TEARS
TEXT: MATTHEW 24:43-51
V.51 AND SHALL CUT HIM ASUNDER AND APPOINT HIM HIS PORTION WITH THE HYPOCRITES: THERE SHALL BE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH.
THERE ARE ONLY A FEW THINGS IN LIFE THAT I AM REALLY SURE ABOUT: ONE OF THOSE THINGS AND THE MOST IMPORTANT IS MY SALVATION. I SPENT SOME TIME WONDERING ABOUT MY SALVATION WHEN I WAS YOUNGER BUT I TOOK THE STEPS TO ENSURE I NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT IT AGAIN. I KNOW BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT THAT I WILL SPEND ETERNITY IN HEAVEN WITH MY SAVIOUR. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT HE HAS DONE ON THE CROSS 2,000 YEARS AGO. ANOTHER THING I AM SURE ABOUT IS MY LOVE FOR GOD, FAMILY AND COUNTRY. I CAN’T ALWAYS TELL YOU HOW THEY MIGHT FEEL FOR ME HOWEVER I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT MY FEELINGS FOR THEM. I AM ALSO 100% SURE THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO HEAVEN FOR YOU, ME, MY FAMILY OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. NOT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT TRUTH BUT ITS THE TRUTH NONETHELESS. I AM 100% SURE THERE IS A HEAVEN AND A HELL WHICH BRINGS ME TO OUR TOPIC FOR TODAY OF TEARS. EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WEEPS SOONER OR LATTER SOME MORE THAN OTHERS BUT EVERYONE WEEPS. IF FOR SOME CHANCE YOU HAVEN’T WEEP YOU WILL. I WANT US TO LOOK AT GOD’S WORD TODAY ON THE SUBJECT OF TEARS.
I. FIRST IN OUR TOPIC VERSE TODAY WE SEE THE TEARS OF THOSE THAT ARE IN HELL PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE. ALL THOSE IN HELL WILL WEEP AND GNASH THEIR TEETH. LISTEN FRIENDS IF YOUR NOT SAVED THE BIBLE SAYS THAT ONE DAY YOU WILL BEGIN TO WEEP AND NEVER EVER AGAIN STOP. THESE WILL BE THE TEARS OF:
1. SORROW BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T DO WHAT YOU KNEW TO DO
2. PAIN FOR THE TORMENT YOU WILL FEEL
3. HURT FOR THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW YOU
I WOULD MUCH RATHER GO TO GOD THIS SIDE OF ETERNITY IN TEARS FOR NAILING HIM TO THE CROSS THAN THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE I WAS TO PROUD TO ACCEPT HIM NOW. TODAY AFTER THIS SERMON YOU CAN NOT SAY YOU DIDN’T KNOW THE TRUTH BECAUSE I AM TELLING YOU NOW! I AM TELLING YOU NOW IN TEARS MY FRIENDS. CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS AND I AM 100% SURE IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT HIM AS YOUR SAVIOUR YOU ARE BOUND FOR HELL. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE: YOU SAY YOU DON’T BELIEVE THE BIBLE IT DOESN’T MATTER, YOU SAY YOU DON’T BELIEVE WHAT I AM SAYING IT DOESN’T MATTER, YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE THE BIBLE BUT THAT I AM WRONG, IT DOESN’T MATTER! FRIENDS ACCEPT JESUS BEFORE ITS TO LATE. GO TO GOD’S WORD YOURSELF BUT DO IT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. IT IS ONLY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT HE ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE YOUR NEXT BREAH OF AIR. CAN YOU GUARANTEE ME YOU WILL LIVE TOMORROW? I AM AFFRAID YOU CAN’T. TRUST JESUS TODAY! THE BIBLE SAYS BEHOLD NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION!
