Let noble heart remain unstrung. Alright, well, what you got for 8? Now, in Romans chapter 7, the
Apostle Paul expresses what every true believer should do. He says, I see a law in my memory
warring against the law of my mind, bringing me into captivity
to the law of sin, which is in my memory. Oh, wretched man I
am. Who shall deliver me from this
body of death? I want deliverance from this
body of death, of sin. But he says there's hope. Verse
25, I thank God through Jesus Christ our hope. He's the deliverer.
And verse 1 of chapter 8 begins, and it should go with chapter
7, that there is therefore, because we have a delusion, there is
therefore now no condemnation for them that are, which are
in prostitution. So your conscience condemns you,
so your heart condemns you, yet it's greater than our heart.
The blood speaks louder. No condemnation. Those in Christ,
in Christ by faith, must be in Christ. But those in Christ,
there's no condemnation. He says, "...who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit." Now, that's not some idealistic, spiritual, somebody walking on
cloud nine all the time, with real holier-than-thou speech
and language and sin never, you know, not a part of this world. That's not what they're talking
about. I'll show you in a minute. When he talks about the walk,
not after the flesh, but after the spirit, he's talking about
the leadings of the pursuit of the flesh. Believers are not, in reality,
believers are not after the things of this world. This is not what
really consumes believers. It is not. This is not what they're after.
They have spiritual desires. The world is after this world,
all that they can get out of it. Verse five, he says, In other words, that's all they
think about. The world does not think, hardly
ever, on God, on Christ, on eternal life, on the judgment, on death.
It rarely ever gives it a thought until it is sick or in trouble. They don't mind that the flesh
is not the only thing on their mind. It is, sure, because we
are flesh. But that's not what they're after. They're after the Spirit, the
things of God. Verse 6. Now, here's the proof. To be
carnally minded is dead. That is, that's all you think
about. That's all someone thinks about. And if it never gives
God a cause, they're dead. They're dead at Christmastime
season. They're of the earth. But he goes on to say, but to
be spiritually minded is life and peace. Now, this is not natural
to us to even think about God, to be even interested in God,
to want a God. But if you do, And perhaps you
are of the Spirit, you walk after the Spirit, fled out of the Spirit.
Verse nine, that's what he said to believers, you're not in the
flesh. But you see, he's not saying believers walk above this
world in some kind of cloud nine, no. That's not what you're, in
our modern vernacular, that's not what you're into. That's
not what you're after. But you're in the Spirit, if
so be it. And then you just face the fact
here in verse 9, if so be it that the Spirit of God doesn't
work. It's a fact. If the Spirit of God is in a
man, he'll think about the things that happen. He'll think about
the things that happen. They'll have a desire for it,
to know God, to win Christ, and to grow in grace and the knowledge
of Christ. They'll have a desire for the things. This is a fact.
And it's not something you can drum up. And it's either there
or it's not. And it's all with God. You see, I'm dwelling in the
Holy Spirit. You see, He's not sending this
thing for us to reach. He's just saying, find it. Most of us wouldn't be here tonight
if we weren't interested in the things of God. You see, you walk
right through the world obviously not interested in the things
of God, because there they go. I don't give a thought to it
whence it's either. And Sunday is, by and large, a formality,
mostly. Is it so with you? Are you not your own self, Paul
said, whether Christ be it? He said it would be the government.
Yes, you may. Yes, you may know that. Is this
desire in my heart? That's the leadership of the
Holy Spirit. So he says there's no condemnation. And we're in
Christ. We walk not after the flesh,
but after the spirit. Is that simple enough? No. I think a child can understand
that. And this spiritual growth...
Now, listen. This spiritual growth is like magic. It's slow. It's
slow. Man goes slower than any animal
on earth. He can't walk for months. As a little coach, Kelly's up
in a matter of hours or 30 minutes. I have to. But man, he's slow
growing. It takes years for him to develop.
