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Pastor Ernie Sanders explores the importance of faith and works in Christianity, referencing the book of James and the apostle Paul's teachings. He discusses the dangers of apostasy and the need for believers to stand firm in their faith, citing examples from the Bible and his own experiences as a pastor.

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The following program is sponsored by What's Right, What's Left Ministries and is responsible for its content. Portions of the following program may be pre-recorded. I am Pastor Ernie Sanders, the voice of the Christian Resistance. Stay tuned. My radio broadcast, What's Right, What's Left, is coming up right now.

Coming to you live from Independence, Ohio. We change our life for the better in many different ways. Heard around the world every Monday through Friday. Pastor Sanders is always years ahead of the rest of the media telling you exactly what they're covering up.

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A lot of the other news media don't pick up the news items like he does. And bringing to light the enemies of freedom who are out to steal your rights, your children and enslaving you. You really get the truth out. I can tune into your show and hear the unvarnished truth. Thank you. This is What's Right, What's Left with Pastor Ernie Sanders.

Good evening and welcome to another edition of What's Right, What's Left. I'm radio pastor Ernie Sanders and indeed this is the voice of the Christian Resistance on this 18th day of August 2024. Well you know the 18th day of August that's my that would have been my dad's birthday. He would have been over 105 years old. Had he lived he went home to be with the Lord years ago. All right the title of the message here is James a Preacher and a Pastor and a Pastor who told them what they needed to hear. Now James the book of James was the first of the general epistles. In fact James was written before the Jerusalem Council of Acts 15 and before any of of Paul's epistles. James was martyred in Jerusalem in AD 62 and and here now James wasn't always so bold. He first of all James was we're talking about James the brother of Jesus. He was the brother of Jesus to have brother often confused with James the son of somebody who was murdered but well I'm going to start tonight in Galatians chapter two. Uh well actually chapter one starting with verse 15. But when a pleased God who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by his grace to reveal his son in me that I might preach him among the heathen immediately I confirmed and not with flesh and blood neither when I went up to Jerusalem to them that were apostles before me but I went into Arabia and returned again into Damascus then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and abode with him 15 days but other the apostles saw none save James the Lord's brother now the things which I write unto you behold before God I lie not afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia and was unknown by faith into the churches of Judea which were in Christ but they had heard only that he which persecuted us in times past now preaches the faith which was once he destroyed and they glorify God in me then 14 years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas and took Titus with me also and I went up by revelation and communicated unto them that the gospel which I preached among the gentiles but privately to them which were of reputation lest by any means I should run or had run in vain but neither Titus who was with me being a Greek was compelled to be circumcised and that because of the false brethren unawares brought in who was coming privately to spy on our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus that they might bring us into bondage well what is referring to here is the Judaizers the Judaizers came and uh they came in saying yes we recognize Jesus Christ as Messiah but at the same time yes we we obey him and we're faithful we serve Christ but at the same time we have to keep the law of Moses now these um here and Judaizers in some way influenced both Peter and Barnabas and even James and so and John and so they they influenced them to where they um I guess should I say tolerated them or uh accepted them in even though they were teaching a false teaching even though Peter James John none of them they all believed in salvation by works and not by or salvation by grace and faith and not by works and so here now Paul uh is is kind of very upset with him to whom we gave place by subjection no not for an hour that the truth of the gospel might continue with you but of those who seem to be the same seem to be somewhat whatsoever they were it maketh no matter to me God accepteth no man's person for they who seem to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me in other words Paul was saying look you got to understand something here here comes these Pharisees Pharisees these Judaizers and they're laying the law of Moses on me and Paul said look I was him I was a a hebrew he wrote Pharisee of Pharisees uh I was you know Paul was one of the highest teachers you're going to tell me and so Paul goes on he said but contrary wise when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me as the gospel of the circumcision was into Peter in other words Paul is saying look it was evident that upon me was the calling to go and minister to the gentiles just like it was obvious that Peter had a calling to minister to the Jews for he that wrought effectual in peter to the apostle apostleship of the circumcision the same was mighty in me toward the gentiles and with James Cephas now here he had referred to peter as peter earlier but now he's referring to peter as Cephas and that's an interesting thing because you know both of them were peter was given those names both both Cephas and peter by the lord jesus and both names one and uh Cephas is an aramaic and peter is in greek and they both mean a small rock or a stone as peter referred to himself as a living stone petros okay and a part of the the rock which the rock was the lord jesus himself and so he goes on to say and when james cephas and john who seemed to be pillars perceived the grace that was given to me they gave to me and barnabas the right hands of fellowship that we should go into the