Verse 36, as we continue our study of faith here in Hebrews 11, verse 32, or we'll read part of verse 33 as well. It says, And what shall I more say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah, and of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets, who through faith, then verse 36, and others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover, of bonds and imprisonment." We're going to note here verse 36, and others had trial. Others had trial. You find here again in verse 36 that as verse 35 where there's a comparison being made. In verse 35, women received their dead raised to life again, and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover, of bonds and imprisonment. So what we find here is there is a comparison being made between verse 33 and 34, between those two verses, and verses 35, 36, 37. And what we're finding is that faith has a two-fold victory. Has a two-fold victory. In the one case, in verses 33 and 34, we find that faith conquered the enemy. Faith conquered the difficulty. And it secured its removal or its destruction. As we look at those verses, verse 33, who through faith, what happened? Subdued kingdoms. So the kingdoms were subdued. We find that they were brought under the power of another, wrought righteousness or worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness remained strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens." And so in all of those cases, we found that faith either removed or secured destruction of what was in opposition to faith. Remember there, and again, we'll not go into it, but there was righteousness just wore off the top of her head to stop the mouths of lions with Daniel. The lions were stopped, weren't they? He trusted God. He was told not to pray. He prayed anyways. He was put into the den of lions and God shut the mouths of those lions. Faith secured that. Now, it would have made no difference if those mouths of those lions were not stopped. because faith was trusting in what God had said to do. But in this instance, God as the Omnipotent, God is He who exercises His supremacy. It was God who chooses what end He will work for that faith. And in verses 33 and 34, we might say, well, they were outwardly victorious. And in verses 35, 36, and 37, we might say they were inwardly victorious. But yet, faith always secures victory. Because it is through faith that we overcome the world. And that is the victory that we have. So these here, and these verses that we're reading of, There was no deliverance from the trouble. And yet, faith conquers in the power it receives to endure and to prove its spirit to be superior to all things. We find here in these verses that faith shows how much greater it is than all that Satan can muster and all the vile and wicked men in this world can throw at God's people. Faith is the victory. Is it possible to live a life of faith? Absolutely. Is it possible in our day to live a life of faith? Absolutely. Because these great trials ought to encourage us in our lesser trials that we can walk by faith and serve the Lord in this. We must remember that the outcome is all in the hands of our Lord and God Himself. Now let's take a look, if you would, here at our text in verse 36 of Hebrews 11. He said, And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover, of bonds and imprisonment. Again, we're noting the text. And this was, again, a life that was all lived by faith. And you would think, again, this is contrary to modern day thinking. And people say, well, I know that I'm going to have troubles and some difficulties in life, but, you know, I'm not really going to have these things. These are those who live by faith. And all of this could have been avoided by not following the Lord. That's how you can avoid these things. And many people are exchanging their souls for that. Just as Christ said, what will a man give in exchange for his soul? And they are exchanges. I'm not talking about lost people, I'm talking about saved people who instead of following God and serving Him, are exchanging it for some more time, if you would, here upon this earth, by not following the Lord faithfully. If you look in Hebrews 11 in verse 6, these here had a life of faith. It was a life that pleased God. Enoch had this life. The Bible tells us in Genesis chapter 5, and even here in Hebrews 11 verse 5, by faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death and was not found because God had translated him. For before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God. Enoch lived in a very wicked generation. God looked down upon the earth during that time period and saw how vile and wicked it was and He said, I'm going to flood the earth. And I'm going to destroy my creation. And in that time, He had a testimony that He pleased God. How did He have a testimony that pleased God? The same way you and I can. He lived by faith. because in verse 6 it says, but without faith it is impossible to please Him. It's impossible to do it. And this faith that is being talked about and written about here in Hebrews 11 is not saving faith. It's living faith. And it's not just, well, I trust God and He's in control of my life. No, it's doing it God's way. It's being the husband you're supposed to be according to God's Word. It's being the wife you're supposed to be. It's the parent you're supposed to be. The child you're supposed to be. It's being the church member and the minister of God and the pastor and the laborer or the worker or whatever you are, whatever category you fall in, it's doing it God's way. That's the kind of faith this is. Look over in Mark chapter 15. Mark chapter 15. Remember the Bible tells us that the servant is not greater than his Lord. Well, here we find