Open your Bibles, if you would,
to the book of Philippians. The book of Philippians. We'll
continue our study in this wonderful book. Paul has been imprisoned
in Rome for simply preaching the gospel. And he's in bonds. He's actually chained to a Roman
soldier 24 hours a day under house arrest. And as I mentioned
many times before, there were six watches. So every four hours
he'd have a new guard chained to him. And these were Praetorian
guards because only the Praetorian guards were the ones who guarded
prisoners and took care of affairs within the city of Rome. No legion
was allowed within the boundaries of Rome. The reason being is
the legions were severely loyal to their generals. And so the
Romans feared a coup of any kind. And if a legion came in and took
over, that would be considered a coup. Caesar would be known
as a traitor in America because he came in and took over after
his great conquests in Gaul. So they never wanted that to
happen again, so they said legions can't come within the boundaries
of Rome. They can come in individually,
but they can't march through unless there's a triumph, which
the triumph was they had a celebration of great victory, and the legions
would walk behind their general, and there'd be all kinds of fanfare
and everything. It was the only time they were
allowed within the city of Rome as a full legion. So they had
the Praetorian guards, which were basically the elite of the
elite. And we've seen that Paul, he's chained to one of these
guys. He's chained to one of these guys 24 hours a day. But
there's six different guards within the 24-hour period. And
even with the Praetorian guard now, word has gotten through
why Paul is under house arrest. for preaching the gospel of the
Lord Jesus Christ, for preaching salvation for sinners in and
through Christ alone. That's the only reason he was
under arrest. But the gospel spread like wildfire, didn't
it? Oh my. So much so that even the brethren
in Rome now are fired up because they get to go visit Paul. And
who's Paul going to talk about when they're visiting them? He's
going to talk about Christ, isn't he? Who's Paul going to talk
to when the Praetorian guards are sitting there? Christ. He's going to tell them all about
Christ. He's got a captive audience, doesn't he? The guy's literally
chained to him. oh my so we may i was thinking about that about
that this morning i thought why wouldn't it be a blessing to
meet some of those petorian guards that the lord saved them and
he'd say i was chained to that i was chained to our dear brother
paul and he told me about christ he told me about the only savior
of sinners the lord jesus christ and how his blood was shed to
give me a pardon of all my sins. He's the sinless one, the spotless
one, the Lamb of God. My oh my. So Paul wrote this
letter while he was under house arrest in Rome, again for preaching
the gospel. And he has brought before our
brethren that all things which have occurred, including his
imprisonment, all things that have occurred to him and to them
are for the furtherance of the gospel. Think of that in our
lives, things that happen in our lives. We think, me? Well, we're part of a local body,
aren't we? We're part of the body of Christ in general, right? And just as things fell out for
the furtherance of the gospel in Paul's life, things fall out
in our lives for the furtherance of the gospel. Why are we here?
It's not by chance. We don't believe in luck. We're
all sitting here today by divine providence. according to God's
sovereign purpose. Right? Charlie, why did you and
Denise just stop in this church one day? It was by God's divine
providence, wasn't it? And you had driven by all kinds
of other ones, and then you stopped here, and you're still here,
and rejoicing in the gospel. My, oh, my. See how God works?
It's amazing. Now let's read from verse 27
of chapter 1, all the way to Philippians chapter
two, verse four, because they're all connected. Remember verse
27, actually verses one, two, three, and four in chapter two
are an expansion upon basically verse 27. So let's read verse 27 of chapter
one in Philippians all the way to verse four in chapter two. Only let your conversation, in
the Greek, conversation there is citizenship, be as it become
of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or
else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast,
now look at this, in one spirit, united, together, Jew and Gentile,
with one mind, striving together for the faith of the gospel.
That's why we're here, right? It's for the furtherance of the
gospel. And in nothing, Terrified by your adversaries. That means
not at all in the Greek. Not at all being terrified by
the enemies of the gospel. Which is to them an evident token
of their perdition. So it's a token of their damnation.
