Good evening everyone. I'd like
to read from Romans 8, Romans 8, the first 15 verses. There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh
but after the spirit. For the law of the spirit of
life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and
death. For what the law could not do,
in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son
in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in
the flesh, that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh,
but they that are after the Spirit do things of the Spirit. for
it to be carnally minded as death, but to be spiritually minded
as life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed
can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. If so, be
that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not
the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you,
the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because
of righteousness. But if the spirit of him that
raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised
up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies
by his spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we
are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For
if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die. But if ye through
the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For
as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of
God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to
fear, but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we
cry, Abba, Father. Our heavenly and merciful Father,
we thank you for permitting us again this this blessed opportunity
whereby we can assemble together in this building in this evening,
Lord, and where week after week, you allow us to gather together
and assemble and to hear your glorious gospel declared from
your word. Father, we thank you for this
undeserved blessing. And we know, Lord, there is much
religion surrounding us, but it is very rare, Lord, that we
can hear that your word rightly divided and where your name is
lifted up among all men, and where your name is glorified,
and that we hear the truth week after week. Father, remember
us this evening as we sit here and hope to listen to a message
to your gospel. Lord, give us what we stand in
need of. Give us the necessary attention
and alertness, and Lord, above all, give us a hunger and a thirst
and that our eyes may be once again directed to our only hope,
the Lord Jesus Christ. Father, we thank you for brother
Eric. Remember him in mercy, Lord,
especially as he studies many hours during the week to prepare
these messages. Oh Lord, remember him and pour
out your grace and mercy upon him. And especially this evening
again, Lord, where he hopes to stand before us. Father, be with
him and give him the words to speak that you would have us
to hear. Father, we thank you for your great blessing, for
your salvation, that we have been delivered from the dominion
of sin, from the darkness of false religion, and you have
implanted in our souls true saving faith, whereby we can rest in
the Lord Jesus Christ and all that he has done. Remember our
families, Lord, our loved ones. You know all things perfectly,
and nothing is too difficult for you. Father, have mercy upon
us. For Jesus' sake alone, amen.
I would like to sing out of your
soft back, number 13. Deeper than the stain has gone,
number 13. Dark the stain, the soil man's
nature, Long the distance that he fell, Far removed from hope
and heaven, despair and hell. But there was a fountain open
and the blood of God's own Son purifies the soul and reaches
deeper than the stain has gone. Praise the Lord for His salvation
God still reigns upon His throne And I know the blood still reaches
Deeper than the stain has gone Conscious of the deep pollution
Sinners wander in the night Though they hear the shepherd calling
They still fear to face the light This the blessed consolation
That can melt the heart of stone That sweet balm of Gilead reaches
Deeper than the stain has gone. Praise the Lord for His salvation
That still reigns upon His throne. And I know the blood still reaches
Deeper than the stain has gone. O long worthy we've who'd wandered,
And our eyes are wet with tears, As we think of love that sought
us, Through the weary, wasted years Yet we walk the holy highway
Walking by God's grace alone Knowing Calvary's fountain reaches
Deeper than the stain has come Praise the Lord for His salvation
God still reigns upon His throne And I know the blood still reaches
Deeper than the stain has come When with holy choirs we're standing
In the presence of the King And our souls are lost in wonder
While the wide world choir sing Then we'll praise the name of
Jesus with the millions round the throne. Praise Him for the
power that reaches deeper than the stain has come. Praise the
Lord for His salvation that still reigns upon His throne. And I know the blood still reaches
deeper than the stain has gone. Thank you. I accidentally played the slower
one, so I apologize. It's still nice though. That's a comforting thought.
