Sing it together, hymn number 180. The tune is Salvatore, 652. Lamb of God, we fall before thee, humbly trusting in thy cross. That alone be all the glory, all things else are dung and tross. Thee we own a perfect saviour, only source of all that's good. Every grace and every favour comes to us through Jesus' blood.

Hymn 180, tune Salvatore, 652. O God, live for me, for me, how great a sin in thy courts. Thou alone make all thy glory, All things else are done and drossed. Here we are now, now that's a year. Our day's close now, through the turn of year. Every grace and every favor comes to us through Jesus Christ.

Jesus, Jesus,
? With the angels' joyous strains ?
? Sing of them ?
? Jesus, listen, the saints lament ?
? The nightingales are calling ?

Faith, it gives us to live in it, where our hearts and souls are one. God's creation, he must live in, for it is a sin. Amen.

? Well-spirited love he invites ?
? Gracious honor is thy richness ?
? Ever dearer not in spite ?

All our prayers and all our praises, I think of her in this day.

? He had been raised from the ashes ?
? In the house of Jesus' name ?
? And in memory of him ?

Church Parish, where we worship God above. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, when we say thee, we unite. Hear the hope of New Jerusalem,

? Praise the King of glory ? ? Praise the King of glory ?

Let us read together from the Holy Word of God in the Gospel according to Luke and chapter 4. Luke's Gospel, chapter 4, will commence the reading at verse 14.

and Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about and he taught in their synagogues being glorified of all and he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up and as his custom was he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read and there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah and when he had opened the book he found the place where it was written the spirit of the lord is upon me because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to preach deliverance to the captives and a recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down, and the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. And all bear him witness and wonder at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, is not this Joseph's son? And he said unto them, ye will surely say unto me this proverb, physician, heal thyself. Whatsoever We have heard Don in Capernaum do also here in thy country.

And he said verily, I say unto you, no prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth. Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land. but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. Many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elias the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, save Naaman the Syrian.

And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way, and came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the Sabbath days. And they were astonished at his doctrine. and his word was with power.

And in the synagogue there was a man which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, saying, Let us alone. What have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And Jesus rebuked him saying, hold thy peace and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him and hurt him not.

And they were all amazed and spoke among themselves saying, what a word is this? For with authority and power, he commanded the unclean spirits and they come out.

and the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about and he arose out of the synagogue and entered into Simon's house and Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever and they besought her, him for her and he stood over her and rebuked the fever and it left her and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.

Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. The devils also came out of many, crying out and saying, Thou art Christ, the Son of God. And he rebuking them, suffered them not to speak, for they knew that he was Christ.

And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place. And the people sought him and came unto him and stated him that he would not depart from them. And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also. For therefore am I sent, and he preached in synagogues of Galilee.

May the Lord bless the reading of his own precious word. Grant unto us a spirit of real prayer.

Almighty, most merciful and eternal God, we desire to bow before thy glorious majesty, We desire to come as poor sinners unto thee. We think of those wonderful words, this man receive his sinners and eateth with them. And Lord, we thank thee that it is so. And thou dost still receive poor, wretched sinners when they approach unto thy glorious majesty.

We pray that this afternoon, as we gather together, we may touch the hem of Jesus' that we may draw from that sacred fullness that is in Christ Jesus. And as it was when he was here up on earth, the people pressed to see him. They crowded him round about. We pray that we may see such a day again in our nation, when many precious souls shall be found pressing into the kingdom of heaven, when the church of God shall see a godly increase when the word of God will be in power in the Holy Ghost and with much assurance.

All who hear us, Lord, we pray thee for thy great name's sake. We do thank thee for our house of prayer. We thank thee for the open Bible. We thank thee for the wonderful gospel of the grace of God in Jesus Christ, the light of the world.

We thank thee Most gracious Lord for the wonderful glory of the incarnation of the Son of God and the holy life he lived as a man here upon earth. We thank thee for the holy law he fulfilled, he honoured and magnified and brought honour and glory to thy great and holy name.

