A Word to You From Jesus (LIVE)

The story of Simon becoming Peter shows how Jesus looks past who we are now to who we can be in Him. From the first moment they met, Jesus spoke a new name and identity over a weary fisherman who had no idea what was coming.

On the shores of Galilee, after a night of empty nets, Simon reluctantly obeyed Jesus’ call to “launch out into the deep.” The overflowing catch that followed wasn’t just about fish—it was about a life transformed. Confronted with his own unworthiness, Simon fell at Jesus’ feet, only to hear the words that would change his future: “Do not fear. From now on you will catch men.”

This encounter still speaks today. Jesus isn’t put off by our failures or doubts—He steps into our boat, calls us deeper, and reveals who we truly are in Him.

Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome and Introduction
• 9:35 Andrew Brings Peter to Jesus
• 16:52 Natural, Normal, Affectionate Faith
• 23:19 The Miraculous Catch of Fish
• 33:07 From Fear to Calling
• 39:40 God's Promise for the Lost
• 44:43 Closing Call to Salvation

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:26

Glory, glory, glory, hallelujah, amen, bless God, welcome those who are here and those of our local number who are still on the road. We're looking forward to safety. We're looking forward to good reports, looking forward to seeing exactly what the Lord's been doing in all of the travels. Amen and hallelujah, and welcome to our streaming audience. We pray for you guys every day, pray for all you folks Nearly 70 countries full now and thank you for being with us tonight and excited about what the Lord is going to say to you. Every single time you hear a message, every single time you open up his word, the Lord has something to say to you, and the Lord has something to say that's very, very deep and very, very personal to you. And it's been well said don't read the Bible, but let the Bible read you. Amen, let the Bible read you, let the Word of God search you and let the Word of God sanctify you and let the Word of God grow you up. And even tonight, let the Word of God show you that you're lost. Let the Word of God show you that you're yet in your sin. Let the Word of God show you of sin and righteousness and judgment, because he doesn't judge you now to destroy you. He judges you now to bring you to the Savior. He judges you now to bring you to Jesus. And so let God read you tonight, let God speak to you tonight, no matter where you are or who you are or whatever kind of situation you're in. I'm going to tell you just to stop it, just to drop the situation, just to forget about it. Don't let your mind go to it. Don't let your mind come up with excuses and then you end up talking yourself out of what the Lord is saying to you Amen. So just let the Lord speak tonight. Amen, because he's speaking for your good and not for your destruction. Amen. So just let the Lord speak tonight. Amen, because he's speaking for your good and not for your destruction. Amen. So we will come over to Gospel of John here, chapter 1. And let's come down to verse 40. And we'll start here. We'll be going to Luke, chapter 5, in a few moments, but let's start in John, chapter 1, tonight and start in verse 40.

Speaker 1: 2:57

One of the two which heard John speak and this is John the Baptist and followed him was Andrew, simon, peter's brother. He first findeth his own brother, simon, and saith unto him. We have found the Messiah which is being interpreted, the Christ, and he brought him to Jesus. And what a blessing that is this young man. He was a young man. He had been with John the Baptist when John the Baptist was in the wilderness and John was preaching and John was baptizing in that wilderness. He had been there and he had been there when Jesus was baptized. He'd been there to hear John cry out behold the name of God which taketh away the sin of the world, and he'd heard that and he'd seen Jesus be baptized. And he had seen Jesus humanly just walk away after that and they'd followed him. He was one of two disciples who heard John and they followed him. He was one of two disciples who heard John and they followed Jesus and they spent some time with Jesus after they followed him. I would love to hear what Jesus said to them Humanly some of the first people to want to follow Jesus and to hear what Jesus had to say.

Speaker 1: 4:32

And Jesus would turn around earlier in the chapter and he would say what seek you? And they would say where do you dwell? Who are you? Where do you live? Where do you dwell? What do you have to say? And maybe Jesus said it with a smile. He said well, come and see. And they went and they saw and they had time with Jesus and they spoke to Jesus. And Jesus spoke to them. And this is Jesus filled with the Holy Ghost, this is Jesus walking in the will of his father. This is Jesus hearing from the father and giving to these men what he hears from the father. And after that interaction, after that exchange, it's the most natural thing in the world for Andrew to go find his brother. Go find his brother.

