Order of the Concerned
The sermon emphasizes the importance of humility and being willing to be saved on God's terms, highlighting God's loving nature and desire to save people from their sins.
In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the desperate state of society, where people are becoming more distant and disinterested in God. He highlights the importance of prayer as the remedy for this situation and states that victory or defeat will be determined in the place of prayer. The preacher then poses the question of whether the audience truly knows God and emphasizes the need for repentance and belief in the gospel of Jesus Christ. He shares a personal experience of witnessing the power of Holy Ghost conviction in a town, leading to salvation and transformation. The sermon concludes with the preacher affirming that God is preparing people to be happy and that the path to salvation is not easy, but it is necessary to keep the eternal city free from sin.
Full Transcript
Our old brother came to me on the side one day, and he said to the preacher, he said, could I say something to you? And I said, sure. He said, now I've been in, I've been serving the Lord a long time. He said, I'm an old man now, and you're young.
He said, I just want to drop you a hint. He said, you can catch more flies with molasses than you can with vinegar. You have to die.
We just need, in prayer, that we should, people have heard about that before. The people all over this community, is to kill people that need it. The only, is the giver.
Why, they said, that fellow believed in a citywide meeting. We agree on this meeting, to be saved from men and women that go to, being saved. I saw a man, and this man was bumped across, then forgot, and I read a few, and I lay hold on Jesus, saying, you ought to turn him loose.
Then the sinners, want to go to heaven, but he uses, Lord, let it take over. I didn't want to be saved, but I didn't want to be done with sin. I didn't want to be done with sin, and that's what salvation is, to be done with sin, that he'd do for others what he did for you.
He'd make them willing, to be saved on God's terms. Doing the best he can, is a labor. God will send them for your husband, and then they go right on out to the same hog pen, the bin and all, because salvation, that's incidental.
You don't know my Lord. He came to save people from their sins, and he's not wrong. Says I, he'd rather send men to hell.
I, I don't think they're fixing you. He'll send to hell, with everlasting destruction, from heaviest life. He's under the very prison.
Sermon Outline
- The Importance of Humility
- The Nature of Salvation
- The Character of God
- God is a loving God who wants to save people from their sins
- God is not wrong and will not send people to hell without a reason
Key Quotes
“You can catch more flies with molasses than you can with vinegar.” — Rolfe Barnard
“Salvation is to be done with sin, that he'd do for others what he did for you.” — Rolfe Barnard
“He'd make them willing, to be saved on God's terms.” — Rolfe Barnard
Application Points
- We must be willing to die to self and be made willing to follow God on His terms.
- God's salvation is not incidental, but a labor of love that requires our willingness to surrender to Him.
- We must understand and trust in God's loving character and desire to save people from their sins.