Find Grace
Key Passage: Hebrews 4:14-15
Date: June 7, 2024
It’s full, just complete, unconditioned. We’ve had a lot of stress testing around here. That’s not like a spaceship about to land or something, you know. I don’t know. Maybe the Lord’s coming back. He made out of the trumpet, you know. We’re getting worked out here. Here we go. Good, good, good. Good deal. Good deal.
But can you imagine, just dream with me for a second. What it’s going to be like when you see Jesus? Just think about that. The one that shed His blood for you, the one that loves you no matter what.
I think it would be almost D. L. Moody described when he was filled in a special way with the Holy Spirit. He said it just felt like liquid waves of love coming through. He got to the point he found a friend’s little apartment that he was on New York Street, in New York City. And he said he had to find the apartment, just get alone. And it just felt like liquid waves of love coming through him, to the point he had to ask the Lord, “Lord, I don’t know if I can take any more.”
Maybe that’s a little resemblance of what it’ll be like when we see Jesus. We’re just known, our love for what we are. He knows everything about you. All the good and all the—well, yeah, the bad too. Still loves us just like we are. And He’s paid for our sins. We’ll see Jesus. What a day.
This is kind of the theme a little bit: Come and dying. Jesus is getting ready. Amen.
Someone said it’s like a play. I used to, in my Christian school, we’d have this group come in and train us for a play. Friday night, Saturday night, we’d have a play, trying to get people saved through it. But I was one of the guys, I’d run the lights. They didn’t want me saying lines. I mean, I couldn’t get all that right. So I’d run the lights.
And in between scenes, we would go up there and we’d change things in the dark as we could make it. You just have enough light to barely see, and you’d have to change out the props on the platform. And then you get everything set, and then the lights would come up, and everything was ready.
I think God’s kind of in the darkness moving everything. He’s getting all the props ready. You check out the Middle East and the world, what’s going on, and He’s getting all the props ready. And one day the lights are going to—Jesus is going to be the light. Amen. And He’s going to come back and get His bride, say, “Come and die.” What a blessing those truths are.
Hebrews chapter number four, if you would please. Hebrews chapter four. That was a free sermon, my goodness. Man, just got another one to come. We won’t take an offering on that one, just the second one will. And I’m teasing, of course. Hebrews 4 and…
We’re going to start in verse number 14, Hebrews 4 and verse number 14. And for a little while, I think the Lord would have us focus on this: “Find Grace.” That’ll be the title for the internet, “Find Grace.” And we’ll just focus on that a little bit. We’ve tried to focus on the promises of God this month on Saturday morning. And this is a wonderful promise found in the Word of God.
In Hebrews chapter four, if you’re there, would you say, “Amen?” Good deal. I was worried about that spaceship landing and some of those green people taking you away. You’re still here, so I’m glad for that. And we’re still good.
Would you please stand if you’re able to as we read God’s Word together? Hebrews 4 and verse number 14. Hebrews 4 and verse number 14. If you’re there, would you say amen? Good deal. Here we go.
The Bible says, “Seeing then that we have a great high priest that has passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.” That doesn’t mean you keep yourself saved. You didn’t save yourself, and you’re not going to keep yourself saved. But you’ve got something worthy of hanging on to, is what it means. Don’t walk away from it all. You’ve got something worthy to live the rest of your life for. Let us hold fast our profession. That’s not our salvation, a profession of salvation—your testimony, if you will.
Verse number 15: “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities.” Infirmities means weakness. It’s amazing. He can be touched not just with your weakness, but even the feeling—the feeling.
How many out there, be honest with you, have ever felt inadequate? How many out there feel—you ever feel inadequate? That’s what He’s talking about.
