There's one line that just hit
me. My sins. He couldn't come down
because of my sins until they were dealt with and they were
paid for. And that's an awesome thing to think about, that he
actually, my sins held him there. And until they were paid for
and put away, he could not come down. That's an incredible thing
to think about. Which turn back to Colossians
chapter four. Now in these closing verses,
Paul mentions five men. Tychicus, Onesimus, Aristarchus,
Mark, and Jesus, which is called Justice. And how highly he commended
these men. And when I was thinking of his
commendations, I was thinking, that's what I feel about you
too. What a blessing. He called them a beloved brother, a faithful minister, a fellow
servant in the Lord, a faithful and beloved brother. A fellow
prisoner. It's good to be the Lord's prisoners,
isn't it? I love the way when Paul writes from a prison, he
says, Paul, a prisoner not of Rome, but a prisoner of Jesus
Christ. I want to be his prisoner, don't
you? And he says, regarding this man, he's a fellow prisoner.
And he said, regarding all these men, these only are my fellow
workers. under the kingdom of God which
have been a comfort to me. Now the word only means exclusively. These exclusively are the men
that have been fellow workers with me and a comfort to me. Now evidently there were those
who claimed to be but were not in Colossus. Paul warns us in Acts chapter
20. Let me read this passage of scripture.
In verse 28, he says, take heed, therefore, unto yourselves and
to all the flock, which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers
to feed the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
For I know this, that after my departing, shall grievous wolves
enter in among you, not sparing the flock. And also of your own
selves shall men arise. Some of the ones I'm speaking
to, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after
them. Therefore watch and remember
that by the space of three years, I cease not to warn everyone
night and day with tears. On a personal level, Paul dealt
with many disappointments. for many people. In this same
chapter, he speaks of Demas greeting you. Later on, he's going to
say, Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world. He always had to defend himself
to the Corinthians, and he said to them, the more abundantly
I love you, the less I be loved. He said to the Galatians, you
receive me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. Where then
is this blessedness you speak of? What happened? They didn't
have the same attitude. Look what he said in Philippians
chapter two. Would you turn with me there? Philippians chapter
two. Verse 19, but I trust in the
Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I may
also be of good comfort when I know your state, for I have,
now this is Paul speaking. I don't know what he's bringing
about this, but he says, I have no man like-minded who will naturally
care for your state. For all seek their own, not the
things which are Jesus Christ. Isn't that a sad verse? He said,
I don't have anybody like-minded with me. Look in 2 Timothy chapter
4. 2 Timothy chapter 4, verse 16. He says that my first answer
when he was called upon to give an account for himself brought
before magistrates before some kind of counsel. At my first
answer, no man stood with me." And these were believers he was
speaking of. Not one of them stood with me, but all men forsook
me. I prayed God that it might not
be laid to their charge. Sometimes he would even name
people by names. Alexander the coppersmith, he did me much evil. The Lord reward him according
to his works, of whom be thou ware also, for he hath greatly
withstood our words. So he says to the Colossians,
these only, these only are my fellow workers in the kingdom
of God. They only have been a comfort
to me. And this is the only time this particular word is used
in the New Testament. And it means a soothing solace. He talks about these five men.
Only these five men, and he says they have been a soothing solace
unto me. Kind of reminded me of Onesiphorus
there in 2nd Timothy chapter 1 when Paul talked about him
coming and seeking him out in Rome and being a blessing to
him. Only these men, and I believe
he was speaking only of Colossus because he had other friends
in other places. He talked about Luke, the beloved
physician. There were other churches and other places where he was
encouraged with the people, but he says regarding these five
men, these only are my fellow workers in the kingdom of God
who have been a soothing solace to me. Now, what I'd like to
do is say a few things about the kingdom of God. And then
I'd like to say a few things about what the work of the kingdom
of God is. And I'd like to say a few things
about what a fellow worker is. These only have been my fellow
workers in the kingdom of God. Now, when we preach the gospel,
we're preaching the kingdom of God, aren't we? The Lord said, seek ye first
the kingdom of God. and his righteousness. Now, the
kingdom of God has a king, and this king has subjects that
make up the kingdom of God. I think one of my favorite scriptures
in the book of Revelation, I love the book of Revelation, but I
love the 17th chapter and the 14th verse where he identifies
the Lord as the King of kings and the Lord of lords. I just
love the way that sounds, don't you? He's the King of kings.
