Daniel chp 11

It is glory just to walk within whose blood has ransomed me.

! It is rapture for my soul each day. It is joy divine to feel in here, wherever my breath may be. Bless the Lord, it's glory all the way!

It is glory just to walk within. It is glory just to walk within. He will find us out to hide, who will find you in the light.

It is glory just to walk within. It is glory just to walk within.

It is glory when the shadows fall to know that He is near. Oh, what joy to simply trust and pray!

It is glory to abide in Him when skies of love are clear. Yes, with Him it's glory all the way!

Yes, with Him it's glory all the way! It is glory all the way!

It is glory all the way! It is glory when I walk within. Our heaven's golden shore.

Never from His side again to stray.

Till the glory wondrous glory with the Savior evermore.

Never from His glory all away.

It is glory just to walk within. We will guide our steps on trying to heal and learn our heart.

It is glory just to walk within. It is glory just to walk within.

Alright, now you take your hymnal and turn to a little song that's not as familiar as the first. Amen. Oh, the wondrous transformation since the Savior walks with me.

Oh, the wondrous transformation since the Savior walks with me.

There's a glory on my pathway that before I could not see.

He can make the desert blossom, cause the darkest night to shine.

Turn the saddest heart to singing. By His presence all divine.

In the trial I find a blessing. In the fire His form I sing.

Every raging storm is hallowed. Since the Savior walks with me.

So we walk along together. And we talk as friend to friend.

Someday we will reach the homeland. Where our joys that never end.

Oh, I walk with the King. Hallelujah. I walk with the King.

Praise His name. Praise His name. As I travel along. In my heart there's a song. For I walk. And I talk with the King.

As I walk with the King. In my heart there's a song. In my heart there's a song. For I walk.

And I talk with the King. Jesus Christ.

We turn again to the 11th chapter of the book of Daniel.

visions in the book of Daniel. Two of them, the visions of heathen kings interpreted by Daniel. Three of them, visions of his own brought to him by angels. But all of them deal mainly with the same subject, that being the prophetic subject of the Antichrist.

In the 11th chapter, which is the longest chapter in the book of Daniel, we probably have the most complete and the most complex and the most difficult to look at vision in the Bible. My personal conviction is that there is more written about the Antichrist technically in the 11th chapter than in any other prophetic chapter in the Old Testament.

If you have been with us, and I have not gone fast, we are not going to go fast tonight, because I find to digest it is difficult.

But I would remind you in chapter 9, excuse me, if you'll turn back to it a second, I would like to remind you that the four most highlighted verses of prophecy are found there in the answer to Daniel's prayer in regards to the children of Israel who have been living so sinfully.

And that prophecy, beginning, of course, with verse 25 or verse 24, covering only four verses, introduces to us one main subject that we must never forget.

And that is Daniel talking about his 70th week. He introduces the Antichrist, and he introduces the covenant that this personage makes with the children of Israel.

Now, the key, of course, in chapter 9 is the fact that he breaks the covenant in the middle of the week.

I personally believe that if you read all prophetic writers, they miss what the Antichrist does in the covenant he does not break, or the part of the covenant he does not break, in the first half of the week.

We are always so prone, and it's the same thing in the 11th chapter, we are so prone to dive into the conflict of what is described as the great tribulation that we forget what happens before that takes place.

Now, I draw this to your attention, because I know in reading Daniel, and in studying it, and in teaching it, and going back to it, you cannot remember everything that's there unless you review it, or write it down, or pay attention to it.

I personally believe that there is more in our Bible about the person of the Antichrist than we know, or have possibly had revealed to us, in reading line upon line, and word upon word, and paragraph upon paragraph.

Now, I'd like to begin tonight again, because I want to confuse you. You cannot read a writer of prophecy on the 11th chapter of Daniel without getting total disagreement.

In fact, I'm not so sure that what Daniel says about the conflict of nations can be ferreted out in its total specifics.

I want to draw you back tonight to verse 24. Now, I know I was there two weeks ago, and I'm repeating a little bit. The 11th chapter of Daniel is first of all historical, beginning with verse 1, probably through verse 35.

That's a debatable point. But we know historically the events that are written there can be tied in with the history of the time of Daniel, Syria, Darius, and the rest that are involved.

The Ptolemy kings especially. So Daniel 11 gives to us history which proves that Daniel knew what he was talking about.

Now, you know there are many writers who claim that Daniel didn't write it till after it happened. That is impossible. Or that a pseudo-writer wrote the book of Daniel and tied in history to make it look like truth.

