WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.299 A.W. Tozer, some of you will recognize that name, 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:06.540 but he once said, 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:09.700 if man had his way, 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:15.280 the plan of redemption would be an endless and bloody conflict. 00:00:16.620 --> 00:00:19.300 Salvation, or in reality salvation, 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.080 was bought not by Jesus' fist, 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:26.240 but by his nail-pierced hands. 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:30.139 Not by muscle, but by love. 00:00:30.579 --> 00:00:33.539 Not by vengeance, but by forgiveness. 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:37.599 Not by force, but by sacrifice. 00:00:39.060 --> 00:00:40.539 Jesus Christ, our Lord, 00:00:41.460 --> 00:00:44.359 surrendered in order that he might win. 00:00:45.659 --> 00:00:48.659 He destroyed his enemies by dying. 00:00:49.340 --> 00:00:55.179 And he conquered death by allowing death to conquer him. 00:00:55.179 --> 00:00:57.979 Good morning. 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:02.019 What a great day this is. 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:03.780 I've been looking forward to it. 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:07.340 You have that sort of whittle out. 00:01:07.420 --> 00:01:08.219 You're right, Rod. 00:01:09.960 --> 00:01:13.099 No, I'm really happy to be here with you this morning. 00:01:13.980 --> 00:01:17.039 I heard a saying years ago that sort of stuck with me. 00:01:17.620 --> 00:01:19.140 Every day is a good day, 00:01:19.780 --> 00:01:21.019 but some are better. 00:01:21.019 --> 00:01:24.319 My prayer for you this morning 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:27.599 is that today is going to be one of those better days 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:29.259 for each and every one of you. 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:31.840 Let's pray. 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:34.679 Heavenly Father, 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:38.819 thank you for allowing us to be here together 00:01:38.819 --> 00:01:42.280 to worship and glorify you this morning. 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:44.859 We ask that the Holy Spirit 00:01:44.859 --> 00:01:47.159 fill us all with your love 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:48.739 and your peace 00:01:48.739 --> 00:01:50.780 and comfort us 00:01:50.780 --> 00:01:52.540 with the knowledge and truth 00:01:52.540 --> 00:01:54.219 of your word. 00:01:54.980 --> 00:01:55.540 Amen. 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:00.659 We're getting some variety 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:01.599 the last couple of weeks. 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:02.900 Charles was here last week. 00:02:02.900 --> 00:02:04.660 I'm here this week. 00:02:05.300 --> 00:02:05.859 And with luck, 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:07.900 Pastor Josh will be back from Mexico 00:02:07.900 --> 00:02:08.960 by next week. 00:02:09.140 --> 00:02:10.219 Or it's your turn, Rod. 00:02:12.460 --> 00:02:14.340 When Pastor Josh told us 00:02:14.340 --> 00:02:15.560 at an elders meeting 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:18.099 a couple months ago now, I guess, 00:02:20.099 --> 00:02:23.379 when he was going away, 00:02:23.480 --> 00:02:24.580 what the dates were, 00:02:24.860 --> 00:02:27.259 and that those dates would include two Sundays, 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:30.259 my spidey senses went, 00:02:30.259 --> 00:02:30.739 uh-oh. 00:02:33.859 --> 00:02:34.379 Well, 00:02:34.799 --> 00:02:37.579 then he asked Charles and I 00:02:37.579 --> 00:02:40.500 if we would each take a turn 00:02:40.500 --> 00:02:42.959 coming up here to talk to you. 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:45.280 Well, Charles took the first week, 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:47.340 and here I am. 00:02:47.699 --> 00:02:49.959 Well, my immediate reactions 00:02:49.959 --> 00:02:53.459 when Josh asked us that were, 00:02:53.859 --> 00:02:56.719 well, maybe he was a little anxious, 00:02:58.120 --> 00:02:59.620 a little fearful, 00:03:00.259 --> 00:03:01.759 doubtful, 00:03:02.859 --> 00:03:05.060 but 00:03:05.060 --> 00:03:07.579 the opportunity 00:03:07.579 --> 00:03:09.319 to share God's word 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:11.500 is such a blessing 00:03:11.500 --> 00:03:12.439 that those feelings 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:13.819 quickly went away. 00:03:17.259 --> 00:03:19.060 The Lord then put a thought 00:03:19.060 --> 00:03:20.759 in my head about 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:22.719 what it was that he might 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:24.719 like me to talk about this morning. 00:03:26.579 --> 00:03:28.500 Tozer referred to it a little bit, 00:03:28.500 --> 00:03:31.960 the thought that came into my head 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:32.879 was salvation. 00:03:35.819 --> 00:03:37.919 Now, we've been talking about it 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:39.319 at different times, 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:40.500 like salvation 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:42.319 and how sure are you, 00:03:42.460 --> 00:03:43.180 what is it, 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:44.780 and why do you want it? 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:46.360 Well, 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.460 I had really 00:03:50.460 --> 00:03:52.620 to do not a lot of thinking 00:03:52.620 --> 00:03:54.220 because I don't get 00:03:54.220 --> 00:03:55.600 random thoughts in my head 00:03:55.600 --> 00:03:56.900 unless they're coming from 00:03:56.900 --> 00:03:58.100 the Lord, 00:03:58.260 --> 00:03:58.740 usually, 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:00.680 and he put that one there, 00:04:00.820 --> 00:04:02.160 so here goes. 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:03.560 I'm going to give you 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:04.460 a couple points 00:04:04.460 --> 00:04:05.740 the way I see them 00:04:05.740 --> 00:04:07.500 on salvation. 00:04:07.500 --> 00:04:11.340 First thing I'd have to look at 00:04:11.340 --> 00:04:12.180 is salvation. 00:04:12.379 --> 00:04:12.520 Well, 00:04:12.780 --> 00:04:13.900 what does it mean? 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:15.879 What does salvation 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:17.379 actually mean? 00:04:18.779 --> 00:04:19.100 Well, 00:04:19.180 --> 00:04:20.660 being kind of old school, 00:04:20.819 --> 00:04:21.639 I took out my 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:23.439 Funkin-Wagnall's Dictionary. 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:24.560 I don't, 00:04:24.660 --> 00:04:25.800 some of you might remember 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:26.579 that term, 00:04:26.699 --> 00:04:26.879 but 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:28.259 for the kids, 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:29.540 a dictionary is a book 00:04:29.540 --> 00:04:30.740 with words in it 00:04:30.740 --> 00:04:31.860 and it describes 00:04:31.860 --> 00:04:34.220 what those words 00:04:34.220 --> 00:04:35.120 actually mean. 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:35.759 Okay. 00:04:39.100 --> 00:04:40.420 And as I was looking up, 00:04:40.500 --> 00:04:41.540 looking for salvation, 00:04:41.699 --> 00:04:42.840 I'm going down the page 00:04:42.840 --> 00:04:45.199 and I saw salvage. 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:45.879 I thought, 00:04:45.939 --> 00:04:46.079 hey, 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:46.879 that's close. 00:04:47.220 --> 00:04:48.259 What does that say? 00:04:50.060 --> 00:04:50.379 And 00:04:50.379 --> 00:04:52.939 the definition of salvage was 00:04:52.939 --> 00:04:54.639 anything 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:56.699 saved from destruction. 00:04:58.399 --> 00:04:59.120 And I thought, 00:04:59.199 --> 00:04:59.360 hey, 00:04:59.579 --> 00:04:59.819 you know, 00:04:59.899 --> 00:05:01.240 that's close. 00:05:01.379 --> 00:05:03.280 That's not a bad answer, 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:03.579 but 00:05:03.579 --> 00:05:06.240 well, 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:08.259 let's see if we can clarify 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:09.639 it just a little bit more. 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:11.800 And the very next word 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:12.859 under salvage 00:05:12.859 --> 00:05:13.859 was salvation. 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:15.180 I thought, 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:15.539 okay, 00:05:15.659 --> 00:05:16.399 here we go. 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:17.439 Now, 00:05:17.479 --> 00:05:19.180 they listed three possible 00:05:19.180 --> 00:05:19.919 definitions 00:05:19.919 --> 00:05:21.099 for 00:05:21.099 --> 00:05:22.479 salvation. 