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them to be filth, that I may gain Christ”. That was a believer

speaking. You might say to me, ‘I thought that when he was

converted he would have gained Christ’. Yes, in

one sense, but not in this sense. In other words, it is a great

turning point in a believer’s life when he has one blessed Man

before him, and that is Christ, and his joy and hopes are

connected with a Man in the glory. What spiritual wealth have

you got? What will you take into eternity? Dear young people,

if you were to be taken out of the body tonight, would you

leave everything? Thank God there are scores of people in

this room tonight who will take everything with them. They will

take the knowledge of Jesus, they will take the love of God,

they will take spiritual wealth. I trust one thing they will leave

behind them will be a testimony to the Man who redeemed

them and brought them to God.

May all of us reach these turning points. They are vital.

Christianity is a vital thing. May God just use this word to bless

us, bless us here, young and old tonight, for Jesus’ sake.

Amen.

Preaching at Grimsby

19 September 1982