All right, open your Bible now
to 2 Corinthians chapter 4. 2 Corinthians chapter 4. Paul said
in verse 6 of 2 Corinthians 4, God, for God who commanded the
light, to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face
of Christ Jesus. What grace, what a revelation,
what comfort, what a knowledge that we may have the light of
the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus.
But, verse 7, we have this treasure, this gift, this great knowledge,
this spiritual life in an earthen vessel. It came from the dust, it will
go back to the dust, this body. That the excellency of the power
may be of God, not of us. We're troubled, we're troubled
on every side, but we're not distressed. We are perplexed,
puzzled, but we're not in despair. We're
not without hope. David said, I had fainted unless
I believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the
living. We're not in despair. We're persecuted, but we're not
forsaken. We're cast down. What's that
word mean, cast down? Well, in the Greek lexicon, it
says it means to throw down. It's like we're in an earthen
vessel, just cast it down to break it, just break it. to throw
down. Maybe that's where we get that
saying when something disturbing comes into our life. Boy, that
threw me for a loop. That threw me for a loop. But I think the meaning is more
this. Cast down is sad, just sad, discouraged,
teary-eyed. We're cast down, but we're not
destroyed. We're not destroyed. Now we know
that these troubles, these troubles, they're common to all men. They're
common to all believers. Our Lord said that. He said,
in this world you will have tribulation. You will have troubles. I found,
David said in Psalm 116, I found trouble and sorrow. And our Lord
said to his disciples, he spent chapters 13, 14, 15, 16 in John
preparing them for these troubles. He said in John 14, let not your
heart be troubled. If you believe in God, believe
in me, but you'll have plenty of troubles. Paul said to the
young married couple, he said this, let them marry. God's ordained
marriage. Man findeth a wife, he findeth
a good thing. It's holy. The bed is undefiled.
Let them marry. But he added seven words. But
they shall have trouble in the flesh. Write it down. Trouble. It's common to all believers.
Our Lord promised we'd have trouble. Paul says let them marry. They
sin not. Marriage is ordained of God.
But they shall have trouble in the flesh. And Paul had to send
Timothy down to Thessalonica to comfort those people. They were shaken. They were shaken. Their faith was shaken by their
severe troubles and trials. You know, he wrote to them in
that first epistle of Thessalonians. Turn there with me for a moment.
They were disturbed over the loss of loved ones. Paul had
to write and say, I wouldn't have you be ignorant concerning
them which are asleep, that you sorrow not as those who have
no hope. If we believe that Christ died
and rose again, even so them which sleep in Jesus will God
bring with him when he comes. These people were troubled. And
so in 1 Thessalonians 3, he says in verse 1, he sent Timothy down
there to help them through this time of trouble and sorrow. In
1 Thessalonians 3 verse 1, Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear,
I thought it good to be left at Athens alone, just there by
myself, and I sent Timothy, my brother, minister of God, our
fellow laborer in the gospel, to establish you. They were shaken
to comfort you. They were troubled concerning
your faith. That no man should be moved away
from Christ, moved from his mooring, moved from his anchor by these
afflictions. You see what he's saying? I just
stay here in Athens and work alone. I'm going to send Timothy
down there to Thessalonians. That people be not moved by these
deep afflictions. For you yourselves know we are
appointed thereunto. Troubles and sorrows and afflictions
are by divine appointment. For verily, when we were with
you, we told you before that you, that we should suffer tribulation. Now, even as it came to pass,
and you know, for this cause, when I could no longer forbear,
I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter, have
tempted you, and our labor be in vain. But when Timothy came
unto us, to me from you, he brought me good tidings." Isn't that
good? Your faith and love. He brought me good news. They're
solid. They're in deep trouble, but
they're solid. They're not moved away from the
gospel. And then Paul wrote over here
in 2 Corinthians, you want to turn to this one, 2 Corinthians
chapter 7, 2 Corinthians 7, verse 5, he's talking about himself
here now, he says in 2 Corinthians 7, 5, For when we were come into
Macedonia, our flesh hath no rest. We were trouble on every
side. Without were fightings, conflicts. Within were fears. Fightings
on the outside and fears on the inside. Nevertheless, God, who
comforteth those that are cast down, there is the key. We're
cast down, but we're not destroyed. And I'll tell you why we're not
destroyed. Because God comforts those who are cast down. God's
their comfort. God's their comfort. He comforted
