Well, I can pretty much echo everything Chris said. Some of you I've known for almost 30 years. And here you continue to sit and hear the glorious gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. That's the grace of God. My, that the Lord would save us and keep us by His grace. Can't get over it. Just can't get over it. That God would have mercy on me. Turn with me, if you would, to the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 7. And I pray that Lord might be pleased to speak a word to your heart this morning. If you hear only from me, a mere man, you won't be blessed. But if God is pleased to speak, that's where the blessing is. I was reminded just this past week in talking to Paul Mahan about a man's liberty. I appreciate Glenn mentioning that in his prayer. By the way, Chris, would you tell me what you've done in order to get Glenn Hansen in a nice jacket and suit and dress when trying for five years? I'm only teasing. Glenn is a tremendous blessing. It's also good to have Ray and Betty McMahon, who drove all the way from Texas to be at this meeting. They're special folks. But anyway, but Brother Mahan made a comment one time about a man's liberty in preaching, and he said, a fly can change your liberty. You have a fly flying around, and boy, your liberty can go right out the window, can't it? And that's so true. But God's word. His word is what pierces our hearts and blesses and feeds us. That's what I desire this morning, that you hear from God, not from me. Now, I'm so thankful that the Lord's grace is distinguishing The child of God, by God's grace, has been made to see some things, to learn some things, to know some things by experience. And the first thing that comes to my mind is that He shows us our nothingness, that we're completely insignificant in the overall scheme of things. There's no work of righteousness that any of us can do that would even cause a glimpse of mercy and grace from God. Not one thing we can do. What is man? Well, that's a good question to ask, isn't it? What is man? Well, the Apostle Paul said, wretched. He said, oh, wretched man that I am. He didn't say, oh, wretched man, I was. He said, oh, wretched man, I am. We battle with this sin, this body of death every day of our lives. But by God's grace, we keep our eyes on Christ. And why would God be mindful of wretched men and women? It can only be grace, distinguishing grace. Why else would God visit sinful men and women? It's only because He determined and He purposed to be merciful to all those that He gave His beloved Son before the worlds were ever framed. Now that's a God of purpose, and His purpose always comes to pass. What is man who is laden with iniquity, Scripture says? Nothing less than evildoers full of corruption. You know your own heart. Those of you that know Christ that God has revealed, you know your own heart. And it's not hard for me to look at you this morning and say, I can see how God would have mercy on that man, but I live with myself. And every day I'm amazed, amazed that God continues to show mercy to me. And I know you feel the same way. What is man but wicked, one who has with every breath forsaken the Lord, and who constantly provokes the Holy One who created him? And I've learned some things now about myself, as I know you have, and I echo the words of Job, who said, what is my strength that I should hope? What is mine end that I should prolong my life? What is man that thou shouldest magnify him, and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? What amazing words. What is man that God would set his heart upon him to be compassionate? I've used this several times lately because it's so good. Someone asked a little girl one time, about 12 years old, what is compassion? And she said, you're hurt in my heart. That's a good, but God's compassion for us. My, who can even begin to, with mere words of man, describe that? He's nothing, we are, man, woman, is nothing more than recipients of God's mercy and grace and forgiveness in Christ Jesus. We did nothing to merit, earn, deserve it. That's what makes it so wonderful. And friends, I know this, that if I can save myself, I'll more than likely lose myself. I'll be lost. But when God saves a man, he's saved, isn't he? When God saves a woman. Well, let me get into my message. Where is this mercy, this grace, this forgiveness found? Well, we know that answer, don't we? It's found only in one place, and that's in the Lord Jesus Christ. And it's found at the feet of God's divine substitute. Have you come to the feet of Christ? That's what I want to talk to you about this morning. This is where all sinners must come to have everlasting life. We don't, we come at his feet. We fall at his feet. And in the scriptures, we're told that not only must we come to Christ, but very clear on how we must come. We must come as mercy beggars. The world doesn't like that term, do they? But the child