"...God’s Not In It"

"We have rebelled against God, broken every law.
It’s not just an issue that you have sinned. The issue
is you’ve never done anything but sinned. The
Bible says in the prophets that even our greatest
works are like filthy rags before God. And because
of that, you know what we deserve? The wrath of
God. The holy hatred of God.

You say, “Now, wait a minute. God doesn’t hate
anybody. God is love.” No, my friend. You need to
understand something. Jesus Christ taught, the
prophets taught, the apostles taught this -that apart
from the grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ our
Lord, the only thing left for you is the wrath, the
fierce anger of God because of your rebellion and
your sin.

Pray for revival? You’re going to have a youth
meeting; you want God to move, but before you go
there you watch programs on television that God
absolutely despises. And then you wonder why
the Holy Spirit hasn’t fallen on a place and why
you have to create false fire and false excitement.
Because God’s not in it. God is a holy God and the
only way you and I could ever be reconciled to a
holy God is through the death of God’s own Son
when He hung on that tree.

People say the cross is a sign of how much man is
worth. That’s not true. The cross is a sign of how
depraved we really are, that it took the death of
God’s own Son. The only thing that could save a
people like us was the death of God’s own Son un-
der the wrath of His own Father paying the price,
rising again from the dead. Powerful to say, this is
the Gospel of Jesus.

How is it that so many people today profess to have
had an encounter with Jesus Christ, and, yet, they
are not permanently changed?..."

--Paul Washer
www.heartcrymissionary.com