me with the coming of Titus. But what, how does our Lord comfort
those who are cast down? Those who are distressed, and
those who are perplexed, and those who are almost overcome
with grief and sorrow. How does he comfort his people? Wednesday night I read a passage
from Moses writings in which he said, let every word be established
by the mouth of two or three witnesses. And then I told you
how our Lord quoted that. He said, let every word be established
by the mouth of two or three witnesses. So I'm going to talk
about how God comforts his people, and I'm going to call three great
witnesses. The first one is David. Let's
turn to Psalm 119. How does God comfort those who
are cast down? How does God comfort those who
are cast down? David, let's ask David in Psalm
119, verse 49. Let David be the first witness. Remember the word unto thy servant. upon which thou hast caused me
to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction,
for thy word hath quickened me, given me life." What was David's
comfort? Thy word. This is my comfort in all my
afflictions, thy word hath quickened me. Let us call the apostle Paul. He's our second witness. Let's
turn to Romans 15 and see where Paul finds comfort. In Romans
chapter 15, verse 4, he says in Romans 15, verse 4,
for whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our
learning. that we through patience and
comfort of the scriptures might have hope. There it is. That
we, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures
might have hope. Now the God of patience and comfort
grant you to be like minded one toward another according to our
Lord Jesus Christ. Now, the third witness I call
the Lord God of heaven. the Father himself, Hebrews chapter
6. Here is my comfort and consolation
in whatever infirmity or whatever affliction might come my way,
Hebrews chapter 6, verse 13. Now when God made promise to
Abraham, God's promise by his word to Abraham, he could swear
by no greater and he'd swear by himself. Now let's turn to
Genesis 22 and see what God says here about swearing by himself.
Genesis 22. Genesis 22, verse 16. Verse 15, And the angel of the
Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven, the second time, and
said, this is God speaking, By myself have I sworn, saith the
Lord, because thou hast done this thing, hast not withheld
thy son, thine only son, I swear by myself, in blessings I will
bless you, in multiplying I will multiply your seed. As the stars
of the heaven, as the sand which is upon the seashore, and thy
seed shall possess the gates of the enemy, I swear by myself."
All right, now let's go back to Hebrews 6 where we're reading,
verse 13. God made promise to Abraham.
He could swear by no greater. He swore by himself. Now, saying,
surely, this is my word, my oath, blessing I will bless thee. Multiply,
I'll multiply thee. And so after he patiently endured,
he obtained the promise. For men barely swear by the greater. People swear by the Bible, they
swear by their mother's name, they swear by the heaven, they
swear by the throne. They shouldn't swear at all, but they swear
by something greater. And an oath to them is a confirmation. An oath for confirmation is to
them an end of the strife. We're in God, willing more abundantly
to show unto the heirs of promise, to show us the heirs of promise.
He's going to show us, what's he going to show us? He's going
to show us the immutability of his word, his counsel, the unchangeableness
of his counsel, of his word. I'm the Lord, I don't change.
When I promise, it's for sure. When I ordain something, it'll
be done. I've spoken, I'll do it. I've spoken, I'll do it."
Abraham's whole faith rested on the fact that God was able
to do what he said. So God, willing to show us the
heirs of promise, the unchangeableness, the immutability of his will,
he confirmed it with an oath. Abraham, I swear by myself, that by two unchangeable things,
what are those unchangeable things? His promise and his oath. His promise and his oath. His
word and his oath. Those two unchangeable things
in which it's impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong
comfort. That's where it is. Our strong
comfort is in his word. That's where it is. How does
God comfort those that are afflicted and troubled and cast down and
weary with the journey and teary-eyed and discouraged and blew his
word, his oath and his word. That we might have a strong consolation
who had fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope that sat before
us. All right, turn to Psalm 34. And I understand I understand,
in reading the background of the Psalms, we have the background
of some of them. But David wrote this Psalm, he
wrote it when he was in deep trouble, deep, deep trouble and
distress. Deep trouble. In the heading
there, it says a Psalm of David. when he changed his behavior
before Abimelech who drove him away and he departed. This was
when David was living in the caves. When Saul was seeking
his life and when Israel had turned against him and when he
was an outcast and when he didn't know what the next day held.
