2 Corinthians chapter 9, and then we're looking at verse 13. If you look at all of chapter 9, we looked at it last week, and really how this church was taking care of other saints and taking care of Paul. And Paul was, for lack of a better word, bragging about their ability to be able to get together the offerings and to be able to take care of. you know, people. And then he was kind of forewarning them, though, that as he was letting people know, he wanted to make sure that they were, you know, absolutely, that they were doing this. And he was letting people know, you know, that they were, you know, that this is what they were doing. And so then he was making sure that they were doing that. And then we see in verse 13, he says, whilst by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, okay? And for your liberal distribution unto them and to all men. And other Christians were glorifying God, people were glorifying God for this congregation's professed subjection unto the gospel. This is what they were known for, okay? And that professed, that word professed wasn't just something They went around saying, I'm a Christian, I serve God, I'm following God. But that word professed also included the fact that other people were acknowledging that they were serving God. So that word professed, it's a strong word. It's more than just words, it's words backed by actions, okay? It's words backed by actions. You know, obviously the right word for that particular text. So last week we looked at that word subjection unto the gospel. And when you subject yourself to something, okay, you are brought under a particular authority. That's what the word subjection means. There's an authority and you are underneath it. And one thing as, well, as as U.S. citizens, sometimes the word subjection or subject is not something that we grew up with. We're used to citizens, okay? And so when we tell, when we talk about being subjected to something, it doesn't always sit well with us. And by the way, that's just not an American thing. That's a flesh thing, okay? To say that you have to be underneath an authority is not always something that sits well with our flesh. But one thing that we have to understand is mankind is always going to be under an authority. And that authority will be Jesus Christ. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess. And that lets us know that we are always going to be underneath the authority of Christ. Whether our flesh likes it or not, it doesn't change the fact that this is what is going to take place in our life. So we looked at the word professed subjection, and we just talked about it a little bit last week. And if you weren't here, I'll just give you a brief review. I promise we won't go too long, okay, of being subjected to the gospel. And remember what the gospel is. The gospel is more than just the birth of Christ, the life of Christ, the death of Christ, and the resurrection of Christ. It's what that allows or allows people to be able to have. Because of the birth of Christ, and the life of Christ, and the death of Christ, and the resurrection of Christ, I can have a relationship with Christ. And that's the gospel. And that's the gospel. And so when this church was doing what they were doing, and being strong in this particular ministry, they were known for subjecting themselves to the gospel. And when we subject ourselves to the gospel, We give ourselves, we're putting ourselves in a position of being capable, or we have the capability of being able to reach people for Christ. And that's an important thing, okay? We talk about the disciples, how they turn the world upside down. And through Christ, they were able to do that. And then there was an acceptability, giving people that opportunity. And when we professor, when we subject ourselves to the gospel of Christ, we are giving ourselves stability. And this afternoon, I needed a little bit of stability. Pray for your pastor. Pray for your pastor. And I believe that you do. But, you know, your pastor, you probably know this, is just as human as anybody else. Right? And just as, you know, and sometimes we go away from the pulpit and from church and we're like, man, everything's awesome, we're on fire, it's going great. And other times you walk away from the pulpit and you're like, Lord, why in the world would you put me in this position in the first place? Okay? And so sometimes we do something like that. But it's always good to remember that on Christ the solid rock I stand. Amen? And so when you subject yourself to the gospel, you're always putting yourself on a position or in a position to be able to stand on something that will never go away. The gospel of Jesus Christ is never going to go away. You know, it just simply isn't going to go away. You know? And that's a good place to be. Okay? That's a good place to be. And so this evening, just continuing that, you know, just continuing that, is like, why would I, you know, put