Let's take our Bibles and turn
with me to the book of Matthew chapter 11. Matthew chapter 11. Holding your finger right there, that's where we're going to start. to a man or a woman who has been made to truly know. And oh, Lord, this morning, make
me to know truly. I need, I desire, I want to hear. I want to hear. I want to truly see. I want to. I don't want this to be just
a hearing of a message going through 30-45 minutes of being together and
hearing something and just give a mental assent. I want to hear. Carl, I do want
to hear. I need to hear. I am a dying creature. You are
too. And the words of our Lord in
Matthew 11, 28 are the words that I know, I'm convinced by
faith, give hope, life, peace to a sinner. I'm talking about
a sinner now. And this is who I want to talk
to. I want to talk to sinners. I heard Tim James say years ago, he said when a preacher stands
up to preach, he said he's talking to for comfort and hope. Talking
to God's people. Those that know Him not, welcome
to listen in. But God speaking to His people. Come unto Me. Verse 28. All ye that labor and
are heavy laden, And I will give you rest. Come unto me. Now just prior to that, verse
28 right there, our Lord had shamed the cities where most
of His mighty works were done because they repented not. That is, because they did not
think differently. concerning how God justifies
a sinner. Shame on every place where the
gospel has been faithfully preached and has been refused. Shame on
that place. There's a great blessing, indescribable
blessing, that Almighty God would send the gospel. Indescribable,
indescribable grace, mercy, Katie, West Virginia, will never, will
never be able to express the blessing of God, that God raised
up a place where the gospel is preached. But I will tell you
this, there is no curse that equals, there's no curse that
equals a church being raised up, and people refusing the gospel
of God's grace. There's no curse that equals
that. I can prove that to you. Matthew
11.21, then began he to upbraid. He railed. That's what it means. Then began he to upbraid the
cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they
repented not. Woe unto thee! Grief. That's what it means.
Grief. Grief. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! For
if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in
Tyre and Sidon, They would have repented long ago in sackcloth
and ashes. But I say unto you, it shall
be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment
than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art
exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell. For if
the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in
Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto
you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the
day of judgment than for thee." Now, I'm going to tell you something. I don't understand. I cannot
understand. I cannot understand. I know that
in the day of judgment, every man, every woman that stands
before God Almighty and makes claim to have a right to stand before
Him based on their will, their free will. Their choice. Their work. Their decision. Every
man, every woman that stands before God and claims, we've
done many mighty works. We've prophesied in Your name.
We've cast out devils in Your name. I know that every man,
every woman that stands before God is going to be under the
undiluted wrath and judgment of God Almighty. I know that.
There will be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. I don't
understand that statement right there. I don't understand it.
I don't understand the depth of it. But whatever it means,
I know this, that men and women will go throughout eternity with
the horror, with the shock, as if that first initial shock when
you hear something that is so unbelievably unbearable to you
at that moment, At no point in eternity will that realization,
and it will be undiluted, there will be nothing to comfort you,
no comfort. Weeping and wailing and gnashing
of teeth forever under the judgment of Almighty God. I know that's
true. But Almighty God said this, A judgment that is worse than another. Here's the worst
judgment. If you ever heard the gospel
preached, if you ever heard it, and you
refuse it, if you ever heard it, And you say, I don't believe
that. I'm telling you, it will be more
tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than it
will for you. It's going to be more tolerable
for them. Now, can I explain that? No. How do you explain
undiluted justice and judgment of Almighty God poured out on
unbelief And then God Almighty say, I'm telling you, you places
where the gospel is preached, I'm telling you, I thank God
that God raised up a church right here. I thank God that I can
come and sit and worship with you. I thank God for that. But
I'm telling you based on the Word of our Savior, I'm telling
you based on the Word of God, that it will be more tolerable
It will be more tolerable for those places that never had the
gospel preached to them than it will be for those places where
the gospel was preached and men refused it. I'm not going to
hear that. I don't believe that. I'm not bound to that. Yes, you will. Yes, you will. Every knee is going to bow. Every
tongue is going to confess. Shame on the place where God
raised up the gospel of God's free grace, and men refused it. And then, in verse 25, after
our Lord set forth the absolute certainty of judgment on judgment,
judgment compounded on judgment, then He thanked His Father. for
His sovereign right and glory and honor to withhold or to reveal the glorious truth
of His will and purpose. Verse 25, At that time Jesus
answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, Because Thou hast hid these things from the wise, the
prudent, in their own eyes, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight." Father, I thank You. I thank You that it was good
in Your sight to hide these things, these glorious, blessed, secret
things of God. I thank you that you were pleased
to hide the glorious gospel and reveal it to whosoever you would.
