Be Sure Your Sin Will Find You Out! — Keith Daniel

Deliverance From Evil Through Christ's Prayer

Father in mercy on all of us, come, wash me afresh in the holy blood of the Lamb of God, slain from the foundation of the world, for the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from all sin, past, present and future, as we walk in the light that God has given us.

So, come and cleanse me, and fill me afresh now with Thy Holy Spirit, and speak to all of our hearts in these last moments of this convention. Thank you for everyone that has come to this conference, and thank you for everyone that came here, not so much to minister, but to be ministered to, and allowed thee to minister.

Continue therefore in every heart that is here for that purpose, in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. Now we read in Isaiah 57 verse 1, the righteous perisheth. God gave me that in my quiet time in the chapter I was about to read.

That day, the day my daddy died, at the age of 59, and I remember going to my quiet time after the news of his death, and the first verse I read as I opened to where I had left off was these words, the righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart.

Merciful men, you find that word is the closest in the Hebrew to godliness. Godliness means merciful. Kindness and merciful are linked to the word godliness, and you could actually put those three words in and be accurate to the Hebrew.

I don't know what your interpretation of godliness is, but kindness and merciful men. Merciful men, godly men are taken away. The righteous perisheth. No man layeth it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

And that's in italics. The righteous is taken away from the evil, literally from the presence of evil. At death we are delivered from the presence of evil. But now in John 17, 15, the Lord Jesus prays for those who followed him.

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Here we are to be delivered from the power of evil, not the presence of evil at death. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them. That is, keep them separate from evil in this world through thy truth. Thy word is truth. Now that is a staggering statement. Keep them from the evil. He didn't just pray, but he brought here one of the greatest and most significant things, if not the most significant thing you will ever know in Christianity, if you follow Christ.

How God keeps us from the evil of the world as Christ prayed through thy word. Sanctify them through thy truth. Keep them separate from the evil of this world through thy word. Thy word is truth. So we read here of death being the moment we are delivered from the presence of evil.

But we read of Christ's prayer for us to be kept from the power of evil, to be delivered from the power of evil. At death we will escape the presence of evil, but while we live, Christ prays that we will be kept from the power of evil.

We can't escape the presence of evil, but we can be kept from the power of evil. The presence of sin and evil, the presence of sin and evil in this world brings out the worst in sinful man who are born in sin.

That is, they are born with a sinful nature. In Job 15 verse 16, God speaks of how healthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water, he cried in grief. Micah 7, 3, that they may do evil with both hands.

Genesis 6 verse 5 we read, God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth. Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Now is that you? Is that you? And God's judgment fell upon them at that time with the flood.

Though Noah had warned them that God's judgment was coming, and God's judgment will surely come upon you. He will need to apologize to those who perished in the flood of his judgment in Noah's day. If that is your state, because of the presence of sin.

Oh, Psalm 34, 14, Christ depart from evil. Depart from evil. Do good. Hate the evil. Love the good. Amos 5 verse 15. Abhor that which is evil. Cleave to that which is good. Romans 12, 9. Exodus 23, 2, thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil.

Romans 7 speaks of another caliber of man. Someone who longs for holiness of life, but he experiences failure in sin. Someone who longs for holiness. That which God judged in the flood. And that which God speaks of man in his total sinful state.

And how he will stoop to evil. To any degree. With both hands. Brazenly. Until every thought in his heart and mind is evil. God says throughout the day. Literally in the Hebrew. Just evil. But Romans 7 now speaks of another caliber of human.

Someone who longs for holiness of life and yet he experiences great failure. In verse 19, the good that I would. I do not. The evil which I would not do that I do. Now if I do that which I would not. It is no more I that do it but sin that dwelleth in me.

I find a law. When I would do good. Evil is present with me for I delight in the law. I delight in the law of God after the inward man. But I see another law in my members. Warring against the law of my mind.

Bringing me into captivity. To the law of sin. Which is in my members. Oh wretched man that I am. Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ. Our Lord. Staggering words.

Of a man longing. Not for evil but for good. But he finds himself doing evil. That which he doesn't want to do. He finds there's something in him. That still makes him go back. To the evil. But his heart is not like the wicked.

In the days of Noah. That just wanted evil. With both hands. He wants good. I read this. Staggering article in the newspaper the other day. Hungry. Two-faced snake. Bites the other self. In Kiev. That is.