Chapter 11 begins and can be proven to be good history. We know that Antiochus Epiphanes, who has appeared before in the historical setting of Daniel when you had the reference to the abomination of desolation in chapter 8, is a fine illustration of the character of the prophetic person called the Antichrist.

But we also know that many of the things which were fulfilled historically by Antiochus Epiphany referred to in chapter 11 have never been fulfilled in totality.

So I personally believe that chapter 11 breaks down three ways. The first part is total history. I'll not give an outline of the verses because I think there's overlapping.

Then there is in the middle section of the chapter history prophecy. History which Antiochus Epiphanes can manifest but cannot manifest it completely so he is prophetic in some of the things of his characteristic.

And then there is the last part of the chapter which is total prophecy which has never been fulfilled and can be completely divorced from the history of Antiochus Epiphanes.

We have no other prophecies like that. Isaiah never does that. Ezekiel never does that. The minor prophets never overlap history to prophecy. But the angel who came from heaven to give Daniel the answer to a 24 day prayer in chapter 10 is the one who prophesies in chapter 11.

Now kindly know us as we look we are studying the character of the Antichrist not the history of Antiochus Epiphany. First of all in verse 24 as you can tie in with verse 21 but I will not go back that far.

he comes in peaceably. That's all it says. Bear in mind what I told you last time. If the Bible is a comparative book and it is then the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ involved about three and a half years of his life right?

Then the Antichrist to really try to be a fooler has to gain recognition in three and a half years or less or he cannot because of people's intelligence be known as the Christ the false one.

It is hard for us to believe that intelligent people will be fooled that the Messiah has come and he will not be the Messiah he is the Antichrist.

He comes and always the reference to prophecy is to the nation of Israel. Remember something if you're reading the Old Testament. God in writing down the history of the nation of Israel and the prophecy which constrains Palestine is only interested in the wars of which they are involved nothing else.

So you see in verse 24 he shall enter peaceably. Now of course you drop down and we know historically that Antiochus Epiphanes went twice to Egypt once by Roman edict and once on his own hook.

The first time he went south by his own decision and he won. You find that in verse 25 and prophetically of course the Antichrist has to be concerned with the age old enemies of the nation of Israel called the Ishmaelites.

In order to win their favor he has to defeat Egypt. He has to gain some ground there or he will never be accepted by them peaceably.

In verse 26 you find that the nation of Egypt is defeated. In verse 27 you see that these two kings sit across the table from each other and speak lies.

Then you have that interesting little phrase which shows up in prophecy all the time of which the so-called secular writers do not like. And that is the phrase for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

God does have a timetable and it cannot be changed. I don't care what you believe about man his decisions his abilities and etc.

But the prophet says whenever I'm speaking of prophecy whether in history or illustration or directness God has a time. verse 28 of course comes in again to the fact then shall he return into his land with great riches and his heart shall be against the holy covenant.

Now again you see Antiochus Epiphanes did this he came in peaceably gained the ground with the nation of Israel they thought they were secure in the testament that he had written with them that he would allow them to religiously do what they were supposed to do in the temple with the sacrifices and just as we have prophetically that covenant is going to have to be broken and it was by Antiochus Epiphanes now notice something in verse 29 at the time appointed he shall return and come toward the south again the second time he goes to Egypt by edict of a Roman empire but there's an interesting here that I just bring to your attention because it is what bears the controversy beginning with verse 39 to the end of the chapter it seems that the history prophecy in the middle of the chapter deals with two nations north and south the south refers to Egypt and in verse 29 the time appointed he shall return and come toward the south that makes the person coming towards the south the land of the north you follow my thinking so we really have two nations in this prophecy history part north and south

I personally believe that's where we get into trouble when we try to interpret the prophecy which is towards the end of the chapter because the prophecy historical part deals with two nations we think there can be only two nations in the prophetic total part called north and south and we get all wrapped up in words and we don't read what it says I draw this to your attention you're to verse 30 verse 31 in verse 30 he finds historically as well as prophetically that there are those who are religious towards God who automatically because of his peaceableness and his flattery turn away from the temple worship and forsake the covenant even as God's chosen people the Jews leave the law and they follow the northern king in this section Antiochus Epiphanes but the Antichrist you come to verse 31 and arms shall stand on his part the word arms is a military term the affairs of war shall make his part possible there are those who believe that verse 31 is an interval verse the first phrase deals with history and beginning with the word and they shall pollute it is pure prophecy from here on that's a possibility there are interval verses in the book of

