Griffin for miles to be here. And I want to personally express
my appreciation to, you know, Prince of yesteryears.
And you made friends. Anyway, we're glad you're all
here. The congregation of course.
Shares my feelings about that. So we're just glad you're here.
We have in our midst, a night to gospel preachers, brother, Alan,
Bonifay, and brother, Raymond, Fox and others, perhaps, whom
I'm not noting at this moment, but we're glad you're here.
Anyway, I want to read for you this evening from the sixth
chapter of the Book of Luke. And I'll begin reading with
verse 13. And what?
Let me begin with verse 12 and it came to pass.
In those days that he went out into a mountain to pray and
continued all night in prayer to God.
And when he was day, he called unto him his disciples and have
them. He chose twelve.
Whom he also named a passel, Simon, whom he also named Peter
and Andrew, his brother, James, and John, Philip and
Bartholomew, Matthew, and Thomas James, the son of alphaeus and
Simon called zealots and Judas. The brother of James and Judas
Iscariot, which also was the traitor, And he came down with
him and stood in the plane and the company of his disciples and
a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem and
from the Seacoast of Tyree and sidon, which came to hear him
and to be healed of their diseases that would be enough of
our reading for this evening. And at this time, we wish to go
to God in a word of prayer. Let us pray.
The world had drifted so far away from God.
The world was lost. And in order for the world to be
saved the world, must get in communication with God.
The Father Again. God was dealing with his people.
God was moving. His people along toward the hope
of Salvation, which would be Jesus Christ, his son, the
prophets had prophesied down Through the Ages.
That this one would come in whom all of our attention and
salvation must be focused. Finally, John the Baptist Came
Upon the scene and began to preach but finally this one was
born. I keep passage is Galatians 4
and 4 where the Apostle Paul sums.
It all up in one verse and says, but when the fullness of the
time was come God sent forth. His son made of a woman made
under the law to redeem them that were under the law that as
I say sums it all up, Jesus came.
Jesus was born into this world. That was the focal point of the
ages. You might say.
We all know that. Jesus Christ was finally settled
in the little village of Nazareth up in the land of
Galilee. And there, he was abiding with
his mother with his father. And finally, with his brothers
and sisters. Well, he waited there, he waited
God's time, he waited the signal from his father in Heaven, but
he was in preparation all this time.
So far as I know, the father of Jesus Christ, the Foster father,
if you might say that had passed away because no scholar mention
scene from be known, and all think that he probably had
deceased Jesus was flying the honest rate of a carpenter.
He knew what it was to have an aching back in me what it was to
have a catalyst and He what he wants to labor and I resent the
artists of the day who try to picture him as some sissified
individual who didn't know anything about the outdoors in
our hard labor are real. Manhood, he was everything but
that he bent over a carpenter's table and he worked.
And he pried this trade, stepping Immortal honor upon
labor. Probably that's the reason why
the 11th chapter of the Book of Matthew in the Invitation, he
issued his call to these people. First come unto me all ye that
labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.
Down south something was taking place.
Now, almost 100 miles away, roughly a man chosen.
By God, in a special, providential way was standing on
the banks of the Jordan River preaching.
The baptism of repentance. I really don't know how this all
came about, I wish I did. But I just think that finally
this man signaled by God in heaven stepped out there.
By the wayside had a forward on the Jordan River and began to
preach somehow to stop by one day and hurting they went on and
told somebody else and they came they told somebody else and they
came and on and on it went Caravans coming from the south
of the country and going through the city of Nazareth up, yonder.
No doubt. Told of this incident, our baby
was a communication directly Out of Heaven.
I don't know, but any rate it was time to go.
Jesus kissed his mother goodbye. Push the tools back on the
Carpenters Beach and walk that long distance to the River.
Jordan As he walked up that day, I thrown stood out the for that
great preacher. And listened and Little Wonder,
but that's one of the greatest preachers That Ever Walked upon
the top side of God's green earth.
