Are you sure you're on your way to heaven? Many people believe they're saved because they're good people, attend church, or try to live a Christian life, but the Bible makes it clear that none of those things will get them to heaven.
In Matthew 7:13–14, Jesus warns that many are headed toward destruction while few find the way to eternal life. Salvation comes only through faith in Jesus Christ and what He accomplished on the cross.
As we begin our Fall Revival, Brother Tom Wallace challenges us to examine what we're trusting in for salvation and whether we have the assurance of eternal life. Watch the full sermon and consider one of the most important questions you'll ever answer: Are you 100% sure you'll go to heaven when you die?
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We're going to start here this morning with Brother Tom Wallace. I've known Brother Tom for quite a few years now. I think right after he came home from England as a missionary back here to the States.
And let's talk about bringing revival to America. And so we've asked Brother Tom to come and challenge us here this morning from the Word of God about revival in your life.
Because revival doesn't start outside the church. It starts right here. It starts in the heart of each place. So Brother Tom, why don't you come and share with us here this morning with God as laid upon you.
Amen, Brother. Good to see you again. Well, good morning. It's great to be back here with you. Good to see a lot of familiar faces. A few faces may be new to me. I'm not sure. But the familiar faces are getting a bit older.
I don't understand that. You know, of course, I don't get old. But, you know, of course, a lot of you already mentioned there about my mustache here. But I am sporting a new look.
I turned 60 this year. And so I decided, you know, I need a new look there. So I bought a new tie. And so, but I'm kind of going for that, you know, sophisticated English professor look.
Instead of, I think I got the nutty professor look. But anyhow. But anyhow. These are great. Except around 2 o'clock in the morning, it just comes to me to tickle my nose.
I just don't understand that. But anyhow. So, well, it's a joy to be back with you. Honestly, I am married and I have a happy marriage. Honestly.
I'm thinking, when was the last time Natalie was with me on this trip out here? And I got to, of course, we talk all the time with when I'm away and stuff there.
But I got to get her a second time this morning. She was leaving the house, getting in the car, getting ready to go to church. And the ring camera. We installed one of those ring cameras there.
So I got to give her a whistle there. So anyhow. But so, yeah. I was blessed to marry a wonderful, wonderful woman.
And I wish she would be with me. Normally she does travel with me. But we're at a stage in our life where we have either my parents have been very ill or her parents are ill.
And we just sprung her dad out of the hospital just before I left. He came down with pneumonia and a staph infection and stuff. And so she felt she needed to stay behind to give aid and help there.
And so, which I think we can all understand. But I don't like it. But that's just the way it is. And so, but it's a joy to be here once again. I'm looking forward to the week.
We're getting into one of my favorite subjects. The subject of revival. And, but there's a good place for us to start. And take your Bibles if you would.
In Matthew chapter 7, Matthew chapter 7. While you're turning there, we do have a few things on our table back there. Of course, most of you know that I'm the founder of Missions to Muslims.
And so we do carry some supplies with us there about some of our ministry and things that might help you there. We normally do not sell our books at churches there.
We do sell them online. But we do have some books in the back. If they are of a help to you and you'll use them, but please feel free to take one.
They are free. Now, if you want to leave a donation to help us with our printing costs, that's great. But you don't have to. Anything extra that goes in there helps with our travel expenses.
And we're traveling more and more overseas. A lot of missionaries get to the field and discover what I discovered when I was a missionary on the field.
How do you talk to Muslims? It seems like we go nowhere with them. And we're talking the same language, but we're not connecting in any way.
And so that's what threw me into a study back in 2000 and, well, back before 2001. I went full time with that after the attack of 9-11. But prior to that, I began to study and read books on how do you share your faith with Muslims.
And I was still not getting anywhere with that. And so I started studying Islam the way an imam would because I wanted to understand their theology. I wanted to hear it from the horse's mouth, so to speak.
So anyhow, we've got some materials that are there. But this evening, I really want to encourage you to come tonight. America is facing a very real challenge.
And Nebraska right now is at threat of Sharia law coming into your state. And I want to show you how you can stop it. Okay?
Some states have already taken some measures that Nebraska hasn't yet caught up with. Okay? And so I hope what I'm going to tell you will help you and help your fellow man in your state.
But also, too, there's some things that some states are doing that are wrong. They're just, it's not going to work the way they're doing it. Texas and Florida have been cheering over the fact that they passed laws in their state to say Sharia law is not allowed into our state.
