Today we'll be looking at God's
electing love. And our text today, it's a very
humbling text. And at the same time, it's a
great blessing to believers. It's very humbling, but it's
a great blessing to the believer in Christ. John 15, verse 16. I'll read the whole verse, but
our text will be found in the first few phrases of this
verse. You have not chosen Me, but I
have chosen you and ordained you." And there's our text. And
the result of that, of Him choosing us and Him ordaining us, is that
you should go forth and bring fruit, and that your fruit should
remain. That whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name,
He may give it you. Now our text here, we see on
full display, right here, full display, God's electing love
toward His people. He have not chosen me, but I
have chosen you. Let that sink in. Beloved of
God, let that sink into our hearts. He have not chosen me. But I have chosen you and ordained
you. What a humbling verse. What a
humbling verse. But yet, at the same time, what
a blessed verse. What a blessed verse. To the
believer in Christ, ye have not chosen me. The master's own words.
But I have chosen you and ordained you. Now in the religious world,
all around us, they make so much of your choosing Christ, right?
But they make it so much where it's you that's doing it. Now we do choose Christ, don't
we? We do. There's no denying that. We flee
to Christ. But the reason we flee to Christ
is found right here in this verse. You have not chosen me, but I
have chosen you. And this is a death blow to free
willism. This is a death blow to man-made
religion. Because it clearly states, the
Master clearly states, you have not chosen me. You have not chosen me. But I
have chosen you and ordained you that you should go forth
and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain. Now,
language could not be clearer here than what our text proclaims. Our Savior tells us that man
by nature would never have chosen Christ. Never. Never. It's very plainly put here. But,
we do choose Christ when we're made willed. When we're regenerated by the
Holy Spirit of God. And then we run, beloved. We
run so fast to Christ. But this is a humbling verse.
And let us remember this, too. That we're made willing to flee
to Christ, and this is the result, not the cause. It's the result,
not the cause. The result is that we flee to
Christ. Why? Because He's chosen us. It goes right back to Christ.
And this is humbling to we who believe, to be told that Christ
has not chosen us, and that if Christ had not chosen us, that
we'd never choose him. It's humbling. And then the natural
man, he recoils at that. He's like, what are you talking
about? Because you know why? Because it abases his self-righteousness,
and it abases his pride. But we who are born again of
the Spirit know what we are. We've had revealed to us what
we are and who we are by nature. And yet this verse, as we look
at it, you have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained
you. What comfort this gives to the believer in Christ. I
never would have chosen him. But he chose me. Me. A sinner. By birth, by nature,
by choice, by practice. And yet he chose me. Oh, my. What a Redeemer. What a Savior
is Jesus Christ, my Lord. Even when we were dead in trespasses
and sins and had no love for God, He still loved His people.
He still loved His people. He loved His people all the way
back to before the foundation of the world. Love from eternity. The believers, love from eternity.
Chosen in Christ by God the Father. And if He had not chosen us,
we never would have fled to Christ. But we've ordained from eternity,
ordained from eternity that we should go forth and bring forth
fruit, and that our fruit should remain. So let's break down this
verse. Let's break down the truths that
are set before us here in this verse. Number one, man naturally
does not choose Christ. Look at this, ye have not chosen
me. Man does not by nature naturally choose Christ. And this was true
of the apostles, and this is true of all of us, and this is
true of all that will ever live upon this earth. Man will not
naturally choose God, will not naturally flee to God. Ye have
not chosen me. The natural ear is so deaf that
it cannot hear the things of God, the things of Christ. The
natural eyes are so blind that we cannot see the things of God,
we cannot see the things of Christ. The heart, we're at such enmity
with God that we don't even want to know about Him. Unless He starts working and
moving in us and drawing us to Christ. God Himself must open
our eyes, our blind eyes. God Himself must unstop our ears
so that we can hear the Gospel. We must be born again by the
Holy Spirit of God, or we will never see Christ. We'll never
see Him. We must be made willing in the
day of His power. And if God does not regenerate
us, according to this scripture, and according to many others,
we will never come to Christ. And we know that. We who are
saved, we know it. We know that. We've experienced that, haven't
we? Now when God regenerates us,
when we're born again by the Holy Spirit of God, we want none
but Christ. We don't want anyone else or
anything else. We've been quickened by the Holy Spirit of God and
we would give up all for Christ. We would give up all for Christ.
