CROSS TO COMMISSION | The King They Mocked | Matthew 27:27-31 | Philip Anthony Mitchell

I'd like to be seated. Everybody, this is my son right here. He's a very powerful preacher. I'm going to put him up here to preach very soon. Thirty-five. If you are guests, we do not apologize for enjoying God's presence. If you think that we're doing the most and you have no desire to be in heaven, if you are repulsed at the thought that followers would sit in Jesus' presence for hours and change, and you really have no desire for glory, for he is the light and glory. There'll be no need for the sun. We would enjoy his presence forever. This is a foretaste of glory divine. And if you miss your appointment for where you have to go today, I want you to take responsibility for that because I attempted to let you go home. We welcome you to 2819 Church, where we are serious about the spread of the gospel and the multiplying of disciples and to all of our digital disciples watching live across the country and around the world, if you're still hanging out in this chat. We love you. We pray for you. You are our global family and the extension of 2819 and the kingdom of God wherever you are. If you crept into this room and you're not a follower of Jesus, I know you feel overwhelmed, maybe even a little confused, afraid, skeptic. I know you're probably plotting to never come back here again. And if you do not, I pray that maybe today before you walk out, the Holy Spirit might tap you and he might draw you in to himself, that you might be brought upon the arc of safety. You might be saved before time has run out on you. I want you to know that tomorrow is not promised to you and whoever you are, today is the day of salvation.

And maybe today is the day you meet us right here at this altar when this gathering is over and to surrender your life to God completely, fully to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are in the end, coming down to the last seven messages in a three-year walk through the book of Matthew. And I was sharing with your brothers and sisters earlier how I've seen some people out there critiquing our church for spending three years in Matthew. And I've learned from my wife and from other people that I don't always make a defense for myself, so I stopped talking on social media, but for just a second, I will make a defense of Jesus. And I just want to remind all of our detractors and our haters, we're preaching Matthew because the Spirit of the Lord told us to. And when I planned to finish this series in one year, the Spirit convicted me and said, who told you to do that? Why are you rushing? And I just want to remind all of our detractors that this series, when we launched 2819, started with 183 disciples, 183 disciples. In our first series, the King is here. And as Christ has been exalted, he has drawn men to himself. That's why I want to encourage you to not lend your ears to the voice of people who only scoff at everything that God does, but instead lend your eyes to fruit. When our final series in Matthew crossed the commission, studying Matthew 26 to 28 together, our text today, Matthew 27, very short text, very short, 27 to 31. Eternal God and ever wise father. We pause in this moment to slow down. I personally want to give you thanks for a body of believers that are hungry for the word, who love the scriptures and the proclamation of this holy word. I know that we are tired, and we are weary, and some of us are hungry, and we have worshiped you until we are exhausted. But Lord, as we have cried out for this word, I pray you would give us stamina for another few moments, which would open up our eyes to see and our heart to receive and to believe. And for the one with the microphone, God, your son, who is also weary

and tired, I pray you give me energy to proclaim this word a third time. To these, my brothers and my sisters, whom I love deeply, and to the unbeliever under the sound of my voice, have your way, Holy Spirit, and give us supernatural stamina to get to the end. We ask in the mighty and the majestic and the matchless name of our soon coming King, the Lord Jesus Christ, and all God's people said, amen. My family, it was about two weeks ago. My wife and I and my children and some close friends, we were walking through the Vatican Museum in Rome when I came across a very iconic painting of one of the most sacred and important moments in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was a painting that depicted Jesus on the night before he was crucified, sitting at the table with his closest followers in what history has come to call the last supper of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was on that sacred, holy night that the Lord took time to explain to these men that he loved, that he was about to leave them. He was about to transition out of this world to go back to the Father. It was on that night that God in the flesh bent down on his knees and washed the feet of people that he created from the foundation of the world. It was on that night that the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, taught them about the coming ministry of the Holy Spirit that you read in John 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17. It is considered in the church around the world one of the most sacred, one of the most holy, and one of the most important moments in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. And yet in 2024, at the opening of the Paris Olympics, the world watched the desecration of that holy moment in a now-condemned parody that stirred up drama around the whole world as the Vatican and the global church cried out against the blasphemous mockery of the Lord Jesus Christ at the opening of those Olympics. Give me my picture. This image that I'm about to put on the screen is a frozen image from a video of how they opened the 2024 Olympics in Paris with drag queens pretending to be Christ and pretending to be his followers and dancing and moving their hips and mocking the Lord Jesus Christ, mocking and desecrating one of the most sacred, one of the most holy, one of the most important moments in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. Notice they would never do that to Muhammad. They would never do that to Confucius. They would never do that to Buddha. They would never do that to Joseph Smith. And why would they? The devil has no need to attack what already belongs to him. But Satan loves to attack that which is a threat, the Son of Almighty God and his bride, the church.

