WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.100 We're going to start here this morning with Brother Tom Wallace. 00:00:03.100 --> 00:00:06.320 I've known Brother Tom for quite a few years now. 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:10.859 I think right after he came home from England as a missionary back here to the States. 00:00:10.859 --> 00:00:14.300 And let's talk about bringing revival to America. 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:23.500 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. 00:00:24.339 --> 00:00:26.679 Because revival doesn't start outside the church. 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:27.500 It starts right here. 00:00:27.500 --> 00:00:30.820 It starts in the heart of each place. 00:00:31.820 --> 00:00:36.299 So Brother Tom, why don't you come and share with us here this morning with God as laid upon you. 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:37.679 Amen, Brother. Good to see you again. 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:41.399 Well, good morning. It's great to be back here with you. 00:00:41.519 --> 00:00:44.079 Good to see a lot of familiar faces. 00:00:44.299 --> 00:00:46.320 A few faces may be new to me. I'm not sure. 00:00:46.460 --> 00:00:49.539 But the familiar faces are getting a bit older. 00:00:51.100 --> 00:00:52.939 I don't understand that. 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:54.519 You know, of course, I don't get old. 00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:59.380 But, you know, of course, a lot of you already mentioned there about my mustache here. 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:01.960 But I am sporting a new look. 00:01:02.020 --> 00:01:03.480 I turned 60 this year. 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:06.920 And so I decided, you know, I need a new look there. 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:08.159 So I bought a new tie. 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:16.640 And so, but I'm kind of going for that, you know, sophisticated English professor look. 00:01:17.259 --> 00:01:19.519 Instead of, I think I got the nutty professor look. 00:01:19.620 --> 00:01:20.019 But anyhow. 00:01:21.859 --> 00:01:23.319 But anyhow. 00:01:25.060 --> 00:01:25.939 These are great. 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:29.679 Except around 2 o'clock in the morning, it just comes to me to tickle my nose. 00:01:29.759 --> 00:01:30.719 I just don't understand that. 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:31.140 But anyhow. 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:35.000 So, well, it's a joy to be back with you. 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:39.239 Honestly, I am married and I have a happy marriage. 00:01:39.420 --> 00:01:39.819 Honestly. 00:01:41.260 --> 00:01:45.599 I'm thinking, when was the last time Natalie was with me on this trip out here? 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:52.439 And I got to, of course, we talk all the time with when I'm away and stuff there. 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:55.539 But I got to get her a second time this morning. 00:01:56.039 --> 00:01:59.819 She was leaving the house, getting in the car, getting ready to go to church. 00:02:00.379 --> 00:02:01.780 And the ring camera. 00:02:01.900 --> 00:02:03.959 We installed one of those ring cameras there. 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:06.259 So I got to give her a whistle there. 00:02:06.679 --> 00:02:07.560 So anyhow. 00:02:08.139 --> 00:02:11.199 But so, yeah. 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:14.539 I was blessed to marry a wonderful, wonderful woman. 00:02:15.219 --> 00:02:17.120 And I wish she would be with me. 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:18.919 Normally she does travel with me. 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:26.439 But we're at a stage in our life where we have either my parents have been very ill or her parents are ill. 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:31.199 And we just sprung her dad out of the hospital just before I left. 00:02:31.859 --> 00:02:35.919 He came down with pneumonia and a staph infection and stuff. 00:02:36.619 --> 00:02:41.560 And so she felt she needed to stay behind to give aid and help there. 00:02:41.899 --> 00:02:44.899 And so, which I think we can all understand. 00:02:45.339 --> 00:02:46.500 But I don't like it. 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:47.979 But that's just the way it is. 00:02:47.979 --> 00:02:51.519 And so, but it's a joy to be here once again. 00:02:51.819 --> 00:02:53.780 I'm looking forward to the week. 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:57.019 We're getting into one of my favorite subjects. 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:59.560 The subject of revival. 00:03:00.579 --> 00:03:03.819 And, but there's a good place for us to start. 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:06.219 And take your Bibles if you would. 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.060 In Matthew chapter 7, Matthew chapter 7. 00:03:09.060 --> 00:03:13.719 While you're turning there, we do have a few things on our table back there. 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:18.000 Of course, most of you know that I'm the founder of Missions to Muslims. 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:28.039 And so we do carry some supplies with us there about some of our ministry and things that might help you there. 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:31.340 We normally do not sell our books at churches there. 00:03:31.419 --> 00:03:32.840 We do sell them online. 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.120 But we do have some books in the back. 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:42.259 If they are of a help to you and you'll use them, but please feel free to take one. 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:42.960 They are free. 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:47.439 Now, if you want to leave a donation to help us with our printing costs, that's great. 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:48.500 But you don't have to. 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.840 Anything extra that goes in there helps with our travel expenses. 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:56.360 And we're traveling more and more overseas. 00:03:57.140 --> 00:04:04.620 A lot of missionaries get to the field and discover what I discovered when I was a missionary on the field. 00:04:05.140 --> 00:04:06.520 How do you talk to Muslims? 00:04:07.539 --> 00:04:10.060 It seems like we go nowhere with them. 00:04:10.900 --> 00:04:16.560 And we're talking the same language, but we're not connecting in any way. 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:23.000 And so that's what threw me into a study back in 2000 and, well, back before 2001. 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:26.120 I went full time with that after the attack of 9-11. 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:32.160 But prior to that, I began to study and read books on how do you share your faith with Muslims. 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:35.300 And I was still not getting anywhere with that. 00:04:35.420 --> 00:04:42.319 And so I started studying Islam the way an imam would because I wanted to understand their theology. 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:44.360 I wanted to hear it from the horse's mouth, so to speak. 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:47.699 So anyhow, we've got some materials that are there. 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:53.439 But this evening, I really want to encourage you to come tonight. 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:58.460 America is facing a very real challenge. 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:06.199 And Nebraska right now is at threat of Sharia law coming into your state. 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:09.660 And I want to show you how you can stop it. 00:05:10.280 --> 00:05:10.500 Okay? 00:05:10.500 --> 00:05:17.180 Some states have already taken some measures that Nebraska hasn't yet caught up with. 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:17.540 Okay? 00:05:18.019 --> 00:05:24.779 And so I hope what I'm going to tell you will help you and help your fellow man in your state. 00:05:25.060 --> 00:05:29.040 But also, too, there's some things that some states are doing that are wrong. 