Open your Bibles, if you will,
to Exodus Chapter 9, Exodus the ninth chapter. God's saints in
this world are like the children of Israel living in Goshen. Goshen
was a very small little plot of ground in Egypt, the place
of Israel's long sojourn, the place of her terrible bondage
and her great trouble. Egypt was the land of Israel's
enemies, the land of her persecutors, her oppressors, and her tormentors. And there in the land of Goshen,
the chosen nation was preserved, provided for, protected, increased,
and blessed by God. They lived in the land of Goshen
not as Egyptians, but as God's chosen covenant people. They
lived in that bleak, dark, cursed, sinful, corrupt nation as a people
under God's covenant care and his constant watchful eye. They lived in the land of Goshen.
There were people who were as ungodly as in any generation
topside of the earth. They lived in the land of Goshen
amongst Egyptians where God was despised, not just disregarded
but despised, where God's worship was despised, where God was cursed
by the king on his throne. They lived in the land of Goshen,
a nation determined by God to be destroyed in just a little
while. They lived in the land of Goshen.
A nation of darkness and corruption. A nation where God sent judgment
after judgment after judgment after judgment after judgment. And yet while they lived there,
all the while they were there, no harm befell God's people. Have you learned anything yet?
I watch people and I acknowledge myself too often to be among
them, who act as though they live in survivalist mode all
the time. And by murmuring, complaining,
whining, unbelief, whether with regard to themselves, our God's
church, or the nation, bring reproach upon the name of our
God by unbelief. Unbelief. What a horrible thing. You and I, who are chosen and
loved, redeemed and called by God's free grace, who have been
made the sons and daughters of God Almighty, who are heirs of
everlasting glory, ought never, ought never murmur against our
God. If I'm not murmuring against
God, I'm murmuring against the President. Who do you think put
him there? I'm not murmuring against God,
I'm murmuring against the laws of the land. Who do you think
fixed them? I'm not murmuring against God,
I'm murmuring against all the filth of the land. Who do you
think has brought the filth and judgment upon the land? The murmuring
and the complaining and the whining is altogether contrary to that
which ought to be the spirit and heart and attitude of God's
saints in this world. The children of Israel got sick
down in Goshen, just like other folks did. They buried their
dead down in Goshen, just like other folks did. They married,
had their children, raised their families, educated their sons
and daughters, just like other folks did. But as they lived
in Goshen, they lived with a God-given awareness with a God-given awareness. They didn't always act like it,
like you and I, but they lived with a God-given awareness. They were God's people under
God's constant care. Oh, God teach me to behave in
such a way. The land of Goshen is only mentioned
twice, just twice in the Book of Exodus. Genesis is mentioned
a number of times, mentioned again in Joshua several times,
but here in the book of Exodus, it's just mentioned twice. It's
mentioned twice specifically with regard to the plagues. You
remember when Joseph's family was brought into Egypt, he said,
tell Pharaoh, you shepherds, he won't have anything to do
with you. He'll put you over yonder in Goshen. That's the
best place you can live. That's the best place you can
live. Listen to this, back in chapter 8, verse 22. Both times
this land of Goshen is mentioned in the book of Exodus. It is
mentioned in such a way as to set it apart distinctly as a
place where God's people dwelt under his special, distinct care. It was a spot of ground under
God's peculiar blessing. Exodus 8.22. And I will sever
in that day the land of Goshen. in which my people dwell, that
no swarms of flies shall be there to the end that thou mayest know
that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth." Look at chapter
9, verse 26. Only in the land of Goshen, where
the children of Israel were, was there no hail. I want to
talk to you tonight, if God will enable me, about living in Goshen,
or blessedness in the midst of great trouble. I hope I've said
enough to arouse your interest, and you will follow me carefully
as we go through these 35 verses and see what God, the Holy Spirit,
here teaches us. In this chapter, Moses continues
to give us his inspired, instructive record of the plagues God brought
upon Egypt. He brought these plagues upon
Pharaoh and the Egyptians for two purposes. Make that three. for three purposes. He brought
these plagues upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians to punish them
for their sins. But that was not the primary
object of our God. He brought these plagues upon
Pharaoh and the Egyptians that by these plagues, by these judgments,
he might secure the deliverance of his people. Children of God,
hear me. God help you to hear me. O Spirit of God, let me hear
what I am preaching in my heart and seal it to me. That which
God is doing right now, July 31st, 2007, in this country and
around the world, in your life and mine, He is doing to punish
the wicked and to save His people. That's what he's doing. That's
what he's doing. And thirdly, he's doing it to
declare himself God in all the earth. He does things in such
a way that if you stop and consider them for just a little bit, all
you can say is God did that. This is the finger of God. And
sometimes he does it in such a way that you deny that it is
the finger of God is to behave like an absolute fool who refuses
to believe anything that's obvious. That's what he did here in Egypt.
