Rejoice Evermore

evermore. And I'm going to divide
it in three parts. First of all, I'm going to point
out to you where I find this text, where I find it. And secondly, I'm going to point
out some other scriptures that declare the same truth. And then
thirdly, briefly, I'm going to point out for you Peter, the
Apostle Peter's sevenfold rejoicing. He rejoiced over seven things.
Now, first of all, look where it's located. in 1 Thessalonians
5, it's right in the middle of several precepts. Several precepts. Now, if you start with verse
14 of 1 Thessalonians 5, the Apostle Paul gives them some
precepts. He says in 1 Thessalonians 5
verse 14, Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are
unruly. In other words, these are duties
to be carried out. These are duties to be carried
out. And right in the middle of these many duties is this
word, rejoice evermore. Right in the middle of all these
duties. Now watch this. First of all, he says warn the
unruly. In other words, we have a responsibility
and an obligation, an unpleasant duty sometimes, to rebuke and
to warn. It's not a pleasant duty because
sometimes feelings are hurt. and sometimes tempers flare,
and sometimes our message that we feel that God gives us for
another person is not well received. Sometimes it's despised, and
sometimes it's misunderstood, and sometimes feelings are hurt.
But even in the midst of this unpleasant task of warning the
unruly or those out of line, warning them and rebuking, he
says right in the midst of this, rejoice. Rejoice, even when your
task is most unpleasant, when your duties and responsibilities
are unpleasant to perform, even during that time, we're to rejoice. Parents know something about
that. People who are foremen, who work other men, know something
about that. Preachers know something about
that. School teachers know something about that. There's a time for
rebuke. There's a time for scolding. There's a time to warn those
who get out of line. And it's an unpleasant task.
And sometimes we'd rather just let it go. We'd rather just not
deal with it. We'd rather just take the line
of least resistance. But it can't be done. He says,
warn them that I walk out of line, that I disorderly. Warn them. Rebuke them. But while
you're doing it, keep this spirit. Rejoice. And then he goes on,
he says, comfort the feeble-minded, that is, the faint-hearted and
the depressed. You know, I read John Newton
this afternoon. He says sometimes in attempting
to lift people out of the waters of depression, you almost drowned
yourself. Have you ever experienced that? Someone is depressed and faint-hearted
and broken-spirit, and as you try to attempt to comfort and
attempt to lift them, if you're not careful, you'll become depressed
yourself. In other words, he said, you'll
almost drown yourself in the same waters of depression, but
rejoice, because if you lose your comfort, you can't comfort
them. If you lose your joy, you can't
help them. You see what he's saying? If
you lose your joy in Christ, and your confidence in Christ,
and your assurance in Christ, then you can't be of any help
to that man who's faint-hearted and depressed. So as you comfort
the depressed and the faint-hearted, rejoice. Rejoice. Cling to that solid anchor. And
then he says, support the weak. Now here is a place we need to
work a little bit. Be patient. The Amplified Version
says support the weak, be patient, and keep your temper, and keep
your temper. Now we wish that all of God's
people were strong, strong in faith, that none of them would
succumb to the vanities of this world, that they were all strong
in principle and strong in conviction, but they're not. In the family
of God, There are elders and there are young men and there
are babes in Christ, and they're not all strong. They're not all
equally strong. Some of them are very weak. And
you and I are to support them. We are to be patient with them.
We must not follow that tendency to be critical and to lose our
patience. But we must support them. And
at the same time, rejoice evermore. And then he says, pray about
everything. Pray about everything. And you
know something? I really, down here in verse
17, he says, pray, pray without ceasing. I have to confess, I
don't know a great deal about prayer. I came to this point
right here, and it says pray without ceasing, and I really
don't know much about prayer. I don't know the things for which
I should pray. Now, I know I'm to thank God
for things. I know I'm to take everything
to God in prayer. I know I'm to pray about everything.
I know I'm to live in a constant state of prayer. But you know,
to come right down to this thing, we know not the things for which
we should ask except the Holy Spirit should teach us. And I've
had this experience. I feel that my prayers are so
feeble And seems like for every 100 prayers I pray, perhaps one
of them produces some kind of positive result. I'm talking
about positive results. I'm talking about something concrete. I know that God does not have
a clock like we do, and he does not have a calendar like we do,
and God answers in his own good time, and we may pray a prayer
today, and God may deal with it 40 years from now. But I'm
talking about this prayer. I was watching a preacher on
television Sunday night. And he had a crowd of people,
I guess there were five or six thousand there. He had a microphone
holding up to his mouth. He was smiling all the time.
