["Pomp and Circumstance"]
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Good evening and welcome to Verity Baptist Church. Let's go ahead and find our seats this evening
Find the seats and find a hymnal close to you in turn of page number 409
Song number four
Let me correct that 406 sound number 406
Who is on the Lord's side song number 406 we're gonna sing it out on the first
Who is on the Lord's side, who to Him will know
By thy come the mercy, by thy great divine
We are on the Lord's side, save for the earth I
Song number 406 we're gonna sing it out on the second
Not for weight of glory, not for crown and crown
Entering the army, praise the Lord your Son
But for love that claimeth, for we die
Thou who teases us, amen, bless you on His side
By thy love that's reigning, by thy great divine
We are on the Lord's side, save for the earth
Jesus thou hast brought us, not with gold or jam
But with thy home life loved, for thy diet damn
With thy blessing filling, peace who comes to thee
Thou hast made us willing, thou hast made us free
By thy breath we dance, by thy great divine
We are on the Lord's side, save for the earth I
You guys are singing well, let's finish strong
On the last, here's may be the conflict
He's only here alone
But the King's own army, not yet overthrown
Round his stands a reigning, victory listening through
For his truth unchanging, victory drowning
Sing it out!
Joyfully enlisting, by thy great divine
We are on the Lord's side, save your real life
Amen, great team, welcome to Verity Baptist Church
Here on our Sunday evening service, we're glad to see everyone here this evening
Let's open the service with a word of prayer
Dear Heavenly Father and Lord, we thank you for the day, thank you for the service tonight
We pray that you bless everybody here, we pray that you bless the singing, the preaching
Come, we love you, and in Jesus' name I pray, amen
Alright, it's now time for favorites, where if you're selected, we will sing a stanza from the song that you pick
Elijah, go ahead
415
Song number 415, Victory Through Grace
Conquering now and still to conquer, sing it out on the first
Conquering now and still to conquer, righted the King in his might
Moving the host of all the faithful, into the midst of the fire
In the name of courage, advancing, proud of their will and courage
Shouting the name of their leader, give them a call to receive
Now to the strong is the battle, now to the strong is the race
Yet to the true and the faithful, victory's promised through grace
CC, go ahead
What was that?
319
Song number 319
Just a closer walk with thee, let's sing it out
Song number 319 on the first
I am weak without war strong
Jesus keep me from all wrong
I'll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to thee
Just a closer walk with thee
Granting Jesus as my King
Telling, walking close to thee
Let it be, let it be
Lexi
144
Song number 144
Can we do this, Christian?
Alright, song number 144
A mighty fortress is our God
Sing it out on the first
A mighty fortress is our God
A bold work never failing
Our help of He amidst the flood
A mortal hell's deepening
For still our ancient soul
The sea to the world does roll
His scraps and are our prey
And are with whom all day
On earth is at His equal
Madison
261
Song number 261
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Song number 261
Oh soul, are you weary in trouble?
Sing it out on the first
Oh soul, are you weary in trouble?
No light in the darkness you see
This life for a look at the Savior
And life for abundance and peace
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth
Over all the strains He's in
In the light of His glory and grace
Ezekiel
160
160?
216, alright
Song number 216
Surely goodness and mercy
We're gonna skip that last tag
Song number 216 on the first
The pilgrim was I and the wondering
In the moonlight of sin I did grow
When Jesus saw my shepherd found me
And now I am on the way home
Surely goodness and mercy
Shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
Surely goodness and mercy
Shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
Sing one more song, Mauricio, go ahead
210?
210, wonderful grace
of Jesus on the second
We're gonna end this strong, alright
Song number 210 on the second
Wonderful grace of Jesus
Reaching to all the lost
By it I have been pardoned
Saved to the utterness
Chains have been torn up
Santa
Giving liberty
For the wonderful grace of Jesus
He shows me
Wonderful the master's grace of Jesus
Keep it under mighty rolling sea
Higher than the mountains
Parking like a fountain
All sufficient grace for even me
Rather than the scope of my sin's ration
Singing with her father
All my sin and shame
O magnify the precious
Name of Jesus
Praise his name
Amen, great singing
Amen, we wanna welcome you to the
Sunday evening service here at Verity Baptist Church
The most exciting service of the week
And we're glad that you are with us
Let's take our bulletins this evening
We'll look at some announcements
If you did not receive a bulletin on your way in
Go ahead and raise your hand
And one of our ushers can grant one for you
If you need a bulletin, just put your hand up
And we will get one for you
The verse this week, Psalm 11966
Teach me good judgment and knowledge
For I have believed thy commandments
And that's a good verse there, we like that
If you need a bulletin, you'll see our service time
Sunday morning service, 1030 a.m.
And we had a wonderful service this morning
We're glad you're back out tonight
For the evening service
And we do invite you to be with us this week
Both Tuesday and Wednesday nights
Special services, so we encourage you to be here for that
If you look at our soul-winning times
Our main soul-winning times on Saturday mornings
And then we have additional soul-winning times
On Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 2 p.m.
