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[Music] [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] well good morning everybody we want to welcome you to church here at north jacksonville baptist on this lord's day we're so excited that you're at church today that you've come to worship with us and we're so excited about what god has in store for us during this service we're so happy to see you here some of you may be visiting with us for the first time and we're always excited when people visit if you're a first time guest we'd love to talk to you about your experience at church today so we ask our first time guest to do just one thing and let's fill out a connect card you should be able to find it on the pew right in front of you and if you grab one of those and fill it out on both sides there's some information that's requested there what you'll do with it once you've completed it is hold on to it all the way until church is done and then after we say amen you'll head out into the lobby and on the right hand side you'll see a connect center put that card in the box that's on the counter and we'll follow up with you this week and if you're watching online through the live stream and you'd like more information about from the church you can go to the church website njbc.org click connect right there on the homepage the green banner you see and then we'll follow up with you as well and if you came prepared to give your ties and your offerings there's a multitude of ways that you can do that you can drop them off in the silver boxes upstairs and downstairs when you're coming in and out of the doors you can give them uh you can give through the ipads that are out there on the information wall and then you can also use the platform on the church website where you click click give right up there on the toolbar and then it'll walk you through the process but we're so thankful for your faithful generosity to give week in and week out through the ministry of this local church all kinds of ministry that's been happening going to continue to happen throughout the fall and we're excited about what god's doing and we're so blessed to see how you have been faithful through these these months and we encourage you to prayerfully continue in that act of obedience well before we go to the lord in prayer i do want to give you one piece of information wednesday night we asked you to pray for miss wanda guthrie and then this just yesterday miss wanda went home to be with the lord miss wanda was such a faithful member of our church was also a faithful member of our staff for over 26 years man she talked about holding things together she did so much to make so much of the ministry here happen had such an incredible impact on so many lives not through her work just here in the church but just through the friendship and the person that she was and so be praying for jimmy her husband for her sons kevin and kenny and for their families as well her service is going to be on saturday here at the church at 11 a.m they'll receive family and friends visitation will be one hour prior at 10 am so this saturday 10 a.m visitation 11 a.m service and i know many of you will want to be here to participate in celebrating miss wanda's life so we want to go to the lord in prayer and remember that family as well and prepare our hearts for this time of worship let's pray together god as we come before you for this hour of worship yeah we're thankful for the truth of your word god it's because of your word we understand who you are what it means to be saved god and i'm thankful for the hope and the promise of heaven your word teaches us that heaven is real it's a real place it's not just an allegory it's not just a fairy tale it is a real place where jesus really is right now preparing a place for those who know him as lord and savior just like miss wanda god we know that today she stands in the presence of her savior whole and complete and god we know that for those who know christ we don't say goodbye we know that we will see her and all those saints who have gone before us again if we know christ the way that they knew christ trusting him alone in repentance and faith to be their savior and lord and god i pray for any in this room right now who don't know jesus the way that wanda knew jesus i pray that today would be the day that they put their faith in christ alone god i pray for that family as they're walking through and grieving her loss god i pray that you would minister a peace that passes understanding god i pray for all of those in this church family who have lost loved ones who are walking through the valley of of the shadow of death those who are caring for lost loved ones or caring for loved ones who are sick physically and and need a miraculous touch god there are many of us who have loved ones who their greatest need is they don't know jesus and they need to get saved but god we're praying that you would do the miraculous and we're trusting you and and hoping for and calling on you for for miracles to be done but god we know that ultimately you're in control that your ways are perfect that your plan it can be trusted because you are faithful and you've never broken a promise and so god i pray that as we come into this time of worship no matter what's been going on this past week what lies before us god i pray that you would capture our attention that we would give it to you undivided and that god as we come to you in worship god as