Thank you. Y'all, we'll turn to Genesis
chapter 39. I'm glad all that's here was able
to make it. I said the first hour I messed that bulletin up.
Kimberly used to proofread the bulletins and edit my sermon
notes when she'd mail them out with a link to the sermon, so
you could listen and read along. Now I'm my own proofreader. We'll learn to get by. Yesterday
was a challenging day. We weren't under evacuation,
but I couldn't go home. road was closed, there was a
big fire, two houses down from us, not a big fire, but a fire,
and just down the hill, bottom of the hill right there, just
down from our driveway, and the helicopter went in so low, we
was on the back side of the property, my eucalyptus trees looking,
watching the smoke come, it went so low you couldn't see the helicopter.
in that little tiny valley. And they finally got it put out.
So we said, you know what, let's eat out. We don't eat out much.
We're gonna go out to eat. So we went out to eat down here
and was coming back this way and smoke's coming over the road.
There's a big fire over on Proctor Valley. I kept thinking I wasn't
gonna have to work today. I was lazy trying to get out
of it, but Kimberly did just as she did before. I couldn't
hardly get home. I had to go the back way on a dirt road. I got home
by the time, she's the one that called in the 911, and by the
time I got home, she had everything packed and the animals all packed
up and was, all I needed to do was handle the steering wheel,
just drive a car. I didn't, I was thankful for that. And in doing
so this morning, I grabbed the wrong jacket, so. My suit's off
too. Hopefully the message won't be.
Angus and Brother Ben Fisher down there, I've talked to both
of them this week, they send their greetings. And I told you a couple of weeks
ago, our sister June down there was so faithful and so many years
and the Lord graciously took her home. That was good news.
And there was a man that attended there for quite some time. I
think the Lord was working in, and Brother Rob Lowe, and he,
the Lord took him home last week. And so Angus is preaching quite
a few funerals. Genesis 39. We'd read last week
about Judah and Tamar, but we've been going through Joseph. And
Brother Cassius read Joseph just being brought down to Egypt.
And we read about him prospering greatly in his master's house.
You notice everything's said twice. He says all that he had
was prospered and he prospered all that he had. Kept saying
everything two times for us to understand. He read about his
run-in with Potiphar's wife. That's where most people, they
jump to that text to preach on it. I feel like I'm skipping
a rock on a very deep pond today. We read about him being innocent
but being cast into prison. And in prison at the end of verse
22, it says, whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of
it. He was the doer of it. When we
look at these pictures of Christ, Joseph's a picture of Christ
here in Genesis. It makes our heart burn within
us. I thought that road to Emmaus,
the Lord was walking with him and he said, what's wrong with
you? Why are you sad? Ought not Christ to have died?
And he opened the scriptures up and he went through Moses
and the prophets. They probably talked about this. It's about
Joseph going down, isn't it? And he expounded unto them in
all the scriptures the things concerning himself. This is a
picture of the Messiah. This is the cross coming. That's
what that is. This is his character and his
person and his work. And that's like whenever he sat
there in the temple and he sat down and they was all standing
and he told them what Isaiah said, he expounded himself in
that. And he said, this fulfilled right
now in front of you. He said, I'm him. That's what
he ended with. And when he said, I'm him, he revealed himself
in their hearts. There in the road to Emmaus,
immediately he departed. And they said, their hearts burned
within us while he talked with us, by the way, and while he
opened the scriptures to us. Not this case of morality, not
this case of history. I've heard 75 sermons out of
this. No, this is him. We got to see him in this. That's
preaching. That's what, I mean, there ain't
a whole lot of preachers in the world. A lot of them stand up for that
name, but not just applying the theological formula as to this
is what the gospel standard is and all of its points, right?
