There are things that are more
important than other things. And so, you know that. Martha served, and that was very
important. Mary sat at Jesus' feet and heard
his word. That was more important. And there was a choice involved.
And the Lord said, Mary has chosen that good part and it shall not
be taken from her. We're going to continue from
this morning. First things, first things that are more important. Would you turn with me to James
chapter three? Verse 17, James chapter three,
verse 17. But the wisdom that is from above. Aren't you interested in that
wisdom? The wisdom that's from above. Not man's wisdom, not
fleshly wisdom, but the wisdom that's from above. Oh, I want
this wisdom. You know, we're given this encouragement
regarding this wisdom. If any man lack wisdom, let him
ask of God. who gives to all men liberally
and upbraids not." Well, I'm asking for this wisdom. The wisdom that's from above
is first pure. Chaste is the word. Holy. Anything that comes from God
is holy, isn't it? And after that, he goes on to give some
more descriptions of it. We'll consider those in a minute,
but let's see what led him to make this statement. Verse 13.
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation
his works with meekness of wisdom. It'll be seen in his conduct,
works of meekness and humility. But if you have bitter envying
and strife in your heart, strife is self-willed base ambition. If you have bitter envying and
strife in your hearts, glory not, Lie not against the truth. Don't act like everything's okay,
but it's not because it's not. This wisdom descendeth not from
above. It doesn't come from God, but
it's earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife
is, there's confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that's
from above is first pure, holy, then If it's pure, it's peaceable. And it is gentle. Humane is the meaning of the
word, not insisting on the letter of the law. Easy to be entreated. It's approachable. You can come to it and be received. Full of mercy. and good fruits. Without partiality,
which means without hesitancy and indecision, it's confident. The wisdom of the firmament is
above, it's confident. And without hypocrisy, it's not an act. Now,
first of all, isn't that a beautiful description of our Lord? I think
it's so, here he is defined. The wisdom that is from above. He is wisdom personified. He is the wisdom that's from
above. And how beautifully this describes him. Pure, peaceable,
gentle, easy to be entreated, approachable. full of mercy and
good fruits without partiality and without hypocrisy. And oh,
that's the wisdom that you and I are to ask the Lord for. This
wisdom that's from above, but it's first pure. It comes from God. It's holy. It's chaste. It's from him. Luke 12. Luke 12 verse 1. In the meantime, when there were
gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch
that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples,
first of all, here's what comes first, here's what's most important.
He began to say unto his disciples, first of all, beware ye of the
leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Now, what is hypocrisy? Now, I told you this before.
If you were a movie star back then, you were called a hypocrite.
It means a stage performer, an actor. And that's what hypocrisy
is. Hypocrisy is an act. It's not the real thing. Everything
is an act. And it begins here. The hypocrite
does not see himself as a real sinner. Therefore, he doesn't
need real grace. He doesn't need a real atonement. He doesn't need real mercy because
everything's an act with him. He's never really stood before
God as a sinner. And he's never ever really seen
his need of the Lord Jesus Christ and the grace that's in him.
Everything is an act. Everything is a performance to
be seen of men. Life is role-playing to the hypocrite. He's not real. That's the hypocrite. And the Lord warns us of this. Beware of hypocrisy. And if you
and I have anything to you, we're listening to this because we
realize the hypocrite within. You know, I've thought of that.
I love this statement where somebody says, well, I don't go to church.
Because there's so many hypocrites there. Well, you ought to fit
right in there. You ought to feel real at home there. We realize
that, and we ask the Lord for his mercy from that. But realize
this. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees. This is the religion of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy. Matthew chapter 7. Verse five, the Lord is speaking
to the hypocrite here. And he says in verse five, thou
hypocrite first, this is what comes first, first cast out the
beam out of thine own eye. And then shalt thou see clearly
to cast out the moat out of thy brother's eye. Now this is that
passage of scripture on judging where the Lord said, judge not
that you be not judged. Now, before I go into that, there
are judgments that we have to make. that were commanded in
the scripture to make. Let me show you two examples.
First turn to first Corinthians chapter five. But now I've written unto you
verse 11, but now I've written unto you not to keep company.
