The Banquet Table of God: The Cross of Shame; the Cross of Glory
By Dustin Shramek
Last night we began looking at what satisfies. We saw a glimpse of the glory of God as He has revealed Himself throughout history. We brought before the Lord our one request, that we may dwell in His house all of our days so that we may behold His beauty and meditate in His presence. This is what satisfies.
Last night I feasted and I loved it. Tonight I again invite you the wonderful banquet table of God. I want to place before your hungry hearts the all satisfying meat of God as He has revealed Himself to us in Jesus Christ. "And Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst'" (Jn 6:35).
Christ is the bread of life and when we feast on Him we get satisfied. Our hunger is met with the greatest delicacy the universe has ever known.
Let us again come to the banquet table of God. Let us approach Him with a hungry heart. "Christ, come and meet us here at this banquet table. Come as the mighty Lion of Judah, in all your glory. Come as the lamb who was slain, in all your beauty. Come and let us behold your beauty. Open our hearts, our minds, our souls to your delicious taste. Oh that we may taste you and know that you are good. We come hungry. We come starving for you. We long for you. Come Jesus, for the sake of your name and the joy of your people. Come Lord Jesus, Come."
For our feast tonight we are going to take our meal up to a hill far away. It is dark, for the sun is not shining. The mood is varied. Some are joyful, some are mourning. None understand. We see the silhouettes of three men hanging on crosses. The one in the middle, He is the one we want to focus on. Let us pull up a seat to the cross. For it is here that we find the best meal ever offered to man. It is here that all of our desires are met. It is here that we find satisfaction. It is here where we no longer hunger and no longer thirst.
It is hard to concentrate on this meek man. There is so much noise and so many distractions. The Roman guards and many of the Jewish leaders are mocking him. They are yelling and laughing amongst themselves. Yet there are also some women who pass by. They are weeping. What are they saying to one another? They whisper amidst their sobs. But we can't hear what they say. There is a conversation amongst the men beside him on their crosses. The man on the left asks the man in the middle a question and then peace comes over him. A hopeless man finds satisfaction.
So many things going on around you. You aren't sure where to direct your attention. With all of this confusion, how can we see the meal set before us? On this sad occasion, how can we say that this is the greatest delicacy in the universe? What is there here that we can feast on?
This is what I want to focus on tonight, the riches of the cross. Oh, what beautiful riches of food we have here. We could never exhaust the depths of these riches. So come and join me at the banquet table of God. Join me as we feast upon the cross. My title tonight is "The Banquet Table of God--The Cross of Shame; The Cross of Glory."
In Jesus we have the Lion of Judah. The mighty warrior who saves His church. The great majestic king of the universe. Yet, we also have the Lamb who was slain. The meek sacrifice who gave Himself up for His people. The Lamb who had to suffer more pain than anyone could ever have imagined. Tonight we will look at the amazing ironies of the cross. The beautiful and diverse excellencies of Christ as shown through His death. I hope you're hungry.
The cross is the ugliest act of history for on it the Son of God was killed. It is the most sinful act of history. Jesus, who was so undeserving of the sufferings he faced, was killed. On the cross Jesus suffered more from the divine wrath of God than any other person in all of history. The Holy Son of God was forsaken by His Father, "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" (Mt 27:46). Oh what an ugly sight the cross is. What a disgusting thing that we have done to Christ through our sin. Behold the ugliness of the cross.
Yet in the midst of all that ugliness, the cross of Christ is the most beautiful act of history, for it is there where God's great plan of redemption came to its fulfillment. It is at the cross where Christ purchased our salvation. It is at the cross where we can find hope, joy, and peace. It is only through the cross that we can reach God. The cross is a glorious thing, who can comprehend the greatness of Christ's death on that cross?
So in the cross we have both the ugliest act of history and the most beautiful act of history. What a beautiful irony for your taste buds.
"Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!" (Ro 11:33).
There are also many ironies within Christ himself, that are wonderfully displayed at his cross. The excellencies of Christ know no bounds, they astound us for their beauty and they amaze us by their glory.
Christ at the cross displayed infinite majesty and yet infinite meekness. "'Stop weeping; behold the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.' And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain..." (Re 5:5-6).
Christ is the Lion of Judah. He is full of majesty, might, and power. There is none like him. He is beautiful to behold, full of splendor. When His disciples beheld His greatness in the transfiguration "they fell on their faces and were much afraid" (Mt 17:6). In Christ's majesty He is one to be feared. He is powerful and on the cross he showed His power by defeating death. We can have hope in Christ because He is the Lion of Judah who has the power and authority to save us.
