I want you to open your Bibles
now to Mark, chapter 12. Mark, chapter 12. Mark chapter 12. This one verse caught my attention
in Mark chapter 12, verse 37. The last line of verse 37 will
be our text and our subject. The last line, it says, after
our Lord It says, And the common people heard him gladly. And the common people heard him
gladly. The common people. We have a man, a member of this
church, who every time I say hello to him
and ask him how he is. He replies in this way. Say,
how are you? He says, common. He's not here, but I, they're
visiting relatives, but I believe he'd appreciate that. But if
there are any more like that, I believe there are, common folk,
then you will hear this message gladly. Common people. The word common means ordinary.
Run-of-the-mill. You could easily say they worked
at the mill. Run-of-the-mill. Common. Ordinary people. Not wise after
the flesh. Not mighty. Not noble. They were nobodies. no real reputation,
no fame, honor, or glory, no real influence, no great power
or wealth. These were just ordinary people. And these were the people, the
persons our Lord appealed to, and which heard him gladly, with
great gladness. Not the high and mighty, not
the self-righteous, not the overly pious, not the proud, not the
intellectual, not the Pharisees, Sadducees, or scribes, but common people, just common
people, common folk. Look over at 1 Corinthians chapter
1. Listen to me, when I talk about
common, ordinary people and people with no influence or no wealth
and prestige and all that, listen to this, too. This is equally
important. There's no saving virtue in poverty, either. There's no saving virtue in ignorance,
either. There's no saving virtue in being
uneducated or being ordinary. There's no saving virtue in that. Pride, poor people, some are just as
proud as rich. Uneducated can be just as proud
as educated. Nobodies can be just as proud
as somebodies. Right? Pride knows no bounds. But these things that Paul is
going to speak of here, worldly wisdom and so forth, attainments,
they're a real hindrance. They're a real hindrance. All
right, look at 1 Corinthians 1, verse, oh, let's read several
verses, okay? 1 Corinthians 1, verse 17, Paul
says, Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel. Not
many preachers can say that, can they? So many so-called preachers
are in this thing to put notches on their bell, or baptisms on
the rope. But to preach the gospel. Not
either. He says, I'm not to preach with
wisdom of words. That means high-sounding oratory,
intellectual. He says in chapter 2, excellency
of speech. Not sent to do it that way, lest
the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. He said
in another place, we use great plainness of speech. Why? We
want plain people to understand. Preaching the sheep, not giraffes.
Put the food down where the sheep can get to it. Preaching the
cross, it says, there is foolishness to some, to them that perish.
I know that's what you're saying is the power of God. Look, read
on. Verse 19, it is written in Isaiah 29, I will destroy the
wisdom of the wise, worldly wise. what brings them nothing in the
understanding of the prudence. Where is the wise? Paul seems
to challenge them. Where is the wise man? Where
is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this
world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? Verse 21, in the wisdom of God, After that, in the wisdom and
purpose of God, the world, by wisdom, knew not God as the wisdom
of God. Why? Because it's of grace. Salvation is to all. If it were
by wisdom, only the wise, only the intellectual, only the educated
would get it. Right? Aren't you glad? You see
your calling, you see? Read on. In the wisdom of God,
the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness
of preaching, to save them that believe. And how many wise men
out of the flesh are going to subject themselves to a vain
babbler. Well, this foolishness going
on here is called preaching. Preaching. What are you going
to do this morning? Have a cantata? No. Preach. That's beneath me. Common people hear it tightly.
And otherwise, the Jews, verse 22, require a sign. Well, show
us something. Greeks seek after wisdom. Tell
us something, something we haven't heard before, some new thing.
But we preach Christ crucified. He said in chapter 2, I'm determined
not to know anything among you. He said this at Corinth, John.
