Genesis 18:16-33

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We'll be here for a while.

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We're, um, tonight we're going to continue in our series in the book of Genesis.

If you want to look there, we're in Genesis 18.

Um, so before we look at the passage, I want to ask you a question.

Have you ever run into a situation where you've wondered if God is doing the right thing?

If you wonder if God is right in what he does?

I will share with you the place in my own life where I have wrestled with that the most.

Uh, 16 years ago, uh, 16 years ago, my father, who was a good father, a good provider, and a, uh, church-going man, but one who never professed any faith in Christ or in God at all.

Uh, my father was at home and, uh, my father was at home and, uh, my father was at home and had a heart attack and went into a coma and, uh, died a number of days later.

Um, and I remember sitting by him while he was off any life support.

His body was still, still, still beating.

I remember pleading with God, asking God to revive him and to save him, uh, his life, uh, because I didn't know what God would do with his soul.

There was no hope or no profession of faith for him.

And these questions rose, God, is this right?

God, is this good?

Are you going to be good?

Will you be just?

Will you be, do right by my father?

Maybe you all have, um, wrestled with those questions for various reasons in your own life.

Today, we read in Genesis 18 about a story where God invites us into his inner counsel.

Invites us in as covenant partners with him to understand his inner working a little bit more.

And, uh, remember the context we've seen.

This whole series has been partly about, uh, God establishing his covenant with his people so that he might,

um, so that he might call a people to be his own people.

He called Abraham.

You see it in chapter 12.

You see it again in chapter 15.

You see it again in chapter 17.

This affirmation of, I will be your God.

And I will, will come and I will bless you.

This man, Abraham, I will make you the father of a great nation.

Of many nations, in fact.

And I will bless you so that you can be a blessing to the earth, to the world.

Um, I'm going to give you a land for you to live so that you can display my glory in how you live.

Um, and, uh, as we heard last week from Pastor Nick, as we get to chapter 18,

God comes and visits, uh, Abraham and Sarah after waiting 25 years from the initial encounter with God.

25 years without hearing, without seeing the fruit of a child,

which seems pretty inherent to the, if I'm going to be the father of many nations,

I need to start with one.

And so they've been waiting for 25 years and God finally comes and says,

okay, now I'm going to do this.

Now that you're old and no one, and everyone can see that this had to be miraculous.

That this had to be from God because it wouldn't be natural.

Now I'm going to give you this child so that you'll know that it is I who am doing this.

Um, and it's in the context of this that then we come to our passage.

Um, Genesis chapter 18.

Genesis 18 · chapter mention

And as we look at, at this, we'll see, um, they're still waiting for the coming child.

That doesn't come till chapter 21, but they've now heard this promise.

It's going to happen.

You're not, you're going to be pregnant now here.

Here, it's going to really happen.

Um, so Genesis 18, we're going to start in verse 16.

This is one of those places where we didn't quite agree with the ESV about how to split

up our sections and that's okay.

So, cause they're not inspired.

Um, so Genesis 18, 16, we're going to read to the end of the chapter.

So let's read together and then pray.

Then the Lord, then the men, these men had come to visit Abraham and bring this message.

And there were actually three of them.

And they came and they visited, uh, they visited Abraham and Sarah and came and brought this

message of, I'm going to fulfill this promise and you're going to be pregnant and have the

child you've been waiting for.

Uh, then the men set out from there and they looked towards Sodom and Abraham went with them

to set them on their way.

And the Lord said, shall I hide from Abraham?

What am I about, what I am about to do?

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the

earth shall be blessed in him.

For I've chosen him that he may command his children and his household after him to keep

the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice so that the Lord may bring to Abraham

what he has promised him.

Then the Lord said, because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is

very grave.

I will go down to see what, whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that

has come to me.

And if not, I will know.

So the men turned from there and went to Sodom.

But Abraham stood still, still stood before the Lord.

Then Abraham drew near and said, will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Suppose there are 50 righteous within the city.

Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the 50 righteous who are in it?

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked so

that the righteous fare as the wicked.

Far be that from you shall not the judge of all the earth do what is just.

And the Lord said, if I find at Sodom 50 righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for

their sake.

