If you take your Bibles and turn
with me to Isaiah, Isaiah chapter 2, and we'll be looking at verses
1 through 5 this evening. And I've entitled this message,
The Glory and Security of God's House. The Glory and Security
of God's House. Now, the Scripture here says,
And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah the son of Amos, what
he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in
the last day, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be
established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted
above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go, and
say, Come ye, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to
the house of the God of Jacob. And he shall teach us his ways,
and we shall walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth
the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall
judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people. And
they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears
into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up a sword
against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. O house of Jacob, come ye, let
us walk in the light of the Lord." Now, I want to, before we get
into this chapter, go over again what we have learned in the previous
chapter of this first chapter of Isaiah. Remember, there were
seven different doctrines that we were taught in that first
chapter. First, we were taught the depravity
of man in verses 2 through verse 8, that man from the sole of
his foot to the crown of his head is nothing but wounds and
bruises and putrefying sores. Then we learned in verse 9 of
the election of grace that God had a remnant of people that
he had chosen, and if he had not a remnant, the scripture
says, we would have all been lost as Sodom and Gomorrah. And then in verses 10 through
15 we learn this, that all the works of man are useless without
faith in Christ. That you cannot be accepted of
God by your works. The only hope for the sinner
is Jesus Christ. And then in verse 16 and 17,
we saw the impossibility of self-salvation. God said, wash yourselves, make
yourselves clean. We know that this is impossible,
that we cannot offer a sacrifice except that we could not wash
ourselves. And we know this is how God convinces
men of sin. And the next thing we see in
verses 18 to 20, we see the call of the Holy Spirit. Come, let
us reason together, saith the Lord. Now this reasoning is a
spiritual reasoning. Man by nature cannot reason salvation
by faith in Christ without works. And yet when the Spirit of God
convinces a man he has nothing to offer, it's then the Spirit
lets us reason. Salvation by substitution. What a wonderful reasoning. And
we also see in verse 24 through verse 26 that those who come
to God by Christ, we know this, salvation is the work of God. It is completely the work of
God. Verse 25, I will turn my hand
upon thee and purely purge thy dross and take away thy tin. We know this is God's work to
purge our sins. to remove our iniquities from
us. This is God's work, salvation. And then we see that in verses
27 through 31, we know that the blood of Christ is effectual
for all of the elect. If you see that in verse 27,
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment and her converts with righteousness.
That's the work of Christ. And it's not ambiguous, is it?
It says they shall be redeemed. How? With judgment. Christ endured
the judgment of God on their behalf. And Christ provided the
righteousness of God for them. And we know this, that all those
outside of Christ will be damned. That's the last part of that
verse. God, they shall be ashamed. It says, verse 28, and the destruction
of the transgressor and the sinner shall be together. God will destroy
the wicked. So then, now in chapter 2, now
we've come to chapter 2, and the Holy Spirit, by this text,
turns our eyes upon the church, upon the church. He sets forth now before our
eyes and testifies of the glory and victory of His Now, I know
this. The object of our affection,
you and me as believers in Christ, the object of our affection is
Christ. We desire to see Christ. Matter of fact, the Scriptures
all testify of Christ. Jesus said, search the Scriptures. In them you think you have eternal
life. They are they that testify of who? Me. And so what is our
song? More about Jesus in his word,
holding communion with my Lord, hearing his voice in every line.
Isn't that what you want to do? I want to hear his voice in every
line, making each saying mine. I long to see Christ. I long
to see his glory, and we shall. But how is it that we see the
glory of Christ except we see his church? Except we see what
He has done for us. The manifestation of the glory
of Christ is what? The salvation of His church.
And so, just as Christ is the object of our affection, I want
you to understand this. Grab this. Hold on to it. You
are the object of His affection. I know that's hard to receive.
