The Godly Voice

Please open your Bibles to James 1:19-21.

Read James 1:19-21.

This might be a familiar passage to you.

And it’s filled with wise words.

Before you form any ideas of what you think this passage is about, look at the text surrounding it.

Where have we been?

What is this book about?

James is a book about faith.

It’s about faith that is lived out.

I’ve given this book the title, or the theme, “Faith that Works.”

You say you have faith, what does that look like?

And so far, what have we learned about faith?

We’ve learned that if you have faith, there will be trials.

We’ve learned about having faith during temptations.

And today, we learn about a third response of faith.

Look back at verse 18.

“Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”

Verse 21 - “receive with meekness the implanted word”

Verse 22 - “But be doers of the word”

“But be doers of the word”

Verse 23 - “For if anyone is a hearer of the word ...”

Verse 25 - “But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty ...”

What is the Law?

It’s the written Word.

This next section is really about the Word of God.

The verses before it and after it are talking about the word.

And so today we talk about how to respond to the Word of God with faith.

You are pushed to be in the Bible, but for many of us you are reading the Bible wrong.

Ways you read the Bible wrong.

It’s a new year year, and at the start of the year many people make commitments to be in the Bible.

Maybe you’ve grabbed a reading plan from the back.

You’ve promised yourself, you will read through the entire Bible, cover to cover.

And you are flying through it, but you are getting anything out of it.

You read and nothing.

You’ve bought highlighters, and journals, and it doesn’t seem to be doing anything.

You’ve read books that have moved you, and this one isn’t doing it.

The reality is, you’re doing it wrong.

It’s possible to faithfully, religiously, and consistently, read the Bible, but for it to have little affect.

What’s the problem?

First you’ve forgotten the nature of the Bible.

The Bible cannot be approached like a normal book.

It is a holy book.

It is a sacred text.

says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”

What you hold is not the invention of man or committee.

It is the very words of God.

And through the Holy Spirit, the writers of the Bible were inspired to write every word and sentence contained within it.

That means you hold the very transcript of God’s word to mankind.

Knowing the author of the book, then you are to treat with reverence and to read it in faith.

Expect God to work through the hearing and reading of the Word.

says, “so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”

So when you read it, and you read it in faith, the Bible will convict you.

says, “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

Expect God’s Word to do things to you.

To stir up your conscience.

To convict you of sin.

We remember the nature of God’s Word, and we read it expecting to convict us.

The next way we read the Bible wrong is when we rush through Bible reading.

Rush through Bible reading.

I’m sure you’ve done this.

You’ve committed yourself to reading through the Bible in a year.

You pick up one of those reading plans from the back and you’re diligent.

Then you skip a day.

And you work hard the next day to catch up.

So you read double.

Then maybe, you skip a couple more days.

Or maybe because of some unforeseen circumstance, you’re not able to finish some readings.

And before you know it, you’re a week behind.

But you’re committed to staying on track.

So, you decide the next morning, you’re going to get up extra early, and read all of Leviticus in one sitting.

And next thing you know you’re turning pages, but you have no idea what you’re reading.

You see the words, but you aren’t comprehending anything.

They’re just words on a page.

What are you doing?

You’re rushing through God’s Word.

God’s Word is meant to be mediated on.

The Bible isn’t a Sizzler, all you can eat buffet.

It’s not something you try to get through as fast as you can, without tasting any of the delicacies.

It’s more like a nice steak.

The kind that you savor.

You relish.

It’s meant to be meditated on and dwelt on.

says of the wise man, “... his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.”

So you take your time.

Enjoy God’s Word.

Think about what He is communicating to you.

I love our Bible reading plans, I’ve done them for years.

I think it’s wise to have a strategic approach to what you read in the Bible.

But don’t be ashamed of slowing down.

Here’s what I’ve been doing now since about October.

I’ve been praying through about 2-5 Psalms.

And reading and mediating on 6 verses a day from James.

Trust me, I can read a lot faster than 6 verses a day.

But I’ve slowed down and cut up God’s Word into smaller chunks, so that I can meditate on them.

Think on them.

Chew on them.

James is going to teach us how to handle God’s Word, and how to handle it in faith.

3 Ways to Receive God’s Word.

So you are going to sit down and read your Bible - how are you to take it in.

You are going to sit down and listen to a sermon - how are you to take it in.

This is what he goes into in .

He says let every person be.

Then he says 3 things.

Let every Christian be:

Quick to listen.

Slow to speak.

Slow to anger.

Be quick to listen.

What are you to do?

Listen.

Your first impulse should be to listen.

Listening is not one of our strong points.

Listening is something that needs to be developed.

