1 00:00:00,350 --> 00:00:02,870 Welcome to From the Pulpit in Classic Sermons. 2 00:00:03,490 --> 00:00:05,130 Each week we bring you a different message 3 00:00:05,130 --> 00:00:07,109 from some of history's greatest speakers in the 4 00:00:07,109 --> 00:00:09,910 Christian faith, and powerful sermons from modern preachers 5 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:10,170 too. 6 00:00:10,830 --> 00:00:12,990 This week we have Corrie Ten Boom with 7 00:00:12,990 --> 00:00:14,550 her message, God's Love. 8 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:20,220 For the first time when I came in 9 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:22,880 America, I had to get used to the 10 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,900 American way of being introduced. 11 00:00:27,740 --> 00:00:31,220 Sometimes I got almost a headache by the 12 00:00:31,220 --> 00:00:33,540 heat of the halo that people make around 13 00:00:33,540 --> 00:00:34,120 my head. 14 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,300 But this time I learned very much from 15 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:40,080 the woodpecker. 16 00:00:41,260 --> 00:00:44,900 You know, the woodpecker, he was picking with 17 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:46,960 his beak against the stem of a tree, 18 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,480 and the very same moment, the lightning struck 19 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:52,040 that tree and destroyed it. 20 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,820 And the woodpecker flew away and he said, 21 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:56,760 My, I didn't know that there was so 22 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,020 much power in my beak. 23 00:01:00,300 --> 00:01:03,819 When there's power this afternoon, it is not 24 00:01:03,819 --> 00:01:05,500 by the power in my beak, but by 25 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:06,280 the Holy Spirit. 26 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:09,760 And I hope you will pray that I 27 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,020 will not stand in the way. 28 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:16,740 For we all need a great blessing, all 29 00:01:16,740 --> 00:01:17,200 of us. 30 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,300 We are standing in the front line of 31 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:20,840 the battle. 32 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:28,480 And I have the assurance that never the 33 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,040 battle has been so severe as in this 34 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:31,380 time. 35 00:01:32,980 --> 00:01:35,380 The powers of darkness and the powers of 36 00:01:35,380 --> 00:01:38,260 light are fighting together, and you and I 37 00:01:38,260 --> 00:01:39,320 stand between them. 38 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,380 And now it is very important that we 39 00:01:43,380 --> 00:01:48,500 realize and that we see the reality. 40 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:55,200 For I believe that not the communists are 41 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:00,840 the greatest danger for this world, but I 42 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:05,560 believe that powerless Christians are the greatest danger 43 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:06,480 for this time. 44 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:09,860 And it is not necessary that you and 45 00:02:09,860 --> 00:02:14,700 I are powerless, because the Lord means business 46 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:17,000 with His promises, and when He has said, 47 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,860 I will give you power after the Holy 48 00:02:19,860 --> 00:02:22,980 Spirit has come upon you, then we know 49 00:02:22,980 --> 00:02:25,100 that we are living in a time that 50 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:28,300 the Holy Spirit is here, and that we 51 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:32,160 have all the power that we need in 52 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:33,340 the Holy Spirit. 53 00:02:33,340 --> 00:02:36,160 And now it is only the question not 54 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,360 to ask more of the Holy Spirit, but 55 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,600 to give more to the Holy Spirit. 56 00:02:41,820 --> 00:02:44,620 The Holy Spirit is here, and He is 57 00:02:44,620 --> 00:02:48,640 willing to fill you and to give you 58 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:54,280 the fruit of the Spirit and the gifts 59 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:55,200 of the Spirit. 60 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,900 And I will speak today about 1 Corinthians 61 00:03:00,900 --> 00:03:05,400 13, and I believe it is good that 62 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,680 I tell you a little bit about what 63 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,160 I have seen the last years, going over 64 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:19,280 the world, speaking in many different congregations, and 65 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,300 I have seen that the Lord is doing 66 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:27,200 a great work, sometimes in congregations where I 67 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,240 had not expected it. 68 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,880 And the Holy Spirit is poured out in 69 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,700 the churches, and miracles are happening so that 70 00:03:38,700 --> 00:03:41,900 I almost believe, or I really believe that 71 00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:44,680 these are the days of what God spoke 72 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,340 through Joel, that He has said, I will 73 00:03:48,340 --> 00:03:51,660 pour out of my Spirit on all. 74 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:56,500 And old people will dream dreams, and young 75 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:57,760 people will see visions. 76 00:03:58,940 --> 00:04:01,220 And now it is a very important thing 77 00:04:01,220 --> 00:04:05,920 that you and I see the reality. 78 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,500 And that is why I will read for 79 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:17,149 you now 1 Corinthians 14, 8-11, I 80 00:04:17,149 --> 00:04:20,149 read it from the translation of Phillips, because 81 00:04:20,149 --> 00:04:22,090 that is in English that even a Dutch 82 00:04:22,090 --> 00:04:22,930 can understand. 83 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,900 One man's gift by the Spirit is to 84 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:30,660 speak with wisdom, and others to speak with 85 00:04:30,660 --> 00:04:31,160 knowledge. 86 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,500 The same Spirit gives to another man faith, 87 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,360 to another the ability to heal, to another 88 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,480 the power to do great deeds. 89 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,100 The same Spirit gives to another man the 90 00:04:44,100 --> 00:04:47,060 gift of preaching the Word of God, to 91 00:04:47,060 --> 00:04:51,240 another the ability to discriminate in spiritual matters, 92 00:04:52,020 --> 00:04:55,140 to another speech in different tongues, and to 93 00:04:55,140 --> 00:04:58,260 yet another the power to interpret the tongues. 94 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,860 Behind all these gifts is the operation of 95 00:05:01,860 --> 00:05:06,380 the same Spirit, who distributes to each individual 96 00:05:06,380 --> 00:05:07,920 man as He will. 97 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:15,500 And then in verse 31, you should set 98 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:19,900 your hearts on the highest spiritual gifts, but 99 00:05:19,900 --> 00:05:21,960 I will show you what is the highest 100 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:23,260 way of all. 101 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:27,680 And then chapter 13, if I speak with 102 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,620 the eloquence of men and of angels, but 103 00:05:30,620 --> 00:05:33,680 have no love, I become no more than 104 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,140 blaring brass or crashing cymbal. 