THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT
PROGRAM AIR DATE: 3-8-2020
LESSON TITLE: GIVING ALL DILLIGENCE - FAITH
WELCOME
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT WANT! WHO IS YOUR SHEPHERD ON THIS WONDROUS LORD'S DAY? WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT IT IS GOD AND THAT YOU'VE JOINED US TODAY AS HIS CHILD TO WORSHIP BEFORE HIS THRONE. AS FOLLOWERS OF GOD, HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS TO PRAISE OUR GOD AND TO DO THOSE THINGS ACCORDING TO THAT WHICH HE HAS ASKED OF US THROUGH HIS WILL. ARE YOU WILLING TO DO YOUR PART THIS MORNING TO MAKE THIS TIME SUCCESSFUL IN THE SERVICE OF GOD? NOW, AS WE BEGIN OUR OFFERING TO GOD, WILL YOU BOW WITH ME IN PRAYER!
PRAYER: OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY OF LIFE; THE GREAT PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE TO BE CALLED YOUR CHILDREN AS WELL TO BE SERVANTS IN YOUR KINGDOM. AND HELP US TO ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE GLORY AND HONOR EVERY DAY BUT ESPECIALLY ON THE LORD'S DAY THAT WE MIGHT SHOW YOU THE PRAISE THAT YOU ARE WORTHY OF. AND THAT WE MIGHT HELP THE WORLD TO KNOW YOU THROUGH US IN OUR ACTIONS AND WORDS. WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF JESUS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THROUGH THIS GREAT GIFT THAT WE HAVE THE VERY CHANCE TO HAVE LIFE AND SUBSTANCE AND ALSO THE PROMISE OF ETERNAL THINGS THIS MORNING. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS OF THIS PROGRAM. YOU SEE THEIR NAMES AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THE HELP THEY GIVE US TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM POSSIBLE. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT WITH THEM ANY TIME YOU ARE ABLE. NOW IT'S TIME TO JOIN IN OUR FIRST HYMN OF THE DAY. WON'T YOU JOIN IN WITH THE CONGREGATION AT THIS TIME AS WE SING, "BLUE SKIES AND RAINBOWS."
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS
YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY IN WHICH WE LIVE. ALL THE MORE REASON WE SHOULD BELIEVE IN GOD AND DESIRE TO FOLLOW IN HIS PRECEPTS. I LOVE WHAT PAUL SAID IN PHILIPPIANS 4:4, THERE WE READ, "REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS. AGAIN I WILL SAY, REJOICE!" LET ME REMIND US TODAY THAT WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO REJOICE IN THE LORD AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. WE HAVE OUR BRETHREN, OUR FAMILIES, OUR HEALTH, OUR JOBS AND ALL THINGS THAT WE NEED IN THIS LIFE BUT WHY? BECAUSE OF OUR LOVING AND CARING GOD. ISN'T THIS WHAT JAMES WAS TALKING ABOUT IN CHAPTER 1:17, OF HIS BOOK? THERE WE READ, "EVERY GOOD GIFT AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE, AND COMES DOWN FROM THE FATHER OF LIGHTS, THANKS BE TO GOD FOR ALL THAT HE HAS DONE, ALL THAT HE IS DOING, AND ALL THAT HE HAS PROMISED TO DO IN OUR LIVES AND THEREAFTER! WE TRULY DO SERVE A WONDROUS AND MARVELOUS GOD!
TODAY WE WILL BE STARTING A NEW SERIES OF STUDY ENTITLED, "GIVING ALL DILIGENCE!" OUR FIRST LESSON TODAY WILL FOCUS ON "FAITH," AS FOUND IN 2 PETER 1:5. SO PLEASE STAY WITH US THIS MORNING AND AFTER OUR NEXT SONG TOGETHER, BROTHER JERRY SULLINS WILL BE LEADING US IN OUR MAIN THOUGHTS OF THE DAY. WE THANK THIS GOOD BROTHER FOR AGAIN BEING WITH US. BUT FOR NOW LET'S JOIN TOGETHER IN OUR SECOND SONG OF THE MORNING. THE NAME OF THIS HYMN, "A HILL CALLED MT. CALVARY."
