1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,760 Greetings, everyone. It is a joy to be here with you. 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:07,040 It's been several years since we've been here in a meeting. 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,520 I love the brethren and sisters of this congregation. 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,920 It's been a joy over the course of the last 20 years or more to 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,360 be here for revival meetings. And it's just a tremendous 6 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:22,440 pleasure that I have to be back in this particular year, this 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:23,800 particular year on my. Part. 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,960 It's my 49th year of been a four time gospel preacher. 9 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,080 I started when I was 17. I let you do the math and then 10 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,720 we'll figure this all out. What is written on the board 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,160 tonight is very important. It's about salvation. 12 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,920 I'm a firm believer that people need to understand salvation, to 13 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,720 appreciate it and to commit to it. 14 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,600 You know, we sing a song periodically. 15 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,880 Lord, I commit my life to thee. Take it and make it thy own. 16 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,360 Another song we have sung through the years is have thine 17 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:01,800 own way. Lord, have thine own way. 18 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,480 You know, thou or the Potter, not the clay. 19 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,400 I love these type of songs because they encourage us in 20 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:13,400 every way to love the Lord enough that He's first and 21 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,560 foremost in our life. And nothing is more important 22 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,920 than our service to the Lord. Nothing is more important than 23 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,520 that. Nothing is more important than 24 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,640 when you die or I die. That we go to heaven. 25 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,280 Nothing is more important than that. 26 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,240 And therefore today we're going to lay the groundwork on which 27 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,600 we plan to build the remainder of this meeting over, and we're 28 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,960 going to talk about salvation and the benefits we have of 29 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:41,680 salvation and the consequence if we don't. 30 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,600 Now we need to know the good that makes us feel good, but we 31 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:51,320 need to know the bad that should make us do good, because it's 32 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,480 not good. The bad is not good, but the 33 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,960 good is really, really positive. Therefore we have many 34 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,480 scriptures on the board. I'll throw in another segment of 35 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:07,480 verses along the way, but I ask of you to pay extremely close to 36 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,759 the scriptures. And the book, chapter and verse 37 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,280 of scripture is where we can spend these Nets. 38 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:18,880 The Lord be willing, the Nets sit sermons tonight through 39 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,920 Saturday, two of the Lord's day. We're going to study the Bible, 40 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,920 the Bible, through reading and studying the Bible, and you and 41 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:33,560 me obeying the Bible. Salvation is all ours, and that 42 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,840 is what is so important. I appreciated the prayers of 43 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,040 this congregation already during this meeting. 44 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,040 I love the songs. I learned from these songs 45 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:44,920 tonight. A couple of them I didn't know 46 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:49,040 real well, I heard maybe many years ago, but it's just 47 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:53,360 wonderful to have songs of praise and honor to God. 48 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,960 It is so wonderful to hear brother and pray to the almighty 49 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,680 God leading the congregation in prayer for our brothers and our 50 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,920 sisters, directing us to the throne of grace. 51 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,280 Isn't it so good that God said, listen, I want you to come 52 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:14,760 boldly, boldly unto the throne of grace, to to know that we can 53 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,000 do that. You can't do that to Donald 54 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,880 Trump. You can't do that in politician 55 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,920 around unless you're a very unique guy or lady that has a 56 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,440 special connection and a special life. 57 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:29,360 You can't do that to politicians. 58 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,480 You have a hard enough time doing that with your doctor to 59 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,280 call and get him on the line. You may get a, you know, $10.00 60 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,880 an hour waitress or somebody or somebody talking to you or 61 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,200 receptionist or whoever you may be. 62 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,280 I just want you to know you can pray. 63 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,800 Directly to your father, only as a baptized believer. 64 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:54,360 Baptize believer to be able to say our Father, which art in 65 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:59,000 heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be 66 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 done in earth as it is in heaven. 67 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,360 Give us this day Our Daily Bread. 68 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,120 Forgive us our death as we forgive our debtors. 69 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,520 Lead us not into temptation. Deliver us from evil for thine 70 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,800 as the Kingdom, the glory of the power forever. 71 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,040 Amen. Matthew's account of what is 72 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,560 generally considered the model prayer. 73 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:22,880 It's equally considered that in Luke 11 verses one through 5 or 74 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:27,880 so I do want you to love the Lord enough that everything the 75 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,240 Lord wants you to do you want to get first in line to go do it 76 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,680 because your spiritual life is more important than anything 77 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,400 else or anybody else. Very, very important. 78 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,720 So therefore, I look forward to our study throughout this week. 79 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,640 We have several topics. I brought a a notebook full of 80 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,240 sermons and I thought, well, maybe that's not enough. 81 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,840 I've got my second notebook and filled it up and it's OK. 82 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:53,760 Here we go. We're ready to roll for these 83 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,520 six sermons and this gospel meeting tonight through Rorschet 84 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,720 afternoon, as you see on the board the title of salvation. 85 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,200 But can I ask you a question briefly, please? 86 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,640 That is simply this. What is it? 87 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,160 What is salvation? I'm not asking anybody to speak 88 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,720 of any word during the lesson, Even where during the meeting, 89 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,200 if I ask you a question, it's just for you to ponder. 90 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,400 I'll give you a second along the way to do that. 91 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:25,240 But what is salvation? Salvation is speaking to human 92 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,160 beings like you and like me, to save us. 93 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:37,720 From sin and its consequences and to make us right with God. 94 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,480 My dear friends, listen. That is the ultimate to be right 95 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,160 with the Lord and to save us from sin. 96 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,760 You know what sin would do. Old Testament and not written on 97 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,320 the board. I know several of you've written 98 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,640 these notes down and you're welcomed. 99 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:54,520 After service is over, you're welcome. 