I'm going to ask you to take your Bibles, please, and turn to Matthew chapter 12. Matthew chapter 12. If you're just joining us this morning, we've been marching through the book of Matthew, beholding the King. We come this morning to Matthew chapter 12, the 14th verse. I finished this message and put it in my Bible just 45 minutes before the awful accident a week ago Saturday, and I decided just to show you the providence of God and the affairs of men, that I wouldn't alter a word of it. So we open our Bibles this morning to Matthew chapter 12. I'd like to bring a message to you entitled Committed to Compassion. Committed to Compassion. I actually sat back in my chair. It's not good when a pastor's in the office on Saturday. That's the way last Saturday was. I always feel guilty when I do that. As I finished the message, I thought, Lord, this has been such a great day. And I don't often do that on a Saturday when I'm preparing a message. But I thought, this has just been such a great day. Thank you. Then I watched the junior bus pull in the parking lot as I put this message in my Bible. And when they said last Wednesday night, pastor's not preaching, I thought, You're crazy. We've got to be able to share this message together that the Lord blessed my heart with in preparation for these days. The Word of God says in Matthew 12, verse 14, Then the Pharisees went out and held a council against Him, how they might destroy Him. But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew Himself from tents, and great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all. and charge them that they should not make him known, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased." If we're having audio problems this morning, we apologize. We'll work to fix them out. But I'll preach through it. I'll put my spirit upon him, and he'll show judgment to the Gentiles. He will not strive nor cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory, and in his name shall the Gentiles trust. Father, we thank you that we as Gentiles trust in his name. No other name given among men whereby we must be saved. O Lord, we thank You for that name. How we've cried out the name of Jesus, Jehovah Saves, and how we've discovered the wonderful sweetness of the name of Jesus in time of trial. Now, Lord, we look to move on. We look to know Your sustaining grace. We know that You can give it in abundance to those who draw near. We pray, Lord, You'd find us, even as Brenda sang this morning, faithful on the altar, for we know today You're near. Bless this message to each here in this room. Lord, help us to make decisions based on truth, not simply based on emotions. But may our emotions today lead us to truth. And Lord, I pray that the name of the Lord Jesus Christ will be glorified in all that's said and done throughout this service, throughout our lives as we move forward as one together to fan the flame that you've sparked here in our church, in our community, that we would be laying up riches in heaven so that one day we'll have a marvelous entrance to see rewards that have been given as tragedy brings opportunity. Now, Lord, for your saints who have gathered here, for those who are stumbling, for those who are wrestling, for those who are sleepless, for those who are weary. Lord, may Your Word be our feeding today. May Your Spirit be our guide. May we go out from this place saying, truly, truly, truly, it's been good to be in the house of the Lord. For it's in Christ's name we pray. Amen. We probably know the story. five young evangelical missionaries. They called their mission Operation Akka. Their goal, quite simply, was the evangelization of a primitive Ecuadorian tribe. Primitive, primitive and savage. So savage that the word Akka described them. The word Akka literally in this Ecuadorian tribe's language meant savage. And so the missionaries planned, and they planned, and they planned, and their plans seemed sensible. They intended to establish contact by flying over the tribal villages. And in September of 1955, Nate Saint began their flyovers. Gifts were dropped, rock salt, buttons, clothing, ribbons, trinkets. Nate Saint perfected his flyovers so well that he could fly so low that Jim Elliott could announcing Aachen words from the airplane, things that the tribal people could understand. And on that bucket with which they were dropping gifts, the Aachens began to give gifts back to the missionaries, and they pulled them back up into the plane. And by December, the five young missionaries decided it's time to establish a base camp. They found a sandbar near the Karare River. They dropped that plane down onto that sandbar. They decided to take some weapons with them. They decided that they would take the weapons only to frighten away the Ockhans, should the Ockhans ever come with terroristic intent. On the 3rd of January in 1956, those five young evangelical missionaries landed. They set up their camp and now with their flyovers they were announcing, come and visit us, come and visit us, those who intend to give you gifts. And on the 8th of January, the Akins came and they visited, and every one of those five missionaries, so well intended, lost their lives and their blood filled the Karare River with