Would you turn to Roman 16, please, this morning?

Aren't you glad you're in church today?

Stood I in jail with a hangover?

Having tore up your car last night and blew all your money and, you know, I'm understanding it's a lie

that sinners have more fun. It's a lie. You know, I'd like to find somebody having more fun than me.

I'm going to ask them how you do it because I'm going to come up some more.

But I know it's not through sin.

I said I know it's not through sin.

There is pleasure in sin for a season, brief.

The Bible says so.

But the end of it is death.

That's why the Lord tells us not to do it.

Not because he wants to spoil our fun, because he wants to spare us from death.

And how many know you can be dead while you live?

Yeah, the Bible talks about it.

Living death, that'd be a sermon, wouldn't it?

A lot of folk are in it.

But you can get out of it because God will forgive you and he'll cleanse you.

Help you get straight and stay straight.

Right?

Help you get free and stay free.

Glory to God.

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