Blessings and Cursings

What would you describe your worship of God centric or is it phony is it real or is it based on ritualism in the last book of the Old Testament, the book of Malachi, something tragic happens Israel is there coming to the temple to worship God are bringing polluted foods and maimed animals. Instead of giving God the very best we bring the worst they bring that which they cannot use themselves and present that consuming worship the Lord says going for Malachi last week of the Old Testament, or that there were one among you who would shut the doors that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain. The Lord is saying it would be better that in fact we close the doors of the temple that you don't come to the temple to worship rather than giving your very worst spiritual activity but no spiritual reality has become the owner of the New Testament book of Revelation. There's another tragic scene there is a trick the church in a place called Laodicea and is very active. There's a lot going on than the church. But the tragedy is that the Lord Jesus is outside the church and John and his revelation from the Lord gives this picture of Jesus outside the church knocking at the door. He says I know your works. You are neither cold nor hot.

Would that you are neither cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm are neither hot nor cold. I will spit you out of my mouth religious activity without spiritual reality, but you with us. Could it be that we are involved is aware and I kind of religious ritualism without spiritual reality could be that we are Orthodox and our faith but have no love for God, no passion for God. Could it be that we got a lot of emotionalism without authentic worship externally. Very impressive. Internally hollow. Jesus spoke of those in his days to honor God with… But their heart was far from true bosses attribute you, and you were saying, but actually singing in the choir singing there up and about today.

Very good advice and you're enjoying the songs and you what you're saying is good but your heart is far away leaves were going to learn but no fruit. Let's open our Bibles to the first Gospel of Matthew chapter 21 were going consecutively through Matthew and today we come to the 21st chapter it's going to record what we call Palm Sunday Julian were singing was honor at the passage first were going to look at verses one through 11.

I learned this, I want each one of us to receive Jesus as Savior and King. And be eternally blessed were going to learn this morning about the blessings of God but also the cursing of God we going to learn about authentic worship and also for me hypocritical.

In fact, corrupt worship want to be blessed by God. It is how it begins by receiving Jesus as Savior and King. Personally, Matthew chapter 21 verse one know when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage to the mind develops. Then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, go into the village in front of your and immediately you'll find a donkey tied in the cold with her untying them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, the Lord needs them, and he will send them out once this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet say say to the daughter of Zion will hold your King is coming to your humble and mounted on a donkey and a colt the fall of the beast of burden, the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. They brought the donkey and the colt, and put on them their cloaks and he sent on them. Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road and the cards that went before him, and that followed him was charging Kosana to the son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest and when you enter Jerusalem the whole city was stirred up saying who is this McLeod said this is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee. This is the time of the Passover and Jesus enters Jerusalem. We have seen in the past that Jesus is on a journey with the disciples going to Jerusalem and no they enter Jerusalem and becomes writing on the donkey that Jesus had predicted that he is going to be condemned to death in Jerusalem. Chapter 20 verse 18 he says to his disciples see what going up to Jerusalem and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief reason scribes, and they will condemn him today. He knows the enter Jerusalem on this donkey that he's going to die. Crucifixion is only days away. This donkey uncalled unprepared for the occasion varsity the Lord needs them, and something wonderful happens is Matthew loves to court from the Old Testament 500 years before this event took place an Old Testament prophet, a man told Zechariah had prophesied that when the Messiah comes, he comes on the donkey through the prophecy is found in the book of Zechariah, so you're saying I have no idea where Zechariah is I'm I'm to make it easy for you here in Matthew go back one book is Malachi go back one book is Zechariah Zechariah chapter 9. One of the wonderful things with the Bible is that prophecies come true so here's this prophet 500 years before the events saying something is going to happen unit is Zechariah 9 verse nine rejoice greatly, or daughter of Zion shout aloud or daughter of Jerusalem bow hold your King is coming to your righteous and having salvation is he does this humble and hunted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. The Bible true. Of course it's true prophecy is fulfilled and I was really back in Matthew 21 Matthew says as Jesus is answering on the donkey. He said this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet just read it. The prophet Zechariah saying say to the daughter of Zion will hold your King is coming to your house is going to come humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the fall of the beast of burden.

