Turning in our Bible again to
the book of Acts chapter 5, I'm taking the title for the message
from the words found in verse 16. They were healed, every one. You see that in the last part
of verse 16? And they were healed, every one. There came also a multitude out
of cities. How many? We don't know. Probably
thousands. Round about Jerusalem, the word
got out that some folks were healed and some folks were saved
by the grace of God. They bringing the sick folk to
those to where healing was found and them that were vexed with
unclean spirits and they were healed. Well, most of them were. Says here they were healed every
one. That ought to encourage every
sinner to seek mercy where it's found in the Lord Jesus Christ. I've never read one time in scripture
where the Lord turned away a mercy beggar. Every mercy beggar that
came to the Lord Jesus Christ, he had mercy on every one of
them. I want to seek mercy where it's
found. Now, some of you remember from
our study in the book of Luke, we read in another place, at
another time, the Lord Jesus Christ healing many sick folks
that were brought to him. And it says in that scripture,
Luke 9, 11, and it says, He healed every one of them that had need
of healing. Do you have a need? Where can
that need be met? Only in the Lord Jesus Christ.
And again, in Matthew chapter nine, when the Lord called Zacchaeus,
who was a notable sinner, and the Lord went home with him.
And many of the Pharisees began to complain and said to the disciples,
why does your master hang out with such low folks, publicans
and sinners? And the Lord overheard that conversation. He only said, those who are whole
need not a physician. I didn't come to call the righteous,
I came to call sinners to repentance. Are you a sinner? Are you guilty? Are you in need of mercy? Well,
I've got good news. The Lord Jesus Christ came to
save sinners. The Lord Jesus Christ died for
the ungodly. The Apostle Paul writes this
in 1 Timothy 1, this is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation
that the Lord Jesus Christ came to save sinners. Sinners, folks
just like you, just like me, he came to save sinners. And
Paul added, he said, I'm the chief one. You see, salvation's
only in the Lord Jesus Christ. With his stripes, he was wounded
for our transgression, bruised for our iniquity, and with his
stripes, we are healed. God made him to be sin for us
on Calvary's tree, that we might be made the righteousness of
God only in the Lord Jesus Christ. Remember what we read in Romans
chapter four? Blessed is that man to whom the
Lord would impute his righteousness without works. That is good news,
is it not? How much work would you have
to do to make yourself righteous before God? You would have to have an infinite
amount, but the problem is everything I do is tainted with sin. The
best I have, God said, is vanity. The best I can bring, he says,
is filthy rags. Away with it. Do you need healing? The Lord Jesus Christ came to
heal the brokenhearted. Are you in need of mercy? Yes,
I am. I'm a guilty sinner. There is
mercy for the miserable. There is grace for those who
are guilty. There is salvation for those
who are real sinners. If I can find a bona fide, genuine,
real, ungodly, vile, wretched sinner, I've got good news. Christ died for sinners. Are you in need? Look to Him.
