Shiloh Worship Service Orange Park

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:02:01]Heat. Heat.

[00:03:12]Heat. Heat.

[00:03:16]Heat. Heat.

[00:03:42]Down.

[00:04:04]Help me. You are the source of my strength.

[00:04:39]You are the Say it again. You are my soul. source my strength.

[00:05:02]You are one more time.

[00:05:14]You are Yes, you are.

[00:05:26]You are the strength of my life.

[00:05:38]>> I lift my hands. I >> no praise to him.

[00:06:01]Hallelujah.

[00:06:06]Good morning church. Welcome to Sunday morning at Shiloh Church. This is the day the Lord has made. We rejoice. We are glad in it.

[00:06:18]We're grateful and thankful for each of you who are present with us in worship today. Particularly, we're grateful and thankful for those of you that are guest here today. There are a lot of places you could be this Sunday morning. And we're grateful that the Lord navigated the circumstances of life to bring you to the Shiloh Church today.

[00:06:39]We're in for a special treat today as we uh just pause to say thank you to the Lord for sustaining the work of the ministry of this church. We have a guest soloist with us uh today.

[00:06:55]We have a guest speaker, guest preacher here with us today. But more importantly, Jesus is here.

[00:07:04]This service is all about him.

[00:07:09]Why are we here?

[00:07:12]Psalm 115 verses 1 through3 answers, "Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory.

[00:07:24]For the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness, why should the nations say, "Where is their God?

[00:07:34]Our God is in the heavens.

[00:07:38]He does all that he pleases.

[00:07:42]Gracious and heavenly Father, we worship you as the true and living God.

[00:07:52]We dare not take anything for granted. We recognize that all of our blessings are the grace gift of your generous hands toward us.

[00:08:05]We dare not take credit for anything. We are here today only because of your steadfast love and your faithfulness.

[00:08:14]So we ask that you would fix our hearts to worship you today. Fill our mouths with grateful praise.

[00:08:23]>> May the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable unto you, oh Lord, our strength and our redeemer. And the church said, "Amen."

[00:08:39]>> Good morning. Good morning, Shiloh.

[00:08:41]Please stand as we worship the most high.

[00:08:57]Sing. I stand amazed. I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazary.

[00:09:16]and wonder how he could love me.

[00:09:25]A sinner condemned and unre he will but he had no for is breathe but sweful and my soul shall ever be my How wonderful is my savior the glory took my sin and my sorrow he made it there is everyone.

[00:10:56]He bore the burden to free and suffer and die alone.

[00:11:11]We win with wound in glory.

[00:11:20]His face I last shall see.

[00:11:28]It will be my joy through the end.

[00:11:35]Yes.

[00:11:37]To sing of his love for me. Help us sing. How marvelous.

[00:11:48]How wonderful.

[00:11:52]Oh my Heat. Heat.

[00:12:10]Heat. Heat. Heat.

[00:12:20]Oh my goior.

[00:12:48]is my savior come for me.

[00:12:58]with my Savior's love for me.

[00:13:34]I love you forever with all my heart.

[00:13:56]Sing I love you forever and forever you're my king.

[00:14:15]Sing I love I love forever >> with all my heart.

[00:14:36]Sing I love you. Yeah.

[00:14:41]I love you >> forever.

[00:14:46]>> Forever and >> forever.

[00:14:54]You're my king.

[00:15:00]My shelter shelter >> forever.

[00:15:10]It's time to my shelter shelter forever.

[00:15:32]Forever.

[00:15:36]You're my king.

[00:15:42]Your mercy, your mercy forever.

[00:15:51]It shall be your mercy. Your mercy forever forever.

[00:16:24]Forever.

[00:16:28]Oh, forever and ever.

[00:16:38]You're my forever.

[00:16:48]You're my king.

[00:17:06]While you're standing, would you get your copy of God's word and turn with me to the Gospel of Luke?

[00:17:16]Part of our Lord's Day gathering is the public reading of scripture. We are currently reading through the Gospel of Luke together. Our reading today brings us to Luke chapter 8 beginning at verse 22.

[00:17:42]reading from the English Standard Version of the Bible and therein sacred scripture reads, "One day he got into a boat with his disciples and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake."

[00:18:00]So they set out.

[00:18:02]And as they sailed, he fell asleep.

[00:18:06]windstorm came down on the lake and they were filling with water and were in danger.

[00:18:15]They went and woke him saying, "Master, master, we are perishing."

[00:18:21]He awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm.

[00:18:28]He said to them, "Where is your faith?"

[00:18:32]They were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, "Who then is this that he commands even winds and waves?" And they obey him.

[00:18:46]Then they sailed to the country of the garrison, which is opposite Galilee.

[00:18:53]When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons a long time. He had worn no clothes.

[00:19:06]He had not lived in the house, but among the tombs.

[00:19:10]When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the most high God? I beg you, do not torment me.

[00:19:26]He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man.

[00:19:30]Many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.

[00:19:42]Then Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?"

[00:19:49]He said, "Leion, for many demons had entered him."

[00:19:54]And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.

[00:20:00]Now, a large herd of pigs were feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So, he gave them permission.

[00:20:10]Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs. And the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.

[00:20:21]When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.

[00:20:28]People went out to see what had happened. And they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind.

[00:20:43]They were afraid.

[00:20:46]Those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed.

[00:20:52]Then all the people of the surrounding country of the garrison asked him to depart from them for they were seized with great fear.

[00:21:03]So he got in a boat and returned.

[00:21:07]The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away saying, "Return to your home and declare how much God has done for you."

[00:21:23]And he went away proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. Amen. You may be seated. This is God's word.

[00:21:42]Let us pray.

[00:21:50]Lord God Almighty, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.

[00:21:59]Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had created the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

[00:22:13]We praise you for your steadfast love.

[00:22:19]We praise you for your amazing grace.

[00:22:25]We praise you for your sparing mercy.

[00:22:33]It's another day's journey and we are glad and grateful for it.

[00:22:42]You are the source of all of the blessings we enjoy from you. We live, we move, and we have our being. You are the sole provider of life and breath and everything.

[00:22:57]So we praise you for all of your kindness poured out to us in Jesus Christ, your son and our savior.

[00:23:10]Thank you for this Lord's Day and the privilege of gathering publicly and corporately to worship you in spirit and in truth. Thank you that this Lord's Day marks now 151 years you have blessed this local church to be a witness in this city and beyond.

[00:23:36]We're grateful and thankful for how you have sustained the ministry of this church. We are grateful and thankful that you are not through with us yet.

[00:23:50]We have the assurance of your word that even as you have begun a good work in us, you will complete it at the day of Jesus Christ.

[00:24:02]Have mercy on us, Lord.

[00:24:05]We have sinned and fallen short of your glory.