One of the events, the King is coming. Jesus comes as the Messiah as the king offering salvation to his people as we calculated that this time of the Passover in Jerusalem was about 180,000 people. The place is absolutely packed the car to go to the Passover. They're looking for national salvation I noticed for the Charlotte advanced nine hosanna hosanna in the highest desire not to the son of David. Hosanna is a Hebrew word abundance hundred and 18 verses 25 and 26 and is a time of joyful praise and mean save us. God save us. Hosanna in the highest Jesus enters into Jerusalem for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear he comes as Savior becomes as it came all the excited crowd looking for a political conqueror to overthrow the Romans. Remember that at this time.

Israel is under the heel of Rome Rome as a superpower and they want to be liberated from Rome and they have a misunderstanding of the identity and mission of Jesus. They do not realize that Jesus is the Christ that he's the king and he's come to deliver them from the bondage far greater than Rome's but not someone is thinking kidding me kind of King and kingdom is this a King is coming on the borrowed donkey whereon his armies when Rome comes as a conqueror. They come with all of the pomp and the splendor in the armies of the horses, demonstrating the power, but of course Jesus taught about the kingdom of heaven or the crowd. Matthew says is stirred up, but notice what they say in answer to the question is this one, or he's a prophet, Jesus from Nazareth of go, we don't see the Savior.

They don't see the caring and they certainly don't understand that they're carrying that the Messiah has come to die on the cross. Notice verse 12 and Jesus entered the temple you picture it comes on the donkey becomes. He's the Messiah, the long promised Messiah.

The king not only the king of Jews by the King of Kings and Lord of lords and the enters the temple which is the very center of the spiritual worship and life of the nation but is the welcome to catch the eye. Sadness the utter tragedy of it all. There, the Lord of glory, the King of Kings, the Messiah stands in the very center of Israel's phase and religious activity, and there's plenty going on is a very busy place in their in the temple. He stands in the very religious leaders oppose him. They reject him, and in fact the plotting is that is the Savior. He's the king and is rejected becomes to rezone and is on receive him and not another of the disciples say you sold to possible is the to come to the house of the Lord's Lord as we are to come for worship and to hear God speak to us through his word, but to totally miss its to be involved in religion to be involved in church, perhaps even to serve in the church, but to miss the Savior I have to remind all of us that at the very heart of the Christian faith is this ritualism is not even serving the Lord is knowing Jesus Christ personally, as your Savior is your King and I have to ask you but have to sit in on these cues for many months, perhaps many years in your involved in church and your involved is awarded religion but you do not know Jesus Christ. I know that some of you have been humble enough to tell me that you've come here and just sat for a long time and then something wonderful happens the Lord and his grace opened your eyes to understand that you have missed Jesus Christ and you do not have a personal relationship with them all. You're very proud of your church heritage. You're very proud of what you have done and all of that has its place, but you've missed the very heart of it, which is this, to know Jesus Christ.

That's what it means to be a Christian to go, some through some ritual by just enjoying the church, although that's wonderful and we have people being part of Calgary this morning, but at the heart of it is a personal relationship with Christ is to know Christ is our siding. Hosanna, save us, rescue you saved you open your heart to Christ, as it were sent hosanna come and save me, save me, heal me from my sin. Forgive my sin as you knew before the king and acknowledge that you are a sinful person and the only hope of salvation is to borrow at the feet of the cross and cried to Christ to come and save you say please please don't miss the blessing which begins by receiving Christ personally is your Savior and Lord.

Let's move on to verses 19 through 20 when we'll see that religious activity without spiritual reality is condemned by God. This people involved in religious activity people involved is aware in New Testament times in the church, but that is not reality, and that is condemned by God blessing begins as I receive Christ personally. All I have is activity without spiritual reality and condemned by God. Verses 19 through verses 12 through nine, Jesus entered the temple's and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, it is written, my house is that is the house of God, my house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers, the blind and the lame came to him in the temple at the Hilton when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children crying out in the temple. Hosanna to the son of David, they were indignant and they said to him, do you hear what they're saying. Jesus said to them, yes. You never read, out of the mode of infants and nursing babies you have prepared place and leaving them.

