The work of the Holy Spirit, beloved, to save a soul is beyond human comprehension, I want to repeat that, the work of the Holy Spirit to save a soul is beyond our human comprehension, but brother, sister, you put up the sails, you put the sails up and go where the wind bloweth, no, let me rephrase this, you put the sails up and watch how the wind bloweth, how God will honor you, that you of all the multitudes of Christians are attempting something, young lady, though no one is there to shout hallelujah and praise you, but God waits for you to open your eyes, farmer, who will never be ordained, it's too late to go through theological seminar, but it burns in your heart, God waits for you, young lady, to open your eyes, to put the sails up and watch, watch how the wind blows, how God will honor your efforts, I was in New Zealand, I was in New Zealand at the beginning of this year, we, Jenny and I have felt that we could not go to between 80 and 90 percent of every country that ever asked us to come and preach, we'll never go there, I wouldn't have a family, I wouldn't have a wife, I would have killed her leaving her there all the time, I wouldn't have a life, I would have been burnt out, if I wanted to be a globetrotter, no, we came to America and we felt it was God, so we continued to come back, as we saw these doors of the conservative pulpits, thank God, never a liberal church, the closest I boarded on one liberal church, thank God, they never asked me back, not after what I said, but this old man, this man in New Zealand, and he's gonna hear this, so I better be careful, he on the phone said you need to pray about it, when I said I don't think so, sir, it just doesn't work for me, he said no, you have to pray, I phoned again and I believe God will have changed your mind, sir, okay, so you don't just put the phone down as a good man and he began to say New Zealand is so different from the rest of the world, it's so hardened against the gospel, he said there's such anger shown and resentment, if you confront a soul in the street or if you confront people with the gospel and truth, it's a country that somehow has closed its heart as a nation generally to the gospel of Christ, the true gospel, apart from one or two mega churches that entertain the crowds, of course they get the unsaved, of course they will, give them what they want, they'll go to the nightclubs, they'll come to you, but the churches generally who preach the gospel across the entire land, if you get a hundred people, brother, that's revival, 50 is an amazing in its town, across New Zealand, and the only convention we know of, he said, that is in this entire land on the islands of New Zealand, that is conservative, uncompromising, unapologetic of the standard of God, drawing from every one of the churches where there's conservatism, is the convention we are asking you to come to preach to, please brother, don't you say no to me, so we went, I went, Jenny's coming with me at the end of the year now, at the beginning of next year, now this man has a beard, and you don't know where it comes from, where it's ending, I'm rather the beard, some there's no moustache, and there's a moustache, some there's shroom, and some there's, I don't know, but anyway, it's modest, I think, I'm not too sure how to relate to that, but anyway, beards, we did not go there, I heard a man saying, it makes a man look like a woman, shaving, effeminate, anyway, who was he saying it to, well there was one man there that really, even Darwin had something to grab, no, this man really was big, and hairy, I suppose, but shaving, and this man said, you telling me I look effeminate, maybe not you, anyway he lost his argument having that man close by, so thank you, but this man has his beard, oh, and he's very bold for God, and I was a bit stunned when I saw him, but oh what a godly man he is, and what a godly family he has, what a godly wife, and children, and he has been a preacher for many, many years, but they grew so disillusioned, so discouraged, because they just, no one wants the gospel, such hardness, such animosity, they're ostracized by generally everyone when the truth, an uncompromising presentation of the truth is presented, and then he one day read in the newspaper that the government of New Zealand was crying out for the farmers, because it is a farming community that sends its produce, basically ninety -something percent of the land's economy is farming, the rest is tourism, but the government said the tourists are there, there's so many tourists, and we want to try and accommodate it, to build up tourism, so we're asking all the farmers who can do this, to invite the tourists, the backpackers, to their homes, let them work for a few hours, even if it's two hours, to give them accommodation, so they can go up the mountains, the most beautiful mountains, Taranaki mountains, way, some, but somehow let's try and give them accommodation to encourage, so he said, my wife and I thought, well, let's do this, so we built a few rooms, we sold everything up, went and got this little farmstead outside the town, we built extra rooms on, we renovated things, and we advertised that we were available, so phone calls come, and we couldn't believe how many people wanted accommodation, but we said this, you're welcome, you can labour on the lands, no other cost needed for you to stay here, but you stay for an hour, hour and a half a day with us, and you go out and you climb mountains, and you see the unique beauty of New Zealand, that is like another planet, the vegetation alone, it is just too beautiful, but he