He's the Lord of lords. That means he's in control. Everything
is in his hand. He's the King of kings. He's
the Lord of lords. That's the king of the kingdom.
The one who's king of kings and Lord of lords. And then it says,
they that are with him are called, chosen, and faithful. What a beautiful description
of a believer. You got to begin with their calling.
He called them. It starts with him. It ends with
him. It's carried on by Him. But He
called them. We preach Christ crucified unto
the Jews a-stumblin', blockin' unto the Greeks foolishness,
but unto them which are thee called. To be called of God. What a blessed privilege to be
called of God. Whom He did predestinate, them
He also called. He saved us and He called us
with a holy calling. I love the order there, don't
you? What came first, the saving or the calling? The saving. He saved us. Outside of our personal
experience, I was saved before I knew anything about it. He
saved us and He called us with a holy calling, not according
to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which
was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. Not only
are God's people called the called, they that are with him are called,
next thing he says they're chosen. Lord said in John chapter 15
verse 16 to his disciples, you did not choose me, but I chose
you. Now I don't know how words could
get any plainer. And I think it's interesting
how sometimes we'll say, well, we chose him, but we do choose
him because he first chose us. But when the Lord speaks that
way, he said, you did not choose me. You didn't do it, but I chose
you and ordained you. you should go and bring forth
fruit, and that your fruit should remain. According as He hath
chosen us in Him, before the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame before Him. Now, that's
the King, and that's the subject. The King is the King of kings,
the Lord of lords, the Son of God, the second person of the
blessed Trinity, the uncreated One, the Eternal Son. He's the
King. and they that are with Him are
called by His grace, they're chosen by His grace, and they're
enabled to be faithful by His grace. Now, faithfulness means
two things. First of all, they believe, every
one of them. And secondly, they can be believed. They believe, they actually rely
upon the Lord Jesus Christ and you can believe them. They're
without guile. They've got a new nature that
makes them to be someone that can be believed, called, chosen,
and faithful. Now, the kingdom of God is a
spiritual kingdom. I love the way the Lord said,
the kingdom of God cometh not with observation. There's no
time when you can point at something that's taking place and say,
now that is the kingdom of God. It's a spiritual kingdom. It's
not something that you can even see until you're given eyes to
see. You can't enter in until you're given the new birth to
enter in. It's a spiritual kingdom. It's
not something men can see. I love the way the Lord said,
my kingdom is not of this world. If it were of this world, my
servants would fight, and I wouldn't be delivered. I would be delivered
from you. But my kingdom is not from hence.
You see, the kingdom of God is not of this world. Aren't you glad? I love it that
way. The Lord taught us to pray. First
thing he taught us to pray was, Thy kingdom come. Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name. Here's the first request. Thy
kingdom come. And you know, in my heart of
hearts, that's what I want more than anything else. That's my
desire. Thy kingdom come. Now, turn with me to Matthew
chapter 16. Let's look at the keys of the kingdom. Very familiar passage of Scripture.
