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4/19/26 Sunday Morning Service - Pastor Charlie Branch - Meadows Baptist Church · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Well, welcome everyone
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  and welcome to uh Meadows Baptist Church
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  Sunday morning service. Amen. Amen. Had
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  a good Sunday school hour this morning
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  and uh thank everyone for being here
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  this morning. If you're visiting with
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  us, we treat it as a privilege and glad
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  that you're here. And let's worship the
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  Lord together this morning. Amen. Let us
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  all stand, begin our service, and we'll
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  sing my Savior's love. And if you're
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  following in the himynel, it's page one.
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  We'll sing first, second, fourth, and
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  fifth verses.
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  I stand amazed in the presence
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  of Jesus Christ
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  and wonder how he could love me a sinner
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  condemned unleas.
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  How marvelous, how wonderful and my song
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  shall ever be. How marvelous, how
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  wonderful is my Savior's love for me.
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  For me was in the garden.
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  He prayed not my will but thine.
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  He had no tears for his own.
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  How marvelous, how wonderful and my soul
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  shall ever be. How marvelous, how
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  wonderful is my Savior's love for me.
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  Fourth verse, took my sins and my
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  sorrows.
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  He made him his very own.
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  He bore the burden to Calary
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  and suffered and died alone.
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  How marvelous, how wonderful is my song
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  shall ever be. How marvelous, how
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  wonderful is my savior
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  for me.
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  And with the ransom in glory,
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  his face I last shall see.
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  Be my joy through the ages.
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  To sing of his love for me.
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  How marvelous, how wonderful and my song
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  shall ever be. How marvelous, how
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  wonderful is my Savior's love for me.
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  Amen. Amen. You may be seated.
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  A sinner now save
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  blood washed by the lamb.
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  My savior's a king.
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  My son I am.
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  Sometimes I forget
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  to be all
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  in sweet spirit Christ. I shall seal on
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  the throne.
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  All the
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  wrong
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  with my soul
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  is
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  today
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  salvation. Jesus.
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  He's still on the throne.
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  And sometimes I
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  give up
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  and he walks over me.
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  Someone comes down
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  with
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  Oh
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  my
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  god.
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  He is
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  salvation.
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  He's still on the ground.
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  Heat. Heat. Heat.
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  He's still on the throne.
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  >> Amen.
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  All
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  the fall of God.
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  We exless
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  Jesus
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  on high
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  will
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  be Heat.
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  Heat.
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  is beyond measure
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  is mine.
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  I am born and
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  free
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  sh
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  forever. I will be he is mine.
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  Through God's mercy and his grace, he's
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  prepared for us a place
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  of his beauty.
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  He will praise the perfect lamb. The
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  king of kings of great I am. He has made
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  the joys of heaven. Heat. Heat.
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  I am blessed beyond.
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  I am born and full and free through the
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  blood shed for me. Save forever. I will
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  be. He is mine.
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  Say forever. I will be. He is mine.
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  >> Amen.
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  I want to thank the Lord for
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  >> Amen.
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  >> saved me and for for his many blessings
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  and you know uh I come in this morning
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  and I was kind of kind of struggling in
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  my walk with Jesus. And uh you know I
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  just wasn't in the right mindset. And
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  Matthew, I want to thank you for that
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  Sunday school lesson that you know it
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  really blessed my heart. You know, I
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  started feeling more Jesus coming back
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  into my life and kind of get and the
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  more Matthew talked about rejoicing in
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  the Lord and stuff, you know what?
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  >> I I just felt better and better and
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  better. And that's what it happens
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  whenever we come to church.
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  >> Amen. And we get around other people
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  that are saved in our life.
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  >> It encourages us.
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  >> I went and went walking this morning at
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  Riverbluff. You know, you get out by
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  yourself. Sometimes old devil, like
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  Matthew was talking, he'll get into us.
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  That's right.
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  >> And he'll find a little weak spot and
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  he'll just draw that wig and he'll he'll
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  start putting thoughts in your mind and
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  things and your past and stuff like
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  that.
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  >> But you know what? I come to church. I
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  got around my brothers and sisters in
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  Christ. I got around my church family.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> You know, I I come in here, I wasn't
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  looking for encouragement or nothing
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  like that because old world had got it
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  just gotten just gotten there.
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  >> It does.
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  >> And all of a sudden, you know, I started
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  paying attention to God's word and I
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  started looking around and thinking, I
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  am so blessed.
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  >> So blessed to have a church that I can
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  come into.
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  >> Yes. and not look to get more
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  discouraged, but I got encouraged and
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  God started filling my heart. And that's
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  what we're here for. We're here to
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  rejoice and man
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  died for us.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> Bless you.
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  >> I fail him so much. But when I come to
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  church, I get such a great feeling
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  >> in my heart. And I get around brothers
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  and sisters. I go to Betty's Grocery. I
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  got brothers and sisters in Christ. I
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  went and watched my granddaughters play.
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  My kids are saved. I got around them. I
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  got to rejoice in you.
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  >> Praise the Lord.
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  >> But guess what? I got to hold by myself.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> This morning. Amen.
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  >> And allow the devil to creep in. That's
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  >> right.
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  >> And that's what it says about being
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  around like faith drawing. That's right.
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  >> Drawing. I'm the draw of Matthew Sunday
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  school teacher. I'm to draw off of the
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  preaching. That's right.
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  >> I'm to draw off my brothers and sisters
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  in Christ come up and say, "Hey, I love
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  you, brother. You know, I thought about
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  you this week." That's the way we ought
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  to be. Hey, we draw energy. We draw
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  energy. And that's what he talks about.
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  We just need to draw energy from each
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  other and praise God and just hey, bless
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  the doors wide open. That's right. Enjoy
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  God's grace.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> That's good.
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  >> There's
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  a day when
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  shall come. No more clouds in the sky.
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  No more tears to hear the eye.
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  All his peace forever more on that happy
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  golden shore.
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  What a day, glorious day
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  that will be.
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  What a day
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  that will be.
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  And by Jesus I shall see. And I look
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  upon his face. The one who save me by
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  his grace.
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  And he takes me by the hand and leads me
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  through the promised land.
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  What a day. Glorious day
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  will be.
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  will be
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  sorrow
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  no more
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  to
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  thank you Jesus
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  and no more
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  over there and forever
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  I will be with the one who died for me.
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  What a day glorious day
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  that will be.
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  On a day
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  that will be with my Jesus I shall see.
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  And I look upon his face. The one who
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  save me by his grace.
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  And he takes me by the hand and leads me
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  through the promised land.
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  What a day. Glorious
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  will be.
