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Welcome to From the Pulpit and Classic Sermons.

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Each week we bring you a different message

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from some of history's greatest speakers in the

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Christian faith and powerful sermons for modern preachers

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This week we have Brian Long with his

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message The Church That Will Stand in the

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Coming Storm.

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When he opened the meeting, Psalm 51, I

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praise God for that.

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Tonight we're going to turn to the Gospel

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of Mark in Chapter 4.

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You have your Bibles turned to Mark, Chapter

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4.

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And tonight the message is going to be

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The Church That Will Stand in the Coming

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Storm.

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The Church That Will Stand in the Coming

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Storm.

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Mark, Chapter 4.

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And beginning in verse 35.

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And the same day when the evening was

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come, he saith unto them, Let us pass

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over unto the other side.

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And when they had sent away the multitude,

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they took him, even as he was in

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the ship.

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And there were also with him other little

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ships.

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And there arose a great storm of wind,

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and the waves beat into the ship, so

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that it was now full.

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And he was in the hindered part of

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the ship, asleep on a pillow.

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And they awake him and say unto him,

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Master, carest thou not that we perish?

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And he arose and rebuked the wind, and

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said unto the sea, Peace, be still.

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And the wind ceased, and there was a

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great calm.

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And he said unto them, Why are ye

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so fearful?

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How is it that you have no faith?

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And they feared exceedingly, and said one to

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another, What manner of man is this, that

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even the wind and the sea obey him?

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Will you pray with me one more time?

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Father God, I know that You've given me

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this Word.

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As I was praying for these meetings several

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weeks ago, this is the first message You

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gave me to deliver tonight.

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And You called me specifically to deliver it

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on the last night.

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So Father, I tremble at Your Word.

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Your Word says, You look to this man

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who is broken and contrite and who trembles

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at Your Word.

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I pray tonight, Father, that there would be

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a trembling at Your holy Word.

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That we would hear from You, God, and

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not from man.

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Anoint our ears to hear what Your Spirit

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is saying to us, Lord, in this hour,

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in this generation.

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And God, I pray that You would raise

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up a church, a people, who will stand

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in the coming storm.

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In Jesus' name, Amen.

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Now, I believe with all of my heart,

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coming a storm to this nation.

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In the last days that will be so

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fierce, few will be able to withstand its

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fury.

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A storm so black and so dark and

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so widespread that everything that can be shaken

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will be shaken.

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The Bible says in Hebrews 12, in verse

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25, See that ye refuse not Him that

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speaketh.

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For if they escape not who refused Him

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that spake on earth, much more shall we

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not escape if we turn away from Him

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that speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook

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the earth.

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But now He is promised, saying, Yet once

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more I shake not the earth only, but

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also heaven.

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And the word yet once more signifieth the

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removing of those things that are shaken as

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of things that are made.

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And those things which cannot be shaken may

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There's coming a day, brothers and sisters, when

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God will shake everything that can be shaken.

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And only what cannot be shaken will remain.

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The Bible says in 2 Timothy 3, verse

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1, This know also that in the last

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days perilous times shall come.

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The NIV says, but mark this, there will

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be terrible times in the last days.

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The New American Standard says, but realize this,

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that in the last days difficult times will

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Luke's Gospel, chapter 21, and verse 10.

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Our Lord Jesus, again speaking of the last

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days, said in verse 10, Nation shall rise

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against nation and kingdom against kingdom.

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And great earthquakes shall be in diverse places

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and famines and pestilences and fearful sights.

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And great signs shall there be from heaven.

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The Lord gave me this message before I

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ever came here.

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Great earthquakes shall be in diverse places.

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And in my home state, last night and

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the night before, my wife called me.

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She said, Brian, the whole house shook.

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And we woke up.

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And last night, she said, the earthquake was

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stronger than the previous night.

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All the pictures on the wall were hanging

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crooked.

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And the whole house shook.

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She said it sounded like the roar of

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a train.

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We've never had earthquakes, to my knowledge, in

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I guess years ago they had one.

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These are signs of the times, brothers and

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sisters.

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These are wake-up calls that the Lord

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Jesus has given us in His mercy.

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There's coming a day when everything that can

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be shaken will be shaken.

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There's coming a storm.

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Who will ever stand in such a storm?

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Can we withstand such a storm?

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Now, we're all going to go through storms

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in our personal and individual lives.

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And while this message applies to those individual

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storms, I'm not so much talking about that

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tonight as I'm especially talking about a storm

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that will affect the entire nation.

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It's a storm that is so severe that

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only one boat will not sink in the

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midst of it, and that is the church

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of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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There's coming a day when many religious gatherings,

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organizations, even big mega-churches, places that call

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themselves churches, will shake and topple.

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The rug will be pulled out from under

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Only what cannot be shaken will remain.

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There are many churches that are built on

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the foundation of man and the ways of

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the world and a gospel of prosperity that's

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no gospel at all.

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It's a man-made gospel.

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All of that is going to shake.

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There's only one church that will not shake

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in the coming storm, and that is the

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church that Jesus Christ Himself is building.

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It's the church that is founded on the

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rock of Christ Jesus.

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There's a people who are called by God

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to lift their heads in the midst of

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this coming storm because their redemption draweth nigh.

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There's a church that will not sink under

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the darkest of storm clouds and in the

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midst of the most violent waves.

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There is a church that will stand in

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the fiercest of storms.

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And this church will be characterized by three

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God-given graces.

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They are faith, hope, and love.

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1 Corinthians 13.

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It says, I wanted him to put this

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up in a different translation here.

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The King James says charity.

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We know charity means love.

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And now these three remain.

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Faith, hope, and love.

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But the greatest of these is love.

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These three remain.

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In other words, these are three things that

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will not shake.

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When everything can be shaken, is shaken, these

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three will remain.

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The church that is built upon these three

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graces, faith, hope, and love, will stand in

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the coming storm.

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Now back to our text in Mark 4.

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In the Gospel of Mark 4, we just

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read about the disciples in this furious storm.

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These disciples were having their faith tested.

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Somebody said this, faith that is not tested

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cannot be trusted.

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All of our faith is going to go

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through the fire.

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Every single one of us.

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If you're a believer, God's going to refine

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your faith.

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You're going to go through the fire.

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Faith that's not tested can't be trusted.

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They're about to have their faith tested here.

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It's after a long day of teaching the

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multitudes and of performing several miracles.

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Jesus steps in a boat on the shores

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of the Sea of Galilee and He says

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to His disciples, let us pass over to

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the other side.

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And as they make their way out to

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sea, suddenly, without any warning, a violent storm

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arises on the Sea of Galilee.

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The sky must have been black.

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It was a dark night.

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The winds were howling.

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The waves were crashing against the boat.

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The Scripture says the water was even coming

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up over into the boat.

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And the disciples were terrified.

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And it seems, it appears, that the Lord

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Jesus is not even concerned about them.

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Because He's in the hinder part of the

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ship asleep on a pillow.

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What would you think if you were in

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that boat?

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Jesus is asleep.

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And the storm has come.

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And it's crashing against the waves.

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And it's a fearful sight.

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How many of us would have said, boy,

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it sure is getting dark out here.

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The winds are howling.

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Sure hope somebody wakes up.

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He's asleep on a pillow.

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Finally, they can't take it anymore.