It's why the devil loves to influence men to constantly mock and desecrate the name and the life of the Lord Jesus Christ in an attempt to discredit the only hope for mankind, the Son of Almighty God. And for years, men in their ignorance has mocked Christ in videos and on television. and in music videos and in posts and in blogs from comedy stages to television stages and sets men have found this unhealthy ungodly dangerous fixation on mocking the lord jesus christ and they do that like they tough right now not willing to die and meet him face to face and family i want you to hear me the mockery of christ it is a serious problem in our society and it did not start with the 24 paris olympics it did not start with our generation it did not start with your grandmother generation in fact the mockery of the son of god started right here finds its origins right here in this text that we're about to unpack today just a few verses very very quickly you recall how the lord jesus christ was arrested by the religious leaders of israel and illegally tried you recall by the time the sun came up on friday they had found them guilty illegally you recall for the agency of capital punishment they carried jesus to a man named Pontius Pilate who was the governor of judea a roman side and they brought him to rome because only rome could execute criminals you remember how then the roman trial began and how a man named pilot presided over the roman child of christ and found jesus not guilty and said i find no fault in this man you remember how pilot did everything he can to release jesus but the mob outside his window led by those religious leaders cried out for blood crucify him they yelled crucified him you remember pilot then took jesus and i showed you this the last time i preached and sent him off to be scourged beaten with flag looms within an inch of his life his flesh being ripped from his body his bones exposed tendons damaged from those whips and brought him back this bloody lump of flesh and stood him up in front of people and still that was not good enough you remember how the people looked at the lord jesus christ and still cried out crucify him pilot brings out a infamous robber insurrectionist and thief named barabbas stands him up next to each other and says choose one to release you remember the people now deceived by the religious leader cries out give us barabbas and then pilot gives the order capitulating the pressure for christ to be executed and then what happens next in these quick few verses what i would consider one of the most dehumanizing deplorable disgusting display of the evils of human depravity around the lord jesus christ very quickly matthew says in matthew chapter 27

and verse 27 then the soldiers of the governor who was pilot took jesus into the governor's quarters and they gathered the whole battalion before him so pilot gives the order to execute christ you remember he washed his hands and got a note from his wife have nothing to do with that man pilot slides off i believe and then he turns jesus over to the hands of these roman soldiers roman soldiers in history was known to be very brutal very cruel and very merciless and i want you to notice this detail in the text when matthew says a whole battalion gathered around the lord jesus christ now a battalion in the first century was a company of soldiers anywhere from 200 to 600 men and if we take this one detail in the text very figuratively then we can reconstruct a scene in our mind there is the weak busted lacerated destroyed body of the lord jesus christ in a large room surrounded by barbaric soldiers they are like sharks smelling blood in the water and everywhere the lord looks through his lumped up eye he sees soldiers all around him waiting now if you come out the streets or if you've ever been in beef if you've ever been surrounded by people you was about to be jumped then you know the tension of a moment like this if you've ever been surrounded by demonic activity and attacks of the devil on every side and you felt like everything was closing in on you then you understand the tension of this moment if you've ever been surrounded by people that don't have your best interests at heart they're trying to fire you from your job or your family comes against you in a circle then you understand the tension of this moment and there is the lord bloodied and bruised he is weakened he was Beaten within an inch of his life you would think these soldiers looking at this lump of flesh would think man This man has suffered enough. Let's just carry him to be executed No, they do not do that, but they remember he was charged with being the king of the jews And what happens next they take an opportunity to abuse christ in private Verse 28 watch They came towards him and they stripped him naked They put a scarlet robe on him And they twisted together a crown of thorns And then they put it on his head