Daniel you see one in the 70 weeks it prophesies the first coming of Christ and the second coming of Christ and the only thing that separates it is a comma read on with me the arm shall stand on his part and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength and shall take away the daily sacrifice and they shall place the abomination that make it desolate the second time the abomination of desolation and when Christ said in Matthew 24 when you see the abomination of desolation in the temple run for your lives he says it to the Jews and remember something the Jew will only get that knowledge by reading the Bible we forget this we think that the Jew during the tribulation period is going to get some new manifestation I personally believe that Matthew 21 22 23 24 and 25 are the textbook of the Jews in the tribulation if they're going to find out that they have to flee when the abomination of desolation is in the temple they're going to have to believe it from the pen of

Matthew it's the only place they're going to get it your reference Bible by Schofield as far as I'm concerned is not a good reference it should not be there I personally believe this is a history prophecy when he speaks of the abomination of desolation he truly is speaking although Antiochus Epiphanes did desecrate the temple he never desecrated it like the antichrist is going to so it is a history do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries how does he keep the Jewish people coming his way the devil only has two weapons I would remind you of that again tonight one weapon is violence the other is flattery it's the only two weapons he has presently today he's not using much violence he's using an awful lot of flattery yay has the Lord really said this he started that at creation he's never going to quit that's what he does to the

Jews and very quickly we do not look at that first three and a half years or the beginning of tribulation it is a great time it takes quite a personage to sell the Jews that he's the Messiah he will have to facsimile Christ right down to the letter of the law and he does it with flatteries now you go on but the people that do know their God there is that remnant always right there is that remnant which will flee without clothing without food without anything who believe God and do exploits and they that understand among the people shall instruct many a very difficult verse we don't know whether they do it by example or by word but they are the witnesses not Christ and they do not follow him now you come to probably a little section on martyrdom yet they shall fall notice the four things we are not tying in revelation

I know you'd like to do that but I like to teach Daniel for Daniel's sake they shall fall by the sword they shall fall by flame did you ever read that they shall fall by captivity and they shall fall by being spoilers and spoiled to other nations as slaves they will be barter to other nations my personal opinion is that you will have introduced in the middle of the tribulation honest slavery such as was known in the United States in the beginning of the southern part and the bartered slaves will be Jews who will not accept the mark of the beast or follow the Antichrist and their martyrdom will not be death it will be slavery you know they say Toynbee says that history circles itself every 200 years do you know something but for slavery the spiritual tone of the

United States would never have been what it is do you know that the slaves kept the gospel alive and the gospel was given them by Christian masters who didn't understand how they should be treating slaves slavery is not an impossible place to witness and I would remind you that we do not understand captive countries today there is a witness behind the iron curtain they are not killed but they're slaves to a country that does not allow the gospel to be preached but it is a witness and so you see you have this now when they shall fall we don't know is when they is whether they are the people who are instructed or they are the people who instruct they shall be helped but with a little help or false help but many shall cleave to them with flatteries why to get them to apostatize very difficult text all of you are aware that it says in 2

Thessalonians 2 unless there be an apostasy of falling away the antichrist cannot be revealed is it possible that he's not speaking of the last half of the tribulation that he's speaking towards the last part of the first half maybe the middle part when apostasy will be calling away from that which is the true instruction of the word of God and it will be the Jews who calls apostasy the Jews who follow the antichrist you see we have become so sophisticated and I would remind you once civilization becomes sophistication it will never revert back to ancient cultural situations do you know something there are going to be cars in the tribulation there are going to be airplanes in the tribulation there's going to be progress in the tribulation I was brought up as a kid on prophecy and that's why I can't teach it now because I didn't pay attention to it but as a kid when I was taught prophecy I thought when the rapture took place that the next day everything would revert back to about the 15th century that's not true culturally in fact probably the many things that are designated that will take place are being progressed to the place now that they will take place in the line of progressive culture

I think Mr. Hanna said something this morning historically about Hitler that's very easy when you get enough people upset all you got to have is a smooth-talking dictator and he doesn't have to fire a shot and that's what you're talking about I'll read a little further so all the time the work of the Antichrist through the Jews who will follow him not the original holy covenant is to get other Jews to follow the Antichrist as the Christ to apostatize and some of them of understanding who understand what's going on who understand the word of God shall fall not apostatize a different word in the Hebrew language it's bad that it was translated fall some of them shall be martyred some of them shall suffer some of them shall be captive what happens to them why does God allow this this is one of the most interesting verses in the Old

