Now that makes There's a very interesting section now 1st of all in chapter $33.00 here we have the commission renewed to this my own and not only renewed but it will be all so he'll be commended for the fact that he's done a good job up to this point and from now on he's going to be speaking to the people of this rail how they had a layover in captivity and how are they to lay out an expectation say of the fields here but for they had no hope because of their saying but now he looks down into the future and they have a hope now and today we have a hope but our hope is not anchored in anything that may and do down here or any gyrations of psychoanalysis our hope today is not a philosophy but it rests upon the Word of God and what he is saying will take place in the future and that is the lodestar of the child of God not the same assess real moving into the millennium we are moving into actually the New Jerusalem and that is the thing that some media had of the church now let's come here to this particular chapter and we'll left out some fighting was through this section here chapter 33 opens on the same note this is a stuck record as far as kill is concerned burst one day in the Word of the Lord came on to me saying he doesn't want you to forget that he's not giving you his theory or ideas but this is the Word of The Lowered now he says son of man's feet to the children of 5 people and say under them when I bring this sort of plan to land the people of the land take man of their borders and set him for their watchman If then he said. See if the sword come up on the Lanny blow the trumpet and warn the people now Dan it reverts back to the commission that he gave to this man. At the very beginning and he lacked and sent to the watchman in that day care is a city so Walls said he most of the said is of importance and that they if they were subject to an invite or built a wall around at night they were appointed which means the cane or the ruler are those that were in the far point in a man as the watchman and he was upon the wall and watched during the night and I think during the night he called all the watches All's well and he looked out on the desert and didn't say the moving of any enemy and he could say all this while but they interest and Fang was the false prophets were saying all is well now and it was coming they were too blind to see now this man here is a given them the warning verse 6 but if the watchman see the Soward come and blow not the trumpet and the people be not warned of the Sower common take any person from among them he's taken away and is a neck with it but his blood will I require are at the watchman San now the people are going to be judged but the watchman will be held responsible if he doesn't warn them not to say kill had to warn them the false prophet said not he done a good job now again verse 7 sold via our old son of man I have said they a watchman under the house of Israel therefore that I shall hear the word of my mouth and warn them from me now he had all failed that commission you say now he says here when I say unto the wicked a wicked man Dow show surely die if thou does not speak to warn the wicked from his way that which. Man Show diners and neck with the you see the responsibility of the Watchman and that's what we're talking about I guess to warn the wicked because they're going to be judged but he has to give them a warning now they didn't hear him they didn't listen to him but that's the only way that the watchman can actually clear him so out now that today means that the man who's teaching the Word of God is not required to get results a great many people they always say let's get an advantage of this that can get results and if people say oh moving in a meeting they think that if they're in the back and they come forward that's good and if they're fall wouldn't go to the back that's still good news so you get people moving when I say to you that it's not that important thing that important thing when a man is finished given a massive is actually not the result is has he given the Word of God as a given I'm warning and that is the important thing actually and thank I look at is not the folk who come forward it's the people that walk out after the benediction have they been warned that's the important thing we've been looking at the wrong crowd and we say oh so and so gave such a sweet gospel invitation and a lot of sweet people came forward no decisions were actually night but you know we had a movement going on and go and follow it going backwards go in every direction I remember when I changed in downtown Los Angeles having people come forward many to meet people before a large congregation and so we asked them to go to the back we had a prayer room and I asked them to go there and I had a few old timers that really got excited and I said What is your problem and one. Said I should come forward I said Do I understand you correctly that they should go east and not go Wes war l.a. Said we don't mean it that way well I said that's exactly what you say you see friends be important Thanks for the man who's given out the Word of God sworn in now white because the men or I thank God when there are results and we have literally hundreds of letters here now of people who've except the cries is saved just through listening to the Word of God I rejoice in that but frankly my business is to give out the Word of God and I frankly want to make sure that the follower that hears it and doesn't do anything he's been properly warned if he's not I'm responsible so that's a reason that maybe I give it out as I do is this man has noticed and many others have commented on it now let's move down to verse 11 site and of them as I lay I've sent a large God I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from his way and lay a turn me turn from your evil way is for why would he die or how so this real Now they find it's quite obvious God doesn't want to judge