Acts 28

Turn to Acts chapter 28.

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And we come to the last in our series in Acts.

We've been in it pretty much for a year.

We started it at the start of last September.

And so it is, isn't it?

I always feel slightly emotional when you come to the end of a book like this.

And I found preaching Acts very, very difficult.

And yet it's been really good for me.

And I hope you've found it the same.

There's lots of material to get through, isn't there?

How do you handle those big kind of narratives?

And yet I wish in many ways I could kind of go back and start again.

I know the book a bit better now.

But we're not going to do that.

We come to the end of Acts, but this isn't the end of Paul.

We read nothing about the death and the martyrdom of the Apostle Paul.

Many believe, and I think rightly, that Paul was released from this imprisonment about two years later.

He was kind of released during the reign of Nero.

You know, the emperor who fiddled while Rome burned.

We'll never know for certain, but there's some compelling reasons, I think, for believing that he was released.

And when he was released, I think that's the period where he wrote the pastoral letters of 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus.

Fits with that stage of his life.

This period ends with him in Rome.

That's the end of the book of Acts.

It's deliberate.

The book of Acts has been about the movement of the gospel.

It's been about how the church of the risen and ascended Lord Jesus Christ is unstoppable.

So do you remember where it started?

It started in the Jewish capital, didn't it?

In Jerusalem.

And it ends with the capital of the Gentile world, Rome.

It begins in Jerusalem.

And it ends in Rome.

Chapter 1, verse 8.

Do you remember?

That's really the content page of the book.

Where the risen and ascended Christ says to the apostles,

You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in Judea and in Samaria and the ends of the earth.

And so the central statement, the key of Acts chapter 28, is in verse 14.

Acts 28 · chapter mention

And Luke gives you the climax of the book.

And so we came to Rome.

It's the climax of all that God has been doing in the apostle Paul.

There's four scenes in the chapter.

Verses 1 and 10.

Verses 1 to 10, you've got the three months that Paul and his companions spent in Malta.

And there's a shipwreck there washed up on the shore.

And after three months in Malta, after great hospitality, and verse 11, they set sail in a ship because they'd wintered on the island.

Why did they stay there for so long?

Well, three months.

Bad weather for sailing.

I expect they needed a bit of courage to get back out on the sea.

But then they set out on their journey to Italy.

Verses 11 to 16 is the second scene.

It describes their journey to Rome.

And it ends with the kind of party living in Rome.

And Paul is under house arrest.

He's allowed to live by himself.

Verse 16, with a soldier to guard him.

Scene 3 is verses 17 to 28.

And it's an encounter once again with the Jewish leaders.

Verse 17.

After three days of arriving in Rome, he's called his breath.

He calls together the local leaders of the Jews.

And when they gathered, he said to them,

Brothers, though I'd done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers,

yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of Rome.

And he goes on.

He speaks to them until the end of verse 28.

And then scene 4 is verses 29 to 31.

For two years, Paul remains in Rome under house arrest.

He lived at his own expense.

And he welcomed all who came to him.

Four sections.

The experience on Malta.

The journey to Rome.

The encounter with the Jews in Rome.

And two years living under house arrest.

And he preaches and teaches Jesus Christ.

And the book finishes, doesn't it, with that wonderful little phrase,

with all boldness and without hindrance.

Four sections.

But I think there are two themes.

The first theme, well both themes run right the way through this chapter.

The first theme is the theme of God's faithfulness to Paul.

And the second theme is Paul's faithfulness to God.

The faithfulness of God.

And the faithfulness of Paul.

Let's see, the faithfulness of God to Paul.

In our opening verses, you've got this experience,

a continuing experience that Paul has had throughout the book of Acts.

Paul has experienced, amidst all the troubles and all the persecutions

and all the opposition and all the false accusations,

the unchanging faithfulness of God to him.

In so many ways.

God had made so many promises to the apostle.

And right the way through the account, God has been faithful to his promises.

He's faithfully looked after the apostle Paul.

He's provided for him.

He has blessed him.

He's fulfilled everything that he's covenanted to do for him.

You find it in the beginning of the chapter.

And this group, this party of people,

who've come on the ship from Malta.

And they meet the native people.

Do you see what it says?

It says they were shown unusual kindness.

