Jude, the book of Jude with me again. Start at verse 14 and go down
to verse 21. And Enoch also the seventh from Adam
prophesied of thee saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands
of his saints to execute judgment upon all, to convince all that
are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they
have ungodly committed, and all of their hard speeches which
ungodly sinners have spoken against him, against Christ, against
God. These are murmurers, complainers,
walking after their own lust, and their mouth speaketh great
swelling words, having men's person and admiration because
of advantage. But, beloved, remember ye the
words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus
Christ. I will start here tonight. How
that they told you that there should be markers in the last
time, who should walk after their own ungodly lust, These be they
who separate themselves central, having not the Spirit. But ye,
beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying
in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Our blessed, blessed Savior,
our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who's blessed
forever and ever, and who's all the glory is worthy of from everything
on this earth. And Lord, we come with thanksgiving.
We come with praise in our heart. We come with gratefulness in
our heart that we're able to come into the very presence of
God himself. into the very presence where
our Lord Jesus sits on his throne, and that you hear us, you hear
us, and you, by your grace, will meet the
needs, and Lord, we have many needs. We're always a needy people.
We're always a needy people, and Lord, we, I like your servant
David, who said, I'm poor and I'm needy. Lord, we're poor and
we're needy. So we need to have more of the
riches of your grace, more of the wealth of our Lord Jesus
Christ revealed to us, more of his mercy, more of his power,
more of his love. Oh, to have more of the love
of Christ. Lord, enable me to speak tonight. Bless me, Lord,
to deal with these scriptures and bless the hearers, Lord,
that they will get something from it, get something from your
word, get something from what's said and done. And as we deal
with your word, God, forgive us of everything that's unlike
you. And Lord, we pray again for our brothers and sisters
who are having a difficult, trying time. Pray for Rick and Helen. Continue to pray for them. God
bless them. Lord, strengthen them, encourage
them. Lord, meet the needs of their heart. And Lord, there's
other people that need our prayers. And God, we know that you know
who they are, but especially our children and grandchildren.
We pray for some members of our church, some people in this congregation
who are having struggling times. trying times. God, we know that
you know their will. You know where they are. You
know what's going on in their lives, what's going on in their
homes. So, Lord, we commit them to you
because we know that you'll do exactly what's right for them
and all of us. Please meet with us tonight for
Christ's sake. Amen. M number 448. 448. There's a sweet and blessed story
of a Christ who came from glory just to rescue me from sin and
misery. He in loving kindness sought
me and from sin and shame has brought me. Hallelujah, Jesus,
friends of me. Alleluia, what a Savior who can
take a poor lost sinner, Lift him from the miry clay and set
him free. I will ever tell the story, shouting,
Glory, glory, glory, Alleluia, Jesus reigns of peace. From the depth of sin and sadness
to the heights of joy and gladness, Jesus lifted me in mercy full
and free. With his precious blood he bought
me, when I do, if not, he sought me, and in blood divine he ransomed
me. Hallelujah, what a Savior, who
can take a poor lost sinner, lift him from the miry clay and
set him free. I will ever tell the story, shouting,
glory, glory, glory. Hallelujah, Jesus, praise Him
be. I am I, with joy increasing,
And with gratitude unceasing, Lifted up to be with Christ eternally. I will join the hosts, they're
singing, In the anthem ever ringing, To the King of love who reigns
over me. Hallelujah, what a Savior, who
can take a poor lost sinner, lift him from the miry clay and
set him free. I will ever tell the story, shouting,
glory, glory, glory. Hallelujah, Jesus rank so meek. Let me start again at verse 17,
read down to verse 21. These are the verses I'm going
to deal with, God willing, tonight. But beloved, remember ye the
words which were spoken before of the apostles and our Lord
Jesus Christ, how that they told you there should be markers in
the last time who should walk after their own ungodly lust. These be they who separate themselves,
central having not the Spirit, but you, beloved, building up
yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of
our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Remember the words, as some think that our Lord Jesus
Christ His disciples oftentimes said, I remembered the words
that he said. But then our last message, we've
seen how the Lord is coming to execute judgment. He's going
to execute judgment. He's already executed judgment
on this earth multitude of times. And those he's going to act judgment
against is those who are ungodly, and those who speak against God,
who speak against the Lord Jesus Christ, even speak against Him,
and they have hard speeches. They're not satisfied just to,
you know, to be ungodly, but they have hard speeches against
God, hard speeches against His Word. And Jews, and what He's
doing, He's describing religious people, men who crept into the
church, and brought a heresy and brought all kinds of apostasy
in them. And now he turns to address God's
people, not false professors, but God's people. Ain't that
what he says in verse 17? But beloved, but beloved. He said, beloved. He said, I
love you. You're my beloved. You're beloved
people. You're beloved of God. You're
beloved of other believers. You're beloved of the Lord Jesus
Christ. You're beloved. You're beloved,
but beloved. And then he says, remember, remember. And you can't remember something
you never have heard or something you don't know. You can't remember
things that you don't know and things that you haven't heard.
