If you have your Bibles, please turn in them to 2 Timothy chapter 4. I'm going to preach on perilous times shall come. The Apostle Paul is writing the last letter that he would write before the Roman government cuts his head off. And in 2 Timothy chapter 4, starting in verse 1, we read, I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom, preach the word, be instant, in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine, for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, But after their own lust shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears, and they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall turn on to fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry." Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for your word and we thank you that it's fact We thank you that we can look around us and see what you said would come is happening. But Lord, it's a fearful world we live in, and I just pray that you'd help us as we Look into your word today that you'd encourage us, that you'd challenge us, that we would be better Christians because we met this morning. In your name we pray. Amen. Again, in verse three here, it says the time will come. By inspiration, God says that there will come a time in the history of His church when sound doctrine will not be endured. Again, verse 3, it says, for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own lusts shall heap to themselves teachers having itching ears. and they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables." We have to understand the age that we live in. In chapter 3, verse 1, it says, This know also that in the last days perilous times shall come. And then there's a long list of things that characterize those last days. And if we look around us, we see we're living in those days today. As we move then from chapter three to chapter four, God's telling us that in these perilous times, They'll not endure sound doctrine. They'll literally heap to themselves teachers having itching ears. In other words, they want to listen to people who they agree with or they agree with them. They want to hear what they want to hear, not what God wants us to hear. Now, we face a great temptation today because people have become so prejudiced against God. And so prejudice and isn't it sad that this one once Christian nation is prejudice against the Bible. It's prejudice against his church. We face a temptation to compromise and give the people what they want instead of giving the people what God says. to make our preaching and teaching popular instead of powerful. But if we yield to these temptations to be popular, we can give up all hope of being powerful. It's not our responsibility to make the Bible acceptable, but to make the Bible available. And we've got to remember this in these days. We have had people through the years think we're too hard, too harsh. We've got to be a little more political, like the Republican Party, and just give up everything we believe. Turn to 1 Peter, chapter 2. The people need to hear the truth and have an opportunity to respond to it. Now, this is not a hot sermon, but I hope you'll listen to it because I think the ideas are very important. I'll make that statement again. The people need to hear the truth and have the opportunity to respond to it. That's what our job is. The position we take with scripture is not popular. Never has been. In 1 Peter 2, verses 7 and 8, Peter says, unto you therefore which believe he is precious. To us he's precious. But unto them which are disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner. And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient, whereunto also they were appointed." To us, He's precious. But to the world around us, and I'm sure some that are sitting in the pews this morning, He is a rock of offense. Turn to Romans, and I'm going to ask you to Do a lot of turning this morning. They're offended by him. They're offended by the gospel that we preach. And in Romans chapter 9. Verse 33, it says, as it is written, behold, I lay in Zion. A stumbling block. And a rock of offense and whosoever believeth on him, shall not be ashamed of the temptation is to be ashamed of being saved. That's the temptation today. That's why the apostle Paul said, I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, but it is the power of God. Now, this rock of offense is the Lord Jesus Christ that we preach. The world hates it. Paul wrote to Timothy and said not to be ashamed of what he had stood for. Now turn to John, please. And we're going to read quite a long scriptures more than once this morning. But when Jesus was dealing with the disciples in the Gospel of John, the sixth chapter, his preaching got hard. And in verse 60, we read, Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying. Who can hear it? As our text read, we would rather have teachers tickling our ears. We want something popular. especially in the day that we live in today. We have had younger people, younger adults by the dozens and maybe the hundreds leave our church because they wanted something more acceptable. They wanted music that had more of a beat. They wanted preaching that wasn't offensive. But I want to read John 6, 60 down to 69. Many, therefore, of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying. Who can hear it? When Jesus knew it himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said to them, Does this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where he was before. It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not. And again, that is the problem, if you want to call it that, in our church and fundamental churches today. People want things to be more acceptable. But there are some of you that believe not. And I do believe many of them will go to hell when they die. I don't know the heart, but I'm saying people don't want the pure gospel. They want to listen to teachers tickle their ears. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not and should betray Him. And He said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto Me except that were given unto him of My Father. From that time many of His disciples went back and walked no more with them." Now, we haven't had anybody leave our church in recent times, but more will. And when they do, let them go. People worry. They come in. It's Christmastime. I hadn't planned to say this. I get sick at my stomach when the rebels come back at Christmastime and some of you come over to them and you say, I'm just being friendly. No, you're not. You're showing you're in agreement with them. They hate everything we believe in. And they do. They make me sick when they come back. When your relatives that are living for the devil come and visit you, because you're too soft to take the stand you should, let them go to St. Patrick's. Now, I mean that. I'm not talking about on stage. I'm not talking about people that are on church. I'm not talking about new Christians, but I'm talking about people that were born in this church and were raised in this church and went to our Christian school and then reject everything that they've ever been taught. And they want to look around and be haughty and talk about their rock and roll church. I don't want to hear I'll do everything I can to reach the unsaved, whether they listen to rock and roll or not, whether they drink whiskey or not. Whatever they do, it doesn't matter. I want to reach them. But I don't want to be bothered by rebels. And it says here, from that time, many of His disciples went back and walked no more with Him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, We also go away. Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life, and we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the son of the living God. As our text read, We, when I say we, Christians as a whole, would rather have teachers tickling their ears. We want something popular. If you're a child of God, though, I want you to understand that this world is no friend of Christ. And it won't be a friend of yours if you're right with Him. It's as simple as that. Now, the temptation is to make what we believe so acceptable that it's no longer an offense. The big idea today is to market the church and to use the principles that the world uses to sell its wares. But if we ever stoop to make visible results the goal of our ministry, you have already compromised what you say you believe about the Bible. Now, let's turn to 1 Corinthians 1. 1 Corinthians 1, verses 17 and 18. For Christ sent me not to baptize didn't mean he didn't believe in baptism and didn't baptize, but he's comparing it. Christ didn't send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel. Now, now get this. Sometime I've heard people describe famous preachers by saying he could be a senator if he wanted to be or he could be this or that. I wouldn't step down to be a senator. It isn't. The Bible says it's not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. It's not how good we talk. It's not how smooth we are, for the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. They think we're fools. The town of Chesterton, the county of Porter feel you're a fool for coming to this church. To them that perish is foolishness, but unto us which are saved, it's the power of God. And let me say, 2,000 years later, it's still foolishness to the world. And as far as America, we kind of had a reprieve. We were founded as a Christian nation. I don't care what those nuts in Washington say. We were founded on Christian principles. Our schools were started to teach people how to read the Bible. And so we've had a reprieve. But now that's over. It's the end. We are fools. There is an offense to it. And the more closely we're identified to Jesus Christ and that bloody cross, the more reproach we bear. Get used to it. And as I've said, the temptation is to avoid that reproach and compromise. But let's look on at verse 19, 2 Corinthians 1. Verse 19, For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will bring to naught the understanding of the prudent. I think he has destroyed the wisdom of the wise in Washington. I tell you what, they are fools. Everything they do is wrong. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God." They're the wise guys, but they laugh at the thought of God. It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. That's what we need. What's happening right now? The foolishness of preaching. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom. But we preach Christ crucified. Unto the Jews a stumbling block. You get that term over and over again. Unto the Jews a stumbling block. And unto the Greeks foolishness. But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God, because the foolishness of God is wiser than men and the weakness of God is stronger than men. Now, God has no foolishness and God has no weakness. But if he could have his foolishness would be wiser than man's and his weakness stronger than man. Verse 26 for you see your calling brother and how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. Aren't you glad? I praise God. that you don't have to be brilliant to be called to serve God. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty, and the base things of the world, don't you? He says, oh, don't call me base, don't call me foolish. That's who God's chosen. the base things of the world, and the things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, the things which are not, to bring to naught the things that are." God likes to play games with these great, intelligent people. He likes to have them laugh at us and have us, hey, we've got a pretty good life, don't we, if we live for God. We can have good families, can't we? We can have good finances, can't we? We can have good friends, can't we? We can have jobs and keep them, can't we? And I could list so much more. And those that laugh at us normally have none of that. That no flesh shall glory in His presence. Don't think you're something. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, that according as it is written, he that glorious let him glory in the Lord. And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or wisdom or declaring on to you the test of declaring on to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear. You say the great Apostle Paul. That's why he was great. If you guys have feel you're called in the full time Christian service would understand he will uplift. The humble and the proud is going to knock down. