Wow. I love to see this. This is amazing. God has brought
us again another year. I'm so thankful that everyone
got to be here. The Lord has intended to be here. Let's begin our service by reading
the Word of God together. Take your Bible and start with
Isaiah 42. Isaiah 42. In the previous chapter, our
Lord's speaking about false gods. He says, Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of naught. An abomination is he that chooseth
you. Everything else except this is
nothing. Behold, my servant. Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. I have put my spirit upon him. He shall bring forth judgment
to the Gentiles, shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice
to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break,
In smoking flax he shall not quench. He shall bring forth
judgment on the truth. He shall not fail, nor be discouraged,
till he hath set judgment in the earth, and the isles wait
for his law. There is one thing that I desire
out of this, is that we behold Christ. Nothing else matters. Nothing else is of any vital
importance other than Christ. And I hope and pray that God
be gracious to give both these men the ability and liberty to
set forth Christ crucified among you, the only source of joy and
peace, the only source of redemption Pardon, forgiveness, eternal
life is Jesus Christ. It is my hope that the Spirit
of God would take every message that's preached and speak to
our hearts. Behold, my servant who shall
not fail. Guys, you and I failed. We want
to hold Christ, and we fail. He doesn't. He doesn't fail. I pray that God bless the messages
this evening, and let's go to Him in prayer. Our most gracious Father, we
come before You thanking You for this opportunity that You've
given us in this place, at this time, at this moment. gather
together and worship you through the singing and preaching of
the gospel of Jesus Christ. We pray, Father, that you would
send your Holy Spirit into every heart. Father, you would make
the gospel that is preached effectual to the souls of those gathered
in this place, those listening in other places. We pray, Father,
that you would be with us, strengthen us, and encourage us in the faith
by pointing us to Christ. There are many thoughts competing at
this moment in our minds. Things of this world, flesh is
constantly against us. We pray for this time. that you
would cast out our thoughts of this world, the things of this
life. Let us see Christ. Let us behold
His glory, His perfect world, His perfect salvation. And by
this, we're comforted and blessed. I pray, Father, that you would
forgive us our sins. and cleanse us of our unrighteousness.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior, and for His
sake. Amen. Before we sing our hymn, I do
have some things I need to mention. Just a minute. We're going to
have the men sing. Make sure that you've got a bulletin
here. The songs we're going to sing,
I put up all the hymn books. I've got the songs here so we
don't have to dig out the hymn books. They're all on this. I
don't know if there are any children. If there are, there's a nursery
in the back for anybody that has children. And if anybody
would desire to make an offering for the conference, there's a
box back here. Just put it in there and label
what you want it to do. And I don't know. pass a plate, but it's back there.
You just put it in there. You won't be. You won't do. You won't do. Speaking to southern
people, you won't do. It's back there. All right. Brother, come lead us in our
hymn. Our first hymn will be, Oh, Worship the King. Everybody
stand on this one. Oh, Worship the King. Worship the King, all glorious
above. Oh, gratefully sing his power
and his love. Our shield and defender, the
ancient of days, pavilion in splendor and girded with praise. O tell of his might, O sing of
his Whose robe is the light, whose
canopy space, His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds
swarm, And dark is his path on the wings of the storm. The earth with its store of wonders
untold. Almighty by power, founded of
old, hath established it fast by a changeless decree, and round
it hath cast like a mantle the sea. Thy bountiful care a tongue
can recite. It breathes in the air. It shines in the light. It streams from the hills and
descends to the plain, and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain. Frail children of dust and feeble
as trail, In thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail. Thy mercies, how tender, how
firm to the end. Our maker, defender, Redeemer
and friend. O measure plus might, ineffable
love. While angels delight, to Him
be above. I think you may be seated and
turn to the next page there, Jesus, Lord, Redeemer. We sing this to Laika River Glories. Jesus, Lord, Redeemer, once more
sinners slain. Crucified in weakness, raised
in power to reign. Dwelling with the Father, in your days. Unto you be glory, honor, blessing,
praise. Faithful ones, commuting toward
the close of days. Yes, so loud and weary met you
in the way. So when sun is setting, come
to us and show All the truth and in us, make
our hearts to glow. In the upper chamber, where the
ten in fear, Gathered, sat in trouble, there
you did appear. So, O Lord, this evening bid
our Say I give you peace. I don't think I'll need that,
just in case. I think it's providential that
I sing this song entitled, I'll Never Get Over His Love. After
I went on Sermon Audio, and I looked to see what your last message
was, and listened to it, and it was on love. It might not
have been the last, but it's the only one up there. That was
