I love the church. I love your pastor. I knew him before he knew himself, I reckon. When he was first called to preach, he used to preach for me down at Quincy a lot and fill in for me and come for youth meetings and different things. And I always thought, now you think he's active now. Boy, you should have known him back 40 years ago. And I thought, well, he's coming. Should I pad the walls? So he don't hurt himself when he runs off the walls. But he's getting it now, though. I called him yesterday about 12 o'clock and I said, what are you up to? And he said, oh, yes. He said, I'm in the fellowship hall eating. He knows how to eat. And I thank the Lord today for the opportunity to preach to you the blessing that the church is. to me and my wife and family, and just a joy to be in God's house with you. And as you turn to your scripture reading there in Matthew, the 19th chapter, I see something happening among Baptists. It's been happening for quite a while. And that is this. It's almost to the point, what's the use? What is the use? We're living in an awful, awful world. Every kind of sin. Our government's failing us. Society is failing us. Society and government never did promote what we believe, what we know in our heart. But the question is, Is people going to be saved? Do we actually believe that people are going to be saved? And we look out and we spend a lot of time preaching on easy-believe-ism and situational ethics and nothing wrong with that. And this name-and-claim-it kind of salvation and all this liberalism and churches getting into entertainment and we should preach against that. But is that a hindrance to the true gospel and the saving grace of God? That's my message this morning. Who then can be saved? I live in a little community, not very big at all. And across the street, there are good moral people. Next to them is a party bunch. When it's warm in the summertime, they have a picnic shelter out there. They're out there drinking and partying. And I don't know what all goes on, but the Lord does. Just every kind of people. There's right down the street from us, there's a family moved into a rental place. And two weeks later, the county sheriff came and hauled off six of them for being drug peddlers. All kinds of people in this world. We have this now. Call it cancel culture. And you think about that. Destroy somebody for what they said 50 years ago. Who can be saved out of this mess? Is there any rhyme or reason for a church to really exist? Should we just not sit here and preach to one another and dry up and die and somebody come along and sell the building after us? Is that what we're waiting for? Brother Josh mentioned going knocking on doors. That's wonderful. The church should do that. But the thing is, not everybody's being saved. When we was up in West Virginia, farther northeast of here, we had radio ministry, we had TV ministry, We had printed ministry. We went door to door. And you know something? People would ask me, boy, you do all that, how many are you getting saved? None. None. It wasn't my purpose to go out there to get them saved. God wants us to be faithful and loving and kind and care for people in our community and show His love. And you're going to save. who the Lord saves here. And we look down through history and we'll know who the Lord has saved. So read with me Matthew 19. I rather like the reading, but it will let us meet this man that went away lost. Even the Lord talked to him. And he went away lost. And that brought the question. So Matthew 19, verse 16. And behold, one came and said unto him, Good master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. When you think about what he said there, keep the commandments, there's something about that. He that keeps the whole law and ends at one point, what's the problem? He's guilty. He said unto him, which? Which one you want me to keep? Which one can I hone in on and go to heaven? Jesus said, thou shalt do no murder. Well, he evidently had done that. Thou shalt not commit adultery. He was not guilty. Thou shalt not steal. He was not guilty. Thou shalt not bear false witness. Honor thy father and thy mother, and thou shalt love thy neighbors thyself. Well, he's off the hook already, isn't he? He said, I've done all that from my youth up. What lack I yet? He knew something was going on here evidently, didn't he? He said, I've done all that. Now what's the problem? What have I done that's lacking? And Jesus gets to the heart of the problem. See, the heart of the problem is the problem of the heart. And Jesus said unto him, if thou wilt be perfect, go sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasures in heaven. And come, follow me. That was his besetting sin. Oh, he hadn't done these other things. But the Lord said, you're lacking. But look at this young man. