The End of an Era

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 116

Psalm 116 ESV

I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!” Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful. The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling; I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. I believed, even when I spoke: “I am greatly afflicted”; I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.” What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord, I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds. I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people, in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

Scripture memorization: Genesis 50:19-20

Genesis 50:19–20 ESV

But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Scripture Reading: Luke 3:23-38

Luke 3:23–38 ESV

Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Sermon:

Good Morning Church!

I was glad when they said to me let us go and worship in the house of the Lord!

Well, this morning, we will be covering Genesis 25:1-18. And though I couldn't tell you like word number, where exactly the middle of Genesis is, though, that's a fact, you could look up in Google. And maybe I should have… But This is the way I do calculations: There's 50 chapters in the Book of Genesis, and we are in chapter 25.

So that feels halfway. But it's an important day because We're coming to the end of the Abraham portion of Genesis. To the end of maybe the most important part of the Book of Genesis.

In many ways Abraham has lived a blessed life, though a difficult life for certain. God has made covenants with him. God has made promises and entered into a wonderfully unique relationship with Abraham. And because of God's love and God's willingness to Covenant with Abraham, because God sovereignly chose Abraham, calling him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, guiding him, walking with him — God has done this — and because God has done this Abraham is blessed. His people will be blessed. Ultimately, we shall be blessed.

So today, we will look at the end of the life of Abraham, marking the end of an era. As we move from Abraham fully into Isaac. And his story. He will quickly have children. There will be strife and difficulty will be family matters, but here. We have a funeral to attend to Genesis chapter 25. Starting in verse 1 we'll read through verse 18, not as long as last week so we will read the whole passage this morning.

Genesis chapter 25, starting in verse 1.

Genesis 25:1–18 ESV

Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country. These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life, 175 years. Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife. After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi. These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham. These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes. (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.

These are the words of the Lord for us this morning. Let's open our time together with a word of prayer.

Oh Lord, Our Lord, How Majestic is your name and all the Earth? You are good! Your works are good, and you are worthy of all praise glory and admiration. And so we do offer to you praise that is due. May you magnify yourself, glorify yourself as we seek to open your word and hear from you. May you receive all glory, honor, and praise for your your handiwork, for your Sovereign Rule and Reign, for your providential hand at work in the lives of all people, but especially here we see in the life of Abraham. May you speak to our hearts. May we be a people changed by the hearing of your word. I ask this morning that you would speak through your servant. May your words go forth. It's in Jesus name, we pray. Amen.

Here we have. The end of Abraham. But, as is often right and proper. As we hear, “come to the end of Abraham's life”. I want to first talk about. Abraham's life.

Abraham’s LIFE

Abraham's life goes on. We have this interesting... in verses 1 through 6... Maybe a bit of trivia. You know, if you're ever playing Bible trivia Pursuit or something like that... Abraham, it ends up, didn't just have two sons. After the death of Sarah, he took another wife, Keturah. Her name means spices. There's a bit of. Fun thought here. And he had many more Sons with her after Isaac was born. And the Bible recounts that for us. Abraham. Not having multiple lives here. His wife has died, and he gets remarried. That's okay.

And he has many sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

He has these other sons and here is first point I would like to make: Abraham's life continued. Even after sorrow. Even after difficulty. But there's an interesting thought we can have here. This is a large portion of his life, it is like 30 plus years. And we just get a little.. six verses. A paragraph is what we get. What do we do with this?

Well, part of it, I think, is this, that Life goes on. Abraham's life went on. And it was a real. He mourned his wife. He went through these things. He, he traveled. He sojourned, he journeyed. He got remarried. He had more children. Our life goes on, but God's promises still stand. To me, the most fascinating note isn't. Oh, Abraham got married and had other kids. It's what's said about them. These were the sons. Verse 5 very important, but He — Abraham — gave all that he had to Isaac.

