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Open your Bibles to the Old Testament, Psalm 103. This is a psalm of David.
Verse 1 (Psalm 103:1), “Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:”
At the Last Supper, Jesus gave a commandment when He took the bread and wine and gave the reasons why they should remember Him. He said, “Do this in remembrance of me.” A thousand years before Jesus walked on this planet, David said the same things Jesus said about himself because He would provide unlimited benefits for us. The most important benefit is that He would remove our sin, to never be seen again by the Father. As I have preached so many times in previous table of the Lord messages, He just didn't cover our sins, He completely removed them. David is saying, “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits”. Jesus said when we go to the table, “Do this in remembrance of me and what I did for you and all the benefits it provides.” He gives us eternal life.
“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;”
I sure need the crowns of loving kindness and tender mercies because it is what I'm going to concentrate on tonight.
Verse 12 (Psalm 103:12), “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.” Let's read it again, “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions [it should read here rebellious transgressions] from us.” Sin starts with rebellion, but that is removed. When studying this verse, you start looking to its meaning. “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our rebellious transgressions from us.”
How far is “as the east is from the west”? Starting at whatever your location is, the most eastern point (Point A) and circle the globe (about 25,000 miles), you come back and go west, back around to the eastern starting point—so you have a beginning and you have an end. So, is David saying that He will remove our rebellious transgressions, but it will only go so far? It might be a long way out there, but sooner or later the two are going to meet. After that point I might sin, so my rebellious sin and rebellious transgressions are not removed any longer?
How many times have you read this verse and stopped to analyze it because we have a Point A and a Point B. I don't know about you, but I sure want my sins removed further than 25,000 miles from me. You can travel by jet halfway around this world in about 12 hours (a little longer than that), but you surely can travel this world in 30 to 35 hours including the stop to refuel. The Lord is not limited by jet propulsion. He can travel this world in a blink of an eye, so when He is done traveling this world, are my sins then brought to His remembrance again or are our transgressions still so far removed from us, east to west? I mean, you could read right through the scriptures sometimes and never stop to try to figure out what it means. When studying the Hebrew literature, Verse 12 has a wonderful explanation of what it truly means in ancient times when the Hebrews used this type of language.
“As far as the east is from the west...” Some people would try to translate this to be “as far as sunrise is from sunset”. Oh really. Is that the only distance my sins are removed; my rebellious transgressions from the presence of God?! If you really think about it—and this might strike some nerves and you might cringe—then Jesus' blood was not that effective. If you listen to me long enough, know that I do not believe that. It is precious and very effective in doing what it promised to do—to remove my sins forever.
So, if you take some translations or some commentary opinions that it is as far as sunrise to sunset, then is that just a day's journey. A Hebrew would start his day in the east looking east and start traveling west. Say he walked 20 or 30 miles, so is a day's journey as far as his sins are removed? This is the kind of thing that always tweaks my mind when I read the scriptures. It sounds very poetic, but I need to understand it. I'm just not looking for poetry. If that was the case, I could read other literature besides the scriptures, or is it more than that. I'm telling you it is a distance that cannot be bridged. You do not have a Point A and a Point B. Stop and think with me, if it means that it is as far as the sunrise is from sunset, when is the last time the sunrise ever met a sunset? When!? If the sun rises and sets, where are the two ever going to meet to share the moment? Ask yourself that question, and the only answer you can probably come up with is the same answer that I came up with—and that is they never meet. So those explanations do not pan out, do they?
