Parables: Week 4

Well again, Welcome to Church at the Crossing. My name is Andrew.

I'm one of the pastors here, and if this is your first time at

Church at the Crossing or if you're new to Church at the Crossing, I'm

so glad that you decided to be here today because we are finishing the message

series. We've been in for a few weeks and we've been calling this message

series parables. Now I want you to take a look at the screen here,

and you'll notice on the screen there's a pair of bulls. Now,

that's a play on words. But what really is a parable? A parable

is a short story or a metaphor maybe it's a made up story that Jesus

told in order to share a truth or in order to reveal what the Kingdom

of God is like, who the Heavenly Father is, and how we can

relate to him. Now, the title of today's message is Who's Invited and

Who Gets In? We're gonna be looking at a parable that Jesus shared in

Luke chapter fourteen, where he answers these questions who's invited and who gets in?

Now, maybe you've seen in the news recently that there's been some controversy

or some drama around Taylor Swift concert tickets. Now, if you don't know

what I'm talking about, let me share a little bit of background. So

last year, Taylor Swift announced her tour dates and locations, and Taylor Swift

fans across the globe were invited to pre register on Ticketmaster for an opportunity to

buy tickets. These fans could preregister, then they would get a code and

they were invited to have an opportunity to buy these tickets. So when the

day of the ticket sale came and the sale opened, fourteen million people logged

onto Ticketmaster. What do you think happened? The website crashed. Taylor Swift

broke the Internet that day, and so many fans were disappointed because so many

fans did not get tickets they were invited to they preregistered, some fans did

get to some fans did not get tickets, Some paid for tickets that they

didn't get, and so a lot of fans were angry. A lot of

fans were disappointed. And I just want to say, if anyone here,

if you are one of those fans who was disappointed and discouraged and you feel

like you've been defrauded, we have a new support ministry starting just for you.

I'm kidding, I'm kidding. The demand for Taylor Swift tickets is so

high that someone did the math. Taylor Swift would need to perform nine hundred

shows to satisfy the demand. The math is one concert every night for two

and a half years. It's outrageous. Now all of the tickets sold out,

So the question who's invited? Everyone's invited, who gets in? Only

those who were lucky enough to get tickets. Now, if you still want

tickets, you can buy tickets second hand if you're willing to take out a

home equity loan. The average price for one ticket is over three thousand dollars,

and some tickets are going up over twenty thousand dollars. My wife is

a Taylor Swift fan, and she told me that she did the math and

that it makes more economic sense for her to travel to Europe next year and

see the show on the European tour. And I said, we'll look at

the budget. Who's invited and who gets in? Well, with these concert

tickets, everyone's invited, but who gets in? Only those who are lucky

enough, Only those who could pay that money, Only those who had the

means to buy a ticket. I wonder if Christianity has ever felt like that

to you. Has it ever felt like Christianity is out of your reach because

you don't have what it takes, or that God is so far away and

you're not good enough for him, Or has it ever felt like Christianity or

salvation is only for those who are good or look perfect and look holy on

the outside. Well, today, I want to tell you, no matter

your background, no matter what you've been through, no matter what you've done,

no matter what family you come from, God welcomes you into his family.

You are invited into his family. There is a place for you to

belong in the family of God. He wants a relationship with you. This

is the good news of Jesus. You do not need a ticket. You

do not need a perfect life. You do not need self righteousness, you

don't need flawless church attendance and Bible memory verses, because Jesus says you're invited

for free. Every single person is invited. When Jesus died on the cross,

he paid the price for our sins, and when he rose from the

dead, he's security eternal life for us. Everyone's invited. Who's invited?

Say it with me. Who's invited everyone? Romans chapter ten says, anyone

who believes in him will never be put to shame. Everyone who calls on

the name of the Lord will be saved. Everyone's invited, who gets in?

Well. Jesus tells us this parable in Luke chapter fourteen, and the

parable teaches us everyone's invited, but a few people do not get in because

of a decision they make. Let's take a look at this parable in Luke

chapter fourteen, Verse sixteen says, Jesus replied, a certain man was preparing

a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet,

he sent his servants to tell those who had been invited, come for everything

is now ready. Let me pause and explain some of the background. So

in this context, this is the first century of Israel. In that culture.