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  >> Amen.
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  One of God's greatest
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  >> her brother
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  was the same
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  And God looks out for him.
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  >> He's bigger than we are. But I thank God
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  for that.
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  My heart breaks for y'all.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> I can see John running around this
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  church now when he was one boy.
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  >> But God will bring back
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  their protection.
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  >> Let's stand in fellowship as the choir
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  comes down.
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  Hallelujah.
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  Amen.
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  Congratulations.
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  Hallelujah.
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  fire.
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  Hallelujah.
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  Here
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  we go.
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  2.
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  Glory.
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  Hallelujah.
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  Amen.
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  Miss Bell, I want you to stand right
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  there and tell everybody what just
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  happened to you.
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  Bless.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> That's good.
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  >> In case you hadn't figured out yet, he
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  really don't need any of us.
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  >> It don't take our efforts. It don't take
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  anything we do. God deals with a heart.
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  And um Miss Bell have been struggling
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  with assurance salvation for some time.
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  And uh I hope you know this, sister. I
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  didn't I saw that note you left me up
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  here. And I've been praying for you.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And uh I just want it to be real for
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  you.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Cuz salvation is between you and the
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  Lord.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> It ain't got nothing to do with me. It
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  ain't got nothing to do with anybody
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  else in here. It's just between you and
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  the Lord. And uh boy, ain't it better
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  that burden gone.
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  >> That's the power of God is what that is.
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  >> I bless the name of the Lord before it
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  this morning. And uh well, I tell you
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  what, I'd be all right. We just go home
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  on that. But good night.
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  What are you supposed to do after that?
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  Amen.
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  >> But uh well, hallelujah.
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  >> Praise God.
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  Amen. Well, good to have you with us at
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  church today. Amen. And uh if you're
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  visiting with us, welcome. Welcome to
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  Medus. And uh man, I appreciate the Holy
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  Spirit's presence. And uh
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  >> I'm telling you, ain't nothing like it.
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  I bless his name for it. And uh we're
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  going to take up an offering and I'm
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  going to preach this morning. I'm just
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  we're just going to go right on into it
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  uh today. And ushers, y'all come on this
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  way. We'll go ahead and take up an
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  offering. That'll be good, brother. I
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  appreciate it. We'll just go right into
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  the preaching this morning. I just feel
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  like that's what we need to do.
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  >> But, uh,
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  >> he is. And, uh, I tell you what, if
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  you're not ready to meet him, today be a
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  good day. Get saved by the grace of God.
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  And, uh, I appreciate the Holy Ghost
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  dealing with hearts. And I tell you
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  this, there's a lot of stuff going on.
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  We got plans today. I I realize every
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  bit of that, but I ain't worried about
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  it. All right. And we're going to go on
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  with a service this morning and we're
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  going to take up the offering and uh
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  yeah, let's do sing the hymn while they
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  take up the offering and then we'll go
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  straight into the preaching this
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  morning. But I do appreciate you being
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  here today. Thank the Lord for his
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  blessings. Let's pray and uh Christians
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  be praying the Lord would help us today.
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  All right. Father, thank you God for
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  this good day. Lord, thank you for
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  what's already took place in our midst
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  this morning. God, I thank you. Lord,
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  you're still saving sinners. And uh
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  Lord, I believe you're coming soon. And
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  uh I know it ain't going to be very
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  long. And God, I pray you'd help us this
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  morning. God, we stand in desperate
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  need. Lord, there's many heavy hearts in
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  our church, but God, I'm thankful in
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  spite of the heaviness, Lord, of the
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  hearts of your people. God, we have the
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  Holy Spirit of God, Lord, that has come
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  by to grace us with his presence today.
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  And I thank you for that, God. I ask you
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  humbly, God, that you would help us this
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  morning. I pray you'd exalt your son and
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  glorify yourself. And I pray you'd
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  encourage and strengthen the church of
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  God today. Lord, I ask you for whatever
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  needs are present in our midst today
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  that you'd give glory and honor unto
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  yourself. And Lord, be sure to give you
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  the thanks, all the praise and glory for
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  what you do. God, we thank you once
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  again for saving Miss Belt this morning.
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  I bless your name for it. Help us save
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  that other one that here today that's
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  nearest tail. Lord, if there's anybody
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  lost or if there's many lost this
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  morning, I pray you do a mighty work,
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  we'll give you thanks for what you do
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  because we ask it in Jesus name. Amen.
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  Amen. Let us all stand and we'll sing to
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  God be the glory. Amen.
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  To God be the glory. Great things he
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  hath done. So loved he the world that he
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  gave us his son who yielded his life and
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  atonement for sin and open the lifegate
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  that all may go in. Praise the Lord.
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  Praise the Lord. Let the earth hear his
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  voice. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
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  Let the people rejoice.
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  Oh, come to the father through Jesus the
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  son and give him the glory. Great things
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  he hath done. Oh perfect redemption, the
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  purchase of blood to every believer.
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  The promise of God, the violender
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  who truly believes
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  from Jesus
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  and receives. Praise the Lord. Praise
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  the Lord. Let the earth hear his voice.
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  Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Let
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  the people rejoice. Oh, come to the
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  Father through Jesus the Son and give
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  him the glory. Great things he hath
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  done. Great things he hath taught us.
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  Great things he hath done, and great are
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  rejoicing through Jesus the Son. The
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  pureer and higher and greater will be
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  our wonder, our transport. With Jesus we
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  sing. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
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  Let the earth hear his voice. Praise the
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  Lord. Praise the Lord. Let the people
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  rejoice.
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  Oh, come to the Father through Jesus the
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  Son and give him the glory. Great things
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  he has done.
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  Amen. Amen.
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  Amen. Thank you for singing this
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  morning. If you have your Bible, invite
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  you to turn with me to the book of
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  Genesis. Genesis chapter number 7. and
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  uh thankful for what God has already
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  done in our midst today. And I tell you
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  this, the Bible says faith cometh by
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  hearing and hearing by the word of God.
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  And I just believe this is what the Lord
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  would have us to do this morning. And I
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  want to preach what God has put on my
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  heart. Genesis chapter number 7. I want
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  to read just a few verses to you this
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  morning and preach a thought with the
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  help of the Lord out of Genesis chapter
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  number 7. I want to invite you to stand
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  with me once again, please. Honor
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  reverence to the reading of God's word.
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  Genesis chapter 7. It's good to have
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  brother Cliff Willis here in the service
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  with us today. Preacher, thank you for
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  being here coming by and visit us. It's
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  so good to have you and I appreciate you
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  being here as well as every visitor.
