Acts chapter 8, Acts chapter
8, and we'll continue with our Bible study on regular schedule
and not deterred by the holidays or anything else. Preaching the
gospel, studying the word, line by line, verse by verse, here
a little and there a little. I'm taking the title for the
message from verse 21, It says, Peter declares unto this man
who made a profession of faith, was even baptized, who even followed
Philip for a while. But Peter said to him, you have
neither part nor lot in this matter of salvation, the forgiveness
of sin, And the reason being is here you've revealed your
heart, your heart, you've got a heart problem. Your heart is
not right, and it's not right in the sight of God. Now, salvation
is a heart matter, and it's a heart matter before God. I want you
to carefully consider the question before Almighty God, He knows
your heart. Is your heart right before God? Salvation by the grace of God
is a hard work. And when we say heart, we oftentimes
we point to this thing in our chest called our heart. But when
the scriptures talk about the heart, he's talking about our
mind, our thinking, our will, our intellect, everything about
us that makes up who we are, our real being. With the heart
man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession
is made in salvation. We read that just a moment ago
in Romans chapter 10. With the heart. I want God to
work on your heart. I want you to listen to what
I have to say, but I am asking God to do a work of grace in
my heart and in your heart. NOW, IN THE REST OF THIS CHAPTER
EIGHT IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, THE LORD GIVES US THE STORY OF TWO
MEN. TWO MEN. THE LATTER PART OF THIS
CHAPTER HAS TO DO WITH A MAN BY THE NAME OF... AND WE DON'T
EVEN HAVE HIS NAME. HE'S CALLED THE ETHIOPIAN, EUNIC. WENT TO JERUSALEM AND WAS RETURNING
BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTRY, AND PHILIP LATER AND WENT AND PREACHED
THE GOSPEL TO HIM. IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT TO
ONE MAN, AND GOD REALLY DID DO A WORK OF GRACE IN HIS HEART,
AND HE WENT ON HIS WAY REJOICING. SO WE HAVE THE STORY OF TWO MEN.
NEXT WEEK WE'LL LOOK MORE ABOUT THE ETHIOPIAN, AND PHILIP PREACHED
THE GOSPEL UNTO THIS MAN. and this man confessed faith
in Christ. And the other man that we have
in the rest of the book of, this chapter eight in the book of
Acts, is this man, as he's known here in verse nine, there was
a certain man called Simon. And he's known as Simon Magus
because he was a magician. We know that the eunuch was truly
converted And we know this man named Simon, his conversion,
oh, he had an experience, didn't he? But it was false. He was a phony. He was a fake. One was granted faith, that is,
the Ethiopian eunuch was granted faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philip said to him, if you believe with all your heart, verse 37,
if you believe with all your heart, what does hinder me to
be baptized? If you believe with all your
heart, you may. And he answered and he said,
I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. And they both
went down into the water and he confessed faith in Christ. Doesn't say that of Simon, just
says that he also believed. Now today we'll look at the story
of Simon Magus, who said he believed, who was also baptized, who also
followed Philip around. Philip the evangelist preached
the word to these people. He preached concerning the kingdom
of God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. And we know that
the Lord granted faith to a multitude of sinners in this city, because
it says in verse nine, verse eight, there was great joy in
that city. JOY OVER BELIEVING THE GOSPEL.
JOYING IN GOD THROUGH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. MANY WERE MADE
NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST. BUT WE HAVE THIS MAN, VERSE 9,
A CERTAIN MAN WHO BEFORE PHILIP CAME TO TOWN, BEFORE PHILIP PREACHED
THE GOSPEL, VERSE 9, A CERTAIN MAN, NAME IS SIMON, We have his
history before time in the same city. He used sorcery. He used
witchcraft. He used these different spells
and different things, arts and magic. Demon possessed, no doubt. And he bewitched the people of
Samaria, even giving out, promoting himself that he was a real somebody. He was a great one. He said,
I'm the greatest. to whom they all gave heed, this
man had them under his spell." Can't you just imagine? I mean,
this man, he said, I'm the greatest. I do these tricks. And these
people were so deceived, from the least of them even to the
greatest of them, they said that this man is the great power of
God. Some of the commentators even
think that these people of Samaria thought that this man may be
or could be the Messiah. You remember the woman at the
well in the city of Samaria? You remember what she said to
the Lord? We know that Messiah is coming.
