All right, Revelation chapter
18. We'll read again the first four
verses of this chapter. Revelation 18, beginning in verse
1. And after these things I saw
another angel come down from heaven, having great power. And the earth was lightened with
his glory, and he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying,
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become the
habitation of devils, and the hold, or the garrison, of every
foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. where all nations have drunk
of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of
the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of
the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her,
my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive
not her plagues. The title of the message this
morning is An Urgent Call. An Urgent Call. Now, in this first verse, as
we have seen before, this whole chapter of Revelation 18 speaks
of the destruction of the harlot, the great whore that sat upon
the scarlet beast. which is all false religion. She is a picture, a type of every
false religion. And the angel here spoken of
in verse one is not just any angelic being, nor is he as we
have seen ministers, in this book angels are often spoken
of, they are ministers of the gospel. But this angel is altogether
different, Because this angel that has great power enlightened
the world with his glory. No preacher of the gospel has
any glory of his own to lighten anybody. It is the glory of the
Lord Jesus Christ. This angel is the Lord himself. It is by him alone that the whole
earth is lightened. And which is true of every one
of us who are believers. We all can identify with this
enlightenment, this understanding, this wisdom of grace. You remember in Corinthians the
apostle said, for God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness
hath shined in our hearts. To give us the light of the knowledge
of the glory of God. Where? Where is the light of
the knowledge of the glory of God? It is found in the face
of Jesus Christ. We by nature were darkness. We
by nature were dead in sins. Yet God commanded the light,
the light of the gospel of Christ, to shine in our hearts. This
morning the gospel goes out. It is a light. It is a light. But I tell you the only one who
sees the light are those that can see. The light can shine
on a blind man all day long and he never see it. But we see it. We see that Jesus Christ is the
light, the life. We see that he is all our salvation
and we believe on him to the saving of our souls. And so what
is the message of this, the Lord Jesus Christ? What is his message?
It is this, Babylon the Great, verse 2, is fallen. That's his message. The message
of Christ. Not that it shall be fallen,
not that it has been fallen, but it is fallen. presently, eternally, forever
fallen. All false religion is what? Fallen. Fallen. All false religion is now fallen. In other words, it has no value,
no power, no worth to the souls of men. It is incapable of saving
them. So no matter how rich the false
church may appear, no matter how large their congregations
may be, no matter how well they are received by the world, this
is the Word of Christ. And you should take heed to this
because it is His Word. It is the Word of God. Babylon
is fallen. False religion is fallen, no
matter how it appears. It's empty. it has nothing but
it is nothing but the habitation of devils that's all you can
say about it it is nothing but garrisoned by every clean spirit
and it is the cage that holds every foul bird every lost man
is caged and garrisoned by false religion the lord says it is fallen And
the reason is this. Because they all depend upon
the works of men to save them. This is the cause of its fall.
Because it is dependent upon man to do the work of salvation. They're dependent upon the will
of man, the works of man, the religious deeds of man. But what then is the end of all
their effort? Now I bear them record as Paul
did his false religion in his day. I bear them record they
have a zeal for God. Don't you? See the little men
running around in the white shirts and the bicycles? They have a
zeal. They have a zeal. I don't like riding the bicycle
too much. I probably can't even ride a bicycle anymore. But man,
they've got a zeal to get up every morning and go out and
do those things. They've got a zeal to work. but not according
to knowledge. So what is the end of their zeal?
What is the end of their work? Isaiah said this, he said, the
bed is shorter than a man can stretch himself on and the covering
narrower than a man can wrap himself in it. In other words,
it is not enough. Whatever they're doing, it's
not enough. Man by nature is a very religious
creature. A very religious. An archaeologist
once said this, you would sooner find a nation in history without
an alphabet than you would without a temple. Man is religious. Man is superstitious. What is
the man that is religious say he makes a covenant Isaiah said
in that same chapter? He makes a covenant with death
and with hell and he says surely the scourge of hell shall not
overflow me How many times you've heard well, I've made my peace
with God you heard that I That's what they're saying. I've
made a covenant. I've made a covenant with God.
