Luke chapter number 7. We'll read a few verses here in Luke 7, and then we'll bow for prayer. Now the Bible says in Luke 7, in verse number 1, Now, when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and ready to die. And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying that he was worthy for whom he should do this, for he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof. Wherefore, neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee, but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers. And I say unto one, go, and he goeth. And to another, come, and he cometh. And to my servant, do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him and turned him about. and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. and they that were sent returning to the house found the servant whole that had been sick. This morning, I'll be preaching a message entitled Lessons from a Roman Soldier. Let's go to the Lord in a word of prayer. Father, we pray that you'd bless the preaching of your word this morning. I pray that you'd work in the hearts of people. Help us, Lord, as we consider this passage, this real story that took place while you were on the earth. I pray, Lord, that we could glean from it. and that you'll help people here. Lord, just as you worked in this centurion's life and in this servant's life, I pray, Lord, that you'd work in the lives of men and women, young men and young women, and even children here today. We pray and we ask these things in the name of Jesus. Amen. Roman centurions had reached a level of great advancement in the Roman army, if you will. They were very wealthy individuals. These were soldiers who were in charge of, most of the time, a hundred soldiers. They were paid much more than the average soldier. History tells us that centurions were able to carry their sword on their left side, distinguishing them from other soldiers. If you don't have your phone on, do not disturb. Follow my example. Whoever's texting me, I'm going to get you back. They were able to carry their swords on the left side. That would distinguish them from other soldiers at the time. These centurions had moved to the ranks of the brutal Roman army. They were professional soldiers. They'd seen incredibly brutal things on the battlefield. We know that it was Roman soldiers that were used even by God. to put the nails to the hands and the feet of our Lord Jesus Christ. They saw very brutal things take place. Now, Capernaum was a city of northern Galilee, and the Lord spent much time in this city, and He did great works in this city. As we consider this Roman centurion, there's many things about this story that would identify him as a truly unique man. Now there are unique men in this place. Some of you are very unique. You stand out in the crowd. For those of you who are married, that's why she married you. She married you because you were tall, because you were handsome, but you just care about him. That's what God does in the hearts of men. God can change a man's heart and cause him to care about somebody who's not even a part of their same family. Some people only have the capacity to love people with their last name. God wants to bring you beyond that. And if you read the story of Jesus, they were coming to get Christ when he was ministering to other people. And they said, Lord, your mother and your brothers are out there. And he said, look around, behold, my mother and my brethren. You know, this is a church of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in this church, we're a part of the family of God, and here we express love for one another, and I hope like this Roman centurion, that there are people in your life who maybe aren't a part of your family, that you can say, that person is dear unto me. Now, there are some people that they're so close-minded, and they're They don't let people get close to them, and they don't have this ability to develop relationships with other people. I want to challenge you today to understand that God can cause somebody to be dear to you who's not a part of your own family. The centurion had that. Now the Bible doesn't say why this servant was so precious to him. This word, dear, in the Bible means that he held this servant in honor. He was prized. He was precious. If you look that word, dear, up, it means, that's what it means. Has anybody in your life, have you ever considered them to be precious to you? Now, as my wife, I promised my life, my love, my honor, my respect to her when I was married to her. We ought to honor our wives and we ought to love our wives. The Bible commands us to love our wives. As Christ loved the church, sacrificially, lovingly, we ought to love our wives. But this guy loved somebody else and thought somebody else in his life was precious. Could I tell you a few people in my life who are precious? Of course, my children. All my kids are precious to me. But I hope that I've modeled this in front of this church that I want to tell you who's precious to me. Preachers are precious to me. Preachers are God's men who get behind the sacred desk, who deliver the Word of God to the people of God. Preachers aren't perfect. But preachers are good men and they have loved their people and many times they've stayed up to the middle of the night to love other people who aren't a part of their families and have poured their hearts and poured their souls into a congregation. Let us never forget the preachers who God used to bring us to Christ. Let us never forget the Sunday school teachers. The women who faithfully served in our Sunday schools and our churches. who have taught in children's church, who have staffed the nursery, who have taken our little children and taught them the stories of scriptures and has memorized the word of God with them. Let us never forget those precious souls who gave their lives to a church. This morning I was in prayer meeting and my son Jonathan is up in Michigan with my dad who recently had a A knee replacement, his first real major surgery. 