Address—R. Rule
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To the 25th chapter of Matthew's Gospel. Matthew.
Chapter 25.
Then shall a Kingdom of heaven enlighten. Of the 10 versions which took their laughs and went forth to meet the bridegroom, five of them were wise and five were foolish.
They were Foolish took their lands and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lands.
While the bridegroom carried, we all slumbered and slept. At midnight there was a cry made.
Behold, the bridegroom cometh though ye out to meet him.
And all those virgins arose trending their lamps.
The foolish got under the wise. Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out.
The wise answered saying not so that's there be less, there be not enough for us, and you told you rather to them to sell and buy for yourselves.
While they went to buy the bridegroom cave, they that were ready went in with him.
Those are married and the door was shut.
After it came off to the other versions.
Saying Lord, Lord open to us.
He answered and said.
Narrowly I say unto you, I know you not.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither of the days nor the art wherein the Son of Man cometh.
I'd like to read part of one verse again.
Connected with another verse of Revelation, the sixth verse, the medal of the verse. Behold the bridegroom, Thomas, go ye out to meet him.
Now with third chapter revelation.
Revelation 3, verse 11. Behold, I come quickly.
All that fast which thou hast that no man.
Make thy crown.
Now going back to the 25th of Matthew again.
They're running in the rear of the desire. There are about six or seven.
Matthew 25.
I realize this, the young people's meeting. Perhaps in my reading, this portion of you wondered whether we more or less have the gospel before us. I realize this course is often taken up in the gospel.
The bus is on one part, especially in connection with this portion. Matthew 25.
There's a few thoughts connected with the Lord's coming.
Speaking of the Lord's coming, most that are here that have attended the meetings of the gathered Saints very much are familiar in a sense and a measure with the truth of the Lord's coming for His own to take them in the air to be with himself.
Sometimes it's good for us to be reminded of things that we know and to have the word thought to bear on our hearts. And it's with that thought in mind that.
Thinking about this subject as we were driving to Toronto.
Feeling in one's own soul at the coming of the Lord is very weird and so we were thinking of it back. Mentioned a few verses in this chapter to solve in the car and as we walked in the door. We were late for the morning meeting yesterday.
In the middle of the meeting, we walked in, in the very subject that dear brother, and we're talking about the coming of the Lord.
Dear young Christian friends, you and I are living in a very unusual day.
If you would have the choice.
As to when you might be born.
In the last 2000 years.
We couldn't have chosen.
And Montel Jackson. She couldn't have chosen a better time to be here than today.
Because there's a very unusual event.
That, we feel, is very near hand.
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The coming of the Lord.
We feel as near hand.
Now, the blessed truth of this coming is this truth, but it's been enjoyed.
By many for many years. Here in this tank similitude there are 10 similitudes of the Kingdom of heaven we read together. The 10th 1:00 here in Matthew 25 has to do with this subject, the Lotus and the first verse.
It says that the Kingdom of heaven shall be likened unto 10 virgins, which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Now here in this transfer military, we have a picture of the professional church. It includes girls that are real, those that belong to kites, and those that are mere professors. Probably in this room today, there I know there are those that are real. Perhaps there are some here, those that are mere professors.
And in these 10 versions you have both included.
Well, in the early days of the church's history.
They had brought before them the blessed truth of the fact, but the Lord Jesus was coming back from the 14th of John. He told his own. He said, I go to prepare a place for you, And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself where I am.
There you may be also.
Now it says here in this first verse.
That they weren't forced to meet the Bridegroom. They were anticipating him. We have Christ brought before us here as the Bridegroom and they went for the medium. I like to connect that with the verse that we had in Thessalonians yesterday. The 1St chapter, it speaks there. Oppose Thessalonica.
So happily converted those that had such a living testimony among those about them.
And it says of them that they turn to God, arm idols to serve the living into God. What's the rest of the verse?
And to wait for his Son from heaven.
What a blessed occupation was theirs first. They turned their back on something. They turned their back on idols. They turned to God. They had him before the soul now. And it says.
Who serves the living into God and to wait for his Son from heaven?
And that's your privilege and mine to be found here in some little measure. If we are Christ, we belong to Christ, be found here in some little measure, serving him and waiting for his Son from heaven. Now one is sure that those words in the end of that verse to wait for his Son from heaven. It wasn't just a mental assent.
To the fact that he was coming, but they were looking for him.
