this evening. I guess we're live. We're going to look at a few
passages in the scripture this evening. We're going to start
in Luke chapter 18. And very familiar passages to us, but
I think we can never be reminded or those things brought to mind
too many times or too often that they never are old. I can recall several places where
Norman has been over the years that we might have shamefully
thought them as flyover books. in the past. And as we've spent
a lot of time in some of those, they've been such a blessing
to us. Places where we might not have thought there was much
ground there, much fruit there, much to be gotten there. And what a surprise we've had
in many of those places that have been such a blessing to
us. So tonight we're going to look at several three passages to start with
and some thoughts on that, and then some other verses that we'll
look at with those also. And so in Luke chapter 18, starting with verse 18, it says,
and a certain ruler asked him, asked the Lord, good master,
what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him,
why callest thou me good? None is good save one, that is
God. Thou knowest the commandments,
do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear
false witness, honor thy father and thy mother. And he said,
all these things have I kept for my youth up. We know that
to not be the case. But now in verse 22, now when
Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, ye lackest yet
one thing. Sell all that thou hast and distribute unto the
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come follow me.
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful, for he was very
rich. And when Jesus saw that he was
very sorrowful, he said, how hardly shall they that have riches
enter into the kingdom of God. It is easier for a camel to go
through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of God. And they that heard it said,
who then can be saved? The things which are impossible
with men are possible with God. The things that are impossible
with men are possible with God. And a couple of things as we
read it in a couple more places and we'll see how we're kind
of headed. that he speaks here, hardly shall
they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God. Whether it
be hard or not with physical riches, with spiritual riches,
it's impossible. If men that feel that they have
spiritual riches of their own, we know from the scriptures that's
not the case, but those that view themselves as that, It is impossible. If there's
any other righteousness other than that is revealed to us of
God in his righteousness, it's impossible. And as impossible
for that camel to go through a literal eye of a needle, it's
impossible for a natural man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
in his natural state, in his fallen state. It can't happen,
regardless of what men may have kept or not kept. It's just impossible. And then, turn with me to the
book of John, chapter six, if you would. for a couple of verses and a
few verses, and then one more place in John, and then we're
going to move on to some other things or some other thoughts.
In chapter 6 of John, and I'd like to start with verse 25,
verse 25 of John chapter 6, and it says, When they had found him on the
other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, which camest
thou hither? Jesus answered them and said,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, you seek me not because you saw
the miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves and were
filled. Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that
meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall
give unto you, For him hath God the Father sealed. Verse 28,
then they said unto him, what shall we do that we might work
the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto
them, this is the work of God, that ye believe on him who he
hath sent. And then two more, or three verses
starting with verse 38. And you'll see where we're going
here. Verse 38, for I come down from heaven not to do mine own
will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's
will which hath sent me, that of all he hath given me I should
lose nothing, but raise it up again at the last day. And this
is the will of him that sent me, that everyone which seeth
the Son and believeth on him may have everlasting life, and
I will raise him up at the last day." At least two thoughts here, Here
when they asked him in verse 29 or 28, and it says, what shall
we do that we might works the works of God? And he answers,
this is the work of God that you believe on him whom he has
sent. And it is only God's work. The gospel can be brought forth,
can be preached on, can be taught, can be witnessed to, all those
many things, but it's God's work that caught, and we're gonna
look at a couple other passages, it's only God's work that can
do that. A man cannot believe, a man can't
believe for someone else. You can't teach someone how to
believe. You can't go say the right prayer, the right things
of yourself and believe. That's God's work. Men try to
make it men's work when they say, repeat after me this and
then you're good to go. That's not... seeing the Son as it says down
here. This is not seeing the Son and believes on Him. That
can only be done with spiritual eyes are opened as we've seen
the physical eyes opened and the physical ears opened and
those type of things. The spiritual work is God's work
alone. It cannot be done by men. As much as we would like that
to be able to do that, it just isn't possible. That's far above
us and our abilities. We have no spiritual abilities
as we come into this world. And then John chapter 3. John chapter 3. I don't think we can hear some
of these things too many times or have them in our mind too
many times. It's not something that we can
read and comprehend of the rest of Scripture. It just doesn't
come that way. And God reveals it to us over time, some of these
things and the import of some of these things. But I'd like
to start with verse three and reading down a bit, John chapter
three. It says, Jesus answered and said unto him, verily, verily,
I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see
the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said unto him, how
can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second