He was happy, like Barnard said, as if he had good sense, you
know. And he's walking around there and he said, now there's
somebody over here in this crowd and he's got kidney stones and
God just told me he's healed. Raise your hand there, brother,
you're healed. And he's sittin' over in this crowd, he's just
smilin', you know, praise the Lord. He said, over here there's
a, somebody got varicose veins, you know, and that's all right
now, raise your hand. You're all right, God bless you,
amen. Isn't Jesus wonderful? And he, I just don't have that
experience. Sometimes I pray for people and
they die. You have that experience? I pray for people to get well
and they don't get well, they get sick. You have that experience? I pray for something to happen
and it don't happen. It just doesn't happen. But yet, I know
God answers prayer. I know the Bible, let God be
true and ever man a liar. But I'm going to keep praying.
I'm going to keep praying. I'm going to try to live in an
attitude of prayer. I'm going to try to pray about everything.
I'm going to say, Lord, help me. Give me grace and thankful
for what you've done. But I'll tell you, right in the
middle of this, he says, rejoice. Now, that's rejoice evermore.
Rejoice evermore. And then down here in verse 5,
he says, In everything give thanks. In everything give thanks. Thank
God for everything. No matter what the circumstances
may be, whether it's pain or pleasure, thank God. No matter
whether it be disappointment or success, thank God. Like one
man said, Job said, the Lord give it, but he also said, the
Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Bless God when he gives and bless God when he takes. Praise God
when he gives and praise God when he removes. In joy or sorrow,
for he says, and this is the reason to give thanks, For this
is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. This particular
thing, at this particular time, at this particular moment, is
the will of God concerning you. So thank God for it. Thank God
for it. And right in the middle of that,
rejoice evermore. And then he says in verse 19,
don't suppress the Holy Spirit. Don't subdue the Holy Spirit.
Don't quench the Holy Spirit. As he tears you apart, And as
He reveals your sin and your sins and the guilt of your righteousness
and brings you low that Christ may be exalted, don't suppress
the Holy Spirit. Don't quench the Holy Spirit.
Don't grieve the Holy Spirit. Stand back and let the Spirit
of God do what He will and reveal what He will and bring us low
that Christ may be exalted. Verse 20, do not spurn the utterances
of God's prophets. Do not despise instructions.
Do not despise warnings. Be teachable. Have a heart that's
open to receive instructions while you rejoice. While you
rejoice. And then he says in verse 21,
Prove all things by the word of God until you can recognize
the good and hold fast to it. Men may slander you and persecute
you and grieve you and despise you for your stand. But stand
there. And while you're standing, Rejoice. Rejoice. And then he says, abstain
from all appearance of evil. Stay away from questionable things.
We know what is outright evil, but he said abstain from appearance
of evil. In other words, the Apostle tells
us, let another's conscience be your guide for fear of giving
needless offense, even at a cost to you personally. Avoid those
things that appear to be evil, and while you're doing that,
rejoice. Turn with me to the book of Psalms, chapter 68. Let
me read you two verses here. Now, beginning right here on
the second point, I want to show you how this is dealt with in
other places in God's Word. Just briefly, I'll run through
this. First of all, in Psalm 68, verse 3 and 4. This rejoicing, Psalm 68, 3 and
4, but let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God.
Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. Sing unto God, sing praises to
his name, extol him that writeth upon the heavens by his name
that is the Lord, and rejoice before him. Now we're not talking
about a religious giddiness. We're not talking about a false
outward happiness. We're talking about a deep, sincere,
heartfelt gratitude and rejoicing and praise and blessing before
God Almighty in your heart, even when tears are streaming down
your cheek. You see the difference? You see what I'm pointing at?
