Open your Bibles, if you would,
to 2 Corinthians, Chapter 12. 2 Corinthians, Chapter 12. We'll read verses 1 to 10. 2 Corinthians, Chapter 12. The name of the message is, Jesus
Christ completely sufficient. Now, when I type up my messages,
I often use words. And something happened through
this message that was pretty neat. Every time I had the word
sufficient, it was underlined with a little squiggly like they
tell you to suggest another word. And you know what the other word
was? Enough. Enough. My. He's enough. And more. He's enough and more. Sufficient. Enough. And even
more, beloved. Even more. Completely sufficient. Completely enough as our Redeemer. My. In chapter 12 here, verses
1 to 10, we'll read about Paul's thorn in flesh. Let's read in
verse 1. It is not expedient for me doubtless
to glory. I will come to visions and revelations
of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ about
14 years ago, whether in the body, I cannot tell, or whether
out of the body, I cannot tell, God knoweth, such in one caught
up to the third heaven. And I know such a man, whether
in the body or out of the body, I cannot tell, God knoweth, how
that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which
is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such an one will I glory,
yet of myself I will not glory but in mine infirmities. For
though I desired glory, I shall not be a fool. For I will say
the truth, but now I forbear, lest any man should think of
me above that which he has seen me to be, or that he heareth
of me. Unless I should be exalted above
the measure through the abundance of the revelation, there was
given to me a thorn in the flesh. messenger of Satan, to buffet
me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the
Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me,
my grace is sufficient, is enough, is enough, beloved. My grace
is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Most gladly, therefore, will I glory in my infirmities that
the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore, I take pleasure
in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions,
in distress. For Christ's sake, for when I
am weak, then I'm strong. That's the total opposite of
the world, isn't it? The world thinks, well, yeah, I'm strong
and I'm not weak at all. No, but the believer knows that
when we're weak, we're actually strong in Christ. The opposite
of what the world thinks. Now, one of the greatest doctrines
of scripture is the claim that Jesus Christ is completely sufficient
for all matters of life and godliness. and that he is all that a sinner
needs. He's enough. We, who are his people, know
he's even more. But he's all that a sinner needs. The believer,
the scriptures declare, is complete in Christ. We don't always feel
that way, do we? Because we're living in this
sinful world, in this body of flesh. But that's what the scriptures
declare, beloved. That the believer in Christ is
complete in him. Now the English word for sufficient
is defined as this, enough to meet the needs of a situation
or a purposed end. Enough to meet the needs of a
situation or a purposed end. And we see in verse nine the
words of our Lord to Paul saying, my grace is sufficient for thee. Now the Greek word there for
sufficient is defined as to be possessed of unfailing strength.
Oh my. You know why? Because that strength
comes from God. To be possessed of unfailing
strength, to be strong, to suffice, to be enough, to defend, to be
satisfied, to be contented. My. And this Greek word is translated
eight times in the scriptures. Four times it's translated content. Two times it's translated sufficient.
In one time, it's translated enough. In one time, suffices,
all meaning the same thing. Now, we who are sinners by nature
and choice, we have a great need, don't we? And even after we're
saved, we have a great need, don't we, for grace and strength,
for daily living. But sinners, by nature, we come
into this world with a great need. Whether we believe it or
not, we have a great need. And we cannot supply the want
of it, can we? We cannot fulfill that need on
our own. It's impossible. It's impossible
for us. We can't pay what God demands
for our sins. Not even one. And we need the
forgiveness of all our sins. We need that. And yet we're bankrupt
in any way to make that situation any different.
We're bankrupt. We can't change the fact that
we're bankrupt sinners. We have no ability to change
that situation. and we need a perfect righteousness
to be able to stand in the presence of our great God, we know that.
We need a perfect righteousness. So in our natural state, we are
unacceptable to God. We are unacceptable to stand
in the presence of a holy and righteous God. And hence the
importance of Colossians when it said that the Lord qualifies
us for heaven. That just means, qualify there
just means to be made fit. We're made fit for heaven in
Christ. In our natural state, we're not
fit. We're not fit to stand in the presence of a holy God. But oh, in Christ, So again,
how shall this great need be supplied then? Only through Christ.