you speak to us through your word i pray that as the gospel goes forth that you would call people to repentance and faith i pray that people would be born again on this day that they would leave this place prepared for whatever life has in store because they've made the greatest preparation which is to know where they'll be when their life on this earth is over and we ask all of this in christ's name amen [Music] so [Music] the lord bless you and keep you make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you the lord turn 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lift up your voice [Music] darkness [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] work shall praise [Applause] [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] we cry [Applause] me [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh we praise the one and only true and living god jesus christ is the invisible god made visible he's the foundation on which we build our lives in christ alone my hope is found he is my light my strength my soul this cornerstone this solid ground is firm through the fiercest trout and storm what heights of love what depths of peace when fears are still when striving sees my comforter my all in love here in the love of christ [Music] fullness [Music] is [Music] his body left light of the world by darkness [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] is [Music] yourself [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] jesus [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] here [Music] praise the lord i'm going to ask you to take your bibles please and turn with me to the book of 2 thessalonians chapter 2. in the new testament the book of 2 thessalonians chapter 2 and i'll begin to read in verse 3. and this morning i'm preaching on this subject a prophetic preview a prophetic preview from the book of 2 thessalonians chapter 2 and i'll begin to read in verse 3. would you please stand with your bibles open in honor and reverence for the reading of god's holy inspired infallible inerrant word the bible says in second thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 3 let no one deceive you by any means for that day will not come unless the falling away comes first and the man of sin is revealed the son of perdition who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called god or that is worship so that he sits as god in the temple of god showing himself that he is god do you not remember that when i was still with you i told you these things and now you know what is restraining that he may be revealed in his own time for the mystery of lawlessness is already at work only he who now restrains or hinders will do so until he is taken out of the way and then the lawless one will be revealed whom the lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming the coming of the lawless one is according to the working of satan with all power signs and lying wonders and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish because they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved and for this reason god will send upon them strong delusion that they should believe the lie that they may all be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness so god i pray that you'll put your words in my mouth and you'll give our hearts ears to hear what the holy spirit has to say to us in jesus name i pray lord amen and you may be seated prophecy is pre-written history someone has said that a fourth of scripture is prophecy and a fourth of that fourth is yet to be revealed the great pastor bible teacher bible commentator warren weirsby once said the purpose of bible prophecy is not for us to make a calendar but to build character you see we see that history is truly his story god has a plan and there is an unseen hand that is bringing that plan to pass and everything in history is moving toward what the bible calls that day when jesus christ comes to rescue his people from planet earth there are three specific prophetic predictions given in the scriptures that i've read this morning and i want to draw your attention to them briefly first of all i want you to notice that the bible predicts a satanic imitation a satanic imitation the scripture says there is coming a man who will imitate christ counterfeit christ and present himself as christ the scripture says in verse 3 let no one deceive you by any means for that day the catching away of the church will not come unless there's a falling away first and then the man of sin is revealed the son of perdition he is called the man of sin he is a mortal flesh and blood man but he is a man raised up by satan with a singular purpose to ensnare the world in a web of unbelief and to keep people from putting their trust in our lord and savior jesus christ the bible says he is the son of perdition and the word perdition means doomed destroy he is inspired by the one called apollyon in the book of the revelation destroyer and the bible ultimately predicts his final destruction and he is one who will lead many to perdition who will lead many to ruin here is a man energized by satan who will step out on the world stage and capture the attention and the affections of humanity he is the last great world dictator he'll have all the solutions and he will have all of the answers a famous politician said a few years ago never waste a crisis and that's exactly what this man of sin the son of perdition who is called the antichrist by the apostle john