<TITLE>17. Par 57-60</TITLE>L-57 Oh, I love Him. There's no way at all to ever tell Him. Amen. No wonder the Bible said, "Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, neither has it entered in the hearts of men." Oh, my. How glorious God is. Don't you want to trust Him, if you're weary and tossed about?
Shame on you, Christians, that call yourselves Christians, and go around so weary. "Well, I don't know. If I go to church, the..." Oh, you're a poor excuse.
Let me tell you. Lift up your head. Straighten up your chest. Oh, my. Oh, use faith. Faith is the boss. That's right. Faith has hairs on its chest. Brother, I mean it's got big muscles. When it speaks, all the worries drop from one side the other.
The devil said, "Now, you just can't make it. You can't do this. You're ashamed to testify." Faith raise up, and say, "Shut up. I got the floor." Amen, amen. Sure. Faith takes the initiative.
That's what we need today for every pilgrim in the land. Straighten up your head. The Bible said, "When I was..." David said, "When I was afraid, I walked with--I trusted Him. When I was afraid, then I trusted Him. Whenever I come to the--even the fear of death, the shadows..."
When Paul came down, he said, "Death, where is your sting? Grave, where is your victory?" Brother...
Lives of great men all remind us,
We can make our lives sublime;
With partings leave behind us,
Footprints on the sands of time.
Someday setting yonder on the celestial hills of glory, where the sun will never go down in that city, where the saints are all over there shouting, those old heroes of the faith, looking back down those places yonder, and seeing a path made of glory, I want to set with them, and see that I put my head up in the air, and trusted God, and walked on in the time of storm. Oh, my. Let us pray.

L-58 Our heavenly Father, we thank Thee this morning for Jesus. We thank Thee for the perfection of the Gospel, for the perfecting and the eternal sovereignty of God's eternal spoken Word. And according to His Word, He called us and chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, and wrote our names before the foundation of the world. When God speaks a word, it's got to happen. It's just got to happen.
And You spoke our names when You spoke His Name. You chose us with Him before the world began. So there's nothing we can say we could do, Lord.

L-59 It's--it's not in mankind. There's nothing we can boast on or brag on. The only thing we say is, "God thank You for Your grace." Thank you for Your mercy, Lord. Seeing that we were aliens, but now Thou has perfected us with that perfect Sacrifice that we stand in (O God), stand in Him today as we move on.
Thanking You, Father for these things, we ask, if there be one in here today, Lord, that is not in that condition, may they this moment make their one, and eternal, and final decision before You make Your last and final call at their heart. We pray that You'll grant it through Christ's Name.
And while we have our heads down, I wonder if there's such a person here this morning who is really in the sleeping virgin. You've never woke up to the realization that you've got to save souls, you've got to do something, and you want God to remember you as a soul saviour, you want to be one who will go out and try to get souls saved. Would you raise your hand, say, "God, remember me"? God bless you. That's good. All right.

L-60 Is there such a person here this morning who has never at one time accepted Christ as Saviour, but this morning wants to make that final and eternal decision, as you see the sun setting out yonder, and you know it's just a few days more, and we won't be here any longer... You know that. But you want to--you want to come into the Kingdom of God, and you want God to receive you; and you believe that He does it, and you'll raise up your hands to that affect this morning, that you believe that Christ now takes you as His child. God bless you. God bless you.


<A HREF="P18">Next Page</A>