The sermon by David Green focuses on Galatians chapter 5, contrasting the deeds of the flesh with the fruit of the Spirit. It highlights the opposition between the flesh and the Spirit, emphasizing that believers, led by the Spirit, are not under the law. The sermon outlines the characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, suggesting that these are evident in every believer. It stresses the importance of living by the Spirit, aligning one's life with the divine standard, and avoiding vainglory and envy. The transformative power of Christ's crucifixion is discussed as the means by which believers can overcome sin, urging them to walk orderly by the Spirit. The sermon also addresses the need for internal transformation over external practices in demonstrating true discipleship.

Alright, Galatians chapter 5 and what we've been doing of course on Wednesday nights we've just been going through the book of Galatians. Today I'm going to start reading at verse 16 even though We covered verses 16 through 21 last time, but today we'll read verses 16 through 26, and then we'll take our text, our primary text there, verses 22 through 26. But I just want to read for our reading this entire section because it does all go together. And so beginning there in Galatians 5 and verse 16 But I say walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh for the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh for these are in opposition to one another so that you do not do the things that you want but If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. The deeds of the flesh are evident, which are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk in step with the Spirit. Let us not become those with vainglory, challenging one another, envying one another.

And so reads the Word of God. Subject for the message this evening is the fruit of the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit. Last week we looked at and considered the deeds of the flesh and today I want us to to look at the fruit of the Spirit And even as we consider some of the thoughts from last week and then as we get into today's message I wanted to share a quote that I saw online that I thought fit very well with this. And it's a quote, I believe it came from John MacArthur, but I wouldn't you know, I forgot to write down who the quote came from.

But he said, sin's capacity to control a believer is forever severed because of Christ's finished work on the cross. Believers are no longer sin subjects, but have become slaves of God, the one whose slavery is freedom. And that fits in very, very well with what we're talking about today the deans of the flesh He said are manifest and those who practice such things Meaning those who Who those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. The unsaved, those who are lost in their sins, those who are without Christ, they're barred from entering into the spiritual kingdom. And that includes the kingdom as it is right now.

That's the kingdom over which Christ now rules, but also they'll be excluded from having any part in the coming millennial kingdom, or for that matter the eternal state that follows. There's no bright future to be found in sin. Whether you're young or you're old, whether you're a seasoned saint or not, the reality of the matter is this. Sin has no bright future. The wages of sin is death, the Bible tells us.

The only hope that we have is in Jesus Christ, which is why As we read all of this text here, I'm thankful tonight, very thankful, that the passage doesn't end with verse 21, Because if it did, there'd be no hope for any of us. There'd be no hope for you, there'd be no hope for me. The deeds of the flesh are evident. It doesn't take long for us to realize that we're sinners. As children, we didn't have to be taught how to be bad.

We had to be taught how to be good. We had to be taught what was right, misbehaving, sinning, rebelling. Those all came naturally to all of us, to some fashion or way. To some fashion or way. And so if the text ended with verse 21, That would be a just thing, but it would be terrible for us.

But verse 22 says, but, but the fruit of the Spirit. And I'm thankful tonight that there are passages like this throughout the Bible where there's a but. Praise God for the buts of the Bible. Thank the Lord that there are places where God, the God of heaven, has intervened and there's hope. And indeed we find that.

But the fruit of the Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit, Notice it's kind of a different way of putting it isn't it? The fruit of the Spirit and then he goes on and lists some things there he doesn't say the fruits of the Spirit. He says the fruit of the Spirit. That singular fruit denotes that the fruit of the Spirit is an indivisible whole produced in varying degrees by every believer. But without the Spirit, that fruit will not be produced.

And so, Let's examine this list and while we do that examine our own lives. You're a child of God tonight. You can expect that these things will be evident. In fact, in fact in Matthew chapter 7, notice how Jesus put it, in Matthew chapter 7, you can hold your place there in Galatians, but in Matthew chapter 7 Jesus put it this way Beginning verse 15 he says, Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.

Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles. Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then you will know them by their fruits." So Jesus says to beware of the false prophets and you'll know them by their fruit.

Now, as it is in the physical world, So it is in the spiritual. A good tree, a good tree will bring forth good fruit. I love a good fruit tree. In Ohio we had apple trees and We had a cherry tree and we had a couple other trees. But the value of a fruit tree, well, is measured by the fruit that it produces.