Jesus said, one time of all the men born of a woman does never
win one greater than John the Baptist, and I certainly agree
with him on that. the people hung upon his words while he
spoke to them of their sins and told them of the impending
damnation, that awaited them, unless they repented and they
came back for more And the heated it you know it doesn't
bother people for you to tell them about their wrongs.
I don't know where these preachers have gotten the idea
that you're supposed to stand up in the pulpit and pussyfoot
around and just talk about little platitudes and sweet.
Little devotion things people will to be told of their wounds,
that's the reason why preachers are preaching.
If you want to get our show go somewhere else.
Jesus was preaching and they liked it.
I rather John the Baptist was preaching.
He walks up in that crowd one day and John who had absolutely
faced the Roman legionaries John who had confronted.
Everybody was absolutely amazed and astounded when you looked
out there and saw that one he knew he People had come out to
hear John preached. I'm always amazed at the crowds.
I wish I had time to talk about the crowds.
That would be another sermon but just briefly.
Let me know mention that some came out to soldiers came
marching out for one thing and they stood on the riverbank He
had attracted people now, it said you great preacher said,
brought the people from the country to the city, Talmadge
Moody Spurgeon Graham others. But this one vote, the city's
broke the about the city's to the country and they stood in
listen, daddy preach while he crashed over their head with one
Thunderbolt of condemnation right after another, the soldier
said, what shall we do? He said be content with your
wages and do violence to no, man.
That would pretty well. Take care of soldiers.
Soldiering wouldn't it? I'd think so.
The only people I know of that he really refused to baptize.
Well those pies mouth people who thought they were too good
already. They came out thinking they had
Abraham to their father and they didn't need anything.
Well, he knew better. He said don't say in your heart
that we've got Abraham to our father.
Don't say you've never been in bondage to anybody of God wanted
seed, Abraham. He could just raise them up from
these Stones along the Riverbanks here.
If that's what you're talking about and thinking about go back
and do Works meet for repentance.
During all of this time. Jesus came and as I said, walked
up in the midst, John just I think his voice fell quite said
there stains one in your midst today, whom you know, not who
she lacks its. I'm not worthy to stoop down and
unloose the crowds ships and a little bit.
This one walks up in the presence of John standing.
There open yet, proud youth from the Hill Country of Galilee.
And John is overwhelmed. He who could face everybody
else. He felt so little and unworthy.
In the sight of this, what he said, I'd need to be baptized of
thee, and comest, thou to me, and Jesus said, suffer it to be.
So now to fulfill all righteousness, calmly stating
it. I don't have any sins.
I know that this is an exception to the rule, but make an
exception this time, because I'm setting an example, for all men,
for all ages to come. And the Bible says he suffered
him. He took our savior down into the
Waters of that River and low. He is sinless body beneath the
waves and lifted him up again. He stood there with the water
streaming was baptism. Like you've seen countless
people do in your lifetime in the church, and while he stood
there, so humble a voice from Heaven, spoke and said this is
my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased.
And at that moment, God dispatched, the Holy Spirit out
of the heavens in the form of a dove and it lighted upon
somebody said, it thunder. Somebody standing by said an
angel spoke to him. Well, he went into the
wilderness. Earnest.
The Bible says he was driven into the Wilderness and there he
wondered all these days among the sand dunes and the Bible
says in the wild beasts every Temptation that you will ever
bear was thrust that sinless breast of the Son of God there
and he repelled them everyone he went there though as a man just
like you and I go as a man, he didn't go there with any helps
beyond what you have and Beyond what I have because how could he
He be our leader. If he went, there was some extra
protection and resisted the Holy Spirit, The Temptations with
extra protection from God. And then looks at me and says,
follow me. Well, I don't have that extra
protection so I couldn't follow him.
So he went there like a man, just like you and he resisted it
all and showed man, that the devil could be resisted He
walked away from there and he walked up the banks of the
Jordan River. He saw John baptizing again and
John saw him and he said, Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away
the sins of the world two disciples who had been following
John left that day and started following Jesus.