But to you of salvation and that of God. Look at that little phrase
there. But to you of salvation and that
of God. Salvation's of the Lord. He saves
his people from their sins. We don't save ourselves. We can't. God saves us. For unto you it
is given on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but
also to suffer for his sake. So we see here that suffering
for Christ is a gift of God. Having the same kind of conflict
which you saw in me and now here to be in me, Okay, if there therefore,
there's the therefore connecting it to the other verses, if there
therefore be any consolation in Christ, consolation there
is encouragement in the Greek, if any comfort of love, if any
fellowship of the Spirit, if any bows and mercies, fulfill
ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, there he is again bringing forth
the unity, having the same love and being of one accord and of
one mind, Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory.
But in loneliness of mind, let each esteem other better than
themselves. Look not every man on his own
things, but every man also on the things of others. The name
of the message is esteeming others better. Esteeming others better. Paul, having been told by Epaphroditus,
of the fact of the Philippians suffering from false teachers.
Remember, they're suffering from false teachers within the church.
And they're also suffering from their fellow citizens, because
these Philippians, this is the first Roman city that the gospels
come to, they're Roman citizens. And with that citizenship comes
all kinds of privileges, doesn't it? But one thing with the Romans
is they worship the emperor like God. So the Lord has saved some
of these Philippians. And now they're saying, no, we
believe the one true God. We're not into that emperor worship.
He's just a man like we are. So now they're being persecuted
by their own countrymen, as well as false teachers have come into
the church and said, well, you must be circumcised in order
to be saved. They were called Judaizers. So
basically they're adding man's works to the gospel. There's
nothing. Salvation, I'm gonna tell you
something. Salvation, right, is Jesus Christ plus nothing.
It's all in Christ and Him alone. We are just mere receivers of
God's grace and mercy. Do we cry out to the Lord? Of
course we do, because we're born again by the Holy Spirit of God
and given faith to believe on Christ when we didn't have it
before. And then we cry out to our King, oh God, save me, save
me. And then, Brother Brian, we don't
ever stop crying out, do we? After the Lord saves us. We just
keep crying out to Him. He's so merciful to us. He's
so full of grace. He's wonderful. Our Savior, the
Lord Jesus Christ, is absolutely incredible. You know, and it's
the goodness of God that leads men to repentance. When we consider
what Christ has done for us, oh, how the sinless one came
from heaven, sent from heaven, sent by the Father to bleed and
die for a sinner like me. My, oh, my. My oh my, it's the
goodness of God that leads us to repentance. So they're being,
they're in conflict from within by the false teachers, and they're
having conflict from without too. Look at verses one and two
again. If there be any, or if there
be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of
love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any boughs and mercies,
fulfill ye my joy that you be like-minded, having the same
love being of one accord, look at that, one accord, unity, and
of one mind. So Paul brings forth that word
consolation is encouragement. Last week's message was encouragement
in Christ. Because we can only find true
encouragement in Christ. Others may encourage us, but
encouragement in Christ is far greater. Far greater. And remember, We're born-again,
blood-washed believers. We're going through this world.
We need encouragement, don't we? We need encouragement. And also we see, if any comfort
of love. Where's our comfort found, beloved?
Amen, in Christ. There's comfort only in Him.
Right? True comfort. My, oh, my, true
comfort, the comfort of knowing that all my sins are forgiven,
past, present, and future. They're all washed in the blood.
That God doesn't look upon me and see my sin. He sees me clothed
in the righteousness of Christ. And that's a marvel, isn't it,
Brother Charlie? That's a miracle of grace. And that's all God's
doing. And how did He purchase us, Brother? With His blood, didn't He? With
His blood on the cross, yeah. Yeah, oh my, great sacrifice,
the great sacrifice. So our only comfort is found
in Christ. And also, our comfort and our
encouragement comes through our fellowship with the Spirit. See,
before the Lord saved me, and before the Lord saved me, we
didn't have the Holy Spirit of God. And so, Charlie, what were
you talking about today? Them Baptists were coming at
us before we were saved, right? All these other people coming
at us. We had different sides tell us we're all going to hell. Oh my. And what did, did we want
to have anything to do with them? Nope. Now we rejoice. What's changed? You must be born
again. You must be born again. We're
new creatures in Christ. Now we have fellowship in the
Spirit, in the Holy Spirit of God, who comforts us with the
teachings of who? Christ. He says, I won't speak. The Lord said he won't speak
of himself. Here, teach you the things of
Christ. Teach you the things of me, he said. My, oh, my. And think of this, too. The believer can come to this
portion of scripture here, verses one to four in chapter two. And
we see an example of how brethren can find unity in the spirit
and in the bonds of peace. And that unity only comes through
Christ, right? It only comes through Christ. The fountainhead of a considerate
spirit is the grace of God in Christ. And we're gonna see that
brought forth here. Because by nature, we're not
considerate. By nature, we don't esteem others better than ourselves.
