Thank you, Joe. Let's go back
to that scripture that he read to us. If you haven't closed
your Bibles yet, you'll know the scripture. If you have, it's
John chapter 20. Our Lord Jesus has given his
life for the sheep. In the previous chapter, John,
just as Matthew did and Mark did and Luke did, John has detailed
for us the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therein lies our
only hope of salvation, that we have an all-sufficient Savior
who gave His own life in order that we might have everlasting
life. He said earlier in the Gospel
of John, John chapter 10, he said, no man takes my life from
me. I have the power to lay down
my life. I have the power to take it again.
This commandment have I received from my father. He laid down
his life for the sheep. Justice demanded death, and justice
received exactly what it demanded at the hands of our crucified,
buried Savior. He laid down his life for the
sheep. The scripture says in John chapter
19 and verse 30, it records our Savior as saying, it is finished,
it is accomplished. The work of redemption was finished
according to God's eternal purpose. That which God demanded, that
which the law of God insisted upon, has now been satisfied
by the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ. It's finished. And if he said it's finished,
then it is finished. The work that God demanded the
work of the removal of our sins, the work of the satisfying divine
justice that has been handled for all of God's people. Everyone
in whose stead the Savior gave up the ghost, they have been
redeemed by the very blood of the Passover lamb, the true Passover
lamb. It is finished, it is accomplished.
The work that God gave him to do, He has now finished that,
the work of saving his people. His name is Jesus, as recorded
by the angel of the Lord that spoke to Joseph in Matthew chapter
one and verse 21. His name shall be called Jesus,
for he shall save his people from their sins. He has now saved
us here in John chapter 19. And his own testimony is, it
is finished. And then he commended his spirit
unto the Father, and he gave up the ghost. Now, as vital as
his death was, his resurrection was also vital. Because a dead
Savior is of no benefit to anyone. If he doesn't live again, if
he doesn't take up his life again, If he doesn't come back from
the dead, then that would be an indication that God was not
satisfied. But he did, he did come back
from the dead. He has risen. John chapter 20,
the verses that Joe read to us, detail for us something about
his resurrection. The fact that the tomb was empty,
It shows that God was absolutely fully satisfied with the death
that Christ died. And there's no judgment for us.
There's really no death for us. The people of God don't die.
The people of God, we fall asleep in Jesus. There's no death for
the children of God. when Lazarus, back in John chapter
11, when Lazarus was sickened to death, the Savior said to
his disciples as he went to raise Lazarus from the dead, the Savior
said, our friend Lazarus sleepeth. Lazarus sleepeth. And his disciples
said, well, he's doing good then. He's all right. And then the
Savior said, he's died. But really, for the children
of God, there is no death. There is no death. Only we fall
asleep in the Lord Jesus, and we go to home to be with the
Savior forever and ever. And so this is evident, that
our sins had been put away, righteousness had been brought in, And God
was satisfied. Satan has been defeated. We know
that because our Lord Jesus arose from the dead. You'll notice
here as John chapter 20 begins, it says, the first day of the
week cometh Mary Magdalene early. The first day of the week. Drop
down now to verse 19. Then the same day at evening
being the first day of the week, Our Lord arose, these saints
of God went to the sepulcher, they found it to be empty. They
believed that his body had been stolen. For as Joe read to us
just a little bit earlier in verse nine, for as yet they knew
not the scripture that he must rise again from the dead, though
he had told them that he would. He had said to them that he would
come back from the grave. The Son of Man must be crucified. He must be smitten by the chief
priests and the Sadducees and the Pharisees. He must die and
he must be raised again, but they missed that part. Oh, what
mercies and blessings we miss out on because we don't listen
to all that the Lord has to say to us. We just listened to portions
of what he said. He had already told them that
he would rise from the dead, but that escaped them, and now
they're in the doldrums. They're greatly sorrowful. Sometime
during this day, as recorded in Luke chapter 24, our Lord
met with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, and their
hearts were broken, And our Lord appeared to them and they did
not recognize Him. And they began to tell Him all
the things that had happened. And He said to them, O fools,
why don't you believe what the Word of God says? That Christ
must die and He must be raised again. And I'll tell you what
joy we miss out on simply because we do not believe fully the word
of God. Believe the promises that the
Lord has laid down in the scriptures. So they missed out on a blessing. Of course, with those Disciples
on the road to Emmaus, when our Lord acted as though he was going
to leave them, they said, abide with us. And he did. And he taught
them, and they said, our hearts burned when he opened to us the
Scriptures. He made known to them all of
the Old Testament Scriptures. Oh, what joy must have flooded
their souls as the Son of God took the Old Testament Scriptures
and broke them open like a sweet alabaster box of wonderful fragrant
perfume. as it filled the house as he
was teaching them of himself from the first five books of
the Bible, the Old Testament, the Pentateuch, and then from
the historical books and the poetic books. He taught them
the things concerning himself and the joy that must have flooded
their souls. And then as quickly as he had
appeared to them, he disappeared. And then he reappeared to the
disciples as recorded here in John chapter 20 and verse 19,
the first day of the week. John calls this day the Lord's
Day in Revelation chapter 1. You see, after our Lord's resurrection,
they did not meet for worship anymore on the Sabbath day. As
you go through the Book of Acts, and indeed you're studying the
Book of Acts every Lord's Day morning, you'll read how that
the saints of God often would meet in the synagogue to preach
and teach the Jews concerning the things of the Lord Jesus
Christ. But you will not read that the
saints of God ever met themselves for worship on the Sabbath day.