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:31.480 They're just, it's not going to work the way they're doing it. 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:42.160 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. 00:05:42.620 --> 00:05:44.840 Well, that's what Oklahoma did in 2011. 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:48.239 And they did the very same thing. 00:05:48.899 --> 00:05:52.199 And CARE, the Council of American Islamic Relations, came along and said, 00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:56.179 Sorry, you're violating our constitutional rights. 00:05:56.479 --> 00:06:01.199 And the courts agreed and overturned these decisions. 00:06:01.479 --> 00:06:05.279 And the reason for it is because they went about it the wrong way. 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:10.439 And I'll show you this evening what the correct way is to stop that. 00:06:10.739 --> 00:06:10.919 Okay? 00:06:12.539 --> 00:06:17.799 And it's not very difficult, but you've got to know a couple of things. 00:06:18.500 --> 00:06:22.079 And without knowledge, the people perish, the Bible says. 00:06:22.559 --> 00:06:24.399 And so you need to be informed. 00:06:24.579 --> 00:06:28.239 So I really want to encourage you to come back tonight at 5 o'clock. 00:06:28.659 --> 00:06:30.479 And we'll get done by 10, I promise. 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:31.780 No, no. 00:06:32.060 --> 00:06:34.160 But so come back tonight. 00:06:34.280 --> 00:06:40.939 And also encourage others that, you know, they may not be going to a church that has evening services. 00:06:41.280 --> 00:06:43.740 So bring them back with you here this evening. 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:51.060 And now I was hoping my book, Keeping America Sharia Free, would be ready here. 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:56.960 But the printer did all they could to get it to the press and stuff. 00:06:57.080 --> 00:06:59.500 But they just, we couldn't get it done in time. 00:06:59.500 --> 00:07:03.579 So I do have a pre-order form for that. 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:07.060 And you can buy multiple copies as well. 00:07:07.379 --> 00:07:08.500 And that's on that form. 00:07:09.060 --> 00:07:15.519 And share this information with your friends or legislators and people that, judges and, you know, 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:20.040 people that you may know that need to be informed on that. 00:07:20.300 --> 00:07:22.259 And one final thing, if I may say. 00:07:22.259 --> 00:07:28.099 On the table, we have our flyers for our Bible Land tours for next year. 00:07:29.980 --> 00:07:31.539 Fifty people will take you to Israel. 00:07:32.219 --> 00:07:35.060 I take you to the other places that are in our Bible. 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:38.659 I take you to Turkey. 00:07:38.779 --> 00:07:40.240 We minister a lot in Turkey. 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:45.079 And I take you to the seven churches of Revelation that are located there. 00:07:45.300 --> 00:07:47.600 One of the big cities is, of course, Ephesus. 00:07:48.259 --> 00:07:50.160 One of the churches that we read about in our Bible. 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:54.800 Did you know 12 books of our Bible are tied to the city of Ephesus? 00:07:54.800 --> 00:08:02.540 Either it was written to the people in Ephesus or it was written from Ephesus to other places. 00:08:02.660 --> 00:08:03.480 Paul wrote from there. 00:08:04.280 --> 00:08:11.080 And, I mean, this is a church that was pastored by, started by the Apostle Paul, pastored by Timothy, 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:14.759 and later pastored by the Apostle John. 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:25.139 It's believed that the mother of Jesus, remember the disciple that when Jesus was on the cross and he said to John, 00:08:25.740 --> 00:08:27.579 I'm charging you to look after my mother. 00:08:28.379 --> 00:08:31.599 It's believed that he took Mary to Ephesus. 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:38.500 And so, in the city of Ephesus, I've been to Rome, I've been to Ephesus, and Ephesus almost rivals Rome. 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:43.399 So, there's just so much to see and enjoy. 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:44.659 How many like holidays? 00:08:45.620 --> 00:08:46.700 How many of you need a holiday? 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:48.340 Okay, all right. 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:52.559 So, we do these every, I'm sorry, I'm speaking British to you there. 00:08:52.860 --> 00:08:53.580 Vacations, okay. 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:58.019 We do these tours every fall. 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:05.659 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. 00:09:05.740 --> 00:09:08.419 And you'll see we've got some really good prices for Bible Land tours. 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:12.399 Okay, if you have your Bibles open, Matthew chapter 7. 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:13.299 Matthew chapter 7. 00:09:13.340 --> 00:09:14.120 Would you stand with me? 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:16.320 I'm not sure if it's your custom to do so. 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:19.460 But we're going to do that here. 00:09:19.580 --> 00:09:23.759 Matthew chapter 7 and verse number 13. 00:09:23.860 --> 00:09:25.039 We're going to start our reading. 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:29.720 Enter ye at the straight gate. 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:43.340 I want you to pick up on the quantities of people. 00:09:43.340 --> 00:09:46.580 We've got the first quantity. 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:48.080 What is it? 00:09:48.139 --> 00:09:49.019 Few or what? 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:50.200 Many. 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:54.680 Many are going to go through this gate, the broad gate. 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:57.299 That leadeth where? 00:09:57.299 --> 00:09:59.419 To destruction. 00:09:59.419 --> 00:10:02.919 And many there be which go in thereat. 00:10:03.739 --> 00:10:10.439 Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:13.840 Then it gives us in verse number 15 a warning. 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:15.100 Beware of false prophets. 00:10:15.100 --> 00:10:24.860 And this subject of couplets are being mentioned again and again as you continue reading in chapter 7. 00:10:24.940 --> 00:10:26.639 This is the end of the Sermon of the Mount. 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:29.379 You think your preacher might preach a long time there? 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:31.659 Jesus started this sermon in chapter 5. 00:10:32.439 --> 00:10:32.799 Okay. 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:37.240 And he's now coming to his conclusion finally in chapter 7. 00:10:38.259 --> 00:10:40.639 And he goes on about a number of different things. 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:48.240 Good fruit, evil fruit, good tree, wise men, foolish men, building your house on the sand or the rock. 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:52.120 And a lot of opposites that are being laid out there. 00:10:52.299 --> 00:10:56.720 But our passage today is going to be verses 13 through 14. 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:57.240 Let's pray. 00:10:57.340 --> 00:10:58.539 Father, I ask your blessing. 00:10:59.379 --> 00:11:01.240 Upon our meeting here today. 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:02.740 And not only today. 00:11:03.419 --> 00:11:07.899 This is going to launch another group of meetings. 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:14.240 And I pray, dear God, that you would speak to our heart in these times. 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:22.759 And I pray, God, that what you call upon me to preach is your words that you want for us to hear. 00:11:24.019 --> 00:11:27.200 And I pray, Lord, we will not only give heed to it. 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:29.960 But also give our heart to it. 00:11:30.560 --> 00:11:32.120 We pray it in Jesus' name. 00:11:32.340 --> 00:11:32.620 Amen. 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:33.280 Thank you. 