1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,440 Now perhaps we could turn in the Word of God just before I give 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:12,760 my testimony to the book of the Acts, chapter 16, please. 3 00:00:23,030 --> 00:00:25,670 Paul and Silas were preaching at Philippi. 4 00:00:26,590 --> 00:00:29,750 Souls were being saved. And of course, when the God is 5 00:00:29,750 --> 00:00:33,840 at work and souls are being saved, they'll always be the 6 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:40,320 opposition of the devil. And under reading tonight we 7 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,280 hear. And from verse 25, we find that 8 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,240 Paul and sailors have been cast into prison. 9 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:53,000 So verse 25, let us hear the word of the Lord. 10 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,200 And at midnight Paul and sailors prayed and sang praises unto 11 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:03,440 God, and the prisoners heard them, and suddenly there was a 12 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,640 great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were 13 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,800 shaken. And immediately all the doors 14 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,880 were opened, and everyone's bands were loosed. 15 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:19,120 And the keeper of the prison awakening out of his sleep, and 16 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:23,320 seeing the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and would have 17 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:28,360 killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 18 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:34,640 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no 19 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:39,640 harm, for we are all here. Then he called for a light, and 20 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,760 sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and 21 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:52,200 Silas, and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be 22 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,640 saved? And that doesn't mean that the 23 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,920 gaoler was wanting to know what good works or something like 24 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:03,040 that he had to do. But no, he wanted to know what 25 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:08,080 God's terms was, what he wanted to know just how he could be 26 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,720 saved. And listen to the response in 27 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:15,640 verse 31. And they said, believe on the 28 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:21,960 Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved and thy house. 29 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,640 And they speak unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that 30 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:30,400 were in his house. And he took them the same hour 31 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:36,440 of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptised he and 32 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,480 all his straightway. And when he had brought them 33 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:45,680 into his house, he said, Meet before them, and rejoiced, 34 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:51,560 believing in God with all his house. 35 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:53,840 Amen. And we know that God will add 36 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:59,240 his blessing to the reading of his word. 37 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:02,920 Now, it's already has been indicated. 38 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,960 I have come tonight to testify and has already been said. 39 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:16,840 I was saved in in the mission in 19 and 75 held in Ballymena Town 40 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,400 Hall. There's been known since as the 41 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,760 75 mission. And the preacher on that 42 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:30,240 occasion was Doctor Paisley, and it was a a time of tremendous 43 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:37,360 blessing, a time of visitation to the town and district of 44 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:42,640 Ballymena. Some 300 souls were counselled 45 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:49,520 at those meetings and at that mission, and souls were saved on 46 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,840 a nightly basis. God gave His servant great power 47 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,080 to preach the Word, to preach the gospel. 48 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,040 There was no gimmicks. There was nothing but the 49 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,680 preaching of the gospel and the preaching of Christ. 50 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,120 And God's servant preached with great power. 51 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,960 And there were those that were added daily to the church, such 52 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,839 as should be saved. And thank God in his mercy. 53 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:28,240 He saved me in that mission on the 30th of September 19 and 75. 54 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:33,280 I choose tonight I'll never forget it and I'll be eternally 55 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:39,400 in debt to God's mercy and grace for reaching down and saving a 56 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,400 worm and a Wretch like me. I stand tonight only as a Sinner 57 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:48,160 saved by grace and we say to God be the glory. 58 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:53,320 And I thank God that I was brought born into a good home 59 00:04:54,760 --> 00:05:02,400 and a home that was to change greatly in 19 and 62 when my 60 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:07,880 mother got saved. And what a change that made in 61 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,000 her home. And what a blessing it is to 62 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:16,080 have a godly, to have a saved mother, a godly mother, and a 63 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:21,000 mother who prays for that. From that moment onward, she 64 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,600 began to pray. She told us that many times she 65 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:29,120 began to pray for me and for her four boys. 66 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,080 And thank God her prayers were answered. 