If any man that's called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous,
or an idolater, or a railer, that's an abusive person, or
a drunkard, or an extortioner, With such a one, know not to
eat. Now that's not talking about
keeping them from taking the Lord's table. And that's not
talking about really everybody collectively getting together
and saying, now we're going to stay away from this person and
just keep him away. But I know this, he's telling
me I am to not keep company with that person. I'm not to go out
to eat with them. I'm to stay away, you know, in
that sense. He's saying if one that's a brother does that. Let
me show you another passage of scripture. Turn to 2 Thessalonians
chapter 3. So you see there, this doesn't
mean we don't have something in the word of God,
but we're supposed to make judgments about ourselves regarding our
brothers. Second Thessalonians chapter three, verse six. Now we command you,
brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is a
command. that you withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh
disorderly. Now that word disorderly means
insubordinate. It's a military term, out of
file, out of rank. You withdraw yourself from every
brother that walketh disorderly and not after the tradition which
you've received of us. Look in verse 14 of the same
chapter. If any man obey not our word by this epistle, note
that man and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed,
yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Now you see there that there
are certain judgments you make, but what's our Lord mean then
when he says, judge not that you be not judged? What's he
talking about? He's talking about that that air of moral superiority and judgment
when you really don't know the facts in the first place. He
says, judge not, judge not, that you be not judged. It's a reference to Criticism
and a judgmental attitude, being a judge and a critic. Now go
back to Matthew chapter seven. Let's look at these verses together.
We've looked at these three times in the last year. Matthew chapter seven, verse
one. Now the Lord says this, judge
not that you be not judged. Now, what if you were judged
by the Lord? What would happen to you if you
were judged by the Lord? Didn't David say, enter not into judgment
with thy servant? For in thy sight shall no man
living be justified. You judge not, but you be not
judged. And look what he says in verse
two, for with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged. You bring somebody to the law,
you'll be brought to the law. You hold somebody's feet to the
fire, your feet will be held to the fire. And with what measure
you meet, it shall be measured to you again. I love this. This
is a promise by the Lord. You know, the Lord says, if you're
merciful, you're going to obtain mercy. If you're forgiving, you're
going to be forgiven. If you're judgmental, you're
going to be judged. Now the Lord says that. And then
he says in verse three, and why beholdest thou the moat, the
splinter that is in thy brother's eye, but consider not the beam
that's in thine own eye. Or how wilt thou say to thy brother,
let me pull off the moat out of thine eye, and behold, a beam
is in thine own eye, thou hypocrite. And remember, he's speaking to
his disciples here. He's talking to Matthew and Peter and John.
You think that they were offended when the Lord said that to them?
No, they knew it was the truth, didn't they? He was talking to his disciples
at this time. And he says, thou hypocrite.
Guilty, guilty. Thou hypocrite, first, there's
that word, this is what comes first, first cast out the beam
out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast
out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Let me give you some reasons,
and let me give me some reasons to not judge. First, because
the Lord said not to. That's enough of a reason, isn't
it? Because it's hypocrisy, Because when we do this, we assume a
position that only belongs to God. He's the only judge. We
don't know enough facts to make a judgment. When we judge somebody,
we're judging another man's servant. It's unlike Christ. You know,
I love the way the publicans and sinners could come into his
presence and not feel threatened. Isn't that beautiful? The way
the Lord, his character is that publicans and sinners could come
into his presence and they'd say, this man eats with publicans
and sinners. He receives them and he even
eats with them. It's contrary to love. You know,
I love that proverb. Love covers a transgression. You know, if you love me, you
know what you're going to do? You're going to cover my transgressions.
You don't want them to be brought out for everybody to see them.
You're going to cover them. And if I love you, I'm going
to cover your transgressions. Love covers a transgression. It doesn't expose it. It's contrary to the law of Christ. And what's the law of Christ?
If a brother be overtaken in a fault, you, which are spiritual,
restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering yourself,
lest you also be tempted, bear you one another's burdens, put
up with one another, and so fulfill the law of Christ. If we judge,
we make things harder on ourself because we're judged and judging. And when I talk about the religion
and the Pharisee, I'm talking about this man right here. You
know, the religion of the Pharisee is what we all are by nature.