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:24.279 The first one 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:26.019 was the process 00:05:26.019 --> 00:05:27.159 or state 00:05:27.159 --> 00:05:29.039 of being saved. 00:05:29.899 --> 00:05:30.639 Preservation 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:31.759 from impending 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:32.560 evil. 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:33.680 I thought, 00:05:33.740 --> 00:05:33.819 well, 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:34.740 that's getting closer. 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:37.160 Then there's one 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:37.439 that said, 00:05:37.620 --> 00:05:39.420 any means of deliverance 00:05:39.420 --> 00:05:40.459 from danger, 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:40.980 evil, 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:41.620 or ruin. 00:05:42.280 --> 00:05:42.759 Again, 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:44.680 it's in the ballpark. 00:05:45.420 --> 00:05:46.139 And then it said, 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:47.459 in theology, 00:05:47.780 --> 00:05:48.340 it means 00:05:48.340 --> 00:05:50.279 deliverance 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:51.459 from sin 00:05:51.459 --> 00:05:53.620 and its penalty. 00:05:53.620 --> 00:05:55.800 and I thought, 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:56.319 bingo. 00:05:57.079 --> 00:05:58.199 Now we got it. 00:05:58.939 --> 00:06:00.280 I think that covers it 00:06:00.280 --> 00:06:00.959 as good as 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:02.540 I was going to get it 00:06:02.540 --> 00:06:02.840 covered. 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:07.680 Next question 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:08.340 I would ask, 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:09.259 the second point would be, 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:09.540 well, 00:06:10.259 --> 00:06:11.939 where would we find 00:06:11.939 --> 00:06:12.899 salvation 00:06:12.899 --> 00:06:15.079 and how do we secure it? 00:06:15.459 --> 00:06:16.360 How do we get it? 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:17.040 Well, 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:18.939 my first suggestion 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:19.420 to you would be, 00:06:19.540 --> 00:06:20.180 read your Bible. 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:21.139 Okay, 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:21.740 your Bible 00:06:21.740 --> 00:06:23.580 tells you exactly 00:06:23.580 --> 00:06:24.439 where 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:25.520 and how. 00:06:27.460 --> 00:06:28.319 And that's 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:28.819 Jesus. 00:06:32.420 --> 00:06:33.980 In Isaiah 2, 00:06:35.100 --> 00:06:36.480 or 12 rather, 00:06:36.620 --> 00:06:37.240 verse 2 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:39.540 states, 00:06:39.540 --> 00:06:40.960 Surely God 00:06:40.960 --> 00:06:42.060 is my salvation. 00:06:42.540 --> 00:06:43.500 I will trust 00:06:43.500 --> 00:06:44.960 and not be afraid. 00:06:45.780 --> 00:06:46.379 The Lord, 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:46.960 yes, 00:06:47.100 --> 00:06:47.960 the Lord 00:06:47.960 --> 00:06:49.980 himself 00:06:49.980 --> 00:06:51.700 is my strength 00:06:51.700 --> 00:06:52.640 and my defense. 00:06:54.540 --> 00:06:55.840 He has become 00:06:55.840 --> 00:06:57.520 my salvation. 00:07:00.700 --> 00:07:02.020 Acts 2, 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:03.800 36 to 38 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:04.680 state, 00:07:05.460 --> 00:07:05.740 Therefore, 00:07:06.180 --> 00:07:07.680 let all Israel 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:09.199 be assured 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:09.980 of this. 00:07:11.340 --> 00:07:12.259 God has 00:07:12.259 --> 00:07:13.120 made this 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:13.819 Jesus 00:07:13.819 --> 00:07:15.519 whom you 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:16.160 crucified. 00:07:17.060 --> 00:07:17.860 I'll just clarify 00:07:17.860 --> 00:07:18.459 here, okay? 00:07:18.500 --> 00:07:19.259 This is Peter 00:07:19.259 --> 00:07:20.259 talking to 00:07:20.259 --> 00:07:22.160 a big group 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:22.720 of Jews 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:23.579 shortly after 00:07:23.579 --> 00:07:24.540 the crucifixion. 00:07:24.939 --> 00:07:25.300 Okay? 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:27.439 So, 00:07:27.860 --> 00:07:28.439 God has 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:29.079 made this 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:29.639 Jesus 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:30.899 whom you 00:07:30.899 --> 00:07:31.920 have crucified, 00:07:32.460 --> 00:07:33.220 both Lord 00:07:33.220 --> 00:07:34.120 and Christ. 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:36.120 When the people 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:36.860 heard this, 00:07:36.860 --> 00:07:37.939 they were cut 00:07:37.939 --> 00:07:38.600 to the heart 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:40.100 and said to 00:07:40.100 --> 00:07:40.680 Peter and the 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:41.420 other apostles, 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:41.720 well, 00:07:41.960 --> 00:07:42.800 what can we 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:43.080 do? 00:07:43.280 --> 00:07:43.639 What should 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:44.120 we do? 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:46.139 And Peter 00:07:46.139 --> 00:07:46.960 replied to 00:07:46.960 --> 00:07:47.259 them, 00:07:47.740 --> 00:07:48.720 repent and 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:49.480 be baptized, 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:50.600 every one of 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:51.240 you in the 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:52.080 name of Jesus 00:07:52.080 --> 00:07:52.639 Christ, 00:07:53.139 --> 00:07:53.819 for the 00:07:53.819 --> 00:07:54.259 forgiveness 00:07:54.259 --> 00:07:54.800 of your 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:55.360 sins, 00:07:55.699 --> 00:07:56.620 and you 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:57.180 will receive 00:07:57.180 --> 00:07:57.600 the gift 00:07:57.600 --> 00:07:58.060 of the Holy 00:07:58.060 --> 00:07:58.560 Spirit. 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:00.560 God's 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:01.560 spirit. 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:05.959 John 14, 00:08:06.100 --> 00:08:06.780 6. 00:08:08.220 --> 00:08:09.000 We all 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:09.459 know this 00:08:09.459 --> 00:08:09.740 verse, 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:10.160 I think. 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:12.740 I am the 00:08:12.740 --> 00:08:13.079 way, 00:08:13.459 --> 00:08:14.180 the truth, 00:08:14.220 --> 00:08:14.459 and the 00:08:14.459 --> 00:08:14.759 life. 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:15.300 No one 00:08:15.300 --> 00:08:15.899 comes to 00:08:15.899 --> 00:08:16.500 the Father 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:18.340 except through 00:08:18.340 --> 00:08:18.720 me. 00:08:19.699 --> 00:08:20.019 Well, 00:08:21.019 --> 00:08:21.740 the way, 00:08:22.220 --> 00:08:22.680 the truth, 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:23.180 and the 00:08:23.180 --> 00:08:23.519 life. 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:24.220 Well, 00:08:24.660 --> 00:08:25.340 apart from 00:08:25.340 --> 00:08:25.819 the way, 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:26.240 there would 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:26.600 be no 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:27.019 going. 00:08:27.019 --> 00:08:29.319 apart from 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:29.839 the truth, 00:08:29.939 --> 00:08:30.419 there is no 00:08:30.419 --> 00:08:30.919 knowing. 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:32.840 And apart 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:33.360 from the 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:33.799 life, 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:35.340 there is 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:36.059 no living. 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:38.559 God says, 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:39.600 remain in 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:40.259 Christ and 00:08:40.259 --> 00:08:41.179 rest yourselves. 00:08:41.980 --> 00:08:43.259 He is 00:08:43.259 --> 00:08:43.779 the way, 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:45.240 the truth, 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:46.480 and the 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:46.779 life. 00:08:51.539 --> 00:08:52.179 In 00:08:52.179 --> 00:08:53.000 Romans 10, 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:53.500 9, 00:08:54.139 --> 00:08:54.579 if you 00:08:54.579 --> 00:08:55.360 declare with 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:55.919 your mouth, 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:56.779 Jesus is 00:08:56.779 --> 00:08:57.179 Lord, 00:08:57.299 --> 00:08:57.839 and believe 00:08:57.839 --> 00:08:58.299 in your 00:08:58.299 --> 00:08:58.740 heart, 00:08:59.500 --> 00:09:00.000 that God 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:00.699 raised him 00:09:00.699 --> 00:09:01.279 from the 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:01.639 dead, 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:03.159 you will 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:03.879 be saved. 