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Empowering multimedia ministry for bold Christian living: Weekend Messages, Deep End Podcast, Deep Dive Bible Study. Tim Hatch, Lead Pastor, Waters Church, 26 years of pastoral ministry, book author.
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The First and the Last 0:00 You're listening to Waters Church podcast where faith meets real life. We're 1 church, many locations, and 1 mission to see lives changed by Jesus. No matter where you're listening from, you are a0:12 part of Waters Church family. Now let's dive into today's message from our pastor.0:20 Welcome to the weekend at Waters church. You can take notes. The notes look like this. We're gonna jump in right into this message. It says part 2. In fact, it's wrong. It should say part0:32 3 because we are continuing our sermon series that called... It's called 7 letters. Amen? Amen. Alright. So yesterday, happy birthday America.0:43 250 years. I know. It's a big deal. It's a big... I know it's a big deal because I've upgraded. I've upgraded the fireworks. I spent more money0:55 this year than... I don't know whether it was legal, illegal. I don't know. You don't know where I live, but, you know, some of you do. Up... Upgraded. I went from dogs and burgers1:07 to steak. Yes. I didn't care about the sides because when steak is on the table, who cares about the rest? Right? So So it was a big deal. It was a big deal. 2501:18 years. 250 years of freedom. 250 years of people that bled for that freedom. Amen? But I'm here to tell you1:30 about another freedom. The freedom that America celebrated yesterday was about the pursuit of happiness, about building your life, about going whatever you go, saying1:42 whatever you say, and I am thankful for that. I am grateful for that. It's something worth celebrating. Because because of that freedom, I can come here, stand here, and tell you I'm about to1:54 tell you without worrying about who's gonna come through that door and stop me. But man, the kind of freedom that I'm telling you today, it does not come from a2:05 government. It does not come from a founding document. It comes from 1 place and 1 place only. And we're gonna find out about that today. Are you ready, Waters Church? Yeah.2:18 So before we dig in, we need to understand context. Context is everything we need to know about this church here. It's called Smyrna. We wanna see where2:30 they're at, where they're all about, what's happening. Ready? So Smyrna, 1st of all, it was located 35 miles north of Ephesus,2:42 is a port city, is an important city as far as trade. This is how people made their livelihoods. They traded wine. They traded myrrh. This city2:54 was powerful. This city was beautiful. 1 of the nicknames of Smyrna, today's name for Smyrna is Izmir as in Turkey. The3:06 nickname of, of Smyrna at the time was the jewel of Asia. That's how beautiful this place was. It was your destination to go to, to check it out.3:18 This also... This town was so loyal to Rome. In fact, they have built the very 1st temple for emperor for, emperor worship.3:31 It was the big deal. And here was the deal that the city made with the citizens of Smyrna. Once a year, every year, you get to go into that3:42 temple. You get to burn an incense. You get to declare Caesar is lord, and you're about to go about your business. You can worship any lord, any god, as long as you3:54 declare Caesar is lord. Once you did that, you were given a guild certificate. Think of it as like a union membership. Think of it as, a certificate4:06 to basically operate a business for the for the rest of the year. So your business was open, your family was safe. Nobody bothers you.4:19 And most people did that without asking a question. Tons of people. It was almost so natural. It's almost like when you hear the national anthem, the right thing to do is4:31 you just stand up, put put your hand over your heart. That's how natural it was to declare Caesar was Lord. But the Christians in Smyrna had a problem. They already had4:43 a Lord, and his name was not Caesar. His name was Jesus. Amen. And they said no to that offer, and that no4:55 cost them everything. It's not exaggeration. It cost them their income, their their businesses, their legal standing, their place in the community.5:07 For some, it meant prison. For some, it meant death. And now, here is what we all need to know, and it's important5:19 when it comes to the study of this book, of this part of Revelation. Out of the 7 churches Jesus is going to address, 25:31 churches, 1 of them is Smyrna, is not receiving any rebuke, any correction from Jesus. 