He's able to meet our every need according to His riches in glory
through the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, having given that introduction,
it ought to encourage every one of us to sit up and clean out
our ears and listen. Everyone that came to the Lord Jesus Christ was healed. Now, you remember in our story
here in the early church in Jerusalem, how that they were so blessed
to have the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ preached to them. We've seen that all the way through
our study. Many of them that were granted
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ were blessed to believe the gospel,
as it says in verse 14, Acts chapter five, verse 14, and believers
were added more added to the Lord, multitudes, multitudes
of them. Now we've seen on one occasion
when Peter preached one sermon, the Lord added 3,000. And then
he preached another message and the Lord added 5,000. And here,
after the gospel had been preached for many more days, the Lord
added multitudes, both men and women. people of all classes,
Jew, Gentile, people young and old, people educated, uneducated,
people who were sick, people who were healthy. The Lord added
a multitude of sinners to the Lord Jesus Christ. We also read
in our story, in Acts chapter 5, the sad and tragic story of
Ananias and Sapphira, his wife, who said they believed God, yet
lied unto God, the Holy Spirit, and both were quickly judged
by the Lord and he brought death to their house. The Lord killed
both Ananias and Sapphira. Remember the scripture said,
I kill and I make alive, I the Lord do all these things. Now
our message last week was on the dangers of keeping back and
lying unto God and the dangers of hypocrisy and the dangers
of apostasy. True faith is a total sellout
to the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, that was the problem of
Ananias and Sapphira. They wanted to keep back. Instead
of committing everything to Christ in salvation, they wanted to
keep back. True faith is a total sellout. to the Lord Jesus Christ. True
faith is a total and complete surrender and a total commitment
and submission unto the Lord Jesus Christ as all of our salvation. We sang a moment ago, I know
whom I have believed and I'm persuaded that he's able to keep
that which I've committed unto him against that day. Whoever
wrote that song must have been reading 2 Timothy 1.12. What
part of salvation have we committed unto the Lord Jesus Christ? We've committed everything to
Him, not a part of it. We've committed all of our salvation
to the Lord Jesus Christ. He's performed all things for
us. You mean there's nothing for me to do? In the way of accomplishing
salvation, nothing. Our Lord said, it's done, it's
finished. Now he says, you come to me,
you look to me, and you rest in me, all you that are laboring
and heavy laden. He said, come unto me. True faith
readily and willingly says, my salvations of the Lord. It's
God who saved me and called me with a holy calling, not according
to my work, but according to God's own purpose and grace,
giving us in Christ before the foundation of the world. That's
that same chapter, 2 Timothy 1, 9. Now, in our message today,
I want us to look carefully at what happened after the Lord
killed Ananias and Sapphira. What effect did it have upon
the local assembly? Now, I'm sure when many heard,
as it says there in verse 11, great fear came upon all the
church and upon as many as heard these things. Now, can't you
just imagine when the word got out that these two church members,
the Lord had killed both of them. Don't you think that the people
in the community, I'm not talking about the believers there, BELIEVERS
SUBMITTED TO THE WILL OF THE LORD. I'M TALKING ABOUT THOSE
ON THE OUTSIDE. DON'T YOU THINK THAT SOME OF
THEM SAID, MAN, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. MAN, THAT'S NOT FAIR. THEY BROUGHT,
YOU KNOW, THEY SOLD THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY BROUGHT MOST OF IT INTO
THE LORD, BUT THEY HELD BACK A PART. CERTAINLY THAT'S FAIR. CERTAINLY THAT'S, WOULD BE UNFAIR
FOR THE LORD TO KILL BOTH OF THEM. YOU SEE, WHATEVER THE LORD
DOES IS RIGHT. And true faith bows and submits
unto the Lord. So, what happened in the early
church? Great fear came upon all the
church. They did not quit. They were
not discouraged. They feared the Lord in reverence. And you know what that means?
They continued to worship the Lord in faith. Great fear came
upon all the church. Great fear. You mean preach the
word of fear of the Lord? I hope you do. Hold in reverent
is his name. He seeketh such to worship him
in spirit and in truth. Listen to these scriptures. Psalm
110, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Proverbs
1 verse 7, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge
and understanding. Hold your place there and turn
to chapter 9, Acts chapter 9 verse 31. Acts 9, 31. Then had the churches rest throughout
all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified, walking in
the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost
were multiplied. What is the comfort of the Holy
Ghost? What does the Holy Ghost comfort us with? Christ, the
Lord Jesus Christ. The only place a sinner will
truly worship in reverence and godly fear is at the throne of
the absolute sovereign God. I remember the story of Abraham.
Do you remember taking Isaac up on the mountain? God told
him, sacrifice your son. And when Abraham bound him and
put him on that altar and took that knife in his hand, ready
to plunge it into the neck of his son, God stopped his hand. Remember what he said? Now I
know you fear me, seeing you have not withheld your only son. He feared the Lord because he
believed the Lord. You cannot separate the two.