And they built a fire.

They welcomed us all.

There was shelter, because it was raining and cold.

And Paul has the experience with these Maltese...

Maltese...

Maltese...

Maltese is...

He has this great experience with these Maltese people...

Of extraordinary, unusual kindness.

And it's another evidence, isn't it, of God faithfully dealing with Paul in all his experiences.

In the midst of trial and difficulty and shipwreck and impending disaster and unfair accusation,

God shines through as a God of absolute faithfulness.

That's what we've seen.

He perseveres with the Apostle.

He preserves him from danger.

You see this in that strange incident, don't you, with the snake in verse 3.

And they gather up sticks for the fire.

And they didn't notice there's a viper.

There's a snake hidden away.

And it bites Paul on the hand.

Paul is under threat.

He's in some kind of danger.

And the people expose us, don't they, immediately to their view of what God is like.

What's their view of God?

Can you see it?

Their view of God is that he is an impersonal, superstitious God.

And these people have that contrast, don't they?

They think, well, Paul, you must have done something wrong.

They're very superstitious.

And that is contrasted to us with this view of God that is personal, loving, and faithful.

And fatherly.

The care that Paul experiences from God, day and night, the living God whom he serves.

The islanders, they see this viper hanging from his hand.

And do you remember the story?

He shakes it into the fire.

And they say, don't they, immediately the viper fastens on Paul's hand.

Ah, he's been a murderer.

The sea hasn't got him, so justice has finally caught up with him.

What goes around comes around.

He must have done something wrong.

Look at verse 4.

The ESV rightly has justice with a capital letter.

Because that is the impersonal view of God that they have.

He's escaped from the sea.

He's escaped from the sea, so justice has caught up with him.

Fate has got him in the end.

Paul shakes his hand into the fire.

And as they watch the snake curl up and die, they discover that Paul has survived.

And then they swing, don't they, these Maltese people, they swing from one extreme to the other.

And they deify him.

They say he survived the snake.

He must be a God, verse 6.

And so can you see, these people, they have no concept, do they, of a loving, gracious, unchanging, faithful, all-powerful Heavenly Father.

Who's dealing graciously with his servant.

What they have is this impersonal, this superstitious view of what God is like.

And Paul is experiencing, isn't he, the faithfulness of God, preserving him and keeping him.

And caring for him in the midst of whatever circumstances he goes through.

Notice in verse 7 how the chief Roman official provides hospitality to them.

Verse 7, now in the neighbourhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, namely Publius.

Who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

He was the man whom God was going to use to give to Paul the supplies for the rest of the journey.

Verse 10, they honoured us greatly.

And when we were about to sail, they put on board whatever we needed.

That link, that generosity comes not only through Paul's hospitality, but through Paul's apostolic gift of healing.

Look at verse 8.

It happened that this guy's dad, Publius' father, lay sick with a fever and dysentery.

And Paul visited him and prayed.

And putting his hands on him, healed him.

The word that Luke uses there literally is, Publius' father received medical attention.

Luke is a doctor, isn't he?

You wonder whether it's Luke and the Apostle Paul combining together in some kind of healing ministry.

They use Luke's medical skills and Paul's apostolic gift.

And he laid hands on them and they were restored.

Verse 10, all their needs have been supplied as they go on to the next leg of the journey.

And again, can you see the key to all of what God is doing?

God is faithfully and graciously and kindly supplying all their needs.

All the needs of his children.

He is keeping his apostle in the hollow of his hand.

We see that in the next stage, the next episode.

The journey to Rome in verses 11 to 16.

Notice how graciously God provides for the apostle.

The particular ways he provides for them.

When they arrive at Puteoli in the end of verse 13.

Can you see it?

Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there for several days.

And from there we made a circuit and arrived at Regian.

And after one day a south wind sprang up and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

And they go on to these two towns that are about 30, 40 miles apart from Rome.

And there, verse 14, we found brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days.

And so we came to Rome.

What's the reason behind those details?

Why is it that God so ordained those circumstances?

It was that God recognised, didn't he, that the apostle Paul needed encouragement.

And so he brings these brothers, he brings these believers to meet with him.

And Paul thanked God and at the end of verse 15 he is encouraged by them.

Can you see, laced throughout this chapter is the thoughtfulness of the living God.

