Don't you love that hymn? I love
that hymn. Why do we love it? Because we
love God's church, God's kingdom, God's truth, God's people, don't
we? We really do. The church is not
a building. I don't love this building. Wood, hay and stubble. We love God's people. Don't you
love what we're doing here? How amiable. Isn't this an amiable
tabernacle? Lovely place to be. Would you
rather be anywhere else than here? With anyone else? Irene's just smiling from ear
to ear. She's been away, like David was
in that song. He was away for a while. I bet
you he had ridden the birds in the rafters here. Oh, man. Her heavenly ways, prize
her heavenly ways. Oh, He's made us sit in heavenly
places. among princes. I was looking at Colossians and
glanced over across the page at First Thessalonian. That's
the reason I use a book, a Bible, not a device. I like a book. I can give you a hundred reasons
not to use a device. But anyway, this is one of them.
You glance over the page. One time the wind blew. I left my Bible laying down at
night, open, and the wind, something blew the page, and I came in,
and that's just what I needed. I looked at 1 Thessalonians,
and it was such a blessing to me. Paul's letter to this church,
he was giving thanks for them, and it just made me, oh, I just
love it. This is my feeling toward you. In Ephesians 3, he thanked God
for the whole family in heaven and earth, the whole church.
We love God's people everywhere. You start thinking about the
brethren in Crossfield or Kingsport or wherever. You just well up,
don't you? Think about Barry Swan. We love
them. We love God's church. That means
all of them. But if he's made you a part of
this assembly, local assembly, brought you here, brought me
here to you, and brought you to me, brought us to Him. And here we are. I'm so thankful. I'm so thankful. This church,
Paul is praying for and writing to Thessalonica. He's giving
particular thanks for them. Verse 1, Paul and Silas and Timothy,
under the church of the Thessalonians. Paul and Silas and Timothy traveled
a lot together, preaching the gospel. They went everywhere.
I used to do that. We used to do that, John Chapman
and me, and we'd go various places. It was, oh, that was so enjoyable. We came down to Rocky Mountain,
Virginia and stayed in a home with some people called Berries,
the Berries. They lived up in the mountains
in a home with no heat. Oh, we had such a good, Good
time? Would you take anything with
that? John and I, what do you think John and I are talking
about the whole way we're driving? Disciples went out two by two
to talk. Kelly and Gabe and I one time years ago went down to Kingsport and preached
for a group of people, small group of people meeting in an
old converted, an old school building. And that is now the Sovereign
Grace Church of Kingsport, Tennessee, where Gabe Stoniker is pastor.
You remember that, Kelly? Wasn't that a good time? The
Lord used that. Oh, and Silas and Timothy went
to Thessalonica, and the Lord raised up a church there. In God, verse 1, it says, the
church in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ. In His heart, in His mind, in
His love, in His thoughts, in His will, in His purpose, in
His covenant, in His kingdom. Why? Because He chose us. We didn't choose Him. We're going
to talk about election in a minute. I ain't talking about a doctrine. We're talking about God in great
love and mercy and grace choosing me and not choosing someone else. Why? Oh, in God the Father, in His
family, born of God, born of His Spirit, in His hands. Aren't
you glad we're in His hands? My times are in His hands. Aren't
you glad? The world doesn't know that.
The world doesn't want it that way. They want their destiny
and everything about them in their own hands. I don't. Thank
God He revealed to me one day that I am in His hands. That in Him I live and move and
have our being. I don't want it any other way. Do you? In His hands. Oh, man. Everything about them. You know, you have a wife or
a husband or a son or a daughter or a loved one, whoever that
you love very dearly and you think about them and they're
on your mind and in your thoughts and you can hardly go a day without
thinking about them and you do everything you could for them.
You love them. Don't you? our Father in heaven. Think about
it. If we only knew, if we only knew,
if my children, grandchildren, only knew how much I love them, oh my, how much more, if we only
knew. It'd give us such joy, such peace,
such comfort. No fear. We'd have no fear. If
we knew perfect love casts out fear. If we only knew how much
God loves us, his people, in Christ, we would have no fear. That's why our Lord said to those
disciples, how is it that you have no faith? I left heaven
and came here for the likes of you. And I have fed you and clothed
you and cared for you and taught you and led you and protected
you and done everything for you, every waking hour of every day
for you. And how is it that you could
not trust me for 30 minutes? That's right. If we only knew.
