The notices for the coming week are God willing as follows. Pastoral preaching next Lord's Day at 10.30 and two o'clock. Also on Thursday evening at seven o'clock. There'll be a prayer meeting here on Tuesday evening at seven o'clock. The collections and online giving for January amounted to £2,943.56. Donations to the book fund were £45. We sincerely thank you for the continued support of this cause of truth. Let us commence our service this afternoon by singing together hymn 647.

The tune is Pembroke, 719. When will the happy moment come? I shall meet my Lord at home, and all his glory see, where sin no more shall vex my soul, nor Satan any more control, nor guilt shall me pursue. Hymn 647 to in Pembroke 719. you The happy morn had come, and I shall greet my Lord at home. And all is calm with Thee. Blessed art Thou, thou shalt bless my soul.

The sacred name of the Lord, the guilt shall be pursued. Christ loved and chose and ransomed me From sin and Satan set me free ♪ And all her singing is done ♪ ♪ We have been led from top to toe ♪ ♪ The Lord be with you ♪ His glory still and glory evermore. Ultra guilty, wretched, undetermined. No hope of victory. ♪ Shining in full glow ♪ ♪ Great shining ♪ ♪ With open arms ♪ ♪ God grows strong at last ♪ ♪ How sweet the ring ♪ Sheds our hope in God, With us eternity.

I'll tell thy father, and the Son, and the Blessed Virgin, three in one. I'm saved by grace divine, ♪ And with Esther behold the cross ♪ ♪ It is wondered will I rejoice ♪ Let us read together from the holy word of God in the epistle of Paul to Titus. We'll read the whole epistle. The Epistle of Paul to Titus. Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness, in hope of eternal life which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began, that hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour, to teach us mine own Son after the common faith, grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that I wanted, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee.

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God, not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not guilty of filthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate, holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision, whose mouth must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre's sake. One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said the Cretans are all-way liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. This witness is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply that they may be sound in the faith, not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn from the truth. Under the pure all things are pure, but under them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and to every good work reprobate.

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine, that the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged will likewise that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things. That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded, in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works, in doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity. sound speech that cannot be condemned, that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters and to please them well in all things, not answering again, not purloining, but showing all good fidelity. that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world. Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority, let no man despise thee. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work. to speak evil of no man, and to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men. For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers' lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that they affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

But avoid foolish questions and genealogies and contentions and strivings about the law, for they are unprofitable and vain. a man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject, knowing that he that is such is subverted and sinneth, being condemned of himself. When I shall send Artemis unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis, for I have determined there to winter. Bring Xenus the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. Let us also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. All that are with me salute thee, greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

May the Lord bless the reading. of his own precious word, grant unto us a spirit of real prayer. Gracious and most merciful Lord God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, we desire to bow before thy glorious majesty. We desire to come unto thee as poor sinners in that precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. And there I said, Lord Jesus, whatsoever ye ask in my name, I will do it. Oh, we do pray for grace then, to ask those things that thou dost have us to be. We do pray for the divine teaching and anointing of the Holy Ghost, that we may be in the Spirit on this Lord's and that we do pray that that wonderful grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God our Father, and the sacred fellowship of the Holy Spirit may rest and abide upon us.

That thy word declares unto us as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. And we pray that we may have that witness, that we are indeed the sons of God, the sons and daughters of the Lord God Almighty. And that we think of those words of exhortation, come out from among them and be ye separate, touch not the unclean thing, and I will be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord God Almighty. Lord, we pray that it may be so, that we may feel the sacred and divine love of our Heavenly Father, the spirit of adoption, union and communion with our Lord Jesus Christ, and have the mind of the Spirit. Do grant that here this afternoon, that the word of truth may be opened, that the Lord Jesus Christ might be exalted that we may touch the hem of his garment, that we may draw from that sacred fullness that is in him, that we may hear his voice.

I said, O Lord, my sheep, they know my voice and they follow me, and a stranger will they not follow. Lord Jesus, may we hear thy voice this afternoon. And we read, O Lord of the spouse, and She said, it is the voice of my beloved. Behold, he cometh, skipping over the mountains and over the hills. We do pray that may be the case with us here this afternoon, to hear the voice of the beloved. That we pray that he may be made unto us the altogether lovely one, the chiefest among 10,000, and that we may be like the sweet psalmist of Israel declares, my soul followeth hard after thee, O God.

