by singing together hymn number
93 to the tune Hallelujah 672. Hark the voice of love and mercy,
sounds aloud from Calvary. See it rends the rocks asunder,
shakes the earth and bows the skies. It is finished, hear the
dying Saviour cry. Hymn 93 tune hallelujah 672 Hark! The voice of love and mercy
Sounds aloud from Calvary Sing it, friends the rocks asunder,
shakes the earth and burns the skies. It is finished. It is finished. Hear the dying Saviour cry Oh, what pleasure to these charming
birds of hope. With our pleasure flow to us
through Christ the Lord. It is finished. It is finished.
Saves the dying masquerade. finished all the types and shadows
of the ceremonial hall. Finished all that God had promised, Death and Hell now both shall
come. It is finished. It is finished. Chains to the fence, your camp's
overgrown. Here ye seraphs join to sing
a visiting hymn. Saints on earth, and all in heaven,
join to praise Emmanuel's name. Alleluia. Let us read together from the
Holy Word of God in the Gospel according to Matthew, and at
chapter 27. Matthew's Gospel chapter 27,
and we'll commence the reading at verse 26. Then released Heberabbas unto
them, and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be
crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor
took Jesus into the common hall and gathered unto him the whole
band of soldiers. And they stripped him and put
on him a scarlet robe. And when they had plaited a crown
of thorns, they put it upon his head and a reed in his right
hand. And they bowed the knee before
him and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews. And they spit
upon him and took the reed and smote him on the head. And after
they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him and put
his own raiment on him and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found
a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, him they compelled to bear his
cross. And when they were come unto
a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
they gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall, and when he
had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And they crucified
him, and parted his garments, casting lots, that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet. They parted my garments
among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots and sitting
down they watched him there and set up over his head his accusation
written this is Jesus the king of the Jews then were there two
thieves crucified with him one on the right hand and another
on the left and they that passed by reviled him wagging their
heads and saying thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in
three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come
down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests
mocking him with the scribes and elders said, he saved others,
himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel,
let him now come down from the cross and we will believe him. He trusted in God. Let him deliver
him now, if he will have him, for he said, I am the Son of
God. The thieves also which were crucified with him cast the same
in his teeth. Now from the sixth hour there
was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about
the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli,
lama sabachthanai. That is to say, my God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there,
when they heard that, said, this man calleth for Elias. And straightway
one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it with vinegar and
put it on a reed and gave him to drink. The rest said, let
be. Let us see whether Elias will
come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again
with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold, the veil
of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and
the earth did quake, and the rocks rent, and the graves were
opened, and many bodies of the saints which slept arose. came
out of the graves after his resurrection and went into the holy city and
appeared unto many. Now the centurion and they that
were with him watching Jesus saw the earthquake and those
things that were done that they feared greatly saying truly this
was the son of God. And many women were there, beholding
afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto
him. Among which was Mary Magdalene,
and Mary the mother of James, and Joses, and the mother of
Zebedee's children. When the evening was come, there
came a rich man of Arimathea named Joseph, who also himself
was Jesus' disciple. He went to Pilate and begged
the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body
to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the
body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his
own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock. And he rolled
a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed. And there was Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulcher. We'll
leave the reading there, friends. May the Lord bless his word.
Teach us how to pray. Almighty, most merciful and eternal
God of heaven, help us now to bow before thee. We think of
those seraphs and elders in heaven. They bow before thee saying,
holy, holy, holy. Lord God Almighty, which is an
art, an art to come. And Lord, we would humbly bow
before thy glorious majesty. Thou art the high and lofty one
that inhabited eternity, whose name is holy. And Lord, we are
unholy. We are unrighteous altogether.
We all go forth from the womb speaking lies and hypocrisy.
