Would you turn with me to Romans
chapter three? This is a very exciting time for this church.
Very exciting. Lord sending a pastor. There's no such thing as clergy
and laity. I understand that. No such thing. Clergy means God's inheritance.
All of God's people are God's inheritance. All loved equally,
all saved the same way, all in the Lord Jesus Christ. No such
thing as clergy and lady. A local church is God's people gathering together
to hear a man. preach the gospel. That's what
this is. It's coming together to hear
a man preach the gospel. And you pray for this man, pray
for this one too, and all, pray for each other, but you pray
for this man that the Lord would enable him to give himself wholeheartedly
to the ministry. And it won't be blessed if you
don't. It won't. Give thyself wholly, Paul said
to Timothy, to these things. Give yourself wholly. And you
pray for this man. Now, this man, like any other
man, none of us are worth anything, we realize that. I love what
was said about Paul, what he said about himself. He said,
Christ came to save sinners of whom I am the chief. And if I ever leave that, I've
left the truth. Left the truth. So when we talk
about a preacher, I'm not trying to put a preacher on a pedestal
in any way, but I am saying this, this is what the Lord uses. If
this church prospers, it'll be through this man giving himself
to the preaching of God's word. So you pray for this man. Make it, ask the Lord continually
to bless this man in the preaching of the gospel. Romans chapter
three. Now I wanna give a scenario,
two different scenarios. One, there's a man who's very
sick. He's going to die in 24 hours. He's been a good man as
far as men go. He's raised his family. His children
have all done well. He was faithful to his wife,
paid his bills, good citizen, good man. You couldn't find anything
wrong with him as far as what you could see outwardly. But
he's dying. He's dying. He only has 24 hours
to live. What would I say to that man?
I'll give you another scenario. Here's a man that's been vile,
wicked, guilty of every crime that you
shudder to even think about. I mean a vile, worthless, evil
man. And he's only got 24 hours to
live. He's on death row. Now, if both of these men said
to me, tell me, Tell me, how can I be saved? Tell me what
the gospel is. What kind of message would you
bring me? What is the message of this book they call the Bible?
You know, I'd give both men the same message. I wouldn't have
one to one and another to the other. No, they'd all have the
same message, exactly. And I believe if the Lord gave
me the opportunity that I would preach from Romans chapter three. It says if I had one message
to preach, and this may be the last message I preach, may be
the last message I hear, may be the last message you hear.
I don't know, it could be, it could be. But if I had one message
to preach, I would want to bring a message from Romans chapter
three. Now, we begin in verse 19. Paul says, now we know. Beloved, we preach what we know,
who we know. This is not speculation. This
is not my opinion. We know. I love where Paul said,
and we know that all things work together for good to them that
love God. They may not, but we do. We do. We know. I love the we knows
of the scripture, don't you? I mean, there's things you just
know, you know. We know that what thing soever
the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law, that every
mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before
God. Now here's where I begin. Our
state before God. I wouldn't begin trying to prove
God's existence. Everybody knows he is. No matter
what they say, deep down, everybody knows God is. And that he will
reward the righteous and punish the wicked. You're born with
that knowledge. You're born with that understanding. Everybody,
wherever they are. And I already know God is, so I wouldn't try
to deal with that. I love the way the Bible begins.
It doesn't begin trying to prove God's existence. In the beginning,
God. All truth, right there. In the
beginning, God. I wouldn't ask questions like,
why are we here? You know, people say, why are we here? I'm not
going to deal with that. I want to deal right, right at
the gate with our state before God. Guilty. Guilty. Look back in Romans chapter
one, in the first part of this book, he deals with people who
never had a copy of the Bible. They have no written revelation
from God. And you know, most of this world's
population has never heard the Bible. Excuse me. Most people in this
world have never heard the scripture preached. They've never heard
the gospel. Look in verse 18 of Romans chapter one. These are the people without
a Bible. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth or
hold down the truth is what that means. They hold it down. Doesn't
mean they hold it and embrace it. They hold it down. Everybody's
got this truth. But they hold down the truth
in unrighteousness because that which may be known of God is
manifest in them for God has showed it unto them. This is
every man. For the invisible things of him
from the creation of the world are clearly seen. being understood
by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead,
so that they are without excuse. You cannot look at the creation
and say, there is no God. It is impossible. Now you might
hold it down. You can hold it down and say,
but all men without a Bible are without excuse. Well, what about
the, The good heathen who just never
heard the gospel. Well, you find me a good heathen
and maybe I could agree with that, but there's no such thing.