Not at all. This same Jesus whom you had
crucified, God has made him both Lord and Christ. Those who believe
the gospel reverence his holy name, and that's how we worship
at the throne of his holy throne. We come boldly unto the throne
of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in the
time of our need. Our Lord is sovereign over all
things, who can do with us what He will, when He will, to accomplish
His own eternal purpose. Faith submits and bows unto that. We don't ask a question. We don't
question His good purpose. He works all things at the counsel
of His own will. True faith then bows and submits
to His absolute Lordship. Whatever God does is right. Whatever
he does with me, my children, my family, my job, my health,
whatever he does is right. True faith submits to the will
of the Lord. Great fear came upon all the
church. They continued in worship. The
second thing I see is this, look at verse 12. They continued in
harmony. by the hands of the apostles
were many signs and wonders wrought among the people, and they were
all with one accord." You see that? One accord. They were all in agreement. They were all in harmony. in
Solomon's porch. Now we've seen that Solomon's
porch before. Turn back to Acts chapter 3 verse
11. That Solomon's porch is that
porch that was on that temple that was constructed there in
Jerusalem that eventually God destroyed some years later. But in Acts 3, verse 11, as the
lame man which was healed hailed Peter and John, and all the people
ran together unto them in the port that is called Solomon,
greatly wondering. Now, it reminded me of another
place for that given in scripture. Remember where that's at? Turn
to John chapter 10. The Lord Jesus Christ one day
was walking in Solomon's porch in what is called Solomon's temple,
the Lord's temple. But John chapter 10, look at
verse 22. It was at Jerusalem, the Feast
of Dedication, and it was winter, and the Lord Jesus walked in
the temple in Solomon's porch. Then came the Jews round about
him and said unto him, how long dost thou make us to doubt? If
thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. And the Lord answered them and
said, I told you, and you believe not. The works that I do in my
Father's name, they bear witness of me. Now watch this carefully.
You believe not because you're not my sheep. As I said unto
you, my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow
me. And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish.
Neither can any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father which
gave to me is greater than all, verse 29. And no man can pluck
them out of my Father's hand. I am my Father, we are one. What did the Jews think about
that? They took up stones again to stone him. When he declared
his deity, when he declared that he will have mercy on whom he
will, he said, you believe not because you're not my sheep.
My sheep, they hear my voice and they follow me. So back to
the text, they were all with one accord, the sheep of Christ. all continued in harmony and
peace, because they all believed and rested in the Lord Jesus
Christ, and that their salvation was all of the Lord, all of grace,
all of faith, all in Him, being many members, they were one body
in Christ. The scriptures teach us, two
cannot walk together except they be agreed. And when they do agree,
that is believers, when they do agree and brought to harmony
and peace in the gospel of Christ, there is an inseparable harmony
and fellowship around the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing
can separate us from the love of God, which is in the Lord
Jesus Christ. Our Lord said to Peter one day,
Peter, will you also go away? And he said, Lord, to whom shall
I go? WE BELIEVE AND WE ARE SURE, THOU
ART THAT CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD. NOW BACK TO THE TEXT,
ACTS CHAPTER 5, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHURCH? THEY CONTINUED
TO WORSHIP THE LORD, THEY CONTINUED IN ONE ACCORD, IN HARMONY, RESTING
IN CHRIST AND PREACHING THE GOSPEL, AND THEN VERSE 13, AND THE REST,
THE REST, THEY DARE NOT JOIN THEMSELVES TO THE CHURCH, TO
THEM, BUT THE PEOPLE MAGNIFIED THEM. NOW, BECAUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
JUDGMENT OF GOD THAT FELL UPON ANANIAS AND SAPHIRA, NO ONE ELSE
PRESUMED TO MAKE THEMSELVES DISCIPLES OF CHRIST, LEST FEARING GOD WOULD
ALSO STRIKE THEM DEAD AS WELL. THERE WAS A HOLY REVERENCE. BUT
IT SAYS THE PEOPLE You see the last part of verse 13? But the
people, who are the people here? Call his name Jesus, he shall
save his people from their sin. The people magnified the Lord. Magnified them, that is the gospel
and the Lord that they preach. The people. Turn over to chapter
19. Who are these people? Well, they're
God's elect, chosen of God. in Acts chapter, so we're gonna
