Good morning. Open your Bibles
with me to Psalm 85. While you're turning there, the latest
I've heard from our pastor, he is looking forward to some physical
therapy and getting some strength back. So pray for him again. Psalm 85. Lord, thou hast been favorable
unto thy land. Thou hast brought back the captivity
of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity
of thy people. Thou hast covered all their sin.
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath. Thou hast turned thyself
from the fierceness of thine anger. Turn us, O God, of our
salvation. and cause thine anger toward
us to cease. Wilt thou be angry with us forever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger
to all generations? Wilt thou not revive us again,
that thy people may rejoice in thee? Show us thy mercy, O Lord,
and grant us thy salvation. I will hear what God the Lord
will speak, He will speak peace unto his people and to his saints,
but let them not turn again to folly. Surely his salvation is
nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
Mercy and truth are met together. Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the
earth and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Yea, the
Lord shall give that which is good and our land shall yield
her increase. Righteousness shall go before
him and shall set his way, shall set us in the way of his steps. Let's go to our Lord in prayer. Our God and Father in heaven,
we thank you for this day. We thank you for this opportunity
to again gather in your house or to read thy word or to hear
the preaching of thy word. Lord, we pray you'd bless us
with your presence here this morning. Bless the preaching
and hearing of Your Word. Lord, set aside the thoughts
and cares of this world, those things that so easily take our
mind. Lord, for just a little while, Lord, give us a spirit
of worship. Let us see Christ revealed. Reveal the Lord Jesus Christ
to us. Lord, for those of our number
who are sick, who are hurting, who are in a time of difficulty
and trouble, or those who grieve, or those who have family members
that are sick and hurting, Lord, comfort your people. Lord, comfort
our hearts, strengthen us. Lord, cause us to look to Thee
in all things and rest in Thee. Lord, we pray for our children.
We ask that you hedge them about, that you protect them and keep
them, Lord, in this world, but chiefly, Lord, above all things,
we pray you'd be merciful to them. Lord, that you'd save their
souls. Now, again, we thank you for
your many blessings. We thank you for this opportunity,
this place to gather together. Lord, let us not take it for
granted. Lord, bless us with your word.
Bless us with your presence. Lord, let us go away from this
place here this morning rejoicing in Christ our Savior. In his name we pray and give
thee thanks. In shady green pastures so rich
and so sweet, God leads his dear children along. Where the water's cool flow bathes
the weary one's feet, God leads his dear children along. Some through the water, some
through the flood Some through the fire, but all through His
blood Some through great sorrow, but God gives us all In the night
season and all the day long Sometimes on the mount where the sun shines
so bright, God leads his dear children along. Sometimes in the valley in darkest
of night, God leads his dear children along. Some through
the waters, some through the flood Some through the fire,
but all through His blood Some through great sorrow, but God
gives us all In the night season and all the day long Though sorrows
befall us and Satan oppose, God leads his dear children along. Through grace we can conquer,
defeat all our foes, God leads his dear children along. Some through the Some through
the flood, some through the fire, but all through His blood. Some through great sorrow, but
God gives us all in the night season and all the day long. Away from the mire and away from
the clay, God leads his dear children along. Away up in glory, eternity's
day, God leads his dear children along. Some through the water,
some through the flood Some through the fire, but all through His
blood Some through great sorrow, but God gives us all In the night
season and all the day long Thank you, Church. Open your Bibles with me to Romans
chapter 10. The book of Romans chapter 10. This will serve as our text this
morning. The first four verses of Romans
10. In verse one, Paul writes, Brethren,
my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they
might be saved. For I bear them record that they
have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being
ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish
their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto
the righteousness of God for Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ
is the end of the law for righteousness for everyone that believes. The title of the message is Where
is Righteousness Found? Where is true righteousness found? In verse one, and I have four
things, four points. First is this, Paul's prayer. What was Paul's prayer? Second,
man's zeal. We read here of man's zeal. Third,
we read of man's ignorance. And then fourth, Christ's righteousness. Let's begin in verse one. Paul
says, my heart's desire and prayer. He says, my prayer, my prayer. And I, I stand before you this
morning on this topic as in most in weakness and fear and much
trembling prayer, prayer to the almighty God. And I can tell
you this. And I believe Luke mentioned
this a few weeks ago. I can tell you, I pray for you.
