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Jesus Christ Is Your Only Hope
Bob Jennings

Bob Jennings (January 2, 1949 – November 6, 2012) was an American preacher and pastor whose ministry focused on biblical fidelity, prayer, and preparing believers for eternity, leaving a profound impact within evangelical circles. Born in Kirksville, Missouri, to a family that shaped his early faith, he surrendered to Christ as a young man and began preaching in 1978 alongside Charles Leiter in Kirksville. In 1983, he became an elder at Highway M Chapel in Sedalia, Missouri, where he co-pastored for nearly three decades, emphasizing sound doctrine and a vibrant church community. Married to Terri since around 1970, he raised five children—Jared, Zachary, Evan, and two daughters—instilling in them the same spiritual devotion. Jennings’ preaching career gained wider reach through conferences, such as those with HeartCry Missionary Society alongside Paul Washer, and university outreaches in the U.S. and Eastern Europe, where his sermons on sin, grace, and Christ’s return resonated deeply. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2010, he chronicled his journey in an online journal (bobjenningsjournal.wordpress.com), offering meditations like “The most important thing in life is to be ready for death,” preached at a 2008 funeral. His final sermon, “Behold the Lamb of God” (2012), and a farewell letter to Sedalia reflect his unwavering hope in Christ. He died at 63, his sons having built his casket, buried in a rural Missouri cemetery after a life of humble, resolute ministry.
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This sermon emphasizes the role of Jesus Christ as our advocate who dealt with our sins completely. It highlights that no human effort or sacrifice can compare to the atonement made by Christ on the cross. The focus is on trusting in Jesus' finished work, His righteousness, and the love demonstrated through His sacrificial death for sinners.
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I like a Savior that really got the job done and dealt with my sins. Any man's sins, we've got to remember, we've got an advocate. Don't worry about what you've done or haven't done. You've got to look to the Savior. You've got an advocate. Without Him, we're in all sorts of trouble with the living God, but we have got the best of lawyers. He never lost a case. He never failed. Jesus Christ, the righteous. No, it's not a matter of what we have done. You couldn't go over there and join with those in the jungles of Africa and offer pigs and chicken for your sin. It wouldn't do you a bit of good. You could go down in the Andes Mountains and offer young virgins for your sin. That wouldn't do any good. You could offer rivers of oil and thousands of beasts, and that wouldn't do any good, Micah says. You could go and win a thousand souls for Christ, and that wouldn't do you any good to find favor with God, to find a reprieve from God. There is nothing, nothing, until we've got to come to Christ. Nothing in my hand I bring. Nothing, Lord, there's no hope of me ever standing before the living God on that great day, apart from what you are and what you have done. Christ and Him crucified. That's the glorious gospel. It's not a matter of who did what. It's a matter of a person. And so we are putting our trust in Jesus Christ. That person and what He did on the cross. Jesus Christ the righteous. And that's our confidence that we have got, yeah, we've got a real good lawyer. We have Jesus Christ the righteous. He knew no sin. He did no sin. He had no sin. In Him there was no sin. He walked a perfect life. He died a perfect death. He rose again with mighty power. Jesus said, it's finished. And God says, it's well done. And He raised Him from the grave. Feeded Him in His right hand with all authority and put everything in His hand. He's the man, Jesus from Nazareth. He's been given authority over all flesh to give eternal life to as many as the Father has given Him. And I'm saying, Lord Jesus, I trust, I believe, I do believe that You died for me. You really did propitiate and remove the wrath of God. And bold shall I stand in that great day because of what Jesus did. Greater love has no man than this, but a man lay down his life for his friend. And so, that is the greatest manifestation of the love of God toward you as a believer. Love so amazing, so divine demands my life, my soul, my all. You know, that Jesus would personally die for me personally. C.T. Studd says, if Christ be God and died for me, there is no sacrifice too great for me to make for Him. You gotta flee from the wrath to come and say, Lord Jesus, I believe, I believe You died for sinners. I believe You died for sinners just like me. I'm headed for hell. No reason You should take me to heaven. But I'm trusting that You died and really did pay that sin debt. That's the gospel. The good news is that although I am a sinner deserving of hell, I right now can stand perfect. They have favor in the sight of God. That's the good news because of what Jesus did. Glory to God and glory to the Lamb forever. To Him be glory, power, honor, dominion forever and ever because of what He did.
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Bob Jennings (January 2, 1949 – November 6, 2012) was an American preacher and pastor whose ministry focused on biblical fidelity, prayer, and preparing believers for eternity, leaving a profound impact within evangelical circles. Born in Kirksville, Missouri, to a family that shaped his early faith, he surrendered to Christ as a young man and began preaching in 1978 alongside Charles Leiter in Kirksville. In 1983, he became an elder at Highway M Chapel in Sedalia, Missouri, where he co-pastored for nearly three decades, emphasizing sound doctrine and a vibrant church community. Married to Terri since around 1970, he raised five children—Jared, Zachary, Evan, and two daughters—instilling in them the same spiritual devotion. Jennings’ preaching career gained wider reach through conferences, such as those with HeartCry Missionary Society alongside Paul Washer, and university outreaches in the U.S. and Eastern Europe, where his sermons on sin, grace, and Christ’s return resonated deeply. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2010, he chronicled his journey in an online journal (bobjenningsjournal.wordpress.com), offering meditations like “The most important thing in life is to be ready for death,” preached at a 2008 funeral. His final sermon, “Behold the Lamb of God” (2012), and a farewell letter to Sedalia reflect his unwavering hope in Christ. He died at 63, his sons having built his casket, buried in a rural Missouri cemetery after a life of humble, resolute ministry.