Christology- Lesson 5

Overview

The Two Natures of Christ: Fully God, Fully Man

At the heart of the Christian confession stands a mystery: Jesus Christ is true God and true man, two natures united in one person. The creeds—particularly the Apostles' and Nicene—give us a concise summary of this faith, drawn directly from Scripture, even though the creeds themselves are not quoted from the Bible. This confession is not optional or peripheral. As Jesus declared after Peter's confession, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God," the church is built on this very truth, and it is revealed not by flesh and blood but by the Father in heaven Matthew 16:13-17.

Why Both Natures Are Necessary for Our Salvation

When Adam and Eve fell, they plunged humanity into bondage to sin, death, and the devil. God could not simply wave the consequences away without violating His own holiness and justice. Instead, in love, He determined to enter into our flesh Himself. This was no plan B; before the foundation of the world, God chose us in Christ and destined us for adoption as His children Ephesians 1:4-10. Christ took on flesh and blood "so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death" Hebrews 2:14-17.

Christ had to be truly human because the sacrifice for human sin had to come from a blameless human. He was tested in every way as we are, "yet without sin" Hebrews 4:15. Sin is not essential to humanity—it is a corruption of it. Jesus differs from us in only two ways concerning His humanity: He never sinned, and His body never decayed in death Acts 2:31. Christ also had to be truly God, because only divine power could bear the infinite weight of God's wrath against sin and offer a sacrifice of infinite value. No mere man could accomplish this. As 1 Timothy 2:5 confesses, "There is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human."

One Person, Two Natures, Working Together

In the incarnation, Christ never set aside His divinity—He humbled Himself, choosing not to make full use of His divine power as He lived in obedience to the Father. Yet His glory was still revealed: at His baptism, at the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36), and in His role as the eternal Word who created and sustains all things and is "the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being" Hebrews 1:1-4. When we ask who suffered, who died, who rose—the answer is always: true God and true man, never separated. Both natures act together to accomplish our salvation.

Pastoral Encouragement

This mystery is grasped by faith, not unraveled by reason. The Formula of Concord wisely warns believers not to "arrogantly indulge their reason in crafty investigations" of these mysteries, but to bring our understanding into captivity to Christ and rejoice that "our flesh and blood is placed so high at the right hand of God's majesty." When two truths in Scripture exceed our reason—fully God, fully man—we can humbly say, "Lord, I don't fully grasp it, but you said it; therefore it is true."

Take comfort in this: because Christ took on flesh, you have a high priest who sympathizes with your weaknesses. Because He is divine, His sacrifice was sufficient for every sin. The fear of death no longer holds power over you. Today is one day in all eternity, and you have been adopted as a redeemed child of the one true God. Keep digging into Scripture—Hebrews especially—because there is always more to know of the Christ who is so rich and inexhaustible that we could spend a lifetime growing in Him.

