<TITLE>10. Par 30-32</TITLE>L-30  I wonder tonight, friend, while we're a group of people maybe facing each other for the last as mortals, if you should die tonight, who would stand for you: your church, your pastor, your mother, your father? Let me introduce you to One. If you'll stand for Him tonight, He'll stand for you then. Think of it while we bow our heads just a moment for prayer.
And just before we have this prayer, I want you to be real honest, young and old. And the sacredness of this minute, have you never met Him face to face and spoke to Him about your sin, and know that He has forgiven you of your sins? You may have joined church. That's all right. You may have been baptized according to your creed or whatmore. You might know all your catechism. And you might be a very good scholar of the Scripture, but do you know Him? If you don't, will you be real honest now with God? And if you haven't, and God is speaking to you now, God the Holy Spirit which is present, if He's speaking to you now, saying, "Child, you know you're wrong. If you have a heart attack tonight and die, you know you couldn't stand in My Presence. Accept My Son now."...
And by raising up your hands, just say, "God, remember me. I want Your mercies now. And by my hand I mean that I'll stand for You if You'll help me now." Will you raise your hand, all over the building? God, bless you, you, you. The balconies to my left, up here, raise your hand. "God, be merciful." The balconies to the right--rear, would you raise your hand, someone, and say, "God, be merciful"? The balconies to the right...
Now, don't be ashamed. If you... God bless you, sisters.
"If you're ashamed of Me before men, I will be ashamed of you before My Father and the holy angels." Think of it. No matter how good, how much you've done; that won't mean one thing in the Presence of God. You either stand for Christ or you don't stand for Christ.

L-31  Some twenty or thirty hands has been up. Would there just be some more, just for a moment? While we have our heads bowed, I'm going to ask the organist if he'll give us just a little chord on the organ. Let Christians pray. God bless you here, sister. Let no one look; just keep your heads bowed. Now, friends, in the Presence of God, knowing this, that someday I'm going to have to stand right by His side and give an account for the message tonight, and you will too, I'm offering you tonight by the grace of God, Jesus Christ, Who takes away all the sin of the world. Would you stand for Him tonight, that He would stand for you on that day? God bless you, sir, over there. That's good.
Someone else who'd raise your hand and say, "God, be merciful to me." Now, it's up to you. God bless you, sir. That's a good stand. God, bless you up here, sister, young woman. God bless you, sir, back there. God sees your hand. Be merciful to me, O God. I really need you.

L-32  I want to say something, with your heads bowed, everybody praying. No one knows, young or old, when you're going. But it was appointed unto man once to die, and then the judgment. Would it not be sad if you got up there and found out that you'd been wrong?
God bless you here, lady. He'll see your hand. I'm just waiting a minute. Don't be calloused; be soft in heart. You know the world's... The so-called church has pulled it's heart through old television programs, and radio, and uncensored program, and read old "True Story" magazines till their heart's just as calloused and black: no more tenderness, no more tears. Women can't blush no more. There's no more shame before men. Isn't it a pitiful time? But this has to come just before certain-certain sputnik does it's work. God said it would. Oh, if you're in that condition tonight, sinner friend, press your way beyond that and accept Jesus.


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