If I hadn't read the scriptures
in Romans chapter 7 a moment ago and told you that my message
was entitled, Who Shall Deliver Me? You probably would have guessed
what my text was, where it was, rather. Or perhaps you would. Who shall deliver me? That would
certainly apply to a lost man, a lost man that's been awakened
to an awareness, a sense of his helplessness, his sinfulness,
his utter sinfulness, and God's holiness, those two things makes
him cry out, who shall deliver me? And Paul, in verse 24 of
Romans 7, sincerely and honestly cries out with those very words,
who shall deliver me? But Paul's not expressing his
feelings as an unbeliever, but as a believer, as an apostle,
writing under divine inspiration. He utters that cry. He makes
an honest and truthful confession. Inspired, yes, under inspiration,
but still he's expressing his own feelings. Listen again, verse
24, or look at it with me. Romans 7, verse 24. O wretched
man that I am! Exclamation point. No question
about that. There's no question about that.
Paul says, oh, wretched man that I am. The question comes after
that. Who shall deliver me from the
body of this death? My father used to tell me, son,
if you'll be quiet, if you'll just shut up and listen, you
might learn something. You'll learn more by listening.
And we listened in. On this confession, this heartfelt
groan of this believing man, this child of God, who shall
deliver me? Notice again, verse 14, what
Paul says here. For we know that the law is spiritual,
but I am, not was. He doesn't say that. He says,
I am. carnal soul to understand. Verse
15. For that which I do, I allow
not. For what I would, that I do not. But what I hate, that I do. Do, again, present tense. He doesn't say, these are things
I did, used to do as a lost man. He says, do now, as a believer. Then again, verse 16, if then
I do that which I would not, I can send unto the law that
it is good. Now then, it is no more I that
do it, but sin that dwelleth in me." Again, dwelleth, present
tense. Not dwelt in me at one time,
but now it doesn't. Paul says, it dwelleth in me. It's not moved out. It's still
there. All those verses that we just
read, Paul speaks in the present tense. The reason I point that
out, well, have you ever heard professing Christians, and I'm
sure you have. You ever heard someone who professed
to know Christ, and that's just about everybody we know, say
something like this in response to the verses I just read? They would say, well, I felt
like that. Yes, I can identify with that. I felt that way when
I was a sinner, when I was a lost man, but not anymore. They should be concerned. I've
had men tell me, oh no, the apostle there, he's talking about that
was his experience as a lost man, or at least when he was
under conviction of sin. No, no, no. This is a long time
since the Damascus Road, and Paul's saying this is how I feel
right now. I remember hearing a story about
Ralph Barnard. Of course, there's a lot of stories
about Ralph Barnard. I don't know how much of them,
if they're all true or not, but he was somewhere in a meeting,
and a man he was sitting next to They recognized as being Dr. Fahrenheit. He had so many degrees.
And they just lavished praise upon him. And then the man stood
up and just said, amen, it's all true. And the story is that Rolfe sat there
a while, but then the man finally sat down, bright on himself,
and Rolfe stood up and said, well, how do you do? This is what I would say to any
professing Christian that claims this is not the experience of
his heart. If I was that person, I'd be
concerned. Because they're a unique individual. Because there is no such person
as that. No such critter as that. And
they would certainly merit a how-do-you-do if it was true, but it's not
true. Paul was saying, this is my experience
right now. And every day since God saved
me, it's been my experience. In verses 9 through 14, he could
very well be speaking in the past tense before his conversion,
how the law worked in him, brought him to his knees, so to speak,
showed him his need of a savior. But after grace, after conversion,
after this experience, this warfare that he describes beginning at
verse 14 takes place. For example, look again, if you
will, at verse 21. Paul says, I find in the law that when I
would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the
law of God after the inward man. But he doesn't stop there, does
he? Yes, I'm a new creature in Christ,
the inward man, created after the image of Christ himself,
but I see another law in my members. warring against the law of my
mind, and bringing me into captivity of the law of sin, which is in
my members. Now, when Paul uses the word
law here in these verses, he's not talking about God's moral
law, the Ten Commandments, or a ceremonial law. He uses the
word law because what he's confessing to, what he's describing, his
experience, he says it's a fixed principle. in my members, in
my body, in my nature. It's so certain. It's so sure. It's there. It's a law. It's a law. And he says again
in verse 23, and I see another law in my members arising from
that fallen nature. And that's true of every believer.
