God Calls You To Look Unto Him

Isaiah chapter 45. So here's what the Reformation Heritage Bible commentary says on this book to

Isaiah 45 · chapter mention

introduce it. Jewish tradition suggests that Isaiah's father Amos was the brother of King

Amaziah of Judah and that Isaiah was murdered during the early part of Manasseh's reign.

Isaiah means Jehovah is salvation. The grandeur of his writing style and the access he had to the

king of Judah imply that Isaiah was a well-educated man within an influential family in the nation and

his writing reveals that he was a man of great learning and intellect as well as real courage.

Isn't it beautiful how God has prophesied that he would take on flesh through all kinds of different

prophets. The other example would be Amos. Amos was a poor farmer south of Jerusalem. He raised sycamore

trees and tended sheep and now Isaiah is this princely man with a world-class education. Isaiah

wrote based out of the capital city Jerusalem. At this point in redemptive history the ten northern

tribes were already in captivity. Isaiah prophesied the coming judgment of now the two southern tribes

Judah and Benjamin but also God's promises. Isaiah is also the mouthpiece of the great God who would

bring salvation not only for Judea and Jerusalem and then the ten northern tribes which the New

Testament calls Samaria but God would bring salvation to the ends of the earth and that's our focus in

today's sermon text. So we're in Isaiah chapter 45 and we're going to begin reading at verse 18.

Isaiah 45 · chapter mention

As I read this we believe in Reformation Heritage Church here that this is the word of God that it is

inspired, inerrant, infallible. It's God's clear and sufficient word for you who are his people.

Once I'm done reading the word of God I'll say this is the word of the Lord and if you receive it that way

say thanks be to God. Isaiah 45 starting at verse 18.

For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth and made it.

He hath established it. He created it not in vain. He formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord and there

is none else. I have not spoken in secret in a dark place of the earth. I said not unto the seat of

Jacob seek ye me in vain. I the Lord speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together ye that are escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge

that set up wood of their graven image and pray unto a God that cannot save. Tell ye and bring them near.

Yea let them take counsel together. Who hath declared this from ancient times? Who hath foretold this

long ago? Have not I the Lord and there is no God else beside me? A just God and a Savior. There is none beside me.

Look at verse 22. God says,

Look unto me and be ye saved all the ends of the earth for I am God and there is none else.

I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness and shall not return.

That unto me every knee shall bow. Every tongue shall swear. Surely shall one say,

In the Lord have I righteousness and strength. Even to him shall men come and all that are increased

and sensed against him shall be ashamed. Verse 25. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified

and shall glory. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. You may be seated.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

Well, let's pray from Isaiah 55.

Oh God, as rain brings grain for food, may your word go forth. You promised that it will not return

unto you void, but that your word shall accomplish that which you please. It shall prosper in the purpose

for which you send it. Lord, I ask now in your presence, before your people, what's been my prayer all week.

Simply that we would see you. That we would behold your glory today and be satisfied.

We ask this for Christ's sake. Amen.

Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

God calls you to look unto him.

God calls you to look unto him.

God calls you to look unto him.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Everywhere you go,

take a look at the five and ten.

That's the five and dime like a dollar store.

It's glistening once again

with candy canes and silver lanes that glow.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Toys in every store.

But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be on your own

front door.

This time of year gives us a lot to look at.

And it's the time of year where pastors probably across the world are picking on Christmas lyrics

for two reasons.

They're so easy to pick on.

And the number two, I think it's our job.

I think it's our job to make sure that all that we're taking in as the people of God

is being reformed and conformed to Christ.

It's so easy for myself to be caught up in the marketing, the propaganda, the worldly messages.

But instead, we're supposed to set our eyes on Christ.

I was thinking about this promise in verse 22.

Look unto me.

Look unto me, God calls.

In the Garden of Eden, remember the fruit looked delightful to Eve.

In 1 John 2.16, we're warned, Christians are warned, to not follow the lust of the eyes.

There's something spiritual that happens with what we look at.

Put your eyes on verse 22.

I just need you to see the focus of today for yourself.

This is my one point for you today.

If you leave here and you're talking later over delicious food, what was the point of the preacher?

It's this right here, verse 22.

God calls you.

He says, look unto me and be ye saved all the ends of the earth.

Why?

