1 00:00:02,740 --> 00:01:41,800 Heavenly Father, 2 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:43,660 we thank Thee that at this hour we, 3 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,520 like the prophet of old, can say we 4 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:47,440 are a needy people. 5 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,940 We praise Thee that Jesus Christ has supplied 6 00:01:51,940 --> 00:01:55,220 that need, that as we gather here in 7 00:01:55,220 --> 00:01:57,980 this auditorium and those that are watching via 8 00:01:57,980 --> 00:02:01,340 television, Father, we think of the very fact 9 00:02:01,340 --> 00:02:04,560 that Christ can help us and that this 10 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,420 hour can be consecrated to Him. 11 00:02:06,420 --> 00:02:09,060 And so, Father, we pray that You would 12 00:02:09,060 --> 00:02:11,540 bless everything that is done to Thy glory. 13 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,860 For Jesus' sake, amen. 14 00:02:14,820 --> 00:02:16,720 If you take your hymn books, please, to 15 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,600 number 94, The Song of the Soul Set 16 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:20,860 Free. 17 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,940 And these special Sundays we've been having the 18 00:02:23,940 --> 00:02:26,180 founder of the People's Church, Dr. Oswald J. 19 00:02:26,340 --> 00:02:29,960 Smith, as speaker, but one of his great 20 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,440 ministries is that of music. 21 00:02:31,940 --> 00:02:33,860 The Song of the Soul Set Free is 22 00:02:33,860 --> 00:02:35,400 one of his hymns, and let's sing it 23 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:36,520 as unto the Lord. 24 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:37,600 We'll stand as we sing. 25 00:02:55,740 --> 00:05:38,880 I think 26 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:39,520 that's a great hymn. 27 00:05:41,660 --> 00:05:45,180 That hymn was written primarily for choirs to 28 00:05:45,180 --> 00:05:49,580 sing, and this congregation in the People's Church 29 00:05:49,580 --> 00:05:52,100 is one of the few that use it 30 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:53,620 as a congregational hymn. 31 00:05:54,260 --> 00:05:56,580 And it's one of our favorites. 32 00:05:56,820 --> 00:05:59,360 It talks about so many things that we 33 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,280 believe in and to which we look forward. 34 00:06:02,980 --> 00:06:06,340 Let me welcome you to the Sunday service 35 00:06:06,340 --> 00:06:07,740 of the People's Church. 36 00:06:07,740 --> 00:06:10,720 Again, the building is crowded as it usually 37 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,660 is on Sunday morning, and we're delighted that 38 00:06:13,660 --> 00:06:16,480 you chose to worship with us on this 39 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,920 particular Sunday, and that you chose to dial 40 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,160 this way on your television set. 41 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,820 And wherever you are, whatever you're doing, may 42 00:06:27,820 --> 00:06:30,160 I suggest that you just stay where you 43 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,180 are and listen. 44 00:06:32,180 --> 00:06:33,820 If the rest of the family isn't there, 45 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:36,660 bring them in and tell them that in 46 00:06:36,660 --> 00:06:39,940 some ways this could be the most important 47 00:06:39,940 --> 00:06:44,180 hour they spend today or this week or 48 00:06:44,180 --> 00:06:44,700 this year. 49 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:47,840 I think as you know, during the month 50 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:51,780 of January on Sunday mornings, I asked my 51 00:06:51,780 --> 00:06:55,020 father, the founder of this church, Dr. Oswald 52 00:06:55,020 --> 00:06:55,260 J. 53 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,560 Smith, if he would preach every Sunday morning 54 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:04,420 throughout January and February in commemoration of the 55 00:07:04,420 --> 00:07:08,480 fact that this year we're celebrating our 50th 56 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,360 year in existence as a church. 57 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:19,000 1928, September the 9th, Father launched the People's 58 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,200 Church in Massey Hall, and it's been in 59 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:26,520 existence, now commencing with this year for 50 60 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:27,880 years. 61 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,020 And I thought it would be kind of 62 00:07:29,020 --> 00:07:34,020 good and interesting and exciting if the man 63 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:36,660 whom God used to found it brought the 64 00:07:36,660 --> 00:07:40,060 first Sunday morning messages, both in the church 65 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:41,820 and on television. 66 00:07:42,780 --> 00:07:44,800 Now, when I asked him, Father said, well, 67 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,260 what do you want me to talk about? 68 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,340 And I said, well, look, what I would 69 00:07:50,340 --> 00:07:53,460 like you to do is take the great 70 00:07:53,460 --> 00:07:57,680 messages that God has used over your entire 71 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,800 ministry of, what is it, 71, 72 years 72 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,780 he's been preaching, and preach some of those, 73 00:08:04,820 --> 00:08:06,240 the ones that you've used all over the 74 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:06,580 world. 75 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:10,580 And he's been doing that, and this morning 76 00:08:10,580 --> 00:08:12,360 he tells me he's going to preach on 77 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,880 the Lordship of Jesus, the Lordship of Jesus. 78 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,260 So I suggest you stay tuned. 79 00:08:19,380 --> 00:08:21,080 Our people are going to stay right here 80 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:22,540 as we worship God together. 81 00:08:23,260 --> 00:08:26,160 And then the message that's coming up from 82 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:30,000 a life of over 71 years of preaching, 83 00:08:30,180 --> 00:08:34,720 active preaching, all over the world, the message 84 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,620 on the Lordship of Jesus. 85 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:39,179 And I want all of us to listen, 86 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:43,860 and listen very, very careful, regarding our relationship 87 00:08:43,860 --> 00:08:46,940 to Jesus Christ, not simply as Savior, He 88 00:08:46,940 --> 00:08:50,880 is that, but as the Lord, the Controller, 89 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:55,380 the Dominant One in our lives. 90 00:08:56,980 --> 00:08:59,700 Bernard Pears is with us this morning to 91 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:03,740 bring the first message in song, and he's 92 00:09:03,740 --> 00:09:06,380 singing about a topic that's in the Bible 93 00:09:06,380 --> 00:09:10,860 from Genesis through Revelation, the love of God. 94 00:09:11,420 --> 00:09:15,460 A classic chapter, I suppose, on this subject 95 00:09:15,460 --> 00:09:17,360 would be 1 Corinthians 13. 