For some of your information
can tickle. Just fine. You'll notice in your. King James Bible every now and
then in the marginal references you'll see C.A. capital C.A.N.T. period. That refers to the song
of Solomon. Canticles is what they're called.
All right, Matthew 15. Most of you know that, but maybe
someone doesn't. Matthew chapter 15. The Lord
was always confronted by scribes and Pharisees, religious leaders. And so are we. Then and now, these scribes and
Pharisees are those who make an outward show of their religion. And that's all it is. That's
what the Lord said. All they do to be seen of men. And Paul later said, They make
a fair show in the flesh, and they do it to be seen, and they
openly boast of their religion. They're not boasting in the Lord,
but of themselves and their religion. Back then, they made broad their
phylacteries, and I've told you before what that is. They actually
war scripture verses on their wrists and sometimes on their
head. They had these little boxes little
leather boxes or some kind of receptacle in which they put
these scripture verses. And I guess they memorized them
or something. And they would wear these things
and according to how many they memorized was how broad or big
their little boxes were. If you're real holy you had these
big old boxes on the way ridiculous to think about it. But now. Not much different you'll see
it on bumper people. Making broad their bumper stickers
and t-shirts and so forth no different. And now as they and
they are more concerned with the external. Of religion. External. Now we need to understand,
this is for our learning. The Lord is going to teach us
something here, if we don't already know. Matthew 15, Then came to
Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem. These
were the most strict Pharisees, the most moral, outwardly religious
looking, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the
elders? Well they wash not their hands
when they eat bread. The tradition of the elders these
Pharisees were fanatical about washing. They were very very
careful about washing washing everything. They. Took this from the Levitical
law. about impurity, the laws of washings
and so forth. But they corrupted it and they
went too far with it. And but they were fanatical about
washing, especially washing their hands before they ate. And our Lord answered them and.
And. But first of all, I mean, let
me say a little bit more about that. They are Lord said earlier
on he said they make clean the outside. But when it would mean. It's
full of. He said first make that clean
which is on the inside and the rest of it will take care of
itself. Now that's a law we need to remember. But they were very
careful about the externals of religion appearing appearing
to be religious all right what's the modern equivalent of being
fanatical about doing something before you eat. What's the modern equivalent
that people so that profess religion wouldn't dream of eating without
doing. And they do it publicly and once
again. I. Maybe maybe there's someone somewhere
who can do that in a public place and not be conscious of all the
racket and everything around them and not be doing it be. Not thinking of people looking
at them doing that and what they think about maybe there's somebody
who can't. Maybe one. But I doubt it. And I quite, I take quite literally
what our Lord said in Matthew 6 about prayer, don't you? About
doing it in secret. When you pray, pray to your Father
in secret. Now the church is different. We meet together and we pray
collectively, don't we? But we're all of like faith.
We're not doing it to be seen. And a man in here who wants to
pray publicly, not one, including me. And you sure don't do it
to be heard by others because nobody feels like they've ever
prayed a worthy prayer in your life, especially publicly, do
you? So that's the attitude of God's
true people. But today, Folks wouldn't dream of sitting down
to eat without going through that little ritual. And I've
told you this before, but it's very good. Brother Barnard, maybe
someone unheard of, Brother Ralph Barnard, an old preacher from North Carolina,
went to Salem years ago. And he was with some fellow in
a public, in a restaurant. A couple of them. And they start
started they sat down ordered their food and food came and
brother Marner just nobody and you know start eating. And one of the fellows was shocked
you know one of these young Southern Baptist fellows or whatever he
said brother partner. Aren't you going to pray before
you eat. And brother Marner He said, how do you know I didn't? That's wisdom, isn't it? Well, we didn't see you. I ain't
praying to you. That make sense, Matt? I'm not
praying to be seen or heard. And if you do that, our Lord
said, that's your reward. What is our reward? What do we
want? We want God to look on us. We want God to hear us, don't
we? Well, anyway, these Pharisees
were very careful about the externals, and they did everything according
to tradition, not God's Word. Everything they did, they were
very strict according to their tradition, not God's Word. And this is how the Lord answered
