DISCLAIMER:  This text is not a verbatim transcript.  Communication Access Real Time Translation (CART) is provided in order to facilitate communication credibility and may not be a totally verbatim record of the proceedings.    >> Go there often. You'll find links to our worship services; Bible study options; online giving; and our podcast, Anchor Point. You can also download our church app. Just search for "First Colony Church of Christ" in the App Store or on Google Play. The app is a great resource where you can stay connected to First Colony Church. Thank you for joining us today! We are glad you're here. ¶ >> Thank you for joining us today. We want to let you know about a few items of interest. First, go to our website, firstcolonychurch.org, and go there often. You'll find links to our worship services; Bible study options; online giving; and our podcast, Anchor Point. You can also download our church app. Just search for "First Colony Church of Christ" in the App Store or on Google Play. The app is a great resource where you can stay connected to First Colony Church. Thank you for joining us today. We are glad you're here. >> Kyle: Good morning! (Laughter) I think that's me! (Static) I will be real still. Welcome to the First Colony Church of Christ. This is so bad. Welcome to First Colony Church of Christ. I'm so glad you're here, whether or not you're at home or in the house. My name is Kyle, and this is a great day. Happy New Year to all of you! We will have a great morning of worship so if you're in the house or at home, let's stand and let's worship Jesus together this morning! >> Richard: God is good! ("Every Giant Will Fall" playing) >> Richard: Yes! We believe that nothing is impossible with our God! Amen? Our God is faithful and we stand in His love. In this new year, He is the unchanging part. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. ("Stand in Your Love" playing) >> Richard: Yes, you may be seated. >> Joel: Well, good morning, everyone. It's so good to see you here in the audience. Those of you watching at home, we appreciate you as well. Fear doesn't stand a chance when your life is in shambles, when it's turned upside down, when it's twisted all around -- not a good thing. Before I get into my little lesson here, one quick announcement: next week, full children's church will be operational. However, one unique caveat, and that is if you're an elementary student, you will be dismissed from the sanctuary at the fellowship greeting, and we will go into the chapel next week, Lord willing; so a quick heads up on that. But I have a little illustration here, and it involves the Rubik's cube. Now, I don't know how your 2020 went. The consensus was -- and Twitter likes, whatever -- it was not the best year as far as years go; and things are all mixed up. Now, as a kid, I got a Rubik's cube and could not solve it. It was a pain, and I worked really hard and I still couldn't solve it; so I came up with a solution, and that solution was to, uh, break it up and -- even that, they made it where it was difficult. But you can imagine. You can take all these pieces out and break them up. Well, in our Christian walk, we are sometimes like that. When things are upside down, we're kind of like, "God, we want You to just break this up and fix it for me." And if God doesn't respond right away, and it's not fixed right away -- sorry, I know you're trying to see this. I am crumbling a piece of Rubik's cube into a bag. Okay. It is officially crumbled. And we want God to fix it and make it all better. And you say, “Whoa, that's pretty cool.” But believe it or not, but God can do that, but that's not typically how He does it in our life. We're like, "Hey, my car broke down. Fix it." Doesn't necessarily happen right away. If you're a kid, you're like, "I really want this for Christmas," and you didn't get it. "Aw, man!" “I want social distancing to end.” It didn't happen right away. So I have a Rubik's cube, and when you solve a Rubik's cube, there is actually an algorithm which points us to Christ. You're like, "Wait, what? This is pretty cool." All right, before I get there, I want though show a couple of thing. In order to solve a Rubik's cube, the first thing you have to do is solve one side. Now, I typically solve the white side. It doesn't really matter but did this on purpose because as you can see, there is a white cross surrounded by red dots; and the Bible says that though your sins were as scarlet, they can be washed white as snow with the cross. Now, my verse today is designed for believers. What does the believer do when your world is upside down and topsy-turvy and miserable and you're wishing God would change it and make it all perfect and colorful and everything in its place? Well, the verse is Proverbs 3:5-6. Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not lean on your own understanding; and all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. The algorithm for solving Rubik's cube is four simple moves. It's up, in, down, out. Up, in, down, out. Up, in, down, out. You do it on the left side; right side, five times; three times -- up, in, down, and out. I will walk you through really quick component of solving the Rubik's cube. I have the base and colors around it. The first thing that you do is you want -- I don't know if you can see it -- but this middle cube, you want this one to be red and blue, not yellow and orange. Well, so I mentioned the up, in, down, out. I will find the piece that is supposed to go there. It's right here. I will go up, in, down, and out. Flip it over. Up, in, down, out. Now you can see I have my total base aligned. The next challenge is you're going to want to make a cross at the top and is so fascinating; and in the essence of time, I will jump ahead another step. It's so fascinating that this lesson begins with the cross and ends with the cross. You know, the cross is for salvation, but it's also for Christian living. God made it; we broke it; Jesus fixes it; we respond. We are constantly responding in a broken world. So the next challenge is once you have this cross on top, you want these four corners to be in their proper place. So actually, in this case I've already set it up there. Now I want the whole bottom side to be yellow so I will turn it up sideways and go up, in, down, out. I hope I didn't forget. Up, in, down, out. Up, in, down, out. Up in, in, down, out. Up, in, down, out. Up, in, down, out. Up, in, down, out. Up, in, down, out. Up, in, down, out. And you know what? (Chuckling) To the Rubik's cube people who know what they're doing, I just messed up. (Laughter) But that is what I'm supposed to do because the cool thing is that this cube can be solved, and I can do it -- I can do it outside if you'd like to see, but it's up, in, down, out; and what is cool if I did that one correctly, it would look just like this where you have at least most of the cube filled except for these sections, and then the last algorithm is up and down, out -- basically 12 times. You will have a completed Rubik's cube. The bottom line: number one, up. Trust in the Lord. In: with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. Down: bring it through your life. And then you're ready to take steps and go out. Thank you very much. (Applause) >> Kyle: Thank you, Joel. I want to invite Bill and Bridget Norton to the stage. They are going to lead us in our communion thoughts so if you're at home, we ask you to go ahead and prepare and get your emblems ready for communion. Here in the house, you should have those with you in little plastic bags. If not, ushers can get those or find those in the lobby. Don't forget to use those bags for your trash in a moment. Let me encourage us to think about communion today. For many of us, this is our first communion of 2021, and I pray that whether you are at home or here that we do this together. Bill and Bridget? Thank you. >> Bridget: Good morning, and Happy New Year! As he said, I'm Bridget and this is my husband Bill, and we are excited to join you and to lead you in communion. As we take this bread that represents the Lord's flesh and this cup that represents His blood, will you pray with me? Dear Heavenly Father, we praise You. You are our great and awesome God, Lord. We praise You that we can come before You and have our sins washed away be Your blood and Your flesh that died on the cross for our sins. Lord, we praise You that every week we are united as a body and together we can do this in remembrance of You. And that we will remember You throughout this week; that we will examine ourselves, seek forgiveness, Father, You will give it to us and receive it is by the blood of Jesus. It's in His Name we prayers, amen. >> Bill: Today I will be reading from Isaiah 40, verses 28 through 31. You can follow the Scripture along on the screen. ("His Mercy Is More" playing) >> Kyle: Thank you, worship team. Before we pray over our offering this morning, let me first thank you, First Colony, for your generosity in 2020; for your faithfulness and your trust in this church. It's been such a blessing, and it's been SO, so very inspiring. Thank you for that. You'll hear more thanks in a little bit, but I want to make sure that you know that we are so thankful. We have multiple ways to give here at First Colony. If you are looking at the screen now, you can see that it's a simple process to give online. There are the details there. It's a number that you can text. You have our assurances that online giving is safe. It's simple and secure. You can mail your offerings or if you're in the house today, you'll notice the giving receptacles at our four entrances in the worship center. You can place your offerings there on the way out. Let's pray over our offering together this morning. Lord Jesus, You are so kind and so gracious to us. We're not even talking about material blessings. You have absorbed the punishment for our sins, and we thank You for that. We thank You for the generosity in our lives. We thank You for our ability to provide lives for our families. For those who have suffered greatly in 2020, we ask for a restoration for their lives, for their ability to provide once again. Thank You, Lord, for the generosity of this church, for moving in the people here at First Colony to do wonderful, magnificent things. We are so anxious and excited about the work that we'll be able to do in 2021. Bless the offering that from given here in this place at this moment. Thank You, Lord. We pray this in