So it is a spiritual problem. So take comfort in that, in that
hope. It's a slow thing. Some in here
are five years old. You understand? Some of you are
10 years old, some are 50. What about 20? Is that old? Any
room to grow? Sure is. 20, 25. And what happens
in this spiritual growth, too, is it's a growth in knowledge,
a growth in grace and the knowledge of the Lord, and this world begins
to lose its meaning. It's not that way all of a sudden
at first, you know. It's like that little young person,
you know, who's everything brand new. You can't expect a young
believer to just make it all about it. He's got his life ahead
of him. I've heard about it. The husband and the wife, the home, the family,
the kids, and, you know, things like that. You know, in Lamentations
they say God put the world in their heart. to a degree, so
that they'll be diligent about what they do. The husband will
be the husband, the wife will be the wife, and so on. Understand
that? But as you grow older, the house
just becomes a house. You know? Not your paradise. A husband becomes, well, a husband. A wife, but a wife. And on and on. blessing to the
Lord, yes, but you're not receiving it. And then your appetite for
things that are higher, things that are nobler, begins to deliver
itself. See? And you're getting older,
and this corruption The old man is dying today, but the new man
is being removed from him. He's growing in grace, and he's
looking upward. The old man is bowing down. He
says, put that body in the ground. The new man is going to fly up,
fly up, never to come down, never to be on this earth. And that's what we long for all
over again in the gospel. All right, verse 10, he says,
Now if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin.
That is, you realize it. You don't realize that you're
on this cross. You understand? The world doesn't think you're
dead. They didn't first expect them
to think you're dead. How do you know you're dead? How do
you know when Christ comes in? When Christ comes in. How do you know there's darkness? When the light comes. I didn't
know we were ignorant when we first heard about it. See, in
Christy in you, the body is dead. You realize what a dead body
this is, what a dead and dying body of death this is. See, you
don't realize that. People, when they're 70, 80,
90 years old, unbelievers, they're still hanging on. They think
they're going to live forever. No, they're not. Old people, they don't think
for a minute that they're going to go. They don't want to think
about it. Like that old farmer said, he
was about 84 years old and his neighbor was about 86. And that old farmer wanted a
patch of ground that fella had, that old fella had for years.
And he never would sell it to him. He wanted a little five-acre
patch of land. He said, you know how to do it.
And that old 80, 80-year-old man hung on to it. And that 85-year-old
man said to one of his friends, he said, one of these days, that
old fella's going to die. I'm going to get that ground.
That's the way that man did it. And I forget the scripture, but
it says that their thought is that they should continue forever. And that our generation is consumed
with it, aren't we? They really think they're going
to find something, that being in the DNA or whatever, makers,
just live forever. No man started living 100, 900
years, and he's talking about 75, 80, by reason of strength. Now, you realize this part of
the day is because of sin. But, verse ten, the Spirit is
life because of righteousness. Who's righteous? Christ is righteous. The Spirit is life. In other words, if righteousness
is in there, it's life. Verse twelve, he says, "...therefore,
brethren, we are debtors unto the flesh, the remnant of the
flesh." You see what he's saying in context
there? We're not, what we're not after, what we should, we're
not, we shouldn't be devoting everything to the flesh. What we owe to the flesh. You know what this flesh has
come to do in the end? Six foot hole in the ground. So we're not debtors. What are
you saying, what are you saying? We shouldn't live all our life
for this. It's got to hold me right, you
know. It's not if, it's when. So we're deaders not to live
after this man. All right? Verse 14. So he says,
as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they're the sons of God.
What is this leadership of the Spirit? Hurry quickly, John 14. John chapter 14. You know these verses, but I'm
not going to present them. John 14. What is the leadership
of the Spirit? He said, As many as are led by
the Spirit of God, and they are the sons of God. Again, he's
stating fact. He's not saying here's something
you can reach. I'm saying that to be a comforter,
that I'll comfort you. He's not saying, now, here's
what you make me. You're not going to be made by the way you
are. You aren't. All right? He says in verse...
Now, John 14, our Lord says this. Verse 16, I will pray the Father,
and he shall give you the comfort that he may abide with you forever. Yes, the spirit of truth. Read
on. Whom the world cannot receive.
Why? Because a man can receive nothing
the same way he receives him. Because he seeth him not, neither
knoweth him, but you know him. Read on. He dwelleth with you,
and shall be with you. I will not leave you, because
I will come with you. He's called the Spirit of Christ,
Christ in the Spirit of One. Christ in you, for the Spirit in you. Number one. All right? Christ is on the throne, yet
He's in us. But that's the Spirit. But I don't understand. I don't
either. Let's go on. John 16. I just know it's a fact,
because Christ said, I was real sensitive. Father was real sensitive.
