Let's open our Bibles together to the book of Romans, Romans chapter number two. Romans chapter two this morning, and we'll start reading in verse number one. Romans chapter number two, verse number one. Would you stay with me as we read Romans chapter two, verse number one? The Bible says, Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. For wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself. For thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasures up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God. Father, I pray that you'd bless the time and the word of God this morning. We thank you so much for what Christ has done for us and I pray as he is exalted this morning that you would draw all men to yourself. Lord, help us to be thankful, help us to live towards and because of your goodness to us. We pray these things in Jesus' name, amen. Amen, thank you, you may be seated. Paul makes a case against the ungodly in Romans chapter number one, and he declares why they are under the judgment of God, and because of the wrath of God. And he makes a very powerful case. He says, listen, the people that are living an ungodly life do not recognize God's authority. Chapter one, verse 20. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood where the things are made, even as eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse. So he says from the outset, he says, listen, God has revealed who He is to them. And they said, no, we will not recognize your authority. We will not recognize your glory. We will not thank you. We will not glorify you. No, we will not do that. Not only did they reject God's authority, they committed idolatry. In verse number 23, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image like an incorruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. So they said, no, we're saying no to God, but we'll make gods in our own image. They began to worship the trees, and the moon, and the stars, and little carvings of stone, carvings of wood, and pourings of gold. The Bible says that they rejected God, they committed idolatry, and then they began to pervert sex and marriage. In chapter one, verse 26, for this cause, God gave them up unto vile affections, for even their women did change the natural use unto that which is against nature. Verse 27, likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the women, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men, working in that which is unseemly. See, they've totally perverted everything. They have rejected God and His authority, they began to commit idolatry, and then they began to pervert marriage and sex, and the whole society went downhill. Now, can I tell you that's exactly where the United States is today? Absolutely, it's like reading the newspaper, that's exactly where we are, that's the spiritual condition that we are in. And I would like to remind you, the Bible says, righteousness exalted the nation, but sin is reproached to any people. There has never been a nation on God's earth that rejected God, committed idolatry, perverted sex and marriage, that God did not judge. Including Israel. America's no exception. He says, because they do these things, that they are worthy of judgment. Verse number 29, being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whispers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventor of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, which means cruelty to kin, mothers will kill their babies, implacable, unmerciful, Who knowing the judgment of God the day which commits such things are worthy of death not only do the same but have pleasure and them that do them He says there's no mistake why God's wrath is present the people that look at the Old Testament say well that he's just an angry God He's a petulant God. He's just an unmerciful God don't understand that he's a holy God that he's a righteous God and we have broken his commandments and We have flaunted our sin and our perversion. And so God says, I am going to judge. Now, I know this. I know that when we preach Romans 1, it's very easy for us. When I think about what's going on in our world today, I get upset. I get angry. I do. I get angry at what's going on today. But make no mistake that it's very easy for us to point at the sins and disobedience of others. I remember once my sister was getting dressed down by my mom and dad, and I was telling her all the things she did wrong. You did this, you did this, you did this, and now I'm in the back. I'm the big brother. I'm like, yeah, yeah, that's right. Get them. That's right. You tell her. And then I remember my dad turning around and saying, and you! Uh-oh. Chapter one is them. Chapter two is you. Look at this, he says in verse number 20 of chapter one, for the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even as eternal power and Godhead, so that, who? They are without excuse, verse 21, because that when, who? They knew God. They glorified Him not as God. Neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. It's they, they, they, they. Well, chapter 2 changes. Verse number 1, therefore thou, are inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest, from wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself, for thou that judgest doest the same things. It went from them, they, to thou. And the King James is specific. There's people that say, I don't like the they's and ye's and don't understand there's a reason for them. It is not you. It's not ye. Those are plural. It is thou. So it's easy to point to those that are without the church. It's easy to point to those other people that are in church. But he says, no, no, no. I'm talking to you individually. He's saying, you're going to judge them, and God's going to judge them. But you're going to judge them. He reminds us that God is going to judge us, that every one of us is going to give an account of ourselves to God. Every one of us will. And he says, and you're judging them, but you need to look inside. It's like Jesus said, it's very easy for us to see the moat in somebody else's eye, but we have a beam in our own eye. And so he says, you have a beam in your own eye that God is going to judge you. And he talks about the judgment that man is going to face. This judgment of God is based on three primary things. The first is we're going to be judged based upon his truth. Chapter 2, verses 2 through 4. We're going to be judged in truth, verse 2. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to what? Truth. It's based upon the truth of who he is, and it's based on the truth of who we are. Let me say that again. It's based on the truth of who he is, and based upon the truth of who we are. The truth of who we are. Not who we pretend to be. It's the truth about who we actually are. What we've actually said, what we've actually thought, what we've actually done, the truth. And it's easy like the Pharisees of old to fool other people. But we're not going to fool God. The truth. The truth of who he is and the truth of who we are. So the judgment of God is based upon his truth. The judgment of God is based upon his impartiality. Verse number five. But after thy hardness, an independent heart treasures up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who shall render to every man according to his deeds. All right, so the truth of what we really have done. Look at verse number 11. For there is no respecter of persons with God. I told you last week that now he's pointing not just to the world and what they're doing, now he's talking to the Roman who is moral. Seneca, one of the political leaders, or one of the leaders of that day, was a very moral man, calling out the immorality in society. And many Christians said, well, see, he's moral. Listen. He's talking to the religious right, the conservatives. He's talking to the religious Jews that have now repopulated Rome. You're pretending like you're okay because you're moral. You think you're okay because you're a Jew. I read you last week what some of the Jews would say during this day. Let me read it to you again. Just two quotes this morning of what they would say. The Jews would say this. They who are of the seed of Abraham, according to the flesh, shall in any case, even if they be sinners and unbelieving and disobedient towards God, shall share in the eternal kingdom. They said, even though we're sinners and disobedient to God, if you're a Jew, a seed of Abraham, don't worry, you're in. And he says, no, God has no respecter of persons. They would go on, get this quote. They said, Abraham sits beside the gates of hell and does not permit any wicked Israelite to go through. They believe that Abraham's there going, oh, he's with me. Oh, he's with me. Oh, he's of my seed. Nope, he's with me. And so no Jew, no Israelite would be cast into hell because they were with Abraham. And imagine, this is what they're saying, imagine when Jesus tells the literal event, the actual event in Luke chapter 16 about the rich man that died. It's not a parable, folks. Rich man died, and he opened his eyes, being in hell. This rich Jewish man opened his eyes, and he's in hell. and saw Abraham afar off. He's saying, you Jews who think that Abraham's there saying he's with me? No, no, no, he's afar off, he's in paradise. There's only one person that can say to you, he's with me, and that's Jesus Christ, that will keep you out of hell. That's it, only him. Neither is there salvation in any other, for there's one name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. That name is not Abraham. That name is not the Pope's name. That name is not even your name. That name is Jesus. Imagine their surprise when he tells them the story. You think you're okay because you're Jewish. No one's going to heaven because they're Jewish. No one's going to heaven because they're a Baptist. Nobody's going to heaven because they're a Catholic. Nobody's going to have them because they voted the right way and they're conservative. No. None of those things are going to get you to heaven. Peter said in Acts 10, verse 34, then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him. That God is not judging on nationality. He's not judging on tradition. He's not judging on what nation you're from. He's judging on whether you are fearing him and whether you are righteous or not. That's that judgment. Now, I told you there's