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[ Silence ] [MUSIC PLAYING] ♪ Our tolling, we hail thee ♪ ♪ For still our ancient home ♪

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♪ Of St. Jude's wonderful home ♪ ♪ Is grand and far away ♪ ♪ And often in rural hay ♪ ♪ Father is not with thee ♪

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♪ No ♪ ♪ Defeating our own strength of mind ♪ ♪ Our striving would be losing ♪ ♪ Were not the rightful on thy side ♪

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♪ A man of God's own choosing ♪ ♪ Just as good man may be ♪ ♪ But Jesus, in His being ♪ ♪ Was called by all His name ♪

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♪ From age to age the same ♪ ♪ And angels with hope have come ♪ ♪ That my rock of wonder be found ♪ ♪ No place to live but by Him ♪

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♪ The Spirit hath woken the heart ♪ ♪ Oh, hear the wind outside ♪ ♪ Where folks at midday call ♪ ♪ This mortal life of soul ♪

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♪ The holy way they feel ♪ ♪ God's true abidance here ♪ [music] [music]

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[music] Our sponsor's reading this morning is number 588. [inaudible] Thank you.

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[Footsteps] (footsteps) [Music] [Music]

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♪ We come a long way, Lord ♪ ♪ A mighty long way ♪ ♪ We've gone a place in the heat of the day ♪ ♪ Where we know the Lord has made a way ♪

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♪ We come a long way, Lord ♪ ♪ A mighty long way ♪ ♪ We come a long way, Lord ♪ ♪ A mighty long way ♪

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♪ We've come a long way, Lord ♪ ♪ A mighty long way ♪ ♪ We've gone away with the heat of the day ♪ ♪ But we know the Lord has made a way ♪

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♪ We've come a long way, Lord ♪ ♪ A mighty long way ♪ ♪ I've been in the valley ♪ ♪ And I've cried my name ♪

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I've been in the valley on a gray night and day I've been in the valley on a gray night and day And I know the road has way to rain We've come a long way, Lord, a mighty long way

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We've come a long way, Lord, a mighty long way We've come a long way, Lord, a mighty long way. We've grown up early in the early day, but we know the Lord has made a way.

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We've come a long way, Lord, a mighty long way. I've had a hard time, each and every day. I've had my troubles, each and every day I've had my troubles, each and every day

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But I know the Lord has made a way We've come a long way, Lord, a mighty long way We've come a long way, Lord, a mighty long way We've come a long way, Lord, a mighty long way.

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What happened is in the heat of the day, but we know the Lord has made the way. We've come a long way, Lord, a mighty long way. Amen.

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- Amen. - Our sponsor's reading this morning is 588 in the back of your hymnal. Praise and the Lord.

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On we stand. Amen, okay. (orchestral music) [Music]

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We praise Thee, O God, One son of Adam, For Jesus who died and now born of man. ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪

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♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah and glory ♪ ♪ Revive us again ♪ ♪ Oh glory great ♪

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♪ To them that were slain ♪ ♪ To God all that's sane ♪ ♪ To them that we slain ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪

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♪ Hallelujah and glory ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah and grace ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪

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♪ Hallelujah and glory ♪ ♪ Revive us again ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪

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♪ Revive us again ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Revive us again ♪

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♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Revive us again, revive us again ♪ ♪ Revive us again, revive us again ♪

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♪ Revive us ♪ ♪ Revive us ♪ ♪ Revive us ♪ ♪ Again ♪

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(gentle music) [MUSIC] [ Music ] ♪ Oh Lord we need ♪

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♪ A blessing today ♪ ♪ While we need you to lead us ♪ ♪ In a pure and simple way ♪ ♪ Give us the wisdom to open up to you ♪

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♪ That we may hear the glory that's due ♪ ♪ O Lord, we need thee ♪ ♪ How blessed she today ♪ ♪ How we need you to lead us ♪

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♪ In what we have learned today ♪ ♪ Give us some wisdom ♪ ♪ To open up to you ♪ ♪ That we may give you ♪

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♪ A glory best due ♪ ♪ Let us this blessing ♪ ♪ Let us this blessing ♪ ♪ Be in your design ♪

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♪ That we have to worship you ♪ ♪ Grant us this blessing ♪ ♪ Grant us this blessing ♪ ♪ Which from these art ♪

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♪ That we have to worship you ♪ Grant us this mercy, Grant us this mercy, Give you thy desire, Let me come to worship you. [ Music ]

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(audience murmuring) - During this month, as we focus attention upon Christian loyalty, we are emphasizing our responsibility as Christian stewards.

