The ABC of Salvation

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May 22, 2022

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[0:00] Word of God, as we find it in the Gospel according to John, in John chapter 15. The Gospel according to John, John chapter 15, reading from the beginning down to the verse, March 17.

[0:32] Let us hear the Word of God. I am the true vine, and my father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away, and every branch that beareth fruit, he purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

[0:51] Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye except you abide in me.

[1:05] I am the vine, you are the branches. He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit. For without me you can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered.

[1:21] And men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you.

[1:33] Here it is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit. So shall you be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you. Continue ye in my love.

[1:45] If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things I have spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

[2:00] This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do whatsoever I command you.

[2:14] Henceforth I call you not servants, for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth, but I have called you friends. For all things I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

[2:26] You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordain you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain. That whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

[2:41] These things I command you, that you love one another. And so on, may the Lord bless that reading of his own holy word.

[2:52] Well, before we consider that passage this morning, we're going to sing again, the same psalm, Psalm 80. Psalm 80, we're picking up our singing at verse 14, down to the verse marked 17.

[3:10] Psalm 80 at verse 14, which again touches on the theme of the vine, and how the Lord saved his vine tree. O God of hosts, we thee beseech, return now unto thine.

[3:26] Look down from heaven in love, behold, and visit this thy vine, this vineyard which thine own right hand hath planted us among, and that same branch which for thyself thou hast made to be strong.

[3:41] We'll sing down to the verse marked 17 of Psalm 80, to God's praise. O God of hosts, we thee beseech, return now unto thine.

[4:04] Look down from heaven in love, behold, and visit this thy vine.

[4:20] this vineyard which thine own right hand hath planted us among, and that same branch which for thyself thou hast made to be strong.

[4:47] Thou hast made to be strong. burned up it is with flaming fire. burned up it is with flaming fire.

[5:06] and your soul is caught down. And your soul is caught down. They utterly not perish it when a star is upon.

[5:30] in heaven, and salaam. O who may thy name each other unto, luau ha nome Lord thine hearth, there's one man of thy life that every Lord whomew seal. The man of thy right hand The man of the good Lord I stand And be strong to stand Well if we could, with the Lord's help and the Lord's enabling If we could turn back to that portion of scripture that we read The Gospel according to John John chapter 15 John chapter 15, we're going to look at the whole section But if we read again at verse 13

[6:32] John 15 at verse 13 Greater love hath no man than this That a man lay down his life for his friends You are my friends If you do whatsoever I command you Greater love hath no man than this That a man lay down his life for his friends You are my friends If you do whatsoever I command you You know everyone has a favourite preacher My favourite preacher is someone I've never actually heard preaching That's because he died in the year 1900 J.C. Ryle He was a 19th century bishop of Liverpool And although I've never heard him preach I would have loved to have heard him preach I've read many of his books and his writings And his commentaries

[7:33] And I'd encourage you If you haven't done it already I'd encourage you to read anything by J.C. Ryle Because he's very readable There's even daily readings by J.C. Ryle And you know for a 19th century preacher He's not only readable But he's very relevant Relevant for us Still living in the 21st century But you know as a preacher J.C. Ryle knew how hard it was To address everyone In his congregation On the Lord's day Because like it is today Everyone is at different ages And stages in life Some are young And some are not so young Some are Christians Others are not yet Christians Some are struggling with sickness Or sin Or suffering Or they're struggling with sorrow And others are not And with such a variety of people J.C. Ryle knew how hard it was To address everyone At every stage and age In his congregation Which is why during one service

[8:35] On the Lord's day Ryle would preach to All his congregation As if they were all Unconverted So he would preach to them As if they were all Not Christians And then at the other service On the Lord's day He would preach to them As if they were all Christians And that way Ryle believed That on any given Lord's day He could address everyone In his congregation And that's what I'd like us To do today Especially because I don't know everyone In this congregation Some faces are familiar But I don't know Everyone here And I don't know Where you're at With the Lord And for that reason I will address you this morning As my unconverted friend And this evening I will address you As my Christian friend But the thing is You know who you are You know if you're My unconverted friend And you know this morning If you are my Christian friend You know which camp you're in You know which side

