1 00:00:02,280 --> 00:00:06,680 Turn, please, to Luke's Gospel on the chapter 8, Luke's Gospel 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:08,720 on the chapter 8. I want you to turn there, 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,280 please. It's good to be back with you 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:16,160 again here tonight and take part in this gospel mission with our 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,840 brother. And to have the preaching of the 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,120 Word, It's a great responsibility. 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,520 Of course the psalmist said, or rather the apostle said, woe is 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,960 unto me if I preach not the gospel. 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,159 He felt the necessity LED upon him. 10 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,920 And certainly we can respond to that and say yes, that's the 11 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,040 feeling that we have as well, the responsibility. 12 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:45,160 Look, chapter 8, we're going to read from the verse 26 and we're 13 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:48,480 going to read down to the verse 40. 14 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,920 So it's quite a a long reading, some 15 verses in all. 15 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,880 And of course it concerns the Saviour and the disciples who 16 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,880 were with Him in the ship. They have crossed over the sea. 17 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,080 Our Lord has calmed the Great Storm. 18 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,360 Look at verse 26. Looking at it, it says they 19 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:13,560 arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against 20 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,920 Galilee. And when He went forth the land 21 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,040 there met him out of the city, a certain man, which had devils a 22 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:27,320 long time, and wore no clothes, neither abode in any house but 23 00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:31,080 in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out 24 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,400 and fell down before him, and with a Lloyd voice said, What 25 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:41,400 have I to do with thee, Jesus, thy Son of God most High, I 26 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:47,320 beseech thee, torment me not. For he, that is the Saviour had 27 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:52,200 commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man, for often 28 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:59,920 times it had caught him, and he was kept bound with chains and 29 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:04,600 in fetters, and he braked the bands, and was driven off the 30 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:09,320 devil into the wilderness. And Jesus asked him, saying, 31 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:14,720 What is thy name? And he said Legion, because many 32 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:20,440 devils were entered into him, and they besought him that he 33 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,880 would not command them to go out into the deep. 34 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,440 And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the 35 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:31,440 mountain, and they besought him that he would suffer them to 36 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,640 enter into them. And he suffered them. 37 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,560 And when the devils then went, the devils out of the man, and 38 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:44,680 entered into the swine, and the herd ran violently down a steep 39 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,080 place into the lake, and were choked. 40 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:53,160 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled and went and 41 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,920 told it in the city and in the country. 42 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:01,160 Then they went out to see what was done, and came to Jesus, and 43 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:07,320 found the man out of whom the devils were departed sitting at 44 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:13,040 the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, And they were 45 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:17,000 afraid. They also which saw it told them 46 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,720 by what means he that was possessed of the devils was 47 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,440 healed. Then the whole multitude of the 48 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,000 country of the Gadarenes roundabout besought him to 49 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,840 depart from them, for they were taken with great fear. 50 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,920 And he went up into the ship, and returned back again. 51 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,400 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought 52 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:46,400 him that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying, 53 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,840 Return to thine own house, and show how great things God hath 54 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,960 done unto thee. And he went his way, and 55 00:03:54,960 --> 00:04:00,720 published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had 56 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,360 done unto him. And it came to pass that when 57 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:09,840 Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him, for they 58 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:14,200 were all waiting for him. Amen. 59 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,079 May God bless the public reading of his word. 60 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:21,880 Let's seek his face. Please excuse me just for a 61 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,200 moment in prayer. Our Father, we are so thankful 62 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:30,000 tonight that we are found in a gospel meeting in a place where 63 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,800 prayer is want to be made and in a meeting house. 64 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,120 Lord, that was built for this very purpose, that Christ might 65 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:44,000 be preached, and all his fullness, the sinners in all 66 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,560 their need. I need thy power to preach 67 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,120 tonight, the ready Lord. The scene has been set for the 68 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,520 message, the hymns have been sung, the gospel pieces have 69 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,160 been rendered. Lord all, and which we can 70 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,840 endorse. But now they are has come, 71 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:04,480 having read the Scriptures, to preach this glorious gospel of 72 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,600 the grace of God. Fill me Lord, with the Spirit of 73 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:12,640 God, for I am very conscious tonight that without Thee I can 74 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,160 do nothing. But Lord, I have faith, we all 75 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:20,720 have faith in your word tonight, that I will not return void unto 76 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:26,960 Thee, but will accomplish that. Whereto thou hast said it, hear 77 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:31,680 an answer prayer in Jesus name, Amen. 78 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,400 It's the words there of verse 35. 