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open your Bibles with me today to Psalm 133 the 133rd psalm now I'm gonna need y'all to help me preach this thank all five of y'all for that rousing affirmation so I think I'm gonna I'm gonna let me tell you what I'm gonna talk about I'm going to talk about the power of unity the power of unity and I want to talk about that and I'm going to walk through this these three verses in Psalm 133 there are three verses and I'm going to walk through through those so take you can take no tests we walk through it I want to it's a small verse it's a small song just these three verses it's it's small but it reveals one of those powerful principles in Scripture it's so powerful that whenever it's exercise extraordinary things happen God does the spectacular when he sees Unity uh it'll cause God to bless those who practice it even when you got challenges in your life David is the writer of this Psalms and it is believed he wrote it after the divided Kingdom of Israel had been divided but after they came back together It is believed that David wrote it at that time that he saw that now the problem is a lack of unity will be the downfall of a lot of organizations it's the Achilles heeled of our culture and the church at large we have for a long time many people have not functioned people ask me this all the time what do you ascribe the success of First Baptist Church of Glenarden too and there's a lot of things I can say but here's one of the things that I know to be true that God favors the First Baptist Church of Leonard because we operate in unity [Applause] I'm grateful for our elders and our deacons and our Deaconess and our leaders we we're all headed in the same direction walking down the same road headed in the same path and we will not allow anybody to come in and create disunity it is such an amazing principle that if you put it in place in your life in your business in your marriage God can do the spectacular he will do the spectacular Goods all through scripture we see God doing the spectacular things as a matter of fact let's let's let me just go ahead and just start walking through this passage for a second let me tell you hold up hold up hold up let me tell you this some years ago when I first became the pastor we had Bible study in about 10 people was coming to bible study on Tuesday nights and I said to the Deacons that you can't expect the people to do what the leaders don't do [Music] that's what I said one of the deacons said to me in the meeting he said I don't believe the Bible like you believe the Bible yeah so he did he did not accept the Bible matter of fact as a matter of fact he said the chemistry book that he wrote was just as inspired as the Bible him is no longer a deacon at the First Baptist Church of Bernard no he's not and and by the way I didn't have to do anything here's what the great thing about our deacons was at that time they heard him say that and all of them challenged him in his thoughts and his words and he's soon right thereafter resigned from being a deacon at the First Baptist Church of your life the collapse are coming from this side over here let me let me just walk over here because I see where my help is coming from already I don't know about that side over there they they're not with they're not with her brother uh they they challenged them the deacons the rest of the deacons got to him and said you you you don't you can't be a dick in here with that belief in that philosophy so he resigned grateful thank the Lord uh I didn't have to say anything to him and I like they kind of had the attitude of what the children of of uh Israel said when in Joshua chapter one you get a chance to read this Joshua chapter one uh God said to Joshua after Moses had died God said to Joshua as I was with Moses so shall I be with you and the people the leaders of Israel said we will follow you just like we follow Moses and then then they said this this is amazing thing they said anybody that won't do the things you say we will kill I like those kind of leaders like that as a matter of fact I tell people all over the country when I travel I said we are a unified Church and I say to them if you come to the First Baptist Church and talk about Pastor John K Jenkins senior the mothers of the church will take you out back and beat you with their canes in Jesus name if you can't get on board with where we're going and what we're doing and the vision of this house there are plenty other churches down the street because we operate in unity now I want you to get this because a lot of marriages fail a lot of businesses fail a lot of churches fail a lot of organizations don't succeed because it cannot and will not operate in unity and that's an important thing you got to get that your marriages are feeling because marriages are failing because the husband and wife can't get on the same page they headed in opposite directions and it's problematic it's a challenge it's an issue and it is our prayer that I I just want to help you get some order and structure in your family and in your life and so I just got three points today I'm gonna make it then I'm gonna be finished [Applause] first the first point I want to talk about is the principle of unity and it's right here in verse one of chapter of the first verse of Psalm 133 behold how good and pleasant it is how behold y'all know what behold means and I need to tell you what it means hey that's what it means hey