You know, I want you to hold Jude and look with me over and
Luke chapter 24. I want to show you something
that happened to the Lord Jesus Christ saints. Verse seven and
eight, Luke 24, seven and eight. Remember, you know, when our
Lord, when he says, remember, when we take the Lord's table,
it's to remember, remember him, remember who he is, remember
what he did. And that's what it's about, it's
remembering our Lord's broken body and shed blood. And Peter
wrote to people, he says, I wrote to you to put you in remembrance. So we're talking about remember
and know to remember. Look what he said here in verse
seven of Luke chapter 24. Now this is the angel that's
talked to Simon Peter and him when they come to look into the
grave. Say, remember when he told you
that how that, verse six, he says, now, but he has risen.
Remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying,
the son of man must have been delivered into the hands of sinful
men, be crucified, and the third day rise again. And watch this. And they remembered his words. They didn't believe it when at
first they told him what was going to happen. But when the
angels was there and said, remember what he told you over in Galilee,
how that this is the thing that's going to happen. Then they remembered
his words, remembered his words. Now back over in Jude with me. This is what he says, but beloved,
remember you the words that were spoken. So he's talking about
the Word of God, the words that the apostles said, the words
that our Lord Jesus Christ had spoken. Remember the words which
were spoken before of the apostles and of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The warnings that they gave you. They told you there would come
these scoffers, these mockers. And I want to show you a couple
of places. First of all, go back to 2 Peter. Go back to 2 Peter
and look in chapter 3 with me. And then we're going to go to
Matthew chapter 24. I want you to see when he's talking about
the words, remember the words of the apostles and our Lord
Jesus Christ. He said here in 2 Peter chapter
3, the second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you, listen
to this, both which I store up your pure minds by way of remembrance. that you may be mindful of the
words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and of the
commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior, knowing
this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers,
scoffers walking after their own lusts. Now look over in Matthew
24. Matthew 24. This is some things
our Lord told his disciples. And, you know, there are several
things that he told them in Matthew 24. And, you know, he even told
the Pharisees and those religious people, how are you going to
escape the damnation of hell? They mocked him and scoffed at
him, even as he preached in those days. But look what he said here
in verses 3 through 5 in Matthew 24. And as he sat upon the Mount
of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell
us when these things shall be, and what shall be the sign of
thy coming, and of the end of the world. And Jesus answered
them, Take heed. The first thing he said, Take
heed, that no man deceive you. These fellows crept in unaware.
If people were aware of what they were and what they believed
and what they was going to bring into the church, they wouldn't
have let them in. They said, you're not coming here. You're
not bringing that doctrine in here. You're not, you're not
bringing something in here that's contrary to the gospel. But oh,
he says, take heed that no man deceived you for many shall come
in my name, my name. He said, I'm preaching Christ. I'm a Christian and I, you know,
and shall deceive many. deceive many. Look down in verse
11 and 12. And many false prophets shall
rise, and shall deceive many. And listen to this, and because
iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. Sin gets so powerful that the
love of many is wax cold. Wax coal. There was a time when
we were here that we doubled the size of the fellowship hall,
built two nurseries. That's how many people we had
at one time. But the love of many waxed coal.
And he says, you know, and I tell you what, and the because of
iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax coal. And look
what he says down in verse 23. Look what he says. Oh, he also told us, except those
days be shortened, for the leg's sake, they're going to be shortened.
