How firm a foundation,

Ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

What makes a healthy church?

Is it a large membership?

How about generous giving?

Welcome to Through the Bible.

I'm Steve Schwetz.

And our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon McGee, takes us this time to Revelation 3 versus 16 to 19 for the real answer to that important question.

Before we get started, though, some time ago, Dr. McGee read a letter about a 17-year-old boy.

Let's listen to it now.

It says my eldest grandson was 17 in June.

My youngest son and family live in the San Francisco area, and my grandson came up by bus to visit us, supposedly for a month.

The day the school semester ended, after his listening with me to your broadcast and also to

Dr. Lehman Strauss, my grandson cut short his visit by two weeks to return home and tell his teenage sister and brother what he had learned about Jesus.

Although they attend Sunday school, it was through your program and Dr. Strauss that my grandson has decided to give his life to the Lord.

He is a very handsome young man.

Well, Dr. Strauss and I are not very handsome, but we're delighted to work together

in order that a young man might come to know the Lord Jesus and give his life

for the service because we'll need someone to take our place in this world shortly.

Well, although it's been some years since Dr. McGee received that letter and he's now rejoicing with the Lord, we are so thankful to be able to continue impacting the lives of people young and old and everyone in between with the ministry of Through the Bible.

Here's a couple of recent letters that we've received from our brothers and sisters around the world.

Now, first we got an email. This is from Helen in Madhapradesh, India.

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