that even our Lord Jesus suffered, or as our text says, had trials, or had trial of cruel mockings, and scourgings, and bonds, and imprisonment. And He did. In Mark 15, you'll notice, beginning at verse 29, the Gospel of Mark chapter 15 and verse 29, And here we find it says, And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself and come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priest mocking said among themselves with the scribes, he saved others, himself he cannot save. Let Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross that we may see and believe, and they that were crucified with Him, reviled Him." Now that's what Scriptures tell us, that our Lord and Savior, who was more interested in pleasing God and doing what God had called Him and required Him to do and commanded Him to do. He was more interested in satisfying the Father than He was in avoiding these things. And we thank God that He was, and we thank Christ that He was. Here we find that these were, again, walking by faith in the footsteps of Jesus. These here of our text in Hebrews, they maintained at every cost the Father's will and honor because they saw that in Christ. You say, well, they were Old Testament. Well, they still saw Jesus, didn't they? Do we understand the definition of faithfulness? And again, I'm not being legalistic here, but the definition of faithfulness is to be full of faith, full of trust, full of reliance, full of dependence upon God. And you can't be full of trust, full of reliance, and full of dependence upon God when we don't do things God's way. Can't be done. We look over, if you would, in John chapter 18. The Gospel of John chapter 18. And again, here, those were the words in Mark 15 that they sent unto Christ. They reviled Him. They said, oh, listen, if you're the Christ, why don't you just come down and when we see it, we'll believe it. And they derided Him and they ridiculed Him and they mocked Him. Remember how that they took it and made a crown of thorns and placed it upon Him. And remember all the things that the soldiers did unto Him. And remember how that they scourged Him, they whipped Him and they beat Him. And the Bible tells us that they beat Him in such a fashion that when you looked upon Him, you couldn't even tell He was a human being. How bad it was. Yet that was nothing compared to what God would do to Him. Because of my sin. But in John 18 and verse 37, notice what the Lord Jesus says. Pilate speaking first in verse 37 of John 18, Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice. Jesus said, this is the purpose, this is the reason, this is the cause that I was born and of which I came into the world. Referring unto Calvary. And He would maintain that honor unto His Father regardless of anything. That's faith. Turn over to John chapter 10. He said, this was the purpose of my birth, and it's the purpose of your birth, it's the purpose of your spiritual birth as well. To honor and glorify God. Are we going to maintain that by faith? These here did it through mockings and scourgings, through imprisonments and bonds, or bonds and imprisonments. They maintained their faith. They went through it by faith because they saw that it was to the honor of the Father. And they saw how Christ did it. here in John chapter 10. And notice, if you would, in verse 18, Jesus speaking. Again, here's the discourse. I'm the good shepherd. And what does the good shepherd do? He lays his life down for the sheep. And in John 10 and verse 18, he says, No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down and I have power to take it again. Now notice, this commandment have I received of my Father. Christ points to Calvary, the laying down of His life, and the taking up of it again, and He says, this was commanded Me by My Father. Satan gave Him the opportunity to avoid Calvary. The religious leaders of His day gave Him the opportunity to avoid Calvary, and yet He prayed, not My will, but Mine be done. He was fully well aware of all the things that were before Him. He knew about all the things that the wicked hands of men, women, boys, and girls would do. All the things that would be said concerning Him. And yet, He said, this commandment have I received of My Father. Think I'm going to not do what My Father told Me to do? Kind of reminds us there in Malachi when the Lord said to him, you have fathers and you give them honor. If I be a father, where's my honor? Well if he's our father, where's our honor of him? In trials, in these things. Others had trial. Turn over to John chapter 8. John 8 and verse 29. This is a verse that I would highly recommend that you highlight, underline, circle, write it down in a 3 by 5 card and put it where you can see it all the time. Christ says, and he that sent me is with me. The Father hath not left me alone, for I do always those things that please Him. for I do always those things that please Him. And when these here went through trials of cruel mockings and scourgings and bonds and imprisonment, they could see Christ, how that He maintained the fact that He pleased the Father through it all. You ever do something with your earthly father? You did something and you knew your earthly father was going to be pleased with it. And it just kind of encouraged you to go on further with it. You know, Nehemiah said, the joy of the Lord is your strength. As one human writer put it, he said, knowing that this, and pardon this expression, but I think you'll understand it, knowing that this, will put a smile on the face of God, or meaning knowing that it pleases God, how can that not encourage us to continue on? The joy of the Lord is your strength. The fact that this brings joy unto the Lord, it ought to strengthen us to continue