Transcript

Lord, we thank you so much. 0s

We thank you for this time to come together 2s

and dive further into your word, 5s

further into what Scripture has to say about you. 7s

We ask that you would bless this time of study 11s

that you would reveal to us the divinity 14s

that is within Christ and that we can rest assured, 19s

not only in the true divine and human nature of Christ, 24s

but that he was sent in order to redeem us and save us 28s

from the devil, sin, and our own sinful selves. 33s

We ask that you would bless us this morning 38s

and always bless us this year 41s

as we look toward the months ahead 43s

that we would continually thank you and praise you 46s

for redeeming us and for bringing us into this congregation 50s

that we may continue to grow in faith and love 56s

toward you with one another. 59s

All this we ask through that blessed and powerful name of Jesus. 62s

Amen. 66s

So the basis of this study, we were using the creeds 68s

and we confess every single week in every single service. 73s

We confess our faith in the apostles' creed. 80s

Sometimes we'll use the nice scene creed. 83s

But regularly we do the apostles' creed in confirmation. 87s

We teach our youth that is one of the foundational teachings 92s

that we have in confirmation is the apostles' creed. 96s

And the creeds are a nice baseline. 102s

They are a nice baseline to help us state the Christian faith 105s

in a very concise manner. 109s

And at the center of our faith is a belief in the triune God. 111s

So the creeds are not written out in Scripture 117s

where it says, oh look, go to second Luke 121s

and you'll find the apostles' creed. 124s

It's not like that. 126s

But the creeds draw every stated belief from Scripture. 127s

So when we use the creeds to teach or to preach, 132s

it's not that we are veering off of what we find in God's word. 137s

It is a concise, smart people, smart and wise men, 143s

put together a concise way of stating our faith. 148s

And that's why we use the creeds. 152s

So the study of Christology is looking at that second person 155s

of the Trinity who is Jesus the Christ 160s

and how the two natures, the human nature and the divine nature 162s

are in union with one another in this one man 167s

and then why that would even matter. 172s

Why it's so important to hold together those truths 175s

of the humanity and divinity of Christ for our salvation. 179s

The two natures of Christ truly are a mystery. 185s

And people, since the start of the Christian church, 189s

this has been an ongoing study and mystery of faith. 193s

And I'm trying to remember what Martin Luther said. 200s

He said something about the mystery of the Trinity. 203s

You can spend a lifetime studying that. 210s

I remember I was handed when we first went to a Lutheran church 215s

the pastor handed us a small catechism. 219s

And it explains the Trinity. 221s

And that's something that you can take in and you can hold 223s

and you've got that creed and it's not hard. 227s

It's something that we can grasp. 230s

Then in seminary I got a book that's no kidding this thick. 233s

And it's about the Trinity. 237s

And it's hard. 239s

And it's a little more difficult to grasp. 241s

But the two natures of Christ are a mystery that are not understood. 243s

They're accepted through faith. 247s

They're accepted by faith. 249s

And they're a mystery that's revealed only through the Holy Spirit. 252s

If we open up to Matthew, the Gospel of Matthew, 256s

that's the first book in the New Testament, 259s

the Gospel of Matthew chapter 16. 263s

And if we go to verse starting in verse 13. 270s

So Matthew 16 verse 13. 275s

Says now when Jesus came into the district of Cessaria, 284s

Philippi, he asked his disciples, 287s

who do people say that the Son of Man is? 290s

And they said some sage on the Baptist, 292s

but others Elijah and still others Jeremiah are one of the prophets. 294s

He said to them, but who do you say that I am? 298s

Simon Peter answered, 302s

you are the Messiah, the Son of the living God. 304s

And Jesus answered him, 307s

blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, 309s

for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. 311s

But my father in heaven, 314s

and I tell you, you are Peter, 316s

and on this rock I will build my church, 318s

and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. 321s

We have to understand that the entirety of the church 326s

is built upon the divine and human natures of Jesus Christ, 330s

and it's by Jesus to natures that we are both created and redeemed. 336s

And this was not revealed to Peter by man. 342s

Jesus says, this is nothing that can be revealed to you outside of the Holy Spirit. 346s

It is God Himself who reveals Himself to us. 350s

The Holy Spirit revealed to Simon Peter that Christ indeed is the Messiah. 355s

In the garden, God told Adam and Eve that if they were to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, 364s

that they would die, and then the serpent came, 369s

and He lied to them. 372s

And He said, you will be like God. 374s

If you eat this, you will be like God. 378s

But they believed that lie. 381s

They ate of the fruit, and that is what ensured the death of all creation. 385s

They had already been made in the image of God. 391s

They already had a likeness to God, 396s

and yet they bought into the lie that the serpent had, 400s

and they then turned all humanity into a bondage. 405s

They gave humanity over to a bondage to sin, death, and the devil. 410s

And it would be really easy for God to just say, well, darn it. 416s

Mankind sinned, and I'm going to go ahead and just fix this. 420s

And poof, everything is good. 425s

But doing so would violate the very essence of who God is. 427s

God had set an order to creation, 433s

and He had set an order to His holiness and to His command. 436s

And Adam and Eve stepped outside of that, 442s

and so the order and the justice had to be fulfilled. 446s

So instead of violating who He is as God, 452s

He said, yes, man has to die now, 458s

but instead of man dying and just being done with mankind, 461s

because that was not the intention of creation, 466s

He said, I will become man. 469s

I will suffer man's death. 472s

I will enter into the world and take upon myself the consequences of this sin. 475s

