We
all sinned but God makes us righteous!
CDC/22/7/12
Good morning church!
CDC has just started a series on the great Book of Romans, and today we are
looking at chapters 2 and 3. The book of Romans is so important that it is placed
first in the New Testament among all of Paul’s letters, right after the Four
Gospels and the book of Acts. Friends, Romans is also particularly famous for
its role in enlightening Martin Luther and sparking off the great Reformation
which gave birth to the Protestant church we worship in today. Indeed, Martin
Luther held Romans in such high esteem that he wrote “this epistle is in truth
the chief part of the New Testament and the purest Gospel. It would be quite
proper for a Christian, not only to know it by heart word for word, but also to
study it daily, for it is the soul’s daily bread. It can never be read or
meditated too much and too well. The more thoroughly it is treated, the more
precious it becomes, and the better it tastes”. So we see here friends, there
is tremendous value in this marvelous book of Romans.
Okay, church, before
we go on to Chapter 2, let us briefly recap the background of this epistle. It
was written by Paul in 57 A.D. to the Roman church, a church he had never
visited before. Having spent most of his ministry in the Greek and Macedonian regions,
now Paul desired to preach more in the West, in Rome
and ultimately, Spain .
Bible historians indicate that Paul was probably hoping to make Rome his home base to garner support for missionary
efforts into Spain .
As the Roman church
did not know Paul personally, it was important for Paul to lay down clearly his
main theology and Scriptural understanding and also to explain clearly to them
the core truths pertaining to sin, judgment, justification by faith in Christ Jesus
and the Christian life by the Holy Spirit. The result of Paul’s carefully
constructed arguments here has given the Church one of the finest intellectual and
spiritual works ever written.
As explained by the
renown Bible teacher David Pawson, there was another pressing issue affecting
the Church of Rome that Paul needed to address. You see, friends, during the
reign of the Emperor Claudius, all the Jews were expelled from Rome , resulting in the church becoming a
wholly Gentile church. By the way, friends, for those who may not know, the
term Gentile refers to everyone who is not a Jew, including you and me here
today. Later, during the reign of Emperor Nero, the Jews were welcomed back to Rome , as Nero realized
they were good for business. Upon their return, Jewish Christians found that they
were not altogether welcome back into the church, and problems with disunity
began to arise between Jews and Gentiles in the church of Rome. Hence, Paul’s
letter to the Romans also focuses heavily on explaining how Jews and Gentiles
are all alike under sin and are all justified by faith in Jesus Christ. Jews
should not look down on Gentiles and Gentiles should not look down on Jews, but
both should live for Christ together as fellow brothers and sisters in one family.
The unity of both Jews and Gentiles under Christ was a very important concern
for Paul.
In Romans Chapter 1,
Paul began by explaining how everyone everywhere on earth has no excuse not to
know God because His invisible qualities and power is clearly shown in His
creation. Sadly, instead of seeking the Creator God, men in general turned to
man-made idols and became more and more sinful. Paul also explained how man
intrinsically knows that sin is wrong and will lead them to death but somehow people
still continue to sin and encourage each other to do likewise. The emphasis in
Chapter 1 was on Roman Gentile believers who could identify with this
realization of sins that they saw rampantly around them among the pagans.
As we begin Romans Chapter 2, friends, we now see that Paul focuses on a
different group of individuals. Reading from vs.1, “Therefore you have
no excuse, whoever you are, passing judgment; for when you judge someone else,
you are passing judgment against yourself; since you who are judging do the
same things he does. 2 We know that God’s judgment lands impartially
on those who do such things; 3 do you think that
you, a mere man passing judgment on others who do such things, yet doing them
yourself, will escape the judgment of God? CJB
In these
few verses, friends, we see that Paul focuses on “you who judge someone else”. Everyone
say “judge”. Judge! This brings to mind our Lord Jesus’ teaching on the Sermon
of the Mount where he said “Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. 2 For the way you judge
others is how you will be judged — the measure with which you measure out will
be used to measure to you. 3 Why do you see the
splinter in your brother’s eye but not notice the log in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your
brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ when you have the log in
your own eye? 5 You hypocrite! First,
take the log out of your own eye; then you will see clearly, so that you can
remove the splinter from your brother’s eye!”