heathen and they unto the circumcision and so now here he's talking to the pillars of the church there of course james was the pastor of the church in jerusalem and so here now they're saying okay look it's obvious paul that you called to go and uh minister to the gentiles and then they ought to go on to say only they would that we should remember the poor the same which i also was forward to do but when peter was come to anayak i withstood him to his face because he was to be blamed in other words he opposed him uh and and the reason was that when the uh when the jews were around when the pharisees the judaises were around peter peter acted like he didn't know the gentiles he he'd have nothing to do with the gentiles he wouldn't eat with himself he he'd have nothing to do with the gentiles he wouldn't eat with them this and that but then when they were gone it was different and uh he in other words peter was not rebuking the the the judaisers and so paul says but when peter was come to anayak i withstood him to his face because he was blamed for before the certain came from james he did eat with the gentiles in other words he's uh he's saying look peter was sitting and eating with the gentiles before the judaisers showed up but when they were come he withdrew and separated himself fearing them which were of the circumcision in other words he didn't want to go up against the leaders to hear you had remember these were a number of of uh phariseedical priests who have been converted to christ but they were some were real some were not and they were trying to again come into the church divide the church and trying to bring in trying to make the law of moses mixed the law of moses with grace and the other jews dissembled likewise with him and as much as the barnabas also was carried away with their dis-mulation dissimilation so barnabas was taken into barnabas uh he he but when i saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel i said unto peter before them all if thou being a jew livest after the manner of gentiles and not as the jews why compelest though the gentiles to live as do the jews we who are jews by nature and not sinners of the gentile knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but by the faith of jesus christ even we have believed in jesus christ that we might be justified by the faith of christ and not by the works of the law for by the works of the law shall no man no flesh be justified but if while we seek to be justified by christ we ourselves also are found sinners is therefore christ the minister of sin god forbid for i built again the things which i destroyed i make myself a transgressor for i though the law and dead to the law that it might live into god i am crucified with christ nevertheless i live you not i live yet not i but christ live within me and the life which i now live in the flesh i live by faith of the son of god who loved me and gave himself for me i do not frustrate the grace of god for the righteousness come by the law for the grace of god if righteousness come by the law then christ is dead in vain and so in other words he was making a point look the only thing that the law could do for us would be to condemn us and the reason was that the law was perfect and we are not and the only one that could ever fulfill the law was a perfect person and there was only one perfect person that ever existed he was totally sinless without a human father and that was the father and that was the lord jesus and the lord jesus did fulfill the law and so because he did for us what we could never do for ourselves and in the end of which he was a substitutionary sacrifice he took our place for our sins upon the cross so here now paul i had had a dispute but when the dispute was over with they recognized hey you know he was right and we were influenced by the judaizers now folks let me tell you something we have just as many judaizers today as ever there are a lot of the legalists out there today i've had to deal with them and all these years as a pastor many times uh you had those coming in say well the men in the church should be circumcised they all should be circumcised okay if any were not uh folks know that under grace it's a circumcision of the heart it's a spiritual circumcision and then you had these people we actually had some folks that actually were attending our church and tried to tell me privately pastor you have to understand don't you if you don't worship on saturday if you worship on sunday and not saturday you'll go to hell they actually believe that well we're under grace the bible makes it very clear the new testament that we we can worship any day whatever day it is we choose uh to to worship god now now uh a lot of these legalists don't even ever read the new testament they only stay with the old testament uh here you have the port police we've had many many dealings with the port police where uh people come in and they believe that we still even though we're under grace we still have to keep the dietary laws of moses no no no we do not have to keep the dietary laws bible the new testament is very clear on that and then here there we actually had a couple that attended our church and they left the church in a huff because we sang happy birthday you know we do that in our church when somebody in the church has a birthday we say happy birthday to them okay and uh this couple said that's not in the bible you won't find any place in the bible where uh people are singing happy birthday uh so therefore it must be a sin no there's a lot of things that we have the freedom we have a lot of freedom in uh and that's a matter to look in romans 14 on but no folks singing birthday happy birthday to people is not a sin we had some people oh there were some and there still are today that feel that men must grow beards men must grow beards and if you know if you're christian men you have to grow a beard nowadays i i could understand if they were saying women have to grow a beard with the way things are going but uh no you don't have to grow a beard a beard there are those that believe that uh the women should sit on one side of the church men should sit on the other side they shouldn't sit together no we're we don't have to now that they did do that in the early church but remember most all the first converts were jews and that's the way the jews