Turn with me, if you would, to
Colossians chapter 3. Colossians chapter 3. And tonight we'll be in verse
4. And I would like to read starting
in verse 1 to verse 4. The name of the message is Christ
who is our life. Christ who is our life. Colossians
3 verses 1 to 4. If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right
hand of God. Set your affection on things
above, not on things on the earth, for ye are dead, and your life
is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is all life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." So
last week we looked at verse 3 of our study in the book of
Colossians, and we saw the change that has taken place in regeneration. The believer's old life is over, and a new life has begun in Christ. A new life has begun in Christ,
and the source of this life is Christ. The source of this life
is Christ. It's the union and fellowship
with the exalted Christ, the Lord Jesus Christ, the God-man.
Therefore, we looked at how the believer in Christ is dead to
the law, dead to the ordinances, Dead to touch not, taste not,
handle not, which we saw in chapter two at the latter part of chapter
two, the false teachers were promoting that. And they were writing, at the
time of writing this epistle, these false teachers were trying
to yoke the Colossian believers with all these duties that they
had to do. And as I mentioned last week,
the false teachers of our day Do the same. Nothing's changed. Nothing's changed. Solomon said,
there's nothing new under the sun. And there really isn't. They've just been wrapped up
into a new little way that it's offered or shown, but there's
nothing but works-based salvation. We believe in salvation by the
grace of God in Christ plus nothing. So we, by studying scriptures,
can see that counterfeit and say, that's wrong, that's wrong. No, we're free in Christ. The believer in Christ is free
in Christ and dead to the things spoken of in verses 20 to 23
of chapter two, which is touch not, taste not, handle not. Now
I believe that the Holy Spirit will never lead us contrary to
the law of God, He didn't ever lead us contrary to the law of
God, but praise be to God that He fulfilled it for us, that
Christ fulfilled the law in our place, because we can't even
fulfill one part of it. We also looked at how our life
is hid with Christ in God, and we considered the security and
the safety of the believer who is hidden in Christ. What security,
what safety we have as believers in Christ. And this life is called
hidden because it's away from the observation of natural man. And it was away from our observation
until Christ revealed it to us, right? Until Christ revealed
himself to us, we had no clue about him. Now we may have, like
me, may have cooked up an idol of who we thought Christ was,
but it wasn't the Christ of the Bible, it was the Christ of my
mind. And I thought he was at my whim,
and it was my decision, and he'd done everything he could to save
me, and I found out, no, no, I was dead in trespasses and
sins and lost. And that I'm at his whim. I'm
at his mercy. And it's so for every one of
us. When he reveals himself to us, Christ must be revealed to
the sinner. He must be the one who reveals
himself. Or we'll never know him. Or we'll never know him. So this life spoken of in our
text speaks of eternal life, which the believer has, where's
our eternal life? It's in Christ. It's in him. It's because, and the only reason
we have it, we who believe have it, is because he died in our
place and he lived in our place as our substitute. Therefore,
we subscribe with Jonah that salvation is of the Lord. It's
not anything we do. It's all about what he's done.
As our substitute, both in his life and in his death. His life
and His death. So not only our natural life,
which we know we have because of Him too, the very air that
we breathe, even the very air that unsaved folks breathe, comes
from God. Comes from God. But we know that
we live and move and have our being in Him, don't we? Scripture
tells us that. He's the giver of life, both
natural and spiritual. But here in our text is speaking
of spiritual. And our spiritual and eternal
life all comes from Him. He is the spring of it. He's
the spring of it. It arises originally from Him. Think of this. It arises originally
from Him because it was purposed in Him. When? In eternity. In eternity, it
was promised by Him. The plan of it is all in Him. And beloved, we're hidden in
Him. Verse three tells us we're hidden in Him. This life was
given by Him, right? We're just receivers of eternal
life. And it's all in Him. Again, he's
the fountain of it. Therefore, the saints can never
perish or need not fear any enemy because we're hidden Christ.
