1 00:00:00,710 --> 00:00:03,930 We're going to read tonight from the second 2 00:00:03,930 --> 00:00:08,430 letter of the Apostle Peter and we're going 3 00:00:08,430 --> 00:00:12,390 to read from the third chapter from verse 4 00:00:12,390 --> 00:00:12,630 one. 5 00:00:14,910 --> 00:00:17,770 This second epistle beloved I now write unto 6 00:00:17,770 --> 00:00:20,430 you in both which I stir up your 7 00:00:20,430 --> 00:00:22,490 pure minds by way of remembrance. 8 00:00:23,990 --> 00:00:26,450 That ye may be mindful of the words 9 00:00:26,450 --> 00:00:29,610 which were spoken before by the holy prophets 10 00:00:29,610 --> 00:00:32,830 and of the commandments of us the apostles 11 00:00:32,830 --> 00:00:36,230 of the Lord and Saviour. 12 00:00:37,650 --> 00:00:40,010 Knowing this first that there shall come in 13 00:00:40,010 --> 00:00:44,370 the last days scoffers walking after their own 14 00:00:44,370 --> 00:00:48,590 lusts and saying where is the promise of 15 00:00:48,590 --> 00:00:49,110 his coming? 16 00:00:50,350 --> 00:00:53,510 But since the fathers fell asleep all things 17 00:00:53,510 --> 00:00:56,190 continue as they were from the beginning of 18 00:00:56,190 --> 00:00:56,810 the creation. 19 00:00:58,830 --> 00:01:01,790 For this they willingly are ignorant of that 20 00:01:01,790 --> 00:01:04,129 by the word of the God the heavens 21 00:01:04,129 --> 00:01:07,350 would have hold and the earth standing out 22 00:01:07,350 --> 00:01:08,850 of the water and in the water. 23 00:01:09,850 --> 00:01:12,970 Whereby the world that then was being overflowed 24 00:01:12,970 --> 00:01:14,930 with water perished. 25 00:01:15,950 --> 00:01:18,150 But the heavens and the earth which are 26 00:01:18,150 --> 00:01:20,550 now by the same word are kept in 27 00:01:20,550 --> 00:01:24,150 store reserved under fire against the day of 28 00:01:24,150 --> 00:01:26,370 judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 29 00:01:27,990 --> 00:01:30,670 But beloved be not ignorant of this one 30 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:34,610 thing that one day is with the Lord 31 00:01:34,610 --> 00:01:38,510 as a thousand years and a thousand years 32 00:01:38,510 --> 00:01:39,370 as one day. 33 00:01:40,770 --> 00:01:43,950 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise 34 00:01:43,950 --> 00:01:47,370 as some men count slackness but is long 35 00:01:47,370 --> 00:01:50,950 suffering to us would not willing that any 36 00:01:50,950 --> 00:01:53,290 should perish but it all should come to 37 00:01:53,290 --> 00:01:53,730 repentance. 38 00:01:55,050 --> 00:01:57,370 But the day of the Lord will come 39 00:01:57,370 --> 00:02:00,450 as a peace in the night in the 40 00:02:00,450 --> 00:02:02,930 which the heavens shall pass away with a 41 00:02:02,930 --> 00:02:06,370 great noise and the elements shall melt with 42 00:02:06,370 --> 00:02:09,669 fervent heat the earth also and the works 43 00:02:09,669 --> 00:02:13,510 that are therein shall be burned up Seeing 44 00:02:13,510 --> 00:02:16,390 then that all these things shall be dissolved 45 00:02:16,390 --> 00:02:19,590 what manner of persons ought ye to be 46 00:02:19,590 --> 00:02:22,450 in all holy conversation and godliness. 47 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:26,770 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of 48 00:02:26,770 --> 00:02:29,710 the day of God wherein the heavens being 49 00:02:29,710 --> 00:02:33,190 on fire shall be dissolved and the elements 50 00:02:33,190 --> 00:02:35,030 shall melt with fervent heat. 51 00:02:35,990 --> 00:02:40,230 Nevertheless we according to his promise look for 52 00:02:40,230 --> 00:02:46,330 new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth 53 00:02:46,950 --> 00:02:47,610 righteousness. 54 00:02:48,510 --> 00:02:51,690 Now would you turn back to Matthew 24 55 00:02:51,690 --> 00:02:57,810 or 23 I'm sorry Matthew 23 and we 56 00:02:57,810 --> 00:03:01,590 shall read the last three verses in that 57 00:03:01,590 --> 00:03:07,990 chapter beginning at verse 37 Matthew 23 37 58 00:03:07,990 --> 00:03:18,130 O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou 59 00:03:18,130 --> 00:03:20,910 that killest the prophets and stonest them which 60 00:03:20,910 --> 00:03:24,870 are sent unto thee how often would I 61 00:03:24,870 --> 00:03:27,770 have gathered thy children together even as a 62 00:03:27,770 --> 00:03:32,310 hen gathereth her chickens under her wing and 63 00:03:32,310 --> 00:03:33,070 ye would not. 64 00:03:34,850 --> 00:03:38,090 Behold your house is left unto you desolate 65 00:03:39,310 --> 00:03:41,970 for I say unto you ye shall not 66 00:03:41,970 --> 00:03:45,790 see me henceforth till ye shall say blessed 67 00:03:45,790 --> 00:03:50,390 is he that cometh in the name of 68 00:03:50,390 --> 00:03:53,530 the Lord and God will bless to us 69 00:03:53,530 --> 00:03:56,510 the reading of the Bible. 70 00:04:04,220 --> 00:04:07,640 I want to finish this series tonight on 71 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,100 speaking on the subject the will of God 72 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:15,899 and the will of man and we shall 73 00:04:15,899 --> 00:04:19,300 see from this narrative that the will of 74 00:04:19,300 --> 00:04:22,640 God is has been fully revealed in Jesus 75 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:27,040 Christ and we shall see truly in this 76 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:33,140 passage man's enmity against God in rejecting that 77 00:04:33,140 --> 00:04:36,060 will and I want to say right at 78 00:04:36,060 --> 00:04:39,420 the outset although this will be a loving 79 00:04:39,420 --> 00:04:43,860 warning I trust that no one tonight will 80 00:04:43,860 --> 00:04:46,500 be in that state of rejection. 81 00:04:46,980 --> 00:04:50,560 I trust that everyone tonight will have an 82 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,820 open heart and an open mind for the 83 00:04:53,820 --> 00:04:55,160 truth of God. 84 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:58,720 First of all then the will of God 85 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,060 if you look at this text that I 86 00:05:02,060 --> 00:05:05,020 have given you tonight you will notice that 87 00:05:05,020 --> 00:05:07,880 the Lord Jesus said a very important thing 88 00:05:08,780 --> 00:05:11,680 turning to his own people who had rejected 89 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:19,840 him he said how often how often and 90 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:21,840 this shows to us that the will of 91 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:25,480 God is patient and that's the first thing 92 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,680 that I want to bring before your attention. 