If you are a soul-winner, don't forget
To add your salvations on your communication cards
And turn those into the offerings so we can update the bulletin
And if you have a map that you did not finish
Or if there's something wrong with the map
Please clearly mark what was done, what was not done
And you can return it in the bin in the foyer
And that way we can get it recycled back through
And make sure it gets finished up
And if you're running late
You can call us at the number there, 916-868-9080
Or text us and let us know you're planning on being
At one of the soul-winning meetings but you're running late
That way our team captains can make sure they have a map
And a partner and have everything situated for you
If you look there in the bulletin
Of course if you're a first-time guest
If it's your first time here at Verity Baptist Church
We're glad you're with us
We have a gift we'd like to give you
As you walk out of the church building this evening
If you go out the main foyer
Or if you go out our secondary foyer
You'll see a little table set up
And on that table you'll see these gift bags
Please grab one on your way out
As a gift from us to you for being our guest
And there are several resources in this bag
That we'd like you to have
But the one I like to talk about
Is this documentary that our church made
It's called Being Baptist
Very well made, very interesting
I tell people it's educational
It's enjoyable
It's entertaining
We think you'll like it
Want to give this to you as a gift
So please make sure you don't leave here
Without grabbing one of these gift bags on your way out
And if you are a guest
We'd ask that you please take a moment
And fill out the communication card
Which is inserted in your bulletin
And if you need a pen just raise your hand
One of our ushers can bring you by
A Verity Baptist Church pen
You're welcome to keep the pen as a gift from us as well
We're not going to do anything odd with your info
We would just like a record of your attendance
We actually would like to send you a little gift
But we need your info to do that
So please take a moment to fill the card out
We are going to go through the announcements
When we're done with the announcements
We're going to sing a song
When we're done singing we'll receive the offering
And as the offering plate goes by
You can drop this card in the offering plate
If you look at the announcements
Of course we're a family integrated church
Children and infants are always welcome in the service
We do not separate children from their parents
For any reason
We do have mother baby rooms and daddy rooms
Available for your convenience
If you need to be baptized
Please let us know
We'd love to baptize you
You can let us know on your communication card
On the back
There's a place for check off
That you'd like information about baptism
And we will get you situated for that
And then of course if you look at the announcements
And upcoming events
The Next Generation Youth Rally
Is the big thing going on this week
And we've got over 60
I don't know what the number is
Brother Sheldon you know what
What's the number of kids that are 63
63 teens signed up to come
So praise the Lord for that
And it's going to be a good week
And we're going to talk about
The Next Generation Youth Rally
In the sermon
So I'll kind of leave that for
The sermon vision offering
Is coming up Sunday March 26
Please take a moment to read
Over the vision offering card
And we'll start talking more about this
After the youth rally
But we want you to just be aware
That our vision offering is coming
You should have got a letter in the mail from us
Please make sure you look through that
Don't just throw it away all right
Read through it
And we appreciate your help with that
And just get familiar with what we are doing here
As far as raising money for the vision offering
We'd appreciate your help with that
All the ladies are invited to a baby shower
For Ms. Skylar Thompson
On Saturday March 18th at 3 p.m.
And Ms. Skylar is having a girl
She's registered on Amazon
It is a potluck
So if you can please bring a dish to share
And if you'd like to attend
You can sign up on your communication card
Usher dinner and training
Is coming up on Friday March 24th at 7 p.m.
So we need all the ushers
To be at the usher dinner and training
And so please make sure that you are SVP
And let us know that you're going to be there
And then if you are interested in becoming an usher
Then you can sign up for this as well
If you don't, you signing up
Does not mean you have to be an usher
Or make you an usher
You can just come and kind of learn
What it means to be an usher
And you might decide no
I don't want to be part of that ragtag group of guys
And that's okay
But you can come and hear about it
And we'd love for you to be a part of that
It is for men that attend all three services
Attend a soul winning time
And you got to be able to arrive early to church
Which I know that's really difficult for some of you
But if you have the skill of learning how to read a clock
You might be able to be an usher
VBC choir
They had choir practice today at 5 p.m.
That's good
Home school group
They've got PE class on Thursday March 16th
Don't forget about that
Other things there for you to look at
Please don't forget to turn your cell phones off
Or place them on silent during the service
They're not a distraction to anybody
If you look at the back of the bulletin
Birthdays and anniversaries for the month of March
Today is Naomi Naletescu's birthday, March 5th
And brother Scott Sweetin has a birthday on March 10th
As Casey Taylor has a birthday on March 11th
Praise report, money matters
All those things are there for you to look at
And we were going to sing the chorus of the week
But I really like that 210
I think we should go back to that
And sing that
What did we sing? The second stanza?
Did we sing the second stanza of that?
Alright, let's do the first
210
If that's alright, that's alright brother Christian
I apologize
210
It feels like a youth conference type of song
Wonderful grace of Jesus
Alright, 210
Now remember when you get to the chorus
The men sing that bottom line
Wonderful, matchless grace of Jesus
The ladies sing the top line
Alright, so it's guys versus gals
Let's see who can sing it better
210 on the first
Wonderful grace of Jesus
Greater than all my sin
How shall my time describe it
Where shall its praise begin
Taking away my burden
Setting my spirit free
Wonderful grace of Jesus
Reaches
Here we go, sing it out
Wonderful, the matchless grace
Greater than the mighty boats
Higher than the mountains
Darken like a fountain
All sufficient grace for even me
Darken like the smoke of my transgressions
My sin and shame
O magnified glass
In the name of Jesus
Jesus
210, that was pretty good, alright
This time why don't you sing it like you're saved, alright
Let's sing it like you're happy
210 on the third
We sang the second already
Let's sing it on the third
Wonderful grace of Jesus
Reaching the most defiled
By its transforming power
Making Him God's dear child
Purchasing peace and heaven
For all eternity
And the wonderful grace of Jesus
Reaches me
Higher than the mountains
Darken like a fountain
All sufficient grace for even me
Darken like the smoke of my transgressions
My sin and shame
O magnified glass
In the name of Jesus
His name
Amen, good singing
We'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time
And let's go ahead and bow our heads and have a word of prayer
Heavenly Father, Lord, we do thank you for allowing us to gather together tonight
Lord, we pray that you'd bless the offering, the gift and the giver
We pray that you'd meet with us as we take some time
Open your word and look at some verses from the word of God
In Jesus' name we pray, Amen
Amen
I want you is this little phrase
And if you are a father here tonight
I would like you to take a pin
and just underline this little phrase
And our fathers have told us
Here the psalmist is referring to the fact
that the Bible is filled
with what we would call hidden mysteries
The Bible teaches that only saved
people can understand the word of God
the doctrine is called the illumination of scripture
you must be filled, you must have and habit the Holy Spirit of God in order to
understand the Word of God. Unsaved people are unable to understand the Word
of God which is why he says there in verse 2, I will open my mouth in parables
I will utter dark sayings of hold but then he says which we have heard and
known. So he says there are these truths in the Bible that an unsaved person
sees as parables. They see them as utter dark sayings. He says but we have heard
and known and then he gives us the source of how he knows, the source of
where he learns. He said and our fathers have told us, our fathers have told us.
Notice there verse 4, we will not hide them from their children and I want you
to notice this little phrase showing to the generations to come the praises of
the Lord and his strength and his wonderful works that he hath done. Psalm
78 is the theme passage for our next generation youth rally. The reason we're
calling it the next generation youth rally is because we want to show the
generations to come the praises of the Lord and his strength and his wonderful
works that he hath done. Notice there verse 5, for he established the testimony
in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel which we have commanded our fathers that
they should, notice the words, make them known to their children. That they should
make them known to their children. Verse 6, that the generation to come might know
them even the children which should be born who should arise and declare them
to their children. One of our goals in Christianity, in church ministry
and especially in parenthood, is that we pass down our faith to the next
generation. Want to make sure that the next generation carries the torch that
they pick up the baton that we leave for them. Notice here in this passage the
generations that are mentioned in verse 3, which we have heard and known and our
fathers have told us. The first generation is mentioned there in verse 3.
