Oh. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, it's still going. Yeah. Yeah. Hi. Thank you. She doesn't take the plane and
no one can hear her. Thank you. so so It's time to say goodbye It's
time to say goodbye It's time to say goodbye It's time to say
goodbye It's time to say goodbye It's time to say goodbye It's
time to say goodbye It's time to say goodbye And I know that I am not alone. Good morning everyone. Welcome
to the services. Let's begin our singing by turning
to him number 62. Crown him with many crowns. I
know I don't have to tell you this, but we don't. Crown the
Lord with many crowns anymore than we make him Lord. God the
Father crowned him and God the Father made him Lord, but we
do submit to him in our hearts and I This is a good hymn. Let's sing it together. Hymn
number 62. Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne. Hark how the heavenly anthem
crowns all music but its own. Awake, my soul, and sing of Him
who died for thee, and hail Him as thy matchless King through
all eternity. Crown Him the Lord of love, Behold
His hands and side, Rich moons yet visible above In beauty glorified
No angel in the sky Can fully bear the sight But downward bends
his wandering eye And his story so bright Crown Him the Lord of life, Who
triumphed o'er the grave, Who rose victorious to the strife,
O'er those He came to save. Life to bring and lives that
then may die. Crown Him the Lord of Heav'n,
one with the Father known. One with the Spirit through Him
live from yonder glorious throne. To Thee give endless praise,
for Thou who dost us guide. Lead the hallowed Lord through
endless days, adored and magnified. Turn over one page to 63. Take
the name of Jesus with you, 63. And to well joy and comfort give
you Take it, then where'er you go Precious name, oh how sweet
Hope of earth and joy of heaven Precious name Hope of earth and joy of heaven
Take the name of Jesus ever As a shield from every snare If
temptations round you gather Breathe that holy name in prayer
Precious name Oh, how sweet the hope of earth and joy of heaven! Precious name! Oh, how sweet the hope of earth
and joy of heaven. Oh, the precious name of Jesus,
how it thrills our souls with joy. When His loving arms receive
us And His songs our tongues employ Precious name, oh how
sweet Hope of earth and joy of heaven Precious name, oh how
sweet Hope of earth and At the name of Jesus, bowing,
falling prostrate at his feet. King of kings, in heaven we'll
crown you. Our journey is complete. Precious name. Oh, how sweet. I have a couple of cards here I
want to share with you and then I'll put them in the back bulletin. Our dear brethren of Bible Baptist
Church, we want to tell you how truly touched we were by the
gift you sent our family. Though the trial our dear Lord
has been placed to send us has been undoubtedly difficult. He has also been pleased to remind
us of his faithfulness and love by the means of his people. How
sufficient His grace and mercy is, and your fervent prayers
are truly such a comfort to our souls. How blessed we are to
have so many of the Lord's Saints remembering us each day. All our love, D. Christie, Jackson,
and Kate Parks. and also received a nice card
from John and Kathy Reeves. Thank you for the honor to stand
and preach and fellowship before you, the saints of the Lord.