Lord, that is our solemn condition by nature. If there's anyone,
Lord, in this chapel that does not realise that, we pray that
they may soon realise it, that thou wouldst open their eyes
and their ears and their hearts. We do humbly beseech them and
graciously quicken souls and make them cry, give me Christ
or else I die. that backsliding souls may return,
that the wonderful power of thy spirit may be known in conviction
of sin, in the revelation of Jesus Christ, in the shedding
abroad of his love in their hearts to constrain them, to follow
him in the way of his holy commandments. Lord, we do pray that for grace
to walk as we ought to walk, to do as we ought to do, We often
find, and we do not make it, Lord, an excuse. We leave undone
those things that we should do, and we do those things that we
should not do, and we find a law within our members that when
we would do good, then evil is present with us. Gracious God,
we pray that Thou wouldst forgive us our sins. And Lord, the dear
Apostle, He knew what this conflict was. That which I would, I do
not. that which I would not either,
I find a law within my members, that when I would do good, then
evil is present with me. We pray to be delivered from
the temptations of Satan, whether he comes as an angel of light
to deceive, or whether he comes as a roaring lion to devour.
We pray to be delivered from his power and from his influence. We pray that those that are in
darkness may be brought into light, and those that are in
bondage may be brought into liberty, and those that are far off may
be made nigh. We pray that the prodigals may
return, and though wonderful grace to be seen in this, Lord,
what a rejoicing there would be here among us to see those
prodigals return. There's nothing beyond thy power.
there's none beyond thy power. As the hymn writer says, the
appointed time rolls on apace, not to propose, but call by grace,
to turn the feet to Zion's hill. O Lord of hosts, O God of Israel,
O thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine forth, shine
forth. Let thy hand be upon the man
of thy right hand, the son of man. whom thou madest strong
for thyself, so will not we go back from thee. Lord, we pray
that thou wouldst grant that quickening work of thy spirit,
that we may be found hungering and thirsting after righteousness.
O gracious God, we do pray that thou wouldst bless us with a
good spiritual appetite, those longing desires, to lay hold
of Christ, to know Him, to follow Him, that I might know Him in
the power of His resurrection, in the fellowship of His sufferings.
Be with us, Lord, as we come to the table of the Lord. Grant
that we may truly worship Thee, and that it may please Thee to
grant us that remembrance by faith of the sufferings of our
precious Redeemer, that we may see yon lovely man. What is this
scene of matchless grace? Tis Jesus in the sinner's place,
heaven's brightest glory sunk in shame. O gracious God, may
we catch a glimpse of yon lovely man. May we worship at Emmanuel's
feet. May we touch the hem of his garment
and be made whole. May we feel his renewing grace,
his upholding mercy, Gracious God, it is only thy sovereign
power alone that can work these things in boys and girls and
in men and women. Now and beyond thy power, we
pray that we might see that strange work, that wonderful work of
redemption. We do beseech thee. Lord, we
pray that thou, in thy precious mercy, Send out thy light and
thy truth into this village and the surrounding villages and
hamlets and fulfill those wonderful promises. I will bring thy sons
from far and thy daughters from the ends of the earth and they
shall come from the north and from the south and from the east
and from the west. Gracious God, we long to see
thy offspring come. We long to see thee in gathering
of precious souls We long to see the pulling down of the strongholds
of Satan and the setting up of the kingdom of the Lord Jesus
in the hearts of sinners. So bless us as a church and as
a congregation. Bless our beloved brethren, the
deacons, and give needed grace, wisdom, and help in all their
responsibilities, both here and among the churches of God. And
oh gracious God, we do pray that thou in thy Precious mercy, we
remember each one of our brethren and sisters in church fellowship. Remember our brother and sister
in Holland, and though they cannot be here physically, may they
be here in spirit and in truth. And oh Lord, we do pray that
thou would remember the little ones and the children, and oh,
richly bless them in their young and tender years. Remember the
young friends and oh, graciously call them by divine grace and
bring them to living faith in Jesus Christ, we do humbly beseech
of thee. And oh Lord, we remember parents
and all in the midst of the journey of life and undertake for each
one in all their various responsibilities and deliver us from temptation.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory. Oh gracious
God, do hear us, we humbly beseech thee. and remember those of us
that are in the evening time of life journey and graciously
guide us, O thou great Jehovah, guide us safely unto thy heavenly
kingdom and at the appointed time grant us an abundant entrance
into thy heavenly kingdom. We thank thee for all thy tender
mercies, we thank thee above all for Jesus Christ, for the
glory of his name, for the incarnation of the Son of God. We thank thee
for the holy life he lived and the holy law he fulfilled and
the bringing in of everlasting righteousness for his people.