It's not just trying to appear to be happy. Like the psalm goes,
happy all the time, or like the preacher who talks about it being
fun, being saved, you know. But here, what we're talking
about rejoicing in the Lord through the scriptures is an inward,
solemn, sincere gratitude to God and praise unto God and rejoicing
in the presence of the Lord. Rejoicing in the Lord. And you
can rejoice when you're laughing or when you're crying. You can
rejoice in the Lord when you're happy or when you're sad. You
can rejoice in the Lord. You can rejoice in the Lord when
you're empty or when you're full. It's not just an outward show,
it's an inward feeling, experience, heart condition. Now let's look
at several scriptures. Why? All right, Matthew chapter
5, verse 11. Matthew 5, 11. In Matthew 5.11, our Lord is
speaking here, and He says, Blessed are ye when men shall revile
you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you
falsely. For my sake rejoice and be exceedingly
glad, even in that time. For great is your reward in heaven,
for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Now turn
to Luke 10. In Luke chapter 10, Verse 20,
Luke 10, verse 20. In Luke 10, verse 20, our Lord
says, notwithstanding in this rejoice not that the spirits
are subject unto you. That's when the disciples came
back after preaching and they told about the miracles they'd
performed, that even the demon spirits were subject to them.
He said, now don't rejoice in that, but rather rejoice because
your names are written in heaven. In that hour, Jesus rejoiced
in spirit and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent
and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed
good. in thy sight. Rejoice in being
counted worthy to share with the prophets of old in persecution. Rejoice in covenant grace. Rejoice
that your names are written in heaven. And then John 14. Look
at this scripture. John chapter 14, verse 28. Rejoice
that Christ has died and gone to the right hand of the Father
to intercede for you. John 14, 28. Listen to the Master.
He said to the disciples, you have heard how I said unto you,
I go away, and I come again unto you? If you love me, you would
rejoice. Because I said I go unto the
Father, for my Father is greater than I. If you love me, you'd
rejoice. You'd praise God. You'd thank
God. My death, my burial, my resurrection,
my ascension, my intercessory glory, you would rejoice. Now
to turn to Romans 5. These are the things we're talking
about rejoicing in. We're not just talking about
trying to find a positive mental attitude all the time or trying
to find a happy expression all the time. A countenance can be
sad and yet be full of depth and full of thanksgiving. And
a countenance can be most solemn and yet be one of great rejoicing.
This is the foundation of rejoice. Rejoice that you're counted worthy
to suffer for Christ's sake. Rejoice in God's covenant mercies. Rejoice that your name's written
in heaven. Rejoice that Christ died for
you and ascended to the right hand of God where he intercedes.
Now he says rejoice in the hope of God, hope of glory through
God's grace through Christ. In Romans 5, let's look at verse
1 and 2. Therefore being justified by
faith, We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein
we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. We rejoice
in hope of the glory of God. Now, turn to Romans 15. Here's
another one I found that I would have overlooked had I not been
using a concordance Romans 15 verse 10, this is something here
that ought to bring forth cause for rejoicing. In Romans 15 verse
10, listen, and again he saith, Rejoice ye Gentiles with his
people. Rejoice ye Gentiles. God has
grafted you in. You were not a people, but you're
now a people. You were strangers and aliens
from the commonwealth of Israel, but you are now grafted in. Rejoice
that God has not passed you by, you Gentiles, because you are
made one. God has broken down that middle
wall of petition between Jew and Gentile and made them one
in Christ. There was a day when to be a
Gentile was just about as bad a shape as you could be in. But
because of his mercy and grace, we can rejoice with Israel, you
Gentiles. Then turn to 1 Corinthians 12.
1 Corinthians 12, verse 26. And we are to rejoice with one
another over God's blessings. In 1 Corinthians 12, 26. And
whether one member suffer, all members suffer with it. And if
one member be honored, all members rejoice with it. If God's good
to a member of the family of God, the whole family rejoices. Now turn to 2 Corinthians 7.
Very quickly, we'll move along. 2 Corinthians 7, verse 9. We're
to rejoice when men are convicted of sin, when they're brought
to godless sorrow and true repentance. That is cause for rejoicing.
In 2 Corinthians 7, 9. Listen, Paul said, now I rejoice.