By nature, we say, look out for number one. But in grace, it's flipped right
over, isn't it? And we esteem others better than
ourselves. Who made us to differ? Amen. Christ. Only God. Who made me
to differ from my two brothers? Christ. Amen, brother. Only Christ. And I pray for them all the time,
but they have no interest in the gospel. Why do I have an
interest in the gospel? Why do I preach the gospel? Only because of the mercy of
God. And I was made well in the day of God's power, brother.
Amen. And Paul said, I obtained mercy. Have you? Have you obtained mercy in Christ?
It's wonderful. It's wonderful. My oh my. Notice it says of one mind in
verse two, one mind, one spirit, where to be one mind, one spirit,
where to be like minded. In verse two, look at this. It says, fulfill ye my joy that
you be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord,
of one mind. That's unity. And that comes
through the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Look at verse five.
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ. In 1 Corinthians
2, verse 16, the believer said to have the mind of Christ. Now
this mind is not that we could ever instruct Christ in any way.
That's not what that means. Not at all. Because he's God. He's God in the flesh. He wasn't
an old mere man. He's God incarnate in the flesh.
The perfect, spotless, sinless man. And he came to live a life
as a substitute for his people. And to fulfill God's law perfectly.
So perfectly that the law of God has no demands on those who
are his blood-washed people. Now that doesn't give us a license
to go crazy, does it? That doesn't give us a license
to go sin. No, that's called antinomianism and we don't believe
that. But I'll tell you what. We are free in Christ. We are
free in Christ, beloved. No, what this mind of Christ
is that we, by grace, through the spirit of truth, the Holy
Spirit, now we understand and discern that which is spiritual.
We didn't understand the spiritual things before, did we? Not of
the scriptures. The first time I read the Bible,
it was just pen and ink. That's all it was, just words. Oh, but after the Lord saved
me, it was a whole different book. So the mind of Christ, which
Paul is speaking about, is one of humility and putting others
before ourselves. Our King is a perfect example
of that, isn't he? Oh, what humility. Think of the
humility. He left heaven. Angels are falling
down before Him and worshiping Him, crying, Holy, Holy, Holy
Lord God Almighty. We get a picture of that in Isaiah
chapter 6. Falling down before Him. And the Father sends Him
on a mission. And what's that mission? What's
the one reason why Christ came down to this world? Matthew 121,
he came, thou shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save
his people from their sins. That's why he came, to save sinners
such as me. And I stand before you just a
man saved, a saved sinner, saved by the grace of God. I struggle
with sin every day, do you? But praise God, We believers
can say, I'm forgiven. My, not by anything we did, but
all because of what Christ did. All because of his perfect sin
atoning work on Calvary's cross. My, oh my. So Christ came to
save his people from their sins. And again, he's the perfect spotless
lamb of God. He never sinned in thought, word,
or deed. Never. People say, how is that possible?
Because he's God in the flesh. Can God sin? No. That's why I believe in the
impeccability of Christ. He couldn't sin. He's God. He's fully God and fully man
at the same time. Well, how do you explain that?
I don't know, but I believe it. By God-given faith. It's called
the hypostatic union. If you're looking into theology,
we just call it the God-man. 100% God and 100% man at the same
time. And in him all the fullness of
the Godhead dwelt bodily. That's our Savior. Our Savior
is God. Not some mere man. Our Savior
is God. And think of the humility of
leaving the splendors and glories of heaven to come to this sin-cursed
world. to be spit upon and rejected
and to be cursed and to be said he's doing the works of the devil
when he's doing the works of God. And then to go to the cross and
be beaten before he goes there. So marred that you couldn't even
recognize him. and to hang upon that cross and
bleed and die for the sins of his people. He's sinless. And
then he cries the wonderful words, beloved, it is finished. What's that mean? That means
the work of salvation is complete, doesn't it? That means there's
nothing for us to add to it. See, I preach a finished work.
