Isaiah chapter 45. So here's what the Reformation Heritage Bible commentary says on this book to
introduce it. Jewish tradition suggests that Isaiah's father Amos was the brother of King
Amaziah of Judah and that Isaiah was murdered during the early part of Manasseh's reign.
Isaiah means Jehovah is salvation. The grandeur of his writing style and the access he had to the
king of Judah imply that Isaiah was a well-educated man within an influential family in the nation and
his writing reveals that he was a man of great learning and intellect as well as real courage.
Isn't it beautiful how God has prophesied that he would take on flesh through all kinds of different
prophets. The other example would be Amos. Amos was a poor farmer south of Jerusalem. He raised sycamore
trees and tended sheep and now Isaiah is this princely man with a world-class education. Isaiah
wrote based out of the capital city Jerusalem. At this point in redemptive history the ten northern
tribes were already in captivity. Isaiah prophesied the coming judgment of now the two southern tribes
Judah and Benjamin but also God's promises. Isaiah is also the mouthpiece of the great God who would
bring salvation not only for Judea and Jerusalem and then the ten northern tribes which the New
Testament calls Samaria but God would bring salvation to the ends of the earth and that's our focus in
today's sermon text. So we're in Isaiah chapter 45 and we're going to begin reading at verse 18.
As I read this we believe in Reformation Heritage Church here that this is the word of God that it is
inspired, inerrant, infallible. It's God's clear and sufficient word for you who are his people.
Once I'm done reading the word of God I'll say this is the word of the Lord and if you receive it that way
say thanks be to God. Isaiah 45 starting at verse 18.
For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth and made it.
He hath established it. He created it not in vain. He formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord and there
is none else. I have not spoken in secret in a dark place of the earth. I said not unto the seat of
Jacob seek ye me in vain. I the Lord speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together ye that are escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge
that set up wood of their graven image and pray unto a God that cannot save. Tell ye and bring them near.
Yea let them take counsel together. Who hath declared this from ancient times? Who hath foretold this
long ago? Have not I the Lord and there is no God else beside me? A just God and a Savior. There is none beside me.
Look at verse 22. God says,
Look unto me and be ye saved all the ends of the earth for I am God and there is none else.
I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness and shall not return.
That unto me every knee shall bow. Every tongue shall swear. Surely shall one say,
In the Lord have I righteousness and strength. Even to him shall men come and all that are increased
and sensed against him shall be ashamed. Verse 25. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified
and shall glory. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. You may be seated.
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.
Well, let's pray from Isaiah 55.
Oh God, as rain brings grain for food, may your word go forth. You promised that it will not return
unto you void, but that your word shall accomplish that which you please. It shall prosper in the purpose
for which you send it. Lord, I ask now in your presence, before your people, what's been my prayer all week.
Simply that we would see you. That we would behold your glory today and be satisfied.
We ask this for Christ's sake. Amen.
Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
God calls you to look unto him.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
Everywhere you go,
take a look at the five and ten.
That's the five and dime like a dollar store.
It's glistening once again
with candy canes and silver lanes that glow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
Toys in every store.
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be on your own
front door.
This time of year gives us a lot to look at.
And it's the time of year where pastors probably across the world are picking on Christmas lyrics
for two reasons.
They're so easy to pick on.
And the number two, I think it's our job.
I think it's our job to make sure that all that we're taking in as the people of God
is being reformed and conformed to Christ.
It's so easy for myself to be caught up in the marketing, the propaganda, the worldly messages.
But instead, we're supposed to set our eyes on Christ.
I was thinking about this promise in verse 22.
Look unto me.
Look unto me, God calls.
In the Garden of Eden, remember the fruit looked delightful to Eve.
In 1 John 2.16, we're warned, Christians are warned, to not follow the lust of the eyes.
There's something spiritual that happens with what we look at.
Put your eyes on verse 22.
I just need you to see the focus of today for yourself.
This is my one point for you today.
If you leave here and you're talking later over delicious food, what was the point of the preacher?
It's this right here, verse 22.
God calls you.
He says, look unto me and be ye saved all the ends of the earth.
Why?
He says, for I am God and there is none else.
That's the sermon today.
God calls you to look unto him.
This is so comforting because we do long to find satisfaction.