Everybody in this room, by nature, is a Pharisee, aren't you? Don't
you know that about yourself? And what does the Pharisee do?
God, I thank you that I'm not as other men are. I'm not like
this public. The self-righteous, he spake
this parable unto certain which trusted themselves that they
were righteous. And what else did they do? They despised. They
looked down upon others. Now, he says, first, cast the
beam out of your own eye. Turn to John chapter 8. One of my favorite stories in
scripture. John chapter 8 verse 7. So when they continued asking
him, John chapter 8 verse 7. So when they continued asking
him, he lifted up himself and said unto them, he that's without
sin among you, let him first. cast a stone at her. Now, you know the story. The
Pharisees had found a woman taken in adultery in the very act. There was no doubt about her
guilt. She was caught red handed. Now, where was the man? He was
supposed to be stoned as well. Somehow the man got out of this.
That's the way those guys did. You know, the man, they bring
in the woman. Caught her red-handed. Can you imagine how humiliating
that must have been? They bring her in before the
Lord, and they said, Master, this woman was caught in adultery,
caught in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, says that
such a one should be stoned. But what sayest thou? And they
thought they had the Lord in a bind. If he says stoner, we
can say, thought you were merciful. Fucked you with a friend of sinners.
Where's that now? If he says, let her go, we can
say, where is your respect for God's holy law? God's holy law
says stone her. Where's your respect for the
law? Something's wrong with you. But the Lord stooped down, and
he rode on the ground as though he didn't even hear. Don't you
love that, the way the Lord did him this way? They kept asking
him, kept asking him, what do you say? He just rode on the
ground. And I believe I know what he was writing. This is
speculation, but I believe he was writing this. Thou shalt
not commit adultery. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Let's forget about this woman
for right now. Thou shalt not commit adultery. And did he write
that? I don't know. I think it's a
pretty good guess. And then he stood up and he looked at these
fellows and he said, He that's without sin among you. And I don't have any question
that he's talking about that sin. He that is without sin among
you. Because if they hadn't committed
it physically, they'd committed it in their heart. And the Lord
said, Whoso looketh on a woman to lust after in his heart, hath
committed adultery with her already in his heart. So the Lord looked
at that crowd and he said, he that's without sin among you,
let him throw the first stone. And what does the scripture say?
They all being convicted by their own conscience, not convicted
by the Holy Spirit, because if they were convicted by the Holy
Spirit, they wouldn't have left Christ. They would have come to him for
mercy. but being convicted by their own conscience, they left
beginning at the oldest. And a woman was left alone with
the Lord. And the Lord said, Woman, where
are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee? And
she said, No man, Lord. And he said, Neither do I. Go
and sin no more. Now how can he say, neither do
I? The Lord was looking at somebody.
that was in him before time began, the lamb slain from the foundation
of the world. He knew this is somebody, he
was putting away their sins and there wasn't any sin for him
to condemn them for because he put it away. Yes, he committed
adultery and yes, he bore that horrible sin in his own body
on the tree and put it away. He was gone and he could look
at her and say, I don't have anything to condemn you for. Turn to Matthew chapter 23. Verse 25. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites, for you make clean the outside of the cup and of
the platter. You look good, very religious, very moral, but within
You're full of extortion and excess, thou blind Pharisee. Cleanse first that which is within
the cup and the platter. Worry about the inside. that
the outside of them may be clean also. Now, the religion of the
Pharisee is all about appearance. Look in verse 27. Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you're like unto whited sepulchres,
which indeed appear beautiful on the outside, but within are
full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. Even so, you
also outwardly appear righteous unto men. You know, things aren't
always as they appear, are they? You appear righteous to men,
but within you're full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Now understand
this, the gospel is about the inside. It's about the new heart
that God gives. A new heart also will I give
you. That's on the inside. A heart
that sees my sin, a heart that sees the glory of Jesus Christ,
a heart that sees the completeness of the salvation that's in him
and the sufficiency of his grace. It's a heart work. It's a heart
work. My son, give me your heart. Starts