The Lord God sent these plagues one after the other. But each
time before he sends the plagues, he gives a warning. Look in verse
1. God always warns before he strikes. Here he gives Pharaoh
the very same message he had given him repeatedly before.
Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell
him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people
go, that they may serve me. He told him the very same thing
again and again and again. I've come to deliver my people.
You let them go. Indeed, he told Pharaoh, you
shall let them go. And it warns him of the consequences
of not letting go his people. And his servants, God's servants,
are aware of this fact. We are sent continually with
the same message to declare repeatedly the redemptive work of our God
for his people in justice, holiness, and in truth by the sacrifice
of his Son for the praise of his glory. And we're sent to
warn men. If you refuse to believe God,
oh, if you refuse, judgment awaits you, and God warns you again
and again and again. He's warned you once, twice. We will see him warn Pharaoh
seven times, and Pharaoh hardens his heart. He warns of impending
judgment. He warns by His Word. He warns
even by the sacrifice of His Son in the place of sinners.
If God found sin on His Son and killed Him for sin, what do you
think He'll do with you when He finds sin on you? He warns
by His providence. He warns by your screaming conscience,
accusing and condemning you. He warns repeatedly. Oh, may
God give you grace to hear His voice and flee to Christ for
refuge. Look at verse 2. For if thou
refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them." Here God declares
to Pharaoh concerning the temporal deliverance of Israel exactly
what He says concerning the deliverance of all His people from their
enemies. When the year of the Lord's redeemed comes, when the
appointed time of love has arrived for the chosen sinner, redeemed
by the blood of Christ, to be called by His Spirit and saved
by His grace, He will break the power of their enemies absolutely,
no matter what it takes. I want you to look at it again
in Isaiah chapter 43. Isaiah chapter 43. And I want
you to listen carefully to what the Lord says. Verse 3. I am the Lord, thy God. I am the Lord, thy God. I have made myself distinctly
and particularly yours. the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior,
I gave Egypt for thy ransom. Who can imagine such a thing?
You wonder whether or not I take care of my own? You wonder whether
or not I have a distinct love for my own? Look at Egypt. I destroyed that nation to ransom
your soul. Ethiopia and Seba for thee. How come? Since thou wast precious
in my sight, thou hast been honorable. How come? I have loved thee. Therefore will I give men for
thee and people for thy life. Look at chapter 60 of Isaiah,
verse 12. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee. And he's not talking here about
the nation and kingdom that voluntarily served the Church of Christ.
There's never been one that did. He's not talking about that.
This is a Christian nation. You need to read factual history. No, no. Never has been, is not
now, will not be tomorrow. Christian nation in the world
is the church of the living God, the new Jerusalem, the holy nation
chosen and redeemed by God's grace. What's he talking about
then? The nation and kingdom that will not serve thee? The
only reason the nations of this world exist is to serve the saving
of God's people. That's the only reason they exist.