He says, for I am God and there is none else.

That's the sermon today.

God calls you to look unto him.

This is so comforting because we do long to find satisfaction.

And our eyes go everywhere to find something that will satisfy them.

And God is telling us, I give you satisfying glory to behold.

God has already given satisfying glory for us to behold.

When we behold Christ, we behold God.

Jesus is God.

Well, let's walk through our verses here.

Starting at verse 18.

I see five reasons you need to look at God today.

Five reasons you and I need to look at God.

Number one, this Christmas, God calls you and me to get our eyes off of this physical realm.

Because he's giving us, he's already given us satisfying glory to behold.

So when we see the lights and these beautiful sights, that's good.

But look past it.

Get your eyes past the physical realm.

God calls you to look unto him because he is the creator of heaven and earth.

This is the first reason.

And he says this in verse 18.

I'm going to take them in two parts.

First, the heavens.

Second, the earth.

Look at verse 18.

Thus saith the Lord that created the heavens.

He is the creator and the king of heaven.

That's why you need to look at him.

God is the creator of heaven.

Heaven is the invisible spiritual realm.

I want to keep a special focus on that invisible spiritual realm and the realm of angels.

angels.

We're told in Job 38.7 of angels.

The morning stars, they were called.

They sang together.

And all the sons of God.

That's another word for angels.

Shouted for joy.

And that was how the angels witnessed all that God had created.

All that God had spoken into existence.

Revelation 5.11 says,

The voice of many angels.

How many angels should we picture in heaven?

They numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

A myriad in ancient Greece was 10,000.

So what's 10,000 times 10,000?

The point is, it's more than you could count or imagine.

That's what God created when he created the heavens.

J.I. Packer wrote this of angels.

Heaven is their headquarters where they are constantly worshiping God.

And from heaven, they are sent to render services to Christians at God's bidding.

Because God is the creator of the heavens.

That's why you should look past this physical realm.

Not only is God the creator of heaven, God is the king of heaven.

Zechariah 1.10 says that angels are God's mighty warriors of light.

God has a vast army of holy, magnificent, fear-striking spiritual beings.

The Lord sends his angels to patrol planet earth.

He created the heavenly host.

And he rules over the host of heaven as their king.

Remember what Jesus said in Matthew 26.

He said,

I can appeal to my father.

And he will send at once more than 12 legions of angels.

A legion is 5,000 to 6,000 angels.

So more Roman soldiers than you could picture.

And 12 is the number of fullness.

It's all the nations of Israel.

When you would summon the army of the people of God,

it would be all 12 nations represented.

In other words, there is a full army of angels at God's disposal.

The angels know the reality of heaven better than you and I do.

And that's why the angels, which we think about at Christmas,

burst into song when they saw what was happening.

In Luke 2, which Ralph read for us in verse 13,

we read that a multitude of the heavenly host praised God.

And they said,

Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace among those with whom God is pleased.

We're told in Colossians 1.16 that by him,

that's God himself,

all things were created,

things in heaven and things on earth,

visible and invisible,

whether it be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers,

all things were created by God and for God.

Jesus is God.

Jesus created the heavens.

Jesus is king over the heavens.

Our confession,

the second London confession of faith in chapter 8 on Christ the mediator,

paragraph 3 puts it this way,

The Lord Jesus in his human nature,

thus united to the divine in the person of the Son,

was sanctified and anointed with the Holy Spirit from above beyond measure,

having in him all the treasures of God's wisdom.

Jesus is God.

That's why we sing,

Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace.

Hail the Son of Righteousness.

Behold the glory of God and be satisfied.

Behold Jesus.

He is the creator and the king of heaven.

That's the first reason God calls you to look unto him.

It's because he created and rules over the heavens,

the spiritual realm.

Well, this Christmas,

God also calls you and me

to get our eyes off of our own little kingdoms.

The second reason God calls you to look unto him

is because he is the creator and the king of the earth.

Not only the heavens,

but also all of the earth.

Look at what he says next in verse 18.

God himself formed the earth and made it.

He made the earth for his glory.

This is what all of the scriptures declare.

All of the earth is like a book.

It reveals who God is.

Psalm 24 says,

The earth is the Lord's in the fullness thereof.

He has founded it and established it.

Augustine, a long time ago,

he said,

I looked at all of the earth

and I asked,

Who is God?

