Please open your Bibles to Galatians
chapter 2. I hope to cover this whole second
chapter in Galatians today. And we want to remember that
this letter was written to the churches in Galatia because these
men came in trying to convince these brethren there was something
else that needed to happen other than believing Christ for them
to be saved. You know these laws. from Moses,
and Sabbath days, and meats you could eat, meats you couldn't
eat, drinks you could have, drinks you couldn't have, tithings,
but all of those then were a little bit different than they are now.
Men still push these same things on people, but now the Sabbath
is a Christian Sabbath, it's not on Saturday, it's on Sunday.
And they tithe, you have to give 10% of all you make But in the
Scriptures, you have to give 10% of your herbs, of everything. Any increase you had, 10% of
that had to come. We know these things. But Paul
began writing this letter in chapter 1 in kindness, didn't
he? And he quickly declared the Gospel
to them. And they're in verse 4 and 5
of chapter 1. And then he admonishes them against any other Gospel,
which is not another. And he validates his authority
as an apostle to preach to them. Paul goes on to show his conversion
through Christ, how he was brought to know Him, and how the brethren
in other areas accepted Christ in Paul. Now we get to chapter
2. Paul continues this letter, this
epistle of correction to Galatia by giving them an example of
how this very same issue that they're going through had been
dealt with. That's a good way to correct somebody, isn't it?
Come to them in love, begin there, point them to Christ, be very
clear what the issue is, and let them know that they're not
being singled out. This isn't a new problem. This
isn't something that we handle a different way towards other
people. This is a comfort, should be a comfort to these Galatians.
The same thing they're experiencing, it's already happened, and Paul's
going to tell them about it here in chapter 2. So we'll look there
in chapter 2 and verse 1. It says, then 14 years after,
I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas and took Titus
with me also. Now there in chapter 1 verse
18, they went to Jerusalem after, Paul went there 3 years after
being taught in Arabia. The Lord took him to Arabia and
Christ taught him the gospel there. And then he went to Jerusalem
for 15 days there with Peter. This is 14 years after that.
And I went up by revelation and communicated unto them, that's
Peter, James, and John, the apostles there in Jerusalem, that gospel
which I preached among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were
of reputation, lest by any means I should run or had run in vain. Now, this first meeting there
takes place in Acts 15. We'll turn over to Acts 15. Paul,
Barnabas, and Titus, they went up to meet the apostles in Jerusalem. Many people call this the first
sovereign race conference. But we'll look here in Acts 15
and see what happens. This is why, these first two
verses of why Paul went with them and they went up to Jerusalem. Acts 15, 1. And certain men which
came down from Judea taught the brethren and said, except ye
be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved. Therefore, Paul and Barnabas
had no small dissension and disputation with them. That means Paul and
Barnabas went toe-to-toe with them. It was not a small disagreement.
They argued this out, and they plainly confronted these men.
They determined, those men that were saying that you had to be
circumcised, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain
other ones should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders
about this question. Those men they were preaching
at, they didn't believe Paul and they didn't believe Barnabas.
This was part of the reason that Galatians was wrote because they
didn't just attack the gospel that Paul preached to them, they
attacked the man. That's a common way. Put a question mark on that
man, and you'll put a question mark on whatever comes out of
his mouth, won't you? So these men here, they say, well, we
don't really believe you. You're not grown enough. We want
you to go to the big boys in Jerusalem. We want you to go
up there and talk to them apostles and those elders. And you tell
them what you told me, and then you come back and tell us what
happened. So that's why they had this meeting,
Paul speaking of in Galatians 2. Justification by faith. That was the topic. Nothing is
to be added to our salvation. Christ saves someone and then
you don't have to be circumcised. You don't have to be baptized.
You don't have to do anything. You look to Christ. You believe
Christ. That's what salvation is. No works of any kind on our
part make any contribution to our salvation for our souls.
