Welcome to Unveiled Faces, a Redeemer Presbyterian Church podcast. Please enjoy our feature presentation. You know, beloved, the Lord Jesus, when He began His ministry, He went into that synagogue there in Nazareth, And as custom was, those coming in, men would open up the scriptures and read. And the Lord Jesus did so, taking up that passage in Isaiah 61, and He declared, that there would be, through the servant that God had sent to the people, the preaching of good tidings to the poor, there would be the healing of the brokenhearted, there would be proclaiming liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison doors for those who are bound. And then he made this statement. This day, this passage is fulfilled. and He declared that He was Messiah come upon the scene there in Israel, and that He was the great Redeemer. Everywhere that the Lord Jesus went, throughout that earthly ministry, as you take up the Gospels, Matthew, Luke, Mark, John, all the Gospels, what do you read? You read the Lord Jesus going about everywhere, giving beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of heaviness. When we come to the Gospel accounts, we find that more and more, the power, the authority, the tenderness, The compassions of the Lord Jesus are set on display. And what we are to do is we are to read therein and find this is the Savior who is ours. This is the compassionate Redeemer that pours out His heart to do good to souls. We're told in the book of Acts that everywhere He went, He went about doing good. And the Lord Jesus is the one who ministered to not only the crowds, but to individuals in their peculiar and particular needs. And he came and he met those needs so masterfully. Well, beloved, we have an account here of the Lord Jesus coming and ministering, but there was an individual in the crowd. who when he heard that this one who had done so many mighty works, knew in his own soul he had to get his attention. You know, I wonder if we come here this morning desiring the attention of the Lord Jesus. Yes, as a congregation, for him to be in our midst, but we as individuals, do we want the attention of Christ ministering to our hearts? In a sense, all becomes obscure, and it's just me and the Savior sitting before Him, crying out, Oh Lord Jesus, meet with me today. Minister to my soul today. Beloved, in this account, given to us in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 18, verses 35 through 43, we have the healing of the blind man. In Mark, chapter 10, we are told his name is Bartimaeus. It is also given to us in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 20, verses 29 through 34. But here, we find in these words that have been read, the sweet ministry of Christ. It is a miracle that actually has much instruction for us. Many truths, many principles, many indications of the heart posture of Christ toward the brokenhearted. It was one of those great works which witnessed that Christ was truly sent by the Father. In the gospel of John chapter six, Chapter 5, verse 36, we read, The works which the Father has given me to finish, the very works that I do bear witness of me that the Father has sent me. And in this account, it is one of those miracles that testifies that Messiah has come, that Christ was sent forth by the Father to do good to souls. Now brethren, when Christ came into the world, he came to bring light to a dark place. He also came to open the eyes of people to see that light. You see, the Lord Jesus comes, yes, He accomplished that work of redemption through price, the price of his own blood. But he also accomplishes that work of redemption through power that infiltrates the human soul and unlocks the chambers of that captive soul to let them free, to come forth, to rise, to go forth and follow the Lord Jesus. And so, beloved, Here is a work of Christ, a work of compassion, but it is also a great token, a great illustration, a great indicator of the greatness of his work that he continues to do. You know what we find in this passage? Not just the healing of this man, blind Bartimaeus, from his blindness, we also see here is a token of Christ's great work that he gives sight to the blind. John Newton can sing those words and write those words, pin those words. I once was blind, but now I see. And hasn't that ministered to the church throughout the century? You know that we can sing and know and identify the realness, the genuineness of that work. I once was lost in this world system. I couldn't make heads or tails out of really the purpose for life other than pleasure and ease and success and making it to where I can live comfortably. And yet, the Lord Jesus comes and he opens the eyes that we begin to see eternal purposes for our existence and eternal consequences for how we relate to the Lord Jesus. And so brethren, I trust that this morning we might be able to enter in to the actual history that's here, this account, entering in to what has been given to us by the Holy Spirit who brings this account for us for our learning. Now, let us once again look at these words. Then it happened. As he was coming near Jericho, that a certain man, you know, here it indicates he's a certain man. Mark tells us it's Bartimaeus. But this was not just a man lost in the crowd. We'll find the Lord Jesus Christ gave personal attention to this man. He sat by the road, begging, and hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant. So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. And