So Life goes on and God's promises still stand. And the promise was through Isaac. Through Isaac, shall your Offspring be named. Through Isaac shall this blessing come. If we remember back to Abraham trying to do it his own way with Hagar. and these things are messed up and it causes strife and Sarah wants to send the child away and now Isaac is here and Sarah is upset again and what does God say?

Genesis 21:12 ESV

But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.

Abraham knew God's promise, although life went on that ultimately doesn't change anything. The children he had with Keturah does not change or remove the time of waiting the difficulty God's Providence God's protection. And it doesn't change the fact that through Isaac shall your Offspring be named. And so, Abraham, in verse 5, Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.

I was thinking this week. When is it that we seem to forget God's promises? And in my life and in my experience. It's not when things are difficult. When things are difficult when we're at the end of our rope. When we have nowhere left to go, we rest on, we rely on, we trust on God's promises. This is because that's all we have left. We look around at the broken parts of our life and think, well, if I don't have God's promises, I have nothing. So we hold fast to God's promises.

So when do we forget them? When everything's fine. When life goes on. When we're into the day to day. Going through the things that are set before us and you go to work and we come home and we eat dinner and we go to bed and we wake up and we go to work and we just live this life. Abraham here in his life did not forget God's promises. And so, though he had other children, though his life went on, he still remembers the promises of God, and he gave all that he had to Isaac.

He did not abandon. He did not forsake these other children, but to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts.

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But no, God's promise must be protected. Isaac gets everything, and he sends these other Sons away.

Maybe it's because he's seen in his own family the difficulties play out. Maybe prophetically he knows that moving forward, it's going to be nothing but a bunch of family troubles in fighting. We're going to have sons that don't like each other. We're gonna have someone getting wives that don't really like each other it's gonna get ugly. And so, Abraham sends these away because we can't have. Someone else trying to claim, well, I'm his most beloved son. We can't have anyone trying to to encroach upon Isaac's status.

Here's gifts... he provides for them. And at least he gives them gifts when he sent Ishmael and Hagar off, right? It was some bread and some water off you go here. Here he gives gifts and Sends them Eastward. But Isaac... He's a child of promise… to Isaac Abraham gave all that he had… to Isaac because through Isaac, will the children of Abraham be named. And so for us who say “Father Abraham had many sons and many sons had Father Abraham and I am one of them, and so are you.” We receive our name as members of this household through Isaac. It's important.

But then, Abraham's life ends verse 7.

Genesis 25:7–8 ESV

These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life, 175 years. Abraham breathed his last and died.

So, we look at Abraham's life, but then this is a story ultimately about Abraham's death.

Abraham’s DEATH

Abraham continues the same old story we've been hearing since Genesis 3.

In Genesis 3, God said to the man and the woman you can eat of any tree in the garden, except for one the tree of the knowledge, good and evil. If you eat of that, you will surely die. But she listened to the serpent and then Adam listen to the voice of his wife. The real tragedy here is that neither of them listen to God. And death came in and since Genesis 3. Death has ruled. In Genesis 4. Cain killed his brother Able and death Reigns. In Genesis 5, we got our first big genealogy with this echoing thought throughout all of them.

Verse 5 of Genesis 5, and he died verse 8, and he died verse 9, verse 11, and he died verse 14, and he died. Death death has ruled.

God sent a flood to wipe out all of humanity, except for Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives. Death has ruled.

Even in the life of of. Abraham, we've seen Sodom and Gomorrah be destroyed - death reigns. And we might think. We might think. Well, Abraham's different. Because Abraham is different. To who else has God made Covenant? Who else has God come and made promises to whom else has God covenanted with In this way? No one.

But Abraham still dies. Abraham's not stronger than death? Though Abraham lived. “A good old life” Though he made it 175 years. He died in a good old age. It seems pretty good to me. 175. It's old. It's a long time. He was an old man and full of years, scripture says. But he still died. On the scale of Eternity. On the scale of eternal life. 175 years is no different Than 40... 41 here in a couple weeks...