The seat of learning politics and art, current, the modern-day
equivalent is Washington, D.C., or the likes. He said, I'm not
interested in politics. I'm not interested in philosophy. I'm only interested in Christ
and Him crucified, and you knowing Christ and Him crucified. So
if you come hear me, Paul said, you're going to hear Christ and
Him crucified. not the philosophy of the day, not the moral issues
of the day, but the issue between man and God. What think ye of
Christ? Verse 25, the foolishness of
God, or that which man calls foolishness, preaching, is wiser
than men. The weakness of God, or that
which they say is weakness, is stronger than men. You see your calling, brethren. Do you, Terry? You see your calling? I do. Right here. Here it is. Not many wise men after the flesh,
not many mighty, not many noble are called. I think it was an ancient queen
of England said, I thank God for the letter M. Someone said,
M? She said, yes. It doesn't say
not any noble are called. But not many. And God does save
some mighty and noble and wise, but God, verse 27, God hath chosen
the foolish things of the world, or that which the world calls
foolishness or fools, fools for Christ's sake, to confound the
wise. And God hath chosen the weak
things of the world to confound the things which are mighty,
base things of the world. Things which are despised hath
God chosen. Yea, things which are not are
nothing to bring to naught things that are." Why? No flesh is going
to glory. No flesh is going to glory. So, do you see your calling? This
message is to nobody. This message is to base people. Somebody said everybody in God's
choir sings base, B-A-S-E. Things which are despised, things
that are nothing, nothing to nobody. We're going to have to
become common, at least in our hearts and minds, before the
gospel will be heard gladly. I look at Mark chapter 12, look
at it again. It says, look over here at Mark
12, it says, "...the common people heard him gladly." But there
were some people that did hear him who despised everything he
said. They hated him. They hated his disciples, actually.
Look at verse 13, it's certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians
came to To do what? To hear him and learn from him.
No. To critique him. To catch him
in his word, Scripture said. To catch him in his word. To
argue with him. To debate with him. Look at verse
18. It says that, Then came the Sadducees. They were doctors of the law. They had a D.D. or an NB, or
something. Probably mostly a BS. But they
came to hear him and to catch him as well as us. They came
to try to disprove him, to argue with him, to bait him. Verse
28. And then some of the Scribes. Verse 18, the Sadducees came. They believed no resurrection.
Verse 28, then the Scribes came. So the Pharisees, the Sadducees,
and the Scribes. Religious people. And everyone
here knows that religious people know it all, don't they? They
know it all. You can't tell a religious person
anything. They know it all. They might not be able to...
I set up one night, several years ago. I still live
back in Ashton. And I sat and talked to a young
man about my age. He's right now pastoring a church,
so I use the term lightly. But I sat up talking to him about
two in the morning, about the Scriptures and all that, and
you know he had an M. Div., that's a Master of Divinity. And he couldn't quote one verse
of Scripture to me. Not one. Not one. Our Lord said the same
thing to Look at verse 24. Look up there. Our Lord said
to some of these, and oh, it made them mad. Verse 24, he says,
Christ answered and said unto them, Do ye not therefore err
because ye know not the scriptures? Oh, wait, don't you know? They got furious. Neither the
power of God. Why didn't they know the scripture?
They didn't know him of whom the scriptures were written.
They didn't know him of whom the scriptures were written. They didn't know him of whom the scriptures
were written. They didn't know him of whom the scriptures were
written. They didn't know him of whom the scriptures were written. They didn't know him of whom the scriptures
were written. They didn't know him of whom the scriptures were written. They didn't know him
of whom the scriptures were written. They didn't know him of whom the scriptures were written.
They didn't know him of whom the scriptures were written. They didn't know him of whom the scriptures
were written. They didn't know him of whom the scriptures were written. They
didn't know him of whom the scriptures were written. They didn't know him
of whom the scriptures were written. They didn't know him of whom
the scriptures were written. They didn't know him of whom the scriptures were written.
They didn't know him of whom the scriptures were written. They didn't know him of whom
the scriptures were written. They didn't know him of whom the And on the other hand, I know
some who can quote many scriptures, but don't know them. You know
any like that? Can quote them, but they don't
know them. Why? If we don't know the Word in the Word, we're ignorant
of the Word. If we don't know the Word of
whom the Word speaks, we're ignorant of the Word. They are they which
testify of me," Christ said. You search the Scriptures, you
do what? It's a good thing. But if I'm
not seen in them, you're ignorant of what they're about. Old Testament
says somebody's coming. It's someone who's coming. The
Gospels say he's here. He's here. The epistles and the
revelations say he's coming again. And all that he said, all that
he said, Well, verse 37, these people came to argue with him,
but verse 37, the common people heard him gladly. Common people. No airs about, no hypocrisy,
no put-on, Sadducees and Pharisees. We read that over in Matthew,
didn't we, how they loved chief seats and titles, salutations. He said in another place, Matthew
23, to make long prayers. Why? Well, they're interested
in one thing, that people think they're religious. Well, common people aren't so
much interested in what people think about them as what God
thinks about them. Right? They're not so much interested
in being accepted by people, be thought well thought of by
people, as to be accepted in another. No put-on, no show of religion.