worshipped you know we we don't do that often we have our families families set together um there are those today that hold to the women must cover their heads and wear no makeup in the church they must cover their heads and wear no makeup in the church and i don't you know really get into that makeup area that's a that's kind of addressed over in first timothy uh but um you know the bible says that their hair their komeya komeya which means women's hair which means long hair komeya was given to them as they're covering as they're covered and so here if they they have hair on their head and we don't have any bald head of women in our church they don't need to cover their head they have a covering cover anyhow i want to pick it up where i left off here and i want to go over to john chapter seven and in john chapter seven and we read and every pastor should be able to associate this with with this passage of scripture after these things jesus walked in galley for he would not walk in jewelry because the jews sought to kill him you know it's an interesting thing this here uh we've we've had people leave our church because of the content of the radio program because of the the signs that we have out front of the church making it very clear you know that we are we take no compromise we do not compromise and we also have that we believe that donald trump was still the legitimate president of the united states and here because of that i've had people and just recently in fact i got a call from a fellow and says why are you still alive and i said what are you talking about and he said with what you do on the radio why haven't they killed you i can't believe because you know they have killed a lot of people uh that are doing what we're doing okay and uh i've even been in the i've even been in the gun sights of old hillary clinton herself she uh actually called into this radio program one time and so here but but when people have said to me well uh aren't you upset that people have left the church because they're they're afraid that the church might get bombed or they you know you might have one of these shooters come into the church because of the radio what we do here and aren't you afraid that the church might get bombed and aren't you upset that people have left i said no and the reason is if if they're gonna cut and run i'd i'd rather have them do it before there's a critical or emergency situation or you know we need to know we need to know people how they're going to respond because we're coming to a time folks like we've been telling you the anti-christian sentiment is growing and if they're gonna abandon ship jump ship i'd rather have them do it now and so that the people that we can depend on and that are still there and so here he goes uh now the jews feast of the tabernacle was at hand his brother and therefore said unto him depart hence and go into judia uh at that day the disciples also see that they they works that thou dust for there's no man that doeth anything in secret and he himself seeketh to be known openly if thou do these things show thyself to the world for neither did his brother and believe in him well here they were telling jesus look you know if you're if you're the messiah if you're really the messiah now we know you're no ordinary person we grew up with you and we do know that you're no ordinary person but if you're really messiah now don't you think maybe in the back of their minds they were thinking if he is he'll have the power he can overthrow this yoke of of bondage that the romans have on us and if he goes in there besides that can you imagine being one of jesus brothers right when people would come up to him and say so you're the brothers of the messiah really okay um and so here they're they're telling jesus look if you're really who you say you are and that tells you right there when they said here if neither for neither did his brothers believe in him they said if you do these things show thyself to the world now it's human nature for siblings you know if you grow up with siblings brothers and sisters it's kind of human nature the most siblings usually consider themselves a little smarter uh you know a little better in some ways than others than than their siblings and the reason for that is that it's always easier to see the flaws in others than it is to see it in ourselves and so we when we grow up with people we see their flaws their weaknesses and that somehow it's easier for the human nature uh to not judge yourself as as harshly as you judge others and so here uh jesus just imagine growing up with with jesus never did anything wrong his mom and dad had to say well done son well done you you probably talk about uh being mom's favorite you know jesus was there right there then said jesus said to them my time is not yet come but your time is always ready now he said that before when he said it is not my time remember when mary asked him to go out and make some wine he said what what what do i have to do with you woman my time is not yet and so the world cannot hate you but me it hateth because i testify of it that the works thereof are evil go you up into the feast i go not up yet unto the feast for my time is not yet for my time is not yet fully come and so here when he says not yet come that was the same answer which jesus gave us like we just said when he says to believe in him it's kind of really hard to understand and accept as a sad commentary on on our human nature isn't it and i think every every pastor i had this year a very well known and a very dear friend of mine and very well known pastor i'm not gonna mention his name because he called and then spoke to me in private but he called i guess just to have a someone to talk to maybe a shoulder to cry on if you would want to use that term but he said he didn't he couldn't understand what happened he his his family his whole family just up and and decided they they wanted to leave the faith they just didn't and and here is a man of god who'd been a preacher for most all of his life but we're seeing these things happening because and if you and don't be folks amazed too amazed when you see these things happening because more and more of this is going to take place as we get deeper and deeper into the apostasy and as we come closer to the return of the lord you're going to see more of these things