I rejoice. Go back to verse 8, he said,
Though I made you sorry with a letter, I did not repent, though
I did repent, for I perceived that the same epistle hath made
you sorry, though it were but for a season. Now rejoice, not
that you were made sorry, I didn't rejoice that I hurt you, wounded
you, but I rejoice that you're sorry to repentance, for you
were made sorry According to God or after a godly manner that
you should receive you might receive damage by us and nothing
for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation Not to be repented
of but the sorrow of the world worketh death. We're to rejoice
When men are brought to see themselves when we are brought to see ourselves
and when others are brought to see themselves as they are rejoice
when the Holy Spirit convicts men of sin and brings them to
godless sorrow and true repentance. Now turn to the book of Philippians
quickly and let me show you several verses here where the word rejoice
is used. Did you know in the book of Philippians
the word rejoice is used ten times and in fact John Gill said
the book of Philippians is a book of rejoicing. In Philippians
1 verse 18 listen to this. What then? Notwithstanding every
way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached, and
I therein do rejoice, yea, and I will rejoice. Me, in a preaching
Christ, even if it's in contention or hoping to add to my bonds
or in love or not in love, I rejoice that Christ is preached. And
then turn to chapter 2, verse 16. Ten times the word rejoice,
holding forth the word of life, that I may rejoice in the day
of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain."
Verse 17, "'Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and
service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.'" Verse
18, "'For the same cause also do you joy and rejoice with me.'"
Verse 28, "'I sent him therefore the more carefully, that when
you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorryful.'"
Chapter 3, verse 1. Finally, my brethren, rejoice
in the Lord. Verse 3. We are the circumcision
which worship God in the Spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus.
Chapter 4, verse 4. Rejoice in the Lord always, and
again I say, rejoice. Now turn to James 1. This is
the last scripture on this second point, but let's look at it.
James 1, verse 9. James 1.9. And here we are to
rejoice that God has raised the humble, that God has brought
down the proud, and that God has made us all brethren in Christ. that there are no high and low
in the family of God, that there are no exalted and humble in
the family of God. He has lifted the humble and
he has brought down the proud, and we are to rejoice in that.
In James 1 verse 9, let the brother of low degree rejoice in that
he is exalted, but the rich, let him rejoice in that he is
made low, because as the flower of the grass, he shall pass away. Now in 1 Peter chapter 1, and
I'm going to ask you to turn over there a minute, and let
me spend just a few moments dealing with Peter's sevenfold psalm
of rejoicing. In 1 Peter 1, verse 6. 1 Peter 1, verse 6 through 8. Now listen. Wherein you greatly
rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness
through the manifold temptations, or many trials, you're in heaviness
through many trials, that the trial of your faith being much
more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried
with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at
the appearing of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love,
in whom though now you see him not yet believing, you rejoice,
you rejoice with joy unspeakable. and full of glory. Peter uses
the word too. Verse 6, you greatly rejoice. Verse 8, you rejoice with joy
unspeakable. Do we? Do we? Can we lay claim
to this? You greatly rejoice. You rejoice
with joy unspeakable. Well, as I read that and tried
to apply it to my own self, I looked back to see what he was rejoicing
about and what he was telling these people that they were rejoicing
about. They were going through heavy
trials. He said many trials, heavy trials for a season, and
God was trying their faith, and yet they were rejoicing. What
were they rejoicing about? All right, briefly, here's his
sevenfold psalm of praise, his sevenfold psalm of rejoicing.
First of all, in verse 3 he says, Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, blessed God, which according to his abundant
mercy, his first rejoicing is in the mercy of God. My friends,
the believer knows nothing about merit, only mercy. No believer claims any merit,
only mercy. Step forth, Paul, the greatest
missionary, the greatest soldier, the greatest preacher, the greatest
writer, the greatest founder of churches, the best to the
third heaven. Step forth, Paul, and give your
testimony. And the reply comes forth, I
obtain mercy. I obtain mercy. That's the believer. He sits by the wayside with Bartimaeus,
crying, Thou son of David, have mercy. He stands in the temple
with head bowed, beating upon his chest with a publican, crying,
Lord, have mercy. He comes to the table for the
crumbs saved for the dogs with a Canaanite woman and says, O
Lord, have mercy. That's what Peter's rejoicing
about, his abundant mercy. All right, look at the next line.
According to his abundant mercy hath begotten us. Peter's rejoicing
in God's mercy that brought to us new life. He's rejoicing in
the new birth. Our first birth gave us the image
of Adam. Our second birth gives us the
image of Christ. Brother, that's cause for rejoicing.