They had no religion to make a show of. I like it when people
come here who have no background in religion and don't have many
obstacles there. The plain-old-world ordinary
sinners heard him. It says they heard him. They
listened. They weren't waiting to speak.
They heard him. They heard him. Gladly. Gladly. They heard glad tidings,
were you with me? They heard glad tidings. Only
an old sinner will hear glad tidings. If you hear talk about
blood, an old sinner, that'd be glad tidings to him. Glad
tidings to a sad sinner. Why don't you say, I preached
for a body, that men might go away to glad, sad, We're mad. One or the other. Indifference.
Don't like that. But for a verdict, he said, he
said, if I am impeached clearly enough and men don't go away
one or the other, I haven't done my job. Pharisees ought to get
mad. Sinners ought to get sad. Believers
ought to be glad. Glad tidings to sad sinners.
Good news to bad people. Good news to bad people. The
gospel's good news only to bad people. Brother Scott Richardson
made this old statement. He said, I've never heard any
bad news since I heard the good news. That's good, isn't it? But I coined this one. You'll
never hear any good news until you hear the bad news. Salvation
for sinners. Rotten sinners. Unless a man
or a woman ever reaches that point, the gospel won't mean
a thing to them. Mercy won't mean a thing to somebody unless
they're guilty. Grace won't mean a thing to somebody
who can help themselves. But it'll mean something to somebody
who's helpless. Grad, tired, and common people heard him gladly.
Strong God. They'll hear a strong God. Only
weak sinners need a strong God. They'll hear of a successful
salvation. A successful salvation for religious
failures. Those who have tried religion
that didn't work, they need a successful salvation. They need someone
who works, and nothing can let it. Right, John? You're smiling. Sovereign mercy. Some people need to hear of sovereign
mercy, love, and grace. Why? Because they can't, without
Him, they can do nothing. The strengthless need a strong
God, and no good need good news. The unrighteous need to hear
about a righteousness prepared for them. Common people heard
him gladly. We heard these things too many,
too often, too much, to where it's no longer glad news to us,
glad tidings. You hear me gladly? Same old,
same old. Same old, same old. Now, how
many times have you heard all this talk? about blood and righteousness. I'm telling you, throughout eternity,
you're going to hear about blood and righteousness. And gladly, sing the same old song, though,
same old song. Throughout eternity, Stan, we're
going to be singing one song, one song, one song. Don't you know anything? Do we
need to? Where is the man? Next verse, same as the first.
Here's some other things that, you know, turn over to Jude chapter
3, common people. Here's some things these common
people have in common. Jude chapter 3, Jude 3. You know, in a way, though, the
person I'm talking about or preaching to is very uncommon. You know, who's the old writer that said
a sinner is a sacred thing? The Holy Spirit has made himself.
In other words, a sinner is hard to find. Not many people out
there, bonafide sinners. They talk in general terms. Yes,
we have But not in the terms of like
David, against thee and thee only have I sinned. You'll be
just when you judge me." Not we, not we, that's sin. But I. God be merciful to me. A sinner? The sinner. Or like the Apostle
Paul, I'm the chief. I'm the chief. And that's a very
uncommon person, very uncommon. But let me tell you this, all
of God's people think that way, without exception. All of them
think that way. These things, they have these
things in common. They are nothing, and that means
Christ is all. Christ is only all to a nothing.
You know what? Well, I'm somebody. Well, then
Christ is not everything to you. You're nothing, David, you're
a nobody, then Christ is everything to you. And you'll win him, be
found in him. If you're a sinner, you need
a great Savior. Here's some other things they
have in common. Look at Jude chapter 3. It says, or Jude chapter
3, Jude verse 3. It says, "'Beloved, when I gave
all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write
unto you, exhort you, you should earnestly contend for the faith
which was once delivered unto the saints.'" Common salvation. This is something all common
people have in common. They're saved the same way. Common salvation. are saved the
same way. When we talk about having something
in common, that means we have things in common. The same things,
right? Well, common people are saved
the same way. How's that? Christ, who is the
One. Right, Garnet? Not Christ and,
no, but Christ. Period. No comma, no and, no
conjunction. Period. Christ is all. Period. Period. By Christ who is the way. That's
how they say. Salvation. Salvation is a work
of God Almighty. And it's, listen to me, it's
infinitely above and beyond any common ordinary thing. It's not
called common in the sense that it's some everyday common or
something that's not extraordinary. No, it's infinitely above and
beyond any common or ordinary occurrence. Not many, the Scripture
says, are chosen. Many are called, but few. So
it's not common in that sense that most people have it, something
that's common to most. No, but it's common in the sense
that all are saved the same way. Look at verse 1. He describes
it, this faith, this common salvation. Verse 1, he says, read it, "...Jude,
the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them
that are sanctified by God the Father, preserved in Jesus Christ,
and called, Mercy on you, and peace and love be multiplied."