In Russia. A snake with two heads. A snake with two heads. Here's the picture. Oh it's awful. Each able to think. And eat separately. And even steal food from each other. Has become a popular attraction in the Ukrainian zoo.

The small Albino California king snake. Now on show in the Black Sea resort of Yalta. Is a handful to the zoo keepers. The snakes two heads. Are fiercely independent. Are not always in agreement. And like to snatch food from each other.

The keeper of the zoo said. Sometimes one head. Wants to crawl in one direction. The other head in another direction. The worker. Added that he tries to feed the snakes two heads separately. As they sometimes fight.

For the food. If it's really hungry. Its heads. May steal food from each other. He said adding. He also needs to separate the heads with a barrier. The second head may get angry. But both then feel food.

Because they only have one stomach. The private zoo said. King snakes hunt for other reptiles. Meaning one. Of the snakes heads. Could instinctively try to attack the other one. The snake is believed to be Europe's only two headed snake.

And will be on show in the Ukrainian until September. Well that's right now. What a terrible state of affairs. Are the scriptures. Speak of the same terrible state of affairs in one man. A double minded man.

Literally two minds if you want to be honest here. He's unstable in all his ways. He's just a tragedy. He's just a tragedy. James says. In chapter 1 verse 8. But now in chapter 4. He cries purify your hearts ye double minded.

That is staggering. You who have two minds. Like the two headed snake. With two brains. Forcing us to live double lives. As Christians. Psalm 119 verse 113. I hate vain thoughts. But I know I love. Now that.

In the literal Hebrew reads like this. I hate. The double minded. I hate those who are double minded. Another way of reading the Hebrew into this verse. And this is the true state of it. Context. I grieve at the thought.

Or concept of being double minded. Oh God give me a singleness of heart. Romans sorry. Psalm 86 verse 11. Give me one mind. I hate the thought. Of being double minded. You want to put it into the context of what we're preaching.

Of having two separate minds. And one two separate things. Oh God. Teach me thy way. I will walk in thy truth. Unite my heart to fear thy name. Literally in the Greek. Give me singleness of heart. One heart.

One mind. Not two. Not a double minded man. Who's unstable in all his ways. It's a staggering thing. These wars that have been going on. In Iraq. Libya. When the American tanks were rolling in. I don't know if you remember with Saddam Hussein.

He had a man called. Chemical Ali. He was the right hand man of this. Terrible Saddam Hussein. But he. Was on television. And somehow the TV relayed. All over the world. What was being said by this man.

In his language. The tragedy is what he was saying. He stood there saying. We will be victorious. It's almost like word perfect. Of Saddam Hussein. We will conquer. The satanic. Well that's what they call America.

The great Satan. We will be victorious. There he is. And the cameras are rolling on. But the great tragedy is behind him. And he didn't realize it. The American tanks and armies were just. Rolling in.

They conquered. They were totally conquered. They were totally. In defeat. They had lost completely. And here a man. A leader was standing up. Propaganda telling a lie. A false. Report totally. Of what actually was the case.

They had lost the war. They were in total defeat. They were defeated. Totally. While he cried. What was left of people in the nation. That could look at him. We will conquer. We are victorious. Oh. Isn't that terrible.

So here we're looking at the man. And behind him. We know the man's either insane. Or he's a total liar. Trying to give some hope. Where there's no hope. False claims. By leaders. Gaddafi was the greatest of them all.

False claims I mean. My people love me. They will all die. Each one to protect me. My word. If that's love I'd hate to be a leader. They wanted him dead. He was so wicked. I will be victorious. Oh. This picture.

Word perfect what Hitler said. When he knew he had lost everything. Total defeat. You see. This can lead to great humiliation. False claims. Denial of the truth. A denial whether it's a self-denial. Of the true state of your life.

As it was a total denial. They were in total denial. Of what was happening. Oh what great humiliation. This can lead to. This denial of the true state. And just carrying on. Hoping that somehow. This is all just mind over matter.

We're not in defeat. This can't be these. American armies just. Rolling through. Victorious. We are the conquerors. Denial. But oh what humiliation. It will lead to. Staggering how in the newspapers. A short while ago.

One of the Islamic countries. I don't want to name the country. The head of the moral laws. Of that country. And they're very strict. Steel they cut off your hands. Oh they've done that to multitudes.

In my lifetime. Islamic law doesn't play the fool. Now. The head of the moral laws. Of Islamic country. Was sitting. And the television. Cameras were relaying. What was being discussed. But here he was at his particular desk.

