Leve Your Grave Clothes Behind | Dr. Andy Brown

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I love this time of the year because everything just feels so new. And even looking out there, many of you are wearing something new today. Many of you have on a brand new Easter outfit. It's really an opportunity this time of the year for us to really visualize with our new way of looking on this Sunday, the new that Christ has brought into the world. I can remember growing up, I was guaranteed to get a new outfit at Easter time. And that meant for me, Mom would take us and uh we'd get a new outfit. And my the worst part of getting a new outfit for me was having to try it on. Oh, I couldn't stand having to try on the outfit. Let me just have the outfit. I like the idea of new things, but sometimes the work to get there, sometimes we avoid that. But listen, Easter, the reason that we're here, Easter is not just simply about having something new, it's also about leaving the old behind. It's not just simply about having something new, it's also about leaving the old behind. If you have your Bible here today, I invite you to go with me to Isaiah chapter 25. Now let me tell you, we've been climbing a mountain, and this mountain that we encounter in Isaiah chapter 25, we've really been leading up in our series up until this moment, Isaiah 25 at verse 8, where we see the Lord accomplishing salvation for us in a certain place. Listen carefully. He does it on the mountain. Now, what we're gonna do today is we're gonna look at Isaiah chapter 25. We're gonna read verses 6 through 10, but we're gonna focus our attention really on verse 8. And we're gonna see when you have in your mind this image of this mountain. What we should orient all of our thinking around is the cross of Jesus Christ. After all, remember what happened? He died on a mountain. A mountain called, as you know, Mount Calvary. And this mountain, Jesus Christ, secured not just a one-time redemption, but an eternal redemption for us. He did one act in time to save all of those who by faith trust in him. And it's my prayer for you today that if you haven't trusted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, that today would be the day where you know what it means, not to just simply believe in the resurrection, but listen, to live in light of the resurrection. And so let's read the Bible today, beginning in chapter 25 of Isaiah at verse 6. Hear the word of the Lord. On this mountain. And there again, I wish we had time. We would go back and read the first 25 chapters together. We don't have time for that, do we? Okay, no, we don't. We don't have time for that. We would read the first 20, and you would see how this section just sort of drops. It's like, wow, on the mountain, this is what God is going to do for us. Let's keep reading. On this mountain, the Lord of hosts, the Lord of armies, he's going to host for all people a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, a food rich, full of marrow, and aged wine well refined. In other words, hey, this is I know y'all are waiting on a meal that's coming, but you hadn't had anything like what Jesus is going to prepare for you. Look at verse 7. And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that has cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all the nations. He will swallow up death forever. And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces. And the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth. For the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, behold, this is our God. We have waited for him that he might save us. This is the Lord. We have waited for him. Let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation. Don't miss that. It's his salvation accomplished for you. Now, verse 10. For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain, and Moab shall be trampled down in his place, straw as straw is trampled down in a dung hill. In other words, as we look at the salvation that Jesus Christ has accomplished for us, I don't believe there's any way for us to read this passage other than to read this passage in light of Mount Calvary, as Jesus Christ has accomplished salvation for us. And here's the passage. It's just as we sang just a moment ago. Why is there no more weeping because Jesus Christ has saved us? Remember what he said as he's carrying his cross? I'm getting ahead of myself. But remember what he said when he carried his cross? Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me. Because Jesus Christ, though he was killed for us, though he died for us, he is dying so that there would be no more crying for me. No more crying from you, at least, not tears of sorrow, but instead replaced with tears of joy. And so here's what I want to do: I want us to think about the resurrection of Jesus Christ today. And the title of this message is Leave Your Grave Clothes Behind. I want us today to leave those old ways of living that are associated with our way of dying behind. And instead embrace this new life that Jesus Christ has secured for us. And remember this: the way that he secured that life is by his own indestructible life. He has secured our life by his own indestructible life. Again, Easter is not just about something new, but it's about something old that we get to get to leave behind. Now, here's a