When you come to stand before the Lord's people who preach
the Gospel, to know that the blood of Christ goes deeper than
the stain of our sin. It's a comfort. It's a real comfort. And I'm glad you brought that
hymn tonight, brother. Let's be turning to John chapter
19. John 19, we know from the scriptures
that the Jews rejected Christ, the Christ of God, they rejected
Him. And they demanded that He be crucified as an insurrectionist,
as a rebel, against the Roman government. And Pilate, who by
authority from Rome was the governor of Judea, he was the judge. The governor would hear the case
at that time and he would judge. And though he found no fault
in our Lord, he delivered Christ to be crucified. And Pilate's
final act was to right the crime. of Jesus and to put it on the
cross. And it says in verse 19, and
Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing
was Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. When we read of our Lord's crucifixion,
and we're going through the four different evangelists, we notice
that they record different aspects of our Lord's crucifixion. And some highlight one thing
more than another, and they emphasize something that the other one
didn't emphasize quite the same way. But all four of the gospel
writers recorded this information for us. John tells us that Pilate
wrote a title and put it on the cross. A title is used to identify
something. It gives it a descriptive heading
so that by reading the title, you have a good sense of what
the subject is, of what that book or paper or article is. We have a sense of what it is
by the title. For example, I titled this message,
Pilate Wrote a Title. And by that, you have an understanding
that this message has something to do with what Pilate wrote. Luke tells us that a superscription
also was written over him, this is the king of the Jews. And that's exactly what a superscription
is. It's something written above.
Mark adds, the superscription of his accusation was written
over the King of the Jews, so that all who read it would know
what he was accused of. And Matthew tells us, set up
over his head his accusation written, this is Jesus the King
of the Jews. And that's really all that it
was. He was accused of a crime. He committed no crime. No guile
was found in his mouth. He committed no sin. Everything
he did was perfect and just. But John gives us the fullest
description of what Pilate wrote, and the writing was, Jesus of
Nazareth, the King of the Jews. And we're told in John 19 verses
20 through 22, this title then read many of the Jews, for the
place where Jesus was crucified was nigh or near to the city. And it was written in Hebrew
and Greek and Latin. Then said the chief priests of
the Jews to Pilate, write not the king of the Jews, but that
he said, I am the king of the Jews. Pilate answered, what I
have written, I have written. And the Jews, they were angry
about this. They wanted Pilate to change
what he had written. However, this man who had bent
and yielded to the whims and wants of the Jews at every turn
in this trial of our Lord, Yet he remained resolute in this
one thing, and he would not change what he had written. It was to
be exactly as he recorded it. Why? Because the Father, the
Father of Heaven, our Heavenly Father, our God, our Lord, had
ordained and purposed this very work for His Son to do, that
He should highly exalt Him, and give Him a name which is above
every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the
earth. and that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the
Father. The Christ of God truly was delivered
by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. And though
he was taken, and by wicked hands crucified and slain, yet every
detail was made to reveal. and to manifest the glory of
Christ. It was to exalt Him in our hearts
and in our minds, to give us an understanding of who God is,
who our Savior is, who He is that laid down His life to give
us life. And this is especially manifested
to us now, the elect people of God, who by the grace of God,
are made by the grace of God to look for redemption, to seek
God and to know how may I, a sinner, be justified with God. When he stirs that up in our
heart, He surely does show us, and bring to our knowledge, to
show us who the Savior is, who He is, by whom we may be just
with God. Now in this title written by
Pilate, our God reveals some glorious blessings, which are
given to the church, you that believe the Lord Jesus Christ,
who have no righteousness but the righteousness of Christ,
and hope in Him. whose hope of our acceptance
with God is found in the Lord Jesus Christ alone. There's blessings
here in what Pilate wrote, what God the Father had him write
according to purpose. You know, if we can see the glory
of Christ when we read creation, and we can see the words speaking
of and revealing Christ to us in the law and the history of
Israel, and we can see him in the Psalms and in the Prophets,
then surely we can see the glory of our Savior here in what Pilate
wrote above Christ. All right then, what does this
title reveal? Once it was written, the title
was affixed to the cross, and it's called a superscription.
