Many of you know that I have been looking forward to this day with great anticipation. But the fact of the matter is brothers and sisters, that's not because I am, I'm a person who possesses such a tender ego that it needs to be massaged every so often otherwise I'm kind of feeling out of sync. The fact of the matter is over the last three months I've probably preached more outside of the church than I would have had I been here for these three months. The issue is not just preaching. The issue in the final analysis is that I love you, that my affections and my heart or here and there is something that is just not right and at peace in my life when I'm not having the opportunity to express what God has given to me on your behalf. And so I've longed for this with great enthusiasm because of who you are and because what God has done in bringing us all together. But secondly it ought not to be of any surprise to you this morning that it is my ambition to preach Christ to you. I don't know how this morning I could do anything else. He is to be sure the most glorious person in all of the universe and beautiful beyond all human description. You are the people that God has given me to love and care for how in the world could I ever do anything else this morning but preach Christ. And so all week long there has been this continual theme that has been running through my mind as I've been praying and to my knowledge I've not read of it anywhere and I don't claim any thought original with myself but at least in my consciousness I can't think that I've heard someone else say this but as I've been praying I've been finding myself repeating the same thing over and over and over again. Help me to preach an irresistible Christ. A Christ that is irresistible to those of you who are Christians here this morning because I know if your experience is much like mine there are times when there are ebbs and flowings in your relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and that means that there are times when our feelings for him grow cold. When our hearts seem to be characterized by apathy and complacency in fact it seems at times does it not for you that our feelings for the Lord Jesus Christ get frozen in a kind of concrete complacency and it's not that we would give up Christ it's not that we would turn our backs on Christ or cease to believe in Christ it's just simply that our affections have cooled and I want very much beloved for us as a church having been made people in the image of God which includes emotions to know something of what the Puritan spoke about when they talked about a felt Christ to those of you who are in Christ this morning I want to preach to you when irresistible Christ and for those of you who are here this morning and you are not Christians I want to preach an irresistible Christ to you because there is no other way of saying it at least any way that I can think of if you are without Jesus Christ this morning then you are a sinner and the condition of your soul is in a desperate state you will perish eternally without Him and by the grace of God I want to preach Jesus Christ to you in such a way this morning that you will find yourself irresistibly drawn to Him that you must embrace Him that you must embrace Him now today at this place and perhaps you will wonder in your own heart why in the world have I resisted for so long and to those of you who are here this morning as children it's to you that I want to preach an irresistible Christ you understand that this Lord Jesus about whom I am about to speak is the very same Jesus who welcomed children and who loved children and who embraced children in fact this very same Jesus is the one who rebuked adults because they wanted to keep children from coming to Him but you must understand something young men and women and boys and girls on the great and final day God will take Christians to heaven not Christians and their children and you have had exceedingly wonderful privileges given to you if you are a part of this church you have heard the gospel preached in many different ways and on many different occasions and in all probability you have heard that from your own faithful parents and from your Sunday school teachers but I want to tell you this morning it is a dangerous thing to be given great privilege and to persist in waiting for another time and so with everything in me this morning boys and girls I want to tell you there is no good or wise reason to delay any longer you must come to Jesus Christ today right now because every single day you fail to act upon your privilege you put your soul in a more dangerous condition I want to preach to you this morning a Christ who is irresistible and the reason why I feel so deeply about this this morning is because of the passage that is before us I admit right from the get go beloved I am exceedingly over my head it is deep beyond knowing but my confidence this morning is that it is the intended purpose of the Spirit of God to exalt Christ it is the purpose of this passage to exalt Christ and so I have every confidence that He will come and give us help now the book of Hebrews in all probability it was written to a small group of Jewish Christians who were living in Rome they had heard the gospel preached by those who had actually seen and witnessed the Lord Jesus Christ with their own eyes they had not seen Him but they had heard from those who had and by the grace of God these Jewish people living in Rome are brought out of the shadows of Judaism into the full substance of Christianity they are now not young in the faith they have been in Christ for quite some time they are not new converts they are not novices in fact they are mature enough where they ought to be in teaching roles in the body of Christ they are not new they have walked with Christ for some time the problem is as you begin to read this letter is that their world was falling apart you see coming out of Judaism into Christianity had provided no worldly advantages for them in fact