0 complaint. There was no, I have this against you. There was no,5:43 hey, you need to correct your ways. Absolutely none. There was just, I see you. I know what's happening. Hold on.5:55 4 points and we're done. Ready? Let's go. Point number 1, if you are filling in the blanks, you can also go to Watchers. That guy didn't do the blanks, digitally.6:07 He knows who he is, so you know who you follow. It's very important. And and before I dig into chapter 2, I'm gonna remind you of the the,6:19 of what we saw in revelation 1 when pastor Tim preached about it. Because what Jesus says in Smyrna chapter 2 verse 8 is not the6:31 1st time he says it. And if you're... This is not a foreign concept. This is not a foreign language if you are familiar with the old testament. We happen to find this same language6:42 in Isaiah. I'm gonna take you to Isaiah chapter 44 verse 6. And it says this, thus says the Lord, the king of Israel and his redeemer, the Lord of hosts. I am the 1st and6:54 I am the last. Everybody say with me. I am the 1st. I am the 1st. And I am the last. I am the last. Besides me, there is no God. This is God's own language7:06 about himself, and it goes all the way to Isaiah. So when Jesus uses it here in Revelation 1, he's not borrowing someone's7:18 title. He's claiming the source, and Jesus uses that title in chapter 1. So when John the apostle, who Jesus7:29 knew personally... He knew Jesus personally. He walked with Jesus. He did ministry with Jesus for 3 years. He was at the last supper with Jesus. He stood and watched the crucifixion7:41 happen, and Jesus shows up to John. The risen Christ in full7:54 glory shows up to John. And here's what John does. Revelation 1 verses 17 and 18. When I saw him, meaning John seen Jesus, I fell at his feet as though8:06 dead, and he laid his right hand on me saying what? Fear not. I am the 1st and the last and the living 1. I died and behold, I am alive forevermore,8:18 and I have the keys of death and Hades. John who knew Jesus hits the ground like a dead man8:31 because the glory of the Lord is upon him. And what does Jesus do? He just puts his hand on him, and he says, fear8:43 not. I am the 1st. I am the last. I died. I'm alive, and I have the keys. Now jumping into this text... Today's text, chapter 2 verse 8,8:55 Jesus opens the letter to a suffering church, to a persecuted church with almost exactly the same words from Isaiah, which is got the same words from9:07 Revelation 1. Revelation 2 8 says, and the glory... And and the and the angel... And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write the words of the 1st and the last who died and came to9:18 life. I'm... What I'm trying to tell you, this is not a coincidence. This is very, very intentional. He's saying to Smyrna, the same thing that dropped John on his face like a9:30 dead person is the very thing that's gonna keep you on your feet. He's telling them the same identity that overwhelmed the apostle John is the9:42 same identity that will carry you through what you're facing right now. So what we got in chapter 1, accomplished this. Jesus shows who he9:54 is. And in chapter 2, he shows a suffering church the same thing, same identity, same Jesus. And before he tells them before he tells them what10:06 to do, he tells them who he is. Why? Glad you asked. Because you cannot face what's in front of you if you don't know who's sitting beside10:17 you. The 1st and the last, that's not just a title. This is God saying to Smyrna. I was here before Rome10:30 put a brick on a brick together, And I'm the last. I'm gonna be here until the absolute last empire in human history turns to dust. I will still be. And Caesar,10:43 the 1 who wants to be worshiped as lord, he can he can he can dress himself up in all heavenly language, but I'm the real deal. I am10:55 the source. And then he announces later on that he's the 1 who died and came to life. And for Christians, that's the whole game,11:06 man. That's the whole game. Because guess what? We can find crucifixion outside of the Bible. There's actual testimonies in his historical document that proves pre... Crucifixion happened.11:19 But, man, resurrection? Resurrection? If resurrection is fake and is not real, we're all of us hidden here sitting worshiping in vanity.11:33 And and Jesus rose from the dead. He showed up to over 500 people. He had... He he cooked breakfast for some of the apostles. That proves that he... What? We read it earlier. He holds11:45 the keys of death in Hades. And because he he owns death and life,11:58 the very thing that's hanging over Smyrna, the threat of death, because that's how Rome controlled people. You co... Either cooperate or die.12:11 And that's the only lever they ever had. You have to understand this. That's the only lever they ever had. You can... You you you get... You cooperate or you die. And Jesus walks into that conversation and says, man, I12:22 hold the keys of death. And here's the thing, you can't threaten someone with something when the god they belong to already owns12:34 it. Romans 8 says this, neither death nor life, man, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth,12:45 nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our lord. And let's face it. Like, most of us12:57 here are not facing death because you come to church. But the principle does not change. Now think about it this way, every fear that you and I have, losing your job,13:09 your