And our eyes go everywhere to find something that will satisfy them.
And God is telling us, I give you satisfying glory to behold.
God has already given satisfying glory for us to behold.
When we behold Christ, we behold God.
Jesus is God.
Well, let's walk through our verses here.
Starting at verse 18.
I see five reasons you need to look at God today.
Five reasons you and I need to look at God.
Number one, this Christmas, God calls you and me to get our eyes off of this physical realm.
Because he's giving us, he's already given us satisfying glory to behold.
So when we see the lights and these beautiful sights, that's good.
But look past it.
Get your eyes past the physical realm.
God calls you to look unto him because he is the creator of heaven and earth.
This is the first reason.
And he says this in verse 18.
I'm going to take them in two parts.
First, the heavens.
Second, the earth.
Look at verse 18.
Thus saith the Lord that created the heavens.
He is the creator and the king of heaven.
That's why you need to look at him.
God is the creator of heaven.
Heaven is the invisible spiritual realm.
I want to keep a special focus on that invisible spiritual realm and the realm of angels.
angels.
We're told in Job 38.7 of angels.
The morning stars, they were called.
They sang together.
And all the sons of God.
That's another word for angels.
Shouted for joy.
And that was how the angels witnessed all that God had created.
All that God had spoken into existence.
Revelation 5.11 says,
The voice of many angels.
How many angels should we picture in heaven?
They numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
A myriad in ancient Greece was 10,000.
So what's 10,000 times 10,000?
The point is, it's more than you could count or imagine.
That's what God created when he created the heavens.
J.I. Packer wrote this of angels.
Heaven is their headquarters where they are constantly worshiping God.
And from heaven, they are sent to render services to Christians at God's bidding.
Because God is the creator of the heavens.
That's why you should look past this physical realm.
Not only is God the creator of heaven, God is the king of heaven.
Zechariah 1.10 says that angels are God's mighty warriors of light.
God has a vast army of holy, magnificent, fear-striking spiritual beings.
The Lord sends his angels to patrol planet earth.
He created the heavenly host.
And he rules over the host of heaven as their king.
Remember what Jesus said in Matthew 26.
He said,
I can appeal to my father.
And he will send at once more than 12 legions of angels.
A legion is 5,000 to 6,000 angels.
So more Roman soldiers than you could picture.
And 12 is the number of fullness.
It's all the nations of Israel.
When you would summon the army of the people of God,
it would be all 12 nations represented.
In other words, there is a full army of angels at God's disposal.
The angels know the reality of heaven better than you and I do.
And that's why the angels, which we think about at Christmas,
burst into song when they saw what was happening.
In Luke 2, which Ralph read for us in verse 13,
we read that a multitude of the heavenly host praised God.
And they said,
Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace among those with whom God is pleased.
We're told in Colossians 1.16 that by him,
that's God himself,
all things were created,
things in heaven and things on earth,
visible and invisible,
whether it be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers,
all things were created by God and for God.
Jesus is God.
Jesus created the heavens.
Jesus is king over the heavens.
Our confession,
the second London confession of faith in chapter 8 on Christ the mediator,
paragraph 3 puts it this way,
The Lord Jesus in his human nature,
thus united to the divine in the person of the Son,
was sanctified and anointed with the Holy Spirit from above beyond measure,
having in him all the treasures of God's wisdom.
Jesus is God.
That's why we sing,
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace.
Hail the Son of Righteousness.
Behold the glory of God and be satisfied.
Behold Jesus.
He is the creator and the king of heaven.
That's the first reason God calls you to look unto him.
It's because he created and rules over the heavens,
the spiritual realm.
Well, this Christmas,
God also calls you and me
to get our eyes off of our own little kingdoms.
The second reason God calls you to look unto him
is because he is the creator and the king of the earth.
Not only the heavens,
but also all of the earth.
Look at what he says next in verse 18.
God himself formed the earth and made it.
He made the earth for his glory.
This is what all of the scriptures declare.
All of the earth is like a book.
It reveals who God is.
Psalm 24 says,
The earth is the Lord's in the fullness thereof.
He has founded it and established it.
Augustine, a long time ago,
he said,
I looked at all of the earth
and I asked,
Who is God?
And all of the earth said,
I'm not God.