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in months trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of men's wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and power that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Now, we need that men and their ideas are always changing, but the message of God never changes. We should preach what Paul preached. We should preach what Spurgeon preached, what Torrey preached. My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. And that's where we must stand. Let's never be ashamed of being an old-time, sin-hating, devil-fighting people. Our message must always be Christ-centered, sin-exposing, Holy Spirit-convicting, and life-changing. And there's no message that can accomplish this other than the message of the Bible. Turn, please, back to 1 Peter 2. When you tell a man that he's lost and he's going to burn in hell without Jesus, you cannot help but offend him. Our position must always be clear. Now, some people foolishly say of our church, you don't want to go there because they're different. I wonder what they think about 1 Peter Chapter 2, verse 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. And here it is, a peculiar people. That's what the town of Chesterton and Michigan City and Gary and Valparaiso think of this church. A peculiar people. that you should show forth the praises of him who have called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Some, because we have standards, call us legalistic, but if you know your Bible, you know that legalism is trying to add works to salvation. Legalism says you have to trust Christ as your Savior, but also be baptized. Legalism says you trust Christ as your savior, but also partake of the Lord's Supper. And those who call us legalists usually scripturally are legalists themselves. Are we supposed to live and look so much like the world? That you can't tell the difference. Turn to Galatians one. That is the temptation, and it's a great temptation. But if you live according to the Bible, you can't expect to be popular with the world. Should we want to please God or man? In Galatians 1, verse 10, it says, For do I now persuade men or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet please men, should I not be the servant of Christ? We should never try to be offensive. But if our position is scriptural and offensive, we should never compromise to be accepted. Never. Turn to 1 Corinthians 3. If our disposition and our personality is offensive, and some of you need to listen to this, you should try to be more Christ-like. But don't change your Bible position. 1 Corinthians 3, starting in verse 18, it says, Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, he taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, the Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. Therefore, let no man glory in men for all things are yours. So, where should we stand? In 1915, there is a series of articles compiled and put into book form called The Fundamentals. At that time, right there at the beginning, there were over three million copies given away. Now, the greatest Bible scholars alive contributed. And from 1915 until now, many people refer to themselves, including myself, as a fundamentalist. Today, as far as the world is concerned, the term seems to identify you with some Arab terrorist group. a doctor saying that to me. I always thought, he said, I thought fundamentalists were always terrorists. Fundamentalism nowadays is thought of as some holy jihad or a group of half-witted people. And even the university that I graduated from some years back renounced the term. But in our way of thinking when we say we're fundamentalist we're saying we believe in the fundamentals of the faith. We believe the word of God. We're fundamental Bible believing church. There are certain things that this statement needs to be included. I remember Barbara Walter said one time, isn't she a genius? Anyone who believes the Bible is cultish. Isn't it something how movie stars, so-called, and popular TV people, they're the brains, you know, they're the ones that tell us who to vote for and so forth. In reality, a cult is any religion that includes anything outside the Bible and its beliefs. In other words, if you believe the Bible but believe something else like the Mormon Church, you're a cult. But we can't give in to that pressure. When someone scoffingly says that there are still people who believe the whole Bible, we should be ready to say, yes, and I'm proud to be one of them. Don't be afraid. People say you can't build a church on this type of philosophy. And my answer to that is, don't you know, we're not trying to build a church. If we just get this straight, oh, we get excited if you have more on your bus and we get excited if somebody gets saved, that's part of the Great Commission. But we're not out to try to build a church. That's where the church marketers are. They think they've got to build a church. But remember, when Peter made the statement, thou art the Christ and Jesus replied, flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but by a father in heaven and upon this rock. This confession that I'm the Christ, I'll build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Now listen to me and get it real clear in your head. He didn't say I will build your church. He didn't say you will build my church. He said I will build my church. The only way a church is built is through Jesus Christ. And if we do what God wants us to do and go after all the people and just obey the Lord, he'll build the church. I'm convinced of that. I'm convinced of that. We need to preach the word in season, out of season. Sometime when the preacher is preaching, you ought to think the lacquer is being baked on the pews. If you can sit there when the preacher preaches and fall asleep, take some information and go your way, you're going to dwindle yourself. I'm not talking about the church. You're going to dwindle down. to be nothing in your Christian life. And that's what's wrong with so many