Men need to know where they stand. We should speak plainly regarding those sins that will keep men and women out of heaven.

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Eugene Prewitt

Speak Plainly

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The message this morning is entitled, Speak Plainly.

And certainly I want to speak plainly in the message.

We want to talk about this morning the idea that Jesus is the Christian's hope, but Jesus is not the Christian's excuse.

What I mean is suppose that you struggle with a sin or a temptation or an addiction, what is Jesus to you, what is he to me?

In Jesus there is hope in the case of any temptation, any weakness, any issue, but Jesus has never been an excuse.

Turn your Bibles to Revelation, Revelation chapter 21.

Revelation 21, and we're looking at verse 27.

It says, and there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defiles, neither whatsoever works abomination, or maketh a lie, but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life." Let me just ask you a question.

Well, what about as someone who works an abomination?

Could you go to heaven as someone who works an abomination?

But we hardly know what to make of that word abomination.

We're speaking plainly this morning and we've plainly stated that those that are liars cannot go to heaven as liars.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

If there's someone who is on his way to heaven and you by your words and acts condemn him, that misrepresentation of God is an abomination.

It's an abomination to say to 1 of God's children that is on his way, that is being faithful, to tell him that he's lost or doomed or however you might express it, to condemn the righteous is wrong.

Anytime you've heard of a martyr, that's happened to him.

It's a man who was just and right, but someone condemned him.

And what does God say about condemning a righteous person?

But there is another abomination in Proverbs 17.

It's to tell the man who is wicked that everything is okay.

It's not true that if you're living a wicked life, that if you are out of harmony with God's will, that everything is okay.

And we're gonna look at a few passages this morning that just demonstrate in plain language what it means to be wicked.

Turn in your Bibles to Revelation chapter 22.

That's the last page of your Bible, the last inspired page of your Bible.

You might have an appendix or a concordance after that.

It says, for without, that is outside of the city, are dogs and sorcerers and whoremongers and murderers and idolaters and whoever loves and makes, what does it say?

So those are big words and some of them, let's just explain them briefly.

First of all, the word dog there is not a reference to canines.

And it would take a while this morning to go over it, but you might be familiar with 1 use of that metaphor that Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount.

Do you remember that he said, don't cast your pearls before swine, don't give that which is holy unto dogs, lest they turn again and rin.

He was speaking there of a class of people who, shall I define it for you?

He talks about dogs that turn back and eat their own vomit.

He says he's speaking of people who, after they have known the way of righteousness, turn away from the commandment delivered unto them.

That's the class of people Peter speaks of as dogs.

Can you Go to heaven as someone who practices the dark arts, as someone who takes part in seances or this kind of activity.

Prostitutes and murderers and the worshipers of idols are outside the city?

Turn back just a page and look at chapter 21, verse 8.

But the fearful and the unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers, I'm just gonna say prostitutes when I come to that word from now on, and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake of fire, which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

You can't go to heaven as someone who works an abomination, as someone who is a whore, if you are someone who practices a secret sin of this nature, someone needs to talk to you plainly.

Those of you in this room, I think that some of you know people, that you know people who dabble in sorcery or who are promiscuous or who are dishonest.

If you know someone like that, I can't think of something that is more hurtful than to let someone who's lost go on being lost without a fair warning.

This is why Christians need to speak plainly.

We ought to look at 2 verses on the positive side.

He that overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son.

So those are the ones that make it, it's the overcomers.

And the ones that don't, those are the fearful and the unbelieving.

Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life and that they may enter in through the gates into the city.

Now if you have a New International version, then that verse would say something different.

Those who wash their robes are the ones that keep his commandments.

Turn back in your Bibles to Galatians chapter 5.

So this is just before our scripture reading, Galatians chapter 5, and we're looking at verse 19.

The famous verse in this chapter, or famous verses are verses 22 and 23, those are the fruits of the spirit.

We're going to look at what Paul describes before the fruits of the spirit.

Verse 19, Now the works of the flesh are manifest or obvious, which are these, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness.

Those 4 words, we could summarize them as immorality.

Frankly, they have to do with all branches of immoral thought and behavior.

Verse 20, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, Variance, that is a willingness to be to be at odds with your brother.

Emulations, that would be keeping up with the Joneses, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, that is teaching false doctrines, envying, murderers, drunkenness, revelings, that's partying, and such like, listen carefully, of the which I tell you before, as I've also told you in time past, that they which do such things, what does it say?

You know we need some plain speaking, because frankly right here in Archidelphia there are some people who commit adultery or live in an unclean way, or who have wrath or hatred or envying or drunkenness who think they're on their way to heaven.

Turn forward maybe 10 or 12 pages to 1 Timothy 1.

1 Timothy 1, looking at verses 8 through 11.

1 Timothy 1, verses 8, this is just 12 to 15 pages forward from where you just were.

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GYC 2009 Plenary Sessions

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1h

The Closet and the Prophet: Coming Out and Coming Home

51m

Just a Drink of Water

43m

The Art of End Time Preaching

3. The Matter of the Message: 8 Features Every Sermon Must Have

1h 9m

The Everyday Gospel

36m

Do You Really Want to Be Like Jesus?

47m

Revelation of Jesus Christ

1h 17m

Life of the Apostle Paul

When the Last Offer Comes - Part 21

58m

The Sanctuary

8. The Books Don’t Lie

48m

Ten Commandments

9. Two Witnesses

36m

Truth and Consequences

46m

Thoughts on 1 Peter

Secrets For Having A Good Life - Thoughts on 1 Peter 3:8-17

44m

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