96 00:09:18,220 --> 00:09:21,720 But this is a new song called, The 97 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:26,420 Way He Loves, and the singer is our 98 00:09:26,420 --> 00:09:28,460 own Bernard Pears. 99 00:09:28,580 --> 00:09:28,820 Bernard. 100 00:13:05,230 --> 00:13:07,690 The way that he loves, what a wonderful 101 00:13:07,690 --> 00:13:09,530 thing, and how true that is today. 102 00:13:10,410 --> 00:13:14,570 God loves you, He loves me, and those 103 00:13:14,570 --> 00:13:16,270 that are watching my television, He loves you 104 00:13:16,270 --> 00:13:16,590 today. 105 00:13:16,590 --> 00:13:18,770 And as we approach God's throne of grace, 106 00:13:19,630 --> 00:13:21,470 we want to talk to God about you, 107 00:13:21,670 --> 00:13:23,850 about you as our members of our congregation 108 00:13:23,850 --> 00:13:26,170 right here this morning, and about you that 109 00:13:26,170 --> 00:13:28,050 are listening and watching on television today. 110 00:13:28,190 --> 00:13:31,610 God is concerned about you today, He loves 111 00:13:31,610 --> 00:13:33,790 you, He wants to lift that burden that's 112 00:13:33,790 --> 00:13:34,530 upon your heart. 113 00:13:34,610 --> 00:13:36,510 And I would suggest if you have a 114 00:13:36,510 --> 00:13:38,290 burden, you that are watching on television, and 115 00:13:38,290 --> 00:13:40,630 particularly today, you have a real need in 116 00:13:40,630 --> 00:13:43,830 your life, take a moment this week, perhaps 117 00:13:43,830 --> 00:13:45,870 even today, to put it down on a 118 00:13:45,870 --> 00:13:47,330 piece of paper and mail it to us, 119 00:13:47,370 --> 00:13:49,410 and we'd be delighted to remember you before 120 00:13:49,410 --> 00:13:51,690 God's throne of grace in prayer. 121 00:13:52,350 --> 00:13:54,930 We do it confidentially, but we do it, 122 00:13:55,050 --> 00:13:58,590 every request that comes in faithfully, as the 123 00:13:58,590 --> 00:13:59,270 Lord helps us. 124 00:13:59,390 --> 00:14:01,250 And God answers prayer, and we believe that 125 00:14:01,250 --> 00:14:01,490 here. 126 00:14:01,610 --> 00:14:02,850 Shall we look to the Lord in prayer 127 00:14:02,850 --> 00:14:03,330 this morning? 128 00:14:04,290 --> 00:14:06,470 Father, we want to take a moment today 129 00:14:06,470 --> 00:14:08,130 and thank you and praise you for the 130 00:14:08,130 --> 00:14:09,210 fact of thy love. 131 00:14:09,210 --> 00:14:12,250 And the greatest expression of thy love was 132 00:14:12,250 --> 00:14:14,130 the coming of thy Son, the Lord Jesus 133 00:14:14,130 --> 00:14:17,250 Christ, to die upon Calvary's cross, to give 134 00:14:17,250 --> 00:14:19,530 his life, so that we might have the 135 00:14:19,530 --> 00:14:20,790 gift of eternal life. 136 00:14:21,430 --> 00:14:24,190 Father, we thank thee for that fact today. 137 00:14:24,930 --> 00:14:26,870 And Father, we know that no good thing 138 00:14:26,870 --> 00:14:30,390 will I behold from those who walk uprightly. 139 00:14:31,030 --> 00:14:33,030 Father, we do come before thee today for 140 00:14:33,030 --> 00:14:35,070 the many requests that have come this week 141 00:14:35,070 --> 00:14:36,590 into the people's church. 142 00:14:36,710 --> 00:14:38,670 And we've prayed about them and remembered before 143 00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:39,710 thy throne of grace. 144 00:14:40,350 --> 00:14:43,130 And Father, collectively, we want to remember them 145 00:14:43,130 --> 00:14:43,850 again today. 146 00:14:44,590 --> 00:14:49,450 Bless hearts, touch bodies, and undertake, Lord, in 147 00:14:49,450 --> 00:14:52,230 a healing way, both physically and spiritually, to 148 00:14:52,230 --> 00:14:54,790 all those that have sent their requests in, 149 00:14:54,830 --> 00:14:56,370 and all those who are in need today. 150 00:14:57,130 --> 00:14:58,710 Father, we want to pray for this service 151 00:14:58,710 --> 00:14:59,030 today. 152 00:14:59,170 --> 00:15:00,950 We do want to pray for our founder 153 00:15:00,950 --> 00:15:01,750 in just a moment. 154 00:15:02,290 --> 00:15:04,470 He's going to expound the word of God 155 00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:05,610 to our hearts on this. 156 00:15:06,010 --> 00:15:07,670 It's such an important subject. 157 00:15:07,950 --> 00:15:09,110 God bless him. 158 00:15:09,670 --> 00:15:10,510 God be with him. 159 00:15:11,010 --> 00:15:12,650 And God use him in our midst, we 160 00:15:12,650 --> 00:15:12,970 pray. 161 00:15:13,350 --> 00:15:15,570 As we dedicate this service unto thee, in 162 00:15:15,570 --> 00:15:17,450 the name of Jesus Christ, and for his 163 00:15:17,450 --> 00:15:18,190 sake, we pray. 164 00:15:18,830 --> 00:15:19,230 Amen. 165 00:15:24,630 --> 00:18:40,500 I think 166 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:42,400 some of you know that since I stood 167 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,540 in this pope the last time I've been 168 00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:48,140 to the land of Israel and back, what 169 00:18:48,140 --> 00:18:54,620 a fantastic, unbelievable country that is today. 170 00:18:57,510 --> 00:18:59,230 Most of the folk that went with me 171 00:18:59,230 --> 00:19:01,950 were our television folk. 172 00:19:02,730 --> 00:19:04,710 They were not, for the most part, people 173 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:05,470 from our church. 174 00:19:05,550 --> 00:19:07,230 Maybe a dozen or fifteen were, but the 175 00:19:07,230 --> 00:19:11,010 rest of a group of seventy-seven people 176 00:19:11,010 --> 00:19:15,990 were folk that watch regularly by way of 177 00:19:15,990 --> 00:19:16,470 television. 178 00:19:17,570 --> 00:19:19,510 You know, it's kind of fun getting to 179 00:19:19,510 --> 00:19:23,530 know some of you folk in a personal 180 00:19:23,530 --> 00:19:26,650 way, to help you get on a bus 181 00:19:26,650 --> 00:19:28,690 and get off a bus, make sure that 182 00:19:28,690 --> 00:19:30,530 neither you nor I broke our necks in 183 00:19:30,530 --> 00:19:33,250 the process of doing it, and then to 184 00:19:33,250 --> 00:19:35,330 go to some of the places where Jesus 185 00:19:35,330 --> 00:19:38,370 probably walked and see some of the things 186 00:19:38,370 --> 00:19:41,190 that he probably saw, and be some of 187 00:19:41,190 --> 00:19:43,810 the places where he probably was. 188 00:19:44,390 --> 00:19:45,570 It was kind of exciting. 189 00:19:46,550 --> 00:19:48,670 But you know, one thing I discovered was 190 00:19:48,670 --> 00:19:53,590 how many people there are who depend for 191 00:19:53,590 --> 00:20:02,850 their spiritual life on this particular telecast from 192 00:20:02,850 --> 00:20:03,930 the people's church. 193 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,030 And I talked with one person after another, 194 00:20:08,210 --> 00:20:10,370 mostly elderly people. 195 00:20:10,870 --> 00:20:12,770 You know, we had some people over eighty 196 00:20:12,770 --> 00:20:15,450 years of age with us on the tour, 197 00:20:15,610 --> 00:20:17,830 and one little old lady, every time she 198 00:20:17,830 --> 00:20:20,970 got off the bus, she jumped, scared the 199 00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:23,350 living daylights out of me, but she stayed 200 00:20:23,350 --> 00:20:24,330 all in one piece. 201 00:20:25,370 --> 00:20:29,030 And I discovered how much folk like this 202 00:20:29,030 --> 00:20:32,030 need this kind of telecast. 