79 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,160 Then they went out. That is, the people came in from 80 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:43,760 the countryside in the city to see what was done, and they 81 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:48,120 found the man out of whom the devils were departed. 82 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:55,400 Listen to what it says, sitting at the feet of Jesus and 83 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:59,960 clothed, and then his right mind. 84 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:06,240 By anybody's standards, this case of the madman of Ghadara, 85 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:11,040 by which he is generally known, is extreme. 86 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:15,920 I must doubt if you could find anyone who was in a worse case 87 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,880 than this man. We would say it was most 88 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,720 extreme. And the man who brings us this 89 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:29,080 report of what has happened here is well qualified to do so. 90 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,640 You will notice, first of all, that we read Luke's account, and 91 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,280 Luke was the New Testament historian. 92 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,680 He's the same man that wrote not only the gospel here, gave his 93 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:46,280 account of it, but he also wrote the book of Acts, the history of 94 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:50,280 the Apostolic Church. So he's a historian. 95 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,480 He's not trying to sell a newspaper to get money in to 96 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,280 keep the newspaper going. He's not a tabloid writer. 97 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:02,000 He's a serious historian. And then he's something else. 98 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:07,240 He was also a medical doctor in Luke Scott or in Colossians, I 99 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:12,360 should say, chapter 4, verse 14. He has called Luke the beloved 100 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,040 physician. So he had met with a lot of 101 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,160 different cases and he knew were off. 102 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:24,400 He was speaking. But best of all, best of all, 103 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:30,160 tonight he was writing under the inspiration of God, not merely 104 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:35,040 the influence, but the inspiration of the Spirit of God 105 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:39,480 I am putting to you. He has impeccable qualifications 106 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,920 to bring this story to us. There's nothing here that is 107 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,200 based on rumour. There's nothing here that is 108 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:53,320 based on legend or tradition. It has not been exaggerated in 109 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,880 any way. There has been no need to space 110 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,520 it up. The recipient of this letter, a 111 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:04,120 man called philosophists, has been assured that he may know 112 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:11,840 the certainty of these things in the very details as well as the 113 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:16,880 substantial story. So here then, we can say his 114 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,840 gospel truth. And if you look at the extremity 115 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:25,000 of this man's case, it is harrowing reading. 116 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,840 Sometimes we might get very familiar with it. 117 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,520 I've been reading our Bible for years. 118 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,440 We might run very quickly through this, but it's really 119 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,360 harrowing reading. You imagine philosophists 120 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,720 reading this for the first time. And if he had any feelings, 121 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,600 surely it would bring a tear to his eye. 122 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:48,560 You see this man, this madman at Kedara was first of all verse 123 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:53,080 27, a man who was demon possessed. 124 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:57,760 He was demon possessed. He had been for so long. 125 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:05,480 It says there verse 27 there for a long time, not only so long, 126 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,400 but so many. In fact, when the demon was 127 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,480 asked, the spokesman for the demon was asked, what is your 128 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,200 name? He said legion because we are 129 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,200 many. And if this term legion is based 130 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:24,760 on the Roman legion of the occupying army at that time, a 131 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:29,400 legion at that time had about 6000 members. 132 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:33,040 Numbers vary, but it's generally around 6000. 133 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:38,200 Now what were 6000 demons wherein this man is maybe, well, 134 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,320 could could a human body take 6000 demons? 135 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,720 But certainly you can see it is extreme. 136 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:49,280 Many demons, so many demons possess this man. 137 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:55,680 Look at verse 27, we discover there that he wear no clothes, 138 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:02,440 he's running around naked, he is homeless, he has nowhere to 139 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,080 live. And the Bible says he lives in 140 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,680 the tombs. And whilst there might be the 141 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:13,520 idea there of shelter obviously from the storms and the winds 142 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:20,200 and the all the elements, I think there is a hellish angle 143 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,560 to this also as well. This is not natural. 