But not until we're made willing. Not until we're made willing
by the Holy Spirit of God. And according to our text, we
do not naturally of our own ability choose Christ. So as I said,
this is a literal death blow to free willism. Because they
say you can come just by praying a prayer or walking an aisle.
But not according to this verse. Not according to the master.
Not according to the one whose salvation is in. Oh, this is humbling, but yet
it causes the believer to rejoice. Another reason natural man does
not choose Christ or flee to Christ is because they see no
beauty in him. But to the believer, what is
he to us? He's altogether lost. He's Solomon. He's the rose of, he's the lily
of the valley. He's the rose of Sharon, isn't
he? He's the pearl of great price.
Ain't it marvelous? He wasn't like that to us before,
before the Lord regenerated and before the Lord saved us, was
he? Right now. Oh, what a precious, precious
Redeemer. So, natural man sees no beauty
in Christ at all. He's a root out of dry ground
in which there's no beauty nor commonness to the natural mind
in Christ, as Isaiah said. You who are in unbelief, you
see no beauty in Christ at all. No beauty in His person. No beauty
in His obedience. And what He did for us, for the
believer. The natural man sees no beauty
in that. No beauty in what he did in the
cross. He redeemed us, we who believe. It's marvelous. We look at Christ,
we who believe, look at Christ and go, as I said, we say, he's
altogether loved. Look what my Redeemer's done
for me. Look what he did. To the believer in Christ, again,
He's altogether lovely. And then the Lord Jesus continues
in our text. He says He chooses His own disciples. He says, but I have chosen you. So, look at the contrast. You
have not chosen me. And we know from John chapter
6 that no man can come to the Father except the Son draws him. The Holy Spirit has to draw him,
doesn't He? We know that. what our Lord here says. So the
first part of the verse, there's almost a hopeless state there,
isn't there? He hath not chosen me. And then
he says, and remember this, this is the sovereign God of the universe. This is the one who holds all
things. It keeps everything together by the word of His power. Everything
is in His hands. At the last day, every knee shall
bow to Him. And look at these wonderful words
here. But I have chosen you. But I have chosen you. He chooses
sinners. He chooses the ones who no one
else would choose. How do I know that? Because that's
me. He chose me. And if you're a
believer, He chose you. It's both humbling, and yet we
just raise in adoration, don't we? My! Christ says to His people, to
all of His elect, I have chosen you. Everyone whom He will bring to
glory, He's chosen. And notice in our text it proclaims
that He chose us. And we know from the context
of our text that He chose us because He loved us, didn't He? He loved us. And He still loves
us. And He loved us before we even came to Him. We didn't love
Him. You have not chosen me, but I
have chosen you and ordained you, that you should go forth
and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain. Salvation,
beloved, begins with the Lord, and it ends with the Lord. It
begins with Him, and it ends with Him. We flee the Christ because He's
chosen us. We flee the Christ because He's
ordained us to everlasting life. Turn, if you would, to Acts 13.
Acts 13. Folks recoil at this aspect of
salvation. But if salvation's not of God,
then salvation's not eternal, is it? Because God's eternal. In whom He saves, He keeps. Look at this. Acts 13, verses 47 and 48. Remember He says in our text,
I'll read our text again to you. You have not chosen Me, but I
have chosen you and ordained you. Or stop there. Look at this.
Acts 13, verses 47 to 48. For so hath the Lord commanded
us, saying, I have sent thee to a light of the Gentiles, that
thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. And
when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified
the word of the Lord. And as many as were what? Ordained
to eternal life, believed. Our Lord tells us in our text,
He's not chosen me, but I've chosen you and ordained you.
He's ordained us to eternal life. He's ordained us to produce fruit.
