<TITLE>11. Par 54-57</TITLE>L-54 He said, "Preacher friend..." He said, "I stood there and wept till I was weeping so, till I said... One of the boys was going in the motorcycle out to the front lines. Out about past Alsace Lorraine." And he said, "He was going out there to do some kind of a--a reconnaissance, and said... I said to him, 'Sergeant, can I ride with you?'"
He said, "Certainly, Chaplain, jump right in." He said, "You're taking your own..."
I said, "That's all right. I'd just like to ride with you."
And said, "Certainly, jump right in."
Said, "We rode till we got out to that bleached desert where not even a speck of grass or nothing was."
And said, "While he was planting down his material, that he was to send message back or whatever he was to do..." He said, "I walked around there a little bit. And I thought, 'Oh, isn't this some Easter out in this land where the bombs has knocked all the buildings to the ground, where the trees are run down with machine gun bullets. There's not even a speck of grass left.'" He said, "Oh, God, this is a picture of this world some of these days. When sin has took her toll, this will be the picture."
And said, "My--my mind and my eyes was attracted to a certain rock." And said, "I went over there and thought, Lord, what do You want me to stand by this rock for?" He said, "I just raised the rock up, and when I did, a little Easter lily had its head sticking up. It had been protected all through the storm. All through the poison gases had never bothered it, for it was hid in the rock."

L-55 I know my Redeemer liveth. Oh, God, regardless of what the world says, hide me in the Rock of the Ages, Lord. And when the storms are past, let me raise my head to life again. Because He lives, we live also.
What can the believers say that's been on the sands who's witnessed these things? "I know my Redeemer liveth."

L-56 The church, the world, that--that is going to church this morning, lot of them to show a new coat, some of them to show a new hat. They won't see them no more till next Easter again. It's going out for a display of world and vanity. Many of them are going to church just to hide behind their sins and belong to certain great organizations, and say, "I am a so-and-so. I belong to so-and-so." That's all they know. That's all they believe.

L-57 But, oh, do we this morning by the grace of God, we've stood on a spot where Moses stood. We've stood in the spot where Job stood. We've stood in the spot where David stood. And we scream with all of our voice, "I know my Redeemer liveth,  and at the last days He will stand on this earth, though if the skin worms destroys this body; yet in my flesh shall I see God, Who I shall see for myself. My eyes shall behold and not another." We've brought nothing into this world. It's vanity and pride. It's certain we take nothing out.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the Name of the Lord. One thing he knew, "My Redeemer liveth." Not He will live, He liveth; that's continuation forever. He liveth. And because Jesus said, "Because I live, ye live also."... Let us bow our heads just a moment now for closing prayer.


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