Moulding Culture

Gracious Father, we want to thank you for your word.

We want to thank you for what it reveals about you and your purposes,

the view that you have of this world and your intention for it.

I pray that as we've been learning through this series,

that you might shape us, continue to shape us,

in order that we might shape your world.

And particularly tonight, as we think about the cultures,

the place that you put us in,

how we might work for your purposes in that place

so that people might flourish.

And we ask it for your glory. Amen.

I've been a regular patient of a local physiotherapist

over the past couple of years.

Feet problems, shoulder problems, all sorts of stuff like that.

And I discovered late last year that he was, in fact, a Christian.

He was telling me very recently

that he'd hit a bit of a crossroad in his life

and particularly in his vocation,

wondering if he was doing what God intended for him to do,

what God wanted him to do with his life.

He knew of plenty of Christian physiotherapists

who were working in third world countries,

working amongst great need in those places.

And here he was, a physio in Chatswood.

And, you know, should he be a missionary physio?

That was kind of his question with his life.

Does that, you know, be more purposeful for God?

Is that really what God wants to do for his life?

And so for him, it was a question of purpose.

What does God intend for him?

Was he pursuing God's purpose in his life

where he was in Chatswood as a physio?

He felt that his job had less purpose

than those in third world countries.

And what compounded it for him

was that he hadn't had much, if any,

opportunity to speak about Jesus in his workplace.

There was no workplace Bible study group.

There was no workplace prayer group.

And what's more, when he'd been working on people,

broken people, he hadn't shared about Jesus,

the great healer of all people.

And that is, he didn't see

that he had any opportunity to shine for Jesus

where he was in that place.

Or that he was working out God's purposes

at all in God's world in that place.

And so it was a great opportunity for me

just to very briefly,

having my mind in the Frontline series,

just to connect with him

and encourage him about his Frontline.

I said to him a number of things.

Number one, I said to him that he worked

as the only Christian in an organization of 60 people.

Don't tell me that God hasn't placed you there

for some good purpose,

even if you can't see it at the moment.

That's the first thing.

Secondly, that I thought he did his work really well.

He'd fixed my plantar fasciitis.

He fixed one frozen shoulder

and he's working on another frozen shoulder.

And I'm kind of hoping it's going to end there

because it is sort of expensive after a bit of time.

But he did his work well.

And in fact, so well that I'd recommended

at least four other people

specifically to go and see him

to help them in their particular issues as well.

Thirdly, one of those people

who had actually went and saw him

came back to me and said

how much they thought this guy's character stood out.

There was something different about him.

And they asked me, do you think he's Christian?

I said, I don't know.

But there was something about him that stood out.

And I said, I think fourthly,

the work that he was doing all day

to fix broken bodies,

I think that somehow connects with God's purposes

to redeem and to restore his world.

Just as a rough guess.

Towards the end of that chat,

very quickly, just a few minutes,

tears started to well up in his eyes

because of the sense of purpose that he had

in that moment, just very quickly,

that what he was doing actually mattered to God.

He was deeply thankful.

I didn't get a discount,

but he was deeply thankful.

My hope is that as we've been going through this series,

that likewise, it's an encouragement for you

into where the place that God has put you.

Encouragement to see how God might be using you

to work, to redeem,

and restore his world

through what might be,

quite simply, your ordinary life.

The ordinary things that you do in life.

And so far in this series,

we've looked at the Christian worldview

of both the dignity and the difficulty of work.

We looked at how we might impact God's world

and pursue his purposes

through modelling godly character,

through working well,

working with all our might,

as if working for the Lord

and not for other people,

and ministering grace and love.

And today we're looking at the issue

of how we might mould culture

on our front lines.

How we might mould culture.

Now, culture is one of those big words

that rolls off our tongues,

but very rarely do we know what it actually means.

What does culture mean?

Culture exists everywhere.

Most of the time, culture is hidden.

It's an assumed thing

rather than a stated thing.

So if you said,

what's the culture of your workplace?

Don't we got one,

but I'm not exactly sure necessarily what it is.

Culture,

and this is a very simplistic view

of understanding culture,

culture is quite simply

how we do things around here.

So every family unit has a culture.

Every gathering of people has a culture.

Every church has a culture.

Every workplace has a culture.

Every school and university has a culture.

And you can be right next door to one another

but have very different cultures.

