This book, you've got a copy in your hand.
This book is the inspired word of God. There is no explanation
that can be given of this book except that it is written by
the inspiration of God the Holy Spirit. The things written in
this book demonstrate clearly that it is written by a supernatural,
divine intent. I offer one clear evidence. More than 400 years before the
Son of God came into this world in human flesh, more than 400
years before God sent his son into this world to redeem sinners. More than 400 years before it
came to pass, God's prophet Micah named specifically the city in
which he would be born 400 years earlier. Named the city that
was most unlikely to be the place of his birth. named a city that
at the current time when the master came into the world, he
was nowhere near that city. He had no relationship to that
city. But Micah named the city. Not
only did he name the city, but there happened to be two cities
in Israel at that time with the same name. One was from the tribe
of Zebulun, the other from the tribe of Judah. So God's prophet,
to distinctly and precisely tell us where Christ would be born,
where the woman's seed would come into the world, speaks of
it distinctly as Bethlehem Ephrata. Not Bethlehem in Zebulun, but
Bethlehem in Judah. because the Lord Jesus was not
of the tribe of Judah, or of the tribe of Zebulun, but rather
he is the lion of the tribe of Judah. Now let's look at it together. Micah chapter 5 and verse 2. Micah chapter 5 and verse 2. Now having said that, most people kindly shrug their
shoulders. some of you perhaps shrug your
shoulders, oh there's nothing great about that. Find anywhere
else by any man such a prophecy was made. I challenge you, find anywhere
in the writings of any group of men, put all men put together
or any single man where such a distinct Clear precise prophecy
was made that came to pass exactly as it is written in the prophecy
You will not find it and yet men become excited all Get goosebumps
when you hear somebody Sort of make a notion that you know,
there was going to be an explosion somewhere in the millennium.
Oh That could have been this that could have been that Here
is a distinct clearly written, precise prophecy that came to
pass exactly as it was written. Micah 5, verse 2. But thou Bethlehem
Ephrathah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah,
yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me, that is to be
ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old from
everlasting. Now, the title of my message
this morning is Blessed Bethlehem, but Bethlehem is not my subject.
My subject is he who was born at Bethlehem, Jesus Christ, our
Redeemer, born as a man, coming forth from the virgin's womb
as God, God and man and one glorious person for the purpose of saving
his people. God sent his son into the world
through the womb of a virgin, according to the promise he made
to Eve, the seed of a woman, so that he might make him a sinless
man. God sent his son into this world,
not through a normal process of generation, but by the supernatural
work of the Holy Spirit, forming his holy humanity in the womb
of the virgin, the seed of a woman. so that he might send his son
a sinless man, a sinless man whom he would make to be sin,
that he might save us from our sins. That's the message of Micah,
chapter 5, verses 1, 2, and 3. Let's read these three verses
together. I'm going to spend the bulk of
my time in verse 2, but I want us to see the whole message given
here by Micah. Micah, chapter 5, verse 1. The
prophet of God says, now gather thyself in troops, O daughter
of troops. He hath laid sage against us.
They shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. But thou, Bethlehem Ephrata,
though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of
thee shall he come forth unto me, that is to be ruler in Israel. whose goings forth have been
from of old, from everlasting. Therefore will he give them up
until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth.
Then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children
of Israel. Now, there are three things stated
in these three verses. First, in verse one, Micah declares
that the judge of Israel must be smitten with the rod upon
the cheek. More than 400 years before it
happened. And the Lord Jesus, the judge of Israel, was smitten
with a rod by his oppressors upon the cheek. Then in verse
two, we're told that the sent one of God must be born at Bethlehem,
Ephrathah. And so it came to pass. And in
the third verse, God's prophet assures us that the remnant of
God's elect, that is, all God's chosen in this world, the children
of Israel, as the result of Christ coming, as the result of Christ
being smitten, as the result of our Lord Jesus Christ dying
in our stead, as a result of that, all Israel shall be saved. All right, first in verse one,
Micah declares that the judge of Israel must be smitten with
a rod upon the cheek. Now, without question, as you
get to chapter five, Micah is looking beyond just the troubles
of Israel in his day. Certainly, the book of Micah
was written with regard to the Babylonian captivity and the
severe oppression that Israel would experience from the Assyrians.
