Thanksgiving of the One who Lives by Faith (Rom. 10:1-10)
Let us bless and greet one another, “Happy Thanksgiving Day!” Through today’s worship, may you be overflowing with thanksgiving. Do you know what happens spiritually when we sing praises? When we sing praises, the angels of the Lord are praising with us, invisibly. Then without a doubt, the forces of darkness are being broken down. Because we are the people of God and this is the Kingdom of God, the angels in heaven are protecting us, and that’s what happens when you look at things with your spiritual eyes opened. It doesn’t mean you see it with your physical eyes, but you see it in faith from the Word. It’s just that you don’t know it. Then, the works of the Holy Spirit of God take place. These are the blessings that take place through worship.
There are things called “endorphins” in our body, and these endorphins are released when our body is feeling thankful. On the other hand, there is another hormone called adrenaline. When our body is full of anger or stress, it activates the hormone, adrenaline. So, actually our physical body, our mind, and our spirit are all connected, but people who are centered on themselves do not have much thanksgiving because even if they succeed, they did it with their own strength, so there’s no reason for them to be thankful. However, people who believe in God’s sovereignty will be thankful for everything.
How can you tell whether someone has the correct faith or not? You cannot know it by theology, you cannot do it based on their knowledge of the Bible. As they live their everyday lives, the amount they are thankful will change based on how much they acknowledge God’s absolute sovereignty. It doesn’t matter how much they know theological or biblically; if they do not have thanksgiving in their everyday life, they do not acknowledge God’s sovereignty. God has a reason for allowing this situation to happen. There was a child who was born blind, and people asked Jesus, “Whose fault or sin caused this illness? Is it this person’s sin or their parents’ sin?” Yes, it is connected, but Jesus went beyond that and said, “There is a work that God is doing through this.” Whatever family problems you have, God has allowed it, and inside of it, God has hidden His blessings. May today be that day, God can do it. I cannot do it, but God can. The situation is not the issue, but if our eyes become opened correctly, you’ll be able to see correctly.
The title of today’s message is, “Thanksgiving of the One who Lives by Faith.” To live by faith means thanksgiving. It’s normal that something happens when there’s something important. I think today is a very important day. There are a few days when this happens. Sometimes there are times when the recording doesn’t happen at all. So I think today is a very important day.
1. Jews
1) Paul’s hope (Rom. 10:1)
(1) Heart’s desire (Rom. 10:1)
So, to live by faith, what kind of faith does this mean? This is important. Through today’s worship, if you have faith restored, your eyes will be opened, spiritually. Paul’s desire was for Israel to be saved. Paul used to be Jewish, and then he met the Christ, and when he looked back on the Jewish people, it was so frustrating because the Jews were rejecting Christ. So, because this was so frustrating for Paul, he had one desire. If we receive salvation, we want to save our family and family line.
(2) Prayer to God (Rom. 10:1)
I’ve been praying for the salvation of my family line for more than 30 years, it’s automatic, but there are some family lines where everybody is saved at once. But in my family line, salvation is taking place, little by little. That is done by God in His time schedule. God has a plan for that.
(3) Israelites may be saved (Rom. 10:1)
Paul began to testify the gospel with a passion in his heart that really wanted to proclaim the gospel to the Israelites as well, but what is Paul Israelites in today’s scripture?
2) Jews
(1) Zealous for God (Rom. 10:2)
(2) Zeal is not based on knowledge (Rom. 10:2)
Rom. 10:2, Paul says, “For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge,” and this is speaking about Paul himself. In Phil. 3:16, he said, “In regards to zeal, I persecuted the church.” This means that zeal or diligence is not what it takes. It’s important to have the correct knowledge. After people immigrate to America, they live so diligently, but why do things not happen according to our thoughts? It’s not a lack of zeal, it’s also not a lack of ability. It’s because of a lack of accurate knowledge. If you go to church, it is normal for your faith to continue to develop and grow, but if your faith is not growing, it is not because of a lack of zeal. It’s related to having incorrect or missing knowledge. If you are able to discover that today through the grace of God, then you will continue to develop and grow. In other words, you will get more and more thanksgiving. In yet another word, it means you will keep being more liberated from whatever was binding you. It’s not that God lacks power, it’s because I don’t have the correct knowledge about that God.
