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Song Of Songs Part 2

Song of Solomon 1
Paul Mahan March, 20 2002 Audio
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Song Of Solomon

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Here in the hills of the sea,
there's a white dove. Oh, there are times when it's
only me and you. This is New York. This is Madison. The title of my message, this
message, is not irrelevant, because I am a sinner. Christ is called
in this chapter, and I am irrelevant. You know, God's title
is that. Now, again, this is a very intimate
and personal experience. But what Christ means to the
believer and the believer means to the Christ. It's like a love letter. It's
just like a private love letter between two lovers and a friend. So in the end for me, Christ
is a believer, rather than a practical explanation for the fact that
But we're speaking back and forth here. We're speaking back and
forth, as I love one to another. Now, we do not boast of or even
like to speak of our love for God. We're so ashamed of it that
if we don't like to even speak of it, Certainly, do not run
around roasting with signs and things of how much we love the
Lord. There's no truth in that. History comes into it. Now, John said, here in his letter,
not to do that to me, but to do that to others. His, uh, I don't know if I can
compare it to Peter's, but he said about John, So, we don't like to speak of
it. Plus, believers are so often
bad, so often cold with time. So, time, when you feel like,
yes, you feel genuine affection of time, you start to find it. Right now, I would agree that
if you were oppressed, I ask each of you, like I would all
of you, The earth that Peter had. Now Peter had just denied the
Lord three times. Paralyzed. And he was a coward. He was ashamed to own that he
was living. He started cussing. And the Lord, the old guys, the
bad guys, they're all together, they're both over here right
now. And that's the important thing, to kill people, to love
people. He didn't just say, Lord, you're
my brother. But He said, I'm the best in
the church. That's the Lord. He's God. And, but we say this, you know,
we, Peter, Peter's the one who wrote, rest of the day you haven't
got sin. You haven't sinned in this life. Peter's the one who wrote that.
People say, we got it in advance. We did not say we made it in
advance. We made it. Who are we to say? There's nobody in the world that
has seen a person earn his alcohol, get his actual drug. Nobody did that. And I don't know the limitations
of my knowledge of the internet. I don't know if it's new. But
rather, as I used to say, I remember bells. I don't know if it is
a bell or if it's not. I don't know if it's a bell,
but it's got a speaker on it. Rather, all I know of bells is
that they're from Badger's. That's the only thing. So, what I'm trying to say is,
we can't, none of us can't speak in too growing terms about how
to love for the law of admission. I don't know any better way than
that. I'm going to be saying this to some of you who are either
young, you haven't met somebody yet, or are a little mighty unsure. If you love this house, what's this house for, man? It's not a car. And that's such a
good sign. If you love this house, then
all we do here is speak back up, right? All we do. So if you love what you're hearing,
then you come here because you love it. If you enjoy what you're
hearing, and you're not sure of the set of your relationship,
then you love being here too, because you love this, love what
you're hearing. Alright, let's get in here. Verse 1 and 2, Christ is speaking.
Christ is speaking. Verse 1, I am. Any doubt in your mind that Jesus
Christ is the very God of the very God? None. People don't
know Him, don't believe Him, and say He never said He was
God. Well, no, He didn't say that to them. For everyone is he knows, and
knows a lot. That's the way it is, isn't it? It's not promised, it's not answered. I am. The Rose of Sheriff. I am the
Rose of Sheriff. The Rose of Sheriff was a valley,
a beautiful valley of Mount Virginia, and it's a beautiful, beautiful
place. If this is where you should remain
when you speak, it's fraud. That's good, isn't it? He said,
Rose, Rose, let me mix it up for you. Rose, Karen, Rose, you
gardeners, anything, any flower on earth is a prodigy from God.
They're all evil. Not all of them, but really many. For you, the fragrance, is there
a flower on earth that's not? That's right. that you may be
able to stop and think, you know, how many of the rapists in the
world, how many, how many of them are responsible? You imagine?