144 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,680 Nobody lives among the tombs. Somebody might bury a loved one 145 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:32,240 that may go regularly to the grave, maybe every week and so 146 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:33,320 on. That's natural. 147 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:40,040 But to live among the tombs, to run naked among the tombs, to be 148 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,880 possessed with so many devils, it gets worse there. 149 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:48,240 Look what it says in the verse 29 there. 150 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:52,640 Listen to what it says. The devil had caught him. 151 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:58,400 He was kept bound with chains and in fetters. 152 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:02,920 Man can't even control him because it says there that he 153 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,080 break the bans. Man can't even control him, 154 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,320 never mind change him. This is one of the saddest cases 155 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:16,040 you will ever read of in the scriptures or indeed anywhere 156 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,160 else. And then it says there at the 157 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:25,000 last verse 29, he was driven off the devil, his demon possessed, 158 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:31,920 hell controls him, and the devil drives him out into the howling 159 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,360 wilderness. This is an extreme key 160 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,320 assessment, extreme in the extreme. 161 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,400 And I'm putting to you tonight as a gospel preacher, that of 162 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:46,560 Christ can change and save this man, which he did. 163 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:51,960 Then it must be, as the Bible calls it, salvation to the 164 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,600 uttermost, salvation to the uttermost, salvation to the 165 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,320 extremes. And if he can change this man, 166 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,240 and he did, then he can change you. 167 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,720 We can argue here from the greater to the lesser. 168 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:10,880 Remember tonight, dear friends, that God, the Bible says he is 169 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:15,680 rich in mercy. The Bible says he delights in 170 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:19,520 mercy. So we're standing tonight on 171 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,200 good ground. The details of how Christ saved 172 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,600 this man are given there, and you may just read it over 173 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,800 quickly. Run your eye over it there in 174 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:34,040 verses 28 to 34 and you can see the comings and the goings that 175 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:38,480 was there between Christ and the demons that possessed this man. 176 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,920 Don't just note in passing, for we're still in the introduction. 177 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:46,880 You notice here that Jesus is stronger even than a whole 178 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:52,480 legion of demons. They have come to him and they 179 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:57,240 are begging him for a further postponement of judgement. 180 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,520 They're not denying judgements there. 181 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:04,240 They say to him, have you come the tormentus before the time? 182 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,560 And they recognise him for who he really is. 183 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:16,200 They call him the Son of God, the Son of God most high. 184 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:20,840 In other words, Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and He is also 185 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:25,640 God the Son. In this they are speaking the 186 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:30,120 truth because they have been compelled to speak the truth. 187 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,080 They are totally under Christ's control. 188 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,240 They can only beseech. They are answerable to Him. 189 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:42,040 He speaks to them. Verse 29 there or over verse 30, 190 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,000 Jesus asked him to say, What is thy name? 191 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,760 They are compelled to answer to the Saviour because they are 192 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:54,240 answerable to Him. And then the Lord organises 193 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,520 their evacuation. He gives them leave. 194 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,800 He gives them permission. They go into a herd of swine 195 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,560 that are on the mountainside, and when they go and they 196 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:10,080 inhabit those swine, the swine run down the steep hill and they 197 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,480 go down and end of the water. Or what splashing there would 198 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,360 be, what squealing there would be, and there's all those 199 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,960 carcasses of the pigs in the water. 200 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,920 It's all in the hands of the Saviour, isn't it? 201 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,680 He's Jesus Christ and mighty to save. 202 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,880 He is mighty deceive. Now we want to look at this text 203 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,640 in verse 35. It's really in the aftermath of 204 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,040 what happens. The word of thus gets out to the 205 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,960 people. They come and they witness this 206 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:44,440 and what do they see? This man? 207 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,560 What about him? Well, there he is now. 208 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,200 He's sitting at the feet of Jesus. 209 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:58,760 He's clothed and he's in his right mind again. 210 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,960 The case at hand is extreme. Again. 211 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:06,400 If Christ can save this man and change his life so completely, 212 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:10,800 he can do it for you tonight. The text that our brother 213 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,160 preached on the other night is as if any man be in Christ. 