Basically, when someone was hosting a party or a celebration, everyone was

invited. There were no limits. All of the family, all the community,

all the neighbors, all of the relatives, and including cousin Eddie.

All these people were invited, and the host would send messengers out with save

the dates. Save the date the party's coming, We're getting ready, and

then the messengers would go back out when the party was ready. Come,

the party is ready, The party is now. So that's what's happening here.

Everything is now ready. Look at verse eighteen. But they all alike

began to make excuses. The first said, I've just bought a field and

I must go and see it, please excuse me. Another said I've just

bought five yoke of oxen and I'm on my way to try them out,

please excuse me, And still another said I just got married, so I

can't come. The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then

the owner of the house became angry. Have you ever tried using an excuse

to get out of a social obligation or commitment, or using an excuse to

get out of responsibility? When I was a young boy, I injured my

right index finger and I needed stitches, and I tried using this as an

excuse. It was all stitched up, and I still have a scar where

the stitches were, and had a bandage and a splint on my finger,

and I used it as an excuse to try and get out of schoolwork.

I said, my finger hurts so bad, I can't do my homework.

But the problem was I'm left handed. So in the story that Jesus tells

all the invited guests make excuses. They make excuses, and the owner,

the host, becomes angry when they make excuses. Why does he become angry?

Let me share a little bit of context for the first century israel culture.

In this culture, it was offensive to refuse an invitation. It was

dishonoring to refuse an invitation. You see, at a celebration like this,

the host received honor when everyone attended, when his house or his venue was

full of his guests. That the number of guests who attended equaled the number

of how much honor the host received. And so I was speaking to one

of my friends who grew up in Egypt and in this part of the world

and in that part of the world. My friend explained to me, if

you refuse an invitation, or you make up an excuse, you're actually sending

a code message. And that code message is saying I don't want to be

in your life, and I don't want you to be in my life.

That's what this excuse is communicating. And so let's keep reading the rest of

this story. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant

go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the

poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lane. Sir, the

servant said, what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.

Then the master told his servant go out to the roads and the country

lanes and compel them to come in. That my house will be full.

I tell you not one of those who were invited will get a taste of

my banquet. Remember, if you refuse the invitation, it's like saying I

don't want to be in your life, and I don't want you to be

in my life. And so the host is saying, fine, if you

don't accept my invitation, you don't get in. Who's invited? Everyone's invited,

Who gets in? Everyone who says yes to the invitation gets in.

The story of Jesus shows us that everyone who makes excuses, everyone who rejects

the invitation does not get in. Those who say yes to the invitation get

in. And here's what this translates for you and me. For you and

me, this is the invitation of God, the invitation of God's Grace says,

come to him. Everyone is invited. You are invited, and you

don't need a ticket to get in. You don't need money to get in,

you don't need a pedigree to get in. You are invited, and

when you say yes, you get in. Every single person is invited to

Grace and you don't even pay for it. Every man, every woman is

invited to the table of everyone who is rich, Everyone who is poor is

invited. Every person with light skin, every person with dark skin, everyone

who is poor, everyone who is rich, the healthy, the sick.

If you live in Hamilton County, if you live in Marion County, every

single person is invited to the family of God. Have you said yes?

If he said yes to the invitation? What happens when you say yes to

God's invitation? Then Jesus changes your life. When you say yes to the

invitation, you're saying yes to so much more than a dinner party. You're

saying yes to a life change and eternal change. And God transforms your life.

And I want to draw your attention to one comment that Jesus makes in

our text. It's at the very end of Luke chapter fourteen. Jesus describes

those of us who say yes to God's invitation. Look at what he says

about us. He says, those of you who do not give up everything

you have cannot be my disciples. He says, you have to give up

everything to come follow him. Give up everything. And you say, well,

if I give up everything, what do I get? You get eternal

life and you get a transformed life. Because when you leave behind the old

life, when you give up the old path, the old way of sin,

you're saying, all I want is Jesus, all I need is Jesus.

Give me Jesus. Those who say yes, give up the old life

of sin. And want you to notice this phrase give up. The word

get give up in Greek is a word that means to separate from or look

at this, it means to bid farewell. Following Jesus. Saying yes to

his invitation is when you bid farewell to the old life, bid farewell to

the old pattern of sin in your life. And we have a theological term

for this, and it's the word repentance. Everyone's say repentance. Repentance.

