Open—N. Wood, P. Hadley, R. Ruga
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Gracious God, our loving Father, this is quite a prayer that we have sung in Thy presence.
Now with divorce or affections from this world.
We confess how often times we are distracted from anything but Christ.
And our thoughts are taken up with things around us.
But we are heavenly people. We are not of this world, even as the Lord was not of this world. We're turning on to our eternal portion.
And we desire to reflect Christ to those we encounter defeat on Christ.
As our daily portion to be found going on in fellowship with our risen glorified Christ in heaven, we desire mercies until this end, and thou art wean us from this world. Give us that spiritual appetite. Work by thy Spirit this afternoon.
Grant that message, which would be with the edification of comfort.
The upbuilding of those dear people, we pray our God now it's direct that in all things he may be exalted.
That's my dear people may be encouraged we do pray to for our loved ones back at home if they may be a like portion for them as well. And so we ask thy blessing on the meeting to follow in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
Ezekiel chapter 36 and verse 26.
A new heart also will I give you.
That and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the Stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh, and I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statue. Well, obviously this scripture is directed toward Israel, and it's not my thought to talk about prophecy.
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But, uh, here, uh, we see, uh, uh, the promise by Ezekiel, the prophetically to a future day. We know that Israel rejected the, the statutes of the Lord. And so they had it because they had a Stony heart.
And but the Prophet looked forward.
With the Holy Spirit's writing here to a day when that Stony heart would be removed and the Israel will be given a heart of flesh. And that's going to happen, isn't it, very, very soon. But you know, it's similar to us before we were saved. We had a Stony heart. There was no love for Christ, no thought of God.
But when we became born again, there was a new life put within us, and shall we say, a new heart.
That could appreciate God and the Lord Jesus and all of His marvelous love for us.
And I've been thinking about the heart, your heart and mind. We get a lot of information, shall we say, for the mind. And that's fine. We have to know.
What's in the word of God so that we can follow the Lord and please him but you know, as we sang this hymn that our brother gave out nothing but Christ as on we tread. There are comes to mind two things that are absolutely necessary for.
That to happen in any degree in our lives. And number one is to have the knowledge from the scriptures that would show us the pathway, but just as important is to have a heart that would, uh, desire these things that has love for the Lord. And, uh, you and I, if we know the Lord is Savior, we have a life within us that enjoys nothing else.
Then the Lord Jesus and the Father and but you know so many times our heart gets taken up with something else.
And the heart is a very important, shall we say, organ.
Because whatever we want to do, the chances are we're going to do that. You know, when my brother and I were boys on the farm back in Rita Ferry.
In the summertime when we got through with all of the hang and the, the that that day and we'd be tired, but you know, we had something in our hearts and that was to go fishing that night.
For that evening and those long summer, summer evenings were beautiful for fishing and that we really wanted to do that. And so there wasn't anything that was going to get in our way. Yes, we had maybe 20 cows to milk and we got those at those right away after supper. And pretty soon we had those cows milk and the milk and the cooler and we had some worms dug and our lines ready. And back to Bass Lake on our bikes and out in the little rowboat we had with the anchor and out to the favorite fishing spot.
And there we caught lots of, uh, nice, uh, fish.
Before the mosquitoes came along and you know, we all enjoyed those next day for dinner. And but we, you see, we love to go fishing. We love the sport of it and we love the pleasant quiet evening. And of course we love eating them. So there was absolutely nothing that was going to get in our way. Now, our father loved fish too, and he didn't have to tell us. Norman, Jim, boys, I want you tomorrow.
After Milken to go back to bath, they can get a mess of fish. He didn't have to tell us that because this is something.
That we really enjoyed doing and you know it that way isn't it spiritually with the the new life, the new heart that God has given us, if we can get everything else out of the way, the things that we'd like to do naturally than just automatically you and I enjoy the things of the Lord and it's a marvelous thing and it's so marvelous and such an enjoyable.
Thing I can just only ask my heart Norm, why don't you do that more often? Well, it's just a word today to all of us. Umm, uh, we get a lot for our minds in the reading meetings and we're thankful for that. But let's not forget, as it were, the part of the force behind the a successful life and that is having a heart to please the Lord. And we have various scriptures in the, the, uh, Bible that, umm, certainly worth.