And all of the earth said,

I'm not God.

God is he who made me.

That's what the earth shouts back

at anyone who's honest to look.

And that's what Psalm 19 says,

The heavens declare the glory of God.

The sky above proclaims his handiwork.

Day to day pours forth speech.

Night to night reveals knowledge.

There is no speech,

nor are there words

whose voice is not heard.

God is the creator of earth.

Look at earth and look past it

and see the creator.

See God himself.

Not only did God create the earth,

God is the king of the earth.

Look at what he says in verse 18 again.

He formed it to be inhabited.

I studied this in the original language.

In the Hebrew, it's poetic

and you can't quite get a firm grasp

of exactly all that it means

because it could mean so much more.

Here's how it is in the original.

God established her.

From chaos, he created her

to dwell therein.

He formed her.

So God created earth.

Earth is in the feminine.

The earth is his house.

It's his palace

where God himself will dwell.

And he formed the earth

for the dwelling.

He formed earth for himself

to rule over.

The earth is the temple of the Lord

where he is pleased to dwell.

Now, the people of God

that inhabit the earth,

in our souls,

we are the temple of the Holy Spirit.

So as his people fill the earth,

he dwells in a ruling way.

But he rules

and he is king over all

that he made.

He says in verse 18,

I am the Lord

and there is none else.

Jesus is this Lord

that Isaiah 45 describes.

In John 1-3, we read that

in God the Son,

all things were made.

Without him was not anything made

that was made.

And in him was life.

Verse 14 says that

he the creator was made flesh

and he dwelt on the earth

and we beheld God's glory

full of grace and truth.

God took on flesh

to dwell in the world

that he created.

Well, in this account in Luke 2,

we get the glory of heaven

coming to earth.

It's the angelic host

breaking through

to these 10 to 13 year old shepherds

as they're watching their sheep.

And the angels declare this,

An angel of the Lord

appeared to the shepherds.

The glory of the Lord

shone around them

and they were filled

with great fear.

And the angel declared,

Unto you is born this day

in the city of King David,

a Savior who is Christ.

The king.

And the heavens peel back,

so to speak.

The eyes of these shepherds

are opened up

to behold the heavens

from earth.

And they hear the sound

of heaven

worshiping God,

singing glory to God

in the highest

and peace on earth

to all

who belong to him.

We sing,

Veiled in flesh,

the Godhead see.

Hail the incarnate deity.

And from our confession,

we read that,

In respect to our averseness

and utter inability

to return to God,

and for our rescue

and security

from our spiritual adversaries,

we need Christ

in his kingly office.

Why did heaven

break forth

onto earth?

It's because

we are in darkness.

We need God

to reveal himself.

We need him

to come to earth

as the great king

to pull us

into his kingdom.

Because without him

we have no hope.

So in the kingly office,

God himself,

in the person of Jesus,

came to convince you

to subdue

your broken will,

to draw you to himself,

to uphold you,

to deliver you in me,

and to preserve us

until we are finally

joined with him

in his kingdom of heaven.

We long for that day

when the kingdom of heaven

will be fully on the earth,

but we enter it spiritually

when we believe

in the work of Christ

as our king.

This is what we confess

from Colossians 1.20

that God made peace

with sinners

through the blood

of his cross

to reconcile

all things

to himself

whether they be

things on earth

or things in heaven.

So this Christmas

God calls you

to trust

what he has revealed

and he has revealed

that he is the king.

The king

and the creator

of earth.

Look to him

and be satisfied

with the glory

of your creator.

Let earth

receive her king

by faith.

Number three,

this Christmas

God calls you and me,

this is an important one,

I believe God calls you

and me

to not trust

what we're getting

off of our screens,

phones and TVs,

computers.

Don't trust

your screens.

Instead,

trust

what he has revealed

in his word.

Look at what he has revealed

in verse 19.

He says,

I have made myself

known to you

in verse 19.

I have not spoken

in secret

in a dark place

of the earth.

I said not

unto the seat

of Jacob,

seek ye me

in vain.

God made his revelation

so abundantly clear

so that no man

can have excuse.

He's faithful

to his promise

in Jeremiah 29,

13.

You will seek me

and find me

when you seek me

with all your heart.

There may be some here

who have been seeking

after God

and you might not

even know it.