wake up pay attention I'm about to say something important hey wake up that's what it means behold how good and pleasant it is how favorable it is how wonderful how amazing it is when people are dwelling together in unity man that's amazing it's powerful it is a remarkable truth that people need to understand when when Unity is in the picture when God sees Unity he does the spectacular he does the he does amazing things when he looks and sees Unity it doesn't mean you have to agree on everything it doesn't mean that you have to be a uniform it just means you have to all be headed in the same direction with the same goals the same agility agenda Unity flows will listen when we put aside our personal agendas and our personal desires and stop trying to get our own individual Assessments in place when we stop being selfish when we stop being self-focused and put our attention on what's in the what's in the benefit what is to the benefit of the whole as opposed to the individual [Applause] musicians are can be in one band but they have to they they they they they don't even have to play the same note but they do have to be on the same key [Applause] they have to be in the same key they have they uh choir members can sing different notes but they got to be on the same key amen they it's a good thing it's pleasurable it's agreeable it's excellent when God sees Unity he does the spectacular when Jesus was being crucified when he went into the garden to pray John 17 jot it down write it down I don't I'm not going to read it but just jot it down John 17 while Jesus was praying in the garden four times he prayed Lord let them be one his We Are One four times he said that in his prayer he asked God to let there be one in second Chronicles chapter five read it when you get an opportunity because I know y'all go home and read every verse that I give y'all during the presentations I know y'all go home you can't wait some of y'all go sit out in your cars and read them rather than getting in traffic because you're so excited to read what the scriptures has to say that the pastor just gave you because you know it's the Word of Life yeah I know y'all are just running and checking out so so in second Chronicles chapter five Solomon had just finished building the Tabernacle and when he finished building the Tabernacle the the the musicians and the priests and the choir all got together on one guy they got unified and the Bible says that they were so unified that when the priest tried to preach he couldn't preach because the glory of God filled the Tabernacle amen praise the Lord somebody in here amen and filled the temple in Exodus chapter 36 a remarkable thing happened Exodus 36 got it down I'm not going to turn to it read it when you get the when you get in the car on your way home when you get home read it at some point Exodus 36 tells us Moses wanted to build a tabernacle and he wanted to raise some money and he the children of Israel were so unified in Exodus 36 when they were about to build a tabernacle that they raised so much money that Moses had to go to the people say don't bring no more money we got more than we need see y'all are so shocked y'all can't even believe that happened look at y'all y'all I saw some of y'all y'all head start shaking like that you didn't you couldn't believe it yes it's remarkable in Acts chapter two the children of Israel the disciples were gathered together in one place on one Accord they were unified and the spirit of God descended like a dove and filled the temple and they began to speak in in other tongues God's glory filled the place something about Unity that it is powerful the principle of unity is amazing uh uh and I I I the thing I'm just trying to get you to understand is if you could just get your business in you unified if you could just get your company your friendships your man hold up maybe just you and your spouse could get on the same page God will open up doors and God will do the spectacular as long as y'all divided as long as you headed in different directions as long as you got separate bank accounts as long oh I felt something right there when I said that I felt I felt some shaking in me right there that there are people here who are so separated so independent so disunified unified that you want to know how come you can't get the supernatural power of God rolling and stroll strolling in your life it's because you can't get on the same page go ahead look at your life look at your spouse and say we ought to get on the same page [Applause] foreign y'all laughing at but I suspect somebody was looking straight ahead didn't want to say nothing [Applause] if we could just get on the same page I'm trying to drive out a spirit of disunity I'm trying to kill a spirit of disharmony I'm trying to kill an attitude that makes everyone think that they have to be on their own all right let me just I I thought I thought I could I was trying my best I thought that somehow I could create and put up an idea and a suggestion to people to get on the same page as a matter of fact when people are disunified disharmony happens in the Book of Joshua chapter 6 Joshua chapter 6 when the children of Israel were going to attack the the city of Jericho the problem with Jericho is that they had these humongous walls surrounding the city and the gates were closed and nobody came in and nobody went out and the children of Israel didn't know how they were going to be able to get in and conquer the people and