Turn with me in your Bibles to
Hebrews chapter 13 if you would like to follow along. This is the last chapter in Hebrews.
And it's a summary, somewhat of a summary. Closing statements
and encouragements, exhortations. He starts by saying continue,
let brotherly love continue. And then he goes down to remember
those who are in bondage. And he's communicating one idea
just right after the other. These are the things that are
said in the light of the entire book though, the entire Hebrews. This is just the final exhortation. Let's read verses one through
six, Hebrews 13. Let brotherly love continue and
be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have
entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in bonds
as bond with them as bound with them and them which suffer adversity
and being yourself also in the body. Marriage is honorable and
all in bed undefiled, but whoremongers and adulterers, God will judge.
Let your conversation be without covetousness. Be content with
such things as you have. For he hath said, I will never
leave thee, never forsake thee. so that we may boldly say the
Lord is my helper and I will not fear what man shall do unto
me. I have a simple question for
us this morning. As we read all that, we see what the Lord calls
in his people in loving one another and doing it unto him and talks
about our conversation being covetous. He tells us to be content. And he tells us why. The Lord
will never leave you, never forsake you, you should be content with
that. Then he says, so that we may boldly say the Lord is my
helper. So my question is this. Is Christ, is Christ enough for
you? Is Christ enough for you? That's a pretty simple question,
isn't it? Answers life and death. Is Christ enough for you? Only
those who have been shown that God is a consuming fire, as he
said in the previous verse, will say yes. Only those who have
been summoned into the ark, as we heard the first hour, will
say yes, the ark is all to me. Only those who have been bitten
by the serpent, they were the ones that looked at the pole,
weren't they? Remember the children of Israel, the fiery snakes went
out through the camp of Israel and they all began to be bitten.
Not all of them, but some of them began to be bitten. They
said, Moses intercede for us, take these serpents away. They're
literally killing them. And the Lord said, put a brazen
serpent upon a pole. Why'd he put a serpent? Because
the serpent was the only cursed animal. Christ became cursed
for his people. Lord cursed him, made him crawl
on his belly. It's a picture of Christ being put upon a pole. Even Christ said, you know, Moses
lifted the serpent of the wilderness so much the son of man must be
lifted up. But you know, the amazing part about it is whoever
looked upon that serpent that was lifted up was healed. Who
do you think looked? Everybody? Why would I look if
I didn't have a need to look? Why would I look? If I wasn't
bitten, only those who are bitten will be enabled to say Christ
is more than enough to me. Christ is all in all. If you see God as sovereign,
see yourself as an undeserving sinner, you will need Christ
to be your substitute for him. You will need the one that's
as sovereign as God is because he is God. You'll need the one
that's as holy as God is because he is God. You'll need the one
that pleased God because he is God. Because you and I are not
holy in and of ourself. We're not sovereign in and of
ourself and we cannot please God. Flesh is enmity against
God. They that are in the flesh cannot
please God. But if you've been bitten, Lord
will make you look at that serpent. Only those that are bitten look.
And only those that were bitten were healed. The gospel is very simple. That's
why we call it God's gospel. We call it God's salvation. It's all about him. We're just
the benefactors of it. Benefactors of it. He did all
the electing, all the saving. He does all the calling and all
the keeping. He creates a need. that only he can fill. And he fills that need with the
only one that can fill it, the Lord Jesus Christ. He provided
the lamb that was needful to fill the need. Scripture says,
without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin.
The only way the sin that we are and have could go away was
that precious blood being shed. And that's exactly what happened
on the cross of Calvary. Without him, giving us that need,
Christ will not be enough for you and I. This is not a need
that's just a fleeting thought. This is not a need as in, well,
I need a new pair of shoes. That's not what I'm talking about.
This is life and death. Remember a time whenever you
were most desperate, probably had something to do with life
and death, didn't it? Somebody that you loved, maybe was going
to be operated on, or maybe they were sick and you didn't know
if it was unto death or not. And how much did you cry out
unto the Lord during that time? That's how serious this is. When
we have that need, when the Lord shows us the sin that we are,
how much we cry out is a result of the need he gives us. The
more of the need, the more we cry. The people that are The
Pharisees, they don't have a need of this world either. They're
perfectly content with what they're doing and where they're going.