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:08.740 And then 00:09:08.740 --> 00:09:09.199 I'll go to 00:09:09.199 --> 00:09:09.939 probably the 00:09:09.939 --> 00:09:10.639 best known 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:12.179 verse ever 00:09:12.179 --> 00:09:13.159 in the 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:13.500 Bible, 00:09:14.860 --> 00:09:15.379 John 3, 00:09:15.459 --> 00:09:16.019 16. 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:18.059 And it 00:09:18.059 --> 00:09:18.500 says, 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:19.620 for God 00:09:19.620 --> 00:09:20.360 so loved 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:20.980 the world 00:09:20.980 --> 00:09:21.860 that he 00:09:21.860 --> 00:09:22.659 gave his 00:09:22.659 --> 00:09:23.299 one and 00:09:23.299 --> 00:09:24.179 only son, 00:09:24.179 --> 00:09:25.620 that whoever 00:09:25.620 --> 00:09:26.679 believes in 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:28.120 him shall 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:29.139 not perish, 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:30.539 but have 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:31.479 eternal life. 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:32.799 And I 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:33.000 thought, 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:33.299 boy, 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:34.000 that kind 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:34.339 of hits 00:09:34.339 --> 00:09:34.759 it on the 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:35.019 nose, 00:09:35.139 --> 00:09:35.279 but 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:38.839 God said, 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:38.959 well, 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:39.519 keep reading. 00:09:40.599 --> 00:09:41.159 So I 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:41.479 did. 00:09:42.359 --> 00:09:42.839 And the 00:09:42.839 --> 00:09:43.439 next thing 00:09:43.439 --> 00:09:44.099 is John, 00:09:44.179 --> 00:09:44.519 of course, 00:09:44.699 --> 00:09:44.919 3, 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:45.439 17. 00:09:46.439 --> 00:09:46.779 And I 00:09:46.779 --> 00:09:47.120 would even 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:48.240 go add 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:49.120 on verse 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:50.039 18a, 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:50.759 the beginning 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:51.179 of verse 00:09:51.179 --> 00:09:51.700 18. 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:52.919 For God 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:53.399 did not 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:54.019 send his 00:09:54.019 --> 00:09:54.480 son into 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:54.939 the world 00:09:54.939 --> 00:09:55.639 to condemn 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:56.360 the world, 00:09:56.659 --> 00:09:57.299 but to 00:09:57.299 --> 00:09:58.000 save the 00:09:58.000 --> 00:09:58.419 world 00:09:58.419 --> 00:09:59.659 through him. 00:10:00.319 --> 00:10:00.799 Whoever 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:01.819 believes in 00:10:01.819 --> 00:10:03.000 him is 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:03.659 not 00:10:03.659 --> 00:10:04.539 condemned. 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:07.000 They have 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:07.639 salvation. 00:10:08.980 --> 00:10:09.439 Whoever 00:10:09.439 --> 00:10:10.360 believes in 00:10:10.360 --> 00:10:10.679 him. 00:10:11.460 --> 00:10:12.159 There are 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:12.759 many other 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:13.139 verses, 00:10:14.179 --> 00:10:14.500 really, 00:10:14.679 --> 00:10:15.259 there are a 00:10:15.259 --> 00:10:15.600 lot of 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:16.379 verses in 00:10:16.379 --> 00:10:16.819 scripture 00:10:16.819 --> 00:10:18.240 that explain 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:19.220 this process. 00:10:19.220 --> 00:10:20.120 but I 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:20.480 think the 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:20.980 verses we 00:10:20.980 --> 00:10:21.740 just read 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:25.620 stated so 00:10:25.620 --> 00:10:26.340 clearly and 00:10:26.340 --> 00:10:28.580 precisely that 00:10:28.580 --> 00:10:28.860 I could 00:10:28.860 --> 00:10:29.379 probably stop 00:10:29.379 --> 00:10:29.759 there and I 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:30.340 would go on 00:10:30.340 --> 00:10:31.600 to the 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:32.420 third part, 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:34.040 point three 00:10:34.040 --> 00:10:35.340 in my talk 00:10:35.340 --> 00:10:35.800 to you this 00:10:35.800 --> 00:10:36.139 morning. 00:10:38.420 --> 00:10:39.160 And the 00:10:39.160 --> 00:10:40.000 final point 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:41.560 is the 00:10:41.560 --> 00:10:43.680 assurance of 00:10:43.680 --> 00:10:44.399 your salvation. 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:44.459 salvation. 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:48.519 How many of 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:49.279 you can look 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:49.600 in the 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:51.399 mirror right 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:52.299 now or this 00:10:52.299 --> 00:10:52.779 morning or 00:10:52.779 --> 00:10:53.199 when you go 00:10:53.199 --> 00:10:54.340 home and 00:10:54.340 --> 00:10:54.799 look at 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:55.959 yourself and 00:10:55.959 --> 00:10:56.480 say, 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:58.340 you're saved 00:10:58.340 --> 00:10:58.779 and you're 00:10:58.779 --> 00:10:59.159 going to 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:00.379 heaven and 00:11:00.379 --> 00:11:01.480 I know it. 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:03.919 Hopefully 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:04.699 every one of 00:11:04.699 --> 00:11:04.840 you. 00:11:06.319 --> 00:11:07.159 And if you 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:07.939 don't have 00:11:07.939 --> 00:11:09.059 that insurance, 00:11:09.740 --> 00:11:11.039 let's see what 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:12.740 the Bible and 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:14.059 these words tell 00:11:14.059 --> 00:11:14.359 us. 00:11:16.819 --> 00:11:17.679 Little thing we 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:18.559 found actually 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:19.259 this morning, 00:11:19.579 --> 00:11:19.759 you know, 00:11:19.839 --> 00:11:21.299 like documents 00:11:21.299 --> 00:11:22.319 like teaching, 00:11:22.479 --> 00:11:23.239 you teach from 00:11:23.239 --> 00:11:24.159 sort of change 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:24.639 minute by 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:24.919 minute. 00:11:25.959 --> 00:11:27.119 And we 00:11:27.119 --> 00:11:27.639 were talking 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:28.139 about things 00:11:28.139 --> 00:11:28.500 this morning, 00:11:28.579 --> 00:11:29.339 Colleen and I, 00:11:29.459 --> 00:11:30.039 and she got 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:30.479 looking at 00:11:30.479 --> 00:11:31.000 things and I 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:31.639 got looking at 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:32.059 things and I 00:11:32.059 --> 00:11:32.179 said, 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:32.519 hey, 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:35.000 that's a good 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:35.259 one. 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:35.779 So I'm going 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:36.319 to read this 00:11:36.319 --> 00:11:36.679 to you. 00:11:36.819 --> 00:11:37.459 It's a quote 00:11:37.459 --> 00:11:38.339 from somebody. 00:11:38.340 --> 00:11:40.920 where we 00:11:40.920 --> 00:11:41.360 found it, 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:41.940 it didn't say 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:42.600 who it was, 00:11:42.680 --> 00:11:43.000 it just, 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:44.000 but I liked 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:44.200 it. 