are through. The body they may kill, God's
truth abideth still, His kingdom is forever. How I thank the Lord for Martin
Luther, and you should too. We owe a great debt to that man. We wouldn't have this Bible,
probably, if the Lord hadn't used him. That hymn, I love it so much. He spoke of our ancient foe and
this world with devils filled and our Lord fighting that battle
for us. and anybody that's been assaulted
by our ancient foe. All of God's people are, but
God is so good, so merciful, so gracious that he keeps him
from us and we don't realize. We just don't realize. But men
like Martin Luther, men who are out in the forefront, prominent
men were assaulted greatly assaulted by him. The world scoffs at any
mention of the devil or devils, Satan. They scoff at that. And
what they're doing is calling Jesus Christ a liar. He spoke
more about Satan than anyone. And the apostles did too, who
were, who did battle with him also. God's people do, but thankfully
Our Lord, the right man, is on our side. John 16. John 16. This has something to
do with that battle. John 16, verse 33. Our Lord says this to His disciples, to
us. He concludes His sermon, His
message to them and us. He says, These things I have
spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation,
but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world." Now, I told Brother Gabe, we
were talking about what we were preaching tonight, and I said,
I feel like Job. Job said, I've spoken things
too wonderful for me, things I understood not. I've looked
at this passage for many years now, Christ saying, I have overcome
the world. And I'm still not sure the full
meaning of it. But he said, cheer up, this is
for your comfort, this is for your peace. He said, I have overcome
the world, the world that threatens to overcome us. God of this world. And he said this, he said, these
things I have spoken unto you. He's talking to disciples, he's
talking to you. Are you a disciple? Do you believe the Lord Jesus
Christ? Do you not believe all he said?
Do you not believe he's the Christ? Do you not believe all your hope? He is your Lord and your Savior. Do you not believe it? He said,
these things I have spoken unto you, unto you, for our peace,
that in me you might have peace. He said, in the world. In the
world, you're going to have tribulation, that's stress, that's pressure,
that's just pressing in on you, pressing down on you, just heavy
trials. In this world, you shall have
tribulation, but for our peace, for our comfort, he says, these
things have I spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace.
What things? Well, he said a lot. We've listened
to a lot, haven't we? A lot. Our Lord spoke true things. He spoke the truth. In this world of lies and liars,
is there anybody in this world today that you can believe? Huh? Is there any source of information
today that you can turn on and listen to and be confident they're
telling you the absolute truth? Anywhere. Isn't that unbelievable? There's one source. He who cannot
lie, he said, I am the truth. Listen to me. I've just about
quit listening to everybody, except those who say what he
said. He told us the truth, and you can bank on it. Trust your
soul and everything on it. Everything you are and have.
He is the truth. He told us future things. Look
at chapter 14, verse 29. He's told us true things. He
told us the truth. He's told us future things. He has told us what the future
holds. Hasn't it? Peace. So we'll have peace. Verse 29, he said, I've told
you before it come to pass that when it come to pass you might
believe. See? I told you. You never like to
hear somebody say that, do you? I told you so. Boy, we're going
to love hearing him say that. Known unto God are all his works
from the beginning of the world. He hath declared from us the
end from the beginning. He's declared these things. And
he not only spoke them, but he wrote them down. Revelation 1,
let me, if you don't want to turn to these scriptures, I'm
going to turn fast and read them for you. He not only spoke these
things to us, but he wrote them down for us. In Revelation 1,
9, John said, I'm your brother and companion in tribulation.
Oh, was he in tribulation. When he wrote this, he was exiled,
banished to an island, cut off from everyone. There were hardships. They didn't
leave him in comforts. And he said, I'm your companion
in tribulation and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ.
And I'm in the isle called Patmos because he put me there. John
had peace. Like Paul was in prison, he said,
I'm the prisoner, not of Nero, but of Jesus Christ. He'd sit
in his jail cell and sing. He said, I was there for the
Word of God, verse 9. He said, I know I was there for
the Word of God, for the testimony of Jesus Christ. And in verse
10, I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day and heard behind me
a great voice as of a trumpet saying, I am Alpha, Omega, the
first, the last. What thou seest, write in a book
and send it to the churches. Write it down. Verse 19, write
the things you have seen, the things which are, and the things
which shall be after. future things. He's told us the
future for our peace. He's told us the truth. Our Lord
said this in Isaiah, I don't know the term, but he said, let
them declare things that are going to come. Let them. God
says, I have, and I've spoken it, and I'll bring it to pass.