I will die man's death for Him. 483s

So this is not a plan B. 489s

This was not a surprise. 493s

This was planned from before creation. 495s

If we go to Ephesians, 500s

so you're going to go past the Gospels, past Romans, 502s

or Acts, Romans, first and second Corinthians, 506s

and then Galatians, then you'll find Ephesians. 510s

And we're going to go to the first chapter. 513s

So Ephesians chapter one, starting in verse four. 518s

Just as He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world 527s

to be holy and blameless before Him in love, 531s

He destined us for adoption as His children through Jesus Christ, 535s

according to the good pleasure of His will, 539s

to the praise of His glorious grace that He freely bestowed on us in the beloved. 542s

In Him we have redemption through His blood, 547s

the forgiveness of our trespasses, 550s

according to the riches of His grace, that He lavished on us. 553s

With all wisdom and insight, He has made known to us the mystery of His will, 557s

according to His good pleasure that He set forth in Christ, 562s

as a plan for the fullness of time to gather up all things in Him, 566s

things in heaven, and things on earth. 570s

So before the foundation of the earth, He had planned that we would be redeemed people through Jesus Christ, 574s

that our sins would be forgiven through the second person of the Trinity. 582s

When Christ was born into this world, it was God entering into our timeline. 588s

He was entering into our flesh. 596s

He was accepting the need that come along with humanity like sleep, and hunger, and thirst, 600s

but He was also subjecting Himself to the consequences of humanity, 608s

which are the judgment and wrath of God. 615s

In Hebrews chapter 2, 620s

and we've come to this one a lot. 623s

Let's go ahead and go to Hebrews. 625s

We have looked at this verse a lot, 627s

but I don't think it can be understated, 630s

the importance of what this says, Hebrews, 634s

so you're going to keep on going past Paul's letters, 639s

and it's the first book you come to after Paul's letters. 644s

So, Filey Monde, and then Hebrews. 648s

And we're going to chapter 2 verses 14 through 17. 651s

So Jesus is taking upon Himself flesh for a very specific purpose. 655s

So since, this is verse 14, 661s

since therefore the children share flesh and blood, 663s

He Himself likewise shared the same things so that through death, 666s

He might destroy the one who has the power of death, 671s

that is the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery 674s

by the fear of death. 679s

Isn't that interesting? 681s

Held in slavery by the fear of death. 683s

We're going to just sidebar here for a second. 688s

Does anyone get scared when we talk about death? 691s

Oh, I am not the only one. 695s

When you think of death, it can be very terrifying. 699s

But this is why we have the word of God. 703s

This is why Christ came so that the devil no longer has the power of death to hang over our heads. 707s

We are free in Christ so that truly today is one day in all eternity. 714s

That we are assured that death is not our end. 720s

But truly we will live on, continue on through Christ. 725s

Going back to verse 16, for it is clear that He did not come to help angels 730s

but the descendants of Abraham. 738s

Therefore He had to become like His brothers and sisters in every respect, 740s

that is all those limitations and needs of humanity, 745s

so that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God 749s

to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. 754s

So He entered into humanity the second person of the Trinity, fully divine, 759s

not losing His divinity, not forgetting His divinity, 766s

but humbling Himself to not make use of His divinity in His time here on earth. 771s

He was always working the Father's will, 782s

and it was the Father's will that He would raise Lazarus from the dead. 785s

It was the Father's will that He would heal the crippled man. 790s

It was the Father's will that He would forgive sins, 794s

but He was being obedient in His humanity to the will of the Father. 798s

In Galatians 4, it says that we were, and this is 3B through verse 5, 806s

we were enslaved through the elemental spirits of the world, 812s

but when the fullness of time had come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, 816s

born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, 821s

so that we might receive adoption as children. 825s

Only a blameless man would be able to be the accepted sacrifice for man's sin. 829s