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And today we are celebrating the goodness of God with the young people as the leaders this day. [MUSIC PLAYING] [Music]

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♪ Let's just praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let's just lift our hands for heaven ♪ ♪ And praise the Lord ♪

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♪ Let's just praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let's just lift our hands for heaven ♪ ♪ And praise the Lord ♪

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♪ Let's just praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let's just lift our hands to heaven ♪ ♪ And praise the Lord ♪

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♪ Let's just praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Just lift our heads for heaven and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ We thank you for your kindness ♪

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♪ We thank you for your love ♪ ♪ We've been in the heavenly places ♪ ♪ Felt the blessings from above ♪ ♪ We've been sharing all the good things ♪

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♪ The family can afford ♪ ♪ Let's just turn our praise toward heaven ♪ ♪ And praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let's just praise the Lord ♪

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♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let's just give our hands toward heaven ♪ ♪ And praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let's just praise the Lord ♪

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♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let's just lift our hands to heaven ♪ ♪ And praise the Lord ♪ ♪ The precious name of Jesus ♪

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♪ Is worthy of our praise ♪ ♪ Let that cloud down on our knees ♪ ♪ With heaven-rise and rain ♪ ♪ When he comes, a cloud of glory ♪

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♪ With him to ever reign ♪ ♪ Let the lift our happy voices ♪ ♪ And praise his dear name ♪ ♪ Let's just praise the Lord ♪

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♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let's just lift our hands for heaven and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let's just praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪

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♪ Let's just lift our hands for heaven and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let's just praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Oh yes ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪

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♪ Let's just lift our hands toward heaven ♪ ♪ And praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Let's just praise the Lord ♪

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♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let's just lift our hands toward heaven ♪ ♪ And praise the Lord ♪

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[audience murmurs] You repeat after me the text for our message is found in Jeremiah the 32nd chapter and the

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16th verse. Would you repeat these words? "After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neariah

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I prayed to the Lord saying Ah Lord God It is thou

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Who hath made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thy outstretched arm

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Nothing is too hard for Thee. Thank you. The subject of the message, nothing is too hard for God. Nothing is too hard for God. There is another verse which I would like to associate with this. This is what Jeremiah said as he was meditating and then later this is what God said unto him in the 26th through the 28th verses.

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"Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me? Therefore, thus saith the Lord, behold, I am giving this city into the hands of the Chaldeans

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and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, King of Babylon, and he shall take it." Nothing is too hard for God. That which is hard,

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that which is difficult, that which is a hindrance, a barrier, or an obstacle,

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we often try to avoid it. We approach it with a sense of dread. We look upon it with disdain, particularly when we are uncertain as to the outcome, fearful of the consequences.

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On the other hand, that which is hard is a challenge to the adventurous, a call to the brave and strong. gallant and courageous soldiers of the cross, perform that which is difficult immediately,

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but that which is impossible may take a little longer. Nothing is too hard for God. Amen. Some problems appear too hard for us to solve.

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Some mountains are too high for us to climb. Some waters too deep for us to fathom. But nothing is too hard for God. Amen.

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This is an affirmation of faith about the kind of God we serve, kind of God to which we give our supreme allegiance, our love, our loyalty. Now, some people worship a God who is limited in his dealings with his subjects.

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God who is restricted in the manifestation of his power. But the God of the biblical faith is all-powerful. He is absolute. is nothing he wants to do that he cannot do. Nothing is too hard for God. This is

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the testimony of the Prophet Jeremiah in the face of overwhelming difficulties. This is the proclamation of the Prophet in the midst of adverse circumstances Jeremiah is commanded by God to buy a piece of family property in Anathoth, his hometown. God tells him what's going to happen before it happens. He always has a way of warning his servants.