such a good message. I appreciate it. I'll never get over his love. What a peace. What a joy. I'll never how he cares for my soul. I have found the sweet rose of
Sharon, the pearl of great pride. But what sets my heart amusing
is that in Him I have life. I'll never get over His love. Oh, I'll never get over his love. Oh, he loves me. I love him. I'll never, oh, never, He has freed me from my sin. Life without Him is not worth
living. There's no life's breath within. I'll never get over his love. He loves me. has freed me from all my sin. Life without Him is not worth
living. There's no life's breath within. But in Christ there's a river
that flows to the end. Oh, I'll never get over His love
all my days. I have found the sweet rose of
Sharon, the pearl of great price. But what sets my heart to music
is that in I have loved one ever and over
is love. All my days I The first preacher is going to
be Brother David Edmondson. Is it working? Okay. Booting, it's booting up, okay.
The only one preacher ever had that happen. That was Cody Groover.
I've seen half that. He happened to him when he first
had his first Kindle. Don made a big deal about those
Kindles. And Cody Gruber was at Lincolnwood, and he put up
that brand new kit. He was really excited about it.
It showed everybody how wonderful it was. And he got up there,
and that thing went black. So David don't need any introduction
here. My best friend and a sweet pastor. And you come preach Christ to
us, please. That's what it was supposed to
look like. Backup notes. I was looking today, I was here
in 2022 with Brother Clay Curtis and Gabe Stoniker, and
I made the comment then that I'm the oldest preacher here.
And then tonight I'm with Brother Kevin, and I'm the oldest preacher
here. And I've finally come to the
realization that I'm just old. And pretty much anywhere I preach
anymore, I'm the oldest preacher there. But it's an honor and
a privilege to be here. Ditto, Fred, I consider you a
dear, dear friend and love you dearly. And it's an honor to
preach with you, Kevin. I want to direct your attention
tonight to Mark chapter 14, if you would turn there with me.
We'll be looking at verse 32 and some other scriptures along
with that. But let's look there first, Mark
chapter 14. Verse 32. The title of my message
is Gethsemane. Gethsemane. It says in verse
32, Mark 14, And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane. The story of Gethsemane is recorded
in all four of the Gospel accounts It is my prayer this evening
that after this message is over, that Gethsemane will forever
hold a sacred place in your understanding and heart of what it cost the
Lord Jesus Christ to save His people from their sin. Calvary
is where atonement was made. Calvary is where sin was judged. Calvary is where God's redemption
was purchased. But before there was a cross,
there was a garden. Gethsemane marked the beginning
of our Lord Jesus' suffering, soul suffering, deep suffering. I don't believe our Lord's physical
abuse and suffering, as horrible as it was, compares to what He
suffered in soul for the sin. of His people. You know, Gethsemane
means oil press. And it becomes the very symbol
of what is happening here to the Lord Jesus. Just as olives
were crushed and pressed for their oil, Christ in Gethsemane's
garden was pressed under the weight of God's wrath for sin. And it wasn't his sin. He knew
no sin. He was made to be sin. Whose
sin was it? The believer's sin. The chosen
sinner's sin. Not his sin, but the sin of his
people. And do men dare make light our
Lord's suffering? Was Christ's suffering intended
for the whole world? You know, I hear that from men
who call themselves preachers. Did Christ suffer for all humanity? Did He suffer for those who hate
Him without a cause? Was Christ's suffering in Gethsemane
intended for all people without exception? Or was it for a particular
people? Does God love everyone in the
world? Or does God love those in the world who believe on Him,
trust in Him? Well, what does John 3.16 say? You know, all my life, raised
in a free will Baptist church, I always heard, you know, God
died for everybody. Jesus died for everybody. God
loves everybody. John 3.16. But what does John
3.16 say? It says, For God so loved the
world that He gave His only begotten Son. What does it say after that? That whosoever believeth in Him,
shall not perish, but have everlasting life." So did Christ suffer in
Gethsemane for everyone in the world? Or did Christ suffer in
Gethsemane, did He suffer and die for His people in the world? Now you and I, I would say most
of you here, many familiar faces, sit under sound preaching. We
know the truth of that, but this world in general does not. And
in Gethsemane, the dim shadows of night, just as Isaiah had
foretold, we see in the dim shadows of night in Gethsemane's garden,
we find a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And the
grief and sorrow that he suffered was the grief and sorrow that
you and I should have suffered. Just don't miss that. It's called
substitution. Now Golgotha is where the Lord
Jesus died, but Gethsemane is where He surrendered. If Calvary was the altar where
Christ died, then Gethsemane was the place that sacrifice
was made. And before a single nail pierced
his flesh, before a soldier's whip ever tore his back, our
Lord was already bleeding in Gethsemane. He sweat, as it were,
great drops of blood falling to the ground. Verse 32 again. And they came to a place which
was named Gethsemane. And he saith to his disciples,
Sit ye here while I shall pray. And he taketh with him Peter
and James and John. And he began to be sore amazed. Pay attention to those two words.
