All right. Back to John 10 now. John chapter 10. So very much to be found in these
verses. I was going to go through several verses, but there's too
much here. And each thing, each type, each
picture deserves a message in itself. So this may be a multi-part
message. Too many pictures. This whole
story here in John 10 is a story of the shepherd and his sheep.
Jesus Christ is the good shepherd, the great shepherd, the chief
shepherd. The Lord is my shepherd, David wrote of. Christ is the
shepherd and the sheep are his people. And all of this applies
to Christ and his people, his people. Our Lord plainly said
there are sheep and there are goats. There are sheep, those
who believe, trust, love Christ. those who are those who don't
know him nor care about sheep and goat. And this is a full
picture here of all that Christ is to the sheep. Now, there are
many types here. Christ the shepherd, there's
a sheep, there's a sheepfold, there's a porter, there's a door,
there's pasture, there's a hireling. There's much to be found here.
And we can't cover it all in one message, so we're going to
basically look at one thing tonight. One thing. But each of these
things, Christ will have the preeminence. He's all. He is
the shepherd. He is the shepherd. All right,
I hope you brought an appetite tonight, because maybe you'll
find something to eat. All right, let's look at it,
beginning with verse 1. Christ says, barely, barely,
I say unto you. Barely, barely. And once again,
Christ is the only one who uses this term, barely, which means
truly. And he uses it now twice. Now,
he says, truly, I say unto you. Now, whatever is written in this
word deserves our utmost attention. This is God's word, God Almighty's
word. That's what Peter said. No scriptures
of any private interpretation. No mere man wrote this. This
is God's word. God's people know that. He's
proved it to them. Whatever God says deserves our
utmost attention. When he said, and God in human
flesh came down. And he spoke openly, publicly,
and he says, now, barely, I say, that ought to capture our attention,
shouldn't it? Who's speaking here? Well, it's
Winston Churchill. Well, it's Bill Clinton. Well, it's whoever. No, it's not. It's God Almighty. God manifest in the play. He
says, barely. Now, they that are of God, heareth
God's word. But he says it twice here. And
whatever he says is true. It's not true because we have
proved it to be so. It's not true because we believe
it. You you've seen that silly saying
God said it I believe it that shows. I don't like that. Because God said it and that
settles it whether I believe it or not. Right now he says
barely I mean truly. He who is true says now truly
I say and you know what he's about to say Rebecca is of utmost
importance. He who is true, the true one,
says, truly, and he says it twice for emphasis, truly, truly. And again, the Gospel of John
is the only place you'll find it used twice, truly, truly. I say unto you, this is doubly
true, read on. He that entereth not by the door
into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way. The same is
a thief and a robber. He that entereth in, not by the
door. Now, I'm compelled to say something
about this. I'm going to deal with a door
Sunday night, but in the context here, I must say something. We're
going to look at the sheepfold is what we're going to look at.
Christ said, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold. Now, any man, any woman, any
young person who tries to get to God any way other than Jesus
Christ, he says is a thief and a robber. any other way climate
of some other way Christ said in John fourteen I am the one
here he said I am the door to the sheep. I am the way no man
come with unto the father but by me though there have been
in been many so-called Messiah. There's really only one. There's
only one mediator between God and man, that's the man Christ
Jesus. There's only one Savior. There's
only one intercessor between God and man, Jesus Christ. There's only one way to get to
a holy God, and that's through the person and work of Jesus
only. And he says here, if any man,
any person, tries to get to God by any other way than me. You're a thief and a robber.
Trying to get to God by doing good, by our morality, that's
trying to get to God by our works. And that's self-righteousness. Works being good works being
righteousness. Right? And trying to get to God
by our own works or righteousness, God says, I won't take it. I
won't have it. Christ is the only perfect man,
the only righteous man, the only one who ever lived a perfect
life that God would accept. And therefore, the only way we
are accepted is to come to God by Him, in the beloved, all right? And see if I can make this plain.
The way he accepts us in Christ is what Christ did for us. He's charged to our account.
That's what impute means. That's what imputed means. Imputed
righteousness. That God Almighty took the life
that Christ lived and charged it to the account of God's elect
people. All believers. Who are the elect? I don't know, but they believe.
