I want to start reading back
in verse 66. This is after they had already
taken our Lord in the garden of Gethsemane and brought Him
in to put Him on trial. And it says in chapter 22 in
verse And the men that held Jesus mocked
him and smote him. And when they had blindfolded
him, they struck him on the face and asked him, saying, Prophesy
who it is that smote thee. Not only does our Lord not have
to prophesy, He ordained that this man smite him at this time.
God put that man right there to blindfold and smite our Lord
Jesus Christ. And yet he done just exactly
what he wanted to do. And he'll face God for abusing
the blessed body of our Lord Jesus Christ. And many other
things, blasphemously they spake against him. And as soon as it
was day, the coming daylight is still All this happened through
the night. The elders of the people and
the chief priests and scribes came together and led him into
their council saying, a great number of people here now, Are
thou to Christ? Tell us. And he said unto them,
If I tell you, you will not believe. If I tell you right out who I
am, You won't believe. I've been here for over three
years, and you still don't believe. And if I also ask you, you will
not answer me, nor let me go. No matter what I say or do, you're
not going to let me go. But he said, Hereafter shall
the Son of Man sit on the right hand of the power of God. This
very one you're mistreating is going to one day just in a little
while sit right at God's right hand. And you're going to have
control over every one of you. Then said they all, Art thou
then the Son of God? And he said unto them, You say
that I am? And they said, What need we enter
for other witnesses? For we ourselves have heard of
his own mouth. And the whole multitude of them
arose and let him under Pilate. And they began to accuse him,
saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding
to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ the
King. And Pilate asked him, saying,
Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said,
Thou sayest it. Then said Pilate to the chief
priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they
were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching
throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. When
Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the men were Galilean.
As soon as he knew that he belonged under Herod's jurisdiction, he
sent him to Herod, who himself was also at Jerusalem at that
time. And when Herod saw Jesus, he
was exceeding glad. For he was desired to see him
of a long season, because he had heard many things of him,
and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. Then he
questioned with him in many words, but he answered him nothing.
And the chief priest and scribe stood by and vehemently accused
him, and Herod with his men of war set him at naught, and mocked
him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together, for
before they were at enmity of themselves. I want to deal with these few
verses. The Lord Jesus had been tried
by the Sanhedrin at council. Sanhedrin had 70 members in it. Nicodemus was a member of it.
Joseph of Arimathea was a member of it. And all these chief priests
and rabbis, all those fellows They got together and they tried
the Lord Jesus Christ. But they didn't have the power
to execute anyone without the Roman government giving them
permission. They just couldn't take out and kill a man. They couldn't crucify him. They
couldn't do these things. They couldn't even stone him
to death without the Roman government. So they brought him to Pilate.
Pilate is the governor. Pilate is the one that Rome set
up to be the governor. The one that has all the power
and all the authority at that particular time. And it says
in verse 1, the whole multitude of them arose and led him to
power. Now all I can tell you is that they didn't need anybody
to lead him to power. Just one fellow would have took
him and our Lord would have led him, followed him right along.
Because he was led as a lamb to the slaughter. But a whole
multitude got together. Why so many? Why so many for
one man? a harmless man, an innocent man,
a gracious man, a holy man, a compassionate man, a man who worked miracles,
a man who had compassion on those that were in need, a man who
never ever uttered a word But what was absolutely true, and
honest, and just, and never, ever mistreated anybody. Why
did it take such a multitude to take Him over to power? Huh? Well, I'll tell you why. They
all wanted to show their disapproval of the Lord Jesus Christ. Everyone,
all of them together, wanted to show their disapproval of
the Lord Jesus Christ. They wanted to be counted. They
wanted to stand up and be counted for what they believed. And all they believed that our
Lord Jesus was a blasphemer, an imposter. But our Lord Jesus Christ through
His words and through His works proved Him to be who He said
He was. Now look at their false accusations that they made in
verse 2. Well, they got the pilot. Here's
this great mob hanging around. Here's this man standing there. He's standing there. He's just
been mocked. He's just been slapped. He's
just been blindfolded. He's just been beaten. And here
this great mob, great crowd of people, bring this man, standing
right in front of Pilate. Pilate's setting him to judgment
all. Like a judge on the bench. And they bring him up there.