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:37.080 By the way, the song that was just sung kind of concluded for me. 00:11:37.140 --> 00:11:41.000 Because I was battling between two sermons there, what to preach. 00:11:41.060 --> 00:11:43.960 And I thought, well, if I can't determine it, I'm going to have to preach both. 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:51.840 But that song just kind of confirmed for me that this is where God wanted me to go. 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:56.379 And I think it's a great place for us to start a revival. 00:11:56.379 --> 00:11:59.000 Here's what I'm concerned about. 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:08.379 I fear that many people who think they're going to heaven aren't going to be making it. 00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:14.159 And I believe that, and I'm not alone in this. 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:24.799 There are many preachers in America, if they're honest, they'll say that maybe half of their congregation is not truly saved. 00:12:25.199 --> 00:12:27.779 And the reason for it is that they're missing something. 00:12:28.939 --> 00:12:32.839 They're missing something in their understanding. 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:41.780 They've got the notion, this fake idea, that they're going to get to heaven because they're a good person. 00:12:43.340 --> 00:12:54.200 And they're attempting to live their Christian life as a good person, thinking it's going to merit them heaven and salvation. 00:12:55.480 --> 00:13:00.100 The fact is, is that you'll not get there by your works. 00:13:00.100 --> 00:13:02.960 Ephesians chapter 2, verse 8 and 9 makes that very clear. 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:05.740 For by grace are you saved through faith, that not of yourselves. 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:11.320 It is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:17.600 You're not going to get to heaven by your works, by being a good person. 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:26.680 Now, being saved will set you on the course to want to live like a good person. 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:35.319 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. 00:13:35.439 --> 00:13:36.379 I fail often. 00:13:38.539 --> 00:13:48.259 But praise God, my salvation isn't based on my works, but rather on the work of a person named Jesus Christ. 00:13:48.779 --> 00:13:51.879 What he did on the cross for my salvation. 00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:58.379 And the fact is, is that you may be thinking you're on your way to heaven and you may not be. 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:01.500 Look at this passage here. 00:14:02.259 --> 00:14:06.559 The Bible says, enter ye at the straight gate. 00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:11.639 The word straight, notice how that's spelt. 00:14:12.939 --> 00:14:16.720 It's spelt S-T-R-A-I-T. 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:21.060 This is a nautical term for a narrow passage. 00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:27.240 In Turkey, if you were to come with me to Turkey, we would fly into Istanbul. 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:30.279 Istanbul is an amazing city. 00:14:30.420 --> 00:14:34.040 It's one of the most, it's an old city. 00:14:34.660 --> 00:14:39.200 So much history has happened in that city through the years. 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:46.800 Constantine moved the Roman government there and renamed the city as Constantine. 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:54.580 And then the Muslims came in in 1452 and turned it into a Muslim city and turned the Hagia Sophia. 00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:59.480 The Hagia Sophia meaning the Holy Spirit, the Church of the Holy Spirit. 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:07.080 And turned that beautiful Christian cathedral into a mosque. 00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:09.879 And it's been that ever since for 1400 years. 00:15:11.100 --> 00:15:12.940 And, or rather 700 years. 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:20.259 And so today, you know, the Muslims do claim that city as a Muslim city. 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:23.159 And, but if you were to come with me to Istanbul, 00:15:23.580 --> 00:15:27.139 it's an interesting city because it's a city that sits on two continents. 00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:28.580 Really. 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:33.900 You'll be sitting with me in the hotel on the rooftop, sipping coffee, 00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:35.900 looking over the Bosphorus. 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:41.340 And on the other side, about a half a mile on the other side, is Asia. 00:15:42.020 --> 00:15:44.500 You're sitting in Europe and you're looking into Asia. 00:15:46.060 --> 00:15:49.700 And, and that Bosphorus there, that river that connects the, 00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:54.100 the Black Sea up in the north with the Aegean Sea, 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:55.920 which then flows into the Mediterranean. 00:15:55.919 --> 00:16:01.479 That little narrow passage of water is an important piece of water. 00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:04.299 We've been talking about the war in Iran, right? 00:16:04.839 --> 00:16:06.500 The Strait of Hormuz. 00:16:07.339 --> 00:16:08.759 That narrow passage. 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:11.059 That's the word that's being used here. 00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:12.679 And Jesus says, 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:18.639 Enter ye at that straight, narrow gate. 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:20.439 Okay? 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:24.059 It's not a, not a straight line, but a narrow gate. 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:27.019 Then he contrasts that with the wide gate. 00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:29.839 For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, 00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:31.879 which leadeth to destruction, 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:36.580 and many there be which go in thereat. 00:16:36.580 --> 00:16:38.460 So many will go through the wide gate. 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.720 Then we get verse 14. 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:42.320 But straight is the gate, 00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:44.659 and narrow is the way, 00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:46.820 which leadeth unto where? 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.139 Life. 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:50.899 But what's the quantity of people that enter there? 00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:57.720 And few there be that find it. 00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:06.539 Do you suppose there's a sign on these gates? 00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:10.180 Well, let's wind that thought back for a moment, 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:11.519 and let me ask a different question. 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:14.319 Do you think, 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:18.220 who do you think the operator is of the wide gate? 00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:21.940 Who benefits to bring people through the wide gate? 00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:24.200 The devil. 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:27.400 He wants everyone to go through that gate. 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:27.940 Why? 00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:31.660 He doesn't want any of us to find heaven, 00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:33.180 because he hates you. 00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:34.319 You know why he hates you? 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:37.120 You were created by God. 00:17:38.620 --> 00:17:40.039 And God loves you. 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:42.740 And not only were you created by him, 00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:44.680 you were created in his image. 