As we move toward the end of time and the second coming of our Lord, we need to make sure people understand.

We're not inviting you to be part of a religion.

Jesus didn't come to establish one.

We made it one after he left. But he didn't come to establish a religion. Jesus didn't come to establish one. We made it one after he left.

But he didn't come to establish a religion.

He came to establish relationship between God and man.

It may be the most familiar verse in all the Bible, but it's always worth hearing again.

For God's soul of the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in

him will not perish but have eternal life. Hello and thanks for stopping by for today's

Destin for Victory where we feature the preaching ministry of Pastor Paul Shepard. Well,

when we say God loves everyone, we're saying that he loves everyone, the serial killer,

that rapists, the cynics who don't even believe God exists.

As you'll see today, he loves them all, and he wants to have a relationship with every

single person on earth.

Remember, you can always come see us at pastor paul.net, or you can listen to any of our recent

messages on demand, including today's. That's pastor paul.net where you can listen to any of our recent messages on demand including today's

that's pastor paul dot net now let's listen to pastor paul's destined for victory message he gets us

my original goal was to give a homily today i thought i don don't want to preach. We'll enjoy the kids and we'll just enjoy fellowship with one another. After that, I'll just give a quick little homily. And that was my plan all the way up to this morning. I woke up very, very early. I've been preaching the gospel for a very long time, and I've been in pastoral ministry

for a very long time.

And the Lord has done this off and on across the decades to just tell me that there's

something that I need to say beyond what I thought I was supposed to

say. And so this morning that that happened to me and I was still shaving for church and

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