Psalm 57 and the verse 9. Psalm 57 and the verse 9. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people. I will sing unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, Let thy glory be above all the earth. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let thy glory be above all the earth. We'll seek the Lord's face together, please, in prayer. Our gracious Father, we thank thee today that our God is all glorious, worthy of all And we look to thee that our Lord's name will be honoured in the gathering here this morning. Be pleased to come near, we pray. Grant us help as we seek to worship our great God in our Saviour's name, we do pray. Amen. We're going to turn in our inputs, please, to the hymn number seven. The hymn number seven, it's found in the page 177. So the hymn number seven on page 177, to God be the glory, great things he hath done, so love to thee the world that he gave us his Son. Hymn number seven, we'll stand as we sing. To God who made the glory, great things He hath done. So loved He the world that He gave us His Son. Who kneeled in His might when I was opened for sin, And opened the life way that all may know Him. Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the earth hear His voice. Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the people rejoice. O come to the labyrinth where Jesus the Son, and give Him the glory, great things He hath done. Perfect redemption, the purchase of God To every believer, the promise of God For my last offender who truly believes, I've fallen from Jesus at my every seat. Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the earth hear His voice! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the people rejoice! So come, till the Father, through Jesus the Son, to Jesus the Son. A new man retired, and praise to him be! How wond'rous our transport when Jesus received! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the earth hear His voice! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the people rejoice! O come, let us adore Him! O come, let us adore Him! O come, let us adore Him! and give them the glories, great things ye have done. Let us look to the Lord together, please, in prayer. Let us look to the Lord together in prayer. Our gracious Father, We rejoice today at the blessing that it is to meet together in the Lord's house. How thankful we are that we are able to come and assemble together here. We thank thee that we are able to approach on to our great God in prayer. We thank thee for the access that we have to thee that we come on all the grounds of our Lord's redemptive work. O Lord, we thank thee that while sin had kept us out from thy presence, that we have been brought nigh by the person and work of our Saviour. O Lord, we thank Thee that we can say today that we have been justified freely by Christ's blood, by Thy great grace. O Lord, we thank Thee that while we were helpless and hopeless in sin, that Thou didst mightily intervene to save. And O Lord, we rejoice today that we have not come then to God's house to try and convince God that we are good. We have come rather confessing as ever. We are sinners, but we thank thee for the gospel. God, be merciful to me, a sinner. We thank thee. for the great work of our Saviour, that our acceptance is bound up in him. Lord, we pray then today that our hearts truly will rejoice as we assemble around the Word of God. We thank thee for each one that thou hast brought in today. Lord, thou knowest the need of every soul. Thy knowest every care, Thy knowest every concern. We pray, dear Lord, that thou will be pleased to bring a word in season for every soul. For those that are unconverted, open their hearts, we pray, to the glories of Christ, to the awfulness of their present state, but the wonderful pardon in the gospel. We pray for every Christian, that God will help and strengthen them. We pray, O Lord, that the word will come as a word in season. We thank thee that concerning our Saviour, that he is the one who speaks a word in season to him that is weary. And we pray then that by the ministry of the Holy Spirit today, that there will be that ministry into the heart of every Dear believer today, we pray for those that are struggling. We pray, Lord, for those that are weak in faith at this time. We pray for those who face great adversity. Oh, Lord, minister into their hearts and souls today, we pray. And we pray that in the midst of trouble, that the Lord's people would encourage their hearts afresh. God is our refuge and strength. a very present help in time of trouble. Oh Lord, we do pray also for those that have been bereaved in recent times. We pray, Lord, that thou will minister to them. And we pray that they will know that sweet voice of the Lord ministering to them. And we commend to thee also those that can't be with us today on account of sickness. O Lord, we pray that thou will be pleased to place thy healing hand upon the sick. And Lord, we do pray even for those that know ongoing infirmity that thy grace will indeed be sufficient for them. O Lord, come and minister to us here today and we pray that thou will bless also our sister congregations in South Australia and in Tasmania and we pray as the word has been preached today and will be, we pray Lord