All right, if you'll take your
Bibles and turn with me to Proverbs, chapter 25. Proverbs, chapter
25, and we'll be looking at one verse in this, but truly it is
a rich verse of Scripture. It is a pearl of wisdom that
we would be mindful to use in every day, every day of our life. We would be mindful to use this
and remember this. We would be blessed. Let's look
at verse 25 together. The scripture says, As cold waters
to the thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Solomon, in his wisdom that was
given to him of God, gives this proverb for us, which is true
wisdom. It is true wisdom in experience. We can see this to be true, that
a message, a message of good news it from a far country is
like a cold, refreshing spring to the thirsty soul. To the thirsty soul. There is
nothing more refreshing to our souls than good news. Is that
not right? Do you desire to hear good things? Because I do. I hear enough bad
things. If I were to listen to the radio
for five minutes, I could be so depressed by all of the bad
things and bad news that people focus on. And sometimes I'm just
waiting for one little drop of good news somewhere. But sadly,
there's hardly any. And if it is good news, it's
meaningless. It really don't mount to anything.
Every day when my children get home, I ask them if they had
a good day. And I'm hoping. that they say yes. I'm hoping
that they had a great day. I'm not hoping that they unload
on me after I've had a hard day, that they unload. But that's
what we hope. We want to hear good news. We
want it, and it's refreshing to us to hear good news. But
you know what's better than hearing good news from those people that
are close? It's hearing good news from far away. hearing good
news from somebody that you haven't heard from in a long time. That's refreshing. I got an email. An email from a man this week
that I have not seen in a long time. Well, it was refreshing. It was good news. It hit the
spot. It was perfect. It was exactly
what I needed when I needed it. Now, if I heard from that man
all day, every day, it wouldn't be as refreshing, would it? This
message from afar, this person that I don't see every day had
given me good news. And it was refreshing. And I
know that's refreshing to you. It's refreshing to all of us.
If we were to hear from a person that we haven't heard of in a
long time, a friend, a family member, somebody that was separated,
we get a letter in the mail, we get a phone call, you look
at the caller ID and you say, oh, that's, I haven't heard from
that person in years. And your first thought is, what's
wrong? I think, what's wrong? Somebody's
calling me, I haven't heard from them. So I answer and I say,
hello? And they say, hi, how you doing? Well, all of a sudden
we're in a good mood. We're happy that they have good
news to express to us. When we read that letter from
somebody we haven't seen, friends, that we haven't seen in a while,
it's good news tonight. But friends, I've got a message
that's better than any letter from any earthly friend. I've
got a message that's better from any phone call you could possibly
receive. It is a message from a far country. a far country. And this message
is not just filled with some good news, because that's the
way we season our conversation, isn't it? Sometimes we give a
little bad news, a little good news, a little bad news. This
message that I have from a far country tonight is absolutely
full of good news. There's no bad side to this.
There's no bad side. It is full of good news. The
country from which this message comes from is heaven. Now how
far away is that? Heaven is far above any earthly
country. This message is not filled with
sin or chaos or sorrow, but it is a message from a holy country,
a peaceful country, a joyful country. This report is from
a land that is completely opposite and foreign to everything we've
ever known in this world. It is a perfect land. And not only is this message
from a perfect land, it is from a perfect person. It is from
God. The message of the gospel of
Jesus Christ is a message from a far country, and it is from
a far greater person than anyone we could ever know. We, by nature,
only know things of the world. We, by nature, are creatures
of time. We are sinful creatures. We know
earthly people. But I tell you, God, who is rich
in mercy, sent to man a message. He has sent a message that is
of himself to men. This message is the good news
of the gospel. And this good news was not something
that any one of us could have ever known, could have ever imagined,
or could have ever invented. This message of the gospel is
not something we could have made up ourselves. Matter of fact,
it's completely foreign to every religion other than the true
religion. is completely foreign because
it is from God. This message could not have been
invented. It could have not been seen or made by man. This heavenly
report could have only been sent of God and therefore it can only
be revealed by God. The message is from God. The
message is revealed by God. This good news that God has sent
from heaven is the same message that the shepherds heard 2,000
years ago. Those shepherds were guarding
their flocks. They had no idea this message was coming. They
had no idea it was that night that it was coming. They were
just tending their business like they did every other night. And
all of a sudden, an angel came and a host of heaven came and
gave them a message. Fear not. You imagine the sight. I'm sure
they were afraid. They were very afraid. But the
angels had a message that said, Fear not, I bring to you good
tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you
is born in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the
Lord. This message from heaven, from
God, is a message that only heaven could give. For as heaven is
high above the earth, even so is this message above any other
message you could ever hear in this world. It is the highest
message. It is the highest privilege to
hear the message of God. It is the highest privilege.