quite to the contrary as a result of their professing faith in Jesus Christ there was one trial that came at them after another one threat after another one act of violence and persecution after another you see friends while Rome was ambivalent toward people of Jewish descent Rome had very clearly defined feelings about those who professed faith in Christ Rome hated all things Christian and in fact if you have ever read history from the first century you've discovered that the Roman persecution of Christians was notorious in fact the writer of Hebrews reminds his readers of this very thing later on in his book in chapter 10 when he says this remember those earlier days after you had received the light apparently shortly after they were converted when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution and other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated you sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions I can't wait to get there but the point is you see this battery of persecutions ridicule insult loss of privilege seizure of property I mean let me ask you something friends how much of that would you endure ridicule persecution seizure of property would your devotion to Christ extend that far and what's more you see these Christians they've got eyes to see what's ahead neuro has ascended to the throne hungry lions are caged in the colosseum
their allegiance to Christ is about to be put to the greatest test and you can imagine there not any different than you or I would be at that very moment asking the same questions we would be asking where is God in all of this doesn't he care he's supposed to be our savior and our shepherd and our lord and look look at all that's coming down upon us and what we hear is the worst is still to come
maybe we ought to go back to Judaism at least it's safe it's not polytheism we're not embracing the Roman pantheon of gods it's close to Christianity we need a word from God and all we hear is silence but then suddenly quite unexpectedly a word begins to rumble through the through the Roman underground a letter has arrived at the appropriate time most likely in the privacy of a home that's small group of Jewish Christians gathered together and a man perhaps one of their leaders stands on rolls the parchment and it begins to read aloud these words in the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways but in these last days he has spoken to us by his son and beloved hearing those words in the midst of their situation there were two facts that would have shot through their minds number one we can't doubt God he is not the uninvolved first cause of some philosophical system he knows the plight of his people he is aware of who we are where we are and what we're enduring at this very moment and what's more he has proven himself to speak to those people that he loves and how do we know that because he spoke to our forefathers bits and pieces here and there over a 1500 year period it's our Old Testament he used those great men of all the prophets he was in them speaking through them and not only was his speaking relevant and timely his manner of communication was never boring he spoke at many times and in various ways you know it from reading your Old Testament God spoke to Adam walking in the garden of the cool of the day he spoke to Jacob in a dream he spoke to Moses face to face he spoke to Elijah in a still small voice he spoke to Ezekiel in a vision and then when men like these and other men like them turned around to make that revelation known to people like us they used variety David sang songs Solomon wrote Proverbs Malachi used question and answers Ezekiel performed bizarre symbolic acts Amos gave direct oracles haggai preached sermons now imagine from their Jewish heritage all of those deep seeded feelings of comfort and peace that would have been brought to the surface those were our people God spoke to them when they needed it most no perhaps we can't understand all that's happening to us at the present moment but we can't we can't doubt God he spoke to us but then as they heard the words which followed but in these last days he has spoken to us by his son a second sensation rifled through their minds we can't go back Judaism won't do the God who spoke to our fathers has spoken again
it's no longer an option to return to the old ways now beloved there is a contrast that appears in the original that we do not see easily in our English Bibles a very strong antithesis that gets at the idea of what the writer is trying to say you see on the one hand the writer says God spoke through the prophets that's easy enough to understand but then he makes a radical contrast when he says but in these last days he has spoken to us in the original he has spoken to us in sun not in the sun in sun and you see when that kind of construction appears in the original it's for the purpose of stressing the nature of this one through whom God has spoken in other words in the past God spoke to our fathers through the prophets people like you and people like me ordinary garden variety people with the same kind of struggles that we all have we're thankful for it God used them but they were men and just men at that but now in the last days the new age God's word has come to us in a person who possesses the quality of being God's own son now let me see if I can illustrate this for you you remember that scene up on the mountain when Jesus is suddenly transfigured before Peter James and John remember that scene I mean it's an amazing thing I'm sure even on our best day we couldn't begin to imagine what took place there but suddenly the very son of God is seen as it were the radiance of his divine glory pours forth and Peter and James and John they see this but they also notice that a couple of other people are standing there talking with Jesus Moses is there and Elijah is there and Peter you know his response is more than just a practical one he really thinks that he's got his theology straight you see here is Moses