myself or subject myself to the gospel? I gave you one of the answers right there. It's because of the stability. You know? The stability. I want to be able to have that stability in my life. I don't ever do the stock market. It would not be good for me. I don't have the ability to be able to play the stock market or however you want to do it, and it wouldn't be a very stable way of making money for me and my household. I would get suckered in by You know the next great thing and the next thing you know I would not have any money and that would not be a good thing. And you know there's just certain things in life that you know we probably should stay away from because it's not good stable ground for us to be there. When we're subjecting ourselves to the gospel that's a good place to be. The stability there because the gospel is not going to go away. We're gonna turn to a few places in the Bible this evening, and I like doing Bible studies on Sunday evening, and so turn your Bibles to 2 Peter 3. Turn your Bibles to 2 Peter 3. I think subjecting ourselves to the gospel is a good place to be. And when we subject ourselves to the gospel, remember the context here, this was a church that was doing something for the Lord. It wasn't just a church that was acknowledging that there was a gospel and that some of them were part of it and they were glad to be part of the family of God, but it was a church that was actually doing something with the gospel. a church that was actually doing something with the gospel. And so when we, and understand, so when we subject ourself to the gospel, then we are taking the birth of Christ, the life of Christ, the death of Christ, okay, and the resurrection of Christ, and the opportunity to be able to have a relationship with him, okay, to people that need to hear about Jesus Christ. And mention the stability, and stability is a good thing to have in our life. I like to be able to share Jesus Christ with all my children because I know he's not going away. Amen? I know he's not going away. My first grandchild is going to be born here in April. Okay? And my daughter and my son-in-law, they know Jesus Christ as their Savior. They're in church. But even if they didn't, I would still introduce my granddaughter to Jesus Christ, whether they liked it or not. Okay? But I'm glad I don't have to have that predicament. All right? Because he's not going away. So look at 2 Peter chapter 3. on that particular context there, verse 8. And once in a while we need to remember that when the Bible is speaking, yes, this is really good for lost people to hear, but Christians need to embrace it just as much. But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us. We're not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. And that one day is a thousand years, and a thousand years is one day. If you read the rest of 2 Peter 3, starting in verse 1, he's talking about judgment is coming. Why subject myself to the gospel? Because we need to accept the inevitable. All right? We need to accept the inevitable, and the inevitable is that Jesus Christ one day is going to come again. All right? I was just telling my father-in-law, I remember when I went to school in 1989. That was my freshman year in college. I went to Liberty University, and I went to study youth ministry, because I wanted to play for Jesus the rest of my life. Because that's what youth pastors do. Now, I was a youth pastor for 11 years, so I can talk about youth pastors. It's allowed. But when I went to Liberty in 1989, I actually was convicted and accepted Christ as my Savior. It's really good for your youth pastors to be saved. It absolutely is. So I accepted Christ as my Savior, but I remember one of the speakers there, and he said, you know, I'm not putting a time on when Jesus Christ is going to return, but we're not going to see the year 2000. Yeah, and I mean, you know, because of the way the world was going. And then when I was in Bible College in Missouri where I met my wife, I remember when Bill Clinton got elected. Okay, now I'm not here to talk about politics or anything like that, but at Bible College we thought Bill Clinton getting elected was like, wow, the rapture's about to happen. Okay, wow, it's amazing how things can progress, right? It's amazing how things can go, you know, even further. And I say all that because there was all this talk about the rapture, the books were out, the movies were out, pastors were preaching about it, I was preaching about it, everybody was preaching about it. You don't hear a lot about it right now though, do you? Not so much anymore, because, you know, these things kind of go in cycles. You know, hurricanes were happening and everybody was talking about, oh, you know, here it goes. Well, let me just tell you something. Christ is going to return. He's going to return, you know, and we need to accept the inevitable. We subject ourselves to the gospel. We are accepting the fact