It's certainly my privilege. Thank you for everything you've
done. And I've said this more than once, you don't know what
it's like to be a father until you become one, and you don't
know what's involved in a conference until you become a pastor. It's
a lot of work. And in most cases, it seems like
the most unappreciated one is the pastor's wife. I say that from experience. They
work hard, very hard. So, thank you, Mandy. And thank
each and every one of you. You know, I've told you so many
times what you mean to me and you're just extended family.
That's the way it is every time we go somewhere. I feel that
way in Kingsport and especially here. So, thank you. I don't
want to get too mushy. I mean it. I do mean it. Turn
with me in your Bible to the gospel of John chapter 9. John chapter 9. And I know that
whenever John chapter 9 is mentioned, our thoughts run immediately
to that poor man who was born blind. He was born blind. Can
you imagine? Never knew what colors were,
never saw the sun, never saw the blue skies, never saw anything. He was blind from birth. And
by nature, he's a picture of you and I. Picture of you and
I. We are all born spiritually blind. Spiritually blind. And according
to verse 3 here, we're told that his physical blindness is just
that. It's a picture of our spiritual
blindness. When God gives spiritual sight to us, it's so, the Lord
tells us here, that it's the work of God being made manifest
in us. We can't see. We can't make ourselves
see. God makes us to see. In other
words, it's for the glory of God. God gets all the glory. Why do people even imagine that
they would get one ounce of glory when God does the saving? We
do the sinning. God does the saving. God is our
Savior. We are sinners. And like this
man, we're nothing but mercy beggars. This man laid out in
front of the temple or sat out or even stood as a beggar, begging
those who came in to the temple for help. Verse 8. Like this
man, we're all together born in sin. Verse 34. And like Him,
we were cast out until Christ found us. Aren't you glad the
Lord found you? He wasn't the one lost. Somebody
said, I found Jesus. No, you didn't. He wasn't lost.
You were the one lost. He found you. I don't think that there's a
pastor that I know that preaches the truth that is not preached
from John chapter 9. And I've preached from it myself
a few times. But this morning, I want us to
consider only one verse, and it's an urgent question that
we really need to consider over and over again. Verse 35. Jesus heard that they had cast
him out, out of the temple. And when he had found him, see
the Lord found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the
Son of God? I am convinced that is the most
urgent question that's ever been asked. It's been asked other
ways, like what think ye of Christ. Isn't that the most urgent question
when all is said and done? And the Lord returns and wraps
up the four corners of this universe. The most urgent question is,
what do you think of the Lord Jesus Christ? Does thou believe
on Him, the Son of God? I propose for your consideration
that same question this morning. Does thou believe? You, do you
believe? on the Son of God, the Lord Jesus
Christ. You know, I think sometimes we
automatically assume that those who attend a sovereign grace
church, at least I have in the beginning, we assume that they
believe and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, now that
I think about it, when I first attended one, I didn't. So, we
can't assume that. It would be a wrong assumption.
Our Lord said, not everyone that says, Lord, Lord. A lot of people
are saying, Lord, Lord. A lot of people are saying, peace,
peace, when there is no peace. Where there is no peace. Our Lord tells us in John chapter
6 verse 40, And this is the will of Him that sent me, that everyone
would seeeth the Son, and believeth on Him. sees Him and believes
on Him, may have everlasting life, and I will raise Him up
at the last day." Does thou believe on the Son of God? Seems like a pretty urgent question
to me. I have an acquaintance who has
a little slogan, whatever you want to call it, anytime he communicates
by email text and he always at the end of it says this, be humble,
be kind, and most of all believe. And so one day I was talking
to him and I said, what am I supposed to believe? You never say. You say be humble, be kind, but
what am I supposed to believe? And he tells me, well, You need
to believe that there's a God. I say everybody believes there's
a God. Most everybody. Even those that are atheists
say they don't believe in God and then they pray at night that
that God don't kill them. Who or what are we to believe? He never says. Faith. Believing has to have an object
or it's just blind faith. You've got to have something
to believe in. Someone to believe in. So the next time, I asked
him again, because he put the same thing, and he didn't add
to it. And he said, well, you've got to believe that there's only
one God. A lot of folks say they believe
there's one God. You know, even devils believe
that. Are the devils saved by believing
that? No. And if that's all you believe,
you won't be saved either. Most everyone believes that there's
a God, and most everyone believes that there's one God. The devils
believe it. And most of them that believe
that their God is the only God don't know Christ. People imagine
God to be this or that. say that they trust in this one
God, but then they often refer to Him as a higher power, a supreme
being, a power greater than themselves. He is all those things. But He's
in the person. You've got to know Him, who He
is. He's the Lord Jesus. Just now
believe on the Son of God. Our faith has to have an object. Many claim this higher power, the supreme being, this good
man upstairs, to be someone named Buddha or Mohammed or Confucius
or some other imagined deity. Who do you say that I am, the
Lord Jesus as his disciple? He said, well, some say that
you're John the Baptist reincarnated, that you're Elijah, some prophet. He said, who do you say that
I am? That's what I'm asking you this
morning. Who do you say that He is? What someone else says
is not going to benefit you. Not Buddha. He's not Mohammed.