It's the personal touch of his faithfulness that reaches into the ordinary lives.

The ordinary daily lives.

Here is someone who greatly needs to be encouraged by God.

And God provides him the people that will bring him this encouragement.

And not only does God show his faithfulness in the provision that he makes,

but in the promises he fulfills.

Look at verse 16.

When Paul got to Rome he was allowed to live by himself with a soldier to guard him.

That's a very significant thing, isn't it?

Several times over we've seen in the narrative, God has been speaking with the apostle.

And encouraging him to believe that come what may,

whatever the circumstances may seem to the contrary,

Paul you are going to Rome.

So chapter 23 and verse 11, Paul has given that really clear promise.

The following night the Lord stood by him and said,

Take courage, for as you've testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem,

so you will do so in Rome.

And the circumstances that occur from chapter 23, verse 11,

to chapter 28 are pretty horrific.

But they are the living God unfolding his purposes and his plans.

And dealing with men and women and governors and accusers and storms and circumstances

so that in everything God's purpose may be fulfilled.

All the problems, all the false accusations, all the difficulties,

God is at work in the midst of them.

And it is a glorious thing to know God like that.

It is a glorious thing to have this God as your God.

And so I need to ask you this morning, don't I, what is your picture of God?

Who is the God whom you know?

Is he the vague, impersonal picture of justice or fate or luck?

Who gives you what you deserve?

But what goes around comes around.

Is it that superstitious view of God that the people had?

Or is it the personal knowledge of a living God who's come to us in the person of his son,

the Lord Jesus Christ, and he transforms life?

And he is working out the unfolding pattern of his purposes of a loving Heavenly Father.

And if you know that God, it will bring you poise and peace and sufficiency and contentment into your life.

Do you know God in this way?

How wonderful it is to be able to discover the faithfulness of God as it is revealed here.

And that's not all, is it?

Because when you get to Rome with these promises in chapter 23 and chapter 27,

Paul is given this special privilege.

Look at verse 16.

He's allowed to live by himself with a soldier to guard him.

It's a remarkable situation.

It's as if Paul has been put in Rome as an ambassador to Jesus.

And he calls people to his residence.

And they gather from all over this capital city of the world to come to him and to come to here.

He calls people to his residence.

He ministers to the Jews.

He preaches fearlessly to them.

And yet he's in a house with a soldier to guard him, probably chained to him.

Do you notice that verse 20?

For this reason, therefore, I've asked to see you and speak with you.

And since it is because of the hope of Israel that I'm wearing this chain.

Scholars think, don't they, that the Roman soldier has actually chained to him at this point.

Paul is bound to a Roman soldier.

You can imagine this poor Roman soldier didn't have the vaguest clue

when Paul was brought into the house what was going to happen to him.

When he clocked on for his shift that first day,

little did he know who he was going to be chained to.

And there were two Covenanter brothers.

Big units.

Massive, burly, strong men.

And these Covenanter brothers,

they had battled in Scotland for Christ's crown and covenant.

They wanted a stand for the freedom to worship Jesus Christ.

They were massive.

Absolutely massive.

And they were taken, one of them was taken prisoner by the English soldiers.

And they chained him to one of the brothers.

His mother said to his brother, and when he came back,

Malcolm, they've taken Davy away and chained him to an English soldier.

Malcolm and Davy were known as men of powerful spiritual impact.

Whoever met them was slightly in awe of them

because they were colossal physical figures,

but they preached Christ fearlessly.

And Malcolm said to his mother,

heaven help the man who's chained to Davy.

And I expect it was something like that

for the soldier chained to the Apostle Paul, wasn't it?

Heaven help the man who was chained to the Apostle Paul.

He would hear the gospel in different ways

to different people applied to him.

And so Paul continued the ministry that God had given him.

And so here is this reminder right at the end of Acts

of the faithfulness of God to his people.

But secondly, as we finish the book of Acts,

we see the remarkable faithfulness of the Apostle Paul to God.

The faithfulness of Paul to God.

The very qualities that God reveals in his dealings with Paul

are reproduced in Paul's life.

The faithfulness of God is mirrored in Paul's faithfulness to God.

That is, all of God's dealings with this man

have not kind of brushed lightly off his character.

They've gone deeply into his spirit.