Very important passage of Scripture. And when Jesus came into the
coast of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying,
Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am? And they said, some
say that thou art John the Baptist, some Elias, and others Jeremias
are one of the prophets. Now, the things they said, they
compared him to good men, but they were all contradictory and
none of it was true. That's what you would say about
what men say concerning him. Verse 15, and he saith unto them,
but whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and
said, thou art the Christ. the Son of the Living God. I love that verse of scripture
in verse John where it says, whoso believeth that Jesus is
the Christ is born of God. Do you believe that Jesus is
the Christ? Do you really believe that? Do
you believe he's God's anointed prophet? God's anointed priest? God's anointed king? Do you really
believe that? Then believe what else the Bible
says, you're born of God. you're born of God. God's done
something for you if you glory in Him as the Christ. Now, thou
art the Christ, the Son of the living God, the second person
of the Trinity. And Jesus answered and said unto
him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood
hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
And I say also unto thee, thou art Peter, and upon this rock
I'll build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it, and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom
of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind
on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose
on earth shall be loosed in heaven. I think it's interesting. This has been used by the Catholic
Church to say that the Pope has the ability to pronounce you
saved or pronounce you damned. He's got that much power. Well,
you know that it doesn't mean that. It does mean this. The truth we preach, you believe
it, you'll be saved. You don't believe that you'll
be damned. That's exactly what that means. And what is the key
to the kingdom? This confession of Christ. Thou art the Christ, the son
of the living God. Now, would you turn with me to
Romans chapter 14? I love this verse of scripture.
If you want to understand the kingdom of God, it doesn't come
with observation. It's spiritual. It takes, it's
so spiritual that it takes a new birth to enter in. Except a man
be born again, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. But I
think that this verse of scripture most comprehensively defines
the kingdom of heaven here in Romans chapter 14, verse 17. For the kingdom of God is not
meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and
joy in the Holy Ghost. Now first he tells us what the
kingdom of God is not. The kingdom of God is not meat
and drink. Now in the context he was talking
about whether it was okay to eat a food that had been sacrificed
to idols and he said Yeah, it's okay. There's nothing wrong with
it. But understand this. The kingdom of God is not about
rules that make you more holy or more obedient or more pleasing
to God. It's not do's and don'ts. It's
not rules and regulations. You know what the rule of the
kingdom is? Trust Christ and do what you want to. That's the
rule of the kingdom. I need to know the rules. Well,
here's the rule. Trust the Lord Jesus Christ. And if you trust
Christ, what you'll want to do is follow Him. I have no doubt
about that. I'm not a bit afraid of saying
that. Somebody says, well, that'll lead people to sin all they want.
No, it will not. We've already seen a whole lot
more than we want to. That's what Walter Gruber said about
that. No, but we want to follow the Lord Jesus Christ. But the
kingdom of God is not about rules and regulations that'll make
you more holy or better or more pleasing to God. Strike that
out of your thinking. It's not about that. But the
kingdom of God is about righteousness. The kingdom of God is about peace. And the kingdom of God is about
joy in the Holy Ghost. Now, think of these three things.
First of all, the kingdom of God is about righteousness. I'm not ashamed of the gospel
of Christ, Paul said, for it's the power of God to salvation
to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first and also to the
Greek, for therein in the gospel is the righteousness of God revealed. Now, what is righteousness? Righteousness
is a perfect standing before the holy law of God. If you're
righteous, that means you've kept every one of the Ten Commandments. You've never broke one of them.
You have a perfect motive for everything you do. You have perfect
thoughts. You are perfectly conformed to
the image of Jesus Christ. That's what righteousness is.
That's why one of the reasons, you know, people talk about in
heaven, you know, you'll be You'll be saved by the righteousness
of Christ, but you'll be judged but for your works here, and
you'll get a higher reward or a lower reward depending upon
your works. That is so offensive. Christ's righteousness, and you
can add to it? Or somehow it can go down? No, when we talk
about the righteousness of the kingdom of heaven, seek ye first
the kingdom of God and His righteousness, we're talking about the righteousness
of Jesus Christ. That's the only righteousness
there is. Do you believe that? That is the only righteousness
there is. His righteousness. Paul said,
Oh, that I may win Christ and be found in Him, not having my
own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through
the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God. faith." Now
that's the kingdom of God. His righteousness. I love what
the Lord said to John the Baptist when John the Baptist said, you're
coming to be baptized of me. He said, suffer to be so now
for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. You see when
Christ fulfilled all righteousness, I did too. Isn't that wonderful? The kingdom of God is righteousness. I have a perfect righteousness
before God. There's only one righteousness.