203 00:20:32,870 --> 00:20:36,470 And on Thursday, when I was traveling from 204 00:20:36,470 --> 00:20:41,430 Nazareth to Jerusalem, incidentally that's about a hundred 205 00:20:41,430 --> 00:20:43,070 miles, did you know that? 206 00:20:44,220 --> 00:20:49,350 That's the distance that Mary and Joseph, with 207 00:20:49,350 --> 00:20:53,950 the unborn baby Jesus, traveled in order to 208 00:20:53,950 --> 00:20:56,250 get to Bethlehem, which is just outside of 209 00:20:56,250 --> 00:20:59,310 Jerusalem, in order to be taxed. 210 00:21:00,130 --> 00:21:02,490 It's a long way, and it's rugged, rugged 211 00:21:02,490 --> 00:21:05,690 country, but as I was driving on the 212 00:21:05,690 --> 00:21:08,930 bus Thursday afternoon back from the Sea of 213 00:21:08,930 --> 00:21:13,910 Galilee and Nazareth and Capernaum, back through some 214 00:21:13,910 --> 00:21:17,290 area where we saw the well, where the 215 00:21:17,290 --> 00:21:19,090 woman at the well talked to our Lord, 216 00:21:20,350 --> 00:21:22,650 I thought, now when I get back home, 217 00:21:22,890 --> 00:21:26,870 I'm going to ask our television audience in 218 00:21:26,870 --> 00:21:31,470 a very, very special way to help me 219 00:21:31,470 --> 00:21:37,370 keep this telecast going out on your station. 220 00:21:39,110 --> 00:21:40,590 Now, I don't know what it'll take or 221 00:21:40,590 --> 00:21:43,190 what God will lead you to do, but 222 00:21:43,190 --> 00:21:45,470 just a few weeks ago I suggested to 223 00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:47,430 you that a thousand of you send in 224 00:21:47,430 --> 00:21:50,610 ten dollars, and you were magnificent, you did 225 00:21:50,610 --> 00:21:50,870 it. 226 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,080 I don't know what God will lay in 227 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,780 your heart, but as you know on a 228 00:21:57,780 --> 00:22:00,520 program like this, we do not have commercials. 229 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,180 We don't sell products. 230 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,460 You realize every time you buy a product 231 00:22:06,460 --> 00:22:10,000 in the store, you are making a contribution 232 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,820 to the cost of their television time, did 233 00:22:13,820 --> 00:22:14,380 you know that? 234 00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:19,820 And yet the Church of Jesus Christ goes 235 00:22:19,820 --> 00:22:23,760 on television without any product that brings in 236 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:29,820 a financial return, the way every other telecast 237 00:22:29,820 --> 00:22:30,740 has. 238 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,540 And the only way we can pay for 239 00:22:34,540 --> 00:22:39,570 this kind of time, which with a commercial 240 00:22:39,570 --> 00:22:42,290 firm is paid for by upping the price 241 00:22:42,290 --> 00:22:45,390 of it in your store, you pay for 242 00:22:45,390 --> 00:22:46,750 it whether you know it or not, you're 243 00:22:46,750 --> 00:22:49,290 paying for it every time you use the 244 00:22:49,290 --> 00:22:49,670 product. 245 00:22:50,290 --> 00:22:52,110 And the only way we can do it 246 00:22:52,110 --> 00:22:55,170 is to ask the children of God, whom 247 00:22:55,170 --> 00:22:57,050 God has blessed, and I know there are 248 00:22:57,050 --> 00:22:59,970 a lot of you, to write to me 249 00:22:59,970 --> 00:23:04,230 and send me your gift, small or great, 250 00:23:04,230 --> 00:23:08,890 and just say, please keep the television program 251 00:23:08,890 --> 00:23:11,050 coming our way on this station. 252 00:23:12,250 --> 00:23:14,270 And of course when you do that, if 253 00:23:14,270 --> 00:23:17,190 you send five dollars or more, you'll receive 254 00:23:17,190 --> 00:23:19,990 a receipt that's valid for income tax purposes 255 00:23:19,990 --> 00:23:24,110 for this year, but most of all, you 256 00:23:24,110 --> 00:23:27,910 will be making it possible for somebody to 257 00:23:27,910 --> 00:23:30,190 have a church service from a Canadian church 258 00:23:30,190 --> 00:23:33,810 that otherwise they wouldn't have. 259 00:23:34,790 --> 00:23:38,430 And in many cases, they are people who 260 00:23:38,430 --> 00:23:42,150 cannot afford to support it themselves, and they 261 00:23:42,150 --> 00:23:46,070 couldn't possibly get to a church, even if 262 00:23:46,070 --> 00:23:47,190 somebody offered to take them. 263 00:23:48,030 --> 00:23:49,930 Now if you write to me this week, 264 00:23:50,490 --> 00:23:52,430 I want to send you a copy of 265 00:23:52,430 --> 00:23:57,390 Dr. John Wesley White's book, On the Devil, 266 00:23:57,910 --> 00:24:03,910 and this is an historic contribution to the 267 00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:08,170 literature on the subject of Satan, what the 268 00:24:08,170 --> 00:24:10,430 scriptures teach about him. 269 00:24:11,350 --> 00:24:13,850 Dr. Billy Graham has written the foreword, and 270 00:24:13,850 --> 00:24:18,390 Dr. White deals with some fascinating topics relative 271 00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:20,690 to the devil in this book. 272 00:24:21,150 --> 00:24:24,510 The devil in big red headlines, before there 273 00:24:24,510 --> 00:24:27,970 was a devil, meet your enemy, tragedy in 274 00:24:27,970 --> 00:24:32,030 paradise, why Jesus came, the devil on Main 275 00:24:32,030 --> 00:24:36,090 Street, the devil in his war effort, the 276 00:24:36,090 --> 00:24:39,770 devil's devices, dare to confront the devil, how 277 00:24:39,770 --> 00:24:41,710 to checkmate the devil, I wonder if you 278 00:24:41,710 --> 00:24:44,410 know how to do that, when the winning 279 00:24:44,410 --> 00:24:45,190 begins. 280 00:24:46,190 --> 00:24:47,470 Now if you'll write to me this week, 281 00:24:47,510 --> 00:24:48,930 whether you're able to send anything or not, 282 00:24:49,010 --> 00:24:51,150 doesn't matter, but if you'll write to me 283 00:24:51,150 --> 00:24:54,130 this week, I'll send you a copy of 284 00:24:54,130 --> 00:24:58,890 this book, nearly 200 pages, on the topic 285 00:24:58,890 --> 00:25:00,630 of the devil. 286 00:25:01,450 --> 00:25:03,230 Address your letter to me, Paul Smith, or 287 00:25:03,230 --> 00:25:08,170 the People's Church, Box 789, Station K, Toronto, 288 00:25:08,730 --> 00:25:10,430 and we'll get the book back to you 289 00:25:10,430 --> 00:25:15,250 just as quickly as we can possibly get 290 00:25:15,250 --> 00:25:15,810 it to you. 291 00:25:15,810 --> 00:25:17,490 But write this week, and if you can 292 00:25:17,490 --> 00:25:21,090 help with the telecast, I hope you'll do 293 00:25:21,090 --> 00:25:24,530 that, so that we can keep this ministry 294 00:25:24,530 --> 00:25:28,050 going out to so many, many, very, very 295 00:25:28,050 --> 00:25:30,530 needy people. 296 00:25:31,590 --> 00:25:34,590 Now we're giving Dr. White's book away, because 297 00:25:34,590 --> 00:25:37,750 tonight, and that would be for most of 298 00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:41,590 our television audience, February the 26th, tonight Dr. 299 00:25:41,650 --> 00:25:43,930 John Wesley White is going to be preaching 300 00:25:44,610 --> 00:25:47,090 in the People's Church, and he's preaching on 301 00:25:47,090 --> 00:25:49,410 the subject, Devil Worship. 302 00:25:50,790 --> 00:25:53,750 Now Dr. White always does his homework plus. 303 00:25:55,550 --> 00:25:58,610 He preaches with the help of a multimedia 304 00:25:58,610 --> 00:26:02,370 presentation in pictures, I don't know whether he's 305 00:26:02,370 --> 00:26:04,110 going to show pictures of the devil or 306 00:26:04,110 --> 00:26:04,470 not. 307 00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:07,610 If he is, I'd like to see them, 308 00:26:07,650 --> 00:26:09,390 I've never seen a good picture of the 309 00:26:09,390 --> 00:26:09,590 devil. 