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And they go and they wake Him up

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and say, Lord, don't You care?

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Don't You care that we're going to perish?

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And Jesus Christ stands up and He rebukes

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the wind and the waves.

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And He says, peace, be still.

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And the wind died.

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And the sea became as still as glass.

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And I'll guarantee you, not a single drop

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of water dared move.

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And not a single gust of wind when

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Jesus speaks.

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He is the King of kings.

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He is the Lord of lords.

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He is the King of the flood.

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He rebukes the wind and the waves.

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The disciples had their faith tested.

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And their faith failed.

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What is the first one we said these

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three will remain?

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Faith, hope, and love.

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The church that will stand in the coming

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storm is characterized by an unshakable faith.

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They had their faith tested.

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And it failed.

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What would have happened?

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First of all, I want you to see

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what the disciples doubted.

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They doubted the presence of Jesus Christ.

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He was in the boat with them.

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What would have happened had the disciples shifted

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their focus from the fear of the waves

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and the power of the storm to the

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greatest truth of all, and that was that

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Jesus is in the boat with us?

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Can the boat sink when the Son of

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God is in it?

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Can the church fall and collapse when Jesus

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Christ is the foundation of the church and

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He's the one building the church and He's

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in our midst and He's the head of

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the body?

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There's only one way to drown a man

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and that's to put his head under water.

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The Scripture says we are the body of

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Christ.

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Christ is the head of the church.

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No one is putting Him under water.

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No one's putting our head under water.

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He is the head of the church.

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Suppose those disciples would have taken their eyes

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off of the wind and the waves and

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the storm and said, hey, Jesus is in

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the boat.

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Let the winds howl.

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Let the devil scream.

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Let the waters crash against the boat.

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Jesus is with me.

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Let the storm rage.

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It doesn't matter as long as Jesus is

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with me.

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One of my favorite poems was written by

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Amy Carmichael and this is how it goes.

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Thou art the Lord that slept upon a

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pillow.

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Thou art the Lord who soothed the furious

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sea.

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What matter beating wind or tossing billow if

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only we are in the boat with Thee?

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Hold us quiet through the age-long minute

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while Thou art silent and the wind is

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shrill.

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Can the boat sink while Thou, dear Lord,

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are in it?

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Can the heart faint that waiteth upon Thy

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will?

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I want to ask you, brothers and sisters,

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can the boat sink while Thou, dear Lord,

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are in it?

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Never.

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He sits king of the flood.

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He is promised to be with us always

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even to the end of the age.

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Psalm 46.

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Let's look at this Scripture.

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Psalm 46.

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Do you doubt His presence?

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I'll tell you when you'll be tempted to

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doubt His presence.

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And that is when you go through the

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storm.

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When you go through the storm and the

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winds are howling and the waves are crashing

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and you're hearing all these voices and what

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you see looks very bad ahead of you.

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Earthquakes, famines, pestilence, wars and rumors of wars.

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All of these things.

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And you begin to doubt the presence of

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Christ.

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You need to have a steadfast faith.

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Remember, Jesus Christ promised to be with us

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always even to the end of the age.

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Psalm 46.

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He says, God is our refuge and strength,

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a very present help in trouble.

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Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth

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be removed and though the mountains be carried

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into the midst of the sea, though the

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waters thereof roar and be troubled.

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That's tsunamis.

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Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.

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Selah.

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There is a river, the streams whereof shall

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make glad the city of God, the holy

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place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

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God is in the midst of her.

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She shall not be moved.

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God shall help her and that ride early.

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The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved.

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He uttered His voice and the earth melted.

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The Lord of hosts is with us.

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The God of Jacob is our refuge.

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Selah.

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Come, behold the works of the Lord, what

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desolations He hath made in the earth.

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He maketh wars to cease unto the end

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of the earth.

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He breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear

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in sunder.

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He burneth the chariot in the fire.

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Be still and know that I am God.

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I will be exalted among the heathen.

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I will be exalted in the earth.

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The Lord of hosts is with us.

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The God of Jacob is our refuge.

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They doubted His presence, and I want to

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tell you that you will find peace.

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Peace is not the absence of the storm.

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Peace is the presence of God.

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You will go through trials.

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You will go through hardship.

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You will go through heartache.

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Peace is not found in the absence of

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trial and pain.

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Peace is found in the presence of God.

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He's our peace.

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He's our Prince of Peace.

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But they also doubted His power.

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They said, Lord, they woke Him up and

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said, Master, don't you care we're going to

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drown?

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Don't you care we're going to perish?

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And Jesus stood and rebuked the wind and

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the waves, and they obeyed Him.

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What a shock they must have got when

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they saw the power of Christ.

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But I think this is what grieves the

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heart the most about unbelief.

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They doubted His care.

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They said, Lord, don't You care.

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Don't You care?

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You know, Charles Spurgeon said about this kind

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of unbelief, he said it's to crown the

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head of Jesus with thorns of the sharpest

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kind.

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To doubt that He cares.

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Some of us are guilty of this same

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sin of unbelief.

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Lord, don't You care.

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If we only knew the grief those words

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bring to the loving heart of God, we

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would never say them again, not even think

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them.

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The Father so loved the world that He

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gave His only begotten Son.

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Does He care?

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Jesus went all the way to the cross

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and died there for us.

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Can you see Christ crucified on the cross

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and shedding His precious blood for you and

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say, Lord, don't You care?

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He sweat drops of blood for us in

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the Garden of Gethsemane.

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Does He care?

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Jesus bought you with His precious blood.

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Will He now sell you to the storm

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and surrender you to the storm?

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A thousand times no.

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He is our bridegroom who says that He

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hates divorce.

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Will He now divorce you and put you

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away?

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Never.

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His name is faithful and true.

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Will He now be unfaithful to you because

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there's a storm that has come?

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No.

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Yes, your Father knows.

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And yes, He cares.

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And no, He is not sleeping.

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The question is where, oh where, is your

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faith?

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These three remain.

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These three remain.

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This church will stand in the coming storm

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as the church that has unshakable faith in

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Christ and His presence.

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Christ in His power.

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Christ, and He cares for me.

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Come what may, He cares for me.

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He loves me.

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He loves you.

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But secondly, hope.

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Faith, hope, and love.

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All are part of the ship that will

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never sink.

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The church that will stand in the coming

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storm.

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Now, hope.

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When the world talks about hope, it's a

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hope-so kind of hope.

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Somebody says, well, I hope I get that

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job.

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Or I hope the weather is nice tomorrow.

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It's a hope-so kind of hope.

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When the Bible talks about hope, it's a

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know-so kind of hope.

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It is an assurance.

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And I want you to see this in

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Hebrews chapter 6.

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Hebrews chapter 6 and verse 11.

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It says, And we desire that every one

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of you do show the same gents to

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the full assurance of hope.

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Those two words together.

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Assurance.

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Hope.

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The assurance of hope unto the end.

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That you be not slothful, but followers of

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them who through faith and patience inherit the

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promise.

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Now move on down to verses 18.

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That by two immutable things in which it

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was impossible for God to lie, we might

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have a strong consolation who have fled for

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refuge to lay hold upon the hope set

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before us, which hope we have as an

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anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast,

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and which entereth into that within the veil.

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He's saying this hope of ours is so

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sure, it's like an anchor to the soul.

