and the major thrust of this chapter is under the dispensation of law and he's dealing here with physical life. But we're going to draw a spiritual application from it this morning and apply it to the ministry of warning men and women today of their lost condition. We want to see, first of all, the watchman's responsibility. And whether you know it or not, every Christian has been commissioned of God and has been declared by Almighty God to be a watchman, to stand for God and to speak out for God wherever and whenever you can. I wonder today how many of us are really burdened about that responsibility. I wonder how many of us really see that as part of our role in this world as believers. Somehow or another, we perhaps believe that the ministry and the burden for getting out the warning to lost souls and to lost sinners is relegated primarily to the missionary and to the minister, to the elders and deacons, but not to every member of the Church of Jesus Christ. However, when we look into the word of God, we find that Jesus Christ, when he gave the commission to his disciples to preach the gospel to every creature, that he didn't give it specifically to them, but he gave it to everyone. It was a commission that they were to all go out. In Acts chapter 1, he said of the believers, ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you, and then every one of you is to be a witness for me in Jerusalem, and in Judea, and in Samaria, and in the uttermost parts of the world. In 2 Corinthians chapter 5, we read that the believers, every believer, has been commissioned by God to be an ambassador for Jesus Christ. Now why? Because we are living in the midst of a world that is filled with people who are lost. And not just the people of America, but the people of Africa, the people of China, the people of Europe, the people of Asia. The world today is filled with men and women who were lost and they need to be told of God's message of salvation. In verse 3 he says, if the watchman when he sees the sword come upon the land and blow the trumpet and warn the people. And our responsibility today is to be God's watchman in the midst of a world which is plunging madly on and in most cases is totally unaware of the impending doom and disaster that is about to fall upon them. The vast majority of the world today is totally unfamiliar with God. Who he is. What he stands for. and the future that's in store for men who do not know and believe upon and receive God's Son, the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. And there is a need for someone to warn them of impending disaster. God said to Ezekiel, it is your responsibility, Ezekiel, to sound the alarm, to tell the nation of Israel that judgment is going to come, that life will be lost if men do not respond and repent to the word of God. You know, every time you preach about the fact that men and women are lost, there are always those who say, well, wait a minute, Pastor, what about those who live in heathen lands? And by that we mean places where they've never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. It isn't fair that men should be lost, having never had the opportunity to hear about Jesus Christ. Dear friends, when you say it isn't fair for men to be lost, you are starting out on a false premise. It isn't fair that anyone should be saved. The entire world is guilty of sin. The Bible says all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. The Bible says that there is not one who is righteous. They are all gone out of the way. The Bible says if our gospel be hid, it is hid to those who are lost. The Bible says that men outside of Christ are dead in trespasses and in sin. And it isn't fair that anyone should be saved. We are saved by the grace of God. And what is the grace of God? The unmerited favor of God. It is only by the grace of God that none of us receive that any of us are able to escape the judgment and the justice that we deserve. Whenever I hear somebody say, it isn't fair, I say, my friend, what do you mean it isn't fair? It isn't fair that men should be saved. But praise God, God in his grace has chosen to save us and has chosen to provide for us this glorious and this wonderful salvation. What does a man have to believe in order to be saved? In order to be saved, a man must believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. and that he died on the cross for his sins. And that's why the Lord Jesus Christ said, go into all the world and tell men that the only Savior is me. And this is why every one of us this morning should be gripped with the urgency that God sought to impress upon the life of Ezekiel, that each and every one of us as believers this morning should realize that it is our responsibility to reach the world in which we live. And that if we do not take the message of Christ to the world, then men who are lost will slip into eternity without God and without hope. Say, Pastor, isn't there any plan or program for those who are lost in heathendom? Those who are lost in darkness, yes there is. The Bible tells us that God is fair and that God is good. The Bible tells us that God has given to every man the revelation of himself in nature. The Bible tells us that God has given to every man a conscience which reveals to him that which is right and that which is wrong. And God has given to every man the ability to weigh these things in his own heart. God has made a pledge