And what he had known of the faithfulness

and the kindness of God

began to be mirrored and pushed out in his own life.

And here he is in his ministry in Rome from verse 17.

Just notice his zeal.

Three days after he arrives in Rome,

he calls together the leaders of the Jews.

And Paul is being faithful to what he recognized

as the pattern and the purpose of God in his ministry.

When he wrote to the Romans, do you remember?

That great theme verse of the book of Romans,

the gospel is the power of God to salvation.

To everyone who believes.

And we stop there, don't we?

But the verse goes on,

to the Jew first and then to the Gentile.

Wherever he went in Acts,

do you remember the pattern?

Paul goes to the synagogue first.

He goes to the plead with the Jewish people.

And only when they turn away from him

and refuse the message,

he says, then I will go to the Gentiles.

But here he addresses himself to the Jewish leaders.

And after he's described his own experience

of being arrested in Jerusalem

and being handed over to the Romans,

verse 21,

they arranged to meet him.

And they said to him,

well, we've received no letters from Judea about you.

And none of the brothers coming here

has reported or spoken any evil of you.

They arranged to meet him on a certain day.

Then they come in larger numbers

to the place where he was staying.

Can you see the sheer faithfulness of his ministry?

He witnessed to them.

And that appears, doesn't it,

to have been the characteristic

of these two years in Rome.

He bore witness to Christ.

And whatever they did to him,

wherever he went,

however they tried to confine him

and crush him,

he bore witness to Christ.

After the service,

somebody gives you two pints of water.

And as you carry the two pints of water,

one of the children running around

knocks into you.

What happens

with full pints of water?

What happens?

The water comes out, doesn't it?

And so this is the apostle Paul.

He is so full of the faithfulness of God

and the kindness of Jesus Christ

that when he is jostled,

when he is struck,

what comes out of the glasses?

The Lord Jesus Christ, isn't it?

Both in private and in public,

he speaks and he witnesses tirely.

Out of the abundance of the heart,

Jesus says,

the mouth speaks.

And so Paul speaks of Christ.

Verse 23,

when they appointed a day for him,

they came to him at his lodging

in greater numbers.

From morning to evening,

he expounded to them,

testifying to them the kingdom of God.

He speaks continually

during the whole period that he's in Rome.

He was tireless for two years.

Verse 31,

he lived there two whole years

at his own expense

and welcomed all who came to him,

proclaiming the kingdom of God

and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ

with all boldness

and without hindrance.

And so with that zeal

and eagerness and willingness,

that zeal marks the apostle Paul.

It would have been so easy,

wouldn't it,

for him to make the excuse,

I've been benched,

I'm out of the public frame,

it would have been so easy for him

to make that excuse,

well, I'm bound,

what can I do?

I'm in chains,

I'm confined in this situation.

Don't you know,

I'm the leader of the church

and yet I'm confined

within these four walls.

But in fact,

what we see,

like the pint glass,

whenever he's jostled,

Christ spills out.

this tireless zeal,

which has been given to him,

desiring to be faithful.

The second thing that marks

is faithfulness,

it's not only in the level

of his commitment,

the way that he's ready

to be spent for God,

but it's revealed in how he witnessed.

Can you see he witnessed biblically?

Luke is really insistent on this,

isn't he?

He says in verse 23,

from morning till evening,

he expounded to them,

testifying to them

the kingdom of God

and trying to convince them

about Jesus,

both from the law of Moses

and from the prophets.

Paul found that some of them

were convinced,

others did not believe

and they disagreed

amongst themselves

and they began to leave.

And after Paul

sees them leaving,

he makes this statement,

this final statement

from the prophet Isaiah.

Can you see it?

The Holy Spirit

was right in saying

to your fathers

through Isaiah the prophet.

And then he quotes

part of Isaiah chapter 6.

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The important point

to grasp here

is this vital area

of Paul's faithfulness

being wed,

being tied

to the Bible

as the content

that he declared

concerning Christ.

The focus of his ministry

was Jesus

but the place

from which he taught them

about Jesus

was the Holy Scriptures.

He taught them tirelessly.

He taught them biblically.

And do you notice,

he taught them

with a faithfulness

which was no doubt

profoundly costly.