We pray for a closer walk with thee, a calmer heavenly frame, a light to shine upon the road that leads me to the Lamb. Lord, may it be so. We do humbly beseech thee. Lord, we pray that we may be enabled by divine grace to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto thee, which is our reasonable service, and that we be not conformed to this world, but may we be transformed by the renewing of our mind, that we might know what that good and perfect and acceptable will of the Lord is. Lord, we do pray that the fear of the Lord may be an exercise in our hearts, an unctuous light to all that's right, a bar to all that's wrong.

Pray for any that cannot be with us today, and we pray that thou wouldst graciously bless them at home. We pray, dear Lord, for our brethren, the deacons. Be gracious unto them and grant them thy grace day by day. and the responsibilities that devolve upon them to grant them wisdom and understanding. Lord, we pray for them in the other responsibilities that they have and pray that thou wouldst be gracious. Lord, we pray that thou wouldst bless the little ones and the children. We thank thee for them and pray that they may be blessed of thee. that the truth of God may reach into their hearts, that the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom, may be given unto them. Lord, we pray that thou wouldst graciously bless the young friends and undertake for them and guide them.

Guide them by thy counsel and afterward receive them unto glory. Bring them to living faith in Jesus Christ. Make them useful in the church of God and among the people of God. And while our days on earth are lengthened, may we give them Lord to thee, we do humbly beseech thee.

We pray most gracious God that thou wouldst remember parents and give wisdom and grace and help to them in the bringing up of their children. Remember all in the midst of the journey of life, Remember the prodigals that no longer meet with us. We pray that they would stretch out thy almighty arm, that thou wouldst cause them to be in one, to cause them to return. Nothing is too hard for thee, O Lord our God. And that Lord, we do pray that thou wouldst deliver us from temptation, the temptations of Satan and grant that when the enemy comes in like a flood the spirit of the Lord may lift up a standard against him. We pray most gracious Lord that thou wouldst remember any and any trouble or trial or perplexity or sorrow or sadness or bereavement and undertake for each one We do humbly beseech of thee. Remember those of us that are now in the evening time of life's journey. Remember us with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people. Visit us with thy great salvation. Hear us, O Lord, we pray thee.

Make us tender in the fear of the Lord. We do humbly beseech thee. And help us to walk in love, Help us to love each other, to serve each other, to bear each other's burdens, thereby fulfilling the law of Christ. Lord Jesus, thou didst say, by this shall they know that ye are my disciples because ye have love one to another. Lord, increase our faith, increase our love.

We do humbly beseech them. The enemy of souls, O Lord, is the separator of the brethren. We pray that we may be delivered from his temptations, from his insinuations, and that we may be kept together in the spirit of love and union and communion. We do humbly beseech them.

May the wonderful glory and light and power of gospel truth shine into this village. and the surrounding villages and hamlets. May many, many precious souls be gathered in. Bring our sons from far and our daughters from the ends of the earth, thou hast said, and they shall come from the north and from the south and from the east and from the west, that we may see thy work and thy power and thy glory in the gospel.

We pray thee, the great Lord of the harvest that thou would send true labourers into the harvest and grant a rebuilding, a renewing in thy Zion. We pray for those that are serving at this time with a view to the pastor that they may dip their foot in oil and be made acceptable unto thee brethren. We pray for all thy servants as they labour in word and doctrine upon the walls of Zion that thou would set them free set them at liberty, grant that gracious determination to know nothing among men save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

Lord, we do thank Thee. We thank Thee for the throne of grace. We thank Thee that we're able to approach unto Thy glorious majesty at the throne of grace, to whom coming as unto a living stone disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God and precious. O Lord, we do thank Thee that Jesus is the way to God, Jesus is the way to bliss, Jesus is all our hope and all our desire.

We pray to be led and guided and directed by Him and that we may hear His voice and that we may see His countenance Lord, we pray for truly thankful hearts, for the Word of God, for the incarnation of the Son of God, for the holy life that he lived and the holy law that he fulfilled, and for the bringing in of everlasting righteousness. We would enter thy gates with praise and with the voice of thanksgiving. We would seek a spirit of adoration. God so loved the world He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should be saved. Lord, we thank thee for that glorious truth and that wonderful gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Lord, we pray for the divine power and the heavenly unction of the Spirit of God, and that our heart and our affections may be set upon things of our that we may let all fruitless searches go, which perplex and tease us, and desire inaught to know but a bleeding Jesus. Oh, do grant these things, and do bless us now as we turn to thy word, and do open our eyes and our ears and our hearts, and give us feet to run in the ways of the Lord, we ask for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