Acts 22:13 says the Jewish had zeal and diligence when it comes to God. There is a difference between working hard for God and seeing God’s hard work. If you are working hard for God, it means that you are the main figure, you are the focus; however, if God is the One Who is working hard, it means God is the main focus. Where do you and I belong today? God is already working hard, and I need to go together with Him, within that. However, people live decades of their walk of faith without knowing this, so the result is the same as the Jews. Hosea 6:6, the LORD said to the Israelites, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” They had a lot of zeal and diligence in worshiping God, but God was saying, “I want you to know Who I am more than I want your burnt offerings.” Religious people work so hard but they don’t know who God is. We might become like that as we live our walk of faith. May the work of God set you free from that today.
(3) Sought to establish their own (Rom. 10:3)
In Rom. 10:3, these people do not know the righteousness of God. There is a righteousness God has raised up, but they do not know it. So, they sought to establish their own righteousness and did not submit to God’s righteousness. That’s what happens when we do not know. It is not a matter of diligence, and your children studying very diligently is not the point, either. They must work hard with the correct knowledge in the correct direction. If people work hard to raise their own righteousness, they will be trapped in their own limitations. They want to raise their own pride or exalt their own name. There’s no thanksgiving there, only their hard work, so they have no choice but to face their limitations. Apostle Paul is evidence of that, he had no peace, only hard work, only his intelligence and knowledge, so he was lost in his limitations. After he met Christ, he considered everything rubbish, he was set free, and now, he goes into the hard work of God.
3) Did not submit to God’s righteousness (Rom. 10:3)
(1) Centered on my actions
(2) Centered on what I want
(3) Centered on my success
I was a nonbeliever, and nonbelievers are their own god. They live so diligently, but they don’t know God. They are their own god. They face their limitation. Their diligence is not the hard work, they have no choice but to face their limitation. Same thing even after salvation, that’s what happens if you don’t know what salvation is. I keep on having to work hard, but God is already working hard, and my walk of faith is going with God in His hard work. May you restore true thanksgiving on this Thanksgiving. It’s not only for today, but Thanksgiving must be restored our whole lives, thankful that God allowed us to worship today. If you think you came to worship, there is no thanksgiving. God has allowed us to worship today, then we are thankful, right?
2. Christ
1) God’s righteousness (Rom. 1:17, 3:25)
(1) Everyone who believes (Rom. 10:4)
So, what is the correct knowledge and what is God’s righteousness? Romans 10:4 does not mention Jesus, but it says, “Christ.” Christ is the culmination of the law so there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. Christ is the Righteousness of God. The Israelites worked so hard to keep the law of God to reveal their own righteousness, but the reason God gave them the law was to realize their own sinfulness and to hold onto the gospel. So, even though they were trying to follow the law, they were trying to keep it with their own strength.
(2) Righteousness (Rom. 10:4)
There are over 600 commandments that come from the law, and if you break even one of those, you go to hell. There are the Ten Commandments, and even if you dishonor your parents once, then you are going to hell. Have you never rebelled against your parents? Have you never disobeyed your parents? Even if you do that once, you go to hell. Why did God give us the Law, then? To realize we are sinners, to realize we need the gospel, but these people thought they kept the Law and revealed their own righteousness, so they opposed God and Christ.
When I do my ministry, there are a lot of pros and cons for the elites. They’ve accomplished success with their own strength, so they have their own righteousness and they also compare themselves with others, but they don’t have a lot of thanksgiving because they’ve accomplished everything. What will happen in the future? Everything is centered on themselves. Humans are the image of God, so without God, they face a limitation, so they’re not able to say this externally but they hide it. There’s a group of lawyers and they only do high-class drugs, so they use these other methods to try to hide themselves, because if they reveal what is really internal, they will ruin their reputation. But that’s normal, people have no choice but to be like that. So, it’s important to receive God’s grace.
(3) Culmination of the law – Complete (Rom. 10:4)
Why is Jesus God’s righteousness? Because He is the culmination of the law. The “culmination” of the law means He has finished the Law. He has fulfilled it and accomplished it. The Christ is God Who has no sin. He is the One Who committed no sin and fulfilled the law completely. If we believe in Him, then we have no sin, because all of our sin towards the law has gone to Jesus Christ. That’s why if we believe in Jesus, God calls us righteousness. That’s incredibly important, then what is salvation? Jesus is the righteousness of God; Him dying on the cross and resurrecting finished everything, John 19:30.
