Now we're looking at Matthew
chapter 22. Matthew chapter 22. Let's begin
reading at verse 41. Matthew 22, 41. And while the
Pharisees were gathered together, And they were gathered together
against the Lord. They were seeking to discredit
him and destroy him. The Lord asked them, saying,
What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he? And they saying
to him, they didn't hesitate. The Messiah was to be the son
of David, a king like David. They knew that. Tribe of Judah. Now he saith unto them, how then
does David in the spirit, or by the spirit of God, call him
Lord? And he quotes a scripture, Psalm
110. The Lord said unto my Lord, Jehovah,
the eternal God, said unto my God and Savior, sit thou on my
right hand till I make thine enemies, I was put to it, then
David Then call him Lord and Savior and God. How is he and
how can it be that he is David's son? Now I'm taking the title
for the message from verse 42 What do you think of Christ? What do you think of the Lord
Jesus Christ. I want us to personally take
inventory and accounting of our thoughts about the Lord Jesus
Christ. The Lord leaving us to ourselves
all of our thoughts about who He is and what He did are wrong. All of our thoughts, left to
ourselves now, all of our thoughts about Him are wrong. We need
to be taught of God. The Apostle Paul tells us in
2 Corinthians 13, 5, examine yourselves. Now, I'm not to examine
your thoughts. You're to examine yourself. Examine
yourselves, whether you be in the faith, prove your own selves,
know you're not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you,
except you be a reject, a reprobate, a castaway. Now, I want you to
think about this statement. Now you listen carefully. What
you personally think of the Lord Jesus Christ reveals the state
of your heart before God. Now let that sink in. What you
personally think of the Lord Jesus Christ reveals the state
of your heart before God. Now we find in this chapter Matthew
22, we find the Lord Jesus Christ going about the father's business,
accomplishing salvation for his covenant people, but he's surrounded
here by his enemies. These were the most religious
of his day, the Sadducees, the Pharisees. They did not come
to him seeking salvation. They only came to discredit his
ministry and to destroy his person. Look at verse 15 in Matthew 22,
verse 15. Then went the Pharisees and took
counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. Now hold your
place there and turn back to Matthew chapter 12. It says over
here in Matthew chapter 12, when the Lord Jesus Christ told a
man who had a withered hand to stretch forth his hand, and it
was stretched forth and restored whole like as the other. Now
look at verse 14, Matthew 12 verse 14. Here they went and
took counsel again. The Pharisees went out and held
a counsel against him how they might Destroy him Wow, that's
that's powerful, isn't it? they wanted to End his ministry. They wanted to end his life They
wanted to do away with him and in the end they said Crucify
him away with him. We have no king but Caesar These
folks were not on a mission to seek and find Salvation They
were on a mission to seek and destroy the blessed Savior. They came with many needless
questions, and the Lord put them all to shame and silence, didn't
he? The Rhodians came, first of all,
notice verse 16. The Pharisees, that council of
the Sanhedrin, they sent out the Herodians. with their disciples
to keep eye on them, saying, Master, we know thou art true. You can state some truth and
yet not know the true and living God. They stated the truth, but
they didn't know the true and living God. Thou art true and
you teach us the way of God and truth. And you don't care for
any man, person. That is, you have the same message
for the king or the peasant. For thou regardest not the person
of men. Tell us, therefore, what you
think. Is it awful to give tribute to
Caesar or not? And he perceived their wickedness. You know, the Lord looked right
through their motives to their wicked heart and knew exactly
what they were doing, exactly what they were thinking. And
he says, you're nothing but a bunch of play actors. That's what hypocrites
mean. You're just putting on a show.
And the Lord said, well, you bring a piece of money. They
were under the currency of Rome, the Roman Empire. And he said,
well, whose image is on that coin? And they said to him, Caesar. Then the Lord said, you render
therefore unto Caesar the things which are his. That's his money.
Well, you owe it to him. But unto God, the things that
are God's. All creation, all providence,
all salvation belongs to God. You render unto God the things
that belong to God. Salvation is of the Lord. Well,
they heard the words, they heard the words, but they missed the
message. They missed the message. You
see that verse 22? They heard the words and they
even marveled. But what happened? They walked
off. They left Him. They left Him.