Thank you for your love of the gospel. Our time together is
loving and sweet. Looking forward to when we will
all meet again. Love through Christ, John and
Kathy. Continue to remember those that
we pray. Ask prayer for and I might add
to that list. Jerry Hanson, who's been quite
ill this past week. Remember Jerry. In your prayers. Some of you have asked me about
Teresa. She was has one of those migraines
and was up most of the night with that. So remember Teresa
if you would. And I'm gonna ask Larry if he'd
lead us in prayer at this time. Dear Heavenly Father, we come
desiring to worship today for the Lord Christ and the things
of Him. We ask that you enable us to
do so. Meet with us as you promised. We gather together and you gather
us. We ask that you be in our presence. Bless the one that
speaks to us in human. Those things which you have us
do, awaken them to our hearts. Pray for those that we've heard
requests from you. Father, give me your will and
pray that you'd raise them up. Give us grace to bow to your
will, to your sovereign will. Dear Father, we ask you to forgive
us when we fail you, which is constant. Thank You for Your
love in Christ. Thank You for Christ. We ask all these things in His
name and for His sake. Amen. Okay, turn with me to 103
in the hymn book. Maybe we ought to change that
to Shelter in the Time of Storm. 103. Let's stand together as
we sing One Day. One day when heaven was filled
with His praises, One day when sin was as black as could be,
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin, Dwelt among men, my
example is He. Lively He loved me, Thine, He
saved me. Mary carried my sins far away. Rising, He justified freely forever. One day is coming, O glorious
day. One day they led Him up Calvary's
mountain One day they led Him to die on the tree Suffering
anguish, despised and rejected. Bearing our sins, my Redeemer
is He. Living, He loved me. Dying, He saved me. Rising, He justified. a glorious day. Verse four. One day the grave
could conceal him no longer. One day the stone rolled away
from the door. Then He arose, O, the death He
had conquered, Now is ascended, my Lord, evermore. Living, He loved me. Dying, He saved me. Buried, He carried my sins far
away. Rising, He justified me. One day is coming, a glorious
day. One day the trumpet will sound
for His coming. One day the skies with His glory
will shine. Wonderful day, my beloved one's
bringing. Glorious Savior, this Jesus is
mine. Living, He loved me. Dying, He saved me. Buried, He carried me. my sins
far away. Rising He justifies, freely forever. One day He's coming, a glorious
day. You may be seated. What we're about to do next,
or have done, is we call special music a day. It truly is. It's
good to have Jennifer Brown with us. You know, I gave Jennifer
a hard time one time because she came into town and didn't
tell me. So now she texts me when she's coming to let me know.
And I asked her, I got a text from her and said, I'll be there
Sunday, Lord willing. And I said, are you bringing
your voice with you? And thankfully she did. So Jennifer, you come,
her and Shelly have something prepared for us. ? Away my Savior leads me ? ? Nor
am I a wretch beside thee ? ? Heaven and earth extend your mercy ?
? Your light has filled my life ? ? Heavenly peace divine is comfort
? ? Here by faith in Him to dwell ? ? For I know of every glory
? ? Jesus, to whom all things dwell ? ? For I know of every
glory ? Jesus, you in all things well.
All the way, my Savior leads me, Jesus, winding down my trail,
gives me grace for every trial. My weary steps may falter, and
my soul the cross may be. Ashing from the rock before me,
the spring of joy I see. Reaching from the world before
me, flowers spring and joy I see. ? My Savior leads me ? ? O the
promise of His love ? ? And rest to me His promise ? ? When my
fire is outstruck ? ? When my spirit will be mortal ? ? Things
inspire to ransom day ? Christ Christ all over in the
sages Jesus led me on the way Christ Christ all over in the
sages Jesus led me on the way Thank you, ladies. If you would, go ahead and turn
with me in your Bible to Romans 8. Romans 8. Let me say in the beginning,
my message is not on election or predestination. That's the
first thing most folks think when you mention Romans chapter
8. My message is concerning salvation,
which without a doubt includes the election and predestination
of God. I've said many times what most
of you already know, God predestinated, predetermined, determined according
to his own will and purpose beforehand, before he ever made heaven and
earth, to elect a people, and this election is unto salvation. Election is not salvation, it's
unto salvation. That's what Paul wrote in 2 Thessalonians
2. He said, but we're bound to give
thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord,
because God hath from the beginning, the beginning before the beginning,
his brother Darwin says. chosen you to or unto salvation
through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. Now that phrase through sanctification
and belief of the truth in this verse means that we're not saved
by anything external. No outward reformation of life.
No external obedience to the law. no outward submission to
gospel ordinances. Those things will not save you.