Testament to try them to see if they're genuine to refine them the word try in the Hebrew language is the New Testament Greek word to refine as by fire secondly to purge them to separate the good from the bad there are going to be false Christian Jews just as there's false Gentile Christians today you say pastor when they apostatize don't they follow the Antichrist no there will some who try to play both ends of the rope there will be some who understand who know that this can't be the Christ they know the word of God backward and forward and on the outward circumstance they look like they're following God but in their heart they have never been born again and I will remind you in the tribulation unless you're born again you can't come to Christ some of you don't understand that now when God said to Nicodemus you must be born again he was not writing something new he was transferring something that was prophesied in the

Old Testament over to the new practicality and once he wrote the law down it never changes whether it's tribulation or whether it's millennium being regenerated is a necessity during all of time periods what do you have in the millennium dear hearts if you know anything about the millennium you have a rule of a rod of iron right and people will look righteous am I right or wrong in fact the whole world will look righteous there will be sin but it will be dealt with far different than Mr.

Hannah was talking about this morning it will be dealt with like I'd like to deal with it today shoot them a child shall die a hundred years of age how can Isaiah say that because a hundred year old person will be in comparison a child compared to a ten year old today people will live a thousand years but when someone sins who's a hundred years of age God looks at him in a thousand year period like a child and a child shall die a hundred years why because that person who sins will be dealt with with a rod there is a forced righteousness in the millennium which forces so-called obvious regeneration on the outside but no regeneration on the inside to some people how do I know this because at the end of the millennial period Satan is loosed and he gets a great army of human beings so we have outward regeneration but not inward regeneration therefore we have people in the millennium who look good but inside are bad you have the same thing here why does

God take these who seem to understand and even instruct and try to get the Jew who's apostatized to come away you'd say they're all saved no God's going to try them first of all to refine them secondly to separate the good from the bad and thirdly to purify them make them white now he comes to the second time gains a covenant same as chapter 9 he gets Jews away from true God true Messiah true spiritual true Bible he gets them to apostatize we have a remnant is not going to apostatize but they're not all true they look true but they aren't and some of them are martyred martyred by war by flame by captivity and by slavery verse 36 remember you're studying the antichrist and the king still we think referring to that northern king who went south to Egypt right it hasn't changed yet maybe it doesn't change but now he picks up a new name and all prophetic writers agree that this is the name we should refer to him

I and the king shall do according to his own will this becomes the willful king that is a name for the antichrist he is a willful king in total opposite to the Lord Jesus Christ the Lord Jesus Christ never wanted to do his own will he wanted to do the will of the father who sent him now when you read this verse you start to begin to get into the pure prophecy part of Daniel 11 I personally believe that we could get Daniel 11 in our mind we would never go wrong in prophecy the longest prophecy and the shortest prophecy which is Daniel 9 are the two most important prophecies in your Bible and the king shall do according to his will Christ never did he shall exalt himself Christ never did and magnify himself above every god next to that you write 2nd Thessalonians 2 3 and 4 I'm not going to read 2nd Thessalonians 2 tonight but that's the reference to that phrase and magnify himself above every god and shall speak marvelous things bad translation but really means blasphemy which shall be astonishing if you think the true god has been called names today in profanity you've never heard the antichrist the blasphemy which he shall say is true against the true god is so much that it has to astonish the very people that hear it we have no conception what he will say about god my personal feeling is that he will use exactly what we think he will use by declaring that the christ who came 2000 years before him was the antichrist there can only be one christ and if he's it then the other one has to be false that's blasphemy that's astonishing blasphemy read a little further and shall speak marvelous things against the god of gods now don't be upset with that phrase but the angel is only giving you the fact that there are many gods during the historical time there are many gods today and there will be many gods in the tribulation and shall prosper one simple line everything he does will be successful do you see how he can astonish people he will open the bible you think the antichrist is going to throw the bible away you're wrong and he's not going to write a new you know what he's going to say i want to prove to you i'm the christ because my bible says if you're the christ you'll prosper he may even repeat psalm one he may repeat joshua one eight and say see i can prove i'm the christ no one can defeat me no one can question me look what i've done for the nation of israel for the first time they're prosperous they're peaceable all of these things are taking place and so we shall prosper then you have a little phrase till the time of the indignation against the jew is accomplished i think we don't read our bible rightly what is the purpose of the tribulation just for god to make this earth a mess a whole purpose of the tribulation is to get that little group of people who are going to follow the true messiah to follow the true messiah god will turn a whole world upside down to get his chosen people to accept christ if that's

