First Peter, chapter number three, for the preaching and teaching of God's word. First Peter, chapter number three. And when you have First Peter, chapter three, those of you who are physically able to stand, I ask that you stand with me one more time for the reading of God's word. When you have it, say amen. Amen. If you need more time, stay away from me. Amen. First Peter chapter number three, we're gonna pick it up with verse 18 before I read it this morning. I'm reading from the New King James Version, and therein the reading is this. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit, by whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly were disobedient, When once the divine long-suffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is eight souls, were saved through water. There is also an antitype which now saves us, baptism, not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, verse 22, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to him. Let the church say amen. Amen. You may be seated. And so before I give you my title and before we pray for the Holy Spirit's lead, let me just simply say this. Scholars tend to say, and I tend to agree with them, that this passage right here is one of the toughest in the New Testament, if not the toughest, to understanding. And so I tell you all that to say that I realize that some people may not agree with what it is that I'm saying, but I'll tell you that I labor hard in the world and I believe I have a career. And so I'm not telling you what to believe per se, but I am telling you what I believe and why I believe it. And so with that, this morning, as the Holy Spirit will give me ability, I wanna talk about the King who conquered all. The King who conquered all, let us pray. Father in heaven, Lord, I ask that you stand up in your servant right now, Lord, and I ask that you give me preaching power, Lord. Help me to preach the sermon that all of us need to hear. And Lord, I pray that your word will do only what it can do. And Lord, I ask that you will cleanse me of all sin, empty me of self, and pour out your spirit in me. Help me to be a blessing to these thy people. But most importantly, Lord, I ask that you will help me to be a blessing to you. Lord, it's this we pray in the master's name of our risen Lord and only Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. Amen. The king who conquered all. Unconquered. Unconquered is the name of the 31-foot tall statue that sits at the main entrance of Doak S. Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. Doak S. Campbell Stadium is the home of the Florida State University football team. This statue, 31 feet tall, is quite beautiful. It is a replica of the university's mascots, Chief Osceola and his horse, Renegade. And the statue depicts Chief Osceola rearing his horse, Renegade, into the air in majestic fashion. The statue, although beautiful, They say it has no historical significance, but they say rather that the statue represents the unconquered nature of the university, and more importantly, the unconquered nation, or the unconquered nature, rather, of the Sino tribe, the Native American people in Florida. I don't have no ire against Florida State University, Lord knows I have no iron against the Native American people, the Seminole tribes. But the fact of the matter is, all of us have been conquered by something, at least for a moment. All of us have given our very best at something. We gave our all and all, we kept on keeping on, and at that very moment, we found out that we still were not able to achieve that what it was that we wanted to achieve. All of us have been conquered by something at least for the moment. Some of us have been conquered by sin at least for the moment. We might be struggling with a sin, we get off of it for a moment, Get back on it, and that's just how this Christian journey goes. But praise God, hallelujah, for Romans chapter eight, verse 37. It says, yet in all these, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. And it's Jesus Christ who loves us and still loves us. Somebody say amen. Amen. This book here, we're talking about the king who conquered all. Peter's original audience was the Christian or the Jews who had been scattered throughout the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire is what we call today the modern country of Turkey. There's a great deal that I could say about the book of First Peter, and I still couldn't say enough. But if I had to summarize what the book of First Peter is about in one word, I would say it's about growing. It is about growing. First Peter chapter one, verse 16, it says, because it is written, be ye holy, for I am holy. First Peter chapter two, verse two says, as newborn babes desire the sincere milk or the pure milk of the word that you might grow thereby. And so Peter is advising and he is encouraging his readers to grow in holiness or to grow in godliness. He is also encouraging them and advising them that as you continue to grow, as you continue to be built up in your most holy faith, you will suffer. You will suffer. This