My Sheep Hear My Voice

Now I preached a message Sunday
morning on the subject, The Shepherd of the Sheep, in which I declared that the
Lord Jesus Christ is the Great Shepherd. Turn to Hebrews 13. Hebrews 13 verse 20, He is the
Great Shepherd. the shepherd of the sheep. Hebrews
13.20 says, Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead
our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood
of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good
work to do his will working in you that which is well pleasing
in his sight through Jesus Christ to whom be glory forever and
ever." In other words, before there were any sheep, there was
indeed a shepherd. Christ be my first elect, God
said, and then chose his people in their head. Before there was
a sheep, there was a shepherd. Before there were any sheep,
there was a lamb slain before the foundation of the world.
That great shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal
covenant. Before there was a sinner, there
was a Savior. The fall, my friends, did not
catch God by surprise. Now these things I said Sunday
and the things I'm saying again tonight are not being said. Did
you hear what I said? Before there was a sheep, there
was a shepherd. Before there was a sinner, there
was a Savior. And before there was a creation, I know there was a creator, but
there was a covenant before creation. That's plainly declared in the
Word of God. It's called the everlasting covenant. everlasting. Whichever way you
look at it, it's everlasting. The covenant is older than the
creation. Please believe me. God said,
I declare the end from the beginning. The finished product is already
declared before God ever began work. That's true, that's what
the book declares. God said, I have spoken it, I
will bring it to pass. He said, I have purposed it,
I will do it. I will. So he is the great shepherd
of the everlasting covenant. And then John 10, let's look
there where we were Sunday morning, John chapter 10. He's the great
shepherd, the great, great shepherd. How great thou art. How great
thou art. But he's not only the great shepherd,
but he is the good shepherd. He's the good shepherd. And the
good shepherd knows his sheep. He said in verse 11 of John chapter
10, I am the good shepherd. And the good shepherd giveth
his life for the sheep. Verse 14, I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd. You know,
David in Psalm 130 said, Lord, if thou shouldest mark iniquity,
who would stand? Considering God in his holiness
and majesty and justice, who would stand? But there's forgiveness
within. I consider my Lord, and I enjoy
doing it. I rejoice to do it in his greatness
and majesty and power and holiness. But I also like to regard him
in his goodness. There's forgiveness with God.
He's a good shepherd. He's a good shepherd. Talks about
being a great shepherd, but a good shepherd, and a good shepherd
that loves his sheep. I know my sheep, and none of
mine. I know my sheep. As the Father
knoweth me, verse 15, even so know I the Father, and I lay
down my life for the sheep. He loves his sheep. I give my
life for the sheep. He will bring his sheep. He said,
other sheep I have which are not of this fold, them I must
bring. He will bring his sheep. He will
protect his sheep. And his sheep will hear his voice. Well, the planning and the study
the other night told us a story. I don't know a great deal about
sheep. I've never been around sheep. But I've read some things
about them, and he told us a very interesting story. He said that over in the old
country where they now still keep sheep, and the shepherd
knows his sheep. He names his sheep. Like our
Lord said, I call them by name. He names his sheep. And they
know his voice, as our Master said, the voice of a stranger
they won't follow. They won't hear the voice of
a stranger, they won't follow the voice of a stranger, but
they'll hear their shepherd's voice. And some fellow was talking
to a shepherd about that, and he sort of didn't believe it. He sort of discounted that, didn't
he, John? He just made fun of it. And the
shepherd said, I'll tell you what I'll do. He said, I'll change,
I'll even change clothes with you. You go down here to the
sheepfold. They had a compound, a sheepfold,
where the sheep were being kept, like in John chapter 10. And
he said, I'll even change clothes with you. And you go down there,
I'll tell you the name of my sheep. I'll give you a list of
them here. Here's the, here's the names of the sheep. Now you
go down in my clothes and you stand there and you call them.
And so the stranger did. donned the clothes of the shepherd,
and he went down to the sheepfold, and he began to call the names
of the sheep. Not a one of them responded. Not a one. And then the true shepherd, whose
sheep, whose sheep they are, even in the stranger's clothes,
went down to the opening, and he called them, and they all
came to him, one at a time. That's what the Lord is saying.
I love my sheep, I know my sheep, my sheep know me, I know their
names, and I love them, and I lay down my life for them. And then
turn to 1 Peter chapter 5. Our Lord is called the great,
the chief shepherd. 1 Peter chapter 5. He's the great
shepherd of the sheep. Through the blood of the eternal
covenant. He's the good shepherd of the sheep. I love him, I know
him, I lay down my life for him, and he's the chief shepherd.