and therefore it was written over him. It sits above his head
like a crown of glory." It sits above his head like a crown of
glory, a beautiful crown of glory. It boldly asserts to every man
that Jesus of Nazareth is the King of the Jews. Ignore him, disobey him, Despise
him at your own peril. We don't have a king here in
the U.S. and we're not familiar with that,
with having a monarch, but if we were in the presence of a
monarch and we ignored him, if we treated him despitefully and
shamefully and just mocked him, we might not leave there with
our heads. We could be put to death. And that's what we see
here with Christ. He is the King of the Jews. To ignore Him, to disobey Him,
is to do so at your own peril. This crown is put upon His head
from heaven above, that He is the Christ of God, ordained the
King of the Jews. Turn over to Exodus, Exodus 23. We'll be looking at a few scriptures,
so just stay where you are until I tell you to go to the next
place, and it'll be nice and easy for you. Exodus 23, verse
20 and 21. This is our God speaking by Moses. Behold, he says, I send an angel
before thee. And we know, just as we heard
on Sunday, that it doesn't always mean a created angel, whether
he's an angel in heaven or he's an angel on earth, like a pastor
having a message from God. Those are angels, messengers.
Well, this is the mediator. which is the Lord Jesus Christ,
the mediator between God and men of whom he speaks. I send
an angel before thee to keep thee in the way and to bring
thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him and obey
his voice. Provoke him not. Reminds me of
Psalm 2 where the Lord says kiss the son lest he be angry. Kneel before him and kiss his
ring. You kiss the Son. We kiss the Son and worship Him. For He will not pardon your transgressions,
for My name is in Him. Those who do not believe the
Lord Jesus Christ, there is no remission of sins." God the Father
gave us numerous testimonies when Christ was here on the earth. When He came in the flesh, our
God gave us numerous testimonies that He is the Christ. He gave
him many miracles by which he performed, which he did. And
that testified to us that this is the Christ. No man can do
these miracles except God be with him. They heard the words
that he spoke with authority, and they wondered at him. But
also God gave other testimonies. In Matthew 3.17, just listen
to these, and lo a voice from heaven sang, this is my beloved
son. whom I am well pleased." Luke
tells us there came a voice out of the clouds saying, this is
my beloved son, hear him. In John 12, 28 Christ prayed
saying, Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from
heaven saying, I have both glorified it and will glorify it again. How so? The name of God is in
him. All the fullness of the Godhead
dwelleth bodily in the Lord Jesus Christ. God's name is in Christ. And this heavenly crown, seated
above the head of Christ, was testified to by our God when
he raised His Christ, His Son, from the dead. God was testifying
to us that He is just, and all who believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ are justified in Him. Christ was justified as the only
man to die and to rise again, never to die again. He was the first one, the first
born to die and rise again, never to die again. That's his, his
honor. And after confirming the disciples,
the risen Savior, our risen Lord, went and confirmed to the disciples
that he indeed was risen from the dead, just as he told them
he would, And he comes to his disciples, and he gave them his
great commission as their lord and their king. And then he ascended
up to heaven for his coronation. Turn over to Psalm 2. Psalm 2. And let's read just verses 6
through 9. Here our Lord tells us in Psalm
2 verse 6, Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree. The
Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my son, this day have I begotten
thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee
the heathen for thine inheritance. and the uttermost parts of the
earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a
rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's
vessel. This same Jesus is ordained of
God King of the Jews. He ascended up to heaven, and
he is seated now at the right hand of the throne of God, who,
having offered his one sacrifice, now sits expecting till his enemies
be made his footstool. Peter, speaking of this very
thing, tells us in Acts 2.36, Therefore let all the house of
Israel know assuredly that God hath made this same Jesus, whom
ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. He's the king, he's ruling, he's
reigning even now. Now the Jews, they didn't like
what Pilate wrote, but God moved Pilate to write exactly what