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You know why it's so sure, brothers and

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sisters?

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Because our hope rests upon a God who

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cannot lie.

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It rests upon the Word of God and

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the promises of God that come from the

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mouth of God who cannot and does not

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lie.

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We have the hope of everlasting life.

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Some of you have had loved ones.

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Some of you have had children that have

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gone on to heaven.

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You have the hope that they are in

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the presence of Jesus.

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That is not a hope-so kind of

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hope.

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That is an assurance that they are there.

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And because you know Christ, you will see

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them again.

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Hope, an assurance, an anchor of the soul.

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God has told me in His Word He

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cannot lie.

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His Word is an anchor to my soul.

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When you come to Christ, He gives you

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the promise of everlasting life.

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That's an assurance.

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I'm saved.

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He's preparing a place for us.

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And He says, if I prepare a place

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for you, I will come again to receive

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you, so that where I am, there you

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may be also.

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An assurance.

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Now what was the anchor, the hope, the

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Word that these disciples had?

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Jesus simply said, let us pass over to

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the other side.

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They had His Word.

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When Jesus says we're going to the other

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side, we're going to the other side.

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We may have to go through some storms

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to get there.

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We may have to go through some earthquakes.

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We may have to go through an economy

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that shakes to nothing.

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I don't know what we'll have to go

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through.

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I know we'll have to go through a

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storm.

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But I know this.

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What will get us through the storm is

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an assurance, a steadfast hope that is rooted

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and grounded in the Word of God, the

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promises of God, the anchor to our soul.

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And that church that is characterized by unwavering

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faith and hope that cannot shake will stand

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in the coming storm.

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But she'll only stand if she has the

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third one.

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Love.

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Because it says these three remain.

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Faith, hope, and love.

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And the greatest of these is love.

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That's the greatest.

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These three remain.

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Faith, hope, and love.

555
00:21:42,190 --> 00:21:43,550
And the greatest of these is love.

556
00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:46,290
The church that stands in the storm, the

557
00:21:46,290 --> 00:21:48,970
coming storm, will shine with the love of

558
00:21:48,970 --> 00:21:51,050
God shed abroad in her heart by the

559
00:21:51,050 --> 00:21:51,650
Holy Spirit.

560
00:21:51,850 --> 00:21:54,010
And this is what the disciples lacked.

561
00:21:54,210 --> 00:21:55,630
You say, how do you know they lacked

562
00:21:55,630 --> 00:21:56,570
love, brother Brian?

563
00:21:56,970 --> 00:21:58,690
I want you to see this verse that

564
00:21:58,690 --> 00:21:59,950
may seem obscure.

565
00:22:00,630 --> 00:22:01,650
Look at it with me.

566
00:22:02,630 --> 00:22:05,750
In verse 36, just after Jesus said, let

567
00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:07,210
us pass over to the other side.

568
00:22:07,790 --> 00:22:10,630
Verse 36 says, And when they had sent

569
00:22:10,630 --> 00:22:13,590
away the multitude, they took Him even as

570
00:22:13,590 --> 00:22:15,650
He was in the ship, and there were

571
00:22:15,650 --> 00:22:19,410
also with Him other little ships.

572
00:22:20,390 --> 00:22:21,870
Other little ships.

573
00:22:23,490 --> 00:22:25,330
What are these other little ships?

574
00:22:25,870 --> 00:22:28,210
We read this story, and oftentimes we don't

575
00:22:28,210 --> 00:22:30,450
think anything about those other little ships.

576
00:22:30,630 --> 00:22:33,610
We're thinking about the boat with the disciples

577
00:22:33,610 --> 00:22:35,430
and Jesus in it in the midst of

578
00:22:35,430 --> 00:22:35,870
the storm.

579
00:22:36,030 --> 00:22:37,570
But you know who else is going through

580
00:22:37,570 --> 00:22:38,050
the storm?

581
00:22:39,010 --> 00:22:40,590
The other little ships.

582
00:22:41,330 --> 00:22:44,130
And the other little ships don't have Jesus

583
00:22:44,130 --> 00:22:44,830
in the boat.

584
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,400
Faith, hope, and love.

585
00:22:49,620 --> 00:22:50,780
And what kind of love?

586
00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:52,880
The kind of love that is not just

587
00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:57,260
concerned about yourself, but is more concerned about

588
00:22:57,260 --> 00:22:59,400
the other little ships out there that don't

589
00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:00,660
have Jesus in the boat.

590
00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:03,140
They're going to go through the storm.

591
00:23:03,380 --> 00:23:04,520
How are they going to make it?

592
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,600
How are they going to keep from sinking?

593
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:09,680
They don't have a hope.

594
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,220
They don't have an anchor to the soul.

595
00:23:11,420 --> 00:23:12,980
They don't have everlasting life.

596
00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:17,260
The king who sits above the flood, he's

597
00:23:17,260 --> 00:23:18,340
not in their boat.

598
00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,180
What about them?

599
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:22,760
What about those other little ships?

600
00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,580
The disciples cared nothing about those other little

601
00:23:25,580 --> 00:23:25,880
ships.

602
00:23:26,060 --> 00:23:27,840
They came to Jesus and they said, Lord,

603
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,640
don't You care that we perish?

604
00:23:30,180 --> 00:23:31,680
He could have just as well said, don't

605
00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:33,420
You care that they perish?

606
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,720
Folks, if Jesus is in your boat, stop

607
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:40,180
worrying about yourself.

608
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:42,960
Get your eyes off of yourself.

609
00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:45,880
What about the other little boats that don't

610
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:46,620
have Jesus?

611
00:23:48,780 --> 00:23:50,480
Going through the same storm.

612
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,360
Faith, hope, and love.

613
00:23:53,420 --> 00:23:55,340
Do you care that they perish?

614
00:23:56,820 --> 00:23:58,980
I'll tell you the church that is sure

615
00:23:58,980 --> 00:24:01,820
to sink in the coming storm.

616
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,920
It's the loveless church.

617
00:24:05,580 --> 00:24:07,980
The church that left her first love.

618
00:24:07,980 --> 00:24:11,000
The church that no longer has a fire

619
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,040
burning in her heart of love and devotion

620
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,520
to Christ and no longer therefore has a

621
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:16,880
love for the lost.

622
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,440
The loveless church.

623
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:20,840
She'll sink.

624
00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:23,600
She'll topple in the coming storm.

625
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,100
And in the last days, there's going to

626
00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:28,480
be a whole lot of people who are

627
00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,280
only concerned about themselves.

628
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,900
Look at these verses with me together.

629
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,040
He can probably flip them faster than I

630
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:37,480
can, so we'll look at them up here.

631
00:24:37,580 --> 00:24:40,560
2 Timothy 3, verse 1.

632
00:24:41,900 --> 00:24:44,040
This know also that in the last days,

633
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,740
that's what we're talking about, perilous times shall

634
00:24:46,740 --> 00:24:47,120
come.

635
00:24:47,220 --> 00:24:47,780
Next verse.

636
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,040
For men shall be lovers of their own

637
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:51,960
selves.

638
00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:58,080
Covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,

639
00:24:58,380 --> 00:24:58,820
unholy.

640
00:24:59,260 --> 00:25:00,000
Lovers of who?

641
00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:01,160
Not God.

642
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:02,540
Lovers of who?

