📖 John 8:25–30 • They asked with contempt. He answered without flinching. Jesus Christ never scrambled for an answer, never softened his claims, never revised his message — and the men who tried to silence him only proved him right. Every age asks the question. Philosophers ask it. Lost men and women ask it. The Pharisees asked it in the temple courts with contempt dripping from their tongues: Who art thou? The same words can come from a hungry heart or a hostile one — and the outcome is always settled by what's happening beneath the question. In this message, Pastor Fortunato works through John 8:25–30, showing how Jesus answered from an unshakeable identity rooted in eternity — and what that means for everyone who will one day have their own "then ye shall know" moment. This expository sermon walks through John 8:25–30 and connects: • The difference between a hungry question and a hostile one — and why Jesus answers both • Daniel 7:13–14 — the Son of Man throne claim Jesus was making when the Pharisees asked "Who art thou?" • Deuteronomy 18:18 — Moses' promised prophet who would speak only what God commanded, fulfilled in John 8:26 • Why unbelief is never a problem of insufficient evidence — the arithmetic of rejection • Numbers 21 — the brass serpent lifted up on a pole as a type of the cross of Christ • How the cross made salvation possible and ignorance impossible • Isaiah 42:1–4 — the eternal Father-Son fellowship that predates the temple confrontation by 700 years • Psalm 22:1 and 22:24 — the one exception to "the Father hath not left me alone," and why it had to happen • John 8:30 — many believed as he spoke, without an altar call, and what that means

📖 Isaiah 40:15-17 • "Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket...All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity." — Every nation on earth is dust on a scale. But God sent his Son for your soul. ⛪ Preached at Pilgrim Baptist Church • Cookeville, TN • April 24, 2026 | Guest Preacher: Pastor Tim Crotts, Bear Trail Baptist Church — Cana, VA 📚 Behold Your God — Isaiah 40 Bible Conference 2026 | Pastor Crotts — Sermon 7 Isaiah 40:15-17 says the nations — all of them, every superpower, every empire — are a drop of water from a bucket, dust on a scale, less than nothing. And yet the same God who measures heaven with a span sent his Son to die for the soul of one man. In this conclusion to his two-sermon assignment, Pastor Tim Crotts finishes Isaiah 40:12-17 by showing that God's incomparable greatness, wisdom, and knowledge make the cross the most staggering thing in the universe. This message walks through Isaiah 40:12-17, explaining: • God's greatness — Psalm 86, 95, 99, 104, 135, 145, 147 — there is none like him and his greatness is unsearchable • Why God loves being kind to us — not just because it's right, but because he loves being kind • His right hand is full of righteousness — God has never once had to go back and say "I shouldn't have done it that way" • God's wisdom — Romans 11:33, no one has directed the spirit of the Lord or been his counselor • God's knowledge — he knows all things, he knows our frame, he remembers we are dust • The nations as a drop of a bucket — what it means that all nations together are counted as less than nothing

📖 Isaiah 40:18-25 • "To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?...To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One." — He asked the question twice. The answer is the same both times. 📚 Behold Your God — Isaiah 40 Bible Conference 2026 | Pastor Vick — Sermon 8 Isaiah 40 asks the question twice: to whom will you liken God? Pastor Eric Vick works through verses 18-26 with a four-part framework — gods, globe, grasshoppers, government — and proves that no matter which category you look at, you cannot find anything or anyone like him. And when you've looked at everything, the only place left to look is up. This message walks through Isaiah 40:18-26, explaining: • The gods — comparing God to the gods (little g): the god that comes out of a furnace vs. the God who goes into one • Laban's stolen gods, Micah's gods taken by the Danites, Gideon's Baal — if somebody can steal your god, you have the wrong god • "I'm not keeping up with my God — he's keeping up with me" • Dagon on his face, Dagon stumped — if you've got a god you have to set up, you've got the wrong god • The golden calf — after everything God did for Israel, "these be thy gods" — and what that calf ever did for them • Baal on Mount Carmel — the prophets who danced on the altar because they knew their god was a fraud • Modern idols — phones, sports, tailormade religion — "anything you put in the place where God ought to be is an idol" • The globe — Isaiah 40 called the circle of the earth 2,780 years before Columbus • The grasshoppers — nations as a drop in a bucket, us as grasshoppers on that drop — but God loves us anyway