93 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:31,020 If you read of the will of God 94 00:05:31,020 --> 00:05:34,140 in the Old Testament and if you read 95 00:05:34,140 --> 00:05:35,800 of the will of God in the New 96 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:40,220 Testament you will always find that it's marked 97 00:05:40,220 --> 00:05:43,060 by unrivaled patience. 98 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,940 You see the Lord Jesus came to his 99 00:05:46,940 --> 00:05:49,220 own people and he came to his own 100 00:05:49,220 --> 00:05:52,680 people with all the prophecies of scripture behind 101 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:59,920 him concerning his birth, concerning his life, concerning 102 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:05,080 his miracles, concerning his words, concerning his death, 103 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:10,360 concerning his burial, concerning his resurrection and even 104 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:14,880 concerning his ascension but they didn't receive him 105 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:19,720 and with all those prophecies behind him he 106 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,700 could say to this people how often. 107 00:06:24,260 --> 00:06:26,860 Again when the Lord Jesus came into this 108 00:06:26,860 --> 00:06:30,480 world we must remember this that God was 109 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,700 speaking to that nation of Israel through the 110 00:06:33,700 --> 00:06:36,800 prophets and he was speaking through the prophets 111 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,480 to the fathers to the children of Israel 112 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,860 and some of these prophets and servants were 113 00:06:42,860 --> 00:06:47,000 stoned by them and when Jesus Christ came 114 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,720 into this world he was God's last voice, 115 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,540 God's last words not only to Israel but 116 00:06:56,540 --> 00:06:57,160 to the nation. 117 00:06:58,260 --> 00:07:01,940 There will never be another voice apart from 118 00:07:01,940 --> 00:07:06,560 the voice of Jesus Christ and therefore when 119 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,320 our Lord Jesus came among them he came 120 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,160 not only with the prophecies behind them but 121 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:18,160 he came with remarkable miracles and every single 122 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,600 miracle that he performed was a sign to 123 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,060 Israel and to the world that he was 124 00:07:24,060 --> 00:07:24,960 the Son of God. 125 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:31,220 They actually saw blind people who were actually 126 00:07:31,220 --> 00:07:36,060 born totally blind seeing immediately. 127 00:07:37,540 --> 00:07:42,080 They saw bodies that were totally paralyzed immediately 128 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:43,140 being raised. 129 00:07:44,340 --> 00:07:47,780 They saw people whose bodies were deformed with 130 00:07:47,780 --> 00:07:50,900 leprosy so that they were full of leprosy 131 00:07:50,900 --> 00:07:55,580 having their features all lost and by one 132 00:07:55,580 --> 00:07:57,820 word from the Lord Jesus they were made 133 00:07:57,820 --> 00:07:58,740 completely whole. 134 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,160 In fact on one occasion they saw a 135 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,720 man whose body was in a state of 136 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,360 decomposition so that the scripture says behold he 137 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:14,280 stinketh and they saw that man actually being 138 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,700 raised from the dead and he came out 139 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:20,100 with his grave clothes and every miracle was 140 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:22,880 basically saying that he was the Son of 141 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:27,240 God and yet they received him not. 142 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:32,140 He said how often and then he came 143 00:08:32,140 --> 00:08:35,260 to them with the passion of the cross 144 00:08:35,260 --> 00:08:39,640 and when he was on Calvary's cross he 145 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,500 said particularly to his own people in the 146 00:08:42,500 --> 00:08:47,060 presence of God father forgive them they know 147 00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:51,280 not what they do and yet they didn't 148 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:55,520 receive him and so he says how often 149 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:56,420 but more. 150 00:08:58,660 --> 00:09:02,220 When the apostles came to the Jewish people 151 00:09:02,220 --> 00:09:05,380 and preached the gospel they just went to 152 00:09:05,380 --> 00:09:09,720 one nation and only one and we must 153 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,720 remember this on the day of Pentecost Peter 154 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:18,160 was basically saying this look the one in 155 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,700 whom you have crucified the one that you 156 00:09:21,700 --> 00:09:25,000 have crowned with thorns the one that you 157 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,980 have pierced is the very one that wants 158 00:09:27,980 --> 00:09:30,160 to save you and cleanse you and bless 159 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:36,440 you and yet they didn't receive him and 160 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,900 the call comes how often and then last 161 00:09:40,900 --> 00:09:43,200 of all he raised up one man whose 162 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,660 name was Stephen and he lit his face 163 00:09:46,660 --> 00:09:49,140 up like an angel so that he had 164 00:09:49,140 --> 00:09:53,500 a supernatural manifestation because the law was given 165 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:57,700 to them through the administration of angels and 166 00:09:57,700 --> 00:10:00,700 they heard a message my dear friends that 167 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:06,640 was absolutely soul stirring it was the greatest 168 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:11,600 message that any man will ever preach and 169 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,460 the word of the Lord came to them 170 00:10:13,460 --> 00:10:17,400 as the very oracle of God and when 171 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:22,820 they heard it they stoned Stephen and the 172 