Now we're just, we're a sort of under-shepherds. I guess that'd
be our name. We're servants, we're messengers,
we're under-shepherds. He's the great and the chief
shepherd. Look at 1 Peter 5 verse 1. Now listen to this. We're elders
which are among you, I exhort. who am also an elder." This is
Peter talking to the pastors, who are called shepherds and
pastors. I exhort, and a witness, Peter
is a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker
of the glory that shall be revealed. Feed the flock of God. Feed the
sheep of God, which is among you. Taking the oversight there,
taking the leadership, you elders, you pastors, you under shepherds,
you preachers, take the oversight, the leadership. Not by constraint,
not threatening people or lording it over people, not even as a
necessity on your part or duty, but willingly, not for filthy
lucre. Not for gain, not out of covetous
heart, but of a worthy mind, neither as being lords over God's
heritage, but being examples to the flock. That's a true pastor,
a true preacher. And when the chief shepherd, whom the sheep belong to, to
whom the sheep belong, the chief shepherd, When he shall appear,
then you'll receive a crown of glory that fate is not aware.
That's the shepherd of the sheep. He is the great shepherd. He
is the good shepherd. And let's never forget, he's
the chief shepherd. The chief shepherd. We exhort
you to look to Christ and not to us. Look to Christ. Rest in Christ. Believe Christ.
And then last Sunday night, I spoke to you. Let's go back to John
10 a moment. I spoke to you on the sheep of
the shepherd. We talked Sunday morning about
the shepherd of the sheep, and then we talked Sunday night about
the sheep of the shepherd. And here's something interesting
I didn't bring out either morning or night. In verse 3 of John
10, He calls them his own sheep. To him the porter openeth, and
the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own sheep. They're
his, they belong to him. He says that twice, again in
verse 4. And when he puteth forth his
own sheep, he calls them my sheep. I know my sheep. His own sheep,
my sheep. Now the question then comes,
how did he get these sheep? How did they become his? We know
they're his by purchase. He bought them. I lay down my
life for the sheep. He purchased them with his own
blood. We know that the Spirit of God
brings them to him in a willing manner. They're his by purchase,
and they're his also willingly. They're made willing in the day
of his power, but cheaply. His Father gave them to him.
That's where he got these sheep. Look at verse 27. His father
gave them to him. He said, My sheep, hear my voice,
and I know them, and they'll follow me, and I give them eternal
life, and they'll never perish, neither shall any man pluck them
out of my hand. My father, which gave them me. My father gave them to me. That's
where I got my sheep. He gave them to me. He gave them
to me. Where did the Father find the
sheep? I know in his covenant of mercy
and in his grace, but where were these sheep? Were they Jews on
the hill? Israelites only, were they moral,
righteous people? Where did the Father find these
sheep? Well, look at verse 16 of John
10. He's talking about this Jewish
foal, and he says, Every sheep I have which are not of this
foal. In other words, the Father finds them among Jew and Gentile.
He finds them in every tribe, kindred, nation, tongue, and
people under him. They're black sheep and white
sheep. and a red sheep and a yellow
sheep. There is no nation that has a corner on God Almighty.
He finds them in all nations. But also he finds them in religion
and in the world. He finds them in religion like
Silas Tarsus, he finds them in the world like Mary Magdalene.
And he finds them in the pulpit and in the pew. And he finds
them where they are. That's where the Father finds
his sheep, where they are. Well, brethren, how can a sheep
be recognized? Well, let's see about this, John
10. John chapter 10. This is where I'm coming to for
my message tonight. How can these sheep be recognized?
John 10.26, some fellows came to him in verse 24, John 10.24,
and they said unto him, the Jews gathered round about him and
said to him, How long do you make us to doubt? If you be the
Christ, tell us plainly. Well, Jesus answered them, I
told you, and you believe not. The works that I do in my Father's
name, they bear witness of me. But you believe not, because
you're not my sheep. What is the mark of the sheep?
As I said unto you, my sheep hear my voice. My sheep hear
my voice. They hear my voice. And what's
their response? They follow me. His sheep hear
his voice, they hear his word, they hear his gospel. How can
a sheep be recognized? Look with me at 1 Thessalonians
chapter 1. 1 Thessalonians chapter 1. Paul is writing to the church
at Thessalonica, and he says this in chapter 1 of 1 Thessalonians
verse 4. He says, Knowing brethren beloved,
your election of God, your You're chosen of God, you're given to
his Son. All that my Father giveth me
will come to me. And I know that you, beloved,
are God's elect." Paul, how do you know that they're God's elect?