This message is one of peace, pardon, righteousness, and joy. This message is one of forgiveness
of sins, and it is higher than any other message on earth. Now,
I've told you this many times, and I want you to hear it again
and again, so that you're not confused, so that you're not
drawn away by any other earthly religion. There are only two
religions in all the world, works and grace. There are no other
religions. Now, you can put any other name
on the door you want to, but there are only two religions. Works religion is an earthly
religion. It's an earthly religion that
is invented by man, that is preached by the messengers of Satan. That
is, any religion that requires man to do anything to merit his
own salvation or righteousness before God is works religion. Now, you can put anything there. Any religion that requires you
to do the least thing to merit God's favor is a man-made religion. That message of free will works
religion is a message from hell. It is not just a shade of the
gospel. It's not just another way of
explaining the gospel. It is altogether a message of
Satan. It is altogether a message from
the pits of hell. It is so foreign to the message
from heaven. And all that preach that message
are the messengers of Satan who have transformed themselves into
the angels of light. That's all they are. The only
other religion besides the man-made religion is the true religion,
the religion of grace. The message from heaven is a
message of absolute, free, and sovereign mercy. That's the message
of grace. This is the message from heaven.
It is a message of free mercy. This is the message of the angels.
Unto you is born a Savior. Not a potential Savior. A Savior,
which is Christ the Lord. This message is the same message
that was preached to the first sinners. when Adam and Eve sinned,
when they ran from God, when they turned and tried to cover
their sins, this message they had no idea was coming. They
didn't have any promise of this message. But yet to them was
given the message, the seed of the woman shall crush the head
of the serpent and he shall bruise his heel. This Savior, who is the only
virgin-born Son of God, Jesus Christ, was the message from
heaven to the first sinners. The gospel of Jesus Christ is
the only message from heaven that was given to fallen man.
And it's the same message that I'm giving you tonight. It's
the same message. We've not changed our message.
One good thing about truth is it's steady. It doesn't change.
Truth is not relative. Truth is the same truth that
God preached that day that Adam and Eve fell is the same truth
that is preached tonight. It is the truth of Jesus Christ
and Him crucified. There is no other message. There
is no other message. Believer tonight, let us rejoice
Let us rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory concerning
the good news from God. Robert Hawker says that the gospel
holds forth joy, happiness, and everlasting felicity to poor
sinners, enemies, and the fallen race of man. God revealed, sin
atoned, Satan conquered, death destroyed, hell vanquished, and
heaven opened. This is the message of the gospel.
It is the message of Jesus Christ. It is an infinite volume of mercies
that are contained in the good news from a far country. It is
the good news from a far country. Well, who is this good news to?
This message is from God. It is from a far country, heaven
itself. And who is this message given
to? Well, it's only given to one
group of people. Sinners. Sinners. That's who this message is given
to. Good news is only for sinners. Sinners. The message to Adam
before the fall was one of law. In the day thou eatest thereof,
thou shalt surely die. This was the only law that God
gave. He gave one commandment. Don't
eat. That was, we think, man, how
easy was that? Really? Adam was the best of
us. He was the best of us. And he
failed. He failed to obey God's one commandment. In the day thou eatest thereof
thou shalt surely die. And truly when He did eat, He
did die. And He brought you and me into
utter and complete ruin. You and I were brought into this
world under the bondage of sin Under the curse of death, we were born dead. In Adam, all died. I don't know, you just can't
make it plainer than that. You just can't make it plainer
than God says it. In Adam, all died. All died. The man who was the best of us
failed. And he represented all of us.