That's how you know who they are. They believe. And God Almighty
took that perfect life that Christ lived and charged it to their
account. And when God sees them, he sees
them as holy and accepts them. He sees them in Christ. And the
sins that they committed God put on Christ and killed Christ,
and Christ paid the penalty for their sin. And therefore, they
have been sentenced and killed in Christ. All right? That's what the person and the
work of Christ, what it means to be found in him or come to
God by him, is to trust him and him alone. All right? And he says anybody that comes
tries to get to God any other way than simply trusting Christ,
looking to Christ. He's a thief and a robber, a
thief and a robber, trying to steal Christ's glory and come
another way. All right, now I want to look
at this sheepfold. This is what we're going to spend
the whole time tonight, which will be very short. the sheepfold. And like I said, there's so many
things here, and we cannot devote one message to each thing, because
there's so many things here. The door, that deserves a message
by itself. The porter, and so on and so
forth. All right, the sheepfold. He
says, he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold.
that climbeth up some other way, the same as a thief and a robber.
The sheepfold. What is a sheepfold? Well, I've been over to Ireland
and England where they raise sheep, multitudes of sheep, flocks,
and most of the time a sheepfold is a permanent enclosure, a permanent
pen or over here we raise cattle. You'd call it a corral. Okay? But it's an enclosure or
a pen. Usually it's made out of stone.
Stone wall over there in Ireland. Now you would think we have a
lot of rocks here in Rocky Mountain. They haven't. And they've spent
hundreds, even thousands of years gathering rocks to make these
stone walls with. And they are stone walls, as
far as the eye can see, for miles. And they make these sheepfolds
out of these stone walls. I want to tell you something
bad about the door, but I can't. All right, let's go on. But the
sheepfold is a place where the sheep are brought in. The sheepfold
is a place where the shepherd goes out and brings sheep in
and puts them in this enclosure for various purposes. The principal purpose for these
enclosures is this, protection from We're going to see in a
moment, and rest. Protection and rest. All right, now what do you think
the sheepfold is? Where the sheep come in and find
safety. where the sheep find rest. What do you think the sheepfold
might be? Would anybody like to make a
guess? Come on, anybody. I dare you. John, you already know. Christ
is the sheepfold. Christ is the sheepfold. I thought
about the church. And if you took this whole story,
you could use this as the church. Since the church, now I'm not
talking about this building. When we talk about the church,
we're talking about those God's people. They're called the church. They're called his body. Christ
and his church are one. Christ and his church are inseparable,
right? And you could say the church
is Christ's church or one he's the head church is called the
body where Christ is his church is. Right wherever he is that's
where his church is. So if you're found in Christ
you'll be found in church in the church. To be in Christ is
to be in his body so it's inseparable but Christ must have the preeminence
we must not give anybody any cause to think that being in
so-called a member of the church that there's. Safety and rest
a lot of unrest goes on in so-called churches. A lot of divisions
a lot of fighting a lot of bickering is not the church but so-called
churches. This is Christ the sheepfold
is Christ now I got these things from Professor Ed Grandreau over
in England. I remember listening to a message
by him on tape back when I was working on our house, and I remember
this message so well. And I had to dig and dig and
dig to find the tape again, and I found it. And I remember these
things making an impression on me, and I hope they will you.
If not, then Well, I'm sorry. All right, the
four things. There's four things that he said
that the sheep find in the sheepfold. Four benefits to be found in
Christ. All right. Number one, be taking
note. Number one, identity. The sheepfold. There's identity to be found
to be in the sheepfold. You see, the shepherd When a
shepherd goes out and gets sheep and brings them in, he doesn't
bring in goats. He brings in sheep. Right? He knows his sheep, and he brings
his sheep into the fold in Christ. In Christ. This identifies true
sheep from the go. That's the reason you can say
the church because in. In a like this is crowded not. Would be very presumptuous to
think that everybody in here was a sheep. Our Lord had twelve
disciples and one of them was not one of his true son. In every
gathering like this, you'll find that you'll find goats among
the sheep. You'll not, you'll find unbelievers
with believers. That's what Christ said. You'll
find chaff with wheat. You'll, you must, there must
be. That's what Christ said. But to be really in Christ now,
by faith, there are no goats in Christ. Those in Christ, truly
in Christ, are sheep and sheep only. Now, outside of Christ,
outside of true faith, trust in Christ, in the world there
are look-alike sheep. There are look-alike sheep. There
are those who claim to be sheep and maybe look like sheep. I told you Bill Clark's about
the sheep in Africa didn't know. I'm going to tell you again.