not a sovereign god dear christian i don't know what is and in the interim he's going to kill half the population and as joseph said you meant it for evil but god meant it for good and the jew that comes out of the tribulation born again who sees the messiah is going to say you thought god was doing it for evil but he was doing it for us and they shall look upon him whom they have pierced and every eye shall see him you see that now you come to that time of god again third time in this chapter he's mentioned it for that that is determined the word is decreed shall be done i want to say something as kindly i can say it that's the kind of a god i like and that's the kind of a god i want who when he says this is it this is it and don't give me a god that vacillates and don't give me a god that changes because if god can change any place in his creative realm then he can change the prophecy that was written word for word and line by line and our bible is no good three times he said to daniel through the angel until the appointed time until the time of the end until the time determined by god now you to verse 37 and

I quickly try to get a couple verses and I'll let you go home you say pastor you haven't gone any place yeah I!

that's what's confusing is the character character the the antichrist still the north kingdom if so then he does not during his wars make his original center the land of palestine now if in the next verses he defends the land of palestine against the northern confederacy the revival of the roman empire then you have a different picture let's learn a couple three things and you come back next Sunday night if you're interested in the subject you notice the character of the antichrist is peaceableness is flattery and I would say one thing the antichrist is only interested in one thing war his main interest is fighting war is everything any kind that's all he's interested in of course you know he's an atheist!

he's an antichrist neither shall he regard the God of his fathers kindly notice something Satan's hope has been from the time he was created to be God and in the antichrist he's going to get it fulfilled just it's so stupid for me to sit here and read when you can read by yourself neither shall he regard the God of his fathers that's a very interesting phrase it would seem that he comes from one of two areas if we go to revelation and realize that it says that he comes out of the sea then we have to realize he may be a Gentile if we look at this phrase and does not regard the God of his fathers if he is still talking about the nation of Israel he has to be a Jew we don't know I can only say something to you if the

God of his fathers does not refer to the fact that he has to be a Jew then he has to come from a Christian family that's a serious thought most of you know Dr.

DeHaan believes that he has to be a Jew Dr. DeHaan believed all of his life that the Antichrist had to be Judas Iscariot come back in the flesh that is not without credence I do not believe that personally but that has possibilities kindly notice that the God of his fathers either has to refer to him coming from the nation of Israel or he is coming from a nation a home that has been Christian and it is not unspecific it is specific second thing neither shall he regard the God of his father nor the desire of women what are you going to do with that phrase some say it refers to a phrase of the Lord Jesus Christ and that is possible historically Christ is very often the desire of human beings some believe that it refers to the

Israelites idolatry to the queen of heaven you realize they did have idolatry to the queen of heaven in the Syrian historical annals or is it possible that he will be against women I do not mean to stretch a point but it's very possible he will be a homosexual and you are aware that the so-called fight by the gay movement today is not without credence it is totally anti-biblical I hope you understand it it does not say we shouldn't love them but we do not condone them God loves the sinner but he hates the sin you understand that but again remember cultural progress is used by prophecy it always has been cultural morality has always used in prophecy engineering achievements will be used prophetically nor regard any god what does he do for he shall magnify himself above all in other words we are to revelation 13 he sets himself up as god kindly notice that daniel doesn't make any reference here to the abomination of desolation in the temple he has done that historically prophetically with antiochus epiphanies but he has not done that in a specific reference to the prophecy of the future to come but verse 38 in his estate if some of you have a new translation of the bible which I do not like but in the place of the rejected god shall he honor the god of forces forces

I do not agree with bount to flower I do not agree with the denominational translation that the word forces should be translated fortresses if your bible does that I'm sorry I have to disagree I believe that the translation is exceptional and in this day and age because we are this far in history I think it's necessary to leave it like it is in other words he will come on a discovery of science which is there that has never been discovered before and some secret power of nature which will captivate people and that's what I believe he says something that his fathers never had the shadiest idea about something that was beyond imagination of course verse 37 says he's a total atheist and verse 38 says he's a total materialist all of you know that from your reading but in the place of the rejected

God he shall honor the God of forces whether that's a scientific term or a discovery of science or a powerful secret of nature that we haven't come on on yet we do not know but it is unique this is why I said to you at the beginning I believe Daniel Levin has things suggested about the antichrist that we've never scratched the surface on he goes on a God whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold this is very interesting whatever this force is shall become total idol very interesting if you can conjecture you remember in revelation 13 the the false prophet sets up an image of the antichrist in the temple and it's very possible that the offerings of gold and silver and precious stones will be taken there as a heathen offering and it may be the discovery of forces is that very image which is made by the false prophet for