Everything's well with me. I'm doing exactly what God wants
me to do and He's going to accept me based on what I've done for
Him. They're saying, this will never
come to me. My works, my decision, my religious deeds, my obedience
to the law will surely cause the scourge of hell to pass by
me. But God will soon show those that their covenant is empty. Their covenant is empty. Their
works and religion are too short and too narrow and cannot and
will not cover their nakedness before God. And so then all who
believe in the gospel of the whore, in works and free will
salvation, listen, they will drink of her plagues. They will drink of her plagues
and they will partake in her destruction as they on earth
took part in her delicacies, in her riches, in her fame, they
will also in hell take part in her punishment. God says your covenant with death
and hail shall be disannulled Your agreement with hail shall
not stand when the overflowing scourge shall pass through you
shall be trodden down by it From the time it goeth forth. It shall
take you from morning by morning Shall it pass over day by day
and night by night? It shall be a vexation to understand
this It'll be a vexation to understand that their works were not enough.
I It'll be a vexation to them at
that time knowing this, thou are weighed in the balance and
found wanting. Weighed in the balance and found
wanting. But what is this vexation of
these that follow false religion? What is their vexation? What
is it that vexes them so much? Is it their sin? Does sin vex
them? Do they lament about not forsaking
the false religion or coming out from her? No. No. They won't even regret it in
hell. The only thing they regret is
that their works were not enough. They'll only regret and lament
the fact that the whore was destroyed, not the fact that they did not
leave her. If people in hell could have
it to do over again, my friend, they would do it the same. They would not change. They would not change. The vexation
is to understand that their works in religion was not sufficient.
Their vexation in hell will not be that they did not believe
on Christ, but that their works and religion were not enough.
And that's what's being poured out in this chapter here. As
we're going to see, these kings, these merchants, these sailors,
all those that invested themselves into the harlot, they only regret
the loss of their riches. They don't regret their participation
with her. They only regret that their riches
were lost. That's all they'll regret. And
so then in verses 9 through verse 19, what we see here is the weeping
and lamenting of these. Look at this in verse 9. Versus
verse verse 5 through verse 8 is talking about the destruction
of the harlot and how she'll be brought down as in one day
death and Famine shall come on her and she'll be utterly judged
of God and destroyed now Listen what men that follow her say
and the kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived
deliciously with her shall bewail her, and lament for her, when
they shall see the smoke of her burning, standing afar off for
the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, that great city, Babylon,
that mighty city, for in one hour is thy judgment come, and
the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her, for
no man buyeth their merchandise any more. the merchandise of
gold and silver and precious stones of pearls and fine linen
of purple and silk and scarlet and of fine wood and all manner
of vessels of ivory and all manner of vessels of most precious wood
of brass of iron and marble of cinnamon and odors and ointments
of frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat
and beasts and sheep and horses and chariots and slaves and souls
of men the fruits of thy soul lusted after are departed from
the and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed
from the and now she'll find them no more at all merchants
of these things which were made rich by her show stand a far
off for fear for torment weeping and wailing saying alas alas
the great city that was clothed in fine linen and purple and
scarlet and deck with gold and precious stones and pearls in
one hour so great riches has come to nothing and the shipmasters
and all the company of ships and sailors as many as made trade
by the sea stood afar off and cried when they saw the smoke
of her burning what city is like unto this great city and they
cast dust on their heads and cried weeping and wailing alas
alas the great city wherein we're made rich that all had ships
in the sea by reason of her costliness for in one hour she is made desolate. So what are they weeping for?
What are they weeping? They're weeping for her and their
riches. They only miss her. They only
want her and her wealth. They mourn only the loss of their
merchandise. So what is this merchandise?