reputation, your standing, your security, every single 1 of those fears is built upon the assumption that what you lose is forever gone. AndI Know Your Poverty, But You Are Rich 13:21 then Jesus walked into that conversation. He says, I'm gonna walk into death, and I'm gonna walk back out of it holding the keys of death and Hades. He did not13:33 escape it. He went through it, and he came out of it still standing. So whatever this world thinks it can take from you,13:45 it's not the last word anymore if you are in Christ. Amen? Point number 2 says this, he knows you're poor, but he calls you what? Rich. Look at13:57 verse 9 again. It says, I know your tribulation and your poverty, but you are rich. 2 things about that little tiny part of the verse 9. I'll talk about the word14:09 tribulation there. Bible... Bible commentary talks about tribulation. It means pressure, not any type of pressure. It's the crushing pressure that comes from, like, a boulder sitting over your14:21 chest kind of pressure. Some of you know what I'm talking about. Some of you walked in here with that kind of pressure. The good news is the blood of Jesus makes a way. Amen? Amen.14:33 2nd thing I wanna talk about, those... There are 2 words that have no business coexisting together, poverty and rich. These people, because they refuse to14:45 bow the knee, they... Because they refuse to conform to the world, they were economically wiped out. No income, crushing, grinding14:57 daily poverty. They've been pushed out of the, the guilds of trade. They've been pushed out out of their, businesses.15:09 So with this church, with no legal standing, with no income, with no safety net, Jesus looks at the whole picture, and he says, you15:21 are rich. And, I mean, help me out. Let... Let's find out why would he say such a thing. I'm gonna ask you to remember what we saw in revelation15:33 1. How does Jesus... Remember this 1st part of the sermon series. How does Jesus appear to John? He was clothed... Remember?15:46 Clothed in a long robe, golden sash, eyes like fire, face like... Shining like a sun, in full strength.15:58 Everything about his presence screams power. It screams glory. It screams wealth. He is the definition of rich,16:10 and yet the same Jesus looks at a crushed, poor, little, written off church, and he tells them you are rich. Why? Because he's the 1 who does the calling.16:23 He owns everything. Paul says in 2nd Corinthians chapter 8 verse 9, for you know the grace of our lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake, he became16:35 poor so that you, by his poverty, might become what? In James 2 says this, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith16:47 and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who what? Love him. Amen. The wealthiest being in the universe stepped into poverty. He stepped into the16:58 cross so that broken people could be made rich again in the lord. Now I have something here to say because there's a...17:10 We can't just gloss over this. There's a version of Christianity that's been sold out there that has completely twisted this verse. We're talking about the prosperity gospel. And and this17:22 prosperity gospel will tell you that Jesus calling Smyrna rich means God wants to fill your bank account, means that God wants to heal every sickness on demand.17:34 He wants to make sure that your life is comfortable and smooth. You know? Name it, claim it, speak it into existence kind of faith.17:46 And if it doesn't happen to you, if you're not experiencing all that good stuff from God, it just means that you don't have enough faith. That is not the gospel. Amen. Amen?17:58 Amen. We need a louder amen to that. That is not the gospel. If someone ever told you that you don't have enough faith because you're still not healed, that's not from the Lord.18:11 So look at who Jesus called which. This is the real gospel right here. A church with no money, no legal protection, no political influence, absolutely none. Some of them actually had hit into18:23 prison. That church, he looked at them and said, you are rich. It is funny because the the the... If there was a a a prosperity preacher in the18:35 time when this was written, he will look at Smyrna and said, you clearly don't have enough faith. Where is your blessing? Why is God18:46 allowing this in your life? Maybe you just need to give a little bit more money. And Jesus looked at Smyrna and said, I know you. I see18:58 you. You are not invisible. You are rich. Because real gospel wealth, hear me out, is not measured in what you have in your pocket.19:10 It's measured in who you belong to. It's measured in faith that holds and anchors when the hell fails, when money runs out,19:23 and when the doors close. That's the richness Jesus is talking about here. Now here's the cool thing that I I read through all my study for this week. The city19:35 of Smyrna, that's where we get the name myrrh. The myrrh, remember? The wise men bring in what? Myrrh, frankincense, and incense soup. And when Jesus was19:47 