that everything about the gospel is true, and that includes the return of Jesus Christ. Amen? And so he says, beloved, be not ignorant. We have no excuse for being ignorant of the return of Christ. Absolutely not. So maybe in the year 2000, 2000, 2010, you know, we were doing a little bit more of the rapture practice is what one of the ladies called it down south, you know, just jumping around and all of that. But maybe we haven't been doing it so much lately. But let me tell you something. Every day is a day closer to the return of Christ. And those aren't just words. That's true. And we need to have a professed subjection to the gospel and everything that comes with it, and that's the fact that if Jesus Christ returns today, I will be going home with Jesus in glory. Absolutely. But people I know won't be. And so we subject ourselves to the gospel because we have to accept the inevitable. Hebrews chapter 9 verse 27 says, and it is appointed unto men, man wants to die and after this the judgment. That's going to take place. This morning in church, I mentioned two business meetings in heaven. One is First Corinthians when we're talking about the judgment seat of Christ, and as Christians, we will stand before the Lord and see our works go before the fire, or go through the fire. And then the other one is in Revelation with the great white throne judgment, and how people actually stand before the Lord. If their name's not written down in Lamb's Book of Life, they'll be cast into the lake of fire. That is the inevitable. That is the inevitable. So we subject ourselves to the gospel. We accept the subjection of the gospel. We say, you know what? I need this in my life. I'm going to place myself underneath that authority because it's inevitable that all this is going to take place. It's good to remember that it's inevitable. Amen? It just is. And then in 2nd Peter chapter 3, look at verse 9, the Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Alright, we need to accept the inevitable, but then also accept the incredible. Ok, why subject myself to the gospel? Because Jesus Christ keeps forgiving, and Jesus Christ keeps allowing me to be part of his plan. Amen? You know, I still get to tell people that He's coming again. I mean, just absolutely. You know, He allows me to do that. So it's incredible that He uses me, but it's also incredible that God gives us another day, and another day, and another day. That word, long-suffering, but is long-suffering to us. You know, a lot of times, you guys don't mind if I walk around, do you? Okay, good. All right. Does Pastor Harness walk around? No, he doesn't? Okay. Does the camera follow me if I walk around? Yes, that's awesome. Okay, anyway. It doesn't? Oh, they're ratting on you guys anyway. Okay, what's incredible is that I get to be part of this. You ever have a pity party in your Christianity? My wife, she'll probably start laughing because she knows I had a little bit one of those today, you know. And I get to be part of this. I mean seriously, get to tell people about Jesus, get to help train others, you know, get to continue to learn and so on and so forth. But what's incredible is that we actually get another day. And then another day and another day and another day. Because each and every day is a day that God, what? He created. He created, and His mercies are new every morning. You know, He just didn't spin us and then, you know, just one day it'll just stop spinning, you know? But He actually creates each and every single day. In Colossians it tells us that all things consist because of Him. The moment that He lets go, everything lets go. It's absolutely gone. Okay? And that word long-suffering is an incredible word. It really is. A lot of times we think, oh, you know, I'm really long-suffering for the Lord. We've got this face and this demeanor. No, long-suffering is waiting and knowing that it's worth the wait. There's an attitude behind it. It's not a dreadful patience. It's a patience with knowing that, hey, this is worth waiting for. Amen? I mean, seriously. I mean, it's absolutely worth waiting for. And that is what's long-suffering. And so God gives us another day because it's worth it to Him to give us another day. That's incredible, right? I mean, that's incredible. I was incredulized, but anyway, I don't know if that's a word, but I made it up, so now it's a word. All right, it is? Oh, it works, yeah, yeah, absolutely. Well, how do you get a word anyway? You use it, other people use it, now it's a word. Yes, like selfie. Worst word in the English language, selfie. Anyway, look at John chapter 10. John chapter 10, for Christmas, For some reason, I have no idea why, my kids bought me a selfie stick. It took me like a year to even figure out how to take a selfie. And it took me another year to forget how to take a selfie. Anyway. We want to subject yourself to the gospel. Why? Because of the stability. Because of the fact that it's inevitable. OK? Also