310 00:26:09,590 --> 00:26:12,410 But he's going to show pictures and illustrate 311 00:26:12,410 --> 00:26:16,090 his message on Devil Worship, as he brings 312 00:26:16,090 --> 00:26:18,890 the message tonight, that is February the 26th, 313 00:26:19,190 --> 00:26:21,230 right here in the main auditorium of the 314 00:26:21,230 --> 00:26:21,890 People's Church. 315 00:26:22,750 --> 00:26:24,170 Now at this time I'm going to ask 316 00:26:24,170 --> 00:26:27,750 you to sing David Williams' little chorus, that 317 00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:30,610 some of you learned last week, and it 318 00:26:30,610 --> 00:26:38,770 goes this way, Bless His Wonderful Name, Bless 319 00:26:38,770 --> 00:26:44,830 His Wonderful Name, Name that calms our fears, 320 00:26:45,230 --> 00:26:49,470 I like that, Name that dries our tears, 321 00:26:50,730 --> 00:26:56,850 Bless His Wonderful Name, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. 322 00:26:57,270 --> 00:26:59,510 As we remain seated, let's sing it together, 323 00:26:59,650 --> 00:27:00,730 everybody singing please. 324 00:27:08,580 --> 00:27:56,260 And we're 325 00:27:56,260 --> 00:27:58,860 singing it because we need it and because 326 00:27:58,860 --> 00:27:59,660 you need it. 327 00:28:00,620 --> 00:28:03,900 There are people who watch every Sunday and 328 00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:04,640 you're frightened. 329 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,440 Frightened of the world, frightened of yourself, frightened 330 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:14,000 of your family, frightened of just the name 331 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,860 that calms our fears. 332 00:28:17,060 --> 00:28:21,300 Some of you are broken hearted, how I 333 00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:23,120 wish there was some way I could reach 334 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:25,760 through that television set and dry your tears, 335 00:28:25,980 --> 00:28:28,500 or even say something that would dry your 336 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:32,990 tears, but I can't, but Jesus can. 337 00:28:34,290 --> 00:28:37,370 The Name that dries our tears, what is 338 00:28:37,370 --> 00:28:37,570 it? 339 00:28:38,970 --> 00:28:42,070 Believe in Him as you sing it, Jesus, 340 00:28:42,790 --> 00:28:47,790 that's it, Jesus, say it again, Jesus. 341 00:28:49,780 --> 00:28:52,040 You do it as we stand together before 342 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:53,960 Dr. Smith brings the message of the morning, 343 00:28:54,120 --> 00:31:18,360 Bless His Wonderful Name, together, Bless His 344 00:31:20,180 --> 00:31:22,800 Wonderful Name, Jesus, Jesus. 345 00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:33,340 I want to ask you to turn, if 346 00:31:33,340 --> 00:31:35,340 you will, to the gospel according to Luke, 347 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:40,400 the fourteenth chapter, and I'm reading from verse 348 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,700 twenty-five to verse twenty-seven. 349 00:31:43,580 --> 00:31:48,980 Luke's gospel, the fourteenth chapter, and the twenty 350 00:31:48,980 --> 00:31:50,040 -fifth verse. 351 00:31:50,540 --> 00:31:54,740 And there went great multitudes with him, and 352 00:31:54,740 --> 00:31:58,720 he turned and said unto them, If any 353 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,800 man come to me, and hate not his 354 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:07,840 father, and mother, and wife, and children, and 355 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:13,060 brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life 356 00:32:13,060 --> 00:32:16,640 also, he cannot be my disciple. 357 00:32:18,300 --> 00:32:20,320 He cannot be my disciple. 358 00:32:21,300 --> 00:32:25,560 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and 359 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,520 come after me, cannot be my disciple. 360 00:32:31,140 --> 00:32:33,340 It's one thing to know Jesus Christ as 361 00:32:33,340 --> 00:32:36,660 your Savior, it's another thing to know Him 362 00:32:36,660 --> 00:32:38,180 as your Lord and Master. 363 00:32:40,270 --> 00:32:45,470 It's one thing to be His child, it's 364 00:32:45,470 --> 00:32:48,830 another thing to be a disciple of the 365 00:32:48,830 --> 00:32:50,050 Lord Jesus Christ. 366 00:32:51,050 --> 00:32:54,950 A disciple is one who puts God first, 367 00:32:55,990 --> 00:32:57,110 everything else second. 368 00:32:58,030 --> 00:33:00,170 He that loveth father or mother more than 369 00:33:00,170 --> 00:33:02,590 me is not worthy of me. 370 00:33:03,270 --> 00:33:05,610 And he that loveth son and daughter more 371 00:33:05,610 --> 00:33:08,030 than me is not worthy of me. 372 00:33:09,010 --> 00:33:11,310 The question arises, who comes first? 373 00:33:12,690 --> 00:33:15,550 Someone in your family circle, one of your 374 00:33:15,550 --> 00:33:18,610 loved ones, or the Lord Jesus Christ? 375 00:33:19,510 --> 00:33:21,570 I'll never forget when I was preaching on 376 00:33:21,570 --> 00:33:23,090 the Russian mission fields of Europe. 377 00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:27,270 I was traveling with Pastor William Fetler, and 378 00:33:27,270 --> 00:33:30,950 he told me about his engagement and his 379 00:33:30,950 --> 00:33:31,490 marriage. 380 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:33,830 And I've never forgotten it. 381 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,360 He was engaged to a young Russian woman 382 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:40,620 by the name of Barbara. 383 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:47,480 And before they were married, he asked her 384 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,480 this question, Barbara, he said, are you willing 385 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,920 to be third in my life? 386 00:33:55,820 --> 00:33:57,860 And she looked at him for a moment, 387 00:33:58,380 --> 00:34:02,600 and she said, Pastor Fetler, third, what do 388 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:03,080 you mean? 389 00:34:04,660 --> 00:34:07,440 He said, I want you to understand, Barbara, 390 00:34:08,020 --> 00:34:09,880 that God comes first. 391 00:34:12,380 --> 00:34:13,900 You do not come first. 392 00:34:15,179 --> 00:34:17,620 God has first place in my life. 393 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:19,900 I'm serving him. 394 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,639 I want you also to understand that God's 395 00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:25,580 work comes second. 396 00:34:28,060 --> 00:34:32,360 God's work has second place in my life. 397 00:34:33,460 --> 00:34:37,460 And Barbara, if I'm going to marry you, 398 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,580 you cannot have first place. 399 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,060 You cannot have second place. 400 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,739 You will have to be content to take 401 00:34:45,739 --> 00:34:48,199 third place in my life. 402 00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:52,440 William, she said, if you were not that 403 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,480 kind of a man, I wouldn't want you 404 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:56,120 for a husband. 