Salvation Through Christ and the Witness of the Spirit Because he tasted death for every man, who will have all men to be saved, and God promises he will in no wise turn away anyone, John Wesley's famous statement, he cannot, in righteousness turn away anyone who comes with the blood of Jesus, who comes with nothing but the blood, he will not turn you away, he cannot, he's righteous, he's holy, he's just, and of course his Holy Spirit will bear witness with your spirit as we spoke the first night, that you are the children of God, the spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, you don't live in fear, there's no condemnation to them which in Christ Jesus, we know we've passed from death unto life, he that believeth on the Son of God hath a witness in himself, I believe that with all my heart, God gives you peace, peace with God, peace that passes all understanding, death is lost at sting, the last enemy is there, is death, it is an enemy, but no fear of judgment, it's not easy to face the sufferings, frailty of, but there's no thought of judgment, there's a conviction, a convincing of the work of the Holy Spirit, as he bears witness in your heart, in your spirit, in your conscience, that takes away any fear of judgment, you know, you've passed from death, the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God's eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord, now that death is speaking about eternal death, not just physical death, it started because of Adam on physical death, but in its context, the wage of sin, the just reward of unrepentant sin, once you've heard the gospel in its context, is eternal suffering and damnation, separate, called death, but there's a second death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus, through faith in his death, through faith in his resurrected life, for as many as received him, to them gave he the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name, we have this treasure on earth and vessels of excellency, the power may be of God, not of us, Christ in you is the hope of glory, you have no hope of eternal life unless Christ is in you, and your faith not only in the death of Christ, but in the living Savior, to set you free, you can't be saved just looking at his death, you have to come to God looking at his life to set you free, for if the Son shall set you free, you shall be free, or God lied, and that's blasphemous, to believe such a thing, he cannot, if the Son shall set you free, you shall be free, you who are enslaved to sin, oh, there's judgment, he will convince the world of sin, he will convict the world of righteousness, be not deceived, no unrighteous person shall enter the kingdom of God, and then he names the sins, the theologians today say God made a mistake, let's tear these things out of the Bible, those sins will be condemned, rubbish, you will face God in terror, you people that preach that from the pulpit, I guarantee you, and in one moment, because that's all you've got, this moment of old life, you will face God in terror for denying what God condemns, and condoning it, oh, he will convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, that is his work, and then he will give you such peace that passes all understanding, as he bears witness of your spirit, that you are truly born of God, saved, there's no condemnation, the work of God, the Holy Ghost, according to Christ, he will convict the world of sin, my darling mother, I had a remarkable mother, even yesterday, I said to the Lord from my soul, I thank thee, God, that you gave me that mother, that she was my mother, I thanked him from my soul, after all the years, now she's gone, my mummy, when we were saved, by the way, I wasn't just a little boy, I was 20 years old, and I came to Christ, so broken, but God, as I stood up, had saved me, my brokenness, enslaved, destroyed, sane, he saved me, he saved my father, my brother, three years older than me, mightily saved us, then there was my mummy, she was the only unsaved person left in the home, that's a terrible predicament to be, you know, mummy looked at me one night in the kitchen as I was talking to her, she said, listen, don't think I'm ignorant, don't think I don't know what you're trying to do, you, your father, your brother, you believe I'm going to hell, you believe that God's going to judge me, because I'm a sinner, that I have to repent, listen carefully, I can understand why God would have sent you to hell, Keith, if you hadn't repented and changed like he has, I worship God for what he's done in your life, don't believe I'm, I can understand why God would have sent your brother to hell, I can understand why God would send your father to hell, the way he lived, but God has no right to send me to hell, I'm not a sinner, Keith, your father gave up drinking, all the alcohol, smashed the bottles, he's been enslaved to and put us through hell on earth, because of his addiction to sin, to all this drinking, he threw down his cigarette 60 a day for 27 years, never less than 60, he stopped all the things, he repented of the things that I can understand, and you did and your brother did, but what do I repent of, what do I throw out, Keith, tell me, give me name, why God would send me to hell, your mummy never touched alcohol in her life, go to your father, he was my childhood sweetheart, go to my brothers, I have never, I don't know what champagne tastes, I don't know what wine tastes like, as some Christians justify, I don't know, once in my life that I've even tasted, Keith, I