Well, that's what Oklahoma did in 2011. And they did the very same thing. And CARE, the Council of American Islamic Relations, came along and said, Sorry, you're violating our constitutional rights.
And the courts agreed and overturned these decisions. And the reason for it is because they went about it the wrong way. And I'll show you this evening what the correct way is to stop that.
Okay? And it's not very difficult, but you've got to know a couple of things. And without knowledge, the people perish, the Bible says.
And so you need to be informed. So I really want to encourage you to come back tonight at 5 o'clock. And we'll get done by 10, I promise. No, no. But so come back tonight.
And also encourage others that, you know, they may not be going to a church that has evening services. So bring them back with you here this evening. And now I was hoping my book, Keeping America Sharia Free, would be ready here.
But the printer did all they could to get it to the press and stuff. But they just, we couldn't get it done in time. So I do have a pre-order form for that.
And you can buy multiple copies as well. And that's on that form. And share this information with your friends or legislators and people that, judges and, you know, people that you may know that need to be informed on that.
And one final thing, if I may say. On the table, we have our flyers for our Bible Land tours for next year. Fifty people will take you to Israel.
I take you to the other places that are in our Bible. I take you to Turkey. We minister a lot in Turkey. And I take you to the seven churches of Revelation that are located there.
One of the big cities is, of course, Ephesus. One of the churches that we read about in our Bible. Did you know 12 books of our Bible are tied to the city of Ephesus? Either it was written to the people in Ephesus or it was written from Ephesus to other places.
Paul wrote from there. And, I mean, this is a church that was pastored by, started by the Apostle Paul, pastored by Timothy, and later pastored by the Apostle John.
It's believed that the mother of Jesus, remember the disciple that when Jesus was on the cross and he said to John, I'm charging you to look after my mother.
It's believed that he took Mary to Ephesus. And so, in the city of Ephesus, I've been to Rome, I've been to Ephesus, and Ephesus almost rivals Rome.
So, there's just so much to see and enjoy. How many like holidays? How many of you need a holiday? Okay, all right. So, we do these every, I'm sorry, I'm speaking British to you there.
Vacations, okay. We do these tours every fall. And so, if you can't come with us this year, come with us next year, I hope, and get a hold of these flyers there.
And you'll see we've got some really good prices for Bible Land tours. Okay, if you have your Bibles open, Matthew chapter 7. Matthew chapter 7. Would you stand with me? I'm not sure if it's your custom to do so.
But we're going to do that here. Matthew chapter 7 and verse number 13. We're going to start our reading. Enter ye at the straight gate.
I want you to pick up on the quantities of people.
We've got the first quantity. What is it? Few or what? Many. Many are going to go through this gate, the broad gate.
That leadeth where? To destruction. And many there be which go in thereat. Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Then it gives us in verse number 15 a warning. Beware of false prophets. And this subject of couplets are being mentioned again and again as you continue reading in chapter 7.
This is the end of the Sermon of the Mount. You think your preacher might preach a long time there? Jesus started this sermon in chapter 5. Okay. And he's now coming to his conclusion finally in chapter 7.
And he goes on about a number of different things. Good fruit, evil fruit, good tree, wise men, foolish men, building your house on the sand or the rock. And a lot of opposites that are being laid out there.
But our passage today is going to be verses 13 through 14. Let's pray. Father, I ask your blessing. Upon our meeting here today. And not only today.
This is going to launch another group of meetings. And I pray, dear God, that you would speak to our heart in these times.
And I pray, God, that what you call upon me to preach is your words that you want for us to hear. And I pray, Lord, we will not only give heed to it.
But also give our heart to it. We pray it in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you. By the way, the song that was just sung kind of concluded for me. Because I was battling between two sermons there, what to preach.
And I thought, well, if I can't determine it, I'm going to have to preach both. But that song just kind of confirmed for me that this is where God wanted me to go.
And I think it's a great place for us to start a revival. Here's what I'm concerned about. I fear that many people who think they're going to heaven aren't going to be making it.
And I believe that, and I'm not alone in this. There are many preachers in America, if they're honest, they'll say that maybe half of their congregation is not truly saved.
And the reason for it is that they're missing something. They're missing something in their understanding. They've got the notion, this fake idea, that they're going to get to heaven because they're a good person.