They said Master where dwellest thou, he said come and see
foxes. Have holes thousand, the are
have not have nests, but the son of man hath, not where to lay
his head he said, come and see and they went for Jesus.
Well that day and spent the day. Have you ever contemplated the
idea of Going Home With Jesus and spending a day?
Their lives were changed. Well, he selected these two men.
He went on in a little while, selected some more laughter, I
knew others. And then, gov course, he started
out on his public Ministry that we call it and people begin to
throwing after him and many people began to believe on him
and crowds begin to follow him by the hundreds around, over the
country, the crowd soon became so unwieldy until he just
couldn't handle the crowds really How do you had to do
something else? Because he was really coming for
a particular singular purpose. And we want to notice this
because tonight, we're going to mention to you.
The fact that God has a definite plan in your salvation.
Now that's something the world knows nothing about tonight
because it's a harem scare'm way with him and salvation, they
believe men. Just stop down younger anywhere
and get out and new you and talk to God.
And that's it right there. God will save them.
Another one can go do something else.
That's not the idea. Ladies and gentlemen, God worked
out a specific plan by which mankind could be saved.
And I'm going to show you the best.
I can how it was initiated right here after so long of.
A time, after these crowds, great throngs, begin to follow
him from place to place, Jesus decided that the time had come
for him to show forth his kingship to certain extent.
And he was called King. The prophets, referred to him as
the Messiah, the coming King. I know, he came, so unlike a
king, unearthly king. He was not born in a palace.
He wasn't wrapped in fine clothes.
He didn't ride in a chariot. He didn't have servants
attending him that we freely admit, but he had come to be a
king. Isaiah had said, my ways are not
your ways. Saith the Lord, neither my
thoughts, your thoughts Versa Heavens are higher than the
earth. So are my ways in your ways, and
my thoughts than your thoughts that we certainly admit.
But during his lifetime, he made manifest the fact that he was a
king. I know, in John 18 and 37, when
you stood before Pilate father said our talent, our King, Jesus
said, thou say is that, I am a king to this end was I born and
for this cause came I into the world.
So Jesus Christ, of course, was the king and he came to lead,
people heavenward, but one time up younger and Galilee
somewhere, he went out to the mountain to pray.
The Bible says and he prayed all night Jesus like the mountains,
you know we talked about mountains overnight.
This is one of the points that we should have mentioned.
He prayed all night as dr. Farris says out there with his
hair, wet from the heavens. Do you of Heaven amidst The
Barking of the jackals in the distance, so we honor the
hooting of the night owls. And in cradled, in the arms of
nature, he was all alone and he left to be alone because he
could talk to his father undisturbed and unmolested.
And he did that so often he who could stop the winds, he who
could raise the dead, he felt the need of talking to his
father and he did all night. He prayed?
The next morning though. One day was come the disciples
come to him of great. Throng of disciples, come up to
that mountain. And he sat down upon a Little
Rock under somewhere on that Mountainside and begin to do
something very, very special out of that crowd.
He began to select his cabinet, the me and who would serve him
the man who would be in his immediate presence and attend
unto the things of the Kingdom. Mm, out of that, vast crowd of
milk at the multitude, he selected those.
The Bible says, and it came to pass in those days that he went
out into a mountain to pray and continued all night in prayer to
God. And when it was day he called
unto him his disciples and have them.
He chose twelve. Whom he also named Apostles.
I say again, this was his cabinet.
You know what man has to have a cabinet.
I president selects his cabinet sometimes these long time.
In selecting it, what Jesus did it all in one moment there, he
did it all at one time. This is also, these people are
also called ambassador's in second Corinthians, the fifth
chapter, the Apostle Paul, who was a late late, born Apostle,
he says neither. Then he says, now then we are
ambassadors for Christ as though God.
Beseech You by us. We pray you in Christ's stead on
behalf of Christ be reconciled to God.