100 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,760 Come snap a picture. All across the country, people 101 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,760 do that on a regular basis. That's fine, whatever you want 102 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,440 to do. But do you know what sin does? 103 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:08,120 And Isaiah, the 59th chapter, verses one and two. 104 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:13,400 The Bible says, behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, 105 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:18,920 that he cannot save and nither is his ear heavy that he cannot 106 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:24,360 hear, he said. But your sins have separated 107 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:29,760 between you and your God. Salvation is how human beings 108 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:34,440 like me and you get rid of our sins because the consequences of 109 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,440 sin. It separates us. 110 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,320 From God. That's in your Bible. 111 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,480 I don't hear what translation you're reading after whatever 112 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,920 your translation of choice is. And I preach from the King James 113 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,480 primarily, New King James periodically. 114 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:50,920 And there's some other translation I may bring in a 115 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:52,840 passage to. It doesn't matter which 116 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:55,360 translation. The bottom line is, I want you 117 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:59,920 to know in your mind, in your heart, and your efforts to do 118 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:04,080 the right thing and to be committed to the Almighty God, 119 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:06,280 that my sins will separate me from. 120 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:08,160 God. And therefore I'm going to stay 121 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,120 away from sin and if I have sinned in my life and I'm going 122 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,320 to get rid of my sins. That's the way Christians should 123 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:18,560 do live and act. Therefore, let's take a look at 124 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:22,000 something point #1. By the way, I don't feel the 125 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,600 bored most every night of something, but I don't want you 126 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,200 to get worried about me forgetting time. 127 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,640 I know you work, you have kids, you go to school and all that. 128 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,880 I'm going to preach awhile and then I'm going to quit for 23 129 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,160 1/2 hours. I'm going to come back in here 130 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:36,200 and do it all over. Again. 131 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,960 But I I'll be preaching 30 to 40 minutes. 132 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,160 That's about all I'm going to preach the majority of the time. 133 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,360 There may be a time or two I go take it off, but it'll be over 134 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,000 the weekend so I may give myself another 15. 135 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,840 Minutes or so, but I'll be mindful of the timetable. 136 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:53,640 OK, OK, Now let's take a look here, the Great Commission. 137 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:55,400 Now what is? The Great Commission. 138 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,040 It is a Commission that is great. 139 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:03,280 It's not called great, but it's called great in our hearts and 140 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,560 our minds that our preach it because it is. 141 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,320 Great. There have been different times 142 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,440 throughout the Scriptures that people were told they were sent 143 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,640 out to by twos to evangelize, and at times preachers, the 144 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,360 apostles and elders, and different ones had a variety of 145 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,480 work. But in the Great Commission we 146 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:27,080 find it recorded in Matthew the 28th chapter, verses 18 through 147 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:31,360 20. Jesus gave these words the Son 148 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:38,679 of God, your Lord, your Savior, our greatest friend, He said. 149 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:44,520 All power Speaking of himself, is given to me in heaven and in 150 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,200 earth. Go therefore, and teach all 151 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:53,800 nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the 152 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:59,560 Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them verse 20 to 153 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:04,200 observe all things what serve I've commanded you and Lord. 154 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:09,120 I am with you always, even unto the end of the world, to you 155 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,440 that are taking notes to you that have fallen agenda minds. 156 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,920 I want you to remember one very important principle that's just 157 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,520 the second later. On I want you to remember 158 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,920 another important principle, but just right here we got one major 159 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:26,000 I want you to remember. Matthew 28 and verse 19 is the 160 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:31,160 only time in the entire New Testament that it teaches the 161 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:35,280 baptism in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy 162 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,920 Spirit. If you have been baptized at 163 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,440 some point in your life, and I know majority of you no doubt 164 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:47,360 have, but if you've been baptized at some point, I just 165 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:51,560 want you to reflect back, was I baptized into the name of the 166 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:53,520 Father, the Son of the Holy Spirit? 167 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,600 Jesus said I want you in the Great Commission. 168 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:58,320 I want you to go to all the world. 169 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:00,680 I want you to preach the gospel to every creature. 170 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,120 That's a lot, a lot of people. You know why? 171 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,800 There's a lot of lost souls and Jesus said I want you to 172 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,880 baptize. Teach them the apostles. 173 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,080 I want you to baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and 174 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,240 Holy Spirit. Other passes, Scripture says for 175 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,440 their mission of your sins. Another passage arise and wash 176 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,600 away your sins. I want you to know something. 177 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:25,040 This is really. Really important. 178 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:30,600 Every person here, we have to be baptized for the mission of sins 179 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,080 in the name of Jesus Christ. In the name of the Father, the 180 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,240 Son, and the Holy Spirit. That's a right baptism. 181 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,240 It's a burial and water. It has been very enjoyable 182 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,200 throughout the years, have been conversation and Bible studies 183 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,400 with a lot of people. And along the way that you find 184 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,160 people that have been baptized, right? 185 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:50,960 And they're well, they're confident. 186 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,120 They come right in there like a bullet in China hutch. 187 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,680 And they're ready to let me know exactly how it is. 188 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,440 And they're right and I'm wrong. I think I said I'm, I'm eager, 189 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,640 willing and ready to learn. So you show me the Bible, your 190 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,240 baptism, and I'll show you in the Bible what I believe the 191 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,440 Bible teach you and we'll compare notes. 192 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,200 Well all of a sudden the conversation comes through and 193 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,000 it screeches in hawk. I'm read over here with all my 194 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,320 Bible verses and they're they're thinking. 195 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,080 They say, well the preacher didn't tell us where it was. 196 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,360 It just said, the Bible said, well let me tell you what, 197 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:22,320 sometimes us preachers can be wrong. 198 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,480 I want you to go after the scriptures and you look in the 199 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:27,960 Bible. The Bible said it this way. 200 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,480 Acts 17 to verse 11. The Bible said, I want you to 201 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,320 search the Scriptures daily to make sure these are things are 202 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,720 so Christians. I want you to check up on me 203 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,320 every lesson, every step, every book, chapter in verse. 