Now let me ask you this. What shall we say to these things? Shall the pochards, the broken
pieces of a pot, just a scattered mess, shall the pochards of this world
argue with God? Shall the pride of our carnal
reasoning vent itself against Him? Shall we question His sovereignty? Who art thou, O man, that replies
against God? When He clearly set forth His
absolute control over all things, we know that God Almighty is
in control. Verse 27 of this passage of Matthew
11 says, All things, all things, all things. Oh, what comfort
this is to me right here. All things are delivered unto
me of my Father. And no man knoweth the Son, but
the Father. Neither knoweth any man the Father,
save the Son." But listen to this, "...and He to Whomsoever
the Son will reveal Him." All things. I quoted this a minute
ago. I'll read this to you. John 17.
Listen to this right here. John 17, 2, 3, "...as Thou hast
given Him power over all flesh." I'm telling you, I know that
Almighty God is ruling. I know that He raises up a nation. He puts down a nation. He places
the gospel here. He moves the candlestick when
He's pleased to. As I've said before, we've met
here this morning by the grace of God. Maybe one more time. Almighty God may burn this building.
This week, Carl, this may be it right here. You may be sitting
in these pews for the last time. I may be preaching one of your
funerals this next week. It's happened before. As thou hast given Him power
over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many
as thou hast given Him And this is life eternal, that they might
know Thee, the only true God in Jesus Christ who Thou hast
sent. Nobody knows the Father but the
Son. Nobody knows the fullness of
the counsel and the purpose and the will and the love. Nobody knows the Father but the
Son. And nobody knows the Son but
the Father. As the surety, as God's lamb,
as God's sacrifice, as God's satisfaction, nobody knows but those that the Son reveals
to. No creature can fully understand
the nature of the union, counsel, purpose, between the triune God. Deuteronomy 29.29 says this,
the secret things belong unto the Lord our God. But those things
which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever,
that we may do all the words of this law. Those to whom the
Son will reveal Him. Oh, that's comforting. Lord,
I know that right now, I know we see in part, I know we know
in part. Lord, I know we see through a
glass darkly. There's some things that's going
on right now, and I don't understand the fullness of them. I don't
know. I don't know what God's doing
right now. I don't know what God's doing with this country.
I don't know. I don't know what God's doing
in this world. But I'll tell you one thing that I do know.
I know that He's working all these things out for the good
of His people. Salvation of His elect. I know that. I can tell
you this, this is all going to be for our good. I know that. I know that he works all these
things after the counsel of his own will. That settles my heart. That settles my heart. Verse 28 says this, Come unto
me. And before I say something about
coming unto me, look who he's talking to. All ye that labor and are heavy laden. All ye that labor and are heavy
laden. I just shared with you a few
words a few minutes ago that were really, really tender to
me. We've got those in our congregation
right now Sick. Really sick. That are heavy. Heavy laden. Laboring. But here's the ones
that our Lord's talking to. How many of them? How many of
them out of that group? All of them. All. Highly qualified. Labor. Heavy laden. Those that have
been made to see something of themselves as needy sinners. Needy. I have no ability whatsoever
to change this. I have no ability whatsoever
to make a phone call, write a letter. But their son, That the knowledge
of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ has shined in
their hearts. And before the Lord called them
out of darkness. Now these that are laboring and
are heavy laden, I'm telling you, are believers. Believers. There's no unbelievers right
now. No unbelievers that are laboring and heavy laden. Not in this verse. You say, well,
but what if they're sick? The knowledge of their eternal
soul, the knowledge of eternity to them is not an issue. They
don't care. They don't care. Before a man
or woman is called out of darkness, they weren't troubled. They weren't
fatigued. They weren't weary with themselves.
