Thank you, Robin. Thank you,
John. Go back to 1 John 5 now. 1 John
5. I'm glad I left the water in
the baptistry because someone else is going to confess Christ
on Sunday. And I hope after this message
that maybe someone who's Tarion, for whatever reason, will be
given some assurance that they're a believer. And Ananias said
to Saul of Tarsus, why tarryest thou? Arise, be baptized. Let's read 1 John 5 verse 13. This really caught my attention
and this is the subject and the text. 1 John 5 verse 13. These things have I written unto
you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that you may
know that you have eternal life. I want it up, don't you? I mean,
I really want to know. And, he said, that you may believe,
that is, more fully, on the name of the Son of God. Can someone
be a believer, someone be saved, someone have eternal life and
not know it? Yes. That's why the Lord had
him write these things, had I written unto you, that believe that you
may know. I've told you my story that I
believe the truth, and yet I thought it was presumption to think that
God chose me and saved me. But He had, or I wouldn't believe
the truth. These things are written. The Lord had John write these
things for this reason, that we may believe and assure us
of that. In Revelation 1, he said, Blessed
are they that read the words of this book. God wrote this
book. Revelation 119, it says, write
these things down to the angel of the church at Ephesus, that's
the preacher, to the church at Pergamos, to the church at Smyrna,
to the church at Thyatira, Sardis, Philippi, Laodicea, Rocky Mount,
Fairmont, Kingsport. Write these things down. for
them to read, and he that heareth. Do you read? Are you considered
a blessing to have God's Word? Do you? Do you read it? Do you love to hear it? There
was a time you didn't. So why now? That's where it starts. That's where life starts. Life,
the seed is planted in here. And it goes down and planted
in the heart. And you hear. You start hearing. You start
loving to hear it. And you start reading it. You
didn't have that before. Why? You didn't have life. That's
how life began. This whole book, and I go back
to the first John 1, this whole book begins this way with the
Word of Life, doesn't it John? The first verse talks about the
Word of Life. Is it ringing? This whole book begins with the
word of life. Look at verse one, that which
was from the beginning, which we've heard, which we've seen
with our eyes, which we've looked upon our hands of hand of the
word of life. This book begins with the word
of life. It ends in first John 520 with eternal life. This is
eternal life. The word of life comes, the gospel
comes. These are words of life. We're
begotten by the Word of God. He sends His Word and implants
it in the heart of someone that didn't have life. And they start
hearing. And it's not just the Bible. What's this Word of Life
he's talking about? Christ. Christ, okay? So, read on with me. The life
was manifested. We've seen. Notice, it is in
italics. Life's not an it, it's a person.
We've seen and bear witness and show unto you that eternal life
was with the Father and manifested unto us. John spoke from this,
not too long ago. That which we've seen and heard
declare we unto you. God sends preachers to his people
to preach the gospel, not another, the gospel which is Jesus Christ
to his elect, and they hear it, and they believe it, and they
love it. And they don't want to hear anything
else. What about you? There was a time
that wasn't so. Read on, he says in verse 3,
that you may have fellowship with us. Is this not our fellowship? Is this not what we do? You're
not tired of it yet, are you? Why? You have life. And you can't
lose it. What God gives life will never
die. Our fellowship. These things,
verse 4, we write unto you that your joy may be full. Do you
rejoice? Do you get joy in what we're
doing here and what you're hearing? Do you rejoice in the gospel? Do you? It wasn't that way before. There
was a time when you did not. Look at verse 8. We say we have
no sin. That's a sin nature. In my flesh dwelleth no good
thing. We deceive ourselves. The truth is not in it. But if
we confess our sins, He's faithful and just to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Are you a sinner? There was a time when you weren't.
I mean, you didn't think you were, right? Are you a sinner
through and through? I mean a Roman seven sinner. Do you mourn over that sin? Our
Lord said, blessed are they that mourn. Blessed are the poor in
spirit. Blessed are they that mourn.
They'll be comforted. How? The Gospel. Do you mourn over
your sin? There was a time you didn't.
It was a time that sin didn't bother you. Why does it bother
you now? You have life. Are you already getting some
assurance here? Do you confess your sins to who?
God? Lord, God, be merciful to me.
Do you? There was a time you didn't. You said your little prayer,
you might have been religious, and you said grace for the meal.