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:46.120 We tend to 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:46.940 seek assurance 00:11:46.940 --> 00:11:47.879 of salvation 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:49.320 in the things 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:50.480 God is doing 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:51.500 in our lives, 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:52.280 in our 00:11:52.280 --> 00:11:52.800 spiritual, 00:11:53.100 --> 00:11:53.860 in our lives 00:11:53.860 --> 00:11:54.360 or in our 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:55.500 spiritual growth. 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:57.580 In the good 00:11:57.580 --> 00:11:58.399 works and 00:11:58.399 --> 00:11:59.600 obedience to 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:00.519 God's word 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:02.080 that is evident 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:02.940 in our 00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:03.800 Christian walk. 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:05.759 Now, 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:06.939 while these 00:12:06.939 --> 00:12:08.120 things can 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:09.019 be evidence 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:10.539 of salvation, 00:12:11.839 --> 00:12:13.159 they are not 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:14.259 what we should 00:12:14.259 --> 00:12:14.959 base the 00:12:14.959 --> 00:12:16.719 assurance of 00:12:16.719 --> 00:12:17.459 our salvation 00:12:17.459 --> 00:12:18.019 on. 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:19.979 Rather, 00:12:20.379 --> 00:12:21.279 we should find 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:22.039 the assurance 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:23.279 of our salvation 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:25.359 in the objective 00:12:25.359 --> 00:12:26.240 truth of 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:27.179 God's word. 00:12:28.359 --> 00:12:29.000 We should 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:30.019 have confident 00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:31.399 trust that 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.519 we are saved 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:33.740 based on 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:34.539 the promises 00:12:34.539 --> 00:12:35.480 of God. 00:12:37.199 --> 00:12:38.240 God has 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:38.799 declared, 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:40.579 not because 00:12:40.579 --> 00:12:41.500 of our 00:12:41.500 --> 00:12:42.179 subjective 00:12:42.179 --> 00:12:43.460 experiences. 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:45.579 Where do 00:12:45.579 --> 00:12:45.899 you get 00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:46.519 confidence? 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:48.079 Where do 00:12:48.079 --> 00:12:48.460 you get 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:49.740 an absolute 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:50.559 conviction? 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:51.659 I'm saved 00:12:51.659 --> 00:12:53.639 from God's 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:54.019 word. 00:12:55.379 --> 00:12:56.120 Look it 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:56.399 up. 00:12:57.079 --> 00:12:57.480 It's 00:12:57.480 --> 00:12:57.840 there. 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:03.060 salvation. 00:13:03.560 --> 00:13:04.399 It's not 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:04.960 just a 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:05.440 wonderful 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:06.540 experience. 00:13:07.040 --> 00:13:07.879 It is 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:08.600 also a 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:09.060 blessing 00:13:09.060 --> 00:13:10.220 to know 00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:11.100 your 00:13:11.100 --> 00:13:11.780 salvation 00:13:11.780 --> 00:13:12.580 is secure. 00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:13.519 You don't 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:14.000 have to 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:14.680 worry about 00:13:14.680 --> 00:13:15.040 it. 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:16.399 Relax. 00:13:18.040 --> 00:13:18.899 He's in 00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:19.259 control. 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:19.700 You're right 00:13:19.700 --> 00:13:20.040 there. 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:22.360 Right in 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:22.879 his pop. 00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:25.019 He's got 00:13:25.019 --> 00:13:25.259 you. 00:13:25.259 --> 00:13:25.399 there. 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.580 There are 00:13:30.580 --> 00:13:31.439 no ifs, 00:13:31.939 --> 00:13:32.519 ands, 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:33.279 or buts. 00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:34.740 Okay. 00:13:35.939 --> 00:13:36.840 If you 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:37.620 are saved, 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:38.659 it's there. 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:39.419 It's yours. 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:40.819 Nothing can 00:13:40.819 --> 00:13:41.700 take you from 00:13:41.700 --> 00:13:42.319 the palm of 00:13:42.319 --> 00:13:43.019 his hand. 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.319 John 23, 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:46.980 I think it 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:47.279 is, 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:48.340 Jesus said, 00:13:50.439 --> 00:13:51.340 now I've 00:13:51.340 --> 00:13:51.580 got to read 00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:52.039 my writing, 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:52.899 I give 00:13:52.899 --> 00:13:53.639 them eternal 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:54.219 life, 00:13:54.579 --> 00:13:55.120 and they 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:56.219 shall never 00:13:56.219 --> 00:13:57.219 perish. 00:13:58.079 --> 00:13:59.079 No one 00:13:59.079 --> 00:14:00.860 can snatch 00:14:00.860 --> 00:14:01.899 them out 00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:02.159 of my 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:02.599 hand. 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:03.959 No one, 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:04.659 nothing. 00:14:06.579 --> 00:14:07.299 If God 00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:07.939 has given 00:14:07.939 --> 00:14:08.419 you 00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:11.559 your salvation, 00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:13.319 know it, 00:14:13.719 --> 00:14:14.500 believe it. 00:14:15.059 --> 00:14:15.860 It's yours. 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:17.240 Nobody's 00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:17.539 going to 00:14:17.539 --> 00:14:17.939 take it 00:14:17.939 --> 00:14:18.240 away. 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:18.299 Okay. 00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:22.459 we 00:14:22.459 --> 00:14:22.939 shouldn't, 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:23.719 we should, 00:14:23.939 --> 00:14:24.479 here's a, 00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:26.439 I was 00:14:26.439 --> 00:14:27.139 listening to 00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:27.779 a reading 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:29.559 devotion by 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:29.939 Dr. 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:30.319 David 00:14:30.319 --> 00:14:31.319 Jeremiah a 00:14:31.319 --> 00:14:31.779 couple weeks 00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:32.179 ago, 00:14:33.099 --> 00:14:35.799 and he 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:38.659 quoted a 00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:39.279 lady by the 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:39.679 name of 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:40.819 Sheila Walsh 00:14:40.819 --> 00:14:42.079 in the 00:14:42.079 --> 00:14:42.699 devotional, 00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:44.279 and she 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:44.759 said, 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:46.080 remember, 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:47.600 it is 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:48.559 important to 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:49.120 read the 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:49.500 Bible 00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:50.620 carefully, 00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:53.439 taking in 00:14:53.439 --> 00:14:54.279 every 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:55.200 promise 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:55.879 in its 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.539 context. 