They think They don't have a need there. They have a righteousness
in and of themselves. But those who are given this
need of life and death of sin being a reality of seeing God
is sovereign and being a consuming fire, knowing the judgment of
God. He's a God of judgment, but he's also a God of mercy.
He's a God of wrath, but he's also a God of grace. You can't
separate the two. The only way to find mercy and
grace is to be found in Christ. Unless he shows us that need,
we will not come into the ark. We will not come to Christ. There are those, as I just mentioned,
the Pharisees that are in bondage to self and to sin. And I understand
that this is talking about really remembering those that are in
bonds. At this time, the church was being persecuted. So they
would have been literally people that were locked up in shackles.
You can look back in the book of Acts a little bit before this,
and you see Peter and you see some of them were in prisons,
different places. And the Lord loosed them from that, brought
them out. They were literally being tortured.
They were being, some of them were stoned, all the things that
were happening. So he's saying, remember those who are in bonds, but also
there's a spiritual side. Remember those who are in bondage
to sin? Remember those who are in bondage
to self? Ask yourself, is Christ enough
for me? Because if he's not, I'm in bondage
to sin still yet. I'm in bondage to self still
yet. Those that are in bondage to
self and sin, they have no need for Christ. Sad part is, is most
of the time they don't even know it. I'd say all the time they
don't know it. Don't know that they're in bondage.
or even care. Problem is, you know, if there's
ever a problem when it comes to salvation, it's you and me.
It's never God. You know that, right? Meaning
if I'm not saved, it's all my fault. And if I am saved, it's
all the Lord's doing. If I'm not saved, it's all my
fault. But if I am, it's all the Lord's doing. It's all by
grace. It's all his work. Truth is, is we love ourself
too much. We're narcissists by nature. You can go to other churches,
I would imagine, and preach that, and they'd probably want to stone
you. But it's the truth, isn't it? Narcissists, what is a narcissist?
Someone who thinks too highly of themselves, who's constantly
thinking of themselves, who values their opinion above the opinion
of others. That's what we do by birth. We don't have to be
taught. We don't have to be taught that. We love the praise of men more
than the praise of God. But how about you? Is Christ
enough for you? What did the Lord tell Peter? Peter, do you love me? Do you
love him? Oh Lord, I do. Help my unbelief. I can't look
at my love and examine that and have any hope of my salvation.
I can only look to what you did on the cross of Calvary and hope
in salvation. I can't look to whether or not I can even say,
Lord, are you enough? I believe you're enough. Lord, be enough
for me. Cause yourself to be enough for
me. Otherwise I'll not have a need. Is he enough for you? Or do you
want some glory and salvation? There's the, Narcissistic tendencies
we have. Cain, that was his problem. He
wanted to be recognized. Look what I did. That's the beginning
of, that's the two covenants right there at the very beginning.
That was works, that was grace, right there. The blood and self-sacrifice,
that's the two right there from the beginning, Cain and Abel.
He wanted to be recognized by God. He wanted God to look at
him and say, boy, you did a good job on that. I am happy with
your work, good job. And what did he say? With the
cane, he had no respect. And to Cain's sacrifice, he had
no respect. Why? He brought the works of
his hands. He thought he was good enough. Thought he was good
enough. Not Abel. Abel brought blood,
what God required. And to Abel, God was pleased. He was satisfied. He had respect
to Abel and to Abel's sacrifice. See, God gave Abel a need that
only God could fill. He said, you need a substitute.
If you ever see yourself as a sinner, you'll see that you need a substitute.
You need someone that stood in your place. I need someone that
stood in my place. I don't want to stand before
God by myself. with my righteousness, it's just
filthy rags. I'll be naked before him. I'll
be exposed. He'll see everything. No, I need
a covering. I need a righteousness that's
not my own. I need to be saved from myself. Or there's something I'm looking
to in my own self as my righteousness. It's not gonna do me any good. If there's something other than
His life as we're looking to before God as our righteousness,
we have no righteousness. If there's something other than
His blood we are looking to before God for our justification, we
have no justification. If there's something else we're
looking to for His finished work on the cross of Calvary as our
sanctification, we have no sanctification. It's all Him. And if we're looking to anything
but Christ, Christ is not enough for us. He wasn't enough for
the mob that was trying to kill him. Pilate even said, I find
no fault in this man. And they said, well, what can
we do? We can give you a prisoner. Today's
the Passover day. We have a tradition. We release
one prisoner. Who would you like to have? Do you want this Jesus,
who's completely innocent, or do you want Barabbas, the murderer?
