Book of Psalms, chapter 96. Book of Psalms, chapter 96, as we open up missions month and we prepare to get ready for what this month is all about, Psalm 96. Did wanna say all of you that are getting baptized at about five after 12, you can make your way towards the back. You can just get up in the service and just make your way towards the back. If you need to get changed, you can go ahead and do that. And just meet me back there and then I will be back there after the service. and we'll see you here in just a little bit. But about five after 12, you can just get up and make your way towards the back. Psalm chapter 96, we go through just a few verses here this morning and we think about missions and there's, We're in essence all missionaries to a sense, to a degree, that God's called us all to be a light and to be a bearer of truth. So to that degree, we're all in essence really missionaries in that kind of way. We're all to be the salt and the light of the world, just as the Lord Jesus called us to be. We're to be a bearer of truth, to be a light in a world of darkness, all these types of things. And so when we think about missions, we think about missionaries that God calls specific people to go to certain places, to a certain people group. Sometimes it's here in the state, sometimes it's overseas in different places where there are folks there that need to hear the gospel. And what a blessing it is to be able to support missionaries through our Faith Promise Program that we have here at Gospelite. The Lord is really blessed. We have 20 missionaries that we support. hundred dollars a month and God's really blessed us to be able to do that and so you just pray about what God will lay on your heart through our faith promise that we'll go over mostly next week about faith promise and what it is that maybe you can give to that to support missionaries whether here in or abroad. Now, when I put together this acrostic, thinking about what a missionary is and using every letter, and of course a missionary is a whole lot more than what I've got down here, but just a couple of things for us just to consider and think about when we think about what a missionary is. And as we're beginning with the letter M, a missionary, of course the very first word there would be mission. A missionary is on a mission. The Bible says, go you into all the world. And so we think about the mission that they're on, what it is that God's called them to do, the place that God has called them to go, to go out into the world. We think about their influence, the influence that they have on the places that they go and the people that they preach to. And sometimes, just as we've had missionaries that's come in here and presented their ministry, even from India. Well, we've had folks that said, you know what, my missionary came over, to where we were and I'm a third or fourth generation Christian because somebody, because a missionary came and preached. My grandfather got saved and my great-grandfather got saved. Then I got saved and then my dad got saved and so forth and so on. And so they would come in and they would present their ministry to their country and say, I just want you to know that there was a missionary that came to our country. And I'm a third or fourth generation Christian because of that. And so the influence and the impact that missions has on the world, but also, I believe, here in the States. Not only missions and influence, we also see the next letter S as servants, because that's what they are. They are servants to the Lord. They are servants to the flock that God has called them to feed on the field that God has called them to. They are servants in the ministries. They are servants to our church. They're sacrificial. They make a lot of sacrifices, whether it's family, time, friends, you know, all these different things, worldly pleasures and things like that, that they sacrifice for the cause of Christ. Many different sacrifices that they make. I see them, the next letter I is an investment in God's kingdom. We invest in missionaries because we understand that God's called them to where they're going and the investment that we make in them to help them and take care of them, to build churches and spread the gospel is an investment in eternal souls, laying up treasures in heaven. It is a tremendous investment for the church to have. Also, the letter O there, we see ordained. They're ordained by God and called by God. Listen, you don't wanna be a missionary unless God has ordained you and called you to that, nor would it be any other area of service. Whenever you do for God, you wanna make sure that that is definitely what God has called me to do in there. I think they're necessary. They're necessary to the ministry, they're necessary to the church. Listen, if God didn't think they were necessary, he wouldn't have called them, amen? And so they are necessary, and I think they are very vital to the ministry and to the world. They are affectionate, letter A there. They're affectionate to the people in the place where God's called them to. They love where it is that they're going. They wanna go there because God has shifted their heart to those people and that is the desire that they have. They are affectionate and have a love for the place that they're going. Are there? They