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:01.439 We 00:15:01.439 --> 00:15:02.000 shouldn't 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:03.299 twist God's 00:15:03.299 --> 00:15:04.059 words to 00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:04.659 mean whatever 00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:05.460 we want 00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:05.899 them to 00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:06.159 mean. 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:07.480 Okay. 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.100 Read 00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:09.779 something in 00:15:09.779 --> 00:15:10.319 the Bible. 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:11.399 If you're 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.080 not sure, 00:15:12.939 --> 00:15:13.600 look in the 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:13.919 Bible, 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:14.639 because the 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:15.439 Bible will 00:15:15.439 --> 00:15:16.639 back itself 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:16.959 up. 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:17.419 It will 00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:18.159 repeat it 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:18.679 to you. 00:15:19.959 --> 00:15:20.379 It will 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:20.879 say it 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:21.479 again. 00:15:22.319 --> 00:15:22.500 Okay. 00:15:24.579 --> 00:15:25.399 But when 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:25.919 we have 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:26.860 accurately 00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.639 understood 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.500 one of 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:28.719 his 00:15:28.719 --> 00:15:29.399 promises, 00:15:30.199 --> 00:15:31.120 we can 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:32.039 stand on 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:32.719 it and 00:15:32.719 --> 00:15:33.379 rejoice 00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.879 with 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:34.759 confidence. 00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:36.819 God 00:15:36.819 --> 00:15:37.459 does not 00:15:37.459 --> 00:15:38.219 change, 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:40.299 nor do 00:15:40.299 --> 00:15:40.899 the glories 00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.299 of his 00:15:41.299 --> 00:15:41.839 person, 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:42.819 or the 00:15:42.819 --> 00:15:43.759 salvation he 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.000 has 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:44.480 engineered 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:45.819 for us. 00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:47.340 God's 00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:47.799 promises 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:49.379 are as 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:50.159 dependable 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:51.240 as he 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:51.639 is. 00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:55.259 And I 00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:55.720 like that 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.059 quote. 00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:57.840 Think about 00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:58.019 it. 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.720 God's 00:15:58.720 --> 00:15:59.360 promises 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:01.120 are as 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:01.879 dependable 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:02.799 as he 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:03.220 is. 00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:05.679 So if we're 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:05.939 going to 00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:06.980 find verses 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.480 in the 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:07.919 Bible 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:09.360 that give 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:09.799 us a 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.659 promise, 00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:14.799 it's 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:15.199 God's 00:16:15.199 --> 00:16:15.539 word. 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:16.159 It's 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:16.980 dependable. 00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:18.559 Okay. 00:16:20.059 --> 00:16:20.980 If God 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:22.100 promises it, 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:22.899 it will 00:16:22.899 --> 00:16:23.419 be 00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:24.480 fulfilled. 00:16:25.939 --> 00:16:26.620 Guaranteed 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:27.620 it will 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:27.860 be. 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:32.199 So let's 00:16:32.199 --> 00:16:32.600 look and 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:33.039 see if 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.519 there are 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:35.779 I was 00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.019 going to 00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.579 say any, 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:38.360 but some 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.500 verses in 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:40.100 the Bible 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:42.120 that, you 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.740 know, relate 00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:43.919 to your 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:44.860 salvation and 00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.120 it's 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.620 guaranteed, 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.419 that there's 00:16:46.419 --> 00:16:47.059 promises 00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:48.000 attached to 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.240 them. 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.500 First off, 00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.819 John 24, 00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:52.659 and this is 00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:53.539 Jesus speaking, 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:55.220 I tell you 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:56.019 the truth, 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:57.600 whoever hears 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:58.639 my word and 00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.779 believes him 00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.519 who sent 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.559 me has 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:02.659 eternal life 00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:04.319 and will 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.139 not be 00:17:05.139 --> 00:17:05.679 condemned. 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:06.960 He is 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.819 crossed over 00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:08.980 from death 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.559 to life. 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:13.940 I don't 00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:14.119 know, it 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:14.599 sounds like a 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:15.099 promise there 00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:15.379 to me. 00:17:20.379 --> 00:17:21.139 Let's see if 00:17:21.139 --> 00:17:21.539 there are any 00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:21.859 more. 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:22.639 John 3, 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.659 16 again. 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.000 Let's go 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.460 back to it. 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.700 It tells you 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.319 about it, 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:30.940 but we 00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:31.179 weren't 00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:31.840 looking actually 00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:32.320 for a 00:17:32.320 --> 00:17:32.900 promise 00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:33.539 before. 