on the inside, not on the outside. Now the outside will be affected
if anything's been done for the inside. I have no doubt about
that. but it's a work that begins with the new heart that he gives
that was not there before. A new heart. Now the old man's
still there, but there's a new man as well. That's the one the
Lord was speaking of when he said, blessed are the pure in
heart. All he can mean by that is that
absolutely pure, holy nature that does not sin that every
believer possesses. Blessed are the pure in heart
for they shall see God. Mark chapter 9. Verse 33. And he came to Capernaum, and
being in the house, he asked them, what was it that you disputed
among yourselves, by the way? Evidently, they were having an
argument. But they held their peace. They
didn't tell him. They were embarrassed. For by the way, they had disputed
among themselves who should be the greatest. I think that's funny. because
I know that you and I are just as guilty in so many different
levels. Who should be the greatest? Who
should be the greatest? Who should be the top dog? Who
should be the most used? Who is the most blessed? Who
is the, who's in first place? You know, who's in the upper
echelon? Who's best? Who's the one the
Lord uses the most? Who's the one whose God's hand
is on the most? You know, I know if the Lord
were here physically, in the flesh, tonight, and he said,
I'm going to come to somebody's house. I know that I would say, come
to mine. I'm the pastor. Come to mine. Now, if I had great faith, you
know what I'd say? I'd say, you don't wanna come
to my house. I don't deserve to have you there,
and I don't even deserve to ask you. So that's just an example
of the way we are. I look at these disciples and
I laugh because I don't think, there I am, there I am, arguing
over who's gonna be the greatest. I remember when I was first grade,
I remember when I first went to Pogue, I remember sitting
out in the field and watching all the other kids play, and
I was by myself. I just sit there, and I thought,
I'm not like these people. And I have no doubt that my dear
mother made me believe that I was not like these people, So it's something we've all,
we've all, or at least I have. I remember I told Aubrey that,
and I thought, you know, that's kind of unique. And Aubrey said,
well, you thought it was better than all that. And I thought, oh, I'm
afraid she's right. But that argument, who should be
the greatest? Verse 35. And he sat down and
called the 12 and saith unto them, If any man desire to be
first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. And he took a child and set him
in the midst of them. And when he had taken him in
his arms, he said unto them, whosoever shall receive one of
such children in my name, receiveth me. And whosoever shall receive
me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. Now, if you would
be great in the kingdom of heaven, take the lowest seat. And be
the servant of all. Matthew 20. This is another one
of my favorite stories in the scripture, favorite parables,
and the Lord ends it like this, verse 16. So the last. shall be first and the first
last. Now you know the parable. It's
the parable of the workers in the vineyard. And I know you can identify with
this. The owner of the vineyard came out at six in the morning
and hired been to work in his vineyard, and they agreed for
a penny a day. He said, that's what you'll get,
a penny a day. And they agreed, and they went to work. Nine o'clock,
some other fellas stand there. You go work in the vineyard,
and whatsoever's right, I'll give you. I love the way he said
that. What's right, I'll give you. And then he came out to
some that were working at 12. These other fellas had been working
six hours. And he said, whatever's right, I'll give you." And then
3 p.m., he comes out to some, whatever's right, I'll give you. Then those fellas that hadn't
worked all day, and he hires him at 5 o'clock. They only had
to work one hour. He said, whatever's right, I'll
give you. And so quitting time comes, 6 o'clock, and the first
fellas that come up, they receive a penny. Same thing the 12-hour
fellas did. Same thing. How would you feel? Then the guys that worked nine
hours, they received a penny. The guys that worked six, they
received a penny. The guys that worked three, they received a
penny. Now these fellows that worked 12, they said, they supposed
that they'd receive more. And they said, we've borne the
burden and the heat of the day. He gave them the same thing,
a penny, a penny. You know what that means? Salvation
is by grace. That's the most wonderful illustration
of grace, salvation by grace. And they murmured. They said,
this is not right. This is not fair. We've borne
the burden in the heat of the day, and you've made them equal
with us. Yes. You know, every believer
is equal in Christ Jesus. And they have the same righteousness,
saved the same way, have the same Savior, saved by the same
grace. You see, in grace, don't you
love this? You love it if you're last. In
grace, the last are first, and the first are last. That's mysterious, isn't it?