And death comes for us all. Even Abraham cannot Escape this truth.

And so, Abraham dies, and he's buried in the one piece of land that he owns. The same place his wife, who died, is buried. We have a sort of family reunion here. Ishmael comes back. He was Gone. We thought he was gone. He comes back. He doesn't get to say anything, but Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him. In the cave of macpilla. He comes for the funeral.

This is what we'll talk about in our Grace Point this week. It's very fascinating. That we have in the Bible phenomenon that we see all the time, even in modern days. That family seems to only really get together for funerals. It's true of Abraham's family too.

But here's the point: Abraham dies.

Death comes for us all.

No one is stronger or more righteous or so holy that they do not have to die. We all face death. When God said, if you eat of this, you will surely die. He was not kidding or lying or exaggerating. Even Abraham!

This is truly how we Mark the end of this era.

We've seen a little bit of the transition. Isaac's born but still Abraham is acting and moving. Abraham is told go Sacrifice Isaac, though he doesn't end up sacrificing him, praise the Lord. God provides a way. Abraham still working. Sarah dies and Abraham still working. And even last week, we looked at the longest chapter in Genesis Genesis 24. It was all about finding a wife for Isaac. But who started that? It was Abraham who said to the servant go find a wife for my son. Abraham is the one who sends the servant.

But no more. No more through the Book of Genesis. Will I get to say, “let's look at Abraham and what Abraham did” because Abraham is dead and gone.

He's a hero. Hero of the faith in the Hall of Fame of faith in the book of Hebrews. He's still dead. Still a man. And all men die. So, then I'd like to ask a question. What then is Abraham's Legacy?

Abrahams LEGACY

What does he leave after he dies. This is a valid question. I think it's one that many of us Ponder in our own hearts and lives. And while we can obsess. And and be too focused on on that sort of thing that we're not doing the work that God has set before us. I think it's okay to say: “What in my life will last beyond my life?”

And I'll give you a hint. Abraham's Legacy has nothing to do. Absolutely Nothing to do With all the oxen, and gold, and camels that he has.

His legacy. Has to do with God's promises. What God has promised? And how Abraham has lived within the promises of God.

The end of our section, we talk about the generations of Ishmael Abraham's son. Why is this there? If the descendants are named through Isaac, why do we even need to know? These are the generations of Ishmael.

Well, because God made promises.

You remember God promised to Hagar when she was sent away? God promised Hagar. Many nations will come from Ishmael too. Though not the ones that are named as descendants from Abraham. Cuz that comes through Isaac. There will be many nations that come. And so we name them. Verse 16 is important.

Genesis 25:16 “These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.”

The biggest Legacy we could say of Abraham is this: God will fulfill his promises.

When I myself am dead and gone This is what I hope everyone says of me. David's life showed that God keeps his promises. And the beauty of this is God's promises do not rely on myself and my own strength and might and my own striving. God's promises don't rely on me at all. Praise the Lord because I am weak and frail. I cannot do it. I'm not strong enough.

Me and Abraham have this in common. Abraham likes to go and he messes things up when he does his own strength and might. He does this hold my wife's my sister thing and teaches his kids how to do it because his son's going to do the same thing. And he, he struggles. And he hears God's promises, and sometimes he's like God, you promised this. But Eleazar of Damascus is my heir. I don't have a son, that's my Heir. Then God says, don't worry but to be honest I'm still kind of worried.

And That's my life. But God's still faithful.

Abraham's Legacy, though, to see it more clearly. I'd like to go to a few verses outside of Genesis.

It turns out the biggest thing that Abraham has going for him that I can't is certainly unique to him is that. He's the most important character in the Bible before Jesus. Honestly I think that it’s Not really up for debate or even particularly close... but I'll walk you through my logic here.

If not Abraham, who?

Moses, he is pretty important, but why is Moses Important if not for the fact that he frees THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM from their captivity in Egypt.