But by the inward working of the Holy Spirit within the soul
of a chosen sinner. We did the sinning, God does
the saving. And I'm so thankful. If salvation
was dependent upon me, then I would be in constant fear of losing
that salvation. But if salvation is of the Lord,
I can have great confidence that He does for me everything that
God requires of me. And as my dear pastor used to
say, and everything's going to be all right. And it is. Everything's going to be all
right. Jesus Christ is the truth. He's the subject and He's the
object of our faith. And He's the subject and object
of our preaching. Our faith, our believing is not
the cause of our election. It's the effect of our election. And the cause of our faith is
God giving the dead sinner life. If God doesn't give you life,
you'll never see it, you'll never hear it, and you'll never believe
it. The preaching and believing of the gospel of Jesus Christ
and Him crucified is the appointed means of saving those who believe. And that's why we preach the
gospel. It pleased God for the preaching of the cross is to
them that perish foolishness, but unto us, those that God has
given life, it's the power of God to us that are saved. It's
God's power. For after that, in the wisdom
of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God. by what
the world calls the foolishness of preaching to save them that
believe. Do you believe this morning?
If you do, it's God's doing, not yours. We don't preach election
and predestination. We preach Jesus Christ, whom
God elected and predestinated to save chosen and predestinated
sinners. Now in verse 33 of Romans chapter
eight, Paul asked this question, who shall lay anything to the
charge of God's elect? And immediately Paul answers
his own question. He says, it's God that justified.
Who's gonna charge any of the elect of God with sin when it's
a thrice holy and just God that justifies the election? The obvious
answer is no one and nobody. Our text is found in the next
verse, verse 34, and here Paul asks another question. Who is
he that condemneth? Who's gonna condemn an elect
child of God? Who can condemn one who is trusting,
relying, and resting in and on the Lord Jesus Christ? From the
Scriptures, I hope to answer that question this morning. Who
is he that condemneth? And I'm not big on titles, as
you know, but I did jot this down. Condemned? Not me. Condemned? Not me. I don't suppose there's anything
more frustrating, irritating, discouraging, and even infuriating
to me, personally anyway, than to be accused of being guilty
of something I didn't do. Does that bug you like it does
me? Most of the time, I'd say pretty
well all the time, in some way I'm guilty of what I'm accused
of. But if I didn't do it, I fought it, and if I haven't fought it,
I more than likely will. But there have been certain specific
isolated times that I've been accused of doing something that
I was innocent of, and it was very upsetting to me. But there's
no doubt here that Paul knew that in and of himself, he was
worthy of condemnation. That's the first thing our Lord
shows us. He shows us who and what we are and what we deserve. And that's what makes grace and
mercy so beautiful, because it's God not giving us what we deserve
and giving us what we don't deserve. And in the previous chapter,
Romans 7, Paul had confessed, I'm carnal, sold under sin. And then he declared, the sin
which I hate, that I do. Do you know something about that?