With his laptop whatever you call these things are. And somehow. The cameras picked up that he was watching. Pornography. Sitting there the head of moral laws. Of a country that really. Deals radically with those who are evil.

In total contrast. To what he should be. He's doing the wickedness that he's now. Going to judge others. Radically if they do it. Oh denial. To live in denial. Of the true state of affairs in your life.

That can lead to great humiliation. As this man was. Horribly. Disposed and dealt with. In ways I don't even want to begin to think. Of what actually happened to him. The newspapers aren't too sure. But he seems to have vanished from the earth.

Spiritual Hypocrisy and the Exposure of Sin

How many men. Who preach in Christian. Pulpits. To others. Were exposed. To be in tragic sin. While they cried out to others. To leave sin. And to come to a life of righteousness. One after the other.

In my lifetime. On the front pages of newspapers. So many times. Of some of the world's most famous preachers. Exposed to be. While they cried to others. To come out of a life of sin. They were living in it.

Like a denial. Of the true state. To the degree that you actually can cry out to others. And condemn. Oh how many preachers. And Christians. Who condemn evil. But they're in the same. Situation. It's a state of denial.

Of what the true condition is. But oh what a humiliation comes. How many Christians are in defeat. Total defeat. They maintain. Their testimonies in front of everybody. They put on a smile. They stand on their toes.

While they sing the praises of God's salvation. But they're enslaved to sin. If you had to stop here in your tracks. And at a true. True look at your life. And you were. Absolutely truthful. For one moment in your life publicly.

Would you have to cry. Roman 7. Would you have to cry out the words. Of a man that wants to do good. But he's finding it. An inability. He's doing that which he doesn't want to do. We need to brace ourselves here.

We need to brace ourselves. Carefully here. Because God's word. Fearfully warns us. Be sure your sin will find you out. That is horrible to say. But that's a promise. It's lovely to take the good promises.

That God holds out and says you can be sure of this. So we put our faith in them. It's a terrifying thing to take. Such a promise. That God holds out and says this is going to happen. This. I promise.

Be sure your sin will find you out. Oh now. Of course. When we're in Sunday school. Every single Sunday school teacher. In history. I believe use this verse. And then some illustration. Even if they were unsaved.

Otherwise they shouldn't be Sunday school teachers. This verse you're not allowed to not. Otherwise you. Are declassified from Sunday school teaching. And so. The one teacher. When I was a little boy.

Showed us these pictures of this little girl. With this dolly that was made in the old days. And inside was little. Wheat. So the brother was angry and horrible. So he took the dolly. The beloved little dolly.

And buried it. In spite you see. So what happens? The water fells of course. I don't know if this possibly could happen. But there you are. And what happens? The shape of the dolly comes out. With a little fresh vegetation.

Well. Be sure your sin will find you out. You know it doesn't mean that. Though the Sunday school teachers kept us entertained. It doesn't mean that. What does be sure your sin? In the context. And that's the only place you really can read.

The scriptures. And in truth. Something terrible had happened. That these people had done. One of the tribes. And God said these words to them. Be sure your sin. Be sure this. Will tragically affect you.

For the rest of your life. Now that makes it really fearful. This is really what God. And they were tragically. Affected. Because of this. Terrible sin they did. You can be sure God says. In the broader picture.

Of why God even put it in the Old Testament. Because nothing is meant for history in the Old Testament. Otherwise you are just a carnal. Academic. Without any discernment. Or revelation from the heart of God.

The whole Old Testament. Without exception is given there. In the light of the New Testament. For you to know the heart of God. The warnings of God. Nothing is there for history. It's the living vital word.

Throbbing from the heart of God. To warn you. To comfort you. It wouldn't be in the Bible. Don't tell me two thirds of the Bible is history. It's vital. It's the living word of God. Be careful. Be sure your sin will find you out as to you.

And me. Don't play the fool. And think you can just carry on and sin. Be not deceived. What a man soweth he'll reap. You sow to the flesh you'll reap the flesh. You sow to the spirit. Of course it's a different thing.

If you feed the sinful nature. It's appetite will just grow. As you feed it. Until you won't believe. What you're capable of doing. I want to repeat that. If you want to feed the sinful nature. It's appetite will just continue to grow.

Until you. As you feed it. Until you won't believe what you're stooped to. You will lose total control of yourself. You won't believe what you're capable of doing. Just feed the sinful nature. That's why so many young people.

