How firm of foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

A large number of people will be saved during the Great Tribulation.

But how?

And how will God protect them?

Well, that's what Dr. J. Vernon McGee explores in this study on Through the Bible.

I'm Steve Schwetz, inviting you to grab your Bible and turn to Revelation Chapter 7.

And while you do, Greg and I have some stories to share from our home groups.

Steve, I think this is one of the most impactful parts of our ministry, and God has done this.

He's raised up these home group leaders.

We now have tens of thousands of these around the world.

It's incredible.

And yet the impact stories, the evangelistic impact, the depth of discipleship, homes being put back together,

marriages, it's amazing. And we're going to read some great testimonies. I do want to just

comment in a way that hopefully will help people understand when we refer to an overseer.

When you have thousands of groups, you need basically a kind of a pyramid structure

for accountability, for making sure that people are following the curriculum. And so we'll have

one person who oversees 100 groups, and each of those overseers, as it were, has 10 volunteers

that oversee 10 groups. Yeah. So kind of like a centurion. Yeah, absolutely. That's one way to thinking of it. It's biblically, actually. So let's start with this first one. Yeah, this is a testimony from a home group supervisor in the language of Sodry. And that language, if you've never heard of it, don't worry. You're not alone. I had neither.

It's 5.1 million speakers, so not an inconsequential number of souls in Chadascar, India.

And here's the letter. Recently, I witnessed how the gentle touch of love can lead to deep transformation.

One of the group leaders, under my care, Ben Gould, had been neglecting his

responsibility of leading the Bible study sessions. Despite my gentle reminders and loving

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