Only through Christ, not by our works, not by anything we do
or think. And remember, works is defined
as anything you do or you think you can do. So we cannot be made fit for
heaven. We cannot be made righteous by
anything we do. But yet man continuously tries
to make themselves righteous. Because we're wired for that
in our natural state. We do, as scripture says, what
we think is right in our own minds. That's the problem. But God's ways are not our ways
and his thoughts are not our thoughts. No. No one can gain merit or
favor with God by anything they do. We are born into a helpless,
hopeless state of sinnership. That's what we're born into.
That's what we're born into. And we have no way to remedy
our situation by anything we do. That's our natural state. That's the natural state of every
man, woman, child on this earth, whether they believe it or not.
That's how we come into this world. But there's hope for the hopeless. There's hope for the hopeless.
Listen to these words of our Lord. Turn, if you would, to
Matthew chapter 19. Listen to these words of our
Lord. After speaking to a rich man who went away sad, because
he'd been confronted by his own ability to save himself, he went
away sad. The Lord said this to his disciples. And look how clear this is, what
he says here. We're starting verse 23 of Matthew
19. He says this, Then said Jesus
unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, that a rich man shall
hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto
you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. So remember,
this is right after he's talked to a rich man and he sent him
away, and he went away sad. He went away sad. Look at the
disciples' reaction, because this would be our reaction too
then, wouldn't it? It would be, really. When his
disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who
then can be saved? See? Our natural state. Who then
can be saved? If we can't remedy the situation,
who then can be saved? We're in what looks like an impossible
situation, eh? And that's what they're being
confronted with. They're looking at the position from their view,
but not God's view. And look at the wonderful words
there in verse 26. But Jesus beheld them and said
unto them, with man, this is impossible. So it's impossible
for us to save ourselves, guys. It's impossible, beloved, for
us to save ourselves. It's impossible. But with God,
all things are possible. Look at those beautiful words.
With God, all things are possible. So today we'll be looking at
the sufficiency of Christ, that He alone is all that a sinner
needs. Turn, if you would, to 2 Peter. 2 Peter. 2 Peter here. We'll read chapter 1, verses
1 to 7. And we see here that the Lord
Jesus Christ is absolutely sufficient for all life and godliness. 2 Peter 1, verses 1-7, Simon
Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ to them that
have obtained like precious faith. So he's writing to believers,
those who have obtained like precious faith, and we know from
studying scripture that that's a gift from God, eh? That's God,
He's given us the gift of faith. We've obtained it, we didn't
seek it, we couldn't earn it, but we've obtained it. With us
through, how? Through the righteousness of
God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, all through Christ. Grace and
peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God
and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath given
unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness through
the knowledge of him, that being Christ, that called us to glory
and virtue. and whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might
be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption
that is in the world through lust. And beside this, given
all diligence to add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge,
and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and
to patience godliness, and to godliness brotherly kindness,
and to brotherly kindness charity, which is love. which is love. But note, verse three, according
as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain
unto life and godliness, Christ is sufficient, beloved, because
through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory
and virtue. We have all spiritual blessings in Christ, beloved,
everything, everything in Christ. Turn, if you would, to Colossians
2. I'd like us to read that portion that I read or that I mentioned
earlier, how we are complete in Christ. And again, the Greek
word for complete here means that you cannot add, you can't
add anything, anything to it. You are absolutely complete.
Friend of mine who reads and writes Greek, I was talking to
him when I went out west last year, and we were discussing
this word, and we just started rejoicing. It's wonderful. You're
complete. There's nothing to be added.
Enough. Sufficient. Look at this in Colossians
chapter two. verses 9 and 10. For in Him,
being Christ, dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
And you, Nero, remember Paul's writing again to born-again blood-washed
saints. And I remember Norm Wells said,
if we just believe what the Bible says, right, we do well. The problem is that most people,
well, we know the people in the world, they don't believe what
the words say. They do not believe what the word says. But God's
people, we come to this and we look at this and we're in awe,
aren't we? And we believe it by God-given faith. Look at it,
it says, and you, ye, so put your name in there, and you.
