A Defining Moment

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Short Summary
The discourse reflects on a spiritual gathering likened to Pentecost, emphasizing unity, the removal of barriers between generations, and the transformative power of the Holy Spirit. It calls for self-examination, repentance, and active faith expressed through obedience, love, and service, encouraging participants to embrace their identity in God and to live purposefully as witnesses empowered by divine strength. The message concludes with a call to live differently, equipped with God’s armor, ready to inspire and uplift others in their daily walk.

Long Summary
Gathering of Brethren from Diverse Places:
The discourse opens acknowledging the diverse origins of the attendees—from cities, states, and countries including Brazil, Poland, Romania, France, Germany, and Canada. Despite these differences, all come united by hope, questions, and needs. Brother Arbor Fournette framed the gathering as a purposeful removal of “space” between people, signifying unity and closeness.

Central Questions and Pentecost Parallel:
The two foundational questions posed were: “What do you want?” and “Why am I here?” The answer given was to remove the space between each other and to “lay up treasure in heaven” by giving God our hearts, referencing the biblical principle “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:21). The week was likened to a personal Pentecost—just as on the original Pentecost (Acts 2), where people from all nations gathered and received the Holy Spirit, the attendees experienced a spiritual outpouring tailored to their individual needs.

Defining Moments and Spiritual Growth:
The discourse stressed that this week was full of “defining moments” with potential to change life trajectories. The first such moment was the realization of not being alone, echoing the disciples gathering “in one accord” (Acts 2:1). This unity was emphasized as essential, especially in bridging gaps with young people, a call labeled as a “scriptural mandate” reflecting a mother’s love pursuing her child.

Call to Character and Authenticity:
Brothers David Stein and Komi Adjace exhorted self-reflection and character building. The focus was not mere rule-following but embracing God’s love, mercy, and justice behind commandments. Paul’s mentorship of Timothy was invoked: to be the best for the sake of the elect (2 Timothy 2:15 implied). Authenticity, honesty, and trustworthiness were urged to deepen relationships and community, founded on the higher love of Agape—standing for others even against opposition.

The Six Loves and Spiritual Family:
Brother Stefan Teme highlighted the six loaves (six loves), including Storj (family love), Philia (deep friendship), and Agape (selfless love). This love requires a cleansed heart free of pride and shame, uniting believers as “one loaf” and “one body” pleasing to God (Ephesians 4:4-6 implied).

Holy Spirit’s Conviction and Self-Examination:
Pentecost brought not only comfort but conviction; a “mirror to the soul.” Attendees were challenged to spiritual self-examination, recognizing that talent and ambition must be paired with discipline and obedience. The examples of Peter and John in Acts 3 were cited, illustrating obedience expressed through action—Peter healing the lame man by faith and obedience.

Faith and Obedience Amid Trials:
The discourse emphasized faith’s fragility and need for intentional daily leadership rooted in obedience. Trials catalyze defining moments; the example of Jesus resisting temptation was highlighted as the model. Brother Adam’s testimony about turning to God amid trials, and Brother Regis Liberta’s reflection on Mary Magdalene’s steadfast faith at the cross, underscored courage and perseverance.

Repentance and Recovery:
Brother Jay Slavich discussed Peter’s path to mercy paved with confession and repentance, showing that repentance involves both sorrow and proactive obedience (“Feed my sheep”). Jesus’ washing of Peter’s feet was cited as a lesson in humility and service, asking whether believers allow Jesus’ righteousness to cleanse them.

Character Examination and Paul’s Struggle:
Brother Homer Montag reminded attendees of the “seven things God hates” (Proverbs 6:16-19 implied), calling for humility and peace-building. Paul’s struggle with sin in Romans 7:24 (“O wretched man that I am”) was referenced as an ongoing battle even for saints.

The Spiritual Realm and the Two Arrows Concept:
Brother Tom Ruggierello presented the idea that believers are a “spectacle to angels and men” (1 Corinthians 4:9), teaching spiritual realms through their faithfulness. He explained the “two arrows”: the unavoidable pain of life’s trials (first arrow) and the optional self-inflicted suffering through bitterness (second arrow). Choosing not to shoot the second arrow aligns with trusting God’s sovereignty, illustrated by Joseph and Peter’s responses to hardship.

