1 00:00:04,301 --> 00:00:06,058 Well, my name is Ryan, 2 00:00:06,058 --> 00:00:08,534 and I'm 22 years old 3 00:00:08,534 --> 00:00:10,126 and I'm from Columbia, Missouri 4 00:00:10,126 --> 00:00:11,677 in the United States here. 5 00:00:11,677 --> 00:00:15,394 I just wanted to share my testimony with you 6 00:00:15,394 --> 00:00:17,218 as to how the Lord saved me. 7 00:00:17,218 --> 00:00:19,527 I was going to read a verse first. 8 00:00:19,527 --> 00:00:24,528 In Galatians 6:14, Paul says, 9 00:00:24,528 --> 00:00:28,228 "May it never be that I would boast 10 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:31,788 except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ 11 00:00:31,788 --> 00:00:35,127 through which the world has been crucified to me 12 00:00:35,127 --> 00:00:38,158 and I to the world. 13 00:00:38,158 --> 00:00:40,797 For neither is circumcision anything 14 00:00:40,797 --> 00:00:42,275 or uncircumcision, 15 00:00:42,275 --> 00:00:45,429 but a new creation." 16 00:00:45,429 --> 00:00:49,998 I grew up in a nominal Christian home - 17 00:00:49,998 --> 00:00:52,416 or a professing Christian home, 18 00:00:52,416 --> 00:00:54,318 in which, me and my brother, 19 00:00:54,318 --> 00:00:56,998 we went to church from a young age 20 00:00:56,998 --> 00:01:00,176 every Christmas and Easter, 21 00:01:00,176 --> 00:01:01,208 but by and large, 22 00:01:01,208 --> 00:01:04,107 God was never spoken about in our home. 23 00:01:04,107 --> 00:01:06,170 We never really gave thought to Him. 24 00:01:06,170 --> 00:01:07,606 Before we would go to sleep, 25 00:01:07,606 --> 00:01:08,765 we were taught to say 26 00:01:08,765 --> 00:01:10,395 little repetitive prayers 27 00:01:10,395 --> 00:01:12,225 before we went to sleep. 28 00:01:12,225 --> 00:01:13,492 But from a young age, 29 00:01:13,492 --> 00:01:14,928 I never really knew anything 30 00:01:14,928 --> 00:01:17,617 of true Christianity or anything like that. 31 00:01:17,617 --> 00:01:19,790 And there was never a point 32 00:01:19,790 --> 00:01:22,056 when I doubted the existence of God, 33 00:01:22,056 --> 00:01:23,807 which even the Scripture in Romans 1 34 00:01:23,807 --> 00:01:25,897 testifies that all men know without excuse 35 00:01:25,897 --> 00:01:27,035 that there is a God. 36 00:01:27,035 --> 00:01:28,527 And I knew that He was there, 37 00:01:28,527 --> 00:01:30,517 and I knew that I had a conscience. 38 00:01:30,517 --> 00:01:33,429 And I knew that there was right and wrong, 39 00:01:33,429 --> 00:01:35,617 but as being born in sin, 40 00:01:35,617 --> 00:01:39,806 from a young age, I was a slave to sin. 41 00:01:39,806 --> 00:01:42,845 The greatest bondage was that I lived for myself. 42 00:01:42,845 --> 00:01:44,457 I loved myself 43 00:01:44,457 --> 00:01:46,948 and I loved to do whatever I wanted to do. 44 00:01:46,948 --> 00:01:50,493 And that's the crime of all men's crimes 45 00:01:50,493 --> 00:01:51,885 is that they don't seek God. 46 00:01:51,885 --> 00:01:53,398 There is none that seeks God. 47 00:01:53,398 --> 00:01:55,817 There is none that understands. 48 00:01:55,817 --> 00:01:57,196 And I had no understanding. 49 00:01:57,196 --> 00:02:00,656 I had no apprehension of spiritual reality. 50 00:02:00,656 --> 00:02:02,865 And as I grew older, 51 00:02:02,865 --> 00:02:05,558 I just went right along with the world. 52 00:02:05,558 --> 00:02:07,707 And in our age, there's hardly any discipline 53 00:02:07,707 --> 00:02:08,957 going on in the household. 54 00:02:08,957 --> 00:02:11,596 I basically, in one sense, ruled my household. 