All men are under this condemnation. Look in verse 29 of this same
chapter. Here's what these men are like. Being filled. with all, remember we're talking
about our state before God, being filled with all unrighteousness,
fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy,
murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whispers, backbiters, haters
of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things. disobedient
to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural
affection, implacable, unmerciful, who, knowing the judgment of
God that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not
only do the same, but they have pleasure in them that do them."
Are these people bad? These people are real bad, aren't
they? They're very evil. But look at chapter two, verse
one. Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that
judges. Did you make this judgment against
these people? For wherein thou judgest another, you to condemn
yourself, for you the judge do the same things. Everything mentioned
is true of me and you. So this is where these people
are without a copy of the Bible. Look at verse 14 of chapter two. For when the Gentiles which have
not the law, they've never seen a copy of the Ten Commandments,
do by nature the things contained in the law. Everybody knows it's
wrong to kill. Everybody knows it's wrong to
commit adultery. Everybody knows it's wrong to
steal and to lie. We're born that way. Somebody
says, well, we need to teach people how to live. They already know
how to live. Everybody does. I don't need to teach you how
to live. We need to be taught how to die. But everybody knows
how to live. They do by nature, those things,
container or law, and so it would show the work, verse 15, would
show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience
also bearing witness, and their thoughts, the meanwhile. Here's
what a natural man does. His conscience either accuses
him or he finds a way to excuse himself. That's it. That's all
the conscience ever does. Either accusing or excusing one
another in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus
Christ. Now that's men without a copy
of the Bible. Now what about the fellows who have a copy of
the Bible? Look in Romans chapter 2, beginning in verse 17. Here's the people with a copy
of the Bible. Behold, thou art called a Jew.
and restest in the law. You have a copy of the scripture,
and you make thy boast of God. You know the God of the Bible,
and you know his will, and you approve the things that are more
excellent, being instructed out of the law, and are confident
that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them
that are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of
babes, which has the form of knowledge and truth in the law.
You've got a copy of the Bible. Thou, therefore, would teachest
another. Teachest thou not thyself? Thou that preachest a man should
not steal, dost thou steal? Thou that sayest a man should
not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? Thou that abhorrest
idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Thou that makest thy boast of
the law through breaking the law, you dishonor God. For the name of God is blasphemed
among the Gentiles through you as it's written. Now these are
the people without or with a copy of the Bible. All are equally
guilty. That's their state before God.
Now look what Paul says in Romans chapter three, verse nine. What
then? Are we, us Jews, better than they, the Gentiles, we with
the scriptures and those without the scriptures? No, in no wise,
for we have before proved, both Jews and Gentiles, that they're
all under sin. What's that mean? It means sin's
over. means sins over me. It means it's my master by nature. I'm under its dominion. That's true regarding every natural
man. Verse 10, As it's written, there's
none righteous, no not one. There's none that understands.
There's none that seeketh after God. They're all gone out of
the way. They're together become unprofitable. There's none that doeth good,
no not one. Now that is our state before
God. That's where I wanna begin. Look
once again at verse 19. Now we know that what things
so ever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law
that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become
guilty before God. I wanna ask you a question. If God saved everybody in this
room but you, and sent you to hell? What of it? What is your response? Would you say just and righteous
is his name? God is just. Guilty as charged. Now that's where we want to begin.
