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Nahum chapter one is a very packed chapter as far as just a lot of good references. And so I love this chapter. I'm actually working on memorizing it just because there's a lot of good stuff in there. But Nahum chapter one, Nahum is a minor prophet. There's three chapters to this book. And first of all, you just may ask yourself, what is it about? And literally the first four words of this book will tell you what it's about. It says the burden of Nineveh. That's what this book is about. It's talking about Nineveh. So that off the bat will tell you, okay, what are we dealing with and what are we talking about? But Nineveh, what is Nineveh? Well, Nineveh is the capital city of Assyria. So Nineveh is like the capital if you think of like Washington, D.C. as being the capital of America. And so Nineveh is like that city that kind of runs Assyria. And so if you want to just, and actually I wanted to correct something. We were going through Genesis, go back to Genesis chapter ten real quick. And when we're talking about where Nineveh started, and it goes all the way back to Genesis chapter ten when we're dealing with the nations that split off out of Babel and out of the Tower of Babel and the land of Shinar. And when I first read through Genesis ten when we were kind of going through it, it looked like Asher, which is the one that started Assyria, was coming out of Japheth. But when I looked at it closer, when you go to Genesis chapter ten verse eleven, Genesis chapter ten verse eleven it says, out of the land went forth Asher and built Nineveh. It doesn't say that he came out of Japheth or whatever. And so, let me just turn there myself, just make sure I'm looking at that right. But actually what we'll see is that Asher actually came out of Shem. And so, in verse, where am I at here, ten, eleven, yeah. So out of, yeah, so I think when I preached that sermon I was saying that there were two different Ashers, but I don't believe that's the case. I believe it's talking about Asher before he even mentions who he came from. Because as you go down to verse twenty-two it says, the children of Shem, Elam and Asher, and Arphaxad and Lud and Aram. So Asher is actually out of Shem and that's where Assyria came from. But basically the way it goes is that Asher that's talked about in verse eleven is the Asher that came from Shem, he's just stating a fact that Asher came out of that land too, out of Babel and out of Shinar, and that's where he built, and that person built Nineveh. And so Asher, you can see the similarities between Assyria, the word Assyria and Asher. But also if you go to Zephaniah, there's no doubt, go to Zephaniah, so you're in Nahum and so you just have to go forward a little bit in the might of prophets there. And I promise you I'm going to keep this really short as far as talking about where we're at in the timeline with these prophets. This is just a real quick, but in Zephaniah chapter two and verse thirteen, Zephaniah chapter two and verse thirteen it says, and he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria and will make Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness. So in Zephaniah it's very clear that Assyria and Nineveh, they're talking about the same place. But Nineveh is a little more concentrated as far as if you're talking about America but then you said Washington D.C. or you're talking about New York or wherever, you're talking about a specific location in that land, but we're talking about Assyria. And so Nineveh is just the capital city of Assyria. Now when we're talking about Nahum, where is this at? Because again I picked a minor prophet that doesn't tell you what time frame this is going on. But again if the minor prophets are going in order, chronological order, then you can look at the ones in between it or before it and after it and kind of see where you're at a little bit. So in Micah 1.1, you don't have to turn there, but in Micah 1.1 it says the word of the Lord that came to Micah, the Merashthite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. So Micah comes right before Nahum and it was in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Judah and then, or of Judah, and then if you go, Habakkuk doesn't tell you, but Zephaniah tells you that it was in the days of Josiah. So Josiah was after Hezekiah. So you have Manasseh, Ammon, and then Josiah. And so it's somewhere in between there, you know, Jotham to Josiah. Somewhere in there is where this is at. And I would venture to say it's probably after, you know, Israel was taken out by Assyria and probably maybe even after Hezekiah, remember the run-in he had with Zanacharib and with Rapshaki where they were trying to take out Judah and God took them out and he made that not so to where they didn't come into the land, they didn't take out Judah, and Assyria was taken out. Because if you remember, Jonah comes before this and Jonah, Nineveh was spared judgment. But this whole book is talking about how judgment is going to come upon Nineveh. So that judgment with Jonah, that was just stayed for a later point. Because as we get into Nahum, this is where Nineveh is going to be, he's basically prophesying how they're going to be taken out. They're going to be completely desolate and their wound is going to be incurable. That's how the book ends, okay? So that's in a nutshell, what is Nahum about? It's talking about pretty much the judgment that's going to be upon Nineveh. So it makes sense that you're dealing with after Assyria took out the northern kingdom of Israel and so you're probably dealing maybe in Hezekiah's day. That would fall in line with the chronological aspect of this, right? If you're talking about Micah, it goes up to Hezekiah and then Nahum's after that. So it's probably in Hezekiah's day or something. And so, but let's go down through this. So we see the book is called The Burden of Nineveh, The Book of the Vision of Nahum the El Coshite. So it's very clear that this whole book is about the burden of Nineveh. And how does this start off? Verse 2, I love this. I love these two verses here where you start off this book. Verse 2 of Nahum, it says, God is jealous and the Lord revengeth. The Lord revengeth and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. The Lord is slow to anger and great in power and will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm and the clouds are the dust of his feet. So this gives you a good picture of who God is. And you know, you may say, man, that sounds rough. God sounds mean. Well, I'm sorry to confuse you with the Bible and the God of the Bible because the God of the Bible is jealous. He's a jealous God. And you know, people will say, you know, jealousy, that's a bad thing. That's a sin. Where did you get that from? Because it's not from the Bible. Because it says God is jealous, so it can't be a sin. Now envy in the Bible is a sin in most all cases. And so jealousy, if you think about it, you know, it talks about the jealousy of a husband. It's not a bad thing. Because your wife is, she belongs to you. And ladies, you being jealous of your husband is not a bad thing because your husband belongs to you. Envy is when you covet something that's not yours, that doesn't belong to you. So jealousy is a good thing. God is jealous because he is, he covets those things which belong to him. We belong to him, so he's jealous over us. And so it's not a bad thing. And this isn't the first time, but I'm going to show you the first time jealous is mentioned in the Bible. Go to Exodus chapter 