And that's why Paul had this battle. Had the old nature been
eradicated, if it wasn't there, there would be no reason to battle. There would be no grounds for
a battle. But Paul was saying, I have two natures. Yes, I'm
a new creature in Christ, the new man. But I see another. The old man is still there. He's still dwelling within. This was never possible when
Paul was a self-righteous Pharisee. He never had this battle he describes
here. There was nobody to do battle
with. He had only a fallen nature. There was no new nature until
Christ saved him on the Damascus Road. Someone said it takes two
to tango. It takes two to battle. And Paul
speaks about that battle against the old man and the new man. Before he was saved, there was
nothing to oppose that fallen nature. But now there is. Turn,
if you will, to Galatians chapter 5. I think this is exactly what
Paul was saying here in Galatians chapter 5. He makes mention of
this as well, or helps us rather to understand it. He states this
is a fact. There's no question about this
in verse 17 of Galatians 5. This is what he's talking about
in chapter 7, the verses that we read in Romans. For the flesh
lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh.
An unbeliever doesn't have that, only a Christian. And these are
contrary to one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things
that ye would. This is why we have this struggle. Someone once said concerning
this battle, that old Adam is just too strong for young me. I forget who made that remark.
I don't remember. That's why I put it in there,
me. But it's true of all God's people. Old Adam is just too
strong for young us. While we won't have it One day
when we're in glory, when we're in heaven, this battle will never
be realized. The old nature, old Adam, will
be gone forever. Turn if you will back, or rather,
to 1 Corinthians chapter 15. Oh, these are blessed, blessed
promises that the same apostle that made that cry, who shall
deliver me? And he gives the answer. We'll
look at the answer in just a minute. But in 1 Corinthians 15, he tells
us it's not always going to be this way. Thank God it won't
always be this war, this constant warfare against the old nature
and the new. Look what he says in verse 49
of 1 Corinthians 15. And as we have borne the image
of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Know maybe about that. Now this
I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom
of God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. But I show
you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed. Again, I've heard people talk
about how that's going to take place, when it's going to take
place, what all will be involved in that. number one and number
two and what steps it might be realized in and they missed the
very essence of what it says there. What's the most precious
thing there? We shall be changed. That's it. We shall be changed. We're not
always going to be like that that Paul describes in Romans
7. I point this out because Many
tell us when a man is saved, and this troubles young believers,
but when a man is saved that the old nature, if he does enough
spiritual push-ups and prays enough and reads his Bible enough
or whatever they might feel like is necessary, that eventually
the old nature will be eradicated. It'll be burned out. Some refer
to it as entire sanctification. No such critter. Not gonna happen. Even the Apostle Paul God plainly
never made such a claim as that. He confesses to the very opposite
and he tells us that's just not so. He tells us in Romans seven,
that's not my case. Never has When we're with the Lord forever,
then this battle, this warfare will cease, but then only. This old nature is not even better
after conversion. You know that. You know that. It's not even improved. The new birth is not an improvement
on fallen Adam, but the implanting of a whole new nature, the second
Adam, Jesus Christ himself. Christ in you, the hope of glory. Turn, if you will, to 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians chapter 4. This
is what we read here. 2 Corinthians 4 verse 16. For which cause we faint not,
but though our outward man perish, to dust thou art, and to dust
thou shalt return. Yet the inward man is renewed
day by day. Look down in chapter 5, verse
17. Therefore, if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature, a new creation. Not an improvement on the old
nature, but in an entirely new nature. John speaks of that in
his first epistle, that new man. that cannot sin, because his
seed remaineth in him." Speaking of the nature of Christ. He is
a new creature. Old things are passed away. Behold,
all things become new. Our Lord told Nicodemus, you
need overhauled. Of course not. He says, you need
a complete new birth. That which is born of the flesh
is flesh. and being in that flesh, having
only that, that's why Nicodemus couldn't even perceive or understand
the things that our Lord was talking about. And until he was
born again, he never would. And our Lord told him, you must
be born again. When a man is then and not before
then, he'll experience this battle that the apostle describes in
Romans 7. He'll identify with Paul's words
and say, oh, yes. Understand what the apostle means.