because it's incredible. And then John chapter 10 verse 28, he says this, and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. OK? We subject ourselves to the gospel and the word I used was accept the indelible. OK? I-N-D-E-L-I-B-L-E. It is a word. except the indelible, and that means that it cannot be blotted out, it cannot be canceled. I'm going to subject myself to the gospel, okay, and I'm going to share the gospel, because when somebody accepts Christ as their Savior, Christ comes into their heart, sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, okay? We know that they're now in Christ's hands, and then we know that they're in the Father's hands, and we know that they're sealed with the Holy Spirit. All of God is involved in keeping a believer secure, okay? There's a lot of insecurity in this world, okay? There's a lot of insecurity in this world. There's a lot of things that are gonna come and go. But I tell you what, when somebody has a relationship with Christ, it's never going away. Nothing can ever separate you from the love of God because God refuses to let go. And people say, well, why are you involved in the ministry? Because it's what's permanent. It's what works. It's what makes a difference in somebody's life. It is indelible. It cannot be blotted out. It can't be canceled. It's going to be there forever. Why would I subject myself to a plan or even share that plan if I wasn't sure about that plan. Or it went away, you know? It doesn't make any sense at all. So one of the reasons why I subject myself to the gospel is because God has shared with me that when I place my trust in Him, He's never going to let it go. And then when I introduce my kids to Christ and they accept Him, He's never going to let them go. Or when I introduce anybody to Jesus Christ and they accept Christ, He's never going to let them go. Well, that's a good place to be. Amen? That's a good place to be. And so we subject ourselves to the gospel because we're accepting the indelible. So we have the incredible, the inevitable, and the indelible. Those are really good words. Okay? Those are tremendous words. Now look at Acts chapter 1. Now look at Acts chapter 1. Okay, Acts chapter one, now this morning, this morning I was preaching on, I finished up a series, Walking in the Spirit. And there's a lot of books out there, there's a lot of pastors preach on walking in the spirit, and so on and so forth. And when you look at the end of each gospel, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, he gives the great commission at the end of each one of those gospels, okay? And then at the end of the Gospel of John is when Jesus is talking to Peter, all right, and asks Peter, do you love me? And Peter says, you know I do. And he says, feed my sheep. Do you love me? You know I do. Feed my lambs, feed my sheep. And then he tells Peter the life that Peter's going to have as far as serving, and then the fact that he's going to die a martyr's death. And then Peter, being Peter, will ask, well, what about John? And he's like, don't worry about John. Worry about yourself. And then in Acts chapter 1 in verse 8, he says, you're going to receive power after the Holy Ghost has come upon you and you shall be witnesses. And the point was this morning, if you're going to walk after the Spirit, say, I want to walk after the Spirit. OK, well, if you're going to walk after the Spirit, you have to be a witness for Jesus Christ. I mean, that's why the Holy Spirit came. Seals us, but then motivates us and gives us the ability to be able to walk, you know, after Him and to be a witness. Now, we're going to be a witness. When we witness, we're accepting everything about the gospel that pertains to us. The word witness is not just facts that I spew out and say, well, you know, you need to accept Christ as your Savior because He He loves you, you need to accept Christ as your Savior because He forgives you. When I'm a witness, I say Christ will save you just like He saved me. Christ loves you just like He loves me. A witness, the word that it's talking about is somebody that is actually participating in what they're talking about. That's what a witness is. Not just somebody teaching something that they have no idea, but they're teaching something basically from experience and from what God has done with them. Now with that said, if you look at Acts chapter 1 in verse 2, being seen of them 40 days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. Why should I subject myself to the gospel? When I subject myself to the gospel, I have not only witnessed, but I'm also accepting the fact that everything about it is infallible. And if you look at verse 3, he says, "...to whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs." He didn't just come to his disciples and, you know, the couple of times they're in the upper room, one with Thomas and one without Thomas, remember that? He came, Thomas wasn't there. His disciples