[9:36] Of the fence you're on You know where you stand With Jesus Because you're either My unconverted friend Or you are my Christian friend Therefore if you're My unconverted friend This morning I want to say to you I want you to be My Christian friend But of course For that to happen Something has to take place You need to be converted You need to call upon the Lord You need to confess your sin You need to commit your life To Jesus Christ And you know From this passage In John 15 That's what Jesus Is reminding us Jesus says here That he wants to be Your Christian friend Too So my unconverted friend This morning Jesus wants to be Your Christian friend And he says It's as easy as ABC It's as easy as ABC Because Jesus says In this passage Abide in me

[10:37] Believe on me And commit to me It's as easy as ABC Abide in me Believe on me And commit to me ABC So A is for Abide in me That's what Jesus Says in this passage Abide in me Look at verse 1 Jesus says I am the true vine And my father Is the husband man Every branch in me That bears not fruit He takes away And every branch That bears fruit He purges it That it may bring forth More fruit Now you are clean Through the word Which I have spoken Unto you Abide in me And I in you As the branch Cannot bear fruit Of itself Except it abide In the vine No more can ye Except you abide In me Now John chapter 15 Is my favourite chapter Because when I was An unconverted friend I had all these

[11:38] Questions about life I had questions About Christianity I questioned Well what's the Point to life Why are we here What's it all about What does it mean To follow Jesus How do I become A Christian And these questions They caused me To open the Bible At random Probably something You shouldn't always do But I opened the Bible At random In the hope That I would find The answers That I was looking for And I did In John 15 Because it's here That Jesus uses This brilliant image And illustration Of a vine tree And that everyone Who trusts in Jesus For salvation Must be abiding In the vine That's why Jesus Says there in verse 4 Abide in me And I in you Abide in me And I in you In fact Jesus Emphasizes the importance Of abiding in him By repeating This word Abide He repeats it 11 times In this passage

[12:38] But you know What spoke to me So powerfully As an unconverted friend Is that Jesus says Abide, abide, abide, abide, abide And then verse 13 Greater love Hath no man than this That a man lay down His life for his friends You are my friends If you do Whatsoever I command you And of course The command of Jesus In John 15 Is abide in me And I in you Abide in me And I in you Now John 15 As a chapter It's a It's a crucial moment In the life And ministry of Jesus And Jesus said These words Only moments Before his arrest And his subsequent Crucifixion Earlier that evening In John 14 You could say Jesus was speaking To his disciples He was in the upper room With his disciples Where they had remembered The Passover And Jesus had instituted The Lord's Supper For the first time

[13:39] Then Jesus You'll remember He also prophesied About one of his disciples Who would betray him And another Who would then deny him But now Jesus And his disciples They've left the upper room And they're on their way To the garden Of Gethsemane A garden that was surrounded By vineyards And vine trees Which would prove As this vivid Visual aid For Jesus To teach his disciples About the importance Of abiding In the vine Jesus is teaching here What it means To be a Christian And you know The reason Jesus did this Is because the disciples Were so confused They were confused About what it means To be a Christian They were confused About what was going To happen to Jesus And why Jesus Was going to leave them Because in the disciples Minds Jesus was going To be king They thought he was Going to be king In the kingdom Of Israel In the minds Of the disciples They thought that Jesus was going to

[14:39] Cause a rebellion Against the Romans And that he was going To recapture The throne Of King David And then rule Over the nation Of Israel And yet time And time again Jesus told his disciples And us That the way of the Christ Must be the way Of the cross The way of the Christ Must be the way Of the cross But even as we come To John 15 The disciples Still don't get it They still don't understand What it's all about Which is why Jesus Once more reveals His identity To his disciples And he does so With this seventh And final I am saying Where we see In verse 1 Jesus says I am The true Vine I am the true Vine But you know What's really interesting Is that when you consider The gospels of Matthew Mark And Luke Unlike John