67 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:39,040 For before she went home to glory in 2013, everyone of her 68 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,840 family were saved and in Christ. And what a blessed thing that is 69 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:49,720 to have household salvation. We were sent along to Sunday 70 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,800 School and every opportunity to be under the Word. 71 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,360 I was sent along to Connor Church at that time. 72 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:02,680 And but I have to sadly say, and I do say it with sadness, I 73 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:07,000 never heard the gospel there. I had a Sunday school teacher 74 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,480 who was more interested in telling us about Ballymena 75 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:15,320 United, the football team and things like that, wanted us to, 76 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:20,200 wanted to take us as a class to Portrush on the Lord's Day. 77 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,920 And that was the situation in Connor Presbyterian Church at 78 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,560 that time. And yet that was the church that 79 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,160 was built out of revival in 18 and 59. 80 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,280 And yet that was the state of things there at that particular 81 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:37,520 time. But of course, my mother never 82 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:42,800 let me go, and rightly so. And I grew up and I heard the 83 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,960 gospel in meetings. I did. 84 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,200 I went to a Brethren Sunday school and Sunday afternoon and 85 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,320 I must say I was told and learnt the gospel there and the little 86 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:56,160 mission hall that was just up the Rd Castle Gore mission hall 87 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,760 and I heard the gospel. So I can say right from an early 88 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:06,600 age, I, I, I knew that if ever I was to be in heaven and if ever 89 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:11,600 I was to be saved, I must come to Christ and confess my sins 90 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,360 and turn in repentance and seek the Lord. 91 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:20,280 But, you know, we grew up and we, we, we leave school and we 92 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:25,400 go into the secondary school and we began to hanker afters at the 93 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:29,080 things of the world. And I left school and, and began 94 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:34,080 to work. And in those days I had only one 95 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:40,240 love and that was for football. I love football and I tried to 96 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,200 play it. Should I say I was at the 97 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,320 showgrounds for a wee while And and of course when we start to 98 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,520 mix with those of the world, it's not long until we are 99 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:56,880 entangled and we are tasting the things of the world. 100 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,120 And we found ourselves many times at the weekend we've been 101 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,120 in the social club. I had a very good friend, James. 102 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,840 Right now we've been in the social club. 103 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:10,440 I can remember taking that dear man home and carrying him up, up 104 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,000 the steps into his flat and leave him on the couch. 105 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:18,120 But I can rejoice today that thank God he's saved and he sits 106 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,840 with us in the House of God in the prayer meetings, a trophy of 107 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:24,960 God's grace also. And that's what I live for. 108 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,800 I live for football. I live for the things of the 109 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,360 world. I had no consideration even of 110 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:35,960 my need of salvation. And yet within my soul and 111 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,960 within my heart, I can say tonight that I had no peace. 112 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:44,360 I had no peace. I can say with the words of that 113 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,680 him. I tried the broken cisterns, 114 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:51,640 Lord, but ah, the waters field. And even as I stooped to drink, 115 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:56,720 they fled and mocked me as I wield. 116 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,080 And you know I would have come home sometimes. 117 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,480 I remember one night in particular in the early hours of 118 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,800 the morning meeting my mother in the stairs and she smoked 119 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,720 alcohol of me and it broke her heart. 120 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:13,920 And it broke my heart because I knew my mother loved me and was 121 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,080 praying for me and that was not the way she wanted me to go. 122 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,480 And but I'm glad that she prayed on. 123 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:24,280 And as I already said, what a blessing a praying mother is 124 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,840 would to God. We had praying mothers in this 125 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,840 land in this country. I believe we would see things 126 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,280 happen. And she continued to pray 127 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,520 earnestly for me and God began to move in my family. 128 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,000 And first of all, my brother got saved. 129 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:43,720 And I can remember one night coming in in the early hours of 130 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:49,000 the morning and seeing kneeling at the old couch there in the 131 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,480 kitchen. And no doubt I, my name was 132 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,240 lifted up to heaven and people were praying for me. 133 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,680 The mission hall, the prayer union on a Friday night, the 134 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:00,600 people were praying there for me. 135 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,040 And I thank God for the prayers of God's people. 