And who would they pick? And you know who me and you would
have picked if we'd have been there if the Lord left us to ourself? We'd
have picked Barabbas. Why? That's just what we are
by nature. How many people did Christ pass
by and they didn't even recognize him? They didn't even know who
he was. They didn't have a clue. God's right there in person.
They see him face to face. They hear his voice. But God
didn't give them a need to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. He
passed out of their sight. Give us Barabbas. Give us Barabbas. And he tried to persuade them
and he said, he cried louder, give us Barabbas. Let his blood
be upon us and on our children. We're relinquishing you of having
His blood on your hands. It'll be on us. We don't care.
And that's exactly what happened. Why? They didn't have a need. Christ wasn't enough for them.
They wanted something more. Wanted something more than what
He offered to the Father. Is Christ enough for you? What about King Saul? Saul, he's
a interesting character in the Old Testament. He was told to
wait on Samuel. Samuel will come. They were in
a battle against the Philistines like they always were. And Lord
told Samuel that, Lord told Samuel to go to Saul, but Saul kept
entreating, I need to know what to do. I said that wrong. He
was going to send him the prophet. He was going to send him, it
wasn't Samuel at the time. Samuel was already dead. He said, I need the prophet.
I need the prophet. Well, the prophet didn't come
after four days. And so you know what? He did two things, as a matter
of fact. And I'm getting two stories mixed up here. So yeah,
he was waiting on Samuel. But the problem was the first
time when he didn't wait on Samuel, he made a sacrifice unto God
being his own high priest. That was the first thing he did
wrong. And then the first time he said that was when the Lord
told Samuel to tell him the kingdom's rent from you for this reason.
You're not your own priest. See, he didn't have a need for
Christ being his high priest. That's what it pictures. Christ
wasn't enough for him. He wanted to be God himself.
He wanted to intercede for himself. That's the problem here. And
then what happened? Well, later on, after Samuel
was dead, they were in another fight and he couldn't get ahold
of the prophet to come to him then. And so he decided he would
conjure, he'd go to a soothsayer, he'd go to a witch or whatever
you want to call them, a fortune teller, conjured up the spirit
of Samuel. What does that mean? I have no
idea. It means what it says, I guess. That's how I would leave
it. Samuel rebuked him, rebuked him. And what was the end of
Saul? Because he had no need for a
priest and he had no need to wait on the Lord. No need to
come to Christ. What was his end? Suicide. That
was his end. Another man commit suicide, it
was Judas. You can find that all throughout scripture. Those
who committed suicide, you see no evidence that they were the
Lord's. Why did he do that? Because Christ was not enough
for Judas. He walked with the Lord Jesus
Christ. He went to the markets with the Lord Jesus Christ. He
cast out demons with the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ was still
not enough for Judas. He wanted more. What did he want?
Well, he wanted silver, number one, 40 pieces, I believe it
was. Wanted silver. But what did he
really want? He wanted the approval and the
praise of man. That's what he wanted. He wanted
the praise of those Pharisees to look at him and to pat him
on the back and say, you did a good job, just as Cain did. Just as Cain did. Christ wasn't enough for Judas. Christ wasn't enough for Pharaoh.
Think about everything Pharaoh saw. 10 plagues of Egypt represented
Christ on the cross. However, the plague that happened
was a direct slap in the face of all their false gods, but
on top of that, every single plague you can compare to when
Christ was endearing on the cross, the blackness, the fire, everything.
Death of the firstborn, that's Christ on the cross. He had no,
Christ was not enough for Pharaoh. He wasn't enough for Pharaoh. Balaam, he chose to have relationship
with the king. He chose to teach the king how
to manipulate the Jews with different lustful desires in order to,
they became intermingled with all the false gods that were
there. Balaam wanted the praise of the
king more than the praise of God. Christ was not enough for
Balaam. Remember Korah we heard about
last week, wanted to be his own priest. Earth opened up and swallowed
him up. What about Jezebel? Jezebel saw
all the miracles of Jeremiah, and yet she wanted to kill him. Christ wasn't enough for Jezebel. The last one I'll give you is
Ananias and Sapphira. They were in the church. Everyone
was selling things, and they sold a property, a piece of land,
a plot. And when they brought the money, they were bringing
the money that they were selling and they were giving it to the church
because they were dispersing it amongst those who needed it.