He went of the city to Bethany and lodged there in the morning as he was returning to the city.

He became hungry and seeing a fig tree by the wayside. He went to it and find nothing on it but only leaves and he said to it may no fruit ever come from you again and the fig tree withered at once.

That is a strange thing someone says why would the Lord put a curse on the fig tree was he doing out of anger, was he doing items IDE calms to get some things from a tree and and there's no figs on the trail and soul and the fit of anger. It was a curse on the fig trees that was happening that sound like something Jesus would do. Jesus never uses his power in the self-interest.

We are in the way of peek absently not know the cursing of the fig tree is a dramatic acted out parable of the judgment of God on Israel.

The cursing of the fig tree is a prophetic sign that judgment is coming and is given as a warning to Israel.

No, he didn't act out of anger. The cursing of the fig tree and the cleansing of the temple go together.

I think of this. This victory is leaves but is no fruit before the main season for figs. There are small green prefix. The small but edible in a particularly palatable but these brief prefix appeared before the leaves so this is Passover time in March and April tree has leaves but no prefix.

And if that's the case is going to be balling for the entire season leaves on the fig tree this season was normally assigned that there was fruit there were fakes but not on the street believes are visible you go to the tree expecting figs. But when you come closer. You see, in fact, there's a lot of leaves but there's no fruits getting the point, the fig tree is a picture is a picture of the spiritual condition of Israel leaves but no fruits in the temple, there's noise there's activity. This ritualism motion but there's nothing for God externally impressive but internally hollow tube church.

Yes, it's externally impressive but internally hollow.

The temple built by Herod was a magnificent structure. There was a large coach of the Gentiles court of the woman for the woman. The court for Jewish man and of course the holy of holies the very presence of God the daughter. The Danes that his name is temple was to be built in Jerusalem the very center of the world is in there. It's deficits Dominating the skyline of Jerusalem and the surrounding area very, very impressive, but at the time of Jesus. The fig tree, and the temple were the same leaves promising fruit, but none religious activity without spiritual reality rather than the temple being a center for worship and prayer. The temple is a place of religious ritualism of business. Yes of exploitation. For example, the time of the Passover people had to offer. The Lamb and the Lamb had to pass the inspection of the priests for a charge. Many people brought animals themselves are brought animals from the temple as these animals were certified as acceptable and the high priestly family is one of the corner on the market and the exploited people, including appeared for people once a year, temple tax, 1/2 shekel of silver had to be paid so in the temple as moneychangers. The building is in the court of the Gentiles to facilitate the changing of money, but the doing that. Of course the cost I do that last time with them flying to Scotland for the death of my mother. I go to the exchange in the Charlotte airport, I give them so many dollars and I get so many British pounds and I think well you've Craved it for yourself. You was exchanged were doing nothing wrong with exchanging the money a lot doing it to use that which is going for worship, telling your own pocket of the temple is like the fig tree looks very very good from afar, but when you get close you realize it's mere leaves empty religion, lot of excitement. Lot of activity, but no authentic worship, devoid of spiritual power and life in Jesus as the temple is my house. It should be a place of worship is to be a place of prayer for all of the nations is not a place for making money and did you notice the leaders were indignant at the children. The children of things is wonderful. The children are crying out in the temple.

Hosanna to the son of David. These little children candidates, but the powerful religious establishment don't get what the children are saying the wonderful dinner children sing and I've discovered the children and you know this is a repair notice of your Sunday school teacher. If you're a teacher. The children often very little children they can grasp the spiritual truth can thing what is sometimes wizened adults kind of stumbled over but a child with a with a punitive faith often get the point. Only these little children. They are singing that applying an Old Testament quotation to Jesus, the son of David. What insights but here in the temple of all the little children got it right. Jesus, the Messiah, the King, the son of David stands and he's rejected by the very center of the worship plenty of leaves but no fruits, but notice what Jesus does. Jesus condemns the ritualistic religion he condemns the hypocrisy and he condemns the great you knows what he did in verse 12 he drove them out.