are representatives. Representatives of who? They are representatives of God, but they are also representatives of our church and other churches of like faith that support them. And then the letter Y there, they're a yielded people. They yield to the guidance and direction of God. They yield to ever-changing things that happen on the mission field. All different types of things that happen. that come up that are very unexpected. And so they have to be, they have to live a very yielded life for things that are taking place all around them. We are very fortunate here, most of us here, to be able to have the ability to have all that we need here at our disposal. But there are lots of missionaries that are out there on the field that don't have the technologies that we may have or the comforts of being in a sitting in the church building like this, when we get hot, we cut the fans on, or whenever we want a comfortable place to sit that we got these Baptist pews that we can sit on. Listen, not all of these folks out there have things like that. And so we're very fortunate, very blessed, may I should say, to be able to have these things. And so they have to yield a lot over to God and yield a lot to the different things that they're going through and facing in life. Now, we understand the missions is something that is commanded by God. Mark 16, verse 15, the Bible says, he said to them, go you into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. That means to every single person, that means God, listen, because God's not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance, he has a desire for the gospel to go to everyone, to every place, to all nations. Matthew 24, verse 14 says, and the gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end come. First Chronicles 16, 24 says this, declare his glory among the heathen and his marvelous works among all the nations. Then lastly, Acts 13, 47 that says, for so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. And so we can see in just a few short verses and things like this how vital missions is, how important they are, and it's a whole lot more than what I've just mentioned here in just a few short moments thus far this morning. But as we get into missions and we think about Missionary Month and the importance of giving to missions, or even more than, hey, listen, God may be knocking on the door of your heart, to be a missionary yourself. Maybe it is that God's speaking to you about such a thing and you're wondering, maybe you're praying, God, is this what you desire for me to do? God, where would you have me to go? And so missions is very vital. It is very important to the ministry of the Lord. Listen, the greatest ministry, the greatest, I'm sorry, the greatest missionary that there ever has been is, and still is, is the Lord Jesus Christ. He left his home from heaven, and he came down here to this earth, and became the greatest missionary, and showed us, and of course died for us on the cross, and showed us the way to heaven. In essence, that is in essence what a missionary does. They leave their place where they are, and they go out into a lost and dark dying world, and they shed the light of the gospel, they shed the light of truth to people that are in bondage, in darkness, and in sin. And they build churches, and they preach the gospel, and they do all they can to build the kingdom. And as a church, Gospelite Baptist here, as a church, we have the privilege and the honor to be able to celebrate in their victories, to be able to pray for their needs, but also to be able to support them in all that they come across and may need in their ministry. And so I'm very blessed here at Gospelite that we have folks that are mission-minded, mission-hearted, and have a desire to support missionaries and their families, a desire to see the kingdom of God grow and to see it be built, to see souls get saved. Now as we look in Psalm chapter 96, I wanna run through just a few things here as I was thinking about missions, and let's begin there in verse one, and we'll bring out our truths here this morning. The Bible says, sing unto the Lord a new song. Sing unto the Lord, all the earth. What I want us to see there in verse one as we think about missions, as we think about the magnitude of missions. Notice the Bible says, sing unto the Lord a new song, sing unto the Lord all the earth. God's desire is for all of the earth to do what? Not just to sing a song, but to sing a new song. not just to sing a song, because listen, there's lots of songs out here. I mean, there's lots of songs that come on the radio that the world has. Listen, there's all types of songs that the world plays. There's all types of songs that the devil plays. Listen, there's a lot of different music and a lot of different songs out there, but there's one in particular. The Bible says here in the text, there in verse one, he says, sing unto the Lord a new song, sing unto the Lord all the earth. And I said, the new song, well, what is that new song? I mean, if God wants us to sing a new song, then what is that new song? Well, let me tell you what it is. Look at Psalm, I mean, you don't have to necessarily turn there, but it's Psalm chapter 14, verses two and three, listen to this. The Bible says, he brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings, listen