643
00:25:02,620 --> 00:25:03,400
Not the lost.

644
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:05,640
Lovers of who in the last days?

645
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:06,640
Themselves.

646
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,260
2 Peter 3, verse 3.

647
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,880
Knowing this first, that there shall come in

648
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:20,040
the last days scoffers walking after their own

649
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:20,900
lust.

650
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:23,240
Selfishness.

651
00:25:24,220 --> 00:25:26,600
Living for the lust of their own flesh.

652
00:25:28,340 --> 00:25:32,640
Matthew 24, verse 10.

653
00:25:33,340 --> 00:25:35,120
And then shall many be offended.

654
00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:38,700
See, there'll be a lovelessness among the people

655
00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:39,160
of God.

656
00:25:39,420 --> 00:25:40,460
They'll be easily offended.

657
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,220
Then shall many be offended.

658
00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:43,900
This is all in the context of Matthew

659
00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:46,680
24, which is Jesus talking about the last

660
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:47,880
days and what is going to come in

661
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,740
the last days before He returns.

662
00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:53,760
Then shall many be offended, and they shall

663
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,660
betray one another and shall hate one another.

664
00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:57,980
Next verse.

665
00:26:00,020 --> 00:26:03,280
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of

666
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:04,980
many shall wax cold.

667
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,860
Here's the temptation in the coming storm.

668
00:26:10,020 --> 00:26:14,760
Because of the trials, the temptations, the storms,

669
00:26:15,340 --> 00:26:18,720
the tragedies, all of this, people are going

670
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,840
to be tempted to turn on one another.

671
00:26:21,380 --> 00:26:23,080
And you see it already in churches.

672
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,880
Biting and devouring one another when we're brothers

673
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,100
and sisters in Christ.

674
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:29,520
I've said this before.

675
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,240
I'm not talking about an ecumenical movement where

676
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,180
you try to have unity at the expense

677
00:26:34,180 --> 00:26:36,520
of truth, the essentials of the faith and

678
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:36,980
the Gospel.

679
00:26:37,180 --> 00:26:37,400
No.

680
00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:39,780
There has to be not peace but a

681
00:26:39,780 --> 00:26:41,020
sword when it comes to that.

682
00:26:41,940 --> 00:26:45,200
But nitpicking and bickering over things that, listen,

683
00:26:45,700 --> 00:26:47,620
put all of that in light of judgment

684
00:26:47,620 --> 00:26:50,640
day and souls going to heaven or hell.

685
00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:53,160
You know where a lot of bickering and

686
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,480
fighting and strife is done away with and

687
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:56,720
unity comes to the church?

688
00:26:56,820 --> 00:26:58,680
It's when the church goes through persecution.

689
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,680
And people are dying for their faith.

690
00:27:03,260 --> 00:27:05,620
And they don't have time to bicker and

691
00:27:05,620 --> 00:27:08,840
backbite and complain and gripe and fight.

692
00:27:09,660 --> 00:27:11,160
People are dying for their faith.

693
00:27:11,540 --> 00:27:14,540
Listen, in the coming storm, people are going

694
00:27:14,540 --> 00:27:16,480
to be tempted to only be concerned about

695
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:17,780
me and my family.

696
00:27:18,100 --> 00:27:20,600
I'm saying to you, church, get your eyes

697
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,260
off yourself onto Christ and onto those other

698
00:27:23,260 --> 00:27:23,780
little ships.

699
00:27:23,980 --> 00:27:25,880
What do you suppose would have happened if

700
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,640
those disciples would have said, hey, yes, it's

701
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,720
a bad storm, but Jesus is in our

702
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:31,000
boat.

703
00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:32,380
And He said, let's go to the other

704
00:27:32,380 --> 00:27:32,860
side.

705
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:34,480
We're going to the other side.

706
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,480
My heart, my burden is for those other

707
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:38,140
little ships.

708
00:27:38,220 --> 00:27:40,340
And they say, hey, little ships!

709
00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,380
And they start reaching out to those other

710
00:27:42,380 --> 00:27:42,920
little ships.

711
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:44,180
What would have happened?

712
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,300
I don't think they would have even had

713
00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:47,300
to wake up Jesus.

714
00:27:48,020 --> 00:27:49,100
He would have been awake.

715
00:27:49,660 --> 00:27:51,040
He would have been by their side.

716
00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:52,320
He would have said, I'll give you everything

717
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,620
you need to reach those other little ships

718
00:27:54,620 --> 00:27:56,860
because we've got plenty of room in the

719
00:27:56,860 --> 00:27:57,220
boat.

720
00:27:58,020 --> 00:27:59,740
Brothers and sisters, just take this building as

721
00:27:59,740 --> 00:28:00,300
an illustration.

722
00:28:00,740 --> 00:28:01,680
Is there still room?

723
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:03,540
Look at the empty pew.

724
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,360
There's still room in the boat.

725
00:28:07,140 --> 00:28:08,860
There's still room at the cross.

726
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:10,880
There's still room.

727
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,480
The question is do we love the lost

728
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,500
enough those little ships to bring them in?

729
00:28:16,140 --> 00:28:18,360
To reach out to them in the coming

730
00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:18,840
storm.

731
00:28:20,740 --> 00:28:26,430
1 Corinthians 13 Beginning in verse 1.

732
00:28:27,890 --> 00:28:30,330
Though I speak with the tongues of men

733
00:28:30,330 --> 00:28:33,610
and of angels, and have not love, charity,

734
00:28:33,830 --> 00:28:36,350
I am become as sounding brass or a

735
00:28:36,350 --> 00:28:37,210
tinkling cymbal.

736
00:28:37,650 --> 00:28:39,110
Without love, I am nothing.

737
00:28:40,010 --> 00:28:41,770
Though I have the gift of prophecy and

738
00:28:41,770 --> 00:28:44,250
understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though

739
00:28:44,250 --> 00:28:45,730
I have all faith so that I could

740
00:28:45,730 --> 00:28:50,090
remove mountains, and have not love, charity, I

741
00:28:50,090 --> 00:28:50,590
am nothing.

742
00:28:51,570 --> 00:28:53,890
And though I bestow all my goods to

743
00:28:53,890 --> 00:28:55,350
feed the poor, and though I give my

744
00:28:55,350 --> 00:28:57,770
body to be burned, and have not charity,

745
00:28:58,110 --> 00:29:00,470
love, it profiteth me nothing.

746
00:29:01,930 --> 00:29:04,630
Charity suffereth long and is kind.

747
00:29:04,910 --> 00:29:06,130
Charity envieth not.

748
00:29:06,550 --> 00:29:07,790
Charity vaunteth not itself.

749
00:29:08,330 --> 00:29:09,490
It is not puffed up.

750
00:29:10,150 --> 00:29:12,370
Does not behave itself unseemly.

751
00:29:12,990 --> 00:29:13,950
Underscore this.

752
00:29:14,350 --> 00:29:16,490
Seeketh not her own.

753
00:29:17,590 --> 00:29:20,010
Is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.

754
00:29:20,970 --> 00:29:22,510
Love doesn't seek its own.

755
00:29:23,310 --> 00:29:25,010
Love seeks for the good of the other.

756
00:29:26,190 --> 00:29:27,010
Those outside.