born, that's where it actually comes from, Smyrna. And and and you can hold myrrh in your hand all19:59 day long, and you will absolutely smell nothing. But the moment you crush it, it releases its fragrance. The20:11 moment you break it and you crush it, the Smyrna church is named after something that only gives what it's got inside when it gets crushed.20:23 And that's exact church that Jesus looks at and says, you are rich because because he knows what's going to come out of them, which is faithfulness till the end. That's why they get20:35 no rebuke from Jesus. You know, yesterday, we celebrated men who signed their name on a document that actually put a target on their backs.20:47 Here's what I know for a fact. I've had enough July 4th cookouts, and here's the conversation that almost happened in every cookout. This conversation never happens. Nobody talks about20:59 the price those men paid. They talk about freedom, but we never get to talk about the price that these people paid. I'm gonna read to you the summary of the... Of their price. Ready?21:11 5 of them were captured and tortured. 12 had their homes burnt down. 1 man came home after hiding in caves for a year21:23 to, to find his wife dead and his kids gone. They had everything. They had land. They had status. They had money, and they put it all in the line for what they21:35 believed in. So by any accounting of 17 76 perspective, they came out porter for what they stood21:46 for. And we don't read... Here's the thing. We don't read their story from a 17 76 perspective anymore. We read it from a21:58 250 years later. And history's ledger tells a different story. Doesn't that they were conquerors. They did something. They paid the price.22:11 Because of that, because of that act, because of that courage, because of the price they paid, we're here. Amen? So if you are in this room or any of our locations, or if you're watching22:23 this message at any moments through our YouTube channel, and you're going through financial pressure, you're going through a loss, you know, and you think that God has forgotten you,22:36 don't let what you see right now write the final word, Because Jesus is keeping a longer ledger than you are than you are. He just does. Thank you,22:48 Jesus. Amen. Point number 3. He knows who's against you. Ouch. Even when they look religious. Revelation two:nine, the rest of that22:59 verse, it says, the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. This is by far the sharpest line in all of that letter because23:12 there was a... You have to understand the context again. It was a a Jewish community in Smyrna with legal protected, status and the Roman law, and they were using that protection to report23:24 Christian to the authorities. They were writing them out. So we've got people who had the scripture, who knows the law, who knows the religion, who know God, supposedly.23:36 People who are sitting in religious seats, they were the ones that were handing over the believers to the Romans. The opposition wasn't coming from outside.23:48 It was coming from inside the religious word. And Jesus does not say, hear me out. Jesus does not say these religious people,24:00 they're just misguided. They mean well. Their heart is in the right place. And he just says,24:13 this is a synagogue of Satan. A synagogue was meant for a place where people get to hear from the Lord. And he's telling them, you're gathering in church, but you're still24:25 against the purposes of God. And I wanna I wanna I wanna tackle this because I don't want you to misunderstand what Jesus is saying. This is not anti semitic statement.24:39 This is not a statement about Jewish people broadly. Not even a little bit, because this is this is about a specific people in a specificHe Knows Who Is Against You 24:51 community doing a very specific thing. And the issue... The real issue here is not ethnic, it's it's spiritual. And the principle is this, sometimes the25:02 sharpest the sharpest opposition to real faith comes wearing a religious badge. We have to be careful with that. We have to call it out. Matthew 23 13, this is25:14 Jesus' words. Follow with me. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you shut down the kingdom of heaven in people's faces, for you neither enter yourselves25:26 nor allow those who would enter to go in. And Paul picks up on the same thing later on in, letter to the Galatians. And he says this, even if25:38 we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the 1 we preach to you, let him what? Be accursed. That's hard, man.25:51 I don't wanna gloss over this because this is not abstract to me. As many of you know, like, I I didn't grow up in the church. I I grew up as a Muslim. And I need you to understand that Islam was not just a religion, was26:03 not something that I did. Islam was everything. Islam was perspective on how I saw the world. It was it was my identity, it was the framework on which I operate. You know? So it's been, like, what,26:14 20 years right now since I said yes to