What is man's state before God? Guilty before God. Now here's
the second question. Is there anything I can do about
it? Is there anything that I can do to change this horrible state
that I had before God? Because if I'm left to myself,
I'll go to hell. Is there anything that I can do about it? The answer
is no. Now that's very simple, isn't
it? No. Look what he says in verse
20. Therefore, by the deeds of the
law, There shall no flesh be justified in his sight, for by
the law is the knowledge of sin. Is there anything I can do about
it? No. Now, what's meant by the deeds of the law? Well, the Ten Commandments. You know you can't be saved by
keeping the Ten Commandments. You know that, don't you? But
it means more than that. It means a whole lot more than
that. If any part of salvation is dependent upon you, that's
the deeds of the law. Any part of salvation, I don't
care what part you're talking about. If anything is ultimately
dependent upon you, then that is the deeds of the law. And
if any part is dependent on you or me, we will not be saved. Now, is that clear? It won't
happen. And if you know yourself, you
know that so. If any of it is dependent upon
you to perform something or do something or change something
or to be a certain way or to quit being a certain way, if
that's what it is, then you won't be saved. By the deeds of the
law, I don't care if you take it right down to an act of man's
will. By the deeds of the law, that's
will, that's works just as much as being saved by the 10 commandments.
By the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in
his sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. Anything
we can do to change his state? No. Well, does that mean there's
no hope? Do I have to tell that fella,
man, just forget it. Within 24, you die in 24 hours,
you'll be in hell, it's over for you. Does that mean there's
no hope? No, doesn't mean that at all.
Look in verse 21. But now, the righteousness of God without the law. without me doing something to
be saved. But now the righteousness of
God without the law is manifested. Now, what does a holy and just
God require? Righteousness. Perfect righteousness. He will
not accept, lower terms, a righteousness equal to His. And there's only
one righteousness equal to His, His. That's the only righteousness
there is, as a matter of fact. Psalm 71, 16, David said, I've
made mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. David, why
is that the only righteousness you mention? Because it's the
only one there is. That's His righteousness. You know, I despise the term imputed righteousness. Somebody
says, why do you despise that? Well, like there's imputed righteousness
and there's imparted righteousness. No, there's only one righteousness,
His righteousness. His righteousness imputed. You
see, imputed is not an adjective. No, it's a verb. His righteousness
imputed to the believer. His righteousness imparted to...
There's only one righteousness. There are two. The righteousness
of God. But now the righteousness of
God without my Doing, this is a reference to the obedience
of the Lord Jesus Christ. His righteousness is the very
righteousness of God. Turn over to Romans chapter four. Even as David also describeth
the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness. without works, without his works,
saying, blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose
sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the
Lord will not impute sin. Now there is hope. You can have, I can say to that
man, I don't care if you're as bad as Satan, you can have the
very righteousness of God as yours. I think of what Isaiah
said in Isaiah 54, 17, their righteousness is of me. How can I know this is true?
This sounds almost too good to be true. You tell me that I can
actually, me, I can actually possess the very righteousness
of God, the righteousness of God without the laws manifested,
even that which is witnessed by the law and prophets. Now,
how in the world do I know this is so? This seems too good to
be true. How can I know it's so? Well,
look once again in Romans chapter three. But now the righteousness of
God without the law is manifested. And look at this next phrase,
being witnessed by the law and the prophets. You see, this is
what the scripture teaches. What I'm talking about, what
Paul's talking about is what God's word has always declared. This is what the scripture teaches. The Bible is the word of God.
Can you prove that to me? No. There's no need to. I don't
feel a bit of need to. It speaks for itself. You know,
I was in a hotel in the last month or two, and I guess it
was a hotel that must have been owned by the Mormons, because
it also had a book of Mormon or whatever, you know, their
Bible. And I'd never read one. And I
went ahead and picked it up and started looking at it. And it
was so obvious it was the word of man and the word of evil man
that. I mean, you just could tell. But I read the Bible. I
know it's the word of God. I know it is. This is God's word. You see, the truth doesn't need
to be proved. The truth speaks for itself. You know it's the
truth when you hear it. And this is what the Bible has always
taught. Salvation by the righteousness
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul put it this way in Philippians
chapter three, verse nine. He said, oh, that I may win Christ
and be found in him, not having my own righteousness. I don't
have anything to do with that. But that which is through the
faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. Bible teaches. what I'm preaching
right now. That's the authority. Not because
I say it, because somebody else, because God says it in his word. Well, who is this righteousness
for? Does everybody get it? This thing
of the righteousness of God, is it just automatically given
to everybody? Who is this righteousness for? Well, it's not for everybody.