And He shall abide with you forever. Not He willed it. He might. He
tried. You know, He was hanging out.
And you let me in. Talked. He shall abide with you. See that? It's a fact. All right? Verse 13 of John 16. What is
this leadership of the Spirit? Verse 13. When He, the Spirit
of truth, This is the first thing He calls
a spirit of truth, a comforter who comforts by truth. When He's
come, He will guide you, He will lead you into all truth. Now, the Lord doesn't say a thing
here about tongues, anything like that. When He comes, He's
talking to His intimate disciples. And he says, he's the spirit
of truth, and he'll guide you, he'll lead you into all the truth. And he says, he's the spirit of truth,
and he'll guide you, he'll lead you into all the truth. And he says, he's the
spirit of truth, and he'll guide you, he'll lead you into all the truth. And he says, he's
the spirit of truth, and he'll guide you, he'll lead you into
all the truth. And he says, he's the spirit of truth, and he'll
guide you, he'll lead you into all the truth. And he says, he's the spirit of truth, and he'll guide
you into all the truth. And he says, he's the spirit of truth, and
he'll guide you into all the truth. And he says, he's the spirit of truth,
and he'll guide you into all the truth. And he says, he's
the spirit of truth, and he'll guide you into all the truth. And he says, he's
the spirit of truth They're taking the things of Christ and showing
them. He said, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of truth,
He'll lead you into the things of Christ, He said. This is what
distinguishes God's people from the world. It's not all this humble, young,
old, humble spirit of knowing and all that that you hear out
there. I don't know. No, brother. No, that's not it,
is it? That's another spirit. This is the spirit of truth,
who leads and guides his people in truth, and the truth sets
them free from all that stuff. And they ground themselves in
the truth. The church is the pillar, they're
grounded in what? John said over and over to all
of his officials, I rejoice that your children are walking in
the truth, the truth, the truth. Sanctify them with the Bible.
Truth, the Bible word is truth. Not sanctify them with tongues,
not sanctify them with miracles, with truth. Because when the
silence goes, when the tongues leave, what do you got then?
When the good feeling goes, what do you got then? You got the
Spirit? I'm going to have you today. Truth is right there where
you're at. Truth, the spirit of truth. Lead
you to the spirit. So, he saw the spirit of truth. He'll
lead you. Many of you are led by the spirit of God. If there's
led where? To Christ. Led to Christ. Are they ever taken away from
there? I was no man to take it to that guy. They're led to Christ,
and they lay over on Him, and He lays over on them, and they
just stay right there. Like Brother Maurice said, they just huddle.
They don't want to go in there. They don't get in my head, or
it's bad. What do I need to tell them? Nothing. I have this Word. That's what
Peter said, that we have a more sure Word of God. We've heard
a voice from on high that said, this is going to kill you. But as soon as you do, we'll
say to you, there's a light that shines in the dark place. Feel that
base flame arising in your heart. That's the legion of the Spirit,
and it has a righteousness through the Spirit. All right, back to
Romans 8. Now, we need to get to, as if that ain't me. I get to what I want to get to
here. But I'm going to tell you, now,
there are the sons of God. You see that? As many as see
Christ as God, those are the sons of God. Those are God's children. They
rejoice to see his name, my name, and see it. All right? Now, the Holy Spirit, he says,
bears witness with the sons of God, with their spirit. Verses
15 and 16. You have not received the spirit
of bondage again that fear, but you have received the spirit
of adoption, whereby you may thrive. The word Abba there is
an affectionate term. It's not an irreverent term.
But it's an affectionate term, much like we might say, dad.
That's not a regular or a familiar or a commitment, but it's personal. It sounds good, dad. That's the
sweetest word for your ear to hear, dad. Whereby you may cry,
run crying to your father, And verse 16, "...and the Spirit
itself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children
of God." The Holy Spirit. Now, He hasn't given us the spirit
of bondage. The Holy Spirit did not begun
the spirit and then made perfect by the flesh. The Holy Spirit
doesn't lead you back to the Lord. We don't need that text back
to bondage. That was so much to praise for
Christ. And when you're a son, you're
in a panic. That's what the whole relationship
is about. It doesn't really lead us back to the vaguely elements. We're adopted sons. We have a
beloved man only the sons have got, and it does not interfere
with what we are, but we are. And in a minute, we're going
to look a little bit at what we can be. All right? Adopted son, that's
what we are. Beloved in Aaron will be a son
of God. And it says the Spirit bears
witness with us that we are. How? Right here. Has anybody
got a ray of hope that you bear in your heart? That maybe I'm
not? I am the chief of saints, yes.