Bill Clark said that over in Africa there are goats that look
just like sheep. I mean they look just alike.
You can't by looking at them you can't tell them apart except
one way. Do you remember? You do. He said
goats will walk around with their tails sticking straight out. sheep had their tails tucked
between their legs. That's a good picture, isn't it? Pride will raise its head, or
its tail. A man will show his pride, or
woman, eventually, in themselves, or in their religion, or in their
confession, or in their baptism, or in their decision for Jesus,
or in their whatever. Eventually they'll be found out.
But they're not a true sheep, because sheep are humble. They're meek. They have their
tail tucked between their legs. They have no pride. They're humble.
All their pride is in Him, in Christ, not in themselves. But
they look alike. They sound alike, maybe. But they're sheep. They're goats
that look like sheep. Sheep-goats. And I'll tell you another way,
too, is goats will eat anything, not sheep. Well, only in Christ are the
true sheep of God found. They're identifiable in this
way. Now, right now, here's one way you can identify a sheep. Here's one way you can identify
a sheep. you'll most always find true sheep where Christ is. Right? True sheep are going to
be where Christ is. That's what he said. Where two
or three are gathered, that's where I am. Well, wherever Christ
is, where the carcass is, the scripture says, the eagles are
gathered. Wherever Christ is, That's where
his sheep are. That's the nature of sheep. That's
the nature of the beast. Where the shepherd is, that's
where the sheep like to congregate. That's where they like to be.
The shepherds flock, feeding in his pasture. That's what they
like to do. They're about the things of God.
Where did you find Mary Magdalene down here? When Christ was Wherever
Christ was, that's where you'd find her, wouldn't you? Sitting
at his feet. Right? Where is she now? That's exactly where you'll find
her now. Sitting at the feet of Christ.
And they're identifiable now, wherever Christ is, about wherever
God's, wherever Christ is being heard, his voice, that's where
she'd be. They're about the things of Christ,
and then when Christ comes, when Christ comes, where will they
be found? Where is he going to find his
sheep? He's going to find them, do them What she did. Where should we
look over revelation chapter fourteen revelation fourteen. Here's a description of people
of God. Look at revelation fourteen. Revelation fourteen you got it. Look at verse 3 and 4. It says,
They sung as it were a new song before the throne, before the
four beasts and the elders. No man could learn that song
but the 144,000, which were, here they are, they were redeemed
from the earth. They were bought with a price,
the precious blood of the Lamb. These are they which are not
defiled with women. They're virgin. Does that mean
144,000 actual virgins? No, that's not what that's talking
about. Paul, you remember when Paul
said, I'm jealous over you with a godly
jealousy because I want to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. Do you remember that? And the
women here, all the way through Revelation, who is this woman? and this woman, this harlot,
if you will, that's spoken of throughout Revelation. You know
who that is, don't you, John? It's a false church. It's a false
gospel, and everybody's in bed with her. Everybody's in bed
with false religion, this harlot, and it's the religion of women. Isn't that significant? It's
the religion of women. That's where it's headed today
in it, regardless of what the Scripture says. Well, these aren't
defiled with, these aren't adulterers, they are, have been kept for
Christ. These are they, read on, these
are they which follow, look at it, this goes right along with
the first point. Who are these? They are they
which follow the Lamb with us wherever he goes, wherever Christ
is, That's where you'll find him, tagging along. I have a
dog, Abner. Now, you've heard about Molly.
You're going to be hearing about Abner from here on. If I'm around, you know where you'll find Abner? Beside me. He loves me. He's with me. Isn't that right,
girl? Isn't that right, Hannah? When
I pull up, who does he run to? Me. When I holler, he comes. I train him to do that. But he
does. He loves me, and I love that
old dog. Love him. Wherever I am, that's
where Abner is. Wherever Christ is, that's where
the sheep are. That's not hard, is it? How do
you know a sheep? wherever Christ is. That's where
they are. They follow him wherever he goes.