Well, that's a good 15 point gospel message. No, but seeing
him, hearing him do these things, smelling him on these pages,
right? Joseph was the favorite son of Jacob. And you can see
why. You can see why. We have not
and will not read anything negative about Joseph. in Genesis. Now the person of Joseph, the
man, the human that walked the earth, he was a man just like
me. He was a sinner saved by God's grace and Christ, just
like anybody else is. But because he was such a clear
and such a lovely picture of Christ, we're not gonna hear
anything bad about him. Joseph was distinguished above
his fellows, above his brethren, wasn't he? He was preferred above
them. He came into his own and his own received him not. They
threw him in a pit. He was despised and rejected
and they delivered him up. But it was the Lord that did
all that. Their wicked hands threw him in a pit and sold him
off to Egypt. But the Lord did it. His determinate counsel,
his foreknowledge, and Joseph knew it. He knew it. It says
at the end of Genesis there in chapter 50, he says, but as for
you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it to good,
to bring to pass, and this day, to save much people alive. He
did this. He knew the whole time he did
it, didn't he? What happened to our Lord when he walked this
earth? Despised and rejected of men, he came to his own, his
owner seemed to not, and all those that said, I love you and
I'll never leave you, they left him and went and hid. He was
treaded that winepress alone. He proved faithful. Why? To save
much people alive. more than the sands of the sea.
Remember, nation, kindred, tribe, and color, and language, and
political association. Much of them, much of them. Verse
one says, and Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar,
an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, brought
him out of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.
Our Lord left his father, his proper position, his comfort,
and he came down to this Egypt that we're living in right now.
All of us Egyptians are living in it. Why? To save much people
alive. Joseph did this willingly. We
did this willingly. How could I say something like
that? He never once tried to escape to go back home. I thought
about that all week. What would you do? They got you
in a little cage, trotting you through the desert, and as soon
as that sun goes down, buddy, I'd get me a little rock and
try to whittle that door open, wouldn't you? I gotta get out
of here. It's not recorded. It ain't recorded, is it? Why? He didn't cop an attitude. He
didn't lawyer up to someone to fight for his rights. He didn't
go on a hunger strike. He served. He came down, he said,
this is where the Lord put me, I'm working. God put this in
my hand to do, I'm gonna do it. He did, didn't he? Paul told
the church at Philippi, he said, let this mind be in you, which
was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, thought
it not rightfully to be equal with God, but he made himself
of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant. He
served, and was made in the likeness of men, and being found in fashion
as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross. Wherefore, God also hath highly
exalted him and given him a name which is above every name, that
at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven
and things in earth, things under the earth, and that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the
Father. What is all his brethren that
despised him and tried to kill him gonna confess at the end
of this? You're the boss, Joseph, and God did it. That's physically
what's going to take place. That's what we're going to do.
Joseph went from a high son, the most preferred son, to a
lowly servant. That's what our Lord did. He
submitted to bondage. He submitted to service, even
unto death. He was prosperous. The chapter
begins telling us that he was prosperous, wasn't it? Prosperous. What he started out doing, it
ends that he's prosperous. At the end of verse, at the end
of chapter 39, it said he prospered in everything he did. Our Lord,
what he begins, he shall finish. What he begins to prosper, if
he's begun a good work in you, he shall perform it to the end,
won't he? It says in verse two, why would that happen? Why would
Joseph be prosperous? And the Lord was with Joseph.
The Lord was with him. The Lord was with Christ, wasn't
he? God was with him, reconciling to the world unto himself, not
imputing their trespasses unto them. And the Lord was with Joseph,
reconciling those sons of Jacob, his brethren, to himself, and
not counting their sins to him. Y'all threw me in a pit. I'm
gonna throw you in a pit. He didn't do that, didn't he?
Verse two says, the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous
man, and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian,
and his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord
made all that he did to prosper in his hand. Even this heathen,
this Egyptian Potiphar, proclaimed, God's with you, the Lord's with
you. What did Abimelech say about
Abraham? He said, we can tell God's with you. What did Abimelech,
either the same one or a different one 70 years later, say to Isaac?
God's with you, isn't it? The Pharisees, they had to say
that to our Lord. The Pharisees said that to Christ.
Remember when Nicodemus came to Him in John 3? He said, no
man can do miracles that thou dost except God be with him.
God be with him. There in verse 3 it says, and
his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord
made all that he did to prosper in his hand. Everything, everything
that's taken place. Joseph being in Egypt and being
a servant, being a slave, Everything that happened in Egypt happened
on purpose. Nothing got by God, did it? The Lord put him there,
why? To accomplish what the Lord's
will was. He did it on purpose, to accomplish his purpose, didn't
he? Knowing that, as a child of God, this man Joseph, he never
murmured, he never complained, wherever he was put, that's where
he worked, and he worked as unto the Lord, because God put him
there. I wish I could wake up every day of my life and handle
every transaction throughout the day and every person. And
I wish the Lord would give me that grace to think God did this. And be like, everything's fine.