LESSON
BY JERRY SULLINS
AGAIN WELCOME TO THE LIVING WORD BROADCAST. WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE WITH US AGAIN THIS MORNING. MANY OF YOU VIEW THIS PROGRAM EVERY SUNDAY MORNING. YOUR ARE FAITHFUL TO US AND WE WANT TO BE FAITHFUL DO YOU IN JUST PREACHING AND TEACHING WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS AND HOPEFULLY AS WE ALL OBSERVE WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS AND WE PUT INTO PRACTICE IN OUR LIVES WE WILL HAVE GREAT HOPE OF LIFE ETERNAL. THIS MORNING WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN A NEW SERIES THAT IS BASED UPON SOME PRINCIPLES THAT ARE TAUGHT IN THE BOOK OF 2 PETER CHAPTER 1. AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS AT VERSE THREE. THESE DEAL WITH WHAT ARE COMMONLY CALLED SOMETIMES THE CHRISTIAN VIRTUES. THINGS THAT WE MUST ADD TO OUR LIVES, THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US - BECAUSE IF WE OBSERVE AND ADD TO AND GROW FROM ADDING THESE PRINCIPLES TO OUR LIVES AND THESE CHARACTERISTICS, WE WILL HAVE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. WITHOUT THEM THE WARNING IS FOUND ALSO IN THIS VERY SAME CHAPTER.
SO LET US READ TOGETHER THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE SAID HERE BEGINNING WITH VERSE THREE IN SECOND PETER CHAPTER 1. AS HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GIVEN TO US ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO LIFE AND GODLINESS THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM WHO CALLED US BY GLORY AND VIRTUE BY WHICH HE HAS GIVEN US TO US EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES THAT THROUGH THESE YOU MAY BE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE HAVING ESCAPED THE CORRUPTION THAT IS IN THE WORLD THROUGH LUST. SO HOW DO WE PARTAKE OF THAT DIVINE NATURE? NOW THE PRINCIPLES ARE SET FORTH BEGINNING IN VERSE FIVE. BUT ALSO FOR THIS VERY REASON; GIVING ALL DILIGENCE, ADD TO YOUR FAITH VIRTUE, TO YOU VIRTUE KNOWLEDGE, TO KNOWLEDGE SELF-CONTROL, TO SELF-CONTROL PERSEVERANCE, TO PERSEVERANCE GODLINESS, TO GODLINESS BROTHERLY KINDNESS, AND TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS LOVE. NOW LOOK AT THIS IMPORTANT PROMISE IN VERSE EIGHT: FOR OF THESE THINGS ARE YOURS AND ABOUND. THAT MEANS IN YOU YOU WILL NEITHER BE BARREN NOR UNFRUITFUL IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. THEN SKIPPING DOWN TO VERSE 10 IT SAYS THEREFORE BRETHREN BE EVEN MORE DILIGENT TO MAKE YOUR CALL AND ELECTION SURE. FOR IF YOU DO THESE THINGS THAT IS IF YOU PUT INTO PRACTICE THOSE PRINCIPLES WE JUST READ YOU WILL NEVER STUMBLE FOR SO AN ENTRANCE WILL BE SUPPLIED TO YOU ABUNDANTLY INTO THE EVERLASTING KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. BACK UP TO VERSE NINE. IT SAYS: FOR HE WHO LACKS THESE THINGS IS SHORTSIGHTED EVEN TO BLINDNESS AND HAS FORGOTTEN THAT HE WAS CLEANSED FROM HIS OWN SINS OR FROM HIS OLD SINS. HOW TRUE THAT IS. IN FACT WHAT THE SCRIPTURES ARE TRYING TO TELL US HERE THROUGH THE APOSTLE PETER WHO IS INSPIRED OF GOD TO MAKE THE STATEMENTS THESE WORDS WERE GIVEN TO HIM BY AND THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PRINCIPLES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GROW BY EVERY DAY IN OUR LIVES. WE NEED TO PUT THEM IN PRACTICE IN OUR LIVES SO THAT WE CAN WHAT? BE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE - AND BY DOING SO WE ESCAPE THE POLLUTION AND THE CORRUPTION AND THE SINFULNESS OF THIS WORLD. SO MY BRETHREN, MY FRIENDS WHO ARE LISTENING HERE TODAY, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU BECAUSE WITHIN APPLYING THESE TRUTHS TO OUR LIVES WE WILL HAVE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