A thousand. A thousand. And that represents
Christ's beautiful character. A rose for beauty and fragrance,
nothing more beautiful. I have a scholar who I always
hear the government on, Sabre, sweet sound of Sabre, he said,
I'm the will of the balanced. I'm a lyric of the Bible, so
Christ is a lyric. A rose is a very exquisite thing. A rose is a very, uh, cultivating
thing. You know that? A rose takes care
of Christ. A rose, uh, anybody can grow
a rose. Can you try it? And so that's regarded as a true
rose for both people of God's own. God actually said, all together,
love is both known by God Himself. But then he says, I don't believe
it. I just can't cope with it. There's a few who want to take
part, but there's a few who don't. This literature is talking about
the millions of girls there in the Middle East for predominant
class. Who would accept such a thing? Some believe it's a bad thing.
And really, in the midst of the bad, it's a common practice of
some man, I think, all over the Eastern Caribbean. Now, I love
this story. It's so strange. It's true. But
really, over in this particular area of the Middle East, were
very pregnant, in fact. Those girls were very pregnant.
And they grew in such abundance, that they had the things. Now,
you see, growing up in the Middle East, Those that were grown in
the midst of the media, you know, were even more dense than that.
They were huge in some way, way bigger than these villages. Huge! As far as I can see, you know,
these valleys are beautiful villages. And the fragrance, per se, from
the way the roses cover that valley, look! These villages
were so fragrant, redness! animals of prey knew that they
could just hide themselves in the woods. But the favorites of those birds,
and the greatest treasure of them, would hide them from their That's what it's all about. That's what it is. And look what he says about us. Now, Christ is talking about
us. Pursuit. He's talking about the pursuit
of the living among the born. So with my brother, I went over
to Dollar. Where's Dollar? He's his son. You're going to see that. You're
going to see Dollar's son. You're going to see who he's
talking about. He's talking about every believer,
and the way that they're going to call him, you see, because
that's him. So that's what the Scriptures
are about. Living Christ. They're not ready. But what we need, don't you call
the Congress, Congressman. You call the Congress. Absolutely.
They'll interrupt. Totally. Unplayable. Unacceptable.
Yeah, yeah. That's the idea. So what we have
to do is try to solve these people. They're on the phone lines. And
we just, we do not care about them. But try to solve these
people where they are. They're on the phone lines. You've
said very much, sir. We did, especially when we were
two beautiful women or something, and said, I'm going to farm two
roses, kill them. And if I take a picture, it's
in it for a day. Steve was like, I'm going to
farm three beautiful roses. That's what he said. We were
not surprised. Christ says the whole world is thorns, and our
people are to live it. Then he says, in Isaiah 33, where
there's thorns, there should be burning and fire. I wasn't aware that this world
was burning. Isaiah 33, 12. Who made the first
scripture? I think Christ did this. All right, now the Church speaks
of Christ. Verse 3, the Church speaks of Him. And she said,
as the apple tree went on the trees of wood, so did my beloved
among the stones. He says, my beloved, my, my,
he said, it's a really long poem. And she said, you see how they
drop it back and forth here? This is learned by footstep.
No, no, you can hear it, but I don't think there's anything
about it. I'm sorry to take it on you.
Can I just take it on you the rest of the night, too? So, would you like
to hear about it? Yes, sir. You know, you and Mary
are going to probably sit or talk about it for a little bit. She's going to let me know as
soon as she can talk to you. That's what I love her for, to
talk. It's mine to preserve for my
mother. It's no problem, I guess. What do you think? Well, I don't know. What do you call
it? Do you want to tell them? I don't know. But this is a believer in Christ
talking back and forth. It might be a little sad. We don't talk about it all too
familiar terms yet. He's in theory. That's the first
tree. He's an apple tree. One of the
trees is wood. He's an apple tree. One of the
trees is wood. Apple trees are known for many
things. Apple trees are known for a lot
of shading. I don't know why it is, but it's
out in the country that you start to sit up in the shade. Don't
sit up in the shade. Apple tree was in the country,
wasn't it? You know, it's all around. Shade,
grass, a place to rest, and fruits. I just, I lie on the ground.