Speaker 1: 5:29

And a lot of people said Simon was you know again, you know he would go out to hear John the Baptist, but he didn't go to be with Jesus. That day it was Andrew who went to be with Jesus and so, most natural thing in the world, he'd been with Jesus. He went to find Simon and he found his with Jesus. He went to find Simon and he found his own brother and he said we found the Messiah, we've found the anointed one, we've found the man that God has said was coming. Well, he's here. We found him and he brought Peter to Jesus and when Jesus beheld him, beheld Simon. He said and I believe the Holy Ghost told him this directly you are Simon, the son of Jonah. Thou shalt be called Cephas, which is, by interpretation of stone. This is Peter, but this is Peter before he was Peter. This is Jesus telling Simon I know who you are You're Simon, the son of Jonah. You shall be Cephas. I wonder what Peter thought. You know a lot of folks I read this is the first time they met. This is the first time Simon met Jesus and this is what the Holy Scripture records of that meeting. There was before that, there was after that, but this is what the Scripture records.

Speaker 1: 7:29

Jesus had a clear, definite word for this man and my friend, my brothers and sisters in Christ, I'm going to ask you how natural is it for you to bring people to Jesus? How natural, how normal is it for you? Because this is just a young man. This is both Simon and Andrew. They were yet in their sin. Both Simon and Andrew were yet to be born again and they just had one conversation with Jesus. They had one interaction with Jesus. They had one interaction with Jesus.

Speaker 1: 8:13

He goes out, he finds his brother and he says we found him. Come and see him. You need to meet him, you need to hear him, you need to be with him. I mean he was ecstatic. I believe His face was shining and it wasn't some sort of heavy, burdensome thing that he had to go do. But no, this was natural and this was normal.

Speaker 1: 8:34

I'm going to ask you about your relationship with Jesus. How natural and normal of a regular affectionate outflow is it that you overflow on other people? Natural, normal affectionate. Natural normal affectionate If I can hammer that into evangelical culture in this room and beyond Natural, normal affectionate. Pure, clean, simple, childlike love between you and Jesus.

Speaker 1: 9:05

You hear from Jesus every day.

Speaker 1: 9:07

Bless God and amen. He's got a word for you. Every single day he's got life for you. Every single day. He's got grace over you. Every single day your sin is forgotten. Every single day You're filled with the Holy Ghost. Every single day the gifts are alive. Every single day he's got a calling. Every single day You're walking that out. Every single day You're rejoicing in Him. Every single day You're walking in a peace that the world doesn't understand or have and can't duplicate. Every single solitary day, you've got three levels of joy and a peace that the world doesn't understand. You might start out in joy and then maybe you get a great joy and then by the end of the day. Bless God. You're exceeding abundantly joy, unspeakable, full of glory. You can't put it into words. Is that your relationship with God? That's what the New Testament describes. That's the baseline, babe in Christ, relationship with God that the New Testament describes.

Speaker 1: 10:10

And guess what? Not a single thing I just listed you bring to the table. Not a single thing I just listed. There aren't 33 levels of Christians. There aren't 7 levels of Christians. There aren't. There's just people in Jesus, born again people in Jesus, some again people in Jesus. Some of us are older, some of us are younger, but we all got the same Holy Ghost. Some of us been walking with him for a real long time humanly. Some of us just started walking with him humanly, but y'all got the same Holy Ghost. You've got the same promises I have. I've got the same promises you have. You've got the same Bible I have. I've got the same Bible you have. You've got the same Bible I have. I've got the same Bible you have. Bless God and amen.