You didn't ask for grace, but you said grace. Confess. There's not a day goes
by that a believer doesn't confess his sins. I'm thankful for the
blood of Christ. You've got to lie. There's a time you didn't. Chapter 2, verse 7. We're going through the whole
book. It ain't very big. Chapter 2, verse 7. Brethren,
I write no new... Verse 1. I'm about to pass up
verse 1 too, my, my. My little children. I'll stop
right there. Are you a little child? Do you
know how many times he said, my little children? I wrote it
down, I'm not going to show you all of them. Do you know how
many times he said, if you don't receive the Word of God as a
little child, you're not going to enter the Kingdom of God.
That's what Christ said. If you think you're something and know
something and can do something, then you're not going to be in
God's Kingdom. If you think you're a little child and you need everything
from your Heavenly Father, you have life. He's calling us little children. Our Lord called His disciples,
grown men, some of them in earthly years older than He was, little
children. And they weren't offended because
they knew it. They were blessed. They were
glad He called them little children. Okay, verse 1. Little children,
these things write I unto you that you sin not. Do you want to quit sinning? Do you? But you can't, can you? I asked
Spurgeon one time if he could have anything, anything, what
would it be? He says, I might not ever sin
again. We're not going to get that in
this life. But there was a time that wasn't
your desire. You were sinning with both hands
like a cart rubbing up. If any man sin, any sin, we have an advocate
with the Father, Jesus Christ. What's the rest of it, John?
The righteous. What's that? Does that mean anything
to you? An advocate? Somebody to plead your case?
Because you're guilty. Does that mean anything to you?
There was a time it didn't. Some of you were in Catholicism.
You prayed to whoever, and you didn't care. Mary, St. Francis,
that sissy that they all pray to. St. Christopher, it doesn't matter.
You know, somebody, but it doesn't matter. We have one mediator
between God and man, the man, Christ Jesus. And God always
hears him. Does that mean something to you?
Oh, my. There was a time it didn't. See that? These things have I
written to you that you may know. He's the propitiation of our
sin. Propitiation. That's a big word. There's a little word in the
middle of that. Does that mean anything to you?
Pitch. Have you heard that before? Pitch? Some of you are smiling. I've been saying this a lot. Do you know how few people know
this thing? Because it's so. And because we're so blessed.
Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah. Flesh and blood hadn't revealed
this thing to you, but my Father would have. Pitch! Boy, Noah
knew something about pitch. Shem, Ham, Japheth, their wives,
they knew something about pitch. They were so thankful for pitch.
It's the same word covering. That wrath of God is going to
come down on that ark. It's going to toss it and turn
it. It's going to be under the weight. All His waves and billows
are going to go over that ark. But those in the ark that's pitched
outside and in, not one drop of water is going to fall on
their head. There was a time it didn't. You
had a preacher that didn't have a clue what that meant. But God
sent you one that did. Because he heard it. He didn't
figure it out. Somebody told him. And all he's
doing is telling you what he told him. You have life. Eternal life. Look at verse 8, verse 7. I write no new commandment unto
you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The
old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
What's that? It's love. Verse 10. He that loveth his
brother abideth in the light. Christ is the light. Abideth
in Christ. God is love. Do you love these
brethren here? Do you really? I know you do. Some of you are still here. In
spite of us, we're all sons of Adam by nature, and we all got,
we still got, you know, you're still a Pendry, and you're still
a Canterbury, and I'm still a Mahan, and you're still a Fannin, and
we're all so different. It's a wonder we haven't killed
each other. What is, what's the wonder? The wonder of His grace. The wonder of His This fellowship
has given us. Love. That's proof, isn't it? He said over in chapter 3, by
this we know we've passed from death unto life. But we love
the brethren. There was a time I didn't. These weren't my companions. My companions, half of them are
dead and the rest of them are in prison. These were not my companions.
This is not who I want to run around with. But I do now. Why? You got life. New life. New life. Life of God. God's people. That's
a fact. That's a fact. Love. Love. That's not natural. To
love those that are not your blood kin, not anything like
you, different age and different background, all that. It's supernatural.
It's the love of God put in the heart. One man. Look at verse 12. I write unto
you, little children, because your sins are forgiven. What
does that mean to you? Forgiveness of sins. Why are your sins forgiven? For
Christ's sake. For Christ's sake. You love the
story of Mephibosheth? Do you not love the story of
Mephibosheth? You know how few people have
ever heard that story? And you can't get enough of it?