The salvation of God's people was accomplished 2000 years ago. It's already done. I preach a
Christ who's successful. And I preach this too, that he
can save to the uttermost all who come to God through him. Oh my, did God plan and purpose
the crucifixion of Christ? Absolutely. Did God choose the
people from before the foundation of the world? Absolutely, that's
in scripture. Do I know who they are? I have
no clue. Therefore, I preach the gospel to everyone. And God
does the saving, doesn't he? And we're living proof of that,
Brother Brian. We're living proof of that. God does the saving. It's wonderful. But also, we
don't block the road, do we? Spirit and the bride say, come,
come to Christ. Look to Christ for salvation.
There's life in a look. You mean that's all I gotta do
is look to Christ? There's life in the look. Scripture says,
look unto me and be saved, all the ends of the world. Look to
the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. My oh my. So Paul's talking about
unity here. Think of this, turn if you would
to Luke 22. Look at this. His whole life
was a life of humility. He was in servitude to the Father's
will. Now he's equal with the Father,
and he's equal with the Holy Spirit, right? God the Father,
God the Son, God the Holy Spirit are all God. And they're all
equal. But our King, when he was on
this earth, he made himself a servant. And he submitted to the Father's
will, do you know that? He was in full submission to
the Father's will. He was living the perfect life
that we never could. Look at this text here in Luke
22. And when it says he's in agony, think of this. He's starting
to feel, he's the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. And all the sins
of his people, all the elect of all the ages are being put
upon him. And he's starting to feel that. He's starting to feel the weight
of it. And he's a man too, right? But we're gonna see here the
dual natures at work. The man says one thing and then
the spirit, oh, it's wonderful. And in no way did he sin at all. Look at this, Luke 22 verse 41. And he was withdrawn from them,
but the stones cast and kneeled down and prayed. So he's in the
garden of Gethsemane saying, Father, if thou be willing, Remove
this cup from me. Oh my, there's this humanity
feeling the agony. Right? And now here's this deity. Nevertheless, not my will, but
thine be done. The only way we could be redeemed
is if Christ went to that cross. And he, why did the father send
him again? To save his people from their
sins, right? He submits his will to the father's will. And he
says, nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done. And there
appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthened him in being
in agony. Soul agony. oh my people just think he went
through agony when he was on the cross he's feeling the weight
of what he's going to do beloved being in agony he prayed mournously
and his sweat was or great drops of blood falling down to the
ground my what a savior what a redeemer
and he went to that cross didn't he And he died for sinners. And he cried, it is finished. My. Now of these exhortations
that we see coming up in verses three and four. Let's look at
these again. Let nothing be done through strife
or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind, let each esteem others
better than themselves. Look not every man on his own
things, but every man also on the things of others. This cannot be done by the flesh.
It can't be done by the flesh. In our natural state, we will
never esteem anyone else better than ourselves. No matter how
much we say, oh yeah, you know, it's all about me. I was there,
I know. And I still struggle as a saved
man, do you? Right? That's why we have this exhortation
from the Holy Spirit of God. Because remember the true author
of this, Paul's just a penman. He's just a secretary. The true
author of these words is God the Holy Spirit. So this is an
exhortation for us to be like this. Because we're not by nature. And even after we're saved, we
still struggle, don't we? And we can't esteem others better
than ourselves by looking to ourselves, can we? How can we esteem others better
than ourselves? By looking to Christ. And looking to what he's
done for us. We will never find qualities
or traits within ourselves that will make us esteem others better
than ourselves. Because our flesh wants to do
certain things, and the spirit says, no. So we can't go to the flesh for
assistance, can we? So where do we go to for assistance?