today. Oh, he's just a preacher. If he is called of God, he's God's man preaching God's word. Now, let's let's look back at our text in Second Timothy. We know the time will come and has come when they'll not endure sound doctrine. We've got to stir up our convictions and never compromise. And we start with our stand on the inerrancy of the word of God. We believe that the Bible is the word of God inspired and preserved So I can stand up here and say, I believe I'm holding God's word. If you don't, you have nothing. Again, the school that I went to, the very first Bible class I had was New Testament survey. And they started teaching that part of the Bible is not the Word of God. And in going to Bible college, they made me doubt my salvation. And for two or three years, I fought whether I believe if the Bible is not the Word of God and you don't have the Word of God, you've got nothing. If any Bible professor can say this is the Word of God and this isn't, you've got nothing. And I'm a logical person. I'm not a theologian, but I'm a logical person. And so when that learned doctor said that, it just blew my mind. And I thought, I don't have a Bible. If I don't have a Bible, then I probably don't have a God. No, you do have a Bible. It is inspired by God. It is preserved by God. And you do have a God, and He loved us so much that He wrote us in His Word, and we have it to live by. The Bible says of itself in 2 Timothy 3, 16, all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished after all good works. I wouldn't give one dime to a church that didn't totally believe in the inspiration of the Bible. You say, how can you tell if they do or they don't? It's when they start saying you can use this version or that version. That's how you can tell. They don't hold it dear. It's as simple as that. God promised to honor and to bless his word, and we've got it to preach it. Churches today think in order to be successful, you've got to have a McDonald's in the foyer and jazzercise classes on Monday. No, success with God means doing one simple thing. being obedient to preach and believe His Word. That's success. Second, we must believe we're going to meet Him someday. 2 Timothy 4, verse 1 says, I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the quick and the dead as His appearing and His kingdom. Listen to that again. I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead? That includes you and I. We're not only going to meet him someday, we're going to stand accountable to him. Men will not understand us. I don't expect men to understand me. Men may question our motives and men may question our ideas. But I'm not going to stand before man. I'm not going to stand before you. I'm going to stand before God. And we ought to live every day like it's the last day of our life and we're going to meet Him in the evening. I have no respect for a person who calls himself a Christian and doesn't fear God more than they fear man. We're going to meet Jesus someday, and we need to settle that. You need to settle that. You can play games with the youth pastor. You can play games with the principal, and some of you do. You can play games with me. You can scheme and you can play, but you can't fool God. That's what blows my mind, how people say they believe God and they act like he's not around. We need to spread the gospel. We need to run our buses. We need to raise our families. We need to make our decisions with the knowledge that someday we're going to stand face to face with Jesus Christ. And we're going to answer specifically to him, not the pastor. I'm going to answer to him. You're going to answer to him. Then we must, without compromise, preach the Bible. 2 Timothy 4, 1 and 2 is a preacher's verse. I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom." Preach the Word. That's what I'm supposed to do. Preach the Word in season, out of season, whether it's popular or it's not popular. Reprove. Say, oh, you're too hard. Reprove. Rebuke. Exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. Those are not pretty words. It's out of season to preach the Bible today. You go to any bookstore, I challenge you, look on the shelf, look to find a book on church growth, and you'll never find one that says, preach the word. You won't find it. Let God build the church. No, man doesn't think this would work, but God does. We've gotta stand firmly on the conviction that our church is going to continue to be a place where we can come and hear the Bible preached and taught. And not only us, but it'll be there for our children, it'll be there for our grandchildren. That's worth fighting for. Now, verses 3 and 4. For the time will come When they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned on to fables. And isn't that where we're at today? Turn to fables. When man turns from the truth, he turns to something. For example, many today are turning away from holy living. to worldly living. I watched that, that Methodists were stronger on separation than we are. I don't think there's any left anymore. I've watched the Nazarenes, not every one, the Pentecostal and most Baptists change from holy living to worldly living. Now, people laugh at us because we dress modest. And it amazes me, the first thing a woman does when she quits our church is put the pants on. And I don't know why, I know I say it all the time, but it's not very pretty. And I won't say that, what you think I'm going to say, but it's not very pretty. And you know, somebody's 100 pounds overweight and they put those pants on, they go and they say, now I've made it. That should show what's wrong. The people laugh at us because we're modest. People laugh at us because we don't mate like animals. The world today, doesn't want any part of us. They want to go to church and they want to play volleyball and they want to eat at church and socialize and we do those things. But we also are determined to preach modesty. Go to the beach and ask God if He wants that. You can't. God wants us to preach modesty. God wants us to preach morality. Ask God if he wants your 12-year-olds to mate. That's what's happening today. People not marrying, just shacking up. No, they've turned away from the truth. They