Here in our first verse in Matthew 25 that they went forth that says to meet the bridegroom they were looking for him.
There was bridal affections there. He went forth. You know those two words they went forth speaks of separation and God had so worked in their hearts that there was separation from the things about. They left their dumb idols behind them, that is the Gentiles, and they turned to God.
They had the living God before them, and they were serving Him and waiting for His Son. Oh, now that is normal Christianity. It's your privilege and mine to be waiting, first of all, waiting for the sun from heaven. And then in the little while we're left here to be serving Him in what little measure the Lord gives us ability and the opportunity to do so.
And for them that occupation.
Waiting for a son from heaven. I believe we could connect up with another verse that we have in the epistles. It says.
They were waiting. I'm going to turn and read it, make sure that we get it right.
In in the second chapter of Titus.
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We might go back to version 2 from where I had in mind I was thinking of a 31St.
But might start with the 11Th, 1St and the 11Th verse it says.
The grace of God will bring us salvation to all men that have appeared teaching us.
I was thinking yesterday we were Speaking of the grace of God in the Bible reading how it's his grace that saves us and it's his grace that keeps us and we're waiting for the grace to be revealed at the revelation of Jesus Christ. And here's another thing that was raised the grace of God teaches us that denying.
At verse 12 ungodliness and worldly lust we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world. Looking this is what I especially had in my looking for that blessed hope.
Well, that's what those at Thessalonica were doing. They were waiting for His Son from heaven, for their hearts. It was a blessed hope. You know, we have hope, God, in connection with a believer in two ways.
In Romans 5.
It says of the Christian that we rejoice in hope of the glory of God, and so the hope there is connected with coming glory. Not similar here, but here it's the person waiting for that blessed hope. Oh, that's the Lord Jesus, the Lord Jesus coming to take us to be with himself. And we have his coming brought in, in two aspects.
I believe the blessed hope is the hope of His coming, that show that will call us into His presence to be forever with Him. But then he's going to bring us back with him. He's going, coming back to this earth to take His rightful place and raise, and all his enemies will be put down under him and he shall have His rightful place here. Those who passed him out, those that despise him. God has given him an aim now. It's above every name.
The name of Jesus, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Oh, when that day comes, whenever I shall see him, and they also would Pierce him. It's going to be an appearing of boy. And that's the end of the verse. Waiting for that blessed hope and the and the glorious appearing of our great God and our Savior Jesus Christ.
But in the meantime, while looking for him.
You have brought out here in this verse all God would have us living in this sea, it says to His grace teaches us, but denying ungodliness and worldly lust, we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present evil world.
After searching word, isn't it? You know, especially when we're young. I believe there are certain areas in which Satan tempts us in a special way. But the word here is His grace teaches us at denying ungodlyness and worldly love. There has to be on the one side that denial of self seeking now to heal ourselves to the Lord and to His way in our lives.
Then you have a positive and there are three things in connection with living here soberly, righteously, and godly. One is saddened. Perhaps the thought is here. Soberly would be more the state of our own soul, an inward thing. Righteously would be our relationship with others, those about us, our dealings with those that we come in contact with, whether our brethren or the world at large. And then godly.
Has to do more that relationship upwardly with God himself. Other young Christians, this should be a little picture of your name. We should be looking for that twice at home, looking for the Lord, waiting for hearing the moment when he'll come and take his home. And then our lives here should be characterized by sobriety, righteousness, and godliness.
Well, we believe that back in or turning back now to Matthew 25.
We believe when it says that they went for come eat the bridegroom, and they went forth, that was that separation from the things down here and the things of earth, and their eyes and their affections were centered on that Blessed One above whom they learned to love, whom they knew was coming for them, and they were waiting for that moment.
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When he would come and call his own to be forever with himself.
Well, now I don't want to go into great detail on this camilitude. It wasn't my thoughts, but just a few pertinent thoughts as we pass on. It says in verse five with while the first of all, verse four, we have the foolish first three and four maybe have the coolers referred to and the wise that's which constituted them fully was if they had no oil in their land.
And the wise were those that had oil in their vessels.
Oil and the Scriptures so often speak to the Spirit of God and everyone, the trust in Christ where it's real. Christ gives that soul the spirit to end well. And then he's characterized by one that has oil in the land, because oil, the indwelling spirit, is the power in the believer for life of testimony.
They had lamps.