Verse 5, they hear his voice. For he said in verse 5, Our gospel
came not unto you in word only. Now, these Jews, when they gathered
around Christ, they said, if you be the Christ, tell us plainly. Now, they weren't asking because
they really wanted to know. They weren't asking because they
really had some doubts. They weren't asking that they
might follow him. They were asking that they might
trap him and report him to the Romans as being a traitor and
a challenge to Caesar's crown and have him killed. But our
Lord replied, I told you. I did tell you. You heard. I
told you. If you be the Christ, tell us.
I told you. And this is what Paul is saying
here in 1 Thessalonians. Our gospel came not to you in
word only. You weren't just told by a man. Watch it grow. But also it came
to you in power. It's one thing to hear a man.
It's another thing to hear God speak through a man. It's one
thing to hear a man preach the gospel and declare even truth
as it is in Christ. It's another thing to hear that
gospel preached by that man in the power of the Spirit of God.
The Spirit of God, not only speaking through him, but the Spirit of
God opened your heart, ears, and eyes to receive, and to hear,
and to believe, and to behold the glory of Christ. So he said
in verse 5, Our gospel came to you, but it didn't come anywhere
at all. That's where it came to these Jews. I told you, I
told you, and you didn't believe me. My sheep hear it. There's nobody here has ever
heard the voice of God speak audibly. Nobody has ever heard
God speak. But everybody here who's a sheep
has heard God speak. That's right. Everybody. I've
heard God speak. I've heard God speak. Have you
heard God speak? Everybody who's a sheep. He says,
my sheep, hear my voice. What voice? The voice of Christ
speaking through a man. Exactly. John the Baptist, they
said, who are you? Are you the Christ? Oh no, no,
no. Are you that prophet? Moses spoke
unto him, oh no, I'm not that prophet. That prophet and the
Christ is one and the same. Well, who are you? A voice, a
voice. Whose voice? I'm his voice. You say, is that clear? I'm His
voice. I'm a voice. I'm a voice in the
wilderness crying, prepare ye the way of the Lord. But who's
going to hear the voice? Everybody that's here, that is,
everybody. But who's going to want to hear
it? Not she. You see what I'm saying? My sheep
will hear my voice. Friends, don't lie awake at night
waiting for a voice. If you do hear one, take a sleeping
pill. Or don't eat so many beans before
you go to bed. I'm serious, I'm dead serious.
If you ever hear a voice, God speaks through his word. No man's ever seen God. No man's
ever seen Christ. If you see an image at the foot
of your bed, you've got problems. There may be demons in your room.
I don't want to think about demons. But I know that when you hear
from God, you'll hear through the Word. You'll hear through
the gospel. You'll hear through his preacher.
You won't hear any audible voices. And the preachers that say they're
hearing God speak are hearing another spirit. They're not hearing
God. verse 5 of 1 Thessalonians 1. Our gospel came not to you in
wood, only it came to you in powder, it came to you in the
Holy Ghost, and it came to you in much assurance. much confidence,
confidence in his power, his glory, and his grace. As you
know what manner of men we were among you, and you became, and
the better translation is, you came to be followers of us and
of the Lord. What did he say, my sheep? Hear
my voice, and they what? Follow me. They followed me. They followed me. They hear my
voice. And that's what we're hearing, and we're hearing his
voice. We're hearing his voice as I read this word, as I read
the words, as I speak, as I preach the gospel, we're hearing his
voice. Now, turn to Acts 8, and let me give you an example of
man who heard his voice. Now, we know that I'm trying
to preach a full message, the gospel. And I'm not preaching
salvation as an accident. Salvation, somebody says, don't
you believe everybody's got a chance. Salvation's not by chance, it's
by choice. It's about choice. Don't you believe everybody's
got a choice? Yeah. And they make it too. They make
it according to their nature. They make it according to their
will that's in bondage to sin. Every man will act according
to his nature. As God cannot lie, we can't tell
the truth. As God cannot do evil, we cannot
do good. I will is in bondage. And Christ
said, you will not come to me that you might have life. You
will not. He won't do it. Any man left to himself will
not come to God. He will not. So I'm preaching
that before there was a sheep, there was a shepherd. Before
there was a sinner, there was a Savior. Before there was a
creation, there was a covenant. And there'll be no vacancies
in heaven. There'll be plenty of room, but there'll be no vacancies.
