1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,138 We can get discouraged by an apparent lack of results. 2 00:00:05,138 --> 00:00:08,019 I was just talking to a couple brothers last night. 3 00:00:08,019 --> 00:00:14,605 We're going to go down to New York later today. 4 00:00:14,605 --> 00:00:17,006 And I know there's a group of brethren down there. 5 00:00:17,006 --> 00:00:18,350 They've been going at it. 6 00:00:18,350 --> 00:00:21,061 Trying to plant a church for four years. 7 00:00:21,061 --> 00:00:23,831 Perhaps, there isn't much seen of fruit. 8 00:00:23,831 --> 00:00:25,175 Let me tell you something. 9 00:00:25,175 --> 00:00:26,589 When our church started, 10 00:00:26,589 --> 00:00:28,551 we went 16 months - 11 00:00:28,551 --> 00:00:30,223 no additions to the church. 12 00:00:30,223 --> 00:00:32,708 In fact, we had subtractions from the church. 13 00:00:32,708 --> 00:00:34,772 You know what happened when William Carey 14 00:00:34,772 --> 00:00:36,594 went over to India? 15 00:00:36,594 --> 00:00:38,972 He preached and he preached. 16 00:00:38,972 --> 00:00:41,067 And he set forth the truth. 17 00:00:41,067 --> 00:00:43,249 And he began to acquire languages. 18 00:00:43,249 --> 00:00:49,207 And he set up some indigo (is that the right word?) - 19 00:00:49,207 --> 00:00:53,089 he was trying to produce income 20 00:00:53,089 --> 00:00:55,953 so that the churches back in England 21 00:00:55,953 --> 00:00:57,433 didn't have to support him. 22 00:00:57,433 --> 00:01:00,209 And he sought to be self-supporting. 23 00:01:00,209 --> 00:01:02,152 And he was getting the Gospel out. 24 00:01:02,152 --> 00:01:05,984 And you know it was seven years 25 00:01:05,984 --> 00:01:08,345 before he had one convert. 26 00:01:08,345 --> 00:01:10,134 If you've ever read the biography, 27 00:01:10,134 --> 00:01:12,020 one man. 28 00:01:12,020 --> 00:01:13,359 I've been at that location 29 00:01:13,359 --> 00:01:19,765 there (incomplete thought) in Calcutta. 30 00:01:19,765 --> 00:01:21,776 I've been there at the place on the river 31 00:01:21,776 --> 00:01:25,818 where he baptized that guy. 32 00:01:25,818 --> 00:01:28,004 Seven years. 33 00:01:28,004 --> 00:01:31,437 Seven years. 34 00:01:31,437 --> 00:01:33,507 (incomplete thought) 35 00:01:33,507 --> 00:01:37,639 I preached right in front of that baptismal 36 00:01:37,639 --> 00:01:41,218 where Adoniram Judson was baptized. 37 00:01:41,218 --> 00:01:46,924 I think William Marshman baptized him there. 38 00:01:46,924 --> 00:01:49,911 Adoniram Judson. 39 00:01:49,911 --> 00:01:55,434 Six to seven years of laboring in Burma. 40 00:01:55,434 --> 00:01:57,413 He left Calcutta. 41 00:01:57,413 --> 00:02:00,483 He went over to Burma. 42 00:02:00,483 --> 00:02:06,076 Providential events - he landed there. 43 00:02:06,076 --> 00:02:08,394 Years. 44 00:02:08,394 --> 00:02:09,993 You're in New England. 45 00:02:09,993 --> 00:02:13,560 It can feel like it's burnt over here. 46 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,303 The Gospel was preached. 47 00:02:15,303 --> 00:02:17,252 But you remember this, 48 00:02:17,252 --> 00:02:20,494 there wasn't just a first Great Awakening. 49 00:02:20,494 --> 00:02:23,868 There was a second Great Awakening. 50 00:02:23,868 --> 00:02:26,927 There were revivals in the 1850's. 51 00:02:26,927 --> 00:02:28,558 What am I saying here? 52 00:02:28,558 --> 00:02:30,436 There's a cycle. 53 00:02:30,436 --> 00:02:33,706 Just because the Gospel flourished here once 54 00:02:33,706 --> 00:02:35,260 and now it may not be, 55 00:02:35,260 --> 00:02:38,604 does not mean that it may not again. 