Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000049
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00:42 Welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:43 I'm Chris Shelton, your host 00:45 and I wanna thank you for tuning in today. 00:48 Today is the second message in a two part series 00:51 that we have entitled "who is my neighbor?" 00:56 We're learning that the Bible passages 00:58 that deal with loving our neighbors 01:01 can be a challenge for us. 01:03 But it is a challenge that must be met in Christ 01:06 if heaven is to be our home. 01:08 Knowing that Christ is our example in all things, 01:12 listen as I read a few excerpts 01:14 from a lovely little book entitled "Steps to Christ." 01:19 "In describing His earthly mission, 01:21 Jesus said, 'The Lord hath anointed Me 01:24 to preach the gospel to the poor. 01:26 He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, 01:29 to preach deliverance to the captives, 01:32 and recovering of sight to the blind, 01:34 to set at liberty them that are bruised.' 01:38 Love, mercy, and compassion 01:40 were revealed in every act of His life. 01:42 His heart went out in tender 01:45 sympathy to the children of men." 01:48 Now, friends, likewise, we as followers of Christ, 01:52 Christians, in revealing Christ to the world are to love 01:56 and to treat others just as Christ did himself. 02:01 And as we learned from Pastor Kenny Shelton's 02:03 first message on this subject the word neighbor 02:07 has a much larger definition than one may first assume 02:11 and with such a much greater responsibility on our part. 02:15 But you know what? 02:17 We should never feel alone in this work of Christianity. 02:20 Christ himself will develop this compassion and love for others 02:25 as we take the time to draw close to Him 02:29 through continued study and continued prayer. 02:33 Therefore it is not us but it is Christ in us 02:37 that will be loving and will be caring for others. 02:41 I look forward to what the Holy Spirit 02:43 will reveal in today's message entitled 02:46 "Who Is My Neighbor?" 02:47 But first we're blessed to visit the 3ABN worship center 02:51 and listen to a song entitled "The Wonder of It All" 02:55 as sung by Emma McDonald. 03:06 I have found a grace to save me 03:13 in a plain and simple truth 03:21 I have made the sweetest journey 03:28 To the innocence of you 03:38 A place I thought I'd never see again 03:45 Oh, it's really overwhelming 03:51 When the mountains seem too tall 03:55 And it seem like nothing when 03:58 Compared to the wonder of it all 04:10 There's a truth that's so amazing 04:17 It has turned my heart around 04:24 There's a peace that gives me comfort 04:32 When my head is hanging down 04:41 When a tiny thread of faith is nearly gone 04:49 Oh, it's always overwhelming 04:55 When the mountains seem too tall 04:58 And we seem like nothing when 05:02 Compared to the wonder of it all 05:10 The mysteries of God I'll never understand 05:17 The ways his love can fill an empty soul 05:25 And just to think I'm living in the palm of His hand 05:32 Is all my doubting heart will need to know 05:58 When I lay down in the evening 06:05 And I close my eyes to rest 06:13 I can wake up in the morning 06:21 Knowing I have had His best 06:30 'Cause I know no other love could run this deep 06:37 And I can't help but remember 06:43 How that every time I fall 06:47 He picks me up when I am slipping 06:51 Held by the wonder of it all 07:02 Held by the wonder of it all 07:28 Thanks for joining us once again. 07:29 Praise God, this is an exciting study at least 07:32 here in my opinion I pray that it's for you too 07:34 because we're discovering, you know, who's our neighbor. 07:38 You know, how far reaching really is this our neighbor 07:41 and our obligations and responsibility 07:44 that we have one to another. 07:46 Lot of times we like to, you know, 07:48 we have neighbor, we have our fence up 07:49 and what's on the other side of fence 07:51 we don't pay any attention to it. 07:52 It doesn't really matter. 07:53 But really how does heaven view who is our neighbor. 07:56 Now we've been studying-- it's the second part remember. 07:59 So if you missed the first part, 08:01 you're gonna be maybe just a little bit in the dark 08:03 of what we've been talking about so you wanna call, 08:05 make sure you get the first part. 08:07 And--and also too I want to remind you that it's very, 08:10 very important that you take a pencil and paper 08:12 and jot some things down because then you can go back 08:15 and you can study to see whether these things be so or not. 08:18 What we studied before and our study 08:20 is based upon Matthew Chapter 25, 08:23 we're looking at verses 31 through 40. 08:25 So jot that down, go back and read it 08:27 and then I pray that it will fit together real well for you 08:30 as we do the second part "Who is My Neighbor?" 08:33 But always we need to pray. 08:36 Need to ask the power of the Holy Spirit 08:38 to just come and to comfort us 08:40 and to encourage us and to strengthen us and-- 08:43 the cares of the world need to go away. 08:46 So we spend some real profitable time in the word. 08:49 And I'm very thankful for the cards and letters 08:52 that we receive that tell how the Holy Sprit 08:54 has been speaking to your heart. 08:57 Please, you have the opportunity, 08:58 you wanna write, you know, give the card, your phone call, 09:01 whatever, would be wonderful to hear from you 09:03 what the Lord is doing in your heart and in your life. 09:06 And when we receive these cards 09:08 and letters from people who are in prison, 09:10 people who the devil has been binding, 09:12 he's loosening those things. 09:13 You know, Spirit of God is loosing those chains 09:15 the devil's put upon individuals 09:17 and they are taking a stand for Jesus Christ. 09:20 We love to hear about that. It's an encouragement. 09:23 Remember it's not what they can do with us but what, 09:26 the power of God we see working 09:28 and it's an encouragement to keep on. 09:30 And we are encouraged by when people write letters and say, 09:33 oh, we can't wait for the next one. 09:35 Well, praise God, you keep praying with us 09:38 and I want you to again invite you to pray right now 09:40 as we do our study today on "Who is my neighbor?" 09:44 It is a subject and we'll be honest with you 09:46 that really is bringing more understanding 09:48 of how God would have me to treat my fellow men. 09:51 So I hope it is you too. Let's pray about it, shall we? 09:53 Right now as I kneel. 09:56 Merciful Father in heaven, 09:57 we thank You again for the privilege of prayer. 09:59 We thank you that we can call upon the name of Jesus. 10:02 You said that You would hear. 10:03 Thank You, that you have ears that never get heavy, 10:06 never get tired of your children coming and pleading 10:08 how desperately we need your spirit. 