What is your story of grace?
Appreciate some of the language that Jesse used describing his state before salvation
!
and then describing the irresistible work of God in his life.
To call him and to lead him into salvation.
What is your grace story today?
How would you describe the work of God in your life?
How would you describe what God has accomplished for you
in terms of leading you and bringing you to salvation?
You've heard Pastor Kenorrier say on numerous occasions,
he says,
I am not the hero of my story.
Perhaps no other passage in the Gospel of John brings that front and center
like the one that we'll look at today.
Not only have we sung about grace this morning,
but we've sung about Jesus being Lord.
The question for you today is,
is Jesus Lord for you?
Is Jesus King?
Is He sovereign?
Is He Lord for you today?
And how far does that Lordship go?
How much room do you give God to be God in your life?
And in salvation?
Oh, it is with tremendous fear and trepidation I come to this passage this morning.
We're in a series of verses that summarize the final words of Jesus
in the last moments of public ministry.
Feel the weight of this moment.
Feel the gravity of the things that Jesus will say.
How will He leave ministry?
How will He exit His public ministry?
What will He leave these people in Jerusalem with?
People He's wept for.
People He's ministered to.
People He has taught on a regular basis.
People who we will see today continue to turn their back on Him in unbelief.
What will He say to them?
And what will the Gospel writer's commentary be
about the ministry of Jesus that ended up with so many in unbelief?
Is this really a testimony to what Jesse described in the video
as irresistible grace?
And if it's irresistible, how is it that so many have walked away from grace?
And this morning, as this passage lands on us,
as the words of Jesus weigh down on us,
the question for us this morning is,
what will you do with God's irresistible grace?
How will you respond to grace today?
There is grace.
Immense, eternal, lavish grace available to you.
What will you do with grace?
John chapter 12 is where we are this morning.
If you're visiting with us this morning,
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John chapter 12.
This morning is challenging,
not only because of the content,
but because of so many individuals
that we would love and respect
who disagree about what we're going to talk about today.
So that it has been perhaps one of the most divisive
truths and doctrines in all of church history.
And we're going to talk about it this morning.
Thank you, Pastor Knoyer.
There is perhaps nothing
in the Gospel of John
that we will read
that will confront us
with the sovereignty of God
more than this truth
that we will look at this morning.
And if you thought this week was bad,
come back next week.
It will continue.
It will continue to shake us
to the core.
It will demolish
your self-sufficiency.
And it will put God
on the throne of your life
if you embrace this truth.
That's what we want.
Is it not what we want
to put Jesus
on the throne of our life?
As we spoke about last week,
the whole purpose
of the cross
was to exalt
the glory of God,
to let Jesus
and let God the Father
make known
His identity to the world,
the fullness of all who He is,
His mercy,
and yet His justice,
His purity,
and yet His forgiveness,
His enduring patience,
and yet His wrath
that comes on sin,
His love for the sinner,
and yet His hatred towards sin,
His wrath against it,
He will judge it.
All of those things
come into view
on the cross.
His eternality,
and yet His subjection
to frailty,
His sovereignty
and glory,
and yet His immense
eternal humility.
the masterpiece
of the portrait of God
is being written
across the page,
across the canvas,
through this text today,
and through our text last week.
The cross stands
for Christ
and His glory.
What will we do
with the cross?
How will we respond
to God's amazing grace?
John chapter 12.
Picking up from last week
in verse 32,
it will kind of set
the text,
the context for us
as we move
into the troubling waters
of verses 37 to 41.
What does the work
of the cross accomplish
in verse 32?
Jesus says,
And I,
when I am lifted up
from the earth,
will draw all people
to Myself.
And then in 37,
we find the contrast.
Though He had done
so many signs before them,
they still did not believe.
So that the words
spoken by the prophet Isaiah
might be fulfilled.
Lord, who has believed
what He has heard from us?
And to whom has the arm
of the Lord been revealed?
Therefore,
they could not believe.