Peace. He said, in the world you shall
have wars and rumors of war, but in me peace. He told us about this world.
Now, the future of this world, this world, there is no future.
Don't bank your future on this world. It's going to perish. It's going to melt with the fervent
heat. Everything in it. Everything
in it. But now there's a future, there's
a kingdom, an unseen kingdom that he says in it. It's not gloom and doom. It's
joy unspeakable and full of glory. World without end. You can bank
on what he said. He told us the future. These
things have I spoken unto you. He's told us secret things. Go
back to John 14. He's told us things he's kept
secret from the world. He tells his friends. He tells
his children, his family. You have private conversations,
don't you, with your family? Well, our Lord does too. He tells
His family things, reveals things to them. Look at John 14, verse
1 through 3. Let not your heart be troubled.
Now, He's not talking to the world. They're in trouble. He's talking about his people.
You believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are
many mansions. If it were not so, I would have
told you. Many mansions. You think God is going to run
out of room for you? I go to prepare a place for you,
he said. Who? People. Who's he talking about?
Those that believe him. Those that trust him. Those that
worship him. Those that need Him, do you?
Sinners, I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself,
that where I am, you may be also. Bank on it. Look at chapter 15,
verse 9. He's talking to His disciples. He's talking to us. As the Father
hath loved me, so have I loved you. continue in my love." How does
the Father love the Son? You remember us looking at that?
Oh my! John said, the Father loved the
Son and has given all things in Him. He's the well-beloved
Son, only begotten Son of the Most High God. The Father loved
the Son and has given Him all things. He says, has the Father
loved me? He says, I love you. Who? You say, surely not me. Why not?
Let's ask Mary Magdalene, okay? Mary Magdalene believes, yes,
I believe He loves me. The thief on the cross says,
yeah, I believe He loves me. He revealed Himself to me. I
trust Him. I believe Him. Look at verse
15 of John 15. Verse 15. He said, Henceforth
I call you not servants, a servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth,
but I have called you friends. All things I've heard of my father
I've made known unto you." He called Abraham his friend, didn't
he? Spoke face to face with Abraham. Well, he said, I call you friend.
He's made known unto us, he said. Do you know the people you know
and maybe some family and people you work with? Do they know these
things? Do they believe these things?
No. Well, why do you know them? You're his friend. He told you a secret thing. Chapter
16, verse 1. These things, these things have
I spoken unto you that you should not be offended. Remember that?
Remember this? These things that he says are
offensive to most people. The truth is offensive to most
people. He stood there in Nazareth that
day and all he did was tell the truth. What? Who allowed you? He raised, and who? Elisha. Right. He just told the truth, and they
took him and wanted to throw him off the cliff. Anybody hate
you for the truth? Are you offended by it? No. You love it. The truth. Verse 2. He said, they'll put
you out of the synagogue. Time cometh that whosoever killeth
you will think he doeth God a servant. These things will they do unto
you because they've not known the Father or me. But these things
I've told you. I've told you. Don't think it's
strange. Because I've told you that when
the time comes, you'll remember I told you of these things. I
told you these things. Verse 22, look at chapter 16.
Verse 22. He says, now you have sorrow
now in this world. We have sorrow. Sorrow is sin,
don't we? We're vexed with all around us. He says, I'll see you again,
and your heart shall rejoice. And he said, your joy, no man
take it from you. Nobody's going to take this joy
from you. Now, so he says, these things have I spoken unto you.
These things have I spoken unto you. These things have I written
down for you to read. for you to resort to. These things,
these things have I spoken unto you, that in me, in our text,
in me you might have peace. In me you might have peace. Peace
with God, in Christ, by Christ. Peace within, peace within. Remember he said about joy in
chapter 14, about peace, he said, peace I leave with you, my peace
I give unto you. Not as a world given, They promise
peace, peace, but there is no peace. But the peace I give you, you
have peace with God. God is not angry. God is angry
with the wicked. He's not angry with you. Why?
He said, because you love me. And the Father loves you because
you love me and you believe me. Man, I hope I see some smiles
before this evening's over. These things have I spoken unto
you. Let me find somebody. You, that in me you might have
peace, Christ said. Peace I leave with you. Peace
with God. Peace I give unto you, peace
within. If you don't have any peace within, my, my, you haven't
heard Christ. Peace among ourselves, in me,
to be in him means to be in his kingdom, means to be in his church,
in his body. There's peace within his body.