It was Adam that created the first works religion. The first
Armenian was Adam. You know that? He was the first free will works
religion man in all the world. When he sinned, he became an
Armenian. He tried to cover his sin. They grabbed the best thing that
they possibly could think of to cover their nakedness before
God. It was fig leaves. And ever since then, man has
been trying to cover his sin with the fig leaves of religion.
Well, I'm going to church. There's one fig leaf. Well, I'm
doing this. There's another one. Always trying
to cover themselves. Always trying to please God by
their works. And had God not come down to
Adam, he still would have been dressed in his fig leaves. He
would have had no covering and no sacrifice. He would have died
in his sins. Do you not see the utter free
and sovereign mercy of God? Adam failed. God could have left
him there, could have left all of us in this. God was not bound
by His creatures to do anything for us. God only was bound by
His own will to do something for us. And so God came down
and exposed Adam. Adam, where art thou? And he
ran and hid. And God found him. Is that not
how the message of God comes down? How the good news comes
to sinners? God finds us. We don't find Him. I'll tell you what, when somebody
tells me to find Jesus, that just gets all over me. Jesus
is not lost. He's not lost. Jesus must find you. He must
come to you. We would have never known the
mercies of God. We would have never known this
good news. We would have never known of salvation or grace had
God not come down. Salvation is always from God
to man and never from man to God. Never. It's always from
God to man. It must come from God to us. Go over to 1 Corinthians. See
this, that we would have never known this. Well, you say, I'm
pretty smart. I think I could have figured
this out. No, you couldn't. No one could. 1 Corinthians,
chapter 2. 1 Corinthians, chapter 2, verse
6, it says, Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect,
mature, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes
of this world, that come to nothing. But we speak the wisdom of God
in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before
the world unto our glory. which none of the princes of
this world knew. For had they known it, they would
have not crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written,
I hath not seen nor hear heard, neither entered into the heart
of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him."
Never has this gospel entered into the mind of man. Never once
has anyone known this gospel except by revelation. God must send it. God must give it. It is a message
of free grace. The gospel to the natural man
is a mystery. Have you not seen that? Has anyone
not asked you why in the world do you come here? What is it? What is it about
this? Why are you so adamant? Because I know the message from
God. And you who believe, you know
the message of God. And you can't settle for anything
less. You can't. And even though God, by His prophets,
had given many types and shadows, He told us it was the seed of
the woman, He told us that by the type and shadow of the Passover
Lamb, God revealed that that's how Christ would be, that He
would be the Lamb of God, that He would be the High Priest,
a mediator between us and God. The prophets told us, even as
God gave them, that He would be both the servant of God and
equal with God. They told us that He would come
and make an end of sin and establish righteousness. When was this
written? This was written long before
we were here. This was written long before
we were here, and yet it says explicitly that 70 weeks are
determined upon the Holy City to finish the transgression,
make an end of sins, make reconciliation for iniquity, bring in everlasting
righteousness, seal up the vision, and anoint the most holy. That
is Jesus Christ. He made an end of sin. He brought in everlasting righteousness. He was exalted to the right hand
of God and anointed above everyone. He is the message of God. This
gospel message was one that was purposed from eternity. This
message is eternal. God didn't Make up this message
when Adam sinned, as some foolish men think. Some foolish men think
that Adam sinned and God was, oh, oh no, what am I going to
do now? So they've got to make up a message. No! This message
was made long before Adam sinned, long before there was ever sin.
This message was seen by Isaac, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and
looked forward to. was seen by Moses in all the
types and shadows of the law. And now, even now, this gospel
has come to pass because Christ has already come. All that was
prophesied of Him, that was told beforehand of Him, has been already
fulfilled by Him. If you desire to have any understanding
of this good news, you must see it in the Son of God. He is Himself
the Gospel. The Gospel is not a creed to
be memorized. It is a person who must be revealed. He's a person. Jesus Christ,
the Word that was God, and the Word that was with God, was made
flesh and dwelt among us as the Son of God and Son of Man so
that He might reconcile man to God. So that He might represent
us who are sinners. This message is for sinners.