to this now, and he put a new song in my mouth. And what would that song be? What would that new song be? The song that I'm saved, the song that my sins are forgiven, the song that I'm on my way to heaven, the song that I am reborn, I'm a new creature in Christ, that all things have passed away and that all things have become new. What a tremendous song to sing. a song of salvation, a song of praise, a song of glory. And so there is a new song to sing. And the Bible tells us here in Psalm 96 that he desires a new song to be sung. It says, sing unto the Lord a new song, sing unto the Lord all the earth. Well, how is all the earth? I'm gonna sing this new song, unless missionaries go out there, unless we go out there, to teach them what this new song is. To show them that they can have a new life in Christ, that God can, in essence, the Lord Jesus, who was sent by his Father in heaven, who died on that old rugged cross to free us and save us from our sin, that we can have a new life in him, that he can pull us up out of that miry clay, that he can set my feet upon a rock, and then when that happens, he can establish my goings and put a new song in my mouth. You see, we understand that. Once all this begins to take place, once we are raised up out of this horrible pit of sin, and then we raise up out of this Maori clay, that he sets our feet upon a rock, and then he establishes our goings, and it's when he establishes our goings that we do what? That's when we begin to sing the new song, the new song of salvation, the new song of praise, the new song of honor and glory that is due only to the Lord Jesus Christ, who can save to the uttermost. And so the Bible tells us there in verse one to sing unto the Lord a new song. singing unto the Lord all of the earth. It's a God's desire that all of the earth be able to sing the new song of salvation, that truth has come into the world, that the Lord Jesus has come, that light is here, and we don't have to keep living in sin. We don't have to keep living in the bondage of that sin, but that we can be free, and he that is free is free indeed. And there is a new song that comes into our mouth. You know what it's like. to maybe some of you here today, maybe you've battled maybe certain things in your life, maybe it's been bad habits or maybe a besetting sin or whatever it could be and you got victory over it, you remember how it made you feel and just a blessing that it was to you and you're like, man, you're just praising God, God, I got victory over this, thank you so much for giving me the strength that I need. God, thank you for giving me that peace and thank you for giving me that comfort that I needed in my soul. And so a new song that it brought to your life, how many of you have ever been maybe scared or in fear, or something was gonna take place, you were worried about something, and then God came through, and what did it do? Man, you had a flow of peace and comfort in your life, and you was able to sing a new song, where it was singing a song of fear, or a song of anxiety, or a song of worry, but now we sing a new song unto the Lord. And I think the Bible shows us here that his desire for God's people is to sing a new song. But not just for us, but he desires for the whole earth to be able to sing that new song. And that's one of the reasons why missions is so vital. That's why it's so necessary, and that's why it's so important. Because there's a lot of people just like you and me, with moms and dads and grandma and grandpas, aunts and uncles, kids, nieces, nephews, there's a lot of people just like us, with people that they love and care about, just like you do that are scattered all across this world that don't know Christ. Listen, there are people right outside that door right there that don't know Jesus. Right outside that door. Listen, I don't have to travel all the way to India. Listen, I can just walk right outside that door right there, and there's people driving up and down the road, 20-some thousand or 30-some thousand, from what I hear a day, pass by this church. And I would dare say most of them Don't know Jesus. And the reason why I say that is, is because the Bible even tells us that broad is the way that leads to destruction, many be that go in there at, but narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it. So our Bible teaches us, this ain't Pastor Brian, this is Bible, that there's more people dying today and going to hell than they are getting saved and going to heaven. And that is one of the reasons why missions is so impossible. That is, I'm sorry, that is one of the reasons why missions is something that we need to make sure is possible. That is one of the reasons why we need to make sure that missions is something that we always keep on the forefront of our hearts and minds, that we never set it off to the side as something that's not necessary or not viable to our church, because it is. The Bible teaches us that he that winneth souls is wise. And listen, that's not just here at Gospel Like Baptists. That's for folks that are out on the mission field and those that are building churches and doing all they can to preach the gospel out in the woods and foreign lands and under trees and in huts and in other different places. all around the world. Listen, there