Consecration and New Life:
Brother Ernie Kinsley described consecration as a defining moment, calling for surrendering personal will to God’s molding, becoming a “living sacrifice” (Romans 12:1-2 implied). This involves filling the heart with the Holy Spirit and emptying old ways—acknowledging the difficulty but trusting God’s strength.

Imagined Prayer of Jesus on Eve of Pentecost:
An imagined prayer from Jesus was offered, praying for His disciples’ empowerment through the Holy Spirit to speak with boldness, love, and truth, and for their message to be a personal invitation of hope and redemption for all nations.

Call to Action – “What Shall We Do?”:
Reflecting Acts 2:37-38, the crowd’s question “What shall we do?” was posed to attendees. The Christian life is described as active, not passive. The answer is simple: daily obedience, sanctification, and stewardship of God’s mysteries.

Identity and Discipline:
Attendees were reminded that their identity rests in God, not in worldly status or failures. The life of faith is a marathon requiring discipline, immersion in Scripture, and mentorship to inspire others. Brother Matt Carey emphasized caring for the vulnerable as true Christian work.

Focus on God’s Kingdom:
The exhortation was to set minds on heavenly things (Colossians 3:2), rejecting worldly philosophies and maintaining single-minded devotion to God. Brother Tim Krupa taught that orderly worship and building ecclesia happen “one brick at a time” through daily faithfulness and encouragement within families and communities.

Commission and Empowerment:
The discourse concluded with a call to be filled with the Holy Spirit, bold witnesses, and to “put on the armor of God” (Ephesians 6:10-18) for the journey ahead. The armor includes the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, readiness of the gospel of peace, shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit.

Philippians 2:13 Quoted:
“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13) was cited to emphasize that human effort is empowered by divine energy, not replaced by it.

Final Encouragement and Commitment:
The message closed with the encouragement that “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” Attendees were urged to be sources of encouragement, faithful stewards, mentors, and peacemakers, leaving transformed and ready to live, love, and share the gospel differently.

Summary of key Bible references mentioned or implied:
– Matthew 6:21 — “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
– Acts 2 — Pentecost gathering, outpouring of the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, unity.
– Acts 3 — Peter healing the lame man.
– 2 Timothy 2:15 — Paul’s mentoring of Timothy to be faithful to the elect.
– Romans 7:24 — Paul’s struggle: “O wretched man that I am.”
– Romans 12:1-2 — Living sacrifice and renewal of mind (implied).
– 1 Corinthians 4:9 — Believers as a spectacle to angels and men.
– Ephesians 6:10-18 — Armor of God.
– Philippians 2:13 — God working in believers to will and do His good pleasure.
– Colossians 3:2 — Setting minds on things above (implied).

This discourse richly weaves biblical narrative and teaching with personal challenge and encouragement, emphasizing unity, repentance, obedience, faithfulness amid trials, and active discipleship empowered by the Holy Spirit. It calls for transformation not just in knowledge but in heart and daily living, inspired by the Pentecost experience and the examples of Jesus and the early disciples.

Transcript

My dear brethren, we came here from different cities. We came here from different states and even different countries. From Brazil, from Poland, from Romania, from France, from Germany, from Canada. Each of us carrying a hope, each of us carrying a question, each of us carrying a need. We came here, as Brother Arbor Fournette suggested.

On the first day, we were asking ourselves a question. We were asking ourselves two questions, according to Brother Arbor Fenette. Number one, what do you want? And number two, why am I here? And Brother Arbor Fernet told us the answer.

The answer is to have the space between us removed. We came to lay up treasure in heaven, Brother Arbor suggested, to give God our hearts. Because where our treasure is, there our heart will be as well. In a way, this week has been our own day of Pentecost. On that original day of Pentecost, devout people from every nation were gathered in one place, in one accord, just like this.

They were an expectant assembly, waiting for a blessing, just like this, and then came the sound. A rushing wind and the appearance of tongues of fire. Holy Spirit was poured out, and a miracle happened. Everyone heard the good news of the Gospel in their own language.