But he looks beyond that. It's obvious that he does. He's
looking to the salvation of God's elect by Christ Jesus, the Lord,
which was typified in the deliverance of Israel out of Babylonian captivity. This fifth chapter begins with
now gather thyself. A word of admonition, but read
it in its context. Look back in chapter four, verse
11. And now also many nations are
gathered against thee. They say, let her be defiled
and let her our eye look upon Zion, for they know not the thoughts
of the Lord. That's the key. We've got we've got to rock where
we want. will destroy God's Israel, will destroy God's people, will
destroy the very name of God. They know not the thoughts of
the Lord. He sent them to Babylon, that
they might be delivered to Babylon. And He scattered His elect among
the nations, that He might gather His elect from the nations. They
know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they
His counsel. For He shall gather them as the
sheaves into the floor. Arise and thresh, O daughter
of Zion. Now watch this. These are the
people who are oppressed. This is talking not just about
Israel in Micah's day. This is talking about God's elect
in every age. Those who are oppressed by the
world, those who are despised by the world, those whom the
world would love to see eradicated from the face of the earth. The
prophet says, Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion. What? You children of God, go as men
into the world to gather the harvest, for I will make thine
horn iron. And I will make thy hooves brass. In other words, no power will
stand against you, and you will trample over all your enemies.
And thou shalt beat in pieces many people, and I will consecrate
their gain. I will take all that's good in
the world, all that's useful and valuable in the world, all
that really is of significance in the world, and I'll give it
to you. I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord and their
substance unto the Lord of the whole earth." Read on. Now, you
see the context? Now, gather thyself in troops,
O daughter of troops. He hath laid sage against us. They shall spite the judge of
Israel with the rod upon the cheek. In the 13th verse of chapter
4, God's church has promised sure triumph over her enemies. It is as much as if the Lord
himself had spoken here and said, the gates of hell shall not prevail
against my church. Here, God's prophet calls for
Zion to rally around the banner, to gather herself in troops against
her enemies. It's as though Micah had said
this. Children of God, laugh your enemies to scorn. Laugh
at them, mock them. The gates of hell will not prevail
against us. We may be taken captive for a
while, but Zion shall triumph and glory over her enemies at
last. Babylon shall fall. Babylon shall be crushed beneath
our feet. You see, there is a babe to be
born at Bethlehem. God in our flesh and this God
man shall conquer and make us more than conquerors over you.
God is with us. Jehovah is our judge. Jehovah
is our king and our king shall save us. Hold your hands here,
Michael. Let me show you a few passages
that say the same thing. Turn back to Isaiah, chapter
eight, Isaiah, chapter eight. Look at verse 9. This is right in connection with
the prophecy of Emmanuel, the virgin-born son of God who came
into this world in our nature. Associate yourselves, verse 9,
Isaiah 8 and 9. Associate yourselves, O ye people,
and ye shall be broken in pieces. And give ear, all ye of the far
countries, gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel
together, and it shall come to naught. Speak the word, and it
shall not stand. What? Go ahead and make your
laws, make your decrees, make your orders, say what you will,
do what you will, for God is with us. God is with us. Look at Isaiah
33, verse 22. Isaiah 33, 22. For the Lord is
our judge. The Lord is our lawgiver. The
Lord is our king. He will save us. The psalmist
David said, Thou art my hiding place. Thou shalt preserve me
from trouble. Thou shalt compass me about with
songs of deliverance. in order to accomplish this great
salvation, in order for God to save us, in order for God to
deliver us, not just in a temporal way, not just from earthly monarchs
and earthly captivity, not just from earthly troubles, but for
God to save us from all the ruins of the fall. It was necessary
that he who is the judge of Israel, not a judge, the judge of Israel
to be smitten for us. They shall smite the judge of
Israel with a rod upon the cheek. Rex, that seems totally out of
place, what we just read. Seems totally out of place. God
says, gather your troops. You're going to prevail. And
then he says, the judge of Israel shall be smitten with a rod upon
the cheek. What's he talking about? This
is the means by which God saves his people, by the sacrifice
of his own darling son, the Lord Jesus. He said, I gave my back
to the spiders and my cheeks to them that plucked off the
hair. In Matthew 26, the soldiers Must have turned back here to
Micah chapter 5 and verse 1 and they read Let's see now what
next thing we're supposed to do is most we're supposed to
take a rod and smack him on the face with it and so they did
spit in his face and Buffeted him and others smote him with
the palms of their hands in chapter 27 We're told they spit upon
him and took a reed and smote him on the head Our blessed Lord
Jesus, who was smitten of men with a rod, was smitten of God
with the sword of justice. When he, our substitute, who
knew no sin, was made sin for us, the Lord God Almighty drew
forth the sword of his justice and cried, Awake, O sword, against
the man that is my fellow. Smite and slay the shepherd.
