The Doctrine of Hell - 2/22/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch

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Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from

God.

If you would turn with me to the book of

Deuteronomy.

Deuteronomy chapter 32 verse 22.

Deuteronomy 32:22

Deuteronomy chapter 32.

Deuteronomy 32 · chapter mention

And uh

wanted to be honest with you this

morning. I'm dealing with a doctrine uh

today. We'll use this text as a a

springboard here and it's what I'll be

preaching on uh in the worship service

today. And we'll read the verse here in

just a minute. And I'll give you this

doctrinal thought. And you pray for me.

The Lord just laid this on my heart. And

so I want to be obedient to him. Just

felt like it's where he would have us be

today. And u something that we have uh

neglected to talk about in the church

many times. Um preachers are afraid to

preach about it. Um but it's just the

truth and uh something we need to know

about. And you say, "Well, all of us

here are saved this morning. It has

nothing to do with us." Well, uh it does

have something to do with you this

morning. And those that you come in

contact with will be headed to this

place if they're lost. And uh I want to

read verse 22. And we'll discuss the

doctrine of hail this morning.

Deuteronomy chapter 32: 22.

The Bible says here in the text, "For a

fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall

burn unto the lowest hell, and shall

consume the earth with her increase, and

set on fire the foundations of the

mountains." Now, Father, I ask you this

morning humbly as we've come before you

that you would help us this morning as

we've gathered to learn of your word.

And God, I know it's not an exciting

subject that we have to deal with this

morning, but I know nonetheless that it

is a Bible subject and it is eternal.

It's an eternal subject. And so, God, I

pray that you would help us to uh be

obedient to the scriptures today and

give us wisdom to receive the truth

concerning this doctrine. And we'll give

you thanks for what you do because we

ask it in Jesus name. Amen. Now, this

subject this morning I want to deal

with. There's a reason why I want to

deal with this. I'll be preaching on it

uh during the worship service. But I

think many times we have we people have

been ignorant of the truths concerning

uh hell, the place of it and the purpose

of it. Um and uh just really these three

things came to my mind. The place, the

purpose and the power of it. Um but I I

really think when we look at this verse,

you say, "What does this verse have to

do with it?" Well, it's mentioned in

verse 22, but I'll say this, verse 22 is

the first mention uh of the word hail in

the scriptures. It's the first time that

it's used in the scriptures. And I'll

say this, its implications go back

further than this. And I'll say more

about that as we get into the text. But

Deuteronomy 32, the Lord is speaking

here in the text. He's he is

dissatisfied

with the children of Israel. He begins

in verse number 15 expressing his

discouragement with Israel. He is dealt

in this chapter with their blessing. How

that he has touched them in verse verses

number really verse number one all the

way down through verse number 14. How

that he has touched Israel and blessed

Jacob. But in verse 15 there's a turning

of the of the I guess the demeanor of

the Lord in the text. You notice he says

in verse 15, "But Jeseran," that's

Israel, wax fat and kicked. Thou art wax

and fat. Thou art grown thick. Thou art

covered with fatness. Then he forsook

God, which made him and lightly esteemed

the rock of his salvation. And the next

text here, the next few verses are all

dealing with God's displeasure with

Israel. And so where we come to in verse

22 is the wrath of God is revealed. In

verse number 22, he says in verse 21,

"They have moved me to jealousy with

that which is not God. They have

provoked me to anger with their

vanities, and I will move them to

jealousy with those which are not a

people. I will provoke them to anger

with a foolish nation." And then he says

in verse 22, "For a fire is kindled in

mine anger, and shall burn unto the

lowest hail." So God is deeply

dissatisfied

with the children of Israel. Their sin

is stinking in his nostrils and he will

judge them. We know that captivity would

inevitably come to them later on in the

kingdoms but over and over again even

the periods to follow here. Joshua,

there was sin that were dealt with of

course not as much under Joshua's

leadership. But when the book of Judges

rolls around, you see a repeat uh

really, I guess you would say, a

revolving there in the land of Israel.

They would uh they would sin and fall

into iniquity and God would give them

over uh to their apostasy and then they

would be an enemy rise up against them

and then they would cry out to God and

God would send to deliver. And you see

that seven times throughout the book of

Judges. And then into the kings you find

that out of that there is you know

Saul's his his failure as a king. Uh God

was displeased with him and judgment

came upon the house of Saul and then

David was a good king but even there

were failures with him that brought

about the ultimate failure in Solomon

where he caused the children of Israel

to blasphe God and because of that the

kingdom was divided and then the would

begin the downfall that would lead to

captivity. And you say, "What does that

have to do with the doctrine of hell?"