136 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,080 And I, if you're not saved tonight and you have a praying 137 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,160 mother or father or loved ones and the people of this church 138 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:16,120 who love thee you and love your soul and are praying for youth, 139 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:20,880 you thank God for that because that's a great and wonderful 140 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:28,240 privilege. And, and heed their warnings and 141 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,400 come even in the early years of your life, and give your life to 142 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:37,360 Christ, your best years, and serve him by the will of God in 143 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,760 your day and a day and in his in our generation. 144 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,800 But you know, there came that mission in 19 and 75 to 145 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:49,720 Ballymena, and my mother asked me if I would take her on the 146 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,880 Sunday afternoon. I didn't know Ian Paisley. 147 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:57,520 Ian Paisley meant nothing to me. But I remember entering the town 148 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:02,040 hall that Sabbath afternoon. The place was packed, and when I 149 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,800 say pecked, I mean Peck. They were sitting on window 150 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,200 cells. They were sitting everywhere. 151 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:12,760 And as God's servant began to preach that afternoon, I knew 152 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:14,280 there was something different here. 153 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,840 I never had heard preaching like this before. 154 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:24,600 He preached an uplift at Christ and He, he sounded the trumpet 155 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:29,240 warning that if he died in our sin, we would be lost and damned 156 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,400 and held for all of God's eternity. 157 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:37,040 It was powerful preaching. And God began to began to, to 158 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,440 deal with me in that meeting, this after that Sunday 159 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:44,320 afternoon, I was troubled in a way that I'd never have been 160 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,920 troubled in a meeting before. I knew that God was speaking to 161 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:55,280 me and I knew that the Spirit of God was dealing with my heart. 162 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,600 And that's what we need today in meetings. 163 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,800 We need the Holy Ghost and conviction. 164 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,440 We need conviction of sin that we didn't realise what was 165 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,320 happening that Sunday afternoon, but that's what was happening. 166 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:14,200 I was being convicted of my sin. That's what the word of God says 167 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,200 about the Holy Spirit. When he has come, He will 168 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:23,600 convict of sin, of righteousness and judgement to come. 169 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,720 But, you know, I left the town hall that even that Sabbath 170 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:33,160 afternoon, still in my sins, although I was troubled, I left 171 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:38,360 troubled, still trampling under foot the Son of God and his 172 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,160 precious blood. And you know, I went my way on 173 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,760 the Sunday evening. And you know, I spent a very 174 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:48,800 miserable weekend because God was dealing with me. 175 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,720 He was dealing with me. He was showing me the error and 176 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:59,680 the folly of my ways. And as I began to think about 177 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:02,920 that those things over the weekend, I found myself on 178 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,200 Tuesday night making my way back to the town hall. 179 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,200 I believe it was over the Providence of God. 180 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,800 He brought me again under the preaching of the gospel. 181 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,520 And that night again, as I sat under the preaching of the Word, 182 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,360 God began to really take a dealing with me. 183 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:29,680 And I was broken in that meeting, and God melted my 184 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:32,560 heart. And in those meetings, you know, 185 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:38,800 Doctor Paisley made appeals, and I thank God for the gospel 186 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,840 appealing that night. People were getting up out of 187 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:43,880 their seats. They were going to the inquiry 188 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,800 room to get saved. And here was I, sitting most 189 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:53,640 miserable, a battle raging in my heart, wanting to go, but no one 190 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,640 realising that the devil was putting up the fight within my 191 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,240 soul that evening. And you know, I can remember 192 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:06,280 even hymns that were sung just as I am, without one plea, but 193 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:10,400 that Thy blood was shed for me, and that Thy bids me come to 194 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,080 Thee. O Lord of God, I come. 195 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,680 And the song, that the verse of that hymn just comes to my mind. 196 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:25,000 Art thou waiting till tomorrow? Thou mayest never see it's 197 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,800 light. And these were verses of hymns 198 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:33,280 that are truth which God used. And thank God, towards the end 199 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:39,040 of that appeal, God gave me the grace to go out of my seat and 200 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:45,560 up the stairs in the town hall, where I was met by Mr Bags and 201 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,080 one of the elders there at that time, Wilbert Clark, who's now 202 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,640 in the glory. And there I was led and pointed 203 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,440 to Christ. And that moment, thank God, I 204 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:04,080 pass from death unto life, and from the power of Satan unto 205 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,240 God. And I thank God that night I 206 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:16,040 left the town hall saved by God's grace in Christ, my sins 207 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:20,680 forgiven and forgotten. Thank God never to be 208 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,160 resurrected against us anymore forever. 