Speaker 1: 10:52

God didn't tell me anything different from what he told you. I want to ask you tonight are you listening? And I want to ask you tonight, if you're listening, how do you practically live this out, walk this out. How is this working in your life, in your specific set of circumstances, your specific set of situations? Because I'm married, I got three kids. You might be single. I'm somewhere in my early 40s. I honestly, I'm at the point right now where I forget how old I am already. It just doesn't matter to me anymore. I mean it's just another birthday. You know, it kind of goes by. But some of y'all, you know you're young, you know some of y'all under 12, you know I think you're under 12. I don't know. But you know some of y'all. But you're walking with the Lord. Bless God and amen. But I've got the same Bible you have. You've got the same Bible I have. I'm under the same blood as you. You're under the same blood as me.

Speaker 1: 11:54

What I'm describing is normal according to God, and he has finished every single thing. He didn't give you three quarters of the Holy Ghost and let you earn the rest of the 25%. No, he gave you 100% of the Holy Ghost. And this guy, andrew, is an example to you tonight. We would say this is still Old Testament, but it was enough to get him to go to his brother and make sure that his brother got in the presence of Jesus. Because this is how to get into the presence of Jesus in this day. You had to go to him, you had to talk with him. That's all he knew. Bless God. That was enough, and Jesus didn't disappoint.

Speaker 1: 12:55

Jesus looks square at Simon Peter, just like he does to you tonight. He gives a word from God. Peter probably didn't have a clue what he was talking about. Oh yeah, I'm Simon, son of Jonah. I know who my dad is. I know who my brother is. I know I'm a fisherman. My whole family fishes. That's our stock and that's our trade. That's what we do for a living. I'm going to be a stone, I'm going to be Cephas, I'm going to be Peter. I don't get it.

Speaker 1: 13:31

And then the interaction moves on, john moves on, but I want you to come over to Luke, chapter 5, with that backdrop in mind, with the fact that God has a word for you. Whether you're born again or whether you're not, tonight, god has a word for you. If you're not born again, this is God's simple word for you, just like Peter. See, peter had to be born again for this to happen. You must be born again. You see what God does in Peter's life. He's a symbol for us. He's a type and he's a form. He looks at every lost man, woman and child and he sees you. You see, god knows the beginning and God knows the end. He sees you where you are now. He says to you you're going to be this, that's going to take some unpacking, but stay with me.

Speaker 1: 14:37

He knew Jesus knew he was going to take away Peter's sin. He knew he was going to a cross. He knew about his blood being shed. He knew about the crucifixion. He knew about rising again on the third day. He knew what that would accomplish in the eyes of God. He knew, yes, indeed, he is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Simon Peter's sin is included. He knew what this man was to be as a born-again spirit-filled man of God.

Speaker 1: 15:19

He knows, oh, you might be the biggest fornicator. You might be the biggest liar. You might be the biggest thief. You might be the biggest blasphemer. You might have all the murder in your heart. You might have all the dead religion. You might have your morality. You might have. You know and you're trying to add God into that somehow. You know you've got your morals, you've got your goodness, you've got your versions. You might be you know morally crazy. You might be morally very, very strict. You might be tall, you might be short. You might have long hair, you might have short hair. Well, god knows it all.

Speaker 1: 15:54

God's looking at you and he says I took away your sin. I've got something for you. I've got a wife for you. I've got a husband for you. I've got kids to give you that you haven't had yet. I've got a message that you can preach to your family. I've got a message that you can preach to your friends. I've got a life for you that I have bought and paid for For you. I give it to you. What you got to do is believe me. What you got to do Is put your faith in me. What you've got to do Is simply receive what I give you.

Speaker 1: 16:50

So, just like Peter Before, he was Peter tonight, if you're in your sin, god's got a life for you. He's got a real eternal life. I believe every single lost man, woman and child has at least one calling. I believe every single lost man, woman and child should you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ tonight. I know you'll receive the Holy Ghost. I know you'll receive at least one spiritual gift from him. He's got an eternal life for you, he's got a love for you, he's got a passion for you. He's got things for you to walk out.