Then he says there in verse 23, if any man say unto you, Lord,
Christ is over here. Christ is here. Christ is over
there. Christ is over here. Believe
it not. Don't believe it. For there shall
arise false Christs, false prophets, and they are so, so powerful,
and people are looking for these kind of things, and shall show
great signs and wonders, insomuch that if it were possible, they
shall deceive the very elect. And listen to what he said, Behold,
I have told you before. I've told you. And that's what,
that's what Jude is saying here, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ
and his apostles. And that's what he's talking
about, these words, you know, the words spoken by the apostles. And Paul talked about in the
last days, men would come forbidding to marry, telling you to stay
for certain meats. Don't eat this, don't eat that.
Eat this, eat that, don't eat that. Don't, you know, leave
that alone. This right here is gonna make
you real healthy. And I tell you what, I've heard somebody told me something yesterday
and I'm not even going to mention it because it wouldn't make any
difference. But look what he says here again
in verse 17. But beloved, remember, remember,
remember the words, the words which were spoken before of the
apostles and our Lord Jesus He said, there's some people you
can look to and see what they said. You know, he told the Pharisees,
you're of your father the devil, and the works of your father
you're going to do. He said he was a liar from the
beginning. They said, oh, we've never been
born of fornication. He said, listen, if you was Abraham's
children, you'd do what Abraham did. You'd believe God. But you
don't believe God. You don't have the love of God
in you. When the truth comes, the truth will set you free.
And if you're not free, then you're not heard the truth. It's
what our masters say. Remember those words. And then
look what he says here now. And he said it in verse 18 here. Remember, this is what they told
you. How that they told you there should be mockers in the last
time who should walk after their own ungodly lives. You know,
I was looking up this word mocks, mockers, and mock today. And
what it means is like you're playing like a child, making
fun of things, mocking things, making fun of things, making
fun of people, mocking people. And that's what these are. They're
mockers. They mock God. They mock the scriptures. They
mock everything that's high and holy. Be not deceived. God is
not mocked. And when Herod sent those men
to find out where the Lord Jesus Christ was born, and it says
there, when he seen that he was mocked of them, you know what
he did? He got so furious that he went
and had every child under two years old killed. They stand
to be mocked. And if he couldn't stand to be
mocked, you imagine how God's not gonna be mocked. But oh,
he said, listen, mockers mock. They mock the doctrine of substitution. And oh, without substitution,
there's no salvation. Without somebody standing in
Christ dying as our substitute, taking our place and burying
our sins in his own body on the tree, there'd be no salvation.
And oh, they mocked the sovereignty of God. I can't tell you how
many people has mocked the sovereignty of God to me. A fella come up
to me one time and wanted to have an argument and talk about
that. And he says, where's your sovereign God now? But he was
fixing to do something ugly. Where's your sovereign God at
now? Somebody said to Henry Mayer
one time when his son Robbie got killed. In Vietnam, he said,
where was God at when your son got killed? He said, the same
place he was when we killed his son. He's on his throne. Oh, my. Oh, they they make fun
of election. I was. Oh, they make fun of election,
election. I know a fellow that claims to
be and believe in the sovereignty of God in the election. And yet
he told me that he led his grandson to Jesus and taught him how to
pray the sinner's prayer so Jesus would get in his heart and then
he started talking about the sovereignty of God in the same
breath. That don't work, does it? That's
mockery. And I've called him down so many
times I'm embarrassed to call him down anymore. You know, you
just stand there and go, But oh my goodness, but anyway, they
make fun of election. They count the blood of Christ
to be nothing. They count it to be, they say
it's sufficient for everybody, but only efficient for the elect.
Now, you know what that means is? That we're making the blood
of Christ sufficient for everybody, but it's only efficient for the
elect. So what they're saying is, We gotta let, we gotta make
some way for everybody to get in some way. If it's sufficient,
it's only sufficient for those who the blood is applied to,
and it's only effectual to those it applied to. And men that count
the blood of Christ as an unholy thing, that is for everybody. It'll save everybody, and it'll
do, it's for everybody that ever lived. Oh, by the holy blood
of Christ. And then man's, they really make
fun of man's utter inability. Utter inability. I was up in
Chapmansville, West Virginia one time preaching a meeting.
And I got to preaching about man's sinfulness, man's utter
inability, his powerlessness, and how he became a sinner. And
a fellow there, the preacher's name was Otis Hensley. I remember
it. And after I preached a couple
nights, you know what those fellas started doing? They started saying,
oh, you old wicked sinner, you. They started making fun of it.
Oh, I tell you, that preacher said you's an old wicked man.