Your house burnt down yesterday. Okay. That's the Lord's house.
He wouldn't burn it down. It's his business. It ain't my
business. It's right. Shall not the judge of the earth
do right? The Lord prospered that too. This ain't quid pro
quo, but I'm telling you if we walk through life The Lord enables
us and makes us walk through this life saying, God did this.
What's wrong with you? Why are you upset? You're going
to prosper. It's for your good. There's benefit.
And those around you is going to prosper. It's so. Paul said,
servants, this is the context. We quote things and we don't
know what the context is. Here's the context. Paul speaking
to servants in Colossians 3. He says, servants obey all things
your masters according to the flesh. Not with eye service.
If they tell you go sweep floors, go sweep floors. Just do it.
Not with eye of service, well I'm gonna look like I'm sweeping
the floor and I ain't gonna get that corner over there. Not as man pleasers,
oh yes boss, oh. Just being suck ups and making, trying
to be make friends for your own benefit. Not as man pleasers,
but in singleness of heart, fearing God. And there's a colon there,
he's gonna tell you what that means. And whatsoever you do,
do it heartily as to the Lord and not unto men. There's a whole
lot of the Lord's servants in this world that do a whole lot
for everybody and nobody knows. Or they're ridiculed for it and
they're put down for it and they're criticized and told 15 ways from
Sunday how to do it better. But they ain't doing it to please
you and ain't doing it for eye service. They're doing it because
God put them there to do it. He sees it. That's why they work
so hard. And guess what? The Lord prospers
it. It's so. He prospers it. A psalm was said
of that blessed man. It said, he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water, and bringeth forth his fruit
in season. His leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he
doeth shall prosper. Who's that speaking to? Isaiah
said, yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. He hath put him
to grief. When thou shalt make his soul
an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. and shall prolong
his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his
hand." It's going to. Is that a little different and
less immorality? Is that a little different than, don't murmur
when you walk through this line. We see him. Makes us burn, don't
it? Verse four, and Joseph found
grace in his sight, in his master's sight, and he served him. He
served him. Everything that Joseph did was
well-pleasing in his master's sight. The Lord said in John
8, 29, he said, and he that sent me is with me. Lord's with me. And the father hath not left
me alone for I do always those things which please him. And
that role as a servant that I'm supposed to live, every jot and
every tittle, he came and always did what pleased the father,
always. And what did the father say?
This is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased. And then he
told his people, hear ye him. I can say that. Awake, live. He can make it effectual, can't
he? Verse four says, Joseph found grace in his sight and he served
him and he made him overseers over his house. And all that
he had, he put into his hands. Joseph was made overseer of the
whole house, everything. All that he had was put in his
hands. What came of that? Look at verse five. And it came
to pass. You're in charge of everything.
If this whole business falls apart, it's your fault. It came
to pass from the time that he had made overseer in his house
and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptians'
house for Joseph's sake. And the blessing of the Lord
was upon all that he had in the house and in the field. That's
the inside and out. Inside the house, outside the
house, the whole thing. You notice how we keep reading
these verses, everything's twice, isn't it? All in all, he prospered
and he prospered. He blessed the house and a blessing
came upon the house, right? Because it's all things. Every
angle you can cut it. John the Baptist said, the Father
loveth the Son and hath given all things into his hand. And
he that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. Paul said
in Colossians 1, he's before all things. What come before,
grace come before, didn't it? The Lord came before and was
gracious to us. Before anything happens at all in this world,
that's the Lord's will and Christ purposed it. He come before.
He's before all things. And by him, all things consist. Once it gets here in providence
or whatever, whatever's going on, he's the one maintaining
them. And he's the head of the body, the church, who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things
he might have the preeminence. Why? For it pleased the father
that in him should all fullness dwell, and having made peace
through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things
to himself. I wanna hear that every way you
can slice it. I do. The Lord blessed that Egyptian's
house, why? For Joseph's sake. That whole house, that whole
area was blessed because of Joseph. What's that show? If anyone's
ever blessed eternally, it's because of Christ. If anyone's
ever blessed physically, what we call, what natural man calls
a blessing, the Lord did that too. That's because of him. That
whole house and that whole town and that whole country, and there's
going to be other countries, because that's where his brethren
are, isn't it? They're all going to be blessed because of him.