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.140 Now we're 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:34.640 looking for 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:35.360 promises. 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.420 So John 00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.400 3, 16 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:39.700 and 18a. 00:17:40.620 --> 00:17:41.140 For God 00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.740 so loved 00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.240 the world, 00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:42.759 he gave 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.380 his one 00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:43.820 and only 00:17:43.820 --> 00:17:44.220 son, 00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:45.980 that whoever 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:47.039 believes in 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.620 him shall 00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.620 not perish, 00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:49.620 but have 00:17:49.620 --> 00:17:51.120 eternal life. 00:17:51.820 --> 00:17:52.220 Again, 00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:52.779 that's a 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.440 promise. 00:17:54.580 --> 00:17:55.080 God's 00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:55.960 promising you 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:56.299 that. 00:17:58.320 --> 00:17:58.740 And then 00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.720 verse 18a 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.420 puts on the 00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.160 exclamation, 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:01.680 point. 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:02.920 Whoever 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:04.000 believes in 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:05.440 him is 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:06.140 not 00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:07.000 condemned. 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.600 If you're 00:18:08.600 --> 00:18:08.840 not 00:18:08.840 --> 00:18:09.440 condemned, 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.080 you're 00:18:11.080 --> 00:18:11.460 saved. 00:18:14.320 --> 00:18:15.400 Romans 10, 00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:16.000 19. 00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:17.680 If you 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.580 declare with 00:18:18.580 --> 00:18:19.180 your mouth, 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:20.039 Jesus is 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.420 Lord, 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:21.279 and believe 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:21.720 in your 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.320 heart that 00:18:22.320 --> 00:18:23.299 God raised 00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.820 him from 00:18:23.820 --> 00:18:24.480 the dead, 00:18:25.320 --> 00:18:26.820 you will 00:18:26.820 --> 00:18:28.380 be saved. 00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:29.980 not might, 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:31.000 not maybe, 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:32.800 you will 00:18:32.800 --> 00:18:34.420 be saved. 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:36.060 No doubt. 00:18:36.800 --> 00:18:37.720 No doubt. 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:37.920 No doubt. 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:42.260 There are many 00:18:42.260 --> 00:18:42.880 more, but I 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:43.840 want to finish 00:18:43.840 --> 00:18:46.380 with one last 00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:47.460 promise that I 00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:47.860 found. 00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:50.599 And this 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.359 one comes out 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:52.139 of Romans, 00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:53.519 chapter 8, 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:55.479 verses 35 00:18:55.479 --> 00:18:56.859 to 39. 00:18:57.979 --> 00:18:58.759 Who shall 00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.639 separate us 00:18:59.639 --> 00:19:00.299 from the love 00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:00.979 of Christ? 00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:01.979 Shall 00:19:01.979 --> 00:19:02.639 trouble or 00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.059 hardship, 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.259 or persecution, 00:19:04.919 --> 00:19:05.539 or famine, 00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:07.119 or nakedness, 00:19:07.679 --> 00:19:08.679 or danger, 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.500 or sword? 00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:11.059 As it is 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.439 written, 00:19:11.899 --> 00:19:12.759 for your 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.179 sake, 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.939 we face 00:19:13.939 --> 00:19:14.599 death all 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:15.299 day long. 00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.859 we're 00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:17.359 considered 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.220 a sheep 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:18.659 to the 00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:19.019 slaughter. 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:21.599 No, 00:19:21.899 --> 00:19:22.680 in all 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.680 these things, 00:19:23.879 --> 00:19:24.279 we are 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:25.119 more than 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:26.079 conquerors 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:27.299 through 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.960 him 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:29.099 who 00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.460 loved 00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:29.859 us. 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:32.879 For 00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:33.379 I am 00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:34.159 convinced 00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:35.919 that 00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:36.259 neither 00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.899 death 00:19:36.899 --> 00:19:37.200 nor 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.740 life, 00:19:38.379 --> 00:19:38.599 neither 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:39.279 angels 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.579 nor 00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:40.000 demons, 00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:40.899 neither 00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:41.619 the present 00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:42.159 nor the 00:19:42.159 --> 00:19:42.759 future, 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:43.740 nor any 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.519 powers, 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:44.920 neither 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.420 height, 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.240 nor depth, 00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.599 nor anything 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.160 else, 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.819 in all 00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:49.639 creation, 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.879 will be 00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:51.460 able to 00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.420 separate us 00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.500 from the 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.000 love of 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.079 God that 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.500 is in 00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.319 Jesus Christ 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.900 our Lord. 00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.279 Nothing 00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.200 exists that 00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.839 can take you 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.480 out of God's 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:00.839 hands. 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.139 You're 00:20:02.139 --> 00:20:02.559 his. 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.660 We 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.980 need not 00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.420 fear 00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:09.379 life or 00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:09.639 death. 