Judge when is this strange work you remember Isaiah say and now he wants to save them and he's urging them to turn day him and accept why now these people they had another complaint they said God is not justice in is judgment and I'm going to drop down out of verse 17 yet the children of the people say the way of the Lord is not equal that is is not fair he judges they're bloody alive and we've got some good people among as you say but as for the lamb that way is not equal now when the righteous turn it from his righteousness and committed to Nick with it. He shall even die for it now we're not talking year about somebody losing salvation God says When one of his children get sender Psion ill judge him now that's exactly what Paul said if we would judge ourselves with not me just and he says through John he said there is a saying in under their. Sand for oh bar last man no he's already under the same that's a child of God but what can a dead testicle their live judges Christians that day and I'm I'm nice that some folk don't catch on after a while when they're in a work and the work is going down and getting in debt and everything you take the message and through that maybe God's moving in judgement maybe things are not right there you see now God says that he's righteous and what he does when the righteous turned from his righteousness committed the neck when he showed even die for it but if the wicked turn from his wickedness and do that which is lawful and right he shows they are by a wicked man would turn to God lot of saving God made that very clear yet you say Verse 20 now the way of the Lord Snoddy oh your house of Israel I will judge you everyone after his ways now the fact of the matter is that man's been carried into captivity and he was a godly man he had trusted God and he scared just like the most wicked person and he's complaining I don't blame him for complaining because it looks like God's been on for us as Don't misunderstand you are being carried into captivity because the nation is sane and your dentist fired with the nation you and I did a have to pay an excessive insurance premium because there are a lot of alcoholics around the day I don't drink but. I have to pay for them too and I have to pay taxes those who got a lot of foolish folks in Washington know just Slaven spending money and we have to pay for that actually we're down if I had with a nice shit and that was true best for but God says wait a minute I'm going judge everyone Me and my friend I don't care who you are you're going to stand before God and I fear child of God today he will judge you for your saying you won't lose your salvation but he will take it to the woodshed now if you're a lost man you got no claim on God taught now he's made that very clear in the New Testament and 1st Peter the 3rd chapter verse 12 for the eyes of the log are over the righteous and He has ears are open and of their prayers but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil God says he doesn't say he won't hear the prayer of the wicket he just says he hears of the priors of the righteous and he's not obligated they hear the other but if that wicked man to cry out can God to deliver him but the wicked man has no claim on God when you hear people today that why does God let this happen and there on save one life Ryan you have no claim on God God is righteous when he's a judge in a lost world and we forget that that this happens to be his world now will you notice this and he's going to be very clay or all this section here I tell you it gets right down to the nitty gritty now let me read verse $21.00 it came to pass in the 12th year of our captivity in the 10th month in the 5th day of the month that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came on to me saying the city is now as equal had already prophesied but he had no information god Colin the said it was destroyed and at that time. Is that why don't the very day and he says Don't you agree because I want these people to know that I've refuted gaited that city they find that I have to have Jerusalem right that I will not destroy it they don't believe I'll judge same and he said I am therefore don't we for her and let them know that at this time the set is being destroyed white sand the set is now I want to tell you when this was brought to these people it was absolutely something that dumbfounded them they were absolutely overwhelmed by they had never heard anything like it they never believe that anything like this could possibly take place but it's happening now now the hand of The Lowered was upon the in the evening this is very strong and it too before he who was escape came and it opened my mouth and tele came to me in the morning and my mouth was open and I was no more dumb now you see at the end of chapter 24 that time essential announced the destruction of Jerusalem dubbed blood is saying it's gone down now from then on he had no word about Jerusalem from Chapter 25 here through Chapter 32 then no word about Jerusalem it's all about these surrounding nations now God no longer makes the land dumb about Jerusalem he says I have some messages for you about Jerusalem now we can begin to look to the future these people are hanging on to the false prophets and they had no word at all now he says then the word of the Lord came on to me saying this is verse 24 now Son of Man they that inhabit those white so the land of Israel speak saying Abraham was one. And he inherited the land where many the land is given us for an inheritance they go back they say well look God took care of a Brahmin is just one I am now a whole lot of us yes but there's a lot of difference Abraham believed God and it was counted him for righteousness is people not believing God that's the reason they've gone down verse $25.00 where 4 say under them that's Santa Lord God eat with the blood and lift up your eyes for John and shed blood and share you possess a land that says I won't