Has that not been our experience this week? We have sat in these chairs and heard the universal truths of God’s word, but they have been spoken in a way that felt uniquely tailored to us, like the manna in the wilderness. The spiritual food that we have received has tasted exactly like what our new creature needed. It’s been a miracle this week. We have asked God, let the wind of the Spirit blow afresh.

And he has answered.

This week has been a series of defining moments where the tumblers of our life seem to fall into place, where an experience is so significant that it has the potential to change our life trajectory forever.

Your defining moment might be right now. This might be the day that changes your life. Look for it, seize it. See it foreign. Let’s look back on some of the defining moments of this week, our Pentecost, and seize them so that they don’t slip away.

The first defining moment for the disciples at Pentecost was the realization that they were not alone.

Following Jesus’s commandment, they met in Jerusalem as one body, in one place, with one accord. Our first defining moment this week was the same. We walked in, we saw familiar faces of friends that we love, friends that we’ve missed. We felt the power of being gathered. Brother Arbor Fernet, he framed it up perfectly.

He said that in person, conventions provide the full and complete sharing of the truth. He challenged us to remove that space, not just between ourselves, but especially between us and our young people. He reminded us that our young people require our earnest attention. Whether they think they need it or not, they need it.

Now, this isn’t a passive suggestion. It’s a scriptural mandate. As Brother Arbor suggested, mothers don’t just say, well, they decided to leave. Mothers pursue mothers love. Mothers remove that space between them and their child.

A defining moment often involves a call to look inward and make a conscious change. Brother David Stein and Brother Komi Adjace admonished us to watch our behavior and build our character. Now this involves paying attention to the things that we need to do. They suggested this isn’t just about following rules, but understanding the love, understanding the mercy, understanding the justice of God behind those rules. As Paul mentored Timothy, his mentee, Paul suggested to Timothy that his goal was to be the best he could be for the sake of the elect.

Consider the relationships in your life.

If there are any gaps between you and the young people, especially in your life, you are called to remove that space. This requires you to be authentic. This requires you to be honest. This requires you to be trustworthy. This call to community is a call to a higher love.

Brother Stefan Teme beautifully broke down the six loaves, the six loves. He reminded us of Storj, the family love that binds us. He reminds us of Philia, the deep friendship love that says I stand with you. He pointed us to Agape love, the love that says, I stand for you even if you stand against me.

This is the love that builds a true spiritual family. It’s a love that requires a pure, cleansed heart, one that lets go of pride, one that lets go of shame. To make room for your brothers and your sisters, we begin called to become a single loaf of bread, as one brother put it, and just as at Pentecost, our gathering in one accord, one spirit, is the first step toward becoming that unified body, a pleasing offering to God.

At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit didn’t just bring comfort, it brought conviction. The message just wasn’t good news. It was a mirror that was held up to their soul.

Our second defining moment this week has been the same uncomfortable yet necessary confrontation with ourselves. We have been asked to do a spiritual self examination.

As someone once said, talent is meaningless without discipline. Ambition is worthless without execution. Focus is the difference between potential and reality.

Now I am inspired by the influence of Peter and John at the temple shortly after the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Acts chapter three is the account of Peter obeying Jesus’s command to feed my sheep.

Just like Peter reached out with his hand to that lame man who was drowning in despair. You ever think of it? Where did Peter learn that? Was that muscle memory? Where did he learn that?

He reached out and he said, grab my arm.

It was just like Jesus reached out to him when he was drowning in the Sea of Galilee. Now, Peter’s words to the lame man were a legacy of Peter’s recovery through the power of Jesus. He said, silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I unto thee.

Did you come to the convention as a lame man?

Did you come to the convention as a healer? If you came as the lame man, were you healed?

If you came as the healer, did you heal?

Now, Peter’s example is a lovely fragrance of obedience.

And he showed us something that I think is really powerful.

You know, we are not entitled to a crown. We are not owed a place in the kingdom of God. It is given by the quiet, thankless moments of obedience when no one is watching.

And the re the antidote for spiritual entitlement is our relentless ownership of the hope in the work of the Gospel. It’s the relentless ownership of the hope and the work of the Gospel. Faith is delicate. Faith is pivotal. Faith is personal.

Faith is intentional. Faith is the only right choice, and we must ask ourselves, what do we do to lead ourselves every single day? And the answer should be rooted in obedience.