them and dealt with them. He answered and said unto them,
Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? He didn't answer their charge
that they were breaking their tradition. He didn't care, but
he did charge them with breaking God's word. Now that's serious,
isn't it? He said you transgress the commandment
of God. By your tradition. Look down
at verse six he said you've made the commandment of God of non
effect by your tradition verse nine. In vain they do worship
me that is they don't worship truly but just appear to teaching
for doctrines of what they say and teach is man's doctrine. Teaching for doctrine the commandment
of men. Not God. Teaching what they teach
as something that is absolutely necessary. And it didn't come
from God's Word. Now, is this still going on today? And is this not ultimate proof
of man's depravity, that he rejects God's word and prefers man's
little two-bit rules and stuff? Isn't that? That's the ultimate
proof of man's depravity. Now, why is this so important
that we learn that? Go with me to Colossians chapter
2. Colossians 2. As I said, every scripture, I
didn't say it, the Lord said it. All scripture is given by
inspiration of God and is profitable, profitable, profitable. That
means it's edifying, it helps us, and it's profitable for teaching. We need to be taught. We need
to be taught for doctrine, for reproof, because we're going
to err, we're going to make mistakes, and we will be reproved by God's
Word for it. Colossians chapter two, the Lord
taught his disciples then and he and the disciples taught the
church. This is Paul writing later on
to the church on the same line. Now, why is it so important that
we learn that? Well, now, more than ever. Now,
more than ever, there are more traditions than there are people. There are more denominations
and more traditions being passed on and passed off as God's word. And you and I. We need to be
more noble, we need to be like those Marines searching the scriptures. Hey, where'd you get that? Is
that in the Bible? You know, we need to be more
noble, we need to see we need to know what is God's word and
what's man's. No. If it's in God's word, I
want to do it, don't you? If it's not, then I sure don't
want to do it. So we need to know. Colossians
2, look at this. This is my favorite. Boy, now
we've gone from Ephesians 2 to Colossians 2, John. Verse 6, he says, As you have
therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him.
How did you receive Him? As a sinner, guilty, needing
mercy, needing grace, needing him to give you everything, all
your wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, redemption, all these things. You came as an empty, that is,
in your flesh, no good thing, needy, poor, miserable, naked,
blind, wretched, centered to Christ to do all things for you. That's how you receive him. So
what does he say? Keep walking that way. Keep,
keep believing that. Keep looking to Him for everything. You know why? Because we're still
needy, empty. In our flesh, there's still no
good thing. And on and on, we still need everything from Him.
Go on. Verse 7. Rooted and built up
in Him. Rooted. Rooted. You know, if
you're rooted, Jeanette, nobody's going to uproot you. If you're
grounded and settled, In the truth, that is Christ, if your
roots go deep and lay hold on Christ by faith, nobody is going
to remove you from your hope. Nobody. It doesn't matter if
it's an angel from heaven. Isn't that what Paul said, Stan? If an angel from heaven preached
another gospel, you're not going to hear him. Is this important? Read on. He
says, rooted and built up in him, established in deep faith.
What is deep faith? It's a person. He is all our
salvation. Read on. As you've been taught,
that's what you've been taught. Oh, we're so blessed here, aren't
we? We've been taught that, abounding therein with thanksgiving. We
got the best, we got the only gospel. It's not only the only
gospel, it's the best gospel. I mean, it actually does He actually
does all things for us. Salvation is actually of the
Lord. It actually is. You can believe that and you
can rest right there. That's what puts a smile on your face.
If you know yourself, if you know your helplessness and hopelessness
and sinfulness, this puts a smile on your face. Keeps you from
looking to yourself, keeps you from Searching and trying to
do these things. All right, read on. Beware, he
says, verse 8, lest any man spoil you through philosophy. Boy,
there's lots of that. Philosophy. Vain deceit. It's all a bunch of deceit. Smooth
words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. Don't
be simple. what Paul said, don't be children
in understanding. Be simple, be children in malice,
but not understanding, because these smooth words and fair speeches
won't deceive you. Read on. He says, people that
try to, men that try to deceive you through tradition of man,
after the rudiments, or that is, elements of the world, and
not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily, and Patrick, you are complete in him." Now,
if you're complete, what's that mean? Need anything? Oh, but you've got to get this.
