Well, let's stand and sing number
62. Number 62. Crown Him with many crowns, the
Lamb upon His throne. Hark how the heavenly anthem
drowns all music but its own. Awake, my soul, and sing of Him
who died for thee. And hail Him as thy matchless
King through all eternity. Crown Him the Lord of love. Behold His hands and side. Rich wounds yet visible above,
in beauty glorified. Oh And fully bear that sign. But now, workings his wandering
eye, At mystery so bright. Crown him the Lord of Light,
Good triumph for the brave. rose victorious to the strife. For those he came to save, his
glories now we sing. Who died and rose on high, who
died eternal life, and lives that yet may die. Crown Him the Lord of Heaven,
born with the Father Lord, born with the Spirit through From
yonder glorious throne To Thee be endless praise. O Lord, through
those as Thine, Be Thou, O Lord, through endless days, Adored
and magnified. Be as familiar with, but I'll
give you the words and you sing the part that you're familiar
with. That's all I need. Right? Everybody can remember
that. All I need. Jesus Christ is made to me. All I need. Jesus Christ is made to me. All I need. All I need. He alone is all my plea. He is all I need. Wisdom, righteousness,
and power, holiness forevermore, my redemption full and sure. Jesus is my all in all While
he keeps I cannot fall wisdom, righteousness, and power,
holiness forevermore, my redemption full and sure. He is all I need. He redeemed me when He died. I with Him was crucified. He is all I need. Wisdom, righteousness, and power. Holiness forevermore. My redemption full and sure. Glory, glory to the Lamb All
I need, all I need Glory to the great I AM Wisdom, righteousness, and power,
holiness forevermore, mild redemption, whole and sure. Glory, glory to the Son. Glory to the Three in One. Wisdom, righteousness, and power,
holiness forevermore. My redeemed Son, whole and sure,
He is all I need. Repeat then. He is all I need. I sang till my mouth was dry. Well, I have a request for this
song. It is one of my favorites. I think a lot of you like it
also. So you be sure to help me on
the chorus. There's a line that's been drawn
through the ages On that line stands an old rugged
cross, On that cross a battle is raging, As the Saviour He
hung on the cross. On one side march the forces
of evil, All the demons and the devils of hell. On the other the angels of glory, on Golgotha's hill. The earth shakes with the force
of the conflict and the sun refuses to shine. For there hangs God's Son in
the darkness And then to the darkness he cries It is finished,
the battle is over It is finished, the end of all
conflict. It is finished and Jesus is Lord. The battle was raging, As not
all prisoners of war had come home. They were battlefields of my
own making, I didn't know that the war had
been won. Then I heard that the king of
all ages had fought all my battles And that victory was mine for
the claiming And now, oh praise his name, I am free It is finished,
the battle is over It is finished, the end of all
conflict. It is finished and Jesus is Lord. Well, our next speaker this morning
needs no introduction in this place, but I'd like to introduce
him. Todd Nyberg, pastor of the Todd's Road Grace Church in Lexington,
Kentucky. And there is just hardly anybody
that I love as much as Todd Nyberg. Janet, maybe. But I am so thankful
for Todd, for his friendship, And I'm very thankful that he
could be here to preach the gospel to us this morning. So Todd,
you come preach the message God's given you. Would you turn to Mark 1? Frank,
that message was a blessing and the preaching that I particularly
love is when I'm hearing preaching and it makes me know I'm saved. There's not a The day that goes
by, or at some point, I may question whether or not I'm saved. If you're saved, how can you
commit those sins? If you're saved, how can you
think those things? On and on. And that's when you
forget the gospel. That's why we need to continually
hear the gospel. That was such a blessing. That
was the gospel. Now, before I read my text in Mark chapter one,
I want to remind you that the Bible is the word of God. The Bible is the word of God. Somebody says, well, how do you
expect me to believe that? You believe that God created
the universe. Everybody believes that. Somebody
says, atheists don't believe that. Well, there was a time
when they did, but they have changed the way they believe
for whatever purpose. You believe that God created
the universe. You know, all you got to do is
look at creation and you see that somebody made this and nobody
made him. You believe his eternal power
and God. Everybody that sees creation
sees that. Now, if God can create the universe,
God can inspire men to write a book. That's precisely what
he did. The Bible claims divine inspiration. All scripture is given by inspiration
of God. And if we don't have the Bible,
all we're left with is my opinion and your opinion. which is worthless. So with that in mind, this is
God's revelation of himself. The only way we will know God
is through this book, the Bible. This is the beginning of the
public ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. We read beginning in
verse 14 of Mark chapter one. Now after the John, was put in
prison, Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom
of God and saying, the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of