And it says there, they went their way. Their way. Their way. Their way is away
from God. There is a way that seems right
unto men. Remember the proverb? But the
end thereof is death. They went their way, they didn't
go God's way even though they said that you have the way of
God in truth and yet they marveled and they walked away. The Lord put them to silence
and they left him. Then the Sadducees, they rallied,
no doubt the Herodians and their disciples went back to the Pharisees
and they told The council, what happened, and they regrouped,
and they sent out another attack. They sent the Sadducees, and
the Pharisees hated the Sadducees. They were always in competition
and debate with one another, but they ganged up on the Lord
Jesus Christ. The same day the Sadducees came,
and they say there is no resurrection, and yet that's what they ask
him about. Saying, Master, verse 24, Moses said, if a man die,
having no children, and his brother shall marry his wife, and raise
up children unto his brother. There were seven brothers, and
one brother married, and then he died. And the other brothers,
they all died off, and the one woman had seven husbands Now
and then verse 27 last of all the woman died therefore in the
resurrection whose wife shall be She be of the seven for they
all were married to her and the Lord said I love this answer
verse 27. I You, you err. You're in, you do err, not knowing
the scripture, nor the power of God. Well, in the resurrection,
there's neither, they neither marry nor given in marriage,
but are as the angels or the servants of God. But as touching
the resurrection from the dead, have you not read that which
is spoken unto you by God? I am the God, I am the God of
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, God is not the God of the dead, but
of the living. And when the multitude heard
this, they were astonished at his doctrine, but they did not
believe his truth. Now the Sadducees, they fabricate
this most absurd question about the resurrection. And then the
Lord bears his mighty arm, and tells them that they were ignorant.
You see, all error and false doctrine are born of ignorance
of the scripture, which leads them to being ignorant of who
God really is. Not knowing the scriptures, you
know nothing of the power of Almighty God, that is who God
is. God has all power in heaven and in earth. And those who are
ignorant of the scriptures, The Scriptures reveal who God is.
He's the absolute sovereign in heaven and earth. And being ignorant
of the Scriptures, you don't know anything of the power of
God. The power of God. The Jews had
the Scripture, but they missed the message. Sound familiar? Many today, many this morning
have packed the Bible. to the church service, and they
memorize a scripture, but they've missed the message. They've missed
the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. They miss the gospel,
the gospel of Christ and Him crucified to them as a stumbling
block. It's a rock of offense. Salvation that's accomplished
totally and completely by the Lord Jesus Christ is offensive
to the religious man. It was to the Jews and it is
today. You take salvation out of the
hand of man and put it totally and only in the hand of Almighty
God as the scriptures teach. and you'll have a fight on your
hand. You see, the gospel is this tumbling block. It's a rock
and a fence to the natural man, the carnal mind and enmity against
God. The resurrection and all of its
glory is all about, what's the resurrection all about? It's
not who's married to that man or that woman married to this
man. It's not about mama. It's not about daddy. I'm gonna
see daddy in heaven. That's not what it's about. The
resurrection is all about Christ. He is the resurrection. You remember? Let's turn back
over here to John chapter 11. See, the resurrection is not
about... The resurrection is not about marriage. The resurrection
is... We often hear people talk about
streets of gold. You know that's not in the Bible? It's not. I said streets of gold,
not in the Bible. Singular, street. And that is
typical of the way of salvation in Christ, type and picture.
They talk about streets of gold, they talk about mansions in the
sky, they talk about rewards and glory. There are no rewards
and glory. No reward than glory. You're
wasting your time. You see, the resurrection is
all about Christ. Heaven's glory is about the Lamb
is all the glory in Emmanuel's land. Turn to John 11. John 11,
you see Christ is our resurrection and Christ is our reward. Christ is our dwelling place. Some think, well, I'm gonna have
a cabin in glory. Some think, well, you know, I've
been pretty good, I've been pretty good boy, I'm gonna have a mansion.