You've got to get this second baptism. If you're in Christ,
you don't need that. And he taught us that, didn't
he? In the end, over in John 14, John 16, he told us about
the baptism of the Holy Spirit. It's not what they're saying.
It all has to do with Christ, doesn't it? Now, you know these
things, but we need to be reminded of them. Look down at verse 16. He says, Let no man therefore
judge you in meat and drink in respect of a holy day. Y'all
are not observing Easter. You know, you can't believe how
many people say to me and met my wife right around Easter time. Boy, I bet y'all are busy right
now. That's their idea of religion. That's everybody's idea of religion.
And it's a fact. Most preachers don't have anything
to do up until April, December and April. If it weren't so ridiculous,
it'd be Sad, wasn't it? Oh, sure busy right now, aren't
you? No, we don't even acknowledge
it exists. I said, we don't bring up the
e-word. Let an old man judge you. Have
a new moon, Sabbath. There's a whole denomination
that calls themselves Sabbath Day Adventists. Do you know anything
about that? You need to. They're strict Sabbatarians. They're the strictest sect of
so-called Christians today. Have you run into any of them? They're the strictest people. But they're worshiping a day. They're worshiping a day. We
don't worship a day. Christ is our Sabbath. You know
what that means, don't you? Where would you go to tell somebody
about Christ yourself? Somebody tell me. Where would
you go in the scripture to talk about Christ? Got that book right,
Hebrew. What chapter? Good. Everybody
in here, I want you to know that. Hebrews 4. In case one of these
Pharisees you're confronted by. Go to Hebrews 4 and you start
opening it, read it, and surely you can explain to them what
that means. We have a rest. It's in a person
read on verse twenty if you'd be dead with Christ brother Todd
and I were sure did preach that for us didn't. Dead with Christ what from the
rudiments of the world. Why. As though living in the
world are you subject to ordinances touch not taste not handle not
these things don't perish with a using. After the commandment
and doctrines of man. And he went on to say Paul in
2nd Timothy 4. He said in the latter days. Men
shut some shall depart from the faith. Giving heed to seducing
spirits doctrines of devil and they'll teach things like this
command command you to abstain from marriage. Abstain from meats. And so on, so does that ring
a bell? Anybody anywhere do that? Roman Catholicism. That is not
in the Bible. Not in the Bible. Now look at our text in Matthew
15. Our Lord said this to his disciples. Now there's a little in there,
he confronts them with their tradition of relieving themselves
from taking care of their parents. These people were so corrupt
that they had some tradition they made up that if they say
they were devoted to God, that they didn't have to take care
of their old parents when they got old, didn't have to give
them anything. They could keep it all for themselves because
they were devoted to God. And our Lord saw right through
them. And he said, you hypocrites, verse 8, this people draw nigh
unto me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, for
their heart is far from me. In verse ten, he called the multitudes
and said unto them, and that's us. He's talking to us. That's
common folk. He said, Do you hear and understand? That's what you prayed in your
prayer. I was glad to hear it. He said, May we hear and understand. Our Lord says, Now you hear and
understand. It's not that which goeth into
the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the
mouth, this defileth a man. Not what goes in defiles us,
but what comes out, the Lord said. Because he goes on to say in
a moment what goes out, what comes out, comes from what's
already in. That's why it comes out. Not nothing going in the mouth
of thousand men. Do you believe that? I dare you to nod your head and
believe Christ. You know, this is so contrary
to all man-made religion. Name one. Name a religion on
the top side of this earth that this is not totally contrary
to. I used to study Hinduism when I was a, you know, back in the 60s when
they did that navel-gazing stuff, you know. They feel like if they
can renounce all materialism If you can enter some state of
Nirvana, some super-consciousness where you don't think about anything,
but you're naive, like cross-eyed and cross-legged and, you know,
humming, what a lunacy. But you get into this super-blissful
state, you know, and so you can renounce all material things
because it's all evil. It doesn't say that in this book
anywhere. Islam. Roman Catholicism why these fellows
go off into these months and renounce the known world or whatever
and all of men of homosexuals. Why they purport to go off into
these. Caves you know and live apart
from the work because they think they're being holy. And so the Baptist. Same thing
and just quit this quit that. You know. Well I'm not saying brother John
Bale he used to be one of those fiery preachers and he preached.