And you know exactly what that story is about. It's about you.
And David the king on the throne had mercy on a man who deserved
to die for the one he loved's sake, for Jonathan's sake. And God has mercy on us for Christ's
sake. Your sins are forgiven for His
name's sake, for the Lord Jesus Christ. One name under heaven. Alright, look at verse 15. Love
not the world, Do you love this world? And by
that, I mean its ways, its beliefs, its practices, its opinions,
the direction it's headed, and everything it thinks and does
and says. Do you love this world? Does it make you sick? There was a time it didn't. You
were right in the middle of it. It didn't bother you at all.
In fact, you were just like it. What happened? Life. A new creature. You see? Do you
think this is an evil world? Or are you like Dolly Parton,
you need to see the good in everybody? You know there's none that doeth
good. Not one. No son of Adam that doeth good.
No, not one. You know that, don't you? Are you going to be saved from
this world? Do you want to overcome this world and not be overcome
by it? Do you? Do you really? Do you pray to the Lord, Lord,
don't let this world get me, take me down. Please, Lord. Do you? Why? There was a time
you never prayed that prayer. There was a time that you were
of the world. You loved the world. You were
pursuing the world just like the world. What happened? This is resonating. That's a
big word. I don't know of another word
to use. This is resonating with all of
you here. I'm seeing it in your faces.
This is my story here. This is what happened to me.
All by this preaching that the world calls foolishness. Don't
you see this is the power of God and the wisdom of God? In His wisdom, this is how you
heard the Word of Life and opened your ears. And from then on,
you need it. If not, if you're sitting up
on a hillside with your legs crossed, you don't need preaching.
You don't need these people. It's the wisdom of God, and it's
the power of God. The world calls it foolishness.
Not me. Not me. I can't do without it. Verse 21, look at this. Verse
21, I'm not written unto you because you know not the truth.
You know the truth. And there's no lie of the truth.
There's no half-truth. There's no gray area. You know
the truth, don't you? What's the truth? Well, the truth
is who God is. There's a true God and there's
a false God. There's a true God and there's many false Gods.
There's one God and there are many false Gods. There's one
God as declared in this scripture, and there are many imaginations
of God. You know that, don't you? Who is God? He's God. You know that, don't you? He's
sovereign. He's absolute control of everything. He created this
world. He provides for this world. He controls this world. He's
the God of creation. He's the God of salvation. He
determines who's saved. He determines who lives and who
dies and who's saved. All souls are mine, God says.
That's the God of the Bible. You know that, don't you? You
know that, God. There was a time He didn't. True God. And Jesus Christ, whom
He hath sent. He said that this is life eternal,
that they might know Thee, the only true God. What does that mean? It means
there's a bunch of others that are not God. And most people
believed those guys. There was a time you did. Not
now. Why? Born of God. All God's children
know their Heavenly Father. They know what He's like. He's
given us an understanding. We know. Here's the truth. Tulip. Total depravity. You know it's
so. You see it all around you. You
see it in you. Unconditional election? Because man's dead,
God had to choose somebody. You know that's a fact. Because
man's dead, he can't choose God. He won't choose God. He's dead.
It must be so. And you know it's so because
the Word says it's so. That God chose a people before
the world began. Put their names in the Lamb's
Book of Life. And He gave them to the land that was crucified
before the foundation of the world to come and pay for their
sins. Limited atonement. Particular redemption. Propitiation. That whoever Jesus Christ died
for, they are saved. Why? Because it's the blood that
saves. It's the blood that makes the atonement. Nothing else.
Not our decision. Not our will. Not our choice.
Him! And you and I weren't around
when God made this decision. You know that, don't you? There
was a time you didn't. You might have hated this. You
heard it and said, no, I don't believe that. But if you belong
to God, you will. There will be no variation of
that. None whatsoever. Irresistible grace. You know
that so. How? From Scripture? That story
of Mephibosheth, David said, go down and fetch it. The most
powerful man on the earth. King. Give a word and somebody
will be killed. What if he won't come? Seriously. Catch him. Pick him up. Bring him to me. What happened? They fetched him. They brought
him. And they set him right there. And that's what happened to you.