And a good fruit tree is going to bring forth good fruit, but a bad tree will bring forth bad fruit. And And so, so Jesus lays it down that way. This is what Paul is talking about here in Galatians. When he's talking about walking by the Spirit, when he's talking about being led by the Spirit, when he's talking about the deeds of the flesh are evident, but the fruit of the Spirit. You see, there's a contrast.

There is a definite contrast being made here. And so, what is this fruit of the Spirit? Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Let's go through and look at each one of these for a few moments this evening. In this enumeration of the fruit of the Spirit at the very top of the list, the front is love.

Jesus said in John chapter 13 and verse 35, he said, by this all will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another. In putting it this way, He gave the world permission for the world to judge the Christian, for the world to judge the followers of Christ, for the world to examine whether or not you and I are truly the disciples of Christ. And that test, that examination that he gave them. He said, by love, this is how you'll know. This is how they'll know.

It's not anything about the keeping of the law. It's not anything about circumcision, which is the whole mess that was being created by the Judaizers there with the churches of Galatia. It didn't have anything to do with those things, those externals. It wasn't baptism, the church that you attend, or even the Bible that you have, the version that you use, the clothes that you've got on your back, whether you've got a tie on or not, all those external things. No, no.

Said by love. The world is invited, if you will, to be a fruit inspector. If we're to take what Jesus said in John and kind of apply it here in Galatians 5, the fruit of the Spirit is love, and Jesus saying, by this all will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another. I look at it this way. The world is invited to be a fruit inspector and Jesus gave them the easy one.

The easiest one perhaps the spot of all the low hanging fruit if you will love love now you might think of love of hate as being the opposite of love and it could be someone might say well I I'm doing alright in this I don't hate anyone but sometimes the opposite of love is indifference Deep down there's such a division and indifference towards the brothers and sisters That goes right back to the deeds of the flesh strife indifference factions so on and so forth Over in first John chapter 3 this world's got such a messed up view of love, but look at what John said here in Sorry, beginning in verse 10, 1 John 3 and 10, By this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifested. Everyone who does not do righteousness is not of God, as well as the one who does not love his brother. For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him?

Because his deeds were evil and his brothers were righteous. Do not marvel, brothers, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed out of death into life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer.

You know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we have known love that he, meaning Jesus, laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But whoever has the world's goods and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but indeed in truth." And so it's more than just words, but its actions. And our great example is Jesus Christ.

Would it love like Him who gave Himself, who died on the cross for us, for His people? And so this is very serious stuff. A lot could be said about love, but I think that's why it's at the front. I think that's why it's there at the beginning. But we must move on.

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy. So the next on the list is joy. Now I don't know how many times I've heard preachers say that joy is not the same as happiness and then they go on telling their hearers about how Christianity brings joy but not happiness and they go on and talk about that for a while but I submit to you today this evening that joy is actually a happiness based on unchanging divine promises and eternal spiritual realities. John MacArthur put it this way he said it is the sense of well-being experienced by one who knows all is well between himself and the Lord." In 1st Peter chapter 1 and verse 8, 1st Peter chapter 1 and verse 8. Though you've not seen him, you love him, though you do not see him now, but believe in Him, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory." Joy inexpressible, joy unspeakable as the King James put it, and full of glory.

We have great joy. Joy is not the result of favorable circumstances. It even occurs when those circumstances are painful and severe. We have joy in Christ. Joy is a gift of God.

And as such, As such, we are a joyful people. Should be. How tragic it is though to find Christians or groups of Christians who are miserable. I mean, and go through life and it looks like they done been eating eating the lemon and maybe even You know their facial expressions look like they've done swallowed some cat hairs or something and they're just look like they're terribly miserable but that's not the way that God's people should be we want the fruit of the Spirit is joy And so even in times of trouble and trial, we have joy. So there's love, joy, and then peace.

What's peace? So again MacArthur gives this definition he says that's the inner calm that results from confidence in one's saving relationship with Christ. The verb form denotes building together is reflected in the expression having it all together. Like joy, peace is not related to one's circumstances. It's really important for us to realize that circumstances have nothing to do with the fruit of the Spirit.

Joy, peace, we're in Christ where we have the Spirit and even in times where there's chaos in this world we have peace. In John chapter 14, John chapter 14 and verse 27 you Wake up John 14 in verse 27 he says peace I leave you my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives. This world, there's no peace in this world. But Jesus, Jesus gives peace.