405 00:34:58,150 --> 00:35:01,430 The kind of a husband I want is 406 00:35:01,430 --> 00:35:04,770 a husband who will put God first and 407 00:35:04,770 --> 00:35:08,290 put God's work second and then let me 408 00:35:08,290 --> 00:35:09,530 take third place. 409 00:35:11,270 --> 00:35:15,810 And I'm perfectly agreeable to be number three. 410 00:35:17,670 --> 00:35:21,350 Not number one, not number two, but number 411 00:35:21,350 --> 00:35:21,810 three. 412 00:35:22,810 --> 00:35:27,970 And Barbara became number three as she became 413 00:35:27,970 --> 00:35:31,290 wife of Reverend William Fetler. 414 00:35:32,230 --> 00:35:36,590 They had 13 children altogether, and every one 415 00:35:36,590 --> 00:35:40,310 of their children knew Jesus Christ as a 416 00:35:40,310 --> 00:35:41,170 personal Savior. 417 00:35:42,090 --> 00:35:43,350 I've met them all. 418 00:35:43,490 --> 00:35:44,390 I know them all. 419 00:35:44,890 --> 00:35:46,050 I've been with them. 420 00:35:46,850 --> 00:35:48,490 I saw them when I was over on 421 00:35:48,490 --> 00:35:49,970 the Russian mission fields of Europe. 422 00:35:49,970 --> 00:35:53,070 I saw them in my own church on 423 00:35:53,070 --> 00:35:54,990 Brewer Street when I had them and used 424 00:35:54,990 --> 00:35:59,470 them there as they sang the gospel and 425 00:35:59,470 --> 00:36:00,810 gave their testimonies. 426 00:36:01,530 --> 00:36:04,590 I'll never forget that example. 427 00:36:05,970 --> 00:36:08,670 Barbara, number three. 428 00:36:09,830 --> 00:36:13,490 God first and God's work second. 429 00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:16,550 Then the wife third. 430 00:36:17,410 --> 00:36:18,910 What does it mean to be a disciple? 431 00:36:19,450 --> 00:36:24,150 It means to put God before your business 432 00:36:24,150 --> 00:36:24,810 enterprise. 433 00:36:27,010 --> 00:36:29,190 God should mean more to you than your 434 00:36:29,190 --> 00:36:30,070 business does. 435 00:36:31,430 --> 00:36:36,050 Your business should come after God. 436 00:36:36,290 --> 00:36:37,490 God should come first. 437 00:36:38,750 --> 00:36:42,010 It means that God must come before money, 438 00:36:43,010 --> 00:36:45,350 important as money may be. 439 00:36:46,190 --> 00:36:47,730 God has first place. 440 00:36:48,450 --> 00:36:52,350 God wants you to remember that money does 441 00:36:52,350 --> 00:36:54,610 not take first place in your life. 442 00:36:56,110 --> 00:36:59,730 It means that God comes before pleasure and 443 00:36:59,730 --> 00:37:01,770 that you never allow pleasure to take the 444 00:37:01,770 --> 00:37:05,030 place of God, but you allow God to 445 00:37:05,030 --> 00:37:06,830 take first place. 446 00:37:06,990 --> 00:37:09,590 He is always number one. 447 00:37:10,510 --> 00:37:12,890 It means that God comes before the members 448 00:37:12,890 --> 00:37:16,310 of your family, before your father, your mother, 449 00:37:16,950 --> 00:37:20,610 your sisters, your brothers, your wife, your husband. 450 00:37:21,870 --> 00:37:25,670 They must all take third place and God 451 00:37:25,670 --> 00:37:31,230 must take first place and his work second 452 00:37:31,230 --> 00:37:31,770 place. 453 00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:34,690 What does it mean to be a disciple? 454 00:37:36,940 --> 00:37:41,420 It means that God, as I've stated, takes 455 00:37:41,420 --> 00:37:45,900 place before the members of your family. 456 00:37:46,580 --> 00:37:51,400 When I say that, I think of Dr. 457 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:55,100 Jonathan Goforth, the famous missionary to China. 458 00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,040 He was living in the home and being 459 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:01,760 entertained by his hostess. 460 00:38:02,820 --> 00:38:05,620 She came to him one day and she 461 00:38:05,620 --> 00:38:08,660 said, Dr. Goforth, will you tell me why 462 00:38:08,660 --> 00:38:10,480 I am not happy like other Christians? 463 00:38:11,340 --> 00:38:12,700 He looked at her for a moment. 464 00:38:12,700 --> 00:38:16,720 Then he said, Madam, have you surrendered all 465 00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:17,860 to Jesus Christ? 466 00:38:18,740 --> 00:38:22,020 Yes, she said, Dr. Goforth, so far as 467 00:38:22,020 --> 00:38:25,000 I know, I've surrendered all to the Lord 468 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:25,860 Jesus Christ. 469 00:38:26,540 --> 00:38:28,980 Are you sure, he said, that your all 470 00:38:28,980 --> 00:38:30,060 is on the altar? 471 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,700 Yes, she said, my all is on the 472 00:38:33,700 --> 00:38:34,020 altar. 473 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:38,260 Her little girl was standing beside them, a 474 00:38:38,260 --> 00:38:42,120 little girl about twelve years of age, reaching 475 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,000 her hand over and placing it on the 476 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:45,180 head of that little girl. 477 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,140 Dr. Goforth turned to the woman and she 478 00:38:49,140 --> 00:38:52,060 would be willing, he said, that God should 479 00:38:52,060 --> 00:38:56,320 take your daughter and make her a missionary 480 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:57,080 in China. 481 00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:01,060 And the woman drew back, God take my 482 00:39:01,060 --> 00:39:04,360 daughter and make her a missionary in China. 483 00:39:05,220 --> 00:39:06,700 I should say not. 484 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:09,660 And yet you tell me that you've surrendered 485 00:39:09,660 --> 00:39:12,280 all and that your all is on the 486 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:12,580 altar. 487 00:39:13,420 --> 00:39:16,140 And here you are not willing to give 488 00:39:16,140 --> 00:39:20,400 your own daughter, you're not willing to place 489 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,260 her on the altar for God. 490 00:39:24,820 --> 00:39:28,340 You're willing to go yourself, you're willing to 491 00:39:28,340 --> 00:39:31,580 give your money, but you are not willing 492 00:39:31,580 --> 00:39:32,400 to give your daughter. 493 00:39:33,210 --> 00:39:36,000 How can you say then that God takes 494 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,620 first place in your life when you know 495 00:39:38,620 --> 00:39:43,640 perfectly well that your daughter comes before God? 496 00:39:44,900 --> 00:39:48,860 A disciple renounces all for Jesus Christ. 497 00:39:50,420 --> 00:39:53,540 It's one thing for Jesus Christ to be 498 00:39:53,540 --> 00:39:58,000 your Savior, it's another thing for him to 499 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,220 be the Lord and the Master of your 500 00:40:00,220 --> 00:40:03,400 life and to be his disciple. 501 00:40:04,380 --> 00:40:06,720 And if he is the Lord and Master 502 00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:09,660 of your life, if he is in very 503 00:40:09,660 --> 00:40:14,300 deed your disciple, then you place everything on 504 00:40:14,300 --> 00:40:18,400 the altar and relinquish all claim to what 505 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:22,640 you have and to what you are and 506 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:25,240 recognize that it belongs to another. 507 00:40:26,660 --> 00:40:29,080 Suppose I give you an idea as to 508 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:30,400 what I mean this morning. 