You look in the mirror and you see no reason for Him to love
you. Well, good, because there isn't any. There just isn't any. You got it right. There's no
reason for Him to love you in yourself. But He loved you because
He would love you. And not only would He love you,
He also promised to make you lovely. over in Song of Solomon, listen
to what he says about you. I know, my God, may God help
us to grab a hold of this. You listen to what he says about
you. He says, Thou art fair. Thou art altogether lovely. Is that not wonderful what he
thinks of you? What he sees in you? I know this, we don't see that
in ourselves. What do we see the same thing he told us in
that same song of Solomon? He said we see a company of two
armies We see the flesh and the spirit and these two are contrary
one another we see a warfare We see a struggle within our
own natures And we are a constant warfare so that what we cannot
see any goodness in ourselves Now, religion, they see all the
goodness in themselves because they're deceived. They still
believe they have somewhat to offer God. You believe you have
something to offer God, then you're blind and you're deceived.
We're not deceived. We know this. We have nothing
to offer God. Our only hope of acceptance is
what Christ has done for us and in us. And because of what he's
done, guess what? We're lovely. We're lovely. It was by his righteousness and
obedience that merited the righteousness of God for me. What did he do?
He took that robe of filth of my nature off. He washed me in
his own blood, and then he robed me with his own righteousness.
So what else can he see but love with? You know what he sees?
He sees himself. When he sees me, you listen,
he sees Christ. He sees Christ. Therefore, by
the merits of Christ, you listen, his church is eternally, continually,
perfectly accepted. Accepted. It was by the salvation
of Jesus Christ He accomplished our salvation on our behalf,
and by the Holy Spirit He has created in us something that
is beautiful. Something that wasn't in there
before, but it was a new creation, a new nature that is created
after God in true holiness and righteousness. So it's no wonder
that God put such large passages of Scripture concerning His church. Because that's the manifestation
of His glory, is the salvation of these ruined people. That
shows forth His glory. The glory of His grace. The glory
of His grace. Now, who would be more glorious?
Save someone who deserves it, or save someone who doesn't?
Well, you know, it's more glorious to save those who don't deserve
it. It shows and manifests the greatness
of His grace. salvation of his people now tonight
there are six things now I have no illusion that I'm going to
get through all six I just don't believe I am but I'm gonna try
my best to get through some of them and we'll just stop when
it's time to stop but these are the six things that I think the
Holy Spirit here is teaching in these five verses first of
all you I want us to see very quickly that this prophecy is
concerning the church This prophecy is concerning the church of Jesus
Christ. Secondly, I wanted to see that
this prophecy is not only concerning the church in general, but a
very specific dispensation of the church. He's talking about
the church right now in our age. He's speaking about us. Now,
the third thing I wanted to see is that the church is the house
of the Lord. and it's established in Christ. The fourth thing is the call
and promise of the church in verse 3. The call is, Come ye,
let us go up to the mountain of the Lord. And the promise
is found over in verse 4. He shall judge among the nations
and shall rebuke many people. This is his promise. I'm sorry, the success of the
church, the fifth thing is found in verse 4. The work of God in
the church as it calls sinners, and the last thing is the walk
of the church in verse 5. So let's see these things very
quickly, verse 2 especially. First of all, I want you to see
this prophecy is about the church. Verse 1, read it with me. The
word that Isaiah, the son of Amos, saw concerning Judah and
Jerusalem. Now, this This word he saw was a vision. It was a vision, a revelation
sent to him of God concerning a very specific people. This was not concerning all people. This was concerning only Judah
and Jerusalem. But we know this. I'm thankful
that this doesn't mean just that little nation over there. It
means all the elect of God. all of the Church of God. When
you go to the Old Testament, if we were to just read the Old
Testament about Judah in Jerusalem, what would that have to do with
you and me? It would just be a history lesson, wouldn't it?
It wouldn't be anything. I mean, I wasn't there. You weren't there.
So if these promises are only to that little people over there,
then we're all in trouble. Half of this book is useless
to us. But we know this, that when he's
talking about Judah and Jerusalem and Israel, it is a spiritual
message to his church. Paul said this, not all Israel
are of Israel. Neither, because they were the
seed of Abraham, are they children. Just because you're a Jew doesn't
mean you're a child of God. So this takes in the whole Church
of God when it's speaking like this. So we know the promises that
were given to that nation, they were given promises, weren't
they? But they were physical promises of a physical land,
of a physical deliverance. But this is the promise of God
to the Church, a spiritual land, a heavenly land. Eternal life,
not just deliverance from foreign invaders, but deliverance from
sin, from death, from judgment. That's the spiritual promises
to the spiritual Israel of God. And secondly, I want you to see
that this prophecy is not concerning the whole church of all time. You see, the church of God started
back in the Garden of Eden with the salvation of Adam and Eve,
of Abel. And it goes on. The church began
to grow from that point when God was calling in His elect.
