We'll be reading our sermon text, which is from John 18, picking up where we left off
last week.
So this week we'll begin reading at verse 25, John 18, 25.
As I read, remember that this is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient
word.
It's God's very own word for you and me, his people.
When I'm done reading, I'll say, this is the word of the Lord and we can celebrate.
Thanks be to God.
John 18, starting at verse 25 and to the end of the chapter.
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself.
So they said to him, you also are not one of his disciples, are you?
He denied it and said, I am not.
One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked,
did I not see you in the garden with him?
Peter again denied it.
And at once the rooster crowed.
Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters.
It was early morning.
They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters so that they would not be defiled,
but could eat the Passover.
So Pilate went outside to them and said, what accusation do you bring against this man?
They answered him, if this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.
Pilate said to them, take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.
The Jews said to him, it is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.
And this was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die.
Verse 33.
So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, are you the king of the Jews?
Jesus answered, do you say this of your own accord or did others say it to you about me?
Pilate answered, am I a Jew?
Your own nation and the chiefs, the chief priests have delivered you over to me.
What have you done?
Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world.
If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting that I might not be delivered over to the Jews.
But my kingdom is not from this world.
Then Pilate said to him, so you are a king.
Jesus answered, you say that I am a king.
For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world to bear witness to the truth.
Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.
Pilate said to him, what is truth?
And after this he said, after he said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, I find no guilt in him.
But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover.
So do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?
They cried out again, not this man, but Barabbas.
Now, Barabbas was a robber.
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
You may be seated.
The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever.
Let's pray.
Father, we praise you that though we wither like the grass in this body,
through the word of God, you reveal to us Jesus Christ, the truth, the way, the life of heaven.
We praise you for revealing yourself to us by the person and work of your son, Jesus Christ,
the only mediator between God and man.
We confess our utter dependence on you.
We thank you, Lord, that you have not left your church as orphans, but that you remain with us.
We thank you for how you have sent what you called an even better ministry,
and that's the Holy Spirit, wielding the sword of the Spirit, the word of God.
We pray that your truth in simple, plain language will enlighten our minds,
will put a flame in our hearts, will stir us up, Lord, to follow you more closely.
Lord, we are your people in this life as pilgrims.
We're hungry.
We need our daily bread.
We need Jesus Christ himself.
Please feed us today, Lord.
Sustain your people by the ministry of your word, we ask.
Amen.
Well, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
I want to walk through this passage with you and declare what Christ declared,
and that's why God the Son came into this world.
Why God the Son came into this world.
We read it a bit earlier, Isaiah 53, 6,
how we all, like sheep, have gone astray.
We have each turned to our own way.
That's you, isn't it?
That's my wondering heart.
Now, in this passage, our good shepherd, Jesus declares in verse 37,
it's to this end that I was born, for this cause, that I came into the world.
It's to be the good shepherd of my people.
You have steered away from his green pastures.
You have ventured off into the wild.
You're in the valley of darkness.
There's thorns.
There's those beady eyes of wolves and predators.
There's a vulture circling around you.
That's how you are if God would leave you alone.
But the good shepherd says, for this reason, I was born.
For this reason, I came into the world.
It's to rescue you.
I see in this passage, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
and the way that the Apostle John is arranging this glorious message,
I see five reasons he gives us to meditate on.
And I invite you to ponder these truths with me.
The first reason that God the Son came into this world
was to prove himself most faithful when you and I are most faithless.
Have you been faithless this past week?
Have you lacked the faith that you want in your spirit?
I have.
That's the first reason God the Son came into the world,
to prove that he is most faithful when you and I are most faithless.
You and I are Peter.
Look at verse 25.
Simon Peter stood warming himself at the fire.
This tells us that it was a cold night.
Our Lord Jesus being interrogated by Annas and Caiaphas
in the middle of this cold night was faithful.
Peter was cold, was weak.
Isn't it so common for the enemy, for Satan,
to tempt us most in our weakness?
When we're tired, when we're emotionally drained,
when we're physically weak, we are so susceptible.
Our guard drops too often.
And they said to Peter,
Aren't you also one of his disciples?
You see Satan baiting the hook.