time into his mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which
is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of that
which is born of the spirit is spirit. I'll stop a second here,
and I don't know in the original how it comes about, but in this
version of it, spirit both times is capitalized, and as it should
be, to denote that it's not just a spirit of a man in there, but
it's God's spirit that's being spoken of. It's not just getting
somebody in the right frame of mind type of spirit like that,
but But born of the Spirit is spirit. Verse seven, marvel not
that I said unto you, you must be born again. The wind bloweth
where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst
not tell when it cometh and whither it goeth. So is everyone that
is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto
him, how can these things be so? Jesus answered and said unto
him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
those that were, and Paul attested to this, and others too, that
God delivered from the Pharisees and other religion and other
natural things of man, but that he was no doubt a master of the
scriptures as far as the words of them go, as many have been,
and Paul was too, but look what Paul brought to bear on that
that God allowed before he opened his eyes and delivered him. He
was a master and understood nothing spiritual. And here, Nicodemus,
the same way. Just the learning and knowing
of it is not that. And we can know the words of
it, but unless he reveals it to us by his spirit with a big
S, We can't comprehend an awful lot of what, so shallow that
we can comprehend at all, and none of spiritual matter without
God's dealing in us on this. And then verse 11. and down for
a little bit. Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
we speak that we do know and testify that we have seen, and
ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly things
and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly
things? And no man hath ascended up into
heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of
Man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. Verse 15, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish, but have eternal life. And it's this
verse or verse chapter three and 16 is taken as standalone
verses that if you believe what I'm saying to you, You shall
be saved. And that's not what it's saying.
It's saying you have to back up and see what being born again
is by the spirit. These things are done. And when
they said, what do we do to the works of God? This is the works
of God. The spirit has to make alive. And that's the only way it can
be made alive. Here, as the serpent lifted up
in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up.
He was lifted up, as we've seen before, not only lifted up on
the cross, in that manner that he was crucified. and suffered
and died and bled for his people, but that he has to be lifted
up and seen as who he is. The Pharisees didn't think much
of him. Natural man doesn't think much of him. Only by the spirit
of God himself can we appreciate some of who he is. And he reveals
that to us and reveals the need of that righteousness that we
don't have. of his that reveals to us. And
that's the only way it comes about. We can teach, we can do Admonish people, we can witness
to them. If the spirit doesn't make alive, a person isn't alive. And that's the point of here,
that those that are believeth in him should not perish, but
have eternal life. And indeed the ones that, and
we're gonna see a couple other places, the ones that are his,
that he died for, Those will not perish, they will have everlasting
life in Him. And that's the point of the imposter
being saved other than the Spirit. And when the Spirit makes alive,
God's people are alive indeed in Him. And that's kind of what
I... if there's a title to this message
or this lesson or looking here a little bit, is Alive in Christ.
And we're going to look at a couple other passages as we have, we'll
see how far we get through the list I have. Two places that I'd like to look
at particularly, in the book of Ephesians, And there's a lot that we quote
from Ephesians, and a lot of Ephesians is taken and used,
and I think these, even where we take We're gonna look at chapter two
of Ephesians, but we have to look back and a person has to
look back and realize that chapter two is built on chapter one and
those things that it speaks about. We're not gonna cover the book
of Ephesians as a whole today. We are gonna look at some of
chapter two, but in chapter one, it tells of whom he's speaking
about in chapter two and following, and of those of his own that
were given to him that indeed he died for and the ones that
are his. But in chapter two of Ephesians, I'd like to read, starting with
verse one and down through verse 13, chapter two of Ephesians. It says, and you hath he quickened
who were dead in trespassings and sin, wherein in time past
ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in
the children of disobedience, among whom also we all had our
conversation in times past in the lust of our flesh, fulfilling
the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
the children of wrath, even as others. And God's people will
not dispute this one bit. We're gonna look at and see what
a couple other places say along this line. But something I wanted
to point out in verse one, and it says, you hath
he quickened. You didn't come to the realization
of this on your own. He had quickened. If we are made
alive, like he was talking Nicodemus, the spirit has to do this. And
it says, you hath he quickened, who are dead and trespassed in
sin. And then down, starting again with verse four, But God,
who is rich in mercy for his great love, wherein he loved
us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together
with Christ. By grace are you saved and hath
raised us up together and made us to sit together in heavenly
places in Christ Jesus. And stop just for a second again
here, but in verse five and six, it says, when we were dead in
sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by grace are you
saved, and hath raised us up to make us sit together in heavenly
places in him. And when he was raised again,
we were in him, when he was raised from the dead, we were in him.