The psalmist David writes “As far as the east is from the west...” Compare this to other Hebrew literature, this saying meant as far as sunrise is to sunset. But here is the beauty—the good news really—we know the sunrise never gets to meet the sunset, so what does that mean? Our sins and transgressions have been removed as far as sunrise is from sunset. The two never meet so there really is no beginning (Point A) that travels a certain distance and then reaches Point B. You see what I'm saying here folks? In other words, there is no ending to how far Jesus has cast our transgressions or rebellious sins from God the Father's presence. As I have said before, He just didn't cover them, He removed them to an immeasurable distance because there is no real true beginning and true ending. To have a true beginning and a true ending you have to have some type of linear distance measurement, if that is the way you are going to measure it. It is the only way that I can find they would measure something like this if that is what it meant in those times that David wrote this, around 1000 BC.“As far as the east is from the west” should read as far as sunrise is from sunset. Write it in your Bibles and also write does the sunrise ever meet the sunset? The answer is: never. So, in other words our transgressions/sins are not somewhere that can be located. They are out there somewhere so very far and are getting further and further away. If you want to really take the literal meaning of this verse, they are becoming more and more distant from the throne of God, and it just doesn't mean that. The Hebrew word for “far” that is used in this verse is rahaq. It literally means to be far, to be distant, to be removed. I like to be removed. They are getting further and further away because Jesus Christ has removed them to a place where they cannot be seen, and I do not think it is by accident.
When you think about it, we have an expanding universe. Wouldn't it be something when the day comes—and we are more knowledgeable of all things because we are in the presence of Jesus Christ—when our knowledge will expand like you cannot explain it. Wouldn't it be something that He informs us the reason why we have an expanding universe is because our sins are getting further and further away from anyone's presence and more importantly from God's. It is just an interesting thought.
This Hebrew word rahaq basically means to be far, to be distant, to be removed. You will see this verb used as a warning, especially in the Book of Isaiah, when he is dealing with the children of Israel. He uses this word over and over when he warns them to stay away from pagans and their false gods. You can see it being used especially in the latter part of the Book of Isaiah. He probably was inspired by the psalms and inserted the meaning of rahaq. What he was describing, especially in Chapter 59, is how the sins of the children of Israel would be removed and become distant and far away from the presence of God. If there ever was a man that needed to know that his rebellious sins would be removed it is David. And just like David, we need our rebellious transgressions and sins removed to again draw close to Jesus and draw close to God.
When looking at this word rahaq in Verse 12 (Psalm 103:12), we have to try to gain some understanding of what this verse is saying and how our iniquities are described as rahaq. When looking at this verse and you have the understanding of what rahaq does to our sins, it is very difficult for me, and maybe for you, to imagine that could even possibly happen. See, we have this problem as human beings—even though theologically we know our sins are covered, removed and not seen, and are forgotten by God because of His Son, but as frail human beings we remember, and that is how guilt gets a foothold in our minds to wear us down. Even though we remember after we sin or remember our sins, over time these memories seem to fade but periodically during our lifetime there are reminders, so those sins that are supposed to be removed and far away become close again in our thoughts. So really, as human beings they never quite disappear. Of course, family members and friends will remind you of your past sins. They are champions of it, so in a sense our viewpoint of sins is merely temporarily a situation we find ourselves in. We don't have total forgetfulness of it do we? We don't! I don't know about you, but I sure don't!
Periodically Satan's minions bombard my mind with the things I have done in the past and I say, “Darn (I wanted to say something else), get thee behind me Satan” and I remind myself that Jesus has removed them. “You don't have anything against me any longer.” Like I said, theologically we may know that God no longer views them, but unfortunately, we do periodically. It makes me wonder about this idea that our transgressions, as the scripture says here, are as distant from us as sunrise is to sunset, something you cannot really measure, and are becoming further and further away from us. It is way out there. It is an immeasurable distance just like our expanding universe. I wonder in anticipation if there is ever going to be a day when we will live in a reality of true forgetfulness when it comes to our sins as human beings. I believe we will. We will utterly forget our sins forever. Hard to do while we're still living in this flesh. We have all these evil unseen spiritual forces reminding us of who we once were, without the blood of Jesus Christ, and sometimes they are successful.
I'm not too prideful to admit that I'm a weak human being. I still have sin in my being that rears its ugly head and sometimes it is the same sins that I have already been delivered from, but I find myself sinning in that way again. “I cannot believe you are admitting that you still sin.” Yes, I'm still sinning, hopefully less than 20 years ago because I became more knowledgeable in God's Word concerning certain issues in my life, but that is a lifelong journey, my friend. It is a battle that I'm constantly fighting, and Satan's minions in their whispers are always reminding me to try to bring me into that guilt zone again where I'm not guilt-free in my mind and I find myself… guilty. The only thing you can do at that point is say “Get thee behind me Satan because that is exactly where you belong, behind me, in my rear.” Take that any way you like.
