Is God Still In Control? || Sept 22nd, 2021

hmm [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] holy words long preserved for our walk in this world they resound with god's own heart oh let the ancient words impart [Music] words of life [Music] give us strength help us in this world wherever ancient words will guide us [Music] me with open hearts [Music] came to us for sacrifice [Music] is [Music] hear them cry through the ears [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] changing me and changing you every day our hearts renew o cleanse and change [Music] we have come with open hearts [Music] we have come with open hearts oh [Music] [Music] [Music] good evening saints of god and greetings in jesus name i am pastor michelle clark and we want to welcome you to the sixth night of lessons for living biblical answers to life's most perplexing questions now tonight's topic answers the question is god still in control and this is a pretty valid question especially with everything uh that we are seeing everything that we're going through for one this pandemic you know and the vaccination debate should we or shouldn't we we also see in the weather volcanoes erupting in strange places earthquakes and hurricanes devastating countries and islands uh not to mention not to mention our own personal trials that we face on a day-to-day basis these events in our lives often compel us to ask the question is god still in control well don't go anywhere amen our keynote speaker pastor bill santos will be preaching on this very topic tonight is god still in control so if you need encouragement you're struggling tonight uh you feel like your life is out of control we've got a message for you this evening so let us pray won't you pray with me let's pray dear god speak to our hearts holy spirit give us your word that will bring new life give us a message of love that will encourage and lift our hearts from despair and that dark nights will fade away lord speak to our hearts in jesus name amen please enjoy the program god bless [Music] jesus hung bleeding and died [Music] ten thousand angels to take away from the shame but i am so thankful for his grace to me the day love called my name when jesus died what sacrifice what love and compassion was sure when he stretched out his head and said i love you this much such mercy has never been known and when he cried it is beneath everything's changed i'd never forget that day when love called my name [Music] oh what love beyond measure the savior had for me i can't understand why he cared so much [Music] he took my sin and all i had been and made my life over and you [Music] there at the cross is love called to me now the same love is calling to you [Music] you ask me what love is is the man hanging on [Music] what mercies is that [Music] [Music] this such mercy has never been known i will never forget that day [Applause] i will never forget that day [Music] thank you pastor herlock wow what a voice and thank you pastor clark for that welcoming introduction and thank you all of you that have taken time out of your busy schedules to be with us here tonight at lessons for living biblical answers to life's most perplexing questions my name is bill santos and i want to welcome you this evening we have a fine seminar scheduled for this evening we're going to do like we've done every night that we've come together we're going to open the pages of scripture and look to the bible to answer these perplexing questions and tonight the question is is god still in control has god given up on planet earth are we beyond repair beyond his concern oh i want to invite you to study with me a prophecy found in the book of daniel that provides such an illuminating answer to the question is god still in control but before we get into that i want to remind you of a few things last night we had our very first meet and greet after our uh session and so we were on zoom and we had a chance just to spend a couple moments uh with one another and uh pray and so we'd like to invite you this evening to join us 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what i find i'm strengthened every night as i share with you god's word it's uh if it's if it's strengthening you let me tell you it's it's equally strengthening me we got chris watching us from good old new market ontario we appreciate chris and him being with us here this evening so as we about we're about to get into our study and so we are going to begin with just a quick word of prayer i'm going to ask you to bow your head with me gracious god loving heavenly father once again you have granted us this tremendous opportunity to gather together to virtually fellowship one with another and to come humbly but boldly before your throne and father again tonight we just place these meetings in your hands we ask that you not allow the evil one to disrupt in any way he would love nothing more than to cause a disruption in each and every home each and every location where this message is being broadcast he would love nothing more to jeopardize the internet or cause a technical mishap but father we ask that you banish him from this we have claimed this territory in the name of our lord and savior jesus christ and he is banished he is a defeated foe and so just just receive us and bless us and please that everything that is done here father will help us better understand just how much you love us in jesus name amen you know we just had a uh an election here the other night in canada didn't we and uh which uh we won't comment on on that i'm not you know one where this is not a political discussion but uh the united states recently had a had an election and well i guess the soviet union or russia i guess it's called now right kind of has elections i don't know free and democratic they are but anyway we have covid19 do you get are you getting a sense of unrest i mean i look around our country i look around north america i look around the world and i see so much unrest and i see so much uncertainty i see so much anguish so much pain so much suffering so much