1 00:00:31,299 --> 00:00:36,739 Chapter number 13, Hebrews, chapter number 13. 2 00:00:38,659 --> 00:00:40,259 See if I can get unhooked here. 3 00:00:44,659 --> 00:00:45,299 Okay. 4 00:00:50,499 --> 00:00:55,219 I guess there would be very few statements that would be more 5 00:00:58,309 --> 00:01:00,949 understated or could never be more overstated. 6 00:01:01,669 --> 00:01:05,429 Is the phrase some things never change? 7 00:01:05,829 --> 00:01:06,869 You ever heard that? 8 00:01:08,309 --> 00:01:11,269 Some things never change. 9 00:01:13,269 --> 00:01:18,629 Most things do change, but some things never change. 10 00:01:21,199 --> 00:01:26,279 There's a hymn that I love very dearly it says Swift to its 11 00:01:26,279 --> 00:01:33,599 close Ebbs out little day Earth's joys grow dim and its glories 12 00:01:33,599 --> 00:01:42,399 pass away Change and decay in all around I see O Thou who changest 13 00:01:42,399 --> 00:01:45,039 not abide with me. 14 00:01:48,649 --> 00:01:52,649 Isn't that wonderful to know that we don't have to worry about 15 00:01:52,649 --> 00:01:53,769 God changing? 16 00:01:57,369 --> 00:02:00,729 In Hebrews, chapter 13 and verse number eight. 17 00:02:02,568 --> 00:02:10,409 The Bible says very clearly, Jesus Christ the same yesterday and 18 00:02:10,409 --> 00:02:12,029 today and. 19 00:02:12,179 --> 00:02:12,819 And forever. 20 00:02:14,819 --> 00:02:16,259 Look at it one more time. 21 00:02:17,459 --> 00:02:18,579 Read it out loud. 22 00:02:20,259 --> 00:02:21,219 Jesus Christ. 23 00:02:21,619 --> 00:02:22,659 I can't hear you. 24 00:02:23,459 --> 00:02:31,059 Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever. 25 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:34,299 We live in a changing world. 26 00:02:34,299 --> 00:02:38,019 Obviously, that's an understatement. 27 00:02:39,269 --> 00:02:42,629 The Bible calls it perilous times in which we're living. 28 00:02:43,989 --> 00:02:48,949 Changes in values, changes in definitions isn't that something. 29 00:02:49,829 --> 00:02:56,709 Changes in right and wrong, changes in moral standards, changes 30 00:02:56,709 --> 00:02:58,869 in decency and modesty. 31 00:02:59,829 --> 00:03:05,439 We live in a world now where churches are changing constantly 32 00:03:05,439 --> 00:03:08,199 changing people are changing. 33 00:03:08,199 --> 00:03:08,879 We change. 34 00:03:10,399 --> 00:03:13,039 Change in all around. 35 00:03:13,039 --> 00:03:13,759 I see. 36 00:03:14,719 --> 00:03:18,879 O Thou who changest not abide with me. 37 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:21,719 Be very brief tonight and very simple. 38 00:03:21,719 --> 00:03:24,159 Just four things for you to say. 39 00:03:24,159 --> 00:03:25,199 Well, I already know that. 40 00:03:25,199 --> 00:03:29,119 I know the Bible repeats itself a lot of ways and a lot of 41 00:03:29,119 --> 00:03:29,439 times. 42 00:03:30,729 --> 00:03:33,449 Because sometimes we know it, but we forget it. 43 00:03:34,009 --> 00:03:37,849 Or sometimes we know it but we hadn't thought about it in a while. 44 00:03:39,289 --> 00:03:42,409 Or sometimes we know it and heard it, but we're not practicing 45 00:03:42,409 --> 00:03:44,329 it now. 46 00:03:44,329 --> 00:03:46,809 The first one we've already read, but I think you ought to write 47 00:03:46,809 --> 00:03:47,169 it down. 48 00:03:47,169 --> 00:03:50,169 If you take notes, if you don't, that's fine. 49 00:03:50,329 --> 00:03:52,089 Some people don't need to take notes. 50 00:03:52,809 --> 00:03:56,489 My wife says the older I get, the more notes I need to take. 51 00:03:58,439 --> 00:04:01,359 The first note I always write down is, I don't need to write this 52 00:04:01,359 --> 00:04:01,559 down. 53 00:04:01,559 --> 00:04:02,519 I'll remember it. 54 00:04:05,399 --> 00:04:07,719 But you still already probably know what it is. 55 00:04:07,799 --> 00:04:11,239 Christ never changes. 56 00:04:12,999 --> 00:04:14,119 Always the same. 57 00:04:14,999 --> 00:04:16,439 Oh, praise his name. 58 00:04:17,079 --> 00:04:19,239 The Bible warns us over and over again. 59 00:04:19,319 --> 00:04:23,089 Put not confidence in man, but we still do it. 60 00:04:23,089 --> 00:04:24,769 But men change. 61 00:04:26,529 --> 00:04:29,889 People whom you thought would never change change. 62 00:04:30,849 --> 00:04:33,649 Sometimes people that you thought would never quit, quit. 63 00:04:34,849 --> 00:04:40,609 Some people that you thought would never turn their back on you 64 00:04:41,489 --> 00:04:42,849 have experienced that. 65 00:04:43,169 --> 00:04:44,849 By the way, Jesus did too. 66 00:04:51,579 --> 00:04:54,299 Never lie, never let you down. 67 00:04:57,099 --> 00:04:58,619 Jesus dealt with changes. 68 00:04:58,619 --> 00:04:59,979 He said, I'll never change. 69 00:05:00,059 --> 00:05:05,459 But he dealt with changes in his disciples and changes in the 70 00:05:05,459 --> 00:05:06,539 world that he lived in. 71 00:05:07,259 --> 00:05:08,779 He understood about change. 72 00:05:08,859 --> 00:05:10,299 He knew about change. 73 00:05:12,539 --> 00:05:15,229 Jesus is so unchangeable. 74 00:05:15,229 --> 00:05:17,709 His perfection never changes. 75 00:05:17,789 --> 00:05:24,029 Jesus is no less tonight than he was 2000 years ago. 76 00:05:25,309 --> 00:05:26,429 Exactly the same. 77 00:05:28,669 --> 00:05:30,109 Holy, holy, holy. 78 00:05:31,789 --> 00:05:34,829 Still no fault can be found in him. 79 00:05:34,829 --> 00:05:35,949 Jesus is perfect. 80 00:05:36,189 --> 00:05:39,929 And by the way, a lot of us like to say, well, nobody's perfect. 81 00:05:40,239 --> 00:05:41,399 Well, we know Jesus is. 82 00:05:41,399 --> 00:05:42,319 Let me tell you something. 83 00:05:43,519 --> 00:05:45,279 In Jesus, you are perfect. 84 00:05:48,879 --> 00:05:51,079 We know we're supposed to say Amen there, and I appreciate those 85 00:05:51,079 --> 00:05:54,639 of you that did, but sometimes we use that as an excuse. 86 00:05:54,639 --> 00:05:55,679 Well, nobody's perfect. 87 00:05:55,919 --> 00:05:56,959 Well, we know that. 88 00:05:56,959 --> 00:06:00,479 What we mean by that is, no one can go without sin. 89 00:06:01,599 --> 00:06:03,599 But we are perfect in Christ. 90 00:06:04,239 --> 00:06:06,159 He made the perfect sacrifice. 91 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,199 And the Bible says one day we will be perfect without sin. 92 00:06:10,199 --> 00:06:11,799 We're being perfected now. 93 00:06:13,399 --> 00:06:15,879 We're going through changes in our life. 94 00:06:16,439 --> 00:06:17,719 And it's God's will. 95 00:06:18,119 --> 00:06:22,199 We're not predestined to heaven or hell, but once he starts, 96 00:06:22,199 --> 00:06:23,079 we get saved. 