- Well, good morning to all of you. If you are worshiping online, or you're worshiping here physically at Rockpoint Church, I, myself, want to welcome you and thank you for tuning in today as we continue in our series, "Multiplying Disciples," which is a study of 2 Timothy. Now many of you know I'm not physically in the building here at Rockpoint and that is because I still have symptoms of COVID-19. I want to thank you for your prayers. I also want to ask that you continue to pray for Steve and Julie Caskey. Steve is our Director of Men's Ministry here at Rockpoint. And he and his wife Julie have a more severe case of COVID-19. Julie is actually still in the hospital. So continue to pray for God's healing hand to be on their life and also for God's peace. You know, Paul was writing to 2 Timothy, who was his disciple, the pastor, I believe, of the Church of Ephesus towards the end of his life. And I don't know about you but whenever someone is writing their very last words to someone, you want to pay attention. And whether or not you are someone who has embraced Jesus Christ as savior and Lord and you celebrated his resurrection with us last week, or someone who is investigating a relationship with Jesus Christ, you are with us online or you're here physically at Rockpoint, you're looking into the window of what a church is all about. You're looking in to this window or through the window I should say, into a church, trying to figure out what it means to be a follower of Jesus. And that's why I love the Book of 2 Timothy and I love this particular passage today, because it gives us the marks of what a true believer really looks like. And so I want you to take your Bibles out, and I want you to go to 2 Timothy chapter 2 and locate verse 14. 2 Timothy chapter 2:14. I like this passage because Paul, in a very general way, it's not an exhaustive list, actually lays out for us the marks of a disciple so that we know how to live out our faith in the world in which we live. Now in 2 Timothy chapter 2:14, Paul begins to remind Timothy to remind those that he's leading in this church of some important truths. I'm gonna walk through our passage with you verse by verse, and then we're gonna come back and actually talk about the summary statements which are really next steps for all of us so that we understand what a disciple looks like. And then begin to lay those over our life so that we can find some points of application. If you'll look down at verse 14, Paul says this, "Remind them," and what he means by the them is, Timothy, remind anybody who's willing to listen of these things and charge them before God not to quarrel about words which does no good but only ruins the hearers. Remind the individuals you're teaching, Timothy, of the trues I've just covered. If you look back up in verse 11, he says, "If we have died with him, we will also live with him." He's talking about someone who's put their faith and trust in Jesus as savior and Lord, who has the assurance of their salvation, the assurance of a resurrected life in eternity with Christ. "If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he'll deny us," speaking of an individual who rejects Christ as savior and Lord. "And if we are faithless," because we all are at times, we continue to sin, "he remains faithful." This is the assurance of knowing, once we have a relationship with God through Christ, it's permanent for he cannot deny himself. Timothy, you need to remind them of some important truths that I'm giving to you at the end of my life. Paul is really in many ways he's saying, set aside those things that aren't in advancing the cause of Christ and helping someone grow in their faith. Now he does that by saying, "Don't get caught up in quarreling." And the literal rendering of that is word fights, or fighting and arguing over useless trivial concepts about words which does no good but only ruins the hearers. His point is, Timothy, don't get caught up in that and encourage other people not to get caught up in that if they're true followers of Christ. And the reason is because when you see people arguing, it affects the person that's watching them. If you're watching an argument take place, man that can be very unsettling. And individuals were arguing over trivial and useless things that do not advance the cause of Christ and do not help a person grow in their faith. And Paul comes along and he says don't waste your time there and encourage those in the church who are true followers of Jesus Christ not to waste their time there. But instead, Timothy, you focus on these things, more important matters. And in verse 15, he says, "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, the worker who has no need to be ashamed rightly handling the word of truth." I love that phrase. Do your best, Timothy. Work hard at something so that you are presented to God as one who is approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed. Well what are we to work hard at? Well he tells you, rightly handling the word of truth. Now this means two things. He says, I want you to avoid those individuals who are causing you to be detracted from the study and application of God's word. Why, because those individuals are not advancing the cause of Christ, and they're not helping people grow in their faith. Let me give you a couple of verses that unpack that first idea. And then we'll come back to rightly handling the word of truth. Paul was writing to another leader in the church, in Titus chapter 3:9. He says, "But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless." In other words, avoid word fights over needless trivial useless ideas because they're unprofitable, they're worthless. They're not gonna help a person grow in their faith. Now, Paul, I don't want you to- Paul was saying to Timothy, Timothy, I don't want you to get caught up in that stuff. And he also says in the first book to Timothy that he wrote in chapter 6:4 that these individuals are puffed up with conceit and they understand nothing, he says. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, word fighting, things that don't matter, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions. In other words, these are individuals who are not living out a godly life. And actually by arguing over these things, it actually produces the opposite of a godly life. Well, Paul says, "In contrast, you Timothy be different. You do your best to work hard at rightly, like a master craftsman, be able to get into the word of God, read it on a regular basis, study it, understand its meaning." And then the word, rightly handling the word of truth, in verse 15 means to apply it to your life, so that your life is different from these other individuals. You are actually growing towards godliness, as a mark of a disciple, and you're encouraging others to do the exact same. Then once again in verse 16, he contrasts that lifestyle of godliness and understanding the word of God and applying it to life with those who are not. And he further unpacked these individuals who are fighting and quarreling. He says in verse 16, "But avoid irreverent babble." Now that is a reference to false teaching. "For it will lead people into more and more ungodliness and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus who have swerved from the truth saying that the resurrection has already happened. They're upsetting the faith of some." He's telling me about false teachers here. He's talking about individuals that are promoting false doctrine and they're leading people astray. And Paul says to Timothy, don't avoid getting trapped in those conversations. State the truth but don't get into emotional arguments over them, and avoid those individuals. They should be removed. You know, if gangrene takes over somebody's body, that actually has to be cut out. That limb has to be cut off. It would be like cancer. You need to get in there and carve out what is hurting the healthiness of the body, so to speak. Now one of these individuals, Hymenaeus, is actually mentioned in 1 Timothy chapter 1:20 as a false teacher. And he says avoid those individuals. Now notice what he says in verse 19. But again, it's a contrast, as opposed to the false teaching and those things in life that are gonna pass away. Don't spend your time there, Timothy. Spend your time accurately handling the word, living it out, passing it on to other people. Because he says here in verse 19, "but God's firm foundation stands." His truth stands. "And that truth bears this seal," he says, "and it has two sides to it. The Lord knows those who are his, and let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity." Now you have to ask yourself the question, what is God's firm foundation that stands? Well, he's referring to the church here, the church of Jesus Christ that is built on the foundation of God's truth. So where do we go to begin to unpack a little bit about what Paul is after here? Well, let's go back to another book that Paul wrote. It's the Book of Ephesians chapter 2:19. He says, "So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God." The moment you put your trust and faith in Jesus Christ as savior and Lord, which Paul unpacks at the beginning part of Ephesians chapter 2, you're part of the household of God. That's a reference to the church. Now he says, "What is that church built on? Well, it's built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone." What he's talking about is the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ, and the foundation that is built on that cornerstone. In other words, what Paul is referring to here is a person becomes part of the household of God when they put their trust and faith in Jesus Christ as savior and Lord. That's the good news, that's the gospel. Jesus Christ and the message that he brought is the way the truth and the life. He is the cornerstone. All who enter into a relationship with him become part of the church. He's the cornerstone of the foundation now of his truth, the gospel, that is communicated and laid by the apostles and prophets. They're the ones that spread the gospel around the world. They're the ones that communicated the truth. Now that truth is God's word, it's been recorded for us in the Bible, all 66 books. And that foundation of doctrine and teaching has built the church. His point is this, God's truth stands. It does not change. And it is God's truth that has now become, based on the gospel, a relationship with Jesus Christ, the truth that's been communicated to us. That is the foundation now of the church. Paul says elsewhere in 1 Timothy chapter 3:15, the first book that he wrote to Timothy, he says, "If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God," There it is again, that's the church, "which is the church," he says, see, "of the living God." So the household of God is the church of the living God. And notice this, he says that it is "a pillar and