They weren't weary with this world. They're not wearied with
the fiery darts of Satan that has shot at them to accuse them
and confuse them. But now they are. Now they are. Those that know Him. This world
is a burden. It's a burden. It's a burden. This is not my home. Before,
everybody is happy-go-lucky. Everything is great. Everything
is fine. Everything is just wonderful. Paul says in Romans 7, this is
one that labors heavy laden. Let me read this, Romans 7, 23-25.
He said, I see another law in my members. warring against the law of my
mind, bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in
my members, O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from
the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ
our Lord, so then with the mind I myself serve the law of God,
but with the flesh the law of sin." He thanked God that Almighty
God had given him a heart with that new mind. that serves God,
loves God, and he thanked God with the flesh the law of sin. What do you mean that God had
shown him? This is what's really going on.
Can you imagine if the Lord If we didn't know anything, why
are we struggling like this? Paul said, I thank God that God
has shown me that I wore Him. I'm thankful. It grieves me because
of what I see I am in myself. But I thank the Lord that at
least I know why I feel this way. Why I struggle like I do. False, man-centered, God-dishonoring
religion. Man, he's so proud of himself. He's just so thankful that he's
so wonderful. He wasn't struggling. Paul said
in Philippians 3, verses 4-10, Though I might also have confidence
in the flesh, if any other man thinks that he have whereof,
he might trust in the flesh I more. Let me tell you how wonderful
Paul thought he was before. I'll circumcise the eighth day,
the stock of Israel, the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the
Hebrews, touching the law, a Pharisee. Concerning zeal, persecuting
the church, touching righteousness, which is in the law, blameless,
but what things were gained what things were wonderful, what things
were so gracious to my heart because I had been so wonderfully
obedient. Those I counted lost for Christ. They doubtless I count all things
but lost, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus
my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do
count them but dumb, that I may win Christ, and be found in Him,
not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that
which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which
is of God by faith." You that know Him. How much did
you really struggle with sin? How much did you struggle with
rebellion before God called you out of darkness? You were just a happy churchgoer. I've done that which is my duty. I go to church and I read my
Bible and I say my prayers. I've taught my children. I've
quoted certain prayers to them and I've taught them all that
kind of stuff. I've been such a wonderful parent. But then when Almighty God calls
you out of darkness, that's when the war started. That's when
you realize, why am I like this? Why am I
so? Why? Why? All you that labor,
heavy laden, He promised in that last part of verse 28, I will
give you rest. The last part of verse 29 says,
rest unto your souls. I want, I need, I desire, Lord,
settle my heart. But oh, this rest. This rest
to be able to settle down came with a very high cost. Free grace. It cost him everything. The high
cost of what we call free grace for a sinner to truly have rest
before God. Rest for his soul. Sin. I know this. I know that sin
has to be dealt with. I know that. He says in verse 28, Come unto
me. Come unto me. I read those words
and I thought, who are we coming to? Who are we coming to? I'll
tell you who we're coming to. First of all, we're coming to
God. We're coming to God Almighty. John 1.1 says, "...in the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
He who the Scripture sets forth has always been, "...in the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, Proverbs 8.23 says,
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, wherever
the earth was. When there were no depths, I
was brought forth. When there were no fountains
abounding with water, before the mountains were settled, before
the hills was I brought forth. While as yet He had not made
the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust
of the world, when He prepared the heavens, I was there. When
He set a compass upon the face of the depth, when He established
the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the deep, when
He gave to the sea His decree that the water should not pass
His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth,
then I was by Him. As one brought up with Him, I
was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him, rejoicing
in the habitable part of His earth. And my delights were with