214 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,560 He is a new creature. The old things are passed away. 215 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:24,920 Behold, all things become new. Notice first of all what it 216 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,120 says. He was sitting at the feet of 217 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,080 Jesus. That's the answer to the 218 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:36,280 restlessness of sin. The restlessness of sin. 219 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,320 Oh, what a contrast with what had gone before. 220 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:44,280 When we first meet this man, he's running between the tombs. 221 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,200 You imagine going with your little bunch of flowers, or 222 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,520 whichever way I think the Jews take the little stones, don't 223 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,320 then put it on the tombs or so on. 224 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,200 But there you're going with your family to visit Granny's grave 225 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,520 or whatever, and then there's a roar out of this man, and he 226 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,800 appears naked and he's roaring at you. 227 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,680 He's restless. But what a difference there is 228 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,560 now. He was being driven then by the 229 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,000 devil. The word driven there is used 230 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,760 elsewhere in the New Testament. So it's good to look up the 231 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:18,440 verbs or these words. It is used in James chapter 3 232 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:23,920 concerning the ships, the sailing ships that are driven in 233 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,200 the fierce winds propelled forward. 234 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:32,920 It's used again of the Weller of the wind in The Tempest or 235 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:37,200 storm. There was no rest in this man's 236 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,040 life. There was only agitation. 237 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:44,000 The Bible is so clear in this matter tonight doesn't know what 238 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:50,240 it says in Isaiah 57 says about the wicket. 239 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,800 They are like a troubled sea that cannot find rest. 240 00:16:54,400 --> 00:17:01,520 His waters cast up Marin dirt. There is no rest, saith my God, 241 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,920 to the wicket in Psalm 73, verse 18. 242 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:09,480 God has set the feet of the wicket in slippery places. 243 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,480 And the reason for that is that there is absolutely no 244 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:19,160 satisfaction in sin. Yes, we confess, we admit that 245 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:23,800 there is momentary pleasure, for we enjoyed it ourselves when we 246 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:28,920 were in sin. But there's no satisfaction, and 247 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,240 there's no satisfaction for one good reason. 248 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:36,080 What difference man from all the other mammals and all the other 249 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,040 creatures that are in this earth? 250 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:45,400 It says that man has a soul. He has a soul, and man cannot 251 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,920 live by bread alone, said the Saviour. 252 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,760 But by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of 253 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:58,760 God, he has a soul that will yearn and ache for God, and only 254 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:04,040 God can grant peace to the soul, and he will not do so as long as 255 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:10,320 that soul is at war with God. There's no peace in the Bible 256 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,360 for rebels. Now maybe somebody with a little 257 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:18,000 knowledge of the Bible makes an objection here, because he has 258 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:23,120 read his Bible and he says, well, did Job not complain about 259 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:27,880 a wicked man? 21 verse 33, and says of the 260 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,600 wicked man, the man, he has no thought of God, he has no 261 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,520 godliness about him, he has no piety, he has no religion. 262 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:39,800 Did he not say of him he dies in his full strength, being wholly 263 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:45,320 at ease and quiet? Well, of course, yes, he did. 264 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:47,960 I know he did. That's why I put it under the 265 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,840 message. And when he bringing up the 266 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,640 objection here, they answer it. Devils advocate as opposed. 267 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:59,520 In a little way, yes, But the peace that he had was the peace 268 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:04,080 of the graveyard. It was a lull in the storm. 269 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,640 Lull in the storm before he was launched out into eternity. 270 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:14,440 And what happens when the wicket goes out into eternity? 271 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,800 To go out into a place? Bible calls it hell where the 272 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:22,360 worm dieth, not where the fire is on quench. 273 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:26,720 That's not the place of peace. The wrath of God, the Bible 274 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,440 says, obeys. It remains upon the wicked, both 275 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:35,280 in this life and especially in the life that is to come. 276 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:40,720 The rich man in hell looks 16. He lived his life without God. 277 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:44,520 He had to say that the old peep that we get into hell. 278 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:49,040 He said I am tormented. I am tormented in this name. 279 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:52,320 There's an oral objection here. And maybe somebody says, well, 280 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,520 that's OK what you're saying, I'll run with that. 281 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:59,040 But are these things not only, not so only about those, this 282 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:03,440 restlessness, about those who get into deep sins, these sins 283 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,080 that that really mess them up, the drunkards. 284 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,000 We've been warned tonight about the drinking. 