buttress of the truth." The church's foundation is God's truth, and it is the church that has been given. And by the way, I don't mean structure of a church. I mean, anyone who has trusted Christ as savior and Lord. Now it takes on physical dimensions like a Rockpoint Church, a local church, but he's talking about the universal body, those who have trusted Christ as savior and Lord. We are given the gospel, we are given the truth of what it means to have a relationship with God. We're given the truth of God's word. We are to guard it and protect it, which Paul is communicating to Timothy even here in 2 Timothy. And we as followers of Jesus Christ, and it's why we're firmly committed to this at Rockpoint Church, are to be a pillar, a buttress, or a support of the truth. We're to maintain it and communicate it. Now it is the foundation of God's truth, his church, that has this seal stamped into it. And the seal is made up of two things. Number one, the Lord knows those who are his. Now that is a private understanding between the believer and that believer in his relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul says it this way, again I'll refer back to the Book of Ephesians chapter 1:13 and 14. He says, "In him," in Christ, "you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed," there's that word seal again, "were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, the praise of his glory." The Holy Spirit has sealed us, confirmed that we are his, and we await that day when we will be in the very presence of Jesus Christ, given a new resurrected body, will the spirit of God dwells inside of every single believer who's trusted Christ as savior and Lord, and has sealed us in that relationship, confirms to our spirit that we are followers of Jesus Christ. Now this seal also has another part to it. And he says here at the end of verse 19, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord who calls themselves a true believer in Jesus Christ, prove it, not just in private but in public by," and he tells you, "departing from iniquity." In other words, the seal that is on the foundation of the church based on God's foundational truth, has two parts to it. Now a seal would be a symbol of authenticity, a seal that would indicate ownership by the person that built the building, authority. The church has as its head, Jesus Christ, and he's placed on this foundational part of our church two things. If you know Christ as savior and Lord, then you have entered into a relationship with him. He knows you and you know him. And if you are a true believer in Jesus Christ, it will be demonstrated by your life. Now, again, this is in opposition to the false teachers that Paul has been referring to. And he's saying, look, those guys are gonna pass away, but God's foundation stands. That's why Jesus said that the gates of hell will not prevail against his church because his truth will continue to go out. And it's our job to rightly align ourselves with him, marks of a disciple, so he can continue to use us. Now look at verse 20, because now he begins to give us an illustration, that is a very powerful illustration, that describes how we should be living our lives. He says, "Now in a great house, there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart or having been set apart as a result of this cleansing, as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work." A couple of thoughts here. Paul is talking about vessels of honor and dishonor. Paul is talking about those things that are made up of gold and silver that you would serve food on. That would be a vessel of honor to someone who comes into your house and you want to provide a nice meal for them. In contrast to those vessels made out of clay, which could be used for dishonorable use. In other words, those that are polluted, those that have germs on them. And his point is this. You wouldn't put food on a plate that has germs, that's been used to carry out, quite frankly, household waste or physical waste. You wouldn't serve food on a plate or a bucket like that. You would want to serve food on a vessel of honor. And his point is, let those metaphors describe our Christian life and how we ought to live. Let the metaphor of an honorable vessel describe you as a disciple who's following Jesus Christ. Don't let a vessel of dishonor describe you. Now I've brought up here a couple of practical illustrations of this. First is a toilet brush cleaner. Now I would not put food in here. I would not serve individuals in my house in a vessel that contains a toilet brush that cleans the toilet. That's the idea of a vessel of dishonorable use. I would want to serve someone with a clean vessel like this nice pitcher, for to pour some clean water into it, so that as I pour that clean water into someone's glass who's in my house, I'm honoring them, it is a vessel of honor. And out of it, I can pour clean water, not diseased water that might make them sick. And the analogy is simply this, you know, Jesus said it's out of the character qualities of your heart that describe what the marks of a true follower of Jesus Christ is. Not just the stuff on the outside, but what is going on in your heart? The envy, the strife, the jealousy, those are character qualities. And Paul is simply saying, I want you to strive to do a thorough cleansing in your life so that you will be like this vessel of honor whereby from your heart pours out character qualities that