No fear. No fear. He says, Grace be unto
you. I'm going to get stuck here.
Grace. I love talking about grace, don't you? You love to hear about
grace? This is to God's people. Grace be unto you. He's the God
of all grace, salvation by grace. Everything's by grace. What do
we have we have not received? Everything's by grace. Man can
receive nothing except what has been given to him from above.
Grace be unto you, sovereign, electing grace. Oh, blessed be
God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, according as He
has chosen us in Christ. The children being not yet born,
either having done any good or evil, the purpose of God according
to the election of Christ. It was said, I choose that one. Who Jacob have I loved? Now,
nothing and no one can change that or do anything. Question? Sovereign electing grace. Predestinating
grace. Aren't you glad he's predestinated
everything? Aren't you glad there's nothing left to chance or luck,
nothing outside of his will and purpose? Predestinating grace.
Accepting grace. Accepting grace. We're accepted
in the beloved. Accepted, totally, completely
accepted in the beloved. The Lord Jesus Christ, because
of Him. Redeeming grace. Oh, we can't
pay for one thing we've ever done. Jesus Christ paid it all. Redeeming grace. That's a gift.
It's not works, it's grace. Forgiving grace. Revealing grace. Sealing grace. Sealed. Sealed. Pitched all over. Pitched. Where are you, sir?
There you are. Pitched. Aren't you thankful for pitching
grace? Oh, keeping grace. Kept. Kept
by the power of God. What's that? It's who? It's Christ,
the power of God. of which the gospel speaks. Restraining
grace. Oh, my. What the Lord restrains
us from. Constraining grace. Yes, by grace
you're saved. Right? Yes, it is. By grace you say. And in the ages to come, you
know what He's going to do? He's going to show us the exceeding
riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through the Lord Jesus
Christ. For throughout eternity, He's
going to show up. Look what I've done for you. Do you remember old David sitting
on his throne? And he said, is there any left
of the house of Saul? that I might show him kindness
for Jonathan's sake. And they said, well, yes, says
one. He's lame. He can't come. He
won't come. And he's down in the loaded bar.
No worry. You don't need him. So David said to two of his men,
strong men, and God the Father says to two of his strong men,
mercy, truth, go fetch that man. Righteousness and peace. pick
him up, bring him to me. I'm going to show him kindness
for Christ's sake." And he's going to sit at my table from
now on for Christ's sake. You see why people use that term
in blasphemy and people of the world, oh, for Christ's sake. Our salvation is for Christ's
sake. We've got to take off our shoes
when we say that. Grace, yes, grace and peace. Peace from God our Father. Those in Christ, those in God
have peace. God is our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ, He's Lord. God has made Him our Lord. Peace
from God our Father. There is no peace for the wicked.
This world's not at peace. Our Lord said you'll hear wars
and rumors of war. Why? Because man's at war with
God and God is angry with man. And there's not going to be any
peace on this earth. False preachers are going to
promise peace, but there's not going to be any. Our Lord said
there's not going to be any peace. God is angry with the wicked
every day. Why is he at peace with me? Because Jesus Christ made peace
for me with the blood of his cross. That's why. There's no
other reason. I didn't make my peace with God.
Christ made peace for me. Brother Kemp did it. Oh my. God's
not angry with me. Why? He took out his anger on
his son. He poured out his wrath on his
son. Do you understand? That salvation
is substitution. This is the gospel? We have peace with God. Peace.
Remember, I had a hundred scriptures to turn to. Things like this.
He said, you were enemies in your own mind, by your own wicked
work. He says, you were by nature children of wrath, even as others.
But God, rich in mercy, for His great love were with you, He
loved you. Who? His enemy! Strangers from the commonwealth
of Israel, covenant of promise, no hope without God in the world.
But now, in Christ Jesus, you who are far off, fetch Him. Fetch Him from the East, West,
North, New York. Can anything good come out of
New York? The West, California, that's like Mars. Yes, God's
had a people everywhere. We're all strange. We're all
from Mars. South? Bring my people. Fetch them by the gospel. Grace, all God's grace is for
them. Peace with God forevermore. Peace that Christ left with us
and peace that Christ giveth to us. Not as the world giveth.