We thank thee for the wonderful and precious sacrifice of Calvary where sin has been put away and divine justice has been satisfied, and God and sinners are reconciled, and peace is made between God and man. Oh, we thank thee for that precious blood of the holy God-man, the man Christ Jesus. His blood cleanses from all sin, and we thank thee for that precious blood.

And we thank thee that he died for our sins, and thy holy law demanded for it declared the soul that sinneth it shall die and he died for us that we might live in him he rose again for our justification and he put away sin by that one glorious offering of himself and he brought life in immortality to light through the gospel

O most gracious Lord, we pray that we may have a little sight of him here this afternoon, that we might behold him by faith, that we might behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

We thank thee that he has ascended up on high and led captivity captive, and sitteth at thy right hand, that we have indeed a great high priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God.

Precious God, we fall before Thee, and we pray that Thou wouldst have mercy upon us, and that Thou wouldst reveal Thyself to us, and that Thou wouldst grant that the Word may be in power in the Holy Ghost, and with much assurance. O, do hear us, Lord, we humbly pray Thee.

We thank Thee that He has ascended into heaven, that we have a great High Priest, But we thank thee for that prospect, that Jesus is coming again, in power and in great glory, when he will judge the world in righteousness. Lord, we pray to be prepared.

And now, my God, prepare my soul for that great day, and wash me in thy precious blood, take all my sins away. Lord, do be gracious unto us, do have mercy upon us and do show us thy ways and lead us in thy path.

And as we've sung together, Jesus gives us pure affections, eyes to see, hearts to receive. Oh, we do pray that we may be given those wonderful gifts and graces of the Spirit here this afternoon, that we may lay hold of our Lord Jesus Christ that we may come as poor sinners and lay hold of this precious Saviour, we do humbly beseech Thee.

Lord, we pray that Thou, in Thy great mercy, would remember us as a church, as a congregation, and work mightily, powerfully and effectually among us to the great glory of Thy holy name, that we may be led of the Spirit of God guided into the truth of God, that the word of truth may be open, that thou would show us the secrets of thy covenant. O, do hear us, Lord, we pray thee, and graciously guide us.

O thou great Jehovah, we're pilgrims in a barren land. We are weak, but thou art mighty. Hold us with thy powerful hand. We thank Thee for every mercy of Thy kind providence. We thank Thee for all Thy goodness that has passed before us in the way.

We thank Thee, most gracious Lord, for the throne of grace, that wonderful provision that has been made by Thee, whereby we can approach unto Thee and we can call upon Thy great and holy name. a new and living way has been made into the holy place by our Lord Jesus Christ.

We thank thee for the gift of the Holy Ghost which comes by virtue of that glorious sacrifice of Calvary, that exalted Saviour who has sent the promise of the Father upon us. Oh, we pray for it this afternoon. We do humbly beseech thee.

We thank thee, most gracious Lord, that he is God over all and blessed forevermore, and that he is able to do abundantly more than we can even ask or think, for there is nothing too hard for the Lord. With heaven and earth at his command, he waits to answer prayer.

Lord, give us clearer views of the glory of his person. and to feel the wonder of his grace in our hearts, the light of truth in our souls, the truth as it is in Jesus, the law fulfilled, honoured, magnified. Oh

Lord, we do pray that thou would remember us, remember our brethren, the deacons, give grace, wisdom and help. Remember each one of our brethren and sisters in church fellowship.

And remember our dear brother and sister in Holland, be with them and grant that the services of thy house may be made living and powerful in their hearts.

And oh Lord, we do pray that thou would graciously work mightily among us, work mightily in this village and the surrounding villages and hamlets and towns May there be an ingathering. Let thy work appear unto thy servants and thy glory unto their children. O Lord, we do beseech thee.