to the whole world, and it is this, in John 7, 17, that if any man wants to know my will, I will show him the doctrine, whether it be of me. And the stories have come to us over and over again in heathen lands of those who did not know of Jesus Christ, those who had never heard, but they reached out in the midst of the heathenism and darkness, in the midst of their religion. which was empty, and they said, Oh God, someplace, somewhere, I know you're there, and I want to find you. And invariably, God has revealed the person of Jesus Christ to those people, and they've been born into the family of God the moment they heard of Jesus Christ. We have the story that we saw of Sammy Morris, a little boy in the heart of Africa, whose heart longed to find the true God. And so he went on a journey across Africa until he came to a place where he heard Jesus Christ preach. And the moment he heard of Jesus Christ, he was gloriously saved. Dear friends, he wasn't saved until he heard of Jesus Christ. I have a good friend of mine who was born in Armenia. He lived in Armenia, and he wanted to find God. He was dissatisfied with the Orthodox religion, which was dead, and all of the ceremony, and he wanted to find God. He went to the priest, and he said, I've got to find God. There's something missing, there's something lacking. The priest couldn't help him. He was a friend of mine. And one day, he called out in his need, and he said, Oh God, I've got to find you. I must know you. I know you're there. And in the midst of his need, he cried out to God. It was shortly after that that the Turks came in and they attacked the people of Armenia and they were forced right out into the very waters of the Black Sea. And this young boy, about 14 years of age, was picked up by an American vessel. and was taken as a refugee to the United States of America. He came to America. He landed in California. He went to the streets of Fresno. And on the streets of Fresno, one day he heard a man saying that there is salvation in the name of Jesus Christ. And the first time he heard of that message, he repented of his sins and he accepted Christ right there on that street corner. He had found the message that he cried out to from the living God. Dear Christians, this morning the world is filled with people who are lost. And we cannot sit by complacently and believe that somehow or another the heathen and those who don't know about Jesus Christ are going to be reached by someone else. We have been given that commission. We have been given that responsibility. Well, what have we been commissioned to do? Verse 3 says we've been commissioned to blow the trumpet, to warn the people. And I ask you a question this morning. Do you believe that your neighbors are lost? Do you believe that those people you work with are lost? Do you believe that those people that you live by are lost? Do you believe that Santa Rosa is filled with lost sinners? I want to ask you this. How much are you blowing the trumpet? How much sound is coming from you? Where is the warning that God has required you to sound? As I walked up to that car last Friday night, just barely 30 or 40 seconds after that accident had taken place, and I looked into that car, and there I saw a man who had gone into eternity. And I realized that I had watched his death. I had seen the whole accident unfold, and in a moment of time he was gone! I couldn't help but ask myself the question, I wonder where he went. I wonder if he went into the arms of Jesus. I wonder if somebody had warned him about Jesus Christ, the only way of salvation. I couldn't help but bow my head and walk away from there a sober man. As I was brought face to face with the fact that if we don't tell men and women about Jesus Christ, that no one else will. If our gospel be hid, it is hid to those who are lost, in whom the God of this world had blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ should shine through unto them. Oh God, give us a burdened soul this morning. God, get into our hearts this morning and stir us up as Christians. How long has it been since you cried over the souls of lost men? How long has it been since you got on your knees and cried out, Oh God, help me to give a sound where I work today. Oh God, help me to talk to people and sound out the message of salvation and of Jesus Christ. What are we to give them? He tells us in verse 7, Son of man, I have set thee to be a watchman under the house of Israel. But thou should hear the word of my mouth and then warn them from me. Oh, is that a wonderful thing this morning? God has not sent us out to warn the world in our own philosophy and in our own wisdom, in our own intellect. But God has given to us the message of warning for the people. God has given to us the word of reconciliation and how wonderful it is to be able to go out to men and women and say, here is what God says. Let me share with you the word of God. You know, there are many Christians who try to reason with unsaved men concerning the things of salvation on the basis of wisdom and intellect. And there is a small place for that. The Bible says, come, let us reason together, saith the Lord. But what are we to reason about? Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. A great soul winner friend of mine is a man by the name of Dr. McCarroll. Dr. McCarroll is 90 years of age today and still going strong for God. He's one of the great soul winners of America. Wherever Dr. McCarroll went, God blessed him with the privilege of leading men and women to Jesus Christ. And Dr. McCarroll always used the Word of God. Why? Because the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharp. And it penetrates the soul of man and divides asunder the soul and spirit and the joints and marrow and is a critic and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. That's Hebrews 4.12, a paraphrase. But there it is. We got it. The word of God, the book of Jeremiah says, is like a hammer that breaks the rock in two. A man was set on a train one day by Dr. McCarroll. Dr. McCarroll tells this story. He told it to me personally. He said the man set on the train one day, and Dr. McCarroll was reading his Bible. He said, oh, I see you're one of those Bible believers. Dr. McCarroll said, I'm more than that. I'm a minister of the gospel. And the man says, well, I'd like you to know that I'm an atheist. I don't believe that trash. And Dr. McCarroll said, well, the wicked shall die in his folly. That's another paraphrase of a verse. It's a verse of scripture. And the man said, well, I'd just like to tell you why I'm an atheist. And so he began to argue with Dr. McCarroll. And every time he said anything, Dr. McCarroll just said, well, the wicked shall die in his folly. That's what the Bible says. And the man says, well, why don't you answer me back? Why don't you answer this question? What do you think about this? How do you reconcile evolution? And Dr. McHale said, the Bible says the wicked shall die in his folly. And the man says, what's the matter with you? Can't you discuss anything? Is that all you can do is rattle off that Bible? The wicked shall die in his folly. And at the end of the trip, the man broke down and was gloriously saved. The word of God, broken down. We have the word that people need. Did you know that? Give out the word of God and the word of God will break down the souls of hardened sinners. I know it will. I've seen it happen before and I know it'll happen again. But oh, listen, Satan has lulled us to sleep. We've come to the place where we don't believe that sinners are really lost. And so we aren't telling people about Jesus Christ. Oh, God, help us this morning to get excited about lost souls. We have the word of God to give them the message of salvation. Dear friends, let me ask you a question. A few weeks ago, a dam broke in Idaho. Supposing this morning that the Warm Springs Dam had been put in. There was a vast amount of water accumulated there in Healdsburg. Supposing that suddenly you heard that the dam was breaking and that tomorrow morning the entire valley of Santa Rosa would be flooded. Would you not run through the streets of Santa Rosa and shout to every man and woman you could, get out, get out, the city is going to be flooded. And you would gladly join the chorus of people and you'd go from house to house and you'd warn your friends and neighbors, may I say there's a dam far greater than that that's going to be unbroken on this world someday. The wrath of God against sin is going to flood out upon men who haven't received Jesus Christ as their Savior. And dear friend, if we would warn people of coming disaster, of a flood that would take their physical life, we ought to be more concerned about their soul. For their soul is going to live for eternity. And to go out of this world not knowing Christ as your Savior is to have your soul live for eternity in hell, in torment, and in separation from God. Oh, Pastor Graves, I didn't know you were a hellfire and brimstone preacher. I'm not. I'm just preaching the Bible. You see, when you read the Bible, you find heaven. And by the way, we're going to talk about heaven tonight, one step beyond. Don't miss it. One step beyond. John chapter 14, in my Father's house are many mansions. Oh, heaven's a wonderful place, but I want to tell you heaven's a wonderful place, but hell's a terrible place. And the Bible says that lost souls are going to go there. The brimstone is in the Bible. The heaven's in the Bible, but the brimstone's in the Bible, too. Did you know it? People say to me, well, I don't believe in hell. The first question I always ask is this, do you believe in heaven? Oh, yes. Well, I say, you find them in the same place. My friend, if you believe in hell, in heaven, you better believe in hell because we read about them in the same book. And they were created by the same God. Say, what kind of a God would create a hell? I'll tell you what kind of a God creates a hell. A God who hates sin and who loves righteousness. And he created a hell for Satan and his angels. But if men persist in rebelling against him, then they go to that place that God never prepared for them. There's only two places that God has built for man. One is the earth and the other is heaven. Heaven was not built for the angels. Jesus said, heaven is a place that I'm preparing for you, my people. But hell was built for the devil and his angels, but unsaved men who persist in resisting this salvation of God and the voice of God, they're going to live in this hell for eternity. And the torment and the punishment of hell is horrible. Dear friends, we need to be concerned about our friends and our neighbors that are heading toward this kind of a place. What else are we to talk to men and women about as watchmen? Oh, we're to tell them about God. Do you know the average