for the ministry of the Lord to every soul under the word today and we remember also our brothers and sisters in the Philippines, we pray, Lord, as your word is ministered there today, that there will even be also there signs following the ministry of thy word, and do build up those works, we pray, for thy own honor and glory. So grant us thy continued help, in our Lord's name we pray, amen, amen. We're going to turn again in our hymn books. We're turning this time to the Psalm 29. The Psalm 29 on the page 25. The Psalm 29, page 25, on the right-hand side, Psalm 29, first version. Give ye unto the Lord ye sons that of the mighty be. So it's Psalm 29, first version, and we're singing to the end of the verse 4. Ending of Glorious Majesty. And again, we'll stop as we go. O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, and His great name adore. And in the giving of holiness, our God, the Lord before. The Lord's the sun, the water's his, the God of majesty. The thunder of a mountain church, the Father's seat at thee. Am I to rise? It is that dance I drum the morn of strife. The voice of the great Lord is good. How glorious majesty! We're going to turn, please, in the Word of God to Romans chapter 4. Romans chapter 4. Before I did the trip, when I was wedding, I was preaching. on the five solas, and I didn't complete that series. I just preached four of the solas with you here, and so God willing, we're going to come and look this morning at the final one, to God be the glory, all things for the glory of God. And in this passage, we see that our salvation is all to the glory And so in verse 2, Abraham was not to boast, he was not to glory for his salvation, but rather, because it was by grace, all the glory goes to God. And even then, in our Christian journey, again, as the Lord enables us to persevere in walking by faith, all the glory goes to God. We have that at the end of verse 20, where Abraham was not staggering, strong in faith, giving glory to God. Romans chapter four, verse one. What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God. For what saith the Scripture, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth in godliness, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputed righteousness without works, saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also, For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. How was it then reckoned when he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith, which he had yet being uncircumcised. that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed unto them also. And the father of circumcision, to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect, because the law worketh right. For where no law is, there is no transgression. Therefore, it is of faith. but it might be by grace. To the end the promise might be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who quickened the dead, and called those things which be not as though they were. who against hope believed in hope that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, so shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith. giving glory to God and being fully persuaded that what he had promised, he was able also to perform. We'll end there knowing the Lord will have had his blessing to his own inspired, valuable and preserved work. We're going to turn again in our hymn books, please. We're turning to the hymn 568. 568. It's found in the page 405. 568 on the page 405. Be not dismayed, whate'er be tide, God will deliver you. We're going to remain seated at the beginning of the hymn. As we sing the offering for the work of God, we will be seated. Be not dismayed, for there is life. God will take care of you. take care of you. He will take care of you. God will take care of you. We'll stop at the verses four and five. For we are sent from friends of God. God will take care of you. I will. No matter what may be the test, God will take care of you take care of you I'm going to turn please to Ephesians chapter 3 and And the verse 20 and 21, a couple of years back we did look at this together. I'm looking at it in a slightly different direction this morning. Ephesians chapter three and the verse 20. And unto him that is able, or powerful, to do exceeding abundantly with all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Unto him be glory, in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. We'll seek the Lord's face together, please, in prayer. Let us look to the Lord for his help as we come to the ministry of his word. Our gracious Father, we do thank thee, O Lord, for the blessing to come and gather around the Word. We cry to thee, dear Lord, that thou will grant that help of the Holy Spirit of God to us. I need thy help to preach. Every hearer needs thy help to hear. So we cry to thee that that promised help of the Holy Spirit of God will be granted. Come near, we pray, and touch our willing hearts. In our Lord's name we pray. Amen. Amen. We live today in an age that is completely obsessed with self. Paul, writing to Timothy, warned of how man shall be lovers of their own selves. 