See so many I have known for
so long and to worship with you again around the gospel that
we love, that we know, that we preach, that we've heard over
the years. God has blessed us in so many
ways. We have so much, so much to be
thankful for. And I am glad to be here. I appreciate your pastor. We talk
almost weekly and I encourage him and he encourages me and
we encourage one another. And it's a blessing to have friends
who love the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to turn your Bible
to the book of Hebrews. Hebrews chapter nine. Hebrews
chapter 9. I think you're studying through
the book of Hebrews on Sunday morning, is that right? OK. Chapter 9 of Hebrews, one of
my favorite, favorite books in all of the Bible is the book
of Hebrews. Hebrews chapter 9, let's begin
at verse 24. Hebrews 9 verse 24. For Christ did not enter into
the holy places made with hands. That is what the typical priest
did. He entered into that tabernacle of old made by Moses and those
in the wilderness, which are figures of the true, but into
heaven itself, into the very presence of God, into heaven
itself, the throne of God. When he had by himself purged
our sin, God exalted him. He is seated at the right hand
of God, enthroned as King and Lord into heaven itself, now,
right now, not someday, right now, right now, to appear in
the presence of God. Now, you get a hold of this.
For us? For me? A sinner, a worm, he
appears in the presence of God to intercede for me? For me? Yes, that is what it says. He
appeared for me in glory. Look at verse 25. More yet, that
he should offer himself often as a high priest, entereth into
the holy place every year with the blood of others. That's what
they did under the law on that Day of Atonement, year after
year after year after year. But the Lord entered one time,
one sacrifice. They made many sacrifices. He
made one sacrifice. For then He must have often suffered
since the foundation of the world. But now, now, once, once in the
end of the age, the end of the world, has He appeared. He appears in glory. He appeared
here. as my substitute to put away
my sin, but now once in the end of the age hath he appeared."
Who appeared? He appeared. God Almighty incarnate
in the flesh. He appeared, and he didn't just
appear and disappear. He appeared to put away sin by
the sacrifice of himself. by the sacrifice of himself,
as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this judgment,
verse 28, here he is going to appear again, verse 28, so Christ
once offered to bear the sins of many, his covenant people,
his sheep, to bear the sins of many, and unto them that look
for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto glorious,
glorious salvation. Now, my text is taken from verse
26. He appeared to put away sin by
the sacrifice of himself. Now, I know no better way to
end the year and to start Lord willing, the new year soon, than
to worship together around the glorious gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ, His blood atonement made on behalf of His covenant people.
No better way to end the year and to begin a year, and we have
no better message to preach than Jesus Christ and Him crucified. No better message. We can't improve
upon that message. You see, it's God's gospel, and
we are to declare this gospel. And may we be determined as the
Apostle Paul in this coming year and the years to come, God willing,
to know nothing and to preach nothing but Jesus Christ and
Him crucified. And we do so from the Word of
God, the truth of God. We don't come making up things.
We come repeating what God has already said. That's what preaching
is all about. It's just one beggar telling
another beggar where bread is found in Christ. He is the bread. He's the water. Look to Him. Come to Christ. Now, I know of
no better book in all the Scripture that declares unto us and describes
unto us the better High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is
the better priest. He is the priest that has an
unchangeable priesthood. We have such a great high priest. Hold your place there, and let's
look at a few scriptures here, back to Hebrews chapter 4. Christ
is the better priest. They were many priests, and they
were not permitted to continue by reason of death. But this
priest, the great high priest, he ever lives to intercede for
us. We have a great high priest who
has somewhat to offer. He offered up himself. Hebrews
4 verse 14, seeing then that we have a great high priest,
we do, that is passed into the heavens. Jesus, Savior, Son of
God, Son of God, let us hold fast. Let us hold fast to Him. He is our profession. Let us
lay hold on eternal life in Christ Jesus, for we have not a high
priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities.
But he was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. He's the better high priest.
He's the excellent high priest. Let it therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need. We have a better high priest
who has somewhat to offer. And he offered not the blood
of bulls and goats, but he brought his own blood, his own blood
for us. So he is the better high priest.