God's tears. They had compassion, but their compassion was met with conflict. As we open our Bibles to Matthew chapter 12 this morning, We need to be reminded that the first 12 chapters of Matthew are filled with the compassionate preparations of God to send his only begotten Son as the Messiah of Israel and as the Savior of the world on a mission of mercy that would end in hostility. And so we march through those first chapters of Matthew. In chapter 1, we see his pedigree. He is the son of David. In chapter 2, we see the place of his birth prophesied by Micah, that place Bethlehem. In chapter 3, we see his predecessor John announcing, Behold. In chapter 4, we see his perfections. When in the wilderness, he wrestles with Satan and comes out victorious. In chapter 5, 6, and 7, he is preaching words such as man have never heard. In chapter 8 and 9, he is performing miracles that God has given him to do. Even the miracle of raising people from the dead. In chapter 10, he begins to bring his disciples aside and set forth the policies that will be undertaken to make the kingdom be enlarged. In chapter 11, oh, in chapter 11, everything turns. Chapter 11, the patience of the dear Son of God. who is despised and rejected of men, begins to be revealed. Never in the history of the world has a mission of mercy been more carefully planned. Never in the history of the world has a mission of mercy been more perfectly executed. And yet I read in verse 14, Then the Pharisees went out and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. It wasn't, if they should destroy him, it was, how are we going to do it? Their decision had been made. His mercy had been met with their cruelty and Jesus knew it. For the 15th verse says, Jesus knew it. How did he know? Well, John chapter 2 tells us how he knew. John chapter 2 and verse 25 says, he knew what was in men. And dear friend, he knows what's in you. All things are naked and open under the eyes of him with whom we have to do. They had a conspiracy to kill him. And the true character of man's heart is being displayed as it's always displayed when it comes in connection with the holiness of God. Don't let anyone ever tell you man is essentially good. The heart is wicked above all things and desperately wicked. Who can know it? Our God can know it. And Jesus knew it. These conspirators against Him conspired to destroy Him because He failed to keep one of their laws. In their book of laws, He had violated the Sabbath. And so because their standards weren't met, they thought, okay, here's what we'll do. We'll kill them! Irony? Friend, when our expectations stand up against God's revelations, God's revelations ought to always be deferred to. Don't believe those who say man is basically good. Jesus knew otherwise. And we find in this text how He would respond when He was rejected, how He would respond when He was cruelly maligned. Note in verse 15, He removed Himself from them. He withdrew fence. Now this was not a retreat from ministry. For the Bible tells us in verse 15, great multitudes followed Him. But Jesus knew that it's better to go down the block than to bother the snarling dog that guards the door. He had the power to destroy them with one word. The Gospel of Matthew is going to reveal to us in the 26th chapter, He had called 12 legions of angels. But He continued to minister. Look at verse 15. He healed them all. And He continued to counsel. Look at verse 16. He charged them that they should not make Him known. Why? He was not seeking fame. He was not seeking to aggravate their hatred. But most of all, He knew that the fullness of time for His crucifixion had not yet come. and so faithful to the end, he did not respond to the rejection with retribution. He did not meet the regression with aggression of his own. The one who sends out ministers as sheep in the midst of wolves set an example that we would follow in his steps. Christ committed himself to a mission of compassion. And oh, how we need to commit ourselves to that very same mission. Christ committed Himself to a mission of compassion, for the 17th verse gives us the reason, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet. You see in the first 10 chapters of Matthew, the revelation of the King and now the rejection of the King in full bloom, it's going to culminate in the cross of Calvary where he will take the sin of the world. And like a diamond set on black velvet, the light of Isaiah's prophecy shines now from the page of Matthew chapter 12 for all of us to see that God is providing for us four wonderful proofs. in the form of His Son in this moment in time for wonderful proofs that He is forever and always committed to compassion. May God challenge your heart this morning that you and I together and we as a church together would be committed to compassion as we look at the proofs of compassion displayed in the divinity and the humanity of Christ. First notice with me this. There is in this text a surprising title. There is in this text a surprising title that proves His commitment to compassion. The 18th verse, Behold My Servant. By now we should know in the Gospel of Matthew that Matthew is presenting Christ as King, as Messiah, as the Son of David. This is the one that God hath