Speaker 1: 17:43

As I can tell you the truth, man, before I was born again, I wouldn't have the life I have now. No way I would ever have the family I have now. No way my relationship with my mother would be what it is today. No way the relationship with my dad would be what it is today. I wouldn't be who I am today had I stayed in my sin and walked away when the Lord called me to salvation. Had I walked the other way. You see, if Peter had walked the other way, he would have stayed Simon, son of Jonah, his whole life. He would have never been a fisher of men, he would have never seen several thousand Jews be saved and born again on the day of Pentecost and beyond that. He would have never walked into Cornelius' house to give the gospel to that Gentile family. Had he turned and walked away, he would have forever been Simon, son of Jonah. Never would have been Peter.

Speaker 1: 19:07

You tonight, my friend, oh, you're in your sin. The wrath of God abides on you. The wrath of God builds every day, and I'll tell you what the mercy of God is here tonight. The mercy of God brought you to this message. The mercy of God brought you to the hope and the goodness of his calling. The mercy of God brought you to the blood of Jesus, which not only it. Completely you're saved from the wrath of God. If you trust on Jesus, you're completely saved. But that is only the beginning, my friend. I can tell you, if you walk with God, oh, you'll go through it. You may have heard it on Sunday morning, but I'll tell you what. Every single trial, you come out more refined. Every single moment of putting down, every single moment of mortifying, every single moment of celebrating the fact that you are crucified with Christ and you are risen with him, you are crucified with him. That the body of flesh might be destroyed and you say hallelujah, the world's better off without it, the world's better off without who I used to be, and thank you, jesus, for who I am today. My friend, don't walk away from that calling and let's go to Luke, chapter 5, here, and we'll see this play out just a little bit Amen. Now, this is sometime later.

Speaker 1: 20:56

You see, peter Simon had met Jesus. This happened sometime later and it came to pass that, as the people pressed upon him this is Jesus to hear the word of God. He stood by the lake of Gennesaret and he saw two ships standing by the lake but the fishermen were going out of them and were washing their nets and he entered into one of the ships. He did this on purpose. He entered into one of the ships which was Simon's. He specifically saw Simon's ship and he entered into it and he prayed him it would thrust out a little from the land Because the people were pressing in more than any house could hold. But you see that in the Gospels People press in and people throng. You see that in the Gospels People press in and people throng. But here Jesus very intentionally prays Simon to put him out a little bit in the boat from the land. And so he thrusts out a little and he sat down. Jesus sat down and taught the people out of the ship. And now presumably Simon can hear this message. Whatever Jesus said today, simon can hear this message now.

Speaker 1: 22:19

You need to go back up one verse. Two ships standing by like fishermen are going out of them, they're washing their nets. These people had just fished all night. This type of fishing was typically done at night and it was typically done in the shallows. And this lake, I think it, was about seven miles long and 12 miles up and down north to south, and so typically they would not go out far, they wouldn't go into the deep, they would stay shallow and they would fish at night. And now, when we read on, keep that in mind when he had left speaking, he said to Simon Jesus said to Simon launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a drought. Simon, answering, said to him Master, we have toiled all the night. We've taken nothing. Nevertheless, at thy word, I will let down the net. At thy word I will let down the net.

Speaker 1: 23:39

So in the context here, these men had fished all night, they had caught nothing. And imagine they're tired. They toiled and if you toil, a toil is a particularly exhausting labor. It's exhausting, it's burdensome, you get tired, you get burnt out. And these guys, they didn't get a single fish. They went out there for hours in the night fishing the way that fishing was supposed to be done. They're professional fishermen. They didn't catch a thing. They cast the net and they brought it in. They cast the net and they brought it in. They cast the net and they brought it in and they didn't get a thing. So I'd imagine these guys, they might be disappointed, they might be frustrated, they might be frustrated, they might be embarrassed and I know they're tired. They had toiled all night. It ain't a good thing.

Speaker 1: 24:47

And to that group of people plus more, jesus was speaking on this particular day. So he said to Simon, who perhaps remembered that Jesus had said something about him being called Cephas one day, a stone, whatever that meant. He said well, master. And a lot of people say a lot of things about how he said this. Some people say he was frustrated, some people say he was reluctant, some people say he was despaired, some people say he was faithless, some people say he was faithful, and this is going back to the 1700s. On these commentaries and some of these preachers, a lot of people say a lot of different things, but what you can settle on today is he was a little reluctant because this Jesus who he acknowledges here, he's a master. He acknowledges that, obviously.