is people, there is people around the world, I would dare say even right now, that they're not sittin' in a church building per se, but they're sittin' in a, but they have a, they're sittin' in a, almost like a garage type building, or like a pavilion. Some of them are just sittin' outside and somebody's just got the Bible open and just talkin' to them. Some of them don't even have the whole Bible. They just got pieces of it. Listen, we are fortunate here today. We are blessed here this morning that we have the scriptures of God It's gold in our hand. And the Bible tells us there in verse one, singing to the Lord a new song. I tell you what, we got a lot to sing about because when you're saved and you've been delivered from sin and your name has been written down in the Lamb's book of life and when you die, you know you're on your way to heaven, when you know the Holy Spirit of God lives and dwells inside of you so that you can be empowered by the Holy Spirit of God, that you can do all things through Christ, but that greater is he that is in you than he that is in this world. When we know as God's people that we have they had in their lives. I tell you what, what a song that we can sing. We have a different song in the way, we have a different song than the world does. And the Bible says he desires this song to go to all the earth. The Bible says in Psalm 40 verse three, put a new song in my mouth. even praise unto our God, a song of praise. Many shall see it and fear and shall trust in the Lord. And so the song that we sing of praise, the songs that we sing of Calvary, the songs that we sing about the blood of Jesus, the Bible says that many shall hear and they shall fear. And the Bible tells us in that verse that they shall trust in the Lord because of the song that we sing. And it's a new song, it's a different song. We go to verse two, the Bible says, not only do we see the magnitude of missions, it is to go to all the earth, we also see the manifestation of missions. Notice verse two, the Bible says, sing unto the Lord, bless his name, show forth his salvation from day to day. Notice there in verse two, it says, sing unto the Lord, bless his name. So what is the main topic of what we're gonna talk about? What is the main topic of our life gonna be? It's gonna be about his name. bless his name. And then the Bible says, show forth his salvation. Verse three says, declare his glory. So if we're gonna declare his glory there in verse three, well that means we're gonna publish it, we're gonna proclaim it. But there in verse two, he says, sing unto the Lord, bless his name, show forth his salvation. Now in showing forth this salvation, would that be to preach the gospel? Would that be? Yeah, I think that would be. But I think it would also be a little bit more than that. I think not only would it be about preaching the gospel, I think it would be about we're manifesting the gospel in our life. Letting the light of Christ shine in our life. And listen, I think that is one of the things that the world is missing today. Listen, and I would dare say, and Christians, we can be guilty that the world hears a lot what we say, but they don't see a lot what we say. Let's just be honest. We talked about some of that this morning in Sunday school. The world hears a lot what we say, but they don't see a lot of what we say. The Bible says there in verse two, sing unto the Lord, bless his name, show forth his salvation. From how long? Just today? No, it says from day to day. So that's something that is successive. That is something that happens every single day, from day to day. Not only do we see the magnitude of missions that is through all the earth, but we see the manifestation of missions, that it is something that is manifested in our life. Because I believe and trust in Christ, because I've put my faith and trust in Him, then I will manifest His power. The fruit of the Spirit will be demonstrated in my life. As was talking in Sunday school this morning, listen, the reason why I produce good works in my life is because I'm saved. Amen? I don't do good works to get saved. I produce good works because I am saved. And good works don't get us to heaven. Amen. All of my works are as filthy rags before God. And so what we got to understand here this morning is that not only do we see the magnitude of salvation that it goes to all the earth, but we see that we gotta, man, we gotta show it forth. We gotta manifest this. We gotta manifest God. Manifest that we are saved. Manifest that he lives in us. Manifest that light. Let the Lord Jesus Christ be manifested in our life. Show forth his salvation. from day to day, the manifestation of missions. And missions, part of the manifestation of missions is showing the world that because we understand the great commission, that because we understand that there are people out there that are dying and they're dying lost without the Lord Jesus, we wanna manifest our love for missions by supporting missions, by helping our missionaries, by manifesting our good works in these missionaries, by funding them, by praying for them, doing everything we can for them, as they're out there on the field, as they are building the kingdom of God. So that missions can be manifested in their life. So the love of Christ can in turn be