He's not Confucius. He's the Lord Jesus Christ. That's the question. This man
asked the Lord. When his sight was restored.
That's the question our Lord asked this man. He said, does
thou believe on the Son of God? It could also, as I said, be
asked, what do you think of Christ? What do you think of Christ?
Whose son is he? The devils believe there's one
God, but that's not the issue. That's not the means of life
eternal. You can believe that there's
one God and perish. Young people, listen to me. You
can believe that there's one God. You can believe and perish. You can believe that and perish. But Christ, the Son of God, God
the Son, as Gabe said yesterday, has to be revealed by Christ
Himself. Knowing that there is one God
alone is not going to save you. It's not going to do it. The question of all questions. The only thing that really matters
in the end is, does thou believe? What thank you of Christ. The Word of God is very direct
as to what happens to those who do not believe on the Son of
God. The Word of God is very simple,
very plain about the consequences of sin. He that believeth on
the Son of God hath life. Isn't that so plain and simple?
Yet, he that believeth not on the Son of God shall not see
life, and here's the result and consequence of sin, but the wrath
of God." The wrath of God is the result and consequence.
It abideth on Him. Oh, I don't want God's wrath
to abide on me. I don't want what I deserve,
as I tried to say the other night. I want mercy. I want Christ.
He is mercy. The question is not if you've
been christened or confirmed or baptized. You know why is
it I ask when you talk to people about being a Christian, can
we still use that term? It's getting harder because everybody
claims to be a Christian. Why is it that when you confront
someone or ask someone, are you a believer? Oh yes, yes, yes,
I was baptized on August the 12th. They got it right down
to the minute. Was it when you went down in
the water or when you came up? It's not in baptism. It's not
being christened. It's not being confirmed. to
be confirmed or christened and sprinkle a little water on the
head and people, that child grows up believing he's saved. Does
he know the Son of God? What does he think of Christ?
That is the issue. Does thou believe on Christ?
It's not if you've made a profession, the question is not, have you
said a sinner's prayer? The question is not, have you
been baptized? The question is not, have you
joined the church? The question is simple. Dost
thou believe on the Son of God? I believe when God truly calls
a man to preach, I honestly do, that He gives him a true burden
for the souls of men and women, sinners. And I know personally,
I know personally, I've had many conversations, with this man. And I know, as your pastor, he
has such a burden. You know it too. So, with that
said, I feel greatly impressed of the Spirit of God to ask you
what He asks you often. Do you believe on Christ? Is
He your Lord? Is He your Savior? Is He your
everything? We just read that condemnation
awaits those who don't believe. This is urgent. It's, first of
all, a most necessary question. It's necessary to be asked. It has become way too custom
for us, especially preachers, to think and address the whole
congregation as believers or as brethren. It's an injustice to both the
believing and the unbelieving to assume that all who are present
in church services, like this one today, are saved. It's wrong to presume that everyone
here has a part in all the spiritual promises of God Almighty. Who does then, those that believe?
Does thou believe on the Son of God? Because of this, many men and
women have gone out to meet God without a substitute and a Savior. Many of my family. We should clearly declare the
truth knowing some believe and some don't. This has always been
the case. Some fear God and some don't fear Him at all. Do you
fear God? Now that word is not a slavish
fear, it's a reverential respect. Do you fear God? Do you fear
to go out and meet God without Him? Now that's the kind of fear
that's talking about. Do you fear not believing Him? Oh, I can't tell you how many
times, and this is why, because I look within instead of looking
to Him. And when I do, I start questioning
my faith, I start questioning my believing. But when I look to Him, it's
a whole lot easier. It's a whole lot easier to have
some confidence that the Lord had mercy and grace upon me.