Let us see thy goings in the sanctuary. Let us see thy power and thy glory as thou usest to be in the sanctuary. Arise, arise, O God of grace, into thy rest descend. We do humbly beseech thee. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, the son of man, whom thou madest strong for thyself. Send a day of prosperity. We do humbly beseech thee. Lord, we do pray that thou wouldst bless the little ones and the children. Bless them with the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom. Bless our day. young friends with living faith in Jesus Christ that they may become followers of thee and of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Be with them in all paths of providence, unfold thy will and thy purposes concerning them.

We read of the dear apostle of old when he could say for I am persuaded And we pray that our young friends may be persuaded in that right way to follow Thee and to do what is right in Thy sight. Do hear us, Lord. We humbly beseech Thee. Have mercy upon us, we pray Thee.

We think of those who would seek a partner in life's journey and we pray that Thou would be gracious unto them and guide and direct them. May we take comfort from the Holy Scriptures and how they'll just bring Ruth unto Boaz and they'll just bring Rebecca unto Isa. And it was thy leading and teaching that brought them together, thy gracious hand. May it be so with our friends here that would desire a partner in life's journey. May they be encouraged to keep looking. and watching and waiting.

We pray, most gracious God, that thou would remember all in the midst of the journey of life, have mercy upon them and bless them, especially parents, give wisdom and guidance and direction in all matters. And oh Lord, we do pray that thou would remember the prodigals that have wandered, perhaps as far from God as she can run, Yet, Lord, not beyond thy power or thy grace. Oh, do be gracious, Lord, and cause them to be want and cause them to return. There is nothing too hard for thee. And thou hast promised that thou would abundantly bless the provision of thy house.

And we pray, Lord, for those of us that are now in the evening time of life's journey, We pray to be guided safely unto thy heavenly kingdom. We pray for grace to live as we ought to live and to do what we ought to do and to follow our Lord Jesus Christ. Grant us the mind of Christ. Grant us the spirit of Christ. We do humbly beseech them.

We pray, most gracious Lord, that thou wouldst graciously bless all thy servants as they labour in word and doctrine upon the walls of Zion today, and graciously undertake for them. Grant them, and thus saith the Lord, grant the opening of thy precious word. We do humbly beseech thee. O grant signs to follow the preaching of the word. Lord, do hear us. Do be with us now as we turn to thy word. Do come and touch one's lips with a live coal from off the heavenly altar. We ask for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

Let us now sing together hymn number 594. The tune is Everlasting Love 942. I will read the first verse and we will commence our singing at verse two.

O my soul with wonder tell,
Jesus has done all things well,
and through his atoning blood
I have settled peace with God.

Hymn 594, commencing at verse 2, tune Everlasting Love, 942.

It is to me, as I live, that I may be free.
And it is with joy to say, that my soul may reach the heavens.
The deer shall hunt, the buffalo shall sight,
The wolf shall slay, and the crow shall sigh.
When we come, for a day's work,
Jesus, Lord, Lord, Lamb of God.
Here's my gift to you, Lord, I bring.
Sad but true, my Savior's King.

? God has shown the world the way of life ?
? Rich and wide, sacred and free ?
? Justice, mercy, and love are one ?
and fill our hearts.
A brighter day will be upon us,
? That shall all the nations praise ?
? Such a peace that never fails ?
? That there is a thankful heart ?
Till I am gone, cherish me not,
For it shows, it will not show.
? Living to live ?
? Be glad, be glad in the Lord ?
? That you find your place in joy ?
And give proof through the sacred blood.

Jesus, Father, mighty Prince of Peace, Greatly feeling to need the Lord's gracious help, I direct your attention to the chapter we read, the fourth chapter. in the Gospel according to Luke and we'll read verses 36 and 37 for our text.

