Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000016
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00:40 Hello and welcome to Behold The Lamb
00:43 Presents, a timely program focused on getting 00:46 you ready to meet Jesus, I'm Chris Shelton 00:49 your host and today's message is entitled 00:51 "Trusting God in the Hour of Trial." 00:55 So, much could be said on this topic 00:57 but as I was praying about it my 00:59 mind drifted back to Peter and the disciples. 01:02 There is so much the Lord has left us 01:05 in scriptures for us to learn from 01:07 the twelve disciples. Peter in particular 01:10 was asked to accompany Jesus along with James 01:13 and John into the garden of Gethsemane. 01:16 A time of great agony for our Lord, 01:19 he desired these three to be close to him 01:22 and watching and praying during that great 01:24 night of spiritual struggle before his betrayal 01:28 that would lead him to Calvary, 01:30 before entering the garden, Christ was taking 01:33 with the disciples and trying his best to 01:36 prepare them for what was just about to take 01:39 place. He said unto them, all ye 01:43 shall be offended because of me this night, 01:46 for it is written: I will smite the shepherd 01:49 and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered 01:51 abroad. Peter answered and said unto him, 01:54 Though all men shall be offended because 01:57 of thee, yet will I never be offended. 02:02 Though I should die with thee, 02:05 yet will I not deny thee. Yet many of us know 02:10 what happened, just as Christ we're told to all 02:13 who were present that night, before the cock 02:16 crowed Peter would indeed have denied 02:20 his Lord three times, Peter had just boasted 02:24 about the tremendous loyalty and love that he 02:26 had for the Lord, so much so that he 02:29 he would follow him even unto to death 02:32 if need be. But Christ knew Peter better 02:36 than Peter knew himself. Peter's denial 02:39 of His Lord only added to the bitter 02:42 disappointment and the confusion that 02:45 all the disciples were soon to meet 02:47 as they witnessed Christ's crucifixion. I'm sure 02:51 you can empathize with Peter and the rest 02:53 of the disciples; they had seen Christ 02:56 feed thousands with only a few fish and very 02:59 little bread. He had given sight to the blind; 03:03 he had cast out demons and even raised the dead. 03:06 How then could he be crucified? Their hour 03:10 of trial was almost more than they could bear, 03:14 Christ, was Christ whom they had thought he was? 03:20 Was he not the promised Messiah? Why was he set, 03:25 why was he not setting up his kingdom? There 03:28 was so much confusion, so many questions 03:31 that they had. Could Christ be trusted? 03:34 Peter was so dishearted that he did 03:38 exactly what he said he would not do, 03:41 he denied his Lord. We often find ourselves 03:45 questioning God in times of trail, just as Christ 03:50 closest disciples did during their hour of trial. 03:54 But are we to lose, are we to question 03:58 our faith in times of trial? I want you 04:01 to stay tuned today as Pastor Kenny 04:04 addresses this very important topic of 04:07 trusting God in the hour of trial. 04:11 But first we're blessed to go to 3ABN's 04:13 worship center and listen to a beautiful 04:16 song sung by Sandra Entermann 04:19 as entitled "Remember Me." 04:38 Remember Me 04:42 In a Bible cracked and faded by the years. 04:51 Remember Me 04:55 In a sanctuary filled with silent prayer 05:04 And age to age And heart to heart, 05:11 Bound by grace and peace. 05:17 Childs of wonder, Childs of God, 05:24 I've remembered you Remember Me. 05:45 Remember Me 05:49 When the color of the sunset fills the sky 05:58 Remember Me 06:01 When you pray and tears of 06:03 joy fall from your eyes. 06:11 And age to age And heart to heart, 06:18 Bound by grace and peace. 06:24 Childs of wonder Childs of God, 06:31 I have Remembered You, 06:37 Remember Me 06:51 Remenber Me, 06:55 When the children leave their Sabbath 06:58 school with smiles 07:04 Remember Me 07:08 When they're old enough to teach, 07:11 Old enough to preach 07:14 Old enough to leave. 07:19 And age to age And heart to heart 07:26 Bound by grace and peace 07:32 Childs of wonder, Childs of God, 07:38 I've remembered you, 07:44 Remember Me. Age to age 07:48 And heart to heart Childs of wonder 07:51 Childs of God Remember Me. 08:00 Age to age And heart to heart 08:02 Childs of wonder Childs of God 08:09 Remember Me. 08:36 Praise the Lord, it's our privilege 08:37 once again to come before you, 08:39 our people, God's people to be able to study 08:42 the word of God together. 08:43 Wherever you maybe again we're glad 08:46 that you could join us as we study 08:48 the most important subject "Trusting God 08:50 in the Hour of Trial." 08:52 Oh, how important this is and the strength 08:55 that God will give us as we study his 08:57 word today. But before we do, 08:59 we always go to him and prayer 09:01 so where you can, why don't you kneel 09:03 with me and if you can, you're going down 09:04 the road whatever it might be just talk to Him, 09:07 ask for divine power and wisdom 09:09 that we may hear and understand His word, 09:11 let's pray together. 09:16 Kind Loving Heavenly Father, 09:17 we thank you for the privilege 09:18 we have of prayer. We thank you that 09:21 we can call upon your name 09:22 and you said that you would hear, 09:23 now we ask for divine enlightenment, 09:26 we pray that Heavens windows will be opened up, 09:29 the Holy Spirit will come down on our ears, 09:31 and our eyes, our mind that may hear, 09:33 see, understand, that which you 09:35 have in store for us. And I pray today 09:38 that for each and everyone who will view 09:40 or listened that their heart will be stayed 09:43 upon Jesus, may this be a wonderful, 09:45 valuable time together as we study God's word. 09:49 Thank you for hearing and answering prayer 09:51 in Jesus name, Amen. 09:56 Once again as always we encourage 09:57 you to take your, your Bible, pencil and paper 09:59 where you can, you may even have some 10:01 questions or some comments, something that maybe 10:04 you think that we maybe need to know or 10:06 something that maybe we, you say well you don't 10:09 agree with. Why don't you just write that down 10:11 and send it to us and we'll glad to, 10:13 to look at it, because I think we need this 10:14 communication back and forth, 10:16 it's always good for us, 10:17 as we study the word of God together. 