see this several times in our study, in Acts 19 verse nine. When divers were hardened, let's
back up one verse. Acts 19 verse 8, and he went
into the synagogue and spake boldly for the space of three
months, disputing, persuading, concerning the kingdom of God. But where divers were hardened
and believed not, but spake evil of that way, the people of the
way. before the multitude, he departed
from them and separated the disciples disputing daily in the school
of one Tyrannus. Now there's another reference
here in that same chapter, Acts 19, 23. They're called the people
of the way in the same chapter, Acts 19, verse 23. And the same
time about and the same time there arose
no small stir about that way. And then there's another reference,
if you'll look over to Acts 24. Who are these people? The people
of that way, the way of salvation in Christ. In Acts 24, Paul makes
this confession in verse 14, but this I confess unto thee
that the way which they call heresy, So worship I the God
of my fathers, believing all things which were written in
the law and the prophet, and have hope toward God, which they
themselves also allow that there shall be a resurrection of the
dead, both of the just and of the unjust, the people of the
way. Those who were blessed to believe
the gospel honor God by believing the word and the message of the
apostles. What did they preach? Remember
what Paul said? We preach not ourselves, but
Christ Jesus the Lord. These people believed the gospel
and honored God by believing the word, being fully persuaded
that all that God has spoken is absolutely true and he's able
to bring it to pass. They heard the word of God, not
as the word of men, but as it is in truth the word of God that
effectively works in those that believe. The same message of
salvation that is of the Lord unites the sheep, but also divides
the sheep from the goats. The gospel, the same message,
as foolish as to some, to others it's made the power of God and
the salvation. My friend Marvin Stoniker had
this in his bulletin about the time I was making Working on
this point, I opened up his email and read this. When the gospel
is proclaimed, the message that set forth the honor of the Lord
Jesus Christ and Him crucified, it will have one of two effects. Some being left to their own
wicked heart and unbelief will walk away and hear it no more,
but others because the effectual work of God the Spirit, God's
Holy Spirit, in regenerating grace, they will love and embrace
that gospel because they've been given a new heart and made willing
to believe the gospel. For thy people shall be willing
in the day of God's power. The apostle writes this. To some,
the message is the savor of death unto death. To others, it's a
message of life unto life. Now, verse 14, Acts chapter five,
verse 14. And believers were more added
to the Lord, multitude, both men and women. Now, I don't normally
use the phrase in reference to people who love the gospel of
the Lord Jesus Christ. I don't usually refer to people
as Christians. I refer to people who love the
gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ as believers. And the reason
I do that is because the term in our day has so many different
meanings to so many different people. God's people are believers. What do they believe? We read
it just a moment ago. Believing all things that are
written in the word of God. Believers were more added TO
THE LORD. NOW, WHO DOES THE ADDING? TURN
OVER A COUPLE PAGES. WHO DOES THE ADDING? TURN TO
ACTS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 47. PRAISING GOD, HAVING FAVOR WITH
ALL THE PEOPLE, AND THE LORD ADDED DAILY TO THE CHURCH SUCH
AS SHOULD BE SAVED. The promise is done to you and
your children, to all that are far off, even as many as the
Lord our God shall call." The last part of verse 39 of Acts
2. The Lord adds daily to his church,
such as should be said. We don't add. That's the Lord's
business. But of him are you in Christ,
who of God has made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification,
and redemption. How'd you get in Christ? He did it. He put me in Christ,
and he did so before the foundation of the world. Believers were
more added to the Lord's family. Look at Acts chapter 4 verse
4, Acts 4, 4. How be it many of them which
heard the word believed. What'd they do? They heard the
word, and they did what? They believed, and the number
of them was about 5,000. That is God's order. Faith comes
by hearing, and hearing by the word of the Lord. Now, how many
more we don't know, but the Lord knows. The foundation of God
stand assured, having this foundation, the Lord knoweth them that are
his. The Lord today is still adding to his church, the Lord
Jesus Christ, such as should be said. Now, who are these people
who added to the church. They're called here believers.