question that we're going to answer as we look at verse 8. How is it that I live in the power of the resurrection? Not just believe in the resurrection, but to really live in the power of the resurrection. And many of you, that's the difference that I'm talking to, the difference in your life. The difference between believing, yes, this is about Jesus' death and resurrection. This is, we I believe that Jesus rose again. But let me ask you, what difference is it making in your life? I want you to press beyond belief, as if it's something casual, as if Jesus were just something that you get to add to your life, and instead embrace this resurrection life that He has guaranteed for you. In other words, in other words, not to just believe, because remember what the Bible says about the demons? It says they believe, but guess what? They're still the demons. There must be something beyond for us to not simply believe in, but to walk in. For us not to just simply have some ascent in our minds, yes, I believe that this is true, but let what we believe that's true actually affect our everyday life. Remember what happened, for example, all of the gospels record this, and this morning is as I went outside with my family at break of dawn, we got an opportunity. I opened the Bible. Katie made my wife, she made, you know, the resurrection rolls. We're still of that age with the children where they're almost out of that stage, but well, we just keep holding on to it. You know, she she rolled up the marshmallow and the marshmallow disappeared, and uh the good brown sugar with a crest. I mean, come on, that's just delicious, right? So let's any excuse we can, let's do the resurrection rolls as long as we can, Katie. That's what I tell her. But anyway, we go outside and we're reading the Bible, and remember what happens after they run in, after the break of dawn, the women go to the tomb, and they see that the stone is rolled away, they see the tomb is empty. Peter gets in, and what what does he see that Jesus left behind? What's he see? He left his grave clothes. That's exactly right. And that image becomes an image for the life that Jesus Christ is calling us to. It's not enough, dear friend. Listen, for us to have a casual form of religion for a weekly form of religion, uh a weekly on Sunday morning form of religion. It's an opportunity for us to embrace the resurrected life that Jesus Christ is calling us to. So how do we do that? Well, I want to give you three ways this morning. Number one, write this down. If we're to leave our grave closed behind, number one, we have to let Jesus swallow what it is that's been swallowing us. You say, what do you mean, let him swallow what's been swallowing us? And I love the way that the Bible speaks. It's so it's so evocative, it evokes in our minds so many thoughts. It says that all of us at verse, this is Isaiah 25 at verse 7, before he gets to what he's swallowing at verse 7, he says he will swallow up on this mountain. What's he swallowing? He says, the veil that is cast, or the covering that is cast over all people, the veil that's spread over all the nations. In other words, we live in a life of death. Anything outside of Jesus Christ is a life of death. And you think about how often it's not just, the Bible paints a picture. It's not just that we die. That's one thing, and that's a terrible thing. But it's that our whole life is more oriented towards death than we realize. That's why there's airbags, that's why there's seat belts, that's why there are guardrails. Why? Because we live in a world where there is death. We go to the doctor, we take our medicine. The doctor will call us if we haven't had our yearly checkup. Why is that? Because we're all living in a world where death is what we know. And Jesus Christ steps into that world where our experience is more oriented towards death than we realize. He steps into that world, not from a distance, but he deals with our death from the inside. This is why the language is here in the text for us. He doesn't just look at death from a distance or dab a little death here so that he can wash it off later. No, he swallows our death as his very own. You think about that. You think about the intimacy that's there. He deals with it from the inside. Jesus Christ takes our death into his very life, and he overcomes our death by his own living. That's why he goes, and that's why we believe that when Jesus died on the cross, he actually died on the cross. He didn't just swoon. He didn't just simply experience some moment of resuscitation. He actually died. One day passed, two days passed. And on the third day, Jesus Christ came out from death where he's experiencing death. He is in the body bag of death. He's in the veil of death where you and I were, and he tore through the veil with his own life, not from a distance, but from the inside. That's the thing that we can escape. But in Jesus Christ you can. In Jesus Christ you can. You remember there was a there was a uh there was a mama who she came and there was there, her two sons were already disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. James and John. They were called sons of thunder. Well, who knows what mother was called. But anyway, their daddy was called thunder. And anyway, uh here is this mama who says, Jesus, would you mind if my two sons, James and