Let us now sing together hymn number 958. The tune is Saint Agnes 218. O for a closer walk with God, a calmer heavenly frame, a light to shine upon the road that leads me to the Lamb. Hymn 958. Tune St Agnes 218. ♪ O'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ And the home of the brave ♪ ♪ And lead me to your hand ♪ ♪ There is no place like it ♪ ♪ God help us ♪ ♪ It brings us all ♪ ♪ Refreshed and new ♪ ♪ O Jesus, take this man ♪ The days were hard, but I can enjoy them, and see them as they should. O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's ♪ Praise the Lord, all ye people of Israel ♪ ♪ Sing this gentle hymn of praise ♪ ♪ High in the sky above ♪ ♪ Then can we know thy blessing ♪ ♪ O dearest my God and Savior ♪ ♪ Oh, tell that I will be ♪ ♪ Help me to tell with all my heart ♪ ♪ And passion grow in me ♪ And my only lesson, Lord, a lesson in my faith. Greatly feeling to need the Lord's help, I'll direct your attention to the epistle of Paul to Titus and the third chapter. I'm reading the eighth verse. The Epistle to Titus, chapter three, verse eight. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

What an emphasis the Apostle lays on what we would call the fruits of the Spirit. That is the fruits of a work of grace in our hearts. If we indeed have a work of grace in our hearts. If the Spirit of God has quickened our souls, if the Lord Jesus Christ has been revealed and made precious unto us, His love has been shed abroad in our hearts, then there will be fruit to the honour, to the glory and to the praise of God.

And this is something that is clearly revealed in the Word of God. And the Apostle here when he writes to Titus, he lays very clearly this truth before us. That if we are indeed the children of God, that there will be fruit in our lives. practical fruits, practical godliness. In the beginning of the epistle it says Paul a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ accorded the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the knowledge and of the truth which is after godliness.

The word godliness means godlikeness. So what the word of God is teaching us here my beloved friends is that a person that is truly born again and truly living by faith in Jesus Christ that they will they have a faith that works by love and they love the Lord Jesus Christ and they follow the Lord Jesus Christ And for a moment we should just look at that example of our Lord Jesus Christ. He went about doing good. He healed the sick. He helped in so many different ways. He was full of love, of kindness, of compassion. We read so many times Jesus having compassion on the multitude. And that's what moved him. It was love. And if we have the spirit of Christ and the mind of Christ, that is what will move and motivate us.

And in the epistle of James, James he says, faith without works is dead. Being low. Just as the body without the spirit is dead, so he says faith without works is dead also. Very searching what is set before us in the Word of God. To the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness, godlikeness, to be like the Lord Jesus Christ. to follow the Lord Jesus Christ. He gives to concerning ministers here, if any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of right or unruly, for a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate, holding fast the faithful word, as it hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gain sayers. You see, godliness, when he writes to Timothy. He says, Godliness with contentment is great gain. Godliness with contentment.

Be content with such things as ye have, for he has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. May the Lord grant that we may ever remember that. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. We will have our trials, we will have our perplexities, we will have our sorrows, but the Lord has said I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. He puts it in another way in the prophecy of Isaiah chapter 41, fear not I am with thee, be not dismayed I am thy God. I will help thee, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. These things the Lord has written that we should trust in him. He's promised never to leave, never to forsake his people.

And he says here in verse 15 of the first chapter, unto the pure all things are pure, but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God but in works, what a distinction here, but in works they deny him, being abominable and disobedient and every good work reprobate. What a solemn state to be found in. Divine guidance here to the aged men that they be sober, brave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

The age of women likewise that they be in behavior as cometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things. And so it goes on. It gives that advice concerning younger women. That the older women, they teach the younger women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children.

This is the fruit of the grace of God in the life of the believer. To be discreet, chaste, keep us at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. then exhortations to young men and also to servants and he says here in verse 10 not purloining that's not not wasting the time with your master not purloining but showing all good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of God our savior in all things and then you see the in verse 11 of chapter 2 for the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.

Teaching us. The grace of God teaches us. The grace of God is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. And the Lord Jesus Christ teaches us. Now, here in the word of God, in the gospels, we have the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. but throughout the world of God, the apostles confirming the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldliness, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world, or that the Lord would grant that we may be enabled to do so. except we do all things in love and then we do all things in vain and the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God and we need those admonitions because sometimes we can be wrathful we can lose our temper we can get very heated but always remember that word the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly.

When I was a very young man, not long after I was baptized and worked with some very rough characters in Luton and in a large cutting room in the butchers there, and there was a young Irish labourer And there was constant banter always going on. And most of the time I totally ignored him. And this young man, early one morning, they were constantly banter concerning believing the Bible, et cetera. But this young man, he called me Jesus. And you know something just clicked inside me, not making any excuses here, I was thoroughly ashamed.

I turned round and got him by the throat and slammed him up against the wall and put my fist back and I was going to hit him. And as I pulled my fist back, it was just as if a voice said to me, what are you doing? Is this the spirit of Christ? What are you doing?

