We'll read the last two verses
of Jude's epistle in just a moment. This is his doxology. But first,
before we read that, I want you to note the background, the background
of the epistle that Jude wrote. Look, for example, at verse 4.
Now this is the background of the epistle. This is what was
going on at the time that Jude wrote. He says in verse 4, there
are certain men crept in unawares, he forewarns them, who were before
of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace
of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God
and our Lord Jesus Christ. Look at verse 16. These are murmurers,
complainers, walking after their own lust. and their mouths speaking
great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because
of advantage. But beloved, remember ye the
words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus
Christ, how that they told you there should be mockers in the
last time who should walk after their own ungodly lust." And
I'm sure that Jude was referring to Paul as well as Peter. For example, Paul in 2 Thessalonians
wrote these words. John referred to them this morning
in his lessons. Paul said, Let no man deceive
you by any means. For that day, that is the day
of Christ's coming, shall not come except there come a falling
away first. And that man of sin be revealed
the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalted himself above God. so that he as God saideth in
the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Remember ye not
that when I was yet with you, I told you these things? Peter
likewise warned of that time, knowing this first, that there
shall come in the last days scoffers walking after their own lust,
and saying, where is the promise of his coming? Does that sound
familiar? You ever been asked that? Where
is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep,
all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."
Jude saw what Peter and Paul warned about in their day. Jude
saw that actually taking place in his day. He saw it. But thank God, as is always the
case, is always the case Where sin abounds, God's grace much
more abounds. Every time. Every time. There's never an exception to
that. Yes, it's true. Sin reigns unto death. Oh, but
God's grace reigns through righteousness to eternal life through by Jesus
Christ the Lord. Where sin abounds, God's grace
doth much more abound Peter and Paul didn't stop there, did they?
We read their warnings, but they went on to say, Paul in 2 Thessalonians,
but, but, this is not the end of the story. I can't stop here,
Paul seemed to say, and how those believers must have rejoiced
against that dark background of Paul's words when he says
this afterwards, but we're bound to give thanks. We're bound to
give thanks. We're obligated to do it. We're
under obligation to God's mercy and grace. We're bound to give
thanks always to God for you, brethren, for he had from the
beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the
spirit and belief of the truth, whereunto he called you He called
you by our gospel. It is not possible. It's impossible
to know. to have any knowledge that I'm
one of God's elect before he calls me. His calling is the
proof that I was chosen to salvation. He chose me to salvation before
the foundation of the world, then in time he calls me by his
grace, thereby making my election sure by my calling. Peter likewise didn't stop after
his warning, did he? He said, this they're willing
ignorant of, that God's long-suffering is not due to the slackness of
his promise, but his long-suffering to us-ward, his people, his chosen,
his redeemed. Long-suffering to us-ward, not
willing that any, not everybody, no, the us-ward are his chosen,
his redeemed ones, not willing that any of them should perish,
but that all should come to repentance. And then in his first epistle,
he closed it with much the same words when he said, know this,
brothers and sisters in Christ. Know this. Don't forget this. Be assured of this. Though you
suffer now, though you're going through difficulties now, though
you shed many a tear now, and your heart aches now, know this,
that nevertheless, this is the true grace of God wherein you
Stand. Nothing can change that. Nothing
can change that. Once we're Christ, and I say
that realizing that we've always been Christ, we've always belonged
to Him, but just for the sake of having some kind of handle
to get out of it, we put it in those words. As the hymn writer
said, once we're Christ, we're Christ forever. Nothing, nothing
from His love can sever. I like the words of he who spoke
as never a man ever did. He who is himself the very embodiment
of grace. John said we saw him, the only
begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Always full of grace and truth. Always, he sets up on a throne
of grace, the embodiment of God's grace, ever full, ever flowing,
ever giving, and yet never diminished. This is what he said, the great
shepherd of the sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I
know them. I know them. That is, I love
them, and they follow me. and I give them, I love them
and I give them eternal life and they shall never perish. What did we sing a moment ago?