God is he who made me.
That's what the earth shouts back
at anyone who's honest to look.
And that's what Psalm 19 says,
The heavens declare the glory of God.
The sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours forth speech.
Night to night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech,
nor are there words
whose voice is not heard.
God is the creator of earth.
Look at earth and look past it
and see the creator.
See God himself.
Not only did God create the earth,
God is the king of the earth.
Look at what he says in verse 18 again.
He formed it to be inhabited.
I studied this in the original language.
In the Hebrew, it's poetic
and you can't quite get a firm grasp
of exactly all that it means
because it could mean so much more.
Here's how it is in the original.
God established her.
From chaos, he created her
to dwell therein.
He formed her.
So God created earth.
Earth is in the feminine.
The earth is his house.
It's his palace
where God himself will dwell.
And he formed the earth
for the dwelling.
He formed earth for himself
to rule over.
The earth is the temple of the Lord
where he is pleased to dwell.
Now, the people of God
that inhabit the earth,
in our souls,
we are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
So as his people fill the earth,
he dwells in a ruling way.
But he rules
and he is king over all
that he made.
He says in verse 18,
I am the Lord
and there is none else.
Jesus is this Lord
that Isaiah 45 describes.
In John 1-3, we read that
in God the Son,
all things were made.
Without him was not anything made
that was made.
And in him was life.
Verse 14 says that
he the creator was made flesh
and he dwelt on the earth
and we beheld God's glory
full of grace and truth.
God took on flesh
to dwell in the world
that he created.
Well, in this account in Luke 2,
we get the glory of heaven
coming to earth.
It's the angelic host
breaking through
to these 10 to 13 year old shepherds
as they're watching their sheep.
And the angels declare this,
An angel of the Lord
appeared to the shepherds.
The glory of the Lord
shone around them
and they were filled
with great fear.
And the angel declared,
Unto you is born this day
in the city of King David,
a Savior who is Christ.
The king.
And the heavens peel back,
so to speak.
The eyes of these shepherds
are opened up
to behold the heavens
from earth.
And they hear the sound
of heaven
worshiping God,
singing glory to God
in the highest
and peace on earth
to all
who belong to him.
We sing,
Veiled in flesh,
the Godhead see.
Hail the incarnate deity.
And from our confession,
we read that,
In respect to our averseness
and utter inability
to return to God,
and for our rescue
and security
from our spiritual adversaries,
we need Christ
in his kingly office.
Why did heaven
break forth
onto earth?
It's because
we are in darkness.
We need God
to reveal himself.
We need him
to come to earth
as the great king
to pull us
into his kingdom.
Because without him
we have no hope.
So in the kingly office,
God himself,
in the person of Jesus,
came to convince you
to subdue
your broken will,
to draw you to himself,
to uphold you,
to deliver you in me,
and to preserve us
until we are finally
joined with him
in his kingdom of heaven.
We long for that day
when the kingdom of heaven
will be fully on the earth,
but we enter it spiritually
when we believe
in the work of Christ
as our king.
This is what we confess
from Colossians 1.20
that God made peace
with sinners
through the blood
of his cross
to reconcile
all things
to himself
whether they be
things on earth
or things in heaven.
So this Christmas
God calls you
to trust
what he has revealed
and he has revealed
that he is the king.
The king
and the creator
of earth.
Look to him
and be satisfied
with the glory
of your creator.
Let earth
receive her king
by faith.
Number three,
this Christmas
God calls you and me,
this is an important one,
I believe God calls you
and me
to not trust
what we're getting
off of our screens,
phones and TVs,
computers.
Don't trust
your screens.
Instead,
trust
what he has revealed
in his word.
Look at what he has revealed
in verse 19.
He says,
I have made myself
known to you
in verse 19.
I have not spoken
in secret
in a dark place
of the earth.
I said not
unto the seat
of Jacob,
seek ye me
in vain.
God made his revelation
so abundantly clear
so that no man
can have excuse.
He's faithful
to his promise
in Jeremiah 29,
13.
You will seek me
and find me
when you seek me
with all your heart.
There may be some here
who have been seeking
after God
and you might not
even know it.
He says,
you will find me.
I've revealed myself
not in secret
in a dark place.