Jesus' Name. Amen. Well, everyone, this is our fellowship greeting so if you're in the house, I want to ask you to stand up right where you are, give someone a big hello and a good morning and wish them happy New Year. If you're online, go ahead and log in our chat and let us know that you're here. ("Only King Forever" playing) >> Richard: Thank you for your worship today. You may be seated. >> Ronnie: Richard and team, thank you so very, very much. Good morning, everyone; glad to see you. Welcome to our second service on this first Sunday of the year. Happy 2021! To those of you watching online, we welcome you and love to hear from you. Even pray with you. There on your screen, you'll see a live chat, live prayer option. And as we -- before I get into the message, let me just cover a few little housekeeping details and let you in on a few thing that are upcoming here over the next few weeks. First of all, next Sunday, we do plan to resume our 9:45 Bible class hour. We'll have classes for all ages. That doesn't mean, you know, like all the former -- you know, pre-COVID adult classes are operational. We'll have one adult class that will meet in the gym. Chad Baker will teach I think for the first four weeks so that's at 9:45. Then we'll have 9:45 classes for children and students. Of course, we have our protocols, same protocols in place as before. We'll resend those and re-highlighting those this week, but anyway, we're thankful to offer that. And then on Wednesday nights, our student ministry will resume meeting on Wednesday night, January 13. Now, they meet outside out here in the courtyard, and they will begin an eight-week series called "Cold-Case Christianity." It's fascinating and written by an author, J. Warner Wallace, a forensic detective and also a professor of apologetics. He shows why the Christian faith is so reasonable; why you can believe in the Bible; you can believe in Jesus; you can believe in God; you can believe in historic Christianity. That's what our teens are doing. Coming up in February -- let me fast forward there -- super Sunday is February 7, Super Bowl Sunday. We'll have super Sunday here. I asked the lead of our member who are former NFL players, three of our members who are former NFL players, to be on stage and speak that Sunday. Billy Granville, Curtis Duncan, Jordan Black -- I will be the water boy and throw out a few questions. I'm sure they have stories to tell but all three of these guys bring juice to the table, and they're men of depth and their Christian faith so I think that will be a lot of fun. Missy Edgmon has women's Bible study that will resume in a couple of weeks. We're hosting a virtual conference on three weekends. Women in apologetics: a virtual conference. Don't think you have to remember all these details because we will communicate this. I want to give you a heads up here. And then we're also going to be hosting something this year starting a group called G.A.P., standing for Grassroots Apologetics for Parents. Apologetics simply is a term that means a defense of the Christian faith, a reasonable defense of the Christian faith. Let me show you a little video. ¶ >> Parents, have your kids ever asked you have questions like this? >> Why do bad things happen to good people? >> How do I know that the things in the Bible are true? >> How do you know that God is listening to you? >> Why did Jesus get baptized? >> What do we do when talking about faith with non-believers and those of different religions? >> Why does He let some people go to heaven and others not to go to heaven? >> Why do I have to follow the Bible? >> Why does it seem like God answers some prayer and doesn't answer others? >> Apologetics, a five-dollar word that has nothing to do with apologizing. Apologetics is the explanation of your faith using logic and evidence, one of the most important tools parents can use to equip their children to have a confident faith. Grassroots Apologetics for Parents, or G.A.P., equips parents the tools to teach apologetics to their families so when your children ask questions like this -- >> Did Adam and Eve have (indiscernible)? >> -- you'll be ready. First Colony Women's Ministry is starting a chapter this year. Look online for details and how to sign up. >> Ronnie: One more thing I want to say is just a big thank you in 2020 for your generosity and supporting the church family here and our ministry and purely accounting terms. Hey, did we make budget? Yes. We did and exceeded it. Thank you very, very much for your support and we really appreciate it. Thank you. Today's message is called "Learning to See Again." We're going to walk through the narrative of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, which is a fascinating, fascinating narrative. Saul of Tarsus, who would later be known as Apostle Paul, author of 13 of the New Testament books, and his transformation is inspiring. He was basically a hit man against Christians. He viewed them as a blasphemous sect, but he had a Damascus Road experience, and his conversion is so significant that in the book of Acts, it's told not just once but three times -- Acts 9, 22, and 26 -- and referred to elsewhere in Scripture as well. Now, when we first meet him, we meet Saul in Acts 7, okay? Here we go. Acts 7. (Reading) So Stephen is this winsome, young Christian leader; and then Saul of Tarsus is probably the ringleader in executing Stephen. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. (Reading) Notice Stephen's last words almost verbatim the last words of Jesus on the cross. "Lord, please, do not hold this sin against them." And two chapters later, Biblically speaking, that prayer gets answered with the conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Hey, let me ask you something: before you became a Christian, before you sort of became sensitive to the reality of God, was there someone that you watched that you knew that you saw their character; you saw their faith. It was so clear; it was bold, it was winsome. I believe that Saul, watching Stephen, had an impact and a softening impact on his psyche and on his heart. You know, there's a book out a few years ago called "The Book of Virtues," and a section on how to train children and lists the classic "Children need three things to be trained in character.” Number one: they need precepts, clear precepts. You do this. You don't do that. Thou shalt and shalt not. Secondly, they need good habits so you train good habits early on. But thirdly, they need a clear role model, a clear example so that if I want a child to embrace morality, they need an adult around them who embraces -- if I want a child to embrace enthusiastic faith, they need some adult around them to embrace enthusiastic faith. What I'm saying here is that Stephen, I believe, plays a part in planting a seed. Let's go to Acts 9. (Reading) That's an early description of the Christianity, the Way. (Reading) So Paul -- Saul -- is heading due north from Jerusalem, 150 miles to Damascus; and he is zealous. You do know there's a difference between someone who is passionate and someone who is zealous? Someone who is passionate will attempt to respectfully persuade you to their cause or perspective. But someone who is a zealot will try to FORCE you to their cause or perspective. You either get on board, or you become the enemy. And what you got to know here is that Saul of Tarsus is zealous, and he means well. He's not mean-spirited. He believes that these Jesus followers are actually blasphemers of the Living God. These Jesus followers are blaspheming God; they disrespect the law that God gave through Moses; he means well; he's just misdirected. He's confused. Verse 3. (Reading) Isn't that an interesting question? Jesus is in heaven and He said, Saul, why do you persecute Me?" Jesus is always connected with His people, the church. He's the head; we're the body. You bless the church; you bless Jesus. You persecute the church; you persecute Jesus. "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?" "Who are You, Lord?” “I am Jesus.” (Reading) Now he will give him a triad of instructions. "I want you to get up. I want you to go to the city, and I want you to wait." And you will be told what you need to do. Get up; go to the city, and wait. Well, the men traveling with Saul stood there speechless and heard the sound but didn't see anyone. (Reading) Three days. Those were long three days. He had a lot of time to think, a lot of stuff to think about. He's helpless. He's led into the city by his little band of brothers. Verse 10. (Reading) Judas was a common name at the time but not now. (Reading) Notice the Lord gives him directions. You're not just going into the city; you're going on Straight Street. You're going to a particular house. This is GPS right here: God-positioning system. He tells him exactly where to go. In a vision, this man Saul has seen a man, Ananias. (Reading) In other words, Ananias is saying, "Lord, I'm not sure You have been keeping up with the news reports. Let me tell You about this guy named Saul, and I don't think it's a good idea whatsoever for me to be going to Straight Street and calling on Saul. Do You know who this guy is?" And the Lord gives a clear response. (Reading) By the way, you know in your Christian life there will be many times when you're actually afraid to do the right thing? That's okay. Push through it. Be strong and courageous. (Reading) The Lord is encouraging Ananias by saying, yet let tell you who this guy is. This is my assignment to you. Aren't you thankful that Ananias will overcome his fear so that Saul can be overcome by grace? Think about it: this highly intelligent, highly educated Saul of Tarsus is now helplessly blind in Damascus, and he's waiting, waiting; and what he needs is just a small dose of information. Ananias will bring that small dose of information and knowledge; Saul is open. He's been knocked off his high horse. He's open and ready to receive, and he will receive it. He'll become a Christian. He'll write two-thirds of the New Testament and plant churches. He will leave a legacy not of bitterness and anger and rancor but a legacy of boldness and righteousness and ministry and the Holy Spirit. I'm so glad Ananias went. Verse 17. (Reading) His first official welcome. (Reading) You know, Saul had to learn how to see again. Can't you just imagine the Lord saying to him, “Saul, you were so ecstatic about your license to kill; but I can do you one better. You're about to be granted a license to