There's no peace in religion. There's no peace in false religion. Now, how often has our Lord said,
in me? You wanna look at it again, what
this mean? Good. There you go. I found somebody.
Ephesians 1. Let's go over there. You can
turn anywhere. Colossians, Ephesians, Galatians. You can turn anywhere.
It says, in me. This is the key. Understanding
that. Very few people understand that.
Very few people know that. We know this, don't we? In me,
you might have peace. Peace with God. Peace within.
Ephesians 1, look at it. Just read it with me. Paul, an
apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to the saints, which
are at Ephesus and Rocky Mount, all saints, to the faithful in
Christ Jesus, grace to you and peace From God our Father, He's
our Father. And from the Lord Jesus Christ,
He's the Lord, He's the Savior, He's the Messiah. Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed
us with all spiritual blessing in heavenly places, in Christ. In Christ. Do you not feel like,
do you not believe that Christ is the greatest blessing of all?
Huh? According as God hath chosen us in Him. Some people don't
like the sound of that. I love it, don't you? Chosen,
elect, according to the foreknowledge of God. In Christ, who is the
elect, chosen before the foundation of the world that we should be
holy and without blame before him, in love, he's predestinated
us. Oh, some people hate the sound
of that word. You can't say it loud enough to suit me. Predestined,
my end has been predetermined. Everything about me. been predetermined,
predestinated us under the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself according to the good pleasure of his will. It's to
the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved, in the beloved. Don't you love to hear
that? Your acceptance is not, it's not you. David said, if you should mark
iniquities, who shall stand? But there's forgiveness with
thee. We're accepted in the beloved. Christ said, you come unto me.
God will receive all that come unto God by me. In the beloved. In whom? In Christ we have redemption. I'm not worth redeeming. I don't
have any redeeming qualities. Do you? Do you have any redeeming
qualities? If God would say, why should
I let you into heaven? What have you done for me? But in Christ, God paid He that
spared not His own Son but delivered Him up for us all. That's the
price that was paid for our redemption. Through His blood, see it? The
forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace. Wherein? He hath abounded toward us in
all wisdom and prudence, having made known unto us the mystery
of His will, according to His good pleasure, which He purposed
in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of time, when
it's all over, He's gonna gather together in one all things in
Christ, both which are in heaven, which are on earth, even in Him. In Him, in whom? There's not hardly a verse in
this Bible or in the epistles about being in Him. You understand
that? The world doesn't get it. "...in whom we have obtained
an inheritance, being predestinated," there it is again, "...according
to the good pleasure of Him who worketh all things up to the
counsel of His own will, that we should be to the praise of
His glory who first trusted in Christ." In whom? Tired of this? We can just keep
going. Look at chapter 2, verse 12. One time you were without Christ,
aliens, strangers from the covenant of promise, no hope, without
God in the world, but now in Christ Jesus. You who were sometime
afar off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. He's our peace.
He's made both one and broken down the middle wall of partition
between us, abolished in his flesh the enmity, the law of
commandments and ordinances to make in himself, in himself of
two, one new man, Jew and Gentile, make him peace. Down in verse
22, in whom? Verse 21, in whom? In whom? In Christ. Christ said, these
things have I spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. To the church of God that's in
Christ Jesus. In me you might have peace. in Christ. Those in Christ, He's
our covenant head, you see? This is a mystery that cannot
really be explained. It can't. I've heard many men
try, and I've tried, but you just have to state it. He is
our covenant head, He's our surety, He's our representative. In Adam all die, in Christ shall
all be made alive. He's our surety. There's a real
union, a mysterious union. It's like He's our husband, we're
His bride, but it's much deeper and more mysterious than that.