And he's standing there. And he's face is bruised up. And there he stands, and they
all this great mob, and they began to accuse him. And look
at this false accusation, four accusations they make against
our Savior. We found this fellow, that's
what they said about this fellow, perverting the nation, that's
the first thing they said about him. Second thing they said about
him was forgiving to contribute to Caesar. Third thing is, He
says that He is Christ the King. And then look down in verse 6,
no excuse me, verse 5. And it says, And they were more
fierce and said, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout
all Jerusalem. So they make four accusations
against our Lord Jesus Christ. Four laws, lies. The first is
perverting the nation. That word pervert means to distort
and to twist. He is perverting the nation,
taking them away from the truth as they thought and as they understand.
He was taking the truth. He was taking Moses. He was taking
the law. He was taking everything that
they held dear. And he was perverting it and twitching it. Kind of
like when a fellow hears sovereign grace and hears the grace of
God and God's electing grace and God's predestinating purpose.
They say, oh my, that guy, he's the leader of a cult. They believe
it. They believe it. Oh, I can't
believe anybody believes it. A man contacted me the other
day, listened to me on Sermon Audio and seen some articles
and he says, he says, you know Sid, faith is not a gift, faith
is what you give to God to get something from God. And I wrote
it back and I said, Ephesians 2, 8 and 9, if that doesn't mean
salvation, faith isn't a gift of God, it's not a bit of truth
in the scriptures. He wrote back and said something
about the Greek and I just said, I'm not going to answer that
fool according to his folly anymore. They despise him and they lie
on people. And here he is, they said, he
perverts the nation. And then the second thing they
said about him, he forbids to give tribute to Caesar. He don't
want to pay taxes to Caesar. He don't want to honor Caesar.
Caesar's the one, he's the emperor, he's the power, he's the one
that rules the whole world at that time. They said, he don't
want to give Caesar what taxes that Caesar's got coming to him.
And then they said, he says he's the king. They said that He Himself
is Christ the King. And then in verse 5 it says He
stirs up the people. Well, let's see what our Lord
Jesus Christ is. See if He's the truth or not.
Let's look at what the truth really is. That's the lies they
made on Him. And look over here in Luke chapter 19 and verse
35 first. Oh, they said He perverts the
nation. Look what it says here. stirring up the people, perverting
the nation, stirring up the people. And they brought a coat, they
brought a coat, they brought him to Jesus and they cast their
garments upon the coat and our Lord Jesus sat on that coat.
And as he went they spread their clothes in the way and when he
was come nigh, even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives,
the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God
with a loud voice for all the mighty works. that they had seen. Don't sound like he's perverting
anything here, does it, Jane? Saying, Blessed be the King that
cometh in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven, glory in the
highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said
unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. You're perverting
this nation now, look what he said. He answered some of them,
I tell you, That if they should hold their peace, the stones
would immediately cry out. And then look over in John 8,
verse 46 with me just a minute. I said he perverted the nation,
look what he said in John chapter 8, verse 46. They hired people, said oh my,
they hired people to lie on Christ. And you think it's strange to
hear somebody tell a lie, but here's a multitude of people
Lying on Christ. Look what he said in John 8,
46. He said, Which of you convinces me of sin? Is there anybody here that can
look to anything I ever did that you could say that's sin? Could
you look at anything I said? Anything I did? Any way I treated
anybody, could you look at God's law, and look at all 630 something
commandments, and all the minutiae of the law. Ask me, have I broken
one of those things? Any ceremony I haven't kept?
Any law I've broken? Have I ever not honored God?