Does thou believe in the Son? This is what the Apostle Paul
said. He said, examine yourselves whether you be in the faith.
That simply means, do you believe? Do you have faith? He said, prove
your own selves. Know ye not your own selves? Oh yeah. Not like the Lord does,
but I get a good whiff of me every day. Prove your own selves. Know ye
not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except
you be reprobates. You know I've heard that word
all my life, so I finally looked in the Greek dictionary to see
what it means. You know what it means? Counterfeit. Counterfeit. Webster defines the word reprobate
as unprincipled, hardened, Rogue. You ever been called a rogue?
I have. You're a rogue. Yes, I found out I was. They
were right. Unprincipled, hardened, rogue,
degenerate, unregenerate. Without Christ, every one of
us are those things. And I've said this often, may
have already said it this weekend, because it's true. The only thing
that believers disagree in is who's the worst reprobate. Without Christ, that's what we
all are. And then Paul says to this believer, this believer,
in Christ, you're not reprobate. Matter of fact, get a hold of
this, you're perfect. You're holy. You're righteous
and you're saved. Does thou believe on the Son
of God? This is why we ask sinners if
they believe, believing is their only hope of salvation. Believing
is your only hope. Believing is mine. And again,
faith is not blind. It has to have an object. So
the question is, the question the Lord asks us is, does thou
believe on Christ, the Son of God? That's why we plead with men. That's why we persuade men and
women alike. Knowing therefore the terror
of the Lord, we persuade men. Now that word persuade in that
verse does not mean convince by argument. You're never going
to convince anybody by arguing with them. It makes them more
determined to take sides against you. It doesn't mean that we debate
with men. The Word of God, the Gospel,
is not up for debate. It's the Word of God. That's
what it is. And God is true and every man's a liar. So it's not
arguing and debating with men. It means that we assure them
with confidence. There's no other way, brother.
And we try to show them from God's Word that that's so. We persuade men that they're
walking in a way that leads to destruction. Why? Because wide
and broad that way is. And we try to convince them that
the road is narrow, the gate is narrow, and there's few that
be that find it. I have a friend who has a wife
who just... I mean, I hate to say it this
way, but she hates the Gospel. And she goes to a big megachurch
or whatever, and she says, that many people can't be wrong. Oh,
yes they can. Because many there be that find
that way, but few be that find the narrow way. That's scriptural. Only the Lord can reveal this
truth. That's why we ought to be begging Him for mercy and
grace and sight. Now, I don't know, none of us
do, but I fear that there are some here this morning who are
yet without Christ. I don't know how many folks here
we have, but if we use the law of averages from what the Scriptures
teach, I don't believe that everyone in here is. You might have religion. You might have been raised in
religion. I was. You may have zeal. But it's not
according to knowledge. It's not according to the Scriptures. So you are without Christ and
without hope, the Scripture says, unless God divinely intervenes. Salvation is something that must
not be taken for granted. Without Christ, you're outside
the bounds of the kingdom of grace. Apart from Christ, there
is no love. Apart from Christ, there is no
mercy. Apart from Christ, there is no grace. Do you understand
what I'm saying? God's love, God's mercy, God's
forgiveness, God's grace is in Him. How many times do we read,
in Christ, by Christ, through Christ? It's nowhere else. May God cause you right now,
right this second, to solemnly search your own soul, to ask
yourself this question, do I believe on the Son of God? Some of you have heard the glorious
Gospel for some time now. But you've yet to profess the
Lord publicly. You've yet to identify with Him
in baptism. And at the same time, there are
some of you that have been baptized and are in the services every
time that the services are conducted, and you're yet without Christ. Boy, that's a terrifying thought. Terrifying. You've gathered around
the communion table and took the bread and the wine without
truly understanding that that represents the death and burial
and resurrection of the one in whom you must believe in order
to be saved. It's not in all those things.
Not in baptism. Not in church membership. It's
not in tithing. It's just not. What's it in? Believing. Believing,
trusting, obeying the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, how do I obey Him?