he's the giver of the law here is Elijah he's the representative of the entire prophetic order Moses and Elijah law profits all testament scriptures and now here is his master Jesus the third in a great line of revealers of the word of God and so what does Peter say no Lord it is good for us to be here if you wish I will put up three shelters one for you one for Moses one for Elijah isn't that great Moses Elijah Jesus what a good deal and what does God say this is my son not a prophet my son whom I love with whom I am well pleased and then beloved with full divine authority listen to him he is not merely the newest one in a lineup of famous prophetic speakers he is of an all together different kind God's climactic word God's final word now beloved listen to me this is so important it does not mean that we no longer appreciate Moses and Elijah it is not to say that we no longer regard the Old Testament scriptures it is to say that we must recognize that a progression has been made in the history of redemption from promise to fulfillment from anticipation to reality from shadow to substance this is why Paul says and second credience chapter one all of the promises of God what promises are he talking about the promises the Old Testament all of the promises of God in Christ are yes and the point being if the fulfillment has come if the reality has come if the substance has arrived why would you ever go back to the shadow why in the world would we ever return to the animal sacrifices for example beloved knowing that the Lamb of God has already been slain a movement away from the substance back to the shadow is not just kind of another option that we might opt for from time to time it is a movement away from the actual salvation that God has provided for us in Jesus Christ and that is why you see inner spurs throughout this book are several strong pastoral warnings some of the most severe warnings in all of sacred scripture and basically they all say this don't go back don't go back you've come out of the shadow into the light don't step back into the darkness Jesus Christ is better he is better and that's the word that is used over and over and over and over again throughout this book it establishes the theme of this book Jesus Christ is better he is better than everything better than the prophets better than the angels better than Moses better than Joshua better than the Aaronic priests better than the Old Testament sacrifices better than the Old Covenant he is better than everything why would you ever want to go back the burden of this book is to establish the unequaled greatness of the Son of God and in so doing to arouse within Christians who are on the verge of returning back to their former manner of life because they think to do so will make life easier for them and it will and so let me ask you this book has been written for us have you been tempted as of late to go back to return to your former manner of life because to your way of thinking it sure would make your present experiences of life easier I mean maybe Judaism isn't the draw for you maybe it's a lifestyle of pleasing your appetites given over to that all together maybe it's a lifestyle that is given over to rank selfishness or the whole soul pursuit of sexual indulgence or the whole soul pursuit of financial prosperity or success at any cost let me ask you this morning has the gospel placed stresses demands on your marriage that frankly you'd like to live without has the gospel placed certain boundaries within your conscience that will no longer allow you to make compromise that on the one hand might fatten your wallet or advance your career or increase your popularity and young men and women I can understand the temptation if I were not a Christian I could cheat on a test I could lie to my friends I could steal from my parents it would be so much easier for me to give myself over to those inclinations that seem to be so native and natural to my personality have those temptations been a part of your experience in recent weeks you must not go back you must not go back you say fine but how then do I cope with the difficulties and the stresses and the disappointments and the persecutions that come from naming the name of Christ I'll tell you how by giving yourself a fresh vision of the unequal greatness of your Savior and beloved when you see him in all of his beauty you will not want to go back if you want to go back then you don't know him
God's greater word has come not this time on hard cold unbending tablets of stone
but in a person the highest form of divine disclosure God's own son now what makes this last and final word from God so great so superior let me suggest to you tonight seven features of the unequal greatness of the Son of God one he is the heir of all things he is the heir of all things look at verse two but in these last days God is spoken to us by his son whom he appointed heir of all things now beloved in the light of what the writer has just said this makes perfect sense he is God's son we know from the rest of the Bible God's only son well sonship naturally evolves into airship now of course we know from the rest of the Bible that Jesus Christ is the eternal second person of the Godhead and because of who he is in his essential nature everything that exists belong to him anyway but you see as a consequence of his redemptive accomplishments as a reward for his leaving the glories of heaven taking human flesh to his deity coming to this earth an absolute submission to the will of his father even to the point of death he was raised from the dead ascended into heaven and when he arrived in that place according to Psalm 2 and a great coronation ceremony he was declared appointed heir of all things is not just a statement of fact it's a title of dignity and it shows beloved that he occupies the supreme place in all of the universe now practically speaking what does this mean do you realize that every single thing that has ever been created has been created for Jesus Christ the stars were created for his pleasure the solar systems were designed for his pleasure we appreciate looking up at the stars at night we're amazed at how beautiful they are and of course according to Psalm 19 they do tell us something of the glory of God but on the final day beloved the stars and the solar systems and all that we can see have been created not for our pleasure but for the pleasure of Jesus himself do you realize that the angelic realm has been created for him the animal kingdom has been created for him every tree every mountain every ocean has been created for him for his pleasure this planet and every single person on it including you has been created for the pleasure of Jesus Christ I mean isn't this what we sing thou art worthy thou art worthy thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory glory and honor glory and honor and power for thou has created has all things created thou has created all things and for thy pleasure they are created everything that has been made from the largest galaxy to the tiniest microbe has been made for him for his glory and listen to me now one day every single thing that is will consciously serve that purpose I say consciously because even at this very moment even the person who persists in rejecting Jesus Christ and defying God serves the purposes of God they may not recognize it but they do you may sit here this morning in dead set rebellion against God in his will you're a puppet in his hands he is using you to accomplish his goal and his purpose example John chapter 11 a wicked evil unbelieving man in a high profile religious position a man by the name of Caiaphas who finally get so tired of all of this business about this Jesus he calls a meeting and he says you know what it is better that one man should die for the nation now you see friends Caiaphas spoke better than he knew because what for him was political expediency was the very thing that secured your redemption it perfectly fulfilled the design and plan of God even those who persist in rejecting Jesus Christ unknowingly serve his will perfectly and ultimately on the great and final day they will do so knowingly because we're told as we will see perhaps next lords day one day on the great and final day God the Father will take all the enemies of Jesus Christ and make them a footstool for his feet he is the air of all things it means that he's supreme person in all of the universe why would you turn away from him secondly notice he's the creator of the universe in these last days he has spoken to us by his son whom he appointed air of all things and through whom he made the universe he made the universe he's the air of the universe but he's the air of the universe that he himself made all beloved you realize what a what a statement this is I mean we we say this all the time it's a part of our confession but but but I'm afraid we don't fully understand its magnitude you want your best day with all of the brilliance that humanity could give to you can't even create a particle of dust the son of God spoke and the universe came into existence this past week I was reading Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking who has been called quote the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein he says that our galaxy is 100,000 light years in diameter 100,000 light years what in the world is a light year light travels at 186,000 miles per second 186,000 miles per second multiply that time 60 you got a light minute multiply it times a year you've got a light year our galaxy 100,000 light years in diameter about six trillion miles six hundred trillion miles possessing 100,000 million stars through whom he made the universe Hawking says that our galaxy is one of a hundred thousand million galaxies each of about 600 trillion miles in diameter each possessing a hundred thousand million stars through whom he made the universe he estimates that the most distant galaxy is eight billion light years away in the beginning and the word was with God and the word was God he was with God in the beginning through him all things were made without him nothing was made that has been made for by him all things were created things in heaven and on earth visible and invisible whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities all things were created by him and for him there is one Lord Jesus Christ through whom all things came Spurgeon says I can see him standing at the anvil of omnipotence and with every stroke of his majestic arm sparks fly into the air and become stars poised in space through him all things came into being to turn away from him is to turn away from the one who has given you life the one who was allowed existence and my dear friends if this one who by a sheer spoken word to call into existence a hundred thousand million galaxies then with one spoken word he can very easily create within you a clean heart and a right spirit why in the world would you turn away from this one of unequal greatness third he is the radiance of divine glory he is the radiance of divine glory in these last days he is spoken to us by his son whom he appointed air of all things through whom he made the universe the sun is the radiance of God's glory now beloved what is this we have to be careful because we're dealing with things that we can't fully understand and so I've asked myself all week long how can I how can I explain this as simply as possible and the beauty is we have the record of the Old Testament to help us the visible glory of God was seen in Moses seen by Moses in a bush that didn't burn that burned but was not consumed take off your shoes Moses it's holy ground it was seen by that pillar of fire that led the people from Israel out of Egypt it came down upon that mountain at Sinai when God gave the law and you remember what an awesome site that was people wouldn't even get near that mountain or touch it lest they perish and it came upon the tabernacle in the wilderness and the visible glory of God came upon the temple in Jerusalem and on on both occasions when that visible glory of God presented itself the priests couldn't even get near those places lest they be consumed but the primary location of the visible glory of God was in a cube a place inside that temple called the Holy of Holies and inside of that most holy place rested the ark of the covenant and on top of the ark was a mercy seat and on either side of the mercy seat were cherubim angels that are associated with the presence of God and there above the mercy seat placed in between the cherubim was the visible manifestation of the glory of God the most holy place on this planet you touch that box and you die you peek in that box 50,000 die the visible manifestation of the glory of God