But this church, specifically in this vision, it gives us a
certain time frame. Look at verse 2. And it shall
come to pass in the last day. It's talking about the church
in the last days. Now, what does that mean, the
last days? I want you to understand that
whenever the Old Testament talks about the last days, it is referring
to the gospel dispensation, the dispensation of grace. Matter of fact, John says this
himself. Little children, it is the last
time. You see, the last days, he's
using the same language. So now, these last days, they
begin with the coming of Christ, and the end of that mosaic economy,
over in Habakkuk. Chapter 2, I'm just going to
read this to you. Don't go over there. It says, For the vision
is yet for an appointed time. God gave them a vision of the
destruction of that old dispensation, that old economy, the law and
the prophets and all of those things that were in the old economy
of worship, the sacrifices, the temple. He says, I'm going to
send a nation and they're going to destroy it all. And the prophet's
fearful, he's scared, and so God comforts him and said, look,
that's for a time yet appointed. What time appointed was that?
It was the time when the Christ should come. That's what he means
by the last days. It is an appointed time. Paul
said this, that God hath in these last days spoken to us by who? His Son. His Son. Therefore the last days begin
at the coming of Christ. And when do they end? They end
when Christ returns. When Christ returns. So what
this last days is talking about is you and me right now. This
message is specifically for the church in that dispensation of
grace. That dispensation of grace. The third thing, then, I wanted
to see is concerning the house of the Lord. Look at this in
verse 2, "...and it shall come to pass in the last days," in
the gospel dispensation, "...that the mountain of the Lord's house
shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be
exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it."
Now, the prophet here describes the church of God, the elect
of God, as the house of God, the house of God that is established
in the top of the mountains. Now, what does he mean, the house
of God, the Lord's house? What does he mean by that term?
Well, now, this term, house, has two meanings. It could mean
household, family. It also could mean a house like
a structure. And I think either one is sufficient
because they both represent the same thing, which is what? The
church of God. The house of the Lord is the
church. of God, not a physical church. Now, that's what the
false church believes is that it's some physical building or
some physical denomination. It is all the spiritual Israel. It is everyone who believes on
Jesus Christ. You are the church. You are the
household of God, the family of God. And that's what I want
to see this mainly at tonight as the household. And this is
a very intimate way of looking at this, that you and I who are
the church, we are the sons of God. We are the sons of God. So believer, I want you to take
comfort in this, that you are of the household of God. What
does John say about this? In 1 John 1, 3, listen to what
he said. Beloved, now are we the sons of God. Now are we the
sons of God. I want you to consider the glory
of this, the church of God, that we are sons. How are we the sons
of God? I'll tell you what, that's a
bold statement, isn't it? You better have some Scripture
to back that up. You tell me you're a son of God.
You're a child of God, you better tell me how. I can. I've got plenty of scripture
that... Go to Ephesians chapter 1. Look at this. We are sons,
first of all, by adoption. We are sons by adoption. In Ephesians chapter 1, Paul's
speaking to the church, to the believers. I'm getting my thumbs
to work. I don't seem to want to work
in this cold weather, I guess. Ephesians chapter 1. And verse
4, he says, According as he hath chosen us, his church, his elect,
in Christ, before the foundation of the world, and for this purpose,
that we should be holy. He desires and purposes that
his church be holy, and his church be without blame before him. That's amazing, isn't it? How in the world could his church
be holy? But not only holy, he did something
else in love. He loved them. And in love, he
predestinated us unto what? The adoption of children by Jesus
Christ to himself. To himself. It was the Father
in sovereign grace who chose His church to be sons. You see, if you're ever a son
of God, it begins with God, doesn't it? It doesn't begin with you.
