You can guarantee that you'll die in your sin by just being self-righteous.

Just be certain that you're not a sinner.

Just invent a lifestyle of religion that fits you.

Don't admit you need a savior.

Don't pound on your breast and say, God, be merciful to me a sinner.

Trust your works, and I'll guarantee you you'll die in your sin.

Welcome to Grace to You, featuring the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Charles Spurgeon, the renowned 19th century British pastor said this.

No one used stronger or more alarming language than our dear Redeemer concerning the future of ungodly men.

He knew nothing of that pretend sympathy which would rather let men perish than warn them against

perishing.

Such tenderness is merely selfishness,

excusing itself from a distasteful duty. Well, friend, today John MacArthur delivers a message

that does not back away from what Spurgeon called the distasteful duty. John is going to help you

see the horrible consequences of sin, consequences that you'll face if you miss out on heaven.

It's a critical conclusion to John's series called the Sinfulness of Sin.

So now here's John.

I want you to turn in your Bible to the eighth chapter of John, the eighth chapter of John.

We've all heard the expression he has nobody to blame but himself.

That is a biblical expression. It is an expression that the Spirit of God makes a number of

times in Scripture with regard to the sinner. If you perish in your sin, you have no one to blame but

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