Feeble, frail, and fickle sheep. That's so. That's the truth. There's no denying that and sometimes
we are tempted to think otherwise. As my father used to say, son,
you're getting a little getting a little bit too high on your
horse. It's time for me to knock you
down a peg or two. It's time for you to come down,
boy. And he could do it. He could do it affectionately,
and so does God. He can bring us down and make,
remind us of who we are. Just feeble, frail, and fickle
sheep. That is so, but this is also
so. The great shepherd. My salvation
is not determined by me. Oh, but my salvation is determined
by him. It's accomplished by him. And
he said, concerning all of his sheep, that they shall never
perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. I watched a cowboy show the other
night. A friend who was very ill was
being left behind at this ranch and there was some outlaws trying
to get to him. But as his friend left, the man
who owned the ranch told him, he said, listen, don't worry
about your friend. He's OK. Before they get to him, they've
got to come through us. And the great shepherd said,
before they get to you, they've got to come through me. They've
got to destroy me. They've got to conquer me. They've
got to overcome me. And he is king of kings and lord
of lords. Who's going to do that? Therefore,
they'll never be plucked out of my hand. Consider the absurdity
if such as that could ever happen. If sheep of Christ could perish
after all. If only one of God's sheep should
perish, you know what that means? You know what that would involve?
It means the purpose of God has been frustrated. God who himself
said over and over again, I shall do all my will. Have I purposed
it? God said, then I'll bring it
to pass. I'll bring it to pass. My will
to purpose it is sufficient to bring it to pass. But if one
of his sheep should perish, One of those sheep that God entrusted
into the hands of their surety? John, I think in a lesson you
taught a couple of weeks ago, you said one of the many blessings,
rich blessings of God's grace to your soul was when you learned
that he no longer looked to you for anything, but he held the
captain of your salvation responsible for your salvation. He looks
to Christ. Oh, isn't that a comfort? And
if one of God's sheep should perish, that he entrusted into
the hands of the great shepherd of the sheep, then his purpose
would be frustrated. It also means this, that the
power of the omnipotent God could be resisted. Now, that just doesn't
sound right, does it? He's omnipotent? He's omnipotent? Christ, the God-man who himself
is God? Say, all power, all power, that
doesn't leave any out, does it? All power is given unto me. I have all power in heaven and
earth. If that is the case and it is,
then how can he be resisted? How can he not accomplish his
will? How can he not have his way? Answer me this. Who's going to
stop him? Who's going to stop God Almighty
from having his way? Is there any such creature? Devil
or man that can do such a thing? If there is, we need to bow down
and worship them because they're God. That cannot be. If one of
God's sheep should perish, the promise of God would be broken.
The promise of the great shepherd would be broken because he said,
you will never perish. And the faithfulness of God would
just be a mockery. That's all it would be, would
be a mockery. And the Word of God would be proven to be a lie,
because it says the very opposite. They shall never perish. Oh God,
give us grace. With the Apostle Paul, who said
that he was persuaded, convinced, just sure of it. I'm persuaded
that neither death nor life, nor angels or demons, neither
the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor
depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate
us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Oh, sweet rest. Oh, sweet rest. I am His and He is mine. Now let's look at Jude's doxology
by which he closes this epistle, verses 24 and 25. Now unto him that is able, I
like the sound of that. Unto him that is able to keep
you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence
of his glory with exceeding joy. To the only wise God our Savior,
who else could it be that could do those things, be glory and
majesty, dominion and power both now and forever. Amen. When my children were very young,
still at home, and Lester, you probably experienced this too,
every parent does, but they thought Daddy knew everything. They just
thought Daddy knew everything, could do anything. Daddy, why
did this happen? Daddy, what does this mean? They
thought I knew it all, but I didn't. I didn't. They know now that
I didn't. And I'll tell you this, and I don't think I'll be telling
you anything you don't already know. As your pastor, I've seen
some of you hurting, going through great trials, heartache, and
there are times I just don't know what to say. I just don't
know what to say. But I know this. I know this.
As Paul told those weeping elders of the church at Ephesus the
last time he ever saw them on earth, he said, I commend you
to God. I'm leaving you in good hands.
Now, it's true. I'm going away. I'm going to
Jerusalem. I don't know what's going to happen to me there.
