All right, Genesis 28, and our
text is going to be from verse 19. But before we get into that,
just once, one of the old writers, Mr. Thomas Brooks, he once made
this statement. He said that truly, that truly,
he that truly believes. and receives the Lord Jesus Christ
as his Redeemer and Lord shall be saved. Be his sins never so
many. He that believes not on him and
receives not the Lord Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, as his
Redeemer, shall be damned. Be his sins never so few. The
issue is Christ. Our Lord gathered his disciples
together about him after his resurrection and he told them,
he said, go into all the world and preach the gospel. All power
is given unto me, I'll be with you. I have all power, I have
all authority over all flesh, you go preach. He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved and he that believeth not shall
be condemned, shall be damned. He who truly not professes, but
truly believes on Christ, and receives him as Lord, as his
Lord and Redeemer, who has a saving experience, a saving union with
the Redeemer, who's been born again, shall be saved. He be
his sins, never so many, but he that believeth not on Christ,
and receiveth not Christ as his Lord, shall be damned, be his
sins never so few. Believers and unbelievers have
one thing in common, and that one thing in common is that we're
all sinners. Turn to Romans chapter 3 with
me, if you will. This is the one thing that all
men have in common, that we're all sinners. None of us, though,
are as bad as we can be. We're all restrained by the hand
of God. None as wicked as we could be.
Our full potential to sin is not yet realized, is not realized
because God Almighty stays us. It's his restraining grace. He
keeps us from this, but the potential is there for every son of Adam.
Just because we might not act as wicked as somebody else doesn't
give us the reason to be proud. We shouldn't praise ourselves.
It's God restraining grace. The potential's there. Paul says
in Romans chapter three, look at verse 10. He says this. As
it's written, there is none righteous, no not one. There is none that
understandeth. There is none that seeketh after
God. They're all gone out of the way. They are together become
unprofitable. There is none that doeth good.
And just in case you didn't catch the first four nones, no not
one. Turn to Isaiah chapter 64 with
me. Isaiah 64 and listen to the prophet
Isaiah. In verses six through eight,
Isaiah wrote this, he said, Isaiah 64, verse six. But we are all as an unclean
thing, and all of our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, and we do
all fate as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us
away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth
up thyself to take hold of thee. For thou hast hid thy face from
us, and hast consumed us because of our iniquities. But now, O
Lord, thou art our Father. We are the clay, thou our potter,
and we all are the work of thy hand. In 1 John chapter 1 and
verse 8, John writes, if we say that we have no sin, we deceive
ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we say that we have not sinned,
we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. So we have this
one thing in common, all men and women, all thing we have
in common, and that is we're sinners. We are descendants of
Adam, and being descendants of Adam, we have received his nature,
the results of his rebellion. We are dead in trespasses and
sins, and we're enemies of Almighty God. We love that which we ought
to hate. We hate that which we ought to
love. We call that which is bitter, sweet, and that which is sweet,
bitter. We are 180 degrees in direct opposition to God by nature. But that which marks a true believer,
that which marks a true believer in Christ, that which a true
believer in Christ has as an evidence that God has by his
grace, redeem them. Number one, he has a true knowledge
of sin. as it appears in the light of
God's holiness. He has a true knowledge of sin
in the light as it appears in the light of God's holiness.
The Pharisees, the religious leaders, they were very careful
about the outward forms of religion, the ceremonies of religion, the
outward duties of the law, the outward obedience to the law.
They held the law in high esteem. Thou shalt have no other gods
before me. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord God in vain.
Thou shalt not kill. Remember the Sabbath. Keep it
holy. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Honor thy father and thy mother. Thou shalt not bear false witness.
Thou shalt not covet. They honored that, and they esteemed
it very highly. They were very careful about
these laws and the duties of religion, ceremonial laws and
so forth. In keeping of the Sabbath, they
were very moral men. They were very careful in keeping
all these responsibilities and duties. One day, our Lord was
preaching this, and this was recorded in Matthew chapter 15.
He said, it's not that which goeth into the mouth that defiles
a man, it is that which comes from the heart. To eat with unwashed
hands defiles not a man, defiles not a man. After he talked about
this, the disciples came up to him, our Lord, And they said,
the Pharisees were offended by what you said. They were upset
at what you said. The Lord then began to explain.