Oh, you, what an awful sinner you are. They started making
fun of it. Started mocking it. Making fun of it. And then I
was at a place up in Kentucky one time, up in Cora, Kentucky,
at a place where Jimmy Logan's the pastor there. And I remember
preaching there, and I got on the same thing, talking about
how Christ died for His elect, died for His own people, died
to redeem them, and how lost they were, and how sinful they
were, and how helpless they were, and how inability they were.
And there was an old woman, after about three nights, somebody
hit her in the head with an axe one time. She got up and she
stood up in the middle of the service and said, do you know
what this preacher said about you all? Do you understand what
he said? He's called you all a bunch of
sinners. And I know you ain't. I know you're not. And that preacher
said, now what's he going to do now? I just kept on. Kept on. You know what that means,
that woman just as sure as in hell as devil itself is. And I ended up preaching there.
That was on a Wednesday night, and I stayed till Sunday. And
I tell you, but that's what people think. They cannot stand it.
You girls remember we went out somewhere out on maize land somewhere
out there to preach one time and got to dealing with how sinful
men were and all that. And at the third night, the preacher
said, listen, we can't take that anymore. And you girls come out
there to sing, and one person told me, he said, them girls
is not that bad. They can't be that bad. They're too sweet. Oh, I tell you what, Ben, make
a mock of anything that's holy and true. Brother Henry Mahan
went up to Muncie, Indiana. Bruce Crabtree
got him in a meeting up there. He said, I know that Brother
Henry, if anybody gets offended at him, they'll get offended
at what he says, not how he says it. And sure enough, at the end
of three days, the preacher called him. He said, Brother Mahan,
our folks started calling me last night, and they decided
they didn't want to have any more meetings, so I'm sorry,
you know, we're going to cancel the meeting. Three days. And you'd never get,
you might get upset with what Henry says, but you can never
get upset with how he says it, kid. Couldn't do it, couldn't
do it. But oh my, they, they make fun of the work of
the Holy Spirit, make fun of the new birth. Oh, what do you
mean born again? And then look what else it says,
they be mockers. markers in the last body say
in the last time in the last time who should walk after their
own ungodly lust that walk always means that you're active in what
you're doing they walk in their own ungodly lust and this lust means
evil desires Desires. They walk after their own lust.
They walk after what they want, what they feel, what they think's
right. And they walk after their own
lust, whatever that lust is. Whether it's power, prestige,
acclamation, honor, whatever it may be. They didn't walk after
the word. They walked after their own natural
lust. Natural men and that's these
are the same people there in verse 16 who speaks great swelling
words Great swelling words. I mean they they brag it Swelling
words means they're very arrogant. They won't everybody know what
they've accomplished. Everybody wants to know how much
they've done and These false teachers they don't seek the
glory of the Lord But their own own glory Oh my, look in Acts
with me in chapter 20. You know, they're not seeking
the, they don't seek the glory of the Lord, but their own glory,
their own glory. Oh Lord, save us from such stuff.
When Peter went to preaching, they said, they've come here
and turned the world upside down. Because he's wrong side up. They
come and show you what right side up look like. They didn't
know ever before. But look at verse 28 with me.
Acts 20, 28. I think we looked this other
day. And again, these are words of the apostles now. Remember
these words of the apostles. Take heed therefore unto yourselves
and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you
overseers. to feed the church of God, which
he hath purchased with his own blood. Feed my sheep, feed my
lambs, I, Lord, said, told Peter. For I know this, I know this,
I don't, I'm not, I'm not thinking about it, I hope it don't happen
this way, it might happen this way, but he said, I know this,
I know this is what's going to happen, that after I leave here,
grievous woes Grievous wolves enter in among you, and they
will not spare the flock. They'll run them all over the
place, run them off. And you know, our Lord says,
beware of false prophets who come in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly are ravening wolves. And then look what he says. And
also, not only sparing, but also of your own selves. Among you
Ephesians, where I've been for three years, that among your
own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things. And why do you
want to do that for? Oh, I've got my own disciples.
I'm going to start my own church over here. I'm going to take
a few of these folks and I'm going to start a new church.
