not in man. I don't care how good a man is, don't you put your faith
in him. His breath departs from him, he dies, and where is your help?
Our God never dies, our God never will disappoint us if we put our
faith in Him. "Have faith in God," says Christ.
I saw some time ago some men arranging to go up in a balloon fastened
to the car. They had one rope fastened, and by some mistake that rope
got untied, and instead of seizing hold of the car they seized hold of
the rope. One of them let go; the other just hung on, and he was swept
away in the heavens and lost. "It did not make any difference; if he
had hung on to the car it would have been just the same," you say, "if
he was only sincere." Why, that man was very sincere when he seized
hold of that rope, yet he was lost--perished in his earnestness. My
friends, bear in mind if you do not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
you must perish. It is God that says it--not man. Some people say, "He
is such a good man, I cannot help but believe him; it is all right
because he is such a good man, and he holds that doctrine." Paul says,
"If a man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received,
let him be accursed." And if Gabriel should come right down here
to-night, and commence to proclaim a different gospel from this
platform, I would get out of the hall, and would not listen to him.