That's the way all common people are saved. That's common salvation. They're sanctified by God the
Father. What does that mean? That means they're set apart
by God Almighty, chosen, picked out of the mass. Yes, some even
out of Roman Catholic mass. They're picked out of the mass.
They're chosen out of the pile, plucked from the burning, elected. You get tired of hearing that.
Oh, my soul. Elect, sanctified by God. Why did God choose you, Rebecca,
and not your cronies? Or your old buddies? Your young
buddies? Huh? Why? Because you were a
good girl. Oh. She would say, and you would
say, you're one of His elect. If it had chosen on merit, I'd
have been the last. It's not that I could choose
thee, for Lord, that could not be. Hadst thou not first chosen
me, I would have never chosen thee. All saved people have this in
common. God elected them. That's more
than a doctrine. That's cause for praising God
to high heaven. Why me? Is going to be what we're
thinking all through eternity. Never an adequate answer. Why
me? Except for, it seemed good to
myself. Out of all the rest, some of
you have brothers and sisters that carry a lot of whip for
the gospel. Why you? I tell you why you, who, make
it pretty different. Because God said, I've chosen
you. I've chosen you." Me? Yeah, you. And you, who were sometime aliens
and enemies in your mind by your own wicked work, I have hate.
And you. But God. Oh, that's more than a doctrine,
people. That's cause for rejoicing in our heart. Chosen by God,
sanctified, curled out of the herd. Curled out of the herd,
cut out of the pack. chosen by God. And given to Christ,
it says in verse 1, preserved in Jesus Christ. Preserved in
Jesus Christ. Given to Jesus Christ to be saved. Preserved. Reserved by God, preserved
by Christ. Reserved by God, but preserved
by Christ. Any of you ladies make preserves,
jams and jellies? What you do is you put things
up common ordinary things, you put them in a jar and you boil
it and you seal it from all impurities, and it's fit for the table. Well, that's exactly what God
does to his people in Christ, through the blood of Christ,
preserves them for his holy use, and makes us holy, makes us righteous
by his life. Christ made us righteous by his
life, imputed it to us, washed us from our sin. Those vegetables
and things have to be washed, don't they? He washes us from
our sin in his own blood, and are kept, preserved, how? By his power. By his power, which
is his Word, accepted in the beloved, hidden in the cleft,
seated in the heavens with him. preserved in Christ, and called. Look at the third thing. This
is the salvation we have in common. God chose you, Christ lived and
died for you, and keeps you, and are called. All common people
say the same way. How? They hear the gospel. They're
called by our gospel. What gospel is that? Read the
next verse, of mercy. and peace and love. Mercy to the worst, peace for
enemies, and love to the unlovely. The gospel. They're called by
his Spirit. The gospel is God's voice. He said, My sheep hear my voice.
And there's one voice, isn't there? One voice, one gospel,
which says, I am God, And without this, there's no gospel, which
says, I am God, all flesh is grass, and behold my servant. That's a threefold message of
the gospel preacher. God is God, all flesh is grass,
and behold your Lord and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. And these
common people have something else in common. They say the
same way, common salvation. Turn over to Titus, the book
of Titus, chapter 1. Titus, chapter 1. Here's something
else that common people have in common. Did that make you glad, old common
feller? This common salvation. You're glad to hear it one more
time. We sang that song a while ago, In This Glad Hour. I was
glad when they said unto me, Let's go into the house of the
Lord." Why? I want to hear these glad tidings. I come to hear
from him. If you do, you'll hear him gladly.
