This content is a sermon that uses the Parable of the Ten Virgins to emphasize the critical importance of personal readiness and genuine faith for salvation, warning against complacency and the false security of merely appearing to be a believer.
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We are in a series called entry and end
times in which we are studying Matthew
chapter 21-2
together. We are in the end of that
series, the final chapter of that series.
And in this series, we are unpacking the
final words,
prophetic words, and the final actions
of the Lord Jesus Christ. And hear me, I
want to remind you that final words are
very important, especially when someone
is on their deathbed or someone is
facing death. Whatever they say last is
very important. So final words are very
significant and there are no more
significant final words than the final
words of Christ in the final days of his
life before he was crucified for you and
me. For those of us who are followers of
Christ, it has to be more than just
church and more than just Sunday
morning. We have to learn to love the
scriptures and love the words of Christ.
We have to learn to take them seriously.
We have to tattoo them to our heart and
live by them and think about them and
absorb them. And these words that we are
studying, these final words of Christ
before he was executed are very
important and should be taken seriously.
>> Our text is coming from the first 13
verses of our final chapter of this
and the title of this message is a cry
Spirit of the living God, >> breathe
>> breathe
on the proclamation of your word through
this weakened earth and vessel
and minister to the hearts of the sons
and daughters
who are under the sound of my voice.
And I'm asking you that the unbeliever
who was under the sound of my voice
would tremble at the weight
of your holy word
that they would come to the foot of the
cross and know you as a savior lest they
know you as a wrathful judge. This I
pray in the mighty
and the majestic
and the matchless name of our Lord and
soon cominging King
family
beyond my calling to pastor a local church.
church.
It was in February of 23 when God also
issued to me a call for traveling
evangelistic itinerant ministry. It was
something I had no desire to do, no
longing to do. I have no desire to leave
my wife and my children or not be here
on a Sunday. But God called me to travel
and to preach and to bring the message
of the gospel to wherever he will send
these feet. God bless the feet of those
that are prepared to bring the gospel of
good news. And in my traveling, I've th
traveled thousands and tens of thousands
of miles and gone through many airports
in many cities. And just even last week
as I was traveling to New York, man, we
arrived at the airport just minutes
before the plane was boarding and about
to take off. There is an announcement
that the boarding door is about to be
closed. And for those of you who have
flown before, you know once that
boarding door is closed, there is
nothing anybody going to do in the
terminal to get that door to be opened.
And you have seen this scene before.
People who are late for a flight,
running through an airport to try to
make it to their gate on time, not
prepared to be there early, just trying
to get in before the doors have closed,
knowing in their mind if they miss that
flight. Gosh, they will be left in that
airport while they watch everybody else
take off to a destination that they will
no longer be able to go to. family.
This is the same imagery that we
approach in this powerful text of the
Lord Jesus Christ that we're about to
study. One of the most powerful and
serious parabolic stories that Jesus
ever taught. In fact, this parable that
we approach this morning is so serious
and the gravity of it is so serious,
especially for those who will be caught
off guard in the end, that many times
this week, I found myself pushing away
from my study and bursting into tears,
falling on my knees. I wept for everyone
>> I wept for everybody who sit in rooms
like this who was not saved. Every time
I read through Matthew chapter 25, man,
I just burst into tears when I think
about the implications of what Jesus
taught in this chapter
and what he taught at the beginning of
this chapter. You recall that in this
series, our Lord has come to what is the
final week of his earthly life and ministry.
ministry.
He is just days from being executed on a
Roman cross for your sins and for mine.
In response to a question, he gives the
longest answer recorded anywhere of his
ministry in scripture. He prophesies to
his followers the signs of the end of
the age. I believe we see the headwinds
of those things happening right now in
our society. And he prophesies to them
the sign of his coming. He teaches them
about the great tribulation period, a
seven-year period in which the wrath of
God will be poured out on the earth
during the ministry or the the uh let's
just say the empire of the antichrist.