Every team has a culture.

Culture is the way that people interact.

It's the food that they eat,

the way that they speak to one another,

the way that in a church they would pray,

the clothes that you would wear,

the way that you would handle conflict,

the way you spend money,

the way the decisions are made,

the way that leadership is respected

or disrespected

or the group is led,

and a multitude of other things

form a culture within a group.

Or to put it another way,

this might be another way to think about it,

what would an outsider need to know

to learn to understand

about this particular group

and how it functions

in order for them to fit within the group

and to work within the group?

What would they need to know?

That's culture.

And culture is everywhere.

As I said, in every organization.

There was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald

yesterday about Thermomix.

And if you don't know what a Thermomix is,

then you are out of touch

with the culture of North Shore of Sydney

and particularly the housewife culture

of North Shore in Sydney.

Secondly, to answer the question,

what is a Thermomix?

A Thermomix is a kitchen appliance

that does everything.

It not only dices, ways, mixes and cooks,

it orders the ingredients,

it will get them delivered to your home,

and it will stack them into your pantry.

It will run your bath and give you a massage.

And apparently, it also gives you second degree burns

if you're not careful,

which was the issue in the article

of the Sydney Morning Herald.

Danica Jones complained online

that she had a faulty Thermomix

that went crazy, did whatever it did

and caused her second...

I don't think it has a mind of its own.

Something went faulty with it

and it just went nuts

and burnt her with second degree burns.

So she complained online

and what she got,

she received from Thermomix owners

was incessant bullying

about Thermomix being the greatest thing

since sliced bread.

And she got bullying on social media

and she got intimidation

from Thermomix staff.

And so the lawyer defending the woman

said that the culture of the company

was horrific.

There we go.

That's a...

In other words,

what the lawyer is saying there is

that within that organisation,

the way you handle complaints or criticism

is to go on the attack.

That's a cultural thing.

That is,

culture is the way we do things around here.

And some of us experience in workplace,

in social clubs,

in retail outlets,

families,

family cultures

where manipulation

is the way you get people to do things.

That's all culture.

And often we are,

many of us confront unhealthy cultural groups,

whatever we're part of.

So how might we,

as Christian people,

contribute to cultural change

on our front lines

so that they become places

where people flourish,

pursuing God's purposes

for the good order of society?

That's what Jesus calls his disciples to

in Matthew chapters 5 to 7.

Matthew 5 · chapter mention

It's the famous Sermon on the Mount.

And Jesus calls his disciples

first of all to himself

and then he shares with them

what the characteristics are

of those who live according to the kingdom.

So get your Bibles

and turn to Matthew chapter 5.

Matthew 5 · chapter mention

I'm going to focus primarily on 11 to 16.

The Beatitudes

describe the sensual character of Christians.

Blessed is he,

his poor and spirit.

Blessed is he,

seek after,

you know,

blah, blah, blah,

that sort of stuff.

All the way down there

in the early bits of Matthew chapter 5.

Matthew 5 · chapter mention

And what it's saying there is

that Christians are people

who've got a radically new relationship

with God

through trust in the work,

the finished work

of the Lord Jesus Christ

on the cross

to deal with our sin,

to deal with death

and give us eternal life.

That's what the Beatitudes about.

This radical new relationship with God.

And then,

in verses 13 to 16,

the focus shifts

from the Christian's relationship with God

to the Christian's relationship with the world.

And so,

if we have the relationship with God

that the first section speaks about,

then you will have the relationship with the world

that the second bit speaks about.

What Jesus is saying here is that

if you are at all living a consistent Christian life,

then in this world,

you will be salt

and you will be light.

Verse 13 and 14,

both start emphatically with you.

It is like Jesus saying,

you,

that is speaking to his disciples,

you and only you

are the salt of the earth

and the light of the world.

And therefore,

you simply must not fail

what you have been called to do.

and who you've been called to serve.

You must be who you are.

You must not lose your saltiness.

You must not be contaminated or compromised.

You are light.

And so,

you must let your light shine.

And it must not be concealed by sin

or compromise

or laziness

or fear.

In other words,

this is your Christian vocation.

This is your calling

in the world.

So let's start with salt.

Verse 13,

you are the salt of the earth.

But if the salt loses its saltiness,

how can it be made salty again?

It is no longer good for anything

except to be thrown out

and trampled by men.

In ancient times,

salt was used as a preservative

to stop food from rotting.

It was used as a seasoning

to enhance its flavor

and it was also used as a fertilizer

to enable fruitfulness.

It was, however,

most valuable as a preservative.

This is before refrigerators were made.

And you would rub in salt

into whatever would normally decay.

And that salt rubbed into it,

penetrating it,

would stem the decay

and stem its breakdown.

The function of salt here

is largely negative.

It prevents decay.

It's about stopping the spread of evil.

It's an intriguing image

that Jesus uses, I think.

For most of us,

if you see someone's life falling apart,

we tend to move away from it.

When you see brokenness,

we tend to move away.

We're always cautious

about being sucked in

and being connected too deep

and having too much expected of us.

And Jesus says,

if you're a Christian,

you go in.

You penetrate is what you do.

You go in rather than pull away.

You go in to stem the decay

because you're salt.

And this is also true

if you see a society

or a city

or a neighborhood

or a workplace

or a family

falling apart with social problems.

Christians don't run away.

They find ways of being there

to help and to shape for good.

Because Christians have experienced

in their own lives,

Colossians 1.17,

in Christ,

all things hold together.

We know what it is

to have life falling apart

and Jesus to come in

and to bring it together.

The Christian goes in

because they want to be of help,

simply responding

and being for other people

what Christ has been for them.

It's a wonderfully rich metaphor.

To be salt

is to be involved.

Salt penetrates.

Salt stops decay

unless it loses its saltiness.

Now,

sodium chloride

is a very,

very

strong compound

that doesn't often break down.

That is,

you can't normally blow apart

sodium chloride.

Salt doesn't lose its saltiness

as such.

But it will lose its purity.

It will lose its purity.

Salt can be contaminated

and once it's contaminated,

you cannot purify it.

And the contamination here

that Jesus has in mind

is the idea

where we are not distinct

from the world.

salt.

And so,

that's the connection

with the second part

in us being light.

Now,

traditionally,

Christians are more known

for being salt

than being light.

That is,

we

are seen

by

our wider society

as being fundamentally

negative

rather than positive.

negative.

That is,

we are more known

for what we're against

than what we are for.

That is,

that's why I say

we are more known

for being negative,

more known for being salt.

We are more known

for being against things

than for things.

And so,

this is really important

for us

because Jesus'

disciples

exert a double influence

on the secular world.

A negative influence

of arresting decay

and a positive influence

of bringing light

into darkness.

You see,

it's one thing

to stop the spread

of evil.

It's another

to promote

the spread of truth

and hope

and goodness.

Verse 14,

you are the light

of the world.

A city on a hill

cannot be hidden.

Neither do people

light a lamp

and put it under a bowl.

Instead,

they put it on its stand

and it gives light

to everyone in the house.

In the same way,

let your light shine

before men

so that they may see

your good deeds

and praise your Father

in heaven.

So,

the light metaphor here

is a bit different.

As I said,

it's positive

as opposed to negative.

When Jesus talks

about salt,

he's saying something

significant

about human society

that is

that human society

left by itself

will decay.

It will go rotten.

And when he says

something about

Christians of light,

he's saying

something significant

also about

human society.

It's dark.

In the Bible,

light symbolizes

truth

because light

exposes falsehood.

But it also

symbolizes hope

hope

and even joy

because light

is brilliant

and beautiful.

And so,

when this passage

says that Christians

are the light

of the world,

what it means

is that we bring

hope and joy

through truth

into darkness.

as the positive

influence

that we have

on society.

How and how much

our society needs it.

A society that we exist

that is

a society that says

that we don't need God,

that he has no place

amongst us at all.

We are secular.

We are godless.

For example,

Somerset Morham

was a British playwright

and a novelist

and a short story writer.

He was among

the most popular

writers of his era

and,

reputedly,

the highest paid

author in the 1930s.

That's a long time ago.

And like many people,

he thought

that the existence

of God

and survival

beyond death

of any sort

at all

was doubtful.

He wasn't an atheist.

But he thought

about the consequences

of his belief system

more than most atheists.

He understood

the consequences of it.

And he wrote this

in his autobiography.

He said,

If death ends all

and I neither have

to hope for God

after death

nor to fear evil

after death,

then I must

ask myself,

what am I here for?