Some of the commentators think when this man gave him out to
be some great one, he was saying that I am the Messiah. I am the
Christ of God. And these people were so bewitched
that they thought or were so deceived that they thought this
man was sent from God and had the power of God. Now, the Lord tells us about
this man. He was a phony. He was a fake
believer. The faith he had was not saving
faith. Clearly, he was a hypocrite.
pretending that he was a believer. Why did he do that? For his own
personal gain. He was a magician who held the
people under his spell of magic. They were amazed at his tricks.
He contended that he was the Messiah, and he deceived the
people for such a long time that they were convinced that this
man had the power of God. The only one who has power is
God himself. Our Lord prayed, God has given
me power over all flesh. No man has the power of God. The apostles were given certain
gifts BUT THE GIFTS THEY HAD WERE GIVEN BY THE POWER OF GOD. THE GOSPEL OF GOD IS THE POWER
OF GOD UNTO SALVATION. NOW IN VERSE 12, MANY OF THE
SINNERS IN SAMARIA WERE SET FREE FROM HIS BEWITCHING POWER. MANY
OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE DECEIVED BY HIS MAGIC WERE GRANTED FAITH
IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. THEY BELIEVED THE GOSPEL CONCERNING
THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, AND THEY WERE BAPTIZED. THEY CONFESSED THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST IN BELIEVER'S BAPTISM. THOSE WHO WERE GIVEN FAITH IN
CHRIST LIKE THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH DESIRED TO BE BAPTIZED, DESIRED
TO CONFESS CHRIST IN BELIEVER'S BAPTISM. NOW BAPTISM DOES NOT
SAVE, AND THE EUNUCH WAS NOT BAPTIZED TO BE SAVED. Baptism
is not salvation, but it is rather being obedient to what the Lord
said for believers to do. He that go and preach the gospel
to every creature, he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.
Baptism is not, water baptism is not essential to salvation,
but it's essential to obedience because the Lord said for believers
to be baptized. Now, Simon also said, verse 13,
that he believed, and he was baptized, and he continued
with Philip, verse 13, and he even wondered. Remember, Philip
was given signs, he was given wonders, he was given power with
these spiritual gifts of miracles and signs as credentials that
he was sent of God, and that he was sent to preach the gospel.
Simon said he believed and was baptized, but he was a phony.
We shall see that shortly. He was lacking, but what was
he lacking? He was lacking true faith. He
did not wonder at the miracle of the gospel, at the amazing
grace of the gospel. He wondered that Philip had some
kind of, Philip had something he didn't have and he desired
it. He was one of those tares sown among the wheat HE WAS ONE
OF THOSE GOATS THAT WERE AMONG THE SHEEP, UNDETECTED BY PHILIP
UNTIL HE WAS EXPOSED BY THE LORD. NOW LOOK AT VERSE 14, WHEN THE
APOSTLES CAME TO SAMARIA, HAVING HEARD OF THE GREAT REVIVAL THAT
WAS GOING ON, HOW THE LORD IN HIS MERCY AND GRACE SAVED MANY
SINNERS. They received the word of the
Lord. They received the Lord Jesus
Christ. They confessed him in believers
baptism. They owned his Lordship. They
submitted to his Lordship. They bowed to his Lordship. And
Peter and John went there to see the work of the Lord. Verse
15, when they were come down, prayed for them. that they might
receive special anointing of God, or as yet the Holy Spirit
was not following upon none of them, only they were baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then they laid their
hands on them, and they received the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Now, only the apostles had that gift of God that they could lay
hands on people and confer gifts. SPEAKING IN TONGUES OR HEALING
OR DIFFERENT THINGS. PHILIP DIDN'T HAVE THAT POWER.