20. And if you know your Bible, Exodus chapter 20 is where the Ten Commandments are found. And it's interesting because what's said here really does parallel what was said in Nahum. Because it says he is jealous and the Lord revengeth. And the Lord, it talks about the Lord revengeth and is furious. And it talks about how he will not at all acquit the wicked. Keep that in mind. When we look at Exodus chapter 20, we'll start there in verse 3 just to get the first commandment in there. Because what you're going to find in Nahum chapter 1 is that at the end here he's talking about the fact that they had other gods and stuff like that. And it's interesting that what commandment are we dealing with when he talks about the fact that he's jealous? It's because they had other gods. And so in Exodus chapter 20 in verse 3 it says, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Take unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them. For I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. So it's very paralleled with Nahum chapter 1 where he's talking about how God is jealous and he's not at all going to acquit the wicked. And so he says visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children. And so it's very clear. Exodus chapter 34, go to Exodus chapter 34. And so the very first mention of jealous in the Bible it says God is jealous. He is a jealous God. So jealousy is not a bad thing. So you've got to get your definitions from the Bible. I'm sick and tired of people telling me that hell is a bad word. You say hell and they're just like, oh, you cuss, hate's a bad word. What universe are you in? Because for you to say it's a bad word, it's like when I was in college and they would say piss was a bad word. That's in the Bible, okay? And so that's in the Bible. Yes, it's a harsher word, obviously, but every word of God is pure. He's a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words lest he reprove thee and thou be found a liar. And so the Bible is very clear that jealous is a godly, it's a wholesome word. And we read this morning, him that pisses against the wall. That's wholesome words. And so you need to get your mind out of what the TV says is wrong because the TV will have them blaspheming your savior and saying GD this and using your savior's name in vain all the time and then they'll bleep out hell. And you're like, what in the world? You're gonna bleep out hell? And so, anyway, that's a tangent. So in Exodus chapter 34 and verse 14, it says, Exodus 34 and 14, it says, For thou shalt worship no other god, for the Lord whose name is jealous is a jealous god. His name is jealous. You could literally call him jealous. That's his name. And so, and obviously, what's that, in all these cases where you're looking at God is jealous, he's a jealous God, his name is jealous, what are you dealing with? That they're basically worshipping other gods. And so he's jealous of that because he deserves all the worship from every single person on this earth and any god, and I'll use that loosely because we know that they're not gods. We know that they're just wood and stone and they're all just made of men's hands, but to them they're gods and God is jealous over that. But also as Christians, you say, well, that's God, he's jealous, he could be jealous. Well, go to 2 Corinthians chapter 11. I think if Christians would memorize in A.M. chapter 1, they'd have a better picture of who God is. They'd have a better picture of the Bible because this is just very clear as far as God. And it goes through too, you know, God is jealous, he revengeth, and they're like, oh, that's a mean God. And then it says in verse 3, the Lord is slow to anger. So yes, he's jealous, yes, he's wrathful, but he's slow to it. And we can see that in just case and point with America that he's slow to anger. He's slow to anger and he's very, very long suffering with America and all the wickedness that's going on in our country. And so you can see that. And that's true as the day is long. Verse 3 is validated every single time America is not put into the ground. And so, but 2 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 2, 2 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 2, it says, for, this is Paul speaking, I am jealous over you with what? Godly jealousy. For I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. Paul said, I am jealous of you with godly jealousy. So tell me again that jealousy is a sin, okay? Because it's just not true, it's not biblical. Show me in the Bible where jealousy is a bad thing. Actually, most of the time you're gonna find that it's talking about God. It's just like when someone brings up, you know, you gotta repent of your sins to be saved. You gotta repent, turn to burn. And then you look up the word repent and God's doing it more in the Old Testament than anybody. And so it's just ridiculous, you know, you gotta get your definitions from the Bible, stop reading these stupid commentaries, stop going to the TV to get your definitions on words and what word's a bad word and what word's a good word. If it's in the Bible, it's a good word. And you should be using it every time you get a chance. And so I have no apologies when I use words of the Bible and people look at me, they're like, you'll use the word like bastard. And they'll just look at you like, oh, what in the world did you say? I'm like, that's Bible. You know, you're gonna come at me and make me feel bad about what the Bible says, then are you bastards and not sons according to the Bible. And that's a biblical term to mean that you're fatherless, that you don't have God as your father because you're not saved. And so the world will bleep that out, they'll bleep out hell, but then they'll just put in all the stuff about blaspheming my Savior. So and obviously we need to have clean language, you know, like there's a lot of filthy language out there. God is counting that. Okay. And so I'm not saying like, you know, use all that filthy language. But Bible terms are not filthy. They're wholesome. The wholesome words of Jesus Christ, every word of God is pure, it is very pure, according to Psalm 119. So as we continue on here, you know, people just don't think about God who He is. They're like, God is love, you know, and that's true. He's love. They say it like that, you know, God is love, and you know, like all this stuff, and they don't want to take the whole package. There's a whole package deal. When you take God, you got to take the fact that, how about in Hebrews chapter 12 verse 29, it says, for our God is a consuming fire. You got to put that in there. How about that He's a man of war? How about in Deuteronomy 32 22, it says, for a fire is kindled in mine anger and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with their increase and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. How about that? How about the fires of hell are actually, they are fueled by God's anger, right? And so, you know, you got to understand who God is, and you're talking about God and revenge it in this in this verse, there's just these two verses just have so much good information about who God is, but it says that the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. It says in the Nahum 1 2, well, look at Hebrews chapter 10, Hebrews chapter 10. And so there's just so much good doctrine as far as who God is, and then it goes into like good aspects of God later on, we're going to get to that. Good aspects in as far as not wrathful, right, and stuff that people would like to hear, but you got to take everything