There was one other thing I need
to mention to you before we look at the text in Romans 11 this
morning. I told you Tuesday night that part of you wanted to give
to assist with the Caribbean work for Brother Dan Parks is
helped them with the damages and hurricanes. Please mark that
today or next Sunday. We'll see to it that it's gotten
to them. The church there in St. Croix had very little damage
compared to the other places. A few thousand dollars worth
of things have to be taken care of, but the church in Tortola
suffered quite a bit of damage. So you give as God directs you,
and we'll get that to Brother Moose and let him disperse it
as he will. Romans chapter 11, Romans chapter 11. To God be the glory. That's the
title of my message. When Shelby and I got home late,
late last Sunday evening, early Monday morning before going to
bed, we just relaxed and flipped on the news and saw the earliest
reports concerning that slaughter of so many in Las Vegas last
Sunday night. And like you, that's been on
my mind a good bit. Immediately, when I first heard
the news and saw the reports, I thought of our Lord's statements
in Luke's gospel, the 13th chapter. Pilate slaughtered some Galileans
And our Savior said, do you think those Galileans were sinners
above you? Except you repent, you shall
likewise perish. And then our Lord referred to
some folks who were at the pool of Siloam. We're not told what
they were doing. I suspect they were just enjoying
themselves. Perhaps they were just getting
some water. Perhaps they were just bathing
themselves. Perhaps they were at a religious
meeting waiting for the waters to move as men superstitiously
did in that day. And there was a tower that just
fell over, killed 18 of them, unexpected. Nobody who went out
there that morning expected to die, but God had purposed otherwise. And our Lord said, do you think
those folks were killed like this because they were sinners
above you? He said, except you repent, you shall all likewise
perish. And when I saw that report early
Monday morning, I thought to myself, what a solemn
awakening this ought to be for any human being. They were just having a good
time. They were just enjoying life.
They'd just gone out to have a little reprieve, a little enjoyment. And 58 slaughtered. Slaughtered
by a deliberate, purposed, calculated, evil man. Had no other reason
that we can expect except slaughter. Because God ordained This is
the day I take your breath away and you'll meet God in judgment.
Now hear me, except you repent like that, God will take you
out of this world and you'll meet God in judgment. Did you
hear me? No warning, no preparation. You've had all the warning you're
going to get. all the warning you're going
to get, except you repent. Like that, God will take you
to Hell. Oh, may God give you grace to
believe on His Son and to repent, trusting Jesus Christ the Lord.
How do you preach to folks following such things? And I
worked that over in my mind and heart all week long. And I believe
God's given me just the message. To God be the glory. To God be the glory. That's my subject. To God be
the glory. Open your Bibles to Romans chapter
11. Now, I had three reasons for
bringing this message. I want, oh, I hope my heart is
not deceiving me. I want to glorify God. I want to glorify God in every
word I speak, in every deed I perform. Oh, for grace to glorify him
in all things. I want you, every one of you,
to know our great God, the God of all grace, the God of all
glory, as He reveals Himself in Christ. And I want you to
glorify God. I want you to glorify God. That's my reason for bringing
this message. Romans 11, verse 33. Oh, the depth of the riches,
both of the wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable are
his judgments and his ways past finding out. For who hath known
the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his counselor, or who
hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto
him again. For of him, and through him,
and to him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. Now here the Apostle Paul
is bringing the doctrinal portion of his epistle to the Romans
to its conclusion. Everything following this in
chapters 12 through 16 builds upon the doctrine he's given
us in chapters 1 through 11. They are what we call practical
exhortations, practical instructions. But it's all built upon what
Paul has said in chapters 1 through 11. In this chapter, Paul had
been setting forth the great mystery, the design and purpose
of God, both toward the Jews and toward the Gentiles. He's
told us how that God confined the revelation of his grace.