97 00:06:23,079 --> 00:06:25,319 We're predestined to become like Christ. 98 00:06:27,079 --> 00:06:30,839 And God's will is that we become more like Christ every day. 99 00:06:32,929 --> 00:06:33,729 That's the goal. 100 00:06:35,329 --> 00:06:39,009 By the way, what's wrong with wanting to be perfect? 101 00:06:39,329 --> 00:06:40,809 Somebody says, well, nobody's perfect. 102 00:06:40,809 --> 00:06:41,889 Well, you want to be perfect. 103 00:06:43,009 --> 00:06:45,249 What's wrong with setting that as your goal? 104 00:06:45,569 --> 00:06:48,209 Even though you know you're never going to be perfect in this 105 00:06:48,209 --> 00:06:49,329 world as far as sin. 106 00:06:50,609 --> 00:06:52,689 But don't you wish you were perfect? 107 00:06:53,729 --> 00:06:56,929 Don't you wish you always said the perfect thing in the perfect 108 00:06:56,929 --> 00:06:58,209 way at the perfect time? 109 00:06:59,129 --> 00:07:00,489 Oh, yes, we all do. 110 00:07:01,369 --> 00:07:03,289 His perfection never changes. 111 00:07:03,289 --> 00:07:05,289 His person never changes. 112 00:07:05,609 --> 00:07:09,049 He still cares as much today as he ever has. 113 00:07:10,009 --> 00:07:11,769 Jesus never grows old. 114 00:07:12,489 --> 00:07:14,009 He never gets weak. 115 00:07:14,729 --> 00:07:15,929 He's never tired. 116 00:07:16,969 --> 00:07:19,969 He got tired in his earthly ministry when he was on the earth 117 00:07:19,969 --> 00:07:22,089 and he had to sit down and rest a little while. 118 00:07:22,489 --> 00:07:23,449 Isn't that interesting? 119 00:07:23,449 --> 00:07:25,129 The God that's holding this world together. 120 00:07:26,119 --> 00:07:30,719 Jesus Christ got tired during his earthly ministry, because he 121 00:07:30,719 --> 00:07:31,679 became fully man. 122 00:07:31,679 --> 00:07:32,279 He was a man. 123 00:07:32,279 --> 00:07:33,239 He got thirsty. 124 00:07:34,519 --> 00:07:35,479 He got tired. 125 00:07:37,559 --> 00:07:40,919 I mean, Jesus felt emotions. 126 00:07:41,879 --> 00:07:43,119 He felt what we feel. 127 00:07:43,119 --> 00:07:48,679 And that's why the Bible says that he's been touched by our infirmities. 128 00:07:52,129 --> 00:07:54,849 He's still seeking today and saving souls. 129 00:07:55,969 --> 00:07:59,289 And Jesus still says, come unto me, all you that are tired and 130 00:07:59,289 --> 00:08:01,569 heavy laden, and I'll give you rest. 131 00:08:03,089 --> 00:08:04,729 His perfection's never changed. 132 00:08:04,729 --> 00:08:05,849 His person never changed. 133 00:08:05,849 --> 00:08:07,729 His priorities never changed. 134 00:08:09,169 --> 00:08:10,129 Write this down. 135 00:08:11,889 --> 00:08:13,169 You're his priority. 136 00:08:15,969 --> 00:08:17,569 Do you ever really think about that? 137 00:08:18,859 --> 00:08:22,059 The Bible says the Lord's portion is his people. 138 00:08:25,739 --> 00:08:30,019 You're his pride and joy even when you disappoint him, even when 139 00:08:30,019 --> 00:08:30,619 you fail. 140 00:08:32,779 --> 00:08:35,139 And if we sin, God spanks us. 141 00:08:35,139 --> 00:08:37,339 We get our spankets down here, not up there. 142 00:08:38,379 --> 00:08:40,099 We're not going to get spanked in heaven. 143 00:08:40,099 --> 00:08:41,099 I just thought about that. 144 00:08:41,099 --> 00:08:41,739 This week. 145 00:08:42,779 --> 00:08:44,619 God's going to wipe away my tears. 146 00:08:44,619 --> 00:08:48,199 Because as soon as I see Him, I'm going to think to myself, I wish 147 00:08:48,199 --> 00:08:49,439 I'd have done a lot more. 148 00:08:50,879 --> 00:08:54,159 One look at his dear face all sorrows will erase. 149 00:08:58,719 --> 00:08:59,919 But you're his priority. 150 00:08:59,919 --> 00:09:01,039 And I'm still His priority. 151 00:09:01,039 --> 00:09:01,879 Even when I do wrong. 152 00:09:01,879 --> 00:09:03,039 I just sang it a while ago. 153 00:09:04,799 --> 00:09:09,199 When I stray, he still loves me. 154 00:09:10,639 --> 00:09:16,609 His heart is broken when we stray, when we fail, when we don't 155 00:09:16,609 --> 00:09:17,729 speak up, when we should. 156 00:09:17,729 --> 00:09:21,289 When we don't take time with him, it disappoints him. 157 00:09:21,289 --> 00:09:23,129 You've heard me say it here so many times. 158 00:09:23,769 --> 00:09:25,609 The Lord didn't create us robots. 159 00:09:25,609 --> 00:09:27,129 He's not going to make you pray. 160 00:09:28,808 --> 00:09:30,489 He's not going to make you do anything. 161 00:09:30,969 --> 00:09:37,449 But he still hurts when we're too busy for him, or ashamed of him 162 00:09:38,739 --> 00:09:39,459 or busy. 163 00:09:41,139 --> 00:09:41,939 Too busy. 164 00:09:43,939 --> 00:09:46,779 Have you ever had a friend and you really, really needed. 165 00:09:46,779 --> 00:09:47,619 You needed help. 166 00:09:47,619 --> 00:09:50,939 You've been broken and you've been hurting, and I need to talk 167 00:09:50,939 --> 00:09:54,899 to you, and you call them up and they say, well, I'm busy right 168 00:09:54,899 --> 00:09:55,219 now. 169 00:09:57,699 --> 00:09:58,979 You ever experienced that? 170 00:09:58,979 --> 00:09:59,819 I mean, you just. 171 00:09:59,819 --> 00:10:01,379 You really needed a friend. 172 00:10:03,699 --> 00:10:05,659 And maybe they were busy, maybe they. 173 00:10:05,659 --> 00:10:06,979 They couldn't drop everything. 174 00:10:06,979 --> 00:10:12,059 But, you know, a real friend says, I'll be there as soon as I 175 00:10:12,059 --> 00:10:12,339 can. 176 00:10:12,979 --> 00:10:16,819 He may not be able to just drop everything, but he's not going 177 00:10:16,819 --> 00:10:17,299 to tell you. 178 00:10:17,539 --> 00:10:18,979 Can we make it some other day? 179 00:10:18,979 --> 00:10:19,859 I'm too busy. 180 00:10:21,539 --> 00:10:23,379 What a friend we have with Jesus. 181 00:10:23,939 --> 00:10:28,659 All our sins and griefs to bear what a privilege to carry everything 182 00:10:29,139 --> 00:10:33,619 to God in prayer oh, what peace we often forfeit oh, what needless 183 00:10:33,619 --> 00:10:38,859 pain we bear all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. 184 00:10:39,499 --> 00:10:42,859 He's never too busy, but we sometimes are too busy. 185 00:10:44,459 --> 00:10:48,099 And usually it takes most of our life to realize, you know, what 186 00:10:48,099 --> 00:10:50,299 I've been so busy about isn't really that important. 187 00:10:52,379 --> 00:10:56,099 And the older you get, the more you start rearranging your priorities. 188 00:10:56,099 --> 00:10:58,739 And you say, you know, this is a lot more important than I used 189 00:10:58,739 --> 00:11:03,739 to think when I was 18 or 21 or 35 or 50 or whatever. 190 00:11:03,979 --> 00:11:05,579 I'm not going any higher than that. 191 00:11:08,699 --> 00:11:10,299 His perfection Never changes. 