Believers. Now, how does a sinner believe
the gospel? If you're a believer, believing
all things written in the word of God and trusting the Lord
Jesus Christ for all of your salvation, how did you believe? Well, the book says this. We
believe according to the working of His mighty power. We know
that faith is a gift of God, not of work that any man should
boast. How do we believe? With the heart
man believeth unto salvation. With the mouth confession is
made unto salvation. Believing the gospel is a miracle
of God's grace. How did they believe? With the
heart. God made them new creatures in
Christ. We believe because we've been
born of God. A man doesn't believe to be born,
he believes because he's been gotten by God the Holy Spirit.
He that believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.
Now, why do they believe? Why do these folks believe? THEY
BELIEVED BECAUSE THEY HAD NO CHOICE. YOU SAY, I MAKE A CHOICE
TO BELIEVE. NO, YOU DON'T. YOU BELIEVED BECAUSE
YOU HAD NO CHOICE. I CAN SHOW YOU THAT. TURN TO
ACTS CHAPTER 13, VERSE 48. PREACHER, YOU... THAT DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE. YEAH, IT DOES. YOU SEE, BELIEVERS BELIEVE BECAUSE
THEY'RE MADE WILLING IN THE DAY OF GOD'S POWER. When the Gentiles,
in Acts 13, 48, when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and
glorified the words of the Lord, and as many as were ordained
to eternal life, believed. How did they believe? By God-given
faith. Why does any sinner believe the
gospel? Not because I decided eternal
relief. It's not because I walked an
aisle and made a decision. It's not because I've repented
and prayed through. It's not because of anything,
any of these things I've done. It's God who has given us life
in Christ. They believe according to the
working of his mighty power, as many as were ordained to eternal
life. To you who believe, he is precious. Now, the question is this. How
do they believe? Well, the work of God. Why do
they believe? God given life in Christ. Now,
watch this. Who do they believe? Who do believers
believe? They don't believe in themselves.
They don't believe in the church. They don't believe in their denomination
or their organization. Who do believers believe? Abraham
believed God, we read that a moment ago, Abraham believed God and
it was counted to him for righteousness. And Paul writes, I know whom
I have believed and I'm persuaded he's able to keep that which
I've committed unto him against that day. We could repeat that
many times. What do they believe? Well, they believe all things
written in the word of God. THE BELIEVER SAYS, THAT'S WHAT I
READ. I BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAYS. WE READ
IN THE WORD OF GOD THAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST SPECIFICALLY LAID
DOWN HIS LIFE FOR THE SHEEP, THAT HE PARTICULARLY REDEEMED
THE SHEEP. BELIEVERS RECEIVE THE WORD OF TRUTH. REJOICE IN
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE? THEY BELIEVE
GOD. THEY BELIEVE ALL THINGS WRITTEN
IN THE WORD OF GOD. NOW LISTEN TO THIS CAREFULLY. WHAT YOU BELIEVE, NOW YOU WRITE
THIS DOWN SOMEWHERE, WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS DETERMINED BY WHO
YOU BELIEVE. NOW YOU THINK ABOUT THAT A MINUTE.
WHAT YOU BELIEVE is determined by who you believe. If you believe
a true and living sovereign God, you believe that salvation is
of the Lord. Now, someone might say, well,
is it really a big deal? Is it really that important?
Well, listen to this scripture. Our Lord said, if you believe
not that I am, you'll die in your sins. That's pretty serious,
is it not? If you believe not that I am,
it's the same one who speaks in that burning bush, I am that
I am the eternal, everlasting Jehovah God Almighty. Our Lord said, I am the bread
of life. His people looked to Christ as
the bread of salvation. The Lord said, I am that I am. I am the light of the world.
He commands the light to shine in our hearts. The Lord said,
I am the door. Only by me does any man enter
in to salvation. The Lord said in John 11, these
are all in the book of John, John 11, 25, I am the resurrection
and the life. He was delivered for our offenses
and raised again for our justification. He is. I just don't believe in
a, and we do believe in a general resurrection, but we believe
Christ is our resurrection. You see that? In Him, we're raised
up. In Him, we live. In Him, we move.