describe Jesus Christ. His point is remove the things through thorough cleansing that don't look like Jesus and add in the things that do look like Jesus, so that you will be ready so that God can use you however he wants to use you. And let me make a couple of comments here. First, Paul is not suggesting that we are not all in a process, and he's not saying you need to be perfect in your Christian life. That's not his point. He's giving you the end result though. It should be our goal. It should be all of our goals to pursue a life whereby we're thoroughly being cleansed from sin, so that we are set apart and we can be used by God for every good work, however he wants to use us. Remove those character qualities that don't like Jesus, add in the things that do so we're ready to be used by him however he wants to use us. Now while every person can find a place to serve, and everyone can be used, and we're all in process, and I realize that we all still sin, but there are certain sins that continue to trip up someone. Paul says in 1 Timothy that, if you seek to be a leader in the church, you need to remove those sins before you become a leader in the church. Now I know that's something that we don't oftentimes like to talk about but the reality is this. Everybody can find a place to serve but there are certain key positions within the church that need to have individuals who have gone through this thorough cleansing, who have developed character qualities that are described in 1 Timothy, who control their anger and manage their household well. You wouldn't take a new believer and make them a leader in the church right away. No, you want to make sure that they are growing in their faith, they've got some great spiritual patterns in their life, and they are removing those sins that continually trip them up so that they're ready by God to be used in a different way. Everybody can find a place to serve, but there are certain key positions within a church that requires someone to have a track record of growth in their walk with Jesus Christ. And so all Paul is saying here is for all of us, make it your end game to be this kind of a person. So that from the character qualities of your heart, you're pouring out whatever God is pouring into you so that others can grow and follow Jesus Christ. Now he continues to unpack this a little bit in verse 22 by saying, "So flee youthful passions." These are things that keep you from following Jesus Christ. Youthful passions can be anything from pride, it can be anger, it can be anything that causes you to be discontent as you follow Jesus Christ and actually pull you away from finding your satisfaction in him. That's the idea of what he is after here. Anything that draws you away. Could be a desire for money, it could be power, control, admiration, whatever that is. And instead, he says, pursue righteousness or right living, faith, continual dependence and trust in God. Love, this is the key word, agape love, which means a selfless kind of love. And then peace, peace with God and peace with others. "Along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart." In other words, join others in community. "Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies. You know that they breed quarrels." Again, he's back to individuals who are arguing and fighting over things, false teachers. "Set that stuff aside, have nothing to do with it. And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome." And then he gives some other character qualities. Kind, be kind to everyone. Able to teach. Those of us who are followers of Christ need to make it our goal to be able to pass on our truth to others. We all do that to a certain extent, but this is in particular reference to a leader within the church which he brings up in 1 Timothy chapter 3. Patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents at times when that comes up with gentleness and the idea is meekness or strength under control. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. And they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil after being captured by him to do his will. Now as I said, I love this passage because Paul really does develop marks of a disciple. And he's really after one central theme here. And that is encouraging all of us to be a vessel of honor who goes through a thoroughly thorough cleansing so that out of our heart flows the characteristics of Jesus Christ. And so as we kind of summarize everything that Paul has talked about, what's he calling us to do? Well, avoid false doctrine and divisive controversy. That's really at the core of what Paul is telling Timothy when he describes these individuals who are really leading others apart from or away from Jesus Christ. His point is, Timothy, don't get caught up in arguing over useless trivial matters and false doctrine. There's nothing wrong with stating the truth. As a matter of fact, I'm a proponent who believes that, hey a good honest debate can be a good thing with a believer or a non-believer, but don't get into arguing. There's a point where we have to be respectful, where we have to agree to disagree. And if the conversation does not advance the cause of Christ, it's not helping an individual grow in their faith, then don't waste time there. And if it is something that is a false teaching that is coming up within the church, then state the position of God's truth. Let it stand on its own. You can have a respectful conversation