I long for the day where all these rebellious transgressions/sins never come to my mind again and I believe it is coming. What a wonderful day it will be when the real results of forgiveness will be manifested in a sinner's mind, starting with mine. I understand theologically and I have no argument with it, but I'm still fighting against the flesh. But in my saner moments, which are more numerous than my insane moments, I come to thank God daily that He has removed my rebellious transgressions as far as sunrise is to sunset, meaning each day that goes by they are further and further away. One day I will not be reminded of them at all any more, because once the element of evil is taken out of it (Satan and his minions), there is nothing left to remind me because Jesus already gave me the opportunity to be forgetful about those sins. Just because I live in the carnal flesh, they creep up and—because I'm still sinning—act as reminders this is what you were like, and this is what you still are, but with the exception that as a sinner I'm covered by His grace, because He has rescued me. He has taken the sins, the substitute to death, that I deserved in order to give me a new life—eternal life.
So, what we do in the meanwhile is we act on the basis of all His promises concerning His benefits. Like I said, Satan and his minions will do their best to convince us we are still guilty and he does that because he puts into our remembrance what we did. Well, I have news for you Satan and your minions—up yours! Christ does not want me to dwell there, even though I might slip and dwell in that insane moment or moments of trying to apply that guilt back on to myself. Thank God the more mature I become, I snap myself out of those moments by going to His Word that reminds me, “I paid the price. You are guilt free and your sins are being removed as far as sunrise is to sunset. It is not measurable. Satan wants to bring them back into your circle, but they are so far removed that you cannot find them anywhere except where I place them.” They are becoming further and further away from where I live today, and from where I will live, throughout eternity.
People talk about the new heavens and new earth; I do not know if that is going to include the whole universe or not. I personally do not think that, but I cannot say with any certainty that it is what is going to happen, and neither can anyone else. I believe some day God will wipe out wherever those sins wind up. He will wipe out that expansion of the universe where they will all be settling and they will no longer be in existence for anyone to view or to remember throughout eternity. That is just my speculation.
Satan still wants to convince us that we are all still guilty because we remember what we did, or we find ourselves doing or thinking something in the moment and saying, “Ah, I can't believe I did this again” or “I thought this way.” I'm here to say you have to be persistent. You have to have some spiritual discipline and enforce the promises of Jesus that give you a new life because you truly are born again. And stop listening to your inner voices and the voices that are trying to influence you into thinking that you are not truly saved and your rebellious transgressions have not been removed by the blood of Jesus Christ. Yes, they have been removed and are being removed on a daily basis as long as you put your trust, confidence and faith in the one who did the removing—and that is Jesus Christ. It is what the scriptures say. It says in Verse 2, “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:”
Just remember this one benefit, He has removed your sins as far as sunrise is to sunset; an immeasurable distance; to be far, to be distant, to be removed to a place that no one can ever see them again. I personally believe they will be eliminated from the existence of God's creation. No matter where they are, God will eliminate them completely, if He hasn't already. This is a wonderful promise that says He has removed our rebellious transgressions as far as sunrise is from sunset. Make sure you put that in the margins of your Bible. Scratch out “from east to west” and write in “as sunrise is from sunset”. What a wonderful Savior we serve; one that has many benefits, and a very important one is for us to remember to be obedient to His commandment when He said, “Do this in remembrance of me.”
Let's take the elements and while we are taking them let's remember what He did for us. He removed our transgressions as far as sunrise is from sunset. We will never meet our rebellious transgressions again because of the wonderful benefit that God sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ who spilled His precious blood that saved wretches like us. Thank you, Jesus. I have said often enough to do this as many times as you want during the day. I believe it was done at mealtimes because nobody can forget to eat. If you remember to eat, you can remember to go to the table of the Lord and remember all His wonderful benefits. We will never meet our transgressions again, and that is the reason to yell out hallelujah! or ruwa. Those who have been around for a while know what it means.
Praise you Jesus. Thank you for what you have done and all the benefits you have provided. Take the elements now in Jesus' name.
