It's a little concerning right at the beginning. It's not as hard as you think. Eddie, how are you? Good. Good. It's feeling good. Are you ready, Luther? I'm ready.
I'm talking to Gabe today. Gabe's going to take care of
the whole circle. This is your baby, bud. They'll have a good day soon. Huh? They ought to do this. We don't
got food. They had an unbelievable day. Good evening. Let's stand together
and sing hymn number 448. 448. There's a sweet and blessed story
of the 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. Alleluia, Jesus'
ransomed King Alleluia, what a Savior Who can take a poor,
lost sinner Lift Him from the fiery flames and set Him free
I will ever tell the story, shouting, Glory, glory, glory, Alleluia,
Jesus ransomed me. 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 knew Him not He sought me, and in love 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 ransomed me. By and by with joy increasing,
And with gratitude unceasing, Lifted up to Thee with Christ
eternally. I will join the hosts, they're
singing, In the anthem ever ringing, To the King of love who ransomed
thee. Be seated. We'll sing hymn number
46. Number 46. Oh, for a thousand tongues to
sing my great Redeemer's praise, The glories of my God and King,
the triumphs of His grace. My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim To spread through all the earth abroad
The honors of Thy name. Jesus, the name that charms our
fears, That bids our sorrows cease, Tis music in the sinner's
ear, Tis life and health and peace. He breaks the power of
cancelled sin, He sets the prisoner free. His blood can make the
foulest clean, His blood availed for me. Hear Him, ye deaf, His
praise ye dumb, Your loosened tongues implore. Be blind, behold your Saviour
come, And weep, ye lame, for joy. Glory to God, and praise
and love be ever, ever given. Romans, Chapter 15. I'll start
reading at verse 18. read to the end of the chapter. For I will not dare to speak
of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me,
to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed, through mighty
signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that
from Jerusalem and round about unto Ilicarium I have fully preached
the gospel of Christ. Yea, so I have strived to preach
the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build
upon another man's foundation. But as it is written, to whom
he was not spoken, they shall see, and they that have not heard
shall understand. For which cause also I have been
much hindered from coming to you, but now, having no more
place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years
to come unto you, Whensoever I take my journey into Spain,
I will come to you, for I trust to see you in my journey, and
to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat
filled with your company. But now I go unto Jerusalem to
minister unto the saints, what hath pleased them of Macedonia
and Achaia, to make a certain contribution for the poor saints
which are at Jerusalem. It hath pleased them verily,
and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been
made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to
minister unto them in carnal things. When therefore I have
performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come
by you into Spain. And I am sure that when I come
unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the
gospel of Christ. Now I beseech you, brethren,
for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake and for the love of the Spirit
that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for
me, that I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea,
and that my service, which I have from Jerusalem, may be accepted
of the saints, that I may come with joy by the will of God and
may be with you Be refreshed. Now the God of peace be with
you all. Amen. Our blessed Lord, our great and
glorious God in heaven, and our Lord Jesus Christ, how thankful
we are, how blessed we are. And oh Lord, I'm so thankful
that We have faithful men that can fill this pulpit when I'm
not able to be here. Faithful people that come to
hear the gospel being preached. I thank you for the love that's
shown by your blessed people, wherever they may be, especially
here. And Lord, I bless you for all
the faithfulness and the commitment that people have to the gospel
and to our Lord Jesus Christ. and to one another. Lord, I pray
for my preacher brethren tonight that you'd bless them and meet
the needs. And for those that cannot be
with us, though they would be, they're not with us physically,
but they're with us by spirit and in the spirit. Lord, we pray
again for our dear brothers and sisters whose body is weak and
frail and not with us through trials and burdens and Providentially
hindered. Lord, please bring glory to yourself
tonight through the word of God. And Lord, please have mercy,
mercy, mercy, mercy, mercy upon our children. Oh, God, have mercy
on our children and upon our grandchildren who ask these things
in our Lord Jesus' name. Amen. Number two in our course books. Number two in the course books. All for me Christ did surrender
All for me he freely gave Holy one made sin for sinners By his
death my soul is saved He surrendered All to Thee, my blessed Savior
He surrendered all Coming from His throne in heaven Jesus laid
His glory by, thus the sinner is forgiven, and shall soon be
glorified. He surrendered all. He surrendered all. All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
He surrendered all. Into death Christ did surrender,
even death upon a cross. All to save the worst offender,
mine the gain is all the loss. He surrendered all All to be
my blessed Savior He surrendered all At the cross the God-pleasure
prospered well in Jesus' hands. Now He's honored without measure,
so the Father's will demands. He surrendered all, all to Thee,
my blessed Savior, He surrendered all. We're just almost finished with
this book, and Paul is talking about his ministry. He's getting
to the end of his letter to the Romans, and he expresses how
God used him in the ministry, and he wouldn't attribute anything
by anybody else, only what's done by him. Yet he wanted so
desperately to go to Rome and meet those saints there. But he says, in verse 17, I have
there whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ, and it's those
things which pertain to God. Anything that's ever happened,
it pertained to God, and it come through the Lord Jesus Christ.
