It Takes a Man

There are many things that women can do and there are many things that only women can do, but for now let us think about what it takes a man to do.

Photo by Jakob Owens on unsplash

It takes a man to be a Husband.

It takes a better man to be a good husband.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself... (Ephesians 5.25-33)

It takes a man to be a Dad. A woman cannot be a husband or a dad any more than a fish can be a bird, any more than a volcano can be the Pacific Ocean or any more than a man can be a wife or a mom.

Dads can and sometimes must do some of the things we may be used to seeing women do. A man can be a great cook. It doesn't have to be the woman. Ladies may have to take on some of the role of a Dad, especially in the absence of the man. A man may be an excellent nurse. I knew a little lady who was an outstanding mechanic.

But it still takes a man to be a Dad.

It takes a better man to be a good dad.

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6.4)

There is a fine line between the need to discipline and the need to show love and compassion. Blessed is that man who can walk that tightrope. The best way to learn to walk a tightrope is to walk a tightrope.

Any man can get angry
But it takes a better man to forgive.

Any man can remember
But a better man will know how to forget.

Most any man can act tough
But a godly man also knows how to be tender.

Any man can try to self sufficiently pull himself up by his own bootstraps
But a real man knows how to depend upon his God and Creator.

Any man can easily be a loner
But a man of grace knows how to be a friend.

Any man can drink himself drunk
But a true man shows restraint and sobriety.

Any man can be a sorehead
But a man among men knows how to laugh at himself and roar with joy.

Any man can be petty
But a better man will let the small things stay small.

Any man can run when danger comes upon him
But a real man will defend his family, his community, his country and what is right even if he must die doing so.

Any man can be right
But a man of integrity will admit it when he's wrong.

Any man can lay back and take it easy and should at times if he can,
But the big man will take responsibility and get up and go to work.

Any man (just about) can grow a beard
But the right kind of man can grow a boy.

Most men know how to make money
But the great man knows what is valuable.

When God created human beings, he created a man first, then the woman. It wasn't until they both came into existence that God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. That wouldn't have been true without the woman, but neither would it have been true without the man.

It takes a boy to make a man, but it usually takes a man to help a boy find his way through life and that same man may be needed to help his boys and his girls find their Creator and Savior.

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong; (1 Corinthians 16.13) [i]

---

[i] Young’s Literal Translation

The Land of Milk and Honey – Not All Milk and not all Honey.

and I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey." ' (Exodus 3.8)

God called Moses to go back to Egypt, from where he had fled, and deliver the oppressed Israelites. He would guide them back to the land from whence they had gone out four centuries prior – the land God had promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Of course, after 400 years, the land of promise would have greatly changed. On a positive note, it was a land flowing with milk and honey. This was clearly exhibited later on when some of their spies went in there and “cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole.” (Numbers 13.23)

Sounds like the kind of place any of us would want to live, doesn’t it?

However, before we get overly excited about the prospect of living in a land flowing with milk and honey, let’s not forget something.

In the same verse, God tells Moses that this place where he would lead Israel was also the land of the six “ites” – the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and the Jebusites.

These six people groups would turn out to be formidable foes. God would tell Israel to drive them out, but it seems they never did so 100%. They would turn out to be a huge thorn in Israel’s side and provide plenty practice for their young men to do battle. They would also be a negative influence on Israel with their immorality and idolatry.

The Christian life is a lot like this.

I wouldn’t trade my life in Christ for anything and I sure wouldn’t want to go back to Egypt (the place where I was apart from the love of Jesus). The walk with Jesus is truly a land flowing with milk and honey. There are abundant blessings every day.

But our life in Jesus is not without its conflicts. We have to deal with the world (1John 2.15-16,) the flesh (Galatians 5.17) and the devil (Ephesians 6.11) continually. There are battles to be won and ground to be taken in this walk with God.

The Promised Land in the Old Testament is not really a picture of heaven, for in heaven there will be no evil lurking around, trying to take away our blessings.

The Land of Promise is more clearly a picture of the abundant Christian life (see John 15). Let us remember that walking with God is fulfilling and joyous but also full of challenges. However, God has equipped us to take on any foe to the faith which might come against us. As you walk with him today, the Lord will help, equip and empower you to overcome any evil that you might encounter. The battle is worth the reward.