He says,

you will find me.

I've revealed myself

not in secret

in a dark place.

Through all of creation

and through my word

especially,

I have made myself

known.

Seek me

and you will find me.

You can't trust

what you get

from the screen,

but you can trust

God's word.

Look at what he says

in verse 19.

I, the Lord,

speak righteousness.

I declare things

that are right.

God's word alone

can be trusted.

You can trust God's word.

It is right.

Romans 121 says,

those who do not glorify

their creator as God

or give thanks to him

become vain

in their imaginations

and their foolish hearts

are darkened.

And that's how all of us

enter this world.

Our foolish thoughts

are darkened.

We need God

through the light

of his word

to shine the light

of his glory

and renew our minds.

See, God gathers those

to himself

from around the world.

And how do God's people

always organize themselves?

He gathers us

to himself

through his word.

Anywhere you go

where there's a true church,

it's going to be ruled

by Christ

through the word

of God.

Look at what he says

in verse 20.

Assemble yourselves.

Come,

draw near together

that escape the nations.

They have no knowledge

that set up the wood

of their graven image

and pray unto a God

that they cannot see.

Those gods cannot save.

And we are those

from all the nations

that God has called out.

We are the ones

who have heard

the shepherd's voice.

We've said,

the word of God

I can trust.

Let me gather around.

Let me assemble

with God's people

that I can hear

from my Lord.

God cautions us.

Trust his word alone.

2 John 2, 7 says,

For many deceivers

have gone out

into the world.

Those who do not confess.

Listen to this.

Those who don't confess

the coming of Jesus Christ

in the flesh.

So the doctrine

of the incarnation,

it is the test

of a true believer.

If Jesus is God,

then you believe

and you receive

the word of God

and you have life.

If you deny

that Jesus is God,

you are not saved.

And the church

needs to be careful

and to guard

this doctrine.

Augustine,

I'm sorry,

this was Gregory Nazianzus,

a long time ago,

one of the patristic fathers.

He said something like this,

When I look at

one person

of the Trinity,

I look at the Son,

scarcely can I have

a thought of the Son

without my mind

going to the Spirit

and the Father

and the oneness of God.

And when I think

of the one God,

creator of heaven

and earth,

I can't stop

but also think

of the Son

who expressed it

and the Spirit

who ministers.

You see how

our thoughts of God

should be that way.

As we think of

God the Creator,

we think of Father,

Son,

and Holy Spirit.

And the incarnation

reveals that Jesus

is God.

John 1.18 said

that no one

has ever seen God,

the only God

who is at the Father's side.

He has made God

known on earth.

That's what Jesus

came to do.

In our confession,

we believe this,

that it pleased the Father

that all fullness dwell

in our Lord Jesus Christ

so that being holy,

harmless,

and undefiled,

full of grace and truth,

Jesus Christ

might be thoroughly furnished

to execute

the office

of mediator

and surety.

The full deity of God

dwelt in Jesus

so that He could be

the Savior

of the world.

As I was driving

in this morning,

I just saw the snow,

the mud,

the grass,

some cows,

and I thought,

that's how God

entered this world.

Mild He lays

His glory by,

born that man

no more

may die.

See that Jesus

is God

and His word

alone,

His revelation

alone

is life

for your soul.

God has given us

a satisfying glory

to behold.

Behold that glory

in Jesus

and live.

Number four,

this Christmas,

God calls you

and me

to receive

His good news.

God calls you

and me

to receive

His good news.

Not only to hear it

and sing about it,

not even to believe it

for your family,

for those you love.

Personally,

receive His good news

again today.

the gospel

is for Christians,

right?

Receive the gospel

again today.

Look at what He says

in verse 21.

Tell ye

and bring them near,

yea,

let them take

counsel together.

He's saying,

spread the word.

There is good news

for you

who are sick

and dying.

It's like in Jesus,

as He goes around,

one sick leper

who's dying

of a sickness

He cannot heal,

tells the good news

to another,

there's a man

who can heal us.

Let's go to Him.

Gather around.

Go to the mountaintops.

Let others know

there is good news.

You need a Savior.

And there is one

who can save.

And before He says

how He does this,

He tells us

what He is doing.

In verse 21,

look at that,

verse 21,

He says,

Who hath declared this

from ancient time

and who hath told it

from that time?