So anything that's ever happened in my life, in the preaching
of the gospel, whatever, he said it, God did it through Christ,
and God's the one that did it. Then he says here in verse 18,
I will not dare speak of any of those things which Christ
hath not wrought by me to make the Gentiles obedient by word
and deed. And what he's saying is I will
not take any praise for the labor that God
called me to do. And I, he's what I won't take
praise. I won't take unto myself praise for what other people
did. And he spoke only of what God enabled him to do through
the Lord Jesus Christ. And God gave him his work, a
work that God gave him to the Gentile believers. And a lot
of people I know, they think it's wrong, maybe to a man who
labors in the ministry and in the word of God to give any appreciation
or praise to the Lord's servants. They're afraid that it'll encourage
your self-righteous and pride. Well, God takes care of that.
He knows how to put you down. He knows how to put you down.
And this is wrong. It's not from God. And what it
amounts to, anything that's said or done, and that's why Paul
said, which Christ wrought by me. If there's anything done
at all, Christ is the one who works it out. Christ is the one
who does it. And I tell you what, and if there's
any faith, you know, Christ wanted all, any success that any preacher
has or any congregation has, and Paul's talking about, all
the success we have is in Christ. And you know, faith is the gift
of God. That's not, you know, we can't
even attribute it to our faith. You know, and it's the gift of, faith is
not, to be a scribe to the one who preaches the gospel, nor
him whose heart God's opened, but to Christ. He's the one who
opens the heart. But the preacher, the teacher,
and that's why Paul said, nor a witness that God uses, all
he is is an ambassador for Christ. And he said, here, Christ brought
about the obedience of the Gentiles. I didn't. God did. Christ did. Christ brought that in me. So
if anybody was obedient, Gentiles or anybody else, it was because
of what Christ brought in me. And I'm not going to dare speak
of anybody else and what they've done, only what God used me to.
And then look what he says. And he said, this is the thing
that God used to give them evidence. Though mighty, through mighty
signs and wonders by the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem
round about unto Erilicum, I have fully preached the gospel of
Christ." You know how God confirmed the ministry of the apostles,
and these things are gone now. He used signs and wonders. You
know, there were so many miracles done by the apostles. Peter just
prayed over a woman that had been dead. They was preparing
her body for burying. And he just laid down there and
spoke to her and prayed for her, and she got up. She got up. Paul, God used him in so many
miraculous ways. But look what it says in Hebrews
chapter 2. Look in Hebrews chapter 2. And
that's why we've dealt with that here recently about these signs
that follow them. They shall follow them. But in
Hebrews chapter 2, verses 3 and 4, look what it says. You know, from Jerusalem to other
countries, Paul said, I fully preach the gospel of Christ.
But he said, in verse 3, Hebrews 2, 3, how shall we escape if
we neglect so great salvation? And oh, what a great salvation
we have. What a great salvation. God gave
a great salvation, Christ wrought a great salvation, God works
a great salvation in us. Which at first began to be spoken,
Christ is the first one to preach it. And was confirmed unto us
by them that heard it. Now listen to this, God also
bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, divers miracles
and gifts of the Holy Ghost according to his own will. It was Paul,
Peter was so used of God that when he walked down the street,
his shadow would heal people. God blessed him. That's the kind
of thing nobody else could ever do that, and people can't do
it now. But he just walked by and his shadow would heal people. Paul would just look at somebody
and tell the devil to come at them, and they came out. So God
used these men. But here's the thing. He says,
what he says, he said, from Jerusalem roundabout unto Illyricum, I
have fully preached the gospel of Christ. And that's what he's
saying, I fully preached, wherever I went, I fully preached the
gospel of Christ. Now you want to find out if a
man's preaching and the test of his ministry and our labor
and efforts for the glory of God and the good of our hearers,
we have to fully preach the gospel of Christ. We're not just, you
know, there's a fellow talking to me the other day, he said
they're having a Bible study about the sovereignty of God.