285 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,880 And anybody can look on and see the drunkard who is addicted to 286 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,320 the bottle and he can't be at peace. 287 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,880 He's craving for more. Or maybe the man that's on the 288 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,880 drugs, the man who's shaking because he can't get his fix. 289 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,840 Or maybe somebody says, yes, even those who dabble into the 290 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:33,560 devil worship, is it not Speaking of those people? 291 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:38,200 But somebody says, how could it ever be said as someone like me, 292 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,480 I'm respectable. Somebody says I, I'm even 293 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,200 religious. I have my church attendance. 294 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,280 I put my envelope into the little box. 295 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,560 I pay in. I, I sponsor missionaries, I 296 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:56,000 sponsor children and orphanages and I do all those things. 297 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:01,560 How could it ever be said of me? I'm put into you a composite of 298 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,800 you, If you're still on converted, because by your own 299 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:12,920 admission you do not possess that new heart, or in the words 300 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:17,120 of the Saviour, you're not born again of the Spirit of God. 301 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,120 And if that's the case, then you still possess and you still 302 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:24,520 operate according to the principles of the old heart. 303 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:30,160 It's not what the Bible says. As a man thinks in his heart, so 304 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,960 as he, the heart is the driving force, and the heart of man, 305 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:37,800 when it is still unconverted, when it is still unregenerate. 306 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:43,200 The heart of man is deceitful above all things, desperately 307 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:44,800 wicked. Who can know it? 308 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:51,680 Sin is a problem, you see. It's guilt, it's pollution, it's 309 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,560 bondage. The Bible says concerning our 310 00:21:55,560 --> 00:22:01,440 Lord Jesus, He made peace by the blood of His cross. 311 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:07,800 He bore our sins, He put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 312 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:12,840 For this cause was the Son of God manifested that he might 313 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,120 destroy the works of the devil. You're saying it in action in 314 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:20,960 this passage and what you need to do, if all you can say is 315 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,160 that well, I'm sort of good living type of fellow, I'm clean 316 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:28,800 living and so on. You need to come in repentance 317 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,840 and in faith to Jesus Christ. You need to receive his 318 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,120 salvation. He says come unto me, all ye 319 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,320 that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. 320 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:47,160 Just like this man here he's rest, he's sitting this man that 321 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,560 roamed this man that was so out of control. 322 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,400 He's setting out the feet of the saviour. 323 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:59,720 O takers yoke upon you tonight. Refusal to do so say well, it's 324 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:03,200 not really for me. Well leave your soul restless 325 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:08,880 strong evidence that respect respectable other ways you're 326 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,960 still held. Listen to the language of 327 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:17,200 Scripture held captive by the devil at his will. 328 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,920 And the only difference between you and your own converted state 329 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:26,760 in this mad manicadara when he was still unsaved is only one of 330 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,080 degree. It's not of kind. 331 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,680 And then we notice here, secondly, and we're moving on. 332 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,960 Not only was he sitting at the feet of Jesus, but it says he 333 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,480 was sitting clothed. He was sitting clothed and 334 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,640 that's the answer to the nakedness of sin. 335 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:46,000 The answer to the nakedness of sin. 336 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:50,960 Previously he wear no clothes. He's running naked among the 337 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:57,000 tombs now sitting clothed. Know how significant you see 338 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:01,000 sin? Sin strips us, strips us first 339 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,120 of all of our original righteousnesses, original 340 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:08,120 righteousness. That's what we had as a human 341 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:14,520 race in our fower. Adam, he was created sinless, 342 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,520 yes, with the capacity to sin because he sinned. 343 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:22,200 But he was created with original righteousness and then he lost 344 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,840 it, and we lost it in him by one man. 345 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,280 Sin has entered into the world, death by sin. 346 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:33,880 Sin has passed upon all men because we've all sinned. 347 00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:37,400 The strips is of our respectability. 348 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,360 We're all excellent at the cover up as far as this world is 349 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:44,120 concerned. You know, we're all decent, but 350 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:50,200 only by by mutual consent. It's getting easier to be less 351 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,200 decent, isn't it? We're now tolerating. 352 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,480 Oh, we're under the month of June. 353 00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:00,760 Sometimes the wish June was over because we're now tolerating. 