This song is inspired by a Sermon Gem from Charles Haddon Spurgeon. The Minister’s Stock-Taking Sermon Number Five hundred sixteeen. Spurgeon Gems dot org. Go there to find Gems galore! Now listen to the Word. We know that all the people who have died have either gone to hell because they did not believe, or have gone to heaven because they did, and we know that there has never been a cross-breed between a believer and an unbeliever. A man must be either dead or alive. There is no neutral ground. You must either be on one side with those who are alive, or on the other side with those who are dead and need to be quickened. Think not to halt between two opinions. For the most part those who are said to be halting between two opinions are really of one opinion— They do not intend to serve the Lord, and they say in their hearts, “Who is the LORD that I should serve him?” Now will you do me this favor? I asked it once and it was blessed to the conversion of several. Will you take a little time alone, perhaps this evening. Take a paper and pencil, and after you have honestly and fairly thought on your own state, and weighed your own condition before the Lord, will you write down one of two words— If you feel that you are not a believer, write down this word—“Condemned.” And if you are a believer in Jesus, and put your trust in Him alone, write down the word, “Forgiven.” Do it, even though you have to write down the word condemned. We lately received into church fellowship a young man, who said—“Sir, I wrote down the word condemned, and I looked at it. There it was. I had written it myself ‘Condemned.’” As he looked, the tears began to flow, and the heart began to break, and before long he fled to Christ, put the paper in the fire and wrote down, “Forgiven. Forgiven. Forgiven. This young man was about the sixth who had been brought to the Lord in the same way. So I pray you try it and God may bless it to you. Remember you are either one or the other. You are either condemned or forgiven. Do not stand between the two. Let it be decided, and remember if you are condemned today, you are not yet in hell. There is still hope. There is still hope. There is still hope. Blessed be God, still is Christ lifted up, and whosoever believes on Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. The gate of glory is not closed. The proclamation of mercy is not hushed. The Spirit of God still goes forth to open blind eyes and to unstop deaf ears, and still preached to you. To every creature under heaven. Whosoever believes on the Son of God has everlasting life. everlasting life. everlasting life. He that believes and is baptized will be saved; he that believes not shall be damned. Believe. Believe. Believe. God help you to believe. Trust Jesus. Trust Him now. And may the Lord grant that your name may be written among the some that believe, and not among the some that believe not.