So there in Acts 15, look down at verse 5. But there rose up
certain of the sect of Pharisees which believed." Now these Pharisees,
they believed Christ. Saying that it is needful to
circumcise them, those Gentiles, and to command them to keep the
law of Moses. And the apostles and the elders
came together for to consider of this matter." Now the apostles
and the elders, they weren't deciding, this isn't like that
Synod of Dort in the 1600s. This isn't a conference of where
they're going to get together and we're all going to agree
and figure out what our doctrine is. They were seeing how they
can address these Pharisees that believed. How do we tenderly
address these people that are in error? So verse Acts 15.6,
and the apostles and the elders came together for to consider
this matter. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose
up. Now Peter, we know Peter, don't
we? Here's what Peter said, it's
a good speech. And said unto them, men and brethren, ye know
how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the
Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bear them witness, giving them
the Holy Ghost, even as He did unto us. And put no difference
between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith, Now therefore,
why tempt ye God to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples,
which neither our fathers nor we are able to bear?" Why are
you putting these Gentiles back under the law? Those great men
of old couldn't keep the law. We can't keep it. We can't keep
it now. Why would you put somebody else
that's never experienced it underneath the law? But we believe that
through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved
even as they." Peter didn't say, those Gentiles are going to be
saved just like us. Those Pharisees didn't like hearing
that. They said, we're going to be saved just like those Gentiles
are saved. That's how he put himself in
it. Now they summed it all up here in verse 22. Acts 15, 22. Then it pleased the apostles
and the elders, Peter, James, and John, with the whole church
there, Jerusalem, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch
with Paul and Barnabas. namely Judas, surnamed Barasibus,
and Silas, chief men among the brethren. And when they sent
these men out with Paul and Barnabas back to talk to these men that
come in, they wrote letters by them after this manner. The apostles
and the elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which
are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. For as much as we have heard
that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words,
subverting your souls, saying ye must be circumcised and keep
the law, to whom we gave no such commandment." Now these men that
come in saying we had to do something in addition to Christ, they didn't
believe Paul and Barnabas, they sent them off to Jerusalem. They
had a discussion there how they were going to handle it. And
they said, we're going to send some choice men with you. Silas is going
to go back with you and with you and Barnabas. And when you
get there, we're going to send a letter with it. And there's
absolutely no commandment that we've given you that this is
to be observed. You to look crossed alone. It says there in verse 15, it seemed
good to us being assembled with one accord. to send chosen men
unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul." And that's what happened
when Paul, what Paul's talking about here in Galatians. I told
you I'd tell you this. That's what happened in Galatians 2 when Paul was
talking about what had already happened. It happened here in
Acts 15. Now back to our text there in Galatians chapter 2. Paul was telling this church
in Galatia, they took Barnabas and Titus with him. And Titus
went with him up to Jerusalem. Titus was a Greek. He was uncircumcised. And Paul wanted to take Titus
with him to see how those Gentiles reacted to him. Because they
knew him. And those Gentiles accepted him
as a brother. They said, he believes Christ.
He has the same God we have. It makes no difference if he's
circumcised or uncircumcised. They accept him and they appreciated
his preaching. So that settled it. It says there
in Galatians 2 verse 3, But neither Titus, who was with me, being
a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. Paul's shown that
that matter is over. He wasn't... Titus, this preacher
with him, had no desire to be circumcised like the Jews were.
There's no need to keep the law. Now, verse 4... And that because
of false brethren, unawares, brought in, who came in privily
to spy out our liberty, which we have in Jesus Christ, that
they might bring us into bondage. Those men came in, spied them,
saw what kind of liberty they had, and they wanted to bring
them under the law. To whom we gave place by subjection, know
not for an hour that the truth of the gospel might continue
with you. Paul wouldn't give in to them for even an hour.
He wouldn't entertain it at all. And that's good, good advice. I told you before, we declare
the gospel. We don't have to argue doctrine.
And I've seen that in my own family a lot. I've done a guilty
of it. I've argued a lot of doctrine
in my family. We don't argue these things. We declare the
gospel and we don't give subjection to it. People don't agree with
it. They're not disagreeing with us or disagreeing with the Lord.