He said, every plant which my heavenly father hath not planted
shall be rooted up. And he told them to leave them
alone. Leave them alone. They'd be blind
leaders of the blind. Then Peter asked them, he said,
declare unto us this parable. I don't understand. We don't
understand. declaring to us this parable. That's when our Lord
said, are you without understanding? Whatsoever entereth in at the
mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out of the draft.
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from
the heart, those things such as evil thoughts and blasphemy
and adultery, fornication, evil concupiscence, lasciviousness,
these are the things that defile, that corrupt the man. And the
Pharisees did not understand sin. That was the bottom line.
They didn't understand it. The disciples by the Lord were
taught the meaning of sin. And so are all true believers
taught what sin is. Sin understood in the light of
God's holiness. We have seen sin as it appears
in the light of His holiness. Not in the light of reputation,
in the light of public opinion, Not in those things, in the light
of some church rule or standard. See, God's love. We're not love. God's love. We do not understand
anything about that kind of love. God is pure love. He's infinite
love. He's everlasting love. God's
love. And God is mercy. He's grace. And he is righteous. Isaiah the
prophet said, when King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord high and
lifted up, and his train filled the temple, and the cherubims
and phariseums were about the throne of God, and cried, holy,
holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts. Then, then, cried I, woe
is me. I'm a man of unclean lips, and
I dwell among a people of unclean lips. He saw the Lord in his
holiness. He saw sin and evil in the light
of God's holiness. Job was an upright. Job, we know
about Job. God called him righteous. He
was an upright, moral man. In fact, Job defended his morality.
He defended his integrity. He said, I'll not let go of my
integrity. I've treated people right. I've ordered my house
right. I've conducted my life right.
And I've been a good example to all those about me. Then God
appeared to him, he appeared to him in a whirlwind, and revealed
to Job his glory, his wisdom, and his power. Then Job said
this, and not until then, Lord, I've heard you by the ear, but
now mine eyes see of thee, and I hate myself. Once have I spoken,
yea, twice, things too wonderful for me, things I did not understand. I put a seal on my lips, I shut
my mouth, I hate myself. Now that's what Job said. The true believer to sin, or
to him, sin has ceased to be a set of rules, to be a set of
laws and a standard handed down. Sin becomes an offense against
the character, against the government, against the person of God, his
Lord. He sees sin in the light of God's
holiness. David said in Psalm 51, O God,
against thee and thee only have I sinned and done this evil in
thy sight, creating me a new heart, creating me or renew within
me a right spirit. Within me, that's where the work
needs to be done. This work is his workmanship.
It's God's workmanship. What the Holy Spirit does within
us is the fruit of the complete redemptive work our Lord Jesus
Christ accomplished at the cross of Calvary. Every bit of it. Have we seen sin in the light
of God's holiness? If we have, the Holy Spirit has
shown us that. A man or woman will never mourn
or weep over sin. until they've seen sin in the
light of God's holiness. What makes sin so wretched and
evil is it is against God. That's what makes it so wretched
and evil. Again, he has a true knowledge of sin in the light
of God's holiness. He sees his pride in the light
of God's holiness, in the light of Christ's humility. He sees
the hatred in the light of Christ's love. It would do us good if
sometime we would think about this, when our heart, when our
pride starts to well up, and we swell up with pride, or when
we think of our rights, any time our rights have been violated,
it would be good for us to think of this, our Lord, who thought
it not robbery to be equal with God, made himself of no reputation,
became obedient unto death, took the form of a servant, and became
obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. That's humility. we would think about our pride
and our rights in the light of his rights and his holiness and
his humility, it would make us ashamed. Think about when someone says
something about us or did something to us that we didn't deserve
and we feel that our rights were violated or we were violated
and we feel that that person ought to suffer the greatest
penalty for this. Think about this sometime. When
our Lord was nailed to the cross, he looked down to the face of
that soldier who spit in his face, and he said, Father, forgive
him. He knows not what he had done.