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:48.880 And so every time that the devil sees you, 00:17:49.060 --> 00:17:51.120 it reminds him of God, 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:53.420 who he hates, 00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:56.200 and is at war with, 00:17:56.600 --> 00:18:00.140 and he wants to destroy anything that God loves, 00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:01.940 and God desires to save, 00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:05.360 and he wants to lead you into hell, 00:18:05.840 --> 00:18:06.680 into destruction. 00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:09.240 So who do you think operates that wide gate? 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.680 The devil. 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:14.940 So if the devil is the operator of the gate, 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:19.539 do you think he's honest with the sign he puts on that gate? 00:18:21.600 --> 00:18:23.360 Enter this way to hell! 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:25.320 Who's going to go through that gate? 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:28.240 Except for maybe a teenager or two. 00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:29.180 Ooh, that sounds cool. 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:30.299 Sorry, teenagers. 00:18:30.820 --> 00:18:32.720 No one in their right mind is going to say, 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:34.220 that's the gate for me. 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:37.080 So who's going to want to go through that gate? 00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:38.560 Only those who are deceived. 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:41.039 They think it's going to lead where? 00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.179 Life. 00:18:43.659 --> 00:18:44.519 But does it get there? 00:18:45.139 --> 00:18:45.460 No. 00:18:46.659 --> 00:18:47.720 Leads to destruction. 00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:50.179 There's an honest gate. 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:51.339 There's an honest sign. 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:52.639 Who do you think operates that one? 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.480 The Lord. 00:18:55.419 --> 00:18:56.879 That's kind of what this church is. 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:01.919 This church is simply a place that puts the gate out there that says, 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:03.359 enter into life. 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:05.119 This is the way God has given us. 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:06.299 It's in his word. 00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:07.299 Let me show you. 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.919 Has that ever happened to you? 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:12.159 You know, aren't you glad the gospel came to your address? 00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.759 I sure am. 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:16.299 I know I've told this story before. 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:21.500 Let me tell you how I got saved. 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:23.879 My story begins with my grandmother. 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:28.279 Her goal in life was to raise her three sons to be bartenders. 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.500 She failed miserably. 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:32.240 All three of them became Baptist preachers. 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:37.839 And what messed up her plans was actually something that happened to her. 00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:39.299 A preacher came to her business. 00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:43.400 And for the first time in her life, she let someone open the Bible and explain it. 00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:46.720 And she realized, oh, my goodness, I'm going to hell. 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.920 And I deserve it. 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:55.259 And so, but the preacher didn't stop there. 00:19:55.360 --> 00:20:05.380 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. 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:08.460 So she wouldn't have to be punished and go to hell. 00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:10.340 Well, she got gloriously saved. 00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:16.879 Now, when you get gloriously saved, you realize I've got friends and family that need to hear what I just heard. 00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:19.439 Two of her sons were in the Navy. 00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:20.819 My dad was one of them. 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:28.439 She began writing letters and sending tracks and sending cassette tapes of the preacher preaching his message on Sunday. 00:20:29.639 --> 00:20:31.699 And now some of you, I can look at that. 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:33.379 You're looking at you don't know what a cassette tape is. 00:20:33.459 --> 00:20:39.099 You just talk to some of us older people there and also ask us why we needed a pencil. 00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:43.119 So he started getting this stuff and he called her and said, knock it off. 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:45.359 I think he had other words being an unsaved man. 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:49.019 And stop sending me all this junk. 00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:55.319 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. 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:57.099 He'd never been to church before in his life. 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:01.859 And you need to know our family wasn't a model family at the time. 00:21:02.659 --> 00:21:05.839 My dad's real dad was murdered in a bar fight in Chicago. 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:08.740 He didn't find his body for about a week later in the river. 00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:15.500 You know, my uncle said, you know, things that went on in the family back then, you go to jail for. 00:21:16.439 --> 00:21:19.539 There's only one word to describe our family, dysfunctional. 00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:24.639 And, but when grandma got saved, things began to change. 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:27.279 And so dad came home on leave. 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:31.039 And he was drunk the first Sunday, so he got out of it. 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:32.539 The second Sunday, she cornered him. 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:34.639 She got him into church. 00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:39.720 There at the Indianapolis Baptist Temple, Dr. Dixon was preaching and dad said, 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:43.000 I felt like he just dangled me over hell all Sunday morning. 00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:43.920 Praise God. 00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:48.680 He went back to church Sunday night, got dangled over hell again one more time and got saved. 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.240 Amen. 00:21:50.820 --> 00:21:53.940 Not long after that, he was out of the Navy and became a preacher. 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:56.299 And was it when the Bible college became a preacher? 00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:58.560 So when I was born, my daddy was already a preacher. 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:05.279 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. 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:09.019 But it does expose you to the gospel. 00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.240 Now I got exposed. 00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:14.259 I had a Sunday school teacher who used to dangle me over hell every Sunday. 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:17.319 And I needed it because little Tommy was a rascal. 