But maybe I am a child of God. That's the Holy Spirit. Now,
what's it all based on? I haven't said a thing about
anything you do. We've been talking about Christ. That's
where the Holy Spirit coincides with Him. All right? And He bears witness to the preaching
of the gospel over and over again. He reproves, He rebukes, He corrects,
He chastens, and to be without chastening, you're a bastard.
If the Word of God does not break your heart and convict you of
sin, you're a bastard. But He chases you. He holds you
there, chasing you. But He doesn't leave you there.
He comforts you. He consoles you. And He gives you sweet promises
that you might believe. Now, the world doesn't have this.
The world doesn't have that, doesn't have any of that, that
has a conviction of sin and prostitution. Verse seventeen, he says, now,
if we're children, then we're heirs, heirs of God. And heirs of God, if we're children,
then we're heirs. Heirs of God, yes, with all the
rights and the privileges, with an inheritance, Peter said, reserved
in heaven for you to be kept by the Father. Make it be revealed. It's just
waiting. There's an inheritance reserved
for you. Our Lord said this in my father's
house, many men say, if it were not so, I wouldn't go there. I'd go to prepare a place for
you. Who's your father then, Max? He doesn't even blame anybody,
does he? He just says, you. Aren't you
glad he said, you? If I read that, that's me. I'd
go to prepare a place for you. If it were not so, I wouldn't
go. I would have said, you just deserve a change in your behavior.
But no, there are many. And I go to them, paraphrase,
come out of the middle. Who? All. The laborers, everybody. And children and heirs of God
with all the rights and privileges and inheritance reserved, not
because of us. No, no, no. But, look here, he
says we're joint heirs. Joint heirs. We don't deserve
the inheritance, but the firstborn does. Now, only we've got some
of God, but He's got the right, He's the heir. But now, He said,
we have to, He's the cherisher, or the joint heir with Christ. All right? We get it through
Him. All right, we're going. Now,
He says here, if so be we suffer with Him. Now, again, He's not
talking about that you have to be a martyr. Every believer suffered with
Christ. Every believer suffered with
Christ. What did Christ suffer in the process? Sin. Did you suffer with sin? Huh? The world doesn't suffer
with sin. They love sin. You see? You suffer with sin.
Are you a person, a great deal of the time, of sorrows, of pain,
of grief? Over what? Sin. Sin or everything. I suffered with sin. So did we. Look at John 17. Quickly. John
17. John 17. The world doesn't suffer
with sin. John 17. We suffer with child,
we suffer with persecution, they're not our fault. The world doesn't suffer with
sin, the world doesn't suffer with the world, we suffer with
the world. The world is to us a tribulation. The place is tribulation, isn't
it? He said, You must have much tribulation. In the world you
shall have tribulation. The world is not a tribulation
to the world. That's why I want to hang on
here. John 17, our Lord, again, verse
14. He said, I've given them thy
word, and the world hath hated them, because they're not of
the word. Well, even Peter and James and John, they're just
old fish, but it's just me and my gut. Yeah, but... Yeah, but... They had it here
in open sea in the city, you see. They're led by the Spirit. They're now sons of God, joined
there in Christ, and their desire is set much higher than this
world. And so the world hates them.