instability and that situation has prompted many many to ask is god still in control are we subject to the [Music] you know the manipulations of political parties and despots and what does this all mean is what we're seeing well you know in preparing for tonight's message i was reading one of my favorite books here called prophets and kings and the author makes a very interesting declaration here on page 499 and page 500. let me put that up on the screen for you to see that if i may we're having already our first little glitch here but we'll get that result here's what it says it says in the annals of human history the growth of nations the rise and fall of empires appear as if dependent on the will and the prowess of man the shaping of events seems to a great degree to be determined by his power ambition or caprice but look at what it says now but in the word of god the curtain is drawn aside and we behold above behind and through all the play and counter play of human interest and power and passions the agencies of the all-merciful one silently patiently working out of the counsels of his own will the author ellen white says listen it may seem to you that the things that are unfolding in the world are the result of some you know very strategic political minds but she says when you go to the bible god pulls back the curtain and we see what is happening behind the scenes we see the unseen hand of god directing the course of human history in spite of all appearances to where god wants it to go and maybe nowhere is that more visible than in daniel's book in chapter 2. in daniel chapter 2 we have a fascinating prophecy a fascinating encounter the babylonians had come and had overthrown jerusalem they came for the first invasion in 605 bc we are told that in that first invasion they took with them back to babylon daniel and his three com his three companions those three hebrew worthies they returned a second time in 598 bc and this time they deported a much larger group of slaves and we are told that in that second group that was taken captive to babylon was a young priest who later wrote a book his name ezekiel and then once more the final time they came in 586 bc they took the last group of exiles to babylon and together with that group of exiles we are told that all of the treasures from the temple were taken to babylon the invading army destroyed solomon's magnificent temple and the city of jerusalem you can only imagine how tragic these days must have been for the jews their lavish house of worship probably one of the most ornate one of the most beautiful buildings the world had ever seen has been leveled to the ground the strongest the brightest the youngest of the population had been carried away to babylon as prisoners babylon the capital of idolatry jerusalem is in ruins god's people are slaves they're told that daniel was about 18 years old when he has snatched from his home and he's made to march some 1300 kilometers to babylon daniel and his companions are taken as hostages they're made eunuchs and they are mandated to serve in the king of babylon's court the jews are looking and they're seeing some of the finest youth daniel and his companions they're now slaves this was a tremendous shock to god's people they many of them began to ask has god forgotten the promise he has made has god just abandoned us has god just given up control no he hadn't he hadn't forgotten them god had made a promise god has always kept his promises he had to however adapt his plan so that as to carry out his original purpose and so as we come to daniel chapter 2 we have this classic prophecy that shows to me beyond the shadow of any doubt that god is still in control that the unseen hand of god is operating directing the course of human history to where god wants it to go in fact someone said to me a while back that bible prophecy is simply god telling history in advance so as we come to daniel chapter two this fascinating story it focuses on a confrontation between two young men one of the young men is a slave the other one is a king this confrontation arises in kind of a strange but simple way the king had a dream now that's not an unusual thing particularly in a land where dreams and the meanings of dreams meant so much but this dream left a profound impression upon this monarch in fact the impression was so profound that when the king wakes up in the middle of the night he needs to know what the dream means asap right now right then and there i need to know what this means and so as we turn to daniel chapter 2 and we start reading at verse 1 we'll we get into the prophecy it says now in the second year of the reign of nebuchadnezzar that's the king nebuchadnezzar had a dream had dreams and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him and then the king gave orders to call in the magicians the conjurers the sorcerers and the chaldeans to tell the king his dream so they came in and they stood before the king it's the middle of the night the king is awaken in this cold sweat this dream has just freaked him right out he wants to know right then and there what it means shouldn't be a problem after all you know i have on my payroll magicians and sorcerers and astrologers and conjurers and mediums and clairvoyance they're all employed by me specifically for times like this when i need something interpreted i need this mystery unraveled so he summons them all to his palace in the middle of the night and as they come the king tells them this is why you've been called here the king said to them verse 3 i had a dream and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream then the chaldean spoke to him in aramaic o king live forever tell the dream to your servants and we will declare the interpretation so i mean do you see the scene here the the king is sleeping he has this dream he wakes up the dream has had a profound impression on him he's actually terrified which in and of itself sounds kind of strange this was nebuchadnezzar right he was one of the most ruthless monarchs that had ever lived this man had stared