10:10 Oh, Lord, I pray to you to touch my mind 10:12 and my heart, to just pour your blood. 10:15 I pray upon it that it may be clean and pure within 10:17 and without and that the words 10:19 that are spoken today will be straight from heaven 10:21 that will be an encouragement 10:22 to each and everyone of your children 10:23 and victories maybe gained in the name of Jesus. 10:27 Thank you for our precious viewers. 10:29 In Jesus' name we pray and for His sake, amen. 10:34 Again as we study the word of God it's so imperative-- 10:36 now many of you've been leaving your bibles 10:38 probably on your nightstand or maybe the kitchen table. 10:41 Whatever it might be but, you know, 10:42 you need to carry that Bible with you. 10:44 You can take it while you're going to work. 10:47 Take it, put it in your car and then you say, 10:49 "God, I'm taking my bible today because," what? 10:51 "Because you're gonna let me use it today. 10:54 I'm gonna show somebody, I'm gonna, you know, 10:55 encourage them with scripture." 10:57 And, you know, I've seen it happen many, many, many times. 11:00 God will use you because in faith you took the word 11:04 because you wanted to give it to someone else. 11:06 Who is, who is my neighbor? 11:08 You know, again this is in Luke Chapter 10 11:11 and I wanna read this because if you missed it, 11:14 it will help to set the stage here. 11:16 We're starting with verse 25, Luke Chapter 10 verse 25. 11:19 "And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up." 11:22 You understand this very well about the parable of the what? 11:24 The Good Samaritan. 11:26 This will help you get a little foundation here. 11:27 "Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him, 11:29 saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 11:34 Maybe one of the most, you know, frequent passages 11:37 that maybe have been read-- 11:39 that we read in scripture time and time again. 11:41 What must I do to inherit eternal life? 11:43 Awesome, awesome. But "he said unto him," Jesus, 11:47 "What is written in the law? And how readest thou?" 11:50 And he said "And He answered and said, 11:52 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 11:55 all thy soul, with all thy strength, 11:58 and all thy mind and thy neighbor as thyself." 12:03 And what did Jesus say? 12:04 Notice what Jesus said in verse 28. 12:06 "And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right. 12:10 Do this and thou shalt live." How simple. 12:14 He wasn't talking about just living here on this earth. 12:16 He's talking about living for eternity. 12:18 Love God with all of your heart, your soul, and your mind 12:20 and you have to love your neighbor that way too 12:23 if you want to live forever with Jesus. 12:26 Have you ever thought of that like that? 12:28 You know, love God, oh, yeah, 12:29 we love God but we leave out loving our neighbor. 12:33 And Jesus said in verse 30, He talks about a certain man 12:36 who went down to Jerusalem and Jericho 12:38 and he fell among thieves. 12:39 And so the question is asked, "then who is my neighbor?" 12:44 Have you figured it out, 12:46 if you watched the first part already, 12:47 who your neighbor really is? 12:49 How far reaching this is? 12:51 And it's interesting what the lawyer quoted. 12:54 You realize that a good-- I won't say a good Jew 12:57 quoted that in the morning and the evening. 13:00 In, I think, Deuteronomy 6, verse 5, 13:03 you know, the responsibility-- 13:04 love God with all your heart, your soul, and your mind. 13:06 So he knew it where or why because they quoted it everyday. 13:09 Maybe we should quote that a little more often 13:12 and put some emphasis on what? 13:13 Loving God and loving our fellow men. 13:16 So Jesus posed this question, the real question, 13:18 and then He always gives us an opportunity to see 13:22 whether we're going to live it out in our life or not. 13:25 See, that's the test of it. So who is my neighbor? 13:28 Little book called "Welfare Ministry," 13:30 I really like this quote here, page 48. 13:34 It says this, "The question 13:36 that all our churches need to understand." 13:39 So we're facing a question that all what? 13:42 All of our churches need to understand. 13:44 That means all of us as individuals. 13:47 "The conditions of inheriting eternal life 13:51 are plainly stated by our Savior." 13:53 Now notice this "The man who was wounded 13:57 and the man who was robbed." 13:59 Now again if you want to read on 29, 30 and on down, 14:02 you'll see that the man, well, you know, 14:04 he's wounded, he's beat up, he's thrown down 14:06 and realized a priest come by and, you know, 14:08 different ones and no one wanted to help the man 14:10 except when the Samaritan came by. 14:12 So let's look and examine this a little bit closer here. 14:16 "The man was wounded and robbed." 14:17 Who is this man? 14:19 You know who it represents? 14:21 It represents those who we should have an interest in. 14:25 The one's who we have to-- we need to have sympathy for. 14:28 The one's we need to have charity for. 14:31 And I thought how interesting this reads. 14:35 If we neglect their cases. Who? 14:37 Those who are hurting, those who are, 14:39 you know, going through tests and trials and problem 14:42 and they need some love, 14:43 they need somebody to be an encouragement to them. 14:46 It says "If we neglect these cases," listen, 14:50 "we have no assurance of eternal life." 14:54 You have no assurance of eternal life. 14:57 I have no assurance of eternal life 14:59 if I neglect that person that's been beat up by this life, 15:03 if I neglect my fellow men. 15:06 Wow, that's pretty heavy duty, isn't it? 15:08 I mean after all didn't God-- we've been talking about-- 15:10 didn't God-- didn't He bounce it up 15:12 when He said on these 15:14 two hang all the law and the testament? 15:15 Didn't He? The prophets did it. 15:17 Duty to God, duty to our fellow men. 15:19 Easy to pick one, leave the other out. 15:21 We can't do that. Eternal life. 15:24 No assurance. Now why? 15:26 Why will we have no assurance of eternal life 15:28 if we just, kind of, neglect the neighbor little bit 15:31 or we just don't have time to do it. Why? 15:33 Because we have broken the first four commandments. 15:37 Wow. We've broken the first Four Commandments 15:41 because it's our what? 15:42 The first four is our duty to who? 15:44 Good, to God. 15:45 And we've also broken what? 15:47 The last six which is our duty to our fellow men. 15:50 So we broke all ten. 15:53 We break all ten-- we have no assurance 15:55 to it at all of eternal life. 15:58 What a heavy responsibility of duty here. 16:01 You say, well, I don't quite get it. 16:04 You know the Book of Matthew Chapter 25 16:06 goes in to little more detail, verse 40. 