They disagree with these scriptures, aren't they? But we declare who
and what we are. I tell people how low I am, how
depraved I am, how needy I am. And we declare who and what Christ
has done, don't we? The person and work of Him. All
that He is, His glory. And we declare those things.
If they disagree, that's okay. Don't be upset with it. But there
is a benefit to acting that way, to not giving subjection. Look
how He wraps up verse 5. It says, "...that the truth of
the gospel might continue with you, That means we remove all
the stumbling stones. Instead of getting tied up and
arguing and winning an argument or convincing someone of a doctrine,
if I can talk a man into it, another man can talk him out
of it. That ain't going to do any good. The Lord has to do the
work. We plant and water, the Lord gives increase, don't He? We don't need to focus on what's
around us. We need to focus on Christ. We
need to point people to Christ alone. And it doesn't matter
who the person is that disagrees with the Scriptures. No matter
the level of education, their title, the honor that they have,
the position that they have, if they're great men in the church,
if they're great men in society, it makes no difference. Look
here in verse 6. But of these who seem to be somewhat Whatsoever
they were, it maketh no matter to me. God accepteth no man's
persons. For they who seem to be somewhat
in conference, that means somewhat in agreement with us, added nothing
to me. It didn't help Paul out. We don't
accept a man's teachings if it's contrary to this word. If I stand
up here and I tell you you need to do something to be accepted
to God, don't accept me. Run me out of town. This is how
strong it is. Look over in chapter 1. Verse 8, but though we or an
angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you than that
which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. An angel
from heaven, a heavenly being come down, a celestial being
stood in front of you and preached something that was contrary to
these scriptures, contrary to what we've heard. Let them be
accursed. That's strong, strong words,
isn't it? Alright. Some of you that know the scriptures
well say, well, you've told us that Titus didn't have to be
circumcised. Well, what about Timothy? You
haven't forgot, have you? So let's look at that. Let's
turn back to Acts 16. I heard an old man one time, he was picking
on a little boy. He said, do you know anything
about the Bible? He said, yeah, I know some. He
said, what do you know, buddy? He said, I know that Acts 16
comes after Acts 15. And he turned around and walked
away. That's a smart little fellow, wasn't he? Alright, Paul took Titus up to
Jerusalem with him during this whole debate that's already happened
as an uncircumcised man. And Paul settles it. Titus is
the Lord's. He is not circumcised. And everyone
came to agree on it. Everyone was happy and they sent
him out to preach. Sent Titus out to preach. Acts 16 verse 1, Then came he,
he's talking to Paul, to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain
disciple was there named Timotheus. the son of a certain woman which
was a Jewish and believed but his father was a Greek. Now we
know Timothy. You all know him. His grandmother
and mother were great women of faith. Paul writes concerning
them there in Timothy 2. Lois and Eunice was his mother
and grandmother. And Timothy's father was a Greek.
But now John Guild wrote that his father was a very well-known
Greek. He was famous throughout the
land. So much so that the Jews knew him and the Jews knew of
Timothy. He was so great that they knew of his children. And
Paul wanted to take Timothy with him. So we look there in verse
3, Acts 16, 3. Him would Paul have to go forth
with him, and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which
were there in those quarters, for they knew all that his father
was Greek. And Paul just refused to have
Titus be circumcised, but now beforehand he's telling Timothy,
let's go down here and get circumcised before you go to preach in the
synagogue. So why would Paul do that? Why
would he refuse Titus to be circumcised but require Timothy? For Titus,
those that were around in that era were saying that circumcision
was required for salvation. It was an issue of salvation.
