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In the midst of all these changes, there are certain
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things that have not changed and will never change. The
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first thing that has never changed in all these centuries,
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the nature of God has not changed. He said, I
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am the Lord. I change not. Not even that much
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change in God. In all these centuries, He's from everlasting
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to everlasting. He had no beginning. He has no end.
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I don't understand that, but I accept it. He's the
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one thing that we can count on as God. He's
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unchanging in His holiness. Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty,
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which was and is and is to come. Revelation 4.8.
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God is unchanging in judgment. It says, the Lord shall
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judge the ends of the earth. God is unchanging in love.
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For God commended His love toward us in that while
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we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. God loves you.
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That's hard to believe. That's hard to take in. But
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God loves you. And if you were the only person
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in the whole world, God would love you. And He
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would have sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on
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the cross for you. God is love. That's one thing
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I want you to remember when we leave that we've said.
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And then the second thing, the Word of God has
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not changed. Not only the nature of God has not changed,
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but the Word of God has not changed. This Bible
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is the Word of God. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth,
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but the Word of our God shall stand forever. The
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third thing that hasn't changed, human nature has not changed.
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Jeremiah the prophet said, as I said a moment ago,
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the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.
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Who can know it? All have sinned and come short
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of the glory of God. You're a sinner. I'm a sinner.
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Sin means that I've broken God's laws. I've broken the
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Ten Commandments. If you have broken one commandment one time,
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you're guilty of all. Have you ever told a lie?
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Have you ever had lust in your heart? Then you're guilty.
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We're guilty before God. And because we're guilty, we're under
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sentence of death. Death in this life and death in
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the life to come. The way of salvation has not changed.
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In all these centuries, the way of salvation is still
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the same. I'm at the mercy of chance. I feel
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guilty all the time and I don't know what I'm
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guilty of. I ask the question when I'm alone, who
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am I? I know that I must die and I'm
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afraid to die. I don't want to die, but I
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know I'm going to have to die. Every person in
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this audience 75 years from now will be dead. Millions
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are crying, what can I do to be saved from
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the pressures of life? The pressures are just so great.
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We have great technology to save time but we have
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less time than ever. Escapism is a subconscious mechanism to
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escape reality. Job said my days are spent without hope.
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Isaiah the prophet said even the youths shall faint and
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be weary. Cain who had killed Abel had a terrible
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guilt in his life and he said my burden is
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greater than I can bear. Job who suffered so much
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in the Bible wanted to die. Thousands of people are
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suffering from some sort of mental illness. We're called the
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tormented generation. The tensions in the home, problems at work,
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health problems, making ends meet. We want to scream at life.
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We want to escape from life. The psalmist said, and
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I said, oh, but I had the wings like a dove,
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for then I would fly away and be at rest.
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Have you said that? I'd like to just fly away
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from my problem. Get away from it. And have rest.
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The psalmist longing to escape has become the cry of
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the world today. But there doesn't seem to be any
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way out for you. To those people, Jesus said, I'm
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the way out. Jesus said, I'm the door. By me,
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if any man enter in, he shall be saved. Believe
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on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved.
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Jesus said,
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I am the way, the truth, and the life.
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No man comes to the Father but by me. In
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the sight of God, man is an individual. And God
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looks upon you as an individual that he loves. He
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has the hairs of your head numbered. He sees the
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sparrow fall. He loves you. He's interested in you. And
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He wants you to talk to Him and tell Him
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what your problems are. And He will help you. He
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loves you so much that He died on the cross
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for you and shed His blood for you. And if
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you repent of your sins and receive Him into your heart,
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you'll be saved. You'll go to heaven. You don't have
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to straighten out your life first. You don't have to
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go home and do something good in order to Find Christ.
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You do that after you've come to Christ. We don't
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have to make ourselves well before going to a doctor.
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He sees sick people. He doesn't see well people. Jesus
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was called the great physician. He said, it is not
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the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. And
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we're all sinners. So are you. The blind man came
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to Jesus just as he was. The leper came just
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as he was. You can come to Christ tonight just
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as you are. You don't have to go and clean
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up anything. You don't have to go change clothes and
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put on your Sunday best. Just come as you are
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and say, Lord, I am just a person in need
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of Christ. I need to know that I know Christ.
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What do I have to do to believe? You have
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to become as a little child. The Bible says all
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the way through the New Testament, that we enter the
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kingdom of God by faith, therefore being justified by faith,
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we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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In Ephesians 2 it says, For by grace are you
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saved through faith. Now grace means something you don't earn,
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you don't work for it. You can't work your way
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to heaven. You can't get good enough to get to heaven.
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The word believe implies commitment, surrender. You believe in the
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person of Christ. And that word believe means that you
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commit your life to him. You're not trusting anything for
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your future. The little boy that I heard about, he said,
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you know, this life is short. But from what I've heard,
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eternity is awfully long. And said, we better spend our
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time getting ready for eternity. Because we never know what
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the next hour is going to bring forth, what the
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next day is going to bring forth. We go to
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church once in a while, maybe every Sunday, but deep
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in your heart there's a doubt that you know Christ.
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You're not sure that if you died at this moment
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you'd go to heaven. You want to be sure. You
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want to be certain. You want to know that your
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sins are forgiven and you want to know that purpose
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and meaning that God can give to you. Are you
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willing to change your way of living? That's repentance to
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change your mind, to change the direction of your life.