And so the Lord Jesus, who made sin for us, died upon the cursed
tree, smitten of God and afflicted. Died under the wrath of God,
made a curse for us. And thus it came to pass that
we were redeemed by his blood. Now, the second thing we see
is in verse two. The sent one of God must be born
at Bethlehem Ephrathah. But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of
thee shall he come forth unto me, that is to be ruler in Israel,
whose goings forth had been from of old, from everlasting. There's much, much more in this
verse than I'm going to get stated in the brief space of time I
have here. But let me show you four things in the second verse. First, Micah identified the place
of our Savior's birth. Bethlehem, Ephrathah. One of
the smallest cities in the tribe of the small tribe in smaller
cities in the small tribe of Judah in Israel. Yet no place
on earth could have been more suitable as the place of our
Savior's birth. Let me remind you of a few things.
In Bethlehem, Rachel gave birth to Benjamin. And when she gave
birth to her son, as she was dying, she called his name Benoite,
that is to say, the son of my sorrow. But his father, Jacob,
said, no, let's call him Benjamin, the son of my right hand, because
Benjamin was an imminent type of our Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus
Christ who is the man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And
this one who is the man of sorrows is Jehovah's right hand. He is the son of Jehovah's right
hand. You remember that it was in Bethlehem
that Naomi and Ruth came to Bethlehem when the Lord had visited them
and brought bread again to the house of bread. And Naomi and
Ruth went to Bethlehem and there Ruth met a man by the name of
Boaz. her kinsman Redeemer. And the
Lord Jesus Christ is our kinsman Redeemer, this one who's born
at Bethlehem to redeem us. In Bethlehem, David, God's chosen
king over Israel, was born. And our blessed Savior, the King
of kings and Lord of lords, was born at Bethlehem. We read in
Luke unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior,
Christ the Lord. Bethlehem means house of bread. House of bread. What a fit place
for our Savior to come, who is the bread of life. He declares
unto you, He declares, He that cometh unto me shall never hunger. He that believeth on me shall
never thirst. Bethlehem is described here as
little among the thousands of Judah. Our Lord Jesus always comes to
little ones. Not to Hebron's high hill, not
to Jerusalem's royal palaces, but to the little villages to
be the savior of the poor and needy. Zechariah tells us of
him as a man riding on a white horse. But this man riding on
the white horse always rides in the valley among the myrtle
trees, never upon the high hills, never upon the mountaintops.
He rides in the valley among the myrtle trees where there's
meekness and loneliness and brokenness and contrition and humility before
God. To this man will I look even
to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit and trembleth at my word. And let me tell you, who are
yet without Christ, why you refuse to trust Him. Let me tell you
why you will not believe on the Son of God. Because you don't
need Him. You're too big for Him. You think
yourself something. You think you're righteous, or
at least you can do righteousness. You think you, well I know about
it, it's perfect, we've all sinned. But you know nothing about being
sin. You think you're mighty, you're
great, and you need no Savior. You do not need the righteousness
of another. You do not need blood atonement.
And so you refuse to bow to Christ the Lord. Oh, may God humble
you by his grace, show you what you are, make you know your need
of the Savior. This I'll tell you. It is written
of him one day, as he walked on this earth, at the end of
the day, he healed as many as had need of healing. Don, he
still does. He heals everybody who needs
healing. He saves every man who knows
himself sin before God. He comes to the little ones.
And then this is specifically called Bethlehem Ephrata. Bethlehem means house of bread.