Now, the word repentance can be misunderstood. It can even bring up some

baggage if it's been misused. Some might think of repentance and think about an

angry TV preacher screaming about hell and condemnation. I want to I want us

to forget that and erase that baggage. Biblically, according to the Gospel of

Jesus, repentance is a gift from God. It's a beautiful gift that invites

us to respond to his grace. Repentance bids farewell to the path of sin

and returns to God. That's what repentance is. It's saying goodbye to the

old life, goodbye to the sin, and following Jesus. I've shared before

that I enjoy hiking and mountain climbing, and last year I was out in

the Rocky Mountains and I was climbing one hike on this really tall mountain and

at one point we were like above the clouds and we got to the top

of the mountain. I had never been on this mountain before, and the

path was very narrow. It was difficult to find the path sometimes and it

was very loose gravel, so it was very careful to make my way up.

And you can see this picture. This is how the day started.

When I started the hike. By the time I got to the top and

came back down. This second picture shows this fog that moved in. This

fog was so thick and heavy I could barely see the trail in front of

me, and I actually lost the trail. I lost my bearing, and

I started walking down the wrong side of the mountain, which is very dangerous

in your life. Sin is like a fog that clouds your vision for your

life. Sin keeps you from seeing what God wants to show you in your

life. It keeps you from seeing the path of God in your life.

And the fog of sin will say things to you like, hey, everybody

else is on this path, so it's okay. Or it'll say, you

know, nobody knows about your secret issues, it's okay. Or it'll say

this is acceptable in our culture. You can just keep going on this path.

When I was walking on this mountain for just a moment, the fog

lifted and I could recheck my bearings. And what I found is I was

way off course. I was walking down the wrong side of the mountain,

and if I had kept going, I was headed for a very steep,

slippery drop with loose gravel, loose boulders. It would have been really dangerous.

So what did I do? I repented. I bid farewell to that

dangerous path, and I turned around and walked to the correct path. I

didn't hesitate, I didn't make any excuses. I didn't debate. I didn't

say to myself, well, let's see how close we can get to the

danger. No, when I saw the danger, I turned around and bid

farewell. The grace of God lifts the fog from our eyes so that we

can see our errors and we can turn around. And I want to be

really clear. I want to make sure that we have the correct theology about

repentance. So I invite you to lean in to what I'm about to say.

I believe what I'm about to say is going to help free some people

today who've been trapped in guilt and shame. Repentance does not earn grace.

It does not earn grace. Grace is free because Jesus paid for it.

Jesus's blood purchased grace for you. Repentance does not earn grace. Repentance is

a response to grace. When you say yes to the invitation of Jesus,

you respond to that grace in repentance respond to it in repentance. Repentance bids

farewell to the old path and returns to Jesus. In the story that Jesus

tells, do you remember how did the original guests respond to the invitation?

Look at verse eighteen. They all alike began to make excuses. They make

excuses. They're too busy, they're overworked, over committed, distracted. For

whatever reason, they say, this is more important than the invitation, even

if it's a good thing, even if it's a productive thing. They're saying,

I love this more than the invitation for whatever reason, pride, selfishness,

greed, whatever, they say, I love this, and I will

not bid farewell to this. Jesus's story teaches us that true repentance bids farewell

to excuses, bids farewell to excuses. Some of us have made excuses about

following Jesus for whatever reason. Maybe some of us don't believe Jesus is free

invitation, or some of us just don't take it very seriously. And I've

heard so many excuses for not following Jesus. I've heard some that say,

you know, I'll get serious about faith when I get older, but right

now, in my twenties. I'm gonna I'm gonna live my life, do

my thing where I've heard some say I've got a busy career, I've got

commitments. I've got my education to worry about. I don't have time for

that. I've heard some say, you know, I'm a good person,

I'll get into heaven, or some have said, you know, I don't

need faith because I believe in science. I even heard one person say Jesus

didn't need to die for me. I'm a pretty good person. He could

have just stubbed his toe for me. I think one of the most common

excuses is believing I'm not good enough for God. I've messed up too much

for God. One of the biggest excuses is believing that you need to earn

grace. I'm not good enough for God. And this is the excuse or

the lie that I believed. When I was younger, there was a lot

of sin in my life, a lot of brokenness. I was hurting,

I was bitter, I was angry, I lied, I stole, I

had addiction struggles. I was a mess, and I wanted my life to

be fixed. And I believe this lie that I had to earn grace,

and so I thought, I'll try to clean up my life. I'll try

to make my life look good. I'll try to make God see that I'm

worthy because of my own righteousness. What do you think happened? The harder

I tried to earn it, the more shame I felt when I failed,

the more discouragement I felt. Until I got to the end of my rope.