person who doesn't know the Lord Jesus Christ as his savior? He knows there is a God, if he has any sense about him. He knows that the heavens tell him about the glory of God and the wonder of God. He looks around him and he sees this marvelous and wonderful creation. He sees all of the intelligence that's revealed in it. And if he has any kind of ounce of reasoning and honesty about him, he has to say to himself, there must be a God somewhere. This is all too marvelous. This is all too wonderful. It couldn't have just happened by chance. There has to be somebody with a great mind that put together this complex universe. There must be somebody who holds it in place and who maintains it. But he doesn't know about him. He can't know about him. Because the revelation of God comes through the person of Jesus Christ. And so we need to tell the world about God. Verse 11, Ezekiel, I want you to tell the people who I am. I want you to tell them that I'm a God of love. I want you to tell them that I'm a God of grace. I want you to tell them that I'm a God of mercy. But I want you to tell them that I'm a God of righteousness. Say to the people as I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel? Oh, we need to tell men and women that God is a God who loves men so much that he was willing to become a man himself and that he was willing to die in man's place in order that he might offer to man this glorious and wonderful salvation. We need to tell the world about the love of God. The love of God is so great. The love of God is so deep. The love of God is so marvelous and the world doesn't know anything about it. Then we need to tell them about his righteousness. We need to tell them how that God is holy, and God cannot tolerate sin, but that God in His love has provided a plan whereby sin can be removed, so that man and God can now have fellowship together. Why? Because God loves man, and He wants to be with man, and He wants to fellowship with man, and He wants to reward man. God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. You know some people have an idea that God is some kind of a big bully. Did you know that? The average unsaved person looks at God as some kind of a tormentor who says that everything that's fun is sin and who delights in pronouncing judgment upon sinners. Oh, the Bible says nothing could be further from the truth that God loves sinners. God loves you. But dear friend, as much as God loves you, you can't enter the presence of God And he will not allow you to contaminate heaven with your sin. And so until that sin is removed, you cannot enter the presence of a holy God. I've had people say to me, well, I don't believe in this God and I don't like this God that we read about in the Bible. And when I die, if there is a God, I'm going to stand in his presence and I'm going to tell him just what I think. I've had the sad task of saying to those people, my dear friend, you are absolutely ignorant of who God is and what he is. And I said, when you stand in his presence, as you surely will, for the Bible says that one day every knee will bow and every tongue shall confess. And when you stand in his presence, you will not stand, but you will be prostrated at his feet. And you will be overcome by his holiness and your sin will be revealed for the awful blot that it is. against the righteousness of God. You may not think that your sin is very bad or very serious. And it may not be when you compare it with other men. But dear friend, when your sin is held up against the righteousness of Almighty God, you're going to see yourself as you've never seen yourself before. And you're going to understand why it is that God must cast you out of his presence. Because God will not allow your sin to contaminate his heaven and his eternity. But God has offered you a way to get rid of that sin today. Oh, yes, he has. God has died on the cross to pay for your sins. And God says to every one of us this morning that no matter what we've done, no matter how bad we've been, no matter how wicked our situation is, God says that if you will come and confess that sin, God says that I will forgive you. of that sin, and I will cleanse you of all your unrighteousness." You see, all of your sin has been paid for. And so he says in verse 12, he said, Ezekiel, I want you to tell the world that there is hope for every man and every woman. There's not a person living that would be able to say, Oh, I want to be with God. I'd like to go to God's heaven. I'd like to have my sins forgiven, but I've been too wicked. Oh, no. Notice what he says. Ezekiel, tell them this, that the righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him. He said they're not going to be saved by their good works. But he said, Ezekiel, tell them also that the wickedness of the wicked shall not fail. He shall not fall thereby in the day if he will turn from his wickedness. Neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he said it. He said, Ezekiel, I want you to tell men and women that there isn't anyone that's beyond help. He said the door of mercy is always open no matter what you've done, no matter how great your sin has been. He said the moment you come by faith and believe and receive and trust in God's Son as your Savior. He said in that moment God says that he will forgive you of all your sins. You know I like to read that story there in 1st Corinthians chapter 