THERE IS A VERSE OF SCRIPTURE THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU TO TURN WITH ME TO. MY REASON PERHAPS FOR GOING A LITTLE LONG IN SOME OF THESE SONGS THAT WE'VE SUNG TODAY IS BECAUSE, I LOOK AT THE MINISTERING ASPECT OF THIS SERVICE, WE'RE NOT HERE TO ENTERTAIN YOU, WE'RE HERE TO REACH OUT TO LIVES. TODAY, THIS VERSE LENDS ITSELF TO THE DESIRE OF OUR HEART FOR OUR AUDIENCE. IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 21. ACTS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 21. IT SAYS THERE, "AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS THAT WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD, SHALL BE SAVED." NOW, WHAT WHOSOEVER MEANS IS, IT MEANS GOD IS INTERESTED IN ANYONE AND EVERYONE. HEAR ME TODAY. REGARDLESS OR YOUR SOCIAL STATUS. REGARDLESS OF YOUR FINANCIAL STATUS. REGARDLESS OF YOUR RACE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR GENDER. REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING YOU CAN OFFER UP AS AN EXCUSE, GOD WANTS YOU TO BE SAVED. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. THAT PART OF GOD'S STORY DOESN'T TAKE US A LONG TIME TO TELL. BECAUSE IT IS SO SIMPLE, THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO COME BY AND COMPLICATE IT BY ADDING ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO IT, THAT GOD NEVER SAID AND GOD NEVER INTENDED. THE BOTTOM LINE TO THE STORY IS, YOU ARE THE WHOSOEVER WILL. THEREFORE GOD WANTS YOU TO BE SAVED. HE SAID, WHOSOEVER. THAT WORD "WHOSOEVER" APPEARS A NUMBER OF TIMES IN SCRIPTURE. IF I WERE TO TAKE YOU TO THE BOOK OF ROMANS TODAY, IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 10 AND VERSE 13. PAUL WRITES TO THE CHURCH AT ROME, "WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED." YES, IT SAYS THE SAME THING AS THE BOOK OF ACTS. BUT I THINK GOD IS TRYING TO GET THE POINT ACROSS, IS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE, HE WANTS YOUR LIFE. NOW WHEN I SAY THAT, SOME PEOPLE MAY GET A LITTLE NERVOUS, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, HE WANTS MY LIFE?" WHAT GOD WANTS IS FOR YOUR SINS TO BE WASHED AWAY. AND WHEN THAT OCCURS, YOU ARE BROUGHT INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD. AND GOD CAN BEGIN TO CLAIM YOU FOR HIS OWN. NOW I CERTAINLY AM NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO GET INTO THIS LIKE I PERHAPS SHOULD. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU TODAY, THAT IT'S UP TO YOU, WHETHER YOU BELONG TO GOD OR NOT. GOD DESIRES FOR YOU TO BELONG TO HIM. GOD WANTS TO BRING YOU UNTO HIMSELF. GOD WANTS TO BRING YOU INTO HIS FAMILY. BUT HE CANNOT DO THAT UNLESS YOU INVITE HIM INTO YOUR LIFE. YOU ARE THE WHOSOEVER WILL AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THESE SCRIPTURES IS, IS THAT YOU MUST CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD, TO BE SAVED. NOW I WANT TO REASSURE SOMEBODY, RIGHT HERE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR PAST MAY SAY. IF YOU CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD, THE PROMISE OF GOD IS, THAT YOU SHALL BE SAVED. THERE IS NO SIN THAT HIS BLOOD CANNOT COVER. IF YOU HAVE COMMITTED SIN, HIS BLOOD WILL COVER THAT SIN. AND WHEN IT COVERS THAT SIN, NOT ONLY DOES IT BLOT OUT GOD'S ABILITY TO SEE IT, BUT WHEN GOD LOOKS AT YOU, HE SEES THAT BLOODLINE AND HE SAYS, "THAT'S MY CHILD." AND YOU CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TODAY TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE BENEFITS THERE ARE TO BEING A CHILD OF GOD. ADOPTED INTO HIS FAMILY. AND HE COMES AND HE CARES FOR US. IF OUR EARTHLY FATHERS KNOW HOW TO CARE FOR US, I CAN TELL YOU TODAY, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS HOW TO CARE FOR US, TO EVEN GREATER MEASURE THAN OUR EARTHLY FATHERS CAN. THERE'S ANOTHER VERSE OF SCRIPTURE THAT I WANT YOU TO READ TODAY. IT'S FOUND IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, CHAPTER 20. THERE IN VERSE 15 IT SAYS, "WHOEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE." THAT WORD "WHOSOEVER," THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT WORD JUST GREW BEYOND ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE TODAY. BECAUSE YOU AND I, WHO ARE THE WHOSOEVER, IF OUR NAME IS NOT FOUND IN THE BOOK OF LIFE. HOW DOES IT GET IN THE BOOK OF LIFE? IT GETS THERE BECAUSE AS WE CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD TO BE SAVED, GOD WRITES OUR NAME IN THE BOOK. LISTEN, IF YOU'RE A BORN AGAIN CHILD OF GOD, YOUR NAME IS IN THE BOOK. IF YOU'RE NOT A BORN AGAIN CHILD OF GOD, YOUR NAME IS NOT IN THE BOOK. AND I HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME TO TELL YOU THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT. BUT I'LL RETURN NEXT WEEK TO JUST KIND OF BUILD ON WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SAID. BECAUSE I BELIEVE GOD'S REACHING OUT TO THE WHOSOEVER WILL TODAY. YOU ARE THE WHOSOEVER. SO WHY DON'T YOU REACH OUT TO HIM AS I CLOSE IN A WORD OF PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, YOU KNOW WHO IT IS TODAY THAT'S WATCHING THIS PROGRAM BEING A PART OF THIS MINISTRY WHO NEEDS YOU. HELP THEM, GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH, GIVE THEM THE GUIDANCE I PRAY, TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO YOU, CALL UPON YOUR NAME AND FIND THE WONDERFUL GIFT OF SALVATION. IN JESUS NAME I ASK IT, AMEN.