let you have the land that's the reason I put the heathen in the pagan out of this land is because of their sin and you are doing the same things now verse 28 or I will lay the land most desolate and the pomp of verse rank shows cease and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate that none shall pass through now I can't get a lighted as some of my very good minister friends do when I get to that land they get into acts as you'd think they were on drugs the way some of them act all isn't it wonderful to see this lion brand's it's just about as desolate as any place if you could possibly find the day that land is desolate because the judgment of God is upon it and all you've got to do over there is love and today there's a big water shortage and we put a little water on night lie on and my it blossoms like the row but there's not enough water that's the great problem now that or I would say we're not seeing prophecy fulfilled early get a lot more water over there I suggested these ballots that are going to fund so much fulfilled prophecy when they go without Take a gallon of water with them and help out because God says it will be desolate and his judgment so not upon only a people but upon a lamb now he goes on disabled. 30 also thou son of man the children of the live people still are talking against me by the walls and then the door of the houses and speak wonder another every one to his brother saying Come I pray you in here what is the word coming forth from the law you see there shaken they are going to lessen the time now but they won't follow through and they come under they is the people come and they said before they as my people and they hear the high words but they will not do them for with their mouth they show much a love but their hearts go out after their chests and as you say they like to come to church and hear all about love and I sweet lovely things but it has not changed their lives at all and I would James very practically says he says get down where the rubber meets the road the doers are the Word and not here is only and that's what these people were 1st are to 3 and when this cometh to class low it will come then you shall I know that a prophet had been among them and I now know that as it kills a prophet but now here's the interesting thing they did not believe it was a prophet they now know he's a prophet of God but they still don't lesson may I say to you that unbelief today is willful it's not Manal that's not your problem my brain your brain and my brain is not big enough to create our current knowledge you can't get over the Word of God and the problem sure your problem is you don't want to give up your sand that was East people and they were willing to come in a lesson and had no effect upon them whatsoever this is tremendous Is it not but we must leave off so until next time may God bless you my beloved. 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House Intelligence Committee who says that this may justify impeachment if Donald Trump had this conversation with the president of the Ukraine the new president with this is absurd if President Trump asked the new president of the Ukraine to look into possible corruption and illegal activity involving Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden why is it wrong for one president to ask another president look at as he what kind of corruption went on your end and we'll look at what kind of corruption happened on our end Well then here's what happens President Trump talks to reporters to say yeah I talked about Joe Biden and Hunter Biden of course why wouldn't I so now the press is trying to take it to the next level would he possibly pressure the Ukrainian government to look into this that he pressure them well my attitude is so what if he did he's allowed to say hey I'm applying some pressure I want you to look into this and find out if there was corruption that took place but it gets even worse for the Trump pater's the foreign minister of the Ukraine but diem. Steak Oh he specifically declares no I'm familiar with the phone call and there was no pressure that was applied so now with the Democrats and the media is hoping for is that maybe Donald Trump offered some kind of payment or promise or threat of punishment if they don't investigate this kind of corruption involving Joe Biden and Joe Biden's son which I find really laughable when ironic because these are the very same Democrats in the very same media that did not consider it offensive that during the 2016 campaign the Obama administration actually asked Ukraine to investigate Trump campaign chairman Paul man of Fort and his dealings with the Ukraine in the effort to try to hopefully de rail trains campaign or the Democratic Party itself hiring their operative Alexandra Chalupa to contact the Ukraine in 2016 to try to get dirt on Paul Man afford to try to hurt the Trump campaign and help Hillary Clinton get elected that wasn't offensive to any Democrats of the media whatsoever and of course it didn't bother them at all that Joe Biden when he was vice president of the United States applied pressure to the Ukrainian government threatening them telling them you better fire this prosecutor that was investigating this country this energy company in the Ukraine that his son Hunter Biden was getting a whole bunch of money from millions of dollars and Joe Biden after he left office even bragged about applying this pressure to tell you not get dollars I said if you not get that bill you know I'm going to leave it here I think it was 6 hours 6 hours if the prosecutor is not fired you're not getting the money if the prosecutor's not fired the prosecutors not fired the prosecutors not fired you not get money he admits in the open air that he applied pressure and held back a $1000000000.00 in loan guarantees from the u.s. Unless you crane will go ahead and file. Prosecutor and we're going to listen to these people on the left now somehow