There is a place called hell. It's not for everybody. Who is
it for? Well, look at the text. Once
again, in Romans chapter three, this righteousness that's written,
that's witnessed by the law and the prophets verse 22, even the
righteousness of God, which is by faith, by the faithfulness,
by the obedience of Jesus Christ, his obedience is the righteousness
of God. even the righteousness of God,
which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that
believe. This is who it's for. Them that believe. What do they believe? Let's go
on reading. Here's what they believe. I want to be one of these people
that believe. There's no difference. No difference
between men. All have sinned and come short
of the glory of God. Do you believe that? Not just
about yourself, all men. There's no difference. You take
the most moral man and the most degraded man, there's really
no difference. Now, one might get along better
in life, but there's no difference. No difference. All have sinned
and come short of the glory of God. Every man walking the face
of this earth is evil. That's what all of them believe.
You believe that? You believe that? Let's go on
reading. Verse 24, being justified. Here's what we believe. We believe
that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, but
here is how A sinner can be righteous before God, being justified freely
by his grace through the redemption that's in Christ Jesus. Now here's
how those who believe have the very righteousness of God, they've
been justified. They've been justified. Now this
thing of justification, understand this. Job said, if I justify
myself, my own mouth condemns me. You can't justify yourself. The only way you can be justified
is for God to justify you. It's the work of God. It's not
something you can do. You know, when the judge pronounces
justified or guilty, he doesn't say to the defendant, well, which
do you choose? You want to be justified or you
want to be guilty? No, we think that's foolish, and yet that's
the way most people present justification. You know, God wants to justify
you. You want to be, well, that's foolishness. The only way I can
be justified is for God to justify me. Turn with me to Luke chapter
18. What does justification mean?
Well, if you're justified, it means you're not guilty. I have used the term many times
in the past, justification is just as if I never sinned. No. If it's just as if I ever sinned,
that means I sinned. It means I never sinned. Never did. I did justly. I did justly. And look at Luke
chapter 13. Such a precious passage of scripture. I'm sorry, Luke chapter 18. The Lord had given this parable
about the Pharisee and the publican. Verse nine, and he spake this
parable unto certain which trusted in themselves. They were righteous. That's what self-righteousness
is. They trusted in themselves that they were righteous and
despised others. That's what always comes with
self-righteousness, looking down your nose at somebody else. Two
men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and
the other a publican, a wicked man. The Pharisee stood and prayed
thus with himself." He thought he was praying to
God, didn't he? He wasn't. He prayed thus with himself. God, I thank Thee. I'm giving you the credit. I
reckon this fellow might have even been a Calvinist. I thank
Thee that I'm not as other men are. extortioners, unjust, adulterers,
or even as this publican. Now, in this beautiful confession
of what he was, it was all a lie. All those things that he said
he was not, he was. He was guilty of all these things.
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess,
and the publican standing afar off would not lift up so much
as his eyes unto heaven. But he smote upon his breast
saying, God be merciful to me, thee sinner. I tell you, this man went down
to his house. What's the next word? Justified. Forgiven, yes, but better justified,
not guilty. And you know, I think it's interesting
way the Lord never comments as to how this could be. He uses
the whole Bible to tell how this could be. This man who by his
own confession was guilty, went down to his house justified rather
than the other. Look back in Romans chapter four,
verse five, but to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that
justifies the ungodly. Do you believe on him that justifies
the ungodly? Yeah, I do. I believe on him who actually
justifies the ungodly. That's our gospel. That's how
someone is saved by the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. God
justifies them. Now here's my next question.