I let him go and a little while later I went and spoke to him and said I was really sorry. He didn't think nothing of it, he thought I was quite mad for saying I was sorry, but to me it was just the opposite to what a Christian should do. It was an ungodly thing to do.

And the grace of God teaches us that denying ungodliness and worldliness, we should live soberly. And the apostle here, he lays this emphasis, this is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou constantly affirm constantly that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.

In another place he says a pattern of good works in actual fact is in chapter 2 verse 7. In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works. In doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech. So it's a pattern of good works. It's constantly doing right. It's not just an odd thing here, an odd thing there. It's the way that we live, it's the habit that we get into.

That we should always be doing good works. We should always be, as he says in the, the apostle says in the Galatians, do good unto all men. Especially unto the household of faith. But to all men. Because the Lord Jesus himself said, that we are to be fruitful unto good works, and that it will glorify your Father which is in heaven.

You know, friends, we can talk a lot about religion, we can talk a lot about the Bible, we can talk a lot about Jesus Christ, but if you don't live according to it, the world will immediately notice. that you're not walking according to what you profess. You profess to be a believer and a follower of Jesus Christ and they will immediately jump on you when you do something that is contrary to that and quite rightly so. Quite rightly so. We bring a bad name on Christian upon the doctrine of truth when we do those things when we lose our temper, when we're unkind and when we refuse to help others.

Because this is what the Apostle is pressing home here or we say the Apostle is of course the Spirit of God that is doing that. It's the Spirit of God that wrote the Word of God and my mind it just goes to the Apostle Paul as he writes to his son Timothy in the faith and He says in the chapter 6 of the first epistle of Timothy There are exhortations there to each one of us It says there in in verse 5 perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness. From such withdraw thyself.

They suppose that gain is godliness. But it isn't, of course. But godliness, with contentment, is great gain. It's great gain. Be content with such things as you have. we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out and having food and raiment let us be there with content then he gives us a solemn warning but they that will be rich what does it mean it means their whole focus is to gain and to get and that's the whole focus of their lives that's what they do That's what they earnestly want and everything else has to be put to one side except this one thing. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and petition. For the love of money is the root of all evil. Notice that. How often that is misquoted and it said money is the root of all evil. It doesn't say that. The evil is in us. The love of money is the root of all evil.

Which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, Flee these things. Flee these things. It's among those things that the Apostle writes to the Hebrews about. Let us lay aside every weight and the sin that does so easily beset us. We read it here in the Word of God and covetousness which is idolatry. Covetousness which is idolatry. The whole focus is to get this and get that and to get something else.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou also called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. You see, flee these things.

Looking unto Jesus, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame thereof, and he now sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high. You see the Apostle here in 1 Timothy 6, he speaks of our Lord Jesus Christ. He says to Timothy, I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickleth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession, that I'll keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. charge them, verse 17, charge them that are rich in this world that they be not high-minded nor trust in uncertain riches but in the living God who giveth us richly all things to enjoy that they do good that they be rich in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on eternal life.

So it's a good confession. It's what the apostle is driving at. I often quote to you the Romans chapter 12 and the first two verses because there the apostle, he speaks of the Christian believer, I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God. So he's speaking to Christian believers that have received the mercy of God in Jesus Christ. I beseech you and that's the gospel. The gospel doesn't drive, the gospel draws. Jesus draws the chosen race by his sweet resistless grace and it draws us to do good. It draws us to do good. And the love of Christ shed abroad in our heart motivates us to do good.

And hear the Spirit of God say, I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies. What he means by that is the whole of our life. Your bodies. Literally this body that we have. and everything we do with it. We go and we run a business and we make money and we do this and that and the other, but he said present it all.

That you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Freely you have received, freely give. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he were rich, yet for our sakes he became poor. The Lord Jesus became poor for our sakes.

Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. and be not conformed to this world. We're not to conform to the practices and the habits of the world. We're to live as Christians. We're to do good unto all men. We're not to say well I'll do something with this one but not that one. We're to do good unto all men from all walks of life. Be not conformed to this world. but be you transformed by the renewal of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

And perfect will of God. You know, it always seems to me that what the apostle is driving at there in those two verses, it is that if we indeed live as we ought to live, if we present our bodies a living sacrifice, if we present everything that we have as unto the Lord, that we receive it from the Lord, let us now use it to the glory of the Lord, then we shall know what that good and perfect and acceptable will of the Lord is. But if we're the opposite, then our vision will be hasty and we will not know what that good and acceptable will of the Lord is. Not if we're worldly, not if we're carnal.