That's ridiculous talk. We're all blessed in Christ alike. But the Lord says here in Matthew
11, I am the resurrection. Martha said to him, verse 24,
I know that he, that is, Lazarus, shall rise again in the resurrection
at the last day. And the Lord said unto her, I
am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though
he were dead yet shall he live. Whosoever liveth and believeth
in me will never die. Do you believe this? Yes, I do. Yes, I do. You see, the resurrection
is about the Lord Jesus Christ himself. Now look back at the
text. When the multitude heard this,
they were astonished at his teaching. But we see that these folks did
not trust Christ. They walked away. Verse 34, when
the Pharisees heard what had happened to the Sadducees, how
they were put to silence and Herodians were put to shame,
they were gathered together They marshaled their armies and they
picked out one lawyer, no doubt was a student of the law. And
they come to him again and they ask this question, tempting him,
not seeking the truth, trying to trick him up, trip him up,
saying, Which is the great commandment in the law? And the Lord answers
correctly Deuteronomy 6, thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thine heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind. The
first and the great commandment, this is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself. On these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets. While the Pharisees were gathered
together, the Lord asked them this question. The Pharisees
attacked the Lord Jesus Christ with one of their educated lawyers,
and the Lord quotes the word of the Lord about the law of
God. These Pharisees sought salvation
by the deeds of the law. They thought they had accomplished
the keeping of the law. As the Apostle Paul, his testimony
as Saul of Tarsus, he said concerning the law, you remember Philippians
3? Concerning the law, he said, I was blameless. Blameless. That's
what the Pharisees thought. They thought they had done exactly
what the Lord said there. They thought they had. loved
the Lord with all their heart, soul, and mind. But they did
not know that the law of God, the holy law of God that thundered
out of Mount Sinai, was never given..." Now listen to me. "...it was never given to save
sinners." Do you know that? Never given to save sinners.
Never given to justify sinners. Because what it required, perfection,
is absolutely impossible for any son of fallen Adam, sinful
son of Adam, to love God with all your heart, with all your
mind. And your neighbor, oh by the
way, you love your neighbor as yourself. Well I do that. No
you don't. No you don't. Now the Lord Jesus
Christ did. It's impossible. You see the
Lord set the bar so high. Holiness is so high and we can't
attain unto it. We've all sinned and come short
of the glory of God. That bar is so high that we've
come short. We've come short. of the glory
of God. You see the law was never given
to save us, the law was given to reveal how sinful we are to
drive us to the Lord Jesus Christ. Tell me, you who desire to be
under the law, Paul said in Galatians 4, do you know what the law says? The law says, cursed is everyone
that continues not in all things but to writ in the book of the
law to do them, not just the big ten. I mean all 800 precepts
of the law do them perfectly. That's what the law demands.
These Pharisees thought they did that. But the law was never
given to justify. It was given to drive us to Christ,
to show us how sinful we are, and to show us how He honored
the law of God for us. Turn in your Bible to Galatians
chapter 5. I don't want Galatians chapter
5, I want Galatians chapter 3, you turn over there. Wherefore,
verse 24, the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that
we might be justified by Christ. It was our schoolmaster to drive
us to the Lord Jesus Christ. The schoolmaster to teach us
that we're guilty. By the deeds of the law shall
no flesh be justified. Sinner, shut your mouth. Guilty. That's what the schoolmaster
teaches. The lesson he teaches is guilty. Guilty before God. What does that do? That drives
us to the Lord Jesus Christ. He redeemed us from the curse
of the law. Galatians 3 verse 13. He redeemed us from the curse
of the law, being made a curse for us. After faith has come,
we're no longer under the schoolmaster. You're all children of God by
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. You see, the good news of the
gospel is that the Lord Jesus Christ honored the law of God
for us. As the substitute, as the representative
man, by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by
the obedience of another shall many be made righteous. Our Lord
said, I didn't come to destroy the law, I came to honor the
law. And He did that as a representative man for His people. He did love
God with all of His heart, all of His soul, all of His mind,
all of His strength. He did love every neighbor as
himself and his obedience and his faithfulness and his righteousness
is reckoned and imputed unto us by his grace. Now that's the
good news in the gospel. The Lord honored the law of God
for us and gives us a perfect righteousness. You know what,
in the Lord Jesus Christ, now listen to me carefully. In the
Lord Jesus Christ, we have honored the law of God. In the Lord Jesus
Christ, we have kept the law of God. We have magnified the
law of God and made it honorable. In Christ my substitute. That's right. Let me see if I
can find that in scripture. Let's turn over here to Romans
chapter 3. Let's see if that's... The Apostle Paul in Romans chapter
3 verse 28, Therefore we conclude that his man is justified by
faith without the deeds of the law. Is he the God of the Jews
only? Is he Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, seeing
it as one God which shall justify the circumcision by faith and
the uncircumcision through faith. Do we make void the law of God
through faith? God forbid! We establish it as
it's honored in the Lord Jesus Christ. You're looking at a sinner
that justified by God's grace through the merit, blood, and
righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. I have honored the law. I have kept the law in my substitute. And these folks didn't know that.