I've been there, been there, I am there, and doing that. And with Paul, with Paul, we'll
cry. Sometimes we'll cry out, oh wretched
man that I am. Not that I was, but that I still
am. Thank God for his grace. that
such needy sinners as we are, he giveth and he giveth and he
giveth more grace. Paul asked the question, who
shall deliver me from the body of this death? But there's an
answer. There's an answer to that question,
isn't there? He didn't stop there. Verse 25,
here's the answer. I thank God. through Jesus Christ
our Lord, period. Period. That's the answer. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. You remember when God had sent
Moses to Pharaoh with the message of letting his people go? And
on one occasion, Pharaoh said, I'll tell you what I'll do, Moses.
a certain amount of plagues, judgments from God. He said,
go on out and worship your God, but leave your cattle. Leave
the cattle here. Leave your livestock with us.
And you remember Moses' answer to him. He said, Pharaoh, there'll
not be a hoof left behind. The salvation of Jesus Christ
is a complete salvation. We often sing improperly, Jesus
paid it all. Jesus paid it all and he'll have
all that he paid for. All of it. David said, I'll be
satisfied when I awake, when I awake, that is from death,
in his likeness and resurrection glory. Look in chapter 8 of Romans,
verse 29. Paul, writing here, says, for
whom he did foreknow, them he also did predestinate to be conformed
to the image of his Son. The image of his Son. What all
does that mean? Well, we'll be like Christ, that
he might be the firstborn among many brethren. That's God's purpose. No wonder David said, I'll be
satisfied when I awake in His likeness. But we're told here
that it is God's purpose that all of his people one day will
awake in his likeness. That he's the firstborn among
many brethren. In John chapter 12, again, our
Lord told his disciples, except the corn of wheat fall into the
ground and die, it abideth alone. But if it die, it beareth much
fruit. What's it going to bear? A corn
of wheat falls into the ground, what do we expect to come up?
A cherry tree? No, no. It was a corn of wheat,
and wheat shall be produced by it. And that's what Christ said.
He's the firstborn among many brethren, and his brethren, all
those in whom he plants his blessed spirit, his image, Christ in
you, the hope of glory, one day we shall be entirely soul and
spirit and a new body like unto Him that created us. Like Him. This is what John said to behold. Turn there, if you will, 1 John.
1 John chapter 1. And I declare it merits a behold,
does it not? When you think about it, what
John speaks of here, he says we're going to be like Him. Behold, chapter 3, verse 1, behold
the magnitude, the wonder, the kind of love that God has loved
us with that He's going to do this. Behold what manner of love
the Father had bestowed upon us that we should be called the
sons of God. The sons of God? I read somewhere,
I don't know that it's so, but I recall reading somewhere years
ago when they would be translating scripture, they came to this
where it says, sons of God, and they paused and said, surely
that can't be right. It should be servants of God.
No. Sons of God. Sons of God. What a wonder. Therefore the
world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now
are we the sons of God. Right now. And it doth not yet
appear what we shall be, although we're God's sons now. It doth
not yet appear what we shall be in glory, but we know that
when he shall appear, We shall be like Him. Like Him. My soul, what more? What more could there be? We
shall be with Him, the glory of glory, and be like Him. What more could heaven be than
those things? When He shall appear, we shall
be like Him. for we shall see him as he is. Then we shall know. We shall
be like Him and then we'll know and see and comprehend and appreciate
in a way that we just can't now. Just not possible now because
now we see through a glass darkly. But then, face to face, the mind
of Christ will think what He thinks, will love what He loves
perfectly. Isn't that amazing? Not only
to be with Christ, but to be like Christ. And we'll never
hear anything in heaven. We'll never hear anything in
heaven that even remotely resembles the cry of the Apostle's heart
and our hearts that we read in Romans chapter 7 a moment ago.