When he stood on the mountain over Jerusalem, he said, How
often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen doth
gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not. When I see
my get-even spirit My vengeful spirit, it makes me ashamed.
I see my sin in the light of his holiness. Our Lord was led
as a sheep before the shearers is dumb. He was led. They brought
all kinds of false charges against him. And he didn't turn and say,
that's not so. When reviled, he reviled not
again. Anybody knows it's wrong to take
the Lord's name in vain. Anybody knows it's wrong to commit
adultery. Anybody knows it's wrong to steal.
Anybody knows it's wrong to kill or wrong to lie? Anybody knows
that? A person feels bad because they
lied on someone? They haven't learned anything
with that. We haven't learned anything when we learned that.
Our children know that. They may never ever read the
Bible. They know that. When you and I come to see sin
and regard and think about sin as an attitude, a spirit, a principle
that is against God Almighty and His holiness, we see ourselves.
I ought to love my greatest enemy. In the flesh, God loves me and
I was his enemy. I ought to be able to forgive.
If I know anything about God's righteousness, if I know anything
about his mercy, I ought to be able to forgive the greatest
offense ever committed against me. I ought to be able to. And
not harbor any ill will or malice or ill feelings. But forgive
it, erase it, forget it, and bless that person. Our Lord said
to bless them that persecute you. Now, why can't we do that?
Why can't we do that? Well, here's the reason. The
true believer is a sinner and knows it, but he sees sin and
regards sin and considers it not in the written letter of
God, not in the written law of God. The law is spiritual. and it convicts and strips a
person and reveals sin in a summary of the whole character of God.
But a believer considers sin, not in the light of thou shalt
not, but in the light of thou shalt. Paul said this in Romans
chapter three, he said, we have sinned and come short of God's
what? His glory. The Ten Commandments? No. The moral law? No, he didn't
say that. We come short of God's glory
every time. That's my problem. That's our
problem. What is God's glory? Well, it's
his goodness. God's glory is his goodness.
Moses said, Lord, show me your glory. He had seen the Ten Commandments. He had even received the Ten
Commandments. He'd seen all that. That was
in Exodus 20. And he received the tables of stone. But later
on, Moses asked the Lord to show him his glory. Paul said, I've
sinned and come short of God's glory. So Moses said, show me
your glory. And God said, this was his answer,
I will be gracious, I will be merciful. That's his glory. How much mercy and grace do we
have? Don't answer that. We love those that love us, but
Christ said, what thank have you? We give to them whom we
hope to have something in return, but again, what thank have you?
We bless them that bless us. We pray for those in our family
and those that we have close relationships with, but what
thank have you? Our Lord said, I say unto you, love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use
you that you might be children of your father, which is in heaven. And if any man forgive not others
their trespasses, neither will I forgive you The Father will
forgive you your trespasses. I've sinned and come short of
the glory of God and the true believer's conflict with sin,
his wrestling with sin and his repentance over sin, his conviction
of sin and his troubles with sin is considered in the light
of God's glory, God's holiness, God's love, God's mercy and his
grace. And every one of those are in his dear beloved son,
the Lord Jesus Christ. As we see him, we see ourselves.
And the question is, what think ye of Christ? What think ye of
Christ? He's the issue. He's the difference.
Let's look at the second thing that marks a true believer. That
was number one. The second thing that marks a
true believer is a true desire to be done with sin and to live
for God's glory. David said, I shall be satisfied. What would it take to totally
satisfy us? Well, David said, I shall be
satisfied when I awake with his likeness. This is the object
of the believer's faith. We talked about that in the last
message. The great petition of a believer
is to be like Christ because he's the object of God's covenant.
He's the object of God's predestination, and he's the object of Christ's
incarnation. This is the object of Christ's
redemption. Thou shall call his name Jesus for he shall save
his people from their sins. That's why he came. He said,
I came to seek and to save the lost. I come that you may have
life and have it more abundantly. That's why he came. This is the
object of his resurrection. This is the object of his intercession.
