The song “Just as I am” became Billy Graham’s signature song

…for good reason… it is a great message.

Sermon April 18 2021

OPENING
Good Morning
May all Glory be Gods that we are able to gather here together, in this place, to worship the one True God, in truth and spirit through song, prayer, and word.

STORY
In 1789 a child was born and was to live 82 years as an invalid. Charlotte Elliot of Brighton, England was either born, or in early life had become, an invalid.
Her life became a testimony to patient endurance in suffering, not only physical, but also emotional and spiritual.
But as ill health beset her, it also caused her the peculiar pain of living a seeming useless life while the circle around her was full of unresting service- for God.
Her brother, the Rev. H.V. Elliot, conceived the plan of St. Mary’s Hall, at Brighton —
a school designed to give a high education to the daughters of clergymen. . . . In aid of St. Mary’s Hall there was to be held a bazaar . . . Westfield Lodge was all busy with every member of the large circle occupied morning and night in the preparations,

with the one exception of the ailing sister Charlotte —eager to help, but physically fit for nothing.

The night before the bazaar she was kept awake by distressing thoughts of her apparent uselessness; and these thoughts turned into a spiritual conflict, until she questioned the reality of her whole spiritual life, and wondered her beliefs were anything more than an illusion of the emotions, an illusion ready to be sorrowfully ended.

The next day, the busy day of the bazaar, she lay upon her sofa. . . . The troubles of the night came back upon her with such force that she felt they must be met and conquered in the grace of God.

She gathered up in her soul the great certainties, not of her emotions, but of her salvation: her Lord, his power, his promise. And taking pen and paper from the table she deliberately set down in writing, for her own comfort, ‘the formula of her faith.’

Hers was a heart which always tended to express its depths in verse. So in verse she restated to herself the gospel of pardon, peace, and heaven.
Within a matter of years Ms. Elliott had the hymn published in The Invalid’s Hymn Book, and from there it spread and gained in popularity.

The name of that song?
Just as I am –

TALKING POINTS
I often correctly thought I didn’t deserve salvation, what I didn’t realize is no else did either.

But, God in His great mercy tells us we can come just as we are.
He welcomes us with open, and loving arms.

This morning I want us to look at the message of that song.

SERMON
One of the great dangers in doing the works of the Lord, is we often think the works is what saves us… and it isn’t…. those works whatever they might be is merely our common duty.

We are saved only by the work of Christ on the cross and His resurrection.

TALKING POINTS
I COME….. THAT IS THE FIRST DECISION… TO COME, AND THEN REALIZING IT MUST BE….
Just as I am

This last week I experienced the incredible realization that I am not some great man of God, but a failure…if my goal is perfection.
I am still a sinner… still undeserving of Gods grace…

but I accept that grace of the cross, embrace it, and cherish it… it is the overwhelming proof of His love for us.

When I returned to the Church, I came exactly as I was… I didn’t try to “clean up” my act.
I made no effort to change myself, other than attending church services.
I didn’t even start reading the bible at first.
God took it from me, and God changed my focus… He changed me… I did not change me.

Just as I Am

David was one of the all time great sinners, adulterer who tried to cover up his crime with the greater crime of murder.

BIBLE READING
Psalm 51
A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bathsheba.

51 Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness and guilt
And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them;
My sin is always before me.
4 Against You, You only, have I sinned
And done that which is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence]
And faultless in Your judgment.

5 I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.
7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied;
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted and return to You.

14 Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
17 My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

TALKING POINTS
I hope you noticed in the bible reading that it was God doing the changing… not David… as it is with David, it is God that changes us when we come to Him.

“Just as I am! Without one plea, but that Thy blood was shed for me, and that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee, Oh Lamb of God, I come! I come!”

A. When we come to Christ, we have no argument to offer that we deserve to be saved.

a. We do not have a defense for our sin, no excuses… However

1. We all sin –

Romans 3:23 since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God,

2. And nothing we do can take that sin away from us. We can’t stand before God expecting God to say

“Here is a fine person who is just the type of person I want in heaven.”