We thank thee for the sacred sacrifice of Calvary where sin
has been put away and that divine justice has been satisfied and
God and sinners are reconciled. O Lord we do thank thee. He died
for our sins and rose again for our justification, and has now
bodily ascended into heaven, and he sitteth at thy right hand.
We come, Lord, unto thee in his name, and plead with thee for
his sake, as we ask for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. Let us now sing together hymn
number 982. And the tune is Alpha 693. It is finished. Sinners hear it. Tis the dying
victors cry. It is finished. Angels bear it. Bear the joyful truth on high. It is finished. Tell it. through
the earth and sky. Hymn 982, Tune Alpha 693. ? He is living, still and near
? ? Dreams are dying in his arms ? ? He is living, still and near
? ? Joyful to the world ? ? Let it
ring, let it ring ? ? Let it ring, let it ring ? ? Let it
ring, let it ring ? ? Let it ring, let it ring ? ? Let it
ring, let it ring ? ? God's excellent peace and love
? ? Blessed is he that comforts you ? ? On your day of need and
woe ? ? Nature loves me, and is kind
to me ? ? Hear the morning sound declaring
? ? Of the new beginning today ? ? Change in yourself ? ? Joyful, we'll cheer you ? ? Jesus,
Jesus ? ? Get away from us today ? ? In joy joyful ? ? Let there come
a prophet's reign ? ? Star-spangled banner yet wave ? ? To him who brought us all to
thee ? ? To him who gave us all to thee ? ? And that he should
set us free ? ? Ever-lighting, ever-bright ?
? Ever-living, ever-bright ? ? In the highest heav'n ? ? And
round it there ? ? A angel sounded saying ? ? Praise to thee ? Greatly feeling to need the Lord's
gracious help, I would direct your attention to the chapter
that we read, Matthew chapter 27, and we will read verse 50
for our text. Matthew 27 verse 50 Jesus when he had cried again
with a loud voice yielded up the ghost. We notice in in the verse 46
because it says in our text he cried again And we noticed in
verse 46, at about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthanai. That is to say,
my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And then, of course,
we have our text. Jesus, when he had cried again
with a loud voice, yielded up. We are told in John chapter 19
that he cried with a loud voice and the words were, it is finished. Our two hymns have dwelt upon
that sacred truth, it is finished. He cried with a loud voice, it
is finished. and it's quite remarkable in
this we see he's the son of God in that when he was to carry
his cross he was so weakened and emancipated that he didn't
have the strength to carry it. They compelled one Simon Cyrenian
to bear his cross and yet he passes through these tremendous
sorrows this agony, this grief. He has resting upon him the iniquity
of us all. As we read in Isaiah 53, he,
that is his heavenly father, he laid upon him the iniquity
of us all. He took the sin of the church,
that chosen generation that we read of in scripture, known collectively
as the Bride of Christ. He took her sin and he laid her
sin upon the Lord Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son. He suffered,
he bled, he died for our sins. I love that line of the hymn
Our sins, not in part, but the whole, were laid on him there. What a wonderful truth that is.