You don't become a son of God by something you do. That's what
the world thinks. You know, you can be a son of God if you just
do this. No, my sonship, the sonship of this church, of this
house of God, it begins in eternity. When God chose His church, He
purposed that they should be holy, sinless sons. Sinless sons. It was the Father's
will that they have all spiritual blessings, such as heaven, eternal
life, peace with God, a blameless nature, that we could never obtain
by our works or merit. You know, the only one seemingly
given that opportunity was Adam, wasn't it? And Adam failed. Adam, the best of man, and yet
he could not maintain righteousness by his own personal obedience. And so before Adam, God purposed
that his children should not be children by their merit, but
rather by the merits of a substitute, Jesus Christ. Behold, God has
set Christ, who is here called the mountain of the house of
the Lord." Look at that. It says, "...that the mountain
of the house of the Lord." This is speaking of Christ. You think of a house on top of
a mountain. Who's holding who? Is the house
holding the mountain or the mountain holding the house? It's the mountain
that supports the house. Even so, Christ, you listen,
Christ was made head of this household. When he said, by Jesus
Christ, he was talking about how they were to be made acceptable
sons. By a head. a federal head of the household. Jesus, therefore, came into the
world as a federal head. Now, I know this. Every man in
a family is the head of his house, and he is responsible for that
house. He's responsible for that house.
I'll tell you this. Jesus Christ has a house, has
a people. And in eternity, Ulysses and
God made him responsible for the salvation of his house. Now, in the Old Testament, in
the Old Testament, every house, every person in the house before
the law had a householder, and he was prophet, priest, and king
of that house. In other words, He was the ruler
of that house, He was responsible for that house, He was responsible
to tell them and teach them the Word of God, and He was responsible
for giving the sacrifices. That's a picture of Christ. You
see, when God chose us, we became His house. And Jesus was given
authority and responsibility over that house to save it. to save it. And so when Christ
came into the world, he manifest all three of these offices as
a head of his house. He was the prophet of his house,
wasn't he? When he came, he manifest the
Word of God to us. He manifest what God required
of us, and he prophesied that he himself would fulfill it. Listen to what he said in Matthew
5, he said, "...think not I am come to destroy the law, but
to fulfill." What did he tell you? He said, I'm the householder.
I'm responsible, and I came to fulfill the law of God on your
behalf. That's what he came to do. He's
a prophet. He told us what he came to do. He told us what God
required, and he told us he himself would do it. He was not only
a prophet, we know this, He was a high priest. The apostle tells
us in Hebrews that he said he is a high priest forever after
the order of Melchizedek. He has an eternal priesthood.
Therefore, when he came into the world, he didn't come for
himself. He came to represent a people like a high priest.
Remember in the Old Testament, you had the high priest and he
represented Israel. He offered the sacrifices of
God for them. That's what Christ came to do.
He represented His house. And when He came in, He obeyed
God's law for us. He offered Himself as a sacrifice
to God for our sins. And so then, when God was satisfied
when Christ died for our sins. God was satisfied. He lay in
the tomb for three days and three nights. And then what? God raised
him from the dead and manifest his kingship over his house,
didn't he? Over there in John chapter 17,
he said, All power is given to me in heaven and earth, that
I should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given me.
You see, he's king over his house. He has authority over all things
in time and eternity. Is that not comforting for you
who are in this house? You who are in the house of God,
you who believe on Christ, is this not comforting that he is
your ruler? He is responsible for all your
salvation. And not only responsible, listen,
he's done it. He's finished it. The work is done. God's set him
on the throne, and now the king is moving all things after the
counsel of his will for the salvation of his church, his house. Jesus, our head, tells us this,
then, that all his sheep that were given to him by the Father,
listen to what he said, they shall hear my voice and they
shall follow me. I love Christ's words that are
very specific. These feel like uncertain times,
don't they? We feel uncertain about what's
going to happen next. We're so fearful, and we get
wrapped up in that. Listen to what's going to happen
next. His sheep shall hear His voice, and they shall follow
Him." That's what's going to happen next. And what's going
to happen after that? His sheep will hear His voice,
and they shall follow Him. Don't you see that's all He's
doing? He's gathering His sheep. All this other stuff is just
working toward the gathering of His sheep. That's what He's
doing. He's getting His house. He's
gathering His family. He's drawing them in. And listen,
this is no surprise. They all come in. None of them
is going to be missing. Why? He's responsible for their
salvation. You know, if one of his house
is missing, he's responsible. Isn't that what a surety is?