Sore amazed. And to be very heavy. And saith
unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death. Now friends, there are places
in the Scriptures where we're told to take off our shoes because
we're standing on holy ground. Gethsemane is one of those places. It's here under the crushing
weight of God's wrath and holy justice against sin. And again, our sin, not His. that we have a prelude of what
it would mean and what it would cost the Lord Jesus Christ to
be made sin. You know, we flippantly at times
quote 2 Corinthians 5, verse 21, and He was made to be sin.
He didn't know any sin. He was made to be sin. We might
be made the righteousness of God. But you stop and think about
that. God who knew no sin, God who
became flesh and blood, took on the form of a servant. He knew no sin, but He was made
sin. God took all the sin of all God's
elect throughout all time and put it upon Him. And He paid
it in full. He paid God's holy justice and
wrath that was due our sin. What suffering that must have
been. When Mark writes that the Lord
became sore amazed, it means greatly astonished. John Gill
said our Lord was greatly astonished at the sight of all the sins
of His people coming upon Him. Sore amazed means overwhelming
shock. Our Lord was stunned, not in
ignorance or surprise like we as men and women are. Our Lord
was so amazed to experience the black storm of wrath, the wrath
of God gathering thick over Him. We can't imagine. The Lord Jesus
was greatly astounded at the sword of justice brandished against
Him. Christ was filled with awe. He
was staggered at the curses of breaking God's holy and righteous
law. He was set back by the strict
justice of holy vengeance that was directed at Him. And both
heavy with sin and with sorrow, Gethsemane, friends, isn't just
a name. It's a symbol of agony and suffering. It's a place of preparation for
sacrifice. It's here that our Lord Jesus
walks the winepress of God's wrath alone. It's here that He
drinks that cup that no man could drink. It's here that our Lord
does what no man can do. I've heard many of my Pastor
friends say that probably one of the best definitions of grace
is God doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves. That's a fact.
Christ did for us what we couldn't do. Gethsemane was not just a
place of prayer, it was a place of pressure. His words express
His drinking of the cup, the cup that only He could drink.
And our Lord says in verse 34, My soul is exceeding sorrowful
unto death. This suffering wasn't just physical.
It penetrated to the deepest part of our Savior's soul. Verse
35, and he went forward a little and he fell on the ground and
prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
In Matthew's account, it says he asked that this cup might
pass. In Gethsemane, listen, Christ
is not feeding the multitudes. In Gethsemane, He's not calming
the storms. He's not healing the sick. He's
not casting out devils. Here, we see our Lord falling
to the ground. Falling on His face. Overwhelmed
with sorrow. Unfiltered grief. Not from pain,
physical pain, but from His sorrow and grief of sin. He really was
made sin. He really did experience the
wrath of God's justice against sin. There was a cup before there
was a cross. It's that cup of divine wrath. It's the wrath of our sin that
He drank. It was the cup of divine wrath
for His people, for you who believe and trust in Him. Those to whom God gave before
the foundation of the world, He drinks this cup and He drinks
it. What sorrow, grief, and guilt
that came with the sin of all the elect, of all the people
throughout all time. Why, just my sin alone, me spending
eternity in hell wouldn't pay for the first sin, Fred. But
he took all the sin of all his people throughout all time. And
what sorrow, oh, it's almost an understatement to say he was
a man of sorrows. Do you see him, the man of Saul's?