Now our faith is tested through trial, and trials often catalyze defining moments, and trials often force us to turn to God.

In times of trial, we always have a choice, and in choosing our path forward, we have the example of Jesus, who, when tempted, recognized the voice of the tempter and rejected it.

One of our baptismal candidates, our dear brother Adam, shared his experience of going through a trial that he did not know how to handle. He did not know how to handle, and his defining moment was the realization that the only answer comes from our Father in Heaven.

Our dear brother Regis Liberta took us to the foot of the cross. He took us to the door of the open tomb of our Lord’s resurrection. He spoke about Mary Magdalene steadfastness as a magnificent example of faith and courage.

Mary Magdalene remained faithful. She was at the foot of the cross, and it showed us a moment of steadfast courage. It showed us a moment of deep love. While the other apostles hid, Mary Magdalene was there.

Even when it seemed Jesus’s mission ended in humiliation, Mary Magdalene was there.

We heard the language of recovery from brother Jay Slavich. He gave a powerful discourse on the apostle Peter, Brother J reminded us that the path to mercy is paved with confession.

The path to mercy is paved with confession and the forsaking of our sins. Peter just didn’t feel bad. He showed his repentance through bitter tears. Then he demonstrated his repentance by doing the work that Jesus asked him to do.

Peter got back up. He got back up and he did the work.

Feed my sheep. Feed my little ones. Feed my mature sheep. Feed my baby sheep.

Jesus trusted Peter. That’s one of the most encouraging thoughts in my mind these days, is Jesus trusted Peter. But those words for Peter are words for us as well. So I ask you a question. What is the work God has given you to do after your failure?

Like Peter, we must repent. We must get back up, we must take ownership, and we gotta go forward, and Brother Jay also taught us a lesson on Peter’s humility. A defining moment for Peter occurred when Jesus washed his feet, and Jesus provided the example of service and righteousness first before explaining its meaning.

I love that because that was a story. Jesus taught Peter, a story that would live forever in his heart, and this prompts the question for us. Are we being washed by Jesus’s righteousness? Do we let Jesus wash us by his righteousness?

We also heard the language of character from brother Homer Montag. He laid out the seven things that God hates, forcing us to examine the pride, the evil surmisings, and the seeds of discord in our hearts. Are we building up or are we tearing down?

Are we a source of peace or are we a source of trouble? He reminded us of Paul’s own struggle in Romans, chapter seven. Oh, wretched man that I am, and brother Homer showed us that what the apostle was doing was proving that his this confrontation with self. It’s a lifelong battle for even the greatest of saints.

And this is the miracle of the general convention. Just as at Pentecost, we heard the sound, we saw the flame, and now we have the opportunity to receive the power.

The message came to us in the language of the heart. Beyond language. It came to us in the language of the heart. Heavenly Father, please ignite in us the fire of Pentecost.

I was really impressed with the children’s program this year. I just got to work with the 18 to 25 year olds.

The children’s program is lights out. It’s really run well. The flame is burning in the children’s program, and the committee is doing great things, and I had the opportunity to speak with several of our young people, and I found serious minded Young people of all ages.

You see those readers last night? Maybe my heart sing.

Young people who retained knowledge from last year’s lessons who are now building the foundations of their faith. I felt the spirit of the Lord working for their benefit, opening up their eyes of knowledge and their ears of understanding. I really enjoyed seeing how many parents filled up the center Lowe’s section right here in the front of the auditorium, taking videos capturing those special moments, sharing them with their friends and family. Heavenly Father, please light in our children the fire of a burning faith. Thank you, convention committee.

The message at Pentecost was clear. Everything that had happened, Jesus’s life, Jesus’s death, Jesus’s resurrection. It was part of God’s sovereign plan, but it was invisible.

It was invisible to all those attending Jesus.

A defining moment for us this week has been the call to see God’s hand, not just in the blessings, but in the realities of our lives, in the world. Brother Tom Ruggierello gave us a stunning visual. He gave us a stunning visual that we are a spectacle unto the world and to angels and to men.

This is not just a poetic phrase. It is a profound truth about God’s plan. What God is doing in us now is being used, Brother Tom suggests, to teach the proof of his power and his wisdom to the entire spiritual realm for all of the ages to come.