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  Thank you for being here in the house of
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  God. And you members, we love you and
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  appreciate each one of you. And man, I'm
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  thankful for what God's doing. And I
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  tell you this, church, don't forget what
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  you're seeing these days. Amen. And God
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  is blessing, God is moving, and uh
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  anywhere God is working, the devil's
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  working as well. And let me say this
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  this morning, whatever if there's
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  something in your heart that might
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  hinder this service, uh these altars are
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  open this morning. You can come get that
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  thing off of you this morning. You can
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  have liberty to enjoy uh the service,
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  the spirit of God this morning. And man,
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  I'm telling you, it's rich in here. I
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  feel his presence. And I'll tell you
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  this, you say, "Preacher, we don't go
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  all feelings." And you're right. But
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  boy, I'm thankful. Uh there's enough
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  days that I don't feel it, but I'm
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  thankful when I do. Amen. And I bless
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  his name for it this morning. Genesis
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  chapter number 7 verse number, let's
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  begin reading in verse number verse
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  number 11. Genesis chapter 7 verse
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  number 11. You Christians pray for us
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  this morning that God would help us.
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  Genesis 7 verse number 11. The Bible
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  says in the 600th year of Noah's life,
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  in the second month, the 17th day of the
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  month, the same day were all the
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  fountains of the great deep broken up
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  and the windows of heaven were opened.
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  And the rain was upon the earth 40 days
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  and 40 nights. in the selfs same day
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  entered Noah and Shim and Ham and
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  Japheth the sons of Noah and Noah's wife
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  and the three wives of his sons with
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  them into the ark. They and every beast
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  after his kind, and all the cattle after
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  their kind, and every creeping thing
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  that creepeth upon the earth after his
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  kind, and every foul after his kind,
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  every bird of every sort. Verse 15,
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  notice what your Bible says. And they
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  went in unto Noah into the ark, two and
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  two of all flesh, wherein is the breath
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  of life. And they that went in went in
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  male and female of all flesh, as God had
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  commanded him. And notice the last
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  phrase. And the Lord, what's your Bible
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  say? Shut him in. I don't know about you
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  this morning, but I'm thankful that
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  there are some things in my life and
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  yours that are sealed. Amen. My
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  salvation is the seal. It's the earnest
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  of the Holy Ghost in my heart, knowing
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  that one of these days, God's going to
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  come back and take us home with him. And
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  until then, I'm espoused to one husband,
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  the Lord Jesus Christ. And when he comes
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  and takes me home, the spirit of God is
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  going to lead me safely over those
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  waters, and I'll be in heaven's fair
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  land. But until then, we've got a
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  journey to do, and we're on a trip.
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  Amen. And I want to preach this morning
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  out of this text on Noah and the ark.
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  Amen. You say, "Preacher, that's not a
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  flamboyant title." Well, it's a
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  scriptural title. Amen. And so, we're
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  going to preach on that for just a
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  little while. Let's pray and ask the
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  Lord to help us for just a little while.
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  Father, thank you for allowing us to be
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  in the house of God. Thank you so much,
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  God, for what you've done in our midst
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  this morning. And Lord, you just
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  reminded me again, God, that it is not
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  in vain, Lord. And I THANK YOU. I BLESS
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  YOUR NAME for that, Lord, for the
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  sleepless nights and the prayers that's
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  been prayed. God, I thank you so much
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  for being so good and so blessed to us,
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  Father, in these DAYS AND SHINING YOUR
• 37:15
  GRACE UPON US, LORD, making your face
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  glow upon your children. God, I ask
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  humbly, Lord, that you would help us
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  this morning, Lord. I thank you for
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  saving Miss Bella. And Lord, I'm going
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  to go ahead and thank you, Lord, for
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  saving those others that are in this
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  building this morning, lost without God.
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  And God, I pray you'd move in a mighty
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  way. Lord, help me to preach with power
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  and demonstration of the spirit this
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  morning. Remove every hindrance, God.
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  Bind the devil and the forces of hell,
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  Lord, that would hinder. You said they
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  overcame them by the blood of the lamb
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  and by the word of their testimony, and
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  they love not their lives, even under
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  the death. God, I plead the blood this
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  morning. Lord, as a dying man to dying
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  people, I pray you'd PREACH ME THIS
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  MORNING. GOD, WOULD YOU ACCOMPLISH ALL
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  YOUR WILL IN THIS service and do what
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  needs to be done? We'll thank you for it
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  because we ask it in Jesus' name. You
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  can be seated. Amen. And amen this
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  morning. Now, we've been looking here at
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  Genesis 6 over the last few weeks.
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  Several messages here that we've looked
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  at, and God dealt with my heart about
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  this portion of scripture. He woke me up
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  this morning with this on my mind. I was
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  it was on my heart yesterday, but I
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  didn't really know what direction the
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  Lord would have us to go in. But I
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  really believe this morning if there's
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  anything that I could lead off with in
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  this ser service uh sermon this morning,
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  I would say this morning that death is
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  certain.
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  >> Death is certain this morning. And the
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  reality of my life and yours is that if
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  we do not go by the way of the rapture
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  that there will come a day in our life
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  that death will come. But boy, I'm
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  thankful that while we're here, he's
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  given us life. Amen. And life more
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  abundantly to live for him. And I I want
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  to share with you some things out of
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  this text this morning. A little
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  different than what I would normally
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  preach, but it's been like that a whole
• 39:03
  lot here lately. And so I'll just say
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  this. I'm thankful God don't have to
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  work like I want him to. Amen. God don't
• 39:09
  have to operate the way that we think he
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  has to operate. Amen. He can preach
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  through us and to us however he wants
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  to. But I notice in this text this
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  morning, of course, this story beginning
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  in chapter number five, Noah is born
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  unto a man by the name of Lamech. And we
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  considered there in chapter number six
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  on last Sunday night the state of the
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  world at the time of Noah's presence
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  here on this earth and how that the
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  sinfulness and the shamefulness of man's
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  heart was exceeding great before the
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  Lord and God was great with an entire
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  generation of people and though they
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  were great in every way. They had great
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  strength and they had great size and
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  they had great social status. God didn't
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  care about any of that. But what he did
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  notice was that their sin was greater
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  than all of that. And let me say this to
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  you, just to repeat it again this
• 39:59
  morning. God does not care how big you
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  are this morning. HE DOES NOT CARE HOW
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  GREAT YOU THINK YOU ARE in the flesh.
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  BUT LET ME SAY THIS, far greater than
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  you think you are this MORNING IS THE
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  SIN PROBLEM that's in your life. Amen.