16:08 Jesus just simply says, "When you have done it" and to what? 16:12 "The least of these, my brethren, you have" what? 16:15 "You've done it unto me." 16:17 Was Jesus just talking here? 16:20 Not at all. He was making a real point here. 16:23 When you done it to the least to those who are outside, 16:26 those you don't, you know, 16:27 you don't really want to even look at 16:29 because they are not clean. 16:30 They don't look like you do. They don't act like you do. 16:32 They don't dress like you do. 16:34 And He said when you've done it to the least of these, 16:36 what we call, right? 16:38 The least of these, you've done it unto him. 16:40 So how could we treat Jesus 16:41 that when we expect to go to heaven? 16:43 How can we treat our fellow men 16:44 that way and expect to go to heaven. 16:47 You see what a different world this would be 16:48 if we treated each one and loved each one like we, 16:52 oohh, love our self. 16:54 What a different world that would be. 16:56 There would be no need for prisons 16:58 and there would be no need for, 17:00 you know, the policemen and no need for laws 17:02 and the books because we love everybody, 17:04 we treat everyone very well. That's wonderful. 17:07 So how can I love my neighbor then? 17:09 How can I-- look you can say, 17:11 I'm finding difficulty in loving my neighbor as myself. 17:15 Let me just encourage you. 17:16 It is an impossibility to love your neighbor as yourself, 17:20 listen, unless you love God supremely. 17:25 Now look, does that make sense? 17:27 You can't love your fellow men if you don't love God supremely. 17:30 See that makes a lot of sense to me 17:33 because if we love God supremely 17:35 we're going to be bearing what? 17:36 We're going to be bearing fruit here. 17:38 Fruit and holiness. Fruit and love to what? 17:42 To others, to our human family. 17:45 We're gonna be loving them. 17:47 Love to others is putting on the Lord Jesus Christ. 17:52 I've heard people say you need to put on the Lord Jesus Christ. 17:56 That's how you put on the Lord Jesus Christ. 17:58 You can read that First Thessalonians 5. 18:00 Just read. Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ, love-- 18:02 putting on God, putting on Jesus. 18:05 So we need to be putting on rather than putting on our self, 18:07 you know that. 18:09 See, how can we, you know, 18:10 we can't do service for others if we-- 18:13 if we don't love them. 18:15 Now stay with me just a minute. 18:17 We can't possibly do what? 18:20 Service for others unless we love them. 18:24 Maybe that's why we're not doing anything, 18:26 probably, for our neighbors and our friends 18:27 and these other people around here because, what? 18:29 We don't truly love them the way that we should. 18:32 So who is my, really is my neighbor? 18:35 Matthew 22 said we have to love them as, again, as our self. 18:39 But this goes beyond. 18:41 I heard people say, well, yeah, 18:42 we have to love our church family. 18:44 We've got to love our children and members 18:47 and as long as they are of our faith 18:49 we need to love them. Oh, it goes so far beyond that. 18:54 Love is not simply just loving our church members 18:56 or loving our own, our children, our grandchildren 19:01 but our neighbor includes all of the human family. 19:05 So part of our question we're asking who is my neighbor? 19:08 It's part of what? 19:09 Our neighbors are the whole human family. 19:14 Wow, what responsibility, obligation. 19:19 The whole world then? Yes, it says. 19:23 And it has no-- it has no reference 19:25 to race or color, class distinction. 19:30 Not at all. It doesn't have that. 19:32 Who's my neighbor? Oh, beautiful book, 19:34 "Desire of Ages," page 503. 19:36 Listen to this comment. 19:37 See, if you agree with this. Listen. 19:39 "Our neighbor is every person who needs our help." 19:43 Who's my neighbor? 19:45 It's the whole human family. Who's my neighbor? 19:47 It's everyone who needs some help. 19:49 Wow. And you find that all over the world today there are people 19:53 who have needs and they, you know, you say, 19:57 I can't help everybody. 19:58 We understand that but you're not every place either. 20:00 But you're what? Nearest your door. 20:03 "Our neighbor is every person who needs our help. 20:06 Our neighbor," listen, "is everyone who is," what? 20:10 "Who is wounded and bruised by the adversary." 20:15 Now that's pretty heavy. Who's my neighbor? 20:18 Every individual who has been wounded by the adversary. 20:23 Have you ever been hurt by the adversary? 20:27 Have you ever been bruised by the adversary? 20:29 I say, friend, if you're alive and well today you have been. 20:33 Everyone of us have been bruised and beaten by the enemy at time 20:36 because we turned our back on God. 20:38 We didn't have His protection. 20:40 We tried to take the world on, 20:42 you see, by ourselves out through there. 20:44 So if a person is bruised and they are hurt and they are-- 20:47 as they were bleeding and, you know, 20:48 having a hard time in this life they're our neighbor. 20:53 And then it goes on to make it even clear. 20:56 "Our neighbor is everyone who is the property of God." 21:02 Wow. Does God own everything? 21:05 You better believe He does. He owns everything. 21:09 The Bible says, He owns a cattle on a thousand hills. 21:11 Everything is God's and some of you think 21:13 you own your business and you own this and you own that. 21:16 You don't. God has loaned that to you. 21:18 Don't be selfish. Give it back to Him. 21:20 Think about that, God owns it. 21:22 He's loaned it to you to see 21:23 how if you're gonna give it-- return back. 21:26 Now if you just wanted more, you get the more, 21:27 you want to put in your pocket. 21:29 Now He gives you more so you can do what? 21:30 Give to your neighbor. Go 'cause of Christ. 21:33 Get this message preached into all the world. 21:36 I like this as I've been reading some of these comparables 21:40 that Jesus left because it gives me a, 21:42 a clear picture of my savior. 21:45 We need a little clear picture. 21:48 We--and as I study the Good Samaritan 21:51 I can see it, Jesus working in this. 21:54 See, who was this man that was-- that was beaten? 21:58 Who was this man that was robbed? 22:00 Who was this man, you see, that was left for dead? 22:04 Who was this man that was soon to perish? 22:07 You can see that Jesus, the good Jesus, the good what? 22:10 He's the Good Samaritan. See, come by to help what? 22:14 Oh, he come by to help mankind. Why? 22:17 We've been beaten, we've been robbed, 22:18 we've been deceived, we've been left for dead. 22:23 We need someone to help us. Jesus had compassion. 22:28 He came by, the Good Samaritan. 