<TITLE>08. Par 31-34</TITLE>L-31 Whether it's popularity, whether it's our church, whether it's our friends, our associates, whoever it may be, whether it's our doctor, whether it's our priest, who... it's our preacher, all other grounds is sinking sand: Christ alone!
And every man that's ever amounted to anything in this great battlefield of strife, has been men and women who stood alone on them convictions. When everything else failed and fell around them they still stood.
Abraham Lincoln, of old, was convinced that he was right. He stood alone on his convictions, but he proved it and sealed his testimony with his own blood.
Jesus Christ stood alone in His day as an example to every man upon his convictions of God's eternal Truth, that will take his stand positionally and stand, will stand alone, but not alone, with God, the invisible Companion Who follows us through life's journey down through the shadows, of the valleys of shadows of death and into eternity, He will still go with us and be God.

L-32 Then what is our hopes built on this morning? 'Cause God swore that He would do it to Abraham, swore not only to Abraham, but every one of his seed.
Who is the seed? Is the... You who have had the invitation to come to the Lord Jesus Christ. The seed of Abraham? Certainly there's people who isn't called. But to every one of you here this morning that's had the call, why are you here at church this morning? Something told you to come. You know it wasn't the enemy to try to get you to do wrong, try to get you to do wrong to come to church. You couldn't do that. When you come to church you're doing right.
And Jesus said in His own Word that, "no man can come to Me except My Father draws him. And all that comes I'll give them everlasting life and raise him up at the last days." Think of it. That every person that comes on the invitation of the Lord Jesus Christ is promised Eternal Life and the resurrection in the last days. Father, Jehovah God, Who swore by an oath that He would do and send His Son and confirmed the Word... And He swore He would do it (given in a type to Abraham), fulfilled it in Jesus Christ, raised Him up.
 Living He loved me, dying He saved me,
 Buried He carried my sins far away,
 Rising He justified freely forever.
 Someday He's coming, Oh, glorious day!

L-33 There you are. Our justification... Every time you hear the clods drop upon a casket, saying, "Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, earth to earth..." our faith looks away into another land yonder to where there's an empty tomb and some glorious day He Who promised to come, will come. And as sure as Jesus rose from the dead, we'll rise with Him in the resurrection. What a beautiful hope we have.

L-34 Now, right on down quickly, our time will get away from us before we know it. Now, I believe it's the 19th verse:
 Which hope we have as a anchor of the soul, both sure and  steadfast... entered into that which is in the veil; (the  anchor of our soul that's went into the veil, beyond the  veil, and anchored...)


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