death square in the eyes on the battlefield and you mean to tell me that a dream scares him to the point that he needs to know the meaning right away what in the world was in that dream well the conjurers the sorcerers the clairvoyants the mediums these wise men they all come in and the king says listen guys i had this dream that's why you're here you i need to know what it means they say to the king king not a problem that's exactly why we're on the payroll very simple tell us the dream and we're gonna tell you exactly what it means now there was a bit of a problem here you see nebuchadnezzar couldn't remember the dream it's the the dream had made a profound impression on him but what the dream exactly was he could not remember you know i was reading in one of the you know materials that i read in preparation and an author wrote the god of heaven had made nebuchadnezzar's mind blank to the details of the dream so that the so-called wise men could not give nebuchadnezzar the wrong interpretation the king says them i don't remember the dream you're gonna have to climb into my head and tell me what the dream is and tell it what it means they begin to think oh oh that's not going to work for us the king begins to sense that they're delaying and so in verse 7 he says they answered a second time and the king said to tell the dreamers tell the let the king tell the dream to his servants and we will declare the interpretation king listen this is not a problem for us all that you have to do is tell us the dream you tell us the dream and we're going to tell you the interpretation and the king says guys like what part of i don't remember the dream don't you understand and the more these wise men hedge the more impatient the king becomes and but they continue to tell him listen what you're asking us to do you're not only being unreasonable your majesty with all due respect but what you're asking us to do is literally impossible look at verse 11 they say moreover the thing which the king demands is difficult there is no one else who could declare it to the king except gods whose dwelling place is not with mortal flesh they say listen we can't do that in fact no mortal can do it that's something only god can do we can't do that oh now the king is become completely infuriated in fact he becomes so angry he's what do i need these guys here for i mean if i can't count on you in these moments i don't need you so he passes a death sentence on all the wise men all of them well daniel he was considered one of the wise men he hadn't been summoned to the king's palace that night i assume because he was a rookie he was he had been there a short period of time and so you know you can imagine this so sort of i think about it you know the us president needs you know some advice and he summons his counselors there into the oval office in the white house and you know some junior member is not going to join so daniel wasn't called in to consult with the king but daniel nonetheless gets caught up in the whole death sentence thing because he's one of the wise men so the executioner comes to tell daniel hey you know what your career as a wise man is short-lived because the king has set to execute all of you guys and daniel is startled when he when he uh hears that and he asks a question of the executioner verse 15 for what reason is the decree from the king so urgent what in the world has caused the king to sentence all of the wise men to death what happened and the executioner tells him daniel says you know what let me have an audience with the king get me in front of the king well as god would have it the king agrees he agrees to grant daniel an audience young daniel daniels maybe now i don't know 20 21 years old the king grants him an audience and he says to the king listen you give me a little bit of time and i'm going to get the dream for you and its meaning you see daniel believed that god would answer his prayer daniel believed it you know it's sometimes easier to talk about having faith than actually having faith it's easier to talk about love than actually showing love i'll tell you daniel not only talked faith he had faith in fact he staked his life on it he knew that if god wasn't going to come through he was going to lose his life but he was prepared to stake his life and that god would give the answer and he was going to pray and he was going to earnestly ask god to give that information because if this dream was so important daniel believed that god would provide the information the king had not the slightest idea what the dream was but daniel knew someone who knew the dream and so what did daniel do verse 17 and 18. then daniel went to his house and informed his friends hananiah mishael and azariah about the matter so that they might request compassion from the god of heaven concerning this mystery so that daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men they spent the night in prayer they cried out to god their lives depended on it you know listen my friends we've said this every night if you are battling something in your life is there if there is a battle raging in your heart right now and you need victory in jesus christ i'll tell you what a good step for you would be right now you pick up your telephone you dial one eight five five malton one that's one eight five five six two five eight six six one you lay that request with that prayer warrior that answers the phone and they together with you are going to lift up a prayer before the god of heaven just like daniel and his companions did they prayed and god answered their prayer god revealed nebuchadnezzar's dream to daniel not only the dream but what the dream meant daniel gets ready to go before nebuchadnezzar but first he stops and look at what he does verse 20 let the name of god be blessed forever and ever for wisdom and power belong to him it is he who changes the times he removes kings and establishes kings he gives wisdom to wise men you know what the bible is saying here all of these political leaders around the world they think they are where they are