[00:24:10]Our thoughts have been rebellious.

[00:24:15]Our ears have been dull to the truth.

[00:24:21]Our lips have spoken evil. Our hearts have been hard. Our hands have been consumed with the petty things of this world and not eternal matters.

[00:24:35]Our feet have run swift to mischief.

[00:24:39]We have like sheep gone astray.

[00:24:44]We have turned everyone to his own way.

[00:24:49]Hear us now as we silently confess to you the sins that weigh on our hearts this morning.

[00:25:13]Oh Lord, we praise you for the promise of your word that if we confess our sins, you are faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

[00:25:29]You are faithful and just to do this because you have given us your son, Jesus Christ, the righteous one, to be our advocate.

[00:25:40]And his blood and his righteousness opens for us a new and living way so that we may draw near with confidence to the throne of grace and receive mercy and obtain grace to help us in the time of need.

[00:25:58]We pray because we need you now.

[00:26:02]We ask that you would smile on the ministry of this church.

[00:26:07]Help our elders to guard their life and doctrine and persevere in so doing to save themselves and those who hear us.

[00:26:16]We pray for our deacons that they would be men of good reputation filled with the Holy Spirit and with wisdom.

[00:26:26]We pray, Father, that as a body of believers, you would help us to be growing into the measure of the fullness of the stature of Christ as each joint and ligament does its part. I pray, Father, that you would grant this church an unwavering commitment to your word and to the testimony of Jesus Christ until he comes again.

[00:26:52]Lord, help us to be about the work entrusted to us to make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Help us to perfect holiness of flesh and spirit in the fear of your name. Help us to love one another as you have loved us. So that all will know that we are your disciples by how we love one another. We pray that you would help us, Lord, to use the gifts that you have given us as good stewards of your manifold grace. Even today, those who minister by words, may it be according to your living word. those who minister by works, may it be in the strength that you supply so that in everything Christ may be glorified.

[00:27:48]We pray for the preached word today. And we pray that you would burden the heart of the preacher with the message that you have given him to proclaim and that you would ready our hearts to receive with gentleness the implanted word that is able to save our souls. And help us to be doers of your word and not hearers only.

[00:28:09]And then Lord, minister to the needs of your people who have come in today carrying burdens. We cast all of our cares on you because you care for us.

[00:28:21]You care about our sickness. You care about our grief. You care about our financial struggles. You care about our family problems.

[00:28:30]You You care about our decisions and our futures and our work.

[00:28:38]And I ask now, Lord, that you would teach us not to worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication to make our requests known to you. And this morning, may your peace, which surpasses all understanding, guard our hearts and minds. We pray these things in the name of he who taught us to pray. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever.

[00:29:33]Amen. Amen. Let's give the Lord a big hand of praise for blessing us to be here this morning.

[00:29:43]It is good for us to be here. Let me take a moment to welcome those of you again who are guests in worship with us today. We are grateful for your presence and and pray that this worship service will be a blessing to you in your spiritual journey. We ask that if you would take a moment and fill out the connection card in front of you. Uh there's maybe a card in the seat holder.

[00:30:17]There's also the tap feature there that's available. Either way, you can take a moment to fill out that card and it'll give us a name and need to pray for this week. And if we can be of any service to you, for Christ's sake, it would be our joy to do so. We are also now going to prepare ourselves as a church to give. If you are a guest here with us, do not feel any pressure to participate in this period. But as a member of this congregation, I remind you of our biblical and God-given responsibility to financially support the work of the ministry of this local church. We carry out all that we do on both of our church campuses and beyond by your generous and sacrificial giving.

[00:30:59]You can give by the tap feature in front of you or by placing your uh offering in an envelope. And after we've prayed in just a moment, the uh brothers will be uh passing the plates for you to give. There are also receptacles around this room. You can place your gift there after the service or there are various online features. You'll find them in our church bulletin or you can mail or drop off your gift to either of our church campuses. Let's pray and I'll have a few more announcements to mention to you and we'll move further. Father, we do thank you for the blessings of this day and the opportunity to worship and the privilege to give back to you out of what you have given to us. Would you smile on every gift and giver? be pleased with our gifts and the attitude of our hearts as we give. Multiply the gifts to meet the needs of the work of the ministry of this local church. Grant that Shiloh Church would be a fully resourced congregation to carry out all that you have called us to be and do and then reward the generosity of your people. Good measure pressed down, shaken together and running over. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. This morning we are celebrating 151 years as a church.

[00:32:27]Uh and we nothing fancy this morning. We just going to sing praise and hear his word.

[00:32:35]But it is important for us to take a moment to acknowledge God's goodness.

[00:32:41]The Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church um has been witness in the downtown area for more than 151 years. There's a long line of pastors who have served this church. One who served for decades and built the original building downtown.

[00:33:10]Another who had a monumental ministry in this church who built the new building.

[00:33:16]And before and in between there have been various pastors whose names we may not know, but by their faithfulness, God has sustained the work of this church.

[00:33:30]and we are still here by the glory of God. Amen.

[00:33:38]We also um in 20134 we started praying that the Lord would bless us to plant a new congregation on another side of our city somewhere. We landed on Orange Park. Uh not by any grand strategy. The one of the pastors just said, "How about Orange Park?"

[00:34:03]He said, "Sure."

[00:34:05]I had not heard of Orange Park before.

[00:34:09]I had only passed through Orange Park on my way to preach in Middberg.

[00:34:14]Uh but in the providence of God, we landed on Orange Park and met. Permit me to to chat for just a moment. We met with uh the district leader of a Baptist association, told him about our plans and asked him, you know, a school or some there out there where we can start meeting and plant this church. And he gave us some possibilities.

[00:34:41]And before he prayed for us, he said, "Uh, real soon, I may have something to tell you, but I may not have something to tell you. And if I have something to tell you, I'll tell you when I tell you." That's the truth. That's exactly what he said. And when we got in the car, the brothers was like, "What what what was what was that?" And I said, "I have no idea what he was talking about."

[00:35:04]Uh, a couple of months later, he did reach out to tell us about the Ridgewood Baptist Church that has historically been on this site that had a strong ministry in this community.

[00:35:19]uh the pastor of this church had a grand vision for reaching this community. Um I still have in my uh study somewhere copy of the the plans for the expansion of the ministry of this church. This building was just phase one of what uh was a larger vision. The goal was to later build a uh sanctuary.

[00:35:49]This, as you notice, is the gym that was to be the family life center and youth center. That's how big the vision was.

[00:35:58]And upon after his sickness and death, the church declined and was near closing its doors. And that meeting with the Baptist Association leader was about the possibility of us acquiring this facility, which is more than this building. It is 15 acres of land we own here on this corner. And amen.

