The "day of the Lord" will not occur until after the rapture of the church and the revelation of the "man of sin." It details the apostasy, the rise of the Antichrist who will oppose all that is called God and sit in the temple, and the strong delusions God will send to those who reject the truth. The message emphasizes that the Holy Spirit is the current restrainer, and when He is removed with the church, the man of sin will be revealed, empowered by Satan with lying wonders, but ultimately destroyed by Christ. The sermon concludes by highlighting that while a great tribulation will occur, God will show mercy to those who respond, sealing 144,000 Israelites and saving a multitude through the blood of the Lamb, urging the unsaved to accept Christ before it is too late.
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the Scripture in Second Thessalonians chapter two? I'd like to read the first twelve verses again as we read them last week. Second Thessalonians chapter two, reading at verse one through verse twelve. Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of the Lord, which is the right rending, the day of the Lord is his hand, or is present.
Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, except there come a falling or b falling away, the apostasy first, And that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalteth himself of all that is called God, or that is worshipped so that he is he as God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Remember ye not that when I was yet with you I told you these things, and thou ye know what withholdest that he might be revealed in his time.
For the mystery of iniquity or lawlessness doth already work, only he who now letteth or hindreth and restraineth will until he be taken others away. And then shall that wicked one, properly rendered, be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming, even him whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power and signs, all miracles and wonders, lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness, in them they perish, because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they should believe, and it could be rendered, deli, that they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but at pleasure in unrighteousness. May the Lord, by the Spirit, bless the reading and hearing of His words, and by the self-same Spirit, the only teaching and revealing of the truth of God May we be instructed for our mutual blessing. We have already noticed the doctrinal correction which the Apostle Paul writes in this second episode of the Thessalonians, was in view of the fact they had been falsely taught by some that they were in the day of the Lord, a period of experience in human history foretold in the Old Testament again and again, thirty and thirty to forty times, I believe, between the writings of Isaiah and the close of the Old Testament prophet Malachi.
And in the New Testament also in the days of the Lord Jesus, such a time was also revealed by him and by the apostles who were written. But the dear Thessalonian believers, were being troubled, thinking, and believing, unfortunately, the false report. They were in the day of the Lord at present. Now we have noticed particularly the opening of chapter two and verse one, Paul, by the Holy Spirit, declares that day of the Lord, that day of judgment that is facing the world, will not begin before the rapture.
And that statement in verse one, let me read it again. We beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering of the hymn. Don't you be shaken in your mind or believe in your heart that the day of the Lord is present, the day of his judgments on the world. He will not take place before the rapture of the state. Now may I emphasize one precious truth that needs to be remembered. We all know from the Word of God, and let me quote one scripture, the epistle of Jude, and we read in verse fourteen and fifteen, Behold, the Lord cometh with tens thousands of his saints to execute judgment.
And we noted in chapter one of the second epistle, Paul told the Thessalonians, that day of the Lord when it begins, we shall be manifested coming with the Lord in glory at the same time. So it is essential and necessary. How can we come with him unless we are proceeding in the history of time being taken to meet him? And thank God for that blessed rapture. We shall be caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. and so shall we ever be with the Lord. And Paul emphasizes the rapture will take place.
My beloved believer, may I emphasize it to you and to my known heart that day of coming judgment that will take the world will not begin until you and I have gone out of this thing, who are saved by hatred. And let me re-emphasize as Paul did. in Thessalonians chapter four, the first epistle, if we believe that Jesus died and rose again. Faith in the Lord Jesus, and his finished work, assures the believer when he comes for his faith, and may I also emphasize he's going to take all of his faith, not some of them.
There are some that teach, unless you're faithful, you won't go. So let me ask you the question. Are you ready to say you've always been faithful? I'm not. My beloved one, let me quote the words of Paul in Ephesians two, eight, nine, for we are saved by grace through faith, that none of yourself, it's a gift of God, not a worthless any man should boast. And as one has well stated, it is grace plus nothing. Oh, the joy of knowing we're saved by grace. But then we went on and saw in verse three, there's another incident that must and will take place before the day of the Lord comes with its judgments that will enter into this scene.