That's when he said, I would have fainted if I hadn't believed
to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Distressed. Perplexed. God said he was going
to be king. Cast down. That's when he wrote
this psalm. And it may be as we read it and
look at it for a few moments that we can experience the spirit
and the attitude of this man after God's own heart, where
he found his comfort. All right, let's look at it.
He says in verse 1, just a few words on each verse, I will bless
the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually
be in my mouth, regardless of my troubles, regardless of my
affliction, whether in joy or sorrow, whether abounding or
abased, whether in sickness and health, who I will. Do what? Bless the Lord. When? At all times. How? With my mouth. with my lips. His praise shall continually
be in my mouth. Let the redeemed of the Lord
say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy. Let
them say so. And I tell you, a little praise unto the Lord
would change a whole situation. Change a whole situation. Let
me show you something. Over in John 12, A little praise
to the Lord will change a whole sick room, it will change a whole
gathering of people, it will change a spirit and attitude
that prevails, despondency, a little praise to the Lord. In John 12
verse 3, it says here in verse 1, let's read verse 1 through
3, John 12. Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany
where Lazarus was, which had been whom he raised from the
dead, and there they made him a supper, and Martha served,
but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then
Mary, then took Mary a pound of ointment, spiked it, very
costly, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped
his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the odor
of this ointment. Don't you know it was? And I
tell you, a word of praise in a very difficult time and situation
unto the Lord our God will change a whole situation. I bless the Lord at all times.
His praise shall continue to be in my mouth. Verse 2, my soul
shall make a boast in the Lord. Is boasting ever permissible?
Is boasting ever commendable? It is when we're bragging on
God, when we're praising the Lord Jesus, that's right. Jeremiah said, let not the rich
man glory in his riches, let not the mighty man glory in his
might, let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, but let him that
glories, glory in this, that he knows me, saith the Lord. And I tell you, Mary gives us
a good example. Let me just read you what she
says over here in Luke 1. She says, My soul doth magnify
the Lord. He hath regarded the lowest state
of his handmaiden. Behold, from henceforth all generations
will call me blessed. He that is mighty hath done great
things for me. She's praising the Lord. And
that's what David's saying here. shall make her boast in the Lord. And I'll tell you this, those
who know Him will rejoice and be glad thereof. See that verse 2? My soul will
make a boast in the Lord and the humble, the believers, they're
going to hear me and they're going to rejoice, they're going
to be glad. And they're going to look at verse 3, they're going
to magnify the Lord with me. And we're going to exalt His
name together. I'll tell you this, who can praise the shepherd
like the sheep who were lost? Who can exalt the physician like
the man born blind? Who can rejoice in forgiveness
like the dying thief? Who can praise the loving, forgiving
father like the prodigal? Who can talk of substitution
like Barabbas? Now you get this crowd together.
And you're going to hear praise to the Lord, that's right. And
when I get this crowd together, who were lost sheep, who were
dying thieves, who were prodigal sons, who were Barabbas's, I
tell you, we can exalt His name together. Oh, magnify the Lord with me. What to do in time of trouble?
Bless the Lord. Praise His name. exalt his name,
magnify him. What David is telling us here
is the Lord is merciful to those who call on him. He's merciful
to those who recognize him. Look at verse 4 and 5. I sought
the Lord. I sought him. He's plenteous
in mercy. This is my testimony. I sought the Lord. He heard me.
And he delivered me from all my fears. I tell you, no man
ever sought the Lord. No woman ever sought the Lord
in sincerity and been turned away. The hymn writer said, don't
let conscience make you linger, nor fitness fondly dream. All
the fitness he requires is to feel your need of him. I sought the Lord. He heard me.
He'll hear you. David said, if you heard me,
he'll hear you. And then he calls some more witnesses. He says
in verse 5, they looked to him. Who's they? Our fathers, Abraham,
Moses, Isaac, Jacob. They all looked to him. They
looked to the Lord. And they looked and they were
enlightened. And they, face it, were not ashamed. They were never disappointed.