is not the message today, but I'll give you this one for free. If you are a Christian, you will suffer. In fact, in fact you if you are a true christian you will call to the cause of christ here on earth to suffer let me say that again if you are a true christian it is for you to suffer here on earth for the cause of christ that's not the message today but i'll give you that one for free That's what Peter was advising his readers, and that's what I'm advising you. And as he's advising his readers, he's encouraging them, he's exhorting them to grow, and he says that they're going to suffer. But then he takes it one step further. He says that sometimes you will suffer undeservedly. He's saying that sometimes you'll be suffering and you'll do anything wrong. Now, I don't know about you, but for me, it's one thing for me to suffer. If I did something wrong, and now I'm suffering as a result of what I did wrong, well, I guess I can deal with that. But it's another thing altogether to tell me that, as a Christian, sometimes I have to suffer even if I didn't do anything wrong. Then Peter takes it a step further. He says, if you got trepidation about this Christian journey and that you'll have to suffer even if you didn't do nothing wrong, he says, I got one thing better for you. I got the perfect example of one who suffered undeservedly. and that's the suffering servant himself the Lord Jesus Christ no deceit was in his mouth he never done anything wrong and they executed him they hanged him on a tree and so Peter says if you feel some type of way about suffering undeservedly well just keep looking to Jesus because he suffered and he didn't do anything wrong And in this undeserved suffering on the cross, Jesus became the King who conquered all. And so with that, we'll pick it up with our reading. I'm telling you, it will help to keep your Bibles open. I'm a Bible preacher. I'm never gonna preach from any other book. So it'll help to keep your Bibles open. First Peter chapter three, verse 18. The New King James, rather, it reads like this, for Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit. Now let me go ahead and say this. There is an entire sermon in this verse alone. There's an entire gospel message in this verse alone, because this verse right here, it captures the life, the death, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ in this one verse. Time won't allow me to preach that beautiful message today. If the Lord allows me, one day I will, but that's not the message he's giving me today. But there is some necessary groundwork that this verse lays that we need to kind of work our way through if we're going to understand anything else about this passage. And so the first thing we learn is that Jesus suffered once for sin. He suffered once. He didn't need to suffer again. Even though Lennon sins time and time again, Jesus' sacrifice, it was so perfect. It was so spectacular that he didn't need to do it again. He did it once for all time. And so he suffered once for sins. He never did anything wrong, yet he found himself still suffering. The just for the unjust, the righteous for the unrighteous, the innocent for the guilty. Any way you want to slice it, that's what Jesus did for Leonard. And if you're a Christian today, that's what he did for you too. And so Jesus suffered once for sins. He bore our sins on the cross at Calvary. Jesus' sacrificial and substitutionary death, it should have been us. It should have been us, but Jesus stepped in for us and reconciled us to God. That's why that verse says that he might bring us to God. That means we was away from God. And so Jesus, he brought us to God and he did that with his sacrificial, with his substitutionary death. It also says, but he was made alive by the spirit. So what this verse is saying is that he was made alive by the Holy Spirit. Again, there's an entire sermon here, but that's enough for us to chew on it, at least for the moment. Let's go to verse 19. Verse 19 says, by whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison. Okay, we're gonna have to part here in verse 19 for a moment because this is the shallow part of the deep end. There are some important investigative questions that need to be answered here if we're going to achieve anything else in the text. And I already prefaced that. Some people see it one way and others see it another way. So some scholars say this, and when I say scholars, those who studied their original languages, some see it one way and some see it another. So I'm not telling you to believe what I believe, but I'm telling you what I believe. And I believe I also have it right, God willing. And so there are some investigative questions that we need to answer. And so the first question is, who went and preached to the spirits in prison? Who went and preached to the spirits in prison? Now, scholars have suggested many. Some have suggested that Jesus himself wouldn't preach to the spirits in prison. Others have said that it's the Holy Spirit who wouldn't preach to the spirits in prison. Some have even said that Noah went and preached to the spirits