Through all of creation
and through my word
especially,
I have made myself
known.
Seek me
and you will find me.
You can't trust
what you get
from the screen,
but you can trust
God's word.
Look at what he says
in verse 19.
I, the Lord,
speak righteousness.
I declare things
that are right.
God's word alone
can be trusted.
You can trust God's word.
It is right.
Romans 121 says,
those who do not glorify
their creator as God
or give thanks to him
become vain
in their imaginations
and their foolish hearts
are darkened.
And that's how all of us
enter this world.
Our foolish thoughts
are darkened.
We need God
through the light
of his word
to shine the light
of his glory
and renew our minds.
See, God gathers those
to himself
from around the world.
And how do God's people
always organize themselves?
He gathers us
to himself
through his word.
Anywhere you go
where there's a true church,
it's going to be ruled
by Christ
through the word
of God.
Look at what he says
in verse 20.
Assemble yourselves.
Come,
draw near together
that escape the nations.
They have no knowledge
that set up the wood
of their graven image
and pray unto a God
that they cannot see.
Those gods cannot save.
And we are those
from all the nations
that God has called out.
We are the ones
who have heard
the shepherd's voice.
We've said,
the word of God
I can trust.
Let me gather around.
Let me assemble
with God's people
that I can hear
from my Lord.
God cautions us.
Trust his word alone.
2 John 2, 7 says,
For many deceivers
have gone out
into the world.
Those who do not confess.
Listen to this.
Those who don't confess
the coming of Jesus Christ
in the flesh.
So the doctrine
of the incarnation,
it is the test
of a true believer.
If Jesus is God,
then you believe
and you receive
the word of God
and you have life.
If you deny
that Jesus is God,
you are not saved.
And the church
needs to be careful
and to guard
this doctrine.
Augustine,
I'm sorry,
this was Gregory Nazianzus,
a long time ago,
one of the patristic fathers.
He said something like this,
When I look at
one person
of the Trinity,
I look at the Son,
scarcely can I have
a thought of the Son
without my mind
going to the Spirit
and the Father
and the oneness of God.
And when I think
of the one God,
creator of heaven
and earth,
I can't stop
but also think
of the Son
who expressed it
and the Spirit
who ministers.
You see how
our thoughts of God
should be that way.
As we think of
God the Creator,
we think of Father,
Son,
and Holy Spirit.
And the incarnation
reveals that Jesus
is God.
John 1.18 said
that no one
has ever seen God,
the only God
who is at the Father's side.
He has made God
known on earth.
That's what Jesus
came to do.
In our confession,
we believe this,
that it pleased the Father
that all fullness dwell
in our Lord Jesus Christ
so that being holy,
harmless,
and undefiled,
full of grace and truth,
Jesus Christ
might be thoroughly furnished
to execute
the office
of mediator
and surety.
The full deity of God
dwelt in Jesus
so that He could be
the Savior
of the world.
As I was driving
in this morning,
I just saw the snow,
the mud,
the grass,
some cows,
and I thought,
that's how God
entered this world.
Mild He lays
His glory by,
born that man
no more
may die.
See that Jesus
is God
and His word
alone,
His revelation
alone
is life
for your soul.
God has given us
a satisfying glory
to behold.
Behold that glory
in Jesus
and live.
Number four,
this Christmas,
God calls you
and me
to receive
His good news.
God calls you
and me
to receive
His good news.
Not only to hear it
and sing about it,
not even to believe it
for your family,
for those you love.
Personally,
receive His good news
again today.
the gospel
is for Christians,
right?
Receive the gospel
again today.
Look at what He says
in verse 21.
Tell ye
and bring them near,
yea,
let them take
counsel together.
He's saying,
spread the word.
There is good news
for you
who are sick
and dying.
It's like in Jesus,
as He goes around,
one sick leper
who's dying
of a sickness
He cannot heal,
tells the good news
to another,
there's a man
who can heal us.
Let's go to Him.
Gather around.
Go to the mountaintops.
Let others know
there is good news.
You need a Savior.
And there is one
who can save.
And before He says
how He does this,
He tells us
what He is doing.
In verse 21,
look at that,
verse 21,
He says,
Who hath declared this
from ancient time
and who hath told it
from that time?
Have not I,
the Lord?