Ladies and gentlemen that's one of those passages that applies
to the people of that day. You and I are not ambassadors
for Christ. They were ambassadors for Christ
because they were filled with the Holy Spirit and absolutely
had V message. The only message that could do
man any good and they were the prime ambassadors.
Now if you want to call Call yourself an ambassador in a
second or third, since, by representing the Lord, and his
kingdom in this world. I don't think you do any
violence to the thought. But these are the principal and
ambassadors for the kingdom. The Apostles of Jesus Christ.
And have you read them to you again?
Because this is the most unique group of men that ever lived up
on the top side of God's green earth and the people who claim
they can get salvation directly from God tonight, our
circumventing, these men and God doesn't like that.
Jesus Christ, chose this man to be your ambassadors and you you
get salvation, must get it through their words and through
their administration's because that's the way Jesus planned it.
And that's the way God ordered it.
Well, he chose Peter, James, John, Andrew Philip Bartholomew.
Matthew, Thomas, James the son of alphaeus thaddaeus.
Simon the Canaanite and Judas. Iscariot of course, who by
transgression failed in West. I planted by another one, of
course. Now we have his cabinet here.
We have these men, his special men, the Kings, man.
If you please, you've heard that phrase before doubtless, read
something, or heard something in the literary world that makes
you think of this. But it released, this is the way
it was. Now, then for these men to do
his work, they must be prepared. They can't go out just like you,
and I today was no, Helps and we've got because some of the
things that they're going gone to take are going to be things.
That are very very complicated and serious and meaningful
because this has to do with the salvation of the whole wide
world. You talk about some men who
stood in a in a very very August situation.
These me indeed, I don't think they really realized it
themselves and maybe they didn't realize it until they finally
get over Yonder and go. Lori because the 17th chapter,
The Book of John, the Bible says Jesus prayed father, let these
men, let them whom thou Hast given me be with me where I am
that. They may behold my glory, he was
talking about those men, those men who someday believed in he
who someday doubted me, those men whose face, sometimes as
high as a mountain and the next day was as low as to see.
He said father won't you let me take them to Glory with me and I
want you to let them look upon me.
When I sit upon my throne with my crown upon my head in my
glorified state and they'll know, There's a lot of things we
won't know till Dean, but back to the story, these men are
prepared. Now, the reason these men are
prepared a way these men were prepared was because God gave
them the power of the holy spirit for the purpose of
preaching his word. When he left this world down
here, you see. And also he gave them the power
of the holy spirit so they could speak to people.
With whom they were not even a acquainted with, and in
languages that they couldn't even speak.
That was the purpose of it? Let me read you in the sixteenth
chapter of the Book of John hear these words, Jesus says.
But now I go to my night but now I go my way to him that sent me
and none of you asked me where the goest thou, but because I
have said these things unto you sorrow, has filled your heart.
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth is it is It is expedient
for you. That I go away for R5, go, not
away the comforter, will not come unto you, but if I depart,
I will send him unto you and when he is come, he will reprove
or convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of Judgment
of sin because they believe not on me.
I've righteousness, because I go to the father and you see me no
more, I've judgment because the prince of this world is Judge.
I have yet many things to say unto you but you cannot bear
them now, but there will Your time shortly, when you'll be
able to Bear it because when the father sends the Holy Spirit to
you, you'll be able to Bear it and you'll be able to understand
it and you'll be able to take it on after I'm gone.
So he continues, all he shall glorify me a happy it, but
rather howbeit when he the spirit of Truth is come, he will
guide you into all truth. And shall not speak of himself.
Whatsoever. He shall hear that?
Shall he speak? And he will show you things to
come. He shall glorify me for.
He shall receive of mine and shall Shew it unto you.
Now while I'm dwelling, right here on this passage, I want to
just stop, stick a pin right here and talk about this for a
moment, you are constantly flooded with, Holy Ghost is MM.
There are some people that that's all they can.