manifested in their life to the places where they are called to be. And we can help them to be a part of that. But the magnitude of missions, all the earth, the manifestation of missions, he says, sing unto the Lord and bless his name. Show forth his salvation from day to day. There in verses three to five, we also see the message of missions. The Bible says, declare his glory among the heathen. Now, if we're gonna declare his glory, what does glory mean? Well, glory has the idea of praise, has the idea of worship, has the idea of magnificence, has the idea of honor, has the idea of making a distinction. We need to make God distinct. We need to make the Lord Jesus distinct. from all the other things in this world. What's the purpose? What's the reason why? We'll take a look at the next verse. For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is to be feared above all what? Gods, because why verse five? For all the gods of the nations are idols. But the Lord made the heavens. So we need to manifest who the Lord Jesus is, that he is in our life. We not only need to preach it, but to demonstrate it, but to show it every single day, to manifest the light of truth, to declare the light of truth, to tell the lost nations about the Lord Jesus, so they too can be saved, because God's desire is that they sing a new song, because that is a magnitude of missions, to go ye into all of the world and preach the gospel to every creature. And so we can see here in verse three, that we're going to declare his glory among the heathens. We're going to preach and we're going to teach about the honor of God. We're going to demonstrate the praise and worship and the magnificence of God. And we're going to make a distinction between God and the idols of this world. And one of the great distinctions between God in the idols of this world, is one of the things that we see, and we understand, listen, just by an everyday, just by going through some of the things that some of the idols that they teach, these other religions teach in the world, is that all these other religions, it's all about what can their God do for them. But in Christianity, for Christ, it's different than that. It's different. Christ is a person. Christ is a person and he comes and he lives and he dwells inside of us. I've never seen to this day, I've never seen to this day anything that's made out of rocks or in the form of man or in the form of fish or in the form of any other false gods that's in this world ever do anything for anybody. My friend of mine, their mom, as we talked about it not too long ago, she was a Buddhist and served, I mean, prayed to Buddha forever, you know, as far as I know. That's what she grew up in and that's what she did. But just a few weeks ago, she trusted Christ as her savior and got saved. I mean, she had been praying to Buddha her whole life, grew up in that. But just a few weeks ago, she got saved. The light of truth. was shed on her life. The darkness had passed away. She became a new creature in the Lord. The Bible says here in the text, declare his glory, wanna make a difference between God, the living God, a distinction, the magnificence, the honor, the majesty, the power that God has from all the other gods of this world. The Bible says there in verse three, declare his glory among the heathen. Why would we make that distinction among the heathen? Because God's desire there in verse one is that they hear a new song, all of the earth. And so we declare his glory. We go out and we preach and teach to the folks out here in this world that listen, there is only one God. the living God, who sent his only begotten son, that died on the cross and shed his blood for the sins of the world, and that it is only by him and through him that a man can get to heaven, and that it is only by him and through him that a man can come before God. And that is part of our mission. That's part of our mission. Jesus, when he came to this world, what did he say? He said, I came to seek and to save that which is lost. That was his mission. That should be our mission. The Bible says, declare his glory among the heathen, and that is what our missionaries do. They take what they know, they take the truth, they take the light, and they go out to the nations that are unsaved. They go to places that are in darkness, they go to places that are in bondage, to all different types of things. Listen, you would be amazed, amazed, at some of these places that these missionaries go to, the demons and the witchcraft and all of that stuff that's in these places. You would be amazed at the things that they have to deal with and the things that they have to fight against in some of these places that they go. The Bible says there in verse three, to declare his glory among the heathens. To the people that are lost, to the people that are sitting in darkness. The Bible says there in verse three, to declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all the people. Not only are we gonna make a distinction in God and the rest of these, in God and these other false gods, but there in verse three, we're also gonna declare his wonders among the people. And what would that be? What would these wonders be? Those wonders would be, what Christ has done, all the things that he's done. Every single one of us here this