55 00:02:11,596 --> 00:02:13,157 I would beat up my brother 56 00:02:13,157 --> 00:02:15,736 to make my parents angry and upset everything. 57 00:02:15,736 --> 00:02:16,916 I was just full of pride 58 00:02:16,916 --> 00:02:19,048 and was wanting to control the situation. 59 00:02:19,048 --> 00:02:20,276 I was manipulative. 60 00:02:20,276 --> 00:02:22,598 I was just given total freedom basically 61 00:02:22,598 --> 00:02:24,625 in my own sinful nature. 62 00:02:24,625 --> 00:02:28,483 And as time went on, I got worse. 63 00:02:28,483 --> 00:02:31,558 I had a Christian friend in the neighborhood. 64 00:02:31,558 --> 00:02:33,507 This was about when I was 9 years old, 65 00:02:33,507 --> 00:02:34,937 and I remember him telling me, 66 00:02:34,937 --> 00:02:36,237 "you're going to go to hell 67 00:02:36,237 --> 00:02:39,327 unless you go home and invite Jesus into your heart." 68 00:02:39,327 --> 00:02:41,288 And so I remember, I went home. 69 00:02:41,288 --> 00:02:44,197 That was the only time I ever had any real terror of hell. 70 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:46,140 I always thought I was right with God. 71 00:02:46,140 --> 00:02:49,100 I wasn't a bad person. I wasn't a murderer or a serial killer. 72 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:50,993 So I remember going home and saying, 73 00:02:50,993 --> 00:02:53,069 "Jesus, come into my heart." 74 00:02:53,069 --> 00:02:54,521 And I didn't feel anything. 75 00:02:54,521 --> 00:02:56,363 So I waited for a couple of minutes, 76 00:02:56,363 --> 00:02:58,383 and I said, "Jesus, come into my heart." 77 00:02:58,383 --> 00:02:59,781 And I didn't feel anything, 78 00:02:59,781 --> 00:03:02,012 so I was like, well, I guess I did it, 79 00:03:02,012 --> 00:03:04,084 so I took that and kind of forgot 80 00:03:04,084 --> 00:03:06,782 all about that memory until recently. 81 00:03:06,782 --> 00:03:08,803 I thought I was on my way to heaven. 82 00:03:08,803 --> 00:03:11,013 As time went on, 83 00:03:11,013 --> 00:03:13,666 I continued into deeper and deeper sin, 84 00:03:13,666 --> 00:03:16,742 into the common snares of this age 85 00:03:16,742 --> 00:03:19,291 in pornography and in greediness. 86 00:03:19,291 --> 00:03:22,031 By the time I was in high school, 87 00:03:22,031 --> 00:03:26,032 in junior high I got heavy into drugs. 88 00:03:26,032 --> 00:03:27,703 At the time of my conversion, 89 00:03:27,703 --> 00:03:29,086 that was my main idol. 90 00:03:29,086 --> 00:03:30,920 I lived to get high, to spend time 91 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,962 with people that got high. 92 00:03:32,962 --> 00:03:34,551 And what's crazy is I would think 93 00:03:34,551 --> 00:03:36,054 man, these people are greedy. 94 00:03:36,054 --> 00:03:37,364 They never want to share. 95 00:03:37,364 --> 00:03:39,993 But all the while, I'm spending all of my money on this 96 00:03:39,993 --> 00:03:41,031 and living for this. 97 00:03:41,031 --> 00:03:42,923 While there's people starving to death, 98 00:03:42,923 --> 00:03:44,831 I'm selfishly sitting in some dark room 99 00:03:44,831 --> 00:03:47,205 in order to feel good and get high. 100 00:03:47,205 --> 00:03:49,442 I mean, that was the extent of my depravity. 101 00:03:49,442 --> 00:03:51,962 While I was getting high, I was self-righteous 102 00:03:51,962 --> 00:03:54,782 in even thinking that I was good. 103 00:03:54,782 --> 00:03:56,981 And that had a strong grip on me. 104 00:03:56,981 --> 00:03:58,522 And I knew it had a grip on me. 105 00:03:58,522 --> 00:04:00,472 I knew that I was a slave to sin 106 00:04:00,472 --> 00:04:01,841 and that I couldn't get out. 107 00:04:01,841 --> 00:04:03,162 I tried to get out of it. 108 00:04:03,162 --> 00:04:06,156 I was miserable in life. 109 00:04:06,156 --> 00:04:08,143 I didn't have any hope or reason to live, 110 00:04:08,143 --> 00:04:09,623 any direction, any purpose. 