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Spending just a bit of time on let's take a look at Proverbs 4 and verse 23.
Proverbs 4 and verse 23.
OK, this is familiar. Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. And so I say to myself today as I stand here, Norm would keep your heart.
Focused on the Lord and His things and make sure guard it from getting involved in the things of this world which are so attractive to my old heart.
And so attractive to your old heart. And so we have this verse which is familiar. Keep thy heart with all diligence. Why? For out of it are the issues of life. There's nothing more important than our lives, than our hearts, our affections and what they're based on, what they're targeted on. Oh, I say to myself and to all of us here, keep our hearts focused on our Lord Jesus.
And try to keep all of this, a lot of this other stuff which is necessary out of our lives. There are things that are very necessary in our lives, our jobs and our family and all of that, that have to be looked after. But, you know, we let things spread out too wide and before we know it, Satan has those hooks in US, which draws away well, another verse.
That I want to look at and that is, well, let's look first of all at Philippians chapter 4 and verse seven. We just had this verse had Rita Ferry, I think on Tuesday.
Philippians 4 and verse seven. I don't want to go into this verse, but what I want, I just want to read it to show there is a connection between our minds and our hearts.
Umm, here's the verse and the peace of God which passes all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds.
Through Christ Jesus. Now this is a lovely verse, but I don't want to get sidetracked on it. I just want to show that here's a verse that has our hearts and our minds together physically. There's no question the physical mind and the physical heart are very much connected. There's at least two main nerves that go from the brain to the heart, one that feeds the heart and the other that that slows it down.
Well, physically, of course. We need our minds. We couldn't enjoy any thoughts without our minds. But so nice when they're connected together. To get to know only thoughts about the Scriptures and facts would be a great shortcoming, wouldn't it? And they wouldn't have much power in our lives unless we really enjoy those thoughts. And another verse in the Hebrews 10 and 22.
Uh, just a lovely section here, but I'll zero in on verse 22.
It says let us draw an ear with a true heart.
In full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water, well, let us draw near with a true heart. What a marvelous thing it is for a Christian to have a true heart. Now we mentioned previously that the the center has a hard heart, and you know sometimes our hearts as Christians become hard. What a marvelous thing it is for a Christian.
To have a soft heart, a heart that is sympathetic to those around, what a marvelous thing. Well, to have a true heart, that would be a heart. I believe that's true to Christ.
But it goes on. Now let us draw near with a true heart and full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Well, a conscience isn't evil is that God gave us our conscience. It's not evil. But when we're involved with thought or practice and bad things or evil things, and our conscience tells us.
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It works on our hearts well. It's a marvelous thing to have a soft heart and a tender conscience.
So that these two, shall we say, organs in our heart, in ourselves can work together. Marvelous thing to have our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience because we have a heart that can enjoy evil. And then one last verse.
In Luke 24.
And verse 32, Luke 24 and verse 32, this, this is a marvelous chapter that draws the hearts out so very much.
In in the Christian, but I just again want to zero in on the one verse.
Umm, and verse 32, we know this well, let's just take a, a, a moment to set the stage here because maybe some of the younger ones have forgotten about this chapter. But this happened after the Lord was crucified and buried and two of his own that didn't recognize what was happening, that he was going to arise from the dead in discouragement. The as it were, left Jerusalem for a home. And I can understand that because I can see myself in their shoes.
But it's a lovely passage and draws the herd out. How we see the Lord come along somehow, shall we say, disguise. So they didn't know him, and he walks with them, These two, perhaps a husband and wife.
And he starts to bring the scriptures before them to talk about the scriptures, which would be the Old Testament ones. And he's a very nicely, I'm sure be a treat. Wouldn't it have been there as he drew out of those Old Testament scriptures some beautiful examples of himself And it affected their hearts. It affected their hearts because if we go down to the verse that I want to look at.
And then, of course, I should finish up. But then it became nightfall, and the hearts of the disciples were so drawn out to this man who talked about the Lord Jesus so very nicely that they wouldn't let him go on. They said, Oh no, you come in, you come in and stay with us for the night. And so he did come in, and he broke bread with them.
And as he broke the bread, he was known to them. These, uh, deer.
Two disciples. Now let's go on to umm the 1St. I was looking at the verse 32.
