You can be turning in your Bibles
to Romans chapter 10. I can't help but think, why do
we do this? Why do we gather? Is there not a cause? Are we just playing religion I sure hope not. By nature, that's
what we do. We think God is in our pocket.
We think about Him when we want to, which isn't often. He's a figure of our imagination. I don't want to come here and play
games. many people are right now. Just going through the motions. I pray that God has put in our
heart a desire to truly gather in His name, as the Scriptures
say, and to worship Him. I pray that's why we're here. I don't take it lightly to fly
all the way across the country I devote this time to stand before
men and women and children and open the Word of God and tell
you more about the Lord Jesus Christ. I don't take this lightly.
There is a desire in my heart, and that desire burns within
me daily, and that desire is that God's people might believe
on Christ. Here in Romans 10, look with
me at verse 1. This will be our text, Romans
10 verse 1, the Apostle Paul says, Brethren, my heart's desire
and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved. I stand here today with the exact
same heart's desire. I have a sincere, a true heart's
desire. That desire is my prayer, my
most sincere, my heartfelt prayer to God. And that prayer, that
desire is that Israel might be saved. That's why we preach. That's why we gather. That God
might reveal Christ to us and in us through His Word. We're
not going to be saved if He doesn't. This very chapter tells us in
verse 17, So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the
word of God. Now, for our message, I want
us to consider this desire, this great desire. And I want us to
consider this people Paul's praying for. He says, My heart's desire
and prayer to God for Israel. Who is Israel? Who is Israel? Turn back a page to Romans chapter
9 and look with me at verse 1. Romans 9 verse 1. Paul writes,
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not. My conscience also bearing
me witness in the Holy Ghost that I have great heaviness and
continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself
were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according
to the flesh, who are Israelites, to whom pertaineth the adoption,
and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and
the service of God, and the promises, whose are the fathers, and of
whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all
God, blessed forever. Amen." Who is Paul praying for? It's very obvious he is praying
for his family. He's praying for his family.
He said, My kinsmen after the flesh. My kinsmen according to
the flesh. Now Paul was a descendant of Israel. Israel comes from
Jacob. God gave him a new name, Israel.
He had 12 sons. Those are the 12 tribes of Israel.
His youngest son was Benjamin. In Philippians 3, Paul tells
us, I'm of the stock of Benjamin. He came through the lineage of
Israel. He came through the lineage of Benjamin. Paul was a physical
child of Israel. And so was his family. We just
read about Israel. It says that the adoption pertaineth
to them. The glory, the covenants, the
giving of the law, so on and so forth. God gave that to Israel. And our brother just told us
about that this morning. Israel's the chosen nation. And
that's Paul's family. Physically speaking, they were
the chosen nation. If they're the chosen nation,
why is Paul praying for them to be saved? It's an important question. Why
is He saying, I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart,
my heart's desire, my prayers that they might be saved. Why
is He praying this if His family is Israel? Look at verse 6 of
Romans 9. Not as though the word of God
hath taken none effect, it never does. The word shall not return
void, for they are not all Israel. which are of Israel." Again,
our brother told us about two Jerusalems, there are two Israels. They're not all spiritual Israel,
which are of physical Israel. Paul's family, he was praying
for them because they were religious. They kept the traditions of their
fathers. Paul said, I'm a Pharisee. He
was more exceedingly zealous than his fathers. They were Pharisees
also. But we need to realize and beware
that we can be extremely religious but lost. We're not told, correct me if
I'm wrong, we're not told of one person in Paul's family that
we know was saved. Not one. You know, we have a
few. Some of us, we have a few. I
don't know that Paul had a single one. And we wonder why he was
so grieved. Do we not grieve over our loved
ones? I have four siblings. I didn't make myself to differ.
Who maketh thee to differ from another? It's not the sinner.
It's not the sinner. But you may know how that the
Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. It's
all of the Lord. He is the difference. Look at
verse 3 again here in Romans 9. Paul, we see the level of
his sorrow. He said, I could wish that myself
were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according
to the flesh. What a strong statement. You
know, I don't know that I can honestly say that, really. wish
myself to be cursed from Christ, who is the life of God? Do we really know what it means
to be cursed from Christ? I don't think we do, most of
the time. I really don't. Turn over with me to 1 Corinthians
chapter 16. 1 Corinthians chapter 16, a few
pages over. In verse 22, this is Paul writing again, he says,
"...if any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema maranatha."
That means cursed when Christ cometh. If any man love not the
Lord. Not if any man love not Jesus.
Everybody loves Jesus, right? Not this Jesus. This same Jesus
whom we've crucified that God has made both Lord and Christ.