And if I say the truth, why do you not believe me? Why do you
not believe me? So they said he's perverting
the nation. He ain't perverting it. And then he says, well, he
don't want to give tribute to Caesar. Well, look over here
in Luke 20. Let's see what they say. Let's
see the truth about that. Luke 20 in verse 21. Oh our Lord Jesus Christ, everything
they accused him of, everything they were screaming at him, and
every reason why they want him crucified was an out and out
lie. And they had to do this to justify themselves. And look
what he said here in verse 21. And they ask him, saying, Master,
now here's the spies that have come to entrap our Master. And he says, We know that thou
swart thou sayest, and teachest rightly, neither accept thou
the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly. Then they
ask him, Is it lawful for us to give tribute? That word tribute
means taxes. That's all it means, taxes. Undeceasur
or no? And all he's trying to do is,
if he stands against Caesar, we'll say that Caesar, he says,
should serve as Caesar's authority. But he perceived their craftiness,
and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? He said, Show me a penny. Somebody rushed in their pocket
and got out a penny. And he looked at it and said,
Whose image is too prescriptive on that? And they said, Well,
that's Caesar's picture on that penny. That's Caesar's picture
on that penny. And he says, well, you give Caesar
what belongs to Caesar. You give him that penny. And
then you turn around and you give unto God the things that
belong to God. Caesar's got his, God's got his. You give to Caesar his taxes
and you turn around and give to God what's his. And then they
said he made himself to be Christ the King. That don't even, ain't
no use even commenting on that. And they thought this would get
Pilate on their side. They said, boy, to bring him
and accuse him of not paying his taxes, of claiming to be
a king, of perverting and twisting the nation. They thought, boy,
old Pilate right now, he'll get on our side and he'll crucify
this man and he'll despise this man and he'll deal with this
man. And Satan has two ways and two weapons that he uses here.
He uses these against God's people all the time. First of all, he
uses a false witness and slander. Slander. Now, he can't stop God's
Word. He knows he can't. So what does
he do? He slanders his servants. He blackens their characters.
And he seeks to destroy the value of their testimony. And that's
why our Lord says, you are of your father the devil. And the
lust of your father you'll do. He was a murderer from the beginning
and he was a liar from the beginning. And that's what they do. And
let me show you something in Psalm 35.11. What our Lord Jesus
said about this. How they gonna lie on him. How
they gonna mistreat him. You know, folks just hate to
be mistreated in this world. They think, you know, that if
somebody mistreats them, it's an awful thing. But listen, our
Lord Jesus Christ was the most abused, most mistreated person
in this world. And I'll tell you why that's
so. Because who it was that was mistreated. If you and I get
mistreated, just as one sinner mistreated another sinner. It's
just one old sorry human being to treat another sorry human
being. But when they start on the Lord
Jesus Christ, this holy, infinitely holy, gracious, glorious, God-man. It's just like this white rain
that's standing there, this glorious white garment, this man in this
beautiful white garment. And they take this man, and there's
not any fault in him, no way. And it's all they can do to keep
from tearing him limb to limb. Limb to limb. So they got to
come up with some way to do away with him. So they got to lie,
and that's what Satan does. And look what our Lord said about
this in Psalm 35, 11. And we know this is about Christ.
He says, false witnesses did rise up. They laid to my charge
things that I knew not. And in the margin, it says, they
asked me things that I knew not. And I tell you, they can't stop
God's work, but they can slander and blacken their characters.
You know what they said about Elijah? They said, he's a troubler
of Israel. They sought out to kill him.
He's a troubler of Israel. A king one time, everybody told
him, you go do this and you do that, you'll get by with it.
And they said, but there's one prophet over here. They said,
let's go ask him. And that prophet's name was Micah.
And Micah come up there and says, I know everybody's told you to
go do what you want to do. But he said, if you do it, It's
the wrong thing to do and God's going to destroy you for it.
He said, I no longer have to be somebody in this outfit that
wouldn't agree with everybody else. And you know what they
said about Paul? They said, this man's a pestilent
fella. He's not fit that he should live.
Pestilent fella. Oh, they want to destroy God.
Turn the world upside down. And here they even slandered
our Lord Jesus Christ, called him a wine-beggar, called him
a gluttonous man, called him a Samaritan, said he had a devil. And here he is again, Satan,
lying on the Lord Jesus Christ, and he's using the leaders of
the Jews. Now back over in Luke 23, look
at what it says here. Pilate asks him some questions.
Look what Pilate says to him in verse 3. And this is all Pilate's
interested in. Are thou the king of the Jews? Are you the king of the Jews? Oh, listen. You know what our
Lord said to him? That's what you say. You're saying it. You said it. You say so. Oh my, that's all
he's interested in, because if he's the king of the Jews, it
don't make any difference to him one way or another. And Pilate
turned to the chief priest and the people and said, and listen
to this now, I find no fault in this man. I find no fault
in him. None whatsoever. And right then
and there, as far as human justice should be concerned, That man
should have been free, he should have been turned loose, just
like him. But look what it says in verse 4. And they were the
more fierce. The more fierce. More fierce, got more angry,
fierce. How does a person act fierce?