God had purposed. He moved him to write exactly
why he was crucified. This title tells us why Christ
was crucified. He didn't write what the Jews
wanted because they were not in control. They were not in
control. This man Pilate wrote exactly
what God wanted him to write, which is the very reason for
his crucifixion, and it's according to God's gracious will and purpose
for his chosen people. Jesus of Nazareth was crucified
because he is the King of the Jews. That's why he was crucified,
because he is the King of the Jews. Who are these Jews? Who are the Jews? Who does the
scriptures tell us the Jews are? This blessed title, a Jew, it
describes the elect people of God. The Jews are all those who
are chosen of God. They're called in scripture the
remnant according to the election of grace. That's who the Jews
are. They are the remnant according
to the election of grace. And that's not my words. They're
the election of grace, whether they're Jew or Gentile. And that's
not me saying what I want it to be. That's what the scriptures
tell us. It doesn't matter if they're
Jew or Gentile. Those who are chosen of God are
true Jews. Turn over to Romans chapter 2,
the end of the chapter, Romans 2. We'll read verse 28 and 29. For he is not a Jew which is
one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward
in the flesh. But he is a Jew which is one
inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit,
and not in the letter. not according to what men say,
but according to what God does, what He says, whose praise is
not of men, but of God. Turn over to Romans 9. Romans
9 follows this very nicely in verse 8. That is, they which are the children
of the flesh, these are not the children of God, but the children
of the promise are counted for the seed. And finally, turn to
Galatians chapter four. Galatians four, verse 28. Here we know Paul is writing
to the Gentile church in Galatia. It's a Gentile church. And he
says, now we brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. those who are chosen of God and
put into the hands of Christ to redeem them, they are the
children of promise. They are the true Jews, because
the children are justified by the grace of God through the
redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ, which he accomplished
here on this cross. This is where the payment was
made. This is where Christ shed his blood for the remission of
the sins of the people. And now all his people, for whom
he died, we live by faith. Not according to the letter.
Not according to the letter. None of us, I don't think, can
prove our lineage to Abraham. But that doesn't matter. Because
we come through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. And we
come by faith, believing Him who died for us and gave His
life to put away our sins. We live by faith. As it's written,
the just, the children, shall live by faith. The children of
promise live by faith. And that's how we come. In fact,
this is what our God tells us. This is what he reveals his purpose
is in saving both Jew and Gentile, that they all are the children
of promise. Not everyone, but his people are drawn from all
those nations. Those that are his chosen people
are drawn from all nations and through Christ. And we see this
in what was written above in the title that sat above Christ. Go back to John 19. John 19 and
verse 20. This title then read many of
the Jews, for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh
to the city, and it was written in Hebrew and Greek and Latin,
all the known relevant languages there at that time. The Jews
could read it, who could read Hebrew, and those that could
read Greek, which was the previous empire, and those that could
read Latin, which was the language of the Roman Empire. So there
were a lot of people that could read these languages. And so everyone, whether, all
people could read why, who this was, Jesus of Nazareth, and why
he was there on that cross. He was there because he is the
king of the Jews. And this heavenly proclamation
is declared to all people, to all people, because he is the
king of all men across the face of all the earth. There is but
one king, one ruler, one sovereign. and we know him through the Lord
Jesus Christ. He is our King. We worship Him,
and we rejoice in Him. And this proclamation is to be
made to all people, regardless of what we think, regardless
of whether we think we know whether they'll believe or not. Oftentimes,
most often, we're wrong. We're wrong, and the people we
think will rejoice in this word, in this glorious good news, are
the people who despise it, because they have a righteousness of
their own. They're already set. They have everything they need.