75 years old, his first real major surgery. We've all been concerned with my dad and about my dad. You know, Jonathan sent me a picture this morning. You know what my dad was doing with his cane? He was teaching fifth and sixth grade boys Sunday school. You know what my dad was doing when I was in 5th and 6th grade, which wasn't just yesterday? He was teaching 5th and 6th grade boys Sunday school. You know what my dad's been doing since he got saved? He found a way to serve the Lord with gladness. He drove a church bus. He led the songs. He sang in the choir. He took his family to the nursing home. He hasn't been a pastor, but he's been a faithful, faithful servant of the Lord, and he served the Lord with gladness. Thank God for the Sunday school teachers. Thank God for those who will say, I'll study for a lesson. I'll come and teach the children. I'll sit in the nursery with the babies. Thank the Lord for those who will serve the Lord in church. Say, why do you say this? Because this servant was precious to this centurion. And I want to share with you who's precious to me. There's some people in this church who's, every time that kitchen's got anything working, they're in that kitchen. And they're serving with their hands. And they leave their love behind for all of us to enjoy. And there are many people in church who never once went into that kitchen. And whenever they leave a church meal, they very rarely ever come to that kitchen and say, hey ladies, Hey, man, I want to say this before I leave this place. After I filled my belly with food I didn't pay for and didn't prepare, I want to say this to you. Thank you. Thank you. Those people are precious. Treat them as if they're precious. Not only did the centurion have a heart, the centurion had a love for the Jews, which is something that was very rare, I would say. It wasn't typical. for a Roman centurion, a man who had fought and risen to the level in the Roman army where he was promoted and got this huge salary from the Roman government to be in charge of a hundred soldiers, that they would have any love, any respect, or any appreciation for the Jews and the Jews' religion. And yet the scripture says in Luke chapter number seven that the Jews who he had used to go and approach Jesus, they came to Jesus and at the end of verse number four it said that this man, this centurion, was worthy for the Lord to go to his house for he loveth our nation and he hath built us a synagogue. Now I have something in common with the centurion. I too have a love for the nation of Israel. I hope you do too. I hope you, like me, could stand today and say, I love the Jews. Why would you need to love the Jews? Well, certain things that the scripture has to say, if you'd flip back to Genesis chapter 12, the person who is known as the father of the Jews, his name was Abraham. I thank God for Abraham, Abraham's faith. The Bible says in the book of Galatians that as many as are the children of faith, they are the children of Abraham. The stars in the sky were a promise given to Abraham that that so shall his, I believe, his spiritual descendants be. He was called the father of faith. In Genesis chapter 12, the Lord said these things to Abram. In verse 1, now the Lord had said unto Abram, get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred, from thy father's house unto a land that I will show thee notice and I will make of thee a great nation that would be the nation of the Jews and I will bless thee and make thy name great. Can you say that along with God that Abraham has a great name? He made his name great. And thou shalt be a blessing. Could you say today, Abraham was a blessing. I hope you agree with God. Abraham is a blessing. He was a blessing. And verse three says, and I will bless them that bless thee. I wanna say today very publicly, I bless the house of Abraham and I bless the house of Israel. Thank the Lord for the children of Israel. and curse him that curseth thee." That goes for every Hamas-loving person around this country and around the world. He'll curse those that curse the Jews. And in these shall all families of the earth be blessed. I want to say today very publicly that the Bujak family has been blessed by the nation of Israel and specifically by the giving of Jesus Christ to this world. I thank the Lord for Jesus Christ. Salvation is of the Jews. We have our Bible because of the Jews. Romans chapter number three, if you'd flip your Bible there, most of you know a verse in Romans three. You know it, don't you? Romans chapter 3 and verse 23, what does it say? For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. That same book, that same chapter says something very interesting about the Jews. In chapter 3 and verse number 1, the writer of Romans, the apostle Paul, he says, what advantage then hath the Jew, or what profit is there of circumcision? Speaking of the Jewish nation. Verse number two says, much every way, chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. That's speaking of the scriptures that were given to the Jews. This declares that the Jew had an advantage over the Gentile, chiefly, because the Jews were committed to scriptures. They had an advantage in the issue of salvation. Earlier in the book of Romans, Paul said this