it was at this hour the nation was struggling for its very existence and out of nowhere
There came this rugged strong craggy young lired suntan son of the desert Elijah and he suddenly announced to the people Elijah is here and the King trembled on his throne because Elijah came in the power and the anointing of the spirit of God it used
To be said that Mary Queen of Scots was more afraid of the prayers of John Knox one preacher than she was all the armies of England one man and God constitute a majority anywhere Elijah was a mighty prophet of the Lord and what had happened in Israel
That it caused Israel to go down so rapidly was that a very Wicked Man had come to the throne his name was Ahab and the Bible says that he did more evil than any other king that had ever preceded him and then he did something
Else he married a woman from one of the Heathen Nations which was against ancient Israeli law he married Jezebel and she worshiped Baal she didn’t believe in God she didn’t believe in the god of ancient Israel she didn’t believe in the god of Moses she didn’t believe in the god of Abraham she
Believed in ba and and baale was one of the worst forms of worship that we’ve ever known filled with sensuality sex orges human sacrifice and all the rest and this is a very interesting thing that in a time when people turn away from the true God many times you’ll find that they will
Put sex violence and their religion together and we’re seeing indications of that in America with the rise of Satan worship and the occults the emphasis on sex the emphasis on violence put them together and you have something the Bible says that God of and God will judge
And the wrath of God will fall upon that people and that was the situation when Elijah appeared on the scene and the first thing Elijah did was to protest except Elijah was almost alone he thought he was alone but God had told him later that there were 7,000 that
Hadn’t bowed the KNE to ba and Elijah said to the king all right here’s what I want you to do I want you to gather all the prophets of Baal that believe in idolatry and Lead idolatry in this country I want you to gather them at Mount Carmel
That looks out over the Mediterranean Sea and I’ll come up there and we’ll let all the people come and watch and we’ll have a contest I will debate the 450 prophets of Baal publicly and let the people decide who is God and the King said all right so all the people gather thousands
Of people gathered on Mount Carmel and the 400 prophets of baale and Elijah was standing for God Alone he was just one man one solitary Prophet standing there all by himself he said here’s what I want you to do I want you to get two bulls build two
Altars you call on your God baale I’ll call on my God the true and the Living God and we’ll see who answers by fire they said all right so they built their altar they cut their bull bulock up laid it on the altar thousands of people
Watching and then they began to call on ba they said oh ba ba ba ba answer by fire we know you’re the true God nothing happened and Elijah stood there and laughed at it and it’s one of the most humorous things in all the Bible he said
Go ahead yell maybe your God’s on a trip somewhere and from morning till noon they screamed and they yelled and they cried and they prayed and then they began to cut themselves until blood was gushing out all over the place trying to get baale to answer but of course ba couldn’t answer
And then Elijah said all right it’s time for me to take over he said all right build the Altar and they bu built the altar put the bulock on the altar he said now I want you to get 12 barrels of water and pour it on top dig a trench around it fill
That with water and everything is soaking wet then Elijah called upon God and the fire came down from heaven and burned up the bulock and burned up the altar burned up the whole thing and the people said we believe in the Lord God who is answered by fire and
Elijah won the day and left Mount Carmel Victorious over the false prophets of B I want you to notice who was there three groups of people one group one man Elijah on the other side 450 prophets of ba all experts in religion philosophy and psychology and on the and out in between
Were the vast mass of people who were not sure they were uncommitted they were not sure whether Baal was God they were not sure whether Elijah’s God was God their Ancient Ancient Traditions made them want to believe in Jehovah their interest though was in pleasing the king and being relevant and being
In they didn’t want to be old-fashioned and traditionalist and out of Step they didn’t want to be caught believing in the Ten Commandments if that wasn’t the end thing you see men have always been sort of fattest we go after to fads that’s true in every generation and
The end thing at that moment was to believe in ba with all the freedom of sex and sensuality and the orges now they didn’t like the human sacrifice but all religion demand some sort of sacrifice so what they would do they’d take their babies many times a chosen baby and put
In the hands of this great God and the baby would be burned up and they’d give their their babies as human sacrifices that was bail worship but then there were many who were secret followers of the true God they didn’t believe all that Hocus Pocus about
Baal they had a guilty feeling about it but they were afraid they were afraid of standing up for God afraid of standing up for what they beli to be truth and so they didn’t take a step publicly you see Jesus Demands a public stand that’s why I ask people to come
Forward he Demands a public stand you can’t be a secret follower of Jesus and please him he said if you’re not willing to take your stand publicly and openly I’ll not take my stand openly for you in heaven and without the intercession of Jesus Christ none of us would ever make
It and then Elijah said something to all these people if the Lord be God follow him but if bail then follow him he said make a decision God’s not going to allow you to have an altar to bail in your home to materialism in your home and then go to