And it's called the apostasy. You have it in verse three calling it a falling away. Meaning, and literally in the Greek text, the falling away. But what does it mean? May I suggest it means this, the total abandonment of God's truth. The time is coming when there will be a worldwide total abandonment of the truth of God. And may I say very frankly, you might not believe it, but it's going to happen. The world is going to deny that it's booked, and they already do deny it, that this Bible is the Word of God.
The world is going to deny that Christ is God. In fact, may I go further? The world's going to deny that there is a God. And you've got that spreading today in numerous ways. The apostasy. And may I also add, read all the epistles. The writings of Paul, the writings of Peter, the writings of James, the writings of John, the writings of Jude. And you'll find every apostle tells in their epistles of the apostate conditions that are coming in the world and upon the world. Please, may I say, and then may I particularly add, the purpose of God in the present age is not the conversion of the world.
As you may read in chapter fifteen of the book of the Acts, at what has often been called the first council of the elders of the early church, the apostle James, together with Peter, together with Paul and his companions, as they were debating regarding whether the Gentiles who believed in the Lord Jesus should follow Moses and be circumcised and so on. And the issue was answered. And they came to the conclusion, as James said, that the purpose of God is to take out of the nation a people for its name.
And what God is doing today and has been doing since Pentecost and the preaching of the gospel, taking out, and let me quote Galatians one, verse three and four. Our Lord Jesus Christ gave himself for our sins that he might take us out of this present evil world according to the will of God our Father. And oh, our precious are realigned. The destiny of the church, it's going to be said, may I tell you again, the church will not stay on the earth. And if you read your Bible right, it belongs to heaven.
It's heavenly. It's heavenly in its origin, born from above. It's heavenly in its teaching. It's heavenly. It should be heavenly in its practice. And it's heavenly in its destiny. And the joy of knowing, and may I suggest to you, even in eternity, even in the millennial kingdom, you'll find from the scriptures of churches above the earth in the heavens above. And so thank God for the destiny of the church. But don't forget, alongside that precious truth, there is a constant decrease or an increase of apostasy and the decreasing of acknowledging God.
But then maybe the next third thing, as you have at the end of verse three, another thing that must come and be revealed before the day of the Lord. That man of sin, be revealed. to the Son of Tradition. My beloved, may I humbly but solemnly say, this person will be the worst and the most wicked man that ever lived. Barnum, his title, the man of sin. Son of Tradition. There's only one person in the Scripture who is called Son of Tradition. That was Judas.
As you may read, in the Gospels after he betrayed the Lord Jesus. He went to his own place. But here is a man. Let me re-emphasize it. A man. Title with this. The man of sin. Or lawlessness. And oh what a revelation that's going to be for the world. But I want you to know first. Let's go on for just a little further. And notice regarding his person. who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God. Now think it through for a moment.
Everything that names itself to be God, whether it be true or whether it be false, this man opposes it all. There are many false religions. all claiming that they represent perhaps a God, or they may think themselves to be God. But here is the person. He opposes everything that's called God. Take it in, my beloved. What a cowardness. What a cowardness. You have it in First John chapter two. You may read it in First John chapter two regarding this man.
He denies all God-given religion, if you want to call it that, Judaism, which the Jews hold to yet today in their orthodox belief, if those who still believe it. And he denies Christianity. He denies that Jesus is the Messiah. He denies that Christianity is the Father and the Son. And he denies them all. And go further. He opposes every other kind of a God. And if I may recall the words of the psalmist, I believe, who once wrote, There are God many. Now please, take it in.
He disregards every other kind of a God, even the true God. Could read on. All that may be worshiped. And no, and this is all blasphemous things, he... as God sitteth in the temple of God, proclaiming and showing himself, I'm God. My beloved, let me say something. I don't know if you know what's going on. But there are many movements today emphasizing that man is his own God. And those movements are spreading. This will be the climax.
Here will be one man, above all others, who says, I am God. And note very particularly where he proclaims this, in the temple of God. Why the temple? We have no question of doubt. We haven't suggested it yet, but it is the person who can be called and will be called the Antichrist. You have him revealed in chapter thirteen of the book of the Revelation. May I suggest in the thirteen chapter of the book of the Revelation, you've got a satanic trinity revealed by the Spirit of God that will be upon the earth after the church is gone.