were kind of freaked out a little bit, they didn't know what was going on, and then they tell Thomas, and Thomas says, well, I'm not going to believe him unless I can put my hands in his fingerprints inside. And so then Jesus appears to Thomas and gives Thomas that opportunity to do so. Thomas gets down on his knees and says, my Lord. Okay? Jesus appearing to them then, at that particular time, I would have to say was pretty convincing that he was alive. Amen? But look what it says in verse 3, to whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs. He did more than just that. By the time he left the disciples, he wanted them through and through to know that everything about him, and everything that he said who he is, and when they followed him, was absolutely infallible. In other words, he was not capable of making a mistake, and he was not capable of being wrong. When I subject myself to the gospel, I'm putting myself underneath a perfect plan. Okay? I'm putting myself underneath a perfect plan. And that perfect plan is to be a witness for Jesus Christ. Now, when I accepted Christ as my Savior, I was 18 years old. And when I got up, you know, from that meeting, okay, it was a Tuesday night dorm meeting. A guy came in and he gave a devotion, a pretty strong devotion. And then 10 of us raised our hand about our salvation. Nine of us got saved that evening. And then when I got saved, I called my mom. I called my mom and I let her know. I said, hey, mom, I accepted Christ as my Savior tonight. And I was expecting, you know, like, I don't know, something other than, I thought you already were. Now, to her defense, I woke her up. Okay, you know, no, mom, I just did it tonight. Well, okay, that's great. All right, call me tomorrow. Okay, all right, whatever. And so immediately I'm thinking, wow, I need a little bit more excitement than that. Come on, mom, whatever. And then later on in life, I was thinking back to that. The next day, I'm sure I made some 18-year-old mistakes, and then 19-year-old, and 20, and 21, and now still making those particular things. And I just say that because every once in a while, as we're serving Christ, You know, our flesh, or the world, or the devil, likes to sit there and tell us, boy, God sure made a mistake when He trusted you with that. But He didn't. He didn't. Okay? If God didn't want to trust us with the gospel, He would just bring us home. But for some reason, But for some reason, he gave us the gospel, and gave us the opportunity to be subjected to it, and gave us the opportunity to be a servant of Jesus Christ, to be able to share the gospel with people. And it's not wrong, and God doesn't make a mistake. His plan is the best plan, even if we don't understand it. Because to me, every once in a while, I'm like, you know, Lord, if you would just, you know, do this, I think it'd be more effective in reaching people for Jesus. But his plan is better than my plan. And we need to remember that. It's infallible. He is not capable of making a mistake. He's not capable of being wrong. And also, the word also implies that there's no deception. He's not trying to deceive us to get us to do something. He's open and honest and forthright and says, this is what happens when you live for me, this is what happens when you share people, the gospel, and so on and so forth. And I don't know about you, but it's good to be reminded of that every once in a while. It just absolutely is. It makes the relationship stronger when trust is involved. You know? And knowing that Christ still trusts me is a great place to be in. And so, we need to accept the infallible. And then one more point, and then I'll be done. Look at 1 Corinthians chapter 15. 1 Corinthians 15. For some reason, I preach faster here than I do at my own church. Do not tell my church. Okay? That would not be good. 1 Corinthians chapter 15. So remember what we're talking about. We're talking about subjecting ourselves to the gospel. Why would I do that? Why would I accept this authority over me? And we do that because, one, it is inevitable, so it's a good place to be. Be on the right side of what's inevitable. You know, we do accept the incredible. The fact that God's given us another day and allowed us to be part of this is absolutely incredible. As long-suffering is, you know, something that we shouldn't blink at or, you know, minimize in our life. And then the indelible, and that's the fact that it can't be canceled. I like that. That's a good thing. Can't be canceled. He's not going to blot us out. He's not going to cancel it or anything like that. And then it's infallible. It's not capable of being wrong or making a mistake. God absolutely knows what He's doing. When He gives His disciples the opportunity to be able to take up the cross and follow Him, He means that. That's a good thing. You know, thank the Lord for that. And so when we are following God's will, and we know it's God's will, and we acknowledge God