in prison. And then there are others who said that the apostles went and preached to the spirits in prison. And there are different variations out there of this particular word. And again, I'm not telling you to believe what I believe, but here's what I believe that this verse is communicating. All of those do have merit. All of those do have merit. But we don't have time to go over all of that today. But I will say that I researched all of them. I researched all of them in my prep work for the sermon. And I believe it was the Lord Jesus who preached to the spirit in prison. I believe that after Jesus was made alive by the Holy Spirit, he eventually went to the spiritual realm to preach to the spirits who were incarcerated, if you will. So that's the question. So who went and preached to the spirits in prison? I believe it's the Lord Jesus Christ. So we need to answer another question. Who are the spirits in prison? Again, those who have studied essentially in the original languages, they've come to a myriad of positions. Many believe that this is referring to the people who lived during the 120 years span that Noah was building the ark. Even Peter says in 2 Peter, I want to say it's verse 4, that Noah was a preacher of righteousness. And that does work in a sense. It does work in a sense because the next verse, we ain't got to it yet. Verse 20 starts to bring up Noah. And so I can see how that one would work. But I have to tell you though, I don't believe that. I don't believe that. The New Testament almost always associates the word spirits with angels, whether it's fallen angels or godly angels. The word spirits normally suggests, almost always, not always, but almost, the word spirits is referencing angels, be it fallen or be it demons, evil angels, if you will. That's who the word spirits is usually referencing. And so I believe that this is referencing fallen angels who were involved in immorality, particularly sexual immorality, with those who lived during the days of Noah. Now, this morning we read our scripture. It came from Genesis chapter 6, verses 1 through 8. So we looked at that this morning, and namely verse 4, it says that the sons of God came into the daughters of men. And if you know anything about your Bible, it says came in two. They came into them. And so, they came into them. That can be tough to believe, but that's what I believe is being communicated here. What I believe is that angels, fallen angels, if you will, they possessed men back then. That's why that passage there in Genesis 6 said that the intent of the heart of the people was continually evil. It's hard to believe with all the wickedness and all the foolishness that we have going on today. It's hard to believe that there was ever a time as wicked as today. But what the Bible says is that the heart of man was evil continually around the clock. And that's why God was upset and said, I'm sorry that I made man. It ain't like he didn't know what was going to happen. But what he's saying is God don't like looking on sin. Ugly is still ugly in the sight of God. Even if it's not ugly to us, it's still ugly to God. And so that's what he means there by that he was sorry to make man on the earth. He the same was sorry to make man. He said, I'm sorry to make them on the earth. If you don't believe me, go back and read the passage. I don't, I don't have no reason to lie to you. A couple of reasons. I got to park here for a moment. So bear with me. A couple of reasons why I believe this is angels. So revelation chapter 20, verse seven, it speaks to Satan, who is the chief of the fallen angels being released from prison. Now granted, in Revelation chapter 20, that's talking about a future event. But again, it's the same idea. He's locked up and he's released. Take it a little bit further, Jude 6. Jude, verse 6 says, and the angels who did not keep their proper domain But left their own abode, he has reserved an everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day. So you have angels in everlasting chains. I don't know about you, but that sounds like prison to me. And that seems to go hand in hand with what was being communicated in Genesis chapter 6. I can't cover it all right now. And so when you get home, you go read Jude verse 6, and then go back and read Genesis chapter 6, verses 1 through 5, and you tell me what you come up with. And so it sounds like the angels is who this word spirit is talking about. Then there's one more, there's one more thing. And I know this is a bit technical, again, bear with me. Ephesians chapter four, verses eight through 10, it says this. Therefore he says, when he ascended on high, he left captivity captive and gave gifts to men. Now this, he ascended, what does it mean that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is also the one who ascended far above all the heavens that he might fill all things. Let me see if I can put this in the layman's terms. So the world's best preacher, the Lord Jesus Christ, here's what I believe. The world's best preacher, the Lord Jesus Christ, he went to Hades. Hades is the realm of the