Because the Lord has one of his own there. There's corn in Egypt. Cameron was reading a book from
a long time ago. These explorers, heathens, they
just want to go out and make maps of the world. And they said,
well, like the writer of Genesis said, there's corn in Egypt.
That common vernacular and understanding, we're reading a naval book from
400 years ago, and they said that dried up faster than Jonah's gourd. People knew about
those, talked about those things, didn't they? The Lord had a people
there and it blessed them. That's going away, isn't it?
Well, we pray, pray for them to bless us, bless us. I'll tell
you what it is. San Diego County is far better
because the Lord has a couple of people here. That's so. I watched that happen my whole
life in Ashland, Kentucky. There's a place called Armco
Steel, and they did everything they could to shut it down. And
then American Kawasaki bought it. And they tried shutting it
down for years and they couldn't. So they said, you know what we'll
do? Just like their preacher they had come to town. They said,
we'll starve it out. They had a blast furnace. I worked
there for a couple of years. They had a blast furnace and it had
to be relined with brick every nine years. And I got, and I
said, we did confined space rescue. And I said, when are they going
to reline this blast furnace where they make a steel? And they said,
it ain't been relined in 17 years. That was 20 some years ago. They
still ain't relined it. And you know what? Every time
we go to Ashland, there's fire coming out of that blast furnace.
Why? The Lord has a people there. A couple of them work there.
He's got a preacher there telling people about who he is and what
he did. And he's going to sustain it. And that city's better for
it solely for the benefit of his people. That's so. Ain't
nothing different in this county. That's so. He's got a people
here. Joseph was a goodly man. It says
in verse six, and he left all that he had in Joseph's hand,
and he knew not aught he had, save the bread which he did eat.
Potiphar didn't even, he said, I know I got food on the table.
I don't know what else to have. Joseph's handling. And Joseph
was a goodly person and well favored. We read, remember when
that rich young ruler come to our Lord, our Matthew 19, and
he said unto him, good master, what good things shall I do to
inherit eternal life? We say that in our daily language,
don't we? We're just speaking of somebody or we like or whatever.
You know, I like so-and-so. He's a good man. He's a good
fella. I like him. The scripture says
none good, no, not one. If they're born of Adam, there
ain't none. You know who that is? That's me. Let's get the
rubber all the way to the road. That's you. I'm a sinner. You're a sinner. I was at war
with God. You were or still are. That's
so, isn't it? And the Lord answered him and
said, why callst thou me good? There's none good but one, God. What's he telling that rich young
Lord? If you're calling me good, you're calling me God, and you're
right. You're right, that's who he is. You call me good, you
call me God, and so I am. He told his disciples, he said,
you call me Lord and Master, and you say well, for so I am.
That's the great I am. The only one ever good. Joseph
was goodly because goodness had passed before him. That's the
only reason man called him, in our language, good, that he was
goodly. If anybody calls me good, it's
because goodness has passed before me. I thought of Moses asking
the Lord, he said, show me, show me your glory. And the Lord said,
I will make my goodness pass before you. I'll make my cross
pass before you. Everyone favored Joseph. As much
as it is in you, live peaceably with all men. It ain't in us
much, is it? That's what I get every time
I read that. They might be there a little
bit. Not much. I was trying my best to get home
during that fire yesterday. I knew it was down at mile marker
four. We live at 4.5, and it's one way in, one way out. And
that cop in front of me wasn't driving fast enough. I couldn't pass him, he'd arrest
me. I couldn't come preach today, so I'd calm down. That's how
much was in me. As much as he lived peaceably
with all men. Everyone favored Joseph. He was pleasant to be
around. He was hardworking. He didn't complain. God's people
are like that. They're well favored, aren't
they? Our Lord was well favored. We are because of him. This is
something I can't enter into it. If somebody says they can
explain this, you run from them. Run from them. It says in Luke
2, and Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with
God and man. Teach me Lord. He has to teach
us though. Joseph was tempted. Verses seven
through nine. I'm sure you've heard a bunch
of messages on it, but he was in his late teens, early twenties,
a young man. He wasn't like Jacob where he's
114 and he got just too old. This is a young fella and he
was tempted by Potiphar's wife and he didn't cave in. That's
something, isn't it? Why? We read in Hebrews 4, our
high priest, he was tempted like as we are, yet without sin. He's
tempted in all points like we are, in everything, yet without
sin. Stop that, it must be about my
father's business and move on. His jaw fixed like a flint, didn't
he? Even Pilate had to confess that. He said, y'all gonna hang
him or put him up on a cross, I find no fault in him. I find
no fault. Faultless. Our Lord was tempted
with physical comfort by Satan, wasn't he? Satan come to him,
and he said, Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones
be made bread. You're hungry. You got a stomach
like everybody else does. I've been hungry. Not supposed
to eat bread no more. It ain't good for you, right?