Speaker 1: 25:53

And maybe he's thinking what in the blazes does a rabbi know about fishing? He's talking go out there where the water's deep in the daytime, and he's telling me. We're going to get a drought. We're going to get a drought, we're going to get a full catch. After we broke our backs and sweated all night and toiled all night for nothing. And it's hallelujah. Nevertheless, at thy word, I will let down the net. And they went. Regardless of how Peter was, they went. And when they had this done, they took their little boat and they launched out into the deep in the daytime and they let down their nets. They enclosed a great multitude of fishes and their net broke and that broke. And they had to great multitude of fishes and their net broke and that broke. And they had to beckon to their partners in the other ship that they should come and help them. And they came and they filled both the ships so much that they began to sink.

Speaker 1: 27:09

I believe Jesus was saying something to Simon. I believe Jesus was saying something to Simon. And when Simon Peter saw it bless God. That's another reason I love Peter he fell down at Jesus' knees. He said depart from me, get away from me, lord. I'm a sinful man. Get away from me so you're not defiled. Get away from me because you're not defiled. Get away from me because God and man are supposed to be separate. Get away from me.

Speaker 1: 27:40

We heard a little testimony today about when God draws near, when you start to listen to God, when God starts to draw you to salvation, there's a fear. There's a fear. You go back through every instance of the Old Testament just about that I can think of. And when God showed up, people got afraid. When God showed up, people said how can this be? When God showed up and started speaking, people not only did they not understand, but so many of them the Lord or the angel that he sent, or Jesus himself in the Old Testament had to say fear not. I'm coming to you because I want to come to you. I'm speaking to you because I want to speak to you. I'm promising to you because I am going to make good on everything that I promised to you. I'm doing this because I want to Don't worry about me getting defiled to you. I'm doing this because I want to Don't worry about me getting defiled. What you ought to be asking is Lord, thank you for coming to me. What you ought to be saying is Lord, come closer. Lord, speak on. Lord, speak further, because I am a sinful man.

Speaker 1: 28:46

Peter was 100% right about that, no matter how he said it here. I believe it was the religion talking. I believe it was, you know, whatever interpretation that the Pharisees and the Sadducees and the scribes had handed down talking. But you can see for sure that they certainly believed in separation between God and man. They believed God was there and man was there, and never shall the twain meet. And that's what they practically taught. They put law upon law upon law upon law upon law and they came up with their own. But they missed charity, they missed mercy, they threw out love and they threw out the fact that God himself had given them that law in the first place, because he wanted people to know who he is.

Speaker 1: 29:44

And Peter today, at this instance, was in a state of astonishment because Jesus broke the nets. Hallelujah, and Jesus just about sank their ships. Hallelujah, because he put so many fish in those nets that they couldn't help but see that he is the Lord. And this was Peter's response and thank God that Jesus didn't listen to him. Hallelujah, jesus didn't depart. Jesus did not depart from Peter because he was a sinful man. You see, jesus knew why he was there. He was there to bear witness to the truth. He was there to fulfill the law. He was there to. He was there to bear witness to the truth. He was there to fulfill the law. He was there to fulfill the scriptures. He was there to show that God is faithful and he was there to take away this man's sin, and he would do it. So Peter was astonished.

Speaker 1: 30:52

How are you tonight, when God is drawing near to you, whether you're born again tonight or whether you're lost tonight? I believe God's drawing near to you. He's drawing near to you personally and he's reaching to you and he's speaking to you and he's saying to the lost I see your sin, I see you. The thing is, I've been to the cross. The thing is I've died and the thing is I've risen again and I'm alive today. I'm speaking to you because I want to speak to you. I'm speaking to you not just to speak to you. I'm speaking to you not just to speak to you, but because I want to do a miracle in you, and that miracle is called born again. That miracle is called behold, all things are become new. That miracle is called you being with me. That miracle is called forgetting your sin, my blood being applied to you. I'm coming to you to do that, and the only way I'm not going to do it is if you don't believe me. That's the only way anybody ever goes away lost. They just don't believe God. They believe something else.