Well, I thought about this in this text.

And if you were to define what hell is,

you notice it there in verse 22, this

verse defines it very well. In the first

phrase, he says, "For a fire is kindled

in mine anger." Now, what's interesting

about that is as you see this fire, it

says it's kindled. It's started. Now, of

course, he's talking uh primarily about

his anger with Israel, but I'll say this

concerning the doctrine of hell. If you

were to define hell, what it is, it is

the wrath of God. That is the burning

that's in hell. What hell is is God's

wrath poured out in a place where the

unsaved dead abide. And you say, "Well,

how do we see that in scriptures?" Well,

uh, I I read this here just a little

while ago. I thought this was

interesting. Uh, the word hell comes up

some 50 times, a little more than that

in your King James Bible. And I I read

this, thought it was interesting. The

internet says that the King James

version has the highest count of the

word hell of all versions. I wouldn't

say that's a a coincidence. Amen. All

those other versions like to water that

down. But but uh the King James version

some 50 times that hell is mentioned in

the word of God. While it's referred to

over 150 times by different

terminologies that are used, hell is a

very real doctrine. And I'll say more

about that in the worship hour this

morning. But you say, where is hell

pictured? I I would say that hell is

pictured the best in Luke 16, which is

where we'll be at this uh this morning

in the worship hour. But in the Old

Testament, if you were to picture hell,

I I thought about a couple places where

hell is pictured in the Old Testament.

Number one text that comes to my mind is

the book of Genesis chapter number 19.

Uh we preached on that a few weeks ago

about Sodom and Gomorrah. The Bible says

there that uh Sodom and Gomorra was

sinful, exceeding sinful before the

Lord. And so God called Lot out of

there. Those angels had to drag him out

unwillfully. They had to drag him out.

And what does the Bible say? Let's turn

there and look at that. Genesis 19. I

encourage you to put these in your

margin there, uh, by this little study

of this verse. Genesis 19, verse number

24.

Well, we we're going to be flipping

around quite a bit here this morning.

Genesis 19 verse number 24.

The Bible says in verse 24, "Then the

Lord rained upon Sodom and upon

Gomorrah, brimstone and fire," notice

this, "from the Lord out of heaven."

Now, whether or not that's the third

heaven or that's just talking about the

sky, I don't know. But I do know this,

the fire came down.

And basically what that entails is here

in the text that this fire was sent from

the Lord and it was a fire of judgment.

Verse number 28. And he looked toward

Sodom and Gomorra and toward all the

land of the plain and beheld lo the

smoke of the country went up as the

smoke of a furnace. So verse 24 says the

fire came down. Verse number 28 the

Bible says the smoke went up. And so the

imagery here is is that the judgment of

God descended upon these people. And as

it descended upon them, it also went

from just where they were at on the

surface of the earth, but it also took

them to the heart of the earth. And I'll

say more about that in just a minute.

But you say, what does that have to do

with the truth concerning hell? Well,

the emphasis is on the burning.

>> Hell's a place of fire.

>> Verse 22, Deuteronomy 32, for a fire is

kindled in mine anger and shall burn

unto the lowest hell. So hell defined is

the wrath of God that is that is burning

in this this pl is a place where the

wrath of God is burning. That's the

defining of it. The depth of it there in

verse 22 shall burn under the lowest

hell. So that has to do with the heart

of the earth. The lowest place would be

the center of the world. And so the

scripture clearly teaches that hell is

in the heart of the earth. And so

there's the definition of it and the

depth of it. And then I want to take

just a little bit of time here and deal

with this subject. There is the

destruction of it in verse 22. Notice

what the Bible says. For fire is kindled

in mine anger and shall burn unto the

lowest hell and shall consume the earth

with her increase and set on fire the

foundations

of the mountains. Now when you look at

this in itself, of course number one,

it's dealing with the judgment of

Israel. Okay? And uh you'll discover

that Lamentations 4 number 11 Jeremiah

says that the judgment of Israel had

come to pass that the Lord had consumed

Zion. He had set Zion a flame and so

there was judgment presently on the

earth. And uh but there's also the te

the implication here the text that deals

with the destruction of hell itself. And

you say, well, what is that? Well,

you've got to think about what hell was

created for.