You'll hear these same things gladly. They rejoice your heart. Titus chapter 1, look at verse
1. They had this in common. Verse
1. Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according
to the faith of God's of the truth, which is after godliness,
in hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised
before the world began, but hath in due time manifested his word
through preaching which is committed unto me, according to the commandment
of God our Savior, to Titus, mine own son, after the common
faith." This is something common people
have in common. They believe the same way. They
were saved the same way, and they know it. They believe it. They have the common faith, which
is in verse 1, the faith of God's elect. Which he said back in
Jude, faith was delivered to the saints. Well, all the saints,
it's delivered to all the saints. Saint John, Saint Stanley. Say,
is there a Saint Stanley? Yes. to Barbara, but Saint Barbara,
which this gospel was once delivered unto her. It's the gospel, the
faith of God's elect. They all believe the same way.
Ephesians 4 verse 5 says there's one Lord, and there's one what?
Huh? Faith. Oh, but there's many denominations.
People did believe differently. They all want to get, no, no,
no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. There's one
faith, Ephesians 4 or 5 said, and it says this here, too. Common
faith. Common faith. What is it? Look
at verse 1 again. The acknowledging of the truth. Paul said to the Thessalonians,
some people did not receive the love of the truth. Didn't they?
Some people received not the love of the truth. Paul said,
you know, Timothy, as time's coming, we should turn away from
the truth. We don't like that. What? Election.
It's in the Bible. I still don't like it. That's
not for you. That you have not the faith of
God's elect. Common people love it. They love
it. And that's not due to themselves.
That's because God chose them to believe it. Right? Oh, life
comes before faith. God chose them to believe. Chose
them to believe. One Lord, one faith, acknowledging
of the truth. Verse 2, in hope of eternal life,
which God that cannot lie promised before the world began. Truth
promised by God before the world began. Verse 3, in due time manifesting
his word through preaching. Revealed by preaching. Anyone
who despises preaching has not the faith of God's elect. But people who love it, they
have this common faith. They love it. Common faith. He
said, our Lord said in John chapter 6 verse 45, they shall all be
taught of God. They shall all be taught of the
Father. All. taught of the Father. What are
they taught? Salvations of the Lord. They all say the same thing. Sum up your doctrine in one line,
believer. Sum it up. God is love. Salvations of the Lord. Have
a sum it up. And he said there in that same
verse, verse 4, grace, mercy, and peace. which is in every
single epistle, grace, mercy, and peace. That sums up the faith
of God's elect, doesn't it? How will you say grace? Right? Hey, common fellow, how
will you say grace? Grace? Grace and? No, grace. By grace, you say. Grace. Undeserved, unmerited
salvation. Mercy? How will you say, sovereign
mercy? Sovereign mercy? I obtain mercy. That's how I would say. How will
you say, peace? How? You make peace with God?
I was angry with God. Thank God His Son obtained peace
for me by the blood of His cross. Sins paid for by Christ. God's
anger and wrath put on him, not me. That's how peace. From God,
from God, sovereignly from God, and from the Lord Jesus Christ,
sovereignly from him, upon chosen vessels. All common people believe
these common things. They're common faith. Common
faith, without exception. Let me add this. And whoever's baby's crying,
don't worry. She'll be fine. We haven't lost one yet. There are no four-point Calvinists
or believers. I don't care who says that. There are no—because, let me
tell you this. The very heart of every believer's religion,
or his faith, the very heart and soul of his faith is what? What is his salvation hinge on? What is it that makes atonement
for his soul? Blood. If Jesus Christ shed his blood
for me, then I am saved. And everyone for whom Christ
died will be saved. That's their only hope, people.
If somebody he died for is not saved in the end, his blood is
worthless. Right? If righteousness come by the
law, Christ did what? Can somebody quote it? Say it,
John. Died in vain. That's a serious charge. If you
tell me that somebody in hell that Jesus Christ died for, then
I'm going there too, because I can't keep myself. If it's my faith that's going
to keep me, I'm a goner. If it's my works that's going
to keep me, I'm a goner. But if God sees the blood, and
since when I see the blood, I'll pass over you. I'm saying, I'm
saying, hey, common fellow, if that make you glad, it's going
to make us glad in heaven. Huh? It's going to make us real
glad when they saw the Lamb as it had been slain every sinner
in heaven. They'll say, that's why I'm here. Let's sing about it, and I'll
lead it. Blood. It's no mere theological
question to be debated. Our souls hang on to blood. Common faith. Every single believer
believes it's the blood that makes atonement for their soul,
not faith in the blood. Our faith is fickle and finite,
isn't it? Up and down. One day I have faith
in the blood, the next day I don't have faith in the blood. What
does not change? The blood before the Lord. And
that makes me glad. God is faithful to his promise. Since he laid down his life for
his sheep, they have eternal life. God cannot lie. It's more than a doctrine to
debate. That's this old common Joe's
salvation. Now, look at 1 Corinthians 10.