Yet, how has this mighty Lion of Judah shown his might? Revelation 5:5 says that He has shown his might by overcoming, by triumphing. How? The mighty Lion of Judah has overcome by becoming meek. The Lion overcame by becoming a lamb who was slain. Christ was a meek man, being kind to those who spurned him and showing favor to those who didn't deserve it. And His meekness is never so clear as when He became the sacrifice for our sins. He offered Himself willingly. "For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative" (John 10:17-18).
In Christ we have the mighty Lion of Judah in all of his majesty and we have the meek lamb who was slain.
We also see in Christ infinite highness and infinite condescension. That man hanging on the cross is the sovereign ruler of the world. He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. All power, might, and dominion belong to Him. He is infinitely higher than any other thing in the universe. "He is so high, that he is infinitely above any need of us; above our reach, that we cannot be profitable to him; and above our conceptions, that we cannot comprehend him" (Edwards, p. 680).
But the cross is an incredible display of his infinite condescension. He brings himself lower than any other man. He who is most worthy of His position of greatness willingly becomes a man and walks among us. Not only does he become man, but he is a lowly man, a poor carpenter from Nazareth. Not only does he become a lowly man, but he subjects himself to our trials and tribulations and ultimately suffers death at the hand of sinners in what is the most shameful of deaths. He died as a criminal. In Christ meets infinite highness and infinite condescension.
Along these same lines we see in Christ infinite glory and yet the greatest degree of humiliation. On the cross Christ endures infinite shame and through it receives infinite glory.
Who is more glorious than the King of Kings? It is at the name of Jesus that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess Him as Lord. "He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all tings by the word of His power" (Heb 1:3). When John saw Christ in His glory he fell at His feet as though dead. If you were to see Christ in His glory right now in your sinful bodies, you would be destroyed. It is through the cross that the glimpses of glory shine so beautifully. It is through the cross that Christ is exalted to the right hand of God. Christ has infinite glory.
But there also has never been anyone with more humility than Christ. A man who washed the feet of the very friend who betrayed him and caused his death. He made Himself lower than the angels and even lower than kings and princes, even lower than common folk. What humility is displayed at the cross! What shame He receives at the cross. Imagine the sight of him humbly accepting the beatings and mockings of the Roman guards. It is more than I can imagine. Look at Him dying on a cross between two thieves. He who is most glorious is the very one who is most humble.
Christ also has dominion over all things while at the same time, he is the most obedient in all things. He is the ruler. He is Lord. To Christ "belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen" (1 Pe 4:11). As ruler of the universe, Christ has all authority. "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth" (Mt 28:18). There is no place in all of creation that is not under the dominion of Christ. This includes Golgotha. Christ was the one ruling that Friday afternoon. His Lordship was not replaced by someone else for those six hours. No, He was ruling as the Master of Ceremonies.
Yet, even though He is the ruler of the universe there has never been someone more obedient to the Father than Christ. "And as the Father gave Me commandment, even so I do" (Jn 14:31). "And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross" (Ph 2:8). The cross is a wonderful display of the obedience of Christ. No one in the world has had such difficult commands to obey, but Christ obeyed them to the fullest and with joy. Christ, the ruler of the universe, is also the most obedient man in the universe.
Not only does Christ have dominion over all things, He is also the absolute sovereign of the universe. Being God, He is in control of all things. There is nothing outside of His control. There is nothing that happens without Christ's hand being involved. Colossians 1:16-17 says, "For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created by Him and for Him. And He Is before all things, and in Him all things hold together."
Everything in the universe exist for Christ's sake. It exists for His pleasure and He, as its Creator, has the sovereign right to do with it as He pleases. It is Christ, who with the Father, issues the divine decrees that determine what happens in this world. He is in control and it is by his will that all things happen. Ephesians 1:20-23 says God, "seated [Christ] at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come. And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fulness of Him who fills all in all."
Christ is the Sovereign of the universe and at the same time He has perfect resignation to the Father's will. Christ knew what pain he would have to face on the cross and it was a very sorrowful prospect. It caused so much agony that he sweat blood. But hear the words of Christ when faced with such difficulty. "And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, 'My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as Thou wilt...My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Thy will be done" (Matthew 26:39, 42). He willingly submitted to the Father. Here we see perfect resignation from the very person who is the sovereign of the universe.
Being the Sovereign God of the universe He also has all might and power. Christ is omnipotent. He can do all things. It was by the power of His word that He created the universe and it is by His power that the universe remains. Christ is all powerful. He had the power to remove Himself from the cross. He could have called forth a legion of angels to come and kill the soldiers holding him. He could have killed them by the power of His word. At anytime He could have overpowered them.