because of their political genius the bible tells us they're there because god put them there and god will keep them there as long as he wants them there because that's exactly what we begin to see here in daniel chapter 2. knowledge to men let's back up there he gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to men of understanding it is he who reveals the profound and hidden things he knows what is in the darkness and the light dwells with him to you o god of my fathers i give thanks and praise for you have given me wisdom and power even now you have made known to me what we requested of you for you have made known to us the king's matter i am just i'm every time i read this and every time i present this i am just overwhelmed with the humility of daniel what an example this man he was a young man you know many times we come listen you know we're all human right we come to god we cry out to god in prayer and sometimes god's answer god answers every single prayer his prayer is his answer isn't always yes and sometimes it is and you know what happens sometimes we get god's answer yes and we bolt out of the room straight to the king's palace forgetting to thank god but not daniel he recognized and he was grateful and thankful that god in his infinite mercy and his omniscience had given daniel the interpretation of the dream so the next day instead of going to the executioners daniel stands before the monarch without the slightest indication of boasting or arrogance daniel tells god's message to that ruthless monarch verse 26 the king said to daniel are you able to make known to me the dream which i have seen and its interpretation you know if daniel wasn't a humble servant like he was if daniel was just some you know some person looking out for number one himself this would have been a perfect opportunity to say well before we get to that i think we need to talk about i don't know a reward a promotion maybe a new condo but he does none of that he doesn't take any credit in fact he says point blank to the king it's not me i don't know your dream and what it means but there is a god in heaven he says who reveals mysteries and he has made known to king nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days this was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed do you see that he says nebuchadnezzar listen don't don't put your praises on me it's not me it's god in heaven he's the one he's the one that reveals all mysteries he is the one that reveals all secrets he is the creator he is the sustainer he knows everything it's not me but he has made known to me your dream but just before he begins to tell nebuchadnezzar the dream and its interpretation he makes one request do not destroy the wise men of babylon again you see what a man what a tremendous opportunity daniel had here to leapfrog everyone and become the senior wise man the senior counselor the one with the most coveted spot you know he was going to get invited to all the dinners and all the fancy things he was going to be there the prominent one man his competition was going to be wiped out but daniel was a man of god he was a humble servant of god and he says to nebuchadnezzar do not destroy the wise men do not kill them and this ruthless powerful monarch now is spellbound as this 21 year old wise man begins to explain to him the dream verse 31 you o king were watching and behold a great image the this great image whose splendor was excellent stood before you and its form was awesome the image's head was a fine gold its chest and arms of silver its belly and thighs of bronze its legs of iron and its feet partly of iron and partly of clay you watched while a stone was cut out without hands which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and broke them in pieces then the iron the clay the bronze the silver and the gold were crushed together and became like cha from the summer threshing floors the wind carried them away so that not one trace of them was found and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth this is the dream now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king you can almost hear the king saying that's it that's it exactly that's exactly what i saw i saw a metallic statue you're right its head was of gold its arms and its and its chest were of silver yes you're right you're right daniel that's what it is i saw that it had thighs and a belly of bronze and it was on two legs you're right and those legs were of iron and beneath those legs were feet and those feet were partially of iron and partially of clay and i watched and i saw that unannounced unexpectedly out of apparently nowhere comes this rock this rock strikes the statue at its feet and that rock becomes a kingdom a kingdom that would last forever you're right daniel that's exactly what i saw daniel tell me what does it mean what does my dream mean do you know what it means friends it means that god is still in control that the unseen hand of god is operating behind the scenes directing the course of history to where god wants it to go god has not given up control god is as much in control today as he has ever been for the interpretation verse 37 you o king are a king of kings for the god of heaven has given you a kingdom power and strength and glory and wherever the children of men dwell or the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven he has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all you are this head of gold you see nebuchadnezzar the dream begins with you you are the head of gold can you imagine king nebuchadnezzar hearing that i am the head of gold that is pretty cool and gold seems like a fitting description of babylon probably the most decadent empire that has ever existed in fact sometimes when we want to describe decadence we'd say it's a babylon right it's over the top right over the top exaggerated opulence that's babylon babylon was a mighty one of the wealthiest if not the wealthiest kingdoms that ever existed one of the most powerful if not the most powerful but with all that going for it the babylonian