Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-chapter verse by-verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

Hope and Jesus, as we pick up in Romans chapter 13, verse 11.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck. We slept and the church was sleeping,

but it's high time that we wake out of our sleep. For now is our salvation near than when we

believed. The night is far spent.

I really cannot see how we can sink much lower.

I really cannot see how we can go on much longer.

How many more years can we exist adding $192 billion to the federal debt?

How much longer can the banks keep holding Brazil and Mexico and these other countries that are unable to pay their debts?

Now is our salvation nearer than when we believe.

The night is far spent, but the day is at hand.

The Bible does face reality, and it does see the darkness of the night,

but thank God the Bible gives us a hope.

After the dark night is over, a new day is going to dawn,

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