God raises them up and God throws them down for the saving of His
people. The nation and kingdom that will
not serve Thee shall perish. Yea, those nations shall be utterly
wasted. But if like Pharaoh you are left
to your will, oh, God will overthrow nations to save His own. But
if He leaves you to your will, your will will be your hell forever. Look at verse 3. Behold, the
hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle, which is in the field,
and upon the horses, and upon the asses, and upon the camels,
upon the oxen, and upon the sheep. There shall be a very grievous
murrain. Murrain is a disease of livestock. Some speculate it's hoof and
mouth disease. Others, anthrax. Some even suggest
it might be like what we now know as mad cow disease. The
point being this, how far reaching man's sin is, no human being
begins to comprehend. The murrain upon the cattle and
the beast of Egypt was that which came upon them because of the
obstinate unbelief and rebellion of Pharaoh, the king on his throne,
which brought the plagues upon the whole nation. Oh, my soul. Be aware of the vast consequence
of unbelief and rebellion. Because of sin, the whole creation
is under the curse. Paul tells us, and the whole
creation groans and travails, groans and travails in anticipation
of the glorious coming of our Redeemer in the resurrection
of his church, in the resurrection of our bodies, in the consummation
of everlasting salvation when the creation shall be restored
to God. Look at verse 4. Goshen is severed
in the midst of these things. The Lord shall sever between
the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt and there shall
nothing die of all that is the children of Israel. I read today
in 1 Corinthians 9, Paul asked a question, and I can't help
but to ask it here. Does God take care for oxen? Do you reckon this was written
for the sake of oxen? Or saith he it altogether for
our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt this
is written. Here again, we are graciously
reminded by the Spirit of God that it is God himself who separates
the precious from the vile. God himself who divides men. God himself who distinguishes
his own from all the rest of the world. The Lord and the Lord
God alone makes you to differ from another. It is our God and
our God alone. who does this by his free, sovereign,
distinguishing grace. Verse 5, and the Lord appointed
a set time. I think it's one of Brother Rex
Bartley's most favorite passages to read to us, and one of my
favorite to hear. Please ask these three. There
is a time to every purpose under the heaven. The Lord appointed
a set time, saying, Tomorrow, the Lord shall do this thing.
Everything comes to pass in this world. Everything comes to pass
in this universe according to God's divine, sovereign appointment
at God's set time. And nothing happens except according
to God's set time. Nothing. Everything is fixed. according to God's purpose. That
includes the days of our lives, the last breath you shall take. Boast not thyself of tomorrow,
for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Verse 6, And
the Lord did that thing on the morrow at the set time. And all
the cattle of Egypt died, but of the cattle of the children
of Israel died not one. Again, we're reminded of God's
distinct care, his special providence, his sovereign distinguishing
mercy displayed in the care of the children of Israel who lived
in Gilshan. Oh, thank God for special providence
that works all things together for good to my wretched soul. All things. All things. No exceptions. If it weren't for fear of appearing
to boast or of actually boasting. I've often thought I'd like to
sit down and write out things I have observed. I'm talking
about just the ones that I've seen. Just the ones I've seen. Not all the secret things. Just
the ones I've seen. How God Almighty has stepped into my life. and altered the plans and purposes
of men and of cities and of schools and of others who would oppose
all my soul's good and altered things just for me. And how often he stepped in and
stopped me from my determined purpose all for my good, just
for me. put a fence around that little,
about 900,000 square foot plot of ground down in Egypt called
Goshen. And he sent this horrible disease among the cattle throughout
the land of Egypt. All around them, all around them,
they breathed the same air as those in Goshen. They ate the
same grass. They lived in the same climate
and not one head of cattle, not a calf, inside that little compound
got sick and every cow in Egypt died, every one of them. I explained
that. Well, that was lucky, wasn't
it? Are not high sparrows sold for
two farthings and not one of them is forgotten before God? Does God care for sparrows? No. But even the very hairs of your
head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, you are
of more value than many sparrows. Very well, he bought you with
the blood of his own darling son. And if he feeds and protects
and upholds and cares for two sparrows sold for a penny, I
expect he'll take care of you. I expect he'll take care of you.
And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not one of the cattle
of the Israelites dead." Boy, that ought to wake a fellow up. That ought to get a fellow's
attention. Boy, if I saw something like that, they'd get my attention.