because they recognized that the Sabbath day had ended. Our
Sabbath is not a day, our Sabbath is somebody, Christ our Lord. We rest in Him. What was the
law of the Sabbath? Thou shalt do no labor but rest. Read Hebrews chapter 4. We rest
in Christ Jesus. We don't observe a day. In fact,
in the book of Colossians chapter 2, we're told not to observe
special days. We don't observe Sabbath days. There is no legalistic Sabbath
for us. There's the Sabbath of faith
that is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We keep the Sabbath as
we rest in the Son of God. Would you keep the Sabbath? You
say, yes, I want to keep the Sabbath. It's not a day. It's
looking to fully abiding in and trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ
who is our Sabbath. We rest in him. So here it is
the first day of the week. And they're meeting together.
They're locked in a room because of fear of the Jews. You remember
that even Zechariah said this, smite the shepherd and the sheep
scattered. And indeed, when the shepherd,
the Lord Jesus Christ, when he was smitten for our sins, when
God's justice dealt with him in the most severest of ways,
when he died for our sins according to the scriptures, the sheep
had scattered for fear of their own lives. That's why our Lord
said in Isaiah chapter 63 in verse 1, he had trodden the winepress
of God's wrath all alone. Nobody was with him. Nobody stood
with him. Even when he was in the garden
of Gethsemane, sweating, as it were, great drops of blood, he
told his disciples, what, couldn't you watch with me one hour? Just
one hour? in his grief, in the turmoil
of his soul, as the real man Christ Jesus saw what was in
store for him, the bearing of our sins in his own body and
then enduring the wrath of God. Couldn't you pray with me one
hour, he said. And finally he said to them,
sleep on, just sleep on. The work that he had to do, he
had to do it by himself. By himself. And he did it to
the full satisfaction of God. And God has raised him now from
the dead. And so here are his disciples
meeting on the Lord's day in the evening. And Jesus came, it says in verse
19, and stood in their midst. And he saith unto them, peace
be unto you. What a blessed peace there comes
to the people of God when the Lord Jesus meets with us. There's no substitute for his
presence. I'm thankful you're here. Those
of you who are watching, I'm thankful that you're joining
with us in this worship service. But that one whose presence we
absolutely have to have is the presence of our Lord. And if
he meets with us, He says to us, peace be unto
you. Are you troubled children of
God? Are you anxious? Are you worried? Do things in your life disturb
you? Are the troubles and the trials
and the disappointments, are they so bad that they, it seems
like they're gonna, they're just over, absolutely overwhelm you? May the Lord Jesus by His Spirit
visit you and even visit all of us tonight as we're gathering
together and may we hear Him say, peace be unto you. Nobody can speak peace to us
except the Prince of Peace, that one who is our peace, who is
the peacemaker with God by the blood of his cross. So here it is in the evening.
Our Lord appears to his disciples. And you'll notice in verse number
20, when he had so said, He showed them his hands and his side. Then, and not until then, then,
when they saw his hands, those hands that were wounded for their
transgressions and bruised for their iniquities, Those hands
that were busy during his life doing the will of the Father.