I don't like what that preacher's teaching. I'm going to, you know,
they like my preaching, so they're going to follow me. Oh, my. But look what he says. Verse
31, therefore watch, watch, and here's that word again, and remember,
that by the space of three years, I ceased not to warn every one
of you, night and day, with tears I wept over you. And oh, this
is the only thing you can do, and that's what we have to do
with each other. And now I commend you to God, and to the word of
his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance
among all them that are sanctified." Oh, my. Very well. You know,
in 1 John, it says in verse 9, Diotrephes loves to have the
preeminence. Loved to have it. Oh, my. Then look down in verse 19 of
Jude. Oh, they walk after their own
ungodly lusts. Started a new sentence in chapter
seven, verse 17, still ain't got to the end of it yet. These
be they who walk after their own lusts. These be they who
separate themselves, central, having not the spirit. Now, when
it says they separate themselves, what they're saying is, is that
we're so good. Our Lord said, he told in Isaiah
57 or 55, our Lord says, No, 28. Stand afar off from me,
for you think you're holier than thou. And that's what God said.
You think you're holy? Stand over there. And that's
what these people, they want to separate themselves. We lead
such holy lives, such dedicated lives, and oh, I tell you what,
we're going to separate ourselves. We're going to separate ourselves
by the way we dress. We're going to separate ourselves
by the way we wear our hair. We're going to separate ourselves.
Oh my. And I tell you what, look what
it says, sensual. You know what that means? They're
controlled by their senses, not by the word of God, not by the
scriptures, not by knowing God, but not by
the Holy Spirit. They're controlled by their senses,
what their senses want, what they desire. Oh, I remember years
ago, people said, if it feels good, do it. If it feels good,
do it. Oh my, natural men. Oh, they
separate themselves. They're controlled by their senses. And what they say is, we know
more, we do more, and we separate ourselves. But oh my. But they're without the Spirit.
Ain't that what it says? They're without having not the
Spirit. Paul said in Romans 9, he said, If any man have not
the Spirit of Christ, he's none of his. The Spirit Himself leads
us. The Spirit leads us. Where does
He lead us to? If you're a child of God, where
does He lead you? He leads you to Christ. Leads you outside
yourself. And oh, they have no regeneration. They have no spiritual understanding. They have no love, no worship. Everything is done by the energy
of the flesh. Energy of the flesh. We was talking
Sunday night, I think it was Sunday night, about, you know,
keeping our services as simple as we possibly can. Sang a couple
of songs, read some scriptures, have prayer. Have a song, get
up and preach. You know what that does? That
doesn't give the flesh any time to get up and do something. Fellas telling me yesterday that
the church, you know, he told them what he had done and how
he had been used to the Lord and all that and said, well,
listen, why don't you stand up and tell all of us about it?
Well, he did. He got up and told everybody
what he had done, what he had accomplished. And then he sat
down and he said, listen, I got something else to say. He wasn't
done yet. Oh my, done in the flesh. And that's one thing, everybody
in this building right now, if I asked you to stand up and give
a testimony, not one of you would. You know why? Because you know,
we all know what we are. And the only thing we can testify
to is I once was lost and now I'm found, was blind but now
I see. Twas grace that taught my heart
to fear and grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed. That's the only testimony we
got. Christ is all in all. That's
the only testimony we got. We ain't got another testimony
in that. They won't tell what they've
done. We won't tell what Christ has done. And oh my. Now look what else he
says here. I've 30 minutes. I've got 30
minutes so far. Let me see if I can wind this
up. Look what he says now in verse 20. But you beloved. There he goes back speaking to
them again. You beloved. Building up yourselves on your
most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. How do you keep from being deceived
and following these false teachers? Remember the words, and he said,
beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith. We sang
that little chorus, you know, let us lift up holy faith and
worship him, worship him. And our faith is a holy faith.
You know why it's holy? Comes from a holy word, from
a holy God, taught to us by the Holy Spirit, and brought to our
remembrance by the Holy Spirit. Everything about it is holy,
holy faith. And it comes and it's worked
in us, this faith is, by the Holy Spirit of God. And you know,
I'll tell you something, you know how you build yourself up
in the faith? Keep hearing the word, and remember this, that
Christ is the object of our faith, looking unto Jesus, the author
and finisher of our faith. How you build yourself up? Keep
looking to Christ. If you look at yourself, you'll
be discouraged. Look at somebody else, look at yourself, and you'll
be, oh, you'll just be down. And you look at somebody else,
you'll be discouraged. But if you look to Christ, everything
will be all right. Looking unto Jesus, he's the
author and finisher of our faith. And I'll tell you something else,
you build yourself up, the Word of God is the foundation on which
we believe, on which we build. If it's not in this, you know,
the Word of God, Christ is the object of our faith. The Word
of God is the foundation of our faith. And we aren't content,
we desire for our faith to be increased. We desire for it to
grow. His disciples asked him one time,
the Lord Jesus Christ, they said, Lord, increase our faith. They asked him one time, Lord,
increase our faith. Our faith's so weak, would you
increase it? Would you increase it for us? Oh my, grow in grace. And Paul told the Thessalonians,
he said, oh my, you're abounding, you're abounding and increasing
in faith. He told me increasing in it.
