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Scripture: Judges 17,18 | |
| Description: Paris Reidhead preaches what could be called one of the most influential sermons of the 20th century. The real point of this sermon is an indictment of individuals and organizations practising humanism behind a mask of Christianity! | |
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Transcript of sermon - http://www.parisreidheadbibleteachingministries.org/tenshekels.shtml
PDF - http://www.parisreidheadbibleteachingministries.org/tenshekels.pdf
Few excerpts from the transcript of the sermon has been added below
""There alone in my bedroom AS I FACED GOD HONESTLY WITH WHAT MY HEART
FELT, it seemed to me I heard Him say, "Yes, will not the Judge of all
the earth do right? The Heathen are lost. And they're going to go to
Hell, not because they haven't heard the gospel. They're going to go to
Hell because they are sinners, WHO LOVE THEIR SIN! And because they
deserve Hell. BUT, I didn't send you out there for them. I didn't send
you out there for their sakes." And I heard as clearly as I've ever
heard, though it wasn't with physical voice but it was the echo of truth
of the ages finding its' way into an open heart. I heard God say to my
heart that day something like this, "I didn't send you to Africa for the
sake of the heathen, I sent you to Africa for My sake. They deserved
Hell! But I LOVE THEM!!! AND I ENDURED THE AGONIES OF HELL FOR THEM!!! I
DIDN'T SEND YOU OUT THERE FOR THEM!!! I SENT YOU OUT THERE FOR ME! DO I
NOT DESERVE THE REWARD OF MY SUFFERING? DON'T I DESERVE THOSE FOR WHOM I
DIED?"
I was there not for the sake of the heathen. I was there for the
Savior who endured the agonies of Hell for me. But He deserved the
heathen. Because He died for them. My eyes were opened. I was no longer
working for Micah and ten shekels and a shirt. But I was serving a
living God.
Do you see? Let me epitomize, let me summarize. Christianity says, "The end of all being is the glory of God." Humanism says, "The end of all being is the happiness of man."""
"" Two young Moravians heard of an island in the West Indies where an
atheist British owner had 2000 to 3000 slaves. And the owner had said,
"No preacher, no clergyman, will ever stay on this island. If he's ship
wrecked we'll keep him in a separate house until he has to leave, but
he's never going to talk to any of us about God, I'm through with all
that nonsense." Three thousand slaves from the jungles of Africa brought
to an island in the Atlantic and there to live and die without hearing
of Christ.
In the late 1700's a British planter owned an entire island in the
West Indies off the coast of South America. Several thousand black
slaves toiled in the sugar cane fields under the burning sun. The
atheist planter vowed that no missionary would ever set foot on the
island to talk about God. 3000 slaves were doomed to live and die
without hearing of Christ.
Two young Germans in their 20's from the Moravians sect heard about
their plight. They sold themselves to the British planter for the
standard price for a male slave used the money they received for their
sale to purchase passage to the West Indies. The miserly atheist planter
would not even transport them.
The Moravian community from Herrenhut came to see the two lads off,
who would never return again, having freely sold themselves into a
lifetime of slavery. As a member of the slave community they would
witness as Christians to the love of God.
Family members were emotional, weeping. Was their extreme sacrifice
wise? Was it necessary? As the ship slipped away with the tide and the
gap widened. The housings had been cast off and were curled up on the
pier. The young men saw the widening gap. They linked arms, raised their
hands and shouted across the spreading gap "May the Lamb that was slain
receive the reward of His suffering."
This became the call of Moravian missions. And this is our only reason for being...that the Lamb that was slain may receive the reward of His suffering! Amen.""