[15:40] Matthew Mark and Luke They don't record The I am sayings Of Jesus In order to reveal The identity Of Jesus Matthew Mark and Luke They record The miracles Of Jesus In order to reveal The identity Of Jesus Matthew Mark and Luke They tell us They tell us That Jesus Healed the sick And he made The lame walk And the deaf Hear And the blind See They tell us That Jesus Calmed storms And walked on water And fed thousands And cast out demons And raised the dead To life And you know The question Which Matthew Mark and Luke Present to us About the identity Of Jesus Is Who do you say That I am Who do you say That I am In fact You'll remember That that's A question That Jesus Asked his disciples Jesus wanted To know What public opinion Thought about Jesus He wanted to know What they thought About his identity And so he asked His disciples Well Who do people

[16:41] Say that I am And the disciples Explained to Jesus They said Well some say You're John the Baptist Others say You're Elijah Some say You're one of the prophets But truth be told Nobody really knows Who you are And I don't know If you remember But it's then That Jesus Turns the whole question On its head And he makes it Very very personal And he speaks to The disciples Very personally And says Yes But who do you say That I am Who do you say That I am And in many ways That's the big question Which hangs over The gospels Of Matthew Mark And Luke The question About the identity Of Jesus Who do you say That I am But when we come To this gospel To John's gospel John never asks us What public opinion Thinks about Jesus John doesn't even ask us What our personal opinion Is about Jesus No

[17:42] John tells us Who Jesus is Because for John The gospel is not Just a proclamation The gospel Is a person Therefore we need To come To the person We need to come To the person Of Jesus And we need to get The identity Of this person Right Because if we get The identity Of Jesus wrong We'll misunderstand The gospel And we'll fail To see that Jesus Is the only son of God And the only saviour Of sinners Which is why In John's gospel Jesus doesn't ask The question Who do you say That I am In John's gospel Jesus says I am I am And you'll read it Throughout John's gospel Jesus reveals his identity As the son of God And the only saviour Of sinners By using these I am statements And we're familiar With them For Jesus says I am the light Of the world I am the door

[18:43] I am the good shepherd I am the resurrection And the life I am the way The truth And the life I am the true Vine Do you know My unconverted friend Here this morning Jesus is the son of God He's the only saviour Of sinners And he's emphasising And exhorting you This morning That you must abide In the vine You must abide In the vine Which raises the question Well how do you abide In the vine How do you abide In Jesus What does abide Even mean Do you know When I was an unconverted Friend And when I first Read this chapter First time I'd ever Read it in my life And I asked That same question What does the word Abide mean And so I went To look it up In a dictionary And the dictionary Definition of the word Abide It means

[19:44] Remain faithful To Remain faithful To And what I discovered Was that Jesus Was repeatedly saying To every unconverted Friend What he's saying To you My unconverted Friend This morning Is remain faithful To me And I will Remain faithful To you Remain faithful To me And I will Remain faithful To you Don't put anyone Or anything In front of me Don't make any Obstacle Or any object Before me Remain faithful To me And I will Remain faithful To you Abide in me And I In you And so in order To be a Christian Friend The first thing Jesus says Is that it's As easy as A Abide in me Abide in me But then secondly He says B Believe on me Abide in me Believe on me

[20:44] That's what we see Secondly Believe on me Look at verse 5 Jesus says I am the vine I am the vine You are the branches He that abides In me And I in him The same brings Forth much fruit For without me You can do nothing If a man Abide not in me He is cast forth As a branch And is withered And men gather them And cast them Into the fire And they are burned So when Jesus Revealed his identity As the true vine He did so In comparison And in contrast To The false vine Because as a branch That's connected To the true vine As you can imagine There is life And there is growth But when you are Connected to The false vine There is death And there is decay That's why Jesus Says in verse 6 If a man abide Not in me So if he is abiding In the false vine He is cast forth As a branch

[21:45] And is withered And men gather them And cast them Into the fire And they are burned And so Jesus Is very solemn In what he is saying here He is saying to you My unconverted friend When you abide In the false vine The outcome Of the branch Is death And decay Of course In comparison And in contrast To the true vine Which is Jesus Christ The false vine Is Adam Adam is the false vine Because when you are Connected To Adam When you are in Adam When you are in Union with Adam There is only death And there is only Decay Because as our Bible Reminds us And reaffirms To us That Because of our Original sin We are conceived In guiltiness And sin We are conceived In the guiltiness And sin Of Adam We are born