claim that Donald Trump has done something impeachable it's laughable folks. News Politics and Public Affairs We became the children of light that means we're supposed to light the way for all there is to follow. Our life we're supposed to be like the salt of the salt of the your Earth now to another. Verse 42. He says Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him So I believe there is believe years but they did not confess Christ before others so obviously didn't leave they must not have been saved Gnome there's people who say they've got to confess Christ before men nor to be saved no you do not what if you're on an island the knowledge that you've got the Bible and you want to get say and there's nobody but you are you can't get saved. There's no out of the confession now that's not what he's talking about but there are people who trust Christ as Savior and never confess that to anybody else they're what we call a Secret Service Christian my badge I'm a Secret Service Christian We'll make up little badges and everybody can put them on and take them in here and that way if they don't which is some like a Secret Service or Secret Service. Or units Secret Service double 07 in a way. He says they did not going to last they should be put out of the center God In other words in verse 40 they love the praise of men more than the praise of God now can believe love this world more than they can love the next world they're going to can a person love the things of this life the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes the pride of life can that overtake a person and where it becomes a more of more meaningful to you and that's what you seek and said of the things of God and it can happen and there's people that it happen but sometimes it can happen so subtle that you can't see it come about I want to see down here in verse 46 also on. 1st 46 he says I am come a light into the world of the web or believe it in me should not abide in darkness in other words once you trust Christ as Savior you don't have to abide in deflation you can walk in the spirit and you can learn to live for the Lord and have something more than what you had but some people will never have that benefit and so there's a choice that you and I will have between love and the things of the world and that's why John who God used to write John also writes 1st John and many of those things that you'll find over there you'll find him right here and I think it's important to know him I want you to take your Bible and turn to the book of Luke Chapter 14 the book of Luke and Chapter 14 now I've referred to these verses many many times because it's so important it kind of gives you a little bit of the idea of the cost that's involved in serving the Lord because if we don't realize what it's going to take you may not be willing to pay that price and many people are they just kind of. Inch toward it little by little to see whether or not is serving the Lord going to be worth it or not you know I'll try it out try it so they would try going to charge draw try reading a bible our outride prayer a little bit I'll try and like it's a like a little experiment with them and so if they try it and they don't like it then they give it up and do whatever they want to do but I tried I believe you have to come to the place in your Christian life where you've got to make a decision and commit yourself I don't want to have to just try serving God I want to serve God I don't want to be Doc and that will experiment that I can you know see if I like it or not there's been many things in the Christian life that I have not really enjoyed. But when I read about the apostle Paul and what the Christian life was really about and all the things he suffered for the Lord that you know maybe there's something else out there that's better than this but when you think about in the long run there's nothing better than serving the Lord regardless of what it cost so there's the 3 things that I want to just mention to you and that is we should worship God at any cost worship God at any cost I don't care what it costs me I want to learn the word of God. I the other day will show in somebody my Bible that I head years ago and how that the pages are descending trading and they really are but I use that Bible and I marked it and man I studied it and I marked all the pages and so forth and it's a very well used Bible I absorbed that book I studied that book I was been hours and hours studying the Bible reading. I mean book after book after book just reading it not trying to find a sermon just to read the Bible because I had had an inquiring mind and I wanted to know. But you want to worship God. At any cost and what he says here in verse 25 and there went great multitude with him and he turned and said of them if any man come to me and hate not his father mother wives children brothers and sisters in his own life also he cannot be My disciple. A disciple is somebody who is. Disciplined in his life he's letting God disciple him discipline him now I have very seldom ever used the word disciples I'm not against the word is just awful you just get people to serve the Lord does go ahead and do what you're supposed to be doing in their learning discipleship. But it's like here worshipping God at any cost it may cost you the love of your mother and father and brother and sisters and anybody because you love the Lord so much more than anything else nothing is going to take the place of what God wants me to do with my life I'm going to serve him if it cost me everything and there were times when my mama told me to get out of the house if I can stop preaching tour my father will get up and walk out of the room. Made fun of me and mock me and that was Ok because eventually I won them the Lord every one of them and they trust Christ as Savior but I love the Lord more and I love the gospel where I didn't want anybody to go to hell but I love them but my love for the