take over the city of Jericho so God told Joshua tell the people to March around the walls of Jericho one time each day for six days and then on the seventh day March around seven times and after you've marched around seven times on the seventh day tell the priest to blow the trumpet and tell the people to shout and I'll give you the victory and that's what they did six days they marched around on the same prayer they marched around six times one time each day for six days are y'all still with me have I lost you yet they marched around same in the same direction all on the same Accord they marched around when people got tired they held each other up when somebody got weary they wanted to quit they encouraged them come on or they picked them up and carried them they were on the same page they marched around six times one time each day for six days then on the seventh day they marched around seven times and after they marched around seven times the priest blew the trumpet and the people shouted and guess what happened the walls of Jericho came tumbling down God can do the spectacular when we get on the same page he's looking around trying to find Unity God's looking around trying to find some place to shower His blessings and that's in fact what he has done at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden he has done the spectacular because we're on we're Unified [Applause] but there was one problem with the children of Israel after they marched around the walls of Jericho God told them listen to this God told them when you go in after the walls come down and you go into conquer the city kill everything don't keep anything he said take the gold and the silver and put it in the churches in in the Temple's Treasury I see y'all got quiet on that point right there he said put it in the in the in the treasury of the of of of of of the Tabernacle but all the people and all the the animals and all the other stuff destroy but one guy named Aiken are y'all with me Aiken decided that he was going to hold on to a Gucci sweater that he found in the camp it's true it was a multi-colored garment a Gucci sweater and he took it and put it in tent among his stuff the children of Israel had to go to the next city to fight and Conquer to to conquer they got they lost the Army went there and they got defeated and Joshua said Lord why would you let this little city of A.I that was the name of the city AI why would you let them defeat us God says because there's some disharmony in the king there's some there's some there's some sin in the camp and one one Joker look around there's one Joker somewhere near you one Joker decided to do what he did and it caused them to them to lose and they cast lots to determine who it was and it fell on Aiken and Aiken confessed and said I I took the Gucci sweater and it's under the it's in my tent under my stuff and it cost them the victory but it also cost him and his family their life what are you trying to say I'm trying to say today that you you got to have a mentality and a heart and a mind to be unified because God hates disharmony and disunity he hates it and let me say this if you are a business owner and you have an employee or a partner who can't function in unity terminate them or get out of the business oh I felt tension in the room I know y'all don't like this kind of preaching all I'm trying to do is tell you what I've learned and what I've been practicing and while I got favor on my life you ain't got to like it Do Your Own Thing I'll call you and see how you're doing how's that treating you I'm going to tell you that's the principle of unity but what about the power of unity what is it he tells us right here in verse number one it says behold how good and presented how pleasant it is how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity and then it says this in verse two and three it says this it is like first three words it is like verse two verse three it is like he's about to compare with you what Unity is like and he Compares it to a few things can I tell you what they are thank you for asking me let me tell you he said it is like the precious oil upon the head stick a pin right there stop for just a second can I tell you what that's about that's about the anointing when he says it's it's like the precious oil upon the head running down on the beard the beard of Aaron let me explain let me explain let me explain to y'all what that is like the precious oil precious oil represents anointing it represents the favor of God it represents God opening up doors that no man can close it's it's when God pours his favor upon your life that's what the precious oil is that's what it represents or represents the presence and power of almighty God he says when you've got Unity operating in the midst of your life and your organization and your business or your family it is like the oil that is getting poured down on the head now let me talk about the head for a second somebody say talk about the head it's important who your head is it's important whose authority you are under some of y'all are in trouble because you ain't got no head you walking around like a monster ain't got no head can't nobody see you foreign [Applause] you ain't got no Pastor you ain't got no leader you ain't got no head and it's a problem it's a problem we ain't got no head it's a problem he said it's like why is the head important because the anointing starts at the head it slows down a matter of fact I'm gonna get