Church on Sunday and think that’s going to do it you’ve got to come all out for Jesus Christ he must be first and Lord in every area of your life if you to be acceptable to God now the people had seen the evidence they knew Baal couldn’t give them peace and joy
And happiness they knew that you know one of our most famous film stars said the other day this I won’t call her name but she was quoted in one of the magazines is saying this I was the victim of the American dream I’d been brought up to believe that when I found
Success I would automatically be terribly happy we’ve all taught that well I got the success I’d spent 21 years believing that as soon as all these wonderful things happened to me my troubles would vanish well they didn’t it it was a big disillusionment she said and she’s only 21 now 21
Years thinking that if she made it on television and she’s famous on television and she’s famous in Motion Pictures around the world that she’d be happy she said it’s been a big disillusion you see bail can’t bring inner peace and satisfaction to the human heart Pascal once said it the great
Scientist he said happiness is neither within or without us it is in God and only when God is in US is happiness within us and without us how true that is happiness and peace and joy come in knowing god Baal couldn’t answer their deepest needs their great philosophical
Questions of where did I come from why am I here where am I going ba gave them no answers neither does capitalism and materialism and secularism and humanism it’s found only in a relationship with God you see you were made for God made in God’s image made for fellowship
With God and you can try all your life in a thousand different directions to find that certain something and you’ll never find it I’ve seen men strive to become the most brilliant scientist and I know some of the most brilliant scientists in America that are miserable I’ve seen men spend their
Lifetime making money and I know some of the richest men in America and I know how miserable some of them are I’ve seen men strive all their lives to attain political power and they get political power they get the office they were seeking but it doesn’t bring the peace and the joy and
The happiness and the Fulfillment they thought it would but here’s an interesting thing I’ve never seen a person give their lives to Jesus Christ sincerely but what they didn’t find what they were looking for he satisfies the deepest longings of our hearts and our lives now Elijah taught us one thing and Jesus
Teaches it too you must make a choice you have a will of your own and you have to decide how long will you halt between two opinions Jesus said there are two ways of life now the Bible says there’s a way that seeth right unto a man but
The end thereof are the ways of death some of you think you’re all right and that you’re on the right road now you don’t realize that you’re on the broad road that leads to destruction Jesus said there are two roads the broad Road and the narrow road the narrow road
Leads to eternal life the broad Road leads to destruction and every person in this audience tonight is on one or the other which are you on he said there are two masters he said you cannot serve God and Mammon you’ll either hate one and love the other or love one and hate the
Other he said make a choice he said there two fathers you know the Bible doesn’t teach the fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man not in the sense that many people teach it by creation he’s our Father by creation we’re all members of the same
Human race and that’s why we’re to love each other no matter what race we come from we’re all Brothers in that sense but spiritually speaking spiritually speaking we are not all of the same father and all of the same blood they’re only two groups those who are lost and those who
Are saved those on the broad Road those on the narrow road you must be on one or the other and there are two Destinies there is a heaven and there is a hell I know it’s not popular today to believe in hell you can believe in heaven but people rather not think about
Hell I don’t blame you it’s a terrible place but the Bible teaches it’s going to be a hell there is a hell where men are going to be separated from God forever and there’s a heaven where men are going to fellowship with each other and fellowship with Christ forever you must make a
Choice you young people you have to make the choice this is one choice you can’t depend on your parents to make for you your parents can teach you and help you and do their best and many of you parents have done your best with your children you’ve
Prayed for them you’ve loved them but there comes a time when they have to make their own choice about Jesus Christ they have to decide for themselves in the lonely Arena of their own Hearts the greatest battle that’s ever fought is this battle in the heart of a young person about Jesus
Christ and this is one thing you can’t depend on anybody to make for you you have the ability to make it you have the right to make it you can say yes or you can say no it’s one of the other and Jesus does not allow neutral ground and
He warns against waiting too long the Bible says now is the accepted time today is the day of salvation he that hardeneth his heart being often reproved shall suddenly be cut off and that without remedy come while you can don’t put it off any longer how long halt you between two
Opinions now when you make that choice there’s going to be a price to be paid the people that choose Jesus Christ will pay a price there are thousands of people in other parts of the world the price they have have to pay is they’re ostracized from their
Family in some parts of the world they can never go any further than grammar school if they make a decision for Christ they can never get a job above minia labor if they make a decision for Christ but in those parts of the world thousands upon thousands are living for