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up
the ghost. It is finished, that's what he
cries, and we've just sung it together. Full salvations, isn't
it? what was finished in John 19,
we read this, Jesus knowing in himself that all things were
now accomplished. He knew in himself that he suffered
what his people should have suffered. Resting upon him was the sin
of the whole church. We cannot even begin to comprehend
the tremendous weight. You think of the whole church
from the time of Adam to the end of time, all their sins were
laid on Christ. They were. And that is why he
was nailed to the cross of Calvary. That is why in Gethsemane he
sweat as it were great drops of blood, because it's there
in Gethsemane that this sacred transaction took place. What
is known as the doctrine of imputation. When the sin of the church was
imputed to Christ, just as if it was his own sin. He laid upon
him. And you think of the love of
our Heavenly Father. in love to the Church. He loved
them with an everlasting love. The Father did. The Son did. He loved them with an everlasting
love. The Holy Ghost did. He loved them with an everlasting
love. If you think of that, that everlasting love that constrained
the Father to lay upon His Son, His only begotten Son, who lived
a holy life, a pure life, a spotless life, who did no sin, neither
was guile found in his mouth. He made him to be sin for us,
who knew no sin. He didn't know any sin. He was
undefiled. He was separate from sinners,
and yet he was made sin. The sin of the church was laid
upon him. And before Christ was crucified,
He said these words to the disciples, to this end was I born and for
this cause came I into the world. He was born into this world to
redeem the church, to deliver the church from sin and Satan's
power and it's only he that could do it. Only the Son of God manifest
in the flesh. It's only him because he alone
has the strength and power to do that and accomplish that and
his father knew that and that's why God so loved the world he
gave his only begotten son and the reason being because he was
the only one that could redeem the church. He was the only one that could
suffer in the sinner's place. You see my beloved friends, you
and I And everyone that is born into this world is born in sin. Born in sin. So, there could
be 10,000 of the finest specimens of the Son of Man crucified,
never atoned for sin. You might say, why? Because they're
sinful. Under the Levitical dispensation, it was something that was absolutely
fundamental to it, Every sacrifice that was brought to the altar
had to be without blemish. Why? Why did it have to be without
blemish? Because it represented Jesus.
He did no sin and therefore his sacrifice was without sin. It was holy and therefore it
was acceptable to God. on the behalf of his people.
The Lord Jesus lived for his people, suffered for his people,
died for his people, rose again for his people, and ascended
into heaven for his people. Everything he did was for his
people. Everything he did was on the behalf of his people.
We read in Isaiah, he, that is Jesus Christ, will magnify the
law and make it honorable And that is what Jesus did in his
holy life. And that perfect obedience of
Christ to the law is called the righteousness of Christ. That's
what it's called in Holy Scripture. And that righteousness of Christ,
by faith, becomes the believers. The believer is made righteous
in Christ. Made righteous. You think of
that. The poor, wretched, vile sinner made righteous in Christ. You know, it's such a precious
thing. And in the epistle to the Ephesians
and also in the epistle to the Colossians, the apostle, he says
this, verse 21, Colossians 1, and you that were sometime alienated
and enemies in your mind by wicked works yet now hath he reconciled
in the body of his flesh through death to present you holy and
unblameable and unreprovable in his sight. You just think
of that. A poor, wretched, hell-deserving
sinner, presented holy, unblameable, unreprovable in his sight. How could it be? Because Jesus
suffered and bled and died for their sins. See, it says in Colossians
1 verses 19 and 20, For it pleased the Father that in him should
all foolish dwell, and having made peace through the blood
of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself, by him
I say, whether they be things in earth or things in heaven. And you that were sometime alienated
and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
in the body of his flesh through death to present you holy. unblameable. How can it be? I remember not long after we
married sitting in our little cottage at Mayfield and I was
reading there in Colossians 1 and that verse seemed to stand right
out in the page. I sat there in absolute amazement. He will present you. How can
that be? Unblameable. Unreprovable. How
can he be a poor, wretched, ruined sinner? And you know the Lord,
he gave me a little meditation on the blood and righteousness
of Christ. How that blood has washed away
all their sin, taken away all their guilt. And how that glorious
everlasting robe of his righteousness covers their nakedness. As the
apostle says, ye are complete in him through the blood and
righteousness. of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus, when he had cried again,
with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. This is speaking of the voluntary
death of Jesus Christ. The apostle puts it this way
in the Philippians, that he became obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross. He voluntarily did that on the
behalf of his people. He became obedient. He's the
son of God. Jesus is the son of God. And
he became obedient. He voluntarily gave up the ghost. Gave up his holy human soul,
that's what it means. This is another one of those