If any man love not Him, let him be cursed when Christ returns. Paul said, I could wish that
myself were accursed from Christ. That's how badly he longed to
see his loved ones be saved. I pray that God would likewise
give us such a heart's desire. If we're going to be saved, if
our loved ones are going to be saved, God's going to have to save us. That's why we gather, that He
might speak to us through His Word. I do not want to be cursed. Paul did not desire to be cursed. That's not what he was saying.
Matthew 25 verse 41 says, this is our Lord saying, depart from
me. He's going to say that. In that day, those words will
be uttered. Depart from me, ye cursed. Into everlasting fire. Prepared for the devil. and His
angels. That's what God said. Let's not close our eyes to this.
He's going to say, depart from me, I never knew you, you workers
of iniquity. You know what we all are? Workers
of iniquity. That's why as we looked at last
night, we need a substitute. I need a substitute or I'm cursed.
Why was Christ made a curse? to redeem them that were under
the curse. I need a substitute. Now look back at Romans chapter
10, verse 1. Here I want us to see, what did
Paul's family believe? They believed something. I just told you they were religious
and we'll see it. If they were lost, what do they believe? Romans
10 verse 1 again. My brethren, my heart's desire
and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved.
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according
to knowledge. For they, being ignorant of God's
righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness,
have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God."
They had a zeal for God. That means they were outwardly
religious. I have no doubt they were regular
church goers. I have no doubt they tithed. I have no doubt they offered
sacrifices. They read their Bible. They prayed. They did all these things that
you would expect somebody, a religious person, to do. I'm sure they were well respected.
I'm sure they even said in Jesus' name. As this world would call someone
today a good Christian person, that's Paul's family. No doubt. Well, what then was
the problem? Doesn't that sound good? All
that you read your Bible, you go to church, you treat people
right, you don't wrong people, you don't cuss. What's the problem? Here's the problem. Verse 2 says,
at the end of verse 2, but not according to knowledge. not according to the knowledge
of God, the knowledge that He has given us in His Word. Verse
3 says, for they being ignorant. They had no knowledge and they
were ignorant of God's righteousness, of the things of God. Romans
1 verse 22 says, professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. I don't want to be a fool before
God. Turn over back to 1 Corinthians,
this time chapter 1. 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 18.
If it weren't for time's sake, we'd
just read this whole chapter. We'll just read verses 18 through
21. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of
God." Again, that's why we meet, to hear the preaching of the
cross of Christ. Verse 19 says, For it is written,
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing
the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? Where is the
scribe? Where is the disputer of this
world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? Verse
21, For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew
not God. It pleased God by the foolishness
of preaching to save them that believe." And down in verse 21,
he said, we preach Christ crucified. That's the only thing we preach.
We don't preach a thing. We preach a person. We preach
Christ crucified. Paul's family, they were ignorant. So am I. by nature. Ignorant. You know, religious
people seem to be so wise, and trust me, they want to let you
know it. They think they're wise. God says, I've got to destroy
that wisdom of the wise. I will destroy the wisdom of
the wise, and I will bring to nothing the understanding of
the prudent. He hides these things, these glorious things, from the
wise and prudent. He reveals them to babes. My
confession is this, Lord, I'm just a babe. I have no wisdom. I have no strength. I have no
ability. Just a babe. I have no understanding. Teach
me. Would you be thou my guide? We
must learn that spiritually we know nothing. Nothing. Until God reveals the truth to
us. We can have no true knowledge until God destroys any wisdom
we think we have. He must make the wisdom of man
foolishness. And you know, in retrospect,
the wisdom of God is foolishness to the world. This is so foolish. If you just tell somebody, we
flew someone out from East Tennessee to come preach to us, I imagine
they will laugh you to scorn. Because to the world, it's foolishness,
but not to God. To God, this is how He saves
His people. Through the foolishness of preaching,
but not just any preaching. The preaching of Christ crucified. Look back at Romans 10 with me,
this time verse 3. He said, for they being ignorant
of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own
righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness
of God. For Christ is the end of the
law for righteousness to every one that believeth." They were
ignorant of God's righteousness. My friends, that is the only
thing we must not be ignorant of. You know, we can be ignorant
of a lot of things and we'll be just fine. But if we're ignorant
of God's righteousness, if God lets us die ignorant of
His righteousness, we will perish. Because the righteousness of
God is a person. The righteousness of God is the
Lord Jesus Christ. Over in 1 Corinthians 1, again,
He's made unto us wisdom. He's my wisdom. Righteousness. He's all my righteousness. He
is the righteousness of God. He's all my sanctification and
He's all my redemption. Let Him that glorieth glory in
Him. The Lord. This is life eternal that they
might know Thee, the only true God and Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
whom thou hast sent. Life eternal is knowing Him.