10:19 So, today again if you're jotting it down, 10:21 we're studying "Trusting God in the 10:24 Hour of Trial." Now, what does that really mean? 10:29 Trusting God in the Hour of Trial, 10:32 are you different by, you know just 10:34 from day to day as you kind of get your way 10:37 and everything is going the way 10:38 you would like for it to go and your 10:40 attitude and oh it just seems good. 10:42 I heard them say well I'm on cloud 9 10:45 and then all of a sudden something hits you, 10:47 something changes, could be in the job, 10:49 it could be family, it could be sickness, 10:51 it could be a job, whatever it might be. 10:54 And all of a sudden there is a, 10:55 there is a trial, there is a test 10:57 that's put before you and it's interesting, 11:01 daring while we are being tested or 11:03 the hour of our trial shows us who 11:07 we really are. No, no not in the good times, 11:11 but when you are challenged with circumstances 11:14 of life, so it'd be good for us just to 11:16 go down a few things here quickly when 11:18 we're talking about trials, 11:19 now trials and the purpose of trials, 11:22 you say oh I know all about those things 11:24 but please there maybe those who don't 11:27 understand the workings of God in their life. 11:31 There is a purpose for trials, 11:34 what does it happens when a trial 11:35 comes to your, in your life, is it, 11:38 is it the enemy that's doing this, 11:40 oh the enemy has done this thing. 11:43 Is God allowing this thing to happen, 11:45 is He wanting to, to test you, 11:48 is He wanting to see what you're, 11:50 you're made of? In fact when a trial comes 11:55 our way many times we discover some things 12:00 that we really don't know about our self. 12:05 Now, when does that occur, 12:06 when everything is going our way? No. 12:09 So I see that God's hand could be in it, 12:11 don't you? But, because we can discover 12:13 some things that we really didn't know 12:15 about our self and a trial should and 12:19 it's designed by God to bring us closer to Him, 12:23 not further, a lot of people get far back oh no, 12:25 no, no God's done this. 12:26 Is to bring us close to Him, 12:29 give us courage and those who go in through test 12:32 and trial, they will see that Christ's character 12:35 is being fully reproduced or reflected in them. 12:39 That's the purpose of a trial, 12:42 so that His character can come through, 12:45 don't you wanna reflect the character 12:47 of Jesus Christ, well I do, and another purpose 12:50 of a trial when we're really tested. 12:53 A trial will consume our earthliness, 12:58 hope we have any earth in us, 12:59 things of this earth or too, 13:01 you know we were just, we grab, 13:02 we're grabbing a hold of the things of this 13:04 earth and we can't seem to let go. 13:06 But during this test and trial it's, 13:08 it's, it's to get rid of the earthliness that 13:10 we maybe more like Jesus and be preparing 13:13 for Heaven. And a trial does fit us for Heaven. 13:18 A trial does fit us for the time of tribulation 13:23 that not only are we, we're seeing, 13:24 we're at beginning stages of it, 13:26 but it's gonna continue to wax worse 13:28 and worse. We're really gonna be tested, 13:30 every Christian, everyone who says 13:33 they love Jesus, they're going to be tested 13:35 to the utmost. Trials reflect what is in 13:40 the heart, I've heard people do a lot of talking 13:42 and well they professed this and they 13:44 professed that. But when a real test comes 13:46 and a real trial comes and maybe 13:48 a big disappointment, maybe even the loss 13:50 of a loved one, again called by job 13:51 and maybe money you had invested somewhere 13:54 wherever it might be. A trial produces or what 13:58 comes out of that trial is what's really 14:00 in your heart, two things that either draw 14:03 us closer to Jesus or we give up 14:05 and we blame Him for what has taken place. 14:11 And I, I thought well that's all good as we, 14:13 as we think about trials, but some trials tend 14:17 to make some people backslide. 14:20 They talked about how they trust God, 14:22 and how they love him with all their heart 14:24 and when this test comes they, 14:25 they have so much self-esteem, 14:28 regards of what takes place. Oh, 14:30 they're gonna serve Him, oh that's right if, 14:32 if God wants me to starve, I'll just starve 14:34 you know if God wants me to die, 14:35 I'll just die. Whatever God wants me to do, 14:37 I'm gonna tell you, you need to be very, 14:39 very careful, you'll see why in a moment 14:41 as we talk a little more about this. 14:43 You need to be careful what you say, 14:46 be ready as God test us. 14:50 Couple of things that happened to people 14:51 who are, I wanna say that people 14:55 who are, are so self sufficient and they 14:58 think that in test and trial when they 14:59 talk about how they be over comers. 15:01 There usually a couple things that they 15:03 complain about, if it doesn't go their way, 15:05 they'll say oh, oh circumstances just, 15:08 it changed everything. I'll tell you, 15:09 it just didn't workout, so it wasn't me, 15:11 it was circumstances and then of course 15:13 the other thing. They'll say you know 15:16 why this didn't work? Is because you didn't 15:19 appreciate my talent, have you ever met anyone 15:23 like that? I've met some, I've even received 15:28 some letters to that effect. 15:31 The reason that they got disappointed, 15:33 the reason they left the church 15:35 or they left the side of Jesus Christ 15:37 as they say oh circumstances did it 15:39 and it's just beyond my control. 15:40 And people just didn't appreciate me that's 15:42 why I left. What are we to do? 15:48 How are we to act during this, 15:50 this hour of trial? We're laying a foundation 15:54 here because as we look at this foundation 15:56 this is what we'll be building 15:57 on as we go along. But regardless of the test, 16:00 regardless of the trials, regardless of what 16:03 is happening. God expects us as his 16:06 followers to be first calm, 16:08 oh that's difficult for some of us. 16:10 He aspects us to be cheerful, oh how can 16:13 we be cheerful when our, maybe our heart's 16:15 all upset, he aspects us to be obedient. 16:20 To whatever he allows to come our way, 16:23 trust in God, we need to have unwavering 16:25 trust in Him and by the way that trust 16:31 that we're talking about here, meaningful. 16:33 It take years to develop it, years, 16:38 how many years have you been living for Jesus. 16:42 And those who have difficulty, 16:44 a lack of trust, if you have a lack of trust 16:48 for God and you're just, you just, 16:50 you get these hours of, of test and trials 16:52 and you're not sure what, whatever 16:54 else is going on here? Here is what 16:55 takes place when you a lack of trust in God, 16:59 here's what you begin to do. You begin to, 17:02 begin to be stressed out. You begin to be 17:06 distressed about everything. 