And it's glorious. That's God's way. The last are
first, and the first are last. Matthew chapter five. Verse 23. Therefore, if thou bring thy
gift to the altar and there you remember that your brother hath
ought against thee. Now, it doesn't say remember
that you've got something against your brother. It says you remember
that your brother has some reason, has ought against thee, whatever
it is. If you Bring your gift to the altar, and there remember
that your brother hath ought against thee. Leave there thy
gift before the altar, and go thy way. First be reconciled
to thy brother. Don't offer the gift without
being reconciled to your brother. God won't accept it. God won't
hear you. First, first be reconciled to
your brother, that one who has ought against you. You get that
straightened out. and then offer thy gift to the
Lord. Now, don't talk about giving. Don't talk about fellowship with
God. Don't talk about prayer. Don't talk about communion with
God. Don't talk about walking with the living God when your
brother has something against you. It's not real. It's not real. The Lord says
first, First, you be reconciled to your brother, and then you
offer your gift. First things first. First Timothy
chapter five. We considered this not that long
ago when preaching through Timothy on Wednesday nights, but it's
a good thing to consider again. Verse three, honor widows. And
what that means is support them. The church is to support those
widows that are widows indeed. And he goes on over 60 years
old and well reported up for good works and so on. He said,
support those that are widows indeed that actually have no
one to support them, no family to help them. But if any widow
have children or nephews, let them learn first, first, first
to show piety at home and to requite their parents for that
is good and acceptable before God. Now if my piety and piety,
what is that? That's devotion to God. That's a new nature. That's walking with the living
God piety. It's a good word. It's a scriptural
word. I know that when we use it, we usually use it almost
in derogatory way. They're pious. They're too pious.
And I understand it because the scripture says, be not righteous
over much. And you're familiar with that passage of scripture.
But piety is a good thing. But he said, let him first learn.
Don't go out and show everybody how religious you are and show
everybody how faithful you are and how sound you are. Let him
first learn to show piety at home. Now, the reality of my
piety is seen by the people who live with me. Let him first learn
to show piety at home. Two more. Ephesians chapter 6. Verse one, children, obey your
parents in the Lord for this is right. It's the right thing
to do. Honor thy father and mother,
which is the first commandment with promise. That it may be
well with thee and that thou mayest live long on the earth.
Now this commandment regarding honoring your father and your
mother. It's more than just your parents,
although that's certainly very important. What this is talking
about is a respect and an esteem for authority. Honor. Honor your father and mother.
Honor all authority. And there's a promise given with
this. Now, if we teach our children
to respect authority, what's that mean? means they're going
to succeed. They're going to do well in school.
They're going to do well on the job. Teachers are going to like
them. They're going to have the respect of their friends. You
can't have, it's such a good thing to honor authority. And
that's so important for us to teach our children that, to respect
my teacher, to respect the police officer, to respect the mother
and father, to respect whoever's in charge, honoring authority.
And there's a promise that goes with that. It'll be well with
you. And spiritually, it'll be well with us as we honor the
authority of the Lord. there's a promise annexed with
honoring authority. And to be disrespectful and to
not honor authority will only hurt us. Here's the last one,
Revelation chapter two. Verse one, unto the angel of
the church at Ephesus write, these things saith he that holdeth
the seven stars in his right hand. who walketh in the midst
of the seven golden candlesticks." Now, the seven stars were the
seven pastors of the churches. The seven candlesticks were the
churches themselves. And the Lord said, I hold that
star, that pastor in my right hand, and I'll walk in the midst
of the churches. Now, he says to the church at
Ephesus, I know thy works. And it's a kind of a, well, what's
the first thing he said to all the seven churches? I know your
works. I know your works. He said, I
know your works and your labor and your patience and how thou
canst not bear them which are evil. And thou hast tried them
which say they're apostles that are not and has found them liars.