111 00:04:09,623 --> 00:04:12,284 I didn't know what I was going to do. 112 00:04:12,284 --> 00:04:14,091 By the grace of God, my parents 113 00:04:14,091 --> 00:04:15,633 made my brother and I 114 00:04:15,633 --> 00:04:17,752 when I was 15 years old 115 00:04:17,752 --> 00:04:20,434 and my brother was roughly 12 or 13, 116 00:04:20,434 --> 00:04:22,080 they made us start going 117 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,704 to this liberal protestant church 118 00:04:25,704 --> 00:04:27,082 in my hometown. 119 00:04:27,082 --> 00:04:29,434 A very big one. 120 00:04:29,434 --> 00:04:31,585 You know, I thought I was a believer, 121 00:04:31,585 --> 00:04:34,403 but I used to get high before going to church even. 122 00:04:34,403 --> 00:04:36,893 And they have a thing called a confirmation class. 123 00:04:36,893 --> 00:04:38,841 You go through the confirmation class, 124 00:04:38,841 --> 00:04:40,013 and I was an older kid. 125 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:42,054 And I went through the confirmation class 126 00:04:42,054 --> 00:04:44,153 with a bunch of kids that were younger, 127 00:04:44,153 --> 00:04:45,852 maybe three years younger than me. 128 00:04:45,852 --> 00:04:47,839 And I remember, in my mind I'm thinking, 129 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:48,902 this is such a joke. 130 00:04:48,902 --> 00:04:51,241 The lady's telling us about Christ and this and that. 131 00:04:51,241 --> 00:04:53,739 She had no reality. She was not saved as far as I know. 132 00:04:53,739 --> 00:04:55,901 Nor do I think the vast majority of the people 133 00:04:55,901 --> 00:04:57,633 in that congregation were saved. 134 00:04:57,633 --> 00:04:59,643 But I thought I was a believer, 135 00:04:59,643 --> 00:05:01,092 and I got sprinkled with water 136 00:05:01,092 --> 00:05:03,301 and they presented me in front of the church. 137 00:05:03,301 --> 00:05:04,828 And everyone claps their hands 138 00:05:04,828 --> 00:05:06,912 for all the youth that have now been added 139 00:05:06,912 --> 00:05:09,114 to the church and praise God, you know, 140 00:05:09,114 --> 00:05:10,712 but in that church, 141 00:05:10,712 --> 00:05:14,120 there was no concept of being lost or saved. 142 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,482 I didn't have any concept of that at all. 143 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:18,753 There was never any mention of hell. 144 00:05:18,753 --> 00:05:20,472 As a matter of fact, my pastors taught 145 00:05:20,472 --> 00:05:22,431 that everyone was going to be saved. 146 00:05:22,431 --> 00:05:23,571 And this is not uncommon. 147 00:05:23,571 --> 00:05:26,411 This is common in liberal protestant churches in America. 148 00:05:26,411 --> 00:05:28,533 And it's heresy. It's lies. 149 00:05:28,533 --> 00:05:30,837 And it will damn people to hell. 150 00:05:30,837 --> 00:05:32,864 I sat under that, 151 00:05:32,864 --> 00:05:35,222 not really knowing anything else 152 00:05:35,222 --> 00:05:36,800 other than that. 153 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,173 But anyway, my parents made me go 154 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:43,273 on this mission trip with the youth group there. 155 00:05:43,273 --> 00:05:45,173 And we went to Tennessee. 