They're not like the world. Verse 15, I pray not that thou
shouldest take them out of the world. The Lord doesn't mean
for his people to be isolated from the world and excluded or
what have you. Nowhere in the scriptures does
it say that. I challenge anybody to find that. That's man-made
doctrine. He says right here, don't take
them out of the world. If you take them out of the world, you
don't need the world. That's what God's going to do
when He takes believers out of the world, He's going to put
them right back. When you take the children of believers out
of the school is where you die. Read on. He says, don't take
them out of the world, but just keep them from it. Keep them
from the evil of the world. They are not of the world. Put
them in the world. The world's not going to get
a hold of them. I mean, it's not. It's not. They're in the world. But they're
not out in the world. They got water. That's just right. And then we
said, who's out there in the world? Verse 17, "...sanctified them
through the truth." So they go out there in the world, and sometimes
the world does rub off on them, but they come back to water like
they did. And they get their feet washed
all over and they realize, hey, that's not my place. You understand? It's just a fact. All right, look back at the text
now. It's going to get good. It's
going to get real good. You'll hang on. Verse 17, he
says in Romans 8, verse 17, now, it shall be that we suffer with
him that we may also glorify the Lord. We're going to be glorified
with Christ. And he gets all the glory. He did everything worth it. We're
going to be glorified with him, in him. Like the bride, when we go to
stand and walk down this aisle, they're glorified together as
one. The husband and wife walk apart
together as one. These two become one. They're
glorified together. Everybody's rejoicing in both
of them. Sands the head, sands the broom, sands the man of the
house, but he has loved this woman, and I've loved her, and
they're one and they're both. This is their time. And that's
what this is saying. I mean, our time. Not that we share His glory with
Christ, but we don't fully glorify that. Verse 18, he says, Now
I reckon, that's a good old Southern word, but I reckon, I reckon
that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared
with the glory which shall be revealed in us, unto us. I reckon, and we need to reckon
this, we need to reckon this, that the sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that's what it's
going to be. See if I can illustrate this. And he suffered horribly for
preaching the gospel. Terribly. As did everybody before
him. But anyway, he spent 12 years
in prison preaching the gospel. Could have gone free any day. He had the option of imprisonment. They told him, if you will just
promise not to preach again, we'll let you go. And his wife
and daughter would come to him daily and ask him. He had a blind
daughter, didn't he? Was it a blind daughter? Darius? Stanley? I don't know. Twelve years he served for all
of you. Don't you know those are the
twelve years of all suffering to God? Believe me. Well, God mind you, he's
been in the arms of the Lord Jesus Christ now for a hundred
years and counting. Twelve years. Four hundred years he's been.
No tears, no sadness, no sin. Perfectly. Four hundred years. And that four hundred years is
like four minutes in life return. And it's never going to end. It's not worth it, he said. I'm
worried he'd be prepared for exhaustion. Charles Spurgeon
lived 58 years, half of his life was spent on sickbed. Nearly 30 years he was sick.
He's been beholden to the Lord Jesus Christ now for nearly 100
years and counting. It's not worthy to be compared. It can't even be compared with
the glory that shall be revealed in that. Read on. Verse 18 and
19. The earnest expectation of the
creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. The manifestation of the sons
of God. 21 talks about the creature itself
shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious
liberty of the children of God. The glory revealed in us, the
manifestation of the sons of God, the glorious liberty of
the children of God. say that, let alone our minds
to understand it. Glorious liberty of the sons
of God, the manifestation of the sons of God. Now, this is
such a marvelous and wonderful and glorious thing that no words
can describe it. I could study for years And I
could not help it. I couldn't even help it. Paul,
I was going to have you turn, but you don't have to. 2 Corinthians
12. Paul, he said, I knew a man within
the body of the house, and I don't know that he went to paradise. He called down and went to glory. Paradise. He called it paradise. He went a few times to parrots. He called it paradise. Our Lord
said one time, remember when the thief, the evil-eyed thief-sucker
called it paradise. Not worthy to be compared with
the glory. You know, that's that theme right
now, what you suffer is everything, I don't know. Paradise. Paul said it. And he heard things that were
not my fault. In other words, it could not
have been anybody in the world. He didn't say, I saw things.
That's just how it stood. John tried to describe it in
Revelation 1. Listen, John tried to describe
what he saw. The Lord Himself, as He is, He
tried to. Can you read that and really
understand it? But Paul said, I heard things. I just heard things. Now, Paul, do you love hearing
music? He heard it. You love the voice,
you know, the human voice together in a choir. As much as I love
a choir, I do love a choir. Don't you? When you put 10,000
times 10,000 times 10,000 times 10,000 voices, perfect pitch,
perfect harmony, singing, perfect, you know, something from the
heart, nobody holding back. Nobody holds back. I heard that.
