Thank God, my portion, and my living bread. Good choice. So, number 70, and we'll remain seated as we sing these works, please. ♪ We go to our lovers ♪ ♪ Next on Jesus' head ♪ I got my portion and my living bread. In Him I live, and I'll live just like Him. he is me. I am redeeming thee, which we will supply. Lord, in this mercy, give me time. In Him that dwells, my soul is my Welcome you all to the Lord's house this afternoon. It's good to see each one gathered with us and we look to the Lord for his help as we gather together this evening. Over the next couple of Monday evenings, there won't be a men's prayer meeting on account of me being away. So there's no men's prayer meeting the next three Monday evenings. But the Bible study prayer meeting will be on, as usual, each Wednesday, and Brother Chris will be ministering in the prayer times. Next Lord's Day morning, Pastor Richard Raymond will be along to minister God's Word, and then Brother Bevis will be ministering God's Word in the evening. So the next couple of days I'll be in Melbourne, and then Wednesday evening, I'll be traveling to the Philippines, and I do appreciate the prayers of God's people for these special meetings in the Philippines, and the Lord will bless each of those gatherings, and I pray the Lord will bless each of you during the time that I'm aware that the Lord's blessing will be upon each of the men that minister God's word. I'm going to read from 1 Timothy chapter two, chapter 2, and we have here one of the many great texts we have in the Word of God that was so instrumentally used of the Lord at the time of the Reformation. 1 Timothy 2 and the verse 5, for there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. There is one God. If the verse ended there, we might have been in some despair, but it goes on to speak of how there is a mediator. There is one who has opened up the way for us to approach on to this one God, the man Christ Jesus. And this evening then we are enabled to approach on to this one God through our Mediator, and we are able to worship on account of this one Mediator, and may our hearts truly then be lifted up in praise this evening on account of our great Lord Jesus Christ. We'll seek the Lord's face in prayer. Our gracious Father, we give thee thanks, Lord, for thy precious truth. We thank thee for the one Mediator, and Lord, we do pray that our hearts will be brought to joy this evening afresh as we contemplate the glories of our Lord Jesus Christ. O Lord, we pray that help will be given throughout our time of worship, we pray. O Lord, we pray that our hearts truly will be thrilled again as we contemplate our great Saviour. Lead us in worship, then we pray in our Lord's name. We're going to sing together from the front of the hymn book, the Psalm 23. The Psalm 23 on the page 20 of the hymn book. Psalm 23, the Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want. So on the page 20, Psalm 23, we'll stand as we sing. He makes me the world is mine my soul restore again and lead the Lord within the me. I. Let us take the lord's face What a blessing it is for us this evening to say, the Lord is my shepherd. Oh Lord, what a wonderful gospel we have, that the truth of Christ is not merely something theoretical, but we thank thee that it is something experiential. There was a time when we knew various things about Jesus Christ. There was a time when we knew of his greatness, when we were aware of his love, What a difference when we were brought to rest upon him, when we were brought into that union with him, when we were brought to say, I am his and he is mine. O Lord, we do rejoice in all that has been accomplished in our blessed Lord Jesus. O Lord, we thank Thee that it's the Father sent Him, that our Saviour accomplished all that was given into His hand to do. We thank Thee that in glory that He is seated at the Father's right hand. We thank Thee for that glory is dead, when he shall come again. We thank thee for that day when he shall burst through and shall come in all his glory. O Lord, we long for that day. We long to see the Lord, the King in his beauty. Lord, we cry to thee. that until that day, that we shall be enabled to live cornered down in the face of God. We pray, Lord, that we will be enabled to live continuously in the light of the gospel of our blessed Lord Jesus. We pray, Lord, that in our meeting this evening, that our hearts truly will be brought to delight again the glorious truths of the Gospel. O Lord, minister to every soul in this gathering and to all that join online. We pray, Lord, that every soul that hears the words of the living God this evening, that hearts will be touched. We pray, Lord, for any that will hear thy word that are yet in nature's darkness. open their hearts to thy gospel, we pray, and bring sinners savingly unto thyself. We pray, Lord, that thou wilt be pleased to build this work here for thy glory's sake. We are in small company, but we thank thee that we have the great promises of God, and Lord, we are assured that the Lord has much people to save. Lord we look to thee that in this district that we will see the Lord at work and that we will see lives being transformed by the power of the gospel. We pray that after years of sowing that there will yet be a great reaping. And so Lord come and do work here in our midst this evening O Lord, we do pray for every faithful gathering across our land, and very especially we remember our sister congregations. Blessed there, we pray. O Lord, remember