Well, when they did, they withheld back some of the money. Why?
Because they were thinking of themselves. But they lied to
the Lord is what they did when they lied to the disciples. They
lied in their heart. And what'd God do to them too?
They gave up the ghost right on the spot. It was the end of
it. Why? Christ wasn't enough for
them. Christ wasn't enough for them. My question remains, is
Christ enough for you? Is Christ enough for me? Regardless whether he is enough
for us, regardless of that, he's enough for God. He was enough
on the cross of Calvary when he put away the sin of his people.
He was the one chosen, more than enough. It was perfect. The only
one who could redeem, and he did, he redeemed his people from
their sin. Christ is enough for the Father. So the question also is, am I
pleased with what God is pleased with? Or am I pleased with what
I'm pleased with? Do I want what God looks to as
righteous and holy, or do I want to look at myself as righteous
and holy, which is a lie? I want to reread these in light
of everything that I've said thus far, because although this
is written literally as a declared physical warning and physical
exhortation, it also, we can look at the spiritual of this.
If Christ is everything to you, if Christ is enough, if Christ
is all to you, brotherly love will continue. When he says,
let brotherly love continue, you're gonna love your brethren.
How do you know? Because the scripture clearly says, you know that you've passed
from death into life because why? You love the brethren. You
love the brethren. Then he says, be not forgetful
to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels
unaware. What does that entertain mean? Show love to. By definition, entertain is show
love to. What is he talking about? How
do you show love to a stranger? There's no greater love story
in the world or ever, all time or eternity than what the Lord's
recorded here. Tell them about the gospel. Invite
them to church. That's showing love, isn't it?
That's showing love. Verse three, remember them that
are in bonds. as bound with them and them which suffer adversity
and being yourself also in the body. We were in bonds ourself at one
time, weren't we? Bondage to Satan, bondage to
self, bondage to sin. I don't know of anybody right
now, brethren, I was thinking while I was hesitating there.
I don't know of anybody right now that's in bonds. If I did,
I would tell you, but maybe it'll come to that. I don't know. This
is what I do know. Everybody in the world that does
not know Christ is in bonds, is in bonds. And you and I were
in bonds. And the only one that can release
those shackles, the only one that can take us out of those
bonds, the bondage of sin, the bondage of Satan, the bondage
of death, The grip that hell has a hold of us being born sinners
is the Lord Jesus Christ, that's it. He's the only one that can
do that. Verse four, marriage is honorable
and all in the bed undefiled, but whoremongers and adulterers
God will judge. If Christ is enough for you,
you will no longer commit spiritual adultery. What is that? You can't
go to another church. You can't go hear another gospel.
You know that this is the only gospel. You're not gonna go to
the Catholic church and participate in their mass and then go over
to the other church and do this and do that. Spiritual adultery,
that's what he's talking about here. Now, I don't even have
to go into adultery and fornication being wrong. We know that that's
wrong by scripture. We know what God says about that. But the
Lord said, if a man looketh upon a woman to lust after her, he's
already committed adultery in his heart. So the Lord's standard
is if I even look, I'm guilty. What does that mean? Well, it's
simply saying here, if Christ is enough, he'll always be enough
to you. And you'll always come begging
for the same bread. You'll always come begging for
the same water. You won't need something new.
You won't need something new. Adultery takes place when someone's
driven away by their own lust. Isn't that true? But Christ satisfies
the soul. The spirit doesn't lust. The
soul doesn't lust, that's something the flesh does. No, the spirit
is satisfied with the Lord Jesus Christ. He is enough, more than
enough. If Christ is enough to us, he
says, let your conversation be without covetousness. You're
not gonna covet because what the Lord has given
you, what the Lord has given you, And be content. If he's enough, you'll be content
with him, won't you? That's a good way to put it. How do you know
if Christ is enough? Because I'm content with him.
I'm pleased with him. I'm content with him. Be content
with such things as you have, for he hath said, I will never
leave thee nor forsake thee. If you knew that the Lord was
with you, you knew the Lord was with you, and he says, I'll never
leave you nor forsake you, what else would you really need? He's
going to take care of you, isn't he? Why? He promised and he can't lie.
That means I'm his. That's a lot to be content about
then, isn't it? My sin is gone. Fellowship with the Father, oneness
with God himself. Oh, I can be content with that.