Our struggles are not meaningless.

The angels are learning by observing your sacrifice.

Now, Brother Tom suggests that perhaps this is a lesson they desperately needed. It’s a sobering thought, but maybe the fallen angels were emboldened to follow Lucifer because they watched his apparent success in the Garden of Eden. Perhaps the fallen angels saw God’s patience and mistook it for passivity. Brother Tom suggest. But now in us, in the church, the angels see something different.

They see frail, broken people leaning on a power beyond their own and overcoming the very same pride that led to their downfall.

Brother Tom suggests that our faithfulness is a testimony against their unfaithfulness, and this perspective changes how we view our trials. It leads us to the concept of the two arrows. The first arrow is the pain of life, the trial, the loss, the injustice. We all have our own trials.

We all came here lame in a certain way.

And this first arrow is often unavoidable. Joseph felt the first arrow when his brothers sold him. Peter felt the first arrow when he was thrown into prison. We will all feel that first arrow of injustice, of trial, of loss.

But the second arrow is suffering, and this is the arrow that we shoot at ourselves in our reaction to that first Arrow, the anger, the bitterness, the fear, the endless replaying of the event in our minds. That’s how the second arrow, we shoot it at ourselves.

The second arrow is optional.

During our baptismal discourse, Brother Ernie Kinsley shared that the act of consecration is a pivotal, defining moment in our spiritual journey. The call from Proverbs is, my son, give me thine heart. God desires our heart so he can mold and shape it. This is part of his plan to develop a family for himself, Brother Ernie suggests, composed of those who share his character and principles. The first step is to present ourselves as a living sacrifice, which means recognizing that we are a sinner.

And when we give up our personal will and ambitions and desires to accept God’s will to mold us into the copy of his Son, Jesus, it is our responsibility to let this new creature take control of our life.

This involves, brother Ernie suggests, allowing your heart to be filled with the Holy Spirit and emptying it of the old ways. Gosh, that’s hard.

You’re looking at the poster child of failure in that category, and God, in turn, will provide the strength needed to carry out this consecration if you ask for it now. Joseph endured the pain of injustice, but he refused to inflict the second arrow of bitterness upon himself. He chose to see God’s hand when he said, you know, brothers, you meant it for evil, but God meant it for good. Peter in prison, could have been consumed by fear, that second arrow.

Instead, he slept, trusting in the Lord’s power to deliver him. Can you believe it? His brother was just beheaded and he was sleeping. That’s crazy.

Our defining moment is to learn to endure the first arrow of pain while refusing to pick up the second arrow of suffering, and we do this by seeing every event through the lens of God’s sovereignty. God’s in control. The disappointments that we have, the difficulties that we have. God’s in control, Todd.

God is in control.

And in those moments, we can imagine our Lord interceding for us, for he understands this better than anyone.

Let us pause for a moment to consider an imaginary prayer from Jesus. A prayer he might have said on the eve of Pentecost as he looked upon his flawed, frightened, but beloved disciples.

Father, the hour has come. I have finished the work you gave me. Now I lift up these chosen ones to you. They are weak, but you are strong. They are filled with fear, but I have promised them your spirit, their comforter.

Let that spirit fall upon them, not as a sound that they cannot comprehend, but as a language their very souls understand. For Peter, who is bold but brittle. Let it be the language of steadfastness. For John, who loves deeply, let it be the language of love that casts out all fear. For Thomas, who doubts, let it be the language of undeniable truth.

May the words they speak tomorrow not be their own, but yours flowing through them, and may the thousands who will hear, each of them their own nation, each with their own burden, hear not a confusing noise, but a personal invitation. May they hear the language of hope in your promise to Abraham, the language of redemption from sin and all its woe, the language of your strength to help them overcome. Father, I have kept them in your name. Now please send them out in your power.

Amen.

Now, that imaginary prayer was for them, and it is for us. The promise of the power of the Holy Spirit has come, and it is for you.

At Pentecost, the crowd was cut to the heart but did not remain idle.

They asked the most important question one can ask.

Brothers, what shall we do?

That’s a great question.

The Christian life is not passive. The Christian life is active, and our final defining moment this week is this call to action. Brothers, what shall we do? We have heard.

We have been challenged. We’ve been inspired. Now, what shall we do?