help millions of people throughout history. And yes, you might call yourself the chief of sinners; but Saul, you will be known later by your Roman co-name, Paul, that signifies this transformation and conversion. You have full access to grace; full access to power; full access to fulfillment. You stay close to Me, and we are going to shake the world.” Okay. There's the story, the narrative of the conversion of the apostle Paul, very quickly. Let's make a few observations. Let's think through this narrative and learn some lessons. Number one: unpleasant wake-up calls can bring us back to the ultimate good. The Damascus Road experience was not experience by ANY stretch. But it led to ultimate good. What's ultimate good? Knowing the Lord, knowing the Lord based on His Truth; having a relationship with the Living God. And sometimes wake-up calls are just not fun. They're NOT pleasant, but they can lead to ultimate good. Somebody says, “I just want to forget 2020 and put it behind me.” Well, in some ways, yes; but in some ways it's always important to go through a distasteful experience -- you ready? Here's the word -- mindfully. Mindfully. What do I need to learn from this? Any time you go through a disruption, you ask, "What Do I need to learn about me? What do I need to learn about my relationship to the Lord?" Somebody says, "Oh, experience makes you wiser." No, it doesn't. Evaluated experience makes you wiser. So don't hydroplane over a difficulty. Go through those difficulties mindfully, and would -- you know, imagine Saul riding on a horse into Damascus and he got knocked off his horse. Blind, totally dependent, that's what it took to get him to turn to Jesus; and you know, for some of us, it takes an experience where we get knocked off our horse to make us more spiritually hungry. So unpleasant wake-up calls can bring us back to the ultimate good. Secondly, we don't pick our brother and sisters in Christ. We don't. We have fellowship with one another based on what? Based on grace and faith and repentant spirit. Sometimes I think Christians like to think they get to just pick their brothers and sisters in Christ. They're assigned to you. It's like when I was born, my two older sisters couldn't say, "Nope, hair too curly; don't like him; send him back." Sorry; I'm here. You will have to deal with me. As believers in Christ, we've got to have the mindset that we welcome ALL who come to Christ by faith. All races are welcome. All socioeconomic groups are welcome. If you believe in the grace of Jesus, you surrendered to Him in repentance, baptized believer, a person of faith; then what we want to do is grow to love one another and as the Bible say, you accept one another, just as Christ has accepted you. Now, that doesn't mean that we're not going to frustrate each other. We will; but listen, that very brother or sister in Christ who frustrates you today just might inspire and serve you and be the one who plays a key role in your life or the life of your children tomorrow. You give somebody a little time under the tutelage of Jesus, under the touch of the Holy Spirit, cut them a little slack. Show them a little grace, just like they have done to you. We don't pick our brothers and sisters in Christ. Ananias said, "Lord, I'm not sure I want to go." “Ananias, go.” And when he got there, his first words were, "Brother Saul." Thirdly, no one is too bad or broken to join God's family. Paul would say, I am the chief of sinners, and if God could redeem me, don't you think He can redeem you? He can. His love is that great. His grace is that deep. No one is too bad or broken to join God's family. YOU can turn to Christ in repentance. YOU can turn to Christ in baptism, which signifies a death to an old life and being raised to walk in a new direction. By the way, you remember in the narrative we read how Saul was baptized? If the apostle Paul who had a Damascus Road experience was willing to humble himself in Christian baptism, why haven't you? As Ananias is quoted as saying in Acts 22, "What are you waiting for? Arise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord." Here's the fourth and final thing I want to say: if we're going to do God's work, we'll keep seeking to win over His enemies. There was a time Saul of Tarsus was an enemy to God, but like Stephen -- and many scholars believe it was Saul of Tarsus who was the one leading an and orchestrating the execution of Stephen -- regardless, he was there. And you remember Stephen seeking to win over the enemies of God, prayed to the Lord "Do not lay this to their charge. Forgive them." And that prayer will be answered. Like Ananias who went, and he was willing to go -- if we want to do God's work, we've got to be, continue to be that kind of person who say, "I'm not going to return evil for evil. I'm going to return good for evil." We're going to pray; we're going to live with bold, winsomeness; we're going to live clear, Christian lives. What was it the apostle Paul would say in the book of 2 Timothy? He said, if you're going to be the Lord's servant, you cannot be quarrelsome. Instead, you got to be humble; able to teach -- in other words, you're willing to have a dialogue, but we're not just going to be argumentative and quarrelsome because