I've no doubt

that Paul found it

extremely costly

to quote what he did

to his own nation,

to the Jewish people.

He tells us,

doesn't he,

in the letter to the Romans,

that he has a special love

for the Jewish people.

It's a striking thing.

He says,

in Romans 9 verse 1,

Romans 9:1

I'm speaking the truth

in Christ.

I'm not lying.

My conscience bears me witness

in the Holy Spirit

that I have great sorrow

and unceasing anguish

in heart.

for I wish that I myself

were accursed

and I were cut off

from Christ

for the sake of my brothers,

my kinsmen

according to the flesh.

So here is a man

who's bearing witness

to the Lord Jesus,

testifying to the Lord Jesus

and he doesn't do it

in a cool

and detached way.

He's saying,

I've got anguish

of heart

for my brothers and sisters.

In fact,

I'm prepared

that I would be accursed

so that you might

believe this message.

In order that you

might find salvation,

it is incredible passion.

And that spirit

seems to be

the driving force

of the apostles' evangelism.

He was deadly

in earnest.

And yet he's ready,

isn't he,

to speak to them

with an extraordinary

degree of faithfulness

and thoroughness

as he takes

the word of God

and he explains it

and he applies it

to them.

The Holy Spirit

spoke the truth

to your forefathers.

When he said,

through Isaiah the prophet,

go to this people

and say,

you will indeed hear

but you'll never understand.

You will indeed see

but you'll never perceive.

For this people's heart

has grown dull

and with their ears

they can barely hear

and with their eyes

they have closed

lest they should see

with their eyes

and hear with their ears

and understand

with their hearts

and turn and I would heal them.

They hardly hear

with their ears.

They've closed

their eyes.

The apostle is taking up

this scripture

from Isaiah chapter 6

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and he applies it

to the people of Israel

in front of him

of his own generation

like Isaiah had applied it

to his generation

and he's saying to them

and he's saying to us

it is possible

to hear God's word

Sunday by Sunday

and it not soften

but harden you.

The picture is

of calloused

of being calloused.

You know if you work

in the garden

we've got kind of

city hands

it's such a thing

as minister's hands

aren't there

kind of soft

wet minister's hands

but if you work

in the garden

and you work

with a spade

and you work

with it all day

what happens

your skin

bits of it

gets hard

doesn't it?

It gets calloused

so you go to

a country congregation

and you shake

a farmer's hand

and a farmer's hands

they're rough

and they're hard

and there's not feeling

so they're so calloused

you could get a pin

in a farmer's hand

and you could put

the pin into

the farmer's hand

into the skin

but it wouldn't

have an effect

would it

because the skin

is so hard

you can't get through

very easily

you don't easily

penetrate

a farmer's hand

and that's a serious thing

I'm sure

if it kind of

goes on and on

and on

doesn't it?

But

in a spiritual condition

it's more serious

isn't it?

It's desperately serious

the apostle Paul

on the prophet Isaiah

is saying

you can hear

God's words

so often

and you can hear it

but not hear it

and you can see it

but not see it

and your hand

can become callous

so that it doesn't

penetrate

and so these people

have heard God

speaking to them

since they were children

they've worked away

actually

the Jewish leaders

they literally

work away

with the word of God

and like a man

works with his hands

and his hands

becomes callous

so their hearts

become hardened

and that is a desperate

condition

but it is common

and it is really common

in churches like this

it's particularly common

with those

who've been

unusually privileged

and so these Jews

whom Paul is speaking

they really are a warning

to us

aren't they

at the end of

the book of Acts

their ears

have scarcely heard

their eyes

scarcely see

they've got

spiritual

glaucoma

they cannot

see clearly

they're looking

but they can't

make it out

they have eyes

but they do not

perceive

how do you get

like that?