of God does. I'm a mercy beggar. I'm the first to admit it. I'm thankful God's shown me that I'm a mercy beggar and that I must continually beg for his mercy. And we fall at the feet of God's appointed Redeemer. I have four things I want to as quickly as I can give you this morning concerning the way sinners must come to Christ. My first is at Christ's feet is our proper place. Now, have you been made to see that? I know some of you have, but I won't presume, as Brother Park said yesterday, that everyone here has. If we are to ever come to Christ, we come near to Him at His feet. It's here that we find our proper place. It's here that mercy is always found. I cannot find in scripture, and I say this all the time to the folks at home, I can't find anywhere in this book, this marvelous, wonderful book that God has given us, where a mercy beggar came worshiping at his feet that he didn't receive mercy. Can you think of one place? I can't. I can't find it in the scripture. And we consider our sin, even now that we're redeemed, at His feet's where we desire to be, isn't it? It's here that mercy's always found. Is there any among God's people, now let me ask you, that would aspire to be in a higher place than at His feet? No. If I may but ever, forever sit at His feet and only look up and praise Him who loved me and gave Himself for me, I aspire to be no higher. If God grant me that, what more could I ask? What more could I ask? Oh, to be a servant whom the Master infinitely loved. and allow us to worship at His feet. It's rightly said that we're nothing. A child of God won't argue with you on that. You can say what you will about Him and He'll say you're exactly right. But it's even more correctly to say that we're less than nothing. At His feet is a place well suited for us, friends. All God's people find great contentment there. at their master's feet. That's what true servants are found. At his feet. That's the place that Ruth took. Oh, don't you love that story? She lay at and placed herself at the near kinsman Redeemer's feet. And when she did, he redeemed her. That's the place that Mary took. Mary sat at the feet of our Lord. And of course, Martha was cumbered about much with serving and being social. That's what we have. That's what churches pretty much have become today in that social club. Mary sat at the Savior's feet. And what did he say about her? Well, one thing is needful, he said. And Mary had chosen that good. Friend, that's where we find the good part, isn't it? At His feet. And He said it'll never be taken away from her. Never. I am His and He is mine forever. Forever. Like the prodigal son when we're brought to our senses. You remember when God brought you to your senses? Oh, we were living righteous lives, living only for ourselves. And God in mercy and grace brought us to our senses, didn't he? And we said, why, the servant in my father's house is living much better than me. I think I'm going home. I want to go home. We desire to bring every thought into captivity to his sovereign will. That's our desire. Do we fail? Miserably. Sadly, we fail. But that is nevertheless our desire. Our ambition is that he would rule us entirely. And yet, and I say this often, I can't ride to the grocery store without wanting to shake my fist at somebody and just ram them off the road. Can we be honest? I can see some of you feel the same way. That's that old nature, isn't it? Oh, God, deliver me from myself. This is the believer's desire. God has made his people's desire to lie submissively at the Savior's feet. And shouldn't we? He is our loving master who bore the wrath of God in our place, who was made to be sin for us. Made to be sin that we might what? Be made the righteousness of God in Him. In order for me to ever stand before God Almighty, I must have perfect righteousness. It can only be found in one place, in Him and at His feet. Perhaps I'm speaking to one of you this morning. who are crying out of the depths and searching for forgiveness. It's found at his feet. And when we are weaned from every hope, every hope within ourselves, except that which is found only in the Lord Jesus Christ, you'll come and lie at his feet. And you'll say, if I'm going to perish, then I'm going to perish right here. I'm gonna perish right here at his feet, but there are none that will ever perish at the feet of the Lord Jesus Christ. Okay, I think about, let me say this before I get into the text, and I'm known for long introductions, I'm sorry. But my points are usually short, so it works out. When John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, we find him in scripture always laying his head on the Lord's chest. He describes himself as the disciple whom Jesus loved. And a lot of folks say, well, that was a little arrogant, wasn't it? Not at all. You know what he was saying? He was saying, I can't get over the fact that he would love me. I'm the disciple that