Have not I,

the Lord?

God says,

I will come to save.

And how I will do it

is the way I have told

from long ago.

In verse 21,

He says,

There is no God else

beside me,

a just God

and a Savior.

I will compromise

my justice

and I will save.

How will you do that, Lord?

I'll do it the way

I told long ago.

I, the only God

and Savior,

declared that the seed

of Eve in Genesis 3.15

would crush

the serpent's head.

That's how I'll save you.

I, the only God

and Savior,

declared that the seed

of Abraham

would one day

inherit a great nation.

Genesis 12,

I, the only God

and Savior,

declared that the seed

of David

in 2 Samuel 7

would bring peace

to His kingdom.

How will I do it?

I will do it the way

I have promised.

So there we are

in darkness,

deceived by our own

sinfulness.

We are being destroyed

by evil inside and out.

And we hear that God

is just

and God is the creator

and God is powerful.

We know that a just king

will punish all evil.

We don't want a king

that's not just,

but I know that I'm evil,

so that puts me

in a position.

I know I deserve

to be punished.

I want God

to put an end

to all evil,

but that means

Him putting an end

to me.

And it should strike

fear in us,

like those angels

of the glorious presence

of God struck a fear

in the angels.

Luke 2.10 says,

the angel

had to comfort them.

He said,

fear not.

And this is the good news

for us from Isaiah 45.

I bring you

good tidings

of great joy

for you,

which shall also be

for all the people.

God says in verse 22,

you need to see this

one more time

and receive

the good news today.

Jesus reveals this to you.

Look unto me

and be ye saved,

all the ends

of the earth.

For I am God

and there is none else.

How do you receive

this salvation?

What does verse 22 say?

You look.

You don't work for it.

You don't buy it.

You don't prove yourself

worthy of it.

You look.

As the old song put it,

you have nothing

to do

but to look

and live.

There is life

for a look

at the crucified one.

There is life

at this moment

for thee.

Look at Jesus.

God has given us

a satisfying glory

to behold

and it's his own son

that he holds up

for us to see.

Look unto me

and be saved.

All the ends

of the earth,

I am God

and there is

none else.

One of my favorite

preachers in the 1800s,

Charles Spurgeon,

as a teenager,

he was feeling

the weight of his sin.

It was weighing

so heavy on him

and in God's grace,

God drew him

to go through the snow

like many of us

were out there

shoveling

and getting wet today.

And as a teenager,

his family didn't

venture out

but he did.

He marched by foot

to the closest church

where he lived

and you know the story.

That stormy day,

very few people showed up.

The preacher

didn't make it in

so another man

stood up

and read this one verse

from Isaiah 45, 22.

And he hadn't had much time

to prepare a full sermon

so he just kept

repeating that

over and over.

look,

look,

look.

The word of God

ministers to Charles Spurgeon.

He let go

of all of his

self-righteousness.

He trusted that promise.

Look and be saved.

There is life

for a look

at the crucified one.

There is life

in this moment

for you.

In Luke 2, 20,

we read that

the shepherds returned

glorifying

and praising God

for all that they had

heard and seen.

We sing with them

who have looked at Christ.

Peace on earth

and mercy mild.

God and sinners

reconciled.

We look at Jesus.

We see the glory

of God.

God.

Number five,

this Christmas,

God calls you and me

to not care

about the glory

of man.

Don't care about

the glory of man

because God

has given us

satisfying glory

to behold.

God calls us

to look

unto Him

in this life

because He will

prove

His word

true

to all

in the life

to come.

God calls you

and me

to look

at Him

now

in this life.

He will

prove His word

true

to all

in the life

to come.

Look at verse

23.

The Lord

says,

I have sworn

by myself.

I am the

covenant

keeping God.

I am the

one who

sealed the

covenant

with Abraham.

I am the

one who

swore by

myself

to the

people of

Israel

with Moses.

I am

the Lord

God

who swore

between the

Father and

the Son

witnessed by

the Spirit

in the covenant

of redemption

before the

foundation

of the world.

I have

sworn

that I

will

save

a people

for myself.

verse 23.

I have sworn

by myself

the word

has gone

out of my

mouth

in righteousness

and shall

not return.

