Becoming Fellow Workers With the Truth - 3 John 1:1-8

2:19A very appropriate message or text, given the fact that we're thinking about missions and year-in giving to missions. And it brings up an important question: How do we give to missions? Which missions do we support? Which works do we support? How are we to support them? In fact, I get many letters requesting support. Just in the past few weeks, I have gotten quite a number of them with quite a different spectrum of ministry emphases and different Philosophies of ministry targeting different goals. So, which ones do we give to? Which ones do we support? How can we be good stewards with the resources that God has given us and give them appropriately to a ministry that would bring exceeding gladness to such as one as the Apostle John?

3:33Well, that's the issue before John's third letter to us today. Welcome back to church life in the first century. Same questions we asked today: who should we give to? Those were the very same questions being asked at the end of the first century. Lots of roads around Rome taking people in and through and made travel very easy. Ministry of the truth was propagated through itinerant teachers, itinerant missionaries, itinerant prophets, and apostles, even taking the word of God and disseminating it.

4:18But it also had its share of problems. As we've already seen in 2 John, what we are doing is we're really, by looking at 2 and 3 John, we're introducing the deep. Theological truths and issues that were going to be addressed more deeply in 1 John. So, we're working our way through the letters of John. We started with 2 John, looking at 3 John today and next time, and then we'll be jumping into 1 John and the deepness and richness and profound theology that underscores. Well, you can get an idea of what's happening in 2 and 3 John. And these two books really serve as a good handbook on missions because there's a tension in these two books. You've already noticed two real problems that are addressing this, that John is addressing, that is apparent in these first-century churches. You have the issue about false information about Christ. That's what John writes to address in 2 John. But then you have these ministry leaders who are driven by selfish ambition.

5:392 John is dealing with the issue of truth, and 3 John is dealing with the issue of love. Where truth is compromised or where love is compromised, you can be sure you're dealing with a false teacher and a false system of teaching. And so in the third We start dealing with the ambition, the one that is lacking love, and that's going to be Diotrephes. We will look at him next time. Today, we'll just look at the to set the stage for understanding this book and what's happening. But it really, you take these two books, 2 and 3 John, and they really serve as a good set of handbooks on missions. There are duties in missions, but there are also limitations to missions. There's duties in supporting missionaries, but there's also limitations. And so it's these two books together give us some insight. Number one, these two books together give us an understanding of the tension between the duties and limitations to support missionaries. Second, these two together as handbooks on mission teach us something about what missions are fundamentally about. Missions, biblical missions, is fundamentally about disseminating truth.

7:16It is not fundamentally about rescuing people out of poverty. It is not about propagating the latest fads in philosophy. Or the latest fads in political or social ideologies. That is not what biblical missions is fundamentally about. It is about disseminating truth for the sake of truth, for the glory of the one who stands behind the truth, the name Jesus, the embodiment of truth. And where truth is compromised or where love is compromised, false teachers are present.

8:09Third, at this these two books on this, these handbooks on missions, third thing they teach us is that missions is better understood as a corporate enterprise of the church rather than an individual endeavor. Biblical missions is a corporate effort. It is not what some individual just got an idea and went off. No, there's a body involved in it. And third John is really an appeal to an individual named Gaius. But as he's appealing to this individual named Gaius, he's appealing to the church to become fellow workers with the truth. Look at verse one: the elder to the beloved Gaius. Whom I love in the truth.

9:04Beloved one, the dear one, whom I love in truth. John, speaking to Gaius, he addresses him as one he dearly loves, and he dearly loves him with in the truth, in truth. That is, he loves him in a manner consistent with the revelation of God himself, in truth. And John's appeal for Gaius is to support these itinerant preachers and missionary efforts. And so ask him to become and continue being a fellow worker with the truth. Look at verse 8. Therefore, we ought to support such men, such men as those who have gone out for the sake of the name, so that we may be fellow workers with the truth. Notice how, notice the we. John is lumping himself in there. We ought to support such men as these. Why? So that we too may be fellow workers with the truth.

10:17We need to be progressing in our helpfulness to the enterprise of disseminating truth. So this is a letter, even though written to Gaius, it's an invitation to all to become fellow workers with the truth. Look back at verse 8, so that we may be fellow workers with the truth. Notice it doesn't say for the truth or in the truth, but it's best understood here with the truth. The truth is at work. The truth is the one already at work.