They looked to him, and they weren't disappointed. They weren't
ashamed. Look at verse 6 and 7. This poor
man cried. This poor man. Are we poor? Well, let me give you one verse
of Scripture. Naked I came into the world. Naked I'm going out. That's poor. That's poor. We're poor. This poor man, he
cried. The Lord heard him. What he's
saying is the Lord's merciful. The Lord delights to show mercy.
He's plenteous in redemption. David's the one that wrote Psalm
130. Lord, if thou should mark iniquity, who would stand? But
this forgiveness was thee. Let Israel hope in the Lord.
I called and he heard me. Our fathers called, they looked
to him, they were lightened, they were not disappointed. This
poor man, he cried, the Lord heard him and saved him out of
all his troubles. And the angel of the Lord encampeth
round about them that fear him and delivereth them." Charles
Spurgeon brought a message on these two verses. Look at these
two verses again. This poor man cried, the Lord
heard him. Lord saved him out of all his
troubles. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that
fear him, and delivereth them." Here's his outline. This poor
man, and that includes all of us, this poor man's heritage,
trouble. Trouble is our heritage. We inherited
trouble when we inherited sin. Sin and trouble go together.
In Adam, everybody dies. In Adam, everybody's a sinner.
In Adam, condemnation passed upon all men. This is our heritage
from our father, Adam. Sin, trouble, afflictions. I found trouble in Solomon. That's
the poor man's heritage. Now the poor man's prayer, he
cried. He cried unto the Lord. You know,
when the Lord came to Ananias, down in Damascus, and he said,
now you go to Saul of Tarsus. You go to Saul, and you be my
witness to him. And Ananias kind of bucked a
little. He said, Lord, I know this man.
I've heard some terrible things about this man, how he kills
Christians, kills believers. He said, Ananias, you go to him. Behold, what did he say? He's
praying. He'll be all right because he's
praying. I tell you, this poor man prayed. That's the poor man's
prayer. He cried unto the Lord. He cried
unto the Lord. Now here's the third thing. The
poor man's friend. Who is the poor man's friend?
Only friend. The Lord heard him. Who was Bartimaeus'
friend? Not those people around him.
The Lord Jesus Christ. He cried unto the Lord. Jesus,
our son of David, have mercy upon me. And the Lord stood still
as his friend. There's his friend, the poor
man's friend, the Lord heard him. And the poor man's blessing,
look, the Lord saved him out of all his troubles. And he will,
listen to me, sooner or later. That's right, he will sooner
or later. The troubles are there and sometimes
they last a little while, sometimes they last a long while. But I
tell you this, the poor man, his heritage is trouble. His
prayer is unto the Lord, because the Lord is his friend, and the
Lord will deliver him in his own time. It's going to be all
right. He's going to be well. He's going
to be plumb well. The Lord delivering him out of all his troubles.
But now here's the poor man's legacy. Verse 7, And the angel
of the Lord, the Lord not only heard him, the Lord not only
his But the Lord gave his angels charge, now you watch over him,
you encircle him, and you guard him, and you keep him, till I
call him home. The angel of the Lord encampeth
round about them that fear him, and he'll deliver them. That's
promise. This is the Word. He's sworn
by himself. It won't change. This poor man's
heritage is trouble. This poor man's prayer, one direction
to the Lord, because he's the poor man's friend, and he will
deliver sooner or later. But until that
time comes, he's, in the meantime, surrounded you with his angels.
That's right. Give his angels charge over you.
And David says, listen to me now, this is what I know, two
things I know. Taste and see that the Lord is
good. The Lord is good. Blessed is the man who trusts.
The table is spread. The feast is prepared. The finest
bread. The purest wine. The master's
own food. He is the feast. He is the food. He's the preparer and he's the
surfer. That's right. He stood on that
seashore that morning when the disciples were so down and dead
and distressed, and Peter said, I'm just, I'm going fishing.
I'm going back to what I did before this thing ever started.
And they said, you wait and we'll go with you. So the other one
went fishing. And they fished all night and
they caught nothing. And the next morning, in the morning
light, they were out there in the boat, and they looked over
there on the shore. And there was a man standing on the shore.
And he hollered out there. They were about 100 yards from
the shore. He hollered out there and said, Children, have you
caught anything? They said, Nothing. He said, Cast your nets on this
side of the boat. And they did. 153 fish. And Peter said, It's the Lord.