Matthew 7:1-5
Church, since we are all
sinners, what right do we have to judge fellow sinners? Without Christ, we are
all under judgment together. When we pass judgment, we are indirectly saying
that we are better than the other person. How often we do that everyday,
consciously or unconsciously. Even on the road, most of us will typically judge
the driver of a slow car in front of us as being incompetent or irresponsible.
In the recent case of a dog mauling a jogger to death in Subang Jaya, I’m sure
many of us jumped to pass judgment on the owner, right? Likewise, how many of
us were so quick to judge a certain pastor in Singapore
Well, friends, remember
that passing judgment has to do with condemnation. Instead, the opposite of
passing judgment is mercy. Everyone say Mercy. Mercy! Instead of passing
judgment, we should instead pray for the other person’s good. Even when we see
a seemingly terrible sinner in front of us, did you know, it is in a certain
way, looking at a mirror, a reflection of ourselves? Given different
circumstances, we could well have ended up the same way. Friends, we need a
paradigm shift in our mindset here, to realize, to recognize that passing
judgment is sin, and instead pray to God to give us more mercy. So the next
time we are tempted to pass judgment, let us stop, and instead try to look with
mercy and pray for that person concerned. At the same time, we should reflect
on our own lives to see if there is a log or plank in our own eyes.
Another thing, friends,
even in helping others, it is hard when we view ourselves as superior or less
sinful. In Galatians 6:1, Paul warns us “Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught
in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently.
But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted”. Friends, when we recognize our own sinfulness and the great grace and
forgiveness we have received, we will naturally be more humble and understanding
and thus better able to empathize with fellow sinners and help them. So friends,
again, let us remember to judge less, and show more mercy in our daily lives.
Ok, moving on to verse
4, let us read: - “4 Or perhaps you despise the riches of his kindness,
forbearance and patience; because you don’t realize that God’s kindness is
intended to lead you to turn from your sins. 5 But by your stubbornness, by your unrepentant heart, you are
storing up anger for yourself on the Day of Anger, when God’s righteous
judgment will be revealed; 6 for he will pay back each one according
to his deeds. 7 To those who seek glory, honor and immortality by
perseverance in doing good, he will pay back eternal life. 8 But to those who are self-seeking, who disobey the truth and
obey evil, he will pay back wrath and anger.”
In these verses, friends, we see three of
God’s great qualities, His kindness –everyone say “kindness”, His forbearance –
everyone say “forbearance” and His patience – everyone say “patience”. Friends,
God is righteous, and His holy character demands that He punishes sin and there
will be a Day of judgment for all mankind. However, His kindness and patience
delays this judgment and has given us time to repent. However, Paul warns us
not to be stubborn and unrepentant, for such attributes only store up wrath for
ourselves on the day of judgment.
Verses 7 and 8 are especially
instructive. Verse 7 speaks of the reward of eternal life for those who by
perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality. Friends, if we
seek something, we will always have it in our minds. Everyone say seek! Seek! Jesus
said in Matthew 6:33 Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness. God’s
kingdom, God’s righteousness should always be first on our minds. Glory, honor
and immortality are not so much in respect of this life, but in the life to
come. Well, we can get a certain measure of glory and honor for ourselves in
human riches and achievement in this world but friends, it is only temporary
and of no lasting value. As Jesus said, “What good is it for a man to gain the
whole world yet lose his soul?” The glory and honor that we should seek here is
not from men but from God. It is the glory and honor that will last forever in
Heaven that truly matters.
Friends, in regard to the phrase
“perseverance in doing good”, some may ask the question – Doesn’t this indicate
salvation by works? Are we required to persevere in X XX amount of works to
earn or merit our salvation? Of course not! Christianity is the only major
religion in the world that preaches salvation by grace, through faith, instead
of works. I remember watching one Clint Eastwood movie where he said “Deserve
ain’t got nothing to do with it!” and in this case, this statement is also so
true! As Paul clearly explains in Ephesians 2:8, For you have been
delivered by grace through trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment
but God’s gift.” Friends, let us be clear that salvation is a gift of God, solely
by grace, through faith and not by works.