clear, vital evidences in Holy Scripture that Jesus Christ did
have a holy human soul. He gave up the ghost. And in so doing, he voluntarily
entered into death itself but before he did that he said it
is finished he knew that all things were now accomplished
he knew that that holy sacrifice that he was then offering was
acceptable unto God the Father and that the whole church was
redeemed in that precious sacrifice of Christ on Calvary. See all that the Father gives
me shall come to me those that were given to christ before the
foundation of the world they shall come to me and then those
lovely words and him that cometh unto me i will in no wise cast
out him that cometh unto me to this precious savior to this
sacred atonement i always think it The Apostle Paul in Romans
chapter 5, he puts it so beautifully there, therefore being justified
by faith. Justified by faith. We have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. But what does that mean
then, being justified by faith? believing in Jesus Christ, it's
believing in his glorious sacrifice, it's believing in his precious
sin atoning blood that cleanses from all sin, it's believing
in that glorious everlasting robe of his righteousness. And in the blood and righteousness
of Christ, the sinner is redeemed. The sinner is justified. What does justified mean? To
be declared to be without sin. That's what it means. Why? Because Jesus has paid the redemption
price and he suffered in our room place instead. As Isaiah
puts it, he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised
for our iniquities and the justicemen of our peace was upon him and
with his stripes we are healed. Therefore being justified by
faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ
by whom also we have access by faith and to this grace wherein
we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. It says
in verse 6, For when we were yet without strength, as before
we were born, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely
for a righteous man will one die, yet peradmenture for a good
man some would even dare to die. But God commended his love toward
us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more than being now justified
by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God by the death of his son, how much
more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life, by the
life of our Lord Jesus Christ. The life of Christ. How important
that is. I know we're dwelling here on
the death of Christ, but the life of Christ. The perfect obedience
of Christ. When the Apostle says made of
a woman, made under the law, Christ was made of a woman, made
under the law. When he became a man, he came
under the law. The law that he gave. How humbling that is, to think
that the Son of God was made of a woman, made under the law.
There's a particular emphasis there. By the law is the knowledge
of sin. But this man, he did no sin. He lived under the law and he
did no sin. Now that perfect obedience of
Jesus Christ is known as the righteousness of Christ. That's
what it is. the righteousness of Christ.
See, through his life, his holy life, how precious that holy
life is, how precious that perfect life is. There's always been
something very special to me in the holiness of Christ, in
the perfections of Christ. As the Apostle says in the Hebrews,
he did no sin, Neither was guile found in his mouth. John Bunyan
has a discourse, quite a long one, called the Acceptable Sacrifice. Now why was it acceptable to
God? Because it was holy. It was holy. It was pure. It
was righteous. Therefore, it appeased the wrath
of God. That perfect, holy sacrifice
of Christ appeased the wrath of God. You know, friends, these
things are written for our instruction in the way of righteousness. Jesus, when he had cried again
with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. We read, I think it's in Luke,
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit In so doing, he commended
his holy human soul unto his heavenly father. And in James,
we read the body without the spirit, that's the soul, is dead,
being alone. So when Christ yielded up his
holy soul, his holy human soul, unto his father, he entered into
death itself. That's what death is. Death is
the separation of soul and body. We read in the Ecclesiastes that
there is no discharge in that war. Every one of us must come
to death. And there's no discharge. It's
certain, it's sure. The wages of sin is death. But
this man, this holy God man, he did no sin. But through the
wonderful grace of God, he was made sin. He was made sin for us. He laid
upon him the iniquity of us all. And when we see that suffering
saviour on Calvary's tree, when you hear him in those cries,
we read it together, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani, that is to
say, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why? Because
of the sin of the church. That's why. He was plunged into great distress. We can't even begin to comprehend
the depth of the agonies and sufferings of Christ. You know,
and don't misunderstand me, I don't want to minimize, but he had
tremendous sufferings of his body. But so did the thieves
on either side of him. Tremendous sufferings in their
body. So did Jesus. But you know it was the sufferings
of his holy soul that were so tremendous. My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me? For sin, not his own sin, but
his people's sin. Knowing that all things were
now accomplished, fulfilled, it is It is finished. Cried with a loud voice, it is
finished. Yielded up the ghost. Became obedient unto death. Death itself. So, but what was
the purpose? Well, that was the penalty demanded. The soul that sinneth it shall
die. So Jesus died for his people. But there was another purpose.