God confined the revelation of himself to just one small group
of people in the entire world for 4,000 years. He chose Shem,
Noah's son, out of whom sprang Abraham and all the Jewish people. And for 4,000 years after God
created the world, nobody had a prophet except a Jew. Nobody had a message from God,
except a Jew. Nobody had a revelation from
God, except a Jew. Nobody had the word of God, except
a Jew. Nobody had a promise from God,
except a Jew. Nobody had a place to worship
God, except a Jew. For 4,000 years, God revealed
himself to Israel alone. And then because of the hardness
of their hearts, Because they, having heard the word of God,
having been given the prophets of God, having been given the
revelation of God, they would not believe. And when the Lord
Jesus Christ came to his own, his own received him not, said,
come, let's take him, nail him on a tree, to hell with God,
we'll have things our way. And therefore God sent them blindness,
judgment, darkness, hardness of heart, stupefying ignorance,
and thus it has been for the last 2,000 years. And he did
that on purpose. exactly according to his eternal
purpose of grace in Christ, because he has a people scattered among
the four corners of the earth, all the tribes and peoples of
the earth, among the Gentiles, called his elect. And he must
gather his elect out of the Gentile world as well as the Jewish world.
And yet he still has an elect remnant among the Jews. They
too shall be saved. And all those who are gods, all
the Israel of God shall be saved as we receive the gospel from
the Jews falling. Now we carry the gospel into
all the world and God's elect among the Jews are called through
the preaching of the gospel by Gentiles like you and me. The
purpose of God according to election stands firm. Now I've said all
that to say this. I want you to understand this.
Are you listening to me? Are you listening to me? Everything
God brings to pass in providence, everything. Those 18 on whom
the Tower of Siloam fell, those Galileans Pilate murdered, Those
babies that Roman emperor decided to slaughter because he was afraid
someone would take his throne. Those Jewish babies, Pharaoh
had slaughtered because he didn't want anybody to take his throne.
And you, are you listening to me? Everything God does in providence,
he does because the purpose of God according to election must
stand. God's going to save his people.
He's going to save his people in the way that proves at last
most honoring to him and most wondrous to you. I don't understand
how this works. I don't either. That's the reason
you don't understand. You're just a mortal being. God's
ways are not your ways or my ways. God's thoughts are not
your thoughts or my thoughts. Which of you would ever do things
the way God does them? Which of you would ever bring
things to pass in life, in your life, the way God has? Which
of us would ever bring things to pass in the world the way
God does them? Now, which of you who knows God
would question which way's best? Thank your God. Nothing in this
world moves by my plan. by my purpose or by the plan
or purpose of any man but only your plan your purpose for the
glory of your name and the saving of your people get this and rejoice
in verse 29 the gifts and callings of God are without repentance
The gifts of God's covenant heaped upon us in Christ before the
world began are without repentance. The gifts of God's salvation
given to us in Christ, giving us life and faith in Christ are
without repentance. The calling of God's grace by
which we are called from death to life and called from unbelief
to faith, called to Jesus Christ by the effectual power of his
spirit are without repentance. God never changes his mind. Paul says, with regard to the
Jews who have been cast away, God hath concluded them all in
unbelief. Now, if I had the ear of the
universe today, If I had the ear of every American today,
if I had the ear of our president and every legislature today,
every judge and every news commentator today, I would say to them, what
happened in Las Vegas last Sunday afternoon was by God's order,
justly done and righteously done. Don't ever forget that. Whatever
comes to pass, comes to pass, not by just God saying, well,
this is what folks want to do, don't seem like I can do anything
about it. All right, I'll give them permission to do it. It's
not by God's permission. It's by God's order, by God's
sovereign decree, and it's always in justice. The Jews were hardened
because of their unbelief. That is, they justly deserve
the judgment of God. but this was exactly according
to God's order before the world began. The scripture tells us
plainly that's the case. When Isaiah saw the Lord in his
glory, the Lord Jesus says, Isaiah said, this is what's gonna happen
to them. God cut off the natural branches, and in cutting them
off, fulfills his purpose toward the objects of his grace to gather
in his elect out of every nation, kindred, tribe, and tongue. Now,
as Paul concludes this part of his epistle, he sees all this
wonder, and he starts piling up in his mind, and he just,
I can almost picture me, he writes the last word of verse 32, and
he says, oh, my, oh, oh, what a God, oh, the depth, both of
the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God. What a God we have. He breaks