What did He finish? When it comes to our salvation, there is nothing else we need. Romans 8:30 says that God had already called us from before time began; He justified us and glorified us. This is very important knowledge. The fact that you believe in Jesus Christ means that your past, present, and future are finished. Romans 8:30 says He has glorified us, meaning He has finished everything until we go to heaven in our glorified, resurrected bodies. So when it comes to salvation, there is nothing else we need.
What is salvation? It means that your past, present, and even your future, are finished. That is salvation. Even if you commit a sin in the present moment, you can go to heaven by the blood of Jesus Christ, and when we commit sins, yes, that is related to our present day, but that will not prevent us from going to heaven. Just because of Jesus Christ alone. You need to have this correct knowledge first. So how should we live on this earth? We walk it with the Lord. If your idea of salvation is wrong, you will only work hard by yourself. But if our idea of salvation is clear, then how must I live my life with the Lord? How can I be with God? Through His Word, we live our lives on earth aligning ourselves to God’s Word.
Then, what is prayer? You are asking God what His will is, you keep asking God what His plan is. Because God has finished everything already, our walk of faith is aligning ourselves to Him. But if you misunderstand what salvation is, you will pray religiously, asking God to get what you want, but God is working even now. Even right now, God is working ahead of us, God has prepared our future and is guiding us, and we are praying to realize what His plan is. When we are facing a problem or situation, we do not pray to get rid of it; we pray to discover God’s blessing and plan. Without a doubt, God can work and take care of that problem immediately, but that’s not what God wants. God wants you to know who He is, then, with that blessing of the knowledge of knowing Who God is, He wants you to testify to others. When you have a disease, the power of Jesus can heal it, but God does not want to work like that.
When we’re facing a problem, God wants us to know where that problem started. If we have a mental problem, then you should not focus on the mental problem. In order to solve that problem, you must go back to the most fundamental problem, that’s the spiritual problem. The problem is that I’m not aligned with God. Human beings were created in the image of God, meant to align with God, and we were created so that God would reign and rule over the world through us, so whatever problem you’re facing, you are created to rule over. But the fact that you are being ruled over by the problem means that you are not aligned with God in some way, so, through that problem, it’s an opportunity for blessing to realign to God. That most fundamental aspect must be restored, and then everything else must be healed. That is the biblical healing. That’s the only way if you can help other people have biblical healing, too. Yes, you can lay your hands on someone and they get better, but what is the God that that person knows? “Oh, God is so powerful,” yes that is true, but that’s not what God wants.
God wants you to know where the problem started, God wants to restore the fundamental things through His Word. “Oh, this is a problem that started from my disbelief. I did not believe in God, so Satan plowed in through my sin.” So the method is simple. As we continue to hear the correct Word, we develop faith, then, over time, we are restored. Once we are restored, we become a witness of the Word. So, the problem you’re facing now is not a problem; God wants you to discover the fundamental blessing through your problem. So if you’re facing a problem, acknowledge God’s will first, and realize, “This is a problem, I must be aligned with God fundamentally. Then actually the problem will be an instrument for blessings. From that point on, you’ll see other people’s problems. Only this person will know how to save and heal others. That’s the only reason God gave you that problem to begin with. God didn’t allow it for the sake of healing, God wants you to discover through this the real problem of the age and the people, and to restore it. That’s why it’s important to have the correct knowledge.
Heb 4:12 says that the Word of God is like a double-edged sword, it pierces and penetrates our soul, mind, and body. It’s not about my thoughts but it’s about God’s Word. It’s not what I want, but what does God want? Not my plan but God’s plan. As much as your spiritual state is restored like that, you will be set free from your problems. That’s why, do not be so zealous like the Jewish people were with the wrong knowledge. To have the correct knowledge, the gospel must be aligned to me. The words that “Christ finished everything on the cross” must be aligned with me. if I’m not aligned with those words, then I’m starting incorrectly. Then, I’m just working hard. But if I believe that Christ finished everything on the cross and is with me, I start to see God is working now. “So should I just do nothing?” No, because God works through us. So it’s not our diligence, it is God’s diligence. God is the One Who is working hard to make disciples of all nations, proclaim the gospel, and heal, and we are just riding on the train that God is conducting. So today, I hope you will stop just working hard, but instead, participate in the work God is doing in thanksgiving.