God is at hand. Repent ye and believe the gospel. The Lord was a preacher. He came
preaching. He said, the spirit of the Lord
is on me because he had anointed me to preach the gospel. The Lord was a preacher and he
came preaching. This scripture says the gospel
the kingdom of God. The word gospel means good news. First, let's think about that
word news. News is fresh, isn't it? When you hear the gospel,
you hear it as news. Even if you've heard it for 50
years, when you hear in the power of the Holy Spirit, it comes
as news to It's what you need. It's news. If you're not hearing
it as news, either you're not hearing it as a sinner or the
gospel is not being preached. One of those two things. When
you hear the gospel, you hear it as the news. And it's good news. The word of the good news. There are words involved in this
message. the word of the good news, the
gospel or the good news of the grace of God. I'm giving you
scriptural names of the gospel. The good news of God, the good
news of Christ, the good news of his son. I love the way Paul
calls the gospel, my good news, my gospel, my good news. The glorious good news and the
gospel or the good news of the glory of the blessed God. We read of the truth of the good
news. The gospel is always a declaration of the truth. The good news of
your salvation. The good news of peace. The mystery
of the good news. I love that word mystery in the
scripture. A mystery is not something so
much we believe, I mean, we understand as believe. We can't really intellectually
grasp these mysteries as mysteries. They're things we would have
never known had not God been pleased to make them known in
his word and we believe. The mystery of the good news. The hope of the good news. The
faith of the good news. And I love the way John calls
the gospel, the everlasting or eternal gospel, the eternal good
news. It's good news that never had
a beginning. It never has an end. Good news of the gospel,
and it's called the gospel of the kingdom of God. The good news of the kingdom
of God. This kingdom is like no other
The Lord said, my kingdom is not of this world. It's not like
any earthly kingdom. Here's why. Christ is the king
of this kingdom. That makes all the difference
in the world. Christ is the king of this kingdom. And we've already
heard about the subjects. Blessed are the poor in spirit. They don't have anything to bring
to the table. Therefore, theirs is the kingdom of heaven. This kingdom is like no other
kingdom in that it's called in Hebrews 12, 28, a kingdom that
cannot be moved. You can't describe any other
kingdom like that. Every earthly kingdom. If it isn't dissolved
yet, it will be. There have been kingdoms that
rise and they fall, but not this kingdom. And it's because Christ
is the king. Now. This king of this kingdom,
he's eternal. He never began to be. And he
can never cease to be king. That's why his kingdom Can I
be moving? He's sovereign. That means his
will is always done. There's never a time when it's
not done. He's in complete control of everything
and everybody. And my dear friends, the very
thoughts that are going through your mind right now, he's in control.
He is the king. He's omnipotent. This kingdom
has This king has the power to do whatsoever he's pleased to
do. He's omniscient. He's all wise. He's immutable. He can't change.
He can't become better or worse. He's immutable. He's holy. He's just. He's gracious. He's
merciful. He's independent. He doesn't
have any needs. He doesn't need to tax people
to keep his kingdom going. He is independent. I love to
think of that picture that's given in him when he first appeared
to Moses. The bush that could not be consumed. That fire didn't need the wood
of that bush to keep going. Why? Independent. Independent,
no needs. That's this king. He's God. He's
independent. And that wood couldn't be consumed. That represents the perfect humanity
of the Lord Jesus Christ. But what a king we have. What
a king. That's why this kingdom of God
is such. Now let's look in verse 15. Here
is what this king says. He came preaching the gospel
of the kingdom of God and saying the time is fulfilled. Time. That's what we're dwelling in
right now. Time. Sequence of events. Yesterday,
today, tomorrow. And we can't grasp eternity. I realize that. We talk about
eternity past and there's no such thing. We talk about eternity
future. Well, there's no such thing.
Eternity is eternity. And he made this thing called time.
so that the lamb slain from the foundation of the world could
come into time and be slain. That's the purpose for the creation.
That's the purpose for the universe. That's the purpose for all things,
the cross. That's the purpose of the fall, the cross. God controls
everything. He made time and now time is
being fulfilled. Time is fulfilled the reason
for all things. The time is fulfilled. And then he says in verse 15,
next, the kingdom of God is at hand. You see the king's here. That's why it's at hand. The
king's here. I love to think of the majesty
in which our Lord is made. The king's here. Now this is
the kingdom of God. that is to be sought above all
things. Seek ye first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness." I love Paul's description of this kingdom. He says the kingdom of God is
not meat and drink. It's not rules and regulations.