Things can take it away. You can't take away this peace.
And it will pass understanding. So he says in verse 2, and this
is the title and subject, we give thanks to God always for
you all. Thank God for you all. Thank God for this church. Thank God for His church, His
kingdom, His people. Thank God. Give Him thanks to
God for you. Paul prayed for them, for them
all. Brother John mentioned Sister
Barbara, and I'm ashamed that I hadn't thought of her in a
little while. Anybody guilty? Anybody? Everybody. We're all guilty. But aren't you glad? that the
Lord remembers that. He'll never forget it. The whole
world wanted that thief on the cross dead, forgotten, out of
mind. And that thief turned to our
Lord and said, Lord, remember me. And little did he know, Irene,
he had that man's engraved on the palms of his hands. He was
right there and those nails were in his hands for that man right
there. Remember you, I'll never forget you. You're going into
glory with me. Right now. But I do want to remember my
brethren, don't you? Some time ago I started writing
names down. Writing a list of people down
so I won't forget them. I look at it before I start to
pray and I pray for them. Every one of you. Try to remember
every name. If I close my eyes, you know,
I wish you could stand up here. I really wish you could stand
up here and me sit down there. But I can think of various ones
where you are. I close my eyes, I think, there's
Kelly, there's Robin, there's Ed and Jeanette, and Yvonne and
Mary, and John and Earlene, and John and Irene, and Sister Mindy,
right there. Ron, Tammy, and Vicki, and Mother,
and keep going. I pray for you. Bring up your
name. Paul said, pray for all of you.
That means something. Our Lord does. He said, I pray
not for the world, but I pray for those that I was given. He
ever lives to make intercession. Father? Think about that, sister. Think about that. Our Lord says,
Father? Jeanette is going through this. Father? Ron's having his surgery. I know I'm speaking like a man,
but that's the truth of the matter. Give thanks to God always for
you all. Thanks to God. He thanked God
for everyone over and over and over again. Look at chapter 2,
verse 13. He says, This cause we thank
God without ceasing. When you received the Word of
God, you heard of us. You received it not as the Word
of men, but as it is in truth, the Word of God, which effectually
worketh also in you, you that believe." And down in chapter
3, verse 9, what thanks can we render to God again for you all?
In the second letter, he says, we're bound to give thanks always
to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath
from the beginning chosen you. Salvation through sanctification
of spirit. Belief of the truth. Where unto
He called you? By our gospel to the obtaining of the glory
of our Lord Jesus Christ. See His glory. Oh, He always
gave thanks. You'll never catch this preacher
or any true preacher standing up thanking people to come to
God's house. This is a high honor and a privilege. and a heavenly calling, a holy
calling. Oh, no, we're glad. We're bound
to give thanks to God for bringing us here. If He left us to ourselves,
we wouldn't come here. We wouldn't give Him a thought.
Bound always to thank God for you, brethren, beloved Lord,
because God chose you. And blessed is the man whom thou
choosest and does what? Causes to approach unto thee.
Those that are far off and want nothing to do with it, but God. Bring them here. Bring them back.
Bring them back. Thank God. Thank God for
you. Thank God for you all. I'll make
a mention of you in our prayers. Verse 3, remembering without
ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and all that's done
for the cause of Christ and the gospel. The work of faith, it's
not duty. Whatever it is, everything done.
And Colossians said, whatever you do, whatever you do in word
or deed, do it in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks
to God and the Father by Him. Whatever your hand finds to do,
do it with all your might, have, as unto the Lord. And, you know,
we give, we do things, serve the body, not because we should
Because it's duty? No. It's love. It's called a
labor of love, the cause of Christ. What does the gospel mean to
you? Brother Walter, we've been supporting him for years, and
Brother Cody. What is that worth? Well, some
of you have been down there. It's an invaluable holiness.
Went down to the heathen. There's a story. I've told you
before, a man named Feliz. Feliz in Spanish means happy. Well, it was a remote jungle
village down in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, and Brother Walter
would go out like a pioneer and just start driving these back
roads, one lane, terrible road, until he'd find a village And
he'd ask if he could preach and just start preaching in the town
square. Just like the apostles did. And the Lord raised up churches. But anyway, one time he was driving
up one of these roads and a man was standing, Stephen, a man
was standing in the middle of the road with a shotgun. And
he's aiming at that truck. Some gringo coming up into their
village. And Walter said, oh. And the man came up to his window.
