reetings, holy children of God, in the wonderful name of our lord and saviour Jesus, the Christ. The sermon subject for today is:

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE GOD, ON JUDGMENT DAY, THAT IGNORANCE OF THE LAWS OF GOD WILL BE A VALID DEFENSE? I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY SYSTEM OF LAW COULD BE EFFECTIVE, IF IT ALLOWED IGNORANCE TO BE A VALID DEFENSE. GOD HAS INSPIRED THE APOSTLE PAUL TO RECORD THESE WORDS.

2Tm:2:15: Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (KJV)

GOD INSPIRE THE PROPHET HOSEA TO RECORD THESE WORDS

Hos:4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:

THERE ARE TWO SYSTEMS OF LAW THAT MEN WILL BE JUDGED BY ON JUDGMENT DAY. THERE IS THE LAW THAT GOD GAVE TO MOSES', WHICH IS KNOWN AS "THE LAW OF SIN, AND DEATH." NO FLESH SHALL BE JUSTIFIED BY THAT LAW. AND THERE IS "LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE" WHICH IS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. A PERSON WILL NEVER COME INTO CONDEMNATION ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IF THEY WILL ABSTAIN FROM THE WORKS OF THE FLESH.

Rom:8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Rom:8:2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

SOME SINS ARE UNTO DEATH, SOME SINS ARE NOT UNTO DEATH.

1Jn:5:16: If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

1Jn:5:17: All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

THESE ARE THE BURNING OFFENCES. Rv:21:8: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. (KJV)

THESE ARE THE OFFENCES THAT IF COMMITTED SHALL CAUSE A PERSON NOT TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD, WHICH HAS SUCH MARVELOUS GIFTS AS ETERNAL LIFE, THE IMMORTAL BODY, AND THE HEAVENLY CITY NEW JERUSALEM.

Gal:5:19: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Gal:5:20: Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Gal:5:21: Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

NOTICE THAT ADULTERY IS THE NUMBER ONE SIN LISTED IN THE WORKS OF THE FLESH. ARE THERE MANY PEOPLE IN ADULTERY. TO GET AWAY FROM ADULTERY YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GET OUT OF THIS WORLD. WHAT IS ADULTERY? IF A MARRIED PERSON HAS SEX WITH ANYONE BUT THEIR SPOUSE, IT IS THE SIN OF ADULTERY. IF A WOMAN THAT IS DIVORCED MARRIES WHILE HER PREVIOUS HUSBAND IS ALIVE, THE COUPLE WILL HAVE MARRIED INTO ADULTERY.

Rom:7:1: Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

Rom:7:2: For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

Rom:7:3: So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

A MAN CAN PUT HIS WIFE AWAY FOR FORNICATION, AND REMARRY AND NOT LIVE IN ADULTERY, BUT A WOMAN CANNOT PUT HER HUSBAND AWAY FOR ANY REASON, AND REMARRY WITHOUT LIVING IN ADULTERY.

Mt:19:9: And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

ADULTERY DESTROYS THE SOUL.

Prv:6:32: But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (KJV)

THE LORD DOES NOT SAY FOR US NOT TO PLAY FOOTBALL, BOX, WRESTLE, PLAY POKER, BASEBALL, BASKET BALL HE SIMPLY COMMANDS US NOT TO COMMIT THE SIN OF EMULATIONS, WHICH COVERS ALL COMPETITION.

Gal:5:20: Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,

IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON MAKING HEAVEN YOUR ETERNAL HOME YOU, CHILD OF GOD, SHOULD GET A DICTIONARY AND LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF EACH SIN SO THAT YOU CAN AVOID THEM. LET ME ELABORATE ON A FEW OF THE SINS LISTED IN THE BURNING OFFENCES, AND THE WORKS OF THE FLESH, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN TRANSGRESSION. FOR EXAMPLE THE SIN OF ABOMINATION. HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ABOMINABLE, OR DISGUSTING, TO GOD.

Lv:18:22: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Lv:18:23: Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

BEFORE GOD CALLS US TO REPENTANCE, AND GIVES US THE WASHING OF REGENERATION, AND THE RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST, WE WERE CARNAL MINDED, AND WE ALL TRANSGRESSED THE LAWS OF GOD. FOR THE CARNAL MIND IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF GOD, NEITHER INDEED CAN BE.