highly exalted and given a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should fall and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father." Underline that phrase then and see the compassion of God in this surprising title, Behold My Servant. Isaiah is being quoted ever so poignantly. Charles Speer published a book in 1841 I have at my library. The book is simply titled, Titles of Jesus. Speer says, after having worked diligently to put together this book, the author often found himself severely tasked for he could meet with no writer who would embrace so wide a plan as he proposed to carry out a book on the titles of Jesus. Speer set at work to research, to catalog, to write all the titles of Jesus given in the Bible. And by the time his book was done, he had 80 chapters, one chapter on every title. And he said, one thing is evident. No one can ever portray all the glories of the Savior. There are excellencies in his character that no language can describe, no illustration could reach, no pencil can paint. as well might men attempt to portray the glory of every star, or the beauty of every rainbow. And in those 80 chapters, the descriptors of our Savior are discovered. The book is arranged alphabetically. And so there's a chapter on the title Adam, and Advocate, and Alpha, and Bishop, and Bridegroom, and Captain, and Christ, and Deliverer, and Emmanuel, and firstborn from the dead. Amen. And Friend, and Governor, and Head, and Jesus, and King, and Lamb, and Lion, and Master, and Mediator, and Messiah, and Nazarene, and Prince of Peace, and Savior, and Shepherd, and Teacher, and Witness, and Word. So many titles that I stand startled When I read the 18th verse, the Father says, the Father says, behold, my servant. Here is a surprising title. It's given to prove the commitment of the Savior's ministry of compassion. Now in the Greek language, to describe a servant, you could use the word doulos, slave. That's the common term. Far more uncommon to use the word that Matthew selects. He uses the word pace. The word pace is typically translated son. It's used that way in Genesis 24, Abraham's chief servant, pace, one that's like a son. Genesis 41, a royal servant, one that's like a son. Job 4, the angels are described as supernatural servants, son-like servants. Literally, you could put in your margin here, God is saying, behold my son-servant. My special servant. I have been showing you as he touched the leper. I have been showing you as he healed the blind. I've been showing you as he fed the multitudes. I've been showing you as he lifted them from the dead. He is my son's servant. He's the son of man, friend, who came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and give his life a ransom for many. He would say in John 6, for I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of Him that sent me. For the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Historians tell us that the Akkas slew the missionaries on Palm Beach. Those five young evangelical missionaries who came on a mission of mercy found instead tragedy because the Akkas failed to discover that their visitors were committed to compassion. It happens to us. We distribute that tract. We say that word to our family member. We go in his name on a mission of mercy that all the world needs to hear. Sometimes we find ourselves the off scouring. But we come back to this text and we realize that God Himself was committed to a mission of mercy. I discover that in a surprising title. A mission of compassion beyond anything the world has ever known. How do I know? It's proven by the sovereign testimony that is discovered in this text. Not simply that surprising title, but look at the sovereign testimony that God Himself now gives of His Son when He says in verse 18, Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him and he shall show judgment to the Gentiles." John 8 and verse 18, Jesus says, I'm the one who bears witness of myself and the father that sent me beareth witness of me also. So in Matthew 3, at His baptism, this is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. We'll discover in Matthew 17, at His glorification on the Mount of Transfiguration, this is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Dear words attesting to the testimony of the sovereign God. But look at these dear words, will you please? The Father says, I have chosen Him That's the only time that word is used in the Greek New Testament. It means, I have made a firm decision, a final choice. He made this choice in eternity past that this, My servant, I chose. God put in place, God put in motion that which is necessary for the redemption of all the world when He sent His Son. This text says, the Father gives witness. He's my Beloved. The Father says, in Him my soul is well pleased. They took counsel together and eternity passed. And Jesus says in the book of Hebrews, a body Thou hast prepared for Me. This the Beloved Father. This the Beloved Son. And yes, His Spirit within confirms that all three members of the Trinity are committed to a ministry of compassion. It's mind-boggling. that the holy God of heaven would look down upon such slime as we. And the Father says, He shall show judgment unto the Gentiles. Why would