Lord God says He loves them he loves them more than I would ever level him so I let the Lord love them through me. Even when I didn't want to do some things in the Lord's work I want to study the word because I know that that would be pleasing to the Lord I wanted to worship God in any prize and I would pray all the time I would live in a state of prayer just all the time like pray without ceasing if you're always thinking about God don't get what you're doing when you go on even when you're driving a car and I'd wake up in the middle of a night preaching because it's all mine mine and I'm going to quote scriptures in my mind not prepared sermons while I'm asleep. When I wake up and I try to remember what in the world the law is doing and I do enter a piece of paper and I write it down now that may not be for everybody I'm talking about the Lord has to mean more to you than anything else in the world you have to worship Him not the world and not the things in the world because he says the love of the world if I ask what you got then the love of the Father is not in. So that's why I believe you have to worship him at any cost now look up here in verse $27.00 and whosoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be My disciple I believe more Christians are trying to find their crowns instead of their cross. Finding a cross a burden a mission a direction the doing what God wants me to do and so we want to be and I would write this whole statement down workers at any cost we want to worship any cost but we will be workers at any cost I don't care what it cost to be able to do a work of the ministries one thing said Man I wish I could do something you ought to do something good but he ought to do something but they are the work of the Lord and we ought to be about that in the work of the Lord for as much as knowledge of your labor is not in vain in the Lord so you worship God at any cost and then you work at any cost because it's so easy to do everything else in the world then do something for the Lord and that means a sacrifice and I relate back a lot of time whenever we were building the ministry even in Colorado and here is me and betty We go all day on Sunday and we go all the week alone and I was involved and I had about 20 to 23 hours a week that I was teaching. To think about how many hours that is how many meetings that I had every week I went from Sunday the Sunday I had no days off for 8 years no day off I was always involved in doing and go in but God gave me tremendous stamina I don't know why but he did and I don't have to have a lot of hours of sleep every night and find good 4 or 5 hours of sleep I'm fine I'm in good shape but most of They've got to have more of that that's fine but what if you can do it but do it and so we would be busy all these things and Betty would volunteer and she would work in the office and she would help on the bus route and she had a bus route and she brought in over 100 on her bus ride along. And talk about you know Greg here he came out to the ranch and came out to church but it was my daughter Traina that was the bus captain that picked him up on the bus and she's done a dog anything for that so years and you he. Because it's always about you know the minister and all of us but there are people who don't but I drove the bus for her and she would bring in a whole bunch of people on her bus and we start about 6 o'clock or 5 36 o'clock picking up kids from ranch on Thursday night we would get home to almost midnight and then the next morning I'm back up 7 o'clock am teaching the class you didn't have much time you were going going going going going but I'm glad that I went while I was young because now I got to have at least 10 hours' sleep a night. Well maybe not quite that much but is getting more interest and you know goes off at all no. But that comes with you know you've earned the right does take a little snooze a little extra 10 minutes here and there. But look what it says in verse 20 a for which of you intend to build a tower set of dot down 1st and count the call go to underline that phrase counting the cost he's talking about being the disciples the salvation doesn't cost you anything Christ paid for that but the cycle ship serve the Lord but if you go in to say I want to serve the Lord but you've already put limitations that God if this doesn't work and that doesn't work and if I'm not happen it doesn't please me I quit I will give you a chance don't give God a chance either you're going to do it or you don't know it. You know put strings on God and try to pull him like the good part but just the other way around and so he says he said if down for it and count the cost whether he have sufficient to finish it see it's one thing to start something it's another thing to finish something finish what you start when it comes to the things of God He says Amanda put his hand to the plough should turn around Love got away he's not fit for the Kingdom of God means you can't plow a straight furrow looking backwards what's going to happen I used to watch my dad he had a horse named Kerry he had blinders on my dad would get behind him and he would plough and you'd marketplace on history go straight with Christians see we're looking all over the place we don't have a straight path we waste too much of our time on side roads do one thing to doesn't have to be done but look what he says here in verse $21.00 less happy after he had laid the foundation and is not able to finish it all that we hold began to mock him when I decided I was going to Florida Bible College. I had some people tell Mrs Yankee go never finish your own never finish y. Because they already knew I quit everything I started. I went in 5 states in the year and a half after we got married. And somebody said in thing that. To me off just didn't hit or miss anything and I was content course I was going to stick go move smart alec to you sarcastic rude now I'm polished. But the way I