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions. See, that's what we see all around us. People have rather do and will and be what they are than to only bow themselves before God and believe He is the sovereign Savior of the universe for lost humanity than to give up that which means the most of them. Then Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, the truth I say unto you, there is truth. What is truth? Verily I say unto you, that's what truth is. This is truth. We have before us the truth. God committed us to the truth. God gives us the ability to know and believe and practice truth. Like you were talking about that college class, Josh? One of our neighbor boys over in Salem Baptist, when I was there, he went to Morehead University, and they said the same thing that you were saying. Anyway, that boy said, as soon as he said that, if you were not here for Sunday school, there is no positive, there's no absolute, there's no truth. Whatever you think in your heart, that's the truth. That's what he was telling them. Don't come to this class and say there's truth like he was saying to you. And this boy got up and says, I heard that. He said, you seem absolutely sure. He said, I am. See, he defied his own philosophy. Lordy, I say unto you that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. Now don't say no rich people are going to go to heaven. It says hardly. He can't go because he's rich. We can't go because we don't curse and swear and leave off all the rest. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of an eagle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Now that's difficult. My wife saw it. And she dares not ask me to thread a needle for her. She knows I'd spend the day and she'd lose the day's work. And I just couldn't do that. He says it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a man to trust his riches to go to heaven. Now look at verse 25. When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? Who can be saved? Is there hope that people can be saved today? Well, look at who's around us. Look at who we have to deal with. And that's what we want to see. We're going to look at whom Jesus saved. And then we're going to look at some other things that will help us see that there's hope. Not for everyone. Not everyone's going to heaven, even though most people think they will. Who then can be saved? But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. See, we have to go back to the scriptural definition of salvation. Here in that text, that we see here, who then can be saved, it means to deliver from imminent death. What we're dealing with is death. And we know this. The soul that sinneth shall die. There is none like the righteous man upon the earth that doeth good and sinneth not. Sin brings forth death. Adam sinned and plunged the whole human race into spiritual and physical death. And it means delivered from that physical and spiritual death. In Psalms 56, 13. For thou hast delivered my soul from death. That I might walk before God in the light of the living. That I might be illuminated and show forth that light to others in this dark, dreary world living in. It means through the gracious working of our sovereign Savior, we're made completely whole. Colossians 2.10, and we're completed in Him, which is the head of all principality and power. And combine that with Psalms 138.8, the Lord will perfect that which concerns me. He'll make me whole. He'll make me complete in Him. He'll make me a child of God. He'll return me to the standings I lost in my birth. I was born into sin. And men drink up sin like drinking water. It's awful what we were. It's awful what these people are into out here in this world. And the question is, why in the world are like they are? I've never seen it like it is. Why is it like this? We know the answer. Depravity. Man has no control of his life. Satan takes every person, every hour of every day, farther and farther and farther down the path of sin. He never goes toward God. It's always away from God. Salvation is of the Lord. We know that. Salvation is a thing of the Lord, who then can be saved. With men, it's impossible. It's an act of a sovereign Savior. It's an eternal act which God, as our substitute, can accomplish. Only God can accomplish salvation. So then we're getting closer to the answer. Who then can be saved as we look at this awful, wicked world? I'll tell you, it's getting terrible. But you know what? I have that assurance. I'm going to make it. You ever hear that song? I read the back of the book and I'm the winner. Yeah, I'm the winner every time. It's a God thing. It's an eternal act of God. Back in our text in verse 26. But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, With men this is impossible. I can do nothing, absolutely nothing, to save anyone. And the person I witnessed whom we need to realize that, there's nothing that they can do with my help to save themselves. See, salvation is completely of an act of grace. Ephesians 2, 8, 9. For by grace are we saved through faith, and that not of ourselves. It's a gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. We know that. As Baptists, we know that. We understand that. But yet, why do we wring our hands and say, how come nobody's being saved? People are being saved. There's not going to be one lost. There's not going to be one lost whom Christ died for. I have that assurance. I was taught that early on in my walk of life after I was saved 51 years ago. I know that. See, salvation, being saved, is an act born of God's eternal love toward fallen, ruined creatures. In Jeremiah 31.3, the Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Behold, I have loved thee. How long has he loved me? As long as he's been God. How long has he been God? He is the