God says,
I will come to save.
And how I will do it
is the way I have told
from long ago.
In verse 21,
He says,
There is no God else
beside me,
a just God
and a Savior.
I will compromise
my justice
and I will save.
How will you do that, Lord?
I'll do it the way
I told long ago.
I, the only God
and Savior,
declared that the seed
of Eve in Genesis 3.15
would crush
the serpent's head.
That's how I'll save you.
I, the only God
and Savior,
declared that the seed
of Abraham
would one day
inherit a great nation.
Genesis 12,
I, the only God
and Savior,
declared that the seed
of David
in 2 Samuel 7
would bring peace
to His kingdom.
How will I do it?
I will do it the way
I have promised.
So there we are
in darkness,
deceived by our own
sinfulness.
We are being destroyed
by evil inside and out.
And we hear that God
is just
and God is the creator
and God is powerful.
We know that a just king
will punish all evil.
We don't want a king
that's not just,
but I know that I'm evil,
so that puts me
in a position.
I know I deserve
to be punished.
I want God
to put an end
to all evil,
but that means
Him putting an end
to me.
And it should strike
fear in us,
like those angels
of the glorious presence
of God struck a fear
in the angels.
Luke 2.10 says,
the angel
had to comfort them.
He said,
fear not.
And this is the good news
for us from Isaiah 45.
I bring you
good tidings
of great joy
for you,
which shall also be
for all the people.
God says in verse 22,
you need to see this
one more time
and receive
the good news today.
Jesus reveals this to you.
Look unto me
and be ye saved,
all the ends
of the earth.
For I am God
and there is none else.
How do you receive
this salvation?
What does verse 22 say?
You look.
You don't work for it.
You don't buy it.
You don't prove yourself
worthy of it.
You look.
As the old song put it,
you have nothing
to do
but to look
and live.
There is life
for a look
at the crucified one.
There is life
at this moment
for thee.
Look at Jesus.
God has given us
a satisfying glory
to behold
and it's his own son
that he holds up
for us to see.
Look unto me
and be saved.
All the ends
of the earth,
I am God
and there is
none else.
One of my favorite
preachers in the 1800s,
Charles Spurgeon,
as a teenager,
he was feeling
the weight of his sin.
It was weighing
so heavy on him
and in God's grace,
God drew him
to go through the snow
like many of us
were out there
shoveling
and getting wet today.
And as a teenager,
his family didn't
venture out
but he did.
He marched by foot
to the closest church
where he lived
and you know the story.
That stormy day,
very few people showed up.
The preacher
didn't make it in
so another man
stood up
and read this one verse
from Isaiah 45, 22.
And he hadn't had much time
to prepare a full sermon
so he just kept
repeating that
over and over.
look,
look.
The word of God
ministers to Charles Spurgeon.
He let go
of all of his
self-righteousness.
He trusted that promise.
Look and be saved.
There is life
for a look
at the crucified one.
There is life
in this moment
for you.
In Luke 2, 20,
we read that
the shepherds returned
glorifying
and praising God
for all that they had
heard and seen.
We sing with them
who have looked at Christ.
Peace on earth
and mercy mild.
God and sinners
reconciled.
We look at Jesus.
We see the glory
of God.
God.
Number five,
this Christmas,
God calls you and me
to not care
about the glory
of man.
Don't care about
the glory of man
because God
has given us
satisfying glory
to behold.
God calls us
to look
unto Him
in this life
because He will
prove
His word
true
to all
in the life
to come.
God calls you
and me
to look
at Him
now
in this life.
He will
prove His word
true
to all
in the life
to come.
Look at verse
23.
The Lord
says,
I have sworn
by myself.
I am the
covenant
keeping God.
I am the
one who
sealed the
covenant
with Abraham.
I am the
one who
swore by
myself
to the
people of
Israel
with Moses.
I am
the Lord
God
who swore
between the
Father and
the Son
witnessed by
the Spirit
in the covenant
of redemption
before the
foundation
of the world.
I have
sworn
that I
will
save
a people
for myself.
verse 23.
I have sworn
by myself
the word
has gone
out of my
mouth
in righteousness
and shall
not return.