and can you imagine the sensation of the Jewish reader of the gospel of John when he reads this and the word became flesh and he tabernacled among us what's going through his mind and we beheld his glory you know what the writers trying to say to us you want to see the visible glory of God you look in the face of Jesus Christ Colossian says he is the image of the invisible God that visible glory brought such fear to Peter James and John on the mount of transfiguration that they fell to the ground in abject dread that visible glory of God appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus and he was blind for days that visible glory of the resurrected Christ appeared to the Apostle John on the Isle of Patmos Revelation chapter one and he fell to the ground like a dead man this is who Jesus is beloved the greater word that has come to us is the very outrank of the glory of God why would you turn from this person of unequaled greatness for he is the facsimile of God's nature he is the facsimile of God's nature the sun is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being that word exact representation it's just one word in the original in the ancient world when a business deal was consummated a document would be drawn up and instead of placing your signature at the bottom of that document you would melt some wax and you would press the image of your personal stamp into that wax you lift up your hand and the image on that wax is an exact representation of the image on your ring what's the point when we see Jesus we see God's very nature and so you see there's no place for the person who says well I love God I just I'm not very interested in this Jesus business I like God I just don't like what I see in Jesus well I want to tell you something friends if you don't like what you see in Jesus then the God you like is a figment of your imagination or contrast that with the person who says well I like Jesus I just don't like the God that I read about in the rest of the Bible I like the Jesus of the New Testament it's that God of the Old Testament that I really don't want to have anything to do with well then let me submit to you again that the Jesus that you like is a concoction of your own creativity co-ashions says this for in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form he is equal to the Father there is nothing of God that you will not find in Jesus Christ he is not the chief angel he is not the greatest of all created beings he is the eternal God who has come to us in human flesh why would you turn away from him for any other thing fifth he is the Lord of Providence I love this the sun is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being sustaining all things by his powerful word now beloved Jesus is the creator of the universe but in saying that we have to be very careful that we are not to think of Jesus as the God of the deist very very popular in the 18th century Thomas Jefferson for example was a deist very very popular in the 18th century the God of the deist who winds the clock and then backs away and lets it work itself out Jesus on the other hand is intimately involved with his creation his fingerprints are all over it I am told for example that the sun has a surface temperature of 12,000 degrees Fahrenheit and I have heard that if we were any closer to the sun we would burn up any farther away we would freeze that our globe is tilted on an exact angle of 23 degrees providing us with four seasons that if there were no tilt to the earth vapors from the oceans would move north and south and the planet would be covered with continents of ice that if the moon did not retain its exact distance from the earth ocean tides would completely inundate the earth twice a day that if the ocean floors were merely a few feet deeper than they are the carbon dioxide and oxygen balance of the earth's atmosphere would be completely upset so no human animal plant life could exist that if our atmosphere as it presently is did not maintain its density but thinned out even a little bit all of the meteors which now harmlessly burn up when they hit our atmosphere would consistently continually unceasingly bombard us so how does the universe exist in this incredibly delicate balance he sustains all things but beloved I want to tell you something and this is where I think this gets so exciting this word sustaining maybe your translation says upholds it's a little bit misleading see we're not to think of Jesus like the Greek god atlas maybe you've seen pictures of him upholding the world on his shoulders this word here is not a static kind of thing it's a dynamic kind of thing that includes the idea of movement of carrying something forward toward its appointed ends it's what we mean by the term providence you've probably all seen the movie and of green gables all right you know the story about a spinster woman and her brother who end up bearing the responsibility for the care of a young girl they don't want her they don't want to have anything to do with her but buy and buy she captures their hearts and she grows into young womanhood and they finally take her to a train station to send her off to college and as she is going away and the tears are coming down their face the brother says we didn't even want her we sure were