And how in these circumstances

I must conduct myself?

And the answer

is plain

but so unpalatable

that most

will not face it.

And here's his answer.

There is

no meaning

for life

and therefore

life has

no meaning.

That's his conclusion

to his belief system.

And what he's saying

is

not that he would

put it in these words

is that society today

will tell you

that there is

probably no God

that there's no reason

really

for why you're here

that there is

no right or wrong

and that after you die

there is nothingness.

That is

after you die

there is darkness.

And so

if Somerset

was here right now

he would say

if darkness

is beyond death

if that's all

that exists then

then that means

that darkness

is now.

That's society.

It's dark.

And so

what's the answer

of our society

to that philosophical

position?

Go and enjoy life.

Really?

Have a good time?

Really?

Really?

See what he was saying

without realizing

is that

without the light

of salvation

this world

is dark

and we don't want

to admit

the world is dark

but he was right.

Christians

are light

because of the good news

of the Lord Jesus

gives us light.

A light that we do not have.

The good news

of the Christian faith

tells us

that every single

one of our deepest

desires in our hearts

will be met by Jesus

in the end.

It tells us

the good news

tells us

that because we are

saved by his grace

and his mercy

we are always his.

It tells us

that there is no

condemnation

for those who trust Jesus.

It tells us

that we might have

good days

and bad days

and good years

and bad years

but you are guaranteed

to be part

of his glorious

bright future.

And Christians

because of that

live in the light

of that future now.

And friends

when you look out there

and you see this metaphor

that we are the light

of the world

and you see

the darkness

of our secular society

and wonder

and Christians

are being pushed back

pushed back

pushed back

pushed back

and you wonder

what on earth

can we possibly do?

Let me give you

one encouragement.

It does not take

much light

to push back

darkness.

This

half a watt

bulb

in the darkness

of my daughter's room

is enough

to give me

perspective

in her room

it's enough

for me

to be able

to walk

around in her room

and not tread

on the cat

or toys

or whatever it is

and it's enough

to push back

fear for her.

Half a watt

because

darkness

cannot

resist light.

Darkness

cannot push

light back.

That's the job

of light

pushes

darkness back

and it does

not take

much

to push

back.

And so

friends

even if we

are a minority

even if we

do not have

a voice

light

pushes

back

darkness.

But that's

not all

Jesus is saying

here.

He isn't

just saying

that you

have

the truth

and so

therefore

your job

in society

is to

preach

the truth

and give

people this

hope.

because

he's saying

something a

little bit

different.

It looks

like Jesus

is actually

mixing his

metaphors

in these

verses.

He talks

about light

and then he

talks about

light at the

end and then

he talks about

a city in

the middle

and so it

looks like

he's mixing

his metaphors

and if you

know anything

about English

or you probably

heard your

English teacher

tell you at

some point

that you

should not

mix your

metaphors

but the

good thing

is Jesus

didn't speak

English and

so this is

okay.

Right in

the middle

it says

here a

city on

a hill

cannot be

hidden.

I think

it's exactly

the same

idea.

Light,

light,

light all

the way

through.

Most cities

were not

built on

hills.

Most cities

were put in

the bases

of the hills

or in the

bottom of

the valleys

where there

was a

water source

and where

the trade

routes and

the roads

were.

But if

you put a

city on

a hill

just with

candles and

lamps it

would be

enough

from the

light from

that city

would illuminate

a great

distance.

You could

see the

city from

a great

distance.

And he's

saying that

Christians and

the church

he's saying

here you

need to be

a counter

culture.

You need

to be a

light in

the darkness.

You need

to be visible.

People need

to see that

you are

different.

see Christians

are to be

light of

the world

not just

by what

they say

but how

they live

their lives.

The words

good deeds

is right in

there.

People might

see your

good deeds.

And so

being light

in the

world

I think

what this

picture is

we are

an alternative

Chatswood

in Chatswood.

We are a

city within a

city.

And how

this city

within a

city lives

and how

it works

out its

life is

what the

rest of

the Sermon

on the

Mount is

about.

The

teaching of

the Sermon

on the

Mount is

radically

different than

the views

of the

rest of

the Chatswood

when it

comes to

things like

money and

sex and

relationships and

power and a

bunch of

other things.

The views,

the culture

is different.