00:10:22,820 --> 00:10:28,860 patience of God was exhausted down came the 173 00:10:28,860 --> 00:10:35,100 shutters the door was closed to Israel and 174 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:38,180 now judgment was going to fall upon them 175 00:10:38,180 --> 00:10:42,300 could there be someone like that here tonight 176 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:48,480 can I describe the person right from this 177 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:52,100 person's infancy he has heard the gospel and 178 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:54,840 even as a child he knew that Jesus 179 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,000 Christ drew near and stood upon the slummy 180 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,580 doorstep of his life a knot and he 181 00:11:00,580 --> 00:11:05,440 knew it but he didn't receive him he 182 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,280 reached the age of adolescence and then became 183 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,560 a teenager and even in his teen years 184 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:15,320 there stood before him through one message that 185 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:19,460 majestic glorious savior calling him to be saved 186 00:11:19,460 --> 00:11:25,730 but he didn't receive him and then he 187 00:11:25,730 --> 00:11:30,370 moved into manhood he married a wife and 188 00:11:30,370 --> 00:11:33,570 somehow his wife became a Christian and she 189 00:11:33,570 --> 00:11:36,370 started to preach to a husband and he 190 00:11:36,370 --> 00:11:39,370 knew that God was speaking to him through 191 00:11:39,370 --> 00:11:45,200 the wife but he didn't receive him in 192 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,660 his midlife God dealt with him harshly because 193 00:11:48,660 --> 00:11:52,120 he loved him he had a serious accident 194 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,420 he was on the bed that he thought 195 00:11:55,420 --> 00:12:00,380 could be the bed of death eternity was 196 00:12:00,380 --> 00:12:06,010 near the fear of a lost eternity haunted 197 00:12:06,010 --> 00:12:10,530 his soul and at that moment the Lord 198 00:12:10,530 --> 00:12:13,510 Jesus drew near again and stood at his 199 00:12:13,510 --> 00:12:19,180 life's door knocking but he didn't receive him 200 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:25,980 and perhaps that man or perhaps that woman 201 00:12:25,980 --> 00:12:30,870 is here tonight and for two weeks you 202 00:12:30,870 --> 00:12:33,950 have listened to the gospel and every night 203 00:12:33,950 --> 00:12:37,130 you heard the gospel the Lord Jesus became 204 00:12:37,130 --> 00:12:39,890 closer near and you knew he wanted to 205 00:12:39,890 --> 00:12:44,570 come into your life and it's Sunday night 206 00:12:46,140 --> 00:12:55,820 Sunday night it's half past seven and he 207 00:12:55,820 --> 00:13:00,460 draws near again and he says to you 208 00:13:02,100 --> 00:13:07,650 how often no I'm not going to say 209 00:13:07,650 --> 00:13:10,050 dear friends that you're going out of this 210 00:13:10,050 --> 00:13:13,110 door and you'll probably be killed no I'm 211 00:13:13,110 --> 00:13:16,890 not going to use that drama nor am 212 00:13:16,890 --> 00:13:18,870 I going to say tonight at nine o 213 00:13:18,870 --> 00:13:20,810 'clock the Lord Jesus is going to come 214 00:13:20,810 --> 00:13:23,170 and you'll be left behind I won't say 215 00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:27,970 that but I will say this there comes 216 00:13:27,970 --> 00:13:30,650 a time in your life when God stops 217 00:13:30,650 --> 00:13:37,480 speaking so that he says this today if 218 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,200 you will hear his voice harden not your 219 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:45,420 heart as in the days of provocation Israel 220 00:13:45,420 --> 00:13:49,140 was given time after time an opportunity to 221 00:13:49,140 --> 00:13:52,040 repent and go into the promised land but 222 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,660 they loved the material things more than God 223 00:13:54,660 --> 00:14:01,040 and the last voice was heard and they 224 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:09,530 all died in the wilderness in Scotland in 225 00:14:09,530 --> 00:14:14,110 the year 1964 a man was in the 226 00:14:14,110 --> 00:14:17,650 meeting that heard the gospel many times and 227 00:14:19,090 --> 00:14:21,570 one night God came to him in tremendous 228 00:14:21,570 --> 00:14:25,050 power and the Lord Jesus drew near as 229 00:14:25,050 --> 00:14:27,630 he always does when a person is about 230 00:14:27,630 --> 00:14:30,690 to receive or to reject him and he 231 00:14:30,690 --> 00:14:33,250 stood before him in such power the man 232 00:14:33,250 --> 00:14:37,670 knew he was there and he went out 233 00:14:37,670 --> 00:14:43,370 and rejected him and God said how often 234 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,060 he got on his bike he was cycling 235 00:14:49,060 --> 00:14:53,280 through the night and the voice of God 236 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,940 came to him in such power saying how 237 00:14:55,940 --> 00:15:00,700 often and he got off that bike and 238 00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:04,260 this is what he said verbatim almost blasphemy 239 00:15:04,260 --> 00:15:07,840 but I must say it oh God get 240 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:16,040 off my back and he did he did 241 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:25,490 and that man is in desolation don't do 242 00:15:25,490 --> 00:15:32,890 that tonight he's saying how often secondly it's 243 00:15:32,890 --> 00:15:35,270 the passionate will of God you know I'm 244 00:15:35,270 --> 00:15:38,790 so glad that God's will is not just 245 00:15:38,790 --> 00:15:45,790 academic cold clinical utterly regular but God's will 246 00:15:45,790 --> 00:15:50,510 is marked with pathos and passion God never 247 00:15:50,510 --> 00:15:55,670 gives calculated lectures God moves out to people 248 00:15:55,670 --> 00:16:00,270 in demonstrations of divine love and this is 249 00:16:00,270 --> 00:16:06,170 what he says listen to it oh Jerusalem 250 00:16:08,510 --> 00:16:11,950 Jerusalem you will never find the word oh 251 00:16:11,950 --> 00:16:17,170 in your dictionary it's not basically a word 252 00:16:17,170 --> 00:16:21,690 it's just a letter it is totally indefinable 253 00:16:21,690 --> 00:16:25,030 but you will find it over and over 254 00:16:25,030 --> 00:16:29,390 again in scripture there was one man that 255 00:16:29,390 --> 00:16:31,610 realized that he was in sin and he 256 00:16:31,610 --> 00:16:33,950 needed the forgiveness of God and this is 257 00:16:33,950 --> 00:16:36,430 what he cried out create in me a 258 