and is called the beast in the book of the revelation that's exactly what this great world leader will do he's an awesome speaker he has tremendous charisma he will manipulate governments and he will create a one world government that he will rule but how can he unite humanity how can he bring humanity together under his leadership by creating a one-world religion by not forbidding religion but by using religion in fact in revelation the scripture says he will be assisted by a false prophet look at what the word of god says here the bible says in verse 4 he opposes he's against god he exalts himself and this was the sin of satan this is what calleth caused the fall lucifer satan an archangel created by god in innocence rebelled and sought to exalt himself above god and to take god's throne and to replace god that's why even in this day as believers we should reject pride arrogance and self-exaltation our lord said he who exalts himself will be humble but he who humbles himself he will be exalted the bible says he will establish a one world religion and he will be the object of humanity's worship it says in verse four he opposes he exalts himself above god but notice this he's worshiped and the scripture says he sits in the temple of god in jerusalem and demands the worship of humanity and says i am god the spirit of antichrist is already moving in our midst and preparing the way for this man of sin to rule the world the seeds of a one world church are already bearing fruit they've already been planted it's a church that does not believe that jesus christ is the way the truth and the life it is a religion that is without repentance and without the shed blood of an old rugged cross it is a religion without an empty tomb it is a religion without the true savior our lord jesus christ who was born of a virgin crucified raised from the dead and who is coming again all thoughts of that is rejected and banished and today we're living in a world where a belief that christ is the only way is rejected by the masses and seen as being the being the result of prejudice we must be inclusive because all the many religions lead to the same place all the many religions lead to the same heaven this is the doctrine of the man of sin this is the doctrine of the antichrist i'm not into conspiracy theories but i do try to look at world events through the lens of scripture and without a shadow of a doubt i see in a worldwide pandemic a conditioning whereby humanity can be controlled by someone who steps forward in the spotlight and says i've got all the solutions to all the problems but everybody needs to do what i say and then everything is going to be okay and don't listen to this bunch of backwoods bible thumping redneck fundamentalists who preach that jesus christ is the way out of hell into a place called heaven there is no hell in heaven is what you make it so worship me and i will lead you into a paradise of pleasure the world is poised to embrace such a man right now the scripture teaches us this man of sin asking and demanding worship in a rebuilt reconstructed temple in the city of jerusalem according to the book of the revelation will set himself up as god and demand that people worship him now there's a cure for confusion in the hearts of believers and it's found in verse 5 it says do you not remember that when i was still with you i told you these things the apostle paul says i've given you the word i've taught you the truth and so what we've got to do is the people of god is keep our noses in the holy bible and be balanced in our understanding of scripture and remember that the scriptures the 66 books of the bible it's the faith once delivered to the saints and everything that god wants you to know about the future is in the bible everything god wants you to know about prophecy is in the bible everything god wants you know about life and salvation it's in the bible and may i say no matter what some characteric leader that steps on the world stage who seems to have all of the answers i'm telling you my friend the only god is the god of the holy bible the only christ is the christ of the holy bible and the only salvation is the salvation of the holy bible and the only gospel is the gospel of the holy bible keep our noses in the word so the bible speaks and predicts a satanic imitation there is some one coming who is going to control the world and the world is going to worship this mortal man who is full of the devil himself but there's a second prediction here in these scriptures the bible predicts a sudden evacuation a sudden evacuation now the bible talks about that day in verse 3. and when you see that in the new testament where it talks about that day is talking about the rapture the catching away of the true church it's the event we studied about in first thessalonians chapter 5 the dead in christ rise first those of us who are alive and remain shall be caught up in the air to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the lord and the bible says when that day comes every born-again blood-washed child of god is going to be caught up in the clouds into the presence of christ that's the day it's talking about now look at what's happening right now as we move towards that day the bible says in verse 6 and now you know what is restraining that he the antichrist may be revealed in his own time in the time appointed by god there is someone restraining evil in this world the antichrist will not be revealed until that day comes