105 00:05:36,140 --> 00:05:39,000 If I have the gift of foretelling the 106 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,840 future and hold in my mind not only 107 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:45,340 all human knowledge, but the very secrets of 108 00:05:45,340 --> 00:05:48,920 God, and if I also have that absolute 109 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,680 faith which can move mountains, but have no 110 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,160 love, I amount to nothing at all. 111 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,480 If I dispose of all that I possess, 112 00:05:59,660 --> 00:06:01,780 yes, even if I give my own body 113 00:06:01,780 --> 00:06:05,000 to be burned, but have no love, I 114 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,920 achieve precisely nothing. 115 00:06:08,420 --> 00:06:10,660 This love of which I speak is slow 116 00:06:10,660 --> 00:06:11,900 to lose patience. 117 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,580 It looks for a way of being constructive. 118 00:06:16,700 --> 00:06:18,020 It is not possessive. 119 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:21,140 It is neither anxious to impress, nor does 120 00:06:21,140 --> 00:06:25,900 it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance. 121 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,720 Love has good manners and does not pursue 122 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,140 selfish advantage. 123 00:06:31,140 --> 00:06:33,000 It is not touchy. 124 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,620 It does not keep account of evil or 125 00:06:35,620 --> 00:06:38,060 gloat over the wickedness of other people. 126 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,180 On the contrary, it is glad with all 127 00:06:41,180 --> 00:06:43,780 good men when truth prevails. 128 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:48,940 Love knows no limit to its endurance, no 129 00:06:48,940 --> 00:06:51,700 end to its stress, no fading of its 130 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:52,160 hope. 131 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,780 It can outlast anything. 132 00:06:54,780 --> 00:06:59,120 It is, in fact, the one thing that 133 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,800 still stands when all else has fallen. 134 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,380 For if there are prophecies, they will be 135 00:07:06,380 --> 00:07:07,840 fulfilled and done with. 136 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,560 If there are tongues, the need for them 137 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:11,400 will disappear. 138 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,600 If there is knowledge, it will be swallowed 139 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:15,580 up in truth. 140 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,220 For our knowledge is always incomplete, and our 141 00:07:19,220 --> 00:07:21,260 prophecy is always incomplete. 142 00:07:21,260 --> 00:07:24,120 And when the complete comes, that is the 143 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:25,460 end of the incomplete. 144 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,420 When I was a little child, I talked 145 00:07:28,420 --> 00:07:30,920 and felt and thought like a little child. 146 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:33,620 Now that I am a man, my childish 147 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:36,720 speech and feeling and thoughts have no further 148 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:38,200 significance for me. 149 00:07:38,980 --> 00:07:42,380 At present, we are men looking at puzzling 150 00:07:42,380 --> 00:07:44,060 reflections in a mirror. 151 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,660 The time will come when we shall see 152 00:07:47,660 --> 00:07:50,560 reality whole and face to face. 153 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,420 At present, all I know is a little 154 00:07:53,420 --> 00:07:56,540 fraction of the truth, but a time will 155 00:07:56,540 --> 00:07:58,720 come when I shall know it as fully 156 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,260 as God now knows me. 157 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,640 In this life, we have three great lasting 158 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,720 qualities, faith, hope, and love. 159 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,560 But the greatest of them is love. 160 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,440 Follow then the way of love while you 161 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,140 set your heart on the gifts of the 162 00:08:18,140 --> 00:08:18,600 Spirit. 163 00:08:21,940 --> 00:08:24,360 During the last world war, I was a 164 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:29,200 prisoner in a concentration camp because my family, 165 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,960 my friends, and I had saved Jewish people 166 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:33,940 in Holland. 167 00:08:36,450 --> 00:08:41,549 My sister Betsy and I were in Ravensbruck. 168 00:08:42,289 --> 00:08:47,350 A concentration camp where 97,000 women were 169 00:08:47,350 --> 00:08:48,590 killed or died. 170 00:08:50,150 --> 00:08:52,910 Also my sister was killed. 171 00:08:53,990 --> 00:08:55,830 We had a little Bible. 172 00:08:56,490 --> 00:08:58,170 It was a miracle that we had it. 173 00:08:59,930 --> 00:09:03,910 And every day, I gave a Bible message 174 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:08,350 to the people who wanted to hear the 175 00:09:08,350 --> 00:09:08,830 message. 176 00:09:10,850 --> 00:09:13,190 The Bible was a forbidden book. 177 00:09:13,770 --> 00:09:15,270 If they had known that I had a 178 00:09:15,270 --> 00:09:20,330 Bible, they should have killed me in a 179 00:09:20,330 --> 00:09:21,050 cruel way. 180 00:09:21,990 --> 00:09:26,870 But there was a great inconvenience in the 181 00:09:26,870 --> 00:09:31,950 room where we were together with 700 prisoners 182 00:09:31,950 --> 00:09:34,690 pushed together in a small room. 183 00:09:35,570 --> 00:09:42,790 Three small bunks and all the bunks together. 184 00:09:44,070 --> 00:09:45,970 And the terrible thing was that it was 185 00:09:45,970 --> 00:09:49,590 so dirty that very soon our clothing was 186 00:09:49,590 --> 00:09:50,930 full of lice. 187 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:55,040 And that was terrible and it caused many 188 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,620 sicknesses, but it was also a help for 189 00:09:57,620 --> 00:09:59,820 the guards and the officers who would never 190 00:09:59,820 --> 00:10:01,260 come into our room. 191 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,000 They were afraid to get lice from us. 192 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,400 That was good. 193 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,200 The Bible was a forbidden book, but in 194 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,700 barrack 28 we had twice a day a 195 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:12,480 Bible message. 196 00:10:12,820 --> 00:10:14,880 And God used for that lice. 197 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:16,980 God can use everything. 198 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,760 And what a joy to bring that message 199 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:28,600 of salvation, of a joy unspeakable and full 200 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,540 of glory to these people. 201 00:10:31,540 --> 00:10:34,680 I have never spoken so often about heaven. 202 00:10:35,980 --> 00:10:38,780 And oh, what a joy that there is 203 00:10:38,780 --> 00:10:42,580 a peace that passes all understanding, a happiness 204 00:10:42,580 --> 00:10:44,940 that is not dependent on happening. 205 00:10:47,470 --> 00:10:53,090 Now, these people who came every day, I 206 00:10:53,090 --> 00:10:56,170 had often talked with them. 207 00:10:57,510 --> 00:11:00,390 And I never asked them, when I so 208 00:11:00,390 --> 00:11:04,250 was talking with them, I never asked, say, 209 00:11:04,430 --> 00:11:06,850 what do you think about predestination? 210 00:11:07,350 --> 00:11:11,110 We were Dutch prisoners, and Dutch people always 211 00:11:11,110 --> 00:11:13,970 speak about predestination, but I didn't do that 212 00:11:13,970 --> 00:11:14,970 in that time. 213 00:11:16,250 --> 00:11:18,710 I didn't ask the people, say, what do 214 00:11:18,710 --> 00:11:20,770 you think is the most biblical way of 215 00:11:20,770 --> 00:11:21,190 baptism? 216 00:11:23,510 --> 00:11:25,810 I didn't ask them, say, what is now 217 00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:28,450 your idea about the millennium? 218 00:11:29,450 --> 00:11:32,530 A, pre-, post-millennium? 219 00:11:33,890 --> 00:11:35,230 I learned from Edwin R. 220 00:11:35,230 --> 00:11:39,530 that that is a preposterous question. 221 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:49,550 You know, in these moments that 600 people 222 00:11:49,550 --> 00:11:52,970 every day were killed, and that we saw 223 00:11:52,970 --> 00:11:57,390 the smoke go up from the crematorium, in 224 00:11:57,390 --> 00:12:00,170 these moments we did not speak about such 225 00:12:00,170 --> 00:12:00,710 things. 