Ephrata means fruitfulness. He said to his people, from me
is thy fruit found. If we believe God, because he
gives us faith. If we repent, it's because he
works repentance in us. If we persevere, it's because
he preserves us. If we love him, it's because
he first loved us. If we choose him, it's because
he chose us. If we run after him, it's because
he draws us. From me is thy fruit found. Again, we have here Another incidental
but wondrous picture of God's marvelous, sovereign, absolute
rule of all things in Providence. Our God doesn't just watch over
this world. He's not just sort of sitting
on the sidelines waiting to see what needs to be done and then
taking action. No, God absolutely rules the
world. I just saw your eyes blink. God
did that. You mean God pays attention to
something like that? The only way anyone can control
large things around him is if he controls the small things.
God our Father Sovereignly rules and manipulates everything, even
the thoughts of men and devils and the deeds of men and devils
to accomplish his purpose of the saving of his people. Oh,
what a great, great message that is revealed in the book of God.
He who orders all things in heaven, earth and hell. Turns the hearts
of kings like rivers of water, whithersoever he will. That's
what the wise men said. The king's heart is in the hands
of the Lord. Like rivers of water, he turneth
it whithersoever he will. So that men sitting on their
thrones, men who are considered absolute monarchs, not just presidents
and congressmen and senators and diplomats, men who are absolute
monarchs in their realm. Do only what God ordained from
eternity must be done for the accomplishing of His purpose,
which is the saving of your soul. You mean everything about them?
You mean every law, every edict, every ordinance, everything that's
done by even wicked men? Well, we read just a little bit
ago about a man called Caesar Augustus who made a decree that
all the world should be taxed. In order to accomplish his decree,
he made an absurd rule to go along with it. Now, I'm not a
businessman. I'm just guessing. This is kind
of absurd. Everybody must go to the place where he was born
to pay his taxes. I can't think of a more complicated
way to go about collecting taxes. Can you? Everybody must go to
the place where he was born to pay his taxes. It had never been
done before. It's never been done since. But
this man said, you're going to the city of your birth and pay
your taxes. How come then? Why at that time? Because Mary was now about to
be delivered with child. And that child must be born at
Bethlehem, Ephrathah. And that's where her husband
Joseph was from. His family was of the seed of
David who was born in Bethlehem. And so Joseph packs up his espoused
wife, who was great with child, and takes the long journey to
Bethlehem, Ephrata, from Galilee. And while they're there, God sent forth his son, made
of a woman, made under the law to redeem them that are under
the law. You see, this politician, acted,
I'm sure, out of that unprincipled principle by which politicians
usually act, what he thought to be expedience. He was doing
nothing except what he desired to do. He was doing exactly what
he chose to do. And he was, as he made the decree,
an instrument in God's hand to accomplish God's purpose. an instrument in God's hand to
accomplish God's purpose? You see, our God graciously and
wisely rules and overrules all things for the good of his people,
even the evil that men do. Our Father's providential rule
of the universe ought to quieten our hearts. It ought to give us peace as
we sail through the troubled waters of this world. If we believe
God, we should never be greatly disturbed by the affairs of the
world. Not by the personal affairs of
our lives, not by the affairs of our families, not by the affairs
of our nation, and not by the affairs of the world. if we believe
God. We ought never be greatly disturbed
by the conduct of our earthly rulers. Now, if you should be
with me when I watch the news tomorrow night, be sure to remind
me of that. I keep trying to remind myself.
We should never be greatly disturbed by the affairs of this world.
Rather, we should look upon every action of every ruler as the
oracle of God. It didn't matter whether Shemai
cussed David or praised David, God blessed him. Let him alone. Let him alone,
David said. It may be the Lord will requite
me good this day for his cursing. Let us learn to regard all men
and all devils, too, as creatures of God Almighty, created by God
to serve his purpose. Regard all men and all devils
as incapable of thinking, wiggling or moving. except by the will
of God. What happened today? God did
it. God did it. Let's quit trying
to blame second causes for things. If you got blamed for anything,
lay it at God's throne. Lay it at God's throne. God rules
absolutely. and he rules for the salvation
of his people. Then let God's will be done on
earth, even as it is in heaven. Then Micah describes the incarnation
and birth of our Lord Jesus as the advent of God sent one out
of these shall he come forth unto me. Let us never fail to
see and rejoice in the fact that all three persons in the triune
Jehovah are engaged in the salvation of our souls. We tend to think
only of the work of God, the son, our Lord Jesus Christ. But
Paul tells us that our salvation was planned by God, the father.
