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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Contributed by Dwight Jones on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: A sermon I preached during the height of popularity of the tv show, it has proven to be a great soul winning message.
My friends wouldn’t let me go to hell would they? If they are really my friends they wouldn’t want me to drink my life away, or party my life away would they?
Real friends wouldn’t dare invite me to live like I’ve been living. Real friends would tell me that if I want to see Grandpa John, or Uncle John again that I am going to give my heart to God and serve the Lord with every ounce of strength I have. Real friends will tell you, it’s time to quit running from God and come running back to God. They would tell you, that you may say you are ready to meet God, but they would point out to you that it doesn’t matter what you say, "it’s what you live that counts." They would tell you that if you are going to make heaven your home, then you are going to have to repent. *That means turn around, make an about face...
Oh man I don’t know what to believe...
I want to use my last lifeline...
III. I would like to try the 50/50...
Let’s narrow the choices down to just two.
The question is, What must I do to inherit eternal life.
Are you really prepared to take a chance on your soul. You don’t get a second chance. God is not going to just weigh out your good deeds against your bad ones. He is not going to listen to your excuses.
*God I would have served you if that Pastor hadn’t messed up.
*God, if I hadn’t been through so much...
etc...
*God the church I went to didn’t tell me that you have to be born again. They told me that if I followed the teachings of the Mormon faith, or Jehovah’s Witnesses, or if I was a good Catholic, or a good Baptist, or a good Assemblies of God person that I would be all right. You must be born again! You can’t be Baptist enough; you can’t be Assemblies of God enough. If you are going to go to heaven you must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Well Pastor, me and Jesus got our own understanding,
That is a lie from hell! He will make no concessions; if you are going to heaven you are going to have to go God’s way. If you want to make the right decision today you had better read your bible and find what God has to say. The message of the kingdom is Repent. You and I have only one right choice. You can’t get to heaven by good works, or church membership. We can’t get there by being a good person. The Bible says that all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God! The Bible says that there is none righteous, no not one! The Bible says that if we confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus and Believe in our hearts that God has raised him from the dead we shall be saved. The Bible says, if I confess my sins, He is faithful and just to forgive my sins and cleanse me of all my unrighteousness. Friend, (hold up the Bible) this is the only right answer. If you want to live forever in heaven, don’t take a chance on the right answer. Ask Jesus to come into your heart, and be the Lord of your life. Give him your past, present and your future.
You see John is in a place more beautiful than anything you and I could imagine. (talk about heaven)
Do you want to live with him forever in Heaven? What will your final answer be?