2) Righteousness of the law – Self-righteousness (Dt. 30:12-13)
(1) Righteous through the actions of the law (Lev. 18:5)
(2) Bring Christ down (Rom. 10:6)
(3) Bring Christ up from the dead (Rom. 10:7)
The Jewish people tried to reveal their own righteousness by keeping the law. Then, just like it says in today’s scripture as well as Deut. 30, that is the same as dragging Christ down so that He is no longer the One Who died for our sins. If we think that we can accomplish our own salvation or righteousness by our actions of the law, then we are undoing Christ’s resurrection or undoing His death for us. So everything becomes the opposite. Working hard for God actually ends up opposing God. So by God’s grace, our faith must turn from this. I’m not telling you to be lazy, but it might be relatively easier that way. If a clock is set incorrectly but it’s still running, it will never been right, but if the clock does not move at all, it is correct twice a day; even if it stays still, it’s correct twice a day. God is already working hard, so I’m not telling you to be lazy, but I am saying that God is the One Who is moving, and we are the ones who must follow Him.
3) Word of faith (Rom. 10:8, Dt. 30:14)
(1) Word is near you (Rom. 10:8)
(2) It is in your mouth (Rom. 10:8)
(3) It is in your heart (Rom. 10:8)
Romans 10:8, “The Word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,’ that is, the Word that we proclaim.” It’s not about your actions; the Word of God is near you, so you become righteous by the works of faith. This was already prophesied in the Old Testament, In Deuteronomy, that Jesus Christ Who is the Word of God already died and resurrected.
3. Those who live by faith
1) Salvation
(1) Declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord” (Rom. 10:9)
Rom. 10:9, “If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord.” During the time of the Romans, the word, “Lord” had great meaning. The Jewish people could not use the word for “God” so instead of using the word for, “God,” they changed the word to “Adonai.” In the New Testament, they changed the word, “Lord,” to “Kyrios,” but they could not say the word “God,” so they changed the word for “Lord” to other words because they thought, “How could we, as sinners, say the name of the Lord?” Then, what was their problem of this age? The Roman emperor was known to be the son of God. So, everyone who was under Roman power would have to worship the emperor as God. So the Christians had to be persecuted by the Roman empire. Because they were saying that Christ is the Lord, they were persecuted by the Romans. Because they were saying that the Roman emperor was not the Lord, they were persecuted. The Jewish people who would say, “God is Lord, how dare you say, ‘Christ is the Lord.’” But there is nothing like that today because we have religious freedom here. But that is how important it is to proclaim that Jesus is Lord with your mouth. Because if you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, you’re accepting persecution.
(2) God raised him from the dead (Rom. 10:9)
Believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, and you will be saved. God is the One Who raised Jesus from the realm of the dead. If Jesus had committed a sin and God still resurrected Him from the dead, that would break God’s justice. But God acknowledged that it would not break the law to bring this one from the dead because he has no sin. Satan knows this, because if God were to go against His righteousness or His justice, Satan will attack him. God is the One Who raised Jesus from the dead, He overcame death, He overcame Satan who has the authority of death.
This is important, everyone, if you believe this in your hearts. Do you believe this? You can only believe by the working of the Holy Spirit; otherwise, you’ll never believe. For the people that the Holy Spirit works upon, they will develop faith that Jesus is the Christ, He has solved all problems on the cross, and if you believe in this, it means you accept Him into your heart as your Lord.
Last week, there was a Caucasian young adult who received baptism, and he said he doesn’t know what the problem of his family is, so I told him, and he accepted Jesus as His Lord and Savior, and two weeks later, he received baptism. There are so many people who have never heard this gospel. If you have the correct knowledge, you will have the correct blessings of meeting people, and God is the One Who controls the blessings of meeting. So, if I work so diligently but I don’t meet these important people, then there’s no blessing I can give. Let’s imagine someone is a businessperson. Do you think they’ll have the blessings of meeting? I’m talking about God’s sovereignty. So, even if you go onto a desert island, if you have the correct knowledge of the gospel, God will send people to that desert island. If you go into slavery, God will send people of blessing to you. If you are moving your own business or office, God will send these blessings of meeting to you. The standard through which God moves everything in the world is centered on the people with the correct knowledge of Christ. That was Joseph and David, that was Daniel who was dragged as a captive to Babylon; No matter where they are, they were never trapped. Because they already know that the salvation God has begun, He will finish and bring to completion. So what is happening right now in this circumstance? God is allowing you this circumstance to restore your faith in God. There is a world of difference between looking at a problem, thinking you have to solve it, and looking at a problem, knowing God will finish it. It’s already been finished. God wants you to stand as a witness of how God carries it out. Do not reveal your own hard work because God is already working hard, God is working even now, God has prepared my future. And we just look at that and follow. If He is moving fast, then follow. If He stops, then you stop. But if you’re working so hard, regardless of God, that’s wrong because then the result of you working so hard is burning out, every human is like that.