The Roman soldiers were no match for the Son of God. They had no idea of the power of the one they were beating. They didn't know that their existence was dependent upon his will. O how easily we forget the power of Christ.
Christ is all powerful, but he never appeared so helpless as he did when dying on the cross. All of his friends had deserted him and he was left to the mercy of the guards. They were anything but merciful. Christ was helplessly nailed to the cross. He showed no power, no might. But at the same time, the cross of Christ is His greatest display of power and might.
In the cross we have the infinite power of God met with the helplessness of Jesus on the cross.
Also in Christ we see someone who is infinitely worthy of good, yet who received the worst suffering in the history of the world.
Christ was innocent. There was no sin found in him. He was completely undeserving of the punishment of the cross. He lived a life of perfect obedience and death is a consequence of sin, therefore he was not under its punishment.
Not only was Christ innocent and undeserving of suffering. Having lived a perfect life he was worthy of infinite good. As God he is infinitely worthy of all things. He is the most blessed being in the universe. He is worthy of all glory and honor and praise. Instead of beating him, the guards should have been worshiping him. They should have been serving him. They should have been doing everything for his good. Christ is infinitely worthy of good.
But even in the midst of his infinite worthiness of good, Christ had to endure the greatest punishment ever known to man, before or since. For "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Yes, Christ was sinless and undeserving, but let us not think then that the cross was an injustice from God. From men yes, but not God. It was just for God to kill Christ on the cross. Why? Because "he who knew no sin became sin." Our sin was imputed to him and he was judged for it. Imagine the terrible sufferings of Christ.
My sin is deserving of an eternity in hell. And apart from Christ I would be the one paying it. The justice of God must be satisfied, so he cannot look over my sin. But notice, I would be paying for my sin for all of eternity and God's justice would never be satisfied. For if His justice was satisfied, I would no longer need to be punished. An eternity of conscious torment in hell would not satisfy the justice of God. But Christ on the cross did satisfy God's justice! What pain and agony he must have endured. No man or woman would have ever been able to hold up, we would be destroyed under such condemnation. But not our glorious savior! He satisfied the justice of God.
But, O what horrors he faced. So much so that he, the second person of the Trinity who became man, God's own beloved Son, cried out, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" (Mt 27:46).
Christ, the very person most worthy of all good is the same person who has endured infinite suffering, the likes of which we could never imagine!
Another interesting aspect of Christ's worth is shown in the fact that he is so worthy precisely because of the unworthy way in which he was treated. Let me unpack that a little.
At the cross, Christ was treated as unworthy. Yet it is through the cross that we see Christ's true worth. When we see the suffering lamb, we then see the mighty Lion of Judah who saves his people. It is because of the Christ's obedience, even to obedience to death on a cross that he is exalted at the right hand of God the Father. He is so worthy because he endured such unworthy treatment.
On the cross Christ was shown to be holy by being treated as guilty. It is through the cross of Christ, when he was treated as a guilty man that we see the holiness of Christ. For only a holy man could die in the place of another. And only a holy God could offer Himself as a propitiation to appease divine wrath, thereby enabling divine favor to be extended.
When Christ was brought before Pilate, Pilate could find no fault in him. The criminal on the cross saw his innocence when he said, "We are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong" (Luke 23:41). Even the Roman guard said, "Certainly this man was innocent" (Luke 23:47).
Christ was holy and there was no sin in him. This was clearly seen by Pilate, the criminal on the cross, and the Roman guard. And it is through his death that we see just how holy Christ is. For in Christ we see the only person who could appease God's justice. The only person who could remove God's wrath from his people. Christ is the only one through whom we can have salvation precisely because he is the only one holy enough to accomplish it.
In the cross of Christ we also see Christ's great love for the very thing that he suffered under, God's justice. We've already taken a glimpse at the horrible sufferings Christ endured on the cross under God's righteous judgment. He suffered greatly. And yet is the cross that shows us Christ's great love for God's justice. He loved the justice of God so much that he was willing do anything to prove God to be righteous.
For centuries the glory of God had been attacked numerous times. And yet God was forbearing with the people and he didn't simply judge them and kill them right away as their sin deserved. In light of God's forbearance, one might accuse him of being unjust. After all, sin was running rampant and he was seemingly sitting still. At the same time he was justifying sinners. Remember "Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him as righteousness" (Romans 4:3). How could such a righteous God be so gracious to the very beings who attack his glory. If he didn't punish sin he would be unrighteous because he would be saying that these sinners are more important than his glory.