dead. If I can illustrate it like this, it's the waiting lobby for those going to hell. So those who don't know Christ, those who are lost, when they die, they go to Hades. And then in Revelation chapter 20, at the white throne judgment, when they get raised up, then they'll go to hell, the lake of fire. And so I believe that Jesus went to the realm called Hades and that he preached to the spirits in prison. But then there's another question. What did he preach? What did he preach? The Bible makes it abundantly clear that there is no salvation for angels. So he didn't necessarily have to go down there and preach the gospel. Here's what I believe. I believe Jesus went and proclaimed victory to the spirits who were in prison. I believe Jesus went to say, you thought you had me, but I win and I win again and again because I'm God and I always win. That's what I believe that Jesus went to communicate. When God had to step down out of heaven and step down into earth as the person of Jesus Christ, Satan might have been like, oh yeah, buddy, I got you now. But God is, he's the one who's unconquered. He's the king who conquered all and so what I believe that Jesus did he went down there to rub it in your face that I win again and I always win because I'm God and I'm God all by myself. That's what I believe that he went to preach. So there's another question we don't get off this but I told you verse 19 had a lot of stuff in it. So We talked about, you know, we talked about who went and preached to the spirits of prison. I believe that was Jesus. Who are the spirits of prison? That's fallen angels. And we talked about what did he preach? I believe he preached victory. Now there's another question. There's another question. And that question is, that question is if Jesus was made alive by the spirit, When did he do this? Now there are some who believe that between the death and the resurrection, that is three days, and the Bible's not clear on when Jesus, what Jesus did for those three days, there are those who believe that between the death and the resurrection, those three days, at some point in time that Jesus went and preached to the spirits in prison. I don't believe that. I believe that Jesus preached to the spirits in prison sometime between the resurrection and the ascension. And the reason that I believe that is because going back to verse 18, it says that he was made alive by the spirit. So Jesus was dead, but he was made alive by the spirit. Speaking of being alive, that's talking about a body. Let's talk about a body, he was being alive. And Jesus was just as, he's Jesus, every bit of human, as you and I. Just like we have a body, soul, and spirit, Jesus has a body, soul, and spirit. And so after Jesus died, he was made alive by the Holy Spirit. And I believe during those 40 days on earth, during those 40 days on earth, after his resurrection, at some point in time, he went and preached to the spirits in prison. We know that Jesus showed up at least three times to the apostles during his 40 days on earth after the resurrection. You might remember that Thomas, if you're familiar with your Bible, you might remember that Thomas, he doubted, after all the disciples had said, look man, we've seen Jesus. Thomas said, I'm paraphrasing, but Thomas basically said, look at him, y'all lying, I ain't gonna believe you until I see it for myself. I don't care what you're talking about. That's basically what Thomas said. But in John chapter 20, verse 26, the Bible lets us know that it wasn't until eight days later that Jesus appeared to Thomas. And so there's a lot of time there. And so I got to get off this thing. I got to get off this thing. But I believe that Jesus went and preached to the spirits in prison sometime after his resurrection and before his ascension to the right hand of God, where he now sits and continues to meet on behalf of us, on behalf of mankind. And so, I know that was a lot, but bear with me. Let's go ahead and push. Verse 20, here's what it says. Who were formerly disobedient, when once the divine longsuffering waiting in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared in which a few, that is eight souls, were saved through water. And so talk about who were formerly disobedient. Again, I believe that's referencing those fallen angels who were formerly disobedient when once God, he was waiting patiently, if you will, he was long-suffering while the ark was being prepared, while the ark was being constructed, while the ark was being constructed, that this took place. And so, who were formerly disobedient were wanted to buy a little supper and wait in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared. So the spirits of prison, who I believe are the angels, are there for disobedience, namely they're co-mingling with human beings. Peter then reminds his readers that eight people, Noah, his wife, their three sons, and their wives, they were saved from the flood that covered the entire earth. They were saved in the ark. And so that takes us to verse 21. So if you think about the flood, the flood covered the entire earth. The