…and this is the victory that overcometh the world,
even our faith.
1 John 5.4

As Seeing Him Who is Invisible

In the bible, (Hebrews 11.27) we read that Moses, by faith, forsook Egypt, "not fearing the wrath of the king;"

Why did Moses do this? "For he endured as seeing Him who is invisible." 

There is so much we can't see, so we must depend on the One who can.

The other day, I reported for jury duty. Although there were hundreds of people there with me to do their service, we all left that day with no cases to try. The process was slow and extended so we had lots of down time.

During a break, while getting some food, I noticed a lady with a white cane trying to look at the menu on the wall. The menu was very high and she wasn't very tall and it was obvious that she was legally blind. She had pulled out a small scope to help her read the menu. 

As she was spending quite a bit of time trying to see the entries on the wall, I asked her if she needed help. 

She thanked me but said, "No."

In the bible, in the book of Ruth, Naomi became bitter with God because of her difficult circumstances. She even renamed herself "bitter" (Mara). She didn't think the name Naomi (pleasant) was appropriate any longer. She said, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me." (Ruth 1.20) She, her husband and two sons had left Bethlehem, where they were from, and went into Midian. This was because of draught in their home country. After ten years she is returning to Bethlehem without her husband and two sons who had all died while in Midian. All she had left was one of her daughters-in-law, Ruth, who had chosen her and her God over her own people and their false gods.

I realized that I could see the whole story because I had read the whole book. She and  Ruth would go back into the land. A kinsman redeemer named Boaz would fall in love with Ruth, marry her and have a son to raise up to the name of her dead husband (that's the way they did it then in Israel). Ruth's son would be the grandfather of King David, who would be the ancestor of the Messiah, Jesus.

Now we can see what God was up to and it was good. At the time, however, Naomi could not see this. She was like the visually impaired lady with her scope, zooming in on her present circumstances, but not allowing anyone with further perspective into her world. She had become bitter because, in her words, "The Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me." 

She could not see the whole picture whereas God could. Not only could God see the whole thing, he was in control of it and would bring something good and beautiful out of it.

My dear friends, it is important for us that when we cannot see beyond our next step that we trust in God who can see it all and is ready to orchestrate some incredible music above all the chaos we feel at the moment. Can you trust God? You can trust God.

I think Charles Stanley is right. He said walking with God is often like walking in the dark with a flashlight. In those times, we cannot see far ahead but only where to take the next step. In those circumstances, we must learn to trust the One who who knows the complete story - that is, the Lord.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.  Romans 8.28

A Life Worthwhile

Do you ever wonder if what you are doing makes any difference? Have you had your hopes and dreams dashed to pieces by people and circumstances beyond your control? Have you had great disappointments because of bad choices you made or sins you committed? Have you ever wondered if you, like Humpty Dumpty could find anyone who could ever put all the pieces back together again?

I had a friend who told me the other day that he had wasted the last fifteen years of his life because the vocation he had chosen seems to have led to nowhere.

Moses may have felt this way. For the first forty years of his life, he was the grandson of the King (Pharaoh) of Egypt. Not bad, right?

But at forty, he saw an Egyptian abusing an Israelite. There he made a choice that he would identify with the people of God (Israel) to which he belonged. He killed the Egyptian, looked both ways, and buried him in the sand. When word got out, Moses had to flee for his life into the desert of Midian. This seems to have wiped out all he had accomplished up until then.

After he arrived there, he married a desert woman who gave birth to two sons. Sounds good, but it wasn’t what Moses expected out of his life. He named his first son Gershom, which means “Foreigner.” Terrible name that is. Moses named him that, I think, because he felt like a foreigner in a strange land. But, he named his second son Eliezer which means “God is my help.” By now, perhaps Moses was beginning to see that God had spared his life for a purpose. I’m not sure he knew what that purpose was but Moses was content to live in the desert with his wife’s father herding their sheep. This must have certainly caused many questions to pop up in Moses’ head about just what it was God might be up to. He must have wondered if there might still be any purpose for his life at this point.

Then, seemingly out of the blue, God did something very special in Moses’ life.

One day, while tending his father-in-law’s sheep, Moses saw a bush burning out in the wilderness. He had probably seen fires out there before – perhaps with lightning strikes or other causes. Moses turned to look and saw that the bush wasn’t being consumed. Some say this was the glory of God, for Moses hid his face from God there.

It was there that everything would change for Moses. God called him from the bush to go back to Egypt and demand that the Israelites be liberated. Moses was reluctant but one thing was certain, his life would never be the same.