But He cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities. “I can’t be a soul winner.” “I can’t preach.” “I can’t be the wife.” “I can’t be the dad.” All those—touched with the feeling. He’s touched just by the feeling of infirmities. What the Bible says, not just your weakness, your infirmities, but the feeling of our infirmities. He cares even about your feelings. What a loving God we have. Wonderful. Just your feeling. He could be touched by the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
I think if there’s maybe a verse of scripture that we don’t fully grasp in all the Bible, this may be the greatest phrase in all the Bible—we don’t grasp it. He was in all points, all points, tempted. Just everything you can imagine, much more. You say, “Well, nobody knows that I’m going through.” Christ does. Isn’t He in all points tempted like as we are? Everything you go through. Everything. He’s been tried in that area.
Oh, I don’t want to go there too much, but poverty? Oh, yeah. He left the portals of heaven in poverty that we might be rich, Corinthians says. He understands that. Family problems? Oh, I think so. I think very, very much so. “A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country and in his own kin.” You check that out. It’s in the Bible.
Every area. Every area. It became flesh. Fleshly? Yes, even some will debate with me—they can be wrong if they want to, you know—but I think even sickness. Yeah. I mean, the Bible talks about it, “The Word became flesh, dwelt among us.” All points tempted. He’s been through what you’re going through for Him. And that’s why He understands the feelings of it. Because He’s had those feelings before—not sinful, never, never messed up one time, never an evil fault. He knew no sin. More than just not sinning, He knew no sin, the Bible says. But He was tempted in all those ways.
“But was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” Let us therefore, because of this—let us therefore, because He’s our great high priest, because He’s been through it, because He’s touched with the feeling of our infirmities, because of this—let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace.
If you’re a born-again Christian, if you’re saved, I’m glad for you; He’s sitting on a throne of grace. Those that have not been saved, have not accepted the grace of God and the shed blood of Jesus Christ, if you will, He’s sitting on the throne of justice for them. They have to come to Him on a different setting, if you will. I mean, He’s sitting on a throne of righteousness, three times holy, thrice holy. I mean, I wouldn’t want to have to come to Him if He’s sitting on a throne of justice, because all of us are condemned. But if you’re a born-again Christian, He’s your high priest. You can come to Him, and He’s not sitting on a throne of justice if you are. He’s sitting on a throne of grace. I’m thankful for that. Wow, I get to come to the throne room of grace.
Because of that, you come boldly. That’s what He’s saying. “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Raise your hand if you’ve been there. Be honest, how have you ever been in a time of need? Anybody out there have been in time? Yeah. All of us. All of us. That’s what we’re talking about, the time of need here.
Would you pray with me that God would speak to our hearts? We won’t be long, I don’t believe, today. Would you pray with me that God would speak to hearts? Lord, we sure need You. Lord, You know, we made a lot of announcements. I think they’re what You wanted, necessary. I’m excited about the fall, what You have coming for our church. Lord, for these next 30 minutes, I do ask, Father, I do beg that You would speak to us about this great truth. Lord, maybe the brevity of it would make it where it’s just long-lasting in our heart and our mind. Would You do so? This great promise You’ve given us. Would You apply it to every person here, young and old alike? And Father, we’ll brag on You for what You do. We thank You for it. It’s in Jesus’ name we ask and believe. Amen.
Thank you so much for standing. You may be seated.
Isn’t it amazing what we lose? I remember my mom, of course, when I was little, saying, “You lose your head if it wasn’t connected to your shoulders.” Anybody ever heard that? You know, it’s probably true.
How many of you—how many have you ever lost your car keys? How many of you? And it always happens when you’re in a hurry. Amen, isn’t that the truth? How many, be honest, how many of you ever lost your glasses, and the whole time they were on your head? How many have been like, “Yeah.” Now, worse off, you’ve got to be really—how many ever lost your glasses and they were on?
We lose everything. How many ever lost your driver’s license? How many ever been pulled over with a lost driver’s license? Come to the altar later on. No. We’ve all been there. We lose everything.