You see,

it's not

just good

enough,

I don't

think,

just to

hold up

the truth,

to preach

it,

or to go

onto Facebook

and just

have fights

with atheists.

If

Christians are

not seen

to be living

differently than

the rest of

Chatswood,

we have no

impact.

impact.

If they

don't see

the difference,

then we

are not

light.

Then we

are not a

city on a

hill.

God

intends for

his people

to be

rubbed into

society, to

penetrate for

good in this

world.

Christian salt

and light

has therefore

no business

remaining

snugly in a

elegant,

newly

renovated,

ecclesiastical

salt and

light cellar.

I'll say it

again, it's not

my main point,

but I'll say it

again in case

you wonder what

I'm talking

about there.

Christian salt

and light has

no business

remaining

snugly in an

elegant, newly

renovated,

ecclesiastical

salt and light

cellar.

That is, our

job is to be

rubbed into

secular society,

into a secular

community.

Our business

is to shine

light and bring

hope and joy

and truth to

this world, to

shape for good

the cultures

of families

and organisations

and whatever

it is, people

groups that have

a tendency to

use people and

manipulate people

where there might

be a tendency

to waste resources

or a tendency

where there's

fearful for change

or a tendency

to have ruthlessness

in leadership

and to treat people.

We want to have

an influence for

good in there,

to shape the

culture of those

places,

to speak up

and to

demonstrate

good.

And so if

you're a

Christian,

if you are at

all living out

the Christian

life, a

consistent Christian

life, you are

salt and you

are light.

You may feel like

a half a watt

bowl, but you

are light.

And because you

are salt and

because you are

light and you

are working to

shape the way

things should be

done for the

good of others

and for the

glory of God,

you are not

just salt and

light, but you

are also going to

be hurt.

You're going to

be hurt.

This life that

we've received in

Jesus is lived

out in the

midst of a

culture that has

decided it wants

to live,

in a different

way, largely

without reference

to God.

We live in a

post-Christian

secular society

where Christianity

has got no

social credibility.

Christianity has

got no social

credibility.

And so the

verses right

before, verses

13 and 16,

are very

important for us

to grapple with

in terms of what

our expectations

might be as

salt and light.

And I think

this is particularly

pertinent for us

right now.

Matthew 5,

Matthew 5:11–12

verses 11 to

12,

blessed are you

when people

insult you,

persecute you,

and falsely say

all kinds of

evil against you

because of me.

Rejoice and be

glad because great

is your reward in

heaven for in the

same way they

persecuted the

prophets who were

before you.

So there are five

things.

This is a pretty

sobering passage.

If you're going to

be salt and light,

you're going to be

hurt.

And there are five

things that I want

to just say very

quickly about those

two verses that

will help us with

our expectations

of what things

might be like

from Monday to

Saturday.

Firstly,

this is a

beatitude.

Blessed are you

when people

insult you.

Not if people

insult you,

but when people

insult you.

Every beatitude

is a characteristic

of the Christian.

So help

understand this.

Every Christian

must be poor

in spirit.

That's one of the

beatitudes.

Every Christian

must hunger and

thirst after

righteousness.

Or you're not a

Christian.

Verse 11 is the

last of the

beatitudes.

Jesus is

assuming that if

you are a

Christian, you

will be

persecuted.

Or, put it

more strongly, a

Christian must be

persecuted.

If you are

living in any

way consistent

with Christianity,

you will be

persecuted.

That's the first

thing.

Secondly, let me

just nuance that

just a little bit.

Just a little bit.

Notice it says,

blessed are you

when people

insult you,

persecute you,

and falsely say

all kinds of evil

against you because

of me.

It's not

because of

you.

That's the

nuance in the

persecution.

In other words,

if you're talking

about the

Christian faith in

a tackless way,

an abrasive way,

an insensitive

way, a

loveless way, a

culturally

inappropriate way,

and people are

giving you

flack because of

that, then you

are being

persecuted for

your sake, not

for Christ's

sake.

It doesn't

say, blessed

are you when

people persecute

you for being

obnoxious.

if you're

being obnoxious,

then the

blessedness

promise doesn't

hold, doesn't

carry here.

And so what you

need to understand

and think about

that in this

nuance is you

need to put the

beginning of the

passage with the

end of the

passage together.

The beginning

says that you

will be

persecuted.