They're in Him. And the way you know it is you
believe Him. He's your all. And to be in Christ
is to be in His kingdom, to be in His church, in His body. See,
He's the head, His church is His body. It's to be a part of
His kingdom, His church, His body. Christ is the head. Beloved,
now are we the sons of God, but it doth not yet appear what we
shall be. But right now, in His unseen kingdom. Faith is the
evidence of that. And then there's this thing of
Christ being in us, a new creature. This is a mystery. Paul wrote
about it in Romans 7, that though there's an old man in there,
there's also a new man. In 2 Corinthians, he talked about
a new man created in the image of Christ. That's the Spirit
of Christ. Romans 8 talks about it a great
deal, the Spirit of Christ that dwells in us. Our Lord said that. He said, I'm going to send my
Holy Spirit who dwells within you and with you, and He'll not
leave you. Christ in you, Spirit of Christ
in you, so that you won't be overcome. Alright? Our Lord said
in the text, He said, these things I have spoken unto you, I have
written unto you, that in me you might have peace in the world. Now this is a promise to God's
people. This is a promise And it's a
good thing that we might have tribulation. Because it worketh
patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, and it weans
us from this world, and it causes us to look to Christ, and it
causes us to seek another place, another city, and we don't want
to leave, we want to stay here. These things have I spoken unto
you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall
have tribulation. Many things come under this Heading
of tribulation, affliction, anguish. In the world, you go out in the
world, and there's nothing but sin. The wilderness of sin, like the
children of Israel pass through the wilderness of sin. In the
world's sin, in Christ's holiness. You like holiness? You love holiness? In the world's lies, in Christ's
truth, In the world is hate, a world full of hate. Why is
everything going on like it's going? Because our Lord said
it would, and nothing's going to stop it. No legislation, no
nothing's going to stop it. It's always been this way. In
the world you shall have hate, in Christ there's love. In the
world there's darkness, in Christ there's light. The world can't
see, like Isaiah 8 says, they look to the world and all they
see is dimness, anguish of spirit, and vexation. But the people
that sat in darkness, Isaiah 9, have seen a great light. On
them the light hath shined. In the world there's despair.
Is there any hope in the world? Do you see anybody with any real
hope for the world? No, because there is no hope
in this world. In Christ there's hope. There's
assurance. Confidence. You can have confidence
in Christ. In the world there's fear. Fear. In Christ there's calm. I can
give you so many examples in the scriptures of men and women. Read Hebrews 11 for yourself. Read Foxe's Book of Martyrs for
yourself. In spite of the greatest fears, Our Lord said so. And the world
is noisome pestilence, and Christ is quiet. And the world is filth,
isn't it? And Christ is purity, clean.
And the world is unrest. Nothing but unrest in the world.
And Christ is rest. Like that ark. Oh my, that world
was tossed and turned, wasn't it? And that ark rests. and the world's violence. It's
always been that way. Violence. The whole world's full
of violence, our Lord said, right before the flood. He said, as
in the days of Noah, it's going to be the same way. And the world's
full of violence. In Christ, there's peace. Gentleness. The world's full
of evil, isn't it? Full of evil in Christ's goodness.
The world's full of sorrow in Christ's joy. The world's full
of strife in Christ's unity. The world's full of death in
Christ's life. In the world you have tribulation.
Be of good cheer. Now look at this with me. What
does he mean by this? I have overcome the world. Do
you know what that means? How many times have you read
that? I've read it many times. Be of good cheer, I have overcome
the world. First thing he's saying, and
the depth of what he's saying here is beyond our comprehension,
but the first thing he's saying, very simply is, I rule over this
world. I own this world. The earth is
the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell
therein. Jesus Christ owns this place. He reigns over. He rules over. Let me read to you one more time,
okay? This is my last message. Hear
this out. I am the Lord, there is none
else. Meaning there's nobody reigning over anything or anyone
or anything. Nobody. He says there's not even
a little G-O-D. I'm the Lord, there is no God
beside me. I girded thee, though thou hast
not known me, that they might know from the rising of the sun,
from the way, there's none beside me, I am the Lord, there is none
else. I form the light, I create darkness. I make peace, I create evil. I, the Lord, do all things. Who's he talking about? Jesus
Christ. All authority is given unto me
in heaven and earth, Christ said. All power over all flesh. Who are we worried about? Christ rules in His heart, the
King's heart. In me you have peace. Listen to this. Assemble yourself. Come. Draw near together. You
that are escaped of the nation, they don't have any knowledge
to pray to a God that can't save. Out there in the world, they
don't have any knowledge of praying to a God that doesn't want these
things to happen. They happen anyway. God says, that's not
me. I do all these things. Rest. Cheer up. look unto me, be ye saved." He
said, I am God, there is none else. None else. And the Lord to all the seed
of Israel be justified and show glory. That's what he's saying
first of all. I reign over this ball. I sit on it, circled. How's everybody
going to see Him when He comes? If the earth is flat. In Him we live and move and have
our being. Would you like to explain that?