Rom:8:6: For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Rom:8:7: Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

THE CARNAL MIND IS THE FLESHLY MIND OF SENSE, AND REASON WITHOUT THE HOLY GHOST. BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL SIN OF ADAM WHEN A CHILD IS BORN INTO THE WORLD HE IS ALIVE PHYSICALLY, BUT DEAD SPIRITUALLY.

1Cor:15:22: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (KJV)

THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL MUST BE BROUGHT TO LIFE.

Jn:3:5: Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (KJV)

WHEN WE, THE ELECT OF GOD, ARE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR SINS ARE WASHED AWAY, AND WE COME INTO THE PROMISE THAT WE SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST.

Acts:2:38: Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (KJV)

IT IS THE HOLY GHOST THAT ADOPTS US INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD, AND THE ANOINTING THAT HE BRINGS TEACHES US, AND BRINGS US INTO ALL TRUTH.

1Jn:2:27: But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. (KJV)

THE RECEIVING OF THE HOLY GHOST IS THE EARNEST OF OUR INHERITANCE.

Eph:1:13: In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

Eph:1:14: Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

IT IS THE HOLY GHOST THAT GIVES US THE POWER TO PREACH, OR TEACH, OR WITNESS, AND GIVES US THE POWER TO LIVE A SIN FREE LIFE.

1Jn:3:1: Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

1Jn:3:2: Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

1Jn:3:3: And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

1Jn:3:4: Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

1Jn:3:5: And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

1Jn:3:6: Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

1Jn:3:7: Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

1Jn:3:8: He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1Jn:3:9: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

1Jn:3:10: In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

IF A CHILD OF GOD AFTER HE HAS RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST, WERE TO SIN IN IGNORANCE, WHEN HE IS A BABE IN CHRIST. HE CAN CONFESS THAT SIN, AND BE FORGIVEN.

1Jn:1:9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1Jn:1:10: If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

WE HAVE ALL SINNED, BUT AFTER OUR CONVERSION WE DO NOT CONTINUE IN SIN.

Rom:6:1: What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Rom:6:2: God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Rom:6:3: Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

Rom:6:4: Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

AFTER A CHILD OF GOD HAS RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST, AND HAS COME INTO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, HE KNOWS ABOUT REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS, HE KNOWS ABOUT FAITH TOWARD GOD, HE KNOWS ABOUT BAPTISM, AND ABOUT THE LAYING ON OF HANDS, AND THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, HE KNOWS ABOUT THE ETERNAL JUDGMENT. IF HE SINS WILFULLY AFTER HE COMES INTO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, THERE IS NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR SIN.

Heb:10:26: For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

Heb:10:27: But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Heb:10:28: He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

Heb:10:29: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

Heb:10:30: For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

Heb:10:31: It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

WE, AS BORN AGAIN CHILDREN OF GOD, ARE NOT TO CIRCUMCISE OURSELVES WITH THE INTENT TO KEEP THE LAW OF MOSES, FOR IF WE DO WE WILL FALL FROM GRACE, AND CHRIST JESUS WILL PROFIT US NOTHING.

Gal:5:1: Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Gal:5:2: Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

Gal:5:3: For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

Gal:5:4: Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Gal:5:5: For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

Gal:5:6: For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

IF THE ELECT OF GOD WHEN THEY ARE SICK WILL CALL FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH, AND HAVE THEM PRAY OVER THEM ANOINTING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, THE LORD WILL HEAL THEM UP, AND IF THEY HAVE COMMITTED SIN THEIR SINS SHALL BE FORGIVEN.

Jms:5:14: Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

Jms:5:15: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

COME INTO THIS KNOWLEDGE SAINTS OF GOD, EVERY BORN AGAIN CHILD OF GOD CAN EITHER REMIT SIN, OR RETAIN SIN: THE POWER TO REMIT, AND RETAIN SIN IS WITHIN US.

Jn:20:21: Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Jn:20:22: And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

Jn:20:23: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

BELOVED SIN IS TRANSFERABLE, WHEN ISRAEL WAS IN THE WILDERNESS AARON WOULD BRING TWO GOATS BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF CONGREGATION. HE WOULD KILL ONE OF THE GOATS AS A SACRIFICE, THE OTHER GOAT HE WOULD LAY HIS HANDS ON IT'S HEAD, AND READ OVER THE GOAT ALL THE SINS OF ISRAEL, AND LAY THEM ON THE SCAPEGOAT'S HEAD.

Lv:16:21: And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

JESUS CHRIST HAS TAKEN AWAY OUR SINS.

Is:53:4: Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Is:53:5: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Is:53:11: He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.