with someone who may disagree with you but at some point you have to say, look, we need to stop the conversation. This is what God's truth says. And then as Paul will come back to in a minute, as you gently try and communicate that truth, don't get caught up in arguing endlessly hours and hours at a time over something whereby the person is not willing to listen. And there's also a responsibility for the leadership of the church not to allow that false teaching to begin to destroy the lives of those within the church. In other words, Timothy, major on the majors, not on the minors. You can have good conversations regarding the majors and the minors, but let's not begin to split fellowship and argue over things that do not advance the cause of Christ and help someone grow in their faith. Now some key questions that I think can help us apply this. Obviously, if someone is teaching something that is false doctrine, it needs to be dealt with. Truth needs to be communicated to. It needs to be respectful, but a church and leadership cannot allow that to grow within the church because it'll end up damaging people. It's why I love the denomination of Evangelical Free Church of America that we are a part of. We agree on the essentials of the gospel, our faith. Our doctrinal statement is online, you can check it out. We agree on those things. We set aside secondary issues, we don't break fellowship over those, We don't kick people out of the church. But we say, look, we can have some disagreement on some things that aren't essential to helping someone come to faith in Jesus Christ, that aren't essential to the faith. You can find all of those things again on our website. It's our doctrinal beliefs, our statement of faith. Those major on the majors. On the minor issues, we can have distinctives of a church, which we hold to, but we don't mistreat one another. And we don't call someone who disagrees with us someone who is not following Jesus Christ or is a second class citizen of Jesus Christ. That is not true. I've gotten into conversations with people even within here at Rockpoint Church where false accusations are being made over secondary issues, which simply is not appropriate. Now, some key questions that can help us apply this to our lives is this. When you're having conversations with individuals, does this discussion about these topics, is it taking place respectfully as we have this conversation? Does the topic advance the truth or godliness in our lives? Or is it calling people to trust Christ as savior and Lord? Is that a respectful conversation? People who are genuinely seeking truth, they're not seeking to argue. They're asking questions. They're respectful. They're not hurling accusations. Well, Paul goes on in another summary statement which can be very helpful to us. A mark of the disciple is that they know and practice the truth. As I said, this was based on verse 15 and then verse 19. They are individuals who study the word, they know it, and they're applying it to their life. This is understanding how to study the Bible. If you need any help at all there, please contact us here at Rockpoint, we'll help you find a way to do that. These are individuals involved with community in a small group, a precept study, a class, studying with other men in our men's breakfast events. It's getting engaged in the word together, growing together, and then applying it to our life. We can help you do that. Good behavior is based on good theology. It is also important to understand, and this is why we study the Bible here at Rockpoint Church, I do believe that a church has been given the truth of the gospel. We are to protect it, guard it, and communicate it to others. That is especially critical in the world in which we live. We take stand on biblical issues, we take stands on moral issues. That's important in the midst of our culture today. We can do so respectively, honoring others, but we stand on God's truth. And it's important for us as a church to uphold it. It's why we study the Bible. It's why we encourage you to know the truth and then apply it to your life in the midst of your walk as a disciple of Jesus Christ. Now, let me ask a few more applicational questions here, which I think are important as we take a look at this passage. How much do you devote to the study of God's word? Are you engaged in a life group? Are you a part of a men's group, a women's group? Are you coming to a precept study? Are you making church a regular part of your life so that we're unpacking the word of God together? How much time do you spend in knowing the book that contains God's truth about him and how we should live out our lives? Are you able to spot things that are in error so that you can go back to God's word and base your life on what the truth of what he says? And we do this obviously within community, which leads to our next mark of a disciple. He responds to the conviction and cleansing of the Holy Spirit. This gets back to that analogy of what it means to be a vessel of honor, to go through a thorough cleansing in our lives so that we can remove those things that don't look like Jesus and add in those things that do. It's really the byproduct of studying the word, listening to it, and following Jesus Christ. One of the passages that I love, which I simply want to read to you is found in Psalm chapter 1:1 through 3. Listen to these words, "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 love of the