Ten Shekels And A Shirt by Paris Reidhead (1919-1992)

From this sermon:

“But there was a difference. It wasn’t trying to convince good men that he was in trouble with a bad God. But it was to convince bad men that they deserve the wrath and anger of a good God. And the consequence was repentance that led to faith and led to life. Dear friends, there is only one reason for a sinner to repent, and that’s because Jesus Christ deserves the worship and adoration and the love and the obedience of his heart. Not because he’ll go to heaven. If the only reason you repented was to keep out of hell, you’re just a Levite with 10 shekels and a shirt, that’s all. You’re trying to serve God because he’ll do you good….I believe the people who God actually witnesses to them that they are born of him  are the ones who come to God and say, ‘Lord Jesus, I’m going to obey you, and love you, and serve you, and do what you want me to do as long as I live even if I go to hell at the end of the road simply because you are worthy to be loved and obeyed and served, and I’m not trying to make a deal with you.’” – Paris Reidhead (1919-1992)