happening and so uh and and today we have more and more people are mocking the lord that bill marr almost makes a living of mocking the lord all of these anti-israel protesters they're also anti-christ they're anti-christian uh protesters out there and remember the wall street protesters how they would have a carrying those placards saying when christ returns we're going to we'll kill him again boy are they in for a rude awakening and then you had those those jewish women uh barbara i believe streisand and that beth whatever singing the songs uh that disrespect the lord jesus okay that dishonor god and so here uh and again as we get closer and closer uh to the great apostasy you're going to see more and more of this i want to go over to first corinthians chapter 15 in the first corinthians chapter 15 i'm going to take a step and take a wet my whistle here and it feels good my throat was parched and so here versus first corinthians chapter 15 verses 1 through 11 we read moreover brethren i declare unto you now pay close attention to these first four verses here because uh well there's a common name for these first four verses here but see if you can if you know what it is moreover brother i declare unto you the gospel which i preached unto you which also you have received and written and wherein you stand by which also you were you are saved if you keep in memory what i preached unto you unless you have believed in vain for i delivered unto you first of all that which also i received how that christ died for our sins according to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he arose again the third day according to the scriptures let those first four verses there today uh are what is referred to as the gospel in a nutshell and so here uh when he talks about here that the gospel of christ by which alone which by which alone man can be saved receiving it believing it standing on it alone man can be saved receiving it believing it standing on it significantly this is this occurrence in the middle of by the way this that was said 105 times when the word gospel the word gospel was in here in the new testament is used 105 times and he goes on to say and that he has seen a sci-fi or kaiaphas then on the 12th again kaiaphas is peter he's referring to peter and after that he was seen of about 500 brethren at once of whom the greater part remain into this present but some are falling asleep now he's making a point that um after the lord jesus was resurrected he was seen in a gathering a huge gathering and over 500 the over 500 people rick saw jesus the resurrected jesus christ at one time now it's interesting too because in none of the historical books and and cephas and are well oh trying to having one of my senior moments the fellow that wrote so much of the history of his day but here uh there's there's not any records at all uh none of any of these people denying uh the resurrection of christ when that that all these people saw that in other words no big articles or anything where uh somebody said this was some kind of an appearance or an illusion or something uh and that's an interesting thing and uh i'm i'm trying to think of um oh the the book that everybody quotes that and some of the a lot of the history of the bible by that is written by secular commentary but uh well it'll come to me later on but anyhow there was no record of anyone denying this at all and so he goes on to say after that he was seen of james and that james is significant that because james was the pastor of the church there in jerusalem then of all the apostles and last of all he was seen of me also as one born out of due time and this is of course is the apostle paul the apostle paul for i am the least of the apostles that am not meet to be called an apostle because i persecuted the church of god but by the grace of god josephus that's what i was thinking of uh there was no mention at all by josephus of anyone ever denying that for i am the least of the apostles that are not me to be called the apostle because i persecuted church but by the grace of god i am what i am and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain but i labored more abundantly than they all yet not i but the the grace of god which was with me therefore whether it were i or they so we preach and so you believed i hear as we we take a look at that paul had written more of the the gospels than any other and here he had become the most zealous paul had become the most else i remember he went from one extreme to the other and paul who was notorious for persecuting christians well he ran into the lord jesus on the road to damascus where he really did see the light and so i want to go now to acts chapter 12 and in acts chapter 12 up that's the way up up that's the way up acts chapter 12 uh just just four verses verse 16 through 19 but peter continued knocking and when they had opened the door and saw him they were astonished now the lord jesus himself had just busted peter out of prison he had just busted him out of the jail and so here peter is knocking on the door and the people could not believe because they knew peter had been arrested that he was standing there but he beckoned into them with his hand to hold their peace and declared him to them how that the lord had brought him out of the prison and he said go show these things into james again here comes james name up we see was the again the pastor of the church in jerusalem and to the brother and he departed and he went into another place well where he ended up was we see judia and cesarea now as soon as it was day there was no small stir among the soldiers what was become of peter and when harry had sought for him and found him not he examined the keepers and commanded they should be put to death and peter he went down from judia to cesarea and there he abode and so i want to go now over to james chapter one and in james chapter one i want to read just one verse verse 22 be you a doer of the word not a hearer only deceiving your own selves that there's an entire sermon in that one verse and if you couple that verse with james 4 17 therefore to him that knoweth to do good and do it not it is to him it is sin i say let's let's put these two together be you doers of the word and not here is only deceiving your own selves therefore to him that knoweth to do good and do it not to