He show judgment unto the Gentiles? Why would Matthew put that there? Because John 1 and verse 11 says, He came unto His own, the Jews, and His own received Him not. And so Matthew is going to tell us in the 24th chapter, and this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world as a witness unto all nations. The sovereign testimony of God's intent in sending His servant confirms in my mind, proves in my mind, that He was on a mission of compassion. I want to tell you a sad story. And remember, I didn't alter a word of my notes. Sad and sweet story, I guess. Recently, I took Chad with me on a trip to see Grandpa Phelps. Chad had come home with the teens from the Louisiana trip. My father hasn't been doing well. I said, Chad, let's do something a little bit strange. Let's spend some time together. We're going to take a day off. We're going to drive to West Virginia, five hours and 45 minutes, and have lunch with Grandpa and Grandma Kathy. And after we're done, we're going to drive back home. We'll be home by midnight. That's sometimes how I do things. I'm glad I did it. We drove over to West Virginia. We spent a few hours with my dad and we drove back. While we were out there, while I was parking the car at the restaurant where we ate, my dad and Chad's grandma, Kathy, entered into a conversation with my son that my son told me about later. They said, Chad, we were so sorry to hear about the trouble that you got into. Chad said, well, what trouble? And they explained, well, we got a phone call that you were in jail in North Carolina. And they said, it sounded like you, but it sounded more like you had a cold or something and you were asking for money. And Grandma Kathy said to Chad, we forgot to take down the phone number when the person called because we were supposed to call them back or we couldn't find the phone number or something happened. We were supposed to call them back and help bail you out. And the phone number didn't work. And they were just, they began to cry. Kathy said, your grandpa cried as he went to bed that night. He felt so bad. We didn't know what we could do. We couldn't help you. Now, in our family, telephone calls to my dad only have one direction. My dad's from the, some of you know this generation, who think when you make a phone call, it costs you money. My dad's kind of have that, he's got that in his mind. So if we don't call him, I don't know if he has our number. We're okay, we're okay. It's all right. He's not here this morning to defend himself. And even if he were, he couldn't. Chad's telling me this story as we're coming back. I told him in the car, man, it's a good thing they called your grandparents. He said, somebody called me and asked me to bail you out. You're on your own, bud. You know, not every father responds the same way. Our Savior's mission of mercy comes with a sovereign testimony of the Heavenly Father. That as the Savior showed His love dying on the cross, The Heavenly Father confirmed that this was His will, that He and the Spirit of God also are all three in unity together committed, committed to a ministry and mission of compassion. Jesus is the way. Jesus is the truth. Jesus is the life. Jesus came committed to a ministry of compassion. How do you know, pastor? Because I see a surprising title. Behold my servant. I hear a sovereign testimony. And then I see, will you see it with me today? The proof of God's mission of compassion. I see it in His sweet temperament. There's a sweet temperament here that proves His commitment to compassion. when you're going through difficult days, when you wonder if God really cares, when your heart wants to explode. We come back to that sweet temperament of the Savior that's displayed for us in verses 19 and 20, which is discovered, mined out in the hours of cruelty when he was despised and rejected of men. We read in verse 19 of the Savior from Isaiah's testimony through the Father given, he shall not strive nor cry. Neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, a smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. You know, a man's character is discovered in his words and in his deeds. In verses 19 and 20, Christ's words and Christ's deeds are displayed poetically, memorably, and beautifully. Note Christ's message proved. Christ's message proved His commitment to a ministry of compassion. Oh, how He loves you and me. How do you know, Pastor? Look at verse 19. He will not strive. To strive means to wrangle, to hassle, to quarrel. He will not cry. That word means to bark out in the marketplace like a dog. And Ecclesiastes says in chapter 9 and verse 17, the words of wise men are heard and quiet. more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools." Christ's message proved his commitment to a ministry of compassion in Christ's manner, his words, and his deeds. For in verse 20, a bruised reed he'll not break, and the smoking flax he'll not quench. What beautiful pictures are painted by the Spirit of God for us to understand the wonder of the compassion of Christ. A bruised reed. A bruised reed, well, a reed growing by the water, it was only used for two things, to put together a basket, but if it was bruised or broken, it was worthless. Or I think more picturesquely