It's not do's and don'ts. It's righteousness, peace, and
joy in the Holy Ghost. This is the only righteous kingdom.
And it's His righteousness. The only thing that gives me
peace is the only righteousness I have is the righteousness of
Jesus Christ. That's all that gives me peace. It's a kingdom
of peace. And you know, it's a kingdom
of joy. Does it make you joyful that Christ is your righteousness
and you need nothing else? It's a kingdom of righteousness.
It's a kingdom of peace. And it's a kingdom of joy. What a kingdom. Now, what did the Lord say to
do? This is so important in verse 15. Repent ye and believe the
gospel. I've entitled this message repentance
and faith. Repent ye. What does that mean? Good question, isn't it? Believe
the gospel. What does that mean? Repentance and faith. Turn with me for a moment to
Acts chapter 20. Acts chapter 20, beginning in
verse 20. This is Paul giving the summary,
the whole summary of his preaching. He said, I kept back nothing
that was profitable unto you, but have showed you and have
taught you publicly and from house to house. What I preached
publicly, same thing I preached privately. Same thing. Testifying. That's what preaching is. You're
testifying. Both to the Jews and also to
the Greeks. Everybody gets the same message.
Jews, Gentiles, everybody needs to hear the same thing. One message. Testifying both to the Jews and
to the Greeks. Repentance. for God and faith
toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Now, Paul gives that as the summary
of his preaching, the same thing the Lord is saying when he comes
and says, repent and believe the gospel. Repentance and faith. While they are not the same thing,
they can never be separated one from another. They always go
together. And the relationship is that
the one is the evidence of the other. What's the evidence that
I've repented? What's the evidence that I believe? Now, what does it mean to repent? What does it mean to believe? God uses the whole Bible to tell
us what this means. This can't be deduced to a formula
or some kind of silly cliche that men use. What does it mean
to repent? What does it mean to believe?
God uses. Let me say this whole book tells
us what that means. And everything in this book is
to be believed. We got to believe to be saved.
Everything God says. Amen. Everything this book says. Now, repentance, repent ye. What does the word mean? I've heard people say, well,
it means to change. It means to Turn from your sins. It means
to be sorry for your sins. It means to not commit those
sins anymore. You repent of those sins. You know that the phrase repent
of your sins is not found in the scripture. Not once. Now. Obviously there is a. Repentance from sin involved
in the very word repentance, but the word means very simply
change your mind. Repentance is a change of mind,
repent, change your mind, believe what you did not believe, believe
the gospel, repent and believe the gospel. Now, well, in repentance,
being sorry for your sin and Turning from your sin, well,
you ought to be sorry for your sin. And we ought not ever sin
again. Is that true? We ought not ever
sin again. These things I write unto you
that you sin not. Sin's never OK. There's never an excuse for it.
But OK, sorry. How sorry? When sorry enough? When have
you experienced a proper sorrow for sin. And well, let me tell
you right now, you haven't. The only one who ever truly experienced
sorrow for sin is the Lord himself. Uh, when he was made sin and
the things that he, you and I don't even understand how evil sin
is to where we can have the proper, uh, song. And as far as seeing
goes, are there not sins? You are still committing today
that you committed a long time ago. And you confess those sins
and even while you're confessing them, you know, you're going
to commit them again. Is that so? If repentance is being sorry
for your sin and not committing it anymore. Nobody in this room's
ever repented. And nobody in this room has ever
been saved. If that's what repentance is.
What is? Because it's not what most preachers
say it is. What is repentance? Well, you
noticed in the passage of Scripture, I read what Paul said. Repentance,
repentance, he said repentance toward God. a change of mind toward God. Repentance is a change of mind
concerning the living God. Before you were given repentance,
you either had wrong views of God or the views that you did
have as right views. You didn't like him for it. You
didn't like his holiness. You didn't like the narrowness
of the way. You didn't like His sovereignty,
how He could save one and pass by another. You didn't like how
Christ died only for the elect. That's not fair. That's not right.
You didn't like this. You didn't agree with it. It
was not something you loved. God gives you repentance and
your mind is changed. You take God's side. You take
sides with God against yourself. He's right. My mind has been
changed. Repentance toward God. You now
love the way he is. You really love the way he is.