And John tells us in his first epistle that he might destroy
death. That was the reason why he entered
into death, that he might destroy it. That he might swallow up
death in victory. In these words, this loud voice
yielding up the ghost, it is finished. It's the end of the
Old Testament. It's the end of the Old Testament.
It's the end of the ceremonial law. It is. They're finished, they're all
fulfilled in Christ. It's the end of the prophets
of the Old Testament. They prophesied of this day,
of the day of Christ. Everything that they prophesied
is fulfilled in the glorious person of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is. Then we read this and
this is Bears out this truth in verse 51 and behold the vial
of the temple Was rent in twain from the top to the bottom that
was a very thick very large floor to ceiling In the temple this
huge great curtain Separating the congregation from the holiest
of all It was rent in twain. It was
split from the top to the bottom. And the earth did quake and the
rocks ran at the death of Jesus Christ. So when he cried, it
is finished, the veil of the temple was rent in twain, signifying
the end of that dispensation. And there was an earthquake at
the death of Christ. the rocks rent and the graves
were open and many bodies of the saints which slept arose
and came out of the the graves after his resurrection and went
into the holy city and appeared unto many. And then we we have
the witness of this righteous gentile now when the centurion
and they that were with him watching Jesus saw the earthquake and
those things that were done they feared greatly saying truly This
was the Son of God. Truly this was the Son of God.
What a sight that must have been, when during the daytime the earth
was darkened. Literally, there was darkness
over everywhere at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. What a tremendous
thing that must have been at that time, that when in the light
of day there was darkness. And he died for our sins. He rose again for our justification. You know, friends, this is all
our hope. And this is what we spoke of
this morning. Upon this rock, I build my church
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Jesus is
the eternal rock of ages. Behold I lay in Zion a foundation,
a stone, a sure foundation stone. That's Christ. It's the Eternal
Son of the Eternal Father that was manifest in the flesh. It
was the Eternal Son of the Eternal Father that was manifest in the
flesh and fulfilled the law, honoured the law, magnified the
law. brought everlasting righteousness in. It's the eternal Son of God
in that pure, holy, human nature that he was crucified for our
sins. And that he voluntarily entered
into death itself. You know, I used to get really
confused in my early spiritual days reading through Leviticus. It speaks often of the free will
offering And I used to get very confused about that, the free
will offering. Until one day, the Lord showed
me so clearly, that free will offering represented Christ. He freely offered himself. What a new light that shone on
that statement, the free will offering. Jesus freely offered
himself. And here in our text he yielded
up the ghost, he laid down his life. I have power to lay my
life down and I have power to take it again. This commandment
have I received of my father and that's exactly what Jesus
did when he cried at his finish and yielded up the ghost and
entered into death itself and then rose from the grave.
The other deep mystery There is a mystery. The union that
was made between the divine and the human in the womb of the
Virgin Mary was never broken even in death. No. In that lifeless body, in the
tomb, was the Son of God. The Lord of life experienced
death. He did. And then on the third
day he rose again. having destroyed death and him
that had the power of death, that is the devil. And he brought
life and immortality to life. And then he bodily ascended into
heaven. He led captivity captive and
those everlasting gates lifted up their heads and the king of
glory entered into heaven. And he's there now sitting at
the right hand of the father. We have an advocate with the
father, Jesus Christ the right. who's loved us with an everlasting
love, he has. Jesus, when he had cried again
with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. May the Lord add his
blessing.