They were to be alive in this world. We were speaking the brother that spoke to the young people yesterday referred to the fact that we're to have our loins girted. I believe we're loins girded speak special in connection with service in the in the the 12Th chapter of Luke in connection with those that went to meet the bridegroom. It's both of them. Let your loins be dirty and your life burning. That is in addition not merely.
Serving the Lord, but being a true testimony to Him in this dark sea while we await the time when He takes us to be with Himself. Your life burning. Well, to have a life burning and continue to burn or have to be oil. And so one has to 1St receive Christ as his Savior, and then he receives the gift of the Holy Spirit, which is the power of being a light in this dark sea.
Oh, I trust, is there any here to be characterized by the foolish virgins?
Never having trusted in Christ, he would say to your old friend, receive Christ right now as your precious Savior, and he'll give you then what The oil speaks out the Spirit of God to be a power in your life so that you can live for him and seek to please Him. Well. It says here though, that while the bridegroom carried, they all slumbered and slept. They all slumbered and slept all you say, what does that mean?
Well, you know, we find.
First, in the early days, the Church's history, the coming of the Lord, was taught and joined, and it was a real, it was a real thing in the souls of His own. They were raised, their affections were upward, and they were waiting for that Blessed One to come and take them home. But we find as time went on, the truth was first lost in its reality, in the soul.
To where Saints got, to where they there wasn't that living looking for his return. And then the next thing you know, apparently even the knowledge of the truth was lost.
First set from the first several centuries, a number of centuries in the time of the rise of Rome, when Rome was under height. We speak of it sometimes as the dark faces, and one of the tools that was lost was the blessing hope of the coming of the Lord.
And so even the wise virgins, it says they all slumbered and slept. They lost the sense of this blessed truth that we're speaking about. And you can read the ministry of those writers of the 800th century or the 10th century or the 12Th century. You'll find nothing about the blessed hope that some of us are enjoying of that blessed moment when the Lord is going to cause home to be with himself.
They all slumbered and slept. But it says here in the sixth verse, at midnight there was a crime made. Behold the bridegroom come up. And what does it say?
Go ye out to meet him. Well, you know, dear young Christian friends, I believe that cry went out in the last century. God raised up service the restored to us.
Precious truths, one of them the truth of the rapture of the Lord's coming to take his own to meet him in the cloud and other troops were restored too, but I one would gather and what's referred to here in the sixth verse. Behold the bridegroom comma go out to meet him was God giving back to the church to his own the blessed.
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Enjoyment of the fact that the Lord is coming.
To take us home. And it had a very real effect from what we read, the ministry that's been left to us, we can see the real effects it had in the hearts of many of his own in the last century. And in spirit they went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Well, now it says here that we find that the virgins arose and trim their lamps.
I wonder if there's some here that aren't characterized by those words. The word was in the verse before. Go ye out to meet him. They're old. They've been sleeping. But you know it's possible in spirit, even for those of us that know the Lord to be sleeping today.
Yes, it is. If you were to turn to the fifth chapter of Ephesians, you would find these words. All right. Solid sleepers rise from among the dead, and Christ shall sign upon me. What does that mean? A waste of all the sleepers. Oh, how many of the people, large people there are today just drifting along, going along as though the Lord wasn't coming soon, as though they were going to spend their days here. The rest of their.
Life and in some measure they settle down to the world level because it says arise from among the dead. That is, Speaking of those that are physically dead rise among the dead. It's those that are dead in trespasses and sins.
Those about us are dead that fell without Christ. They're going on in their sins, no life toward God. What a sad thing it is when one of the Lord goes.
As among the dead. And what God's word? Awake, awake. Oh, I fell asleep as their eyes were among the dead. And Christ shall shine upon me. Have you been going on with the world? We heard very solemnly this morning.
Our brothers spoke rather solemnly to us about those that can enjoy an evening. What the others say. Those are the ones referred to in the season 523. I think it is. Those are the ones of whom it said, Awake now asleep with. Arise from among the dead, and Christ shall give you life, and Christ shall shine upon him.
All that the apostle says he wanted them to be enjoying within the sense of the love of Christ. Dear young friend, the Lord died for you. He died to save your soul, but not merely to save your soul. He wanted you for his own. We were reading last Lord saying a brother read in Luke's gospel where the tools that are on the way to Emmaus.
The Lord Jesus drew near and went with them. Why did He gone near and go with them?