He was always occupied in the work that God gave him to do.
Even when he was 12 years old in the temple at Jerusalem and
Mary and Joseph rebuked him. for disappointing them and not
being with them. He said, wish ye not that I must
be about my father's business. He was not an idle servant of
God. He was always busy. His hands
were active in the work of God. And he said, it's me. He showed
him his hands, fresh from the wounds of Calvary. And I believe he showed them
his hands and then pulled his shirt up and showed them his
side where the spear had entered in, the spear of the soldier,
where blood and water came out. He showed them these evidences
of his wounds, not only to show that he was real, that he wasn't
a spirit, because they thought he was a spirit. They thought
they'd seen a ghost. And he said, it's me, here's
my hands, here's my side. But not only did he show them
his hands and his side to reveal the reality of who he was, but
he showed them his hands and his side as tokens of his work
of redemption that he had just accomplished. For whose sake were his hands
wounded? For whose sake did the spear
enter into his side? And forthwith came blood and
water. Who did he suffer these things
for? Oh, my soul, he suffered these
things for us. And when they saw the evidences,
the evidences of redemption accomplished, then they were glad. And I'll
tell you, if the Spirit of God ever shows you the success of
His work at Calvary, that He defeated all of our enemies,
that He dealt with our sins, He dealt with God, He brought
in everlasting righteousness for us, if the Spirit of God
ever convinces us these things have been done, then we'll be
glad. will rejoice in the Savior. I wanna talk to you tonight about
the hands of our Lord. And I'll start this way. His
hands were real hands. Real hands. Not a spirit. You see, our Lord indeed is spirit
forever. God is, what did the Savior say
in John 4? He said, God is, what's the next
word? Spirit. And they that worship
him must worship him in spirit and in truth. But a spirit can't
be wounded. A spirit can't suffer. A spirit
can't bleed. A spirit can't die. A spirit
can't satisfy. So therefore, our Lord, who is
the infinite spirit, the eternal God, he had to join himself to
human flesh. And in that flesh be wounded
and bruised and crucified. And he must die for the sins
of his people. And he says, here are my hands. Zechariah 13 says, the question
is asking, where'd you get those wounds in your hands? He said,
in the house of my friends. Indeed, he was wounded for our
transgressions. His hands were real hands. His
side was a real side. I look at my hands, they're real. Our Savior's hands were real. The infinite God, the God of
ancient days, He took upon Himself real flesh, real hands, real
feet, a real body, and He suffered real pain and agony, and He died
a real death to satisfy God. Here's the reality of His humanity. He was wounded. You remember in Genesis, the
second chapter, when God would give to Adam a help meat? There's
where the blood was first shed in this world. God cut his side
open. God wounded that first man, and
there come out of his side blood because Adam was a real man.
And out from his wounded side, God brought forth a bride for
him. And our Lord Jesus, out from his wounded side, from his
wounded hands and his wounded feet and his nail-scarred brow,
out from the wounded Savior, God brought forth a bride. The
very first blood shed in this world was a man's blood. The
first representative man, the first Adam, he shed blood to
give birth to, as it were, existence to, life to his bride. And the last Adam, in order to
give birth to, life to, salvation to his bride, he had to be wounded. His hands had to be wounded and
his side had to be wounded. His hands were real. His side
was real. I'll tell you something else.
His were the hands of the Creator. Hebrews chapter one in verse
10 says, And thou, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundations
of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands. Who made all these things? How
did the earth and the heavens come into existence? The Son
of God with his own hands, he formed all things. Psalm 95, three through five
says, for the Lord is a great God and a great King above all
gods in his hand. In His hand are the deep places
of the earth. The strength of the hills is
also His. The sea is His. He made it. His hands formed the dry land. Who formed the dry land out here?
The hands of our Savior formed the land. These are not the hands
of a weakling. These are not the hands of a
defeated reformer. These are not the hands of a
frustrated, defeated martyr. These are the hands of the God
who formed the world. And I'm sure you've heard the
song. He's got the whole world in his hands. He's got you and
me, brother. He's got you and me, sister.