said, there's one condition, that you can stay in our home, the meal in the night, we read the Bible, and we require everyone that comes into our home, at the end of that meal, to sit right through our Bible reading, is that okay by you, and then we pray as a family, so he said, we couldn't believe how many came, but what astonished us, the majority were Jews, the majority of the Jews were Orthodox Jews, they actually travelled, they loved it, especially the young ones, they travel, see what they can, and New Zealand was somehow attracting tourists, in their multitudes, not necessarily the wealthiest tourists in the world, who like to go to London, of course, and Paris, but there's a staggering, amazing amount of people, he said, we had so many Jews, and we'd always have this condition, now, we learned fast, what to read, the Bible study, in the nights, the verses concerning the Messiah, from the Old Testament, and of course, we didn't preach at him, but we related with our prayers, but oh, they began to get angry, wait, stop, I need your phone, I want to phone our Rabbi, back in Israel, now, yes, there's the phone, please, come back and tell us what he said, about this verse, about this Messiah, who we believe was Jesus, so we all wait, he comes back, Rabbi says he doesn't know, what to say, he has no answer, he said, brother, we were staggering, every Jew, that came through that door, and for a few days, stayed in those rooms, but had to sit with us, there was not one, that was not stunned, and became fearful, as they listened, and then the fruit came, the amazing fruit, how many of those Jews, to phone them, almost daily, and look upon them, as a mother and father, spiritually, as God began to honor them, why they have in the rooms, even the room, I stayed, just everything, about the Messiah, and then it's Jesus, a Jew cannot survive, with all this around him, he escapes the dining room, and has to be confronted, with every block in the room, about Jews, it is wonderful, and even books, oh, praise the Lord, beloved, Israel's population is 6 .2 million, but an estimated 9 million Jews, are dispersed around the rest of the world, there are more Jews, outside of Israel, than in Israel, in our city alone, we have a few hundred thousand Jews, living, mostly in their own areas, in the predominantly wealthy areas, but Jews, certain of the wealthiest areas, of Southern Africa, which are estimated, amongst the wealthiest valued houses, on earth, and most of them are Jews, we have full -time workers, for Jews, in our land, who've never been to Israel, their whole full -time ministries, to reach the Jew, 6 .2, the entire population of Israel, but 9 million, around the rest of the world, you can be a full -time missionary, to the Jews, with more opportunity, and less restrictions, imposed on you, and less danger, outside of Israel, than if you went there, full -time missionary, and found such restrictions, you probably will leave, like most have, with a broken heart, the gospel is so cramped down, in that country, when it comes to touching a Jew, but not outside of that country, most Jews, you can reach, with no restriction at all, but the devil, but open your eyes, open your eyes, like they did, a verse that staggered me, in this holy book, nothing shall be impossible to you, Keith, nothing Lord, nothing shall be impossible unto you, beloved, expect great things from God, attempt great things for God, William Carey said, the Almudy said, the world has yet to see, what God will do, with a man fully consecrated to him, these words were cried to him, from the English butcher, the lay preacher, Henry Varley, as they left an all -night prayer meeting, the world has yet to see, what God will do, with a man, who becomes fully consecrated to him, Moody couldn't sleep, a man, Varley surely meant any man, he didn't say he had to be educated, or brilliant, any man, but by the Holy Spirit in me, and the grace of God, I will be that man, and from that time, from that time, God staggered this world through Moody, that he became one of the five greatest soul winners in the history of the church, not when he went through a theological seminar, he never did, he only had a stand at six, because of poverty and hardships in those days, it was Torrey, that became the educated, eloquent, and refined speaker behind Moody, but Moody staggered the world, as few men have in history, Scotland turned from Rome, through John Knox, but it didn't turn to God, Scotland, for the first time in its history, turned to God as a nation, through D .L. Moody, an American, without, with a stand of six, and no other ordained qualifications, but that he wanted to be that man, and therefore became fully consecrated to God, to the degree that this world's history changed, and from that time forth, Scotland became known, as the most evangelical, they need another Moody, another American to go there, so on fire, nothing was stopped, oh, Moody so staggered, Oxford's and Cambridge's universities, that never before, and never since in his history, was there, such a staggering in the great hold of the combined universities, a response of brokenness, and shattered people across the floors, the future leaders of the empire, from the best homes in the world, of the empire, on their faces sobbing, after five minutes of D .L. Moody preaching, Spurgeon, you never saw that, but Moody, he knelt beside Queen Mary, and led her to Jesus Christ, what can I do, to serve Christ, in my position, give out a track, Moody said, safety, certainty, and enjoyment, the track he gave out, Queen Mary gave 200 ,000 tracks