the sons of men." Who are we coming to? We're coming to God. We're coming to God. Can you
stop for just a minute with me and let us just muse upon that
statement, you come to me. Lord, come to you. Come unto me. We're coming to
Him who was man. And the Word, John 1.14, was
made flesh. and dwelt among us. God Almighty
came into this earth, came into this world, and took upon Himself
humanity. Just like us, safe. He knew no sin. Flesh. God was made He that submitted himself as
a man, being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself
and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Who are we coming to? God Almighty made flesh. like His people, and humbled
Himself as the substitute. The Father made Him sin for us
who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of
God in Him. And another thing, whenever somebody
tells you, God just treated him as if he were sin. You stop thinking that. You stop
it. Don't ever say that again. Don't
ever say that again. God the Father did not treat
him as if he were sin. He was made sin. And God Almighty
is the only one that even knows what sin is. I don't even know
what it is. I don't know what sin is. Somebody
says, well, it's a transgression of the law. You don't understand
that either. We talk like we understand these
things. We don't understand. He hath made him sin. Now I want you to turn to a couple
of passages here, and I'm telling you, I read those again this
morning and I thought, my Lord and my God, help me. I want you to turn first of all
to Psalm 40. Psalm 40. I just want to read verses 7-12. I want to just read the Word
of God. He said, He was made sin. Psalm
40, verse 7, Then said I, Lo, I come, and the volume of the
book is written to me. Now, we're going to stop right
now, and we're going to all agree, we know that whatever comes after
this is the Lord Jesus Christ speaking. We know that. I delight
to do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within my heart. I preach righteousness in the
great congregation. Lo, I have not refrained my lips,
O Lord, Thou knowest. I have not hid Thy righteousness
within my heart. I have declared Thy faithfulness
in Thy salvation. I have not concealed Thy lovingkindness,
Thy truth from the great congregation. Withhold not Thou Thy tender
mercies from me, O Lord. Let Thy lovingkindness and Thy
truth continually preserve me. For innumerable evils have compassed
me about. Mine iniquities, mine iniquities,
mine iniquities have taken hold upon me so that I am not able
to look up. They are more than the hairs
of my head. Therefore, my heart faileth,
forsakes me." Turn to Psalm 69. Psalm 69. Psalm 69, verses 1
to 9. Psalm 69, verse 1 to 9. Save me, O God, for the waters
are coming unto my soul. I sink in deep mire where there
is no standing. I am come into deep waters where
the floods overflow me. I am weary of my crying. My throat
is dried. My eyes fail while I wait for
my God. They that hate me without a cause
are more than the hairs of mine head." Now, I'm going to stop
right here and tell you this, that in John 15, 25, our Lord
said that this verse was concerning Him. They that hate me without
a cause are more than the hairs of mine head. They that would
destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. Then
I restored that which I took not away. O God, thou knowest
my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from thee." Who said
these words? O God, thou knowest my foolishness. I went and looked that word up.
I'm going to go to verse 9. But I looked that word up. Now
listen to this. And I say these words. Lord,
help me to say these words with respect. Foolishness. One who despises wisdom. God, help me to not say the wrong
thing. But God, help me to be truthful. when the Scripture
says he was made what I am by nature. That's what I am right
there. That's what I am. One who despises
wisdom. He said, O God, Thou knowest
my foolishness, and my sins, my guiltiness are not hid from
Thee. Let not them that wait on Thee,
O God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake. Oh God, He's saying
that I be faithful. Faithful. Oh, let not them that
wait on Thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake. Let not
those that seek Thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel,
because for Thy sake I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my
face. I am become a stranger. unto
my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. For the
zeal of thine house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of
them that reproach thee are falling upon me." He was made sin. There is not a believer in this
world that would have ever, ever said verse 5. These other verses. Oh my God, Thou knowest my foolishness
and my sins are not hid from Thee. Anybody that says, well
now, all he did was just bear the guilt of it. He wasn't really
made that. That's not true. That's a lie.