For again Isaiah said,
He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their heart,
lest they see
with their eyes
and understand
with their heart
and turn,
and I would heal them.
Isaiah said these things
because He saw
His glory
and spoke of Him.
I want to speak
this morning
about irresistible grace.
We find on the cross
that God wins.
He is victorious
in every way.
He wins.
But in our text today,
we find two sides
of the same coin.
In verse 32,
we find,
first of all,
the recipients
of grace.
There are those
who receive
the grace of God.
There are those
who partake
in fellowship
with God.
There are those
who can rejoice
in the work of God
in their life.
Are you a recipient
of God's grace today?
Oh, I pray
that you are.
And if not,
that by the end
of this message,
you will decide,
you will become
one of those recipients.
Well, who are
these recipients
of grace?
Who are they
after all?
Matter of fact,
Jesus,
here in His words,
these final words
to the public people
there in Jerusalem,
says that He will
draw all people
to Himself.
Who are these
all people?
And what kind
of drawing
will He do?
Are these
all men
universally?
Is that what
it's referring to?
Is it referring
to the world
and its entire
population?
Well, it's going
to require us
to look at
some words.
We need to look
at some words
in this text
and also look
at some words
and how they're used
throughout the
Gospel of John.
John, I have
found in my
own study
that the best
answer to the
tough questions
that I will
raise about
a particular
passage can
actually be found
within the book.
As the Gospel
writer, and
particularly John,
I'll tell you
what, this guy
keeps coming back
over and over
and over again.
These same themes
he keeps churning
through so that
his audience will
understand and not
miss the point.
What does it
mean to draw?
Well, this word
is used predominantly
in the Gospel
of John, in a
spattering of
times in other
parts of the
New Testament.
It's also used
in the book of
Acts and in the
book of James.
But it means
specifically to
pull in, to
draw in, to
haul in, to
lead by force.
John 6.44
gives us a
clear witness to
how Jesus
intended this
term to be
understood.
John 6.44
says this,
No one can
come to me
unless the
Father who
sent me
draws him.
And I will
raise him up
at the last
day.
It's also
used in
narrative
sections.
And as
this group
of disciples
is with
Jesus there
in the
Garden of
Gethsemane.
And remember
what takes
place, this
crowd comes
and Peter
thinks he's
going to
help Jesus
out a little
bit, decides
to draw his
sword and he
cuts off the
ear of
Malchus.
That same
word for
drawing the
sword that
Peter does
in the
Garden of
Gethsemane
in John
chapter 18
verse 10
is this
same word
here.
Later on
once Jesus
is resurrected
we find that
there's a
haul of fish
that is
collected and
Jesus is on
the shore.
Peter jumps
out of the
boat and
swims the
shore,
greets
Jesus,
but then he
realizes that
his buddies
are still out
in the boat
and they need
some help.
So Peter
in John
21.11
climbs aboard
that boat
and drags
the net
ashore and
it was full
of large
fish.
It's used
in the
book of
Acts.
Acts
chapter 16
verse 19
says,
when the
owners of
the slave
girl realized
that their
hope for
making money
was gone,
they seized
Paul and
Silas and
dragged them
into the
marketplace to
face the
authorities.
there is a
sense in
which the
dragging that
is done by
God is a
dragging that
is done by
force.
Jesus says,
I will draw
all men to
myself.
This is the
language that
Jesus uses in
John and
John chapter
10 to talk
about salvation.
He talks about
himself as the
good shepherd.
He talks about
himself as
bringing in
the sheep.
Jesus was not
interested in
just gaining
attention.
He wasn't
interested in
being the
rock star of
the first
century.
He was about
saving lost
souls.
He came to
seek and to
save the
lost.
Perhaps the
best passage
which gives us
a corollary to
what Jesus is
talking about
here is in
John chapter
3 verse
14 and
15.
Just jot it
down and let
me read this
for you.