How does he act fierce? And whatever fierce is, that's
the way this whole mob acted. They got more fierce, got more
furious. Sane. He stirs up the people. Gets them upset. Teaching throughout
all Jerusalem. He begins from Galilee to this
place. And old Pilate says, oh my, I've
got me a way out of this. I know how I can get away from
this situation. And look what he says there in verse 6. When
Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.
And oh my, he said, oh boy. He said as soon as he knew that
he belonged under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was
a Jerusalem at that time. Pilate finds a way out, he thinks.
So they won't have to pass sentence on the Lord Jesus Christ. He
knew that they sent him for infidelity. He said, Galilean? Yes. So he said, I'll send him to
paradise. I won't have to deal with this. And now look what
a strange, strange reaction now. Herod was up at Jerusalem at
this time. Look what happens in verse 8. Such a strange reaction
to the presence of Christ. A mob screaming at him, fierce
with him, wanting him dead, lying on him. And when Harris saw Jesus,
he was exceedingly glad. What a strange reaction! What a strange reaction! How
could this be? Why was he glad? Well, it says
he had been wanting to see Him for a long, long, long time.
Look with me over in Luke chapter 9, just a minute. Luke chapter
9. Why was he glad? I remember that
the scripture says when Christ arose for the dead, the disciples
saw him, then were they glad. Here's a man who hated Christ,
despised Christ, and he was glad. And look what he said in Luke
chapter 9 verse 7. Now Herod, the Tetrarch, he's
really actually a pretender after the throne, his existence is
because of Rome. Now Herod the Tetrarch heard
of all that was done by him, by the Lord Jesus, and he was
perplexed, because it was said of some that John was risen from
the dead, and some that Elijah had appeared, and others that
one of the prophets was risen again. And Herod said, John have
I beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see. Now, that's
what happened over here in Luke 23. And when Herod saw Jesus,
he was glad, for he desired to see Him for a long, long, long
time. He had heard many things of Him.
Heard about His works, heard about His power, heard about
His glory, heard about His works, heard about His miracles, and
he thought, oh my, John's risen from the dead. Ooh, I'm beheaded.
He said, He's come back to torment me. And oh, he heard many, many
things about our Lord Jesus Christ. And listen to what else it says
here about him. He hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
You know what he wanted? He wanted to be entertained.
He said, here I am the king and this man is supposed to have
all this power to do these miracles. He said, let him entertain us
here. Do a few miracles for us. Perform some acts of magic. Do
something here that nobody else can do. Let us see what all you're
capable of doing. He wanted to be entertained by
him. But oh, Herod's character. Remember what an awful character
he was. He lived in adultery. Married
his brother Philip's wife. And murdered John. Had his head brought
in a charger. Because a woman asked him to. And oh, his character was awful.
What an awful character he had. And I tell you, he was a horrible,
horrible character. And he just loved to see Jesus
because of all the things he heard about him. Oh, I wanted
for him to entertain me. And didn't look what I heard
asked him. Then he questioned him with many
words. Oh, he asked him, O Nel, how
many things he asked him. Where are you from? Who's your
mother? Who's your father? Are you who they say you are?
Did you really raise the dead? Did you really open blind people's
eyes? Was John the Baptist really your
forerunner? What's going to happen to me
if I did cut off his head? He asked him, O Nel, how many
questions he asked the Lord Jesus Christ. Where'd you get your
power? Where'd you get your authority?
Where's all your disciples at? And our Lord stood there and
never said a word. Never said a word. And the chief
priest and scribe stood and vehemently, vehemently accused him. Oh my, why didn't our Lord speak?
I'll tell you why He didn't speak to Herod. Herod had been warned.
Herod had been rebuked. Herod had seen. The Scriptures
tell us that when He crucified, you know, He heard John and He
heard him gladdened. And John testified of Christ
and our Lord Jesus Christ. He heard about Him and He had
been warned and He had been rebuked. And our Lord was not going to
cast His pearls before swine or feed that which was holy to
this dog. And here's this king, this wealthy
man, this powerful man, glad to see Jesus. But he wanted to
see Him for all the wrong reasons. All the wrong reasons. And I
tell you what, there's a lot of folks that want to see Him
for all the wrong reasons. And preachers give them. And
preachers to them all the wrong reasons to see. Don't they Gary? They give them all the wrong
reasons to see. You're in financial trouble?