empire lasted what 70 years they were defeated by the persians they were delivered into the hands of a persian conqueror in fact the last king of babylon was slain right in the middle of a party but the dream begins with you now it was good for nebuchadnezzar that the dream began with him but the dream doesn't end with him it continues but after you shall rise another kingdom inferior to yours now that must have sounded extremely strange to king nebuchadnezzar you see because inferior kingdoms in those days never defeated superior kingdoms that just didn't happen it was superior kingdoms that defeated inferior kingdoms oh but you see there's the unseen hand of god he is directing it didn't matter that medo-persia never grew in power or in wealth to what babylon was right it is described by the chest and the arms of silver silver is inferior to gold medal persia was inferior to babylon in in in power in luxury and wealth but that didn't matter because god is in control god was directing the course of history you know medo-persia was going to last as long as god wanted it to last in the same way that babylon lasted as long as god wanted it to last because god is in control the dream continues a third kingdom of bronze shall rule which shall rule over all the earth you see then he says then comes a third kingdom it's represented by the thighs and the belly of brass or bronze right right after medo-persia another world empire conquered the medo-persian empire and that was the greeks interestingly enough the greeks became experts in molding bronze their soldiers wore bronze breastplates bronze helmets they had shields of bronze they had bronze swords by the time alexander was some alexander the great was 25 years old he had conquered the entire world eight years eight years later 33 years old everything is conquered he goes back to babylon his lifestyle catches up with him and at the age of 33 he dies unexpectedly daniel says there was another kingdom a fourth kingdom and the fourth kingdom he writes shall be as strong as iron inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything and like the iron that crushes that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all others you see here in daniel's interpretation of nebuchadnezzar's dream we have the legs of iron representing the iron monarchy of rome for some 500 years the roman empire seemed unconquerable the kingdom the empire extended from the british isles to the arabian gulf from the north sea to the sahara desert from the atlantic to the euphrates river you see but even the mighty roman empire would only last as long as god would have it but interestingly enough the roman empire was not defeated by a fifth world empire there was not another universal kingdom that would replace rome rome was in fact replaced by a collection of smaller nations that were warring amongst themselves and daniel knew of this hundreds of years before it happened whereas he says you saw the feet and toes partly of potter's clay and partly of iron the kingdom shall be divided yet the strength of the iron shall be in it just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay and as the toes of the feet were partially of iron and partially of clay so the kingdom shall be partially strong and partially fragile now i want to just draw your attention to one of the details here that we cannot miss it says here in verse 42 and as the toes of the feet unless you've had an accident with a lawnmower how many toes do you have on your feet 10 10 toes well wouldn't you know the mighty roman empire collapsed guess into how many smaller warring nations anyone hazard a guess ten not nine not eleven ten the alimony the anglo-saxons the vesa gods the lombards the franks the ostrogoths the suevai the vandals the heruli the burgundians ten just like daniel had said these are actually the the progenitors of the nations of what we call modern europe some were strong like iron some were weak like clay but notice one of the important details here it's a strange combination when you take iron and clay iron and clay have an inability to unite to adhere in fact daniel said that they will not adhere to one another in other words daniel was saying to nebuchadnezzar listen once that mighty roman empire is fragmented into its ten parts it's never coming back together again the roman empire will never come back together again 15 centuries dictators have tried to weld back a facsimile of what was once that old roman empire at times they came very close charlemagne king charles v louis xiv napoleon kaiser wilhelm ii adolf hitler all of them tried to do what god said would be impossible for them to do they would not come back together in spite of all of these attempts something mysterious seems to block their coming together what is it what is getting in the way of the roman empire coming back together again these words of scripture they will not adhere to one another treaties peace pacts agreements of all kinds have been sealed and broken some four thousand nearly four thousand six hundred treaties international agreements were submitted to the old league of nations between may 10 1920 and may 19 1939 but all of those treaties did not prevent the second world war adolf hitler wrote in mein kampf to my people we do not end anything from god we do not ask him for anything except that he might let us alone we want to fight our own war with our own guns without god we want to gain our victory without the help of god god said it will never happen napoleon couldn't do it louis xiv couldn't do it kaiser wilhelm couldn't do it adolf hitler couldn't do it in fact no one can do it because god said they will not adhere one to another but the dream the dream did not end there it says that in the days of these kings the god of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed and the kingdom shall not be left to other people it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms and it shall stand forever oh king nebuchadnezzar daniel said do you see what's going to happen do you see it one day your