17:08 You also begin to be fearful about 17:11 every little thing that happens, 17:12 you just can't. Oh everything, 17:15 oh we're just, why is all these 17:16 things happening to me. We live in a world 17:19 that's afraid, they have fear, 17:24 this happens we have fear when we 17:26 don't trust in God. "Perfect love casts out 17:31 all fear," the Bible says something 17:33 is very interesting. When you don't trust 17:36 God, you have this fear, you have 17:39 this perplexities in life. Everything 17:42 is just such a, a big deal that 17:44 we just can't get over and we just 17:45 can't move on. Along with that comes 17:49 thing called evil speaking or evil 17:53 summarizing, see when we don't have 17:55 peace with God and we're, 17:57 we're not passing the test or trusting God. 18:00 We began to trust in ourselves and we began 18:02 to reach out and, and talk about other 18:04 people. In fact when we're unhappy 18:06 we want everybody else to be unhappy 18:08 around us. How about evil summarizing 18:12 or evil speaking, did you realize 18:16 that is a sin. It's so rampant 18:19 inside the church, outside and probably 18:21 may not so much even outside 18:23 in the world as it is inside the church. 18:25 It's among God's people, always getting into 18:29 little clicks and little people groups here 18:31 and there and they're always talking about 18:33 someone and they're evil summarizing. 18:35 Because they really don't know the facts, 18:38 evil summarizing is one of the greatest, 18:40 the biggest sin in the movement of God. 18:44 Evil summarizing, we're talking about 18:46 backbiting, it's a sin and God expects 18:51 us to spend more time on what? 18:52 In His word, learning about Him. 18:55 Who's the author by, you know 18:57 this evil summarizing, who is it? 19:00 The devil, the devil is the author 19:02 of evil summarizing, what's that mean? 19:05 You think someone, you think someone said, 19:09 you think someone did. May I just really 19:14 be honest with you, don't you have, 19:16 don't you have something better to do with 19:20 your life than sit around wondering 19:22 if somebody did or said something. 19:26 Spend that time valuable, learning about 19:27 Jesus, something that is, that is positive. 19:31 If you could only, the windows could be 19:34 opened up and we could look through 19:35 the evil summarizing and the backbiting, 19:39 it's ruined so many families and so many 19:41 friendships. Its destroyed churches, 19:46 the enemy is behind this thing. 19:48 But God's law forbids it, we cannot call 19:53 ourselves a Christian or a follower 19:55 of Jesus Christ as long as we participate 19:57 in these things. Here is what leads 20:02 to evil summarizing and evil speaking, 20:05 just be real blunt. 20:06 In case you're one of them 20:08 is a lack of holiness. 20:11 If we want to be like Jesus, 20:13 we're beholding Jesus, 20:15 we won't have time for all 20:16 of this stuff in our life. 20:20 We will want to know more about him, 20:21 we want to be very positive. 20:25 Now, let me just, like me to go 20:27 into but I just want, I wanna be positive as, 20:29 as, as we move on here. 20:31 Because we need to learn to trust 20:32 God in the hour of trial during our, 20:35 our big test. 20:36 And if we're in the habit of 20:38 maybe backbiting or evil 20:40 summarizing or evil speaking. 20:43 This is real simple remedy, 20:44 don't you like remedies? I do, 20:47 simply take Jesus with you 20:51 wherever you go, whatever you do, 20:54 whoever that you're talking to. 20:56 Talk about Jesus and then 20:59 you won't have time why? 21:00 Because he's so important, 21:02 these other things are not, 21:03 you don't know about it, 21:04 nothing it's not your business 21:08 Talk about Jesus, take Him with you. 21:11 The Bible says in Matthew 11:29 21:15 Jesus simply says: Learn of me, 21:19 oh just come for I am meek and 21:23 lowly of heart; 21:25 and then he goes on he say, 21:26 and you shall find 21:29 rest in your souls. 21:31 So, people they don't have rest in their souls 21:33 and Jesus offers you that today. 21:36 Trusting God in the Hour of Trial, 21:40 do you trust Him, are things 21:42 going to where you could say, 21:43 regardless of what happens to me, 21:45 I love Him with all of my heart 21:47 and I'm gonna trust in His 21:48 strength and in His grace. 21:51 You know, one of the favorite songs 21:53 when I was growing up I never forget it 21:56 and it could be one of my favorites 21:58 now but my problem was this. 22:00 Every time we sing, you know 22:02 one of these good songs 22:04 I keep saying it's my favorite. 22:06 But this one here just has some real words 22:09 that says, Trust and obey, 22:11 for there's no other way. 22:14 To be happy in Jesus is to do what? 22:18 Good, trust and obey, 22:21 don't be a half-time, part-time 22:23 Christian say oh yeah well I trust I could. 22:26 It says trust and what? Good, 22:28 trust and obey, there is no other way. 22:31 And even come to the point 22:32 Job said in Job 13:15 22:35 "Though He slay me, yet I will trust Him, 22:41 "he had come to that point in his life, 22:43 how did this man come to that point 22:45 in his life when everything 22:47 seemed to be turning against Him. 22:48 He said though, though He slay me, 22:51 no matter what happens 22:52 yet I will trust in him, 22:55 that's the kind of faith I want, 22:56 that's the kind of trust that I want, 22:58 that's the kind of trust and faith and love, 23:01 I tell you those people are on their way 23:02 to Heaven. And I need that, 23:04 you need that today 23:06 that's simply saying well regardless 23:07 of what happens in this life I trust him, 23:10 because I am in His hands 23:12 and nothing happens unless 23:14 it passes God first, 23:16 that's the way it should be, 23:17 isn't that being belonging 23:18 to the family of God. 23:20 In Psalms 5:11 Listen to these words, 23:23 if you're really trusting in Him today. 23:27 In trial or in good times, 23:29 here's what the Bible says: 23:30 But let all those who put 23:32 their trust in thee rejoice. 23:36 Every person that puts their 23:38 trust in Jesus can rejoice, 23:40 they feel like rejoicing. 23:42 They don't feel like complaining, 23:44 they don't feel like 23:45 gossiping about somebody else. 23:47 If we're putting our trust in Him, 23:49 we're gonna be spending that time rejoicing, 23:52 reading on it says, let them 23:54 ever shout for joy, 23:57 how long has it been since 23:58 you've shouted for joy, 23:59 some of you haven't even 24:00 may little squeal lately, 24:02 I'm talking about shouting for joy 24:03 is what the Bible says when you 24:05 really put your trust in Him. 24:08 And I'm encouraging you 24:09 to do that today and you're 24:10 gonna be shouting for joy 24:12 and you say but why? 24:13 Because reading on the Bible says: 24:15 because thou defendest them, 24:19 that means you protect us 24:22 and then it goes on to say 24:23 and let us that love that name 24:26 and be joyful in thee. 24:29 Do you love the name of Jesus; 24:31 are you thankful for that protection, 24:32 are you shouting for joy? 24:34 Do you love that name? 24:36 Then it says to be joyful, 24:38 we should be happy 24:39 and almost everybody I've talked to 24:41 about being happy as Christians 24:43 what do they say? Oh, yeah, 24:44 yeah that's right what we need to be, 24:46 yeah we need to be. 24:48 They don't seem to be joyful, 24:50 it's not written on their face, 24:51 they're not really talking positive, 24:53 what's happening, what's going. 