Preach is the Holy Ghost. If they open their mouth, it'll
be the Holy Ghost. They'll talk about they'll put
us out. On out you under this is a Holy
Ghost Church and they'll have a TV program and they'll tell you
it's a TV program, it's a whole Goose program and Holy Ghost.
Holy Ghost is all you're going to hear and they'll tell you
that that's the case with me because we've all got the Holy
Ghost and we've been baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Well they're just as wrong as they could be.
Jesus said when the Holy Spirit comes to these men That holy
spirit's going to talk about me. That, Holy Ghost is going to
glorify me. And you're going to hear about
me. Now the men who are really
Guided by the Holy Spirit, whether miraculously are through
the word of God, are the men who are going to go around
preaching, Jesus Christ and him crucified and the truth.
Those people who are always babbling around about the Holy
Ghost are just as far from the truth is they can possibly be
and they're blaspheming the Holy Spirit.
If I don't know anything. He shall glorify me for.
He shall receive of mine and shall Shew it unto you.
So Jesus Christ, gave them that are rather the father did and
sin it. Did you ever run to wonder why
the 14th chapter The Book of John and the first verse Jesus
begins that chapter by saying, let not your hearts be troubled,
you believe in God believe. Also in me and so on the reason
why he addresses them thus is because he knew that their
hearts were burdened and there Hearts were heavy and they felt
rather forsaken over the prospect of living in this world
without Jesus. Because he had mentioned the
fact that I'm leaving you, and I'm going away, they couldn't
quite get the concept or something coming in his stead
guide them yet, so they felt Disturbed.
They felt confused, they were troubled.
And Jesus said, let not your hearts be troubled.
And the reason why was because something's going to be, since
someone's going to be seen, who will guide you and bring back to
your mind, everything I told you so you can relay it and tell it
to the world over there in the seventeenth chapter of the Book
of John, we find where Jesus prayed to the Father, the night
before he died upon calvary's cross.
And he prayed to them and he says to them, I have given them
The Words which thou gavest me. He's talking about the Apostle,
the king's man, you please, I've given them The Words, which thou
gavest me and they have received All right, from now on you'll be
listening at the apostles after I leave this world and so he
endowed them with the Holy Spirit.
Now when the Holy Spirit was given it was given for a
specific purpose, it wasn't given to chase out, alcohol
demons and it wasn't given to mail goiters and do other
things. It was given for the purpose of
conveying, the word of God, so man could be saved.
You see? God.
God, the father has absolute Authority primary Authority.
Now, those who hold primary Authority can delegate that
Authority. And so, he delegated to his son.
Jesus Christ. He has delegated authority.
Now then Jesus Christ, when he got ready to leave this world.
As I told you, he chose these 12 men to carry his work on.
So that's the apostles. They have delegated authority,
but it stops right there. They can't delegate it.
Any father, nobody gets anything from God directly after that,
right there. Now when God gave the whole get
when God gave this message to his son, Jesus Christ.
That was no problem because the sun was just as Divine as the
father and there could be no mistake.
Jesus couldn't make a mistake, he never made a mistake God.
The father of course is truth. He never made a mistake so
there's no problem doctor. But when Jesus Christ gave it to
his Apostles, we've got a problem.
We've got the human element to deal with those men were just
like you and I am tonight they were human.
There was a prospect of making a mistake that was a danger of
them, not getting it all correctly and you know that
would that would have a problem with our Salvation over here.
Now, this word is to be given because this word is the only
thing that's going to save. The father sent his word down
here to the world. Now, Paul calls the gospel in,
Romans 1 and 16. When he said, I'm not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ, show you, that's the case.
He said for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone
that believeth to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
But therein is the righteousness of God revealed from Faith to
Faith. So, in order for the apostles,
to get the word, the message, the gospel, whatever you want to
call it in a correct way. Make no mistake the whole.
Holy Spirit was sent right here and it conveyed from the Jesus
to these men and they got and we have it right here tonight in
this book, called The Bible, and it's perfect.