Hell was number one created because of

sin.

>> All right. And whose sin was it? Well,

Satan's sin, was it?

>> And so, hell was created because of sin.

Hell was created for Satan.

And it was obviously created by God the

Father. Who's in control of that? Well,

Jesus at Calvar's cross, he took the

keys. Amen.

>> So, on Calvar's cross, Jesus, the

Savior, is the one who is in control.

Now, isn't that an image in your mind

that every person that escapes this life

not trusting the Lord Jesus Christ has

to go by the gatekeeper,

>> right?

And that's Jesus.

>> They walk by the savior to walk into the

boat of Satan himself. And what is that

place? It's a place of destruction. Now

we know uh from sin teaching Genesis 3

the curse that was placed uh because of

sin that ultimately describes the

destruction that would transpire. But I

want to remind you of this truth

concerning hell. We looked at Sodom and

Gomorrah. You understand man has tried

to recreate hell.

You say, "What do you mean by that?"

Well, I would say number one, man has

tried to recreate hell for judgment of

those that they do not like or do not

agree with. You say, "What is that?"

that will you remember Daniel

and those three Hebrew boys?

>> The Bible says that Nebuchadnezzar made

an image. And of course, Daniel's not

there, but his three Hebrew brethren are

there. And Nebuchadnezzar made an image.

And what did he do? He commanded the

whole world to bow to the image. And so

what was the curse? Those that would not

bow, what was going to happen to them?

They was going to be thrown into the

fiery furnace.

And isn't it interesting that that fiery

furnace, you look at what it what it

teaches, what what's taught about that

and the temperature and you know the

seven times hotter, you know, people say

over 2500 degrees of heat and you know,

we could get into all of that this

morning, but the truth is it was man

trying to recreate hail is what it is.

But what did they do? They threw them

boys in there and who showed up?

>> Jesus did.

And so man's attempt to create hell, all

it did was destroy those that throwed

the men in.

>> But I'll say this, because man could not

create a hell hotter than God's hell,

what man has to do is discredit God's

hell.

>> Listen to what Jude verse number seven

says. And we just went over this. A lot

of this is review, but I'm just giving

you the doctrine this morning. Jude

verse number 7

where I preach with a cough drop.

My pages are stuck together.

Jude verse number seven.

And as even as Sodom and Gomorra and the

cities about them in like manner giving

themselves over to fornication and going

after strange flesh are set forth for an

example. You do y'all remember this

phrase? Suffering the vengeance of what?

Eternal fire. So the fire that descended

from heaven and the furnace that came up

from the earth represents a eternal

damnation

of the sodomite people. Now what does

that express to us? Well, it expresses

to us that as they burnt physically on

the earth, they also went immediately to

burning spiritually. There was no

disconnect in their suffering.

And so hell was a place of burning. It's

a place where the Bible says the worm

dieth not and the fire is not quenched.

David said this concerning hell. He said

the wicked shall be turned into hell and

all nations that forget God. And so hell

is the place of punishment. Hell is a

place of permanence for those that

reject the authority of Jesus Christ.

Now you say, what does that have to do

with the future? Now, we know hell is

still burning and and we'll say more

about that in the preaching hour. I

don't want to get ahead of myself too

much, but when I think about hell, my

mind immediately goes to the book of

Revelation. And I want to get back here

to Deuteronomy so I can show you

something here. People often ask, you

know, hell, what's what's the

difference? Hell, lake of fire, what's

the difference? You know, explain to me

where it where it trans where it

changes, what transpires in that change.

I want to read this verse. I should have

put my bookmark here. Deuteronomy 32. I

think there's a good key to this. The

first mentioned principle is not always

100%, but I think sometimes it does help

us concerning these doctrines. Now

notice verse 22 again. He said, "A fire

is kindled in mine anger and shall burn

under the lowest hill and shall consume

the earth with her increase and set on

fire the foundations of the mountains."

So obviously this is talking about

judgment. We would all agree with that.

Primarily it's dealing with the judgment

of Israel. Applicationally it's dealing

with judgment as a whole. Now what do we

know about judgment? The first judgment

that you see in scripture uh as a

corporate judgment is what? It was

Noah's flood. And Noah's flood the Bible

says that he condemned the whole world.