3. The only reason we are saved is because of God’s grace –

BIBLE READING

Ephesians 2:8-9 Amplified Bible
Made Alive in Christ
In Ephesians 2: 8 & 9 restates that we were dead in our trespasses…. And dead men can do nothing… it is God that changed us and made us alive in Christ.
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

TALKING POINTS

Recap: We sin, we have no excuse, no defense, and there is nothing we can do to stop sinning, we cannot change ourselves and there will never be an excuse for our sin.

B. I frequently run into people who ask, “If I do x, y, and z, do you think that it will be enough for God to save me?”

C. Or, I’m a good person, why wouldn’t I go to heaven?

D. Or, “I can’t be a Christian. I’m too deep in sin.”

E. I normally like to add verse 10 which says we have work to do,

F. or the verse that tells us if we say we believe yet do not do as He commands we are liars.

G. But, that’s not the point today. Without the work of the cross there would be no work for us…. It all begins with the cross of grace provided by God Himself.

H. The point to all of this… we are saved by the work accomplished on the cross, and by nothing else.

I. We know we have work to do, and again people often confuse work and salvation… the work does not save us… The death and resurrection of Christ is the only work worthy for salvation.

J. Now granted, without the work we can lose our salvation.

D. The amazing thing is that God isn’t asking perfection from us.
He is offering salvation to sinners – to you and I –

We come to Him just as we are….
BIBLE READING
Romans 5:6-10 Amplified Bible
6 While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly.
7 Now it is an extraordinary thing for one to willingly give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a good man [one who is noble and selfless and worthy] someone might even dare to die.
8 But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Therefore, since we have now been justified [declared free of the guilt of sin] by His blood, [how much more certain is it that] we will be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more certain, having been reconciled, that we will be saved [from the consequences of sin] by His life [that is, we will be saved because Christ lives today].

TALKING POINTS
E. But the song reminds us that we are saved while we are still in our sins. God bids us to come to Him, leaving our sins behind –

TALKING POINTS

“Just as I am! And waiting not to rid my soul of one dark blot, to Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come! I come!”

A. When God offers salvation, despite our sins, there should be no question or hesitation in accepting the offer –

BIBLE READING
II Corinthians 6:1-2 Working together with Him, we strongly urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain [by turning away from sound doctrine and His merciful kindness].
2 For He says, “At the acceptable time (the time of grace) I listened to you, And I helped you on the day of salvation.”

Behold, now is “the acceptable time,” behold, now is “the day of salvation”—

TALKING POINTS

C. Thus, Ananias asked a murderer and persecutor of the church, “What are you waiting for?” –

Acts 22:16 And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

D. Isn’t that the question for each of us? What sin do you really want to keep? When you realize just how horrible you’ve been and God is offering a way out, why stay in the filth?

“Just as I am! Tho’ tossed about with many a conflict, many a doubt, with fears within and foes without, O Lamb of God, I come! I come!”

A. While the choice is obvious, it doesn’t mean the choice is always easy.

B. There are going to be problems:

1. Sin’s attraction remains. Satan is going to keep trying to pull us back in –
BIBLE READING
I Peter 5: 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

TALKING POINTS

2. When striking out on a new path, there are doubts and uncertainties but God is there to guide –

BIBLE READING
Psalm 73: 23 Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You hold me by my right hand.
24 You will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward receive me to glory.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have put my trust in the Lord God,
That I may declare all Your works.

BIBLE READING
Matthew 10:34-37 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
35 For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;
36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’
37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

TALKING POINTS

We often see conflict in families because one is a faithful believer, and the other rejects… but one must hold tight… eventually the other will possibly come around.

3. There will be pressure from the wicked –
BIBLE READING
Psalms 31:11-16 11 I am a reproach among all my enemies,
But especially among my neighbors,
And am repulsive to my acquaintances;
Those who see me outside flee from me.
12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I hear the slander of many;
Fear is on every side;
While they take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.

“Just as I am! Poor, wretched, blind – Sight, riches, healing of the mind, yea, all I need, in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come! I come!”

“Just as I am! Thou wilt receive, wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve; because Thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, I come! I come!”

A. The point is that God wants you, broken as you may be, not to stay broken, but so that HE can repair your life –
We come as we are, we come expecting acceptance from God, we come with our temptations, and our rejection from friends, and attack from the enemy.
And Let God take care of the business of changing you.