in this passage, as a reed and an instrument, for they did use reeds and woodwind instruments, even in the times of Christ. And any clarinetist in this place will know, and those who have mentored them will know very well, that when the reed is cracked, it's not worth keeping. He's speaking of that which is worthless. He says he's not involved in breaking that which by the world's standards seems worthless. And a smoking flax, why flax was used as the wick for the candle and the oil flowed through the flax and when the flax was done, it began to smoke and that smoke would even burn the eyes. And so he's saying those who are most despised by the world who bring into society that which is most pungent, He's not going to quench. So by His words and by His deeds, He's committed to compassion. That's why He could say in chapter 11 and verse 28, "...Come unto Me, all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." But I'm not worthy. That's the point. Your worthlessness makes Him even more beautiful. But nobody cares. He does. He's committed to a ministry of compassion. And when our sad heart breaks, as Alice played this morning, our sad heart quakes till it nearly breaks. Is it ought to him, doth he see? First time I heard that song and it was stamped into my memory, I was in a service. Multiple churches came together in New York to sing. And I, as a high schooler, witnessed a mentally retarded young man come to stand behind the pulpit to sing. And I probably nudged my friends until that guy got up there and he sang every verse. And when he got to those last verses, oh, yes, he cares. I know he cares. His heart is touched with my grief. I've never forgotten that young man's solo. And the days are weary and the dark nights dreary. I know my Savior cares. How do I know? He won't break a reed. He won't quench the flax. He's committed to a ministry of compassion. And so I find one final proof in this wonderful text. I have a surprising title that tells me he's committed to such a ministry and a sovereign testimony and a sweet temperament. But if you note with me in verses 20 and 21, there's a sure triumph. Hallelujah, there's a sure triumph that proves His commitment to compassion. As the rulers among Israel are plotting His execution, He continues His mission. That's amazing. While He came unto His own and His own received Him not, He continued His mission. Why? Because the end of verse 20 says he would continue that mission until he leads righteousness, literally. It says judgment, but the meaning is he is continuing that ministry until he leads righteousness to victory. Plan your plot. Set the worst day the history of the world will ever know. Strip him and place him on a cross. And righteous is still going to be victorious. Put him in a grave. Seal it with a Roman seal. Guard it with Roman soldiers. And up from the grave he's going to rise. Why? Because in his commitment to a ministry of compassion, he set forth judgment or righteousness on a pathway to victory. Now there's worth an amen in a Baptist church. There is a day coming, thanks to the compassionate ministry of our dear Christ, of which we are so unworthy, so that we can go and teach all nations that verse 21 is in the word, in his name, even we Gentiles can trust. It's true folks, Ephesians says in chapter two, but now in Christ Jesus, you who sometimes were afar off are made nigh by the blood. It's true for Matthew says in chapter 4 and verse 16 the people which sat in darkness saw a great light and to them which sat in the region in shadow of death light has now sprung up. Nothing shows the compassion of our God any more wonderfully than the grace of our God when it's received by those who are most undeserving and the Gentiles are the most undeserving. January 8, 1956, five young missionaries who were committed to compassion, bled to death on the beaches of Palm Island. They came to befriend the Akas and they were killed by them. Years of planning, years of prayer, gifts that had been dropped, messages of friendship ended with the points of spears. But then on the Day in 1958 in October, Jim Elliott's wife, Elizabeth, Nate Saint's sister, Rachel, decided that they would go back to those very same people who had killed their family members. They established a connection and they came to live among the very people who had killed their family members. Did you know that in 1965, Stephen Saint, the father of that dear pilot who gave his life, That orphaned pilot's son was baptized in the Karare River by Kimo and Dewey, two of the very men who'd killed his father. You see, because the Christian message is a message that we are committed to compassion, God right now has given to us as a church, to you and to me, a ministry of stewardship to tell the world that God so loves the world that He gave His only begotten Son, to explain to them that none of us are deserving to do it humbly. Because folks, in a week like we've come through, and the days and months that are ahead of us, there's only one thing that would honor the Lord through it, that we be committed with compassion of heart to share what we discover in His Word about what God was doing through Christ to share His love. People will puzzle and say, your God is cruel, your God