And they're attempting to live their Christian life as a good person, thinking it's going to merit them heaven and salvation.
The fact is, is that you'll not get there by your works. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 8 and 9 makes that very clear. For by grace are you saved through faith, that not of yourselves.
It is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. You're not going to get to heaven by your works, by being a good person.
Now, being saved will set you on the course to want to live like a good person. But a person who's truly saved is going to admit, the truth is, I want to be, but I'm not a good person.
I fail often. But praise God, my salvation isn't based on my works, but rather on the work of a person named Jesus Christ.
What he did on the cross for my salvation. And the fact is, is that you may be thinking you're on your way to heaven and you may not be. Look at this passage here.
The Bible says, enter ye at the straight gate. The word straight, notice how that's spelt. It's spelt S-T-R-A-I-T.
This is a nautical term for a narrow passage. In Turkey, if you were to come with me to Turkey, we would fly into Istanbul.
Istanbul is an amazing city. It's one of the most, it's an old city. So much history has happened in that city through the years.
Constantine moved the Roman government there and renamed the city as Constantine. And then the Muslims came in in 1452 and turned it into a Muslim city and turned the Hagia Sophia.
The Hagia Sophia meaning the Holy Spirit, the Church of the Holy Spirit. And turned that beautiful Christian cathedral into a mosque.
And it's been that ever since for 1400 years. And, or rather 700 years. And so today, you know, the Muslims do claim that city as a Muslim city.
And, but if you were to come with me to Istanbul, it's an interesting city because it's a city that sits on two continents. Really. You'll be sitting with me in the hotel on the rooftop, sipping coffee, looking over the Bosphorus.
And on the other side, about a half a mile on the other side, is Asia. You're sitting in Europe and you're looking into Asia. And, and that Bosphorus there, that river that connects the, the Black Sea up in the north with the Aegean Sea, which then flows into the Mediterranean.
That little narrow passage of water is an important piece of water. We've been talking about the war in Iran, right? The Strait of Hormuz.
That narrow passage. That's the word that's being used here. And Jesus says, Enter ye at that straight, narrow gate.
Okay? It's not a, not a straight line, but a narrow gate. Then he contrasts that with the wide gate. For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat.
So many will go through the wide gate. Then we get verse 14. But straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto where?
Life. But what's the quantity of people that enter there? And few there be that find it.
Do you suppose there's a sign on these gates? Well, let's wind that thought back for a moment, and let me ask a different question. Do you think, who do you think the operator is of the wide gate?
Who benefits to bring people through the wide gate? The devil. He wants everyone to go through that gate. Why? He doesn't want any of us to find heaven, because he hates you.
You know why he hates you? You were created by God. And God loves you. And not only were you created by him, you were created in his image.
And so every time that the devil sees you, it reminds him of God, who he hates, and is at war with, and he wants to destroy anything that God loves, and God desires to save, and he wants to lead you into hell, into destruction.
So who do you think operates that wide gate? The devil. So if the devil is the operator of the gate, do you think he's honest with the sign he puts on that gate?
Enter this way to hell! Who's going to go through that gate? Except for maybe a teenager or two. Ooh, that sounds cool. Sorry, teenagers. No one in their right mind is going to say, that's the gate for me.
So who's going to want to go through that gate? Only those who are deceived. They think it's going to lead where? Life. But does it get there?
No. Leads to destruction. There's an honest gate. There's an honest sign. Who do you think operates that one? The Lord. That's kind of what this church is.
This church is simply a place that puts the gate out there that says, enter into life. This is the way God has given us. It's in his word. Let me show you. Has that ever happened to you?
You know, aren't you glad the gospel came to your address? I sure am. I know I've told this story before. Let me tell you how I got saved.
My story begins with my grandmother. Her goal in life was to raise her three sons to be bartenders. She failed miserably. All three of them became Baptist preachers.
And what messed up her plans was actually something that happened to her. A preacher came to her business. And for the first time in her life, she let someone open the Bible and explain it.
And she realized, oh, my goodness, I'm going to hell. And I deserve it. And so, but the preacher didn't stop there.
He also explained that God had a rescue plan for her through what Jesus did on the cross to pay the penalty for her sins so that she could be saved.
So she wouldn't have to be punished and go to hell. Well, she got gloriously saved. Now, when you get gloriously saved, you realize I've got friends and family that need to hear what I just heard.