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  And when I come to this text, the Bible
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  tells us that Noah was different in
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  spite of the defilement of the world.
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  Noah was different than all those around
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  him. And I want to preach it this
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  morning on Noah and the ark and give you
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  three things this morning. I want to
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  consider first of all, I'll give you the
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  outline and then let you go back in and
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  fill in this morning. But I want to
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  consider the man this morning. I want to
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  consider the miracles and I want to
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  consider the message this morning of
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  Noah and the ark out of Genesis 6 and
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  Genesis chapter number seven. Now we
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  looked there on last Sunday night
• 40:49
  concerning the story of Noah and how the
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  years were intertwined that Methuselah
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  his name means when he when he dies it
• 40:57
  shall come. Speaking of the judgment of
• 41:00
  God and the flood upon the earth and
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  after Methuselah died after that event
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  had taken place that his daddy Enoch had
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  prophesied of. We know that that very
• 41:09
  same year the flood came upon the earth.
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  And in that time period, in that day,
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  Noah and his family were preparing. The
• 41:17
  Bible says here in the text that in the
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  midst of that sinful age, the Bible says
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  in verse number eight, "But Noah found
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  grace in the eyes of the Lord." AND WHEN
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  I THINK ABOUT the man Noah this morning,
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  the first thing that comes to my mind is
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  the favor of God that was on his life.
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  The Bible says that Noah found grace in
• 41:36
  the eyes of the Lord. And you say,
• 41:37
  "Preacher, what does that mean?" Well,
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  it means this. number one that God was
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  watching. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> Amen. You say, "Preacher, how is that?"
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  Well, notice Genesis chapter number
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  seven and verse number one. Look what
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  your Bible says. And the Lord said unto
• 41:51
  Noah, "Come thou and all thy whole house
• 41:54
  into the ark." Look what your Bible
• 41:55
  says. For thee have I seen, notice that,
• 41:58
  "For thee have I seen righteous before
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  me in this generation." God had noticed
• 42:04
  what Noah's life consisted of. God had
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  taken notice of Noah's careful desire to
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  be righteous and be obedient to the
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  commandment of God. And because of that,
• 42:15
  he received the favor of God. And let me
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  say this to you this morning. When it
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  comes to your life and mine, I
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  understand that there is no
• 42:22
  righteousness within you and I. But the
• 42:24
  righteousness that Noah possessed is the
• 42:27
  same righteousness that you and I
• 42:29
  possess. And it only comes upon terms in
• 42:32
  faith in the word of God.
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  >> Right? He believed what God told him.
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  And the Bible says as Abraham's account
• 42:38
  in Genesis 15 and verse number six, he
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  believed God and it was imputed unto
• 42:44
  him. It was counted unto him for
• 42:46
  righteousness. And so Noah had received
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  the favor of God. In verse number eight,
• 42:51
  I notice not only Noah's favor, but I've
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  already alluded to this a little bit. We
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  notice also in verse number nine, Noah's
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  faith. Look what your Bible says. These
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  are the generations of Noah. Genesis
• 43:03
  6:9, Noah was a just man and perfect in
• 43:06
  his generations. Notice your Bible. And
• 43:09
  Noah walked with God. Now, there's only
• 43:12
  two men in the entirety of the
• 43:14
  antidolivian period that were described
• 43:16
  this way. And it was Noah and his great
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  greatgrandfather Enoch. Amen. And they
• 43:21
  were described this way. We know Enoch
• 43:23
  was raptured out, but Noah here is
• 43:25
  fixing to live through this period of
• 43:27
  judgment. BUT I FIND NOAH'S FAITH IS
• 43:30
  EXPRESSED. THE Bible says that he was a
• 43:32
  just man. He was righteous before God.
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  And of course, we know that only becomes
• 43:36
  upon the terms of faith. For without
• 43:39
  faith, it's impossible to please him.
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  Let me remind you of this today, this
• 43:43
  morning. If you've never trusted Christ,
• 43:46
  there's no amount of good works you can
• 43:47
  do to merit salvation. There's nothing
• 43:49
  you can do to can do to attain turn
• 43:53
  eternal life. Paul said this to the
• 43:55
  church at Ephesus. For by grace are you
• 43:57
  saved through faith, AND THAT NOT OF
• 43:59
  YOURSELVES. It is THE GIFT OF GOD. WHAT
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  HE SAY? NOT OF WORKS, lest any man
• 44:04
  should boast. And Noah's faith, it
• 44:06
  caused an operation in his life of a
• 44:08
  righteousness. Because faith WITHOUT
• 44:10
  WORKS IS DEAD. SOMEBODY help me preach
• 44:12
  this morning. Noah believed God. Noah
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  was faithful, he was righteous. The
• 44:17
  Bible said he wasn't only righteous, but
• 44:19
  he was perfect in his generations. And
• 44:21
  that simply means this, that Noah was
• 44:24
  consistent all throughout his life.
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  >> You're right. Noah was 500 years old
• 44:29
  according to Genesis 5 when his sons
• 44:31
  were born. 600 years old when the flood
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  of waters came upon the earth. And so
• 44:36
  all of that time period Noah had been
• 44:39
  faithful and God had this to say about
• 44:41
  him. Inspired by the pen of the Holy
• 44:43
  Ghost. He was perfect. He was spotless
• 44:46
  and blameless before God in the
• 44:48
  revolvings of time. And I noticed this.
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  Not only he was righteous and perfect in
• 44:53
  the revolving of time, but he also
• 44:55
  WALKED WITH GOD. HE HAD A RELATIONSHIP
• 44:57
  with the Lord Jesus Christ. He had
• 45:00
  fellowship with God Almighty. And let me
• 45:02
  remind you this this morning. The truth
• 45:04
  about your life and mine is all that
• 45:06
  really matters is that relationship with
• 45:08
  Jesus. You see, if that's not right,
• 45:10
  nothing else in your life will be right.
• 45:12
  Amen. Noah walked with God. I notice his
• 45:15
  favor, his faith. I notice his family in
• 45:18
  verse number 10. Noah begat three sons,
• 45:21
  Shim, Ham, and Japheth. Shim of course
• 45:24
  being the one through which the promised
• 45:26
  seed of Israel would come through. Ham
• 45:28
  being the seed of the Canaanite people
• 45:30
  and Japheth it would dwell in the tents
• 45:33
  of his brother Shim's children. They
• 45:35
  would be servants unto them. And so
• 45:37
  these three boys would be the three sons
• 45:39
  through which the whole human race would
• 45:41
  come from after THE ARK. BUT I NOTICE
• 45:44
  this in the text and this is where I
• 45:45
  want to get to. All right. I notice not
• 45:48
  only his favor, his faith and his
• 45:50
  family, but I notice in the text the
• 45:52
  framing. You say, "What do you mean?"