NONE OF THE OTHER DEACONS HAD THAT POWER. ONLY THE APOSTLES
HAD THAT POWER. AND WHEN THE APOSTLES DIED, THAT
GIFT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE CHURCH. AND THE REASON WHY, THOSE
GIFTS WERE GIVEN TO THEM AS SIGN AND SPECIAL CREDENTIALS THAT
THEY WERE SIN OF GOD, THAT THEY HAD THE WORD OF GOD, THAT THEY
SPOKE FOR GOD, THAT THEY HAD THE POWER OF GOD IN THEIR MINISTRY.
Now, I said all that to say this. When Simon is beholding what
Peter and John are doing in the laying on of hands and conferring
of spiritual gifts, Simon coveted in his heart. And when Simon,
verse 18, saw that through the laying on of hands, the apostles'
hands, THE HOLY GHOST WAS GIVEN, HE OFFERED THEM MONEY. NOW, HOW MUCH DID HE OFFER? I'D
SAY HE OFFERED A LARGE SUM OF MONEY. DON'T YOU THINK SO? I
MEAN, I DON'T THINK HE OFFERED THEM A POUND OF GOLD OR A POUND
OF SILVER. I THINK IT WAS HUNDREDS OF POUNDS
OF SILVER, HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF GOLD. HE OFFERED THEM MONEY
SAYING, GIVE ME ALSO THIS POWER. He didn't say, give me Christ,
give me salvation, give me the pardon of sin, give me faith
in Christ. He said, I want this power, and
I'm willing to pay for it. That on whomsoever I lay hands,
that they may also receive these gifts. Now, I said all that to
come to this, verse 20. Peter's rebuke. But Peter said
to him, you're gonna perish with your money. Your money's gonna
perish and you're gonna perish because you thought. Now there's a big problem right
there. You thought. You remember God said, you thought
I was altogether such a one as you. You see, all of our thoughts
about God All of our thoughts about ourselves, all of our thoughts
about salvation, they're wrong. They're completely wrong. We
think too highly of ourselves and we have such low thoughts
of God. Peter said your thoughts are
not right because your heart is not right. Your money is gonna
perish with you because thou hast thought that the gift of
God MAY BE PURCHASED. THE GIFT OF GOD CANNOT BE PURCHASED. THE GIFT OF GOD CANNOT BE PURCHASED
WITH MONEY. HOW MANY PEOPLE TODAY MAKE THE
SAME FATAL MISTAKE by thinking that salvation of the Lord can
be gained by something we do, something we give, or that we
can merit His mercy or earn His grace, rather than the truth
of the matter, salvation is all of the Lord. He said, I will
be merciful to whom I will be merciful. I'll be gracious to
whom I will be gracious. Grace alone, faith alone, Christ
alone. Salvation is the free gift of
God. IT CAME AT GREAT COST TO THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST. FOR HE GAVE HIS LIFE, HE SHED
HIS BLOOD. SALVATION WERE BOUGHT WITH THE
PRICE, THE PRICE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. BUT GOD SO LOVED
THAT HE GAVE. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS GOD'S
GIFT. HE'S THE GIFT OF SALVATION UNTO
HIS COVENANT PEOPLE. We are redeemed with the precious
blood of Christ. We are purchased with his own
blood. That's why salvation to us is
a free gift. It's a free gift. Now, for by
grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourself. It
is, what's that word? It is the gift of God, not of
works, let any man should boast. This gift here is the gift of
his grace. 2 Corinthians 9 says, thanks
be unto God for his unspeakable gift. Every aspect of salvation,
every blessing, every mercy of salvation is the total, sovereign,
free gift of God. Now I bet in a few days you're
gonna receive some gifts, right? Wouldn't it be an insult to you
IF YOU SOUGHT THE GIFT, BOUGHT THE GIFT, WRAPPED THE GIFT, AND
GAVE THE GIFT TO A PERSON TO WHOM YOU LOVE, TO WHOM YOU WANTED
TO HAVE THE GIFT, AND THAT PERSON REACHED IN HIS POCKET AND SAID,
HERE, LET ME PAY YOU FOR IT. THAT DOESN'T WORK, DOES IT? YOU'RE
GOING TO RECEIVE IT. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RECEIVE
IT? YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE IT AS A GIFT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT GIFT. THANK
YOU FOR THINKING OF ME. Salvation much more is the free gift of
God Every gift and good gift spiritual gift come from God
above Remember our Lord said to the woman at the well in Samaria
if you knew the gift of God You'd ask of him and he'd give you
that living water. I LORD, GIVE ME THAT GIFT. GIVE ME THAT LIVING WATER. NOW,
HOLD YOUR PLACE THERE, AND TURN TO THE BOOK OF ROMANS. I WANT
TO WORK ON THIS WORD HERE, GIFT, FOR JUST A MOMENT. GIFT. EVERYTHING IN RELATIONSHIP TO
OUR SALVATION IS THE FREE, SOVEREIGN GIFT OF GOD. DON'T BRING... KEEP
YOUR MONEY IN YOUR POCKET. DON'T BRING YOUR GOOD WORKS.