204 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:46,480 I want you to look at these verses of scripture as we go 205 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,360 along throughout this lesson and all the lessons throughout the 206 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,520 meeting. And I want you to search out the 207 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,200 Scriptures and you make sure that what I teach is true 208 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,720 according to the Bible. And you're committing yourself 209 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,640 to the Lord. You say, let's the Lord I'm you. 210 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,880 Speak, Lord, like Samuel Lavoe. He says, speak, Lord, thy 211 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,960 servant here at the command, Lord, I'll obey. 212 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,960 That's the kind of a commitment level we need. 213 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,680 Then, Lord, you tell me what? Then I'm going to do it. 214 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,400 So what verse? Not nobody speaking up. 215 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,960 What verse teaches Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Baptism. 216 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:21,880 It's Matthew 28, verse 19. Commit that to memory, because 217 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:23,840 you're not finding any other verse. 218 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,480 Now you are going to find in the book of Acts. 219 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,720 Baptize the name of the Lord in the name of the Lord Jesus in 220 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,160 the name of God. What? 221 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:32,760 They got you or nothing you're going to find. 222 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,800 But let me tell you what those phrases in the name of means by 223 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:38,880 the authority. Of. 224 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:41,520 And how? What is the authority that Jesus 225 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,360 gave us to baptize? He said Baptized the name of the 226 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,840 Father, Son, Holy Spirit. So see, it's all baptized, 227 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,320 right? But it's got to be like Jesus 228 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,040 said and your commitment and your entire life to teach other 229 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,880 people, not only yourself, but teaching other people. 230 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,160 Is to help. Them do the right thing, The 231 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,000 right way. OK, let's look again. 232 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:06,960 Mark 16, verse 15 and 16. Same account of the Great 233 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,720 Commission being given by Jesus. This is after the death, the 234 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,840 bearer and the resurrection of Jesus. 235 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,040 This is the time that Jesus was given. 236 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,680 As a matter of fact, let me tell you this way. 237 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,920 You know where Matthew 28 quit? That's the last chapter of 238 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,720 Matthew. And you know where Mark 16 quit. 239 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,800 And also Luke 24. You know where they all quit. 240 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:31,720 They quit right before Acts one starts so you can read and study 241 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:33,440 your Bible. And when you get through reading 242 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,520 Matthew 28, you could turn over to Acts One and pick up right 243 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,760 where you left off. Same thing as Mark. 244 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:40,200 Such thing. Same thing. 245 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,960 Luke 20. 4. Therefore, when you read the 246 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:48,040 Mark 16, Jesus is saying to the people, he said, go into all the 247 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,320 world, preach the gospel to every creature. 248 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,880 He that believeth is baptized shall be saved. 249 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,440 He that believes not shall be damned. 250 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:02,080 Wow, what a difference. See, we today need to do 251 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:03,960 everything we can to do one or two things. 252 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:05,560 Well, number one is saving our self. 253 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,200 I'm talking more about this later on in tonight's lesson #2 254 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,160 is to help save other people. And the way to do that is 255 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:15,080 teaching them to be safe. And listen, I'll tell you what's 256 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,560 not enough. I'll be very honest, very frank. 257 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:20,840 I'm a I'm a very to the point kind of guy. 258 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,160 And that is, it's not enough for you to ask somebody are you 259 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:25,800 saved? You know what? 260 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,920 They're going to saved. Yeah, most people, Yeah, yeah, 261 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:29,040 I'm saved. Well. 262 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:31,360 Well, have you been baptized? Not enough. 263 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,200 That's still not enough. But it's OK. 264 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,840 You start off there. Have you been baptized? 265 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:37,320 Most people. Oh, yeah, Yeah. 266 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,360 You know what? The questions that you need to 267 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,880 ask. I love person work nearly as 268 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,920 much as Frank, right? Yeah, he loves it. 269 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,720 He loves it a whole lot. I love it a whole lot too. 270 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:51,720 I may be 1 notch below him. He's great. 271 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,360 I've seen him do his work and it's fabulous. 272 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,640 But still, together, we can accomplish a lot. 273 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,560 And here's what is so important. Do you know what is important 274 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,960 here when you look at Mark 16 verse 15 and 16 to let people 275 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,600 know the right question? We need to ask Please make a 276 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,720 record of this in your mental record or in your written 277 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,640 record. And that is simple this. 278 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,520 Have you been baptized with the Baptism of the Great Commission? 279 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,160 That's the right question. They're related to the world 280 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,400 today. They're taught to sprinkle water 281 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,080 on people, calling it a baptism. And that young person that 282 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,840 sometimes only six weeks old, they're going to raise up men 283 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,040 and talk, Yeah, you're baptized. Yeah, you're baptized. 284 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,720 But. Then tell you what. 285 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,640 If you're not baptized by the baptism of Great Commission, 286 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,080 you're not baptized scripturally, so it didn't even 287 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,200 get. You need to think everybody for 288 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,160 yourself. Have I obtained salvation the 289 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,280 way God intended? All right, let's look at Luke 290 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,400 24. You go look what you know what 291 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,120 you look. You look at every. 292 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,320 List you can of the Great Commission. 293 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:58,200 Here's what you're going to find. 294 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,040 Here's what you're not going to find majority of the time. 295 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,880 I have looked at more than I can even count right now. 296 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,280 Matthew and Mark when you can, people say the Great Commission. 297 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:13,520 Matthew 28, Mark 16th You hardly ever see Luke 24. 298 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:19,400 Let me tell you what Luke 24 verse 46 and 47 is just as much 299 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:23,120 a Great Commission as Matthew 28 and Mark 16. 300 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:29,200 Furthermore, Lou's account of the Great Commission. 301 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:33,760 It includes information, valuable information that 302 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:38,280 Matthew, Mark do not even include and with the same 303 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,560 breath. I want to say Matthew and Mark 304 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:43,560 include things Luke doesn't include. 305 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:48,360 That is the reason when you're studying a topic, before you go 306 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:53,360 drawing a premature conclusion, you want to gather all these 307 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:57,840 verses and thoughts together. Then draw your conclusion. 308 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,880 Just like on the communion, you want to find out what Matthew 309 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:06,599 Mark, Luke, Acts 2, Acts 20 and 1st Corinthian 10 and 1st 310 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:10,480 Corinthian 11 teaches about the communion before drawing your 311 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,200 conclusion. See, when you gather it all 312 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,480 together, then you got everything God said about it for 313 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:18,680 us. And that's what's important for 314 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,560 salvation. In order for us to have 315 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,680 salvation, we've got to look at Luke 24. 