It was purchased by God the Son. It's performed in us by God,
the Holy Spirit. Our salvation is the work of
all three persons in the Godhead so that all aspects of salvation
and grace are ascribed at various times to God, the Father, God,
the Son and God, the Holy Spirit, so that all three persons are
constantly actively engaged in the business of our salvation.
Our Lord Jesus Christ came here as the sent one of the triune
God. He is the Savior God appointed
and the Savior God accepted. He is that one who comes by divine
decree as Jehovah's righteous servant sent on a mission from
God to deliver his people, to save his people from their sins.
And he comes because of God's infinite love for his own. Jehovah
sent him. Think on that. Let your soul
get hold of this in every period of his life. Understand that
he suffered what Jehovah willed. Every step of his life was marked
and appointed by the great I am in eternal predestination. Let
every thought you have of Christ be connected with his eternal,
ever blessed goings forth for our salvation. And next, Micah
tells us that our Lord Jesus Christ was sent here to be ruler
in Israel. Sent to be ruler in Israel. Matthew
gives us a slightly different understanding. Matthew tells
us in Matthew 2 too, that he is born king. Born king. He was sent as a man
into this world to be a ruler in Israel as a man. But this
man who was born at Bethlehem was born like no other man has
ever been born. He was born king. Now, many had
been born to be kings. They were born princes to be
kings. But this man, this man who is
God over all and blessed forever, this man was born king before
the world ever began. When the work of redemption was
finished before the foundation of the world, through Christ
our substitute and character, the triune God put all things
in the hands of the God-man, our mediator. The father loveth
the son and hath put all things in his hands. The Savior said
when he finished his work on this earth, now give me the glory
which I had with thee before the world was. Our Lord Jesus
came into this world as the king so that all the time he was here,
all the while he was in absolute control of everything. He is
the man who suffered by the hands of men. And he's God who gives
those men the strength with which to inflict pain upon him. He's
the king. He rules everywhere. Rules all
the time. As God, yes. But he rules as
the God-man, our mediator, until he's put all his enemies under
his feet. Rejoice again, children of God. Understand that the world is
governed by God, but not Not the abstract God who cannot be
identified in any way with man. That is the invention of barbaric
heathen men throughout the ages. But he is God in our nature. God in our flesh. God, who is
one of us, he rules the world as the God man to give eternal
life unto as many as the father has given him. And then forth,
Micah tells us in the last line of verse two. His goings forth
had been of old from everlasting. Of old, he went forth in the
covenant of grace in sovereign election, according as he has
chosen us in him before the foundation of the world. So God blessed
us. Christ be my first elect, the Lord said, then chose our
souls and Christ our head. He had goings forth for his people
as our representative before the throne, even before we were
begotten in the world. His mighty fingers took the stylus
of the ages and signed his name to the compact of grace, pledging
himself to give wound for wound and blood for blood and life
for life to the salvation of his people. His goings forth
have been of old from everlasting so that he, the Lord Jesus Christ,
before the world began, stood in our stead before God as our
surety, was accepted of God as our sacrifice, and we were accepted
in the beloved. Oh, Paul's my soul and wonder. Did he love me with an everlasting
love? Did he from eternity choose me
as his own? Did he before the world was pledge
himself to my salvation? And will he now lose me? Impossible. Impossible. My name
from the palms of his hands, eternity cannot erase. Impressed
on his heart, it remains in marks of indelible grace. Unworthy as I am to bear his
name, and to be called the son of God. If he's content with me, let
me be content. And hear me, he's content with
me. He finds rest for his soul in
the salvation of his people. then let sinners saved by his
grace rest in him. His love in times past forbids
me to think he'll leave me at last in trouble to sink. Since his goings forth were of
old from everlasting, they will be to everlasting. Now, the Lord willing, we'll
come back to that another day. But for now, let's move on to
verse three. Here, Micah, God's prophet assures us that the result
of these things, that is of the incarnation and birth of Christ
and the smiting of Christ as our shepherd shall be the salvation
of Israel. Therefore, will he give them