have their reverence, They have their priests, their professors, tickling their ears. But God needs those who will stand. Listen to what Paul wrote Timothy in 1 Timothy, just a couple pages back. 1 Timothy 4, verse 12. Let no man despise thy youth, but be thou an example of the believers in the Word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, purity. We're to be an example of believers in holy living. Now, I need to preach like this and we all need to live it. Because the necklines in America are going down and down. And the bottom of the blouses are going up and up. And the hemlines on the skirts are going up and up. What do you call it? The waistlines are going down and down. We shouldn't be ashamed of just looking like a Christian. You know you should and so does the world. I am so glad that I'm saved and I'm glad my wife and daughters aren't trying to be accepted by the world and look like streetwalkers. I'm so glad that my granddaughters are being taught not to turn from the truth and to dress like little ladies. And they're not going to go out on the beaches like penthouse prostitutes. They're going to save their purity for their husband. God help us to stay with holy living. And don't be ashamed of it. You that are here, you're visiting, and you say, what's he talking about? Holy living. You know what that results with? A pure conscience. It results with enjoying life. Little kids are ruined. They're destroyed in the public schools. Destroyed. I hate the public schools. I hate the teachers union. They're being used to destroy our country. And I think they've already been successful. If you have Jesus in your heart, it ought to be reflected in what you look like and the way you live. But next, and I'll hurry along, we should stand for the priesthood of the believer. You have a strong leadership. People will accuse that leader, that pastor, of being a dictator. Now, let me say, I believe so strongly in the priesthood of the believer I could never be a dictator. And I hope I make this clear. I hope I don't confuse people. But when somebody comes into my office, of course, if they're talking about doctrine or something that's very clear in the Bible, I'll say, this is what you ought to do because that's what the Bible teaches. But if it doesn't, I'm not going to tell people what to do. Hundreds of times I've told people, I can't tell you what to do. Only you can know what God wants. I don't want to get into the fine details. All I want to do is help you find what God wants. And don't ever say you're doing what I told you to do. Don't ever say that. Don't ever say, I do something because Fairhaven does it. That's a very foolish statement. You show your immaturity by saying things like that. Now, God gave me the responsibility to lead this church and doctrine and practice, and people do need leadership. But you should know if the preaching is off. And I've said hundreds of times, if the preaching's off on doctrine and morality, run me out. We were just teaching the Constitution on Thursday nights, and I pointed out that it's easier to vote the pastor out than to vote a pastor in. That's me. I wanted that. Make it easy to get rid of the guy if he's doing wrong. Everything said from up here should be confirmed by the word of God in the Holy Spirit. Then put your heart into it. First Timothy two. First Timothy two verse. Five. I'm sorry, I'm in Thessalonians. 1st Timothy 2, verse 5. For there is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. We don't get to God through some human priest, but through Christ Jesus. We've got to emphasize the priesthood of the believer. Then we must be willing to endure affliction. 2 Timothy 4.5. And I will get moving. 2 Timothy 4.5. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of the evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. Why do you think there is this emphasis? Don't be ashamed of the gospel. Don't be ashamed of me. Endure afflictions. Let no man despise thy youth. Why do you think God gives us that constant emphasis? Because we're going against the grain. They were 2,000 years ago, and we are now. If you're going to stand for the Lord, it takes some enduring. If you stand for the Lord, you're going upstream. You're going against the current. You're going uphill. There's no painless way to follow Jesus Christ. People say, I don't want to witness because I don't want to offend anybody. That's not true. The reason you don't want to witness is because you're afraid you're going to be offended. Someone's going to make fun of you. We must die to self and say, I'm not ashamed of the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm not ashamed to believe that this book is true. I'm not ashamed to say I'm going to heaven someday. I'm not ashamed to say he died for me, that he's my Lord. There ought to be something inside of us, especially in this God hating, God denying age. that says, I'll stand for Him. I'll stand for Him. I'll endure infliction. And then last, we must always have the compassion of Christ. The world likes to say that we that believe in personal standards and hellfire and brimstone don't love. Well, I'll tell you what we better love if we follow the Bible. We should live holy and be filled with love. Again, 2 Timothy 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus. Now listen. To Timothy, my dearly beloved son, Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. The fiery Paul, the strong Paul talks about his dearly beloved son. The same Jesus who took the money changers tables and threw them over and whipped them with a whip, opened his arms to little children and they climbed up in his lap. That same Jesus was nailed to the cross and said, Father, forgive them. Sometimes I get sick of this world. I hate this world's sin and I hate the wickedness and the system. But while we're yet sinners, Christ died for us. The man who drove the nails in Jesus' hands there as he laid on a cross on that ground, had a look into the face of one who loved Him. When people come here, I want them not only to hear the truth and see decency and see godliness, but also see that we love God, we love one another, and we love the unsaved. Let's pray.