Thank you for coming. I pray the Lord will undertake for us this evening as we preach the wonderful gospel of our Saviour and Lord. This morning, I was sitting in the seat there and Bert was on the same subject. When Sam got up, he was on the same subject and I said, I'm not going to have any messages left. I thank the Lord, the Lord has undertook and we pray that he'll continue to undertake. My thoughts this morning, all week, was how to make the gospel easy. Because the scripture tells us that even a child should be able to understand it. And it's only man that makes it. awkward to understand and that's my heart's desire this evening that we make it even a child who will be listening tonight would understand it. So could we commence our reading in Leviticus chapter 11 and you were saying that's a strange place to preach the gospel but this is where the Lord has led me. So when you find the place then we'll just ask the Lord to help us at this time in the word of prayer. Father we just thank you and praise you once again and we thank you for your word, for the word is truth. Father we pray that you would take the clear lips tonight, help us and that we would give thee the glory and all the praise. But it's our heart's desire to see souls one for Thee, Lord. And it's You it saves, no man. And we pray that, Lord, that You'll take these words and it'll be used to bring men and women and boys and girls to know Thee as Lord and Saviour. We give You thanks in the Saviour's name. Amen. One of Leviticus and as we know the name is derived from the tribe of Levi. They were the priest nation at that time. Moses was the author of the book and the key words of Leviticus is access and holiness. The theme is how can sinful man approach a holy God? The word holy occurs over 80 times in Leviticus. And it speaks of a holy God and a holy people. And that's what God wants. He wants holy people. We know that he's talking of Israel here, but he's looking to save men and women. That's why he sent his son into the world, to save sinners. I want to read a few of these verses here, and then we'll ask the Lord to continue with us. Verse 1, The Lord spake unto Moses, and to arms, saying unto them, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts that shall ye eat. Nevertheless ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or them that divide the hoof. As the camel, because he chews the cod, But divides not the hoof, he is unclean. And the coney, because he chews the cod, But divides not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. And the hare, because he chews the cod, But divides not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. And the swine, though he divides the hoof, And be cloven-footed, yet he chews not the cod. He is unclean unto you. And as we're reading through these verses we're seeing the unclean animals in it. In verse 9 you'll see that these shall ye eat of all that are in the waters whatsoever has fins and scales in the waters and in the seas and in the rivers. Them shall ye eat And all them that have not funds and scales in the seas and the rivers, of all that moves in the waters, and of all any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be abomination unto you. And so we come down into verse 14 because I don't want to spend too much time. And it's verse 13. And these are they which shall have abomination among you, among the fowls, they shall not be eaten. Their abomination, the eagle, the osprey, the vulture, the kite, and after his kind, every raven after his kind, the owl, the night hawk, the cuckoo, the hawk and his kind, and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl, the swan, the pelican, the geared eagle, and the stork, the heron, and after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. All fowls that creep going upon all fours shall be abomination unto you. Yet these may ye, of the every flying creeping thing that goes upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, to leap with all upon the earth, even those that you may eat, the locust of his kind, the bald locust of his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. And so you see the different animals that were allowed to eat. This comes down to verse 29. These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise, and after his kind, the ferret, the chameleon, the lizard, and the snail. All these were unclean to the people. And there was a reason for that. And then there was the carcass. Some of them, they couldn't even touch the carcass of the animal because they were unclean. So we find in Leviticus from chapter 11 to chapter 15. Chapter 11 we find the food. Chapter 12 we find the birth. Chapter 13 and 14 we find the diseases. Chapter 15 we find the body functions and this speaks of separation and defilement. Brahm was talking about it this morning, the stomach. And it's bringing into the people that they must have discernment, must be exercised in these things. The dietary, when you look at the dietary change, the dietary under the law was different from the dietary under grace. And we knew it did change. I want you to go verse 44 with me of the same chapter. And this is what the Lord says, For I am the Lord your God, you shall therefore sanctify yourself, and you shall be holy. For I am holy, neither shall you defile yourself with