Fruits. Flavorants. Apple drops, flavorants. And I start a firewood. And,
uh, if you've ever smelled apple wood, or anything, it's just
a very good, uh, smell. But all of this street's cross-country. Now, a place of shade, hot sun,
risks, fruit, fragrance, and dice, and to explore the backyards. This is the street that I'm in. I sat down," she says, and we
say, I sat down under his shadow. It was a great advice, a great
advice. But you remember Rayburn and
Peggy Layden, a hot summer day, and sat down under the shade
of a magnolia tree? He did it with a great variety. If you've ever listened to Christ,
he said the rightful thing. And his fruits were sweet to
my taste. The person, the Word of Christ,
faced and seated before his grace. First of all, he brought me to
the bank he passed. He brought me to the bank. Now, the picture I get here throughout
this story, see if you can get it. It's a picture of your life. This is a love song, it's an
old book, it's a love song. And, uh, uh, act for someone
who had a young bride that he was in love with and made contact
for the uncertain. If this is a creature of God,
he's a virgin. Virgin. This or that. Anything. And the picture here,
we did, is of two people who are in love and are enjoying
one another in a romance. And we were running down the
street. We walked to the back of the
line and took the phone. And that evening, he takes her
out to dinner. And I'm in. I'll sit up and take
some lessons here. I'm serious. That evening, he
takes her out and finds her in the laundry, brought with him
to the bank on the island. She sees a picture of her jacket.
What's happened to her jacket? It's hollow. The laundry ain't
a house for that, nobody's. She's all like this. But that ain't it. He takes her
out and finds a man for a groom during the third year of her
faith. He doesn't want to see her again. She's getting back
all the bad stuff. Now, this is a practical lesson
for young, would-be persons who are old and want to be better
persons. Scripture says dozens. This is the picture, this is Christ when
power emerges in someone. There's no such thing, Mrs. Denning. I grew up in Boyle County, Kentucky,
and they didn't even look at business. I mean, that's a part
of the county. I can't, I mean, if Blueberry would have let me
know, you know, it wouldn't have come to this. So anyway, people
were signing me up to sign to it. There's no such thing as
a cop in trouble. That's a misnomer. Macho. That's unsustainable. Anybody who's macho is not. You hear me? I hear you. That's part of this book. Macho
means, you know, proud, open-minded, good with a mind of her own.
That's it. And most people never consensually,
never tenderly, kindly demand that you give them another opportunity.
There's no such thing. And Christ changed this world. True Christ got me. Listen to
this statement. True Christ got me in, or Christ got him. The truth is not implored in
generations up there. Now, Moses said, find your man.
Don't even think about getting married. You can find a man and
go to the Lord Christ. A true Christ-like man is like
Christ. He's tender. He's kind. He's thoughtful. He's loving. He's romantic. This is Christ,
isn't it? He's romantic. He drew us, what does the scripture
say, you know, he drew us with the hat, cords of love, cords
of man. He moved, not the sword of Goliath,
don't you know that sword of Goliath's move? That's a he. He robbed her, and moved her,
and killed her, and bruised her, wrecked her, defeated her. She
laid in his face. And a true Christ-like man, a
true man, is a tender man, is a kind man, is a thoughtful man,
is a loving man, is an authentic man. Now, we've got to get this
through our heads. Now, I said, certainly, maybe
we have to get the Old Testament before the New, sorry. But anyway,
it is Christ. We don't know who man is till
we know time. Then we start mutilating Christ
with our man. I don't care what the world says
about Jesus. He's no man. He isn't. This is
the man. Christ is the man. He's the only
man we've ever met. He's the only man we've ever
met. Imagine what God would do to a man like me, standing all
alone. That was He. I want some love
for everybody in this country. He's right about that. So, the most manly man is the
man who knows our past. Right there. The most manly man
is the man who knows our past. Well, he brought me to the bank,
he brought us. He brought us. As soon as he
brought us, he brought us his problems. When I said, we sinned,
I said, of course it's happened. The man couldn't have it. The
man couldn't have it. He sinned. But that's just the
man who vouchsafed to sin. That was the truth of the truth. But Solomon didn't do this for
everyone, but he chose him. He stayed with King Jesus as
long as he could. He said, we won't go, but, uh,
Danny, you reckon we're going to have a little time with Solomon?