I know bonds and afflictions abide me. And I know that after
I'm gone, there'll be ravenous wolves come up among you. wolves
in sheep's clothing, and they'll try to devour the flock, but
I commend you to God. I'm leaving you in good hands.
I'm leaving you in good hands. The word of His grace which is
able to build you up. Old Newton expressed it very
well, didn't he? And we'll sing this hymn when
we close our service. Through many dangers, toils,
and snares we have already come. Yes we have. Yes we have. I preach from this same text
here in Jude verse 24 and 25 about four years ago. And I see
the proof of part of Jude's words setting before me right now.
Right now. He said, now unto him that is
able to keep you from falling. God has kept you from falling. And if I could right now somehow
peek into heaven, I'd see the fulfillment, the accomplishment
of the other half of Jude's words, and present you faultless before
the presence of his glory. Oh, to see the blessed accomplishment
of all the redeemed presented by Christ, back to Christ, and
his Father, faultless before the presence of his glory. Newt
went on to say, grace has brought us safe thus far. Any other explanation? Can there be any other reason
why we also haven't gone away? Is there any other reason why
we still profess faith in Christ? Is there any other reason why
the righteous still hold on their way? Can there be any other explanation
why they all appear before God in Zion? Only this, grace has
brought us safe thus far. And grace, oh child of God, grace
will lead you home. Christ promised that. The title
of my message is this, preserved and presented. They're both there
in verse 24, preserved and presented. Both are the work of him that
is able. Him that is able, our great God
and Savior. Who else could do it? Who else
could do it? My, so what a work it is to keep
sheep from falling. What a marvel that is. I mean,
just one, just one. And He keeps all that the Father
gave to Him. He keeps them all. He preserves
them all. He protects them all. He guides
them all. And He'll bring every one of
them to glory, and it will be His boast. It will be the blessed
boast of the captain of our salvation, and it will be among the reasons
that we sing worthy is the Lamb throughout eternity to hear Him
say, Father, here they are. I lost none. Isn't it any wonder? We'll cast
our crowns at his feet and say, man, isn't he something? Worthy
is the Lamb, preserved and presented to him that is able. Well, who
else could it be? Paul in Romans 4 said, being
fully persuaded that what God had promised, he was able also
to perform. Well, the promise would be pretty
much useless, and we would derive no comfort at all from it if
he wasn't able to do what he purposed. Paul in 2 Timothy,
you're familiar with this. Sitting in prison, he wrote to
Timothy and said, for the which cause I suffer these things.
Nevertheless, I'm not ashamed. I'm not going to stumble. I'm
not going to throw up my hands and quit because I know whom
I have believed. I know whom I have believed and
I'm persuaded that he, that one I believe, the Lord Jesus Christ,
he's able to keep that which I've committed unto him against
that day. Hebrews chapter 7, wherefore
he, that is Christ our high priest, ever liveth. He is able also
to save them to the uttermost I like that word, uttermost.
That's the sort of salvation I need. I'm an uttermost sinner,
so I need uttermost salvation. I'm uttermost lost, I need uttermost
finding. I'm uttermost helpless, I need
uttermost power. I need grace that reaches deeper
than the stain has gone, and glory to his name, that's exactly
the kind of grace he has. I tell you what, as I think I
may mention, in the article in your bulletin today. I hear people
tell sinners, preachers, that salvation is easy, easy, simple,
simple as A, B, C. Did you find that to be so? Did
you find that to be so? Did you take the first step?
Oh, no, no, no, no. I was as dead spiritually as
Lazarus was physically, and if King Jesus, the resurrection
and the life, didn't come to my dead, depraved, spiritual
carcass and speak life to me, I would still be dead. Oh, you
hath he quickened, glory to his name, who were dead in trespasses
and sins. He's able to save to the uttermost
all that come unto God by him. Preserved. Preserved. Notice the him. Notice what Jude
says. Now unto him that was able. Aren't
you glad he doesn't say that? He doesn't say was able. He is
able. Right now. Right now, he is able. As we get older, though we are
rather reluctant to admit it, especially vain man, our strength
declines and we grow weaker. I was playing golf the other
day, the same place I play with Wendell, one or two others, and
I said, Wendell, I declare this hole is getting longer and longer
all the time. It's because I'm hitting it shorter
and shorter all the time. Oh yes, we grow weaker. We grow
more feeble. The outward man is perishing
day by day. But that's not so concerning
our great God and Savior. Jesus Christ is always the same. Turn, if you will, to Isaiah
chapter 40. Or listen while I read these blessed words. Isaiah 40
verse 26. Lift up your eyes on high. I
look within and I'm discouraged. Look around and I'm discouraged.