entire earth was immersed in water. That takes us to verse 21. In the New King James it says there is also an antitype. I believe the King James says a light figure wearer too. But there is also an antitype which now saves us. Baptism, not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer, rather, excuse me, of a good conscience toward God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Now let's deal with that word antitype or light figure in the King James Version. It means something that foreshadows or something that corresponds to a future event. For example, the entire Old Testament foreshadowed the New Testament. Namely, the sacrifices that were offered on the altar. There's a bunch of them. If you were to go back to Leviticus, you got a sin offering, burnt offering, peace offering, grain offering. There are a whole bunch of them. What I believe this is saying is that it corresponds, baptism corresponds to this, in the fact that in the Old Testament you had sacrifices on the altar, but in the New Testament you had the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. So Old Testament sacrifices on the altar New Testament sacrifices, or New Testament, the perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and then it goes on to say, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And so, here's where baptism comes into play, because you may say, none of that has nothing to do with baptism. And it is easy to miss. He's not saying that baptism in itself can save you. Dipping your whole body in water, whether you do it one time or ten times, is not going to save you in itself. But what he is saying that those who get baptized, they profess faith in the resurrected Lord. They believe the gospel that Jesus lived, that Jesus died, that Jesus rose again in accordance to the scriptures. And so we are saved through the resurrection. We're saved through the resurrection once I believe I should get baptized. And that's what this verse is really getting at if you ask me. And so it goes to say that, again, this antitype is that the eight souls, they were saved through water, and we're saved through baptism, not the water itself, but the resurrection of Christ. Once we have faith in the resurrection of Christ, we ought to be baptized. Finally, verse 22, it says, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers have been made subject to him. This is the exaltation of Christ. This verse is the declaration that the one who suffered undeservedly, the God-man, the Lord Jesus Christ, has ascended to heaven as the angels and authorities and all powers have been made subject to him. In other words, when Jesus got to heaven, he was in charge of everything. Everybody and everything answers to Jesus. And so I know that was a lot. So we're talking about the King who conquered all. I got three points. That's the sum total of the verses. I got three points, three takeaways that we need to look at. And as the Holy Spirit leads us, we'll go ahead and make our way out of here today. And so if you're taking notes, write this down. The first point is Jesus conquered sin. Jesus conquered sin. Look at verse 18. The first part of that verse says, for Christ also suffered once. sins. So Jesus suffered once for sins and I kind of covered this. Once is plenty. Especially if you ain't did nothing wrong. And so I shared with you in the introduction that this entire sermon, this entire section of scripture is kind of predicated on on undeserved suffering. And that's why that next part of verse 18 says, the just for the unjust or the righteous for the unrighteous, the innocent for the guilty. Let me put it another way, talking about Jesus conquered sin, I put Jesus on the cross. Leonard put Jesus on the cross. Robbie Bobby, Susie, Judy, fill in the blank with your own name. You are personally, personally responsible for putting Jesus on the cross. I am personally responsible for putting Jesus on the cross. And if you don't think that's the truth, read your Bible again. Because if everybody in the world was perfect and I'm not perfect, Jesus still would have had to die. He still would have had to die. And so you and I, whether you want to believe that or not, that's the truth of it. Read your Bible. We are personally responsible for putting Jesus on the cross. You're not high and mighty. You're not that good of a person. Not so much that you could please God. All of our righteousness is filth and rags when it comes to the Lord. It takes one sin to go to hell. That's it. One sin, go to hell. And so I've committed more than one. And so I put Jesus on the cross. Maybe you're a little bit more spiritual than me, based on the reception I received. Maybe you're a little bit more spiritual than me, and maybe you're a better person. But I know that if it had not been for the Lord, who was on my side, I would not be standing here today. And so, 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21, let me put some Bible to it. If you don't believe me, let me put some Bible to it. 