192 00:11:10,299 --> 00:11:13,579 His person, his priorities never change. 193 00:11:15,339 --> 00:11:23,099 The psalmist said, thy thoughts unto me cannot be numbered. 194 00:11:25,259 --> 00:11:28,529 That's hard for this little pea brain to figure out. 195 00:11:28,849 --> 00:11:34,769 All that's going on in the world, and yet Jesus thinks about 196 00:11:34,769 --> 00:11:35,169 me. 197 00:11:38,049 --> 00:11:39,929 And you know what the psalmist said after that? 198 00:11:39,929 --> 00:11:41,249 He said, this is too high. 199 00:11:41,249 --> 00:11:42,929 I cannot attain unto it. 200 00:11:45,009 --> 00:11:50,849 It's too high for me to think that my Creator thinks about me. 201 00:11:53,419 --> 00:11:55,659 Jesus said, all power is given unto me. 202 00:11:56,139 --> 00:11:58,859 And that's why he said, let not your heart be troubled. 203 00:11:59,739 --> 00:12:04,299 I wonder how many people have been calmed down by those words since 204 00:12:04,299 --> 00:12:06,059 Jesus first said them. 205 00:12:06,699 --> 00:12:09,179 Let not your heart be troubled. 206 00:12:10,459 --> 00:12:11,659 How many hearts? 207 00:12:12,459 --> 00:12:12,859 Why? 208 00:12:14,699 --> 00:12:15,779 Because who said it? 209 00:12:15,779 --> 00:12:16,379 That's why. 210 00:12:18,629 --> 00:12:21,669 If I come to you tonight, say I know you've been having some difficulties, 211 00:12:22,069 --> 00:12:23,909 let not your heart be troubled. 212 00:12:25,349 --> 00:12:26,869 It doesn't go over all that great. 213 00:12:28,229 --> 00:12:30,629 But when Jesus says it, that's different. 214 00:12:31,829 --> 00:12:35,269 And he has said it, and he still says it. 215 00:12:36,389 --> 00:12:38,309 Let not your heart be troubled. 216 00:12:39,429 --> 00:12:40,589 Ye believe in God. 217 00:12:40,589 --> 00:12:41,829 Believe also in me. 218 00:12:43,429 --> 00:12:46,269 Come unto me, all ye that are tired and heavy laden, and I'll give 219 00:12:46,269 --> 00:12:46,789 you rest. 220 00:12:49,299 --> 00:12:54,379 Jesus said, I never take my eyes off of you. 221 00:12:54,379 --> 00:12:56,179 I never stop thinking about you. 222 00:12:57,699 --> 00:13:00,419 Jesus knew all about how rejection feels. 223 00:13:01,459 --> 00:13:05,699 That's a hard one, isn't it, to be rejected? 224 00:13:06,819 --> 00:13:08,259 He knew about loneliness. 225 00:13:09,219 --> 00:13:12,219 Some of you wouldn't want to raise your hand, probably maybe embarrassed. 226 00:13:12,219 --> 00:13:15,069 But some of you feel sometimes very lonely. 227 00:13:15,469 --> 00:13:17,229 You feel like the Lone Ranger. 228 00:13:19,949 --> 00:13:22,069 Nobody really knows what you're going through. 229 00:13:22,069 --> 00:13:23,549 And if they did, they wouldn't understand. 230 00:13:24,829 --> 00:13:26,909 Jesus knew all about loneliness. 231 00:13:27,549 --> 00:13:28,509 All about it. 232 00:13:29,949 --> 00:13:32,349 He knew what it felt to be lied about. 233 00:13:34,909 --> 00:13:38,349 Jesus knew what it felt like to be misunderstood. 234 00:13:40,699 --> 00:13:43,979 I heard in a song the other day that there's no place you could 235 00:13:43,979 --> 00:13:47,099 go that Jesus hasn't already been. 236 00:13:48,699 --> 00:13:49,739 That's a good thought. 237 00:13:51,579 --> 00:13:55,819 When you're all by yourself, walking that road or sidewalk or 238 00:13:55,819 --> 00:13:59,419 through the woods or somewhere in a room by yourself. 239 00:14:00,619 --> 00:14:05,829 Jesus says, I've already been here and here I am again. 240 00:14:07,909 --> 00:14:09,829 Jesus never changes. 241 00:14:09,829 --> 00:14:10,469 Number two. 242 00:14:11,829 --> 00:14:13,669 The love of God never changes. 243 00:14:14,469 --> 00:14:21,949 You cannot make God stop loving you if you deny him, if you 244 00:14:21,949 --> 00:14:25,989 turn against him, if you leave his will, if you get hurt like a 245 00:14:25,989 --> 00:14:28,789 lot of people have, and said, I'll never come back to church the 246 00:14:28,789 --> 00:14:29,509 rest of my life. 247 00:14:30,969 --> 00:14:32,009 God still loves them. 248 00:14:33,689 --> 00:14:34,729 It'll never change. 249 00:14:36,729 --> 00:14:41,769 Paul said, I'm persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, 250 00:14:41,769 --> 00:14:44,769 nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things 251 00:14:44,769 --> 00:14:48,449 to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall 252 00:14:48,449 --> 00:14:53,369 be able to separate us from the love of God, which is In Christ 253 00:14:53,369 --> 00:14:56,979 Jesus our Lord, we felt unloved. 254 00:14:57,539 --> 00:15:01,699 We felt, how could he love me after what I did or what I said? 255 00:15:02,659 --> 00:15:04,739 Well, we live by faith, not feeling. 256 00:15:05,939 --> 00:15:08,779 And our faith is in that God said and what he meant and meant 257 00:15:08,779 --> 00:15:09,379 what he said. 258 00:15:12,339 --> 00:15:13,339 You've been born again. 259 00:15:13,339 --> 00:15:15,619 If you're saved, you can't be unborn. 260 00:15:17,059 --> 00:15:19,539 And no matter what you do. 261 00:15:21,069 --> 00:15:23,949 And a lot of these people, that's on the other side of salvation 262 00:15:23,949 --> 00:15:26,709 by works, they think, yeah, you Baptists think you can get saved 263 00:15:26,709 --> 00:15:28,429 and go out and sin all you want to. 264 00:15:28,989 --> 00:15:32,989 I say, well, I'm saved and I go out and sin all I want to. 265 00:15:34,829 --> 00:15:37,148 Because when I got saved, he changed my wants. 266 00:15:38,669 --> 00:15:42,349 I used to want to sin, now I sin. 267 00:15:42,349 --> 00:15:46,389 But a lot of times it's not because I just think that would be 268 00:15:46,389 --> 00:15:47,229 a good thing to do. 269 00:15:51,499 --> 00:15:54,499 Did you know in the Quran, I've read parts of it. 270 00:15:54,499 --> 00:16:03,099 I've never read from COVID to cover the Quran, the Bible that they 271 00:16:03,099 --> 00:16:03,419 use. 272 00:16:05,419 --> 00:16:08,859 Did you know you won't find anywhere in that Koran Bible that 273 00:16:09,659 --> 00:16:10,779 Allah is love. 274 00:16:12,219 --> 00:16:18,339 Not in there, but in our Bible, in the word of God, it says 275 00:16:18,339 --> 00:16:21,619 God is love and that he loves us. 276 00:16:22,499 --> 00:16:23,339 He loves us. 277 00:16:23,339 --> 00:16:24,259 It's unlimited. 278 00:16:25,779 --> 00:16:28,259 He says, I just can't love anymore. 279 00:16:28,339 --> 00:16:29,459 I'm just about out. 280 00:16:30,019 --> 00:16:32,259 No, his love is unlimited. 281 00:16:32,419 --> 00:16:34,979 And that's why you find it over and over in the Bible. 282 00:16:35,379 --> 00:16:41,469 Whosoever will let him come, his love was unmatched. 