Jesus. Praise God. It26:26 it cost me. Not not little. It cost a lot. I didn't just leave a religion. I didn't just stop doing, you know, rituals. I left,26:38 family's expectation of who I was supposed to be. And the people who pushed back the hardest, they were not just strangers off the street. It was my own people, people I26:50 love, people who I still love, and people who loved me, and people who told me in words and in deeds that I lost my mind, and I lost my soul, that I was going to hell.27:02 And here's the thing. You can handle opposition from, people who are strange to you. It rolls off a little bit easier, I would think. But when it's your own,27:15 some of you know what I'm talking about. When the people saying you got it wrong are the same people who were there for every moment in your life, that's a different27:27 weight. It does not roll off easily. Amen? We know this. It stays. And you know what kept me? It wasn't having all the answers figured out 20 years ago. It27:38 wasn't, having the ability to out argue that person I was talking to. What kept me was exactly what is this letter is all about. Knowing who the27:50 1st and the last is. Knowing who holds the keys of death and Hades, knowing that the 1 who found me in28:02 my darkness wasn't going to drop me just because the people around me didn't understand it. 1st Peter 2 9 says, he called28:14 us out. He called us out of darkness into his marvelous light. I didn't find Jesus. Jesus found me. Jesus called me28:26 out of the darkness. And the oppositions I faced didn't change that. It actually just proved it. It proved the truth of God's word. And listen. You28:38 know, what happened in in Smyrna is not ancient history. It's happening right now today in the same planet that we sit on. There's this organization28:50 called Open Doors that basically tracks Christian persecution, in all over the globe. And this is what they did. In in 20 23, they reported that just in 2029:02 23 alone, 4000 Christians were were killed for their faith in Nigeria. Most of them in attacks by Islamic extremist group, Boko29:14 Haram. Entire villages, entire families burnt out of their homes for refusing to walk away from Jesus. That's not in the middle ages. This is this is these29:26 times, these days. This is right now. I'm telling you, towns and villages like Plateau State, Kaduna State, Bernou State in Nigeria, and Borno State are primary29:37 targets today for these attacks. Over 100 Christians, hear me out, were abducted in 1 Sunday. This earlier this year in 20 26,29:49 more than 160 worshipers that showed up the church just like you were abducted during Sunday service across the state in 1 Sunday in the same time.30:01 And sometimes it's not physical violence. We know this. Here in America, Christians are losing jobs. They're facing lawsuits and being pushed out of their30:13 profession for holding to biblical convictions, like, about marriage, about life, about gender. In in 20 21, we all read the30:25 story, football coach named Joe Kennedy in Washington state lost his job because what? He knelt for prayer after the game. And it took him 6 years of legal30:36 battle all the way up to the supreme court to get his job back. This guy did not commit a crime. He didn't assault anybody. And 6 years of legal battle30:49 for what? For praying on a football field. So the faces can look different, the arena can look31:00 different, but the pressure is the same. You compromise what you believe or you pay the price. And if you're sitting here today and you know what that31:12 costs, like if you follow Jesus, has cost you a relationship, a job, a family member, you're you're standing in your own community, Jesus looked31:24 at that church, and he said to that church, I see you, and he sees he says to you, he sees you too. You are not invisible to him. And and and some31:36 of you have not made that decision yet. Maybe you've been closed for a while. You're so close. You know it's real. You know the pressure. You know exactly31:48 what's going to cost you. You know how that conversation with that person is gonna look like. And every time you get close to saying yes, close to saying, yes, I'm willing to pay this cost,32:00 that cost shows up and it pull you back. I I I get it. I get it. I don't want you to feel like you're not worthy or feel like you're32:12 you're, you know, you're demonized here. I get it. And here's what I'm telling you. The very 1 who's asking you to cross that line has crossed that line for you.32:25 And I'm standing here, guys, as a living proof, because I know from every cell of my being, I'm here to tell you, he is worth every single thing it might32:37 cost you. He is. He is worthy. Last point, he knows you are hanging on, because some of you are, just hanging on by a thread, and32:48 he's holding the crown with your name on it. Verse 10 says this, do not fear what what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is33:00 about to throw some of you into prison that you may be tested. And for 10 days, you