The writer is a second-generation, what we would call today Christian, a
second-generation believer, second-generation follower and he is
referring to the things that he was taught by his parents. He says, which we
have heard and known and our fathers have told us. Referring to that first
generation. I've said this to you in the past, I am a second-generation Christian.
Today or last night my parents got home. They were gone for several months in
Venezuela. I'm thankful for them to be home and I can say like this psalmist
can say that we have heard and known and our fathers have told us. There have been
people who came before us, that first generation. But then I want you to notice
in verse 4, we want to hide them from their children showing to the
generation to come. So there is a reference to a coming generation. There
is the generation before us, our fathers have told us. There's the generation that
we're in. The psalmist speaking and then he talks about showing to
the generations to come. Notice verse 5, for he established a testimony in Jacob
and appointed a law in Israel which we commanded our fathers that they should
make them known to their children. Referring to himself that the generation
to come might know them. Notice even the children which should be born, again a
third generation, a future generation, who should arise and declare them to their
children. You've heard me say this many times over the years but it needs to be
a theme when it comes to our ministry to young people and it is this, that there
is no success without succession. If we fail to deliver to our children the
faith, the doctrines, the things, the zeal that we have for the things of God, if we
fail to deliver that to them, we will have failed. It doesn't matter how much
we know, it doesn't matter how much we do, if we fail to make sure that the next
generation carries on our faith. So our goal must be to pass down our faith to
the next generation. Now keep your place there in Psalm 78 if you would. We're
going to come back in that general area but go with me if you would to the New
Testament book of 2nd Timothy. 2nd Timothy chapter 1. 2nd Timothy chapter 1.
If you find the T books, they're all clustered together. 1st, 2nd Thessalonians,
1st Timothy, Titus, 2nd Timothy chapter 1. I'd like you to keep your place in
Psalms but I'd also like you to keep your place in 2nd Timothy if you would.
So keep a place in Psalms with a ribbon or a bookmark or something and then also
keep your place in 2nd Timothy. 2nd Timothy chapter 1. Look at verse 5.
2nd Timothy chapter 1 and verse 5. The Bible says, when I call to remembrance, this is
the Apostle Paul speaking to Timothy. He says, when I call to remembrance, notice
the generations mentioned here. The unfeigned faith that is in thee. He's
looking at Timothy and saying, I can see that there is an unfeigned. What does that
word unfeigned mean? Well the word feigned or to feign means to fake something. He
says there is an unfeigned faith. He says there is an authentic faith. There is a
real faith and real walk that I can acknowledge in your life, Timothy. And
listen to me, mom and dad. That needs to be your goal. That you would help develop
in your children an unfeigned faith. A real faith. A genuine faith. Not just for
salvation but an authentic walk with God. That these children would one day grow
up to walk with God and serve God and love God and it would be a genuine thing
that would happen even when they're no longer under the authority of their
parents. He says, when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is
in thee, notice the generations which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and
my mother Eunice and I am persuaded that in thee also. Here we have an example of
a young man who had a godly grandmother and had a godly mother and now he being
a third generation Christian, Paul is testifying to the fact that these
individuals, this grandmother Lois and this mother Eunice were able to make
sure that they passed down their faith to the next generation. Notice there
you're there in 2 Timothy chapter 1. Go to 2 Timothy chapter 3.
2 Timothy chapter 3. Look at verse 15. 2 Timothy 3, 15. Notice what the Bible says
and that, notice what Paul says to Timothy and that from a child thou has
known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through
faith which is in Christ Jesus. So what is it that we need to do for the next
generation? What is it that should be our goal and our purpose? Our number one goal
must be that we pass down our faith, that we pass down our faith to the next
generation, that they develop an unfeigned faith, a genuine authentic walk with God
that they would love God and love the Lord and that they would transition out
of our homes and from under our authority. Look, our job, we've been
talking a lot about authority as we've been studying judgment over the last
several weeks, but our job as parents is to take the authority that God has given
us, our God-given authority over our children and to help our children as
they grow and as they mature to transition from our authority not to no
authority but to God's authority. God never meant for any man to live just
under no authority, but our job is to help the young people transition, that
they would transition into the authority, yes they might be the head of their home
one day, but that they would still be under the authority of God. So we must
pass down our faith. That's our goal. That's what we're trying to do. Go to
Genesis if you would, Genesis chapter 14, first book in the Bible, should be fairly
easy to find, Genesis chapter 14. We must pass down our faith. And by the way, let
me just say this, we've got some good kids around here. I mean, I know it's easy
sometimes to look at kids and see them make mistakes or whatever and
we have to deal with that obviously and we need to take our job seriously.
Let me tell you something, we've got some good kids around here. Some of them are a
little nerdy, but that's okay. And I like them nerdy, you know, and especially
when they don't know it, that's good. We've got some good kids though, honestly.
As I travel the country, and I'm not saying this in all churches, but
sometimes I see young people and I think to myself, good night, I'm glad that they
are not part of a very Baptist church. And we've got some good kids
and you've done a good job, but we want to make sure that we prepare them to
take the faith, to pass down our faith to them. We must do what needs to be done to
pass down our faith. But secondly, this evening, I want to mention to you that
not only must we pass down our faith, but we must also prepare them to fight.
We must prepare them to fight. In Genesis chapter 14, in verse 11, I want you to
notice that in Genesis 14, we see the very first war mentioned in the Bible.
And we see Lot, of course, Abraham's nephew, who has been taken captive.