on. What an outstanding thing. Christ said, I do always those things that please Him. I've received this commandment of my Father. This is the purpose of my birth. And then when it came time for it to actually happen, what did He do? He did exactly what God sent Him to do. Exactly what the Father commanded Him to do. And exactly what pleased the Lord. He bore my sin. No, here we find again this great truth of Christ. That while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. We look at our text again and look at the specifics of it, and we'll just go over these very briefly. But we find here that the phrase cruel mockings means to jeer or to deride or simply to mock. To make fun of. cruel scourgings, a whip, or a flagellum used for criminals, punishment of slaves. They treated our Lord and Savior, the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, the omnipotent of the universe, like a slave. Bonds and imprisonments. Though they were free in Christ Jesus, their liberty was taken from them. I don't know if you're familiar, I'm sure you've seen and if you ever go to some of the old time places or different things, and I think they had one at the Al-Fi rendezvous, but you go there and they got the old stocks, you know, where you put your head through and your arms through and they clamp that down. You know, as a kid, you go over there and you get your picture taken. Don't worry, your picture's taken. And they'd lock them in there and they'd leave them days, weeks. no food and the only water they got was if it rained on them. They slept in there. They were called gazing stalks because people would go by and they would deride and ridicule them while they were in the stalks. I don't know if you've ever been in there but if you're in there longer than or you know if you're in there and someone's trying to take your picture like hurry up this is starting to hurt. There you are with your arms stuck there and just bent over like this with your head. You can't put your head down and relax it. It's stuck like that. Some of them you could. They'd just lock it there. It's not like you could go limp in your legs. You had to stand up. These are the things that they suffered because they would not recant. This is our heritage as a church of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is what is being put on before us. These are what our forefathers did. And these are what the prophets did before them. This is all because of a devotion to the Lord. And there was no, well, how come I'm going through this, but you know, these others here before me didn't? How come Daniels, when he went through it, the lion's mouths were stopped, but here I am being beaten? None of that. It was all, the Lord is over this, He is bringing it to pass, or He has permitted it. Remember what Paul said under the church of Galatia? He said, when he was bound and imprisoned, he said, it has been for the furtherance of the gospel. What a mindset, what a heart set that was had. That what has transpired to me, what is happening to me, has been for the furtherance of the Gospel. Today's attitude and today's thought is, God, how could you let this happen to me? How can this be, Lord, I'm serving you and you know this was a door that was open and I went through it and I'm preaching and I'm teaching or whatever is going on or this side or the other is having, how can this be? Now all these here endured. Because I promise you if we have the attitude of how could this happen to me, there's not going to be an enduring. There's going to be a recanting. Christ didn't have that attitude of how can you do this to your only begotten son? Now he had set his face as a flint toward Jerusalem and was resolved to go and bear my sins To endure these things because it was a command that the father had given him Let's take a look at some examples in Hebrews 11 and verse 32. It speaks of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and of Jephi, of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets. There's a lot of prophets in the Old Testament. In fact, there's even more than those that are named. There was one where a member of Elijah was told that God had reserved unto Himself 7,000 who had not bowed the knee to Baal. And I don't think we know a name of any of them. Maybe one or two. 7,000, God had reserved. You want to talk about a remnant? Compared to all of Israel, 7,000 was a remnant who had not bowed the knee to Baal. Let's turn over, if you would, to 2 Chronicles chapter 36. 2 Chronicles 36, and this is just a summarization of basically what took place pretty much from judges up until Israel was carried away by Babylon. In 2 Chronicles 36, and if you'll notice, verse 14, And we'll read verses 14, 15, and 16. Again, the examples of the prophets. In verse 14, Moreover, all the chief of the priests and all the people transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen and polluted the house of the Lord which He had hallowed in Jerusalem. And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by His messengers, rising up at times and sending because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words and misused His prophets until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people Till there was no remedy. Boy, isn't that something? And again, these were his chosen people and God said, there's no remedy for you. They had gone that far. They had abused and misused, as the Word says. They had mocked the messengers of God. And the reason they mocked the messengers of God was because they despised His Word and they despised God. And they misused His prophets until God said, no more. Let's take a look in Judges 16. Judges chapter 16, here we find of Samson. And Samson had his own problems, we're aware of that. But here we find how that he was mocked, he was scorched. They put it in verse 25 simply that the Philistines made sport of him. Chapter 16, verse 25 of Judges, And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make a sport. And they called for Samson out of prison house, and he made them sport, and they set him between the pillars. And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. And why did he have to do that? Because they put his eyes out from him. He had other trials, didn't he? Turn over, if you would, to 2 Kings 2. 