So great was our fall that none of our race escaped this. None of our race escaped the
depravity and death. Man is so lost and hopeless to
recover himself that God says every thought of his imagination
is continually evil. I know you who are believers,
you know that about yourself. You know that about your own
nature. God is holy and just and man
is unholy and unjust. God must punish sin, and man
is guilty of sin, and cannot pay what he owes. Scripture tells us plainly that
the Lord said, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked. What does He mean? He means that
your eternal burning in hell will never satisfy His justice. That's what He means. Therefore, God says, turn ye,
turn ye. Turn away from your evil. Why will you die, O house of
Israel? Sinners, stop trying to please God by
your works. God will never be satisfied with
your works. God will never be pleased with
all your sacrifices. How could we expect God to be
satisfied with our works when we ourselves aren't? Are you
satisfied with yourself? I'm not satisfied with myself.
How could I ever expect God to be satisfied with me? Then behold God's good news. Jesus said, I came not to call
the righteous but sinners to repentance. This is the good
news. You are a sinner. You are hopeless. You are helpless to save yourself.
And now behold the good news. This message of salvation is
specifically for sinners who cannot help themselves. Jesus
said, Beguile you and learn what this meaneth. I will have mercy
and not sacrifice. What is mercy? What is mercy? Mercy by definition means to
give to another that does not deserve it. That's mercy. If you deserve it, it's not mercy.
God said, He said, I will have mercy, not sacrifice. God doesn't want our sacrifice. The message is mercy, mercy. Jesus told those self-righteous
men, learn what this means. Salvation is of mercy, not of
sacrifice. He says in Hebrews, "...sacrifice
and offering thou wouldest not, but a body thou hast prepared
for me." The sacrifice, the only acceptable sacrifice, is not
one we can offer. The only acceptable sacrifice
was offered by Jesus Christ to God. There is no offering for sin
but that of Jesus Christ that's acceptable. O sinners, Are you
a complete sinner? If you're a complete sinner,
this complete message is just for you. Because I only talk to you of
a complete Savior. An absolutely perfect Savior. One that does it all. One that
satisfies God. One that gives you righteousness
that you can't give yourself. One that gives you atonement,
reconciliation, pardon, forgiveness, eternal life, peace with God. Things you could never give yourself.
And things I cannot contribute to. I can't contribute to one
of those things, can you? I'm a complete sinner in need
of a complete Savior. Well, that's good, because that's
what the message is all about, a complete Savior, perfect in
every way, righteous and holy. Thirsty sinners, is this not
refreshing to your soul? Is it not as cold waters to the
thirsty soul? This message from a far country,
This message that's higher, that's of God, that's for you who are
sinners. Jesus' blood was shed for God's
elect. Jesus was made sin and bore our
sins and has completely, absolutely satisfied God in every way possible
for all His people. This is a complete salvation. Are you sick of sin? then believe on Jesus Christ.
Come to God by Him and you will receive free and absolute complete
pardon from all your sins. That is good news. That's good
news to a sinner. It's good news to a sinner that
no matter where, no matter your sin, no matter your guilt, no
matter how far you've been, no matter how far you've run, this
message runs deeper and farther than the deepest sin of the chiefest
of sinners. All sinners, all sinners, the
message from a far country is, come as you are. Come empty and you will be filled
to overflowing. Come with nothing but your sin,
you'll go away with nothing but righteousness. Come seeking mercy
and you'll find it all. A river of mercy that never ends. I came not to call the righteous
but sinners to repentance. This message is not only for
sinners, but this message from heaven is true. It's true. I know you've heard messages
before that are too hard to believe. You've heard stories that are
just too good to be true. I got an email from a woman with
a fabulous story, just riveting. I mean it is the most amazing
story of her life and how she was redeemed and saved and how
she come out of this foreign country and now she's diagnosed
with a terminally fatal illness and she's come into some money.
She said she come into a million dollars and she just loves the
Lord so much she wants to give that money to the church. All she needed was my bank account. Just give me your bank account
number and I'll wire the million dollars to you. Now that's just
too good to be true. That's just too good to be true. Because it's not. It's a scam. It's a lie. It's not the truth.