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.500 Things present 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:10.960 are things 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.400 to come 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:12.319 because Jesus 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.419 loves us 00:20:13.419 --> 00:20:14.619 and gives 00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:15.019 us the 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.419 victory. 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.439 This is 00:20:18.439 --> 00:20:19.000 not a 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.700 promise with 00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.480 conditions 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:21.119 attached. 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:21.960 Okay? 00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.480 It's not, 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.119 well, if you 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.720 do this, 00:20:23.879 --> 00:20:24.240 God will 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.839 do that. 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.439 There's 00:20:26.439 --> 00:20:26.879 always those 00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:27.379 attachments. 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:27.859 You get a 00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.319 promise from 00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:28.819 a person, 00:20:29.399 --> 00:20:30.039 there's doubt, 00:20:30.159 --> 00:20:30.379 right? 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.480 There's an 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:31.879 attachment. 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.319 Well, if you 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.679 do that, 00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.079 I'll do that. 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:33.299 If you 00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.579 give me 00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.059 10 bucks, 00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.359 I'll give 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:34.879 you 20. 00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:35.299 You're 00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.879 doubtful, 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.240 right? 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.720 Okay. 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:41.319 This is 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.039 not a 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:43.039 promise with 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.380 those 00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:44.759 conditions. 00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.420 This 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.460 security in 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.500 Christ is 00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.579 an established 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.940 fact. 00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:55.140 And we 00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:55.920 can claim 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.460 it for 00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.400 ourselves 00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:59.380 because 00:20:59.380 --> 00:21:01.099 we are 00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:01.940 in Christ. 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.640 Nothing 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:05.500 can separate 00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.599 us from 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.319 his love. 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.500 Remember, 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.819 and remember 00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.420 this always, 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.220 take it home 00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.759 with you. 00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.059 God's 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.599 promises 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:17.420 are as 00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.220 dependable 00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:19.579 as he 00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:19.859 is. 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.359 And I've 00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:21.900 never met 00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.500 anybody 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:24.720 more dependable 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.380 than that. 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:29.519 I want 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.220 you to 00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:32.460 believe it 00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:34.380 and then 00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:35.640 rejoice in 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.000 it. 00:21:37.260 --> 00:21:37.720 Because 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.040 it's 00:21:38.040 --> 00:21:38.600 yours. 00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:39.760 You 00:21:39.760 --> 00:21:40.240 don't 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.560 have 00:21:40.560 --> 00:21:40.800 to 00:21:40.800 --> 00:21:41.220 worry. 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:45.880 Now 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.400 Miranda's 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:46.620 going to 00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:46.800 come, 00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.140 I think, 00:21:47.260 --> 00:21:47.680 is this 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:47.820 one? 00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.060 No, 00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.640 this isn't 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:48.840 it, 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.320 is it? 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:50.900 Hey, 00:21:51.040 --> 00:21:51.580 I'm still 00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:51.840 up. 00:21:52.840 --> 00:21:53.080 Oh, 00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.440 I was 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.680 going to 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:53.880 run 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.140 away. 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.580 No. 00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:00.560 Have 00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:00.880 to get 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.220 the other 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.600 page. 00:22:04.560 --> 00:22:05.400 This is 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.480 a special 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:08.120 time in 00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:08.760 any church 00:22:08.760 --> 00:22:09.360 for any 00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.820 Christian. 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.360 Okay? 00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.440 Here at 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.780 Davidson 00:22:12.780 --> 00:22:13.200 Community 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.560 Bible 00:22:13.560 --> 00:22:13.900 Church, 00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.300 we usually 00:22:14.300 --> 00:22:14.920 celebrate 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.560 communion 00:22:15.560 --> 00:22:16.360 every month. 00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:18.200 I want 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:18.840 to emphasize 00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:19.620 that this 00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.280 is something 00:22:20.280 --> 00:22:21.260 special. 00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:22.980 Okay? 00:22:23.520 --> 00:22:24.000 Very 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.520 special. 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.460 It is an 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.400 opportunity to 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:27.140 reflect and 00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.860 remember 00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:29.699 what Jesus 00:22:29.699 --> 00:22:31.259 actually did 00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.959 for us. 