That’s why in , Jesus said, “Pay attention to what you hear ...”

That’s why in , He said, “Take care then how you hear ...”

Meaning sound coming into your ears does not mean listening.

There’s times Amanda asks me to do something and I say I’ll do it.

The problem is I heard her voice, but I didn’t listen.

Hearing does not equal listening.

Remember, we are talking about handling the Word of God.

And so you sit down to study God’s Word.

And what are we to do?

Listen.

Too often, we come to the Bible with our own agenda.

We approach God’s Word with something that we are trying to prove.

As if Bible reading is me talking to God.

No, when I talk to God, it’s called prayer.

But when God talks to me, it’s called reading the Bible.

So before you come to any conclusions, you listen.

You open the Bible, and like Mary from , we sit at the feet of Christ, and we let God teach us from His Word.

And with childlike wonder, we read God’s Word.

Listening, is gathering information.

It’s studying.

It’s not coming to conclusions.

It’s learning.

Then the next thing that James says in regards to handling the Word of God in faith is:

Be slow to speak.

Back in , we learn about Samuel being called by God.

Basically, it records the event like this.

It was late at night, and Yahweh, the Lord, calls to Samuel.

It’s an audible voice, something that doesn’t happen to us anymore.

God calls Samuel, but Samuel mistakes God’s voice for his mentor’s voice, for Eli’s voice.

So Samuel runs to Eli and says, “Here I am.”

And Eli says, “I didn’t call for you, go back to bed.”

Then it happens again.

God calls Samuel, “Samuel!”

And again, Samuel, thinks it’s Eli.

Samuel runs to Eli, “Here I am, for you called me.”

And again, Eli says “I didn’t call you go back to bed.”

Then a third time, God calls Samuel.

And for a third time, Samuel thinks it’s Eli, and goes to Eli.

This time, Eli, who was also a prophet, figured out that it was God calling out to Samuel.

So this time, Eli sends Samuel to bed, but says, “Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, “Speak Lord, for your servant hears.”

And Samuel went back to bed.

Again, the Lord called Samuel, “Samuel, Samuel!”

And this time, Samuel was ready.

Instead of running to Eli, he said, “Speak for your servant hears.”

How does that compare to your approach to God?

Maybe this describes your routine.

You wake up, you’re going to spend time with the Lord.

You get our cup of coffee.

It’s right where it should be.

You have your journal.

You have a special pen, just for journaling.

You have your Bible.

You lay it open.

And you say, “Speak, for your servant hears.”

You read one sentence, and then you pull out your phone.

“I wonder where that Amazon order it.”

“I wonder what’s on Facebook.”

“Oh has so and so posted anything on Instagram yet.”

“I should text so and so.”

You are so distracted that you wouldn’t pay attention to God if He did speak to you.

You’re too busy talking.

James says, be slow to speak.

You aren’t ready for God to speak to you in His Word.

You’re nothing like Samuel.

You cannot listen while you are talking.

A rabbi once said, “Men have two ears but one tongue, that they should hear more than they speak. The ears are always open, ever ready to receive instruction; but the tongue is surrounded with a double row of teeth to hedge it in, and keep it within proper bounds.”

You’ve got 2 ears, so you should listen twice as much.

And when it comes to your mouth, you’ve got two sets of teeth, one on the top and one on the bottom, to stop you from speaking.

We should be listeners more than speakers.

R. Kent Hughes, James: Faith That Works, Preaching the Word (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1991), 66.

So again, our first impulse should be to listen.

This means you need to:

Remove distractions.

Because these distractions are causing you to speak and come to conclusions too early.

Distractions are hindering the effectiveness of God’s Word, because your mind is elsewhere.

I already read to you from , but let me read together.

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.”

One man is meditating on the Word of God.

He delights in it.

It is rewarding.

He is blessed.

The other is active.

He’s walking in the counsel of the wicked.

He is standing in the way of sinners.

He is sitting with and participating with scoffers.

You can’t delight in the Word of God and be distracted at the same time.

When you approach God’s Word, expect Him to speak through it.

If you are hearing the Word of God preached, that’s what you’re doing right now by the way.

Put the phone down.

I’m a huge fan of our technology.

Trust me, I’m a nerd.

We are so blessed to have Bible apps on our phone.

But if you can’t read the Bible on your phone without also making a purchase from Amazon or checking sports scores at the same time -

Then put the phone down.

Go old school and read from a book, and write notes on paper.

Also realize that there are others around you that are listening.

Don’t distract them.

This is one of my prayers.

Before I study, I pray that God would give me understanding.

And I pray that I wouldn’t be distracted.