24:55 Listen I'm convinced of this. 24:57 God has, God is and He will continue 25:02 to do great things for 25:03 those who trust Him, 25:06 trusting Him is when everything 25:08 seems to be against you. 25:10 Everything is going against, 25:12 it seem like oh nothing is working right 25:14 but trust is what? I trust you Lord. 25:17 I'm not gonna lose a night's sleep over it, 25:20 I'm not gonna complain and 25:21 try to blame other people 25:23 for the mishaps or things 25:24 there were going bad. But I'm 25:25 gonna trust you God, 25:29 and some of you might say this, then why 25:31 are so many things and why are we 25:34 going wrong and then why is it that 25:36 we're not seeing more, more strength 25:38 and more victory among God's people. 25:42 Because He's promised them joy, 25:44 he's promised some power, 25:45 he's promised some moving among his people. 25:48 As if we really trust in him, more victories. 25:52 Couple of answers here, 25:53 at least I want you to consider, 25:55 how about consider these answers. 25:57 Why is it then that we don't, 25:58 we don't have more strength 26:00 and more victories in our Christian walk. 26:02 Could it be, could it be that we 26:06 rely on our self too much, 26:10 we trust too much to our own strength 26:12 and to our own wisdom. 26:15 We wanna work things out, 26:18 and number 2, could it be 26:19 that we're not giving, 26:21 listen, that we're not giving God 26:24 time enough to work His power. 26:28 Have you've ever done that, 26:29 oh Lord I need this and 26:31 I need that and you, 26:32 well it's not here I'm gonna go out 26:33 and I'm gonna find a way to get it. 26:36 Here is the patience of the saints, 26:38 we have to give God time to work 26:42 and we need to quit exercising 26:43 so much of, of self. I can do it, 26:46 I have it, I, lets get that 26:50 out of our vocabulary shall we? 26:53 Let's give God then an opportunity to, 26:56 you know to display His power 26:59 and his miracle working power 27:01 in our hearts, in our life 27:03 to answer that prayer, it's up to him. 27:05 God's promised this, he said 27:08 I'm gonna be with the faithful, 27:10 are you a faithful one today. 27:12 He said I promise I'm going to be 27:14 with you but here it is, 27:15 here is the problem that 27:16 bothers so many Christian. 27:18 Oh yeah, he said he's gonna be with me, 27:19 I know he's gonna be with me but you 27:21 don't wanna do anything in return. 27:23 No, it's not a works kind of thing, 27:25 we still have to respond 27:26 you need to pay attention 27:28 we'll cover that in just a moment. 27:30 It's not just set back and 27:32 say I'm faithful and God said, 27:33 so I'm gonna receive all these thing. 27:36 There is two conditions 27:37 when God says I'm going to, 27:39 I'm going to be with you, 27:40 I'm gonna take care of you, 27:41 I'm gonna bless my faithful. 27:42 Number one is the condition is, 27:45 if you place your entire confidence in Him, 27:50 have you placed your 27:51 entire confidence in Him. 27:57 Have you? You, some of you say 27:59 well I don't know that I or haven't. 28:03 This, this is to qualify for the faithful, 28:08 for the blessings of God, 28:09 we have to surrender, 28:11 we have to our entire confidence, 28:16 that means get rid ourselves, surrender self. 28:19 Have confidence in Him, number 2 28:21 we need to faithfully obey Him, 28:23 so the disobedience is not gonna be, 28:26 it's not the faithful. 28:28 The disobedient is not gonna 28:29 receive the promises of God, 28:32 the disobedients are not going to be 28:34 able to in the hour of 28:36 trial to be victorious. 28:39 So, if you want these 28:40 promises of God to the faithful, 28:42 place your entire what? 28:43 Good, confidence in Him, 28:45 and then be willing to obey Him, 28:48 faithfully obey Him. Not just 28:50 when it's convenient and when 28:51 you think oh this is right, I'll do it. 28:53 That's means every situation 28:55 of life faithfully that we follow God, 28:59 I read in Patriarchs and Prophets page 431, 29:02 some of you are familiar with the book 29:03 not maybe of you need to 29:04 get familiar with it. 29:06 Kind of a long para, a couple 29:07 of paragraphs but there is so much 29:09 information in here and I just loved it 29:11 and I wanna share it with you 29:13 so just kind of bear with me 29:14 as we read this and then think about, 29:17 ask the Holy Spirit to help us, 29:18 but we're talking about what? 29:20 Putting our full trust in Him, 29:22 putting everything in His arms 29:25 and in His hands and we trust Him 29:27 enough in regards of what's going wrong 29:29 or what's going right, 29:30 how if it's going in our life 29:31 that we trust Him. 29:34 You say, it's beautiful, everything is good. 29:39 We've been noted to say that 29:41 for a long time we say, everything is good, 29:45 it's all good and that maybe as tears are 29:49 streaming down your cheeks 29:50 sometime because you really don't understand. 29:52 But that's when trust and when faith begins 29:54 to be putting to operation 29:56 is when you don't understand 29:57 but you trust God. 29:58 He's gonna work you through it, 30:00 he's gonna change it. 30:03 Patriarchs and Prophets says when 30:05 we trust God fully, fully now notice, 30:07 when we trust God fully, 30:10 when we rely up on the merits of Jesus, 30:15 that's the two things 30:16 when we trust Jesus how? 30:18 Fully, good. When we rely upon what? 30:22 The merits of Jesus Christ not yourself, 30:26 not your, you call them gifts 30:27 and talents and abilities 30:28 and money and whatever it might, 30:30 you think you might have. 30:32 It's when we rely upon we trust Him fully, 30:34 we rely upon His merit. 30:36 His merits as what? 30:38 As a sin-pardoning Savior, 30:40 who loves us, who died for us. 30:45 Patriarchs and Prophets said, 30:46 we shall receive all the help that we need, 30:51 that's encouraging to me, 30:53 all of the help that we need. 30:56 If we just try, we're talking about have, 30:58 have confidence in God, 31:00 be willing to, be obedient to every word 31:02 that receives out of the mouth of God 31:04 to trust Him fully, to rely upon 31:06 the merits of Jesus Christ. 