You'll never hear in glory. as millennium after millennium
rolls on. I don't know how else to describe
it. Even a millennium is time. There'll be no time in heaven,
just one everlasting day. But you'll never hear a cry like
this, O wretched man that I am. Won't that be wonderful? I was
recently asked concerning heaven, and I don't know a whole lot
about it, but asked the question along this very line, what will
it be like? What will we be like? And I told
them, I can only imagine. I can only imagine. You remember
what our Lord said to Andrew? Andrew was a disciple of John
the Baptist, Peter's brother. Andrew, Peter's brother. And
one day he stood with John the Baptist after Christ had came
on the scene. It was Andrew and another disciple. I don't know who that was, but
when Christ walked by, John pointed at him and said, Behold the Lamb
of God. And Andrew and the other disciple
followed him. And Christ turned and said, What do you want? They
said, Master, where do you dwell? Where do you live? And he said,
come and see. Come and see. Oh, come and see,
child of God. Come and see. To be with Him
where He is and to be like Him. Oh, that's the glory of glory.
Now look, if you will, at verse 1 of Romans chapter 8. Look what Paul says here. After
that cry, O wretched man that I am, and the answer to the question,
who shall deliver me? I thank God through Jesus Christ
our Lord. There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh,
but after the spirit. Who walk not after the flesh,
after the spirit, is not a condition. for not being condemned, it describes
the character of those who are not condemned. That's the effect,
not the cause of God's children. You know that in the original
scriptures, or the scriptures in their original didn't contain
chapters and verses. I'm glad We have that now. It would be hard to find my text
if it wasn't a verse in a chapter. But sometimes the chapter breaks
occur in an unfortunate place. And I think you have an example
of that here. You have an example in John chapter 13, remember? That's the night our Lord told
his disciples that they would all forsake him. There was the
night just before they went to the garden where he was betrayed. And Peter said, no, that'll never
happen. He said, Peter, before the cock
crows two times, you're going to deny me three times. In chapter
13. Chapter 14, ignore the chapter
break. Peter, you'll deny me three times,
let not your heart be troubled. And there's another example of
that right here. Between verse 24 and chapter
8, let's read it. O wretched man that I am, who
shall deliver me from the body of this death? There is therefore
now no condemnation. The them which are in Christ
Jesus. Oh, how can that be? No condemnation? Paul confesses. He says, I'm
a wretched man. But then he turns right around
and says, but God says I'm not guilty. I'm not guilty. Why? Verse 25. I thank God through Christ Jesus. Verse 25 stands between, of course,
verse 24, Paul's question and confession. And verse 1, no condemnation. It's like a bridge between the
two, isn't it? It reminds me of what we read
in 1 Timothy chapter 2. There is one God and one mediator
between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. So it is here,
figuratively at least. I thank God through Jesus Christ. He alone bridges that gulf. between a sinful man and a holy
God. And He's the reason that there's
no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. And He alone,
O my soul, what blessed, blessed security, what safety, what hope,
how comforting there is therefore now, now, right now, Regardless
of what else may be happening now, there is no condemnation
to the child of God and never will be. Why? Because they're
in Christ Jesus. Turn, if you will, to Ephesians
chapter 2. This is a familiar verse, but
it's a good one. They all are, but it's worth
looking at again. Ephesians chapter 2, verses 11
and 12. The Apostle Paul writing here.
And he says, wherefore remember that ye being in times past Gentiles
in the flesh who are called uncircumcision by that which is called the circumcision
in the flesh made by hands that at that time you were without
Christ, without Christ. Oh, terrible, terrible words,
terrible expression, even more terrible the experience of it.
