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Paul Mahan

Comfort and Full Assurance Of the Gospel

Colossians 2:2
Paul Mahan April, 29 2001 Audio
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The lot is cast into the lap,
and the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. I asked John to pick out some hymns to
sing. The lot was cast into his lap, and the whole disposing thereof
was a blessing to me. I enjoyed those hymns. This is
the way it is constantly with Sherry in her prelude and operatory. She chooses what she will, and
it always blesses me. I turn with me to Colossians
chapter 2. We are basically going to deal
with one verse here in Colossians
chapter 2, and I want to read verses 1 and 2. The Apostle Paul
writes to the church at Colossae and says, I would that you knew,
I wish you knew, I want you to know what great conflict or care
or concern I have for you." And other believers, them at Laodicea,
as many as whom he had not seen personally. And here is Paul's
desire. Now, he says, I have great concern
for you. And he's writing as a father
would to his child. a concern, a care, a heartfelt,
deep concern as only a parent would know for a child. And that's
what he said, though Paul didn't have children, yet he said that
he'd begotten some spiritually. And he has a deep concern for
them. Here is his concern and both
his concern and his desire. Three things here in verse 2. Three desires of Paul's heart
for these people and for us. Three concerns for them. All
right? Let's read it. Verse 2. He says,
I am concerned that their hearts might be comforted. that their hearts might be comforted. Well, you know, this is what
our Lord told Isaiah to do, didn't He? Turn with me to Isaiah chapter
40. I heard Brother Ralph Dale preach
from this recently. And oh, what a comfort it was.
Isaiah chapter 40. This is what the Lord tells his
preachers to do, and that's what Paul desired
for the Colossians, their comfort, that their hearts might be comforted.
Well, look at what it is that comforts God's people. This is what truly comforts God's
people. You see, our hearts Our hearts,
and he said, I want your heart to be comforted, not just your
flesh to be comfortable, but I want your heart to be comforted. This is where we experience all
the trouble. It's in the heart. See, out of
the heart are the issues of life, all the emotions, feelings, all
of the affection and it's in heart. And so Paul says, I want
your inner being. That's the heart to be comforted.
Because that's where we get. That's where we have the most
trouble. Inward trouble, all right, and many reasons for our
troubles. Listen very carefully, if you
have heart trouble. Do you have heart trouble? I'm
talking to each of you, and we'll see a head nod. You have heart
trouble? I'm talking to me. I have heart
trouble, and I'm talking about this flesh that's pumping. I'm talking about the inner man. You have heart trouble? All right. There's a cure. There's help for heart trouble. Our hearts troubles come from
many in many ways. All right. Our Lord in Matthew
chapter seven, verse twenty five, he said. He told the story of
the man whose house was built on the sand and another whose
house was built on the rock. And he said the man who's. Well,
both men experienced three things. The rains fell, it said. The rains fell, kept raining,
just kept raining. And then the floods ascended. The waters rose. And he says
the winds blew. Our Lord, that has hidden meaning. These are the troubles that we
go through. All right? Rains descend. These are troubles, trials sent
by God himself. Okay? These are trials sent by
God, come from above. The rains descend. Remember Job
went through trial and it rained and it rained and it rained.
Till he didn't think it was going to end. Noah did too. Noah thought the same thing.
How did he get through it? Well, the root of the matter
was in Job. And Noah was in the root of the matter. They are. But the floods, you see, that's
trials sent from above. It's obvious God did this. It's
not God did this. It's the Lord. It's obvious. I have too many things to mention.
But then the floods of sin. That's things from this earth. trial, temptations, struggles,
everyday troubles that we have by living in this earth. And they keep rising. The waters
keep rising every day. The creek rises. All right? Troubles we're going to have.
In this world you shall have tribulation. Isn't that what
he said? In this world, you live in this world, the floodwaters
rise. And then he talks about winds
blowing. The winds blow. The wind bloweth where it listeth,
doesn't it? You cannot tell the sound thereof. And these are
trials. You don't know where this is
coming from. What is this? What is happening? So these are troubles, things
that trouble our hearts. And then troubles we bring about
upon ourselves. through sin, we bring upon ourselves,
we create in our own hearts a great deal of trouble. We cause ourselves
a great deal of trouble. And you know the number one reason.