NOW THIS MORNING I'M SUPPOSED TO INTRODUCE THIS BY TAKING THE FIRST PRINCIPLE THAT IS GIVEN HERE IN THE TEXT AND THAT IS FOUND IN VERSE FIVE. BUT ALSO FOR THIS VERY REASON GIVING ALL DILIGENCE ADD TO YOUR FAITH VIRTUE. ADD TO YOUR FAITH. SO FAITH MUST BE THERE. THAT'S THE BEGINNING - THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH THE PROCESS WILL CONTINUE THAT WE MAY HOPE FOR AND GAIN ETERNAL LIFE. FAITH OF PRINCIPLE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD TODAY. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING WITH YOU TODAY IS A BIBLICAL FAITH. THE FAITH THAT WE FIND THAT IS REVEALED TO US IN THE SCRIPTURE. NOW, YOU MIGHT NOTE HERE THAT THIS VERSE SAYS GIVE ALL DILIGENCE ADD TO YOUR FAITH. WE HAVE TO GIVE DILIGENCE - THAT IS TO MAKE AN EFFORT. AND ACTUALLY IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE IN ENGLISH IT MEANS TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT WITHIN OURSELVES. NOW WE ALL ARE DIFFERENT HUMAN BEINGS. WE HAVE BEEN MADE DIFFERENTLY. SO YOUR EFFORT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MINE BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS GOD SAYS WE NEED TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT WITHIN OUR BEING TO ADD TO OUR FAITH. SO THE FOUNDATION IS WHAT? THE FOUNDATION IS FAITH. THE IMPORTANT QUESTION IS - WHAT IS FAITH? TODAY PEOPLE OFTEN REFER TO IS AS: WE CAN BELIEVE IN GOD UP TO MAYBE 90% - BUT THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT GREAT LEAP OF FAITH. LEAP OVER THAT CLIFF AND THEN WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT REALLY GOD IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF US. IN CONTRAST TO WHAT THESE MAN THINK, IT IS PROVEN TO US THAT THERE IS A GOD. MY FRIEND THERE IS A DEFINITE WAY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BIBLICAL FAITH IS. IT'S VERY MUCH EXPLAINED IN THE SCRIPTURES. AND SO I WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH MAYBE A SHORT JOURNEY THIS MORNING OF UNDERSTANDING WHEN FAITH IS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE IT MEANS A CERTAIN THIMG.
FIRST OF ALL HOW DOES FAITH COME TO US? WE UNDERSTAND AS WE READ THE BIBLE ROMANS CHAPTER 10 VERSE 17 FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN HAVE ANY FAITH IS BY HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING AND A KNOWLEDGE OR AT LEAST A KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S WORD BECAUSE FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. SO WHAT IS FAITH? IS IT A SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST AND WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST - IS THAT THE FAITH OF THE BIBLE? WELL, THAT'S PART OF THE FAITH OF THE BIBLE. BUT LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE HEBREW WRITER SAID BEING INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 11 VERSE ONE. IF YOU WILL TAKE THE TIME TO TURN YOUR BIBLES TO LOOK AT THIS. NOW, FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR. IT'S THE REALIZATION OF THINGS THAT ARE HOPED FOR. WHERE DO WE FIND THAT REALIZATION? THE ONLY SOURCE THAT I KNOW OF IS IN THE WORD OF GOD ITSELF - AND ALSO IT SAYS THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. THIS IS A DESCRIPTION OF FAITH, THE PROOF OF THE CONVICTION WHICH IS BROUGHT TO US BY THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. THINGS THAT