Do you see the weight of his cup? Our Lord doesn't fear Roman
nails. That's not what this is about.
He experiences the coming of divine judgment. The judgment,
again, that I remind you that we deserve. Let's never forget
that. This is what we deserve. Verse
36, and he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto
thee. Take away this cup from me. Nevertheless, not what I
will, but what thou wilt. And here, in Gethsemane's garden,
we see a prayer of submission. In Gethsemane, we see the agony
of obedience. Three times in Matthew's account,
the Lord prays that this cup might be taken away. The first
time in Matthew 26 verse 39, He said, O my Father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will,
but as Thou wilt. The second time in verse 42 of
the same chapter, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away
from me, except I drink it, Thy will be done. And then the third
time, in verse 43 of Matthew 26, it says, And He came and
found them asleep again, talking about His disciples, for their
eyes were heavy. And He left them and went away
again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. Now, our
Lord's suffering is real. Real. But each time He yields
and He says, Thy will be done. Thy will be done. In the Garden
of Eden, Adam brought ruin through rebellion and disobedience. But
in the Garden of Gethsemane, Christ brings salvation through
obedience and surrender. The first Adam failed and put
man under a curse. The second Adam succeeded where
the first Adam failed. And you know, Adam said to God,
you know what Adam said to God? If I may paraphrase, Adam said
to God, not your will, but mine be done. But here the Lord Jesus
says, not my will, but thy will be done. The curse is reversed. Christ redeemed us from the curse
of the law. How? By being made a curse for
us. That's what's happening here
in Gethsemane. In Gethsemane we see the failure
of man, even when they are his disciples. Verse 37, And he cometh,
and he findeth them sleeping. And he said unto Peter, Simon,
sleepest thou? Couldst not thou watch one hour?
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly
is ready, but the flesh is weak. And again he went away, and prayed,
and spake the same words. And when he returned, he found
them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. Neither wist
they what to answer him. And he cometh the third time,
and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest, it is
enough. The hour is come. Behold, the
Son of Man is betrayed, into the hands of sinners. Well, the Lord Jesus is in agony,
suffering like no man ever suffered or no man ever will suffer again.
His closest friends are asleep. Well, a picture of me. That's
just such a picture of me. Physical fatigue was not the
cause. It was spiritual dullness. What
a revelation this is. Man at his best state. Psalms
say it's altogether vanity, but also man at his best state doesn't
understand the weight of sin. We just don't. Friends, Christ
didn't just die for us. He suffered. He suffered for
us. He wasn't just misunderstood.
He was hated and betrayed. He was abandoned. He was ridiculed. He was crushed in spirit. Long
before he was ever pierced in his body. And that's what we
have in Gethsemane. At Gethsemane we see the loneliness
of the Lamb of God. He said, could you not watch
with me one hour? One hour. Just one hour. Our
Lord was deserted by His friends. His inner circle, Peter, James,
and John fail Him. He asks for support and He gets
snoring. The Lord Jesus bears this burden
alone. Alone. While the disciples sleep,
the Son of God watches and prays. The hour is near. The betrayer
is coming. Yet he submits to the purpose
and the providence of God. In verse 42, he says, Rise up,
let us go. Lo, he that betrayeth me is at
hand. And immediately, while he yet
spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great
multitude with swords and staves from the chief priests and the
scribes and the elders. And friends, the Lord Jesus is
going to drink this cup. He's going to drink every drop.