It's unbelief. Unbelief. And we're troubled
by ourselves. All right? Here's the cure. Here's
comfort for heart trouble. There's not anyone in here who
doesn't experience the things that I just mentioned. All right, here's a cure. Here's
comfort. In verse 1 of Isaiah 40, he says,
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speaking to the
preacher. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Cry unto her. lesson in preaching this is to
me. One I hope that I learn someday.
Speak ye comfortably, comfortably, not mean, not harsh, not angrily, to her, not at her, to her. Speak unto her. Cry, yes, cry. Beseech from the heart. You know, a cry
is from the heart, is it not? Words are from the lips, and
often from the top of the head. I told a brother, a preacher
of mine, that preachers ought to always wear a hat when they
preach. Keep from saying anything off the top of their head. Anyway, that's so much for my
wisdom. But this is a lesson for me in preaching. Speak to
her. Speak comfortably to her. It's
to the church. The unbelievers aren't going
to hear it anyway. They're not listening. They're
out there. You're here. God's people are here. I wish
all we preachers could read this before every time we stand up.
Cry unto her. Yes, speak from the heart. Cry.
Don't give a dissertation on faith. Cry. Cry unto her. Now, here's what
you need to tell her. Here's the message of comfort.
You got heart trouble? Tell her, cry unto her, that
her warfare is accomplished. Here's a cure for heart trouble.
Now, folks, our trouble, the whole world is in trouble. Why? Why is all the sadness here? Why is all the sorrow here? Why
are all the problems here? Why is this a miserable place? Why? Sin! Why my trouble? Why do I have
trouble? Why does my heart give me trouble?
Sin. This is the trouble from which
all troubles spring. Well, what's the cure? I need
help. I've got trouble. In this world,
I've got trouble within myself. What is it? Crying to her that
this sin warfare It's accomplished. That if you really knew and understood
this, your troubles would be over, practically. Huh? Our warfare is accomplished. We struggle, don't we? You know,
the day-to-day existence for, well, I really shouldn't say that in
reference to any American. You know, a struggle for day-to-day
existence, that's not, Americans don't do that. Mexicans do that. Africans do that. Dominicans
do that. However, we do go to work and
we do struggle at times to make ends meet and so forth. And it is, in a sense, a struggle. The real, our Lord said, I've
provided everything for you. You haven't provided a thing.
You haven't provided one stitch of clothing. You haven't provided
one house you've lived in. You haven't provided one meal
that you've ever eaten. Well, my job has ended. Oh, what
am I going to do? It was the same thing he did
before he had the job. You're going to wait on the Lord
and he's going to provide you another job. Well, this bill's coming
up. How am I going to pay it? Well,
the same way it's going to be paid. Last time you said that,
what am I going to do when this bill's coming up? Huh? How often does this happen?
All our lives. What am I going to do? I don't
have the money to pay it. What are you going to do? You're just
going to wait and see the Lord pay it. So these things, you
know, even the sons of Adam, the world experiences these things.
But now, here's the struggle. Here's the trial. Here's the
trouble. Sin. It's warfare. John Bunyan wrote a whole book
entitled Holy War. Wonderful book. You'd do well to read it. You'd
do well to read it. Like Pilgrim's Progress, you'd
do well to read that too. Excellent, outstanding. Anyway,
in that book called Holy War, the whole book was about the
struggle for the town of Mansoul. That's what it was. It was an
allegory about the struggle for the town of Mansoul. Are you with me? Mansoul, that's
you. That's meant as a struggle. There's a fellow called Diabolus, Satan, who wanted the soul of
man. He wanted the souls of man. And he had them. He had them. He easily overcame them. How? How? Through the flesh. to enticing them and so easily
they just let down the gates of the town and let him in freely
of their own. Of course, come on in. He promised
them all sorts of happiness and contentment. He promised the
world and all of the goodness, you know, and they just let him
in. No struggle, just bowed down
and he had them. But. But God. in his purpose determined
that not all of those souls would be had. That some of those souls he chose. Some of those souls were his.