Believing. It's not hard. Yet it's impossible without God's
divine intervention. Secondly, this is a clear and
plain question. It's actually a yes or no question. There's no trick answers, you
know. It's a yes or no question, not
a difficult question. It's simple and direct. It might
be a difficult question if I asked you to describe and explain the
election and predestination of God. But that's not the subject
or the question. The question is, do you believe
on Jesus Christ? You've heard Brother Paul tell
you time and time again that Christ died in the room instead
of sinners. Do you believe that? Are you
trusting in Him to have put your sin away for you as we've heard
so many times? Many of you have heard Brother
Paul testify to you again and again that Christ's sacrifice
atoned The sins of all the world? No. He's not told you that. He told you he's atoned for all
the sins of those that Christ died in the room instead of.
There's a big difference. You've heard Brother Gabe, who
preached here for years, tell you many times, over and over,
that Christ died just for the unjust. Friends, we're the unjust. God is the just one. And God's
got to be just in order to save us. He can't sweep our sins under
a rug. They've got to be dealt with.
God's too holy. His justice is too holy to just,
ah, well, we'll let that pass. A lot of times we do that with
our grandchildren, don't we? My daughter asked me one time,
she said, why were you so tough on us and you let everything
with the grandkids go? I said, because they're grand. Many of you have heard these
things over and over. But the question of our friends
is, have you believed? If I could just show you the
Son of God, I would. So would Paul and so would Gabe.
So would every Gospel preacher. If I could just show you. But
I can't. I can't. Only the Spirit of God can. Those who believe in Jesus Christ
shall be saved. Are you one of them? I think Gabe and I both this
week have strived to the best of our ability to comfort you. Believers, that's what we're
supposed to do. That's God's command to us. Comfort you. Comfort
you, my people. But we would be doing you a great
disjustice not to warn you that without Christ, there's no life. There's no comfort. Have you believed? Thirdly, this is a personal question. Does thou believe on the Son
of God? Do you believe? Salvation is not by proxy of
your wife. Salvation is not by proxy of
your husband. Your wife or your husband cannot
be your representative in this matter. Salvation is of the Lord. We've heard that so many times. Salvation is not by proxy of
your children. And children, young people, it's
not by proxy of your parents. You have to believe. Our loved ones who believe are
not qualified authorized to act upon our behalf. That's what
by proxy means. They do not have the authority
to represent you before God. But I know one who does. Do you know him? Does Sal believe
on him? Do you believe on Christ the
Son of God? Fourthly, this is a basic elementary
question. It comes down to the very foundation
of faith. What is the hope of your salvation?
No. Who is the hope of your salvation? Not a question for the highly
educated. The most illiterate man or woman
can answer it. Do you believe on Jesus Christ,
the Son of God? No examinations to be taken. No questionnaire has to be filled
out. There are no ceremonies that
have got to be performed. I think about old Naaman. He
came to the prophet. The prophet sent his servant
out there. He said, go down to the river
and wash yourself seven times. And it said, Naaman flew hot.
He said, I thought he'd come out here and do some big ceremony
and lay hands on me and the fire of God would fall down. Well,
you thought wrong. You thought wrong. Do you believe
on the Son of God? If you did, you'd get down to
that river. The River Jordan. I don't care how much nicer your
rivers are in your part of the country. And that river's dirty. You wouldn't care how much it's
dirty. You're a whole lot dirtier than that river is. The prophet
said, that water is going to wash you clean. I was like, where
is that now? Do you have GPS? Lead me to the river. That river's
Christ. He's the river that flows from
God above. This is an elementary question.