So I was so broken that I cried out to God. I was

in my bedroom one afternoon on the floor and I cried. I said,

God, I'm tired of being a hypocrite. I'm tired of being fake.

I'm tired of lying. I'm tired of all these secrets. I said,

Jesus, take control. And what do you think he did? What happened

next? Jesus took control. I said yes to the invitation, and Jesus

cleansed me. Jesus forgave me. He broke addiction, he healed my hurts.

Has anybody else said yes to Jesus? Has anybody else received the grace

of Jesus. I'm changed because of Jesus. Don't make excuses, bid farewell

to excuses. Come to Jesus. Say yes this story also shows us that

true repentance bids farewell to delay decisions. True repentance bids farewell to delay decisions.

It's possible that someone here is listening and you're hesitant about following Jesus.

You might be reluctant to make that decision for whatever reason. Maybe you've got

doubts or you've got questions. You go back and forth, you know,

one day wanting to be committed to Jesus, one day wanting to go the

way of the world. And you're struggling. And I want to tell you,

God is eager to receive you. God is urgently seeking you. He

wants a relationship with you. He wants to transform you, he wants to

change you. Take a look at the text in our story. In verse

twenty one, the host sends a message out, and he says, go

quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring the poor, the

crippled, the blind, and the lame friends. This is us in all

of our own ways. We are broken, we are hurting, we are

needy, we are sick. And God has come running to us quickly.

This is urgent. And he says, go out to the roads and the

country lanes and compel them to come in. Compel them to come in the

Greek word here for compel means to urge, doing so with urgency as oppressing

necessity. The decision to follow Jesus is a necessary decision. Choosing to say

yes to his invitation is a necessary decision. It is the most important decision

of your life, because this decision is the difference between life and death.

Death comes for every single one of us, and it's a dangerous, risky

gamble to delay this decision. James Chapter four says, why you do not

even know what will happen tomorrow? Does anybody here know what will happen tomorrow?

Are you guaranteed tomorrow? What is your life? You are a mist

that appears for a little while and then vanishes. This is urgent. The

more you delay the decision, the more likely you are to miss it.

Last fall, I was traveling out of state and I drove on a toll

road. And you know, it used to be on a toll road that

you could put some change in the basket at the toll booth, or you

can hand the toll booth attendance some money. But nowadays, what do the

tolls do. It's all digital, it's all electronic, and so the camera

scans your license plate and then you get billed in the mail. And so

when I got back home from my trip, I got the bill in the

mail for my toll, and I ignored it. A few weeks went by,

I got a second bill. I took that and I stuck it in

my work bag and I forgot about it. I delayed this for eight months.

When I finally got online to pay my bill, I saw that I

had some late fees. My toll was four dollars. My whole bill was

seventy dollars. My delayed decision cost me dearly. The price of sin is

greater than elapsed whole payment. The price of sin is death and eternal punishment.

But God's love for you is so great that in his grace, God

has made a way for you to receive forgiveness, for you to escape that

punishment. Because when Jesus died on the cross, he became your substitute.

He stepped in your place. He paid what you owned. When Jesus died,

he got what you deserved, so that you can receive what you do

not deserve. You receive forgiveness and life. And three days after dying,

Jesus rose from the dead because he is perfect, because death could not hold

him, the grave could not keep him, and he is victorious over everything

in your life. Then wants to tell you that you cannot change. This

world will tell you that you're stuck in your sin. Shame, will tell

you that you are trapped in addiction. But the resurrection of Jesus says that

there is freedom, and there is hope, and there is healing. So

do not delay, Do not delay, Do not delay. I knew a

young man who struggled to commit his life to Jesus, and he struggled with

the things of the world. He grew up attending church, he even played

music in the church. But he had these these struggles, these weaknesses,

these vices of the world. For example, he really liked to party and

make some poor choices, and he had a he had a girl on the

side that he would hook up with, and then he would feel regret and

shame for his sin, and he promised to change his ways, and then

he'd be good for a while, and then he'd lapse back and they'd hook

up again, and the cycle of shame and sin and shame and sin.