And I started quoting scriptures about the sovereignty of God.
It don't take you a Bible study for weeks and weeks to understand
that God is sovereign. God himself says he's almighty. And you gotta start, the gospel
starts with God. and it starts with his son concerning
his son Jesus Christ our Lord. And the gospel has something
to do with the death of our Lord Jesus Christ and what he accomplished
by that death. It has something to do with him
being buried And it has something to do with Him rising again from
the dead and Him being a sinless, holy, harmless man on this earth
and ascending up to glory and sits at God's right hand with
all power vested in Him to do what He will with whom He wills
to do it. And Paul said, Everywhere I went,
I fully preached the gospel. I didn't, I didn't. And I tell
you, that's Paul said it like this in 1 Corinthians 1 17, Christ
sent me not to baptize. He said that's not what he sent
me to do. I'm not going to stand by the river and just baptize
everybody that walks by. That's not what he called me
to do. He called me to preach the gospel. What would happen
to me if I preached not the gospel? And he said if a man, I don't
care if he's an angel from heaven, comes and preaches any other
gospel than we have preached, you let him be anathema. You let him be damned. Let him
be cursed. A man brings another gospel.
And I'll tell you what, that's the gospel of Christ. Oh, I'm
so thankful. I am so thankful that God taught
me the gospel. And I mean, beloved, the very
word gospel means good news. And it's not good news if it's
left up to you to have anything to do with it. It's not good
news if it's your will. It's not good news if it's your
works. It's not good news if it's your faith. It's not good
news if it's anything left for you. The only good news there
is that salvation is done. It's finished. God never required
anybody to do anything but His Son. And what His Son did, He
gave to us. We can't even brag about our
faith. Christ gave it to us. And then look what He said in
verse 20. You know, Paul was a pioneer. He went places and
done things that nobody else did. And I tell you what, He
said, yea, so I've strived to preach the gospel, not where
Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation.
Now his calling and his desire was to occupy new ground for
Christ. You know, he went to places nobody
else ever went. And you know where he'd start?
He'd go in a synagogue, and he would get up in them synagogues
on Saturday. That's when they met. He'd get
up and then he'd start preaching the gospel. And they'd get mad,
and they'd run him out, and then some people would go around and
say, well, tell us again what you were saying. And that's how
God used him where he went so many times. He went into a synagogue
and preached the gospel to them, and they'd run him off, and he'd
go out in a little group around. Next thing you know, there'd
be a whole congregation of people. A whole congregation of people. And oh, he said, listen, I want
to preach the gospel to those who've never heard. Never heard. You remember? You remember when
you had never heard the gospel and when you heard it? That's
the best thing you ever heard. You know, here we was working
and laboring and everything. God comes along with this news.
You know that God did it all. and just stop and rest and quit
all your works and your labor and your self-righteous, just
quit it all. And God did. I never will forget
when I learned that there was an election. And then I learned
that there was a particular people that Christ died for. And then
I learned that not only did he die for them people, but he sent
the gospel to them. And he called them by his grace.