he cried out, saying, Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. Well, beloved, I want us to note something about the activity of this man. This man believed. that in order to have this happen, this needs to take place. In other words, he was convinced of the necessity of the utilization of means, means. In other words, it emphasizes the importance of a diligent use of means to accomplish certain ends. Now, In this activity, we're simply told a certain man sat by the wayside. Now brethren, think of it. What if this man simply sat at home? What if he never took the effort, the energy, what if he never took the initiative to get out there where his needs would most likely be met by the compassions of others? He was in a world of darkness, a world of need. He was a poor man. He was a blind man. He actually was dependent upon the compassions, the benevolence, and the charity of others that his needs would be met. And so what did he do? He rose up. He knew he had to get to where people were. He had to get out there so his needs could be recognized. And so he gave that effort. And brethren, we realize from this story that his efforts were truly blessed. He sought the place where his pitiful condition was most likely to attract notice. He did not sit lazily and expect others to come to him. He went out in the use of legitimate means where his needs to be met. He placed himself by the roadside that the travelers might see him and give him help. He put himself in the place most likely to receive his needs being met." Now, I sympathize that for this reason. You know, brethren, every one of us have needs. We have spiritual needs, we have real needs that only our God can meet, that the Lord Jesus can meet. And yet, we are called upon to use means, to go to the place most likely for our needs to be met. What do I mean by this? You know, brethren, Jesus Christ has stated to us there are activities that we are to be engaged in, involved in, where he himself has communicated that he will meet us in the use of those activities. What am I talking about? The gathering of the saints. the fact that we are to be a people who love the Scriptures, who read the Scriptures, that we are to be a people that engage in prayer individually, family, and corporately. And Christ delights in the prayers of his people. But there is this. means, as I am using the term, are simply activities that Christ calls us to, wherein, as we engage in them, Christ promises to draw near to us and do us good. And as this man was diligent to go and sit by the wayside, the roadside, we are also to come in that same disposition with expectation to meet Christ, and that Christ would come and meet us. Where? As we take up the means, the activities that He has called us to engage in. And so, dear ones, when we gather with the saints, when we come in, Yes, we might consider, well, what is going to be the sermon? What's gonna happen in the assembly of the people? Oh, I'm looking forward to seeing this and check out what's happening in their life and fellowship with this. That is all wonderful, precious, but you know what should be? almost upon our hearts and our desires, is that when we come and gather with the saints, whether it be a small community of believers, a larger community of believers, it really doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what preacher is preaching, what man is communicating the Word of God, what preeminently is important. is that Christ meets with us and that our ears hear Christ's communication to us, that we may be enriched and strengthened and blessed. Thank you, brother. Beloved, We're told in Matthew 18 verse 20, wherever two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in your midst. We're also told in the book of Revelation chapter one and verse 20, that Christ walks in the midst of his lampstands. And then he describes what the lampstands are. They are the churches. Do you realize that the Lord Jesus says to his people, I will pass by. I will walk in your midst. I will hear your heart cry. I will hear the expressions of your internal felt sense of need, whether it be growth and grace, whether it be overcoming some area and issue in your life, or whether it be having a sense of making progress in domestic, wholesome communication where needs are being met and God is being glorified and our hearts are being encouraged. You know, the Lord Jesus hears those cries. He hears those utterances of the soul, and He hears those expressions of your own felt need. And Christ says, As this blind man sat by the wayside, and when he heard that I passed by, he began to cry out to me. But he put himself there in the place where I would meet him, and I would greet him, and I would meet his needs. Do you know that that's how Christ wants us to come and assemble together as his people? He wants us to have that heart set and mind set. When we assemble with the saints, we are here together to do what? To draw near to the Lord and to sit upon, not the ministry of this man or the ministry of that man, but the ministry of Christ. You know, beloved, I remember Years ago, reading this account, when some of the Puritans came to New England, they built their structure in the middle of the town. It was really just a crude barn. They even called it the Lord's Barn. And as they gathered together, yes, it was cold in the winter. Yeah, there were inconveniences. There was a summertime humidity. But