I never forget, I took a trip. About four of us guys leaving college, a little bit south of Chicago, driving down to Central Florida. Pretty close to a 20-hour trip. We decided this time we’re going to stop at a motel. And in the middle of the night, one of the guys said, “I ought to get something out of the car.” Well, the keys were over there. He got the keys the next morning. We could not find those keys anywhere, anywhere. We tore that motel room apart. Literally, mattresses laying against the wall. I mean, we had it all apart. Come to find out, while I was out there, he had dropped the keys in a suitcase. We were going to kill that guy, you know?
I mean, you lose everything. Here’s like frantic mode for many nowadays. How many have you ever lost your phone? “Would you call my phone so I can figure out where it is?” How many have been there before, you know?
Our daughter lost her iPhone years ago. It was in one of these big old cases. I mean, months—it was in the wintertime, and then it snowed and everything. And in one of these real good cases, she needs that. And she had already got another phone, all those things. A couple of months, a month or two later, I think snow was on it, been raining and everything. And we found it in the yard. And praise the Lord, once we charged it, it still worked. Somebody say, “Amen,” right there. I’m advertising for the case—I can’t remember the name of the case, whatever it was. It was a good one, you know. Outer box, my wife says. She knows all those things, you know.
But here’s the thing: when you lose those things, it’s a bad thing to lose your wallet. My mind goes there, you know, then you’ve got to get everything new all over—counsel, all the cards. You understand how all that goes, you know. But when you lose something, you typically start looking for it because you want to find it.
Now, would you look back at that last verse we read with that in mind? Would you look at that? Verse number 16. Would you look at that real quickly here, please? Verse number 16. He says, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may”—watch this—“we may,” what’s the next two words? “Obtain mercy.” Every word of the Bible is important, by the way, everywhere. He says here, we obtain mercy. But watch this. Then He says, and what’s the next two words there? That’s interesting. God worded it that way for a reason. He says you obtain mercy, but then He says you “find grace.”
Now, here’s what I’m trying to get at, friend. If I’m going to find it, I must look for it. Now, not necessarily talking about salvation per se here. He’s talking about us saved people. In a time of tragedy, I obtain mercy. You’re going to need it, but we all need mercy. But when it comes to grace, He said, “You find it.”
Now, here’s what happens so often in a time of need. I get some illustrations. I visited people in the hospital many a time, time of need. And I’m always amazed—we have some of the best people. I visited many, many of our people in the hospital. And I’ll come in there trying to cheer them up and encouragement to them and all that. But so often, so often, I’ll come in there and they will encourage me. I’ve had them so often say, “Well, you know, there are some good signs.”
I’ve had them often, though, have their Bible on that little stand where they bring their food in. I’ve had them often have gospel tracts on that little stand. It reminds me of Brother Fontaine before he went home to heaven. On his last stay in the hospital, he was able to lead that night shift nurse to the Lord Jesus Christ. Man, it just made his homegoing. He was so happy about that right there, as one of the last things.
But here’s the thing: I’ll go in there to encourage them, and they will point out the good things. If you will, they’ll point out the grace—a little tender grace God’s giving them.
Now, I’ll visit some who go to other churches. They don’t go to ours ever, these type of people. You know, they’re not in our church. But I’ll go there, and because they’re hurting and because they’re going through a tough time, honestly, they tend to point out every bad thing there is.
Now, here’s the thing. Here’s the thing. That’s the temptation because we’re in a time of need. But really, friend, the Bible says, “I find grace.” I must be looking for it. Like in that motel room, we turned the mattresses. I mean, we were looking in pillowcases, taking them off the pillows. I mean, we’re a bunch of young boys. We were going to find them, you know.
I’ve heard—praise the Lord, I’m not there—that some people lose their false teeth. Wouldn’t that be a bad deal right there? But they must look for it. And, friend, when you’re going through tough times, it is very important that you look for it. He says that you obtain mercy; you find grace. You must look for it. On purpose. You’re working at this thing. You’re looking for that thing. It is so vital that you look, you seek for the grace.