I'm never gonna do that again. I see you cringing. Carnal soul to understand. I
do it because of the sin that dwells in me, he said. For in
me, that is in my flesh, dwells no good thing. Not any good thing, nothing at
all. I will and want to do good, but how to perform the good I
find not within me. And the evil that I wouldn't
do is what I wind up doing. Again. Sound familiar? Oh, wretched man that I am. Yet, Paul, knowing who and what
he was by nature, by birth, and by practice, here in Romans 8,
defends his innocence. Not the innocence of his heart,
no. He knew he was guilty. The heart
is deceitful above all thing and desperately wicked. The thoughts
and intents of the heart are only evil and only evil continually. But here he's talking about the
perfect innocence that he possessed by the perfect mediation and
substitution of Jesus Christ, the Savior. In myself, I'm doubtful
and I'm distrustful and I'm insecure in all that I do, but not in
what Christ has done for me. Not in the least. And in verse
34, the apostle here gives us four things from this single
verse that should give the believing sinner great comfort, great assurance
that they'll never, ever be condemned. Condemned? Not me, no. In verse one, Paul had already
told the church at Rome that there is therefore now no condemnation. To who? To them who are in Christ
Jesus. And now the apostle gives the
elect sinner four reasons that nobody, no one or nothing can
condemn them if they're trusting in Christ. Are you trusting in
Christ? Then you can say, condemnation? Not me. Condemned? No, sir. You know, any single one of these
four things in and of themselves are all sufficient. But when
added together, there's just full assurance of the believer's
redemption. I used to work in industrial
sales, and one time I had a customer want me to find him some high
test industrial rope. And it said that large diameter
rope used in industrial applications, multi-stranded, for lifting extremely
heavy things, that each strand is designed to bear the full
weight of what it's rated. So when all the strands are intertwined
and twisted together, there is extreme strength, safety, and
security in that rope. And Paul here in Romans 8, 34
challenges heaven and hell and the world itself with the question,
who is he that condemneth? Who is going to condemn one of
God's chosen people? You know, there's really only
one who can condemn. You know, when a prisoner is
tried in a court of law, the accused one need not fear anyone
in the courtroom except the judge or the jury. And it doesn't matter
what any bystander in the courtroom or any witness against the accused
may think of them. No one but the judge or the 12
people in the jury box can give the verdict against or in their
favor. So whoever may pretend to condemn
us, there's only one, the judge or the jury, who can do so. And
what a comforting fact. That our judge is our savior. Can you imagine going into a
courtroom? And looking up and seeing the
judge and it's one of your dear friends. Our ground for holy confidence
is found in the wonders fact. That is God. The justified. It's God. Who's going to condemn
me? It's God that justifies. By the
works of the law, we could never be justified. The law only brings about the
knowledge of sin. And it proves to us that our
imagined righteousness, and if you think that you have some
righteousness of your own, let me tell you, it's imagined. Because
there's none righteous, no not one. We don't have any righteousness. Our righteousness, self-righteousness,
filthy rags, can never be the grounds of our confidence and
assurance. And Paul makes no mention here
of repentance as the grounds of his confidence. It's not Paul's
dependence on his own righteousness or a blameless life that he puts
any hope or confidence or trust in. Paul does not declare his
assurance on his self-denial or his work as a most devoted
missionary, though that's what he was. What was Paul's hope
of escaping eternal condemnation? What was it that did? What was it that gave him hope,
confidence, and assurance? Well, first, the first thing
mentioned in verse 34 is this. It is Christ that died. It's
Christ that died. It was the death of Jesus Christ
that paid the full penalty of justice for all the sins of the
believer and all the sins that he would ever commit, past, present,
and future. And on the cross, the divine
wrath of God, now hear me on this, it was poured out upon
our Lord and the full vengeance of a holy and just and angry
God, I might add, He's angry with the wicked every day, emptied
every single particle of punishment on the Lord Jesus Christ. Our
Lord suffered the just for the unjust, as we saw in the first
hour, that He might what? Bring us to God. If we're going
to be brought to God, He's going to have to bring us. A child
of God may say, I've been a blasphemer. I've shaken my fist in the face
of God. There's still confidence to be
had. Christ died the death of a blasphemer and he died for
blasphemers so that he might bring them to God. Isn't that
good news? Paul himself helped to put followers
of the Lord Jesus to death while his hands were red with the blood
of the martyr Stephen. He held the coats of those that