Like Samuel, “Speak, for your servant hears.”

I even pray this for you.

I pray it on Sunday mornings.

That you wouldn’t be distracted hearing the Word of God as it is preached.

Do whatever it takes so that you can listen, and not be distracted.

For some of you, I’d recommend moving your seats.

We don’t have assigned seats here, so you can sit where ever you want.

I’d recommend sitting as close to the front as you can, because you won’t be distracted by people in front of you.

Another thing to understand about God’s word is to be patient.

Be patient.

There are somethings in it that are hard to understand.

You won’t get them on your first read through.

And that’s okay.

It’s better to take your time and get the text right, then to come to a conclusion too early.

This is similar to , “Don’t rush through the text.”

Take your time.

Meditate on it.

James says, “Be slow to speak -”

Speak after you’ve been taught.

It’s great to speak about what you’ve been taught.

It’s great to come to conclusions about God’s Word.

I love it when I learn something new, and I can’t wait to share it with you.

But don’t rush into it.

But don’t rush into it.

Later on in James, it appears that there was some conflict with people within the church who were teaching, who shouldn’t have been teaching.

says, “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.”

Over the years, there have been celebrities who appear to have been converted.

Movie stars, musicians.

And some hopefully, good intentioned Christians rushed to put these newly converted celebrity Christians in front of crowds.

Only to have them publicly humiliate themselves and blaspheme the Lord, because they weren’t prepared.

What did James say?

Be quick to listen.

Be slow to speak.

Who should speak?

Those who have been taught.

says, “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”

Think of Paul.

After he was converted, before he engaged in ministry, he spent 3 years in desert, being taught directly by the Lord.

Before you speak, be taught.

Be slow to speak.

Just so you know, I do this every week.

We are quick to say what we think, when in reality we should be quick to learn what God has said, so that we can speak wisdom.

For about 10 and a half years, I have prepared a sermon every week.

Proverbs and Ecclesiastes tells us to guard our mouths.

The the next way to handle God’s Word in verse 19 is:

Be slow to anger

This might seem a little strange.

How does anger have anything to do with the Word of God?

A lot of people read this passage and assume it’s about being angry with others.

And while this is all good advice for how to deal with people -

I think it’s wise to take this verse and apply it to personal conflict.

It’s wise to be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger, especially in dealing with others.

This passage is actually speaking about God’s Word.

Remember the context.

Remember what is before and after it.

It’s talking about the Word of God.

It’s specifically talking about being slow to anger when handling God’s Word.

Which that might seem strange,

And yes, we can get angry with God’s Word.

Not saying should but we do.

What could make you angry when reading God’s Word?

Doctrine

You will find things in the Bible that will be offensive to you.

Not just in content, but in teaching.

I remember, the first time I was reading through and it made sense to me.

It talks about election and predestination.

says that God chose Jacob and hated Esau.

It says that God chose Jacob before either of them were born.

And I thought to myself, “That’s not fair.”

Then I read the very next set of verses, “What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.”

And again, I thought that’s not fair.

I was mad.

I didn’t like what I was reading.

When I first started reading about predestination in the Bible I was offended.

What was I so mad about?

First, I was upset, because I was learning that God is different from what I imagined.

That’s why we must be in God’s Word.

Because it is where He describes Himself.

I was learning that God is greater than man.

And I thought too much of man, and not enough of God.

I’ll be honest, I was angry.

And slowly, I began to agree with God’s Word.

And slowly, I began to realize that God’s word is truth.

And I don’t get to decide what’s true in God’s Word.

So you might get mad at doctrine.

James wisely tells us to be slow to anger.

Or, you might get mad at:

Exposed Sin

I told you God’s Word is living and active.

says it’s sharper than a two edged sword, and it cuts deep.

And so you read and you find these truths:

You love money too much.

Fathers teach your family.

You aren’t teaching your family.

But there are many fathers, who think they only need to bring home the bacon.

Make the money.

And they are being unfaithful leading their families.

So they get angry and they make excuses.

Wives, you are to submit to your husbands.

And you get angry.

Because you’re a modern woman.

You don’t want to believe in that chauvinism.

Husbands, you are to love your wives and give up your lives like Christ loved the Church.

And that gets you angry.

Because you are selfish.

And you just want to hang out in your mancave.

Children you are to obey your parents.

And that gets you angry, because they don’t understand you.

You are to put aside youthful lusts and get rid of all sexual immorality.

And that gets you angry, because you think it’s your body.

And what do you do?

You get angry.

God’s Word exposes the very sin that you do.

Condemning the things you love.

And now the Bible’s telling you you are wrong?