Jesus Christ in America we’ve had sort of an unnatural situation it’s almost popular to follow Christ in some areas of the country now that won’t last last long there’s always a price and if you receive Christ as your savior and try to live for him some people are going to sneer and they’re
Going to make fun behind your back and in this period of Conformity we don’t want to be considered too different but he calls upon you to be different when the gang is doing certain things you know to be wrong you take your stand and say no I can’t do that
Because I’m I’m a Christian because I believe in Jesus Christ it cost something to follow Christ and Jesus said you better sit down and count the cost one day you see a big crowd was following Jesus and he said wait a minute count the cost do you know that I’m going to die
On a cross and if you follow me you’re going to have to go die with me oh we didn’t know that Jesus we thought you were setting up a big Kingdom we were going to be in the Kingdom with you so they left him they will there will be the cross
For you to bear before the crown and when you do come to Jesus Christ you’re going to be tested by God God never has anyone come to him that he doesn’t test you some of you have made your decisions for Christ this week and already you’re being tested temptation is
Coming a friend doesn’t understand the step that you’ve taken already you are filled with some doubts and weakness this is all normal to every person that ever came to Christ we don’t start just jump right out and be full grown Grady Wilson just his daughter just had twins
Well they weren’t born full grown one of them was 5 lb and one was six lb and they’re just little tiny babies but they will be full grown someday but it takes time to grow God will test you when you come to Christ and he demands an immediate
Decision I wonder how many more sermons it would take to win you to Christ how many more warnings will God have to give you how how many more graves will have to be dug how many more Wars will have to be fought how many more earthquakes or tornadoes and floods will have to
Come before you make your decision the thief on the cross took that one moment and said Lord remember me and in that moment Jesus said Thou shalt be with me in Paradise that quick you can make your decision and commitment and remember God loves you he has a plan for your
Life you’re sinful you’re separated from God by sin and some of the results of this sin are worry and irritability and lack of purpose in life as well as some of the gross immoral sins that we read about God has provided the cross as a means for you to be forgiven of
Sin but you must individually receive Christ as your lord and your savior you and you alone in the quiet Arena of your heart will have to make that decision how long will you Hal between two opinions Charlotte Elliot was a beautiful woman and a great preacher by the name of Caesar Milan
Went all over Switzerland he was put out of his church because of his faith but once he was in England and he met this beautiful Charming young woman by the name of Charlotte OT she was suffering ill health and he went up to her and asked her if she
Would become a Christian and she rebuked him and said I resent you asking me that and she was very irritated at him he said I didn’t mean to be offensive to you but I only meant to tell you that God loves you and God’s willing to change your life and give you
Peace in your heart that night Charlotte Elliot could not sleep the words that the preacher spoke to her kept ringing in her ears and during the night she got up got on her knees gave her life to Christ and she sat down and wrote the hymn that we
Sing every night just as I Am Without One Plea but that thy blood was shed for me and that thou bidst me come to thee Oh Lamb of God I come I Come Just As You Are you don’t have to go home change clothes you don’t have to
Go home and get better you can’t improve yourself you come just like you are with all your sins with all your failures with all your mistakes with all your hypocrisy You Come Just As You Are he will forgive you and change you and come into your life and I’m going to ask you
To do just that publicly and openly right now I’m going to ask hundreds of you to get up out of your seat from all over this stadium and come and stand in front of this platform and say by coming I do receive Christ you may be a member
Of the church you might have thought that you were right with God before but somehow you know you’re not you’re not sure you’re not certain but you’d like to be I’m going to ask you to come right now from up in the top galleries it’ll
Take a minute or two to come but we’re going to wait hundreds of people have come every night you come this is your moment and your hour of commitment and after you’ve all come and stand here quietly I’m going to say a word to you have a prayer with you give you some
Literature and you can go back and join your friends and if you’re with friends or relatives or you’ve come in a bus they’ll wait on you but you get up and come right now and make your commitment to Christ we’re going to Wait as hundreds are responding to Mr Graham’s invitation to make a public commitment to Jesus Christ you can make that same commitment Right Where You Are just pick up the phone and call the number you see on your screen special friends are waiting to talk with you and
Pray with you about this most important Decision to you that are watching by television you can make your commitment right now in your home or wherever you happen to be watching hundreds of people here at the University of Kentucky Coliseum are coming to Jesus Christ they’re choosing between these two opinions they’re choosing Christ they’re coming just as
They are you can come just as you are where you are may God help you to make that commitment tonight God bless you If you just prayed that prayer with my father or if you have any questions about a relationship with Jesus Christ I would just call that number that is on the screen there’ll be someone there to talk with you
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