156 00:05:45,173 --> 00:05:46,930 And there in the mountains of Tennessee, 157 00:05:46,930 --> 00:05:48,070 it was one of those mission trips 158 00:05:48,070 --> 00:05:49,503 where you go and help out old ladies 159 00:05:49,503 --> 00:05:52,834 and clean up their yard and stuff like that. 160 00:05:52,834 --> 00:05:56,083 But it was there that the Lord met with me. 161 00:05:56,083 --> 00:05:57,280 If you would have seen me, 162 00:05:57,280 --> 00:05:58,873 I was the kid on the bus 163 00:05:58,873 --> 00:06:00,642 that had my headphones on. 164 00:06:00,642 --> 00:06:01,743 Not smiling. 165 00:06:01,743 --> 00:06:03,434 Everyone is laughing, having a good time. 166 00:06:03,434 --> 00:06:04,391 I was one that was quiet 167 00:06:04,391 --> 00:06:06,290 sitting on the bus on our way there as we left 168 00:06:06,290 --> 00:06:07,312 looking miserable. 169 00:06:07,312 --> 00:06:09,782 Not wanting to be with these happy-go-lucky people. 170 00:06:09,782 --> 00:06:12,813 And I went on this mission trip. 171 00:06:12,813 --> 00:06:14,718 And I remember as I was riding down, 172 00:06:14,718 --> 00:06:15,843 in my mind, I said, 173 00:06:15,843 --> 00:06:17,332 well, maybe I should keep an open mind 174 00:06:17,332 --> 00:06:19,343 to this whole Christianity thing. 175 00:06:19,343 --> 00:06:20,714 Even to think that thought, 176 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:22,032 I can look back now and see 177 00:06:22,032 --> 00:06:23,473 that's not a natural thought. 178 00:06:23,473 --> 00:06:25,423 That was the grace of God already 179 00:06:25,423 --> 00:06:26,512 softening my heart, 180 00:06:26,512 --> 00:06:27,972 preparing me for this time 181 00:06:27,972 --> 00:06:29,850 that I got to get away from the world 182 00:06:29,850 --> 00:06:32,703 and away from everything that I was used to 183 00:06:32,703 --> 00:06:34,910 up there in the mountains of Tennessee. 184 00:06:34,910 --> 00:06:37,762 And it was there, 185 00:06:37,762 --> 00:06:39,383 I don't know how to explain it, 186 00:06:39,383 --> 00:06:40,983 except by the second day, 187 00:06:40,983 --> 00:06:42,594 they'd be singing Christian songs 188 00:06:42,594 --> 00:06:44,020 and by the second day, 189 00:06:44,020 --> 00:06:46,141 I was walking around singing all of a sudden. 190 00:06:46,141 --> 00:06:47,551 It was like I was meaning the things 191 00:06:47,551 --> 00:06:48,998 that I was singing about Christ 192 00:06:48,998 --> 00:06:50,433 coming and dying 193 00:06:50,433 --> 00:06:52,328 and these various things that were taught. 194 00:06:52,328 --> 00:06:54,035 At that camp, no one ever clearly 195 00:06:54,035 --> 00:06:55,911 preached the Gospel to me. 196 00:06:55,911 --> 00:06:58,895 I never heard anyone preach against sin before. 197 00:06:58,895 --> 00:07:00,999 And it didn't happen at that camp either. 198 00:07:00,999 --> 00:07:04,050 As far as I know, I was not 199 00:07:04,050 --> 00:07:05,961 under heavy conviction of sin. 200 00:07:05,961 --> 00:07:07,221 I was aware of my sins, 201 00:07:07,221 --> 00:07:10,000 and aware of the bondage that I was in. 202 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,341 One night, I got away from the rest of the group 203 00:07:12,341 --> 00:07:14,222 and went out under the stars. 204 00:07:14,222 --> 00:07:16,053 And probably the first time I ever 205 00:07:16,053 --> 00:07:18,272 really truly prayed to the Lord 206 00:07:18,272 --> 00:07:21,031 and told the Lord Jesus 207 00:07:21,031 --> 00:07:22,890 that I wanted to serve Him. 208 00:07:22,890 --> 00:07:24,833 I couldn't have told you anything 209 00:07:24,833 --> 00:07:27,683 about the necessity of repentance and faith 210 00:07:27,683 --> 00:07:28,874 in order to be saved. 