However, friends, perseverance in doing
good is the natural fruit of an active, living faith. As the book of James
explains, faith without works is dead. Some say that the Christian faith is
effortless, but this is simply not true. Rather as we continue in our faith in the
Lord, His Spirit works powerfully within us to spur us on towards good deeds. In
the Christian life committed to the Lord, we will encounter certain opposition,
and at times we may be tempted to give up, but one of the hallmarks of a true Christian
is perseverance. Everyone say Perseverance. Perseverance! In Revelation, Jesus
promises rewards again and again to “him who overcomes”. Everyone say Overcome.
Overcome! In Revelation 2:7, Jesus says “To him who overcomes I will give to eat
from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”’ and in
Revelation 2:11 He says “He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second
death.”’ So friends, we must press on and overcome our difficulties and trials in
living out our faith in Jesus so that we will receive our reward when our Lord
returns.
Ok friends, moving on, verse 8, in
contrast, gives us the attributes of those who will receive anger and wrath.
They are self-seeking, disobey the truth, and obey evil. As Pastor Richard may
say, a selfish, disobedient Christian is an oxymoron. Those who are
self-seeking are always looking out for their own needs, own wants, own desires.
Always Me! Me! Me! They put themselves first over others and have little or no
regard for other people. Frankly friends, all of us are guilty of this kind of selfishness,
to one degree or another. In our sinful human nature, it is not easy to put God
or others before ourselves but it is our destiny in Christ to become more and
more like Him as we walk by the Holy Spirit.
John the Baptist understood this, saying
in all humility “He must become greater, I must become less”, referring to
Jesus in John 3:30. Friends, our Lord Jesus Himself showed us the way, leaving
His privileged home, His great power and position in heaven to come to earth as
a mortal human being, sacrificing Himself to save our fallen race. In Mark
10:45, Jesus told His disciples “For even the Son of Man did not come to be
served, but to serve, and to give
his life as a ransom for many.” Just as our Lord served us and treated us as better
than Himself, we too need to follow His example, and learn to serve others,
considering them better than us. As we walk and grow in our Christian lives, it
is important for us to gradually shift our mindsets from being me-centred to
God-centred and others-centred. Let’s repeat this:- Me centred to God-centred
and others’ centred.
Church, to disobey the truth is to obey
evil. If we know we are disobedient in some area, we need to return to the Lord
quickly in repentance and pray for mercy and help to overcome. God’s Word is
true and while we still have breath on earth, the Lord will not turn away
anyone who comes to Him. He has promised us that, church! So friends, if we are
caught in sin, let us turn back to God in urgency and receive forgiveness. We
cannot hope to persist in continuous disobedience to God while hoping to escape
wrath and judgment.
Okay friends, let us now move on to
verses 9-16, which I’ll just summarize. In this passage, Paul starts speaking
of Jews and Gentiles, explaining that God will bring judgment on everyone who
does evil, first the Jew and then the Gentile, and Shalom peace to everyone who
does good, first the Jew and then the Gentile. God does not show any
favoritism. Paul then goes on to explain that although Jews will be judged
within the framework of the Torah, Gentiles will be judged by their own consciences
as the conduct the Torah dictates is written in their hearts. By the way, for
those who may not know, the Torah refers to God’s law in the first 5 books of
the Old Testament, including the Ten Commandments given through Moses. Verse 13
is especially instructive. It reads “For it is not merely the hearers of Torah whom God
considers righteous; rather, it is the doers of what Torah says who will be
made righteous in God’s sight”. Friends, this echoes
closely what is instructed in James 1:22-25 which says “22 Don’t deceive yourselves
by only hearing what the Word says, but do it! 23 For
whoever hears the Word but doesn’t do what it says is like someone who looks at
his face in a mirror,24 who
looks at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But
if a person looks closely into the perfect law, which gives freedom,
and continues, becoming not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work it
requires, then he will be blessed in what he does.” So friends, let us endeavor
to be not only hearers but doers of what the Bible teaches us, and as the Word
promises, we will be blessed in what we do.
Then in verses 17-24, Paul now addresses
the Jews who boast about their status in receiving the Torah from God and
knowing His will. Paul challenges them to consider whether they themselves are
really following the commandments they are preaching. “You who preach “Do not
steal?”, do you also steal? “Do you who preach “Do not commit adultery?”, do
you also commit adultery? You who abhors idols, do you rob temples?” Basically,
Paul is asking the Jews “Do you practice what you preach?” and Paul points out
that their hypocrisy has caused God’s name to be blasphemed among the Gentiles.