DON'T BRING YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE BEST WE HAVE IS FILTHY RAGS.
AWAY WITH IT. salvation to free gift of God
Romans 5 verse 15 not as the offense so also is the free gift
or through the offense of one many be dead much more the grace
of God and the gift by grace you see that the gift by grace
which is by one man Jesus Christ hath abounded unto many look
down to verse 18 therefore as by the offense of one judgment
came upon all men to condemnation Even so by the righteousness
of one the free gift Came upon all men unto justification of
life For by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by
the obedience of one, the Lord Jesus, shall many be made righteous. Moreover, the law entered in
that the offense might abound, but where sin abounded, grace,
the gift of grace, did much more abound, that as sin hath reigned
unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto
eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." It's the gift of God.
Right across the page, Romans 6, 23. For the wages of sin is
death, right? That's what we've earned. Death,
judgment, condemnation. But the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Now, aren't you thankful for the gift
of salvation? It's free. It's free. Turn to Romans 8.
23, excuse me, I got a little problem
here, Romans 8, 32. Sorry about that. He that spared not his own son,
but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also
freely give us all things? Salvation's a gift. Turn a few
pages over, 1 Corinthians chapter two. Justified freely by his
grace, First Corinthians 2, 12. Now, we have received not the
spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God, that
we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Freely given. Oh, if you knew
the gift of God, you'd ask him. Don't ask me. Don't ask your husband or wife.
IF YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD, YOU WOULD ASK HIM. WHOSOEVER
SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED. WHY DON'T YOU CALL? CALL UPON
HIM. NOW, BACK TO THE TEXT. ACTS CHAPTER
8, PETER SAID UNTO HIM, THY MONEY PERISH WITH YOU, BECAUSE YOU
THOUGHT, YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ALL WRONG, THAT THE GIFT OF GOD Maybe
he purchased with money. No, it's a free gift. Redeemed,
we are redeemed, not with silver and gold, but with the precious
blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, verse 21, Acts 8. Thou hast neither, this is Peter
discerning this man's heart as the apostle. Philip couldn't
do this. Peter and John did. Thou hast
neither part You don't have a part in salvation. You don't have
a lot in salvation. You're not in union with the
Lord Jesus Christ because your heart is not right in the sight
of God. Now that's the key. Here's the
problem with Simon. And here's every man's problem
by nature. We're born with a bad heart. I held my grandson in my arms
this morning, a couple weeks old, a little tiny thing, and
I'm thinking, your heart's not right in the sight of God. Preacher
Shirley had a little innocent baby. He's not innocent. He's
a sinner. He's guilty. wretched, born in
sin, shaped in iniquity. And if God doesn't fix his heart,
if God doesn't operate on his heart, he's gonna die in his
sins. That's right. Our heart, by nature, is not
right in the sight of God. What a sad thing this is. By
nature, this is true of all of us born of a woman. Now, if you
descended from a monkey, maybe you don't have the problem that
I have. You descended from a monkey, maybe you don't have this thing
of total depravity. But if you believe what the Bible
says about God created man upright and then man sinned against God
and fell into sin, depravity, iniquity, we're born dead in
sin. How dead? Graveyard dead. By
nature, this is true of all of us. Our heart is not right with
God. It's vile, it's wicked, it's
sinful. Our heart, mind, will, and affection. We love darkness, hate light. The carnal mind is enmity against
God. Ever wonder why you think the
things you think and do the things you do? Your heart is deceitful
above all things and desperately wicked. I can make good on that,
I think. You know I can. Turn to Matthew
15. Matthew 15. Our Lord said, Are
you without understanding? Verse 16. Verse 17. Do not you understand that whatsoever
enter in at the mouth At the mouth goeth into the belly, and
is cast into the draught, the toilet, the commode, the sewer.