And they put a reed in his right hand And kneeling before him they mocked him saying hail King of the jews and so there is jesus And they approach him and the scripture says the first thing they did to him was they stripped him naked And there is his completely bare body As they are marking him this mark shift king Now peep the parallels in the text For it was adam and eve when they fell and rebelled against god found themselves naked in their sin And then they run to cover their nakedness and here is jesus standing naked now preparing to absorb the sins of all humanity Just peep the symbolism in the text Then they find a cloak the scripture says scarlet another writer says purple Maybe it's faded because of the sun a cloak that belonged to an emperor a person of royalty They take that heavy cloak and they put it on his bloody body And wrap him in that cloak To mock him as a toy king, but peep the symbolism in the text The scripture says in the old testament that your sins and minds are like scarlet Gosh, this is so powerful And there is the son of god carrying a scarlet robe on him Almost symbolic of carrying on him the sins of all humanity Gosh, this is so powerful Then they find thorns in a bush and if you've ever pricked your finger on a rose or pricked your finger on a bush You know what it is to be pricked and hurt. They they they plait together a crown of thorns and they squeeze it on his head Blood now dripping from his side burns from his forehead But then peep the symbolism in the text It was god in genesis after adam and eve rebelled against him. He said cursed is the ground Cursed is creation thorns and thistles it will bear Now peep christ carrying those thorns Almost symbolic as now he's carrying the curse of humanity that is sin and the curse of creation Carrying both of them at the same time Perfectly symbolic of what he was about to do in a few hours

Carry the curse of creation And the curse of our sin to the cross in which a day is coming when all of it will be fully redeemed And then they put a reed in his right hand a false scepter And then they knelt down and they said hail king of the jews mocking them with their voice Now for what purpose would they do all of this? They've done all of this for no other reason than their attempt and their depravity and evil and wickedness to strip christ of his dignity and his humanity And yet jesus says nothing And jesus does not make a defense for herself because christ knows who he is They are mocking him to be a false king, but he knows he is the king of kings And the lord of lords they are attempting to strip them of dignity, but he is sure in his identity Is this part of the text I want to remind you the importance of you being sure of your identity in christ For in the behavior of these men, I see the behavior of the devil your adversary Who does everything he can to come to you and try to strip you of the righteous robes that lord already gave you? You know exactly what this feels like when he reminds you of your past When he's condemning you for mistakes When he's lying to you that god does not love you and what he's trying to do is clothe you in shame And It's in moments like that scripture's got to come up in your heart That when you're beating yourself up in the middle of the night and when you feel condemned for something you've do a scripture rises up in your heart and says There is now no condemnation To those who are in christ jesus And when he's beating you up all the time about Something you've done in the past. A scripture rises up in your heart, like Paul that says, this one thing I do, I keep forgetting what is behind me. And I keep pressing on to what is in front of me. This is you not letting the devil act like these men,

stripping you of your external garments and trying to strip you of your dignity and your humanity in Christ. This is why I want to tattoo to you, man, your identity in the Lord, because if you know who you are in Christ and you know where you're going in Christ and you know how you've been anointed in Christ, man, the devil can't do anything to you but lie. That's why I might remind you a hundred times that he walks around like. He is not a roaring lion. He's a parody waiting for judgment. But peep the irony of the text. I'm almost done. Peep the irony of the text. They put a crown of thorns on a man who in a few hours was about to be crowned in heaven. They put a old robe on a man who was about to be robed in glory in heaven. But then they knelt down on one knee and mocked a man who they did not know was the real King of Kings and Lord of Lords. That the same knee that they knelt down in mockery will be the same knee that they will kneel down in the future in humility. For the scripture says every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. The Muslim knee will bow. The Buddhist knee will bow.