211 00:07:28,874 --> 00:07:31,139 But that's what God was working in my heart. 212 00:07:31,139 --> 00:07:33,123 I no longer wanted to live for sin. 213 00:07:33,123 --> 00:07:35,551 I no longer wanted to live for myself. 214 00:07:35,551 --> 00:07:37,301 And God opened my eyes there 215 00:07:37,301 --> 00:07:38,613 to see the glory of God 216 00:07:38,613 --> 00:07:40,240 in the face of Jesus Christ. 217 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:41,752 And that's what salvation is. 218 00:07:41,752 --> 00:07:43,616 When someone's eyes are opened 219 00:07:43,616 --> 00:07:45,772 and for the first time they see that Jesus 220 00:07:45,772 --> 00:07:48,344 He was not this little old historical figure 221 00:07:48,344 --> 00:07:49,932 that went around carrying lambs around 222 00:07:49,932 --> 00:07:50,983 patting children on the head 223 00:07:50,983 --> 00:07:52,642 saying nice, little moral teachings. 224 00:07:52,642 --> 00:07:54,544 But their eyes are open to see 225 00:07:54,544 --> 00:07:56,992 that Jesus Christ, He's the Lord of Glory. 226 00:07:56,992 --> 00:08:00,493 He's the Christ. He's the Son of the living God. 227 00:08:00,493 --> 00:08:03,021 And I knew that He was living. 228 00:08:03,021 --> 00:08:05,088 I didn't even think so much about the death of Christ, 229 00:08:05,088 --> 00:08:07,323 I was enamored with the resurrection of Christ. 230 00:08:07,323 --> 00:08:09,332 That He was a risen, living Savior. 231 00:08:09,332 --> 00:08:12,193 And I came back from that trip born again. 232 00:08:12,193 --> 00:08:14,314 No one ever used the language "born again." 233 00:08:14,314 --> 00:08:16,602 I was in liberal protestantism. 234 00:08:16,602 --> 00:08:18,181 But that's what happened to me. 235 00:08:18,181 --> 00:08:19,302 My brother was shocked 236 00:08:19,302 --> 00:08:20,863 that I was no longer beating him up. 237 00:08:20,863 --> 00:08:22,703 My best friend just couldn't understand 238 00:08:22,703 --> 00:08:23,674 what happened to me. 239 00:08:23,674 --> 00:08:25,092 All my pothead friends thought 240 00:08:25,092 --> 00:08:27,552 that I'd been brainwashed at some church camp. 241 00:08:27,552 --> 00:08:29,432 But in reality, most of those kids, 242 00:08:29,432 --> 00:08:30,862 those happy-go-lucky kids, 243 00:08:30,862 --> 00:08:32,422 most of them have gone their own way 244 00:08:32,422 --> 00:08:33,703 and are in the world completely 245 00:08:33,703 --> 00:08:35,092 and are believing lies. 246 00:08:35,092 --> 00:08:37,553 The Lord looked down with mercy on me 247 00:08:37,553 --> 00:08:38,673 and saved me - 248 00:08:38,673 --> 00:08:40,561 one of the worst of the worst 249 00:08:40,561 --> 00:08:41,746 to demonstrate His grace, 250 00:08:41,746 --> 00:08:43,212 to demonstrate His power, 251 00:08:43,212 --> 00:08:45,522 to demonstrate His love. 252 00:08:45,522 --> 00:08:48,143 And the Lord's been good to me ever since. 253 00:08:48,143 --> 00:08:50,521 He's led me in paths of righteousness 254 00:08:50,521 --> 00:08:52,203 for His name's sake. 255 00:08:52,203 --> 00:08:54,586 Many struggles coming out of false doctrine 256 00:08:54,586 --> 00:08:56,862 and even giving way to sin, 257 00:08:56,862 --> 00:08:58,181 but the Lord was gracious. 258 00:08:58,181 --> 00:08:59,512 He brought me out of those things. 259 00:08:59,512 --> 00:09:01,802 He's continuing to do a work in my life. 260 00:09:01,802 --> 00:09:03,782 He saved me from the penalty of sin, 261 00:09:03,782 --> 00:09:06,665 from everlasting damnation and hell. 262 00:09:06,665 --> 00:09:08,702 I'm trusting only in Christ, 263 00:09:08,702 --> 00:09:10,684 that He came into this world 264 00:09:10,684 --> 00:09:12,013 to save sinners. 