Two of her sons were in the Navy. My dad was one of them. She began writing letters and sending tracks and sending cassette tapes of the preacher preaching his message on Sunday.
And now some of you, I can look at that. You're looking at you don't know what a cassette tape is. You just talk to some of us older people there and also ask us why we needed a pencil. So he started getting this stuff and he called her and said, knock it off.
I think he had other words being an unsaved man. And stop sending me all this junk. And, you know, I promise if you stop embarrassing me by sending me all this stuff, when I come home on leave, I'll go to your church.
He'd never been to church before in his life. And you need to know our family wasn't a model family at the time. My dad's real dad was murdered in a bar fight in Chicago.
He didn't find his body for about a week later in the river. You know, my uncle said, you know, things that went on in the family back then, you go to jail for. There's only one word to describe our family, dysfunctional.
And, but when grandma got saved, things began to change. And so dad came home on leave. And he was drunk the first Sunday, so he got out of it. The second Sunday, she cornered him.
She got him into church. There at the Indianapolis Baptist Temple, Dr. Dixon was preaching and dad said, I felt like he just dangled me over hell all Sunday morning. Praise God.
He went back to church Sunday night, got dangled over hell again one more time and got saved. Amen. Not long after that, he was out of the Navy and became a preacher. And was it when the Bible college became a preacher?
So when I was born, my daddy was already a preacher. Now being born in a preacher's home doesn't save you any more than being born in McDonald's makes you a big Mac. But it does expose you to the gospel.
Now I got exposed. I had a Sunday school teacher who used to dangle me over hell every Sunday. And I needed it because little Tommy was a rascal. And I realized I deserve hell.
I deserve a spanking from God. Praise God, Jesus took my spanking for me so I wouldn't have to. There at my parents' bedside at the age of five, I got saved.
This book can tell you how to find that narrow gate. I hope you found it. I hope you found it. Few there be that find it, though, the Bible says.
Many is going to go through that wide gate, but only few are going to make their way to their narrow gate. The devil is a deceiver. He's deceiving people to come in through a wide gate. Go ahead, come through this gate.
It's wide. You can come just as you are. Come with your sin. Come with your, all your good works, all your attitude. You know, there's sadly a lot of churches, and usually they're the, you know, maybe why they're so big, because the many are going through that gate thinking, I can live just like the world and add a little bit of religion and good works to my life, but I don't have to really change anything.
No, the fact is, is that if you're truly saved, there'll be some changes in your life. God, when God moves in, you're inviting God to move into your life, and you want to bring him into a sinful, dirty environment?
God's going to clean that up. You're going to have something called conviction going on when you want to go back to your old ways, and if that conviction's not going on, maybe you didn't go through the narrow gate yet.
Let me tell you a story, and I'll bring this in for a landing. I don't know how many years ago it was now, but it scares me. These numbers are getting bigger and bigger and bigger. I'm now about at 40 years of ministry now, and I know that's crazy because I hardly look a day over 30.
But, yeah, really, I dye my hair. I just like the silver look. But I think 30 years ago, I was in Memphis, Tennessee, getting ready to fly back to Seattle.
My wife's folks were, that's where her dad pastored, and so when we came home on furloughs, we would stay up there often on furloughs. And so I was back on the furlough.
We were missionaries at the time, and I was in Memphis, Tennessee, and I was to fly. We were going to land in Denver and then connect and had a long layover. And so I get to the airport down in Memphis, and it's snowing.
It is raining ice storms. You know what ice storms are here. I know you know what that is. Most of the Southerners where I live now in North Carolina, they haven't got a clue what that is. It's beautiful to behold, but treacherous to be in, isn't it?
Well, an ice storm hit Memphis, Tennessee, and it shut down the airport, so I had to get a hotel. And the next morning, I get a call from the airline. Mr. Wallace, the airport's going to open up, and I think we can get you out today.
So I get to the airport and check in, and my tickets, you know, same time leaving and all that kind of stuff there, and I'm going to connect also with Denver and then on to Seattle.
And so I get to Denver airport, and I've got a four-hour layover. Oh, I hate those things. And so, you know, I thought, well, I've got time to burn, and so, you know, I'm going to minister to my body.
It's lunchtime. And so, you know, I sit there at the food court, and I find myself a Burger King, and I get a double Whopper with cheese and large fry and a Diet Coke because I am trying to look after my figure.