509 00:40:31,340 --> 00:40:32,900 Here I have a number of books in 510 00:40:32,900 --> 00:40:33,580 my hand. 511 00:40:34,980 --> 00:40:38,400 I'm going to let these books represent something 512 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,860 this morning so that you'll remember. 513 00:40:41,740 --> 00:40:45,540 Suppose I let this first book represent me. 514 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:51,180 God demands that I place myself on his 515 00:40:51,180 --> 00:40:51,500 altar. 516 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,240 So I take that book and I lay 517 00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:58,300 it there on the pulpit and I place 518 00:40:58,300 --> 00:41:01,120 that book on the altar of God. 519 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,940 In other words, I place myself on God's 520 00:41:05,940 --> 00:41:06,220 altar. 521 00:41:07,460 --> 00:41:10,220 And then in the second place, I take 522 00:41:10,220 --> 00:41:14,520 my loved ones, my wife, my husband, my 523 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:18,460 son, my daughter, my father, my mother, and 524 00:41:18,460 --> 00:41:21,680 I place my loved ones there on the 525 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:22,700 altar of God. 526 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:25,180 Now I'm on God's altar. 527 00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:27,740 My loved ones are on God's altar. 528 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,500 Then I take my talents and my gifts 529 00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:35,080 and I place my talents and my gifts, 530 00:41:36,220 --> 00:41:38,160 whatever they may be, on the altar of 531 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:38,580 God. 532 00:41:39,140 --> 00:41:42,480 If I can write, I am not to 533 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,080 write for the world, I'm to write for 534 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:44,500 God. 535 00:41:45,340 --> 00:41:48,480 If I can sing, I'm not to sing 536 00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,620 for the world, I'm to sing for God. 537 00:41:52,540 --> 00:41:57,300 I place my talents and my gifts there 538 00:41:57,300 --> 00:41:58,580 on the altar of God. 539 00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:00,740 And then I take my money. 540 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,040 What do you say, how much? 541 00:42:04,180 --> 00:42:05,020 Ten percent? 542 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:08,520 Is that the amount God demands? 543 00:42:09,780 --> 00:42:14,160 No, if you read the scriptures carefully, you'll 544 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:18,980 discover that God demands all your money. 545 00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,580 It's all His. 546 00:42:23,380 --> 00:42:25,500 And He asks you to place your money 547 00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:27,540 there on His altar. 548 00:42:27,540 --> 00:42:31,500 Now, if He wants to take ten percent 549 00:42:31,500 --> 00:42:34,480 of it and give you back ninety percent 550 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:37,480 to use in your own way, that's up 551 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:37,900 to Him. 552 00:42:38,740 --> 00:42:42,360 If He wants to take twenty-five percent 553 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:45,640 of it and leave you to use seventy 554 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:50,780 -five percent as you are pleased to do, 555 00:42:51,300 --> 00:42:52,880 that's in His hands. 556 00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:56,040 But He demands that all of your money 557 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:59,580 is placed there on His altar. 558 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:07,780 And then, what about your talents and your 559 00:43:07,780 --> 00:43:12,880 gifts in addition to your money and your 560 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:13,900 unknown future? 561 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:19,960 That unknown future of yours, you do not 562 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:21,700 know what's going to happen to you in 563 00:43:21,700 --> 00:43:22,580 the days to come. 564 00:43:23,460 --> 00:43:25,900 But you place your unknown future on the 565 00:43:25,900 --> 00:43:26,780 altar of God. 566 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,020 Now you have placed everything on God's altar. 567 00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:34,440 Now you simply turn your back on all 568 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,040 that you have placed on the altar of 569 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,240 God and you walk away from it. 570 00:43:38,780 --> 00:43:43,540 You recognize it's not yours anymore, it's God's. 571 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,800 It all belongs to Him. 572 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:49,060 Then you have placed everything on God's altar 573 00:43:49,060 --> 00:43:53,080 and then you are in very deed His 574 00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:53,660 disciple. 575 00:43:54,700 --> 00:43:56,660 No sooner will that happen than a test 576 00:43:56,660 --> 00:43:59,340 will come to see whether or not your 577 00:43:59,340 --> 00:44:01,660 renunciation is genuine. 578 00:44:02,380 --> 00:44:06,040 You remember how God turned to Abraham and 579 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:09,820 He said, Abraham, I want your son Isaac. 580 00:44:11,260 --> 00:44:15,560 All right, Lord, he belongs to you. 581 00:44:17,540 --> 00:44:18,920 You loaned him to me. 582 00:44:20,780 --> 00:44:22,520 You can have him if you want him. 583 00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:25,200 But Abraham, I want him sacrificed. 584 00:44:27,220 --> 00:44:30,480 All right, Lord, if you want him sacrificed, 585 00:44:30,860 --> 00:44:31,940 that's up to you. 586 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:36,800 But Abraham, I want you to sacrifice him. 587 00:44:37,740 --> 00:44:39,780 Very well, Lord, if you want me to 588 00:44:39,780 --> 00:44:44,480 sacrifice him, I'll take him and I'll sacrifice 589 00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:46,720 him on your behalf. 590 00:44:48,620 --> 00:44:54,620 Abraham recognized God as the owner of his 591 00:44:54,620 --> 00:44:55,060 son. 592 00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:59,700 And if God saw fit to take that 593 00:44:59,700 --> 00:45:02,960 son, that was up to Him. 594 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:05,620 And you remember when they were on Mount 595 00:45:05,620 --> 00:45:10,520 Moriah, Abraham lifted up the knife to plunge 596 00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:12,760 it into the heart of his son Isaac. 597 00:45:13,740 --> 00:45:15,820 When he heard a voice from heaven crying 598 00:45:15,820 --> 00:45:22,180 out, Abraham, Abraham, and he paused and he 599 00:45:22,180 --> 00:45:26,240 looked up, slay not thy son. 600 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:29,860 I know now that you are not going 601 00:45:29,860 --> 00:45:31,220 to withhold him from me. 602 00:45:32,180 --> 00:45:35,240 I know now that you have laid everything 603 00:45:35,240 --> 00:45:36,960 on my altar. 