And they said one to another, did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures? Isn't that a marvellous thing? And you know, you and I have experienced that at various times, haven't we? Perhaps at conferences, perhaps at our home assembly when a brother gets up and ministers about the Lord so nice and about his love, and our hearts burn within them.
And it's such a marvelous thing and.
But the the thing I wanted to look at here was this verse, the one word it says did not our heart burn within us? And you know, I wasn't, I haven't been very attentive because it was just a week or months or so ago that I recognized it didn't say heart, but it said heart did not our hearts burn within us. No, this couple said did not our heart. That is, they had the a similar, the same heart for Christ.
And isn't it a marvelous thing, you and I here this afternoon who love the Lord and they're in communion. Uh, can't we say today all of us did not our heart does not our heart burn within us while he talked with us, by the way. And you know, he walks with us and he talks with us. Now I want to just read a poem, uh, before I sit down. And it's partly related to the him, him that we sang nothing but Christ is on, we tread and this.
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Poem. I'll just read a verse or two. It's a hymn.
But this was written, I believe, by our, uh, Mrs. Rule, Mrs. AH Rule years ago.
And it talks about our hearts and the the direction of our love says love, not the world. It smiles, it hopes may lure the arm, But cup of joy and dream of bliss will soon be gone. Those dreams will fade as mist and mourn. Those hopes will die. And in that cup of steaming joy deep sorrows lie. Love not the world live with its lust must pass away.
His pleasure sweetest hope so bright must all decay, Its glories too, Must have an end, Must pale and die, And all its empty bubbles burst their satan's lie. But he who does the will of God. For I will live and drink the streams of heaven's delights which Christ will give. He'll weep no more on that bless shore, no marvel less, For Joy's well up and fill his cup.
Not, not, but blessed.
Dear fellow Pilgrim in the past, look up, look on their waits above a home of love, where Christ is gone, and pleasures bright, and courts of light shall ever be throughout a happy.
Long and blessed eternity. Well, you know, I'm just kind of talking to myself today.
My father was up in years when he got married and and so when we came along.
Four children. He was pretty getting up there pretty good, a nice man. My parents were very kind.
But he developed some interesting habits, habits he used to talk to himself.
And he'd be out in the garden talking to himself. And there was a hedge between the garden and the lane. And Jim and I had walked down the lane and we'd hear our father talking and in the garden. And we say, I wonder who's over there with Dad? And we'd go to the hedge and spread the hedge. And he's just there by himself talking. And so this afternoon, the person that needs this message most is myself. And so I'm just talking to myself.
And if anybody, if it hit the cord and anybody else, well that's fine too.
Can we continue this subject?
I'd like to look at First Samuel.
17 Perhaps that won't seem like we're continuing the subject, but.
You'll see.
Verse 25.
The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? Surely to divide Israel, if he come up, and it shall be that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter.
And make his father's house free in Israel.
Now it's turned over toward the end of the chapter.
Verse 58.
It's all said in him. Whose son art thou, thou young men? David answered. I'm the son of thy servant, Jesse, the Bethlehem.
Used to think this is because.
Saul didn't know who he was talking to.
Not the case.
Is because that freedom was proclaimed to.
The House of his father. So he he needed, he needed to know whose house that was.
The freedom wasn't the only thing that David was to have. He was to have a wife.
And so we find that the wife was promised to David.
Chapter 18.
Uh, verse 17, it's all said to David, Behold my elder daughter Mehra, Her will I give thee to wife only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles and so on.
Verse 19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel, the Maholo fight to wife.
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I gather.
That Merab didn't care for David.
And.
Somehow must have interceded with her father that she not be given to David. I think that perhaps in connection with the next verse, because that's like a contrast. And Michael, Saul's daughter, loved David and they told Saul and the thing pleased him.
Well.
Uh, and let's go on a little bit.
So.
The servants of Saul told him of the verse 24.
No, I'm sorry, that's not the person I'm looking for.
Verse 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but 100 foreskins of the fellow stands to be avenged of the King's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines, and when his servants told David these words, at least David well to be the King's son-in-law, and the days were not expired.
Work for David arose and went, he and his men in slew of the Philistines, 200 men, And they had brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the King's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michael, his daughter's wife.
Uh, there's more verses to be read, but uh.
Like to bring out the thoughts so you know where I'm going with this.