Look at it, 1 Corinthians 10, verse 13. Turn over there. Here's something else they have
in common, and I'll wind this up. 1 Corinthians 10, verse 13.
1 Corinthians 10, verse 13, it
says, "...there hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common
to man. But God is faithful. He will
not suffer you to be tempted. Above that you are able, but
will with the temptation also make a way to escape." Not many
ways, but a way to escape. What's the way to escape? Well,
who is the wife? Christ is the wife. He said,
I'm a very present help in time of trouble, that you may be able
to bear it. Believers, common folk, have common trials. Common
trial. We want to turn over here to
John 15. Our Lord said this is the thing that all believers
have most in common. John 15, he said in verse 18,
the world hates you. He said that. He said, If the
world hate you, you know it hated me before it hated you. If you
were of the world, the world would love his own, because you're
not of the world. I've chosen you out of the world. Therefore
the world hateth you. Remember the word I said unto
you, Servant's not greater than his Lord. They've persecuted
me. They will also persecute you. You. Persecution is the most common
trial that believers have in common because of their stand for the
truth and the gospel. They'll be hated by all men for
his namesake. For his namesake. Don't be hated
for your own orneriness. Don't do that. Don't be offensive
to people. But if the gospel be offensive,
so be it. And it will. It will. They are
commonly persecuted, hated, and they go through common afflictions
as well. David said, the waters of a full
cup, the waters of a full cup of trouble are wrung out on God's
people. Cup of sorrows, grief, troubles, temptations, fiery
trials, temptations chastening as children are chastened, as
gold to remove the dross, as saints to sanctify. to wean them
from the world and make them fit to be partakers, or meet
to be partakers with the saints in light. And lastly, Acts chapter
4. This is the last thing. Certainly not the only, but my
last point. Acts chapter 4 is something else
they have in common. Acts chapter 4, all believers,
common people, have a common salvation, common faith, and
common faith, common trials, and they have these common possessions. Look at Acts 4. It says down in verse 34. It's Acts 4, verse 34, "...neither was there
any among them that lacked, for as many as were possessors of
land, or houses sold them, or bought the prices of things that
were sold and laid them down at the Apostle's feet in another
place that says they had all things common. I think that's
chapter 2. They had all things common. And what believers have in common,
not only here, they have an inheritance. They have an inheritance with
the Saints in glory, inheritance, unsearchable riches of Christ,
things prepared by God that I hadn't seen. Eternal life, eternal joy,
things, common things in heaven, but common things on earth, too.
Common things on earth. The believer says to another
believer, what's mine is yours. Right? It's more than just a
byword. My house is your house. They
mean it. They mean it. What mine is yours.
God's house is my house is your house. Mine is thine and thine
is mine. And our Lord said that in one
place. He said, you remember when he said to the disciples
who said, well, Lord, we've left all and followed them. What are
we going to have? Remember that? What do you have in heaven? Unsearchable riches,
eternal life, unspeakable joy, which things have not entered
into your hearts, your minds, your eyes haven't seen, your
ears haven't heard them, so you can't rejoice as you should."
But he said, but even then, on this earth, he said, even down
here, Sherry, he said, There's no man that has left houses or
land, a mother, a father, son or daughter, a mother, wife,
for me, for the gospel's sake, who shall not receive a hundredfold in this life. Didn't he? Didn't he say that? A hundred houses. I have a hundred
houses. Do you? I have a hundred houses. I had
one in I have one in Danville, Kentucky. I have one in Pikeville,
Kentucky. I have one in Jacksonville, North
Carolina. And on and on the list goes.
I have several in each of those towns. I have 40 or 50. I have
thousands of houses. I have about 40 in this town. Right? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Common. They all said that there
was nothing that they owned themselves. They had all things common. That
means what was theirs was everybody else's, all other believers.
And they shared them accordingly. Common people. Did you hear that,
all that gladly? I hope so. Common people do. Common people hear it gladly.
All right. Bye.