604 00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:42,320 I know now that you recognize me as 605 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,900 your Lord and your Master. 606 00:45:45,900 --> 00:45:49,060 My friend, it may be hard to do, 607 00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:52,180 it may be difficult to do, but there 608 00:45:52,180 --> 00:45:55,140 may come a time when God will ask 609 00:45:55,140 --> 00:45:59,360 you to lay your nearest and your dearest 610 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:01,020 on His altar. 611 00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:06,780 It'll break your heart, you'll suffer, and you 612 00:46:06,780 --> 00:46:07,400 should suffer. 613 00:46:09,340 --> 00:46:14,660 You should mourn, but you'll recognize that you 614 00:46:14,660 --> 00:46:19,560 are giving to God only that which belongs 615 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:23,420 to Him, that He has a right to 616 00:46:23,420 --> 00:46:27,760 that daughter or that son of yours, or 617 00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:31,700 that money of yours, or your plans for 618 00:46:31,700 --> 00:46:35,240 the future, or your talents and your gifts. 619 00:46:38,140 --> 00:46:41,580 He has a right to you yourself, for 620 00:46:41,580 --> 00:46:44,680 you belong to God, and He must come 621 00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:49,560 first in your life and in your work. 622 00:46:50,540 --> 00:46:54,560 Jesus must be Lord of all, or He 623 00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:56,240 is not Lord at all. 624 00:46:57,080 --> 00:47:01,300 No man can serve two Masters. 625 00:47:02,620 --> 00:47:06,140 Jesus must take first place in your heart 626 00:47:06,140 --> 00:47:06,740 and life. 627 00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:10,420 Dr. Scroggie was speaking one night when a 628 00:47:10,420 --> 00:47:14,680 young girl said to him, Dr. Scroggie, I'd 629 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:17,300 like to surrender all to Jesus Christ, but 630 00:47:17,300 --> 00:47:18,080 I'm afraid. 631 00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:19,740 What are you afraid of? 632 00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:20,660 Two things. 633 00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:21,380 What are they? 634 00:47:21,380 --> 00:47:26,740 I'm afraid I'd have to give up dancing, 635 00:47:27,100 --> 00:47:28,760 and I love to dance. 636 00:47:29,820 --> 00:47:30,480 What else? 637 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:33,220 I'm afraid I'd have to go to the 638 00:47:33,220 --> 00:47:37,400 foreign field as a missionary, and I wouldn't 639 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:38,440 want to do that. 640 00:47:39,540 --> 00:47:40,480 Anything else? 641 00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:45,020 No, just those two things stand between. 642 00:47:46,020 --> 00:47:50,560 Dr. Scroggie was wise in his dealings with 643 00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:51,240 young people. 644 00:47:51,980 --> 00:47:54,500 He opened the Bible at that place where 645 00:47:54,500 --> 00:47:59,160 it says, not so, Lord. 646 00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:06,680 When Peter was asked to do something for 647 00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:10,640 his Lord, he said, not so, Lord. 648 00:48:11,630 --> 00:48:16,830 Now said Dr. Scroggie, it's all right to 649 00:48:16,830 --> 00:48:17,650 say not so. 650 00:48:20,450 --> 00:48:21,930 It's all right to say Lord. 651 00:48:23,270 --> 00:48:25,790 But you can't put the two together. 652 00:48:27,050 --> 00:48:30,130 You cannot say not so and then add 653 00:48:30,130 --> 00:48:30,590 Lord. 654 00:48:31,610 --> 00:48:34,170 If He's the Lord and the Master of 655 00:48:34,170 --> 00:48:38,410 your life, then it's up to you to 656 00:48:38,410 --> 00:48:41,410 do whatever He tells you to do. 657 00:48:42,170 --> 00:48:44,590 And you have no right at any time 658 00:48:44,590 --> 00:48:46,810 to say not so. 659 00:48:47,670 --> 00:48:50,970 I remember some years ago when I was 660 00:48:50,970 --> 00:48:52,270 traveling through Palestine. 661 00:48:53,490 --> 00:48:57,090 I left Jerusalem, and I headed down for 662 00:48:57,090 --> 00:48:57,930 the Dead Sea. 663 00:48:59,010 --> 00:49:01,470 And of course, I passed the Jordan River 664 00:49:01,470 --> 00:49:05,010 on my way to the Dead Sea, and 665 00:49:05,010 --> 00:49:07,630 I had a swim in the waters of 666 00:49:07,630 --> 00:49:08,190 the Jordan. 667 00:49:08,190 --> 00:49:11,390 And I swam right across the Jordan from 668 00:49:11,390 --> 00:49:12,570 one side to the other. 669 00:49:13,370 --> 00:49:15,070 When I got to the other side, the 670 00:49:15,070 --> 00:49:17,050 bank was so steep that there was no 671 00:49:17,050 --> 00:49:18,450 foothold of any kind. 672 00:49:19,150 --> 00:49:20,910 And I had to just give it a 673 00:49:20,910 --> 00:49:24,030 kick and turn around and swim back again 674 00:49:24,030 --> 00:49:25,910 across the Jordan River. 675 00:49:26,610 --> 00:49:28,710 That's an experience that I'll never forget. 676 00:49:29,290 --> 00:49:30,810 And I went on down to the Dead 677 00:49:30,810 --> 00:49:31,190 Sea. 678 00:49:31,910 --> 00:49:33,810 And I do not need to tell you 679 00:49:33,810 --> 00:49:37,730 that everything floats in the Dead Sea and 680 00:49:37,730 --> 00:49:38,690 nothing can sink. 681 00:49:39,890 --> 00:49:41,990 I decided to have a swim in the 682 00:49:41,990 --> 00:49:43,170 waters of the Dead Sea. 683 00:49:44,050 --> 00:49:47,030 I did everything I could to get underneath 684 00:49:47,030 --> 00:49:48,430 the waters and to sink. 685 00:49:49,130 --> 00:49:50,390 I found it impossible. 686 00:49:51,150 --> 00:49:54,610 The waters sustained my weight because they are 687 00:49:54,610 --> 00:49:56,730 23% salt. 688 00:49:57,690 --> 00:50:01,450 And they buoyed me up and kept me 689 00:50:01,450 --> 00:50:02,070 from sinking. 690 00:50:02,830 --> 00:50:04,610 And I went to the Sea of Galilee. 691 00:50:05,390 --> 00:50:08,390 And I'll never forget having a swim in 692 00:50:08,390 --> 00:50:09,450 the Sea of Galilee. 693 00:50:10,070 --> 00:50:11,550 When I came out and stood on the 694 00:50:11,550 --> 00:50:14,990 bank, my mind went back to the day 695 00:50:14,990 --> 00:50:17,770 when Jesus Christ was standing there. 696 00:50:17,770 --> 00:50:20,730 And when he called his disciples to come 697 00:50:20,730 --> 00:50:22,910 and have breakfast with him. 698 00:50:23,730 --> 00:50:26,470 And when he turned to Peter and said 699 00:50:26,470 --> 00:50:31,190 to Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou 700 00:50:31,190 --> 00:50:35,970 me more than these? 701 00:50:37,190 --> 00:50:41,670 And Simon's people answered, Yea, Lord, thou knowest 702 00:50:41,670 --> 00:50:42,550 that I love thee. 703 00:50:43,370 --> 00:50:46,010 He asked the same question the second time. 704 00:50:46,010 --> 00:50:48,270 And he got the same answer. 705 00:50:49,370 --> 00:50:52,090 Then he asked it a third time. 706 00:50:53,170 --> 00:50:56,450 But he used a different word for the 707 00:50:56,450 --> 00:50:57,210 word love. 708 00:50:58,130 --> 00:51:04,390 A word that meant a little lower devotion 709 00:51:04,390 --> 00:51:07,230 than the other word he had used. 710 00:51:07,890 --> 00:51:10,430 Seeing that Simon could not come up to 711 00:51:10,430 --> 00:51:11,150 his word. 712 00:51:12,010 --> 00:51:14,930 And he said again, Simon, son of Jonas, 713 00:51:15,770 --> 00:51:16,830 lovest thou me? 714 00:51:17,690 --> 00:51:21,010 And Simon was grieved because he asked him 715 00:51:21,010 --> 00:51:23,230 the third time, lovest thou me? 716 00:51:23,710 --> 00:51:26,890 And he said, Yea, Lord, thou knowest all 717 00:51:26,890 --> 00:51:27,570 things. 