That is, David had won his bride already. How come he had to buy her again?
He won her.
But then he had to buy her again.
She was given to another and they had to buy. Buy the second choice, you might say.
And then we go on and read.
In verse and chapter I think it's 23.
Well, we have David.
Left.
In the wilderness, fleeing from Saul.
And the wife that he bought.
It doesn't seem went with him.
Jonathan didn't go with him.
Neither did the wife that he bought.
Bought twice we might say. Didn't go with them.
Now I can't imagine a young man and a young woman getting engaged.
And the day comes when they're married.
And.
Somebody asked them, well, what are you going to do now?
Well, I'm going. I gotta go back to work. Of course, the husband says. I've got to earn a living. Help. Smart my wife. And what are you going to do, missus? Whatever, she says. Well, I'm going back home.
To be with my family.
Uh, or I'm going to some entertainment place.
You know when a man.
Get the bride he wants. A few things.
He wants affection and that's what we've had thus far.
And he wants companionship.
And he wants service and.
Don't mistake that.
Uh, to mean something else.
But he wants affection and what?
Would it be if I had a wife that didn't care for me?
Yet where are we?
As the bride of Christ in our affections we sing nothing but Christ, And as our brother prayed, it was.
A prayer that we wish was true, was better, was more true of us.
Where are we?
As far as affections for Christ.
And.
Not to. I don't mean that as a criticism, but as an exhortation that our affections might be stirred up.
I think the reason that we're all here is because we all have affection for Christ.
Unless you've been dragged here.
But the reason we're here is because we have affection for Christ. So I'm talking to those who have affections for Christ.
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But you know.
We are failures in our lives so much.
Our time is robbed by so many things.
There's so little time for the study of His word has to be made.
If you don't make it, there will be none.
Companionship that the Lord wants from us. How much time do we spend with Him? We have to make that time, because if we don't make it, we won't have it.
And service.
He wants.
When I say that I expect those things are are long for those things from my wife as every husband does.
We serve one another.
But, you know, I think sometimes us as Christians, if we think of ourselves, we're like a bride who says I love you.
And I love spending time with you, but when you come home, she doesn't pay any attention to you and.
There's nothing done. There's no no meals made, no house cared for.
The husband and the wife serve one another. As I say, the Lord has not failed in His service toward us.
But you know, I have a great sense in my soul that I failed.
In my service toward him.
And much of the service that my wife does is not because.
That is forced to Connor, but because.
It's motivated by affection.
I appreciate that.
Services work and it's hard.
Perfection.
And well done and well done is what makes that service enjoyable.
If we love him, we need to serve him.
There's a field of service for you and me out there that may be with your neighbor or with your classmates or maybe a gospel tract or whatever.
Whatever that field of service is.
That field needs to be tended to.
I was thinking.
As I say that, Michael.
Didn't go out with David there.
And in chapter, I think it's 24, we find that she's actually given to another.
Well, maybe that's not the chapter, but.
Don't need to refer to it. We know the story. She's given to another.
But when David takes the throne.
You said you're not gonna see my face.
Until you bring Michael, my wife.
Now she belonged to David the whole time she was unfaithful.
She should have followed David.
She shouldn't have accepted another husband.
But David called her his wife.
Because he never called. He never thought of it as anything else than that.
Our Lord is faithful.
We fail.
In our service for him.
And in so many ways but he.
He's always there for us.
One other passage in Isaiah.
Chapter 44.
I was thinking.
Of the Lord, how that he has rights to us?
In so many different ways.
He is our Creator.
And so he has rights to us.
Not only is he our creator.
But He's been with us and taken care of us and sustained us every step of the way. And, and for all those blessings that he has given us and all that help, we are under obligation to Him.
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Every answered prayer.
That you have received and I have received puts those under more obligations.
To him who has done so much for us.
And.
And yet.
There's so many other ways that we are obligated to him.
He being the one who has fulfilled prophecies.
Does that mean nothing to us? Where Adam failed, he succeeded.
Adam, I think failed the first chance he got, but our Lord went through that.
40 days and 40 nights in the desert, without food and without water.
And at the end of that time.
He would not succumb to the tempter.
Where where Noah failed in government, the Lord would say that he would not take a Kingdom unless the Father gave it to him.
Where all those failed under law, he kept it every bit and told us.
She told us to keep it too.