also these meetings upcoming over these next weeks in the Philippines, and Lord, we cry to Thee that in each place that the rich blessing of the Lord will be evident. We cry to Thee that there will be effective doors open to reach the unconverted as well as effective doors open to minister to those that are in the ministry and Lord we cry to thee that these will be times of great blessing and watch over this congregation during these next weeks as well. We pray for every brother and sister that will I undertake in extra duties, as it were, we pray, Lord, very especially for the preaching of your word here, that I will grant help in that ministry, and we pray that there will be much fruit to follow. And so, Lord, be pleased to come and grant help in our gathering here, we pray, in our Lord's blessing. We're going to continue in worship. We're turning to the hymn 528. 528 on page 389. It is finished. The Messiah dies, cut off for sins, but not his own. 528 and we'll start as we say. Distinguished by the sky at night, Colorful streams, ♪ May we show the greatest faith ♪ ♪ That's what divine is satisfied ♪ ♪ And may we know the truth and faith ♪ ♪ That's what the Savior will not defy ♪ it's I say I've seen I'm Last time, I was mentioning words in the Book of Romans concerning the two reigns, the reign of sin and Satan, and then the reign of Christ, where as we said there, the reign of sin and death is over. Satan had lost his mortal power, he's swallowed up in victory. And praise God for the resurrection, the triumph of our Lord Jesus Christ. We're going to read from Acts chapter 4. Acts chapter 4. In Acts chapter 3, we read of the healing of the lame man that was outside the temple. Peter and John spoke to him. They had no money to give to him, but they said, in the name of Jesus, most wonderfully restored that man to strength and it's in that context that we come then to the issues in Acts chapter 4. Acts chapter 4, as they spake unto the people the priests and the captain of the temple of the Sadducees came upon them being grieved that they taught the people and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold until the next day, for it was now evening time. And there were many of them which heard the word believed, and the number of the men was about five thousand. came to pass in the morrow, that their rulers, and doubters, and scribes, and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. When it set down in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? Then Peter filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people and emperors of Israel, if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole, be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth have ye crucified, and God raised from the dead, Even by him doth this man stand here before you, O. This is the stone which was set at lot of you builders, which has become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name after heaven given among men, whereby we must We'll have now the catechism and the words are at the back of the bulletin as well as on the screen. So in this section of the catechism it's really an introduction to the issue of prayer and the last few answers have dealt with this issue of prayer in the name of Christ. I'll ask the question and we'll answer please together. Why are we to pray in the name of Christ? The sinfulness of man, and his distance from God by reason thereof, being so great as that we can have no access into his presence without a mediator, and there being none in heaven or earth appointed to, or fit for, that glorious work but Christ alone, we are to pray in no other name but his only. And so the writers identify that there are really two reasons that distance man from Almighty God. First of all, God is infinitely greater than man. And so God is the infinite creator, man is a finite creature. But then, God is absolutely holy, while man is corrupted. And so when we go back to Adam and Eve in the garden prior to the fall, there was a distance between them and God in the sense that God was the creator, they were the created. And Vos speaks of that, how they were then in need of a covenant, but not in need of a mediator. They were able to approach unto God. They did not need a mediator on account of them not being in a state of sin. But all changed then as they were brought into, as they fell into sin. Man now is in need of a mediator. And so we dare not approach a holy God on our own basis. we are to recognize we need the mediator. And of course, in the gospel, then, this great mediator, our Lord Jesus Christ, has been provided. So without a mediator, we have no access. Equally, there is no one on earth or in heaven outside of Jesus Christ who has been appointed or who is entitled to be a mediator. a mediator and so the Virgin Mary cannot be the mediator between us and a holy God because the mediator must be God and man and must therefore be God and man in one person. And so, as Paul was teaching us in the opening chapters of the book of Hebrews, an angel could not be a mediator because they are neither God nor man. A mere man or woman as Mary or the saints could not be a mediator because they are man only, they are not man and God. And so only Jesus Christ is qualified But praise God, he is absolutely qualified and what a way he has opened up for us that we are able to come then and pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Our prayers are not heard on the basis of any merit of our own, but we come