I'm going to preach an unpopular message today,
friends, but I don't care about receiving a
collection or getting an honorarium because most folks
quit giving to my ministry years ago.
But I will give this message of God
and preach it for His glory and ask
for His assistance.
O great God, I ask You to attend
this message today by Your Spirit.
I'm bankrupt without You, Lord.
I can't do a thing apart from You.
I can't save anyone, but I can point
them to Jesus so You can save them.
Come now, O Lord, in Your pungent presence
and disturb folks, disturb those who rest upon
the sandy ground of an empty religious profession
that won't hold up and will one day
wash away with the rest of the wicked.
Show somebody here that although they are a
good church member that they are on the
road to hell.
Make your word a hammer that breaks the
rock in pieces.
Bust up every false foundation and lay them
bare and exposed before You and Your unbending
law.
Pray for some sinner to look and see
a bleeding and dying Christ on that bloody
cross.
Pray these things in the strong name of
Jesus.
Amen.
I'll never forget the elder who, when called
on to lead prayer in church, could sound
like an angel that just dropped down from
heaven.
But if you ever spent time with him
in his place of business during the week,
he talked like a devil from hell.
And I'll never forget the good Baptist deacons
I've known through the years who were covetous,
greedy men who would lie to your face
and see nothing wrong with it.
A man can do choice service at his
church for God and yet be an ungodly
man.
There are two types of people in the
world, and I'm not referring to the rich
or poor, but to the godly and ungodly.
A saved individual who is born from above
and washed in the blood will live a
godly life.
A hypocrite will talk the talk but will
not walk the walk.
You are either a godly man or an
ungodly man.
You can either be a Christian with your
lips or a Christian with your life.
And you can be an ungodly man even
if you are the chairman of the deacons.
A man who are godly will have a
respect to all God's commandments.
If a man lives in an evil way,
he is not subject to God's authority.
To live in rebellion to God is to
be condemned in the day of judgment.
Because living in a way of sin will
damn you in the end.
Because we live in a day of the
watered-down Christian.
And that's the title of my message today,
friends.
The watered-down Christian.
But one way of sin is proof enough
against a person's salvation.
Jesus will denounce the good church worker whose
heart is not right with him.
Depart from me, all ye that work iniquity.
It's high time a preacher was honest with
your soul friend.
And honest enough to tell you that if
you live in a course of sin, you
will die in your sins and surely be
cast into devil's hell.
I'm not going to candy coat it or
sugar coat it.
But like we say in the South, I
will give you the oil straight from the
can.
If there was a time in your life
where you responded to an emotional appeal by
a minister, and you accepted Jesus as your
personal savior, and you joined the church and
were baptized, and since that moment in time
you have continued to live in a way
of sin, then you can bet your bottom
dollar that you are still an unconverted individual.
Just because some pastor patted you on the
back and shook your hand and told you
that you were now a Christian won't cut
the mustard with God when you die.
If you are an ungodly man in your
daily conduct, then you are yet unsaved.
If you are an ungodly woman in your
daily conduct, then you are yet unsaved.
The modern gospel has corrupted the church in
an attempt to grow church membership.
Crusade evangelism has told multitudes they were saved
by walking down front to accept their brand
of Jesus, and they did, but their life
was never transformed.
They might have cleaned up a little on
the outside to fit in better with their
new church friends, but their hearts were never
changed.
They are ungodly individuals who just happen to
serve a lot in church.
You are either a godly man or an
ungodly man, and you cannot say with your
lips that you love Jesus and then deny
him as Lord of your life.
Psalm 125.5 declares, As for such as
turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord
will lead them forth with the workers of
iniquity.
If a man lives in a way of
sin, even if it's a small sin, he
is ignorant of the fact that little sins
are of a damning nature as well as
bigger sins.
A small bullet can kill a man as
fast as a nuclear blast.
Rebellion against God damns men.
There is more than enough rebellion in little
sins to damn them.
Proverbs 19.16 declares, He that keepeth the
commandment keepeth his own soul, but he that
despiseth his way shall die.
Like I said, you are either a godly
man or an ungodly man, saved or lost.
A saved man will be a godly man
and pursue a life of holiness.
He may be subject to some great infirmities
like Lot or David or Peter, yet his
life overall will reflect a course of godly
living.
But if he lives in a way of
sin, it is proved positive that all is
not right within, no matter how vocal he
or she is in their outward profession of
faith.
I knew a good church member who had
a public reputation as a good Christian, but
who, in the daily life of their family,
was as mean as a snake.
Sam Jones was telling the truth when he
remarked, being a Christian means quitting your meanness.
Like I said, friend, at the beginning of
this message, I was going to be true
to your soul.
I don't know if you're a saved individual
or not, but God knows if you are
or not.
Some men keep clear of great transgressions, but
if they keep away a sin in their
life, they are not godly.
Donald Trump will hold up his Bible and
say that he has never once repented, and
I believe him.
He is an ungodly man who the right
heralds as a Christian.
He takes the name of the Lord in
vain.
He cheats on his so-called wives.
He lies every time he opens his mouth,
yet multitudes of Christians embrace him and say
he is one of them.
The problem is, they are more like him
than they realize.
We live in a day of the watered
-down Christian, but you are either godly or
ungodly, saved or lost.
Which are you, friend?
Are you a watered-down Christian, or one
washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Eternity hangs in the balance.