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Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Cape Ford Baptist Church.
Great to see you all here for our Sunday morning service.
We're off inside of C. Kram-Himmel. Open up that envelope.
Song number 30.
You can begin this morning's service by singing the song number 30.
And I'll put it up in the middle.
Song number 30.
One can wash away the sins, one can love the Lord Jesus.
One can make me whole again, one can love the Lord Jesus.
So precious is the Lord that makes me white as snow.
The heart of my own heart I know,
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my heart and this I see,
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my cleansing this might be,
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For precious is the Lord that makes me white as snow.
The heart of my own heart I know,
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Nothing but the sin I've told,
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
I love you that I have done,
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh, precious is the Lord that makes me white as snow.
Nothing but the heart that I know,
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my hope and peace,
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my righteousness,
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh, precious is the Lord that makes me white as snow.
The heart of my own heart I know,
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Amen.
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which hath been hid from ages and from generations but now is made manifest to his saints, to whom
God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles,
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." That's the mystery there. That the Gentiles
would have Christ in them, the hope of glory. That's what is being preached. Okay? Whom
we preach, verse 29. He's saying that's what we're preaching. We preach Christ crucified.
We preach Christ the hope of glory. We preach him, but notice these next words, warning
every man and teaching every man. It's important to teach people how to be saved, but we also
have to warn them. He said, we preach whom we preach, warning every man, teaching every
man. When we're warning every man, what are we doing? We're prophesying. We're foretelling.
We're saying hell is real. You're a sinner. That's where you're going, just like the rest
of us, without Christ. But then we also prophesy and tell them what's already taken place.
Christ has come. Christ has paid the penalty for our sins. He has been buried. He has rose
again. All you must do is believe. That's what we teach every man. First we warn them
and then we teach them. In all wisdom that we may present every man perfect in Christ.
I love verse 29, where unto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh
in me mightily. He's saying, look, this warning, this preaching, this teaching that we do,
I do this. I labor at this. I strive at it. Preaching the gospel is something that we
must strive at. It's not something that's done easily. And this is why so many people,
you know, fall out of soul winning. This is why so many people just give up on it or try
to find some other thing to do besides going out and preaching the gospel door to door
like we're instructed in the word of God, opening up and confronting people with the
truth of the gospel. We want to make up all these other ways of going about doing it except
the one way the Bible has prescribed. Going out two by two and preaching the gospel to
every single creature. It's hard. He said, I labor at this. I strive at this. We foretell
of future events. We do that. We work at this. We are prophets much in the way that John
was. We call them to repentance. Isn't that what John did? He went out there and said,
hey, you got to believe on him. We call them to repentance in Christ, in faith in Christ
and for salvation. I should have had to keep something in Hebrews chapter 12 if you want
to go back there. Hebrews chapter number 12. Look, I'm trying to make application here
and hopefully I'm not preaching two different sermons this morning. I'm trying to make
about one thing. But we're just going verse by verse through the book of Mark, just looking
at the first few verses. And what do we see? We see John the Baptist prophesying. He's
referring to these Old Testament passages. In those passages, we see this prophecy. And
in that prophecy, we see that there's things that have come to pass already and things
that are yet to come. Those things that are yet to come is the shaking of this world,
the destruction of this earth as we know it, the destruction of sinners, everything being
removed out of its place, the return of not only Christ, but even God the Father at the
end of the millennium, every mountain being brought low, every valley being filled, no
more seas, the earth made plain, right? So that we may remain. That's good news for
me and you, isn't it? It sounds terrifying and it is, those events that will come to
pass. But you know, what have we got to worry about? Be not troubled. These things must
come to pass. We don't have to be worried about it. But you know what? We're surrounded
by people who do. We're surrounded by people every day in our lives in this community that
have a lot to be worried about. And it's not just about the economy or who's going
to get elected or how well their team did or whatever vain thing that people worry about
in this world. The thing that they ought to worry about the most is what God is going
to do to this earth and their soul if they don't get saved. And that's why Paul said,
I labor. I strive for the gospel's sake. It's not some pastime. It's not some hobby
preaching the gospel. It's not just something we do because we're Baptists. We do it because
we have a burden for the people that are going to be destroyed in this earth. That's why
John was out there crying in the wilderness saying, believe, repent. Christ is coming.
We preach the same thing today. Believe Christ is coming. And if you're not saved, it will
not go well for you. Everyone's worried about all the wars and things that are going
to displace. That's nothing. That's nothing compared to the destruction that's coming
to this earth. And I'm not saying that to frighten any of us that are saved this morning.