Are murderers. By just playing murderous games. You know the worst murder. In Japan's history. Was so bad. That I can't even tell you. What happened. What was done to a body. They found out it was a. Eleven year old child.

You know why? He watched a film with his daddy. The night before he did it. And saw somebody doing this. In some Hollywood drama. But it wasn't real. You tell me. These things don't have. You want to feed the mind with that.

What you sow you reap. And that's nationally. Not just individually. America. And the rest of the world. Listen carefully here. You sow perversions on television. You'll reap perverts. You sow violence.

You will have violence. That you'll be scared to go out of your door one day. You will reap what you sow. America. Hollywood. The whole world. If they allow what you make. Even eleven year old children.

And don't tell me. It's no argument. You have to have your head buried. Actually the whole body. Dive down to the ground. If you deny that these things are not reaping. We're reaping. A subculture. Of violent.

Sexually depraved. Uncontrolled children. By what we're allowing. You want to jail them later on. You want to jail the men that are making millions. Doing it. And is that not the reason you're allowing them?

Governments of the world. Money. You should be jailed. For you made them what they are. There's a total loss of control. To the degree. You will sow what you reap. God says. And that applies even to a Christian.

Actually in its context. It is to those who are Christians. And those who are God's people. That he warns. Oh. Sin is a terrifying thing. Let me tell you something. It's going to really shock you now.

Sin's Consequences and the Ruin of Life

Young man. Vanity fair. This is tragic news to you. But I guarantee you this. Young lady. It will swiftly lose its glow. It will die. As an attraction. When suddenly you find your life destroyed. By the sin.

You grasp with both hands. And open your minds and hearts to. Proverbs 19 verse 3. The foolishness of man. Perverteth his ways. I want to read it carefully. Proverbs 19 verse 3. The foolishness of man.

Perverteth his ways. Now what does that mean? Literally if you want to go. Word by word carefully. And research. In truth it means. Ruins his life. This is God's word. Don't play the fool with God's word.

The foolishness of man. Perverteth ruins his affairs. Ruins his life. And his heart. Fretteth against the Lord. What does that mean? He becomes angry. He becomes angry against God. At the consequences of his own sin.

Peoples. Sin ruins their lives. But deep in their hearts they begin. To blame God. The aftermath of sins ramifications. We won't go into that. One of the great. Theologians of the world. Don't dare believe.

There's no aftermath. There's no consequences. What you sow you will reap. Even if you're 11 years old. And your daddy allows you to. Gets it in your mind. You will become what you're allowed. To take if it's sin.

You will become. 1 Chronicles 14. Jabez called upon the God of Israel. Oh that thou wouldest. Keep me from evil. That it may not. Grieve me. You know what the Hebrew means. That it may not cause. Suffering and pain in my life.

Have you started to pray that yet? Oh you're going to. But this man meant it. Oh. As he called out to God. That thou wouldst keep me from evil. Why? That it may not grieve me. That it may not cause. Suffering and pain.

And hurt in my life. He saw soldiers birthright. And he wept. But he never could. What was he thinking of? My mind. Can actually cancel out. Any ability to reason. Of the possibility of consequences. When I open my life to sin.

But I weep. For the rest of my life. For doing it. But as I'm doing it. He just cast aside any thought. Of consequences. What was I thinking of? That this wouldn't affect me. For the rest of my life. Adversely.

Psalm 69 verse 5. God thou knowest my foolishness. My sins are not hid from thee. Let not them that wait on thee. Oh Lord God of haste. Be ashamed for my sake. Let not those that seek thee. Be confounded.

For my sake. The word here is disgraced. Don't let me bring grief to my mommy and daddy. Don't let me bring grief to my wife. Don't let me become a shameful grief. And curse to my children. Because of my sin.

And your man. Who was a great preacher. Who prayed a prayer. God take me away. Because of what this is bringing on my family. And God took him. He had so brought curse upon his family. Through his sin.

We sat with his wife. Oh he was the greatest preacher. In the entire movement he served. No one could come near him. But he was living in sin. Denial. And not dealing with it. And thinking you can get away with it.

Oh it will affect you tragically. Be sure God says. Don't play the fool. We have a terrible enemy. He doesn't sit back and say fine. If you got away with it up to now. It's because he's just biding the time.

To wait for the moment he can do the most damage. To God's name. God's people and those that love you. But he'll come at the right time. He's too great an enemy not to. The Lord ponders and watches. To see what is in the heart of men.