757
00:29:29,550 --> 00:29:31,570
Now, probably most of you have heard the

758
00:29:31,570 --> 00:29:32,990
story of the Titanic.

759
00:29:33,950 --> 00:29:36,470
That big ship that went down in 1912.

760
00:29:37,050 --> 00:29:39,010
It hit an iceberg, it started sinking.

761
00:29:39,190 --> 00:29:40,250
Do you know what one of the first

762
00:29:40,250 --> 00:29:41,130
things they did?

763
00:29:42,450 --> 00:29:44,170
When they knew that they had hit an

764
00:29:44,170 --> 00:29:45,750
iceberg and this ship was going to sink,

765
00:29:45,830 --> 00:29:47,830
they went down to the bottom deck and

766
00:29:47,830 --> 00:29:49,990
they began to lock the doors on all

767
00:29:49,990 --> 00:29:51,610
the lower class passengers.

768
00:29:52,930 --> 00:29:55,150
You talk about cold hearted.

769
00:29:55,770 --> 00:29:57,570
You talk about loveless.

770
00:29:58,450 --> 00:30:00,530
Locking them in because they didn't think, well,

771
00:30:00,550 --> 00:30:02,030
we won't have enough room for everybody to

772
00:30:02,030 --> 00:30:04,230
get in the lifeboats, so let's lock in

773
00:30:04,230 --> 00:30:06,630
all the lower class passengers.

774
00:30:07,270 --> 00:30:08,250
Let them die.

775
00:30:09,990 --> 00:30:11,050
Loveless, cold.

776
00:30:11,910 --> 00:30:12,890
No compassion.

777
00:30:15,290 --> 00:30:18,510
They immediately began to board passengers on lifeboats

778
00:30:18,510 --> 00:30:19,430
and lower them down.

779
00:30:19,990 --> 00:30:22,710
But most of the lifeboats were only half

780
00:30:22,710 --> 00:30:23,070
full.

781
00:30:23,810 --> 00:30:26,490
One lifeboat that was meant for 65 people

782
00:30:26,490 --> 00:30:28,510
only had 28 on board.

783
00:30:29,310 --> 00:30:31,610
Another one was meant for 40 people, but

784
00:30:31,610 --> 00:30:33,250
they only had 12 on board.

785
00:30:33,950 --> 00:30:36,650
Over 300 more passengers could have been saved

786
00:30:36,650 --> 00:30:40,130
who were not saved because of selfishness and

787
00:30:40,130 --> 00:30:41,130
empty lifeboats.

788
00:30:42,810 --> 00:30:45,330
328 were later gathered up in life jackets

789
00:30:45,330 --> 00:30:47,670
as they floated upon the cold water.

790
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:48,290
They died.

791
00:30:48,390 --> 00:30:50,430
They froze to death in the freezing cold

792
00:30:50,430 --> 00:30:50,770
water.

793
00:30:51,630 --> 00:30:54,550
None had to die if only the lifeboats

794
00:30:54,550 --> 00:30:56,590
would have been filled to capacity.

795
00:30:57,230 --> 00:31:00,230
Out of all the lifeboats, only two went

796
00:31:00,230 --> 00:31:01,690
back to rescue the perishing.

797
00:31:01,970 --> 00:31:04,290
The rest just ignored the cries of the

798
00:31:04,290 --> 00:31:07,090
perishing and were content to be saved themselves

799
00:31:07,090 --> 00:31:09,890
and content to be in their half-filled

800
00:31:09,890 --> 00:31:10,970
lifeboats.

801
00:31:11,210 --> 00:31:15,150
My dear friends, are you content to be

802
00:31:15,150 --> 00:31:20,050
saved in your half-filled lifeboat?

803
00:31:20,930 --> 00:31:22,990
Singing our lifeboat songs.

804
00:31:23,590 --> 00:31:27,670
Just trying to hold down the fort when

805
00:31:27,670 --> 00:31:29,490
the perishing are crying out.

806
00:31:30,510 --> 00:31:31,490
Crying out.

807
00:31:32,750 --> 00:31:34,110
And without a Savior.

808
00:31:35,470 --> 00:31:37,110
There's still room at the cross.

809
00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:39,070
There's still room in here.

810
00:31:39,150 --> 00:31:42,050
And I'm telling you tonight, God wants heaven

811
00:31:42,050 --> 00:31:42,970
to be full.

812
00:31:44,290 --> 00:31:46,210
I tell our people all the time, I

813
00:31:46,210 --> 00:31:47,590
want to see every one of you in

814
00:31:47,590 --> 00:31:47,910
heaven.

815
00:31:48,890 --> 00:31:50,370
Not one to be lost.

816
00:31:50,510 --> 00:31:51,370
Not one child.

817
00:31:51,470 --> 00:31:52,530
Not one grandchild.

818
00:31:52,930 --> 00:31:54,270
Not one of you be lost.

819
00:31:54,770 --> 00:31:56,010
And I would say that tonight.

820
00:31:56,870 --> 00:31:59,470
Oh, to see every single one of you

821
00:31:59,470 --> 00:31:59,890
in heaven.

822
00:32:00,890 --> 00:32:02,690
And that you have the same heart to

823
00:32:02,690 --> 00:32:05,070
say of Ingram or whoever God's brought across

824
00:32:05,070 --> 00:32:07,990
your path, oh, to see every one in

825
00:32:07,990 --> 00:32:08,290
heaven.

826
00:32:09,390 --> 00:32:11,870
Fill up the lifeboats because there's still room.

827
00:32:12,910 --> 00:32:14,550
There's still room at the cross.

828
00:32:15,850 --> 00:32:18,530
Now how do we shine with this love

829
00:32:18,530 --> 00:32:18,990
of God?

830
00:32:19,090 --> 00:32:20,490
It's got to be shed abroad in our

831
00:32:20,490 --> 00:32:21,650
hearts by the Holy Spirit.

832
00:32:22,970 --> 00:32:24,250
And Jesus commanded us.

833
00:32:24,330 --> 00:32:25,790
Do you remember Jesus said this?

834
00:32:25,830 --> 00:32:28,750
He said, while I am in the world,

835
00:32:28,890 --> 00:32:30,150
I am the light of the world.

836
00:32:31,490 --> 00:32:32,890
But He died.

837
00:32:33,190 --> 00:32:35,050
He rose again.

838
00:32:35,170 --> 00:32:36,230
He ascended into heaven.

839
00:32:36,330 --> 00:32:37,630
And now what does He say, church?

840
00:32:38,530 --> 00:32:40,010
You are the light of the world.

841
00:32:40,770 --> 00:32:42,130
You are the salt of the earth.

842
00:32:42,190 --> 00:32:43,230
You are the light of the world.

843
00:32:43,730 --> 00:32:45,370
And a city that is set upon a

844
00:32:45,370 --> 00:32:46,410
hill cannot be hid.

845
00:32:46,510 --> 00:32:48,290
Neither do men light a candle and put

846
00:32:48,290 --> 00:32:51,590
it under a bushel, but on a candlestick

847
00:32:52,130 --> 00:32:53,890
that it gives light to all that are

848
00:32:53,890 --> 00:32:54,510
in the house.

849
00:32:54,650 --> 00:32:58,570
He says, therefore, let your light shine that

850
00:32:58,570 --> 00:33:00,410
they may see your good deeds and glorify

851
00:33:00,410 --> 00:33:01,910
your Father which is in heaven.