Abraham answered and said, behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord.

I who am but dust and ashes.

Suppose five of the 50 righteous are lacking.

Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?

And he said, I will not destroy it if I find 45 there.

Again, he spoke to him and said, suppose 40 are found there.

He answered, for the sake of 40, I will not do it.

Then he said, oh, let not the Lord be angry and I will speak.

Suppose 30 are found there.

He answered, I will not do it if I find 30 there.

He said, behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord.

Suppose 20 are found there.

And he answered, for the sake of 20, I will not destroy it.

Then he said, oh, let not the Lord be angry and I will speak again.

But this once, suppose 10 are found there.

And he answered, for the sake of 10, I will not destroy it.

And the Lord went his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham and Abraham returned to his place.

Let's pray.

Ask the Lord for help as we understand this together.

Lord, we ask for you now by your spirit, Lord, to help us understand this passage rightly.

Lord, help us understand what it is that we are to know about you and ourselves and what it means to be your covenant people.

Lord, help us, we pray, Lord, to learn not only with our heads, but with our hearts and with our hands and feet.

For your glory, we pray in Jesus' name.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

As we look at this story, I'm going to break it down into two very simple questions.

The first half is, what is God up to?

Which is what we see in the first section.

Then the second half is, what is Abraham up to?

We just want to know, what are they doing?

In this covenant relationship, what are they doing in each of these things?

So the first section, verses 16 through 22, God comes.

And it's fascinating, right?

Because it begins with God talking to himself.

And this is one of the very few places in scripture where we actually see this.

God seems to be thinking, hmm, what do you think, yourself?

You know, he's a trinity, so we can have this conversation.

God, what do we think about this?

Should we let Abraham in or not?

Shall I include him?

And he goes on to rehearse some of the reasons why he might or might not.

He's saying, this is the man who I have chosen.

This is the man who I have called to play this essential role.

He is the beginning of my great redemptive work, whereby through my blessing to him, he will be a blessing to the whole world.

And I've called him to come out from the world, to be set apart, to live for me in a covenant relationship with me that's going to be different from those people around me.

Because he knows me.

These are the basic things that he's saying.

Saying, because this man that I have covenanted with is so essential.

Then it seems God is asking himself the question, should I let him in on what I'm about to do?

And it's very clear as you keep going, Abraham knows exactly what God is going to do.

God knows exactly what God is going to do.

And that is, he is planning to bring judgment on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because of their sinfulness.

Okay?

And so, but it's not clear at this point if Abraham has all this.

These visitors have just come and they've promised this blessing.

And so, so it seems then that God is saying, should I let him in on my counsel or should I not?

And I think the reason why the answer to that question is yes, is because God wants Abraham to be fully confident that the God that he is covenanted with will be just.

That is, what he will do is the right thing in every circumstance.

I believe that as God ponders with himself here and then says, should I let him in on what I'm going to do or not?

The purpose is so that Abraham's faith will be deepened and his confidence will be established that God is a just God.

He's saying, I'm going to demonstrate my justice in judgment against Sodom.

But I want Abraham to know what I'm doing.

And he even says, so I'm going to go and see in person.

It's not like God doesn't know what's going on in Sodom already.

But he's going to send his representatives.

He's going to make sure that what he knows was actually true.

He's going to doubly make sure by actually seeing what's going on in Sodom.

And so that's part of what these men who are with him go and do.

And it's very clear that the outcry is very great, right?

There's a public reputation.

We've already seen it.

If you went back to chapter 13, when Lot chose to go that way, it said, and Sodom was a very wicked city.

We knew that already.

But the outcry, just like as we live in our world today and we hear these stories, we hear stories of famine in East Africa.

We hear stories of genocide in other parts of the world.

We hear stories of totalitarian governments.

And we hear this outcry of the public against that which is wrong in the world.

So similarly, in Sodom, there was that kind of outcry, it seems.

It was publicly known what a wicked place it was.

And God says, Abraham, I want you to know that what I'm doing is right.

He invites him in to be a part of this covenant people and to say, because you're the father of this, I want you to understand what I'm doing.

I want you to be a part of it.

And so what we see is God having deliberated then in the verses 20 through 22.