2 Kings 2. Here we find a prophet of the Lord by the name of Elisha, who comes on the heels of Elijah. And we find in chapter 2, in verse 23 that he is mocked of little children. And we're probably familiar with this, but 2 Kings 2 verse 23, And he went up from thence unto Bethel. And as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head, go up, thou bald head. So here's the prophet, he's mocked. God had seen fit that his hair would not all be there. And these children mocked Him for it. In verse 24, He turned back and looked on them and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. One writer stated that their irreverence for the prophet of God was dealt with very swiftly. God's long-suffering did not go very far there, did it? Sometimes we think that because God is long-suffering, He's always going to be long-suffering. That time will come to an end. And here it was not very long. Because again, He exercises His supremacy as He sees fit. Here His prophet was mocked, and we find that God dealt very quickly with it. In Jeremiah chapter 20, Jeremiah chapter 20. And Jeremiah is a, I don't know how to put it, but he's a fascinating individual. This was a prophet whom God raised up and he told him from the get-go, I'm going to send you to my people, they're not going to hear a word you have to say. God told him from the outset, you're going to go and preach, and they're not going to do a word you say. Isn't that something? And we might say, well, what's the point? The point is that I have sent you to preach my word. That's the point. And he went and he's going to suffer all these things and God told him ahead of time. But don't be afraid of their faces because I'll be with you. Well, they did more than just look at him. But in Jeremiah 20, in verse 1, here's an individual by the name of Pastor, and he's a wicked individual. It says, Now Pasher, the son of Emer, the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. Then Pasher smote Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord. And it came to pass on the morrow that Pasher brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pasher, but Magor Misabib. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself and to all thy friends. And Mangor Misabeb, if you have a footnote or a middle or side reference, means terror on all sides. As if to say, Pastor, you're going to be afraid of your own shadow. And it's going to not just be, oh, I'm scared. Terror. He goes on, continuing in verse 4, And they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. Moreover, I will deliver all the strength of this city and all the labors thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah, will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity, and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies. He's not going to get to be buried in the sepulchre of his father. Because many of them, they were just buried in the place of their fathers. He says, you're going to go to Babylon and you're going to die there. You're going to see that what I have said is true. Then verse 7. Here's the crying of Jeremiah. He says, O Lord, Thou hast deceived me and I was deceived. Thou art stronger than I and hast prevailed. I am in derision daily. Everyone mocketh me. For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil, because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me and a derision daily. Then I said, I will not make mention of him. That is to say, Jeremiah says, I will not make mention of the Lord. nor speak any more in his name, but his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side, report say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watch for my halting, saying peradventure he will be enticed, we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. So we find here that Jeremiah suffered greatly. Look, if you would, in Nehemiah, Nehemiah chapter 4. Here we find, this is after Babylonian captivity, and they have gone back to rebuild the temple. And then Nehemiah, the Holy Spirit gets a hold of Nehemiah. And Nehemiah finds out that God's people are in a terrible condition, not just physically, but spiritually. And he gets permission to go back to Israel. And he goes back and now they're building up the walls. And they're doing the work that God had given them to do. and in Nehemiah 4 and in verse 1. But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was wroth and took great indignation and mocked the Jews. And he spake before his brethren in the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they make an end in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. So here we have the enemies of God's people. They ridicule them as they build up the walls around about Jerusalem. And then one fellow, he says, if a fox ran up that wall, that wall would just crumble underneath the weight of a fox. That's how pitiful and poor your wall is. Then over to 1 Kings chapter 22. 1 Kings chapter 22. Here's a prophet by the name of Micaiah. Micaiah. 