This message I'm telling you about the forgiveness, the complete
and utter forgiveness and righteousness of God, forgiveness of sins,
is a message that is true because it's from God who cannot lie. This message is from God that
cannot lie, and to testify to this, God has swore by His own
name that it's so. He said, when I could swear by
none higher, He swore by Himself. We swear by the greater. Isn't
that right? What we used to say as kids, I swear on my mama's
life. Never swearing on their own.
Always swearing on their mama's life. That was precious. That's something precious to
them. So they say, I'm swearing on my mama's life. Something
greater than themselves. when we go to court we put our
hands on this book books greater than ourselves
but when God could find no one else greater than himself he
said I swear on myself I swear by my own name that this gospel
is so in Hebrews chapter six it says
For when God promised to Abraham, because he could swear by none
greater, he swore by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will
bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so after he
had patiently endured and obtained the promise, for men swear by
the greater, and an oath of confirmation is the end of all strife, wherein
God willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise
the immutability of his counsel, he confirmed it by an oath, that
by two immutable things it is impossible for God to lie that
we might have a strong consolation who fled for refuge to lay hold
upon the hope set before us, which hope we have as an anchor
of the soul. both sure and steadfast, entered
into the veil, whether the forerunner is entered, even Jesus, made
an high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. This
is so important that our salvation, all who come to Christ, all who
believe on Christ, all who rest completely on His mercy, on His
grace, on His blood, on His righteousness, lay your soul down on Him because
God swore that He would make it so. God decreed it and God
swore Oh, what a joyous message. Do you not need an anchor? I
tell you what, I'm getting whipped around up here on this sea of
life. I get tossed. But I tell you,
I'm not moving one inch because my anchor is firm. Christ is
the anchor of my soul. What a joyous message that God
was willing to save such a sinner as I am. It is a message of grace, and
it's true. Oh, the love that drew salvation's
plan. Oh, the grace that brought it
down to man. Oh, the mighty gulf that God
did span at Calvary. And this message is true because
God showed it by the resurrection of His Son. Jesus Christ is my
full salvation because God raised Him from the dead. Paul told
Festus in a grip, he said, this thing wasn't done in the corner.
Is that not true? This thing wasn't done in the
corner. This was done in the open. God openly killed His Son
for my sin. Jesus Christ plainly died on
that cross and I tell you, three days later, He rose from the
dead. and there's no one to refute
that. You know that there's no one
to refute it? I'm sure it's after several hundred years after the
Lord Jesus Christ died that people were refuting it. Nobody refuted
it in the day it was done. The Jews even said, hey let's
make up a lie. Because they knew it to be true. Jesus Christ is
risen from the dead. And God testified of his success. Yes, but can a person know this
is true personally? We didn't see Christ die, did
we? We weren't there when God chose
his people. We weren't there when Christ
rose again. How can you be personally sure? Can you be personally sure
that this is true? The answer is absolutely yes.
Yes. because God by His Holy Spirit
testifies in everyone that believes in Romans 8 It says, For we have
not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but the spirit
of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself
beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.
How do I know Christ is risen from the dead? Because the Holy
Spirit has come into my heart, and I know, I know that He's
alive. I know. This is not guessing. I'm not guessing. I know. I know He's alive because He's
alive in me. His spirit lives in me and I
am the temple of the living God. That's pretty arrogant. Whatever. That's just so. That's just so. He testifies with my spirit that
I am a child of God. I know that my Redeemer liveth. Same testimony Job had. Same
testimony Job had. And I know this, I'll see him
with my own eyes and not another. I know that. Behold how the gospel
from heaven is pictured. And I'm going to close with this.
Go over to Genesis. I know this is going a little
bit long, but I want you to see this because it is beautiful.
It's a beautiful picture. I want you to see this message
from a far country as it's pictured here in Genesis chapter 45. And by this time, Jacob, beloved
and chosen of God, was in poverty. Joseph, his son, had been dead.
To him and his house suffered famine. What a picture of our
natural condition. Isn't that a picture of our condition?