Speaker 1: 32:12

I'm talking to those of you tonight who are believing God. Don't delay, call upon the name of Jesus, don't delay. You know, if you want to fall down on your knees, fall down on your knees, fall down on your face, do it standing up. It doesn't matter. But if God is looking at your heart and he's saying I want you to be saved, I want you to be born again, I know you and I love you, and this is how I am loving you. This is my affection, this is my love in action.

Speaker 1: 32:44

I don't want you to die in your sin. I don't want you to stay in your sin. I don't want you living in your sin. I don't want you haunted by your sin. I don't want you burdened down by your sin. I don't want you fearful. I don't want you afraid. I don't want you dying. I don't want you lustful.

Speaker 1: 32:58

I don't want you, you know, a puppet of the devil himself. I don't want you in your morality. That's going to pass away. I don't want you in your entertainment. That's going to pass away. I don't want you worshiping your idol. That's nothing. I don't want you in that. I don't want you worshiping that. I don't want you anywhere in dealing with anything, putting your faith in something that's going to die. But I want you to be with me because all this heaven and all this earth is passing away. You look at Sodom, you look at Gomorrah, you look at Babylon. It's all type and a form of that. The old ones, the historical ones. The world and its system is passing away. The world, which is puppeted by the devil himself, flips at the end of the book. There's a new heavens and a new earth.

Speaker 1: 34:00

Sin has no place. Where does it go, my friend? That's why Jesus died. The sin got put on him. Your sin got put on him. Whatever that looks like, got put on him. Lust put on him, Pride put on him, all the drunkenness and the drugs and the idols put on him, and he died, because that's what sin demands In the eyes of God death. Well, he put himself in your place and he died. Now, if you reject his blood, if you reject his blood, you answer for your sin. If you receive him, believe on him, put your faith in him, his blood answers for your sin. That's where the sin goes, one of two places. But either way it's dealt with and either way God is glorified. I'll tell you what the will of God is, because he loves you. And he tells us ironically ironically through Peter he's not willing that any should perish. Go read what Peter wrote, what he would write later on, you'll find it. He's not willing that any should perish, but that everybody should come to repentance. And so we've got to conclude tonight Amen.

Speaker 1: 35:55

Peter wasn't the only one there. If you go down to verse 10, so was James and John, the sons of Zebedee. And there was another message. Folks called them the sons of thunder and they were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon. Here he goes again. He had said unto Simon, you're going to be Peter. He says unto Simon. He starts off in a very familiar way Fear not. Because Simon was afraid, jesus said fear not. From henceforth thou shalt catch men.

Speaker 1: 36:38

If you heard last week's message, peter was the one to take the gospel to the Gentiles. Humanly speaking, see, god worked it all out. You can listen to the message last week. Humanly speaking, god needed a man to go. Peter was his man. Before that we saw 3,000 one day, saw 5,000, another. Thousands upon thousands and thousands of the people of Israel heard about Jesus, and Peter was a part of that, humanly speaking.

Speaker 1: 37:23

Now, peter will be the first to tell you it's in the name of Jesus. Peter will be the first to tell you this is the Holy Spirit, this is Jesus. He was always pointing name of Jesus. Peter will be the first to tell you this is the Holy Spirit, this is Jesus. He was always pointing people to Jesus. Humanly, he was given what the Holy Ghost was telling him to give, and the Holy Ghost was pointing people to Jesus, and so Peter did that. But the Lord's word was fulfilled, and the Lord's word is fulfilled tonight because, humanly, Peter's a part of this message. Humanly, that promise, that testimony is going on.