A surety is one that guarantees. And so if Jesus misses one of
his, who bears the blame? He does. But we have this comfort
concerning the house of God. You listen to this. Look at your
text. It says the house of God shall be what? Established. Fixed. Firm. Secure. It shall be established. This
is not ambiguous. It shall be established. It shall
be fixed. This is no ambiguous thing. Jesus said, I give unto my sheep
eternal life. Sheep he purchased, sheep that
he merited their righteousness and redemption. And the result
is they shall never perish. They are established. You who
believe in Christ, I want you to know this, you're established.
You didn't establish you. We had nothing to do with this.
This was something done by God for us. In Romans chapter 8, the apostle
testifies to this, that those who are in Christ, there's no
condemnation. You realize that? When he established that, when
he finished the work that he was sent to do, he established
his church, and right now, there is no condemnation to those who
are in Christ Jesus. No condemnation. Because Jesus Christ has fulfilled
all the righteousness of the law and satisfied the justice
of the law. There's no condemnation. And now by the power of the Holy
Spirit, the law is fulfilled in us. What do we need the law for? It's already fulfilled in us.
This is why we're free from the dominion of sin, because we're
no longer under the law, we're under grace. And so then Paul says, what is
the evidence of our sins? Now listen, if Christ came and
established salvation for His sons, if salvation is secure,
If he is the mountain on which all the church is built, I must
know this, am I his son? Because listen, if you're not
his son, you are not fixed on him, you are not established,
and you will die on your sin if you are not his child. How
may I know I am his son? That's the only thing that's
going to bring me any comfort in this life. I must know, am I his? Go over to Romans chapter 8.
Let's see what the mark, the end of the sun is. Remember,
we're dealing with the household of God. And if you're in this
household, you're established. Christ established your salvation.
How do I know if I am in this household? Romans chapter 8,
look at verse 14. It says this, "...for as many
as are led by the Spirit of God," what? They are the sons of God. Now,
the only question is, are you led by the Spirit of God? Now,
what does that mean? Because most people think, well,
you know, the man over there speaking in tongues, he must
be led by the Spirit of God. No, that's not what it means.
Well, this guy over here, he feels real spiritual. That's
not what it means. You'd be led by the Spirit of
God and not feel spiritual at all. Your feelings are fluctuating,
aren't they? They're always up and down. You
can't trust your feelings. That's not what it is to be led
by the Spirit of God. Who is one led by the Spirit?
You listen. One thing, one thing describes
those who are led by the Spirit. They believe on the Son of God. They trust in nothing they do. Matter of fact, they abandon
their religion. If you are, if you are being
led by the Spirit of God. You will abandon your religion. You'll abandon your self-righteousness
and your works because you know they are not acceptable. You'll be like that publican.
Remember that publican? He bowed. He wouldn't even look
up to heaven and said, Lord, be merciful to me. Listen to this. The sinner. I don't know if anybody else
is a sinner, but I am. That's what a son of God's led
to. If you're led to that, that's a son of God. He's led to the
end of himself. And then he leads you to Christ.
And he shows you that all the fullness of God and the glory
of God is found in Christ. All salvation is found in Christ. All eternal life is found in
Christ. And we fall in love with Christ.
That's one led by the Spirit of God. Do you believe on the
Son of God? Do you love Christ? Is He everything? That's one
led by the Spirit of God. They are the sons of God. Verse 15, And these sons have
not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but have received
the spirit of what? Adoption. Isn't that what happened
at the beginning? God adopted you from the beginning,
but in time, He will make that manifest to you. How? By giving
you a spirit not under bondage of the law. You see, God's sons
aren't under the law. They aren't under a bondage of
fear. They're given a spirit of adoption. I mean, My children, they should
reverence me, but they're not terrified of me. Why? I'm their father. I love them. I only want what's best for them.
I may chase them, and I may seek their best, but they don't fear. And so it is with the Son of
God. We come before God with boldness, knowing this. We have
a spirit of adoption. We are sons of God. We are the
household of God, established in Christ. That's what we know. And what do we cry? We cry, Abba,
Father. That word's a very specific word. Servants used to call their masters
Father, but the sons had a special word, Abba, Father. Daddy. Just a very dear term that only
sons could use. And we use that with our father.