WERE NOT SEEN ARE REVEALED IN THE WORD OF GOD. THAT RELATES TO OUR SALVATION; THAT RELATES TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF GOD AND HIS MERCY AND HIS GRACE THAT SENT JESUS TO DIE UPON THE CROSS. WITHOUT THE WORD OF GOD WE WOULD NOT KNOW ANY OF THESE THINGS. IN FACT WITHOUT THE WORD OF GOD WE WOULD NOT KNOW ANYTHING AS IT RELATES TO SPIRITUAL MATTERS. SO WHERE IS OUR FAITH ESTABLISHED? IT IS IN THE WORD OF GOD. NOW IF YOU GO DOWN TO VERSE SIX JUST FOLLOW DOWN IN YOUR BIBLE - HEBREWS CHAPTER 11 VERSE SIX IT SAYS: BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM. FOR HE WHO COMES TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM. SO WE MUST UNDERSTAND WHO GOD IS AND BELIEVE THAT GOD IS WHO HE IS. WHERE DO WE FIND THAT FAITH? WELL, WHERE DO WE FIND FAITH? BY KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD OF GOD. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE FAITH - THIS IS THE EMBODIMENT OF TRUTH; HIS WORD AND THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE WE FIND THE FAITH - THE ARTICLE, THE FAITH. THAT SYSTEM OF FAITH THAT IS A MENTIONED IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4 WHERE IT SAYS THERE IS ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT EVEN AS YOU ARE CALLED AND ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING. ONE FAITH - THAT IS A SYSTEM OF FAITH. ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL THOSE ABOVE ALL THROUGH ALL AND IN YOU ALL. SO THERE IS NO MISUNDERSTANDING IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SCRIPTURE HAS TO SAY. IT IS THE EMBODIMENT OF TRUTH. FAITH IS THE EMBODIMENT OF TRUTH. IT INVOLVES ALL OF THE TEACHINGS OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. IT INVOLVES UNDERSTANDING AND BELIEVING THAT THE BIBLE IS TRULY INSPIRED OF GOD AND THE MESSAGES AND THE TEACHINGS THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF DELIVERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM THE FATHER AND THROUGH THE APOSTLES WHO GUIDED AND INSTRUCTED THE EARLY CHURCH. THAT IS THE FAITH THAT WAS DELIVERED - NOT JUST A SIMPLE ASSERTION THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD - THAT'S JUST A SMALL PORTION. IT MAY BE BIG IN MANY WAYS BUT IT'S JUST ONE POINT IN THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF FAITH THAT GOD DELIVERED US. FOR FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. NOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT FAITH INVOLVES DOCTRINE? THAT FAITH INVOLVES TEACHINGS? THAT FAITH IS BASICALLY A SYSTEM? SOMETHING REVEALED TRUTH THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURE. CERTAINLY IT IS. IT IS DOCTRINE. IN FACT IN 2 JOHN 9-11, WHAT DOES JOHN THE INSPIRED WRITER SAY? RECEIVE FROM GOD. HE SAYS WHOSOEVER GOETH ON AND ABIDETH NOT IN THE DOCTRINE THAT MEANS THE TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST IS NOT OF THE FATHER. BUT HE WHO ABIDES IN THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST, THAT IS THE TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST, HAS BOTH THE FATHER AND THE SON. A GREAT WARNING IS GIVEN THERE BY JOHN. A WARNING THAT WE SHOULD HEED. WHY IS IT WE ACCEPT THE FAITH? THERE IS DIFFERENT FITH. THERE'S A FAITH OF A MAN. THERE'S A FAITH OF A SYSTEM OF RELIGION. THERE ARE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS OTHER THAN THAT WHICH IS BASED UPON THE BIBLE AND GOD'S WORD THAT INVOLVES JESUS AND THE SALVATION OF OUR SOULS WHICH WE KNOW ARE NOT FROM GOD. SO WHERE IS THAT FAITH? IT IS IN THE SCRIPTURE.