10:55And it invites us to become co-laborers with the truth. What a privilege. I hope you will hear your call today. I hope you will hear the Spirit of Truth calling you to be a participant, to be a helper in disseminating truth. You know, many of us are lamenting over the condition and turmoil that our country is in, right? As Proverbs 14:34 says, righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. We are a nation with sins.

11:39I think we know that. Sin is a disgrace to any people. And how does one sin? Well, sins start by believing lies. That's where they fundamentally started at the very beginning: believing lies. Believing lies leads To sin. And then the question that God has given the answer to in the church: that question, how does a person or nation come out from under the disgrace of sin? How does our nation turn around? How do we as individuals turn around? How do we come out from under the disgrace of sin? Is there a way? And the answer is a resounding yes, and it's found in the truth. God has revealed that way. It is through the person Jesus Christ.

12:34He brings people out from under the disgrace of sin by being disgraced himself. And so taking that disgrace. So, how does one come out from under the disgrace of sin? By believing the truth. By believing reality as God has declared it. That's what brings a person out. Then the question becomes: how is truth disseminated? How is it disseminated? By those who labor with the truth. We need fellow workers who will labor alongside the truth. I hope you're hearing the voice of your Lord calling you to be a co-laborer.

13:30To be a helper to the truth. And if you do not know Christ today, I hope you are hearing your Savior calling you in truth to be born of the truth, to accept your God, to recognize your God that has come and walked among us and has taken your sin, who has taken and dealt with your disgrace so that you can have a holy, living, and eternal and abundant life with your Creator. And then I hope you'll become a co-laborer, a helper to the truth as well. Well, this morning I want you to know what a fellow worker with the truth involves so that you will be one.

14:29We're looking at Gaius' example in verses one through eight. But a fellow worker with the truth, number one, has been transformed by the truth. Fellow worker, if you're going to work with the truth, guess what? You're going to have to first be transformed by the truth. And that's exactly what happened to Gaius. The truth transformed him. Look at John's prayer for Gaius in verse 2. Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul Prospers.

15:04Boy, this prayer, we can learn three lessons about praying right here, just looking at John's prayer for Gaius here, a man who's been transformed by the truth. But look at, we can learn something about prayer here. Look at number one. John wasn't afraid to pray for Gaius to prosper. We shouldn't be afraid to pray for a person to prosper either. In all respects, listen to this prayer. In all respects, I pray that you may prosper. The word literally means travel down a good path. I pray that you will get along well in life.

15:49Now, if it wasn't for the gross defections of the prosperity gospel that seems to make material blessings the indication of spiritual blessings, we would have no problem with this. But what happens is we recognize that there is gross error in this, and the Bible speaks about those who see godliness as a means to financial gain. But if we'll understand what John is praying for, we shouldn't be afraid to pray for a person to prosper in the biblical sense of the word. It literally Means I want you to travel a good path. I want things to go well with you in life. I want you to travel down a good path. In fact, it's passive in the sense I want God to cause you to go down a good path in life, get along well, have a good journey through life, succeed. That would all things fall into place in a good manner, and it's going to take God doing that.

16:59So, number one, we shouldn't be afraid to pray for a person to prosper. Second, we shouldn't be afraid to pray for a person's physical health. Now, that shouldn't constitute all of our prayers, but look back. I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health. Word for hygiene. You know, prayer is wishing the very best for people, both body and soul. The body is part of it. Now, physical success and physical health is not necessarily an indication that a soul is prospering, or the lack of it is an indication of a lack of prospering. Maybe Gaius is having some physical issues. But think about the heart of what John is doing. I pray that all would go well with you, body and spirit, in all things.

17:55And we know that there are many who are rich. Or who are poor can be rich in soul. And we also recognize that adversity is emphasized in the New Testament, that the believer who goes and follows Christ will have tribulation. It's not a prayer of ease. It's not a prayer of comfort. It's a prayer of doing well in whatever path God has before you. Pray that in all ways, all respects, your soul may prosper. But the third thing this teaches us about prayer is that we should pray in light of what matters the most. John's desire is that Gaius's physical well-being would simply be a reflection of his spiritual well-being. In good health, just as your soul is prospering. Gaius is somebody who's doing well spiritually. He understands truth. He is a man of truth. He has been transformed by truth. His soul was doing well.