209 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,400 You know, those were wonderful meetings, friends, because I can 210 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,240 can remember coming down the stairs and I could hear the 211 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,080 singing, bringing in the sheaves. 212 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:39,640 We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. 213 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,480 And you know, people were in no hurry to go home because God was 214 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:48,560 blessing, souls were being saved, prayers were being 215 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,360 answered, families were being united in Christ. 216 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:58,480 I thank God that that night I was saved and made a new 217 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:03,200 creature in Christ Jesus. You know, I can remember buying 218 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:07,880 I used to smoke in the main sinful days in flex shops in 219 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,280 Muirfields where I just where I lived. 220 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:15,280 I had bought a packet of 10 Embassy Regal and I can't 221 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,480 remember whether I smoked one in or at the road at Rd in or not. 222 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:23,120 But I was driving a wee mini car and that night there was we the 223 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,800 we windows pulled back in the minis in those days. 224 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,320 And I can remember pushing the cigarettes. 225 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,520 I can see it yet where I went down round from the town hall 226 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:35,240 and pushed them out the window and thank God I never had a 227 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,480 cigarette and my hands sensor. I never need it one sense again 228 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:44,000 because thank God if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation. 229 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:49,720 All things are passed away and all things, all things are 230 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,320 become new. And you know, I can remember 231 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:59,360 coming home tonight and I met my mother and told her what had 232 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:04,240 taken place and what a happy, happy home that was. 233 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:08,359 That night she embraced me and she wept. 234 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:15,480 Both of us wept. And to thank God for saving me 235 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:22,680 and for answering prayer and for working in my heart and in my 236 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:27,720 life. And from that moment onwards, 237 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:33,440 thank God my life was changed and thank God my destination was 238 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,880 changed. I was on the Broadway that led 239 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:42,120 to destruction and to hell itself, but now I was on the 240 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:47,480 narrow way that leads to heaven and thank God, leads to whom? 241 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,080 And I wonder tonight in this meeting, what, what Rd are you 242 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,240 on tonight? Are you on the Broadway still? 243 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:58,520 Are you still on saved? Are you still in your sins? 244 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,400 And it would be my prayer and desire tonight that you tonight 245 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:08,280 might get on the narrow way by coming to Christ and seeking Him 246 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,920 and calling upon Him for salvation. 247 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,880 That wasn't a Tuesday night, as I've said. 248 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,240 And there was the prayer union in the Castle Gore Mission Hall 249 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:22,000 on the Friday night. And instead of me going with my 250 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,040 friends to the pubs and clubs, thank God I went to the prayer 251 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,240 meeting that night. I knew that was the place to be 252 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,920 when you were a child of God because I knew my mother went 253 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,840 there faithfully to pray, and that's where I was. 254 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,880 I want to encourage young people, if you're saved tonight, 255 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:43,160 get to the place of prayer. Get into the prayer meeting, 256 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,200 friends. That's where you'll learn. 257 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:49,160 You'll learn to pray and you'll grow in grace and in the 258 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,120 knowledge of your Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 259 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,480 Pray for your minister. He needs your prayers. 260 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,360 Pray for the oversight of this work. 261 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,840 Pray for the work of God. Pray for Carrie Duff that God 262 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:08,560 will visit this area and sweep many souls into the Kingdom of 263 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:15,120 God. And on the Sunday morning I went 264 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:19,720 to the Free Presbyterian Church in Ballymena, and I began to 265 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,040 attend there. And I had the wonderful 266 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:28,760 privilege of sitting under a man of God, the Reverend James Bags. 267 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:35,880 And it was there that I learned so much of God's Word and of the 268 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:40,680 great doctrines of the Bible, things that I had never, never 269 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,840 heard of. And they were set before me. 270 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,760 And, you know, my soul was thrilled as I listened to them. 271 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:53,320 I can remember the night that he spoke on Abraham and Isaac and 272 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:57,360 the substitutionary lamb. The lamb, without blemish and 273 00:19:57,360 --> 00:19:59,640 without spot, caught with the horns. 