I can tell you that. I can honestly tell you that.
But I confess to you that often I forget how often I fail to
pray for you, to pray for my family, to pray for those around
me. How often I fall asleep in prayer? How often in the midst of prayer
do I get caught up with the things of the day? What's going on at
work? What's going on here? This flesh. Brother Bob, you mentioned that
Wednesday. This flesh is so weak isn't it? All the weakness of
this flesh. But I'm so thankful, this is
what the scriptures declare, that the Spirit helpeth our infirmities. For when we know not what we
should pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself maketh the
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. I also think of public prayer. And in our time, that's become
a, I don't know, that's become a trendy thing, for lack of a
better word. Everybody, a bunch of people
gather together for the sake of prayer, for whatever it might
be. But what do the Scriptures say?
Turn with me to Matthew chapter 6. Let's begin with verse 5 of Matthew
6. This is the Lord Jesus Christ
speaking. All Scripture are inspired of
God, but these are the words of our Lord Himself. And He says
this, when you pray, don't be as the hypocrites are, for they
love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners
of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say
unto you, they have their reward. If that's what they want is to
be seen of men, they'll get that. They have their reward. But when
thou prayest, he says thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy
closet, and when you've shut the door, don't even leave the
door open, for folks to listen. When you close the door, when
you shut the door, pray to the Father which is in secret, and
thy Father which seeth thee in secret shall reward thee openly. But when you pray, use not vain
repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they shall
be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto
them for your Father. Almighty God, your Father knoweth
what things you have need of before we even ask. You know, when those large, I
think about this, when those large groups gather in the aftermath, I never hear
what they prayed for. We only hear the number of people
that showed up. Sincere, sincere prayer. Prayer
from the heart. And Paul says this, back to Paul's
prayer. He says, my heart's desire. Oh, this is what's on my heart. My heart's desire and prayer
to God. Praying to God. I remember Henry
saying this one time. He said, common everyday prayer. It comes from the lips. True prayer. Prayer in times
of heartache, in times of sickness, in times of distress, in times
of trouble, true prayer comes from the heart. From our heart. He says, my heart's desire, this
was on Paul's my heart's desire and prayer to God." Let's not
forget that too, who we're praying to. We're not talking to the
man upstairs or any other number of words that men come up with
to be cute and clever. We're praying to Almighty God,
a sovereign God who rules and reigns over all things, and that
He would hear you. Almighty God, that He would hear
our prayers. He does so in Christ. He hears
our prayers in Christ. Paul, writing to the Hebrews,
he says, We have not a high priest which cannot be touched with
the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted
as we, yet without sin. David said this. Turn over to
Psalm 34. Psalm 34. Look at the beginning
with verse 1 of Psalm 34. I will bless the Lord at all
times. His praise shall continually
be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast
in the Lord. The humble shall hear thereof
and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord and he heard
me and he delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him
and were lightened. Their faces were not ashamed.