Jesus is the only man, woman child, to ever walk this earth and not sin. 836s

So then we ask, well, does that take away from the humanity of Jesus? 846s

And the answer is no, because sin was not, is not, 854s

and never will be an essential part of being human. 860s

It is part of being human, because we are born into a state of sin, 867s

but sin is not necessary, it's not an essential part of humanity. 872s

It's a corruption. 878s

Sin is a corruption of humanity. 880s

Does that make sense? 884s

Okay, sometimes you're going through things, and it makes sense in here, 885s

but I'm hoping it's translating. 890s

Just had to check, make sure on that one. 892s

Jesus in His human nature, I think this is really fascinating, 896s

was like us in every way except for two ways. 901s

The first way was that He was without sin. 904s

We're in Hebrews, let's go over to Hebrews 4. 908s

Hebrews 4, verse 15. 912s

Hebrews 4, verse 15. 916s

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, 919s

but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, 924s

yet without sin. 928s

So this is a man, fully man, who did not sin, was without sin. 932s

The second way that He is different to us in humanity is in His death. 938s

When we die, what happens to our bodies, even when we are saved children of God, 943s

until we are in the final day, when Christ calls us to Himself, 949s

gathers us all together, gives us that resurrected body, 955s

what happens to our earthly body? 958s

It decays. 960s

It decays. 963s

Christ never decayed. 963s

His body was preserved from the decay that death brings in Acts 2, verse 31. 966s

It says, for seeing this, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, 975s

saying, he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh experience corruption. 979s

So Christ is human, and He is like us in every way except that 986s

He did not sin, and His body never decayed. 992s

He tasted death, He experienced death, but He was brought to glory immediately, 997s

well, three days later. 1006s

So the divine nature, and this is the other thing that's very important to remember, 1007s

the divine nature never ceased in Christ. 1013s

When Christ entered into humanity, He didn't leave divinity at the door and say, 1016s

I'll get it later. He always had it with Him, but He humbled Himself. 1021s

We call it His state of humiliation, where He, as I said earlier, 1026s

He didn't access it. 1030s

He gave Himself fully to His human nature, keeping all of His divinity, 1031s

but humbling Himself to the limitations, bless you, of the flesh in order to be obedient 1040s

to serving the divine purpose, which was the ultimate redemption of creation. 1046s

Christ was obedient in flesh, but He was still revealed in glory. 1054s

Bless you. 1060s

In the baptismal account by Peter, so we have the baptismal account of Christ in the 1061s

Gospels. Peter, in his second letter, He makes reference to it, 1068s

and He says, we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power 1073s

in coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of His majesty. 1077s

He received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to Him by the 1083s

majestic glory, saying, this is my Son, my beloved, with whom I am well pleased. 1089s

We ourselves, this is Peter talking, we ourselves heard this voice come from heaven 1096s

while we were with Him on the holy mountain. 1101s

That might be the transfiguration, sorry, not the baptism. 1106s

The transfiguration. 1109s

But they did hear the voice of God saying that same thing in the baptism. 1111s

Jesus is the logos. 1118s

He is the word made flesh. 1121s

It is not any word, it is the divine word. 1124s

He is the communication of God. 1128s

Let's go, we're staying in Hebrews right now, we're going to flip back to the first chapter of Hebrews. 1133s

So chapter 1, Hebrews chapter 1, we're going to look at those first four verses. 1139s

Long ago, God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets. 1147s

But in these last days, He has spoken to us by a Son, whom He appointed air of all things, through whom He also created the 1153s

worlds. He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being. 1162s

And He sustains all things by His powerful word. 1169s

When He had made purifications for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels, 1173s

as the name He has inherited is more excellent than theirs. 1182s

So He is that spoken word of God. 1187s

Through Him, through that word, all things were created, all things are sustained. 1193s

We have redemption through that word because it is the living word that came and gave Himself for us as a sacrifice for sin. 1200s

Now where it says He's the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being, it's not just a representation. 1209s

Jesus is not a symbol of God. He's not symbolizing God the Father, but He is the very glory and the exact image of God. 1218s

Yeah, we'll go ahead and do this. 1232s

Okay, so we say God, when we say God, what do we think of automatically? 1233s

God the Father. We always think of God the Father and that's not wrong because God the Father is God. 1243s

But when we say God truly, we are speaking of the Father, the Son and the Spirit because they are always God. 1249s