Content with the blood that put away my sin. I can be content
with that. That's enough. He's enough. You remember whenever Jacob, when Jacob said to the Lord,
I'm not gonna let go of you till you bless me. The reason he did
that was because Esau was coming to him and he was afraid he hadn't
saw Esau since he took the birthright away from Esau. We know that
that was all by the divine providence and purpose of God. But at the
time, Jacob was afraid for his life. And the scripture says
he wrestled with the Lord. That word wrestle means cleave
to. Just as a child would cleave to a parent, scared child. I've had my daughters come to
bed many a night, scared to death, had a bad dream, or there was
a thunderstorm outside. Where did they run to? They ran
to my bed. They wanted me to hold them.
was fleeing to the arms of Christ because Christ was the only one
who could help him. Only one that can save him. That's
that need I keep talking about. He said, I won't let go till
you bless me. And the Lord blessed him. And
when he went to see Esau and all the gifts with him, Jacob
had his gifts. Esau had his gifts. And Esau said, here, Jacob said,
here's the gifts. Take these gifts. And Esau said,
no, I have enough. I don't need them. You keep them.
And Jacob said, you don't understand. I have enough. But that second
word enough is everything. You don't understand. I have
everything. I've been blessed of God. Christ is enough. I have
more than enough. I have everything. Christ wasn't enough for Esau.
Esau despised the birthright. How do we boldly say the Lord
is my helper? Well, we fear the Lord and look to Christ. Verse
six, so that we may boldly say the Lord is my helper and I will
not fear what man shall do unto me. If Christ has made you content
with him, then the Lord's your helper. And you can be with Jacob,
not having to be afraid of Esau anymore. Esau represents that
old man, that man of sin, that's still strapped to our back. Dead
man, you ever heard me say dead men walking? We really are. You're
born dying, it's incredible how that all works, but the only
way that we have life is the Lord says live. Creates that
need, only he can fill. How do we say boldly, the Lord
is my helper? What's the word boldly mean?
In complete confidence. See, if Christ is enough to you,
then you can have complete confidence in his finished work to say,
the Lord is my helper. The Lord is my advocate. The
Lord is my mediator. The Lord is my righteousness.
The Lord is my wisdom, my sanctification, my redemption. The Lord is everything
to me because God's made him that unto me. He is our strength. What else do we need? But if he is not, if he is not enough, the Lord
hasn't made him enough. Lord hasn't made him enough.
He's got to be enough for you. He's got to be enough for me
or we have no hope. Is the Lord Jesus Christ enough
for you? Or are you trying to satisfy
God by your doings? By your thinking, by your works,
by your actions, even the best intentions, are sinful if the
Lord doesn't take them and wash them in his precious blood. Am I trying to satisfy God or
am I looking to the only one who can and did satisfy God? The only one that ever satisfied
God, it was the Lord Jesus Christ. It took God to satisfy himself,
did you know that? Is Christ enough for you? Or am I trying to make sacrifices
to promote myself to God? Am I looking to his sacrifice
or mine? That's how it has to be sliced. Am I looking to my
works or his? Am I looking to my life or his
life? Am I looking to my doing or what he accomplished? Am I
hoping in his death plus my life? Christ isn't enough. Am I looking
to the blood and also my good deeds? Christ isn't enough. Is Christ enough for you? Are
you looking to the successful redeemer of God's elected people? Are you looking to self? Does
he satisfy your longing soul with peace? Or are you crying,
peace, peace, when there is no peace? Everything is one or the
other, all throughout scripture, one or the other. That's the
old law and the new. Old covenant and the new covenant.
That's the the law and grace. It's from the beginning from
the beginning How many have died deceiving themselves thinking
they're good enough for God that they've made a choice that they've
done this that they've lived this life to recommend themselves
to God and they stand up before him and say Lord we've done all
these wonderful things in your name and He says depart from
me. I never knew you It's Christ
enough for you because if he is I When that day comes, you're
going to have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous. I've used this analogy before, but I think it's fitting.
You ever thought about a court of law? Whenever you go to court,
you ever seen these people, some of these videos they play where
a guy's like, I'm going to represent myself? I've got this. And he
just looks like a buffoon. I mean, he has no idea about
the lingo. He has no idea about the charges that's being made.