David said, this poor man cried and the Lord heard him and saved
him out of all of his troubles. This poor man cried. Think about
it. This poor man cried and the Lord
heard him and delivered him out of all his troubles. Paul says,
my heart's desire. and my prayer to God for Israel
is that they might be saved." These were Paul's brethren, according
to the flesh, and these were his countrymen. But
they were also men that persecuted Paul. After Paul had preached the gospel
over in Acts 13, we read that the Jews, they stirred up devout
and honorable women and the chief men of the city and raised persecution
against Paul and against Barnabas. And they expelled them out. They
kicked them out. They expelled them out of their
coast. And then in Acts 14, and these are just a few examples,
we read, of that impotent man. There was an impotent man. He
was crippled, crippled from the womb. And he never walked, never
walked a day in his life. And the Lord used Paul to heal
this man. And shortly afterward, it was the Jews that stoned Paul. And they drew him out of the
city, thinking that he was basically left him to be for dead. When Paul spoke of the perils
he encountered for the sake of the gospel, the perils he encountered
for the sake of the gospel, he spoke of perils of his own countrymen. And these are the people that
Paul is talking about here. Paul doesn't, in Paul and his
prayer, he doesn't say, I wish you'd bring vengeance upon these
men. I wish, I wish you'd get even
with these folks for what they've done to me. I wish you'd just wipe them off
the face of the earth. Look what they've done to me,
Lord. No, he says my heart's desire and prayer for Israel
is that they might be saved. In the book of Matthew, turn
over to the book of Matthew chapter 5. Look at verse 44 of Matthew
chapter 5. Let's begin with verse 43. You've
heard it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate
thine enemy. But I say unto you, again, this
is the Lord Jesus Christ speaking. He says, I say unto you, love
your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that
hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute
you. Paul's heart's desire and prayer
for Israel was that they might be saved. Now listen, God's elect
shall be saved. His elect will be brought to
repentance and faith just as Almighty God hath declared it,
as Almighty God hath appointed it. And I almost put the word
but We'll continue. But I think and is the word we
use here. There's no two different things here. Listen. We, God's
people, by his grace, will continue to pray for those who are lost. We'll continue just as we'll
continue as long as he sees fit to preach his word, to declare
the truth of the gospel and continue to command men and women to come
to Him for refuge. Come to Him as Lord and Savior. Moses prayed this after the children
of Israel had built that golden calf and worshipped it. He said
this, he said, the people have sinned a great sin. He said,
if thou wilt, forgive their sin. And if not, blot me out. Blot me out of the book which
thou hast written. That's what Moses He loved His
brethren. Oh, that the Lord God would give
us a heart to pray for those around us. Not just for their
health, not just for their well-being, not just for their safety, but
for their salvation. That God would be merciful. That He would continue to call
out His sheep and be merciful and save His people. Romans 10. Back to our text. Look at verse
2. Here we see man's zeal. Paul says, I bear them record.
They have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. They
have a zeal. That word means excitement. It means fervor. It means an
intense passion. They're sincere about this stuff.
And I think doesn't that describe our country today? Most of what
goes on in our country today in the name of religion? Men
have a zeal. They have a zeal for God. They have an excitement about
what they're doing for Him. Religion is everywhere. There's no shortage of it. Me
and Abby and Brady, I can't remember, we were driving somewhere here
a couple weeks ago, and in the space of two blocks, two city
blocks, I believe there were eight, eight churches, eight buildings,
in two blocks, and that was just the ones we were passing. I don't
know what was on the outside of the blocks. It's everywhere. And these people,
they're very serious. They're very sincere about what's
going on. They're feeding the poor. They've
got programs. They've got basketball teams
and softball teams and soccer leagues. A lot of excitement. A lot going on. They take trips
to the so-called holy lands. They go on mission trips. They
teach people to plant gardens and they create these irrigation
systems to water the plants. They're feeding families. They're
digging wells. And they call that mission work. This is what we read in the Scriptures.
Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel. That's the
mission, right? Preach the gospel. Preach the
gospel. Preach His Word. We were at a
park several years ago. I'm not sure what the occasion
was. Some kind of picnic. And there was some fellow walking
around with a shiny bicycle. Spent a lot of money for that
bicycle. They were advertising their Bible
school. And the kid that brought the most guests was going to
get a shiny new bicycle. Excited about what you're doing,
huh? A fervor. Passion. But it's for what man's
doing. Not for what Christ has done. And that was true of Paul's fleshly
brethren as well. They took what they believed
very seriously. You know, I'd like to think if
you stone a man and leave him for dead, you're pretty serious
about what you're doing, right? Huh? a zeal of God, but here's the
difference, not according to knowledge. These men weren't
atheists. They weren't denying that there
was a God. They were religious. They were as religious a people
as you would ever run into. Very religious. They knew the
law. They knew the ceremonies. But they just didn't know who
these things pointed to. And Paul was Paul was with them
just a short time earlier. Not much time had passed. Turn
back to Acts 9. Look at what we read of Saul
here. Acts 9, beginning with verse
1. and Saul, yet breathing out threatenings
and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high
priest, and he desired of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues,
that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or
women, that he might bring them bound to Jerusalem." Turn to
Philippians chapter 3. Philippians 3, beginning with
verse 4. Paul knew a lot about this. Look
at verse 4 of Philippians 3. He said, Though I might also
have confidence in the flesh, if any other man thinketh that
he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more. Circumcised the eighth day of
the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews,
as touching the law, Pharisee. Concerning zeal, he knew something
about zeal. He said, I persecuted the church,
touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. Just like those people Paul spoke
to at Mars Hill. He said, I perceive that in all
things you're too superstitious, you're too religious. Nothing's
changed, has it? Nothing's changed in our day.
a zeal, a fervor. Look at Matthew, chapter 23. Our Lord warned of this. Look
at Matthew, chapter 23, beginning with verse 13. 23 and verse 13. Again, our Lord speaking. Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the
kingdom of heaven against men. For you neither go in yourselves,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses,
and for a pretense you make long prayer. Therefore, you shall
receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites, for you encompass sea and land to make one proselyte,
and when he's made, you make him twofold more the child of
hell than yourself. Woe unto you, you blind guides,
which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it's nothing,
but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he's
a debtor. You fools and blind, for whether it's greater, the
gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold, Whosoever shall swear
by the altar, it is nothing, but whosoever sweareth by the
gift that is upon it, he is guilty, you fools, and blind, for whether
it is greater the gift or the altar that sanctified the gift.
Whosoever, therefore, shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it,
and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the
temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. For
he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God,
and him that sitteth thereon. unto you scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites, for you pay tithes." Oh, they knew the law. They paid
tithes of mint and anise and cumin. He said, you've admitted
the weightier matters. Judgment, mercy, faith. These
you ought to have done and not leave the other undone. You blind
guides which strain in a gnat and you swallow a camel. Woe
unto you scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites, For you make clean
the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they
are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisees, cleanse
first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside
of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes, Pharisees,
hypocrites, for you're like whited sepulchers, which indeed appear
beautiful outward, but they are within full of dead men's bones
and all uncleanness. Even so, you also outwardly appear
righteous unto men, but within you're full of hypocrisy and
iniquity through a zeal, a fervor. It's an outward show, huh? And
it's not according to knowledge. Paul in 2 Timothy 3, he said,
they have a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof. And he said, from such Turn away
from them. Stay away from them. And then
a few verses later, he said, they're ever learning. Ever learning,
but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. The truth. The things that are true pertaining
the matters of God. Who He is. God's holiness. His
majesty. What's true in regard to man's
sinfulness. sinfulness, dead and trespasses
and sin. And what is true is it relates
to the Lord Jesus Christ, who he is, what he's done, why he
did it, where he is now. Paul's prayer, he said, my heart's
desire, my prayer for Israel is that they might be saved.
We read of man's zeal, a zeal, a passion, but not according
to knowledge. And then third, man's ignorance. Man's ignorance. In verse three
of Romans, we read, for they, being ignorant of God's righteousness
and going about to establish their own righteousness, have
not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. All
they honored the law in its outward appearance. and its outward observance
of it. Anytime they bought something,
they were quick to pay their tithe on that. But we read this,
they were ignorant. Ignorant of the righteousness
of Christ. Ignorant of Christ as the only
Savior of sinners. Ignorance. You know, in our day,
men have a hope of salvation. But it's based on two things.