The only fitness that God requires is that you feel your need of
Him. It all comes back to that four-letter
word, need. Need. Those that are well have
no need. Those that are righteous in their
own eyes have no need. Who does? The sick? The leper? The one that has no hope? The one who shut up to the fact
that they themselves can do nothing to save themselves. The only
fitness He requires is that you feel your need of Christ. The gospel is good news for sinners. Not good news for good folks. Who qualifies for this salvation? The needy. The poor. The unworthy! If you fall in that category,
this ought to be the best news you've ever heard. And then fifthly, this is the
weightiest question I've ever been asked. Do you know this
man of whom I speak? Life, death, heaven, hell, bliss,
or woe depend upon your answer. If you're washed in his blood,
then you're clean. Just as Naaman was. If you're
so trusting Him alone, then it is well with your soul. And that's right now. If so it be well with you, it
will be forever. Sixthly, this question demands
an immediate reply. Now, we don't pressure folks walk down. Now there's no salvation
moving from one place to another. We don't sing verses and verses
and verses of songs like, Just As I Am, and then pressure people
to try to get down front and make a profession that's not
going to last anyway. But it does demand an answer
because of who it is that asks it. To self-believe on the Son of
God. One might say, well, I'll give
you my answer on a more convenient time. Some will say, with King
Agrippa, you almost persuade me to believe. My experience
has been that you will not answer later. You'll more than likely not be
persuaded at a more convenient time. Today is the day of salvation. Right now is the hour. the questions to be answered
now. No promise of later, no promise of tomorrow. And this is a question that's
got to be answered by everyone. If not now, one day in the judgment,
and saying, hadn't we done this, and hadn't we done that, it's
not going to get it done. He's going to say, I never knew
you. See, that's the question. That's the thing to consider. Does Christ love me? Many profess to love Him, but
the real question is, does He love me? He said, I never knew
you, you that do all those things. Why? Because you're trusting
in them and not in me. We are the benefits of believing
on the Son of God. I only have time to give you
a few too numerous to tell. The world itself couldn't contain
the volume of the books if they were all written down. The eternal Son of God possesses
the perfect righteousness that God requires and the perfect
righteousness that you must have. to be reconciled to a thrice
holy God. You see, friends, that's what
saving faith is. It's believing, trusting, relying,
adhering on Christ Jesus, the Son of God. How many times did
our Lord say, go thy way, thy faith has made thee whole? Well,
it wasn't us conjuring up faith that saved us. It was a faith
that God gave us to believe. You're saved by grace through
faith, and what? That's not of yourselves. What
is it then, John? It's a gift of God, isn't it?
Not that any man should boast. Paul wrote, this life I now live
in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God. It's not our
faith, it's His faith that saves us. It's His faithfulness that
appeases God. How do we conquer sin and death?
Well, we're more than conquerors through Him that loved us. Romans 8, verse 37. Who is He
that can overcome the world? But He that believeth that Jesus
is the Son of God. 1 John 5. How are we justified? Only by
the faith of Jesus Christ. Even we have believed in Jesus
Christ that we might be justified, here it is, by the faith of Christ
and not by the works of the law. That's what we do. For by the works of the law shall
no flesh be justified. Isn't that plain? Galatians 2.16,
how are we forgiven? In you being dead in your sins
and the circumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together
with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, blotting out
the handwriting of ordinances that was against you, which was
contrary to us, and it took it out of the way. How? By nailing
it to the cross. Oh, what glorious benefits are
found in believing on Christ. What if you don't believe? Well,
unbelief exposes the greatest of curses. He that believeth
not is condemned already. He that believeth not shall be
damned. He that believeth not shall not see life. He that believeth
not shall be confounded. That word means disgraced, dishonored. It means made ashamed. He that believeth not makes God
a liar? If you die in unbelief, not trusting
in Christ, that is a sin that God cannot forgive. Could God really forgive all
sin? Yes, except unbelief. That'll send you to hell quicker.
Why didn't Israel enter into rest? Because of unbelief! We can't make too much of faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ or the faith of Christ. Have you ever
considered to whom this question was asked? Here in John 9. Well, it wasn't an angel, and
it wasn't a prophet, and it wasn't an apostle, and it wasn't a preacher,
and it wasn't a Pharisee. Who was it then? To a poor, blind,
needy beggar. He'd lived in physical and spiritual
darkness all his life. He was ignorant and confused. By nature, we're the same. Just
the same, no different. And it is to such that the Lord
asks, do you believe on the Son of God? Do you? That's what I'm asking you. The Lord Jesus asked you and
me, poor beggars blind, until Christ gave us eyes to see. What
do you think of me? What do you think of me? Would our
Lord have asked that if He didn't care? I think sometimes we ask folks
how they are and we half listen to their answer. But not the
Lord. Would He have asked if He took
pleasure in condemning me to die? Could it be that He died
for me who caused His pain? Yes. Could it be that He's going
to grant me faith? Could be. Could be. And again the question, do you
believe in me, the Lord Jesus Christ? You ever thought about
the man's answer in verse 36? He answered and said, who is
he, Lord? Or, who is he, Lord, that I might
believe on him? You know, I just can't believe
in someone that I don't know. You can't either. You can't trust
somebody you don't know. I'm not going to let a stranger
knock on As a parent, you're not going to let a stranger knock
on your door and say, hey, why don't you take a little time
off and I'll watch your kids for you. No, you're not going
to do that. You don't know them. You can't
trust them. But friends, the one I'm talking
about, you can trust. You can't trust in an unrevealed
Christ. Just can't do it. Who is He,
Lord? Many seem to have that all figured
out who don't have it figured out at all. They say that God
wants to save you. They say that God's trying to
save you. And that's why we must distinguish our God from theirs. We use the term sovereign God
often. I had a man ask me, he said,
why do you always have to qualify the Lord Jesus as sovereign?