Over in Philippians chapter 4, I love this passage, Philippians chapter 4 verses 6 through Verses six through nine. He says, be anxious. Philippians chapter 4, begin verse 6. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses all comprehension will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is dignified, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable. If there is any excellence, and if anything worthy of praise, consider these things. These things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace, the God of peace will be with you. Oh, beloved, he says here, don't be anxious for anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, take it to the Lord. Whatever is on your mind, take it to the Lord.

Whatever has got your anxiety up, take it to the Lord. By prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God in the peace of God which surpasses all comprehension Guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Think on the things that are true, dignified, right, pure, lovely, commendable. We have peace in our God. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience.

Patience. What is patience? Patience. What is patience? Patience is the ability to endure injuries inflicted by others and the willingness to accept irritating or painful situations.

Bear in mind, we think about these things You meet different people and as you examine yourself you might find that through the Spirit some of this is more evident than others. Maybe then like someone may show more evidence of love or someone that may show more evidence of joy peace Someone may show more evidence of patience, but to some degree, all God's people have it. It's the thing about fruit. Going into the Colossians chapter 3. Colossians chapter 3.

B, verse 12 through 13. It says, So as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and graciously forgiving each other. Whoever has a complaint against anyone just as the Lord graciously forgave you, so also should you. And so, patience is listed here and he tells the Church of Colossi, he says put these things on. There may be things that we see as we go through these well I need to work more on this or I need to you know and patience is one of those things that sometimes I struggle with you know we live in a we live in a society where we have high-speed internet.

We have drive-thrus and microwaves and we want stuff now and usually can get it pretty quickly and so whenever you know traffic is slow or at a standstill or whatever you know, get kind of impatient with people. But we need to be patient. And one of the fruit, part of the fruit of the Spirit is patience. Kindness is the next one there. Kindness is a tender concern for others, reflected in a desire to treat others gently, just as the Lord treats all believers.

In Ephesians chapter 4 Ephesians chapter 4 Verses 31 and 32. He says, let all bitterness and anger and wrath and shouting and slander be put away from you along with all malice. See, that's all the deeds of the flesh. That's all fleshly stuff. He says, that all needs to be put away and he says instead be kind to one another, tender-hearted, graciously forgiving each other just as God in Christ also hath graciously forgiven you." And so we're to be kind.

This is not an option. This is certainly for the spirit. 2nd Timothy chapter 2 2nd Timothy chapter 2 verse 24 Verse 24. And the Lord's slave must not be quarrelsome, but kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may give them repentance, leading to the full knowledge of the truth. And they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will." Were to be kind, kind and with kindness, with gentleness, he says.

And we'll get to gentleness here in a little bit but gentleness, kindness these things are not unmanly. It's not lack of strength or power, but rather what this is, is it's power under control. Power under control. And this is what God is telling us in His Word, that these are the types of people that we're to be. We're to be bold, we're to be courageous, we're to be all of these things, but we see the fruit of the Spirit.

There's all these things. For time's sake, very quickly, next on the list is goodness. Goodness is moral and spiritual excellence manifested in active kindness. Believers are commanded to exemplify goodness. There's quite a bit we can look at here, but if we stick to this epistle in Galatians, in Galatians chapter 6 and verse 10, Galatians 6 and verse 10, it says, So then while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.

Goodness. God's people should be known for their goodness. Back there in our text, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. Faithfulness is loyalty and trustworthiness. Would it Be faithful to God, faithful to His church, faithful to His Word.

After all, great is His faithfulness. It's fruit of the Spirit. It's fruit of the Spirit. Gentleness. Look in there, verse 23.

Gentleness. MacArthur points out with this verse that this gentleness is a word that's better translated meekness. Gentleness or meekness is a humble and gentle attitude that is patiently submissive in every offense while having no desire for revenge or retribution. In the New Testament it's used to describe three attitudes. Submission to the will of God teachability.

Look there James chapter 1. James chapter 1 Verse 21. Therefore, laying aside all filthiness, all that remains of wickedness and gentleness, receive the implanted Word, which is able to save your souls, but become doers of the word and not merely hearers who delude themselves." And so, in gentleness, receive the implanted word. That's a fruit of the Spirit. There's a lot of things in the Bible that are contrary to the flesh.

The natural man doesn't receive this, for the Spirit is gentleness. Teachability if you will. Teachability, if you will. But, generalists also has to do with consideration of others, as we saw there in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 2, when we were talking 4 verse 2 when we're talking about kindness. Actually that may not be the verse that I had in mind Ephesians chapter 4 Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 2 he says with all humility and gentleness with patience, bearing one another in love.