We didn't realize that, we didn't know that, we had no knowledge
of any of that, but all of his were with him when that took
place. They were dead in sin, dead died
when he died and raised in the dead. And when he was resurrected,
that was for our, he was raised for our justification. And in
him, we were raised from the dead. And verse seven, that in
the ages to come, he might show the exceeding riches of his grace
in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are
you saved through faith and that not of yourselves, it's the gift
of God. not of works lest any man should
boast. For we are his workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them. And once again here in verse
10, we are his workmanship. Any work that's been done spiritually
to revive his people for the new birth and resurrected
from the dead and redeemed was his workmanship. All the work
done was his work and none of our own. And verse 11, wherefore
remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who
are called uncircumcision by that which is called the circumcision
in the flesh made by hands, that at that time you were without
Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers
from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God
in the world. but now in Christ Jesus ye who
were sometimes far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ."
And in his doing again, here in Verse 12, then, time passed
without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and that
doesn't mean the nation of Israel, commonwealth of the church, of
God's people. We were aliens from that and
strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and
without God in the world. That's the position we are in
by nature. Those are the ones, his people
are the ones that, He died for to redeem a particular people,
not just world at large, but those of us, of the church, that
were called the uncircumcision, it says, and we were aliens from
that. By nature, barring God's work
in us, that's where we would stay and be. But for the covenant,
in the covenant, there's no possibility that they would be left. and
not be that. All God's sheep are gonna be
brought in, in his time, in the fullness of time, those things
come about. And he is not slack to do that
for the sheep, in the time that he has determined that he will
do that. And again, raised with Christ,
it says, you were dead, hath he quickened, back to the first
verse there. There's no room for any kind
of works or righteousness that we might think we have or anyone
might tell us we have. And this is not something somebody
can tell you, yeah, you're a believer. If the Spirit hasn't raised us,
people have been told that and assured that. We're gonna look
and see in another couple of places what the scripture has
to say about that. Once again, turn back to the
book of John, just for a verse that I'd like to read in the
first chapter. John chapter one, and let me
make sure I wrote down the right verse here. Yes, let's back up a bit. This is, speaking of the Lord,
verse 10, John chapter one, verse 10. He was in the world, the
Lord, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him
not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But
as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons
of God, even to them that believe on his name, which were born,
not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will
of men, but of God." And here, People will take verse 12 and
say, do you receive Jesus? And people have said, yes. And
so they say, you're good to go. It doesn't say that. It says
as many as are received it to them, he gave power to become
sons of God. Them that believe on his name,
which were born of God, not which were born of a testimony of somebody
or thoughts or of anybody else. And it says, we're born not of
blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man,
but of God. We know the passage that speaks
about that, the will of man, that it says, his people are
made willing in the day of his power. By the Spirit, He reveals those
things, and that's the only way that God's people, when the call
goes forth, the long-distance call goes forth of the Spirit,
God's people answer that call, and there's no, well, I'll think
about it or consider that at all. And there's a, like I mentioned
before, there's a song that in the chorus, it says, He called
me long before I heard. If he calls, we hear. That's
not how it works. He doesn't call and then wait
until when we come around to see the light that everything
is good and we're good to go. When he calls his people, it's
like Lazarus. When he was called, he came forth.
He didn't consider that or you know, come around in stages or
how he felt like it, he came forth right then. And that's
a very apt picture of God calling his people and calling them and
revealing himself to them. Turneth me, another, very well-known
passage and we enjoy to read it and to remind ourselves from
it. In Psalm 14, and the first four
verses of Psalm 14, It says, the fool has said in
his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt. They have done
abominable works. There is none that doeth good.
The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see
if there were any that did understand and seek God. They are all gone
aside. They are altogether become filthy.
There is none that doeth good. No, not one. Have all the workers
of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they
eat up bread and call not upon the Lord." This is not speaking
about the bad guys on the other side of the river somewhere.
This isn't talking about all the bad guys that were out there.
This is speaking about what man is like by nature. This is what... Man does not seek after God and
then come to a conclusion that he needs God. God calls him forth
as he did Lazarus, and Lazarus didn't even, he was dead. There
was no comprehension there. Lazarus wasn't laying there in
that grave thinking, you know, something come along would be
real nice for me. He was dead. I mean, and how else do you say
dead? And in all the meaning of that,
no ability at all and no comprehension or no anything is dead. And that's what it speaks about
here. And it says, there's none that seek after God. None that
says that did understand and seek after God. Man does not
understand the position he's in, the situation he's in. A
lost sinner does not know that he's a lost sinner until the
Lord, and we're going to look at a passage about that too, that in this prayer, Psalm 14
is David's prayer that deliverance would come from God to Israel.