And by Satan authorized and powerfully directed, there will be a political head of the revived Roman Empire, and there will be a religious head called the second beast in that chapter, who will be the Antichrist. And may I suggest to you, he will be the King of Israel in that day proclaiming himself, but he sets up himself to be worshipped in the temple. Now if you know your Bible, prophetically it's very clear from Matthew chapter twenty four in verse fifteen very clear from Daniel chapter nine and verse twenty seven very clear from Revelation chapter eleven and through thirteen there's going to be a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem by Orthodox Jews and if you're abreast with the conditions of the time Very recently I read, authored up, well, let
me give this testimony in a Bible class some years ago. I had a visitor in that class who told me he had been speaking to a rabbi in Miami. Very recently before that class we had met, and he had told him of the coming of the Lord Jesus the second time. And told him from the Bible, he said, you Jews are going to rebuild the temple. And Rabbi Azadim, we've already made plans for it. And I read just recently that in Jerusalem, Orthodox Jews are already making the priestly romes. And planning to set up the temple and rebuild it.
to have their worship and when you read the book of the Revelation chapter eleven and on in the next chapter you'll find there is a temple and there are worshippers and there are places for the Gentiles in the outer court of that temple but here is this man he sets himself up as God in the temple I am God and reading Revelation thirteen he commands the whole world to worship the image of the first beast that he sent them at the risk of their lives either they worship him or they are slain what a character can we marvel that he's called the man of sin the Lord Jesus speaks of him in Matthew twenty four verse fifteen when ye shall see That abomination of desolation, and the word abomination when you're reading in the Old Testament relative to the history of God's people, as well as in the new, it means the idol.
When you see the idol in the temple, saying that day, that's the beginning of the Great Tribulation, said the Lord Jesus, you better flee for your life as he won the Jews of that day. And so, beloved Lord. This is the calendar. Let me give you the thought. Well, let me go look again with me at the end of the verse fourteen. He has God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself I am God. Now, do you remember, if you read your Bible, what you read in Genesis chapter three, Do you remember when the devil, through the serpent, came and tempted Eve, and told her if she ate that fruit of the forbidden tree, ye shall be as God?
And is the climax of the devil's word, if I may suggest, the devil's masterpiece. Be man of sin. Well, let's read on. Noted in verse five, if you please. Remember ye not that when I was here with you, I told you these. Look, this little Thessalonian church had only been created very recently. But even when it was formed by the Holy Spirit and the preaching of the gospel for perhaps no more than three weeks, Paul not only preached the gospel, he told them, What was going to happen in the future and the coming of the Lord?
In fact, may I suggest to you, you cannot find where the Apostle left out the teaching of the coming of the Lord. You'll find in every epistle the coming of the Lord is mentioned with one exception, and that's the epistle to the Galatians. They taught it as they were only believers, and we need to do the same today. And Paul said, we told you these things, but now he says, you know what will withhold us or keep us from being fulfilled, that he might be redeemed in his time. Please notice, he will be revealed in his time, but there is a restrainer.
And in verse seven, he goes on to say, the mystery of lawlessness. That's the word of any. Let me be reminded. with you what the Lord Jesus said. As you read Matthew chapter twenty-four, particularly as the Lord Jesus tells, as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it also be in the days of the coming of the Son of Man, and describes many things. Amongst them he said, Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wipe cold, Sig of the Lord Jesus in Luke chapter eighteen, he made the statement, that when the Son of Man cometh, will he find thee faith upon the earth?
My beloved, please let me say, work as hard as you can, do all you must, to seek to preach the gospel and minister the word of God and be faithful and true, as we have been praying. But may I suggest again, lawlessness and iniquity is increasing. And I believe every person and every adult person here, I'm sure, will confess in his and her own life, you are seeing lawlessness increase. And you're looking at it today, every day on the news. And the Lord said, because it increases, the love of many shall watch for.
and be called. And how true that is. But now known in verse seven he said, that mystery of iniquity that does already work, only he who now hindereth or restrainer will until he be taken out of the way. Now there have been many suggestions as to who the restrainer might be, but I'm going to go just to the point. The restrainer must be, if I may suggest to you, Such a condition as is described here demands a divine restrainer. The person of the Holy Spirit.