Open your Bibles to the Old Testament, Psalm 103. This is a psalm of David.
Verse 1 (Psalm 103:1), “Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:”
At the Last Supper, Jesus gave a commandment when He took the bread and wine and gave the reasons why they should remember Him. He said, “Do this in remembrance of me.” A thousand years before Jesus walked on this planet, David said the same things Jesus said about himself because He would provide unlimited benefits for us. The most important benefit is that He would remove our sin, to never be seen again by the Father. As I have preached so many times in previous table of the Lord messages, He just didn't cover our sins, He completely removed them. David is saying, “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits”. Jesus said when we go to the table, “Do this in remembrance of me and what I did for you and all the benefits it provides.” He gives us eternal life.
“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;”
I sure need the crowns of loving kindness and tender mercies because it is what I'm going to concentrate on tonight.
Verse 12 (Psalm 103:12), “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.” Let's read it again, “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions [it should read here rebellious transgressions] from us.” Sin starts with rebellion, but that is removed. When studying this verse, you start looking to its meaning. “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our rebellious transgressions from us.”
How far is “as the east is from the west”? Starting at whatever your location is, the most eastern point (Point A) and circle the globe (about 25,000 miles), you come back and go west, back around to the eastern starting point—so you have a beginning and you have an end. So, is David saying that He will remove our rebellious transgressions, but it will only go so far? It might be a long way out there, but sooner or later the two are going to meet. After that point I might sin, so my rebellious sin and rebellious transgressions are not removed any longer?
How many times have you read this verse and stopped to analyze it because we have a Point A and a Point B. I don't know about you, but I sure want my sins removed further than 25,000 miles from me. You can travel by jet halfway around this world in about 12 hours (a little longer than that), but you surely can travel this world in 30 to 35 hours including the stop to refuel. The Lord is not limited by jet propulsion. He can travel this world in a blink of an eye, so when He is done traveling this world, are my sins then brought to His remembrance again or are our transgressions still so far removed from us, east to west? I mean, you could read right through the scriptures sometimes and never stop to try to figure out what it means. When studying the Hebrew literature, Verse 12 has a wonderful explanation of what it truly means in ancient times when the Hebrews used this type of language.
“As far as the east is from the west...” Some people would try to translate this to be “as far as sunrise is from sunset”. Oh really. Is that the only distance my sins are removed; my rebellious transgressions from the presence of God?! If you really think about it—and this might strike some nerves and you might cringe—then Jesus' blood was not that effective. If you listen to me long enough, know that I do not believe that. It is precious and very effective in doing what it promised to do—to remove my sins forever.
So, if you take some translations or some commentary opinions that it is as far as sunrise to sunset, then is that just a day's journey. A Hebrew would start his day in the east looking east and start traveling west. Say he walked 20 or 30 miles, so is a day's journey as far as his sins are removed? This is the kind of thing that always tweaks my mind when I read the scriptures. It sounds very poetic, but I need to understand it. I'm just not looking for poetry. If that was the case, I could read other literature besides the scriptures, or is it more than that. I'm telling you it is a distance that cannot be bridged. You do not have a Point A and a Point B. Stop and think with me, if it means that it is as far as the sunrise is from sunset, when is the last time the sunrise ever met a sunset? When!? If the sun rises and sets, where are the two ever going to meet to share the moment? Ask yourself that question, and the only answer you can probably come up with is the same answer that I came up with—and that is they never meet. So those explanations do not pan out, do they?