Because they were dear to his heart. And we thought of that person in Genesis where Joseph having been rejected of his brother and you know, and when he was exalted to the key place in Egypt under Pharaoh, his words to his brethren. They didn't know who he was, but his words then were come near on me. You're a young Christian. The Lord Jesus wants the affections of your heart. He died to women.
You and made to himself nothing can satisfy him but the response of your heart and mind who is loved.
And if you've been drifting along in this poor world, and in some measure going on with it and its pleasures, oh, I save you away.
Solid sleepers that arise from among the dead.
Well, it says here in connection with the.
It says in connection with the virgin but.
The cry went out, they awoke, and they went out to meet him.
Desire and mind in an increased measure from these meetings that we might be found as we're going out to the media, we might be characterized by having those bridal affections that would draw our hearts upward and more.
Mexican occupation with the one that loved us and gave himself for us.
Now it isn't my thoughts to make our little meeting one of prophecy today. In fact, the time is slipping by. But I would like I would like to just mention a few things that makes one feel that the moment that we're now waiting for is so near at hand. You see it says here in the in the 10th verse.
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After there was a word of encouragement to the foolish to buy oil for the last. And by the way, if you're one of those foolish birds.
But as you say, that doesn't have Christ the Savior, that doesn't have the Spirit of God indwelling you, we can say to you, friends, according to a book of Isaiah that you can buy without money and without pride, salvation is offered to you. And if you're one of those foolish virgins that are left behind when the door is shut, it isn't because you haven't had the opportunity.
Christ is offered to you this afternoon as your Savior.
Well.
In connection with this tenth verse, it says while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready wicked.
That's the moment we're waiting for. They went in. What does that mean?
Oh, that's referring to that blessed moment of all moments when we hear that shout the Lord Himself shall the hands descend from heaven with a shout for the voice of the Archangel and the temple of God.
Rise first, then we withdraw our lives and remain to be caught up together with them.
Meet the Lord in the air. That's your friend that says they went in. Yes, it's when the Lord comes and calls us home and we feel that moment. I feel, dear friend, I say this sincerely, I feel that moment is very near hand. Oh, you say, how can you talk that way when some 18119 hundred years have gone by?
Well, dear friends, there are many things, but we have the time to look into it.
That would well that might help in commenting on this and bringing home the fact why we feel here. But the lack of time. I'll just mention very hurriedly. I was speaking this morning with a dear brother as to some of the things that make us feel our days near hand and we these are some we mentioned together first.
We're living in the Last days. We have the character of the Last Days and 2nd.
Timothy 3 In the last days difficult times shall come.
Men shall be lovers our own selves.
Proud covetous posters and disobedience to parents later on in the catalogue of things that says heavy high minded.
High minded lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God and so forth. You know, Speaking of being heavy and high minded made me think of something. We stopped at A at a cat coffee shop for breakfast the other morning.
There was a paper lying right down, right down where I sat down to eat and just couldn't help but see the headlines there. I think it said something about 179 students down in some city in Florida put in jail over a period of three days because they wouldn't be subject to the authorities there.
First of all, if they had been taught to be obedient to parents, they never would have had any thought of acting like that. And now this heady and high mindedness came out under the occasion. Well, to me it was just another little evidence of the character of the day we're living in. I mentioned it to somebody and he said Oh well, down in Bowling Green. I think it was why they they had a similar thing just a few days ago. I hadn't heard about that.
Yes, there's that spirit that characterized the last day on every side, lovers of pleasure. It was the love of pleasure that brought this arrogant and heavy high minded attitude toward the authorities down in this city in Florida. They've gone so far, the authority thought they're getting out of bounds.
Wanted to bring in a measure of control? Well, there's one point.
These were the last days, they're difficult days and the character of them is seen on every hand. Point #2.
The servants, those that live at the beginning of this century, they never expected to see a land of Israel. While while the Saints were here, I don't think most of them did, but today, for some years now.
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We've had the Jews going back to Palestine. We have a country Israeli, and we know in this book that it speaks very definitely about Israel. I mean about Palestine being Israel's, being the land of the people, of God, of his chosen people. And and so in the terms of Matthew 24, in fact, our book is open to Matthew. We might even look at it. I think it's in the 24th of Matthew. Yes, it says.
Second verse learn a parable of fig trees on his branches yet tender and put it forth leaves. You know that summer is nice. So likewise when you see all these things know that this near even at the doors Israel, the fig tree speaks of Israel as a nation and now we see the leaves beginning to be put forth and.