How can God be omnipresent everywhere? All around us. He's behind us
in the force. Explain that, would you? Christ reigns and rules over
this world, over all things. He reigns and rules. Secondly,
what is he saying? He said, I've overcome this world. I rule over it. I reign over
it. To this end, Romans 14, 9 says, to this end, Christ both died
and rose and revived that he might be Lord over the dead and
the living. God hath made this same Christ, Jesus, whom you
crucified, both Lord and Christ. And he's sitting right now, reigning
and ruling. All right, secondly, he has overcome
this world as our covenant head, as the second Adam. This is interesting,
if you're still with it. When God told Adam and Eve, when
he made them male and female, the first thing he told them
about the earth was, subdue it, didn't he? Overcome it, rule over it. Well, they succumbed to it. Didn't
it? It overcame them. Satan, they
were no match. She was no match for Satan. Satan,
all he had to do was look at this. Isn't this beautiful? And
she fell. She was overcome. Lust of the
flesh, lust of the eye, and the pride of life. She fell and we
fell in them. And we're no match. We cannot
overcome one single temptation in ourselves. Not one. Christ came. second Adam from
above came. Stay with me now. Covenant head,
representative of his people. He came and he overcame the world
in his life, in his death, in his resurrection. Alright, the
scripture says that just shall live by faith. I'm going to try
to make this simple. You've heard these things before.
The scripture says that just shall live by His faith, doesn't
it, John? You know, the first time it's
written, it says, just shall live by His faith. Whose faith? Christ's faith. The life I now
live, I live by the faith of the Son of God. his faith. In other words, Christ came to
represent us as a man, the God-man, covenant head. I'll give him
to be a covenant for the Gentiles even, a light for the people.
And he came as our second Adam and God said, Glorify me as a man. Keep my
law." The first Adam didn't. None of them can. Keep the law. Glorify me as a man. Fulfill
the law. Bring in an everlasting righteousness.
You do this work, keeping the law. Glorify me as a man. And
he did. And God was well pleased for
his righteousness sake. Now God said, I'm going to charge
it to them. I'm going to impute it to them.
I'm going to give it to them. I won't accept them. They get
credit for what you did, and you're going to get the blame
for what they did. You're going to be made sin for them. Something's
got to be done about their sin. I'm getting ahead of myself here,
but... See, our Lord overcame the God
of this world and His world. Satan is the God of this world,
and he uses the things of this world. All that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life,
that's not of God. Satan uses these things. And
Christ came. What was the first thing he did
as a man, as a 30-year-old man? He faced Satan, didn't he? And
Satan tempted him with all things, all points, like as we are. What
happened? Just like David faced Goliath,
his head came off. Satan was defeated. He was defeated. He found nothing in him to tempt.
And he had to leave. I'm sure Satan thought, Satan
doesn't know everything. And I'm not making fun of him
at all. I'm not speaking evil of dignities at all. I'm being
very careful here. I'm boasting in our Lord. I'm
boasting in him, our captain. I'm standing behind him while
I say this. But I'm sure Satan thought this,
I'll get him later. I'll figure out a way. And in the end, he thought, oh,
I've turned everybody against him and they're going to kill
him. Now I got him. I'm going to kill him now on
this cross. Now I got him. Are you with me? God had him do that. At the same
time in his death, Crushed the serpent's head. Bruised his heel. Did Satan hear that promise in
the garden? He didn't have a clue what that
was saying. And on Calvary's cross in death, Christ overcame
the evil one. Here's what the scripture said.
That through death, he destroyed him that had the power of death,
that is the devil. And I don't understand that.
I really don't understand that. But I believe it. I believe it. I just know on Calvary's cross
that Christ crushed the serpent's head. And then in resurrection,
He overcame this world, the things of this world, the temptations
of this world for us. And He overcame the God of this
world through death and His resurrection. Sin, death, and hell, He did
not seek corruption. He came back from the grave.
He rose from the dead. This is ultimate proof of who
He is and what He did and our salvation. He came back and He
said, be of good cheer. Death has no power. The thing
we fear the most, the thing we dread the most, the thing that
gives us the most sadness and the most sorrow, Christ said,
I've overcome it. There's nothing. Be of good cheer.