Not ministry but empire of the
antichrist. And in response to that
teaching, he will then give what appears
to me in the scriptures three parables,
three short stories to anchor the
severity of his prophetic words to his
followers. He prophesies the end. He
prophesies his coming. And then if they
were not listening, he gives them three
parables, three illustrations, so they
would take serious and you and I would
take serious his prophetic teachings
about the end because nothing Christ has
said will fall to the floor.
>> In our last message together, stay
awake, we unpack the first parable, the
parable of a faithful servant and an
unfaithful servant. And the point of his
message is that he wants those who name
his name to be found faithful when he
returns. And to remind you that you are
a owner of nothing, but that you are a
steward of everything. And that we will
give an account for how you stewarded
everything he entrusted to you in this
life. Your marriage, your children, your
finances, your body, your time, your
resources. We will give an account for
how we stewarded,
>> managed all these things we think we
own, but we do not. While we laugh at
people who say, "This is my life. All I
got to do, all God got to do is take
that breath from you."
>> Like a rich man man who stacked all of
this wealth and say, "Now what should I
do that I've stacked all this wealth?
I'll put up my foot and live with ease."
And the scripture says, "You fool." God
said to him, "Tonight, your soul will be
required of you. Now, who will spend all
that money you stacked up?"
>> Just a reminder to both the believer and
the atheist that everyone is a steward.
Watch this. You're even a steward of the
breath you have in your lungs. And when
So he teaches a parable about a faithful
servant and an unfaithful servant. Then
Matthew records the second parable that
we unpack today. A powerful with a
dreadful ending. He says in Matthew
chapter 25, the second teaching about
the second coming of the Lord. In
Matthew chapter 25 and verse one, the
Lord gave this second parable. Then the
kingdom of heaven will be like
10 virgins who took their lamps and went
to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were wise or foolish and
five were wise. For when the foolish
took their lamps, they took no oil with
them. But the wise took flasks of oil
with their lamps. So the Lord begins the
parable with a setting. The setting of
the parable is a wedding. We know it is
a wedding by the key word bridegroom.
So the setting is a ancient wedding in
first century Palestine. Now watch. In
order for us to understand what we're
about to read, we have to understand
something about ancient weddings in the
first century. Now, while there is
little information about all the details
of weddings in the first century, there
are some things we know about weddings.
I want to share some of those things
with you right now. Listen to me
carefully. In the first century,
weddings were grand, grand events, very
big, very powerful, very showy. In the
first century AD, a man would be
betrothed to a woman with in something
that was like a form of engagement that
was even more binding than the
engagement we have today. A betroal so
binding it could only be separated by a
divorce. Watch the nuances of the
wedding. Then after the man claimed the
bride to be his with legal numptuals, he
would leave to go prepare a place for
his bride. This is so powerful.
>> He would take time to prepare a home for
her to get his resources in order to
make sure the bride had a safe place to be.
be.
Then the bridegroom would travel to the
house of the bride, Jesus. And he would
take the bride from her house and he
would walk with the bride back to his
own house and a processional at night
that was carried with light to light the
road on the way back to the bridegroom's
house. They would arrive at the
bridegroom's house for a massive feast
and festival. There will be a shaking of
hands between the bride and the groom.
They will be legally married and then
the wedding will continue on for about
seven days. Okay, this is how a wedding
happened in the first century. Now, I
want you to notice in this first passage
the people who are invited to the
wedding. Jesus said that there are 10
virgins invited to the wedding. Now, the
word virgins is not about their sexual
purity, but the word virgins only means
they were young and age to give birth to
children. Now, I want you to notice how
the Lord distinguished these virgins by preparation.
preparation.
Five of them are foolish. Five of them
are wise. Five of them prepare for the
wedding. Five of them do not prepare for
the wedding. I want you to notice all 10
are invited and all 10 are given an
assignment. All 10 have an assignment in
the wedding. They have a part to play in
the wedding. Five of them prepare for
their part.
>> The other five does not prepare for
their part.
Five are thinking about their
assignment. The other five are not
thinking about their assignment. I also
want you to notice there's no third
party here. There's only five wise and
>> There is no third option.