He's got the whole world in his hands. These are not the hands
of a weakling. These are not the hands of a
Jesus who's to be pitted or felt sorry for. This is the sovereign. This is the creator who made
all things with his hands. And thirdly, his were the hands
of our surety. In John chapter 10, I've already
mentioned one verse there, but in John 10, 27 and 28, he said,
my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, I love them, and they follow
me, and I give unto them, I give unto them. I don't sell it, they
don't merit it, but I give unto them. This is a gratuitous act
on my part, he says. I give unto them eternal life,
and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them
out of my hands." You want to know how secure the
people of God are? He holds us in His almighty hands. Are you fearful? Are you troubled? Do you say I'm such a sinful
person? Well, all of God's people are,
and we're not looking for excuses for our sin, but listen, he will
never let us fall. The hands that hold us up and
embrace us to his heart are the hands of the almighty God. These are the hands of our surety. Nobody's gonna pluck us out of
his hands. because his hands were scarred hands, they're nail-scarred
hands, received in his act of redeeming love and grace. And he holds us. Oh, how embraced
we are to the heart of Christ. We're the sheep, you see. Each
one of us and those of you watching who are the people of God, you
are the lost sheep, and he went searching for you. He went to
seek you, and he picked you up with his hands, almighty hands,
and he puts you up on his shoulders, and he's carrying you home. You're
safe in the arms of Jesus. There's a song we used to sing
at funerals, safe in the arms of Jesus. We're safe in the arms
of the Lord Jesus while here on earth. were in his hands,
the hands of the Son of God. These are the hands of our surety.
You remember when Joseph was in Egypt, and he had the authority,
he had the position of power, second to Pharaoh, and he was
in charge of all the granaries of Egypt to feed the hungry,
to sell to all of those who needed grain. As the story goes, and I don't
have time to develop it, I just preached on that not too long
ago, but you remember that when the sons of Jacob went to get
grain from this prime minister of Egypt, Benjamin was kept at
home, and Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn't recognize
him, and Joseph said, if you guys are on the up and up, if
you're not spies, You go back and bring, you say you got a
younger brother, bring him to see me. And meantime, I'll keep
one of you. I'll keep Simeon. Rest of you
go home. You bring the younger brother
back, and then I'll know that you're telling me the truth."
And of course, Joseph recognized him, but they didn't recognize
him, so they go back home. Joseph gave them enough food
for a few days and for their trip back home. They got home. Jacob said, well, what'd you
find out? He said, we met up with that man. Boy, he's a pretty
stern ruler. And he said he wasn't gonna sell
us any more grain unless we brought him Benjamin. And Jacob said,
no, that'll never happen. Joseph is not and Simeon is not. Would you take Benjamin from
me? And Reuben, the firstborn, spoke
up, and he said, I'll take care of him, Dad. And Jacob said,
no, no. You're not going to be surety
for him. And so things stayed like that for a few days, and
then there's getting hungry. And then Judah went to his dad.
Jacob said, now, Dad, we're getting hungry. He said, I'll be surety
for Benjamin. He said, you trust him and you
read again the passages, Genesis 43, eight and nine. You can trust
him into my hands, into my hands. I'll take care of him. And you
can hold me accountable if anything happens to him. Our Lord Jesus,
he was the surety of all of God's people in the covenant of grace.
Father, those that you've chosen to salvation, you entrust them
to my hands. I will bring them all safely
home to you. And that's what he's doing. He's
bringing us safely home to God. His were the hands of the surety.
Number four, his were the hands of our substitute. Turn with
me to Isaiah chapter 49. Isaiah chapter 49. And as you're making your way
to Isaiah chapter 49, I'll remind you of a verse of scripture in
Psalm 22. Psalm 22, 16, the Savior who
begins that Psalm by saying, my God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me? He says in Psalm 22, 16, they
pierced my hands and my feet. Look here in Isaiah 49, 16. And every word of this first
statement of verse 16 is important. Behold, that's a word of amazement. It's a word of wonder. Behold,
I have graven thee. There's a permanency to this.