You wouldn't change him if you could. He's perfect. That's repentance toward God. And you repent about yourself.
You used to think, yeah, I have problems. I make mistakes. I
do wrong things. No doubt about that. I'm not
perfect. Everybody said that, but I already knew that. I'm
not perfect. But I struggle. I've got free will. If I'm put in the position, I
can turn things around. I know I haven't done it yet,
but if I'm given the right circumstances, I can turn things around. I've
got a free will. I can choose to believe whenever I want to
believe. You know, when you're granted repentance, I don't believe
that foolishness anymore. Don't believe it at all. I believe
that in and of myself, I am nothing but sin. That's it. I'm not talking about the way
I was before I'm saved. I'm the way I am right now. There's a change of mind concerning
Christ. And when you repent, before you repented, you might
have had high thoughts of Christ. You might have thought, you know,
He's a great man. He's a Savior. And I know I need
Him. I need Him to be saved. You actually thought, I need
Him to be saved. I need Him. When you are granted repentance,
when you're granted this change of mind, you believe Christ is
all and let me tell you what that means. That's not just a
cliche statement. It means he is all I have. I don't have anything else to
bring. He is all I have. I love that. Jesus Christ is
made to me all I need. All I need. He alone is all my
plea. He is all I have. Now, if he's not all you have,
you don't know him as all. If you have anything else, you
don't have him as all. You only have him as all when
you have nothing else. That's what repentance is. Repentance is the change of mind
regarding the forgiveness or the remission of sins. Now, how
many times do you see these two words together in the New Testament?
Repentance and remission of sins. Repentance concerning the remission
of sins. Now here's what everybody, this
is how we're all brought into this world believing. This is
what we naturally believe. If I turn from my sins and I
believe on Christ, then I will have the forgiveness of sins. Let me tell you what that is. Salvation
by works. you earning and doing something
to achieve the forgiveness of sins. The forgiveness of sins
is not the end of a process. If I do this, if I do that, then
I'll have the forgiveness of sins. No, no. Salvation doesn't
end with the forgiveness of sins. It begins. It begins with the
complete, full, forgiveness of sins. Repent and believe the gospel. Repent and believe the gospel. Now, most folks, when they think
about faith or belief, they think, well, you got to believe you're
saved. What's faith? Well, you believe
you're saved. Faith has absolutely nothing to do with what you believe
about yourself. 2 Timothy 1.12, Paul said, I know
whom I have believed. Not what, whom. You know, the who determines
the what. If you believe him, you believe
everything else. There's just no doubt about that.
If you believe him, the doctrine becomes obvious. Of course, he's
sovereign. Of course, he's successful. I
know whom I have believed. And I'm persuaded, I'm convinced,
I've been persuaded that he is able. That's faith. He is able to keep that which I have committed
to him. Now that, what do you mean by
that? What'd you commit Paul? The salvation of my soul. All
of it. If he didn't do it all, I have
no hope. If I've got to look to my faith
or my repentance or my holy living or my anything, there's no hope
for me. I've committed the entire salvation
of my soul. I know whom I believe. I'm persuaded
that he's able to keep that which I've committed to him against
that day. Now that's believing the gospel.
There are many places in scripture we could go to, to illustrate
this thing of repentance and faith and defining the gospel. And this has to be done every
time anybody stands up and preaches. I like what Scott Richardson
said, a message that is not the gospel was a mistake in conception
and a crime in the execution. And I, amen, amen. But I believe the greatest example
we have of repentance and faith is the thief on the cross. Greatest example of someone whose
mind was changed and he believed. Now we know from Matthew's account,
as a matter of fact, turn with me there to Matthew 27. There were two men crucified
with the Lord Jesus Christ. And this was prophesied in the
scripture. In Isaiah chapter 53, he was numbered with the
transgressors. And these were wicked men. There's no question
about that. They were murderers. They were
thieves. They were bad people. And let's
begin reading in verse 38. Then were there two thieves crucified
with him, one on the right hand and another on the left. And
as they that passed by reviled him, and they that passed by
reviled him, wagging their heads and saying, Thou that destroyest
the temple, and builds it in three days. Save thyself. If you're the Christ, the Son
of God, come down from the cross. Likewise, also the chief priest,
mocking him with the scribes and elders, said he saved others.
Himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel,
let him come down now from the cross. And we'll believe him.