00:16:36,430 --> 00:16:42,850 clean heart note the word oh God see 259 00:16:42,850 --> 00:16:48,190 the desperation behind that word another man was 260 00:16:48,190 --> 00:16:50,790 praying for revival and he was in the 261 00:16:50,790 --> 00:16:53,310 presence of God and his name was Isaiah 262 00:16:53,310 --> 00:16:56,190 and this is what he says oh that 263 00:16:56,190 --> 00:17:00,610 thou wouldest render heavens that thou wouldest come 264 00:17:00,610 --> 00:17:04,109 down that the mountains might flow down at 265 00:17:04,109 --> 00:17:08,530 thy presence he was caught up with divine 266 00:17:08,530 --> 00:17:12,670 pathos but this is not the oath from 267 00:17:12,670 --> 00:17:16,930 King David this is not the oath from 268 00:17:16,930 --> 00:17:20,770 Isaiah this is an oath from the Lord 269 00:17:20,770 --> 00:17:23,910 Jesus let's get to the meaning of the 270 00:17:23,910 --> 00:17:28,840 word we had a child we still have 271 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:33,520 him bless him and when he was three 272 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,860 months old he took a cold from his 273 00:17:36,860 --> 00:17:41,280 father who'd come home from mission went down 274 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:46,070 with pneumonia and when he went down with 275 00:17:46,070 --> 00:17:52,730 pneumonia the great London fog stopped the whole 276 00:17:52,730 --> 00:17:58,310 of that city our Jewish doctor was coming 277 00:17:58,310 --> 00:18:00,870 in twice a day looking at the child 278 00:18:00,870 --> 00:18:06,770 shaking his head and we were slowly watching 279 00:18:06,770 --> 00:18:13,930 our little fella sinking kettles were constantly being 280 00:18:13,930 --> 00:18:17,030 bored in the room we were going round 281 00:18:17,030 --> 00:18:18,950 and round with the towel to give him 282 00:18:18,950 --> 00:18:22,550 breathing and the Jewish doctor turned to my 283 00:18:22,550 --> 00:18:26,810 dear wife and he said this Mrs. Brandon 284 00:18:26,810 --> 00:18:30,970 he needs oxygen but if I took him 285 00:18:30,970 --> 00:18:36,450 out he would die in the fog you 286 00:18:36,450 --> 00:18:41,390 realize your baby's in the wood and when 287 00:18:41,390 --> 00:18:45,290 he left I saw my lovely little wife 288 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:50,330 pick up that baby never forget it and 289 00:18:50,330 --> 00:18:59,400 she just said this oh God oh God 290 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:07,040 and that child was healed this is not 291 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:11,900 an oath from Gwen this is an oath 292 00:19:11,900 --> 00:19:16,140 from the Lord Jesus and there on that 293 00:19:16,140 --> 00:19:34,840 cross everything all right perhaps 294 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,520 we could sing a little chorus could we 295 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:55,630 darling maranatha words our dear brother perhaps 296 00:19:55,630 --> 00:19:57,670 better we'll have a little prayer shall we 297 00:19:58,470 --> 00:20:01,750 just pray that the Lord will bless him 298 00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:05,410 Lord we just pray that thou will put 299 00:20:05,410 --> 00:20:08,970 thy healing hand upon our dear brother and 300 00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:14,250 just touch him we pray right now that 301 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:20,120 he may feel so much better we pray 302 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:22,000 this in the name of the Lord Jesus 303 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Amen but this is an oath from the 304 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,960 Lord Jesus but where did he say it 305 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:39,880 do we see this passion revealed in his 306 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,480 life yes but that's not the full passion 307 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:47,880 of our Savior do we not see this 308 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,920 passion when he raised Lazarus from the dead 309 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,940 and just prior to the resurrection he wept 310 00:20:53,940 --> 00:20:58,020 human tears yes but it's deeper than that 311 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,200 if I want to see the real passion 312 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,680 of the Lord Jesus I look at the 313 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:09,910 cross when I see Jesus Christ hanging on 314 00:21:09,910 --> 00:21:14,010 a Roman gibbet when I see the vile 315 00:21:14,010 --> 00:21:19,110 spittle of Roman soldiers dripping from those wounds 316 00:21:19,110 --> 00:21:21,210 that they had made in his lovely face 317 00:21:22,580 --> 00:21:27,220 when I see the heavens darken when I 318 00:21:27,220 --> 00:21:29,580 hear him saying on the cross as he 319 00:21:29,580 --> 00:21:32,500 bore away the sin of the world my 320 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:35,880 God my God why hast thou forsaken me 321 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,760 I bow my head and I say with 322 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:44,700 the Apostle John herein is love not that 323 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:47,560 we love God but that God loved us 324 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,840 and sent his son to be a mercy 325 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,220 seat for our sins my dear friends I 326 00:21:54,220 --> 00:21:57,240 love to say this when it comes to 327 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:02,120 a matter of demonstrating love the Lord Jesus 328 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:07,080 did it realistically he let frog over all 329 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:15,160 expression jumped over all grammatical sentences came to 330 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,300 us in the cross and when he hung 331 00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:21,080 on a Roman gibbet and bore our sins 332 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,180 in his own body on the tree that's 333 00:22:24,180 --> 00:22:29,360 where he said oh but more he wasn't 334 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:32,260 now talking to a city that was going 335 00:22:32,260 --> 00:22:35,680 to accept him he was talking now to 336 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,140 a city that was going to crucify him 337 00:22:38,140 --> 00:22:42,660 and think of it the very people that 338 00:22:42,660 --> 00:22:45,360 were going to scourge him the very people 339 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:47,980 that were going to crucify him those that 