about the issue of salvation. In Romans chapter 1 and verse number 16, it says these words, for I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. For it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth." Let's all read this together in Romans 1, in verse number 16. Right after it says, to everyone that believeth, let's read this next part together. To the Jew first. That means salvation was of the Jews, and it was of the Jews first. Then it says, and also to the Greek, I'm thankful for the Jews. I'm thankful for the book we received from the Jews, and I'm thankful for Jesus Christ who came to this world through the Jewish nation in order to bless every family in the earth. Thankful for that. Now there are many in our society today who are offended by the words that I just said, but Bible believers understand the truth of the Jewish nation and of the Abrahamic covenant. This man, this Roman centurion in Luke chapter number 7, he showed and he proved his love for the Jews by not only his words but by his actions. The Bible says in Luke chapter number seven that specifically this centurion financed with his own money and built a house of worship for the Jewish people there in Capernaum. Now if you're a Roman soldier and you're using your finances in order to lay a foundation for a synagogue, You really care about the place of worship, and you really care about what's going on there. You know, the people who love the Metropolitan Baptist Church are going to support the Metropolitan Baptist Church. This man loved the city of Capernaum, and he said, you know, the place of worship is an important place. I want to say this to you today, friend, there's no other building, there's no other place in the city of Lake Worth that is more important than the Metropolitan Baptist Church. What goes on here is something that's dealing with the souls of men. It's more important than Albertsons. It's more important than the local gym. It's more important than anything else at any other place. This is the place of worship where the Word of God is proclaimed, where the Word of God is read, where the Word of God is taught. This Roman centurion understood that the place of worship was very important. A Jewish house of worship was a place where the Old Testament was read. If you look back in Luke chapter 4, Jesus went to his hometown synagogue and one of the things he did, as his custom was, he stood up and read the Old Testament scripture. Like him, I hope you today, before you got to church, took your Bible and opened your Bible and read a few pages of the Bible to get acquainted with the God of the Bible, and thank the Lord for this book. But that's what this man built. He said it's important to have a public place to congregate so that people can read the Word of God and the Word of God can be taught. A Jewish house of worship was a place where songs from the Psalms would be sung, a place of rejoicing and praise, praise to our God. A Jewish house of worship was a place where offerings were given, where acts of obedience to God were performed, and so on. And so the centurion used his money to finance this house of worship for the Jewish people. Now this centurion recognized the importance of worship and having a place to congregate. And I want to say a few things about the centurion's generosity. I've always been moved by the generosity of God's people. There were times in my life when me and my wife were at a different station, didn't have as much means as perhaps we have now and I'm thankful there were times that I went to a church and we went there in faith just trying to get somewhere to be a part of the services. They may be using me to sing or using me to preach and there were men like I went up to a funeral last year for a guy named Brother John who went to the Dearborn Baptist, the Van Born Baptist Church in Dearborn, he was an Italian guy. and he'd always give me what I call a Baptist handshake. He'd put a $100 bill in his hand and he'd shake my hand. You know, that paid my gas to get there. I've always been moved by the generosity of God's people. God's people are a giving people. Now listen, there are some people that hang around the house of God and they're not a giver at all. In fact, their whole life and lifestyle is that of a taker. I'm here to take. I'm here to ask for. I'm not here to contribute, but I'm here to ask. And I, you know, I'm a pastor that I understand that sometimes life is hard. Life is very difficult. And I want to encourage everybody to put their trust in God. And I don't want to sound, you know, terse or sound like I don't have a heart. But you know, when I was growing up, my dad showed me how we could put food on our table. And it was a four-letter word that some people think is a dirty word. Starts with a W and ends with K. It's called work. And if you have a need in your family, the answer to solve the needs of your family is to go to work. It's to have a job. It's to have employment. There may be things that prevent you from getting employment, and there should be generosity shown toward those in acts of mercy, shown to those who need those kind of acts of mercy. But I'll just say, as a person who's been around the house of God, I've never met a more giving people than meeting the people around the house of God. God's people are generous, they're a giver. I was reading the missions letter of our missionary in Peru yesterday. His name is Jonathan Lott. We see Jonathan in our TTUS meetings occasionally, and Brother Bruce was just with him back in the month of December. In fact, that picture that I saw confused me, because Brother Bruce was there with his