and He directs our paths, and so we take that step, we know that we are taking a step that's an absolutely right step. It doesn't matter what everybody else says. Take the step that God would have you to take, and it's the right step. Okay? So take that particular step. And then, in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, if you look at Well, let's go to verse 53, for this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. And he's talking about that one day, this corruptible, talking about this body, this flesh, is going to put on incorruption. Okay? And somehow, you know, God, you know, miraculously is going to, you know, make this flesh perfect. And that's absolutely incredible in itself. And this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be you steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." And what do you think our work in the Lord is? It's what the gospel requires of us, right? We carry our cross because the world needs to see that there's hope for each and every single one of them. We have the good news of Jesus Christ, the birth of Christ, the life of Christ, the death of Christ, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the relationship that I have because of that, and the relationship that I have because of that, and the world needs to see that. They absolutely need to see that. And so when we talk about always abounding in the work of the Lord, the work of the Lord is never going to end until Jesus Christ comes back, because people are always being born every day. How many people are in the world now? Seven billion? I mean somewhere around, somewhere like that, you know, something along those particular numbers. There is not a shortage of the work of the Lord. Not even close, okay. Matter of fact, probably the Christians that are here just need to do even more because of the amount of people that are being born. So I'm going to subject myself to the gospel, okay, and accept everything about it and all those particular words that we did, but there's one last word and that's indefeasible. Okay? And that word indefeasible means cannot be defeated. One day this corruption right here, this corruption right here is going to put on incorruption. God doesn't have to do that. He could just give me something that, He could give me something brand new if He wanted to. Right? I mean, He's God. He could do that. He could, you know, this body could pass away, I get to heaven, He can just give me a brand new one. But instead, He says that this corruption must put on what? In corruption, do you know why? Because God doesn't lose. And everything that sin has touched, everything that sin has touched, God's gonna defeat that, okay? Absolutely everything, okay? And we know that sin has affected the whole world, so what he's gonna do, he's gonna remake the world. We know that sin has affected our flesh, so what he's gonna do, he's gonna give us new flesh, okay? Because God doesn't lose. He just doesn't lose. He cannot be defeated. Now, I don't know about you, okay, but I like to win. I love to win. I teach fourth, fifth, and sixth grade here. Do you know what they've started playing during the wintertime? Ping pong. I love ping pong. When I went to college, I started playing tennis because it was free, okay? Didn't have any money. So I started playing tennis quite a bit. And then the more I played, the worse I got at it. So I was like, I'm not playing this anymore because I don't like losing. So I took up ping pong. Okay. I have no idea why. Because it was free. Okay. And I thought it was a good way to meet girls. It was free. The girl part didn't work out. Okay. And so, I started playing ping pong. And I started off, I didn't start off doing this. You know. I started off, every time that ball came over, I went wham. And that ball would fly all over the place. I mean, just everywhere. But eventually, that ball started going across on the other side of the table. Okay. Now I say that because I got pretty good at ping pong. I really did. And then I played a guy from, I think, Korea. And he destroyed me. I mean, he destroyed me. I think he had his eyes closed. Whatever. So I realized really quickly that I wasn't that good at ping pong. And then later on, I played him, and I scored 10 points on him, and I thought I was the best player in the world. OK, back to where I was going with this. So my 4th, 5th, and 6th graders, so one day I jumped on the table, started playing with them a little bit, and I was just kind of goofing around, so they didn't really think I was any good. And then I defeated the person, and then the next day I defeated all of them. Then I had my eyes closed doing this. So then Whitney Harness one day brings this little bitty ping pong paddle, it's this big, and she goes, you have to play with this. And so I beat her with the little bitty thing. All of that. And it's like, you're so mean. Absolutely. I don't like to lose. I hate to lose. You