This is the object of his coming again. That's where I, he says
that where I am, you may also be, or maybe also. That's why
I came. That is why he came. That's why
he came. Turn to Ephesians chapter 1 with
me. Let's look at that. Ephesians chapter 1. He came to make us like himself. Ephesians chapter 1, that's what
it's all about. The great petition for a believer
is not to go to heaven. The great petition of a believer
is not to determine if the circle be unbroken. The one great petition,
object, desire of a believer is to be like Christ. Listen
to Ephesians chapter one and verse three. Paul writes, blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed
us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ,
according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy. And that's why he chose
us. that we should be holy. Not that
he should populate heaven only, but that he might have a people
like his son. That's why he chose you. That
is the object of election. Read on. So we should be holy
and without blame before him in love, having predestinated
us into the adoption of children. You know, he's going to have
some sons. He's going to have some children. They're all going
to be one day like Christ. We're going to like what he likes. We're going to rejoice in what
he rejoices in. We're going to enjoy the things
he enjoys because we're going to be like Christ. Turn to Romans
chapter 8 with me. We'll see that again here in
Romans chapter 8. Verse 29, look at that. For whom
he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed
to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among
many brethren. See, that's what it's all about.
That's God's object, and if our objective and God's objective
is not the same, then we're not walking together. Many are preaching
the goal of all this in this day is to go to heaven. to be
in heaven. And you know that's a desirable
goal, there's no question about it. We know that we would rather
be in heaven than in hell. So that's a desirable goal. But
they're preaching the goal of all this to be rewards that we're
going to get. Riches in heaven, the mansions
that we're going to live in, the streets of gold we're going
to walk on. Also about the wealth that we're going to have and
things that we're not going to have such as pain and sickness
and death. But the goal of all this is that
we are going to be like Christ. And that is our objective. The
true believer has a desire to be done with sin. He longs for
the day when he shall wake with Christ's likeness. And thirdly,
that which marks a true believer is a definite confidence and
a definite committal to the Lord Jesus Christ. If you will, turn
to 2 Timothy chapter one with me. 2 Timothy chapter 1. Listen to Paul here. Some say
this is the best definition of faith. I'm not sure. It very well may be. But 2 Timothy
chapter 1 and verse 12. For the witch cause I also suffer
these things. Nevertheless, I'm not ashamed,
for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day, that
day of judgment and wrath and condemnation. There's a threefold
definition of faith right there in that verse. And by the way,
a good definition of a true believer is found in Philippians chapter
three and verse three, which reads, we are the circumcision.
We are the true believers. We're the sheep, the Israel of
God, the elect of God, which worship God in the spirit. In
other words, we worship God from the heart, that which he reveals
to us about himself. And we rejoice, we have confidence,
we boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in this flesh.
That's a good definition of a believer. But in 2 Timothy 1, verse 12,
there's a threefold definition of faith. First of all, Paul
said, I know whom I have believed. I know whom. I know who he is. He's God Almighty, the son of
man. I know that God sent him to be
my redeemer, to come down here on purpose and bear my sin and
my shame and to face the law and to obey it perfectly. I know
that. To fulfill the law. I know who he is. I know from
whence he came. I know what He came to do and
I know why He came to do it. That God may be just and justify
the ungodly. I know these things in my mind
and in my thoughts and in my understanding and heart. I know
these things. I know He's the only Redeemer.
What made the difference? What made the difference? The
blood of Christ. If you want to come to a bloodless
altar, a sacrifice-less altar, a Christless altar, then get
ready to die in your sins. But if you want to meet God and
stand before God, unblameable and unreprovable, you come to
God by that appointed lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shed his
blood to take away our sins. The sacrificial lamb is at Calvary,
that's where he is, who is now seated at the right hand of the
Father, that's where he is. God Almighty will not do business
with He will not speak to nor be spoken to by any sinner except
by the Lamb, through the Lamb, the blood of Christ, the great
high priest. We have an altar which to come,
but it's not an earthly altar, it's an altar in the mercy seat
of glory on which the blood of Christ was placed when he died
on that cross of Calvary. I plead the blood, I plead the
sacrifice and the offering of Christ, my only righteousness
before God." Justification. Paul said, I know whom I have
believed. Not only do I know whom I have
believed, but I am persuaded, I am convinced that he is able,
that he is able, not only to save, but to keep. Keep us from
falling, keep all that he purchased and accomplished before the Father,
He is able to keep. Our Lord had not failed and he
has not failed. He's no weakling. He's not upset
because the devil will not let him have his way and the world
will not let him do what he came to do. He's not upset about that.