stoned him. So you might ask, what does Christ's
death have to do with my sin? Christ stood in my stead. Christ suffered in my place. Christ rendered full satisfaction
to the law of God, and He bore the penalty of sin that I could
never bear. And it's the same with you. We're
all in the same boat. All in the same boat. And if
the Lord Jesus bore the wrath and judgment of God counting
my sin, then God cannot condemn me. From whence this fear and
unbelief hath not the Father put to grief His spotless Son
for me? And will the righteous judge
of men condemn me for that debt of sin which Lord was charged
on me? If thou hast my discharge procured,
and freely in my room endured the whole of wrath divine, payment
God cannot twice demand, first at my bleeding surety's hand,
and then again at mine. If Christ suffered as your substitute,
where would God's honor and justice be if he should punish the sinner
for whom Christ died. That can never be. The comfort
in our text is that Christ, it's Christ that died. It's Christ
that died. There's infinite, infinite merit
in the atonement and sacrifice that the Lord Jesus Christ made
to fulfill the very law that you and I offended. And all we
like sheep have what? Gone astray. That's what sheep
do. And we've turned everyone to
his own way, not God's way. And the Lord hath laid on Him,
our Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ, the iniquity of us all,
all those that He came to save, every single one of them, not
a one of belongs. Who can condemn the sinner for
whom Christ died as substitute and Savior? Can you name one? Is there anyone? No. No. Jesus Christ died instead
of me. Jesus Christ died instead of
you. So the wages of sin, which is
death, is paid in full. The second reason a believer
has no reason to fear eternal condemnation is the fact that
Christ is risen again, see that? Who is he that condemneth? It's
Christ that died, yea rather, yea rather, that is risen again. Now those words, the words it
is Christ that died is no doubt a powerful, powerful argument
for our salvation. Christ died in our room instead,
as we just said. But the words, yea, rather, add
even more force to the certainty of our redemption. There's more
consolation in Christ arising from the dead than Christ being
nailed to the cross. You see, Christ, by His death,
paid the full price of what we owed the Father, yea, rather,
The glorious fact that Christ rose from the dead is the proof
that God accepted Christ's payment for our sin. In Christ's death
on the cross, I see Him paying the sin debt of His people. But
in His resurrection, in Him rising from the grave and rising unto
life, I see God the Father acknowledging and accepting His death in my
room and stand. God accepted his sacrifice. Yea
rather, Christ is risen. As representative of his elect,
when he died, every believer died in him. When our Lord was
buried, we were buried in him. But when God said to death, Let
my anointed go free. That is proof, my dear friends,
that God was satisfied and that everyone for whom Christ died
went free and healed. Free from the law, happy condition. Jesus has bled and there is remission. That's my hope. That's my assurance
of never being condemned. That's the proof. That's the
proof. Because Christ was perfect, the
grave couldn't hold Him. And since the believer is perfect
in Christ, the grave can't hold us either. We often fear death, very much
so, but there's no reason to. This body is gonna be buried,
but the corruptible is gonna be made incorruptible. The grave can't hold us and it
won't, not those who are in Christ. He lives and because He lives,
I shall live also. He's delivered and I'm delivered
too. Death has no more dominion over my Lord and death has no
more dominion over me. His deliverance is mine. and
his freedom is mine also and is mine forever. I cannot and
will not be condemned because it's Christ that died. The anointed
of God died. Yea, rather, is risen. Again, if Christ be risen from
the grave, how can the sinner who trusts in His work of righteousness,
in His death, and in God's wrath, judgment, and condemnation in
their place be condemned? It's called substitution. And
there's nothing more beautiful because of who it is that substituted
Himself in our place. God Himself did. If Christ had
not risen from the dead, he would have proved to be an imposter.
But he did arise. Mr. Spurgeon once said that Christ
was the hostage for all his people, and by paying their debt in full,
God being just, let him go free. And on the third day, he rose
again according to the scriptures. So I ask you, how could God ever
condemn you after he's accepted Christ as your payment for sin? So we have to reason and we have
to rejoice that we're innocent in the innocent one who died
and rose from the grave for us. And then thirdly, the third thing
we see from the next sentence is that our Lord and Savior,
who is even at the right hand of God. You know, Paul wrote
in Romans chapter five, verse 10, he said, for if, when we
were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son,
much more, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. You see, it's Christ's death.