6. The Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 6 is reading off to the Corinthian believers the life that they once lived. He said some of you were adulterers. Some of you were fornicators. Some of you were homosexuals. Some of you were drunkards. He said some of you were people of low degree. But he said since you've accepted Christ, he said you've been justified. You've been sanctified. You've been cleansed of all your sins. I like what Paul preached there to the people in Antioch. He said, Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man Jesus Christ is preached the forgiveness of sin, and that by him all who believe are freely justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. The good news of salvation is this, that we can share to the world that there isn't a sinner living that can't be forgiven. And then he says, I want you to tell them something else, Ezekiel. I want you to tell them that when I forgive them, that I will never ever mention them again. Notice that in verse 16. None of his sins that he has committed will ever be mentioned unto him. He has done that which is lawful and right, and he shall surely live. Oh, what a delightful God we have. Here we are, guilty sinners. deserving of a lost eternity. And God in his mercy has saved us. And God has forgiven us. And God says, your sins, I will remember no more. Praise God. Oh, I'm so delighted this morning that the moment I trusted Jesus Christ as my savior, that God forgave me all my sins and he gave me everlasting life. And he forgot the past. Totally and completely. You know, I like verses like this. Your sins have been buried in the depths of the deepest sea. That's in the book. As far as the East is from the West. Aren't you glad he didn't say North and South because they meet at the poles. But he said as far as the East is from the West, so far has he removed your transgressions. You see, God knew what he was doing when he wrote the Bible. He knew that East and West never meet. He knew that North and South did. It took us quite a few hundred years to find that out. But way back there in the Old Testament, God knew all about that. Oh, the Bible's a marvelous book. And God said as far as the east is removed from the west. God said it's that far have your sins been removed. They will never haunt you again. When we get to heaven, God won't even remember that we were sinners. We're justified. We stand in his presence without even the smell of sin about us. Oh, I'm so glad. I'm looking forward to that. It's going to be a great day when we get to heaven and we stand in the presence of God as justified believers, not by our own righteousness, but by the blood of Jesus Christ. We've been washed clean and we stand in the presence of God, perfect in his righteousness. And God will never even remember that we've sinned. This is the message that the world needs to hear. This is what you need to tell men and women. Oh, we get so afraid. The apostle Paul, you say, well, pastor, I can't preach to the whole world. No, you can't. But you can preach to the world that God has placed you in. When the Apostle Paul spoke to the Ephesian believers on the shore there of Miletus, as is recorded for us in Acts chapter 20, verse 26. You know what the Apostle Paul said, and I believe he was referring right back here to this passage. He said, listen, he said, I am rejoiced today that I have not shunned to declare unto you people the whole counsel of God. And he said, listen, he said, as I leave the city of Ephesus, he said, my voice has been used for God. And he said, I am free of the blood of all men. And I ask you a question this morning, can you say that? If God should call you to leave Santa Rosa this morning, would you be able to leave Santa Rosa saying, I've been faithful to God, I have witnessed for Jesus Christ, and I'm leaving Santa Rosa, and there are people, there's no one left behind that I should have reached, that I should have talked to, but I have been used of God to the point that I am free of the blood of all men. You say, well, he was Paul. Well, he was Paul saved by grace. with the same Holy Spirit in him that you have in you. And if Paul could say it, you could too. But how many of us could? How many of us would have to say, Oh, God, don't take me today. God, give me just a few more weeks. There are so many people that I haven't spoken to yet. Why don't we speak? Because Satan has caused us to be afraid. The Apostle Paul said, I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. For it is the power of God unto salvation, unto every one that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Oh, he said, the preaching to the cross is to them to perish foolishness. But he said to us who are saved, it is the power of God unto salvation. And therefore the apostle Paul said, because it is the power of God, and because it is the word of God, and even though men will laugh, and even though some will get angry, and even though some will try to stone me, Paul said, I'm going to give it out without shame and without fear. Praise God for that kind of life. It's because of that that the Apostle Paul was able to leave a city and say, as I leave this city, I am free from the blood of all men. May God help us to be able to say that today. Are there friends? Are there co-workers? Are there neighbors? Are there relatives that you haven't spoken to about Jesus Christ? It is not your responsibility to win them. It