If you're a born-again believer, and you. are complete in Him,
in Christ, complete. Complete in Him, which is the
head of all principality and power. Oh, Lord. That's a wondrous, wondrous statement,
isn't it? Complete. Let's go back now to 2 Corinthians
where we were, where we read in chapter 12, we'll read verse
9. And Paul has asked the Lord to remove his thorn in the flesh.
And our Lord answers him this. And he said unto me, My grace
is sufficient, it's enough for thee, for my strength is made
perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will
I rather glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may
rest upon me. Paul being given a special messenger
of Satan to buffet and beat him down in the flesh. And he asked
the Lord for relief. For immediate relief. And instead of removing the thorn
in the flesh, the Lord in His infinite wisdom instructed and
encouraged Paul that his grace was sufficient. enough to sustain him through
this time of trial. Now, for the believer, we go
through one trial and we come to another one, don't we? Scott Richardson said the believer's
either going into trouble, in trouble, or coming out of trouble. And it's just this continuous,
it's just this continuous. But beloved, the only trouble
we'll have is while we're here on this earth. There'll be no no trials in heaven,
no tribulation. Nothing. No sickness, no sorrow,
no pain, no suffering, no sin, hallelujah. No sin. Oh, my. So Paul's told by the Lord that
his grace is sufficient. It's enough to sustain him through
this trial. And this is surely true of all
the Lord's people. We often think in times of despair
and doubt that there's no way that we can survive what we're
going through. A heartache or grief or pain.
And yet the answer of the Lord is always the same for the believer. My grace is sufficient for you. And His grace is sufficient,
think of this, to choose us unto salvation. He chose us, the Father
chose us in Christ by His grace and mercy. And His grace is sufficient
to save us by His almighty power. In Acts it says this, but we
believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall
be saved even as they. Acts 15.11 His grace is sufficient to keep
us from falling. And Judith says this, Now unto
Him, being Christ, that is able to keep you from falling. Oh,
the strength that keeps us from falling, beloved. It's the almighty
strength and grace and mercy of God. Now unto Him that is
able to keep you from falling. And to present you faultless.
Faultless. We're sinners, saved by the grace
of God, but to present you faultless. Before the presence of His glory
with exceeding joy. To the only wise God and Savior
be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.
Amen. Amen. And surely His grace is
sufficient to sustain and comfort and bless us at all times. At all times. So what's being
bought forth here is the sufficiency of Christ. the sufficiency of
our Lord for His people. He is enough. He's enough. Paul went so far to pen, and
we all would agree with this, who are His people. Christ is
my all in all. He's more than just enough for
me. Isn't He? He is. He's everything. He's
my all in all. The Lord's salvation and strength
is perfect and complete. Perfect and complete at all times.
But it's especially manifest. His grace is especially manifested
to His people in our time of need. And in our times of weakness. His grace is manifest even more
to us. And He is strong when we're weak. And what does he instruct his
people? He instructs us to come boldly before the throne of grace,
doesn't he? To come boldly before the, why? Why does he instruct
us, why does God instruct us to come boldly before the throne
of grace? Because his grace is sufficient
for us, beloved. And he is the one who's full
of grace and truth. He's the one full of mercy. He's the one we delight to run
to, isn't he? Because we know he loves and
cares for us with an eternal love. The Lord's grace is sufficient
at all times for the believer. Listen to this promise where
that's mentioned. Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy. It's a promise. Hebrews 4, 6, let us therefore
come boldly unto the throne of grace. How? Only in and through
Christ, that we may obtain, and we do obtain mercy, don't we?
God always gives us grace and strength in our time of need,
that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of
need. So Paul continually went to the
throne of grace about the thorn of the flesh, and the Lord said,
my grace is sufficient for you, Paul. And He gives them strength
to carry on. You know, we don't realize, I
don't think we really realize how much grace and strength the
Lord gives us on a daily basis. He just keeps us going. He just
keeps us going, beloved. He upholds us by the word of
His power. It's amazing. It's absolutely
amazing. So the Lord Jesus Christ is our
all-sufficient Savior. He gives his people daily grace
and daily strength for each trial. For each trial. And this is why
it's important for us when we pray for our brothers and sisters.