Luke's Gospel chapter 4 verses 36 and 37. And Jesus rebuked him, sorry, and they were all amazed and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! For with authority and power he commanded the unclean spirits and they come out. And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

And they were all amazed. They were all talking about Jesus Christ, about the wonderful things that he was doing, about the wonderful discourses that he was giving, about the healing of the sick and the causing the deaf to hear and the blind to see and the dumb to speak. It must have been an amazing time in Israel at this time in Galilee.

And it says in verse 32, And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was with power. The wonderful power of the Holy Ghost You see, the gospel is only effectual with the power of the Holy Ghost. It's only as the Spirit of God works faith in the heart that we then believe. It's only as spiritually the Holy Ghost opens our eyes, then we see that we're lost. Then we see that we're sinners. Then we feel our poverty, our insufficiency.

Of course, there were many that were healed of divers' diseases by the wonderful power of the Holy Ghost. It's recorded here in this chapter, isn't it, how the Lord Jesus, he quotes from the In the synagogue at Nazareth he quotes from the prophecy of Isaiah and verse 61 chapter 61 and here in verse 18 the spirit of the Lord is upon me because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind and to set at liberty them that are bruised to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. They are a direct words that are found in Isaiah 61 and they're fulfilled. And he said here, and he closed the book and he gave it again to the minister and sat down and the eyes of all were fastened upon him And he began to say unto them, this day, this scripture, is this scripture fulfilled in your ears?

They saw the fulfilling of the prophecy. Many believed, many followed him. Some followed him because they had sick relatives or sick children or sick parents and children brought and parents brought their children because this man had this wonderful power to heal, naturally to heal the afflictions of the human body, to make the blind to see.

But what we need to look at, my beloved friends, we worship the same Jesus who's able to do these things. You know, in the prophecy of Isaiah, we read in chapter 11 of the outpouring of the Spirit on our Lord Jesus Christ, and in chapter 11 it's prophesied concerning this glorious person that should come upon earth, the Messiah.

So we read in Isaiah 11, and there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse. Jesse, of course, was David's father. And as we're on this point that Ruth, Ruth was David's great-grandmother. And the wonderful thing is, is that Ruth the Marbitus is in the lineage of Christ. She was chosen to be in the lineage of Christ. It's a wonderful truth. It's a precious truth. He chose these people.

So the time came when these people were called. We've read this morning of Ruth being called. Ruth being attracted to the religion of her mother-in-law. said where thou livest I will live, where thou diest I will die. She claimed unto her because she could see the grace of God in her mother-in-law Naomi. It's a wonderful thing and then they had their child and that was Obed and then Jesse and then David, King David.

You see the wonderful fulfilling of the Lord's Word in his own time and in his own way. It's all brought to pass by his sovereign power. And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse. That of course is David. And a branch shall grow out of his roots And if you notice that branch is written with a capital B. Why? Because it refers to the glorious person of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him. And the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord shall make him of a quick understanding in the fear of the Lord, and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears, but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked, and righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reign.

We could read right through that whole chapter and we see the glorious person of our Lord Jesus Christ. You see the stem of Jesse. If you turn back just two chapters to chapter nine in Isaiah, again there we have these wonderful promises concerning the Lord Jesus Christ And it says in verses six and seven, for unto us a child is born. This glorious person of Jesus Christ, unto us a child is born. The Puritans used to call Isaiah the evangelical prophet. These wonderful things are revealed unto the prophets. Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end. Upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this. It's that wonderful zeal of the Lord of Hosts.

If you go back to chapter 7 in Isaiah and we read there in verse 14 again it's the same prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son. and shall call his name Emmanuel. The name Emmanuel means God with us. And that is just a prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. He is God with us. He is God over all and blessed for evermore.

We have those wonderful words. The eternal God is thy refuge. and underneath are the everlasting arms. The refuge is Christ. I love the way the hymn writer puts it. A refuge for sinners the gospel makes known. It is found in the merits of Jesus alone. The weary, the tempted, the burdened by sin were never exempted from entering therein.