Oh, the Lord, think of this too, the Lord has His chosen spread
all through time. His sheep are spread all through
time. And they will hear the gospel. They will hear unstopped
their ears. See, this gives great hope, preaching
the gospel, because salvation is not of me. I can't save anyone. I can't even save myself. But
I preach about One who can save all who come to Him. The Lord Jesus Christ and Him
alone. And His chosen are spread all through time, and they will
hear the Gospel at the appointed time of God. At the appointed
time of God. And they shall be saved by the
great Shepherd of the sheep, the Lord Jesus Christ, because
He purchased them on Calvary's grounds. He redeemed them with
His precious blood. And we turn a few chapters over
to Acts chapter 18. Look at this. We see that God
has chosen His people before they believe in the Scriptures.
It's plainly taught right in the Scriptures. Look at Acts
18, verses 9-11. Here the Lord tells Paul, before
he preaches, that he has much people in the city. Before Paul
even preaches to them. Acts 18, verses 9 to 11. Then
spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision. Be not afraid,
but speak, and hold not thy peace, for I am with thee. What comforting
words right there. The God of glory says, Paul,
I'm with you. Oh my. That's for every believer
too. That's not just for Paul, that's
for every believer. I'm with you. I'm with you. and no man shall sit on thee
to hurt thee, for I have much people in the city." There it
is. And he continued there a year
and six months, teaching the Word of God among them. So here's
Paul in Corinth, one of the most wicked cities in the ancient
world. The people there were given over to grievous idolatry
and wickedness, yet God says, Paul, I have much people. Isn't
it wonderful? It gives us hope for our loved
ones too who aren't saved, doesn't it? Because we were just like
them. And these people of Corinth,
the ones who the Lord says, I have much people in this city, they
had not chosen Christ. As a matter of fact, they probably
weren't even thinking They had no care. But God knew
them. And he sent a preacher there.
Because there were sheep there. I have much people in this city.
Christ has fixed his eye upon them. Think of that. Think of that. Think of this.
You who believe. Think of this. Christ had his
eye fixed upon you before you even believed. In my wickedness, in my sinfulness,
in my idolatry, Christ had His eyes fixed upon me. And you,
if you believe. And He loved you. And He still
loves you. Isn't it amazing? It's both humbling
and brings great joy. Oh, that text before us in Acts
18 plainly shows us that Christ chooses His own before they seek
Him. Christ chooses His own from the
beginning. 2 Thessalonians 2.13 says this, But we are bound to
give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the
Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you. If you
want to turn there, 2 Thessalonians 2, verse 13. But we are bound
to give thanks always to God for you, brethren and beloved
of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you
to what? To salvation. To salvation. Through sanctification
of the spirit and belief of the truth. Well, there it is. Born again of the Holy Spirit
of God and hearing the word of God, preached. and believe in
it. Trust Him. Rest in Christ and
Him alone. Nowhere else. Nowhere else. And Scripture goes on to say
in Ephesians 1-4, according to that He has chosen us in Him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy
and without blame before Him in love. Sinners made holy and
without blame before Him in what? In love. In love. In love. In everlasting love. In undeserved
love. Oh, it's marvelous. God's grace
is marvelous. God's elect were chosen before
the foundation of the world. Before there was a sun, there
was no sun, no moon, no sea, no land, no angels, and God chose
His people in Christ. Now that takes man right out
of the equation. That's why Jonas said salvation
is of the Lord. Salvation's on the Lord. If you're
saved, oh, give God all the glory. Give Him all the glory. The Lord Jesus Christ, he chooses
his own disciples. He chooses his people. Now think
of this. And I had one guy one time when I was back and I was
in religion and I didn't really, I didn't believe election back
then. And I was lost. I didn't know Christ. But he
came up to me. He said something to me. He said,
does a man choose his wife? If you're married, does a man
get to choose his bride? And I said, yeah, absolutely.
He goes, well, why can't Christ choose his bride? Isn't that
marvelous? It's marvelous. Now seeing this
and knowing that it was God's love, the love of God in Christ,
The only reason we're chosen in Christ is because of God's
mercy and love towards us in Christ. We can understand a little
of what Paul was saying when he said this. Turn, if you would,
to Ephesians chapter 3, when Paul wrote this. Ephesians chapter
3. God's love is depthless. You
can't plumb it. You can't find the depths of
it. And we marvel. We who are saved, we marvel.