You know how we are. I thought about getting it on our video screen, but I did not. But I looked last night. I don’t have a blank sheet, but you can find it online: a whole size blank sheet with just one dot in the middle. They took a pen or a pencil and just put one dot in the middle of it. And they asked, “Well, what do you see?” And everybody, of course, saw the dot. The point was there’s a whole sheet of white paper, just a little bit of black. And if we’re not careful, we’ll look for all the bad, all the black dots.
But the truth here that I think God wants us to point out is you find grace. And Satan will get my mind so captivated on all the problems and all the bad things that I’m not looking for the grace.
Now, here’s a wonderful thing about it: because Jesus is your high priest, because He’s been through it, because He can be touched by the feeling of your infirmities, the grace will be there. It’s the throne of grace, and from that issues grace. And Jesus earned all the grace you need for every day of your life, friend. But, friend, I’ve got to look for it. I find the grace.
Sometimes, sometimes when I’m visiting someone in the hospital or sometimes at funerals, I try to ask the Lord—sometimes you can, sometimes you can. I want to be appropriate and the best I can be for the family or whatnot. But sometimes I can challenge, and often they’re already doing it before I mention it, but I can challenge them: “Hey, during this time, if you look, there’ll be little tendrils of mercy, little graces God’s given you.”
I’m shocked when I talk to people how often they’ll say this is amazing. Often I’ll hear this at funerals so often. You know, I think they knew. They’ve said this to me or they’ve said this to so-and-so, and they kind of knew they were nearing the end. And those people so often, they’ll tell me stories of little things God has done during the time of the passing of their loved one. And they’re looking for that grace. And God’s given them these little fingerprints of grace all over the place. And it’s so key that they look for it.
I was able to meet with a mom this week whose young daughter, in her 20s, passed away a couple of months ago. Very tragic. Can you imagine a mom losing a daughter in her 20s? And, of course, she’s grieving justifiably and grieving very much. But she said this: She said, “You know, the last thing we said to each other through text,” she said, “I said, ‘I love you,’ and she sent back, ‘I love you too.’” And then, without a conversation, she said, “You know, I’m one of those people. They might call me a pack rat, but I keep everything.” I mean, she said, all my kids—she said, if I remember right, I think she has the hair from her daughter’s first haircut years and years ago. Got a little piece of hair. I mean, she kept all the cards and everything.
And here’s the thing: I was able, and she allowed me to, I said, “Look, that’s grace God’s giving.” And it’s just a little bitty thing: the last thing you said to each other is, “I love you.” And the good thing is this mother, who is just totally grieving and understandably so, she was willing to look for the grace in the midst of terrible tragedy.
Now, the promise—we’re trying to preach on promises this month. The promise is if you look for it, God will always have the grace. It may be just a little strength you need, but it will always have the grace you need to make that next step. You always will. There’ll never come a second of your life where God—you say, “I cannot handle that.” If that would happen, no, you can’t handle it now. But if it does happen, God will give you the grace right in hand. But here’s my challenge: Would you look for it? You obtain mercy, but you find grace. So important.
Now, so we find that—we talked for just a little bit—you’ve got to look for something you’re finding. Let’s just talk about one other thing, and we’ll go eat somewhere. Amen. That’s always… I just got everybody on board who said, “What are you going to eat for lunch?” Would you say it? Just say it out loud. I’ll count to three. Here we go. One, two, three.
“Don’t know.” I thought it was a donut. It was a “don’t know.” All right. That’s a young man, he’s being honest. I thought, “Man, donuts for lunch.” Don’t know. That’s what it is. All right. I got it.
All right, let’s look back just a little bit. Look back at verse number 14, if you would, please. Verse number 14. Hebrews 4. Look at verse number 14. “Seeing then that we have a great high priest.” In the Old Testament, there was a high priest—Aaron and so on—but this is a great high priest that has passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God. “Let us hold fast our profession.”