know, whatever, you know. And I say this, you know, I say all that for this particular reason. It's good to be on God's side. Because he's not going to lose. Every funeral I've ever done, every funeral I've ever done, I've gone to 1 Corinthians chapter 15. And if that person that was, you know, that body laying there, if that person knew Jesus Christ as their Savior, they were victory in Jesus. And there's been a couple of funerals where I either didn't know or I did know, and I still use that particular verse because I wanted everybody to know there, at a time of sorrow, that there could be victory in their life. It gets real for people, you know, at some point in their life, whether it's through sorrow, some type of tragedy, or whatever. It does get real for people quite often. And as Christians, man, what a shame. What a shame when we have this victorious life, okay, and sometimes we live like we're defeated. We cannot be defeated in Christ. The gospel is never going to be defeated. Absolutely. The Word of God, as much as they tried to get rid of it, they can't get rid of it. They don't even tell you how many Bibles they sell anymore because it's beyond, you know, they don't want to let you know. Okay? You know, and so on. And look, subjecting yourself to the gospel is worth it because, man, you get to win. And you get to tell other people, and they get to win as well. And people like to win, okay? And people need to know that. And I think sometimes if we, you know, the Bible tells us, look, you gotta speak the truth, but you have to speak the truth in love. And letting people know that they can win through Jesus Christ, that's the most loving thing I think you could ever tell somebody. You know, that you can win for eternity. You can absolutely win for eternity. So yeah, absolutely subject yourself to the gospel. It's worth being underneath its authority because it's a life of victory and it's a life that allows you to be able to share that victory with somebody else if they would just place their faith and trust in Jesus Christ as well. But we have to subject yourself. You know, we can't be in charge of the gospel. Aren't you glad? I mean, seriously. You know, can't be in charge of the gospel. We have to ask our Savior what He would have us to do concerning the gospel and reaching people for Jesus Christ. That's why you have pastors that go on mission trips, and that's why you have missionaries, and that's why you have people coming to church on a Sunday night. Amen? You subjected yourself to the gospel this evening. That's incredible. That's awesome. Now take that, you know, what you learned out of here and, you know, pray for the opportunity to share that with somebody this week so that, you know, they can place themselves underneath, you know, the authority of the gospel and everything that it brings in their life as well. Victory in Jesus is, you know, it's an awesome song, but it's a great song when we know it's a life that we're living, you know, a life that we're living and not just singing about, you know. Those love songs always meant something when you were in love. Right? Jesus saves means a lot when you know that you're saved. You know, victory in Jesus? Absolutely, when you know you just won something through the Lord. And people need to hear that. And so as Christians, let's work on, you know, our testimony of being, having a professed subjection, you know, unto the gospel. Let's pray. Lord, we do thank you for your love. We thank you for your mercy. Lord, we thank you for your plan. And Lord, we're not just sitting here waiting for you to return, but there's a plan for each and every single one of us. Lord, those young people, Lord, that are learning your word tonight, whether they acknowledge it or not, they're being subjected to the gospel, and that's a great thing, an opportunity for them to have a victorious life and to be able to share that with other people. And Heavenly Father, Lord, sometimes we can look at the news and everything that's going on, kind of shake our heads and wonder what it's all about, but Heavenly Father, Lord, we're here. And we have an opportunity and we have a responsibility, Lord, to acknowledge that this is another day that you've given us, and it's another day, another opportunity for somebody to come to know Christ. And so Heavenly Father, Lord, help us to take that, and Lord, if you create another day tomorrow, to be able to take that gospel and to share it with somebody tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after. Heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you for victory in Jesus. And Lord, we just thank you for that life. And Lord, I thank you for Wilton Baptist Church, Lord, and for the work they're doing. And Lord, I pray they just continue to abound in the work. And I thank you so much, Lord, just for the encouragement they've been to me and my family. Lord, we love you. We thank you. In Christ's name we pray. Amen.