He trusted in God. Let him deliver him now, if he'll
have him. For he said, I'm the Son of God,
the thieves also. Not just one of them, the thieves
also. which were crucified with him,
cast the same in his teeth." Mark says they both reviled him. If you're the Christ, come down
from the cross and take us with you. Prove it. Filled with enmity. As they lived, so were they dying. Something happened. Let me look
23. Verse 39 and one of the male
factors. Which were hanged. Railed on
him. Now they both had been railing
on him. We know that from the scripture.
But now one grows strangely silent as the other continues to wait. And one of the malefactors which
were hanged railed on him saying, if thou be Christ, save thyself
and us. But the other has had a complete
change of mind. His mind has been changed. concerning that one hanging on
the cross. His mind has been changed. You see, you won't change your
mind until your mind has been changed. Repentance is the gift
of God, just like faith is. It's not something the natural
man can come up with. That's no excuse not to repent.
You ought to repent and believe the gospel. You ought to change
your mind and believe the gospel. I don't care who you are. You
ought to repent. And God commands all men everywhere
to repent. So you're not off the hook. Everybody
in here is commanded to repent and believe the gospel, just
like this thief did. He had a low opinion of Jesus Christ. He mocked
him. He didn't bow the knee to him
in any way. He had a low opinion of Christ.
And his mind has changed. That one hanging beside him that
has that accusation. Jesus of Nazareth, the king of
the Jews. He believes. He believes. And let's just find
out what somebody believes when they repent and believe the gospel.
Let's go on reading verse 40. But the other. answering, rebuked
him, saying, Does not thou fear God? He knew that one hanging on that
tree is nobody less than the eternal God. The God of Scripture. Somebody says, well, isn't he
talking about God the Father? Well, I reckon that's included, but
he's talking about God the Son. He knew this is God. How'd he
know that? Same way you know it if you know
it. God revealed this to you. You know, he heard the seven
sayings of the Savior from the cross. He heard every one of
them. Somebody said, did he hear the
gospel? Of course he did. He heard the gospel and he knew
who this was. Do you believe that Jesus Christ
is God? If you have faith, you do. You
see, he can't do anything for you if he's not God. What can
he do for you if he's not God? No more than I could do. But
he's God manifested in the flesh. And this man knew who this was.
He said, don't you fear God. Seeing you're in the same condemnation
and we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our
deeds. He believed he was getting exactly
what he deserved. Now, when someone has faith,
When someone is given faith, when someone is given repentance,
they now believe God is actually just in whatever he does with
them. You know, people argue with the gospel. How could it
be fair for God to do this? How can it be fair for God to
do that? But when God gives you repentance, you don't say stuff
like that. He's just. He's just. If he sends
me to hell, he's just. I'll be getting exactly what
I deserve. And we're getting the due reward
of our deeds. You see, when there is repentance
and faith, you see God's justice sending you to hell. You don't. And somebody says,
I just I just can't see that. Well, you haven't seen who he
really is. That's the only reason, because if you see who he is,
you'll see who you are. That's where that comes from.
Now, we receive the due reward of our deeds. But this man hath done nothing
amiss. If you are granted repentance
and faith, you believe in the perfect sinlessness and humanity
of the Lord Jesus Christ. This man, this man who is God,
this man hath done nothing amiss. He knew no sin. John Calvin said this is the
greatest instance of faith in all the scripture. And I realize
somebody might say, well, what about the Syro-Venetian woman
or the Roman centurion where the Lord said, I've not found
so great a faith, no, not in Israel. This hasn't happened
yet. This man looked at that one nailed
to a tree, and he didn't have anything that he could see that
would make him think he's wrong. God's forsaken him. His people
have forsaken him. He's there all alone. Seemingly,
he certainly didn't seem to have the ability to come down from
the cross. And that thief looks at him and
says, Lord. You're the Lord. You're God,
you're sinless man, you're the Lord. Now, that's not some empty
title, you're Lord of creation. You're the one that created the
universe, the vastness of the universe, you created the minutia
of the atom. You're the Lord of Providence.
The only reason you're hanging here is because you willed it
to happen. That's why you're here. You're
the Lord. You control everybody and everything. You're the Lord of salvation.
And he expresses just how much he believed that when he said.