Oh, but if I look up, if I look up, and I see him who loved me,
and by faith see him who gave himself for me. I see him who
is mighty to save. I see him who put away my sin. Oh, lift up your eyes on high,
and behold, who hath created these things that bringeth out
their host by number? He calleth them all by name,
by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power,
not one faileth. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and
speakest, O Israel, my way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment
is passed over from my God? Hast thou not heard that the
everlasting God The Lord, the creator of the ends of the earth,
fainteth not, neither is weary. There is no searching of his
understanding. Look in chapter 51 here in Isaiah. Listen to these words, Isaiah
51, verse 7. Hearken unto me, ye that know
righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Fear ye
not the reproach of men, Neither be ye afraid of their revilings,
for the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm
shall eat them like wool, but my righteousness shall be forever,
and my salvation from generation to generation. I am the Lord. I change not. Isn't that a comfort? Isn't that a comfort? Again,
the hymn writer said, change and decay all around me I see. Oh, but thou who changes not,
abide with me. He is Lord over all, always. Our Savior, our Savior. The Lord Jesus Christ remains
the same. Jesus Christ the same yesterday. Yesterday, he was raining. Today, he's still raining. And tomorrow and forever, he'll
still be raining. One of the popular teachings
of modern day fundamentalism that's produced this multitude,
this crop of so-called believers who've never bowed to Jesus Christ,
What utter nonsense. Ask the rich young ruler if you
can have him as savior and never bow to his lordship. Ask him.
Ask those who have lifted up their eyes in hell. Ask them
if it's necessary to bow to the Lord Jesus Christ. But I hear
them say, make Jesus Lord. Remember hearing that? Won't
you make Jesus Lord? I mean, we've got all these professors
that Have no love for God, no love for Christ, no love for
his people, no love for his gospel. What's the problem? They're carnal.
No, they're not. They're rebels. They don't know
God from a goose. And they're told, all you need
to do now, he's your savior, he's still your savior, you just
need to make him Lord. Excuse me, too late. Way too
late. God Almighty had highly exalted
him and made him Lord. He is Lord, given a name above
every name. In the hands of our faithful
good shepherd, we must be kept. Look here in verse 1 of Jude.
Look what he writes here. John read this in his lesson.
This is just part 2. The message this morning is part
2 of John's lesson. Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ
and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God set
apart in eternal election and preserved in Jesus Christ and
called Well, shouldn't that be the other way? Called and preserved,
no preserved. We were preserved, kept by His
grace before we were called. And we've been kept by His grace
since we've been called. Preserved now and presented in
glory hereafter. Kept by grace while we live and
presented in glory when we die. Grace till all the trials redeemed
by blood are brought to know themselves in God till they're
called. His empire shall maintain the
call when he appoints the day, and from the mighty take the
prey, shall grace triumphant reign." Oh, I like that. I open
God's Word, and I read of grace that saves, and I think that
suits me. That sure suits me. not grace
that needs my help, but grace that saves. I read of grace that
reigns, that grace that much more abounds, and I think, oh,
that gives me hope. Such grace as that gives me hope. When God to meet the king of
dread, I'm sorry, when called to meet the king of dread, should
love compose my dying bed, and grace my soul sustain, then ere
I quit this mortal clay, I'll raise my fainting voice and say,
let grace triumphant reign." Reigning grace. How else could
we ever be prepared to meet God? God spoke by the prophet of old
and told Israel, prepare to meet thy How in this world can a sinner
be prepared to meet a holy God? Can religion prepare me to meet
God? Can religion prepare me to meet
God? The Pharisees thought it would. When our Lord was on earth,
they said, We don't need you. We don't need you. You're nobody. We've got Abraham. What do we
need you for? We've got enough. We've got Abraham.