274 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:04,240 And that wonderful promise, God would provide himself a lamb. 275 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,520 I never had heard anything like that. 276 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:12,520 And you can imagine how my soul leapt within me as I heard of 277 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:17,160 the Lamb which pointed us to the Lamb of God which taketh away 278 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:22,320 the sin of the world. And then after Mr Bags at Mr 279 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,280 Greer. And I thank God for these men of 280 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:30,160 God that I had the privilege of sitting under. 281 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:35,680 And you know God helped me to take the faltering steps at the 282 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,680 start many the time I failed him. 283 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:43,240 But thank God for his mercy and grace that has kept me even to 284 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,920 this very moment. And you know, God in his 285 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:52,040 Providence brought Norma, my wife brought us together. 286 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,200 And of course Norma knew I was going out with her before I was 287 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,720 saved. And I she knew that nothing 288 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,360 could develop in a relationship because Norma was saved. 289 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:06,760 She loved the Saviour and she was no doubt praying for me. 290 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,200 But I can remember the night that I rang her, I must have 291 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,320 been probably the next day, no doubt I would have been to rang 292 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,560 her. And she said that once the phone 293 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:20,840 call came through, she just knew what the news would be that God 294 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,200 had saved me. You know, that was what was 295 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,800 happening. There was an old lady who lived 296 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,160 just up the road from where we lived. 297 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,760 I was in her house many times. Her name was Mrs McCulloch. 298 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,840 She just sat. Maybe her brother remembers her. 299 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,800 She sat by the old stove. She was in those days, people 300 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,680 like that. They were dressed in black. 301 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,160 And her family were attending the church and attending the 302 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:49,080 mission. And Grace come home that night, 303 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,040 her daughter, and just through the door she says, Mummy, who do 304 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,760 you think was saved tonight? And just like that, Mrs 305 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,600 McCulloch said. James McCulloch. 306 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,560 You see, they were praying, not only praying, but they were 307 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:06,120 praying expectantly. They were looking for God to 308 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:08,600 save. They were hearing that God was 309 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:13,960 moving and therefore they were waiting for the answers and to 310 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:19,440 see God, see God at work and saving precious souls. 311 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:26,560 And so Norma and I were married and thank God he blessed us with 312 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:32,920 two children, Rhonda and Rodney. You know, it's a wonderful thing 313 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,040 when children are brought born into a Christian home. 314 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,120 And maybe there's someone sitting here tonight and that 315 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:43,680 has been your experience. You have been born into a 316 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:48,400 Christian home and you know the concern and the burden that your 317 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,400 parents have for you or maybe even your grandparents. 318 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,120 And tonight they'll be you're breaking their hearts and you're 319 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:59,760 not saved and many a tear they shed for you. 320 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,200 And yet what a wonderful privilege that is to have 321 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,880 parents that no one loved the Saviour and who were concerned 322 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,240 for you. And we sought to raise our 323 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,640 children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. 324 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,280 We had the family altar, We read to them. 325 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,160 If I wasn't at home, Norma would have read to them. 326 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,360 And thank God both of them were saved on the same Sabbath 327 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:24,720 morning early in life. Their mother. 328 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,600 I can remember it. I was away. 329 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,520 It was a time whenever we were able to go into Maghaberry 330 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,440 Prison. I remember, I think it was Mr 331 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,160 White's. He'd asked me to go in to sing 332 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:38,000 that morning and I was there and when I come home, I was just 333 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,240 slipping into the Pew as the service was beginning. 334 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:46,040 And Rodney, you can see him yet he's just sitting beside me and 335 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,960 he just looks something in my face and he says, Daddy, I got 336 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,120 saved this morning. So what news that was. 337 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:55,560 And Rhonda, too, thank God, both of them on the Sunday morning. 338 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,320 Norma had the joy of leading them to Christ. 