Every place at the table, the marriage supper, the lamb has
a nameplate. And it was put there before the world began. That's
the glorious great shepherd of the sheep. And the good shepherd
came down here and took on himself our nature, took on himself our
flesh and blood, bones, and took on himself our sins and died
and laid down his life for the sheep because he loved them.
Nobody takes it from them. I lay it down. I lay it down. I have the power. I got these
orders from my father. This is a mission on which I
come to redeem my people. And he said, how are you going
to tell my people? They're going to hear my voice, the voice of
my under-shepherd, and I'll speak through him, and they'll follow
me. Now here's an example. Here's a man, this is one of
those other sheep. This Ethiopian eunuch wasn't
a Jew. He wasn't a Jew. He wasn't raised
in a Jewish home. He was an attender to the synagogue.
He wasn't a religious man. He was a pagan. He was an Ethiopian.
He was a black man. He was from Ethiopia. He was
higher up in the Queen's cabinet. He was treasurer of Ethiopia. And he had an interest in God. And so he took a very difficult
journey all the way up to Jerusalem from Ethiopia. And he went up
there to attend the feast. It says here in verse 27, in
the last land, said that he had come to Jerusalem to worship.
He'd gone to Jerusalem to attend the feast. He'd gone to Jerusalem
to hear about the God of Israel. He'd gone to Jerusalem to hear
those men talk about God. He went there to worship God.
And evidently he didn't hear anything. And I tell you this,
you can go to a lot of religious gatherings today and not hear
anything. I know the Jews were up there in Jerusalem, they had
the ordinances, they had the law, they had the ceremonies,
they had the feast days, they had the temple, they had these
things, but they didn't know God. That's why Christ said,
you neither know me nor my Father. And this man went there, they
had the sign out, and they had the building, and they had the
ordinances, and they had all this religious paraphernalia,
but he didn't hear anything about God. And that's what's troubling
me about this day. We have the words, and we have
the temples, and tabernacles, and cathedrals, and churches,
and we have the men of the cloth, the clergy. We have the doctors,
we have the bishops, we have the cardinals, we have the priest,
we have the pope, we have all these religious gatherings and
ordinances, but the people I'm hearing don't know anything about
this God, the living God. And so he went there for the
whole feast, time of the feast, three, four, five days, and now
he was on his way back to Ethiopia, and he still hadn't learned anything,
but I tell you what, He had the Bible open. Now, he didn't have
a Bible like this, and I really don't know what kind of, what
he had, but he was reading, he was reading the book of Isaiah,
I know that. He might have had a scroll. But it says here he
was reading. He was reading the Word of God.
And I'll tell you this, my friend, I'm trying my best to get you
and the people whom I preach to read the Word of God. I know
this, if you are found in the scriptures, you will find him
of whom the scriptures speak. I believe that. If you are diligently
and sincerely, not bringing your traditions to the scripture,
not bringing your preconceived notions to the word of God, and
not bringing your denominationalism and your... In other words, he
sent his voice. Christ said, my sheep, hear my
voice. He sent his voice to this picture, to this eunuch. Sent
his picture to this eunuch. And the Spirit of God said, verse
29, to Philip, go join yourself to this chariot. And Philip ran
thither to him and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah
is Isaiah. That's what he was reading. And
Philip looked up at him and he said, do you understand what
you're reading? And he said, how can I? Except some man should
guide me. If you'll hold that right there
a minute and turn to Ephesians, I want to show you something
here. Now I know that I know that people here of average intelligence and above
average intelligence, you say, what do I need a pastor for?
What do I need a preacher for? I can read God's Word, I can
find these things out for myself. Let's see what the Lord says
about that, Ephesians chapter 4. In verse 10, he that descended
is the same also that ascendeth up far above all heavens, that
he might fill or fulfill all things. And he, this is speaking
of the Lord Jesus now, Ephesians 4 verse 11, and he, he that ascended
back to the Father, he gave some apostles, Peter, James, and John,
and some prophets, and some evangelists, missionaries, traveling preachers,
and some pastors and teachers. Why? Verse 12, for the maturing,
the perfecting of the saints of the sheep, for the work of
the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. Peter,
do you love me? I do. Well, feed my sheep. Feed
my sheep. His sheep are going to be fed,
but I tell you, they're going to be fed through his shepherd.