[00:36:24]In the midst of that process, the saints uh leaders of the church here asked to meet with us and um said, "Can we just participate in whatever gets started up here?" And somehow with beyond our plans, Shiloh became one church in two locations.

[00:36:43]and the Ridgewood Baptist Church married the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church. Uh both churches, a white Southern Baptist church, a black national Baptist church more than a hundred years old, but the blood of Jesus has brought us together and we praise the Lord for that.

[00:37:06]There are saints in this room who were a part of this congregation when it was Ridgewood Baptist Church. May I ask you to stand?

[00:37:16]Come on, let's give them a big hand. We praise the Lord.

[00:37:20]God bless you. We stand on your shoulders and thank God for your partnership in the ministry. How many uh some some of y'all have joined the church here under my uh ministry? I'm grateful for you. But a lot of y'all here just uh said, "Well, now we out here. I ain't driving all the way to downtown.

[00:37:47]Uh but but there are some of you who've been um if you if you came from or from downtown, would you stand for a moment?

[00:37:59]Amen. Bless you. Bless you. Hold on.

[00:38:02]Keep standing. Keep standing. Now, if you if you have been a part of Shiloh, this church has been uh here since 200 14. If you've been a part of this church um less than 12 years, uh more than 12 years, keep standing.

[00:38:23]If you've been a part of this church more than 15 years, keep standing.

[00:38:28]If you have been a part of this church more than 20 years, keep standing.

[00:38:33]If you have been a part of this church more than 25 years, keep standing.

[00:38:38]If you have been a part of this church more than 30 years, keep standing.

[00:38:44]If you have been a part of Shiloh Church more than 35 years, keep stand. Lord, wait.

[00:38:56]How long mother?

[00:38:59]45 years she has been a part of this church. Bless you, brother. How long?

[00:39:13]Praise God.

[00:39:19]>> Amen. Praise God. Praise God. Come on, let's give them another big hand. We're grateful and thankful.

[00:39:26]Grateful and thankful. We stand on the shoulders of these saints and I'm still convinced church, our dreams are greater than our memories. God is not finished with us yet. Um, two things quickly and I I need to move on. Um likewise in the beginning of 2020 we brought on staff Pastor Angel Santiago to lead uh our Spanish ministry here that um he came on board in the beginning of 2020 and then COVID hit uh and he has served with us. I want you to remember him in your prayers. He is just home from the hospital last night and um the uh he had a procedure and is at home resting. But this morning, our Spanish church is meeting in our chapel across the campus. And we're grateful that this month marks six years of that Spanish ministry. Keep Pastor Angel in your prayers. Keep our minister of music, Brother Jarvis, in your prayers.

[00:40:38]We had a uh guest soloist today and that did not work out. So, I called in a favor. My little sister is here um to sing this morning and I'm grateful that she has driven up uh she's minister of music at her own church, but has sacrificed to be here with us. I want you to know publicly, Danetta, I'm grateful and thankful uh to God. She's uh a couple of years younger.

[00:41:10]We were the babies of the family. And when we were little kids, uh our mama put us on the chair saying don't forget the family prayer. Uh we were children singing in church. And so I'm honored that she came and she brought my mama with her. My mother is here. Stand up, mama. This is Ellen Charles, my mother.

[00:41:35]Bless you, mama.

[00:41:42]Come on. Deta is going to lead us in our special and then I'll I'll come and uh All right.

[00:41:54]I'll come and introduce our speaker.

[00:42:42]A change, a change has come over me.

[00:43:02]It changed.

[00:43:03]>> It changed >> my life.

[00:43:10]And now I'm free.

[00:43:19]He washed away.

[00:43:23]All my sins he made me.

[00:43:31]Oh, >> you are white as snow.

[00:43:59]my life complete.

[00:44:02]And now I s I s to do what must be done.

[00:44:20]Work and work until he comes.

[00:44:26]What a wonderful What a wonderful change.

[00:44:33]>> Hallelujah. Has come on.

[00:44:36]>> Oh, what a wonderful, >> what a wonderful change has come.

[00:44:54]Oh, my God. He changed change my life complete.

[00:45:07]And now I say, I said, and I say, God has to do what must be done.

[00:45:23]working way until he comes.

[00:45:30]I know he changed my life completely.

[00:45:38]And now I see I got a Yes. I'm going to do what I'm going to do. What must be done?

[00:45:54]I work >> until he comes.

[00:46:02]>> What a wonderful one.

[00:46:07]>> What a wonderful change. has no for me.

[00:46:19]>> What a wonderful.

[00:46:23]>> What a wonderful day has come.

[00:46:33]My God, he save my life on me.

[00:46:41]And now I see I got to sit and I to do got to do what must be done.

[00:47:08]I love THE SAME DAY.

[00:47:15]I'M so glad.

[00:47:16]>> I'm so glad HE now I s I s >> What a wonderful change. What a wonderful chance.

[00:47:50]>> So wonderful.

[00:47:54]>> What a wonderful change has come.

[00:48:07]Hallelujah.

[00:48:09]Hallelujah.

[00:48:11]He changed.

[00:48:13]He changed my walk. HE CHANGED MY THOUGHT.

[00:48:18]I don't look the same.

[00:48:21]Yes, he changed.

[00:48:23]I'm so glad he changed. He changed.

[00:48:30]Yes, he changed.

[00:48:33]I thank God he changed.

[00:48:37]I'm so glad he changed me. Oh, there change has come all me.

[00:48:58]A wonderful change has come over me.

[00:49:17]I know I've been changed.

[00:49:31]No, I've been changed. Good lord. I know I've been changed.

[00:49:44]>> You love the angels with heaven.

[00:49:53]my name.

[00:49:56]>> If you tell me that I been redeemed, you know the age of God.

[00:50:13]my name.

[00:50:16]>> FOLLOW ME down >> to th you know the angels in heaven.

[00:50:34]Everybody say that I know I've been changed.

[00:50:45]>> You know that I know I've been shamed. Good lord I know I've been saved you love the angels in heaven my name if you don't believe that I been redeemed You love the heaven.

[00:51:33]My name follow me down to the silent stream. You know the angels in heaven.

[00:51:53]My name >> good Lord know I' been changed >> you know I've been saved good Lord I Know I've been changed. You know the angels in heaven sign my name.

[00:52:36]>> Praise the Lord.

[00:52:42]>> Praise the Lord.

[00:52:53]Take your seats for just a moment. It is preaching time. I'm grateful and thankful to have as our guest this morning Dr. Doug Logan Jr. He is the pastor for church planting at the Remnant Church in Richmond, Virginia. He is also the author of several books including the new book the weightiness of preaching that I had the privilege to write the forward for. He is also the president of Grimkey Seminary there in Richmond. You may not know the name Francis Grimy. Francis Grimkkey was a former slave uh who fled his slavery, was helped by family to get to school, went to Princeton University when it was one of the bastions of biblical truth, was trained for ministry. Uh he pastored for decades in uh Washington DC where he helped start the NAACP.