354 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:07,480 But even our forefollowers, even if they were godless, we'd have 355 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:14,200 totally abominated sin. He knows not defined by societal 356 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,960 tastes. It's not the folks in the hill 357 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,080 tell us what sin is. It's not the folks in the side 358 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:26,480 of the Thames or in Europe or in the White House or wherever tell 359 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:31,520 us what sin is. The issue is that's not what we 360 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,360 are. By mutual consent and societal 361 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:37,840 agreement. How do we stand before God? 362 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,880 That's the dividing and the deciding issue today. 363 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:48,720 If God threw open the wickedness of our hearts and He was to have 364 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,840 a big projector and He was to put it on the wall there one by 365 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:57,560 one our heads will go down and we would burn all with shame 366 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,160 because of our sins. You know, many people try and 367 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,880 concoct arguments to justify their sins and and they are not 368 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,640 the one at the fend of the shame I'm putting to you. 369 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,960 There's none of these excuses work. 370 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,200 There's none of these excuses work. 371 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,760 After Adam and Eve sinned, they discovered their nakedness. 372 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,040 They were ashamed. First mansion of nakedness in 373 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:22,880 the Bible, the first mansion of shame. 374 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,040 They go together and you know what they did? 375 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:29,160 They tried to cover themselves with the fig leaves. 376 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,320 Soon those fig leaves weren't covering them really at all. 377 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,960 They fell apart. They were insufficient, you 378 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:41,640 know, No excuse whatever. Fobe, God of Hebrews 12/29 says 379 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:47,520 our God is a consuming fire. Revelation 114 John said of the 380 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,160 risen Christ when he met him afresh after 60 years on the 381 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,040 Isle of Patmos. His eyes, his eyes were as a 382 00:26:55,040 --> 00:27:01,760 flame of fire through all the excuses that we're hiding 383 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,160 behind. Nobody can reason for their 384 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,200 sins. Yes, there's plenty excuses. 385 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,760 Again, none of them work. Old Billy, somebody said an 386 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:14,680 excuse is just the skin of a reason stuffed with a lie. 387 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,040 And in that real coming day of judgement that God has already 388 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,040 appointed, it's already in his diary. 389 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,880 He's not thinking about it. It's not out for public 390 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,760 consultation. It's in the decree of God. 391 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:30,680 It will surely come to pass. He has appointed a day in which 392 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,160 he will judge the world. The whole world will stand 393 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:40,760 guilty before God, and every mouth will be stopped, and the 394 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:46,320 morally naked wicked in that day will be sent away. 395 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,080 They will hear these words. Depart. 396 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:55,320 Depart from me, ye wicked ye, curse it because I never knew 397 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,480 you. But it will not be so for those 398 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,080 you're sitting clothed at the feet of Jesus. 399 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:07,560 Because we are clothed today not in our own righteousnesses, 400 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:14,040 which we renounce because God denounces our righteousnesses as 401 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,560 filthy rights. This man wasn't sitting in 402 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:22,440 filthy rights. This man sitting clothed and 403 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,840 spiritually speaking, he's clothed, clothed in the imputed 404 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:28,760 righteousness of Christ, You say. 405 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,000 What does that mean? It means that the spotless, 406 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:36,040 sinless, peerless Saviour, who kept the law, who not only kept 407 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,360 it, but magnified it and made it honourable, all his 408 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:45,800 righteousness is, is imputed, put into the account of all who 409 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:53,120 sit at his feet, the sea of the earth, Jehovah's Sikenu, the 410 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,880 Lord, our righteousness, my Saviour must be. 411 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,920 The Bible says in Romans 1314, Put, put ye on. 412 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,560 In other words, be clothed, put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, 413 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:08,360 that means to believe in him, that means to trust him, that 414 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,440 means to flee to him as Lord and Saviour. 415 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:18,200 Listen to what he says in Romans 3, verse 18, He says to a 416 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,760 backslidden church, but in effect to every Sinner, he says, 417 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,880 I counsel thee. That's one of his titles, isn't 418 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,040 it? The counsellor, the mighty God, 419 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:31,200 I counsel thee. I advise thee to buy of me gold 420 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,520 tried in the fire, that's pure gold, that thy may us be rich 421 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:45,080 and white raiment, that thy may us be clothed, and the shame of 422 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:50,520 thy nakedness not appear. And anoint thine eyes with eyes 423 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:55,600 of that thy mayest sea. And as such the sea of the 424 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:59,080 birth, to quote the old hymn writer there, the sea of the 425 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,040 earth. He will Gower over on that 426 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:05,000 overshore. We Gower there because we are 427 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:10,280 accepted in the Beloved. And you will hear him saying 428 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:15,760 that day, what a day that's going to be come wonderful. 