brings pain, your God doesn't solve the mysteries. Oh yes, He solves the mysteries. He launched heaven's mission of compassion through the virgin birth of the Son. He continued heaven's mission of compassion when His Son was rejected by men. He paid for heaven's mission of compassion by allowing the Son's blood to be shed on the cross. And He proved heaven's mission of compassion in the resurrection from the dead. And we accept His mission of compassion today because we believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Tell someone of heaven's mission of compassion. Will you stand with me, please, as we pray? Lord, we stand amazed in your presence. Amazed. There is strength in serving Jesus. There is joy in serving Jesus. And there is pain. But you told us about it. We don't have a high priest who cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities. He was in all points tempted like we are and yet without sin. Oh God, I pray that our allegiance would only and always be upon Christ. that our affections would only and always be drawn to Him, that we who are undeserving would find the love of God shed abroad in our hearts so that we might be committed with Him to a mission of compassion. Heads are bowed and eyes are closed this morning and no one looking around. All of this makes no sense unless you personalize it. While the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world, remember, the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of you. He died upon the cross for your sins and mine. The sins of the whole world, yes, but listen, many in this world are lost, dying and on their way to an eternal hell. There's only one way they can be rescued. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. With eyes of faith, look to the one who by his love transferred and put himself on the cross that you deserved. For the penalty of your sin was buried and proved that God's wrath was totally propitiated, totally taken away when he rose from the dead. Dear friend, this morning, it would be a delight to be able to introduce you to the only one who can lead you through a crisis. the only one who can sustain you in the hour of trial, the only one who can bring hope, the only one whose compassion never fails. And so this morning, if you need to trust Christ as Savior, we know our seats are tight. We know it's hard to get out, but don't let anyone get in front of you if you need to come to the Savior. We'd invite you to come to the front this morning and let Pastor Ben greet you here. Someone will come and take you to a private place. We would never embarrass you. There's no water in our baptistry this morning. We'd love to have the opportunity to introduce you to Jesus Christ, the wonderful minister of compassion. If that's your need this morning, won't you come? There may be some today, while the instruments play in a moment, number 143, I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene. There may be some who just need to sit where they are for a moment, and as a testimony of God working in their heart, commit themselves to cooperate in that mission of compassion. As the invitation is given this morning, it's often good to let our bodies move with our hearts. There may be somebody who says, you know, God's been working in my heart. I need to live a life of fuller surrender. I need to be more committed to compassion. God's touched my heart. He's touched down in my life this week. And as I sit, it's just a testimony that I want to absorb what He's teaching me. I want to commit myself with Him that whether I go through good times or bad, my commitment to compassion in my family, among my friends, among my peers is real. And I'm going to need His sustaining grace. If you sit, you're just signifying that by bodily presence, that God's working in my heart to that end. But if you come this morning, you're saying, I want somebody to talk to me about how I can go to heaven. Is there someone here who's not sure they're saved? What if you lost your life this week? Where would you be? I wouldn't wait. I'm glad my kids didn't wait. We don't want you to wait. Young person, you went to camp and you heard the appeal, but you're not saved yet. You know it. Why play around? Jesus was committed to compassion. Won't you accept his compassion today? Old person, you're not sure, are you? You've been playing church games for a long time. But the compassion of the Savior today is drawing you. Won't you come? Nothing brings glory to God more than when His grace is poured out on the most undeserving. And we together are chiefest of sinners. With heads down, eyes closed, dear friends, won't you pray right now? Please be seated if God's working in your heart to join the ranks of those who be committed and sustaining in compassion and pray. God will use this message, this moment. God gives grace to the humble. Oh, how He resists the proud. God knows how to humble us. If you need to be seated and say, Lord, you've been working in my heart and I haven't really taken the time to speak to you carefully, do it right now. And we have one last verse that they'll play. As they play that last verse, if you need to come, there are friends here who can show you from the Bible how you can meet Jesus.