the accounts of those people worshiping the Lord. And as the word was brought forth, the sensibility of Christ in their presence, they describe it that all of a sudden, No walls to be thought of, no uncomfortable benches to sit on. All of a sudden, there was a sense in which there was a glorious attractiveness that captivated the hearts, where they drew near to the God that was drawing near to them. They knew the outpouring of their hearts and they knew the intaking of the ministry of Christ by the Spirit, and their souls were transformed. Everything seemed to just dissipate and fade away, and there they were before God, being ministered to by the Lord Jesus himself. Brethren, long for those experiences. Long for those interactions. Long for that as something of the climate and atmosphere as you assemble together in Jesus' name. Those are things that we should prize. Oh, brethren, we could read the account of old blind Bartimaeus sitting by the wayside in a place most likely to have his needs met. And brethren, when we come here, let us not do it in simply assembling because we're supposed to assemble. But may we rather prepare our hearts and say, well, God, today when we gather, may it not just be same old, same May it not be just the familiarity of what we do. May it not be simply the maintenance of the structure of fidelity and obedience to you. But may there be you coming down and taking up these activities and make them a means You have ordained to draw near to us and make greater progress in our souls, greater progress and advancement in our growth and maturity, greater development in our Christlikeness. We want this, we crave this, we desire it, and we put ourselves in the assembly of your people because you promised to walk in the midst of your churches and to minister and to dispense and to give the sensible needs of your people being met by the supplies of the richness of your mercy and your purchased accomplishments. Now brethren, I would say if we had more of that heart anticipation and heart preparation and that expectation of the Lord's ministry. Oh, dear ones, who could tell what the Lord might be pleased to do in response to his people? You know, wouldn't these be things that make glad the heart of our Savior? And wouldn't these be great arguments on our part to take the arguments of Scripture, you know, this is what it is to plead with God. is to take the things that God delights in and lay them out as arguments as to why we need to lay hold of our God and not let him go until he gives the blessing. You think God delights in the people who mean business like that? Absolutely. And so brethren, when it comes to the issue of the means that Christ has established, let us take them up, let us incorporate them, and let us come with expectancy. You know, it's so interesting, years ago in the preaching of George Whitefield, George Whitefield was a wonderful instrument in the hands of Christ, but he also made it a point to take up a collection for the orphanage. And you know, Benjamin Franklin went to hear Whitefield on many occasions. Never was converted, but was brought under the sense of the power, potency, and effectiveness of the preaching and the communications of this servant of Christ. Well, Benjamin Franklin didn't want to give up his money. So what he did, he left his money at home. So that when he came to hear the preaching of George Whitefield, and when there was that entreaty to give to the orphanage, he wasn't going to get sucked into that and lose some of his most important commodity, his money. So he left it at home. What is so interesting is, while he was there listening, and then when George Whitfield began to speak of the orphanage and the need and the necessity that people have compassionate hearts, Benjamin Franklin turned to a man that he knew next to him and he says, oh, can I borrow some money? I'll pay you when I get home. You know, brethren, that's human persuasion. Blessed by the Spirit of God, yes. But you know, brethren, that's the kind of persuasive workings of Christ in our midst. And we can face difficulties and problems and challenges that to us are baffling and insurmountable. Oh, but brethren, when the persuasive work of the Holy Spirit conveying the mind and the heart and the capability and the skill of the Lord Jesus Christ, you know what happens? those insurmountable challenges begin to dissipate, and we begin to see a way in which we are to go, and how we are to triumph, and how we are to behave, and how we are to open our hearts with greater transparency before God, and face things in our lives that before we sought to shove under the carpet or into a dark corner, and we find, oh Lord Jesus, my greatest safety is open, heart and vulnerability and transparency. Lord Jesus, take the light of your word and search out every nook and cranny of my soul. I want all to be laid before you open, honest, and yielded to be wholly yours, nothing in reserve. Oh brethren, what would happen in the midst of Christ's people and his churches if we came with that disposition, with that heart posture, with that internal soul, sense of a craving for Him and for His ministry, so that our needs would be met. Brethren, the wisdom, the wisdom of the use of means, and not just the use of the means, but a diligent use of those means. That's one thing. that we can draw out from this account. This blind man, he went, he put himself in the place most likely to have his needs met. And