And the answer is not a million complicated things.

The answer is not a million complicated things.

The answer is not a million complicated things. It’s simple. It begins with the daily work in the garden of our hearts and follows with doing the will of God, even our sanctification. Remember who you are. You’re a child of God.

You’re a steward of his mysteries. You’re a spectacle to angels. As Brother Ernie reminded us in his beautiful baptismal discourse, God has engraved you in the palm of his hands.

Your identity is not in your job. Your identity is not in your wealth. Your identity is not in your failures. Your identity is in your Heavenly Father. Second, remember what you need to do.

Your life is a marathon of obedience to God. It requires discipline. Keep your nose in his word to gain discernment. Keep your eyes on the prize to gain knowledge and inspire somebody.

Inspire. Inspire somebody through mentorship. This is the work. Brother Matt Carey’s discourse is a reminder of what happens when God’s people forget what they need to do. Our work is just not in our ecclesia.

It is how we treat the most vulnerable around us, those who are lame.

Third, remember where you are going. We are headed to God’s kingdom. We must, as Paul says, set your mind on things above. This world, with its popular culture. Making claims against God is not your home.

Don’t let evil through the front door of your home or your mind. Your life and your children’s lives are not a diversity exercise in worldly philosophies. That’s not you. It’s not your home. Your life should be single minded in the pursuit of God, the strength of your future well being saying be in saying yes to God and no a thousand times to the world.

Brother Tim Krupa in his discourse Orderly Worship taught us that out of all the chaos in our lives, everything should be done to make your ecclesiast strong in the faith. Thank you Brother Tim. He says concentrate on the conditions that will provide real growth of your ecclesia. He reminded us that we build an ecclesia one brick at a time, one text, one post. He says one comment, one discourse.

Keep doing it and begin with uplifting your spouse. Keep doing it by uplifting your children. Never tear them down. Keep doing it by uplifting your co worker. Never tear them down.

Brother Tim says, practice your role as a disciple of Christ with everyone you meet.

Be the light on the hill. Enlighten the life of all you meet.

Begin in your own home. Do it in your own home before they get inspired by the world.

And this is how we take the good news of the Gospel from the General Convention to all parts of the world, and finally brethren, go do it and let God be your strength. So sister Marge Hagenseck signed off all of her emails to me. Let the strength of God go with you. I still remember that.

Let God be your strength, and this is the essence of Philippians 2:13, which we talked about during the convention. We are called to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, and that kind of sounds like it’s all on us, doesn’t it? But the very next verse gives us the power source.

For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do his good pleasure. God is the one energetically at work within us, shaping our will and empowering our actions. Our relentless ownership is a response to God’s divine energy, not a replacement for it.

So this is our defining moment, the moment to seize. As one brother shared it is never too late to be what you might have been. Don’t you love that? It’s never too late to be what you might have been. So what will you be?

Will you be a source of encouragement? Will you be a faithful steward? Will you be a mentor? Will you be a peacemaker?

Let’s all agree on one thing. Let’s all agree to leave here transformed. Let’s leave the lessons from this week not just in our notebooks, but burned into our hearts.

Let’s go home. Let’s go home. Let’s go home. Ready to be different. Ready to live differently.

Ready to love differently. Ready to talk differently. Ready to sing differently. Ready to play the piano differently.

Ready to share the gospel differently.

This is our commission. Be filled, be bold, be witnesses.

Let us conclude with the prayer suggested by Brother Tim Milanowski. Gosh, Marilyn and I both when he said that we got to get that.

The prayer is to put on the armor that God has so graciously provided for our journey home.

Father, as we prepare to depart from this place, we ask you to equip us for the days ahead. Please help me to wear the belt of truth, being honest and anchored in your word.

Please help me to wear the breastplate of righteousness, living with purity and love.

Please help my feet to walk in the readiness of the gospel of peace so that I may be a peacemaker and bold to share your word.

Please help me lift the shield of faith by trusting in your promises during every trial.

Allow me to dawn the helmet of salvation, remembering that I am a child of God, and Father, help me to wield the sword of the Spirit by recalling that scripture and praying throughout the day. We ask this so that we might stand firm not in our strength, but in the power of your might. In the precious name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

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