I will do

what I

promised

that unto

me

every knee

shall bow

every tongue

shall swear

surely

shall one

say

in the

Lord

have I

righteousness

and strength

even to

him

shall men

come

and all

that are

incensed

against him

shall be

ashamed.

verse 25

is the

promise

that

in

the

Lord

shall

all

the

seed

of

Israel

be

justified

and

shall

glory.

I want

to draw

your attention

to verse

24.

Who is

it that

is justified?

It's those

who say

in the

Lord

do I

have

righteousness

and

strength.

I have

no

righteousness

and

strength

on my

own

but

I

have

righteousness

in

God.

I have

no

strength

on my

own

but

God

is

my

strength.

I

have

looked

to

him

for

salvation.

He

alone

can

save.

In

the

Lord

we

are

justified.

That's

why

Psalm

Psalms 110:3

110

verse

3

says

that

God's

people

those

who he

has

freely

justified

they

will

offer

themselves

freely.

In

holy

garments

they

will

come

into

his

house

and

worship

him

standing

in

the

righteousness

of

their

Savior.

In

the

last

two

words

of

verse

25

all

those

who

belong

to

the

true

spiritual

Israel

which

are

those

that

Christ

purchased

all

those

shall

be

justified

and

shall

glory.

glory

do

you

glory

in

God?

Do

you

behold

his

satisfying

glory

as

he

set

it

forth

in

the

sun?

If

you

are

justified

if

your

sins

are

forgiven

you

will

glory

in

God.

In

Matthew

Matthew 2:10

2

verse

10

we

hear

of

these

wise

men

who

had

followed

the

star

when

they

saw

the

sign

that

God

had

given

they

rejoiced

exceedingly

and

when

they

were

come

into

the

house

where

Mary

Joseph

and

Jesus

lived

they

saw

the

young

child

now

with

Mary

his

mother

and

they

fell

down

and

they

worshipped

him

they

gloried

in

God

what

God

had

done

by

sending

his

son

and

when

they

had

opened

their

treasures

they

presented

unto

him

the

gifts

if

you

behold

that

Jesus

is

God

you

will

glory

in

him

joyful

all

ye

nations

rise

join

the

triumph

of

the

skies

the

creator

and

king

of

heaven

has

come

to

earth

and

he

has

triumphed

over

sin

Satan

worldliness

and wolves

join

the

triumph

now

because

one

day

every

knee

will

bow

and

every

tongue

will

confess

receive

him

now

by

faith

look

unto

Jesus

with

your

heart

and

be

saved

look

one

last

time

at

verse

22

he

calls

you

to

look

unto

him

and

be

saved

all

the

ends

of

the

earth

for

I

am

God

and

there

is

none

else

I

have

given

you

a

satisfying

glory

to

behold

look

unto

me

God

calls

that

old

hymn

goes

on

like

this

look

sinner

look

unto

him

and

be

saved

unto

him

who

was

nailed

to

the

tree

it

is

not

your

good

deeds

that

can

pardon

your

sin

nor

by

works

can

you

set

yourself

free

nor

is

it

in

your

penance

nor

more

guilty

toil

but

only

his

blood

that

redeemeth

your

soul

on

him

then

who

shed

it

thou

mayest

at

once

thy

weight

of

iniquities

roll

so

look

sinner

look

unto

him

and

be

saved

unto

him

who

was

nailed

to

the

tree

there

is

life

for

a

look

at

the

crucified

one

there

is

life

in

a

moment

for

thee

find

true

life

in

Christ

behold

God's

glory

in

his

son

this

Christmas

God

calls

you

to

look

unto

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

and

live

let's

pray

oh

Lord

you

are

the

eternal

infinite

and

unchangeable

God

you

are

the

creator

of

heaven

and

earth

you

are

perfect

in

your

power

your

goodness

and

glory

your

wisdom

justice

and

truth

you

are

the

only

God

there

is

none

else

and

you

the

only

God

you

took

on

flesh

flesh

in

the

words

of

Luke

1

you

took

on

flesh

to

deliver

a

people

for

yourself

out

of

the

hand

of

your

enemy

and

you

saved

your

people

that

your

people

might

worship

you

as

king

without

fear

help

us

to

live

lives

of

worship

in

Christ's

holiness

in

Christ's

righteousness

before

you

all the

days

of

our

life

we

ask

this

for

Christ's

sake

alone

amen