31:08 He's gonna send us all 31:09 the help that you need, 31:13 that's a promise, he said he would do it. 31:18 Reading on it says: 31:19 Let none look to self, 31:20 here's the problem: Let none look to self, 31:23 power to save themselves. 31:28 Jesus died for us because 31:30 we were helpless to do this. 31:33 Jesus died for us because we were what? 31:38 We were helpless, there is no way 31:40 that we can work our self out of this mess, 31:42 we are a sinner, we're on a dead decree, 31:45 Jesus looked down with pity and mercy, 31:48 willing to sacrifice his life. 31:50 That's an awesome thing, 31:52 I'll supply all of, all of your needs 31:55 I'm willing to die for you why? 31:58 what can he. Because you're helpless, 32:02 you're like a baby, people stand up, 32:03 well I can and I have done and I'm the reason. 32:07 No, you're helpless, I am helpless, 32:10 the world was helpless. 32:13 We needed help outside of us 32:16 and Jesus was willing to come down here, 32:18 that's beautiful why? Because 32:20 in Him is our, is our hope. 32:23 In Him is our encouragement. 32:26 He's our justification, 32:28 he's our righteousness, 32:30 he should be everything to us. 32:34 Especially when we see our, 32:35 our sinfulness, but you know 32:38 what happen sometime people 32:39 will see their sinfulness 32:40 as they begin to recount their life 32:42 and to look back they see 32:43 and they became despondent. 32:46 They became discouraged, 32:47 they became lookout depressed. 32:51 Realize depression is over taking the world, 32:55 just as the enemy would have it, 33:01 it doesn't want your mind to work properly. 33:05 We get too wrapped up in things of the world, 33:08 we put too much thought and 33:10 affection on things of the world, 33:11 when it doesn't work our way 33:13 we get depressed, despondent. 33:15 We can't even serve God, 33:17 we can't do anything for Him, 33:18 we're useless in the cause of Christ 33:20 and all we wanna do is think 33:21 about what? bout our self, 33:23 our situation what's going on in my life. 33:28 We've got a just a real, 33:29 just a real simple you know and 33:31 well he is not qualified, 33:32 this is just real simple take it or leave it. 33:35 If you're going through a suffering 33:36 which is a real thing depression. 33:38 Find something to do for somebody else, 33:42 you've got a keep active, 33:43 you can't just sit around the house, 33:44 me, my, I, everything is. 33:47 happening to me, my, I. 33:49 Don't spend time talking about it, 33:53 spend some time praying about it 33:54 and watch what God will do. 33:56 It's interesting people will say 33:57 well yeah, yeah, yeah, I hear that 33:58 and then they go right on 34:00 doing the same thing and 34:01 they cannot come out of it 34:03 and their mind becomes useless. 34:07 Just as the enemy would have it. 34:11 We're to rely up on Him, 34:14 but as we see our life, 34:15 our sinful condition, our helplessness. 34:18 We must realize no fear we have a savior, 34:23 we have one who cares for us. 34:27 And in regards of what we've done or 34:29 how many times we've done it in our life, 34:31 listen friend he has thoughts of mercy 34:36 towards you and me. 34:38 Well that just gladdens my heart, 34:39 I hope it gladdens yours, 34:41 regardless of our life, the trend of it. 34:44 His thoughts are not, 34:45 I'm going to teach them a lesson, 34:47 He has thoughts of mercy 34:49 toward me and toward you. 34:52 And our very lowest and when we're down 34:55 to as low as we can possibly get, 34:57 He's still giving the invitation 34:59 to come to Him. Come to Him, He says 35:01 come to me in your helpless condition. 35:05 That's such a good news to me 35:07 and then it goes on to say, 35:09 the Bible is very clear is that, 35:12 as we come to Him in our helpless 35:13 condition He will save us. 35:17 You don't get despondant 35:18 because your life has been so horrible 35:19 and so many bad things have happened. 35:21 No, we can have encouragement here, 35:23 I need encouragement in this hour 35:25 in which we live. I need more strength, 35:27 I need more power, I need to learn how to 35:29 trust God in the hour of trial. 35:34 If you're having a hard time 35:35 now, bless your heart, 35:39 we need to stay closer to Jesus 35:41 now more than ever before. 35:44 As the bottom is getting ready 35:45 to fall out of things of this world. 35:50 And as we sense our helplessness, 35:54 our helpless condition 35:56 that as a sinner remember 35:59 we cannot save our self. 36:03 We still have something to do 36:05 in the plan of salvation, 36:07 this kind of gets under people skin sometime, 36:08 they will what do you mean 36:09 we have something to do 36:10 in our plan of salvation. 36:11 Jesus paid it all, all to Him, 36:12 we all praise God for that, that's true. 36:15 But it's interesting as I read in scripture 36:17 and you think about this too if you will. 36:19 In Philippians 2 verse 12 it says: 36:22 Work out your own salvation with what? 36:26 Good, Fear and Trembling, 36:29 so we have something to do, 36:31 what is that something we have to do 36:33 as we recognize our helplessness. 36:35 And that we recognize 36:36 that there's trials ahead, 36:37 God is preparing us for Heaven, 36:39 these are His little workmen 36:41 that help us to get there. 36:44 That we need these things, 36:47 you ever, you ever met somebody 36:48 that you know they never 36:50 had any correcting and. 36:52 They always got their own way, 36:54 oh how selfish they had become. 36:58 But some people you meet, 36:59 they just been through 37:00 hard times and difficult, 37:03 then they seem to be noble, 37:06 they have a real character about them. 37:09 They've learned in the school of Christ, 37:12 they've learned how to, how to, how to 37:14 how to bridge through and gain victory 37:17 over these difficulties that surround them 37:19 every day of their life. 37:20 And they continue to look to Him, 37:23 this is what I need, I want, 37:24 is this what you need, Jesus said this. 37:27 You still have your Bible, 37:28 I want you to turn John 6:37, 37:31 these, these are such comforting words 37:34 because he doesn't say 37:36 you have to be red, black, yellow, white, 37:38 or you have to be sinless, 37:39 you have to be just right to come to me. 37:41 Jesus said him that cometh to me. 37:45 Him that cometh unto me I will in what? 37:48 No wise cast out, if you come to Jesus 37:53 He said I will no wise cast out. 37:54 Let me tell you, the people won't do that, 38:01 maybe some of your kinfolk 38:02 won't be so gracious and kind, 38:04 your whole family. And they don't, 38:08 hey they don't know anything 38:10 but Jesus knows everything about us 38:12 he says if you come to me 38:14 I will no wise cast you out. 38:16 So, we have something to, a part to play 38:19 in the plan