Genesis 14, 11, and they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all
their victuals and went their way. And they took Lot, Abraham's brother's son,
who dwelt in Sodom and his goods and departed. Notice verse 13, and there came
one that had escaped and told Abram, the Hebrew, for he dwelt in the plane of
Mamre the Amorite, brother to Eschol, the brother of Adner, and these were
confederate with Abraham. Notice what Abraham does, verse 14. And when Abraham,
and we're not going to take the time to go through the entire passage here, but I
want you to notice that this was a big war. You've got four different kings
fighting against five different kings. Sodom and Gomorrah has fallen and Lot, as
a result of being in Sodom, has been taken captive. Abraham hears about this
and here's what he does, verse 14, and when Abraham heard that his brother was
taken captive, he armed his trained servants, notice these words, born in his
own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. The Bible tells us
that Abraham took just the people that were born in his house, there was three
hundred and eighteen young servants that he had armed and trained and he took
them and pursued them unto Dan, look at verse 15, and he divided himself against
them, he and his servants by night, and smote them and pursued them unto Hobah,
which is on the left hand of Damascus, and he brought back all the goods and
also brought again his brother Lot and his goods and the women also and the
people. I want you to notice that Abraham had people that were born in his house
and he did a good job at training them and arming them and preparing them for
war and that is our job. You know our church obviously is reaching people with
the gospel of Jesus Christ, we want to do that, we want to continue to do that. Twelve
years ago we started this church in a living room and over the years the Lord
has blessed us and we've been able to knock doors and reach people and
disciple people and get people baptized and help them grow and learn, but as our
church gets older and older obviously we want to continue to do that, want to
continue to reach new people and reach people with the gospel and bring them to
church and help them grow in the Lord and get baptized and disciple and all
those things, but there's also going to be another crowd within this
congregation of people that were just born within our house, within this house
of Verity Baptist Church. You know we're having this youth rally and we've got, I
don't know, I think 20 teens from our church that are registered to be at this
youth rally, but there's almost a hundred kids in our church when you count from
teens all the way down to newborns. I think there's probably a hundred, maybe a
little bit more than a hundred kids in our church and these kids are gonna grow
up and as these kids grow more and more kids are going to be born and
the youth rally eventually, Lord willing, if we continue to do it by God's
grace we'll have more and more teens not just from other churches and of course
we love for teens to come from other churches, but even from our own church
and look these teens are eventually gonna get married. I mean we're already
starting to see some of that. We had five weddings last year, we had five baby
showers this year and we had five brand new church members. Best church members
we've got are those five little newborns that are gonna be running around here
and these kids are gonna get married and have children and look my goal, I'm
37 years old, I don't know how long I'm gonna live, I don't know why I keep
bringing this up, I keep talking about this every sermon, I'm not sure why, but
I'm 37 years old, I don't know how long the Lord is gonna allow me to pass this
church, but I feel like I could do this for another 30 years, another 40 years
and it might be that in the next 40 years we can see our children grow up
and get married and have children and watch those children go up and get
married and have children and my goal, my commitment if God will allow me is to do
my best to put my hand and stretch it across those generations and help them
make sure they serve God. Before I get off the scene I want to make sure that
those grandchildren and great-grandchildren they know about
soul winning, they know about the King James Bible, they know about separation,
they know that they know those things we want to pass down the faith. Why? Because
we got to prepare them to fight, because we need some warriors. Wouldn't it be
great if one day our church at this point we average somewhere around a
hundred soul winners every week and I praise God for that. Wouldn't it be great
one day if we had 300 and some odd soul winners every week. Wouldn't it be great
one day if we said hey this week we had 318 soul winners just of the people born
into this church. That's what Abraham did. The Bible says that he he took and verse
14 and when Abraham armed his brothers, when Abraham heard that his brother was
taken captain, verse 14, he armed his train servants born in his own house.
Just the ones that were born there. He trained them and he went and fought
battles. Let me tell you something. We need to make sure that these kids get
passed down to them our faith. Why? Because they're going to need it to be
ready to fight. Notice Genesis 18. You're there in Genesis 14. Flip over to
Genesis 18 and verse 18. I'm gonna do my best not to preach very long tonight.
I've got some things I'd like to cover. Let me just show you
these things from the Word of God first. Genesis 18 verse 18. Notice what God
says about Abraham. Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty
nation and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him. Notice what God
says about Abraham verse 19. This is a very humbling thing that God would say
this about Abraham. He says, for I know him that he will command his children
and his household after him and they shall keep the way of the Lord to do
justice and judgment that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he had
spoken of him. God says, I know him that he will command his children and his
household after him. Joshua said us, for me and my house we will serve the Lord.
Go back to 2 Timothy. Did I ask you to keep your place in 2 Timothy? 2 Timothy
chapter 3. Go back there real quickly. We need to train these kids. They need to be
ready to fight because, listen to me, Pastor Jimenez and Pastor Anderson and
Pastor Thompson and Pastor Shelley or Pastor Mihir, whatever pastor you're
looking to for leadership, is not always going to be here to fight the battles
that we're fighting. We're not always going to be here to lead the soul
winning seminars and train new soul winners. We're not always going to be
here to preach the sermons that are going to be needed for that time to
motivate and mobilize Christians to do what they need to do. And I'm not
saying that we're the only ones doing it. I'm just saying in our group and in our
scope of influence, the Lord has allowed us to be used and I'm thankful for that.
But we're not always going to be here and we're going to need some young men.
We're going to need some young ladies who are coming behind us, who are coming
in our footsteps that will take our place because there is no success
without succession. We need to get them ready to fight. Why? Because the world is
getting worse and worse. 2 Timothy 3-13, look at it, but evil men and
seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. It's not
getting better. It's getting worse. I'm not one of these defeatists. I'm
not a Calvinist, all right? I'm not all just, hi, nothing's ever going to be fine.
You know, I think we should serve God and we should be happy about it, but we
should be realistic about the fact that the world is not getting any better. It's
getting harder. It's getting more wicked. It's getting worse and we're going to
have to train these young people to not only have authentic, real, genuine faith,
an actual walk with God, but also they're going to have to have that faith so that
they can fight for that faith, so that they can earnestly contend for the faith.