That must've been an amazing scene. The poor could only afford pigeons. Even the poor are being exploited by these men.

They had tons is Jesus my's into that one indictment. Israel is looking for the Messiah to drive out the Gentiles. The Romans, the Messiah comes and he drives them out. He drives out the exploiters and the hypocrites and those who are using the name of the Lord, and religion to make money and the part of the power base condemned by Jesus and I quote from the Scottish theologians are allowed to Jim Stewart is a powerful quote from him.

He says he Jesus was the meekest little in the lowliest of all the sons of man, yet he spoke of coming in the clouds of heaven.

The glory of God. He was so severe that evil spirits and demons cried out in terror that is coming yet he was so genial and winsome and approachable that the children love to play with them and the little ones nestled in his arms. No one was half so compassionate to sinners that no one ever spoke such red heart structuring words about sin. A bruised reed he would not break his whole life was love get on one occasion he demanded of the Pharisees had ever expected to escape the damnation of hell.

He was a servant of all washing the disciples feet.

Masterfully, he strode into the temple and the hucksters of moneychangers fell over one another to get away from the mad rush on the fire they saw blazing in his that's majestic Christ the meekest. The homilies of man, yet condemns the hypocrites and those who practice for me religion but the cursing of the fig tree is an illustration to the nation and the symbol of the coming judgment on the temple. This was serious false worship for the worship using the name of Christ for our own advantage is something which God always condemns and hear the cursing of the fig tree was a precursor of coming judgments on Israel is a really really yes motels and start over to the chapter 19 Leslie Luke's account. He gives us the triumphal entry and then he gives us his common trait.

Luke chapter 19 verse 40 we have the season of what we call the triumphal entry verse 838 look 1938 saying, Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord peace in heaven and glory in the highest and some of the policies and the guy said to him, teacher, rebuke your disciples answered her tell you if these were silent.

The very stones tryouts love when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying would that you even you had known on this day the things that were made for peace, but neither hidden from your eyes for the days will come upon you and your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side and tear you down to the ground. You and your children within you and there will not leave one stone upon another in you because you did not know the time of your visitation words of condemnation judgment is coming. Israel has rejected the king the temple instead of being a place of prayer has become a Dan of Roberts and God's judgment is coming is a bit of it happen as it did. If you know your history in A.D. 70. Just a few years after the words were said in A.D. 70, Titus, the son of Vespasian, the Roman Emperor with his Roman army comes into Israel as he destroys that magnificent temple so that one stone is not left on another and is devastated and God's judgment comes on Jerusalem nation of Israel is scattered to the four winds is what God thinks of religious activity without exposure to reality.

This is what God thinks of religious pretense. This is what God thinks of hypocrisy. This is what God thinks of those who reject the sun of those who do not bow to the king, and since that event since the first century. To this day, Israel has not had a temple the Jewish nation to this day do not have a temple we who believe in the future for as low as we do believe that I temple will be built in the future but at the moment what's on the temple mine. Some of you have been there a been there many times was in the temple might the Muslim during the boom of the rock that is there's a temple minds that the very place where Solomon's Temple was built very place where had his temple was built and to this day was no temple is Jesus is speaking to this nation. Here in Matthew chapter 21. Time is running out for Israel, God's judgment has been passed he sees God that God like that the false Jesus the Fallsview of God living but it was one I kind of God like a grandfather was gone kinda senile. Who approves of everything we do a kind of Santa Claus the God of the Bible and that's not the Jesus of the Bible, he goes and he pronounces a curse on that fig tree to illustrate the last Israel repented unless they repented and receive the kingdom of heaven. Judgment is coming and judgment is coming on you and me.

If you do not bow to the Savior is about what one dammit you're right with God. Time is running out for you. You don't know how much time you have none of us here know how much time we have, to live, but we do know that one day we will stand before God. Today's a day Jesus a day when the Savior comes and says come to me. I will give you rest. But implicit central to the gospel message is this. If you continue to reject Christ if you put it off. Judgment is coming so is my question to use it well John your number of years ago I prayed the sinners prayer. Well let me ask what evidence is there in your life that you will follow Christ disabling here today. That's as good a measure today is a plethora like people come to church coming using me to send with them asking a penetrating question.