eternal God. He's loved me eternally. I've loved thee with an everlasting love. in light of that love, and because of that love, and from the joy of exercising that love upon the... What did he do? He called us. I've called thee. That effectual call of God that we see in our message and all through the Word of God. It's an act of God's sovereign will. Look with me in Romans. I call this the chain of grace. Romans chapter 8. Look with me here. This is assurance for us. That we in love to God, in love to His Word, in love to the Gospel. We try to get the Gospel to every creature. It's mentioned about missionaries this morning. It's been mentioned about reaching out to people. Having outreach ministries. And that's good. But God has grace to expand. And you know something? I know that God's going to save some people. You know how I know that? God's going to come back when He gets through saving people. When that last one is finally saved, His work is finished and the rapture and the resurrection take place, then the rest of the The things that's to come will come and take place in the earthly kingdom and then return to heaven. Or rather, heaven coming down. New heaven. Romans 8, 28. And we know. Know this now. Understand this. I know you do. That all things work together for good to them that love God. Look here. To them who are the called according to His purpose. Always keep that in mind. God's purpose is my purpose. And my purpose is God's purpose. And my purpose that God gave me is in the book. And we're going to see that this morning in this message. He saved us according to His purpose. And all things are working together in divine providence according to His blessed eternal will, just according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow. Foreknow it. Well, that's easy enough to understand, they say. God looked down through time. How did God look down through time? He didn't have to look anyplace. He is time. You know, God gave us time to regulate us. God didn't need time. Remember, you look in Genesis and he began to create, and what did he do? He said, the first day. So right then, he started time for man. And so God foreknew. He had a will. He had a plan that he's going to work out. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate. If you read In Ephesians 1, I love that chapter, it's the whole scope of salvation. You have election, predestination, unto the adoption. You come down to verse 11, and what does it say? That we are predestinated according to His purpose. Here we see this. He did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son. After predestination, He predestinated him to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Now look at this. Moreover, he did predestinate. In other words, according to his predetermined will and counsel, he called. Every one of them. Every one of them has been called, are being called, or will be called. That's God's Word. Who then can be saved? These people right here. And then we're going to look at somebody saved. Then when He called, then He also justified. And whom He justified, then He also glorified. Now that's God's Word. That's God's chain of grace. We can rejoice in that. Today, this church is here. I think this church has probably been here, what, a hundred years? Has it been there that long, or longer than that? Has it been there that long? For what purpose? To carry out the Great Commission. So that His chosen elect people can be saved. Did any people get saved that were not the elect of God? Not one. Did they all get saved? You all here this morning that are members, saved by the grace of God, if you're not saved, I hope God's grace and mercy will be great upon you, that you'll be one of God's chosen people, that through this message this morning, that the gospel will be effective in your soul, that you'll be saved, that life will come to your heart and soul. Look in chapter 9. We're right there if you're reading with me. In verse 11. for the children being not yet born, not having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to the election, might stand not of works, but of him that calleth. And that doesn't say that we believe in eternal justification. That's hardshellism. That means that, like I used to hear some of them say, those hardshell preachers, I call them, There'll be millions in heaven that never even knew that they were going to go there. I don't believe that. I believe there is a message. I believe there's a method. And I believe there's a change coming when God saves the individual. They know it. Look in verse 23 and 24 of this same chapter 9. and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had aforeprepared unto glory, even us, not just them, even us, whom he called not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles. You know what it says in Acts 13.48? Are you familiar with that? Paul went out to preach the gospel to the heathen. And he preached the message, and he says in Acts 34, or 48, and when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord, and as many were ordained to eternal life, believed. with this introduction, having known this and understanding this, let us now look at how our sovereign Savior saves His special, chosen, elect vessels to His honor. And you know, as we look at this, and we look