Let me go on. Anyway. Our self-righteous nature. Recoils when we hear that too. Doesn't it? You were afraid to nod your head
when I asked you if you believe that. I looked at some of them.
Do you believe that? There's not one thing you can
put in your mouth that defiles you. And more heads nodding, but not
with complete agreement. Do you believe that? Christ said
that. Now, listen to this. Our Lord
said, John came, neither eating or drinking. And they said, He's got a devil. He truly renounced the world,
lived out in the wilderness, clothed with camel hair, eating
wild honey and locusts, apart, filled with the Spirit. And they
said, He has a devil. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son
of God, came down here and went to all these gatherings of people
that they were just. You know what people do in the
party. And he ate and drank with them. Certainly not to excess. And they said, he's a glutton
and a winebibber. He can't be holy, look at him. And he said this, wisdom is justified
of her children. Do you know what that means? Wisdom is justified of her children,
the wisdom that comes from above. God's wisdom is justified. It's understood. It's discerned,
it's taught to God's children, and they see how it's right and
it's true and it's just and it's the way it's got to be. Her children. Who's her? Christ. Who's wisdom, John? Who's her?
Proverbs 8. Christ. Who's his children? Us. This wisdom. All right, now look
at the disciples. Verse 12. Then came his disciples
and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended?
Lord, don't you know they were offended at what you said? Who
was offended? I think they were. Oh yeah, they grew up under the
Jewish religion and they were kind of offended. But they said
the Pharisees were offended. Lord, did you really need to
say that? That's what they're saying. Did you really need to
say that? Are you taking it too far? Now listen to this. Look at this.
I love this. He answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly
father hath not planted shall be rooted up. Let them alone.
They be blind leaders of the blind. The blind lead the blind.
Both shall fall into the ditch." The Lord didn't explain himself
immediately. Not to his disciples, not to
those Pharisees. Certainly not to the Pharisees.
He did not explain what he meant. to them he's going to his disciple. And I thought about this in reading
that I thought I wish I were not so ready to try to explain
God's word everybody. God's word is not to be explained
especially to unbelievers. That's kind of like apologizing
for it isn't it? Are you following me? The Lord
didn't explain himself and didn't answer those Pharisees. They're
charged I wish I weren't so quick to try to answer everything.
And try to explain everything scripture says answer not a fool
according to his father. We need to have an understanding
to win when not to answer a fool. Are you ever guilty of. A wise man study of the answer
scripture says. If we'd stop and think a little
bit and ask the Lord for wisdom, which must come from above, we
might have a good answer. And then I thought about this.
Only a word in season will profit anybody anyway. What word? God's word. Not our many words
of explanation. And so he said what a word he
said every plant which my Heavenly Father hath not planted shall
be rooted up. This was a word of rebuke to me not to handle
every body and everything comes from. Our Lord didn't he didn't
deal with everybody and everything said there'll be rooted up. That
was such a comfort to me. And I'm going to be rooted up. Don't try to pull the tears up
don't try to handle everything. error don't fight this and that
and it's all going to be rooted up. I'm glad to hear that aren't
you every plan everything that our God does not do is going
to come to an end. I wish religion would shut down
I really do I wish all these buildings would catch on fire.
I honestly don't you. The long time I've wanted to
take a big pole and burst that big tent out on 220. You have
to. But that's not the only place.
And they'd build it again, wouldn't they? They'd build it bigger.
They'd build it bigger. That's not going to stop it.
Why doesn't the Lord do something? It's not a mountain to anything
anyway. Christ said, My sheep, you're my boys. A stranger's
voice they're not going to hear. They're not going to hear a stranger.
That was so comforting to me, Nancy. Every plant is going to
be rooted down. They're blind leaders. They're
all going to fall in a ditch. Leave them alone. Don't argue and bicker with them
and don't this and that and the other. Leave them alone. That
was our Lord's answer to His disciples. And we need to learn. I need to learn. Well. Declare unto us this parable.