Is there any spiritual fruit in your life to message of the gospel is that when you receive Christ, truly as your Savior is a miracle in the Holy Spirit comes and resides in us and that is what is called the fruit of the spirit, love just living the little family. That's that's cute that's nice but loving others loving your enemies love, joy and peace evidence in your life that you are a follower of Jesus Christ, not just activities, not just the leaves resigning above the very heart of worship. I'm asking you is your heart right with God. It's so easy to pretend to be spiritualism. It brought up in the Christian norms you can say the right words to the right action. You can prayers that way you can saying is that way all of that can be done without knowing Christ without the fruits of the spirit that is condemned by God. Use it with the spiritual reality look like well there's two examples as we bring this to a close to essential attributes. If you are authentic follower of Christ in the given here in verses 20 through 27 blessings flow with Dr. regards, curses, blessings flow from having faith in God and submitting to God's authority to essential qualities for the authentic believer. Our life is characterized by faith and submission of regions to the word of God was a him and him book trust and obey notes, trust and obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust in the that's it with me about possible faith in God is the way of blessing verse 20 when the disciples saw the marble sink figtree off whether it wants. Jesus answered to their say to you. If you have faith and do not doubt you will not only do what is been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to the mountain be taken up and thrown into the sea will happen and whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive. If you have faith, faith in God is the way of blessing religious activity without a living faith in God is like leaves without fruit.

No spiritual reality is shown by faith in God, trust is church activities. Rituals can all be done without faith. But without a living faith. A personal living faith in Jesus Christ. You'll never please God without faith says the Bible is impossible to please God. You want to be blessed by God. I do this is to have faith in God to trust God good is asking me to budge wants to do something I'm not quite sure about it. As you might say to me, John. Trust me Justin nor to tribal that pleases or does not present a good why don't really trust you doesn't please her. When we faith in God. We put our trust in God that pleases God and begins by receiving Christ as an act of faith believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, lack of faith is like leaves without fruit is worthless. Jim says faith apart from works is dead. This is a living faith. This is a faith which is demonstrated.

Jesus gives this amazing temple. He says there's a faith is a trust in God that can move mountains this month and he says, verse 21. This Moncton might be might of all this might be the Mount Zion Moncton is a faith that moves Moncton is prevent bill of course no notice.

Our faith in God is for God's will to be done, not ours.

Jim says in James four. You know you you you don't have because you don't ask.

Faith asks asking you receive seek and you will find document shall be open to you but James also says Dawn as God just for your own passions your own self indulgence is no more talking about talking about the prayer which is seeking to do God's will for the service. The elders and pastors we met we were praying over certain ministry opportunity at Calvary had an upper praying in faith the dog would make it very clear to us whether this is his will or no were not imposing our will and God is a God were going to do this and that we want you to bless us know that's not the way the way is to say God we are seeking your will opening a door and we want to trust you ask in faith with God all things are possible. The power to move us about your life that you like God to move. Life is hard sometimes is in the you know this year is been very hard for my wife and myself. This Moncton came into our lives that was threatening to overwhelm us with the redo West God for strength help me today. Give me strength today but let me sink into the dark hole of depression. I believe once I'm trusting you large ones that at the time God is answering the prayer many of you are praying for us. This is a prayer of faith, isn't it. God is sovereign. The power to move a mountain is not in me is not in you is in God isn't that our faith is not in ourselves really, and one another. The faith is in God when you trusting God for you ever had this terrible situation in your life and you as God for his will to be done when you view of experiences, prayer of faith, whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive. If you have faith Dawn dilutes a faith in God seek to do his will is a problem in your marriage God's will is that your marriage would reflect the beauty of Jesus Christ. So when you're praying that is God's will, praying as you seek to communicate the gospel to a neighbor to someone at work that's God's will that we share the gospel. Trust God step out in faith, trust God for the impossible.

Don't doubt. Faith is the way of God's blessing through the night. We have our Thanksgiving service to come at 6 o'clock going to give you some of the maps of Mike's so you're going to come and give thanks to God the way how wonderful you are, but how wonderful God is. Sees answered prayers.