316 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:27,200 Now what does Luke 24 teach? Number one, it teaches us all 317 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,400 began at Jerusalem. You don't see that in Matthew 318 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:32,880 nor Mark. You see it in Luke. 319 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,840 It says beginning at Jerusalem. I've heard many gospel preachers 320 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:40,320 preach great sermons on beginning at Jerusalem. 321 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,000 And this is what it's all about, that the church was established 322 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,320 at Jerusalem. This is where the first gospel 323 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:52,400 sermon was preached, that people had the opportunity to obey. 324 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:57,000 I used to say that immaterial prematurely, you know. 325 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,720 What do you mean? Well, here's what I meant. 326 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:03,200 I used to say this is the first gospel sermon of Acts 2 that's 327 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:04,720 ever been preached. That was wrong. 328 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,120 That was not accurate, but. Because I can show you a whole 329 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:12,000 list of verses where John the Baptist and Jesus preached the 330 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,480 gospel of the Kingdom, so that what was not that was incorrect 331 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,840 of me to say this is the first. Time in Acts 2. 332 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:24,000 But it is the first time the gospel was preached that people 333 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,640 have the opportunity to obey. Now that part's right. 334 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,240 And this is so wonderful. Did you know who that first 335 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,320 summer was preached? In Acts 2 the the baptism of the 336 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:38,320 Great Commission was preached. And do you know what about 3000 337 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,600 people, according to Acts 242. Obeyed the gospel. 338 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:47,360 That's what we need to do, give people something solid to hang 339 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:50,920 on to and people are willing to commit to what they know is 340 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,360 right. And what we know is right is 341 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:57,800 book Matthew, chapter 28, verses 18 through 20. 342 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:02,520 Same with Mark, same with Luke. So now what we know is that the 343 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,840 Lord's church is established in Jerusalem. 344 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:08,560 First time the gospel of preach that people can obey it and 345 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:12,920 about 3000 people obeyed it. No wonder 47 of Acts 2. 346 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:18,480 The very last verse of Acts 2, it says praising God and have in 347 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,960 favor with all the people and the Lord added to the church 348 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,880 daily such as should be saved. The Lord has added your name to 349 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:31,440 the church daily on a regular. Basis such as should be saved. 350 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,680 Now, Christians, has the Lord added you to the church? 351 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,600 He had. If you obey the gospel and done 352 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,280 the right thing, now have you made the commitment to follow 353 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,000 Him? And you're going to let nothing 354 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,360 get in your way. Hey, let's go back. 355 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,840 We can find out. Matthew 28 and 20. 356 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,200 You remember the father sent home the Spirit verse 19. 357 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,440 Now verse 20. Heath, I want you to teach 358 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,920 people to observe all things whatsoever. 359 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:00,280 I have commanded you. I've had people all over this 360 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:01,880 country. They say, Adam, what do you 361 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,480 think would be good to teach Somebody once elevated the 362 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,280 gospel. I go, well, that's your. 363 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,280 Heart. Matthew 2820 nineteen says how 364 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:13,040 to baptize them and verse 20 said now teach them to observe 365 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,400 all things. What survive commanded you? 366 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,240 So you opened up the Bible to the. 367 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,920 Words of the Jesus and the words of the gospel. 368 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,000 You began to teach what Jesus taught, my friend. 369 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,680 It's easy to get behind that. It's easy to get behind and thus 370 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,880 set the Lord and do what the Lord said to do. 371 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:30,880 There's so much on the Great Commission. 372 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,200 I absolutely love it. But I'll tell you what I really 373 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,120 believe. It's why it's called the Great 374 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:37,320 Commission. Now you can take this or leave 375 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,800 it. That's your choice and but you 376 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,560 can briefly mention I'm not going to in depth but if you 377 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,920 have a question feel free to ask after we dismiss Jesus had 378 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,840 earlier told the apostles go to the Jews don't bother go to the 379 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,040 Gentiles right now. There wasn't a time for. 380 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,360 Them right now. But he's limited where they 381 00:20:56,360 --> 00:21:00,800 should go. But now by that too, it was all 382 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:02,840 the world, every nation, every creature. 383 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,240 We read those in scripture, Matthew, Mark, and. 384 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:09,200 Luke But at the time, earlier he said, I want you to go to the 385 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,560 Jews and we'll take care of the others a little bit later. 386 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,840 But now the Great Commission was it was an unlimited message 387 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,240 everybody in the whole world going. 388 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,800 To tell you something, we have people who go to all, all over 389 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,760 the world preaching the gospel, all over the place. 390 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,560 And let me tell you what the same thing they preach in 391 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,480 America. They preach over there because 392 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,080 they want people to be saved over there just like they are 393 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,400 here and giving them good chapter and verse. 394 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,440 And I want you today, I want you to get your handle on this 395 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,680 situation. I want you to know good chapter, 396 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:47,000 verse of what you believe, why you believe it, where it's 397 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000 located in scripture. Don't. 398 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,560 I don't want you here. I say this or I say that or I 399 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:52,640 believe this. I believe that. 400 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,520 No, no. You say Jesus said, the apostle 401 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,320 said. The Bible says. 402 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:02,400 Now when you do that, you've got something that you can hang on 403 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,400 to and you can show people here's how to reach salvation. 404 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,520 All right, number two, first written in three, verse 60. 405 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,600 This is so important. This deserved my whole lesson. 406 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,880 Of any of these one point well, but I want to bring them all 407 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,200 together because I've got a lot I want to say. 408 00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:25,200 And the next 5 sermon plus tonight here we find the First 409 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,200 Corinthians. The Bible teaches me right here 410 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,000 Chapter 3 and verse 6 when you're speaking evangelism. 411 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,000 He said I have planted. Paul said I have planted. 412 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,960 Apollo says watered God gives the increase. 413 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,600 Congregation and church leaders. I know they've asked a lot of 414 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,560 people, and I know I've been asked plenty of time. 415 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:49,440 Why does some congregation, they just grow, grow, grow. 416 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,440 Other congregations shrivel, shrivel, shrivel. 