265 00:09:12,013 --> 00:09:13,202 And He took my place, 266 00:09:13,202 --> 00:09:15,932 and He bore the wrath of God on the cross, 267 00:09:15,932 --> 00:09:17,203 and He paid for my sins. 268 00:09:17,203 --> 00:09:19,973 The eye of faith can only be on one thing. 269 00:09:19,973 --> 00:09:21,888 And my eye of faith is not on myself 270 00:09:21,888 --> 00:09:23,395 or the strength of my faith, 271 00:09:23,395 --> 00:09:25,200 but it's on Christ. 272 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:26,670 The finished work of Jesus Christ, 273 00:09:26,670 --> 00:09:28,742 that He paid, He died to save me 274 00:09:28,742 --> 00:09:30,430 from all those various sins, 275 00:09:30,430 --> 00:09:31,964 and that He rose again on the third day 276 00:09:31,964 --> 00:09:34,242 victoriously triumphing over death 277 00:09:34,242 --> 00:09:35,748 and hell and all the powers of hell 278 00:09:35,748 --> 00:09:38,730 proving that He was indeed the divine Son of God. 279 00:09:38,730 --> 00:09:40,805 And the whole message of the Bible is this: 280 00:09:40,805 --> 00:09:42,382 That you don't have to be lost. 281 00:09:42,382 --> 00:09:44,374 You don't have to be in the misery of sin 282 00:09:44,374 --> 00:09:45,644 and the bondage of sin. 283 00:09:45,644 --> 00:09:47,143 That you can be set free. 284 00:09:47,143 --> 00:09:48,891 That you can be forgiven all of your sins. 285 00:09:48,891 --> 00:09:50,154 He says He'll cast your sins - 286 00:09:50,154 --> 00:09:52,051 it's like they're cast in the depths of the sea 287 00:09:52,051 --> 00:09:53,491 and He remembers them no more. 288 00:09:53,491 --> 00:09:54,981 That's the promise of the New Covenant 289 00:09:54,981 --> 00:09:57,042 that if you repent of your sins - 290 00:09:57,042 --> 00:09:59,193 that means you let go of this life, 291 00:09:59,193 --> 00:10:00,381 you let go of this world, 292 00:10:00,381 --> 00:10:02,013 and the things that you love so much 293 00:10:02,013 --> 00:10:03,552 that are not God, 294 00:10:03,552 --> 00:10:05,731 if you let go and repent and cast yourself 295 00:10:05,731 --> 00:10:07,423 completely on Christ 296 00:10:07,423 --> 00:10:08,701 and trust in Him alone 297 00:10:08,701 --> 00:10:10,401 as your Lord and Savior, 298 00:10:10,401 --> 00:10:12,202 I mean, if you give everything to Him 299 00:10:12,202 --> 00:10:13,822 and bow down to Him 300 00:10:13,822 --> 00:10:15,399 as your Lord and your Master 301 00:10:15,399 --> 00:10:16,690 and as your only hope - 302 00:10:16,690 --> 00:10:18,493 if you do that, that He will save you. 303 00:10:18,493 --> 00:10:19,691 He will embrace you. 304 00:10:19,691 --> 00:10:21,665 You'll know the infinite love of God. 305 00:10:21,665 --> 00:10:23,744 You couldn't offer me all the money in this world, 306 00:10:23,744 --> 00:10:26,082 or whatever, you couldn't offer me all the women in this world 307 00:10:26,082 --> 00:10:28,083 to go back to my life of sin. 308 00:10:28,083 --> 00:10:30,209 It's not comparable to knowing Christ, 309 00:10:30,209 --> 00:10:31,985 to the joy of knowing Christ, 310 00:10:31,985 --> 00:10:33,984 to the joy of having life in Him, 311 00:10:33,984 --> 00:10:35,143 a daily walk with Him, 312 00:10:35,143 --> 00:10:36,190 to know Christians, 313 00:10:36,190 --> 00:10:37,690 to have fellowship with Christians, 314 00:10:37,690 --> 00:10:40,370 to be able to read the Word of God. 315 00:10:40,370 --> 00:10:43,112 So my question for you today is this. 316 00:10:43,112 --> 00:10:44,844 This verse that I read: 317 00:10:44,844 --> 00:10:46,984 Are you crucifed to the world? 