(3) Believe in your heart – Saved (Rom. 10:9)
“It is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess your faith and are saved.” For those who live by faith, what do they believe? Jesus Christ finished everything on the cross which means that I’ve been united in His resurrection. Who is this Christ? He existed from long ages past, before creation, and Jesus Christ has predestined us before creation, and Jesus Christ Incarnate came in the flesh. Jesus Christ Who died on the cross for us and resurrected, and Christ Who is seated at the right hand of the throne of heaven and will return for the Second Coming, and the Christ Who will come for the Final Judgment. The Christ Who will be with us forever in the new heaven and new earth. You must know that Christ. If you know that price, then darkness will kneel. If you just know and believe this Christ accurately, the darkness crumbles. The forces of darkness that have been deceiving and going through your family line until now will break down, the moment you know Christ, the longstanding background of shamanism in Mongolia will be broken down. Shamanism is worshiping evil spirits and being possessed by them. So there’s a lot of seeing things and hearing things, but when you know and believe in Christ, it is finished.
The demons of America work differently. The demons of America work with ideologies. The demons of America work with an ideology that makes you live for the individual self, away from God. So, every ideology, every philosophy that moves people is centered on the self, and maybe if somebody is a little more developed they are centered on their family. That is not a bad thing, but that is what prevents us from being centered on God. So Satan is working here, so no one can say anything. We must be centered on God, centered on the church and centered on worship. By doing so, the individual and the family are restored. That’s actually how the ideology of America started, but now it’s changed. Then what happens? Humans have no choice but to face their limitation. We must change to be centered on Christ. He is everything, He is with me forever, He is my Lord, and the Lord of our family is Christ, the Lord of my life is Christ. That’s when the darkness flees. The forces of darkness that have been plowing through my family for decades will run away. I’m a witness of that. Do you see it? It’s true, my family background, the forces of darkness that have been holding onto us for a long time. It begins to run away because of the correct faith and the correct knowledge. Nonbelievers live in hell, their lives are not even living, and I do not want to get too much into my personal story so we stay focused on the Word.
2) Those who live by faith
(1) United with Christ – Death, resurrection (Rom. 6:5)
(2) Live with new life (Rom. 6:4)
(3) Requirement of the law fully met (Rom. 8:4)
Romans 8:4 says we live a new life, we do not live by our own hard work; we live with a new life. The sovereignty is not with me, it is with the sovereignty of Christ. We live with that life. I do not raise the plans; God already has the plan, so now we ask Him until we are certain. That’s the new life we live. We are not solving our problems, we are looking for God’s plan. Then, when your eyes are truly opened, your problem will not be a problem. Apostle Paul says, “I am strongest when I am weak in my weakness.” The situation might be the same. Paul prayed three times for God to remove Satan’s thorn. It was terrorizing him, he would be proclaiming the gospel and then have a seizure. And people would call him a mental patient, but people received grace. So Paul prayed and God said, “I allowed you to have this thorn so that you will not become arrogant,” but once he received that answer, his viewpoint changed. Paul confessed, “When I am at my weakest, I am at my strongest,” then our eyes will be opened. The circumstance may not change, but we see it with different eyes. It’s no longer about the problem in my family, God desires to change that into the greatest blessing. God wants to use me as an ambassador to save other people facing similar problems as me.