417 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,160 Why does some congregation go and grow and others just don't 418 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,400 get around getting it done? Tell you why? 419 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:04,360 Because some congregation plant and water, I promise you this. 420 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,720 I promise you, if we as an individual and as a 421 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,360 congregation, if we were plant, we water, the Bible said God 422 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:15,960 will bring the increase. If we do our part, God can do 423 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:17,080 this for it. No. 424 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:20,360 If no, as no buts, God will do his part. 425 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,560 Now my question is, are you going to do your part and I can 426 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,400 do my part. It's our job to plant and to 427 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,160 water. You know, today you may plant 428 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,920 the seed, I may water. It. 429 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:37,840 But tomorrow I may plant the seed and you can water it so we 430 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:41,240 can work together as a team. You know they went two by two. 431 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,280 The lot in New Testament, especially in the book of Acts. 432 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:48,800 God will bring the increase. If we're planting, we water now. 433 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,880 Congregation don't like me saying this. 434 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,520 However, if they're not planting and they're not watering, they 435 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:59,080 don't get an increase. But if you're planting water, 436 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,360 you don't let anybody steal your Thunder. 437 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,400 Don't let anybody steal your joy. 438 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,680 That is the joy of your salvation. 439 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:07,920 You know when you're. Excited about something? 440 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,400 You know, you get your new set of wheels, you get your new 441 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,720 threads and something new clothes you want to wear. 442 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,880 You got a new job. You're whatever you're doing and 443 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:20,520 it's really exciting to you. Do you know what you're going to 444 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,480 talk about it? Well, you're excited about the 445 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,040 new car, the new house, new clothes, the new jobs, this or 446 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:27,320 that. Let me tell you what, That's 447 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:28,320 all. That's fine. 448 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:32,400 No problem whatsoever. I want you to tell people about 449 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:36,640 your salvation when you got it, how you got it, what it took to 450 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,600 obey the gospel and encourage them to do the same thing. 451 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:45,560 See, the more people that you're able to lead to Christ, the more 452 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:49,760 committed you're going to be. Did you know that the more you 453 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,800 have to assist, maybe the more you plant, the more you water 454 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,880 and you see that man or that woman Obey the gospel and 455 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,520 baptism. Do you know what? 456 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:01,760 You're going to stay in the defense of them. 457 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,120 You're going to help them. You're going to help them go to 458 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:07,560 heaven. Therefore, everyone of you here. 459 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:08,760 What? What? 460 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,240 However long you've been to the church, you know, I've been in 461 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,640 church over 50 years. Significantly over 50, actually. 462 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,200 Not that I look over or anything, but you know how it 463 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,840 goes. Listen, it's so important for 464 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:26,440 you today to make every effort to tell people why the church is 465 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,600 important, salvation, how, how to obtain it. 466 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,120 You want to share it with them because you want them to be 467 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:35,880 saved. That is how we really get truly 468 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,480 committed. Now here's what the Bible says I 469 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,960 planted upon this water and God brings the increase. 470 00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:42,920 Now I don't want anybody to speak up. 471 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,440 But have you planted the seed lately? 472 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,080 Have you watered what somebody else planted what you've got? 473 00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:55,080 Unique here, you've got a congregation of very skilled and 474 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:59,240 talented brethren and sister who know how to teach the gospel. 475 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,080 You've got some good planters. And you've got some good. 476 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,720 Waterers. And I'll promise you this, 477 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,080 You've got a good God who can bring the increase. 478 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:09,800 It is so wonderful. And it works. 479 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:11,640 It's worth. This is God's plan. 480 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,080 I didn't make this up. That's why I write down the 481 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,080 passage here. All I'm doing is telling you 482 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,480 what the passage said and welcoming you to turn it in your 483 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:24,080 preference of translations. All right, Luke #3, you've got 484 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,800 an eternal soul. Salvation for your eternal soul, 485 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,000 don't you? Look carefully. 486 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,760 Please, Matthew 16 and 26, listen to what Jesus said. 487 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,640 I don't mind saying don't worry about what I say. 488 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,080 What does Jesus say? Jesus said, What is the profit, 489 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:50,200 my brethren, if you gain the whole world, but you lose your 490 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,840 own soul? If you gain all the money in the 491 00:26:54,840 --> 00:27:00,560 world, it's not worth your soul. If you lie, you cheat, you curse 492 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,480 your your, immoral, your whatever. 493 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:07,000 Or if I am, whatever. Listen, it's nothing is worth 494 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,040 our return soul, And Jesus said it so broadly. 495 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,240 If there's nothing I can say any bigger or better than him, he 496 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,240 said, What have you gained? What have you profited in the 497 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,120 King James Version? What have you profited if you 498 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:22,760 gained the whole world? But you lose your own soul? 499 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,240 Dear friends, you can't afford to lose your soul. 500 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,520 You can give this one chance and one chance only, and when you 501 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,280 die, you're going to face the good Lord. 502 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,680 In the Judgment Day, the Bible said it's supported. 503 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,280 A man wants. To die Hebrew 9 and 27 after 504 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:42,560 this is judgment. Oh, it's very important that we 505 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,080 live a faithful and dedicated life, showing our commitment to 506 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,360 the Lord in every way, letting nothing get in our way. 507 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:54,840 And we do what we know is right now, when you look at this, you 508 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,280 don't want to lose your soul so that I don't want you to ever, 509 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:02,920 ever compromise your spiritual value because of job, 510 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,520 relationships, hobbies, or nothing. 511 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,720 Nothing in this world is worth losing your soul over. 512 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:17,520 OK the other one now and James one and 21 James one. 513 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:23,200 James is the brother of Jesus and he said lay apart all 514 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,680 filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness. 515 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,280 That's that just simply means that we need to get rid of all 516 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,080 this crud out of our life. Modern day vernacular, 517 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,480 superfluity of naughtiness and receive with meekness. 518 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:45,040 Here comes the engrafted word which is able to save your soul. 519 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,840 Now we all have a choice. We can save our soul. 520 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,000 We can lose our soul. But here's what I promise you. 521 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,000 I promise you can do one or the other. 