Not only that, in this book of Hebrews we read again that he
is the surety of the better covenant. Find Hebrews chapter 7. Hebrews
7. That's the key word, isn't it,
through the book of Hebrews. Better. Christ is the best. He's the best. There's none better
than the Lord Jesus Christ. He's altogether lovely in all
of His person, in all of His office, in all of His work. He's
better. He's the best. He's the best. Hebrews 7, verse
22, By so much was Jesus the Savior made a charity of a better
covenant. Hebrews 7, verse 22, of a better
covenant. They were truly many priests
because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death.
But this man, because He continues ever. He has an unchangeable
priesthood, wherefore He is able to save to the uttermost all
that come to God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession
for us. We have a better priest. We have
a better covenant, ordained in all things and ensured, guaranteed,
ratified, secured, made certain and assured by His blood sacrifice. And we have a better mediator
than that of Moses. Moses was a mediator of that
old law, but we have a better mediator, the Lord Jesus Christ. Look right across the page in
Hebrews chapter 8. Hebrews chapter 8 verse 6, But now hath he obtained
a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is a mediator
of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. All the great, exceeding great
and precious promises of the Gospel. Abraham, I'm fully persuaded,
like Abraham was, that all that God promised, maybe it will be
fulfilled. All that God promised, He's able
to perform. He's able. He's able to save.
Able to keep these better promises. We have these glorious promises
of God given to us in the Gospel. That we have a better high priest. We have a better surety. A better mediator. And my friends,
there were many sacrifices under the law. Is that right? Many
sacrifices. Morning and evening. Yearly on
the day of atonement. Many sacrifices. But we have
a better sacrifice. That sacrifice is the Lord Jesus
Christ Himself. We have a better better sacrifice,
it says in my text, in Hebrews 9, 26, by the sacrifice of Himself. Now, that is the better sacrifice,
the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. By His one glorious sacrifice,
He purchased salvation for all of His covenant people. He bought
us. I am His property. He bought
me at great price. He bought me with His blood.
God had bought us with His own blood. By the purchase of this
sacrifice, He bought His covenant people. He loved the church and
gave Himself for the church. He redeemed His covenant people
from all sin. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses
from all sin. All sin. Thank God He redeemed
us and we are redeemed. delivered, not with silver and
gold, not with tradition, not with ceremony, but with the precious
blood of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Oh, my friend, we have
a glorious sacrifice. We have a glorious sacrifice
that God gave on behalf of His people. By this glorious sacrifice,
he purchased covenant. He purchased his covenant people,
redeemed his people from all their sin, and satisfied all
that God's holy justice required of me. He satisfied God. He satisfied God on my behalf,
that he might be the just God and Savior, that he might be
just and the justifier of those who look to him. You see, he's
able to meet all my need, all my need according to his riches
in glory through the Lord Jesus Christ. We have, my friend, a
glorious gospel to preach to those who are in need. To sinners, anybody here fit
that camp, that description? I believe you do. I believe you
do. I know sinners are looking for
a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. If I ever find a sinner seeking
salvation, I'm going to tell him where it's found. In Christ.
Christ and Him crucified. And this is all, it all works,
the gospel of God concerning the Lord Jesus Christ. It all
works to the praise of the glory of His grace. His grace. Gives Him all the honor and all
the glory and all of salvation. Now, a little word right here
in verse 26. three letters, S-I-N. You see that? S-I-N. Now here we see the problem presented.
The problem presented is sin. S-I-N. Just a little word, isn't
it? But it creates a big problem.