226 00:12:02,290 --> 00:12:04,290 Do you know what I asked these people? 227 00:12:05,150 --> 00:12:07,170 I asked them, say, do you know that 228 00:12:07,170 --> 00:12:09,770 Jesus died at the cross for the sins 229 00:12:09,770 --> 00:12:11,030 of the whole world? 230 00:12:11,770 --> 00:12:13,550 And she said, yes, I know it. 231 00:12:14,830 --> 00:12:17,710 Then I asked, do you understand that Jesus 232 00:12:17,710 --> 00:12:18,790 died for you? 233 00:12:18,970 --> 00:12:20,850 And she said, yes, I do. 234 00:12:21,110 --> 00:12:23,630 Then I asked her, did you make clean 235 00:12:23,630 --> 00:12:25,050 debt with your sins? 236 00:12:25,050 --> 00:12:27,210 Did you bring all your sins to Jesus? 237 00:12:27,970 --> 00:12:29,490 And then she said, yes. 238 00:12:30,990 --> 00:12:34,370 Then I was so happy that I knew 239 00:12:34,370 --> 00:12:34,770 that. 240 00:12:35,770 --> 00:12:39,810 And when I saw that she disappeared that 241 00:12:39,810 --> 00:12:45,010 day into the gas chamber, I was so 242 00:12:45,010 --> 00:12:47,310 happy that I knew that she was saved. 243 00:12:48,620 --> 00:12:51,540 You know, there are moments that you do 244 00:12:51,540 --> 00:12:58,780 not speak about the second best, only about 245 00:12:58,780 --> 00:12:59,300 the best. 246 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,000 Now, I know it. 247 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,060 We are not standing at this moment in 248 00:13:05,060 --> 00:13:07,700 front of a gas chamber and a crematorium, 249 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:10,820 but everyone who has brains knows that we 250 00:13:10,820 --> 00:13:14,140 are living in a very dangerous world. 251 00:13:14,140 --> 00:13:17,500 And tonight I hope to speak about the 252 00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:22,700 securities in the midst of the insecurities, for 253 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:26,300 that is the message that America needs, and 254 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:28,600 the message that the whole world needs. 255 00:13:31,230 --> 00:13:37,770 Now, I have traveled now over 41, or 256 00:13:37,770 --> 00:13:41,950 I have worked in 41 countries, and these 257 00:13:41,950 --> 00:13:45,610 last years I saw what the Holy Spirit 258 00:13:45,610 --> 00:13:48,530 is doing and giving to people who are 259 00:13:48,530 --> 00:13:51,770 open for the Lord Jesus and all what 260 00:13:51,770 --> 00:13:54,990 He is willing to give us, and closed 261 00:13:54,990 --> 00:13:57,870 for the world and what the world is 262 00:13:57,870 --> 00:13:58,870 willing to give. 263 00:13:59,510 --> 00:14:02,270 And then I see that people get a 264 00:14:02,270 --> 00:14:04,990 fullness of the Holy Spirit, some call it 265 00:14:04,990 --> 00:14:07,890 a baptism of the Holy Spirit, some call 266 00:14:07,890 --> 00:14:10,450 it a second blessing, some call it a 267 00:14:10,450 --> 00:14:11,210 third blessing. 268 00:14:11,710 --> 00:14:14,830 I don't know what people call it, but 269 00:14:14,830 --> 00:14:16,990 I am so happy that I see what 270 00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:19,270 the Holy Spirit is doing. 271 00:14:21,350 --> 00:14:24,550 But I also find churches where there is 272 00:14:24,550 --> 00:14:29,410 a great confusion, just because the Holy Spirit 273 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:32,150 is giving gifts. 274 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:40,280 And I think that the reason is because 275 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:47,000 when God is giving a blessing, then the 276 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,420 devil is scared to death. 277 00:14:50,380 --> 00:14:53,460 The devil doesn't like Spirit-filled Christians and 278 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:54,580 Spirit-filled churches. 279 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,740 And he will do his utmost to bring 280 00:14:58,740 --> 00:15:01,200 separation between these people. 281 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,140 And perhaps I have not to tell you, 282 00:15:05,220 --> 00:15:07,440 but I think all of us know that 283 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,300 some people say you cannot have the fullness 284 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:13,540 of the Holy Spirit without the gifts of 285 00:15:13,540 --> 00:15:17,100 tongues, and others say you can have the 286 00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:21,940 baptism of the Holy Spirit without tongues. 287 00:15:24,350 --> 00:15:27,450 And I believe it is not good to 288 00:15:27,450 --> 00:15:28,790 quarrel about it. 289 00:15:30,130 --> 00:15:32,110 Just enjoy it. 290 00:15:32,770 --> 00:15:36,370 And what the other people are concerned, just 291 00:15:36,370 --> 00:15:37,270 love them. 292 00:15:38,010 --> 00:15:40,290 And we have heard when you have the 293 00:15:40,290 --> 00:15:43,110 gifts without love, then you have nothing at 294 00:15:43,110 --> 00:15:43,410 all. 295 00:15:44,950 --> 00:15:47,730 And don't criticize and don't quarrel about it. 296 00:15:47,830 --> 00:15:51,210 Don't use the time for quarreling about the 297 00:15:51,210 --> 00:15:53,650 gifts when the world and the church and 298 00:15:53,650 --> 00:15:57,530 everyone is hungry for the fruit of the 299 00:15:57,530 --> 00:15:58,430 Spirit, love. 300 00:16:03,750 --> 00:16:05,850 Sometimes I use this illustration. 301 00:16:06,130 --> 00:16:10,890 Just imagine that your house is on fire, 302 00:16:13,610 --> 00:16:17,230 and that the firemen come. 303 00:16:19,210 --> 00:16:21,730 And then there is a very clever fireman 304 00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:25,910 who gathers all the other men around him 305 00:16:25,910 --> 00:16:28,130 and stands in the corner of your room 306 00:16:28,130 --> 00:16:31,350 and gives a very good lecture about the 307 00:16:31,350 --> 00:16:34,690 best methods of extinguishing flames. 308 00:16:36,350 --> 00:16:37,070 What is that? 309 00:16:38,170 --> 00:16:38,990 That's a crime. 310 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,960 Just imagine that one such day, listen, I 311 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:49,260 think my uniform is far more practical than 312 00:16:49,260 --> 00:16:50,100 your uniform. 313 00:16:50,380 --> 00:16:50,860 What is that? 314 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,740 At that moment it is a crime. 315 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:58,240 My friends, the world is on fire, on 316 00:16:58,240 --> 00:16:58,780 flames. 317 00:16:58,780 --> 00:17:00,460 The world is dying. 318 00:17:02,650 --> 00:17:06,650 There is a terrific fight, and you are 319 00:17:06,650 --> 00:17:08,970 standing in the midst of that fire. 320 00:17:10,490 --> 00:17:13,490 And now to quarrel about the gifts of 321 00:17:13,490 --> 00:17:15,190 the Spirit can be a crime. 322 00:17:17,579 --> 00:17:21,740 But listen, isn't it important, the best method 323 00:17:21,740 --> 00:17:24,099 of extinguishing the flames? 324 00:17:25,619 --> 00:17:27,620 Isn't it important that you have a good 325 00:17:27,620 --> 00:17:28,020 uniform? 326 00:17:28,020 --> 00:17:31,120 Yes, but there are times that you don't 327 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:33,620 quarrel about, but you do nothing but put 328 00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:34,420 out the flames. 329 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:38,780 And this moment we have now in our 330 00:17:38,780 --> 00:17:40,360 churches and in our world. 331 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:42,760 And I hope that we will get a 332 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,620 new vision on what it means that you 333 00:17:45,620 --> 00:17:47,720 and I are called to be the light 334 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,420 of the world in perhaps the most dangerous 335 00:17:50,420 --> 00:17:52,320 moment of the whole world's history. 336 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,520 That is, do nothing else but winning souls 337 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:02,140 and bringing the Christians to a realization that 338 00:18:02,140 --> 00:18:05,340 the Holy Spirit fullness is for everyone. 339 00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:08,720 And that is not quarrel about it, but 340 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:09,640 just love. 341 00:18:10,460 --> 00:18:12,400 Now I will tell you something of what 342 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:16,200 I have learned about that love of God. 343 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,960 I didn't know that there were in the 344 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:24,040 original language two words for love, philia and 345 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:25,000 agathe. 