And He's going to drink it all by Himself. He's the only one
who could drink it. He drank it all, He drank it
alone, and He drank it dry. Here we see the triumph of submission. The Lord, He doesn't run, He
doesn't hide. He calmly arises from prayer. and he walks willingly, involuntarily,
submissively, straight into the hands of his enemy. Why did he do that? For you. Verse 44, And he that betrayed
him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that
same as he, take him and lead him away safely. And as soon
as he was come, he goeth straightway to him and saith, Master, Master,
and kissed him." Betrayed with a kiss. Have you
ever thought about the significance of that? Well, I believe it very
well reveals the hypocrisy of this world against God and the
Lord Jesus. It was a gesture of love to commit
treachery. It underscores the depths of
human depravity. It's proof that someone can profess
to be close to Christ outwardly and still be far, far from Him. It's proof that someone can say,
Lord, Lord, and prove that he never knew them.
A sobering reminder for us to examine
our hearts. May God enable us to do that.
This captures the heart of works-based religion. That's what the Lord said, fulfilling
Isaiah 29, 13. He said, they draw nigh to me
with their mouth. They honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me. Lip service is not heart
worship. God doesn't need our words. God
desires our hearts. The Lord seeth not as man seeth,
for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh
on the heart. 1 Samuel 16, 7. The wise man
Solomon wrote, My son, give me thine heart and let thine eyes
observe my ways. I should have said the Lord through
the wise man Solomon said that because that was the Lord speaking.
Rend your heart and not your garments and turn unto the Lord
your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and
of great kindness. Joel 2.13. The sacrifices of
God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart. Oh God, thou
wilt not despise. Lord, break my heart. Break my
heart. In Gethsemane, Judas' actions
were a fulfillment of prophecy. And Psalm 41, 9 says, Yea, my
own familiar friend in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath
lifted up his heel against me. And so have we. So have we. The Lord had before said that
the Scripture may be fulfilled. He that eateth bread with me
hath lifted up his heel against me. John 13, 18. I have to ask
myself, am I betraying the Son of Man with a kiss? Am I worshiping
Him with my mouth and with my lips and not with my heart? Our Lord was not detached from
human emotion. He's called the God-man, but
He was all God and He was all man. Not 50-50. Not 50% God and
50% man. He was all God, but He was all
man. The Scripture is very clear that
He was touched with the feeling of our infirmities. This man
had real emotions. And know that when Judas betrayed
Him with a kiss, The Lord still called him a friend. He said,
friend, wherefore art thou come? Then they came and laid hands
on the Lord Jesus and took Him. But our Lord wasn't caught off
guard. That's the way some folks think. Christ was walking a path
written before the foundation of the world. Judas kissed the door of heaven
and went to hell. That's so alarming to me. Men
and women can be close to salvation and yet be utterly lost. Gethsemane is not just a story,
friends. It's a battlefield. The Lord
Jesus wrestled alone with the weight of sin. And in love for
His people, He embraced the cross. He willingly went to the cross.
He voluntarily went to the cross. And it's there that we see the
sinless Son embracing the wrath of God for us. The obedient servant saying yes
to a bitter path. The man of sorrows stepping into
our grief. There was no other who could
pay the price. Christ took the cup and he drank
and the wrath is gone. Now in closing I want to take
you to what John says about what happened in Gethsemane. Turn
over to John 18 if you would. I want to read just a few verses
here, eight verses, and then make some closing comments. But
look at John 18 verse 1 with me. John 18 verse 1, When Jesus had
spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook
of Sidron, where there was a garden into the which he entered and
his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed
him, knew the place. For Jesus oftentimes resorted
thither with his disciples. And Judas then, having received
a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees,
cometh thither with lanterns, and torches, and weapons. And
Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon
him, went forth and said unto them, Whom seek ye? And they
answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. And Jesus saith unto them, I
am." He says, I am he, but he is italicized, it was added. I am. I am. And Judas also, which betrayed
him, stood with them. And as soon then as he said unto
them, I am, they went backward and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again, Whom
seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. And Jesus answered, I have told
you that I am. He's told us that He is I Am. He says, if therefore you seek
Me, now look at these words. This is the heart of the Gospel.
Therefore you seek Me, let these go their way. That's the Gospel. Let these go their way. It's called divine substitution. Christ steps forward to be taken
so that His disciples, that His people, might go free. The innocent
bears the guilt of the guilty. The Good Shepherd giveth His
life for the sheep. He stood in the place of Peter
who would very soon betray Him, deny Him. With authority, our
Lord said, Let these go their way. He didn't say, now guys,
let's sit down and talk this over. I'll come with you, but
won't you just let these go? No! This was not Him asking,
this was Him commanding. Let these go their way. Who's really in control here?