Temptation as a Test of the Heart

You know God actually allows. Circumstances sent by Satan. He doesn't lose control. And Satan isn't in control. But God tolerates. He allows to see what is in the heart of man. That the Bible teaches.

Why would God allow Satan to be loose. From the bottomless pit after a thousand years. Of not having him around. For the original purpose. God allowed him anyway. To have such liberties. To see what is in men's hearts.

Who have never been tempted. Temptation is not just. The devil in control. God allows temptation. To see what is in thine heart. God says. And also to show you. What's in your heart. Excuse me. I don't know if you remember.

How the Lord. Said to the Rechabites. As he said Jeremiah. To place before them. Drink. Alcohol, wine. On that occasion it was. Even though we have many arguments. Why would God allow that? You see they had made a vow.

From their father should I say. That him and his descendants. And they say. If you go over to the east today. You'll find the descendants of this particular man. Still. Every generation to this. You still find them.

They do not set. Strong drink alcohol of any form. Or wine before them. It was a vow to God. But here. The Lord said. Take wine. And place it before them. Now that sounds terribly cruel. But of course.

They said we will not. For the son of Rechab our father commanded us. To drink no wine. Neither us nor our sons forever. And Jeremiah was pleased. With that answer and so was God. You see God. Allows.

Temptations. He doesn't tempt man. Evilly. But he allows things. To be set before us. To see what's in our heart. Is a testing ground this world is. It's not heaven. It's a testing ground. To see what's in the heart of a man.

And to show you what's in your heart. He tolerates. Even Satan. You think of Joseph. With part of his wife. Why did God allow such. A temptation to come on this man. I'm not thinking of the broader picture.

Of what lies ahead. If you don't. Go in foolishly. Into circumstances. Where there will be sin. God will give you the grace. No matter what comes on you. If your heart's right. But he sees what's in your heart.

I should not tempt the Lord. Thy God. Be careful. Joseph did not choose. To be in that room. When that. Wife of that good man. Came to try and get him. In such a horrible way. Of moral decadence. But because of his godly.

Upright heart. And he proved what was in his heart. To that woman. To God and to himself. When you're in the circumstance. You know what's in your heart. That's when you know what you are. Don't blame circumstances.

If you fall. Don't blame God. In circumstances where you do not seek. For sin to come. God will say like he said to Abraham. I withheld thee from sinning against me. Because these circumstances. Weren't your choice.

And you did this in weakness. It wasn't right but. I withheld thee from sinning against me. God will withhold us as he did Joseph. Every one of us. You will never ever find a circumstance. That God will not.

Keep you. But don't tempt the Lord thy God. Don't do something stupid. You don't jump off a building. And then say God failed me. Faith in him didn't work. When you lie in hospital. With a broken back.

Don't place yourself. In circumstances ever in your life. Where you know you're in danger. Spiritually. But you know you went into those. Circumstances deliberately. You cannot blame God. For your life being destroyed.

Your children never able to look. You in the eyes again without knowing. Their daddy's a defiled monster. Who betrayed us. With filth and depravity. My mother knows. My father knows I'm wicked. Don't go in deliberately.

You're in troubles. But God will keep you. He will keep you Joseph. If it isn't your choice. To be in that circumstance. Where that woman came. Flee youthful lusts. Any circumstance where there are. Such things.

And watch how God keeps you. I saw this in the newspaper. You see if you don't like newspapers. Come to this convention. And you'll catch up in the world news. Sip here in our country. About a month or two ago.

Was grounded on the rocks. Now this has happened to so many in the Cape. Where we live right in the tip of Africa. The Atlantic the Indian. The ferociousness in the rocks. And these great vessels to this day.

We just see wrecks. We've lived there now for many many years. It's one wreck after the other. It's onto the rocks. And this one massive ship. Worth an enormous amount of money. The cost of refloating.

The phonics. 22 million rands. That's a lot of money. So what did they do? They had these experts. To know how to get this ship. That would made shipwreck. It really was. The storms. Shipwreck. They decided that they could.

Do something. So they made all sorts of efforts. In preparation. For one moment. When the spring tide came in. And that means a high tide. A very high tide. Depending on the moon. And the circumstances.

God made this perfect universe. But they knew just when the tide would come in. An extra couple of feet. And that was the moment they could. And they did. The most amazing thing. This shipwreck was. Able to be sent back to sea.

To float again. That was quite something. We have to do things. God says. If we've really. Got ourselves into trouble. If we've really made shipwreck. Through sin. Psalm 50. Verse 23. But it doesn't stop there.