As you begin to study these things out and I hope you can see a lot of this as I saw it. I could have taken each one of these and made an entire sermon out of each one, but what we find here is that a lot of times that they're mentioned in other passages of scripture we see how that they work together. I mean right here gentleness, patience, love. It's called the fruit of the Spirit for a reason. What I was thinking of a while ago is also in Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 32 where he said be kind to one another tender-hearted graciously forgiving each other just as God in Christ also has graciously forgiven you.

I was thinking of that verse but anyway they all go together they all tie together. Self-control. Self-control again. John MacArthur says this refers to the restraining of passions and appetites. 1st Corinthians chapter 9.

1st Corinthians chapter 9. Verse 24 and 25. Verse 24 and 25. Do you not know that those who run in a race run all, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

Now everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible." So just like the runner who's in the race, he has to have some self-control, some discipline. So it is spiritually. There must be spiritual discipline restraining the passions and the appetites over in 2nd Peter chapter 1 2nd Peter chapter 1 in verses 5 and 6 He He says, now for this very reason also, applying all diligence in your face, applying moral excellence in your moral excellence knowledge and in your knowledge self-control and in your self-control perseverance and in your perseverance godliness and then of course he goes on and in your godliness brotherly kindness and in your brotherly kindness love and then he says for if these things are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For in whom these things are not present, that one is blind, being nearsighted, having forgotten the purification from his former sins, therefore brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and choosing sure, for in doing these things you will never stumble.

And so these, Peter uses this as a sense of examination, but he brings up of course self-control. Self-control And so this list the furthest spirit and in Galatians 5 In 22 and 23 the list is given the fruit of spirit is love joy peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness self-control and he says against such things there is no law Against such things there is no law. There is no there is no law law against these things. Those who live in the Spirit, they are not in the law under the law, and we've considered that already, but he's bringing this out in a very clear way. There's life to be found there and not condemnation.

There is freedom and liberty to be found in living in the spirit, walking in the spirit, the fruit of the spirit. Verse 24. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires brings up something about crucifixion. I believe if I looked at this properly, this is only one of four times in the New Testament in which crucifixion is brought up and it's not dealing with Jesus dying on the cross. Paul wrote similarly in Romans chapter 6 and verse 6 as he wrote here also under inspiration of the Holy Spirit well Romans 6 beginning verse 5 and we'll go down to verse 7 here, but he says, For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of his resurrection, knowing this that our old man was crucified with him in order that our body of sin might be done away with so that we would no longer be slaves to sin for he who has died has been justified from sin." And so he's talking about this kind of death by which sin must die.

Sometimes the destruction of sin is called mortification. In fact, the word is used in the King James in Romans 8 verse 13 in the legacy standard it's just given to us as the putting to death and that's what mortification means the putting to death the practices of the body, putting to death sin. By crucifying the flesh, we don't understand this to mean that we literally take a sword and cut our bodies. That's not what he's talking about here. Nor is he talking about the total extermination, the total extinction of our old sin nature.

Even though we take it spiritually as he meant it he doesn't mean that as we go through life and we die daily we work on this we we crucified as he brings it out here we put to death the flesh doesn't mean that they'll eventually come a time when you reach what some call sinless perfection. Not in this life. You won't get there. I do believe that every child of God will get to a point of what you might call sinless perfection but that won't happen until you get to be with the Lord it won't happen here What our text is talking about is the overthrowing of the corruption, the overthrowing of our old sin nature from the dominion and the power that it has in our soul, in our lives. It's talking about destroying.

About destroying. Notice in the text here If you back up in Galatians 5 verse 16 he said, but I say walk by the spirit and you'll not carry out the desire of the flesh. He said in verse 17, the flesh sets its desire against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh, for these are in opposition to one another so that you do not the things that you want. He said if you are led by the Spirit you're not under the law. The deeds of the flesh are evident.

He names them and then he goes on and talked about the fruit of the Spirit. What's going on? There's a battle going on, a spiritual warfare. Not only do we fight that battle with outside adversaries, the devil and worldly temptations and so on and so forth. But we have that kind of battle going on in our own lives.