brethren, that's what we are to do. Also, when you take up the Scriptures, And we know, yes, you know, theologically, in our heads, we might even quote the passages to say, you know, in our reading of the scriptures, we are not capable of ourselves to really understand and discern and benefit from them because they're spiritually discerned. The Holy Spirit has to come and has to communicate to us an opening of our understanding. And oh man, we got that baby down. We got that theological truth down. But the thing is, is that when we come to the Scriptures, do we enter into the heart need of the ministry of the Holy Spirit? Do we enter in? Yes, we can enjoy fellowship among the brethren, but brethren, We need most of all to know Christ in our midst. Christ is a communicator to one another's hearts. Christ is the encourager of one another's hearts. You know what? The Apostle Paul had such a sensibility of this, he even communicates, and I love the way he expresses it. that he really viewed himself as of himself not sufficient for anything. Not sufficient to think a good thought, not sufficient to speak a good word, not sufficient of himself to edify the churches, not sufficient of himself to do accomplishment of any true good. And then he lays hold or opens the door for us to see what is the real source then of his sufficiency. It was Christ. And it was the grace of Christ ministered to him. You know, sometimes we get these theological ideas of what grace is. God's riches at Christ's expense. And that is true. We say grace, the grace of God. Amen. But you know, it goes beyond that. Paul said, I labored more abundantly than them all, and yet not I, but the grace of God that works in me. He says, I am what I am by the grace of God. And you know, brethren, if we see things right, if we want to grow, and if we want to advance and mature, what do we need? We need the grace of God, and it is purchased for us and channeled to us by the Lord Jesus, ministered by the Holy Spirit. Well, beloved, this is the great point. And you know, highlighting what I've been saying about the necessity of the ministry of Christ in our midst, Paul makes a wonderful statement in Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 17. It says, Christ came and preached peace. Now, where do you ever read the account of Christ journeying down to Ephesus? Well, he didn't, and yet he did. How did Christ get to Ephesus? Why, through his servants, through those who are preaching. through the Apostle Paul and others. So that when Paul preached, there was Christ preaching through him. And Christ was communicating to the souls there in that city. And so, brethren, once again we highlight, we emphasize, we underscore, and may it be etched upon the tablets of our hearts, more than anything, we desperately need the ministry of Christ in our midst! Oh, we can appreciate this man, that man, this servant, this one who is laboring in the Lord's vineyard, and give honor to whom honor is due. But chiefly, the only way any man is going to be profitable to our souls is if in his preaching, Christ is preaching. And we need to have an ear tuned to hear Christ. In his authority, his power, there's a sweetness, there's a soul melting that happens there. There's an enriching of the inner man of the heart when Christ ministers. And oh, brethren, these are the means that Christ has ordained. And he says, as you engage in these means, look to me to be there ministering, doing your soul's good. You see, brethren, why do we go to church? Well, obedience. It's the Lord's day. Those can be good reasons, right reasons, but dry reasons. We come to meet with Christ. We come to sit upon His ministry. We come for Him to take notice of us. Isn't that why we should be coming and assembling? Isn't that why we should engage in communion? You know, even take communion itself. You know, there's four major views of communion. There's Roman Catholic view on the blessing of the priest, that little wafer, turns to the actual body of Christ. Well, what does that require of anybody coming there? Nothing. What does it require in terms of soul engagement? Nothing. It's the emphasis upon the real presence of Christ physically And so they come up with this expression, ex opere operato. In other words, you have grace ministered to you without any engagement of soul, any engagement of heart. It's just a physical external activity. Now be careful because we can develop Protestant rosaries as well. You know, we think we're blessed because we do this and check off this and check off this and check off this. Well, I got that thing down. And yet know nothing of sitting at the ministry of Christ. You know, there's also the Lutheran view. Physical presence of Christ after the blessing, the mastication, and the swallowing, and the digesting, it turns into the body of Christ. And yet what is required of the individual? Nothing, nothing. But then there's also the subtle thing of the memorialist view. And it is simply this. We come, we have sentimental thoughts of Christ and his death, sentimental thoughts and emotional thoughts, and we have kind of a reflection time. The memorialist view. What is required? Simply thoughts about a past action of Christ. Those three views, I believe, are not the right views that Christ wants his people to understand. What is the view that we embrace of the communion feast? It is this. Yes, there's a physical bread, the physical expression of His blood in