You reckon that's what they did? Ha ha, you better think so. They
all said, I sure regret Solomon's death. And so we were all accustomed. If
he hadn't brought me here, I wouldn't have come. He brought me to the
mainland now. I'm thinking you could be so
many other persons tonight, and I don't know what you'd be hearing,
but I guarantee it would be much. But the bank was in that. Interesting. Table so full that
if you go away, it is your own fault. It always is. And some of them never have. Some of them never have. They're
good friends. Read about his failure over there
sometime. Just go over there and read about Solomon's failure.
David's failure. Brother, if you want me to say it, just repeat
it. I couldn't read too much. That
ain't gonna happen. Read on. And his failure over
there in the front, around God's table, the table He prepared
for us in the midst of our enemies, His strength which He has, His
house, is under the manner of His love. Yes, and I can say
this without reservation, but only to God's people, only to
believers. But it can be said of all of
God's people concerning all things, God loves you. That's the purpose of your life. Purpose. We can see, you're the
same kind of person as I am now, you and me. Pick, grow, be. Pick all things. Because all things are simple. It's simple. All right? And make peace. All right? You
yellow brothers, make peace. Yeah, look at it. First time.
Stay with me. That's wine. A drink of wine. We are resolved. There he is.
A drink of wine and he comes. Come, lay back. Stand with me. Hey, Charles! Not too late, brother. Do you
remember when I and my children would find apples on the back
door? They were very good. That's good. This is good. Good time. Got the thing with
apples. Fruit. Fruit in the vine. Fruit
and tea. So they just eat together. That's
what we're doing, eating together. Mine is word, fruit, and spirit. Mine is pleasure, place, land,
fruit. Comforting sickness comforts
me with straw in my house. And look what happens. She just
gets sick of love. First time. I am sick of love. Not now. Not in the present. I'm tired
of all this. I wasn't going to continue with
it, but did you get tired of it? No. But for me it's just,
I'm just so full of love, I'm sick. And you know what I'm saying? Now, I've seen three of them.
You can make a good target, buddy. I'm sorry, but he's got a great
sword. Maybe his sword is better. Coming
home, remember, he's got that scene where he had to come all
the way back here. She was in Tennessee. And I'm
telling you, really, Tennessee mountain broke, too. Well, he
was living with the president. What is it about the parks and
things that get you? And I found one down there. And
I had to come home and wait longer than I was going to sit in him.
Literally. Literally. I was sitting in him
off his best back. Love is an amazing thing. It's a wonderful thing. You can't,
you can't, you can't, you can't describe it. True love is, I
tried. Here's my attempt. It's under
control. It's undeniable. It's irrepressible. It's maddening,
dragging, mystifying, stupefying. Well, isn't it? Now everyone
is going to sit with it. It makes you go crazy. What did you say? 400 miles. You got 400 miles? That's cheap for four days. Fantastic. It's true. It's true. We love that. That's great. If I did something,
I would just throw it down. It says all things in love can
be excused. All manner of behavior. What's
wrong with you? Does he know I'm here? No. We only have eyes for her.
And also in this society, when a person starts becoming a member
of the Christ of the Cross faith, basically, it's as if you can't
put your finger on it. It's very, very easy to stop
and tap it. There's probably a number, I don't know, maybe
thirty-five. Sick of sorrow, sick of love,
true love. And it only grows deeper as the
year just doesn't start. It's stupid. But it does grow
deeper. Yes, it does. I didn't know that,
except it's maddening. Maddening. It's fascinating.
But it grows deeper. It does, in every way. And, in
a more serious way, we've heard that God's love for us is amazing.
It's amazing. We, we, I have not seen, hear,
have not heard, been, or have entered into the heart of man,
but thanks to God, there's a man in us. He's just coming over
your hand. He's just coming. That's the
reason it's going to be silence in the room, the space of 30
minutes. That's what I'm saying. At some point, whether I believe
it or not, all the saints are getting the decision to be silent
for the space of 30 minutes. Come on. All right. So, everybody brought the silence. I don't know what
to say. I was speechless. But the sham is that right word,
right? The sham can. I saw it. I had always been a good receiver.