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:20.619 And I realized I deserve hell. 00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:22.619 I deserve a spanking from God. 00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:28.059 Praise God, Jesus took my spanking for me so I wouldn't have to. 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:32.539 There at my parents' bedside at the age of five, I got saved. 00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:38.940 This book can tell you how to find that narrow gate. 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.359 I hope you found it. 00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.559 I hope you found it. 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:47.099 Few there be that find it, though, the Bible says. 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:52.379 Many is going to go through that wide gate, but only few are going to make their way to their narrow gate. 00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.799 The devil is a deceiver. 00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:56.539 He's deceiving people to come in through a wide gate. 00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.940 Go ahead, come through this gate. 00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.839 It's wide. 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.299 You can come just as you are. 00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.839 Come with your sin. 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:07.900 Come with your, all your good works, all your attitude. 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:13.300 You know, there's sadly a lot of churches, and usually they're the, you know, maybe why they're so big, 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:18.540 because the many are going through that gate thinking, I can live just like the world 00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:29.200 and add a little bit of religion and good works to my life, but I don't have to really change anything. 00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:34.299 No, the fact is, is that if you're truly saved, there'll be some changes in your life. 00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:39.980 God, when God moves in, you're inviting God to move into your life, 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:46.480 and you want to bring him into a sinful, dirty environment? 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:50.400 God's going to clean that up. 00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:57.480 You're going to have something called conviction going on when you want to go back to your old ways, 00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:01.440 and if that conviction's not going on, maybe you didn't go through the narrow gate yet. 00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:04.660 Let me tell you a story, and I'll bring this in for a landing. 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:08.900 I don't know how many years ago it was now, but it scares me. 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:10.900 These numbers are getting bigger and bigger and bigger. 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:14.019 I'm now about at 40 years of ministry now, 00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:17.440 and I know that's crazy because I hardly look a day over 30. 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:22.480 But, yeah, really, I dye my hair. 00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:24.379 I just like the silver look. 00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:29.720 But I think 30 years ago, 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:33.200 I was in Memphis, Tennessee, getting ready to fly back to Seattle. 00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:36.160 My wife's folks were, 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:40.900 that's where her dad pastored, and so when we came home on furloughs, 00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:43.980 we would stay up there often on furloughs. 00:24:44.320 --> 00:24:46.920 And so I was back on the furlough. 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.300 We were missionaries at the time, 00:24:48.780 --> 00:24:51.620 and I was in Memphis, Tennessee, and I was to fly. 00:24:52.040 --> 00:24:56.980 We were going to land in Denver and then connect and had a long layover. 00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:59.860 And so I get to the airport down in Memphis, 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:01.140 and it's snowing. 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:03.120 It is raining ice storms. 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.280 You know what ice storms are here. 00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:05.560 I know you know what that is. 00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:08.580 Most of the Southerners where I live now in North Carolina, 00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:10.639 they haven't got a clue what that is. 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:14.619 It's beautiful to behold, but treacherous to be in, isn't it? 00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:17.679 Well, an ice storm hit Memphis, Tennessee, 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:20.439 and it shut down the airport, so I had to get a hotel. 00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:24.619 And the next morning, I get a call from the airline. 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:27.179 Mr. Wallace, the airport's going to open up, 00:25:27.199 --> 00:25:28.439 and I think we can get you out today. 00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:32.639 So I get to the airport and check in, 00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.139 and my tickets, you know, 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:37.000 same time leaving and all that kind of stuff there, 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:41.759 and I'm going to connect also with Denver and then on to Seattle. 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:46.220 And so I get to Denver airport, 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:48.900 and I've got a four-hour layover. 00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:51.579 Oh, I hate those things. 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:55.920 And so, you know, I thought, well, I've got time to burn, 00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:58.420 and so, you know, I'm going to minister to my body. 00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.180 It's lunchtime. 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:02.099 And so, you know, I sit there at the food court, 00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:04.959 and I find myself a Burger King, 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:08.279 and I get a double Whopper with cheese and large fry 00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:11.779 and a Diet Coke because I am trying to look after my figure. 00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:17.679 And so, you know, I love airports. 00:26:18.719 --> 00:26:21.639 My wife and I, what we'd love to do, you know, 00:26:21.719 --> 00:26:25.099 for a date is to go to an airport to watch people. 00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:31.039 It is the funnest, craziest things to do to watch people at airports. 00:26:31.219 --> 00:26:32.539 You think Walmart's something? 00:26:32.719 --> 00:26:33.879 No, no, no, no. 00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:37.719 You haven't lived until you watch people at an airport. 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:40.639 There's crazy people at airports. 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:43.559 And you see people walking around, 00:26:43.679 --> 00:26:45.619 and they just, you know, you've got the people, 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:47.119 they haven't got a clue where they are. 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.619 They just need someone to come along. 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.759 Hey, follow me. 00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.379 It goes this way. 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:53.639 And, you know, and then you've got the business traveler. 00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.820 Oh, don't get in their way. 00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:57.100 Man, they're professionals. 