Okay, so first of all, number two there on your page. Who placed this monument, by the way, and why is it there? We know the monument. It's the pillar of salt, as you see in the picture here. It's Lot's wife. You remember the occasion, Genesis 19. Who placed it there? God did, right? God placed the monument there. Lot's wife still stands because God put her there. for the sake of the pilgrims that pass by. But the question is, why? As a warning, right? As a warning. I do want to read this passage to you. 1 Corinthians 10. This is a very important passage. Turn in your Bibles. 1 Corinthians 10. First 14 verses. We read this not too long ago in our evening reading. About a month ago. He does a lot for our biblical theology right here in these opening verses of 1 Corinthians 10. Notice, probably in your Bible like mine, it's titled The Warning Against Idolatry. What the apostle does is he shows us the reason, one of the reasons why the Lord has given us the Old Testament. We could just jump right to the New Testament. Well, it's been said in many different ways that the New Testament is in the old concealed and the old is in the new revealed. You can't have a New Testament without an Old Testament. You can't have an Old Testament without a New Testament. It really is one Scripture. They go together and there's so many reasons why God has given us these two Testaments as the Scriptures. What Paul does here is he talks about the error, the sins, the failures of Israel. We know the story of Israel takes up so much of the Old Testament, right? Overall, it takes up the entire Old Testament, but particularly their wanderings and their struggles and their idolatry and hence their captivity and all of that, that whole story. We get to the end of the Old Testament and we're thinking, man, what idiots! Why didn't they ever get it? And yet, we just have to look in a mirror to get the answer. Right? We're the idiots. We're just like Israel. We're just as hard-headed. We're just as stubborn. We're just as wayward. And so God has done a tremendous thing by giving us the Scriptures in the way that He's given them to us. And when we look at Israel in the Old Testament, as John Calvin said, Israel is the church in its infancy. It's not a separate people. We don't have two peoples. We have one people. And what we see in Israel is ourselves. We see the church in elementary school. struggling, struggling, struggling, and yet when we get to high school, all of a sudden we get into rebellion. So now we get into the New Testament, as it were, in our own era, and we're no better. We all need a Savior. When you get to the end of the Old Testament, you're on the edge of your seat wondering, where is this Savior? Where is Eve's seed? Well, now we get to the New Testament, we see that we're just the same, and so what do we realize? The seed has come, and we all must look from either direction, we all must look at the cross. That's our only hope. Just as they look forward to the sacrifice to come, we look back to the sacrifice that has come. And so what Paul does in here is give to us a tremendous lesson in biblical theology and understanding why God has these occasions here in the Old Testament. He says these things were written for our example as warnings. Christians don't like the warning passages of the Bible. We don't like the warning passages. We think they belong to everyone else, but they don't. They belong to the church. They need to be read. They need to be preached. They need to be meditated over. So let's read this passage. Paul says, for I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea and all ate the same spiritual food and all drank the same spiritual drink. But they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them. And the rock was Christ. Nevertheless, nevertheless, with most of them, God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness." Stop right there. He's saying, brothers, you're no different than our fathers. They were in the church. They were members. They took the sacraments. Christ is with them as he is with you. But did they listen? No. Do you listen? And that's where it comes down. All right, let's continue. Now, these things took place as examples for us that we might not desire evil as they did notice that desire evil. Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. We must not indulge in sexual immorality, as some of them did, and 23,000 fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now, these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction on whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore, let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation is overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape that you may be able to endure it. Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. Don't be a fool. Look back into the Old Testament, see your fathers, see your brothers, see how they fell. We'll learn this next week from vain confidence. They fell from idolatry. They fell from their sins. Look at that and learn. Here's your lesson. Beware. Check your own heart. And so certainly. God places the monument here on the Christian way, on the way to the celestial city as a warning for pilgrims and for sanctifying instruction. We are to look to the examples of the Old Testament where they failed, where they tested Christ, where they tested God in the wilderness. And he can spread a table in the wilderness. He fed him manna. He brought him quail. But with the quail, he brought him judgment. We need to be sanctified. and we need to be instructed from what went on in the Old Testament. And, of course, now where we stand, what went on in the New Testament, right? Think of Ananias and Sapphira. What is that but a warning, right? We need to look at these things properly and not be afraid to respond to the warnings as we should. Now, let's ask this question. Number three, why was Lot's wife so punished? Pillar of salt. Death came in an instant. Why was she so punished? And I've given you some food for thought here. Was it for her mere look or for the sin of her heart which caused her to look? The sin of her heart. It wasn't so much that she turned back. Don't look back, she was told. She looked back, yes, but it wasn't so much that she looked back as what caused her to look back. What did the Lord say to Samuel? The Lord looks on the heart. Man looks outwardly. Well, she looked back. I won't look back, but I sure wish I could. I don't have to look back. I remember it quite well. Her heart was there. That was the issue. And the sin of her heart led to her looking back, led to her coveting and cleaving. Do I have to leave? There's my precious things. Everything I love is being destroyed, rather than following the Lord as they were let out. So she was punished, and so punished because of the sin of her heart. had led her to that action. Number four, why is the site of this monument so timely placed in their way? And what does this teach us about the Lord's wise guidance? What did they just come out of? OK, Demas's temptation, right, to do what? Go into the mine and dig. Remember that? Boom, they come out of that and here's the monument. Why is it placed right there, right after the mine? Think about it. What was the temptation that Demas offered? To covet the things of this world, to look back to the things of this world. Right? Just to dig a little and get what you need. You're leaving everything behind. You're walking away. Do you really want to leave until you get your fill? And so, this monument is placed here just after Demas' temptation to look back from their pilgrimage upon the world's lucre, upon the world's money with a covetous heart. The temptation that Demas offered is to long for and desire the things of this life and to keep them if you can, even if only a portion. to keep them if you can, take them with you in your pilgrimage. But, of course, those who go there get stuck there and never come out of the mine. And so the Lord has placed you. Now, what does this teach us about the Lord's wise guidance? Isn't it beautiful how the Lord places things in your life? Right after a difficult trial, He gives you a comfort. Right after a fall into temptation, or right after a temptation that you resisted, and all of a sudden a warning, a monument, to show you what could have happened if you would not have resisted, what could have happened if you would have went that way. Think of, to make up a story, although you don't have to make this up, think of three friends wanting to go someplace and one says, no, I'm not going to, I'd better not. The two go and never come back. Car accident. Foolishness. What then does the one think? I was spared. That could have been me. Think of a flight that you miss. How many people has things like this happened? What does the Lord do? The Lord's in control of all things. There aren't such things as coincidences. Things like this are the Lord puts in our way for various reasons. Providence, the Lord puts things in our way that we might stop and consider. Stop and realize that could have been me, especially with the area of sin, of course. And that's what goes on here. And so the Lord's guidance is so wise. He knows how to place these monuments, these signposts in the way to warn us. And therefore, we do good to heed to them, which is what the pilgrims do. That's what let's go on and find that out. Number five, let's ask a more general question first. What does this teach us about how to how we're to respond to Scripture warnings? I already told you that Christians don't like the warnings. We want to shovel them over our back and give them to someone else. They belong to those who are really struggling with sin. They belong to those who are backslidden. The warnings belong to all these people, but they don't belong to me. And yet, as I said already as well, they're written to the church. Just some samples here from Hebrews, which we find some of the strongest warnings in the letter to the Hebrews, really the sermon to the Hebrews. Hebrews chapter three, verse seven. On into chapter four, the writer says, therefore, as the Holy Spirit says today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion on the day of testing in the wilderness where your father's put me to the test and saw my works for 40 years. Therefore, I was provoked with that generation said they always go astray in their heart. They have not known my ways as I swore in my wrath. They shall not enter my rest. Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart leading you to fall away from the living God, but exhort one another every day as long as it is called today that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. You see, the cure is exhorting one another. That's the cure to keep us from falling away, for we have come short. Excuse me, but we have come to share in Christ. If indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end, as it is said today, if you're here, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. For who were those who heard and rebelled? Who are we talking about here? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? Was it not all of Israel? All of the parents member is the parents, that first generation. And with whom was he provoked for 40 years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness, every single one down to the man, except for Joshua and Caleb? And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief. Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, while it still stands before you today, he says, Let us fear, lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them. We get this that we're hearing the same gospel message they heard, but the message they heard did not benefit them because they were not united by faith with those who listened. There were those who listened by faith, Joshua, Caleb, the others were not united by faith with those two men. But rather with their own because of their own belief, They provoked God and he vowed they would never enter his rest and he destroyed them in the wilderness. And then down to verses 11 to 13, let us therefore strive to enter that rest so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. Notice the perpetual warning here for the word of God is living and active. And what word is this? It's the word of judgment that he has spoken. They shall not enter my rest. Right. For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from His sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Scripture is full of warnings. We must respond to these warnings in faith. Give a quote here right after those references there from Edward Lee, one of the Puritans that I studied for my Promises book. Edward Lee said that there are three things to be known in Scripture. Take Scripture, the whole of the Scripture, there's three things. The commands, the threatenings and the promises. You can follow Scripture basically, Lee says, into one of those three categories. How are we to respond to each of these? If we respond believingly in faith to these things, how does a Christian respond to the commandments of God? Obedience. The commandments are meant to call us to duty, right? They're meant to govern our obedience. The threatenings are meant to curb our disobedience. And so we should respond with fear, not fear that God's going to change His mind and turn against us. The threatenings are not God's judgment upon us, but a fatherly chastisement, yes. And then we come to the promises. How do we respond to the promises? The promises are meant to confirm and encourage our obedience. And of course, Scripture is full of them. So we respond to the scripture no matter what kind of scripture it is. We respond in faith, believingly. Responding as we should as Christians. So don't bypass the warnings, pause at the warnings. And search your heart. That's why they're there. That's why they're written to the church. Search your heart. Examine yourself. As Paul says, examine yourself. Test yourself. See if you're in the faith. Or can you not tell? Can you not see the fruits of Christ in you? That's a warning. A call to repentance. So, number six then. Let's get into how they reacted to this monument. What then is Hopeful's initial response to this monument? Exactly. Notice hopeful's godly regret, his godly sorrow. Paul says to the Corinthians, there's a worldly sorrow, but there's a godly sorrow. Worldly sorrow is embarrassment, maybe shame. You got caught. It doesn't feel too good, does it? It's extremely humbling. But a godly sorrow leads to repentance. Worldly sorrow doesn't lead to repentance toward God. It might lead to repentance or restitution toward man, but it's God against whom you've sinned. Worldly sorrow doesn't lead that direction. Godly sorrow alone leads to repentance before the Lord. Worldly sorrow doesn't lead the proper direction. Hopeful's initial response then is this godly sorrow, this repentance. And why is he so sad? Why is he so sad? Why was his sin the same as Lot's wife? What did he do? What did he say? Exactly. When Demas made the offer, what did he say? Let's turn aside, dear brother. Let us just go see. Hopeful's heart. was the same as Lot's wife. She looked back. So did he. He wanted it. And he argued that his brother accompany him and go. And if it were not for Christian, as we talked about last Lord's Day, he would have gone. But God sent that more mature brother. At least at that time, he was more mature. He's going to make a big mistake here in a little bit. But in any case, shows you the fickle nature of Christians, doesn't it? None is so strong that he doesn't need to take heed. And so Christian, so there's hopeful's response then. And let's look at Romans 11, 20. Sorry, I don't want to pass that up. Who has that for us? Someone? Go ahead, Jim. That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief. But you stand fast to faith. Okay. As he compares himself to Lot's wife, she was broken off because of unbelief. He talks about these branches attached to the vine. Broken off because of unbelief. What does that mean? You've been attached in by grace, but what if unbelief exists in you? What if unbelief fills your heart, as we just read in Hebrews 3? Are you to be proud then