out in praise and thus he calls us to worship him. I wonder if
we can begin to enter into this wonderful adoration of our God. You see, it is never ours. Oh God, teach me this. It is
never ours to question God. It is never ours to set in judgment
over God. It is never ours to say, Lord,
why did you do this? How could you do this? God, if
you love me, how could you do this? How could a God of grace
do such things? It is never ours to set in judgment
of God. It is ours to bow to and worship
God. It is ours, like Eli, when the
Lord God took his sons, Hophni and Phinehas, to say, it is the
Lord, let him do what seemeth him good. Let God do as he will
and give me grace to bow to his will. You see, man has no claim
upon God. God has every claim on you. God
owes you nothing but your just wages. And the wages of sin is
death. You can be sure God's going to
pay what he owes. He will pay what he owes. Either
your sins will be punished in you, in everlasting damnation,
or punished in Christ, God's darling son, to the full satisfaction
of his justice as the sinner's substitute. God is all in all. That's how Paul puts it in 1
Corinthians 15, 28, when he wraps up everything. He says, he said,
boys, when the last day comes, when the last day comes, when
the Son has put everything in subjection under his feet, everything
that has been and is and shall be at last is brought to be made
manifestly done for the glory of God, then God shall be all
in all. Do you understand this? God is
all in everything. God is all in everything. He's the origin, the spring,
and the fountain of all things. All things come from God to man
through the mediation of Christ, the God-man. And all things are
for the purpose of God's own eternal glory. All things are for the purpose
of God's own eternal glory. Merle Hart, our God is so indescribably,
infinitely, incomprehensibly great and glorious that it is
best for everything to be just for His glory. It's best for everything to be
just for His glory. All things in time, all things
in eternity had their origin in the eternal purpose of God
and are accomplished through the eternal power of God and
will ultimately bring honor to the eternal perfections of our
God. Now let's look at our text line by line and word by word. I'll show you four things. Verse
33, here is a declaration of praise. Oh, the depth of the
riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God, how unsearchable
are his judgments and his ways past finding out. The more Paul
spoke of God's purpose and providence, his grace and mercy, his wisdom
and power, the more his heart swelled with praise to God. How much of the wisdom and knowledge
of God is displayed in the Paul things as shown us in this epistle?
How little of it is known by the best and wisest of men. These wonders of wisdom and grace
are not to be caviled at or objected to, but they are to be believed
and wondered at and rejoiced in with all. Let me remind you
of what Paul has taught us. First, he is declared in the
beginning of the book in chapter 1 that the gospel, the gospel
is all concerning God's Son. It is concerning redemption and
righteousness by Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Son of David. This one who is God and man in
one person. And then he demonstrates clearly
the wisdom and knowledge of God in the way he has brought about
in his providence the fall and depravity of man, revealed in
chapters 1 through 3, whereby he sets a backdrop for the revelation
of his grace of free justification, complete justification in and
by the Lord Jesus Christ in chapters 4 through 7. And then he speaks
of God's salvation and God's purpose and God's providence
and God's promises in chapter eight. Oh, he says, he said,
boys, now look back at all this and understand that all things
Everything works together for good to them who are the called,
to them that love God, to them who are the called according
to his purpose. And then in chapter nine, while
he's got folks sitting on the edge of their seats, wondering
about the mystery of God's purpose and his providence, how he works
all things together after the counsel of his will, he says,
now listen, salvation. This salvation you have, this
salvation that's God's, this salvation that comes by Christ,
if ever you come to enjoy it, it will be because of God's infinite,
everlasting, sovereign, free love for your souls. For he said,
Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Therefore it is
not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God
that showeth mercy. And then he speaks in chapter
10. And he says now, while you're
marveling at the wisdom and knowledge of God, marvel at this. This
salvation arranged and ordered by God in Christ his Son before
the world was, This salvation is a matter of absolute certainty
because God is God. This salvation is free to every
sinner in the world who believes on his son. It's free to every
sinner in this world who believes on his son. You believe on Christ
and go home today with a pardon in your pocket. Brother Ed Hale
used to sing that song. He wrote, I've got a pardon in
my pocket. First time I heard it, I thought,
that sounds a little bit cavalier. Oh, but how good! See this right
here? That's in my pocket. It ain't in yours, it's in mine.