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.100 They know what they're doing. 00:26:59.120 --> 00:27:01.000 And, you know, they'll just march you over. 00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:03.680 I mean, they've got a place to be, and they're late, and, you know, 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:05.840 and so there's this lady, I kid you not, 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:09.080 she was all dressed to the nines, businesswoman there, 00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:11.460 and she was just walking, and she walked right in front of me there, 00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:15.220 and she had a garment bag, no wheels, just the garment bag. 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:17.240 She was holding it by the dangly-doo, 00:27:17.800 --> 00:27:21.440 and over her shoulder, and just dragging her garment bag, 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.480 her dress bag behind it. 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:25.079 And just don't worry about me. 00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.920 The plane will wait. 00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:28.000 It'll wait for me. 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:30.160 I'll get there, and then we'll go. 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:32.180 You know, and so it's all these things. 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.339 I'm just watching all these people, and I'm enjoying the show. 00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:37.559 And then I'm realizing, you know, it's busy, 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:41.000 and people are needing a seat to sit in to eat their lunch and stuff, 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:42.700 so I'm done, and so I pack up. 00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.940 And I think, you know what, I better check the monitors, 00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:47.039 because they often change the gates. 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:52.220 And so I get to the monitor, and I find my flight time. 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:55.680 Okay, yeah, not flight time, but I see the flight number, 00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.579 and I see Seattle. 00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.799 Okay, yeah, oh, that's good there. 00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.940 And I see the gate. 00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.740 Gate's good. 00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.599 Okay, that's good. 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.279 But then I see the flight time. 00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:05.399 The flight is leaving in 10 minutes. 00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:10.200 Apparently, they gave me a different ticket than what I thought. 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.799 I thought I had four hours to burn. 00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:17.619 I'm at the airport goofing off, and I'm about to miss my flight. 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:21.480 I've never missed a flight in all my life of all my traveling 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:23.420 and jetting around there. 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:27.299 And wouldn't you know Murphy's Law was taking effect? 00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:29.420 I'm in the wrong concourse. 00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:32.500 And I've got to get way the furthest one away, 00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:35.240 and then the gate number when you get to the concourse 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:37.680 is the furthest gate down the road. 00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:41.660 Now, I told you, airports are, you see some interesting things 00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.039 at airports. 00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:43.519 Have you ever seen a fat boy run? 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.440 When he's in a panic? 00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:49.779 Man, I didn't know. 00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:51.960 I was there to provide the entertainment that day. 00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:56.700 And I get up, and I'm hearing my name over the speaker. 00:28:56.700 --> 00:29:00.940 Mr. Wallace, if you're not here, we're throwing your luggage out 00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.759 and burning it, you dirty dog, you know. 00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:06.559 And this is your last and final warning and everything. 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:11.360 And I'm running, and I could see them getting ready to close the door. 00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:15.700 And I'm screaming like a little girl, I'm coming! 00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:21.920 And I give the lady my boarding pass, and I get down that gangway, 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.500 and I get to the airplane. 00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:26.220 I mean, she just took my pass, didn't even look at it, 00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.559 and she goes, get on there. 00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:31.100 And I close the door behind me, and I get on the airplane. 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:34.259 I've held the plane up 15 minutes, and nobody's happy. 00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:37.640 And I'm walking down, and everyone's looking younger. 00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:41.640 And I get in my seat, and oh, that middle seat. 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:44.400 Oh, God forgive us. 00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.220 That middle seat. 00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:50.520 Now, the problem is, is that the two people sitting in the aisle 00:29:50.520 --> 00:29:52.520 and the window had the same problem as me, 00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:55.840 that they usually fill up a seat in half, you know. 00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:58.840 And I'm looking, and I've got to fit into that thing, 00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.900 and I can hardly see it. 00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:03.500 And so I get in there, I'm not even going to go for the seatbelt. 00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.540 I'm locked and loaded. 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.960 I'm not going anywhere. 00:30:06.320 --> 00:30:08.620 We are secure and fastened. 00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:10.800 The plane goes down, trust me, 00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:13.740 we're all going to be three-seated in this there. 00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.879 We're buddies. 00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:18.700 And I'm just thinking, I mean, we're backing up. 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.379 They're not waiting. 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:22.000 They're moving, and I've held the plane up there. 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:24.720 And I get into my seat, and I'm thinking, 00:30:24.919 --> 00:30:29.619 how dumb would that be to be on, you know, 00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:32.279 be at the airport, goofing off, and miss your flight? 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:34.099 I mean, that's stupid. 00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:35.680 Can I say stupid in church? 00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:39.379 I mean, that's crazy. 00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:43.260 What could be more dumb or stupid than that? 00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:46.140 And then the other thought came in my head, you know, 00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:49.200 well, maybe getting on the wrong flight. 