Now, listen real carefully. This righteousness, how do I
get it? God charging it to my account. God imputing it to me,
so it becomes mine. You open up the books on me,
all there is is good, there's none bad. Perfectly righteous. His righteousness imputed to
me, to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth
the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness, even as God
describes the blessedness of the man. unto whom God imputes
righteousness without their works, saying, Blessed are they whose
sins are forgiven. Blessed are they whose iniquity
is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute
sin. He imputes righteousness, and
He doesn't charge him with his sin. Now, I love that. I love that. want you to notice
we don't say imputed righteousness, we say righteousness imputed
because there's only one righteousness. It's not like there's imputed
and another kind. There's one righteousness, it's
imputed, and it's imparted in the new birth. This is the holy
nature that does not sin. Now, regarding this holy nature,
the reason I believe is because I have a holy nature. a nature
imparted to me in the new birth. He that doeth righteousness is
righteous, even as he is righteous. Now does that mean you can see
righteous acts? No, it doesn't mean that at all.
It doesn't mean that at all. As a matter of fact, as far as
what I can see, all I can see is sin. And it's that new nature
that sees that. An old nature would never see
anything like that. We have his righteousness imparted to us,
the new nature in the new birth. And what is the result of that
righteousness? Now, the kingdom of God is righteousness. I'll tell you what comes out
of that. Peace. The only thing that gives
this sinner peace is if the only righteousness that I have is
the righteousness and merits of Jesus Christ. And do you know
that gives me such peace? I'm not looking for anything
else. And you know what? God's not looking for anything
else. I've got peace with God. You
know what that means? That means God's at peace with me. There's nothing
for Him to be mad at. There's nothing for Him to be
upset by. He looks at me and He sees perfect righteousness. Now, do I understand how that
really is so? Vaguely, it's because his righteousness
is imputed to me, and his righteousness is given to me in the new birth,
that new nature, and I can hear the gospel, but still, when I
think of, like when I said vaguely, I mean, boy, it's hard to get
hold of this, that when God looks at me right now, he sees somebody
without sin. That being the case, I have peace. I'm not worried. I can look forward
to judgment day and say, bring it on. I'm looking forward. Who
shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? God justified
him. Who is he that condemned? It's Christ that died. Yea, rather
that's risen again, who's even at the right hand of God, who
also maketh intercession for us. We have peace from that,
don't we? Peace. And you know what you have when
you have peace? You have joy. It's what Paul called in Romans
15, 13, the joy and peace of believing. It makes me very happy. Now, this joy, it's a joy that
I have even if everything else is, even if I'm not happy. You
know, there's a lot of times I'm not happy. Happiness is based
on happenings. Happiness is based on circumstances. Happiness, well, that's all based
on what's going around us in Providence, whether, you know,
sometimes you're really happy because everything seems good,
and sometimes you're not happy at all because everything seems
bad. But even when I'm not happy, which is way too often, I always
have joy. joy knowing that Christ is my
righteousness before God, the joy of knowing that God is at
peace with me and pleased with me and loves me and accepts me
for Christ's sake, the joy of knowing that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are called
according to His purpose, the joy of knowing even the things
that make me very unhappy are working together for my good
and for His glory. Oh, the kingdom, isn't this a
glorious kingdom? It's not meat and drink. It's
not these silly, stupid rules and regulations made by man-made
religion. It's righteousness. It's peace. It's joy in the Holy Ghost. Now, Paul says regarding these
five men, he says, these only. are my fellow workers in the
kingdom of God." Now, what is the work of the kingdom of God?