together. You can't just take pieces of God. God's not a buffet. You can't just say, okay, I want this part of God, I want this part of God, but I don't want this wrathful, angry God. And by the way, God hasn't changed. I am the Lord. I change not. Jesus Christ is saying yesterday, today and forever. And so it's always been this way and in the New Testament, he's the same God. He's still a jealous God. He's still a God that revenge it and is furious. And if you don't believe me, read Revelation, because there's more wrath going to be poured out in the end times and probably has been ever in all of history. If there's going to be a tribulation such as the world has never seen, you better believe it that that wrath that's coming on the seven trumpets, seven vials, and when Jesus Christ comes on a white horse is going to trump everything that ever happened. You know, the Egypt, when the 10 plagues came on Egypt, that's going to be nothing. It's going to be a drop in the bucket to what he has in store for this nation, for this world. And, you know, people just think that God, that angry God just disappeared, but he's still here and it's common. But Hebrews chapter 10 verse 30, it says, for we know him that hath said vengeance belongeth unto me. I will recompense said the Lord. And again, the Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. New Testament, by the way, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. And you know who he's talking to there in particular? Now, obviously, vengeance belonging to him, he's going to recompense all the unbelievers that have persecuted us and all this stuff, but it talks about the Lord shall judge what? His people. And even as Christians, you need to be looking at that. You're not to fear what man can do unto you, but you should fear God. And we don't fear that God's going to send us to hell, but you should fear the person that's able to send someone to hell. And so we need to have that healthy fear of God. And I feel like in churches today, that fear's not there because it's not being preached. These passages like Nahum chapter one, they don't want to preach them because it's not fluffy enough for them. It's not that, you know, rah, rah, you know, three points in a poem and a prayer and a little illustration and we can go home and feel good about ourselves. They don't want to preach the hard stuff in the Bible, but you know, you may say, man, you're on a hobby horse with all this stuff and this hard stuff. Find me a chapter in the Bible where there's not something hard being said. I'd like to see it. Show me a chapter in the Bible where there's not something that is very, that's not divisive. That's not something that would offend somebody. I'd like to see it. Show me the chapter. You'd be like, well, Psalms, you really want to go there? I preach the old sermon on imprecatory prayers. Psalm one, you know, you like the first part, but do you like the fact where it says that the chaff shall be driven away with the wind and that, you know, that the wicked shall not be in the congregation of the righteous? Psalm two, you want to go there? You want to go to Psalm three? You want to go to Psalm five where all the workers iniquities God hates? And so all I'm saying with that is that don't blame me when I'm preaching sermons and especially when I'm doing expository because tonight's more of an expository sermon and usually we say that for the Wednesday nights, but don't blame me when I'm doing expository preaching through chapters and every single sermon has something negative in it or has something that's going to hurt someone's feelings or it's going to step on someone's toes. That's just the Bible. That's God's word. And so Nahum chapter one is just a hallmark chapter for just really driving that home. But Nahum chapter one and verse four, here's an interesting verse. Nahum chapter one verse four, it says, he rebuketh the sea and maketh it dry and drieth up the rivers, Bashan languisheth and Carmel and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. Every time I read this verse, I think of Jesus. Go to Matthew chapter eight. Here's a verse to kind of show Jesus' deity. And obviously there's plenty of ways to do this. This isn't the first place I would go to, by the way, as far as if someone wanted to see Jesus' deity. But when you cross reference this with what Jesus did in the New Testament or in Matthew chapter eight, you'll see who's the he that rebuketh the sea in Nahum? It's God, that jealous God, that God that is furious, that God that revengeth and that will not at all acquit the wicked. And so remember, he rebuketh the sea and maketh it dry. Matthew chapter eight, starting there in verse 23 to get context. Matthew eight verse 23, it says, and when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him and behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves, but he was asleep. And his disciples came to him and awoke him saying, Lord, save us, we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Many arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm, but the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him? Because he's God. So this is just a proof, he's just proving to them, hey, I'm the son of God. Because in Nahum chapter one, it says he rebuketh the sea. And what did he do? He rebuked the sea, he rebuked the wind, and it was calm. And they say, what manner of man is this? So he was just showing them, hey, I'm the Christ, I'm the son of God. So when you see what Peter says later on in Matthew chapter 16, thou art the Christ, thou art the son of the living God, why do you think he knew that? Well, he rebuked the sea for one. That's the one good little marker there. And so this is a great verse in Nahum chapter one to kind of reference in the Old Testament something that Jesus did when he came on the earth. But we're going back to Nahum chapter one, Nahum chapter one and verse five. So we're just kind of chugging along through here. And so Nahum's not that long, or Nahum chapter one's not that long. But there's just different points that I want to point out with this chapter, because in this chapter, it's really, it's not getting too much into the judgment against Nineveh. You don't get into that really into chapter two and three. Chapter one's more so like, here's who God is. Here's what God's able to do. Right? And it's kind of just painting you a picture of, hey, Nineveh, look who you messed with. You know, so to speak, it's like, this is God. And you've gone against God. Here's what's about to happen to you, you know, and then in chapter two and three is where you really get into the judgments that's gonna happen. But in verse five there, it's really just describing the fearfulness that you should have for God. God's terribleness. Yes, I said terrible because God, our God is a terrible God. That's Bible, by the way. That is Bible. He's a terrible God and terrible, not as in like, like what we would think of terrible. When you think of terrible, you think of someone that's like really bad, terrible, just in the word means it's like terrifying. It's just a derivative of the word terrify, or, you know, we think of terrific. When you say terrific, you know, we think of that as a good way. Terrible is a bad thing, but they're really the same word. And so anyway, as you go to Nahum chapter one and verse five, it says, the mountains quake at him and the hills melt and the earth is burned at his presence. Yea, the world and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire and the rocks are thrown down by