340 00:22:47,980 --> 00:22:50,640 were going to crown him with thorns he 341 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:56,660 says oh Jerusalem Jerusalem but there's something more 342 00:22:56,660 --> 00:23:02,000 intimate than that I believe tonight dear friends 343 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,380 in this room the Lord Jesus is not 344 00:23:06,380 --> 00:23:09,560 talking about a city he's not talking about 345 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,380 a town he's not talking about a village 346 00:23:12,380 --> 00:23:15,140 he's not talking about a community of people 347 00:23:15,140 --> 00:23:21,350 I believe he's talking to individuals and there 348 00:23:21,350 --> 00:23:24,210 might be someone here tonight and he's saying 349 00:23:24,210 --> 00:23:31,730 something like this oh Mary Mary oh John 350 00:23:31,730 --> 00:23:35,210 John you see he doesn't call you by 351 00:23:35,210 --> 00:23:38,610 a number you will never be computerized by 352 00:23:38,610 --> 00:23:42,390 the Lord you are a name now look 353 00:23:42,390 --> 00:23:44,670 I wonder dear friends this is so vital 354 00:23:44,670 --> 00:23:47,930 would the door be closed I think someone's 355 00:23:47,930 --> 00:23:50,410 going to get saved tonight would the door 356 00:23:50,410 --> 00:23:52,490 be closed and no one else come in 357 00:23:52,490 --> 00:23:55,710 would you do that please those who are 358 00:23:55,710 --> 00:23:58,610 going out would you just go out and 359 00:23:58,610 --> 00:24:02,470 those who are um would the door be 360 00:24:02,470 --> 00:24:04,490 closed and let the others pray I think 361 00:24:04,490 --> 00:24:07,230 that will be better because if people are 362 00:24:07,230 --> 00:24:10,130 coming and going it's going to spoil the 363 00:24:10,130 --> 00:24:14,350 whole meeting and therefore he calls us by 364 00:24:14,350 --> 00:24:18,110 name notice what he said to Saul on 365 00:24:18,110 --> 00:24:21,510 the Damascus road not pjx 6 3 1 366 00:24:21,510 --> 00:24:24,550 5 5 6 why do you persecute me 367 00:24:24,550 --> 00:24:32,530 what did he say Saul Saul he calls 368 00:24:32,530 --> 00:24:35,810 us by name and I believe tonight in 369 00:24:35,810 --> 00:24:38,730 a very real way in this building the 370 00:24:38,730 --> 00:24:44,250 Lord Jesus is calling some by name calling 371 00:24:44,250 --> 00:24:48,330 you now and he's putting behind it all 372 00:24:48,330 --> 00:24:55,150 the pathos of Calvary oh Mary oh John 373 00:24:55,150 --> 00:25:01,290 oh Andrew how often see the wonder of 374 00:25:01,290 --> 00:25:04,350 that but then I want you to look 375 00:25:04,350 --> 00:25:06,010 at the will of God and you will 376 00:25:06,010 --> 00:25:09,830 see something else how often would I have 377 00:25:09,830 --> 00:25:13,210 gathered thy children together even as a hen 378 00:25:13,210 --> 00:25:16,110 gathereth her chickens under her wings and you 379 00:25:16,110 --> 00:25:19,630 would not and therefore it's a parental will 380 00:25:19,630 --> 00:25:24,070 of God you see he's talking about children 381 00:25:24,070 --> 00:25:28,730 he's talking about an old mother hen and 382 00:25:28,730 --> 00:25:31,530 therefore it's the parental will of God now 383 00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:34,970 what are parents famous for they love to 384 00:25:34,970 --> 00:25:39,930 provide if you have children and grandchildren you 385 00:25:39,930 --> 00:25:42,910 will agree with me you long that they 386 00:25:42,910 --> 00:25:44,950 should have the best cot in which to 387 00:25:44,950 --> 00:25:49,270 sleep you long that they might have the 388 00:25:49,270 --> 00:25:53,210 best clothes to wear you long that they 389 00:25:53,210 --> 00:25:55,270 might have the best little home in which 390 00:25:55,270 --> 00:25:59,130 to live you long that they might have 391 00:25:59,130 --> 00:26:03,430 the nice toys for Christmas you long that 392 00:26:03,430 --> 00:26:07,050 they might have the best education if you've 393 00:26:07,050 --> 00:26:09,210 got a girl you long for her to 394 00:26:09,210 --> 00:26:11,290 have the best husband and if you've got 395 00:26:11,290 --> 00:26:13,410 a son you long for that son to 396 00:26:13,410 --> 00:26:17,110 have the best wife why do we do 397 00:26:17,110 --> 00:26:20,790 this because we have that parental instinct and 398 00:26:20,790 --> 00:26:25,840 we long to see our children blessed and 399 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:30,840 God is like that please do not imagine 400 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,560 that God is just like an old victorian 401 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,220 victorial father that loves to thrash people it's 402 00:26:38,220 --> 00:26:40,840 not like that at all God is a 403 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,820 God of love and I want to tell 404 00:26:43,820 --> 00:26:45,800 you what he wants to do for you 405 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:50,140 he longs and yearns to forgive your sins 406 00:26:50,140 --> 00:26:52,780 through the blood of Christ that's why his 407 00:26:52,780 --> 00:26:56,260 son died he longs to give you the 408 00:26:56,260 --> 00:26:58,840 gift of eternal life so that you might 409 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:03,200 have life everlasting he longs to put new 410 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,600 life into your body so that you might 411 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,120 be born anew and become a new creature 412 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:12,040 he longs that you might so come into 413 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,640 his family that you can actually say to 414 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:21,100 God Abba father and it's not hyperbole exaggerated 415 00:27:21,100 --> 00:27:25,620 speech it's a fact but more he longs 416 00:27:25,620 --> 00:27:27,940 to make you an heir to all that 417 00:27:27,940 --> 00:27:31,380 he possesses so that when Christ comes you 418 00:27:31,380 --> 00:27:33,580 can reign with him in his second coming 419 00:27:33,580 --> 00:27:36,260 and when he builds the new heaven and 420 00:27:36,260 --> 00:27:38,420 the new earth he wants you to have 421 00:27:38,420 --> 00:27:41,060 a place with him reigning with him in 422 00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:46,180 glory he longs to bless you and I 423 00:27:46,180 --> 00:27:48,460 want to speak to people now who are 424 00:27:48,460 --> 00:27:52,820 outside of this building listen all those men 425 00:27:52,820 --> 00:27:55,620 tonight that I saw in the public houses 426 00:27:55,620 --> 00:27:59,380 scores of them he longs to save everyone 427 00:27:59,380 --> 00:28:04,540 all those tonight in the bingo dens gambling 428 00:28:04,540 --> 00:28:07,860 he longs to save them and bless them 429 00:28:09,620 --> 00:28:13,080 all those