get up on over all of the education that they've received. They had students graduate from the TTS program down in South America that Bruce is very involved in discipling the servants of God in South America with brother David and Jonathan lot. But Jonathan, he shared this story. about a woman named Nora Quintima. It's the mother of a man named Royer, which is one of their college students. This man's mother had fallen when she was out to work in the farm, and she fell while working in their tribal farmland, and she seriously injured her knee. So this man, Royer, immediately left after the graduation service to find his mother. took a vehicle across a ferry and put her in the vehicle, and they couldn't find a hospital that would be willing to work on her because she had a serious knee injury. She had broken her tibia, and she had to have surgery on this knee, and they finally landed at a hospital just 10 minutes away from where the Bible college was. And this is the way his missions led her, and thinking about the issue of generosity. We were finally able to get the surgery approved, but Peru's social medicine didn't cover the plates and screws for the bone surgery she needed. What a tremendous blessing to see the church members again jump into action. They gave offerings and organized a chicken cookout sale, the most common way in Peru to raise funds for medical needs. Praise the Lord, between the offerings given and the chicken sales, the cost was matched almost exactly as what the medical need was. Not only did God bring Royer and his mom all the way back to us in San Ramon for surgery, he used his people here to lovingly fill their need. That's the way God's people work, when God's people have a need. They come together, and whether it's through a freewill offering or a chicken sale, we'll get the job done, which also tells you that these people were, in fact, Baptists. Brother Wayne often tells the story of an overweight preacher named Billy Kelly. Billy Kelly wore an all-black outfit once, and he had a white belt on. And he came across from behind the pulpit, and he pointed to his white belt. He said, you know what this is here? He says, this is known as a chicken graveyard. If you didn't like that joke, you hadn't been around Baptist churches long enough. the centurion had heard about Jesus. The Bible says in verse number, this is a great point in Luke chapter number seven and verse number three, it says, and when he heard of Jesus, he sent to get Jesus and get help from the Lord. What had he heard about Jesus? What have you heard about Jesus? You know, Jesus wasn't a man who came to the world to condemn the world. The world was already condemned because of their sin. Jesus was a good man. Jesus was the only good man that had ever been born. He was the only one that had never sinned from the time he was born. He didn't have a sinner's blood running through his veins. He had the good Lord's blood running through his veins. He didn't have an earthly father. Jesus came to this earth to do good, and do good is everything Jesus did. He healed the blind. He had lepers that were saying, Lord, would you help us? And Jesus said, I will help you. He had a family call him and say, our brother is sick unto death. And Jesus showed up after that man was dead and in the grave, and he called that man out from the grave, and they again had a meal with Jesus. Who was, what have you heard about Jesus? I'll tell you that my Jesus is a good man. I'll tell you that my Jesus is a glorious man. He was God in the flesh, and he came to save people from their sin. He would save a tax collector like Zacchaeus. He would save Joseph of Arimathea, who was a rich man. Jesus Christ was a good man. What had he heard about Jesus? I don't know what he heard about Jesus, but he knew this, when his servant had trouble, there was a place that he could call. Maybe he heard these things about Jesus healing a man who had a withered hand. Or maybe he heard about the Pharisees who, in that other city, were upset with that man for carrying his bed. And they said, what are you doing something on the Sabbath day that you're not allowed to do? And they said, well, a man named Jesus raised me up from heaven to palsy and told me to carry my bed. So I figured I would do it, since he had the power to raise me. Maybe he heard that. All I know about the Roman centurion is this. He knew who to call on when he got in trouble. He sent for Jesus. I want to tell you today that maybe your child is sick or maybe your servant is sick. Maybe you're going through a problem that no one has the answer for. You could be just like the centurion and you can send for Jesus. When he got in trouble, he knew where to call. And for those of you who are going through trouble today, could I encourage you as a minister of the gospel, Jesus wants to hear you pray. And he wants to see you turn in faith to him just like the Roman centurion did in Luke chapter number seven. Now I want to consider the last few moments this morning about the understanding and the humility of the centurion. I hope you can identify with him. I fear that if you've never been able to identify with a centurion in this area, that it's a possibility that you've never bowed the knee before the Lord and you've never been saved. Because basically when he sent for Jesus, as Jesus came close to get to his house, the centurion said, He didn't even feel worthy to go out there and meet with the Lord. You know, I served in the United States Army. There were some things I heard and there were some things I said, there were some things I witnessed that didn't have me feeling very worthy to