852
00:33:02,030 --> 00:33:03,110
How do we shine?

853
00:33:03,310 --> 00:33:06,170
We shine by sharing the love of God.

854
00:33:06,210 --> 00:33:07,830
We talked about that all day today.

855
00:33:08,050 --> 00:33:09,350
The compassion of Christ.

856
00:33:09,650 --> 00:33:10,590
The love of God.

857
00:33:10,930 --> 00:33:12,110
That's how you shine.

858
00:33:12,370 --> 00:33:13,510
That's how you burn.

859
00:33:14,110 --> 00:33:15,570
You burn with the love of God.

860
00:33:15,830 --> 00:33:18,210
This church will not sink who is characterized

861
00:33:18,210 --> 00:33:20,210
by those three God-given graces.

862
00:33:20,570 --> 00:33:23,350
Faith, hope, and love.

863
00:33:24,030 --> 00:33:27,190
She will stand in the coming storm.

864
00:33:27,890 --> 00:33:30,130
When I went to Scotland, oh, what a

865
00:33:30,130 --> 00:33:34,110
wonderful privilege to go to Scotland and Wales

866
00:33:34,110 --> 00:33:36,310
and throughout the UK, but in Scotland I

867
00:33:36,310 --> 00:33:38,430
was so intrigued by the lighthouses.

868
00:33:38,890 --> 00:33:40,330
I'd never seen those before.

869
00:33:41,750 --> 00:33:44,950
These big massive lighthouses that on the top

870
00:33:44,950 --> 00:33:47,030
they would shine with a bright light because

871
00:33:47,030 --> 00:33:50,130
that light would direct the ships into the

872
00:33:50,130 --> 00:33:50,410
harbor.

873
00:33:51,550 --> 00:33:54,610
But I didn't know this, that the lighthouses,

874
00:33:55,170 --> 00:33:56,830
they have the big light at the top

875
00:33:56,830 --> 00:33:59,590
to tell the ship when he's far off

876
00:33:59,590 --> 00:34:03,230
where he's to come into, but there are

877
00:34:03,230 --> 00:34:04,670
also lower lights.

878
00:34:05,510 --> 00:34:07,630
And those lower lights have to be shining

879
00:34:07,630 --> 00:34:09,690
and burning in order to direct the ship

880
00:34:09,690 --> 00:34:12,130
into the proper channel as they come into

881
00:34:12,130 --> 00:34:12,590
the harbor.

882
00:34:13,610 --> 00:34:17,370
When those lower lights are not shining and

883
00:34:17,370 --> 00:34:20,409
they're not burning, tragedy can happen.

884
00:34:20,870 --> 00:34:22,770
Listen to this story that D.L. Moody

885
00:34:22,770 --> 00:34:23,190
tells.

886
00:34:24,010 --> 00:34:26,949
He says, On a dark stormy night when

887
00:34:26,949 --> 00:34:29,830
the waves rolled like mountains and not a

888
00:34:29,830 --> 00:34:31,889
star was to be seen, a boat rocking

889
00:34:31,889 --> 00:34:33,770
and plunging near the Cleveland harbor.

890
00:34:35,190 --> 00:34:36,870
Are you sure this is the Cleveland?

891
00:34:37,230 --> 00:34:40,250
asked the captain, seeing only one light from

892
00:34:40,250 --> 00:34:40,750
the lighthouse.

893
00:34:41,449 --> 00:34:44,590
We're quite sure, sir, replied the pilot.

894
00:34:45,429 --> 00:34:47,409
Well, then where are the lower lights?

895
00:34:48,570 --> 00:34:50,270
They must have gone out, sir.

896
00:34:51,370 --> 00:34:52,830
Well, can you make the harbor?

897
00:34:53,909 --> 00:34:55,969
We must or we'll perish, sir.

898
00:34:56,950 --> 00:34:59,090
And with a strong hand and a brave

899
00:34:59,090 --> 00:35:00,970
heart, the old pilot turned the wheel.

900
00:35:01,470 --> 00:35:03,590
But alas, in the darkness, he missed the

901
00:35:03,590 --> 00:35:06,110
channel and with the crash upon the rocks,

902
00:35:06,490 --> 00:35:09,130
the boat was shivered and many a life

903
00:35:09,130 --> 00:35:11,310
were lost in a watery grave.

904
00:35:12,250 --> 00:35:14,530
Moody said, Brethren, the master will take care

905
00:35:14,530 --> 00:35:17,350
of the great lighthouse, but let us keep

906
00:35:17,350 --> 00:35:19,470
the lower lights burning.

907
00:35:20,490 --> 00:35:21,970
How do we keep them burning?

908
00:35:22,110 --> 00:35:23,030
Pointing them to Jesus.

909
00:35:23,250 --> 00:35:26,090
We shine with the love of God.

910
00:35:26,930 --> 00:35:29,230
We shine with the love of Jesus and

911
00:35:29,230 --> 00:35:31,690
this directs them into the narrow way.

912
00:35:31,790 --> 00:35:33,470
The way is narrow, Jesus said.

913
00:35:33,630 --> 00:35:35,350
It's straight and it's narrow.

914
00:35:35,790 --> 00:35:37,530
And you direct them in the way to

915
00:35:37,530 --> 00:35:41,850
the cross, to Christ by shining your light,

916
00:35:42,050 --> 00:35:42,350
church.

917
00:35:43,510 --> 00:35:44,590
Shine with faith.

918
00:35:44,790 --> 00:35:45,550
Shine with hope.

919
00:35:46,010 --> 00:35:47,230
Shine with the love of God.

920
00:35:47,890 --> 00:35:49,250
One of my favorite hymns.

921
00:35:50,090 --> 00:35:51,490
We were going to sing it until you

922
00:35:51,490 --> 00:35:54,030
had us sing, Lord, I haven't heard that

923
00:35:54,030 --> 00:35:55,650
one in years, so we're going to sing

924
00:35:55,650 --> 00:35:56,410
that one instead.

925
00:35:56,970 --> 00:35:57,650
Get it ready.

926
00:35:57,910 --> 00:36:01,330
I'm going to read the words to let

927
00:36:01,330 --> 00:36:02,470
the lower lights be burning.

928
00:36:04,690 --> 00:36:07,690
Brightly beams our Father's mercy from His lighthouse

929
00:36:07,690 --> 00:36:10,690
evermore, but to us He gives the keeping

930
00:36:10,690 --> 00:36:12,730
of the lights along the shore.

931
00:36:12,890 --> 00:36:14,870
Let the lower lights be burning.

932
00:36:15,370 --> 00:36:17,210
Send a gleam across the wave.

933
00:36:17,410 --> 00:36:21,090
Some poor fainting struggling seaman you may rescue,

934
00:36:21,890 --> 00:36:22,790
you may save.

935
00:36:23,650 --> 00:36:25,670
Dark the night of sin has settled.

936
00:36:26,190 --> 00:36:27,870
Loud the angry billows roar.

937
00:36:28,510 --> 00:36:31,810
Eager eyes are watching longing for the lights

938
00:36:31,810 --> 00:36:33,050
along the shore.

939
00:36:33,710 --> 00:36:35,430
Let the lower lights be burning.

940
00:36:36,050 --> 00:36:37,790
Send a gleam across the wave.