I love bread. He said, You're hungry. You ain't
ate in 40 days. Make these stones bread. And he said, it's written,
man, I shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceeded out of the mouth of God. His mind was on the father.
He was about his master's business, his father's business, wasn't
he? Just like Joseph. It says in verse 12, and she
called him by his garment saying, lie with me. And he left his
garment in her hand and he fled and got him out. That's the second
time Joseph was stripped. Then his brother stripped him,
took his coat off of him, threw him in a pit. Now she's yanked
his coat off of him. Our Lord came to this world naked.
He came into this world naked, a baby, wasn't He? To a poor family, in a poor place,
in a poor town, from His throne on glory. And they stripped Him
while He was being tortured before He took Him to that cross. They
took His garments off. His robe of righteousness is
made ours because of it. We're clothed in Him. And it
says He fled. He got Him out. And the text
says that twice also, that he fled, he fled. Paul warned Timothy
of these things, the snares of the world. Not to chase bigger
churches, not to chase bigger titles, not to chase bigger paychecks,
as many false preachers do. But he said, but thou, O man
of God, flee these things. and follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. That's what he said. They're gonna make our Lord a
king. He already was, wasn't he? They said, this is great,
get a hold of him. He's gonna be our king. Nobody's gonna get
sick again and all the pain and woes and money and everything's
gonna be out the window. We're going to be happy, happy, happy. And what'd
he do? He walked right through them.
They said, we're gonna kill him. Get a hold of him, we're gonna
kill him. And he walked right through them. Why? He was following after righteousness.
godliness. He didn't sit there and satisfy
himself by destroying his foes right then. He could have just,
and they'd been dead, sent to eternity. No. He was about godliness,
faith, and love, and patience, and meekness. This lie that Potiphar's
wife conjured up was told to Potiphar, and Joseph was hated
without a cause, and he was in prison. Look down at verse 19.
And it came to pass when his master heard the words of his
wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did
thy servant to me and his wrath was kindled. I hate him. I hate
him. And Joseph's master took him
and put him into prison, a place where the king's prisoners were
bound. He didn't say put him in a halfway house and now I'm
gonna put an ankle brace on you, but we're gonna send some people
down to cook for you and you're gonna have it good. You just
gotta stay, you're gonna be on a timeout for a little while.
No, it says where the king's prisoners were bound and he was
there in prison. It says that twice. When his
brother sold him, he didn't say a word. When Potiphar, without
a cause, without a true cause, on a lie, he threw him in jail,
not a word. He didn't say nothing. Why? I'd have popped up. I would have had to scream for
bloody murder, wouldn't I? Isaiah said, as a sheep before
his shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. He was taken from
prison and from judgment. And who shall declare his generation?
For he was cut off out of the land of the living. For the transgression
of my people was he stricken. Why is that? There's one people
that's going to live because Joseph's in prison. Isn't it?
That's what's coming about. The Lord purposed to put him
in there because there were two others. One's going to live and
one's going to die. There's a butler and a baker.
We might look at that next week. But Joseph's going to save one
of them. He's going to be used to save one of them. There's
a lot of time between verse 20 and verse 21. He said he put
him in prison. Know what it says? And that's
where the king's prisoners went. That's where the bad people went.