Our Lord is able. He is satisfied. He shall see
the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied. The pleasure of
the Lord will prosper in his hands. He's able. No doubt about
it. Paul said, I know whom I have
believed and I'm persuaded that he is able to keep that which,
and here's the third thing, which I've committed. Committed what? It all. Life, salvation, soul,
hope for the forgiveness of sin. It's all committed to Christ.
Now this is a threefold definition of faith. I know, I am convinced,
and I'm committed. The threefold definition. I've counted the costs and I'm
committed. I would rather have Christ and all the treasures
that this world has to give by His grace, by His grace. If I have Christ, I have everything.
If you have Christ, you have everything. If I committed all
my, or I have committed all my idols and laid them at the cross,
I've surrendered them, I've laid down my arms, unconditionally,
I've stacked them, it's over. Lord, I'm yours, Lord, do with
me what you will. That's what Paul said, and that's
what he's saying, and that is faith. Commitment, commitment
to Christ, counting the cost, following him, that's another
mark of a believer. The rich young ruler would not
do it. He wouldn't do it. The cost was too high. This whole
thing, this is a whole lot more in this day of easy believism
and decision-making. True faith is the gift of God. If you have that faith, if I
have that faith, it's the gift of God. God's given that to us.
It's not a decision to go to heaven. It's a vital union with
Jesus Christ the Lord. It's not giving mental assent
to some terms of theology. That's not what this thing is.
It's a submission. crowning Christ. It's willingly
bowing to the Son of God and resting in His finished work
for all of their salvation, for all my soul. Let's commit them. Turn to Romans chapter 7 with
me, please. Let's see what else Paul says about a mark of a believer.
The believer is not without sin. He's not without failures. We
have failures. We have ballets and doubts and
fears, just like the unbeliever. But something has happened. He's
been met. He's been confronted by the Lord,
by the king. The king won. A believer has
been to Bethel. He has had a confrontation with
the Lord, and the Lord broke him and made him willing in the
day of his power. He belongs to the Lord. A bond
slave laying down at the master's feet. Paul said in Romans chapter
7 and verse 24, he says this, a wretched man that I am, who
shall deliver me from the body of this death? In other words,
he's saying I'm a hell deserving sinner right now, right now.
I'm a hell deserving, he wrote that right then. I'm a hell deserving
sinner. God has shown me my sin in the
light of his holiness and I need delivered. That's what he's saying.
But God does not leave his sheep in that frame of mind, in that
state of being. He didn't leave them in that.
He brings us and drives us to Jesus Christ, our Lord. We need
to deliver, but the Lord is our delivery. He is not just my friend,
the Lord. He's not just my friend, though
he is my friend. That was mentioned in prayer.
He is our friend, but he's not just my friend. He's not just
my brother, though he is. He is my Lord. can call no man
master. He, Christ, is my master. The
gateway to heaven or the gateway to the kingdom of God is the
lordship of Christ. It's not the buddy system. It's
more than this. He is Lord. One day he said to
disciples, he said, you call me Lord and you say, well, for
so I am. The disciples did not call him
Jesus. But many in our day want to call
him that. No man can call him Lord but
by the Holy Spirit. They want to call him Jesus,
but we see him in his glory. If we ever see him in his indisputable,
immutable sovereignty, we just get a glimpse of it, but we see
that. If we ever see him as king and master, we'll not have a
problem calling him Lord. You know, it'll be as natural
to call him Lord as it is for us to call our earthly father,
dad. If we call our father or mother
by their first name, we show them no respect. We lack respect
and admiration. Sarah even called Abraham Lord,
but he is my Lord. He says, if thou shalt confess
with thy mouth Jesus to be Lord, it's a committal to a sovereign
Lord. Turn to John chapter one with
me, look at this. John chapter one and verse 12. John writes this,
our Lord says, Or John writes this, he says, 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. As many as received,
as many as received. It's a committal, not a decision
to accept him or not. It's when the spirit of the living
God has opened a sinner's heart, mind, to see the glory of God
in the face of our Lord Jesus Christ. It's a committal, like
old Jacob. God brought him to Bethel, old
Jacob. God told him who he was. He said,
I'm the Lord thy God. That's who I am, the living God,
the God of Abraham and Isaac, the creator of this world. He
showed Jacob there is a way to God, showed him with that ladder
that reached heaven and earth. That is Christ, that ladder is.