He is our father. Jesus said, I go unto my father
and what? Your father. Those are the sons
of God. Are you sons of God? The household of God cries unto
God not out of bondage. We don't do this out of fear,
do we? We don't come to God out of duty. We come to God because
of love. Faith always works out by love,
by love. And this is the glory of Christ's
house, that we are heirs of God. Look at that in verse 17. And
if children, if sons, then what? Heirs of God, join heirs with
Christ. If so be we suffer with him,
we shall also be, what? Glorified. with him. This means that all the elder
son is merited for his house belongs to us. What belongs to
Christ? Okay, what doesn't belong to
Christ? Everything is his. Well, guess
what? Everything is yours. John said,
We are the sons of God, but it doth not yet appear what we shall
be. Though we are heirs of all things,
it doth not appear," Paul said, we are to suffer. As believers,
as his household, did not our brother suffer? The head of our
house, did he not suffer? Do we think we should be exempt
from suffering? No, he said, if we suffer with
him, and we will, we shall also be glorified together with him. Now let me ask you this, how
can we claim such a right to be sons of God simply because
we were born of God? So we were not only adopted sons,
but we were sons by birth. Sons by adoption in eternity,
sons by purchase when Christ came, established the household
in the top of the mountains in Christ. We were established and
we were born sons, born again of the Spirit of God. Now, if we look at our own household,
what do we confess? We, like David, must say, although
my house be not so with God. My house. My house? Not so. My house? Not so. But what is
our hope? He hath made with me an everlasting
covenant, ordered in all things and what? Sure. Sure. That's Shula, my bride, she says,
I've not kept my own vineyard. Isn't that right? But what is
our hope of eternal glory? A hope of our eternal glory is
found in not the keeping of our own house, but in the faithfulness
of Jesus Christ over his house. What did Paul say in Hebrews
chapter 3? He said, but Christ a son over his own house. Over his own house was faithful. Whose house? Listen, we are. if we hold fast the confidence
and rejoicing of hope firm to the end." You know what his house
is going to do? His house is going to hold fast
to him. Consider the glory. The Scripture,
go back to your text. Let's read this together and
we'll close. Read this together with me again.
I'm just going to close after this third point. We'll pick
up later on. The Scripture says, "...and it
shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the
house of the Lord Shall what? Be established. Where? In the top of the mountains.
What does this mean? Nobody can get to it. Nobody
can remove it. You who are of the household
of God, because of the faithfulness of Christ, no one can remove
you from Him. That's what it means to be at
the top. There's nobody above you but God. No one. could remove you from him." This is the glory of the church
that Christ, over the house of God, has established
his church. He's established it. God purposed
your adoption into this household. Jesus Christ purchased your adoption
by his own blood, established your salvation, and guess what?
Then he builds this church, this house, by calling you in. It says, "...and then all of
the nations shall flow unto the house of God." You see, God's
house in the Old Dispensation really encompassed only one group
of people, mainly. It was the Jews. But he says,
in this last time, it's not going to be just the Jews. It'll be
all nations and people and tongues shall come into this kingdom.
They shall come into this kingdom. Let me ask you this. Are you
in this household? What a glory it is to be in the
house of God. I'm not talking about just a
church building. I'm talking about being in union with Christ. What surety is it that we are
established by Christ? What surety is it that we have
been called by the Spirit? As many as received Him, to them
gave He the right to what? To be called the sons of God. Now why are you the son of God,
which were born? Are you born again of the Spirit?
born not of the will of the flesh, not of blood, not of the will
of man, but of God. What a glory it is to belong
to the church. I'm so glad that he speaks so
highly of the church, doesn't he? Because speaking highly of
the church only speaks highly of his salvation. It only manifests
and exalts his glory. I pray that God would comfort
us with this, that we are established in the top of the mountains,
and no enemy can get to us. No dark providence can remove
us. No amount of sorrow or suffering
or even death, Paul says, shall separate us from the love of
God that's in Christ Jesus. Why? We're established, set,
fixed, immovable. I pray that God give you grace
to see that what he has made us in Christ, his house, his
house.