Our first birth gave us an old nature, a despised nature, a
wretched nature. Our new birth gives us a new
nature. Our first birth brought us nothing but death and everything
connected with it. Our second birth brought us life.
To be born once is to curse that day. To be born again is to rejoice
evermore. Evermore. He is abundant mercy. that hath begotten us. You know,
I read the story, or perhaps I heard some preacher give it
from this pulpit, I don't remember, but somewhere I heard the story
of the old lady in Ireland, years and years and years ago, this
is before the Day of Abundance, such as we know today, the Day
of Plenty, but she lived in Ireland and she was very, very, very
poor, never had enough to wear, never had enough to eat. never
had enough furniture in the house, never had enough of anything.
She scrimped and skimped and saved and she just never had
enough of anything. Worked so hard all the time and
one of her boys made good and he came back and got the old
lady and took her on a vacation to the seashore. She'd never
been out of her village. She'd lived in a little old farmhouse
with a thatched roof and Never had anything, never had enough
of anything. And he took her to the seashore.
And she stood there at that, on the seashore, on the beach,
and looked out over that ocean. And there was no end to it. There
was water everywhere. And you know what her comment
was? She looked around at her boy and she said, Son, I'm just
so glad to see something of which there's plenty. Plenty. I'm just so glad to see something
there's plenty of. She's never seen anything in
such abundance. Well, my friend, you've never
seen anything as abundant as God's grace. He's able to save
to the uttermost them that come to God by Him. His love reaches
to the height, to the depth, to the breadth of infinity. There's something, there's plenty.
He rejoices. Let's move on. Notice the next
thing. Rejoice in his abundant mercy in the new birth, and he
hath begotten us unto a living hope. A lively hope is a living
hope. Can a man survive without hope?
You know, Paul said, now listen to this. And you think about,
think about this verse. And what I wish our folks would
do, instead of trying to absorb so much of God's Word, is just
take Like that one verse, rejoice evermore. And live on it a little
while. Find out what it means. But this
verse here, have you ever thought much about, if in this life only
we have hope, we are of all men most miserable. Now you think
the man in prison is miserable? I read a book yesterday, Tortured
for His Faith. I was looking at it last night,
about a man in a communist prison cell, a believer, how he was
tortured. You think he's miserable? You think the man who is on drugs
or dope or drink is miserable? The man in prison who is without
parole is miserable? Paul said, if in this life only
you have hope, you are the most miserable man. We are of all
men the most miserable if this life is all we have. Now you
think about that. But this life's not all the believer
has. He has a living hope. Why is it called a living hope?
Well, because it's in a living Christ. It's a living hope because
he ever lives to make intercession. It's a living hope because it'll
never end. It's a living hope. Quickly,
he said he rejoiced in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
You know, I read a statement a few days ago that said this,
Jacob was not afraid to go to Egypt when he found out Joseph
was there. When he found out Joseph. Jacob
had a fear of Egypt. It was an unknown land. It was
an unknown land, and he had a fear of Egypt. He didn't want to send
Benjamin down there. He didn't want to send the other
boys down there either. And he sure didn't want to go
down there. until he found out, Charlie, that Joseph was there.
Joseph was there, and that made, why he'd sent them all down there.
He took the whole outfit and went down to Egypt, just because
Joseph was there. He knew nothing about it, but
he knew it was all right because Joseph was there. And if you
and I can ever get through our thick skulls, that the grave
is not to be so much dreaded because Christ has been there.
He has put steps, walked in, and here's the wonderful thing,
I see a set of footprints coming out. He lives. They went to the grave there
to visit him, and the angel told them, the angel said, he's not
here! He's not here, he's not a dead Christ! He's not here,
he lives! He lives! We needn't be afraid
of the grave. Our Joseph's already been there,
and he conquered every dark, dismal, depressing fact about
it. And he just, don't be afraid
of it anymore. Don't be afraid of it anymore.
It's rather the resurrection of Christ. And then he says he
has begotten us to an inheritance. And then he tells us about that
inheritance. He says it's, first of all, incorruptible. Everything
I've got here is subject to decay, subject to aging, subject to
perishing. But that inheritance is incorruptible. Secondly, it's undefiled. Everything
I've got here, sins touched it. That's right. There's nothing
on this earth that sin has not contaminated. You just think about it. Nothing.