If God hadn't done that, you wouldn't have come. It wasn't
some altar call. It wasn't 120 verses of Just
As I Am. It was the Spirit of God that
brought you. Fetch Him! He won't come. Yes, He will. I said, Come. All that the Father
giveth me shall come unto me. And him that cometh to me. You
know, I believe once in grace, always in grace. I believe once
saved, always saved. Don't you? I believe whoever
God saved, they're saved forever. That's perseverance. That's perseverance. Brother Bruce called it perseverance. Preserved and persevere. He preserves
them, that's why they persevere. They're kept by the power of
God. He said here, keep yourself. Why? Because you're kept by God.
He keeps you coming. Tulip. There was a time you didn't
believe that. A time you hated it. A time you
said, well, y'all are just Calvinists. No, we're not. We're believers.
Well, yeah, I don't mind being called Calvin. I love John Calvin. Chapter 3. Chapter 3. Behold what manner of love the
Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the
sons of Calvin. My, my, the world throws around
the love of God like it's a common thing, and like it loves everybody,
and everybody just trods it underfoot. Oh, do you think, do you... Are you amazed that God could
possibly love you? That you could be called a son
of God? Amen. It says the world knew Him not,
and the world knows us not. Verse 2 says, Beloved, now we're
the sons of God. It does not yet appear what we
shall be. Do you want to be a son of God? Do you sometimes think there's
no way I could be a son of God? There's no way I could be a son
of God to think the thoughts I think and the things that go
through my mind and things I do and say and so forth. There's
no way I could be a child of God to do that. Do you ever do
that? There's not a believer in here that doesn't feel that
way. Why? You've got these two men. You've
got this new nature. They're battling one another. New man and old man. But now
we're the Son's of God. But it does not yet appear what
we shall be. We know when He shall appear,
do you want Him to appear? Do you? The world doesn't. They hope He's not real. They don't want Christ to come. We'll be like Him. You want to
be like Him? Tired of yourself? You want to
be like Him? There was a time it wasn't so. Going down to verse Yeah, let's see. Let's just go
on down to verse 11. Go down to verse 11. This is
the message you heard from the beginning. Again, he says that
we should love one another. Verse 13. Marvel not, my brethren,
if the world hates you. Have you had anybody get real
mad at you over what you believe? Anybody in your family get real
angry with you? I mean, you didn't have a problem
before? Y'all were getting along just fine, close, brother and
sister, until you heard the gospel and went home and told this person
what you believed. And then they got mad at you,
like Cain got mad at Abel. Anybody? Everybody. What happened? They made a new
creature. He chose you, like he chose Abel
over Cain. Like he chose Jacob over Esau. Marvel not. Marvel if they don't
hate you. It means you're not... We know, verse 14, we've passed
from death unto life because we love the brethren. We do. We really do. I meant to deal with this because
I've got a good illustration about this. It says, In verse
3, every man that hath this hope in him purified himself, even
as he is pure of faith purified. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth
also the law. John read from Romans 6 to 9. If you haven't read that in a
while, read it. It says, whosoever abideth in
him sinneth not. Whoever sinneth hath not seen
him, neither known him. It's a twofold meaning. Number
one, this new man, this new creature in Christ is without sin. Holy,
unblamable, unreproachable in God's sight. He cannot sin. He's
righteous as he is. So is this new man. Okay? He's a new creature. He's a new
creature. He's not out in the world like
he used to be. But this new creature. Sin is
not his way of life anymore. It used to be. Sin has no dominion
over him. He's under grace. He's under
the reign and rule of the Holy Spirit, not the God of this world.
All right? And God does this work. You didn't
do it. You just didn't change your ways.
You didn't turn over a new leaf. It's a new creature, he said.
And it's a mystery, but it's so in every believer. Our daughter,
the Lord started working on our daughter Hannah when she was
a very young girl. We saw it. And she said many
things growing up, like some of our young girls. And one time
she was about eighth grade, and she told her mother, she came
home from school, and she said, I don't know what it is. He said,
I've got friends, but we're different. It's just something different. I said to my friend, I don't
know what the difference is. She said, you think it could
be the gospel, mama? And it wasn't very long after
that, she confessed to Christ and believed her baptism. You
know her. You know Hannah. It was real. See, God made her to differ. That's what happened. He makes
you, you can't, oil and water can't mix anymore. And this is
God's work. God's work. If it's not God's
work, it won't last. So, little children, let no man
deceive you. If God hadn't, you know, taken
that person out of that and given them a new heart and love for
God's people and the things of God, they're not a good Lord.
