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My friend Reg Burrows -

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he's a pastor.

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He's retired now.

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He was shaking hands at the door

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with people as they 
left one Sunday morning

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and an old lady came up to him,

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and she shook his hand.

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She said, "Oh, Mr. Burrows,

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I hope I manage to do enough

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for God to accept me."

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Now, it's very helpful to a minister

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when somebody says something like that

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because then we can understand

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just where they are in this journey

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into a living, saving relationship

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with Jesus Christ.

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A remark like that tells us

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that they haven't understood Christianity.

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They haven't understood the gospel.

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They haven't understood grace.

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They are showing their lostness.

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They think God's made a contribution,

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and then we need to make contribution.

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Then God will accept us.

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But we are saved

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by the achievement of someone else;

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by what that Person did.

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That's what saves us.

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We never manage to do enough.

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We never do.

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Because of ego and pride

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and self-pity

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and all the things that spoil our lives

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in this world.

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I've never prayed a sinner's prayer.

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Never done a zealous action.

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I need at the end of every day to say,

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"Sorry, Lord, about today."

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"Forgive another day, Lord."

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My best things, I have to say that.

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We are saved by the 
achievement of somebody else,

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who never had to say sorry 
at the end of every day.

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The lovely beauty...

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holy, harmless, undefiled.

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Separate from sinners.

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High above the heavens.

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This is extraordinary life

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of the man Christ Jesus.

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The Son of God.

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Saved by what He did.

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Christmas comes and then we have

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"The Sound of Music."

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All those lovely songs.

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And Maria in the end,

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the stern grieving widower - the Captain -

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he collapses before her

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and wants to marry her.

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And she can't get over it.

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She is just amazed.

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She's just a simple peasant girl.

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Got a good voice.

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There she is.

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And so she sings then.

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She's puzzling over why is it

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that God has allowed this fellow

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to fall in love with her?

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And she sings, and you 
remember what she sings?

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"Somewhere in my youth or childhood,

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I must have done something good."

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That's what she says, doesn't she?

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I helped an old lady over the road.

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I was kind to my parents.

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I wasn't nasty to animals.

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I was patient with people.

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God saw all that, so He 
gave me this rich dude.

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I have three daughters,

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and my youngest was born

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with the silver spoon in her mouth.

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So it all works out for her.

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She passes, goes to university,

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meets Glenn - a lovely fellow.

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Marries him, gets a job as a teacher.

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Has three children.

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She tells me the next thing,

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I say, how is it that everything

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seems to happen to you like this?

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She says,

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"Somewhere in my youth or childhood,

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I must have done something good."

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She knows it's a heresy.

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And she likes to tease 
her old man about it.

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Now the Christian doesn't think like that.

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We don't think like that at all.

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The Christian says because of everything

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that Jesus Christ did,

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God has blessed me.

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Oh, what wonderful blessings!

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I've got Him. His mercies 
are new every morning.

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His faithfulness - it's immeasurable.

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You can't see the east or west of it.

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How kind, how good, how 
patient He is with me!

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He's forgiven all my sins.

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And so a Christian, you say,

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a Christian has someone to believe in.

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We want to believe in 
such a Savior, don't we?

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I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus.

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Trusting only Thee.

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Trusting Thee for full salvation,

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great and free.

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That's the response to this amazing love.

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That Jesus had seen the file on us.

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He'd seen it. He knew.

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He knew about everything.

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The things done in darkness.

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The things that God has veiled

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from those who knows us best

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that we're so ashamed of.

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He still loved us.

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Still loved us.

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We're joined to Him

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by saving faith.

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Well now, who are you going to believe in?

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If you say no to my Savior again tonight,

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who are you going to trust in?

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It can't be Hollywood,

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after all the ugly disclosures -

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really, the foundations have gone there.

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That's hollow and ugly.

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Sportsmen?

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What figures are there?

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Philosophers? Writers?

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If you reject my Savior Jesus Christ,

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who have you got to look into?

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When you get married;

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when you get children and they're sick?

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When you've got bills to pay

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and you're getting older,

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and the grandchildren are 
quite demanding too,

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and you're getting nearer death.

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Who have you got?

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Who do you have?

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If you say no to Jesus Christ,

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who have you got?

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Look, there's this wonderful privilege.

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A Christian has someone

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to believe right into, to trust.

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You can rely on Him completely.

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I can't understand

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how anyone can hear this offer

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of what the Lord will do for you tonight

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and go away saying no.

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How can you do that?

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When He's brought you here

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and He's telling you

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of these wonderful benefits.

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These wonderful blessings and privileges.