>> There is no other group.
>> And so when the Lord is speaking, there
are only two groups invited to this
wedding. Five who are wise, five who are
foolish. Five who have oil and five who
have no oil. Five who understand their
role and five who does not understand
their role. Five who prepared and five
who did not prepared. Five who were
listening and five who were not listening.
listening.
>> No middle ground.
>> Verse five.
As the bridegroom was delayed, they all
became drowsy and slept.
But at midnight, there was a cry,
"Here is the bridegroom.
Come out to meet him." So, I want you to
notice in the parabolic story that the
bridegroom is delayed. That is, the 10
virgins could not calculate the exact
time that the bridegroom would arrive to
the wedding.
>> Jesus, help us.
I want you to notice that the bridegroom
did not tell them the exact time that he
would arrive
>> to the wedding.
>> I want you to notice that all of them
know that a wedding is going to happen,
but they do not know when the bridegroom
would arrive.
>> I want you to know that the bridegroom
was not afraid to delay his coming.
And I want you to notice that while he
was delayed, in the busyiness of
preparing for the wedding, they all fell asleep.
asleep.
>> There's nothing evil about them
sleeping. But the time that elaps caused
them to get drowsy.
So they all fell asleep waiting
>> for the bridegroom.
>> Watch. Who was not busy about being on time.
time.
>> He was only busy about arriving when he
And then there was a cry here. The
bridegroom is coming. There is an announcement
announcement
that the bridegroom is on his way. Then
verse seven, then all those virgins rose
and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish
said to the wives, "Oh no, give us some
of your oil, for our lamps are going
out." But the wise answered, saying,
"Since there will not be enough for us
and for you, go rather to the dealers
and buy oil for yourselves." Gosh, I
want you to notice now in the story when
there is an announcement that the groom
is coming,
>> all 10 virgins arise with, watch this
word, expectation.
Even the virgins who were not prepared
for the wedding, they wake up with an
expectation to be in the wedding.
>> They have no oil, but they expect to be
in the wedding.
>> They have no oil, but they expect to
play their part. They have no oil, but
they still think they're going to be a
part of the processional anyway.
>> So, the five who are wise, they rise
with an expectation. Watch. They are
looking to meet the groom.
And the five who are foolish, they rise
with an expectation. Although they are
not prepared, they too are looking to
meet the groom. Watch. Now they have an
assignment in the wedding. Watch. Their
part is to walk the streets with those
torches or lamps to make sure that the
processional could make it from the
bride's house to the groom's house.
These weddings in the first century
often happened at night. They would use
a torch with cloth on the end soaked in
oil. They would light that torch on
fire. That torch will only stay lit for
about 15 minutes to a half an hour. And
so if you wanted to make it the whole
If you wanted to make it the whole distance,
distance,
>> if they wanted to finish their
assignment, they needed extra oil to
keep pouring on to that rag. If they did
not have enough oil, their light would
>> So the five wise virgins have extra oil
with them. They have enough oil to keep
lighting their torch so they could
finish the assignment that they was given.
given.
>> The five foolish virgins or women do not
have enough oil to make it the journey.
And when they hear the groom has come,
they are startled.
>> They realize they have dropped the bag.
They realize they are in trouble. And
now at the last minute they try to get ready
ready
by asking people who was prepared, "Give
us some of your oil." Never mind the
fact that while the master was delayed,
they could have went and got oil while
they was waiting.
>> Come on, man.
>> They could have got oil before they fell asleep.
asleep.
>> They could have got oil while they was
delayed. But now that they delay, they
fall asleep, but everybody else, never
mind. They try to prepare while they
>> So now they go begging the wise virgins,
"Give us some of your oil." Watch. But
the wise virgin says, "No." Watch this.
If I give y'all some of our oil, then
none of us will have enough to make it
the rest of the journey.
>> Since we don't have enough for you and
for me, I got to stay focused on my
task. You got to handle your own task. I
got to keep the oil that I have so I can
make it all the way to the end. So the
five say to them, "Man, we cannot give
you any of this oil." Watch because they
are focused on their personal >> assignment.