Now, Moses the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, who had become a shepherd would now shepherd thousands and thousands of Israelites out of Egypt to the brink of the Promised Land. He would receive the commandments of God, deliver Israel from Egypt, perform miracles and write most of the first five books of the bible. He is literally one of the most well known and respected people in all of history and accomplished so much that was truly worthwhile. It didn’t always seem that way for Moses, but that’s how it all turned out.

Again, you may not feel you’ve done a whole lot of any great value in your life, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. Here are some things that I believe the bible teaches about how to make whatever time you have left here worthwhile.

Start as Quickly as Possible.

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, "I have no pleasure in them": (Ecclesiastes 12.1)

Whatever You Do, Do Big.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. (Ecclesiastes 9.10)

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men (Colossians 3.23).

Whatever You Do, Do it for God and for His Glory.

…as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: (Ephesians 6.6-7)

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10.31).

Whatever You Do, Do it Well.

God can take a job well done – whether it is Plumbing, Medical, Real Estate, Academics, Cooking, Preaching, Teaching, Sales, I.T., Witnessing, Parenting, or any other vocation, and use it to bring glory to him and blessing to others.

Don’t Give Up.

If you feel like you’ve been a flop, you’re not the first. Many people have felt like their lives were useless and they’ve thrown in the towel prematurely. As long as you still have a breath left to draw, there’s still time to correct your course.

Have you been knocked down? Get up! Have you been knocked down again? Get up again. 

For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again (Proverbs 24.16).

Have you failed? You aren’t the first. Many have failed and rebounded for the glory of God. By God’s grace, you can too.

Did you make a wrong turn somewhere? It may be the long way to your destination, but you can get back on the track toward your goal.

Peter denied Jesus three times and cursed but Jesus made his life more fruitful afterward than ever before.

Jonah ran from God but could not outrun him. When God caught up to him, he was ready to go and be significant for God.

A young man named Mark abandoned God’s servants Paul and Barnabas, but later was considered profitable for the work of the Lord.

Joseph had dreams of big things but wound up in a pit, sold as a slave, lied about, and then placed in prison. Could his dreams be fulfilled? Only with God in charge, but yes, they could and they were. God used him to feed the known world of his time.

You only have one life to live while here. Make it count.

How to Get to Heaven from Texas (or wherever you are).

I tried searching on Google maps for how to get to heaven where Jesus lives from Texas and this is what I found:

It says, "Maps can't find heaven where Jesus lives. Search the web instead."

Google is right, you can't find heaven on a map. Even one of Jesus' disciples, Thomas, admitted that he couldn't figure out how to get to where Jesus was going.

Jesus said;

"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know."

Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?"

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Tut Jones, a friend who has now gone on to heaven, used to tell about how he had planned a trip for the family to Dallas. He told his little girls about the big city with the tall buildings and freeways with many people and many sights. When it piqued their interest he would say, "Now, do you want to go there?"

They replied, "Yes, daddy, yes."

He told them, "Allright, then if you want to go, take off."

Their answer was, "We don't know the way. We don't know how to get there."

He said to them, "Then how are you going to get there if you don't know the way."

Their answer was, "You know the way, daddy. We will go with you. You can take us."

This is true of heaven. None of us can get there on our own but we have the right to hitch a ride with the Lord Jesus. Not only does he know the way: He is the way.

Do  you want to go to heaven? Don't google it. Don't search the web for it. Look in the bible. It will tell you of Jesus who is the way, the truth, and the life.

Repent of your sins. Acknowledge them to God. Admit you are a sinner who deserves hell, not heaven, and turn from that sin to the righteous Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Trust in him. Trust that he is the perfect man who died on a sinner's cross and died in your place. Trust that he died to give you eternal life and receive his free gift of salvation. Trust that he knows the way to heaven and IS the way to heaven.

Today is the day of salvation.

"Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved."Acts 16.31

When Ronald Reagan was elected for his second term as president in 1984, the news broadcasters were talking about many republicans senators, representatives, and governors who were also elected that year. They were saying that many of these people were getting in "on the coattail" of President Reagan. I do think that was true.

Those who make it to heaven where there is no suffering, pain, heartache or death will not get there on our own merit, it will be on the coattail of Jesus Christ the Righteous One.

Since we have no righteousness of our own, why not enter into eternal life on the merits of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

Time to Wake Up!