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And he speaks to Jeremiah telling him now your cousin is going to come to you and Offer to sell you a piece of property and when he does it You accept the offer And of course it happened just as God said his word is true

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And the cousin of Jeremiah, Hanomel, came to the prophet. Now it's rather interesting to note the circumstances surrounding this transaction because Jeremiah is in prison. And when one is in jail, that's not a very

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desirable set of circumstances in which to be engaged in business dealings. He comes to Jeremiah while he is in prison and Jeremiah listens to the proposition says to him now Jeremiah you are the next in line as far as kinship is concerned and you ought to buy the property. There was a process of redemption, the right of

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redemption that the ancient people practiced. If one was about to lose the property, the next of kin was to purchase it so that it would remain in the family. Some things ought to be kept in the family. So Jeremiah agrees. He says yes to the proposition and he instructs Baruch to represent him in handling the

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transaction, the closing we call it. He gives him the money and having paid the purchase price he receives the deed which is recorded and then he instructs Baruch to take the deed and to place it in a safe deposit box. First of all, this illustrates dedication to concrete reality. Land is tangible, it's solid, it's a meaningful

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expression of concrete reality, land. And some people would think, would try to to say that God is something that's abstract, that God is just concerned about that which is spiritual. God is concerned about the material and the spiritual.

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He made all of it. And there's a purpose that he had in mind when he made it. When he made this world and placed us here to operate it, God had a purpose.

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And this command to Jeremiah to buy land expresses what should be our dedication to concrete reality. Now people who buy land usually have deeper roots.

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People who buy land are concerned about ownership. They want to purchase a piece of God's creation. You know, I've had people to talk to me about buying an apartment,

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or a home or something, and a condominium on several floors up in the ground, up from the ground. You know, I just never could quite relate

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to buying something up in the air. I always just wanted a piece of ground that I could call my own. And you see, it's good to have something

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that you can call your own. Land is valuable, it has real value. That's why we call it real estate. Land has stability.

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When we purchase a lot, we can be sure that it is there, is not going to run away anywhere. It remains where it is. It has a certain degree of certainty.

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And God created land, part of his creation. He's making more people all the time, but he's not making any more land. Song says, "My father is rich in houses and lands.

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"He holdeth the wealth of the world in his hands." So you see, land is a precious possession. He instructs Jeremiah to make this purchase of land this purchase of land. And it's interesting to observe the conditions

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that are prevailing. Not only is Jeremiah in prison, but the city of Jerusalem is under attack. The Babylonian armies are surrounding the hillside and they are seeking to batter down the walls of the city. It's a time of war and it's a time of uncertainty and Jeremiah has already predicted that this land, this city, this

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nation is going to be overrun by the Babylonians and now just at the time the city is almost about to fall not too many moments away from the time too many days away from the time when the city is going to be captured and the land is going to be possessed by the enemy that God instructs Jeremiah to buy a piece of

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property just just a little bit outside just a short distance from the city of Jerusalem. Now that's rather strange. Now you know when when there is a crisis when there's a catastrophe when there's a time of uncertainty people like to be sure that they've got something that they can hold on to. Now I don't know

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what animal Jeremiah's cousin had in mind but I have a sneaking suspicion that he he figured that since they gonna take over the country anyhow that this is a good time for me to dump this land on Jeremiah because if I go off into Babylon I can carry the money with me but I can't carry that land so more

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Probably he had some motives that were not too honorable We always like to get rid of it's almost like buying a burning house It's burning down and somebody wants to sell it to you while it's burning down That's that's that's the kind of situation

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It's somewhat like putting money in a pocket that you know as holes that that's the kind of situation It seems that we look at it and yet God Tells Jeremiah you buy

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Buy buy the field purchase the property in the midst of all of the Circumstances that appear to be so adverse Jeremiah you stake your claim in the future of this country Make an investment in

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reality. Invest in that which will stand, buy land, invest in the future. And we we can recognize