It's based on what they've done, partly. They say things like this, God's
made the down payment and now the rest is up to you. That's ignorance of God's righteousness. There is no man's part in Christ's
part. If there is, it's man's sin.
That's our only, that's our part. Christ's righteousness is 100%
Christ's righteousness. He's not dependent upon us for
anything. They believe that God will accept
their works as the balance do. Turn with me to Galatians chapter
3. Look at verse 10. For as many as are of the works
of the law are under the curse, for it is written, cursed is
everyone that continueth not in all things written in the
book of the law to do it. If a man would seek to be justified,
by the works and deeds of the law and trust in his own works
for his own righteousness, that man is under the curse of the
law. The law requires doing. And not just doing, but keeping
it perfectly. And not just in outward appearance,
keeping it perfectly in word and in thought And indeed, not
just an outward obedience to offend in one point is to be
guilty of the whole law. The law requires perfection.
We read this back back in the Old Testament. It must be perfect
to be accepted. Absolutely perfect. These men,
ignorant of God's law, ignorant of God's holiness, ignorant of
the strictness of God's justice. Galatians 4 verse 21, ye that
desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? Do you
not hear what it's saying? And then back in Galatians 3,
11 we read, no man, no man is justified by the law in the sight
of God. No man. Only Christ, only the
Lord Jesus Christ kept God's law perfectly. Turn over to the
book of Romans chapter 3. Look at verse 20. Romans 3 verse
20. by the deeds of the law, there
shall be no flesh justified in his sight." How did he arrive
at that conclusion? Look back at verse 10 of Romans
3. As it is written, there is none
righteous, no, not one, there is none that understandeth, there
is none that seeketh after God, They're all going out of the
way. They are together become unprofitable. There is none that
doeth good. No, not one. Their throat is
an open sepulcher. With their tongues they've used
deceit. The poison of asp is under their lips, whose mouth
is full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed
blood, destruction and misery in their ways. In the way of
peace, they have not known. There is no fear of God before
their eyes. Now we know that what things
soever the law saith, it saith them that are under the law,
that every mouth may be stopped, all the world become guilty. Guilty before Almighty God. They were looking to the law
for justification, but the law can only do one thing for us. Condemn us, huh? These men, ignorant
of God's righteousness, going about to establish their own
righteousness, they had not submitted to the righteousness of Almighty
God. Over in the book of Luke, turn
to Luke chapter 18. I believe this is illustrated
straight here. Luke chapter 18. Let's begin with verse 10 of
Luke 18. Our Lord, He told this, listen,
He told this parable to those who, He was speaking to those
who trusted in themselves that they were righteous. Two men, two men went up into
the temple to pray. One a Pharisee, the other a Republican.
The Pharisee stood and he prayed thus with himself, God, I thank
Thee that I'm not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers,
even as this publican. I fast twice in the week. I give
tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar
off, would not lift up so much as his eyes into heaven, but
smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me, the sinner. I tell you, this man, went down
to his house justified rather than the other. For everyone
that exalted himself shall be abased, and he that humbled himself
shall be exalted." That Pharisee, he prayed, didn't he? He said,
I thank you that I'm not like other men. I thank you that I'm
not an extortioner. I'm not an adulterer. I'm not
like this publican. I'm not a sinner. He said, I
fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I possess. I was looking at that, I, I,
I, I. Look at what I don't do. Look
at what I do do. But that, that man, ignorant, ignorant
of God's righteousness, going about to establish his own righteousness,
not submitted to the righteousness of God. That sounds a lot like
that Pharisee, doesn't it? What about the publican? He wouldn't
even raise his eyes. He wouldn't even lift his eyes
up toward heaven. Beat on his breast. God be merciful. God be merciful to me, the sinner. No righteousness in himself.
No hope. No hope apart from God showing
mercy to him. That leads us to the fourth point.