What is this things that they're talking? It's not physical. It's
not physical. This is spiritual. Remember,
this has to do with slaves and souls of men. The fruit of what? Thy soul lusted. It is a spiritual
fruit. It is spiritual merchandise that
they are weeping and lamenting over. They mourn over the loss
of gold, of their works, the fruits of their hands, the linen
of their own self-righteousness, which are precious only in their
own eyes, not in the eyes of God. In the eyes of God, what is man's
goodness? What is man's righteousness in
the eyes of God? Isaiah tells us plainly. In Isaiah
64 verse 6, And we are all as an unclean thing, and all our
righteousnesses are as filthy rags. That's what our righteousnesses
are in the sight of God. So now then, seeing Babylon is
fallen, seeing there's no hope in her, seeing that there's only
destruction, that all the merits and all the merchandise of her
religious works and deeds will be destroyed and be no more. Come to nothing, the scripture
says. It has come to nothing. What then should men do? Well, this brings us to the call
of Christ in verse four. He says this, come out of her. Come out of her, my people. This voice is the voice of the
gospel. It is the message of grace and
salvation. Saying there's no hope in false
religion, no salvation in works, no salvation in the merchandise
of free will religion, which is the habitation of devils.
What are sinners to do? Come out. This is the voice of
Christ. This is the gospel. Why would
you die? Come out of her. Come out of
her. Why will you stay? Is that not the question that
men should consider? Why would you stay? If it is
destruction, if God has determined destruction upon the whore, why
would you stay in her? Come out from her, is the call
of the gospel. See then that there is hope and
salvation not in her, but in the one speaking. Christ is speaking. There is only hope and salvation
in Christ. There is no hope and salvation
in any other. For there is none other name
given among men whereby we must be saved. There's no hope. There's
no hope anywhere else. but in the person and work of
Christ. Behold, the righteousness of God that He requires, you
and I cannot fulfill by any means of religion. By any means of
merit, we cannot fulfill it. We are empty of righteousness,
yet God requires it. How then can we be righteous,
I tell you, only through a substitute. Our Lord Jesus Christ came to
do for us what we could not do for ourselves. This is good news. It's great news. For sinners,
it's a good news. What does God require? The scripture
says, who shall ascend? Who shall ascend unto the hill
of the Lord? Or who shall stand in his holy
place? You. Shall you ascend to God
with your works? Shall you take your lame offerings
before God? No. Who shall ascend then to
the hill of the Lord? Listen, he that hath clean hands
and a pure heart. Anybody qualify? Not one of us. And I'll tell you, you've made
close attention. I've heard people would be bold
enough to say they would qualify. You think it's not so, but people
would. Well, I could do that. Listen, I don't care who you
are or what you think you've done. You are a liar and you
cannot bring your work before God. Your heart is not clean,
your heart is not pure, and your hands are filthy. Who then shall
ascend into the hill of the Lord? He that hath clean hands and
a pure heart. This is speaking only of one
person, Jesus Christ the Lord. That is the only one who could
ascend into the hill of the Lord. He is the only one. He shall
receive the blessing of the Lord and the righteousness from the
God of his salvation. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the
only one worthy to ascend because he is the only one who has obtained
the righteousness of God by his merits. The only one. The Apostle
says that Jesus Christ hath obtained the righteousness of God by his
faith. By his faith, the Lord Jesus
obtained the righteousness God demands. He obtained it by his
own merit, and yet he did it not for himself. Have you thought about that,
why Christ would obtain righteousness, saying he was righteous already?
Why would he need to obtain righteousness? Because you needed righteousness. His people needed righteousness,
that they could not merit for themselves. And notice this,
he does not call everyone out. You got that? Read your text. Who is he calling? Who is he
calling here? He says, come out of her. Who? My people. You know this, the Lord Jesus
Christ, this gospel message goes out to every man. No doubt. You hear me? If you can hear
me, this message is going out to you. Come out. But you know
the only people who will come out? His people. The only ones
who will come out are His people. He does not call all men, but
My people. These people are the elect of
the Father. Those who loved of God and put
into a covenant of grace from eternity. In John chapter 10, our Lord
Jesus Christ said this, My sheep. My sheep hear My voice, and I
know them. They come unto Me, and I give
unto them eternal life, and no man shall pluck them out of My
hand." Listen, the Father that gave them Me. Why are they His sheep? Because
the Father gave them to Him. And he gives to who? Them eternal life. And no man
shall pluck them out of my hand. Why? The Father gave them with
me is greater than all. And no man shall pluck them out
of his hand. When the Lord Jesus Christ was
come into the world, the angel announced his coming by saying,
his name shall be called Jesus. Now why was his name called Jesus? Why was he called Jesus? Well, because that name has meaning.