him it is sin you know i know a lot of people and some people very close to me and uh you know they they have investments they've made investments and they'll watch the stock market and uh some have lost some have gained and and but they're they're very concerned and yet what they really should their priorities are upside down inside out and backwards and you know you can tell when you're preaching to some people sometimes they're you can tell by the look in their eyes uh if they're paying attention or sometimes if it's just kind of going over their head but when it says be you a doer of the word and not a here only deceiving yourselves and so you know there are people out there that think well i got up this morning took a shower got dressed and i went to church and i was in church for a whole hour certainly god must be pleased with me no no god's not pleased with you until you take what you learned in that church and you put it to practical application that it bears fruit to his glory see that's i get this stuff right from god's word see he literally spelled it out for us he put it in a book for us so that we could understand this now over in first Corinthians chapter three he talks about placing up crowns in heaven you see placing up crowns in heaven not of wood hay or stubble but of gold silver and precious stones well gold silver and precious stones when they're put through the fire when they're tried they become pure but wood hay and stubble it goes away and so we're talking about crowns for eternity you see this this life that we have here going back over to james four he says that this life is but a it's like a vapor that appears for an instant and then it's gone now on younger people that's it's much harder for young younger people to grasp but as older folks have been around a while we know how fast time passes it's like we turn around you know one day we're young and vibrant the next day we turn around and wow where's where's time gone so many of our friends and relatives have passed away you go into your graduating classes and and when you have your class reunions fewer and fewer people are showing up and then the point is that eternity is a very long time and you should be placing up your your treasures there your investments you need to make those investments in eternity now in revelation 14 14 he tells you that your works will follow you into heaven your works will follow you into heaven here verse 16 and one of you saying to them uh unto them no that's the wrong passage i have the wrong passage here i want to go over here to james four wherefore we know not what to life what shall be on tomorrow for what is your life it's even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away well going back to james chapter two starting in verse 14 what does it profit my brethren though a man say he hath faith and have not works can faith save him if a brother or a sister be naked and destitute of daily food and one of you saying to them depart in peace be you warmed and filled notwithstanding you give them not those things which are needful to the body what does a prophet even so faith if it hath not works is dead being alone oh yeah a man may say no has faith and i have worked show me thy faith without thy works and i will show thee my faith by thy works now believe is that there is one god thou dost well the devils also believe and tremble but will doubt know oh vain man that faith without works is dead was not abraham our father justified by works when he offered isaac his son upon the altar now i can't imagine a harder thing for a father to do but here now remember abraham had kind of an ace up his sleeve because he knew that god had promised that god had already told him that he was going to raise up a mighty nation through isaac the abraham would be the father and that isaac he promised him so he knew that if he was going to do that that isaac would have to be alive and he knew if god allowed him to kill isaac that that he would bring him back to life and so he was abraham passed the test but it was the it was the lord showing abraham that was what you call a shadow of what was to come when the lord jesus christ would be the lamb that was going to be offered up see is thou how faith wrought with his works and by works was faith made perfect and the scripture was fulfilled with saith abraham believed god and it was imputed into him for righteousness and he was called a friend of god you see then how that by works a man is justified and not by faith only well you're now he's justified but he's he's not talking about salvation here he's talking he's justified but what he's referring to you're saved by faith alone but works is the evidence and therefore the faith is justified by works likewise also was not rehab the harlot justified by works when she had received the messengers and had sent them another way whereas the body without the spirit is dead so faith of that works is dead now rehab you know she was a whore and what they did uh in those days uh you know in the camp of joshua she would have been stoned but her faith was so strong god looked upon her heart and she knew and she believed and she feared god and here remember she put herself and her whole family in obedience to god at risk had she been caught that treason uh her her and her family they would have not have died a good death i can tell you that but here not only uh was she spared her and her family but she was allowed to be part of the lineage of the lord jesus christ he was in the lineage of the lord jesus himself and so i want to go now over to james chapter five and james chapter five verse seven through twelve be patient therefore brother unto the coming of the lord behold the husband man waited for the precious fruit of the earth and had long patience for it until he received the early and the later reign be you also patient establish your hearts for the coming of the lord draw nigh grudge not one against another brethren lest you be condemned to behold the judge standeth at the door he does take my brother and the prophets who have spoken in the name of the lord for an example of suffering affliction and of patience behold we count them happy which endure you have heard of the patience of job and have seen the end of the lord that the lord is very pitiful by the way that word there means full of