And he was going to redeem them. He was going to have them. And
he sent his prince. He sent the captain of their
salvation. He sent their redeemer. He sent
their Conqueror, his name was Immanuel. This is in that book,
and he just got it from this book. But it said when he came, there
was a struggle. They didn't just let down the
gates for him. Oh, no, they would not listen to him. See, there
were gates. There was the eye gate, entrance
into the town. There was the ear gate. And they
just let it down for Diabolus to come on in. When they closed
them back, he said, close them up. Don't let anybody in from
here on out. Well, Emmanuel came and spoke,
and they wouldn't. They wouldn't lower the gate.
They wouldn't let him in. So Emmanuel said, get out the
battering rams. We're going in. I'm coming in. And he broke down the gate. And
he came in. Well, that's a beautiful story.
That's an allegory. The struggle for the town of
Mansoul. And the story is this, that Christ took that town. He
took what was his. He led captivity captive. He took Diabolus and paraded
him through the streets for all the people to see. He's not your
master. I am. And our Emmanuel went into the
very heart of the of the castle and sat down on the throne in
the castle, that's the heart, where he reigned and ruled in
the town of Mansoul, said, I'm your true master. Well, he had
this man in chains as the other. And our Lord came to this earth
as a man. Why? To conquer sin, to conquer
hell, to conquer death, to leave captivity captive. to take Satan
in his craftiness, in his own wisdom, Satan who took us in
his craftiness, Christ in his wisdom, and if you will, craftiness,
took him. Wasn't it a wonderful and glorious
and wise thing when God had Satan kill Christ? Huh? Think about it. Christ must
be crucified. He must—the Lamb must be slain. The blood must be shed, without
which there is no remission of our sin. He must be killed. If Satan had known that, he would
not—don't kill the Lamb, whatever we do. But Satan thought that he was
doing away with Christ when he was really doing away with I've got him now, I've killed
the Christ." No, you've crushed your own head. You've put chains on your own
wrist. And Christ hung on that cross. Christ came to live as
a man for these poor sons of men. And He came to die, and
He went to Calvary's tree, and He was made sin for us. Where
is it? He who knew no sin. be made the righteousness of
God in him. And when he hung on that cross, the battle, the struggle, the
warfare for possession of, for the redemption of, for the freedom
of, for the liberty of his people was accomplished. And he said,
it's finished. Satan's finished. Sin's gone. Death is gone. There's no more
judgment. There's no more hell. The law
is done. Completed. It's finished. The
warfare is accomplished. Who did it? The Accomplisher. Christ, the Accomplisher. Tell
them. Comfort their hearts. This is
their whole problem. This is what they're going to
struggle with all the days of their lives. Though they don't
know it, everything, everything in this life is somehow or another
related to sin. Tell them. Warfare is accomplished. And they have these little skirmishes.
You know, back in World War II, they fought over in Japan. Iwo Jima, my father was over
there. And stories are that after the war was over, that there
were so many little groups of soldiers hidden out in holes
in the ground and in the deep jungles and so forth, all over
the place, that they didn't hear the war was over. They didn't
hear that Japan had surrendered, that Germany had surrendered.
They didn't hear the news, you see. And they still were going
out making these little skirmishes, you know, taking pop shots at
one another. And I bet you several of them
thought, we're going to win this war. I'm going to win this war.
I ain't going to go out and fight little palates of war. You ain't
going to win nothing. You might as well quit shooting.
Stack your arms. War is over. It's been declared. Well, tell them that warfare
is accomplished. But I'll get over this. It's
over. Warfare is accomplished. Tell her, listen now, verse 2,
tell her her iniquity is pardoned. Here it is. Here's comfort. We come into this place all the
time, sad and downcast and beaten and dejected, and why? Sin. One way or another, it's our
sin. Tell her, it's pardoned. Tell her, come on in. Tell her, lift up the head. Tell her, come boldly to the
throne of grace. You need help? Find it. Tell
her, drink. Thirsty? Drink. How much you
need? How much is there? Drink the
water of life. How much it's going to cost me?
Freely. Her iniquity is pardon. God forgave him. What? I'll never forget. Well,
he has. Pardon. Tell her she hath received
of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. Double for all her sins. My,
my. Not only have we received pardon,
but justification. Not only have we received mercy,
but grace, all grace. Not only have we not gotten what
we deserve, but we get everything we need, anything we want. Not
only mercy, but grace, you see. Not only have we received redemption, not only have we been redeemed,
He found a ransom. Get them out of the pit. Get
him out of the pit. Whoo, glad to be out of that
pit. Not only that, but now bring him home with me. Sit him at the table, clothe
him in the king's clothing, and put a whole pile of chicken on
his plate. Every day. Just as whenever he
gets hungry, fill it with chicken. Whenever he gets thirsty, fill
his glass up right over. And I'm talking in spiritual
terms here. Yeah, we have abundance of physical
things. But you see, this is our problem.