Not that their way of saving salvation.
But in all that?
We should see Him as the one who is our Lord and our Master.
Like the look in that connection at verse 24 of Isaiah 44.
Thus saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
It's interesting to me that these things are in reverse order.
Uh, the Redeemer being the most recent thing that he's done for us.
He had formed thee from the womb. He's the one who has sustained us every step of our life.
From.
The moment of conception through our death. He's there with us. He's formed us from the womb.
I am the Lord that maketh all things. He is the one who is the Creator of all the world, that stretches forth the heavens alone, and that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself.
Just thinking of him, who would ask us?
For our hearts.
Of his glories, of his worthiness.
Of His power and of all that He has done for you and for me.
But he would.
Even want to have my heart.
It's an amazing thing, is it not?
But he would stoop down and ask for my heart.
I think I'll just refer to 1 mother more passage in loop 9.
Uh, and.
Somewhat in connection with that.
Luke 9 verse 22 Saying the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected of the elders.
And chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
Uh oh, the verse before that.
He's greatly charged them and commanded them to tell no man that thing.
That that he was Christ.
No, he had worthiness.
To be proclaimed Christ.
On the basis of his fulfillment of prophecy.
On the base of his of his royal lineage, the direct.
In Direct Line on the throne of David.
He had worthiness.
For for that.
Yet worthiness on the basis of the words that he spoke.
No man speak like that man. He had worthiness on the basis of the miracles that he did.
All that he did, all they said.
But you know, he wanted his worthiness to be called Christ, to be based on his death and his resurrection. Isn't that amazing? Doesn't that draw your heart a little bit after him? That he doesn't want to come to this world and say, I'm your creator, You got to worship me. But he would come to this world and say, I'm dying. I'm dying for you.
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And you've got to worship me. You've got to recognize who I am, because I'm dying for you.
Well, I just think how the Lord has bought us.
And redeemed us, made us all those things, and would warn our hearts, maybe in a little bit of measure.
Commit to giving him our heart.
Oh.
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Looking at our schedule, I noticed that this meeting goes to 3:15, so we do have time. Where would you like to live if you had a choice? You know, I think there's a city in the word of God, which seems quite plausible. A very nice city. If you want to turn to Joshua chapter 2 and see if you would agree with me. Josh with the son of Nun sent out to Chitham, two men to spy, secretly saying go use the land, even Jericho.
What was so nice about Jericho? You know, four times in the Bible, Jericho is designated as the city of palm trees.
Hot day like today. Wouldn't you like to live in a city of palm trees? You're nice and shaved and get out of the hot weather. This is quite the thing.
Think we live on the equator or something? You know what Jericho means? It means fragrance.
Almost put your mind maybe about like when you go to visit the purse assembly, they're right next to the soap factory out there in Perth. And during the meeting you get this delectable odor of the fragrant soap that's being manufactured right next door to the meeting room in Perth. Jericho had all this. I think I would have liked to live in Jericho through all these palm trees, fragrant odors.
Who's, uh, a mighty city?
Dude, I didn't like, I don't like its proximity to the River Jordan, which would speak of death. But you can forget about that as long as you're having a good time in Jericho, right? Why not live it up when you're in Jericho? But let me tell you, dear, you're saying to God that Jericho.
Was the first city that the children of Israel had to encounter gave them opposition Jericho pictures the world in the in opposition to the child of God and to the enjoyment of your portions in Christ. That's what Jericho pictures.
It's not like Elon. In Exodus chapter 15, you read that the children of Israel, they came to a place called Elam, which had three score and 10 palm trees and 12 water, the wells of water.
There are the children of Israel found refreshment. Did they find refreshment in Jericho? No, none whatsoever. You remember that Jericho was a city placed under a curse.
And now picture of this world. It's been cursed by sin.
We cannot find our home here. We ought not to. Brother Paul was telling us that we find a lot of distractions down here.
That turned our.
Eyes and our gaze away from the Lord Jesus Christ. You know we very glibly sing hymns. Nothing but Christ is on we tread ever condemn you this thing that does me when I realize how little I I live for Christ.
Nothing but Christ, a living bread.
Lord had against his people, because they had forsaken him the fountain of living waters, and had hewn them out. Sisters, broken cisterns that could hold no water. Jericho was not about to yield to the children of Israel coming over.