will have tribulation. Be faithful. Everybody say be faithful.33:12 Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. Notice what Jesus does not say. He does not say hold on.33:25 I'll get you out. He does not say it's not as bad as you think. He says it's coming. It's going to be real, and your33:37 and your 1 job in this is to be faithful, not to be successful, not to be publicly33:48 vindicated, not to be delivered out of it. Just be faithful. Jesus in Revelation 1, he says that he's the 1 who was dead and is alive.34:00 He's the 1 who endured. He didn't just talk about it. He modeled it all the way to the grave and back out of it again. He is the 1st and the last who was faithful unto death,34:12 and now he's asking Smyrna to follow that same pattern he already walked. He doesn't ask us to do what he wasn't willing to do himself, church.34:24 James 1 says this in verse 12. Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial. For when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life, which34:36 God has promised to those who love him. And the apostle Paul, days from being executed for his faith, he sends this letter to Timothy. 2nd34:48 Timothy 4 6 8. I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.Be Faithful Unto Death 35:00 Henceforth is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the lord, the righteous just, will award me on that day. There's not a single35:11 sentence there from Paul asking God to get him out. And look, the reward there is the crown of life, not a crown of comfort,35:24 not a crown of recognition. Lord, look what I did for you. Life, the very thing the threat was supposed to take from him is given back35:35 permanently by the 1 who already hold the keys. And then in verse 11, it says this, he who has an ear, let him hear what the spirit says to the churches. The 1 who35:47 conquers will not be hurt by the 2nd death. 2nd death in Revelation is the final permanent separation from God. The 1st35:59 death is the physical 1 that we will all eventually go to. The 2nd 1 is eternal. Jesus is not promising36:10 that they will skip the 1st. He's promising that the 2nd, the 1 that actually matters most cannot touch them if they continue to belong to him.36:22 Thank you, Jesus. Yes. Amen. And let me tell you what this, letter story end to Smyrna. Decades after John wrote... Writes these words,36:35 the bishop, the the the pastor of the church of Smyrna was a man named Polycarp. He had been personally discipled by the apostle John, the same man who36:46 just wrote this letter that we read. And Polycarp has watched his church, his congregation live by every single 1 of these words until 1 day, 100 and...36:59 This was around hundred and 56 AD. It was Polycarp's turn. He got arrested. He brought into... He was brought into a Roman arena in front37:11 of a crowd, and the Roman official running the city. He gave him the same offer the whole empire had been giving the Christians for years. Just37:23 curse the name of Jesus, just say the words and you will walk out of here. You can go home, You can go live. Simple,37:35 easy, 2 words, and it's over. And Polycarp looked at him and said this, and I'm gonna say it slowly and I want you to hear it37:46 because these words have been echoing for almost 2000 years. He says, 86 years I have served him and he has done me no wrong. How37:58 can I blaspheme my king who saved me? I'm gonna say it again. He says, 86 years, I have served him and he has done me no wrong. How can I38:10 blaspheme my king who saved me? They burned him at the stake for that answer immediately. And here's what history tells us. The church38:22 in Smyrna did not fall apart. It did not shrink in fear. It grew. It exploded. What Rome was intended as a warning,38:34 it became a witness to the world. What they meant to bury, it became a seed. And the city was named after something that must be38:46 crushed before it releases what it was made for. You get it? And the church just crept proving that truth generation after generation.38:58 86 years. 86 years of serving the body of Christ. And not once did Jesus do him wrong. That's the testimony. That's the promise. And39:10 it's the same promise sitting for every person here when every person join us online. We re... We read it. We all know the verse. Romans 10, because if you confess with your mouth39:22 that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the death, you will be saved. This is Jesus' own words in John 10 verse 28. I give39:34 them eternal life, not a permanent comfort, And they will never perish, and no 1 will snatch them out of my hand. I did something I'm gonna39:45 close in a sermon, in a prayer. As you fill in the blanks and as we pray that prayer, and if you are that person who you feel like you've been persecuted,Show more In this video 0:00 The First and the Last13:20 I Know Your Poverty, But You Are Rich24:40 He Knows Who Is Against You35:00 Be Faithful Unto Death39:54 Who Is Running Your Life?
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