And our Lord gently rebukes him, though he says, Are you also
yet without understanding? Pharisee didn't understand, and
his disciples who had been walking with him for over a year now,
maybe two years, and he said. Yet, even at this point, after
all you've heard and seen without understanding. Now, let me give
you an illustration of how what how the Lord said this. I've
had. Years ago. One of his members
came up to him a person who'd been under the gospel for at
least thirty years. And that person's mother had
just died. She was an unbeliever somewhere
else. And this person said to his pastor
my first This is a person that had been here in the gospel for
years. And this person said to him. My mother died, he said, and
she didn't believe like we believe, but she said he said, but she
was such a good mother and a good woman. Surely that's got to account
for something. And my dad said his heart broke. He thought, haven't you heard
anything? And our Lord said, are you yet
without understanding? That's how he said that. Are
you also like them? Yet, even now, without understanding? Read on what he says here. He
says, Do you not yet understand verse
seventeen that whatsoever enter in at the mouth goeth into the
belly and is cast out into the draft whatever physical thing. But those things which proceed
out of the mouth come forth from the heart and they defile the
man out of the heart he said proceed evil thoughts. It's the heart that makes people
abuse things. Things don't make us sin. We
abuse things. Modern philosophy, which Scripture
has just told us not to let anybody deceive us, modern philosophy
says you put a good person in a bad environment and it will
make them a bad person. God's Word says we're bad people to begin with. That's what God's Word says. Out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness,
blasphemies, and that's not all there is. It's just some of the
things. Isn't that enough? He said, The natural heart is
deceitful above all things, desperately wicked. Desperate means despair
of it. Despair of it being anything
but that. These are the things which defile
a man. But to eat with unwashing hands,
and I believe he said this in absolute mockery or irony, to
eat with unwashing hands, defile a blind man. He's a filthily defiled creature
on the inside. He can clean up the outside all
he will, but God looks on the heart. Well, Look, now look with me at 1 Corinthians
6. I've got to wind this down. I've got to quit. 1 Corinthians
6. I said I was going to start shortening
these messages up, but I don't want to leave you hanging. 1
Corinthians 6. The Lord does not say. Now listen
carefully. Hear and understand. The Lord
does not say it doesn't matter what you do. It's not important
what you do. He's not saying that. He's not
saying nothing can harm you. He said nothing defiled your
heart, your soul, and so forth. Are you with me? He did not say.
Paul, our Lord, gave wisdom from above, too, and he deals with
this very thing. The apostle expounds more fully.
over Romans fourteen fourteen he said I am persuaded of the
Lord Jesus Christ. That there is nothing unclean
of itself. That's what he said Romans fourteen
fourteen right now look it up no thing unclean of itself simple
of itself no thing. Look here at first Corinthians
six though he expounds a little more fully verse nine nine first
printing said no you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of God. Be not deceived me to fornicate
or this is a can you know anything about English. This is a continual
thing. The tense of this is a person
who practices this is present tense. Fornicators, idolators,
adulterers, effeminate, or abusers of themselves with mankind, thieves,
or covetous, or drunkards, or revilers, or extortioners shall
inherit the kingdom of God. And such were, some of you were,
some of you were, some of you, but you are washed, sanctified. You're justified. How? You quit
this stuff and it justified. You can't be justified by doing
anything or not doing anything, can you, John? You know that,
don't you? How do you justify? How does a man just with God?