He has no idea about anything. And he says, I'm going to represent
myself. And I saw one where the judge said, OK, I'm going to
let you come back, but next time bring a lawyer. There won't be
a second chance in glory. There won't be. On judgment day,
we stand before the Lord. If Jesus Christ is not, our advocate
will have no hope. He must be enough. Him alone
must be enough. Nothing merits salvation but
the finished work of Christ on the cross. Nothing else cleanses
the deepest stain but the blood of Christ alone. Nothing satisfies
God's justice but the death of the Lord Jesus Christ alone.
Nothing brought forth righteousness to the Lord's people except for
Christ's righteousness being bestowed. He alone is all. Is Christ enough for you? He said, when I see the blood,
I'll pass by you. He didn't say when I see your
choice, your efforts, your hard work, your lifestyle, your good
living, how you cleaned up, how you treat others. When I see
the blood, I'll pass by you. You know what that tells me?
I have to have the blood. The blood has to be enough for
me. Is the blood enough for you?
Is Christ enough for you? Do you love that he has all power,
or do you hate that? Because there's only one or two.
I love that about God, he has all power. Do you love that he's
completely, absolutely sovereign? And that salvation is his choice,
or do you hate that? Because there's one or the other,
there's no in between. You can be indifferent towards it and
pretend if you want to, but either we love that about God, or we
despise that, one of the two. See, if Christ has made enough
unto you, you love God the way God is. You wouldn't change a
thing about him if you could. Would never be able to, of course.
But you love him the way that he is. Why? Because he first
loved you. And you see that it took him
to save you the way that he is. Otherwise, you're unsavable.
And that's what he did for his people. He saved them from their
sin. He told his disciples that you
didn't choose me. I chose you. You didn't choose
me. I chose you, told the Pharisees.
You won't come to me that you may have eternal life. Do you
love that the Lord comes to where you are and saves you? Somebody
said, well, it's against my will. If God doesn't save you against
your will, you'll never be saved. The will that we have right now
in the flesh will never choose the things of God, ever. He has
to give us a new will. He changes our want to, don't
he? He doesn't completely get rid of the first one, but he
gives us a new one. And the older shall serve the younger. Gives
us a new will. I love that Christ did all the
saving, that he does all the calling, he does all the keeping,
he does everything in salvation. Can you rest in that? Is that
enough for you? Yes. Yes. Is Christ enough for you? If so, our conversation won't
be covetous because we won't be looking at other churches
thinking, well, I wish we had more people here. We had more
of this, wish we had that, wish we had this. Look at another
church, no. No, Christ is enough. What do you offer for the children
there? Well, we teach them about Christ. We try to teach them
the lessons in the scripture that point to Christ. That's
all, that's enough. What do you preach? We try to
preach Christ, him crucified, he's enough. What do you have
for activities after church? Well, we come together and fellowship
about Christ. Maybe every once in a while we
eat together and we still talking about him because he's enough.
And that's all that you do. Don't you have some kind of this
and that? No, we don't need it. Why? Christ is enough. Christ
is enough. We're like Jacob. Lord makes
Christ enough to you. You're word like Jacob. I have
everything. I have everything. Is Christ enough for you? It's
one or the other. Do I love that he purged his people's sin by
his own blood and sat down on the right hand of God? Do I love that he intercedes
for his people? Do I love him as being the one that successfully
redeemed? That I had no part of it, that
means I can't add to it, I can't take away from it, but more importantly
than that, I can't mess it up. Do you love that? Do you love that he loved Jacob?
He chose to love Jacob and he hated Esau? He chose to hate
Esau? He really didn't have to choose
to hate Esau, just if you think about it that way, because he's
God, he's holy. He would automatically hated,
he had to choose to love Jacob. He had to choose to love Jacob. And you know, do you love the
difference between Judas and Peter? Was not Judas or Peter?
Do you love that? But it was that the Lord said,
I've prayed for you, Peter. The only difference, that's it.
The only difference is that Christ interceded for Peter. Do you
love that? Is Christ enough for you? If so, you can boldly say, the
Lord's my helper. Is Christ enough for you? Come to him. Flee to him. Come inside the
ark. Come inside the ark. We heard
that the first hour. Come inside the ark. Believe on him and live. Let's pray. Father, we pray that
if you are not enough to us right now, make yourself enough to
us, please. Bless us to our understanding
and for your glory in Christ's name. Amen.