They follow him. Read on. These were redeemed. Verse 5. Redeemed. Verse 5, And in their mouth was
found no guile. They're not playing religion. They're not trying to sound religion.
They don't call everybody brother. They don't say praise the Lord
with every other breath. They're not faking religion.
They're not trying to look religious or act religious or faking religion. They're no guile. They're not
putting on a show of religion. They don't care whether anybody
thinks they're religious or not. They want to be found in Christ,
though. They want to be found in the faith. Their mouth is an old guy. They're
not playing games. They're not interested in what
men think. They're only interested in being found in Christ. All
right, look over at Revelation 17. Look over here. I like that.
I love that. Revelation 17. Look at verse
14. Revelation 17, verse 14. It says
these are talking about Oh, these seven kings and all
of this, and it says, "...they shall make war with the Lamb,
and the Lamb shall overcome them. For he is Lord of lords, and
King of kings, and they that are with him." There it is again,
they're with him. They're called What's the call? It's the gospel,
the gospel, not a gospel, not another gospel, not anything
that goes by the name of gospel. It's the gospel, true gospel,
of a God who's God, of a man that's dead, and of Christ that's
sure and certain and sovereign and successful Savior. The gospel. They've been called by that gospel
and they believe, so therefore they've been chosen. They're
called, they're chosen. See that? They're elect. Yes,
they are elect. God elected the people before
the world began. Whether the world likes it or
not, the believers certainly like it. They've been chosen. And faithful. There it is again.
Faithful. In a few things. What few things?
There's not much we've been called to be faithful about it. What
have we been called on to be faithful about? Huh? Just a few things. A few things. Well, they are. They are. They
ought to be. They are. That's what they are.
All right, here's the second thing. Over and back to the text
in a sheepfold. You really don't need to turn
back, but the second thing on the sheepfold is this. They have
identity. They're in Christ. They're in
him. found in him. That's how you
know they're one of the sheep. They're in the fold. They're
in Christ by faith. And they have community. There's
another thing they find in Christ, being in the sheepfold. They
have community. Look over at Acts chapter one.
Community. Acts chapter one. You'll find throughout the scriptures,
you'll find these words, words like together, gathered, assembly,
congregation. You would be amazed how many
times it talks about that. Together, gathered. Listen to
this. Listen to these verses. These
are all found in Ephesians. Quickened, we've been quickened
together with Christ, together. Raised, he has raised us up together. Made us sit together in heavenly
places in Christ. He's gathered, he's, someday
as scripture says, God has purposed to gather together in one, all
things, gathering together. in one, even in Christ. It says
the whole body is fitly joined together in Christ. Community, that's what that means,
community, unity, mind, heart, body, present with one accord. Look at this, Acts 1 verse 14. Now Christ went back to glory. In verse fourteen it says, these
all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication with
the women. Where would you find a church?
Together. Together. Chapter two, verse
one. Look at this. Chapter two, verse one, when
the day of Pentecost was fully come. This is when the Holy Spirit
was given. They were all with one accord
in one place. Look at verse forty-six, the
same chapter. Verse 46. Got it? They continuing daily
with one accord in the temple. Breaking bread, house to house.
Did eat their meat with gladness. Not duty, not habit, but gladness
and singleness of heart. One single purpose. Praising
God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added
to the church daily. such as should be saved, such
as he chose and gave to Christ. So there's this togetherness,
this community, this unity. That's what community, where
we get the word unity. And in the body of believers
in Christ, in the sheepfold, they find warmth, they find help. If you'll, we don't have sheep,
but We have some horses and if there's a like a. One time I
went out there is a driving rain and they weren't in the stalls
but they were all huddled together trying to protect one another.
From that rain they were huddled together and that's what you'll
find about sheep to. Tell you what we tell you another
one so we have little baby chicken. little baby chicks and you go
out in that house at night time they're all just absolutely piled
on top of one another. We have one light bulb hanging
down for heat and warmth and they're all huddled together
under the light. Are you in the sheepfold? Huh? Or you gather with the other
chicks under the light for warmth, for help, and you get warmth
from one another, too. If you get separated, you get
cold as ice. There are no solitary sheep.
There are no. They're in the sheep. Here's another thing. All right.