of salvation because what? 38:21 We have to come to Him, 38:26 he said: Behold I stand at the door 38:27 and knock, so Spirit has been moving us 38:28 but we have to make a decision to come to Him. 38:32 Here it is, this is, this is our part 38:35 we must come to Him, repent of our sins. 38:38 And the Bible says, we need to believe 38:40 that He forgives me, we have to believe 38:42 that he accepts me into the family of God. 38:48 Boy, that's exciting, I mean I can 38:49 help to get a little excited about it, 38:51 why? Why shouldn't you be excited 38:53 about today, when you recount your past 38:56 and your life and what you are worthy of? 38:58 Just like I am, we're worthy of death, 39:01 no mercy, no grace, but He gives 39:03 it to me anyway, praise God. 39:05 And he said, Kenny, if you just come to me 39:07 I'm not gonna cast you out, 39:08 when you're at your lowest ever, 39:10 when everything is, is death, I'm still, 39:12 I'm calling to you to come on up 39:14 I will give you power, I will change your life. 39:17 You see people are dwelling 39:18 on themselves all the time, 39:19 your life can't change because 39:20 that's what you're dwelling on, is yourself. 39:23 It can change if we dwell upon Jesus Christ, 39:26 as we come to Him, we exercise this thing 39:29 called what? Good, we exercise 39:30 this thing called faith, 39:32 yes it's a gift of God. 39:34 But it is the power, 39:37 it's our power to exercise it, 39:40 we have to exercise that faith. 39:45 Bible says everybody has a 39:46 little bit of faith, I heard people 39:47 say I don't have any faith, 39:48 the Bible say everybody has a measure. 39:50 But it's up to us to exercise 39:52 that power of faith. 39:55 Many of you think that, oh boy they must 39:57 do something to make themselves worthy, oh 40:01 I've got to do something make myself worthy. 40:03 That could never happen, wait till I get right, 40:08 wait till I get my life just in perfect harmony 40:11 then I'm gonna come to Him, 40:12 wait till I work past this issue, 40:14 wait till I work past that issue, 40:17 wait till this here happens in my life. 40:21 It's never gonna happen, 40:24 there is nothing that you can do 40:26 to make yourself worthy, 40:27 nothing that I can do is never gonna happen. 40:29 But here is some good news, 40:31 you're ready for it first, 40:33 we must not look to self, here it is again, 40:37 we must not look to self. 40:39 We have to look past self to believe 40:43 that Jesus is our all sufficient savior, 40:49 Christ is our only hope of eternal life, 40:52 hope of salvation. I hope you notice this 40:57 but the first thing we have to do is look past 40:59 where? Self, you know it's very interesting I 41:05 somewhat of a friend I knew him for several years 41:08 couple of big, big fellow and when 41:13 we're talking about look past self. 41:15 He had a real, I know he's a big fellow 41:17 himself he had a real problem if anybody 41:19 showed up a little bit taller than he was. 41:21 He didn't want to talk to them, 41:24 he said I don't, I don't like 41:27 looking up at anybody. Well, all of us short 41:31 people are at all of our time looking 41:32 up to everybody. Let see he had a 41:35 problem of what? Getting past himself, 41:39 he didn't want to have to look up, I'm 41:41 encourage you friend to look up right now, 41:43 take your eyes off the man and get past 41:44 self and begin to look to Jesus 41:46 who's the author and finisher of our faith. 41:49 There is no other name the book of Acts 41:50 says chapter 4 verse 12: Then the name of Jesus, 41:56 you ever say that name just Jesus, 41:59 does it do something to you, for you? 42:01 In you? There's something soothing 42:05 about that name. oh, I'm encourage you, 42:09 if you're going through test and trial 42:10 or some difficulty right now, 42:11 just utter the name of Jesus. 42:15 What happen, well the devil has to flee, 42:17 he can't stand at me in your heart Jesus, 42:20 I need some help. He's gonna come there, 42:24 I need to learn to trust God in the 42:25 hour of trial. But friend how can we, 42:30 if we've never been acquainted with Him, 42:33 you're gonna be tested, but your, 42:35 you say acquainted or not. 42:36 You're gonna have some test, 42:39 how can we gain these victories and 42:40 He set for the time before us here 42:42 that we may repopulate Heaven. 42:46 Here is the example in the Bible will 42:48 run through in some of the time that 42:49 we have here, that's a pretty good example 42:51 in my opinion and I think, I think you'll 42:54 come to that as we talk about you, 42:56 your trust in God in the midst of trial 42:58 we all remember Israel, we read the Bible, 43:00 these are things written for our example 43:03 and you know when they were in the, 43:04 the, the desert. You remember all things 43:08 are not gonna, you know they were just 43:09 blessed right and left wherever they went 43:11 there was blessings, they've been 43:13 protected by God from everything 43:15 that was out there on their journey. 43:17 Countless dangerous surrounded them over 43:19 and over and over, fiery serpents 43:22 and scorpions and of course you remember 43:26 the water and you remember the food, 43:27 you remember the fire at night and 43:29 the cloud during the day and you know 43:31 victory over the enemies. But seem like every 43:34 time they gained a victory or something 43:35 big happen, they sat around and they, 43:38 oh! boy we did. They took credit for 43:41 themselves now this is very important 43:43 for us to pay attention to it, 43:45 many times we, we try to take credit 43:47 for something that God is doing. 43:49 And sometime we, he does a lot of 43:50 things and we don't give Him any praise. 43:53 The time will come for those of you 43:54 who refuse to give Him praise for, 43:56 He is going withdraw His protection from you, 44:01 I think you had trouble before. 44:03 You say well how do you know it, 44:05 he did it Israel, He do it for us if we 44:08 failed to say thank you God for what 44:10 you were doing, there was no sick 44:13 ones as they marched in the wilderness. 44:15 Their clothes didn't wear out, 44:17 countless blessings and yet they, 44:21 they just in their hour of test, 44:23 they didn't thank God. And they began 44:26 to murmur andagain to pray and 44:28 this is the lesson for all of us today. 44:30 These blessings that you receive give 44:32 God the praise, Israel was still complaining 44:36 when the hand of God was working in their 44:39 behalf and the Lord withdrew His protection. 44:42 Now, it would be withdrawn and it could be 44:45 withdrawing from you and from me. 44:47 And till we come to our senses and till 44:50 Israel would repent and come back to God, 44:53 this gift God would take back of His protection. 