three things that he's gonna judge. He's gonna judge based upon his truth, based upon his impartiality, and based upon, well, I'll tell you that one next week. And this one's the important one, but we're not there yet. And the reason that we're not there yet, the reason I'm not covering that third one, although it's very important, come back next Sunday, it's very important, is that I couldn't get past a portion of this text. It just kept coming to my mind over and over and over again. And it had to mean something because in this last week, from last Sunday to Friday, I preached 13 times. And I had to be prepared to preach three times here today. So I've spent a lot of time preparing messages, but this verse kept coming over and over and over and over again in my mind. And I'm like, Lord, I'm ready to move on, but I can't move on. He said, Pastor, where are you stuck at? I'm stuck at verse number four. Can we go back there and look at that for a minute? Chapter number two, verse number four. Or despises thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance. Can't get over that phrase. Can't get over this verse. He says, while you have your morality You're making the mistake of despising God's goodness. Now the word despise means to think against, to de-esteem, to disdain, to have the lowest opinion of. He says God's a good God. I'm gonna say that again because you might not say amen to anything else I say today, but you probably should throw your support behind this phrase. God's a good God. Psalm 119, verse 68, thou art good and do us good, David says. Zechariah 9, verse 17, for how great is his goodness and how great is his beauty. Isaiah says in Isaiah 63 verse 7, I will mention the loving kindness of the Lord and the praises of the Lord according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us and the great goodness towards the house of Israel which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies and according to the multitude of his loving kindness. It's almost as if he says, wait a minute, you're judging them and you do the same things. You think you're okay and you're on your way to heaven, that you're right with God and according to his truth and according to who you really are, you're not right. According to the fact that he's impartial, you're not right. And all the while, you're talking about how good you are, you are despising, you're minimizing You're belittling, you're even disdaining the goodness of our God. Listen, let me sum it up. If you could be good enough to go to heaven, then you don't need God's goodness. Right? So God showed you how good he is, and you go, well, yeah, that's good. Well, wait till you see how good I can be. I know that you have mercy and grace. Yeah, I know, but let me help you out. You ever have your, I have no idea, how many of you ladies cook? Where's the ladies that cook? Okay, all right. Does your husband come in there and help you? Maybe you have this one recipe and you're cooking and the husband comes in there and goes, you know, you taste it. Oh, you need a little bit of, you need a little bit of, a little bit of garlic powder here. No, you're missing something, honey. You need a little, you need a little, add a little. How's that going to go? That's your last meal. You're eating your last meal before you die. Last meal. Right? My wife is so good. Woo! I almost said the wrong word. I almost said so bad. But she's so loving. She's so kind. She makes a meal, and she serves it. We pray, we pray, and I reach for the salt. You know what I'm talking about? What? What? Isn't it good enough? No, I just, I just, I just, I just, I know, I use a lot of salt. I, you know, I have clogged arteries and I need high blood pressure to push the blood through. So I just, that's a good science right there. So I just, I just, I know I, you cook with, you cook for love. And my mom cooked with love. And her love was shown by butter and salt. You cook for love. You want me to live a long time. My mom cooked to make me happy. Can I go over to one of your houses today to eat? I think I need somewhere to go for dinner. Here's my point. I'm digging myself a grave. Here's my point. My point is that I have provided for you sustenance, and you think you can add to it? That's the point. God said, I provided you salvation with my only begotten Son, and you think you going to church or giving money or going into some pool of water is gonna add to what I've done? He ought to be offended. Hmm. Despise the goodness of the Lord. I love the way he writes it in verse four. Despises thou the riches the abundance of his goodness. And I believe that riches modifies his goodness, his forbearance, and his longsuffering. That God is overabundant in his goodness, his forbearance, and his longsuffering. What are they despising? Let me just cut to the chase. What goodness are we referring to that men despise? There's three things, very quickly, but very important. Number one, I believe that men despise God's goodness in creation. They despise God's goodness in creation. The Bible says in Psalm 33, verse five, he loveth righteousness and judgment. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathered the waters of the sea together as in heap. He layeth up the depth in the storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. Because God's awesome. Amen. Dad would be happy. Listen, what a good God we have. How do you know that God's a good God? Look around. It's the same thing he says there in Psalm 19, verse number one. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttered a speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. There's no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. It is God's everyday witness of who he is. There's no boundaries of speech, because every person in every part of the planet, I love it, you go, have you traveled the world? The world is a beautiful place. When when Charlotte and Ken were dating Charlotte came over to visit spent about a week over to visit and the rule is if you're not gonna stay in the same house and so Ken went to live with the cops for a week and Charlotte came and lived at our house for a week and I went downstairs one day and Charlotte's out in the front porch and she's reading her Bible. I'm like check Drinking a cup of coffee check I know she likes to hunt, so that was already a check. So I went up there to say good morning. I said, oh, good morning, Charlotte. How are you? She said, I'm doing good. I said, are you enjoying these wonderful mountains here in the Shenandoah Valley? And she went, yeah, they're OK. X. They're OK? This is the beauty of God. Now, she's from Montana, OK? So in fairness, Montana. But wherever you go, Wyoming, wherever you go around the world, we have a great God. When you look at something, wow, that is really good, that is really beautiful, that speaks of God's goodness. When God created everything in Genesis chapter one, he says it is good. It was good. It's all good. It's all good. Ah, it's okay. No, it's good. No, it's good and it shows that our God is good. The God that can make the fish of the sea is a good God. The God that makes the sun come up every single day is a good God. Psalm 100, verse number one, make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. Why, verse number three, know ye that the Lord, he is God. It is he that hath made us and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Be thankful unto him and bless his name. For he is good, and his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endureth to all generations. And he brings up God's creation in chapter one. They go, no, no, he's not good. No, he didn't create us. No, no, he didn't. It's not that good. I heard one guy criticizing the horse. You see, there's really no creator, because if there was a creator God, then he would have made the horse's feet this way, and he would have done this that way. Have you ever seen a horse? You ever see a horse run? And you go, wow. God says to Job, who put the thunder in that horse's neck? God did. What a great God. No, he's not. A horse is a flimsy animal. Really? We still judge things on horse power. Everything that man makes, they're comparing to one animal that God made. Why? Because he's a great God. His goodness declares His greatness. But they said, no. No, we'll not glorify Him as Creator. We'll not recognize His Godhead. We will not give Him glory. And they despised God's goodness that was shown to them in His creation. Number two, not only God's goodness in creation, but God's goodness in provision. God's goodness and provision. I wanna spend some time with this because I think it's important. I'm gonna show you a couple verses and I need you to stay with me. That God shows his goodness by the way that he provides for us. Look at Matthew chapter five. Matthew chapter five. Matthew chapter five and verse number 43. Matthew chapter five and verse number 43. Are you still with me? Matthew 5, verse number 43. Jesus said, you have heard that it hath been said that thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. That's a command, right? The Lord says, I want you to do good to them even that hate you and pray for them that despitefully use you. and persecute you, that ye may be the children of your Father, because that's what your Father does, which is in heaven. For He maketh, listen, He maketh His Son to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Listen, God's provision shows His goodness. He says, listen, you need to love your enemies. Love those that hate you. Bless those that persecute you like your Heavenly Father does. What do you mean your Heavenly Father does? Do you know there's people that hate God? Romans chapter number one, there is no God, we hate God, we'll live any way we want to, but God still lets the sun come up for them? That God still pours down the rain? It finally rained at the camp Friday night. We haven't mowed there all summer. We finally rained, and I was coming down, and one of the staff members said, oh, we're playing in the middle of the game. It's got to rain now. I said, you be quiet. We just stood there in the rain. We did everything we did in the rain. It was wonderful. But you know, you need rain for crops to grow. You need rain for drinking water. You need sun for the crops to grow. And God chose His goodness to every man. That means every plate of food shows God that he's a good God. Is that right? Every oxygen molecule that we inhale, God made that. When we inhale and exhale, that's God. He provides for us every single day, whether we're just or we're unjust, He's always good. Look at Acts chapter 14. Acts 14. God's goodness in His provision for us. Acts 14. Look at me. At verse number 15. Acts chapter 14, verse number 15. 