Abraham's our father. We can trace our roots back to
Abraham. And we have the temple. And we
have the law. We don't need you. And remember
what Christ said? Verily I say unto you. He was
speaking to the Pharisees, the scribes, the priests. I say unto
you that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of
God before You. You search the scriptures, he
said to them on another occasion, because in them you think you
have eternal life. And they testify of me. They're
all about me from Genesis 1 and 1 to Revelation 22. They all
speak of me. It's all about me, Christ said.
I'm the way. I'm the truth. I'm the life.
It's about me. And you won't come to me. You
won't come to me that you might have life. And if you don't come
to me, you abide in your sins. How can I be prepared to meet
God? How about my own righteousness?
Well, what does God say about it? What does God say about a
man's so-called righteousness? Bring it all together. Just bring
it all together. your Sabbath-keeping, your tithing. Bring it all together. Pile it
all up in a heap. And God Almighty looks at it
and says, Filthy rags. Filthy rags. Your righteousness,
plural, are all filthy rags. Could my tears forever flow?
Could my zeal no lanker know? These whose sin could not atone,
thou must save, and thou alone. Oh, what a glorious proclamation
it was when the angel spoke to Joseph and said concerning that
babe yet in the womb of the virgin, call his name Jesus, Savior,
God's salvation, he shall, he shall. He shall. Oh, I like that. He shall save
His people, all of His people, from their sins. Now we're on
the right track. Now we're coming to the right
answer. The only answer how I can be prepared to meet God. I'm coming to him who is able
to save to the uttermost. I'm coming to that one who said,
I'm the way to God. No man comes to the Father but
by me. Who is this that cometh up from
Eden, the prophet asked, as one who hath trod in the winepress
with his garments dyed as blood? And our glorious Redeemer answers
and says, He that speaketh in righteousness He who is mighty
to say. Mighty to say. I need a great
Savior. I need a great Savior. My case
requires nothing less than a great Savior. Ezekiel, God asked the
prophet, taking him to the valley of dry bones. There were very many, Ezekiel
said, and they were very dry. And God said, Can these bones
live? Can these bones live? Thou knowest, the prophet replied.
In Adam all died. We're dead in trespasses and
sin so that we cannot come to Christ. We cannot. Christ said
that plainly, didn't he? You cannot come to me. No man
can come to me. And he said in another place,
you will not come to me. Free will indeed. Free will indeed. Free? Free to what? Free to run,
but not to come. Free to hide, but not to come
to Christ. Ye will not come to me. You'll
do all these other things, but ye will not come to me. Unless,
unless he makes you willing in the day of his power. There's
our hope. Look unto him who is able to
save to the uttermost. The hour is coming, he said,
that the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and
they that hear shall live. Christ in you, the very life
of God, the hope of glory, and they shall live forever. Is he
mighty to save? Ask Saul of Parsis. Ask Saul
of Tarsus. The first picture we get of that
self-righteous young man is in Acts chapter 7. As the religious
people stone Stephen, a young man named Saul is protecting
their clothes. And he's saying, give it to him.
He's got it coming. Kill him. Kill him. The next
picture we have of him, he's making havoc of the church. and
entering into every house, hailing men and women, committed them
to prison. Galatians 13, he said, I was
a blasphemer and a persecutor. You've heard about me. You heard
what I once did. You heard who I was, injurious,
persecuting the church. Timothy, I was a blasphemer, a persecutor. Oh, you talk about a before and
after picture. The Lord Jesus Christ, that one
who is mighty to save, brings Saul of Tarsus down. He brings him down. Saul, Saul,
come down. Come down. Oh, happy day. or
happy. And remember what he said to
Ananias. Ananias said, you go find Saul. And Ananias said,
wait a minute. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Are you sure about that,
Lord? Are you certain about that? I
mean, I've heard of that man. I've heard of him. He came here
to Damascus to arrest God's people. Are you sure? You sure you got
the right fella? Remember what God said? God said,
you go on, Ananias. He's a chosen. Oh, my soul. He's a chosen Saul of Tarsus. God, you chose Saul of Tarsus. He's a chosen vessel unto me. A chosen vessel. Paul went on
to say, yes, I was a persecutor, a blasphemer, injurious, but
God, but God, but God, who is rich in mercy
called me, called me by his grace. Timothy, listen to this. Listen to this, Timothy. I'm
a pattern. Timothy, I'm a marvel of God's
mercy. I'm a miracle of God's grace.
