#38 - Kyle Thompson // Hear Then, O Ye That are Strangers to the Truth

In it , jesus describes a banquet host , god , who invites people to a great banquet , only for them to come up with excuses when it's time for the event . The host then sends out his servants to gather the dregs of society to bring them in to the banquet instead . All week we've been talking about this parable .

We talked about how even the poor , maimed , halt and blind get an invitation . We talked about doing everything , up to and including threatening people so that they come to Christ and call him Lord . And we talked about how some people profess Christianity but how it's essentially a lie .

And now we're here the end of the week , and what better way to end it than with Charles Spurgeon preaching a clear and blistering gospel to us all ? One last time , charles Spurgeon , hear then O ye that are strangers to the truth as it is in Jesus . Hear then the message that I have to bring you . Ye have fallen . Fallen in your father Adam .

Ye have fallen also in yourselves by your daily sin and your constant iniquity you have provoked the anger of the Most High . And as assuredly as you have sinned , so certainly must God punish you if you persevere in your iniquity , for the Lord is a God of justice and will by no means spare the guilty . But have you not heard ?

Hath it not long been spoken in your ears that God , in his infinite mercy , has devised a way whereby , without any infringement upon his honor , he can have mercy upon you , the guilty and the undeserving ? To you I speak , and my voice is unto you , o sons of men .

Jesus Christ , very God of very God , hath descended from heaven and was made in the likeness of sinful flesh . Begotten of the Holy Ghost , he was born of the Virgin Mary .

He lived in this world a life of exemplary holiness and of the deepest suffering , till , at last , he gave himself up to die for our sins , the just for the unjust , to bring us to God . 1 Peter 3.18 . And now the plan of salvation is simply declared unto you whosoever believeth in the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved . John 3.16 .

For you who have violated all the precepts of God and have disdained his mercy and dared his vengeance , there is yet mercy proclaimed for whosoever calleth upon the name of the Lord shall be saved . Romans 10.13 . That's John 6.37 , hebrews 7 , 25 .

Now , all that God asks of you , and this he gives you , is that you will simply look at his bleeding , dying son and trust your souls in the hands of him , whose name alone can save from death and hell . Is it not a marvelous thing that the proclamation of this gospel does not receive the unanimous consent of men .

One would think that as soon as ever this was preached , that whosoever believeth shall have eternal life , every one of you , casting away every man , his sins and his iniquities , would lay hold on Jesus Christ and look alone to his cross .

But alas , such is the desperate evil of our nature , such the pernicious depravity of our character , that this message is despised .

The invitation to the gospel feast is rejected , and there are many of you who are this day enemies of God by wicked works , enemies to the God who preaches Christ to you today , enemies to Him who sent His Son to give His life as a ransom for many .

Strange , I say , it is , that it should be so , yet nevertheless , it is the fact , and hence the necessity for the command of the text compel them to come in . Here's my one thing for you guys to consider you . Yes , you have an invitation to God's great banquet . Don't make any excuses , just come on in .