And he often confessed this to me, saying that he wanted to change,

but he would not bid farewell to the things of the world. He would

not bid farewell to sin. Shame will keep you stuck in delay. The

path of sin will keep you far from God. But when you repent and

you bid farewell to that, you can receive more of God's blessings in your

life. Do not delay. Have you decided to say yes to the invitation?

So this text, this message is teaching us that true repentance bids farewell

to excuses. True repentance bids farewell to delay decisions. And the last thing

we learned today is true repentance is a lifestyle. It's a lifestyle. Repentance

is not just a one time decision. Repentance is not just a one time

prayer that you pray to get saved. Repentance is a lifestyle. And I

want to be very clear. I think it's very important for us to understand

that repentance is a part of the Gospel of Jesus because there are many faith

systems out there, even systems that say they believe in Jesus or worship Jesus.

But those belief systems will lie to you and they will say you there's

no need for repentance. The Gospel of Jesus says that you and I we

are sinners. We deserve death, but we can't save ourselves. So God's

grace saves us through the death and resurrection of Jesus. And when we receive

grace, God empowers us to repent, to bid farewell to the old life,

and live into a new life. The Gospel of Jesus is a gospel

of grace. It's a gospel of repentance. And so if you're a follower

of Jesus, you are called to a life style of repentance. This doesn't

mean you get resaved every time you sin, or every time you mess up

or make a mistake. You have to pray a prayer to get resaved.

No, it's a lifestyle of repentance bidding farewell to that sin. One of

my dear friends is Julian. I met Julian over twelve years ago when he

made the decision to repent and follow Jesus. Julian was a really talented high

school football player until an injury in his senior year stopped him from playing,

and Julian lost his way. Julian had a crisis of identity. He was

depressed and confused and discouraged, and he started looking to things of this world

to fill that emptiness in his life. And then he got caught underage drinking,

but he didn't stop, and he kept pursuing sin in the things of

the world. And then he got caught again and his driver's license was suspended,

but he didn't He kept going. And then he got pulled over for

driving without a license and had more consequences. And then Julian came to the

end of his rope, depressed, angry, hurting, isolated, and he

turned to God. He started reading his Bible, and then he started fasting

from food because because he just wanted more of God. And then one day

he came to church and when I met Julie, and Julian said to me,

I want to follow Jesus no matter what it takes. I want God

to have control of my life. And he made a decision to bid farewell

to the old life of sin and follow Jesus. Since then, Julian has

helped disciple people. Julian has shared the Gospel with people today, Julian is

married and he and his wife are both serving in ministry, all because of

his decision to bid farewell and say yes to the invitation. My question for

you today is what do you need to bid farewell to? What do you

need to say goodbye to? Do you need to bid farewell to excuses,

bid farewell to delay decisions? Do you need to bid farewell to a certain

relationship in your life that's keeping you from following Jesus. Do you need to

bid farewell to a secret or a sin pattern that you've been hiding. What

is it that you need to bid farewell to and say goodbye and turn to

Jesus. Jesus says, unless you give up everything, unless you give up

that old life, you can't be as follower. But when you give it

up, he gives you everything. Repentance is a lifestyle, and I want

to close by sharing how repentance has affected my life. Back in February,

I made a trip down to Wilmore, Kentucky because I had heard about a

Christian revival that was happening on the campus of Asbury University, the small Christian

college. And it started on a random Wednesday morning when a group of students

did not want to leave their chapel worship service. And these handful of students

were praying and worshiping God, and then they started confessing their sins to each

other and repenting from their sins. And then more students began to gather.

And this lasted all day, and then it lasted all through the night,

and then into the next day and into the next night, and it lasted

for two weeks around the clock, night and day, night and day.

And it got a lot of publicity, and more than fifty thousand people traveled

to Wilmore to see this for themselves. And when I went there, Lauren

and I stood in line outside for four hours to get into this tiny chapel.