there's someone who is holding back evil the scripture tells us who that is in verse 7. it says for the mystery of lawlessness is already at work only he who now restrains and hinders will do so until he is taken out of the way it's not an it that is restraining evil it is a he that is restraining evil and the only he that can restrain and hinder evil is the holy spirit the third person of the divine godhead now the holy spirit is restraining evil in two ways in the world today he's hindering evil he's holding back evil in two ways as we move towards that day first of all he's holding back evil through his work of conviction in this world in the gospel of john chapter 16 it says the holy spirit is in the world and he is convicting lost people of three things number one he's convicting them of sin it doesn't say sins plural it says sin singular we are born with a sin nature separated from god and the spirit of god alone can convince us of that fact we're not sinners because we're sinning we're sinning because we're sinners david said in sin did my mother conceive me there's none righteous no not one that's what the bible says so the holy spirit comes and knocks on the door of our heart gets a hold of our conscience gets under our skin and begins us to bring begins to bring us to a place where we understand and are convinced we are sinners separated from a holy god the second thing the holy spirit convinces us of is righteousness first of all that we don't have any as i said the scripture says there's none righteous no not one so we don't have any righteousness and and there's no way that we can attain it through self-effort in good works the righteousness that god demands is the righteousness of jesus christ so the holy spirit convinces me convinces you convinces the lost you don't have any righteousness you're a sinner without righteousness and the righteous you the righteousness you need only jesus has that righteousness so you need jesus and that righteousness doesn't come to you through your self-effort but that righteousness comes by the way of faith and simple trust in the lord jesus christ because the scripture teaches us over and over again in the book of romans that when i come to jesus christ in faith i believe he died for me was buried and raised from the dead when i come to jesus christ in simple childlike faith when i rest my faith in jesus christ and receive him as my savior and lord he takes my sin reconciles me to god forgives me of all my sin but he gives me his righteousness and when god looks at a sinner who has by faith received christ he doesn't see a sinner he sees a saint who is washed in the blood so the scripture says the holy spirit in the book of john chapter 16 is convincing and convicting lost people unbelievers that uh they're sinners convincing them they don't have any righteousness the righteousness they need christ has it you receive it by faith but there's a third thing he is convincing people of judgment because he's given an example the devil himself has already been judged that's why god created hell hell was created for the devil and his angels so the scripture teaches us that jesus christ the son of god is the only way to escape that judgment i must have his righteousness which comes by faith now this understanding will never come apart from the work of the holy spirit we see it in the life of the prodigal son he leaves home with a heart heart he blows all his money and he's sitting in a pigsty he's sitting in a pigpen but suddenly the light bulb comes on he goes why am i sitting here what am i doing have i lost my mind i need to go to the father's house he gets up out of the pigsty and he heads home what caused him to understand that what moved his will to move back to the father that is holy spirit conviction we see it on the day of pentecost simon peter stands up there and he preaches the gospel with such power in the very city that crucified jesus christ that before he can even invite them to trust christ before he can really bring it in for a landing the scripture says the people begin to cry out and the people begin to shout tell us what to do tell us what to do that is the result of holy spirit conviction and then what about the philippian jailer the philippian jailer lost asleep at home but when the power of god hits that jail as the men of god pray at the midnight hour he is a he is awakened out of his sleep he's shaken out of his spiritual coma and the bible says he comes trembling and he comes seeking he comes asking and he says sirs what must i do to be saved their response believe in the lord jesus christ and you shall be saved that's conviction that shook that man up and what about lydia a little earlier in the book of acts chapter 16. she's standing down by the riverside these these ladies are seeking god and paul shows up and begins to preach the gospel and the bible says specifically that god opened her heart god touched her heart this is the work of conviction conviction enlightens and helps you to see the gospel and all of its beauty conviction softens your heart and it moves your will and it tugs on you and yes you must accept and you must decide but every person who decides for christ will decide for christ only after they've been touched by holy spirit conviction you said i've got a lost son i've got a lost daughter i've got a lost husband i've got a lost mate i've got i've got a husband a wife i've got i've got somebody i love that's lost watch they pray for