Thank God it's not so anymore. Being aliens from the commonwealth
of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having
no hope. And without God in the world. And after you've thought about
that, think about this, but now, but now, Lester, I'd never get
tired of camping out on those blessed, blessed words, but now,
In Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by
the blood of Christ. The blood of Christ, by His atonement,
by the ransom He paid, by His sacrifice. That's what brings
us nigh to God. And this is what Paul meant when
he said, God forbid that I should glory, in Galatians 6, God forbid
that I should glory, save or accept in the cross of the Lord
Jesus Christ." And you well know he wasn't talking about the wooden
cross that our Lord was crucified on. That's not what Paul had
in his mind at all. No, not at all. He was talking
about the atonement that Christ made on that cross, the ransom
that he paid on that cross, being delivered for our sins and raised
again for our justification. That's what Paul gloried in and
that's worth glorying in. That's the subject you can glory
in and never be concerned about overdoing it. That's what will
glory in throughout eternity. So surely it's sufficient to
glory in now. Now I want you to look again
at verse 1 in Romans chapter 8. Paul, after making this statement,
as a believing man, as a man who knew Christ, a man who experienced
God's grace, a man who believed God, he believed God. And he says, there is therefore
now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus. And believing
God, and we'll be brief, Paul on down in the chapter issues
four challenges. Four challenges. He answers,
he asks four questions and he gives the answer. Paul just seems
to Once he says there's no condemnation, he just, so to speak, takes that
and runs with it. No condemnation. And off he goes. All the consequences of that.
The joy of that. The fullness of that. And Paul
says, oh, can there be any more than that? No condemnation. What that all means to the child
of God. In Christ Jesus, he's our ark. He's our city of refuge. No condemnation. Where else could that be? Where
else could that be? Oh, so sad. Our Lord taught that many, many
in that day will find out where it wasn't. Many shall say unto
me, Lord, we did this and that and the other and trusted in
that. thought that that would present them uncondemned before
God? No, that's not where it's at. Paul says there's only one place,
only one place where a guilty sinner can stand before a holy
God, uncondemned and not guilty in Christ Jesus. He's our city
of refuge. In Christ, not in the Baptist
Church, not even in the First Baptist Church. What does that
mean? The First Baptist Church? Or the Second Baptist Church?
No, it's in Christ Jesus. Is Jesus Christ, is that enough? Well, we're told in Scripture
that Christ is all. All? Well, if he's all, it must
be enough. Was Noah safe in the ark that
God provided? Were the children of Israel safe
in those houses on which the blood was applied? We're safe
in Jesus Christ. Their safety, the children of
Israel, in Egypt that night that God in judgment passed through,
Their safety was not in the bolts on the door on the inside, but
on the blood on the outside. That's what God told them. It's
not when I see you in the house, it's when I see the blood on
the door that I will pass over you. And that's what Paul says
here. There's no condemnation of those
who are in Christ Jesus. And believing that, Paul issues
four challenges. And we'll just read them and
just comment very little. Look down at verse 31 in Romans
8. The first challenge is this.
Paul asked, what should we say then to these things? If God
be for us in the way that he's mentioned prior to this, if God
be for us in the way of predestination and justification and glorification,
if God be for us in all those things, who shall be against
us? Here's the answer. He that spared
not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall
he not with him also freely, freely, without a cause or a
cost in us or by us, with him also freely give us all things? All that we need. in time and
in eternity, and they're all in Christ Jesus. If you have Christ, you have
all that God Almighty demands, all that He requires, and that's
the reason of no condemnation. Look at the second challenge
in verse 33. Paul asks, who shall lay anything
to the charge of God's elect? And he answers, It is God that
justifieth. It is God that justifieth. Who
dare approach God Almighty with an accusation against those very
people that God has already pronounced not guilty? Who dares do such
a thing? Who shall lay anything to the
charge of God's elect? This morning I found a... picked
up a bulletin in the back of an old almost two years old. But in it, there's a article
or a few statements by Mr. Spurgeon. And he said, if Christ
has died for you, you can never be lost. God will not punish
twice for one thing. If God punished Christ for your
sins, he will not punish you. Payment, God's justice cannot
twice demand, first at my bleeding Savior's hand, and then again
at mine. How can God be just if he punished
Christ to substitute, and then man himself afterwards? I mean, even the sound of that,
even those words sound ridiculous. God would never do such a thing.