They don't need your Jesus. They don't need the Savior. They
don't need the Lord. They're Lord of themselves. They
come in their own strength, in their own flesh, in their own
power. But sinners, sinners love this good news. They love the
Lord Jesus Christ because He's the Savior of sinners. Now there's
some very necessary information stated here that sinners want
to know. They want to know about this
title, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. First, his
name is Jesus, and Jesus means Savior. His very name means Savior. Turn over to Matthew 1. Matthew
1, verse 21. Here the angel is speaking to
Joseph about Mary. Matthew 1.21 The angel tells Joseph, She shall
bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus. for he shall
save his people from their sins. You're gonna call his name Jesus
because he is the Savior and he shall save his people from
their sins. He shall not fail. He is the
successful Savior of Almighty God for his people. He is the Savior. And Christ
Jesus is the Son of God. Look up at verse 20, Matthew
1.20. But while Joseph thought on these things, behold, the
angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph,
thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife,
for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost." He's
the Son of God, born in the flesh. He came in the flesh that he
should be the fit Savior for his people. he came and fulfilled
all righteousness. He was born under the law and
he kept the law perfectly, loving God and his neighbor perfectly,
fulfilled all righteousness for his people. And He came to save
His people from their sins. He came in the flesh that He
would die as the substitute of all the people given to Him by
the Father. He is their substitute. He died
in their place. He's their surety. He paid their
debt that we owe. He came to propitiate the wrath
of God which was against us. To turn the anger of God from
me for my sin that he was justly angry with me for, and he put
it on Christ. Christ turned it from me to himself
to put away the wrath of God, to deliver us who believe in
him from the hands of justice. to satisfy God, to satisfy the
law, so that nothing, no charge, could be laid against those who
have been redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ. And this is why
God ordained Christ to be delivered, to be crucified. God could easily
have delivered His Son, but He didn't want to. He wanted to
save His people. And the Son willingly gave His
life to save His bride. He faithfully obeyed His Heavenly
Father in all things, even unto death, the death of the cross.
And because there on the cross, Christ gave His life to make
an atonement for the sins of His people." That's why He was
there, to give, to make an atonement, to make a covering with His own
blood for the sins of His people. And therefore, His name is Jesus. As it was said, he shall and
he has saved his people from their sins. He's accomplished
the work. The work is done. The sins of the people are forgiven. And you know, this was, I don't
know if you could say, it seems like it was his first act as
the king. I mean, coming down in the flesh
was certainly a mighty act. This is a glorious act as our
king. The King laid down His life for
the servants. He laid down His life for all
His subjects, for His people, those who are enemies and unworthy
of this. And yet Christ, as the King,
laid down His life that His people might have life through Him. He didn't fail to save any one
of His people. He redeemed them all with His
precious, precious blood. None for whom Christ died is
lost. And we preach this word because
all for whom Christ died, they are forgiven. That's why we've
been given this ministry. The Spirit of God has been poured
out upon His people to seek that which was lost. And he's given
this word as our ministry, this word of reconciliation, to preach
and declare it to the people because they are forgiven and
Christ is going to have his sheep. He's going to deliver his sheep
out of darkness, bringing them out of the fold of death and
into the fold of his people, of his church, of his glorious
kingdom. He shall not fail. And so our Lord sends this word,
come out. Come out from your vain dead
works, what our Lord calls wicked works, dead letter works that
cannot save. They're vile, they're worthless,
they're wretched. That's not our righteousness,
the Lord Jesus Christ. He and he alone is all our righteousness. He's our blessedness, he's our
hope. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved. That is the promise of God. And
you shall, for whom Christ died, because that is the purpose of
God, that is His promise, and He cannot fail to save His people. All who are His sheep, they hear
Christ's mighty voice, they believe and follow Christ out of the
darkness and into the light of His glorious kingdom. Now, let
me encourage you with one last thing of note concerning this
title, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. Pilate included
the place of Christ's origin, Nazareth. That's where he was
conceived by the Holy Ghost and Mary, and he was born in Bethlehem,
and they lived for a time down in Egypt, but after Herod died,
they returned to Israel, and they went back up to Nazareth,
where Mary and Joseph were from. And he lived there most of his
life, probably about 30 years, until his ministry started around
age 33. And Nazareth was a very humble
place to come from. It was a nothing place. It was
a small place, a tiny little town. And it was far, far away
from the hustle and the bustle of the great city of Jerusalem,
where people of power and influence went and lived. And that's where
they were. And Nazareth was this tiny little
place up in Galilee on the other side of Samaria even. And when our Lord came, he was
born to parents who were poor. parents who were nobody's. So poor were they is that when
they went to Bethlehem they couldn't even find a place, a proper place
to to sleep or for Mary to have a child and so they stayed in
a room where animals were kept. And we're told that he was born
a babe lying in a manger. Lying in a manger. And a manger
is that trough where they would pour the food and put the provender
for cows and donkeys and goats and sheep and other animals. He basically was laid in a food
bowl for animals, is what it was. He's humble and he's lowly. And he came in this manner. so
that every sinner who knows what a worthless, poor, wretch they
are, who is despised and rejected by others, and knows how low
they've sunk, and knows how desperate they are, that they may come
to the humble Savior who came lowly and poor and in the weakness
of flesh, just like you, so that you would know and be encouraged.