We cannot be ignorant of Him. I stand here begging God to reveal
Christ to every soul here. That's the only thing needful,
one thing needful, that we might know Him. Now, naturally, as
Paul wrote here, we do what his family does. We go about to establish
our own righteousness. We do what we think is right,
and that's good. We should do what we think is
right, what we know is right. But let's not be ignorant of the
fact that what I do cannot save myself. They that are in the
flesh cannot please God. Do what's right. Treat people
right. Go to work and work hard. Value your employer and your
time. Love your family. That doesn't please God. Jesus Christ pleases God. This is my beloved Son in whom
I'm well pleased. He's only pleased with Christ.
Without faith, it's impossible to please God. God's pleased
with Christ and those in Christ. We must submit to Him. We submit to the righteousness
of God. That's Christ. We're His servants. Let's submit to our King. Bow
the knee to our King. He is salvation. What did David say? He is all
my salvation. He is all my salvation. Now,
if Paul's family, the physical children of Israel, were not
saved, who will be saved? Who then can
be saved? Turn over to Romans 11. Look
at verse 26 with me. Romans 11 verse 26 says, And so all Israel shall be saved. Does that make you rejoice? All Israel. Now we already saw,
this is not physical Israel. And we'll see it again here in
just a second. All spiritual Israel shall be saved. Every last one of them. Now turn
back to Romans 9 again. And look at verse 6 again. Romans 9, 6. They are not all Israel, which
are of Israel, Neither because they are the seed of Abraham
are they all children, but in Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, they which are the children
of the flesh, these are not the children of God, but the children
of the promise are counted for the seed." It's not enough to be a child
of Abraham. There were people throughout the New Testament
that said, Abraham's our father. Physically speaking, yes, they
came through the lineage of Abraham. But our Lord said, you seek to
stone me. This did not Abraham. Abraham
rejoiced to see my day and was glad. You're not even 50 years
old and you've seen Abraham. Spiritual Israel shall be saved. It's not enough to be a child
of Abraham. The Lord told those men, He said, you're of your
father the devil. That's who your father is. Though they were
physically the children of Israel. Not only is it not enough to
be a child of Abraham, we heard earlier, Abraham had two children.
Ishmael, through the bond slave, and Isaac, the son of promise. You know, it wasn't enough to
be the son of Isaac either. in Isaac shall thy seed be called."
Isaac had two sons. Jacob have I loved, Esau have
I hated. Look at verse nine, for this
is the word of promise, at this time will I come and Sarah shall
have a son. And not only this, but when Rebecca
also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac, for the
children being not yet born, neither having done any good
or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might
stand. not of works, but of him that
calleth. It was said unto her, the elder
shall serve the younger, as it is written, Jacob have I loved,
but Esau have I hated." God hated one of Isaac's sons. How in the
world can this be? I thought the seed was going
to come through Isaac, and God hated one of his two sons? How
can that be? It's because the children of promise.
not the physical children, the children of the promise. They're
going to be counted for the seed. Praise God, there is a seed who
shall be saved. Well, who are the children of
the promise? Who is this seed? As verse 11
tells us, it mentions a word that's not very popular according
to election. Not a popular word. I'll just
tell you this. Election is the reason I have hope. That God
chose a people. Were it not for that, I'd be
cursed. Because by nature, my carnal mind is enmity against
God. I don't love God. I don't love Christ by nature.
This flesh hates Him. If you were of the world, the
world would hate His own. The world hates Christ. But you're not of the world.
chosen you out of the world. The elect, the elect are the
children of promise. The elect of God. Let's read
verse 11 again. The children being not yet born,
neither having done any good or evil. That shows you what
role Jacob played in the matter, doesn't it? He wasn't even born.
They were twins, born of the same parents. Born just seconds
after one another. Neither having done any good
or evil. It wasn't based on their works. What was it based on then? That the purpose of God, that's
what it's all about. That's why God saves a people,
because He purposed to do so. It pleased the Lord to bruise
him. That the purpose of God, according to election, might
stand. You know, whatever God's purpose,
it's going to stand. This world will pass away, but
His Word shall endure forever. This thing is not of works, but
of Him that calleth. Election. What a blessed thing. Look over a couple pages back
in Romans 11. Romans 11 verse 1. I say then,
hath God cast away his people? Here he had left Paul's family
to perish. Hath God cast away his people?