John, when you come into your kingdom, they sit at your right hand and your left. Now, you would think about she's got pretty good theology, right? She's listening in, leaning in, she's believing that there's a kingdom that's coming, and Jesus Christ is going to be the centerpiece of it all, and she, as any good mama would do, she's trying to set her children up with a good inheritance. She's saying, Would you mind letting my children sit at the left and the right? Remember how Jesus responded? Are they able to drink the cup that I'm to drink? You remember when he's in the garden and he's praying with sweat and tears and her drops of blood? Remember what he praised? Let this cup pass from me. What's in the cup? My sins. But not just my worst of sins. Every one of my sins. What's in the cup? Not just my sins, all of my sins, not just the worst of my sins, but also yours. And not just ours, but the sins of the whole world from all time. And Jesus Christ, knowing the cost of our redemption, you know what he did? He was willing to drink the cup of our death down to the last drop. Now he didn't have any sins of his own. He didn't deserve to die. The Bible says the wages of sin is death. Why did he die? Not because of his own sins, but because of my sins. Not just the worst sins, but all of your sins. All of your sins. All of your sins. He drank the full measure and he died. He was able to swallow our experience. He was able to take in from the inside. Oh, listen, not from a distance, but from the inside. So that he could pull us into himself. So that he could be our Savior, not just for a moment, but for all time, so that he could be in us the hope of glory. If we're going to put away our great clothes and just go to Jesus, dear friend. Go to Jesus, who has already done everything necessary for you to be saved. He's done everything necessary for you to live forever. What has he done? He's died on the cross. Why did he die on the cross? For your sins, for my sins, not just the worst of sins, but for every sin. We must let Jesus swallow what's been swallowing us. And notice what it says. I love the way the Bible speaks. Don't miss this. He will swallow up death forever. What he did, there are no returns. Remember what he said on the cross, those three words? Would you say them with me? It is finished. You know what that means? It means what he did is sufficient. What he did is enough. There remains no other name, Peter said, by which men and women, boys and girls, by which we must be saved. There's not another opportunity for us. We will find salvation in no other name. We'll not find salvation in anywhere else because only Jesus Christ was able to take the full measure of the wrath of God and drink it down all the way to the last drop, to the dregs, so that you and I could have life forever. And there's an invitation for you to accept his death as your own so that you can embrace his life as your own. Number two, if we're going to leave those grave clothes behind, number two, we must follow him out and leave all those clothes behind. There's an opportunity for us, again, not to just simply look at this Jesus from a distance, not for us to just simply believe in this, not for us to just simply peer in the tomb, but for us to continue with Jesus wherever it is that he goes. You see, here's what the resurrection of Jesus means. It's not just him doing something new in that moment, it's him doing something new for all time. You and I now live in a world, listen carefully, you and I now live in a world where the dead come back to life and never die again. Even old Lazarus, remember? Lazarus was there. And you remember the story. Mary and Martha, they come and they say, Lord, if you'd have only been here, he wouldn't have died. Oh, look at their hope. And then the most powerful verse that we have recorded in all of the Bible are two little short words. Remember, Jesus wept. Why is he weeping? He knows that he's fixing to raise Lazarus from the dead. He's looking at our experience where in reality it's all that we know is a world that's been infested by death. Jesus comes into that moment. Jesus comes into that moment to give us newness of life. And do you remember what Mary and Martha said of them? Said, Lord, we know that he'll be raised on the last day. We know those things. And there again, she's got good theology. But Jesus comes and corrects her and says, No, I'm not talking about the last day, I'm talking about now. Jesus says, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even though he die, yet shall he live. And do you remember he calls Lazarus and Lazarus comes out, and then once Jesus says, hey, he's got grave clothes on. He doesn't need those anymore. Take them off, unbind him so he can go free. And dear friends, some of you this morning, you're looking at Jesus from a distance. You're tripping over those grave clothes, you're tripping over those old ways of death. There's an opportunity for you to trust in Jesus Christ for your whole life, not just for part of your life, but for every portion of your life. Not for you to just simply look at Jesus from a distance, but for you to follow him wherever he goes. For you to have newness of life. Daniel chapter 12, if you wouldn't mind, go with me forward. We're going to go to two places very quickly. I want to show you this. Daniel chapter 