2 Timothy 3 verse 2. And we certainly see that demonstrated in our society today. Men are lovers of their own selves. I heard recently about an English exam in Victoria, year 12 exam. Students were being asked something along these lines. Does our journey in life involve self-discovery or self-determination? Is our journey in life one of self-discovery or self-determination? and you might not be quite sure what the examiners are asking in that in schools today, self-determination. And so the message some years back was find out who you are and then pursue that. The message now is determine who you are and pursue that. I trust if you were answering In that exam, you would beg for a third option. As the writers of the Shorter Catechism, when they opened the catechism, they asked this question, what is the chief end of man? What is our chief purpose? Now in that exam question, the common fault in both options is that they were viewing man's chief end as being self. Be taken up with yourself. The writers of the Catechism said, no, that idea is completely wrong. And where does it end? It ends in miserableness. Man's chief end is not to live for self, but rather to glorify God. and to enjoy him forever. Now, as we pursue the glory of God, it does not mean that we will be miserable. That, of course, is how the world would characterize the Christian. But rather, the one that is truly blessed is the one that pursues after God's glory. I want you to think of that first question in a different way. Not merely what is man's chief end, but then what is God's chief end? What is God's great purpose? Surely we could say that God's purpose is after his own glory. Is that right? Is that biblical? Well, I believe it is. In John chapter 17, our Lord Jesus was in prayer. And so this was after the sermon, the discourse in the upper room. and before the garden of Gethsemane. John chapter 17. And Jesus' prayer is what we often call the high priestly prayer of Jesus. The high priestly prayer of Jesus. John 17, verse one. These words speak Jesus and lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, sorry, Father, the hour is come. Glorify thy son. that thy son also may glorify thee. And in those words, the son is saying, it's my purpose to glorify the father. And there's a recognition in the words of the son, that the father's purpose is to glorify the son. And of course we know from what the Lord said in the upper room, that the Holy Spirit is also in this purpose, to give honour to the Son, that the Father might be honoured. The purpose of the triune God is after God's own glory. And so we see it in the prayer of Jesus himself, and we see it in the words that we call the Lord's Prayer, that is, words that the Lord taught us to pray. Matthew 6, verse 9. After this manner, therefore, pray ye, our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Hallowed be thy name. And what are we praying when we pray, hallowed be the Lord's name? We are praying concerning the Lord's glory. And Jesus taught us then to pray concerning God's glory. Now, if you remember back before I was gone, we were talking about these five solas. And the emphasis is upon salvation. How do we discover God's plan of salvation, sola scriptura, scripture alone. How can I contribute to my salvation? How do I contribute to my salvation? I don't. Salvation is by grace alone. How then can a man be justified? By faith alone. Through whom can I be saved? Through Christ alone. We come then to this fifth sola, a sola deo gloria, to the glory of God alone. We are really asking the question, what is the great goal of man's salvation? Why does God save anybody? Now there are some preachers, and if they were asked that question, Why does God save anyone? Their response would be to save souls from a lost eternity in hell. Now, of course, that is true that salvation does save souls from a lost eternity in hell. It does bring souls to everlasting joy in heaven. But men and women, that is not the chief goal of God in saving. Otherwise, that makes man subservient to God himself. God's great goal in saving sinners is to his own glory. It's to his own glory that his name might be honored. And so God is glorified in everything that he does. And he is glorified when he saves souls. And while some struggle to understand it, the more that you read scripture, you will come to understand that even justice, even souls cast into eternal fire, that is to God's glory, because it's impossible for God to do something that will not bring glory to his name, ultimately. But praise God, the great peak God being glorified is in his dealings with souls and saving them. The great peak of God's glory was not in creation, though God is and was glorified in creation. But God's glory is most seen when he, in mercy, deals with lost sinners. and brings them into salvation in Jesus Christ. And this is set forth then in Ephesians 3, 21, unto him be glory in the church. And remember the church, as we speak of the church universally, is that great company of the Lord's people throughout the world that are brought unto Christ. And so the Lord is glorified when they are converted and brought into this body. God is glorified as they are preserved throughout their life on earth. And God is glorified throughout eternity. For as we have been brought into the church, this is not a temporary position, but the church is universal and eternal. Unto him be glory in the