📖 Isaiah 40:27-28 • "Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?" — You may be faint. He never is. 📚 Behold Your God — Isaiah 40 Bible Conference 2026 | Pastor Daniel — Sermon 9 Jacob said his way was hid from the Lord. Israel said his judgment had passed over from his God. In Isaiah 40:27-28, God answers both complaints with the same question — hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? In this closing conference message, Pastor Melvin Daniel shows that the God who never faints and never grows weary is watching every detail, remembering every account, and is just as sincere on the thousandth invitation as he was on the first. This message walks through Isaiah 40:27-28, explaining: • Jacob vs. Israel — same man, two identities — and why Jacob was called Jacob 264 more times after God renamed him • Why if you hang out with Jacob, he'll pull you down faster than you'll ever pull him up — Lester Roloff's chair illustration • "My way is hid from the Lord" — the Jacob mentality — there is no hiding place from God • "My judgment is passed over from my God" — the Israel mentality — God never has an oops moment • Mark 2 — Jesus knew what the scribes were thinking before they said it — God hears the abundance of the heart, not just the mouth • Luke 12 — because my Lord delayeth his coming — why delayed judgment is not escaped judgment • 2 Samuel 21 — the three-year famine — just because you've moved on doesn't mean it's been resolved • Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard? — God has been sending messengers — YouTube is not your church

📖 Isaiah 40:29-31 • "He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength...they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles." — You can't. He can. That's the whole deal. ⛪ Preached at Pilgrim Baptist Church • Cookeville, TN • April 24, 2026 | Guest Preacher: Pastor James Knox 📚 Behold Your God — Isaiah 40 Bible Conference 2026 | Pastor Knox — Sermon 10 | Conference Closing Message Isaiah 40:31 is the promise the whole chapter has been building toward. But it doesn't start with eagle wings. It starts with faint. Then no might. Then utterly fall. In this conference-closing message, Pastor James Knox works through Isaiah 40:29-31 and shows that the supernatural strength God promises is not for people who have it together — it's for people who have nothing left. And it cannot come until you stop trying to do it in your flesh. This message walks through Isaiah 40:29-31, explaining: • He giveth power to the faint — and to them that have no might — three stages descending below faint • Why the Bible is not a positive thinking book — it's honest about sand spurs and stinging nettles • How difficult it must be to need God the most when you're faint and doubting — and be threatened with losing your salvation for it • 2 Chronicles 20:12 — "we have no might, neither know we what to do, but our eyes are upon thee" — and what that means when you find out you have cancer • Even the youth shall faint and be weary — there are circumstances where no natural strength is sufficient • Two definitions of "wait upon the Lord" — sitting down because you can't move, and the waiter who keeps serving the table.

📢 Open Air Evangelism • Algood, Tennessee • April 24, 2026 — During our 6th Annual Bible Conference, Pilgrim Baptist Church took the gospel outside the four walls and into the community. 📚 Behold Your God — Isaiah 40 Bible Conference 2026 | Public Ministry This is what happens after the meeting. During our 2026 Bible Conference, men, women, and children from Pilgrim Baptist Church and visiting like-minded churches took to the streets outside the Allgood Walmart — holding scripture signs, presenting the gospel in open air, passing out tracts, and showing the next generation what it looks like to not be ashamed of Jesus Christ in public. This video captures: • Families standing together for Christ — fathers with sons, mothers with daughters, young children holding scripture signs • Open air gospel presentations — the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ proclaimed on a public street corner • Why we believe open air ministry is not the pastor's job alone — it's the congregation's calling • Why whatever you win them with, you keep them with — the case for soul-winning with the word of God • How Pilgrim Baptist has been doing public street ministry since 2018 — and why we have no intention of stopping • Encouragement for young people learning to lift their voice for Jesus for the first time • Why revival in America won't come through better politics — it comes through regenerated hearts • A direct gospel message for anyone watching who doesn't know the Lord We believe the local church is called to go — not just to gather. If you have a home church, talk to your pastor about public evangelism. If you don't have a home church, we'd love to hear from you.

📖 Isaiah 40:6-8 • "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever." — Everything is shaking. But some things cannot be shaken. 📚 Behold Your God — Isaiah 40 Bible Conference 2026 | Sermon 3 The voice said, "Cry." But before you can obey that voice, you need to know whose voice it is. In this message from Isaiah 40:6-8, Pastor Eric Vick walks through nine characteristics of God's voice — and then shows why in a world where everything is grass, the word of God is the one thing that cannot be shaken. This message walks through Isaiah 40:6-8, explaining: • How to distinguish and discern God's voice from all the other voices competing for your attention • A creating voice — the same voice that said "Let there be light" is speaking to you • A calling voice — God didn't wait for Adam to find him; he came to where Adam was hiding • A communicating voice — "My sheep hear my voice" and why if you can't hear it, you better check if you're a sheep • A calming voice — "Peace, be still" and why he sometimes doesn't calm the storm but calms you in it • A comforting voice — what Jesus did for Mary at the tomb before presenting the blood in heaven • A commending voice — "This is my beloved Son" and why you have to get in the Son to please God • A condemning voice — "I never knew you" and what it means to stand before that voice unsaved • A consuming voice — why the same voice holding atoms together can speak the word and dissolve this whole world • A coming home voice — the rapture, mama's supper call, and what it means that all God's children are going home • Dandelion church members vs. oak tree church members — and which one you ought to be