Why? That's good news for sinners,
for this sinner especially. That's good news. What safety,
what security the believer has in Jesus Christ our Lord. So
let us consider verse 4 tonight. Let us keep all this in mind.
Last week's teaching and the past two weeks which deal with
our attitude, what our attitude should be towards the material
world and what our attitude should be towards spiritual things.
And that's all found in verses 1 to 4. So let us consider verse
4 tonight. When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. When
Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear
with him in glory. So let us consider this fact. Now, later on we're going to
look at verses 1 to 4 and we're going to see facts presented.
So let us consider this fact tonight. Christ is our life. That's a fact for the believer.
Christ is our life. He's the source of our spiritual
life. He's the author of our spiritual life. He's the fountain
that it springs from. He's the object of our faith. He's the object of our life,
isn't he? Christ. He's our life. And without Christ,
we face both natural death and spiritual death. But in Christ,
there's no condemnation. None. The believer's hidden him. Because he lives, we live. Because he's the head, and we're
the body. So because he lives, we live.
Christ is our eternal life, isn't he? He really is. He's our eternal life. Do we
have eternal life outside of Him? No. Christ is our eternal
life. It is in Him. It is in Him and
given through Him and by Him. That's why the scripture declares
here, Christ who is our life. He's our life beloved. Turn if
you would to John chapter five and then put your finger in Ephesians
chapter two. Beloved, He's the beginning of
our spiritual life, and He's the perfection of our spiritual
life. He's the beginning of our spiritual life, and He's its
perfection. And the believer's eyes and heart
are set upon who? Christ and Him alone. Christ in Him alone. Look at
John 5, verse 21. For as the Father raises up the
dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom He
will. He's the source. He's the author. He quickens whom He will. And
who does He quicken? All that He purchased on Calvary's
cross. Now that's something for us to
think about. If we sit here with Dean tonight, The only reason
is because he quickened us by his will and that he purchased
us on Calvary's cross by his own precious blood. Oh my. He quickens, he regenerates whom
he wills. He's the alpha as well as the
omega of our salvation. In our life, he's our life. He's our all in all. We have
nothing without Christ. And we who believe would have
remained dead in sin if he had said not, you hath he quickened.
Look at Ephesians chapter 2. If he had not said, you hath
he quickened, we would have remained dead in trespasses and sins.
Look at Ephesians chapter 2. Keep this in mind. Christ who
is our life. Look at this. And you, Hathi
quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins." That was our state
when we came into this world. Where in times past you 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 had our conversations
in times past. in the lust of the flesh, fulfilled
in the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
the children of wrath, even as others. That was our state. You couldn't tell us apart from
anyone else who was lost. We were lost. We were dead in
trespasses and sins. But look at verse four, beloved.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith
he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, look at this, hath
quickened us together. There it is. Born again of the
Holy Spirit of God. With Christ. There it is again.
In Christ and with Christ. By grace are you saved and hath
raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places
in Christ Jesus. And here it is, trophies of His
grace, that in the ages to come, He might show the exceeding riches
of His grace in His kindness towards us. Here, remember, Christ
is our life. Look at this. Through Christ
Jesus. Through Christ Jesus. So back
to our text that says, when Christ, who is our life, now we see in
Ephesians 2, it all comes through Him, doesn't it? All comes through
Him. Christ is Himself. Christ Himself
is the living water. And He gives us living water.
He gives us living water, which is a well springing up into everlasting
life. And it's all in Him. It's all
in Him. Scripture says this in John 1.
In Him, being Christ, in Him was life. The life was the light
of man. And the light shineth in the
darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. Didn't have a clue who
he was. Was that not our state before
the Lord saved us? Dead and trespasses and sins.
But he's our life, beloved. He's the source of our eternal
life. He's the fountain of our life. It's all in him. All in him. Let's go back to
our text. And what we believe, just a quick
point here, what we believe is not just a religion. It's not. It's Christ. It's Christ. It's not just a way of life.