The Hindu knee will bow. The atheist knee will bow. The fake Christian knee will bow. The thug dog knee will bow. The scripture says every knee will bow. And every tongue will confess on the day of judgment that Jesus is Lord. And the very knee that they knelt in mockery, because those men are dead right now. A day is coming, those same knees that knelt down in mockery, when the judgment happens, those same men, because they're dead now, those same men, they will take an involuntary knee. When they have no other choice but to bow before the one that they punched in the face. Ain't nobody that thugged out now against Christ, no. Men make sport of him now. But that will come to an end where there will be no more mocking knees. There will only be trembling knees. That's why we need to pray for the unbeliever. That they will know Jesus now as a loving savior lest they meet him later as a wrathful judge. Ain't no more baby in a manger. And you would think their wickedness would be enough, but they don't stop there. Because what they do next, I'm gonna say Jesus is better than me. Because there's still parts of me that he's working on. I came out the street, and so what happens to him next,

like if that was me, I might have to fletch just a little bit and then repent afterwards. So you would think that they would give this man mercy in this moment. No, they don't do that. What they do next is the most dehumanizing, the most deplorable thing you can do to another human being in this life. Not betray you, not curse you out, not abandon you. The most heinous and deplorable thing you could do to another human being is what they do to him next. Two more verses, verse 30. And they took the reed, and they struck him on the head. They... Hark theflam and spit in his face. Whomp, whomp, whomp. Whomp, son, whomp. So what happens next is they put him into a rut. Hundreds of them, one after the other, spit, spit, spit. Chains. And there was Jesus covered in spit and phlegm Damaged him. running down his face, running into his lip, dripping into his mouth. The son of God draped in the spit of people he created. And then they took the reed out of his hand and they struck him in his head, bashing that crown of thorns into his flesh. Blood mixing with spit.

Better than me. Better than some of y'all. Some of y'all would have flexed right there. But peep the Lord, watch, says nothing. Does not retaliate, does not fight back. Modeling for us strength under control. For the Lord, if he wanted to, I'm almost done, could have called down a legion of angels. I'm talking to you. The Lord, if he wanted to, you think you thugged out? The Lord could just give one whisper from his mouth and call down half of heaven to fight for him. But he does not do that in that moment. He does not retaliate. He shows us what it looks like to have strength under control. He shows us what it looks like to trust God in the middle of a circumstance. I'm gonna go deeper. He shows us what it looks like to be submitted to the will of God, even when it hurts. You know why the Lord doesn't say anything right here? Watch, a young man around the age of 20 named Isaiah. He was writing about Christ 700 years before he was born. And look at what he said about Jesus. He writes about this very moment, 700 years before Christ is born. A young man named Isaiah writes about this. He prophesies into the future. In Isaiah chapter 50, verse six, listen to what he says.

He says about Christ, this is Christ now, figuratively typecast in the text. I gave my back to those who struck. They strike me on my cheeks. And those who pulled out my beard, that they yanked his beard out of his face. Watch, watch, watch. And I did not hide my face from disgrace and from what? Spitting. Okay, Lord, help us, Jesus. Wow. If the Lord retaliates in that moment, he breaks the word of God. If the Lord fights back in that moment, he violates the word of God. If the Lord retaliates in that moment, then this prophecy falls to the floor. But the Lord knowing what was written about him. I'm about to help some of you. The Lord knowing what was written about him has composure in the middle of a difficult circumstance because he does not want to violate the word. This is the Lord modeling for you and I what it looks like to be in the middle of a battle, what it looks like to be in the middle of trouble, what it looks like to be persecuted, what it looks like to be going through and that you don't while out in the flesh, but instead you let your life, your mind, your heart, your actions be governed.

By the word of God, man. No, I'm talking to you. I'm about to close. I'm serious, man. We can't keep treating the scriptures like a suggestive devotional. This ain't no devotional. Man, this is the solid written word of God. And at some point in time, we got to model what Jesus did for us. You got to get to the point where the word is not something you post, but something you live. Come on, man. I'm serious about this. It's too easy to quote scriptures. But what about when it's time to live them, man? This is my gripe with the Western church is the bane of our existence that we sing and we dance and we go to conferences and we put it on script, on shirts. We got all of that stuff, but when it comes time to actually obey, we don't do it. And this makes me angry in my flesh because, man, we got people that serve demon spirits and false religions who have. discipline than those of us who serve the God of heaven and earth at some point in time listen to me I'm talking to you like this because I love you at some point in time it can't just be a service you gotta get to the point where this becomes the guiding factor for your life it's like you read it I don't