Verse 10. And while they were going to
buy oil,
the bridegroom came,
and those who were ready,
they went in with him to the marriage feast,
feast,
>> and the door was shut.
>> So while the five foolish virgins are
scampering to get ready at the last minute,
minute,
>> the bridegroom puts in his appearance.
He sees the five virgins who were ready
when he came. He takes them with him
into the marriage feast. The other five
are on the outside. He shuts the door
behind him.
Notice the bridegroom did not wait for
the five foolish virgins to get back
from the marketplace.
>> He did not say, "Let me wait for them to
come back with the oil to let them in."
He did not hesitate to slam the door
shut on the five virgins who was not ready.
ready.
>> He did not wait for them to get
themselves together at the last minute.
He did not wait for them. When the
bridegroom came, he shut the door
>> and brought with him into the wedding only
only
the virgins
who were ready.
Now look at me. Let me explain to you
the people in the parable, which you
should have picked this up by now. Okay.
Okay.
The bridegroom
The delay in his coming is the time
period you and I are living in right now
between his first coming and his second
coming where people are getting drowsy
>> with spiritual apathy
>> and spiritual lethargy
>> and falling asleep.
>> Okay. The wedding feast is the final
marriage you see in the scripture. The
union between Christ and the redeemed
church of Jews and non-Jews, Gentiles
and Jews from all around the world from
>> The oil
represents what is necessary watch to be
faithful and obedient for the entire
duration before the wedding. Amen.
>> The five wise virgins are brothers and
sisters who are truly saved who have
passed from life to death. They are
indwelt by the Holy Spirit. They tell
you when they knew their life had
changed. They feel convicted over sin.
They rise. They think about Christ. They
are praying and seeking Christ. They
have a real genuine desire to know
Christ. Watch
>> the five foolish virgins are everybody
watch who are in churches.
>> Men and women who think they are Christians
Christians
>> but are really separated from God.
>> The five foolish virgins are people who
have been in church their whole life or
people who attend gatherings. They
represent men and women around the whole
world who think they are in good
standing with God,
>> but they are not prepared for him when
he comes. They are living a false
Christian life. They have no oil.
It represents all of us who have been
raised in church but are not really saved.
saved.
It represents all of us who have been
born into Christian homes but are not
really saved. It represents all of us
who know Christian lingo but are not
really saved. It represents all of us
who attend Sunday morning gatherings but
are not really saved. It represents all
of us who show up for Christmas and
resurrection Sunday only but are not
really saved. It represents people who
have Christian lingo and Christian post
who say God's name but their life does
not match their confession.
>> Okay, now pay attention. I want you to
notice that the wise virgins did not
give oil to the foolish virgins. Let me
explain to you what that means. It means
that watch watch salvation is not transferable.
transferable. Gosh,
>> readiness is not transferable. You
cannot give readiness away to somebody else.
else.
>> This is why in the story Jesus said the
wise virgins said no to the foolish
virgins. We can't give you our oil
because you cannot give somebody your salvation.
salvation.
Okay? You cannot give somebody your
readiness. I.e. what Jesus is trying to
communicate. Everybody when he comes
will be responsible for being ready on
>> See, I'm talking to all of you teenagers
who was raised in Christian homes and
you think the faith of your parents is
going to get you into heaven.
>> I'm talking to all of you who have
Christian friends and you think the
faith of your friends are going to get
you into heaven. I'm talking to all of
you who have a saved spouse and you
think the saved spouse is going to get
you into heaven.
>> I'm talking to all of you
>> who have out out um outgrowths and and
and and you look like a Christian on the
outside, but in the inside you are far
away from God. Listen to me. You can
have Christian friends. You can attend a
Christian church. You can go to
Christian conferences, listen to
Christian podcasts, read Christian
>> And the reason they could not give them
the oil, watch, because you cannot
transfer readiness to somebody else. You
must be ready when the Lord return for yourself.
yourself.
