Hell's Best Kept Secret (Psalm 19) | Ray Comfort

Main message: The church must preach God's law first to convict the proud of sin so that the gospel (Christ's righteousness paid for sinners) becomes good news and produces genuine, lasting conversion rather than shallow, life‑improvement responses that lead to backsliding.

Key points:

• God's law functions to stop a sinner's mouth, give knowledge of sin, and act as a schoolmaster to drive people to Christ; without it the cross is foolishness to the unconvicted.
• Modern evangelism often markets Christianity as life enhancement (peace, joy, fulfillment), which produces many insincere conversions and a high rate of apostasies.
• Preaching must warn of wrath, judgment, and the seriousness of breaking God's law so sinners flee to Christ for righteousness, not merely for benefits.
• Biblical pattern: law to the proud (to expose guilt), grace to the humble (to give forgiveness) — illustrated from Jesus' encounters (law to the lawyer and rich young ruler; gospel to Nicodemus and Pentecost hearers).
• Practical witnessing: use the Ten Commandments and the law to expose sin across different audiences (Jews, Muslims, homosexuals) so repentance toward God is understood as vertical (against God), not merely horizontal.

Scriptures mentioned: Romans 3:19, Psalm 19:7, Romans 3:9, Romans 3:20, 1 John 3:4, Romans 7:7, Galatians 3:24, Luke 10:25, Luke 18:18, Acts 2, Romans 2:15, 1 Timothy 1:8