I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I
did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I
did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I
did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I
did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I
did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I
did. I did. I did. I did. Nothing to be compared. I hadn't seen
it. What are you going to compare it to? I hadn't seen it. It didn't take long. The ear
hadn't heard it. It didn't take long. Don't have
anything to hide about it. The thing that God has prepared
for them to look at. The glorious manifestation
of the Son of God. And you know what this whole
world is waiting on? What does it say here? Look at
verse 19. The earnest expectation of the
creature, that is, this world, this globe, waiting. It's waiting. It's shivering and it's shaking.
Rocking in the room, if you wish. Trembling, waiting for this thing
to happen. They talk about a big bang. Boy,
there it is going to be. There was one when God spoke.
There's going to be another when they come. Christ appears, and
this earth is waiting on him. You notice the earnest expectation
of the creature, creation, the earth itself, waiting. Now look
at this, people. This is interesting. The verses 19 and 20, read together,
the earnest expectation of the creature, the creation, and the
creature's honest, waited for the manifestation, that is, the
presenting of, the revelation, the marriage of the sons of God
to the Creator. Just like in the garden, when
God couldn't create a person, an animal. Right? It goes all the way in.
And God began to create man out of that. All he did was bless
him. You know how curious horses are,
and cats are, and what's he doing? And the greatest creature of
all, man, he came out of the city, waiting, but he's waiting
again. for the manifestation of the
sons of God, a whole ball of dirt waiting for these new creatures
to be presented to the Creator. Verse twenty, the creature was
laid subject to vanity, sin, not willingly. This creature
didn't sin, but by the reason of God, or that is, by the purpose
of God, But he, look at this now, this is, we always conjecture
about it, how many animals in heaven or on the new earth and
all that kind of thing. He says, he had a subject in
the same hope. What? Creatures. My view, God created creatures
first. I believe the Lord God Christ
Himself came down to this planet and enjoined His creation. I know He did. I know He did. Adam walked with God. He was
Christ. He walked with Adam in the garden. Our Lord walked in
the garden before His created man and said, It's good. It's
good. Yes, he did. This is good. Man created man, so this is very
good. And he said to the man, he spoke
to him, he faced the fact. Now multiply, let us share. And he says here, the creature,
the creation, is subjected to sin by the purpose of God, but
he's got wrong. Look at the next verse. The creature
itself shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into
the glory and liberty of the children of God. See if I can't
illustrate to you. The creature itself. Now, he said the creature waited,
the creature was made subject to hope, the creature had hope,
the creature shall be delivered. from this bondage of corruption.
Sin brought the fear of man. Sin brought the fear of man.
There was no fear of man before sin. There was no need for fear. It wasn't illegal. It was on
the earth. But it didn't need to ride on
it. Sin brought the fear of man into
it. Understand? Before that, they'd go have it
in peace. Adam lived with all the animals
in peace. They were his friends. But when he sinned, he walked
out of that garden and kicked the dog. Yeah, he did. That's what he did. He tied it with a horse. He shot up the air and then he
just went all across the planet. The whole creature, man, was out to get us. You see that? But we read back there in Isaiah
11, Hosea 2. I've often wondered what the
poor Iron Lord had in his hands when he was lost. Have you ever
thought about that? He had no soul. He's the creature,
or the creature, the ox does his own, the rabbit does his
master's work. Guaranteed they walked up to him, and no reason
to fear him. The whole creation groaning,
travailing together, pain, bondage, corruption, sins, but it's going
to be better. For the glorious liberty of the
sons of God, waiting for man to be like Christ. Waiting for the adoption, the
whip, the redemption of our bodies from sin. No more sin. No more
fear. of bondage, glorious liberty. And God, man, and beast live
forever together in a place which is now grown, all grown, this winter,
this day, ready to be redeemed. Our Father, thank You for Your
Word. We do indeed groan because of
our sin, groan because of this world, corruption in it. We wait for the redemption
of these bodies, manifestation. That great day, we do wait on
thee. We say with the Church, even so, come quickly, Lord,
come. Thank you for your words, the
blessings of comfort to our hearts. Plant it, plant it, because it
will bring forth the fruit of faith in your glory, in Christ's
name. Thank you. I don't know. I don't know. I
don't know. you Thank you. you Okay. Thank you. Thank you. We're going to go ahead and get
started. Thank you very much. Thank you. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. All right.