Sin. We sang that song. Did we sing
that song? Sin hath gone over me. Ah, sin
after sin. Ah, my iniquity. Are you a Psalm 38 sinner? That's where Horatius got that
psalm. Sin hath gone over me. Sin after
sin after sin. Well, go on and read Psalm 40. The Lord, now I know He saves
His anointed. He heard me. He saved me. Well, pardon me. She that receiveth
the Lord's hand, double for all her iniquity. Oh, my. Well, go back to Colossians.
I was supposed to be preaching from Colossians 2. That's Isaiah 40, verse 2. We're in Colossians 2, 2. Same
thing, isn't it? It's identical. Same message. Isaiah is preaching the same
message. Paul is preaching, rather, the same message as Isaiah. He
said, I want you to be comfortable in heart. I want you to comfort
your heart. How? Your warfare is over. I
mean, it's over. Saying everything about you has
been predetermined before the world began, and you ain't going
to fire a shot or do a thing. I mean, that's exactly right. That's not just preaching, that's
truth. Oh, he worketh all things. Who
does? Who worketh all things? Well,
I mean, he worketh all things after the counsel of his own
will, and that will concerning his people is Good for their
good. According to his all-wise purpose,
if we tried to work anything, we'd make a mess out of it. Tell her, this war's over. You're
not fighting the war. It's over. Emmanuel has accomplished
it. It's over. And the best way is just to rest.
Just lie down. Well, he says here in Colossians
chapter 2, verse 1, he says, I want your heart to be comforted.
And you know, our heart trouble in a great
deal of it is due to our own self-pity. It's what that article's
about. Selfishness, and I'm going to
look at this one, selfishness, unbelief. We're told to quit
ourselves like men, and that's talking to women too. Act like
a man. Act like a believer. That's what he's saying. Act
like a woman. Quit yourself like you believe,
and then act like it. And that's part of our trouble,
heart trouble. And so Paul said, I want your
heart to be comforted. And what comforts it? Belief,
trust, trust. Look at the next thing, and they're
both related. He says that your heart might
be comforted being knit together in love. Now, these are inseparable. Listen to me, this is so vital.
This is, if you have heart trouble, would you listen to me? I want Endeavor to look at every
face this morning. I don't have anybody in particular
in mind, but everybody in particular. All right? We got heart trouble. We need
to be comforted. And what comforts God's people?
Why do we come here? Come here to worship. We sing
that hymn, that chorus. We come into this house and gather
in His name to worship Him. So, forget about yourself. Little children think about themselves,
their own troubles. Grown men and women, mature men
and women think about their children. grown men and women think about
lofty and higher things, things that are nobler, things that
are really the problem. That trouble will be there tomorrow.
That physical, that trouble in the world, whatever it is, that
relationship, that job, it'll be there tomorrow. This is the
one thing that And if we could get a hold of
this, if the Lord would put this in our hearts, we'll face that
troubled morrow with a sober face, with some quiet confidence, with
some patience, with some hope, with some maturity. And we might even see the hand
of God in it. So you see, this is it. This is it. We're going
to get all the meat. that we need to go in the strength
of. We get a double portion of manna today. So we can make it
last. Love. Faith and love. Faith and love. Now about these
three things. Faith, hope and love. Faith and
love. They're inseparable. Faith and love. Faith being that
warfare is over. Trust Christ. Love. He says that your heart might
be knit together in love. All right? What do you find out
there in the world? Or rather, who do you find out
there in the world? Do you work with nice people? Loving, kind, sweet, gentle,
understanding, merciful, gracious people? What do you find out there coming
out of their mouths? What do you deal with day in
and day out in the world? And where are you going to have
tribulation? What do you find in here? What are you looking
for in here when you come here? And this is the reason for that
article. We come here, you know, there's enough trouble out there.