We don't know exactly what Peter was thinking or feeling.
We can infer that he has fear and maybe pride.
Here's the one who he believed would be the Messiah,
the conquering Savior.
Arrested.
Tied up.
Peter denied him a second time.
He said, I am not.
In John 13, 37, Peter had told Jesus
in front of all the other disciples as witnesses,
I will lay down my life for you.
Jesus Christ replied to him,
Will you?
There's the tender patience of our Lord.
Will you?
Jesus said to Peter,
truly, truly, I say to you,
the rooster will not crow
till you have denied me three times.
In verse 26, we read that one of the servants of the high priest,
his kinsman,
whose ear Peter had cut off,
he said,
Did not I see you in the garden with this man?
In verse 27, Peter denied Jesus the third time.
Immediately, the rooster crows.
We read in verse 28,
then it was early.
You see, a whole cold night has passed.
Why does our Lord prophesy that this will happen?
A rooster will crow.
Peter, at least, maybe John and others will take note of that and be reminded.
When does a rooster crow?
A rooster crows while it's still dark,
but it's a signal that the sun will be rising soon.
This was the darkest hour of Peter's life.
And he hears this sound.
And it's a reminder of his weakness
and of Christ's faithfulness.
The rooster signals the break of dawn.
In Peter's darkest hour,
Jesus Christ is most faithful.
Let that comfort you.
Through those moments of your life
when you have felt yourself to be most faithless,
God has sustained you.
That's why you're here on a Sunday morning.
It's because in his covenant of grace,
God's steadfast love endures forever.
That's his promise.
And so the rooster crows,
and soon it was morning.
I'm reminded of Psalm 110.
Remember the covenant of redemption.
The Father makes the promise to the Son,
the reward for his obedience.
And Psalm 110 says,
You, Son, you will rule with majesty.
In the womb of the dawn.
Our Lord is about to show the type of rule
of his kingdom.
And he conquers Satan.
He crushes the serpent's head on the cross.
In the womb of the morning,
he's holding on to that promise of his Father.
It's curious how John,
the same apostle,
begins this whole gospel
in John 1, 5
by declaring,
The light shines in the darkness
and the darkness has not overcome it.
Peter was tempted three times.
Three times.
Exposed for being faithless.
Our Lord Jesus was tempted in the desert
three times.
It's his perfect active obedience
as a substitute for Peter's perfect failures.
You and I are failures.
We are faithless just like Peter.
We need Christ's active obedience.
Because where we are faithless,
Christ has been faithful
to fulfill all righteousness on our behalf.
That's what Paul declares
as an encouragement to Timothy.
2 Timothy 2, 13
When we are faithless,
he remains faithful,
for he cannot deny himself.
Praise God like Peter
for Christ's active obedience
on your behalf.
Jesus declares,
To this end I was born.
For this cause I came into the world.
Because you, Peter,
and each one of you and me,
we all like sheep have gone astray.
We have turned every one of us
to our own way.
But the Father has laid
our faithlessness on Christ
to prove that he is faithful.
Praise be to God.
The second reason I see here
why God the Son
came into the world
was to satisfy God's justice
in his dying.
that you and I may justly live.
Sinners deserve death.
The wages of sin is death.
And God is just.
So how could a just God
remain just
by allowing sinners to live?
There's only one way.
God the Son.
He had to come into the world.
And he had to be the one
that would satisfy God's justice
by dying in your place
and in mine.
That's the only way
that you and I
could justly live.
Look with me at verse 28.
They led Jesus from Caiaphas
into the hall of judgment.
It was early.
They themselves went
not into the judgment hall
lest they should be defiled.
They wanted to eat the Passover.
Well, we know that Jesus
with his disciples
celebrated the Passover
the day before.
So there are two ways
that this can be possible.
Because so many people
migrated to Jerusalem
it was an accepted custom
that you would celebrate
either on Thursday or Friday.
There was also a law
in Deuteronomy
where the Levites
and those of the tribe
of Levi that would be
administering the public Passover
in the temple
they would have a special meal
and a special celebration
on Friday.
And so this is potentially
what that was as well.
But I think what John
the Apostle is highlighting here
is the irony.