is your responsibility to warn them. You notice here, he gives the responsibility of the watchman, but then he gives the responsibility of the hearer. And he said that once the word has gone out, he said, then it's the responsibility of the one who hears to take the warning and apply it positively to his own life. Say, Pastor, you were excited this morning. Oh, no, I wasn't. I was burdened this morning. I'm concerned. Dear friends, how many people have you won to Christ this year? All you say, that's none of your business. I didn't ask you to put up your hand, but it is God's business. The Bible says, he that goeth forth bearing precious seed and weeping shall doubtless return again bringing his sheaves with him. I believe the Bible means what it says. I believe that if you witness, if you pray, that God will give you souls. Say, Pastor, that means everybody but me. Don't you know I'm exempt from that ministry? Oh, no, you're not. God said, Ezekiel, if you don't warn, I will require of your hand. The blood of my people is real. The Apostle Paul said, I'm free of the blood of the people of Ephesus, implying that those who had not been faithful would have on their hands the blood of lost souls. Let me ask you, what kind of hands do you have this morning? Are they clean hands or are they bloody hands? Have souls been slipping into eternity around you with no warning? Have you been content to just be a Christian yourself and say nothing to those who pass by? At the judgment seat of Christ, when rewards are given out, Daniel says that they that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars of the heaven. Paul said at the judgment seat of Christ, you Thessalonian believers, you will be our crown of rejoicing. You see, there's a soul winner's crown, and it belongs to every Christian to participate in. What kind of hands? Look at them. Father in heaven, Speak to our hearts this morning, Lord, about the lost condition of men outside of Christ. Give us some tears, Lord. Give us concern. Burden our hearts. Oh, God, wake us up. It may be that there are folk right here in this room this morning who would say, I'm not even a Christian. I've never accepted the message of salvation. I'm lost. Dear friend, everything for your salvation has been completed. Jesus Christ has died for your sins. And all that you have to do to receive salvation and forgiveness of your sins is to trust Him as your Savior. The Bible says if you'll confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised you from the dead, you will be saved. While our heads are bowed and our eyes are closed, if you're not sure you're Christian, oh, won't you come this morning? Won't you trust Him as your Savior? While our heads are bowed, just join with me in this simple prayer. Say, Lord Jesus Christ. Just say it in your heart. Lord Jesus Christ, I know that I've sinned. I believe you died for me, and I thank you for it. And right now, I confess you as my Savior. I trust in you for the salvation of my eternal soul. Thank you, Lord, for saving me. Friend, if you prayed that prayer, you're a born again child of God. Your sins have just been forgiven. You're a member of God's family. I have a book that I share with every new Christian. I won't ask you to do anything more, but I wonder if you'd be willing to let me know you made that decision. As you go out, I'll see that you get a book. While our heads are bowed and you have this private moment, would you be willing to slip your hand up just where you are and say, Pastor, I trusted Christ. I prayed with you today. I want you to know I'm a new Christian. I'm so glad that I've accepted Christ. I'd like one of those books as I leave. Would you slip your hand up? Anyone at all? I'll see your hand. We'll be so glad to know that you made that decision today. Anyone at all? I wonder if they're Christians this morning. And you would say, Pastor, as you preached this morning, God spoke to my heart. I haven't been burdened. I really haven't been burdened for lost souls. I haven't been the watchman that I ought to be. And God has touched my heart today. Pastor, I want you to pray for me. As you have asked prayer for yourself, that God would help me to be a watchman with clean hands. that God would give me a burdened heart that would move me out to witness to the souls of lost men. Would you slip your hand up at all while our heads are bowed? Yes. Oh, my. Praise God. So many this morning whose hearts were spoken to. God, thank you for meeting with us here on this Father's Day. What a joy it is to have your word. Lord, even in the Old Testament here, it has a message that's fresh for the day. God, bless the hearts of these who've said, Oh, God, I want to be a watchman. And grant, God, that they might be filled with Thy Holy Spirit, that they might be bold and courageous to give forth the blessed story of Jesus Christ to the lost world around us. Give us souls, we pray in Christ's name. Amen. Pass your registration slips to the center aisle and let's stand and sing one verse in closing of number 197. Grace greater than our sin. This message has been brought to you by the Santa Rosa Bible Church. Our mission is to see the lost reached and believers transformed by Jesus. You can find out more information about us at our website at srbible.org. Or you can visit us in person at 4575 Badger Road in Santa Rosa, California. You can also reach us by phone at 707-538-2385.