That's a lie. Who are we hearing say, come
unto me? I'm telling you, he that submitted
himself the death of the cross, obediently. Only in Him who has borne our
iniquity in His own body, Him who bore our sins and put them
away as far as the east is from the west, only in Him can we
find rest. I'm telling you, you try to find
rest in your works, in your profession, in your will, in your baptism,
in your this and that and the other. There is no rest in that! None! None! We rest in Him who has declared
there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus. In Christ Jesus. In Christ Jesus. In Him is no sin. Are you in
Him? In Him is no sin. You say, well,
that's just talking about the Lord Jesus. I know. And all in
Him. In Him is no sin. Christ has answered for His people
with His blood. And the believer rests the fact
knowing that iniquity is not imputed to him. I know this in
him. God does not, will not, He will
not charge me with sin. He will not charge me with it.
Blessed is the man. Oh, you that labor in a heavy
laden. He bids you. He bids you. Come to Him. Why? Because it pleased Him.
It pleased Him too. Ephesians 1.9, having made known
unto us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure
with which He has purposed in Himself. Ephesians 1.5, having
predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
Himself according to the good pleasure of His will. Why does
He bid us come? I'll tell you. Number one, He
pleased Him. Number two, because He loves His people. He loves
His people. He said, I've loved you with
an everlasting love. I heard something the other day
that was such a blessing to me, I want to share it with you.
I want you to turn to Genesis 43. Turn to Genesis 43. And I want to read verses 26
to 31. We're going to read a few verses
in Genesis here before I finish. Genesis 43, verse 26 to 31. This is talking about when Joseph
had been exalted into the second position in Egypt, second only
to Pharaoh. Anybody that had anything, anybody
that got anything, had to go to Joseph. Here is Joseph, a
picture of Christ. Here is Joseph, a picture of
Christ. Joseph's brothers, you remember the story. They sold
him into bondage. They sold him into Egypt. Took
his coat of many colors, killed an animal, blood on it, brought
it back to their daddy. That's all we can find of him.
Joseph was in prison because he was lied to by Potiphar's
wife. Now God has exalted him. Hadn't seen his brothers in years.
Hadn't seen them in years. Now providentially, the Lord
who sent Famine. God sent famine to Egypt to get
His family to Joseph. Egypt, all that country, had
to go through seven years of famine because God was going
to show mercy to His people. That's the God we serve. You
think God would send famine to a country for seven years to
get His people, to get them to come? Sure did. Here's what happened. Joseph hadn't seen his brothers
in years. Genesis 43, verse 26. And when Joseph came home, they
brought him the present, which was in their hand, unto the house,
and bowed themselves to him, the earth. Joseph had sent them,
you go back, don't come back. They brought it back. And he
asked them, they don't know who Joseph is. He knows them, but
they don't know him. And he asked them of their welfare
and said, Is your father well? The old man of whom you speak? He told them that he's daddy.
Is he yet alive? And they answered, My servant,
our father, is in good health. He's yet alive. And they bowed
down their heads and made obeisance. And he lifted up his eyes and
saw his brother. Benjamin, his mother's son, said,
Is this your younger brother of whom you speak unto me? And
he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. And Joseph made
haste, for his bowels did yearn upon his brother. And he sought
where to weep, and he entered into his chamber and wept there,
and washed his face and went out and reframed himself. and
said, sit on bread. Here's what happened. His brothers came and they didn't
know him. They didn't know him. They didn't know who he was.
They didn't know Joseph. And Joseph's asking about his
daddy. Is this your younger brother right here? He knew who that
was. He knew who that boy was. And the Scripture says that he just couldn't stand it any longer.
He just exited and walked right out of there and found him a
place and just went and cried and cried and cried and wept. And he washed his face and got
all squared away and he walked back out there. I'll talk to him a little bit more.