Lord, please give them grace and strength during this time.
Have mercy on them. And we realize and appreciate
The fact that our Lord gives us daily grace and strength the
most when we know and confess our own weaknesses, our own frailties,
our own abilities, and our own sinfulness. We're continuously
confronted with the fact that we need our Lord. That we need him. I need my Lord
more now than I've ever needed him before. Is it so for you?
I do. I need my King more. I think I told you the story.
One time I called up Brother Donnie Bell one time. And I said
to Donnie, I said, you know, because in religion they're always
telling you you're going to get better, right? Always tell you you're
going to get better. And I called Donnie up and I
said, I'm getting worse, Donnie. I'm just such a sinner. He goes,
brother, you're growing in grace. Because the more we grow in grace,
The more we see our sinnership, the more we see that we are sinners
who have been granted mercy and grace in and through the Lord
Jesus Christ. We don't see ourselves getting
better. I talked to a dear brother down in 13th Street, 95 years
old. He was telling me, he says, Brother,
it don't get any better. He says, you just keep struggling
with sin. Well, it's incredible, but think
that one day when we breathe our last breath here. There'll
be no more struggle with sin. And we'll see face to face the
one who redeemed us, our hope will become sight. Our hope will
become sight. Oh, my. Look at what Paul says in verse
10, immediately following our verse. He has resigned himself
to the sovereignty of God, knowing that Christ is all sufficient
for his needs in his life and his death. Look what he says
in verse 10. Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities and reproaches
and necessities, in persecutions, in distress for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I
strong. He's resigned himself to resting
in the sovereignty of God. And the Lord told Paul that his
grace was sufficient to support him, to strengthen him, to uphold
him under any trial or circumstance. And think of this, God's strength
and grace are never more appreciated than when we realize our own
weakness. And when we realize our own weakness and our own
inability, then God's grace is magnified. It's magnified, because
in our weakness, we're taught the truth of John 15, verse 5,
where the Lord says, He says, I'm the vine, and ye are the
branches, meaning His people, right? He that abideth in me,
and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit, for without
me ye can do nothing. So in the midst of these trials
and situations in our lives, where our weakness and our inability
and our sinfulness is magnified, the truth of that verse comes
forth. Without Christ, we can do nothing. Nothing. Three things are expressed in
John 15, verse 5. He says he's the vine. Christ
says he's the vine, the fountain, the spring, and the source of
all life. And we're the branches. We're the branches. We have no
life, no power, no existence apart from him. Without him we can and have and
do absolutely nothing. Now that's a very humbling thing
to think about, isn't it? But the believer in Christ embraces
that, don't we? Everything I know, all my abilities, come from Him. Because without Him, I can't
do nothing. It's humbling. But God's people
say, Amen. Amen. He's our life. And believers are truly one with
Christ. The vine and the branches show
the close union a close union with Christ and his people. When
one looks at a vineyard, you ever drive by a vineyard? When
you look at a vineyard, you don't say, well, look, there's the
vine and there's the branches, do you? No, you consider it one. You consider it one. Look at
our apple trees. You don't look at the trunk and
go, well, there's the trunk and there's all them branches. No, you say,
look at the apple tree. Right? They're one. They're one. That's the picture that he's
giving us. They're one. He's the head and we're the body. They're one. They're one. So
clear and so clearly stated, isn't it? He brings down a great
truth and puts it in a place where
we can understand it just by looking at trees and things.
It's incredible. And this is why, when Paul was
persecuting Christians, remember, on the road to Damascus, and
he was arrested by the sovereignty of God, because he was, he was
arrested by the sovereignty of God. This is why the Lord said,
and who was, who was, who was Saul persecuting? Well, he was
persecuting believers. And the Lord said, Saul, Saul,
why persecutest thou me? See? He's the head or the body. Why persecute us down me? And
the other truth that's bought forth in there in John. 15, verse
five, is these branches abide in Christ will surely bring forth
fruit. Will surely bring forth fruit, fruit of a spirit. It's the fruit of the Spirit.