Give Thanksgiving thought wonderful prayer of faith is another example here of fruit in our lives.

This is naturally difficult for us.

It is submitting to God's authority to like to submit to authority. I don't like to do my own thing, but one of the characteristics of the true believe it is submission. First of all, submission to the King is my Lord, I submit to you, Lord, seek to do your will. Starts there doesn't but we learn submission. Submission to police officer submission to a teacher is submission to an employer instead of imposing your own will. This is the characteristic of the Christian and begins by submission to the authority of the word of God. Verse 23, when the ends of the temple, the chief reason the elders and the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, by what authority are you doing these things gave you this, I thought today you are teaching on your driven the moneychangers and saw numbing by what authority are you doing these things is the master teacher. Jesus answered them, I also will tell you, ask you one question.

If you tell me the answer. Then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things if you answer this question I would ask yours. The baptism of John, from where did it come from from heaven or from man. They discussed among themselves, saying, if we say, from heaven, he will say to us why then did you not believe him. But if we say from man would afraid of the crowd for the older John was a prophet. So the answer Jesus, we do not know and he said to them, neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things must religious activity without humbly submitting to God's authority is like leaves without fruit.

There are verse 23, the chief priests and the elders, the chief reason from the high priestly family.

The elders are members of the leading families in Israel that the leaders of the synagogue there. The religious elite is aware and the chief priests and the scribes and the elders comprise the Sanhedrin 71, the rulers of the nation the scent they Sanhedrin has authority over all religious matters. These men are very concerned by the authority and even have some authority over political matters. These are very, very important people there very disturbed by Jesus are they, they want to know the nature and source of Jesus authority on what basis is behaving in such an outrageous way in the temple walked out his credentials. Who is this man what authority are you doing these things should, of course, of knowing the answer to questions Jesus authority is clearly demonstrated. Did you notice what happened in verse 14 the blind and the Lamb as he drives out the moneychangers who comes to them the blind and the lame came to him in the temple and healed no chief priests no elder can heal the blind of the lame may see the Lord in action. The little children saying hosanna to the son of David.

They knew the spiritual significance of that they knew their Bibles, but their hearts are hardened and they hear but they do not hear Jesus as his own authority. There is no higher authority. Notice he doesn't admit the question be asked a brilliant hunter question if answers will get the original question, if the admit is John's baptism.

Why did you believe it if you say John's baptism was from man, then the closing all we know that John was a prophet after all. John was a man who baptized Jesus.

John was the one who pointed to the lot Jesus and said there's the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

So for fear of the crowd. The do not answer for those who refuse to submit to the authority of God. There is no further word Jesus does not answer the question they miss the blessing and they will receive divine condemnation to this authority. There's no higher authority than God's work. This is out of thought it if you reject the word of God.

If you think you know better. If you base your life on your own experiences on the culture on your feelings. Ultimately God's judgment will come on with his God wants a humble and contrite heart you notice how angry our society is due. Notice how disrespectful we are to one another in our society based on the way of Christ is followers of Jesus are characterized by humble submission to the word of God that is a humility. There's a gentleness that is the way of blessing. What is the fruits that God wants from us. Trust and obey. Put my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Whatever the circumstances on the mountaintop and in the Valley I'm going to trust God. I'm in a commit my way to the Lord. We at Calvary church. We look to God to lead us.

We look to God's word trust and obey God speaks to and his word.

Humble yourself and be God will have visit with you.

Religion of reality, pretense, or Saturday submission or rebellion. Blessings begin by receiving Jesus as your Savior.

If you don't receive Christ very judgment of God will come on you saying to you put your trust in Christ. Each day submit to his work. There will be fruits for God blessing to others helpless our father to do that, we do pray we often get caught up in our society cup caught up in the egos caught up in the routine, even of church. May you reveal three euros. The beauty of our Lord Jesus Christ came to seek to save the loss may some person or persons today of the rise opened the receive Christ and that all of us will trust him, love him with all of our hearts humbly follow. We are skipping Christ's name