conviction pray that the spirit of god will get ahold of them because let me tell you the holy spirit has invisible hands and he can reach where you can't reach he'll reach in there and he'll put the squeeze on their heart he'll put the squeeze on their conscience he'll get under their skin he'll get in their dreams they may be able to get away from you but they can't get away from him the old time puritan preacher is called the holy spirit the hound of heaven and i'm telling you what like a hunting dog seeking his quarry they would sick the holy spirit of the living god on the lost through prayer so pray for conviction to come on the hearts of your loved ones that jesus christ can draw them into his head so in this world i'm telling you evil is being held back by the work of the holy spirit in his ministry of conviction i'll tell you the second way that the holy spirit is restraining evil in this world and that's through the witness and the discipleship ministry of local churches around this world jesus said to the christians he said you're the light of the world what does light do it dispels darkness any time you turn the lights on the darkness retreats and he says you are the salt of the earth and what did salt do what does it do today what did it what did they even use it for back then it was a preservative they didn't have refrigerators they didn't have freezers and so they would salt the meat and it would preserve the meat from decay and he says your witness is preserving society from complete decay from evil completely taken over from keeping back even the presentation and the revelation of the antichrist some angels came in the book of genesis to abram and they said to abraham we're getting ready to go down there to sodom and gomorrah and god's going to pour fire out of heaven and he's going to wipe those twin cities off the face of the earth and the bible says that abraham got to thinking about lot down there his nephew and he began to intercede for sodom and gomorrah and he said if there's 50 righteous souls down there will you will you hold back judgment they said okay he said well let me ask you this what about 40. they said okay he got all the way down he said if there's 10 righteous souls will you hold back judgment and they said yes for 10 righteous well there weren't 10 righteous souls and the judgment of god fell but there's an illustration there that the scripture teaches that the presence of christians have a preservative effect upon society and their very presence holds back the judgment of god in this age of grace i can tell you right now my friend i know there's at least 10 righteous people in this church house today and i know that there's at least 10 righteous people in jacksonville florida and northeast florida and i'm telling you those non-christians they look down on us i want to tell you they make fun of us they reject us they think we're an annoyance they think we're the problem with society but i want to tell you something child of god i want to tell you you have great significance in the plan of god because the only reason we're not plunging as a nation headlong into a devil's hell is there are some born again children of the living god who have been saved by grace through faith whose names are written in the lamb's book of life and their very presence and service for the lord jesus christ is pushing back and holding back the darkness keep it up child of god [Applause] the bible says he who now restrains will do so until he's taken out of the way when's that going to happen the rapture ephesians 4 30 says we are sealed with the holy spirit until the day of redemption what's the day of redemption the day of redemption it's that day that the bible talks about here the day of redemption the bible says preceded by all this holy spirit conviction but there comes a time when he's taken out of the way well if he goes we go see people don't even understand the purpose of the tribulation the great tribulation which is dealt with in such detail in the book of daniel and in the book of revelation 6 all the way over to chapter 19 the great the great tribulation has nothing to do with the church it has everything to do with israel this is the age of the gentiles god almighty is calling out a people all around this world and this is what's called the age of grace but god's got one week of years left to deal with the nation of israel and that is the seven years of the great tribulation and so the church is going to be caught away to be with the lord jesus christ as the rapture and the holy spirit of the living god is going up because we are sealed and a seal speaks of ownership a seal speaks of authority a seal speaks of security so when he goes we go and the holy spirit will work in the days of the great tribulation like he worked in the old testament because that's daniel's 70th week of years in the life of israel and during the great tribulation the holy spirit will come on god's servants like in the old testament empowering them for a specific task and he will anoint a host of jewish evangelists and with the signs and wonders and miracles like god displayed in egypt through the prophet moses god will cause a great revival among the israelites and they will embrace jesus christ as the true messiah but while the tribulation rages on earth we're up in heaven worshiping the savior because we will not taste wrath our wrath was settled at calvary when we trusted christ as our savior so when he is taken out of the