And then once he calls them by his grace, he's promised the
shepherd's response for the sheep, and he's promised that he'll
never lose anyone that was given to him. That's good news. Oh, my. He wants to build on
a foundation, not one that somebody else laid. He wants to lay the
foundation himself. And look with me over here in
1 Corinthians. You know, right over here in 1 Corinthians chapter
3. Just turn to your right. Look what Paul says about the
foundation being laid. Paul was the one who laid the
foundation. He said, I'm not going to build on what somebody
else did. I'm going to build on what I know is right and true. Look what he said here in verse
five. People bragging about who to
believe and who's the best preacher and who then is Paul and who
is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed. even as the
Lord gave to every man. I've planted, Apollos watered,
but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth
anything, neither he that watereth, but it's God that gives the increase. Now he that planteth and he that
watereth are one. And every man shall receive his
own reward according to his own labor. For we are laborers together
with God. And he said, you people are God's
husbandry, God's building. And watch this, according to
the grace of God, which is given unto me as a wise master builder,
I have laid the foundation and another builds their own, but
let every man take heed how he builds their own. You know, I,
I can't lay a foundation. Paul's already doing it. I'm
just building on the foundation that God's already established. Foundation's been laid. Foundation's
been laid. And oh, and then look at what
he said here in verse 21. But as it is written, to whom
he was not spoken of, they shall see. And they that have not heard
shall understand. Now this, how in the world To
whom he was not spoken of, how shall they see? And they that
have not heard, how shall they understand? He's talking about
how that God is gonna go to the Gentiles, never heard of Christ,
never heard of him. That's the same thing Paul said,
how shall you call on him and whom you not believe? And how
shall you believe in him of whom you not heard? And how shall
you hear without a preacher? And he said, there's a people
that never have heard his name spoken, but when they do, they
see. And when they hear, I understand. And that's the way it is. God
breaks in on you. And God knew, and God raised
him up for this works to preach to the heathen. And I'll tell
you what, if there was ever been a heathen in this world, I was
one of them. I mean, I was really a heathen.
And you know, People want to go all over the world and preach
the gospel to people all over the world, but you know how many
heathens are in America right now? I mean heathens. They have no
respect or regard for anybody or anyone. They don't care for
their mothers, their fathers, the law, the police. They have
no respect, no regard for God, for this world or nothing in
it. All they're interested in is walking and stepping on somebody
else to get what they can. And I tell you what, and I, you
know, I thank God that God raised him up for this work to preach
to the heathen, to the heathen. And he gives his servants the
earnest desire To be the means, oh God, give us the means to
accomplish his glorious, glorious purpose. Preach the gospel wherever
God opens a door. You know, preach the gospel,
preach the gospel. And then look what he says in
verse 22. He said, you know, because of this prophecy and
because of the way God's used me, for which cause also I have
been much hindered from coming to you. He wanted to go to Rome. He really wanted to go to Rome.
He wanted to go to these Roman believers. He wrote 16 chapters
to these Roman church, these Roman believers here. And he
started out about the gospel of Christ. And oh my, and he
said, I've been wanting to come to you for a long, long time.
You know, where the gospel's been preached by others. But
he wasn't a pastor. Paul wasn't a pastor. You know,
he was an apostle. He traveled around preaching
the gospel. But oh my, he wasn't. But he wanted to go to Jerusalem.
He had been hindered. And the margin says, many ways
are oftentimes, oftentimes. And I'll tell you, blessed is
the man who knows what God's called him to do and does it
and does it with all his heart unto God. And even rejoicing
in the ministry of other people, he said, though they preaching
the gospel over there. And then look what he says here
in verse 23 to 24. But having, you know, I want
to come to you, I've been hindered, but now having no more place
in these parts and having a great desire these many years to come
unto you, whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come
to you for I trust to see you in my journey And then for you
to bring me on my way to you, by you, at first I'll be somewhat
filled with you. Filled with you. Filled with
your fellowship. You know, Paul says, you know,
right now I have no more place in these parts. He said, my work
is done. That's what he said. Where I'm
at, my work is done. My work is done. And I'm going
to go to Spain. He said, I'm going to go to Spain.
And then I'm going to come to your place. I'm going to come
to Rome. And I will be delighted. I'll be blessed to have fellowship
with you and your company. And he said, and I'll take my
journey into Spain. Then I'm going to come unto you.
And I want to be brought on my way by you. You know, he said,
what he's saying is I'm going to delight in the fellowship
of you when I get there. And I believe you'll delight
in my fellowship. And there's nothing like being
with other believers and enjoying other believers wherever they're
found. And you know, we do need to fellowship
one of another. We really, really do. And so
many people rob themselves of great and glorious and rich blessings
when they forsake the assembling of the gospel, when they forsake
assembling themselves together. And that's why Paul said, I'm
going to Spain, but then I'm going to come see you. I'm done
where I'm at. I'm through. I'm through. My work is done. Oh my. You know, when our Lord Jesus
Christ rose from the dead, he appeared unto his disciples.