have anything to do with the Lord Jesus Christ. And this Roman soldier, he had seen some horrific things in his life too. And he had been a part of some horrific things in his life. He was a sinner. He had participated in sinful acts, things perhaps that would cause him to feel guilt and shame because he had done to other people. It's quite possible that this Roman centurion could have ordered his men to go and crucify other people. It's very possible that he could have been involved in the scourging of people, and perhaps it was because of these things that he said, I don't even feel worthy to come out and meet with the Lord face to face. There's another thing about this centurion that I want to point out, and most soldiers have this as a problem. This soldier got to a place where he recognized that he couldn't solve this problem. And it took humility in order for him to go to the Lord. Most soldiers have pride. And they have this spirit of independence like, if there's a problem that's out there, I can solve that problem. And here's one thing that God has taught me throughout my years of serving him as a pastor. I can't solve every problem. There are some problems I can't solve. And there are certain things that I can't, there are places I can't get to. There's parts of my family that God has brought me to the point where I've been having to say, Lord, I've given it my very best, but I can't solve this. I've got to bring it to you. And in this man's servant's life, he realized that there was nothing in him, no matter how much money he had, he might have had enough money to build a church, he might have had enough money to go to the best doctor, but he didn't have the ability to get his servant any help, but he called to the Lord Jesus and thanked the Lord for it. He knew not only that he needed the Lord's help, but he knew this, that he wasn't worthy to receive anything good from the Lord. I was born in East Detroit, Michigan. They call it East Point now, but I never changed the name. I was born in East Detroit. And I've come to this day many times of, why did the Lord show me mercy? Because I stand before you today as a sinner saved by God's grace, not because I'm worthy. I'm not saved because I am good. I am saved because Jesus is good. And if you're lost today, if Jesus is working in your heart, you should feel that Who are you that God would ever convict your heart? That God would ever send you somebody to preach the word of God to you? I don't know what family you were a part of. I don't know what part of the world we got. Mostly people who were born and raised in the great state of Texas in this room, but whatever city you were born in in the state of Texas or even Oklahoma. Who are you that God would arrest your heart and show you your great need of a Savior? When's the last time you shed a tear and said, Lord, I'm not worthy? What you did for me have you ever seen the beaten Christ? Who had nails put through his hands and feet who shed his blood so that you might be forgiven? When's the last time you said Lord? I'm not even worthy that you would even ever speak to me this centurion said I'm not even gonna let this guy come to my house if he has got authority from heaven to make all to heal and do all this then I could send my servants out to him and say Lord you've come far enough and He didn't even go out to meet with the Lord, not because he wouldn't have been so honored to meet him. He didn't go out there and meet him because he said, I'm a sinner, and I'm not worthy to see the Messiah. That's what he was saying. So he sent his servants out there, and he said, you say this to the Lord. You tell him that I'm a man under authority, and I send people here and send them there, and they do what I say. Lord, if you just speak the word, you can heal my servant. Jesus stopped and he started looking around to those that were around he said you know what? Here's what Jesus was saying in modern-day vernacular. This is what real faith looks like He said I've never found this kind of faith no not in all of Israel And to the Jewish people who are extremely ethnically proud, you know that that was probably a strike toward them. Jesus is saying that this man who is a Roman soldier has greater faith than anybody in Israel. It was demonstrated by his humility. You know God can't save anybody who's never come to a place in humility. God resists the proud. You can't get saved in your pride. Many people come to the Lord and they never recognize their unworthiness before the Lord. They say, well, I'm a good person. I come to church. I put some money in the plate. I haven't said that many bad words or I haven't done that many things that are wrong. They look at themselves in comparison with others and it makes them feel better because other people are worse than them. But they've never come to that place of utter unworthiness where they didn't deserve the blood of Jesus Christ. And none of us deserved such a great gift as that. And that's why we as Christians glory in the cross of Christ. Because we weren't worthy for that great gift to come into the world. The Bible speaks of God's great love for us that he gave his only begotten son, that child born and was laid in a manger in the Bethlehem stable. He was given us. The Bible says, unto us a son is born, or unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. Who gave that little baby? Who gave that son to you? It was God who gave that son to you. He was born for you, and his blood was shed for you. This soldier had some understandings and what lessons can we learn from this soldier? Number one, I would say the centurion learned the