He says, these are my fellow workers. You know, I sure hope
Paul would say that about me, don't you? Don't you hope Paul
would say that about you? He's a fellow worker with me
in the kingdom of God. Well, what is the work of the
kingdom of God? Well, the work of the kingdom
of God, more than anything else, is a declaration of the works
of God. Very simple. By grace are you
saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it's the gift
of God, not of works, lest any man should boast, for we are
what? His workmanship. That's why David made this plea. I think it's in Psalm 138. He
said, forsake not the works of thy hands. I'm the work of your
hands. I'm not the work of my own hands. I'm the work of your
hands. So don't forsake me because I'm the work of your hands. When
we preach the gospel, we're declaring the works of God. It is calling
upon men to cease from their own works as God did from His
and rest. You know what we're called upon
to do? Tell men to do nothing. Look to Christ. I'm not telling you to do anything.
I'm telling you to do nothing. to rest, to believe that what,
who he is and what he did is all that's needed to make you
perfectly acceptable to God. That's the work of the kingdom.
You know, the scripture makes a big issue of not works. Romans 9 verse 11, talking about
election. for the children, being not yet
born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose
of God according to election might stand. You know what it
says next? Not of works, but of him that calleth. It was
said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger. As it's written,
Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. You know, the kingdom
of God A worker in the kingdom of God is someone who proclaims
that salvation without works. To him that worketh not, but
believeth on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted
for righteousness. I've already quoted this scripture
once, 2 Timothy 1.9, but it's not according to works again.
He saved us, he called us with a holy calling, not according
to our works. What if your salvation was according
to your works? What would happen to you? I know exactly what would
happen to me. I'd go to the lowest place in
hell. Not according to our works, but according to his own purpose
and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world
began. Now that is the work of the kingdom
of God. We want everybody to hear the
gospel. That's our purpose in life. Not
just the preacher, every believer. We're all involved in this. When
Paul said, Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the
gospel, this is what every believer believes their purpose in life
is. It's to have something to do
with letting every man see this glorious message of salvation
without works by what Christ did on Calvary Street. That's
the work of the kingdom of God. It's to preach the gospel, the
good news, the glad tidings. We're on the trail of God's sheep
to bring them glad tidings. You know one of the glorious
things about the gospel is it's always news. It's not old news. It's always news. While it's
the oldest message there is, it's as old as God himself, it's
still always news. Glad tidings, good news. The gospel I'm preaching, it
sure is good news to me. I sure am thankful for it. Our
work is to preach the glorious gospel of the blessed God. Look
in Romans chapter 10. They're in Romans anyway. And
this is a quotation from Isaiah chapter 52. Verse 13, for whosoever shall
call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. What a blessed promise. If you
call on the name of the Lord, that's knowing who he is. You
call on his sovereignty, you call on his holiness, you call
on his grace, you call on who he is. If you call on the name
of the Lord, you shall be saved. Well, how then shall they call
on Him in whom they've not believed? And how shall they believe in
Him in whom they've not heard? And how shall they hear without
a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent? As
it's written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach
the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things. That's a quotation from Isaiah
chapter 52. Now, this workers in the kingdom
of God It's called twice in the scriptures a work of faith and
a labor of love. You find that twice in the New
Testament. And I love that, the simplicity of that. It's a work
of faith and it's a labor of love. Now what does that mean,
it's a work of faith? Well, number one, we really believe
the message we're preaching. I love what Benjamin Franklin
said of George Whitefield. Benjamin Franklin did not believe
the gospel, but he used to love to go hear George Whitefield
preach. And somebody said to him, why do you want to hear
him preach if you don't believe what he says? His reply was,
he believes what he says. I want to be someone who believes
what I say. It's a work of faith in this sense. We are completely
aware that we are utterly powerless in this thing. I can't get you
to believe. I can't get myself to believe.
We're totally dependent upon the Lord to do something for
us and to do something for them. It's a work of faith. We're relying
on divine power. We know we can't do anything. It's a supernatural work, this
thing of preaching the gospel. We believe what we're preaching,
who we're preaching. And we understand it doesn't
have anything to do with our strength and energy. We're trusting
Him to do His work. It's a work of faith. And then
it's a labor of love. It's a labor. But it's a labor
of love. And that's not difficult, is
it? You see, we love the Christ we preach. We love the gospel
we preach. We love the God we preach. We love the spirit whom we preach. We love his children. We love those we preach to, and
we want them to know who he is. We love the gospel, don't we?