It means Jehovah saves. What it means? You shall call
him Jehovah saves. Why? For he shall save his people
from their sins. He shall save his people it was
this people Jesus spoke of in John chapter 6 He said this is
the will of him that sent me that of all he hath given me
I should lose nothing But raise it up again at the last day and
this is the will of him that sent me that all he hath given
me Shall come to me and him that cometh to me. I will in no wise
cast out These are his people the father
gave him and none he would lose none of them therefore Jesus
as their Redeemer their representative man he came to accomplish to
merit their righteousness and Accomplish their redemption by
his one offering for sin upon the cross You know JD. We don't
get away from punishment of sin. We don't we don't God didn't
sweep our sin under the rug This is good. He took our sin, imputed it to His Son, and His
Son bore our sins in His own body on the tree, and suffered
the full measure of God's wrath for them. We didn't get away
with sin. His people didn't get away with
sin. his people their scene is paid for in full by the blood
of the son of god as it is appointed on demand wants to die and after
this the judgment so christ offered himself wants to put away cn
for his people Then sinners, the Savior, as
He hung upon that cursed tree, God was not willing to impute
our trespasses to us, but rather to reconcile us to God by Christ,
for He hath made Him to be sin, who knew no sin, that we might
be made the righteousness of God in Him. This is the message
of reconciliation. God reconciled His people. And what is He doing now? He
is calling them. Calling them. Calling them. Come out. Come out. Come out
from her. And you know who hear it? His
people. That's who hear it. They hear
it. Do you hear it? Have you heard it? Have you come out from her? O sinner, this is the message
of reconciliation. Be ye reconciled to God. Come out and come to Christ. I didn't say come out of one
false religion into another. I didn't say come out of the
world into false religion. It's come to Christ. Come now. Come as you are because you won't
get better. How many fools say that? Well,
and I get better. If you tarry too, you're better. You will never come at all. You'll never come. You won't
get better. But all who come, there is great
joy. Wherefore, he is able to save
to the uttermost all that come to God by him, seeing he ever
liveth to make intercession for them. He has provided all that
God requires so that you may stand before God. Who shall stand
before His throne? Who shall ascend into the hill
of the Lord and come into the presence of the Almighty? He
that hath clean hands and a pure heart. How can that be? We've
never had clean hands or a pure heart. Only in Christ do you
find clean hands and a pure heart. Only in Him does He make you
righteous before God. It's something He does for you,
not something you do to merit. It's something He gives you.
Righteousness. Therefore, sinners, seeing the
destruction of the whore is inevitable. Flee. Flee to Christ. Forsake everything and run as
fast as you can. Don't wait. The message is now. Now. Come. Now. Come. Come out. Come to Christ. Flee to Christ
and forsake all the merchandise of the world, all the merchandise
of your works, all the fine linen of your self-righteousness. Because
it comes to nothing. It comes to nothing. Behold,
Jesus Christ is mighty to save. There is no depth of depravity
that he cannot reach. There is no one that is too far
for him. Is that not good? That's good. He says, is my arm shortened
that it cannot save? Nope. I like this, he says, you
know, the scripture says, and underneath are the everlasting
arms. You realize the arms of God have
to go lower than you to get you? To be underneath you, they have
to go lower than you are to carry you up. I tell you, that's good. There is no depth he cannot reach.
Come out. Come out. Why stay? Why stay? Come out. Scripture says, He that covereth
his sins shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsaketh
them shall find mercy. Scripture is plain. It says,
But what saith the righteousness of God which is by faith? There
is no righteousness which is by law. There is no righteousness
to be found by your obedience to the law. There's only righteousness
by faith. And Paul says, What saith this
righteousness that is by faith? It says this, the word is nigh,
even in thy mouth and in thine heart. That is the word of faith
which I preach. I preach it to you. I just did. that if thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart
that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." It's
no ambiguous statement, is it? It is a statement of fact. It
is a clear statement. Come out, believe, and thou shalt
be saved. Come to Christ. And I like this. With the mouth,
confession is made unto salvation. The mouth. And then he says the
heart, he says that first. He says, confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus and believe in thine heart. Notice, this is
the experience of grace, isn't it? The experience is you confess. I didn't know you were saved
unless you confess it. I can't tell anything about that.