Sin. Sin. The problem presented and
the sin problem is sin. All of us, all men, All of us
have this problem in common. We're sinners. We're sinners. All of us. We're guilty before
God. All of us have this problem in
common. All of us stand guilty as charged
before God. God said there is none just upon
the earth. No, not one. We're guilty. God looks upon
every heart, and all He sees there is the evil and wickedness
of our own depraved heart. We are sinful, born in sin, shaped
in sin. I not only have Adam's sin and
guilt imputed to me, but I have my own problem, my own sin, my
own transgression. And it's a problem so enormous
and so great, I can't do a thing about it. I can't put it away. I can't deal with my sin. God
says I'm guilty. God says He demands holiness,
demands righteousness. I can't produce it. And I can't
put away my sin. What can? Well, they're just
saying about it. Nothing but the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing can put away my sin but
that glorious sacrifice of Jesus Christ. None of us can deal with
this sin problem we all have. None of us have the ability or
even the will or mind or want to. We love darkness rather than
light. I know this, as my dear pastor
used to tell us for years and years, sin is very difficult
to put away. Sin is very difficult to put
away. I wish I could stop. One day I will. When you plant
this old carcass in the ground, I'll have a new body one day.
But until then, I have a battle. I have to deal with this flesh,
and it's sinful. I can't put away my sin. I can't
deal with this problem, and you can't either. It's impossible to put away sin
apart from the gospel of Jesus Christ. If you'll notice down
in Hebrews chapter 10, verse 4, it says, it's not possible
that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sin. It
requires more than that animal sacrifice. Animal sacrifice could
not put away the sin of a man. Now, it picked your substitution,
and it pointed to the Lord Jesus Christ, but it never made atonement
for sin. Never at all. It says in verse 1, "...can never
with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually
make the comers thereunto perfect." Sin is such a big problem, and
I have no way to deal with my sin. You don't either. I tell
you, we're shut up to one answer, and that's found in the gospel
of the Lord Jesus. That's the only way. I know this. All my religious zeal and tradition
and repentance and faith cannot put away sin. That's right. If righteousness is by the law,
then Christ is dead and vain. The eternal suffering of an endless
condemnation can never put away sin. That's why it's eternal.
Never satisfy God's holy justice. And I know this, wherever their
sin is found, the eternal holy God will and must punish sin. Either in me or in my substitute,
but He has to deal with the sin issue, the sin question. You
see the little word, S-I-N. But I tell you, it contains big,
big problems, doesn't it? Sin. Sin. The solution. The solution. Look what it says there in my
text again. The solution is He hath appeared. Now that's the
solution. He appeared. Who appeared? He
appeared. The Lord Jesus Christ. He appeared. Who is this that appeared? Let's
find out here. Turn to Hebrews chapter 1. He appeared. You see it's who
He is. that gives glorious, infinite
merit and power to what he did. It's just not that blood was
shed, it's whose blood was shed. Hebrews chapter 1, it says in
verse 2, Hebrews 1, 2, Hath in these last days spoken unto us
by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also
we have made the worlds, who being the brightness of his glory
the express image of his person, he is God incarnate. That's what
he's saying here. Upholding all things by the word
of his power. Who can do that? Who can uphold
the world and all things by his power? None but God. The one
who dies for our sin is none other than God, the God-man.
Mediator. When he had by himself purged
our sin, he sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high. Who appeared? He appeared. He appeared to put away sin by
the sacrifice of himself. Now think about this. This is
God? Do you ever notice in the book
of Titus, especially, but in Timothy as well, Paul often referred
to the Savior as God, our Savior? God our Savior. That's who appeared
to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. In the fullness of
time, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the
law to redeem them that were under the law. He didn't come
unsent. He's sin of God. Him being delivered
by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, Acts 2.
You have taken and by wicked hands have crucified and slain
the Lord of glory. But He was sin of God. In the
fullness of time, God sent this One. He is God's appointed sacrifice
for the appointed people at the appointed time. They tried to
kill Him on numerous occasions and He just walked through them.
He said, My hour has not yet come. But one day He said, The
hour is here. The hour is here. This is the
hour that is appointed of God from the councils of eternity.