Jesus loved. I can see how he loved Peter. I can see how he would love, you know, the rest of the disciples, but to love me? My. And that's the way all God's people feel. Oh my. When he was on that Isle of Patmos, and we see in Revelation 1, read it sometime at your convenience, he didn't desire to place his head upon his chest as he always had. Can you remember what his words were? He said, when I saw him, I fell at his feet. His dead. Now of such a one as John lay there, Is it not a high enough place for you and I? That's our proper place, isn't it? Oh, may God enable us to get down there. Down with our lofty and our proud thoughts. Down with our self-confidence and our self-righteousness. Away with everything that lifts up man. May Christ alone be exalted while we lie at His feet. For if we do not bow willingly now, friends, We will one day bow in judgment. And the Lord had put all things under his feet. May he now put us at his feet. Those that fall in worship there now will never be put under his feet then. Okay, at his feet, my second point is the place where help is found. At his feet is the place where help is found. Now, Luke chapter seven, look at verse, well, let's start in 36. And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and he sat down to meet and behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner. which was a sinner. And when she knew that Jesus sat at meet in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster box of ointment and stood where? At his feet. behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with this ointment." Our Lord goes on to say about this woman, he said, to whom much is forgiven, there's much love. And this dear woman who was a great sinner was forgiven much. Oh, I think about how much the Lord's forgiven me. I'm only ashamed I don't love him more than I do. Oh, therefore she loved much, and she did not only see her sin, friends, but she by divine revelation saw the one who forgave her sin. And she loved God's beloved son. And it's at his feet where we truly find help. Don't go stand at Moses' feet. You'll never find help and repentance there. True repentance does not spring from legal terror. It's the goodness of God that leadeth thee to repentance. Oh, it's the goodness of God. Gracious and loving tears are wet at Christ's feet. Can we see that here in this story of this sinner? Think of the blood that flowed from his feet. Look at those dear feet and think to yourself, he's God. He's God. God's blood was shed. Want to know something about our sin? I think Todd brought that out. Both messages were so good yesterday. I was so thankful for them. But this is God's blood that was shed. You want to know something about how horrific your sin is? It was God's blood that had to cleanse you. Look at those dear feet and think he's God and he became a man to suffer and die in my place. Oh, how can this gospel be called anything but glorious? Sitting at his feet in adoration and gratitude. Maybe he'll say to you what he said to this woman. Thy sins, which are many, are forgiven thee. Thy faith has saved thee. Go in peace. Such faith will pardon every time. I was thinking about this not long ago in a study that we were looking at when our Lord prayed in the garden. Judas portrayed our Lord with a kiss on his cheek. But this woman, this great undeserving sinner found grace in kissing his feet. At His feet, you'll find all the help that God requires. It's there that God provides everything that He requires. Isn't that what the gospel is? God providing everything that God Himself requires. Well, what must I do to be saved? Well, what can you do to be saved? Nothing. Believe. Trust. Kiss His feet. Bow to Him. Turn over a page to Luke chapter 8 with me. You all know the story of this possessed madman of Gadara. No man could bind him with fetters and chain. The Gospel of Mark's account tells us, for the chains that they bound him with were plucked asunder by him. The fetters were broken in pieces. Neither could any man tame him. No man could tame him. And let me tell you something. No man could tame me. No man could tame me, but God could and God did. And that's what he did to this man. He tore himself with rocks. He ran naked among the dead of the tombs with no covering. He did not rest day or night. His cry of misery could be heard through the night. Can you imagine? His screams so hideous that all that passed by, I'm sure thought that they passed by the gates of hell. And a whole legion of devils our Lord cast out of this poor wretch. Now look at verse 35. Then being they, the people, went out to see what was done. The people of the city and the surrounding country, they went out to see what was done and came to Jesus and found the man, the same man out of whom the devils were departed. Where was he? He was sitting at the feet of Jesus. This is the place for the newly converted. This is the place for the