way we're going with him and the bible says then and only then is the antichrist going to be revealed there is a third prediction that we have here in the word of god first of all we have predicted a satanic imitation the son of the son of perdition this this this man of sin we have a prediction of a sudden evacuation the church is going to be evacuated from planet earth by the holy spirit and then we have a third prediction a successful deception a successful deception now listen to what i'm getting ready to say i am asked on occasion if someone in this age of grace before the rapture hears the gospel understands the gospel and yet rejects the gospel but christ is raptured will that person have a chance after the rapture to trust christ as their savior and we'll tell you something first of all i want to remind you that the purpose of those seven years of tribulation is a work that god is going to do in the nation of israel but i'm going to answer that question it's not my opinion it's it's in plain simple language here in the word of god i'm going to show you why if in this if in this age of grace the holy spirit of god comes in conviction and knocks on the door of your heart and draws you and yet you say no and you reject jesus christ as your personal savior and the church is caught away i want to show you why after the rapture you won't trust christ as your personal lord and savior that's why you better be doing it right now look at what the word says it says this deception of this antichrist who comes on the scene the spiritual deception it's very clever verse 9 says the coming of the lawless one is according to the working of satan with all power signs and lying wonders even those magicians that pharaoh had could counterfeit all of the signs and the wonders that moses performed up to a certain point and satan can actually cause certain miracles to come to pass to try to counterfeit to try to counterfeit the things of god so that's why we don't rest our faith on signs and wonders we don't follow people because of signs and wonders jesus said in matthew 7 some of you will say you you did miracles in my name and i'll say i never knew you because this antichrist and these false prophets are energized not by the holy spirit but by demon spirits and it says this antichrist will wow the masses with so-called signs and wonders and he will use religion to draw people into his web of deceit the bible says in verse 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish these are people that have already rejected christ because they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved well what does it mean they rejected the love of the truth if you love the gospel if you love the truth you receive the gospel you accept the gospel and when you reject the gospel that means you did not love the truth the only way of salvation now notice this the bible says in verse 11 and for this reason god will send on them strong delusion remember in the book of exodus how it says that pharaoh hardened his heart pharaoh hardened his heart and then one day the bible says that god hardened pharaoh's heart what does that mean god hard and favorable sorrow means god left him alone you see god said in genesis 6 my spirit shall not always strive with man i'll give him another 120 years but one day god shut the door of that ark and the opportunity to be saved was gone forever and jesus said there's an unpardonable sin it's not the sin of a moment it's the sin of an attitude fixed and constantly maintained it is the full and final rejection of jesus christ the holy spirit comes and calls and he moves on your heart and you say no no no no no until there's a deadline that you cross and when you cross that deadline god leaves you alone and if god leaves you alone you'll never come to christ that's how important holy spirit conviction is and if you have just the inkling just the just the nudge to trust christ as your savior you've not crossed that deadline but you better get saved right now and the bible says that god's going to send on these people who rejected the truth in this age of grace they understood it it was clearly presented he is going to send on them strong delusion which means he's going to leave them alone and without any holy spirit conviction the bible says they're going to believe the lie of the antichrist not a lie of eli so what is the lie it's the original lie genesis chapter 3 verse 5. the devil says to eve the reason god doesn't want you to eat that tree if you eat the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you'll become like god in fact you'll become god and so the lie is you don't need a savior you're god you don't need to repent your god what are you talking about you need to understand you're the captain of your destiny worship yourself live for yourself it's all about pleasing yourself it's all about pleasure it's all about you and they will believe the lie they will believe the lie this man is god i am god and i don't need jesus christ he's nothing but a mere man who came along is it in the ash heap of history past and then notice what the scripture says verse 12 says that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness and so the scripture says there in verse 12 there's no neutrality it's christ or antichrist it's heaven or hell it's truth or a lie and what you do with jesus christ is what matters but let me tell you something child of god you don't have to worry about the antichrist you don't have to