Him being the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world,
He appeared to put away sin. Who appeared? The Lord Jesus
Christ, God incarnate, He against whom all sin is committed, He
appeared to deal with my sin. The very one I sinned against,
He appeared for me to take care of a problem that I could not
deal with. Sin. Sin. Look what it says in
Hebrews chapter 10, verse 5, Hebrews 10, 5, Wherefore He,
when He cometh into the world, God-man, the mediator. He said,
Sacrifice and offerings thou wouldst not, but a body hast
thou prepared me. In burnt offerings and offerings
for sin thou hast had no pleasure, no satisfaction, no atonement. Then he said, Lo, I come. In
the volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will,
O God. Call his name Jesus. He shall
save his people from their sin. Had anyone else appeared to put
away sin, but the Lord Jesus Christ God Himself, sin would
never have been put away. We'd have no atonement. We'd
have no reconciliation. We'd have no redemption from
sin. Thank God that He came. Sin of
God. God so loved His own that He
gave Himself. Herein is love, not that we love
God. That's not where love is. That's not the superiority love. Not that we loved Him, but that
He loved us. And He sent His Son to be our
propitiation, our satisfaction unto God. He rendered everything
unto God that God demanded. That God demanded of me, the
Lord Jesus Christ provided. He is Jehovah-Jireh. The Lord will provide. Remember what Abraham told Isaac,
my son, God will provide the lamb, and he is the lamb himself. He appeared to put away sin by
the sacrifice of himself. What amazing love. What a glorious
message we have in the gospel of our blessed Savior, the Lord
Jesus Christ. Now, you got the first two points. The second point is, He appeared.
Thirdly, look back at the text again, Hebrews 9, 26. Once in the end of the age, in
the last days, the last time, at that point in time, the Lord
Jesus, He hath appeared, God in the flesh, He hath appeared
to do what? What does it say there? To put
away sin. by the sacrifice of himself."
What did he appear to do? Here we see the glorious sacrifice
described, the sacrifice of himself, of himself. Now, the high priest
under the law dared not to approach God, dared not to approach God. He had to come a certain way.
Remember the story of Nate Abner Byhugh. In Leviticus, chapter
10, they brought strange fires. They thought they'd make an improvement
upon what God instructed, and God killed both of them. That
high priest on the Day of Atonement dared not enter into the Holy
of Holies without the blood designated by God. Son of God. Notice, if
you will, Hebrews 9, verse 7. But into the second went the
high priest alone, Hebrews 9, verse 7, once every year, but
not without blood. which he offered for himself
and for the sin of the people. Dare not come without a blood,
sacrifice without the blood. Now, our great high priest did
not bring the typical offering. He didn't bring the animal offering.
He was the high priest, the great high priest, but he didn't bring
the blood of bulls and goats, did he? Look at Hebrews 9. But Christ being come a high
priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of his building,
neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his," here's
the phrase, his own blood, his own blood, he entered in once
into the holy place, having obtained eternal," I love this right here,
having obtained, he obtained it with his own blood, eternal,
eternal. You see, His work's eternal.
He saves us with everlasting salvation, eternal salvation,
and with eternal redemption, eternal deliverance. This is
what He's done for us. This is God's Lamb that God Himself
gave. This is that Lamb that was identified
by those prophets of old. They all gave witness to the
Lord Jesus Christ. And the last one, old John said,
There He is. Behold the Lamb of God that takes
away the sin of God's people, God's covenant sheep. He is the
Lamb of God. He is the one that the prophets
of old said, someone's coming. He is the Lamb that died for
the sins of His covenant people. And He is the sacrifice, the
Lamb of God that we look unto right now to cleanse us from
all sin. Turn over to Hebrews 12, verse
2. Hebrews 12, 2. We're looking. We're looking for forgiveness. We're looking for cleansing.
We're looking for someone to deal with our sin, and that someone
is Christ Himself. Looking unto Jesus, the Savior,
the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was
set before Him, He endured the cross, despising the shame, and
is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. That's
repeated over and over again in the book of Hebrews. He's
set down. Work is done by the sacrifice
of Himself. And we look to Him. And notice
it's present tense. Looking. Looking. Looking unto
Him. Believing Him. Coming to Him. We do that continually by faith,
by grace, looking to the Lord Jesus Christ. We look to Him
to put away our sin and to save us by His grace. We look to Him
now and we look to Him forever. And that song of glory is unto
Him that loved us and washed us from our sin in His own blood. That's the song of the ages.