He goes and explains to Abraham, this is what I'm going to do.

I'm going to go down and I'm going to do this, right?

And so this is what God is up to, trying to build Abraham's confidence.

All right?

So it's an interesting question for us.

How do we build confidence in God's character?

How do we know that God is truly good?

How do we, in circumstances like what I described in the beginning,

how do we begin to wrap our minds around,

will God do right in this circumstance?

You know, it's not always an easy thing to do.

And God doesn't always let us in on all the specifics of what we're facing.

But there are some very clear places where we see that God,

as he invites us in to be his covenant people,

he wants us to know his character.

So you go to places like Ephesians 2, 1 through 8,

where if you've been here all year, you remember when we preached through this.

Ephesians 2, 1 through 8, it talks about all of us being under sin,

that we are dead in our sins and transgressions,

that all of us deserve, are actually enemies of God,

and deserving of his wrath.

Then it goes on and it says,

But God, who is rich in mercy,

with the great love with which he has loved us,

raised us up and made us alive with Christ,

and seated us with him.

And so Paul, in Ephesians 2, 1 through 8,

reminds us that this is the kind of God we have,

that when we deserve judgment,

when we deserved something terrible,

what God brought to us was mercy and grace

through the work of Jesus Christ.

And he reminds us this is the kind of God that we serve,

that at the cross we see it is a place where sinners like us

are pardoned and redeemed

at the very same time that our sin is judged and taken away

and bears our wrath.

And this is the thing about it, right?

That we think God who is rich in mercy,

who loved us with this great love,

and yet did he do that by overlooking our sin?

No, he did that by bearing our sin.

And so if we want to know whether God is just,

we look at the cross.

And if we want to know whether God is merciful,

we look at the cross,

and we see both of them married together

in this one amazing act

that only God could imagine

and only God could carry out for us.

The other thing that Abraham learns

and that we can learn about this

is that we recognize,

it's fascinating,

when you look in verses,

verse 19 in particular,

part of what you see is that

as God is calling Abraham

into this covenant relationship,

he's saying,

I want you to live differently, right?

What are the words he says?

To keep the way of the Lord

by doing righteousness and justice

so that the Lord may bring the covenant promises.

And friends,

is this not true for us as well?

Again, in the book of Ephesians,

there's this beautiful move

where the first three chapters

talk about what God has done for us to save us,

and then he starts with chapter four.

Do you remember the words in chapter four?

He says,

brothers and sisters,

I urge you by the mercies

to live a life worthy of the calling

that you have received.

Now that I have called you

to be in this covenant relationship

where you have received salvation for me,

now I call you to live that out,

live a life worthy

of what you have received for me.

And then he spends the next three chapters

living that out.

That has to be with unity.

It has to do with worship.

It has to do with love.

It has to do with humility.

It has to do with words that don't hurt,

but that build up.

It has to do with anger

that doesn't consume us.

It has to do with not being lazy,

but working hard.

It has to do with all sorts of ways

that we live lives

that are in the way of the Lord.

Lord,

it's not self-righteous living

so that God will be pleased with us

and think greatly of us,

but it's God-centered living

that we would live for him

so that he would be pleased with us,

not for our favor,

but because we so desire

to bless him with a life

that is worthy of the calling

that we have received from him.

So what God is up to

is reminding Abraham

and bringing him in

and helping him

to begin to wrestle

with this question of

can you trust me

as my covenant partner?

And as we on this side of the cross

have even more greater confidence

to be brought into that relationship

and to see the confidence we can have,

then we come to the second half

of the passage,

starting in verse 21.

21, right?

22 is a,

or 22.

It's a fascinating,

in case you wondered this,

and Nick mentioned this last time,

but these three men showed up

at Abraham's tent

at the beginning of chapter 18,

right?

And he just,

and somehow Abraham knew

from the very start

these were not normal men,

right?

He ran out to them,

he like rushed into the kitchen

and said,

pull out the best food,

we've got to honor

these very special gifts.

He knew that they were from God

in a very unique way.

But here we see in verse 22

something fascinating.

There were three of them,

two of the men,

then went down to the city of Sodom,

went on to do the exploration,

and next week we'll see

what happens to them,

right?