on the merit of our blessed Lord Jesus and on his merit. We trust the Lord to bless these thoughts to our hearts. We're going to turn in our hymn books again, please, and we're going to sing as the offering is received. The hymn 387, 387. My heart is fixed, eternal God, Fix on thee, fix on thee. So in the lines we have fixed on thee, Christ for me, Christ for me and so on and we're repeating those words three in seven and we'll remain seated at the beginning of the hymn. it's rise for me He is the man justly defined The God who's to be and the God who's to be The Father's Son, beloved Son ♪ Our heaven is joy of the living God ♪ ♪ To make Him glad too ♪ ♪ Christ for me, Christ for me ♪ ♪ In dying sickness for a crown ♪ ♪ Christ for me, Christ for me ♪ Let poverty or wealth rise for me, rise for me, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, and in an all-important day, ♪ Christ for me ♪ ♪ Christ for me ♪ I'll start the verse. I know. ♪ Let others close the gates of hell ♪ ♪ Christ for me ♪ ♪ Christ for me ♪ ♪ His riches never can make tall ♪ Christ for me, Christ for me. Evermore we'll praise and we're aware. Your honest spirit she now gave. For she never can be claimed. Christ for me, Christ for me. We'll turn again in the Scriptures, please. Our text for this evening is very well known. Acts chapter 4 and the verse 12. Acts chapter 4 and the verse 12. Neither is there salvation in any other. That is, any other than. Jesus Christ, as spoken of in verse 10, neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Let us thank the Lord for his help this evening. Our gracious Father, may we thank thee for the glorious truths that as the reformers came to the scriptures they saw set forth truths that had long been concealed from the people, but truths revealed so clearly in the word of God. We thank thee that these same truths are to be heralded in our day. We pray, Lord, that thou wilt enable us to declare to the lost all around us glorious truths of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. O Lord, grant help this evening. Common seed-like word to every waiting soul, we pray in our Lord's name we ask. Amen. Amen. One of the commonalities between every expression of so-called Christianity is a belief in the person of Jesus Christ. And so, in some way, Roman Catholics believe in Jesus. Protestants believe in Jesus. Jehovah Witnesses believe in Jesus. Mormons believe in Jesus. Even outside Christianity, there are those that have a place for Jesus. So, for example, Islam. Though of course, not all of these people believe the same things about Jesus Christ, and in that sense they worship the Jesus of their imagination, not of God's revelation, but there is this commonality that there is a professed belief in Jesus Christ. The question naturally arises then, did the Reformers essentially believe the same things as the papacy. Were they just having a squabble over some minor differences of opinion that really are very little importance? Of course, that is not the case. The reformers were standing for the revelation of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. And then these messages on the soul as we have been seeking to get to the heart of the matters of dispute. And so rather than taking some of the errors of Rome and looking at all of the errors in those particular teachings, We've been seeking, as the Reformers did, to get to the very heart of the matter, as they did so effectively in the Five Solet Statements. The Roman Catholics then and now believe in the necessity of Jesus Christ for salvation. The distinction is, is salvation found in Jesus Christ Hello. And so again, the issue is this word, hello. A couple of weeks ago, a Roman Catholic group in the United States held a protest rather outside the home of the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitner. And they were protesting a meme that the governor had released where she was feeding Doritos to his supporter, but Roman Catholics in the United States understood this as a mockery of the Mass, as to how this Dorito was being fed. They claimed that it was a mockery of the priest giving the wafer in the Mass. And at that protest, there was a vigil, and Roman Catholics read these words, Holy Mary, Mary of God, pray for us sinners. now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Now I realize that Roman Catholics pray that way every day, but seeing that video in the media just a week or two ago, it really brought it home to my heart that in a time of crisis, as they understood it, who did they turn to? They were not crying out directly for God's help. Rather, they were pleading to Mary for help. Why would they cry to Mary rather than going to God directly? Well, it's all founded on how the Roman Catholic views Mary in their dogma. So she plays such a vital role in their pursuit of salvation, as well as the saints providing a vital role in their pursuit after salvation. Alphonsus de Aguri, who wrote a famous book, Defending Romanism, The Glories of Mary. In that book, he said, as a prayer to Mary, O Immaculate Virgin, Prevent thy beloved son who is irritated by our sins from abandoning us to the power of the devil. And so he pictures Christ as being frustrated, as Christ being tempted to abandon men. But Mary then is this kind, compassionate one, and they are crying to Mary as this kind, compassionate mother pleads on our behalf to the Son. Of course, that is an absolute distortion of the truth of the Word of God. And so as they would do