We marvel that God has loved us with an everlasting love,
don't we? We marvel at it. And the reason He loves us is
all according to His good pleasure. Because it pleased Him. Because
it pleased Him. Look at Ephesians 3, verses 17-19. Look at this. That Christ may
dwell in your hearts by faith, that she, being rooted and grounded
in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the
breadth, length, and depth, and height, and to know the love
of Christ which passes knowledge, that she might be filled with
all the fullness of God." We can understand that a little
bit, can't we? Not a lot, but a little bit. When we look at
this, God's electing to know the love of Christ, which
passes knowledge, that they might be filled with all the fullness
of God. Our Lord Jesus Christ loved us long before we loved
Him. He loved us when we were dead
and sinned. Had He not loved us, we never would love Him. Had He not chosen us, we never
would have chosen Him. We never would have fled to Him.
You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. Now the question
is asked by every believer, why did He choose me? Let's be honest. Every one of
us, I bet you have said that. Why me? Why me? I know what I am. I know who
I am. Why me? Well, the reason why he chose
us in Christ was the good pleasure of his will. We see this illustrated
in Mark chapter 3. Turn there if you would. Mark
chapter 3. In one verse. Look at verse 13. Now there's
been a great multitude, a great multitude been following him. Look at this, a great crowd round
about him. And he called some, but he didn't call all. Look
at this, Mark 3.13. And he goeth up into a mountain
and calleth unto him whom he would. Mark 3.13. And he goeth
up into a mountain and calleth unto him whom he would. And they
came unto him. He didn't call everyone. But
he called whom he would. And the reason here is given
why he did this is he called whom he would. Whoever he was
pleased. Whoever he was pleased. We know from scripture it's not
of him that willeth, right? Nor of him that runneth. but
God that showeth mercy. If you believe, if you are saved,
if you are one who have tasted of this electing law, it's by
the mercy of God. It's all by the mercy of God.
And it's because He willed it to be so. Now, I've often said this, what
does God have to do to save, or what does God have to do for
a man to go to hell? Nothing. Just leave him alone,
right? But what does God have to do
to save us? Everything. Salvations of the Lord. And if we're saved, it's by the
pure mercy of God in Christ. It's not of him that willeth,
nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. There's
no reason in the creature, no reason in us. The reason is in
him who chooses. Turn if you would to Malachi
chapter 1. We see this again illustrated in Malachi chapter
1 verses 2 and 3. Malachi chapter 1 verses 2 and
3. Malachi 1, verses 2 and 3. I have loved you, saith the Lord.
I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, wherein hast thou
loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother,
saith the Lord? Yet I loved Jacob, and I hated
Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the
dragons of the wilderness. The only reason given for Christ
choosing us is this. I will have mercy on whom I will
have mercy. That's humble, isn't it? If you're saved, if you're sitting
here today saved, you're a recipient of the mercy of God. And we know,
we know in Romans, God loves Jacob and hates Esau. And I remember
hearing a preacher one time say, one of his sons came up to him
after he preached. And he says, Papa, you preached
today and you said that God hated Esau. And he says, how can that
be? And the old preacher looked at
his, I think it was his grandson, not his son, and said, if you
can ever figure out why God loved Jacob, that's the question right
there. Because we all come from the
same rock, don't we? Think of that. I'm the only one
in my whole family who the Lord saved. I marvel that he saved
me. I still pray for my family members,
I hope the Lord saves them, but I marvel that He chose me. But the reason He did was because
I'll have mercy on whom I'll have mercy. I'll have compassion
on whom I'll have compassion. Adam sinned and fell and was
driven out of paradise, but God had a purpose, didn't He? A purpose
of love. I'll have mercy on whom I'll
have mercy. He has mercy on some of Adam's fallen race, and it's
all in Christ Jesus and Him alone. Mercy is found nowhere else but
in Christ and through Him. And the believer says glory to
His wonderful name, don't we? We praise His name for having
mercy upon us. Now think of this, in the world, You remember when they used to
have baseball games? Who did they always choose first?