CAN WE DENY THE FAITH? WELL, WHAT DID JUDE SAY? CONTINUE EARNESTLY FOR THE FAITH WHICH MEANS A SYSTEM OF FAITH WHICH ONCE FOR ALL WAS DELIVERED UNTO THE SAINTS. ONCE FOR ALL DELIVERED UNTO THE SAINTS. SO IS IT THAT WE CANNOT BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A FAITH; A SYSTEM THAT WE MUST FOLLOW? REMEMBER WHAT PAUL SAID TO TIMOTHY IN THE BOOK OF FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER 4 VERSE ONE. HE SAID BASICALLY THAT IN THE LATTER DAYS SOME SHALL DEPART FROM THE FAITH. AND HOW WILL THEY DO THAT? BY GIVING HEED TO SEDUCING SPIRITS SPEAKING LIES IN HYPOCRISY. THEY WOULD EVEN DENY SOME PEOPLE CERTAIN FOODS TO EAT. SO MANY THINGS ARE MENTIONED THERE WHICH WE SEE HAPPENS IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD TODAY CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE OF THE FAITH. THEY ARE OF THE FAITH BUT IT IS NOT OF THE FAITH OF THE BIBLE THAT IS BASED UPON THE TEACHINGS OF THE WORD OF GOD. SO WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO IN THIS LIFE? I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO OR WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. CONTINUE EARNESTLY FOR THE FAITH WHICH WAS ONCE FOR DELIVERED. TO UNDERSTAND OBEY AND NEVER REJECT THE FAITH. TO STAND FAST IN THE FAITH. IN FACT THE BIBLE EVEN SAYS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 3:5 TO EXAMINE OURSELVES WHETHER WE ARE IN THE FAITH. HOW DO WE EXAMINE OURSELVES WHETHER WE ARE IN THE FAITH? BACK TO OUR TEXT TODAY. WHETHER WE HAVE ADDED TO OUR FAITH VIRTUE, VIRTUE. KNOWLEDGE. PATIENCE. TEMPERANCE. GODLINESS. BROTHERLY KINDNESS. LOVE. THAT'S WHAT YOU EXAMINE YOURSELF. SO FAITH IS NOT JUST SAYING I BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST. THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO ACCORDING TO OUR FAITH. FAITH MEANS I UNDERSTAND AND I BELIEVE THAT HE WAS JESUS THE CHRIST AND NOW I'M GOING TO DO WHAT HIS MOTHER TOLD THE SERVANTS TO DO WHATEVER HE SAYS UNTO YOU - YOU DO IT. YOU DO IT AND WHATEVER IT SAYS TO ME I'M GOING TO DO IT. IT IS NOT JUST SAYING OH BELIEVE YOUR THE CHRIST.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME TO DO? THAT IS THE FAITH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. WHAT DID PAUL SAY IN THE LAST DAYS OF HIS LIFE IN SECOND TIMOTHY CHAPTER 4? I FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. I'VE KEPT THE FAITH. THE FAITH THAT JUST JESUS IS THE CHRIST? NO. HE KEPT THE FAITH BY SUFFERING, HE TAUGHT THE FAITH OF INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE MUST FOLLOW - THAT WE MUST NOT REJECT HENCEFORTH THERE IS LAID UP FOR ME PAUL SAID A CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH THE LORD THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE SHALL GIVE ME IN THAT DAY. BUT NOT TO ME ONLY, BUT TO ALL THOSE WHO LOVE HIS APPEARING. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TRUE FAITH IS, THAT SYSTEM OF FAITH. IT IS FOUND IN HIS WORD BECAUSE NO ONE CAN EVER GAIN THE FAITH THAT GOD WANTS THEM TO HAVE UNLESS THEY STUDY AND UNDERSTAND THE WORD OF GOD. FOR FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. WE CANNOT REJECT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GOD SAID TO THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH THE APOSTLE PAUL. SO MY FRIEND I ENCOURAGE YOU - I URGE YOU TO ACCEPT THE FAITH THAT IS FOUND. THAT SYSTEM OF FAITH THAT IS FOUND IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH, FOR THE SALVATION OF YOUR SOULS, FOR YOUR HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. AND IF YOU DO THAT NO DOUBT THE LORD WILL SAVE YOU HIMSELF IN THAT LAST DAY. MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
CLOSING COMMENTS
WHAT A BLESSING IT HAS BEEN TO JOIN TOGETHER IN THE THINGS OF GOD THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR DOING YOUR PART IN MAKING ALL THESE THINGS TO BE ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. AS ALWAYS, WE INVITE YOU BACK EVERY LORD'S DAY MORNING AT 7:30, AS WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO THIS OFFERING FOR GOD!
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