[00:54:04]This Presbyterian pastor however for a short stint left DC and from 1886 to 1889 pastored what is now the Woodlon Presbyterian Church here in Jacksonville, Florida.

[00:54:21]uh a monumental ministry that many don't know about in black or white circles, but had a faithful ministry. And Doug Logan has named that school in honor of that uh great pioneer and to reflect the spirit of that school. It's just a statement of the kind of man and the kind of heart Doug Logan has. I'm honored that he has sacrificed to be here with us this morning. Let's pray with him and for him as he brings the word. Let's welcome Dr. Doug Logan.

[00:55:02]Good morning and good morning. I praise God for Bishop Charles and so honored to meet his mother. I am honored to be here. is a joy. And um man, I just want to dive into this word.

[00:55:16]Insist on insist on saying us up. I just thought we should take three offerings and leave.

[00:55:23]But I guess I still got to preach. Amen.

[00:55:26]Father in heaven, thank you. Bless us.

[00:55:28]Keep us. Guide us even now for your glory by your grace. um move us away from the distractions from last week and the things we have to do next week and all that distractions we had even this morning. Sanctify this space that we might um be confronted by your word that um um if there's someone here that doesn't know you that you would shake them loose from the shackles of sin. Smack them around, God, with your word that um we won't leave here without asking the question, "What must I do to be saved?"

[00:56:08]to move me mightily in this text. Hide me way behind the cross that your word might come forth with might and clarity in Jesus name. Amen.

[00:56:19]Amen. Um I just wanted to jump in and preach from in light of our 151st anniversary. We've come this far by faith.

[00:56:31]We've come this far by faith. I'll read a little bit from Lamentations for you.

[00:56:36]Um I'm reading from the CSB. I pastored in Camden, New Jersey, so I call the CSB the Camden Street Bible.

[00:56:45]I'll read verse 19, 18- 24.

[00:56:52]Stand with me as we read God's word.

[00:56:54]Amen. Amen.

[00:57:02]Then I thought, my future is lost, as well as my hope from the Lord. Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison. I continually remember them, and I have become depressed. Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope. Because of the Lord's faithful love, we do not perish.

[00:57:27]For his mercies never end. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. I say the Lord is my portion. Therefore, I will put my hope in him. This is God's word.

[00:57:43]>> Amen.

[00:57:43]>> Amen.

[00:57:46]What is lamentations? It's a lament.

[00:57:50]Lament. What is a lament? AND A MAN IS CRYING out in pain and anguish and desperation and distress. It's about sorrow and grief and and mourning and oftentimes remorse. It's a real raw emotion. It's an raw emotional response.

[00:58:07]It's not fake and nor is it forced. See, lament comes when we reach to the end of ourselves after everything else has failed. for God's people. Here in this text, the pain led us to offer on led them to to offer honest trustfilled prayers to God, seeking hope, help, and healing in hopeless times. see the central theme or the central message of the book of lamentations here um it's the firsthand account and response to the aftermath of an 18mon siege of Jerusalem in 586 BC by the Babylonians under king Nebi Nebuchad Nebuchadnezzar see the exile was devastated Jerusalem was in ruins the temple of God was burned to the ground. God's people were dragged away in chains. It felt like the end of everything.

[00:59:11]The covenant warnings came true. God told them, "Keep playing with me and I'mma deal with you."

[00:59:17]>> Ongoing idolatry and injustice led to exile and the loss of the land they lost and the king and the temple. Yet still, even in the darkest times, >> the book does not give in to despair.

[00:59:34]>> But listen, church, it's not the end here. What looked like total destruction was actually divine preparation. The darkest chapter was the setup for the Savior. Yes, >> church. If God can turn exile into a highway for the Messiah, he can turn your lowest valley into something greater. So hold on. The same God is still writing our story.

[01:00:00]>> So but BUT THERE'S A FALLEN REALITY TO THIS. SEE, THE TEXT confronts the self-reliant, memory losing condition that most Christians have, me included.

[01:00:12]This text lifts our eyes to the sovereign, never ceasing grace of God IN CHRIST. MANY PULLPITS TODAY HAVE COMPROMISED the gospel, giving into cultural pressures AND FEARING BEING CANCELLED. Last I checked, ON THIS ROCK I'LL BUILD MY CHURCH, AND THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT CANCEL ME.

[01:00:35]THERE IS ALSO A RISE OF OF SYNRATISM.

[01:00:38]THEY blend in bootleg false religions and trying to spin it >> with God.

[01:00:45]>> We need a complete reorientation of people, pastors, and preaching.

[01:00:51]>> The church must be rooted again in a Christc centered, gospel-rich, biblically grounded, and theologically strong ministry. All rooted for one purpose, lifting Christ to the raptures.

[01:01:04]And that's it. Yes.

[01:01:06]>> So the big idea here is in the city and the culture where many churches don't survive, Shiloh stands today because of God's sovereign covenant mercy in Christ.

[01:01:18]>> I believe we have come this far because um of the faith we have in Jesus, the eternal and faithful one who keeps us. I could have named it, we've come this far by God's faithfulness.

[01:01:31]Amen. But so his death on the cross and his resurrection and his promise is with us even now.

[01:01:39]So when I HEAR THAT SONG SOMETIMES I USED TO THINK IT WAS MY FAITH THAT did it. Amen. I have faith in Christ. But it was Christ who got us here. My simple journey today is the source of our hope, the sustenance of our hope and the sufficiency of our hope. First idea, the source of our hope.

[01:01:59]I want you to feel the weight as we begin today. So I want you to imagine the scene. Come with me to Jerusalem in your sanctified imagination. Jerusalem is IN RUINS. BODIES LIE in the street.

[01:02:13]Food supply is cut off. Mothers are eating their children just to survive.

[01:02:18]Chapter 2 says the king is blinded and bound up in chain. Everything that represented God's presence, GOD'S PROMISE, AND GOD'S protection has been destroyed. Chapters one and two are a raw lament. And then chapter 3 shifts to this first person individual voice representing Jeremiah and the people amid all this despair. So in chap in chapter 3 verse one he refers to himself of a man of affliction under the mighty weight of the rod of God's wrath. The wrath of people the wrath of the people of God resulted from their regular rebellion against against God's way against God's word and against God's worship. lament. Um, so Lamentations 3:2 through17 is a catalog as I walk us up here is a catalog of Jeremiah and the people of God in crisis as they are soaking in their Doug Logan word beatdownness, their bitterness and their brokenness stemming from their sinful rebellion AGAINST GOD. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE QUICK TO SAY IT WAS THE DEVIL. NO, it was us.