that in prayer, it really brings us back to this whole matter of salvation in Christ, in Christ alone. The Roman Catholic, if he's faithful to the doctrine of the church, will say, yes, salvation is in Christ, but I have need of Mary. I have need of the saints. I have need of the Pope. I have need of my priest. And so, The priest is absolutely vital for a devout Roman Catholic. They need the priest for the Mass. They need the priest for the hearing of confession, instruction regarding penance, and so on. And so it is not salvation through Christ only. It is Christ plus the priest. Christ plus the administration of sacraments. plus the saints. Now, of course, we do believe that the ministry, the ministry of the word is absolutely vital and even the administration of the sacraments have such a vital part in the work of a local church, but our salvation is found in Christ only. Now, in Acts chapter three, we have the healing of a forty-year-old man, who had been lame since birth. And that one miracle, the healing of this one man, brought about a great move forward in the work of God in the early Jerusalem church, where in chapter four and verse four, having had many of them which heard the word believed, this is the word preached after this miracle, and the number of the men was about And so there was another great move forward. So there was the main work of God in Pentecost, and then here's another great move forward in the work of God in Jerusalem. And this was a literal miracle. This man literally was healed. But the reason behind it, it was not only to provide relief for this poor crippled man, and it did do that. but also provided an opportunity to preach. And time again, when the crowd would be willing to listen. And so after Peter and John healed this man, they did not commence a healing procedure. Rather, after this miracle, they preached the gospel. And as they preached the gospel, there were indeed a great number whose hearts were opened, and they attended on to the message that was preached. But the religious establishment were enraged. And they were questioning by what authority that miracle had taken place. And now we might have thought, if these men had any compassion at all, that they would have been glad that a man who was a cripple outside the gate of the temple, that he would be enabled to walk again. Of course, they hated the message of Jesus Christ and the resurrection. And so they're asking, by what authority have you done this? And of course, they anticipate what Peter and John are going to say in one sense they anticipated, but Peter uses the opportunity not only to say this miracle is in the name of Jesus Christ, it is actually Jesus Christ that has healed this man, but also that you're all in need of salvation, you're without Christ, and he alone is the saviour. And so in verse 12, neither is there salvation in any of them. And so you're all interested in the miracle. But there's no salvation outside the one that has healed this man, for there is none other name after heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Here is what I've called the exclusivity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Solus Christi. Christ alone. I want to say first of all that as Peter preached this message of Christ alone, this is a truth and this was a truth rejected. For in what we have of Peter's sermon here, Peter refers to Christ being rejected. Verse 11, this is the stone which Or we might say, this was the stone which was counted as nothing, esteemed by men as worthless. This is the stone which was said of not a few builders, but which has become the headstone of the corner. So the Jewish leaders were rejecting Christ. But more than that, as Peter preached, they persisted in the denial of Christ alone for salvation. Now many would hate the inference that Peter made here about the need of salvation. Now for Peter's making the point, there's only one that can save you. It's only Jesus Christ that But that statement then is inferring that man is in need of salvation. I want you to understand that Peter is saying here, there's no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. There's only one that can save. But the inference is that all men have this commonality. They stand in need of a savior. And without salvation, they will be lost for all eternity. And so, at the end of verse 12, we must be saved. And so, as we think of the rejection of this truth of Christ only, we acknowledge that many would even hate the inference that Peter's making about the need of salvation. Man is in need of salvation because he is sick. So if you look with me at the end of verse 12, you have there the word saved. You must be saved. But that same word we find at the end of the verse 9, where describing the man that he crippled, he was now made And this particular Greek word, it's a word that can't be used in the medical sense. Somebody that was sick, but they are now healed. They are now well. They are made whole. And so then, Peter's argument essentially is this. This man was lame and unable to walk. He was unable to save himself. This crippled man was unable to make himself well. And as it so happened, clearly no doctor was able to make himself well either. As I've said, he was over 40 years old and no one had been able to help him. And so as Peter takes his word then, this man has been made whole. And he uses the same Greek word to describe man's need of salvation. He is saying that this man, when he was crippled, was a clear