tonight perhaps who are in the 430 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,240 entertainment places of this world and as they 431 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,840 sit there perhaps even bored some of them 432 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:22,320 he longs to bless them with eternal life 433 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:28,240 but more there's someone here tonight that is 434 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:34,880 longing to bless with salvation let him bless 435 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:39,320 you tonight he longs to do it and 436 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:43,520 parents love to protect now you must forgive 437 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,340 me for this but one of my boys 438 00:28:47,340 --> 00:28:52,570 had a fight and I believe he had 439 00:28:52,570 --> 00:28:56,130 the worst of it and you know the 440 00:28:56,130 --> 00:28:58,370 old man in me wanted to go around 441 00:28:59,510 --> 00:29:02,810 oh you love to protect your children you 442 00:29:02,810 --> 00:29:06,570 know that and that's why he's talking about 443 00:29:06,570 --> 00:29:10,370 the instinct of a mother hen the fire's 444 00:29:10,370 --> 00:29:13,650 coming she can smell it and she clucks 445 00:29:13,650 --> 00:29:16,630 and the chickens come under her wings why 446 00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:22,150 she longs to protect friends can I give 447 00:29:22,150 --> 00:29:26,150 you a word of warning very shortly the 448 00:29:26,150 --> 00:29:28,590 world in which we live is going to 449 00:29:28,590 --> 00:29:34,850 have a terrible shock thousands will switch on 450 00:29:34,850 --> 00:29:37,850 their televisions and they will see a ghostly 451 00:29:37,850 --> 00:29:42,610 man saying this on your own screen millions 452 00:29:42,610 --> 00:29:49,510 missing what's happened the rapture the taking away 453 00:29:49,510 --> 00:29:52,910 of the church has taken place when the 454 00:29:52,910 --> 00:29:55,370 dead in Christ shall rise first and we 455 00:29:55,370 --> 00:29:57,650 which are alive and remain shall be caught 456 00:29:57,650 --> 00:29:59,610 up together with them in the clouds and 457 00:29:59,610 --> 00:30:07,320 then the wrath of God will begin and 458 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:11,620 that wrath will begin in stages and in 459 00:30:11,620 --> 00:30:14,100 the finality of that wrath I want you 460 00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:18,340 to notice that one third of the marine 461 00:30:18,340 --> 00:30:23,160 life one third of the solar system one 462 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,620 third of vegetation on earth one third of 463 00:30:26,620 --> 00:30:30,840 the world's population will be totally destroyed it 464 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,340 will be a time of wrath so great 465 00:30:33,340 --> 00:30:36,720 if the Lord didn't shorten it all flesh 466 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:40,240 would perish and the world is right for 467 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:46,500 it but remember there's another wrath there's coming 468 00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:49,320 a time when every person will give an 469 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:54,190 account of himself to God and God has 470 00:30:54,190 --> 00:30:56,870 the books open and he will say this 471 00:30:59,210 --> 00:31:03,550 February the 4th such and such a sin 472 00:31:03,550 --> 00:31:09,110 was committed February the 19th in the year 473 00:31:09,110 --> 00:31:15,770 1936 the following sins were committed then he 474 00:31:15,770 --> 00:31:18,470 will go through your life meticulously and he 475 00:31:18,470 --> 00:31:23,790 will say on Sunday night March the 31st 476 00:31:23,790 --> 00:31:28,430 you heard the gospel you heard the word 477 00:31:28,430 --> 00:31:34,310 of the Lord and you rejected everything is 478 00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:39,250 tabulated and then you will see the righteous 479 00:31:39,250 --> 00:31:42,750 wrath of God depart from me thou cursed 480 00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:47,930 I never knew you but he wants to 481 00:31:47,930 --> 00:31:52,030 protect you and if I see the Lord 482 00:31:52,030 --> 00:31:55,010 Jesus here tonight I see him with his 483 00:31:55,010 --> 00:31:58,170 hands wide open and I hear him saying 484 00:31:58,170 --> 00:32:04,390 to this congregation with faith oh Jerusalem how 485 00:32:04,390 --> 00:32:07,390 often would I have gathered thy children together 486 00:32:07,390 --> 00:32:10,550 even as a hen gathereth her chickens under 487 00:32:10,550 --> 00:32:15,910 her wings and ye would not but parents 488 00:32:15,910 --> 00:32:19,610 love to provide they love to protect but 489 00:32:19,610 --> 00:32:23,510 they love to pardon with one of our 490 00:32:23,510 --> 00:32:26,110 lads I'm not going to mention the name 491 00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:30,250 he did something and I had to punish 492 00:32:30,250 --> 00:32:35,460 him it was bad and I want to 493 00:32:35,460 --> 00:32:38,700 say this now truthfully when I did it 494 00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:43,660 my hand was shaking and I was broken 495 00:32:43,660 --> 00:32:47,360 and I went up into my study and 496 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:52,480 wept and cried Lord please save that boy 497 00:32:54,690 --> 00:32:57,570 and I was waiting for that little boy 498 00:32:57,570 --> 00:33:02,710 to come up those lino stairs I was 499 00:33:02,710 --> 00:33:06,010 waiting to hear the feet pattering up those 500 00:33:06,010 --> 00:33:10,970 stairs but I couldn't hear and I couldn't 501 00:33:10,970 --> 00:33:14,810 study and then after about two hours of 502 00:33:14,810 --> 00:33:19,550 waiting I heard four steps on the lino 503 00:33:19,550 --> 00:33:23,250 floor on the lino steps and I thought 504 00:33:23,250 --> 00:33:31,390 he's coming he's coming but they stopped and 505 00:33:31,390 --> 00:33:36,470 would you believe he waited five minutes then 506 00:33:36,470 --> 00:33:40,890 I heard five more steps he's coming he 507 00:33:42,460 --> 00:33:46,720 stopped and he stayed there for another five 508 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:51,550 minutes then would you believe it three more 509 00:33:51,550 --> 00:33:54,090 steps and I knew he was just outside 510 00:33:54,090 --> 00:33:59,940 the door but he wouldn't knock and I 511 00:33:59,940 --> 00:34:05,000 was waiting oh waiting and then all of 512 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,300 a sudden I heard a little knock like 513 00:34:07,300 --> 00:34:14,070 this come in and in he came his 514 00:34:14,070 --> 00:34:18,429 head down he put his head on