Noah and his family, his three sons and

their wives and their children. The

Bible says that eight souls were saved

by water according to uh the book of

Peter. And so really he didn't have any

children. It was Noah and his wife and

his three sons and their wives. And so

eight souls and all the rest of the

human race was was plunged to death in

that flood. Now I want to remind you

this, okay? I don't know if you've ever

thought about this, but do you realize

that every soul that drowned in that

flood, every one of them went to hell?

So they went from a death of drowning to

a place of fire. But what did God

promise? You remember what he promised?

He he said, "I do set my bow in the

cloud." What what did that bow

represent? What represented the fact

that he didn't he would never flood the

earth again.

>> Why did he say that? He said, "Well,

man's thoughts, the imagination of his

heart is on the evil continually from

his youth." And so because of that, he

said, "I I'm not going to flood the

earth in judgment ever again." But we

know that this world's headed for

judgment.

>> And I'll put this in your margin too

concerning the thought of hell. Second

2 Peter 3 · chapter mention

Peter chapter 3.

Second Peter chapter number three

verse number seven. Now we'll go back to

Deuteronomy again.

Now listen to what Peter says concerning

this. Now, of course, he's dealing with

the end days. Verse, he he's talking

about the last days. Verse number three.

And then he says verse number five and

six, he deals with the judgment of the

flood,

talking about people that are casting

doubt on the end of the world, the fact

that there will not be judgment in the

end of the world. And he says verse 5,

"For this they willingly are ignorant of

that by the word of God the heavens were

of old and the earth standing out of the

water and in the water whereby the world

that then was being overflowed with

water perished." Of course that is

dealing with Noah's flood. Now notice

verse seven. But the heavens and earth

which are now so presently at this

moment by the same word are kept in

store. What's the last phrase of that

verse? reserved unto fire against the

day of judgment and predition of what?

Ungodly men. And so that tells us there

in this text, verse 10 reveals it as

well that judgment is imminent on the

human race.

It's still imminent. Now you say,

preacher, well, I thought Jesus took the

our condemnation on Calvar's cross. He

did for all sinners. But you understand

that all sinners who reject that

pavement are still presently under

condemnation. That's

>> right.

>> Verse 10. But the day of the Lord,

that's the judgment day, will come as a

thief in the night, in the which the

heaven shall pass away with a great

noise. And what's that next phrase? And

the elements shall melt with fervent

heat. The earth also and the works that

are therein shall be burned up.

Now let's read Deuteronomy 32 again.

2 Peter 3 deals with the end of the

world. And Deuteronomy 32, the first

mention of hell says that his anger

shall burn into the lowest hill shall

consume the earth with her increase and

set on fire the foundations

of the mountains. Now what is that?

That's the earth,

>> right?

That's entirely the the elements are

reserved to melt with fervent heat.

Verse seven, it's reserved unto fire

against the day of judgment and

predition of ungodly men. Now, what is

that? Well, I want to remind you that in

the center of this earth at this present

time, there's a burning fire.

>> That is the wrath of God. I want you to

think about that. Concealed by the crust

of the earth. I'll tell you what it's

concealed by. It's concealed by the

power of God.

>> Amen.

>> By him all things consist. They're held

together. You realize the moment he says

he lets go, all of this is going to

dissolve.

>> Now, notice this. All right? And you

say, "What does that have to do with

hell in the lake of fire?" Notice

Revelation 20.

Revelation 20 verse number 10.

Actually, let's look verse 19 verse 20.

Chapter 19 20 first

the Bible says and the beast was taken

and with him the false prophet that

wrought miracles that's the uh the uh

second and third person of the unholy

trinity

that wrought miracles before him with

which he deceived them that had received

the mark of the beast and them that

worshiped his image. These both were

cast alive into a lake of fire burning

with brimstone.

Chapter number 20

verse number 10. And the devil that

deceived them was cast in the lake of

fire and brimstone where the beast and

false prophet are and shall be tormented

day and night forever. Chapter 20 and

verse number 13. And the sea gave up the

dead which were in it, and death and

hell delivered up the dead which were in

them. And they were judged every man

according to their works. Notice verse

14. and death and hell were cast into

the lake of fire. What's your Bible say?

This is the second death. So what does

this reveal? Well, hell is a holding

place.