Even when you confessed, I really can't see inside, can I? I don't
know. But this is the experience of
it. We confess it. And how did you confess it except
it come from the heart? What's in the heart? Out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. And so when we confess
Christ, notice where it comes from. It comes from the heart.
That's the experience though. We confess it. And then we know
we believe it. but really is the reverse in
reality but with the heart notice that in he says that next to
put with the heart man believe it on the righteous and with
the mouth confession is made in the salvation you see the
reality of it god must give you a heart before you confess everybody
thinks it's salvation is made with the mouth and it goes to
the heart no starts with the heart and it comes out that's
a work of god it's a work of god if you come out It's the
work of God. And next, I want you to see the
swiftness of her destruction. I'm going to look at this quickly
in verse 10. Look at verse 10. This is the kings of the earth
who committed fornication and lived deliciously with her. Listen,
standing afar off for the fear of the torment, saying, Alas,
the great city of Babylon, that mighty city, listen, for in one
hour is thy judgment come. Look at verse 17. This is the
merchants. They say, for in one hour, so
great riches is come to nothing. And look at verse 19. This is
what the sailor merchants say. Alas, that great city wherein
is made rich, and the ships of the sea of costliness, for in
one hour she is made desolate. I want you to see the swiftness
of destruction. How fast did that take place? I want you to hear me very plainly. Life is fleeting. It is slipping away quickly. Death is drawing nearer now than
it was this morning. Judgment is coming and it's sooner
now than it was before. What does the Lord say about
man? He says this, that all flesh is grass. And the goodliness
of man is as the flower of the field, the grass witherth, the
flower fadeth away, because the Lord bloweth upon it. Surely
this people is grass, the grass witherth, the flower fadeth,
but the word of our God shall stand forever. Man by his very
being is fleeting, life is futile, fleeting away, fast. David said, my days are like
a shadow that declineth, and I am withered like grass. Behold
the vanity of a mortal frame of the cares of this life. The end's soon. The end is soon. Solomon gave himself to this
understanding of life under the sun in the book of Ecclesiastes,
didn't he? whole book is devoted to this, what is under the sun.
He said in Ecclesiastes 1, he said, I gave my heart to seek
out wisdom, to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all
things that are done under the sun. this sore travail have god given
the sons of men to be exercised therewith i have seen all the
works that are done under the sun and listen to his conclusion
behold all is vanity and vexation spirit solomon devoted himself
to education that's big today is an education gotta get an
education gotta get an education i push my children get an education
get an education Solomon said I devoted myself to wisdom and
education. I devoted myself to learning
and No, man was greater in learning than Solomon and you know what?
He said it is chasing the wind. That's what he said Ecclesiastes
1 I believe it's in verse 16 and 17. That's what he said is
chasing the wind What about pleasure he said I've
given myself to pleasure Solomon said, I've given all into my
basest desires, whatever my heart wanted, I gave it to myself. There is nothing I kept back
from myself in pleasure, in mirth, in laughter. Oh, we think that's
great, isn't it? Fun, funny, that's amusing, entertainment. I gave myself to it. Wine, I
gave myself to it. Possessions and works, I gave
myself to it. And what was his conclusion?
Laughter is vanity. He said, it's like the thorns
crackling underneath the pot. They're burned up immediately.
It's gone. Wine, drugs, all those things
that dull the senses to escape reality, but in reality, it's
only an illusion they're escaping. Their troubles go nowhere. They're
waiting for them the next morning. They only multiply. Passions
and lusts of women and men promise happiness, but only leave a void,
wanting more and more and more and more so that men are never
satisfied. Solomon said, if a man want gold
and get gold, he won't be satisfied with gold. If he want silver
and get silver, he won't be satisfied with silver. i know we've not given into all
of our base desires but i tell you this has it not been proven
to you by your own experience now tell you this he's the and
in this the conclusion here this he said you know i found this
wisdom is better than foolishness education is better than being
any uh... uh... a moron yeah we do we understand
that we understand that uh... that laughter is is is is enjoyable
and morning is hard we know it's better to be a moral
person in the immoral person and all these have different
experience in quality of life but listen to the conclusion
here's the conclusion i don't care if you're moral immoral
if you're rich or poor if you have pleasure or your life is
full of sorrow listen we all have this in common The end is
death. We're all in the same place.