I know it's mine because I got it, it's in my pocket. I've got
a pardon from God in my pocket, in the pocket of my soul by the
gift of God. I know I do for one reason, I
believe his song. I believe his son. Paul said,
now here is the wonder and the mystery of God's wisdom and knowledge. And then in chapter 11, he just
is overwhelmed with what he has written by inspiration of the
Spirit of God concerning the casting away of the Jews and
the salvation of God's elect among the Gentiles. All by the
purpose of God our Savior. All exactly as God ordained it. You see, it is impossible for
us to understand in any way the goodness and the severity of
God apart from His infinite, absolute sovereignty. Read the 11th chapter of Matthew's
Gospel. Our Savior said, He said, don't you know if the things
you've seen and heard had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they
would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Don't
you know if the things that you've seen and heard done by me, if
the folks in Sodom, if the folks in Sodom, when we use the word
Sodom, Sodomites, we immediately have in our minds that which
is the vilest, most reprehensible form of humanity walking topside
of God's earth. And our Lord said, if the Sodomites
had seen and heard what you've seen and heard right here in
Grace Baptist Church in Denver, Kentucky today, they would have
repented long ago. But God didn't send it to them.
He sent it to you, and now you believe not. Our Savior said,
I thank you, oh Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because
you have revealed these things to babes, ignorant, unlearned
little children. Men and women who acknowledge
they don't have a hand on God, don't have a hold on God, don't
understand anything about God, they just trust you. You've revealed
them to these babies. And you've hidden them from smart
alecks who think they're brainies. hidden them from the wise and
prudent. You got to prove it to me. Let me tell you something. Let me tell you something. Listen,
if I've got to prove to you anything about God, you'll go to hell. If I've got to prove to you anything
about Christ, you're going to hell. Well, I'm a reasonable
man, you got to show me some reason and some logic, you'll
go to hell with it. These things are known by revelation and only
by revelation, by the revelation of God. Even so, Father, for
so it seemed good in thy sight. Through the fall of all the human
race in Adam, grace and salvation has come to God's elect in Christ.
Through the fall of Israel, God has brought salvation to his
chosen among the Gentiles. Through the salvation of the
Gentiles, God is bringing his saving mercy and grace again
to Israel, saving his elect among them by the gospel. And in the
end, all Israel, all God's elect shall be saved. Not one shall
perish because God is wise and God is good. Who can understand
this? A God that you can understand, a God you can comprehend is no
God at all. He who is God is infinite beyond
comprehension, infinite behind our understanding, infinite altogether
incomprehensible. No mere creature will fathom
the wisdom of God. No man can comprehend the perfect
knowledge of the eternal, the judgments of God upon men and
nations. No man can explain. I've often thought when I hear
folks interviewing religious people, and you listen to them,
I don't care whether they're papist, or Protestant, Baptist,
or Buddhist, you listen to these religious folks that the news
media interviews, and they start to talk about explaining tsunamis,
and earthquakes, and hurricanes, and tornadoes, and war, and murder,
and terrorism, and all the effects of it, just listen to them and
you say, He ain't got a clue. He ain't got a clue. He doesn't
know what he's talking about. Oh, but he's smart. He's one
of the great religious leaders. He ain't got a clue. He ain't
got a clue. The ways of God in providence,
no man can grasp or explain. It is enough for us to know God
moves in a mysterious way. his wonders to perform. He plants
his footsteps in the sea and he rides upon the storm. Rides with ease and comfort. Deep in unfathomable minds of
never failing skill, God treasures up his bright designs and works
his sovereign will. All right, look at verses 34
and 35. Here is a challenge of supremacy. For who hath known
the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counselor?
Or who hath first given to him? And it shall be recompensed to
him again. If God's infinite wisdom and
knowledge are beyond the reach of human thought, If his judgments
are unsearchable and his ways past finding out, who is there
in heaven, earth, or hell who dares to think about defying
his supremacy as God? Whoever heard tell of a boy saying
to his daddy, what have you done giving me life? Whoever heard
tell of the clay saying to the potter, what have you made? The
potter has power over the clay, not the other way around. Who
dares defy God's supremacy? You never taught God anything.