Go to Him. Go to Christ. Believe Him. Ask Him for mercy and forgiveness.
He'll turn none away who come to Him seeking His grace and
mercy. Turn over to Matthew 11. Matthew
11, and we'll pick up in 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 and prudent, and hast
revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed
good in thy sight." See, people who have it all together, who
know everything there is to know, they have plenty of wealth, they
have what they need, they have plenty of friends and influence
and power, and they have the things that make them happy in
this world, and they're satisfied. These things are hid from them.
that you that are broken, brokenhearted, you that are sinners, you that
are filthy with your sin and corrupt in your hearts and have
no righteousness, that's who God reveals these things to.
That's who God reveals the Savior to, that He is the Savior of
sinners. They need a Savior. He came to
save the poor, the weak, the worthless, the wretched sinner. All things, he said, are delivered
unto me of my father. He's saying, I'm the king. The
father has made me king. I am the last Adam who has come
to reconcile all things that were thrown off and destroyed
by Adam and you in Adam. I've come to fix all that. I've
come to set everything right for my people, for my kingdom,
and to give you an expected end in me, an inheritance, a lasting
inheritance that shall never be taken from you. 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,
and he to whomsoever the son will reveal him. He'll take you
to the father, he'll show you the father, because in him the
fullness of the father and the spirit and the son dwell. To
see him is to see the father. Take, come unto me, he said,
verse 28, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn
of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest
unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden
is light. This is our king. He was crucified
for this very purpose, to redeem sinners with his own blood, to
reconcile sinners to holy God. And the Father promises, all
you that believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall not be
ashamed. You will not appear before God
naked. You shall be clothed in the brightness
of the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. God ordained the
title that Pilate wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the
Jews. Amen. Our gracious Lord, we thank you
for your grace. We thank you, Lord, for your
mercy, which is given to us sinners in the Lord Jesus Christ. Lord,
if any are here that are proud and arrogant and think they have
all they need, break their hearts. Lord, keep us ever looking to
the Lord Jesus Christ, for even in us who believe in Him, we
see the pride and the arrogance of this nature, of this flesh,
rising up in us. But Lord, we thank You for Your
grace. We thank You that the blood goes much, much deeper
than the stain of our sin. We thank You for Your grace.
We thank You, Lord, that You delivered Your Son to be crucified. for sinners, enemies, like us,
who have nothing to give to you, nothing to boast in of ourselves.
But we thank you for this glorious hope, for the blood of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Lord, we boast in Him now. We
glory in Him. We thank you for Him. We thank
you for your Son, whom you sent. Jesus of Nazareth, the King of
the Jews, who gave his life for us. Lord, help us to carry forth
this message, to proclaim it boldly, loudly, that all may
hear, and that your people would be delivered from death and darkness
into that glorious salvation which Christ has obtained for
every one of them. It's in Christ's name we pray.
Amen. Our closing hymn will be out
of your hardback hymnal number 125. Jesus paid it all. 125. I hear the Savior say, His strength
indeed is small. The weakness march in prayer,
I am Thee, Thine all in all. Jesus paid it all, all to Him
I owe. Sin left the crimson stain, He
washed it white as snow. O Lord, now indeed I find Thy
power and Thine alone Can change the leper's spots And melt the
heart of stone. Jesus paid it all, all to Him
I owe. Sin hath left the crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow. For nothing good have I, Whereby
thy grace to claim. I'll wash my garments white in
the blood of Calvary's Lamb. Jesus paid it all, all to Him
I owe. Sin hath left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow. And when before the throne I
stand in Him complete, Jesus died my soul to save, my lips
shall still repeat, Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. It hath left a crimson stain
he washed in white as snow.