I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands. I have done it. The God of glory,
the divine one. I have, that's past tense. When
were we engraved into the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ? Back
in old eternity. burned into his hands, as it
were, our eternal substitute. Past tense, I have graven a word
of pain, a word of permanence. I have
graven thee, me, you, upon the very palms of my hands. That's
the tender part of the hand. That's the softest part of the
hand. And he doesn't say just one hand, but both hands. Because you see, his right hand
is the hand of blessing. His left hand is the hand of
judgment. And our names are engraved in
both of his hands. He blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus before the world
began. Our names are engraven upon his
right hand and upon his left hand for he was judged for our
sins and the wrath of God fell upon him. I love the writings of Augustus
Toplady who wrote Rock of Ages and many other songs and one
that Alan and Gail often sing for us. My name, my name from
the palms of his hands, eternity cannot erase. Impressed on his
heart, it remains in marks of indelible grace. Yes, I to the
end shall endure, as sure as the earnest is given. More happy,
but not more secure, the glorified spirits in heaven. You see, everything
his hands touch is for our good. And everything he does is for
our good. You see, he's our savior. He
was our substitute. He had to defeat Satan. Let me
show you a passage over here in Revelation, just real quick.
Would you turn to Revelation chapter 20? Revelation chapter
20. His hands have always been occupied
in saving us. And even now they keep us safe. The enemy can't get to us, we're
in the hands of Christ. He said, no man can pluck you
out of my hands, and you can't be plucked out of my father's
hands either. Look what it says here. Revelation 20 verse one. And
I saw an angel come down from heaven. This is a mighty angel.
This is the angel of the covenant. This is the Lord Jesus Christ.
I saw him come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless
pit, and he has a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold with that hand
upon the dragon. That old serpent, which is the
devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, bound him a
long time. When did he bind him? At the
cross, in fulfillment of Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15. He bound
him. He cast him into the bottomless
pit. He shut him up. He set a seal
upon him that he should deceive the nations no more till the
thousand years should be fulfilled and afterward he'll be loose
for a little season. Our Savior bound him. He defeated Satan with his own
hands. He's not a pitiful Savior. He's
not a weak Savior. He's almighty to save. He took
hold of Satan, of the devil, that lying serpent. He took hold
of him and wrapped a chain around him. And he says, you're mine. And the God-man rules over him. And he always shall. This is our Savior, number five. His were the hands of the great
high priest who blessed his people. You don't have to turn there,
but in Luke 24, in verse 50, he led his disciples out as far
as Bethany. He lifted up his hands and blessed
them. Who pronounced the blessings
upon Israel? The high priest. And only our
Lord Jesus Christ can bless us. You remember what old Balaam
said to the enemies of Israel? The enemies of Israel said, curse,
curse Israel. He said, I can't curse those
whom God has blessed. And we have been blessed in Christ
Jesus. There's no curse for us. No curse
whatsoever. We're blessed in Christ forever.
and nothing from the Savior can us sever. Blessed with all blessings. I've seen preachers stand over
their congregations at the end of a service and they'll raise
their hands and pronounce a benediction. I can't do that. I can't bless
anybody. I don't have that kind of power.
No man does. There's no power in my hands
to heal anybody. You see these phony faith healers
on television raise their hands and put their hands on somebody's
head and knock them out, so to speak. They can't heal anybody. They can't bless anybody. The
only one who has the authority to bless a sinner is the Savior. He alone can bless you. And he
did bless us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places
in Christ. There's a verse in Mark 10, 13.
They brought little children to him, and he took them upon
his knee, and he laid his hands on them and blessed them. That's a sweet verse, isn't it?
And I say, Lord, Take this little one, and as it were, put me on
your knee and bless me. If you bless me, I'm blessed
indeed. And then number six, his are
the hands of the great sovereign. John 3.35, Christ said, the Father
loveth the Son and hath given all things into his hands. John 13, Jesus knowing that the
Father had given all things into his hands, loved his own until
the end. Upon the basis of his life laid
down, he is at the hands of the great sovereign. You remember the verse of scripture
in Proverbs 21.1? The king's hand, the king's heart
is in the hand of the Lord. As the rivers of water, he turneth
it whithersoever he will. I admonish you to be a good citizen. I admonish you to live in a fashion
that would be honoring to God, but always remember this. Those
who have the authority over us have been put in that position
by our Lord. You may say, and I may say, I
don't see how things could possibly accomplish the purpose of God.