If Christ's death is just an argument for our salvation, his
life is but a greater argument. Did you notice closely the words
of the apostle there in Romans 5? He said, for if we were reconciled
to God by the death of his son, much more. Much more we shall
be saved by His life. So comparing Scripture with Scripture,
we can look at this third reason of fearing no condemnation as
having much more validity. We cannot be condemned because
Christ has died. Yea, rather, is risen again. Much more is even at the right
hand of God. Being at the right hand of God
is much more powerful. It involves much more strength
than even Christ's death for our salvation. Our Lord in Scripture
is said to have sat down forever. You know, I love to think about
that. He sat down forever at the right hand of God. He's in
heaven right now sitting down. Our Lord could not sit if His
work wasn't finished. He'd not be sitting down if his
work was not accomplished, completed, and finished. In our studies
of the tabernacle in the wilderness, we've discussed many times that
there were no seats in the tabernacle. No seats were provided for the
priest to sit on. There was a table for the show
burial, and there was an altar for the sacrifice, and there
were candlesticks in order to see, but there were no seats.
Why? Because the priest could never
sit down. The priest's work was never finished. Sacrifice after sacrifice, the
blood put upon the altar time and time again, could never put
away sin. But the Lord Jesus Christ, by
the sacrifice of himself, put away sin forever. our great high
priest. He's taken the seat at the right
hand of God, majesty on high. And why is this? Because now
the sacrifice is complete forever. And Christ, our high priest,
has finished his service. Beloved, we can rest. We can rest assured that with
our Savior sitting at the right hand of God, that our atonement's
finished. Our salvation is complete. The
work is over and our Lord has made an end of sin. It means that Christ in this
honorable position of the accepted one has, by the sacrifice of
himself, put away sin. I can no longer be charged with
sin. Why? I don't have any. I don't have
any. The right hand of God is a place
of majesty. The right hand of God is a place
of favor. Do you remember when James and
John, the sons of Zebedee, asked to sit one on Christ right and
the other on the left? Little did they know that they
already had what they'd asked for. Oftentimes when we pray,
We ask the Lord to forgive us of our sins. In Christ, He already
has. In Christ, we already have what
we've asked for. All the church of God is now
at the right hand of the Father, raised up together, and made
to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. The sitting
at the right hand of God, this elevation, acceptance this glorifying
of his people proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that no one can condemn
us condemned not me not me can you condemn a man who sits next
to his father the king of kings How can we be condemned? The
right hand is a place of power. Who can destroy you if omnipotence
is your helper? If the shelter of the Almighty
covers you, what sword can smite you? If the wings of the Eternal
One protect you, what plague can attack you? If Christ is
your all-prevailing King, who can condemn you? He has trodden
your enemies beneath His feet. Sin, death, hell, grave, the
grave are now parts of His empire. Who can condemn you? Who can
condemn you? Can the Almighty be overcome? All the inhabitants of the earth
are reputed as nothing. None can stay in God's hand. None can say unto Him, what are
you doing? Can the Almighty be overcome? Can the sovereign be
succumbed? Can the omnipotent one fail?
Every blood-bought child is safe and secure, and they can never
be condemned. Why? Because Christ died, yea,
rather, is risen again, and much more is even at the right hand
of God. And then, fourthly, it's Christ
that died, yea, rather that's risen again, who's even at the
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. You know,
I love the passages of Scripture that outline themselves. And
it's so easy to preach these glorious things. Yea, rather,
much more. And then what is the third? Do
you remember the verse in Hebrews 7, verse 25, that says, wherefore
He, Christ Jesus, is able to save them, speaking of His people,
His chosen, to the uttermost. Oh, what a wonderful word that
is. To the uttermost, those that
come unto God by Him. seen that he ever liveth to make
intercession for them. To the uttermost. God would not
come down to earth for payment. It must be brought to him. Just
like the high priest of old first took the blood, he didn't bring
the mercy seed outside of the veil. No, he did not bring the
mercy seed to the blood. The blood must be taken to the
mercy seat. A just God will not stoop. It must be brought to Him. And the Lord Himself took His
wounds, His torn body, His flowing blood, and He brought it up to
His Father. And this is the proof that His
people cannot be condemned because the blood is on the mercy seat. It's not poured out on the ground.