him. Remember in Deuteronomy chapter 32, what was his anger? What did it do? It burned unto the lowest towel and it set on fire the foundations of the mountains. And what does it say here? The earth is burned at his presence and his fury is poured out like water and the rocks are thrown down by him. And so this just lines up perfectly with Deuteronomy 32, talking about hell. And notice it says the earth is burned at his presence. His presence is what's causing the earth to burn. And there's this doctrine out there that hell is the absence of God. That hell is, you know, basically when people are going to hell, they're separated from God. And that God's presence is not being there, that's the worst part about hell is that God's not there. You know the worst part about hell is that you're being burned by the presence of God. It's the presence of God and his indignation that sets on fire the foundations of the mountains and it sets on fire hell. And, you know, you get some, you'd actually get some good doctrine if you looked at Nahum chapter 1. But go to 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 and I want to just kind of prove this in the Bible that hell, that God is there. How about in Psalm 139, it says if I make, if I ascend up to heaven behold thou art there and if I make my bed in hell behold thou art there. God is in hell. His presence is there. His presence I'm going to show you is what fuels the fire of hell. And so to say that, you know, hell is the absence of God is just not biblical. Just as much as these cute sayings that like, well God is light and darkness is the absence of light. How about God created darkness? You know, how about God created evil? So these cute little sayings where you say well, you know, evil is the absence of good. You know, white is, you know, and all these cute things, why don't you just stick to the Bible? Stick to what the Bible says. God creates evil. God creates darkness. And how about hell is fueled by his presence and it's not the absence of his presence. Now 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 and verse 7, 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 verse 7, it says unto you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels. In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power. So man, that Jesus doesn't seem too nice when he comes back, does he? Now notice what it says, who shall be punished. Now this is where they twist the Bible because what they say is from the presence of the Lord, meaning away from. Now I'm going to prove to you that this doesn't mean away from, but you're adding to the word there. When you say that this means away from, from, it can mean that. If I said I came from this place or, you know, something from this, you could say that's away from. So that word can be used that way. But from can also mean the source, where it originates from, where is it coming from? And so when I read this, and I'll prove this to you, but when I read this, when it says who shall be punished with the everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, meaning the presence of the Lord is what's punishing them and the glory of his power. So the everlasting destruction, the origin of that is his presence and his glory. You want some proof on that? Go to Revelation chapter 15. You're going to see that same kind of language used and in this chapter, in this verse, there's no doubt that you know that it's not saying away from it. It's actually the source. So in Revelation chapter 15, verse 8, so think about that, it says that who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power. Now look at Revelation 15, verse 8, and the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of the Lord and from his power and no man was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. Same language and no one would read this and say that the temple was filled from smoke away from the glory of the Lord and away from his power, his glory and his power, right? And so, you know, clear as day, but you say, well, I'm still not convinced. Well, go to Revelation chapter 14. Go back a chapter. Revelation 14, because this will in no way, there's no way you can get around this. Revelation 14 and verse 10. So when you read Nahum where it says that the earth is burned at its present, when you read the fact that his anger and his indignation is what fires hell, and when you look at the first mention of hell in Deuteronomy 32, it makes sense that his presence would be there. The devil's not fueling the fires of hell. The devil's going to be in the lowest hell, and he's going to be tormented by that hell and God's anger is what's fueling that fire. He's angry with the wicked every day, every day. So but in Revelation chapter 14 verse 10, it says, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation, and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever, and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Is there any doubt that God is, his presence is, it's in the presence of the lamb. So when people go to hell, it's in the presence of the lamb because God's everywhere, my friends. Where did we get this idea that God is not at all places at once? We believe he's omnipresent, but not only is he there, his presence is what fuels the everlasting destruction according to 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, or chapter 1, I'm sorry. And so that's what's kind of ridiculous when you hear these theories and the Baptists come out and say this type of stuff, it's literally completely opposite of what they say. They're like, the absence of his presence is what the destruction is. No, it says it is his presence that's his destruction. It's like completely opposite. And so, Nahum chapter 1 kind of really, really does support that. But Nahum chapter 1 and verse 7, now we get into something that is a little more or less on the angry side of God. Nahum chapter 1 verse 7, so after we just got done talking about God is jealous, he revengeth, he's furious, he will not at all acquit the wicked, he sets on fire the earth with his anger and all this stuff. Then it says in verse 7, the Lord is good. So how about you got to take all of that? You can't just cut out the first part of Nahum and just take verse 7. And amen to verse 7. Amen to verse 7. He is good. Notice what it says, the Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble and he knoweth them that trust in him. This is such a great verse. I love this verse. He knoweth them that trust in him. Now there's other places where it talks about the Lord is good. One of the most famous verses is in Psalm 34 verse 8, it says, O taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Sound familiar? You think Nahum came, yeah, it's the Holy Spirit. Okay, so Nahum is a great, great chapter. This is a great chapter. But anyway, O taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that trusteth in him. And that's what you'll find in the Old Testament is that in the New Testament, you'll see believe, believe, believe. In the Old Testament, you actually see a lot more of the trust. It says, kiss the son lest he be angry. And it says, blessed are all they that put their trust in him. And so you'll see that a lot where it says trust in him, taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that trusteth in him. And so trusting, even every word of God is pure, he's a shield unto them that put their trust in him. And so you'll see that a lot, trust, trust, trust. And actually, even out soloing, I like using the word trust. Because trust actually helps