I will do
what I
promised
that unto
me
every knee
shall bow
every tongue
shall swear
surely
shall one
say
in the
Lord
have I
righteousness
and strength
even to
him
shall men
come
and all
that are
incensed
against him
shall be
ashamed.
verse 25
is the
promise
that
in
the
Lord
shall
all
the
seed
of
Israel
be
justified
and
shall
glory.
I want
to draw
your attention
to verse
24.
Who is
it that
is justified?
It's those
who say
in the
Lord
do I
have
righteousness
and
strength.
I have
no
righteousness
and
strength
on my
own
but
I
have
righteousness
in
God.
I have
no
strength
on my
own
but
God
is
my
strength.
I
have
looked
to
him
for
salvation.
He
alone
can
save.
In
the
Lord
we
are
justified.
That's
why
Psalm
110
verse
3
says
that
God's
people
those
who he
has
freely
justified
they
will
offer
themselves
freely.
In
holy
garments
they
will
come
into
his
house
and
worship
him
standing
in
the
righteousness
of
their
Savior.
In
the
last
two
words
of
verse
25
all
those
who
belong
to
the
true
spiritual
Israel
which
are
those
that
Christ
purchased
all
those
shall
be
justified
and
shall
glory.
glory
do
you
glory
in
God?
Do
you
behold
his
satisfying
glory
as
he
set
it
forth
in
the
sun?
If
you
are
justified
if
your
sins
are
forgiven
you
will
glory
in
God.
In
Matthew
2
verse
10
we
hear
of
these
wise
men
who
had
followed
the
star
when
they
saw
the
sign
that
God
had
given
they
rejoiced
exceedingly
and
when
they
were
come
into
the
house
where
Mary
Joseph
and
Jesus
lived
they
saw
the
young
child
now
with
Mary
his
mother
and
they
fell
down
and
they
worshipped
him
they
gloried
in
God
what
God
had
done
by
sending
his
son
and
when
they
had
opened
their
treasures
they
presented
unto
him
the
gifts
if
you
behold
that
Jesus
is
God
you
will
glory
in
him
joyful
all
ye
nations
rise
join
the
triumph
of
the
skies
the
creator
and
king
of
heaven
has
come
to
earth
and
he
has
triumphed
over
sin
Satan
worldliness
and wolves
join
the
triumph
now
because
one
day
every
knee
will
bow
and
every
tongue
will
confess
receive
him
now
by
faith
look
unto
Jesus
with
your
heart
and
be
saved
look
one
last
time
at
verse
22
he
calls
you
to
look
unto
him
and
be
saved
all
the
ends
of
the
earth
for
I
am
God
and
there
is
none
else
I
have
given
you
a
satisfying
glory
to
behold
look
unto
me
God
calls
that
old
hymn
goes
on
like
this
look
sinner
look
unto
him
and
be
saved
unto
him
who
was
nailed
to
the
tree
it
is
not
your
good
deeds
that
can
pardon
your
sin
nor
by
works
can
you
set
yourself
free
nor
is
it
in
your
penance
nor
more
guilty
toil
but
only
his
blood
that
redeemeth
your
soul
on
him
then
who
shed
it
thou
mayest
at
once
thy
weight
of
iniquities
roll
so
look
sinner
look
unto
him
and
be
saved
unto
him
who
was
nailed
to
the
tree
there
is
life
for
a
look
at
the
crucified
one
there
is
life
in
a
moment
for
thee
find
true
life
in
Christ
behold
God's
glory
in
his
son
this
Christmas
God
calls
you
to
look
unto
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
live
let's
pray
oh
Lord
you
are
the
eternal
infinite
and
unchangeable
God
you
are
the
creator
of
heaven
and
earth
you
are
perfect
in
your
power
your
goodness
and
glory
your
wisdom
justice
and
truth
you
are
the
only
God
there
is
none
else
and
you
the
only
God
you
took
on
flesh
in
the
words
of
Luke
1
you
took
on
flesh
to
deliver
a
people
for
yourself
out
of
the
hand
of
your
enemy
and
you
saved
your
people
that
your
people
might
worship
you
as
king
without
fear
help
us
to
live
lives
of
worship
in
Christ's
holiness
in
Christ's
righteousness
before
you
all the
days
of
our
life
we
ask
this
for
Christ's
sake
alone
amen