Now, it’s very interesting. He says that He has passed into the heavens. In the Old Testament, one time out of the year, the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, but one day of the year, the high priest, they would have a sacrifice, and the high priest would take the blood of that lamb. Now, daily, actually, morning and evening, there’s an inner part of the tabernacle I could call the Holy Place. And the first part of it, really what we call the Holy Place, it’s divided by a huge veil, all right, very thick veil. And the high priest every day would go in there, and the table of showbread on this side would be, and then the altar of incense, and the table of showbread over here and the altar of incense. And I’m drawing a blank over here on this side. Somebody help me out. Menorah—that’s a candlestick. Maybe that is what we’re looking for, the candlestick over there, the candlestick, thank you.
And he would go in there every day, morning and night. He’d trim the candles and take care of the meal that was there and all that. But once a year, this high priest, only the high priest, he would take this blood and he would enter into the Most Holy Place—it’s actually the way the Bible words it. And inside that was the Ark of the Covenant. Over top of that is what we call the mercy seat. It has two cherubim coming out. And God dwelt there in a special way. Very sacred time.
Actually, there were bells on the bottom of his garment, we think. Now, as long as they heard the bells ringing, they knew he was living. If he entered in there being sinful, he would not live. Some say—I don’t know if they could prove it from the Bible—some say there was actually a rope tied to him so they could drag him out if he were to die. But they would go in there, the high priest would, and he would take that blood, and he would sprinkle that on the mercy seat seven times. Okay?
Now, here’s the thing: this earthly tabernacle was made after the pattern. God let Moses—Moses was in charge of the building program of the tabernacle—and God let Moses see the pattern. That’s the actual Bible word, pattern. In other words, that’s the real tabernacle in heaven, right?
Now, here’s the thing: when Jesus, our—not just high priest, but our great high priest—shed His blood on the cross, the sacrifice, He actually was our high priest and our sacrifice. He took His very own blood and He went into the heavens where the real tabernacle is, if you will. And He entered into the Most Holy Place and He sprinkled His own blood.
But interesting: without the blood applied to the mercy seat, there was no remission of sin. And it was interesting when Cain killed Abel and his blood was talking. Very interesting about blood. The life of the flesh is in the blood. But Jesus takes His own blood and He applied it to the mercy seat, the real mercy seat in heaven. And now, when I’m born again, I’m saved, God views me—God the Father views me—through the mercy seat where the shed blood of our great high priest is.
Now, if you remember when He died on the cross, what happened? That thick veil, so very strong. I mean, a strong man, whoever the strongest guy, you couldn’t tear this veil. But when Jesus died and shed His blood, what happened? The veil was rent from top to bottom. Why is that? That pictures that we now, through Christ, who are born in the family of God, are priests and kings through Christ, Revelation one talks about that. And now I can enter into the Most Holy Place on my own because my great high priest went and shed His own blood. It wasn’t every year like they did in the Old Testament; though, He did it once for all, and His shed blood was the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world. That satisfied the righteousness of the Father.
And so the veil is rent in twain, so you and I, if you are a born-again Christian, you can come boldly unto the throne of grace. Why? That you may obtain mercy and what? And the next two words? Find grace.
Now, I want you to notice the context here is about prayer: “Come boldly to the throne of grace.” So here’s the thing: more often than not, you’re going to find the grace you need in prayer, in you coming to the throne of grace. Yes, you must look for it physically. Yes, often God’s already answered your prayer, and I’m looking at all the negative; I never see it. But, friend, if you’re going to find the grace you need for your life, you must, you must be a prayer warrior. God’s people always travel the farthest and the fastest, the surest way, on their knees. Victories and grace that comes down, it happens because of Christians going to the throne of grace.
Now you can come boldly. You don’t have to be in fear. It’s the throne of grace, and we have a great high priest that’s already shed His blood, so we have the right to come boldly. And if you’re going to find the grace you need for Him, you must, you must be a man or a lady of prayer.
Here’s what happens. Listen to me, here’s what happens. We go through a time of need. Some things happen, and maybe you have past issues, and it just throws you into a fit—some call it you get triggered. Different things, different scenarios. Maybe you’re in a time of need. And here’s the thing: the temptation at those times is to revert back often to our fleshly measures.