The psalmist David writes “As far as the east is from the west...” Compare this to other Hebrew literature, this saying meant as far as sunrise is to sunset. But here is the beauty—the good news really—we know the sunrise never gets to meet the sunset, so what does that mean? Our sins and transgressions have been removed as far as sunrise is from sunset. The two never meet so there really is no beginning (Point A) that travels a certain distance and then reaches Point B. You see what I'm saying here folks? In other words, there is no ending to how far Jesus has cast our transgressions or rebellious sins from God the Father's presence. As I have said before, He just didn't cover them, He removed them to an immeasurable distance because there is no real true beginning and true ending. To have a true beginning and a true ending you have to have some type of linear distance measurement, if that is the way you are going to measure it. It is the only way that I can find they would measure something like this if that is what it meant in those times that David wrote this, around 1000 BC.“As far as the east is from the west” should read as far as sunrise is from sunset. Write it in your Bibles and also write does the sunrise ever meet the sunset? The answer is: never. So, in other words our transgressions/sins are not somewhere that can be located. They are out there somewhere so very far and are getting further and further away. If you want to really take the literal meaning of this verse, they are becoming more and more distant from the throne of God, and it just doesn't mean that. The Hebrew word for “far” that is used in this verse is rahaq. It literally means to be far, to be distant, to be removed. I like to be removed. They are getting further and further away because Jesus Christ has removed them to a place where they cannot be seen, and I do not think it is by accident.
When you think about it, we have an expanding universe. Wouldn't it be something when the day comes—and we are more knowledgeable of all things because we are in the presence of Jesus Christ—when our knowledge will expand like you cannot explain it. Wouldn't it be something that He informs us the reason why we have an expanding universe is because our sins are getting further and further away from anyone's presence and more importantly from God's. It is just an interesting thought.
This Hebrew word rahaq basically means to be far, to be distant, to be removed. You will see this verb used as a warning, especially in the Book of Isaiah, when he is dealing with the children of Israel. He uses this word over and over when he warns them to stay away from pagans and their false gods. You can see it being used especially in the latter part of the Book of Isaiah. He probably was inspired by the psalms and inserted the meaning of rahaq. What he was describing, especially in Chapter 59, is how the sins of the children of Israel would be removed and become distant and far away from the presence of God. If there ever was a man that needed to know that his rebellious sins would be removed it is David. And just like David, we need our rebellious transgressions and sins removed to again draw close to Jesus and draw close to God.
When looking at this word rahaq in Verse 12 (Psalm 103:12), we have to try to gain some understanding of what this verse is saying and how our iniquities are described as rahaq. When looking at this verse and you have the understanding of what rahaq does to our sins, it is very difficult for me, and maybe for you, to imagine that could even possibly happen. See, we have this problem as human beings—even though theologically we know our sins are covered, removed and not seen, and are forgotten by God because of His Son, but as frail human beings we remember, and that is how guilt gets a foothold in our minds to wear us down. Even though we remember after we sin or remember our sins, over time these memories seem to fade but periodically during our lifetime there are reminders, so those sins that are supposed to be removed and far away become close again in our thoughts. So really, as human beings they never quite disappear. Of course, family members and friends will remind you of your past sins. They are champions of it, so in a sense our viewpoint of sins is merely temporarily a situation we find ourselves in. We don't have total forgetfulness of it do we? We don't! I don't know about you, but I sure don't!
Periodically Satan's minions bombard my mind with the things I have done in the past and I say, “Darn (I wanted to say something else), get thee behind me Satan” and I remind myself that Jesus has removed them. “You don't have anything against me any longer.” Like I said, theologically we may know that God no longer views them, but unfortunately, we do periodically. It makes me wonder about this idea that our transgressions, as the scripture says here, are as distant from us as sunrise is to sunset, something you cannot really measure, and are becoming further and further away from us. It is way out there. It is an immeasurable distance just like our expanding universe. I wonder in anticipation if there is ever going to be a day when we will live in a reality of true forgetfulness when it comes to our sins as human beings. I believe we will. We will utterly forget our sins forever. Hard to do while we're still living in this flesh. We have all these evil unseen spiritual forces reminding us of who we once were, without the blood of Jesus Christ, and sometimes they are successful.
I'm not too prideful to admit that I'm a weak human being. I still have sin in my being that rears its ugly head and sometimes it is the same sins that I have already been delivered from, but I find myself sinning in that way again. “I cannot believe you are admitting that you still sin.” Yes, I'm still sinning, hopefully less than 20 years ago because I became more knowledgeable in God's Word concerning certain issues in my life, but that is a lifelong journey, my friend. It is a battle that I'm constantly fighting, and Satan's minions in their whispers are always reminding me to try to bring me into that guilt zone again where I'm not guilt-free in my mind and I find myself… guilty. The only thing you can do at that point is say “Get thee behind me Satan because that is exactly where you belong, behind me, in my rear.” Take that any way you like.