📖 Isaiah 40:9 • "Say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God." — They said David couldn't take it. He took it. They say Jesus won't take his throne. Watch. 📚 Behold Your God — Isaiah 40 Bible Conference 2026 | Sermon 4 Isaiah 40:9 is one verse. But that one verse connects David taking Mount Zion, Psalm 2's millennial promise, the second coming of Christ, and the most powerful argument for the cross you'll ever hear. In this conference-closing message, Pastor James Knox shows that the good news going out from Zion isn't politics, it isn't Judaism — it's God manifest in the flesh sitting on a throne ruling the earth. And every king, nation, and power that says it won't happen is making the same mistake the Jebusites made with David. This message walks through Isaiah 40:9, explaining: • Why the first mention of Zion in your Bible (2 Samuel 5) is the key to understanding Isaiah 40:9 • The Jebusites said David couldn't take Mount Zion — he took it — and the world is making the same mistake about Christ • Psalm 2's direct application to the second coming — "I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion" • Why the heathen rage and what God does about it — he laughs • The dangerous drift of independent Baptists into amillennialism and replacement theology • Why "Behold your God" can only mean one thing — not a great man, not a good man, but God manifest in the flesh on a throne • The only two permanent things in the universe — souls and the word of God • The closing argument: if Jesus is God who could subdue every nation, the only way he dies like grass is if he chose to — and he chose it to save your soul

📖 Isaiah 40:10-11 • "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young." — God doesn't overdrive his sheep. Neither should you. 📚 Behold Your God — Isaiah 40 Bible Conference 2026 | Pastor Doss — Sermon 5 When God comes with a strong hand, his first act is to feed his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs. He carries them close. And he gently leads those that are with young. In this message from Isaiah 40:10-11, Pastor Jonathan Doss draws a straight line from God's shepherding of Israel to what fathers are called to do in their homes — and asks a question every father needs to hear: can your family get its breath? This message walks through Isaiah 40:10-11, explaining: • Don't despair — the Lord will come with a strong hand, and that's a promise for your dark season too • Why if you're not reading your Bible, you're cutting off the very channel the Holy Ghost uses to bring you comfort • The sub-theme of the whole conference: the part God does and the part we do — and how they work together • His reward is with him, his work before him — what 1 Corinthians 3 reveals about being laborers together with God • 2 Peter 1 and the things you are to add to your faith — what you're building on the foundation • A personal testimony: the year of compromise, the chair, and what putting God above your spouse actually costs and produces • Is the peace of God ruling in your heart right now? — and what it means if it isn't • The wise shepherd vs. the foolish shepherd from Zechariah 11 — and a direct word to pastors about AI and sermon preparation

📖 Isaiah 40:12-14 • "Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span?" — When you see how big God really is, your problems start to look different. Preacher: Pastor Tim Crotts, Bear Trail Baptist Church — Cana, VA 📚 Behold Your God — Isaiah 40 Bible Conference 2026 | Pastor Crotts — Sermon 6 Isaiah 40:12-14 is a series of rhetorical questions with only one possible answer. Who measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? Who meted out heaven with a span? Who weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? There is only one answer. And once you see how big that answer is, Pastor Tim Crotts shows that the comfort Isaiah promised in verse one becomes the most reasonable thing in the world. This message walks through Isaiah 40:12-14, explaining: • Why these three verses are rhetorical questions with exactly one answer — and what that answer demands of us • God's creation — Psalm 19, the heavens declaring glory day and night in every language without a single word • Why creation is consistent, comprehended, and colossal — and why that matters for your weary soul • Job 26 — he hangeth the earth upon nothing — the oldest book in the Bible and the most staggering claim about creation • Psalm 33 — by the word of the Lord were the heavens made — no construction crews, no blueprints, no meetings • God's power over the water — Red Sea, Jordan River, the flood, Exodus 9 • God's power over the wind — wind in his treasure house, wind in his fist (Proverbs 30) • God's power over the storm — Psalm 65, Psalm 89, the waves that obey •Job 37 — God thundered marvelously — and the story that goes with it