Remember me. I can't save myself. He was no
different than the leper. Lord, if you will. You can make
me clean. That's where he was at. Lord,
if you remember if you remember me. That's. Lord, remember me nothing else
I need to be said. And. This man. Believed. In the absolute success
of what the Lord was doing. He said, you're not going to
stay dead. I know that. Now notice this stuff doesn't
have anything to do with what he thought about himself. You're
not going to stay dead. You're going to be successful
in what you do. Now understand this about people
call it limited atonement or particular redemption, definite
atonement, successful atonement. Here's the point. He's successful
in whatever he does. And if he died for you, you must
be saved. And somebody says, well, what
if he didn't die for me? Just what if he did? What if
he did? Whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be saved. Are you a whosoever? Sure you
are. If you call, you'll be safe.
You can't say, well, I can't be safe because he didn't die
for me. No, you're not calling. You call on him. You'll find
out he died for you. You're not going to stay dead.
You're going to come back as a mighty reigning king in your
kingdom. That's what repentance and faith
is. That's what the scripture says it is. He had a complete
change of mind concerning the Lord Jesus Christ. He now believed
he's God. He now believed God was just
in whatever he did with him. He now believed that Christ is
sinless perfection. This man had done nothing amiss.
He believed he was Lord. Do you believe he's Lord? He
believed he's Lord. And he believed he must be successful. And he believed the only hope
he had, the only hope he really wanted was that the Lord would
remember him. Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
And no one was ever given this much assurance today. Thou shalt be with me in paradise. May the Lord grant me and you
repentance and faith. Vintage toward God and faith
toward the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. There's a lot of things in my
mind. I don't want to re-preach his message. I love what you
said. What if Christ didn't die for him? What if he did? Can
we come beg him for mercy? Oh, that was just so outstanding.
Thank you so much. After we sing a psalm, we'll
have a meal the ladies provided for us. I can tell you from experience,
it will be delicious. Stay and eat and have a time
of fellowship. And if you notice someone that's
got a long drive home, I hate it, but somebody's got to go
home today. If you notice somebody's got a long drive home, let them
get ahead of you in line so Clay's got a long drive home. So we
let Clay go first. I hate to say this, but we've
got to let Will too. They've got a long drive home,
so let them get some of these so they don't get home too awful
late. And when we're done singing this
song, Dan Colfer, would you come can close in prayer for us and
thank God for the messages and the food. Dan's a pastor of Grace
Fellowship Church in Wheelersburg, Ohio, my old stomping grounds
where I grew up. And we're thankful he's here.
So after we're done singing, you come lead us in prayer, would
you? Oh, you're tall. I've waited all year to hear
you all sing this song. 206. 206. And we've got to stand
to sing this. Wonderful grace of Jesus, greater than all my sin. How shall my tongue describe
it? Where shall its praise begin? Taking away my burden, setting
my spirit free, for the wonderful grace of Jesus. Wonderful the matchless grace
of Jesus, Deeper than the mighty rolling sea. Broader than the mountain, sparkling
like a fountain, O sufficient grace for even me! Broader than the scope of my
transgression, greater far than all my sin and shame, O magnify
the precious name of Jesus Christ! Wonderful grace of Jesus, Reaching
to all the world! I, and I have been pardoned,
Saved through the utter mold, Chained, tapped, and torn of
thunder, Giving me liberty, for the wonderful grace of Jesus
reaches me. Wonderful the matchless grace
of Jesus, Deeper than the mighty rolling sea, Higher than the
mountain, Sparkling like a fountain, All-sufficient grace for even
me. broader than the scope of my
transgression, greater far than all my sin and shame. O magnify the precious name of
Jesus, praise Him! Wonderful grace of Jesus Reaching
the most defiled By its transforming power Making him God's dear child
Purchasing peace and heaven And the wonderful grace of Jesus
reaches me. Wonderful the matchless grace
of Jesus. Higher than the mountain, sparkling
like a fountain, All sufficient grace for even me. Lord, magnify the precious name
of Jesus. Praise His name. We are so thankful for the opportunity
that we've had this day to hear your word. So thankful. Where
would we be without your word? Lost in darkness, darkness that
could be felt. Lord, we thank you today for
your kind providence towards us. It's worthless sinners, no
better than anyone else in this world. that you have been pleased
to cross our path with the gospel. We know it was your mind and
your purpose. We know that you rule over all things in Providence. Every leaf that grows on a tree
to every leaf that falls, every sparrow. And you feed all the
creation and you see to it that your people never have any real
lack. You provide all things our need
you provide it to the Lord Jesus Christ, our blessed, blessed
Savior, our substitute. We thank you, Lord, for the love
that we have for him, because we know we wouldn't have it if
you had not given it to us. So we pray you bless us, bless
this time of fellowship, and be with those that are on the
road today. We ask this for thy great namesake.