fear the antichrist because the antichrist is no match for the true christ the bible says in verse 8 the lawless one will be revealed whom the lord will consume with the breath of his mouth he didn't even have to lift a finger speaks a word and destroys him with the brightness of his coming in the book of revelation chapter 19 we see this great dictator the antichrist who has now assembled armies from every nation of this earth gathered in the valley of armageddon and suddenly through the sky the lord jesus christ comes back he speaks a word he destroys the antichrist army and he grabs a hold of the antichrist and he grabs a hold of his prophet and he cast them alive into the lake of fire i want you to know my friend you don't have to fear the antichrist because you got the real christ [Music] so listen jesus conquered satan at the cross jesus will conquer the antichrist in the future in the valley of armageddon but you have battles every day you have a battle with worry a battle with fear you have a battle with temptation but i'm telling you the christ who displayed victory on the cross and the christ who will stand in the valley of armageddon with the false prophet in one nail scarred hand and the antichrist in the other nail scarred hand that's the jesus who lives in you right now who will give you every day victory ask and you shall receive say lord save me lord help me lord guide me and i'm telling you every day until we stand in his presence the victorious glorious reigning christ is there for you let's bow our heads and close our eyes and i'm going to ask our church family to stand everyone's stand lost saved everybody and i want to ask our staff to take their place up in the balcony on this main floor and if you have never put your faith and trust in christ these men will tell you how to be saved they're not going to give you a lie they're going to give you the truth i want you to leave your seat come take them by the hand and say i need to trust christ as my savior i'm not sure i'm not sure if i died i'd go to heaven i'm not sure if christ comes i'm going so this this is who needs to respond to this invitation today those of you that are not sure that you're going to go to heaven when you die that you're going to go up and be caught away when christ comes you need to come you need to nail this thing down these men are going to explain it to you some of you have never followed the lord in believers baptism by mercy you got christ in your heart you know you're saved but you never confessed him with your mouth and i'm going to ask you to come and do that by taking one of these men by the hand and say i come to confess christ and i want to follow the lord in believers baptism to show i'm a christian others need to move your membership so this is the time of the service when these men are available if you want to join this church you're saved you've already followed the lord in baptism you come and take them by the hand say tell me how we want to join this church we want to be connected to this fellowship holy spirit of god move in this time of invitation i put it in your hands god speak to hearts in jesus name we pray lord amen as we sing you come right [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and i'm welcomed with open arms praise god justice [Music] well you can be seated just for a moment we've got a couple of important events coming up some important information we want to give you so pay close attention to the screens [Music] the ladies ministry is hosting a palette party sign painting event on sunday september 19th at 5 pm this event is for ladies ages 10 and up there is a cost involved but it depends on the design you choose for more information about designs that are available the cost and how to register visit the church website registration is now open for upward flag football and cheerleading upward flag football is for boys and girls ages first through sixth grade and cheerleading is for girls ages k four through sixth grade all the information about cost and dates is available at njbc.org upward if you are in need of prayer council or just someone to talk to we have someone available right now to speak to you in our care room you can find the care room immediately following the service next to our church bookstore up-to-date information about all of our upcoming events can be found in our church bulletin or by visiting njbc.org let's stand together we hope to see you back on wednesday night for midweek service and activities our students kicked off last week kids choirs are going and we're going through the book of john and here meal at five o'clock that goes all the way up until six so we'd love to have you participate with us at midweek and hopefully we'll see you wednesday let's pray father we're so thankful for this day we're thankful for the good news of your word that we know how the story ends but god we know that there is much work to be done there are those who have never heard there are those who need to hear again god i pray that those of us who know jesus as our savior would go from here into the places where you place us this week in our homes and our schools at our workplaces and that we would share the good news of the gospel that we would live out our faith so people can know there is a hope that hope is jesus and they can be saved if they'll repent and believe and we ask it all in jesus name amen

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Published: Sun Aug 22 2021