They were straightly shut up with their high wall.
Could you find refreshment?
In the city of Jericho. Let me tell you something else about that city.
The ground was barren and the water was not. There was no refreshment there. And Jericho, you get that in First Kings chapter 2.
No refreshment for the child of God and Jericho.
And yet how often we think we can find, boy, there's some pleasure in this. We're that, and I don't mean, dear brethren, to set aside the natural joys that the Lord gives us and the wonders of God's creation that we tend to enjoy with with our families. And rightly so. We should enjoy these things.
But you know what else this world has?
It has its religion to occupy your mind. Who else lived in Jericho?
Remember the sons of the prophets? Didn't they live there? Didn't they know the scriptures? Maybe they know the scriptures better than you do in the world.
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You want to live in Jericho?
With those sons of the prophets willing to go out with Elijah to follow Elijah.
Across the Jordan River, which speaks of death through the flesh.
No, they would stand and view afar off, but they weren't gonna go. They have the knowledge of the Bible. You know, it's grieving. How many people?
Leave the place of the Lord's appointment.
To go into the camp.
Because there's a lot of attraction there. Look, there are sons of the prophets. There are many of them. Why go out there with just Elijah and Elijah?
Why not remain with us? After all, we're numerous. We have quite a congregation, you know, and we're studying the Bible.
You want to take the outside place with Christ.
That's a place of reproach.
Not many numbers.
Just a few. The world has its religion.
Be sure of that, dear brethren. What happens when you leave the place? Look, in Luke chapter 10, Jericho is mentioned again.
Luke, chapter 10.
You know the passage well.
And verse 30.
A certain man went down from Jerusalem.
To Jericho.
And he got blessed in his soul.
Is that how your Bible reads?
He fell among thieves that wounded him, stripped him.
Left him half dead.
Why didn't that man remain in Jerusalem? Why was he going down to Jericho?
It could have been a number of reasons.
You didn't believe the curse rested on that land. Neither did I.
God's Word is true, dear brethren, we reap what we sow, and Heil lost two sons in the laying of the foundation and in the constructing of the walls of the city of Jericho in fulfillment of Joshua's curse upon Jericho.
This man was going to go down to Jericho and leave where the Lord has been pleased to place His name, Deuteronomy 12.
In this city, that one city amongst all the tribes, the city of Jerusalem. But hold on.
There's more. The 18th chapter of Luke's Gospel, Luke chapter 18.
Another reference to Jericho verse 35 came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the wayside, begging.
And hearing the multitude passed by, he asked what it meant, and they told him Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. This is the last time that the Lord passed by and passed through. If you compare the accounts in the gospels, pass through Jericho.
And the people whom he came to call, he came to his own, and his own received him not. But to as many as received him to them gave he the right, the privilege of the authority to be the sons of God. He was a blind man who saw by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is passing by, passing through Jericho, the son of David. Is this what they told him?
No.
He cried out. All they said was that this was Jesus of Nazareth.
But he said, Jesus, thou son of David.
Have mercy on me. You see, this blind man had more spiritual insight than those who had their natural sight, who lived in Jericho. And Jesus just passed by on the way to the cross, because Jericho. The passing by Jericho was the last instance of the Lord on his way to Calvary.
How thankful I am, dear brethren, that.
Although this world attracts with its fragrance its palm trees and the waters being healed and measured in the days of Elijah, that Jesus came here to this place which was so cursed, this world, and he passed by, and he called sinners unto himself. Is that Our Calling to tell others in Jericho that Jesus of Nazareth has passed by the Son of David a more, the Son of God?
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Was in this world, and he passed by. Came only once. The second time they'll come without sin unto salvation to all those who look for him.
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Our gracious God and our Father, we thank thee for the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior. Lord Jesus, we thank thee for speaking to our hearts needs. We just do pray that our hearts might be served by what is and brought before us.
Father, Lord Jesus to me.
Heathrow has spoken to our need.
These in our own hearts and these, uh, in our families. Lord Jesus, we thank you for that demonstration of love and thou which thou hast lay them in the hearts of our brothers. Pray that it might truly reach down into our feet, into our consciences, and we give thanks.
We do uh, thank you for the faith. Good night, my love and good thanks. And the precious, my precious and worthy name, Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. Amen.