any manner of creeping things that creepeth upon the earth. For I am the Lord that bringeth you out of the land of Egypt. To be your God you shall therefore be holy. For I am holy. This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the water, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth. to make a difference between the unclean and the clean and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. So there is a spiritual principle being applied here as well. And it goes to our time when we are said it's a permanent spiritual thing. If you look at 2nd Corinthians chapter 7 verse 1, and I'll read it out for you here. It says this, Having therefore these promises dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. So these animals there, it was all laid out, God laid them out, he was holy and he wanted a holy people. In Luke chapter 7, Luke 7 verse 14, we find that the Lord met the woman and lost her son, the only son, the widow woman. And as he came through the gates, the Lord touched the briar with the dead body on it and he raised the widow's son. We find in Acts 10 and 14 where Peter dreamt of the sheep that came down from heaven three times and he was told to eat and he said not so Lord, not so Lord, I've never eaten any unclean. We find that the change had come from the dietary But the spiritual principle has still applied and that's what I'm trying to bring out this evening and by the help of God that we may get it. A long time ago I brought a wee message to the children here in the back room and that's what I'm going to use tonight. And I'm going to expound it a wee bit more further. It was a poem about Robert Burns, about the mouse. And the mouse is an unclean thing. Robert Burns wrote this poem in 1785 when he was ploughing to disturb the mouse's nest. Moses mentions the mouse as an unclean animal, and we have just read it. as certain animals to be clean and others to be unclean which gave the Israelites a continual reminder of the difference between holiness and sin. Every time they seen the unclean animal they knew their condition was of sin. Every time they saw an unclean animal they reminded their own sinful nature. We inherited a sinful nature from Adam and Eve. They disobeyed God in the garden. Eve could only say that the serpent beguiled me. Adam could only say that the woman gave me to eat. Today we make the same excuses and I want to say to those that are listening and those that are watching the internet tonight, what's your excuse tonight? Why haven't you accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior because you're a sinner? You come into the world as a sinner and if you die in your sins you go to a sinless hell. Why haven't you accepted the Lord as your Lord and Saviour? See the mouse is mentioned six times in the Bible. Only six times is it mentioned. In scripture it's a powerful picture of sin. It's unclean and sin is moral uncleanness. While certain animals are found in some parts of the world, the mouse is to be found everywhere. So it's universal. And sin is universal. For all have sinned. I came short of the glory of God. See, man's nature is what the Bible calls flesh. And flesh is sinful. I want you to come with me and keep your hand here and look like this. I want you to come with me to Galatians chapter 5. Galatians chapter 5 please. And so we know in the world there's a battle going on. Paul says here in chapter 5 verse 17. For the flesh lusts against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary to the one to the other so that you cannot do the things that you would. It's a terrible battle going on but if you be led of the spirit you're not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifested which are these adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, adultery, witchcraft, hated, viruses, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, and heresies, envies, envying murderers, drunkenness, revelings, as such like of which I tell you before, as I often told you in the time past, they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Now we can't put it any plainer and any clearer than that. That's what God's word tells us. You're a sinner and you have to be saved. You're a sinner and you have to be cleansed. And the only way you can get cleansed is by the precious blood of our Saviour and Lord, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord said to Nicodemus, you must be born again. You must, there's no other way. You must be born again. You must accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Because if you die in your son, you'll go to hell in your son. Because you're already condemned. The scent is universal, for all have scent. We find that Robert Burns described the mouse as sleeker. Well that's a wee Scotch word that means sneaky. You know the devil is sneaky. He's a sneaky boy who puts up on you. and he gets you doing things that you don't want to do. But the unsaved guy, he doesn't know anything about that. He doesn't know anything about that until he hears the word of God. Like you and I. The devil will sneak it with us. So it is a sneaky thing. Eve said she was beguiled. Beguiled means deceived. 