• 45:55
  Well, notice what the Bible says in
• 45:57
  verse 13. The Bible said, "God said unto
• 45:59
  Noah, the end of all flesh has come
• 46:01
  before me, for the earth is filled with
• 46:04
  violence through them, and behold, I
• 46:06
  will destroy them with the earth."
• 46:08
  Notice what your Bible said in verse 14.
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  Make thee an ark of gopher wood. room
• 46:15
  shalt thou make in the ark and shalt
• 46:17
  pitch it within and without with pitch.
• 46:20
  And for the next several verses, God is
• 46:23
  going to extru instruct this man Noah on
• 46:26
  how to construct this ark. Amen. And you
• 46:29
  say, "Preacher, where are you headed
• 46:30
  with this this morning?" Well, I want to
• 46:32
  tell you this this morning. When I look
• 46:33
  at this text, I see this man Noah, of
• 46:36
  course, he is an image here of a man
• 46:38
  that's going to go through the
• 46:39
  tribulation period in one sense, but
• 46:42
  also I see that Noah is a type of
• 46:44
  Christ.
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  >> You say, "How is that?" Well, the Bible
• 46:48
  says God told him to make an ark. In
• 46:51
  essence, in our terms, that means Noah,
• 46:53
  you got to build a boat,
• 46:54
  >> right?
• 46:55
  >> And the Bible, we often compare it this
• 46:58
  way. We call the church what? the old
• 47:01
  ship
• 47:02
  >> of Zion.
• 47:04
  I want to preach on that thought for a
• 47:05
  little minute this morning. Noah and the
• 47:06
  ark as a type of Christ. You say, "How
• 47:09
  is that?" Well, I notice his framing in
• 47:11
  this text. God had designed this,
• 47:14
  >> right?
• 47:15
  >> So much preaching this, I ain't going to
• 47:16
  be able to get it all out. But God had
• 47:18
  instructed him to frame this arc. And
• 47:20
  let me say this, this was a spiritual
• 47:22
  work.
• 47:23
  >> Right?
• 47:24
  >> You say, "How is that, preacher?" It was
• 47:25
  physical labor that Noah was doing. You
• 47:27
  understand that if Noah had not built
• 47:29
  the ark, the human race would have died
• 47:31
  completely.
• 47:31
  >> You're right.
• 47:34
  >> There would have been no more human
• 47:35
  race. And so God entrusted Noah with the
• 47:39
  salvation of the human race. You're
• 47:41
  >> right.
• 47:42
  >> I really just dropping the hammer right
• 47:43
  on the first point. Amen. I'm saying God
• 47:46
  had entrusted this man Noah with the
• 47:48
  salvation of the first part in this text
• 47:51
  of the human race. And in this frame and
• 47:54
  he follows directly the instructions of
• 47:56
  God Almighty by the scriptures pinned
• 47:59
  upon the pages of the word of God. You
• 48:01
  can go up there north and see the the
• 48:03
  the replica that they built of the ark.
• 48:06
  But I really don't believe that there's
• 48:08
  anybody that could do justice to what
• 48:10
  this ark really was. And let me say this
• 48:12
  to you today. There's been a lot of
• 48:14
  people tried to build the church. Amen.
• 48:16
  Outside of that Bible right there. But
• 48:18
  you can have a building and you can have
• 48:20
  people. But if you don't have the
• 48:22
  presence and power of the Holy GHOST OF
• 48:23
  GOD, YOU'VE GOT NOTHING MORE THAN A
• 48:26
  SOCIAL CLUB and a secular fellowship.
• 48:28
  Amen. Hey, they can build all the arks
• 48:30
  that they want to build. But they won't
• 48:31
  never be an ark like Noah's. Amen. Noah
• 48:34
  built the ark. The Bible says Hebrews
• 48:36
  said while it was preparing, he built IT
• 48:38
  TO THE SAVING OF HIS HOUSE. AMEN.
• 48:41
  >> And Jesus said, he said, "Upon this
• 48:43
  rock, I'll build my church,
• 48:45
  >> and the gates of hell shall not prevail
• 48:48
  against it." Amen. Notice the miracles
• 48:50
  in the text. We're going to move quickly
• 48:52
  this morning. I see in this text, and it
• 48:54
  always amazes me, there's so many
• 48:56
  miracles that take place. Now, really,
• 48:58
  in a sense, these are not miracles. But
• 49:00
  to us, when we consider this this
• 49:02
  morning, you know, we could talk about
• 49:03
  the dimensions of the ark. I mean, it's
• 49:06
  longer than a football field, a
• 49:07
  humongous boat this was. And I want to
• 49:10
  remind you of the truth this morning
• 49:11
  that it never rained from the sky.
• 49:14
  >> That's right.
• 49:14
  >> Rain had never fallen out of the sky.
• 49:17
  The Bible says that the earth was
• 49:18
  watered with the dew that came up from
• 49:20
  the ground. And the ground was kept by
• 49:22
  that dew which arose from the earth. And
• 49:25
  you understand Noah's building an ark.
• 49:27
  And they've never seen it rain.
• 49:29
  >> God is telling this generation, "Hey,
• 49:31
  I'm going to flood the earth." And Noah
• 49:33
  is preaching the whole time he's
• 49:35
  building the ark. Somewhere between 25
• 49:37
  and 75 years, Noah is building this ark.
• 49:40
  And the whole time, the Bible calls him
• 49:42
  a preacher of righteousness. He's a
• 49:44
  preacher the whole time. Judgments are
• 49:46
  coming. Judgments are coming. While he's
• 49:49
  a hammering on that ark, he's a
• 49:50
  hammering on the souls of men. THE
• 49:52
  JUDGMENTS ARE COMING. AND I THINK ABOUT
• 49:54
  this text. I consider the miracles here.
• 49:57
  Number one, I think about the miracle of
• 49:59
  the floating of the ark.
• 50:01
  >> You say, "Preacher, what is that?" Well,
• 50:03
  nobody ever built a boat like this.
• 50:06
  >> And you think about this ark, what it's
• 50:08
  sitting upon. You understand there was
• 50:10
  enough water and even science tells us
• 50:12
  today that there's still enough water in
• 50:15
  Earth's atmosphere and on the land and
• 50:17
  under the land that that it could
• 50:19
  possibly flood the entire earth again.