346 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,200 And in that time that I didn't know 347 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,240 that, I did not like to read 1 348 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:34,000 Corinthians 13, because I compared my love with 349 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,140 this beautiful love, and my love was so 350 00:18:37,140 --> 00:18:41,120 inadequate and so small and so powerless, and 351 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:44,240 I compared it with this beautiful love, and 352 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,820 then I read, I heard it about that 353 00:18:46,820 --> 00:18:49,760 there are two kinds of love, the human 354 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,820 love and God's love. 355 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,520 And I read in Romans 5, that the 356 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,080 love of God is shed abroad into our 357 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,080 hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given 358 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:00,660 to us. 359 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,980 And there I understood this love is not 360 00:19:04,980 --> 00:19:07,940 a human love that we must produce. 361 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,460 It is just the love of God, the 362 00:19:10,460 --> 00:19:12,520 fruit of the Holy Spirit, and that's for 363 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,060 you and me, because of Romans 5. 364 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,640 And I learned to thank God for Romans 365 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:19,060 5. 366 00:19:22,730 --> 00:19:26,570 And it was really in that surrounding of 367 00:19:26,570 --> 00:19:30,850 hatred, when I was surrounded by people who 368 00:19:30,850 --> 00:19:34,670 had had a training in cruelties, when I 369 00:19:34,670 --> 00:19:37,750 was in that terrible concentration camp, that I 370 00:19:37,750 --> 00:19:42,230 learned that God's love is in fact the 371 00:19:42,230 --> 00:19:44,830 one thing that still stands when all else 372 00:19:44,830 --> 00:19:45,350 has fallen. 373 00:19:46,090 --> 00:19:47,130 I didn't know that. 374 00:19:47,950 --> 00:19:48,930 I had to learn it. 375 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,880 I remember that in the time that we 376 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:59,340 were in the underground work, and so many 377 00:19:59,340 --> 00:20:02,060 people had to hide themselves from the enemy, 378 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,700 there came a boy home, he was a 379 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:08,320 teenager, and he was in danger because the 380 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,080 teenagers and the men were just taken from 381 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,500 the street and sent to Germany to be 382 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:17,320 slave laborers and make the guns and the 383 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:18,640 bombs to kill the allies. 384 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:22,280 So we did not only hide Jewish people, 385 00:20:22,420 --> 00:20:25,280 but we hid also the young men. 386 00:20:26,140 --> 00:20:29,980 And Tick, the son of my friend, came 387 00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:32,080 home and he said, Daddy, I cannot stand 388 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:33,720 this life anymore. 389 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:36,440 I feel myself a chaste animal. 390 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,240 Always when I am happy in the house, 391 00:20:38,380 --> 00:20:40,920 then I hear that the Gestapo is behind 392 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:41,380 me. 393 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:44,360 Then his father said a strange thing. 394 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,280 He said, Tick, there is an ocean of 395 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:49,720 God's love. 396 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:53,240 I couldn't understand that. 397 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,440 I thought he was very impractical. 398 00:20:56,060 --> 00:20:59,440 I had not yet learned that God's love 399 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,280 still stands also when all else has fallen. 400 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,620 A year later I understood it better when 401 00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:08,220 Nolly, my younger sister, the mother of six 402 00:21:08,220 --> 00:21:12,040 children, was arrested because they found two Jews 403 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:12,940 in her house. 404 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,880 And I ran to the police station and 405 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,200 I saw her coming from the door going 406 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,580 to the prison van that should bring her 407 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:24,200 to a terrible prison where many people were 408 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:24,680 killed. 409 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,380 And I put my arms around her and 410 00:21:28,380 --> 00:21:30,340 I can confess you I cried. 411 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:33,680 But Nolly said with a smile, God is 412 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:34,220 love. 413 00:21:35,340 --> 00:21:37,960 Had she said, can you believe that God 414 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:38,660 is love? 415 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,320 That he allows the enemy to bring me 416 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:43,600 to a prison? 417 00:21:43,780 --> 00:21:45,600 I could have understood, but no. 418 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,080 She said, God is love. 419 00:21:49,180 --> 00:21:52,000 And in the prison van she wrote on 420 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,520 the wall, Jesus is victor. 421 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,040 And coming into the prison there were five 422 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,680 women and they said, don't you cry? 423 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,540 We all cry when we come for the 424 00:22:01,540 --> 00:22:03,520 first time into a prison. 425 00:22:03,740 --> 00:22:06,440 But Nolly said, no, I don't cry. 426 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,940 God does not make mistakes. 427 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,980 That he allowed the enemy to bring me 428 00:22:10,980 --> 00:22:11,260 here. 429 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,600 You see, she saw the things as it 430 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,520 were from God's point of view. 431 00:22:15,660 --> 00:22:18,920 And she knew that God's love still stands 432 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,880 also when all else has fallen. 433 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,160 And a year later she was set free 434 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,320 very soon after six weeks already. 435 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,420 But a year later she was again arrested. 436 00:22:29,860 --> 00:22:32,560 When my old father with all his children 437 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,180 and a grandson and 50 friends were arrested. 438 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,760 And when Betsy, my older sister and I 439 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:44,080 came in that terrible destruction camp Ravensbruck. 440 00:22:45,180 --> 00:22:47,660 And there we stood on roll call every 441 00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:48,280 morning. 442 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,880 Often three hours from 3.30 till 6 443 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,040 .30 in the icy cold mornings. 444 00:22:58,020 --> 00:23:00,380 Some of the guards who were on duty 445 00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:02,400 had to stand there with us. 446 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,860 And some used that time to demonstrate their 447 00:23:05,860 --> 00:23:06,210 cruelties. 448 00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:09,660 And one morning I could hardly bear to 449 00:23:09,660 --> 00:23:12,980 see and to hear what had happened in 450 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:13,940 front of me. 451 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:18,380 And suddenly a skylark came and started to 452 00:23:18,380 --> 00:23:19,360 sing in the sky. 453 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,120 And all the prisoners looked up and listened 454 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:24,170 to the birdsong. 