1 Timothy 2 tells us that Adam was not deceived. Eve was the transgressor. She was deceived. Adam knew what he was doing. He was going to go take the apple as Eve's done because He loved his wife. What about you tonight? What's stopping you tonight? Do you know what you're doing tonight? You're not accepting Christ because of your wife? You're not accepting Christ because of your husband? You're not accepting Christ because of your family, your job, your mates. Do you know what you're doing? When you hear the Word of God, it tells you you must be born again. You must accept Him as your Lord and Saviour. In Revelations chapter 13, there's wee beasties here as well. and they're slick as beasties. In Revelations 19 and 20 you'll see the Antichrist and the false prophet. In Revelations 19 and 20 you'll see they're getting put into the lake of fire. The Antichrist and the false prophet. In Revelation 20 and 2 you'll see the dragon and the serpent and the devil and the Satan who are the one and the lake of fire. The mouse is sleeker the same as the devil is sleeker. It darts quickly here and there and gets in before we know it and you're doing things you don't want to do and you're saying things you don't want to say and you're going places you don't want to go. Ephesians 6 verse 16 says this, above all taking the shield of faith. Why? Why do we take the shield of faith? For faith cometh by hearing, and it is hearing by the word of God. Wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. Friend, tonight, if you're not saved, you're hearing the word of God. Not me. It's what the word of God tells you. You must be saved. you must be born again. Faith cometh by hearing and by hearing by the Word of God. The devil snows so sneaky, so sneaky he doesn't give you any chance. Scripture tells you he's like a lower lion devouring all in his path. If you'd seen a lion come, you wouldn't belong getting out of his way, would you? That's what the Lord Jesus Christ is telling us. The Lord is telling us. Except to be born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God. See mice, mice breed rapidly. One undisturbed pair in a house, within a year, there may be about 400 of them. Same with sun. Sun bleeds rapidly. And the only way you can get rid of the sun You must weed them out. The blood of Jesus Christ tells us, cleanses us from all sin. Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin. 1 Corinthians 6-9 tells us this. You've got the same lust that I read out to you in Galatians. Paul says, You are the same. But you're washed. But you're sanctified. But you're justified. Sins taken away. When you used to drink, you stopped drinking. When you used to smoke, you stopped smoking. When you used to swear, you stopped swearing. When you used to steal, you stopped stealing. When you used to go to the places you shouldn't go, you stopped going. The shedding of blood. You know, sadly friends, I have to say this. We're saved in this hall and there's others saved throughout the world. But the blood can take away a son. but it cannot take away the consequences of sin. Mice are destructive and do great damage. You know, when I was talking about the sin breeds rapidly, I was thinking of our brother this morning speaking about David. David discovers As David discovered when he sinned with Bathsheba, one look, one look multiplied into adultery, lying, murder, trouble in his own home that lasted for the rest of his life. Sin wrecks your life. Wrecks it. Go and see the drunkard in the street. Out of his mind with drunk. Go and see the gambler. It's lost his wife and his family. No friend, sin is a terrible disease. And yet, sun is so destructive. Yet, men love sun. Before we were saying we loved our sun, didn't we? Although it wrecks your life, and if you die in sun you go to hell, It's so attractive. Man loves it. Same as he loves his darkness, the darkness. And when light comes in, he hates it. You get saved and go and ask, tell your family that you get saved, you'll soon find out. I'll tell your workmates, you'll soon find out. It's so destructive. And yet it's so attractive. But you know, brothers and sisters, sin fascinates, but it assassinates. For the wages of sin say this, the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life. that assassinates, it ruins our life. And it should, because there's a way out. See, all dying Adam, my brothers, sisters, you do know that this evening, all live in Christ. What a saviour we have this evening. And this is what I'm trying to bring you to, through a simple word, Mice must be dealt with or else you'll overrun your home. Me and I know about this. We were a wee single then and we were away the weekend and we'd come back. In the school we had a cooker and we kept the bacon in the bottom drawer and me says we'll make ham and eggs and we'll have a bite to eat. and we pulled open the bottom door and it wasn't a hundred mice that came out, it was a hundred and forty that came out because it was an old house, an old building and we were working at it and then they all disappeared and then when it was quiet they all came back and that's what sound does to you and it needs to be dealt with You need to deal with them and get them out because if you don't, they'll put you out. And that's what sin does to our life. It'll put us down and put us out. So for quality of life, the Lord Jesus Christ went to the cross for you and for me. He loved us. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. If you want life, you need to get rid of the Son. And only Jesus Christ can effectively eradicate Son. Isn't that a strong word? Eh, eradicate. Do you know what it means? It means to root out and destroy completely. Tonight, every believer is in Christ and we are complete in Him, isn't it? The wee chorus sings a complete, complete, we are complete in Him. He roots it out completely. Oh yes, we're not sonless, but we have an access to go and confess our sin. But all that sin has been taken away from Adam. Your son, if you're not saved, is stolen. building up and building up and building up and building up and if you approach the great white throne all you'll be asked is what you've done with Christ. What are you going to say when he's standing judging you? The blood of Jesus Christ tells us in 1 John 1 and 7. The blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, whose Son, God's Son, cleanses us from all sin. And you are rejecting that. You want to stay in your sin. You want to die in your sin. And you go to hell on your son. And you don't need to. But God has made provision to his beloved son. Accept him as your Lord and Saviour. Confess your sins. You know you can confess before a man. You can get down on your knees. What's we done? I done? Me done? Is that what St. Hubert done? Johnny? We're down on our knees and ask the one in our hearts, it's easy as pie. Why go to this terrible place? It's been prepared for the devil and his angels. John 3 in 3 says, Jesus says to Nicodemus, I repeat it again, you must be born Again. Never mind this wee sleeket. Sneaky boy. It goes on. I want to take you to that terrible place because that's where he's gone. To take you with him. Calvary's Cross, where our Saviour bled and died for mankind. A way back to God. Back into fellowship with God the Father. Why would you reject that? Afraid what people will say? Friend, don't be so foolish as to go down that line. If any man be in Christ is a new creation. All things are passed away and behold all things have become new. D. L. Moody made seven points and he outlined it with this. The changes when we take the one step from darkness of sin into the sunlight of God's grace. One, justification, a change of standing before God. Regeneration, a change of nature from God. Repentance, a change of mind about God. Conversion, a change of life for God. Adoption, a change of family in God. Sanctification, a change of service unto God. And glorification, a change of place with God. How could you turn anything like that down for the son you're in? It'll take you to hell. Friend, tonight you've got the opportunity to come to the Saviour. You're getting the opportunity to be spoke to clearly. No frills. attached to it, the simple word of God. And it tells us in Galatians 6, listen to it, because this is what I heard the night I got saved. Be not deceived that God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap. For he that soweth of the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall weep. If they faint not. There's a day coming. There's a day coming that the Lord will come back and take us to birth himself. People don't want to hear this, that he said he would and he won't. He's coming back. But if you die and your son you'll go to hell and the only place that you'll meet him is the great white throne and man I wouldn't want to be there. There's one time I used to be a shop steward for 11 years and I knew a good thing when I seen it and this is the best thing that you could ever take is this because you can depend on it it's true to his word He's faithful. It's true. He'll never leave you, nor forsake you. And as we said in the prayer meeting, we've said it often as before. He never promises a rose garden. We have our problems. But he's there. He's there on the boat alongside us. He's at our elbow. You're unsaved, who do you call on? Who do you call on? Do you call on a man? Do you call on a priest? Do you call on a minister? Who do you call on? Do you call on your church, your religion? Friend, it's been said, religion is only man made. Religion is man looking for God. The gospel is God looking for man. There's many religions. There's only one gospel. The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. He came into the world to save sinners. Friend, I'm pleading with you tonight. You're listening to me. Don't be a fool tonight. Don't be a fool tonight and reject the Saviour. And go to hell. Sin is a terrible thing. We can do nothing about it when we're born, but we can do something about it when we come to the age of understanding. Then you're responsible for your son. Only you. As I said this morning, the father can't pay for the son's sins, and the son can't pay for the father's sins. We have to pay with self. Like Calvary. The Lord Jesus Christ paid for it all. He paid for it all. Oh, what a Saviour that He died for me. From condemnation, He has set me free. What a Saviour we have tonight. When He prayed tonight, in these simple words, in this simple message tonight, He would set down and take Him as your Lord and Saviour. And get a new life. And get rid of this Satan. Because once Satan hears the word, he'll flee from you. To God be the glory. May the Lord bless the reading of this precious word. Are we happy maybe we could sing a couple of verses of it?