Photo by Ales Krivec on Unsplash

The sound goes off. It seems way louder than it really is. "What is that noise? Is that a fire alarm? Is it the liberty bell? So irritating! My alarm clock. Seems like I just went to bed. What time is it, anyway? Oh no, I'm going to be late! Can't I just sleep a little longer? Ugh, time to wake up."

Yes, it is time to wake up. There are several things you and I need to wake up to today.

It's time to wake up to the needs of those around us. As it has been often said, people will never care how much we know until they know how much we care.

Now, Christianity is not just about doing good. That was our problem in the first place. None of us were really able to be good enough. We can rev our motor up all we want but we will only spin our tires. We can try to jump the Grand Canyon. Some may leap much further than others but none of us will reach the other side doing so. Some may say, “But I have high standards!” I am sure you do – probably better than most of us, but not high enough to achieve God’s approval. We need God’s redemptive atonement to be placed in right standing with him and he has provided that for us through Jesus Christ.

No, we cannot be saved through our own good works. Through our love toward others, however, God can use us to have an impact on those around us for his glory. Through love, he can use us as witnesses to our communities. If we’ve fallen asleep to the fallenness of  those around us, may the Lord awaken us.

Let’s wake up to the holiness of God. God has not changed; we have. We may have drifted to sleep like Rip Van Winkle only to dream that since we live in a new world with new principles (or no principles) that God has also relinquished his own standards, but not so. He remains the same. His word hasn’t changed nor have his commands.

Let’s wake up to know the lateness of the hour. Did you ever wake up so late that you couldn’t make it to school, work, or an appointment in time? It can be devastating.

So also some have failed to see their own tardiness and to see just exactly how late it now is. This is why the scripture here tells us that “now it is high time to awake out of our sleep.” Your lost loved ones are now closer to the grave than before. America has abandoned the ideals which first made it great and the return of the Lord Jesus and the end of the age has gotten nearer than ever in history. We must wake up.

Let’s wake up to righteousness (see 1 Corinthians 15.34). Jesus said we are the “light of the world,” but if we place a cover over our lamp, no one can see it. He said that we are “the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?” Have we lost our ability to reflect his light? Have we lost our ability to affect people with our lives and words? If so, we must wake up to God’s truth and to righteousness.

Let’s wake up to the presence of God. He says; “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ.” 

We get up and put on our clothes in the morning as we prepare for the day but have we put on Jesus Christ? Have we put on his armor (Ephesians 6.11-13? As we wake, we need to know that God is here – present. We can do one of two things: We can embrace his presence for our lives today, stepping into the sunshine, or we can roll over and go back to sleep.

Let’s not float back into sub consciousness for “now it is high time to awake out of sleep.”

_______________________________________________________

Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.  Romans 13.8-14

What Does God Want from Me?

A question may people are asking is this one: "God, what do you want from me?" 

The concern about this question is why we ask. Some people, like rebellious teenagers, may be asking because they seek their own independence; however, such independence is not possible. We will always be dependent upon our Creator. 

We might like to think we can get by just fine on our own but we can no more do so than a baby can provide for itself, or a car can take care of its own maintenance. 

Some people say that if there is a God, they don't need him, but they do. Do not try to divorce yourself from God's authority and oversight. We all really do need him. Jesus said, "Without me, you can do nothing."[i] If you are not relying on the Lord, you must be running from him.

You may be asking “What does God want from me?” because you have a legitimate desire to know. This is good. We should all care about what God wants, desires and requires. He is our Creator, Lord and Master. It is right for him to expect certain things of us. Surely the sincere seeker will want to know what those things are.

He Wants Us to Obey Him.

He wants us to: honor him and treat our fellow humans well and fairly.

He gave us the Ten Commandments to express this desire:

1. You shall have no other gods.
2. You shall not make graven images to worship.
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD (Yahweh) your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet ... anything that is your neighbor's.[ii]

I am struck not only by how much God cares about how we respect him but also by how much he loves people so that he would set these guides upon our behavior toward each other. These commands encompass:

• Our worship,
• Our finances,
• Our business dealings,
• Our social activities,
• Our speech,
• Our family lives and even
• Our thought processes.

He Wants Us to Love Him.

Jesus summed these things up with the attitude of our heart when he stated:

"'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.[iii]

The heart attitude God wants from us is the attitude of love.

The prophet Micah summed up all that God wants from us in these words:

He has shown you, O man, what is good;

And what does the LORD require of you

But to do justly,

To love mercy,

And to walk humbly with your God?