22:31 He came by and He helped us 22:34 when we couldn't help our self. 22:36 Our clothes was gone. We were beaten. 22:39 We didn't know what time of day it was. 22:42 We didn't think we'd ever be able to get up and go again. 22:46 He came to rescue us. 22:48 He came to clean us up, to heal us, 22:53 to dust us off, cleanse us. 22:55 Make what? Provision for us for complete restoration. 23:01 You remember when I took the man to the, 23:03 you know, this place-- this house-- 23:05 the innkeeper he said take some more money 23:07 and if there's more needs spend all this. 23:10 And when I come again I'll pay. 23:13 Wow. Jesus gave what? He redeemed us. 23:17 He paid the price for us 23:19 and He's supplying a place for us to live. 23:23 Friend, the spiritual applications are wonderful. 23:27 I've come to this conclusion. 23:29 Been around long enough, it seem like that. 23:30 That we live in a cold world. 23:32 We live in a world where people 23:34 just don't have feelings for one another anymore. 23:36 You can walk past people all day long as it were 23:39 and just brush shoulders along with them. 23:40 You never look at them. You never say hi to them. 23:43 You never say, hey, good morning or good afternoon. 23:45 You don't have time. 23:48 How can we really do that? 23:50 If we really realize the price that has been paid for the soul, 23:55 who's my neighbor. The price of the soul. 23:58 Look what it cost. 24:01 Friends, we look at this world, you know, and sometimes-- 24:05 I want to say this nicely 24:06 is we've gotten cold in the church. 24:09 We've lost our first love. 24:11 We've lost our love for our fellow men 24:12 and for reaching out and doing evangelism and, 24:15 you know, getting this gospel preached into all the world. 24:17 We got busy on other things. 24:20 Jesus just simply said love, listen, 24:23 love one another as I have loved you. 24:28 Take it to heart. Please, take it to heart. 24:32 See we quote these all the time 24:33 but it seem like it just-- it doesn't make sense. 24:35 I want it to make sense. 24:36 May the Spirit of the living God come in your heart 24:39 and my heart right now. 24:40 Jesus said I want you to love your neighbor 24:43 the way that I love you. Wow. 24:50 What a love Jesus has for us. 24:54 You love them the way that I loved you. That's heavy. 24:58 He asked us to sacrifice for others, 25:00 to do things for others. 25:03 May I be so bold, unless we do this 25:06 we are not Christians. 25:08 Oh, you call yourself one if you want to. 25:10 I can call myself one if I want to. 25:12 But if I neglect what Jesus said-- 25:15 when Jesus said you love them the way that I loved you. 25:17 And what did He do? He sacrificed everything. 25:19 He gave His life for what? 25:20 It will be just one, we went through that in part one. 25:24 But are you willing to do that? 25:26 No, we can't--we can't even say good morning. 25:29 We can't say good afternoon. 25:31 We can't even smile when they pass by. 25:33 You ever notice when you're going down the street 25:35 and listen, you can do this. You ought to try. 25:38 You're going down the street 25:39 and you see somebody coming towards you, you just smile. 25:42 You don't-- well, I don't know them. 25:43 Well, think about it. 25:46 What do you mean you don't know them? 25:47 You don't have to know them just to smile. 25:50 And almost every time if they see you what do they do? 25:55 They smile back. 25:57 That may have just made their day. 26:01 They just needed somebody. 26:04 It may be a reminder to them. 26:07 We don't know what they've been through. 26:09 We don't know what they're going through. 26:12 Maybe it's just what they needed. 26:14 Made their day, changed everything around. 26:17 You never know what's going through 26:19 that individual's mind who my neighbor is. 26:21 He may have been, we say, on the last straw. 26:24 He may have been going down for the count. 26:26 He may have been thinking about suicide. 26:28 He may have been thinking about ending his life 26:29 or somebody else's and that one smile just drew him back. 26:33 Who's my neighbor? 26:35 Do we love them the way Jesus said 26:37 that we need to love them? 26:39 When I made this, just maybe bold-- 26:42 some people say, oh, it's just too bold. 26:44 You're just too bold. 26:46 Listen, as a child of God what do you mean bold? 26:48 We need to be bold. We come boldly to the throne 26:51 while we give the message boldly for the day. 26:55 That's where sacrificing why for others 26:57 and I said a while ago that we're not Christians. 27:00 We cannot possibly Christian. For a Christian is what? 27:04 Christ-like. I want you to check this out. 27:08 You've been calling yourself 27:10 a Christian for many, many years. 27:12 I've been calling-- but I'm talking about-- 27:14 talking to you personally, talking about myself too. 27:16 Let's not get heated up here. 27:18 Let's think about it. You say, well, I'm a Christian. 27:22 If you are not Christ-like, you are not a Christian. 27:30 Is that simple? 27:32 Oh, it makes some people angry but you know, if you get angry 27:34 it's because you realized that you are not. 27:38 Instead of saying that, you know, 27:39 thank you for reminding me 27:40 because I-- I was not like Christ. 27:42 I didn't treat my fellow neighbor like 27:46 Jesus wanted me to treat them. 27:48 And again the beautiful book "Desire of Ages," 27:50 let me read some of that quickly, 27:52 504 and page 5, 504 and then onwards says, 27:57 "When we see human beings in distress." 28:00 Now this is very, very important 28:01 because I've seen this. 28:03 I've seen this happen time 28:05 and time and time and time again. 28:07 Somebody gets their self in a mess 28:10 and the church didn't want to stand by them. 28:13 Somebody is doing something wrong and people say, 28:15 "well, we can't stand by them because, 28:17 you know, they--they did that and they knew better." 28:21 So now, they can't be my neighbor. 28:24 Jesus don't expect me to love them. 28:25 I want you to listen to this. You know what Jesus says? 28:27 Love your enemies. He does expect it. 28:30 Says, "When we see human beings in distress, 28:35 whether though afflicted." 28:37 See whether though of what? 28:39 Afflicted could be anything in this life. 28:41 They may have lost their home, may have lost their 401K, 28:44 you know, they may have lost their saving, 28:45 may have lost their home, 28:46 that may afflict, maybe a disease, 28:48 maybe something going on. 28:49 "Or through sin, we shall never say, 28:54 This does not concern me. 28:58 For the spirit we manifest toward our brethren declares 29:02 what spirit we have toward God." 29:07 Did you get it? This is getting deep. 29:11 Whether we're afflicted 29:13 by something in the world or just circumstances 29:15 or whether just through willful sin 29:18 that I've chosen to go another way out of this. 29:20 They're going the wrong direction. 