They have identity. They have community and they
have security. Identity. So, you know, they're
in the sheep community. They're together. And thirdly,
they have security, safety in Christ, in Christ is salvation.
Psalm 32. And I'm not been home thirty
to look over here. This is one. We are and I want
you to plan to. And Isaiah thirty two. The same thing says on thirty-two
and Isaiah thirty-two. Both of those places, all right. Look at one and turn quickly
over the other. Psalm thirty-two. There's security
in Christ, safety in Christ. In Christ, there's safety from
the elements. Like I said, those horses would
huddle together, and the times I put them in their
stalls when there's a rainstorm or a thunderstorm or whatever,
snow or whatever, and they find safety in there. Well, in Christ,
there's salvation, safety from the elements, the elements being
the law, the law. Can't touch us in Christ. Can't
touch us in Christ and fulfill sin. There's safety to be found
in Christ from sin. Psalm 32. Now look at this. Psalm
32, verses 6 and 7. Got it? Psalm 32, verse 6. For this shall everyone that
is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found. Now
today is the day of salvation. Today is the day he's found.
Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come down
to him. Thou art my hiding place. Thou shalt preserve me from trouble. Thou shalt compass me about with
songs of deliverance. Look over at Isaiah thirty-two.
Look at verse two. And a man shall be as a hiding
place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest. A man's a hiding
place. Safety in Christ. I told you
a while ago that I learned from experience that song, Under His
Wing, got another chicken story. There was a storm going, and
I went in the hen house, and all of them were in there, but
that old brooding hen, Charles. Now, she's had some babes. She's
had some chickens out. Well, I went looking for Gladys.
That's her name. Gladys is not here. I'm glad. We named that chicken Gladys.
And Gladys has had two babies, baby chicken. Well, I went looking
for them. And then Hannah got real upset. They couldn't find her. Well,
I went looking for her. I went looking for her. And I
found her. She was hiding up under some
plastic and stuff outside there. And I reached down and picked
her up. And they weren't the babies.
The plan and I talked to her where your baby. And I kind of
jostled her a little bit and those babies fell out. They had,
we were stuck under her wing. I mean they were under her wing. I picked her up And they were
nowhere to be found. They were hidden. That's what
it means to be under his wing, to be found in him, or not found. To be hidden. Hidden in him. And the only thing is, when Christ
has us, we'll not be dropped. We will not fall. Unpluggable. We're unpluggable. That's what
he said in John 10, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand. There's security, there's safety
in Christ from the elements, from loss, and from the thief
and robber. He said back in, now turn back
to the text, John 10. John 10, look at verse 10. It
says, The thief cometh not, but steal, and kill, and destroy.
Who's this thief? Well, I know these fellas like
to talk about the devil and have no idea who they're talking about.
Jude talked about it, didn't he? He said they speak evil of
dignity. Well, we speak very carefully of Satan. We don't
make any boasts or claims and brag and talk about how we're
going to do this to Satan. When no match for it only one
who's a match for him that's a stronger than he the Lord Jesus
Christ. All right well nevertheless Satan
is this thief and this robber he is this thief and a robber
and his ministers. Over in the second Corinthians
it talks about his ministers being transformed into ministers
of righteousness preachers. Demons are dressed like preachers. They sure are. And they're not
doing their work in the honky-tonk. They're doing it in the pulpit.
And they steal and they kill and they rob. And how they steal
is they're stealing God's glory. They're stealing God's glory.
God said, I will not share my glory with another. Well, preachers
are sharing it. They're stealing it. illustration. Any man that allows
his picture and his name to be used, to be plastered everywhere,
is a thief. He's a hireling. He's in it for
money. Is John Hagee? Seen that dude? Did you see that in the Roanoke
Times not too long ago? A couple of weeks ago, advertising
a big revival he's going to have. Anybody see that? You'd better
be glad. But he had a big, a full-length
page, a full-page ad of his upcoming so-called meeting or revival
that he's going to have, and right in the middle is a big
picture of him. Huge picture of John sitting there smiling,
you know. And all around him were pictures
of so-called pastors or preachers from all over this area, Franklin
County, Henry County, Florida County, all over these fellows
that were lining up with John, identified with John. Here's
big John, and here's all these little pinheads lined up, identified
with John. We want to be found with John,
not with anybody. That man's a false prophet. The
very fact that he allows himself to be displayed like that, he's
a thief, stealing God's glory. He's coming in his own name,
and men are following him. Christ said, I'm coming for the
Father, for his glory, to give him all the glory. And so do
his preachers. They don't share it. Well, these
thieves steal. They kill. How do they kill?