44:58 They had to come with humble attitudes 45:00 and with repentance, not just say okay Lord 45:03 we're tired of these, it had to be proven, 45:05 how about, do you wanna go through 45:06 life without the protection of God? 45:09 I don't, I need it, I desire that. 45:13 We don't wanna follow in the foot 45:14 steps of Jesus, I mean of Israel, 45:17 we wanna follow the foot steps of 45:19 Jesus don't we? We must follow in His, 45:21 in His foot step not Israel's 45:23 because I tell you. They always turned on, 45:25 on God they failed again and again and again 45:29 the Bible is clear, when it come test 45:33 for their faith and their patience, 45:36 they failed over and over and over. 45:41 May I just say this, if we dwell on 45:44 the negative, that's right I'm 45:46 talking to everybody out here if you dwell, 45:50 if I dwell on the negative. Here is what's 45:53 going to happened and I meet and talk to 45:56 them all of the time just like you do. 45:59 They never have anything positive to say, 46:02 Israel couldn't find a thing positive 46:04 then we talk about God to give Him 46:05 praise even though they receive miracles 46:07 everyday of their life. And they murmured 46:09 and they complain, but you meet people like 46:11 that when you meet, how you're doing? 46:12 Oh, oh it's a mess, oh, life is mess, 46:15 I tell, I go to be dead I don't wanna 46:17 live anymore. Listen, if we continue 46:21 to dwell on the negative and 46:23 the dark side of our experience 46:26 and every time you repeat it, 46:28 you grow further and further 46:30 away from God, did you get that. 46:33 Every time you repeat that negative, 46:37 I don't know if God loves me, 46:38 I don't know what's gonna happen, 46:40 things are such a mess. We're repeating that, 46:42 we're establishing it in our mind 46:44 and we're separating further and further 46:47 away from God, you don't 46:49 want that, I don't want that. 46:52 Here is what Israel did, and what are we to do? 47:00 You realize many times, now this is gonna 47:02 probably hurt some people or you maybe 47:04 one of those that's in denial. 47:06 We bring trouble on our self, 47:09 how do we do that? Have you ever met 47:12 somebody that they're never out of trouble? 47:15 As soon as one thing it seems in their, 47:17 in another mess and then another mess 47:20 and then another mess. We can bring 47:23 troubles on ourselves, why? Israel gives 47:25 that prime example, they brought 47:27 trouble on themselves. It wasn't the way 47:30 God wanted it? God didn't want them to suffer, 47:33 he doesn't want you to suffer but 47:34 you keep again from one mess to 47:36 another by the choices that you make. 47:40 Wow, you make it harder in your life 47:44 then God even designed it to be, 47:47 you say well how, how can that be? 47:50 Listen real closing this statement you may 47:53 say it sounds goofy but I want you 47:54 to think about it. Come on close up here, 47:57 look here, don't tempt the devil to tempt you, 48:05 does that make sense? 48:07 Don't tempt the devil to tempt you? 48:12 Oh yes you can, how many people will 48:15 stand and say well I tell you I would 48:17 never do that. You remember and we 48:22 talked about a little earlier you 48:23 remember about Peter. What did he say? 48:27 Oh, Lord I'll follow you to prison today. 48:33 Wow, he set himself up and as you study 48:37 the life of Peter right here it was his 48:41 listen, his self confidence that caused 48:45 his ruin, at that time it was what? 48:49 His self confident, he had confidence 48:52 in his self. Well, I can, I tell you I will 48:55 go to prison, I will die, oh I can do this, 48:59 I would never do what he or she did. 49:02 Well, that doesn't bother me, no, 49:04 no I tell you the devil can't get me on that 49:06 Why don't you just try to tempt, 49:07 Him to tempt you? He will, 49:10 he will take you because what? 49:11 You got too much self confidence, 49:14 too much of me, my, I in yourself 49:16 and he's gonna bring you right on down. 49:21 No confidence, no trust in yourself 49:23 only where? In God. Read that if you 49:26 haven't read that about Peter lately 49:28 in Luke chapter 22. Now, back 49:30 to this test quickly, but it given to Israel, 49:34 you remember what took place as God 49:37 withdrew His protection from the Israelites 49:40 and all of a sudden here comes these 49:41 great big fiery, poisonous serpents 49:45 that been their all the time that God 49:47 had been protecting them from it. 49:48 But now he withdrew his protection 49:50 he was trying to get their attention 49:51 because they were ungrateful, 49:52 they were unthankful. They would dwell 49:53 on the negative all the time, 49:54 they were depress. In all of the sudden 50:00 those serpents began to, to bite them 50:02 and people began to die, speedly 50:04 and it was painful and you know in 50:06 the hour of their test and their trial 50:08 all they could do is murmur and 50:10 complain and they don't know what to do. 50:12 People were dying and suffering all around, 50:14 their moms, dads, children, 50:16 babies what were they're gonna do. 50:20 Should they come to God, 50:21 should they ask Him for forgiveness 50:24 and turn around. But notice the design 50:27 that God had, all of a sudden their 50:31 minds got so occupied on the snake bites, 50:35 the fiery serpents and what was 50:36 going on around them. People were dying 50:39 other words big things were happening 50:41 reality was really sat in and what 50:43 happen to the children of Israel? 50:45 They never complain and they never 50:47 murmured about their situation in 50:49 the wilderness, why? Because 50:51 their mind was on something that was, 50:53 was bigger, it was death and suffering 50:56 and no one was talking about. 50:58 The bread and the water and God 51:00 doesn't love us and I wonder 51:01 if that might happened in our life, 51:04 if we just kind of look at the total picture, 51:06 the whole, the whole thing rather than me, 51:08 mine, I and something really drastic, 51:11 how you may say that well I don't 51:12 have the money for this, I don't 51:13 have this, I don't have that. 51:14 And all of a sudden you get a phone 51:15 call someone mom died or dad died. 51:20 All of sudden we forget about the things 51:21 we've been griping and complaining 51:23 about and we start focusing on 51:26 something else. What's God's 51:30 plan for you and, and for me 51:34 we don't want it to be harder 51:35 do with and God's plan for us. 51:37 But we can't if we're constantly 51:39 complaining and bringing trouble 51:40 on ourselves. We need God, 51:47 we need to come humbly before 51:49 Him and Moses. They came to Moses, 51:53 you know what they said? We've sinned, 51:56 they were sorry for what was going on. 51:58 Of course you know the story then, 52:00 God told Moses to make a serpent 52:02 of brass and he said you know 52:03 raise that serpent up and everybody 52:05 that would look at that serpent what 52:06 would happen? Yes, they would be, 52:09 they would be healed, 52:10 it was the look of faith, 52:12 had nothing do with that little 52:13 serpent but what? It represented Jesus 52:15 and you will just look and live 52:17 and that's the encouragement then 52:18 I'm gonna give you today. 