So how does this relate to the cross of Christ? The cross of Christ solves the apparent tension between God's zeal for His glory, His holiness and God's love for sinners who attack His glory, His grace.
It was at the cross were God set forth his ultimate judgment and hatred of sin. Romans 3:25-26 says, "God displayed [Christ] publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of his righteousness at the present time, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus."
Christ came to propitiate sin, thereby taking God's angry wrath upon himself. He satisfied the wrath of God, enabling God's favor to be showered upon us. All of this was do in order to demonstrate God's righteousness. He didn't want anyone to accuse the Father of being unjust in saving sinners. He wanted divine justice to be satisfied.
So we see in the cross, Christ's infinite love for God's justice which is the very thing that he suffered so greatly from. "And this was the way and means by which Christ stood up for the honour of God's justice, by thus suffering its terrible executions" (Edwards, 684).
At the cross we see in Christ the meeting of infinite justice and infinite grace. God's grace and justice appeared to be at odds before the cross. But O, how beautifully they come together on the cross. Christ dies to satisfy infinite justice. Christ dies to be the means of extending infinite grace.
Both grace and justice are beautifully displayed in the same act. And it is only through this definitive act of appeasing God's justice that Christ is able to then bestow such great mercies.
In the cross we see Christ's great love for God and his great love for those who are enemies of God. And apart from Christ that is what we are. Romans 5:10 says, "For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life."
We had attacked his Father's glory. We were trying to wage a war with the almighty in order that we may oust him as the sovereign ruler. We were in the midst of a coup. And Christ hated it. He had to, for he is holy. The constant attacks to his glory were sickening to him. His love for God made his heart burn with passion to see the glory of God's name vindicated. Christ was tired of the desecration of God's glory and he acted. He died on the cross to prove his love for the Father. O what great love for the Father, and what great hatred for sin.
Yet, because he loved the Father, he wanted others to share in that love. Therefore he died to save those who had attacked his glory. His great love for God's enemies shines forth. The very people who had belittled the glory of God, these same people were the ones for whom Christ was giving his life. He died to sanctify his church, whom he had loved from all of eternity.
So on Easter, we ought not only meditate on Christ's great love towards those whom he purchased by his blood. We must also meditate on Christ's great love for the Father, for whom he died to prove the Father righteous.
In the cross of Christ, he suffered greatly from those very people for whom he was shedding his blood. This is obviously true in a broad sense. For it is my sin that nailed him to that cross. I might as well have been there beating him and driving the nail into his wrists with my own hammer. I killed Christ. And so did you.
Yet, even though we were the ones causing his great suffering, it is through that suffering that we see his great love for us. We are the ones who made him bleed, but his blood was the very symbol of his great love. The blood that we caused to be shed was the blood shed for us.
Christ died for the very ones who killed him. It is very possible that his blood was being shed for the very people who had nailed him to the cross. Imagine Christ on the cross praying for the very people who put him there. He did, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." It is very likely that many of those present, those who yelled "Crucify him!" Later came to proclaim him as Lord. Look at the comments of the Roman soldier, "Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began praising God, saying, 'Certainly this man was innocent.'"
They were killing him. We were killing him. And yet, he was shedding his blood for us.
At the cross we see infinite faithfulness in the midst of great faithlessness. He remained true to his calling all the way to the end, even though all of his followers, his closest friends had forsaken him. Peter had even denied him. They were faithless. Even today, often I am faithless and deny my savior. I turn my back to him when I seek my satisfaction elsewhere.
But that is not so with Christ. He has remained faithful unto the end. As he hung on the cross he knew that his disciples were hiding. He knew that I would fail him countless times. But that didn't stop him. He remained faithful and he died in my place. And he has remained faithful since that day. "Our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord" (1 Corinthians 1:8-9).
Praise Jesus that even when we are unfaithful, he is always faithful. O how clearly we see that in the cross.
It is amazing to see Jesus up on that cross. One might expect that in the midst of such great suffering he might be callous to those around him. One might think that he would just ignore those around him and focus in on his own pain. But that is not the case with our Savior. No, on the cross, Christ showed great compassion in the midst of great pain.
Do you remember his prayer for his persecutors? "Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing" (Lk 23:34). Or what about those kind words he had for the thief next to him? "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with me in Paradise" (Lk 23:43).
Our savior is a compassionate savior. One who loves in the midst of pain. What a glorious savior!
In the cross we see Christ delivered up to his enemies. Yet, it is by the cross that Christ so decisively defeated them.
Remember the prophecy in Genesis 3? "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel."