All of them were there, but one man. That was Thomas. Everybody calls him Doubting
Thomas, but he's just Thomas. And he was skeptical, he was
cynical, and he wasn't there the first time Christ appeared
to him. Our Lord appeared to him, talked to him, said, peace
be unto him, made himself known to him, even ate something before
him. And then they went and told Thomas,
said, we've seen the Lord. We've seen the Lord. Thomas said,
I don't believe it. I just don't believe it. I'll
only believe it if I see him for myself. And I could see where
his hands were, and I'll stick my finger in his hand. He no
sooner got the words out of his mouth, and this is what God does
even when we don't believe, he abides faithful. He said, Thomas,
go ahead. My Lord and my God. That's what God does when I don't
believe. My Lord and my God, that's what
we say. That's what we say. And all my
work is done. I want to come and I trust to
see you in my journey. I trust to see you in my journey. And for you to bring me, help
me come to where you are. Then I look down verses 25 through
27. But now I go unto Jerusalem. Before I get to come over there,
I've got to go to Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. For
it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain
contribution for the four poor saints at Jerusalem. It hath
pleased them verily and truly, and their debtors they are. For
if the Gentiles, people like us, have been made partakers,
of the Jews' spiritual things and the things that Paul preached
from the Old Testament and the things of the Scriptures, that
their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. He
wanted to go to Rome, carry the gospel to them, but before he
did that, he had to go to Jerusalem. And there had been an offering
taken up. and provided by the believers
of Macedonia and Achaia. Now let me, let's read that over
here in 2 Corinthians 8. 2 Corinthians 8. Let's read this
about this. Let's read this about this. You know, these people, verse 1, you know, these people,
people in Macedonia, Here they were They don't have
heard about poor saints down in Jerusalem People so poor they
didn't have money to eat. I mean they'd have places to
stay. I mean there's poor poor really really poor and Look what
he says moreover brethren We do you to wit we want you to
see and understand the grace of God bestowed on the churches
of Macedonia How that in a great trial of affliction, they was
going through a great trial of affliction. God was burdened
them. They was going through some great things, trials and
affliction and abundance of their joy. And listen to this, and
their deep poverty, they wasn't wealthy themselves. Abounded
unto the riches of their simplicity or their ability to give simply. For their power, I bear record,
yea, and beyond their power, they were willing of themselves,
praying with us with much entity, begging us, really, that we would
receive the gift and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering
of the saints. Here they were in their poverty.
Now let me tell you something. This is not a church tax. Paul
didn't say, now listen, you fellas got to give some money, got to
give some money to them. He didn't say that. They heard
about them, and they, in their deep poverty, they started giving. You know, Shirley and I was talking the
other day. If we give anybody anything, we give out of our
abundance. We give out of our abundance. Well, none of us are gonna, you
know, it ain't gonna break us to do something for somebody,
it ain't. But these people were so poor, and these people's gonna
give to them, they's poor too. But they said, I'm gonna take
what I got, and what little I can give, and I'm gonna give it,
and let it go down. And then Paul said, I'll take
it to Jerusalem, and give it to the saints down there. Give
it to the saints down there. This is not a church tax, it
wasn't a required offering. but a generous, generous gift
to the believers from these cities to help these poor brethren in
Jerusalem. And I'll tell you, these Gentiles
benefited from the Jewish believers in things pertaining to God,
and they wanted to share their material blessings with them. Paul said in Galatians 6, he
says this, do good to all men, especially, especially them who
are the household of faith. And then look what he says down
in verse 28 and 29. When therefore I have performed
this, when I've been to Jerusalem, and I gave this money to the
saints there, and I have sealed to them this fruit, I'll come
to you by you into Spain after I go to Jerusalem. And then I
am sure, I'm sure of this, that when I come unto you, I shall
come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. You know, when I went
to Jerusalem and gave all this money to the saints of God, this
gift, this offering, I'll come to see you and visit you. And look what he says now. I'll
come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. He said, I'll rejoice in Christ,
I'll rejoice in the gospel, and you will too, and you will too. We'll rejoice together in the
gospel of Christ, in the fullness of the gospel, the blessing of
Christ. And then he makes a request for prayer. He makes a request
for prayer. Now, I beseech you, brethren,