compassion full of compassion and of tender mercy but above all things my brother and swear not neither by heaven neither by the earth neither by any other oath but let us let your yea be yea and your name be nay lest you fall into condemnation so it also tells you over in matthew chapter 5 verses 34 through 37 not to swear an oath rick warren's book the purpose-driven life the very first thing he asked you to do is to enter into a contact covenant and swear an oath with him and a stranger he said to find a stranger and enter into an oath and take an oath together that's the first thing he asked you to do exactly what god's word the bible tells you not to do instruction not to do and then i want to go over to acts chapter 15 and in acts chapter 15 verses 1 through 17. now here we go back to what we were talking about with the uh the judaises this is the council uh here and it was the debate over the gentiles having to keep the laws of moses and here and certain men which came down from judia taught their brethren and said except you be circumcised after the manner of moses you cannot be saved and that's what we were talking about earlier here you know uh when therefore paul and barnabas and had no small dissension and disputation with them they determined that paul and barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem and to the apostles and the elders about this question and being brought up on the way by the church they passed through venetia and samaria declaring the conversation of the gentiles and they caused a great joy into all the brethren and when they were come to Jerusalem they were received of the church and of the apostles and the elders and they declared all things that god had done with them but there arose up certain of the sect of the pharisees which believing saying that it was needful to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of moses now her now at this time remember peter had been given had given in to those before but now at this time it was a little different and peter now was standing his ground and the apostles and the elders came together for consider of the matter and when there had been much dispute peter rose up and said unto their men and brethren know you how that a good while ago god made choice among us that the gentiles by mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe he's referring to as paul was called and remember paul was stood peter to his face and god which knoweth the hearts of them bear them witness giving them the holy ghost even as he did unto us and put no difference between us and them purifying their hearts by faith now therefore why tempt you god to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear but we believe that through the grace of the lord jesus christ we shall be saved even as they then all the multitude kept silence and gave audience to barnabas and paul declaring what miracles and wonders god had wrought among the gentiles by them and as they had held their peace james answering saying men and brethren harken unto me simian hath declared how god at the first did visit the gentiles to take onto them a people for his name well folks at the first when he's talking about that the jews were gentiles before they became jews and to this agree the words of the prophet says that it's written after this i will return and will build again the tabernacle of david which has fallen down and i will build again the ruins thereof and i will set it up that the resident of men might seek after the lord and all the gentiles upon whom my name is called saith the lord who doeth these things well we're we're running out of time again for tonight i just want to say this has been an interesting bible study tonight uh we covered a lot of different areas but the bottom line folks was faithful that works now here apart from christ you see if you're not saved if you're not saved uh folks all your good works don't matter and if you are saved you'll have good works as proof of your salvation and folks if you're not saved you're in more trouble than you could possibly know if you're not saved right now out there tonight i'm telling you uh like we just read earlier you know uh the time of your departure off this ball of dirt called earth that's not your call it's not your call at all it's god's call and a lot of times people think well this is something i'm going to do nobody will know about it well god knew knew about it long before you did he knew what you were going to think okay and so if you're out there now apart from christ it's like you're walking on a tightrope over a burning lake of fire just imagine a burning lake of fire and you're walking a tightrope folks believe me you don't you don't want to take the risk you want to you want to repent of your sins prayed to the father tonight if you have it you want to do it tonight you want to pray to the father ask him to forgive you of your sins you want to ask the lord jesus christ to be the lord of your life all of your life without any reservations at all folks he's got to you got to put him number one he put you number one when he hung up on that cross in your place you were number one he did it for you and if you do that you will become a new creature a born-again believer and an heir of the kingdom and be indwelt with the holy spirit now you've got god's word on that you've got god's word on that and so how much time do i have there and so folks you can't afford not to will not to you really can't because you could die in your sleep tonight and let me say everybody's gonna die that's not a tragedy to die in your sin it can't be undone you can't undo it you can't it's forever and you don't want that to happen believe me so do that tonight call upon the name of the lord tonight and you'll become a new creature remember that's the most important thing you'll ever do you will never ever do anything you will never ever you could never ever do anything that'll mean as much to you as if you did you call upon the name of the lord we're out of time for tonight so as we get to this time every night we say good night thanks for being here god bless and always always always keep fighting the five thanks for listening to the voice of the christian resistance what's right what's left hosted by pastor ernie sanders to learn more 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