00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:51.120 There was no sign at the gate. 00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:53.240 They took that down. 00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:56.140 That lady didn't look at my boarding pass. 00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:59.220 She just took it and threw me in there. 00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:06.059 Now I'm sitting on a plane not knowing where I'm going. 00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.220 Am I going the right way? 00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:10.039 Where is this plane going? 00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:12.740 I got to tell you, it's the worst feeling in the world. 00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:17.039 And you're thinking, how do I find out where I'm going 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:19.779 without feeling more stupid than I already feel? 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:23.599 So how do I strike up a conversation there? 00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:25.980 So I, you know, these other guys look like business travelers, 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:28.859 so I use a little bit of travel talk with them, you know. 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:31.460 So tell me, when you land, are you connecting, 00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:33.879 or is this your final destination? 00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:37.099 Hoping it might invoke some discussion about Seattle. 00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:39.059 You know what this guy asked to tell me? 00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:41.359 All the trouble he's had getting to where he is now. 00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.559 I didn't want to hear that. 00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:45.799 I just want to know, are you going to Seattle? 00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:48.099 Well, it doesn't matter where we're going. 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.879 We're up in the air. 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:50.099 I'm going wherever it's going. 00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:53.419 And for the rest of the remainder of that flight, 00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.879 I kept going over these thoughts. 00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.259 What do I do? 00:31:57.579 --> 00:32:01.399 I mean, what if I'm going to New York or Honolulu? 00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.879 What if they're sending me back to Memphis? 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.639 How do I buy a new ticket? 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:07.680 I'm not sure if I've got enough money to do that. 00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.799 How am I going to fix this? 00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:13.159 And then the thought came to me. 00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:14.980 The more I dwelt on that. 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:21.919 How it must be for someone who's spiritually lost, 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:24.619 thinking they entered in the right gate 00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:26.740 that's going to lead them to heaven, 00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:30.180 but not know for sure if it's going to get them there. 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:36.319 That has got to be the awful feeling. 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.440 You see, for me, I could fix it. 00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.940 Somehow, I could maybe call a friend. 00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:44.360 Hey, Brother Smith. 00:32:46.320 --> 00:32:48.000 I'm here in Nebraska. 00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:50.160 And I don't know how I got here. 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:51.259 I'm not supposed to be here, 00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:52.220 but I'm supposed to be over there. 00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.259 And I don't have any money. 00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.680 Could you all help us, please? 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:58.600 You know, I might have a friend or two 00:32:58.600 --> 00:33:00.000 that I could call and say, 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:01.279 you know, help me. 00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.340 I could maybe correct it. 00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:06.000 But when you're in hell, you can't correct it anymore. 00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.939 You understand what I'm saying? 00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:12.279 I really want this to, you know, for you to think on this. 00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:17.059 Are you sure that you've entered into the narrow gate 00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:18.179 that leads to life? 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:21.359 Now, I don't want to put doubt there 00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.939 that doesn't need to be there 00:33:22.939 --> 00:33:24.839 because the devil does that already. 00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.279 Does he not? 00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:28.700 Because I guarantee you there, 00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:31.139 you can be a genuine, born-again Christian. 00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:34.940 And when you do sin, because you will, 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:38.099 when you mess up, the devil, who's the accuser, 00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:40.359 the Bible says, he'll be in your ear saying, 00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:42.220 you call yourself a Christian. 00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:46.680 You know, and then he wants to create doubt 00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:49.319 and guilt in your life and stuff there. 00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:52.839 And so, you know, the devil's going to use that 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:55.299 to confuse you. 00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:58.200 But if you're genuinely saved, 00:33:58.419 --> 00:34:01.000 you can overcome that simply by this. 00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:05.139 Hey, God said, if I do this, and I did, 00:34:05.419 --> 00:34:07.859 I believed, here's the place it happened. 00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:11.519 I can maybe circle even the date on the calendar 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.239 when it happened. 00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.659 I can't, or maybe if I can't, 00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:15.460 I can circle somewhere on this globe. 00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:17.000 That's where I prayed. 00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:18.679 That's where I trusted in Jesus. 00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.940 And him alone. 00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:22.579 And for that, I know I'm saved. 00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.779 I have that confidence. 00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:25.500 And if you have that confidence, 00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:28.379 don't let the devil or a preacher come along 00:34:28.379 --> 00:34:30.539 and try to steal away that confidence. 00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:30.919 Amen? 00:34:32.339 --> 00:34:35.799 But, if you don't have that confidence, 00:34:36.419 --> 00:34:38.099 what a tragedy it would be 00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:41.139 for you to leave a meeting like this 00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:42.719 and hear a sermon like this 00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:46.319 and walk away lost 00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:49.460 because you're afraid of thinking 00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.820 what others might say. 00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:54.000 Can I tell you what we're going to say? 00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:56.460 We're going to say, glory, hallelujah. 