church. Charles Simeon was a famous preacher in Cambridge, in England, in a bygone era. And as he was speaking on these words, Simeon said that God does not exclude the world as though they had no reason to bless their God. And so it says, unto him be glory in the church. And Simeon is saying that doesn't mean the world has no duty to glorify God. It's certainly God. Paul, as he writes here, knew the world had no disposition to bless him. The world has no desire to bless God and to honour his name. The whole earth is to glorify God, but it refuses to. And so then, the glory of God is manifest as God works in and through. his church. And so I want to look then today at God's purpose for his church, the glory of God alone. God saved you for his glory, if you are a believer, and God keeps you and will keep you for his glory. God's purpose for his church is the glory of God alone. I want to look with you first of all here at an indivisible union. An indivisible union. Sometimes you hear about couples and it's said if you see one of them, you see both of them. That is, they tend to be always together. And where a couple is able to do that, that is a very beautiful thing. When we come to these words, we see that where you see Christ, you will see his church. When you see one, you see the other. And when you see the church and the true sense of the word, you see them. And so if you look again, verse 21, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus. And so, if you are a Christian, how come you're in the church? It is because of Christ. And as we seek to be a witness for God on earth, and the church is to be, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus. So it's by Christ Jesus, it's in Christ Jesus. And so God is glorified when he brings souls into the church. It is glory to God in the highest. And God is glorified through this body, the church of Jesus Christ. His name is honored. as the church seeks to make his name and the gospel known. And so what I'm seeking to emphasize in this first point is then that Christ cannot be divided from his church. And the church cannot be divided in the truest sense from Christ. Because remember, The language that Paul uses in Ephesians to describe the church is that of a body. So Ephesians chapter 1 verse 22, God put all things under his feet, under the feet of Christ, and gave Christ to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body. The fullness of him that filleth all in all. And so Paul takes here this image of a head and a body. And in the natural, physical realm, you can't divide the head from the body. Where the head is divided from the body, neither the head or the body can function. And so the head of necessity must be joined to the body. And so Paul uses this language then, which is his body. Our life is derived from our union with our head. That is the church, the body drives all of its life from our head. the Lord Jesus Christ. So then, we must be united to Christ if we're to be converted. And the church as a whole, in this universal sense, it is joined to Christ, that we might fulfil the very thing that's spoken of here, unto him be glory in the church, by Christ Jesus. Now this does absolutely speak of grace. Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus. When Paul speaks here of the church, he is not describing something that was only known after our Lord's resurrection or after the day of Pentecost. Paul here, as he says, unto him be glory in the church, is emphasizing that God has always been glorified right from the garden of Eden on account of grace. And this is why then, when in the book of Acts, it speaks of the church in the wilderness. And some would look at that and say, how could that be true? How could there have been the church in the wilderness? when according to the teaching of some there was no such thing as the church. There was, because the church is the body of our Lord Jesus Christ. And so the gospel was preached in the Garden of Eden. There'll be the one who will bruise, crush the serpent's head. The gospel was preached when Abel brought the lamb Remember how there was the acceptance on account of the sharing of blood. It was grace. Salvation was not of words. It was of grace. How was God glorified when Abel brought the lamb unto him to be glorified in the church? Because if you read on verse 21, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages. Throughout all generations, world without end, and the words can be translated there, from age to age. So God is glorified on account of his grace, his gracious deeds. Now we remember then that the stubborn world refuses to glorify the name of God. And so the world outside, as we seek to show them, God has created you. God has demands of you. You must repent and believe the gospel. The world is stubborn. And yet, praise God, despite that stubbornness, God has always seen to it. that his name is glorified in a fallen world and is glorified in his gracious dealings. Unto him be glory in the church. Now, there have been times when the light has burned low. There have been times when it would seem that there's only a small believing remnant. And yet, even in such times, we see The manifold wisdom of God, as it's described as at the end of verse 10, because unto