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The Exaltation of Jesus (Philippians 2:9-11)

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Philippians 2:5–11

And we can turn to Philippians chapter 2. Philippians 2, starting in verse 5.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

(Philippians 2:5–11)

Opening Prayer

Let’s pray. Lord, we thank you for the work that you’re doing in our midst. Lord, we thank you for new life. We pray for Kira. We pray for Anya, that your hand would be upon them even now, God, and you would raise each of them up to be godly young ladies who serve you, who love you, who seek you all their days. Give each set of parents much wisdom as they endeavor to honor you and to raise their child to glorify you. I pray the same thing for all the other kids represented here, Lord, that each one of them would come to know you at an early age, that you would give them the gift of faith, Father. And I pray, Lord, even for families that have older teens and even older ones, God, that might not know you, we pray for their salvation as well. Be gracious to save them. I pray, God, that you would bring people into their life, that they would hear the Word over and over and over again, that they would hear the gospel preached and that they would respond in faith, Lord. We pray, God, that you would continue to do your work in us. Help us, Lord, to hear from you today, to receive your Word. Lord, we pray for our brothers and sisters across this world. Lord, we pray for our brothers and sisters in Nigeria and the persecution going on there. We pray that you would be merciful to them, help the church to be the church, help them to stand firm, Lord. Help them to endure the persecution. And we pray, God, that other countries and leaders would be involved to bring relief, God. We pray that as well for the rest of our brothers and sisters that are persecuted, that they would continue to stand firm to the end, Lord, that they would be faithful, that they would count you worthy of all things, Lord, even to the point of death. May we have that same mindset, Father, that you are worthy of it all, Lord, even to the point of laying down our life if ever called to do it. We thank you, Lord, for your Son, Jesus, for it’s in him we have life. We thank you that you’ve gifted us with your Spirit, that he fills us, that we can walk in the ways that you call us to walk. May we now glorify you, Lord. May you give us wisdom into your Word as we continue on, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Make Truth Your Home

Our theme for this year has been, what has our theme been? Good job. Make truth your home. Make truth your home. So I just want to emphasize at the beginning, it’s important for us. I mean, we’ve been learning about unity, right? Well, we can learn about unity in the abstract, which is good, but we need to make sure that we learn about it right here in our own heart. We make truth our home. So we’re learning about unity, but we need to make that truth our home. We’ve been learning about humility. How many of you are humble? See, if you raise your hand, you probably just disqualify yourself. But we’ve been learning about that truth, right? But again, we don’t just want to learn about things in the abstract. That’s head knowledge, right? We want to learn about things and make it a reality in our own heart. So make truth our home. So make that truth your home. So as we’re learning about Jesus and his divinity and his humanity, we need to make that truth our home as well. You should be able to clearly see, right here in this passage we see Jesus’ humanity and we also see his divinity, so we need to make sure that we make that truth our home as well.

The Two-Fold State of Christ

Last time we talked a little bit about the two-fold state of Christ. There’s kind of two states, so to speak, that theologians will talk about when they’re talking about Jesus. One is the humiliation state, and there’s kind of four aspects to it: his incarnation, his suffering, his death, and his burial. Then there’s the exaltation state, and there’s four aspects to that: his resurrection, ascension into heaven, seated at the right hand of the Father, and his return in glory and power. And actually, in this little passage here, we kind of get all of it. We get the humiliation. We get the exaltation. In Acts 2, you don’t need to turn there, but just listen. It says, in verse 33, “Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.” So he’s exalted. And he’s at the right hand of the Father. That’s the exaltation state. Again, we see it in Hebrews 1, verse 3: “He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.” Again, that’s the exaltation state. But at the beginning here, when we’re talking about verses 5 through 8, we’re really looking at the humiliation state. And we really see it on display over and over again. These are verses about what Jesus did. In fact, there’s a humiliation aspect even in heaven. Think about it for a moment. Look at the humbleness that he displays in heaven back in verse 6: “who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.” So in heaven, he wasn’t trying to outshine the Father. There’s a humility even when he was in heaven. He’s not trying to outshine the Father. Then there’s the humility in the incarnation. And that goes into verse 7: “but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.” So he became a man. He identified with us. He didn’t arrive with royal fanfare, with the trumpets blowing. No, his entry into the world was humble. He’s born in a manger. All right, so not royal linen, but he’s born and placed in animal feed and bedding. Born to Joseph and Mary. They’re so poor that every time a baby is born in the Old Testament, every time a baby is born, you have to offer two sacrifices. One is a lamb and one is a dove. But then it actually says in the very same passage, this is what it says in Leviticus:

And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons.