We must pass on our faith and we must prepare them to fight because the world
is getting worse and worse. And have you ever stopped to think this? You and I may
be raising, and we obviously don't know how things are going to unfold. None of
us know when the times of the end times will begin or have begun or whatever, but
you and I may be raising the generation that lives through the tribulation
period. Our children and our grandchildren may be the people that
are here during the time of the Great Tribulation, during the time of the Mark
of the Beast, during those times, and we've got to get them ready. We need to
make sure they know what the Bible says and what they believe and why they
believe it, and that they have the strength to fight, that they have the ability to be
able to follow the Lord and to fight the battles of the Lord. So we must pass
on our faith and we must prepare them to fight. Let me give you a third thought
this evening. Go to Ecclesiastes, if you would. Ecclesiastes chapter 2. If you kept
your place in Psalms, right after Psalms you have Proverbs and after Proverbs you
have Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes chapter 2. What must we do for the next
generation? Number one, we must pass on our faith. Number two, we must prepare
them to fight. But here's the third thought, and I want you to understand
this. This might help you understand why we're having this youth conference, this
youth rally. We must pass on our faith. We must prepare them to fight. Thirdly
tonight, we must provide opportunities for fun. These young people are good
young people, but they're young people, and we need to provide opportunities for
them to have fun. We need to provide opportunities for them to have a good
time. Ecclesiastes chapter 2 verse 22. I want you to notice what the book of
Ecclesiastes says, and I want you to look at this and I want you to see it
because I recently, just today really, I was looking at this passage. I was
talking to my wife about it and I was kind of seeing it with new eyes
because Ecclesiastes tends to be a little bit of a downer of a book if
you've read it. It's an old man, Solomon, talking about all the regrets that he
has in life and giving advice about how to not end your life with a bunch of
regrets. And he brings up over and over the vanity of vanities. All is vanity
under the sun, and he talks about how we should not pursue wealth, and we should
not pursue entertainment. We shouldn't pursue these things that the world
pursues, that they will lead you to having a shallow and a vain life. And one
of the things that he teaches here in Ecclesiastes, and it's taught throughout
the Bible, is that we should not live our lives simply to eat, drink, and be married.
That we should not live our lives simply to have a good time. It's
very clear through the book of Ecclesiastes that if you live your life
for yourself, you will end up with only yourself. That if you live for
entertainment and to have a good time, you will end up depressed and bitter and
lonely and it won't produce happiness in your life. But within that context, the
book of Ecclesiastes also mentions something else. I want you to notice it.
Look at verse 22, Ecclesiastes 2.22. Notice what he says. And it would be easy for you to
read these verses and kind of think like, oh yeah, he's just talking about not
living for fun. But if you look at it closely, you'll notice that that's not
what he's saying. Now he does say that in other passages. But here he says,
Ecclesiastes 2.22, For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his
heart, wherein he hath labored under the sun? For all his days are
sorrows, and his travail grief. Now up to this point, it sounds pretty much like
Ecclesiastes, right? I mean all his days are sorrow, and his travail is grief. What
hath the man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath
labored in the sun? Notice verse 23. For all his days are sorrows, and his
travail grief. Yea, his heart taketh no rest in the night. And this is what he
says, this also is vanity. There is nothing better for a man than that he
should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor.
This also I saw that it was from the hand of God. Now that might sound a
little confusing to you because you might think, well wait a minute, I thought
we weren't supposed to live, to eat, and to drink, and to just have a good
time. I thought all those things would lead to depression and discouragement. I
mean in Ecclesiastes, Solomon says that he pursued wealth, he pursued wine, he
pursued women, he pursued wisdom, he pursued success, he pursued everything
that the world tells you will make you happy. And at the end of it all, he says, I
hated life. But then here he says, he says there is nothing better for a man, verse
24, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul
enjoy good in his labor. So you say, well what is he talking about? And I want you
to understand this. Here's what he's saying. He's saying you should not live
your life to eat, drink, and be merry. If you live your life with the stated
purpose of just simply eat, party, have a good time, eat, drink, and be merry. He said
you're gonna be miserable, you're gonna hate your life. The only way to have a
life worth living is to have a life of purpose, and that requires you serving
others and serving God. You can't just live to eat, drink, and enjoy your life.
But, he says, while you're laboring, while you're working, for what, verse 22, for
what have a man of all his labor? So he's not talking to the guy who's trying to
not work and just party all day. That's not who he's talking to. He's talking to
the guy that works hard, and we should work hard. For what have the man of all
his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, when he hath labored under the sun?
He says, look, you work hard for all his days are sorrows, and his travail grieve,
yea, his heart taketh no rest in the night. This also is vanity. He says, look, if
you're gonna work hard, you're gonna have to work hard to do
something that matters in this world. You're gonna have to get up early, stay up
late, work hard, and get it done. But then he says, there's nothing better for
a man that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good
in his labor. Here's what he's saying. If you're gonna work hard, then at least
enjoy it while you're doing it. Do you understand that? He says, work hard. You
gotta work hard. The land is cursed. All his days are sorrows and travail of
grief. You've got to work hard. You've got to get up early. You've got to stay up
late. Sometimes you've got to put in the labor. But he says, look, there is nothing
better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his
soul enjoy good in his labor. While you're working, he says, enjoy it. So he
says, don't live to eat and drink. Live to work and serve God. But while you're
serving God, eat and drink and enjoy good. He says, this also I saw that it is from
the hand of God. Look at Ecclesiastes chapter 3. Look at verse 12.
Ecclesiastes 3, 12. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice
and to do good in his life, and also that every man should, notice the words, eat
and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor. It is the gift of God. Here's what
he's saying. Don't be like the rich fool in the book of Luke that worked all his
life and bestowed all his labor, and he built barns with all his wealth, and
then he said, well, now that I have all these riches, now I'll eat, drink, and be
merry. And God said, thou fool, tonight I will require thy life at thy hands. He
was a rich fool. But what God is telling us in Ecclesiastes is, work hard, but while
you're working, enjoy it. Here's what he's saying. You're working hard to provide
for your family, so take him out to a nice dinner every once in a while. Go on
a nice vacation every once in a while. Take some time off and take him to the
next generation youth rally every once in a while. He says, and also that every
man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor. It is a gift of
God. He's not saying live to eat and drink and not work. He says work hard, but
while you're working hard, eat and drink and enjoy it. What's he saying? Have a
good time. Go to Ecclesiastes 8, look at verse 15.
Ecclesiastes 8 and verse 15. Ecclesiastes 8 and 15. Then I commended mirth.
What's mirth? Mirth is pleasure and enjoyment. Now in other places in
Ecclesiastes, he talks negatively about mirth. He said don't live from mirth. He
said it's better to live, he said it's better to go to the house of mourning
than to the house of pleasure. So he says we've got to keep pleasure and
enjoyment within the proper context. Our lives should not be to just have a good
time. But here he says, then I commended mirth. Commend means to like recommend or
to say. He said let me tell you something good about mirth. Let me tell you
something good about enjoyment and pleasure. Then I commended mirth because
a man have no better thing under the sun than to eat and to drink and
to be merry for that shall abide with him of his labors the days of his life
which God giveth him under the sun. You say I don't understand what is he
saying. Go to Acts, Acts chapter 20. New Testament Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts.