This is a faithful saying. And these things I will that they affirm constantly that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. We're to do those things that are good and profitable unto men and then that will glorify our Heavenly Father when we walk in love, when we walk in kindness, when we walk in compassion.

Jesus said pray for them that despitefully use you. Well our first reaction when someone's despitefully uses us is to go against them and to reject them and to ostracize them. But the Lord Jesus has prayed for them. That's the language of the Gospel. Pray for them that despitefully use you.

I think it's in the Gospel according to Luke where the dear Lord Jesus there, he lays out so many things that concern the way that the Christian believer should live, should walk. He says in Luke chapter 6 verse 20, and he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said, blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

So it goes on. Blessed are ye when men shall hate you. Naturally speaking, we don't think that, do we? And when they shall separate you from their company and shall reproach you and cast out your name as evil for the Son of Man's sake, that's for Christ's sake. Rejoice ye in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

Now it goes on in verse 27, but I say unto you which here love your enemies, love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, bless them that curse you, pray for them which despitefully use you, unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other, and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.

Give to every man that asketh of thee. What a precept, these are gospel precepts. Give to every man that asketh of thee. And to him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. And as ye would that men, I always think this is an exceedingly broad commandment. And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

CNN, he says, if you love them that love you, what thank have you? For sinners also love those that love them. And if you do good to them which do good to you, what thank have you? For sinners also do even the same. If you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thank have you? For sinners also lend to sinners to receive as much again.

But love your enemies and do good and lend, hoping for nothing again. In other words, not to charge interest on what you're lending. Hoping for nothing again and your reward shall be great and you shall be the children of the highest for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful as your father also is merciful.

This is what godliness is, friends. It says in verse 38, give and it shall be given unto you, good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye meet with all, it shall be measured to you. These things, my beloved friends, are written for our instruction. Verse 43 in Luke 6.

For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit, neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is good, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil. For of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

You see, my beloved friends, these are very searching and very separating truths. And then the Lord Jesus here in Luke 6, those last few verses, very searching. And why call ye me Lord, Lord? and do not the things which I say. Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like. He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock, and when the floods arose, and the stream beat vehemently on that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that is without a foundation. Built a house upon the earth, against which the streams did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.

You see, my beloved friends, may the Lord make us fruitful unto every good work says here in this chapter 3 verse 4 but after that the kindness and love of God our savior toward man appeared not by works of righteousness that we have done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that being justified by grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

This is a faithful saying. And these things I will that they affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works, these things are good and profitable unto man. And then as if to almost emphasize it, he says in verse 14, and let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Oh, that the Lord would make us fruitful. They said William Gadsby was accused by all the fellow church people around him of being an antinomian. But they had to admit that his church was one of the most fruitful churches in Manchester. They ran soup kitchens, they constantly help the poor. That's the fruit of the Spirit. An Irish lady, and she remained an Irish Catholic right to her end, but she went to Gadsby's funeral. And at Gadsby's funeral, I think somebody asked her whatever she was doing there. And her answer was, William Gadsby done more for me than the priest ever did.

She said, when I had 10 or 11 children and we were absolutely penniless, he said he would come along with a joint of meat. It's said of Gadsby that he used to give away half of what he earned as a minister. He used to give it away to the poor and to the needy.

You know that? What a witness that was. That though they said he was antinomian, yet they said his church was one of the most godly churches Manchester that's a witness a wonderful witness to the truth but you see they said that because Gadsby maintained that the law is not the believers rule of life but the gospel is but what these people don't understand and we maintain that if you're following Jesus Christ you will not break God's holy law Jesus Christ came to fulfill a God's holy law. If you say that if you're following Jesus Christ you'll sin, that's tantamount to saying that Christ would lead you into sin. Of course he doesn't. Christ is our wonderful example.

He did good unto all men. He did. Wherever he went, he did good. He was full of love and full of kindness. Oh that we might show that same spirit and that our lights may so shine that they may glorify our Father which is in heaven. This is a faithful saying and these things I will that they'll affirm constantly that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. May the Lord add his blessing. Let us now sing together hymn 852. The tune is Avon, number four. Vain man to boast forbear, the knowledge in my head, the sacred scriptures this declare, faith without works is dead. Hymn 852. tune Avon number four.

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The day I'll greet you, is given a fancy way. To Father Christ, this new day is, The faith is come to thee. Namo'valokiteshvaraya Will they regard to all his might The view that sees the sea? That every flesh such as your guts have secretized His nature, action, sound, and art, All God-created, great art. O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem. Now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the love of God the Father, the sacred fellowship of the Holy Spirit, rest and abide with us each, both now and for evermore. Amen. Okay.