But more than that, if we were to turn to the 21St of Luke Gospel, we find the third thing in Luke. In Luke play one it speaks of when we see the fig tree and all the trees.
All agrees well likely not say this.
Let those nations that have been pressing for independence in recent years is a picture speeches in other trees. The trees speak of various nations and it's common thing in the newspaper and you hear it tension frequently the tendency towards a nationalist approach. Every nation wants to be on its own throwing off all the feelings of colonialism to be on their own as a nation some years ago Egypt and then.
India and now the smaller nations in Africa, I heard somebody say, I believe that within the last two or three years, at least ten African nations, Asian Africans admitted to the United Nations or it's, it's a movement that's afoot. Well, when you see the fig tree and all the trees, there's the third thing.
Now, on other things, we find that the Roman Catholic Church is on the move.
I just read some statistics recently about the in the last decade of of the big increase in membership in the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, and I believe the increase was about seven or eight times as much as the Protestant churches. Rome is advancing and in this book of return to the 17th chapter of Revelation, we find what Rome's end is, but.
1St we find Rome coming into increasing power.
So there's, shall we say, the 4th evidence.
And then the last one, the 5th, has to do not just religious Rome, but something that will be related in a measure, we might say political Rome. Centuries ago, the Roman Empire after different forms of government came to an end. And everyone, if you'd ask somebody in the 9th century to take sanctuary, the 12Th century.
All they say, Rome, the Roman Empire, that's the thing with past. But in the 13th of Revelation we read about a beast that rises up out of the sea.
And one of his heads was long, as it were, to death. But then that head that was wanted to death becomes the life again. And all the world wonders at the power of the beast. What is that beast? Why it's imperial Rd. brought to life again. The Roman Empire brought back into existence as an empire. And that things are shaping up for that so rapidly right now. And I want to emphasize one point.
There isn't one single thing that has to be fulfilled before the Lord can come.
Thank God he may come before this meeting is over.
But there are lots of things that this book tells us happened shortly after he comes, and the things I'm speaking about are developments that have to do with the prophetic unfoldings after the church is taken home. But we can see them shaping up. Everything is getting ready for the show, friend. Are you waiting for it? Have you heard the bridegroom's call?
Have you gone out to Medium?
Speaking of the rise of the Roman Empire.
Being brought back into existence again, I had a rather thrilling thing happened just day before yesterday. The day I left for the meetings, my employer called me into his office. He said, Ralph, I want you to meet this gentleman from Chicago. He's with a management consulting firm and he's on his way to Europe. He said he goes about 5 or 6 * a year looking for possibilities for diversification for U.S. companies.
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And this man was telling us what's happening in Europe.
Why? He said Europe is on the move.
It isn't occasion like it was a few centuries ago. It's on the move, he said. By 1970.
If Europe continues its rate of growth, by 1970, it's gross national product will equal America. United States and Canada was way behind 20 years ago after the war, and he went on to say it's on the move, it's making progress.
They went out in the State House, becoming more unified.
Why I couldn't help but reality spoke more unified.
What do we read about imperial supposedly dead, but as he talked I just could see there's Rome not sleeping at Roman Catholic Church now, but the Roman Empire in effect just about ready to be brought back as one. Some years ago I remember someone speaking on.
We was Brother Gill, speaking on the interesting development of NATO, that associations of nations in a military way.
Looking forward to protecting themselves by working together, protect themselves against Russia and the communist forces of the East. Well, it was an interesting development, but something just as interesting happened in the last three years.
We had formed not a military alignment, but an economic one. And now seven nations in Europe, the Six Nations forget which, are working together in an economic way, and they formed what's called the European Common Market, and that's what's getting the flow of goods on a freer basis and opening up markets so that they can grow and expand.
Well, when this man told me about Rose national product by 1970 up to the Hall of America.
I couldn't help but think, Oh well, just another evidence. The Lord coming is near. Because in connection with the beast you connect with Imperial Rome that we read of in Revelation 13. There's power there. Well, you can't have power out of a poor broken decay and state of things. The question is, who can make more with the beast? Well, dear friend, these things, when this man talked, he didn't know what I was thinking. I wasn't worried about the business aspect, but I was thinking of the aspect we're talking.
It just was one more evidence of the fact that the coming of the Lord draws near.