And he's commending them for this and has borne and has patience. And for my name's sake, you've
labored and not fainted. Nevertheless, I have somewhat
against thee. because thou has left, thou has left thy first love. Now what is my first love? I know what the first love is. Your first love is when you hear
the gospel as a sinner. Now that's your first love. Doesn't
it come as good news to you when you're nothing but sin and you
hear that the Lord has put away all your sin? That you have no
strength and you find out that Christ died for those without
strength. When you're ungodly and you find
out Christ died for the ungodly And when you find out that this
man receives sinners and he eats with them, and you hear the gospel
as a sinner, now you can't hear the gospel any other way. If
you graduated past that, you've left your first love. Never, ever graduate past being
the chief of sinners. And that's how I hear the gospel
when I hear. And if I don't hear the gospel, If I hear it but
it doesn't do anything for me, I can tell you why. I'm not hearing
as a sinner. When I hear as a sinner, needing
mercy, needing His grace, I'm in my first love. Isn't that
a good place to be? Oh, may the Lord keep us in our
first love. Oh, you've lost your first love
when the gospel becomes light bread. You know, that's what
happened there in Numbers 21 when the children of Israel,
that man that came down from heaven, angels food, all of a
sudden our souls loathe this light bread. It's insubstantial. It's not enough to satisfy. They
left their first love. May the Lord deliver me from
losing my first love. And may I always hear the gospel
as a sinner. You know it's easy, it's so easy
to trust the Lord Jesus Christ as your righteousness when you
have absolutely none of your own in it. It's easy to trust
his righteousness as the only righteousness there is when you
have none of your own. Oh may we be delivered from leaving
our first love. Now what did he say to do? Verse
five, remember therefore from whence thou art fallen. And you
know, I can remember. I'm thinking about it right now.
I can remember times hearing the gospel as a sinner and how
beautiful the gospel was. How perfectly suited for my needs. How I could rejoice. Now remember, remember, from
whence thou art fallen, and repent, change your mind, and do what? The first works. Now what's the
first works? I know what the first works are.
The first works are the first, I know this, the first time I
ever looked to Christ, whenever that was, and I can't tell you
when it was, but there was a time when it happened, there was a time
when I first looked to Christ. And when I first looked to Christ,
I didn't have any experience to, Trust? I didn't have any experience.
I didn't have any good works to commend me. I didn't have
any past that I could look back on and say, well, at least that
happened. No, when I first looked to Him, I looked to Him as an
empty handed sinner needing His mercy. May I never leave that. Repent and do the first works
or else I will come unto thee quickly and will remove thy candlestick
out of his place, except thou repent. You know, that's a very
sobering thought, isn't it? The Lord tells us, he's talking
about the church here, this church. He said, if you don't repent,
I'm going to remove the candlestick and the machine might be going
on. The religion will be going on,
but I won't be there. That happens to every local church. And it will happen to this one
at one time. There's never been a local church
that lasted. You know, that, those guys that say, you know,
we, you know, we can trace our roots all the way back to the,
no, you can't. Every local church goes bad.
And here's where it goes bad. Here's where it goes bad. Losing
your first love. May the Lord deliver us from
that, and may we all repent and do the first works. First things first. First, I thank my God, knowing
this first, no prophecy of the scripture comes from any private
interpretation. I deliver to you, first of all,
that which I received, that Christ died for our sins, according
to the scriptures, that we should be to the praise of his glory
who first trusted Christ. This is a faithful saying, worthy
of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to
save sinners of whom I'm first. That's the word chief first.
Hebrews or Hebrews 10, 9, he taketh away the first. the old
covenant that he may establish the second, the gospel, Hebrews
7.2, Melchizedek, first king of righteousness, after that,
king of peace. The first commandment is love
God with all your heart, and the second likened to it, love
your neighbor as yourself. Seek ye first the kingdom of
God and his righteousness. Let him first count the cost
if there first be a willing mind. They first gave their own selves
to the Lord and thus by the will of God. The wisdom that is above
is first pure. First, beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. First, cast out the beam out
of your own eye. He that's without sin among you,
let him cast the first stone in her. Cleanse first the inside. First, be reconciled to your
brother, then offer your gift. First, learn to show piety at
home. If you'd be first, be last of all and servant of all. Remember
the first commandment with promise and don't leave your first love and the last shall be first and
the first shall be last. Let's pray.