around us and see all kinds of heathenism and religiosity and every other thing, every ism and schism Drug addiction, and murder, and rape, and robbery, and incest, and the murder of innocent unborn. You know, we're going to be overwhelmed, as we think of it, at some of his choice, people that he saved for his great eternal purpose in saving them. Let's look first at a religious fanatic. A man that was wholly filled and given to anger and hatred of Christ and his church. I call him a terrorist. But he's in the Bible. He's in the Word of God. Saul of Tarshish. You ever think about that man? Saul of Tarshish was a Jewish Pharisee. He was educated at the feet of Gamaliel, one of the greatest teachers of the law in the history of the Jewish nation. And in Philippians chapter 3, verses 4 through 6, we have his testimony of his early life. Circumcised the eighth day of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, of the Hebrews, Look at that. As touching the law of Pharisee, concerning zeal, persecuting the church. Touching the righteousness which is of the law, blameless. Man, he was a good man. He was wonderful. He could have been a priest in the Catholic Church. He'd been the leader of the crystal fans. Self-righteous, hateful, mean, murderous, persecutor, a terrorist. Terrified people by wrapping them up and having them put to death. But look at Acts 9-1. And I've got it in my notes, but if you want to turn there, Acts 9.1, look what it says. And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest and said, Hey, buddy, I want some letters. I'm not just going to sit here and do nothing. I'm going to go to Damascus, and I'm going to wipe that place clean of those followers after Christ, the people of the way. For they were men and women, and bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now, how many of us would knock on his door? How many of him would look in his face and say, Mr. Saul, I love you? He was an enemy of God's people. He was a murderer. He was an awful man. But you know, do you notice things the way I do? One day he was out persecuting and they met a man. Remember Stephen? Seventh chapter? And he preached that memorable message. And he ended up by saying, you've killed the Lord of glory. He came to save. And you murdered Him. And you're guilty of His death. Now notice with me there. Go back and read the last ten verses when you get on. They stoned Stephen to death. And you know what the Bible says? And they laid their cause at the feet of a man himself. You know what that means? That means he was fully satisfied with what they had done. But you know, in Acts chapter 9, as he was traveling to Damascus to carry out his murderous, heinous work, he met a man. And he's Judge Stephen Plutarch. And God struck him blind on that day. And he fell upon the earth. And Jesus said, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? He didn't say the effectual cause that we were talking about. And you know what he said? He said, Lord, what would you have me to do? Who art thou? Oh, he said, I'm Jesus whom you're persecuting. You notice that? He was killing God's saints. He was persecuting the Lord Himself. That's the reason he hated the Lord. That's the reason these people are doing what they're doing out here in this world. They hate God. They hate Jesus. They hate the Gospel. They hate Christians. They despise us. Who can be saved? Solitarians can be saved. There was that intervention. Why? God's purpose. Remember Ananias? He said, go down to a street called Strait and meet one there, Ananias. And then he speaks to Ananias and says, Ananias, go and talk to this man. He literally said, Lord, you don't know what you're talking about. Don't send me down there. This is the man who come down here to kill me, and you want me to go to him and talk to him? Go read it. He said, no, you go talk to him. Why? You know why he wanted him to go talk to him? Look at verse 11 through 16. And the Lord said unto him, Rise, go into the street which is called straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarshish. For behold, he prayeth. He hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias. Now look at verse 13. Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man how much evil he hath done to the saints at Jerusalem. And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon the name. Now look here. Let the Lord sit under him. Now here we are. Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessel under me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. Behold, the Lord loved Saul of Tarshish before the foundation of the world. He loved him with an everlasting love. He saved him because of his purpose of grace. Did he fulfill that purpose? He preached the gospel to all the known world. He was beaten. He was stoned. He was shipwrecked. Go read his testimony in the second chapter of Corinthians. He was beheaded for the name of Jesus, fulfilling his purpose. He said, I'm ready to be offered. Let's look at another man. What's this other man? A demon possessed maniac. Look at Mark chapter 5. Who then can be saved? With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. God has chosen vessels for Himself. He will save them. He does save them through the gospel of the saving grace of the Lord Jesus. He has purpose