00:34:57.600 --> 00:35:01.180 The devil tried to snatch him into hell, 00:35:01.580 --> 00:35:03.760 but praise God, God got the victory 00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:06.640 and they didn't let their pride overcome them. 00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:07.360 Amen? 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.000 Don't. 00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.280 Don't. 00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:13.360 And you know what is a good place to start a revival? 00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:17.599 To be revived, you have to be vibed in the first place. 00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:21.800 You have to have been saved in the first place. 00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:24.500 Revival is the fact, is the act of, 00:35:24.700 --> 00:35:26.180 the fact is that we backslide 00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:28.039 and we walk away from the things 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:29.780 that God knows that we should be doing 00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.940 and we know we should be doing. 00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:34.539 And we've given ourselves to sin and other things 00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:36.740 and we need to be returned and repent 00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:39.119 and come back to the ways that are right. 00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:41.539 But if you haven't come to him in the first place, 00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.639 you can't be revived. 00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:42.960 Amen? 00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:46.139 You need to start yourself on the right journey. 00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:49.400 And the good news is that today could be that day. 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:52.440 Today could be that day. 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:55.440 What a tragedy it would be 00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:58.280 for you to reject God's gift 00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:02.519 again and again and again and again. 00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:06.420 And you come to the idea thinking, 00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.380 well, I'm good enough. 00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.159 No, you're not. 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:10.559 You're not good enough. 00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:13.260 Your sins condemn you. 00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:19.260 And you are selling yourself a false bill of goods 00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:22.860 to think that you can earn heaven with your merit, 00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.640 with your good works. 00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.520 You can't. 00:36:26.060 --> 00:36:28.840 You're trying to enter in at the wide gate. 00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:31.460 The devil makes it sound appealing, 00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:33.120 sound easy. 00:36:34.120 --> 00:36:35.180 But the truth is, 00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:36.800 the narrow gate's the only way 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.780 you're going to get to heaven. 00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:40.640 He does this with false religion. 00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:42.480 He does this with Christianity. 00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:46.800 There's those who still look for works to save them. 00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:48.600 And it will never save you. 00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.480 God's very clear on that. 00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:52.239 So what are you trusting in? 00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:54.480 What gate have you gone through? 00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:57.719 Do you know the date that you did it? 00:36:58.460 --> 00:37:00.119 Do you know the time, the place? 00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:02.000 Have you got that confidence? 00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.360 If you do, 00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:06.819 then be busy sharing the good news with others. 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:08.179 If you don't, 00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.900 let today be the day. 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.759 With head bowed and eyes closed, 00:37:11.839 --> 00:37:12.819 would you stand with me? 00:37:12.819 --> 00:37:14.059 I wonder today, 00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:18.420 have you entered in the right gate 00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:21.599 if you know for sure, 00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:24.420 no one looking around just me, 00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.440 just my eyes, 00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:27.780 if you know for sure 00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:29.099 and you have that confidence, 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:31.019 would you raise your hand 00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:32.260 as a testimony to heaven 00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:32.740 to say, 00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.519 Brother Wallace, 00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.679 I have that confidence. 00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.659 God bless you. 00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:38.840 Pretty much every hand has been raised, 00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:40.199 but I've noticed a few have not. 00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:40.659 Thank you. 00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.639 You can put them right back down. 00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.619 Maybe you didn't raise your hand 00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:46.119 because you didn't understand the question. 00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:47.239 That's okay. 00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:50.280 But maybe you didn't raise your hand 00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:51.000 because you know. 00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:54.360 You know you don't have that confidence. 00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:57.980 I imagine during the singing of the invitation, 00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.480 if you were to come forward, 00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:02.579 someone would be glad to open a Bible 00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:06.380 and show you where that narrow gate is, 00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:09.579 how to call upon the Lord and be saved, 00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:12.480 and be genuinely saved. 00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:15.199 You can do that today. 00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:17.940 Whatever your situation, 00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:20.639 don't leave here with unfinished business. 00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:22.099 Father, 00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:24.519 pray that you'll have your way now 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.320 in this invitation. 00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.619 Work in our hearts. 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:30.519 May we be busy sharing this good news with others. 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:33.179 I pray it in Jesus' name. 00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.179 Amen.