because you're a part of the vine? Weren't they broken off because of unbelief? And is that now working in you? What safety then do you have against not being broken off? You say, well, I'm a member of the church. Paul says, so were they. I take the sacraments. So did they. Christ walked with them, Paul says. They drank from Christ. Yeah, but I hear, maybe you don't, but I hear good preaching. That's what he says, right? You can boast all these boasts. I hear good preaching. Well, so did they. They received the same word you do. So being attached by grace to the vine, to Christ, is no reason for boasting. It's a reason for humility and watchfulness. Watchfulness above all on your own heart. It's a great, great verse. Okay, number seven. Christian urges that they learn from the judgment which Lot's wife suffered. And Hopeful agrees and points out two lessons which her judgment serves to teach. And what are these two lessons? A caution, right? A warning, as we've already established. Right there at the bottom of page 23, she stands as a caution. A caution that we should shun her sin. That's why the Lord has left the monument there. That's why it still stands, even as the writer there says it still stands to this day, he said. That's why the monument still stood. Because it was a warning that those who pass by and see would be warned not to go the way she went, to shun her sin. What's the second lesson to learn then? An example. An example to us that if we choose her sin, what may happen? The judgment that may come upon us. A warning to shun her sin, but an example that if you do take her course and you don't shun her sin, this is what may come of you. And we'll see this with vain confidence next Lord's Day as we get on by Path Meadow. And Lord does the same thing in that situation as well. And it shows His wonderful grace for God to put things like this in our way, for God to give us cautions and give us examples. It's such a show of goodness and grace and mercy that we might be warned. And again, that's why the stories, right? That's why the record, this history in the Old Testament is left there for us that we might read and take warning, that we might read and be encouraged. We might read and repent if we find ourselves in the same sins that we see Israel getting sent into captivity for, if we see Uzzah getting killed for, Lot's wife getting turned into a pillar of salt because. What do we do? Would we brazenly continue in our sin then when we see such judgments coming upon people, when we read of Ananias and Sapphira because they lied to God? Why then would we boldly, foolishly do the same thing? We have no guarantee or protection against that same judgment coming our way. So the Lord puts these things in Scripture for us. OK. And of course, not just in Scripture, mainly in Scripture, but also in life, many examples in everyday life, we see God's judgment coming upon those who have sinned against him. Number eight, what amazes the pilgrims about this monument of salt being set so near Demas' silver mine? Why are they so amazed? What does Hopeful say? Exactly. He's amazed because if Demas would just look up, get his head out of his gold, out of his silver, if he would just look up, he would see the monument. And if he had the heart to learn from it, he would see that this is what's happening. This is what he's going to suffer. This is the judgment that will come upon those who covet the things of this world, who look back. Right? To the lucre of this world. This is what will happen. This is what will befall you. And so Hopeful is amazed that they would brazenly dig for that treasure for which Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt just for looking back toward. She just looked back to her treasure, which was the world. And she was judged. And here they are digging and striving and laboring for it. Aren't they so foolish? That's what amazes him. This so near. She was punished for this, and yet they are they're not just doing the same sin, they're persevering in it and they're doing it with with zeal. Come and dig and you dig deeper and deeper, trying to get more and more money, as it was described. Verse excuse me, number nine, as hopeful says, if they would just look up. But then I asked number nine, if men such as Demas do not lift up their eyes to see God's warnings in this life, when will they at last lift up their eyes? Yeah. In hell, judgment, right? Of whom does that remind you? Lifted up his eyes in hell. The rich man in Lazarus. Divies, right? His church history has named him. Divies. We're told that when he looked up in torment. Luke 16. If by the grace of God, they don't look up in this life, they will look up eventually. But then it will be too late. And so, when we are foolish to not look at the cautions and examples set in our way, when we purposely, as Demas is, and those who follow him, when we purposely close our eyes, right? Or keep our head bent so we don't see those things, lest we be convicted and have to abandon our cause. We don't look up, lest we have to forsake our sin. And God is going to bring a sore judgment upon us, right? Which brings us into number ten. Because placing the test before the monument tests the faith truly, right? There are other things that have been before, but this one Lord has determined must come after. And it encourages His pilgrims, right? And it humbles them more, rather than knowing going into