Now, it's nonetheless a place of fire.

It's a place of judgment. It's a place

where the wrath of God is revealed. No.

And you say, "Well, what does that have

to do with the lake of fire?" Well, the

lake of fire is permanent.

Hell is a holding place. Verse 14 of

chapter 20 of Revelation reveals to us

that the second death is the moment that

hell and all its inhabitants are cast

into the lake of fire. Verse 10, the

devil goes before us. And before the

devil goes, the beast and the false

prophet go. But at the end of all after

the great white throne judgment in verse

number 11, all of those that are judged

verse in verse number 12 that at that

judgment bar, the great white throne

that they are rejected by the Lord Jesus

Christ, they will be cast into the lake

of fire. Verse 15, whosoever was not

found written in the book of life was

cast into the lake of fire. Now you say,

what does that have to do with the

doctrine of hell? Number one, it's a

holding place.

>> Right?

>> Number two, the devil's not there.

>> Right?

>> Now, I know we say a lot of times, I

even say it sometimes, he can go back to

hell where he belongs. But the truth is,

he's not there.

>> His abode is the lake of fire, but he's

not there yet. The lake of fire

represents the eternal state of the

unsaved dead. Now I mentioned this on

the other day that there are those that

believe in the doctrine of annihilation

and annihilation simply says this that

those that go to hell after a certain

amount of time um God's judgment will be

satisfied after you know so many million

billion years however long it is and

eventually they'll just burn up and be

forgotten. They'll cease to exist.

That's the farthest thing from the

truth. Right.

>> Jude verse number 7 proves that that it

is an eternal fire. Sodom and Gomorrah

suffered the vengeance. Of course, it is

the wrath of God. Remember that. The

vengeance of eternal fire. And so when

we think about hell, number one, it's a

holding place. Number two, the devil is

not there. Number three, every soul. All

right, you say, "What what does that

have to where does it go in the Old

Testament?" Well, the first person that

ever went there was Cain.

Cain in his death, Abel was the first

person to ever go to the presence of

God. And the imagery, you think about

that, the Bible says that Cain slew his

brother and Abel, the Bible says, to be

absent from the body is to be present

with the Lord. And because Abel's

sacrifice was pleasing to the Lord, what

do we know about him? He was in heaven

with the Lord. He was in the presence of

God. So Abel as he went to the father,

Cain was the first one to go to hell.

And then after that, you see all of

Cain's children.

They probably most of them, if not all

of them, died and went to hell.

>> You look at the flood, and I said this a

minute ago, I'll say it again. Pretty

much, I mean, everybody that died

outside of the boat went to hell.

You look on through the scriptures, you

look at men like Dayan and Abram, they

offered up that strange fire to the

Lord, and the Lord killed them. I mean

there's there's instance after instance

that we could talk about. You say,

"What's the emphasis of that?" Well,

when you come to the Old Testament, hell

is the heart of the earth. It's split.

There's hell and there's paradise. We

deal with that in the New Testament, the

book of Luke, chapter number 16. But

Jesus reveals that hell is a place not

just for the unrighteous, but for the

religious who do not obey God. And what

is he preaching to them? Luke chapter

Luke 16 · chapter mention

16. Let's turn there and look at that.

Jesus says more about hell than he does

about heaven. I know you've heard that

before.

Luke chapter number 16.

Chapter 16, he's dealing with these

Pharisees. He he says in verse number 15

of Luke 16, he said unto them, "Ye are

they which justify yourselves before

men, but God knoweth your hearts." And

so those that go to hell, number one,

it's an internal matter. Right?

>> Look what he says. God knoweth your

hearts. For that which is highly

esteemed among men is abomination

in the sight of God. Now what did the

Jews highly esteem?

Wealth.

They preached a prosperity gospel

that if you do good, God will give you

all that you want. And the people who

did the best for the Lord had the most

money. That's the way the Pharisees

viewed righteousness. And listen to what

he says in verse number 16. The law and

the prophets were until John. Since that

time the kingdom of God is preached, and

every man presseth into it, there is a

resistance to the kingdom preaching that

Jesus did. But he said in verse 17, "It

is easier for heaven and earth to pass

than one tit of the law to fail." So the

very thing that they were rejecting

would be the very thing that would

condemn them to go to this place because

look what he says. He says heaven and

earth he said it would be easier for

heaven and earth to pass than one tit of

the law to fail. What did he say forever

lord thy word is settled in heaven. So

the law is the standard and the law is

that thing Paul said that condemns men.