because those are used synonymously in the Bible, believe and trust. Because trust is a word that people understand that you're not just talking about believing someone exists, you're putting your trust in them. You're putting your faith in them to do something for you. And so trust is a great word, it's a very biblical word to use, especially for salvation. But Psalm 100 in verse five, it says, for the Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations. And in Psalm 145, nine, notice what it says here, Psalm 145, nine, it says, the Lord is good to all, the Lord is good to all. And his tender mercies are over all his works. Now that's an interesting statement there. The Lord is good to all. Well, how can that be true? We know he's sending people to hell. Well, go to Matthew chapter five, I'm going to explain this. Because the Lord is good and the Lord is just. And the Lord would still be good if he sent everybody to hell and no one believed on him, he'd still be good. Because he's just, he's righteous, and there's no iniquity in him. But it says the Lord is good to all. I believe that to be true. And I'm going to show you a reason why I believe that's true, because Jesus brings up a point about it. And Matthew five in verse 44, Matthew five verse 44, it says, but I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be the children of your father which is in heaven. But it says, for he maketh his son to rise on the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Do you know that God's good even to people that, I mean, you think about like all the people in the world, every single person, he allows them to breathe, he gives them rain, he gives them, you know, like all the stuff that he gives people that are even wicked people. Now, their end is to be burned in some of these cases. But the Lord is good to all. And no one could ever say that the Lord hasn't been good to them to some extent. And so that's what I believe with this. But that's a good place to kind of show you that even the people that are your enemies, God's even good to them, you know, and that's what he's saying, you know, if someone's your enemy, and you need to be good to them too, because even God, you know, rains on the just and on the unjust. And so we need to do what God does. Now, Lamentations 3, now, I'll say this, that God is going to be more so good to those that are his, okay, as far as his blessings and in the end, if someone doesn't get saved, yeah, he was good to them to a certain extent, but they're going to be in hell forever. And for that point, he's not gonna be good to them anymore. And so for the saved, you know, that resonates a lot more when you say God is good, or the Lord is good. Because in Lamentations 3, 25, it says, the Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. So especially to those that believe, you know, when you think about the fact that God is good to all, but especially to those that seek him, and especially those that wait for him. In Psalm 73, in verse one, it says, truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. So you see that? So it is true that God is good to all to a certain extent, right? It doesn't say that he's like, you know, giving them all their needs and all that. He's just saying, hey, I put rain even on the unjust and just alike, you know, there's basically there's certain aspects in this life that he allows, you know, there to be oxygen for them to breathe, you can go to those extremes where God is good to them to a certain extent to where they're even going on to the next day. And they're living and they have some kind of health, but especially to those that are of a clean heart, and those that wait for him, and those that seek him, he is good. And so put your trust in that, that God is good, and he's a stronghold, it says, in the day of trouble. So just remember that, and he knoweth them that trust in him. Now this is a great point to know, especially as you're going into the New Testament, as far as he knoweth them that are his. So when you see the fact that, you know, Matthew 7 is a great example of this, where it's talking, he knoweth them that trust in him, because he said to those people in Matthew 7, I never knew you, depart from me ye that work iniquity, well you know that none of them trusted in him then. Because it says, I know them, I knoweth him that trusteth in me, or he knoweth them that trust in him. And so there's another verse, and obviously we can go to, I'm going to show you John chapter 10, and all that, but this is a great verse to go to if you were ever just trying to prove that, that hey, these people definitely weren't saved, because the Lord knoweth them that are his, and I'm going to show you that, but he knoweth them that trust in him. So how do you answer that? Well he didn't know them because they didn't trust in him. So I love this verse, Nahum 1.7 is a great verse. But go to 2 Timothy chapter 2, because this is said in a different way, you know, it says he knoweth them that trust in him, well then in 2 Timothy chapter 2 and verse 19, it kind of says the same thing, but it rewords it a little bit, instead of those that trust in him, it says, nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, so you're in 2 Timothy 2 verse 19, nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having the seal, the Lord knoweth them that are his, and let everyone that nameth the name of Christ apart from iniquity. And so we see the same kind of thing being said, in one place it says he knoweth them that trust in him, and in this place it says he knoweth them that are his. Well keep that in mind and go to John chapter 10. So there's a lot of good doctrine, and you say well, you know, there's a lot of stuff in the New Testament, yeah, but it was there in the Old Testament before you even got there. You'll see that with Habakkuk, which we're not doing that tonight, but in Habakkuk chapter 2, one of the most famous verses talks about the just shall live by faith. That came from Habakkuk chapter 2. So in Nahum chapter 1 we have one of the famous verses about him knowing his sheep and knowing them that are his, knowing them that trust in him. John chapter 10 verse 14 just for, John chapter 10 verse 14 it says, I am the good shepherd and know my sheep and am known of mine. So we know that Jesus knows his sheep and this isn't something new because the Lord knoweth them that are his and the Lord knoweth him that trusteth in him. And so in verse 27, the famous verse, it says my sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My father which gave them me is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hand. I am my father of one. So obviously the New Testament gives you a little more insight about what all that's talking about, but when you see he knoweth them that trust in him, well, those that trust in him are given eternal life and they're in the father's hand and him and the father are one because the Trinity is the father, son and the Holy Ghost. And so this is an important doctrine because Matthew 7 is definitely a good place to go to, but also knowing this that we're going to know the shepherd's voice, he knows them that are his. When you look at John chapter 1 for example, we'll go to John chapter 1 and now with that in mind that he knows his sheep and they hear his voice. He knoweth them that trust in him. Think about that when we read about Nathanael here. So in John chapter 1 verse 47, Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile. Another place where it says in something that is no guile, blessed is