19:02How did John know this? Well, because of the brethren's report. Look back at verse 3. For I was very glad when the brethren came and testified to your truth. That is how you were walking in the truth. So they came and testified. The reason John knows about the truth, Gaius's truth, and how he's walking in the truth is because of this report that has come from the brethren. And this ought to teach us three important things. Lessons about ministry reports. Ministry reports are important.

19:36They teach us three things. Three lessons. Number one, they inform us. Ministry reports inform us. Gaius was disposed to the truth, and his whole life was marked by the truth. And John learned about that through the report of the brethren that had been there. So ministry reports are important because they inform about what's going on. Second, they gladden. Look at John's joy was connected to the report. Ministry reports gladden. Look at John. I was very glad.

20:17Interesting. I rejoiced. I was caused to rejoice exceedingly because of this report. The report brought the good news of what God was doing in Gaius' life, and it gladdened John's heart. Third reason why ministry reports are important is not only do they inform and they gladden, but they also connect. They connect peoples together. The report is what connected John to Gaius and gave occasion for the letter to be written. This report comes, they hear, he writes.

20:53You know, I think maybe we should be a little more deliberate in reporting what the truth is doing among us. It was so good to hear the report from the Philippines last week. For those of you who were here, it was exciting to hear what God is doing in other places. It's exciting to hear what God is doing among our community. It's exciting what God is doing among this church. And maybe we should give ourselves a little more diligently to reporting what the truth is doing. Because we, after all, are co-laborers, fellow workers with the truth. And there's a lot happening in this body. Exciting things.

21:32So it's important that we frequently tell each other, one another, about them. But look at this joy, what John says. I have no, verse 4, I have no greater joy than this to hear my children walking in the truth, walking in that reality as God has revealed it. I have no greater joy. Quite a statement. John is saying, There isn't a joy out there that exceeds this one at hearing my children walk in truth. I think Gaius may very well have been somebody that John has personally mentored. There is some thought out there that this could be the Gaius of Derby who helped Paul.

22:26Fourth century writes and says that this individual. Was the pastor at Pergamum? Can't be sure on that. Gaius was a very popular name. But certainly, there is indication that John personally had mentored Gaius here. And John's joy was that he is walking in the truth. He has received the truth. The truth has transformed him. And now he is walking in the truth. That is, he is going about his lifestyle believing the truth, as if the truth were true. Do you go forward as if the truth is true? How do you live? How do you think? We often say that God is sovereign, God is good, but then we go about in a way that reflects, well, maybe God's not sovereign or he's not good.

23:26John's joy gives us insight into what the target of ministry is, that which is truly important. What is the target of ministry? That those we mentor, those we proclaim the truth to, will walk in the truth. You see, walking in truth is more than just giving assent to it, it involves applying it to one's behavior, to one's thinking, to one's action. If you're part of our seminary, you know exactly what we're talking about. We're not just interested in you getting the mental assent of some great things. Theological truths, but we want to see those truths come in and transform who you are. We want you to go forward in life as if these truths are true. You know why? Because they're true.

24:11And they should shape us. Do you live as if the Bible is true? Reminded of the words of Solomon in Proverbs 10:1, a wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish son is a grief to his mother. A wise son. And here is a, Gaius is a wise son walking in truth, making his father glad. But from John's statement, we can safely conclude that the main emphasis of a biblical mission is to be about disseminating truth. Biblical missions, which is one of our core values here at Emmanuel, is about desiring to see people receive the truth, be reborn by the truth, and walk in it. That's what biblical missions, everything else supports this endeavor. Everything else, if it's going to be biblical missions. I mean, water wells are great. I'm a hydrologist. I love water.

25:18Water wells are great. Teaching English. I speak English. I like English. I think in English. That's a great effort. Disaster relief. I saw videos of the airport that we fly into in Honduras in a couple of feet of water. And those of you who saw that, literally, where we were getting our tickets, there's a couple of feet of water from the hurricanes that have passed by. Baseball camps, great. I love baseball camps, right? I love ministry. I love things. I love assembling. I love fellowshipping. But all of these, in and of themselves, do nothing for biblical missions.