It says,
As Moses lifted
up the serpent
in the wilderness,
even so must
the Son of Man
be lifted up.
That should
sound familiar.
In John
chapter 12,
Jesus says,
When I am
lifted up,
I will draw
all men to
myself.
In John
chapter 3,
he says,
As Moses
lifted up the
serpent,
he says in
verse 15,
that whoever
believes in
him should
not perish
but have
eternal life.
The mission
of God
in being
raised up
was to
draw men
to himself
in terms
of salvation.
Now we're
faced with
some big
questions.
That little
neat package
of doctrine
and theology
that maybe
you have
built for
yourself
begins to
get unraveled
a bit.
Because in
answering this
question,
now it just
raises many,
many more
that we're
not going to
be able to
address in
totality this
morning.
But hopefully
through the
course of
our time
together,
just to
continue to
raise for
us this
question,
Is
Jesus
Lord?
throughout
Jesus'
ministry,
even moving
past the
unmistakable
testimony of
the resurrection,
once Jesus
raises from
the dead,
there are
still unbelieving
individuals.
And here,
in our passage
today, we
find in
verse 37,
though he
had done
so many
signs before
him,
they still
did not
believe.
And looking
around in
this world,
we can
see neighbors
and coworkers
and maybe
even family
members who
have yet to
bow the
knee in
worship,
in faith
to God.
No, Jesus
is not talking
about calling
men, all
men to
salvation
universally.
So what
other options
do we have?
Well, perhaps
he is speaking
about all men
representatively,
that he will
save and rescue
men from
all over
the world,
every tribe
and tongue
and nation,
not just the
Jews specifically,
but he'll save
the world
representatively,
people who
are Jews
and Gentiles
alike.
And certainly,
we find this
throughout the
Gospel of John,
we find this
open invitation
of Jesus
to the masses.
Fifteen times,
Jesus makes
the statement
in the Gospel
of John,
whoever believes,
in the Gospel,
I think I've
jotted them
for you in
your notes
so that you
can reflect
on those
later.
But just by
way of
whetting your
appetite,
John 3.15
says,
whoever believes
in him
will have
eternal life.
John 3.18,
whoever believes
in him is not
condemned.
In John 5.24,
whoever hears
my word and
believes in him
who sent me
has eternal
life.
In John 6.40,
everyone who
looks on the
Son and
believes in him
should have
eternal life.
And in 6.47,
whoever believes
has eternal
life.
Certainly,
there is
openness
to the Gospel.
It's not just
for the Jews.
It's not just
for the covenant
community,
those who are
descendants of
Abraham.
It is for the
larger population.
Jesus refers
to this in
John 10.16
when he says,
and I have
other sheep
that are not
of this fold,
speaking of
the Jewish
flock.
I must bring
them also,
and they will
listen to my
voice,
so there will
be one flock
and one shepherd.
Even here,
at the end of
Jesus' public
ministry,
he beckons
to those
who he
believe.
Next week,
as we look
at these later
verses in
John 12,
we see
Jesus repeating
these same
things in
verse 46
and 47.
He says,
I have come
into the world
as light,
so that whoever
believes in me
may not remain
in darkness.
There is
a wide
appeal,
a wide
proclamation,
a crying
out,
requesting
that there
be entrance
into the
Gospel.
people.
But even
this is not
the complete
answer.
Jesus isn't
just talking
about a
representative
group of
individuals.
I believe
that Jesus
is speaking
of men
exclusively,
all men
exclusively.
There will
be an
irresistible
nature to
God's grace.
God leaves
nothing to
chance.
the cross
spells
victory
and triumph
and it
shows up
even here
in drawing
men to
himself,
those whom
he intends
to save.
Well,
how do we
support that?
Well,
in our
text this
morning in
verse 32,
it says,
the ESV
translates it
this way,
will draw
all people
to
myself.
The word
people is
not there
in the
original
language.
It's,
I will
draw all
to myself.
Well,
who is
the all?
How does
John define
all?