Please understand this. He's not saying live your life for pleasure. I mean
that's the overarching theme of Ecclesiastes is don't live your life for
pleasure. You'll hate your life. But in order to balance that, here's what he's
saying. He's saying look, raising children's a lot of work. Isn't that true?
If you have children you should know that. Raising children's a lot of work. It's very
expensive and as they get older I often tell people when you've got little
children the problems are little. When you've got bigger children the problems
are bigger. The stakes are higher. I always I chuckle at the parents
that got the just that you know the four little babies and they're like I
wonder I can't wait till they're older. No, when they're older you'll
wish they were back there. It's actually easier to control them when they're this
big. Sometimes there's heartache with raising children but here's what I want
you to understand. Though raising children is hard work, though raising
children is expensive, though raising children can sometimes bring a lot of
stress and heartache, mom and dad make sure you enjoy those kids while you're
working at them. While you're staying up late worried about them, while you're
interceding in prayer for them, while you're worried and concerned, while
you're disciplining them and dealing with their bad attitudes and their
misbehavior, while you're teaching them these things and and while you're
living that life hey make sure that while you're doing those things you're
enjoying them. You're spending time with them and you're loving them and
you're you're caring for them. Why? Because life cannot just be all about
work. Now it should be about work. It should be about working God. It should be
about serving God. It should not be about pleasure and having fun but while
we're working and while we're serving God it's okay to have some fun in the
meantime. It's okay to enjoy it on the way. It's okay to have a good time. So you
know what these kids need? They need us to pass out our faith. They need us to
prepare them to fight but they need us to provide opportunities for them to
have fun because it can't just all be about you know the way some people live
their Christian life they act like the Christian life is not supposed to be
enjoyable. If you enjoy it you're not doing it right. I would say if you don't
enjoy it you're not doing it right. Acts chapter 20 you're there look at it. Acts
20 23. Notice what Paul said. He said save that the Holy Ghost witnesses in every
city saying Acts 20 23 notice what he says last part verse 23 saying that
bonds and afflictions abide me. This is what Paul said. Paul said bonds and
afflictions abide me. He said everywhere I go I have bonds. I get put in prison.
Everywhere I go I get hurt. Bonds and afflictions abide me. The joke says that
when Paul would first come to a city he wouldn't check out the local inn he'd
check out the local prison because he knew he'd be there sooner than later. He
says bonds and afflictions abide me. He says my life is hard. That's what Paul
said. My life is hard. My life has a lot of I have a lot of enemies. I have a lot
of regrets and I have a lot of people attacking me and I have a lot of people
trying to hurt me. I've got I've got people that are that are against me and
against my ministry. He says bonds and afflictions abide me but then in verse 24
he's not all down in the mouth about it. He's just stating that as a as a fact and
as an observation. In verse 24 he says but none of these things move me. What is
he talking about when he says these things? He's talking about the bonds and
the afflictions. The fights and the stripes. The being beaten and being and
being stabbed in the back and being lied about. He says bonds and affliction abide
me but none of these things move me neither account I my life dear unto
myself. Notice the words he says that I might finish my course. Now Paul said
this in a very famous way in 2nd Timothy when he said I fought a good fight. I
finished my course. I kept the faith. But I love it how he says it here in Acts
2024 because he says that I might finish my course and I love these two little
words he says with joy. He says bonds and afflictions abide me. He says yes I've
had troubles. Yes I've had battles. Yes I've had issues throughout my life but
I'm gonna finish my course with joy. He said I'm gonna be happy about it.
Listen mom and dad your kids need to see you having joy in the service of the
king and we need to provide opportunities for them to have a good
time. We need to provide opportunities for them to enjoy themselves.
Opportunities for them to be able to eat drink and to have a good time. Not that
that's what life is all about but while we're working and serving the Lord and
fighting the battles that need to be fought we can have a good time in the
process. We have joy in the process. Go to Judges chapter 2. Judges chapter 2 in the
Old Testament you have Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua
Judges. Judges chapter 2. Let me just take a moment at this point in the sermon and
just explain some things about this youth rally. And like I said this is not
a normal sermon like I normally preach on a Sunday night. This is right before a
big conference that we're having here. And I just want to help you understand
some things and I'm gonna get real practical here because we've had a lot
of questions about you know the youth rally and how's it gonna work and
all these things and I realize you know some of you this is new to you. You didn't
grow up in church. You didn't grow up with things like this. I grew up going to
youth conferences and youth rallies my whole life. So I just want to help you
understand some things and kind of answer some questions that we've been
answering over the last couple of weeks and I know that if one or two or three
people have asked us these questions and there's maybe more of you that are that
are wondering. So I want to help you and I just want to go through kind of the
schedule and just help you understand because I want you to be ready for the
youth rally. I want you to be ready for this conference and I would encourage
you if you want a schedule we have a schedule on our website veritybaptist.com
and our Facebook and our Instagram and whatever. So the schedules are
available for you and we will if you want one we will text you an image of
the schedule so you can have it. But let me just kind of go through the schedule
and help you understand you know what to expect and and what what you can be a
part of and things like that. So on Tuesday morning we're gonna begin at 10
a.m. Well first of all from 9 to 10 a.m. is registration when the young people
will come in and we will get them registered and put them on their teams.
