Main Idea: If you do not accept Christ as your Savior, you will not gain the benefits of salvation.
Key Verse: “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow” (Isaiah 1:18 NKJV).
Illustration: There was a street preacher who was preaching through a megaphone. A homeless man started to heckle him by shouting, “If the Gospel is so good, then how come it’s been around for 2000 years and it still has not been able to fix the mess that the world is in?” The preacher replied, “Well, water has been around for 10,000 years, and soap has been around for 5,000 years, and your neck is still dirty. Unless you apply the soap to your neck, it won’t work. If you want the Gospel to work in your life, you have to use it.” The problem with the Gospel is not lack of availability, but lack of application.