And Paul proved that it wasn't needed. Salvation is by Christ
alone. For Timothy, Paul was taking
him with him to preach in the synagogues. Now he was so well
known, his father was so well known, that those Jews would
know that he wasn't circumcised and they wouldn't allow him to
preach in the synagogues. They wouldn't even hear him. He wouldn't
have the opportunity to preach Christ to them, to tell them
that Christ did everything for them. So, Paul had him circumcised. So what's the difference? Titus
was about salvation, but for Timothy, having him circumcised
before him, that was wisdom. It wasn't a compromise, it was
preparation. It was not necessary to salvation,
but it was necessary for those Jews to be able to listen to
him. Paul was a wise man. He did this privately, out of
sight, that way it wouldn't even come up. He was removing that
stumblestone. Now as we go through, Lord willing, on Wednesday evenings
we'll go through Romans, Romans 12 or 14, we'll get right through
there. We're going to touch on this
again, and that's some strong meat of not using your liberty
in Christ to be a stumbling stone for someone that doesn't have
that grace yet. That's some strong stuff. But that's what Paul's doing
here with Timothy. He's removing that stumbling
stone beforehand, because this isn't up for debate yet. And
he wisely does this so as not to hinder the word that's preached.
And through that, Timothy likely became the greatest preacher
of his generation throughout the synagogues. Alright, back
to our text in Galatians chapter 2. Galatians 2 and verse 7. But contrary was, when they saw
that the gospel of the uncircumcision, that means to the Gentiles, was
committed unto me, Paul, as the gospel of circumcision, meaning
to the Jews, preaching to the Jews, was unto Peter. For he
that wrought effectual in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision,
the same was mighty in me towards the Gentiles. And when James,
Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the
grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas
the right hands of fellowship, that we should go unto the heathen,
and they unto the circumcision. They said, you're going to go
your way, we'll go ours, and we'll preach the same gospel.
Only that we should remember the poor, the same which I also
was forward to do. Paul's saying here, They told
him, they said, don't preach the law to these people. Preach
to the poor sinners. Preach to the poor and needy.
Something that's good for them. Something that can do them good
and give them hope. Preach Christ to them. We know
that from the miracles, don't we? Christ said that he healed
the blind. He physically gave eyesight to
those that couldn't see. They gave him spiritual eyes,
didn't he? We don't go out and just hand out food to homeless
people downtown. We find a poor and needy sinner
and give them the richness of Christ, don't we? Paul said,
that's what I'm looking forward to do. He said, I want to go
tell them now. Here in verse 11, Paul gets to
put into practice what these apostles in Jerusalem told him
to do. And he's about to be tested. He's itching to go out and preach.
and the Lord's going to put a trial on him. And when the Lord teaches
us something, oftentimes, He's quick to put us into a test in
that. We had several nurses there in the church in New Jersey,
and Clay always put it this way. They said, this is your classroom,
and out there is your practical. That's where you find out how
to work it. So, the Lord teaches us something
here, and then we go out in our daily lives and we experience
it. Dr. Herbert Carson, Dr. Reverend Herbert Carson, I can't
remember which way he preferred it, but Bob, you may remember
this. In 1964, he was the assistant vicar at Cambridge for the Church
of England. That's pretty high up and a pretty
important spot. He was way up there. And the
issue of infant baptism came out. And so he was discussing
this with some just poor old country sovereign grace people
there in town. And the Lord used that to teach
him something. And so he resigned from the Church
of England. And this was a big deal. It was
international news. There were several other of the
vicars that followed behind him. And he took a stand on this.
And before he even had fully exited the church, he was baptized
into a Baptist church there that taught the truth. And the country,
the nation, I mean, this was a great turbulence. You know,
it was a great scandal. And he said, this is something
I can't do. I can't baptize these babies,
sprinkle these infants and stuff. And within a year, there I had
two children. Within a year, guess who's going to have another
baby? So this man took a stand, didn't he? And he said, this
is what I see. The Lord showed me this, and
I'm going to stand behind it. I'm about to find out. And so when
that baby came, in the Catholicism and the Church of England, if
you don't baptize infants, you're a heathen. You're a wild person. And so this man had took this
stand publicly, internationally known about it, and then he had
a baby. And the world was watching. Is he going to baptize that baby?
That's why he's hurt his whole life, didn't he? Thankfully,
the Lord kept him. He had a lot of hurdles after
that. He had a little heathen baby,
and he was a heathen. He actually got to come to Kentucky
in the 70s and preach for some, so it was a wonderful thing.
But that's what's happening here. That's what's happening to Paul.