522 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:57,200 You're going to save it or you're going to lose it. 523 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,680 Your soul. You've only got one, and you've 524 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,160 only got one chance during your life to do the right thing and 525 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,920 obey the gospel. You can save your soul or lose 526 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,040 it. Which one you're going to do? 527 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,800 Jesus taught us. Jesus, the brother taught us. 528 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,640 You're going to lose it or you're going to save it. 529 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,000 Now, friend, I want you to do the right thing. 530 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,280 I want you to save your soul, and I want you to have other 531 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,680 people be saved. We can get back here, right 532 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:25,240 here, very next one. Number four, First Timothy 4 and 533 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,880 verse 16. You know, I I just love passages 534 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:33,200 as a preacher, as an evangelist. I love reading First Timothy, 535 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:37,280 Second Timothy, and Titus because it's Paul teaching a 536 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:41,320 young preacher how to preach and what to preach, when to preach. 537 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:45,040 It all kind of great things. When you look at First Timothy, 538 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:49,400 you say exactly, without any doubt or any questions at all. 539 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:51,560 You see exactly what the Bible says. 540 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:56,200 And I love it here, because you take heed unto thyself. 541 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,920 Oh, he's got my attention. Continue in them. 542 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:05,480 For in doing this you have saved yourself, and them to hear thee 543 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,360 Take heed. What unto the doctrine. 544 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,000 Take heed into the doctrine number one. 545 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:17,600 Continue in it #2 and if you do this, you'll save yourself and 546 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:22,440 you'll save others. Dear friend, I don't know other 547 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:23,600 than. When you were. 548 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:28,440 Saved any better time you're going to feel about? 549 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,200 Salvation than when you help save somebody else. 550 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:38,080 That is such a warm, fuzzy, enjoyable feeling when you're 551 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,040 you're instrumental even a little bit. 552 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,640 You told somebody where the church was. 553 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,680 You know, I was in the airport, and I like to get to the airport 554 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,000 early. I'm one of those strange guys. 555 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,520 I thought I liked to get there a couple hours early and I I like 556 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,200 to settle there where I'm going to leave from in. 557 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:57,600 In this case, it's in Dallas, TX, it's in Terminal C and it 558 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,520 was K #26. So I figured everybody hovering 559 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,320 around there must be going to Bakersfield. 560 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,480 Well, I just thought several people need to know. 561 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:05,600 I was coming here to hold a meeting. 562 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,640 Bakersfield, you know, I thought that. 563 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,360 Are you going to Bakersfield? Oh, yeah. 564 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,320 Are you going to like where you live? 565 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,760 Are they just a shop over? Do you go somewhere? 566 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000 But most everybody I talk to know that's where we live. 567 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,280 I go, do you know where Plains Rd. is? 568 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,480 And began to talk to them. They said, now I'm going there 569 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,320 to hold a revival meeting. Oh, you're a preacher. 570 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,200 Yes, I'm a preacher. And then began. 571 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,440 To talk scripture. And I got to talk scripture with 572 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,680 a lot of people. That's because I was that early 573 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,280 and people could understand and and some people may have thought 574 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,960 I was weird, as strange or something, but I felt like I've 575 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,760 done some personal work. That's why it's important. 576 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,520 Because, see, we want to help our self and be safe and we want 577 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,600 to help others. Because listen, believe it or 578 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:52,120 not, but you might be the only one, the only true New Testament 579 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:56,160 Christian they ever. Meet Wow. 580 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,640 That's hard to imagine, I know, but it's true. 581 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:03,560 You might be Dallas, TX you know, I know a lot of people fly 582 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,000 in and fly out hundreds of thousands a day. 583 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:08,920 But up to what? These big towns, even your town? 584 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,040 I know this was before it was coming to land. 585 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:12,480 I could say all the lights of the bed. 586 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,000 Bakersfield has grown since the last time I was here and I just 587 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,600 saw all these lights. About I don't know 9 thirtyish 588 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,440 or what, I'm not sure what time exactly. 589 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,240 But, you know, I got to think of why There's a lot of people 590 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:28,360 here, a lot of souls like you who've been saved because you've 591 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,520 obeyed the gospel and you find that scripture placed the worst. 592 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,000 Wow, that's wonderful. A lot of people out here don't 593 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,040 have a clue. The guy that ended upset by me? 594 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:43,440 Oh, he because I had. My book and my Bible and my 595 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,680 information open and I was just reading and kind of minding my 596 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:50,480 own business, believe it or not. And he said. 597 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,520 Oh, you're reading the Bible? Oh, yes. 598 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:54,840 I am a fellow. You're a Christian. 599 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,520 Well, yeah. After what'd you do to be a 600 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,400 Christian? And that's like I did. 601 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,520 I didn't know about the study. He didn't really want to know 602 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,000 how. He didn't really know how he 603 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:04,960 became a Christian. Well, I don't really know. 604 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:06,920 But I'm really. I'm a, I'm a really good. 605 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,040 Well, good for you. What are you doing with the 606 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,240 Christian life? Well, my preacher said I need to 607 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,680 read this book. What book is it? 608 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,120 One of the Old Testament book. I said the Old Testament's great 609 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,760 and it's a learning for us. And I explained this very 610 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,680 briefly. I wanted to get back to how he 611 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,200 became a Christian. I said, do you live in 612 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,280 Bakersfield? Yeah, I did. 613 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,520 I live in Bakersfield. I said, do you know where Plants 614 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,360 Rd. is? And we've been talking about the 615 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:34,680 church here. And I said I've been here 616 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,760 before. I've got many good friends here. 617 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,880 They said, I feel when I go to Bakersfield and I want to 618 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,800 worship, I want to go to this congregation because this a 619 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,720 congregation that follows the Bible and it stays true to the 620 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:54,080 word, wild and so wonderful on many other I can tell you, but 621 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,160 that's not about me. It's about the gospel being 622 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,160 spread. It's so important. 623 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,520 So loose your lips, loose your tongue. 624 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,360 Practice telling people what to do to be saved. 