babylonian empire is going to collapse and after that there will be three more empires then there will be a time of divided empires and then in the days of those divided empires god himself is going to establish a kingdom that will last forever you know when daniel was uttering this prophetic outline to nebuchadnezzar there i mean nebuchadnezzar was looking into the future he had no idea what accuracy how these things would be fulfilled but you and i we're looking back 2 500 years and we can see that each segment of this prophecy was fulfilled exactly the way daniel said it would the way god revealed it to him 100 percent accuracy in all its details the only thing that is left to happen is the ushering in of god's eternal kingdom the one that will last forever the one that matthew 25 31 says when the son of man comes in his glory and the holy angels with them then he will sit on his throne of glory you know it's very interesting you take your bible there you look at daniel chapter 2 everything up to daniel chapter 2 verse 43 has already happened nothing in verse 44 has happened we live in that little white space between the end of daniel chapter 2 43 and the beginning of daniel chapter 2 verse 44. that's where we are tonight in the course of earth's history jesus is coming back you can guarantee it god is still in control every aspect of daniel's prophecy was fulfilled and so the question i have for you tonight will you be ready to meet jesus when he comes we studied the other night we don't know exactly when he's coming but i'm telling you it's close we are running out of time it's time to get ready and stay ready because jesus is coming soon in jesus name amen i'm tired and foreign [Music] there's no sad goodbyes [Music] for time won't be no more [Music] and someday [Music] shall be [Applause] [Music] across that dream to reach my faith [Music] there's just a few more days a few more days and then i'll take my heavenly flight [Music] i am longing for you and someday [Applause] [Music] [Applause] on thee i'll stand there my home shall be eaten [Music] sweet [Music] let us pray our gracious god our loving heavenly father we are so grateful that you have placed within the sacred pages of scripture prophecies like the one we studied tonight in daniel chapter 2 that show us beyond any reasonable doubt that in spite all appearances you are still the sovereign one you are adonai you are the god that is in control so father i just pray that if anyone that is within the reach of my voice right now is going through is passing through that valley of the shadow of death is going through a storm father may they see your presence in the midst of that darkness in the midst of that storm may they know that you are the one who is in control may they be faithful and surrender their lives to you bless each and every person father may we be prepared to meet jesus when he comes oh so soon it will be we want to be ready thank you for loving us in jesus name amen well friends we've come to the end of the meeting welcome back pastor clark it's good to have you with us well it was good being here uh just listening to the word i just want to thank you uh pastor bill for such a wonderful riveting message you know and i also want to say thank you to the online viewers um for tuning in um wow powerful message pastor powerful message you know um i just want to like you know just go over it a little bit um but you know when you were talking about you know how god's hand is basically you know working things or his unseen hand is working things out behind the scenes but we don't we don't see we don't realize even though things may seem chaotic working out everything you know and even though we may disagree with who's in office or whatnot and we may feel anxious about it it's god who puts these political leaders up and he's the one who takes him down that is comforting to know and and i love the way he point pointed that out um you know powerful powerful stuff thank you that means very that means a lot to me yes we're going to give folks a night off tomorrow night you know what uh we're going to give them a night off on one condition and yeah you're going to have to be the arbiter here if this if this is a fair condition okay here's the deal i'm prepared to make okay so i'm prepared to give folks a night off tomorrow night on the condition that they come back friday at 7 30. how's that that's a pretty good deal right i think that's an excellent deal isn't yeah i think that's reasonable too and so we're going to be back on friday night friday night um you know do you remember the days when you could tell who christians were by their behavior remember those days when you'd see someone you go i think they're a christian by their behavior sadly yeah sadly you know what's there's been some teaching that has made its way into the christian church that our behavior doesn't matter anymore mercy that god's law doesn't count and um so on friday night we're going to look at what scripture has to say and how we reconcile the law versus grace and a lot of confusion on that but the bible speaks very clearly so that's what we're going to do friday night 7 30 we're going to give folks thursday night off provided they come back friday amen so folks listen you heard it uh powerful messages that a powerful message will happen on friday night please tune in friday and please continue to journey with us each night as we discovered biblical answers to life's most perplexing questions so please have a good night everyone and may god bless you and make you a blessing yeah don't forget that don't forget our meet and greet tonight uh there's the id i think it's on the screen if you guys can see it and there's the password there we're gonna be in there in a few moments i hope you guys will join us pastor clark thank you so much for being with us tonight it's a pleasure it was it was an awesome time god bless you thank you all of you that are watching we'll see you back here friday night you

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Published: Wed Sep 22 2021