the man in whose spirit is no guile in Psalm 32 talking about the man that's saved. And notice in verse 48, Nathanael saith unto him, whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. So before he even came, he knew him. And notice what Nathanael's response to what Jesus said. Nathanael answered and said unto him, Rabbi, thou art the son of God, thou art the king of Israel. He knew the shepherd's voice and he knew him. And Jesus answered and said unto him, and you say, well, did he believe? And notice what Jesus says in verse 50, Jesus answered and said unto him, because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believeth thou, thou shalt see greater things than these. And he saith unto him, verily, verily, I say unto you hereafter, ye shall see heaven open and angels of God ascending and descending upon the son of man. There's a perfect example of someone that was already saved. God knew him. Jesus knew him. And he knew Nathanael, he called him by name, and he called him by name, and he said, and Nathanael, and he said, behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile. The only way you can say that is that he was a saved man, because whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin, for his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God. And then Nathanael says, whence knowest thou me, and he said, before ye even came to me, I knew, I saw you under that fig tree. And he said, he said, thou art the son of God, thou art the king of Israel. And Jesus said, because I saw you under the fig tree, believeth thou? Because it doesn't matter. All he had to do was hear that shepherd's voice. It didn't matter what he said. As soon as he heard it, he knew the shepherd's voice, because my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and I give unto them eternal life. And so, Nahum chapter 1, verse 7 has a lot of packed information in here. And so, we're just chugging along through Nahum here, and Nahum chapter 1 and verse 8. Now we get into a little more information here. Kind of almost, he's basically pronouncing, he's starting to pronounce judgment against Nineveh. And, at this point, you know, he's not really saying Nineveh by name, but when you get into chapter 2 and chapter 3, he will say Nineveh by name, and he'll talk about the king of Assyria. But we started the chapter off saying the burden of Nineveh. So we know we're talking about Nineveh. And so now we're kind of getting into the, the pronouncement here and kind of why he's getting into the judgment of Nineveh, because notice in verse 8, it says, But with an overflowing flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. So he's kind of, he's kind of, I would say this, he's kind of pronouncing, like, this is who God is, this is what he does. Right? And so this could be to any nation, this could be any, you know, but it's obviously going to be coming on Nineveh. And verse 9, it says, What do ye imagine against the Lord? He will make an utter end. Affliction shall not rise up the second time. That's something to be said. It kind of reminds me when Joab, I think it was Joab, or maybe it was Abishai, that was with David, and Saul was sleeping, and he said, Let me thrust him through, I won't do it a second time. Right? And it kind of reminds me of that, you know, when David's like, No, don't touch the God's anointed. But it's kind of like that, I'll kill him the first time, and it's not going to happen the second time. And that's kind of what I see here is that God's saying, you know, that, that there's going to be, you're going to be to an utter end, it's not even going to happen the second time, because you're not even going to be around to do it the second time. And so God's judgment is swift, it's strong, and it's going to completely annihilate. And verse 10 there, For while they be folding together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble, fully dry. Anytime you see thorns, you should take note. Okay? Because you think about in the New Testament, in Matthew chapter 7, when you're dealing with false prophets, you're talking about do men gather, gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles? What's thorns likened to? Well, in Hebrews chapter 6, it talks about the fact that they're going to be, their end is to be burned. That which bear thorns and briars is rejected, and is nigh on the cursing, and its end is to be burned. But I talked about this in the, in the Precatory Prayer sermon. But in Psalm 58, we saw, obviously, break their teeth, O God, in their mouth, it says before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living and in his wrath. And what we're going to see, I want to make this note, when we're talking about Nineveh, there's a lot of parallels to Babylon. What we'll see, especially in chapter 3, okay, and I, when we were talking about the falling of Babylon when I had my series on end times, and I went to Nahum chapter 3, because there's a stark parallel. You know, obviously, we talked about the seven heads of the dragon that came out of the sea in Revelation. Remember, what was one of the heads? Nineveh. You know, I believe it's Egypt, Nineveh, or Egypt, Assyria, which obviously Nineveh would be in that. And then you had Babylon, the Medo-Persian, Grecian, Roman, and then the last one. And so, there's a lot of parallels, even within those kingdoms, on, you know, the Antichrist, the Babylon that's going to come in the last days. And so, when we look at Psalm 58, I don't know if I mentioned this in verse 9, it says, both living and in his wrath, he's going to cast the beast and the false prophet alive into the lake of fire. And that's going to be their end. And it's very interesting, because once we get into the next part of this, there is actually information here that really sounds familiar to the Antichrist. But in 2 Samuel, you don't have to turn there, but in 2 Samuel 23, I touched this on last week's sermon. It says, but the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away. So when it talks about a Nahum, that for while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry, remember, they're going to join together. And so, this passage is talking about something that happened already, it happened with the physical nation of Assyria and the physical city of Nineveh, but it's going to repeat, history's going to repeat itself in the end times. And it repeated itself with Babylon. Even the Babylon that was back in Daniel's day, that was repeated, what happens to Nineveh. And then it's going to be repeated again when it happens with the Babylon that's in the future. But we see the thorns are talking, what's the reference? They're sons of Belial. So when you're talking about the thorns that are folden together here in Nahum, what are you talking about? Children of the devil. And so, they're going to be devoured as fully dry, because in 2 Samuel chapter 23, talking about those sons of Belial, it says, they should be utterly burned with fire in the same place. So the Bible's very consistent when it's talking about this. But keep that in mind as we're talking about end times type of stuff, and obviously, Nahum is talking about that event that happened back then. But there's always a future aspect to it. So go to verse 11. So Nahum chapter 1, verse 11, Nahum chapter 1, verse 11, and it says, there is one come out of thee that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counselor. And every time I read this, I think of the Antichrist, I'm going to show you why I think of the Antichrist. But as we read on, we're going to read down