The end

says that some

people will look

at your life and

praise your

father in

heaven.

Two different

responses.

Some will

hate your guts

because of

Jesus and

some will be

attracted to

you because of

your life and

your testimony

about Jesus.

If both of

those things are

happening for

you, then you

are in the

zone.

you're in the

sweet spot.

If you

speak the

truth in an

unloving way,

there will be

persecution for

sure, but there

will not be

attraction.

If you

love people,

you will be

attractive,

but there will

be no persecution

for truth and

no one might

ever come

to faith,

to Jesus

because of

you.

If you're

always being

persecuted, but

no one comes

to faith, you're

probably being

persecuted because

of character

flaws.

If you are

never being

persecuted, if

you never get

any pushback, if

no one is ever

hostile towards

you for being a

Christian, then

you're probably

being a coward

with the

truth.

You're probably

not speaking

up.

So the

question is,

point number

two, are

you living in

the zone?

Point number

three, as a

Christian, and

I don't think we

can ever escape

this, that is,

we can never

escape the

persecution.

It's not unique

to a secular

age.

Christians are

persecuted because,

as Jesus says in

verse 11,

because of me.

Jesus has been

uniquely hated

in history.

There are

secular scholars

who acknowledge

that.

There are secular

scholars who

acknowledge that

there are New

Testament scholars

whose main goal

in being a New

Testament scholar

is to

discredit Jesus.

He has been

uniquely hated.

Why?

Because if

Jesus is

right, then

he is the

Son of God,

he is the

Lord of the

universe, he

is the judge

and saver of

all humanity,

and if he's

correct on those

things, then

you lose

control of

your life.

He is

king.

You lose

control of

your life.

We have no

alternative but

to surrender and

give ourselves

over to him, if

he's correct.

Jesus says in

John 15, if the

world hates him,

it will hate

those who follow

him, because a

servant is not

greater than his

master.

And so if

you're a

Christian, that

lot will fall

on you.

Fourthly, if

you find

yourself insulted

and persecuted

and people saying

all kinds of

false things about

you, don't

whinge about

it.

I don't think

there's any

room for self-pity

here.

It comes with

the territory

of being his

representatives.

He says here,

in the same

way, they

persecuted the

prophets before

you.

It's nothing

new.

It ought

to be

expected.

Fifthly, how

do we handle

the inevitable

difficulty of

moulding culture

in a secular

post-Christian

culture?

How do we

cope with that

flack?

How do we

cope with,

because it

will cost you,

it will cost you

your reputation,

it will cost you

a bunch of

things.

How do we

handle that?

You handle it

by looking to

Jesus and

what he has

promised.

In Philippians

2, we are

told that

Jesus made

himself as

someone with

no reputation.

He had

glory, he

had honour,

and he became

rejected.

He was

shamed, he

was humiliated.

The cross was

the way that

you killed

someone who

you truly

despised.

It was a

dishonourable

death, and

he lost

his reputation,

and we

are saved

through his

persecution,

and his

loss of

reputation.

We are

saved through

Jesus'

shame, so

that we

will not

die in

shame.

Our names

are written

in heaven,

we will

live with

honour and

glory forever,

because Jesus

chose to

reject those

things.

I think

it means,

frankly, that

we can take

the shame

of persecution,

we can take

people thinking

that we're a

bunch of

losers and

idiots, we

can take it

when you

stick your

head up too

high, someone's

going to

want to

punch it,

we can

take it

so that we

might have

the ultimate

honour.

He took

the ultimate

shame so

that we

might have

the ultimate

honour.

societies

come and

go, and

some are

very hostile

to Christianity,

but Christians

are not

powerless, I

think that's

the point

here, it's

a sobering

message, it's

a difficult

message, but

we are not

powerless, even

when we don't

appear to have

a voice.

We have

Jesus Christ,

we have

his gospel,

his ideals

and his

power, and

Jesus is all

the salt,

all the

light that

this decaying

and dark

world needs.

And so

friends, take

courage, you

are the

salt of

the earth

if you are

living a

consistent

Christian

life.

Take

courage, you

are the

light of

the world

if you are

living a

consistent

Christian

life.

It is, I

believe, a

hopeful

message, but

a sobering

message, but

it ends

with great

joy.

Rejoice

and be

glad, because

great is your

reward in

heaven.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.