morning, to some degree, we've got a testimony. We can tell people. You wanna know how I know Jesus is real? You wanna know how I know he lives? You wanna know how I know he rose on the third day? Because let me tell you what he did for me in my life. Let me tell you where he brought me from. Let me tell you the victories that he's given me. All of us here this morning, we can declare the wonders of God. We can manifest him in our life to people that are dying and they're lost and they don't know truth. They're bowing down and worshiping these evil things that are out here in this world. Either they're atheistic or they're agnostic or they're serving all these other different false gods of the world, whatever it could be. The Bible's called us here in the text to declare his glory. To tell people about the salvation of Christ, that he can save, and it doesn't matter how far out there in the darkness that they've gone, that his hand is not shortened, that he cannot lift them out of the place that they're in. To declare his glory among the heathen, those that are lost, and his wonders among the people. Tell everybody about the things that he's done that are marvelous, his power that he has. For the purpose of there in verse four, For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is to be feared above all gods. And why would we say that? Why would God need to be feared above all gods? Well, if there's only one God that's real, if there's only one true and living God, then it is that God that is the judge of all the earth. That means it is that God, that means it is that God that's given us the opportunity to get saved today. The Bible says that there's a devil's hell that awaits those that die without Christ. I would say that's something to fear. I would say dying lost and spending an eternity in a devil's hell, I would say that's something to fear. I would say that standing before an almighty God at the great white throne of judgment and having to answer for every sin that we've ever committed, I would say that's something to fear. Amen. I would say that as we stand before God and the books are opened as the Bible teaches us in the book of Revelation, that the books are opened and this book's open and this book's open and there is a record of every sin that we've committed and all the things that was said in the closets has now been revealed. And all the things that were hidden in darkness has now come to light and as the Lord Jesus sits there on the throne of power and his eyes of fire go through the very soul of the individual that's standing there, that understands and knows every motive. of the heart. There's not a man that'll be able to ever stand before God and try to come up with a good excuse. Listen, I'm just trying to get us to see and understand this morning that missions is so important. Listen, not just abroad, but here, right outside those doors, because people are dying lost all around us. He is greatly to be praised. Why? Because he saves. He is greatly to be feared. Why? Because he is the judge. For all the gods of the nations, there in verse five, are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. As we stop there at verse five, understanding here this morning, the magnitude of missions, the manifestation of missions and the message of missions. is to go out there in verse three to declare his glory among the heathen, to tell people there's a God in heaven that loves them, to show people that, listen, that there is a way that is far better than the way you're living, that there is freedom in the Lord Jesus. You've heard me say this before. People say, well, I'll just sow all my wild oats and I'm just gonna live how I wanna live and when I get ready to get saved, You know, when I wanna trust Christ, I'll get saved. It don't always work out that way. The Bible says, what is your life? It's but a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. You're not guaranteed the next second. And then none of us are here this morning. It don't matter how old we are, it don't matter if we're young or old. Listen, people die young and old all the time. Death is no respecter of persons. God, the Bible says, is no respecter of persons. Doesn't matter how good you are. Doesn't matter how religious you try to be. Doesn't matter what you give to missions. Doesn't matter how many times you sing in the choir. Doesn't matter even as a pastor or even as a Sunday school teacher or anybody else that teaches, anytime you melt any kind of pulpit and you get in there to teach and preach God's word, if you're not saved, none of it means anything. You're a lost man. And God is the judge. and there is nothing that happens outside of the sight of God. The Bible shows us here in verse three, we are to declare his glory among the heathens. We are to make a distinction about our God. The Bible says for us to be ready to give an answer to every man, to ask us of the hope that is within us. to be ready to give an answer, to be able to tell people, listen, how I got saved, who Jesus is, why I'm saved, why I needed to get saved, all these things. Listen, if you're saved here this morning, you ought to be able to tell somebody how to get saved. Because you should know what happened to you, amen? If you're saved here this morning, you ought to know how to tell