And most folks in our day don't know that. They've not been taught. Now, that leads us to verse 41. While the Pharisees were gathered
together against the Lord and against his Christ. They were
gathered together to destroy him, to take counsel against
him. The Lord took opportunity to
ask them this question, what do you think of Christ? whose
son is he?" And they said unto him, Well, the son of David. And they were right. And then
he said this question, How then does David, by the Spirit of
God, call him Lord? Saying, The Lord said unto my
Lord, Sit thou in my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy
footstool. If David then called him Lord, how is he his son? And no man was able to answer
him a word. Neither did any man from that
day forth ask him any more questions." He put him to silence. The Lord
turned the table on these who had so many questions, and then
He asked them one and all important question. And I call this the
question of all questions. What think ye of Christ? How can he be David's son and
David's Lord, God and Savior? How can he be the son of David
and the son of God? Good question. They, being ignorant
of the message of Scripture, were put to shame. No man was
able to answer him at all. To those who have questions,
Many religious people are full of questions. To those who have
questions, one wise old preacher gave this advice, sit still and
listen. Sit still and listen to the gospel
as it's preached, and in due time, the Lord, I said the Lord
will answer all your questions. It won't come from me. It'll
come from the Lord, by his word, by his spirit. Now, several things
here. What do you think of the person
of the Lord Jesus Christ? What do you think personally
of him? What do you think of the Lord Jesus Christ? We see
in these verses that our Lord is totally and fully God and
totally and fully man. In the same person. Never has
been, nor ever will be anyone like this special person. Isaiah
said in Isaiah 9, 6, unto us a child is born, but a son is
given. He is the child born. His humanity
had a beginning. But the Son that's given, He's
the eternal God. The eternal God. Now according
to His human nature, He is the Son of Man. Turn to Matthew chapter
1. According to His human nature,
He was a real man now. Bone of our bone, flesh of our
flesh. According to His human nature, He is the Son of Man.
son of David Matthew 1 1 the book of the generation of Jesus
Christ the son of David the son of Abraham okay according to
his human nature he is the son of David according to the flesh
turn back to Roman chapter 1 we had this last week but let's
read it again Roman chapter 1 The Gospel of God concerning
the Lord Jesus Christ, Romans 1 verse 3. concerning his son
Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David
according to the flesh, declared to be the Son of God with power."
There's his real humanity, Son of David according to the flesh,
Son of God according to the power of God, according to the Spirit
of holiness, evidenced by the resurrection from the dead. He
is a real man. the Lord Jesus Christ. Turn to
Hebrew chapter 2. He is the Son of Man. He's called
repeatedly in Scripture the Son of Man, but He's also called
the Son of God. Hebrew chapter 2. For as much
then, verse 14, as the children are partakers of flesh and blood,
He also himself likewise took part of the same. He was a real
man. A man of sorrow acquainted with
grief. The body of the Lord Jesus Christ
had a beginning. It was created by the power of
God in the womb of the Virgin. Her name was Mary. Find Luke
chapter 1. Luke chapter 1. You remember verse 30? Luke 1.30, the angel said unto
her, fear not Mary, for thou hast found favor with God. Behold,
thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son and call
his name Savior, Jesus. He shall be great. He shall be
called the son of the highest. The Lord God shall give unto
him the throne of his father, David. There is his humanity
and his deity. He shall reign over the house
of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there shall be no hand
of government upon his shoulders. What do you think of the Lord
Jesus Christ, of his person? Well, he's a real man, but not
only that, according to his human nature, he's a son of man, but
according to his divine nature, he's a son of God, or God the
Son, that is, he is God. Those who deny his deity have
no hope of salvation. Remember our Lord said in John
chapter 10, I and my Father, we are one. In John 14, one of the disciples
said, show us the father. And he said, have I been so long
time with you that you don't know me? He that hath seen me
hath seen the father. I and the father are one. So we see he is a real man, son
of David, lineage of David, house of Jesse, tribe of Judah, yet
he in his divine nature is the eternal holy God. Now put the two together. How
can he be David's Lord and David's son? Because he's a God-man mediator. You put the two natures together
and you have one glorious God our Savior who is the Messiah,
who is the Anointed, who is the Christ of God. Turn to John chapter
1. What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he? How can it be
David's Lord and David's son? Because he's God and because
he's man in one blessed person. He's the God-man. John chapter
1 verse 1. In the beginning, John 1 1. In
the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the
Word was God and the Word In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was
in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him.