Jesus Christ justifies. Completely. You're justified
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, by the Spirit of our
God. That's how, verse 12, all things
are lawful unto me, but Paul said, I could do anything,
but. All things are not expedient,
not profitable, not necessary, not worth it, not, you know,
I'm going to put back in the bulletin for Sunday, an article
Brother Scott Richardson wrote a bit and it's been in there
twice and. Talks about some things not worth
doing, you remember that? Some books not worth reading,
some movies not worth watching, on and on it goes. Some places
not worth going, some people not worth going with, and so
on and so forth. That's going to be in Sunday's
bulletin. All things are not expedient, don't profit, not
edified. He also talks about offended
brothers. Be conscious of that. So he tells us, don't you understand? Don't you understand? Now, turn
quickly to Psalm 24, Psalm 24. You know why I read Psalm 24? Did anybody make the connection? The passage talks about hands
and heart. Matthew 15 talked about hands
and heart. The Pharisees were concerned
about clean hands. Are you with me? Anybody still
paying attention? The Pharisees were concerned
about clean hands. And our Lord talked about the
heart. Who's going to get to heaven? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart. Oh, there's no hope for me. Yes, there is. Capital H. It's a person. Did you understand
what you read there in Psalm 24? Look at it with me. Verse
3, Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Who's going
to go to heaven? Everybody asks this. Hindus ask it. Muslims ask it. So-called Christians
ask it. Who's going to heaven? Good people. You earn heaven. That's what
they all think, don't you? Earn it by your goodness. Here's the faith, folks. We receive
it by grace. We get it because he earned it. Who shall ascend? Look at it
with me. He that hath clean hand, a pure heart, who hath not lifted
up his soul unto vanity, nor ever sworn deceitfully, that
is, you never in your life said anything a lie, You've all your
life lived for the glory of God. Your heart is absolutely pure
and motive and everything about your hands are clean. You've
never committed one sin. That person shall receive the
blessing from the Lord. Righteousness from the God of
his salvation. That person has earned heaven. That person can
walk right on in. That righteous man, whoever can
do that, that righteous man, when he gets up to that gates
of glory, the gates are going to swing wide open. God's going
to say, open the gates for this man. Who is it? One man, one man, he stood before everybody
and said, Who shall convince me of sin? He stood before the
devil, stood before me, and somebody found one flaw, and even his
Worst enemy said, I find no fault in him. I want to, but I can't. No, you never will either. He's
spotless. Pure. Clean hand. Never lifted
up his soul under bandage. Never sworn deceit. Never spoke one idle word, but
all for the glory and praise of God and the good of God's
people. He shall receive the blessing
of the Lord. righteousness from God. Well,
this is the generation, verse 6, of them that seek Him. How
about you? You seek Him. Let's seek His
face. And it goes on to say, open the
gates. He's coming in. And over in Isaiah, He says His
train filled the temple. What's that mean? It's a bridal veil, is what that
is. It's a veil. We know of them
as a veil. He has this long train following Him. Or entourage. In other words, He's got a lot
of people with Him. They're coming into Heaven on
His coattails. That's why we're going to see
how it says that they sought to just touch the hem of his
garment. If you're going to get into heaven, you're going to
get on the coattails of Jesus Christ. Exactly. He had clean hands and
a pure heart. You say, what about our new heart?
Well, what about it? I mean, we have a new heart,
but we still have this old nature in us. Anybody that denies that
is reprobate. That's what the scripture said.
Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ be in you,
except ye be reprobate. All God's people have this struggle,
they know, they love the law. Paul, Romans 7, he explains it,
doesn't he? He's saying, I have this law,
this worry in my memory, I love the law of God, but then I don't
do what I want to do, and I want to do what I don't do, and so...
In my flesh dwelleth no good thing. With the life I live. See, I died with Christ. This
is what Brother Nibel was talking about. Nevertheless, I live,
yet not I, but Christ in me. This new man, this new heart
that's holy, unblamable, unapprovable. Clean hands. God sees us as never
having sinned. Just that. God looks on our hearts,
God's people's hearts, this new heart that He gave, and sees
a pure motive for the glory of God. Not unto us, not unto us,
but unto Him be the glory of God. Are you yet without understanding
now? You can't touch the soul with anything you're going to
serve. It's not good for you. And if we give ourselves to anything,
the Lord will give us over to it. We're His own. He won't leave
us there. He'll bring us out of it. But
He'll teach us a horrible lesson. That's right. In it. Alright,
stand with me. Our Lord, thank You for Your
Word. It is truth. It is truth. As the Canaanite
woman said, truth, Lord. Everything You say is the truth.
Thou art the truth, Thou who cannot lie. Lord, we are yet
without understanding, complete understanding. We preach in part,
we know in part. Oh, we want to grow in grace
and the knowledge of Christ. We want to have understanding,
discernment. Lord, teach us by Thy Spirit.
Lead us and guide us in all truth, we pray. or deliver us from the
rudiments of the world in any way, and deliver us from any
binding thing. We're so glad that, we're so
thankful that salvation is of the Lord 100%. This is our hope.
And you've promised to never forsake anyone that truly looks
to Christ for their salvation. You thou art our hope and our
plea alone. It's in Christ's name we meet
here tonight. Amen. you