The situational irony
in the way he uses the language.
Irony was a literary technique
originally used
in ancient Greek culture.
When they were describing
a tragic life
or a hero
they would use
situational irony.
So an example
that we can relate to
of situational irony
would be like
the fire station
caught on fire.
You know
or the Supreme Court
would not submit themselves
to the rule of law.
Those types of things
would be situational irony.
Now let's notice
in this passage
John mentioned
that they led Jesus
into the hall
of judgment.
They wanted to
unjustly condemn
the only sinless man
in their hall of judgment.
He who is the creator
and judge
of all the world.
In verse 29
we read that
after spending time
with Jesus
Pilate
goes back out
and he asks them
what accusations
do you bring against this man?
See the Jews
are trying to use Pilate
in order to
to condemn
an innocent man.
They're thinking
that they can be
smarter and more clever
than God
with God's own laws.
They're saying
our hands will stay clean
if we can get this
Gentile
this man
from the Roman Empire
to cast the judgment
and sentence Jesus
though he's innocent
to die.
The irony is that
the people of God
were always
intended and called
to take the good news
of God's forgiveness
by grace
to the nations
and here they are
trying to condemn
the nations
putting blood
on the hands of Pilate.
In verse 31
Pilate says
take him
and judge him
according to your own law.
It is not just
for us
to kill
a man
they say.
They're
they're telling
Pilate
we want this man
dead.
We want
capital punishment.
We want him to die
on a Roman cross
and we do not want
to be associated
with the clear injustice
that needs to be done
to that man.
But Pilate
are you going to
play ball with us?
You know how powerful
we are here.
Pilate's a puppet
of the Roman Empire.
So here they are
twisting
God's own law
the law of the holy God
the law of Jesus Christ
the whole law
was meant to be
a shadow
of God's work
and a picture
on earth
of his coming kingdom
and yet
they're twisting
that law
to put
the king
on a cross.
In verse 32
John makes it
as clear as can be
all of this
was by God's providence
so that
the word of Jesus
himself would be
fulfilled.
It was signifying
the death
that he should die.
The gospels pick up
on this.
Matthew 20
verse 19
Jesus tells them
the son of man
will be handed over
to the Gentiles
to be mocked
and flogged
and crucified.
And the Jewish law
says that cursed
is any man
who hangs on a tree.
And Jesus
also said
on the third day
the Messiah
the anointed Savior
will rise
again
to life.
John Gill
pointed out
how God's providence
conducted
every detail
and our Lord Jesus
cheerfully submitted
in great love
to his people
to redeem
you
from the curse
by being made
a curse
for you.
I love how
this comes
from Peter
himself
who's
the failure
in this story.
In 2 Peter 2
24
Peter wrote
to the church
Jesus Christ
himself
bore our sins
in his body
on the tree
that we might
die to sin
and live
to righteousness.
By
his wounds
we are healed.
what comforting
words for Peter
to meditate on.
Jesus is declaring
it's to this end
that I was born
it's for this cause
that I came
to the world.
You all like sheep
have gone astray
but it pleased
the Father
to lay on the Son
the guilt
the death
deserving guilt
of sinners
in your place
and mine
so that we
may justly
live.
The third
reason that
God the Son
came into
the world
was to
transfer prisoners
in darkness
into his
heavenly kingdom
of light.
God the Son
came into
this world
to transfer
prisoners
who are in
bondage to
sin and Satan
in darkness
into the
kingdom of heaven
a kingdom
of light.
in verse 33
we see that
Pilate entered
into the judgment
hall again
to address Jesus
and he asks him
are you
the king of the Jews?
So there's
Pilate
standing in
the presence
of the king
of glory
and he's
questioning him
rather than
confessing
the truth.
It's possible
for you and me
to be like
Pilate
we're in
the presence
of the king
of glory
and rather
than bowing
our knees
and our hearts
to him
in worship
we stand
here questioning
him.
Jesus
are you
who you
say you
are?
In verse
34
Jesus said
is this
what you
judged
for yourself
or did
others
determine
it
to you
of me?
Jesus
is being
patient
with Pilate
he's asking
Pilate
to think
for himself
you judge
for yourself
you don't
get to be
a slippery
middle man
the king
of glory
looks you
in the eye
who am I
to you?