was was I didn't feel like I had to answer to anybody it didn't matter and little by little it began to bother me that I was some gypsy like I wasn't subtle and I didn't really have a new thing and my wife and my 2 kids they just followed me everywhere I went Well they had to. Go home one time in her dads that are. You going back in and your husband. Or he gave her some good advice. I wouldn't be able to do anything in a minute she had been for that good woman I got. Now as I look back over the years and God you that's Grace I've never deserved such a good wonderful woman that I God blessed me with and I've been a lot of places but I've never seen a woman like my wife and everybody ought to feel that way about their wife don't you think. Even Jesse thinks his wife is number one you're supposed to be but in verse 30 he began to build but he couldn't finish you see not completely dedicated yourself to the Lord means you're gonna quit when things get hard things get too tight for you I can't go on I can't handle it can't take the pressure if you in the Lord can but without the Lord now you can't God is going to use danger in life as pressure is to push you closer to the Lord. But if you don't stay close to a lord all these pressures are going to come between you and the Lord and push you away from the Lord. Of things making you stronger or cause you to be weaker more diligent more effective or less than what else he has here. And verse $31.30 to write this little phrase down the war years at any cost warriors at any cost because you're fighting a battle you're fighting a spiritual battle you're to be a soldier of Jesus Christ and he talks about enduring hardness as a good juror It's like you're in the military you've signed up and you just report for duty you don't give orders you just take them and be found faithful doing what God wants you to do where you are not what he says in verse 31 or what Cain going to make war against another king said if not down 1st and consult whether he'd be able with 10000 to meet him that come up against him with 20000 and the words learning how to fight your battles learning what battle to fight there's a lot of causes in the world I get caught up in a lot of things. But I determined years ago I'm only going to fight one battle and that's the battle 1st solos and that's why the Gospel has been such a driving force in my life and I really want to be a gospel driven man there's a lot of things that you get sidetracked on but I have no intentions of doing that if I was going to get sidetracked and compromise I should have started long time ago I'm running out of time now not the time to do it. But I want to go home in the end the daylight I want to go home in the light walking in the light not walk in the darkness because I compromise everything and I believe in stood for all these years do you believe God can watch over you and bless your life and deliver you from whatever might come down the road and if you let to lose everything you had in this world so what you can't lose him and he'll never lose you. So he says here and verse 33 so likewise so likewise who show wherever he be of you that 1st sake if not all that he hath cannot be by disciple So you're not talking about going to heaven we're talking about being a disciple of Christ learning to follow the Lord because you see if you've got some things that you have been dedicated over to the Lord those same gone come between you and the Lord you got to love the Lord more than anything else in the world more than money more than fine more than popularity more than anything more than boyfriend girlfriend mom dad anybody when you know what God wants you to do that's what you do do it and God bless you for doing so. Is a good person when Tom made a statement you know if you were ever put on trial of been a Christian would there be enough evidence to convict you I'm not sure are we really dedicated to the Lord do we really love him that much we could worship him at any cost and that we could work at any cost that we would do this warfare at any cost. I wrote a statement down here and I wrote this. I wrote this down because that in the book of Matthew in Chapter 5 talked about we are the light of the world where the salt of the your. So I put down salt has effect. When it worships at any costs salt has effect when it works at any cost salt has an effect when it Wars at any cost but if it loses its salt and one verse it talks about the law and verse $25.26 your love and then he talks about the salt salt if it loses as he says here it's savor that where with it shall be seasoned What if a Christian loses his love for the Lord then none of us here can come into play because you won't work because you don't love him and if you don't love him you're not going to pay any price and you're not going to. War like you should. It's not going to work the way you should you see for the love to be it in have effect. This what gives you that inner mode of motivation to do what you do and if you lose the love of the Lord nothing else matters that's when you begin to drag in the Christian life meaning you lose purpose it is not worth it as I look back over what was interesting yesterday Jesse and I we had an invitation we could go play in the pastor's Masters and it rained us out. But they were sitting there in a room and they was asking how many men in the ministry for 20 years and some people Regina 30 years and some raised their hand born in years and raise their hand 50 years and I was the only one with my hand up they got me for old age. Because I've been serving the Lord full time work for 50 years I graduate in 196850 years ago. And I thought it was interest and I got me a $50.00 gift card or something yet though. Some shop just got balls I guess more. It's amazing those things don't come back to you. If you hit it in the wrong spot as a comeback you know a boomerang golf ball that's an idea that would be good. But I thought