You'd do just like Pharaoh, unless God did for you what He didn't
do for Pharaoh. And the heart of Pharaoh was
hardened. Who has hardened himself? against
God and have prospered. Yet the heart of man is so hard,
obstinate and rebellious that it will not and cannot be broken
except by grace itself. The heart of Pharaoh was hardened
and he did not let the people go. Verse 8, And the Lord said
unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the
furnace. and let Moses sprinkle it toward
the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh, and it shall become small dust
in the land of Egypt, in all the land of Egypt, and shall
be a boil breaking forth with flames, a boil breaking out in
hemorrhoids upon man and upon beast throughout the land of
Egypt. And they took ashes of the furnace
and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it up toward
heaven, And it became a boil breaking forth with blades upon
man and upon beast. And the magicians could not stand
before Moses because of the boils. For the boil was upon the magicians
and upon all the Egyptians. Revelation 16 tells us plainly. These boils signify and point
us to the judgment of God upon false religion, upon those who
who worship after the mark of the beast, that is those who
refuse to worship at the footstool of the sovereign Christ, but
rather worship at the altar of their own will. They are men
and women who follow Antichrist. And upon them comes this breaking
out of boils as a curse from God, this breaking out of hemorrhoids
as a curse from God, displaying God's wrath and anger against
the ungodly. And we're specifically told.
that it came upon the magicians. This came upon all the Egyptians
and it came upon the magicians. Pharaoh's preachers, his harling
prophets, his soothsayers, his sorcerers, his witches. That's
what the religious folks were. These who had withstood Moses
and withstood Moses and withstood Moses. They stood before Pharaoh
again and again and again. endeavoring by their craftiness
to harden Pharaoh's heart against God and His Word, and they succeeded. But they could not withstand
Moses. All they did was accuse, that's
all. They did nothing to hinder him. As Paul tells us in 2 Timothy
chapter 3, these magicians break out with boils and hemorrhoids. These men who had been compelled
to acknowledge that the things they saw and could not imitate
displayed the finger of God. Now they could no longer withstand
Moses because they're covered with boils and with hemorrhoids. And Pharaoh was marked for ruin,
verse 12. And the Lord hardened the heart
of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not to them, just like God said
he would. Repeatedly, Pharaoh hardened
his heart. And here we're told that God hardened Pharaoh's heart.
And we were told before Pharaoh was ever born, God raised him
up that he might show his glory in him and that he would harden
his heart and cast him into the Red Sea and show all men who
he is. And yet, Pharaoh hardened his
heart, and it is for this reason that his heart is now hardened
in divine judgment by the hand of God. So you can't have it
both ways. Either Pharaoh's responsible
and God's not sovereign, or God's sovereign and Pharaoh's not responsible.
You can take that up with God if you want to. Pharaoh is responsible
for the hardening of his heart and God Almighty hardens his
heart in divine judgment exactly according to his purpose, exactly
as he said he would. And Pharaoh's heart being hardened,
he's as good as in hell. God gave him up to a reprobate
mind and fixed it so that he being deceived with a strong
delusion could not and would not receive the love of the truth.
Verse 13, And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning,
stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord
God of the Hebrews, You go tell Moses, I am still the Lord God
of the Hebrews. Let my people go. That's not a request, that's
a command, that they may serve me. Word to Pharaoh a seventh time. Verse 14, For I will at this
time send all my plagues upon thine heart. Oh, my! Plagues upon the land, plagues
in the air, plagues in the bedchamber, plagues in the meeting-cloth,
plagues in the oven, plagues in the field, plagues in the
barn, but now I will send all my plagues upon thine heart. and upon thy servants and upon
thy people, that thou mayest know that there is none like
me in all the earth." Verse 15, this man marked for destruction.
To him God says, For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may
smite thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou shalt be
cut off from the earth. And in very deed for this cause
I have raised thee up. God, did you say you raised him
up so you could cut him off? The Holy Spirit says so in Romans
chapter 9. For this cause have I raised
thee up, for to show in thee my power, that my name may be
declared throughout all the earth. And it sends a hailstorm. Oh,
what a hailstorm. Verse 17. Exaltest thou thyself against
my people, that thou wilt not let them go? You really think you're not going
to let them go? Behold, tomorrow, about this time, I will cause
it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt
since the foundation thereof, even until now. Send therefore
now, and gather thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field."