• 50:22
  But that'll never happen. Amen. Because
• 50:24
  God said it's not going to happen. But
• 50:26
  let me say this to you today. There this
• 50:28
  boat stayed a flow through seas that
• 50:30
  arose 15 ft over the top of the highest
• 50:34
  mountain. You understand that must have
• 50:36
  been tempestuous rain for 40 days and 40
• 50:39
  nights. This arc stayed of flow. But let
• 50:41
  me say to you this morning, the church
• 50:43
  has weathered a whole lot more than the
• 50:45
  ark did. Amen. It weathered the dark
• 50:47
  ages and the middle ages, the times when
• 50:50
  persecution was high and heavy. And let
• 50:52
  me say this, we're still meeting here
• 50:54
  2,000 years later after the cross. THE
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  CHURCH HAS WEATHERED THE STORMS. AMEN.
• 51:00
  AMEN.
• 51:01
  >> The word of God, men of God, children of
• 51:04
  God have weathered the storms, the
• 51:06
  miracle of the floating of the ark, the
• 51:08
  miracle of the finding of the animals.
• 51:11
  You think about this. God told Noah
• 51:13
  there in chapter six, he says, "You get
• 51:15
  two of every kind." Two of every kind,
• 51:19
  Noah. And I don't know about you, but
• 51:21
  that's a lot of animals.
• 51:23
  >> Amen. You can look at the replica and
• 51:25
  what what they believe the size of that
• 51:27
  ark was and you say, "Preacher, well,
• 51:29
  that may not be all that many animals."
• 51:32
  Well, let me just say this to you. I
• 51:33
  believe there was more animals before
• 51:35
  the flood than there is now. That's
• 51:36
  >> right.
• 51:37
  >> Because there's many things that's went
• 51:38
  extinct. All right? We ain't got time to
• 51:40
  preach all that. I'm headed somewhere.
• 51:42
  Stay with me. But he finds all these
• 51:45
  animals. And I'll say more about that in
• 51:47
  a minute. Let me say this. You
• 51:49
  understand that the church has found a
• 51:51
  convert in every generation,
• 51:53
  >> right?
• 51:54
  >> Every preacher in every generation. How
• 51:56
  is that, preacher? Well, I'm I'm a
• 51:58
  convert,
• 51:59
  >> right?
• 51:59
  >> And you know what? I can trace my
• 52:01
  conversion all the way back to the days
• 52:03
  of the early church.
• 52:05
  >> In every generation, there's been
• 52:06
  somebody who's gotten saved. God only
• 52:08
  knows what he'll do with your life
• 52:10
  >> because you got saved this morning.
• 52:13
  >> What I'm saying is the miracle of the
• 52:15
  finding of the animals. There's so much
• 52:16
  I could preach on this, but I got to get
• 52:18
  to the message. There's the floating of
• 52:20
  the ark, the finding of the animals.
• 52:21
  There's the food for them annually.
• 52:24
  You think about this. The Bible teaches
• 52:26
  that they were on the ark at least a
• 52:28
  year. Actually, 14 months from what I
• 52:30
  believe, they were on the ark for a year
• 52:32
  and 14 months. And you know what? They
• 52:34
  had enough food to supply the need the
• 52:36
  entire time.
• 52:37
  >> You're right.
• 52:38
  >> Amen.
• 52:40
  >> Come on, pre.
• 52:44
  >> We ain't run out of bread. You're right.
• 52:46
  Right.
• 52:48
  >> It ain't changed. This is real simple,
• 52:49
  but it's real good. Amen. It ain't cause
• 52:52
  I'm preaching either. I'm just telling
• 52:53
  you the truth. We still got the Bible.
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  >> And there's still plenty more where that
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  came from. Amen.
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  >> Notice this tonight. This morning, I see
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  the message. I see the miracles all this
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  time on the ark. So many more miracles I
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  could speak of, but I want to give you
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  the message this morning. Notice chapter
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  7, verse number 13.
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  The Bible says verse 12, "The rain was
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  upon the earth 40 days and 40 nights."
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  Verse 13, "In the selfsame day entered
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  Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the
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  sons of Noah, Noah's wives, Noah's wife,
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  and the three wives of his sons with
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  them into the ark. they and every beast
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  after his kind, and all the cattle after
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  their kind, and every creeping thing
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  that creepeth upon the earth after his
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  kind, and every foul after his kind,
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  every bird of every sort. And they went
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  in unto an oa into the ark, two and two
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  of all flesh, wherein is the breath of
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  life. And they that went in went in male
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  and female, of all flesh, as God had
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  commanded him, and the Lord shut him in.
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  You see, in this text, what we discover
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  is Noah has built the ark. All right?
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  Not only we've discovered that Noah has
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  built the ark, but he's also born in the
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  ark. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> Aren't you thankful? When Jesus built
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  the church, he didn't leave it.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> He said, "I'll send you another
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  comforter
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  >> that he may abide with you forever, even
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  the spirit of truth. When he has come,
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  he'll guide you into all truth.
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  >> He'll teach you of all things whatsoever
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  I've spoken unto you."
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  >> He didn't only build the boat, but he
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  boarded the boat.
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  >> And the Bible says here in the text, and
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  I I'm going to give you a little nugget
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  here, and I'll give you the three
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  points, and we'll be done. You see the
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  Bible, we often think, how did Moah find
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  all those animals? Well, I submit to
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  you, he didn't find them. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> Notice the text. The Bible says in verse
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  number, notice verse number seven, Noah
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  went in, his sons and his wife and his
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  sons wives with him into the ark because
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  of the waters of the flood. So Noah and
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  his family are in the ark. Notice what
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  the Bible says in verse number eight, of
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  clean beasts, and of beasts that are not
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  clean, of fowls, and of everything that
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  creepeth upon the earth. Notice verse
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  nine. There went in two and two, what's
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  that next word? Unto. There went in two
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  and two unto Noah into the ark, the male
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  and the female, as God had commanded
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  Noah. Now, we've all seen the pictures.
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  All right, we've seen the picture
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  depictions of this. There's a big old
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  boat. Noah standing the door of it, and
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  the animals are marching, one beside the
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  other one, into the ark. You know what?
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  I really don't believe that's that's too
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  far from the truth. I believe God sent
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  them in there.
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  >> Amen. You see that man over there in
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  that boat, you go to where he is.
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  >> Right.
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  >> Oh my. Is anybody on board with me this
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  morning?
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  >> Hey friend, we didn't get into this
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  thing ourselves.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Jesus come to where we was at.
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  >> And said, "You see that boat up there?"
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  >> HEY, JESUS IS UP THERE. THE HOLY GHOST
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  SAID, "HEY, COME." LOOK WHAT YOUR BIBLE
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  SAID in Genesis 7 and verse number one.