You know, you get together with a bunch of kids from your neighborhood. Yeah, I'll choose the big guy
first, right? The guy who can just knock the
ball out of the park, right? I'll take him. I've got to take
him. Well, it always ended up the ones who didn't get picked
were usually the guys who couldn't run very fast. I had hip problems. You all know that because I limp.
I got chose last all the time. But I didn't care. I just wanted
to play. But still, that makes no difference at all. But you
notice who, you notice how the world is though, right? They
take the guys who they think are the strongest and the most
noble. Natural man chooses the noble, the wise, the strong.
But who does God choose? Hearken, my beloved, hath not
God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith and heirs of the
kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? Turn,
if you would, to 1 Corinthians 1. Do you know that God chooses
not the rich, not the strong, not the noble, but the poor. He doesn't take the mighty, but
he takes the poor, the poor of this world, the poor bankrupt
sinner. Not someone who's steeped in
their own self-righteousness, who doesn't feel like he needs
God. We were once like that, but He
takes us, and by the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit, shows
us what we are and who we are. Poor bankrupt sinners. Look at
this, 1 Corinthians 1, verse 26-29. For you see your calling,
brethren, how about not many wise after the flesh? Not many
mighty, not many noble are called. So the opposite of what the world
does, right? The world vaults those folks
up. But God hath chosen the fullest things of the world to confound
the wise. And God hath chosen the weak things of the world
to confound the things that are mighty. And base things of the
world and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things
which are not to bring to naught things that are. Why? Why? That no flesh should glory in
his presence. See, poor bankrupt sinners. We
know we got nothing to glory about, don't we? But we glory
in Christ, right? We have nothing to glory about
in ourselves. Nothing at all. Oh, we glory in the Savior, don't
we? We brag about the one. the one who's redeemed us, who
saved us by the shedding of his own precious blood on Calvary's
cross. But we see here that our Lord
does not choose the learned, he does not choose the self-righteous,
but he chooses sinners. Sinners, why? Because it pleased
him to do so. Because it pleased God to do
so. Matthew 11, 25 and 26 says this, At that time, Jesus answered
and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because
thou hast hid these things from the wise and the prudent and
has revealed them unto babes. That's us. Even so, Father, listen
to this, Matthew 11, 26. Even so, Father, for it seemed
good in thy sight. That's why, because it seemed
good in the sight of God. I look back on my life and who
I was, how I spoke, how I acted, the things that I did, and even
as a believer, you know, we still sin, don't we? And I think, wow,
God has saved me? Me? Well, look at, yeah. For it seemed good in thy sight.
Every believer can say that. Why did he choose us? So when
we say, why did God choose us? Why did he save me? For it seemed good in their sight.
Isn't it marvelous, beloved? Isn't it wonderful? It's wonderful. The publicans and the harlots
enter into the kingdom of heaven while the religious Pharisees
are shut out. Oh, the depths of the riches
and knowledge of God, how unsearchable are His judgments in His ways
past find and out, Romans 11.33. Why did He take the most vile?
Well, the only reason I've found in studying Scripture is I'll
have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I'll have compassion on whom
I have compassion. The last point is this. I have
ordained you. I have ordained you. Look at
our text again. He hath not chosen me, but I
have chosen you and ordained you, that you should go and bring
forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatsoever
you shall ask of the Father in my name, He may give it you.