He said, who are you? This happened. And he said, I'm
a preacher of the gospel. He said, I've come up here and
I want to, if I can, preach the gospel to this village. And the man's tears started running
out of his eyes. He said, my name is Feliz. He
said, I've been praying to God that he would send someone up
here to tell me the truth. That's a labor of love. And is
that worth it? Is that so? We're going to see
Feliz. He was unhappy. He said this. Feliz said to him,
he said, God killed my daughter. Would you tell me why? I need
to know why. He wasn't happy. But when it
was over, old Feliz was real happy. He heard the truth. He heard the gospel. Feliz, work
of faith, labor of love, patience of hope. Patience of hope in
our Lord Jesus Christ. Faith, hope, and love. Now about
faith, hope, and love. The greatest is love. The labor
of love. We do what we do by God's grace
out of love. Love for God, love for Christ,
for His great love for us. Amen. Hope in our Lord Jesus
Christ. We have hope, don't we? We have
great hope. A good hope through grace. And
we endure trials. We all go through them. All of
us. Patience of hope, waiting on
our Lord. And verse 3, it says, it's all
in the sight of God and our Father. In the sight of God. And in other
places it says, God is not unfaithful to forget your works, your labor. He sees it all. Didn't He say? A cup of water. You give a cup
of water and you'll receive a disciple's reward. John gave me water this
morning. He's been faithful to do that
for years. One time he was gone, I had no water. I need water. He'd been doing that faithfully.
John says, that's no big deal. It is to me. And it is to God. You care about me. You want me
to have water? Thank you, brother. Thank you.
The Lord acknowledges everything. It's not merit. I had to say
that again. I just did. It's not words. But see, God's not like us. We
might forget to give somebody thanks because we're so self-centered. I keep telling people that whatever
they do, God will honor that. He'll honor that. He'll honor
that. Yes, he will. He does. He's just. He's righteous. He's faithful. It's all in the
sight of God and our Father. Knowing, brethren, verse 4. Knowing,
brethren, beloved, your election of God. Knowing your election. Now, election, we know it's true,
don't we? We know it's true. We love it, the truth of election,
because It is who God is. This is the difference between
the God of the Bible, the God of the universe, and the false
God, who's not God. Our God purposes all things.
Our God chooses whom He will. Our God does as He will, in the
armies of heaven, among the inhabitants of the earth. Our God purposed
all things before the foundation of the world. I've known unto
God all His work from the beginning of the world. The foundation
of God stands assured having this seal. The Lord knoweth them
that are His. Why? He chose them. This is what makes God, God.
And this false God, He's no God at all. You must elect Him. He's running for office. And
He's trying to pay for votes. That's right. They're bribing
Him. I'll come to church if you do
this, if you do that. Oh, thank you for coming. No! God chooses a bunch of nobodies
to the praise of the glory of His grace. Ones who would never
choose Him. He chose them. And they all know
it. They all know it. They know it. They know it that God chose me. Blessed be His holy name. Blessed be the sovereign electing
God. who chose me. They all know it. Salvation depends
on it. It's election unto salvation.
Salvation started this way. Yes, it did when God chose a
people and gave them to Christ before the foundation of the
world and put their names in the palms of His hands and put
their names on His shoulder and on His breastplate. He said,
now you go save them all. Every single one I've given you,
bring them all in. Those are my chosen. I've given
them to you. They're not their own. They're
bought for the price. Save them. He did it. Salvation
began that way and it ends that way. Every single one of God's
elect is going to be brought in. Christ is going to say, Behold,
I and the children that thou hast what? Given me, all present
and accounted for. For my sake. For Christ's sake. Doctrine? Alright, look at what he says
here. Knowing your election. You can't
read the book. You can't look into the book.
You can't find your name in the book. But Paul, Peter said give diligence
to make your calling and election sure. You can know your election
by the call. I just read it to you in 2 Thessalonians
2. He called you by our gospel.
Sanctification of spirit. He set you apart from your brother,
your sister, your husband, your wife, your son, your daughter.