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that this is a good procedure to make a good investment, but we we can see the circumstances are not at all favorable. When we read in our papers about the Canadian connection buying land in Austin and Dallas and other places They are making an investment in our future

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we read where various Arab businessmen Buying up certain properties in this country buying banks and the like we can easily recognize that they are making an

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investment in our future But here, here, this is disturbing. Jeremiah does it. Jeremiah's been telling people, "Well, God says this and obey the Lord and surely," he says, "I'm gonna do this," and he does it. He goes ahead, he has the transaction made, the closing comes about, and

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then after having said, "Well, now God's gonna work this out," then he begins to wonder about it. When he does it at first he said now nothing is too hard for God And then he begins to think about it And then God speaks to the prophet as Jeremiah said now I wonder how the Lord's gonna do this

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I don't see how he's gonna do it He says he's gonna work it out, but I don't see how he can work this out And every one of us has had some experience like that. You know you believe in the Lord and you you really believe that he can do what he says he's gonna do but you have faced some

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circumstances when when the Babylonian army is encamped around you, the enemies are encamped all around you, and forces of opposition are arrayed against you and you want to say, "Well now Lord I know you're able but I don't see how you're gonna do this." In other words, not only is he in prison, not only are the armies out there encamped all around, but there is pestilence, there is famine, and then of course there is sword. That's quite a bit to have against you.

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And then he said, "Now Lord, how you gonna do this? Are you really gonna do it?" And in somehow, in the midst of his faith, he begins to wonder at some way. You see, don't fool yourself. There's always some doubt that surrounds faith. Now people who say, "Oh, I believe and I never, never have had any doubt whatsoever."

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I wonder if they really understand the meaning of faith. You see, faith, you see, is walking in the darkness. There's darkness all around. There's skepticism and doubt all around,

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but faith is walking in that darkness. And so there always lives some doubt in the midst of the faith. And he says now, how's he gonna do this?

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We all wanna invest in abiding values. And we all have the assurance that when we invest in righteousness, when we invest in honesty, and when we invest in truth,

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that we are making a good investment. But sometimes it seems so hard to be honest. So hard to be true. So hard to be faithful.

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But nothing is too hard for God. When we make a complete dedication to concrete reality-- and you see, what I want us to understand is, I'm not talking about something that's abstract.

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I'm talking about something that's right down here where we live. I'm talking about the bread and butter issues of life because God is involved in the bread and butter issues

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and nothing is too hard for God. In the second place, what God directs us to do, God guarantees what God directs, God guarantees. He stands behind what he says.

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He underwrites every promise, guarantees every policy, and it pays to invest in his kingdom. Doing business with God is good business. It pays good dividends.

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The investment may be made under adverse circumstances, but it pays off anyhow. I was reading some time ago that during the Depression,

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in the depths of the Depression, when people were crying for jobs and many wound soup lines, and in the depths of the Depression,

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back in the 30s, that some of the greatest companies in America today got started during that time. They organized, they were established in the midst of the most adverse circumstances,

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and yet, when there was depression all around, they were organized, and now they are some of the most prosperous, they're some of the giants among the industries of this country.

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So it pays even though you may make this investment under adverse circumstances. The enemy is attacking. Jerusalem is under siege. But do what God says. Jeremiah, make an investment in concrete reality.

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Because what God directs, God guarantees. Make an investment in solid thinking. Make an investment in solid living. Make an investment in the abiding Vows of life that which really matters make an investment in that which is real Jeremiah

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So Jeremiah wonders how God's gonna do it God I'm out here on your word How you gonna see me through Are you in the position to do everything that you said you're going to do And then God says, "Is there anything too hard for God?"