There's a lot of time there. There's a lot of torturous time.
We read over in Psalm 105, it says, he sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold for a servant, whose feet they hurt with fetters
and was laid on an iron. They chained him up. They hurt
his feet. It wasn't as if the Lord was punished. It wasn't
as if he put our sins away. It's not as if those things wasn't.
They hurt his feet. They drove a nail through it. Said they heard his feet, they
laid an eye on him until the time that his word came. The word
of the Lord tried him. The father tried the son and
he saw our sin on him and turned from him. The king sent and loosed
him, even the rule of the people and let him go free. And he made
him Lord of his house and ruler of all his substance to bind
his princes at his pleasure and to teach his senators wisdom. The Lord went to the cross to
bind up the brokenhearted and teach us He's our wisdom. We
think we're senators, don't we? We don't know nothing. We know
Him, we know something, because He taught it. What began as a
horrible burden became a victorious comfort. Look at verse 21. But
the Lord was with Joseph. You mean why they hurt his feet
and they had him bound up against the wall? Yeah, that's God's
man. Who put him to Potiphar? Potiphar didn't put him there.
God put him there. And the Lord was with Joseph and showed him
mercy and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison,
of the warden. And the keeper of the prison,
Cephas doesn't repeat, committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners
that were in the prison. Who was Joseph in charge of?
Only prisoners. You ever committed a felony? Only prisoners. And whatsoever
they did there, he was the doer of it. He was the doer. Y'all
painted these walls? Joseph told us to paint these
walls. Y'all clean up the yard out there and cut the grass?
Joseph told us to cut the grass. He did it. He got all the glory for
anything that took place in that prison, didn't he? The keeper
of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand, because
the Lord was with him. And that which he did, the Lord
made it to prosper. You just think about that for
a little bit. Everywhere Joseph went, he prospered, didn't he?
Everywhere he went, he got put in charge. So much so that Potiphar
didn't even check up on him. There in the beginning, verse
six, it says, he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and
he knew not all he had, save the bread which he did eat. How
much is your 401k worth, Potiphar? I don't know. I got bread to
eat. Joseph's in charge of that. What about this warden? He's in charge of the prison.
And how many prisoners you got? Ask Joseph. He's in charge. He
runs everything. Now he's in prison. And a warden
put a prisoner in charge. And it says he looked not to
anything that was under his hand that he was in charge of. That
keeper of the prison. What he was doing by doing that
is putting his life in Joseph's hand. Not just his safety and
a prisoner might stab him or something like that. Him putting
Joseph in charge of the prison is him putting his life in Joseph's
hand. You remember that? What comes
to mind? I know what comes to your mind. Acts 16, isn't it?
The keeper of the prison awaketh out of his sleep, after the earthquake
came, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword and
would have killed himself, supposing the prisoners be fled. One of
them prisoners gets away, it's on your head. He'd go out and
kill himself, because it'd be a whole lot better than what
was coming to him, wouldn't it? But Paul cried with a loud voice,
saying, do thyself no harm, for we're all here. We're all here,
calm down. Don't hurt yourself. How'd that
pan out? Why are you here? Sit down, let
me tell you something. They preached to him, didn't
they? What must I do to be saved? Believe God. Here's who he is.
And he said, you come, it's two o'clock in the morning. You come
to my house. They bandaged him up and he fed him. He said, wake
them teenagers up. Well, they're going to be cranky if you get,
who cares? Get them up. Preach to them what you just
preached to me. His life was in her hands. You
know, there in Acts 16, Philippians, everybody knows about it. He
didn't care about his life after that, did he? It don't matter. We do
ourselves harm when we don't cast all of ourselves on the
Lord Jesus Christ. That's doing yourself harm, not
saving yourself. The Lord said, if a man saves
himself, he'll lose it. If he loses his life, he'll save it. We do
ourselves harm when we don't cast all of our care upon him
and all of our trust upon him and all of our everything upon
him. That's harmful to us, and it's safe to do so. I pray every
one of us would cast ourselves, lock, stock, and barrel onto
him, and trust him with everything he has, and don't check up on
nothing. Well, what is that? The Lord must want it that way.
Just keep calling. We'll be prospered if we do so. The Lord will bless it, won't
He? All right. Brother Mark.