718 00:51:28,350 --> 00:51:30,750 Thou knowest that I love thee. 719 00:51:32,050 --> 00:51:34,490 I want to say he never had a 720 00:51:34,490 --> 00:51:37,710 word to say about money when he said 721 00:51:37,710 --> 00:51:39,410 to Simon, follow thou me. 722 00:51:39,410 --> 00:51:42,290 He never had a word to say about 723 00:51:42,290 --> 00:51:46,210 organization or about his plans for the future 724 00:51:46,210 --> 00:51:48,350 or about service. 725 00:51:49,430 --> 00:51:53,330 He knew that if Simon loved him, he 726 00:51:53,330 --> 00:51:54,330 would obey him. 727 00:51:55,170 --> 00:51:59,370 If he loved him, he would follow him. 728 00:52:00,190 --> 00:52:04,010 If he loved him, he would do what 729 00:52:04,010 --> 00:52:05,350 he wanted him to do. 730 00:52:06,190 --> 00:52:11,550 And therefore he asked the one question, lovest 731 00:52:11,550 --> 00:52:13,750 thou me? 732 00:52:14,670 --> 00:52:16,250 And that took in everything. 733 00:52:17,070 --> 00:52:21,150 And Simon said, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that 734 00:52:21,150 --> 00:52:21,910 I love thee. 735 00:52:22,650 --> 00:52:28,010 I wonder if this morning he is speaking 736 00:52:28,010 --> 00:52:30,830 to your heart and to my heart. 737 00:52:30,830 --> 00:52:33,890 I wonder if he is saying to you 738 00:52:33,890 --> 00:52:37,430 and to me this morning, if he is 739 00:52:37,430 --> 00:52:40,630 asking the question, lovest thou me? 740 00:52:41,450 --> 00:52:44,530 And I wonder whether or not you have 741 00:52:44,530 --> 00:52:48,790 put everything you are and everything you have 742 00:52:48,790 --> 00:52:50,230 on the altar of God. 743 00:52:51,290 --> 00:52:53,010 Has there ever come a time when you 744 00:52:53,010 --> 00:52:55,850 have taken it back off the altar and 745 00:52:55,850 --> 00:52:57,650 when it is no longer on the altar? 746 00:52:57,650 --> 00:53:01,570 Or have you left it there on God's 747 00:53:01,570 --> 00:53:01,910 altar? 748 00:53:03,190 --> 00:53:06,570 Have you gone all the way with the 749 00:53:06,570 --> 00:53:07,890 Lord Jesus Christ? 750 00:53:08,830 --> 00:53:12,510 That's the question he asked this morning, lovest 751 00:53:12,510 --> 00:53:14,350 thou me? 752 00:53:15,290 --> 00:53:17,230 When I was on the Russian mission fields 753 00:53:17,230 --> 00:53:21,730 of Europe some many years ago now, I 754 00:53:21,730 --> 00:53:25,490 remember turning to my congregation one day and 755 00:53:25,490 --> 00:53:30,190 saying, If you will put God first in 756 00:53:30,190 --> 00:53:33,990 your life, I want you to hold up 757 00:53:33,990 --> 00:53:39,150 your right hand and I want you to 758 00:53:39,150 --> 00:53:44,210 sing along with me, I surrender all. 759 00:53:45,390 --> 00:53:48,110 All those who will put God first. 760 00:53:49,370 --> 00:53:52,910 All those who will take second or third 761 00:53:52,910 --> 00:53:53,510 place. 762 00:53:54,510 --> 00:53:57,450 All those who will go all the way 763 00:53:57,450 --> 00:53:58,310 with God. 764 00:53:59,190 --> 00:54:01,030 And I'll never forget, even though it's years 765 00:54:01,030 --> 00:54:05,690 ago now, how almost every hand in that 766 00:54:05,690 --> 00:54:10,410 building was raised as they sang from their 767 00:54:10,410 --> 00:54:13,210 hearts, I surrender all. 768 00:54:13,930 --> 00:54:15,510 I knew there would be persecution. 769 00:54:16,870 --> 00:54:18,190 I knew there would be suffering. 770 00:54:19,390 --> 00:54:20,970 I did not know what form it would 771 00:54:20,970 --> 00:54:21,410 take. 772 00:54:22,490 --> 00:54:25,330 But those people who raised their hands that 773 00:54:25,330 --> 00:54:29,490 morning in that service, many of them were 774 00:54:29,490 --> 00:54:30,670 sent to Siberia. 775 00:54:31,790 --> 00:54:32,970 Many were slain. 776 00:54:34,290 --> 00:54:36,330 Many had to lay down their lives. 777 00:54:37,830 --> 00:54:39,270 Many were put in prison. 778 00:54:40,270 --> 00:54:45,010 Many had to endure severe suffering for the 779 00:54:45,010 --> 00:54:47,510 sake of the Lord Jesus Christ. 780 00:54:48,150 --> 00:54:49,090 But they were true. 781 00:54:50,230 --> 00:54:52,990 They meant what they were doing and what 782 00:54:52,990 --> 00:54:53,790 they were saying. 783 00:54:54,890 --> 00:54:57,510 I haven't found people anywhere in the world 784 00:54:57,510 --> 00:55:02,210 any more devoted than the born-again Christians 785 00:55:02,210 --> 00:55:03,830 in Russia. 786 00:55:04,590 --> 00:55:07,330 They're out and out for the Lord Jesus 787 00:55:07,330 --> 00:55:07,970 Christ. 788 00:55:08,810 --> 00:55:11,930 Even though they live in an atheistic country. 789 00:55:12,850 --> 00:55:14,910 My friend, what about you this morning? 790 00:55:15,850 --> 00:55:17,290 Have you surrendered all? 791 00:55:18,470 --> 00:55:19,910 Is your all on the altar? 792 00:55:20,730 --> 00:55:23,590 And if not, will you put it on 793 00:55:23,590 --> 00:55:27,230 the altar this morning and say from your 794 00:55:27,230 --> 00:55:31,830 heart, all to Jesus, I surrender. 795 00:55:32,750 --> 00:55:36,430 Will you give the Lord Jesus Christ, the 796 00:55:36,430 --> 00:55:40,870 Son of the living God, first place in 797 00:55:40,870 --> 00:55:43,710 your heart and in your life? 798 00:55:44,410 --> 00:55:46,630 And when he says to you, lovest thou 799 00:55:46,630 --> 00:55:50,590 me, will you answer with Peter, yea, Lord, 800 00:55:51,630 --> 00:55:54,610 thou knowest that I love thee. 801 00:55:55,470 --> 00:55:59,650 Will God come first? 802 00:56:00,650 --> 00:56:02,450 You have to decide. 803 00:56:02,930 --> 00:56:05,750 Shall we bow together in prayer? 804 00:56:06,310 --> 00:56:07,410 Every head bowed. 805 00:56:07,870 --> 00:56:09,250 Every eye closed. 806 00:56:10,810 --> 00:56:13,730 And our loving Heavenly Father, we've been confronted 807 00:56:14,810 --> 00:56:18,270 with our responsibility to God today. 808 00:56:19,550 --> 00:56:21,970 And as here in the people's church, many, 809 00:56:22,090 --> 00:56:25,510 many scores of people are making decisions to 810 00:56:25,510 --> 00:56:28,810 put Jesus Christ first. 811 00:56:29,670 --> 00:56:32,550 To give God first place in our lives. 812 00:56:33,850 --> 00:56:35,710 We pray that there may be those who 813 00:56:35,710 --> 00:56:40,850 are watching and those who are listening who 814 00:56:40,850 --> 00:56:43,250 will do exactly the same thing where they 815 00:56:43,250 --> 00:56:46,970 are in this television audience. 816 00:56:47,690 --> 00:56:50,050 Our Father, may this be a nation where 817 00:56:50,050 --> 00:56:54,130 there are hundreds upon hundreds of people who 818 00:56:54,130 --> 00:56:59,850 do in fact put Jesus Christ first, regardless 819 00:56:59,850 --> 00:57:00,610 of the cost. 820 00:57:01,190 --> 00:57:02,670 For we ask it in his name and 821 00:57:02,670 --> 00:57:03,370 for his sake. 822 00:57:04,390 --> 00:57:04,810 Amen. 823 00:57:05,570 --> 00:57:07,490 I think there's only one hymn that we 824 00:57:07,490 --> 00:57:09,470 could sing after this message and we're going 825 00:57:09,470 --> 00:57:11,110 to remain seated as we sing it. 826 00:57:11,950 --> 00:57:13,510 Hymn number 107. 827 00:57:14,410 --> 00:57:16,210 Hymn number 107. 828 00:57:35,310 --> 00:57:40,350 As we sing it, let's not just sing 829 00:57:40,350 --> 00:57:40,550 it. 830 00:57:42,610 --> 00:57:44,450 Let's only sing it if we can sing 831 00:57:44,450 --> 00:57:47,330 it from our heart and really mean it. 832 00:57:47,450 --> 00:57:48,770 Together, everybody sing it.