Speaker 1: 38:06

Now, my friends, you've heard of God's promises to you tonight, especially for the lost, and I pray. Brothers and sisters, the Lord is just flooding you, promise after promise, after promise after promise, word after word after word after word, wisdom after wisdom after wisdom after wisdom. As he walks you through what you're walking through today, as he walks you through what you're walking through today, I'll tell you he's faithful here, way beyond two broken nets. That was just a sign, that was just hey, I'm the Lord, there's a faithfulness that far outlasts the fish. Amen, far outlasts. That's you. You see, I don't some believe it is. I don't believe it is. It's not just Simon, james and John who are supposed to be fishers of men, not just them, that's you.

Speaker 1: 39:19

So you go back to the beginning of this message. God wants it to be natural. What do you want? God says well, you go out there and fish. You go out there and you cast the net. You go out there with your testimony. You go out there and fish. You go out there and you cast a net. You go out there with your testimony. You go out there with my word. You go out there filled with my Holy Spirit. You will have an increase. You can't lose, because some days God will give you a fish. Some days God will give you a fish. Some days God will give you a harvest. Some days God will allow you to water what, humanly, somebody else already planted.

Speaker 1: 40:05

Someday you're the first one to break ground. You're the first one to introduce someone to Jesus. They might walk away, God's glorified. They might persecute God's glorified. They might curse you. Well, guess what Jesus said Bless those that curse you, and blessed are you when men persec curse you. Well, guess what Jesus said Bless those that curse you, and blessed are you when men persecute you.

Speaker 1: 40:37

You get to know a little bit of what he went through and what he goes through on a daily basis. And, oh, my friend, when someone rejoices when someone is born again, heaven rejoices. And then, friend, I can maybe try to close again. When someone is born again, heaven rejoices. And then, friend, I can maybe try to close again on a testimony. It might be helpful for you, but a few years ago I remember open-air preaching in an old town famous in America I don't know how many people still know Andy Griffith, but Mount Airy, north Carolina and met this older he was older at the time, this gentleman and he told me about how there were other people before me who used to minister.

Speaker 1: 41:27

There was an old bar and folks used to stand outside the bar and they would witness to people when they were coming in and going out. And he said well, I rejected For years and years and years I rejected, mocked them, made fun of them. One day I didn't reject. One day I kn't reject. One day I knelt down and I prayed and the Lord saved me. And then years went by and I met one of those people years later who used to be outside that bar. I told him what happened. He must have jumped 10 feet in the air and there was rejoicing and the whole time I'm like, well, some people water, some people plant, some people water, some people harvest, but we all rejoice together.

Speaker 1: 42:26

Church Jesus wants that for you and church, the world needs it. The world needs to meet Jesus and he wants you to do it. Our musicians will come forward tonight, amen. But if you're that person tonight who is lost yet in your sin and you're here in this room, I want you to come forward and be glad to pray with you while these folks behind me play some music.

Speaker 1: 42:56

But if you're listening on the other side of that camera, video or audio, however, you're listening to this and the Lord's drawing you and there's a fear of God right now and you know specifically that you're apart from him. You know specifically that you're in your sin, you're a sinner, you're under that judgment of God, you're under that good judgment of God that says I'm holy, you're apart from me, and then all of a sudden, just like Simon. God manifests himself, god glorifies himself. God is raised up and all of a sudden, all you see is your sin. There's good news for you tonight Jesus.

Speaker 1: 43:46

His name is Jesus. He's your Savior, he's your Lord. He's your Savior, he's your Lord. He's your God, he's your King. His blood is shed for you. He gave His life for you. He died in your place and he's living and he's alive and he's saying put your faith in me.

Speaker 1: 44:10

I don't want you to perish. I don't want you to go away sad. I don't want you to go away angry. I don't want you to go away hard. I want you to fall down on your knees a sinner and get up, a saint. I want you to speak to me. I want you to respond to me and my friends. Let the faith that's inside come out into some words. Ask Him to save you, ask Him to be born again, ask Him to put His blood on you. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Anybody who's ever prayed that in a faithful, honest, honest heart? Never in history has he or will he turn you away. So trust him tonight and thank you for being part of this.

Speaker 1: 45:02

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