He gave them. He gave apostles and prophets
and evangelists and pastors and teachers to teach his sheep,
to feed his sheep, to preach the gospel to them, that they
might be mature, that they might be edified. Look at verse 13,
till they all, till they all come in the unity of the faith,
one faith, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, till they all come
to one faith. and of the knowledge of the Son
of God. I'm saying this to you, I won't say that it's absolutely
essential because God will do what he pleases, when he pleases,
with whom he pleases. But I'm saying generally, if
a person hears the gospel, they'll hear it from a preacher. God
sent Paul to Lydia, He sent Ananias to Paul. He sent Peter to Cornelius. He sent Philip to the Eunuch.
And you can go through the Word and find Paul to the Philippian
jailer. And Paul in prison, he sent Onesimus
up there to hear Paul in prison. In other words, if you want to
grab sheep, one of those sheep that belonged to the great shepherd
and the good shepherd, kind shepherd and the chief shepherd. Sometime
your path is going to cross the path of one of his preachers. It'll be an earthen vessel, but
that treasure will be there. And that preacher will preach,
and we'll show you what he'll preach in a minute, and you'll
hear him. And in hearing him, he'll be a voice, but you'll
hear him who speaks from heaven. Because he's not going to shout
to you from Sinai. And he's not going to speak to
you in what they call a still, small voice. It may be a loud
voice like Dr. Faulkner. Which ain't very still and ain't
very small. But you'll hear him. And you
won't just hear that man, you'll hear him who speaks to you. In
fact, you'll look clear past that man. And you're up to him
who's speaking through that man. He'll cross your path. He'll
do it. He'll cross your path. It may be when you're 10, like
my grandchildren, it may be when you're 20. Or 30 or 40. It may
be, Martha Lou, when you're 60, mightn't it? But he'll cross
your path. Aren't you glad he does? Aren't
you glad he didn't leave you alone? Let you go your way? If I go my way, I'll go to hell.
Somebody says, I just want my will. I don't. I want his will. I don't want him to interrupt
me. I want him to arrest me. I want him to stop me. I want
him to confront me with his gospel. And I don't want to hear a man
argue doctrine and debate. I don't want any use for debate.
I want to hear a man preach Christ. And if he preaches Christ, his
sheep will hear him. Now, this fellow was reading
Isaiah 53. You see, it says here, verse
31. Let's go back to verse 31. Philip
said, verse 30, do you understand what you're reading? He said,
I can unless somebody shows me. Somebody has to show me. And
the place where he was reading was Isaiah 53. Now, let's turn
to Isaiah 53. Let's see what this man was reading.
Now, be patient with me, will you? He's reading Isaiah 53. And he was reading, verse 1, Who hath believed thy
report? Not many. To whom is the power,
the arm, the name of the Lord? That's it, Paul, to whom the
name of the Lord is revealed. His power is in his name. Who
is he? He'll grow up as a tender plant,
as an infant child, as a root out of dry ground, out of the
nation of Israel. He has no form of commonness,
he didn't come in the satin robes of of royalty, and when we see
him there's no beauty, there's no halo about his head, he's
like a tabernacle in the wilderness, just a man. He's a man, you're
not fifty years old, they say, there's no beauty we should desire.
He's despised, rejected of men, a man of sorrow, acquainted with
grief. We hear as it were our faces from him. He's despised,
we esteem him not. You know who that is, that's
Christ. And I know who it is, but the eunuch didn't know who
it was. And there was a time I didn't know who it was. And
verse 4 said, He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. We do esteem him strict and smitten
of God. There was a time I didn't understand
what that meant. He's sent of God. The people
who crucified him did what God determined before to be done.
They carried out the great design of God. His death wasn't an accident. It was the purpose of God to
redeem his people. He was wounded for our transgressions. He took our sins in his body
on the train. He was bruised for our iniquities.