God forbid. For I also am an Israelite of
the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast
away his people which he foreknew. Oh no. Know ye not what the scripture
saith of Elias, how he maketh intercession to God against Israel? Here's who Israel, here's who
spiritual Israel, the elect of God are. Look at this, Elias
prayed to God against Israel. Here's what he said, verse 3,
Lord, they've killed thy prophets, and dig down thine altars, and
I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of
God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men
who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so, then,
at this present time, also there is a remnant, according to the
election. of grace. Oh, that makes my heart
rejoice. And we'll go ahead and read verse
6. And if by grace, then is it no more of works, otherwise grace
is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is
it no more grace, otherwise work is no more work. That means it's
one or the other. Either saved by what I do or saved by the
grace of God. By grace are you saved. Only by grace. It was grace that made election exist. It was in grace that God elected
a people to save. Turn over to Ephesians 1. You know, people in religion
will often mention grace. They'll even sing amazing grace. I wish that everybody that even
uttered the word grace thought electing grace. Grace that saved a wretch like
me, that's electing grace. It's the only kind of grace there
can be, electing grace. Look here in Ephesians 1 verse
3. Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ, according as he hath
chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame before him in love, having
predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the
praise of the glory of his grace. wherein He hath made us accepted
in the Beloved, in whom we have redemption through His blood,
the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace."
We were chosen in Christ, only in Christ, before the foundation
of the world, according to the good pleasure of God's will, all to the praise of the glory
of His grace. Who are the children of promise?
They're the elect of God. They're the elect of God. Now,
who are the elect? I hope this makes sense. Who
are the elect? Look back at Romans 9 again. Romans 9.13 says, As it is written,
Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. And I just want
to point out, God gave Jacob a new name, Israel. Israel have
I loved. God loves Israel. He only loves
spiritual Israel. It's the only people God loves.
Verse 14 says, What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness
with God? How can God choose one and leave
another to Himself? Does that make God unrighteous?
Is that really fair? Is there unrighteousness with
God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, Moses
said, Lord, I beseech thee, show me your glory, show me your excellence,
show me your majesty. Here's what he said, I will have
mercy on whom I will have mercy. And I will have compassion on
whom I will have compassion. So then, it is not of him that
willeth, nor of him that runneth or worketh, but of God that showeth
mercy." He also told Moses, he said, Moses, I'll make all my
goodness pass before thee. Here's my goodness. Here's my
glory. I will have mercy. What goodness? The elect are
not who we might naturally think. They simply receive something.
What do they receive? Mercy. Grace. The goodness of God. How do they
receive it? Freely. It means we don't earn
it. We can't work for it and obtain
it. God gives it to whom He will. undeservedly. You know, I heard
my pastor, Gabe, tell a story once about this young man who
was being sentenced for a crime. And the father went to the judge
and he said, is there any room for mercy? And the judge said,
well, he doesn't deserve mercy. To which the father said, I know.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be mercy. You don't deserve it. We don't
deserve God to look our way. We don't look His way. We don't. I will have mercy. Salvation
hinges on just that. God showing mercy. And you know
what? Like the hymn we sing says, mercy
there was great and grace was free. Pardon there was multiplied
to me. There my burdened soul found
liberty. Where? At Calvary. where Christ shed that precious
blood for guilty, hell-deserving sinners like you and me. Mercy. In verse 11, it says God
chose Jacob before he did any good or evil. And the scriptures
tell us there's none to do with good. He didn't do any good.
You just read about Jacob. There's none good. There's no
good in there. God's election is based entirely
on His free, sovereign grace. not on our works. Look here in Romans 9 down at
verse 17. For the scripture saith unto
Pharaoh, even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I
might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared
throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy, God
has mercy, on whom he will have mercy. And whom he will, he hardeneth. That means simply leave alone,
just leave to themselves. Verse 19, Thou wilt say then
unto me, why doth he yet find fault? Or who hath resisted his
will? If God just leaves people to
themselves, why does he find fault? God didn't choose me,
why does he find fault? You know what the scriptures
say, we've turned everyone to his own way. We all imagine a vain
thing. We all choose a way, but that
way is totally contrary to God. God is holy and just to simply
leave us alone. God doesn't owe us anything.