to verse 14. Thus saith the Lord, though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown out of the house of thy gods, will I cut off the graven image and the molten image. I will make thy grave, for thou art vile. And then, and I don't have this written down, but in Daniel, but go to Daniel chapter 8, but another place in Daniel talks about a vile person coming up in Daniel chapter 11. And so it talks about this wicked counselor, and it talks about how he is vile. And so I see a really big parallel here with, and obviously, when we get into chapter 3, there's no doubt there's a parallel with that chapter, and with what happens when Babylon falls in Revelation chapter 18, Revelation 17 and 18, and with Babylon, that's talking about the actual Babylon, the physical Babylon, and Jeremiah 50 and 51, there's huge parallels there. So I personally believe that when we're talking about this wicked counselor, there was a person that was in Nineveh, that was in Assyria, that this was this wicked counselor, right? This vile person. But he's kind of a foreshadowing of what's going to come in the future. And Daniel chapter 8 and verse 23, Daniel 8 verse 23, it says, in the latter time of their kingdom when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance and understanding dark sentences shall stand up, and his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power, and he shall destroy wonderfully and shall prosper and practice and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people, and through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand, and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many. He shall also stand up against the prince of princes, but he shall be broken without hand. It's very similar to what's being said here, and it also kind of helps to understand here because he says by peace he shall destroy many, and it says in verse 12 of Nahum, it says though they be quiet and likewise many. So you think about the peaceably, coming peaceably, coming quietly, you know, they're not coming in sounding a trumpet, they're coming in peaceably to destroy many. But you also look at verse 13 and you're kind of wondering, how does that fit? When I was reading through here, I'm kind of like, that's kind of weird how it kind of switches where he's saying, okay, I'm going to break this yoke from Ofti. But you cannot understand that in this time there's actually, in the end times, you have the sons of Belial, those thorns that are, they're coming after the saints. And God's going to save us out of that. And when you think about this is the fact that, okay, he's going to destroy the mighty and the holy people in the end times. So when you look at for now will I break his yoke from Ofti and will burst thy bonds in sunder, who's that talking about? It's talking about the saved. It's talking about those that are being oppressed by that wicked and bloody city, which we'll see later on in chapter 2 and 3. People are being oppressed by Assyria. They took out Israel, the northern king of Israel, and they were coming after Judah. And so they were trying to oppress God's people. And that's why when you get down to verse 15, it makes sense. Why are we talking about preaching the gospel now? So at the end of Daniel 8 there, it says, but he shall be broken without hand. And it says in Nahum chapter 1 verse 14, I will make thy grave for thou art vile. See the end? Yeah, that wicked counselor that comes up and he's trying to, though they be quiet and likewise many and talking about coming in peaceably. But God's going to break off the yoke, break off that yoke because he's going to wear out the saints, so to speak, but God's going to break that yoke off. God's going to deliver the saved. While that's going on, we look at other passages, but you say in verse 15, the last verse of this chapter in Nahum, why are we all of a sudden talking about preaching the gospel? Because in the end times, what's brought up all the time when you're dealing with the tribulation, the gospel's going to be preached to all nations. God's people are going to do great exploits. Those that know their God are going to do great things for God. They're going to preach the gospel. So that's why when you get into verse 15, we're talking about preaching the gospel because we're dealing with troubleless times that God's people are going through. God's saying, I'm about to take these people out. I'm going to break that yoke off of you. But then he ends there, preach the gospel. And that's what our job is in the end times when all this stuff goes down. What are we supposed to do? Preach the gospel and preach it on the housetops. Do great exploits for God. And so Nahum chapter 1, verse 15, the last verse there, now with that in mind, and obviously this is all something that happened back then, parallels into the future, but that in mind, why is it talking about preaching the gospel? Because he's telling them do it, go preach the gospel. And so in verse 15, behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings that publisheth peace. O Judah, keep thy solemn feast, perform thy vows, for the wicked shall no more pass through thee. He is utterly cut off. See how that makes sense? With what was just said in Nahum 1.11 down to 1.14 there on how he's saying, hey, preach the gospel. And obviously back then they were keeping the feast and they were doing all these ordinance because they were under the Old Testament. He's saying do it, do it. And then he says at the very end there, yeah, it says that the wicked shall no more pass through thee. He is utterly cut off. So when he says that, he says that in the present tense, he is utterly cut off and it hasn't happened yet. But it's kind of like when it says Babylon is fallen and it hasn't happened yet. It's like basically he's done. If you said you're done and you haven't taken him out yet, that's you basically saying it's going to happen. Mark it down. It's written with an iron pen and a point of a diamond. It's going to happen. And it says he is cut off. And so when you go to Daniel chapter 11, you see this, okay? So we're talking about, okay, you know, this yoke's going to be taken off of them because they're oppressing the believers and in Nahum chapter 1 and then the last verse is saying preach the gospel, do what you're supposed to do. Follow your God pretty much is what's going on here in the last verse. Go to Daniel chapter 11 and we're going to talk about the antichrist again. Daniel chapter 11 verse 32, Daniel chapter 11 verse 32, it says, and if you go up in this chapter a little bit, where you find a vile person shall stand and it's interesting that it says I will make thy grave for thou art vile in Nahum 1.14. But in verse 32 it says and in such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries but the people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits and they that understand among the people shall instruct many yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame and by captivity and by spoil many days. Now when they shall fall they shall be hoping with a little help but many shall cleave to them with flatteries and some of them of understanding shall fall to try them and to purge and to make them white even to the time of the end because it's yet for a time appointed. See how it all fits together? And Nahum is just kind of like this little foreshadowing and obviously it's stuff that was happening. It was happening to them when Assyria was oppressing God's people and obviously when you look at Israel and you look at Judah, you're