understand y'all be reading it and putting highlights in it and you mark it up because your mark the Bible looks cute but your soul does not reflect what you're marking how long will you cry about what God is not doing but you won't cooperate let me go deeper but then how long would you let the devil lie to you because you don't know what the Word of God has said about you because Jesus knew the word he knew how to govern himself in that moment this is me right now in a battle that I won't tell you and opening my Bible to Psalm 91 he who dwells in the secret place and a shelter of the Most High he will abide under the shadow of the Almighty I will say of the Lord he is my refuge and my fortress my God and whom I trust for he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence he will cover you with his pinions and under his wings you will find refuge his faithfulness is a shield and a buckler you will not fear any terror by night nor any arrows that flies in the day nor any pestilence that strikes in darkness nor the destruction that waits at noonday a thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand but it will not come near you you will only look you will only look you will only look you will only look you only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked because you have made the Lord your dwelling place the Most High who is my refuge no evil no evil this is what I quote to myself when I feel demonic warfare all around me no evil shall be allowed to befall you nor shall any plague come near your tent for he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways and in their hands they will bear you up lest you strike your foot against the stone you will you will that's a promise you will you will you will you will you will that's a promise you will you will tread on the lion and on the adder and on the young lion and the serpent and you will trample them on the foot because he holds fast to me in love I will I will first you will now God wills watch the promise I will deliver you I will protect you when he calls to me I

will answer you I will be with you in trouble I will rescue you and with long life I will I just taught you how you're supposed to use the Word of God. It ain't no whack, weak devotional. Those are the words of God Almighty who cannot lie. This ain't no joke. That's why you got to know what it says about you and every promise God has made to you. You got to have something to stand on in this life other than your job and your bank account and your 401K and your Roth RIA. You got to have something stronger than that to stand on in this life. You ain't spending no money in warfare. Ask me how I know. Because the Scripture says the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, can't touch them, but they're mighty in God. Strongholds, faulty thought patterns, lies built up in your mind about your own self. I'm done. Last verse. Last verse. Verse 31. And when they had mocked him, watch the word mocked, E-D, watch this, finished. Now watch the text. When they had mocked him, finished. Watch what they did carefully. They stripped him again. Pay attention. So you got to read the Scripture slowly. They stripped him a second time and they put, watch the words, his own clothes back on him. And then they did what they was told to do the first time. Then they led him away to be crucified. Watch.

Why do you put his clothes back on him? Because now you bring him back out into the light. You don't want nobody to know all the abuse you just committed in the dark. Pilate didn't tell you to strip him. Pilate didn't tell them to put a crown of thorns on his head. Pilate didn't tell them to punch him in his face with a reed. Pilate didn't tell them to spit in his face. He didn't tell them to do any of that. He just said, carry him away to be crucified. They do all of this in the dark. They are akin to people that don't follow the instructions of their leaders. They are akin to people who deviate from clear commands and wonder why you're not blessed. I'm going to go deeper. I know you're not going to like this part. I don't care. They are akin to you and I who got all of these commands and deviate from them. All that junk in the dark, and then you want to come in here in the light and act holy, but all that happening where nobody can't see. We just like them. You think they're the brave? So are you. We do the same thing to the Lord, but then all of these watch promises and commandments that watch you follow, they will actually lead you into the best life possible. They are designed watch, watch for human flourishing. The evidence of that is everyone who goes against them only feels pain. You cannot tell me that you've disobeyed this word and come out with joy. No, but you have testimony after testimony after testimony and scar after scar after scar of what happens in your life. Every time you go against the wisdom of God's word, you have no wins. You just keep coming out with another regret until it clicks in your mind.

If he created you, he knows what's best for you. And if you would just buckle down and say, you know what, from this day forward, going to read and actually obey. You will look up six months from now, one year from now, five years from now, 22 years from now, and your life will be in a different place. I ain't talking about platforms. I'm talking about character, intimacy, holiness, purity, maturity, poise, peace, favor. I'll close with these words. I want to talk the three categories of people that mock Jesus. First, I want to talk the people that mock you because you serve the Lord. A lot of y'all have them in your family. These are people in your family that don't understand you anymore. They don't understand why you're faithful to go to church. They don't understand why you give. They don't understand why you serve. They don't understand why you pray. They don't understand why you don't want to hang out in certain places. They just can't understand that you are a different woman now. You are a different man now. Your values have changed. These are people that are constantly mocking you, tearing you down, trashing you for who you are, but just follow what Jesus did. You know what's the ultimate flex in the text? Silence, that you don't have to defend yourself against people that don't understand you. Watch. Let your fruit speak louder than your words. In time, the Lord will vindicate you. In time. But then I'm talking to another category of people that like to mock the Lord. You do. I'm talking to you. Now, you wish you would have left when I gave you the out, but I'm talking to you. You mock the Lord. You say, I don't make parodies about Jesus on social media. You don't, but you make parodies about Jesus with your life. Because you claim to be a Christian, but don't have a life to match. So when people look at you, they see a person who goes to church but lives foul, and then they look at the Christ you claim you serve, and they laugh at him. Why do we want him if he can't change you? And then the way we live, we make a mockery of the son of God, our love affair with sin, our love affair for all that is ungodly. And then we come right back and mark up the Bible.