Well,
it's all
who believe.
That's
certainly
true.
But do we
get any
help throughout
the rest of
the Gospel
to know how
John defines
this group
of individuals
that he
calls the
all?
Well,
in John
6,
37,
he gives
us some
help.
Keep your
finger in
John chapter
12.
It's worth
turning to
John chapter
6 so you
can underline
and go back
to these
verses.
John
chapter 6,
verse 37.
Let's back
up to 35.
Jesus says,
I am the
bread of
life.
Whoever
comes to
me shall
not hunger.
Whoever
believes in
me shall
never thirst.
But I
said to
you that
you have
seen me
and yet
do not
believe.
How is
that possible?
Verse
37,
all that
the Father
gives me
will come
to me.
and whoever
comes to
me I
will never
cast out.
Dropping
down a
couple of
verses to
verse 39.
And this
is the
will of
him who
sent me
that I
should
lose
nothing
of all
that he
has given
to me
but raise
it up
on the
last day.
Jumping
down to
verse
44.
No
one
can
come
to
me
unless
the
Father
who
sent
me
draws
him
and I
will
raise
him
up
on
the
last
day.
Verse
65.
And he
said,
this is
why I
told you
that no
one
can
come
to
me
unless
it
is
granted
by
him
by
the
Father.
Verse
66,
and this
many of
his
disciples
turned
back
and no
longer
walked
with
him.
So
Jesus
said to
the
twelve,
do you
want to
go
too?
Simon
Peter
answered,
Lord,
to whom
shall
we
go?
You
have
the
words
of
eternal
life
and
we
have
believed
and
come
to
know
that
you
are
the
holy
one
of
God.
Throughout
the
gospel
of
John
and
if we
were to
work
our
way
into
John
chapter
10
we'd
see
the
same
kinds
of
things
where
Jesus
says
I
am
the
good
shepherd
the
good
shepherd
will
get
his
sheep
they
will
come
they
hear
my
voice
they
know
my
voice
and
they
have
been
given
to
me
by
my
father
they
will
be
my
sheep
I
will
accomplish
my
work
I
will
lose
none
of
those
for
whom
God
has
given
to
me
what a
wonderful
and
perplexing
truth
oh the
questions that
rise to the
surface as a
result
of this
reality
can they
not respond
why would
God
not call
everyone
universally
if he has
the power
to do
that
are
they
not
responsible
if God
is the
one
who
has
governed
this
process
through
his
sovereignty
and how
can God
judge
those
who
seemingly
have
no
hope
in the
mind
of God
these
truths
do not
compete
in the
mind
of
mortality
in the
mind
of
our
finite
limited
scope
we can't
begin
to put
together
the
tension
that is
created
by
the
fact
that
God
is
sovereign
and yet
we
are
responsible
and yet
in the
mind
of God
there is
nothing
that
competes
with
this
truth
so we've
seen
positively
the call
of God's
grace
on the
hearts
of those
who
believe
but in
verses
37
to 41
we find
the flip
side of
the coin
we find
not
the
recipients
of
grace
but here
we find
the
rivals
of
grace
we find
the
enemies
of
grace
we find
the
opponents
of
grace
and in
spite of
the lavish
goodness
of God
in spite
of all
of the
evidence
in spite
of all
the
proof
that
Jesus
laid
before
them
they
still
reject
they
reject
first
of all
the
miracles
of
Christ
we
find
that
here