29:24 Spirit of the living God says to us today 29:26 that we never say I'm not concerned about this individual. 29:31 Because the spirit in which I deal with him 29:34 and operate is the same spirit that I've toward God. 29:38 Well, some of us fallen short, aren't we? 29:41 What's happened to us? God, help us to love. 29:46 I want my spirit to be right toward God. 29:49 I want to be right toward my fellow men. 29:52 Oh, and I know it's a challenge 29:53 and I know it's difficult 29:56 because people are difficult at times. 29:59 Maybe you found yourself difficult like I found myself. 30:05 But I've always reminded that I need to be like Jesus. 30:10 Something else I was thinking about and studying, you know? 30:13 It's--it's like the word impossible. 30:17 Now remember, think about nothing is impossible with God, 30:20 but when I'm thinking about it's impossible 30:23 to come to a knowledge of God-- think with me. 30:26 It's impossible to come to a what? 30:29 To a knowledge of God without, 30:32 you know-- I want you to listen to this-- 30:35 without beginning to love my fellow men. 30:38 It's impossible to come to what? 30:40 To come to a knowledge of God without first what? 30:44 Loving my fellow men. 30:47 So if we don't love our neighbor-- 30:49 who is my neighbor, my love-- 30:50 every soul, infinite price has been paid for every soul. 30:57 I don't know God didn't do it? 31:00 It's impossible to have a knowledge of God 31:02 because we have a knowledge of God 31:04 that love begins to grow inside of us for Him 31:06 and for our fellow men. 31:10 Now first John 4:20, John points this out. 31:14 I want you to pay special attention to this place. 31:18 It says here, the Bible says "If a man say." 31:20 "If a man say, I love God, 31:22 and hate his brother, he is a liar." Wow. 31:28 If a man say what? 31:30 He say "I love God, and he hates his brother, 31:33 he is a liar for he that loveth not this brother 31:36 whom he hath seen, 31:38 how can he love God whom he hath," what? 31:40 "Not seen." How can you love God you haven't seen? 31:43 And you see your fellow men 31:45 but you don't love him but you say, oh, I love God. 31:46 You can't love God. You a liar, the Bible says. 31:50 I make myself a liar. You say, whoa, man, that's heavy duty. 31:56 Yes, it is. See, John here begins to in his discourse, 32:01 in this verse here he, kind of, changes gear at this verse 32:04 if you wanna read the whole chapter. 32:07 And he begins to talk about characteristics of the person 32:12 who belongs to God. Get that. 32:16 The one who has the spirit of God 32:19 cannot have the spirit of hate in Him. 32:23 If you have the spirit of God inside you, 32:25 you cannot have \the spirit of what? 32:28 Of hate. It's impossibility. 32:30 It cannot coexist in an individual. 32:34 It cannot coexist in the same heart. 32:38 So why did he put a plain-- he said no, you're lying. 32:43 Wow. You say, well, how-- how can I change this? 32:49 Let's just do something real simple, shall we? 32:50 Real simple. Think about it. 32:52 Maybe, you jot this down and you say, 32:53 well, I've heard what is it? Number 1, pray. 32:57 Pray for the ones that you don't love. 33:00 Oh, yeah, you could take a little honesty. 33:02 You better believe it's gonna take some honesty. 33:04 Pray for the ones you don't love. 33:09 Now can you do that? 33:11 Well, you know who they are. 33:13 You thought about them a lot. 33:15 You've been not been thinking about them the way 33:16 that you should so you pray for the ones that you love. 33:20 And then as you pray for them 33:21 you find that the prayer of faith 33:25 begins to work a change inside of you. 33:29 Because as you're praying your value-- 33:32 your relationship with God is beginning to grow. 33:35 Your love for God is growing. 33:37 And as your love for God begins to grow in your heart 33:40 your love for your fellow men also begins to grow. 33:44 So it's imperative that we what? That we pray. 33:48 Jesus said pray for what Good. 33:50 Pray for you enemy. Same thing I'm talking about here. 33:53 Pray for them because when you're praying for them what? 33:55 And the spirit of God came inside your heart, 33:57 into your mind, oh, your relationship with God 34:00 is building and always getting excited 34:02 and then you find yourself loving this person 34:05 that you couldn't love before. 34:09 Service, evangelism, worth of a soul, 34:14 reaching out in the community, 34:18 the service that we give-- some people wanna give just a-- 34:21 I'm gonna call it half service. 34:22 You ever go to a restaurant sometimes somebody waits on you 34:24 and then they give half service. 34:26 You don't like it. You want full service, don't you? 34:30 Realize the service that we give to our--listen carefully. 34:32 The service that we give to our fellow men 34:34 that we're reaching out must be 34:36 and I'm gonna use this word here so you get it. 34:38 It has to be soaked in love. Soaked. 34:42 What does it mean to be soaked in love? 34:44 Every part of it, right, all the actions 34:47 and the motives of the heart is what? 34:49 Love has penetrated every motion, 34:50 every action, every deed. 34:53 Dripping off as it were. 34:56 We must work in love. 34:59 We must pass out literature in love. 35:01 Talk to our fellow men and love everything's dealing with love. 35:05 A little youth instructor, little magazine, years ago, 35:09 it talked about pure love 35:11 because I've always been interested in 35:13 what constitutes pure love. 35:15 And then I found out, of course, you study the word of God. 35:18 You know, love, pure love, 35:19 you want to know where's it at, 35:20 you just look at Jesus and look at Calvary. 35:22 That's where you find it. 35:23 In this world you're not gonna find any true love. 35:25 You have to be very careful. 35:27 The article said pure love. 35:30 It says it's simple in its operation. What? 35:33 Pure love is simple in its operation. That's interesting. 35:37 And it's separate from every other principle of action. 35:42 It's separate from what? 35:43 Every other principle of action 35:46 but then we--we can have problems with pure love. 35:49 How do we contaminate pure love? 35:51 Well, it's interesting. 35:53 If we combined any earthly motive, 35:58 if we combined any earthly action, 36:01 you know, mix them together here, 36:04 any kind of selfish interest 36:08 then it ceases to be what? 36:10 Pure love. And then I read this. 36:13 I thought it was so interesting. 36:14 It says, "love does good and nothing but good." 36:22 Now that's simple, isn't it? 36:24 But, man, have I messed up on that one. 36:26 I don't know about you 36:27 but can we talk about that for a moment? 