429 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:20,760 The Lord says come, come ye blessed of my flower. 430 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,640 That's where you want to be. You want to be on the right hand 431 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:29,600 side of God, accepted in the beloved, the ungodly or not. 432 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:34,920 So it'll be like the wind, the chaff as the wind driveth away. 433 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:40,400 But the Bible says of the Lord, he knoweth the way of the 434 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:44,040 righteous. Thirdly, here it says not only 435 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:49,320 was he sitting at the feet of Jesus, not only was he clothed, 436 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,720 but listen there to what it says. 437 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:56,680 He was in his right mind. That's the gospel answer to the 438 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:01,920 folly of sin. Sin has a poisonous effect upon 439 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,000 the mind of man. It is specifically mentioned 440 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,000 three times in the Bible. You have it in Colossians 441 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:12,520 chapter 1 and you who were sometimely speaking to God's 442 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,520 people, that word sometime means in the past. 443 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:20,400 There was a time when you were alienated and enemies in your 444 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:25,400 mind by wicked works. Ephesians 4 verse 18 having the 445 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:30,080 understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God 446 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,640 through ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of 447 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,120 the heart. Who causes this blindness? 448 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:40,320 Second Corinthians 4 verse 4, the God of this world, that's 449 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:44,840 the devil there, not the Genesis one verse one God, the God, the 450 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:48,040 chosen God, the chosen deity of this world. 451 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:53,640 The devil has blinded the minds of them not believe not. 452 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,880 That's no position you know to be in or determined to remain in 453 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:03,200 the soundness of mind which is true wisdom is found in Jesus 454 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,680 Christ alone, the one who said I am the truth. 455 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:12,080 It's the fear of the Lord that is the beginning of wisdom. 456 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,640 Do you remember the words of that repentant thief on the 457 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,400 cross? We sing about him, don't we the 458 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,560 the the dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day. 459 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,560 There may I though Vilas he wash all my sins away. 460 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,920 Do you remember his words that led to his conversion? 461 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:34,080 He rebuked the our thief on the our side of the Saviour who 462 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,920 cursed the Saviour and the the dying. 463 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,880 He says to him, do you not fear God? 464 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:46,160 I, I like hear about Joseph going away back into the Old 465 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:48,240 Testament when he was in the skies. 466 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,760 His brothers have come looking food. 467 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,040 Of course they've sold him. You know the whole story and of 468 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,400 bondage and of slavery. Now he's risen to be the Prime 469 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,040 Minister. He recognises them. 470 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,800 They don't recognise him. He's changed over all those 471 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:04,800 years. He's indifferent garb. 472 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,520 They think he's dead, he's gone, he's not even in their mind and 473 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:13,560 and they're disturbed because their conscience is at work and 474 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,040 he was able to calm to some degree their heart. 475 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:20,720 For these words I fear God. Not many civil servants would 476 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:25,200 say that, but that in record. I fear God. 477 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:29,440 True wisdom is found setting at the feet of Jesus. 478 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:35,480 We debate another person who sat at the feet of Jesus, we girl 479 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:39,920 called Mary, sister of Martha, sister of Lazarus. 480 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,000 Mary, I don't think had gone in the far end of the sins that 481 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,560 this man had ever done. Probably a pious young girl, 482 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,680 saved by the grace of God. Jesus said leave her alone, she 483 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:58,040 hath chosen the good part, the better part, when she sat at the 484 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,880 feet of the Saviour and heard his word. 485 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,000 And that's where wisdom is found. 486 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,120 That's where wisdom is found. It's found in the Bible. 487 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:11,159 It's found in God's word that the word of Christ well in you 488 00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:15,679 richly because it makes us wise on the salvation. 489 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:20,920 And then as an added bonus, a necessity, not only did he give 490 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,440 us a book, but he gave us a teacher. 491 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:28,600 He sends the Spirit of God, whose work it is to guide us in 492 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,840 the old truth. It's the work of the Saviour to 493 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:37,679 open the eyes of the blind. That's why Paul was able to say, 494 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:44,320 consider what I say, and the Lord give you understanding of 495 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,520 all things. I'm going to bring the message 496 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:52,040 to a close now and I must ask a question. 