625 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,719 You'll save yourself. You'll say about the first 626 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,760 Timothy 416. It's just a dynamic passage. 627 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:17,840 OK, let's look at #5 Resurrection. 628 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:23,440 Oh my, the resurrection, John 5. And you can note verse 28 and 629 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,760 29. The Bible says marvel not at 630 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:31,040 this, for the hour cometh which all that in the grave shall hear 631 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:35,920 his voice. Thus 28 Marvel 9th. 632 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,080 Don't marvel what I've said or what I've done. 633 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,639 I want you to be aware of the fact there's been a 634 00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:45,440 resurrection, a resurrection of life in John 529 or a 635 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,960 resurrection of damnation. John Five in 29. 636 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:53,040 Same verse John 529. See what kind of resurrection we 637 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,159 can all be raised in the final day. 638 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,800 And the resurrection you look in your Bible, it's there. 639 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,400 John 529. Resurrection of life that's 640 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,760 going to heaven. Resurrection of damnation that's 641 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:12,120 going to hell. I do what this should make us 642 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:16,760 all, me and you, so committed to fighting Satan, fighting sin, 643 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,080 fighting evil. We let nobody, nobody and 644 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:24,760 nothing get in our way. Because if we die faithfully, 645 00:35:25,240 --> 00:35:29,560 Revelation 2 and 10 the latter part of the passage be thou 646 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:33,440 thankful unto death, I'll give their crown of life. 647 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,000 Now, I'll be very frank with you. 648 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:43,040 Sometimes me and others have perhaps misapplied the original 649 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:47,800 intent of the writer in Revelation 210, but it's it's 650 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,680 not a terrible myth, but it's just not exactly, in my 651 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:56,520 judgment, what John had in mind when he pinned these words. 652 00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:00,520 Now what Revelation 210 talks about tribulation and trials and 653 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,680 difficulties. But the only part of the verse. 654 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,320 And then he said, Be thou faithful unto a death. 655 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,480 So he wanted a commitment out of him. 656 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:11,280 You be faithful unto death, meaning that you love the Lord 657 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:16,000 so much in your Christian life that you will suffer yourself to 658 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:20,720 be murdered or to die. For the Kingdom of God's sake, 659 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:24,760 be faithful unto death, meaning that you're willing to give your 660 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:26,760 life for the Lord. Are you that? 661 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:30,120 Committed. I want you to know you give your 662 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,000 life for the Lord. The Lord gave his for you. 663 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:36,240 You give yours for him. Be faithful unto death, even to 664 00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:38,760 the point of giving your life. Yes, it's OK. 665 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,000 If you say replication to intensive be faithful the day 666 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,040 you die, no problem. But that's not what the intent 667 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,680 of the writer is. What the intent is. 668 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:50,200 If I want you to be faithful, even the point of giving your 669 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:54,000 life for the Lord, and he said I will, you will receive a crown 670 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,120 of life. Well, that's what I want. 671 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:59,320 I will crown of life. And it's going to work that way. 672 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:04,200 So therefore, whether you like it, whether you don't, you're 673 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,680 going to be resurrected. If you die before the Lord comes 674 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,080 back, I'm going to be resurrected. 675 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:14,640 If I die before the Lord comes back mid-december, they wondered 676 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:20,120 if I was going to live or die. I lived mid January, back at the 677 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,120 operating table. They didn't know if I could live 678 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:25,560 or die, but I lived. The Lord went through with me 679 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,240 again. I really wasn't through. 680 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,080 I really know I want to go to heaven, but I just wasn't ready 681 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:32,520 to go right there, you know what I mean? 682 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,240 I wanted to wait. I wanted to go. 683 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,200 But I want to work first. I've got work I want to. 684 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,400 Do the Lord sparing me, says I, Brother Frank in this prayer. 685 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,640 I sincerely appreciate Brother Frank's prayer. 686 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,760 It made a difference in our life. 687 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:50,800 I thought, man, if if I can't praise him now, I just can't 688 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,200 imagine I've done that all my life. 689 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,160 But I was baptized at 10 years old. 690 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,120 I've had 10 sermons. I was ready to go. 691 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,880 I'm my dad, you know, the gospel preacher and the elder of the 692 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:05,000 church. 4 houses up. My granddad, brother EH Miller, 693 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,840 you know, been around for many, many years. 694 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:11,520 I just. I wasn't wanting to quit. 695 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,880 By the Lord, send your hands. Send your hands. 696 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:20,440 If you want me to live and let me preach, let me live here. 697 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:22,960 If not, pay up. All yours. 698 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,680 I just want you to know, my Christian friends, living for 699 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,200 the Lord is the best life there is. 700 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:34,960 Because rain, sleet of snow, good time, bad times, things not 701 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:36,480 going the way you want to. It's OK. 702 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,280 The Lord is in charge, and you'd be so thankful. 703 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,160 I want you to be the kind of people that every time the 704 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,320 leadership of this congregation opens those doors for worship, 705 00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:49,960 you're here. That kind of commitment's kind 706 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:54,200 of we need and the Lord wants out of you without somebody 707 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,520 having to beg and plead. I want you to you be pulling in 708 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,800 and then talking to other people, The dead kind of you be 709 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,480 that kind of person. Oh, my dear friend, this is so 710 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,440 very important. OK, let's look here. 711 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,640 Saving ourselves? Oh, now he's putting the ball in 712 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,360 our court. Save thyself. 713 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,760 I just gave 3 verses there that we could give. 714 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:15,640 But Acts 2 and 40. This is Acts 2. 715 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,680 The day that first sermon was preached that people had the 716 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,440 opportunity to obey, about 3000 obeyed. 717 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,520 And we talked about that 25 minutes ago here. 718 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,680 He said save yourself from the essential war or wicked 719 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,960 generation. Philippians 2 and 12. 720 00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:36,600 He said, I want you to work out your own salvation. 721 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,640 That sound familiar? You're all salvation with fear 722 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:44,080 and trembling. First him before 6th state we 723 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:47,560 board the red and point #4, how you save yourself and save 724 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,720 others. My dear friends, listen, save 725 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:52,640 yourself. You don't let anybody anything 726 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:56,120 get in your way. You don't be hesitant to to let 727 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,560 people know. Listen, I'll be honest with you 728 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,120 there. I'll be glad to do things that 729 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,920 you want to go do. But on this time I have a 730 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:07,160 commitment with the Lord. I'll symbol with the Saints. 