But those things that proceed out of the mouth, they come forth
from the heart, they defile the man. For out of the heart, again,
this is that fallen, wicked heart that we all have by nature. It
involves the mind, the will, the affections, and everything
about us. Out of the heart proceeds evil thoughts, Out of the heart
proceed murders. Out of the heart proceed adulteries. Out of the heart proceed fornications. Out of the heart proceed thievery,
false witness, lying, cheating, blasphemies. These are the things
that defile us before God. To eat with unwashing hands,
that's not a problem. You might take in some germs,
but your heart's all ready to file. That's the problem. Because our heart by nature is
desperately wicked, God must give us a new heart. God must
create in us a new heart, a new nature. Salvation is a hard work. It's not God repairing, now listen
to me, it's not God repairing the old nature. Salvation is
not reformation. Now you can say in your mind,
I'm gonna be moral as I can. Morality is never, in God's sight,
considered righteousness, because He demands perfection. And your
morality, the best you have, God said, away with it, it's
filthy rags. God must give us a new heart, a new nature. Salvation
is a heart work. It's not God repairing the old
sinful, wicked heart. We still have that within us.
We have a new heart, a new nature. God must give us a new nature
to love Him, to believe Him, and to trust Him. David, remember
Psalm 51, create in me a clean heart, O God, renew a right spirit
within me. That's what happened in the new
birth. Any man be in Christ, he's a new creature. That's why
the Lord said, you must be born from above. Except a man born
from above, he cannot believe the gospel. Except a man born
from above, he can't enter into the kingdom of God. Why? His
heart not right with God. The prophet Ezekiel said, And
God said through him, a new heart also will I give you, and a new
spirit I'll put within you. I'll take away that stony heart,
that hard heart, and give you a heart of flesh, a heart that
loves God, a heart that looks to the Lord Jesus Christ. That's
what Peter called being partakers of a divine nature. Turn to Roman
chapter, or excuse me, Ephesians chapter four. Ephesians chapter
four. Therefore, we're no longer in
Romans 10 going about to establish a righteousness, but we are submitted
unto the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, in Ephesians 4, verse 22,
he said, if you've heard him and have been taught by him the
truth that is in the Lord Jesus Christ, Ephesians 4, verse 22,
see that you put off concerning the former conversation, the
old man. which is corrupt according to
the deceitful lust. And be renewed in the spirit
of your mind that you put on the new man, which after God
is created in righteousness, created in true holiness. Wherefore, putting away lying,
speak every man truth with his neighbor, for we are members
one of another. Be ye angry, sin not. Let not the sun go down upon
your wrath, neither give place to him, neither give place to
the devil. Let love be without dissimilation. Abhor that which is evil and
cleave to that which is good. That is Romans chapter 12. Now, here's the question. You're
sitting here thinking, His heart wasn't right with God.
He said he believed the gospel, or he said he believed, he didn't
say he believed the gospel, he said he believed. He was baptized,
he followed Philip, but it comes to find out his heart was never
changed. His heart was never made new.
Now, how can I know? How can I know I have a right
heart? How can you know? Do you ever
wonder about that? How do I know if my heart's right
in the sight of God? I wanna know. I want you to know. How can I know if I have a right
heart? A new heart? How's it revealed? By believing
the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. By trusting the Lord
Jesus Christ alone for all of your salvation. If you're doing
that, repenting toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you're doing that, it's not something done, it's something
you're doing. If you're doing that, believing,
repenting, and coming to the Lord Jesus Christ, looking to
him, it's because you have a new heart made right in the sight
of God. In other words, God's done something
in your heart. You see, faith is a gift of God.