He never sought counsel from you. Our God has ordered all
things exactly as he will in all the details of the universe
and nobody is consulted. He gives an explanation of himself
to no one. Know what? He reveals it. But
explain himself? God doesn't. God doesn't. And
if I honor him as his messenger, Bobby, I'm not gonna explain
it either. If God hasn't explained his works, I can't explain them.
If God hasn't explained himself, I can't explain him. What I can
tell you is he's God. He's doing right. He's working
salvation. He's performing righteousness.
Let him do what he will. I'll bow to his will. And you
will too, sooner or later. Sooner or later, you too will
bow to him. God took counsel with himself. in the everlasting council of
peace and the covenant of grace, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
and worked out all the details of the universe, and no man has
a clue what God's doing, except as he makes it known. Listen
to what God says. Who hath directed the Spirit
of the Lord, or being his counselor hath taught him? With whom took
he counsel? And who instructed him and taught
him in the path of judgment? And taught him knowledge and
showed him the way of understanding? And yet men foolishly imagine
they can somehow do things better than God. They have a better
purpose than God, a better way than God. The Lord God came to
Job and spoke to him out of the whirlwind, and he said, he said,
where was thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare,
if thou hast understanding, who hath laid the measures thereof,
if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched the line
upon it? Whereupon are the foundations
thereof fastened? The scripture speaks of the foundations
of the world. I've never been out in outer
space, but I've seen some pictures. And I've looked at it from every
angle I can look at. I haven't yet seen a pillar sitting
underneath the earth. Where were you? Describe them
for me. Describe them for me. I've read
a lot of things folks guess about, I'll tell you what I think the
foundation world is. Well, every time I hear somebody say that,
I don't really laugh in front of them anymore, I just kind
of, Well, that's an idea. That's an idea. The foundation
is this, foundation is that. God says to Job, you tell me
what the foundations of the earth are fashioned for. When the morning
stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy,
where were you? These things were done from the
foundation of the world and what nonsense it is for any man to
prescribe to God what He must do or how He must do it. All
of these things are true with regard to creation and providence
and grace. God has mercy on whom He will
have mercy. God defies the way to save His
chosen and that way is substitution through the sacrifice of His
Son. And God ordained, now listen to me, listen to me. I hope you'll
get this. God ordained from eternity the
best possible way in all its details of saving every chosen
object of His mercy. Shelby was working on a Bible
lesson for children last week and asked me to look at it. Oh,
what a great story. John 4 opens this way. It says
concerning the Lord Jesus, He must, needs go through Samaria. How come? There were lots of
ways He could get to Samaria. And there were several ways that
were shorter to get down to where he was going than going through
Samaria. But the book of God says he must needs go through
Samaria at this hour of this day in this place in these circumstances. This is the matter of necessity. How come? Because there's a chosen
setter down yonder, an old whore. She's just a whore. She's had
five husbands and the one she's sleeping with now, not her husband.
There she is. And she comes out in the middle
of the day to get water from a well named Jacob's well. And
she comes out in the middle of the day when nobody else comes
because nobody wants to have anything to do with her and she
doesn't really care whether they do or not. She's isolated from
society by her behavior. And there she is. But she is
a child of Abraham. And God Almighty, before the
world was, purposed the use of all five of her lovers, and the degradation of her life,
and her isolation from everybody by her own hand. God purposed
in all those things, bring her to that well. A thirsty sinner
meeting a Savior, thirsty to save her, he must needs go through
Samaria. Who would ever have thought that?
Who would ever have planned things that way? I've just got one daughter. I wouldn't plan it that way for
you. I got one grand, I wouldn't plan it that way for you. Oh
no, no, no. But I know a good many who've
been brought to Christ just that way. You're looking at one. Thank you God, you're God. And we got nothing to do with
anything. We're in control of nothing. We're all subject to
your will and your purpose and your power. Here's the third
thing, verse 36. An assertion of absolute sovereignty. For of him and through him and
to him are all things. Now I'll tell you what you'll
get when you quote somebody talking about things of God, or you read
it sometime when you're sitting down with some family or friends.