[22:45] In Adam We are in union With Adam And we sinned In Adam We fell with Adam In his first transgression And in that moment When Adam disobeyed God He destroyed That relationship With God And as our Catechism teaches Us All mankind By their fall Lost communion With God They are under His wrath And curse They are so Made liable To all the Miseries of this Life To death Itself And to the Pains of hell Forever And you know My unconverted friend That's what Jesus Is solemnly reminding us here That by nature By our very birth We belong to the Vine tree of Adam And if we continue In Adam If we continue To abide in the False vine of Adam The outcome Will not only be Eternal death And decay But it will also be Eternal devastation And destruction In hell As I know what Jesus

[23:45] Says in verse 6 If a man abide Not in me He is cast forth As a branch And is withered And men gather them And cast them Into the fire And they are burned You know It's a solemn Statement really What Jesus Says About what you do With a dead branch My unconverted friend What do you do With a dead branch Jesus says You burn it And you know The place where All dead branches From the garden Of Gethsemane Were taken It was to a place Called Gehenna Gehenna Gehenna was a Dumping ground Just outside The city walls Of Jerusalem And at Gehenna There was a fire there Burning continually Night and day And Jesus He often used That image An illustration Of Gehenna This fire That's burning Night and day He used it To describe The continual Burning Of hell

[24:45] But you know When you read The gospels And when Jesus Speaks about hell He never speaks About hell In order to scare Us Or to manipulate Us Jesus spoke About hell Only to Lovingly Warn us Jesus Jesus was the Most loving Man That ever Lived And the reason My unconverted Friend The reason Jesus warns You about hell Is because He loves you And he doesn't Want you to Go there That's why He calls you And commands You in the Gospel To abide In him And to Believe On him That's why Jesus Asserts and Affirms to you In verse 13 Greater love Has no man Than this That a man Lay down his Life For his Friends Do you know My unconverted Friend When you Abide in the False vine Of Adam It will only Lead to Death And to

[25:46] Destruction And a Lost eternity In hell But when you Abide in the True vine The true vine Jesus Christ Jesus says It will bring Life And it will Bring growth It will Produce faith And it will Produce fruit That's what he Says in verse 5 I am the vine You are the Branches He that abides In me And I in him The same Brings forth Much fruit For without Me You can do Nothing So when we're Abiding in Jesus There is faith And there is Fruit There is growth There is life You know I'm not much Of a gardener I can mow The lawn I spent two Hours mowing That lawn In Barvis Yesterday But you know When it comes To plants And flowers I'm pretty Useless But I've Always been Fascinated by The engrafting Process Of a vine Tree Our neighbour In Melbust Used to Have a vine Tree And he

[26:47] Spoke to Me about It one Day Where the Branch of One vine Tree Can be Cut And engrafted Into another Vine tree And apparently It's very Very difficult To do And to get It right Because the Vine tree Which is Receiving the Graft The vine tree Which is Receiving the Graft It has to Be pierced All the way Through the Thin trunk Of the vine And then You have to Let some of This life Giving sap Out of the Vine and Catch it It has to Be drained And then Caught So that the Engrafted branch That has been Cut can then Be pushed Through the New vine tree And then Knotted On the Other side And then The sap That you Collected It has to Go round The new Branch And it has To fill It all in And within A couple of Weeks We're told That the Trunk of The vine Tree will Close around The engrafted Branch And it will Fill it with That life Giving sap Where it will Grow And bear Fruit And of

[27:48] Course Jesus Is using This What was For them A very Common Image And illustration Of what Happens When someone Becomes A Christian Because when We abide In Jesus When we Believe On Jesus We are Cut From the Vine tree Of Adam And we Are engrafted Into The true Vine Jesus Christ And as you Know the Vine dresser That's what Jesus says In verse One The father Is the Vine dresser He's the Husband man The vine dresser Is the one Who pierced The true Vine The father Pierced The son Because As we Know on The cross Jesus Was pierced For our Transgressions He was Wounded In order To Engraft Us Into The True Vine Jesus Christ And on The cross The life Giving Blood Of the