283 00:16:41,629 --> 00:16:42,709 Oh, I love that song. 284 00:16:42,709 --> 00:16:43,709 I hadn't heard it in years. 285 00:16:44,029 --> 00:16:47,789 No one ever cared for me like Jesus. 286 00:16:49,229 --> 00:16:49,949 God's love. 287 00:16:49,949 --> 00:16:51,229 And this is my favorite. 288 00:16:52,669 --> 00:16:53,949 It's unconditional. 289 00:16:56,269 --> 00:16:56,909 Know this. 290 00:16:56,909 --> 00:16:58,669 I love none of this. 291 00:16:58,669 --> 00:16:59,269 I love you. 292 00:16:59,269 --> 00:16:59,629 Unless. 293 00:16:59,709 --> 00:17:01,069 No, there's no unless. 294 00:17:04,759 --> 00:17:07,359 And please, parents, I don't think probably anybody's ever done 295 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:07,639 this. 296 00:17:07,879 --> 00:17:11,119 And most of you that I'm looking at, your kids are about grown. 297 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:12,359 Some of them are not. 298 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:16,199 You still have children at home, but don't ever tell your children 299 00:17:16,919 --> 00:17:19,159 that if you're bad, Jesus won't love you. 300 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:23,159 That's not a good thing to drill into their heads. 301 00:17:25,479 --> 00:17:29,959 If we disobey and we do wrong things, even little bitty children, 302 00:17:30,769 --> 00:17:33,889 we need to say, you've hurt God's heart, but he still loves you. 303 00:17:34,689 --> 00:17:36,289 His love was unconditional. 304 00:17:38,529 --> 00:17:39,649 No fine print. 305 00:17:41,089 --> 00:17:44,489 The Bible doesn't say that he loved us when we got through with 306 00:17:44,489 --> 00:17:45,089 our sin. 307 00:17:45,089 --> 00:17:51,649 No, he said, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 308 00:17:53,329 --> 00:17:56,529 And if that wasn't true, we wouldn't be saved tonight. 309 00:17:57,379 --> 00:17:58,819 And God's love is unending. 310 00:17:59,059 --> 00:17:59,699 Amen. 311 00:18:00,339 --> 00:18:00,899 Unending. 312 00:18:03,219 --> 00:18:06,699 Can you tell me anything greater and more wonderful than the 313 00:18:06,699 --> 00:18:07,459 love of God? 314 00:18:08,659 --> 00:18:12,259 I know he has so many attributes and they're all amazing 315 00:18:12,259 --> 00:18:13,058 and glorious. 316 00:18:13,219 --> 00:18:19,299 I know that he's holy and God is all wise and he's all powerful 317 00:18:19,299 --> 00:18:23,699 and he's all present and he's always kind and he's always just. 318 00:18:23,779 --> 00:18:25,299 And we can go on and on. 319 00:18:26,589 --> 00:18:30,189 But I still depend more on his love. 320 00:18:30,749 --> 00:18:31,869 That's his nature. 321 00:18:33,229 --> 00:18:34,069 He doesn't make. 322 00:18:34,069 --> 00:18:35,029 Well, I gotta love him. 323 00:18:35,029 --> 00:18:35,949 I told him I would. 324 00:18:36,189 --> 00:18:43,789 No, that's his nature to love you even when you're unlovable. 325 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:45,949 I'm probably the only one here that's been unlovable. 326 00:18:48,109 --> 00:18:52,829 But sometimes God will spank me and set me on his knee and say, 327 00:18:52,829 --> 00:18:53,989 now you know I love you. 328 00:18:55,109 --> 00:18:56,149 I said, yes, sir. 329 00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:58,309 Now don't do that anymore. 330 00:18:59,589 --> 00:19:00,309 Yes, sir. 331 00:19:02,069 --> 00:19:02,949 Now do it again. 332 00:19:03,269 --> 00:19:04,309 He says, come here. 333 00:19:05,589 --> 00:19:06,469 Come here, boy. 334 00:19:06,629 --> 00:19:07,509 Come here, son. 335 00:19:08,869 --> 00:19:09,669 I love you. 336 00:19:12,469 --> 00:19:13,589 Turn over my lap. 337 00:19:13,589 --> 00:19:15,349 I'm going to spank you because I love you. 338 00:19:18,319 --> 00:19:23,679 His love is unending. 339 00:19:25,439 --> 00:19:30,239 And then number three, Christ never changes. 340 00:19:30,239 --> 00:19:31,519 His love never changes. 341 00:19:31,919 --> 00:19:33,919 And number three, truth never changes. 342 00:19:34,959 --> 00:19:37,279 Our world is in our nation especially. 343 00:19:37,519 --> 00:19:40,639 And we're going to be held accountable because the more we know, 344 00:19:40,639 --> 00:19:43,719 the more accountable we're going to have to give an account 345 00:19:43,719 --> 00:19:43,999 for. 346 00:19:43,999 --> 00:19:44,799 Do you agree with that? 347 00:19:45,649 --> 00:19:48,769 We've had the Gospel for so long and we've had Bibles. 348 00:19:49,329 --> 00:19:51,249 Most people in the world have never seen one. 349 00:19:51,889 --> 00:19:55,729 We know so much that most people will never know. 350 00:19:58,929 --> 00:20:02,689 And to whom much is given, much is required. 351 00:20:04,849 --> 00:20:05,609 The truth. 352 00:20:05,609 --> 00:20:09,649 Even though people today in our country is trying to change truth, 353 00:20:09,649 --> 00:20:10,849 the definition and. 354 00:20:11,339 --> 00:20:16,059 And rewrite everything the Bible stands. 355 00:20:17,899 --> 00:20:22,539 We used to have a picture at the church where I used to pastor. 356 00:20:22,539 --> 00:20:24,619 And it was one of my favorite pictures. 357 00:20:25,979 --> 00:20:27,899 It had a picture of an old anvil. 358 00:20:27,899 --> 00:20:29,499 Any of you know what an anvil is? 359 00:20:31,259 --> 00:20:34,059 I guess I don't even know if they're still made out of iron. 360 00:20:34,059 --> 00:20:36,299 I guess you can make them out of lots of things. 361 00:20:37,159 --> 00:20:41,279 But the blacksmith had the anvil and he would put the. 362 00:20:41,279 --> 00:20:45,799 He'd heat up the things that he was doing, the blacksmith. 363 00:20:46,279 --> 00:20:49,439 And then he'd put it on an anvil and he'd start hitting it and 364 00:20:49,439 --> 00:20:51,479 he'd have all these different kinds of hammers. 365 00:20:51,639 --> 00:20:54,759 We used to have a picture in our church of this big anvil. 366 00:20:54,839 --> 00:20:57,919 And on the side of it looked like it was chiseled the word of 367 00:20:57,919 --> 00:20:58,279 God. 368 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,999 And all around on the floor were broken hammers. 369 00:21:03,329 --> 00:21:04,529 Isn't that a great picture? 370 00:21:05,089 --> 00:21:09,329 Some of you artists ought to draw that that'd be a good thing 371 00:21:09,329 --> 00:21:09,969 in the school. 372 00:21:09,969 --> 00:21:13,289 I want all you kids to draw an anvil and broken hammers. 373 00:21:13,289 --> 00:21:20,729 And on the hammers, it would have little words on them, the hammer 374 00:21:20,729 --> 00:21:21,089 broke. 