It's much, much more than that. Jesus is our life. He's our life. He's the true
life of every believer. Without Him, we have nothing. And notice in the last few verses
we looked at, We'll look at tonight's verse where Paul's been putting
forth facts for the Colossian believers to rest in, to find
assurance. Let's look at the last four verses we've looked
at. We'll start in verse one of chapter three here. Notice
the facts. So Paul's combated the false
teachers, right? Touch not, taste not, handle
not, that we're dead to that stuff. Paul here. And I found this in a commentator
today, and I thought it was marvelous. He is presenting facts, beloved. Facts. Let's look at these facts. If ye then be risen with Christ,
it's a fact that the believer is risen with Christ. Seek those
things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand
of God. So Paul here sets before the Colossian believers the fact
that they are risen with Christ. It's a fact. It's not a maybe. And as a result of this wonderful
truth, they are to seek those things which are above. And now
notice another fact of comfort for the believer, that our Savior,
our God and King, sitteth at the right hand of God in majesty
and power. This is a fact. Where Christ sitteth on the right
hand of God. This is a fact, beloved. There's
no question. Paul's presenting absolute truth.
This is a fact. So as a result of that, set your
affection on things above, not on things on the earth. So as
a result of these precious truths, these facts, we are to set our
affection upon Christ. Who is above? Now, look at this.
Here's another fact for ye are. Dead to touch, not taste, not handle.
Head to the wall. That's a fact. What comfort that
brings the believer. And here's another fact. So think
of this, hold on, for ye are dead, he's telling the Colossian
believers the fact that they are dead and they are not to
be yoked by those false teachers because they're dead to what
those false teachers are presenting. And it's a fact that they're
dead. Look at this. And your life is
hid with Christ in God. A fact. It's not a maybe. What a wonderful truth that Paul
is placing before the Colossian believers here. Precious truths. Now, folks get all wrapped up
about practical Christian living. Here it is. Rest in the facts. Rest in the truths. It'll bring
us joy. It'll be liberating. My, here
it is. A precious truth for Christian
loving. It's not about what we do. It's
not about us keeping our hearts and minds. It is about setting
our hearts and minds upon Christ and Him alone. But it's not about
what we do. We constantly look to what he's
done and we marvel. We look at these facts that we
are dead and our life is hid with Christ and God. And we want
to set our minds upon him. We want to set our affection
upon him. Because he's the one who did
it all for us. And look at our text tonight.
Look at this. When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Here
are tonight's wonderful facts. Christ is our life. Christ is our life. He's the
source of it. He's the spring of it. He's the
sustainer of it. He's everything. and this life,
this eternal life, this spiritual life is only in and through Christ
and Him alone. And another fact that Paul pens
is that we shall appear with Him in glory. Oh my. There will
be a day when we will have no sin. This is a fact. Oh my. Then shall ye also appear
with Him in glory. And we'll continue to look at
that fact tonight. And this is things, though, that
we can rejoice in, beloved. These are things that we can,
you know, scripture talks about a nail in the sure place. These
are nails in sure places. And they all point to the one
who is the nail in the sure place, Christ, and him alone. And it brought me great comfort
as I was studying this today, more and more, because I love
what that guy brought out, the fact of these things. what peace it gives us, what
assurance it gives us, what rest it gives us. We live because our Lord Jesus
Christ lives, not only because he's risen from the grave and
ever lives to make intercession for us, but also because Christ
lives in the heart of every believer. Turn, if you would, to Galatians
2.20. Look at this marvelous scripture here. We'll break it
down a little bit when we look at this. He's our life. Christ is our life. Galatians
2.20, the Apostle Paul pens by inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless I live, yet not
I, but Christ liveth in me. In the life which I now live
in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me,
and marvel at this, and gave himself for me. I am crucified with Christ. Christ
is the one who bore my sins in his body on the tree. And he
destroyed my sins and made an end of them. And he did that
for all of God's people. Now we still live with the presence
of sin, but one day, one day we won't have that. Our sins
have no damning or condemning power, and the world is crucified
unto me, and I unto the world. What's our desire now? Our desire
is to walk with Him in newness of life. The law of God written
on our hearts, not on tables of stone, and it's so for every
believer in Christ. Look at the continues, nevertheless
I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. I live spiritually. I live spiritually now. I was
once dead in trespasses and sin, spiritually dead, physically
alive and yet spiritually dead. But now I'm alive in Christ. Born again. And it's not the
same I as before, but a new man, a new creature in Christ. And this new man lives by faith.