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:34.259 It is not 00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.879 a right or 00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.639 an obligation, 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.859 but rather a 00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.759 chance for us 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.779 to personally 00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:40.579 remember and 00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.479 thank Jesus 00:22:41.479 --> 00:22:43.079 for the 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:44.039 sacrifices he 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:45.019 made for us. 00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.459 Matthew 00:22:49.459 --> 00:22:51.539 26 to 00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:53.119 28, 00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:55.339 while they 00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.000 were eating, 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.319 Jesus took 00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.819 bread, 00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:57.899 bread, 00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.339 and when 00:22:59.339 --> 00:22:59.759 he had 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.039 given 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.679 thanks, 00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:01.519 he broke 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.639 it and 00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.259 gave it to 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.099 his disciples 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.779 saying, 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.099 take and 00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.379 eat. 00:23:07.439 --> 00:23:08.639 This is 00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.259 my body. 00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.439 Then he 00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:12.839 took the 00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.139 cup, 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.399 and when 00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:14.939 he had 00:23:14.939 --> 00:23:15.740 given 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.240 thanks, 00:23:16.479 --> 00:23:17.199 he gave 00:23:17.199 --> 00:23:17.519 it to 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.219 them saying, 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.479 drink from 00:23:19.479 --> 00:23:19.799 it, 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.599 all of 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:20.799 you. 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.479 This is 00:23:22.479 --> 00:23:24.779 my blood 00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.939 of the 00:23:25.939 --> 00:23:26.259 new 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.699 covenant. 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:28.299 which is 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.039 poured out 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.840 for many 00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.740 for the 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.220 forgiveness 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.279 of sins. 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.140 Serious 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.960 words. 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.160 Lucky thing. 00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:43.299 Okay. 00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.480 I want you 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.160 to remember 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:46.279 something just 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.980 before we 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:48.580 go for it. 00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:50.339 we want to 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.159 invite everybody 00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.899 who has a 00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.279 personal 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.000 relationship 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.559 with Christ 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.079 to join 00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.579 with us 00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.619 in communion 00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.259 this morning. 00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.619 But before 00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.240 we distribute 00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.220 the elements, 00:24:00.939 --> 00:24:01.460 I'm going to 00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.399 take just a 00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:03.759 second to 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.480 reflect on 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.960 things. 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:09.299 the broken 00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.980 bread 00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:12.620 represents 00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.860 Jesus' 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.000 broken, 00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.279 tortured, 00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:17.039 and 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.620 crucified 00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.819 body. 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.960 And the 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.680 cup represents 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.539 his blood 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.000 that he 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.740 willingly 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.420 shed 00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:27.779 so that 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.620 our sins 00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:30.259 can be 00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.660 forgiven. 00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:32.140 let's 00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.500 just 00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:34.519 reflect on 00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.080 this for a 00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:35.360 moment, 00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.600 and then we 00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.080 will pass 00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:37.480 out the 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.840 elements. 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:51.980 into 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.799 the 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:54.220 hands 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.899 who 00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:59.779 is 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:06.019 in 00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:36.000 Thank you. 00:25:36.019 --> 00:26:06.000 Thank you. 00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:08.019 Thank you. 00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:22.960 I'd like to call up the elders 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:26.299 and distribute the elements. 00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:28.299 Thank you. 00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:30.299 Thank you. 00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:47.740 Just a reminder as they're passing out the elements that, 00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:51.980 let's wait until all have received the elements 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:54.279 and then we will commune together. 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:54.839 Okay. 00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:56.839 Thank you. 00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.839 Thank you. 00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.839 Thank you. 00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.839 Thank you. 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:01.839 Thank you. 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.839 Thank you. 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.839 Thank you. 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.839 Thank you. 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:34.819 Thank you. 00:27:34.839 --> 00:28:04.819 Thank you. 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:34.819 Thank you. 00:28:34.839 --> 00:29:04.819 Thank you. 00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:34.819 Thank you. 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:36.839 Thank you. 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:57.419 This is the body and the blood of Christ. 00:29:57.420 --> 00:30:27.400 Thank you. 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:29.420 Thank you. 00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:37.420 Thank you. 00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:45.259 Now we'll have worship through song.