John said, John said, it's the Lord. And Peter grabbed his fisherman's
coat and dove into the water. He was embarrassed. He's the
one who started this rebellion, this mutiny, going fishing. He wanted to get that explained,
I guess, before the others came in. But he dove into the water
and he swam to shore, a hundred yards. The rest of them struggled
along with those fish. They were dragging that net of
fish. It took them a while to get there. Let me read you that,
John chapter 21. They were dragging that net loaded
with fish, and Peter, he swam ashore and got there first. And
the Lord told them to bring their net to the shore. So here in
John 21, verse 9. As soon then as they would come
to land, they saw a fire of coals. Who built it? The master. And fish laid their own. Who
fried it? The Master. And bread, who baked
it? The Master. He made the whole
meal. And Jesus said to them, Now bring
your fish that you've caught, bring them to land. Simon Peter
went up and drew the net to land full of great fishes, 153 of
them. And for all that many the net
wasn't broken. And Jesus said, Now come and
dine. There it is, come and dine. The
feast is ready. How'd you like to have eaten
that dinner? Oh, my. But now he's prepared one for
you and for me. Same way. I know the table's
spread now. I know the finest bread, the
purest wine, the best fish, prepared by the Master's own hand. Mercy,
grace, truth, those heavenly blessings I want to talk about
tonight. But back to my text, Psalm 34, verse 8. That goodness and that glory
and that feast will remain unknown, unexperienced, lest you taste
it. So David, after all of this talking
about his promises, he said, now listen, taste and see that
the Lord is good. Blessed indeed, oh, blessed indeed,
above all blessings is the man who can trust him. He can be
trusted. Can you trust him? Can you trust
him? Can you trust him? Let me read
three verses here. Verse 9, fear the Lord, ye his
saints. There's no want to them that
fear him. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but they
that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. Come, my
children, come, you children. Hearken to me, I'll teach you
the fear of the Lord. What's this fear of the Lord? What's
this fear of the Lord? Pause a minute and let me tell
you what I believe this fear of the Lord is. Number one, it's
to know something, and there's no way for us to know all about
it at all. Someday we will. we know in part,
someday we'll know as we've been known, is to know something of
his majesty, the fear of the Lord, know something of his power
and glory and our weakness. That's the fear of the Lord,
to know something of his awesome majesty and my terrible weakness. Secondly, is to have some understanding
of his holiness, his immaculate holiness, holy and reverent is
his name, and my sinfulness. my unworthiness, his holiness. Thirdly, is to have some understanding
that in Jesus Christ, God has established a covenant, a covenant
of mercy. He's spoken to us by his Son,
who is the brightness of his glory, who is the heir of all
things, who is the very image of God, who by himself purged
our sins, who sat down at the right hand of the majesty on
high. God's eternal kingdom with its new heaven and new earth and new people. And it's to be
filled with a deep desire to be a part of that covenant and
a part of that kingdom. Paul summed it up. He said, Oh,
that I may win Christ and be found in him, that I may know
the power of his resurrection, that I may attain unto the resurrection
of the dead. That's the fear of the Lord.
All in Him. By His grace. I want a part of
it. That's the fear of the Lord.
Fourthly, it's to reverence Him because of who He is. It's to
worship Him because and obey Him because of what He is. He's
God. It's to trust and believe Him
because of what He says. Isn't that right? Reverence Him and worship Him
because of who He is. Worship and obey Him because
of what He is, our God. And trust and believe Him because
of what He said. There's no want and there's no
lack to them who fear Him. All right, just briefly, let
me give you a few things here. The word of God, verse 12, what
man is he that desires life and loveth many days that he may
see good? Some people think that's talking
about the future, but I believe it's talking about right now.
I believe it's talking about a happy, good life right here
on this earth. He gives us in his words a key
to a happy, good life here on this earth. And what are they?
Keep your tongue from evil. Keep your tongue from evil. Speak
evil of no man. And keep your lips from guile,
from deceit, hypocrisy. In other words, put a watch on
our mouths. Put a watch on our tongues. Let our speech be seasoned
with grace. You want a good and happy life?