I love singing about what He has done for me. I love talking
about and telling others what He has accomplished on behalf
of His people. I'm never weary of it. God help
us. to always find comfort, assurance,
and great confidence in this great sacrifice, Jesus Christ
Himself. And may we say with Paul, God
forbid that we should glory in any other than this glory and
sacrifice of Christ Himself. Turn to one more scripture on
that. I'm thinking of Hebrews, or not Hebrews, but Ephesians,
fine. Himself. Christ Himself. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself. You see, He's our substitute.
He gave Himself in my room and in my stead. Ephesians 5, Ephesians 5, verse
2. Walk in love as Christ also has
loved us and has given Himself. Ephesians 5, verse 2. Given Himself, has given Himself
for us in offering and sacrifice. Now watch this. This is key right
here. The sacrifice and atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ is not
offered unto men. I'm not the offended party. God's
the one that's offended. This sacrifice is unto the Lord. It's the blood on the altar before
the Lord. All through the book of Leviticus
it talks about that blood before the Lord. You see, it's His atonement
that's offered unto Him that satisfies His own law and justice
on our behalf. an offering and a sacrifice to
God for a sweet, smelling savor. I'm satisfied, he says, with
the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. awesome, tremendous success declared. He put away sin. He put away
sin. It says in verse 28 of Hebrews
9, So Christ once offered to bear the sins of many. Now, if He took my sin and took
my judgment and took my condemnation, if He stood in my room and in
my stead and paid my debt, I don't know it. Is that right? There
is no condemnation to those who are in the Lord Jesus Christ. If He paid my debt, then I don't
know it. And my friend, He paid it to the full. He paid it to
the full. He put away sin. Make no mistake. What He came
to do, He affectionately accomplished. He knows nothing. Now, He knows
a lot about agony. But he knows nothing about the
agony of defeat, does he? Huh? Remember that old sports
illustration thing about the agony? Show that guy going down
that ski hill, and he's flipping, rolling. The agony of defeat.
The Lord Jesus knows a lot about agony, but not defeat. You see,
his suffering, his agony was victory. He put away sin by the
sacrifice of himself. Make no mistake. He effectively
accomplished what He came to do. He knows nothing of failure. One of the scriptures that I
love to read over and over and over again, in Isaiah 42, He
shall not fail. I have a Savior that cannot fail
to put away all my sin and reconcile me unto God Almighty. That's good news, because I'm
guilty. I'm a sinner. What he meant to
accomplish at Calvary, he finished. He prayed, Father, I've glorified
Thee on earth. I've finished the work You gave
me to do. He said on Calvary's tree, It
is done. It's done. The punishment of
thy iniquity, he said in lamentation, is accomplished. Done! Done. He left nothing undone in this
work of redemption. He left nothing undone and he
left nothing for me to add. Nothing. You mean nothing? I
mean nothing. I mean zero. Anything I could
bring would mess it up. Anything I could bring would
taint it because everything I am is as I am. He left nothing undone
and he left nothing for me to do. not by works of righteousness
which we have done, but according to His mercy. He saved us by
the washing and renewing and regenerating work of God the
Holy Spirit. He makes us new creatures in
Christ Jesus. God made Him to be sin for us
who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of
God in Him. trying to strive at and trying
to make is this and laboring to make is this that in Christ
Jesus in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and in
Christ we are completed. Completely redeemed. Completely
pardoned. Completely forgiven. We have
complete salvation. We have a perfect Savior in Jesus
Christ and Him crucified. Our Lord's one death and one
sacrifice and one atonement put away. And I mean so much so out
of existence that the sin of God's people no longer even exists. You mean they're gone? I mean,
they're completely gone. You mean forever? I mean eternally.
Look, right across the page, Hebrews 10. You're not going
to believe this, but look what God says. Look what He says.