Look here at Romans 10 verse 4. Paul's prayer. Man's zeal. Man's ignorance. And then we see Christ's righteousness. Read verse 4 with me. For Christ is the end of the
law for righteousness to everyone that believes. He that believeth that Jesus
is the Christ is born of God. It's not the law that justifies
the believer. It's Christ. The believer is
complete in Christ. We don't have confidence in ceremony. We don't have confidence in keeping
the law. Our salvation and acceptance
with God is in Christ. Aren't we thankful it has absolutely
nothing to do with this flesh? The Apostle Paul knew something
of the ceremonial law. Turn with me to just one more
passage of Scripture. Look over in Philippians chapter
3. Philippians 3, beginning with verse 4. He says, Though I might also
have confidence in the flesh, if any other man thinketh he
hath wear of the glory, whereof he might trust in the flesh,
I more. Religious works, Religious ceremonies
the keeping of the law Paul had them all be Verse 5 circumcised the eighth
day the stock of Israel of the tribe of Benjamin a Hebrew of
Hebrews as touching the law blameless Concerning zeal persecuting the
church touching the righteousness, which is of the law Blameless
Paul was of the the strictest sect of the Jews. He was a Pharisee
He persecuted the church, and with regard to that outward keeping
of the law, he said, I was blameless. Verse 7, but what things were
gained for me? He said, I counted laws, Christ. You know, there was a time, not
just for Paul, but for many of us, when we believed that the
works, that our works, that the keeping of the law, That these
were reasons that God would accept us. That these things would make
us righteous before Almighty God. That as a result of these
things, we had favor with God. But when God revealed Christ
to Paul, when God revealed Christ to His people, What do we know
then? All those things that meant so
much were absolutely worthless. Paul said, I count them, I count
them. All those things that he took pride in, he said, I count
them, but done. What had been revealed? What
had been revealed? What does God in Christ reveal
to His people? Christ our sanctification. Christ our sacrifice. Christ
our righteousness. Paul says that which was everything
to me. He said, I consider it nothing
now. Christ is all. Christ is everything. Look at verse 8. Yea, doubtless
I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge
of the Lord Jesus Christ for whom I've suffered. Paul said,
I've suffered the law. And Paul, this is this is real. Paul had suffered the loss of
all things. He said, I count them, but done
that I may win Christ and be found in him to be found in Christ,
not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that
which is through the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ, the righteousness
which is of God. by faith. That's true righteousness. Righteousness in Christ and Christ
alone. Not trusting in any self-achieved
righteousness. Not trusting in anything we've
done or anything we've not done. Not by our deeds, not by our
works, not by our keeping the law, but resting in the very
righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. The righteousness of
God, which is which is by faith in Christ. We're made holy. We're made perfectly righteous. I can say that. We can't even understand what
that means. Perfectly righteous in the sight
of God. Back to Romans 10. Back here
to Romans 10. Verse 4. The Lord Jesus Christ
is the end of the law for righteousness. The law cannot justify man. The law cannot justify any of
us. Only Christ. Only Christ can. There's no hope in this flesh.
Only the Lord Jesus Christ. The end of the law, is to bring
us to Christ. That was that schoolmaster. That's what we read of in the
Scriptures. That schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. But we're
not under that schoolmaster anymore. We rest in Christ. The law said this do and live.
But the believer, we rest in what Christ has already done.
The completed work of the Lord Jesus Christ. He declared on
the cross, it's finished. Righteousness is accomplished.
We rest in Him. Free from the law, O happy condition,
Jesus hath bled. The Lord Jesus Christ died and
there is remission. Cursed by the law, bruised by
the fall, grace hath redeemed us. The Lord Jesus Christ hath
redeemed us once. Oh, aren't we thankful? Aren't
we thankful that He's revealed the righteousness, the very righteousness
of the Lord Jesus Christ? That's our rest. That's our hope.
That's our comfort. I was thinking about those things
there, not our prayers, not our Not our zeal, certainly not our
ignorance, but Christ's righteousness. May God be pleased to bless His
word to our hearts.