Then, when you live this new life, Rom. 8:4 says there is a righteous requirement that is fully met. You do not need the law to be saved, you cannot receive salvation through the law? But does that mean we don’t need the law? For those who have received salvation, God guides them to fulfill the law. For people who have salvation, they’re still saved even if they don’t go to church. Then why do we have to worship and follow God’s Word? Because that is related to God’s reward and blessing. Why does God give us church positions and jobs in the world? We do not live to be saved, but those who are saved live to fulfill God’s law on earth. So, for those who’ve lived following the thoughts of the flesh, they will have life and peace. So, what is spirit? Jesus Christ said,” My Words are life and peace. Thinking of God and wanting to follow Him in itself is life and peace. But if you receive salivation but you still think of the physical, that’s death. John says the Holy Spirit lives within us and testifies the words of Jesus to us.
Then, why do we work in the world? Your children study so diligently. These kids are studying diligently but they lack true knowledge so they fall. The reason God called us to be His children is to be His ambassadors. You know what an ambassador of Christ is? There’s a Korean embassy in New York and that land is considered Korean nation land. There’s no power that America can have on that embassy land. That is considered Korean territory. What does it mean that we are Christ’s ambassadors? It means that we may be living in the Kingdom of Satan but the land where I am is God’s, and Satan cannot influence this territory. That’s why God protects us through His heavenly angels. If you go to an embassy, they will have security guards so no one can harm the land, and when the ambassador moves, all of the security follows them. If we move, then the Kingdom of God follows wherever we go. God sends His heavenly angels ahead of us to work.
Then what work do we do? We do the work of the Kingdom of God. So, the issue is not how diligently you studied, but if you are studying for the work of the Kingdom of God. Matthew 6:33 says, “First seek God’s Kingdom and His righteousness, then everything else will be added to you as well,” but these kids continue to collapse because they lack the correct knowledge. These kids are not collapsing because they lack diligence; it’s because they lack knowledge of God. These young adults study so diligently and they’ve made a family, but why do they keep on collapsing? Because they lack correct knowledge of God. We have been called as ambassadors of Christ, that means we have a mission to accomplish on earth, and for that mission, God has prepared all physical blessings. We must relay this correct knowledge to the children for them to not be captives in America, then they will conquer, instead. God wants you to restore that, that’s why He allowed this temporary problem.
3) Those who live in accordance to the Spirit (Rom. 8:5)
(1) Minds set on what the Spirit desires (Rom. 8:5)
(2) Thoughts of the Spirit – Life, peace (Rom. 8:6)
(3) Witness of Jesus Christ (Jn. 15:26)
Conclusion
1. Salvation – Give thanks
2. All works, incident – Believe God’s sovereignty – Give thanks
3. God’s plan – Thanksgiving that saves lives
In conclusion, I hope you will restore the true knowledge, thanksgiving, and faith in salvation. Salvation has been completed until you go to heaven, then all of the many things we’ve experienced here on earth, God has allowed with His plan and His sovereignty. Then you will be thankful for it. The reason God is telling you to be thankful first is because there’s a reason to be thankful, and if you have thanksgiving, it changes your hormones, and it will even restore your mental and physical strength. When you discover God’s plan, you receive His answers. How do you pray? You seek God’s will, that’s in Mt. 6. God’s will is already fulfilled, and now it will be fulfilled in my life, and you look for what that will is. Then, when you receive God’s answer, you stand as a witness. May you be full of thanksgiving throughout the week. I bless you in the name of Christ.
Message Prayer
Let us pray together, holding onto the Word we have received.
Offering Prayer and Newcomer Blessing
God, we thank You. We thank You for we were dead in our sins and our transgressions, but you have made us into children of God by the death and resurrection of Christ. We thank You for finishing all the problems of our past, present, and future and being with us forever as life. We believe whatever circumstance we are facing is allowed in God’s sovereignty. Let it be a blessing or opportunity to know the Lord. Lord, we pray You will bless us to restore all things through the fundamental spiritual strength. We pray You will open our eyes to see the world and problems correctly, and raise us up as witnesses.
We have returned our materials as offering. We believe You will bless us with the economy of light to save all of the nations and all of the peoples. In Jesus Christ’s name we pray, amen.
God, we thank You. They have visited from afar to worship God. We pray Your Word may be fulfilled for them and their family line, and may they be raised as witnesses of Christ. In Jesus Christ’s name we pray, amen.
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Benediction
Now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the unending love of God, and the indwelling, working, guidance, and fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be upon the heads of all the people of God, the people of all nations, and the remnants posterity who has the correct knowledge of the gospel and desires to have thanksgiving within the sovereignty and the plan of God to testify this gospel to the ends of the world, be with them now until forever always, amen.