We're making a mockery of Jesus. It's a joke. It's not a life, Romans 12, on the altar, a living sacrifice. And at some point in time, at some point in time, something has to click in your heart where you says, you know what? I am sacrificing and forfeiting the best of what God has for me. Some of you, you have no idea what's on the other side of a yes. If you would just fully surrender and just like Jesus, just submit. You said, well, what if I got to be single? Submit. But what if I never get married? Submit. But what if he tells me, give away some money to somebody else? Submit. What if he tells me, shut down your ministry and be a part of 2019? Submit. What if he tells you, this is not your season to be on a platform, just stay in a chair? Submit. What if he tells you, give up that thing that you're pursuing because it's not his will for you? But Lord, it was on my vision board for years. Submit. What if he tells you, break up with that person? Submit. What if he tells you, come out of that bad relationship? Submit. What if he tells you, get your finances in order? Because I want to do something two seasons from now. Why is this enough for you? And now you're mad. But this is called love. Because if someone, if just one person walks out here and says, you know what, I was convicted, I'm going to change. I bet you have a different testimony six months from now. I bet you have a different testimony six months from now. But I want to talk to one more category of mocker. Give me the camera. I want to talk to all of you who like to make sport with Jesus. See, and you love Jesus. You love Jesus. You love Jesus. You love Jesus. You love Jesus. You love Jesus. You love Jesus. You love Jesus. You love Jesus. mock him but I want to tell you what the scripture says about mockers in Galatians chapter 6 and verse 7 God said through the Apostle Paul listen carefully verse 7 do not be deceived see that's what's wrong with people now you have people deceived by grace they think because they they blaspheme Jesus and wake up the next morning that he does not exist or he does not care no they are being deceived by grace it's only Christ being merciful to allow them to breathe another day while they crucify him blasphemous mockery against Jesus and wake up the next morning it's only grace keeping them alive giving them an opportunity to repent before they die and gotta face the person they've been mocking so grace deceives them because judgment is not coming right now but God says through Paul do not be deceived

watch watch God is not mocked impossible for whatever a man sows that and that only you will reap you sow mockery of Jesus in this life you're gonna reap judgment in the one to come you sow dishonor of Christ in this life you're gonna reap that dishonor in the world to come you ignore Christ in his life he said I will not stand up for you in the judgment in the world to come ain't nobody getting away with mockery it's only temporary it's why we should be praying for mockers and praying for scoffers and while we should be praying for people who don't know that they are violating a person they're gonna have to meet in the judgment it's why I want to pray for you that something would change right now in your heart that we would no longer continue to mock him I see you sister on your feet I see you on your feet I want to pray for us that we would stop mocking him like why are you mad at Drew ski what why are you mad at people that make parodies when we're the ones acting like a fool I'm not mad at him I'm mad at us of course the church is a mockery look at how we live they see us dance and go to church on Sunday and don't live any of that at what point do you say enough is enough he suffered too much and bled too much and was beaten too much he deserves better than that so eternal God and of a wise father I pray for the brother and sister Lord that something something would click in them right now something that the conviction they feel they would not run from that they will see that as love wooing them into a better life full of surrendered life to the Lord and God I pray something something would shift in them in this moment I pray you would deliver us from making a mockery of the Son that we would live for Christ for him alone we will live surrendered and submitted turn away from our ungodliness and we pray for the mocker God that you would deliver them before they die and we thank you for the example that your son said I've done my part now Holy Spirit I ask you to do yours asking the mighty and the majestic in the matchless name of our soon-coming King the Lord Jesus Christ if you receive that if you want that say amen clap your hands