455 00:23:24,170 --> 00:23:30,270 And when I looked at the bird, I 456 00:23:30,270 --> 00:23:32,830 looked at the sky and I thought that 457 00:23:32,830 --> 00:23:34,030 Psalm 103. 458 00:23:35,990 --> 00:23:39,390 As high as heaven over the earth, so 459 00:23:39,390 --> 00:23:43,910 high is God's mercy and love over all 460 00:23:43,910 --> 00:23:44,970 that fear Him. 461 00:23:45,770 --> 00:23:47,390 And suddenly I saw it. 462 00:23:47,390 --> 00:23:51,610 Oh love of God, how deep and great. 463 00:23:52,630 --> 00:23:56,530 Far deeper than man's deepest hate. 464 00:23:57,810 --> 00:24:01,670 And God sent that skylark daily during three 465 00:24:01,670 --> 00:24:03,970 weeks exactly during roll call time. 466 00:24:04,370 --> 00:24:07,550 To turn away our eyes from the cruelty 467 00:24:07,550 --> 00:24:11,050 of man and to the ocean of God's 468 00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:11,510 love. 469 00:24:12,590 --> 00:24:15,550 Where did I get that expression? 470 00:24:16,550 --> 00:24:18,630 The ocean of God's love? 471 00:24:18,730 --> 00:24:20,230 It was from Judge Fox. 472 00:24:21,490 --> 00:24:23,930 He once had a vision. 473 00:24:25,410 --> 00:24:28,250 And he wrote, I saw an ocean of 474 00:24:28,250 --> 00:24:31,090 darkness and death. 475 00:24:32,610 --> 00:24:38,330 But an infinite ocean of light and love 476 00:24:38,330 --> 00:24:42,130 which flowed over the ocean of darkness. 477 00:24:42,130 --> 00:24:46,370 In that I saw the infinite love of 478 00:24:46,370 --> 00:24:46,850 God. 479 00:24:49,110 --> 00:24:51,470 And it is at the cross, at the 480 00:24:51,470 --> 00:24:54,290 cross, where I first saw the light and 481 00:24:54,290 --> 00:24:56,870 the burden of my sins rolled away. 482 00:24:57,290 --> 00:25:00,310 It was there by faith I received my 483 00:25:00,310 --> 00:25:00,890 sight. 484 00:25:01,690 --> 00:25:03,830 And in 1 John 4, 9 we read 485 00:25:03,830 --> 00:25:07,710 to us the greatest demonstration of God's love 486 00:25:07,710 --> 00:25:08,390 for us. 487 00:25:08,390 --> 00:25:12,110 God has been sending His only Son unto 488 00:25:12,110 --> 00:25:15,430 the world to give us life through Him. 489 00:25:16,030 --> 00:25:19,250 And 1 John 3, 16 we know and 490 00:25:19,250 --> 00:25:23,650 to some extent realize the love of God 491 00:25:23,650 --> 00:25:24,290 for us. 492 00:25:24,490 --> 00:25:29,550 Because Christ expressed it in laying down His 493 00:25:29,550 --> 00:25:31,530 life for us. 494 00:25:34,390 --> 00:25:37,630 And that love of God is the greatest 495 00:25:37,630 --> 00:25:38,550 reality. 496 00:25:41,390 --> 00:25:46,810 Some time ago I was just making clean 497 00:25:46,810 --> 00:25:48,430 deck with my sins. 498 00:25:48,690 --> 00:25:49,730 I needed it. 499 00:25:51,110 --> 00:25:53,590 I knew there was something in me that 500 00:25:53,590 --> 00:25:54,610 was not good. 501 00:25:55,110 --> 00:25:57,010 And also a little bit dark. 502 00:25:58,650 --> 00:26:00,950 And that's not, that is not a standing 503 00:26:00,950 --> 00:26:02,190 of a child of God. 504 00:26:02,290 --> 00:26:03,590 We are children of light. 505 00:26:03,710 --> 00:26:05,730 And I said, Lord, show me if there 506 00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:08,330 is perhaps a hidden sin. 507 00:26:08,970 --> 00:26:11,510 And the Lord showed me some sins. 508 00:26:12,350 --> 00:26:15,190 And I just claimed the promise of 1 509 00:26:15,190 --> 00:26:16,790 John 1, 7 and 9. 510 00:26:16,990 --> 00:26:19,610 And I confessed them and He forgave and 511 00:26:19,610 --> 00:26:21,750 the blood of Jesus cleansed me. 512 00:26:22,630 --> 00:26:23,370 What a joy! 513 00:26:24,810 --> 00:26:29,170 And I said, Lord, is there still anything 514 00:26:29,170 --> 00:26:30,410 between you and me? 515 00:26:30,870 --> 00:26:32,290 And God said, yes. 516 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,080 And I waited and listened. 517 00:26:38,740 --> 00:26:42,020 And I thought, now I will hear some 518 00:26:42,020 --> 00:26:44,240 sin that I have forgotten. 519 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,260 Do you know what God said? 520 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:49,600 My love. 521 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,160 And suddenly I saw it. 522 00:26:52,260 --> 00:26:54,460 I was still thinking a sin that was 523 00:26:54,460 --> 00:26:55,480 between God and me. 524 00:26:55,740 --> 00:26:57,900 But God said, my love is between you 525 00:26:57,900 --> 00:26:58,280 and me. 526 00:26:58,500 --> 00:26:59,320 Wasn't that a joy? 527 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:03,800 My friends, God's love is the greatest reality 528 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:05,680 for a child of God. 529 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,160 And God's love still stands also when all 530 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:11,320 else has fallen. 531 00:27:12,140 --> 00:27:14,740 And here in America things can fall. 532 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,620 And that's why we must realize it. 533 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:21,480 And we must see the reality. 534 00:27:23,810 --> 00:27:26,550 And I like to pray with an open 535 00:27:26,550 --> 00:27:28,810 Bible and say, Father, you have said it, 536 00:27:28,850 --> 00:27:29,650 now you must do it. 537 00:27:29,730 --> 00:27:30,950 And God likes it. 538 00:27:31,530 --> 00:27:33,910 For He has meant business with the 17 539 00:27:33,910 --> 00:27:35,570 ,000 promises in the Bible. 540 00:27:35,570 --> 00:27:39,130 And He likes it when we mean business 541 00:27:39,130 --> 00:27:40,110 with His promises. 542 00:27:41,690 --> 00:27:45,050 And in that terrible camp full of hatred 543 00:27:45,050 --> 00:27:47,970 and cruelty, the Holy Spirit taught me a 544 00:27:47,970 --> 00:27:50,610 prayer, a thank you for Romans 5i. 545 00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:58,250 And when the cruelty around me brought hatred 546 00:27:58,250 --> 00:28:03,670 in my heart and bitterness, He taught me 547 00:28:03,670 --> 00:28:07,190 this prayer, thank you, Lord Jesus, that you 548 00:28:07,190 --> 00:28:11,070 have brought into my heart God's love through 549 00:28:11,070 --> 00:28:13,870 the Holy Spirit who is given to me. 550 00:28:14,450 --> 00:28:16,810 And thank you, Father, that your love in 551 00:28:16,810 --> 00:28:20,190 me is victorious over the bitterness in my 552 00:28:20,190 --> 00:28:23,370 heart and the cruelty around me. 553 00:28:23,630 --> 00:28:25,790 And there was no room for bitterness. 554 00:28:29,580 --> 00:28:34,060 But it is perhaps what Paul should call 555 00:28:34,060 --> 00:28:37,500 in 1 Corinthians 1 and 2 the foolishness 556 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:38,600 of God. 557 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,940 But it is so that the highest potency 558 00:28:41,940 --> 00:28:47,520 of God's love is available in everyday life. 559 00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:51,420 Life has perhaps 30 big crises, but 30 560 00:28:51,420 --> 00:28:52,720 ,000 small crises. 561 00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:56,780 And the great joy is that the Bible 562 00:28:56,780 --> 00:29:00,960 says, whatever happens, make sure that your everyday 563 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:05,400 life is worthy the gospel of Jesus Christ. 564 00:29:07,220 --> 00:29:10,740 Philippians 1.27 and Ephesians 5.2, live 565 00:29:10,740 --> 00:29:12,420 your lives in love. 566 00:29:13,220 --> 00:29:16,300 The same sort of love which Christ gives 567 00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:20,080 us and which He perfectly expressed when He 568 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,900 gave Himself in sacrifice to God. 569 00:29:26,940 --> 00:29:28,660 A lady came to me and told that 570 00:29:28,660 --> 00:29:30,260 she had such a difficult life. 571 00:29:30,260 --> 00:29:32,920 Her husband was so dark, and she said, 572 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,400 when I am in the same room with 573 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:35,720 him, it is as if there comes a 574 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,540 cloud of darkness over and into me. 575 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:40,020 That is suffering. 576 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,080 And I taught her the prayer that the 577 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,300 Holy Spirit had taught me in the concentration 578 00:29:46,300 --> 00:29:46,720 camp. 579 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,620 And I said, when you are together with 580 00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:52,040 your husband and you feel that darkness, thank 581 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:56,180 God for Romans 5 and say, thank you, 582 00:29:57,020 --> 00:29:59,480 Lord Jesus, that you have brought into my 583 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:03,800 heart God's love through the Holy Spirit who 584 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,000 is given to me. 585 00:30:05,260 --> 00:30:07,440 And thank you, Father, that your love in 586 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,020 me is victorious over the darkness in my 587 00:30:11,020 --> 00:30:11,360 husband. 