I'm saying that we have a mission. We ought to have a burden for the people that are going
to suffer God's wrath. Because the fact is that if we preach the gospel, there's going
to be people that are just as unmovable and unshakable as ourselves. But if we don't,
but if we don't preach that gospel, if we lose our burden for the lost, we'll suffer
loss. We won't get reward. But what will happen to them? A lot worse than not getting
some heavenly reward. God said, Jesus said, behold, I come quickly and my reward is with
me to give every man according to his works. He will reward us. And if we choose to not
work for God, to not labor for God, to not serve God, the worst that we have to look
forward to is a lesser reward in heaven. You're going to see other brothers and sisters walking
around with more rewards. And you'll say, well, at least I'm in heaven. Amen. But
sometimes I think we forget the reason why we labor and strive for the gospel is because
these things are going to come to pass. And there's people around us that would get
saved. And if we don't labor, they are going to go to hell. I'll read to you from
Psalm 46, verse 1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help and trouble. Therefore
will not we fear, though the earth be removed. Look, when these things take place and start
to come to pass, we see earthquakes and diverse places and wars and rumors of wars, the earth
could be removed and I have nothing to fear. He could shake this earth and remove all things.
My faith will remain. I will remain. You will remain. We have nothing to fear. Though mountains
be carried into the midst of the sea, though God shake the earth, I have nothing to fear.
Though the mountains melt like wax, nothing to fear. Though the waters thereof roar and
be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof, Selah, there is a river
the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the place of the tabernacles of the Most
High. God is in the midst of her. We're going to be in heaven. We're going to be in that
new Jerusalem. We're going to be near the tree of life. We're going to have access
to all those things. This earth can be removed. The oceans can rip and roar. God can shake
the earth mightily. God can send fire. God can send all the destruction. I will not be
moved by those things because I'm in Christ. I have nothing to worry about. My God is a
refuge in strength, a present help in trouble. I will not fear. But what about them? What
about those people that were no different than me and you? What about those
people who were ignorant of the gospel? What about those people who were just as ignorant
and blind to the truth of the gospel that needed somebody to come and tell them, were
just like me and you? You got saved this morning because somebody came and preached you the
gospel. You know, if we've grown cold and if our heart has gone cold towards the lost,
well good thing you're saved. Good thing the person that preached you the gospel didn't
isn't like you. Good thing the person who took the time to strive and labor for the
gospel's sake didn't end up like you. Had enough of a fervency and a burden to preach
the gospel to you. Otherwise we'd be just like them. Then we couldn't read Psalm 46
and say, yeah, nothing to fear. Shake the earth. Melt the mountains. I'll remain.
Look at verse 28 of Hebrews chapter 12. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved,
let us have grace. We are going to receive a kingdom that cannot be moved. God is going
to shake the kingdoms of this earth. They will be removed. And everybody that's in
them that doesn't know Christ. But you know, good news for me and you is that we have a
kingdom that will not be removed. So let's all just rest on our laurels and wait for
that kingdom. Let's all just do the bare minimum when it comes to serving Christ. Let's
just enjoy the, you know, the vain pleasures of this life and just give Christ, you know,
the back seat in our lives. No, he says whereby, he says let us have grace whereby we may serve
God acceptably. God's saying I'm giving you a kingdom. I'm going to shake this earth.
You have nothing to fear. You will not be moved. Will you serve acceptably with reverence
and godly fear? For our God is a consuming fire. Why should we serve God with reverence
and godly fear? Because our God is a consuming fire. Our God is a God of wrath. Our God is
a God of justice. Our God is a God who will take vengeance on the wicked. So let's help
get the wicked over on the right side of things. Let's get them saved. Let's be like John
the Baptist. Let's go out into the desert places and make a path in the hearts of people
for the coming of God, for the coming of the Lord. Let's go out into the spiritual desert
place and preach to these people and make a path straight in the heart of the sinner
to receive Christ. So when the Holy Spirit comes and visits, they'll get saved. Let's
go and preach that gospel. Bring it to these people that are in a spiritually dry and thirsty
land. Why? So that those that are low can be exalted. So that the meek and humble, the
lowly people that will receive Christ will be exalted. Let the brother of low degree
rejoice and that is exalted but the rich and that he is made low. God's going to literally
you know lift up and take down the geography of this world but spiritually you and I can
go out and do the same thing with the souls of men, with people. We can go out and find
people and exult them in Christ. And let God you know bring all the proud. Let God bring
all the ignorant. Let God bring all the scoffers and the mockers low. Let's go ahead and close
in a word of prayer. Dear Lord again, thank you for the great gift that has been given
us in the gospel, Lord. Thank you that salvation was brought to each and every one of us, that
we know that we're saved, Lord, and though the whole earth be moved, Lord, that we will
remain. The Bible says, Lord, that the meek shall inherit the earth. That's a promise
that's given to us that we will rule and reign with Christ in that new Jerusalem and throughout
all eternity we will even be in the presence of God the Father himself when he makes all
things new. And Lord as much as we would like to just praise you and exult you for that
all the days of our life, Lord, we know that we have been given a great job, a great task
of going out and preaching that good news, the glad tidings of the gospel to the unsaved,
Lord, to those that are without Christ in this world. Lord, help us to have a burden
for those around us. Lord, help us to have a burden for this ministry, what we're attempting
to do here. Help us to have a burden, Lord, for the people in this community that need
to receive you as Christ. Lord, they're out there if we would just go. We pray you just
bless us now as we depart this morning. In Jesus' name, amen.
All right, we'll go ahead and sing one more song before we are dismissed.
All right, here we go.
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