Every teenager, you better be ready for
yourself. There are people listening to
me right now. You're young and you think
I'll get ready when I'm older. Let me
tell you right now, there are teenagers
I know died in car crashes in a box and
at 19 years of age, they are in hell
>> I know a group of teenagers that died in
a car crash headed to the prom. And if
they was not saved, they are separated
And since Christ will come immediately
after the tribulation which will be
triggered by the rapture of the church
which can happen at any day at any
moment is why Jesus keeps prophesying
throughout all centuries to every
Christian alive. You need to be ready when?
when? >> Now.
>> You need to be ready now.
You need to be ready now.
>> The scripture calls you a fool
>> who think you're a Christian and you are not.
not.
>> My question for you is, do you ever feel
conviction for sin?
>> Do you have a love for Christ?
>> Do you have a desire for the word? Do
you attend church because somebody
invited you? Or are you coming because
you want to hear the proclamation of
God's word? Can you mark the time when
you cross from death to life? Do you
know for a fact that your name is
written in the book of life? Do you know
if you died in a car crash and away from
this gathering, if you got clipped, do
you know you would end up in glory and
not in eternal damnation? Do you know that?
Are you ready to meet Christ if he came
seven years from now?
Or are you ready to meet Christ if you
How are we ready to meet Christ? What
does readiness look like? The Lord is
telling all believers that I want you to
live with a consciousness of readiness.
How do you live ready as a believer?
Look at me, please.
We know that you are ready when you live
with a consciousness that the end is coming.
coming.
>> We know that you are ready when you live
with an expectation to see Christ. I'm
telling y'all, there are too many of us
who say we love Christ, but you have no
desire to be with him. Come on. Come on.
>> You are so attached to this life. You
have no longing to be with Christ.
>> We know that you are ready. Watch. When
you are faithful in every season of your
life, in whatever state you find
yourself in, whether you're rich or
poor, whether you live in the city or in
the country, whether you're single or
married, we know that you're ready when
you're living faithful, when you're
being obedient, when you're reading the
word, when you have a prayer life, when
you wake up with in the morning with a
desire to obey Christ. It does not mean
you're perfect, but it means that
something has happened in your heart and
you're longing to be pleasing in the
sight of Christ, we know that you're ready.
>> And for those who think that this is a game,
game,
I think the words of Christ is something
we should just be playing around with.
You think this is just noise that I'm making.
making.
I want you to watch how Christ finished
the parable. As a matter of fact, before
I read this last verse, everybody look,
I'm going to give you homework.
You take notes, right?
I want everybody I'm giving you
homework. See, I want everybody this
week before now, before next Sunday, I
want you to read Revelation
19 20 and 21.
>> You could do it in 10 minutes. Before
you come back here next week, I want
everybody to read Revelation 19 20 and
21. I want you to read the picture that
Jesus prophesied about the final wedding
the world would ever know. And I want
you to read about people who will end up
in the wedding and what's going to
happen to people on the outside of the
wedding. I want you to read. I want you
to read so you will never say, "I did
not know." Amen.
>> I want you to read so you will be
informed. I want to keep encouraging you
if you're attend 2019 to read the
scriptures for yourself.
>> And everybody before this time next
week, you would have read Revelation 19,
20, and 21. So you can see with your own
eyes the final wedding in history, who
is invited to that wedding,
>> who will be rewarded at that wedding,
and what happens to everybody who was
not prepared for that wedding.
>> I bet you it'll change the way that you pray.
pray.
>> Some of you are going to come back here
next week and you won't stand here while
we worship. You're going to lift your
hands and thank God that you're saved. I
promise you, some of y'all are going to
come in here next week and you're going
to you're going to kneel down and thank
God that you're saved. When you read
what's going to happen in the end, for
those of you who are really saved, man,
you're going to have something else to
be thankful for. More than a house, more
than a car, more than money, you're
going to thank God your name is recorded
in the Lamb's Book of Life. >> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
>> And for those of you who have friends
who are not saved, you're going to pray
for them different after you read those
>> Now, for everybody who takes the word of
Christ as a joke, listen to how he
finished the parable. The last verses he
said in Matthew chapter 25 and verse 11
after the other virgins came also
saying Lord Lord open to us.