All you gotta do is read that one statement. Just that one
statement. And somebody in the room will say, now don't take
that too far. Don't take that too far. I'll tell you what you
can do, Jerry Sadler. You grab hold of one end of this
thing, run as far as you can with it, and I'll grab hold of
the other end and run as far as I can with it, and we'll never
take it far enough. Him and through Him and to Him
are all things. That's an absolute statement
of unqualified, absolute, unlimited, infinite sovereignty. All things
come from God. That's the source. All things
come through God. That's the means of their accomplishment. Well, that came from the devil.
Who do you think the devil belongs to? That was the work of Satan. Who do you think Satan belongs
to? That was a wicked man did that. Who do you think the wicked
man belongs to? Who do you think rules him? All
things are through him. And when God gets done, to acknowledge
and the world is going to acknowledge all things are to Him in praise
and glory. Paul is particularly talking
about providence and grace. I remember some years ago Brother
Larry before he and Carol were married used to travel with me
a good bit and one of the subjects we discussed a lot were the first
three chapters of Genesis. Remember that? We've gone over
a bunch haven't we? first opening verses the first
five verses of Genesis the very first five verses Fix it. I mean it got it that Moses tells
us God fixed this thing. So you ain't gonna figure it
out. I Have read everything I know to read that's worth reading
on creation And you know how many I've read have explained
it real well, so I've got it all them real good Not a one
Now, there's still things in Genesis 1 and 2 I hadn't quite
got a handle on yet, not yet. We're told that God divided the
light. God said, let there be light,
and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good,
and he divided the light from the darkness. And God called
the day, the light day, and the darkness he called night. And
the evening and the morning were the first day. And then in chapter,
in verse 6, he tells us about the first day. That was before
we ever created the sun or the moon. He said, I've got this thing,
so you're not going to get figured out. It's not going to happen.
In providence, you're not going to get God figured out. It ain't
going to happen. You're not going to be able to
explain God. Nobody can prove God's creation, though the fact
of it is obvious as nose on your face. Nobody can prove the good
ways of God in providence, though the fact of it is as obvious
as nose on your face. You see, by faith, we understand. We understand. We understand. I understand what
most brilliant scientists in the world are baffled with. By
faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word
of God. How did he do that? To be honest,
I really don't care. I really, I really just don't
care. I wouldn't argue with folks about creation for a second.
I would argue about whether so or not. I'd declare it, but argue
about how God did this, how God did that. What difference does
that make? God did it. God did it. He's the creator. Everything
exactly according to his order. The same is true of providence. By faith, we understand. The worlds that were created
by God are ordered by God in all things, and particularly
in this business of God's salvation. Of Him and through Him and to
Him are all things. That means if you have righteousness,
God did it. If you have redemption, God did
it. If you have forgiveness, God did it. If you have faith,
God did it. If you persevere, God does it. If you have sanctification, God
gave it. If you're justified, God performed
it. If you're glorified, that's God's
work. All things are by Him. Him, through Him, and to Him
is this great, great wondrous mystery called salvation. Now look at one more thing. At
the end of verse 36, here is an ascription of glory. We can't
make God more glorious than He is. We can't give God any glory,
but what we can do is before our God and ascribe to Him all
glory. To whom be glory forever. To whom be glory forever. Set this, my brother, my sister,
as the goal of your heart. Let nothing set your heart beating
but the glory of God. Let nothing fire your soul but
the glory of God. Let God's glory sustain you and keep you and give you peace. While we live in this world,
seek God's glory. Seek it by believing Him. Seek it by giving yourself to
Him. Seek it by bowing to Him. You who are yet without Christ,
come confess Christ. Believe Him this day. Confess
Him in believers' baptism. Consecrate your life, your heart,
your being to Him and glorify God. And you who are God's, Whether therefore you eat or
drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God. What a word. What a word. Whether you eat or drink, or
whatever you do, You go out from this place in a little while,
and you go get together with your family. That's what Shelby
and I are going to do over here. You'll go out with some friends
to dinner, go home tonight after service, and you'll get up tomorrow
and go to work. Some of our folks will take off
on vacation for a couple of weeks. Whatever you do, whatever you
do. Oh, Dodd-Fortner, whatever you
do. Do it for God's glory, or just
don't do it. Do it for God's glory, or it's
not worth doing. Do it for God's glory, or it's
wrongfully done. Whatever you do, do it for the
glory of God. Amen.