Chastisement of our peace was upon him when his stripes were
healed. All we like sheep, lost sheep, wander astray. We've turned
everyone to his own way, our own way, our own will. And the
Lord laid, the Lord made the iniquity of us all to meet on
Christ. That's what he was reading. And
it says, turn back over to Acts 8, and let's see what Philip
did with that. And it says in verse 35, or verse
34, the eunuch was reading that scripture there, reading about
the incarnate Savior, reading about the suffering Savior. Reading
about the substitute Savior, reading about the satisfied Savior,
he'll see the travail of his soul be satisfied. The pleasure
of the Lord will prosper in his hand. And he said in verse 34,
the eunuch said to Philip, I pray thee, of whom is the prophet
speaking this? Who is this? Who is this prophet
over here Moses spoke of? Who is this Passover lamb? Who
is this blood sacrifice Abel is offering? Who is this? Who
is this rock? Who is this brazen serpent? Who is this ark floating on the
flood? Who is this? Who is this great
high priest who goes into the holy of holies before the Shekinah
glory of God and speckles the blood on the mercy seat? Who
is this? This bread, this this candlestick,
this light, this, who is this? Watch it. And Philip opened his
mouth and began at the same scripture and preached unto him, Jesus. Who is the voice? God's name. God's name. It's the voice of
God speaking to that name. And what does that voice declare?
He declares who is Jesus Christ. He declares what Christ did.
He declares why Christ did it, that God may be just and justified. He declares where Christ is now,
seated at the right hand of God. That's what he preaches. And
God's sheep hear that voice. And this fellow here, Philip
Gallop in a chair and sat there, and I'm telling you he went from
Genesis to Malachi, talking about the Lord Jesus, preaching the
Lord Jesus Christ. preaching Christ, the fulfillment
of every type, pattern, picture, sacrifice, the fulfillment of
all things. And then, verse 36, as they went
on their way, they came to a certain water. The eunuch looked out
the window. I don't know how long they'd
ridden along, but I tell you, it was the same day. That man
was saved that day. And Philip didn't have to write
Jerusalem to see if he could take him into the church. They
didn't have a vote. Nobody said, I move we receive
him. Nobody seconded it. Nobody voted. They didn't have
to call the Board of Elders together for him to give his testimony.
Just riding along, he looked out the window and saw a lake.
And he said, here's water. What does hinder me from being
baptized? Sunday night after the service.
And I ask you this, I ask you this. Where is the emotionalism
here now? I don't read where Philip put
any pressure on this man at all. I don't feel where this, where
Philip tried to strike while Aaron was hot. I don't see where
Philip stuck out his hand and said, now you believe, you believe,
you believe this? He just told him who Christ was. The eunuch
said, who is this man? Philip told him who he was. He
preached Christ to him. And the man responded. The man
wasn't caressed. The man wasn't pressured. There
was no emotionalism, there was no fleshly demonstration, there
was just preaching of the gospel, and the man spoke up and said,
hey, I want to be baptized. There was no hand-raising. I want to be baptized. And Sunday
night after the service, I went back there and shaking hands
at the door. Brother Roger Crawford, who's been attending here for
for quite some time now, a year or so, came back and shook hands
with me, and he said his eyes were misty. And he said, I like
that message, something to that effect. I don't remember the
conversation verbatim, but he said, I appreciate the message.
I said, well, Roger, I love that message, and that's the truth
of God's word. And he said, I know it. I know it is. And I said
something about, well, I'm glad you came here, I'm glad God crossed
your path, I'm glad all these years, you know, you've been
other places and other traditions and all, but God brought you
here to hear this gospel of Christ. And he said, I'm glad, I rejoice.
He said, would you baptize me? And you know what I said? I said
just exactly what Philip said to the eunuch. Now what I said was, the eunuch
said, Philip, will you baptize me? And Philip said, if you believe, if you believe, if you believe
with all your heart. You know what he says here? If
you believe with all your heart. You believe what? You believe
this gospel. You believe this Christ. And
I said, Roger, if you believe, I will. He said, I believe. I believe. The eunuch answered
in verse 37 and said, I believe that Jesus the Christ, Jesus
of Nazareth is the Christ. Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah. He is the Scent of God, He is
the Son of God, He is the Essence of God, He is the Manifestation
of God, He is the Revelation of God, I believe that!" Well, I said, when do you want
to be baptized? He said, as soon as possible. Well, I said, that's
Wednesday night. He said, that'll be fine. So
we'll sing a hymn now, and Roger, I'll baptize you. I'll baptize
you. And you know why I'm going to
baptize you? Because you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son
of God. You don't believe in me, you believe in him. You didn't say, well, I'm a Calvinist,
Brother Mayer. No, I believe in the Son of God.
I believe. And people who believe, they
want to confess Christ, don't they? Publicly, only with the
Lord and Savior. So in Mark chapter number you
want to sing. I'll ask you to stand while we
sing No. 117, and we'll prepare for baptism.

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