Paul went through all these things. There's a stand taken on it.
about Christ alone, justification through faith of Christ. We see
there in Galatians 2.11, but when Peter, now this is the same
Peter that gave that good speech in Acts 15, wasn't it? When Peter
was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face because he was
to be blamed. But before the certain Before
that, certain came from James. He did eat with the Gentiles,
but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing
them which were of the circumcision. Peter was sitting at a table
with some saved, uncircumcised Gentiles, just those heathens,
having pulled pork barbecue. And he was enjoying his liberty
in Christ. It didn't matter what he was
eating. He was fellowshipping with sinners that had been saved.
And these Jews walked in, these people of reputation. And Peter
got up, and he got his plate, and he went over and he sat down
with them. He stopped sitting with those Jews. And others walked
with him. He didn't. This wasn't just something
that affected Peter only. Look at verse 13. And the other
Jews disassembled likewise with him insomuch that Barnabas was
carried away with their dissimulation. Even Barnabas went. Barnabas
did. Can I be moved? Can I be peer
pressured into observing something that I don't have to observe?
Can you? Barnabas did, didn't he? Peter
did. One of the commentators wrote this, there are four things
that we need to be aware of here in this section of text. One
is how deeply ingrained men get into tradition. We have Baptist
pride, Catholic pride, pride of circumcision, pride of denominationalism. We have pride in all these things,
all these traditions, unless we constantly look to Christ.
Number two is, even the best of men are still men. Peter was
an apostle, but he was just a man. He was prone to error in spirit,
prone to error in judgment. He's just a sinner like we are.
Paul and Barnabas were close friends, weren't they? They went
to the missionary field together and they took Barnabas' nephew,
John Mark, And they got out there and they went to preaching and
serving. And John Mark was the younger. He was the nephew and
he had to serve the folks that were there with him. And he didn't
want to do that. He wanted to be like the big
boys. He wanted to have an important job. So he got mad and he packed
up his toys and he went home. And so Paul and Barnabas finished
what they was doing. They went back. It was time to
leave again. And Barnabas said, I'm going
to take John Mark with me. And Paul said, no, you're not.
And Barnabas said, well, if he don't go, I don't go. And Paul
said, fine, stay here. I'll take Silas. And him and
Silas went, didn't they? So there was a rift there, a
dispute among the brethren for years. But finally, later on,
they became on good terms again. Paul wrote him. He said, you
come visit me and you bring John Mark with you. So even these
faithful, steady men greatly used to God in the gospel. They're
just men, aren't they? Thirdly, Satan hates the gospel
of grace. And if he can, he will use the
greatest of men to disturb the brethren, to disturb the church.
He used Peter on a few occasions to shake up what was comfortable. Fourthly, we must stand firmly
on the person and work of Jesus Christ, even if it remains rebuking
a close friend. however hard that may be. Anything
other than the gospel, bend over backwards and kiss your heels
as far as you can. Just give and give, and it's
okay. I don't like that kind of food,
but if that's what we're having, we'll have it and eat it. And
you do anything you can to have communion with your brethren,
have fellowship with your brethren, have peace with them, unless
it comes to the gospel. And if you have to, if it comes
to it, stand up It's like Paul did to Peter. Stand up for the
gospel. Stand up for the truth. That's something worth fighting
over. That's what Paul had to do here in verse 14. Galatians
2.14, But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according
to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If
thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not
as do the Jews, why compelst thou the Gentiles to live as
the Jews do? He said, You've lived your whole
life as a Jew. You're born under that yoke. The Lord saved you,
he freed you from it, and now you're putting them right back
under. They never even had it in the first place. They didn't have the Levitical
law. It's not for the Gentiles, it's for the Jewish nation only. Physical Israel. So why would
you put them back underneath there? Of all people, Peter should have
known better than to do that. Verse 15, we who are Jews by
nature and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man
is not justified by the works of the law. How do we know that
we are not saved by the law? Of the 10 commandments and Levitical
laws. One, the law requires perfection
and I can't provide that. If we can't keep it, we can't
be justified by it. Two, the Gospel. It's free grace
alone, not works. It's grace. It's a gift. Three,
from our own experience. Paul said that, he said, when
I would do good, evil is present with me. I know that. I want
to do good and I can't. I have a mind to and so quickly
I'm turned. I know me. And fourthly, it's
from the peace and the rest that we have by looking only to Christ.