terms of the wine or the juice, the fruit of the vine. And as we take these things, what is being symbolized there? Well, first of all, we do acknowledge that our physical life is sustained by eating and drinking. But that's not what is focused upon here. What's focused upon is that as my body must be sustained, its life must be sustained by food and drink that I might live. Even so, my spiritual life, my soul is sustained by drawing nourishment from Christ as the bread of life, by drawing from His shed blood, that which constitutes my liberation from sin's death and my drawing my very sustenance as a living soul, that I draw all of my life from Him as the branch draws life from the vine. And so it is that which necessitates what? Our engaging in our activity, with faith in the Lord Jesus, that He would be present, that we afresh would know and taste and see that He is not only good, but He's the very sustainer of my spiritual life and good for my soul. You see, when we come to the Lord's table, we are coming with the absolute necessity of the engaging of the heart in an activity that requires faith, belief, trust, the heart going out to Christ. I say that's a far cry different than those other three views. You see, brethren, everything that Christ has established has demands upon activity of heart and soul as we engage in them. This is the means Christ has established. Beloved, We see here this man's diligent use of means to get his needs met, and he was surprised. That day he was surprised. You know what? He was an overcomer, wasn't he? But how was it? What was the working inside of his soul that made him so connected with that source of having all of his needs met, not just in this life, but eternally? Brethren, I want you to notice not only his diligent use of means, I want you to notice the kind of prayer that was needed in the use of that means. Notice the kind of prayer. And I just love this expression. We are told that when this blind man heard that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by, it says, he cried out. saying, Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. It was interesting, the crowd even said, hey, don't disturb him. He just cried out all the more. Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. Do you see a determination in that man's soul of getting his needs met by the one alone who could meet his needs? Oh, dear brethren, it wasn't some recitation of a prayer. It wasn't just some quotations of a few passages of Scripture concerning a Redeemer that comes through the line of David. It was engagement of heart. It was engagement of appropriate passion in this man. Why? The sensibility of his need. And so he came. And you know, brethren, can I say this? I do believe we do injustice to our souls when we gather with the saints and we come before the Lord in the activity of worship, and there is no sensibility of our need that only Christ can meet it. There's something wrong with that. Yes, I know we all fall into that. Nevertheless, let us be reminded because his sense of need stirred him up to the use of the kind of prayer, the kind of earnest and treaty and cry that moved his soul, not just to be in that place, but to go to the only one who could meet his needs. We are also told that when some rebuked him to be quiet, I love it, he cried out all the more. I just love that. You see, faith and the activity here was that of an overcomer. He felt the need. He felt his own need. He found words to express that need. They didn't experience the dark world he lived in. They didn't experience the sense of poverty. They didn't experience the fears that would rivet him at times, wondering where his next meal would come from. They didn't experience that. He did, he did. And you know, dear brethren, yes, it's good to bear our hearts to one another at times, and it's good to communicate. Sometimes there are things deep within our souls we just have to get to the throne of grace and open up our hearts and let the Lord Jesus know the internal felt sense of need with a recognition, Lord Jesus, man can give advice and man can give counsel and man can give reminders and I appreciate that, but Lord Jesus, man cannot meet my soul's needs. like you can, and I need you, and I need you to hear me, and I need you to draw near to my soul. I need your ministry, Lord Jesus, to me personally. Do you ever have crying out to the Lord that way? Brethren, this man did, and what a wonderful example to us he is. You see the kind of prayer that is needed in the use of these means that Christ has established. You know, brethren, What this man did on behalf of his own bodily ailment, it is our duty to do on behalf of our soul's ailments. And we have a great physician who's not a distant universe controller, regulator. He walks in our midst. He walks among the chairs. He hears your thoughts. He hears your soul. Yes, He hears your distractions and He sees your at times zoning out. He sees all of that. But He also sees the sensibilities you have of hanging on Him, His ministry, His faithfulness. Do you see how in tune the Lord Jesus was? When this man cried out, what was happening? Christ stopped. And I wonder sometimes, do we pray in such a way that we would get Christ's attention? Do we pray in such a way that as he walks in our midst, he stops, he turns, and he says, oh my soul, you're crying out to me, what can I do for you? I just love that expression from the Lord Jesus. What can I do