36:31 Love does what? 36:35 Listen, love does good and nothing but good. 36:40 Have you find-- have you found yourself 36:42 maybe not quite doing everything the way that Jesus would do it? 36:47 If we have pure love, it always turns out good and right. 36:53 When you corrupt pure love 36:55 it's because we put self into it, 36:59 selfish motive and selfish actions. 37:02 It ceases to be pure when we place our self in it. 37:06 Wow. Zechariah 8:16, 37:11 in the Old Testament the Bible said, "There are-- 37:13 there are things that ye shall do." 37:15 I like the way it start "There are things that ye shall do." 37:17 There are times in my life I want somebody to say, 37:19 this is what-- this is the what it should be. 37:21 Sometime I want God just to say, 37:22 this is what you need to do and don't go do this. 37:26 God doesn't always operate that way but, you know, 37:28 "There are the things that ye shall do." 37:31 And then Zechariah said this, 37:32 "Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor." 37:38 What a challenge. We'll just speak what? 37:41 To every neighbor the truth of God's word, huh. 37:46 "Execute judgment in truth and peace within your gates." 37:53 Wow. Do you really have peace where you live? 37:57 Peace with your-- with your neighbors. 37:59 They know that you are a man or woman, child of God. 38:03 Maybe, they don't know you at all. 38:05 Maybe, there's no peace in your gates. 38:08 Maybe, we've not been telling our neighbor the truth. 38:12 We've not been telling about Jesus and the worth of a soul. 38:16 The soul is of infinite value here. 38:20 And we can never ever allow 38:22 even one opportunity to pass us by. 38:27 What a price has been paid for you and for me. 38:30 See, wherever you can let's do like Jesus. 38:33 Wherever we can let's try to gain access to the people, 38:39 try to get close to them. Did you get that? 38:41 Reach the souls with the truth. 38:44 And as you begin to do this, 38:45 as I begin to do this we will become stronger in the faith, 38:49 stronger in power and wisdom and might of God, 38:53 more powerful for the Lord. 38:55 And we find that's a real joy and a real treat, 38:58 a real pleasure to work for Jesus. 39:01 Friend, do you find it drudgery? 39:03 Do you find it-- you just don't wanna have time, 39:04 you don't want to fool with it? 39:07 How about when you are working for the Master? 39:10 Have you ever contemplated what you do, 39:12 what you are doing today, 39:13 what folks are doing here at Behold the Lamb 39:15 and all other ministries and church and services? 39:17 You are working for the Master. 39:20 Get your mind off of yourself. 39:21 Get my mind off of myself 39:22 and begin to think I--I have the privilege to work for Jesus. 39:26 I have the privilege to be able to reach a neighbor, 39:29 who Jesus said, every person who is in need, 39:32 every person who is the property of God is my neighbor 39:35 and every person he saw, he saw what? 39:37 They needed the kingdom of God. 39:39 They needed to be given an invitation to come 39:42 while there's still time, oh, friend. 39:45 As I'm thinking about working for the Master-- 39:49 once again I have to keep in mind the value of the soul. 39:55 The value that we place on the soul-- 39:58 see, I think in this life if we place a value on something 40:01 we take care of it, don't we? 40:03 You know those of you 40:05 who you've been able to get a new vehicle or something, 40:08 you walk by the first little time you have it. 40:10 You look at that thing and oh, 40:12 there's something on there and, you know... 40:17 Value. 40:20 You wanna take care of it. 40:23 How is our attitude 40:25 not on material things but on individuals? 40:29 A value on the, you know, people that we labor for. 40:34 It's very interesting as we've been figuring out 40:37 the infinite value of a soul. 40:42 And then we've talked about several different quotes 40:44 and we're talking about the Bible 40:46 and how Jesus looks at it. 40:47 And I say again, this is what would motivate me 40:50 to work for souls like nothing else. 40:54 Like nothing else this motivates me 40:56 to work for souls. 40:57 Why? Because of the value that's been placed upon it. 41:01 I may not be able to see a value on it. 41:03 I may--I can't understand why they are doing, 41:05 what they are doing. I can't understand 41:07 why they are living the life that they are living. 41:08 I can't understand why they are making 41:10 the choices that they're making. 41:11 They have every opportunity to do better in this life 41:14 and they there not doing it. Jesus understands all of this. 41:20 He gave His life already for the souls 41:22 so it's infinite sacrifice here. 41:25 And once again its worth can only be estimated by the price 41:31 that was paid for it, price that ransomed it. 41:34 And what is it? What is the price? 41:36 Can you put it in dollars? Can you put it in gold? 41:39 Can you put it in silver? You have to look 41:41 and say the infinite price of that soul, 41:43 that neighbor next door, 41:45 that one that's not always pleasant, 41:46 that one that's difficult to deal with, 41:48 the one that sometime I don't even wanna look at, 41:50 that kind of--listen, the infinite value of that soul, 41:53 if you wanna look at that soul then you say, 41:55 my friend you say Calvary, Calvary, 41:58 Calvary will explain the true value of a soul. 42:02 That's the only way that you and I can look at it. 42:04 It's the way heaven views it. I need some prayer. 42:09 I don't know about you. 42:12 Calvary, Calvary. 42:17 I'm convinced in our work, 42:21 little work that we do for Jesus, 42:23 we need some-- we need more vital godliness. 42:27 But you know the power of the spirit of God-- 42:31 we need His grace and His strength. 42:34 So often we feel like we can make it on our own. 42:37 And we've done this long enough 42:38 that we don't even need talk to God 42:40 about it and we don't really-- we won't be so bold 42:43 to come out and say it, kind of, in our mind. 42:45 But do you realize the importance of grace, 42:47 the grace of God and the strength of God 42:50 working in your life and in mine? 42:52 Do you realize how valuable that is? 42:56 Do you know how important grace-- 42:57 God's grace and strength is 43:00 in our life and in the life of others? 43:03 Let me just read a little book called, 43:04 "Three Testimonies," in 188. Here's what it says. 43:08 We talk a lot about it. And I get a card or letter, 43:11 you know, you're talking awful lot 43:12 about Christian character and being like Jesus. 