Thank you. But the voice of angels from heaven
did answer right before... The name was changed,
the streets no longer rhymed. Hushed were the
glad hosannas, the little children sighed. The
sun grew dark with mystery, the morn was cold
and chilled. I saw the holy city beside the tideless
sea. The light of God was on its streets. I would
not have been here. Oh, Jimmy. Never lose that
anointing. Never, never lose it. Never. There's
nothing like it. Nothing else matters, not really.
Nothing else. Christ dying for me means that
I have a new song to sing. The song says, my
heart is thrilled to think that he loved me so
much he died for me. That's what this new Jerusalem
is all about. The fact that it's all over. Now
we look forward to his coming in, carrying us
on. I saw one hanging on a tree In agony and
blood He fixed his languished eyes on me Oh,
can it be upon a tree the Savior died for me?
My soul is thrilled and my heart is filled to
think. conscience felt and owned the guilt and
plunged me in despair I saw my sins his blood
had spilled and helped to nail him there a second
look he gave which said I free forgive this blood
is for thy ransom paid I die that thou mayest
live O can it be upon a tree the same is filled
to think he died for me to think he died for
me to think died for me kingdoms are falling
empires are dissolving nations are tottering
upon their foundations, and God's sun is slowly
setting in the western skies of human destiny.
It will not be long now. The king is at hand.
The redeemer of the ages is at the door. It is
the end of the day of the management of man.
It is the beginning. of the management of God
and of his Christ. It is the hour of liberation
for a world which has been brought captive and
into subjection by its own lust and the deceitfulness
of its own heart. And the only thing which prevents
it from being blown into annihilation by an eternal
atomic bomb of divine wrath is the love of God
for fallen humanity. And the grace of God, which
is so eternal that we are lost in the contemplation
of its magnitude. Our Heavenly Father must certainly
have loved this world of his creation. To send
once again his only begotten son to take over
the reins of government and to guide it to its
eternal destiny. Oh, with what love. He must
have loved it. To send him back again after his
last advent was mocked by hatred and climaxed
with a death of shame. on the cross. Yes, my
friend, God's landed lease is about over. He
has loaned us his mercy from generation to generation.
Every passing century has been crowned with the
product of his long suffering. He has given us
our crops, our seasons, our days, and our nights.
He has lent least his sun to shine upon the just
and upon the unjust. He has lent least his rain
to water the earth and to bring it forth with
bud and blossoms unto the time of the harvest.
He has lent at least us the energies, the mysteries
of life, so that the little grain of corn that
we entrust to the loving embrace of Mother Nature
comes back to us multiplied a hundredfold. What
have we done to deserve it? What have we given
him back in return? lend a lease is now being
withdrawn and whether we like it or not the great
day of his wrath has come and who shall be able
to stand but the day of the lord will come as
a thief in the night in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat the earth also and
the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,
what manner of persons ought ye to be? That's
from God's Word. Tis been his grace. Great is
his mercy. Great was the price that was paid
for man's salvation. But the day of reckoning
is not far away. The day of the Lord is at hand.
I give you the scripture. 1 Thessalonians. the
fifth chapter. But of the times and the seasons,
brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of
the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. And
when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden
destruction cometh upon them as travail upon
a woman with child. And they shall not escape.
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that
day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all
the children of light, and the children of the
day. We are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others. But
let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep,
sleep in the night. And they that be drunken
are drunken in the night. But let us who are
of the day be sober. Putting on the breastplate
of faith and love. And for an helmet. the hope
of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to
wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake
or sleep, we shall live together with Him. Oh,
such mercy! Such grace, such love. Who can fathom
the mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ? Where would
we be this very hour were it not for his grace,
his great grace, his great mercy? Who loved us
while we were yet sinners? Who can fathom the
love of God? Let me ask you. Has there ever lived
a man who could fathom the love of God? I have
loved thee with an everlasting love. And even
this very hour, while the door of salvation is
still open, the spirit says calm. Jesus stands
with open arms saying, come, it is not too late.
And in this moment, wherever you are, whoever
you are, look up with absolute sincerity and
say, dear Jesus, out of my bondage, sorrow, and
night, I accept your love, your mercy. Forgive
me. Hear this simple prayer for Jesus' sake.
Amen.