my 515 00:34:18,429 --> 00:34:22,190 knee and just wept and said sorry daddy 516 00:34:22,190 --> 00:34:26,750 and I just hugged him and we were 517 00:34:26,750 --> 00:34:30,790 reconciled God's been waiting for you like that 518 00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:35,560 you've been walking up the steps of repentance 519 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:40,600 and faith and stopped shall I then you've 520 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,880 been walking up and then stopped shall I 521 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,120 but may it be tonight that someone will 522 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:50,800 come to the door of grace and knock 523 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,699 and you'll hear the savior say come in 524 00:34:53,699 --> 00:34:57,580 and oh what a welcome he'll give you 525 00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:01,420 the welcome that he gave to the prodigal 526 00:35:01,420 --> 00:35:03,780 son will be nothing like the welcome that 527 00:35:03,780 --> 00:35:08,040 he'll give you he'll hug you and tell 528 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,020 you that your sins are forgiven through the 529 00:35:11,020 --> 00:35:13,520 blood of Christ and he'll tell you tonight 530 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,780 you've been born again of the Holy Spirit 531 00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:19,940 if you come but what was the result 532 00:35:21,380 --> 00:35:30,320 I wouldn't he wouldn't he kept coming 533 00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:36,350 wouldn't he came to them at the cross 534 00:35:38,570 --> 00:35:41,410 wouldn't came to them through the preaching of 535 00:35:41,410 --> 00:35:48,280 the apostle Stephen wouldn't think of the times 536 00:35:48,570 --> 00:35:55,630 he's been to you think of those messages 537 00:35:55,630 --> 00:36:01,390 that you've heard from the Lord think of 538 00:36:01,390 --> 00:36:03,510 that time when he said to you look 539 00:36:03,510 --> 00:36:06,250 all day long I have stretched forth my 540 00:36:06,250 --> 00:36:13,760 hand unto a disobedient gainsaying people and he 541 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:18,820 comes again but what happens there's this constancy 542 00:36:18,820 --> 00:36:23,300 of rejection then I want you to go 543 00:36:23,300 --> 00:36:26,160 a little deeper what was the cause of 544 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:30,990 the rejection well my dear friends when they 545 00:36:30,990 --> 00:36:32,850 heard the word of the Lord they were 546 00:36:32,850 --> 00:36:36,750 basically saying something like this well we're religious 547 00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:42,250 we're moral we're good but we don't accept 548 00:36:42,250 --> 00:36:45,410 him as the Messiah they did not reject 549 00:36:45,930 --> 00:36:49,590 religion they did not reject morality but they 550 00:36:49,590 --> 00:36:54,900 rejected Christ and there are lots of people 551 00:36:54,900 --> 00:36:57,240 my dear friends when they hear the gospel 552 00:36:57,240 --> 00:36:59,300 and when they hear of the forgiveness of 553 00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:01,320 the Lord's love they say well I don't 554 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,800 need that I'm good I'm moral I'm religious 555 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,520 my dear friends no matter how moral or 556 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,340 religious you might be you need that forgiveness 557 00:37:09,340 --> 00:37:14,550 then there are other people no doubt when 558 00:37:14,550 --> 00:37:16,590 the Lord comes to them the old devil 559 00:37:16,590 --> 00:37:19,690 dangles before them the entertainments of this world 560 00:37:20,870 --> 00:37:25,270 the glass of beer the cricket bat the 561 00:37:25,270 --> 00:37:29,750 tennis bat business all the luxuries of life 562 00:37:29,750 --> 00:37:32,710 they come before you you see Satan can 563 00:37:32,710 --> 00:37:35,250 use anything and everything to bring you from 564 00:37:35,250 --> 00:37:39,520 Christ and you look at those things and 565 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,880 you say ah I'd sooner go in for 566 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:46,920 those things than for eternal things now dear 567 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:51,700 friends something happened in this meeting tonight that's 568 00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:57,370 serious but I want to say this supposing 569 00:37:57,370 --> 00:37:59,910 you went out of this meeting tonight and 570 00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:10,020 you dropped dead what would religion do what 571 00:38:10,020 --> 00:38:16,080 would mechanical morality do what would entertainment do 572 00:38:17,540 --> 00:38:20,940 what would the riches do they would mock 573 00:38:20,940 --> 00:38:27,720 you and oh dear friends I believe tonight 574 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:34,100 there are some who are constantly rejecting in 575 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:39,050 spite of the pathos of God's love but 576 00:38:39,050 --> 00:38:41,830 then what was behind the cause of this 577 00:38:41,830 --> 00:38:46,030 rejection shall I tell you behind it there 578 00:38:46,030 --> 00:38:51,040 was a sinister power in the heart of 579 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:54,260 Africa there are plays that are being seen 580 00:38:54,260 --> 00:38:58,220 at this moment that are merely educational and 581 00:38:58,220 --> 00:39:01,800 thousands of African people are seeing these plays 582 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,880 but behind them is still the sinister power 583 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:12,320 of Moscow and they are gradually teaching the 584 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,360 people the works of Marx and Engels and 585 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:21,790 Lenin the plays look innocent but little by 586 00:39:21,790 --> 00:39:24,890 little they are going to propound the doctrine 587 00:39:24,890 --> 00:39:31,740 of Marxism behind these innocent things that cause 588 00:39:31,740 --> 00:39:34,420 us to reject the Lord Jesus there's a 589 00:39:34,420 --> 00:39:38,040 sinister power it's the power of the devil 590 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:42,800 and this is what the scripture says the 591 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,980 God of this world has blinded the minds 592 00:39:45,980 --> 00:39:48,440 of them that believe not lest the light 593 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,200 of the glorious gospel the image of God 594 