Applying this to ourselves as Christians, hypocrisy is in fact a
very common accusation against us. Many have in fact left the church because
they cannot stand the hypocrisy within its walls, and many are turned away from
Christianity because of the hypocritical lifestyle of so-called Christians. Friends,
once we start calling ourselves Christians, we immediately bear the name of
Christ, and stand up to greater scrutiny from unbelievers. In Luke 5:13-16,
Jesus says ““You are salt for the Land. But if salt becomes tasteless,
how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except being
thrown out for people to trample on.14 “You are light
for the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Likewise, when
people light a lamp, they don’t cover it with a bowl but put it on a lampstand,
so that it shines for everyone in the house. 16 In the same
way, let your light shine before people, so that they may see the good things
you do and praise your Father in heaven.
Friends, when we become followers of Jesus, we are immediately
called to be the salt and light of the world. The opposite of hypocrisy is
genuineness. Everyone say Genuineness. For many years, I went to church but did
not have a real relationship with God. Then I saw the natural gratitude of a
colleague, who thanked God and thanked Jesus so easily and genuinely for even
small things and I realized I wanted a real faith like that. From then on, I genuinely
began to seek God to be real in my life and life with Jesus really started from
then on. Friends, let us move away from hypocrisy and really seek the reality
of God in our lives. We are not meant to be Sunday Christians but everyday
testimonies for Jesus.
Ok friends, in Romans 2:25-29, Paul then
makes it a point to stress that it is the circumcision of the heart that has
value in God’s eyes rather than the circumcision of the flesh. What does this
circumcision of the heart mean? In Deuteronomy 10:16, Moses preached “Therefore, circumcise
the foreskin of your heart; and don’t be stiff-necked any longer!” After the second generation of Israelites
were circumcised just before they went into the promised land, all the men were
helpless for a number of days until their injuries healed, and they had to be
dependent on God in humility lest some enemy attack them. Everyone say humble!
Humble! Friends, a circumcised heart is also a humble heart, open to God. It is
also a tender heart, filled with love for God. For many of us, when we are in
love, we can love till our heart hurts, right? There’s a love song by Rod
Stewart that says “first cut is the deepest” referring to his first love. All
of us need to learn to love Jesus so deeply that way.
Ok friends, coming to
Chapter 3:1-2, Paul now explains how the Jews are privileged in being entrusted
with the very words of God. This privilege of course comes with great
responsibility. The famous words in the Spiderman movie are very true even in
this case “With great power comes great responsibility”.
Church, this truth is also
very applicable to us as Christians as we also have been entrusted with the very
Words of God in the Bible. We should not take this privilege lightly but make
it a point to study and know the Word deeply for it is a lamp unto our feet, a
light unto our path, as the Psalmist writes. A time may well be coming near
when there will be a famine of God’s Word as prophesied in Amos.
In the movie, the book
of Eli, Denzel Washington holds the last copy of the Bible in a
post-apocalyptic world and is commissioned by God to bring it from East to West
to a place where it will be safe. Along the way, he meets much danger and
adventure but everyday, he reads the Bible faithfully. Although he loses the
Bible later, he is able to recite it word for word once he reaches his final
destination.
Friends, in many
countries, even in East Malaysia , there is a
shortage of Bibles and the need for God’s Word is great. In time to come, there
could well be a situation where all Bibles are outlawed and required to be
destroyed. While we have easy access to the Word of God with us now, we would
do well to be vigilant and commit portions of Scripture to memory so that we
may still have some of God’s Word with us in dark days ahead.
Ok, moving on, friends, Romans
3:3-8, Paul explains that although some Jews were unfaithful, God still remains
faithful. Everyone say Faithful. Faithful! For us, it is the same, God is
faithful even when we are faithless as is written in 2 Timothy 2:13. Even
though we fail again and again, God picks us up and restores us every time we
come back to Him. In fact, as Paul continues, God is faithful even if every man
is a liar, and God is completely righteous in judging our sins.
Continuing from there,
Paul then addresses a common argument some people were using that says “why
judge me if my sins make God look even more holy?” “Why judge me if when I lie,
I make God look more truthful?” “Ridiculous”, Paul says “Then how could there
be judgment day?” Friends, if such arguments were accepted, people would do
evil all the time, using the excuse that doing evil would produce more good.