You saw it, didn't you? And it's a miracle you have
it. I do now. But that separates you and me
from all of God's people. When the time is right, when
the time is right, forget it. And behold me. The fact that you're here tonight
is a miracle. The fact that I'm standing in front of you is a
miracle. You know that? Human beings just don't
love and believe things they don't see, feel, and touch. You
know? That's just not natural. Each
don't believe concrete, invisible, tangible things to unseen, unclear
things. That's just the way it is. It's
not natural to willingly lead this life and build your love
with absolute confidence and a smile on your face. Go and
speak to the Lord with a smile on your face. That's a miracle. It seems human
beings, this region of the world, hold on to jobs as long as you
can, you know, until they're dying. Greg, you know what, he's
hanging on, hanging on for the whole day here, but it's not
that simple. That's the problem. Because they really do need people.
It seems to happen every day, and they all seem We know that
the heart and being of Christ are that, but only if you're
not going to show it up. Nothing else. That's spiritual. That's an amazing
thing. You know it. It's an amazing thing. We're able to be excited. We're able to be in love, and
have any advice versus any voice. He's right there, he's under
my feet. And he's right again, just as worse. You see, you see
this picture here of Christ? He's wounded, and I'm about to
hurt him. He's taken and wounded and battered.
They're at him, he's wounded, and I'm about to hurt him. He says, his left hand, she says,
his left hand's on my head. His right hand doesn't touch
me. His left hand holds my head. His right hand holds mine. See, isn't that beautiful? That's
why you ain't never read any poetry, or any book, by any normal
man. Right? There's never been a love
song written. He's that man in Oklahoma? Yeah.
He's right in Oklahoma. He's that man? This is a good
picture. He's that man? Uh, he teaches mythology. He's
right here on the show. If a man teaches me doctrine,
he right hand holds my hand. If a man holds
my hand, he embraces me. I hope we'll not be without talking
about an embrace. Verse 7, I encourage you that
when you go into your ritual, I will use my hand to heal, but
you serve my love, and I'll work my love till he bleeds. This is, uh, how, well, what
it is, is, uh, I believe he's fallen asleep, or not, in Jesus'
case. And it goes back to the point
that she loves to lie in her sleep with her husband or wife
or daughter or son or son-in-law, do you know what I mean? I just
want to put it out there. I know you do. And that's what
Jesus is waiting for. Don't bother me. Because we might
disturb this. And this is about how you feel
sometimes upon hearing about something. You come in this place,
and it's so special, and so sweet, and you think, oh, don't let
anything bother me now. It's just so good. And you resent all incursions.
When you see this view of Christ, you know it's your birthday.
All right? So, they departed. Now, exactly, you see here the
town. This is about to be the town
of St. Croix. Well, exactly as they
departed, and they've gone to a different place. And now he's
returning. And so he is, and whenever we
come to hear the gospel, we must try it. No, we are and rather
the world, and the time when Christ returned, we returned
the same way. First, faith, of course. He's telling me he ain't. Uh, we'll get to America, I say. I mean, if you can't sit back
when you don't know what's coming around, then that's a problem. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, He's calling me in. He come back, here's us again.
That's right, he's brought us over, boys. He brought us back
to life again. And oh, and this is what he says
when he makes himself read, he'll tell you, but oh, he's coming.
How about that? Yeah, oh, he's coming. He's coming. You see this? Why is this message
so real of beer and precious and sweet and all that you need? Why? That's the story. It's coming. It's coming. It's
coming. It's leaping from us. It's skipping
from us. You know, that's more wonderful
than I've had all these days. I've had lots of pep talks. I've
had so many pep talks. Even I was really loud all the way. It seemed like seven
minutes to me. No option. When you're over in
love, can you get over in love? When you're in love, no option. It's too great to get to the
other point of view. And all the obstacles, and I'm
not trying to be a chief critic, but this is what happened. This
is the way I'm dealing with it. And no obstacle was too great
for our Lord to endure to get to His feet. He went over the
mountain, that's how He went. Now, Catherine, she'll call Dr. Smith. What do you mean, Smith?
We'll hear about Smith. You said Smith? I'm thinking
of an old friend of mine. You said Smith? What the hell's
in there? What? What the hell is that? A jar? A slip? It's a little
jar, but it can't be anything. Well, the script says in Hebrew,
Israel, Luther was a jar, he was sitting there. He endured
the cross. He endured the law. He lived.
Not silent. Strayed away. He lived. Christ
literally climbed the highest mountain. Isn't that beautiful? I think it's chicken. Oh yes.