in
verse
37
though
he
had
done
so
many
signs
before
them
they
still
did
not
believe
we've
heard
the
quote
seeing
is
believing
for
these
Jews
in
Jerusalem
seeing
was
not
believing
it was
not
adequate
it was
not
enough
and as
we move
through this
text we'll
find there
was a
reason
for
that
there
is a
divine
reason
for
rejection
they
did
not
believe
it
says
although
they
had
the
enduring
patient
overwhelming
testimony
of God
Jesus
Christ
God
in the
flesh
there
before
them
the
present
fleshly
mortal
impersonation
of God
himself
standing
in their
midst
and yet
they
still
did not
believe
truth
you can
tell
that
John
is
wrestling
with
this
truth
at
the
beginning
of
his
gospel
he
writes
in
John
1
11
and
12
he
says
he
came
to
his
own
and
his
own
did
not
receive
him
and
here
at
the
end
of
Jesus
public
ministry
we
find
the
outworking
of
that
very
truth
he
came
to
his
own
he
came
with
power
he
came
with
working
and
signs
and
wonders
and yet
they
still
did
not
believe
they
did
not
believe
with
all the
evidence
in front
of
them
they
did
not
recognize
the
glory
of
God
working
through
Christ
the
word
believe
occurs
at least
98
times
through
the
gospel
of
John
and
67
times
up to
this
point
in chapter
12
it's
almost
breathtaking
at this
point
to hear
the
words
they
did
not
believe
in
light
of
all
of
the
testimony
of
those
who
have
gone
before
and
who
did
believe
his
disciples
who
believed
in
chapter
2
many
who
saw
the
signs
and
believed
in
chapter
2
23
the
Samaritans
who
believed
in
chapter
4
the
many
more
who
believed
because
of his
words
in
chapter
4
41
those
who
believed
who
had
signs
and
wonders
performed
for
them
throughout
the
testimony
of
Jesus'
time
in
Jerusalem
Jesus
unmistakably
shows up
through the
testimony
of
Lazarus'
resurrection
it was
so
unmistakable
that
here
at
the
beginning
of
chapter
12
we
see
that
there
are
plans
to
put
Lazarus
to
death
to
death
because
too
many
people
were
believing
in
the
sign
verse
11
of
chapter
12
backing
up to
verse
10
so
the
chief
priest
made
plans
to
put
Lazarus
to
death
because
on
account
of
him
many
of
the
Jews
were
going
away
and
believing
in
Jesus
they
had
unmistakable
testimony
of
God
showing
up
in
Christ
and
yet
they
did
not
believe
what
will
it
take
this
morning
for
you
to
believe
in
Christ
what
will
it
take
this
morning
for
you
to
bend
to
the
irresistible
grace
the
work
of
God
in
your
life
what
will
it
take
this
morning
to
see
the
glory
of
Christ
and
to
bow
in
worship
to
him
they
rejected
Christ
but
not
just
in
the
face
of
his
miracles
they
rejected
Christ
in
the
face
of
his
message
we
find
that
next
verse
38
says
so
that
the
words
spoken
by
the
prophet
Isaiah
might
be
fulfilled
Lord
who
has
believed
what
he
has
heard
from
us
and
to
whom
has
the
arm
of
the
Lord
been
revealed
here
in
this
famous
passage
taken
from
Isaiah
chapter
53
talks
about
the
suffering
servant
that
will
come
the
suffering
servant
that
will
come
to
bring
salvation
as we
find in
Isaiah
chapter
52
!