So God could be looked at as an office, right? 1266s

Like it's not separate, we only have God the Father and that's who we're thinking of when we think of God. 1271s

Or we're only thinking of Jesus as we separate them out, but they are always God. 1280s

I'm trying to remember what exactly made me think of God. 1288s

Oh, because we have that Jesus is how we know the Father, right? 1291s

Jesus came and He is an exact, exact image, the exact glory of the Father. 1301s

So we know the Father because we know Christ, right? 1308s

The living Word, God sent His Word, He sent His Son here. 1312s

I love top of the head. Yes. 1325s

Yes. Okay. So He's saying a lot of people, perhaps it work in social, whatever, categorize and they split, right? 1335s

Where then you have one God, two God, three God, right? Or something called modalism where it's one God who shows Himself in three different ways when the time is appropriate. 1345s

But then when the Father is showing Himself, the Son and Spirit are not, are not, right? 1357s

And when Jesus shows Himself, the Father and the Spirit are not. 1365s

Or the Spirit shows Himself and it's the Father and Son are not. 1369s

So that's modalism where it's different, God is showing Himself in different ways, but God is not always triune. 1373s

Does that make, right? I mean, that's, yes. So that happens. And that's where it's important. 1381s

Okay, so this is a little confession. I don't know why I do this. I do this every time. I confess to you guys. 1389s

I'm supposed to know what I'm doing. So when I was early, early in seminary, I tried to explain to someone that we have, 1396s

that we have the Creator, the Redeemer, and the sanctifier. Well, I just separated the three persons of the Trinity. 1409s

They are all present at creation. They are all present in redemption. They are all present in our sanctification. 1420s

So, and let this be a loving lesson, learn from my mistakes. 1429s

So don't be scared to talk to people about God. Don't be scared to talk to people about your faith that, oh, no, I'm going to say the wrong thing. 1438s

I can tell you so many times that I've said the wrong thing. I just pray every day. I come. I'm like, oh, don't say the wrong thing. 1447s

But no, it does not invalidate your witness. It does not invalidate your testimony. 1455s

And it's okay to then come back to my friend who I told this to and say, you know what, I kind of got that wrong. 1463s

So forget what I said then. And believe what I say now. It's okay. It's part of being human. It's part of growing and maturing in our faith. 1472s

So, you guys always pull the confessions out of me. I don't know what the problem is. 1484s

So, another way we see the glory of Christ, the divinity of Christ, as Peter, as we've read about Peter and his witness account and his telling of the transfiguration, 1487s

we have the transfiguration in Matthew, in Mark, in Luke, for the sake of time. Let me just give you the references. 1501s

We've got Matthew 17 versus 1 through 8. We have Mark 9 versus 2 through 8. And we have Luke 9 versus 28 through 36. 1513s

The disciples that were with him saw Jesus in his glorified state, while here on earth, before the resurrection, before his death. 1528s

They saw him bless you in this glorified state. So, why does Jesus have to be truly God? Why is that so important? 1541s

Because the power by the power of his divinity, he can bear the weight of God's anger. He can bear the weight of God's wrath in his humanity and earn for us and restore us to righteousness and life. 1554s

No man, no human, could bear and fully satisfy God's wrath. By nature, the wrath is infinite in quality. And in order to bear the weight of the wrath, it's essential that the Savior would also be divine. 1574s

He also had to offer a sacrifice of such value that God would be pleased to accept it. And again, we have to remind ourselves, this is not plan B. And it's not God punishing a regular man. 1593s

This is God himself saying, I am going to, I have created mankind, I am going to redeem mankind. God knew before he was entering into flesh, before he was entering into our history, he knew the purpose for which he was sending himself. 1613s

Now, he knew exactly this reason for coming. Only Christ as God could bring a sacrifice of infinite and eternal value to God that would propitiate heaven's wrath. By virtue of his divine nature, he was able or is able to earn for us eternal life and favor with God. 1636s

So the divinity of Christ means that he was able or is able to be raised from the dead and then he is able to apply those benefits to us. When we have a baptism, we talk about the application of what that is. 1659s