I think of a man in our church years ago—I can’t even remember the individual—but I remember he was trying to overcome smoking. And he was doing good until he went to a funeral. He got nervous, got triggered a few ways; he had a loved one that had passed. And he reverted back to his natural [state].
Now, so many people, when they go through a time of need, they revert back to worrying all the time. Come on. That’s the sin. Some revert back to complaining all the time. It’s a horrible lifespan. You don’t want to be a bad-mouthing Christian. Sometimes I find preachers—I’m talking about us, you know. A preacher can talk about a preacher, but a bad-mouthed preacher, how bad his life is, how poor he is, and all this. I’m like, forget all that, praise the Lord. Typically, the guy’s bad-mouthing all the time; he’s a little manipulative. You check it out. Typically, that’s true. Everything’s bad, bad, bad, bad.
But here’s the thing: when you get in a time of need, you’re going to be tempted to get in your fleshly mode. Sharp tongue. “I can say whatever I want because I’m in a bad mood.” Friend, that’s not going to fly when you stand before the Lord. You understand that. But here’s the thing: you don’t have to revert to fleshly measures at those times. At those times, it’s so important that you go to the throne of grace and you look for grace in prayer.
That is the most important time ever that you pray. “Lord, You’ve got to help me through this time.” Someone I talked with this week, and we were talking about guilt—and there’s a difference in conviction and guilt, friend. Conviction is when the Holy Spirit convicts you, and you need to get that thing right, and you go to the Lord, “Lord, I’m sorry,” and you confess it, you did everything you can to get it right. That’s conviction; that’s good; that’s right. The Holy Spirit does that; your conscience does that. But then there’s guilt. You’ve already done all that, but you’re still just guilt-ridden.
And they said, “I battle guilt.” And they said, “It helps me so much when I’m battling guilt that I go to the Lord and say, ‘Hey, Lord, if this is false guilt, would You take it away? I’m willing to get things right, but this is just false guilt. Would You please take it?’” And they say, “I’m amazed.” Typically, when I enter into spiritual warfare and I pray for grace during that time, I say often 30 minutes later or something like, “Wow, it’s okay. I got past it.” Now that’s what goes on: when you’re at a time of need, you find grace where? At the throne of grace.
It’s amazing in our world how many fleshly things Satan offers us. Pornography. A lot of men do pretty good till they get to a time of need. Food—I like food, amen, I talk about it often. I put that into practice. Sometimes just food binging, just because. I’ve already mentioned worry. Some will go and then—I’m not saying social networking is the sin—but they’ll be on social networking for three, four, five, six, seven, eight hours a day because they can escape reality a little bit.
But, friend, here’s what I’m saying: there are times of need, and that’s when He has the grace you need. But I must, I must go and look for that. And the place you look for that is at the throne of grace in prayer.
It’s amazing. We don’t have time to get into it, but how many Noah and Moses and others in the Old Testament found grace? Noah, it was a wicked, sinful, violent day and time. Even the imagination of the thought was evil continually. And yet, and yet Noah went to the throne of grace and he prayed, and he found grace in the sight of the Lord. And through that, God used him to save the human race.
Now, when the battle’s on, that’s so key. So often that determines what God can or will do through your life—what we do during that moment. Every single time you’re ever there, the grace is always available. Always. But I must look for it. And I look for it most often through prayer. It’ll always be there. “Now, my situation, you know, I say, ‘You don’t know my situation. I don’t have no money and bills and whatever.’” He’s always there, but I must look for it in prayer. Seeking—it’ll be there. But I must look, find, find, find grace.
There was a lady years ago sitting in a church. And it was back in the day, summertime, before we had the luxury of air conditioning. Amen for that luxury right there. I’m glad I live in the dispensation of air conditioning. That’s a wonderful thing right there. And the doors were open. And she’s sitting in their little church. And she said a bird flew in that church. And it flew in those open doors. They got it inside, and it could not get out. It was flying around the rafters, trying to get out, just searching and looking. And she was sitting there, and she’s doing what you’re doing. She wasn’t listening to the preacher; she was watching the bird, you know. And the bird was flying all around. And she’s just watching that bird frantically, just frantically flying around. And finally, she said that bird landed on a rafter. And when it landed on one of the rafters, it just kind of calmed down just long enough for it to see that door. And then, of course, it flew down and flew out to freedom. And she said when it got out to freedom, you could hear it just kind of singing away, “Hey, I’m free.”