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,480 should shine out of them in this building 595 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,240 tonight there is not only the power of 596 00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:03,490 God there is the power of Satan operating 597 00:40:03,490 --> 00:40:11,060 here tonight trying to frustrate the preacher out 598 00:40:11,060 --> 00:40:15,980 of darkness don't do it tonight friends learn 599 00:40:15,980 --> 00:40:19,840 the lesson now I want you to note 600 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:24,640 the consequence of the rejection behold your house 601 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:30,020 is left unto you desolate that is the 602 00:40:30,020 --> 00:40:34,960 most stunning statement in scripture what does it 603 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:39,420 mean to be desolate let me explain if 604 00:40:39,420 --> 00:40:41,920 you've ever been in my country there are 605 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:46,220 some lovely mansions who are still owned by 606 00:40:46,220 --> 00:40:52,020 aristocratic people and there is a beautiful mansion 607 00:40:52,020 --> 00:40:55,060 and a castle in a place called Deddington 608 00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:59,440 and the person who lives there is a 609 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:03,940 high title lady and this lady was once 610 00:41:03,940 --> 00:41:10,020 with a husband the governess of Victoria and 611 00:41:10,020 --> 00:41:12,740 she is closely related to her majesty the 612 00:41:12,740 --> 00:41:18,140 Queen and when I first went into that 613 00:41:18,140 --> 00:41:21,480 lovely castle I shall never forget it I 614 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,760 was struck by the awe and discipline and 615 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,800 beauty of the house a butler greeted me 616 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:34,660 then I saw these rare French tapestries hanging 617 00:41:34,660 --> 00:41:39,520 from the walls of the passage then I 618 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,840 went into the lounge and I saw these 619 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:46,460 beautiful oak floors with pure silk Persian carpets 620 00:41:46,460 --> 00:41:49,320 on them then I looked on the wall 621 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:53,460 and I could see genuine Reuben van Dyck 622 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:58,700 constable paintings and the whole house was one 623 00:41:58,700 --> 00:42:04,060 of beauty why the lady was resident now 624 00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:10,200 I want you to imagine this lady Duggan 625 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:14,580 of Victoria moves out and the house is 626 00:42:14,580 --> 00:42:18,480 left and we go back to that house 627 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:22,820 after five years and we're shown in and 628 00:42:22,820 --> 00:42:26,880 what a shock first of all the place 629 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:32,170 reeks with dampness in fact it's so dank 630 00:42:32,170 --> 00:42:36,070 it's haunting we look at the walls and 631 00:42:36,070 --> 00:42:38,350 they're bare and the plaster has come off 632 00:42:38,350 --> 00:42:42,150 showing the old-fashioned bricks we look at 633 00:42:42,150 --> 00:42:45,650 the lovely Italian ceilings and they're in pieces 634 00:42:45,650 --> 00:42:49,250 we look all over the floor and all 635 00:42:49,250 --> 00:42:53,610 we see is the dirt of burning we 636 00:42:53,610 --> 00:42:56,730 go through the rooms and even our voice 637 00:42:56,730 --> 00:42:59,770 seems to haunt us and then all of 638 00:42:59,770 --> 00:43:03,030 a sudden out flies an old owl and 639 00:43:03,030 --> 00:43:07,430 across our feet there runs a rat and 640 00:43:07,430 --> 00:43:11,250 then we shout and all we hear is 641 00:43:11,250 --> 00:43:14,170 the haunting echo of our voice and we 642 00:43:14,170 --> 00:43:24,770 say one word desolate forsaken that's 643 00:43:24,770 --> 00:43:30,080 hell my dear friends it is a place 644 00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:41,200 without Christ without God without hope without 645 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:46,000 a Christian and where there's no mercy that's 646 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:50,480 why it's called out of darkness it's desolate 647 00:43:52,630 --> 00:43:56,350 and just like Titus came in 70 AD 648 00:43:56,350 --> 00:43:59,970 and made the whole of Jerusalem desolate and 649 00:43:59,970 --> 00:44:03,650 so this particular prophecy was fulfilled what will 650 00:44:03,650 --> 00:44:06,970 it be if a man dies without Christ 651 00:44:09,430 --> 00:44:17,120 desolate do you know dear friends I can 652 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,800 hear the groanings of people in hell now 653 00:44:22,380 --> 00:44:30,890 crying for mercy but it's desolate and I 654 00:44:30,890 --> 00:44:33,290 want the Lord Jesus to come again and 655 00:44:33,290 --> 00:44:37,590 say through his weak servant tonight I would 656 00:44:37,590 --> 00:44:45,690 the patient will oh Jerusalem the passionate will 657 00:44:46,730 --> 00:44:49,610 how often would I gather thy children together 658 00:44:49,610 --> 00:44:51,910 even as a hen gathered her chickens under 659 00:44:51,910 --> 00:44:55,810 her wings the parental will will it be 660 00:44:55,810 --> 00:45:04,890 would not would not would not now friends 661 00:45:04,890 --> 00:45:07,090 I don't want to frighten or bully people 662 00:45:07,090 --> 00:45:11,650 into heaven but I must say this if 663 00:45:11,650 --> 00:45:17,760 tonight you can leave that seat after singing 664 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:21,880 the closing hymn and if you can move 665 00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:26,140 up the aisle if you can get to 666 00:45:26,140 --> 00:45:30,580 the opening door if you can pass the 667 00:45:30,580 --> 00:45:36,540 preacher and shake his hand without Christ still 668 00:45:36,540 --> 00:45:43,260 in your sins you deserve to be desolate 669 00:45:46,050 --> 00:45:51,050 you deserve it when the Lord Jesus the 670 00:45:51,050 --> 00:45:54,570 mighty Son of God has come so close 671 00:45:54,570 --> 00:45:58,130 and opened up his passionate heart because he 672 00:45:58,130 --> 00:46:05,120 wants to save you wouldn't it be lovely 673 00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:11,480 right now if someone received someone would say 674 00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:14,920 right now it will not be any longer 675 00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:19,740 would not but I will God helping me 676 00:46:19,740 --> 00:46:23,260 I will be wholly thine