Turn over to Genesis 45. Genesis 45 verses 1-10, then
Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by
him. He just couldn't stand it any
longer. He couldn't refrain himself. He caused every man to go out
from him. And there stood no man with him
while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren." He just wept
aloud, and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. And
Joseph said unto his brethren, I'm Joseph. Does my father yet
live? And his brethren couldn't answer
him. For they were troubled at his presence. And Joseph said
unto his brethren, Come near to me. I pray you. And they came
near. And he said, I'm Joseph your
brother whom you sold into Egypt. Now therefore, be not grieved
nor angry with yourselves that you sold Me hither, for God did
send Me before you to preserve life. For these two years have
the famine been in the land, and yet they are fine, in which
there shall neither be earing nor harvesting. God sent Me before
you to preserve you of posterity in the earth and to save your
lives by great deliverance. So now, it was not you that sent
Me hither, but God." And he hath made me a father to Pharaoh,
and Lord to his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Haste ye, go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith
the Son, thy son Joseph, God hath made me Lord in all Egypt. Come down to me, tarry not. Thou
shalt dwell in the land of Goshen. Thou shalt be near unto me. Thou
and thy children, thy children's children, thy flocks, thy herds,
and all that thou hast. Look at verse 13. And you shall
tell my father of my glory in Egypt and all that ye have seen. And you shall hasten, bring down
my father hither." And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck. And Benjamin wept on his neck. And he kissed all of his brethren.
He wept over them. And after that, his brethren
talked with him. Why does he bid us come unto
him? Because he loves us. He loves
his people. The Scripture says, while you
were yet sinners. While we were yet sinners. Christ
died for us. While we are yet in our trespasses
and sins, according to His Word, His everlasting Word, that He
would take one of His own and would have to refrain Himself
before His own are called out of darkness, that He would refrain
Himself from falling upon Him and kiss Him and kiss Him and
kiss Him. Your mind, you don't even know me. You don't even
know who I am. His brothers didn't know who
He was. And He had to refrain Himself from falling on Him and
kissing Him and kissing Him and kissing Him. Had to go in there
and wash His face. And Almighty God in His indescribable
mercy, mercy, mercy, guides and directs because He knows His
own. He moves them. He providentially
predestinated them unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ Himself. And He loves them. He loves them. You say, but they're
unbelievers. Wow, we were yet sinners. Christ
died for us. Died. And in due season, He calls them
to Himself. come unto me." Paul said, when
he pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, called
me. Oh, and that blessed day, when
he gives his children life, his sheep that hear his voice. He
said, my sheep hear my voice. They come to me. In all that
come to me, I will in no wise cast them out. Coming to Christ
in closing. He bids us come because we can't
save ourselves. He that abideth in me, and I
in him the same, bringeth forth much fruit. For without me you
can do nothing. You can't do anything. My people
shall be willing in the day of my power. Coming to Christ is
more than a physical act. It's more than walking down an
aisle. It's more than a mental agreement
that just gives a cold acknowledgment to the doctrines of grace. Coming
to Christ is the response. Coming to Christ is the response
of a new heart to the sovereign, life-giving power of God. It
is an act. It is an act of a new heart that
finds no comfort, no confidence, no joy in self-righteousness.
It doesn't trust in its own ability. We stand before God Almighty
and we come continually. He that cometh to me. Men and women that place confidence
in saying, well, I remember I made a profession one time. He that cometh. I am the bread
of life, he that cometh to me, cometh and cometh and cometh
and cometh, shall never hunger. All that the Father giveth me
shall come, and he in him that cometh to
me I will in no wise cast out. You that know by grace your need
of him, you that labor heavy laden, Come to Him. Come by faith. You that feel,
you that are made to know the need. This life is a vapor. This world is not our home. We
are just pilgrims here. And one day He is going to call
us to Himself. And I know this based on His
Word. Based on His promise. He said, I'm not going to leave
you. And the day I call you, I'm not going to leave you. I'll
give you grace. I'm going to give you grace to
die. I'm going to give you grace in that day to come to Me. But while we look forward to
that day of coming to Him, we come now. We continue to come. Lord, call me. Call me. Continually call me. Lord, I come. Out of my darkness,
I come. Jesus, I come to thee. Lord,
bless these words to our heart, for Christ's sake.