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21 says, For he made him, talking about God the Father, made God the Son, the Lord Jesus, for he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us. that we might become the righteousness of God in him. In other words, Jesus never sinned, but he conquered sin so that I could be picture perfect in the eyes of God. So I could be picture perfect in the eyes of God. And I for one am thankful that the Lord Jesus Christ conquered sin. And so I could go on and on and on, but the first point is made, and that point is, Jesus conquered sin. Second point. Jesus conquered the divide between God and man. Jesus conquered the divide between God and man. Go back to verse 18 again. It says, For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. that he might bring us to God. So again, if he had to bring us to God, that means we was away from God. When sin entered the world, when Adam ate from the tree, when God commanded him not to, that one sin completely separated him from the fellowship of God. That one sin didn't put Adam this far from God. That one sin put out of light years and put all of us that far away from God. Let me see if I can paint this another way. That one sin, that one sin put the divide between God and man so far that no man could ever build it. No man could ever repair it. You see in Genesis chapter 11, the Tower of Babel, they were trying to get to heaven. You can't get to heaven. There's nothing that you can do. It took the Lord Jesus to conquer the fire between God and man. It took Jesus to conquer the fire between God and man. Let me put some Bible to it if you don't believe me. 1 Timothy 2 verse 5 says, For there is one God and one mediator. between God and men, the man, Christ Jesus. We can't come to God except through Jesus. John 14, six says, John 14, six says, I am the way, Jesus said there, I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no man comes to the Father but by me. Again in John chapter 10, verse nine, Jesus says, I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved. The takeaway is if you don't enter through Jesus, you not getting in. And let me go ahead and communicate this to you. All roads don't lead to God. All religions are not the same. We ain't all talking about the same stuff. The exclusivity of Jesus cannot be overstated. If you got Jesus, then you got it right. If you got anything other than Jesus, you got it wrong. Bottom line up front. And so Jesus conquered the divide between God and man. I can go on and on, but that is the second point. And that Jesus conquered the divide between God and man. We can only be saved by one means and that's by God's grace. And we do that through putting our faith in Jesus Christ. So the second point is Jesus conquered the divide between God and man. Third point, last point, third and finally. So the first point was Jesus conquered sin. The second point was Jesus conquered the divide between God and man. Third and finally, Jesus conquered the cosmic powers. Jesus conquered the cosmic powers. Go back to verse 22. Verse 22 says, talking about Jesus, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers haven't been made subject to him. Angels, all of them, whether they're fallen or whether they're godly angels. When I say cosmic powers, I am representing angels as a whole. And now you may say, well, what's the big deal about that? I mean, if Jesus is God and he's the creator of all things, wasn't the angels already subject to him? That's a good question. And the answer is yes. The angels have always been subject to God. I need you to walk with me on this one. The angels have always been subject to God, but they haven't always been subject to man. Jesus came to the earth as a man. John 1.14 says, And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Jesus came as a man. Satan is a cosmic power. He's an angel. Read your Bible. These are some supernatural creatures with some supernatural powers. And if you don't believe in the supernatural, you're serving the wrong God. You serving the wrong God. And so Satan is the chief of the cosmic powers. And I believe he was, he is, I believe he is still the most powerful of all the angels, if you will. And so again, I need you to walk with me on this one. So the angels have always been subject to God. But they haven't always been subject to man. Jesus came and lived as a man. He got hungry like a man. He got tired like a man. He bled like a man. They hanged him like a man. And he died like a man. But something else happened after that. The Bible says three days later that Jesus, the man, got up with all power in his hand. No man has all power, but now the God-man, the Lord Jesus Christ, has all power in his hand. And so now in a sense, angels have been subjected even under man. Now think about this for a moment. Angels don't die. The moment that God created them, the moment that God created them, they're eternal from that moment. They have always seen the glory of God. They have always been in the presence of God. They've always had the privilege of being with God. And that's why I believe Jesus wasn't about to die for no angels. But when man says, Jesus