this in just a moment it flows down on the beard it flows down on the Garment and it goes to the out it goes to the lower parts of the Garment somebody in First Baptist Church of Glenarden we call that drip drip y'all ain't hear what I'm saying it's dripping all over it's the anointing is dripping and it starts from the head it starts from what God does in the head my life prayer for you is that the same favor that God has put in my life he'll put it in your life the same thing that's on this church he'll put it in your family put it on your business somebody said drip drip I know I got some people here today who can testify to the fact that since they came under the umbrella and the authority of First Baptist their life has not been the same they've had favor all over the place Miracles all over the place breakthroughs all over the place God bless your finances he bless your family he blessed your career he blessed your job drip drip somebody high-fired your neighbor say drip drip I don't know where you are but I want God's anointing I want God's favor I want God's Miracles I want God to open up doors that only he can open up I want him to do what man cannot do for me I want God to do for me what only God can do somebody say drip drip look at your neighbor say drip drip it's dripping it's dripping it's it's smeared all over the place it's falling down some of y'all will never get to drip drip because you're too arrogant you're too self-centered you're too proud of who you are that you can't get under the umbrella of somebody else's Authority all I'm trying to tell you is that God's ways God works in ways that's not like your way somebody tell your neighbor I need God's anointing I want God's anointing tell your neighbor I want God's anointing I live my life without his anointing long enough I I want his favor I want his Miracle working power I want his breakthroughs I want his answers to my prayer thank you [Music] win win win win the priest got anointed they poured the oil on his head and it flowed down through his beard and then it got on his garments and it went to the lower parts of his garments on the priest's garments he had a he had an ephod a breastplate and a robe and when he got down to the edges of his garments what is unique about the Garment is that at the edge of the Garment were names of the tribes the 12 tribes somebody got it somebody understand anybody here recognize you your name is on the edge of that God your needs are on the edge of that God your healing is on the edge of that garment your breakthrough is on the air just the Garment you know what I'm excited that no weapon formed against you can prosper because you've got some oil on the edge of your garments then I got excited but I got confused I got excited that it ran down on the bid and the Garment but then it said it ran down on the edge of Aaron's garments and on Aaron's beard now that troubled me it troubled me because Aaron Aaron's brother uh Moses brother I'm sorry Aaron Moses's brother is the one do y'all remember when uh Moses went up into the mountain to get the Ten Commandments y'all y'all I mean y'all y'all saw them I mean y'all uh I was gonna say y'all saw the movie but I know y'all read the scriptures and he was gone for such a long time that they they got frustrated he had been gone for all that time and so Aaron is the one who gathered the people together and said bring your gold we're going to melt your gold and we're going to build a golden image y'all remember that he said uh uh it was Aaron who led the children of Israel to build the golden calf and to Bow Down and Worship it when Moses came down out of the mountain they were dancing around this golden calf and worshiping it why would God use Aaron this is the Joker who led them to false worship [Music] I got troubled but here's what God told me that he's a God that gave Aaron another chance all right I don't think I got any amens up in this Camp anybody here needed another chance from the god that we serve I believe there's some people here today who can testify I messed up I went down the wrong road I made bad choices I made bad decisions but oh thank God he gave me another chance somebody ought to Hi-Fi your neighbor and say I thank God for another chance I thank God he gave me another opportunity and though my sins were white they were Scarlet he made them whiter than snow even though I messed up even though I had an abortion even though I got pregnant and I wasn't married even though I was high on drugs even though I was a thief and a robber even though I lived the wrong kind of life thank God he gave me another chance I don't know who I'm preaching to but it doesn't matter what you did in your past you can be an Aaron you can get another chance God can pour some oil on you it doesn't matter what you did he will forgive you foreign [Applause] [Applause] somebody give God a praise right there [Applause] I feel like running like that guy right after him I feel like running with him I feel like dancing when I think of the goodness of Jesus and all that he has done for me my soul Cries Out hallelujah thank God he saved me forgave me who is me made me whole [Applause] foreign [Applause] Hallelujah glory to his name [Applause] foreign [Applause] it was running down Aaron's beard [Applause] it was running y'all missed a great spot It's Quickly rapidly chasing after you that's what I love about God he'll cause his favor to chase you down [Applause] it's running down the