Is there anything I need to pay for this? What's it say? Being justified, what's the next
word? Freely. Without a cause in you. being justified freely by His
grace. In Genesis chapter 6 verse 5,
we read, And God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth,
and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually. And that's God's testimony about
me and you and he sees us. But in verse eight, it says,
but Noah found grace. It doesn't mean he was out looking
for it. It means God bestowed it upon him. God made the difference. Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. And this comes, as Paul says
in Romans chapter three, verse 24, being justified freely by
his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. This
speaks of his redeeming death in whom we have redemption, complete
payment for sins through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins. Because of his redeeming death,
all he died for, all who believe are justified freely by his grace. Now this is what I would tell
this dying man. And then I would ask another
question. Who purposed all this? Verse
25 says, whom God hath set forth. Now my marginal reading says,
whom God hath foreordained. God purposed this. You see, this
has never been a plan B. This has always been God's purpose,
to save by Christ. to save by his redeeming blood,
to justify sinners. This has always been God's purpose. Who has the wisdom to purpose
this? Who has the power to execute
it? Only God, whom God set forth for ordained. This has always
been God's plan before there was ever a sinner, there was
a savior. And notice what it says in verse
15, whom God has set forth to be a propitiation. That's a big word, what's it
mean? Well, if you go back, I'm not gonna ask you to turn there
right now, but you remember when that publican said, God be merciful
to me, the sinner. Now that word merciful, if you
look this up in the dictionary, in a Greek dictionary, it actually,
God be propitious. He didn't just ask for the general
mercy of God. He said, Oh Lord, do something
about my sin. Remove it. There's nothing I
can do about it. Remove my sin. Do something about
my sin. Be propitious toward me. That's
what propitiation means. It means God has removed the
reason for anger. That's what the word means. The
removal of the reason for anger. Now when our Lord died, He died
as a propitiation. Now, when he died, the scripture
points out that his body didn't suffer decay. Thou shalt not
suffer, thy holy one, to see corruption. You know, the second
we die, we start decaying and rotting and go through that process.
But our Lord did not suffer decay. Why? Because he completely satisfied
God And he completely put away sin by his death. And now he
is a propitiation. The sins of God's elect have
been wiped away. There's nothing there. That's
the only way I can be justified is if there's nothing to be condemned
for. And in Christ, I have nothing to be condemned for. We're just
saying that sin, oh my sin, oh the bliss of this glorious thought,
my sin not in part but the whole has been nailed to the cross.
It isn't on me anymore. It can't be two places at once.
It's nailed to the cross. I bear it no more. Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord. Oh my soul. Now, how do I know it's for me? Verse
25, whom God hath set forth for ordained to be a propitiation
through faith in His blood. I want to ask you a question. I'm not asking you if you know
you're saved. I'm not asking you if you know
you're one of God's elect. I'm not asking you if you know
that you have a new and a holy nature. Those are good questions,
but that's not the question I'm asking. I'm asking this, do you
have faith in his blood? Do you believe that because of
the excellency and the glory and the dignity and the greatness
of his divine person that If He died for you, you must be
saved. That you don't run the risk of
the hazard of being anything but saved if He died for you.
You believe His blood accomplished salvation. Do you have faith?
Are you relying in His blood? Now I can answer yes to that
question. I don't have faith in myself, but I have faith in
His blood. I really believe the blood of
Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanseth us from all sin. Faith in His blood. Do you have faith in His blood?
If you do, I guarantee you, His blood was shed for you. I know
it. Are you ungodly? When we were
yet without strength, in due time, Christ died for the ungodly. If you're without strength and
ungodly, that means Christ died for you. Do you have faith in
His blood? I love that term, faith in His blood. Let's go
on reading Romans chapter three. Verse 25, whom God has set forth
to be a propitiation through faith in His blood to declare
His, what? It doesn't say to declare His
mercy, although His mercy is seen. It doesn't say to declare
His love, although His love is seen, but to declare His righteousness. for the remission of sins that
are passed through the forbearance of God, to declare, I say at
this time, His righteousness." Now, here's the security of this
salvation. God's righteousness. Do you know
the very righteousness of God demands the salvation of everybody
that Christ died for? It's the just, it's the right
thing to do. Not merely is His mercy and grace
seen, but His righteousness is displayed. We see the reality
of Exodus 34 when He said, I will by no means clear the guilty.