for you? You know, really, it's kind of like this. It's kind of like, You know, Joseph, in charge of all the storehouses of Egypt, and somebody coming up and saying, I'm so hungry, takes him over, he opens up the door, and he says, what do you want? What do you want? It's all at your disposal. And isn't it true that God says, that Paul says, My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus? Jesus Christ is the treasury of every blood, pot, capacity, ability, gifting, grace, involvement, ministry to meet the need of our souls. And when we come to the Lord Jesus this way, it's as though Christ goes to the granary of his own divine supply. He opens it up and he looks at you and he says, what can I do for you? What can I do for you? Just let me know, open your heart, communicate honestly, because I'm here as the meter of those needs. Beloved, do we see Christ that way? Do we relate to Christ that way? Oh brethren, do you see how this view of Christ could so help advance and move our souls along with maturity and development and advancement and encouragement and a sweetening of our hearts, taking off an edge to our personality? Why? Because we know what it is to come before him with brokenheartedness and to know that he will not despise the brokenhearted. You know, it's interesting, everyone that Christ came to in the Gospels that was down, he lifted up. You know, the Apostle Paul said this, he says, but my God who lifts up the downcast. I just love that expression. And God is the God of hope. And Christ is the Savior of sinners and the sustainer of saints. with an immense supply that could never be drained, that could never be brought to the place where he runs dry. Christ will meet all of our needs. Brethren, do you believe it? Let your heart engage and say, Lord Jesus, help me to honor you more by relying upon you more. Lord Jesus, help me to extol your glory by coming more expectantly. with you and to know and enjoy your ministry. Oh brethren, these activities, do you know what they do? They gladden the heart of Christ. They rejoice the heart of Christ. They stir up that internal sense of Zephaniah 3.17 where he rejoices over you with dancing and shouts of happiness. when we come to Him with our felt sense of need and pour out our hearts before Him because we are the epitome of emptiness and He is the expression of divine fullness. And you know what that does? You know what it produces within the heart of a believer? A humble boldness in the things of God. A contrite confidence at the throne of grace. You know, brethren, these are the things that tap into life's realities. I love that expression actually on a gravestone over in England. It says this, out of shadows and imaginings into the truth. You know why? Because there's so much shadows and imaginings in this world. Isn't that true? But you know what? The Lord Jesus breaks through all of that, and he brings forth a realism, a realism of our context, our need, his supply. And he invites us to come, openheartedly. Oh brethren, let us cry to him for mercy. He delights in that. And let us not allow anything to stop our crying. Unburden your heart, lay out your case before him. Learn to desire great things greatly. And Christ has great things for his people. Desire them greatly. You know, brethren, I don't even know what time it is, but I think that I've kind of exhausted my time. Maybe we can come back again to this passage and we'll finish it next time. But oh brethren, let us draw near to the Lord Jesus right now. Let us ask that these things preached and drawn from this passage would become an experiential reality to our hearts. Let's pray. Oh Lord Jesus, we come to you afresh in the light of this account of your tender regard to this man who is sensible of the greatness of his need, but also sensible. You are the only one that can meet his need. Lord Jesus, may we not only see that this is now a brother in Christ, this is a fellow believer, But he sets forth a wonderful example to us. And Lord Jesus, we pray that you would etch these realities upon our hearts that we would be a people who are motivated in this way to get to Christ, to know Christ, by diligent use of the means that Christ has called us to engage in. But that we would also not come with languid soul state, but that we would seek by the ministry of your spirit to be enlivened in our pursuit of you. O Lord Jesus, may you draw near and may you transform us as a people gathered in your name. And may we have those experiences of everything fading away because you, Lord Jesus, draw near to ministry. walk in the midst of your people as you have said you delight to do and will do, but may we drink in your ministry, conveyed to our souls by the Holy Spirit, and may our hearts be enriched, advanced, strengthened. May sinners come to faith in you, Lord Jesus, And may saints be strengthened with might by your Spirit in the inner man through your faithful ministry. And so, our God, we commit our lives, this assembly, our earthly sojourn to you, asking that you would be magnified and glorified. And we ask this, our God, in Jesus' name. This has been a presentation of Redeemer Presbyterian Church. For more resources and information, please stop by our website at visitredeemer.org. All material herewithin, unless otherwise noted. Copyright Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Elk Grove, California. Music furnished by Nathan Clark George. Available at nathanclarkgeorge.com.