12. Here's a beautiful passage. And as you're talking about Daniel chapter 12, I just have to do this. I shouldn't, but I'm going to do it anyway. As you're turning over to Daniel chapter 12, Daniel has an image in Daniel chapter 2. You go to 12, but I'm going to tell you what's in 2. He has this image of, King Nebuchadnezzar has this image of the statue, this statue. And this statue represents all the kingdoms of the earth. And then listen to this. You're going to love this. This is Daniel chapter 2 at verse 34 for later reference, if you want to. And as Daniel looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and it broke them into pieces. All the kingdom of the earth comes shattering down by this one little stone that becomes the cornerstone of all human civilization, of all time and eternity. And then verse 35 says, The stone that struck the image, listen to this, you're going to love this. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain. And it filled the whole earth. This Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus is not just for Sunday. The resurrection of Jesus is not for just one time of year. This is why, for example, the church constantly meets on the first day of the week. You know why? You know why we come to church? Why do we do that? Because Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. And we're going to orient all of our time around prioritizing this time. We're going to orient all of our time around making sure that this matters most. In a way that which we show our, we show, we put our actions where our mouth is. We show that by faith Jesus Christ is risen from the grave, and he has reoriented all of time. And now I'm going to reorient all of my time around him. Daniel chapter 12 at verse 1. At that time, the Bible says, shall arise Michael, the great prince, who has charge of your people. And there will be a time of trouble, such as never has been, since there was a nation till all the time. And so here's the image. It's a time of trouble. It's a time of tribulation. It's a time to be avoided. But look, at that time, at that time, that's when God brings deliverance. Just when we need it him the most. And some of you are right here, you're on the edge of eternity today, and you don't even realize it. But you're right here, seated right now. And today the Bible says, if you hear his voice, don't harden your hearts. Instead, turn to him. Instead, believe in him. Instead, receive him as your Lord and Savior. But at that time your people shall be delivered. Everyone, the Bible says, whose name shall be found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake. What are you talking about? Those that are dead shall awake. Some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt. You say, what's the difference between the two? Listen, before I answer that question, John chapter 5, Jesus quotes this passage. And here's what he says. Here's what Jesus says. Jesus says, I will effectively undo the curse of Adam. You say, What do you mean, Pastor? I mean, when you go by today and you go by the graveyard and you see all of those graves there, one day every one of them will be empty. One day, every one of those graves, everyone who has ever died, will one day rise from death. And you'll either have one or two places to be. The Bible says some will be raised to everlasting life, others will be raised to everlasting death. That's why in Philippians chapter 2, you have knees that are bowing. Everybody's going to have a knee one day. And one day you say, what's the difference between everlasting life and everlasting death? You know the difference, don't you? It's faith in Jesus. What's the difference? It's faith in Jesus Christ. You see, Jesus Christ has radically reoriented all that we know around this reality. It's appointed for a man once to die. It's appointed for a woman, a boy, and a girl once to die, and then after that, face Almighty God. And the only hope that you have on that day is have you trusted in Jesus Christ as your sole satisfaction for sin? Have you let him swallow what was swallowing you so that you could put on the new raiments of righteousness that he himself provides for you? Go, if you wouldn't mind with me to another passage, and this is in the New Testament. Colossians chapter 3. And in Colossians chapter 3, here is Paul having this. Analogy of putting on and putting off, putting on and putting off. It's almost like he's reading this passage that we're reading and talking about raiments of righteousness that you and I now can have through Jesus Christ. He said, There was an old way for you to live, but now you have new life. Notice what he says here in Colossians chapter 3 at verse 4. And here's the challenge for you, my dear friend, today. Listen. The Bible says, when Christ who is your life appears, you will also appear with him in glory. And I just humbly want to ask you again, more poignantly this time, perhaps than the last, is Jesus Christ your life? Or is he part of your life? Is he your life? Or is he part of your life? And listen to me carefully. When you say, well, how do I know if he's part of my life? I'm not talking about perfection. I'm not talking about some kind of sinless perfection, but what I am talking about, listen carefully, is a life of faith and repentance. That's what it means to trust Jesus. Let me