What a word. God said, I'm going to send a
hailstorm. Now, you go out and get your cattle, and if you'll
get your cattle in the barn, they'll be all right. Go get
your cattle, put them in the barn. Tell your people, God says,
go get your cattle, put them in the barn. Look at this. For
upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field,
and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon
them, and they shall die. And he that feared the word of
the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and
his cattle flee into the houses. And he that regarded not the
word of the Lord left his servants and cattle in the field. And
the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven,
that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt upon man, and
upon beast, and upon every herb of the field. throughout the
land of Egypt, and Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven,
and the Lord sent thunder and hail and fire ran along upon
the ground. And the Lord rained hail upon
the land of Egypt, fire and hail, snow and vapors, stormy wind,
fulfilling His word. He destroyed their vines with
hail, the psalmist said, and their sycamore trees with frost.
He gave up their cattle also to the hail and their flocks
to the hot thunders. at the brightness that was before
him. His thick clouds passed hailstones
and coals of fire. The Lord thundered in the heavens,
and the highest gave his voice, hailstones and coals of fire."
But why, Lord, did you command that Pharaoh bring his cattle
in? He didn't pay any attention.
Pharaoh didn't. Most of his people didn't, but some of the Egyptians,
God calls them to hear his word and bring their cattle into the
field, or out of the field, into their houses. How come? Because
they were going to have to have some cattle and some horses to
drive the chariots, some oxen and some horses with which to
pursue the children of Israel through the Red Sea that they
might be drowned. in the Red Sea. Verse 24, So
there was hail and fire mingled with hail, and very grievous,
such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt, since
it became a nation. And the hail smote throughout
all the land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and
beast. And the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke
every tree of the field, only in the land of Goshen, where
the children of Israel were. It wasn't a piece of ice. And
again, God calls us to take notice of His distinguishing grace.
And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and David and said to them,
I sinned. This time the Lord is righteous,
and I and my people are wicked. Entreat the Lord, for it is enough
that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail, and I will
let you go, and you shall stay no longer. You can mark it down. Sooner or later, everybody will
be made to acknowledge and confess before God his sin, either at
the throne of grace or at the throne of judgment, either bowed
before him seeking his mercy or bowed before him terrifying
his wrath. Everyone will acknowledge himself
sin and acknowledge Jesus Christ to be God and Lord. Verse 29. And Moses said unto him, As soon
as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands
unto the Lord, and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there
be any more hail, that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord's. But as for thee and thy servants,
I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God. And the flax and
the barley were smitten, for the barley was in the ear, and
the flax was bold, But the wheat and the rye were not smitten,
for they were not grown up. And Moses went out of the city
from Pharaoh and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord, and
the thunders and the hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon
the earth. And when Pharaoh saw that the
rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more
and hardened his heart, he and his servants, and the heart of
Pharaoh was hardened. Neither would he let the children
of Israel go as the Lord had spoken to Moses. Now, I've deliberately
taken the long way to my subject, and I'm going to be very brief
with the subject, just three or four minutes. I've done this
because I want you to see that Israel, though living in the
midst of a crooked and perverse people, though living among a
wicked, ungodly people, a people under the judgments of God continually,
was favored of God. Living in Goshen, they found
nothing but blessing. Do you need me to relate that
to you in the United States of America, in Danville, Kentucky
today? Living in the midst of judgment,
living in the midst of horrible ungodliness, living in the midst
of frightening things all around them, frightening to everybody
except them! To everybody else. Frightening
to everybody else. Oh, the hail, the thunder. They're literally going about
business just like usual. No difficulty there. Oh, what
if those folks, cows around their head, what if they succeed? Do you really think they're going
to hurt God's people? Do you really think they're going
to do anything to harm God's church? God's kingdom? God's elect? Do you really? Oh,
no, no, I'm not concerned about that. Well, quit acting like
you're concerned about that. That's the only thing that matters.