picture of what the sinner outside of Jesus Christ is like. He was sick. He was unable to walk. And this is how the Bible describes the sinner then. The sinner is described as one whose head is sick, his eyes are blind, his ears are deaf, his tongue is set on fire of hell. The poison of asps is under his lips, his throat, He's an open sepulcher. His neck is stubborn and rebellious. His heart is deceitful and desperately wicked. His legs have a bias to sinful pathways. His feet are swift to run to evil. His hands are wicked. So Isaiah comes to the conclusion in Isaiah chapter one, Man is entirely sick. The whole head is sick and the whole heart faint. As I have one, verse five, and then verse six, from the sole of the foot even onto the head, there's no soundness in it, but wounds and bruises and putrefying sores that have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified. Now as we preach that to sinners, they reject it. They say, no, you call me a sinner? You call me one that's sick in need of a great physician? They reject it. And so they reject this inference that Peter is making about the need of salvation, but then many give the clear statement Peter made here about one saviour, There is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. We do not need the help of a Pope to save. We do not need Mary, in fact they are entirely helpless to help us. There's none other name. Christ only. Pope made a few weeks back in Singapore, I think it was, where he made a very bizarre statement even, according to Roman Catholic theologians, where he said, all religions are a path to reach God. They are, he said, I make a comparison, like different languages, different idioms to get there, but God is God for everyone. If the Pope is right in that, why would anyone ever become a Roman Catholic and leave their own religion? Or where did the anatomist that I mentioned this morning come in if the Pope is right in that? The Pope was not faithful to the teaching of his own church when he made that statement. The Protestants are not saying that our religion is the way to God. Rather we say Christ only is the way to God. There are not many paths and they all reach there in the end, no. One way only. And this exclusive statement then that Peter is making here doesn't entirely match with what our Lord Jesus said in John 14. I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me, the exclusivity of our Lord Jesus Christ. But isn't it a wonderful thing when we are brought to say by God's grace, this Lord is my Lord. This name that is given, he is mine. There's no relationship that a Roman Catholic has with Mary, that they can't say, my Mary, or my Saint Francis, or my Saint Alphonsus, or whatever it might be, that would all be entirely mythological. But how real would the child of God can say, he is mine, and I am his. But this is, among many, a truth rejected. But then we'll see, secondly, a truth revealed. We have these great words in Acts 4 verse 12. Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven. And isn't this bringing to our attention then that under heaven, that is on earth, there has been a revelation of one. So there's no other revelation on earth like this. But there has been a revelation under heaven. And then it says, given. And so where has it been given from? Well, it's under heaven, and so clearly it has been given from heaven. And so heaven has given something to earth. Something from heaven has been revealed on earth. And so under heaven, given. among men. So this revelation from heaven has been revealed on earth and men have witnessed this revelation on earth. And of course all of this language is speaking very clearly of the revelation of Jesus Christ in his incarnation. That he was revealed on the earth He was given from him. He is God manifest in flesh. And he has been given among men. He walked among men. He lived among men. He had a humanity that was absolutely real. And so as Mary held that infant in her arms, This Jesus was like none other. And what Peter is describing here was seen in the dream of Jacob. Remember how he saw that ladder? The ladder is said to be set up on the earth. And so it came from heaven, but it was set up on the earth and it reached into heaven. And speaking of what we have described here, this mediatorial work, of our Lord Jesus Christ, that is given from heaven, but revealed on earth, and it reaches right into heaven. Heaven was closed to man without this one and only mediator. And so you think of the audience that was hearing these words, the religious leaders would think a lot about heaven. They would talk a lot about heaven, but the truth was, heaven to them was closed. But there was hope, because there had been revealed on earth this mediator to open up the way to God. So as we read at the beginning, there is one God, but one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. Here is the truth Christ only revealed. I want to say finally, this is a truth ratified, it's a truth, confirmed. Is there evidence that verse 12 of Acts 4 is true? Is there evidence that Jesus, and Jesus only, is the mediator between God and men? Well, the answer is found in verse 10. And be it known unto you all and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, and notice these words then, whom God raised from the dead, even by him, that this man stand here before you. And so, how is it that as the apostles spoke that this man was healed, because Jesus that they crucified was risen. And on that basis, this