It's not just an application of water, it's an application of the benefits of salvation, it's the application of forgiveness of sins that is only possible through the God man's death and resurrection. 1677s

So everything that the Savior did, everything the Savior does to accomplish these purposes or this purpose of creation, salvation, it's both natures, it's happening with both natures, conjoinily. 1694s

So when we say, who died? True God, true man died. Well, who suffered? True God, true man suffered. Who was conceived, who was raised from the dead. It is true God, true man, never separate. It's never just the human Jesus that died. It was true God, true man, who died upon the cross. 1712s

It is the true God, true man, who was raised in glory from death. So the divine nature made suffering and death valid. So the validity of atonement was also the man Christ Jesus, who is the one mediator. When we go to first Timothy, and this is another verse that has come up, some of these verses keep coming up, but they stayed it so plainly, so clearly. 1739s

Of who Christ is and his purpose and his redemption for us in first Timothy, it says there is one God, one God, three persons, one God. There's also one mediator between God and humankind. Christ Jesus, Himself human, who gave Himself a ransom for all. 1768s

We're going to close, wow, we're doing good on time. This is excellent. We're going to close with something out of the formula of Concord. It's from article eight in the solid declaration of the formula of Concord. 1791s

And it says, since in the Holy Scriptures Christ is called a mystery upon which all heretics dash their heads, we admonish all Christians not to arrogantly indulge their reason in crafty investigations about such mysteries. With the beloved apostles, they should simply believe. 1807s

They should close the eyes of their reason and bring their understanding into captivity to the obedience of Christ and rejoice without ceasing in the fact that our flesh and blood is placed so high at the right hand of God's majesty and Almighty power. 1826s

In this way, we will certainly find constant consolation in every difficulty and remain well guarded against deadly error. That is a warning. Very well written. It is not bad and it is not wrong to seek answers and to seek wisdom and to seek guidance and knowledge within Scripture. 1843s

When we have two truths in Scripture, fully man, fully divine, that we in our own reason cannot make sense of. Remember that this mystery of Christ is revealed to us only by the Holy Spirit. 1871s

When we cannot make sense, but the two truths are there in the Word, that is where we cannot rely on our reason above the Word of God, where we can step back and say, Lord, I don't get it, but you said it. 1891s

It must be true. That is where we come back to every time. Christology, the nature of Christ, fully man, fully divine, you could spend a lifetime. People have spent lifetimes studying it. There is always something more to know, more to mature and grow in. 1913s

I hope that this isn't the end, even though we are ending our study together of Christology today. I hope that this is not the end of your study in Christology. 1936s

It is so thick and rich in the pages of Scripture of who Christ is and why that mattered. Again, I would encourage you to really dig into Hebrews. That is one of those books that you read even two verses and you have to go, I need to think about this for a week. 1951s

It is very rich and dense, but it has been a really fun study. You guys have amazing questions. I am so glad we don't have time for any. No, I am just kidding. 1969s

I will take one more minute. If anyone has any questions that I can mull over and privately email or whatever. 1985s

I have to go everywhere at the same time. Omniscience is knowing everything. God knows everything. Scripture talks about how we... He knows everything. We can't hide anything from Him. He knows our hearts, He knows our thoughts. He is all knowing. 2025s

Does that make... No. Okay. Oh, okay. 2047s

Oh, okay. Okay. Well, you can change it on your paper. Okay. Let's pray and we will break. Okay. Lord, we thank You. We thank You for Your plan of redemption for us that you would... 2055s

You would love us so much that you would enter into this world, enter into the flesh with all its limitations that you would set aside using Your divine power so that we would have a high priest. 2081s

Next, we would have a Lord who suffers with us and for us knowing exactly what we experience. Lord, we ask that we would always keep in mind how much you love us knowing that we will never fully grasp what you really paid for our redemption but that we would always rejoice knowing that we have been called yours and that we will be with you for all eternity. 2099s

We thank You, Lord, that the death can be scary, that we are assured we will not spend all of eternity as sinners but that we will spend all of eternity as redeemed and glorious people, children of the One true God. 2127s

We thank You and praise You, giving You all glory in the name of Christ, Amen. 2144s

Amen. 2167s