Not that the people would straighten up and fly right, but that deliverance
from God would come to Israel. And that's God's people's prayer
at all times, is that we would see the salvation of the Lord.
And that's what David's prayer was, was that he would open that
he would open the eyes of those that are blind. We're going to
turn, now we're going to turn back to Ephesians, if you would
with me, join me in Ephesians in chapter one. In chapter one, I'd like to read,
where to? And read the rest of this on
your own, because I'm taking some thoughts from this, but read it on your own. Ephesians
1, I'd like to read just verse three to start with, and then
look at several other verses. Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ. And it says in verse
four, according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before
him in love. And it goes on and speaks that
God has a people that he predestined and that he chose and he called.
But I'd like to skip down to verse 17, just for this, a couple
of thoughts here. Verse 17 of Ephesians chapter
one says that the God, of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation
in the knowledge of him. the eyes of your understanding
being enlightened that you may know what is the hope of his
calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance
in the saints. And what is the exceeding greatness
of his power to us word who believe according to the working of his
mighty power, which he wrought in Christ when he raised him
from the dead. and set him at his own right
hand in heavenly places. But here, that give unto you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. And
those things that we have by him and those things which he
wrought in Christ, verse 20, when he raised him from the dead,
and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places. what to do to do the works of
God. God has to do the works of God.
Man cannot attain to that and has no desire to do those things
by nature. And here again, and as David prayed, all of God's people
prayed that he continue to do his work and to call in his sheep
as he will. Turn to Ezekiel chapter 36. Some of these things you just
never get tired of hearing. They're just wonderful things
to God's people. They're not just Bible stories
or thoughts, but they speak to God's people. And I would like
to... Start with verse 24 of Ezekiel
36. It says, for I will take you
from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and
will bring you into your own land. Verse 25, then I will sprinkle
clean water upon you and you shall be clean. From all your
filthiness and from all your idols, I will cleanse you. A
new heart also will I give you and a new spirit will I put within
you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh
and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit
within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and you shall
keep my judgments and do them. And you shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers and you shall be my people and I
will be your God. I will also save you from all
your uncleannesses, and I will call for the corn and increase
it and lay no famine upon you. And I will multiply the fruit
of the tree and the increase of the field that you shall receive.
No more reproach of famine among the heathen. Then shall ye remember
your own evil ways and your doings that were not good, and shall
loathe yourselves and your own sight for your iniquities and
for your abominations." A couple of things here. This... Remember
back to Nicodemus, what the Lord is speaking to him about. The
same thing right here. I will put my spirit within you,
a new heart I give you, a heart of flesh. And the same scenario
that, as it were, of what takes place in God's people of God
doing God's work and of the Spirit putting life in him. And then,
just a wonderful passage about that. And then, in the next chapter,
in verse 37, just a few verses out of this,
but verse 37, here's the valley of dry bones. And the picture
there is not someone that could be jump-started, you breathe
into them or hit them with the juice in there, zap them to life
again. These are people, as it said,
these are bones disconnected, piles of bones. And if you've
ever been out in the dry countryside and seen either cattle skeleton
or an animal skeleton, they're not together anymore even. If
they've been out there and they've been bleached, and the picture
here is that bad, Death Valley, dead, and Death Valley, I guess
the Death Valley of dry bones, and that they were disconnected,
disjointed, dead. And that's the picture there
when God takes him down to the valley and when he says, verse
three, it says, he said unto me, son of man, can these bones
live? And I answered, oh Lord God,
thou knowest. And then we're gonna skip down
to verse 12. It says, verse 12. Therefore prophesy unto them,
thus saith the Lord God, behold, O my people, I will open your
graves and cause you to come up out of your graves and bring
you into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am
the Lord when I have opened your graves. O my people, and brought
you up out of your graves, and shall put my spirit in you, and
ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land, then shall
ye know that the Lord hath spoken it and performed it, saith the
Lord." This is in verse 36, telling what God does to redeem his people
and to make alive his people and spirit in them. And here
in chapter 37, the, taking him to it, and that's,
here's what I'm gonna do, here's what I'm doing here, this is
the picture of it, and in his sight, all these pictures, or
all these bones come together, flesh comes upon it, and he says,
can these live? Only you know, God, and God breathes
on them, as he does to his people, the breath of life in them, and
then it says in verse, I'll cause you to come up out
of your graves, and bring you into the land. And verse 13 and
14, very important and tie this to what the Lord said to Nicodemus
and others. And you, verse 13, and you shall
know that I am the Lord when I have opened your graves, O
my people, and brought you up out of your graves, and shall
put my spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall place
you in your own land. Then shall ye know that I the
Lord have spoken it and have performed it. And not only that,
but we think back over here again or look over here to verse 31
of chapter 36. Then shall you remember your
own evil ways and your doings were not good and shall loathe
yourself in your own sight for your iniquities and for your
abominations. We don't know what condition we were in until we're
brought out of that condition. And then we don't go around beating
our chest all the time, but we understand where we came from.