said, hold on, wait a minute. Let me go get my baby. Let me go get my baby. And you ought to be happy about that. Because I tell you, that family that's sitting over there, nothing's going to stop me. I'll go through hell and high water. I mean that theologically. I'll go through hell and high water to take care of that family. Nothing's going to stop me. I'm going to be a man on a mission. But I'm not gone. And Jesus said, nothing's going to keep me from my baby. If I got to go get them myself, I am going to get them. We ought to be happy about that. We ought to be happy about that. Here's another thing. Here's another thing. Let me put some Bible on this. Hebrews 1.14 says this. It's talking about angels. It says, are they not all Minister spirits, there's that word again talking about angels. Are they not all minister spirits? Sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation Hold on. Wait a minute. If you were Christian If you trusted Jesus your personal Lord and Savior, you're gonna inherit salvation I'm gonna inherit salvation Let me put some more Bible to this Revelation chapter 19 verse 10 This is an angel testifying to the Apostle John. The Apostle John wrote Revelation. Here's what an angel testified. Here's what an angel said in Revelation chapter 19, verse 10. Listen to it because if you don't listen, you'll miss it. Here's what he said. Here's what that verse says. And I fell at his feet. John is saying that I fell at the angel's feet to worship him. Here's what the angel said to John. See that you do not do that. I am your fellow servant, meaning I'm a servant just like you, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Let me go back and catch that again. I am your fellow servant, meaning I'm a servant like you, but he said something else, and of your brethren. who have a testimony of Jesus. If you are sitting in the building today and you have a testimony of Jesus, then an angel is working on your behalf. And so, I don't know this for sure, but if Jesus had not conquered the cosmic powers, I don't think I'd be able to see it. I don't think I'd be able to say that. And so really what this is saying is, let me see if I can just, let me just see if I can put this another way. So when the God man, the Lord Jesus Christ, when he died on the cross, when he rose again, when he conquered Satan and all the fallen angels, when he conquered the cosmic powers and was exalted to the right hand of God, he gave us maids and butlers. He gave us maids and butlers. Now I don't know about you, but a maid or a butler sounds pretty good. We ain't got no maids or butlers at 631. Lord knows I sure wouldn't mind having one. And so, and so, and so, in all seriousness, the Bible says that, the Bible says that no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor has come into the heart of man the things that God has prepared for those who love him. I don't know exactly how this is going to look. I don't know exactly how it's going to take place. And if somebody tells you that they do, they lying to you. The fact of the matter is God is an awesome God and we can't figure out anything that he's doing. But I'm thankful that Jesus conquered the cosmic powers. And so I could go on and on, but the point is made that Jesus conquered the cosmic powers. As I hasten to a close here, I'm reminded of what the songwriter said. The songwriter said, victory is mine. Victory is mine. Victory today is mine. I told Satan, get me behind. Victory today is mine. We can only sing such a song because Jesus conquered sin. on the cross. We can only sing such a song because Jesus conquered the divide between God and man. We can only do that because Jesus conquered the grave. He conquered death. They don't have any power over us. When the Lord Jesus Christ, when he lived, when he died, when he died again on the third day with all power in his hands, Jesus Christ became the king who conquered all. He is the King who conquered all. He is the King of glory and His name, His name is Jesus Christ. Now you might be sitting here saying, well I don't know how Jesus conquered all because I'm still suffering. Well, what I'm here to tell you is that as a Christian, you will suffer. I'll also tell you this, just keep on keeping on and I'm confident that God will take care of you. He will take care of you because he is the King. He cannot fail. The Lord Jesus loves you. And I'm here to proclaim, I'm here to preach to the masses that Jesus Christ is the King who conquered all. Everybody stand. There may be someone here who doesn't know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. Maybe you haven't made the decision to get baptized. If you haven't been baptized, you ought to be running down this aisle right now to get in one of those chairs. You ain't gonna be down there by yourself. I'm gonna meet you down there. Or maybe you don't have a church home. You're not affiliated with a local New Testament church. and you'd like to make St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church your church home, you can do that at this time. The doors of the church are open.