for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake and for the love of the Spirit,
that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for
me." This is a strange saying. You know, Paul, he was really
used to God, but here he requests prayer for himself. And he bases
it on two things. First, he says, for Christ's
sake, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, for the glory of Christ,
and only Christ can do for me what needs to be done. And oh
my, this always be the foundation for prayer, for Christ's sake,
for Christ's sake, God, for Christ's sake. And secondly, because of
your love for us, and it's what he says, and for the love of
the Spirit. Now what he's talking about is
the love that you have for me by the Spirit of God. Not that
you love the Spirit, but that you have a love for me by the
Spirit of God. And for the love of the Spirit
and that you strive Strive together with me in your prayers to God
for me." And this word, strive, is a fervent, strong exercise. Prayer is not a formal exercise. It's not. It's a sincere, fervent
desire laid before God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. And sometimes don't have to take
a lot of words, don't have to take a lot of words. No, no. And then what was Paul's, he
based his prayers for himself on two things, the glory of Christ
and because your love for me in the spirit. But then here,
Paul's prayer request was this, that I may be delivered from
them that do not believe in Judea. And had my service, what you
have from Jerusalem may be accepted of the same. First of all, he
said, I want to be delivered from those in Judea. When I go
to Jerusalem, I want to be delivered from those who do not believe
that will fight me tooth and nail when I get there. And that
my service that I have for the prayers for the saints in Jerusalem,
I pray it may be accepted of the saints when I get there.
But let me tell you what happened when he got there. You all remember
it very well from the book of Acts. He got down in Jerusalem,
and he was going into the temple to worship. And they saw him
with some, they said he took some Ephesians, some Gentiles
into the temple. And they laid hands on him, and
from then on, he was in bonds from Jerusalem. You know how
he got to Rome? As a prisoner, as a prisoner. And then look what he says here,
that I may come unto you. with joy. And this is the way
we're all going to have to say it. I'm going to come with by
the will of God. I'm going to come with joy by
the will of God. Oh, my. That's only what you
know, that's what we say. God willing. And I may be refreshed
and may be with you refreshed that all my seeing you or be
refreshed. Now, the God of peace be with
you all. Amen. Amen You know, I'll tell
you what happened to me this last weekend. I Talked to Tim
James pretty often and we we conversed it got a lot of his
expositions in there But hadn't seen him in two or three years
and seen him hadn't preached with him in years but he was
up in Spring Lake and When I walked in the room seeing him, I cannot
tell you I cannot tell you the joy that filled my heart I can't
tell you how happy I was to see him. I mean, I was just absolutely
overjoyed. I just, you know, I about squeezed
him to death and he about squeezed me to death. Cause it's just,
you know, we was, it was so refreshing, so comforting, such a blessing
to be with somebody you hadn't been with in years. And how many
miles we traveled together years ago. now to be with one another. You know, we quit talking about
gray hairs. We call them silver hairs now. We both got silver hair. But
I tell you, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. And I pray that
what was said tonight was just, now this thing's going to wind
up. And I don't know where I'm going to go next, but I got an
idea. Our Father, in the blessed name
of Christ our Lord, thank you for being with us tonight. Thank
you for your word. Thank you for enabling me to
go through the scriptures. And I pray they're a blessing
that I'm — that make them understandable, that, Lord, you open hearts and
minds and that we can see, hear, and understand the things of
Christ, the things of the word of God. And Lord, let us always
remember to pray for one another, bring one another before the
throne of grace, to pray. And Lord, at first, I know that
people have burdens. They have heavy hearts. They
have some trepidation concerning the future. Their bodies are
weak. Some bodies are very, very weak.
And some, Lord, they're things that goes on in our hearts
and minds and lives that you're the only one that knows about.
So, Lord, help us to remember one another, for us to pray for
one another, especially pray for our brethren that are sick
and afflicted. Meet the needs of these dear
saints. Keep them safe and protect us all and preserve us for Christ's
sake. Amen. Amen. There is a name I love I love
to sing his praise. It sounds like music in my ear. The sweetest name on earth. Oh, how I love Jesus. Oh, how I love Jesus. Oh, how I love Jesus. Because he first loved me. You know, if he hadn't loved
us, we would never know anything about loving him. Good night. God bless you. See you Sunday,
Lord willing.