[01:03:32]So, Lamentations 3:7, he says he LISTEN TO THE DRAMATIC REALITY. WE DON'T NEED A WHOLE BUNCH OF DRAMA. THE TEXT IS LOADED WITH action and reality and drama. Verse 3:7, he says HE'S WALLED IN. GOD HAS BECOME A BRICKMASON AND A CONTRACTOR AGAINST HIM. AND GOD HAS BUILT A BRICK WALL LIKE A FORTRESS AND GOT HIM LOCKED DOWN SO HE can't run. Lamentations 3:10, HE CALLS GOD AN AMBUSHER, setting him up to run run up on him and take HIM DOWN LIKE A GOSPEL GANGSTER IN AN ALLEY AND TEAR HIM TO PIECES. Lamentations 3:15 and 19. HE LIKENS GOD TO A PITCHER OR A CONTAINER of water where he has poured into him into the prophet bitterness and wormwood. And at the climax of his bitterness, brokenness, and brutality he's facing from God, Lamentations 3:18, listen to his despair. AND I'VE BEEN THERE, and many of you have. My future is lost, as well as my hope from the Lord.

[01:04:37]He's done. He's gone. The man is spiritually, emotionally, and physically exhausted. The people of God have failed. The city of God is destroyed.

[01:04:45]The temple of God is gone. And the judgment of God HAS FALLEN. BUT THEN RIGHT SMACK DEAD IN THE CENTER OF THE BOOK, SOMETHING SHIFTS.

[01:04:54]>> Lamentations 3:21. THIS IS THE TURNING POINT OF THE ENTIRE BOOK.

[01:04:59]>> This is where the deep despair meets divine faithfulness and hope is birthed from the pain of this predicament.

[01:05:07]LISTEN WHAT 3:21 SAYS. YET I called this to mind and therefore I HAVE HOPE.

[01:05:14]>> THE PROPHET SAW SOME HOPE AS HE RECALLED GOD'S PROMISES. I BELIEVE THE PROMISE OF RESURRECTION, RESTORATION, REDEMPTION, that would all come through his Messiah, the son of man, the very son of God, Jesus, who we know. Yet, I call to mind, let me park there for a second. It's this word in the Hebrew, it's deliberate. It implies an active, deliberate choice to redirect one's focus. It's not this passive memory.

[01:05:42]Some render it I recall or turn back to that leads THIS TURNING BACK that leads to a renewed trust.

[01:05:52]See mind when it says I call to mind IT SEE THAT'S THE core of oneself not like we think just in our head it's deep within the heart and soul of a person. He the Doug Logan TRANSLATION I CAUSE MYSELF TO hope or I will wait with expectation. It conveys a confident anticipation. This ain't no wishful thinking. The prophet IS GRABBING HOLD TO HIS OWN HEART and dragging it back to the truth. EVEN WHILE HIS CIRCUMSTANCES are screaming that God abandoned him, HE HAD BEEN HONEST IN HIS DOUBT AND hopelessness and his sense of abandonment by God. HE IS NOT DENYING THE HORROR.

[01:06:34]He's refusing to let the horror have his final word, the call to mind, the prophet's recollection. I I imagine he he he thought back in Hebrew school, he remembered that 400 years of bondage in Egypt and God brought him out. FOR 40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, GOD BROUGHT HIM OUT.

[01:06:54]>> All the judges WHEN THE WHOLE PLACE WENT CRAZY. WE HAD TO GET SAMSON AND THEM, HE brought him out. HE I REMEMBER THE KINGS THEY ALL WENT WAYWARD WORSHIPING THE THE THE UM THE TOTEM POLES AND ALL TYPE OF PROSTITUTION DRUG. HE BROUGHT THEM OUT.

[01:07:08]THE PROPHETS SOME WHO WENT WAYWARD HE BROUGHT THEM OUT EVEN AFTER THAT. I BET HE REMEMBERED THE ABRAHAMIC PROMISE, the Davidic promise and he remembers THE EXILE AND SAYS EVEN THROUGH ALL THAT HE BROUGHT THEM OUT. YEAH.

[01:07:22]>> And because he calls these things to mind, because he forces his heart back to the settled promises of the covenant keeping God, hope rises again.

[01:07:35]Sometimes the only strength you have left is strength to remember. You don't always see the way forward. Sometimes you got to just look back. THAT'S WHAT THE PROPHET DOES. THAT'S WHAT A BLACK FUNERAL IS. We just looking back. We know the Joker was raggedy, but we had some FUN WITH THEM AND GOD DID SOME STUFF.

[01:07:56]He looks back at the promises of God and finds hope for the future. So today, we do exactly what Jeremiah did. Wherever you are in your brokenness and in your struggle, call to mind the faithfulness of God. Yeah.

[01:08:10]>> Yeah.

[01:08:11]>> Shiloh, we call to mind the cross and the resurrection of Jesus, THE CONQUERING DEATH OF THE DEVIL, the removing death from all those who trust in him. And remember, the cross speaks louder than your crisis.

[01:08:25]>> It speaks clarity in your chaos and it speaks sovereignty over your temporary situation. Because in Christ, your present predicament is not your permanent position.

[01:08:39]in Christ. Your permanent your present predicament is not your permanent position. Eyes have not seen, >> ears have not heard all that God is up to.

[01:08:53]>> I can tell YOU THIS. SO, BACK IN 1996, um I was a unsaved Christian. Amen somebody. And was dating this atheist.

[01:09:02]Amen somebody. and and and and the Lord radically saved me. One night I ran out in the street trying to, you know, I thought the Lord had done something and he did.

[01:09:16]Amen, somebody.

[01:09:18]And so we I proposed, we went to the to the Justice of the Peace, got married the next day.

[01:09:26]So I was saved and married about 24 28 hours. Amen, somebody.

[01:09:33]almost broke in the jewelry store to steal a ring real quick.

[01:09:38]Next thing you know, we married. So, we about to have this reception. So, I'm supposed to get a suit. I done I'm at the wide playing basketball just lying done broke my ankle. So, when I broke my ankle, I'm had to call my fiance, my wife now, fake fiance cuz we already the reception, the wedding was at the just the piece. The reception was later.

[01:10:00]He put the wrong cast on my ankle, pastor, but it was feeling better because I had it on for three days. SO, I GO BACK into the doctor and he distracts me with THIS OLD CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW HOW THESE old doctors do. And then, you know what this joker does? He says, he says, "Doug, what do you think about that picture?"

[01:10:19]And I looked over at it. HE SNAPPED MY LEG.

[01:10:24]I screamed in tongues. Amen, somebody. IN TONGUES I CAN'T SAY HERE.

[01:10:35]This is what he said.

[01:10:38]I know it was feeling better, but it was healing wrong.

[01:10:45]>> I had to YOU HAD TO SUFFER THIS TEMPORARY pain >> so you could have a long-term healing.