588 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,100 Later I met her and she said, my 589 00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:14,580 husband is quite changed. 590 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:16,820 Of course her husband was changed. 591 00:30:17,620 --> 00:30:21,440 She had acted God's victorious love. 592 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,580 And a bird cannot know that it can 593 00:30:24,580 --> 00:30:26,840 fly before it uses its wings. 594 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,200 And we cannot experience God's love in our 595 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,340 hearts before we act it. 596 00:30:34,660 --> 00:30:38,160 A teacher could not manage his class and 597 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,300 I taught him the same prayer. 598 00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:41,620 Thank you, Lord. 599 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,200 Not, oh Lord, bring into my heart your 600 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:44,420 love. 601 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:46,520 No, thank you, Lord, for Romans 5. 602 00:30:46,580 --> 00:30:49,320 You have brought into my heart God's love 603 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,200 through the Holy Spirit who is given to 604 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:51,380 me. 605 00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:53,780 And thank you, Father, that your love in 606 00:30:53,780 --> 00:30:55,840 me is victorious over this difficult class. 607 00:30:56,260 --> 00:30:58,800 And that man later, I met him and 608 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,060 he said, my class is absolutely changed. 609 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,400 Of course his class was changed. 610 00:31:03,860 --> 00:31:06,640 He had acted God's victorious love. 611 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,960 And now think of the problem that you 612 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:13,460 have to face when you come back, perhaps 613 00:31:13,460 --> 00:31:15,680 in your home, perhaps in your church, your 614 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:16,140 office. 615 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:21,380 Human love fails, or will fail on the 616 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:24,640 long run, but now act God's love. 617 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,400 And I can tell you that miracles will 618 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:29,700 happen in your life. 619 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,260 I once met a parachutist. 620 00:31:34,540 --> 00:31:36,600 And I said, say, what did you think 621 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,300 when you jumped for the first time from 622 00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:41,420 an airplane with a parachute on your back? 623 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,340 He said, I had no time to think 624 00:31:43,340 --> 00:31:43,840 much. 625 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,180 But there were two words in my heart. 626 00:31:48,580 --> 00:31:49,360 It works. 627 00:31:49,860 --> 00:31:50,620 It works. 628 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,220 And I can tell you, friend, if you, 629 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:57,040 when you act God's... 630 00:32:04,690 --> 00:32:06,650 You know, some time ago I was in 631 00:32:06,650 --> 00:32:07,190 Manila. 632 00:32:08,190 --> 00:32:11,470 I could speak for an ICL group, you 633 00:32:11,470 --> 00:32:17,210 know, these blessed breakfast groups who reach the 634 00:32:17,210 --> 00:32:18,070 up and altars. 635 00:32:19,350 --> 00:32:21,230 And so it happened that I could speak 636 00:32:21,230 --> 00:32:23,230 for the big shots of Manila. 637 00:32:24,230 --> 00:32:31,900 And I gave them a message about forgiveness 638 00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:35,960 and love for our enemies. 639 00:32:37,580 --> 00:32:41,640 I told them that there had been in 640 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:46,760 my heart a battle, a battle against hatred. 641 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,680 I told them that when I was in 642 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,100 the underground works, a man came to me 643 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:54,360 and said, my wife is in great danger. 644 00:32:55,380 --> 00:32:57,780 She is arrested by the Gestapo and they 645 00:32:57,780 --> 00:32:59,220 have brought her in a prison. 646 00:32:59,740 --> 00:33:01,320 No, in a police station. 647 00:33:02,420 --> 00:33:04,740 But they will bring her next week to 648 00:33:04,740 --> 00:33:07,220 a prison and I'm sure they will kill 649 00:33:07,220 --> 00:33:09,100 her for she had saved Jewish people. 650 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:10,960 Please help us. 651 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,200 I said, how can I help her? 652 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:15,060 And she is already in the hands of 653 00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:15,560 the police. 654 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,160 He said, I have found out that a 655 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,400 policeman is willing to run the risk to 656 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,920 set her free if we pay him about 657 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:28,300 600 guilders, about 200 dollars. 658 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:29,780 He said, but I have no money. 659 00:33:29,980 --> 00:33:32,300 I said, but listen, that may not hinder. 660 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,960 Let's see, I have 200 guilders. 661 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,640 I will give you, but come back after 662 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:38,100 an hour. 663 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:40,920 And in that hour I said to the 664 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,920 teenagers who worked with me in the underground 665 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:47,040 work to save the Jewish people, I said, 666 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:47,940 I need money. 667 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:50,720 I need 400 guilders. 668 00:33:50,820 --> 00:33:52,580 Now in that time, Dutch people were not 669 00:33:52,580 --> 00:33:53,680 interested in money. 670 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,120 They were interested to save as many people 671 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:57,960 as they could. 672 00:33:59,260 --> 00:34:02,280 And when that man came back, I could 673 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,020 give him 600 guilders and I prayed, oh 674 00:34:05,020 --> 00:34:07,780 Lord, bless this money that his wife will 675 00:34:07,780 --> 00:34:10,880 not be killed, but that it will really, 676 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:16,360 that it will succeed this policeman to set 677 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:16,880 her free. 678 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,560 That man was a Quisling. 679 00:34:21,980 --> 00:34:25,280 He was a Dutchman who in secret worked 680 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:26,460 together with the enemy. 681 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,840 His wife was not at all in a 682 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:29,199 prison. 683 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,340 But the enemy had said, find out if 684 00:34:33,340 --> 00:34:36,060 Corrie ten Boom really saved Jewish people. 685 00:34:36,060 --> 00:34:38,440 And he thought, I can find it out 686 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,739 and in the same time make some money. 687 00:34:41,739 --> 00:34:42,880 And he made some money. 688 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,719 He went home with 600 guilders in his 689 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:47,080 pocket. 690 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,780 But five minutes later the Gestapo surrounded our 691 00:34:50,780 --> 00:34:52,340 house and we were all arrested. 