The person of the Holy Spirit. My beloved, I don't know what you believe and what you think and how you prove and how we should prove the power of the presence and the operation of the Holy Spirit on the earth. At Pentecost given, he came to stay, said the Lord Jesus, he will abide with you, and he will dwell in you, as he taught his disciples in John chapter sixteen. And he's here today. And the presence of the Holy Spirit has been the power of the operation of the testimony of the church, where there has been blessing.
Without him, We come to be blessed and energized and encouraged. But the day is coming, we know this, in its present capacity. And let me emphasize the fact. He is the chief agent of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the earth. Now let me make it clearer than ever if I can. There is no organization nor any association religiously on the earth that represents the Lord Jesus Christ. He's represented by the person of the Holy Spirit, his chief agent.
I don't care what man you might point to, there is not any such man. He's the chief agent. And there is no question of doubt. As we well know throughout the centuries, he's been working and working. Convincing men of sin, righteousness and judgment, and bringing them to Christ. Teaching the saints and empowering the saints. For the presence and the operation of the Holy Spirit is the power of the church. And of any local assembly, a local church. Without him, and may I submit very frankly, I seek to depend every time I have to open my mouth for the Lord.
I said, please, Lord, may the Holy Spirit fill me. I cannot do it without the Holy Spirit. But when he takes the church to meet the Lord Jesus in the air, his relationship on earth will see, in that capacity I don't believe his work will speak because there's no work done by God at any time through all the centuries without the participation of the Holy Spirit Father Son and Holy Spirit but he'll be taken over please may I say again there's no question I undoubtedly you and I who are believers live and realize how much we owe to the press and the power of the Holy Spirit.
And he is the great restrainer. There is no question. Well, not for instance. In our prayer meeting tonight, I heard more than one brother pray for the government. And that's according to the word of God. Pray for kings and all that are in authority that we may lead a peaceable and... me the life of people alike in all goodness and honesty and godliness. And that's our responsibility to pray. And thanks by the power of the Holy Spirit. And it's the Holy Spirit leading the outspreads to the throne of God. And let me give you the thought.
You may not agree with me. And I don't care if you do enough. But the believer in the Lord Jesus can do more in prayer than he can in the boring book. Isn't it greater to talk to God as we were doing tonight? Yes. And may I give the suggestion? We have, thank God, we have the person of the Holy Spirit. We have the Word of God. We have a throne of grace that we can come out to. But there's one thing we need more than there are.
We need a good pair of knees to use that throne of grace. Come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain grace and not gain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. But when the Holy Spirit takes us out of this world, that relationship will be settled as far as the earth is concerned. But I'm sure I do know He'll be doing his work in another way. But he's a restrainer. But please note, and then, now then, Paul goes on to say, then, when the apostasy comes, when the man of sin is revealed, when the mystery of iniquity is manifested, and then, when the church is gone, and the spirit of God is scratched at the table above, then shall that wicked one, that man of sin, be revealed.
Whom the Lord shall consume in the spirit of his mouth, And shall destroy him with the blindness of his coming. Now, beloved, let me humbly say, I believe it was Pat. I can't say. I'm no prophet. In fact, I'm not supposed to be a prophet. I'm supposed to teach what the prophecy of the word of God teaches. But I would not be surprised, though, that this man is already living on the earth. We're so near the coming of the Lord. He will not be revealed now. Let me say it again clearly. As Paul expressed it, he will not be revealed till after the rapture, till the apostasy comes worldwide, until the man of sin is just manifested.
And the Spirit of God, the restraining, resounding the way. And then he will be revealed. But notice what the Lord's going to do to him. Whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. Even him, whose coming is that? And note, after the working of Satan. And note the next word. Satanically with all power and signs and lying wonders. Go with me to Revelation chapter thirteen for a moment please.