on salvation out, personally, in her lifetime, because of Moody, to presidents, dignitaries, politicians, royalty, and said these words, read this, for your soul, for your soul's sake, in the light of eternity, and because she was a queen, I believe many, many people, found Jesus, Mary's husband gave his life, to Christ, as a result of her life, but Moody's knelt beside George, he led kings and queens, he turned nations to God, at the turning point, was when he said, I will be a man, God will stagger this world through, I will be that man, by the grace of God, Proverbs 10 5 states, that he that sleepeth in harvest, is a son that causes shame, he that sleepeth in harvest, is a son that causes shame, of course, in its context, it speaks literally, of the shame of a father, who farms, whose son sleeps, and will not help, while they could be making their income, by harvesting, when there's time, of course, the context must be looked at, but I would ask you, here today, to apply it to your consciences, as Christians, concerning the harvest of souls, I would ask you today, to apply it, 2nd Samuel 1 verse 1, it came to pass, after the year was expired, that's the spring, at the time, when kings go forth to battle, David didn't, he tarried still, in Jerusalem, I don't believe anything is recorded in the Bible, as an historical record, though it is historic history, of God's dealing with the people, it is the living, throbbing, vital heart of God, to communicate to you or me, or it wouldn't be written in the Old Testament, it is as vital as the new, don't tell me, two -thirds of the word of God, are not divinely inspired, to be illuminated, and taken by God's heart, to keep you ablaze, and to warn you, those warnings were, to you, when he warned those nations, and those individuals, those promises were for you and me, to survive, the heart of God has revealed, this is written for you and me, when kings, the time, when the kings went forth to battle, David tarried still in Jerusalem, I'm reminded here of Numbers 32 verse 6, where Moses said to the children of Gad, the children of Reuben, shall your brethren go to war, and you sit here, shall your countrymen go to war, while you sit idle, but you see the next verse of 2nd Samuel 1 11 verse 1, tells me why God let this be recorded in the Bible, that David didn't go, when he should have done what was expected of a king, it tells of the tragic, staggering result, the next verse, the Holy Spirit, Spirit puts to us, it came to pass in an even tide, that David arose from of his bed, walked upon the roof of the king's house, from the roof he saw a woman washing herself, the woman was very beautiful to look upon, and he became an adulterer, and a murderer, this man up to God's own heart, when, when he withdrew from what was expected, when he withdrew from the battlefield, he fell into tragic sin, beloved, I fear that if a Christian, we withdraw from the battlefield, we will fall into shame, I believe this is a warning from God, not a recorded history, for us to seek God's heart in every verse we read, never out of interest or knowledge, but to hear God initially, speaking by his Holy Spirit through his word, idleness was the cause of Sodom and Gomorrah's depravity, we harp on all sorts of things, one thing particularly, to the degree that most of those people don't feel they can be saved, they're so more evil than everybody else, so we touch on Sodom and Gomorrah, brother, there are 28 damnable sins in Romans 1, for God's sake, when you point, how many of your fingers point back to you about the other sins that God forgave you for, and you repent them, don't make anyone in this world feel they're unreachable, be careful, idleness was the cause of the depravity of Sodom and Gomorrah, but be careful now, busyness with things that don't matter in the light of eternity, is as much of a danger to you spiritually as idleness will be, busyness with things that don't matter in the light of eternity is a terrible danger, Acts 6 verse 2, the apostles, the disciples cried, is it not reason that we should leave the word of God to serve tables, we will give ourselves continually to prayer to the ministry of the word, here they began agonizing at the diversions from the things that mattered, don't be diverted from God's blueprint for your life, don't be diverted from God's best, have a single heart, a single mind, it is not compromise and conscious sin that will divert you from God's blueprint, from God's heart, from God's best, it is legitimate, meaningful, noble, sensible, thrilling, exciting things, but they were to you a diversion from the perfect will of God, if you've been separated by God to preach, don't give your attention and time to things that other people will look upon as legitimate, even other preachers who waste their lives and never mean anything for God, things that will make you bury God's specific calling, don't die without shaking this world young man, young lady, don't die without staggering this world by giving yourself wholeheartedly with a singleness of mind consumed in being the sharp weapon and instrument God requires you to be and will make you, if you don't waste but you redeem every opportunity and reject what's legitimate, what people say are necessary to stay sane, no, you give yourself wholeheartedly to what you know is the blueprint of God for your life and watch how this world is staggered, the greatest honor you could ever be given on earth is for God to separate you to preach, but that does not mean if you haven't been separated that you cannot win more souls to God than any preacher.