We've got peace and righteousness and love within the believer.
All work of the Holy Spirit of God. Now let us consider... Let us consider who the Lord
Jesus Christ is. Who the Word of God... Who He
is. He's the Word of God incarnate. And just from the titles that
the Scripture gives of Him, And pictures of Him show us that He is all-sufficient. That He is all-sufficient. And it's no wonder that Paul,
having been taught the all-sufficiency of Christ, said, if God be for
us, who can be against us? It's no wonder he wrote those
words. God before us who can be against he knew the all-sufficiency
of Christ He'd been taught that any we see he's been taught that
Three times he asked the Lord take that thorn from him He said my grace is sufficient All-beloved The One who has saved us is He
who created all things. And it is He who is sufficient
for the salvation of all His people. Because He's our wisdom,
He's our righteousness, He's our sanctification, and He's
our redemption. And there is absolutely no hope
for a sinner outside of Christ. There is absolutely no hope for
a sinner outside of Christ. None. Oh, so pure is He, there's no
blemish, no stain, no spot of sin, no defilement, no deception,
no corruption, no error, no imperfection in Him. The Scripture declares,
for as much as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible
things as silver and gold from your vain conversation received
by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of
Christ as a lamb without blemish and without spot. perfect, sinless,
who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world,
but was manifest in these last times for you, for the believer. That's who Peter's writing to
when he pens these words. Who by him do believe in God,
that raised him up from the dead and gave him glory, that your
faith and that your hope might be in God. Our faith and our hope is in
the One who is all-sufficient Beloved. That's who our faith
and our hope is in, and His name is the Lord Jesus Christ. So complete is He that there
is no other God beside Him. None. He is the only begotten
Son, and all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in Him.
And in Him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily. Christ
is the heir of all things. He created all things. And all
things were made by Him, through Him, and for Him. And He upholds
all things by the word of His power. No wonder Paul said, if
God is before us, who can be against us? This is the God of the Bible.
Not the God of people's imagination that gets proclaimed in pulpits
all across America. That's not a God that can do
nothing. This is the God of the Bible. In Genesis, He is the promised
seed of the woman who will crush the serpent's head. And beloved,
He did that at Calvary's cross. In Exodus, He is the great I
Am. He's the great I am he's pictured
in the Passover lamb is what Lord says when I see the blood
all Passover you and when God sees the blood of Christ on his
people he passes over all of us beloved because the the judgment
of in the wrath of God fell upon Christ in our place he paid it
all he paid it all he's the Passover lamb And what a picture of the
forgiveness of all our sins. In Leviticus, he's pictured as
in the high priest, in the sacrifice, and in the scapegoat, beloved.
In Numbers, he's typified in the brazen serpent. All who look
to the brazen serpent were saved, and all who look to Christ are
saved. All who look to Christ are saved. In Deuteronomy, he's
the Messiah, and he's the prophet like Moses. In Joshua, he's the
captain of our salvation, beloved. Captain of the Lord's hosts.
In Judges, He is the Judge and Lawgiver, being typified in the
Judges, for He is the true Judge of the living and of the dead.
In Ruth, He's pictured as the Kinsman-Redeemer, typified in
Boaz, who is the Kinsman-Redeemer of Ruth. And He's called the
Lord our Shepherd in the Psalms. Our high tower, our strength
and our defense. He's called the Bridegroom in
the Song of Psalms. And He's enamored with the bride.
He loves His bride. The bride chosen by the Father
for Him. In Isaiah, He's brought forth
as the suffering Savior. The suffering Savior. The suffering
servant. But He's also, He's a man of
sorrows, acquainted with grief, who suffered on Calvary's cross
in our room and place. He's the great substitute of
His people. In the book of Isaiah, though,
He's called the Holy One. He's called the Holy One. Do
you see how sufficient He is, beloved? Do you see how sufficient
our God is? This is our Savior. He's called,
in the book of Isaiah, the Holy One of Israel, and the God of
the whole world, Emmanuel, God with us, the Prince of Peace,
Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father.