looking at generality, right? You're not dealing with, most of those people weren't saved in that nation, right? But you're dealing with a generality and obviously in the New Testament when we're talking about the saints, you're just talking about saved people, you're not talking about a nation of people that have some saints in it. But that makes sense. And so when you say, well, you know, how do you know it's talking about preaching the gospel in Nahum 1.15? Well, this is a reference back to Isaiah 52. So I just want to prove that to you, you know, if you had any doubt that when it says in Nahum 1.15, behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bring good tidings that publish at peace, that this is clearly talking about preaching the gospel. I'm going to prove that without a shadow of a doubt, but in Isaiah 52.7, so I would say Isaiah 52.7, Nahum 1.15 is really kind of our moniker verse. Why did I name this church Mountain Baptist Church besides the fact that we're in the mountain state is because when you're dealing with soul winning and especially in the Old Testament, when it was referencing soul winning, it was talking about the beautiful feet upon the mountains. And if you guys went soul winning out today, at least where we were at, we climbed some stairs, we were going, it was just like, man, I'm like, that is so true in our state when it comes to soul winning, we are upon the mountains. Okay, we're going up and down the hills and getting our workout in. But in Isaiah 52.7, it says, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publish at peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, thy God reigneth. So that gives you a little more information about, so what's Nahum quoting is quoting from Isaiah 52, talking about preaching and publishing salvation. So what about, you know, in Matthew 24, publishing the gospel to all the nations, that's something that's brought up dealing with the end times, dealing with the tribulation. And that's what's being talked about what we're supposed to be doing during that time. But if you go down a few verses in Isaiah 52, if that doesn't convince you, Isaiah 52.10, the Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. And that's quoted in the New Testament talking about John the Baptist, all flesh shall see the salvation of our God. And so I don't have that written down. But if you want to look that up, it's in Luke, dealing with John the Baptist. So if you think, well, John the Baptist was preaching a different gospel, get a life. I'm not here to talk about that. But it's just ridiculous. John the Baptist said, he that believeth on the sun hath everlasting life, and he that believeth not the sun shall not see life, but the wrath of God bideth on him. That's what John the Baptist preached. So anyway, so Romans chapter 10, so you say, well, okay, I can see, you know, they're saying publish salvation. But is that really what we, does that apply to what we're doing? Well, go to Romans chapter 10. One of the most famous passages in the Bible dealing with soul winning. I go there every single time I go soul winning. And this is how I close with people is for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But let's just read on what starts that how does someone call upon the name of the Lord to be saved? Romans, this is where I'm ending right here. So Nahum chapter one is a great chapter. And it ends with a soul winning verse. So when you have trouble, trials, tribulations, hey, remember this, that God revengeth. He is jealous, and he revengeth. He remembers all your prayers. And remember when I was preaching about the fact that what's one of the first judgments that comes on this earth, he's going to take the prayers of all saints. He's going to put it with a sensor of fire, and he's going to cast it down on this earth. So when you're going through trials and tribulations, and if we are in, if we go into the end times, just remember that, remember that. And so in Romans chapter 10 verse 13, very famous, it says, for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed, and how shall they believe in him in whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? Notice what it says in verse 15. And how shall they preach, except they be sent as it is written? How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things. You know where that's quoted from? Isaiah 52, Nahum chapter 1 verse 15. And notice what it says, it says, but they have not all obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report, so then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. And where it says Isaiah, Lord, who hath believed our report, and whom is the arm of the Lord revealed is where that comes from. In Isaiah 53, and you remember in Isaiah 52, 10, right after it talks about the beautiful feet on the mountains, it says, the Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. So I love Nahum chapter 1, that's why I'm memorizing it. Nahum chapter 1 is a great chapter, and when we go from God is jealous, he's furious, talking about who God is, the Lord is good. And it talks about the fact that he knoweth them that trust in him. Great Bible doctrine. We end with soul winning. What's our prerogative here at Mountain Baptist Church? How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publish at peace, that bring good tidings of good, that publishes salvation, that sets unto Zion thy God reigneth. And I'm talking about Zion that's in heaven, the new Jerusalem, that's who I am saying that God reigneth in the heavens, and not Zion, not Jerusalem, which is Egypt and Sodom. We're talking about the real Jerusalem, the new Jerusalem. And so, Nahum chapter 1, great chapter. So it's kind of just getting started off, it's kind of like, hey, here's who God is. With all your witchcrafts and all your blood that you've been shedding, Nineveh, guess who's coming after you, the God of all the earth, he is jealous, he's furious, he revengeth, he's coming after you and you can come after all the saints like you want to come after and kind of, and have all the tribulation you're going to pour out upon them, but you're going to be broken without hand. You're going to be, you're going to be put in your grave for thou art vile, is what he's saying in this. And he's basically just starting to pronounce his judgment, and when we get into chapter 2, he's going to keep going, and when you get into chapter 3, there's no doubt that Nineveh's going down, and I'll just, you know, the last portion of the chapter, it says that there is no healing of thy bruise, thy wound is grievous. That's the end of Nineveh, and Nineveh's laid waste, that's going to be the end of it. But that's what this book's about. This whole book is about Nineveh's destruction, and so Jonah was angry because God didn't destroy Nineveh. Well, it did get destroyed, eventually, okay, you just got to make it to Nahum. So you got to get through Micah, go to Nahum, and then you find out what happens to Nineveh. So let's end with a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank you for today, and thank you again for the souls that were saved, and we thank you for this church, it's the soul winning church, and Lord, just how everybody here just loves soul winning, and even if they can't go out sometimes, you know, they're there for us, you know, I just love the spirit that's in this church, and Lord, we just pray that you give us safe travels, especially with the rain, and Lord, just help us to get home safely, and Lord, we love you, and pray all this in Jesus Christ's name, amen.