I long for the day where all these rebellious transgressions/sins never come to my mind again and I believe it is coming. What a wonderful day it will be when the real results of forgiveness will be manifested in a sinner's mind, starting with mine. I understand theologically and I have no argument with it, but I'm still fighting against the flesh. But in my saner moments, which are more numerous than my insane moments, I come to thank God daily that He has removed my rebellious transgressions as far as sunrise is to sunset, meaning each day that goes by they are further and further away. One day I will not be reminded of them at all any more, because once the element of evil is taken out of it (Satan and his minions), there is nothing left to remind me because Jesus already gave me the opportunity to be forgetful about those sins. Just because I live in the carnal flesh, they creep up and—because I'm still sinning—act as reminders this is what you were like, and this is what you still are, but with the exception that as a sinner I'm covered by His grace, because He has rescued me. He has taken the sins, the substitute to death, that I deserved in order to give me a new life—eternal life.
So, what we do in the meanwhile is we act on the basis of all His promises concerning His benefits. Like I said, Satan and his minions will do their best to convince us we are still guilty and he does that because he puts into our remembrance what we did. Well, I have news for you Satan and your minions—up yours! Christ does not want me to dwell there, even though I might slip and dwell in that insane moment or moments of trying to apply that guilt back on to myself. Thank God the more mature I become, I snap myself out of those moments by going to His Word that reminds me, “I paid the price. You are guilt free and your sins are being removed as far as sunrise is to sunset. It is not measurable. Satan wants to bring them back into your circle, but they are so far removed that you cannot find them anywhere except where I place them.” They are becoming further and further away from where I live today, and from where I will live, throughout eternity.
People talk about the new heavens and new earth; I do not know if that is going to include the whole universe or not. I personally do not think that, but I cannot say with any certainty that it is what is going to happen, and neither can anyone else. I believe some day God will wipe out wherever those sins wind up. He will wipe out that expansion of the universe where they will all be settling and they will no longer be in existence for anyone to view or to remember throughout eternity. That is just my speculation.
Satan still wants to convince us that we are all still guilty because we remember what we did, or we find ourselves doing or thinking something in the moment and saying, “Ah, I can't believe I did this again” or “I thought this way.” I'm here to say you have to be persistent. You have to have some spiritual discipline and enforce the promises of Jesus that give you a new life because you truly are born again. And stop listening to your inner voices and the voices that are trying to influence you into thinking that you are not truly saved and your rebellious transgressions have not been removed by the blood of Jesus Christ. Yes, they have been removed and are being removed on a daily basis as long as you put your trust, confidence and faith in the one who did the removing—and that is Jesus Christ. It is what the scriptures say. It says in Verse 2, “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:”
Just remember this one benefit, He has removed your sins as far as sunrise is to sunset; an immeasurable distance; to be far, to be distant, to be removed to a place that no one can ever see them again. I personally believe they will be eliminated from the existence of God's creation. No matter where they are, God will eliminate them completely, if He hasn't already. This is a wonderful promise that says He has removed our rebellious transgressions as far as sunrise is from sunset. Make sure you put that in the margins of your Bible. Scratch out “from east to west” and write in “as sunrise is from sunset”. What a wonderful Savior we serve; one that has many benefits, and a very important one is for us to remember to be obedient to His commandment when He said, “Do this in remembrance of me.”
Let's take the elements and while we are taking them let's remember what He did for us. He removed our transgressions as far as sunrise is from sunset. We will never meet our rebellious transgressions again because of the wonderful benefit that God sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ who spilled His precious blood that saved wretches like us. Thank you, Jesus. I have said often enough to do this as many times as you want during the day. I believe it was done at mealtimes because nobody can forget to eat. If you remember to eat, you can remember to go to the table of the Lord and remember all His wonderful benefits. We will never meet our transgressions again, and that is the reason to yell out hallelujah! or ruwa. Those who have been around for a while know what it means.
Praise you Jesus. Thank you for what you have done and all the benefits you have provided. Take the elements now in Jesus' name.