Then the next thing, you go—you go to church and you hear the hymns sang, the Gospel preached. Something…And the Holy Spirit begins to speak to you. “Come, repent.” And you say, “Oh, that…I—I—I—I’m young. I got plenty of time yet. I got this. I’ve got to do this.” See? You’re rejecting God’s provided way and judging yourself. Then how can you blame God? You can’t. You—you got to blame yourself. There’s not a bit of need of anyone going to hell when God has made a provided way of escape. You can’t help being a sinner. You can’t help that. You was borned a sinner. But you can help staying a sinner. For if you accept Jesus as your—in your place as…He was made sin for you, God’s way of escape. Then you don’t have to be a sinner. You’ll be a Christian and you’ll be holy: not your own holiness, but His holiness; not what—what you are but what God has done for you in Christ Jesus. See? Your own ways…You can quit lying. You can quit stealing. You can quit smoking. That’s…don’t mean you’re saved. No, sir. You’re saved because God ordained that you should be saved and called your heart. That’s why you’re saved. “No man can come to the Father except by…to Me except My Father draws him.” And God has made a way of escape now.

God's Provided Way, 1953-06-13, Connersville, IN, §9