mature believer. This is the proper place for all God's chosen sinners at his feet. Oh, may God enable me to lie at his feet. I think about this man. I love to do that. I love to try to put myself there. I think about how this man must have been just spent and exhausted. It said he ran and cried day and night. How exhausted this poor wretch must have been. How he must have needed and wanted rest. Where did he find it? He found it at the feet of Christ. While he sat at the feet of his great Deliverer who had rescued him from so terrible a fate, he must have said, I'm safe here. I'm safe right here. I can rest here for all eternity. And so can you. Those of you that are yet without Christ. He said, come unto me, all you that labor and heavy laden, and I'll do what? I'll give you rest. True rest, true rest. Oh, now here he sits dressed in clean clothes. His tangled hair is combed. His face and body that had been covered with filth and his own blood were now clean. Can you imagine the peace, rest, and happiness that he felt? I can see myself in that man. You can too, can't you, Bobby? I can see myself in that man. I was a madman. I was a madman, fulfilling the desires of my flesh, though it caused me only pain. I walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power there, and I was influenced by the same spirit of disobedience that was in this madman. That's a picture of me. I lived among the tombs of death, naked, with no cover. cried aloud in grief and misery, cutting myself with the stones of sin. Then one day my master crossed my path with the preaching of the gospel and he spoke the word of peace and redemption to myself. And out of the heart of stone, out came the heart of stone replaced with the heart of flesh. And I sat down. I sat down at his feet. You know, my work was finished because his work for me was finished. Nothing for me to do but believe, trust, and love him who loved first of all. I sat down at my Lord's feet clothed in perfect righteousness. My third point. Petitioning mercy for the lost and dying is found at the Savior's feet. Now look with me a little further in this same chapter here. Look down at verse 41. And you're also familiar with these scriptures. But Luke 8, 41. And it says, And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. And he did what? He fell down at Jesus' feet and besought him that he would come into his house. Now that word besought means begged. He fell at his feet and begged. You want to get the Lord's attention? You fall at his feet and beg. You'll get it every time. That's the only place for a pleading sinner. And his daughter lay dying. Those of you that have children, I've heard people say the hardest thing in this life is to lose a child. Can you imagine? It's just not the natural progression of things. We always think about ourselves leaving, but to lose a child. This man's daughter lay dying and he came to Christ. He didn't come to anyone else. He'd heard some things. He'd heard some things. And when he came, he came in the right way. He fell down at Jesus' feet. He besought Him. He begged Him to come to his house. He knew that Christ was the only one that could help. Do you, have you seen that? Has God revealed to you that Christ is the only one that can help you? Oh, I pray that if you hadn't, that you today will see that. Have you seen that Christ is God's remedy, God's provision for sin? Now on their way to his house, the Lord went with him. He got his attention, didn't he? And the Lord was stopped in his tracks by that woman with the issue of blood. Yet he waited patiently. I've often thought about old J.R.' 's there. You know he had to be anxious. His daughter was dying. And then all of a sudden, here comes a woman out of the crowd, and Jesus stopped, and J.R. didn't say a word. You know why? He knew that he was in the presence of God. That if his daughter died, he could raise her from the dead. What faith he had. This poor woman with the issue of blood, we've got to mention her here because she desired to do one thing. She said, if I could just touch the hem of his garment. Where's the hem of the garment, fam? Found at the feet. I can just almost picture bowled over, great pain. Maybe that was the only place that she could, as high as she could reach. But she said, if I could just touch the hem of his garment, he said, daughter, be of good comfort. Thy faith that made thee whole." And the woman was made whole from that hour. Okay, now back to J.R. So they're on their way to his house and then all of a sudden someone runs out to meet them and he said, your daughter's dead. Your daughter's dead. Trouble not the master. Yet Jairus' heart remained steadfast at the Master's feet." How do we fall at the Master's feet? Right here. That's how we come to Christ, isn't it? We don't walk down the aisle to the front. We come to Christ right here, in our hearts. Jairus' heart was still at his Master's