375 00:21:21,089 --> 00:21:23,889 On the truth, the word of God. 376 00:21:25,329 --> 00:21:27,009 Truth can never be destroyed. 377 00:21:27,489 --> 00:21:27,749 It. 378 00:21:27,819 --> 00:21:29,099 It could be hidden for a while. 379 00:21:29,659 --> 00:21:31,739 It can be skipped over and it could be. 380 00:21:31,899 --> 00:21:36,539 People say they don't tell the truth, but truth can be buried, but 381 00:21:36,539 --> 00:21:39,259 it's still going to come up through the soil one way or another. 382 00:21:41,019 --> 00:21:46,459 Truth can be twisted, but in time it will become untwisted. 383 00:21:47,259 --> 00:21:51,859 Truth can be denied, but it sometimes stands silently for a little 384 00:21:51,859 --> 00:21:52,219 while. 385 00:21:53,509 --> 00:21:54,549 And then it speaks. 386 00:21:55,989 --> 00:21:58,549 The truth of the Lord endureth forever. 387 00:21:59,669 --> 00:22:02,069 Time reveals truth. 388 00:22:02,629 --> 00:22:03,589 The truth comes out. 389 00:22:03,589 --> 00:22:04,709 You've heard that, haven't you? 390 00:22:04,789 --> 00:22:05,989 The truth comes out. 391 00:22:06,869 --> 00:22:09,829 We may not live long enough to see it come out, but it's going to 392 00:22:09,829 --> 00:22:10,229 come out. 393 00:22:11,269 --> 00:22:16,309 Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. 394 00:22:19,919 --> 00:22:24,639 You can't break God's truths, God's laws. 395 00:22:25,519 --> 00:22:27,119 You'll break yourself on them. 396 00:22:28,959 --> 00:22:30,959 You see, that's what's happening in our country. 397 00:22:31,759 --> 00:22:34,758 They're changing everything and taking out the commandments and 398 00:22:34,758 --> 00:22:36,159 just do what you feel like doing. 399 00:22:36,559 --> 00:22:37,919 Well, is it working? 400 00:22:38,239 --> 00:22:38,639 No. 401 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,799 Our country is breaking itself on the truth. 402 00:22:42,959 --> 00:22:45,279 Kids are breaking themselves on the truth. 403 00:22:45,679 --> 00:22:49,319 Homes and families are breaking into pieces because the 404 00:22:49,319 --> 00:22:51,239 truth changes. 405 00:22:51,239 --> 00:22:52,359 It never changes. 406 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,199 The truth always stands. 407 00:22:56,639 --> 00:22:58,479 I'm not telling you anything you don't know. 408 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:08,799 But time reveals, time uncovers, time exposes, time confirms, 409 00:23:09,439 --> 00:23:14,059 time validates, time eventually settles the question. 410 00:23:14,939 --> 00:23:21,579 The Bible says, forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. 411 00:23:22,459 --> 00:23:23,099 Amen. 412 00:23:24,139 --> 00:23:28,939 That's why we have a Christian school to teach truth. 413 00:23:29,899 --> 00:23:31,419 The truth shall set you free. 414 00:23:31,419 --> 00:23:33,579 If they go somewhere else, they're not going to get the truth 415 00:23:34,379 --> 00:23:36,219 in most places, in most times. 416 00:23:38,229 --> 00:23:38,709 That's one. 417 00:23:38,709 --> 00:23:39,149 There's. 418 00:23:39,149 --> 00:23:44,789 I could give you a lot of reasons why Heritage has a Christian 419 00:23:44,789 --> 00:23:48,709 school, and it ought to be in your prayer list every day. 420 00:23:49,589 --> 00:23:51,189 You never take it for granted. 421 00:23:52,069 --> 00:23:53,669 Had some good reports today. 422 00:23:53,749 --> 00:23:58,549 Encouraging reports from Brother Daniel. 423 00:24:01,189 --> 00:24:04,229 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall never pass 424 00:24:04,229 --> 00:24:04,549 away. 425 00:24:05,739 --> 00:24:09,499 Thy word is true from the beginning, and every one of thy righteous 426 00:24:09,499 --> 00:24:11,499 judgments endureth forever. 427 00:24:11,659 --> 00:24:17,859 And then it says, his truth endureth to all generations, every 428 00:24:17,859 --> 00:24:18,539 generation. 429 00:24:19,259 --> 00:24:21,419 If they want to know the truth, can find it. 430 00:24:22,699 --> 00:24:25,139 If they don't want to know it, they can't find it. 431 00:24:25,139 --> 00:24:26,459 You find what you're looking for. 432 00:24:28,299 --> 00:24:30,539 People say, I just wish somebody would tell me the truth. 433 00:24:32,199 --> 00:24:34,759 Well, if you have a Bible, if not, let me know. 434 00:24:34,759 --> 00:24:36,199 We'll get you One free. 435 00:24:37,559 --> 00:24:38,319 It's truth. 436 00:24:38,319 --> 00:24:39,399 Everything in it's truth. 437 00:24:39,399 --> 00:24:40,519 Never been proven wrong. 438 00:24:42,279 --> 00:24:45,399 It's been hammered and hit and all the hammers are broken. 439 00:24:45,399 --> 00:24:46,439 It still stands. 440 00:24:52,999 --> 00:24:57,639 The Bible tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the 441 00:24:57,639 --> 00:24:57,999 truth. 442 00:24:58,639 --> 00:25:02,079 You see, what I'm trying to say is in a changing world, you need 443 00:25:02,079 --> 00:25:07,919 to fasten yourself with a chain to the word of God and you'll 444 00:25:07,919 --> 00:25:08,479 be safe. 445 00:25:09,599 --> 00:25:11,199 I didn't say you won't be tested. 446 00:25:11,919 --> 00:25:13,199 I don't say people. 447 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:15,239 You'll have to find out what you really believe. 448 00:25:15,239 --> 00:25:17,559 It's one thing to have a Bible, and it's one thing to read 449 00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:20,399 the Bible, but it's another thing to believe the Bible. 450 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:22,399 And you've heard me say it. 451 00:25:22,399 --> 00:25:23,879 What we believe is what we live. 452 00:25:23,879 --> 00:25:24,779 We, we don't live. 453 00:25:25,339 --> 00:25:28,499 The reason we don't live a lot of things in the Bible is because 454 00:25:28,499 --> 00:25:30,939 we just say we believe them, but we don't. 455 00:25:31,979 --> 00:25:35,739 When you believe something, it becomes part of your mind. 456 00:25:35,739 --> 00:25:37,179 It's the way your mind works. 457 00:25:37,579 --> 00:25:40,699 There's some things you don't have to pray about because the truth 458 00:25:40,699 --> 00:25:41,499 is settled. 459 00:25:43,099 --> 00:25:44,699 It's right there in black and white. 460 00:25:45,819 --> 00:25:48,219 And I believe God has preserved his word. 461 00:25:50,069 --> 00:25:53,349 By the way, let me just mention this word of encouragement 462 00:25:53,349 --> 00:25:54,469 and positive. 463 00:25:55,189 --> 00:25:58,949 It's not been put together back there, but I told Brother Tyler, 464 00:25:58,949 --> 00:26:03,669 I said, I want you to find me a carousel that you see in stores 465 00:26:03,989 --> 00:26:07,469 that has little pockets on it and it can spin around so people 466 00:26:07,469 --> 00:26:08,789 other more than one person. 