14, 15. And saying, sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven and earth and the sea and all things that are therein, who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness and that he did good. and gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness." He said, wait a minute, you need to worship God. I mean, all the nations that went astray, God still was good to you. God still rained and gave you rain, and He gave you food, He gave you a harvest. God's still good to you. Now your response should be, you should repent because God's been good to you. Look at Acts chapter number 17. Acts 17, verse number 24. Acts 17, verse number 24. Paul says to the Athenians, verse 24, God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. Neither is worship with men's hands, as though he needeth anything, seeing he giveth to all, what? And what? And what? All things. He said, listen, His goodness created you, verse 24. His goodness provides for you, verse number 25. Well, what does God provide for me? Well, that sentence you just said, you used breath that God gave you. All things. All things? Yeah, all things. Verse number 24, chapter 17, verse 24. He says again, God that made the world, so His goodness and His creation. Verse 25, He does worship with the man's hands as though He needeth anything, saying, He giveth to all life. He provides all life. He provides everyone breath. He provides everyone all things. So what does that mean? Look at verse 28. For in Him we live. If you're alive, say amen. Amen. And move. If you move, say amen. Amen. Now, it might hurt because you're older. It might be... speak hard, and have our being. As certain also of your poets have said, for we are also his offspring. For as much then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like on a gold, or silver, or stone, or graven by art, or man's device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to what? Repent. God's goodness should lead to repentance. God made a wonderful creation. He's a good God. That's right. Repent of your sin and turn to that creator. God has provided you every meal. He's been good to you. Praise Him for that. When the sun rises, when the rain falls, He's a good God. And it should lead to our repentance. But you know what it does? It doesn't often lead to repentance. It often leads to resistance. This is what I see. This is what I see. Oh, you know what? I'm OK with God. He provided for me. I got the job. I'm good. You're making a big mistake here. His goodness shouldn't make you resolved and continually disobeying Him. His goodness should make you want to repent and turn to Him. Oh, well, God's blessed America, so we're all right, we're good, we're not gonna be judged, we're all right. Look at how God's blessed us. His blessings should not make us resist turning to Him. It should make us repent to Him. There's one more provision of His goodness, one more thing about His goodness I wanna say. Do we have time for it? You guys got 10 minutes left? All right, because it's only 10 to noon. We're all right. We're OK. We're all right. I got to show you this to God. God's goodness is in creation. God's goodness is in his provision. God's goodness is in his salvation. I love that song they sang, I never heard that song before. The Bible says in John 15, 13, great love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. I struggle with that verse all the time. Can I tell you how I struggle with that verse? I believe it. Listen, if I love you, the greatest thing I can do for you, the greatest thing I can give to you, the greatest provision I can show you is to die to save your life. That's it. I could give you money. I could give you, well, I can't give you money. But you can give a person money. You can fix their car. But the greatest display of love is being willing to give your life. Right? OK. Now, that verse directly talks to Jesus, about Jesus. Right? But Jesus' death was a greater sacrifice than any man's death. And Jesus died for us not while we were his friends. We were not his friends when he died for us. We were his enemies. We were children of the devil. We were at enmity with God. We were unrighteous and disobedient. Let me show you, Romans chapter five, and we'll be done. Romans five, not to get ahead of ourselves, but I know it might take a little while for us to get to Romans five. So Romans five, look at verse number six. Romans five, verse number six. For when we were yet without strength, that is unable. Would you say unable? Unable. For when we were yet without strength, In due time, Christ died for the ungodly. That's the unwilling. So when I was unable, when I was unwilling, Christ died for me. Let me make it more personal. When you are unable to save yourself, when you are unwilling to save yourself, Christ died for you. Verse number eight, what God commendeth, showed, proved his love toward us, in that while we were yet friends, what's that? What version do you have? You don't know, Pastor, what version do you have? While we were yet what? Sinners, Christ died for us. Much more than being now justified by his blood, we should be saved from wrath through him. That's what he's trying to say. God's goodness and salvation. You didn't earn it. You didn't deserve it. You deserved God's condemnation. You deserved God's wrath. And while you were in that state, Jesus died for you. And if we think we can save ourselves and add something to it, We're despising His goodness. Despising it. The Bible says that the Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. That's what He wants. So can I ask you this? Have you seen God's goodness in His creation? Have you seen God's goodness in His provision? And have you seen God's goodness in salvation? Some of you have never been saved. You've never recognized or admitted the fact that you are a sinner, that you've rebelled against God, and you are worthy of death. And while you're in that state, Jesus Christ died for you, that he became sin for us who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Listen, you need to repent of your sin and turn to Christ. God's gonna save you from your sin and He'll save you. Don't let pride drag you into the lake of fire. For those of us that are saved, how can we despise His goodness? When I mean despise it, I mean there's no response. We expect the sinner, the immorals to respond to God's goodness. What about us? Are we responding to God's, are we, God's good. So why wouldn't we repent of our unfaithfulness and say, God, you're a good God. I'm sorry. I need to be more faithful. Lord, I've been disobedient in a few areas, and I've been harboring some sin, but you've been so good in your provision, and I'm going to repent of that, and I'm going to ask you to confess. I'm going to confess my sin, and I'm going to ask you to forgive me for my spiritual condition, how poor it is. I have five children. I love them to death. And while they were growing up in my home, I was determined that they were going to do right. Right? Is that OK to say? And it could be the easy way or it could be the hard way. But it was going to happen. But there's no parent, there's no father that wants to constantly chasten their children. No parent wants their kids to do right just because they're scared of the repercussions. We want our kids to get to the point where they're thankful for their mother and father. They're thankful for their provision. And they do what's right out of love and appreciation. That's what our Heavenly Father wants. He's been good to us. There's some areas in our life that we need to repent of and say, Lord, I'm sorry. I need to be more faithful. Lord, you're the keeper of my time, my money. Lord, I don't know why I have this anger issue and I need to get it right. Lord, I got a problem with lust and you've been so good to me. Even though I've walked astray, you're still providing for me. You're good and I'm sorry. No, I'm sorry. Father God, I thank you so much for the word of God. Thank you, Lord, for your goodness. Lord, we could talk about goodness forever because you are such a good God. But Lord, you said that that goodness and the richness of your goodness, your long suffering should lead folks to repent. And it's easy for us to look at other people and the sin that they're living in and and point our fingers and they need to repent. But Lord, chapter two, you're looking directly at us. Lord, I pray that through the Holy Spirit and through your word that you would bring to our hearts and our minds the areas of our life that we need to respond to. Lord, may this altar be full of people thanking you for your goodness and thanking you for your provision and thanking you for your salvation. Lord, may we bow our heads and our knees this morning and Lord, confess some areas of our lives that aren't quite right with you. And in light of your goodness and your provision, Lord, we need to repent. Thank you for being so long-suffering to us, being so patient and kind with us. And Lord, I pray that this message would not fall on deaf ears. With every head bowed, every eye closed, let me ask you this. If someone here this morning would say, you know what, Pastor, I'm not even sure if I'm saved. I think I may be, but I'm not sure that I've truly been saved from my sin. I'd like to pray for you. If you're not sure of your salvation, would you just slip your hand up that I might pray for you right now? I'll not call you out, I'll not embarrass you, but I'd like to pray for you. I'm just, I'm not sure that heaven's my home, that Jesus is my Savior. Please pray for me, anyone at all. Christian, this morning, may you respond to God's goodness. This morning, may you come and thank him for his goodness in your life. May that goodness dust up some areas of your life that he's not pleased with. And let's do business with him this morning. Would you stand on your feet, every head bowed, every eye closed. I'm going to ask the piano to play and let's thank the Lord for his goodness.