[01:10:51]>> See, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS PASSAGE. SOMETIMES GOD HAS TO SNAP US THAT WE MIGHT BE PAINFUL IN 2026 BECAUSE HE KNOWS IN 20 82 YOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN NEED A TESTIMONY THAT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL EVEN IN THE PAIN.

[01:11:11]>> SECOND IDEA, THE SUSTENANCE OF OUR HOPE.

[01:11:14]LAMENTATIONS 3:22 and 23, because of the Lord's faithful love, we do not perish.

[01:11:20]So we saw in 21 the prophet sitting in the ashes of the destroyed city. He calls to mind. Now watch what happens.

[01:11:27]He dragged his heart back. He remembers the hope.

[01:11:36]He sits on the reality of this hope. And then he says because the Lord's faithful love we do not perish. His mercies never end. They are new each morning. See, this is the sustenance of our hope.

[01:11:50]>> This ain't no fragile optimism.

[01:11:53]>> This ain't no man, we might make it.

[01:11:56]THIS IS ROCK SOLID COVENANTAL CONFIDENCE THAT GOD HIMSELF GETS US TO THE END. THE PROPHET HAS REMEMBERED THE LONG TRACK RECORD OF GOD'S PROMISES through Egypt, through the wilderness, through the judges, and all those promises become the anchor in the storm. He's saying even in calamity we have not been consumed. Why? Because of the Lord's faithfulness or his the word there in the Hebrew is hessid. God's promise is the sustenance of the church's hope. By this I mean the church's spiritual nourishment. The sustenance I'm speaking of what upholds the soul, the faith or hope in the midst of trials, troubles, and tribulations. This is Christ himself for the believer. His word, his promise, his character is the church's sustaining power. He says in verse 21, "Therefore, I HAVE HOPE BECAUSE of the Lord's faithful love." Some translations use steadfast love. Some use loving kindness or mercies. But God's faithful love over years through all THEIR FAILURE AND FOOLISHNESS. GOD HAS BEEN FAITHFUL TO his word and therefore faithful to his people.

[01:13:06]But look at this word faithful love.

[01:13:07]hess it that fierce loyal covenant love of God. It's not sentimentality.

[01:13:14]It's not weak. It's a stubborn, pursuing, unbreakable love of God who refuses to let go of his people even when they have run from him.

[01:13:26]And then he says, and it says, I love that because it says his um because of the Lord's faithful love, we do not perish for his mercies never end. This word mercies, tender mercies, it comes from the word womb.

[01:13:44]>> It's a motherlike compassion.

[01:13:47]Don't hear soft. It's gut level affection. It's the kind of mercy that comes that moves God to act gently towards his broken children. You know what it's like? It's like that grandma who holds you after you done broke your leg. The pain ain't gone, but somehow it feels better.

[01:14:07]because of his hessid his steadfast love and because of his mercies the people do not perish perish carries the idea of a completed action see on the block we say it's a done deal in the context God's people not being extinguished from the earth and eternity would have already BEEN A DONE DEAL BECAUSE OF THE SIN BECAUSE OF REBELLION BECAUSE OF ALL THESE CHAPTERS OF PROMISES AND BROKEN promises of God's people lying and slaughter FALSE WORSHIP FALSE IDOLATRY TURNING THEIR BACK ON GOD. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXTINGUISHED LIKE ROACHES, >> but we didn't perish because of his mercies. Let that sink in. Not because we are strong, who we ain't. Not because we GOT SUCH A GREAT PASTOR, AND we do, but because of the Lord's faithful love. Share grace. GRACE FROM START TO FINISH. SIMPLY PLAIN, JOHN 3:16 SAYS, "FOR BY GOD, FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, IN THIS WAY HE gave his own his one and only son so that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life will not perish." HEAR THAT BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED. Ephesians tells us NO ONE UNDER THE FATHER, NO UH NO NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH CHRIST. JOHN TELLS US, "We serve a resurrecting God, the one who raises dead things to make them living things.

[01:15:27]And there is no other NAME UNDER HEAVEN WHEREBY men must be saved." That's the God who keeps us from perishing, though we deserve it. NOW, BUT WATCH the mercies operate in real time. The prophet says, "They are new every morning." I like that. THIS IS NOT SOME RECYCLED MERCY. THIS IS NOT yesterday's leftover of mercies warmed up. THIS IS FRESH, BRAND NEW, STRAIGHT OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR. MERCIES, MORNING DEW MERCIES, FRESH.

[01:15:56]>> THIS IS ORGANIC. THIS AIN'T THAT FROZEN MERCIES.

[01:16:00]>> THIS FRESH OFF THE VINE MERCIES. It echoes THE MANA IN THE WILDERNESS. EVERY SINGLE SUNRISE, GOD SENT FRESH PANERA BREAD FROM HEAVEN.

[01:16:10]>> HE DIDN'T SAY, "HERE'S ENOUGH FOR THE WEEK. YOU NEED TO RATION IT." And then gave them A REFRIGERATOR. NO, HE GAVE THEM WHAT they needed for that DAY AND THEN HE DID IT AGAIN THE NEXT day and then he DID IT AGAIN THE NEXT DAY AND THEN THE next morning he DID IT AGAIN.

[01:16:25]HIS MERCIES ARE NEW.

[01:16:27]>> So even in the smoking city dead folk he's still declaring mercies >> and yet Jeremiah wakes up his mercy showed up again.

[01:16:41]That's what he says after all the cleans. His mercies here again. Just keep checking. They there again because they never end.

[01:16:51]God is faithful.

[01:16:54]And then he makes a declaration. I I just imagine this is a praise break for Jeremiah. He step backs up off looking at the broken city and he does a little dance AND HE SAYS, "GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS >> in ruin." HE SAYS, "GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS. I'M A PASTOR 30 YEARS. I STOOD AT THE DEATHBED AND SAID, "GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS." I PASTORED IN THE HOOD OF HOODS AT FUNERALS AND MURDERS AND I STILL CAN DECLARE THAT GREAT IS GOD'S FAITHFULNESS.

[01:17:24]>> THIS HEBREW word here, it comes from the same root as amen. It means firmness, reliability, and trustworthiness.

[01:17:32]IT'S NOT JUST GOD HAS FAITHFULNESS. NAH, GOD IS FAITHFULNESS. HE IS THE EMBODIMENT OF FAITHFULNESS. IF YOU TURN ON THE FAITHFUL FAUCET, GOD COMES OUT.

[01:17:44]>> He does not change. HE DOES NOT BREAK HIS PROMISES. HE'S NOT A DEADBEAT DAD.

[01:17:48]HE DOESN'T NEED A SUMMON to take care of his children. He does not abandon HIS PEOPLE EVEN WHEN they abandon him.