Now, before these men died, the spirit guided them to write.
So they sat down with their quill in their hands and God
began to write Guided by the Holy Spirit.
And so, we have it tonight in book form, we have it right
here. That you can read and you can
understand and it's just as empowering here tonight as it
was when they spoke it right here.
In fact it's the same thing. Now that many people tonight who
want don't want the Bible but they want some more Holy Ghost.
There are always more of the Holy Ghost what do you want me
for? What do you need it for?
It brought you what God planned for it to bring you this right
here. Now, Peter, when he spoke about
that, he wrote it down in his epistle, he said at courting
his, as the court has, is his divine power hath.
Given unto us us the apostles, the king's man according as his
divine power hath, given unto us.
Listen, all things that pertain unto life and godliness.
Now what was he talking about? About, he was saying that God
had given us all things that pertain unto life and God is
where in the writings of the Holy Spirit.
And we have it here tonight and I Apostle Paul says, of course
all scripture scripture get that down.
It comes from the word script which means to write.
It's not all but it's written it's script.
So you're not going to hear it tonight.
Jesus is not going to talk to you tonight.
Jesus is not going to speak. Peace to your heart tonight.
All scripture is given by the inspiration of God.
What the Holy Spirit. That the man of God may be
perfect. That word, perfect means
complete that the man of God may be complete thoroughly furnished
unto all good works. Now, that was going to give us
the perfect thing for admonition or instruction part in
righteousness and so on and so forth.
Something tonight ladies and gentlemen we have it.
All right here and don't need anything else.
That's the way it was brought to us and that's what we have it
tonight. Now that's God's plan for the
ages. You see these men were baptized
with the Holy Ghost and their little two by fours walking
around on the earth. Tonight, claiming our big bang.
Baptized with the Holy Ghost. What's going to God?
Going to baptize you with the Holy Ghost for that's God.
Gonna baptize all Roberts with the Holy Ghost for what's his
business. Anyway, what's the out Parts?
Why these men, the King's Men were for that purpose.
And let me tell you right now, there's no other little fella
running around, going to get that.
These men are unique. And everything.
They said, Jim this book right here, you're not going to get
anything anywhere else or your salvation And I do a lot of
church members. It needs that thought, so there
it is. Now, to show you that, that was
the case after these men receive this after Jesus one away,
though, were the only ones who had the message.
If you tell people what to do to be saved, and God was very
particular about them. You see one time in the city of
Jerusalem? That was a dispersion and all
the people were driven out. Just a few apostles were left.
Just a few of the King's Men were left.
The others were out in various parts of the country, preaching,
Peter was there? O'Hara had reached forth, his
hand had slain James, and he thought it please the people so
much, and he thought he'd try Peter, you know?
So he put Peter in prison for preaching this gospel.
And the church got together over the house of John Mark and we're
praying for him that night not praying for his release.
No, Sir. Praying that he would hold out
faithful. This plan was so wonderful in
that day. This plan was so all-important
until people didn't consider their feelings and his
arrangement for salvation. And here it is.
Peter was there in prison. I don't read where Peter was
spreading too much. It's wonderful.
That these men were so endowed with the spirit until they
realize their purpose in life. The best I can understand from
that narratives. You Peter just cuddled up in a
corner and went to sleep that night in that Jailhouse in that
great, massive place. But God didn't want him in that
jailhouse. Why God want him Outta jail?
That's why just to relieve his physical suffering.
Just so he can go home and throw a party and have a big time.
Go swimming the next day or no, not that he wanted him out of
that jail house because he's the only man left in Jerusalem that
had that message. And that message had to be told.
And nobody else was there that had it?
So let me tell you one thing right now that right out of
Heavens. Glory God sent an angel that
night and that angel came and stood, right beside Peter and
said, get up, Peter Peter, looked industrial an angel.
Peter, stood up in those chains, his fellow father.
He said, follow me. He walked right over there.