56 00:02:38,604 --> 00:02:40,806 And even if it doesn't again, 57 00:02:40,806 --> 00:02:42,388 you can look around the world 58 00:02:42,388 --> 00:02:45,440 and you can find local places where God moves. 59 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,323 And you remember this, 60 00:02:47,323 --> 00:02:50,002 that when they walked in there to Samaria, 61 00:02:50,002 --> 00:02:52,687 and all those Samaritans were coming out, 62 00:02:52,687 --> 00:02:54,407 Jesus turned to His disciples 63 00:02:54,407 --> 00:02:58,440 and said, "Look, you're reaping a harvest 64 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,699 right here where others labored." 65 00:03:00,699 --> 00:03:02,873 It may be that in our day, we labor. 66 00:03:02,873 --> 00:03:06,335 It may be in our day, we lay out the Gospel seed. 67 00:03:06,335 --> 00:03:08,541 And it may be that in our lifetime, 68 00:03:08,541 --> 00:03:11,188 we don't see it bring forth a harvest. 69 00:03:11,188 --> 00:03:13,643 But it may in the next generation. 70 00:03:13,643 --> 00:03:15,353 We may take part. 71 00:03:15,353 --> 00:03:16,765 There are those that sow. 72 00:03:16,765 --> 00:03:18,122 There are those that reap. 73 00:03:18,122 --> 00:03:19,506 Look, it's a big picture. 74 00:03:19,506 --> 00:03:22,738 It's a big package. 75 00:03:22,738 --> 00:03:24,595 But I can tell you this, 76 00:03:24,595 --> 00:03:28,140 that after 16 months, 77 00:03:28,140 --> 00:03:30,316 we began to see people added. 78 00:03:30,316 --> 00:03:32,576 And we began to see people converted. 79 00:03:32,576 --> 00:03:34,511 In fact, when Charles Leiter came down, 80 00:03:34,511 --> 00:03:36,561 I remember him saying 81 00:03:36,561 --> 00:03:38,482 speaking to people in our church, 82 00:03:38,482 --> 00:03:40,544 he said most of the people had been saved 83 00:03:40,544 --> 00:03:43,017 in the last three years. 84 00:03:43,017 --> 00:03:44,819 The Lord began bringing us a bunch. 85 00:03:44,819 --> 00:03:46,663 I'm not saying it was all necessarily 86 00:03:46,663 --> 00:03:49,210 an outworking of our evangelism. 87 00:03:49,210 --> 00:03:50,850 It was just that God was saving. 88 00:03:50,850 --> 00:03:53,548 I'll tell you quite honestly, 89 00:03:53,548 --> 00:03:55,511 Paul Washer's shocking youth message 90 00:03:55,511 --> 00:03:57,100 seemed to save so many people 91 00:03:57,100 --> 00:04:00,112 across this United States of ours 92 00:04:00,112 --> 00:04:01,426 and around the world, 93 00:04:01,426 --> 00:04:05,327 that churches were springing up in different places 94 00:04:05,327 --> 00:04:10,929 and continue to through the Internet ministry. 95 00:04:10,929 --> 00:04:13,002 And you can say, "I'm not a Paul Washer." 96 00:04:13,002 --> 00:04:16,020 Well, no, neither am I, but that's okay. 97 00:04:16,020 --> 00:04:19,049 Neither was the demoniac. 98 00:04:19,049 --> 00:04:21,938 Well, I don't know. Maybe he was. 99 00:04:21,938 --> 00:04:30,738 But brethren, I know this. 100 00:04:30,738 --> 00:04:36,221 Jesus said I've got these sheep here, 101 00:04:36,221 --> 00:04:39,091 but I've got other sheep. 102 00:04:39,091 --> 00:04:41,997 And I need to bring them too. 103 00:04:41,997 --> 00:04:43,385 And you can be sure of this, 104 00:04:43,385 --> 00:04:45,758 God has an elect people. They're going to get saved. 105 00:04:45,758 --> 00:04:47,175 And I'll tell you how they get saved. 106 00:04:47,175 --> 00:04:51,518 They get saved through the preaching of the Gospel. 107 00:04:51,518 --> 00:04:53,864 Jesus said He's bringing them in. 108 00:04:53,864 --> 00:04:57,332 He's going to gather them.