There's enough testing out there to do me for several days. When
I come in here, smile at me, please. Say something nice to me. All
I hear out there is trouble. Say something kind. Turn on the
TV. This is why when you, if the Lord enables you to turn
on this preacher, let's hear some comfort. There's enough
trouble out there. Give me some comfort. heart knit together. I hope what
we find here, and we do, we find it here, is a loving body of
believers. Love the brethren. Now, we need
love. An old saying, love makes the world
go round. Well, I was thinking about this. You young people, you listen
to me very carefully. I was thinking about this the
other day. Things don't bring happiness. This life is all not about accumulating
things. This life is not about accumulating
knowledge, going and getting facts in books and school and
so forth. That's not what this is about.
You know what this life is about? Relationships. You know that? This life is people. Dealing with people. You know
what the best education in life is? How to deal with people.
How to be a merciful, kind, gracious, compassionate, understanding,
long-suffering human being. And not be a dog or a wolf. It's relationships. I want a
relationship in marriage. I'm going to have to learn how
to deal with a woman, how to dwell with her in knowledge,
how to treat her as Christ treats the church so I'll have a happy
marriage. I'm going to have to learn how
to be a good wife, as Paul tells us in Ephesians about how to
be a good wife, so that I might have happiness. It's relationships. It's dealing with other people. You understand that? That's what
this life is all about, is people. And this life, and life more
abundant, and what makes this life worth living, and the relationship,
the relationship, is with Christ and his people. These are our
eternal companions. You are my eternal companions. I need to nurture that. I'm lonely. Why? Why? Wow, there's nearly 50 companions
in here. I can just pick up a phone and
call one. I'm lonely. I'm lonely. I need to be loved. I need to be loved. Human beings
need to be loved. You know that? That your hearts
might be knit together in love. This is what I'm saying. This
is what this is all about. Relationships. This is our family. We need to be loved. Everyone
in here needs to be loved. We need to be thought to be wanted, to be desired,
to be needed, to be a part of things. Don't you want to be
included? How? How? A man to have friends must do
what? Show himself friendly. It's just so. You want to be
loved? Love somebody. Want to be included? Do the including. Want to have
friends? Be a friend. Need some help? Start helping. Want to have fellowship? We'll invite the fellas. And we're getting right back
to where we started. We're troubled. Why? Selfishness. Me? Did you read the article? Old
Mr. Woe-esk-me or Mrs. Woe-esk-me. Poor old me. Poor old me. This is why Paul said, think
on things of others. Where did he write that from? You know, he had people visit
him in the prison cell. On fellowship, the Lord deals
with us the way we deal with other people. He said, with a merciful, I'll
show myself merciful. With a hospitable, I'm a real
hospitable. With a cheerful giver, I'm a
real hospitable. I just give and give and give. With the helper,
I help readily. With the peacemaker, I give them
peace. With ones who cause joy, I give
them joy. With the troublemakers, I cause
trouble. Old Mr. Self needs to stay at
home. Needs to stay at home. We're
here to honor Mr. Christ. Smile. God loves you. Huh? Is that alright to say that
to believers? Is it? What have I got to smile
about? God loves you. He's sending the
world to hell and that right soon. Yeah, but they got everything.
Do you envy fat cows? Maybe another dumb cow does.
Here's an old, here's a little tiny cow and he's grown up. He
won't screw up and be a big fat cow. A little cat, fat calf,
and she wants to grow up and be like that big, fat bull there.
Look at it, he's so happy. Where's he going? Farmer comes
and gets him. Where'd he go? I don't know,
but I want to be a big, fat cow. No, you don't. No, you don't. You want to be lean. You want
to stay lean. You want to stay lean. You make a
pet out of lean ones. and make meat out of fat ones.
So that's what the Lord said, I'm fattening a sheep for the
slaughter. Oh my, he said this is why he
says that you might be knit together in love. You need each other.
You need each other. He says this over and over again.
Fervent love. Fervent love. See that you love
one another. Why? Because you sure need each
other. You're not going to find it out there. You might not find
it in your own home. But you find it here, but in
order to find it, you've got to make it. You understand? All right, go on. I've got to
hurry. I've got to quit. He says that you might be knit
together in love unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding. I was worried I didn't have enough
notes. I've got three pages left over. Well, what a diverse this is, and it's
just too much for us to deal with right now. Let me ask you
this. Do some people seem to have a
great deal of faith to you? You think, some people have so
much faith, I wish I had the faith that they have. Do some
people have a lot of assurance, seem to have just rock-solid
assurance, all the time? Some people seem to be content.