God covenants with Abraham in a way he does not really Covenant with anyone else. The closest will be David. But why does God Covenant with David? Because David was a man after God's Own Heart who also just coincidentally happened to be the righteous king of ISREAL. The people descended from.… you guessed it... Abraham.

We often talk about the law and the prophets, and they're represented by two people Moses and Elijah. we talked about Moses but what about Elijah?

Elijah's job was to go to the nation of Israel, the descendants of... ABRAHAM. To call them to repentance. and look to the promises to ABRAHAM and rest in being the children of faith of ABRAHAM…

It all starts with Abraham. And so it shouldn't surprise us that he's one of the most important figures, not just in the Old Testament, but also in the new. So, I want to ask, what does the New Testament believe is the legacy of Abraham?

Let me give you a few verses... Few passages really.

Lets start in Romans chapter 4. Truly, almost all of Romans chapter 4 it starts with

Romans 4:1 ESV

What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh?

He's talking about the Jewish people. Well, what do we say about Abraham? He's our forefather according of the flesh, but but Paul's point in Romans is. That is not what matters the most. Primarily, Abraham's Legacy is a legacy of FAITH.

Romans 4:13 “For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.”

Romans 4:16–17 “That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.”

Abraham has a legacy of Faith.

Genesis 15:6 “And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.”

It's his faith that Abraham had. So, when we looked to his life when we think of the end of his era, we think, well, what should we.. or how can we... understand? how can we live this life? What's a lesson for us here? Is it live by faith!

We are called to be a people who walk by faith and not by sight, and so the world is difficult, and we Face trials and we Face challenges and we Face problems and things hurt and things don't go well and things are going wrong. You walk by faith?

God is still good. God is the one guiding and directing our steps, and so this light momentary Affliction is not worth comparing for the weight of Glory which God has prepared for us. So, we press on. And we live by faith. But Abraham, a particular type of Faith. Our next passage is James chapter 2 and lets start in verse 21.

So James has been wrestling with a very important intersection. The intersection of faith and works. And if we were to ask James well, are we saved by faith or Works? His answer. Would be “yes”. To be frank. And You might be thinking wait, didn't Paul JUST say We're justified by faith? Ultimartly faith alone? yes.

And James, I would say also, because James was writing an inspiration of the Holy Spirit and God's not going to contradict himself, James, I'll say, yes, we are justified by faith, but his contention would be that we should not put faith and works against one another… because it's important that we understand that faith does not exist in a vacuum.

So, in James chapter 2, verse 21, he asks.

James 2:21–23 “Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.”

Abraham's life.. here thinking through his legacy isn't just faith in this sort of. Thought of, like, well, faith is good. We should have faith. it's faith that is a accompanied by something… . It is a living active working faith.

This is why James has earlier said just a few verses earlier. Faith without works is dead. And dead faith cannot save.

So, Abraham and his legacy, is someone who has faith and then lives and walks in that same faith. And we can look at his life and be honest. And he did mess up… it is the life of faith, not a life of perfection. There were stumbles. But this is why chapter 23 in The Binding of Isaac was so important. Because Abraham's Faith had had matured, and he was able to walk by faith. And by faith, believing... Hebrews tells us that God would be able to raise Isaac from the dead... he said I will do this if God has called me to.

His legacy is a legacy of faith that is active and moving. If your faith... Hear me clearly if your faith does not change how you live. It's questionable faith at best.

Now, none of us are perfect. And so please don't go around looking like, well, I sinned... I messed up here… I guess I’s not good enopugh or whatever… because if you have sinned and messed up Congratulations! So do I every day. So did Abraham… It is not the size of our faith or the force of our faith, but the object in Jesus Christ.

But if that faith in Jesus Christ does not motivate you to live life's worthy of the calling you have received. If that faith does not motivate you to to walk in the good works that God has prepared in advance for us. If it does not PUSH to to more righteous living, not that I have already achieved this or am already perfect, but I press on… But if that faith does not MOVE you.. It's not the faith of Abraham. \

Because Abraham's Faith was magnified in his works as James tells us....