James says, be slow to anger.

Instead of getting angry at God’s Word, surrender to it.

Submit to it.

Believe it.

So before you get angry, look at the dangers of anger.

The dangers of anger.

Assumes the place of God.

When you get angry reading a doctrine in the Bible, a truth in the Bible, or a sin that you are guilty of, who are you really getting angry at?

God.

And to be angry at God, makes the assumption that you know more than God.

You are basically putting yourself in the place of God.

You are making an idol out of yourself.

God says this anger is wrong.

That’s not a good place to be.

Produces foolishness

says, “Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.”

Anger is to be controlled.

It doesn’t bring about good things.

says, “A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.”

What do these verses have in common?

And says, “A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.”

Anger brings about foolishness.

There are many things said in anger that have to be apologized for later.

Not all feelings are good.

Not all feelings are righteous.

Not fitting for a Christian.

As I’m talking about not being angry, there are probably one or two of you that right now have in mind.

“Be angry and do not sin; ...”

Maybe you’re even showing that verse to the person sitting next to you.

I can see it happening right now.

Luke says:

Be slow to anger.

It’s dangerous.

It produces foolishness.

It’s not fitting for a Christian.

And then you’ve got opened, and you raise your eyebrows, as if to say, “Luke’s wrong on this one.”

“It says I can be angry, just don’t sin.”

is one of the most abused verses by Christians.

It’s used as an excuse to get angry over anything, just as long as you don’t punch someone.

Sure you can get angry, but it’s not fitting for a Christian.

The angry Christian should be the rare Christian, and it certainly shouldn’t define your life.

Proverbs compares anger to foolishness.

But we are to aim for wisdom.

In fact, just a few verses later in , just after saying, “Be angry and do not sin” Paul says, “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.”

says, “But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.”

Instead of being angry and letting impulsive emotions define your life, let the fruit of the Spirit define your life.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”

This should be how you are described.

Why?

Because if you’re a believer, you’ve got the Holy Spirit within you.

says, “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Let God be the angry one.

Let Him deal with the wicked.

That’s His place.

Next James tells us to:

Act on what you read.

So you’ve read.

You’ve heard a sermon.

You’ve been taught.

You’ve have understanding.

You’re convicted.

Now what do you do?

You act.

Why?

If what you have heard describes a sin, then recognize it as sin.

Recognize sin for what it is.

Look how James describes sin in verse 21.

“Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness ...”

Remember what sin is?

It’s deadly.

The world right now is frightened of the Coronavirus.

Airplanes are being diverted.

Cruise ships are being quarantined.

I’m sure you’ve heard about the extreme measures that are being taken to keep this virus away.

People can’t travel to China.

People in China can’t leave their apartments.

It’s scary.

The world is trying to keep this deadly virus far away, because they know that it can be deadly.

Sin is even more deadly.

One sin condemned the world.

One sin, threw Adam and Eve out of the Garden.

One sin brought death.

Just one sin.

We tend to categorize sins?

You’ve got your petty crimes, your little sins.

A white lie.

A four letter word in anger.

And we excuse these sins as if everyone does them, so it’s okay.

Then you’ve got your big sins.

Murder.

Rape.

Adultery.

You’ve got your little sins, and your really big bad sins.

And we try to stay on the little sin side.

As if the little sins, they get a free pass.

God doesn’t really look at those.

But God doesn’t view things that way.

says this:

“But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Do you see what’s there?

Little sins and big sins - right next to each other.

You’ve got murder, idolatry and sexual immorality.

Those are the big sins.

And you’ve got cowardess, faithlessness and lying.

The little sins.

And what’s the punishment?

The same.

The lake that burns with fire and sulfur.

Hell.

Big sins - Little sins - Same punishment.

Look again where we’ve been.

You listen to God’s word.

You let Him speak to you.

You don’t respond in anger, but agree with His word.

You then come to the same conclusion as God.

You understand sin to be what it is.

“filthiness and rampant wickedness.”

Gross.

Offensive.

You agree that sin, however small, however big is bad.

Understand, that Jesus went to the cross for your little sins and for your big sins.

And until you understand that your little sins are just as bad as your big sins … you’ll never understand the cross.

And then you act.

How do you act?

Remove sin where you find it.

James says, “Put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness ...”

You take it off.

This kind of language is echoed elsewhere.

- “... put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,”

- “But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.”

This is conviction.

You know that you have faith, when you see your sin for what it is.

Offensive.

Hated by God.

And deadly.

And then you act on it.

You remove your sin.

You take it off.

When I was in middle school, I had a dog that started off stray.

Her name was Sheba.

She followed me home and didn’t leave.