Satan can energize a statue I don't know let's forget ancient history and come to mind how powerful is Satan powerful enough to be the prince of the power of the air powerful enough to facsimile Christ in every area of his life beginning with healings and resurrection from death and any other thing you want to name he certainly can empower a statue made by the false prophet to the antichrist as a genie form of situation rub his nose and make anything come to pass something that's never happened before kindly notice those people who will listen to what he says become very very rich thus shall he do in the most strongholds that happens to be a reference to nations it would seem

I'm going to say this honestly I didn't say it specifically it would seem that verse 39 tells us that he conquers the entire world if the United States is still in existence and it will be probably it's pretty hard for us to relate to something in Jerusalem it's going to have to be pretty powerful isn't it it's going to have to be able to be tuned to any nation with such magnitude that they'll fear not to follow it thus!

shall he do in the most strongholds with a now you've got the term of what he calls it we had it as a god of forces and we had it as a god that nobody else knew and now you have it called a strange god it carries out things that have never been carried out before not just holes we really don't understand neutron bombs we don't understand missiles but you are aware we have the capabilities now through computerization if you can get it set up right that within less than five seconds you can destroy anything on the face of the earth in a specific spot it's not that far yet but we have the knowledge to do it all the antichrist would have to do is say now I'm going to put this in your country and as long as you follow me I won't push the button all he has to do is demonstrate it once and everybody will bow down to it or maybe doesn't even have to push a button for how does

Christ hold all things in the place of creation where it is now by his very voice Hebrews 1 3 hath in these last days spoken unto us by his son who upholdeth all things by the word of his power and the antichrist will say you want to see me speak I'll show you what I can do you want to see me call down a star I'll do it and he will and he shall cause them to rule over many in other words those who follow his following and his teaching his instruction his power and I would remind you of all that you've been praying for for years and praying for the peace of Jerusalem will be destroyed in a very few weeks by the antichrist because he will divide the land of Palestine as booty for those who are his lieutenants that's what it says and he shall divide the land for gain the land is the land of

Palestine I'm going to stop right there there's probably two more lessons in this chapter on the character of the prophecy of the antichrist history history and prophecy and prophecy heavenly father the word of god is certainly something to us we wish we could scratch the surface and yet you have revealed to us only what you want revealed we are aware that the writers by the holy spirit of the old testament had to speak in their language and the angel had to give it to them in their language and we're thankful that we know christ and we're thankful that the appointed time everything will fall into place gracious lord we cannot close this service with an invitation to pressure people and to push people but we can stand in awe of yourself we have nothing of ourselves and you remind us that god uses the foolish and the debased and the despised and the nobodies that no one can glory in his presence may we humble ourselves in your sight that you might lift us up may we draw near to god so that he will draw near to us and may tonight we walk circumspectly thank you that we live in the age of grace thank you that we heard the gospel thank you that the holy spirit so worked in us that we accept it and tonight thrill us with the book that we have in our hand that is not only practical but it's prophetical in the name of christ we pray amen i noticed as we were singing there's a little hymn about walk across the page on page 336 i'd like to have you remember that song service tonight because our lesson is a lesson of instruction and not a lesson of practical teaching and so you ought to go home and think about your walk shall we sing a verse or two of number 336 to close the day oh for a closer walk with

God a common heavenly frame a light to shine upon the road that leads me to the land return oh holy dove return sweet messenger of rest I hate the sins that made thee mourn and drove thee from my breath if you're here tonight and you have a spiritual need feel free to step from your seat if you have a spiritual decision maybe you are a believer you've never been baptized you ought to be maybe

God is speaking to your heart about fellowship there's no great invitation I believe of the Holy Spirit works he works through song he works through prayer he even works through prophecy going to sing verse three and four this is our benediction I'd be happy to have you come and meet me at the front if you'd like to leave your seat sing together please the dearest idol I have known my dear and I be and be to care from thy growth and birth to my work to not be to your love to not be to not to for to be be lip be I be to in lip lip lip lip in mod and my good are to in lip lip lip lip lip lip In jean good lip lip lip O'er the name I pray, so the glory I shall cry, the Lord, and lead me to the land.

O'er the name I pray, so the glory I shall cry, the Lord, and lead me to the land.

O'er the name I pray, so the glory I shall cry, the Lord, and lead me to the land.