That first big gate when he did that, gay.
Just one go. Somebody push the button up in
heaven. He Walked on toward that.
Good big gate out younger and it's wonderful.
A pop, tune it. Swung back to what Peter has to
go. Preach.
He's got the whole Spirit Daddy and he's only man's got the
message could say those people in Jerusalem.
So when he got him on the outside, he said you go down and
stand in the temple and speak unto the people, all the words
of this life. And so he went down and did
that. Matthew think there was some
surprise people, the next morning, when they looked in
that jailhouse and went to get to prisoner, it was empty as a
gourd. And there was nobody in there
and I'd imagine these jailers had quite a job explaining it to
the officials. That they really did put him in
there. The Peter was down there,
speaking, all the words of this life because the words of this
life is the gospel. The gospel is the power of God
and speak salvation, that's the only thing that could save me.
And that's what they had to have, nothing and nothing else.
So tonight, ladies and gentlemen that gospel has been given to
you and it's been given to me and it comes down through the
hands of these men. I have given them The Words
which thou gave us to me. And those words, teach us that I
must believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Repent of my sins confess. My faith in Christ and be
baptized for the remission of my sins.
These words will be here and they'll stand here as long as
the world stands. And that's not all when this
world is on fire and when it's all over and when we stand
before God on the day of judgment these words, the words
of the King's Men will judge you in the last day.
Jesus said he that rejecteth me and receiveth not my word hath
one that judgeth him the words that I speak unto you the same
will judge you in the last day and of course the way we get
those words and read, those words is in This book right
here, these men are very unique people.
Like I said, and I want to talk to you a little bit about them.
Christ had a great love for these men.
As I said sometimes they didn't always understand sometimes
Jesus had to rebuke them because of their unbelief, but Jesus
train them and talk to him and led them.
And one by one, they paid the Supreme price for their work.
All of them died, a martyr's death.
Except the Apostle, John who preached about him last Sunday
and showed you how he alone was left, how he was exiled to the
Isle of Patmos, and he came back to the mainland.
And I'd over to church at Ephesus Arduino, but we read
over there in John, 17, and 24, when Jesus Christ was praying to
his father. After he had lived his life down
here and was about to die and pass on.
And he was I thinking about these men, father, I will that
they also whom thou Hast given me be with me where I am that.
They may behold my glory which thou Hast given me for thou
Hast. Loved me from the foundation of
the world. There it is.
Christ had a great love for these men.
The least we can do is to obey the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The gospel that was written down by these men, and you won't get
anything else in this world. You'll never get another word
from the Lord. Accept the word written by these
men and people had just as well, be satisfied with it.
Now you see when you understand God's plan and God's way, don't
you see? This takes care of those fellows
who claim, they think they saw the Virgin, Mary's picture will
be on her own, a bar, and Gates, and wires, or something.
Are some Revelation that they got from God last night.
Got nothing to give you a new revelation, God's not going to
get anybody in the Revelation because God's already given
Revelations to these men. We live our lives, Faithfully
unto Jesus, all the days of our lives here in this world.
And we die and we've been promised salvation.
And we've been promised a home and that Eternal City, which
have Foundation But I want to say one thing in closing tonight
and that's this. You will never forget these men.
Because when you get home to glowy and when you walk the
street of that, Celestial City, you're going to be reminded of
these men right here because I read over there in Revelation,
21 and 14 where the record says, and the wall of the city had
twelve foundations and in them the names of The Twelve Apostles
of the Lamb. Are these mean important?
These men are important. Have you obeyed?
The gospel has revealed to you tonight by the work of the
King's Men, that's the only way you'll get it.
And that's the only thing that's right.
Any Creed written by some other group of million.
There's nothing to it. Scriptures Creek.
This is it? We're going to sing the song of
invitation that you've never obeyed.
The gospel that has been conveyed to us through these
words, then we ask you to come forward tonight.
Let your desires. Be made known while we stand
together while we sing. We thank you for listening to
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