339 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,960 And we thank God. I don't say that boastfully, 340 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,000 friends. I gave the God the glory and I 341 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,000 thank God for the evidences of grace in their lives. 342 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,640 Both of them have went on with God and both of them are serving 343 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,120 God. Sunday School teachers are on 344 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:19,880 the plays, takes her turn and playing at the piano, and Rodney 345 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,760 is now an elder in the church and Superintendent of the Sunday 346 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,240 School as well. So we thank God for these 347 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:34,240 answers to prayer, and so we give God all the glory for that. 348 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:40,200 And we thank God for the way he has blessed us in the church in 349 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,080 Ballymena. We have had privileges, great 350 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:46,000 privileges of serving him. And you know, I've had the 351 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:50,400 privilege of singing the gospel right from the time I was saved. 352 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,760 The Reverend Derek Urban, because he worked with me and he 353 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,600 was saved and he was praying for me, took a great interest in me 354 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,440 and it was a great help to me in my early days. 355 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,480 And Derek was doing lay preaching, would call him that 356 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,480 in those days before he went into the college and he would 357 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:13,360 have took me a long to sing. And as I always say, I'm not a 358 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:16,680 great singer, but I have something great to sing about my 359 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,040 blessed Saviour. And right from that those days 360 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:24,600 we had the opportunity of singing the gospel. 361 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:30,160 And I can remember just a later note, I remember singing one 362 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,920 Sunday afternoon as a way up in county Torona Ferman, a way up 363 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:38,000 in the hills somewhere. And the there was an old lady 364 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,400 playing the St and child of God and she was playing one of the 365 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:47,760 wee peddle organs, you know, and I had give her the music to play 366 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:54,440 and she played the first verse, she played the chorus, she 367 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,880 played the next verse. So I didn't know when to come in 368 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,480 and I remember saying to Derek after that, I've got to have to 369 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,960 get something to try and help me here to pray. 370 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,280 So I began to sort of learn and play the guitar. 371 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:10,960 And that has been me ever since. And it's been great to have been 372 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:15,400 involved in singing the gospel. I had the privilege of going 373 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,240 round our churches. I think I sang and I've sung in 374 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,560 all the churches. And I think of great men of God 375 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,040 who are now in the glory, men who love the Lord. 376 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,520 And they were just went into the areas, they preached the gospel 377 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:32,080 here and there, and God wonderfully blessed and God 378 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,280 wonderfully saved. I think of the late the Reverend 379 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:40,200 Harry Kearns, a dear man of God who had a burden for souls, and 380 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,600 he was preaching here and there and everywhere. 381 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:47,280 I can remember Market Hill on a Sunday afternoon going there and 382 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,360 there's just two old portacabins things stuck together in the 383 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:53,520 corner of a field and God blessed his word. 384 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:58,400 And now there's a healthy and a growing church there in Market 385 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,240 Hill. I can remember just when, just 386 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:04,360 when Rhonda was born, and she was only born about three few 387 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:06,760 weeks. And there was a mission away up 388 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:12,360 on the border at Castle Derg and a, a red tin barn just on the 389 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:14,920 border. And three Sunday afternoons in 390 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,960 the row, in the row, in a row, we went up there to sing the 391 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,760 gospel and Norma just felt the car with clothes, the children's 392 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,400 clothes, we had take them with us. 393 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:29,000 And so that was the order of the day for many Sabbath days 394 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,320 throughout those years, we had the privilege of singing the 395 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,880 gospel and labour alongside our ministers. 396 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,120 And we thank God for the denomination. 397 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:43,560 My friends, you thank God for this denomination and for the 398 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:48,880 men we have who love Christ and who preach the gospel because 399 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:53,160 it's a rare thing today to sit under faithful preaching. 400 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:59,000 I was at a funeral on Friday and a church that once preached the 401 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:04,000 gospel in Ballymena because I was there before I was saved and 402 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,480 there's a man there who fearfully preached the Word. 403 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,040 I was there at a funeral on Friday, and my friends, this 404 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:16,080 book was never opened. And what an opportunity was 405 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,360 missed. So you thank God for your 406 00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:23,200 minister and for those who preach the gospel. 