That's something that blooms there naturally. Faith is a sovereign
gift of God. The Lord has nighed them of a
broken heart. Save us such as be of a contrite
spirit. Romans 10 said, for with a heart
man believeth unto righteousness, with a mouth confession is made
unto salvation. Now, is your heart right with God,
before God? READ ON IN THE TEXT. WHAT'S THE
SOLUTION HERE? YOUR HEART'S NOT RIGHT, PETER
SAID. PETER DIDN'T LEAVE HIM THERE. HE SAID REPENT. NOW, REPENTANCE, YOU KNOW WHAT
IT MEANS? CHANGE YOUR MIND. A CHANGE OF MIND, A CHANGE OF
HEART, A CHANGE OF WILL. CHANGE, THEREFORE. REPENT OF THIS, THY WICKEDNESS. AND PRAY, Pray to God if perhaps
the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. Peter is telling
him, you seek mercy where it's found. You look to the Lord Jesus
Christ for salvation. Like the leopard came to the
Lord covered with leprosy, said, Lord, if you will, you can make
me clean, if you will. The Lord said, I will be thou
clean. Repent therefore of this I wicked
and pray to God if perhaps God Would be merciful to you and
forgive your sin I don't you need forgiveness of sin. Why
do I? Need forgiveness of sin Thank
God the blood of Jesus Christ God sent cleanses us from all
our sin every day every thought of my every wicked thought of
my heart and I wish I could just wash my brain,
just wash my brain out. You don't have a problem so much
about going down and robbing a bank, but sad to say you don't have
foster thievery. Say, well, I don't ever think
that. Well, I'm glad you don't. THE THOUGHT OF YOUR HEART BE FORGIVEN.
I WANT GOD TO FORGIVE EVERY THOUGHT, EVERY ACT, EVERY DEED, EVERYTHING
I'VE EVER DONE, THOUGHT, PAST SIN, FUTURE SIN, ACTUAL SIN,
SIN OF OMISSION, COMMISSION, EVERY WAY. LORD, FORGIVE MY SIN. SEEK MERCY WHERE IT'S FOUND IN
CHRIST, THAT YOUR HEART MAY BE FORGIVEN. THANK GOD HIS BLOOD
DOES CLEANSE US FROM ALL OUR SIN. IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS,
Don't confess him to me. I don't wanna know him. If we
confess our sins to him, he's faithful and just to forgive
our sin and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Verse 23,
I perceive the problem here. I perceive you're in the gall
of bitterness. What a terrible state to be in.
What terrible state unbelief is. Gall of bitterness? Bitterness. angry God, mad at
everybody. And in the bond of iniquity,
you're in bondage to your sin. Simon answered and said, God
be merciful to me, the sinner. That's not what he said. What did Peter tell him to do?
You pray to God and ask God, you pray to God and see, maybe
the Lord will show mercy to you. He doesn't have to, but he might. Simon said, he said, Peter, Peter,
won't you just pray for me? His heart's still not right,
is it? God still hasn't done anything
in his heart. You prayed to the Lord for me that, These things
you've spoken about, that none of those things that you've spoken
about would come upon me. He's still not seeking mercy.
He's still just interested in escaping judgment, escaping hell
and condemnation. Sad to say, many people are just
interested, like Simon, in escaping judgment rather than being found
in Christ. Now, I want to be found in Christ.
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in the Lord
Jesus Christ. I want to be found in Him. Oh,
may God give us a right heart. Would you desire that? Wouldn't
it be something to start the new year with a new heart? God,
do something in my heart. Lord, make me a new creature
in Christ. that we may win Christ by His grace and be found. Can
everything else lost, dung, ruined, we might win Christ and be found
in Him with a new heart of faith, believing He that hath the Son
hath eternal life. He that believeth not the Son.
Remember how I said, how do you know if I have a new heart? He that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life.