Put a watch on your mouth. Secondly, depart from evil. Depart from evil practices and
depart from evil companions. You want a happy good life? Depart
from evil. From evil companions, from evil
works, from evil people. Thirdly, do good. Do good deeds. Help others. You find happiness
by making people happy. Do good. Do good. Fourthly, seek peace. In all
places, with all people, seek peace. Be a peacemaker. Seek
peace. Not only seek it, but actually,
with all your heart, pursue it. How do you pursue it? You offer
the first hand. You offer the first word. You
offer the forgiving offer, effort. You pursue peace. That's how to have a happy and
good life. Put a watch on my mouth. Depart
from evil companions. They corrupt good manners. Do
good. Do good deeds. Seek peace. Don't just seek it,
but actually pursue it. Father, I want to give you this.
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous. His ears are open
to their cry. You know, a mother, her children,
I'll tell you, it becomes a different ball game when you have your
own, doesn't it? It's a whole new ball game. We
used to go to Florida every year with our children. There was
a preacher down there that used to have me for a meeting every year.
And we'd go down to Pensacola, and I'd preach while the children
had a vacation. That's how we got to go to Florida
every year, because this man invited me to come preach for
him. And we had four children. And I can just see Dallas right
now still. You know a mother never takes a vacation, they
never. They don't have vacations from children, not until they're
grown and gone, then there's no vacation. But anyway, I could
see her, 1, 2, 3, 4. She'd look down at her book and
she'd raise her head, 1, 2, 3, 4. Her eyes were, make sure there's
all accounted for, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4. Her eyes were on
them to protect them. Her eye of love was upon them.
Why was she so concerned about them if she wasn't counting those
other kids down there? She's counting these four. They're
hers. She loved the apple of her eye. Her eye of pleasure was upon,
she's proud of them. She's proud of them. If they
did, the other kid could swim clear out to the shore and back,
but he just made one little move, you know, boy, give him a hand.
He didn't mind, great, you know. Yeah, pleasure. And one of them
cry, right there. Well, that's the father. is upon
his children, and his ear is open to their cry. His eye of
providence and protection and provision is on you all the time.
His eye of love, he loves you. You're his child. He loves you
in Christ. His eye of pleasure, he's proud
of you in Christ. That's right. You're his. You're special. And his ear is
open You think he doesn't hear? Yes, he hears. But I tell you,
his face is against them that do evil. If some old mean boy
come down the beach, you know, and take a good kick at our little
girl, her mama would come up in a minute. Oh boy, while she's
looking over at this child with joy, she's looking at that infiltrator
with anger. Anger. And I'm telling you, my Lord's
face, his eyes on his children, his ears open to their crying,
but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, especially
to his own. You want to make a mama mad,
hurt one of her children. I read about a bear that attacked
a locomotive. This bear took on a diesel locomotive. ran over a cub. You want God's wrath? Fool with
his children. The eye of the Lord is upon them
that do evil. He'll cut the remembrance of them off from the earth. The
righteous cry, and the Lord hears and delivers them out of all
their trouble, sooner or later. And the Lord's known to them
that of a broken heart he saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the
righteous. But here's the third time he says this, he'll deliver
them out of them all. And he'll keep all their bones,
not one of them is broken. Hold that right there. He'll
keep all of his bones, not one of them broken. That was said
of the Passover lamb, remember? Not one bone broken. That was
said of Christ on the cross. They came to break the legs,
but they didn't touch him. because not one of his bones
would be broken or separated. His body, that's you and me,
the body of Christ, the body of the Passover lamb, not one
bone, the body of Christ on the tree, not one bone broken, but
we're his body and I guarantee you not one bone will be broken. Not one bone will be separated. Not one. It's a whole body. That's a guarantee. Why did he
put that here? Talking about many of the afflictions
of the righteous. But the Lord delivers him out.
Not one bone. He keeps all his bones. Not one
of them is broken. All of his sheep. Every believer. God will keep them. That's right. Evil is going to slay the wicked.
You can count on that. And they that hate the righteous,
they're going to be guilty. But the Lord redeemeth the souls
of his servants, and none of them, none of them that trust
in him will be desolate. Can you find comfort in that?
That's where it is. That's where it is. He comforts
them with his word.