up until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth,
then the remnant of his brethren shall return and to the Lord. Turn to Romans chapter 11. Israel, the nation, the physical
seed of Abraham, Micah says, shall be cast off and given up
for her idolatry and her rebellion until the fullness of the Gentiles
is brought in. All Israel shall be saved. That
is, all God's elect scattered among the four corners of the
earth. The true Israel of God, Abraham's spiritual seed. Romans
chapter 11 verse 25. I would not brethren that you
should be ignorant of this mystery. Lest you should be wise in your
own conceits. That blindness in part has happened
to Israel. Watch this. Until the fullness
of the Gentiles become in. The nation as a whole has been
cast off and held in blindness. But even among the physical seat
of Abraham, God still has some of his own, an elect people who
be called by grace. And those elect centers among
the Jews are converted the same way as God's elect among the
Gentiles are by free grace alone. Verse 26. And so all Israel shall
be saved. As it is written, there shall
come out of Zion the deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness
from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto
them, when I shall take away their sins. As concerning the
gospel, they, the physical seed of Abraham, are enemies for your
sakes. But as touching the election,
they are beloved for the Father's sakes. By this means God preserved
his word and his gospel in the world until at last he was sent
into all the world. For the gifts and callings of
God are without repentance. All Israel shall be saved. What
does that mean? Who's going to be saved? Who's
going to be saved? I drove around the corner yesterday
looking for some things. Shelby sent me on a couple of
errands. And as I drove around the corner on Main Street, that's
Stanford Road down here, I saw two fellas wearing black suits. I wish I'd have taken time to
stop and talk to them. They had a big white sign out in front.
The sign read, whoever you are, Jesus died for you. And I thought about it as I went
down the road. If I see them again, I intend
to stop and talk to them. What good does that do? What good does that do? If God
sent his son to save everybody, and everybody's not saved, that
makes him insignificant. That makes him useless. If God
intends to save everybody, and everybody's not saved, that makes
God's purpose insignificant. If God sends his grace to everybody
and everybody's not saved, that makes God's grace insignificant,
useless, frustrated. If God loves everybody and everybody's
not saved, that makes God's love insignificant. The Jesus being preached across
the road, down the street, back here, the Jesus being preached
around the world today, in the churches of this land, in churches
of this age, is insignificant. He's useless. He doesn't matter. He doesn't matter. That's the
reason folks act like they do who claim to believe him. He
doesn't matter. He doesn't matter. Not so with God. God says all
Israel shall be saved because God said Jacob have I loved. That's Israel. Esau have I hated. That's the folks outside Israel. Who then shall be saved? Who
shall be saved? Every sinner chosen of God in
eternal election shall come to Christ. Everyone of them shall
be saved. Doesn't matter where they are.
Doesn't matter who they are. God will gather his elect from
the four corners of the earth. Every sinner redeemed by the
precious blood of God's darling son shall be saved. It is not
possible that Christ redeemed any who shall perish at last
under the wrath of God. Every sinner called by God the
Holy Spirit. Folks say, well, I know the man
has to be drawn of God. Well, let me tell you something
about God drawing. When God draws, you come. When God calls, you hear. When
God teaches, you learn. All who are called and taught
of God shall be saved by God's grace. For the call of God involves
the new birth. The call of God involves the
gift of life. And I'll tell you something else. Every sinner
who comes to Christ shall be saved. Come on. Come on. Come to the Lord Jesus. This
is his word. Him that cometh to me, I will
in no wise cast out. Now, if you're coming to him, I promise
you Satan will roar in your ears. You're not elect. No need for
you to come. God doesn't love you. No need
for you to come. The Spirit hasn't called you.
You can't come. Christ didn't redeem you. You
can't come. Roar back at the liar of hell. My coming is evidence
that he called me. My coming declares that He redeemed
me. My coming declares that He loves
me with everlasting love. My coming is the evidence of
His calling. And He said, Him that cometh
to me, I will in no wise cast out. Come to Christ and go home justified
before God. Come to Christ and go home forgiven. Come to Christ and go home with
life. Come to Christ and go home to
God. Amen.