941
00:36:38,270 --> 00:36:41,790
Some poor fainting struggling seaman you may rescue,

942
00:36:42,430 --> 00:36:43,330
you may save.

943
00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:46,150
Trim your feeble lamp, my brother.

944
00:36:46,650 --> 00:36:49,950
Some poor sailor, tempest-tossed, trying now to

945
00:36:49,950 --> 00:36:53,190
make the harbor in the darkness may be

946
00:36:53,190 --> 00:36:53,610
lost.

947
00:36:54,050 --> 00:36:55,730
Let the lower lights be burning.

948
00:36:56,670 --> 00:36:58,330
Send a gleam across the wave.

949
00:36:58,830 --> 00:37:02,490
Some poor fainting struggling seaman you may rescue,

950
00:37:03,150 --> 00:37:03,790
you may save.

951
00:37:03,830 --> 00:37:05,210
Brothers and sisters, I want to ask you

952
00:37:05,210 --> 00:37:05,850
one question.

953
00:37:06,870 --> 00:37:09,150
Are any of these three God-given graces

954
00:37:09,150 --> 00:37:12,350
missing or lacking in your life?

955
00:37:14,390 --> 00:37:18,510
Faith in His presence, in His power, in

956
00:37:18,510 --> 00:37:19,470
His care for you.

957
00:37:19,850 --> 00:37:21,450
Faith, unshakable faith.

958
00:37:21,530 --> 00:37:22,710
Even though you're going to go through a

959
00:37:22,710 --> 00:37:23,010
storm.

960
00:37:24,550 --> 00:37:25,790
Do you have faith?

961
00:37:27,130 --> 00:37:28,010
Unshakable faith.

962
00:37:29,090 --> 00:37:29,450
Hope.

963
00:37:31,170 --> 00:37:33,190
Hope that is set upon the anchor of

964
00:37:33,190 --> 00:37:35,190
our soul, the Word of God, who comes

965
00:37:35,190 --> 00:37:36,490
from a God who cannot lie.

966
00:37:38,230 --> 00:37:38,830
Love.

967
00:37:38,970 --> 00:37:40,150
Are you lacking love?

968
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,800
Love for God.

969
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:45,900
Love for one another.

970
00:37:46,740 --> 00:37:49,420
And love for those little ships that don't

971
00:37:49,420 --> 00:37:51,320
have Jesus in their boat.

972
00:37:51,940 --> 00:37:54,700
If any of those are lacking, I plead

973
00:37:54,700 --> 00:37:57,600
with you, my dear friends, tonight to humble

974
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,180
yourself before God and admit that to God.

975
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,200
And those who come to God lacking and

976
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:08,140
empty and cry out, God will be sure

977
00:38:08,140 --> 00:38:08,600
to fill.

978
00:38:09,660 --> 00:38:11,440
He will strengthen our faith.

979
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,280
He will give us that unshakable hope and

980
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,280
peace that surpasses all understanding.

981
00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:20,260
And He will fill you with His love

982
00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:21,760
when He fills you with His Spirit.

983
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:23,740
The love of God is shed abroad in

984
00:38:23,740 --> 00:38:25,740
our heart by the Holy Spirit.

985
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:27,640
Lord, fill me.

986
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,780
That I may shine with Your light.

987
00:38:31,620 --> 00:38:33,740
Let the lower lights of this church be

988
00:38:33,740 --> 00:38:34,200
burning.

989
00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:36,760
Burning with the love of God.

990
00:38:37,380 --> 00:38:38,820
Pointing people to the cross.

991
00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:40,660
Pointing people to Christ.

992
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:41,820
Amen?

993
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,120
Let's stand to our feet.

994
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:45,360
I want you to bow your heads with

995
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:46,080
me as we pray.

996
00:38:46,580 --> 00:38:48,120
Brother, I want you to get that song

997
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:48,920
ready if you would.

998
00:38:49,860 --> 00:38:51,160
That's my favorite song.

999
00:38:51,620 --> 00:38:52,780
One of my very favorites.

1000
00:38:53,980 --> 00:38:55,820
I've never run into a church that knew

1001
00:38:55,820 --> 00:38:56,440
that song.

1002
00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:00,740
You wouldn't believe this, but I grew up

1003
00:39:00,740 --> 00:39:02,340
a Catholic boy and that's the first time

1004
00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:03,780
I heard that song was in a Catholic

1005
00:39:03,780 --> 00:39:04,380
church.

1006
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,280
Haven't hardly heard it since.

1007
00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:10,320
But the song is, Here Am I, Send

1008
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:10,600
Me.

1009
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,000
And I have one invitation to you, brothers

1010
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:14,440
and sisters.

1011
00:39:16,940 --> 00:39:19,380
God said to Isaiah after Isaiah had that

1012
00:39:19,380 --> 00:39:21,680
awesome vision of God, of the Lord Jesus

1013
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,120
Christ and all of His glory.

1014
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,100
He was smitten by the light of Christ,

1015
00:39:26,180 --> 00:39:27,060
the glory of Christ.

1016
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,600
He says, woe is me, I am undone,

1017
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:31,080
I am a man of unclean lips, and

1018
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:32,700
I live among a people of unclean lips,

1019
00:39:32,820 --> 00:39:35,940
and my eyes have seen the King, the

1020
00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:36,640
Lord of hosts.

1021
00:39:37,620 --> 00:39:39,220
God cleansed him of his sin.

1022
00:39:39,300 --> 00:39:41,000
He took the live coal and touched his

1023
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,660
mouth and took away his sins.

1024
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:44,620
Isaiah was forgiven.

1025
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:46,840
Do you remember what happens next?

1026
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,660
The Lord says, now who shall go for

1027
00:39:50,660 --> 00:39:50,840
us?

1028
00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:51,920
Who will go for us?

1029
00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:54,620
Whom shall I send?

1030
00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:58,320
And Isaiah was so close to God by

1031
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,880
that time he overheard Him say, Whom shall

1032
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:01,540
I send?

1033
00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:03,440
Who will go for us?

1034
00:40:03,460 --> 00:40:08,080
And He says, Here I am, send Me.

1035
00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:10,340
That's the invitation tonight.

1036
00:40:10,780 --> 00:40:12,680
As we sing this song, and you want

1037
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,800
to respond to God, the altar is open,

1038
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,660
these front pews are open, if you want

1039
00:40:16,660 --> 00:40:17,460
to kneel to God.

1040
00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:19,800
And I don't want you to come unless

1041
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,660
you know the Holy Spirit is speaking to

1042
00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:25,100
you, unless you're serious about doing business with

1043
00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:27,300
God, and you say, Lord, I'm serious.

1044
00:40:27,300 --> 00:40:29,980
Here am I, send Me.

1045
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:32,580
But first, strengthen my faith.

1046
00:40:33,260 --> 00:40:35,520
Let the hope of You, Lord Jesus Christ,

1047
00:40:35,620 --> 00:40:37,940
be an anchor in my soul and fill

1048
00:40:37,940 --> 00:40:39,980
me with Your love to overflowing.

1049
00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:41,600
Here am I, send Me.

1050
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,140
That's the invitation, that's the appeal.

1051
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,020
Now Father, I pray in the name of

1052
00:40:47,020 --> 00:40:49,360
Jesus that You would help us to take

1053
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:50,860
seriously, Lord, Your Word.