And these titles, let these titles, beloved of God, Bring peace to
your soul. These are titles of our Savior.
And He alone is sufficient for all our needs. All our needs. He's also, in Matthew, called
the Son of David, the King of the Jews and the Son of God.
In Mark, He's called the Holy One of God and the King of Israel. In Luke, He's called the Horn
of Salvation, which designates His strength and His almighty
power. He's also called the consolation
of Israel, which speaks of how Christ is the believer's solace
and comfort. In the book of John, our great
Savior is called the only begotten Son, full of grace and truth. He's called the Lamb of God also
in John. the sinless, spotless Lamb of
God. He's also called the Bread of
Life in John, the Light of the World, the Great I Am, the Door
of the Sheep, the Good Shepherd, the Resurrection in the Life,
and the Way, the Truth in the Life. Do you see how sufficient
He is? Do you see how sufficient our Savior
is, beloved? Oh, how we see our Savior as
the all-sufficient Savior, just in the titles in which He's called.
In the book of Acts he's called the prince of life. The prince
of life. The judge of the living and the
dead. The just one. Oh, that's who he is, isn't he? He's the just one. And he's also
called the hope of Israel. He's the hope of his people.
I ask you, is Christ your hope? Is Christ your only hope? Oh,
he's the only hope of his people. He's the only hope in the book
of Timothy. He's called the blessed and only
potentate. The king of kings and the Lord
of Lords. And first, John, he's the believers
advocate with the father. The word incarnate, the one who
is eternal life to his people. What is he to the believer? Well,
the scripture declares how He's all sufficient for us. Oh my. God is our Savior. All those titles belong to Him. All those titles belong to Him.
He's all sufficient for us, beloved. He alone is our peace, our hope,
our life. And for the believer alone, He's
the true and living way. He's the root and offspring of
David, the bright and morning star. He's the faithful and true
one. He's the author and finisher
of our faith. He came into this world willingly to die on Calvary's
cross in the place of His people. And He accomplished that which
He was sent to do. He saved His people from their
sins. Purchased us with His precious
blood, beloved. Dying is our substitute before
God's holy law and holy justice. Before the very one we sinned
against. And mark those precious words
of all sufficiency. It is finished. What a cry of
all sufficiency. It's done. And like the scripture
we looked at, we are complete in Christ. And the believer says,
hallelujah. That's amazing. That's truly
amazing grace. That's truly amazing grace. In Christ Jesus, our Lord is
the Apostle and High Priest of our confession. He is the Lord
Almighty. He's a righteous servant. He's the Redeemer of His people.
He's the Son of God and the Son of Man. He's the only door to
heaven, beloved. He's the only door to heaven.
He is sovereign Lord over all things visible and invisible.
He is prophet, priest, and king to the believer. He's our Sabbath
too, isn't He? That's very important. He's our
Sabbath, which means He's our rest. We have ceased from our
labors, haven't we? And Christ is our rest. He's
our rest. He's our rest. The one in whom
we find rest not only from our labors of works trying to gain
merit and favor with God, but also rest for our souls. Rest for our souls. And He is
our righteousness. Scriptures declare another one
of His titles. The Lord our righteousness. He's also called the chief shepherd,
the lion of the tribe of Judah, the rock of our salvation. And
I love this one because this talks about security. Oh, my. He's called the ancient of days. The one who keeps my soul and
yours, if you're a believer, is the ancient of days. My. Let that flow into your heart,
beloved of God. And He's the counselor and comforter
of His people. He's the promised Messiah. He
is the great I Am. Therefore, weak and weary pilgrim,
because that's what we are, right? Weak and weary pilgrims, pilgrimaging
to glory, trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ. Never forget the
very one who keeps you is God Almighty. God Almighty. It's He who gave His life for
you. It's He who keeps you by His
almighty power. And it's Christ and Christ alone
who is our all-sufficient Savior. And all we can say is glory to
His name.