And, friend, we run to everything in the world—fleshly measures—and the grace is there. But, friend, so often I need to just rest on the rafter and look for the grace. It’ll always be there. And through Christ, freedom to His grace.
Would you bow your heads and close your eyes, please?
Heads bowed, eyes closed. If you’re there this morning, you say, “Preacher, God spoke to my heart. I need to do better about looking for the grace. My eyes and my mind get on everything else besides the grace. Now I’m going to do better, by the grace of God, I’m going to be looking for the grace in time of need.” God spoke to my heart about that. If that’s you this morning, you’re saying, “Preacher, I’m going to be looking for the grace more.” God bless you. I’m with you. I need to work at it also. God bless you. So many hands. So many hands. Thank you for that. Thank you for that.
Maybe you hear this morning, you say, “Preacher, I need to pray. I need to get to the throne of grace and look for the grace in time of need. When things are going on, whatever that time of help it is, I’m going to go to the throne of grace. I’m going to be working to pray. I want to be a man or lady of prayer during those so important moments.” God spoke to my heart about that. I want to go to the throne of grace during those moments. I want to look for the throne of grace during that time. You slip up your hand. God bless you. So vital, so vital, so vital. Oh, it’s amazing how we get in such a bad mood and we become bad testimonies for the Lord because we’re not going to the throne of grace during those key times. God bless him, many, many hands.
You hear this morning, you say, “Preacher, there was a time when I went to Jesus Christ and I accepted what He did, His sacrifice as my way to heaven. I put my faith in what He did when He shed His blood and applied it, and I put my faith in Jesus Christ. I’ve accepted Him as my way to heaven. I’ve been saved before.” If that’s you, whether I ask by a nice close, “Preacher, I’ve been saved before. I know that I’ve settled that.” Many, many hands. Thank you for letting the Lord work in your heart, and you’re just being honest with me about that. Thank you so much. And put your hands down.
Maybe you hear this morning and you said, “To be honest with you, I don’t know. I don’t know that I’ve made Him my high priest. I don’t know that I’ve accepted what He did on the cross and His shed blood is my way to heaven. I’m not born again. I’m not on the way to heaven.” Friend, I’m not going to call you. I’m not going to embarrass you. I’d love to pray for you. If you hear this morning, say, “Preacher, I’m not saved. Preacher, I’m not saved. I haven’t made Jesus my high priest.” Anyone like that? Anyone like that? He’d love to save you. You’re not sure heaven’s your home. You’re not sure you’re going to heaven. Just lift your hand up. Anybody like that? Just slip it up.
In just a moment, we’ll stand. We’ll have a word of prayer. Even if you’re a young person, you don’t know that heaven’s your home. You’re not sure that you’re going to heaven when you die one day. If you come down front, there’ll be a man standing down front here in the middle. There’ll be a man in the back if you’re ready to go to the back. You’ll go shake his hand. He’ll take the Bible and from the Bible show you how you can know for sure you’re going to heaven. You can make Jesus your high priest, the greatest thing you ever done. You’re saved already. Let’s look for the grace and let’s look forward at the throne of grace.
Would you please stand? Would you please stand? We’ll have a word of prayer. We won’t be long. Would you come as we sing? Father, thank You so much. Jesus, You understand. You’ve been through it all. You can be touched even by our feeling by infirmities. Thank You, Father, Your throne is a throne of grace. Thank You. We can obtain mercy. We can find grace. Help us to do so, Father. Bless our people these few minutes. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Original File: Find Grace - Pastor Paul Chisgar - Sunday AM 82921