Chicken. Oh God. Verse 7, verse 9, Now Christ
hath a robe, he says, like a robe of one part, like a robe of one
part. Remember he was compared to having
gloves and eyes. A robe, he may have a gear, a
robe on. Is there anything more beautiful
and strange, son? Maybe they didn't want a horse,
Dad, but it looks like you've got a problem coming to the house.
Isn't it? Oh. Oh. You've got to see it. You've got to go over to New
York, brother. There was no throat. There was
eyes. Those eyes. She compared him
to a tender, sweet, pure, lovely, animal. Look, no eye, no nails,
no beard, but him. That fellow, the pharmacist,
was not a human being. No way she thought he was a human
being. That's right. That's right. But look at his head. He's standing
behind the door. and look forward at the wind,
showing himself through the lattice. Behind the wall, where there's
a radial, he's partially hidden from our view. We can't see him.
Through the wind, he's, uh, uh, we look through a window and
say, we see through the glass, again. And through a lattice,
he says, we have a checkered view of God. It's sketchy, but
it's, it's a view. Right? It's a view. Not completely terrible, but
it's just good enough for now. And in Christ's speech, verse
10, not the lesson of the faith. Now that's perfect. Not the lesson
of the faith, he said unto me. But I trust my brother, my favorite
one, for the life. I come back for you. I come for you. We're going to
do all the work we can. Come away. Rise up. Come away. Christ saved us all. Did not Christ, all God, save
us, deliver us, by the power of His covenant? By Christ's
name, the great name of Jesus Christ, sinner of the sinner. Come on in. All you neighbors,
everybody, come on in. Come get one another, man. Come
away. This is what he does. Now, this is what this is. Not
only a vacuum in the house, but this is a, a, uh, a revenue enclosure. He says, come back. But that's
the place he makes his partner out of this, out of the man in
the fabric, together with the rest of the problems of man,
society. It's all right out here. And if he's a good friend of
Shepard Hill, he'll be a problem. Follow me, Christ. Come unto
me. Every day we'll be missed. Every day, by Christ, we'll be
thrown away, thrown apart. Verse 11. He said, see, look,
this is good, now. We all get missed. We get missed.
But John brought this out, and he was... Come pray, now. He said, below
the winter's patch, rain is over and gone. I won't promise this, but I have
to tell you. This is what I have to tell you tonight. There's
no basement. There has to be. Because of all the rain. The
rain is wonderful. Yes, rain can be a person. Huh? Maybe I like it sometimes.
I don't like winter. And I don't like to work in the
rain either. I'm sure I'm good at it. I work out in the rain, but I
just like it. It's a strange summer. I like
it. The weather's out, it's cold,
it's kind of dreary, it's raining, so you can drag on. The depressing rain is, it's
a little depressing, but for everyone, for everyone. So as a matter of fact, it's
passed. When it passed, and I told him,
where are you going? Well, I was here. I'm sure he was. Well, I was
here, by the way. I'm in the city. Did you hear those birds? Did
you hear those birds? Every one of us goes through difficult
times, wintry, difficult times. Lonely, weary, full of doubt,
crushing, sad, wintry, cold times. When there's rain, he says, rise
up, man. Go away. There's no rain. Rain's passed. Shadows lie. This is the face. Well, everyone of us,
we get in these times because we're tough, but not taken lightly. We're tough, but we're more cruel,
but we're always turning back to work. And we say, we're in
a time which I've not ever really had a chance. I've never really had a chance. Yes,
you will. Yes, you will. I know. So it
says, powers are moving, the birds are singing, voices heard
in every corner of the earth. Peter 3, verse 13, For this Lord
works for any kind of peace, and binds the tender grace to
which they have arrived, knowing that it is not their work. Come
away! Now, walk with me. Now, listen to the bird. Can't
you see the Lord's goodness in all this? Listen to this. I love this. Psalm 27, verse 13. How do you
think? Unless I had believed, to see the goodness of the Lord,
and the man would live. It's not about now. Our Lord, I was talking to him
last week where he said, Peter and the boys, they were missing
their homes and families. And Peter, he said, oh, it's not about me.
They were missing their homes and families. And they had none
in the trowels. That was a comedy, isn't it?