How do they kill? With deadly doctrine. Deadly
error. Soul-damning doctrine. An error.
You know, I wish we had time to deal with this. And it's subtle. This poison, Scott Richards has
said, 99, rat poison is 99% good to people. And there's a lot
going on out there in religion today that sounds good and sounds
like gospel. 99% may be nothing. I'm giving them
the benefit of the doubt. 99% of rat poison is good food,
but that's not what'll kill you. It's that 1% of poison. And it's
what these fellows are adding. They talk about Jesus dying.
They talk about Christ, the good life He lived. They talk about
believing in Him. They talk about trusting Him.
They talk about the love of God. They talk about the blood of
Christ. They talk about mercy. They talk about grace. It's that
1% of poison. What is that 1%? A little leaven. Leaveneth the whole lump. What is leaven? Christ said,
beware of it. What is it? Self-righteousness. Now God, here it is. Here's a
little example of this leaven. Christ died for you. God loves
you. God's merciful. God's gracious.
God's loving. He is all those things. And Christ
shed his blood to die, to pay for your sins. Now, if you will
accept Him as your personal Savior and let Him into your heart.
He's knocking on your door. He's done all He can do now. It's
up to you. And that'll make a man or a woman
think that there's something when there's nothing. He's got
11 kills that'll kill and destroy. If the foundation be destroyed,
what can the righteous do? What's the foundation? What's
the foundation of our faith? The blood. Christ. The blood. It's the blood. Now, if God loves
me and Christ died for me, I am saved. Right? As the old saying, come hell
or high water. They say that's hardshellism or hypocalysmism
or fatalism. No, it's not. It's Scripture.
And that's my hope. That's my foundation. And all
He died for, all God loved and all Christ died for, they'll
come to Him by faith. They'll repent and all that.
But they do so because of that blood. All right? And Christ
says they'll not perish. I give them eternal life. And
that's the foundation. Lastly, in this sheepfold they
find tranquility. In the sheep, though, in Christ,
there's identity. His own sheep. He says that twice
in verse 3 and 4. He called it his own sheep. Verse
4, his own sheep. And down in verse Sixteen of
the sheep I have, which are not of this folk, my sheep. I lay
down my life for my sheep. The good shepherd knoweth his
sheep, my sheep, his own sheep. There's identity in Christ, his
own. There's community. They're found
in him, together in him. There's security. Salvation is to be found in Christ.
There's tranquility. What's tranquility? Well, rest. Rest. Christ said, Come unto
me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. Rest. Relaxation. You take your
shoes off. Come in and take your shoes off.
It's holy ground, by the way. Take your shoes off. There's
repose. We lie down in green pastures. There's restoration.
We find restoration for our soul. How does one get in the fold?
Of God are you in Christ? We don't decide. We read there
in Acts 1, didn't we? It says, God added to the church
daily, such as should be said. We don't decide, make our silly
decision to get into God's family any more than this girl right
here decided to be my daughter. You're born of God. Of God, 1
Corinthians 1.30. Of God are you in the fold, in
Christ, who of God is made unto us? All these things. I'll leave you with this one
thought. Have you considered how blessed
it is to be in the fold? Huh? What a high honor and privilege
it is to be in the fold. You'll never take it for granted. It's where you want to be. And
you'll find these things, these blessings, in the fold, in the
sheepfold, in Christ, with his body, together. All right, let's
stand. Heavenly Father, we thank you
for your sovereign electing grace and choosing a people and putting
them in Christ for safekeeping and sending Christ to do for
them what they could not do. Thank you, Lord. The sheep, glory,
and the shepherd. The Lord their shepherd. In him
they find all and in all. Lord, thank you for the salvation
that's in Christ. create a desire and interest
in those who may not have one at this time. They all in here
see their desperate need has been found in Christ. by faith,
O Lord. And those who are in him say
with me, Lord, we believe, but help our unbelief. And in Christ's
name we have gathered. Amen.