And in their exploration

of the wickedness of the city.

But the third person,

who was it?

Well, interestingly,

it was the Lord himself,

right?

Because suddenly,

the two men go off

and Abraham's there,

and who does he have next to him?

The Lord himself.

And he has this conversation

with them,

right?

The men depart,

and God,

in 23 through 25,

he asks the question

that I think is at the heart

of this passage.

Verse 25 is this,

shall not the judge

of all the earth

do what is just?

And he's basically saying,

you've called me

to be your covenant partner

and to be a blessing

to this world,

right?

And by the way,

my cousin,

no, my nephew,

my nephew Lot,

he lives there.

He lives in that city.

And there's got to be

some other people

in that city.

Can it really be

that wicked?

What if there are

some righteous there?

Can you really punish

the righteous

with the wicked?

Is that really

what you're going to do?

And remember

that Abraham

was already invested.

Abraham had already

blessed Lot

by giving him

the preference

of the land.

And Abraham

had already rescued Lot

in chapter 14

when other kings

had come

and tried to take

over the land.

So he was,

so Abraham

was already positioned

to be a channel

of blessing

and in particular

with Lot

and with his family

although it was

a greater scope

of the question.

And so he comes

with this question,

God,

are you really

going to do this?

But I want you

to see the tone

that he asks

because I think

it's very important

because we often

come to God

in these moments

of questioning

and moments

of doubting

and we come

to him and say,

I don't agree

with you, God.

I think I know

better than you.

How could you do this?

That's not how

Abraham comes.

Do you see

how he comes?

Look at the words

that he uses.

verse 25.

Far be it from you

to do such a thing

to put the righteous

to death

with the wicked

so that the righteous

fare as the wicked.

It's basically saying,

God,

you're the one

who said

justice is so important.

You're the one

who defines

what justice is.

How could you?

So on the basis

of what you say

you are,

don't do this.

How could you do this?

What if there are 50?

Right?

And then he bargains

and it's a fascinating

back and forth

and again,

you see Abraham's humility.

Far be it from me, Lord.

Please don't be angry with me

but can I press you

just a little bit more

on this?

How many righteous people

will it take for you

to withhold your judgment

from the city?

And he gets all the way

down to 10

and then the conversation's over.

Right?

Right?

This appeal

is based in God's character.

It's not based

on what we think is right,

what we think is good

but it's based on

what God has already

said about himself.

And fascinatingly,

we see this

throughout scripture.

This is exactly

what Moses did

in Exodus 32

is after the golden calf incident,

God says,

all right,

I'm done with you.

You obviously didn't get this.

I'm up on the mountain

giving you my law

and you're down at the bottom

worshiping an idol?

Forget it.

I'm going to wipe you all out.

I'm going to start again.

Moses,

I'm going to give you a new wife

and we're going to start over.

And Moses says,

Lord,

how can you do this

to your people

whom you have brought

out of the land of Egypt

with great power

and with a mighty hand?

Why should the Egyptians say

with evil intent

did he,

that is God,

bring them out

to kill them on the mountain

and consume them

in the face of the earth?

Turn from your burning anger

and relent from this disaster

against your people.

And then listen to this.

Remember Abraham

and Isaac

and Israel,

your servants

to whom you swore

by your own self

and said to them,

I will multiply your offspring

as the stars of heaven

and all this land

I've promised

I will give to your offspring

and they shall inherit it forever.

Moses appealed to God

on the basis

of what God had already said

and what God had already done.

And we see it all over.

If you read the Psalms,

this spring,

my small group

did a section,

did book three

of the Psalms,

which kind of takes you

through like the 70s

to the 90s,

something like that.

I can't remember

exactly the scope.

But it's fascinating

how many times

we saw this.

It was in the midst of,

God,

your hand of judgment

is heavy on your people.

But here's Psalm 79, 8.

Do not remember against,

do not remember against us

our former iniquities.

Let your compassion

come speedily to meet us,

for we are brought very low.

Help us,

O God of our salvation,

for the glory of your name.

Deliver us

and atone for our sins.

For your name's sake,

why should the nation say,

where is their God?

Let the avenging

of the outpoured blood

of your servants

be known among the nations

before our eyes.