26:07They may be a good means. Don't get me wrong. Those things have a good place in missions. They may be a good means to create an opportunity for the gospel. They may be a good way to connect people to a local church where they will hear and grow and learn and so take in the truth and understand the truth and therefore learn how to walk in the truth. All those may play an important role in all of that, but that's not the ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is to hear that those who've been touched by our ministry are walking in the truth.

27:02Fellow worker with the truth has, first of all, been transformed by the truth. And that's what excited John. Gaius was a guy who had been transformed by the truth. He was walking in it, and it characterized who he was. So, if you're going to be a fellow worker with the truth, you can need to let the truth transform you. And the beauty of that is you're being called to be a fellow worker in disseminating the truth. And if you're being called to disseminate the truth, guess what's necessary before you can disseminate it? That you embrace it, that you understand it. So, in the call to go and disseminate the truth is the call to understand it, to embrace it, and the joy that comes from walking in it. What a privilege. Well, a fellow worker with the truth, number one, has been transformed by the truth, but second is loyal to those aligned with the truth. A fellow worker with the truth is loyal to those aligned with the truth. Gaius's loyalty to truth manifested itself in two ways. First, you can see in verse 5, it manifested itself in a practical expression of love. Look at this, verse 5. Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren. And especially when they are strangers. Now, the word when they are strangers, if you're reading in the New American Standard, it's in italics because the word actually is these.

28:43And so it would read like this: Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren, and especially these strangers. So you get the sense that John has sent his letter with some people that Gaius doesn't even really know. Strangers. These strangers. It may very well be a reference to those who are carrying the letter. But what's clear is that Gaius's loyalty is independent of familiarity. Just because he doesn't know them doesn't mean he isn't committed and aligned with them in the truth. Look, there are a lot of people that we do not know who we are aligned with in the truth, for the sake of the truth, for the glory of the truth. But this loyalty is an expression of Gaius's love. Look at verse 6. And they have testified to your love before the church. Love. His loyalty is love, where it says you are acting faithfully. The word there is loyalty. Are, I would translate it something like this: loyalty, you are demonstrating. But the idea, you are acting faithfully, you are putting loyalty on display, and that is an expression of love. Verse 6: And they have testified to your love. Your faithfulness is, comes out of your love.

30:26And notice they testified. These brethren, they testified to Gaius's love before the church. It's like a church assembly, much like this. And here comes these brethren. So, let me tell you about Gaius. Let me tell you about his love for us. Let me tell you about his loyalty to the truth. He's a man of truth. He walks into the truth and he received us and was good to us. You see, the church knows who loves her. The bride of Christ knows those who really love her.

31:07Sometimes I think about how judgment and how we reign with Christ and how things may, even how we may even take part in judging and being part of his judgments. I don't even know how all that would play out. But let me embarrass somebody here today. I should have gotten permission ahead of time. So I don't do this very often, except for people that I really, really know well and will forgive me easily. So at ease, I don't do this. But let me just ask you: if all of a sudden the Lord, here we are standing in some place wherever, and God's handing out rewards for those, and he says, You know, I've got a cathedral. I've got the most beautiful cathedral filled with the most beautiful, best-sounding instruments that you could ever imagine. Who should I give them to? Does anybody's name pop into your mind?

32:22Pat, Pat, Pat, Pat, Pat, Pat, Pat, right? Right? He loves music. He's a good steward with music. And like we would say, yes, amen. Give him that he loves people. He loves the instruments. There's nobody else fitting that should have this kind of gift, right? You see how the church knows who loves her? Well, that's very much like Gaius. The church knew he loved them. So the first expression of Gaius's loyalty to the truth manifested. In practical expressions of love, in whatever you accomplish, in whatever you are doing, and it's practical expressions of help. But second, the second way Gaius's loyalty to the truth manifests itself was to continuously and genuinely and generously support missionaries. Look back at verse 6. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. You will do well to send them. He has received them, and now he shifts into the future. He has commended Gaius for what he has done in the past, and now he says, Okay, I want you to continue showing the hospitality of these visiting missionaries. I want you to continue doing what you're doing. You will do well to send them on their way continuously and generously. And look how generously, look at the manner, in a manner worthy of God, in a manner worthy of God. Colossians 1:10, Paul is praying, he said, I pray that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, that is, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work. That's the idea of manage walking in a manner worthy of God to send these missionaries on in a manner worthy of God. That is to please God in every respect. It's not about the missionaries, it's about the God who has sent them. And when you're supporting missions, when you're engaging in missions, or those who disseminate the truth, your support of them is to be: you're to send them, you're to welcome them, you are to meet their practical needs in a manner worthy of the Lord.