[01:17:54]JEREMIAH LOOKS UP AND MAKES A DECLARATION THAT IS NOT ROOT THAT IS NOT ROOTED IN THE CHAOTIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DAY, BUT ROOTED in the unchanging character of God.

[01:18:07]So, Shiloh, this is our testimony for Jacksonville, too. Many of us feel many lamentation moments going on right now in Duvall. Financial pressure, family fracture, pressure, young people caught in violence, drugs, gangs, sex, homosexuality.

[01:18:27]Churches are closing down like restaurants during COVID.

[01:18:31]>> Pastors failing, LYING, PIMPING, FALSE DOCTRINE. THEY WANT BRANDING OVER BIBLE.

[01:18:38]>> THEY SELF-PROMOTE MORE THAN THEY CHRIST PUSH.

[01:18:44]>> They preaching like they want A RECORD DEAL. WELL, GO BE A rapper >> and LEAD A PULL PIT TO THE GROWN FOLK.

[01:18:52]>> BUT HEAR ME, SUCCESS NUMBERS, THOSE THINGS ARE ALWAYS SHAKY.

[01:18:57]YOUR HOPE rest in the imuna of God. THAT HOPE, HIS ROCK SOLID, HIS FAITHFULNESS OF THE FAITHFUL GOD. He will sustain us. HE WILL PROVIDE all we need. He will KEEP US. HE ALONE has the grace and the mercy TO DO IT.

[01:19:17]NOBODY ELSE. GRANDMA TOLD ME HE'S GOD ALL BY HIMSELF. THAT'S GOOD REFORMED THEOLOGY.

[01:19:31]We are all prone to forget yesterday's mercies and wake up in anxiety and cynicism.

[01:19:39]You know what we wind up doing like me?

[01:19:42]We get out our spiritual blender and we make our own energy drink of frustration mixed with reckless social media post.

[01:19:53]isolation and insulation and radical individualism.

[01:19:58]We put that all in the blender and we mix it. This energy drink is poison.

[01:20:04]It will kill your testimony, your ministry, and your family. Stop processing on social media when you got a God, a pastor, and sisters and brothers in the church. Mark Zuckerberg ain't no bishop.

[01:20:17]I'm sick OF FACEBOOK CHURCH. AIN'T NONE OF THEM ORDAINED.

[01:20:22]ordained because they got an email.

[01:20:24]>> I got a church cuz I got an email. AIN'T GOT IN YOUR MAMA'S BASEMENT IN PAJAMAS.

[01:20:31]>> Talking about you A PASTOR. NO, YOU NEED TO GROW UP AND come on and get with the body.

[01:20:36]>> We need to be together.

[01:20:38]>> We need TO WORSHIP TOGETHER. WE NEED TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE TOGETHER.

[01:20:43]>> This radical individual is killing THE CHURCH. GOT GOT PREACHERS THAT THE EVEN THE NAME OF THE THE THE CHURCH GOT THEIR BRAND ON IT.

[01:20:52]I'M ABOUT THAT BIBLE.

[01:20:54]>> WE MUST WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD.

[01:20:56]HENDRICKX KNOWS WE WAS THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK.

[01:20:59]>> We the people of the book, y'all.

[01:21:02]>> So, we must take the multivitam vitamin pill of grace daily.

[01:21:07]>> Throw out that smoothie frustration drink.

[01:21:12]It'll just give you spiritual gas.

[01:21:18]take that multivitamin pill of grace daily and regularly look to God for renewal.

[01:21:25]But if Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church has made it 151 years, let's be clear, it's not cuz we were so strong, it's because God is so faithful to sustain us and make us strong.

[01:21:39]He keeps us.

[01:21:44]Let me let me let me pastorally sidestep right here before I go to my third and get us out of here.

[01:21:49]But even if we didn't make it, but even if we didn't make it, like some churches didn't, God did not promise Shiloh to be open for 151 years.

[01:22:06]>> He promised to be faithful to send a savior. AND HE HAS. LOOK AT YOU FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST. DON'T DESERVE IT.

[01:22:14]LOOK AT YOU. HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED TO WOMEN YOU COULD HAVE NEVER GOT WITHOUT JESUS.

[01:22:19]LOOK AT HER SAVED, SANCTIFIED. USED TO BE IN THE STREET ON DIFFERENT TYPE OF DRUGS. USED TO BE HUNG OVER SMELLING LIKE CIGARETTES FROM THE CLUB RIGHT NOW.

[01:22:27]BUT LOOK WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED. HE'S BEEN KNOWN TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE RAGGEDIEST OF THE RAGGEDY. HE'S BEEN KNOWN TO REACH INTO THE CLUB AND PULL A JOKER OUT THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW JESUS. HE AIN'T FAITHFUL FOR NO 151 YEARS JUST FOR A BUILDING. BUT HE'S FAITHFUL TO THE NASTIEST, THE SLIMIEST ME TO SEND A SAVIOR AND TO SAVE SOMEONE OFF THE STREET LIKE ME. GREAT IS HIS FAITHFULNESS.

[01:22:55]>> He's faithful.

[01:22:57]He's worthy. He's faithful.

[01:23:03]My last and forgive me for being so hype. I've been sick for two weeks. I ain't seen other humans.

[01:23:12]I've memorized law and order every episode. I could I could be an extra.

[01:23:22]I know the lines. I know the lines.

[01:23:25]My last idea. So, he's our sustenance.

[01:23:32]He's our source.

[01:23:34]And lastly, he is our sufficiency. And I know you're saying sustenance, sufficiency, it's a little different. I did them intentionally. Sustenance is the nurturing protein, Holy Ghost protein that keeps us going.

[01:23:51]Sufficiency is he's enough.

[01:23:57]>> You don't need no supplement.

[01:24:01]Yeah. You don't need no supplement.

[01:24:04]See, in the midst of total loss, temple gone, city burned, people exiled, notice the prophet declares, "The Lord is my portion."

[01:24:14]In verse 24, therefore, I will put my hope.

[01:24:18]But let me spin us back to to Numbers 18 verse 20. The Lord told Aaron, "You will not have an inheritance in their land. There will be no portion among them for you. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites. This was the priestly tribe. They didn't get the land. They got God. So in verse 24, Jeremiah echoes this from the Torah. He says, "The Lord is my portion." In his total disaster, he said, "The Lord is enough."

[01:24:57]In the time of this passage when they was dividing up the land, the priests just didn't get no property.

[01:25:07]They became the property as the Lord was their portion. No farms, no houses, no physical or fiscal inheritance. This wasn't a disinheritance. This wasn't them being written out of the will by God. No, it was a divine upgrade, a radical redefinition of security, identity, provision, all in the sufficiency of Christ. God told them, "I am your portion. Everything you need. I myself will be him." The young joker say, "I'm him." Well, Jesus said it first. I'm him.