731 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:12,040 Lord, on Lord's day we attend worship, we commune together. 732 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:15,760 Hire whatever you want to say. And you might need to practice 733 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:19,920 that because you may not be accustomed to kind of giving 734 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:23,400 your faith, but it's OK. Practice it. 735 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,640 Figure out how do you that you want to respond to people 736 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,720 because you know your lifestyle, people at work or at school, or 737 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:32,440 your neighbors or your friends or whoever that's wanting you to 738 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:33,640 go do this. Go something. 739 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,240 Do something else. You know how you need to 740 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:37,920 respond. Work on it. 741 00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,400 Because when you do, you're going to save yourself. 742 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,160 I'll tell you what, this is scary, but it's true. 743 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:47,680 If I don't work to help others, say, I'm not going to save 744 00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:51,560 myself, the Lord expects me to talk to other people. 745 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:56,440 I'm absolutely confident today if all of us will work together 746 00:40:56,440 --> 00:41:00,360 to save other people, all of us together will be saved in the 747 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,600 final day because we're reaching out and help other people. 748 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:07,760 OK. The final point right here in 749 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,760 Matthew 25 and 40. Six. 750 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:14,040 You know Matthew 25 is 1 where the Lord gave 3 illustrations. 751 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:20,760 He gave you one of the of the virgins of the talents, and have 752 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:24,760 separated the sheep from the ghost, the saved, and the lost, 753 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,720 and all three of those. And then the very last verse, 754 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:34,640 verse 46, about chapter These shall go away into everlasting 755 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,360 punishment. That's all on the left. 756 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,040 These shall go away into life eternal. 757 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:44,080 Which one is yours? Which one is yours? 758 00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:48,000 Where are you? On the path to that resurrection 759 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,480 of life for life eternal. You remember resurrection of 760 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:54,680 life right here, John 529. Come down here. 761 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,760 Life eternal. That's what it Life eternal is 762 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:01,080 eternity going to last forever and ever and ever. 763 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:05,920 It's going to never, ever end. I want it to be the best to you 764 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:08,600 you'll ever have. God-given you the best. 765 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:10,640 He gave you a son to Doc Calvary. 766 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,200 I want you to go to heaven. I don't want you to have. 767 00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:18,080 To worry about this. But I want you to be 768 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,040 understandable. If you don't do this, you don't 769 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,360 do that. These will go away into 770 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:27,880 everlasting punishment. You know one of the toughest 771 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:33,280 jobs as the minister to conduct the funeral to somebody that 772 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,800 you're scared to death for the eternal salvation. 773 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:42,280 We used to have this gentleman that went to church because his 774 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,560 wife wanted him to. He didn't believe in God. 775 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:50,760 He'd sell him bareback and he was just a difficult gentleman. 776 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:52,040 But I'd go see him about every week. 777 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:56,560 I'd go to his house and he but he had no interest in spiritual 778 00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:00,760 thing where he eventually got sick and had a problem and it 779 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:04,200 just, it looked like his life was just swiftly fleeing from 780 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:07,880 him and the nurses came in. He's going to have a a brain 781 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:13,400 surgery and the nurses came in to shave him, shave his head, he 782 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,560 thought, they said he they'd come in. 783 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,160 They're coming here to save you, he goes. 784 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:21,720 Nobody's going to save me. And he got all. 785 00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:26,120 Hyper, they said, well, it's hurt and we didn't say save. 786 00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:29,280 We said shave. Oh well, all right. 787 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:33,520 Well when he lived through surgery and he died a few weeks 788 00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:37,960 later and his wife said Allen Do you think he went to hell? 789 00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:41,920 I go listen the Bible said in first you went to five and 13. 790 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:43,960 Those that are without God would judge. 791 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:49,000 Let God do it. Those within the church we judge 792 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:50,960 so don't ever say we don't judge people. 793 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:54,160 And the Bible says you do it first fifty and five verse 13. 794 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,280 You judge those within by the scripture for those without 795 00:43:57,520 --> 00:43:59,200 leaving up to God. You don't have to do that. 796 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:00,880 You don't have to take on that burden. 797 00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:04,240 But as a baptized believer, we help each other. 798 00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,840 Go to heaven, my dear friend. There's so much more we can talk 799 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:10,560 about today, but I'm going to let this be the finishing time. 800 00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:14,600 It is 7 four. No, no, not take for you. 801 00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:18,800 And I just want you to be saved. I look forward to, I look 802 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:20,280 forward to everyone of our services. 803 00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,280 I look forward to singing and the prayer and the teaching and 804 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,240 the study of God's word, the fellowship. 805 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,520 What I want to know right here, right now. 806 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:29,560 If you died, would you go to heaven? 807 00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:32,920 If not, I. Want you to come right up here? 808 00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,800 State your request. I want to obey the gospel of 809 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,600 baptism. Or I'm a baptized believer and I 810 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,680 have sinned in my life and I ask you to pray to Almighty God for 811 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:42,920 it. You know what the Bible says 812 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:46,240 that to a baptized believer, you repent and you pray to God. 813 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,480 You know what we're going to do if you sin and you, you request 814 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:50,440 it. We're going to repent and pray 815 00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:53,200 to God. You know what the Bible said in 816 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,560 First John One If you have confessed your sin, he's 817 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:56,960 faithful and just to forgive you. 818 00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,800 So you know what? If you make the request that 819 00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:02,680 you've got sin in your life, you want to confess that if we 820 00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:04,520 confess and pray to God, He'll forgive us. 821 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,560 God is making it easy. We just need you to have the 822 00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:11,520 strength, the backbone and the commitment. 823 00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:14,720 That you're going to do things the right way if you have the 824 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:16,440 spirit you need. We're welcome to come by. 825 00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:17,760 We stand by. We stand. 826 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:22,560 We thank you for listening to our podcast put on by the Church 827 00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:27,000 of Christ at 2215 Plans Rd. in Bakersfield. 828 00:45:27,720 --> 00:45:31,160 If you would like any additional information or you would like to 829 00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:34,160 receive a free Bible correspondence course by mail, 830 00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:40,200 please e-mail us at info@churchofchristbakersfield.com. 831 00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:46,160 Our service times are Sundays at 10:30 AM and 5:00 PM and 832 00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:50,600 Wednesdays at 7:30 PM. Please make plans to join us. 833 00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,240 We would love for you to be our honored guest.