you're never persuasive when you're abrasive. I've told you before about Rosario Butterfield. I think she's a fascinating story and wrote a book called "The World's Most Unlikely Convert." Dr. Butterfield received her Ph.D. from Ohio State University, a form pore tenured professor at Syracuse University, and in her own words, she was, and I quote, "A committed, practicing lesbian; a radical feminist; and agnostic to atheist. I despised Christian and Christianity." Lo and behold, a Promise Keepers Conference was going to be held near her university, and she wrote this nasty article and want with it published in the paper. She hated everything that Promise Keepers was connected with. "It's all about Christian men; men; Christianity." She wrote this nasty article published and, of course, she starts receiving a lot of mail -- a lot of fan mail. "Way to go, Rosario! Way to go, Dr. Butterfield!" She put those in one corner. She received a lot of hate mail, too, of "How dare you?" She said she received one letter that she didn't know what to do with. It was rational; it was civil; and she said it had a warmth to it, and this man and wife actually wanted to "Meet me and take me to dinner." She said, we became friends, and it was their kindness that led to Dr. Rosario Butterfield becoming a Christian in 1999 -- you should look up her blog. She's actually married now to a Presbyterian pastor and speaks to churches and university groups all around the country. But she said, "It was their -- don't get me wrong; this couple was strong. They wanted to talk to her about historic Christianity and talk from the Scriptures." But she said, "Their kindness was absolutely indispensable." So Ananias go to see Saul, Brother Saul, gives him that dose of knowledge, baptizes him, disciples him, and you know the rest of the story. Isn't it interesting how God uses people? Why would He send Ananias. He had an audience with Saul on Damascus Road. Jesus, why didn't You talk to him about baptism and why didn't You handle it? I wondered -- remember when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead? And He stands before the tomb of Lazarus and said "Lazarus, come forward," and he does. Just before that He said to the people standing around, "Hey, would y'all roll the stone away?" I've often read that story and thought, "You're about to raise him from the dead. Why don't You just say, stone, move away." All through the Bible, we're reminded God will do what He will uniquely do; and even though He doesn't need me and even though He doesn't need you and He doesn't need Ananias or NEED Stephen, He chooses to welcome us in as His partners and coworkers. He does what He can do. And WE get to partner with Him. I want to close today with this beautiful Scripture from 2 Corinthians 5. (Reading) And aren't you thankful after this God's mercies to you and me aren't just new once a year; they are new every single day? And in the story of Saul, who later is known as Paul, Saul, wanted to destroy believers. Paul wanted to build believers. That kind of change; that kind of transformation is still happening -- why? Because Jesus is alive and well; His church is alive and well; and the ministry of the Holy Spirit is alive and well. God bless you, everybody. Thank you for being here today. Thank you for being with us online. One of our elders, Curtis Duncan, will lead us in prayer. >> Curtis: Please pray with me. O Righteous God, hallowed be Your Name, O Lord. Lord, thank You for everything You do for us. Thank You for Jesus. Thank You for our church. Thank You for watching over us, O Lord. Lord, as we say so long to 2020, we pray that You continue to guide us. We pray that You continue to direct our steps, and we pray that You continue to soften our hearts. Please forgive us of our sins, O Lord, even by word, thought, or deed; help us to embrace hope; help us to love our neighbor; and help us to be kind to those inside our church family and outside our church family. Help us to be more like You. Help us to strengthen our faith, O Lord. Lord, as we pray for our local leaders at the local level, state level, and federal level, we pray that You guide them. We pray that You give them a spirit of unity, and we pray that You be with them, Lord. As we look forward to 2021, help us to live in peace and to love one another, Lord. Help us to be the salt of the earth. Help us to show glimpses of Jesus Christ, O Lord. Lord, thank You for listening. Thank You for Your blessings, and thank You for Jesus Christ. This is our prayer in His Most Holy and Righteous Name we pray, amen. >> Kyle: Amen. Thank you so much for joining us today, especially for those of you at home and those of you in the house. It's been a GREAT way to start 2021. Don't forget that next week, next Sunday, January 10, we resume our in-person classes for all ages. Don't forget, too, I will be livestreaming class at 10:00 a.m., and let me encourage you as we begin a new year to fight passivity. Be engaged whether here if you're comfortable joining us or in any to our online connection groups. We are excited about 2021. Hey, church, let's stand and worship with one more song this morning. ("Only King Forever" playing) >> Richard: Thank you for your worship! You are dismissed!