34:58What he says here is really neat. You will do well. Do well. A literal translation might be: a beautiful work you will do. A beautiful thing. It's a beautiful thing to take care of missionaries and those who are committed to communicating the truth. And Gaius, if we're thinking about how Gaius would have done this, it's very practical. There's beauty in the practical. I would imagine that what they were commending Gaius for was he provided some lodging, probably some comfortable lodging, probably provided them some nice meals, maybe even some laundry services. You think about it. The enterprise. They're traveling, right? Maybe supplies for the next journey, next leg of their journey. Maybe they thought about connecting them with others. Maybe some kind of travel assistance, whatever it was, they were practical helps. You can be sure. These weren't some major, grand deeds. Oh, there may have been some. But I think, by and large, this was about receiving, being part of the practical, day-to-day, meeting practical, day-to-day needs. It's a beautiful thing to take care of missionaries. It's a beautiful thing to be loyal to those aligned with the truth. And as we have seen today, I think some of these same needs are around the globe, supporting the needs of missionaries.

36:55Things are a little different. Maybe the mechanisms are a little different, but you know, the needs are basically the same. And I can tell you, there are so many needs on the mission fields, even just encouraging missionaries on the field, paying attention to birthdays, paying attention to how you can help, support. There are, just because you go on the mission field doesn't mean you leave behind all the other issues of life. There are missionaries dealing with cancer, dealing with pain, dealing with loss, dealing with all kinds of things. And there's a lot of ways. But a fellow worker with the truth. Truth is loyal to those aligned with the truth. Third, a fellow worker with the truth is jealous for the name of Jesus. A fellow worker with the truth is jealous for the name of Jesus. Look at verse 7. For they went out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. Therefore, we ought to support such men so that we may be fellow workers with the truth.

37:57So, from these two verses, I can note three aspects of biblical mission endeavors. Three aspects of biblical mission endeavors. Number one, mission endeavors should be for the sake of Jesus' name. They went out for the sake of the name. There's only one name, Jesus. One name, Jesus. That's who he's talking about. Jealous. We often think of jealousy in a negative sense, but there's a real positive side of it. It's about zealous. It's about being zealous that Jesus received the honor due his name. That's what being jealous for the name of Jesus is about. He is good. He is kind. He laid down his life. His teaching is wise. It is solid. It is good. He did not come to hurt humanity. He came for the good of humanity. And it is only lies that bring. That down.

39:02And so those who are jealous for the name of Jesus want to see Jesus honored. They give their lives for the sake of his name. And regardless of whether you go out in missions, that is called. That is, we are all on mission. We are all to go out for the sake of the name of Jesus. And to do so in our local associations and everything. And at first, we are to be jealous that Christ received the honor to His name from our own lives, from our own thinking. But it doesn't stop there.

39:44Paul in Romans 1:5 says, We have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among the Gentiles for his name's sake. They went out for the sake of Jesus' name. They went out. These men went out on a deliberate mission that took them away from their life pursuits. Listen, going out for the name of Jesus to elevate the name of Jesus is a noble enterprise. And there are those who have set aside all other life pursuits for the purpose of going out for the name of Jesus.

40:29But they are not. To go alone. They are not to go alone. They are to be supported by believers. So, the second aspect of biblical missions, the first is that biblical missions should be for the sake of Jesus' name. The second aspect of biblical missions is that they should be supported by believers. Look back. They accepted nothing from the Gentiles. Verse 7, verse 8, therefore we ought to support such men. They did not look for money from the mission field to supply them.