for each that He saves. That's the gist of the message today. He is saving. He will save. He has saved. He'll continue to save those that were chosen for His purpose and His elective grace and mercy and kindness. He has purpose. Oh, I've had people stand and testify and say, boy, the Lord saved me. I don't know why he saved me. I ain't found that out yet. Ain't that foolish? The Lord didn't save me to be solitarious and became Paul. The Lord didn't save me to become this man that I'm going to tell you about. The Lord saved us through His grace that we could live and radiate and show this world what God can do in the life of an individual. One of the greatest things that you can do is witness to whomsoever. I don't care if I've witnessed to doctors and lawyers and whoever else. Don't have no fear to witness to people the saving grace of Christ. It don't matter who they are. Here is this demon-possessed maniac. Now here Jesus took a trip. He went across the lake. I read that in a book to see how big the lake was. Sea of Galilee. And I think it's 12 to 15 miles across. He goes across the lake, seemingly for no reason. And when they would come on the other side, chapter 5, verse 1 says, under the country of the Gadarenes, and when he would come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs, and no man could bind him, no, not with chains. So where did he go to? To witness over on the other side? Went all the way across the Sea of Galilee, run into a storm, and goes over on the other side and goes to a cemetery as a witness to preach. And there was just one person there. And here he meets him and he was a wild maniac of a man. One time in my life I think that I've seen a man that compared to this man. If you've ever been to the old building where Faith Baptist Church was, right where you turn off Route 10 to go into the church, There was a church building there, I mean a store building, had a concrete slab out in front where they done load trucks. One day they tried to arrest a man in that community, and they caught him there by the road. And it took about seven or eight cops to bind that man up and arrest him and get him in the car. I never saw nothing ever here, nothing like it since. He was a wild man. I mean, beating him over the head did nothing, beating him in the body did nothing. Devils, demons. But you know he met the Master, he met the Messiah that day, the Blessed Savior. But when Jesus was far off, verse 6, he ran and worshipped him. He cried with a loud voice and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God that you torment me not. He cast the devils out of him. And then we find him later on in this chapter. And they come, the people of the town, to him. You know what they saw in that man? Setting and clothed in his right mind. These people say they're saved and want to go naked. They're not in their right mind. People that are saved by the grace of God, they want to be Christ-like and godly and dress right, live right. He was set in clothes. How did he know to do that? He was saved. And Jesus got in the ship to leave. Verse 18, when he was coming to the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed that he might be with him. Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Here we are. Go home to thy friends. Why did Jesus save us? Go and tell. Go home to thy friends and tell. Go and tell. Tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. Remember when you were saved? I do. My mom and dad was lost. I wanted to tell them about the Savior. My mother-in-law was saved. My father-in-law was lost. Most of my brothers and sisters were lost. Almost family was lost. Boy, we wanted to tell everybody how the Lord had saved us and prayed for the Lord to save them. Go and tell. Look at verse 20. And he departed and began to publish in Decapolis. That's God's purpose going to hell. He went to Decapolis. He went home to his family and his friends. And that was Decapolis, how great thing Jesus has done for him. And all men did marvel. It was amazing, wonderful. Let me tell you, folks, bless your dear hearts. And that was his purpose. And I'll dare you to go home today, if you've got a Bible dictionary, and find me the city of Decapolis. He went down to Decapolis. But you go try to find that city in a dictionary. You'll never find it. And I'll tell you, if you've got a strong concordance, he became a missionary. You know why? Decapolis means a region of 10 cities. A region of ten cities. Man, he just couldn't hold it in. Purpose. Who did God save? Religious fanatics? A demon-possessed maniac? A woman with an awful reputation? A wicked woman? She had a miraculous encounter with the Lord Jesus in Luke chapter 8? Mary Magdalene, whom He cast out seven devils? And she witnessed that memorable miracle. In John 11, her brother died and she saw him resurrected from the dead. She's the one that washed Jesus' feet with her hair, poured that ointment up on Him. And the Lord said, well, remember her. Time is running out on me and I'm not reading all these Scriptures, Go and look in Luke chapter 8, and John chapter 11, and Matthew chapter 26, 13, and Mark 14, 3 to 9. He said, she's preparing me for burial. I'm ready to die. She pulled that ointment. She washed his feet with her hair. And then she went to the tomb under dire