which is a way I never lived before Christ saved me. I used
to live by my own dead nature. Now I look to Christ for all
things. Pardon of all my sins. Righteousness, because Christ
is my righteousness. And I know it's so for you who
believe too. Peace. Brother Newell, he's all your
peace, isn't he? Sister Nancy, he's our comfort.
He's all he's he's our comfort. In every single supply of grace,
all spiritual blessings are found in Christ and nowhere else. Christ is the substance of our
life and our new nature. I remember telling someone. I
look back on my life and tell me if it's so with you, and I
look back, though, and it's almost like I lived another life. because
I'm not the same person I used to be. I have the same flesh,
but now I have a new spirit. And the things that I once wanted
to do are, now I abhor them. And the things that I hated,
now I love. See, we're new creatures in Christ. We're new creatures in Christ.
One commentator said this, Penetrate the believer's heart and you
will find Christ's love throbbing there. Penetrate his brain and
you will find Christ to be at central thought. And that never
was before the Lord saved me. I was never like that. I only thought about God when
I was in trouble. Now we think about them all the
time, don't we? Now our heart beats in love for the one who
once we despised. Turn, if you would, to John chapter
11. John chapter 11. Christ is a substance of our
life, of our new nature. And this is a mystery to the
world. It's a mystery to the world. They don't understand
it. Look at John chapter 11. John chapter 11, verse 24 to
27. Actually, let's go up to 23.
Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith
unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection
at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the
resurrection. And he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live. Christ, who is our life. And whosoever liveth and believeth
in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him yea Lord,
I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God which should come
into the world But note Yet shall he live He's
the resurrection in the life and go back to our text when
Christ who is our life He's the resurrection in the life Christ is the object of this
new life for the believer to live as Christ. He's the object
of this new life. According to my earnest expectation
and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all
boldness as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in
my body, whether it be by life or by death, for me to live as
Christ and to die as Cain. Philippians 1, 20 and 21. Christ is not only our life,
because He lives in us. He's the reason we live. He's
the reason we live. His Spirit working in us moves
and motivates us to live for the glory of God. And the Holy
Spirit has given us a new heart. A heart that loves Christ. A
heart that loves Christ. A heart that loves God. A heart
that loves the Bible. A heart that loves God's people.
I didn't have that before. Oh, what a mighty work the Holy
Spirit does, and he has given us faith, which works by the
love that he's put in our hearts for Christ. He's given us faith, he's given
us repentance, and we look to Christ in him alone. The law
of Moses could not give us a love for Christ. Neither could it motivate us
to live for the glory of our risen Savior. All it did was
condemn us. We who believe on Christ have
set our affection on things above. That's where Christ is seated.
That's where Christ is seated. And our new heart loves him.
Loves him and wants to be and longs to be where he is. We love the gospel of God's sovereign
grace in Christ Jesus alone, because that gospel is all about
Christ. And that's all we want to hear. We want to hear of the One who
loved us before we loved Him. We want to hear the one who gave
his life for us. We want to hear the one who faced
the wrath and judgment of God in our place, the sinless sacrifice,
dying in the room of sinners. Christ is the sustenance of our
life. He's the living bread which came
down from heaven, beloved. What security for the believer.