So the Psalmist is saying,

God, redeem us,

not because we deserve it,

we know we've sinned,

but do this for your name's sake.

Do this for your glory.

So we see this appeal

and God agrees.

God relents.

He says,

yes,

if there are only 10,

I will save them.

Now,

you've got to come back next week

to find out what happens.

Spoiler alert.

Sodom and Gomorrah,

well,

everyone knows what happened to it,

right?

God brought judgment on it.

You know why?

There are only three.

There are only three

who were saved.

Only three who came out

of the city.

And it's not good.

So what do we make of this?

What does this have to teach us?

Do we get to bargain with God

about who gets to be saved

and who doesn't

or that sort of thing?

No,

I don't think so.

Don't think that's the point.

I think instead

it's the point

that Abraham is pushing God

so that he would have

greater confidence

that God would be

unjust,

that God would not

do wrong

in his act of judgment

against sin.

Abraham isn't questioning

whether God

would really do something

unjust,

but he's pressing,

he's exploring

what is the extent,

what is the commitment

that you have,

God,

to your justice.

And the commitment

is great.

It's so amazing.

So what are some

of the things we see from

one of the things

that we do see

is that it seems

that the presence

of righteous people

are a blessing

to a fallen world.

Because here

in this passage

the presence

of ten righteous people

would have withhold

at least for a time

the judgment.

And we see this

as a greater theme

throughout scripture

that the presence

of righteous people

brings good

even in evil circumstances.

There's a great,

great story,

a guy named

Ernest Gordon

who was,

who was a World War II

Brit

who was captured

and was in a

internment camp

in Southeast Asia,

one of the Japanese-run

internment camps.

And he knew the Lord.

And when he showed up

he was praying,

God,

will you help me

in the midst of this

completely,

unbelievably horrific situation?

Will you help me

to bring light

and life to this?

And you know what?

He did.

By his kindness,

by his faithfulness,

and not him alone,

there were others

that he found,

other followers of Jesus

in this camp

that he found

and by their faith in God

and by their clinging to him,

they practiced

basic Christian character

of kindness

and goodness

and not selfishness.

And it transformed

first the prisoners

and then some of the guards

and the whole way the camp,

the camp was known

by the end of the war

as one of the least

violent camps.

Now,

don't get me wrong,

it was still horrific.

It was still terrible.

But there was an impact

that happened

because of that.

And I think that God

can do that.

And I think we need to see

that this is part of what,

this is part of why

even when God

sends his people

into exile,

in Jeremiah 29, 7,

he says,

go and live in the place

that I'm planting you

and seek the welfare

of the city

that you're living in.

Because I have an intention

for my covenant people

to be a blessing

where they are.

And where they are,

they will bring good

into it.

not in a righteousness

that lords it over

and looks down

on all those terrible people

and thinks,

gosh,

if we only could get rid

of all those sinful people

in the world,

we'd be doing so much better.

No,

that's not the attitude at all.

But it truly

to be a blessing.

God has blessed me

and I want to bless you

with the blessing

that God has given me.

The second thing

that we see

in application

is that Abraham

does,

in a sense,

intercede

for the people

of Sodom and Gomorrah.

He is standing

between them

and as God invited him

into the council,

he's saying,

God,

would you be clear?

Will you rescue

the righteous ones

who are amongst them?

Will you do this?

And God said,

yes,

I will.

Even if that means

I withhold my judgment,

I will rescue

the righteous ones.

Now,

we know

as we look

into the New Testament

that there is no one

righteous,

not one.

And so,

we can't plead

for God's,

on the behalf

of sinners

that God would simply

treat them

as righteous people.

But what we can do

is we can plead

that God would save them,

that God would be

merciful to them

in the same way

that he has been

merciful to us.

And so,

we are called

to a life of prayer,

not only to a life

of doing good

and blessing to others,

but a life of prayer

that God might do

his saving work

in the life of others

as well.

But friends,

I tell you this,

we will only live

these lives

if we have worked

through the question

that Abraham

had to work through

in this,

which is,

God,

can I really trust you?

Can I trust

your justice?