692 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:57,560 And I heard that that man had betrayed 693 00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:57,740 us. 694 00:34:57,840 --> 00:34:58,860 I hated him. 695 00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:03,540 But I know that Jesus tells us to 696 00:35:03,540 --> 00:35:04,740 love our enemies. 697 00:35:04,740 --> 00:35:08,180 And I said, oh Father, in Jesus' name, 698 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:09,580 forgive me my hatred. 699 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,320 And the two things happened that always happen, 700 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:13,960 that you bring a sin to God in 701 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:14,640 Jesus' name. 702 00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:18,440 First, he forgave me, and second, he cleansed 703 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,520 my heart from the hatred with his blood. 704 00:35:22,460 --> 00:35:24,500 When the blood of Jesus does a job, 705 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:25,580 he does a good job. 706 00:35:26,540 --> 00:35:29,540 Instead of hatred, I felt in my heart 707 00:35:29,540 --> 00:35:32,360 the fruit of the Spirit, love. 708 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:36,780 And God's love is even love for your 709 00:35:36,780 --> 00:35:37,200 enemies. 710 00:35:37,340 --> 00:35:39,280 And love for lovers is good, love for 711 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,520 neighbors is better, love for enemies is best. 712 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,620 And you never touch, so the ocean of 713 00:35:44,620 --> 00:35:48,020 God's love is that you love your enemies. 714 00:35:49,060 --> 00:35:51,740 That man was sentenced to death after the 715 00:35:51,740 --> 00:35:52,100 war. 716 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,280 Because by his betrayal he had been the 717 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,560 reason that many Dutch people were killed. 718 00:35:59,290 --> 00:36:00,960 And when I heard that he was sentenced 719 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,620 to death, I wrote him a letter. 720 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,520 And I wrote, your betrayal has meant the 721 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:10,100 death of my old father, who died after 722 00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:11,540 ten days in prison. 723 00:36:11,660 --> 00:36:13,320 He was 84 years old. 724 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,120 My brother, his son, my sister died. 725 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,840 My other sister and I have suffered terrible 726 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,980 in three prisons, but both of us have 727 00:36:24,980 --> 00:36:25,920 forgiven you. 728 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,100 And that is a fraction of the forgiveness 729 00:36:29,100 --> 00:36:32,180 that awaits you when you receive the Lord 730 00:36:32,180 --> 00:36:35,580 Jesus as your Savior and bring Him your 731 00:36:35,580 --> 00:36:36,100 sins. 732 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,240 And I sent him a New Testament and 733 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:42,560 underlined the way of salvation and that man 734 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,580 accepted the Lord Jesus as his Savior and 735 00:36:45,580 --> 00:36:48,420 he was brought to death but reconciled with 736 00:36:48,420 --> 00:36:48,800 God. 737 00:36:50,180 --> 00:36:53,280 So I talked about death and after I 738 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:57,500 was through, the president of that breakfast group 739 00:36:57,500 --> 00:36:58,980 thanked me. 740 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,440 And then he turned to the group and 741 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,060 he said, French, I am so glad that 742 00:37:06,060 --> 00:37:08,300 at last I have met someone who can 743 00:37:08,300 --> 00:37:09,300 love her enemies. 744 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,320 If there were only more Corrie ten Booms 745 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,520 in the world, we should very soon have 746 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,560 the brotherhood of men. 747 00:37:18,990 --> 00:37:20,250 I was furious. 748 00:37:23,070 --> 00:37:27,750 Now I had told half and half these 749 00:37:27,750 --> 00:37:30,770 people that I could not love my enemies 750 00:37:30,770 --> 00:37:33,110 and I could only hate them, but that 751 00:37:33,110 --> 00:37:35,630 it was Jesus who did it. 752 00:37:36,470 --> 00:37:37,250 And I'm pleased. 753 00:37:37,390 --> 00:37:42,970 I had to remain decent so I said, 754 00:37:43,190 --> 00:37:48,990 now may I say one minute message? 755 00:37:49,270 --> 00:37:49,910 She said, go ahead. 756 00:37:49,910 --> 00:37:52,970 I said, my friend, when I try to 757 00:37:52,970 --> 00:37:54,810 let a stick stand on my hand, do 758 00:37:54,810 --> 00:37:56,070 you think I have success? 759 00:37:56,410 --> 00:37:58,110 It is not the nature of a stick 760 00:37:58,110 --> 00:37:59,370 to be able to stand. 761 00:37:59,730 --> 00:38:01,410 But I can have it stand on the 762 00:38:01,410 --> 00:38:02,310 top of my finger. 763 00:38:02,510 --> 00:38:03,870 Now it stands solidly. 764 00:38:04,290 --> 00:38:04,530 Why? 765 00:38:04,670 --> 00:38:06,210 Because my hand keeps it. 766 00:38:06,610 --> 00:38:10,570 When I try to love my enemies, my 767 00:38:10,570 --> 00:38:13,050 sinful nature and the power of the devil 768 00:38:13,050 --> 00:38:16,190 makes me hating and hating again. 769 00:38:17,030 --> 00:38:20,450 But when I surrender to the pierced hands 770 00:38:20,450 --> 00:38:25,330 of Jesus, wounded for my transgressions, his hands 771 00:38:25,330 --> 00:38:28,930 will keep me from falling and will once 772 00:38:28,930 --> 00:38:32,210 present me blameless and with unspeakable joy in 773 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:34,870 the great day and give me now already 774 00:38:34,870 --> 00:38:36,590 love for my enemies. 775 00:38:37,610 --> 00:38:40,330 So as so far it was all right, 776 00:38:40,490 --> 00:38:42,790 but what came after that, it was not 777 00:38:42,790 --> 00:38:43,890 all right. 778 00:38:43,890 --> 00:38:46,610 When I talked with this medical doctor Garcia, 779 00:38:47,110 --> 00:38:50,030 I was so sharp and I was so 780 00:38:50,030 --> 00:38:50,470 angry. 781 00:38:51,150 --> 00:38:52,750 I said, now tell me, do you tell 782 00:38:52,750 --> 00:38:55,590 every week such nonsense to your breakfast group? 783 00:38:56,710 --> 00:38:59,410 Did you really listen to me or didn't 784 00:38:59,410 --> 00:39:01,190 you listen at all when I told you 785 00:39:01,190 --> 00:39:03,010 that I could not love my enemies? 786 00:39:05,010 --> 00:39:08,230 More corycembones the world needs? 787 00:39:09,230 --> 00:39:12,430 Do you know, do you realize that corycembone 788 00:39:12,430 --> 00:39:14,970 without Jesus Christ is a danger for the 789 00:39:14,970 --> 00:39:15,230 world? 790 00:39:15,550 --> 00:39:17,310 Now what I said was not so bad, 791 00:39:17,410 --> 00:39:19,090 but how I said it was very bad. 792 00:39:20,930 --> 00:39:23,070 When I came in the home of the 793 00:39:23,070 --> 00:39:26,330 missionary, he said, Cory, what's the matter with 794 00:39:26,330 --> 00:39:26,570 you? 795 00:39:27,410 --> 00:39:28,370 Has there happened something? 796 00:39:28,490 --> 00:39:29,030 I said, yes. 797 00:39:30,170 --> 00:39:31,550 And I told what had happened. 798 00:39:31,690 --> 00:39:33,630 He said, my, now that's good. 799 00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:36,510 Now Dr. Garcia has at last heard what 800 00:39:36,510 --> 00:39:38,170 he should hear. 801 00:39:38,170 --> 00:39:39,170 I said, no. 802 00:39:41,090 --> 00:39:42,790 What I said was not so wrong, but 803 00:39:42,790 --> 00:39:44,410 the way I said was very wrong. 804 00:39:45,090 --> 00:39:47,050 He said, now write him a letter. 805 00:39:47,190 --> 00:39:49,090 And I wrote him, Dr. Garcia, I'm so 806 00:39:49,090 --> 00:39:50,970 sorry for what has happened this morning. 807 00:39:52,430 --> 00:39:55,110 I'm so sorry that I used my anger 808 00:39:55,110 --> 00:39:59,350 to tell you something we did not agree 809 00:39:59,350 --> 00:39:59,890 about. 810 00:40:01,050 --> 00:40:04,690 There was an ocean of God's love available 811 00:40:04,690 --> 00:40:07,050 to tell it to you, and I used 812 00:40:07,050 --> 00:40:07,810 my anger. 813 00:40:08,330 --> 00:40:09,650 Will you please forgive me? 814 00:40:11,450 --> 00:40:13,610 And that man went to the telephone, and 815 00:40:13,610 --> 00:40:16,210 he said, Ms. Ten Boom, I came home 816 00:40:16,210 --> 00:40:18,290 from the breakfast group, and I said to 817 00:40:18,290 --> 00:40:20,150 my wife, now I have had a scolding 818 00:40:20,150 --> 00:40:22,470 like I have not had since my school 819 00:40:22,470 --> 00:40:22,910 days. 820 00:40:23,790 --> 00:40:26,670 And the terrible thing was that Corycembone was 821 00:40:26,670 --> 00:40:27,090 right. 