And so, you know, I love airports. My wife and I, what we'd love to do, you know, for a date is to go to an airport to watch people.
It is the funnest, craziest things to do to watch people at airports. You think Walmart's something? No, no, no, no. You haven't lived until you watch people at an airport.
There's crazy people at airports. And you see people walking around, and they just, you know, you've got the people, they haven't got a clue where they are. They just need someone to come along.
Hey, follow me. It goes this way. And, you know, and then you've got the business traveler. Oh, don't get in their way. Man, they're professionals. They know what they're doing. And, you know, they'll just march you over.
I mean, they've got a place to be, and they're late, and, you know, and so there's this lady, I kid you not, she was all dressed to the nines, businesswoman there, and she was just walking, and she walked right in front of me there, and she had a garment bag, no wheels, just the garment bag.
She was holding it by the dangly-doo, and over her shoulder, and just dragging her garment bag, her dress bag behind it. And just don't worry about me. The plane will wait.
It'll wait for me. I'll get there, and then we'll go. You know, and so it's all these things. I'm just watching all these people, and I'm enjoying the show. And then I'm realizing, you know, it's busy, and people are needing a seat to sit in to eat their lunch and stuff, so I'm done, and so I pack up.
And I think, you know what, I better check the monitors, because they often change the gates. And so I get to the monitor, and I find my flight time. Okay, yeah, not flight time, but I see the flight number, and I see Seattle.
Okay, yeah, oh, that's good there. And I see the gate. Gate's good. Okay, that's good. But then I see the flight time. The flight is leaving in 10 minutes. Apparently, they gave me a different ticket than what I thought.
I thought I had four hours to burn. I'm at the airport goofing off, and I'm about to miss my flight. I've never missed a flight in all my life of all my traveling and jetting around there.
And wouldn't you know Murphy's Law was taking effect? I'm in the wrong concourse. And I've got to get way the furthest one away, and then the gate number when you get to the concourse is the furthest gate down the road.
Now, I told you, airports are, you see some interesting things at airports. Have you ever seen a fat boy run? When he's in a panic? Man, I didn't know.
I was there to provide the entertainment that day. And I get up, and I'm hearing my name over the speaker. Mr. Wallace, if you're not here, we're throwing your luggage out and burning it, you dirty dog, you know.
And this is your last and final warning and everything. And I'm running, and I could see them getting ready to close the door. And I'm screaming like a little girl, I'm coming!
And I give the lady my boarding pass, and I get down that gangway, and I get to the airplane. I mean, she just took my pass, didn't even look at it, and she goes, get on there.
And I close the door behind me, and I get on the airplane. I've held the plane up 15 minutes, and nobody's happy. And I'm walking down, and everyone's looking younger. And I get in my seat, and oh, that middle seat.
Oh, God forgive us. That middle seat. Now, the problem is, is that the two people sitting in the aisle and the window had the same problem as me, that they usually fill up a seat in half, you know.
And I'm looking, and I've got to fit into that thing, and I can hardly see it. And so I get in there, I'm not even going to go for the seatbelt. I'm locked and loaded. I'm not going anywhere. We are secure and fastened.
The plane goes down, trust me, we're all going to be three-seated in this there. We're buddies. And I'm just thinking, I mean, we're backing up. They're not waiting.
They're moving, and I've held the plane up there. And I get into my seat, and I'm thinking, how dumb would that be to be on, you know, be at the airport, goofing off, and miss your flight?
I mean, that's stupid. Can I say stupid in church? I mean, that's crazy. What could be more dumb or stupid than that?
And then the other thought came in my head, you know, well, maybe getting on the wrong flight. There was no sign at the gate. They took that down. That lady didn't look at my boarding pass.
She just took it and threw me in there. Now I'm sitting on a plane not knowing where I'm going. Am I going the right way?
Where is this plane going? I got to tell you, it's the worst feeling in the world. And you're thinking, how do I find out where I'm going without feeling more stupid than I already feel?
So how do I strike up a conversation there? So I, you know, these other guys look like business travelers, so I use a little bit of travel talk with them, you know. So tell me, when you land, are you connecting, or is this your final destination?
Hoping it might invoke some discussion about Seattle. You know what this guy asked to tell me? All the trouble he's had getting to where he is now. I didn't want to hear that. I just want to know, are you going to Seattle?