At the cross, Satan thought that he had finally triumphed. He had bruised the heel of God the Son. He had him hanging on a tree, left to die. Satan was the victor in his eyes that day. But he was uneasy as he remembered the promises of God and the sayings of Christ. He remember that Christ said he could raise himself from the grave. And then it happened. The stone was rolled away and Christ was free.
Maybe at first Satan was still so excited about the death of Christ, that he didn't see its implications immediately. I wonder when Satan realized that by putting Christ to death, he was being used as the very means that God brought about the redemption of the people Satan was trying so hard to destroy. How humiliating for Satan as his master plan for victory turns out to be God's master plan for Satan's defeat.
Edwards says this, "The devil had, as it were, swallowed up Christ, as the whale did Jonah; but it was deadly poison to him; he gave him a mortal wound in his own bowels. He was soon sick of his morsel, and was forced to do by him as the whale did by Jonah. To this day he is heart-sick of what he then swallowed as his prey."
The cross of Christ was the crushing of Satan's head. Praise the mighty Lion of Judah!
It is interesting to note that in the cross, Christ became for us an infinite curse so that he might become an infinite blessing.
"Christ redeemed us form the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree'--in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith" (Galatians 3:13-14).
Have you thought about that? On the cross Christ became a curse for us. He took on our sins, he placed himself under the righteous judgment of God Almighty. He endured the wrath of God. Christ was made a curse and God turned his back on him. That is why Christ had such anguish in the garden of Gethsemane.
Yet, the reason he became a curse was so that he might be our blessing! Through his becoming a curse, he removed the wrath of God from the elect, thereby freeing them to enjoy the favor of God. Christ is our blessing, but only because he was first made to be a curse.
It is because of his knowledge of what he must do that Christ was filled with such grief, but even in the midst of that grief, he had great joy.
In Matthew 26:38, Jesus says, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death." Luke tells us that "being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground" (22:44).
Christ knew what was before him and he was greatly grieved. He knew the pain that he would face. The suffering of being punished by the Father was overwhelming. Jesus cried out to God, "Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup form Me; yet not my will but Thine be done" (Lk 22:42).
Christ was burdened with infinite grief. So one must ask, "How did he overcome?" Was it simply a love for sinners that caused Jesus to overcome? No! That was part of it, but it goes much deeper. We find the answer in Hebrews 12:2, "Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
Christ was able to endure through the grief of the cross only because of the joy set before him. What was this joy? In John 12:27 we get a clue. Christ is grieved about his upcoming death and says, "Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour. Father, glorify Thy name.' There came therefore a voice out of heaven: 'I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.'" That is the joy set before him.
It is the joy of knowing God is glorified. Christ can rejoice because he knows that God will be glorified through his death. For at his death the righteousness of God shines forth. God's justice is vindicated. God's wrath is appeased. Christ's obedience is made complete. God's love for sinners is manifested. God's grace to save all who call on him is poured out. God's mercies are on full display. This is the joy set before Christ. It is the Father's promise to Christ request. Christ requested, "Father, glorify Thy name." And God promises, 'I have both glorified it , and will glorify it again." This was Christ's hope. This is Christ's joy.
This is our hope. This is our joy. Feast on this wonderful morsel of truth. God has glorified himself and he will do it again!
And O, how clearly we are able to see the glory of God through the Cross of Shame; the Cross of Glory. Praise be to our awesome savior. For in him exists countless excellencies that are found nowhere else in all the universe.
Our great joy is that when we give ourselves to this great savior, "He will give himself to us, with all those various excellencies that meet in him, to our full and everlasting enjoyment. He will ever after treat us as his dear friend; and we shall ere long be where he is, and shall behold his glory, and dwell with him, in most free and intimate communion and enjoyment" (Edwards, 688).
Welcome to the Banquet Table of God, The Cross of Shame; the Cross of Glory. "Here we are the spectators of a wonder the praise and glory of which eternity will not exhaust. It is the Lord of glory, the Son of God incarnate, the God-man, drinking the cup given him by the eternal Father, the cup of woe and of indescribable agony. We almost hesitate to say so. But it must be said. It is God in our nature forsaken of God. The cry from the accursed tree evinces nothing less than the abandonment that is the wages of sin" (Murray, 77).
Jeremiah 15:16 says, "Thy words were found and I ate them, and Thy words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I have been called by Thy name, O Lord God of hosts."
I've enjoyed our times of feasting on God's word. I'm satisfied and yet I want more. And I hope that you do to. Let us continue to look to the cross of Christ as the source of all our joy. May God be pleased to continue to cause us to delight in him by feasting on all that he is for us in Jesus.
Let's pray.
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the New American Standard Bible, copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, by the Lockman Foundation.
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