(Leviticus 12:8)

And guess what Joseph and Mary offered? They offered two doves. They were so poor, they couldn’t afford the lamb to offer it. So even the family that he’s born into, it was poor. There was no royal fanfare. There’s humility even in his incarnation. And then there’s humility in his death. Verse 8, we just have a nice little transition here, or a little path going, 6, 7, 8. Verse 8: “And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” Nothing could be lower than crucifixion. I mean, think about it. The Old Testament in Deuteronomy 21, if you’re hung on a tree, that’s considered a curse. So he humbles himself to the point of death, yes, even death on a cross. So we have the humility in heaven, humility in the incarnation, humility in death. The humblest man to ever live was Jesus. He displayed it in his life, and he displayed it in his death.

Past and Future Exaltation

Now, that’s verses 6, 7, and 8, which we spent some time looking at. When we transition to verse 9, it switches from all the things that Jesus has done. And now we get a transition to the things that the Father has done and is doing. But I want you to realize the vast distance between verse 6 and verse 9. We start out with Jesus’ humility, who he is, his life, everything. And by the time we get to verse 9, it’s like light years apart. Therefore, verse 9, God has highly exalted him. Therefore, God has bestowed on him the name that is above every name. And there’s really two aspects to the exaltation if you think about it. There’s really a past exaltation. Look at what it says. God has highly exalted him. That’s occurred. He’s exalted him. God has bestowed on him. So he’s already accomplished this. It’s past tense. This has been done. That “highly exalted,” that word there, that phrase is not found anywhere else in the New Testament, which makes sense because you’re talking about something that the Father did for the Son. You could say he super-exalted him. He couldn’t have given a higher exaltation using these words if he wanted to. If he was like, hey, what’s the best words to use? These are the best words to use if you wanted to highly exalt Jesus. So he bestows on him the name that is above every name. What did Jesus himself say in Matthew 23? “The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” Now, you don’t humble yourself so that you’re exalted, okay? That’s actually false humility. But if you’re walking in true humility and you’re humbling yourself, I mean, this verse comes true. It’s accurate. Jesus is right. So you have this past exaltation, but then you have a future exaltation. So he’s highly exalted. He’s bestowed on him the name that is above every name. So that, verse 10, at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. So this is a future exaltation, if you will. Every knee will bow. Has that happened yet? No. Has every tongue confessed? No. But it’s going to happen. It’s guaranteed. So God has done this. I mean, this is what the Father’s been doing. And because he does it, it means a few things. One, it’s a good thing, right? It’s a good thing. It’s a righteous thing, a holy thing, and it’s an established fact. We don’t have to wonder, we don’t have to guess as to what God might do. I mean, he tells us plainly, here’s what I did with the Son and here’s what I’m going to do with the Son. We can trust the Father, that’s going to occur.

The Name Above Every Name

Well, notice back in verse 9, he says he bestows on him the name that is above every name. Have you ever wondered what that name is? He says, right? He bestows on him the name that is above every name. Well, brothers and sisters, we should actually know the answer. It’s given to us right there in the text. Verse 11, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. What greater name could the Father bestow upon Jesus than the name of Yahweh, or Lord. And he gives us it right there. Jesus Christ is Lord. So what’s the name? Yeah, it’s the name Lord in the Greek, Yahweh in the Hebrew. The name given to Jesus that is above every name is indeed the Lord. It’s God’s name. What name is higher than God’s name? None, right? So if you’re going to bestow the name that is above every name, it’s going to be God’s name. And that’s what he bestows. In Isaiah 42, the Lord says, Yahweh says, “I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.” So it’s no one else’s name. It is the name above all names.

Notice this transition from 5 through 8 to 9 through 11. 5 through 8, there’s a lot of pain. Even though he’s God, he did not cling to his rights as God. He laid aside his glory. He takes upon himself the nature of the human servant. He humbles himself. He becomes obedient and dies on the cross. There’s a lot of pain there. But what’s the gain? God’s exalted him to the highest place. God’s given him a name above all other names. And someday all people will acknowledge that he is Lord. What’s the confession going to be? Verse 11, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is what? That he’s Lord. Every tongue will confess.

We actually have a couple of different types of theology. When we talk about theology, sometimes, do you guys know what the study of sin is called? The fancy name? Yeah, hamartiology. The study of salvation: soteriology. The study of end times: eschatology, right? The study of the church: ecclesiology. So here there’s actually three types of theology. One is the Christology, so what do you think that is? That’s the study of— that’s kind of easy, right? Those other ones are kind of hidden in their Greek words. But Christology is the study of Christ, so we get a Christology in verses 5 through 8. But then when we get to verse 9, we actually get a [audio unclear]. [audio unclear] When you see what the Bible says about man, right? Well, what do we find about [audio unclear] a single person, all of us were low and small in comparison.