467 00:26:09,109 --> 00:26:11,869 And I said, I got a lot of things I'm gonna put out there for 468 00:26:11,869 --> 00:26:12,389 the church. 469 00:26:12,469 --> 00:26:15,069 You can't make anybody take them, but I'm gonna tell you what's 470 00:26:15,069 --> 00:26:15,349 available. 471 00:26:16,029 --> 00:26:20,149 And one thing I want to put out there for you is why do we make 472 00:26:20,149 --> 00:26:23,389 such a big fuss about the King James version of the Bible? 473 00:26:24,269 --> 00:26:27,949 We've been told that's what we use, but how many of us can really 474 00:26:27,949 --> 00:26:30,429 win an argument or convince somebody? 475 00:26:31,788 --> 00:26:35,949 Because most people think those Baptists are all ignorant. 476 00:26:36,429 --> 00:26:41,229 They just been told what to believe, but they really don't know 477 00:26:41,309 --> 00:26:41,709 why. 478 00:26:45,349 --> 00:26:47,269 And I got a lot of things that I'm. 479 00:26:47,429 --> 00:26:50,669 And I've gotten them from all different places, but they're basically 480 00:26:50,669 --> 00:26:51,389 from the Bible. 481 00:26:51,389 --> 00:26:51,989 It's not what. 482 00:26:51,989 --> 00:26:53,189 Well, this man says. 483 00:26:53,989 --> 00:26:58,709 Our pastor says what matters, what he says, what God says. 484 00:26:58,949 --> 00:27:02,749 And that's why the Bible teaches us, tells us to study the 485 00:27:02,749 --> 00:27:03,109 Bible. 486 00:27:04,309 --> 00:27:09,919 I can't get people to just read it, but if we could study it 487 00:27:10,239 --> 00:27:14,559 and look up a word and take advantage of your teacher or your 488 00:27:14,559 --> 00:27:18,639 preacher and books and Prayer and the Holy Spirit who will guide 489 00:27:18,639 --> 00:27:19,599 you into all truth. 490 00:27:19,839 --> 00:27:21,679 But I'm going to try to make that. 491 00:27:21,679 --> 00:27:25,759 One thing that I'd like to do before I'm through here is to make 492 00:27:25,759 --> 00:27:31,959 available and in the future, if they're not, don't want them, 493 00:27:31,959 --> 00:27:32,639 they'll throw them away. 494 00:27:32,639 --> 00:27:35,769 But people can just keep. 495 00:27:35,769 --> 00:27:37,449 Make more copies and fill them up. 496 00:27:37,689 --> 00:27:40,929 And I couldn't even tell you all the topics and subjects that 497 00:27:40,929 --> 00:27:42,089 I hope to put in there. 498 00:27:42,809 --> 00:27:45,609 And again, they're not written by Chuck Weatherby. 499 00:27:47,289 --> 00:27:50,529 There's men that know a lot better, more about the Bible than 500 00:27:50,529 --> 00:27:50,889 I do. 501 00:27:50,889 --> 00:27:53,569 And I'm a little ashamed, embarrassed to tell you that, because 502 00:27:53,569 --> 00:27:56,289 we can learn as much as we want and I want to learn more. 503 00:27:56,289 --> 00:27:58,809 And I'm still learning and hopefully you are too. 504 00:27:59,979 --> 00:28:04,419 But I think part of a church is not only to tell people what to 505 00:28:04,419 --> 00:28:07,739 believe, but why and provide for them helps. 506 00:28:08,619 --> 00:28:14,219 You know, the apostle Paul, when he was in prison, told, I forgot 507 00:28:14,539 --> 00:28:15,019 which one. 508 00:28:15,019 --> 00:28:18,219 It was said, bring me the books, bring me my books. 509 00:28:20,219 --> 00:28:22,779 Because he was a student of the word of God. 510 00:28:23,019 --> 00:28:25,179 You don't have to be a professor to know your Bible. 511 00:28:25,759 --> 00:28:27,599 You don't have to be a preacher to know your Bible. 512 00:28:28,079 --> 00:28:30,479 You don't have to teach Sunday school to know your Bible. 513 00:28:30,879 --> 00:28:33,279 You don't have to be 21 to know your Bible. 514 00:28:39,359 --> 00:28:40,879 The truth shall set you free. 515 00:28:42,879 --> 00:28:45,599 Satan's a liar and the father of all lies. 516 00:28:46,159 --> 00:28:51,239 And he's winning in the many times by keeping people ignorant 517 00:28:51,239 --> 00:28:51,999 of the Bible. 518 00:28:53,689 --> 00:28:56,969 And now preachers are even afraid to even use the Bible. 519 00:28:58,329 --> 00:29:00,929 Everybody in the church has got a different Bible and they don't 520 00:29:00,929 --> 00:29:01,209 match. 521 00:29:03,929 --> 00:29:07,609 And again, they only want to pick and choose, like going to a 522 00:29:07,609 --> 00:29:08,169 cafeteria. 523 00:29:08,169 --> 00:29:10,929 I'll take two of those and no way, I don't like that. 524 00:29:10,929 --> 00:29:13,529 And pick up this and that and get down to the end. 525 00:29:13,529 --> 00:29:17,169 And it cost you three times more than you thought because you 526 00:29:17,169 --> 00:29:18,969 wanted a bunch of what you like. 527 00:29:18,969 --> 00:29:21,129 We don't go through the Bible and pick what we like. 528 00:29:23,419 --> 00:29:25,859 It's like, I wasn't in the military, but some of you guys in 529 00:29:25,859 --> 00:29:27,259 the military back then. 530 00:29:27,259 --> 00:29:27,659 I don't. 531 00:29:27,659 --> 00:29:30,419 I think now it's a lot of that mess hall stuff has changed. 532 00:29:30,419 --> 00:29:34,019 And you can have salad bars and all this, but the cook used to 533 00:29:34,019 --> 00:29:37,419 have a cigarette out of his mouth and slap it on a tray and he 534 00:29:37,419 --> 00:29:38,299 got, I don't like that. 535 00:29:38,379 --> 00:29:39,019 Too bad. 536 00:29:40,059 --> 00:29:40,699 Don't eat it. 537 00:29:40,699 --> 00:29:43,659 They didn't make the soldiers eat it, but they didn't get a menu 538 00:29:44,379 --> 00:29:44,939 slap. 539 00:29:47,749 --> 00:29:49,269 And after a while they got Hungry. 540 00:29:52,309 --> 00:29:53,989 And that's the way a lot of people read the Bible. 541 00:29:53,989 --> 00:29:58,149 But God says, just receive the word of God with meekness. 542 00:29:59,749 --> 00:30:02,309 Lord, show me, tell me, teach me. 543 00:30:05,989 --> 00:30:11,749 The Bible stands like a rock undaunted mid the raging storms of 544 00:30:11,749 --> 00:30:12,069 time. 545 00:30:12,879 --> 00:30:17,999 Its pages burn with the truth eternal and they glow with a light 546 00:30:17,999 --> 00:30:18,719 sublime. 547 00:30:19,839 --> 00:30:23,999 The Bible stands like a mountain towering far above the works 548 00:30:23,999 --> 00:30:24,479 of men. 549 00:30:25,119 --> 00:30:30,519 Its truth by none ever was refuted and destroy it they never 550 00:30:30,519 --> 00:30:30,879 can. 551 00:30:32,239 --> 00:30:36,879 The Bible stands every test we give it for its author is divine 552 00:30:37,439 --> 00:30:40,619 by grace alone I expect to live it and to prove it and. 553 00:30:40,689 --> 00:30:41,729 And to make it mine. 554 00:30:42,449 --> 00:30:43,649 The Bible stands. 