We're only hedged up to Christ, aren't we, brother? We're hedged
right back up to Christ, aren't we? See how the scriptures do
that? They hedge us right to Christ, don't they? We got nowhere
else to go. Listen to this, Romans 8, 5 and
6. For they that are after the flesh
do mind the things of the flesh, but they that are after the Spirit,
the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is
death, that's our natural state, but to be spiritual minded is
life and peace, which we have in you, the Lord Jesus Christ,
and only in Him. So generally when the mind is
spoken of in scripture, it does not address the capacity, but
rather the employment of it in an action. Thinking about scripture, meditating
upon scripture, upon spiritual truths. Now this church was facing
some difficult issues. There were some who were dividing
the church, by pitting brother against brother. See, we always
have to remember, we're just safe sinners, aren't we? Don't be surprised. We're safe
sinners. Your brother or sister might
say something to you, it might aggravate you. Don't be surprised. Just give it to the Lord. Right? You know why? because we're just a safe sinner
like they are. It ain't hard to find faults
in others, is it? You go looking for it, you're going to find
faults in others. But to say, my brother's sister's
covered in the blood of Christ, who am I to find fault in them? See, Paul's driving for unity.
There was fractions starting to happen within this church. Oh my. This church again was facing,
they had brother against brother, they had the Judaizers called
by Paul later on, dogs, evil workers in the concision, who
appealed to the flesh, that man appealed to the fact that man
naturally wants to do something to be saved, but there's nothing
we can do to be saved. It's Christ and him alone. And it's obvious they may have
been gaining some ground within the church. Again, what's the
natural end of strife? Division. Division. One brother begins to look down
on another brother. I've seen this in religion, I'll
tell you what. One guy's looking at another
guy, or their family, and they're like, whoa. And then they're
looking back at him going, whoa. And then next thing you know,
the whole congregation's looking at each other, and the preacher's
even looking at them, and no one's looking at Christ. I've
seen it happen. And it's awful. I've seen it
in religion. And it's horrible. So how can we esteem others better
than ourselves? Well, let's look at this admonition
again in verses three and four. Let nothing be done through strife
or vainglory, but in loneliness of mind, let each esteem other
better than themselves. Look not every man on his own
things, but every man also on the things of others. So let
we who are the redeemed never forget that we are just sinners
saved by grace. That's all we are. And the way that we esteem others
better than ourselves is to see our brothers and sisters in Christ. To see them in Christ. What do
we say about ourselves? We say, I'm the chief of sinners,
along with Paul, don't we? We didn't say that before. I'm
the chief of sinners, beloved. And the more we grow in grace,
you know what? We don't see ourselves getting better. we see ourselves
getting worse. Right? You know why? Because
as we're conformed to the image of Christ, we start to learn
more and more what our sin really is. And how it infects our whole
body, from the top of our head to the bottom of our feet, like
Job said. And everything in between. Even the best prayers we offer
is tainted with sin. My oh my. So there must have been some
who were esteeming themselves better than others, and all I
can say is the flesh, the flesh, the flesh. It's horrible, isn't
it? But one day, beloved, we will
not struggle with the flesh anymore. We'll be at home seeing Jesus
face to face, and we will never again struggle with the flesh.
Now, verse one speaks of consolation, comfort, fellowship, the sense
of showing mercy to our brothers, then these consolations, comfort,
fellowship, and showing mercy to our brothers are applied also
to verses 3 and 4. The words in Christ in verse
1 qualifies that this exhortation is for God's people. Right? Because only God's people
are in Christ. Only the born-again blood-washed
believer is in Christ. but it also sets the way that
these admonitions are reached. Before the comparisons of relationships
are made, the believer is to approach them considering the
relationship of Christ and ourselves. By that in Christ being bought
forth, now we first consider ourselves in Christ. We're but
sinners saved by grace. So the believers, the sinners,
saved by grace, redeemed through the precious blood of Christ,
accepted before God, and yet we struggle with the old man
continually. How often do we choose ourselves rather than
Christ? Let's be honest. Yet he always chooses us. Now
this will warm your heart. He always chooses us. He always
comforts us. He always consoles us. He will never break fellowship
with us. And beloved of God, marvel, marvel
at how the Lord Jesus Christ is always merciful to us. Look
at verse 3. Let nothing be done through strife
or vainglory, but in loneliness of mind let each esteem other
better than themselves. See the word through in verse