822 00:40:28,250 --> 00:40:30,350 And I didn't know what to answer her. 823 00:40:30,970 --> 00:40:32,770 You know, Ms. Ten Boom, I felt so 824 00:40:32,770 --> 00:40:33,170 unhappy. 825 00:40:33,170 --> 00:40:35,130 Till your letter came. 826 00:40:35,830 --> 00:40:39,670 Say, I have never realized that there is 827 00:40:39,670 --> 00:40:43,590 an ocean of God's love available for us. 828 00:40:44,190 --> 00:40:44,570 Why? 829 00:40:44,970 --> 00:40:47,510 I'm far richer than I knew. 830 00:40:48,390 --> 00:40:51,450 Now, this man had to realize that. 831 00:40:51,550 --> 00:40:53,330 But do you and I realize it? 832 00:40:54,290 --> 00:40:57,530 Perhaps you have to tell something to one 833 00:40:57,530 --> 00:40:58,750 of your congregations. 834 00:41:00,450 --> 00:41:02,110 And when you do it in anger, I 835 00:41:02,110 --> 00:41:04,330 can tell you it does not help. 836 00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:05,350 Incorrect. 837 00:41:05,690 --> 00:41:07,830 But there is an ocean of God's agony 838 00:41:07,830 --> 00:41:09,390 available. 839 00:41:10,150 --> 00:41:12,210 Be filled with the Holy Spirit, and the 840 00:41:12,210 --> 00:41:15,050 Holy Spirit will give you so much love, 841 00:41:15,430 --> 00:41:17,450 and it will help these other people. 842 00:41:17,830 --> 00:41:20,910 Oh, let us not live like beggars, but 843 00:41:20,910 --> 00:41:22,150 like king's children. 844 00:41:22,510 --> 00:41:24,550 And I can tell you it works. 845 00:41:25,250 --> 00:41:26,270 It works. 846 00:41:26,770 --> 00:41:27,550 God's love. 847 00:41:27,550 --> 00:41:31,330 There was a pastor in Harlem, the hometown 848 00:41:31,330 --> 00:41:32,710 where I was. 849 00:41:33,710 --> 00:41:36,150 And he said, every Sunday there comes a 850 00:41:36,150 --> 00:41:40,070 little feeble-minded boy, Tonke, in my church. 851 00:41:41,530 --> 00:41:43,470 And that boy always sits on the front 852 00:41:43,470 --> 00:41:43,810 pew. 853 00:41:44,230 --> 00:41:47,150 And I often said to my wife, Tonke 854 00:41:47,150 --> 00:41:50,190 doesn't understand one of my beautiful sermons, but 855 00:41:50,190 --> 00:41:51,490 he is so faithful. 856 00:41:51,990 --> 00:41:54,350 He is there every Sunday. 857 00:41:55,270 --> 00:41:57,990 But he said, once I spoke about God's 858 00:41:57,990 --> 00:42:00,330 love through Jesus Christ. 859 00:42:02,130 --> 00:42:04,230 And he said, suddenly I saw in the 860 00:42:04,230 --> 00:42:09,530 face of that boy an expression of great 861 00:42:09,530 --> 00:42:10,030 joy. 862 00:42:10,890 --> 00:42:14,310 Tonke understood God's love. 863 00:42:15,510 --> 00:42:18,610 Now, in my little booklet, Common Sense Not 864 00:42:18,610 --> 00:42:21,670 Needed, you can read about the work that 865 00:42:21,670 --> 00:42:23,890 I did before the war when I had 866 00:42:23,890 --> 00:42:25,950 a Bible class for feeble-minded people. 867 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:29,410 And I experienced that they can never hear 868 00:42:29,410 --> 00:42:31,550 too much about God's love. 869 00:42:32,410 --> 00:42:34,710 And that pastor told, I had forgot the 870 00:42:34,710 --> 00:42:37,330 rest of the audience and only spoke to 871 00:42:37,330 --> 00:42:41,910 Tonke about that great love of God in 872 00:42:41,910 --> 00:42:42,930 Jesus Christ. 873 00:42:43,450 --> 00:42:44,630 And he said, the next day I said 874 00:42:44,630 --> 00:42:47,930 to my wife, I will go to Tonke 875 00:42:48,630 --> 00:42:50,430 and I will know if at last he 876 00:42:50,430 --> 00:42:52,410 has understood one of my sermons. 877 00:42:53,110 --> 00:42:55,170 But when I came in Tonke's house, the 878 00:42:55,170 --> 00:42:57,730 mother told me that the boy had died 879 00:42:57,730 --> 00:42:59,010 in his sleep. 880 00:42:59,430 --> 00:43:02,470 And he said, there was an expression of 881 00:43:02,470 --> 00:43:05,310 celestial joy on the dead face of that 882 00:43:05,310 --> 00:43:05,610 boy. 883 00:43:05,910 --> 00:43:09,830 I believe, he added, I believe that his 884 00:43:09,830 --> 00:43:13,170 heart has broken by joy because he would 885 00:43:13,170 --> 00:43:16,270 contain too much of God's love. 886 00:43:17,550 --> 00:43:19,270 And I can tell you, if you and 887 00:43:19,270 --> 00:43:22,610 I would try to contain that old sin 888 00:43:22,610 --> 00:43:25,810 of love, our heart could break by joy. 889 00:43:28,730 --> 00:43:30,930 But when we give room for the Holy 890 00:43:30,930 --> 00:43:35,650 Spirit, He gives us fast and strong hearts 891 00:43:35,650 --> 00:43:38,470 that we can have more and more. 892 00:43:40,230 --> 00:43:40,770 And M. 893 00:43:40,770 --> 00:43:40,910 A. 894 00:43:40,990 --> 00:43:44,550 Carmichael said, put together all the tenderest love 895 00:43:44,550 --> 00:43:47,570 you know of, the deepest you have ever 896 00:43:47,570 --> 00:43:50,110 felt and the strongest that has ever been 897 00:43:50,110 --> 00:43:51,790 poured out upon you. 898 00:43:52,230 --> 00:43:54,130 And heap upon it all the love of 899 00:43:54,130 --> 00:43:57,270 all the human hearts of the world. 900 00:43:57,750 --> 00:44:00,190 And then multiply it by infinity. 901 00:44:01,070 --> 00:44:03,970 And you will begin perhaps to have some 902 00:44:03,970 --> 00:44:08,310 faint glimpses of the love and grace of 903 00:44:08,310 --> 00:44:08,690 God. 904 00:44:10,030 --> 00:44:13,210 Two old negroes saw for the first time 905 00:44:13,210 --> 00:44:15,030 Ophium. 906 00:44:15,030 --> 00:44:18,910 And one said to the other, just look 907 00:44:18,910 --> 00:44:20,950 what all that waters. 908 00:44:21,490 --> 00:44:24,570 But the other negro said, yes, but brother, 909 00:44:24,910 --> 00:44:26,530 we aren't seeing nothing yet. 910 00:44:26,830 --> 00:44:28,170 This is only the top. 911 00:44:36,530 --> 00:44:39,230 There are depths of love that we cannot 912 00:44:39,230 --> 00:44:42,170 see, not know till I cross the narrow 913 00:44:42,170 --> 00:44:42,650 sea. 914 00:44:43,170 --> 00:44:46,270 There are heights of joy that I may 915 00:44:46,270 --> 00:44:51,130 not reach till I rest in peace with 916 00:44:51,130 --> 00:44:51,430 thee. 917 00:44:52,210 --> 00:44:54,950 We can only see a little of the 918 00:44:54,950 --> 00:44:59,010 ocean when we stand at the rocky shore. 919 00:45:00,670 --> 00:45:03,810 But out there beyond the eye's horizon there's 920 00:45:03,810 --> 00:45:04,210 more. 921 00:45:05,390 --> 00:45:06,110 There's more. 922 00:45:07,830 --> 00:45:10,430 We can only see a little of God's 923 00:45:10,430 --> 00:45:15,990 love A few rich treasures of His mighty 924 00:45:15,990 --> 00:45:16,810 story. 925 00:45:17,570 --> 00:45:21,690 But out there beyond the eye's horizon there's 926 00:45:21,690 --> 00:45:22,170 more. 927 00:45:23,190 --> 00:45:23,850 There's more. 928 00:45:25,030 --> 00:45:28,130 And then when Jesus face to face I 929 00:45:28,130 --> 00:45:32,150 see, and at His lofty throne I bow 930 00:45:32,150 --> 00:45:32,750 the knee. 931 00:45:34,330 --> 00:45:37,570 Then of His love in all its breadth 932 00:45:37,570 --> 00:45:41,250 and length, its height and depth, its everlasting 933 00:45:41,250 --> 00:45:46,550 strength, my soul will sing, the best is 934 00:45:46,550 --> 00:45:47,190 yet to be. 935 00:45:48,650 --> 00:45:53,290 But now already God's love still stands, also 936 00:45:53,290 --> 00:45:56,330 when all else should fall. 937 00:45:56,690 --> 00:45:57,370 Let's pray. 938 00:46:00,390 --> 00:46:06,090 Thank you, Lord Jesus, that you have brought 939 00:46:06,090 --> 00:46:08,350 into our hearts God's love. 940 00:46:09,670 --> 00:46:12,950 Through the Holy Spirit who is given to 941 00:46:12,950 --> 00:46:13,350 us. 942 00:46:14,890 --> 00:46:18,570 And thank you, Father, that your love in 943 00:46:18,570 --> 00:46:21,710 me, listen, Lord, who says in me, is 944 00:46:21,710 --> 00:46:24,810 victorious over that problem that weights me. 945 00:46:25,330 --> 00:46:28,130 When I come in my work, in my 946 00:46:28,130 --> 00:46:31,990 home, in my hospital, and Lord, you know 947 00:46:31,990 --> 00:46:33,970 that I have tried to overcome it with 948 00:46:33,970 --> 00:46:36,030 human love, and it failed. 949 00:46:36,910 --> 00:46:41,090 But thank you, Lord, that your love still 950 00:46:41,090 --> 00:46:44,850 stands, also when all else has fallen. 951 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:55,760 Holy Spirit, teach us to act God's love. 952 00:46:58,600 --> 00:46:59,040 Amen. 953 00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:02,320 You've been listening to the From the Pulpit 954 00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:03,600 and Classic Sermon series. 955 00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:06,180 This week you heard Corrie Ten Boom with 956 00:47:06,180 --> 00:47:07,780 her message, God's Love. 957 00:47:07,780 --> 00:47:09,960 Tune in next week to hear Jim Cimbala 958 00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,240 with his message, A Descendant of David and 959 00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:14,960 Abraham, on From the Pulpit and Classic Sermons.