Oh, my beloved friends, and they were all amazed speak among themselves saying what a word is this for with authority and power he commanded the unclean spirits and they come out and the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about this wonderful and we read in the gospels how that they came from all around literally bringing their sick people bringing the deaf and the dumb and the blind to Jesus Christ.

And wherever he went, you think of blind Bartimaeus, sitting by the wayside begging. He'd been blind from birth. He sat there begging. And when he heard that Jesus was there, you see, he heard. And you must remember, What the word of God says, it says in Romans 10, faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of the Lord. And Bartimaeus had heard of Jesus Christ. Not only that, the Holy Spirit had revealed something unto him. What did he say? What did he continually say? And the people said to him, be quiet. He was getting on their nerves. Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy upon me, Jesus our son of David.

It was revealed unto him, because that was a common saying among the Jews, son of David, the Messiah. And so, Bartimaeus believed that this man, Jesus Christ, was the Messiah. Jesus our son of David, have mercy upon me. And the remarkable thing in that narrative Jesus, the Son of David, the Son of God, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father. These are the names given to Jesus Christ. And we read, you see the people around Bartimaeus kept telling him to be quiet. But what do we read? And Jesus stood. was passing that way, the voice of a poor blind beggar and Jesus stood and he said to them bring him unto me. He couldn't find his way, he was blind. Bring him unto me.

And Bartimaeus said, or Jesus said, what will thou have me to do that I may receive my son? It must have been an amazing thing as they crowded round him and looked and Jesus just saying receive thy sight and he could see. Wonderful power and they were amazed and spake among themselves saying what a word is this for with authority and power He commandeth the unclean spirits and they come out. And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

There were many in those days with unclean spirits, the spirit of devils. Sadly, there are many today. All that the Lord Jesus may come and put forth his wonderful power in the day in which we live and cast out devils out of poor sinners. We've often drawn your attention to that wonderful act of divine grace by Jesus Christ to Legion, the man that was in the city of Decapolis.

And Jesus, he took his disciples over the Sea of Galilee. He said to the disciples, let us go on to the other side. And they all entered into the ship and they began rowing across to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. Sea of Galilee is not a very big lake. And then we read, there suddenly came a great storm. And the waves were so great that the ship was taken on water. The Lord Jesus was in the side of the ship, in the backside of the ship, asleep.

You know, these things, there's a lot of teaching in them. We see the sacred humanity of Jesus, the Son of God, that he needed to sleep. He was weary. He was tired. He spent whole nights in prayer. He spent whole days thronged with people, healing people, preaching to the people, and he became very weary and very tired. That shows to us the reality of his perfect human nature. And surely there's a meaning there, in that he was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin. He passed through all the things that we pass through. There's nothing, there's no place that the child of God can come where Jesus hasn't been. He was tempted in all points, like as we are, yet without sin. He went about doing good. And they were all amazed.

among themselves say what a word is this you see with authority and power he spoke to legion didn't he the people legion was a byword in the town of Decapolis they'd even bound it with iron chains but he broke out he was like a madman He wouldn't dress, he was naked, he ran among the tombs, he cut himself. He was like a madman. In fact, he's often referred to as the mad Gadarene. What made him mad? The devil, the power of Satan.

And just as it was, we read of it here, just look at here Verse 33, and in the synagogue there was a man which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, saying, let us alone. What have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? It was the devil that was speaking. Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art, the Holy One of God. The devils believe and tremble. I know thee, who thou art. Jesus rebuked him saying hold thy peace and come out of him And when the devil had thrown him in the midst he came out of him and hurt him not and they were all Amazed and spake among themselves saying what a word is this? for with authority and Power he commanded the unclean spirits and they come out and the fame of him went out into every place of the country, round about, all around Galilee, the fame of this glorious person, Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ of God.