I hope you do believe this. Because this is what His Word
says. I'll take that back. You forgive me. I hope you do
believe this. Hebrews 10, look at this here. Hebrews 10, verse 10. By the
which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body
of Jesus Christ once for all, and every priest standeth daily,
ministering, offering oftentimes, Hebrews 10, 11, the same sacrifices
which can never take away sin. Now, here's a comparison between
that Old Testament, Old Moses, high priest, and the priest of
God. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins
forever, they offered that sacrifice which could never take away sin. But this man, this man, the God-man,
the mediator, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever,
sat down in the right hand of God. There is that phrase again.
from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
Why is he expecting? Victory! He's expecting victory! For but one offering, he's perfected
forever. He's perfected forever. One offering
forever. Perfected forever. Them that
are sanctified. Now look at verse 17. And their
sins, God said, Hebrews 10, 17, and their sins and iniquities
will I remember no Now, where remission of these is, there
is no more, no more, no more offering for sin. No more. Don't look for another. He's
it. He's everything. He's everything.
Having, therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest
by the blood atonement of our blessed Savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ. His blood atonement didn't simply
hide my sin. Put them away. But away, for
as east is from the west, behind the back of God, wherever that
is, into the depths of the sea, they're gone. They're gone. His
blood cleanses His people from all sin. Since it is true that
Jesus Christ died as a sinner's substitute, that He died as a
substitute for God's people, for His sheep. He said, I lay
down my life for the sheep. He came with them on His heart,
on His mind. in the covenant arrangement,
bearing my sin and his own body on the tree, died as my substitute,
shouldering my guilt, wounded for me, bruised for me, with
his stripes we are healed, took all my transgression and all
my sin, satisfied God in every jot and tittle, enduring my punishment. You see, it wasn't the work what
men did at Calvary that day. It wasn't what those soldiers
did. That's not my hope. It's what
God was doing that day. It pleased God to bruise Him
in my room and in my stand. That's right. This is God's Lamb. This is God's offering. And my
friend, it's most successful. Bearing my sin as my substitute,
dying in my place, shouldering my guilt, enduring my punishment,
and in doing so, satisfied God. Let's turn and read this. Galatians
chapter 3. The law says, Cursed is everyone
that continueeth not in all things which are written in the book
of the law to do them. In Galatians chapter 3 it says this. In Galatians
3 verse 13, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law.
Then made a curse for us, for it is written, Cursed is everyone
that hangeth on the tree. Cursed of God. Bury my sin. Bury my judgment, my wrath, and
put away. Put away my sin. Put away that
curse. Satisfied God. He shall see the
travail of His soul and shall be satisfied. He made peace with
God. Peace with God. With His own
blood. I can't make peace with God.
I can't satisfy God. And no sinner can. But we have
peace with God. We're reconciled unto God. He
made peace for us with His own blood. His blood. He satisfied
God, reconciled us to Himself. We were at one time estranged
without God, without hope, without life and without Christ. Our
sins separated us from God. But the Lord Jesus Christ came
and He, by His sacrifice, reconciled us together. We're made one in
Him, in Christ. Members of His body. Therefore,
my friends, there is therefore now no judgment to those who
are in Christ. And furthermore, there's no separation. No judgment, no separation. You see the good news? Read the
text again with me. Hebrews 9, 26. But now, once
in the end of the age, once, one time, one sacrifice, just
for the unjust that he might bring us unto God, once in the
end of the world, hath he appeared. Who appeared? What did he do? Put away sin. How? The sacrifice
of himself successfully to put away sin. And he got it done. He got it done. And that gives
me such rest and comfort and assurance that I can rest in
Christ knowing he dealt with my sin and made complete atonement
for all my sins, satisfied God And one day he crossed my path
with the gospel and told me the good news. He sent me a faithful
servant of God to tell me the good news, and God gave me life
to hear it and to believe it. As we close this year, it's been
a good year. It's been a good year. It's been a good year. As we close this year, and as
we gather together and worship him, Let us always remember His
glorious sacrifice of Himself. And let's keep this in mind.
And unto them that look for Him shall He appear. He's coming
back. He said, I'm going away. I'm
coming back to receive you to Myself. That where I am, there
you may be also in Christ Jesus. Well, I pray the Lord will bless
that word to your heart and cause you, as you close this year out
and think of that new coming year, may God give us all faith
to look to the Lord Jesus Christ victorious, exalted, exalted
at God's feet.