He owes Himself holiness, justice, righteousness. Why doth He yet find fault? Who
hath resisted His will? Verse 20, Nay, but O man, who
art thou that replies against God? Shall the thing formed say
to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over
the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor and
another unto dishonor? What if God, willing to show
His wrath, and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering
the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction, now look at this,
and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the
vessels of mercy which He had aforeprepared unto glory? Even
us whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, not of physical
children of Israel only, but also of the Gentiles. As he saith
also in Hosea, I will call them my people which were not my people,
and I will call her beloved which was not beloved. And it shall
come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them,
ye are not my people, there shall they be called the children of
the living God." I can't tell you how much that
makes my heart rejoice. A people which was not beloved,
I'm going to call them beloved, accepted in the beloved. A vile, wicked people, I'm going
to make them my people. This makes me think of that verse
that our brother just read a minute ago back in 1 Peter 2. You don't
have to turn, I'll read it to you. 1 Peter 2, said unto you, therefore
which believe, he's precious. He went on and said, but you're
a chosen generation. That's the vessels of mercy aforeprepared
unto glory. You're a chosen generation, a
royal priesthood, and holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should
show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness
into his marvelous light. He goes on to say, which in time
past were not a people. We were not a people, but are
now the people of God, which had not obtained mercy, but now
have obtained mercy." Shows you where your hope is, doesn't it?
In the mercy of God. And if you want to know who he's
talking about, because he said, but ye are a chosen generation,
you should have had your turn. Well, back in 1 Peter 1, he tells
us who he's writing to. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,
Asia, Bithynia, elect." What a coincidence. Oh no. Elect according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father, the foreknowledge of He knew who would believe
and do right, having done either good or evil. elect according
to the foreknowledge of God the Father through sanctification
of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of
Jesus Christ, grace unto you, and peace be multiplied. Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according
to His abundant mercy, that's how, hath begotten us again unto
a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Well, how can I know if that
applies to me? I hope your interest has been
piqued. I really do. And if it has, it's the grace
of God in you. How can I know if I'm a vessel
of mercy? How can I know if I'm an elect child of God? Here's
how we can know. Do I need mercy? A vessel of mercy is someone
who needs mercy. Do I, I'm not asking if you,
do I need mercy? Let's ask ourselves that question. Or am I okay without it? No one's okay without it. Many
people think they're okay without it. I'm not. I realize it's appointed
on a man who wants to die, but after this the judgment. That
could be in one second. We say, oh it might be tomorrow.
We don't have another second. I don't have another breath that
God does not give me. We're going to meet God. Do we
need mercy? I just showed you through God's
word, mercy. That's how God saves. Mercy. God delights to show mercy. There's
an abundance of mercy for all who need it. Turn back to Matthew
chapter 9. And we'll close. Matthew chapter
9. Matthew 9 verse 10. And as Jesus passed forth from
thence, he saw a man named Matthew. I'm sorry, I'm reading verse
9. Why don't you go ahead and read verse 9. As Jesus passed forth from
thence, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom,
and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed
him. And God called and says, Follow
me. You're going to follow. And verse 10 says, It came to pass,
as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners
came and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees
saw it, that's the self-righteous, Paul said, before God saved me,
I was a Pharisee. Concerning the law, blameless,
so he thought. When the Pharisees saw this,
verse 11, they said unto his disciples, why eateth your master
with publicans and sinners? Does He not know who these people
are? Does He not know these are sinners?
These are evil men. These are wicked men. These are
the lowlifes of society. Why is He eating with them? Verse
12, But when Jesus heard that, He
said unto them, They that be whole, need, there's the key
word, not a physician, but they that are sick. That's why I'm
asking the question, do we need mercy? If we're already okay, if it's
already fine with me, I'm ready to go meet God. Look at all my
wonderful works. The whole need not a physician.
I need a physician. I'm sick. I'm probably going
to misquote it, but the whole head is sick, the whole heart
is faint. That's me. I need a physician. Verse 13, He said, But go ye
and learn what that meaneth. I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance. Mercy is for sinners. Are you
a sinner? All religion does is offer sacrifice
after sacrifice after sacrifice. Every priest standeth daily ministering
and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take
away sins. But this man, he is the sacrifice
person. There's one sacrifice. He offered
himself one time. I will have mercy and not sacrifice. The best thing we can ever learn,
and it takes the grace of God to learn this, is I'm a sinner. God, be merciful to me, the sinner. Jesus, Thou Son of David, have
mercy on me, the sinner. Lord, remember me, I'm just a
sinner. If we learn nothing else in life,
I don't care if we learn anything else in life, I pray God would
teach us, I'm a sinner. You're the Savior. Jesus Christ
is the Savior. He's my Savior. My heart's desire is that we
might learn that by the grace of God. Oh, that we might learn
Christ, that we might win Him, as Paul said, and be found in
Him, not having our own righteousness, which is of the law, but that
which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness, which is of
God by faith, that I might know Him. That God might reveal to
us what we are, and that He might make us fall down prostrate at
His feet, begging for mercy. That's my heart's desire. And I mean that. I long to see
Israel be saved. And I rejoice to know that they
shall. All Israel shall be saved. May God be merciful to us. Amen.