555 00:30:43,649 --> 00:30:47,169 Though the hills may tumble, it will firmly stand when the earth 556 00:30:47,169 --> 00:30:52,729 shall crumble, I will plant my feet on its firm foundation for the 557 00:30:52,729 --> 00:30:56,728 Bible stands and I'm almost through. 558 00:30:56,728 --> 00:30:59,649 But this is something else I think worth writing down. 559 00:30:59,649 --> 00:31:01,809 And it's not from Brother Wetherby. 560 00:31:02,769 --> 00:31:05,569 I don't know who it's from, but I wrote it down a long time ago. 561 00:31:07,339 --> 00:31:07,899 Here it is. 562 00:31:08,699 --> 00:31:12,539 Everybody wants the truth, but no one wants to be honest. 563 00:31:14,859 --> 00:31:16,619 Boy, that's a mouthful, isn't it? 564 00:31:19,419 --> 00:31:20,939 You better tell me the truth. 565 00:31:22,379 --> 00:31:23,379 Well, what about you? 566 00:31:23,379 --> 00:31:25,339 Well, I got to go. 567 00:31:25,979 --> 00:31:28,459 I got to reorganize my sock drawer. 568 00:31:32,229 --> 00:31:35,269 The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. 569 00:31:37,109 --> 00:31:41,349 Sometimes it cuts, sometimes it soothes. 570 00:31:42,389 --> 00:31:42,789 Man. 571 00:31:42,949 --> 00:31:47,669 My wife, bless her heart, she sent me a text today of something 572 00:31:48,229 --> 00:31:51,349 that she found, and it was a devotional. 573 00:31:52,549 --> 00:31:53,309 Oh, man. 574 00:31:53,309 --> 00:31:59,799 I said, honey, if you only knew how wonderful that is and how 575 00:31:59,799 --> 00:32:00,999 God has used that. 576 00:32:00,999 --> 00:32:01,559 Used that. 577 00:32:01,559 --> 00:32:03,359 If you took the time to send me that. 578 00:32:03,599 --> 00:32:06,799 And she says, I know you're busy today, but if you possibly could 579 00:32:06,799 --> 00:32:09,759 take time and listen to this and read this. 580 00:32:09,759 --> 00:32:10,319 And I did. 581 00:32:10,319 --> 00:32:11,719 And I said, honey, I caught her. 582 00:32:11,719 --> 00:32:12,479 I said, wow. 583 00:32:13,278 --> 00:32:14,439 I said, that's a keeper. 584 00:32:14,439 --> 00:32:17,359 We got make sure, you know, on the computer where it says save. 585 00:32:19,439 --> 00:32:24,119 And I listened to it again, walking around in a circle in my 586 00:32:24,119 --> 00:32:27,659 office up there a while ago this afternoon, I was just walking 587 00:32:27,659 --> 00:32:28,979 around with this thing in my. 588 00:32:28,979 --> 00:32:30,339 Listening to it over again. 589 00:32:31,779 --> 00:32:32,659 It was amazing. 590 00:32:32,659 --> 00:32:34,179 I'm gonna listen to it again tonight. 591 00:32:36,659 --> 00:32:38,179 Sometimes the Bible cuts. 592 00:32:38,179 --> 00:32:39,619 Sometimes it comforts. 593 00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:43,139 Sometimes it counsels us. 594 00:32:43,779 --> 00:32:46,059 It gives us exactly what we've been wondering. 595 00:32:46,059 --> 00:32:46,619 What do I do? 596 00:32:46,619 --> 00:32:48,659 And there it is, right there in black and white. 597 00:32:49,779 --> 00:32:51,219 Oh, I could go on and on. 598 00:32:53,309 --> 00:32:55,229 Jesus never changes. 599 00:32:56,349 --> 00:32:56,989 Amen. 600 00:32:58,109 --> 00:32:58,669 Yeah. 601 00:32:59,229 --> 00:33:01,349 The love of God never changes. 602 00:33:01,349 --> 00:33:02,309 Truth never changes. 603 00:33:02,309 --> 00:33:07,229 And last of all, the consequences of sin never change. 604 00:33:09,149 --> 00:33:13,469 The price is never reduced whatsoever. 605 00:33:13,469 --> 00:33:19,399 A man soweth that, shall he also reap sin when it is Finished 606 00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:21,799 Bringeth forth death. 607 00:33:25,159 --> 00:33:31,079 Satan is always in the selling business and he never takes cash. 608 00:33:33,799 --> 00:33:36,119 The devil never takes cash. 609 00:33:36,759 --> 00:33:42,759 He wants you to put it on an easy payment plan so that you'll 610 00:33:42,759 --> 00:33:47,419 have to be paying payments sometimes the rest of your life. 611 00:33:47,659 --> 00:33:50,619 You know, God can forgive us and forget it. 612 00:33:50,619 --> 00:33:55,579 The Bible says he can cast them in the depths of the sea, Hallelujah. 613 00:33:56,779 --> 00:33:58,219 To remember them no more. 614 00:33:58,539 --> 00:34:03,659 I can't understand all the theology of that, but it sure does 615 00:34:03,659 --> 00:34:07,659 make me feel good that God forgives and he forgets. 616 00:34:08,939 --> 00:34:09,899 I'm so glad. 617 00:34:14,549 --> 00:34:16,629 But the devil always wants you to make payments. 618 00:34:17,589 --> 00:34:18,789 He can forgive you. 619 00:34:18,789 --> 00:34:19,989 God can forgive you. 620 00:34:20,629 --> 00:34:24,629 But there'll always be a soreness and sometimes things that 621 00:34:24,629 --> 00:34:29,709 you have to live with the rest of your life that you can't, you 622 00:34:29,709 --> 00:34:30,229 can't change. 623 00:34:30,229 --> 00:34:34,109 God can forgive you and give you grace to deal with it. 624 00:34:34,109 --> 00:34:37,979 And you can still be joyful and go forward and have a great life. 625 00:34:38,539 --> 00:34:39,659 We all have a past. 626 00:34:40,059 --> 00:34:41,659 I said we all have a past. 627 00:34:44,379 --> 00:34:47,379 We all would like a second chance, but we can't dwell and live 628 00:34:47,379 --> 00:34:47,979 in the past. 629 00:34:49,899 --> 00:34:53,659 Most of us would give most anything to change some things. 630 00:34:55,819 --> 00:34:57,739 God says I'll have to take care of that. 631 00:34:57,739 --> 00:34:58,459 You can't. 632 00:34:59,099 --> 00:35:05,588 I forgive you and I'll help you and go on, you get to heaven. 633 00:35:06,388 --> 00:35:07,588 Everything will be fine. 634 00:35:08,548 --> 00:35:12,148 I don't think when a person messes up in their life even before 635 00:35:12,148 --> 00:35:15,748 they were saved, I don't think God, because of the kind of parent 636 00:35:15,748 --> 00:35:17,748 he is and the loving father that he is. 637 00:35:18,468 --> 00:35:22,348 I don't think that God says, I'm going to make you suffer for 638 00:35:22,348 --> 00:35:23,668 this the rest of your life. 639 00:35:25,108 --> 00:35:30,689 No, there may be some suffering, but God gives grace, God 640 00:35:30,689 --> 00:35:31,569 gives comfort. 641 00:35:32,369 --> 00:35:35,329 And sometimes we get over it. 642 00:35:35,329 --> 00:35:39,969 And I personally have always believed, and I will believe till 643 00:35:39,969 --> 00:35:40,929 my dying day. 644 00:35:41,969 --> 00:35:44,289 In Romans 8:28, all means all. 645 00:35:45,969 --> 00:35:51,649 And God can even use some of our biggest failures for our good 646 00:35:51,649 --> 00:35:52,769 and for his glory. 