One time a man, a drunk, stumbled by where Brother Spurgeon was
walking on the street, and this fellow was drunk, and he said,
he said, Brother Spurgeon, do you recognize me? No, I do not. He said, I'm one of your converts.
He said, well, you must be. You're not one of the Lord. God makes new creatures. He really
did. He really did. Makes them different.
All right, look at chapter 4 with me, 1 John 4. Don't believe every
spirit, beloved. Believe not every spirit. Try
the spirits. That's preachers, whether they
be of God. Many false prophets have gone out into the world.
It said, verse 4, you're of God, little children. You've overcome
them. Do you believe these preachers on TV, these fellows? They're everywhere, aren't they?
They're reading the Bible. They're doing all these so-called
miracles. Do you believe them? There was
a time some of you did. How in the world could any reasonable
person fall for those obvious charlatans? How? God blinded
them. God blinded them. Because they
receive not the love of the truth, God sends them strong delusions
that they believe a lie. Why have you overcome? Why are
you not taken in by these crooks? You've got new life. You belong
to Him. Our Lord said, a stranger's voice,
they're not going to hear them. What a blessing. That's why he
says in verse, and I may preach on this Sunday, but verse 6 he
says, We are of God. He that knoweth God heareth us.
That's a bold statement. A lot of people say that. How do you know? How do you know? Well, whoever is of God, the
Spirit of God takes the things of Christ and shows them unto
you. The Spirit of God bears witness of the Son of God. Well,
that's in chapter 5. I'm getting ahead of myself.
But he says, Beloved, verse 6, We are of God. He that knoweth
God heareth us. He that is not of God heareth
not us. There are people that will not
sit here and listen to what you're sitting here listening to tonight.
I can't stand it. Have I said anything contrary
to God's Word tonight? I mean, there's some people that
can't stand this and accuse us of telling lies. Why? They're not of God. I know that's
bold, but that's what John said. All right, look at verse 9. And this was manifested,
the love of God toward us. Because God sent His only begotten
Son. Notice who the love of God is
for. This chapter talks about them
and us. Doesn't it? It said, and this
was manifested, the love of God toward who? Them. Us. They are of the world. We are of God. The love of God. God loves. us. Read on. God sent his only begotten son
into the world that we might live through him here in his
love. Not that we love God, but that
he loved us and sent his son to be the propitiation, there
he is again, for our sin. Who does God love? He does not
love everybody in this world. Who did Jesus Christ die for?
He did not die for everybody in this world. He died for his
chosen people. God loves his elect. Now, if
you say that in the average so-called church today, people are wearing
guns now. And you'd get shot. Barnard,
years ago, He stood up in a tent meeting in Ashland, Kentucky.
And every so-called church in that county was in that meeting. And he stood up and the first
two things out of his mouth were these. Two biggest lies ever
been told. Number one, God loves everybody. And number two, Jesus died for
everybody. See, neither one of them are
subtle. And my dad was there, a young
Armenian preacher. He was 22 or 23 years old. And
he said, you could hear people's jaws hit the floor. Now that's what this book says
there. Isn't it? And the whole world takes John
3, 16 and makes a whole big lie out of it. God loves you. Jesus
died for you. He has a wonderful plan for your
life. He loves everything, just like you are. Just accept Jesus and you go
to heaven. You don't believe that. The love of God was manifested
toward us in the perpetuatory sacrifice of Jesus Christ on
Calvary's cross. And His sacrifice on Calvary's
cross is what put away our sins. Period. Exclamation point. Right? You and I didn't have
anything to do with that. God just sovereignly chose to
love us. Period. You know it's Him. You know it's Him. Verse 19 says, We love Him. We
do love God. There's not a person in here
that goes around talking about how much you love God, do you?