just push it away at weddings as champagne, push it away, no, I've never touched a cigarette in my entire life, your daddy had to throw them away, it seemed, when he got saved, I've never touched a cigarette in my life, Keith, I've never been unfaithful to your father, I never thought I'd ever have to tell you, my boy, but I'm going to tell you now, men did try to get me, Keith, the world's so wicked, I never wanted to tell you, but I'm going to tell you now, men came to try it, and I said to each one of them, get away from me, you filth, you filth, I'm a married woman, I never betrayed your father, Keith, you might have gone astray, which broke me and aged me, point to me and tell mommy what she did to make you do that, I didn't do that, Keith, I didn't cause that, I tried to be, I tried to be a good, faithful wife, I tried to be a good, faithful mother in every aspect, no matter what sacrifice was required of me, I did for you, from a baby right through, where did I fail you as a mother, Keith, that God's going to judge me, you won't find dirty books in my home, what books do I throw out, that are morally decadent, that I hear other Christians, you won't find things, I didn't stoop to the magazines and the things that are moral and common and undermine integrity and decency, no, you won't find anything in this home, my boy, what dirty language, I never told a dirty joke in my life, from a little girl right through the years, ask my brothers, they come here always, ask your father, he knew me, he's my only sweetheart from childhood, I never knew another man, Keith, listen Keith, I never ever listened to a dirty, the moment I realized there's something of a question mark on a dirty joke, I said stop, and I walked out, please stop, I wouldn't stoop to listen to something of a filthy joke, I didn't use dirty language, have you ever heard your mother swearing immoral words, dirty words, Keith, I am not a sinner, what is God going to judge me, tell me what to repent of, tell me what to throw out, tell me what to come to God as a sinner for, don't you say God will send me to hell or judge me, he cannot, after the life I have pursued with all my heart, to live in decency and integrity, I looked at my mother, and you know I couldn't say a word, I was a saved, and I stood there and literally worshipped God for the mother I had, as unsaved as she was, that I'd been privileged to have, I just stood there in my heart worshipping God, looking at her, I didn't say a word, who had God heard her, and within days there were missionaries, preachers coming into our home, where she said the same thing, and Eileen Tauti, this godly woman, led thousands of people to Christ across Africa, this missionary, comes into our home, like many godly people came into our home, Mrs. Daniel, you are calling God a liar, and that's a sin, God says all sins are unrighteous, if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, if we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, you are calling God a liar, the Bible says, that's a terrible sin, you are saying, Mrs. Daniel, that Jesus had to die for your husband to be saved, Jesus had to die for your children, but he didn't have to die for you, you were good enough, Mrs. Daniel, that is a terrifying sin, you are putting your fist up to God and say you lie, because God says all sins are unrighteous, he tasted death for every man, Mrs. Daniel, you are a terrible, terrible sinner, saying that, believing that, but you are good enough, all your righteousness is filthy right, all the verses I quoted tonight you quoted, to my mother, Mrs. Daniel, the Bible says with all the wicked sins in revelation, murdering, every filthy sin, and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns the throne of God, a little lie, Mrs. Daniel, in your whole life, you can't stand there and say that God lied, that you have never sinned, that you are not a sinner, you were born in sin, with a sinful nature, and sin was in your life, now I don't know what God did, but I did know this, my mother suddenly went silent, and sad, and didn't want to speak, and we were concerned, but she just withdrew, and then, one night in a meeting, my mother stood up and walked out, now that cost my mother, if you knew her, if you just saw her, you would know what that cost my mother, she walked out as a sinner, I don't know what God convicted her of, or how, but she walked out with as much fear, and consciousness, and sorrow, that she was a sinner, as my father who had been an alcoholic, me and my brother who had lived wildly in sin, and saying, she had no less conviction that she was a sinner, she went out, back, behind the pulpit, into some room where some woman prayed, she comes out, I knew my mother was saved, not because she threw bottles away, not because she changed all her magazines, not because she stopped swearing, or suddenly became faithful, or a good mother, stopped drinking, stopped smoking, nothing, I saw her get rid of nothing, nothing, but I knew she was saved, because in her eyes, I saw for the first time in my life, peace, that passes all understanding, and until you see it, you don't know what I'm speaking about, until you experience it, you haven't got the slightest comprehension of God's peace, my peace give I unto you, peace that passes all understanding, peace with God, oh, my mother had peace, and I knew she was saved, because I'd never seen that in her eyes, not once in my life, until she walked out of that meeting, broken, tears, yes, but peace, the peace of God.