Like Spurgeon said, the thing we dread the most happen to us
is the best thing. The best thing. Do you believe
that? Then if you don't believe Christ,
if you don't, He said, be of good cheer. Do you know where
He was going right before He said that? Do you know where
He was going right before He said that? To the cross. But for the joy, He said before,
knowing full well It was of God. It's going to be like that. It's going to come back. It's
all going to be good. Real good. Real good. Look at this real quickly with
me. 1 John 5. 1 John 5. I have overcome the
world. Through His life, through His
death, through His resurrection, I've overcome all things, the
God of this world, sin, death, hell. Temptations for us, our
covenant head. Alright, but in Him, in Him we overcome. He's given
us His Spirit. That's what He said. That's what
He's been saying to us. He's given us of His Spirit to
dwell in us. 1 John 5, because John writes
this, 1 John 5, I've got to find it myself, about those who overcome. We're faced with... this world,
and it says much about this. First John 5, look at it, verse
4. Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world. Do you
worry about being overcome by sin? Do you worry about being
overcome by the world? Do you? I do. Do you? I'm sure
you do. You're a sinner, aren't you?
Do you worry about the old man overcoming you? Do you worry
about the world overcoming you? Well, here's what he said. He
had John right there. Whatever is born of God overcometh
the world. That Romans 7, that's what that's
about. That there's a new man that delights in the law of God.
There's an old man, he's going to be with you forever. He's
going to be battling you forever. He's never going to go away until
you're put in the grave. But there's a new man. Do you
delight in the law of God at the end of a man? Do you delight
in God's Word? Do you want to be like Christ?
Do you love this thing? Do you love holiness and righteousness
and truth? The old man loved sin. You always will love sin. But
the new man, there's a new man there. Wasn't there before. And
he said, whatever is born of God, not going to be overcome. going to overcome for him. Maybe he didn't hear that.
He said, whosoever is born of God sinneth not. This new man, whatsoever is born
of God is a new man created in the image of Christ, perfect,
complete in Christ, a new man that cannot sin and nothing Satan
can do, no one can change that. This is the victory that overcometh
the world, even our faith. You believe that? Who is he that
overcometh the world? Verse 5, but he that believeth
Jesus is the Son of God. Do you believe? Oh my, I was going to turn to
so many, so many examples of how the Lord gave such grace
and hours and times of trouble and tribulation and all that. Well, here's what Paul said.
Let me just read this to you. He said, We glory in tribulation,
knowing tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and
experience hope, and hope maketh not the shame, because the love
of God is shed abroad in our heart by the Holy Ghost, which
he has given unto us. In the world, you'll have sin,
sickness, sadness, and sorrow. In the world, you'll have despair,
darkness, and death. In the world, you'll have injustice,
iniquity, insanity. In the world, you'll have trouble,
trial, temptation, tribulation. In the world, you're going to
have vanity, violence, and vexation. But Christ said, be of good cheer. I reign over this stuff. I've
overcome it for you. I've charged my righteousness
to you. I've taken your iniquity upon me. I've paid for that.
God's not angry with you. There's no condemnation. He loves
you in me. And I've given you my spirit,
Christ said. I've given you my spirit. It's
going to be with you forever. A new man in Christ. You do love
me, don't you? Sure you do. You believe in God,
don't you, Christ said. Yeah, believe also in me. I've
prepared a place for you, and I'll come again to receive you.
Now, cheer up. And the world is a bad place.
Yeah, it's a bad place. God's going to burn it up. I wanted to go over to Isaiah
65, and he said, I rejoice in that which I've created. New
heavens and a new earth. All right, stand with me. Our Father in heaven, thank you,
thank you, thank you for the blessed word spoken through Christ
our Lord and written. How we thank you that you wrote
a book of remembrance for those that think upon you, for those
that fear the Lord, that gather, that need words of comfort and
peace in a world full of tribulation. How we thank you, Lord, for your
blessed, blessed word. Thank you for sure mercies of
the Son of David, the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, Lord, give us peace
by believing in Him. He is our peace. He is. We believe Him. We trust Him. Oh, Lord, help our unbelief.
Let these things sink down deep in our ears and write them on
the tables of our hearts and let us go from this place rejoicing
in the Lord. And again, I say, rejoicing in
the Lord. Oh Lord, forgive us our murmuring,
our complaining, our worries, our fears, our doubts. Forgive
us for believing men rather than God. We believe and are sure that
Thou art our God and Christ is our Christ. It's in His name
we pray and ask these things and give thanks. Amen. You're
dismissed.