What security for the believer? We're hidden Christ and he's
our life, right? Therefore, scripture comes alive
when our master proclaims. Now, think of this. We're hidden
Christ. He's our Lord and master and
our savior. And we're made spiritually alive
in him. And so the scripture in Matthew
10, 28 comes alive and fear not them which kill the body. But are not able to kill the
soul. Rather fear Him which is able
to destroy both soul and body and hand. That's the one who
would appear. And God's people do. We have
a reverent fear for our King, don't we? We love Him. So let
us consider the latter part of our verse tonight. Look at, when
Christ, who is our life, there's a fact, okay? Now look at this,
shall appear. There's no question whether He's
coming back or not. He is. He's coming back. Then shall ye also appear with
Him in glory. Another fact. Here, beloved, the Apostle Paul
brings forth another blessed fact. When Christ, who is our
life, shall appear, ye also will appear with Him in glory. Holy
Ghost by His servant, the Apostle Paul, declares in these verses,
there's no debate, this is declared in these verses before us, these
precious facts, that the believer in Christ is one with Christ. We're one with Christ. And that
our life is hid with Christ in God, verse 3, and we are assured
of these great and glorious truths because Christ is our Savior. That's the only reason. That's
the only reason. Now, here's another blessed fact
set before us again. He who is now alive shall appear
and we shall appear with him in glory. And this is the desire
of every redeemed, blood-bought saint of God, to be with Christ
and to be assured of this blessed fact. And it's all because of
Christ, who he is, who He is, what He has done. It's all in
Him. And this brings joy unspeakable
to the believer in Christ. This lifts us up from the cares
and troubles of this world, and we glorify God for what He's
done. Christ will one day appear, and
we with Him. How will He appear? Titus 2.13
says, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of
the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ. It'll be very public. And he will appear in person
in a very public way. Behold, he cometh with clouds
and every eye shall see him. Every eye. And they also which pierced him
in all the kingdoms of the earth shall wail because of him. Even
so, amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is and
which was and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1, 7
and 8. Every eye shall see him, and
he shall appear with great splendor and majesty. And our scripture declares, we
who believe will appear with Him. My, my. When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. 2 Timothy 4, verses 6 to 8, scripture
declares, for I am now ready to be offered, the Apostle Paul
says, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good
fight. I have finished my course. I
have kept the faith. Henceforth, there is laid up
for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
judge, shall give me at that day. And not only to not to me
only, but unto all them that also love is appearing. So when
will the Lord come back? Only the father knows when he'll
come back. And if you were the first Thessalonians
chapter five, only the father knows And we as believers, we
are to earnestly await His appearing. Earnestly. We are to look to
Christ. We wait earnestly for His return,
knowing that it will be in God's perfect timing. Whether it be
in our lifetime, or the generation following, or the generation
following, or the generation following. Look at what Paul writes here,
by inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God. Do you know that there's,
Brother Tim and I were talking about this today, there's countless
numbers of ministries out, supposed ministries, about end times stuff. And beloved, all they're doing
is raking people for their money, I'm telling you, that's all they're
doing. Countless amount of people speculating, and oh, there's
an earthquake over here, oh, there's something going on, oh,
there's something going on over here. And then they're constantly looking
for events. Rather, as Brother Tim said today,
rather than looking to Christ, we look into his return. Look at this in First Thessalonians,
this look at what Paul writes here, but of the times and the
season, brethren, you have no need that I write on to you. for yourselves know perfectly
that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. Paul
says this to the Thessalonian believers, but of the times and
the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write unto you.