His
testimony
in
coming
will
be
with
words
and
Jesus
throughout
his
final
week
of
ministry
we
find
him
teaching
he
is
actively
teaching
the
people
so
that
in
Mark
chapter
11
we
find
that
the
chief
priests
and
scribes
heard
that
what
Jesus
had
done
in
cleansing
the
temple
they
were
seeking
a
way
to
destroy
him
for
they
feared
him
because
all
the
crowd
was
astonished
at
his
teaching
and
when
evening
came
Jesus
and
his
disciples
went
out
of
the
city
we
find
the
same
testimony
in
Luke
Luke's
account
in
Luke
chapter
19
it
says
and
he
was
teaching
in
the
temple
day
by
day
and
people
were
hanging
on
his
every
word
in
Luke
chapter
20
one
day
Jesus
was
teaching
in
the
temple
and
preaching
the
gospel
and
he's
challenged
by
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
who
say
by
what
authority
are
you
doing
these
things
and
in
Luke
chapter
21
37
every
day
he
was
teaching
in
the
temple
but
at
night
he
went
out
and
lodged
on
the
Mount
of
Olives
and
early
in
the
morning
all
the
people
came
to
him
in
the
temple
to
hear
him
this
is
the
passion
week
Jesus
committing
himself
to
teaching
these
people
before
his
death
Jesus
his
teaching
was
riveting
it
was
electrifying
the
crowds
were
astonished
they
were
amazed
at
his
teaching
but
even
the
teaching
of
the
most
skilled
and
gifted
communicator
could
not
accomplish
the
work
of
salvation
in
their
life
they
still
did
not
believe
in
spite
of
all
the
miracles
all
the
parables
that
he
taught
in
spite
of
his
ability
to
deal
with
the
scribes
and
the
Pharisees
who
came
to
confront
him
with
questions
impossible
to
get
out
of
Jesus
working
through
his
wisdom
and
answering
what
seemed
to be
impossible
questions
fired
at
him
but
even
through
these
testimonies
the
people
did
not
believe
Isaiah
hundreds
of
years
before
said
so
much
would
take
place
the
long
waited
day
would
arrive
when
the
Messiah
would
show
up
who
would
believe
his
report
he
would
flex
his
muscles
and
he
would
bring
salvation
who
would
run
after
that
suffering
servant
answer
he
was
despised
and
rejected
by
men
a
man
of
sorrows
and
acquainted
with
grief
as
one
from
whom
men
hid
their
faces
he
was
despised
and
we
esteemed
him
not
he
has
borne
our
graves
and
carried
our
sorrows
yet
we
esteemed
him
stricken
smitten
by
God
and
afflicted
the
humble
chosen
glorious
Christ
was
despised
why
it
says
because
they
could
not
believe
they
could
not
believe
why
for
you
Israel
could
not
believe
so
the
Gentiles
could
come
in
Jesus
would
not
have
gone
to
the
cross
without
rejection
without
being
despised
without
being
opposed
without
being
reviled
salvation
would
not
have
come
to
you
outside
of the
context
of
rejection
that
Jesus
experienced
he
came
to
bring
salvation
to
men
and
we
experience
the
grace
of
God
because
of
rejection
that
is why
rejection
had to
come
as
Paul
says
in
2nd
Corinthians
he
made
him
who
knew
no
sin
to
be
sin
for
us
that
we
might
become
the
righteousness
of
God
in
him
Israel
rejected
the
miracles
they
rejected
his
message
and
in
this
last
few
verses
they
rejected
his
majesty
they
rejected
his
majesty
we'll
look at
this
more
next
week
we'll
spend
more
time
digging
into
this
passage
as it
flows
into
verses
42
to
50
at
the
end
of
the
day
they
saw
the
glory
of
God
show
up
and
they
wanted
nothing
to
do
with
it
they
saw
God
on
display
and
they
hated
it
I
think
it's
C.S.
Lewis
who says
we are
idol
factories
we
love
ourselves
and
when
anyone
competes
with
love
for
self
it
gets
in the
way
and
we
reject
it
because
we
hate
what
that
compels
us
to
do
what
it
demands
for
us
to
do
and
that
is
to
obliterate
self
and
look
to
Christ
and
we
want
none
of
that
that's
why
they
reject
it
another
reason
when
people
get a
glimpse
of
Jesus
majesty
as
Isaiah
did
in
chapter
6
he
sees
the
cherubim
and
the
seraphim
he
sees
the
praises
that
God
gives
his
people
he
sees
the
glory
that
is
due
him
and
the
question
goes
out
who
will
go
for
me
who
will
send
the
message
whom
shall
I
send
to
share
the
message
of
my
glory
and
Isaiah
says
me
pick
me
God
turns
around
and
says
okay
go
and
say
to
this
people
keep
on
hearing
but
do
not
understand
keep
on
seeing
but
do
not
perceive
!