tell you, since trusting in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I have confessed of so many more sins. You know why? Because now I get to lay aside that old way of living. And the life of Christ is now lived inside of me. There's an old way that we used to live when Christ just was part of my life, but now Christ is my life. And you know what he's doing? He's consuming me from the inside out. And this same Jesus that's consuming me, he desires to consume you. Because after all, that's who he is. He's not just a small stone, he's a mountain that fills the whole earth. And listen, dear friends, you can take all that you are and find a safe place in him. You can take your sorrow, you can take your shame, you can take your dissatisfaction, and you can give it all to Jesus, and Jesus will exchange your experience for who he is. This is salvation. You get to put aside those grave clothes. Listen to Colossians. He says, put to death, therefore. And now he's going to start reading, he's going to start telling at verse 5, all of those grave clothes that we used to have, listen, what is earthly in you, sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires, covetousness, idolatry. On account of these things, Paul says, the wrath of God is coming. And then look at what he says at verse 7. In these two you once walked, when you were living in them. And then he says this, but now you must put them all away, leave them in the grave where Jesus left them. Put them away. Anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene talk from your mouth. Don't lie to one another. Put on, and he says, Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self. You've left your grave clothes behind with its practices, and you put on the new self. This new self which is being renewed in the knowledge after the image of its creator. And then he says this at verse 12 here's what we get to put on now. Remember, follow Jesus and leave your old life behind and follow him. So that now the life of Jesus now lives through you. You say, What does that look like? Here's what it looks like. Put on, then, in verse 12, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved. That's who you are in Him. You're holy and beloved. Jesus Christ loves you. You say, how can I be so sure? Dear friend, that's why He died. He died for one reason. The Bible gives us one reason. And I wish I could explain it even more than this, but I can't. There's one reason that Jesus died, and you know what it is, don't you? It's because he loves you. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. And whosoever believes in him, no matter what they've done, whosoever believes in him will never perish, but have everlasting life. That's who you are in Christ. This is what you get to put on. This is this new raiment of righteousness that He Himself provides. It's receiving Jesus Christ. It's receiving who he is. It's the life of Jesus now lived inside of you. Listen, it keeps going. Put on men, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, bearing with one another. And if there is a complaint against one another, you'll respond by forgiving each other. Why do you do that? Because the Lord has already forgiven you. And just as He's forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these things, put on love. Look at what you get to put on. You get to put on love. And that love, the Bible says, binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. I want to just simply ask you: do you have the peace of Christ ruling in your heart? Are you at peace with God today? The only way for you to be at peace with God is for you to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. For you to not justify, for you to not try to aggrandize things or try to do your best effort, but for you to lay down your arms and simply trust Jesus Christ. It says, Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body and be thankful. And then look at these raiments of righteousness, verse 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your heart to God. Now look at verse 17 here, friend. Look how encompassing this is. It's not enough for Christ to be part of your life. He must be completely your life and whatever you do. And all that you do. In word or deed. You see how encompassing that is? You see how constraining that is? But it's not constraining. It's, in other words, it's you leaving aside, it's identifying those things that don't match who now you are in Christ. Whatever you do in word and deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus. Oh, what a way for you to live. What an opportunity for you to live. Not in the old ways, but now with the new that Jesus Christ brings. Now with the new that Jesus Christ has secured for you. And listen, notice again, how did he secure it for you? Not from a distance, but from the inside. He walked into your suffering. He walked into your death and came out of death alive. Number three, how do we leave those old grave clothes behind? Number three, write this down. There again, I'm referring to Isaiah chapter 25. You simply put on what Christ has purchased. You simply put on what Christ has purchased. Jesus Christ has done everything necessary. Here's this new garment for you to simply put on. It's already a tailored fit just for you. He knows your frame. He knows your faults. He