But he answered, "Truly I say to you, I
do not know you."
>> God, man. Lord, help us, Jesus. Watch therefore,
therefore,
for you know neither the day nor the hour.
hour.
Now pay attention. Please listen to me.
The virgins who were not ready, which
represents everyone who thinks they are saved.
saved.
They come
and they cry, "Lord, Lord, open the door
to us. How do I know that these virgins
represent people who think they are
Christians? Because the atheists would
not say Lord
and those in false religions would not
say Lord. The only people that would
call him Lord are people who think they
are Christians.
They've been in church for years and
going to die and have the shock of their
life when they realize all this time I
was not ready to meet my savior who I
thought was my savior.
>> They're going to cry and say, "Lord,
Lord, let us in." And he will say, "I do
not know you."
>> Notice there is no loss of salvation. He
>> No loss of salvation in the text. He's
talking to people just like you, who the
scripture will call a fool, sitting in
this room, listen to me, across this
camera, who think you belong to Christ,
but you are in danger of hellfire.
>> This is why he gives the warning at the
end. Watch therefore, for you do not
And the reason I wept over this text,
cuz it's one thing for people all across
this country and all across social media
who mock Jesus, we know they're not
But the thing that is more dreadful
are people that sit in this room every
week. You listen to proclamation. You
log on across the camera. You listen to
proclamation. You show up. You stand in
this room and you watch real Christians sing.
sing.
You watch real Christians worship. You
watch real Christians lift their hands.
And you stand here thinking, "As long as
I come, I'm all right with God.
And what is more dreadful is to be
>> the covering of the blood on your soul. Man,
Man,
and this is why over and over again the
Lord warns about people who will die
with a terrible shock. I'm listen you
know how dreadful it is to actually sat
in rooms like this die wake up on the
other side and see a hand that says you
>> if you can't enter into the kingdom of
Christ watch there was only one other option
Last year
in October,
we held a gathering at Gateway Center Arena
Arena
and we said the gathering was for the
family of 2819.
The gathering sat 5,300 people.
people.
Men and women were showing up hours
early and the arena filled all the way
up to the brim. 5,300
people in that arena. Watch. The fire
marshal came and shut the door
and said nobody else can't get in.
And although we as a church made a
mistake and underestimated how many
people would show, we didn't know how
many people was listening to 2018.
>> And some 10,000 people showed up on that morning.
morning. >> No.
>> No.
>> Now, although we made a mistake and we
apologize for that mistake, there was a
lesson from that day I will never forget.
We had staff on the outside of the arena
who said when the door was closed, they
saw people banging on the door who could
not get in.
They saw people arguing with the fire
marshal and could not get in. They could
not change his mind.
They seen people on the outside crying
and shedding tears because they could
not get in. They realized they was not
ready. that did not get there on time.
They can't get in. They don't have a
seat. They wept. They cried. They
argued. They fussed. They fell down on
the floor. They banged the door. Never
>> And what we saw that day was the
frustration in the eyes of men and women
who realize they're on the outside while
And that imagery was imprinted into my
brain cuz I thought to myself when they
brought me that testimony, I thought
this is what it would be like in the end.
end.
>> The Lord will come. He will gather into
his arena all of the sons and daughters
from around the world that truly belong
to him. And then will come all of those
who thought they were saved banging on
the door of the kingdom.
They see the reapers behind them to take
them to hell and they're banging on the
door of the kingdom. Lord, please let us
in. Please let us in. It's they're going
to be in for the shock of their life.
And no matter how much they bang, they
And the exhortation of the text
is for those who are really saved to live
live
with readiness in your spirit, faithful,
obedient, sacrificing, laboring,
serving, giving, praying. Like we're
living and expecting the Messiah to come
back to get us.
>> And for everyone else under the sound of
my voice, you already know who you are.
Those of you, if something don't shift,
you're going to be banging on the doors
of the kingdom, and you're not going to
get in.