Jesus will take care of it. You need healing for your body?
Jesus will take care of that. You're married in trouble? Jesus
will take care of that. You're having depression? Jesus
will take care of that. You're having trouble with your
family? Jesus will take care of that.
You're having trouble finding a husband? Jesus will find you
one. You know, whatever you need from
Him, that's what they make Him to be. Listen, you're fixing
to go out there into eternity. You don't want to die without
Jesus, do you? No, no, I don't. Well, please
accept Him right now. I will, I will, I will. They
make Him to be a doormat before you go into hell to wipe off
your feet so you can go to hell and have some kind of a hope
that you know Jesus is accepting, Jesus has mercy on you. You live
your life without Him and preachers give you a reason to accept Him
right when you draw on your last breath. They give a lot of reasons
for people to come to Christ but the only reason, the only
reason A man would come to Christ. The only reason anybody would
come to Christ is because they have sin, they have iniquity,
they have rebellion, they have enmity. They're sinners from
the top of their head to the sole of their feet. They're without
God, without Christ, and without hope. And if a man comes to Christ,
he comes to Christ for salvation, and salvation alone. And if you
come to Christ for any other reason, you come for the wrong
reason. We come to Christ because we have a need of Christ. We have a need to be cleansed,
a need in our heart, a need in our soul. We're weak and helpless
with no abilities, no power. Blind, deaf and dumb if Christ
don't give us eyes and don't give us eyesight and don't give
us life from the dead. Oh, if we ever give a reason
for man to come to Christ, we better give him the only reason
he'll ever come. He said, come unto me, except
you believe I'm here, you'll die in your sins. That blind man come to him and
he said, Oh, do you believe all the Son of God? He said, Who
is he? Who is he? Who is he? He said, I will speak unto them. He said, Lord, I believe. And
he worshipped. The only kind of people who came
to him were lepers, blind, half lame, people in need. And I'll tell you this much,
if you ever have a need of Christ, you'll always have a need of
Christ. If you ever start needing Him,
your need will get deeper and it will get stronger and it will
get greater. The more and more you live, the
greater you feel you need of Him. Don't you? I need Him, but oh I need Him. I need Him, I need Him, I need
Him, I need Him. I need Him every minute of every
day. I need the Lord, blessed Savior,
every hour. An hour is not enough. I need
Him every moment. And I tell you, they give all
these reasons for Him to come and inherit He
wanted to see him for all the wrong reasons and if a preacher
don't give you the right reason. And our Lord never said a word.
Never said a word. But his enemies never shut up. And look at Herod's reaction
here. Herod's reaction. And since he didn't say anything
to him. Since he wouldn't answer him. And Herod with his men of war.
Men of war. Men of war. Here is the Prince
of Peace. Here is He who comes preaching
peace. Here is He who said, My peace
I give unto you, not as the world give I unto you. My peace. And here are men with these men
of war. Got on their uniforms, got on
their swords, and got on their helmets, and got on their breastplates,
got on their uniforms. And look what they did. They
said Him a knot. Said Him a knot. And what does that word knot
mean? Made him to be absolutely nothing or nobody. Since he's
nothing or nobody, we can treat him any way we want to. Treat
with contempt. Treat with being despised. Set him at naught. You know what? If I don't like somebody, I just
ignore them. But these folks can't dislike
somebody and ignore him. They set him at naught. Treat
him with utter contempt and despised him. And then look what else
it says, and they mocked him. They mocked him. Made fun of
him. Really killed him. And all this
and what, look what they did. Pilate says, since you say you're
a king, I'm going to put a beautiful robe on you. I'm going to put
a gorgeous, gorgeous robe on you. Gorgeous, gorgeous robe
on him. And what did they do? They sent
him again to Pilate. O Pilate said I thought I was
done with this fellow. Send him back to Egypt. And look
what happens now. In the same day Pilate and Herod
were made friends together. What did they have in common?