[28:48] True Vine Flowed So that We as Branches Would know The nourishment And the Nutrition Of his Grace So that By grace We would Grow in Grace And be Blessed by Bearing Fruit That by Grace we Would receive Salvation And rest Upon the Saviour Jesus Christ And you Know that's What you Need to Do my Unconverted Friend You need To abide In Jesus You need To believe On Jesus And you Know what You need To believe Is that Jesus Loves You And Jesus Died For you You need To believe That Jesus Actually Loves You And Jesus Actually Died For you That's why Jesus says In verse 13 Greater Love Hath no Man Than This That a Man Lay Down His Life For his Friends

[29:48] My Unconverted Friend Jesus Is saying To you Today That No one Loves You As much As I Love You No one Cares For you As much As I Care For you No one Has a Concern For you As much As I Have a Concern For you No one Loves You As much As I Love You Because Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That a Man Lay Down His Life For his Friends And you Know when I was an Unconverted Friend That was The verse In the Bible That spoke So clearly To me Because after All I'd Said And all That I'd Thought And all That I'd Done In my Life All the Sins That I'd Committed All the Things that I'd Seen And done Jesus Reminded Me And he Reminds You My Unconverted Friend That the Love of Jesus Is Unconditional It's Unrestricted And it's Unrestrained Because Jesus Says To you Greater Love Has

[30:49] No Man Than This That a Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends And you Know we Look at The World Around Us And we See It Full Of Hate Full Of Heartache Full Of Helplessness And yet Our Bible Tells Us And teaches Us That the God Of The Bible Is A God Of Love He's A God Who Has Demonstrated His Love Towards Us In The Death Of His Son Jesus Christ And He's Not Only One Who's Demonstrated It To Us He Has Declared His Love To Us In The Gospel Of His Son Jesus Christ And God Calls Us He Commands Us He Compels Us To Abide In Jesus And To Believe On Jesus We Need To Believe That Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends And You Know You Might Be Thinking Well I Do Believe This I Believe All This I've Heard This All Before But That

[31:49] Involves Commitment It's One Thing Believing We Need To Commit To What We're Believing We'll See That In A Moment You Know The Story Is Told Of The 19th Century Theologian This 19th Century Theologian He Was On His Death Bed He Had Studied The Bible All His Life He Had Studied The Deep Things Of God All The Doctrines Of The Faith He Had Spent All His Life Discovering What God Has Done For Us In Jesus Christ And You Know After Decades Of Studying The Bible And Being In Theology And Learning About God He Was Asked The Question On His Death Bed What Is The Greatest Doctrine That You Have Discovered In All These Years Of Study And You Know Expecting The Answer To Be Something Deep One Of The Deep Doctrines In Systematic Theology This Nineteenth Century Theologian Simply Said Jesus Loves Me

[32:49] This I Know For The Bible Tells Me So Jesus Loves Me This I Know For The Bible Tells Me So You See My Unconverted Friend It's Not About What You Know It's About Who You Know And You Have To Know Jesus Because As We'll See This Evening Jesus Is The One Who Loved Us And Gave Himself For Us We Love Him Because He First Loved Us And The Question Then Arises Is Well Do You Love Him Do You Love Jesus Do You Love The Lord Do You Love His Word Do You Love His People If You Do Then Remember That Love Is Not Just An Emotion Love

[33:50] Is An Expression Love Is Not Just An Affection Love Is An Action Love Is An Action Which Is Why Jesus Says If You Love Me Abide In Me Believe On Me And Commit To Me Abide In Me Believe On Me And Commit To Me It's As Easy As A B C A Is For Abide B Is For Believe C Is Commit Commit To Me That's What We See Lastly And Briefly Look At Verse 12 Jesus Says This Is My Commandment That You Love One Another As I Have Loved You Greater Love Have No Man Than This That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends You Are My Friends If You Do Whatsoever I Command You So My Unconverted Friend Jesus Is Telling Us This Morning That The Glory Of The Gospel Is That God Commands You He