you get it

really easily

and really simply

by not treating

the word of God

seriously

and when you have

that kind of

detached attitude

to it

when you sit here

Sunday morning

and Sunday evening

by Sunday morning

after Sunday evening

and you know

what God is asking

you to do

and you refuse

to do it

your skin

spiritually

becomes calloused

you'll be

ever hearing

but never

understanding

you'll be

ever seeing

but your eyes

will be closed

do you notice

Paul continues

to quote Isaiah

doesn't he

lest they should

see with their

eyes

and hear

with their

ears

and understand

with their

heart

and turn

and I

would heal

them

do you notice

there

there's a

progression

isn't it

it's not

something

they were

doing

at the end

of that

quote

it's

something

that's

being

done

to them

that's

the really

terrifying

thing

it's the

next stage

of the

progression

you refuse

to see

and at some

point you

can't see

imagine a

man who's a

prisoner

dealing so

realistically

with people

like this

what he's

saying

is what

Isaiah

said

that there

comes a

time

when people

who've

refused

to hear

and refused

to be

moved

and refused

to be

touched

by God

the Holy

Spirit

there comes

a time

when they

cannot hear

and they

cannot see

and their

heart cannot

respond

think of

Pharaoh in

Egypt

do you

remember

that phrase

that keeps

coming up

that Pharaoh

in Egypt

when he's

confronted with

the living

God

by Joseph

he hardens

his heart

he hardens

his heart

against God

and he does

it frequently

and you

think

what is

this man

doing

keeping

hardening

his heart

but then

there comes

the time

where

in the

story

you don't

read that

Pharaoh

hardened

his heart

you read

that God

hardened

Pharaoh's

heart

and look

verse 28

Paul applies

that to the

contemporary

Jews

and he

says this

he says

therefore

let it be

known to

you that

this salvation

of God

has been

sent to

the Gentiles

and they

will listen

verse 28

is said

by a man

who's told

us

I've got

unceasing

anguish

and unceasing

sorrow

I wish

that I

could be

accursed

for the

sake

of my

own

people

I wish

that I

could be

cut off

from Christ

so that

you might

believe

in the

Lord

Jesus

for the

sake

of my

own

brothers

for the

sake

of my

own

race

the

people

of

Israel

and then

he

says

to

them

at the

end

of

Acts

I

want

you

to

know

that

God's

salvation

because

you've

turned

away

from

it

has

been

sent

to

the

Gentiles

and

they

will

listen

I

have

little

doubt

what

Luke

wants

you

and I

to

see

at

the

end

of

Acts

he

wants

us

to see

this

picture

of

the

Jewish

people

here

at

this

point

having

lost

their

opportunity

and

from

now

on

the

gospel

goes

out

to

the

Gentiles

but

it's

true

in

IPC

this

morning

not

just

of

the

ancient

people

of

Israel

that

when

you

refuse

the

word

of

God

long

enough

the

day

comes

when

the

spirit

of

God

says

okay

and

he

moves

on

and

so

as

we

close

out

the

book

of

Acts

you

see

we've

seen

the

gospel

going

forward

haven't

we

breaking

through

barrier

after

barrier

the

church

growing

but

we

also

have

this

terrifying

warning

that

isn't

there

a danger

you and

I

who

have

so

much

privilege

who

are

so

familiar

with

the

word

of

God

that

our

hearts

become

calloused

and

God's

word

doesn't

get

through

anymore

and

we

can

sit

through

sermon

after

sermon

and

we

can

sing

the

songs

after

song

but

it

just

bounces

off

us

and

we

have

eyes

but

we

don't

perceive

and

we

have

ears

but

we

don't

hear

and

the

incredible

danger

of that

is that

God

says

okay

and

suddenly

we

don't

hear

God

speaking

to

us

anymore

and

the

gospel

goes

to

others

who

will

receive

it

and

hear

it

history

as well

as the

Bible

makes

it

abundantly

clearly

clear

that

this

pattern

of

God's

working

is

still

how

he

works

my

prayer

is that

as we

come to

the

end

of

Acts

we

might

see

that

this

faithful

witness

of a

man

this

man

that

God

has

used

to

be

a

blessing

to

the

ancient

world

and

a

blessing

to

the

Gentiles

that

he

might

be

a

blessing

to

you

and

me

what

do

the

Psalms

warn us

again

and

again

what

were

the

people

of

Israel

told

again

and

again

today

if

you

hear

his

voice

harden

not

your

heart

the

gospel

is

unstoppable

and the

church

of

Jesus

Christ

stands

and

grows

forever

the

gospel

will

grow

the

Gentiles

will

receive

it

we

are

caught

up

in

that

but

what

about

you

today

if

you

hear

his

voice

harden

not

your

heart

let's

pray

God

Thank you.