That's what he said. The wise man's eyes are in his
head, but the fool walketh in darkness. And I perceived also
that one event happened to them all. Then said I in my heart,
as it happeneth to the fool, it so happeneth even to me. And why was I then more wise? I said in my heart, this is also
vanity. Vanity. The same thing happens,
judgment is coming. Judgment is coming. Life is fleeting. Seeing then the vanity of the
whore and the vanity of life and the vexation of the flesh
and false religion that it cannot save. Why then will you not come out? I've got this. I want to read
it to you and then I'll close with a verse of scripture and
we'll read it together. Charles Spurgeon wrote this,
it was very fitting to this text. He said, most people are not
seeking to escape from the wrath to come. They're busy with worldly
things while hell is near them. They're like idiots catching
fireflies on board of a ship that is sinking. We see many
people busy about their bodies, decorating themselves while their
soul is in ruin. They're like a man painting the
front door when the house is in flames. Men are in restless
pursuit after satisfaction in earthly things. They will hunt
for wealth. They will travel the pathways
of fame. They will dig into the mines
of knowledge. They will exhaust themselves
in the deceitful delights of sin. And finding them all to
be vanity and emptiness, they will become very perplexed and
disappointed. but they will still continue
in their fruitless search. Though wearied, they shall stagger
forward under the influence of spiritual madness. And though
there is no result to be reached except that of everlasting disappointment,
yet they press forward with great adore. Living for today is enough
for them. Therefore they say, Take eat,
let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. They have no forethought
for their eternal state, and the present hour absorbs them.
Carnal minds pursue with all their might the earth's vanities.
And when they are wearied in their pursuit, they but change
their direction and continue their idle chase. You not see then the urgency
of coming out. Therefore let's go to this and
we'll close Isaiah chapter 55 listen Seeing that this is vanity
What does God say? Oh? Stop pay attention listen Put down what you're doing and
pay attention everyone that thirsteth Come ye to the waters, and he
that hath no money come by and eat. Yea, come by wine and milk
without money and without price. Listen, wherefore do you spend
your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for
that which doesn't satisfy? Hearken diligently unto me, each
ye that which is good. and let your soul delight itself
in fatness, incline your ear and come unto me." Is that not
our text? Come unto me and I will. Here and your soul shall live
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you. Even the sure
mercies of David. This is the message. It is urgent,
friends. This is not something to be toyed
with. This is the urgency of the church. This is the urgency
of our message. Come now. Everything's fleeting.
Come now. Religion is falling. Come now. The world cannot satisfy. Come
to Christ. Come now. And keep coming. I haven't stopped coming. Have you? I'm not stop coming. Why? I got nowhere else to go. And tell you the truth, I don't
want to go anywhere else. It is necessity for me to come
to Christ. And it is my privilege to come
to Christ. Both. Have you come to Christ? Then hear the words of those
who have come. Chapter 19 of Revelation, chapter
19, verse 1. And after these things I heard
a great voice of much people in heaven saying, what? Hallelujah. Praise who? The Lord. That's what that means. Praise
who? The Lord. What are they weeping
over? They're weeping over the loss
of their works, the loss of their religion. What are we doing?
We are praising God. Why? Why praise God? Salvation
and glory and honor and power unto who? Unto our God. Who saved us? By whose power
did you come? By whose grace did you come?
By whose will did you come? Yours or His? He is. This is the song of all who come
out. We give glory to God. And we come to Christ, and I
tell you this, we're going to Christ, aren't we? We're going
to Christ. We're on our way. And I tell
you the truth, He's coming to get me. He's coming to get me. I'm not going to leave you. That's
what He promised me. He said, I'm not leaving you.
Told you I go to prepare a place before you and if I prepare a
place I will no doubt come again and receive you unto myself Who's
gonna stop him? Who'll stop him? Mm-hmm. No one Praise be to our God May
God give grace to hear this urgent calling and may God give power
to respond