I said, because I'm not sure that that's your Lord. I'm not
sure that your Lord is sovereign. We have to distinguish who God
is to who most in this world think God to be. He's sovereign. He does what
He wills. And I'll leave how the Lord revealed
Himself to this man. I love how He does. And I'll
leave you with this. When the Lord saved this man,
there was no big hoopla. There was no big emotional taboo,
no visible supernatural happening. The Lord simply answered in verse
37, Thou hast both seen Him, and it is He that talketh with
thee. So, have you seen? Has He talked
with you? Do you believe? This poor beggar answered, Lord,
I believe. I remember one day I answered
that same question. Lord, I believe. Help Thou my
unbelief, but I believe. I'm not looking within anymore.
I see there's nothing there that will save me. I'm going to look
to You, Lord. Yes, I believe. And then it says
that he worshipped Him. Worship always follows believing. That's a true sign of faith in
Christ. Worship. It's not coming together and
singing songs and raising our hands. That's not worship. It's right here. Thank You, Lord. You did for me what I couldn't
do. Do you see? Do you believe? Dost
thou believe on the Son of God? The Lord didn't ask this man
if he could now see. You know, rub that spittle on
his eye water. Can you see now? Can you see
now? Isn't that what religion does?
Can't you see now? I'm trying to tell you. No, no. He asked him if he believed. Let me give you four very quick
questions that will help you to answer the question of all
questions. Does thou believe on the Son of God? First, who
is the Son of God? He's God in the flesh. He's the
seed of a woman. He's the surety of the covenant.
That prophet like Moses, he's that priest after the order of
Melchizedek. He's the Lion of the tribe of
Judah. He's the Lord our righteousness. He's the Ark of Noah. He's the
Passover. He's that smitten rock. He's
the tabernacle in which we dwell. He's the mercy seat, the sacrifice. He's the city of refuge. Peter
said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. He's the
God-Man. He's Emmanuel, God with us. Secondly, what did He do? He
came in the world that He Himself made. He was made of a woman. He was made under the law. The
ancient of days became an infant of days. He was bone of our bone and flesh
of our flesh. He lived a perfect, righteous,
holy life. He obeyed the law in every jot
and tittle. He bare his people's sins and
his own body on the tree. He died the just for the unjust
that he might what? Bring us to God. He who knew
no sin was made sin for His people that they might be made the righteousness
of God in Him. He went to the cross to satisfy
justice and justify sinners. Thirdly, why did He do this?
Well, if you and I are going to be saved, He had to. You see,
God's going to be a just God and a Savior. He's going to justly
save sinners. Our sin had to be paid in full,
and He was the only one who could pay it. In order for God to be
just, He can by no means clear the guilty. And Christ became
guilty in our room instead, for Christ is a just God and a Savior. We couldn't keep the law, we
couldn't satisfy His justice, so Christ our substitute had
to in our place. He had to because He wanted to.
Of Him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom
and righteousness and sanctification and redemption. Everything that
God requires of us, Christ became for us. That's the gospel. And lastly, where is He now?
He's at the right hand of God. Ruling and reigning in all power
and sovereignty. He's the express image of God.
And you know what? If you're in Him, so are you.
Doesn't sound right to say, does it? He's the brightness of God's
glory. He Himself purged our sins, and
that's why He sat down to work for you. What's He doing now? He's ever-living
to make intercession for us. He's praying for you right now. So let me ask you one more time.
Dost thou believe? Dost thou believe? Dost thou
believe on the Son of God? May God be pleased to make it
so. Make it so for your good, for
His glory, and for Christ's sake. Amen. Thank you. Let me just
say thank you again for everything. close to the end, but we've got
more good news to come. But I'm done, and I'm going to
sit down and enjoy it.