407 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:32,880 And I had the privilege then of serving the Lord as a Deacon, a 408 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,560 committee man in the church, and then as an elder. 409 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,000 And I has had the great privilege of being involved in 410 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,520 the work of the Sabbath School for 40 years. 411 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:52,400 I was a Superintendent for 24 years, all the time Mr Greer was 412 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,760 there. And then those other years, 16 413 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,680 years, I was a teacher. And you know what a wonderful 414 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,480 privilege it is to sit with the children around her knee and to 415 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,120 tell them the old, old story of Jesus and his love. 416 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,480 They sow the good seed within their hearts. 417 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,440 That's very, very important. And I have precious memories of 418 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:16,040 that children that were saved. I remember one Sunday in 419 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,880 particular. I want to just share this with 420 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,200 you. There was a young girl, she was 421 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:24,880 called Ruth Knowles. And I can remember after the 422 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,200 Sunday school was finished in her class, that room, we all had 423 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,640 our little rooms. And as the children were 424 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:35,160 leaving, she went to the door and she just turned back and 425 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,800 burst into tears. And she know what she said. 426 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,400 She said, James, lead me to Christ. 427 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:47,400 That's what you said, you know, that's wonderful when that 428 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:53,400 happens, a young person lead me to Christ. 429 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,280 I couldn't do anything for her. She knew the Gospel. 430 00:29:56,280 --> 00:30:00,000 She knew she needed Christ and that happened and thank God for 431 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:05,160 his blessing upon the work of the Sunday school down through 432 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,000 the years and for keeping it safe. 433 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:14,160 And, you know, could I also say that in that mission, children 434 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,080 that were attending day school were saved. 435 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,360 They were just speaking to a lady, a girl and maybe a brother 436 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,840 or Noah. Sandra Wright, she was telling 437 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:30,000 me on Friday that she had two nieces that were saved at the 75 438 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,520 mission, and they were at day school. 439 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,520 So God was working in every age group. 440 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:38,720 He's working the children at day school. 441 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:43,320 That's what happened in 18 and 59 when God sent revival. 442 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,680 Children were being saved. Many children were saved in day 443 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,240 school. Even children were leading 444 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,120 others to Christ. Then they were sent home from 445 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,480 school to get right with God. That's what happens when the 446 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,760 Spirit moves, when the Holy Ghost is poured out. 447 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,560 Oh, pray for those days again. And you know, I was thrilled to 448 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:06,120 hear about those 2 girls, those two nieces of her sister Sandra. 449 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,640 And she was telling me that they're going on well with God. 450 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:14,080 And now that their family, there's some of them save now as 451 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,920 well. And my dear friends, who knows? 452 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:21,000 If you were to put your faith and trust tonight, who knows 453 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:25,840 what God would do with your life and your testimony and your 454 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:30,880 witness, even within your own family circle. 455 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:37,800 And so the, the Lord has been pleased to bless us in so many 456 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,840 ways. And you know what? 457 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,320 He, I thank God that he's with us. 458 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,000 He was with us in days of shadow and days of sunshine. 459 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:52,800 And you know, I remember when Rodney was born, my son, and he 460 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:56,360 was only, I think 2 weeks old. I remember Norma ringing me at 461 00:31:56,440 --> 00:32:00,240 ringing me at work and she says Rodney's not well, he's he'll 462 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,600 not feed them. He's a very, very pale and I can 463 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,800 remember coming home that maybe early I think maybe. 464 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,160 And the doctor, we got the doctor soon as I saw him there 465 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,200 was something wrong. He was turbo coloured and 466 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,400 whatever hair he had was standing in his head. 467 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,880 And the doctor came and she just said get him straight to the way 468 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,840 of me to the hospital that waved me in those days. 469 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,800 And the next time I saw him, there was 4 needles on his head 470 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:34,920 and he was very seriously ill. He had meningitis and you know, 471 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,040 meningitis is something that is very serious. 