Jesus Is Lord

Well, let’s talk about just briefly this evidence of who Jesus is, because we see this in Philippians here when it says every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Listen, I shared at the fall party a few weeks ago, that statement 2,000 years ago was as much a political statement as it was a religious statement. Because back then, the phrase was Kyrios Kaisar, Caesar is Lord. So when the Christians came along and were claiming, no, not Caesar’s Lord, it’s Jesus is Lord, it was a direct confrontation against the Roman government. They saw Caesar as the highest. Then the Christians come on the scene and they’re like, no, God has revealed that Jesus is the highest. Jesus Kyrios, Jesus is Lord. So it was very much a religious statement, but it’s very much a political statement. So it was a challenge to the entire Roman structure. That’s why they felt threatened. That’s why they were martyring believer after believer after believer. Why? Because it was an affront to their system. Caesar was at the top, and God comes along and says, that’s not right. That system needs to be taken down. Jesus is at the top. Jesus is Lord. So we see that here in Philippians. Think about the passage if you’re sharing with people about how to be saved, right? Romans 10: “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Like, the heartbeat of salvation is that statement, Jesus is Lord. That’s the confession. But what is it a confession of? That Jesus is God. That’s what it really is. We’ve looked at it before, but we’ll go ahead and look at it just briefly. Look at Romans 10 so you can see it for yourself. So we read verse 9 in Romans 10:

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

(Romans 10:9–13)

Now that’s where a lot of people stop when they’re sharing with people. That’s fine, you can stop there. But keep reading. Now, in this context, in verse 13, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord, who are they talking about? Come on, y’all, it’s not a trick question. It’s Jesus. We just said, if you want to be saved, Jesus is Lord. And then three verses later, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, right? But Paul is quoting from the Old Testament. He’s quoting from the Old Testament from the prophet Joel. That’s who he’s quoting. Yahweh. So what’s Paul saying? From divine illumination from the Holy Spirit, he’s saying, yes, and that Yahweh, Jesus is Yahweh. That’s who it is. In the Old Testament, call upon the name of Yahweh, and in the New Testament, you want to be saved, you’ve got to call upon the name of Yahweh, and that Yahweh is Jesus. So over and over again, when we talk about, oh, does Jesus—you know, years ago, I mean, the debate will always rage on, but there is this debate, and MacArthur put it to rest in my opinion. But there is this debate about, oh, is Jesus your Lord? Is he just your Savior? There’s this lordship salvation? No, I mean, it literally says, brothers and sisters, if you want to be saved, Jesus is Lord. Yes, he’s the Savior. Amen, absolutely. But he’s your Lord. So where does salvation come from? Through that statement, right? Like, Jesus is Lord. You have to believe that. You have to believe that. I mean, it couldn’t be any more clear. You’re sharing with someone. You’re not sure where to go. Go to Romans 10:9 and 10. You read them that verse. Jesus is what he says. Jesus is Lord. Seriously. All you have to do is kind of have one verse memorized, and you can stumble through the rest, talk about sin, and talk about Jesus dying on the cross and rising. That’s good. They need to know that. But Jesus is Lord. Can they say that? And you’ll see that, right? There’s other passages that talk about anyone who can’t say that. They’re not one of us. They can’t say that. Jesus is Lord.

Isaiah 45 and the Great Reversal

So let’s put this in a little more context here. Most people, most theologians believe this entire passage in Philippians 2—and even though I’d love to teach on it, it’d be just too geeked out, okay, for a lot of you, and most people probably wouldn’t even care—but it really is pulling from large sections of Isaiah 45. So Paul, this 6 through 11, 5 through 8 even, we could dig down and we could see the similarities and we could line it up, and that’s probably more appropriate like for a Bible study or something. And it would still be appropriate for up here. But I just want to draw your attention to one thing to help you make just one pretty key connection. So turn, keep your place in Philippians, we’ll come back, but turn to Isaiah chapter 45. Y’all in Isaiah 45? All right, we’re starting in verse 22. By the way, Isaiah is one of the most quoted books in the New Testament. All right, so Genesis is one, Psalms is one, Isaiah—I mean, you should read Isaiah. If it’s been a minute, you should read Isaiah because it’s actually quoted over and over and over again in the New Testament. Isaiah 45, we’re going to start in verse 22.

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: “To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.”