lesson that the Jewish people were to be loved and cared for. And he demonstrated his love and care for him by being willing to sacrifice and pay for that synagogue to be built. I learned another lesson from the centurion is that when he really needed help, he knew where to turn to. May we live the same kind of example in our lives. When we have a problem from the Lord, you say, I have a great health need. Many of us are going to hear that diagnosis one day. A great friend of ours just had the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, and our prayers go with him. And we thank the Lord that he's going to show his grace to those who are going through a bad medical diagnosis. Our bodies weren't meant to live forever. One day we're going to be in perfect health when we're in the presence of Jesus, my friend. I can just tell you that we do serve a Lord that can heal. He healed the servant with the spoken word, but there are some times that someone's going to be sick unto death, and it'll be that thing that has them to cross over from this life to the next. And my friend, today, if it comes, then I hope you're ready to go. You're only ready if you know the Lord as your Savior. One of the greatest lessons you can learn from this Roman centurion is this. He was so humble that he wasn't even willing to go out and talk with Jesus face to face. Have you ever been that humble before the Lord where you say, it's true, it's true. I'm a sinner and I'm lost. I'm not going to go to heaven when I die. I've never been saved. The only people that know they're going to heaven when they die, not based on their works, but based on his works, are those who have come to the Lord in humility and received Christ by faith. If you've never received Christ by faith, do that today. Oh, how hard it's going to be in eternity. There will be times in eternity before God wipes away the tears. We will stand there and see people who are judged. And there will be people in our families who never came to know the Lord as their Savior. And oh, there's a great tragedy of those who sat under the preaching of God's Word, who were just on salvation's doorstep, and they never got into the place of safety because they never believed on the Lord Jesus Christ. Is that you today? Is there somebody in this church today who God's, you know you're lost, You've prayed to the Lord, Lord, show me if I'm lost. And He's showing you, you're lost. You've never bowed the knee to the Lord and you've never received Him as Lord and Savior. You've never been saved by the grace of God. There's no assurance in your heart, no Holy Spirit, no, no, I know that I'm going to heaven when I die. There could be somebody here today who will be like those Jews in Acts 7 who were stubborn and They won't bow the knee to the Lord. They won't bow the knee to the message of truth. And one day in eternity, they'll hear these horrible words that come from God Himself. Depart from me, ye that work iniquity, I never knew you. Here is the good news toward those who are lost. God's not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. No one has to die lost, including you. And if you're lost here today, one of the things this centurion shows us is the humility that it takes in order to receive the salvation of the Lord. Would you be humble and tell the Lord, yes, I understand. One of the things I confessed the day I got saved was I can't go to heaven on my own goodness. There's nothing I can do to attain to heaven. I'm a sinner. I'm lost. But I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe that what he did on Calvary was for me. There may be somebody here today, and you're going through a problem like this, Roman centurions going through, and you've got a dear servant, or you've got a child, or you've got something going on in your life, and you're ready to call on Jesus. I want to invite you today, as we stand together, to come and respond to the message of the Lord. Let's have our musicians come. Let's stand to our feet. Lessons from the Roman centurion. I want to invite you to come today. These others have come, and the altar is open, and you may need to spend some time in the altar, and, sir, you might even need to come and get saved. Oh, what a joyous occasion it would be if a sinner would be called to be saved today. There's others who are coming to pray for people's souls, and if you need help in the altar, you could lift a hand. As we sing this number, if God spoke to your heart, we want to call you to come to the Lord. Let's sing. Flee and tenderly, Jesus is calling for you and for me. He's waiting and watching, watching for you and for me. Won't you come today? Come home, come home. Come home earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling, calling, O sinner, come home. When Jesus is pleading. Let God have His way in your heart today. For you and for me. Why should we linger and heed not His mercies? Mercies for you. Won't you come? God worked in your heart. Won't you come today? Come home. Come home. Ye who are weary, come home. Jesus is calling, calling. Oh, send her, come home. Hey, girls. Time is now fleeting. The moments are passing. Passing from you and from me. Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming. Coming for you and for me. Ye who are weary, come home. Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling. Calling, O sinner, come home. Oh, for the wonderful love He has promised, promised for you and for me. Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon. Bargain for you and for me Come home, come home Ye who are weary, come home Tenderly, Jesus is calling, calling, O sinner, come home.