We're to be looking to Christ. Here come back when it's his
time to come back. Here come back when the Father's
appointed that time to come back. And we wait earnestly for our
Lord's second coming. knowing the certainty of this
glorious return, the fact of this, that He's coming back,
and we need not speculate about when it is. All things are in
our great God and King's hands. All things. The times and the
season that His return will come at, and His return will come
exactly, exactly when the Father ordains Him to come back. When the God the Father has willed
for Him to return, He will come back and there is no need for
us to speculate. But we wait earnestly, don't
we? We wait earnestly for the certainty
of our Savior's return. Now turn, if you would, over
to 2 Thessalonians. 2 Thessalonians. Now our Lord's
return is spoken of In scriptures concerning judgment, right? Concerning
judgment. Look at 2 Thessalonians 1 verses
5 to 10. 2 Thessalonians 1 verses 5 to 10. which is a manifest token of
the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy
of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer, seeing it is
a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them
that trouble you. And to you who are troubled,
look at this, are you troubled? And to you who are troubled,
rest with us. Rest with us. Where are they
resting in? Christ, Christ, Christ. Rest with us when the Lord Jesus
shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flame
and fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God and that
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory of his power. when he shall come to be glorified
in his saints. Oh, look at that. And to be admired
in all them that believe, because our testimony among you was believed
in that day. Look at verse 10. Keep in mind
that we're hidden Christ and let us consider and think on
this beloved. Now, now we see judgment there,
don't we? But the believers hate in Christ. So for the believer, the Lord's second coming is glorious.
It's glorious. And we see judgment there. But
consider this. There is therefore now no condemnation.
No judgment. to them which are in Christ Jesus.
And Christ who is our life shall be. No judgment for those who
are in Christ, because the wrath and judgment of God fell upon
Christ as our substitute. And he's the one who we look
and await. He's the one who we look to.
So let us glory and marvel on the precious fact that all our
sins were judged at Calvary's cross when Christ bore our sins
in our place, and He paid all that God demanded as our substitute. And we cry out, what a Savior,
what a Redeemer is Jesus Christ my Lord. Let's look back at our verse
and let us consider this as we have learned tonight. The author
and the cause of our spiritual life, our eternal life, is Christ
in Him alone. Look at this. When Christ, who
is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him
in glory. Beloved, we're chosen in Him
in eternity. And all our merit before God
is in Christ in Him alone. He prepared. He prepared our
salvation. He planned our salvation. He
worked it out for us, and He alone will bestow it upon His
people. We saw that in John. And He promised
this in the name of the Father. He said this in Luke 12, verse
32, Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good
pleasure to give you the kingdom. This life is in Christ and through
His precious blood. And I give unto them eternal
life. They shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them
out of my hand. Because we're hidden in Christ.
He's our life. He's the sinless sacrifice. And
we live through Him. And this was manifest, the love
of God toward us. God's love manifested towards
us because God sent His only begotten Son into the world that
we might live through Him, 1 John 4.9. He has prepared us for eternal
life. He has made us fit for participation
in the life in spiritual life through the regenerating power
of the Holy Spirit of God. And we know that from our study
in chapter 1, giving thanks unto the Father who hath made us meet
or fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints and
lights. Even when we were dead, and sins hath quickened us together
with Christ, by grace you are saved, Ephesians 2.5. And he has also prepared a place
for us, turn if you would to John chapter 14. He has prepared a place for us
by His ascension. Oh, heaven will be heaven because
Christ is there, because we behold our Redeemer. John 14, verses
1 to 3. Let not your heart be troubled.
You believe in God. Believe also in me. In my father's
house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself
that where I am, there ye may be also. And oh, how this ties
into our scripture tonight. When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Christ
is then rightly called our life. He's the author and the finisher
of our natural lives, and He's also the author and the cause
of our eternal life, which is only found in Him. And we're
closed with the Scripture in Hebrews 5, 9. In being made perfect,
He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that
obey Him. And God's people say, praise
His mighty name. Gracious Heavenly Father, We
are so thankful for the certainties that we find in Scripture. The
fact that we who believe are made alive in Christ. Born again
by the Holy Spirit of God. And that we're hidden in Him.
We're hidden in You, Lord Jesus. And You are our life. Without
You we have nothing. We have nothing, Lord. And we
are so thankful for Your mercy towards us. And Your grace which
was bestowed upon us. And we love you and praise you
and give you all the glory in Jesus' name. Amen.