52:19 Jesus you to look to him and you 52:21 look to him and you're going to, to live. 52:23 You're going to be healed, 52:25 oh you're fighting you know maybe 52:27 a disease today. You're fighting 52:28 the cigarette habit and the drug 52:30 habit and the drinking habit 52:31 and the cruising habit and all those 52:33 evil things in the world. 52:35 Jesus says take your eyes off them 52:37 and you look to me and you will be healed, 52:39 that's a promise. He just asked 52:43 for a look of faith, you maybe have 52:47 never done it but why not today? 52:50 You say, well I've never heard it 52:52 before but if you have or you have 52:53 look to him today because you need 52:55 a healing in your life. I need a healing 52:57 in my life everyday, 53:00 you say well is that really important 53:01 let the children of Israel when 53:03 they were battened with the things 53:05 of the world over the serpents 53:06 and now just things of the world right here. 53:08 Those who didn't look to Jesus, 53:10 they perished, you don't look to Jesus 53:13 you're going to perish. All they 53:17 had to do is to, to look once 53:20 and they were, they were healed. 53:22 Though they never been battened. 53:24 The people knew that there was no power 53:26 in the serpent, and they've been 53:28 to recognized those blessings and that 53:29 power came from God and God alone. 53:32 Just as we need to realize that 53:34 today in our life, God chose 53:36 something very simple to get the 53:38 attention of Israel. But what they 53:41 had brought on themselves, 53:45 oh the world is full of that today 53:47 you know that if we just simply obey God. 53:50 We have nothing to fear, 53:52 he's gonna preserve us as he preserve 53:54 them I encourage you today to look and to live. 53:58 Here's a lesson for them, a lesson for us, 54:02 there was nothing that Israel could do to 54:05 save themselves from the bite of the serpent. 54:08 And friend there is nothing you can 54:09 do within yourself to be speared from 54:13 the bite of the devil, you can't be without 54:16 Jesus Christ. You have felt that 54:19 deadly sting of Satan, you have felt 54:22 that and experience that fetal affect of sin. 54:26 And that can only be removed by 54:27 the provisions that God has made 54:29 for you and for me why won't you accept 54:31 that today? I'm encourage you to, 54:33 to look and to live. But you do that by faith, 54:39 would you just accept him right now as your, 54:40 as your Lord and Savior why not? 54:43 Because some of you so far down, 54:44 you've never gonna get back up 54:47 and some of you think you're way up 54:48 there when you're way down there. 54:49 But just look and live as what Jesus is saying. 54:53 Exercise a little bit of faith that God has given, 54:57 yes that serpent was a symbol of Jesus Christ. 55:03 Please right now while there is still 55:05 time look and live, he wants to receive you, 55:08 he wants to pardon you, 55:09 he wants to forgive you, 55:11 he wants set your feet up on our 55:12 firm foundation. He wants you to 55:14 work for Him and live for him and tell 55:16 others about Him, just accepting 55:19 as Him as your atoning sacrifice today, 55:22 thanks to say God thank you for His blood. 55:24 Why don't we do that in the closing 55:25 moments here today, just thank Him 55:27 that we by faith just look and live 55:29 and these things could be healed, 55:31 let's pray about it right now shall we, 55:33 as we close; oh I want you to 55:35 pray in faith believing. 55:39 Kind, Loving, Heavenly Father, 55:42 we thank you for your word today, 55:43 we thank you that you just said 55:44 simply that we just need by faith to 55:45 look and we can live. We've been beaten 55:48 by the fiery sting of the devil, 55:51 there is no way out of it, 55:52 we're in mess, we're helpless. 55:54 But you just simply said by faith 55:55 look and live and may we do that 55:58 by faith today as many souls are making 56:00 that decision right now I thank 56:02 you for it in Jesus name Amen. 56:07 Oh, it's been wonderful to spend 56:08 sometime with you and again we 56:10 always look forward to spending 56:11 this as we study the word of 56:12 God together I believe we 56:14 live in an hour where we need encouragement, 56:17 we need strength. We need to know 56:19 that there's victory for us, 56:20 we need to know the way to heaven 56:23 and God has given us that direction. 56:25 May I just encourage you, 56:26 you have a comment or question 56:27 how about just writing it down, 56:29 sending it to us, we'll be glad to 56:31 respond to it and by the way please 56:34 oh yeah we will have little gifts 56:35 support station that brings you these. 56:36 And we look forward to hearing from you, 56:38 may God richly bless you, 56:40 we'll see you next time. 56:44 Dear friends, I hope that 56:46 this is help to ground you 56:48 when you walk with God as we 56:50 grow in the grace and in the knowledge of God, 56:53 our faith is strengthened and through 56:56 trials and tribulations of life. 56:58 If we exercise our faith in God 57:01 and remain unmovable, we will truly 57:05 become converted into Christ image 57:07 as Peter and the other disciples. 57:11 After Peter's conversion he never 57:13 again denied His Lord, 57:15 he was governed by godly wisdom 57:18 and no longer spoke rashly. 57:20 He worked mildly and the power 57:23 of the Holy Spirit. He did follow 57:26 Christ unto death. The death of a cross, 57:29 only in Peter's death he requested 57:31 to be hung upside down, 57:33 feeling unworthy to die right side up 57:37 as did his Lord and Savior. 57:40 It is our prayer here at Behold the 57:42 Lamb Ministries that you will trust God 57:45 in your hour of trial. And should you 57:48 wish a copy of today's message 57:50 we're make it available to you 57:52 for a suggested donation of just $8 or more. 57:56 Won't you write us today? 57:58 You may write us at Behold the Lamb Ministries, 58:01 Po Box 2030, Herrin, IL 62948 or call 58:07 us at Central Standard Time here in the 58:09 United State you may call us at 58:11 618-942-5044 or email us, email us 58:19 at beholdthelambministries @yahoo.com 58:22 or as always visit us on the web at 58:25 BeholdTheLambMinistries. com. And till next 58:30 time may our precious Lord 58:32 richly bless you and yours. |
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