II. THEN THERE ARE THE TEARS OF THOSE WHO DON’T CRY FOR THE LOST. LISTEN FRIENDS REVELATION 21:4 TELLS US THAT GOD WILL WIPE THE TEARS FROM OUR EYES. I WANT YOU TO THINK WITH ME FOR A MOMENT ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES. BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF FOR JUST A MOMENT: WHAT WILL YOU FEEL LIKE TO SEE A SON, DAUGHTER, MOM OR DAD THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE? I AM SORRY TO HURT YOUR FEELING: I AM TRYING TO SAVE THOSE FEELINGS AND WORSE FEELINGS LATTER. EVERYONE IS GOING TO HEAVEN OR HELL, PURGATORY IS A FALSE TEACHING NOT FOUND IN THE WORD OF GOD. DO YOU HATE THE PERSON NEXT DOOR TO YOU THAT MUCH THAT YOU WOULD NOT CRY IF THEY WERE CAST IN HELL? WHAT ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN? WE ARE GUILTY TODAY OF NOT COMING TO THE ALTAR AND CRYING BEFORE GOD. I HAD A FRIEND CALLED ME ONCE, HE WAS THINKING ABOUT KILLING HIMSELF AND I WAS NOT THERE TO STOP HIM. I AM STILL LIVING WITH THAT GUILT TODAY. I DID NOT CRY FOR THAT MANS SALVATION AND NOW HE IS IN HELL. WOE IS ME! YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE YOU KNOW WEATHER THEY SPEND ETERNITY IN HEAVEN OR HELL. YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WILL DO WITH WHAT I AM TELLING YOU. YOU TELL ME YOU DON’T KNOW HOW: THEN LEARN. YOU SAY YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME IT DOESN’T MATTER GET INTO GOD’S WORD AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. EZEKIEL 3:18 TEACHES US THAT THE WICKED WILL SURELY DIE IN HIS SIN BUT THEIR BLOOD WILL GOD REQUIRE AT OUT HANDS IF WE DO NOT WARN THEM. DON’T BE SO PROUD YOU WILL NOT COME TO THE ALTAR CHRISTIANS. GET UP HERE AND PRAY FOR THE LOST NOW OR YOU WILL CRY ONE DAY BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T.
III. FINALLY TODAY I WANT TO LOOK AT THE TEARS OF THE LORD. IN LUKE 19:41 WE READ: AND WHEN HE WAS COME NEAR, HE BEHELD THE CITY, AND WEPT OVER IT. THIS VERSE OF COURSE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT JESUS. JESUS KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE REJECTED OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. HE SAW THE PAIN, SUFFERING, SHAME AND TORMENT OF A PLACE WITHOUT GOD’S BLESSING AND HE CRIED. I AM SURE TODAY AS WE SPEAK IT BREAKS THE LORD’S HEART TO KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE SOULS WHO SPEND ETERNITY IN HELL. WE KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME UNTO REPENTANCE. YET WE KNOW AS CHRISTIANS THERE ARE IN FACT MORE PEOPLE GOING TO HELL THAN HEAVEN. WE KNOW THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT BROAD IS THE WAY TO HELL AND NARROW IS THE WAY TO HEAVEN. LISTEN GOD HAS DONE EVERY THING HE CAN DO INCLUDING DIE FOR YOU THAT YOU WOULD NOT SPEND FOREVER IN A LAKE OF FIRE. AND CHRISTIANS HOW WILL YOU ANSWER GOD FOR YOUR LACK OF CONCERN FOR THOSE WHOM HE LOVES?
CONCLUSSION:
THERE WAS A DAY IN HISTORY I WISH I HAD LIVED IN. IT WAS DURING THE REFORMATION. PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WERE GIVING THEMSELVES TO JESUS. I MEAN 100% NO BARS HOLD GIVING IT ALL TO HIM. THEY WERE GOING TO OLD FASHION ALTARS PRAYING FOR THE LOST AND THE LOST WERE GETTING SAVED BY THE THOUSANDS. THEY BARELY HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY THEIR BILLS. CHURCHES WERE MOSTLY IN PEOPLE’S HOMES OR GARAGES UNDER TENTS OR ON THE STREETS THEY DIDN’T HAVE MUCH MATERIALLY HOWEVER THEY HAD MORE THAN WE’VE GOT SPIRITUALLY. TODAY WE HAVE THESE RICH CHURCHES WITH PADDED ALTARS SO PEOPLE’S KNEES CAN BE COMFORTABLE WHEN THEY COME YET THEY WILL NOT COME UNLESS TROUBLE HITS TOO CLOSE TO HOME. CHRISTIANS THE TIME IS LATE THE LORD IS PREPARING TO RETURN FOR HIS FAMILY. IF YOU HAVE LOVED ONES THAT NEED THE LORD YOU BETTER GET MOVING. FRIENDS IF YOU DON’T KNOW JESUS TONIGHT AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOUR PLEASE I BEG YOU DO NOT WALK OUT OF HERE NOT KNOWING WHERE YOU WILL SPEND ETERNITY.