[01:25:44]Here in the rooms, seemingly nothing was left.

[01:25:49]family gone, future seemingly wiped out.

[01:25:51]Yet he says, "God is still my share.

[01:25:55]He's enough because he's enough."

[01:26:00]dot dot dot. Therefore, based on all that I just said, I will place my hope in him. Let me add that alone. Christ alone.

[01:26:15]Hope. This echoes back to Lamentations 3:21. Again, it doesn't mean I wish things get better or maybe it'll work out. It's an expectation with confidence. It's active waiting, not passive giving up. It's tied to God's character. So, it has those deep eternal roots. And this is chrisological thread here. the hope, this escatological end time hope here. And Christ is coming in the flesh, fulfilling all the prophecies and saving all those who trust in him.

[01:26:47]So trust him today. His grace is enough.

[01:26:50]It is sufficient. No supplement, straight, no chaser. He is good enough.

[01:26:55]You don't need no ice. Just drink him regular right off the tap.

[01:26:59]>> He's good.

[01:27:00]>> So hear me. In the seemingly hopelessness of our day, in our life, in our world, where everything takes and takes, the gospel provides US WITH A RADICALLY different picture.

[01:27:12]Jesus instead of taking and taking, he just gives and gives. He gave up his portion, the throne, security, and power. He we told by taking on weakness of the flesh. And in his ultimate act of love on the cross, he says, "You are my crown and joy, my crown, my portion. All I have is yours. I am yours and you are mine." The text says, "I am my beloved and my beloved is mine." And Christ is the fairest among 10,000.

[01:27:42]Jesus became poor so that we could become rich in him. So on the cross, Jesus lost everything.

[01:27:49]his reputation, HIS FRIENDS, FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER, so that ruined people like us could say, "The Lord is my portion."

[01:27:58]>> Because Jesus rose from the ruins of the grave on the third day. The believer's hope is not wishful thinking. It's guaranteed. We wait expectantly for the day he makes all things new. And we taste little resurrections now and again, fresh mercy every morning. The therefore is important because God is my portion, my everything.

[01:28:23]I can plant my feet and wait on him with real confidence.

[01:28:32]So I'll close with this.

[01:28:35]Lamentations like every other text points forward to Jesus. Not in a spooky way, in a real way. Jesus is the true mourner over Jerusalem. Jeremiah's tears mirror Jesus weeping over the same city centuries later foreseeing its second destruction AD 70. The suffering man in chapter 3:1 is widely seen as Christ suffering servant who absorbs the divine judgment on our behalf and the ruined temple and the city to destruction. Pete figures how Christ himself becomes the true temple destroyed and raised in three days.

[01:29:17]So I'm grateful for his hessid.

[01:29:21]I'm grateful for his faithfulness. We are all products of that faithfulness.

[01:29:27]And the ultimate picture I need you to see. It wasn't Jeremiah is not the hero of this text. Jesus is.

[01:29:35]He came through 40 and two generations of messy, broken people. Great is your faithfulness. He lived a perfect sinful life under constant threat, betrayal, and demonic attack. Great is his faithfulness. He walked the via delar roa, was stretched out, nailed, stabbed, mocked, and crushed under the wrath of God for our sins. Great is his faithfulness. But early one Sunday morning, he got up with all power in his hands. Great is his faithfulness. And one day soon, he's coming back to snatch US OUT OF THIS LOW land of sorrows.

[01:30:08]Great is his faithfulness. And when we've been there 10,000 years by signing AT THE SUN, WE'VE NO LESS DAYS TO SING God's praise than when we first begun.

[01:30:18]Great is his faithfulness.

[01:30:21]>> So just like that old preacher wrote that song, mighty one of my mother's favorite songs who passed away in ' 83.

[01:30:30]We've come this far by faith, leaning on the Lord. the my deaconess would pop up in the second row. Her hat would fall off, wig move a little bit, leaning on the Lord, trusting in his holy word. The baritone deacons would come in right there. The diabetes deacons would pop up right there. He's never failed us yet. And then they would do the o all day.

[01:30:56]Can't turn around. Shiloh, we've come this far by God's faithfulness. Let's pray. Father, thank you for your word, for your grace, and your mercy. And thank you for your faithfulness. If there's someone here that doesn't know you, shake them loose from sin. Throw them in with us.

[01:31:14]>> Might they come be a part of this church and Lord, might they help us get this baptismal pool dirty soon that we can dunk them, disciple them, and be devoted to their growth in Christ in Christ's name. Amen.

[01:31:32]Praise the Lord. Would you stand with me? If you need to trust Christ, you need a church home. You can make your way forward or the brothers will be here. Josh, I need lyrics. All glory be to Christ.

[01:31:52]The pastors will be up front after this service.

[01:31:59]Wait, wait. Pastors will be up after this service.

[01:32:05]Give you an opportunity to have somebody to talk to further about this Jesus.

[01:32:13]I wouldn't leave here today if I was not able to say whatever my circumstances may be, I know where my hope lies.

[01:32:25]And my hope lies in God alone.

[01:32:28]Take a moment and pray about what you've heard.

[01:32:32]I don't want us to rush past this moment. You may be burdened by some challenges and troubles of life.

[01:32:41]As the city is burning down, God is still faithful.

[01:32:46]Yes, he is.

[01:33:14]Let's close singing praise together to God. Should nothing of our ever stand, no legacy service unless the Lord does raise the house in vain is stri.

[01:33:49]Tell me what is your night of misdees and gone. All gloryy be to Christ.

[01:34:07]All gloryy be to Christ our king. All glory be to Christ.

[01:34:19]His rule and reign will ever sing. All glory be to Christ.

[01:34:30]His will be done. His kingom come on earth.

[01:34:42]who is himself our daily bread. Praise him the Lord of love.

[01:34:54]and living waters.

[01:35:00]The thirsty without Christ will take a cup of kindness.

[01:35:11]All glory be to Christ.

[01:35:17]All glory be to Christ.

[01:35:23]His rule and reign will ever sing. All glory be to Christ. Let's look forward when on that day the great I am the faithful.

[01:35:52]The lamb who was for sin or slain is making all things new.

[01:36:04]Behold our God shall live with us and be and we shall end his people.

[01:36:22]All glory be to Christ.

[01:36:27]All glory be to Christ our king. All glory be king.

[01:36:39]His rule and reign will ever sing. All glory be to Christ.

[01:36:51]All glory be to Christ our king. All glory be to Christ.

[01:37:02]His rule and reign will ever sing. All glory be to Christ.

[01:37:13]The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord cause his face to shine on you and be gracious toward you.

[01:37:20]The Lord lift his countenance unto you and grant you his peace. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. And the church said, "Amen." I love you. Have a good week.

[01:38:05]That's right.