And when we were inside, I experienced the presence of God and the

renewal of His spirit. I saw numerous college age students stand up and from

a room of hundreds of people, and these students would confess their sin,

and they repented from addiction, and repented from anger and apathy and laziness.

They repented from lying. They repented, and they claimed Jesus. They said

yes to the invitation. And while I was there, there was an invitation

for any of us who wanted more of Jesus to get out of our seat

and walk down to the altar and kneel at the altar, just like these

altars here to my right, to my left. And I got up out

of my seat, and I didn't know what to expect, but I knew

that I wanted more of God. I wanted more of his grace. I

wanted to say yes to the invitation, and so I came down to this

altar just like this woman, and God brought to mind two things I needed

to repent from. The first thing was shame. There was a situation I

was going through that I blamed myself for and I held myself responsible for,

and the devil was lying to me, holding it over my head. And

while I was kneeling at the altar, the grace of God said, Andrew,

that is not your fault. You leave it here at the altar,

do not pick it up again, and we are closing the door on that.

That was the first thing. And then the second thing I needed to

repent from that day was some bitterness toward a person in my life. I

had been angry with this person and I thought that I had forgiven them.

But while I was kneeling at the altar, the Lord kindly said to me,

Andrew, why do you not want to pray for that person? They

need they need grace. But I was too bitter and I wanted I didn't

want to pray for them, and so they're at the altar. I repented

from that and I prayed for that person. And then when I stood up

from that altar, I felt lighter, I felt free, and I walked

out in more grace. I remember, because I went to that altar and

I repented from sin. It wasn't getting resaved. Repentance is a lifestyle.

And so here's what I want to say today as we end. These altars

are open is once to my left and to my right. You're welcome to

use these altars to pray. If there's anything you need to confess, repent,

If there's anything you want more from the Lord, come to him.

And there's nothing magical about coming to an altar, but there is something spiritual

because let me tell you, why why did I walk down that aisle and

kneel at an altar in this tiny Chaplin Wilmore, Kentucky. Because I wanted

a marker in my memory. I wanted to release that shame and that bitterness.

I wanted to repent, and I didn't want to pick it up again.

I didn't want to carry it again. So now today, months and

months later, when the devil tries to accuse me, when the enemy tries

to say, hey, remember that shame, Hey that bitterness, I can

say no, I have a memory. I knelt down, I left it

there, and I'm not picking it up again. I'm walking in freedom because

I said yes to the invitation. So I don't invite you to stand with

me right now. And I want to extend an invitation to every single person

in this room today, and you're welcome to close your eyes and bow your

head with me, and while I'm praying, these altars are open. And

if you feel moved and compelled and you want to kneel at these altars,

you're welcome to come forward at any time. But the first invitation today is

for anyone here who is far from God. You might be living in sin,

you might be living in brokenness, you do not have a relationship with

God. If you want a relationship with God and you want to be right

with God, then I invite you to pray this simple prayer after me,

say, Dear God, I admit that I'm a sinner and I need your

forgiveness. I believe Jesus died for me and rose from the dead to save

me. Today I confess Jesus's lord of my life. I repent from all

my sin. If you prayed that prayer, your sin is gone, your

sin is forgiven. You said yes to the invitation of Jesus. You said

yes to the grace of Jesus. You said yes becoming a child of God.

Can we can we can we just say praise God for those who prayed

that prayer today? Can we say thank you for the grace You're a part

of the family of God. The second invitation to day is for anyone who

wants more of God's grace. Maybe you need him to heal something in your

life. Maybe you need a miracle in your life, or maybe there's something

you need to repent from. I invite you to simply pray, Father,

is there anything I need to repent? In bid farewell? And if he

reveals it to you, just just turn it over to him, say goodbye

to I'm gonna pray over us and at any time after I pray while we

sing this next song. These altars are ope, but if you want to

kneel and prayer, you can do that. Father God, thank you for

your grace. God. Thank you for your mercy that brings us to repentance.

God, thank you for renewal and rebirth. God, thank you for

redeeming us from brokenness. And so God, I pray for every person here

who's experiencing renewal in their spirit, for every person who's feeling more of your

grace. God, I thank you for the one who is letting go of

that guilt and that shame that is that is even years old. Yes,

God, we thank you and we give you praise. We thank you for

the grace and the mercy that we find at the cross of Jesus. And

it's in Jesus name we pray Amen.