But That's not the most important part of the legacy of Abraham. Because we need to see what this active faith was IN

Galatians. Chapter 3.

The Galatians are struggling with what we would call gnosticism. There's been some false teaching creeping into the church in galatia. That Jesus didn't actually die. Some of the most early heresies we know about in all of church history Galatians was fighting with. There are no new Lies and heresies Under the Sun. We just sort of repackaged them, and they come back up every now and again. Scripture speaks to all of them.

But Paul is caling them out. He's like, you foolish Galatians in Galatians 3, 1. That's rough. The. That's the Holy Spirit inspiring for all time. Words that will never pass away. “You foolish Galatians”. At least you made it in the Bible, but here we are.

But Abraham is is what what Paul uses to get his point across? And his point is truly THE GOSPEL. Abraham's Legacy, it's faith faith that is marked by action. But what is it faith in? THe answer is The gospel.

And you might be thinking, well, wait a second. Uh, David. Genesis at the very beginning. Jesus doesn't come till the New Testament in Matthew how is Abraham's faith in the gospel?

Galatians 3:7 “Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.”

So here. Here's, here's why I say Father Abraham and many sons and many sons had Father Abraham. How are we his sons? that it is those of Faith Who are the sons of Abraham! So, if you have faith, you are his son.

Galatians 3:8 “And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.””

What is Paul saying? And we cannot miss this. He is saying that when God came to Abraham and said, you will have descendants that will be grow into a nation. That Nation will grow and prosper. And they will be a blessing to all the nations around… what Paul is saying is when God made that promise God was promising to Abraham THE GOSPEL. God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preach the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying in you, the Nations shall be blessed. So, then those who are of Faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of Faith.

What did Abraham have faith in that would cause him to have these Works? Paul says here. The good news of the Gospel? Preached thousands of years before Jesus would come.

Because ultimately, Jesus is the one who saves Abraham. And we can go back and think through. Well, Abraham had to die. how could he have hope in in the age to come? How could he look forward to a city whos architect and builder is God as Hebrews says? Because Jesus is the savior of us all.

Here’s another way to think about it… Abraham I said is a hero, but a hero who would die… We need a hero who couldn't die... Jesus. Who rose from the dead… Who in his death bore the wrath that all other mankind deserve. Who In his death, he conquered death and Rising victoriously. On the third day, he showed his power and strength and ability to save to the uttermost all who come to God through him.… that's who we need.

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Abraham’s Legacy culminates. In the son of Abraham, Jesus Christ, Our Lord.

This is why I made you endure AGAIN. Luke, chapter 3. Jesus. Was the son of Joseph, son of son of son and son of all the way back. Son of Jacob, the son of Isaac verse 34 of Luke 3, the son of Abraham.

It's always about Jesus.

Abraham’s legacy is one that calls us to look upon our savior. Abraham believed the gospel.

So, here's the call for you. Do you believe the gospel? That Jesus Christ, The second person of the Trinity. God made flesh, the one who was fully God and fully man, though he knew no sin on the cross bore the sin of all mankind, and by his stripes, we are healed.

So, what must I then do to be saved? Repent and believe the gospel.... 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.

Trust in him.

I often say it this way. In Acts chapter 4. I believe the greatest compliment that could be paid to any human being on the face of the Earth is given to Peter and John. Whenever you think of Legacy, THIS is the verse I go too

Acts 4:13 “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.”

What I hope my legacy is truly that one day maybe a Hundred years from now. Someone's walking through some graveyard. And you see a tombstone. Here lies David. An uneducated common man.

But he had been with Jesus.

That's it! It's all of life. Even 175 years. A good old life have you been with Jesus? Do You believe the gospel?

May we trust in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ forever?

Let's pray.