They're gonna be in two different teams during the youth rally. We'll get them
their t-shirts. There's two teams with two different color t-shirts for the
teams. At 10 a.m. the morning session will begin and the morning session is
open to everyone. Anybody can come to it. You you can you can come to it even if
you're not a teenager. In fact I want to encourage you to come to it. Now when you
come remember that the youth rally is geared towards the young people. They're
gonna be put into two teams. They're gonna be competing against each other
during the youth rally just having a good time. When you show up on Tuesday
this building is not gonna look like this all right. We've got a group of
ladies coming in on Monday and they're gonna transform this auditorium into the
the theme for the youth rally is gladiators and they're gonna turn this
into a coliseum all right and maybe I'm exaggerating but we've got all sorts of
things that they're gonna do and and and fun things and when you show up these
three sections here are not going to be three sections they're going to be
divided into two sections all right and those two sections will be for the young
people so one team will sit on one side one team will sit on the other side and
that's where we want the young people the teenagers to sit so they can sit
with their teams they're gonna have competitions and things like that want
them up front for the preaching and all of that you will still have we'll stop
the two sections in the back and then we'll have these two wing sections when
you show up on Tuesday if you come on Tuesday we want the parents and the non
teen kids to sit and these sections or in the back and leave these two
sections in the middle in the front for the teenagers to be on their different
teams the 10 a.m. session is going to have singing like a normal church
service there's gonna be a skit that is I think it's pretty awesome I think
you'll like it if you come it's gonna be funny and it's gonna kind of set the
context for the evening so we encourage you to be here if you can be that for
that and then we're gonna have a 25-minute sermon that morning session
for the kids pastor Jared Pazarski from whole fast Baptist Church is gonna be
preaching in the morning so that morning session is open to anyone you're welcome
to come it's gonna be a good time then from 12 to 1 p.m. we're gonna be serving
lunch at a local park and we'll get you you'll have a bulletin or whatever and
your the kids will have the addresses and everything they need let me say this
about the lunches all right we have made plans to provide lunch and dinner over
the next two days to anybody who registered to come to the conference so
we've got the delegates and their families plus anybody who signed up to
volunteer at certain times if they're if they're volunteering during lunchtime
for lunch or something like that then we've we've kind of put them into the
number to make sure that we've got enough food and all that for them but I
want you understand that the lunch times and the dinner times are are for the
delegates and the families that have registered to be here and any
volunteers that have signed up to be here because we've we've made plans
based off the numbers of people that told us that they were gonna be here so
here's what I'm trying to tell you as kindly as possible is that if we have
made plans to feed a hundred and fifty people and 250 people show up and a
hundred of you never registered or told us you were coming that's not gonna work
okay now we want to be a good host and the last thing that we want is people
that came here from we got people coming from Alaska and Colorado and all
all sorts of different places and the last thing we want is people that came
here from out of state to come here and not get food because you decided Oh
pastor Jimenez is providing meals and I don't have to cook meals for my kids you
know so just the the lunches are for the delegates for the conference so lunch
from 12 to 1 is for the teens and the families and their siblings if they
registered and told us we've made plans for them if you signed up to volunteer
at any of those things that we had volunteer opportunities for we've made
plans for you but if not then we haven't made plans for you and just please help
us with that that's not really open to everyone from one to four there's going
to be games and competitions at the park we've got these big inflatable obstacle
course that the kids are gonna be competing in we've got jousting and
games and things that they're gonna do and you're welcome to come to that and
and observe that but that really is activities for the kids from four to six
there's a break to get ready for the evening service from six to seven we're
gonna be serving dinner in the fellowship hall for the delegates all
right and you say you're being a respecter of persons listen to my sermon
this morning all right it's for the kids and for their parents and for the
families that have signed up and that told us that they were coming obviously
if you sign up to volunteer during those times and we've got you covered but
we're serving dinner for the delegates six to seven before the evening service
seven to nine we're having the service here of course the evening service is
open to everyone and pastor Anderson's gonna be preaching and I'm sure that
people will come from wherever just to hear and preach and that's great so
you're welcome to be here at 7 p.m. for the evening service we're gonna have the
evening service here we'll have a cookie fellowship that's for everyone cookie
fellowship after the service and and a wrestling show in the fellowship on
you're not gonna want to miss it the wrestling shows gonna be pretty awesome
so make sure that you're here for that next day Wednesday 10 a.m. morning
session again at the church building open to everyone lunch I'm looking at my
notes I just want to make sure that I'm not I'm not missing anything here lunch
12 to 1 and the fellowship hall again for the delegates and their families and
any volunteers that are there we're we got a group of ladies that are coming
in to make sandwiches for the young people and for their families so
obviously if you volunteered to make sandwiches we're not gonna make you make
sandwiches and say okay go home now you know you're we've we've prepared for the
volunteers as well but we have not prepared for our church and look I I'm
I'm thankful for this but I just we have 240 people in church this morning and I
praise the Lord for that but I just can't have 250 of you show up for free
lunch on top of the hundred and fifty that are coming from out of town does
that make sense I'm not trying to put a wet blanket on you or whatever I'm just
trying to help you understand so lunch in the fellowship hall for the ladies
1 to 2 p.m. games in the fellowship hall for the teams 3 to 5 we've got a
bowl-a-thon and we've rented a local bowling alley and again let me kind of
just help you out with this all right we rented the entire bowling alley 16
lanes of those 16 lanes 12 of them are being are already ate up just by the
kids that are coming so that leaves us for open lanes and we're going to cuz we
are hosts right nobody hosts conferences like Verity Baptist Church host
conferences and nobody you know serves out-of-town guests like our church
serves out-of-town guests and we want to leave those four open lanes for any
of the families that look not not all of them are gonna be able to bolt right
because even they have to realize the priorities for the teams the teams are
gonna take up 12 of those 16 lanes already that gives us four lanes and
we're gonna try to keep those lanes open for the the moms and dads that are
coming from out of town to be able to enjoy themselves as well so so look I'm
not gonna be bowling my wife's not gonna be bowling my kid I've got six
kids only two are teens my four girls are not gonna be bowling so so we're
just so I can't just have you show up and be like free bowling yeah and you
can do that at the other bowling alley but and and here's the thing I wouldn't
even I would ask don't even come to the bowling alley because there's gonna be
too many people there anyway already so you can come to the park if you want to
just watch but don't even come to the bowling alley just to watch because
we're already going to max out the capacity of it and we don't want to you
know get in trouble or have somebody tell us that we have to get people out
of the building order so I'm just trying to help you understand because we're
getting a lot of questions about this five to six break to prepare for the
evening service six to seven dinner for the delegates and families in the
fellowship hall along with the along with the volunteers look I'm not trying