I want you to notice some of those wonders. Chapter thirteen regarding that second beast who is the Antichrist and we find something given to us about what will be his power. Let me know with you if I don't mind reading it verse eleven. I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth And he had two horns like a lamb. And he spake with it like a dragon as a dragon. Oh, beloved, please may I? Look, we read about the man of sin. Compare the man of sin with the man of sorrow. Maybe give you another thought from what we've just read.
In the book of the Revelation, the Lord Jesus, predominantly above all other titles, He's called the Lamb. Twenty-eight times. This man is called a beast. That's the difference in their person. Oh, mind be lost. Only may I say lovingly and sorrowfully. Think of what the world's coming to. Because a day of judgment will come. But read on as we will in the next verse. And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him.
And he causes the earth, and then we dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he, now no, he doeth great wonders, so that he make us fire come down from heaven, and harm the earth in the sight of men. and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he has power to do in the sight of the bee saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image for the bee which has a wound by a sword and did live and he has power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, cause that so many with would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
And he causes all both small and great, rich and poor, free and bombed to receive a mark in their right hand and so on, and therefore in not being able to buy yourself without the mark of the beast. Now here's the thought. These miracles, and they are miracles. It's not phony. It's not magic. It's real. But the author of them is Satan. Satanic miracles. Satanic miracles. Oh, beloved, we cannot indeed grasp the powers and the authority that Satan acts.
And in that coming day of his greatest glory, he will think it that. This man is going to be you. And if you notice the description of him, chew horns like a lamb. But he's fake as a dragon. You get the defectiveness. Move. And he's out with a tail and appearing in ants. And not only that, He will be accepted by God's earthly people. A remnant in that day of Israel will accept him as their Messiah. Look, just a few weeks ago, a noted rabbi in the city of New York passed away at the age of nine issues.
And then you read that Orthodox Jews were weeping and crying. They thought he was the Messiah. Look. read your Bible let me quote the words of the Lord Jesus in John chapter eight in verse forty four he said to the Pharisees the scribes the high priest I am come in my father's name and you refuse me another will come in his own name him you will receive beloved let me humbly say briefly but to the point God, dear earthly people, are going to receive and welcome the false Messiah to their sorrow and to their grief.
All you need to do, read Daniel chapter eleven from verse thirty-six to the end of it. He's called the willful king. And he destroys his earthly people. He leads them astray. But he deceives. He's not only deceived them, go back to our chapter in Thessalonians, he deceived the whole world. Go with me in verse ten, with all deceivables of unrighteousness in them that perish, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved. My beloved, may I say, the great deception of this person is going to be upon them in the whole world.
The whole world is going to be deceived. I don't know, well, I don't know how much you study or even take the time to see what's going on in the world. Because you've got the very formation working already in Europe, what is called the United States of Europe, which will be ultimately the revived Roman Empire. And ultimately we'll come under the rule and the reign of this character, together with a civil beast that will be the head of it politically.
And you have the same thought given in the book of Daniel too. And there's no question of doubt we're getting near to that time. And as you think of the nearness of it, you look at Israel, you've got the nation of Israel right where God wants them. And where all of these events will come to a fruition and consummation. And beloved, may I say, lovingly and earnestly, there's not much time left to plead with the ungodly and the unsaved to the Lord. Because know what's going to happen in verse ten.
With all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that has My beloved, let me please say, would you sing with me for a moment, of all the things that are happening today, how many righteous deeds have you heard done in the world today? But I guarantee you've heard more unrighteous deeds done in the world today. One of the signs that the world is headed past for eternal hell is the condition of unrighteousness that prevails.
Sin in its character. And the sinners will be deceived by this person. And as you read on, why read at the end of verse ten? Because they receive not the love of the truth, but they might be My beloved, may I say, the rejection of the world is the truth of God. And may I humbly again and sorrowfully declare, we're seeing the truth being rejected. It's been rejected by the government. It's been rejected by our school.
It's been rejected in our families. It's been rejected in all phases of society. And what's happening? Instead of the truth, its unrighteousness being manifested. And says to the Lord, this man will deceive them with his miracle. Because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved. And then added to it in verse eleven. For this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe, and it could be interpreted, the lie. The liar of the Antichrist.