I am so glad that I made up my mind years ago when I was young to go to school I had no idea this last 50 years what was going to be done by the Lord through my life and it has been one while ride what an exciting life don't be bored serve the Lord if you want something interesting excited in your life and then one day you'll be able to look back over your life and says I'm so glad I gave it all and I haven't done what God wanted me to do with my life and then you don't have to be afraid don't have to be ashamed because odd thing to a lot of people are going to be ashamed before when they stand before the Lord but anyway. This and represent you and me the wallet represents sand we all have sin on us God loves us now he hates our sin but He does love us so you better watch him by internet God loves you but he doesn't love your sin. But God says the wages of sin is death so because we sinned we got to pay for it and that is eternal separation from God in l. . So I don't want to go to hell God doesn't want me to go to hell but how can I keep from going to hell we see to go to heaven I got to be perfect as righteous as God and none of us are perfect none of us are righteous we've all come short of God's perfection we've all missed the mark the God says you cannot save yourself so you need a savior this man right here represent you and me I mean Jesus Christ Jesus Christ came into the world because He loves us hates our sin because our sense separates us from him so Jesus did not have to die so he took all the sins of the world paid for them on the cross came back from the dead and said if we would believe he did it for us he'd put this payment to our account and we can know that we have Eternal Light know that we're going to heaven when we die and the reason for believing this and trust in what Christ did on the cross is so that I know I don't have to go to hell because all my sins are pain and that I can be glad that I'm going to heaven because they say I can't go to hell I have eternal life and I'm so glad that to me that is the good news of the Gospel no one where I'm going when I die and it's heaven so I know that I have eternal life less pressure on him every had close and no one looking around if you're here tonight or if you're watching by Internet. Now I'm going to ask you to come forward and be a mite a long trip for somebody All right we're yours right here watching if you'll trust Christ as your savior God said he would save you save you from Hell give you eternal life and eternal life means that last forever he paid for your sins means you'll have any sense to pay for it he already paid for them and if you don't have it he says to pay for it you don't have to go to hell to last for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son the host soever believed in him whosoever anybody believe in. That he did it for him were not perish means you will not go to hell but have everlasting life that means right now if you believe it right now you get it right now and you can know right now that you're going to heaven whenever you die and I pray that your trust Christ as your savior for you there in the auditorium. Dedicate your life to them or. Don't have anything you hold back from him don't tell God what you will and will not do just whatever it is I love you and I want your will for my life and I'll do whatever it takes. Thank you so much for the. Time together. And also for. A little bit better. Improvements. To you. Before we want to give you. The. Every day we receive many e-mails from folks who have questions of repentance in. This book. And we want. To receive a free copy. Simply. 1806. Of the. 634 again don't forget to include us and thank you for listening. Thanks for joining us on the line if you are in the area. 33634. We will be check. This day. Just looking at. The preceding program is sponsored by Calvary Community Church Radio. 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We're talk 1st of all to Angela who's calling from Brentwood California Angela welcome to the narrow path thanks for calling. I think how are you for a have a. Quick question for you and I just want to take your input and I didn't marry and why do you think about that Billy Ray to hire I'm a Christian but I was raised and I didn't want to. Hear what you have to. Ok well the Virgin Mary was a wonderful lady originally she was part of the believing remnant of Israel before Jesus was born she's a Jewish girl and in the days well in all days at all times in the Jewish nation there were some people who were faithful to God and some who were not faithful to God and those people who were faithful to God were called the remnant Now Mary was one of those people she was a Jewish girl who was part of the run and she was faithful to God and God chose her to become the mother of the Messiah and he did so in spite of the fact or maybe because of the fact that she was a virgin and that he could then bring about a miraculous conception that did not involve a human father Ok so she conceived as a virgin Now the Roman Catholics believe that she remained a virgin for the rest of her life that the Bible doesn't teach that in fact the Bible strongly suggests otherwise because the Bible refers to Jesus as her firstborn and it says that she did not have relations with her husband until after Jesus was born so this in the last verse of Matthew chapter one so we know that the suggestion is that after Jesus was born she had a normal relationship with her husband also of course in a number of places we read about the brothers of Jesus and sisters too so apparently Mary and Joseph had other children Jesus apparently was the oldest son in a family of at least 7 children because he had 4 brothers and some number of sisters now praying to Mary doesn't make an awful lot of sense from a from a Biblical point of view since Mary is not God and in the Bible we pray to God that's right rare Yeah prayer is obviously one of the.