Faith grows, grows by the word of God and grows by fellowship
with the saints of God. And then look what else he's
praying in the Holy Ghost. Praying by the spirit of God.
His disciples said, Lord, teach us to pray. And I'll tell you
some things we need to pray about and pray for it by the Holy Spirit.
Pray for us to persevere. God, help us to persevere. Oh, my. Pray for guidance. Oh,
Lord, we need you to guide us in this world. Guide us in our
lives. Guide us in all your word. Guide
us. And oh, my. flee to God in prayer. Our Lord said men ought always
to pray and not to faint. And then look at this last one
now. Keeping yourselves in the love of God. Keeping yourselves
in the love of God. Looking for the mercy of our
Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Keep yourselves in the love of
God. Now, when he says, keep yourselves in the love of God,
keep yourself where God is talked about. Where God is, we see how
much he loves us. The love of God for us in Christ.
Everything God's done for us, he's done it in Christ. And he
loved us with an everlasting love. And with cords of loving
kindness, he drew us. And always keep it always before
us in view of the love of God. and the love that God has for
us in Christ. You know, he said, having loved
his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. What
shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is
in Christ? And Paul said, I'm crucified
with Christ, nevertheless I live. Yet not I, but Christ, I live
by the faith of the Son of God, now listen to this, who loved
me, loved me, and gave himself for me. And keep yourselves, and not
only keep yourselves in the love of God, where the love of God
is, and remembering how God loves you. Every one of us has wondered
countless times in our lives, how could God possibly love somebody
like me? How could he possibly have anything
to do with me? We've thought that countless
times in our lives. Not only keep yourselves in the
love of God, but keep yourselves in love with God. Keep yourselves
in love. He asked Simon Peter, said, Simon
Peter, love thou me? After he denied him three times. Lovest thou me? Yes, Lord, I
do. Feed my lambs. Lovest thou me? Yes, Lord, I do. Feed my sheep.
Peter, do you love me? Lord thou knowest, thou knowest. Oh my. You know, and how mature
love casts out fear. True love motivates to good works. You know, true love is satisfied
with Christ. Satisfied to feed on him and
him alone. And oh, and I love this. Look
at the last few words of verse 21. Looking, looking here. Looking for the mercy. What are you looking for? I'm
looking for the mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ. We come in
here looking for the mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ. Looking
for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. And what are we looking
for mercy for? And none to him for eternal life. Remember past mercies. You know,
he said, oh, Lord, if I should reckon up in order the things
that you've done for me, there are more that could be numbered,
more than can be numbered. Oh, his present mercies interceding
for us, upholding us, comforting us. And future mercy. He told Epaphroditus, he talked
about Epaphras, he says, oh, may he obtain mercy of the Lord
in that day. And oh my, we're looking for
mercy now, we've got past mercies, we've got present mercies, and
we got future mercies. But we're looking to the Lord
Jesus Christ for those mercies. Our Father, in the blessed name
of Christ our Lord, thank you for your word. There's nothing
like it on this earth, nothing like it. It's a powerful book,
blessed book, precious book, precious words. Help us to remember
the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, what he's written in his book,
what he wrote about himself, what he said that he'd do when
he came into this world. And, oh, Lord Jesus, bless these
dear saints. Encourage these dear people.
Encourage them. Meet the needs of their homes.
Meet the needs of their heart. Meet the needs of their children.
And, Lord, we do pray again for our brothers and sisters who
are going through a great, great fight of affliction, great, great
heavy burdens. Lord, you never, ever put anything
upon a man that you are not with him and don't uphold him in it.
So Lord, bring glory to yourself through this body of believers.
We ask you now, Lord Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Oh, how merciful. How merciful. Blessed Lord. How merciful thou
art to me. Oh, how merciful, how merciful. Blessed Lord, how merciful thou
art to me. See you Sunday morning, God willing.