Well, it doesn't matter where we're going. We're up in the air. I'm going wherever it's going. And for the rest of the remainder of that flight, I kept going over these thoughts. What do I do?
I mean, what if I'm going to New York or Honolulu? What if they're sending me back to Memphis? How do I buy a new ticket? I'm not sure if I've got enough money to do that.
How am I going to fix this? And then the thought came to me. The more I dwelt on that. How it must be for someone who's spiritually lost, thinking they entered in the right gate that's going to lead them to heaven, but not know for sure if it's going to get them there.
That has got to be the awful feeling. You see, for me, I could fix it. Somehow, I could maybe call a friend. Hey, Brother Smith.
I'm here in Nebraska. And I don't know how I got here. I'm not supposed to be here, but I'm supposed to be over there. And I don't have any money. Could you all help us, please? You know, I might have a friend or two that I could call and say, you know, help me.
I could maybe correct it. But when you're in hell, you can't correct it anymore. You understand what I'm saying? I really want this to, you know, for you to think on this.
Are you sure that you've entered into the narrow gate that leads to life? Now, I don't want to put doubt there that doesn't need to be there because the devil does that already.
Does he not? Because I guarantee you there, you can be a genuine, born-again Christian. And when you do sin, because you will, when you mess up, the devil, who's the accuser, the Bible says, he'll be in your ear saying, you call yourself a Christian.
You know, and then he wants to create doubt and guilt in your life and stuff there. And so, you know, the devil's going to use that to confuse you.
But if you're genuinely saved, you can overcome that simply by this. Hey, God said, if I do this, and I did, I believed, here's the place it happened.
I can maybe circle even the date on the calendar when it happened. I can't, or maybe if I can't, I can circle somewhere on this globe. That's where I prayed. That's where I trusted in Jesus.
And him alone. And for that, I know I'm saved. I have that confidence. And if you have that confidence, don't let the devil or a preacher come along and try to steal away that confidence.
Amen? But, if you don't have that confidence, what a tragedy it would be for you to leave a meeting like this and hear a sermon like this and walk away lost because you're afraid of thinking what others might say.
Can I tell you what we're going to say? We're going to say, glory, hallelujah. The devil tried to snatch him into hell, but praise God, God got the victory and they didn't let their pride overcome them.
Amen? Don't. Don't. And you know what is a good place to start a revival? To be revived, you have to be vibed in the first place.
You have to have been saved in the first place. Revival is the fact, is the act of, the fact is that we backslide and we walk away from the things that God knows that we should be doing and we know we should be doing.
And we've given ourselves to sin and other things and we need to be returned and repent and come back to the ways that are right. But if you haven't come to him in the first place, you can't be revived.
Amen? You need to start yourself on the right journey. And the good news is that today could be that day. Today could be that day. What a tragedy it would be for you to reject God's gift again and again and again and again.
And you come to the idea thinking, well, I'm good enough. No, you're not. You're not good enough. Your sins condemn you. And you are selling yourself a false bill of goods to think that you can earn heaven with your merit, with your good works.
You can't. You're trying to enter in at the wide gate. The devil makes it sound appealing, sound easy. But the truth is, the narrow gate's the only way you're going to get to heaven.
He does this with false religion. He does this with Christianity. There's those who still look for works to save them. And it will never save you. God's very clear on that.
So what are you trusting in? What gate have you gone through? Do you know the date that you did it? Do you know the time, the place? Have you got that confidence?
If you do, then be busy sharing the good news with others. If you don't, let today be the day. With head bowed and eyes closed, would you stand with me?
I wonder today, have you entered in the right gate if you know for sure, no one looking around just me, just my eyes, if you know for sure and you have that confidence, would you raise your hand as a testimony to heaven to say, Brother Wallace, I have that confidence.
God bless you. Pretty much every hand has been raised, but I've noticed a few have not. Thank you. You can put them right back down. Maybe you didn't raise your hand because you didn't understand the question.
That's okay. But maybe you didn't raise your hand because you know. You know you don't have that confidence. I imagine during the singing of the invitation, if you were to come forward, someone would be glad to open a Bible and show you where that narrow gate is, how to call upon the Lord and be saved, and be genuinely saved.
You can do that today. Whatever your situation, don't leave here with unfinished business. Father, pray that you'll have your way now in this invitation.
Work in our hearts. May we be busy sharing this good news with others. I pray it in Jesus' name. Amen.