This sounds very simple – basically doing what is right but showing mercy to those who come short of it, and then to be humble toward God. The big problem is that none of us can live up to any of these standards and/or commands. We all fall short of what God expects from us [iv]. 

Where does this leave us in relation to him? It leaves us alienated from him. God is holy and will not tolerate our rebellion and disobedience. Something must be done to reconcile us back to God! God has done just that!

He Wants Us to Trust Him.

God’s word in the book of Romans, tells us that even when we were “without strength,” … “ungodly,” … his “enemies,” and “still sinners,” that he “died for us,” “justified us,” “saved us,” and “reconciled us.”[v]

“How can I know if I’m saved?” you may ask. You can know you are saved if you believe in Jesus.[vi]

What does God want from me? He wants you and me to believe on him and to believe on his Son, Jesus Christ, whom he has sent – and, for those who do, he has freely provided for forgiveness for our sins and coming short of obeying all he has said.

Jesus Christ has met all the requirements that God has made upon our lives that we cannot live up to. He meets them through his own righteousness that we could not otherwise attain. Through faith in his death and resurrection that righteousness is secured.

You can believe it.

---

[i] John 15.5

[ii] Exodus 20.1-17

[iii] Matthew 22.37-39

[iv] Romans 3.10

[v] Romans 5.6-10

[vi] John 6.47

Whatever God Starts, He Finishes

I’m getting ready to make a list of jobs I have not yet finished. I repaired and plastered a wall but have not yet textured and painted it. I did the same in our hallway but still haven’t painted there. I bought some replacement hardware for a recliner but haven’t replaced it yet so the recliner still leans about ten degrees to the left.

Although I bought the part for it, I haven't gotten around to fixing the toilet that keeps getting stuck nor have I completed caulking around some cabinet work after I purchased some caulk for it. Then, there is the gutter I bought to go over the back door which would prevent water from drenching our heads when it’s raining, but, you guessed it, I haven’t gotten that up either.

I saw a sign recently that said; “If a man says he’s going to do something, he will do it. There is no need to remind him of it every six months.” That fits me pretty well. I still haven't even finished writing that list of jobs I need to complete.

But I am thankful for something: God is not like this. He created the world and completed it in six days.

God had a plan for the people of Israel. The Apostle Paul, quoting Isaiah, states, “He will finish the work.”[i]

I like this part: He set out to provide forgiveness for our sins. Jesus had said that he was going to be crucified. [ii] He said that if he would be “lifted up” (crucified) that he would draw all men to him.[iii] He didn't come to be ministered to, "but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”[iv] Jesus came to this world for this very reason.

It’s obvious that Jesus had begun this task of providing redemption for humanity through his death and resurrection. But would he complete it? Yes, he would! And yes, he did!

The last words Jesus said before dying on the cross were these; “It is finished.” What did he mean? He meant this: “I have now done and suffered all things which lay upon me in this life to do and suffer.”[v]

If Jesus were like me, he might have said; “I’m too tired, I don’t want to go through with this.” Or – “This cross is too painful,” at which point he could have called the angels of heaven to come down and deliver him right then and there.[vi] He could have said; “I have better and less costly things to do,” and then abandoned the project. But no, he found great delight, even in the midst of his suffering, to finish the job of bringing atonement to us, the fallen human race.

Albert Barnes said concerning this:

The sufferings and agonies in redeeming man are over. The work long contemplated, long promised, long expected by prophets and saints, is done. The toils in the ministry, the persecutions and mockeries, and the pangs of the garden and the cross, are ended, and man is redeemed. What a wonderful declaration was this! How full of consolation to man! And how should this dying declaration of the Saviour reach every heart and affect every soul!

I am glad to know that I serve a Savior who, when he began the process of performing his Father’s (God's) plan of salvation for us, did not quit in the midst of it but followed through and completed it.

I don’t know why Jesus loved me.

I don’t know why he cared.

I don’t know why he sacrificed his life.

Oh, but I’m glad! So glad he did!

He left his mighty throne in glory

to bring to us redemption’s story.

Then he died and he rose again.

Just for you and me.

Oh, but I’m glad! So glad he did. [vii]

---

[i] Romans 9.28

[ii] Matthew 17.22-23, 20.9; 26.2; Luke 24.7;

[iii] John 12.32

[iv] Mark 10.45

[v] Matthew Poole

[vi] Matthew 26.53

[vii] I Don’t Know Why Jesus Loved Me – Andrae Crouch.