He's a just God. That's why John said, if we confess
our sins, He's faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. The third challenge, verse 34,
Paul asked the question, who is he that condemneth? Who is he that condemneth? And
he answers, It is Christ that died, yea, rather, that is risen
again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us. God Almighty's raising His Son
from the dead was proof positive that He was satisfied with the
work of His Son. And remember, His Son died as
the substitute of all those that the Father gave Him before the
world began. Turn back a few pages to Romans
chapter 4. This is what Paul was saying
here. And the answer to the third challenge there in Romans chapter
8. In chapter 4, verse 25, he says
this. Who, that is Christ, who was
delivered for our offenses. Yes, He was. And it should read,
as I pointed out to you before, who was delivered because of
our offenses. And because He carried them away. because he had successfully obtained
eternal redemption for us, we read the next statement, which
would never be there otherwise, and was raised again because
of our justification. Not in order for us to be justified,
he was raised again because we're already justified. Our sins have
been taken away. And Paul goes on to say, therefore,
Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, bless God. What a sure and
good hope. And Paul goes on to say in Romans
8, in answering that third challenge, who also maketh intercession
for us. For us, the sacrifice of Jesus
Christ speaks eternally, everlasting satisfaction to the justice of
God Almighty. It's just as sweet, bears just
as much merit, just as efficacious as if He had This day, cried,
it is finished. It speaks eternal everlasting
satisfaction to God Almighty. Paul in Ephesians 5 said the
sacrifice of Christ is like a sweet-smelling saber to God and it's not lost
any of its fragrance and never will. Now, the last challenge.
Verse 35 in Romans 8, Paul asked the question, who shall separate
us from the love of Christ? Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ? So tribulation or distress or
persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword? And he mentions
that God's people have passed through those things in verse
36. But were they separated from
the love of God? Were those sufferings an indication
that God had forsaken them and didn't love them anymore? And
Paul answers that question, verse 37. Nay, in all these things
we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. More than
conquerors, for I am persuaded. that neither death nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creatures
shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is
in Christ Jesus." In Christ Jesus. In the first verse of the chapter,
it says there's no condemnation. The last verse of the chapter
says no separation, and the reason for both are the same, in Christ
Jesus. And everything in between those
two verses, the first and the last, is because of in Christ
Jesus. There's an old hymn entitled, How Beautiful Heaven
Must Be. I haven't heard this hymn for
years. A couple of verses of it go like
this. In heaven, no drooping nor pining,
no wishing for elsewhere to be. God's light is forever there
shining. How beautiful heaven must be. Pure waters of life there are
flowing, and all who will drink may be free. Rare jewels of splendor
are glowing. How beautiful heaven must be. How beautiful heaven must be,
sweet home of the happy and free. Fair haven of rest for the weary,
how beautiful heaven must be. Lord, I can only imagine. That reminded me, and I'll close,
but I don't even remember where it was. Where I read it or heard
it doesn't matter, but there was a soldier on a train traveling
home had fought in a war. He was sitting next to an elderly
lady and he fell asleep and his head dropped on her shoulder.
Of course, she didn't disturb him. Then suddenly he began to
just jerk and she could murmur and she knew he was having a
bad dream, a nightmare and he woke up and she gently whispered
to him It's all right, son. It's all right. She figured,
and rightly so, that he was probably having a nightmare about the
things he had seen, Lester, the things he had done. And she whispered,
it's all right, son. Your battles are all over now.
And you're almost home. You're all right. And children
of God, we're in a battle now. But the outcome's not in doubt.
It'll soon all be over. We're almost home. And this is
what the great captain of our salvation promises. And I just
want to read it to you. John said, I saw a new heaven
and a new earth. For the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away, and there was no more sea. A
friend of Don's in England, who a few years ago went to be with
the Lord, said, Don, Sea separates. There'll be no separation in
heaven. And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming
down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for
her husband. And I heard a great voice out
of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men,
and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people,
and God himself shall be with them and be their God. And God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. In the battle, We
shed tears. Yes, we do. Oh, wretched man
that I am. But the battle is soon going
to be over. God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and
there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain. There'll be no reason to cry
in heaven, for the former things are passed away. And he that
sat upon the throne said, behold, This is the promise of our great
Savior. Behold, I make all things new.
And He said unto me, Write, for these words are true and faithful. What a Savior. God bless you.