(Isaiah 45:22–23)

We don’t have to guess who’s talking here. Who’s talking? God. “I am God, and there is no other.” God says every knee will bow, every tongue will confess. Who are they going to be doing it to? To Yahweh. And what does Paul, by the illumination of the Holy Spirit, reveal? Yeah, that Jesus is the one there. Jesus is Yahweh, and that’s who they’re going to be kneeling and bowing to. That’s who they’re going to be confessing, that Jesus is Lord. That’s what’s going to be happening. And you can see some parallels all throughout the passage. Don’t read it now, because I still have some important things to say that I want you to hear. So read it in your quiet time later. But who’s bowing the knee? Everyone in heaven, on earth, under the earth, every single person, basically all created beings. You guys still there in Isaiah 45? Okay, well, let’s keep reading. Verse 24:

Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him. In the Lord all the offspring of Israel shall be justified and shall glory.

(Isaiah 45:24–25)

Now notice in verse 24, what does it say? “To him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him.” And what are all who are incensed against him going to be doing? They’re going to be bowing down. They’re going to be confessing. They’re going to be doing what verse 23 said. So when we ask the question, oh, well, who’s everyone? Yeah, it’s everyone. It’s everyone. Every single person, even the enemies of God, will bow down and confess. All will do it. So we see exaltation in this passage. We see dominion in this passage. We even see glorification. It says to the glory of the Father. We see glorification in this passage. And we see this great reversal from humiliation to exaltation.

What This Means for Us

Well, what does this mean for us? One, you have the Savior that did everything possible and required that the Father and him laid out from the foundation of the world when they covenanted together. You have a Savior that did what was needed to be done to save you. He did it. Right? We sing the song, right? Jesus paid it all. Like, he did it. Everything needed to secure your salvation has been done and accomplished. There’s nothing else that Jesus has to do to save you. It’s been completed. Right? The Greek word that he spoke, one Greek word, three English words, to tell us, “It is finished.” He finished it. The work is finished.

Two, just ponder for a moment the crucifixion of Jesus. Death on a cross was humiliating and it was meant to [audio unclear]. There was a horror and a social stigma of crucifixion in the ancient world. This idea of torture combined with public humiliation, it communicated you don’t mess with Rome. I mean, we give in America many criminals slaps on the wrists. And what do they do? They do more crime. The Romans weren’t stupid. Let’s punish whatever crime we want in the most gruesome way possible, in the most torturous way possible, and I bet we can keep people at bay. It worked. One author said, “The topic of crucifixion grated against the ears of ancients who regarded it a vulgarity that was best avoided in polite society.” I mean, the Romans didn’t even like to talk about it. That’s how horrific it was. And Cicero, in one of his works, writes of the scandal of the crucifixion of a Roman citizen. He speaks of crucifixion as the worst extreme of the tortures inflicted upon slaves. “To bind a Roman citizen is a crime, to flog him is an abomination, to slay him is almost an act of murder. To crucify him is—what? There is no fitting word that can possibly describe so horrible a deed.” That’s this. It’s rough. It was awful. And Jesus did that for us. Willingly went to the cross. Willingly was nailed. Could he at any moment come down from that cross? Yeah. Yeah. He had the power. He had the legion of angels at his back ready to go. That wasn’t the plan. It was never the plan. What was the plan? God’s rescue mission for his people. That’s why when we read in 1 Corinthians 1 verse 23, it says, “We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles.” Well, why is it a stumbling block? Because Jesus is supposed to be the kingly Messiah, the royal Messiah who comes and leads the Jews into freedom. And why is it folly to the Gentiles? Because they saw crucifixion for what it was. And they’re like, pfft. Like, that’s stupid. That’s stupid that God would do something like, you’re trying to convince me that God would use a cross, a crucifixion, to try to save me from my sins? It sounds like foolishness. Folly to the Gentiles. That vile thing that we don’t talk about, you’re saying that’s where my salvation is? And the person who was on that cross, it sounds like, but it’s not. Many things can sound foolish, but they aren’t necessarily foolish. So don’t forget what your Savior has done for you. His blood shed for your sins. And sometimes we just take that too lightly, or we just remember it once a year when we get close to Easter. No, our Savior shed his blood for you so that you could live, so that you could have life.