Set you apart and called you by the gospel. Our gospel. Called
you. And you heard it. And they did. Like Jacob and Esau. Like Cain
and Abel. You heard it and not your brother.
You heard it and not your mother. Amen. He says, our gospel came unto
you. Our gospel, the gospel. I was
going to turn to Romans 1, I was going to turn to Ephesians 1,
I've been quoting Ephesians 1, Ephesians 2, Romans 3, Romans
10, on and on it goes. Turn anywhere. Our gospel. This gospel today is not the
gospel, it's another. It's a perversion of the gospel.
Man's choice, man's will, man's work, man must cooperate. Salvation
is not cooperation. It's the operation of God. Salvation
is not the work of man, it's the work of God. Salvation is
not the will of man, it's the will of God. Salvation is not
man accepting God, it's God accepting man. It's a vast difference. Daylight and dark. Life or death. Salvation and damnation. Our
gospel. This gospel. This rare gospel. that so few believe today. This wasn't your gospel at one
time, was it? This wasn't your gospel, was it, when you were
in Methodism? This wasn't the gospel when they were in Catholicism. You'd believe that other gospel. But, God, go fetch that goody
two-shoed moral woman who thinks she's Satan, cheer for heaven
if she's already there. Fetch her down here and make
her a sinner and stand right beside the worst harlot in town.
And let her praise God for saving such a sinner as she is. That's when the Gospel comes
in power. It doesn't come in worry, it doesn't come in doubt,
it doesn't come in discernment. What a good sermon preacher. It's life-piercing. Heart-breaking. Will-crushing. Self-loathing
power! A gospel preacher doesn't stand
up and try to convince anybody of anything. He just declares
the gospel, just declares who God is, just declares who Christ
is, declares what we are. And the Spirit of God comes with
a sword in their bones and pierces them. Simon Peter stood up at
Pentecost that day and preached Christ high and lifted up and
they said, you killed Him! All of you! Now you're in His
hands to do with. He might save you, might not.
And Simon Peter sat down. Didn't ask anybody except Jesus. That's another gospel. It's not
the gospel. He sat down. What happened? The
Spirit of God took that gospel in power. broke 3,000 hearts. And El said, what are we going
to do? We've killed the Son of God. We've lived all our life
without a thought to the Son of God in whose hands we are,
our souls, our breath. We haven't given Him a thought.
We haven't thanked Him for anything. Holy is You. And now our breath
is in His hands. What can we do? He said, repent. And believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved. And confess him and be baptized
and be saved. That's it. That's it. Because
he's done it all. Paid for every one of those sins
you committed. Paid for all that unbelief, all that rebellion.
Paid for it all by his precious blood. Now, bow at his feet.
Ask him to forgive you. And trust Him. That's good news,
isn't it? Who's that good news for? Our
gospel. Gospel means good news. Who's
that good news for? A sinner. You may come to your
deathbed worrying about your salvation. It just may happen. It happens a lot. What is your hope? Have I done enough? No, you haven't. Have I believed enough? No, you
haven't. What's your hope? My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest
frame, but wholly lean on the Lord Jesus Christ's name. On
Christ the solid rock I stand. All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand. Come what may, standing on Christ
the rock, you'll not And He'll say, everybody that trusts Him,
come, you're blessed in my Father. Come on in. That's good news. Isn't that
good news? That's the best news I've ever heard. There is no gospel that leaves
anything dependent on us. And it comes in power. A person
says, I was saved years ago when I came to the knowledge of the
doctrines of grace. No, you weren't. You just learned Calvinism. Nobody that's ever been saved
says that. Saul of Tarsus didn't say, well, one day on the road
to Damascus, I came to the knowledge of the doctrines of grace. Saul. Saul. And he came off his high horse,
hit us, blinded. Paul said, I was apprehended.