In fact, in lives. In fact, in fact, as he bears this out and tells us he calls it crucifying. I believe this is to show us the principle means an instrument of mortification. The principle means an instrument of putting to death the flesh. The only way you will ever have victory over this flesh and that is through the one who died on the cross, the death of Jesus Christ who died on the cross for the sins of his people.

You will not have this victory alone. Galatians chapter 2 verse 20 He said, I have been crucified with Christ. There is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me." Paul says, I have been crucified with Christ. Was Paul literally on Golgotha's Hill the day that Jesus was crucified?

No, he wasn't. He wasn't. But he, by extension every one of God's people, was made to be partakers with Christ's death, being crucified with Him, so that we who are born again, we who are saved, are not the same as what we were before. The child of God, Once you've been to the cross, once you've been to Jesus, once the blood of Christ has been applied, you'll not be the same. Be the same.

So the old man must be crucified. Crucifixion was a painful way of death, and So it is in our lives. This doesn't mean that when we're saved that there won't be any struggles. We still struggle with the flesh and all that sort of thing. We have responsibility.

We have responsibility as we as we think about crucifying this old flesh as we think about our responsibilities to walk in the spirit we think about this text walk in the Spirit. If we think about this text, the deeds of the flesh, the fruit of the Spirit, We know that the old man must be crucified. It's not done by feeding the flesh. It's not going to happen by binge watching TV, or spending time with the world, or reading books of the world, or neglecting Bible study, or skipping church services or neglecting prayer. I know this epistle is to counter the idea of salvation by works but understand something there is work involved in the child of God's life.

James said without the faith without works is dead. Very clearly we're told to crucify the flesh not in order to be saved or to keep saved, but because we are saved. You see? In verse 25 he says, if we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit. This is similar to what was written in verse 16.

But I say walk in the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. But there is a difference. There is a difference. Overall we can get this, we can glean from this, that if indeed we've been saved, if indeed we have the Spirit of God then let the outward life agree with the inward walk in the spirit But this was originally written in the Greek, and there's two different words at play here. Alva Hoví wrote in his commentary, The Greek verb for walk is not the same in this verse and in verse 16.

The one used here suggests the idea of an orderly procedure, perhaps of moral and religious conduct regulated by a settled purpose." The LSB translators wrote this, here to walk in step, The idea is for the believer to walk in conformity to the standard of living defined by the Spirit and His fruit in their life. What is our standard? Right here. This same verb is used similarly and translated the same way in Galatians 6 and verse 16. And those who will walk in step with this rule, peace and mercy be upon them and upon the Israel of God And then also in Philippians chapter 3 in verse 16.

Philippians 3 in verse 16. Holding fast the word of life so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to boast because I did not run in vain nor labor in vain. Sorry I'm in chapter 2 chapter 3 and verse 16. However let us keep walking in step with the same standard to which we have attained. Now if you've got one of the reference editions of the legacy standard Bible you'll notice there's a footnote there in every one of these and what it says there I like this this is helpful it says following in line, following in line.

It's an orderly walk. It's an orderly walk. The fleshly walk is a disorderly walk. A terrible place to be, but here, if we live by the Spirit, let us also walk in step with the Spirit. And God has not left us confusion on this.

We have His word. You know, it's not like one person over here can say well God has told me this I'm gonna walk this way and someone over here says well God's told me this I'm gonna walk this way no no we have the standard and it's right here in his word verse 26 and bring us to a close says let us not become those with vainglory, challenging one another, envying one another. So this is what he, This is where chapter 5 ends. Now this is a sin that I don't believe the Galatians were partaking of, but it's one that they were liable to. To.

A conceited, vainglorious person is certain to provoke others to dislike and criticize them. At the same time, may be envious of others who receive attention and respect that he imagines is due for himself. This is the sin of someone who is pretty much puffed up with pride thinking of himself more highly than he ought. He says don't don't become like those don't don't become those with vainglory Don't challenge one another or envy one another. Over in Romans chapter 12.

Romans chapter 12 and verse three. We'll close with this thought. We'll close with this thought. For through the grace given to me I say to each one among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think so as to have sound thinking as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. And so what he said to the church of Galatia, and what he said here to the church at Rome, those churches they needed that and so do we.

This is a good reminder, let us not become those with vainglory, challenging one another, envying one another. As we walk by the Spirit, as we walk in step, as he says there, with the Spirit. As we think about the fruit of the Spirit, let us consider this text. And of course, I want to thank you for your attention this evening. May God add the blessing to his word.

Let's have a season of prayer. And