1054
00:40:51,340 --> 00:40:53,240
If You are speaking to anyone here, and

1055
00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:55,720
I believe You are, I pray, God, that

1056
00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:58,820
You would give us the grace to respond

1057
00:40:58,820 --> 00:41:01,360
to You, Father, to respond to Your voice

1058
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:01,860
calling.

1059
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:04,520
Who will go for us?

1060
00:41:05,020 --> 00:41:06,240
Whom shall I send?

1061
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:09,200
Father, we know there is a storm coming.

1062
00:41:09,860 --> 00:41:11,480
We know it in our hearts.

1063
00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:13,400
You've told us in Your Word.

1064
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:15,380
You've given us so many wake-up calls.

1065
00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:17,620
And my God, I pray You would place

1066
00:41:17,620 --> 00:41:20,320
an urgency in our hearts tonight and that

1067
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:24,580
we would respond now as You speak to

1068
00:41:24,580 --> 00:41:27,060
us, we would respond to Your voice in

1069
00:41:27,060 --> 00:41:27,960
Jesus' name.

1070
00:41:28,620 --> 00:41:29,100
Amen.

1071
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,080
As we sing and You want to come

1072
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,460
forward, please feel free to do that.

1073
00:41:34,140 --> 00:41:36,580
We're going to sing, Here am I, send

1074
00:41:36,580 --> 00:41:36,860
Me.

1075
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,420
That You so loved the world, You gave

1076
00:41:44,420 --> 00:41:45,460
Your only Son.

1077
00:41:46,460 --> 00:41:48,560
That You're not willing that any should perish,

1078
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:49,120
O Lord.

1079
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,300
You're not willing that any should perish in

1080
00:41:52,300 --> 00:41:52,620
hell.

1081
00:41:53,620 --> 00:41:57,660
You gave Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ,

1082
00:41:57,740 --> 00:41:59,840
who laid down His life, who loved us

1083
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:00,880
to the very end.

1084
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:03,320
We thank You, Jesus.

1085
00:42:03,420 --> 00:42:05,040
With all my heart, I thank You for

1086
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:05,860
saving me.

1087
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,880
I thank You for rescuing me, Lord.

1088
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:11,240
I thank You for saving me.

1089
00:42:11,300 --> 00:42:13,040
I thank You for everyone here who is

1090
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:13,420
saved.

1091
00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:15,480
Thank You for saving us, O God.

1092
00:42:16,820 --> 00:42:18,800
Thank You for giving us the gift of

1093
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:19,280
faith.

1094
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,260
Thank You for giving us a hope, Lord

1095
00:42:22,260 --> 00:42:24,600
God, that is an absolute assurance that we

1096
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:28,240
have in You of everlasting life, and even

1097
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:31,460
when everything else is shaken, that can be

1098
00:42:31,460 --> 00:42:34,640
shaken, You remain unshakable, Lord.

1099
00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:37,300
And because we are hidden in You, we

1100
00:42:37,300 --> 00:42:38,660
shall remain unshaken.

1101
00:42:39,620 --> 00:42:41,480
I thank You for that, Lord.

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I thank You that we're entering the church's

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finest hour.

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A time, Lord, when people are going through

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storms, and a time when people will be

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looking for hope, they'll be crying out for

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answers.

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God forbid that our lower lights burn out.

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We ask You tonight, Lord, that let the

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love of God be shed abroad in our

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hearts, that we shine, that we burn.

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Lord, I pray for Your church here to

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burn brightly with the holy love of Jesus.

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Jesus, let the lower lights be burning among

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Your people here, that men, women, and children

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00:43:20,660 --> 00:43:23,680
all over this area of Wisconsin will see

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it, Lord.

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They will see the saints shining with the

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love of Christ, and they will glorify You,

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our Father, which is in heaven.

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Lord, may Your love compel us to go.

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We've heard enough this week.

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We've heard, Lord.

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Lord, we don't want to just sit and

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stagnate.

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It's time to obey.

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The hour has come that You be glorified,

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Lord Jesus.

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So whatever You're telling us to do, Lord,

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each and every one of us, because we

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know there's no formula, we have to hear

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from You.

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We have to hear You speak to us

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by Your Spirit and through Your Word.

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But when You speak to us, Lord, let

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us not hesitate.

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Let us not hesitate.

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Let there be no delayed obedience, but immediate

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obedience to go, to shine, to share for

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Your glory and honor.

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Lord, there's still room.

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There's plenty of room.

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Give us Your heart for this world, the

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lost.

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I pray also, Father, for this precious church

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00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,580
that love for one another would prevail.

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Oh, Jesus, that we would see one another

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through Your eyes.

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Oh, Jesus, I pray that You would unite

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our hearts together as one.

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That just as You said in Ezekiel, when

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You breathed on those dry bones and You

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00:44:54,740 --> 00:44:56,800
raised them up to life, You raised up

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a mighty army.

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00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:00,980
You don't need a vast multitude.

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You only need a few here in one

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accord who will turn this whole area upside

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down for the glory of God.

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Set a fire in our bones.

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Put a fire in our hearts, Lord.

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Bless this church.

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Bless these precious people.

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Cause Your face to shine upon them.

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Glorify Your name in each and every life,

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Lord, standing here, represented here tonight.

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We praise You, mighty God, for what You

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will do.

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We praise You, Lord God.

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You are the God of the impossible.

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00:45:37,260 --> 00:45:38,540
You're a mighty God.

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You're mighty to save.

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I pray Your anointing be upon each one

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of Your children here, Lord.

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I pray You bless them, Lord, with Your

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grace and power, with Your love and Your

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peace.

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Lord, when all that is shaken and these

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storms come, would You help us to lift

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our heads and rejoice, because our redemption draws

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nigh.

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Let us never lose sight of You, Lord.

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Keep our eyes fixed upon You, Jesus.

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Thank You, Lord.

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I commit this precious people, Lord, into Your

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hands.

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Thank You for the privilege of being here

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these past several days.

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It's gone so fast for me, so by

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so fast.

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I'm so blessed, God.

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I thank You for this precious time.

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00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:30,380
I love You, Lord.

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Thank You for so loving us.

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In Jesus' name, amen.

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Brothers and sisters, it has been such a

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privilege to be with all of you this

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week.

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I really don't have adequate words to say

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how grateful I am for all your love

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00:46:53,820 --> 00:46:55,360
and hospitality and kindness.

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You have something here, church.

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You have strong families.

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Godly families.

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That is a tremendous testimony.

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That is a tremendous light to this world

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today.

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But I want to tell you, you've got

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to shine with it.

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Don't let it be just about you and

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your family.

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There's little ships out there.

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They need to see these families.

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00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:22,040
They need to be invited in to sit

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down at your supper table and to see

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what it's like to be in a godly

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home.

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Open your doors.

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Bring them in.

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Because you do have something.

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You have something to be grateful for.

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00:47:38,100 --> 00:47:39,040
I thank you.

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I thank you for this time together.

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And God bless all of you.

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You've been listening to the From the Pulpit

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in Classic Sermons series.

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This week you heard Brian Long with his

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message, The Church That Will Stand in the

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Coming Storm.

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00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:55,220
Tune in next week to hear Denny Canaston

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speak about the approaching wave of persecution on

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From the Pulpit in Classic Sermons.