Well, our verse here said, our verse here said in the 10th verse it says while they went to buy, the bridegroom came and they were ready, went in with him to the marriage and the door was shut. Oh, I say to you my friend, if you're not saved this afternoon.
What we just read about could happen while you're sitting in your seat there and if that were to happen.
Those that were ready, those who have their sins washed away in the precious blood of Christ.
At that moment were to come. When they were taken home, you know what would happen.
Mostly seats would be empty and there would be a few seats who would have people sitting in them and friend would be too late. If you were left sitting in your seat it would be.
To fall prey to that strong delusion that we were Speaking of this morning.
It says when God shall send him a strong delusion, they should believe alive that they all might be damned who received not the love of the truth and pleasure and righteousness. And it's a serious thing to put off receiving Christ for one moment because I'm we're sincere in saying we feel the coming of the Lord is right hand in Revelation 3.
Adversity read. I like to look at it. Just just a thought or two before we close the third chapter of Revelation. In closing, I hope to comment a little on the earlier part of the.
As the Philadelphia, the time is gone, but it says here the Lord says in verse 10.
Verse 11. Behold, I come quickly. Hold that plastic thou hast that no man takes my crown. All dear young Christians, whatever the Lord is made good to your soul, hold. In fact, don't give it up. Don't be disturbed. Here in Philadelphia He says three things of them. Thou hast the little strength.
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And has kept my word, and has not denied my name as the Lord given you. Have you asked for your place amongst those gathered to the name of the Lord Jesus Christ?
You won't find me the company that composed of great things or big accomplishments. The Lord isn't looking for that today. He says thou hast little strength. That's one thing, little strength. But he goes on and says, kept my word and not denied my name if you've asked for your place at his table.
Withholds that would honor the Lord's name alone gathered in simplicity to the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Others may take a name, Others may take this name, that name, and the next name.
Creaks of those here, let us not deny his name, you'll find as identified with those garages precious names, but by his grace he has preserved the truth to them. He says I've kept my word. You wouldn't find most companies of Christians enjoying the word of God and its simplicity like we've been enjoying it the last day and 1/2 No, this truth given up and that truth given up. But here's a little something else. Kept my word. Oh dear friend, don't be disturbed.
Numbers for the lack of them. Don't be discouraged by lack of big things. Remember the largest wants us in our measure to seek to go on with that and she's given and to hold it fast. He says behold, I come quickly, Hold that fast. Why would you speak of coming quickly? I think it's an encouragement to them to press on, to hang on, to hold fast. Hold that fast that thou has, that no man takes thy crown.
Pounding is coming # Speak of award and you know we find a number of crowns spoken up in this book and.
It would be the Lord would have it your joy and privilege to be among those that in some little measure he speaks out here of no man hates thy crown. So I would encourage you to press on maybe in weakness, maybe with things to discourage. You know, it's our privilege here. The apostle Paul could say.
Uh, he said first speaking for himself and then we have his words to Timothy. He says, I applaud a good fight. I have kept the faith. I have finished my course first. I have stepped to face 10 courses laid up for me a crown of righteousness. There's the crown again with the Lord, the righteous judge to give me in that day not to be all evil to all. Also all those of love is appearing while in writing to Timothy, a younger man, He encourages him now in a similar.
He says in writing to Timothy, he says fight the good fight of faith.
Lay hold on that which is really like hear the alarms says, Hold that pass which thou hast to Timothy. He says, fight a good fight of faith. Yes, in Jude we read of earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the same. We're Speaking of faith yesterday, and the Lord says to earnestly contend for that faith once delivered to the Saints.
Forgive it up, hold that fast with thou hast but no man take thy crown well as vice to Timothy was like the good fight of faith and lay hold on that which is really light. Well, dear friend, our time is up. May the Lord encourage you and me. May the Lord encourage you. I'd like to make this one comment. The apostle Paul could say I applaud a good fight. The one that's standing here speaking to you this afternoon isn't using those words.
As anything that one can look back on in his own life. And I'll tell you this.
I trust by the grace of God, it's my desire for a little while. It's left here to be found in some little measure fighting a good fight of faith. Is that your desire? May God grant that it may be so. May you realize the privilege in view of the fact that the car has gone forth, the pride June comma, go ye forth to meet Him. Let you realize that it's a privilege to be found here.
Waiting and watching for him.
And seeking in some little measure to be here it is His praise while you hear it. Wait for that shout that's going to call us all home.