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That's the question. That's the challenge! So often you hear the preacher say something and you say, "Well, that sounds good from the pulpit, but I'm out here and I wonder how God can help me in the midst of my situation." And God

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raises the question, "Is there anything too hard for me?" When the enemy has dealt us the most crushing blow and faith urges us to keep on keeping on The question comes is there anything too hard for God? Sometimes we find ourselves

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On the premises of doubting castle and We wonder We wonder about the power of God

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Noah build an ark, build a ship and Noah obeys and he builds an ark out there on dry land and the people walk around and they laugh at Noah and they say what's what's wrong with this fellow looks like he must have lost his marbles. There's no water out here but Noah build a ship and Noah builds the ship and by and by the floods come and Noah is ready for the storm. And he's able to ride out the storm because nothing is too hard for God

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Nothing Abraham Abraham Walked before me and Abraham At a

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Late period in his life in the evening of his years. He begins to go out not knowing where he's going And the people around said, "Look at that old man. He ought to be retiring and here he's making a new beginning. He's making a fresh start. Abraham, where are you going?" And Abraham answers, "I don't know where I'm going. I'm just following the orders of God." Abraham begins to walk

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with God and God makes him the father of the faithful and the father of many nations. Nothing is too hard for God Tells him he's gonna be a father, but Abraham doesn't understand that

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in fact when when the angel of the Lord comes to Sarah and tells Sarah at her age when Her womb is shut up She's gonna have a child And Sarah laughs

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She laughs God God would have given me a child as old a woman as I am and say relax, but the answer comes back that there's nothing too hard for God.

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And she becomes the mother of Isaac, which means God makes me to laugh somehow in the face of all of the barrenness of her life, God calls her to laugh and gave her joy in old age because nothing is too hard for God. nothing is too hard for God. Is there anything hard in your life? Is there any difficulty?

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In other words, Abraham, nothing is too hard for me and and we go back and look again here at Jeremiah. He said, "Jeremiah, I want you to make that investment because you see once again even though the Babylonians are gonna come and take over this land but once again people are going to inhabit this land. Maybe you

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don't understand how I'm going to do it but but but once again the people of God will dwell in this place and nothing is too hard for me. Nothing is too hard for me. I don't know whether your life has that that permanence in it whether you had that kind of solidity that should accompany your faith.

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That certainty of knowing that nothing is too hard for God no matter what happens in your life. To say what I say to God that nothing is too hard for Him. Nothing is too hard for God. You see, in other words, what they are facing here, they are facing eviction. God's gonna put them out of the land and they don't see how they gonna get back

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in. Eviction, that's a crushing blow and sometimes God blesses us in the most crushing circumstances of our lives. When I was growing up in Dallas I counted the places we lived from the time I was seven years old to the time I was 17 and And I stayed with my family in ten different houses

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Rent all the time no degree of permanence And I remember one we were in Vic evicted We Had paid we tried to buy that house

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And we paid on it for a number of years and thought we almost had paid for and when we knew anything The furniture was being set out in the streets That's a crushing blow, crushing blow for a teenager. The crushing blow I can remember when I thought about well I got to go to school

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tomorrow and my classmates would be laughing I got to go to church and people be looking at you. Different times people say you know Reverend say you talk about all these things that happen to you say you you you you not ashamed to talk about, I'm not ashamed. Because I know what the Lord has brought me and how high he was during those years and I can't help but praise the Lord when I think about how far he brought me and how he lifted me and I can say with Jeremiah, yes that was true for you Jeremiah, but it's true for me. I know that there's nothing too hard for God.

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Nothing too hard for him. He is the Lord of hosts. That's what he says in this passage of the scripture. You go back home and read it. He is the Lord of hosts. It means even though there are many armies out there that are arrayed against you, that God is the Lord. He is the commander of all of the armies. He has the power over every human being. And the wonderful thing about it is our God has a human face and he comes to

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dwell with us and walk with us on this earth in Jesus Christ. And he tells it all along the way that nothing is too hard. And they say well now Lord here's a man he was born blind. He's been born blind from his mother's womb he's been like that he never has been able to see the sunlight but there's nothing too hard for God and he opens the eyes of the blind. Here is one whose

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deaf, his ears are stopped up but nothing too hard for God. He opens the eyes of the ears of the deaf. Here is another who has the leprosy, an incurable disease and he cleanses the leper because there's nothing too hard for God. And here is another whose dead mother has been dead for days and he goes and he snatches him back from the grave and he lives again because there's nothing too hard for God. Well they said well we'll get him we'll

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put an end to him. That's the meaning of the cross. Cross where man decides that he's going to defy God and try to put an end to the reign of God. And so he's taken to the cross. They said well we'll put him out of business. He said he came here to carry on the father's business. Well we're going to

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put an end to the father's business. We'll crucify him. Put him on a cross between two thieves and they did that. Then they put him in that tomb and they walked about and they said that's the end. They said the God whom you serve is dead. He's dead. We know where his tomb is. God is dead. But I laid that Easter Sunday morning and he got up and walked the streets again and he's walking the highways of life right now.

