I say sure and be damned you're both right, he said the poor thing's dead, but doesn't know it, and you know, they're not all a Christian, they're just like that, they're dead, but they don't know it, and they're trying to crucify themselves, they're trying to put themselves upon a cross, and God said he put me there two thousand years ago, isn't that just wonderful, when did I die, and Christ died, his death is my death, and he wants me to reckon by faith, her body's reckoned by grace, I love to develop that, but time must allow me now, please go down next letters, where now is the letter, what a living influence, and notice now please, the letter U, it is a useful influence, the Christian influence is useful, turn to 1 Peter chapter 3 will you, 1 Peter 3 verse number 15, and just see what it says here, 1 Peter 3 verse 15, but sanctify the Lord God in your heart, and be ready always to give an answer to everyone who asks of you, a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and faith, the word God be ready to give an answer, to every man asking of you, so we become useful, we are useful Christians, it's an influence that is useful, yes why, because Christ is sanctified as Lord, where, in your heart, and in my heart, everything Lord supreme, in your life and in my life, and when everything is under his control, then shall the God will become useful Christians, there shall be a such a great in our handshake, there will be a spring in our step, there will be a gleam in our eyes, there will be a glow in our tongues, why, because Christ is sanctified as Lord in our life, and we are useful Christians, I must hurry on, goodness for now, Philippians chapter 1 and verse 14, Philippians 1 verse 14, and you'll find this is an encouraging influence, an influence that brings such encouragement to all believers, here the apostle Paul's lying in a Roman dungeon, a damn cold cell, we were there just over a year ago, in that very prison there in Rome, in the inner prison where Paul lay, in a cold damn prison, yet this man was praising and praying and preaching, my friend, Paul turned adversity into advantage, opposition into opportunity, the prison into the prophet, he was a wonderful man, he was in touch with the living Lord, as though he may indeed imprison and bind the servant, the word of God was not bound, and all those dear men who came to attend to him and to guard him, Paul my friend preached the living word to them, they'd never come across a prisoner like this, he was grumbling and grousing and complaining with his lock, he was praising and praying and preaching, Paul was rejoicing always, 19 times this letter says rejoiced, with joy unspeakable and full of glory, all his heart was bubbling over, and these men were so struck with it, those very same men my friend, who were attending upon Paul, probably the very next day were being Caesar's household, and then it says in verse 14, and many of the men in the lawn, waxing confident by my bond, are much more bold to speak the word of God, now isn't this lovely, because of Paul preaching and witnessing in the prison, those men who were stuck by the prison, they were encouraged to go on and present the glad tidings, that preached Christ the living Lord, oh my friend listen tonight, many of those dear men attending to Paul, those prayers of those guards were gloriously converted, look at verse number 12, same chapter, but I would that you should understand brethren, that the things that happened unto me, have fallen out rather, unto the providence of the gospel, that in my bond in Christ as a manifestation, all the palace, and in all of the places, now go to chapter 4 verse 22, see what it says there, this is the one saying, through every saint in Christ Jesus, the brethren which are with me greet you, now verse 22, all the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household, now where did they hear the gospel, but his truest man in prison, ah my friend isn't this wonderful, and those other people now were encouraged, to go forward with the message of the evangelist, if he could do it in the prison, now my friend what about you, and what about me, way yonder tonight in Russia, the mighty movement of the spirit of God, we have about 300 assemblies, and all large assemblies tonight in Russia, the word of God is still being smuggled into Russia, most people my friend of the great persecution, and great adversity, are going forth, and it's a reproduction, and souls are being slain, same thing happening in other parts of the world, Czechoslovakia, they say don't pray for our release from Russia, from the Russians, pray God will give us grace, we've been praying that Russia might have the gospel, and God brought Russia to us, and many of those officers, and captains in the Russian army, are being saved, being saved, because those people are buying up the opportunity, in this land, all of us so complacent aren't we, we're so smug, we're so humble, saying what are we doing, with the liberties we've got, how long has God gone to let us to have such liberties, after claiming the grand tiding, all of us buy up every opportunity, it's an encouraging influence, when we see this man, may we be encouraged to pray on, and I must just do that very thing, chapter two please, in verse number four, chapter two, I'm saying cleansing father, the fourth chapter in verse number three, and we come to our little little alien, the word is, it is a necessary influence, it is necessary, what it's saying, that if our gospel be hidden, it will take to them that are lost, so my friend you see how necessary, is the influence of the Christian, in the world today, you're in the world, for it's praise to you, in the office, in the hall, among your friends, among your neighbors, your associates, your colleagues, right there, and if the gospel is hidden, it takes to them that are lost, now the gospel treasure being placed in you, and placed in me, and my friend it wants to shine through us, day by day, I hurry to my next point now, chapter one of Philippians, Philippians again chapter one, and this time verses 20 and 21, now here's the music, I do like that rusting among the leaves again tonight, verse 20, according to my earnest expectation, my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always so now, also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death, now verse 21, for me the word is, Christ and to die is more of Christ, what is this influence?