Sin has contaminated. No matter how strong a love you
have for a person, it's contaminated. No matter how much love you have
for God, it's contaminated. It's imperfect. Your faith is
imperfect, your prayers are imperfect, your preaching, your love, your
giving, your work, yourself. Your heart, your mind, everything's
touched with sin, contaminated. We see through a glass dimly,
we know in part, we prophesy in part, we preach in part, we
believe in part, our assurance is in part, but there's an inheritance
waiting on me. There's a state, there's a condition,
there's an inheritance, there's a dwelling place. Perfect. Perfect love, perfect life, perfect
truth, everything perfect. It's undefiled. It's faded not
away. Now watch this. There's some
things we'd like to hold on to, aren't there? Some of us like
to hold on to our youth. Some of us like to hold on to
our 28-inch waist. I can think of a lot of silly
things we'd like to hold on to. Some of us like to hold on to
our friends. Some of us like to hold on to
mama and daddy. So much like to hold on to husband and wife,
so much like to hold on to our children, we just can't bear
to let them go. But I'm telling you this, get
ready, try as you may, you cannot possess anything on this earth.
You cannot hold to anything on this earth. Eventually, it fadeth
away. That's so. The fashion of this
world fadeth away. That's what scripture says. But
I got one thing that I can hold to, it fadeth not away. That's
this inheritance in Christ. And then last of all, he says
it's reserved in heaven for you. It's reserved. Brother, let me
tell you something. And this is what Peter's rejoicing
in, rejoicing. Wouldn't it be worthwhile to
hold loosely to all these things and to hold tightly to that inheritance
in Christ? Because it is incorruptible,
undefiled, fated not away, and it's reserved. It's reserved
for you. It's reserved. Brother Barnard
used to love to tell that story, Ronnie, about dreaming that he
died and went to heaven. And he said, you know how he
used to like to sing? Oh, how he loved to sing. And
he told me one time, he said, when I get up there, he said,
I'm going to really be able to sing. And he said he dreamed
he died and went to heaven, and he was going through the gates,
and he heard the most beautiful singing like he'd never heard
before. How pretty. Not a blue note,
not a discord. And he said, I kept walking.
Finally, I saw that choir. He said, you've never seen one
like it. And he said the music that was coming from that choir
was unbelievably beautiful, glorifying God. And he said, I thought,
boy, I'd love to sing with that choir. I think I'll just get
up close as I can and listen to them. He said, I kept getting
closer and looked up there on about the 12th row and about
the 100th seat in, and I saw an empty seat. And he said, I
thought, now if I can just get up there and sit in that seat
with them, he said, I'll be eternally happy. And he said, I made my
way up the stairs around, got my way through all the crowd,
and finally I came up on that seat and said, I looked, that
was the name on it. It said, Ralph Barnard Reserve. And he
said, I sat down. And he said, I began to sing.
And he said, I knew all the words by heart because I'd been singing
those words down here on the earth unto him who loved us. and washed us from our sins.
To Him be glory both now and forever. Amen. You got a seat,
if you want a God's own, reserved for you. That's what it says
right here. It's reserved in heaven for you. Got your name
on it. Your name was put there before
the foundation of the world. That's what God said. That's
what He said. It's written in the Lamb's Book
of Life, slain from the foundation of the world. And then notice
this, he says, it's reserved for you, verse 5, and you're
reserved for it. You see that? To an inheritance
incorruptible, undefiled, that fadeth not away, reserved in
heaven for you, who are also kept, or reserved, by the power
of God through faith. That seat's reserved for me,
and I'm reserved for that seat. God'll keep me. God'll keep me. He will not let me go. I'll never
leave you, never forsake you. Nothing can separate us from
the love of Christ. And that inheritance will be
revealed. It's ready to be revealed in
the last time. And Peter says, Rejoice evermore. Evermore. Our Father, we pray
that you would use this message for our glory, for our good. O Lord, anoint these frail hearts
and minds and tongues and give us a word of praise
that comes from a heart filled with praise, that's based and built upon a
foundation worthy of praise, our Lord Jesus Christ. Teach
us, O Lord, and we shall be taught. Hold us, O Lord, and we shall
be held. Minister to us for Thy glory and for our good. Perform
a miracle which man cannot perform. We ask it for Christ's sake.
Amen.

Rejoice Evermore

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