497 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:57,760 What response? What response do you propose to 498 00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:02,440 give to thee things? Because the call for a response, 499 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:08,600 you cannot remain indifferent. You don't only on hear thee 500 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:12,680 things, you can't remain indifferent. 501 00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:15,880 Can't just shrug the shoulders and say, oh, very good. 502 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:17,840 You can preach a wee bit. You're obviously a wee bit of a 503 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,600 talent there. You've held my attention. 504 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:21,960 But now I'm going to have a wee bit of supper. 505 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,880 I'm just going to go straight home and I'm just going to go 506 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:28,600 back to the way that I was before I come into this meeting. 507 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,480 That's not the answer that I'm looking for tonight. 508 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:40,320 You see, it's folly, it's foolishness, the fool says in 509 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,800 his heart. There is no God. 510 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:51,160 Or as a comprander. As a comprander, the fool says 511 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:58,560 in his heart, no to God or a calm be rendered. 512 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:03,720 The fool says in his heart, no God for me. 513 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,760 That's folly, that's dangerous folly. 514 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:11,360 It's folly to ignore, reject nor neglect this matter. 515 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:17,000 Tonight you can set at the feet of the Saviour, clothed in his 516 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:23,760 righteousness, Divine, at peace with God, but you need to come, 517 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:29,640 come as a law Sinner, ask him to be your Saviour, Say Lord, what 518 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:34,080 you did, what you did for this man, will you not do it for me? 519 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,800 And Jesus said, heaven not cometh to me. 520 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:43,640 I will in no ways cast out. I think it's very interesting 521 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,960 there. The way the passage finishes the 522 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:53,000 paragraph marking in my Bible takes us to verse 41 and really 523 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:58,320 it finishes at 1st 39. But our well, the people that 524 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,000 put the wee paragraph that's in their put in under verse 525 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,600 fournaye because at the end of that passage, people come to see 526 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,720 what was done and they were afraid. 527 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:11,320 Why were they afraid? Why were they afraid? 528 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,560 What, what, what was there that impacted them? 529 00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:21,680 This man getting his life so changed and they sent him away, 530 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,720 chased him out and he got back under the boat. 531 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,240 The industry chased the Saviour away. 532 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,520 But look what it says in verse. For me it came to pass because 533 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,200 it's still part of the story. There's a contrast here. 534 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:41,480 When Jesus was returned, the people gladly received Him, for 535 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:45,880 they were all waiting for Him, to as many as received them, 536 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:51,840 till they may give the power, the authority to become the sons 537 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,400 of God. They were waiting for Him. 538 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:59,600 I waited for the Lord. My God patiently did bear at 539 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:04,440 length to me. He did incline my voice, my cry, 540 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,920 to hear where you're sitting in your seat. 541 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:15,160 You just lift up your heart to God, Say Lord, save me, save me, 542 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:20,080 bring me to yourself, wash away all my sins in the blood of the 543 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,880 Lamb. Or if you want to speak with us 544 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,760 afterwards, we'll be around. We're in no big hurry away. 545 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,240 We'll side into one of the little rooms, a minister's room 546 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:32,280 or wherever. And if you want, they asked any 547 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:35,480 further questions, we'll be happy as much as we can to help 548 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,280 you. But we're preaching for souls. 549 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:43,120 We want you to get to Christ. We want you to be saved. 550 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000 That's by our heads just in prayer. 551 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:50,080 Bring the meeting now to an end. We give thanks for the food. 552 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,760 Father in heaven, we thank you for the word of God. 553 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,560 What a story Lord. This is what an account and some 554 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,680 of the other gospels as well. It's so dramatic. 555 00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:04,600 It's so instructive, but praying Lord it'll come with power to 556 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,640 each and every heart. Those of us that are see have, 557 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:11,320 let us rejoice Lord and what you see of this from there, but for 558 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:16,040 the grace of God go I and remember any among us that are 559 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,320 still unconverted, Lord, draw them to Christ. 560 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,880 Don't let them go ahead into the darkness of the night, still 561 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,560 children of the devil, still in bondage. 562 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:29,600 Lord, draw them to yourself with those great cords of love. 563 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:32,680 Lord, thank you for the food that I have supplied. 564 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:36,080 Let us eat and drink to your glory and then take us to our 565 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:40,840 homes and safety in Jesus name, Amen. 566 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,840 Amen. Thank you for listening so well.