There Jacob was. He was the chosen. He was the
loved of God. Yet he was in a barren place. That's just by our natural condition. Our souls were lost and starving
for righteousness. But now see that Joseph, now
see that Joseph who was dead is now revealed to be alive in
verse 1. Then Joseph could not refrain
himself before all of them that stood by him. And he cried, caused
every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him,
while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians
in Pharaoh's house heard. And Joseph said unto his brethren,
I am Joseph, doth my father yet live? And his brethren could
not answer him. where they were troubled at his
presence. Is that not how Christ came to
us? When Christ could restrain himself
no longer, he came and revealed himself to us. I am your brother. And we whose sins he bore. When we heard that, we were dumbfounded. We could not speak. We were scared. But notice what Joseph said.
And Joseph said to his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said,
I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. Now therefore,
be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that you sold me hither. For God did send me before to
preserve life. Is that not a message of Christ?
Is that not beautiful? Was it not our sins He bore?
And yet He says to us, Come near to Me and don't be afraid. Don't
grieve for your sins. Come here. It was necessary. It was necessary that I go before
you and save you from your sins. Don't be grieved. Come to Me. I'm your brother. For these two years have been
famine in the land, and there are yet five years in which there
shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to
preserve you a posterity in the earth and to save your lives
by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent
me hither, but God." Oh boy, it was God that sent His Son. And he hath made me a father
to Pharaoh, and Lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout
all the land. Isn't Christ risen and the ruler of all things?
Haste ye, and go to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith
thy son Joseph, God hath made me Lord of all Egypt. Come down
unto me, tarry not. Is that not the message He sent
us with? Is this not the good news that He sent you with? This
is the message He has for you. Go now and tell Jacob, tell Israel,
tell my people that I am risen from the dead. Tell them. He said, Thou shalt dwell in
the land of Goshen, and there shalt be near unto me, thou,
and thy children, thy children's children, thy flocks, and thy
herds, and all that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee.
For yet there is five years of famine, lest thou and thy household
and all that thou hast come to poverty. And behold, your eyes
see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth
that speaketh unto you. And you shall tell my father
all my glory in Egypt. and of all that ye have seen,
and ye shall haste down to my father hither.' And he fell upon
his brethren Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on
his neck. Moreover, he kissed all his brethren
and wept with them. And after that his brethren talked
with him. Is that not how you found Christ? Is that not how
Christ came to you and revealed himself to you? Is that not how
he found you? That's how he found me. And he
hugged me, he kissed me. Precious are the kisses of his
lips. Wonderful. And now in verse 13 he says,
You shall tell my father of all my glory. I'm sorry, down Look at verse 26. They went to their father, and
they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive. He is governor
over all the land of Eve. And Jacob's heart fainted, for
he believed them not. That's just too good to be true,
isn't it? That's a message from a far country, just too good
to be true. But notice this. And they told him all the words
of Joseph. which he said unto them. And when he saw the wagons
which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob his
father revived. And Israel said, It is enough. Joseph my son is yet alive. I will go and see him. Is that
not what we say right now? Are we not traveling in the carriage
that he has prepared for us? Are we not going to see him?
That's our journey. We're Jacob on the journey. He
sent his spirit to carry us all the way to himself. And he will
not fail to bring every one of us to himself. He won't. Believer, let us look to Jesus
Christ all of our journey. Let us keep this good news close
at hand. so that we do not faint in the
way. When Joseph sent his brothers, he said, make sure you don't
faint in the way. And I read another translation that says,
see that you argue not in the way. His brothers were prone
to argue. They were prone to get mad at
one another, and He said, See that you don't argue on the way,
because that'll stop you from your message. We're not here
to argue or debate with people. We're here simply to go tell
Jacob that his son, Joseph, is alive, that Jesus Christ is alive.
That's all we're here to do. We're here to just tell the message,
not debate it. May God keep this message close
so we can drink it, and it will be as cold waters. to the thirsty
soul. This is a message from a far
country, a message from heaven, a message from God, a message
revealed by God, a message that is Jesus Christ the Lord. May God bless you. That stand
will be dismissed.