Timothy, I obtained mercy. I obtained mercy, I of all people,
and Paul wrote that when he was sitting in prison waiting to
be executed. And he had yet, yet he had never
gotten over the wonder, the marvel that God Almighty saved Saul
of Tarsus. Can I give you, I'm going to
come to a close, we'll perhaps consider the second half of verse
24, Presentation in glory another time. But can I give you one
more instance of the power of Christ to say, can I? Well, you're
looking at Him. You're looking at Him. Today's
Mother's Day. I'll call Mom after service.
Wish her a happy Mother's Day. But every now and then occasionally
I run across people that knew me growing up, no mom. And they
say, Larry, your mother says that you caused her more grief
than all of other children put together. And I'd say, yeah, she's telling
you the truth. She's not exaggerating. And even when I was lying in
that hospital bed, busted up from a car wreck in which My
16-year-old friend went out to meet God Almighty in a drunken
stupor with booze that I had bought and taught him how to
drink. And a young man, the weeks I
laid there, would come to see me, telling me about God and
His grace, and I'd say, man, are you nuts? Get out of here
and leave me alone. Leave me alone. You take your
God and leave me alone. Don't you? He said, man, Do you
realize what you're saying? I said, you better believe I
did. Leave me alone. Don't you ever come back. And he didn't. But let me tell you this. Jesus
Christ wouldn't leave me alone, John. I'm not going to do it. You're
mine. You're mine. And you're coming
to me, Larry Criss. because you're one that God my
Father gave me before the world began. You're one that I redeemed
with my own precious blood. You're mine. And you're going
to come to me. All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me. And wonder of wonders, I obtained mercy. I obtained mercy. How in this
world could I ever Get over that. Child of God, may he give us
grace not to measure our relationship to him by the yardstick of our
own merit or worth. That would only lead you to despair,
but rather measure your acceptance before God Almighty on the merit
and the worth of Jesus Christ. That's the one in whom we're
accepted. God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven
us. For Christ's sake. He'll present
us back to Himself, faultless, before the presence of His glory
with exceeding joy. Joy. Whose joy? Certainly the redeemed. The redeemed
will enter Heaven with everlasting joy upon their heads. Enter into
the joy prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Oh, but the joy of Christ. Remember in the parable of the
great shepherd finding his sheep? When he brought that lost sheep
home, he said, rejoice with me. Rejoice with me. I found my lost
sheep. That was lost. How much more
when all the sheep are brought home to be with him forever.
This is the joy that was set before him that he endured the
cross for. The joy of bringing them all
to glory. Let me close by just reading
you a few verses from Zephaniah. Zephaniah chapter 3. I'm sure
it's speaking of that time. Sing, O daughter of Zion, and
shout, O Israel. Be glad and rejoice with all
thine heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. The Lord hath taken away thy
judgments, He has cast out thine enemy. The king of Israel, even
the Lord, is in the midst of thee. Thou shalt not see evil
anymore. In that day it shall be said
to Jerusalem, fear thou not, and to Zion, let not thine hands
be slack. The Lord thy God in the midst
of thee is mighty. He will save. He will rejoice
over you. He will rejoice over you. Isn't that amazing? With joy,
he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. To God be the glory. One hymn writer expressed it
this way, and I'll close by reading a couple of verses of the old
hymn. He wrote, earth with all its sin and sadness, pain and
sickness, grief and care, heaven with its unspoken gladness, light
and love and all that's fair. How the two contrasted stand,
this dark world and that bright land. Here we long to be like
Jesus. Here we taste his matchless grace. But whenever from earth he frees
us, we shall see his blessed face. With his saints forever stand
in our glorious Emmanuel's land. God bless you. Thank you for
your attention.