him be glory in the church. Now as we think of this union, this indivisible union, we cannot be separated from our head, and we cannot glorify God outside of that head. It is by Christ that we glorify God. And yet we confess today, my praise of God's glory falls short. My prayers as I pray, hallowed be thy name. It falls short, my prayers are insufficient. And yet, I am every day to remember, here is my duty. Now I come before the Lord and I confess I have fallen short, but every day I'm directed back to Christ. Go again, live for the Lord's honor and glory. I have mentioned before a book, I actually used this in prayer meeting a few years back, a book entitled Living for God's Glory. And in that book, the writer mentions different theologians and preachers who had what is called a God-centered theology. And so they were taken up then with the starting point of all for the honor and glory of God. But the writer then quotes from a farmer's wife a Welsh lady and Griffiths. And you might be thinking, I've never heard of this Welsh lady and Griffiths. That's actually the point that the writer is making, that she's little known and yet she lived to the glory of God. And the writer is making this point. that when we think of living to God's glory, we are not just thinking of the greatest preachers that the world has witnessed, but rather, dear Christian, your duty, your privilege, even in the greatest seclusion, is to live to the glory of God. Anne Griffiths died in 1805 at the age of 29. She died when giving birth to her first child. She wrote these words, gladly would I leave behind me all the idols I've known, since I bear inscribed the likeness of a more exalted one. Worthy of unending worship, love and reverence is he. by his precious death were myriads from the jaws of death set free. And we can summarize what she's saying in these words. Let me do all, even die in childbirth to the glory of God alone. There is an invisible union. But I want to see that. Secondly, here is an unstoppable an unstoppable movement. For if you look again at verse 21, it says, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end, or throughout all generations from age to age. Surely the great implication of the text here is this, that God is glorified And therefore, our reflection on this text, or one of our reflections on this text is, let me pray that God will be glorified through the growth of his church. John Duncan was a Scottish preacher in Glasgow in 1844. He preached these words, but this text is not praying that God's glory would go beyond the church. And so, when we think today of how the world outside despises the work of God, and we lament, don't we, that we see so few saved, we are not praying, Lord, glorify your name some other way. No. It's not praying that God's glory would go beyond the church, but that the bounds of Christ's church may be mightily enlarged. we are praying that we would see souls converted, brought into the church because it is unto him be glory in the church. Now, I do want to emphasize when we pray for the glory of God, we are not praying that God would be more glorious than he is. God cannot be more glorious than he is because he is all glorious. But we are praying that God's glory would be seen, that God's glory would be manifested, and God's glory is manifested then in and through his church. This is then a text to missionary endeavor. This is a text to outreach, to evangelism. This is a text that motivates us to pray for and to seek to communicate the gospel to our loved ones. Many of you have sought to do that. Many of you have been discouraged. As you have witnessed with your loved ones, even some of you have pleaded Praise God for verse 20. Now unto him that is able, powerful, potent, to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. Are you at the point of giving up in despair? Now humanly speaking we can understand. why you would be in despair, but praise God, there is one that is able to do exceeding abundantly of all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us. That is, as the Lord has worked in us, isn't the Lord able to work in the hearts of the hardest of our loved ones? In the hearts of the hardest in this community, God is able. And Paul, as he was writing these words, he was in prison. And humanly speaking, it would look like doors were closed. And yet still, this was his desire. Unto him be glory in the church. Even in prison, Paul could still rejoice. God is being. and God will be glorified in his church. Some have described then the church as God's display cabinet. And just as some might display their greatest treasures, their china or something they have brought from some other place, so they display it in a display cabinet, The Church is God's display cabinet. It's setting forth God's great grace. We long then to see the unconverted brought into the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. If there's one in the meeting today without Jesus Christ, there's a great warning to you in this text. Unto him be glory in the Church, If you're not in Christ, you're not in the church. Now, yes, you sit in what we call the visible church. And how glad we are for that. You sit in the company of God's people. And yet, you could be part of that visible