To him that ordereth his conversation aright. Will I show the salvation of God. He prepares. The way for God. To honor him. Again. You see God waits for you. To do something. That you prepare. For God.

To reach out to you again. If you've made shipwreck. If your life's destroyed. By sin. If you've ruined. And you're angry. But everything's wounded and hurting. And shame and fear. Because of your sin.

The repercussions. The aftermath. Has hit back on you. As God said it would. I mentioned the first night. Your future starts here. When I saw that plaque. The rest of your life. Starts here. What an advert.

Well that's true. If you do something about the situation. I was with a gentleman. In your country. Who's very broken. I will not say his name. Or his town or his state. But his son was exposed. To be living.

In very depraved sin. So shameful. That the whole home. Was tragically affected. Now the son. Exposed in his sin. Besore your sin. Will find you out. God says. The son did something terrible. He disappeared.

That's when I arrived in the house. The son had just gone. I was preaching in his town. In his man's church. He was an elder. So we prayed. And he wept. And you could just see on the mother father. The other children.

The weeping and the sorrow and the fear. All the shame and the shock. Of the evil in that boy's life. Exposed publicly. And now he's gone. They don't know where he is. They're praying. A letter comes.

I have signed up. To go to Iraq. To the front line. Daddy. I've so shamed you. I'm determined to die. In battle. To somehow recompense. For all the hurt I've given you. Because daddy I know. By signing up.

That enormous funds will be given to you. And mother. Who I know need the money. And so in my death. Which I hope and long for. And pray for. I will honor you. And some good will come from my life. After all the hurt I've brought on you.

Repentance, Mercy, and Restoration

And the same. I will go into that battle. Determined to die daddy. That something good from me. Will come upon you. That is tragic. Micah the wonderful book. God gave us. Of God's heart. To the sinner.

Chapter 6 verse 6. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord. And bow myself before the high God. Shall I come before him with burnt offerings. With calves of the earth. Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams.

Ten thousands of rivers of oil. Shall I give my firstborn. For my transgression. The fruit of my body. For the sin of my soul. No. No boy. No matter what you've done. He is so dear man. What is good. What does the Lord require of thee.

No matter what you've done. What does the Lord require of thee. But to do justly. That means repent. Turn from your sin. Love mercy. That is belief and hope for more mercy. Do justly. Love mercy. And walk humbly with thy God.

The Hebrew says humble thyself. To walk with God. Humble thyself. To be able to walk again. With God. God's waiting for you. Not to come with all the sacrifices of your life. Your child. He doesn't want that.

He wants repentance. He wants you to seek for grace. To be restored and to be right with God. He wants you to seek. For mercy. And believe that his heart will show you mercy. Do you know the greatest appeal.

In the entire Bible. Oh you people who don't believe in appeals. Shame on you. Bible is an appeal. Don't judge me for making appeals. You really want to be honest. With every single book in the Bible.

James's Call to Humble Repentance

In James chapter 4. You read the greatest appeal. Ever written in the entire Bible. To those who have fallen into sin. Who are Christians. So let me read these few verses to you. Of James 4. He calls them adulterers.

In verse 4. An adulteress. Not a husband betraying his wife. You are betraying God. You are betrayers of God. That's who we speak. Know you not that the friendship of the world. Is enmity with God. Whosoever therefore be a friend of the world.

Is the enemy of God. Do you think that the scriptures say. That in vain the spirit that dwelleth in us. Lusts us to envy. That the Holy Spirit that God has put in you. Is jealous. Do you think God says that for nothing.

He's in you. Do you think he says he's jealous for no reason. But he giveth more grace. I love that. Any preacher that doesn't live for the moment. Where he can bring this. Shouldn't be in the pulpit.

What's the good of whipping a man. And saying you're an adulterer. You're defying God. You're betraying God. You're unfaithful to God. You're like an enemy. You're with the enemies of God. To the places the devil's children go.

You're double minded. You sit with the children of God. As if all's well. Praising the Lord. You're out there at the door. And boom. You go to the devil's houses. When you don't think anybody's watching.

But God is watching. He's jealous. But he giveth more grace. I love that. Don't give up on yourself. He hasn't given up on you. Child of God. No matter what you've done. He giveth more grace. But listen to what he does.

When he says about this grace. Wherefore he saith God resisteth the proud. But giveth grace to the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Christians. Resist the devil. He will flee from you. All heaven will make so he does.