>> But now, I want you to know the doors
are open.
>> Right now, as I'm talking to you, the
doors are open.
And while the doors are open, you still
have an opportunity to come inside. Yes.
>> With every head bowed and every eye
closed, I'm talking to you, man.
I'm talking to you, brother. I'm talking
to you, sister. The door is open, but
it's only open until you die.
Man, you already know who you are.
You've been in church your whole life,
but you're not saved. You show up here
every Sunday, but you're not saved.
You've been doing Christian lingo, but
you're not saved. You know who you are.
You have no real desire for Christ. You
have no real life that's pursuing
holiness. Man, you're walling out in
sin, but coming to church, you have
Christian lingo, but you have not really
been filled with the spirit.
The Lord is calling you right now. The
door's open. You're in the room. You're
watching across this camera. I'm talking
to you. If that's you, I want to pray
for you right now. This is between you
and God. I want to pray for you right
now. This is I see your hand, brother.
This is between you and God. I see you,
my brother. This is between you and God.
If I'm talking to you and you say,
"Pastor, that's me. Pray for me. I'm
talking to you. The door is open. This
is your opportunity to walk through. I
can't do it. Only I see that hand. Only
the spirit of God can do it. One, God is
calling you. Two, the door is open for
you to walk through. Three, lift up your
hand if I'm talking to you. Just lift it
high. I see those hands. Just just just
lift them. Nobody can't see. No
embarrassment. No shame, man.
man.
All right, put those hands down.
Everybody who lifted your hand, if
you're a Christian, just pray. Just stir
the room. Stop spectating. Come on,
pray. Open up your mouth and just pray.
Just Just stir the room. Everybody who
lifted your hand with your own mouth
right there in your seat, you can pray
in your heart. The Lord can just start
confessing your sin. Tell God you're
sorry for all your sin. Ask him to
forgive you for all your sin. Surrender
your life to him. Come on, you do that
for yourself. He knew this day would
come when he will meet you right here in
this moment. You do it for yourself.
He's catching tears that's falling from
eyes all across this room. Do it for yourself.
yourself.
Surrender. Come through the door. The
door is open. Run in before it closes on you.
Run in before it closes on you. [Music]
[Music]
Run in before it closes on you.
Run in before it closes on you. Throw
yourself at the feet of Christ. Tell him
you're a sinner. Tell him to forgive you
for your sin. Tell him you're sorry.
Come on. Pray, church. What's wrong with
y'all? Pray. We're trying to stop people
from going to hell. Pray. Come on. Run
in while the door is open to you. [Music]
>> Run in. The door's open to you. Run in.
Run in. Surrender. He already knew this
moment would come. I can't save you. I
can't transfer my salvation to you. You
got to be ready for yourself. Come on.
Run in. Run in. Run in. Run in. Run in.
Run in to the Savior whose arms are open
wide. Run in. Run. Run in to the Savior
[Music]
run in. And now, Father, in the name of
Jesus, keep praying. I pray for every
person, God, who you are rescuing right
now. I pray for every man, every woman
who has placed their faith in you. I
pray for all of those who were your
children that you predestined before the
foundation of the world. I thank you,
God, that they belong to you. I thank
you that you're filling them with your
spirit. I thank you that you're
recording their name in the Lamb's Book
of Life. I thank you, God, Lord, that
you are passing them from death to life.
I thank you that right now they're being
awakened. Right now, their eyes are
being opened. Right now, they're being
transformed. Right now, they're being
made your sons and daughters. Right now,
their souls are being saved. I pray,
God, you would give them a furious
hunger for your word and for your
presence and for community.
I pray you radically transform their life.
life.
I thank you God that they belong to you now.
now.
And now, Father, you said when one
sinner repents, all of heaven rejoices.
So we rejoice right now, God. We
rejoice. We rejoice. We rejoice. We
celebrate. Come on, somebody celebrate.
Somebody celebrate. Celebrate. Somebody
celebrate. Celebrate. Celebrate.
Celebrate. Somebody celebrate. [Music]
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