This is a recording in Luke, the beginning of the ministry of the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And so wherever he went, that fame spread abroad and wherever he went, the people flocked. And they besought him. We have instances of it in Holy Scripture. My mind often goes to that dear woman who had a spirit of infirmity, 18 years. There's another one, had a spirit of infirmity, 12 years. And she spent all that she had on physicians and was none the better. She came behind Jesus and she said in herself, if I might but touch the hem of his garment, I shall be made whole. So she crept in behind him and she touched the hem of his garment and immediately she was made whole. She was made whole. You know, we see in this thing wonderful compassion and love and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God so loved the world, he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should be saved with an everlasting salvation. When the Lord healed the man that was sick of a palsy, that means he was paralyzed and they let him down through the roof to the feet of Jesus because they couldn't get in because of the press. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. And the Pharisees and the Sadducees began murmuring, what man is this that he forgiveth sins? Only God can forgive sins.

And it's remarkable how the Lord Jesus, you see, I've heard some people say, Well, because they were healed, it didn't mean their sins were forgiven. But Jesus said in that instance, he said, is it easier to say, thy sins be forgiven thee, or arise, take up thy bed and walk? So the wonderful power of our Lord Jesus Christ, not only to heal diseases and sicknesses, but also to forgive sins. to forgive sins.

I think it's in the Acts of the Apostles that it speaks there of our Lord Jesus Christ and the disciples obviously on their journeys and this of course was Paul preaching at Antioch And he says in Acts 13 verse 38, Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man, what man? The man Christ Jesus, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness is a joyful sound. It is to guilty souls that feel the wound. This man, forgive his sins and by him all that believe are justified from all things from which he could not be justified by the law of Moses.

The law of Moses can't justify you. You can try and keep its holy commandment, but you never will be able to perfectly. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself. That's the holy law of God. There's only one man that has ever fulfilled it, my beloved friends. It's the man Christ Jesus. He magnified the law and made it honorable.

And they were all amazed. spoke among themselves saying what a word is this for with authority and power he commanded the unclean spirits and they come out and the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about the fame of him even here when he entered simon's house in the next verse He rose out of the single and entered Simon's house and Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever and they besought him for her and he stood over her and rebuked the fever and it left her and immediately here she was prostrated with sickness the Lord Jesus rebuked the fever and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.

It's like the man that Peter and John, when they were going into the temple, the man that laid by the gate, he was a man that had always been afflicted with lameness, wasn't able to walk. And he looked at Peter and John and Peter said, silver and gold have I none. But he said, in the name of Jesus Christ, arise, stand up and walk. And he leapt. He leapt up and there he was. He'd been a cripple man. See the wonderful power of Jesus Christ.

You know, friends, what I'd like to try and convey to you, it's the same Jesus that we worship. Don't look back and think, oh, well, that was in those days. It's the same Jesus. Jesus Christ, the same. yesterday and today and forever and forever. It's the same Jesus. This wonderful saviour who is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him seeing he ever liveth. He ever liveth to make intercession for his people.

the Apostle Paul, he writes to the Hebrews and he says in chapter 7 and in the verse 24, but this man, I love that expression, it's highlighting the sacred humanity of the Son of God, but this man, because he continueth ever, Jesus continues ever he's the same yesterday today and forever But this man because he continue with ever hath an unchangeable priesthood Wherefore because he is the eternal Son of God because he has an unchangeable priesthood Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost

now I understand in the original meaning where the word uttermost is spoken of here, it actually means eternally. Eternally. Now we know, I'm not saying it's wrong, but some people would always interpret that word uttermost as a poor sinner in their uttermost condition. Well, it can mean that, but actually the word in the original Greek was forever. He's able to save to the uttermost. forever is able to save Didatimos that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth, to make intercession for them.

For such a high priest have we, became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, made higher than the heavens. This amazing person of Jesus Christ. who needeth not daily as those high priests to offer up sacrifice first for his own sins and then for the people's, for this he did once when he offered up himself. In that one glorious sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, sin has been put away, divine justice has been satisfied, God and sinners are reconciled.