472 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:47,080 And the doctor warned us of the seriousness of it and we went 473 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:51,800 home and we prayed. Others made that no one and 474 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,720 began to pray. We went up early the next 475 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,280 morning and I remember that going to see the doctor and he 476 00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:01,400 said to me, he says I thought during the night we had lost 477 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,440 him. His blood pressure dropped right 478 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:10,680 down. But we continue to prayed and 479 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:17,760 thank God, God spared him and I can remember going up on the 480 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,000 Friday evening. He had been doing somewhat 481 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,480 better and the doctor took us in. 482 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:25,680 He said, I want to speak to you. And I thought, what are we going 483 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:29,880 to hear now? And the doctor said to us, yes, 484 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,960 he's doing well. But he says, I must warn you. 485 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:38,280 He says that he'll probably have some physical disability. 486 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:44,120 It'll be something happened. And he warned us of that. 487 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:51,320 And so we continue to pray and he began to recover. 488 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,000 I remember the night when Norma was able to nurse him again and 489 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,960 to feed him. He took the whole bottle. 490 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,480 He's like the Mukashi's. He was a good feeder and he made 491 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:03,120 a good recovery. And we thank God for his hand 492 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,400 upon him and for answers, prayer. 493 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,960 And there's many other things that we could tell relate to you 494 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:13,679 tonight, but I think I have said enough this evening. 495 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:19,040 I have sought to tell you simply what Christ has done for me and 496 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:24,880 what He means to me. I love Him tonight because He 497 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:32,400 first loved me, the Son of God who loved me and gave himself 498 00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:36,560 for me and all. It's my prayer and burden 499 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,840 tonight as I come. As I thought about this meeting 500 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:43,159 and given my testimony that there might be some dear soul 501 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:48,560 would seek the Lord while he is to be found and call upon him 502 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,600 while he is near. We see the Philippian gaoler 503 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:56,719 here that he was a man that God was dealing with. 504 00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:01,440 God had sent an earthquake. See, God had sent this. 505 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,800 God was working because it's a wasn't a very remarkable thing. 506 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:10,520 While the doors of the present were open, there wasn't one who 507 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,720 wasn't one of the prisoners that were escaped not a marvellous 508 00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:17,280 thing that changed all of but not one of them escaped. 509 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,560 You can imagine what that would have happened in by Gabriel. 510 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,600 Some of these other places they've been out. 511 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,480 They were out even without the doors been opened. 512 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,920 But you know God was dealing with this man and he brought 513 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:34,000 them out and look at look at what he says in verse 30. 514 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:40,800 He says, sirs, that was to pull in silence ever else What must I 515 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:45,280 do to be saved? Must what must I do to be saved? 516 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,360 He wanted that night to be saved. 517 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,400 And I wonder tonight, friends, have you that concern within 518 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:57,240 your heart. Do you long to be saved and know 519 00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:02,520 that you're right with God and that your sins are forgiven and 520 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:07,840 blood out and under the blood of the Lamb forever and forever. 521 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:14,520 And then in closing, just listen to the answer that Paul and 522 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:22,040 Silas give gave and they said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ 523 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:27,600 and thou shalt be saved and thy house. 524 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:32,560 I like the old world word saved. It's a good old biblical word. 525 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,520 The word saved. Not much used today in 526 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,440 preaching, but as a biblical word. 527 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:42,960 And my friends, you need to be saved because you're lost and 528 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,600 you'll be damned if you do not come to Christ. 529 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:50,280 Believe not in the church, not in a preacher, not in anything 530 00:36:50,280 --> 00:37:00,400 else, but believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be 531 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,320 saved. That's what Christ says to you 532 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:08,400 if you're concerned tonight, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ 533 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,800 and thou shalt be saved and thy house. 534 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,440 And it's a wonderful thing to have household salvation. 535 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:20,280 And I trust tonight that if you're not saved that you'll 536 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,920 come to Christ. And the verse 34. 537 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,960 And when he had brought them into his house, he said, meet 538 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:33,480 before them and rejoiced, believing in God with all his 539 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,200 house. Amen. 540 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:41,320 I trust the Lord will bless the words of testimony for His 541 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:42,840 eternal glory.