Church, the point is not whether our sins make God look more righteous. The
point is that our sins have a consequence and will bring judgment on that
appointed Day unless we repent and turn to Jesus.
Ok, friends, now we come
to Romans 3:9-18, the main crux of our message today where Paul establishes
clearly that both Jews and Gentiles are all controlled by sin and under
judgment. He quotes from the Psalms:-
“So are we
Jews better off? Not entirely; for I have already made the charge that all
people, Jews and Gentiles alike, are controlled by sin. There is no one
righteous, not even one! No one understands, 11 no one seeks
God, 12 all have turned away and at the same time become
useless; there is no one who shows kindness, not a single one! 13 “Their throats are
open graves, they use their tongues to deceive. Vipers’ venom is
under their lips.14 Their mouths
are full of curses and bitterness. 15 “Their feet
rush to shed blood, 16 in their ways
are ruin and misery,17 and the way of shalom they do not know. 18 “There is no
fear of God before their eyes.”
Friends, this passage that Paul quoted from the Psalms clearly tell us
that no one, neither Jew nor Gentile is righteous, not even one. Without Jesus
in us, we will be like that. We won’t understand. We won’t seek God. Turning
away from God, we become useless. The word “Salvation” has the meaning of being
salvaged, of making useful again something that would be otherwise useless.
In verses 12 and 13, we see that godlessness is also often reflected in a
lack of kindness and the sins of the tongue, full of curses, bitterness and
lies. We are reminded again here of the great sinful capacity of the tongue
which Scripture warns us time and time again. James likens the tongue to a
beast no man can tame and a little fire that sets a whole forest ablaze.
The godless also have no fear of God. They do as they please without any
thought about the coming Day of Judgment. Once we are saved, it is our calling
to practice the opposite – to seek God daily, to show kindness, to control our
tongue, to follow the way of peace and fear the Lord.
Moving on, friends let’s read from verse 19” 19 Moreover, we
know that whatever the Torah says, it says to
those living within the framework of the Torah, in order that every
mouth may be stopped and the whole world be shown to deserve God’s adverse
judgment. 20 For in his sight no one alive will be considered righteous on the ground of
legalistic observance of Torah commands,
because what Torah really does is
show people how sinful they are.
So we see here friends,
the very purpose of the law, the Torah. It is to show everyone that they cannot
meet God’s righteous requirement on their own. It is impossible for any human being, even the most devout person to be
good enough. God’s standard of perfection and holiness is so high that no man
could possibly attain it. That’s why we need help, that’s why we
need a Savior to save us.
On our own, we would have no hope, no solution to the problem of sin but
thanks be to God, He has made a way, by giving the Savior, our Lord Jesus
Christ. We were powerless in our sins, but God made it possible, He made the
way through Jesus Christ for us!
Let’s go on now to vs.21-24 where
God explains this way to us:- 21 But now,
quite apart from Torah, God’s way of
making people righteous in his sight has been made clear — although the Torah and the Prophets give their
witness to it as well — 22 and it
is a righteousness that comes from God, through the faithfulness of Jesus the
Messiah (which means Savior), to all who continue trusting. For it makes no
difference whether one is a Jew or a Gentile, 23 since all have sinned and come short of earning God’s
praise. 24 By God’s grace, without earning it, all are granted the
status of being considered righteous before him, through the act redeeming us
from our enslavement to sin that was accomplished by the Messiah Jesus. 25 God
put Jesus forward as the sacrifice of atonement for sin through his faithfulness
in respect to his bloody sacrificial death. This vindicated God’s
righteousness; because, in his forbearance, he had passed over [with neither
punishment nor remission] the sins people had committed in the past; 26 and it vindicates his
righteousness in the present age by showing that he is righteous himself and is
also the one who makes people righteous on the ground of Yeshua’s faithfulness.
You see, friends, after establishing that all people
are sinners and cannot be saved on their own, Paul now unfolds the main thrust
of the gospel – God’s way of making people righteous in His sight. What is this
way? It is a righteousness that is given, as a gift, from God through our
Savior Jesus Christ to all who continue trusting. In the Old Testament, God instituted
the Torah that required animal sacrifices for the people to receive forgiveness
from their sins.