And the Lord said in John 14, I am the way, I am the truth,
and the life. No man come to the Father but
by and through me. Now listen carefully back to
the text. Look back at the text here. Verse
15 and 16. May God give us grace to believe
the gospel. It is much that they brought
forth the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and couches
that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow
some of them. And there came also multitudes
out of the city's roundabout in Jerusalem bringing sick folks
and them which were vexed with unclean spirit and they were
healed every one. Now let's go back to verse 15
a minute. Many heard what had happened
to the many sick people and they brought everybody, they came
to the area where Peter and John and the apostles were ministering
and they thought if we could just get close to Peter, just
so close to him that we might see his shadow, that somehow
that would heal us. Shadows don't heal, Christ heals. You see how superstitious people
are? It was not the shadow of Peter
that healed anybody, but rather the power of God. Now I read
this by John Gill, and John Gill lived and preached back in the
1700s. But I didn't know this, but I
read this, and this is what he said. The Catholic Church believes
that the Pope is Peter's shadow. Did you know that? I didn't know
that. The Catholic Church believes,
from this verse, that the Pope is Peter's shadow. People are
just as superstitious today, aren't they? You know, a shadow,
you can go to a doctor and you can lay down in the doctor's
shadow. You can lay there all day, it's
not gonna do you a bit of good. But if that doctor who is substance
reaches down in that problem and operates on you, oh, that's
real. Shadow's not gonna help you.
You know, people are just as superstitious today How many
times have you seen some fool on TV saying, I got this little
piece of cloth. It's a prayer cloth. We've prayed
over it. And if you send us a special
offering, we'll mail that to you. And you just rub that on
the sore spot. Oh, and you'll be healed. He's
a liar. The truth's not in him. But we're
just as superstitious, aren't we now? Religious. where they have that little vial
of water. I say this is from the River Jordan, where the Lord
Jesus Christ was baptized. We're gonna send this special
bottle of water to you, and next time you get sick, you just anoint
your head with it, and everything will be okay. Make sure you send
an offering. But you know, it costs us to
send these things out. Okay. You see how religious superstition
overcomes people. I worked with a man for years,
and I'd often try to be a testimony of the gospel of the grace of
God when I worked with different people on the job. And this one
old man that I worked with, his name was Jake, and he was a nice
old guy, but I was telling him about the gospel and God's grace
and different things, and he pulled out his keys. And he said,
let me show you here, preacher. Let me show you here what I've
got. He said, I've got here a cross. And I just rub that cross when
I get in trouble. And on the other end of that
thing, he said, look here, I've got a rabbit's foot. And if that
cross don't work, I just rub that rabbit's foot. I said, Jake,
come on. Throw that stuff in the garbage. Oh no, no, no. We're just as
bad today. The shadow doesn't heal anyone. Substance heals. Christ is the
substance and our only sacrifice that completely heals. I thought
of this word shadow, and you know what I thought of? The law
having a shadow of good things to come. But the law, that shadow,
never put away one sin of one sinner. It's what that shadow
points to. That shadow of the law points
us to the substance, the Lord Jesus Christ. In Him we have
salvation. By the deeds of the law shall
no flesh be justified, justified freely by His grace through the
redemption that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, the last
part of verse 16. Many of the multitude, all the
multitude who came TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WITH UNCLEAN SPIRITS,
EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS HEALED, LIKE THE LEPER OF OLD. HE CAME
TO THE LORD AND WORSHIPED HIM, BEING COVERED UP WITH LEPROSY."
YOU REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID? LORD, IF YOU WILL, YOU CAN MAKE
ME CLEAN. AND THE LORD SAID, I WILL. BE
THOU CLEAN. WE COME TO CHRIST AS POOR, NEEDY
SINNERS, AND HE MAKES US WHOLE. May God give us grace to believe
the gospel. How do I know if I believe the
gospel? I want to know. How do I know? How do you know
if you believe the gospel? Here's, I think, the key. To
you who believe the Lord Jesus Christ, he's precious. He's everything. Saving faith looks to him. looking
to Him, coming to Him, and believing Him. David said, I am poor and
needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help, my
deliverer. Make no tearing, O my God. I am poor and needy. He's my
help. He's my healer. He's my deliverer. Shadows? No. Substance? Christ? Yes. All in.