Some people seem to have joy all the time. Some people seem
to have peace, just inner peace. I wish I could have that. Why?
Why do they have that? Are they better than you? Have they tried harder? They're more holy. They've quit
more things. Let's read it again. All right,
let's read this again. He says that you might have full
assurance under all the riches of... Would you like to have
full assurance? Huh? Would you like a... I mean full
assurance. That means completely full assurance. Full assurance. All right, here
it is. full assurance of understanding. Knowing things in your head won't
give heart assurance. Understanding in the heart will.
I understand. That'll give you assurance. It's
like when I was a child, you know, my dad and my parents would
keep telling me things. And they'd say, do you understand?
Yes, I understand. You understand what I'm saying?
Yes, sir. Are you through? Can I leave now? I'm saying yes,
so I can leave. I didn't hear a word you said.
But yes, I understand. Right, Steve? Yeah, Dad, I understand
what you're saying. You're warning me. I know you
love me. I know you're saving these things for my good. I know that. Can I leave now? Now, Steve, now do you understand? You're a dad, aren't you? And
now you're turning to Joseph and saying, Joseph, do you understand
it? Yeah, Dad, yeah. But you understand, don't you,
Stephen? You have assurance of what you're saying. I know what
I'm saying. It's slow, so if you just listen to it, that's
full assurance, you say. I understand. All right. Well, how does it come? Read
on. Full assurance of understanding
to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God and of the Father
and of Christ." Now, I know that all sounds mysterious. I know
that all sounds deep, but what's he talking about? To the acknowledgment
of the mystery, which is of God and of Christ. The acknowledgment
of the mystery that you might acknowledge, or that is, think
on. That's what acknowledgment is. That your knowledge is toward. Think on. You keep thinking about. What? The mystery. What mystery? This is how he started this whole
thing. The gospel. Now, we'll keep him
in how much peace? Perfect peace. Hell, whose mind
is stayed where? Oh, look at the news. Look at
this. Why does so-and-so have so much
peace? They must be abiding in the gospel. They must be really hearing the
gospel. When it's time to hear the gospel, they must hear it. Why does so-and-so have so much—they
must be abiding there. They must be—you understand what
I'm saying? The gospel must be on their mind. I will keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee." I'm not talking about something
mystical. I'm not talking about something, he's not telling us
something unattainable. He wouldn't have said full assurance. Just keep your mind and your
hearts on the gospel. That's what he's saying. In very
simple language, keep your minds and your hearts on Christ, on
the gospel. I don't think I can say it any
better than that. I really don't. Full assurance. Understanding. Thou wilt keep him in perfect
peace. Why do some have such faith and
assurance? They must be hearing, considering,
abiding in the gospel. Keep your mind on things. What
do things bring you? Trouble. Keep your mind on yourself. What does it bring you? I'm nothing
but a troublemaker. I bring myself a great deal of
trouble. Keep your mind on the world and
keep conscious of... I don't know much about world
events, you know. The older I get, the less concerned I am about
six o'clock news, because it's the same as yesterday's six o'clock
news. And all it does... is bring me trouble. That's right. They called me yesterday to see
if I wanted to renew my subscription to the Roanoke Times. No! No. Didn't apologize. Dan, I didn't say, I know you
got a job to do and I appreciate you calling. I said, no, I don't
want that. Why? It's trouble. It troubles
me. And I read the news And it gives
me peace. You understand now? Do you understand? Yes. Are you through? Oh, but woe is me! Woe! Woe! Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me. Bless His holy name. Bless the
Lord, O my soul. forget not all his benefits.
That's why we have trouble. We forgot his benefits. Who healeth
all our diseases, who loatheth thee with blessings, they leave. They're not in hell. Barnard's
statement, oh, anything this side of hell is mercy. Well,
we've got this side of hell. This is heaven. This right here,
yes, this little tabernacle in the wilderness is heaven. We've
got an oasis in the wilderness. We've got a full table spread.
We've got a message of peace, of joy, of comfort. I art thou
cast down within me, O my soul, hope thou in God. I will yet
praise him for the help of his countenance. Comfort you, comfort you my friend.
I hope somebody got some comfort.
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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