Without Him, without anything made, it was made. And Him was
life, and was the light of men. The light shined in darkness. Darkness comprehended it not.
Now look down at verse 14. And the Word was made flesh.
and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the
only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, of His
fullness have all we received grace for grace." He is the eternal
Word and He's the Word that was made flesh and dwelt among us. Now find 1 Timothy. He remained
what he was, eternal holy God, 1 Timothy chapter 3. He remained what he was, eternal
holy God, and became what he was not, flesh, and dwelt among
us. And right now, there's the God-man
mediator in heaven, interceding for us. 1 Timothy 3, 16. Without controversy, great is
the mystery of godliness. God was manifest in the flesh. Think about that. Can you explain
that? No, I can't. Do you believe it?
Yes, I do. He said, you've seen me, you've
seen the Father. God was manifest in the flesh,
justified in the spirit, that is, vindicated. God the Holy
Spirit said, He is God. This is my beloved Son in whom
I'm well pleased. Scene of angels, the angels declared
His deity, preached unto the Gentiles as God our Savior, believed
on in the world as God our Savior, and received up the glory as
God our Savior. When He by Himself purged our
sin, He sat down on the right hand of the throne of God." The
Lord Jesus Christ is God our Savior. Is that your thought
of Him? You see, the Lord Jesus Christ
is the only Christ, the successful Christ, and He's the conquering
Christ. All of His enemies will be made
to bow before Him. When the gospel is revealed and
made known unto us, we see the Lord Jesus Christ as God, our
Savior. Turn back to Matthew 16. I'm trying to show you from the Word that he is God and that he is
the God-man and he is our Savior and when the gospel is revealed
we see him as the Christ in Matthew 16 verse 13 when Jesus came to
the coast of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying
whom do men say that I the son of man am And they said, some,
that thou art John the Baptist. John had had his head removed,
had been executed, and some thought John had come back from the dead.
Or some, Elijah. Some others, that you're Jeremiah.
And he said unto them, Whom say ye that I am? Simon Peter answered
and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. Blessed
art thou, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed
it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. Who is he? He's the Christ. How do we know
that? By the revelation of God the Holy Spirit to our heart.
Now, what do you think of the Lord Jesus Christ? We're going
to sing in a moment when we close the service, Hallelujah. What
a Savior. Those who reject His deity have
no hope of salvation. You see, it's who He is that
gives power to what He did. We read over in Luke chapter
1, Can you say with Mary, My soul does rejoice in God my Savior? Secondly, what about the coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ? His first coming. Do you think
that His coming and taking humanity to Himself was absolutely necessary
for your salvation? Was it necessary for Him to come?
Or do you think it's a needless thing and a necessary thing?
To those who are perishing, Christ and Him crucified is nonsense
and needless. But my friend, there's no other
way for God to justify the ungodly than for the Lord Jesus Christ
to come and take our sin, bear our sin, our guilt, and His own
body on the tree to satisfy the law of God for us. God made Him
to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the
righteousness of God in Him. What do you think of His coming?
In the fullness of time God sent forth His Son, made of a woman,
made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law.