One of the commentators

that I read on this

said one of the,

one of the greatest dangers

in the human soul

and in the sinful spirit

is the,

the thought process

that we have

when we say,

well,

if I were God,

dot,

dot,

dot,

if I were God,

this is how it should work.

If I were God,

this is how it should be.

If I were God,

I would do it this way.

Because when it comes down to it,

we don't tend to trust

God's rightness

in judging people.

We tend to think

well of people

that we don't know.

There are people far away

that we've never met

and we think,

well,

they can't be that bad.

We think of unborn babies

and we think,

well,

God,

you couldn't ever

think about judging them.

That's a complicated

theological question.

Don't get hung up on that.

But it's a question.

We just think,

there are people we don't know

and we think well of them

and we think,

well,

God,

they don't deserve judgment.

And then we think

about our neighbors

and we think,

well,

they don't deserve judgment either.

I mean,

they're not,

they're not the,

they're not the perfect people

but they're pretty good.

Like,

we want to see this.

We have this instinct

to see the good

in others.

And in fact,

it's the same instinct

that we tend to have

with ourselves.

I know I'm bad

but I'm not that bad,

am I?

Like,

do I really deserve judgment?

Do I really deserve condemnation?

Is my sin really worth?

So the cross

comes to us

and it says,

yes,

it is.

Romans 3 says this,

there is no distinction

for all

have sinned

and fall short

of the glory of God.

But then it goes on

to say,

and are justified

by His grace

as a gift

through the redemption

that is in Christ Jesus

who God put forward

as a propitiation.

A propitiation

is something

that is given

to satisfy

or to appease

the wrath,

the right wrath

of an authority.

the propitiation

by His blood

to be received

by faith.

This was to show

God's righteousness

because in His divine

forbearance

He had passed over

former sins.

It was to show

His righteousness

at the present time

so that He might be

just

and the justifier

of the one

who has faith

in Jesus.

I'd love to preach

a whole other sermon

on that verse

but it's really cool.

what He's saying is

in the divine courtroom

in some way

God withheld

His judgment

on any sins

for people

who had lived

before Christ

that God would redeem

because those sins

would be judged

on the cross

in the person of Christ.

Just like all the sins

of all of us

who have lived

after Christ

and have trusted in Him

and have put our faith

in Him

and are brought

to new life in Him

that is where

our sins

deserve

their just justice.

We don't deserve

anything better

than Sodom and Gomorrah do

because of our sinfulness

and yet

God

who is rich in mercy

because of the great love

with which He has loved us

has saved us

because of what God

because He has offered

Jesus in our place.

Jesus takes the sin

and He then gives us

the forgiveness

of that sin

so that God

is both just

in punishing sin

and just

in forgiving us

our sin.

And it's one of the most

amazing things

about the gospel

and it gives us confidence

and this is where I want

to end

because as I wrestled

with God

sitting by the bedside

of my father

as He died

I came to the end

of myself

and I said

God I don't know

how this is going to work out

I don't know

my father's heart

I don't

you are the one

who is the judge

of the earth

but I will trust you

I will trust you

that you will not

do wrong

by my father

but that you will do

right

that you will do

you will do

the right thing

by Him

and I'm going to

leave Him at your feet

and trust that you

who know everything

will judge better

than I who don't.

And that hasn't

always been easy

to hold on to

but I believe

that because of

what God has done

in Christ

I have seen

the foundation

and I have been able

to have that confidence

this is the God

of the Bible

who has done

such an amazing work

to save me

and I can trust Him.

Let's pray together.

Lord we

we are humbled

by this text

but Lord we are

ultimately captivated

by your glory.

Lord that you are God

who is so committed

to righteousness

and justice

and love

and mercy

that you at the cross

would do this

incredible work

of saving us

in a way

that you have

not just

overrun your justice

Lord

but you have satisfied

your justice

and saved

unworthy people

like us.

What an amazing

God you are.

What an amazing

Savior we have

in Jesus.

Lord we pray

that we might be

those

who live

trusting in you

and that out of

that trust in you

we would live

righteous lives

that would seek

to bless others

around us

and Lord that we

would be men

and women of prayer

who would plead

for your gracious

work in the lives

of both

ourselves

and those around us

for your glory.

We pray this

in Jesus name.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.