You don't have that on your bumper, do you? Oh, how I love Jesus. Real men love Jesus. You don't
do that, do you? That desecrates His name. We
fear His name. We honor His name. We don't talk
about our love for Him, we talk about His love for us. If we
do love Him, it's because He first loved us. Right? That's right. Chapter 5. Whosoever
believeth Jesus is the Christ is born of God. It's a marked It's a marked difference
between the true believer and the unbeliever. They call Him
Christ. We call Him Christ. They call Him Jesus. Right? Why? Our Lord said to His disciples
one time, Whom do men say that I am? And they say this, they say,
Who do you say that I am? Peter said, Thou art the Christ. You know what that means, John
Chisholm Jr., don't you? He's the covenant head. He's
the Messiah. He's the only one that can save
us. He did save us by His precious
blood. I hear you say that in your prayers
all the time. Precious blood, precious blood. It really is.
Those who believe, His blood is precious. He's the Christ. He's the Messiah. He's the covenant
head. He's the go-between. He's the daysman. He's the prophet.
He's the priest. He's the king. He's the Savior. He's the way. He's the truth
and the life. Name something. He's not. He's everything. That's what Christ means. The
Lord. That's God. Jesus, the man. The
Savior. And Christ. the reigning ruling
Messiah over all the kingdom of God. He's the scribe. All right, look at verse, I got
to hurry. Look at verse 5. Who is he that overcometh the
world? He that believeth Jesus is the Son of God. What's that
mean? You had a lady tell you that one time, we both believe
that Jesus is the Son of God, didn't you? Your hairdresser.
We both. Why don't we not get along? We both believe He's the
Son of God. Now what do you mean by that? Everybody says that. Everybody says that. Everybody
believes He's the Son of God. One time he said, what think
ye of Christ? Whose Son is He? Well, they said
He's the Son of David. And why didn't David call Him
Lord? Well, he's the son of God. Why'd God call him God? Yes, he's the son of God. But
that doesn't make him less than God. He thought it not robbery
to be equal with God. He said, Philip one time said,
show us the Father. I said, Philip, if you've seen me, you've seen the
Father. He's saying He's God. He's just as much God as God. He's saying He's Jehovah. Do
you believe that? That's what it means. He come
in the flesh. When you believe that Jesus Christ
has come in the flesh, what does that mean? That He existed before
He got here. That He took flesh. A body hast
thou given me. It means He existed before He
had a body. That's His God. He's the eternal
God. The Jehovah Witnesses, the Mormons
think He exists. He only existed when He came
to this earth. Do you know that? He overcame the world. We believe
Jesus is the Son of God. And I've got to go to verse 10. He that believeth on the Son
of God hath the witness in himself. He that believeth not, God hath
made him a liar. Do you believe God is true and
just every man is a liar? Do you? You believe the record, record. Why does it say record? Because
this was recorded a long time ago. This was written down and
recorded. Duly recorded. So let it be written, so let
it be done. I've spoken it, I'll do it, God
said. As I've thought it, I'll bring it to pass. This is the
record. It was written long before. And
this record, verse 11, is this, that God hath given. Where does salvation come from?
It's a gift by grace. Not something you accept. Not
something you decide. It's something that's given to
you. God has given to us eternal life. That means you can't lose
it. And this life is where? In His
Son. He that hath the Son hath life. What's that mean? have faith in the Son. He that
hath the knowledge of the Son. He that hath the need for the
Son. He that hath a relationship with the Son. He that hath the
love for the Son. As feeble as it is, you still, you love him
not. So he says in verse 13, these
things have I written, that you believe on the name
of the Son of God, that you may know. I hope you have more assurance
now than you did when you came. As you may know, I've been in contact
with a fellow. He just has no assurance whatsoever.
He keeps saying, I don't love him as I should. I said, no,
you don't. Nobody does. I said, it's not your love anyway.
It's not your love. Your salvation is not up to you
or your love. It's up to his. Salvation when
Christ said, I have loved them with an everlasting love. Having
loved His own, He loved them to the end. That's our salvation. That's what we need to believe. Him. Here's what you need to
believe about yourself. You're a sinner. And here's what
you need to believe about Jesus Christ. He's your hope of salvation.
Isn't that enough to save you? If you believe that, you are
saved. There was a time you didn't. See? Okay. Verse 20. We know the Son of
God has come, has given us an understanding. Do you understand
these things? We know Him that is true. We
are in Him that is true. Like that ark, even in His Son,
Jesus Christ. This is the true God in eternal
life. Who is? They both are. The true God. And this is eternal life. Little
children, keep yourself alive. Amen. Do you believe these things?
Well then, why tarry us that? Arise and be baptized. Confess
Christ. Okay? The water's in the pool. Okay, stand with me.