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He dwells where there's adversity, he dwells where there's difficulty. Nothing is too hard for God. And so it means to keep the faith. That's really what it means, keep the faith. Keep faith in the midst of the attacks upon your life. Sometimes it may be an attack upon your faith, but you keep the faith. Sometimes it may be an attack upon the physical body, the diseases that may come,

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the alternatives of life, but keep the faith, for we're waiting for that final consummation that's expressed in the language of that old hymn. When I can read my title clear to mansions in the sky, I'll bid farewell to every fear and wipe my weeping eye, should earth against my soul engage and fiery darts be hurled,

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then I shall smile at Satan's rage and face a frowning world. Let cares like a wild deluge come and storms of sorrow fall, may I but safely reach my home, my God, my heaven, my all. Nothing, nothing, nothing is too hard for God. Paul looked at it and as he looked at the situation many years later and he was in a prison

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he was old, his eyes were dim, and he was suffering from the infirmities of the body, but he things in a strong song of faith that nothing is too hard for God. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things which are to come shall separate us from the love of God. Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing can keep us from walking and talking with God for nothing is too hard for God.

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There may be someone here. [inaudible] Maybe you're facing some difficulties in your life. You haven't faced them already.

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They are there for a reason. Maybe there's someone here who's already contrasted faith in Jesus Christ. And you're looking for a church home.

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Maybe it's an office. And you're not quite ready. [MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ]

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When you have faith in God, you never need to fear. ♪ No matter where life may lead ♪ ♪ It may lead us to mountains ♪ ♪ Or valleys may be your death ♪

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Keep trusting, God knows what He's made. When you have faith in God, when you have faith, ♪ You're never left alone ♪ ♪ Stars may rage ♪

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♪ And thunder may roam ♪ ♪ Wings of sin that try ♪ ♪ To conquer your soul ♪ ♪ Fear not ♪

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♪ God is still on your own ♪ Fear not, he watches and cares for his Lord. Trust him and pray, he never goes to blame. When you have faith, faith in God.

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God as my promise grows, ♪ Wild and true ♪ ♪ Without a song ♪ ♪ Oh, like wind ♪

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♪ Of sorrow and pain ♪ ♪ It drives me ♪ ♪ Here with you ♪ ♪ Is all he won't forsake ♪

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♪ God is too wise ♪ ♪ To make a mistake ♪ When you have faith in God, when you have faith, you've never left on home.

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Storms may rage and thunder may roll. ♪ Wake the sinner's heart ♪ ♪ To conquer your soul ♪ ♪ Fear not ♪

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♪ God is still all alone ♪ ♪ Fear not ♪ ♪ He watches and cares for his own ♪ Trust Him and wait.

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He's never long to wait. When you have faith, faith in God. Nothing is too hard for God. Let us come back this evening for the Ebenezer Choir musical.

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Let me remind those who are interested in the Ebenezer band, even though you do not have an instrument Brother Seidel is Able to help you. He has access to instruments And so if you are interested in the Ebenezer band as we seek to revive it, we ask that you would indicate that by

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Coming forth this morning following the benediction may we bow our heads Eternal God, our Father, we thank you for this word, this strong word that nothing is too hard for thee. In the midst of all of the opposition, the hindrances, the obstacles, the armies of the

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enemy, we hear this word coming through to us that nothing is too hard for God. And as we go forth as your people this week to face the new challenges that will be set before us, may we be comforted and strengthened by this word that nothing, nothing is too hard for God.

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Grace, mercy, peace be with you from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. [Music] [ Silence ]