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  The Lord said unto Noah, "Come thou."
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  Amen. That's the MESSAGE OF THE HOLY
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  GHOST TO THIS GENERATION COME. AMEN. AND
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  THE BIBLE SAYS NOAH STOOD IN THE DOOR OF
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  THAT ARK AND TWO BY TWO EVERY animal of
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  every kind CAME UNTO HIM IN THAT ARK.
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  LET ME SAY THIS. EVERY SINNER THAT GOD
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  KNEW IN THE FORNOWLEDGE BEFORE THE
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  BEGINNING OF THIS WORLD. HE KNEW THAT
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  THEY WOULD BE SAVED. HE'S WATCHED EVERY
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  ONE OF THEM GO INTO THE ARK. AND THANK
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  GOD THERE AIN'T A ONE OF THEM GOT OUT.
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  AMEN. AND NOTICE THIS. All right. This
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  ain't the best part. Amen. Notice the
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  text. Verse number 13, the Bible says
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  that after the rain begins to descend,
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  that very same day entered Noah, Shem,
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  Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah,
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  Noah's wife, and his three wives of his
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  sons with them into the ark. Now, in the
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  message, I want you to note first of
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  all, the message of Noah and the ark is
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  seen in the entrance.
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  >> You say, "What do you mean, preacher?"
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  Well, this ark is a type of salvation
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  that rides upon the flood of God's
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  judgment. And the Bible says in verse
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  14, "They and every beast after his
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  kind, and all the cattle after their
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  kind, and every creeping thing that
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  creepeth upon the earth after his kind,
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  and every foul after his kind, every
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  bird of every sword, and they went in,
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  there's the word again, unto Noah into
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  the ark." You say, "Preacher, what do
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  you mean?" I'm saying THIS MORNING, THEY
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  DIDN'T all go in the same way.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> You know what? Them birds, they flew in.
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  >> Amen. them mammals. They walked in.
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  >> You know what? There was a snake on the
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  boat.
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  >> Right.
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  >> So, you know what it did?
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  >> Slithered in.
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  >> You say, "What's the truth you're trying
• 57:34
  to tell me?" It don't matter how you get
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  in.
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  >> You're right.
• 57:38
  >> It just matters that you get in.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Amen. Hey, it don't matter if it's 15
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  minutes before preaching time on Sunday
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  morning. It don't matter if it's down at
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  McDonald's ON THE CORNER STREET IN
• 57:49
  WANCO. IT DON'T MATTER IF IT'S BY A
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  BEDSIDE SOMEWHERE. IT DON'T MATTER IF
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  YOU SHED TEARS or if you weep and cry
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  for months AFTER YOU GET SAVED. IT'S NOT
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  ABOUT HOW YOU GET IN, BUT IT'S JUST
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  ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU GOT IN. AREN'T
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  YOU THANKFUL FOR THE DAY THAT JESUS
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  SHOWED HIMSELF TO YOU? AND HE WASN'T
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  CONCERNED ABOUT WHO YOU ARE IN THE SENSE
• 58:09
  OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN. BUT HE
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  SAID, "IF YOU'LL JUST COME, COME UNTO ME
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  ALL YE THAT LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN."
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  HE SAID, "I'LL GIVE YOU REST." HE SAID,
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  "TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU. THAT'S THE
• 58:20
  SALVATION." HE SAID, "IT'S EASY AND MY
• 58:23
  BURDEN IS LIGHT." AMEN.
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  >> Let me say this to you this morning. You
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  say, "Preacher, I don't believe that."
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  Everybody's got to be saved the same
• 58:30
  way. Well, in a sense, it comes from
• 58:32
  that truth right there.
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  >> You're right.
• 58:34
  >> Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
• 58:37
  what?
• 58:38
  >> So, that's true this morning. But let's
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  let's just think about scripture for a
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  minute.
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  >> Think about Zakius
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  >> and think about the Apostle Paul.
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  Zakius was up in a tree cuz he was
• 58:51
  curious about the Lord. Jesus comes by
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  and you know what he does? He looks up
• 58:55
  in that tree and says, "Zakius, come
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  down."
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  >> Right?
• 58:58
  >> I'm going to your house today.
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  >> So, you know what Zakius moment of
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  salvation was?
• 59:03
  >> Climbing down out of the tree.
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  >> Amen. Somebody asked Zakius if he were
• 59:07
  to be here with us this morning. We
• 59:09
  asked him, "How'd you get saved?" Well,
• 59:10
  he said, "Come." And I climbed down.
• 59:12
  Amen. THAT'S HOW HE GOT SAVED. BUT YOU
• 59:14
  KNOW WHAT? THE APOSTLE PAUL, if he were
• 59:16
  here this morning, he would take two
• 59:18
  hours to share his testimony, who he was
• 59:20
  with, where he was going, what he was
• 59:22
  doing, he would tell us how the light
• 59:24
  was so bright that it blinded him for
• 59:26
  three days. And he couldn't sing,
• 59:28
  COULDN'T WE, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS
• 59:29
  GOING TO DO, BUT HE HEARD A VOICE FROM
• 59:31
  HEAVEN SAYING, "SAUL, SAUL, why
• 59:33
  persecutest thou me?" And you know what
• 59:35
  Jesus did that day on the Damascus ROAD?
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  THE VERY SAME THING HE DID FOR ZAKIUS,
• 59:41
  HE SAVED HIM BY HIS GRACE. YOU SAY,
• 59:43
  "PREACHER, I DON'T BELIEVE ZAKIUS GOT
• 59:45
  SAVED." LET ME JUST GIVE YOU THE TRUTH
• 59:47
  THIS MORNING. JESUS SAID WHEN HE WALKED
• 59:49
  UP INTO HIS HOUSE, HE SAID, "THIS DAY IS
• 59:51
  FAITH. Come to this house."
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  >> Amen.
• 59:54
  >> That's good.
• 59:56
  >> It's not about how you get in.
• 59:58
  >> Amen.
• 59:59
  >> The entrance is not what's necessary.
• 1:00:01
  >> Amen.
• 1:00:03
  >> It's not about whether you fly in.
• 1:00:06
  Oh man, I wish y'all hook up with that
• 1:00:08
  this morning. It's not about if you fly
• 1:00:10
  in, man. You might come running,
• 1:00:11
  weeping, but you know what? That five
• 1:00:13
  little six-year-old kid, they probably
• 1:00:14
  not going to do that,
• 1:00:15
  >> right?
• 1:00:16
  >> They might not even shed a tear,
• 1:00:18
  >> right?
• 1:00:19
  >> But you know what you'll see in them?