43:16 Yes, I do and, you know, by God's grace 43:18 I just continue to do it. Can't help it. 43:23 Because character-- and so I'm thinking, 43:27 "The perfection of Christian character 43:31 depends wholly upon the grace 43:35 and the strength found alone in God." 43:39 Did you get that? Grace and strength, 43:43 perfection of character is found what? 43:46 Alone in God. You can't earn it. 43:50 You can't develop it on your own. 43:52 You can't work it out. 43:56 So without this power of God, 43:58 without this power of grace upon the heart, 44:02 without this power assisting our efforts, 44:05 without this power sanctifying our labors, listen, 44:09 we shall fail in saving our own souls 44:13 and saving the souls of others. 44:18 Wow. 44:20 Without that sanctifying grace and strength and power of God, 44:23 we shall lose our own souls 44:27 and we'll never be a soul winner. 44:29 See how we should be praying more and more 44:32 about these things, oh, God, help me, 44:35 as we learn the worth of a soul 44:36 and how we're reaching out and who's my neighbor. 44:41 As we're trying God help us 44:43 as we're trying to understand the value of a soul. 44:47 Then I need to examine myself and say, oh, God, what-- 44:50 you know what's motivating me? 44:52 What are my motives in doing what I'm doing? 44:56 Is it possible that I've been asleep? 44:58 Is it possible our movement has been asleep 45:01 when it is comes to reaching souls 45:03 or are we happy with few over here and a few there 45:07 and a few over here and a little bit over here. 45:09 It's nice to say all this, a thousand here, 45:11 a two thousand over here when there's well over, 45:13 what, seven--eight-- seven billion people. 45:18 It's just a little--everyone's precious in the sight of God. 45:23 Every person he saw what? Come on, come on, 45:25 don't make me repeat it. You get it. 45:27 Somebody needs this. I need to here you. 45:31 Every person he saw needed to be given what? 45:32 An invitation to the kingdom. Wow. 45:37 That means you. That means me. 45:40 He didn't say, ah, well, you know, 45:44 Bob, you don't have to do it. 45:46 Sally, you don't have to do it. 45:47 No. Every person, every person who's the child of God. 45:55 Reaching souls, not often thought about. 45:58 I read the scripture one time 45:59 and I just about wanted to give up, 46:01 you know, preaching the gospel 46:02 because it talked about the foolishness of preaching. 46:06 In this article I read, it talked 46:08 about the foolishness of preaching but, you know, 46:09 it's very interesting in the Bible. 46:12 Bible talks about, you know, blessed are the feet of those 46:15 that proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. 46:17 That's how heaven looks on it. 46:20 Man may not look at it down here. 46:21 Look at a preacher or a teacher or an elder, 46:23 somebody in church, somebody get a Bible study. 46:27 God said blessed. He's blessing. 46:30 He put blessings on it. 46:32 He chose a man to get the gospel preached into the world. 46:36 But this article started out somewhat the same. 46:39 Eight Testimonies 148 said "All the preaching in the world 46:46 will not make men feel deeply 46:48 the need of perishing souls around them." 46:52 So you may come to service and you get, kind of, excited. 46:54 The preacher, kind of, gets you on fire and reading it all. 46:59 The fire's gonna go out real soon. 47:00 There has to be a real change take place. 47:02 All the preaching in the world, that means all the preachers, 47:05 that everybody preaching nothing will waken in them 47:09 the need of these perishing souls. 47:12 Nothing's gonna wake them up. 47:13 "Nothing will so," but here's it. 47:15 "But nothing will so arouse men and women 47:20 with a self-sacrificing zeal as to send them forth 47:24 into new fields and to work for those in darkness." 47:31 You had a sermon everybody gets excited about 47:33 but nothing will do you as good in your life, 47:36 dear friends, set you on fire for Jesus is to go out 47:39 and work to a field, a dark field 47:40 where certain people don't know Jesus. 47:42 Go to a new location, maybe, and just go out and say, 47:45 oh, God I wanna work for you. 47:48 Have you ever felt like doing that? 47:49 You know, you need to make-- there's lot of people 47:51 that's been doing that. Praise God. 47:54 Lot more feel the unction of the Spirit 47:56 and we need to do it. 47:59 We need to go out and be able to go to a dark location 48:01 maybe where they haven't heard about Jesus 48:03 and be able to spread the gospel. 48:04 This will set you on fire. This will change you. 48:08 The article goes on. It's very interesting. 48:10 It says, "Prepare the people to go to the highways 48:14 and the byways and compel them to come in." 48:18 We must learn and this article said 48:20 men must learn responsibility. 48:23 And I was, kind of, shocked. 48:25 So I read on. It said, listen, not-- 48:28 oh, I need your attention. Listen. 48:30 "Not one in one hundred among us is doing 48:37 anything beyond engaging in common, worldly enterprises. 48:44 We are not half awake to the worth 48:48 of souls for whom Christ died." 48:53 Not one in a hundred among us is doing 48:57 anything beyond common, worldly enterprises. 49:03 We are not half awake. We're asleep. Oh, yeah well. 49:09 We must expand the work. Why? 49:13 Because we've realized the worth of the soul. 49:15 We know what was given for it. 49:17 How heaven looks at them. 49:18 And says, oh, God help me to be a soul winner. 49:22 Lot of time we like to build up in one area 49:25 and everybody comes over here, we've all this place here, 49:27 everybody's looking, everybody-- 49:28 when He says go into all the world and do what? 49:30 Spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. 49:32 I like here. I like there. 49:34 Many times we built up the work in certain locations 49:36 and God's not told us not to be doing that 49:38 but we still wanna build it up because it looks good. 49:41 We got lot of big buildings and lot of things are going on 49:44 but then God will have His way and he will take it to naught 49:47 because he said go into all the world and preach the gospel. 49:51 Wow. 49:55 Men look at things differently than God looks at them. 49:59 And we need to come in tune with heaven. 50:00 Don't you believe that? 50:02 We need to give men responsibility in the church, 50:06 men and women and teachers and children responsibility 50:08 to be able to carry part of the burden 50:11 which will help them to be encouraged 50:13 and be ready for Jesus to come. 50:15 Do you really have that burden for souls? 50:19 Do you really have it down deep? 50:21 Do you really understand the worth of a soul 50:22 and how urgent it is? Here's some good news. 50:27 Great Controversy 6:52. This is how God views 50:33 and talks about the value of a soul here. 50:37 This-- this is awesome, listen. 50:39 It said "The result of the Savior's conflict 50:42 with the powers of darkness." Right? 50:43 Jesus coming down here and living the life and Calvary. 