Their enmity and willingness to stand against the Lord Jesus
Christ. For they were at enmity between themselves but now they
are made friends. And why did they do this? Whatever
they designed to do, they couldn't agree and despise the Lord Jesus
Christ. But why did they do this? Now
look with me over in Acts. You keep Luke 23 and let me show
you something in Acts chapter 4. Just a minute. Acts chapter
4. Why did these people do this?
Why did these folks do this? Acts chapter 4 and verse 28. And they've said all this to
say that this is the way the world
still feels about Christ. This is the way we felt about
him until he saved us and overwhelmed us with his grace. And look what
he says here in verse 25, Acts chapter 4 in verse 25. Peter's
preaching now. And who by the mouth of thy servant
David hath said, Why did the heathen
rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the
earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against
the Lord and against his Christ. I just read it to you. For of
a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed,
both Herod, Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people
of Israel, were gathered together. For to do whatsoever thy hand
and thy counsel determined before to be done. How could anybody
miss it? God said, this is the way I want
him treated. And I'm going to let you do it.
I'm going to let you do it. Now turn back over here again. And he got up here again, verse
14 of Luke 23. And they said, you brought this
man unto me as one that perverts the people. I've examined thee
before you. You found no fault in this man
when touching those things you accuse him. And her it didn't
either. and there's not anything worthy of death in him I'm going
to therefore, I'll just chastise him and release him and oh my,
what they say down in verse 21 but they cried crucify him, crucify
him, crucify him and he said the third time, why? what evil
has he done? what evil has he done? Which
of you convinces me of sin? He said, I found no cause of
death in him. I'll chastise him and let him go. And they were
one instant with loud voices requiring that he might be crucified.
And the voices of them that prevailed and of the chief priests prevailed.
And Pilate gave sentence that he should be as they required. It's what you
want, it's what you're going to get. I'll satisfy your hatred,
I'll satisfy your enmity, I'll satisfy your thirst for blood. And all this and everything they
did. God, Christ chose the man. God chose the man that would
smite our Lord Jesus Christ. It's like he raised Pharaoh up
just to show his power in him. He raised Herod up in power to
show who has the real power on this earth. Everything that happens. And
all this was done just like God ordered it to be done. And He
was crucified. And one of the things our Lord
said on that cross was, Father, forgive them. They know not what
to do. And for years and years I knew
not what I did. But now I do. and bless his holy
name when he prayed father forgive him he forgave me I'm forgiven for Christ's sake
father forgive him Our Savior, oh gracious gracious
Savior our blessed Lord Jesus we stand in utter astonishment,
wonder as we gaze upon these things, read about these things,
and how you let yourself be subjected to such cruelty, such hatred,
such mistreatment, such a horrible death, such shame and humiliation. But Lord, we thank you that you
did. We're thankful that when you
was in Gethsemane, you said, Father, nevertheless, not my
will, but Thine be done. And you took that cup that the
Father gave you to drink, and you drank it down. He emptied
it. And you drank the dregs. And
now, Lord Jesus, because you did that, We can answer. We can answer before our conscience.
We can answer before God. We can answer before anybody
on this earth. The captains and kings of this
earth. We can answer. We got a good hope. We got a
good confession. That our Lord Jesus Christ is
truly the King. He's truly the Savior. He's truly
the one that God sent. to die, to suffer, and put away
our sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Oh, blessed be Your name. Oh,
Lord, thank You that You subjected Yourself to these things. Oh,
we thank You and bless You. And, Father, let others lie on
You. For God, by Your grace, will always tell the truth on
You. Enable us to tell the truth on
you, tell the truth about you, and be truthful with ourselves.
In our Lord Jesus' name we bless you. Amen. Amen. Let's turn to 3.51. I think it's
3.51. I think that's what it is. Yes, stand together. Jesus, keep me near the cross. Precious fountain Free to all
a healing stream Flows from Calvary's mountain In the cross, in the
cross, be my glory ever. Love and mercy found me. There the bright and morning
star sheds its beams In the cross, in the cross be
my glory ever ever, till my raptured soul shall
find rest beyond the River, near the cross, O Lamb of God, richly
we hold Help me walk from day to day With its shadows over
me In the cross, in the cross my glory ever, till my raptured
soul shall find rest beyond the river. That's what we're going to do.
Near the cross I'll watch and I'll wait, hoping, till I reach
the golden strand. the river. In the cross, in the cross be
my glory ever. Till my wrath But your soul shall
find rest beyond the river.