He won't do it. The reason I'm saved is because
the righteousness of God demands my salvation. It demands the
salvation of everybody for whom Christ died. Now the righteousness
of God declare I say verse 26 at this time his righteousness
that he might be just and the justifier of him which believeth
in Jesus now another question is there anything that we can
boast of that we have done or contributed to this salvation
verse 27 Paul says where is boasting then it's excluded It's altogether
shut out. By what law? Works? Nay, but
by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude, here's
our conclusion to this. Therefore we conclude that a
man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Faith and
not works. If salvation were dependent upon
my works to any degree, I'd have no hope. Verse 29. lets us know that this is not
for any special class of men. Is he the God of the Jews only?
Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also. That's
us, me and you. Seeing it's one God which shall
justify the circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision through
faith. Well, what about the law? What about the 10 commands? Do
we make void the law through faith? God forbid. Yea, we establish the law. You know, I do not try to keep
the Ten Commandments. I've kept them. And the only
way I honor God's holy law is by looking to the obedience of
Christ as my righteousness before that law. Anything else is disrespect
and trying to bring God's holy law down to human terms. Do we
make void the law through faith? No. By faith in Christ, we establish
the law. Christ is the end of the law
for righteousness. Now this is what I would say
to that dying man. What's our state? Guilty. Can
we change our state? No. Does that mean there's no
hope? No, it doesn't mean that. There
is a righteousness of God without the law. How do you know? It's
what the scripture teaches. Who's this for? Those who believe. Is there nothing for me to pay?
No. Who planned all this? Who purposed this? God did. Why? To display His righteousness.
Is there anything we can boast in? No. What can we conclude
from this? We conclude that a man is justified
by faith without the deeds of the law. Okay, one last thought
to this dying man. He's heard this message and he
says, what must I do? What must I do? What must I do,
me, to be saved? And I wouldn't say, as so many
have taken that passage and said, well, you don't do anything,
you're coming to the Lord more. No, that's not what, what must
I do to be saved? There's an answer to that. And
he says, or I'd say to him, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, And
thou shalt be saved. Now understand this. God commands
you to believe. You don't need to worry about
whether or not you're one of the elect. You don't need to
worry about whether or not Christ died for you. Here's what you're
to do. God commands you to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Now what's that mean? Well, he's
the Lord. You believe that? He's the Lord.
You're in His hands. He's Jesus. He's the Savior. Do you believe that? He's the
Christ. You know what that means? He's
God's prophet. He's the Word of God. Do you
believe that? He's God's priest. The only way to come into God's
presence is through Him. Do you believe that? He's God's
king. Do you believe that? Prophet,
priest, and king. What about this thing of believing
on Christ? I think it's interesting that
the Bible speaks of believing in Christ and believing on Christ. What's the difference? If a child is up on a second
or third floor of a burning house, And they don't know what to do.
The smoke's coming up, and they're all by themselves. And they're
up there in that burning house, and they're going to perish.
And they hear from outside the window a fireman saying, jump,
I'll catch you. Now, that child believes in the
fireman's ability. Maybe the guy's 6' 6", 280, solid
muscle. He can do it. But you know, if
the child only believes in the fireman's ability, and that's
all. The child will still perish in
the flames. He must jump out the window, trusting the fireman
to catch him. That's believing on the Lord
Jesus Christ. You believe in him when you believe
in his ability to save you. You believe on Him when you jump
out the window and you commit the salvation of your soul to
Him. You know that if He doesn't catch you, you won't be saved.
You know that. You know the only hope is that
He does it. But you commit the entire salvation
of your soul to Him. Believe. on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved. Right now, by the grace of God,
may I do it, may you do it. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved. Amen.