He said when the law came sin revived

and what I died that's what he said.

What was that death? It was a it was a a

spiritual death. The law came. He said,

"It was my school master that might

bring me to God." You know what that

school master is? What shows us that

we're heading to hell in the flesh?

What does You say, "Preacher, what does

that have to do?" Well, notice the text,

verse 19. What's What is the first

phrase of verse 19 of Luke 16?

There was a certain rich man.

Jesus just put a black eye in the face

of every Jew because the very thing that

they thought equated holiness was the

very thing that this rich man was noted

for

>> and it's what sent him to hell.

Now what did Jesus tell his disciples?

That rich young ruler came to him and he

said, "Master, what must I do, you know,

to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus

tells him, you know, "Have you kept the

law?" And what'd he He said, "I've kept

all of the commandments from my youth up

blameless." Said, "I've done it all."

You know what Jesus told? He said, "Go

and sell all that you have." He said,

"Then you'll have treasure in heaven."

What happened? That young man went away

sorrowful because he had many

possessions. And his disciples asked

him, you know, Jesus said this to him.

He said, "How hardly shall they that

have riches enter into the kingdom of

God?" And the disciples said, "Who then

can be saved, Lord?"

>> And he said, "But he said, with men it's

impossible. with God or all things are

possible.

>> But you know what? Riches have doomed

more men and women to hell in this

country than any other sin.

>> And you say, "What is that?" Well, the

reason I brought that up is this is

because hell is the uh the crowning sin

of hell is is pride.

What's going to send Lucifer to the lake

of fire and what has sent every soul

there has to do with that pride. And

that pride comes out of riches. The love

of money is the root of all evil. And so

the doctrine of hail this morning, you

think about it's it's a holding place

till the lake of fire comes about. It's

not the abode of the devil. He does not

live there presently.

But it is a place where every soul that

rejected the commandments of God from

the Old Testament to the new even until

now is dwelling.

And uh I'll give you this. It won't cost

you anything.

But the Bible teaches us that in the New

Testament, hell hath enlarged herself.

Jesus when he died on Calvar's cross,

hell has two parts. We know that

according to Luke 16. There's the part

Abraham's bosom where the saved dead,

David, the patriarchs, Abraham and all

of them dwelt, the children of God by

faith. They dwelt there. When Jesus

died, he led captivity captive. He took

those men. He took him, that one that

was on the cross beside of him. He said,

"Today shalt thou be with me where?"

>> In paradise. And so he went to the heart

of the earth where the patriarchs were.

And the Bible says that he took them to

heaven with him. And so when hell

enlarged herself, what that was is is

after Jesus took out all the people that

were saved that concealed from the Old

Testament, hell is now taken up the

entire heart of the earth. You say,

"What is that?" Well, here's what I

believe. Peter tells us that the

elements are going to melt with fervent

heat. One day, I believe hell's going to

overtake the earth,

>> right?

>> And I think complete and total

destruction is going to transpire the

entire earth and it's going to be a

burning from within.

I'll say more about that in the

preaching hour today, but short summary

of the doctrine of hell. A lot more to

it than that. messages. Millions of

messages have been preached, but that's

a short summary of it. So, let's get

ready for the worship hour. Father,

thank you for this day, for this time.

And uh Lord, I pray you'd help us to

realize, Lord, I know we feel God in our

heart that it does not apply to us. But

Lord, the truth is it applies to us

greatly because many of our family and

even friends, Lord, probably are headed

there. And God, would you give us

urgency,

Lord, seeing how dark,

Lord, how eternal it is, God, the fact

that there's no escape, Lord, give us

urgency,

Lord, I think about those people we went

and visited yesterday. God, I pray,

Lord, that you would help us, Father, to

be the witness that we're called to be.

Never to give up, Lord, but to make sure

we're doing everything that you ask us

to do. not to omit anything, but God to

be completely obedient to you. Cleanse

us of sin and self. I pray you'll bless

the worship service today. Bless the

singing, the choir, the specials, and I

pray you'll help the preaching this

morning. We need you more than anything

else. Lord, I love you. Thank you for

loving us. Save the center today. We

give you thanks for it. We ask it in

Jesus name. Amen.

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