Three, you have a heavenly Father who was working his perfect plan from the beginning of time. Like he took care of the Son, he had a plan for him. Well, he takes care of his other children as well. And he has a plan for us. So we can take comfort in that. For this day that we read about in Philippians, every knee should bow, every tongue confess. This day will soon come. It will soon come. We don’t know the hour, but we do know it is coming. [audio unclear] Jesus needs to be the center and focus. Hebrews says in verse 12, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” So we keep pressing on, we keep pressing on, we keep pressing on, we keep pressing on. Run with endurance the race that is set before us. And then look what we’re told to do. Looking to Jesus. We’re looking to him, “the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” So he endured it. That’s the end result. He is seated at the right hand of the Father. God had a plan. He’s working it out. He’s still working it out.

Five, we have a heavenly Father who tells us in Philippians 1 verse 6, “He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” So he’s going to bring it to completion. Are you one of his? If you’re one of his, he’s going to bring it to completion. There might be days where it’s challenging, might be days where it’s painful, might be weeks and months as well. I mean, you think Jesus’ life on this earth was easy? Have you ever read the Gospels? He had to put up with the disciples. He didn’t want that, okay? [audio unclear] But we have a heavenly Father, right? He will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. We keep pressing on. We press on in hope.

The Son’s Absolute Dominion

And five, the Father did all of this so that the Son’s absolute dominion would be realized. Right? It talks about in Corinthians, all things will be put under his feet. When death is subjected, then all things are put under his feet, right? Why? So the Son has absolute dominion. He’s seated at the right hand of the Father. And Revelation, turn there. In Revelation, we get clear pictures of it. Revelation 5. In verse 11, in Revelation 5, it says:

Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”

(Revelation 5:11–12)

I mean, did he leave anything out? No. He’s going to get all of it. Right? That’s around the throne. Who’s saying it? The voice of many angels, myriads and myriads. This is what the angels are saying. Then it goes on, verse 13:

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

(Revelation 5:13)

I mean, here’s your reflection back to Philippians. Philippians 2. Right? In heaven, on earth, under the earth. All that is in them, saying to him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever. So in this picture here, right, you get the Father, to him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, you get the Son. And they’re both getting what? Blessing, honor, glory, might. You don’t give blessing, honor, glory, and might—you give it to God. You get the Father and you have the Son, the Spirit’s there too. So the Father did this so that the Son’s absolute dominion—I mean, that’s absolute dominion. Blessing, honor, glory, might, that’s absolute dominion. So that the Son’s absolute dominion would be realized. And God the Father would be glorified. There’s the glory there. We see it in verse 13. We see it in verse 12, and we see it all the way back in Philippians. Every tongue, verse 11, confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Because of that, we can continue on and we can press on because of that.

Come to Give Worship

When we come to worship, we should be able to bow down and confess ourselves that Jesus is Lord. We don’t have to wait for heaven to start doing it now. Bowing down and confessing. Bowing down and confessing. So we get that opportunity. The Scripture paints a clear picture of who the Father is. It paints a clear picture of who the Son is, a clear picture of who the Spirit is. And they deserve the worship and the glory and the honor. So when we’re coming on Sunday mornings, we should be acknowledging that. We should be doing that. We’re not just mumbling along. It doesn’t matter if it’s your favorite song or not. It’s not about you. You’re singing to glorify him. Anything that you get is bonus. All right, if you sing and you don’t get anything out of it, but all the glory goes to God, then mission accomplished. Mission accomplished. Now, generally, if you’re worshiping with all your heart and might, I think you’ll be blessed too. Not always. But we get worship so mixed around because we’re coming, we come to get, come to get. Like, what are you coming to get? Some feeling or emotion? I mean, that should be secondary. It should be way down the list. You’re coming to give. All worship and honor and glory and power and might to the Lamb and to the one who sits on the throne. That’s what you’re coming to do. And if God chooses to bless you during that time, bonus. But make sure you have the order right. You’re coming to give the worship. You’re coming to give the worship. So when we sing, let’s make sure that that order is right. Let’s make sure we’re giving him the worship, and the glory, and the honor. Amen.

Closing Prayer

Let’s pray. Triune God, you are worthy of all the glory, all the honor, all the praise. So let us act like it, let us believe it, let us sing like it. We thank you for revealing yourself to us. We thank you for sending the Son. We thank you for your Spirit. We pray, Lord, I pray, Lord, that anyone here who doesn’t know you, you’d save them today. Let them trust in you completely, truly and wholly. Let them be able to say in their heart of hearts, Jesus is Lord. And you’d save them, Father. And for those that are already your children, may we continue to trust you. You are a good, good Father. Let us continue to trust you, continue to know [audio unclear] you work in us. I pray for anyone here, Lord, who might be hurting emotionally, spiritually, even physically, that you would touch them, that you would heal them, that you’d pour out your healing balm upon them and minister to their soul. Minister to their soul, Father, for your glory. Amen.