He laid hold of me like old Jacob. And the Lord came to Jacob and
wrestled with him and changed everything about him, changed
his name, changed the way he walked. Now, that ain't a knowledge
of the doctrines of grace. That's coming to see who the
Lord is. My pastor used to always say
this. knowledge, fellas. These Calvinists only used to
get mad at him for saying that. But he said, you don't come to
Christ through doctrine, you come to doctrine through Christ. When Paul met the Lord Jesus
Christ, he suddenly realized God is sovereign. Christ is sovereign. I am nothing. I am a sinner,
lost and undone. And if this Lord Jesus Christ
doesn't save me, I am a goner. His knowledge, his thoughts of
free will, he thought he had free will. As soon as he met
Christ, it's all gone. He said, Lord, what will you
do? And everybody hears the gospel,
they don't hear doctrine. They hear a sovereign God on
the throne, a sovereign Christ on the throne. They hear of a
salvation that's of the Lord, an undeserving sinner that you
be, and it comes with power, doesn't it? Like a hammer, like
a fire, like a sword, it comes. You! Thou art the man! And then he shows you the man
Christ Jesus. Baptized? He that believeth is
baptized? Who wouldn't? Those that don't
really believe that Christ came and died for them. Those that
don't really believe it. Those that came to a knowledge
of the doctrines of grace? Nah. They won't be baptized. That old man in Assyria, he said,
do I have to get in that muddy water? Yes, you do. Boy, he's
sure glad he did. Well, and the Holy Ghost, look
at verse 5, I've got to quit. Wish I didn't have to quit. Verse
5, came in power and the Holy Ghost, what does the Holy Ghost
do? All this stuff today is phony. It's fake. It's bogus. It's a
sham. It's a put-on. It's demonic.
It's another spirit. It's not the Spirit of God. All
this talking like blah, blah, blah, blah. That's fake. They didn't talk like that in
the Bible. The apostles didn't talk in an undiscerning language.
They spoke the wonderful works of God in everyone's language,
the gospel. The Holy Ghost is the Spirit
of God, the Spirit of Christ, and what He does, our Lord said
in John 16, He'll take the things of mine and show them unto you. He'll convince of sin, because
they don't believe me, of righteousness, because I am the only righteousness. I go to the Father. And of judgment,
that if Christ doesn't do something for you, you're going to face
the judgment. That's what the Holy Spirit does. And He takes
the things of Christ to His people, to His disciples, and He shows
them Christ. He keeps pointing them to Christ.
The Holy Spirit keeps showing His elect people Christ, Christ,
Christ, Christ. Keeps pointing like a family
album, you know. You don't show that. I don't
run around the neighborhood and say, look at my daughter's picture. No, no, no. But my friends, my
family, look, look, look. If you love my daughter, I love
you. And I show you. And He shows
us pictures. It doesn't exist. He shows us
pictures. And we all say, oh, isn't that wonderful? Isn't that
wonderful? Look at this. He's beautiful.
That's what the Holy Spirit does. Keeps showing us Christ. Holy
Ghost. And I quit with this. And much
assurance, when the gospel comes, In power. It will give you, He
will give you. Because the gospel is His Word,
is His truth, is His voice. It's His voice. He said, My sheep
hear My voice. And when it comes, He comes in
power. He will give you much assurance.
Now listen to me. Listen. Assurance is not being sure of
yourself. It's being sure of Him. It's being sure of Him, that
salvation is in Him. Okay? Our Lord asked the disciples
one time, He said, whom do men say that I am? They said, well,
some say you're this, some say you're that. He said, who do
you say that I am? And Simon Peter, he couldn't help himself. He said, we believe, no, we're
sure, that thou art the Christ. You know what Christ made, don't
you? The Son of the Living God. God
manifested. We're sure. Oh, you know what
I'm sure about? Me and you, we're a bunch of
sinners and nothing at all. But you know what? Jesus Christ
is on and on. I'm sure of that. So you can
have complete assurance, full assurance, if all your assurance
is in Christ, is trusting Him. And he went on to say to wait
for his son. And now you're just waiting on his son to come get you. That's what we're doing.
Why did we come here? Worship God's Son. That's why
we're here. Thank God. We're not in religion. Thank God we're not in religion
playing a game. Worshiping the Son. Worshiping
God in spirit. Rejoicing in Christ Jesus. And
no flesh. Get that flesh out of here. And
we're waiting on his son. He said he's coming. And he's
coming. Trump's going to say him. And
the dead in Christ arise. And we're going to make him be
there. Won't that be wonderful? Thank
God. OK, let's sing our closing hymn.