647 00:35:53,969 --> 00:35:56,209 If I didn't believe that, I don't know. 648 00:35:56,289 --> 00:35:57,889 I mean, God knows my heart. 649 00:35:57,889 --> 00:36:04,129 I don't know if I could pastor a day if I didn't believe. 650 00:36:04,129 --> 00:36:05,289 Romans 8:28. 651 00:36:07,049 --> 00:36:08,569 I don't always practice it. 652 00:36:08,569 --> 00:36:12,009 I still sometimes worry about things when God already said, hey, 653 00:36:12,489 --> 00:36:13,529 it'll work out. 654 00:36:14,569 --> 00:36:16,729 I'm wise, I know what I'm doing. 655 00:36:16,729 --> 00:36:17,329 I love you. 656 00:36:17,329 --> 00:36:18,769 I can see 10 miles. 657 00:36:18,769 --> 00:36:20,489 I can see all the way to the end of the road. 658 00:36:20,569 --> 00:36:22,809 All you can see is from here to that pine tree. 659 00:36:23,049 --> 00:36:24,409 There's no pine trees around here. 660 00:36:26,659 --> 00:36:29,459 I planted two in my yard because I love them and I love to 661 00:36:29,459 --> 00:36:31,219 Rake the straw and all that stuff. 662 00:36:31,299 --> 00:36:32,579 But I love pine trees. 663 00:36:32,739 --> 00:36:34,579 I was raised around pine trees. 664 00:36:35,219 --> 00:36:36,819 What's that got to do with anything? 665 00:36:42,739 --> 00:36:52,909 But I believe all means, all sin is deceitful. 666 00:36:55,869 --> 00:36:59,949 First we overlook it evil. 667 00:37:02,349 --> 00:37:03,469 Then we permit it. 668 00:37:05,069 --> 00:37:06,509 Then we celebrate it. 669 00:37:08,349 --> 00:37:12,269 Then we persecute those who still call it evil. 670 00:37:14,189 --> 00:37:15,789 Sin's deceitful in its promise. 671 00:37:15,789 --> 00:37:17,229 It's deceitful in its product. 672 00:37:17,389 --> 00:37:17,729 It's. 673 00:37:17,799 --> 00:37:19,239 It's deceitful in its price. 674 00:37:20,199 --> 00:37:22,439 It's deceitful in its picture. 675 00:37:24,839 --> 00:37:28,079 Exhort one another daily while it is called today, lest any of you 676 00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:30,359 be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 677 00:37:31,559 --> 00:37:34,279 And then I think, I didn't lie to you. 678 00:37:34,519 --> 00:37:36,919 I thought it was four, but I forgot I wrote one at the end. 679 00:37:36,919 --> 00:37:38,599 The promises of God never change. 680 00:37:39,959 --> 00:37:41,199 The promises of God. 681 00:37:41,199 --> 00:37:42,119 I live on them. 682 00:37:42,199 --> 00:37:43,399 I think most of you do. 683 00:37:43,399 --> 00:37:44,359 I live on them. 684 00:37:45,159 --> 00:37:46,679 I say, lord, you promised. 685 00:37:47,639 --> 00:37:49,879 I don't know when or how, but yout promised. 686 00:37:49,879 --> 00:37:51,879 I read it and you put it there and you'd perform. 687 00:37:52,439 --> 00:37:53,879 You don't just make the promises. 688 00:37:53,959 --> 00:37:55,719 You perform what yout promise. 689 00:37:56,199 --> 00:37:58,919 It may not be my way and it may not be my time. 690 00:38:04,439 --> 00:38:08,559 Being fully persuaded that what he had promised, he was able 691 00:38:08,559 --> 00:38:08,999 to perform. 692 00:38:08,999 --> 00:38:10,039 I like that song. 693 00:38:10,039 --> 00:38:11,319 Standing on the promises. 694 00:38:16,819 --> 00:38:19,379 Sometimes things change. 695 00:38:19,459 --> 00:38:21,219 But there are some things that never change. 696 00:38:22,099 --> 00:38:23,459 And you ought to be thankful. 697 00:38:26,099 --> 00:38:27,618 You want to be safe and sound. 698 00:38:27,618 --> 00:38:29,619 You want to succeed, you want to prosper. 699 00:38:31,059 --> 00:38:32,979 Then believe the promises of God. 700 00:38:34,819 --> 00:38:35,939 They're unshakable. 701 00:38:37,949 --> 00:38:39,149 God is unshakable. 702 00:38:40,989 --> 00:38:42,829 But thank God, he's not untouchable. 703 00:38:44,749 --> 00:38:46,349 When we're touched, he's touched. 704 00:38:46,349 --> 00:38:48,109 That's what it says in the Book of Hebrews. 705 00:38:50,509 --> 00:38:54,829 Our high priest who feels what we feel. 706 00:38:56,589 --> 00:38:57,229 Amen. 707 00:38:58,909 --> 00:39:02,269 Let's stand to our feet, heads bowed, eyes closed for just a moment. 708 00:39:05,159 --> 00:39:07,439 I want to have just a brief word of invitation. 709 00:39:07,439 --> 00:39:11,119 If no one comes, we may not need to sing a second verse. 710 00:39:11,119 --> 00:39:14,039 But we'll sing as long as people come. 711 00:39:15,479 --> 00:39:18,598 And maybe you already knew all these points, you knew about all 712 00:39:18,598 --> 00:39:19,919 these stuff that never changes. 713 00:39:19,919 --> 00:39:21,879 But maybe you forgot one or two of them. 714 00:39:22,359 --> 00:39:26,119 Or you felt like God's mad at you and he doesn't love you anymore. 715 00:39:26,119 --> 00:39:30,239 And he loves you more than he can't love you more then he loves 716 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:30,479 you. 717 00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:34,399 Maybe you have a burden you want to bring to the Lord. 718 00:39:34,399 --> 00:39:35,119 Lay it down. 719 00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:40,759 I know you prayed and prayed and prayed, praying day and night 720 00:39:40,759 --> 00:39:41,519 for your church. 721 00:39:41,519 --> 00:39:42,599 You can't over pray. 722 00:39:42,599 --> 00:39:43,999 Maybe you like to come and pray. 723 00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,119 Pray for our missionaries or whatever. 724 00:39:47,999 --> 00:39:49,999 Got some things going on on the job. 725 00:39:50,879 --> 00:39:52,959 Your marriage is getting a little shaky. 726 00:39:54,399 --> 00:39:54,659 If you. 727 00:39:54,729 --> 00:39:56,809 The kids are wandering in the wrong direction. 728 00:39:57,929 --> 00:40:02,809 God's made promises about all of those things, every one of them. 729 00:40:04,409 --> 00:40:06,889 And maybe you'd like to come and say, lord, help me. 730 00:40:08,089 --> 00:40:11,049 Help me not just to hold onto the promises, Lord, but help those 731 00:40:11,049 --> 00:40:13,129 promises to hold up onto me. 732 00:40:15,529 --> 00:40:18,729 I'm going to pray and we'll sing a verse of invitation. 733 00:40:18,729 --> 00:40:25,309 Heavenly Father, thank you for your word that never changes, and 734 00:40:25,309 --> 00:40:30,349 your love and your promises and the truth and all these things. 735 00:40:31,629 --> 00:40:38,029 Lord, help us to live daily on the truth and by the truth and for 736 00:40:38,029 --> 00:40:38,549 the truth. 737 00:40:38,549 --> 00:40:40,109 In Jesus name I pray. 738 00:40:40,829 --> 00:40:41,349 Amen. 739 00:40:41,349 --> 00:40:42,169 Heads are bowed.