It's on the mercy seat. It's on the throne. He who bled
for you now sits on the throne. And it speaks in the very ears
of God. Payment's been made. Ransom has
been met. And the believing sinner cannot
be condemned. I suppose the sweetest proof
that the child of God cannot be condemned is found in the
intercession of Christ. Christ pleads our case and he
pleads our calls to his own father. You reckon he'll be heard? He prays, My Father, I will that
they whom Thou hast given Me be with Me where I am, that they
may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me, for Thou lovest
Me before the foundation of the world. And Father, those that
I plead and pray for are Your children, and You have loved
them as You've loved Me." You know, it's hard to plead. It's
not hard to plead. with a father for a brother,
because they belong to him too. Isn't that what our Lord told
his own? He said, I go to my father and
to your father and to my God and your God. That's being saved
to the uttermost. Christ is able to save them,
these chosen sinners that come unto God by Him, because He ever
lives to make intercession for them. Who shall lay anything
to the believer's charge? It's God to justify. Who can
condemn me? It's Christ that died. Yea, rather
that's risen again. Who much more is even at the
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us, His people. Look at verse 35. Who shall separate
us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress,
or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake
we are killed all the day long, we are counted as sheep for the
slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through Him, through Christ, that loved
us. For I am persuaded that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth,
nor any other creature, that pretty well covers it all. No,
it does cover it all. Shall be able to separate us
from the love of God. Where is that love of God? It's
in Christ Jesus. Who can condemn me? It's Christ
that died. Who shall condemn me? It's Christ
that rose again. Who shall condemn me? My Savior
is at God's right hand. Who can, who shall, who will
condemn me? My Lord, my Savior, my Mediator,
God the Son, also makes intercession prayer for us. You know, our
Lord's prayer is always effectual. His Father always hears Him,
John 11, 42. Always. Who can condemn them
when Christ is their substitute, Savior, surety, and Savior? Again, no one, no body, and nothing. Who shall condemn me? No one,
no body, and nothing. Oh, my God, be pleased to make
it so for his glory. His are good and for Christ's
sake, and I that that is. That's why he does for his own
glory for our good. And for Christ's sake. Amen. OK, Michelle, let's have a closing
him. I pray that the Lord will keep
these things. and bring these things to our
remembrance as we go back into this world in which we live. 1.32. He lives. Let's stand together. And at the end of this, Brother
Tom Whitaker, would you dismiss us in prayer? 1.32. Stand together. I serve a risen Savior, He's
in the world today. I know that He is living, whatever
men may say. I see His hand of mercy, I hear
His voice of cheer. In just the time I need Him,
He's always near. He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus
lives today. He walks with me along life's
narrow way. He lives, salvation to impart
You ask me how I know He lives, He lives with me my heart. In all the world around me, I
see His love and care. And though my heart grows weary,
never will despair. I know He is leading through
all the stormy blast. The day of His appearing will
come and He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today. He walks with me and talks with
me along life's narrow way. He lives, He lives, salvation
to impart. Little lady Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian
Lift up your voice and sing Eternal hallelujahs to Jesus Christ the
King The hope of all who seek Him The help of all who find
Him None other is so loving, so good and He lives, Christ Jesus lives
today. He walks with me, He talks with
me, along life's narrow way. He lives, He lives, salvation
to impart. You ask me how I know He lives. He lives within my heart. Oh, Father, we thank you, Lord,
this morning for this message. In the period of resurrection
of our Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you, Lord, for the message
we got. We ask that it be thy will that
we would all come to the saving knowledge of thee, Lord. We can't do it, but we do have
a Savior that can. He will take us there, Lord. We ask that you give us traveling
mercies to relieve this place, bring us back to be thy will
and be saints. We do ask in your glorious Son,
Jesus' name, for his sake, amen. I love you.