Do you see the necessity of His coming, His faithfulness, and
His obedience unto death on your behalf? Absolutely. If He did not come, I would not
have salvation. Thirdly, what do you think of
His victory? His redeeming work upon the cross? Can you chime
in with what he says there in verse 44? Sit thou on my right
hand, till I make all thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord Jesus
Christ is not a defeated, frustrated reformer. He's a victorious,
conquering King. When He by Himself purged our
sin, He didn't stay dead. He didn't stay dead because He
put our sin away. He ascended to glory and He sinned. Sitting right now on the throne
of glory, interceding for us. Excuse me with my language. He's seated and sitting on the
throne of glory, interceding for us. And he's a victorious
Christ. He went forth conquering and
to conquer. Ebeneezer is going to bow. God has highly exalted him. given
him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Christ
every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord to the glory of God the Father. What do you think of
his redeeming work upon the cross? Do you see that as necessary
for you to put your sin away? Absolutely. Absolutely so. True faith and the faith of God's
elect looks to the victorious Christ who conquered all of our
enemies. That's why we can say with the
Apostle, thanks be unto God who has given us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. He put away sin by the sacrifice
of himself, honored the law of God for us, satisfied the justice
of God for us and brought in everlasting righteousness for
us. He's a victorious Christ. He's the one we trust, not another,
the one who said, it is finished, it is done. Lastly, what do you
think of the Lord Jesus Christ? What you think of Him, how you
view and see Him, reveals the state of your heart before God.
Do you see Him as victorious? Do you see Him as all your salvation? Do you see Him as all your righteousness,
all of your redemption, all your resurrection? Do you see the
Lord Jesus Christ as your all and in all? To many, the Lord Jesus Christ
is nothing. To the atheist, to the unbeliever,
He's just some historical character from Nazareth who came and died
like any other man. To the self-righteous and religionists,
Christ is just a bunch of rules and regulation. To the hypocrite,
the Lord Jesus Christ, is only convenience at religious times,
Christmas and Easter. Ah, but to the believer, like
the Apostle Paul, He's everything. He's all and in all. In Him goes
all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and we are complete in
Him. To the believer, the believer can say with David, Lord Jesus
Christ is all my salvation and all my desire. The believer can
say with Thomas, He is my Lord and He is my God. The believer
can say with John, Behold the Lamb of God that takes away our
sin. The believer can say with Mary,
Behold God my Savior. The believer can say with Peter, He is altogether lovely. He is
precious. What say you? What say you? What do you think of the Lord
Jesus Christ, the sovereign Christ, the sufficient Christ, the almighty
Christ? Do you rest the total weight
of your salvation upon Him? Now you know in your heart right
now, you know, I don't, you do. Do you rest the total weight
of your salvation upon Him? Yes. That's what a believer says. Oh, may God be pleased to reveal
the Lord Jesus Christ into our heart. May He command the light
to shine in our dark hearts that we might see the glory of the
Lord Jesus Christ. May He give us right thoughts,
scriptural thoughts of Him, and then grace to trust Him, bow
to Him, submit to Him. I'm going to show you a scripture. Matthew 12. I'm almost through.
Matthew 12. You say, well, I'm just going
to stay neutral on this thing. I'm just not going to be for
him and I'm not going to be against him. I'm just going to stay neutral.
There is no neutral ground. You can't remain neutral here.
Let me show you why. Matthew 12, verse 30. The Lord said, you see it? Matthew
12, 30. He that is not with me is against me. He that gathers
not with me, scatters abroad. You see, there's no neutral ground.
You say, well, I don't have an opinion. Yeah, you do. Yeah, you do. You're either for
him or against him. There is no neutral ground. Turn
over here to Matthew chapter, yeah, Matthew, no, John chapter
three, I'll get it right. John chapter three, turn over
there. You have to look over my deficiencies. John chapter 3, verse 36, he that believeth on
the Son hath everlasting life. He that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life. Talking about the one who is
God the Son, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace,
the mighty God, the everlasting Father. He that believeth not
the Son shall not see light. You're either one of two camps. You're either a believer, trusting
Him, or you're not. Well, I'm in the middle. No,
you're not. You're either a believer or you're not. He that believeth
on the Son hath everlasting life. He that believeth not the Son
shall not see life, but the wrath of God. abideth on him." Oh,
what a warning. Oh, Lord, give me faith to believe
Thee, to trust Thee, to bow to Thee, to love Thee.