man was made whole. But on that same basis then, the words of verse 12 are absolutely true. Jesus is the only one that is qualified to be the mediator, and Jesus is the only one that has been confirmed to be the mediator. So today, Muhammad, his remains lie in the grave. Joseph Smith's remains lie in the grave. The philosophers, they're dead and gone. But Christ is alive. He is risen triumphant. And so on that basis, the lean man stood It's on the basis of Christ's victory over the grave that he has ratified this claim that he alone is saviour. On Friday night at the Bible club I was mentioning, or I was speaking on, Acts chapter 17, where Paul was in Athens, and where Paul was in Athens, he saw all of the awful idolatry that existed in that city. His heart was so moved over that idolatry that Paul preached the gospel, he emphasized that all men are commanded to repent, and in Acts 17, 31, because he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained. God has appointed How do we know that's true? Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, and that he hath raised him from the dead. The resurrection is the proof to the sinner that there is a judgment. But praise God, the resurrection is the proof to the sinner that Christ Absolutely. And what is the relevance of Solus Christus? Surely we see here an exhortation then to come to Christ. Come to Christ. Luther lamented how in his past, as he put it, St Anne had been his idol. St. Thomas, his apostle, he said, I patterned myself substantially after them. And he came to see the folly of that. And he was saying, isn't it so foolish that the natural man would take those that have no ability to save and they would put all their confidence And we see it today, don't we, the rich man, he makes his money his confidence, even though his money can do nothing for his soul. The religious would make their religion their goal. The atheist would make his notions his goal. We are to go forth then with this news afresh, Christ alone. This soul, it must be declared in our evangelism, it must be declared in our preaching, but surely there's an exhortation also to the Church. If soul as Christus is true, then Christ is to be preeminent. Colossians 1.18, he's the head of the body, that in all things he might have the preeminence. That of course brings us to the last of the solas, to the glory of God alone. Salvation is in Christ alone, that God only is glorified. And so the reformers not only stood for this great truth, there's only salvation in Jesus Christ, but since that is true, Christ is the sole king and head of his church. And so the Covenanters in Scotland, they recognised the error in making the king the head of the church. Yes, they could submit to the king in matters of state. Instead, the king has no jurisdiction in the governance of the church. Christ is the head of the church. I was reading recently again of the two Margarets, who were martyred in Wigtown, Scotland. Margaret Wilson was only 18 years old. The other Margaret, Margaret MacLachlan, was an older lady. The Dragoons say, belief in the case of the older lady was pointless. And they brought her down to the water, and they brought her far out, So as the water came over her, she very quickly died. But they kept the younger lady somewhat far back. Hoping that she would recant. Hoping that when she would see the older Margaret die, that she would give in. Margaret Wilson, she recited words from Romans chapter eight. Nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ. She was pulled from the water. The authorities said to her, pray for the king. But they said, pray for the king as supreme over all causes, civil and ecclesiastical. She prayed for the king. She prayed that the Lord willed that he would repent. plonk her back into the waters she drowned. Why was a young girl like that willing to give up her life at 18 years old? Because she saw the truth of Solus Christus, that if salvation is in Christ alone, that he is the sole king and head of his church. May we be driven in these days to stand afresh for him. May this truth then be one that is declared afresh in our evangelism, in our preaching. May it be one even that transforms our worship and our testimony. May our desire be that Christ be the one that is preeminent and exalted. We trust the Lord will bless his word. I'm going to close, please, with 394. 394, with Christ in thee, my soul hath found and found thee. 394, and we'll stand as we sing. I see you. for Jesus ♪ That I'll be blessed by you forevermore ♪ ♪ And all our past and future ♪ ♪ Is now made whole again ♪ ♪ Oh Lord, how nice and satisfying ♪ ♪ Another day for me ♪ that my lasting joy, Lord Jesus, condemn thee. I will for me. for me. Embrace the sadness I'm facing, I'm happy there's to sing. Oh, none but Christ can satisfy my longing for Him. There's love and life and lasting joy, Our gracious Father, we thank thee for thy holy truth. O Lord, we praise thee that we are not dependent upon something that is unable to see, but we thank thee for the great ability Christ to save, we rest upon him. And Lord, we cry to thee, that thou be pleased to open the eyes of men and women and young people and boys and girls to see this glorious truth. There is salvation in Christ alone. O Lord, to see thy holy word to our hearts and transform our lives through it, we pray. him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, the only wise God, our Saviour, with glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.