He made a covenant promise with Jacob. He talked to Jacob. He told Jacob, he said, I am
going to keep you and bring you back to your land." And Jacob
said, he's my God. Then last of all, and then I'll
close, that which marks a believer is a constant return to this
place of committal, of repentance and faith. You know, God brought
Jacob to Bethel and he spoke to him and revealed himself to
him and revealed the way of God to him. and revealed himself
through his word, and God spoke to him and made him a promise.
Old Jacob took a lot of detours, though. Jacob did. A lot of detours, and he wandered
here and there. But one day, God told him to
come back to Bethel. Changed his name, the house of
God, come back to Bethel. Changed his name. He used to
be named Jacob. the supplanter, which means take
by plotting. He did a lot of plotting, Jacob
did. He had so many questionable character traits, but God changed
his name. He said, you shall no longer be called Jacob, supplanter,
but you're going to be called Israel, Prince of God. That's
your new name. Has that happened? Has that happened? Have we been to Bethel? Have
we been to that place, not in front of the church, not the
baptismal waters, not down an altar, or been to the school
of theology, but have we been to Bethel, where God Almighty
meets us, where he met Jacob? That's Christ. Have we been to
Bethel? Not where Jacob met God, but
God met Jacob, just like God met the Saul of Tarsus. God met
him. Have we been there? Where God
spoke to him, where God revealed himself to him, spoke to him
through his word, where God changed his name and made him a promise,
and where Jacob made a committal. You know, Jacob's father, Isaac,
loved Esau. See, that's Jacob's brother. Esau was Jacob's brother. He
loved Esau. Esau had all these committable
traits and was more beautiful on the outside than Jacob. And
Isaac loved Esau, but God didn't. God didn't love Esau. God loved
Jacob. See, God doesn't look on the
outward countenance. God looks on the heart. Jacob's
heart was covered with the blood of Christ. God loved and justified
Jacob in eternity. The difference is God's grace.
Neither Jacob nor Esau deserved God's love or mercy. Neither
one of them did. But as mentioned, Jacob means supplanter. He was
a cheat. That's what he was. Esau, though,
he despised the birthright. He despised God and he despised
grace. He loved life. He loved people.
He loved his father and mother. He loved hunting in the woods,
but he hated God. So God loved Jacob. and revealed
himself to him. Strange and mysterious are the
ways of God, and he moves in mysterious ways, his wonders
to perform. But God's not confined to this
outward appearance. He's not confined to that. God
looks on the heart, and Peter would have had a hard time convincing
John that he loved the Lord. See, John saw him curse and swear
and deny that he knew the Lord. He sat by that fire and the other
apostles, they knew about it too. And Peter ran and fled when
the Lord was arrested. He would have had a hard time
convincing anybody that he loved the Lord in that situation. But
when Peter met the master and the master met him, and the master
asked him if he loved him, Peter said, Lord, you know I love you
because you know all things. He does know all things. He knows
us. He knows his own. We can put
on our religious front all we want to. But have we been to
Bethel? Have we met Christ? Have we rested in Christ for
all of our salvation? Have we committed it to Christ?
His people will have many mountains to climb, deserts to cross, and
waters to swim through, and many valleys to walk through. But
if we are his, we will always come back to Bethel. We'll always
come to Christ, rest in him. We cannot find joy or peace anywhere
else. He is, and he has everything
we need. Again, he is all wisdom, righteousness,
sanctification, and redemption. Have you been to Bethel? Have
I been to Bethel? Have we committed all of our
salvation to him? Have all security in him? Have
we rested in him? If a man has Christ, he has everything,
and he will keep coming back to Bethel by his grace. Amen.