Well, about once a month, she’d get the bug, and take off.

She’d just run, and run away.

She’d be gone for day, maybe 2 days.

And she’d come home with a smell.

She’d roll in some kind of cat poop.

It’d stick to her fur in nasty clumps.

It’d smell.

And before I’d touch her, I’d give her a bath.

Wash it.

Remove all of that filth.

That’s how James describes sin.

It’s filthiness.

It’s rampant wickedness.

And it needs to be removed.

This is called repentance.

, on the day of Pentecost, Peter preaches to those in Jerusalem.

He preaches this fiery, convicting sermon.

He talks about Christ.

He talks about the resurrection.

Then in verse 36 he says, “Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

There’s sin.

That’s what sin is.

And it says that those who heard it were “cut to the heart”.

They were convicted.

And they said to Peter, “what shall we do?”

You are convicted of sin.

You realize there must be a change.

And Peter said, “Repent and be baptized every one of you ...”

This is the proof that you have faith.

Repent.

Take off sin.

You don’t sit in anger because God hates your sin.

You remove.

You understand what Christ has done to free you and you take it off.

And the final way to respond to the Word of God in faith is to:

Welcome God’s Word in your life.

James says to “receive with meekness the implanted word”

Receive, the word is dechomai.

It means to welcome.

You come to my house.

The door is open.

Mi casa, es su casa.

I’ll make you some coffee.

Amanda will make some kind of treat or dessert.

I will play the host as I humbly serve.

That’s what James is describing here.

Be eager to have God’s Word within you.

says, “I have stored up your word in my heart ...”

I’m bringing it in, and letting the Word of God find its home, here.

How do we do this?

Crave God’s Word.

Look where we’ve been.

We talked about how to receive God’s Word.

Receive God’s Word.

By being quick to listen.

Slow to speak.

Slow to anger, or submitting to it.

Then we said to act on God’s Word.

And now we come full circle.

We continue to live and depend upon God’s Word.

says, “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—”

You’re no longer needing to be convinced if you need God’s Word.

It becomes your livelihood.

It is needed.

And you find you can’t get enough of it.

You put off feeding your soul with the filth of the world, and you feed on the word of God, because you know it is what you need.

And you do this with humility.

James says you receive the word with meekness.

Quick to listen.

Slow to speak.

Slow to anger.

Adopting an attitude of:

Teachableness.

Submissiveness.

Gentleness.

You are cleansed of all pride, resentment or anger.

And desiring the Word of God to take up residence within your life.

This is the logical result of everything so far.

If you know God’s Word to be true, then you become eager to know it.

Notice the change in your nature.

Back in verses 14-15 there was this talk of desire being within you and conceiving sin, then giving birth to death.

But look how James describes the brothers, the Christians at the end of verse 21.

What’s in you now?

The implanted word.

James is contrasting being pregnant with sin and being pregnant with truth.

Part of the New Covenant is that God puts His truth inside of you.

You receive a new heart that is eager to believe.

His truth is placed within you, so that now when you encounter truth you know it to be true.

You will never outgrow God’s Word.

Adopt an attitude of humility.

James says to receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

I love the language that if you are a Christian, there something in you.

Becoming a Christian isn’t a decision you make once, and then move on from.

God gives you truth.

God converts your heart.

And for the rest of your life, it’s spent dwelling on what is good.

Dwelling on that implanted word.

I John uses the language of abiding in God.

That means taking up your residence, and living there.

Becoming life long students of God’s Word.

You take off sin.

And you receive the Word.

You receive the Gospel.

You repent of sin.

And you look forward to the promises that we have in Christ.

Become life long students of God’s Word.

I want you to be affective hearers of the Word of God.

I want your time in God’s Word to be more than just checking off boxes on a sheet of paper, or moving a bookmark through the pages of your Bible.

I don’t want to give you one more Christian chore.

I want to see you grow in the knowledge of the Lord.

Whether it’s by reading the Bible, or being taught in a sermon or a class.

It’s interesting that as James preaches to Christians about hearing the Word of God, he doesn’t give detailed plan.

He doesn’t give us a one year reading plan, or a chronological plan, or a one - year Bible.

Rather, he gives us something very practical.

He teaches us how to receive God’s Word.

By listening.

Being taught.

And submitting

He teaches us to act.

To repent.

And then to eagerly welcome God’s Word into your life for the rest of your life.

The Bible is the greatest book in the World, because it’s by the greatest author in the World.

Hebrews says He is the author of your salvation.

It’s through these pages that you will meet the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

Revelation says you are blessed to read it.

I want you to receive that blessing.

Receive it in faith.