somebody how to get saved. Because you know what happened to you. You know, you realize who you were. You realize who the Lord Jesus is. And you realize what it is that you needed to do. So don't ever, don't ever get this idea and let the devil put this idea in your head that I can't lead nobody to the Lord. No, yeah, you can. That's the gift that God gave us all to do. If you're saved here today, anybody here can lead somebody to the Lord. You know how you got saved. The Bible says declare his glory. Tell everybody about him. His wonders amongst all the people. For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols. But the Lord made the heavens. He brings that out distinctly because most of the idols that these people serve out here in the world I feel like that their gods are the ones that made all that there is. I was laughing the other day at some folks that believe, wasn't laughing at them, but I was just laughing at something. Well, I guess I was kind of at them. But they believe in the big bang theory and all of this. And they put this telescope out there, that James Webb telescope thing. And they put that thing out there and they're looking at all this crazy stuff out there. And to me, I'm just like, hey, the heavens declare his handiwork. I'm just like, man, it all points to the Lord. And they all went back, and they look back through all these telescopes, and looking back at this one particular place where they think, this is where the big bang started. And then they got this new telescope, this James Webb telescope, and it's actually looking beyond that, and they're thinking, well, how did this get here if that was over there? Completely destroyed their whole theory. They don't wanna admit it, and they don't wanna own up to it. But now they're scratching their heads. But you can trust the science. I shouldn't have said that. But I will just say this. Listen, we got to trust God. God's the one that made everything that there is. Listen, I'm not against science. I love science. Science is in the scriptures. I love good science. But everything that we have in life, it don't matter what it is. We have to analyze it like this. Whatever it is in life, you have to analyze everything through the lens of the Bible. Does that make sense? The world can say what it won't. See, if we flip this around this way, we're gonna have some problems. But everything we do in life, we analyze it, we investigate it, we magnify it through the lens of the Scripture, through the scope of God's Word. What does God's Word say? Because we can't do this. We gotta make sure we do that. Let's pray this morning. Father, we come to you today. We thank you, Lord, for your blessings. God, you're so good. Lord, I pray here this morning that if there's anybody here today that don't know you as their personal savior, that today would be the day that they would call out to you for salvation. It could be today that you've just spoken to somebody's heart about something. It may not have had anything to do with this message here this morning, but God, here they are, and you're speaking to their heart about something in their life. And you're desiring for them to make a change. You're desiring for them to either come to know you as Savior or to come back to you because they've gotten away. Or maybe it is, Lord, that you're speaking to folks about just some certain things that are in our lives that don't belong. Maybe there's some hindrances that are there that are keeping us from living our life for you like we need to. Maybe it is that there's folks here today that need strength, they need guidance, they need some help. Lord, whatever it is that people need today, God, you know what it is, and I pray to you to help us to supply, that you can supply that need for them. If there's anybody here this morning that has a piano, please. And you don't know Christ, your personal savior. I'm not gonna come to you, not gonna embarrass you, not gonna call you up. You just say, preacher, you know what, I'm not saved. I've never trusted Christ as my savior. If I died today, I wouldn't go to heaven. Or I don't know if I would. Anybody like that here this morning? Anybody like that here today? As we stand to our feet, Every head bowed and every eye closed. We're gonna open up the altar this morning. If you wanna come, I encourage you to come. Ms. Sheila's gonna sing. ♪ In little time the harvest will be over ♪ ♪ He repents, taken for His own ♪ ♪ We glorify to Jesus, Lord of all of us ♪ Amen. ♪ And let us say, well done ♪ ♪ Today we pray for peace on earth ♪ Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. I yet would never know. The love of Christ, the joy of sin forgiven, for let us weep and pray and cry. Today we weep, don't be sad, fall in prayers. ♪ Won't you stay with me some day ♪ ♪ From the burning to the glowing ♪ ♪ With a song we're singing ♪ ♪ Soon in time the harvest will be over ♪ ♪ Our reading done, weary words taken home ♪ Lord, we pray to Jesus, Lord of harvest, and hope you'll smile and we'll see you at home. Today we weep on these earth-folded gardens. Today he's given us more souls to make. Amen, amen, all right. You can be seated here for just a moment. Brother Mackey's gonna come and lead you in a couple of songs. I'm gonna go towards the back and get dressed for the baptism.