the temptation. OK, so number 10, what conclusion does Christian draw and what does this teach us about God's judgment upon those who sin against knowledge and in the face of warnings? The conclusion is, as they say there in the top of 125, excuse me, 124. Or right at the toward the bottom of 124, sorry, the conclusion is such must be partakers of the severest judgment, Christian says. They must partake of the most severe judgment because it's not just a sin. It's a sin against knowledge. It's a sin in the face of warning after warning. I mean, Lot's wife, the pillar of salt, stands there, immovable, unshakable, permanent. This isn't just something like a bird flying by. This is a monument. It's always there. It's always been there. The Lord has always placed such a warning before those who would follow this world. If you're going to sin in the face of knowledge, it's the most grievous. It's what the Bible, what the Old Testament calls high-hand disobedience. It's not a sin of ignorance. As Jesus said, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. Right? What does Peter say later on in Acts? If they knew He was the Lord of glory, they wouldn't have crucified Him. It coincides with what Jesus said. They know not what they do. It was a sin of ignorance. A sin worthy of hell. It was a sin of ignorance. Whereas, Demas, a sin against knowledge, willful blindness. And so, I'll have some verses here that I want to support this with. Let's look at Romans 2.5. Actually, I'll let you look these things up. Romans 2.5 and then we have 1 Timothy 5 and 2 Thessalonians 2. So, grab those places. What does Paul say in Romans 2 verse 5 about those who continue in rebellion? OK, you're continuing in your impenitence, your failure, your refusal to repent. And what are you doing? Paul says you're storing up wrath against the day of wrath. He calls the day of judgment a day of wrath, because in the case of these who are impenitent, it's not going to be a day of blessing, a day of revelation and the revelation of the face of Christ and to bring joy, the beatific vision. It's going to be a day of wrath, the pouring out of the judgment of God. So what are they doing as they prepare for the coming judgment? They're storing wrath. God isn't judging you here. You're getting away with it. Like Demas, digging away. You're getting away with it. Therefore, what you're doing then, because God is withholding His judgment, you're storing it up. And when it comes, it's going to be, the Greek word is this orge, it's going to be that orge wrath that just bursts forth like a dam that's been pressed against with a mighty force until it finally explodes. That's what's happening against those who continue refusing to repent. They're storing up God's wrath until it bursts forth and explodes on them on the day of judgment. 1 Timothy 5.24, who has that? Okay. Sins of some are conspicuous, very evident. They go before them to judgment. Sins of others are hidden. We don't see them, but judgment will reveal. Here we have a sin that's conspicuous. The brothers are saying, these pilgrims are looking back and saying, how can they do that right there? Here's the monument which stands in their view. It's a conspicuous sin. And so, Christian draws conclusion that it's going before them to judgment. It's preceding them. And God is allowing in His wise providence and sovereignty, He's allowing them to continue in this sin that they might store up that wrath that He will pour out upon them. Because they have turned against Him and so He has decreed to judge them. And He will do that. And that brings us then to the third verse. 2 Thessalonians 2, verses 9-12. Notice this passage. Very strong words from the Apostle. 1 Thessalonians 2 verses 9-12 Okay, I hope you have that verse open before you. The coming of the lawless one is that lie and that delusion that God sends upon those who refuse to acknowledge the truth. They love their wickedness, they love their unrighteousness, they want to pursue it. And so, when God brings truth to man, and He refuses to heed, and He refuses to heed, God says, fine. And He brings out a delusion, a lie, and He causes them to believe a lie that He might increase their condemnation and He will pour out upon them. They have turned their backs on Him, and so He gives them over to their sin. And the best place to see this unfolded, one step at a time, is in Romans 1. They knew God, and yet they refused to acknowledge Him. They refused to be thankful for His goodness and graces. He was their Creator, and yet they denied Him and gave all worship to the creature. Therefore, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are unlawful and those things which shouldn't even be spoken of. God gave them up. God gave them up. That's what God does. And that's where the Apostle talks in Romans 1. They receive in their bodies the judgment of their sins. God gives them over. And what's the judgment that comes upon them? Hardening and hardening and hardening and hardening. It reminds us of Pharaoh, right? That hardening. Plague after plague after plague. He got harder and harder and harder. It's a sign of judgment. So now, this monument has stood in their way. They've gathered from it in terms of trying to learn. They have been humbled. They have had these lessons they've drawn from it. They've been amazed that Demas and the fellows there, digging in the mine, can do this so close. It brings