And I say, we don't know what the purpose of God is in specific. But can we not trust our almighty
elder brother in whose hands are all things? He's guiding,
he's guiding every day all of this world. Here's something
we can't possibly comprehend. Everything that lives, moves,
and exists are in the hands of our sovereign king, and he's
directing them to the end that he has already predetermined. Everything is on course. It may
seem chaotic to you and chaotic to me, but our Lord is the sovereign
ruler of all things. He's directing everything to
the end that he himself predestinated. Let me give you another reference
here in Revelation. Look at chapter 10. Chapter 10. And this is his ongoing rule
of sovereignty and providence. Revelation chapter 10 verses
1 and 2. And I saw a mighty angel, another
mighty angel. This mighty angel is the son
of God, the angel of the covenant. I saw him come down from heaven
clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was around his head.
That's the symbol of the covenant of grace. and his face was as
it were the sun. Think of the radiance of the
Son of God that he manifested on the Mount of Transfiguration
and his feet as pillars of fire. Verse 2, and he had in his hand
a little book open. You know anything about that
little book? Back in Revelation chapter 5, turn back a couple
of pages here to chapter 5. Chapter 5, verse 1. And I saw,
John said, I saw in the right hand of him that sat upon the
very throne a book written within and on the backside with seven
seals. That's the book of God's eternal
purpose. Everything God ever predestinated
to do and would happen is in that book. It's in the hand of
God. And as you read down, no man
was worthy to take that book, much less open it up. But then
he saw the Lamb of God who had been smitten. And he was worthy. He's worthy
on the basis of his life laid down to execute the will of God. Look at verse seven. And he came
This one is the lion of the tribe of Judah. He came and took the
book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
Now, when you get to chapter 10, he hasn't put that book down. That book's still in his hands,
the scarred, nail-scarred hands of the Son of God. He had in
his hand a little book open. You mean the purpose of God is
liken unto a little book? It's a little book in a big hand. The hand of the Son of God. And
he set his right foot upon the sea and his left foot on the
earth. And he's executing the eternal
purpose of God. He's fulfilling God's will. What can we take away from this
passage? Our Lord reigns over all creation. He reigns over everybody. Men,
devils, angels, animals, everything. There's no such thing as luck.
There's no such thing as fate. There's our Lord Jesus who governs
all things by the word of his power in his hands. In his hands, he holds all things. And he's got in his hands a little
book. That's everything God purposed
to ever do. And the will of God is being
executed by our Lord Jesus. And lastly, here's the hands
of an almighty Savior. When John back in Revelation
1 saw the Savior. He said, I fell at his feet as
a dead man, and he laid his right hand on me. Some of you are fearful. Some of you are troubled. Some
of you are worried. Oh, Son of God, by your Spirit,
Lay your right hand upon the troubled children of God and
say to them what you said to John. Fear not. Wouldn't it be wonderful if you
whispered that into your soul right now? Fear not. I tell you, our Lord, he spoke
peace to the hearts of his troubled disciples. He said, my peace,
I leave you. I give you my peace. He's mighty to save, I'll tell
you that. Isaiah 59 verse one says, behold,
the Lord's hand is not shortened that it cannot save. It's not shortened that it can't.
The Lord Jesus is still in the soul-saving business. Don't give
up on anybody. Your children, brother, sister,
husband, wife, son, daughter, parents. Is anything impossible with God? Don't forget who your Savior
is. He's almighty to save. Mighty to save. And one last
thing. If it's a blessed thing to be
kept in the hands of our glorious Savior, how awful it would be
to fall into the hands of Christ Jesus. who will be your judge
if you don't know him. That's what Paul said in Hebrews
10, 31. It's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the
living God. Hands of judgment. Hands of wrath. Hands that have the power to
save you or damn you. Oh God, save me. Oh God, show
me mercy for Christ's sake. That's what we're saying. Show
us mercy for Christ's sake. The hands of the Son of God.
I hope you got something out of that, but I sure did enjoy
studying it. I'll take that. Just going through
the scriptures, studying, reading all the verses that have to do
with the hand or the hands of our Lord Jesus Christ. Well,
let's sing the closing song. I'll ask Brother Joe to come.
lead us in singing number 56, number 56. The Lord has given us a good
day. Those of you who have joined us by way of the internet, we're
thankful you could be with us, and I think maybe our friends
in our Oahana in Honolulu are watching. I hope you are, and
we bid you a good evening, and y'all enjoy your food. I know
you're gonna eat now that you've had the service, We're, well,
yeah, we are gonna eat, because I'm gonna get some to eat when
I get home. But may the Lord bless us with the spiritual food
that he's given to us, and we are thankful he's met with us
again. 56, I am his and he's mine.