Who do you
say I am?
Are you only
going off
of what others
have told you?
Pilate's answer
reveals his heart
in verse
35
Pilate says
am I a
Jew?
Your own
nation
and your
chief
priests
have
delivered
you
to me
what is
it
that you
have
done?
See
Pilate
refused
to bow
his heart
in humility
to Jesus
and by
doing
that
by remaining
proud
and standing
before him
he's missing
out on the
best news
for his
body and his
soul now
and forever
more
it's possible
to be that
close to the
king of glory
and to stand
in pride
against him
missing out
on the most
glorious news
for your
soul
and your
body now
and forever
more
in verse
36
Jesus
declares
he is a
king
Jesus
says
my
kingdom
is not
of this
world
if my
kingdom
were of
this
world
then would
my
servants
not
fight
I
would
not
be
delivered
to the
Jews
my
army
would
stand
with
me
we
would
not
be
having
this
conversation
so
Jesus
says
for
this
reason
you
can
tell
clearly
my
kingdom
is
not
of
this
world
so
now
Jesus
has
owned
the
fact
that
he
is
a
king
he
has
a
kingdom
his
kingdom
is
not
of
this
world
in
another
twist
of
irony
his
passive
surrender
to
the
Jewish
leaders
and
to
Pilate
it
proves
his
kingdom
is
of
another
world
in
Matthew
416
quoting
Isaiah
9
2
we
read
that
Jesus
would
come
to
a
people
dwelling
in
darkness
they
would
see
a
great
light
the
sun
would
be
dawning
in
the
shadow
of
death
that's
why
Jesus
came
to
this
world
is
to
transfer
prisoners
who
are
in
darkness
into
his
heavenly
kingdom
of
light
in
verse
37
Peter
said
to
Jesus
are
you
a
king
then
Jesus
replies
you
said
I
am
a
king
see
it's
possible
to
be
like
Pilate
and
to
be
so
entangled
in
our
own
little
kingdoms
that
we
live
as
if
Christ
were
dethroned
it's
possible
but
we
belong
to
a
spiritual
kingdom
we
belong
to
this
glorious
kingdom
of
heaven
the
kingdom
of
light
one
commentator
pointed
out
that
the
subjects
of
Christ
kingdom
are
not
of
the
world
they
are
chosen
and
called
out
of
it
the
kingdom
itself
does
not
appear
in
worldly
pomp
or
splendor
nor
is
it
supported
by
worldly
force
all
that
is
carnal
sensual
and
worldly
must
be
removed
from
our
conceptions
of
Christ
kingdom
Jesus
declares
this is
why
I
was
born
it's
for
this
reason
that
I
came
into
the
world
because
all
you
have
gone
astray
like
sheep
you've
each
turned
to
your
own
way
but
I
came
as
the
king
of
heaven
to
transfer
you
who
were
prisoners
in
bondage
and
darkness
into
my
heavenly
kingdom
of
light
God
the
fourth
reason
God
the
son
came
into
the
world
was
to
declare
truth
to
you
who
were
once
deceived
by
Satan's
lies
all
of
us
were
deceived
by
Satan's
lies
that's
our
natural
condition
that's
how
we're
born
but
God
the
son
came
into
this
world
to
declare
truth
and
those
who
hear
the
truth
that
he
declares
will
follow
his
voice
in
verse
37
Jesus
says
to
this
end
was
I
born
God
the
son
according
to
his
human
nature
is
reflecting
on
his
own
incarnation
I
was
born
of
a
virgin
conceived
by
the
Holy
Spirit
in
a
very
miraculous
manner
not
inheriting
the curse
of sin
from
Adam's
line
that's
why
God
the
son
was
born
and
it's
for
this
cause
that
I
came
into
the
world
Jesus
says
in
verse
37
his
mission
was
to
bear
witness
unto
the
truth
being
image
bearers
of
God
every
single
person
knows
they
are
living
in
darkness
Romans
1
18
says
that
the
wrath
of
God
is
revealed
from
heaven
against
all
who
by
their
unrighteousness
suppress
the
truth
the
truth
and
faithfulness
of
God
in
his
word
and
promises
all