to hurt your feeling I'm just trying to help you understand what we're doing
here so that you can you can get it I'm sure the staff right now they're like
I thought I was gonna bowl no no one bowling you know there we're just gonna
what we're gonna doing it for the teams all right six to seven and look that
that was the biggest bowling alley we could find you know and and that we
could use like that then seven to nine evening service here at the church
building wrestling show and all of that so I'm just trying to help you
understand it's gonna be a fun time games and competitions we the kids are
gonna have different competitions and they're gonna be earning points to for
their teams to win the the major big competition every game that a kids a
part of they're getting a $10 Amazon gift card as a prize for the games you
know eating the jello Coliseum the fastest or whatever that we're doing
we're having this big raffle with a electric scooter $630 electric scooter
real nice scooter we're gonna raffle it off and raffle off hats and raffle off
gift cards and things like that and the way that the kids are gonna get raffle
tickets is by being involved you know by being involved and by by participating
we're gonna have someone get up after the sermons and ask questions to the
teens about the sermons and for every right answer you know they'll get a
raffle ticket and the goal is that they get the people that get the most raffle
tickets will have the most the biggest chance of winning you know and we're
trying to have a good time and here's here's why I'm bringing all this up to
you okay cuz I know Christians and I know fundamental Baptists and I know the
holier-than-thou's out there and some of you are anything like this sounds like a
little too much levity in the house of God let me tell you something when you
were 15 years old you were fornicating and getting high so get your holier-than-thou
attitude out of this thing and just let the kids have a good time all
right don't have this attitude that's like I don't think we should be having
this much fun let the kids have a good time look we don't let them watch movies
we don't let at least you're not supposed to we don't let them listen to
rock music we don't let them go to worldly parties let them have a good time
you know and what I'm trying to say to you is get behind it when the kids are
competing hey cheer them on clap for them have a good time with them one
thing we're gonna do at the youth rally which is maybe different here and here's
the other point I want you that it's not gonna feel like a church service all
right now the preaching is gonna be preaching from the Word of God and
that's gonna feel like church but the rest of it is just gonna be fun it's
gonna be games gonna be competitions and when I was a kid growing up something
that we would do would be we would cheer on the preachers and we're actually
gonna do that here for the youth rally we've got these nice entrance audios
that will play for for the preachers and they're gonna be announced in like like
a like a fighter going down to the ring all right just go with it you know cheer
on when pastor Anderson's announced cheer him on all right get it you say I
don't think we should be cheering for a preacher hey I'd rather they cheer for a
preacher than some sodomite football player I'd rather they make a hero out
of a preacher than some drug addict basketball player so just don't don't
have this attitude like I don't think this is look we're we're trying to have
provided opportunities for these kids to have a good time in a clean
environment or maybe they'll hear from the Word of God and have their hearts
touched and they'll carry on the faith and fight the battles that need to be
fought in the future so get involved let them have a good time but don't get so
involved that you're taking up lanes and kids from out of town are crying cuz you
thought you know pastor Jimenez should pay for you to go bowling all right does
that make do you understand I'm saying hopefully that makes sense and hopefully
I came off in the right spirit go to judges chapter 2 we're gonna finish this
up judges chapter 2 if you have any questions talk to anybody but me but I
hope you understood the spirit in which I'm I'm giving you instructions I just
want you to be ready to participate and to cheer these kids on they want them to
have a good time judges chapter 2 and verse 7 here's what we're trying to
avoid we're gonna be done right now judges 2 7 and the people serve the Lord
all the days of Joshua and all days of the elders that outlive Joshua who had
seen all the great works of the Lord and he did that he did for Israel and Joshua
the son of Nun the servants of the Lord died being in hundred and ten years old
and they buried him in the borders of his inheritance in Timnath here is and
the Mount of Ephraim on the north side of the hill Gaiash and also notice verse
10 all the generations were gathered unto their fathers here's what we're
trying to avoid with this next generation youth rally and there arose
another generation after them which knew not the Lord nor yet the works which he
had done for Israel we want these kids to be excited about the house of God we
want them to be excited about the Word of God we want them to be excited about
the things of the Lord you know we're hoping that these kids will come to this
conference and yeah they'll have a good time and yeah they'll have fun but I'm
hoping they make some decisions with their lives I'm hoping they make
decisions to maintain their purity until marriage I'm hoping some young men will
decide you know what I'm not gonna live for for money I'm gonna I'm gonna go
into the ministry and and and be a preacher I'm not saying every kid needs
to do that I'm just saying I'm hoping there'll be some that will what we're
hoping that some of these kids will say you know maybe I don't want to be a
preacher but but I'm gonna be a faithful man at my church I'm gonna I'm gonna
work hard and I'm gonna just be a blessing to my we're hoping that we can
impact eternity through this next generation youth rally so I want to
encourage you to pray and to prepare and to help in any way that we can that the
generations to come will serve God and that it would not be said of our young
people that there arose another generation after them which knew not the
Lord inspire heads in our word of prayer Heavenly Father Lord we thank you and we
love you and Lord I do thank you for our church I know that our church is
filled with people that have a heart for serving
steaming others better than themselves
and obviously I'm biased but I know that this church puts on great events and I
appreciate that I appreciate the people here just pray you'd help us to be ready
to serve to make sure that our out-of-time guests and friends are
taken care of and that these kids have a good time I want them to have a good
memories of church help them to learn that they can have fun in a clean
environment they can have fun in an environment where they're serving God
what I pray that this week would be a wonderful week in the matchless name of
Christ we pray amen all right well we're gonna have brother RJ come up and lead
us in a final song just a couple of reminders first of all don't forget that
the cookie fellowship if you can sign up if you'd like to sign up to bring
cookies for the cookie fellowship on Tuesday at 7 and or Wednesday at 7
we've got clipboards in the foyer before that and then of course the next
generation youth rally we hope you'll come Tuesday morning 10 a.m. you're
welcome to be part of the morning session if you can't do that you're
working we understand but 7 p.m. evening service you're not gonna want to miss it
make sure you're here for that if there's anything we can do for you
please let us know and you know I do like to just tell you and remind you
from time to time I know sometimes in my preaching it might not feel like it but
my wife and I really do love you and we pray for you and we appreciate the honor
that it is to serve alongside you so please be in prayer for this week it'll
be a good week if there's anything we do for you please let us know we'll have
brother RJ come up and lead us in a final song
now let's grab our songbooks and turn to page number 41
song number four one and service with sweet by and by song number four one
there is a land that is fair than they saw number 41 let's go ahead sing it out
on the first
by
we shall see
and our spirit
we shall be
in the street
unless to our
we will offer
for our
and the blessings
in the street
by
amen great singing if anyone here has questions about salvation baptism or
church membership pastor will be at the door he would love to talk to you or
directly to someone who's trained to do that as well brother Matt would you
dismiss us with the order prayer
yeah