I have ordained you. Christ not only chooses who are
saved, but He chooses the way they are saved. And He not only
chooses the beginning of their salvation, but He chooses the
end of our lives, doesn't He? And He chooses the middle also,
doesn't He? Everything we go through in this life. It's all
by His decree. He ordains the steps of a good
man. They are ordered by the Lord. The only reason we're good
is in Christ. Nowhere else. We're not good
in ourselves, but in Christ. Clothed in His spotless righteousness. God hath from the beginning chosen
you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the
truth. So God has ordained that we should be holy and without
blame before Him in love. According to this, He has chosen
us in Him before the foundation of the world that we should be
holy and without blame before Him in love. So He's ordained
us to salvation. He's ordained us to be made holy,
to be blameless. Ordained by God to be called
by Christ, or called to Christ by the Gospel. Ordained by God
to be justified by Christ. by His resurrection, ordained
by God to be redeemed by His precious blood, ordained by God
to be clothed in His perfect righteousness. We are ordained
to be the sheep of God, the sheep of Christ, to follow Him and
to bear fruit for His glory. And it's all according to God's
good pleasure. It's all according to God's good
pleasure. You know where His workmanship? Turn, if you would,
to Ephesians 2, where his workmanship, were ordained to be his workmanship. Look at Ephesians chapter 2 verses
8 to 10. For by grace are you saved through
faith, and that not of yourselves, it's a gift of God, not of works,
lest any man should boast. Now we hear those verses often
quoted, don't we? Often, those two verses right
there. But people hardly ever read the next verse. Well, we
do in our reading, but I mean like, people like, I've noticed
this, and have you noticed this? People have certain verses, they
quote portions, but they don't ever quote what comes after it
or before it. It's like John 3, 16. They take that whole verse
out of context. When you look at the context
of it, the gospel is actually further up. When Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness, and those who look to the serpent
were saying, look into Christ, look into Christ. Look at this,
Ephesians chapter 2, verses 8 and 8 again to 10. For by grace are
we saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the
gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. For we
are his workmanship. Now there it is. We're His workmanship. It's not our doing. It's not
by our works. For we are His workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them. So we're ordained to good works.
And we know from studying Scripture before that we don't even know
when we do them, do we? It is Christ who has elected
us out of this world of sin and darkness and ordained that we
should be his sheep, his followers, and that we should bear fruit
for his glory. We are in Christ according to
God's purpose and decree. Think of that. Think of that.
If you're a believer, you are in Christ according to God's
purpose and according to God's decree. God, the God of the universe,
the sovereign God who rules all everything. And all those whom
God was pleased to choose in eternity were redeemed by Christ
at Calvary. And all who were chosen and redeemed
are in due season, called to salvation and eternal life by
the Holy Spirit through the preaching of the Gospel. The Holy Spirit
convinces God's sheep of sin. He leads them to Christ. He works
repentance and faith in them. He keeps them by His grace from
falling entirely away. If we were left to ourselves,
we would fall a thousand times a day. But He keeps us. Isn't it marvelous? Those He
chooses, those He ordains, He keeps. And then He brings them
all safely to eternal glory in heaven. And it's all God's work,
beloved. So let us ponder this precious
truth this week. God, by His grace, chose you.
Chose you, beloved of God, but it was not according to your
works, but according to His own purpose
and grace which was given you in Christ Jesus before the world
began. That's humbling, isn't it? Here is the foundation, here
is our hope, here is our safety. We were chosen in Christ before
the foundation of the world. This will humble us, and this
will exalt Christ, beloved. This will make us weep, as well
as cause us to rejoice in our Savior. We are sinners to the
core, but God's people are chosen to an indescribable honor. Salvation
in Christ. We are poor in ourself, but we
are chosen to unspeakable riches in Christ. And may we never lose
hope or lose hold of this precious truth that God by His grace chose
me. Think about it. God by His grace,
according to His mercy, and according to His mercy and grace in Christ
Jesus our Lord chose you. May we delight in this. And it's
a revealed truth, isn't it? May we delight in this revealed
truth. May we rejoice in this abounding grace which has been
bestowed upon us. Remember what Paul said? I've
obtained mercy. Let us remember what the opposite
of that is. Wrath. I've obtained mercy. Christ appeased
the wrath of God in my place. Praise God. May God burn into
our hearts the precious truth of Isaiah 43.1. for we who believe
on Jesus Christ our Lord. But now, thus saith the Lord
that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel,
fear not, for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy
name. Thou art mine. mine. So God says to the believer
in Christ, fear not, I've chosen you. May this comfort our souls,
beloved. The fact that God has said, fear
not, I've chosen you. Heavenly Father, we come before
thy throne with grateful hearts, we who believe. marveling at
the fact that it pleased you to save us in the Lord Jesus
Christ. We who are sinners by birth,
nature, and choice, but yet we have obtained mercy. Oh, we pray
you use this message to draw in your lost sheep, that it would
go forth with the power of the Holy Spirit. Oh, that sinners
would be regenerated and turned to thee, Lord. Oh, we love you
and praise you. We give you all the glory. In
Jesus' name, amen.