It's a labor of love. Love the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I love how he saves. I love how he saves in a way
where he gets all the glory and none goes to me. I love the way
he saves by his precious blood. I love what his blood does. Everything
about the gospel we love. Everything. It's a work of faith
and it is a labor of love. Now fellow workers are described
like this. In Christ Jesus neither circumcision
avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love. Now this word fellow worker is
also translated in the New Testament a companion and a fellow laborer. And I want to be, and I want
you, I know you want to be, I want to be somebody Paul would point
to and say, yep, that's a fellow laborer, a companion, a fellow
worker with me in the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now,
when the Lord looks at me and you, would he call us fellow
workers in his kingdom? I think it's very interesting.
In 2 Corinthians 6, Paul says we're fellow helpers together
with him, speaking of God. Fellow helpers with him. What type of person is a fellow
worker in the kingdom of God? I was reading this morning about
the construction of the temple when the Lord was calling upon
people to work to build the temple, and I thought this is what a
worker in the kingdom of God is. Let me read just a few scriptures
of the descriptions of these people who worked to put together
the tabernacle, I mean. Exodus chapter 35. Verse 4. And Moses spake unto all the
congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the
thing which the Lord commanded, saying, Take ye from among you
an offering unto the Lord, whosoever is of a willing heart. Let him bring an offering of
the Lord, gold and silver and brass. Look in verse 10. And every wise-hearted among
you shall come and make all the Lord hath commanded. Look in
verse 20. And all the congregation of the
children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses, and they
came every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his
spirit made willing. Oh, isn't that a beautiful description?
I want to be somebody stirred up. I want the Lord to make me
willing, and I want to be someone whose spirit is made willing. Thy people shall be willing in
the day of thy power. Now remember, this is for the
construction of the tabernacle. Look in verse 25. The women are involved. And all
the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands and
brought that which they'd spun, both of blue and of purple and
of scarlet and fine linen. And all the women whose hearts
stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. Look in verse 29. The children of Israel brought
a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman whose heart
made them willing to bring for all manner of work which the
Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. Verse 31,
And he hath filled him with the Spirit of God, and wisdom, and
an understanding, and all manner of knowledge and all manner of
workmanship. This is what the Lord did for
them. Look in chapter 36, one and two, then brought Beelzeleel
and a whole lab and every wise hearted man in whom the Lord
put wisdom and understanding, to know how to work all manner
of work for the service of the sanctuary according to all that
the Lord had commanded. And Moses called Belzeleel and
Eliab and every wise-hearted man in whose heart the Lord had
put wisdom, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come unto the
work, to do it." Verse 5, And they spake unto Moses, saying,
The people bring much more than enough for the service of the
work which the Lord commanded to make. And Moses gave commandment,
and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout all the camp, saying,
Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering
of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing,
for the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it,
and too much. Now this is an example of someone
who is in the work of the kingdom of heaven. God made them willing,
God stirred up their heart, God gave them a wise heart, and God
gave them the ability. May the Lord make us all workers
together in the kingdom of heaven. Let's pray. Lord, we ask in Christ's name that we might be given a heart
that's stirred up for your glory, stirred up for a zeal of preaching
thy kingdom, that's stirred up to see men and women enter thy
kingdom by faith in Christ. Lord, how we thank you for the
kingdom of God, which is righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy
Ghost. Lord, cause us to be like these
five men who are a soothing solace to your servant Paul. Cause us
to be just that. Bless this word for your glory
and our good. And Lord, we pray for your continued
blessing upon this assembly. Be with all your people. Lord,
may we have an outpouring of your Spirit in this day. We thank
you for the way you've been causing people to confess you in believers'
baptism, and we ask that we might see many, many more. In Christ's
blessed name we pray. Amen.