BIBLE READING

B. God heals. God saves –

Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.

C. What God promises, He keeps –

Hebrews 6:16-20 For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.
17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath,
18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.
19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil,
20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

“Just as I am! Thy love unknown has broken every barrier down; now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come! I come!”

A. It did not start with our desire for God. It started with God’s love for us –

I John 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us.

TALKING POINTS

B. 2,000 years ago – long before you or anyone you’ve known were born, God sent His Son to die on your behalf that you might be restored from your sins

C. The offer stands, solid as the rock who offers it, but will you accept the offer?

1. God is not going to make anyone take His gift, though He desires to bestow it to everyone. He insists that you choose.

2. And the choice for God is one you’ll never regret

SO THE QUESTION IS:
4. Will you listen to the call?
5. Will you trust God with your life?
6. Will you confess your belief in Jesus, who died on your behalf?
7. Will you change your life, repenting of sin and follow the Spirit?
8. Will you be buried in the watery grave to start a new life?

CLOSING… CALL TO ACTION.
So Joe will close us out with that beautiful song,

But first

Number 6: 24 – 26
“The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
26 The Lord [a]lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.” ’

I pray as we leave here today, you will always keep in mind, that it was God who loved us first… that it was God who accepts us as we are… and it is God who will keep changing us towards perfection if we remain in Him.
Thank you for your time… and the lesson is yours.

Is it possible a man came back from the dead 2,000 years ago?

And is there any way of proving this?

Beggs March 7, 2021

READ: Heb.2:1‑4

INTRODUCTION:

1. We turn to the Bible to learn what makes the salvation that Christ offers so great.
2. We do this because the Bible is our standard in all matters of the soul, Psa.119:105, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
3. II Tim.3:16‑17 Quote!
4. IF THE BIBLE SAYS IT, THAT SETTLES IT! WE MUST OBEY IT.
5. Our study will show how foolish it is to neglect the great salvation offered by Jesus Christ.

DISCUSSION:

1. SALVATION IS SO GREAT BECAUSE IT IS ETERNAL.
2. There are salvations recorded in the Bible, and history, but those are temporal.
3. Christ’s salvation is so great because it gives the truly worthwhile life now and eternally, Jn.10:10b, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” Mark 10:29‑30, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospels. But he shall receive an hundred fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.”
4. CHRIST’S SALVATION IS SO GREAT BECAUSE CHRIST, THE SOURCE OF SALVATION, IS SO GREAT.
5. Jn.14:6, “I am the way, I am the life and I am the way, no man cometh to the father but by me”.
6. Acts 4:12, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
7. Matt.17:5, “While he spoke, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.”’
8. Matt.28:18, “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth”.
9. John 6:68‑69, “Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.”
10. READ BIBLE: Phil.2:9‑11, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, ¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, ¹¹and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
11. Col.1:18, “And he is the head of the church: who is the beginning, the first born from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre‑eminence.”
12. Heb.12:1‑2 our reading.
13. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is to our salvation what the sun is to the solar system.

III. CHRIST’S SALVATION IS SO GREAT BECAUSE IT SAVES US FROM HELL. Matt:25:41 & 46, “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.” 46, “And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal.”

1. The Bible teaches that all have sinned.
2. Rom.3:23, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”
3. Rom.6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
4. 1 Jn.1:8 & 10, “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 10, “If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”
5. The Bible pictures how ugly sin really is!
6. Isa.59:1‑2, “Behold the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy that he cannot hear; But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.”
7. READ: 2 Thess.1:7‑9, “and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, ⁸in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 
8. “Where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” Mark 9:44, 46, 48.
9. “Outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matt.25:30.
10. How thrilling to miss that place called hell. How wonderful the great salvation.
11. THE SALVATION OF CHRIST IS SO GREAT BECAUSE IT IS SALVATION IN HEAVEN.
12. Heb.5:8‑9, “Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.”
13. Matt.7:21, “Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven.”
14. Jn. 14:15, “If you love me keep my commandments.”
15. 4. READ: 2 Pet.1:5‑11, “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, ⁶to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, ⁷to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. ⁸For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.¹⁰Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; ¹¹for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

1. THE SALVATION IS SO GREAT BECAUSE OF THE PRICE PAID FOR IT.
2. Jn.3:16 Quote!
3. 1 Pet.1:18‑19, “For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers. But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spit.”