318 00:10:46,984 --> 00:10:48,402 Is this world dead to you? 319 00:10:48,402 --> 00:10:50,152 Or does it still capture your heart? 320 00:10:50,152 --> 00:10:51,553 Are you still living for it? 321 00:10:51,553 --> 00:10:53,409 Because when God saves a person, 322 00:10:53,409 --> 00:10:54,912 He doesn't just save them from hell 323 00:10:54,912 --> 00:10:56,280 and then they on their merry way 324 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,282 and they can live life how they want to live. 325 00:10:58,282 --> 00:10:59,300 Bless God, we're Christians, 326 00:10:59,300 --> 00:11:01,131 but we're still getting drunk every Saturday night. 327 00:11:01,131 --> 00:11:02,402 Still looking at pornography. 328 00:11:02,402 --> 00:11:04,453 He saves people to radically change them, 329 00:11:04,453 --> 00:11:06,873 to conform them to the image of His Son, 330 00:11:06,873 --> 00:11:08,112 that they would be lovers of God. 331 00:11:08,112 --> 00:11:09,452 So are you dead to the world? 332 00:11:09,452 --> 00:11:11,039 Are you crucified with Christ? 333 00:11:11,039 --> 00:11:13,282 Have you been raised up to newness of life? 334 00:11:13,282 --> 00:11:15,743 Or are you the same person you've always been? 335 00:11:15,743 --> 00:11:17,111 Because if you're the same person 336 00:11:17,111 --> 00:11:18,993 you've always been from birth, 337 00:11:18,993 --> 00:11:20,781 you're lost because you were born in sin. 338 00:11:20,781 --> 00:11:22,431 You were born alienated from God. 339 00:11:22,431 --> 00:11:24,251 And the message of the Bible is this, 340 00:11:24,251 --> 00:11:25,342 that you need to turn to God. 341 00:11:25,342 --> 00:11:27,841 Look to Him all the ends of the earth and be saved, 342 00:11:27,841 --> 00:11:29,393 for He is God and there is none other. 343 00:11:29,393 --> 00:11:30,663 There's no other Savior. 344 00:11:30,663 --> 00:11:33,252 There's no other name by which we must be saved 345 00:11:33,252 --> 00:11:34,683 other than the name of Jesus. 346 00:11:34,683 --> 00:11:36,183 And so if you let go of your sins, 347 00:11:36,183 --> 00:11:37,941 you let go of any trust in yourself 348 00:11:37,941 --> 00:11:40,872 or your baptism or any sinner's prayer that you said, 349 00:11:40,872 --> 00:11:42,623 or any false confidence 350 00:11:42,623 --> 00:11:44,050 because you did this or that 351 00:11:44,050 --> 00:11:45,464 or because you think you're a good person. 352 00:11:45,464 --> 00:11:47,034 If you let go of that, 353 00:11:47,034 --> 00:11:48,369 and come to Christ 354 00:11:48,369 --> 00:11:49,652 and trust only in Him, 355 00:11:49,652 --> 00:11:50,905 you will be saved. 356 00:11:50,905 --> 00:11:52,373 And He's mighty to save. He's good. 357 00:11:52,373 --> 00:11:53,323 He's worth it. 358 00:11:53,323 --> 00:11:54,972 God is worthy of glory. 359 00:11:54,972 --> 00:11:57,428 And it's sin not to give Him the glory. 360 00:11:57,428 --> 00:11:59,219 It's sin not to give Him the glory. 361 00:11:59,219 --> 00:12:01,030 But I praise the Lord for His grace to me. 362 00:12:01,030 --> 00:12:03,563 I praise Him for all the mercy He's shown me. 363 00:12:03,563 --> 00:12:05,409 And I pray and I plead with you 364 00:12:05,409 --> 00:12:06,782 that you would turn to Christ, 365 00:12:06,782 --> 00:12:08,261 that you would let go of your sins 366 00:12:08,261 --> 00:12:10,470 and come to Him. 367 00:12:10,470 --> 00:12:12,431 If you have concern for your soul, 368 00:12:12,431 --> 00:12:14,152 you can get in contact with Ryan 369 00:12:14,152 --> 00:12:16,023 by emailing him here: 370 00:12:16,023 --> 00:12:18,512 ryanmskinner@gmail.com