of
God's
actions
and
revelations
and
all
of
redemptive
history
are
what
Christ
comes
to
most
clearly
reveal
and
accomplish
and
fulfill
Jesus
Christ
himself
came
as
the
truth
he
is
the
true
God
and
the
true
man
the
truth
of
all
the
covenant
transactions
all
the
types
all
the
promises
all
the
prophecies
Jesus
Christ
came
to
declare
and
reveal
to
everyone
who
will
hear
his
voice
and
he
will
not
fail
in
his
mission
notice
what
Jesus
says
at
the
end
of
verse
37
everyone
that
is
of
the
truth
heareth
my
voice
if a
person
does
not
believe
they
are
ignoring
the
truth
they
are
deceiving
themselves
they
are
suppressing
God's
truth
by their
unrighteousness
in
verse 38
Pilate
said to
him
what
is
truth
Pilate
commits
two
sins
at
least
here
he's
suppressing
the
truth
by
his
unbelief
and
he's
also
misusing
the
office
God
appointed
him
to
he's
ruling
with
the
authority
God
put
in
his
hands
but
he's
doing
it
unjustly
and
here
before
him
stands
Jesus
Christ
God
the
Son
the
living
God
the
King
of
the
world
in
verse 38
after
Pilate
said
this
he
went
out
to
the
Jews
he
had
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
God
himself
the
way
the
truth
the
life
what
is
truth
he
wouldn't
even
pause
to
be
taught
he
immediately
went
back
out
to
the
Jews
following
his
heart
holding
on
to
his
little
kingdom
even
though
Pilate
was
such
an
unjust
ruler
who
denied
the
truth
God
used
Pilate
to
confirm
the
perfection
of
Jesus
Christ
as
the
Lamb
of
God
Pilate
declares
in
verse
38
to
the
Jews
the
keepers
of
the
ceremonial
law
I
find
no
fault
in
him
at
all
there
was
no
sin
in
the
nature
of
Jesus
there
was
no
guile
in
his
lips
as
someone
put
it
there
was
no
iniquity
in
his
life
and
the
devil
himself
could
find
nothing
to
accuse
in
Jesus
praise
God
1 Peter
1
19
we read
that
the
redeemed
of
God
were
bought
with
his
precious
blood
that
of
an
unblemished
and
spotless
lamb
that's
who
Jesus
is
unblemished
spotless
there
is no
fault
in
him
at
all
he
came
to
live
for
you
and
for
me
to
this
end
I
was
born
Jesus
says
it's
for
this
mission
that
I
came
to
this
world
I
came
to
declare
the
truth
of
God
to
you
who
were
once
deceived
by
the
lies
of
Satan
if
you
hear
my
voice
of
truth
you
will
follow
me
well
the
fifth
and
final
reason
I
see
in
this
passage
for
why
God
the
son
came
into
the
world
it
was
to
be
the
Passover
lamb
so
that
criminals
like
you
and
me
could
be
called
sons
of
God
Jesus
came
to
be
the
Passover
lamb
so
that
criminals
like
you
and
me
could
be
called
sons
of
God
in
verse
39
Pilate
says
to
the
Jews
you
have
a
custom
that
I
should
release
unto
you
one
criminal
at
Passover
Pilate
was
eager
to
please
the
mob
the
people
they
had
all
the
power
he
was
the
new
guy
trying
to
play
by
their
rules
he
was
negotiating
with
them
he
would
use
their
own
customs
to
try
to
appease
them
so
that
he
could
hold
on
to
his
power
the
Jews
knew
they
could
use
this
leverage
and
get
whatever
they
wanted
out
of
this
man
this
puppet
and
so
Pilate
asked
them
in
verse
39
do
you
choose
therefore
that
I
release
to
you
the
king
of
the
Jews
he
can't
help
getting
a
jab
in
at
them
the
people
cannot
choose
the
right
thing
according
to
their
will
they
are
so
bound
in
sin
they
cannot
choose
their
own
king
in
sin
every
one
of
us
chooses
to
use
whatever
power
we
have
and
unless
God
regenerates
you
and
unbinds
that
fallen
will
you
will
never
choose
God
nor
would
I
if
Jesus
is
your
king
it's
because
God
chose
you
and
the
Jews