And it says God's people need to remember the rock from which
they're hewn and the pit from when they're dug. And I don't
think you have to go around flogging yourself all the time about that,
but we're praised God that he brought us up out of that. And
we don't look at that as where we are, that's where we come
from. And barring God's hand on us
all the time, that's where we would be, but that's where we
are. We don't realize that until,
we don't know what the fall is or comprehend it until we're
raised from that. And then we comprehend very little
of it, I think, the realization of how far that fall was. when we can say we know that
man completely fell, but I don't think we could comprehend that,
but in very little part. And then again over here, when that's done in verse 14
of chapter 37, and shall put my spirit in you and you shall
live and I shall place you in your own land, then shall you
know that the Lord I the Lord have spoken it and performed
it." There's not going to be a child of God that claims anything
but that God did it, that the work is God's work. And any that
want to play store by any work, I don't care what it may be that
we perform or do, it adds nothing to it, anything that God has
determined and set forth that we do as he said, those are in
result of that and not a cause of it, but God is the only cause
of the life and God's people realize that and will Attest
to that. When people say they're going
to give you their witness, it better be the witness of God's
work and what He has done if He's done it in the person, and
not, at this age, I was led down the aisle or I believed, whatever
like that. That's not the witness of what
the believer will bring forth, and the believer will never go
back in that. never going to abandon this. God's people will not. They may
turn aside a time. And we've been looking in the
book of Jude, in the book of 1 John and other places where
it speaks of those that would turn God's people aside. And
when you know the passage where it says that God keeps his people,
if it were possible, even the very elect could be. could be
persuaded otherwise or be turned aside, but it says if it be possible. It's not possible that the very
elect will in the end be turned aside, but again here as we looked
at this and In closing, I think I have time for one more verse,
and I'll actually made it through the whole list of them, in the
book of Colossians, if you would, with me, please. And this isn't
exhaustive on the scriptures, what it says about these things,
by any means, but thinking back to what those asked questions
were, those asked in that day what we do to do the works of
God. And as we see, it's God's work and he causes and puts that
belief in his people. And then in Colossians chapter
two, in Colossians chapter two, the book
of Colossians talks about that Christ meets all the needs and
all the, he's sufficient for everything that is required,
excuse me, for his people to stand in him. And Colossians,
start with verse six and reading down a bit. As you have therefore
received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. rooted and
built up in him and established in the faith, as you have been
taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any
man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit after the tradition
of men and after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. That fits in very nicely with
what we saw about the antichrist or the thought of what antichrist
is. It says here, beware lest any
man spoil you after the world and not after Christ. Anything
that turns aside from him or adds to him, or anything that
alters what the scriptures say about it is being spoiled, and it doesn't
mean spoiled as a child, it means ruined and worthless and void if it's anything
that's turned from Him. In verse nine, for in Him dwelleth
all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and you are complete
in Him which is the head of all principality and power, in whom
also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without
hands, and putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the
circumcision of Christ. Buried with him in baptism, wherein
also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of
God who hath raised him from the dead. And we talked about,
mentioned that earlier, that buried with him as it shows in
baptism, raised with Him. We were dead with Him. He had us with Him when He, dead,
buried, and in the resurrection, we were raised in Him. And verse 13, and you being dead
in your sins and uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened
together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses. blotting
out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was
contrary to us and took it out of the way, nailing it to his
cross. And having spoiled principalities
and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over
them in it." Pardon me. And that is the work of God. And as we said, alive in Christ
because of that work of God. And there's just no room for any
other work to be done. And if God's work is done by
God, then it is. It's done, it's as he said on
the cross, it's finished. And we can rest in that, we can
rest in him. And anyone who seeks to or asks
about believing or the work of God,
all we can do is point to that. As the Lord did to Nicodemus,
it's of God to do this work. The work of God is revealing
himself to his people, and he does that. I guess, be free. I guess that's
it for now. Thank you for your attention.