knows everything that you've done. And he still loves you. He still accepts you. He'll still forgive you. You can't purchase what he's provided for you. He bought it for you. You simply need to put on what Christ has purchased for you. You say, what does that look like? Well, let's look back at verse 8. It says that he'll swallow up death forever. You know what that means? It means that you give him your death and he'll give you his life. That sounds like a good exchange, doesn't it? You give him your death. And he'll respond and he'll say, Now have my life. And that life that he offers is not just a once-in-a-while life. It's a forever life. It's a life with him for all eternity. You give him your death, which is really all you have to offer anyway. All you have to offer him is suffering and strife, shame and regret. You give him your death, and he says, I'll give you my life. So that as you can say what the Apostle Paul said in Galatians chapter 2 and verse 20, I have been crucified with Christ. His death was my death. It is no longer I who lived, but Christ who lives in me. And then he says this, the life that I now live. How do I live it? I live by faith. Not by perfection, but by faith. Not on what I do, but what he has done. I live by faith in the one who loved me and gave himself for me. Look at this next verse. It says, And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces. Jesus says, You have sorrow. Some of you have deep sorrow. Jesus says, I'll never lead you to a place that I myself has not already been. Jesus Christ is able to lead us through the valley of the shadow of death because He Himself has been there before. He says, You bring me all of your sorrow, and I'll give you joy like you've never had. You give me your sorrow, you give me your hurt, you give me your sadness, and here's the promise. I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. Revelation chapter 7, there's this beautiful image. On the last day, Jesus comes. He's not unaware of our hurt. He's not unaware of our sadness. He's not unmoved by our sorrow. Instead, he weeps with us, and one day, the assurance that we have because of the empty tomb of Jesus is we give him our sorrow, and he'll trade our sorrow for his joy. He'll wipe away all the tears from our faces. And then the Bible says this, and the reproach of his people, he'll take away from all the earth. In other words, you bring him your shame. And he'll respond to your shame by saying, This is where you belong. And let me just say this: this is the ones that Jesus responds to. These are the individuals that Jesus responds to, not those self-righteous people, but those people who don't know why God would love him. Don't know why God would love her. They don't know why God would love me, but for some reason he does. He takes our shame. He takes the fact that we don't deserve to be here. He says, You give me your shame, and I'll set a table for you in my Father's house. You give him your shame, and he'll accept you as one of his own. And then finally, the Bible says in verse 8, you take all of your failed expectations, all of those times where you never made it, you never measured up. You take all of your experiences and you give them over to Jesus. And he says, I will give you what your heart truly longs for. I'll give you acceptance, I'll give you forgiveness, I will give you new life, something that you've never experienced and you've only just hoped for. You see, here's what I want to tell you this morning. We oftentimes think about the resurrection. We oftentimes talk about accepting Jesus Christ. Listen, it's not just that you're saved from something, it's that you're raised into someone. It's not just that you're saved from something, but you're raised into someone. It's the life of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit now lived inside of you. And I want to humbly ask you the same thing one more time. Is Jesus Christ a part of your life? Or is it your life? Are you still walking around in grave clothes? You look great on the outside and you fool a lot of people. Jesus knows. That shame. Jesus knows that sin. Jesus knows that self-justifying. Jesus knows. And Jesus will accept you as you are, as you come to him. And you trade all that you have to offer for who he is. So that Christ is not just simply part of your life. But Jesus Christ is your life. And that life has a beginning. You know where it begins? It begins not by you trying to do your best, not by you trying to make your way, but it begins by you saying, All to Jesus, I surrender. Lord, here's my life. Have all of me. Not just part of me, not just some of me. After all, he drank the full measure of God's wrath for you, not just so that you could have part of your life, but so he could give you a full life. Would you respond to him today in faith? Would you say, Lord, I trust not in what I can do, but I trust in what you have done for me. And here's what the Bible says that any who come to him, any who come to him, he by no means will cast aside. And it's my prayer for you, dear friend. Maybe for the first time, that you would come to him and confess him as your Lord and Savior, not just simply believe in him, but let him be your life. Not just to have a casual form of Christianity, but for you to say, All to Jesus, I surrender. All to him, I freely give. Amen.