Incidentally, the early Chinese also understood this.
Very interestingly, the word righteousness in Chinese is a combination of the
words “sheep” over the word “us”. It seemed that the early Chinese forefathers
understood that the sacrifice of a sheep was necessary to cover our sins so
that we would be considered righteous. In Genesis, the first book of the Bible,
we see how Abel’s sacrifice of sheep was accepted by God while Cain’s sacrifice
of fruit was not. This knowledge could well have passed down from Abel to Noah
to his son Japheth and his later descendants who went to China
This was to foreshadow the coming of God’s only Son
as the perfect sacrifice once and for all that would serve as the way complete
forgiveness of sins could be made available to us. And how do we receive this?
By continuing to trust. But to trust in what? To trust in Jesus for salvation.
In verse 24, consider the words “granted the status
of being considered righteous”. In the NIV, the word used is “justified”.
Everyone say “justified”. Someone wants said that justified means to be made
“just as if I had never sinned”. In legal terms, being justified is to be
declared not guilty, even though we are guilty. There was a Mexican drug dealer
who killed a man in a deal gone sour and was sentenced to death in Texas Mexico Texas
Friends, all of us are guilty of sin. It’s in our
blood. Even a child knows how to be selfish and want toys belonging to another
child all on his own. Nobody needs to teach him to sin or to lie. Because of
our sin, we were destined for death and eternal judgment and suffering.
However, because God our Heavenly Father loves us, He provided a way for us to
become righteous, just as if we had never sinned. Friends, to be righteous is
the only way that we can be with God and escape judgment and through Jesus
Christ, this way is now made available to us. We only have to trust Him, like a
little child.
Many people cannot grasp this awesome concept. They
cannot comprehend how the Almighty, All-powerful God of Heaven can possibly
sacrifice Himself and suffer so much pain for the sake of weak, mortal, created
beings. Logically, this does not seem to make sense. However, if you consider a father and a
child, it is not surprising for a loving father to sacrifice everything, even
his own life, for the sake of a child. And that’s how God sees us – as His own
children. The Bible says that by the Holy Spirit, we call God our Father, Abba
– We call God, daddy! We are more precious to God our Heavenly Father than a
son or daughter is to a loving earthly father. Why did God create families,
father, mother, son, daughter? Why did He introduce Himself and our Lord Jesus
as Father and Son? Church, He wants us to understand that He loves us like the
closest family loves each other. Friends, if only we could truly understand and
know how much God loves us!
In closing, let us now focus on our Lord Jesus, and
thank Him for His way of salvation. At this point, I would like to take a short
moment to talk to anyone who may not have accepted Jesus before. As we have
learnt from the book of Romans, all of us are sinners, and judgment and
terrible suffering in hell awaits us because of our sins. We can never be good
enough, righteous enough on our own! However, God has prepared a way out for us
because He loves us so much as His own children. He has sent us a Savior to die
for us that we might be saved and receive eternal life. He is God’s own Son and
His name is Jesus, which means Savior. He came to earth to be a human being
about 2000 years ago and died on the cross as the perfect sacrifice to bring
salvation to all who would believe in Him. God raised Jesus back to life on the
3rd day and He appeared to His disciples and to many people before
going back to Heaven. The Bible says that Jesus continues to knock on the door
of every heart and will enter all who invite Him in and give them His salvation
and forgiveness from all sins. Once we invite Jesus in, He will give us a new
heart, and His Holy Spirit to help us become more and more like Him.
I will now say a prayer to invite Jesus into our
hearts, and I would like to invite anyone of you to follow me in this prayer to
God. “Dear Lord Jesus, thank You for dying on the cross for me, so that my sins
can be forgiven. Please forgive me, dear Lord, and take away all my sins. I
invite you, Lord Jesus, to come into my life as my Lord and Savior. Fill me
with Your Holy Spirit, and help me live life anew in You. In Jesus name, Amen.
The Bible says every time someone repents and finds
salvation in Jesus, the Heavens rejoice, and there is a great celebration in
Heaven. May the Lord guard and protect everyone of us who said that prayer. In
closing, let us now focus on Jesus, as we sing Jesus, God’s Righteousness
revealed.