Lord, and in his law, he meditates day and night. He's like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers." Why, because he's studying the word, he's memorizing it. He's allowing it to transform his life. And so the word of God acts like a mirror. It reflects back to us how we should be living out our lives. And so within community, we begin to ask ourselves some very important questions. Does my life reflect how Jesus Christ would live? The character qualities that would pour out of his life? Am I becoming a vessel of honor or a vessel of dishonor? Now this flows into the next reminder and that is, a mark of disciple, somebody who is following Jesus Christ, cultivates a pure heart. So I remove those things that don't look like Jesus Christ. He says in verse 22, "I'm fleeing youthful passions, those things that keep me from following, that rule my life, and I'm adding into my life, those things that do reflect Jesus Christ." Now a great passage to go to, to spend some time in that talk about the character qualities that are produced by surrendering to the Holy Spirit in our life is Galatians chapter 5:22 and 23, it talks about the fruit of the spirit that's evident. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, many of the things that Paul talks about here. There's a sense of right living, there's faith, there's love, there's peace, as he says in verse 22. There's kindness which he brings up. You're patiently enduring those who disagree with you. Well, that's produced by the Holy Spirit in your life. Psalm 119:9 says it this way, "How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word." As you handle the word, as you look at what it teaches in your life, as you discover its truth and community, people are asking you, hey, does your life look like that? You're asking them, does your life look like that? You're giving permission to those that you trust to evaluate your own life and you evaluate them. And as you grow in community together, it's like you're sharpening one another with these marks of a disciple so that you can continue to reflect Jesus Christ and become a vessel of honor. Psalm 119 goes on. And by the way, it's a great passage to read. Psalm 119 verse 11 says, "I've stored up your word in my heart, that I may not sin against you." I'm in the word, I'm studying it on a regular basis. I'm doing so in community, so that I begin to experience, whether it's in a life group, a men's group, within the context of other small group experiences or classes here at Rockpoint Church, I am beginning to experience real and total transformation as I become like Jesus Christ. And finally, he gives us this final mark. And that is we are playing a manner of gentleness. The word for gentleness here is meekness under control. I'm acting like Jesus Christ would act so that others can find hope in him. Now it doesn't mean we shy away from the truth. Paul the apostle said in 2 Corinthians chapter 10:1 said, "I, Paul, myself entreat you by the meekness," strength under control, "and gentleness of Christ, I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold towards you when I'm away." His whole point here is there's times to confront error and falsehood but we do so gently. We do so with the character of Christ, and we focus our attention on growing, handling the word of God, living out the truth, so that we truly can be a vessel of honor. Now for those of you that are listening today, and still looking into the window of what a Christian looks like, I want to encourage you to put your trust and faith in Jesus Christ as savior and Lord. It happens in a moment in your life, a season whereby you finally come to grips though with the understanding that you are a sinner and in need of forgiveness. And when you admit your sin before almighty God, and you turn to Jesus Christ, and you confess him as savior and Lord, tell him you are trusting in him alone as your savior and Lord. And it is your desire to let him lead your life. The moment you utter those words, the moment you give your life to Jesus Christ, surrendering to him as savior and Lord, committing to him alone, as the one who died for your sin and can take you to heaven, you enter into this church, the household of God, and we want to help you grow in that relationship. And so once again, on the screen, we have the text, Believe. If you would like to make that decision or you have made that choice, would you please let us know so we can contact you and help you grow in your walk with Jesus Christ. And for those of us that have made a decision to trust Christ as savior and Lord, I want to leave you with this word picture that Paul gives us. Are you growing in your relationship with Jesus, so that you are becoming a vessel of honor? You are going through a process of thoroughly cleansing your life by the principles given to us in God's word so that the character of Christ is changing you from the inside out. So that your heart is becoming the very heart of Christ. So that you can be poured out and used by God for every good work. So that the hope of Jesus Christ is seen, not only in your words, but your actions as you live out what it means to follow Jesus. So that the world will understand that hope can be found in Christ and Christ alone. It's our job as followers of Christ, it's our task, it's our privilege to live as vessels of honor, so that others can find hope in Christ and Christ alone. God bless. Thanks for being with us today.