feet. And our Master said, fear not. Don't be afraid, fear not, believe only and she shall be made whole. And when he finally reached the house, they were all screaming and crying and carrying on, weeping and wailing. Can you imagine how this loving father must have felt? But at the feet of Christ, he remained in his heart, trusting only in the master who said, said, weep not. She's not dead. She's not dead. She's sleeping. Oh, isn't that all death is to the Lord Jesus Christ? He can but just speak the word. Lazarus, come forth. What'd Lazarus do? He came forth. One day God in mercy and grace said, David Edmondson, come forth. I came forth. Who can resist His will? Who can resist His will? Oh, dear believer, when you petition the Lord Jesus Christ to save your child, to save your son, your daughter, your parent, your brother, your sister, your friend, petition Him at His feet. That's what Jairus did. And my last thing, after we found grace, we give glory thanks and honor at the same place, that is to speak. If you would turn over to Luke 17, trying to keep you here in the gospel of Luke, but chapter 17, only look at just a few verses and I'll finish up. Thank you for being so patient. In verse 11, it says, and it came to pass as he went to Jerusalem, speaking of our Lord and Savior, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And he entered into a village, and as he entered into a certain village, that's an important word, there met him 10 men that were lepers, which stood afar off. And they lifted up their voices and said, Jesus, master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, go show yourselves unto the priest. And it came to pass that as they went, they were cleansed. Notice verse 15. And one of them, one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God. And look at verse 16, what did he do? And he fell down on his face, where? At his feet, at his feet, giving him thanks. And then the scripture tells us, and he was a Samaritan, He was the, oh, the Jews despised the Samaritans. Worst of the worst in their eyes. Scripture said he was a Samaritan. Oh, what a picture again that is of this sinner. This man was truly grateful for his healing. He didn't return home like the other nine did. He not only appreciated what was done for him, but who did it for him. We're right back to that same point. This is the sign of a child of God. He appreciates what's been done for him. Absolutely, we do. When I think about God forgiving me of my sin, oh, like that woman, so much forgiven. But even more, friends, we appreciate He who gave it. That's who we worship. That's who we preach. That's who this man stands service after service and proclaims to you. The Lord Jesus Christ. I don't want to hear anything else. Don't tell me how to live. I can't live right. And the one telling can't either. We're sinners. And I know he tells you this, and I tell folks in Texas all the time, don't get your eyes on me. Don't put me up on a pedestal. I'll fall and disappoint you every time. Keep your eyes on him. Keep your eyes on him. Oh, the one who gives grace, the one who died in our place. He's the one where that's what this book's about. It's about him. Every single page. He opened the book and showed them the things what concerning himself. Oh, there are many professed to be cleansed by Christ, and yet there are few that glorify him. Sad, but true. Look at verse 17, and Jesus answering said, were there not 10 clans? Where are the nine? They are not found that return to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him, arise, go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole. Only one of those that were healed returned to give thanks. One out of 10. What a picture of the safe center this man was. He was a despised Samaritan, one considered among the Jews as the worst of the worst. The other nine got the outward cure. It says they were cleansed. But this man got the spiritual blessing and cure. Go that way, and faith has made thee whole. The rain and the sun fall on the just, my friends, the same as it does the unjust. And it falls on the unjust, I said that backwards, it falls on the unjust the same as it does the just, but only this stranger, this Samaritan received the eternal blessing. I'm reminded of Ephesians 2 that says that at that time ye were without Christ. being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in this world. But now being in Christ, a few verses later we read, now therefore you're no more strangers, no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God. Who made thee to do? Who made thee to differ? All the blessings of God, my friends, are found at Christ's feet. That's our proper place. That's the place where help is found. That's where mercy is given. And that's where things in glory are always shown at His feet. There's no higher place. No higher place. Oh, may God make his word effectual to our hearts, brother.