[34:50] Calls You And He Even Compels You To Abide In Jesus Believe On Jesus And Commit Your Life To Jesus Christ You To Abide In Jesus You To Remain Faithful To Jesus Because He Promises To Remain Faithful To You You To Believe On Jesus You To Believe In Your Heart And To Confess With Your Mouth That So Important To Confess With Your Mouth That Jesus Christ Is Lord And You Will Be Saved And Thirdly You To Commit Your Life To Jesus You To Commit To Jesus Because The Thing Is Jesus Doesn't Want Half Hearted Commitment Jesus Wants Whole Hearted Commitment And It's This Bit That Unconverted Friends Often Find The Hardest They Get That Jesus Is Saying To Them Abide In Me They Understand The Part Believe On Me Yes I Believe Everything That Jesus Is Saying I Believe The Bible I Believe Everything It's Said From The Pulpit I Believe It All But

[35:50] Murdo Commitment Is A Big Step Commitment Is A Big Step It's A Big Commitment To Commit To Jesus Christ Because Well Murdo What If I Start But I Don't Finish I Have Heard That So Often When I Speaking To My Unconverted Friend Murdo What If I Start But I Don't Finish My Unconverted Friend What Is Jesus Saying To You In This Passage Abide In Me And I In You Remain Faithful To Me And I Will Remain Faithful To You Commit Your Life To Me And I Will Be Committed To You It's A Wonderful Promise And Jesus He Has Demonstrated He Has Declared His

[36:51] Commitment To You Through The Cross Greater Love He Says In Verse 13 Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends You Are My Friends If You Do What So Ever I Command You What's The Command Abide Believe Commit Abide In Me Believe On Me Commit And You Know That's Why Isaac Watts He Wrote A Wonderful Hymn Wrote Many Hymns But When He Wrote That Hymn Where It Says When I Surveyed The Wondrous Cross Upon Which The Prince Of Glory Died My Richest Gain I Count But Loss And Poor Contempt And All My Pride And When Isaac Watts When He Surveyed The Wondrous Cross How Did He Conclude He Concluded By Saying Well The Cross Displays And Declares And Demonstrates To Me Love So Amazing Love

[37:51] So Divine But It's Love That Demands My Soul My Life My All It's A Love That Demands Commitment It's A Love That Demands My Confession Of Faith It's A Love That Demands I Come Out On The Side Of Christ And Say I Am A Christian Do You Know My Unconverted Friend Jesus Is Saying To You This Morning Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends You Are My Friend What A Statement You Are My Friend If You Do Whatsoever I Command You And Jesus Is Saying To You So Clearly This Morning Abide In Me Believe On Me Commit Your Life To Me It's As Easy As A B C And

[38:54] The Thing Is My Friend You Know Who You Are I Don't Know Who You Are I Don't Know Where You Are I Don't Know Where You Stand With The Lord But You Know Which Camp You're In You Know What Side Of The Fence You're On You Know Where You Stand With Jesus Because You're Either My Unconverted Friend This Morning Or You're My Christian Friend But Jesus Is Saying To You And The Command Is Clear Abide In Me Believe On Me Commit Your Life To Me Abide Believe Commit A B C Do You Know If You Take Anything Away With You This Morning I Want You To Take Verse 13 Away With You Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That A Man Lay Down His Life For His

[39:54] Friends And My Unconverted Friend Jesus Is Saying To You You Are My Friends If You Do What I Command You Abide Believe Commit But May The Lord Bless These Thoughts To Us And Let Us Pray O Lord Our Gracious God May Give Thanks To Thee For The Beauty Of The Gospel That It Is A Glorious Message A Message To Sinners Such As We Are A Message Where Jesus Speaks To Us So Lovingly So Compassionately That He Calls Us To Come To Come To Him To Abide In Him To Believe And To Commit Our Life To Him Because He Is The One Who Promises Abide In Me And I In You Remain Faithful To Me And I Will Remain Faithful To You Lord Remember Our Unconverted Friends This Morning We Pray

[40:54] For Them Whether They Are Husbands Out Of Christ Or Wives That Are Strangers To Grace And To God Or Children That Are On The Broad Road Oh Lord The Saviour Who Saves To The Uttermost The Saviour Who Loved Us And Gave Himself For Us Lord Bless Us Then We Pray Bless Us We Ask For We Ask It In Jesus Name And For His Sake Amen