3? In the Greek this indicates the regolith state of mind. It's the propelling motive in
the Greek. The propelling motive which will
be strife. Strife. Which in the Greek gives
the idea of factions. There's starting to be factions
within this church. And this brings forth, again,
that there was factions within the Philippian church. This exhortation
brings that forth. And the Apostle desires to correct
those things. And we see next, vain glory in
our text. In verse 3. It's a translation
of a word made up of two words. One meaning empty, and the other
meaning vain. It's used in the sense of to
no purpose, futile. Vain glory, no purpose in it. See, we glory in Christ, don't
we? But men and women who glory in themselves, it's futile. And then verse three, we see
that lowliness of mind. In lowliness of mind, we're to
esteem our brothers better than ourselves. Lowliness is a translation
of the word in the Greek that in other places in the scripture,
which means humble in humility. Humble. We're not that by nature,
are we? But when we're born again by
the Holy Spirit of God, he humbles us, doesn't he? Oh my. My oh my. See the word esteem? It's from a word referring to
a belief that rests not on one's inner feelings or sentiment,
but on due consideration of external grounds, which is Christ. Which for the believer is Christ
Jesus, our Lord, as we consider our brethren, our brothers and
sisters, but safe sinners as we are. It's not hard to esteem others
better than yourself when we're looking at them in Christ. See, Paul's trying to get their
minds, the Holy Spirit through Paul, is trying to get their
minds off of looking at each other and look back to Christ. Because we're going to find faults
with one another. You look at me, you're going to find so many
faults, it's not funny if you start looking for them. Right? It's true. But we, look at me like I look
at you in Christ. We're just sinners saved by grace. Oh my. The word better in our
text is, in the Greek it's a translation of a word which means literally
having above. Thus to excel or surpass. They're
better than me. They're better than me. So we're
to lift up our brothers and sisters in Christ. We're not the Lord over them.
We're to lift them up. Listen to this. I'm going to
read these four verses in the Greek literal Bible. This is
wonderful. Listen to this. Therefore, if
there is any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love,
if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affections and compassions,
fulfill my joy, so that she may be of the same mind, there's
the unity, having the same love, united in soul. United in soul, minding the same
things, nothing according to self-interest or according to
vain conceit. but in humility, be esteeming
one another, surpassing themselves. Each considering not the things
of themselves, but each also the things of others. Consider
our brothers and sisters as surpassing us. I once met a fellow. who when I came here taught me,
he used to always come to me, well, you're just a novice. Well, I'd been preaching for
11 years, but, you know, I say now I've been preaching longer
than that now, but I'm just scratching the surface. But this fellow
used to this, I can't learn a whole lot from you. There's a problem
there. He doesn't have a teachable spirit,
does he? Is that esteeming others better than yourselves? Nope. That's putting yourself
on a pedestal. Now, they're no longer here anymore. But that used to happen. None
of you knew about that, but that's OK. What do you do? You keep preaching
the gospel. You keep preaching Christ. You
keep looking to Christ. You keep esteeming others better
than yourselves. Yeah, you're right. I don't know
much, but what I know, I'm going to tell you about it. And I know
this, Jesus Christ saved my soul and he can save all who come
to him. all who come to him by faith and our faith is given
by God and we rejoice don't we beloved we rejoice and we're
so thankful when we hear the Lord saving another it just fills
our hearts with joy oh my another lost sheep being found and who
found them the great shepherd Oh my, they didn't even know
they were lost. Did we know we were lost when the shepherd found
us? We didn't have a clue, did we sister? We didn't have a clue.
And here he come, he found us. And he saved our souls. Oh, what
a savior. So when we look at our brothers
and sisters in Christ, we're not to look to their sin, because
we're all a bunch of sinners. We're all a bunch of sinners.
You know what? Someone asked me one time, they
said, how much church discipline do you do? And I said, I don't
do church discipline. And they go, what? And I said,
I preach the gospel. The gospel disciplines, doesn't
it? I just preach the word and it
disciplines God's people. It exhorts us, it comforts us,
it encourages us. Sometimes we're bought real low.
Sometimes I'll be listening to sermon, I get it right between
the eyes. But I need that. I need that. It takes me down
and lifts up Christ so I can look at my Savior and be in wonder
and awe. Be in wonder and awe that the
God of the universe has saved our souls, beloved. that God
himself became a man and saved us. Be in awe and be in wonder. My, what a Savior is Jesus Christ
our Lord. Brother Dan, can you close?