use
their
power
here
to
get
rid
of
what
they
considered
their
biggest
threat
everybody's
grabbing
what they
can
in
this
life
Barabbas
was a
thief
he
grabbed
what
was
not
his
Pilate
was
grabbing
hold
of
the
little
power
God
gave
him
thinking
that
it
was
his
own
scheming
that
put
him
in
that
spot
and
the
Jews
did
not
want
to
let
go
of
all
the
power
they
held
because
of
their
religion
and
so
in
verse
40
they
cried
again
saying
not
this
man
Pilate
calls
him
the
king
of
the
Jews
they
call
him
this
man
but
Barabbas
now
Barabbas
was
a
robber
it's
no
accident
in
God's
providence
that
the man
that
would
be
released
the
criminal
that
would
be
set
free
was
named
Barabbas
if
you're
familiar
with
Jewish
names
you know
Bar
means
son
and
Abba
means
father
Bar
Abba
the
son
of
the
father
though
he
was
a
criminal
so
deserving
of
punishment
he
was
let
go
he
would
be
perfectly
free
because
Christ
God
the
son
was
taken
captive
condemned
and
died
we
all
like
sheep
deserve
to
die
if
left
to
ourselves
we're
all
criminals
before
a
holy
and
just
God
we've
turned
our
own
way
Augustine
declared
what we
believe
that
God
chooses
us
not
because
we
believe
but
that
we
may
believe
Ephesians
1
4
says
that
God
chooses
us
in
Christ
and
he
did
this
before
the
foundation
of
the
world
he
chooses
you
and
me
to
be
holy
and
blameless
before
him
because
we
will
be
robed
in
Christ
righteousness
the
father
laid
our
iniquities
on
his
own
son
so that
we
who were
criminals
like
Barabbas
could be
released
in Romans
8 14
we read
that
all
who are
led by
the spirit
are sons
of God
it's not
to leave
daughters
out
but it's
because in
the ancient
world
of the time
of the early
church
the son
is entitled
to the
inheritance
man
and woman
you are
sons
of God
in the
sense
that you
are entitled
to the
inheritance
that God's
own son
merited
for you
Galatians
4 6
because you
are sons
God
has sent
the spirit
of his
son
into your
heart
and by
that spirit
you now
cry
Abba
father
glory
be to
God
you and
I are
like those
sheep
stuck in
the thorns
with the
wolves
coming around
to devour
us
if we
are left
on our
own
but God
the son
became the
good shepherd
he came
to the
world
he was
born
to be
your
perfect
sinless
unblemished
Passover
lamb
so that
criminals
like you
and me
could be
called
sons
of God
for this
reason
that Jesus
came into
the world
if you
hear his
voice
you will
joyfully
follow
your
good
shepherd
all
glory
be to
God
would you
pray with
me
oh
Lord
our
triune
God
father
son
holy
spirit
what else
can we
declare
but that
you
are
perfect
love
you
prove
this
by
your
son's
mission
thinking
of
first
corinthians
13
we
praise
you
for
how
in
the
person
and
work
of
Jesus
Christ
you
have
rejoiced
in
the
truth
you
have
you
have
born
our
sins
and
even
now
as
you
shepherd
our
souls
you
bear
with
us
in
all
things
where
we
are
faithless
you
are
faithful
believing
all
things
Lord
where
we
look
at
our
lives
and
we
can
feel
hopeless
we
praise
you
for
Christ
perfect
hope
hoping
all
things
where
we
are
impatient
where
we
buck
against
long
suffering
Lord
we
praise
you
that
Jesus
Christ
endured
all
things
on
our
behalf
and
we
stand
here
simply
confessing
Lord
we
need
your
love
we
need
more
of
the
love
of
God
proven
through
Jesus
Christ
we
ask
that
by
the
power
of
your
spirit
you
put
that
love
in
our
souls
more
love
for
you
Father
and
more
love
for
our
neighbor
we
ask
this
for
Christ's
sake
and
for
his
glory
in
our
lives
Amen