1 Kings 22 and verse 13. And notice, again if you would here, It says in the messenger, 1 Kings 22, 13, And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now the words of the prophets declared good unto the king with one mouth. Let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. So let me give you a little background. The king of Israel They were going to go and war against Syria, and so a bunch of false prophets said, oh yeah, God has prophesied Syria, they're going to fall into our hands. And here comes the true prophet of the Lord, Micaiah. Micaiah was kind of like Elijah. He never prophesied good for the king of Israel. Why? Because the king of Israel always did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. So in verse 14, Micaiah said, as the Lord liveth what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak. Well, that's a good prophet, isn't it? Whatever God tells me to, that's what I'm going to say. Verse 15, So he came to the king, and the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go and prosper, for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord? And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills as sheep that have not a shepherd. And the Lord said, These have no master. Let them return every man to his house in peace. And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? And he said, Heareth thou therefore the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also, go forth and do so. Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee. But Zedekiah the son of Chenana went near and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord for me to speak unto thee? Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Ammon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son. And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction, till I come in peace. Micaiah said, if thou return at all in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said, hearken, O people, every one of you. So Micaiah said, listen, you want to know what's going to happen? This is what's going to happen. And this is what all these false prophets are. They're filled with a lying spirit that God has sent. And Ahab, you have been persuaded to go up there and die. These are just a bunch of yes-men telling you what you want to hear. And Zedekiah slapped him in the mouth. And then Ahab put him in prison and fed him with the bread of affliction and water of affliction. He said, you do that until I come in peace. My case is, boy, if you come in peace, then I wasn't speaking what God said. These had cruel mockings, scourgings, bonds, and imprisonments. because they dared to follow the Lord. Now, we don't go looking for mockings and scourgings and bonds and imprisonments, but they may come, and they may not. Our duty is to faithfully follow Him who gave Himself for us. That's it. This is His Word. This is what we're going to do. And whatever comes, we're going to keep on keeping on. You know, it's amazing, as we read there in Nehemiah, and I've been here for a couple years now, and some folks in the community, and you know, they'll, you know, how's that church? Oh, we really like that little church. I said, well, I ain't seen you inside it yet. You like it so much. But, you know, we're treated as if we're nothing because we're small. And as I always say to people, I tell them, you know, we kind of average 100% in our attendance. Can you say that? Now, tonight's not a real good example of that. But, you know, we average really good in our quality. And that's not the way the world looks at things, is it? And as my grandfather said, there is no such thing as a little church with the Lord Jesus. They're His church. where there's two or three gathered together in my name that are mine in the midst of them." See, it's little things like that. And then the idea is, well, if you'll put in this man's plan or this man's program or, you know, just preaching the gospel and bearing witness and telling folks of their need of Christ or bearing witness of sin and preaching those things, that doesn't work. That's the only thing that has ever worked. Because it is the gospel of God which is the power unto salvation. It's the gospel which is the power of God unto salvation. To everyone that believe it. And so we have to look at these things and again, all the things that the teaching and the preaching and the work of the Lord that God has given unto us, world's going to start and you'll notice the order. The order begins with mocking, doesn't it? It starts with a mocking. Many people quit when they're mocked and they never get to a scourging or a bond or an imprisonment. But first will come the mockings. First will come the derision and the ridicule. Many people will quit at that because they can't handle it. but it's in faith that we carry on. It's trusting the Lord that this is the way it's done, this is the way that pleases Him. These things that you do and you advocate are not pleasing to God. They might titillate the flesh, but they don't please the Father. And I'm interested, and this church is interested, in pleasing the head of this church and the Father, our Heavenly Father. That's what we're interested in. You go over there and do that over there. And we'll see which building gets erected, and I'm not talking about the physical building, but that building upon the foundation. We'll see which one a fox runs up and crumbles. We'll see one day. Because we're going to do what God's Word says. You go do whatever you want. And we'll see which one stands in the day to come. So we have to do that by faith. And again, there's mockings and then other things come. And so may God help us that we can have victory. And I hope God will shut their mouths I hope God will shut their mouths and then cause them to say, what must I do to be saved? But if he doesn't, we have to endure by faith. So we thank God for these examples that he's given