50:47 "Is joy to the redeemed." Aren't you glad 50:49 that Jesus came down, lived and died? 50:51 That's a joy to those who are going to be redeemed. 50:54 Without it would never happen. 50:56 It says, "redounding to he Glory of God through eternity." 51:00 The saints will be shouting through all eternity 51:04 because the sacrifice was made. 51:05 Notice this, "And such is the value of a soul 51:11 that the Father is satisfied with the price paid." 51:17 Our heavenly Father is satisfied with the price that was paid. 51:21 It cost Him His only Son. But when He sees what? 51:25 The redeemed. He satisfies-- oh, this is wonderful. 51:29 And it goes on. It said "Christ Himself, 51:31 beholding the fruits of the great sacrifice, is satisfied." 51:37 In other words he said, "yes, I'm glad I did. Praise God." 51:45 they'll be sounding and resounding, 51:46 oh, the praises of God. 51:49 Friend, realize the cause of Christ 51:52 is going to be the science. 51:53 It's going to be the song 51:56 of the redeemed throughout the ages. 51:59 The worth of a soul-- but listen you may feel, 52:02 before we close--it's getting time to close but listen. 52:05 Maybe you went out and you-- 52:06 maybe you feel like you've failed 52:08 and you're afraid to go out again. 52:09 Let me just read 4 Testimonies 132 says this, listen the value. 52:13 "If you've failed ninety-nine times out of a hundred." 52:18 If you what? "You failed 52:19 ninety-nine times out of a hundred, 52:21 but you succeed in saving one soul from ruin, 52:25 you have done a noble work for the Master." 52:29 See, how we look at it as human beings differently. 52:32 Think about it. You go 100-- 52:34 100 times out and you failed 99 times. 52:36 Nothing happens but one soul, the value one soul, 52:40 you have done a noble work for the Master. 52:42 Praise God for that. 52:45 But you know what, remind you, you realize 52:46 that there is no such thing as failure in the cause of Christ. 52:50 There is no such thing as lost, 52:51 there is no such thing as defeat, 52:53 there is no such thing as impossibility 52:56 because I can do all things through Christ 52:58 who strengthens me. 53:01 Friend, I want you to sense the value of a soul. 53:03 I want you to sense how God wants to use you to win souls. 53:06 But you know what? 53:07 Love to God and love to our fellow men. 53:11 If we don't love our fellow men, remember, 53:14 how can we love God? We haven't seen Him. 53:16 We see our fellow men. 53:18 If not why don't we pray about it? Say, oh, God, 53:20 help me to love my fellow men. 53:21 I haven't loved in a way that I should. 53:23 I haven't loved them the way that you love me. 53:25 Why don't we pray about that right now 53:26 before we close and just ask God to help us to see? 53:30 Well, set you on fire and set your feet 53:32 on different path and maybe where it's been 53:33 before and you're no longer afraid of failure 53:36 but you want to go forward in the name of Jesus. 53:38 I'm gonna kneel here. Pray with me 53:39 where you can please. 53:41 Merciful Father in heaven, 53:42 again we thank you for your precious word. 53:44 Thank you for reminding us who you are and who we are. 53:47 Thank you for reminding us 53:49 that there is no such thing as failure, defeat or lose 53:52 when we're on the side of Christ. 53:54 No impossibilities. Bless us now. 53:56 We pray to this and put this in our hearts 53:58 and our minds the value of a soul 54:00 and what was paid to ransom it. 54:02 We thank you for loving us. 54:03 Help us to see it the way heaven sees, 54:05 not the way the world sees. 54:06 And bless those who of you those who hear. 54:08 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 54:12 I want to encourage you to so much in--in the study. 54:15 You need to keep studying. 54:16 You need to keep digging deeper than maybe you've ever been, 54:19 you know, you dug before in the word of God 54:21 because you need to understand this value of a soul. 54:23 And, you know, we are reaching out, 54:25 by the grace of God and, kind of, 54:27 getting into homes and to maybe hundreds 54:29 and maybe millions homes, thousand, millions. 54:33 And you know what we want to do? Listen. 54:36 We want to encourage you to help us 54:38 to get this message to millions, billions of people. 54:43 Can't do it with out your help. 54:44 This is the only support that we have coming in, 54:46 that's what the free will offerings of God's people. 54:48 So keep that in mind. Pray for us. 54:50 We'll be praying for you. Remember, we love you. 54:52 We're gonna look forward to spending 54:53 a lot more time with you when we see you again. 54:59 Wow. Sharing the love of God has never appeared so sweet 55:03 to as many of us as perhaps it does right now. 55:07 After spending this time together and studying 55:10 this should motivate us to get out 55:13 and to share the love, our love for Christ, 55:17 with others through service, through the giving of literature 55:20 or D.V.D. and C.D. messages or in just anyway 55:24 that the Lord opens the door for us to do so. 55:27 But as we go forward I would like for you to keep in mind 55:30 one other excerpt from the book, "Steps to Christ" 55:33 that I'd like to share with you in closing. 55:36 By following this example you will bear fruit 55:39 for the kingdom of heaven, perhaps as never before. 55:42 And this world, your world may even feel a bit more 55:46 like heaven itself. Listen closely. 55:49 "Jesus did not suppress one word of truth, 55:53 but he uttered it always in love. 55:55 He exercised the greatest tact and thoughtful, 55:58 kind attention in His relationship with the people. 56:02 He was never rude, never needlessly spoke a severe word, 56:07 never gave needless pain to a sensitive soul. 56:10 He did not censure human weakness. 56:13 He spoke the truth, but always in love. 56:18 His life was one of self-denial and thoughtful care for others. 56:22 Every soul was precious in His eyes. 56:26 In all men He saw fallen souls 56:29 whom it was His mission to save." 56:32 Friends, what more? What more could ever be said? 56:37 Our neighbor is every precious soul around us. 56:40 Our mission is to share 56:42 the gospel of salvation with them, 56:45 but always in godly love with the wisdom 56:49 that only comes from heaven. 56:51 We hope that you will call us today, 56:54 that this message is so important 56:56 that you would like to order this two part series 56:59 so that you can view it time and again and remind yourselves 57:03 and share with others, show them as well 57:05 just how vitally important a soul is. 57:09 Our prayers for these message 57:11 is to be a tool in bringing heavenly peace, joy, love, 57:16 and motivation in service for Christ. 57:18 So pick up the phone today. 57:19 Give us a call. 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