us then to number 11. What is hopefuls and what should be our response to such a sight? The sight of Demas and the mine right next to the monument. What is his response when he realizes after Christian unfolds these things for him? What does he say? Be thankful for the grace you've received. And notice how this comes out of hopeful's mouth because he was tempted. He wanted to go to the mine. And so he's thankful for God's grace and mercy. He's he's humbled. What's the second reaction? Fear. Right? Fear. Warning. To keep an eye on your heart. Be watchful. Don't ever presume that you're beyond. That you're beyond temptation. Don't ever presume that you could never fall down that pit. Oh yes, you could. But we're not for God's grace. Number three, remember Lot's wife. Remember the monuments. Remember the signs. Remember the examples that have gone before you. Remember what's happened to your fathers, as the Scripture says. Don't commit the sin of your fathers. Look at the judgment they received. Don't go down that road. Thanks, fear, and remember. And now here's where I want to connect the river of God. Next, they come upon the river of God. What does this represent, do you think? There's a couple of different ideas that I came across in my studies, but what do you think it represents? Means of grace? That was one thing that could be, right? My idea, the one that I think is probably, at least for my own part, most appropriate to where they are and what's happening here, refreshing comforts of the Holy Spirit. Encouragements from the Spirit. God is the God of comfort and consolation. The Spirit witnesses with our spirit that we are the children of God, Paul says. And so, I would see this river as being these refreshing comforts of the Holy Spirit. Now, why, number 13, why is this river placed so soon after Demas and the monument? I think, as I said before, as an encouragement. It's interesting that they come away from the silver mine and here is this monument of warning. It humbles them, makes them thankful, makes them more watchful or fearful. And then it causes them to reflect on what has gone before and those who have suffered and what they might receive if they would have continued in that sin or if hopeful would have continued in that sin. And so they come from that monument. Now they come to the river of God, which is now placed in a similar way along the journey as an encouraging monument, we might say, encouraging them upon their successful passage, number one, through the trial. Before Demas. By God's grace, they successfully came through that trial and now they come upon the monument and they successfully learn from the monument. In other words, they profited from godly instruction. They have profited from the example that was placed in their path. They took heed. They stood in awe. As far as being warned and they've come away, even as they looked at it, what should we learn from this? This is what I think. I think you're right." And then they continued. That's how we should treat the things that we come across in Scripture like that. We should pause at Ananias and Sapphira. Say, what does this tell me? Right? How should I respond to that? And so they've come from out of the one trial and through the one lesson, we might say, the teaching opportunity the Lord had placed in their path with this monument, and now they come to the river of God as these comforts of the Holy Spirit encouraging them in their course. But then we end, at least for tonight, on number 14. But though the river and the fruitful green trees and the meadow are delightful, we must remember that we have yet to reach our journey's end and so must press on. You remember they rest here for a while. They really rest. It's just a wonderful testimony to the goodness of God that after we come through our trials, the Lord gives us rest. After we come through our difficulties, the Lord comforts us. Right. The Lord ministers to us. He assures us of our salvation. He ministers to us in our hearts by a spirit. We come through all of that. We have we have this time of resting in the Lord, this time of peace and and remembering God's grace and goodness that has come upon us and giving him thanks that we profited from the warning. We profited from the trial. We profited from the affliction. And we would like to stay in those places sometimes as places of refreshing, but we can't. You remember the arbor? Uphill difficulty, about halfway uphill difficulty, the arbor? He was supposed to just rest. And what did he do? He fell asleep and lost his role. We can't stay in those places. They're for a time. And they spend several nights there and they enjoy this refreshing and this encouragement. But then they've got to go on. They've got to continue the path. They've got to press on. And we'll see there's going to be difficulties right away. And that's the Christian lot. We go from one difficulty, by God's grace, into a period of respite, and then right into another difficulty. That's where we are. So, we have great encouragement here in this study of the monument and the river, but we have troubles that lie ahead. Sorry, I forgot to give you this picture. Christian, hopeful, refreshed at the river of God. You can see, as I've mentioned to you before, that Christian remains in his armor to the end. being armed in the armor of God that he received earlier in his journey. OK, any questions or thoughts on this?