What does it matter if you get hold of a nuclear bomb? Man,
folks have got them all over the world. They just got to find
them and put them in right hands. That's all. That's all. Problem
is for them, they're in God's hands. You understand that? Well, Brother Don, You mean we
ought not be worried about anything? You mean we ought not be fearful
for our grandchildren? I'm talking to me and you. You
mean we ought not pace the floor about what's going to happen
tomorrow? No! God sits upon the circle of the
universe and He does all things well for His own. Israel is in
Goshen. in the midst of darkness and
judgment. And that's just where we are
here. And yet none of these things came upon these people called
his church, his kingdom. Because the Lord God says, I,
the Lord, do keep it. I will water it every moment
lest any hurt it. I will keep it night and day. There were storms surrounding
Goshen. Can you imagine what it must have been like to stand
on that little plot of ground? I've talked about a little plot
of ground. Stand there and watch the hail and hear the thunder
so loud that it shakes the ground. And watch the lightning skip
not across the sky but across the ground. And they just stand
there. The Lord turned the waters of
the Egyptians into blood. But he takes the water of his
grace and by the gospel turns it into wine for our souls. When
the Lord sent the plagues of flies, swarms of flies, filling
the houses of the Egyptians in the land of Goshen, nobody had
a glass water. When the cattle were covered
with murrain, destroying horses and cattle in Egypt, of the cattle
of the children of Israel died not one. God sent darkness in
chapter 10. Sent darkness. Darkness over
all the land of Egypt. Darkness that was smelt. Terrifying darkness. Darkness
a man could taste in his soul. Darkness! There was light in
Goshen. And God has sent darkness in
this day. Oh, the darkness, darkness, darkness,
spiritual darkness, such darkness that it's inconceivable, such
darkness that we cannot imagine men and women being so utterly
deluded with all things contrary to the gospel. Oh, my soul, look
here. Here shines light, the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of our crucified
Redeemer. And when destruction came to
the firstborn, the blood-sprinkled houses of Israel lost not a child. How come? How come? Because these
people were a chosen people who had been brought down into the
land of Egypt and caused to dwell in Goshen because of God's covenant
made on their behalf before ever they were born. They were a people
to whom God had promised nothing but blessedness, a people for
whom sacrifice had been made way back in that day when God
made his covenant with Abraham, and while the vultures came down
and would have eaten the sacrifice, Abraham drove away the vultures,
protecting the sacrifice, because that sacrifice portrays our Redeemer
and his sacrifice. These are a people to whom God
Almighty had made a promise. Turn over to chapter 15. Verse
26, let me show it to you. The Lord said, If thou wilt diligently
hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which
is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments,
and keep his statutes, if you'll trust them, if you'll believe
me, if you'll hearken to my word, I will put none of these diseases
upon thee which I have brought upon the Egyptians, for I am
the Lord that healeth. Solomon said, all things happen
alike to the righteous and the wicked. And that's true. They do. People sometimes ask
me why this, why that? Some fool several years ago wrote
a book, Why Do the Righteous Suffer? Why not? Why me? Why mine? Why not you? Why not
yours? Why not me? Why not mine? God's
people suffer all the consequences of Adam's fall, all the consequences
of sin that everybody else in the world suffers. But we don't
suffer those things for the same reason. He sends all these things
as punishment to the ungodly, as but foretaste of hell. He
sends all these things as testisements to the believing sinner. for
whom sin was punished in his son at Calvary, to wean us from
this world, and calls us to seek another world. Thank God one
of these days, one of these sicknesses I get, and one of the sicknesses
you get, is going to take us out of this world. It's going
to take us out. Oh, blessed sickness. that takes
me from this body of death. Understand what I'm saying? This
is what I'm talking about, living in the land of Goshen. We live
in the midst of blessedness, preparing us for eternal blessedness. So I say to you, my brothers
and sisters, get out of survivalist mode and live as a people who
believe God. God teach me. Oh God teach me
to trust you for Christ's sake. Amen.