Make
the
heart
of
this
people
dull
and
their
ears
heavy
and
blind
their
eyes
lest
they
see
and
hear
with
the
ears
and
understand
with
their
hearts
and
turn
and
be
healed
our
time
is
done
I
wonder
if
maybe
a
helpful
illustration
to
wrap
this
up
might
be
for
those
of
you
parents
who
play
hide
and
seek
with
your
kids
when
they're
younger
you
ever
do
that
okay
where
does
a
toddler
tend
to
hide
I
mean
in
plain
sight
right
okay
I
mean
they'll
cover
their
face
perhaps
they'll
hide
underneath
a
table
but
it's
like
95%
of their
body
is
exposed
and
there
they
are
there's
no
question
about
it
right
but
you
as a
parent
what
do
you
do
you
look
anyway
don't
you
just
you
poke
around
here
you know
they're
not
there
you
poke
around
over
here
and
it
takes
it
takes
15
minutes
to
find
them
in
the
most
obvious
spot
your
toddler
believes
that this
is the
best
game
on the
planet
and
they
believe
that
they're
the
most
experienced
at
playing
the
game
so
when
they
go
to
a
friend's
house
they
say
let's
play
hide
and
seek
I
love
that
game
and
within
seconds
they're
caught
now
whose
fault
is that
is
that
their
fault
for
the
ignorance
or
is that
your
fault
in terms
of
helping
to
feed
that
ignorance
there
is a
mutual
culpability
right
we
are
rebels
at
heart
we
are
rebels
to
the
core
and
it
says
in
Romans
chapter
one
that
God
gives
us
up
to
our
rebellion
he
lets
us
go
he
says
you
want
your
rebellion
you
can
have
it
you
can
have
it
we'll
talk
about
this
more
next
week
but
my
guess
is
this
morning
that
there
are
some
what
is
the
response
and
I
want
to
try
to
bring
this
to
a
close
quickly
so
we
can
bring
the
praise
team
up
what
should
be
our
response
how
do
we
respond
to
God's
irresistible
grace
for
those
of
you
who
have
experienced
God's
irresistible
grace
there
should
be
abounding
joy
that
you
are
part
of
the
family
that
God
has
set
his
affection
on
you
of
his
own
hallelujah
for
those
who
are
hurting
because
of
family
members
and
loved
ones
who
have
rejected
the
gospel
there
should
be
comfort
and
stability
and
peace
in your
heart
to know
they
can't
escape
the
hand
of
God
his
irresistible
grace
if
he
intends
to
save
them
he
will
draw
them
back
you
don't
have
to
fret
or
fear
trust
in
the
Lord
to
do
the
work
and
if
you
are
here
this
morning
and
you
personally
have
rejected
the
grace
of
God
in
your
life
parting
words
to
this
message
come
from
the
parting
words
of
Christ
who
says
in
12
38
12
35
the
walk
while you
have
the
light
lest
the
darkness
overtake
you
the
one
who
walks
in
darkness
does
not
know
where
he
is
going
while
you
have
the
light
believe
in
the
light
that
you
may
become
sons
of
light
God
is
calling
your
name
this
morning
don't
resist
any
longer
let's
pray
God
we
praise
you
for
your
irresistible
grace
oh
it
reminds
us
of
where
we
stand
humbled
before
you
as
the
sovereign
God
the
one
who
demands
worship
the
one
who
deserves
worship
the
one
who
offers
salvation
so
Lord
this
morning
if
there
are
any
this
morning
who
are
believers
and yet
have
lost
the
joy
of
their
salvation
I
pray
that
you
would
as
you
did
with
David
restore
to
them
the
joy
abounding
joy
of
their
salvation
as
they
remember
the
wonder
of
your
grace
and
if
there's
any
this
morning
who
need
to
submit
their
life
to
you
oh
God
do
a
work
in
their
heart
to
draw
them
this
moment
before
they
leave
we
pray
in
Jesus
name
amen
let's
stand