When the Lord enables me and I'm able to I hear a gospel message
and I see Christ in these scriptures. I see what He's done, who He
is as a person, His character. I'm at peace. What do I have
to worry of? My Father in Heaven, He's making intercession for
me. I have no concerns. I have peace. When do I get troubled?
When I look to myself, well, I haven't been reading my Bible
enough. I haven't prayed enough today or anything. Anything I look to Kevin, I'm
going to be disappointed. And if you all look to Kevin,
you're going to be disappointed. Look to him. That's for our peace.
That's how we know. It's not that law. If I look
to that law, I'm scared. Because I haven't even come close
to keeping it physically, much less eternally, spiritually.
Alright, Galatians 2.16, knowing that a man is not justified by
the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ. If you have a Bible that says
faith in Jesus Christ, get rid of it and get you one that says
faith of Jesus Christ. We have faith in Christ. I have
faith in Christ. But where did that faith come
from? It's of Him. But by the faith of Jesus Christ,
even when we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be
justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law,
for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. But if,
while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also
are found to be sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? Because
the Lord saved us and we don't live outwardly perfectly by the
law. Does that mean that Christ is
the minister of sin? God forbid. For if I build again
the things which I destroyed, that old hope I had in myself,
if I start looking back to me, I make myself a transgressor. For I, through the law, am dead
to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with
Christ. Nevertheless, I live, yet not
I, but Christ liveth in me. And the life which I now live
in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me
and gave Himself for me." Is there something left for man
to do? Worship the Lord, don't we? What can I do in response to
that? Glorify Christ. Just put all
your eggs in one basket. That's a wonderful basket, isn't
it? And then Paul, to wrap this up, there in verse 21, if he
hadn't been clear enough, if he hadn't been strong enough,
we don't do something to contribute to our salvation. Look how he
words this. Galatians 2.21, I do not frustrate
the grace of God. Four, if righteousness come by
the law, then Christ is dead in vain. If the Spirit didn't move Paul
to write that, I would be afraid to say that. That is strong,
isn't it? If you do something to contribute
to your salvation, to your eternal well-being, Christ is dead in
vain. I pray that the Lord It gives
us that peace that comes looking to Christ. We don't want to contribute
anything. And you know what happens? People
say, well, they call me words I have to get a thesaurus out
and I have to Google it and see what it means. I get called some
names. People say, well, if you tell
people that, they'll go out and live like heathens. They'll go
out and rob banks. You know, everything. People do what they
want to do. They'll do what is in their heart.
When I hear that the cross came and did absolutely everything
for me, and through purpose and providence, predestination, salvation,
and for eternity, I'm righteous and sanctified solely through
Him on His righteousness, why would I want to rob a bank? I'd
want to praise Him, wouldn't you? If I gave you a big old
cruise, and I gave you all expensive paid vacation and spas and treatments,
no, it's here, it's done. Your bags are already packed,
we bought you new clothes. Well, you wouldn't spit on me, you'd
hug me, wouldn't you? We know that, children know that.
The Lord's done it all. Look to Him, glorify Him only. I hope that's a blessing to you.
Let's pray together. Father, we're thankful today for the
privilege of meeting together and hearing of your Son. Lord, give us a heart to look
to Christ alone, not to look to ourselves. Give us the ability
to tell others to look to Him and not to their selves. Don't
let these stumbling stones set in front of us, Lord. Take them
away. Keep us pointed to Christ alone.
He's worthy. He's the only one worthy of glory.
Not us. We're thankful for our brethren,
Lord. Thank you for the fellowship you've given us. Thank you for
the oneness of heart. What a blessing it is to be with
your people. Thank you. Bless your people
everywhere, Lord. The saints you have all over
this country and around the world. Comfort them as you have promised
you will, Lord. We're confident you'll keep them.
Keep them forever. Until that day we're made like
Him, in His name we ask. Amen.