41:05Those who have embraced the good news ought to support the good news. The good news isn't supported by those who do not know the good news or who have rejected the good news. No, fundamentally, it should come from enterprise. In fact, many of the traveling philosophers of the days would go and they would philosophize and then they would receive payment. That's how they made their living. So they would look for their support from those they communicated their philosophies to. Same is true about some of the pagan deities. They had beggars for the deities that would go out and take donations. They would beg on behalf of the deity as if the deity couldn't propagate itself, right?

41:48Well, these stood in contrast from that. They did not accept anything, they didn't take hold of stuff from the Gentiles. Now, there were others who saw Godly. As a means to financial gain, and they were quick to extract. But the biblical missions that John is talking about here is a biblical mission endeavor that is supported by believers. Well, the third aspect of biblical missions is that biblical missions is to be a corporate enterprise, a corporate enterprise. Notice, therefore, we ought to support such men so that we may be fellow workers with the truth. Going out for the sake of Jesus' name is a noble enterprise. It is noble. Going out is noble, but guess what? Sending is also noble, right? It's part of the same enterprise. There's not a diminishment. There may be times when you're a goer. There may be times that you're a sender. I think we all go. It's just how far we go. It's like, what do we lay aside other life pursuits?

43:04There are senders, there are goers, and there is the truth. The senders and goers are going and sending on behalf of the truth or with the truth. The truth is zealous for the name of Jesus. The senders are zealous for the name of Jesus. The goers are zealous for the name of Jesus. That's what unifies us in biblical missions. I mean, can you think of something more noble than to actually be a helper with the truth?

43:44Why would the truth want my help? Just because God is so good and he wants us to be fellow laborers with him. What a privilege. What condescension. And yet, what a privilege. So, a fellow worker with the truth has been transformed by the truth, is loyal to those aligned with the truth, and is jealous for the name of Jesus. That was Gaius. He was a lover of the truth, and the manifestation of this character was a lover of the brethren. He loved the truth. He loved those who loved the truth, those who were born of the truth. He fellowshiped with them. He loved them. And this is how his character manifested himself, manifested itself. Well, we have a responsibility to support missions.

44:40But there are limitations, and there are duties. There are limitations. Many efforts that go under the name gospel ministry do not spread truth about Christ, but spread lies about him. Doctrine is very important. Or maybe there's a lot of mission efforts that just don't emphasize the truth enough. But the effect is the same. Other efforts support the personal ambitions of either the missionaries or maybe some of the receiving ends. We've got to be very careful who we can get. We can end missions, and I've seen and been aware of how sometimes giving can go into the hands of a tyrant. Some of the wealth that goes out of the United States can easily end up in some churches or that are run by a diatrophies.

45:46And so, strategically giving, there are duties, there are limitations. We don't support the diatrophies of the world. We don't support those efforts that minimize the name of Jesus. But then, on the other hand, of that, there's a duty. We are to give to biblical missions, and we are to give generously. And 2nd and 3rd John help us sort out how do we give. Well, here at Emmanuel, we have held up two mission organizations that we support: the IMB, the International Mission Board, and TMAI, the Mass. Master's Academy International, and we feel that those two agencies steward money well. So, corporately, as an official policy of the church, those are the missions that we support when we work giving under those. There are a lot of missions, a lot of good mission agencies out there. There's a lot of good places, a lot of good people on the field. I understand that.

46:56But for how we corporately give, and we encourage that you give strategically and generously. And that is your duty to give strategically, to give generously, and so become a fellow worker with the truth. So, let the truth have its run in your life. Let it transform you. Be loyal to those who are aligned with the truth. Be jealous for the name of Jesus. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we give you thanks for your word, the truth, your goodness. And, Father, we pray that as we prayerfully consider how we give in the days ahead and the many people that are asking us for support, Father, that we that our giving be consistent with that which would bring John the Apostle exceeding. Joy, and Father, beyond that, that would give your Son great joy, that we would support those endeavors, that we would be wise with the limited resources that we have, that we would give them effectively, strategically, and generously to those we know would steward them well. So, Father, we just thank you for all of those that have gone out. We thank you for all those who have sent people. We thank you for those fellow workers with the truth. And, Father, it is our desire to be the kind of givers, the kind of supporters that would, and kind of helpers that would absolutely bring delight to your soul and bring great praise to Jesus' name. And all this, Father, we just celebrate that we can be part of what you're doing in this earth. Amen.