Is Rome? Is the High Priest? Is Judas? Is Satan? Are we? And let me say this. I have to say it. Our Lord was
no victim. I'm tired of the Lord Jesus Christ
being preached as a victim. He was the victor. Big difference. And with His face set like a
flint, He went to the cross. He must go to the cross. He must
go to Calvary, just as He must go through Samaria that day. To sin, He says, you can't have
them. To Satan, He says, you must let
them go. To death, He says, you will not
hold them. To the grave, He said, open up
and let them go free. He did not save Himself, He saved
His people. Take me, let them go. Take me. His substitution was
a willing substitution. He stands for His disciples in
this place called Gethsemane. And even in the hour of His own
suffering and arrest, His concern is for His own. having loved His own which were
in the world. He loved them until the end. And again, verse 8, I told you
that I am He, therefore you seek Me, let these go their way, that
the same might be fulfilled which He spake of them which thou gavest
Me, have I lost none? How many? None. Zero, zip, zilch, none. In the Garden of Gethsemane we
see many things that should cause us to worship the One who loved
us and gave Himself for us. We see the horror of sin. We
see the perfection of Christ. We see the frailty of man. We
see the depth of divine mercy. We see the suffering man of Saul's. We see the submissive prayer
of the Lord Jesus. We see the sleeping disciples.
We see the loneliness of the Savior. We see the betrayer with
a kiss. Christ's willing substitution,
His protective care, His sovereign authority, the fulfillment of
His mission, the reason that He came. It's a faithful saying,
worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world
to do what? Save sinners. Thou shalt call His name Jesus,
for He shall save His people from their sin. Gethsemane exposes the cost of
salvation. Now listen, salvation is free
to you and me. But it wasn't to Him. It cost
Him everything. Our Lord wasn't only facing Roman
brutality, He was facing divine judgment. His agony was not from
the fear of men, but from bearing the wrath of God in our place. In Gethsemane we see the heart
of the gospel, Christ choosing to suffer so that you and I might
be saved. Our Lord looks into that cup. representing the full judgment
of sin. And He determines and He chooses
to drink it. He drank it on the cross, but
it was in Gethsemane's garden that He determined to do so.
Christ fought the battle alone. His disciples slept. Judas betrayed. God the Father was silent. Christ
was forsaken by all, and the pain of Gethsemane anticipates
the forsakenness of the cross. And upon the cross, he cried,
Eli, Eli, sabothanai, that is to say, my God, my God, why hast
Thou forsaken me? We know why. We know why. It's the Gospel. Let these go
their way. He bore the full weight of His
people's sin. He drank that cup dry. I just can't get over that. Knowing that that cup contained the wrath that I deserved. In Gethsemane, our Lord entered
the furnace of God's wrath and judgment for sinners such as
you and I. And it shows us that the crucifixion
of our Lord was already in motion. He must needs go to Calvary. Lest I forget Gethsemane Lest
I forget Thine agony Lest I forget Thy love for me Lead me to Calvary. Who is this coming for me? and
dyed garments of Beaux-Arts. Glory is in his apparel, traveling
in the greatness of his strength. I that speak in righteousness,
mighty to save, wherefore, if I read in thine apparel, my garments
likened him and treaded the wine path. I have treaded the wine
press of the wrath of God alone. For who? Nothing, no. Great manifestation of grace,
isn't it? Thankful for his mercies. A lot of times, I, a disciple
of sleeping, don't really get the full sense of what it means
to suffer. One day he's going to show me.
He's going to show us what is really the fullness of it. I'm
just scratching. We just scratch the surface of
it. Is it nothing you've passed by? There is not a man that's
suffered like I've suffered. I think that's a lamentation
for you. Nobody. Is it nothing to you?
It's something to me. Take a break here. Think about
five minutes, or let them five minutes lie. We're just not. We're going to get back in five
minutes. But take a break. And when you
hear the music, come in. Come back and sit down. We'll
sing together. And you haven't to be nervous. Thank you for that message.