• 1:00:20
  The same thing you'll see in that old
• 1:00:22
  drunk that gets saved. You'll see that
• 1:00:23
  burden lift,
• 1:00:24
  >> right?
• 1:00:25
  >> Amen.
• 1:00:25
  >> Off of them.
• 1:00:26
  >> Amen.
• 1:00:27
  >> I think not only about the interest, but
• 1:00:29
  I think about the entirety.
• 1:00:31
  Notice the text. Verse 15. And they,
• 1:00:35
  that's the animals,
• 1:00:38
  all of that animal life. The Bible says,
• 1:00:40
  "And they went in unto Noah into the
• 1:00:42
  ark, two and two of all flesh." Notice
• 1:00:45
  that, "Of all flesh, wherein is the
• 1:00:48
  breath of life." You know what that
• 1:00:51
  tells me this morning? There wasn't one
• 1:00:52
  missed.
• 1:00:54
  >> You're right.
• 1:00:55
  >> Every animal that was supposed to be in
• 1:00:57
  the ark
• 1:00:59
  >> was in the ark.
• 1:01:00
  >> You say, "Preacher, how does that
• 1:01:01
  relate?" Well, let me say this. The
• 1:01:03
  Bible says, "Whosoever will."
• 1:01:04
  >> That's right.
• 1:01:05
  >> But you realize not everybody's going to
• 1:01:07
  be saved.
• 1:01:07
  >> That's right.
• 1:01:09
  >> But God knows
• 1:01:11
  >> who will trust him.
• 1:01:12
  >> That's right.
• 1:01:12
  >> And who will reject him.
• 1:01:14
  >> Amen.
• 1:01:14
  >> And one of these days when that boat
• 1:01:17
  gets boarded for the last time,
• 1:01:21
  >> you know what? The entirety,
• 1:01:23
  >> every soul that would be saved will be
• 1:01:26
  saved. Right?
• 1:01:28
  >> Jesus said this, "All that the father
• 1:01:30
  has given to me," he said, "All the
• 1:01:31
  father given to me will come to me, he
• 1:01:32
  that cometh to me, I will in no wise
• 1:01:34
  cast out."
• 1:01:35
  >> Right?
• 1:01:36
  >> He said, "And them that the father has
• 1:01:37
  given me said, I've not lost none."
• 1:01:39
  >> Yep. Amen.
• 1:01:40
  >> So, I've not lost one.
• 1:01:41
  >> That's right.
• 1:01:42
  >> He's not going to let us go. That's
• 1:01:44
  >> right.
• 1:01:44
  >> What did he say? He said, "Them that's
• 1:01:46
  in my father's hand, HE'S GREATER THAN
• 1:01:47
  ALL. AND NO MAN IS ABLE TO PLUCK THEM
• 1:01:50
  OUT OF MY FATHER'S HAND." AREN'T YOU
• 1:01:53
  THANKFUL THIS MORNING TO BE IN THE
• 1:01:55
  CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD? TO BE SAVED BY
• 1:01:57
  GRACE. HEY FRIEND, I CAN'T GET OUT EVEN
• 1:02:00
  IF I WANTED TO THIS MORNING.
• 1:02:03
  >> But bless God, I don't want to.
• 1:02:05
  >> Amen.
• 1:02:06
  >> Thank God the entirety of the church
• 1:02:08
  will be delivered on this ark. But the
• 1:02:11
  Bible says this. We see the entrance. We
• 1:02:14
  see the entirety. But notice the end in
• 1:02:17
  verse 16. And they that went in went in
• 1:02:20
  male and female of all flesh as God had
• 1:02:23
  commanded him. Let me say this before I
• 1:02:25
  give you the last thought. You know
• 1:02:26
  what? Noah did everything that God told
• 1:02:28
  him to do.
• 1:02:29
  >> You're right.
• 1:02:30
  >> You know what? Jesus has done everything
• 1:02:32
  God told him to do.
• 1:02:33
  >> Jesus was obedient to the will of the
• 1:02:35
  father. He said, "My need is to do the
• 1:02:37
  will of him that sent me and to finish
• 1:02:39
  >> right
• 1:02:40
  >> his work." Yeah.
• 1:02:41
  >> And on Calvar's cross, what'd he say?
• 1:02:44
  >> It's finished. He did everything God
• 1:02:46
  told him to do. You know what? the day
• 1:02:48
  the Bible says there in the text and the
• 1:02:50
  Lord shut him in. You know what? When
• 1:02:53
  that door closed, you know what? Noah
• 1:02:54
  had done everything that he could do.
• 1:02:56
  >> That's right.
• 1:02:58
  >> And here's the truth to this
• 1:03:01
  message this morning.
• 1:03:03
  The message of Noah and the ark is there
• 1:03:05
  came a day when the door closed.
• 1:03:07
  >> You're right. Right.
• 1:03:09
  >> And I want to say this to you, that
• 1:03:11
  could be today.
• 1:03:12
  >> You're right.
• 1:03:13
  >> And you know what I've done as the
• 1:03:14
  messenger?
• 1:03:16
  I've given you one more opportunity.
• 1:03:18
  >> You're right.
• 1:03:19
  >> And I can tell you this, the Holy Ghost
• 1:03:20
  is giving you another opportunity.
• 1:03:22
  >> Right.
• 1:03:24
  >> But the Bible says in Genesis 6, you
• 1:03:26
  remember what God said? My spirit shall
• 1:03:28
  not always strive with man. That's
• 1:03:29
  >> right.
• 1:03:32
  >> You know what? She might have been the
• 1:03:33
  last soul had to get saved.
• 1:03:35
  >> Right. Come on.
• 1:03:36
  >> Before Jesus comes. You say, "Preacher,
• 1:03:37
  but I'm lost." Well,
• 1:03:39
  >> come on.
• 1:03:40
  >> You going to trust him?
• 1:03:42
  >> Amen.
• 1:03:43
  Right.
• 1:03:44
  >> You say, "Is there opportunity,
• 1:03:46
  preacher? Are you breathing?"
• 1:03:48
  >> That's right.
• 1:03:49
  >> Yes. Go ahead.
• 1:03:49
  >> Do you want to be saved?
• 1:03:51
  >> Amen.
• 1:03:52
  >> You can be saved this morning.
• 1:03:54
  >> As we all stand, every head bowed and
• 1:03:56
  every eye closed this morning.
• 1:03:59
  Christians are praying.
• 1:04:01
  The message of knowing the ark is this.
• 1:04:04
  It doesn't matter how you get in. It
• 1:04:06
  only matters that you are in.
• 1:04:09
  And