circumstances of her death. She was there at the cross. She was at the tomb. She was there at the resurrection when Jesus rose from the dead. She was the first one that Jesus spoke to. Why? She was a minister to the Messiah and she was a messenger of his resurrection. She was there that morning when he had risen from the dead and he spoke to her. He said to her, Mary, she thought it was a gardener, a worthy lady. And he spoke to her again. And she spoke to him and said, Rabboni, I wish men interpreted his master. Oh, how she loved her Savior. How she ministered to her Savior. And then you know what? God honored her. He had a purpose, a messenger. A messenger. He said, Murray, you go and meet my apostles, my disciples, and tell them I meet them. And he did that evening. Oh, dear, the age-long testimony of God's chosen saints in his blood-bought church, marching down through the history as true disciples, emblazoned with the hope of the gospel, which is the power of God unto salvation, There's assurance being the great promise of Isaiah 55 through 12. Is it really any need to witness today? Is it sort of a useless endeavor? Why do it? Why preach the gospel? Why go to the trouble of living in the time when God's not saving anymore? Is God finished saving people? Isaiah 55 and verse 10 and 11. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater. The seasons go on. The season comes. The rain comes down. We've had great rains for the summer crops. And we've had the snow come down, not only to water the earth, but to give nitrogen to that which grows. It returns hither. It waters the earth, and it goes back hither and comes back again to bring forth the buds and seed and bread. Look at verse 11. So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth. It shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing which I send it. Then he says, you shall go out with joy. I don't know who the Lord's going to save. And I'll be like the old preacher, Lord, would you just let me be there in the ark. I'll give you one last word. In the church where I used to work, a lady got saved, came and got baptized into our church. Had a little boy, about three or four years old, become faithful. She drove about 28 or 29 miles every time she came to service, never missed. And she asked someone from church to go visit her husband. He said he would. And she said, before you go, I want to tell you about Bill. His name was Bill Blanton. She said, my husband is a drunk and an alcoholic. Said he'd been drunk for 15 or 18 years, never been sober. Went and talked to him about the Lord. He came to church. How would you like it if a drunk come into your church here today? How would you feel about that? Would you ask him to leave? What would you do? He came with her one Sunday night drunk, and she said to the pastor, I wasn't a pastor, I just happened to pastor a young preacher, she said, Bill came with me and he's drunk, can he come in? I said, of course he can. He came in, he'd come that way for every Sunday night or every other Sunday night for two or three months, and one Sunday night, when we were singing the closing hymn. He got up, he was over that pad on the side. He got up and started staggering, all you said. One of you men go get that drunk and get him out of here. He's going to disrupt our service. He just kept staggering and he come to the front. He said, Pastor, the Lord just saved me and I'm a drunk. I'm drunk tonight. Would you ask the Lord to take this away from me? I don't want to be a drunk. The Lord saved me. I'll go on home, Bill. You get over it. You're drunk." The pastor says, Bill is professing faith in Christ Jesus. He wants us to pray, and we're going to pray earnestly. The Lord take the liquor away from him. You know what happened the next Sunday night? He called the pastor. He said, you have the baptister ready. I don't want to be baptized. Come somewhere. Bill Blanton became my buddy in visitation. He served the Lord faithfully every day until he died. He was an old drunk. Look, we need to realize that God saved people. He has a purpose. He has grace. He has purpose. Never doubt. His word is not going to return unto him void. Tell people about the Savior. Pray for them to be saved. Wait upon the Lord to save people and rejoice with those in heaven and rejoice in him. Heavenly Father, we thank you for the message this morning. Lord, bless our hearts to know that we were among that number. Lord, that we can rejoice and be exceedingly glad and overjoyed that we one day will be glorified in the presence of our Savior. and know Him and see Him as He is. And because we have this hope, Lord, let us purify ourselves before this world, even as He's pure, and minister as all the saints of God that we talked about this morning did of that saving grace that brought them out. Lord, bless this church. Bless the pastor while he's away. Minister to every heart this morning, Lord, and may Thy will be done. If there's one last, Lord, You help them see that they need to be saved and let them be emblazoned and emboldened to come forth in this service this morning, professing faith in the Christ who saved them. And Lord, rejoice our hearts. Give us holy boldness to go out from this place today and become more than we were yesterday. For I pray in Jesus' name, amen.