church in the outward sense, and yet still not converted. In Acts 12 verse 23, we have very solid words concerning Herod that the angel of the Lord smote him because he gave not God the glory. And so for the unconverted one, as you're taken up with self, as you're taken up with your own plans, You're not giving glory to God. Rightly, the Lord would strike you down again in mercy. He has not done that. He has preserved you. Is it not time that you would come then to Jesus Christ? Here is an unstoppable movement. But related to that, thirdly, an indestructible cause. An indestructible cause. Again, I emphasize, this glory is throughout all ages and every generation. World without end, from age to age. Paul could have prayed and said, unto him be glory. In and through my life alone. and that's a good thing to pray. If that's your prayer, what a good thing it is. Unto him be glory in my life on earth. But of course, Paul's life on earth would one day cease. Praise God with the death of Paul. It would not mean death. to the glory of God, because you say it's unto him be glory in the church. All here then is this anticipation. The work of God will go on. All is this anticipation. The children, young people, will be converted. Dear brothers and sisters, we need that our children will sing when our lips are silent. We need that our children will carry on the work of God in this congregation, in this land. Because it is from age to age, from one generation to another, In other words, Paul is saying, unto him be glory forever and ever, because even when this world in its present form has ended, God will still be glorified in his church. He will be glorified eternally. There are great implications of this then. Here's a promise. God will preserve his church. And so we think today of obstacles, we think of barriers, we think of enemies. And there are many. Is the Church of Christ under threat today? Well, in the sense that we have enemies, yes. And yet, praise God, the future of the work of God is guaranteed. Despite all of the battles Unto him be glory in the church. As we're thinking of Luther as he nailed those theses to the mast of the church door in Wittenberg, Luther identified the great enemy to the work of God, the preaching of a false gospel and the preaching of salvation through religious deeds. Luther was brought to see that was the enemy that must be fought because unto him be glory in the church. There have been times in church history and the enemy has been liberalism, a denial of the authority of the word of God, a denial of the person and work of Jesus Christ. And yet still, The Lord will be honoured in a believing, faithful remnant unto him be glory in the church. The church faces great pressure today from the thinking of the world. The world's thinking is completely contrary to the ways of God and yet, praise God, the light will not Isaac once said, I'll praise thee, while he lends me breath. When my voice is lost in death, praise shall employ my nobler powers. My days of praise shall be never passed. While thought and life have been last, or the mortality of Jews. There will be our final amen on earth. and yet there'll still be an amen on earth. And praise God still an amen in heaven. And the verse does close with that word, amen. But as I come to a close, I want to mention Simeon again of Cambridge. Simeon said, there are some, and they dare not add, there. Amen. So, the verse says, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. And the Lord's people out there, amen, say, God's glory is seen in the riches of his grace. But what about the ungodly? The ungodly will not strip Christ of His glory. And so then, while through all eternity God will be glorified in His church, the ungodly for all eternity will live in this consciousness. That God's mercy, God's grace is magnified in His dealings with His people. In the union of Christ with his people, but the lament of the unconverted for all eternity will be this, I am cut off from mercy. I am cut off from the face of God's people. And therefore, if you're not converted today, there is a sense in which you cannot add your amen because of condemnation. You have persisted outside of Christ. You've rejected him. God is able to destroy as well as to save. God has warned you, sinner, that here is a blessed Come to Christ. And maybe you say, but my heart has long been hardened. There's one of four standing together, please, as we say. For many standing forward, opposing prayer and benediction. Glory be to God the Father, Glory be to God the Son, Glory be to God the Spirit, Ranging over three in one. of angels singing of We unite with that great company above. We say glory to God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. O Lord, we thank thee for ever having mercy upon us. To God be the glory. We thank thee for preserving and keeping us. To God be the glory. We thank thee that one day we shall be glorified. To God be the glory. We thank thee for the refreshments blessed to us in our fellowship together. Bless the Sunday School and the adult class that follow, and we pray in those too, that the Lord's name will be glorified. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly, above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church.