Neglecting The Salvation  POD 1-3-6

1. Like a loving parent warns his or her child of anything that would hurt them, God, our loving heavenly father, gives a most solemn warning. Heb.2:1, “Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.”
2. We talked about the great salvation last week and it is great because it is Eternal, Christ the source of salvation is great, It saves us from hell, It’s destiny is heaven.
3. GOD’S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SMALLEST INFRACTION OF THE LAW OF MOSES.
4. Heb.2:2, “For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward.”
5. Exo.20:8‑11, 8 “Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy.” Because the Lord blessed that day and hallowed it.”
6. Numbers 15:32‑36, A man was caught picking up sticks on the Sabbath day and the Lord said he must be stoned to death.
7. Numbers 4:15 God gave a rule that the sons of Kohath shall not touch any holy thing or they would die.
8. 2 Sam.6:6‑7, Uzzah touched the arc of God to keep it from falling, and God smote him there for his error and he died.
9. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO NEGLECT THE GREAT SALVATION?
10. Neglect = to slight; to treat carelessly or indifferently; to give little attention; to show little concern; a don’t care attitude.
11. One does not have to take a hammer and chisel and knock his teeth out to destroy them ‑ just neglect them.

III. WHAT IS THE GREAT SALVATION? WHAT IS INCLUDED?

1. The care of the widows and orphans are a part of the great salvation. James 1:27, “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
2. Keeping ourselves pure from the ways of the world are also included. Jas.1:27; Rom.12:1‑2, “I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.” Matt.5:14‑16, “Ye are the light of the world. A city set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven.”

1. Preaching the gospel of Christ to all of the world is included in the great salvation. Mark 16:15‑16, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned.”

1 Tim.3:15, “But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”

1. Believing in Jesus as the Son of God and being baptized is a part of the great salvation. Mark 16:15‑16, Acts 2:36‑38, Peter was preaching the first gospel sermon then said, “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” 
2. Treating others like you would have them to treat you is also apart of the great salvation. Matt.7:12.
3. Communicating with God in Bible study and prayer is also apart. 2 Tim.2:15, 1 Thess.5:17 QUOTE!
4. The church assembling for worship is a part of the great salvation. Acts 2:42, “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” 20:7, “And upon the first day of the week,, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech unto midnight.” Heb.10:25 Quote!
5. Stewardship is a part of the great salvation. Psa.24:1, “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein.”
6. Acts 4:32 The early Christians gave all they had for the church.
7. 1 Cor.16:1‑2 Tells us to give as the Lord has prospered us on the first day of the week.
8. 2 Cor.9:6‑7 Says we will reap as we sow, and we are to give as we purpose in our heart, not grudgingly of necessity but be a cheerful giver.
9. 2 Cor.8:5 The early Christians first gave themselves to the Lord then gave beyond what was expected.
10. Putting Christ, God and the church first is also a part of the great salvation. 1. Matt.22:37‑38 tells us to love the Lord with all of our being.
11. Col.1:18, “And he is the head of the church; who is the beginning, the first born from the dead; that in all things he might have pre‑eminence.” Matt.6:33 Quote!
12. OUR LOVING FATHER ASKS THE PENETRATING QUESTION, “HOW SHALL CHRISTIANS ESCAPE ETERNAL PUNISHMENT IF THEY NEGLECT THE SUPERIOR LAW OF CHRIST?”
13. The question, “How shall we escape?” was the Lord’s way of saying in the clearest manner, “There is no escape for all who slight or neglect the great salvation.”

1. There is only one salvation from sin. Acts 4:12, “Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is not other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

CONCLUSION:

1. Beloved, the most traveled road to hell is neglect. Matt.7:13, “Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:”
2. We ought, therefore, to pay the greatest attention to the truth we have heard.

1. Jesus pleads with us to come to Him and receive this salvation, Matt.11:28‑30, “Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart. and ye shall fine rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

1. Please do not neglect to obey the gospel.
2. Please do not neglect to live a faithful life.
3. There is no escape, except through Jesus