See, for the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity, but the word of the oath which was since the law maketh the son who is consecrated for evermore. Consecrated for evermore. He's eternally the same. He's Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever.

You know the apostle Paul and he writes his epistle to the Romans In Romans chapter four, speaks of Abraham in verse 20, he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God and being fully persuaded that what he had promised, he was able also to perform. We spoke this morning that all the promises of God are yay and amen. in Christ Jesus. Now, Abraham staggered not at that promise, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God, being fully persuaded that what he had promised, what God had promised, he was able to perform. Therefore, it was imputed to him for righteousness. Abraham was made righteous by faith. And that's the only way that you and I can ever be made righteous, is by faith, by faith in Jesus Christ.

Now, it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed if we believe on him that raised up Jesus, our Lord from the dead, who was delivered for our offences and was raised again for our justification. Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. You see that? This is that faith.

One of the hymn writers says, by faith in me, the soul receives new life. though dead before. We sung in our opening hymn, Jesus gives us pure affections. You know, when the Holy Spirit works in the heart, brings us to see our need of a saviour, and then reveals Jesus unto us, he gives us faith to believe. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. Faith to believe. And then, with that faith, He gives those wonderful graces of the Spirit of faith, love, humility, patience. These are the graces of the Spirit. When He gives faith, He gives the ability to believe, to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.

He gave that faith to that dear woman when she pressed through the crowd, when she touched the hem of His garment. It was faith. And the Lord Jesus said, thy faith has saved thee. You see, by faith in me, the soul received new life, though dead before, and they were all amazed.

I know we can understand John Newton's hymn when we've tasted of that wonderful love of Jesus Christ. That extremely well-known hymn, Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I'm found, was blind. But now I see it's amazing grace. And you'll stand amazed at that wonderful grace when you feel it in your own heart, in your own soul. When you feel that you're a sinner, unworthy, but then you feel that Jesus loves you.

They were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, what a word is this? For with authority and power he commanded the unclean spirits, and they come out. And the fame of him went out into every place of the country, round about the fame of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Oh, my beloved friends, that is my desire that you may be brought to behold this glorious Saviour by faith. That like that, dear woman, you may be able to touch the hem of His garment and feel that wonderful virtue that comes from Jesus Christ. That wonderful virtue of His precious blood that cleanseth us from all sin. that wonderful virtue of His glorious righteousness that covers our nakedness and fits and presents us to stand in the presence of the Eternal God forever and ever.

And they were all amazed and spake among themselves, saying, what a word is this! For with authority and power He commanded the unclean spirits and they come out. And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

Just think, as a final remark here, just think of the wonderful grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. When in John 14, he says to his poor tried disciples, let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, Believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also.

May the Lord add his blessing. Let us now sing together hymn number 410. The tune is Eshdahol 332.

O for a heart prepared to sing,
to God my Saviour and my King,
while with his saints I join to tell,
my Jesus has done all things well.

Hymn 410, tune Eshdahol 332.

The birds were singing,
to the light of the new man I knew.
? It's glorious heaven on earth ?
? It is the home of the brave ?
O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, O come,
? And hold you low and free ?
? Resurrection to save the way ?
Behold me, I will turn my head from them, like Jesus has done once.
? Since my soul has known his love ?
? Unless he stress he may be free ?
? Plus his rejoicing he may be free ?
My Jesus has done all things well.
I am my Saviour and my God.
that sang of thee in gentle rose.
Alleluia, let it end,
Thy Jesus has done no pain.
Sometimes he sings to silence his eyes,
To make me pray, O take my pride.
Yet am I the ruler of Israel, my Jesus Christ.
Soon shall I cross the river Dead,
and in His arms shall live my prayer.
Yet then my perfect soul shall tell,
My Jesus has done all this.
? And when to God I call my guide ?
? And my Saviour in the skies above the sea ?

Now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, the sacred fellowship of the Holy Spirit, Rest and abide with us each, both now and for evermore. Amen.