They used to bring them in the summer to the back of the boats
as a bag and have them at peacetime. But they're not coming for trowels. Ain't that hateful? I don't want to say this. There's nobody who's going to
stop him or denounce his plan, turn it over to President Obama,
or anybody, anybody, from my side, from the government, who
shall not receive a thousand fold in this time. Right now. I will say it two
or three times. Right now. If you don't see it, just don't
see it. Accept it. What's happening now? Think about it. Think right now.
You know, the Lord took the very precious person that you think,
well, anybody would figure out this person. You can't figure
out them. They've got two young children,
and they're all behind. Anybody would think, well, that
would hurt. Well, there's an old story of
a young lady who's never had a real husband. There's a young
lady who's never had a real father. There's a young boy who's never
had a real father in the whole. God save her, for these two people. I can see the light's coming
in now, Chuck Cannon. You know what I'm saying? He's too good to do bad by his
hand, too bad to spare. Everything was right. And you'd
come up here, heard it, and smelled it. Now we're just getting ready. But you move away from it, and
over. Come on, let's see. You're marvelous. Isn't that good? Let's see. Okay. Verse 14. Oh,
verse 13. 14. No, verse 13. Change it up. Oh, I'm sorry. Verse 14. He says to her, hold
on, daughter, thou are in the best of luck. She's high. In the secret base
of the Savior. That is, in the basement. Under
the basement of the Savior. What's she doing now? I don't
know, but I bet she's doing something. She's ashamed of that. He's not in the president's office. He sits in the office. First, everybody sits in the
office of the president. First whole thing. Let me see
your papers. Let me hear your voice. How are you? You're a citizen, aren't you? No, I'm not. I'm a citizen. Christ
says to all his guilty people, and they go, oh, he's guilty,
he's going to be unfaithful to the day he died. And he says,
no, he's free to go. You were a bad man when I married
you. I know you were. Verse fifteen, over here's a
gentle reminder of the view from eight deputations. Well, this
is Christ saying, take up the boxes, the little boxes, and
store the nines. And our guys at 10th and 3rd,
I guess let's really call them fox tracks, or fox tracks, but
foxes live in some of them, and they eat them. And what he's saying here is,
don't allow them to move foxes. Foxes live in them, and they're
sneaky. Does anybody know a sneaky fox?
And, oh, wow, the thoughts I heard were, when I had chickens, when
I had chickens, I was thinking, wow, I've never seen one. Right back where I am now. Sin is a subtle thing. Good sin. Good sins. Show of grace. You see what he
said? He was told to rush. But don't
go that way. Don't go that way. By God, he said, by God, he said,
send me to rush. He said, send me to rush. He said, send me
to rush. Well, we're sixteen. Now, after he had finally given
love to her, he said, now, release her fear. Come out, I want to
show you. After he turns her, now she speaks
in conclusion, and now she has some confidence. She can say
with great confidence, after searching words of love and reassurance,
that my brother is mine. How about you? And he's the one that does it,
Peter. Verse 17, until the day break And it's so unclear. It's not
right. I don't know if it's, I don't know if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news,
I don't know if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news,
I don't know if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news, I don't know
if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news, I don't
know if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news, I don't
know if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news, I don't know
if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news, I don't know
if it's bad news, I don't know if it's bad news, I don't know
if As the church says, come quickly
toward Jesus. Be right on the road. Have you ever seen that? I know
you have seen it down here. It wasn't so much. I know that's
the way to come here. The road, the little park. Upon the mountains of Venus,
in fact, if you notice it in the reference there, the mountains
of Venus. Come and reach this death. The
things that the Bible is saying come quickly, but it may be so little considered. I don't
know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I
don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I
don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I
don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I
don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I always tell people the word
is everything to us. It's both a sword and a fire
and a hammer and a pin and a hammer. It's all such. We thank you for it. We thank you for it. It's everything. Well, without hope, without help,
without God, we thank you for it. That's what you would write
on the table of our heart. May it bless us for a few days
anyway to keep on listening to you until we return again. Christ's name be praised. Amen. Thank you.
Paul Mahan
About Paul Mahan
Paul Mahan has been pastor of Central Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, Virginia since 1989; preaching the Gospel of God's Sovereign Grace.
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