lucky and his sister turns to him and says it wasn't luck that brought her to us it was providence Jesus Christ did not only create everything he not only preserves everything he guides every single thing in the universe to its intended destiny every single thing that comes to pass on this planet beloved is a manifestation of his providential lordship including every single intimate detail of your life and guess what he does it all effortlessly by his powerful ramah word no sweat no stress no anxiety no second guessing no hesitation no burden no ulcers no effort will you turn your back on the lord of providence sixth he is the successful high priest the son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being sustaining all things by his powerful word after he had provided purification for sins he sat down all beloved sin does many things to us we could take a month of Sundays to talk about the effects of sin but among the most significant that the Bible mentions is that sin defiles us do you realize that in the eyes of God sin makes us more filthy to him than a dirty stable it pollutes us the problem is everything about God is clean brilliantly white not even the slightest purity is allowable in his presence we need purification but how do we get clean well in the old testament we are told that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins and so the priest would offer sacrifices in fact sacrifice after sacrifice after sacrifice every morning and every evening and on one day of the year young kippur that man would enter into the holy of holies the high priest and sprinkle blood on the mercy seat it brought about a kind of external cleansing but it didn't really do the job and so over and over and over again that priest would offer a sacrifice I don't know if you've ever given any attention to it but it's interesting to consider the furniture on the inside of that temple on the inside of the holy of holies just one thing the arc of the covenant but outside of that little cube when you step through that veil there was the holy place and there was an altar for incense there was a table for the bread of presents 10 lamp stands with golden cups for oil two decorative pillars with chains and bowls attached interesting beautiful but a lot of work went on inside that temple men moving inside that place every single day every morning and every night during feast times as many as 500,000 families offering a lamb seems to me that a piece of furniture is missing from that scene placed a sit-out
a bench but when god gave his prescriptions for the temple inside for the for the furniture inside that temple no chair why because it would never be appropriate for a priest to sit down why because he couldn't rest it was never appropriate for a priest to rest why because his work of purification was never done all of those offerings could not cleanse one single person of even the tiniest of sins but in these last days god has spoken again in his own son the greater priest Jesus Christ and when that lamb was slain you see for the very reason that he is who he is the radiance of god's glory and the exact representation of his nature he could utter from the cross a cry that had never before been heard it is finished he was buried in the tomb raised from the dead ascended into the real holy of holies and for the first time in the history of redemption a priest could sit down why because purification had been made the work of cleansing was done now are you going to go back to your former manner of life are you going to look to find cleansing for your sins in any other source how can you go back to do so as to imperil your own soul this is god's climactic word beloved this is the irresistible Christ is your heart so hard that you could remain unmoved that this can you continue laissez-faire and apathetic and unmoved and emotionless you want to be weeping right now or you want to be dancing for joy but if you are unmoved then you are in great danger because being emotionless is tenement to being dead there is a place for a felt Christ and if you don't know in your only hope is to find some of the way of cleaning yourself up he is the air of all things he is the creator of the universe he is the radiance of divine glory he is the fact simile of god's nature he is the providential lord he is the successful high priest and finally he is the reigning king after he provided purification for sins he sat down where at the right hand of the majesty in heaven he sat down at the supreme place in all of the universe you see in the ancient world the right hand of the monarch symbolized royal power absolute authority and unparalleled glory you see brothers and sisters at the accomplishment of his purifying work Jesus rose from the dead ascended into heaven and he sat down at his father's right hand to reign and one day he will leave that throne again he will return to this place as king to judge the unequaled greatness of god's son god's final word he is the air of all things you belong to him he is the creator of the universe he made you he is the radiance of divine glory to walk away from him in any direction is descent he is the fact simile of god's nature all you need to know about god you will find in him he is the providential lord all of your ways have been marked out by his design he is the successful priest purification for your sin can be found in no other source and he is the reigning king the one to whom you owe ultimate allegiance the one to whom every man every woman every boy every girl will one day bow now you must not walk away you must not turn back you must not and for those of you who this morning are apart from this Christ if the spirit of the living god has been at work in your heart you have suddenly found Jesus Christ to be irresistible you must come now you must receive him now don't turn from the privilege that god has given to you come to the irresistible Christ god's final word there is no other
receive him today would you bow your heads with me please