Oh, my beloved. You remember reading the words of the Lord Jesus in John's Gospel again? I think it was in chapter five. He called Satan a murderer. He was a murderer and a liar from the beginning. Did one sure thing. Whenever sin comes around, call him a liar. You'll be telling the truth. He's been nothing but a murderer and a liar. And that's the character of the man of sin. To destroy, not to save, but all the men and the undaughtly in their unrighteous situation, who will reject the truth.
There's no salvation held out for them. Paul writes that they all might be damned, who believe not the truth, but they had pleasure. in unrighteousness. Now may I add a word in closing, and the question was asked me last week, and I like to answer it. It'll be a strong delusion, there'll be worldwide delusion, as you find in Revelation thirteen. But may I add, not all will be under that strong delusion. I commend to you the reading of two scriptures, Matthew twenty-five, thirty-one through forty-six, when the Lord Jesus comes and sets up his throne of glory upon the earth, as you may read it there, is all the angels with him, and he calls the nation and divides the nation, the sheep from the goat.
And the issue is this, who will go in the kingdom, the sheep whom he honors, in that judgment will go into the kingdom and the goat will be cast into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels to be of separation but let me give you another scripture reading in chapter seven of go with me to revelation chapter seven please I just like to read one verse two and then we'll close chapter seven and here you find even in the book of the revelation Following the beginning of those judgments in chapter six, God sets the side, as you may read.
In chapter seven, he sets the tribe. Let me read it in verse one, first of all. After these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four same winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. and I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice of the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea nor the tree, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And once you read on, you'll find out that the tribes of Israel, twelve tribes, Twelve thousand from each tribe, a hundred and forty-four thousand in all, are sealed to be the servants of God during that awful period that's coming upon the earth.
You can call them Jehovah's Witnesses, but don't believe they're the ones you can see today. And if you meet a Jehovah's Witness, ask me what tribe he belongs to. He can't tell you. But these will be his witnesses in that day. And go down the chapter, please. I want to read particularly verse fourteen. For John sees in the vision a multitude out of the nation brought to the Lord. And look in verse fourteen. Well, verse thirteen first. One of the elders answered John, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? Whence came they?
You can read the chapter. He saw an innumerable company. He couldn't count them. But I said unto him, So thou knowest. And he said unto me, These are they which came out. And you read the Greek text, Of the tribulation, be great one. And have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. And you will read the rest of the chapter. And you will recognize there are going to be a stage after that all from it. Let me give you one thought. The book of the Bacchus, if you read the prophecy of the Bacchus, you'll find that the last chapter of the Bacchus, a Bacchus describes the glorious, great and terrible coming of the Lord in power and in destruction.
And he trembles in his belly, he says. But in that recital that he gives of it, he makes a prayer, Lord, In the midst of anger, in the midst of wrath, remember mercy. And may I say this, thank God in the midst of that awful day of wrath, the great tribulation. God will also show mercy to those who will respond. But I want to tell you, they'll pay a great price in suffering and testing and trial in that awful day. Aren't you glad you're saying? Amen.
Boy, you know when I went home saved that night, eighty-some years ago, you know what I said, Lord, I'm glad I'm not going to hell. My beloved, if you know, if any is not saved here, please come to the Lord Jesus. We don't know how soon he's coming, shall we pray? Oh, blessed Father, there's so much in the book, and there's so much ahead for this poor old world. but there's nothing but glory for the Christian. Blessed Lord, we thank thee. We are looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Bless thy virtue our heart.
And Lord, look, may these truths, they're not pleasant truths, but the truths have their moral and spiritual effect upon our heart. And in our lives, and causes, as thy word says, every man that hath this hope in him purifies himself even as he is pure, and may these truths make us better Christians for thy glory. And if any one is not saved, please, Lord, all they've got to do is look to thee, look unto me, and be ye saved, all ye ends of the earth. A look in a look at the crucified one.
There's life at this moment. For every man, boy, girl, and woman that will look. May they look unto thee, Lord Jesus, and be saved. Dismiss it with thy blessing, and take it home. If we're saved, rejoicing, Jesus is coming again in his precious and worthy name. Amen. Well, thank you for listening.