<TITLE>06. Par 4-7</TITLE>L-4 Now, just for a few moments, not to preach, but just as I have been doing... exalting Christ. I want to use a subject of this, of: "God's Provided Way."
You know there's two ways for all things. You're aware of that, aren't you? That's your way and God's way. And you can't be in your--have your own way and be in God's way at the same time. You have to get out of your own way and--to let God have His way. Isn't that true? Now, it's either right or left.
Now, if you're going your way, you're out of God's way. And if you cease from your own way, you get in God's way. God can have His way when you cease to have your way. But as long as you're having your way, God can't have His way. So you have to go one or the other ways. So let's just let our own way drop tonight, and let's let God have His way. God has a way.

L-5 He likened here... He said to the prophet, "All we like sheep have gone astray." I like that. God likened us unto sheep. I wonder why. Anybody here ever raise any sheep? Well, you know that a sheep is the most helpless thing in the world when it's lost. It just can't find its way home at all. Is that right, sheep-raisers? And I've helped raise them myself out on the Western prairie, and herded them a many.
But notice, a sheep when it's lost... when he's lost, he will just stand and bleat. That's all. The wolves will come get him (That's all.), 'less a shepherd doesn't come to him. And that's the way it is with us, when we're lost, we're absolutely hopeless unless the Shepherd comes and gets us.
So, I'm glad tonight God has got His Shepherd over His sheepfold, aren't you? That when we call, He always hears... "And all we like sheep have gone astray." See, that's wandered out. But God laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

L-6 How that on one Man the iniquity of all the world was laid... All the sins, all the sickness, all the--all--everything that was wrong was laid upon that one Sheep, God's provided Lamb. And He took Him up to Calvary and crucified Him to be the--the--the substitute for our wickedness, and our sickness, and our transgressions, and all that we've done against, God and all we've done against ourselves, and ever... He--He was--He was God's provided Sacrifice for us, God's provided way.
Now, God has always had a way. He's got a way tonight. And God, always before He sends judgment, He always makes a way of escape. Out of every trial, God makes a way of escape. And God makes a way... Before He sends His judgment, I might say first, before He sends judgment, He always sends mercy.
And if you spurn mercy, there's nothing left but judgment, and you've judged yourself. See? You've always made your judgment.

L-7 Now, tonight when you come about Divine healing, you say, "I don't believe it." Why, you couldn't get healed... There's no hope for you. See? But you already judged yourself. And when you--when you reject Jesus Christ the Saviour and God, you don't have to be judged, you're already judged. Your attitude towards God's provided way has judged you.
It's not--it's not necessary that any man would go to hell. And God don't send no one to hell. You send yourself to hell. God's done everything in the world He can to keep you from going to hell. And yet, you determine to go to hell. You fight over every barricade God puts in your way; you just go right on over it. "I don't believe in this. And I don't believe in that. And I don't believe in this." Just headlong...
Now, there's a red light here in the city. And it turns red and green. That tells you when you can stop and go. If you run it, well, don't blame the city. They put the light up there for your protection. But if you run on through it, that's up to you. It's you--you--you brought your own judgment.


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