beard of Aaron running down on the edge of His Garment and then he says this I'm almost finished somebody said go on Pastor I'm doing the best that I can that's how powerful somebody say that's how powerful Unity is he says this I like it is like the Dew of Herman descending upon the mountains of Zion I like that it's like the Dew of Herman I'm glad y'all asked me y'all know what Dewey is do is the result of moisture going through the evaporation condensation process and becoming a liquid it starts off as moisture goes through the condensation process and ends up his liquid so you wake up in the morning you go out and look on your grass there's some Dew out there oh I forgot to say this at nine let me go ahead and throw it in at 11. I learned as a pilot that when I'm getting up in the morning I want to fly somewhere I gotta check out and find out what the dew point is and the temperature because here's what it tells me if the dew point and the temperature are less than five points degrees separate if it's less than five you're going to have some fog [Applause] if the temperature of the Dew and the surface of the Earth is less than five minutes the five degrees you're gonna have fog [Music] okay I see I got to explain everything to y'all there ain't nothing like the fog of God of God presence in your life if the degree of separation is so minor that God could put some fog in your life it means it's so thick out there it means it's so wonderful the anointing and favor of God is so thick out there that no weapon formed against you can trust oh as a matter of fact it says now look here's what it says it says the the Dew of Herman what is it why Herman why didn't he just say the do uh why did he he could have just said the Dew and the mountain he could have just said that but he said the Dew of Herman descends upon the mountains of Zion there's some significant there here's what it means it means the Dew of Herman the Herman is a a Hal is located high in Palestine it's a high place Zion is a low place and they are a hundred miles apart got Yahoo Lord have mercy you know what God is saying even though you may be far apart what's coming is coming from a high place it's gonna find you no matter how low of a place you're in y'all ain't got it I'm trying to help somebody understand that God's Gonna reach up at the highest mountain and bring his presence and his power into the lowest places of your life it doesn't matter how low it is how far away it is the presence of God is going to come okay all right y'all ain't got it somebody Hi-Fi your neighbor and say it doesn't matter how high and how far away it might be God's favor is coming tell them God's favor when we get unified when we get on the same place it'll make its way no matter how far away I've been it's going to make its way it's going to make its way to where I am do y'all give me do y'all understand what I'm saying to you to hear today all right let me let me hurry up I'm I'm just I'm excited I I don't know I got excited I shouted when I read it I I celebrated that God has brought some oh do what's coming from a high place Zion is a low dry place some of y'all are in some dry lowly places you're lonely you're empty you're sad you're depressed but God's gonna bring some deuce I I want somebody to look at your neighbor and say the point of them is say you are due for some dude go ahead talents it's about time for some favor to come into your life it's about time for some miracles to step into the domain of your life it's time for God to open up some doors your doors have been closed for too long it's about time for God to do the spectacular you are due for something [Applause] I'm trying to smear some Dew on y'all this morning try to get you excited about the goodness of the Lord and the land of the living I'm trying to tell y'all get unified get in the place of unity listen if you can't find some Unity no other place find it right here in this camp and connect with this camp and watch God do them spectacular in your life all right let me close it says in verse three it is like the Dew of Herman descending upon the mountains of Zion then it says it's for there the Lord commanded the blessing there [Applause] now some some commentaries say that there is Hermann and Mount Zion but I don't I've never been to Hermann and if I have to go to Herman on the other side of the world to give favor I'm in trouble if I had to get to Zion I'm in bad shape I don't think there means Herman or Zion I think for there he says there but first of all there he He commands blessings I believe for there is the place of unity there where Unity exists okay y'all missed it [Applause] all right can can I can I should have said this earlier but I forgot I had you know they think they're so powerful about the scriptures that it can keep on this revealing stuff to you and I thought about what I'm going to tell you after the nine o'clock service I said I'm gonna tell 11 o'clock 11 30 crowd but I forgot to tell y'all thank you [Music] y'all do y'all remember the Tower of Babel you all know that the Tower of Babel uh happened because the true the people got together and got Unified and they were going to build a tower to the heavens and God said oh I can't hear that so he had to confuse them so they all started speaking different languages Unity is so powerful that they were about to do something that God didn't want them to do so he had to come in and confuse their language so they could do what they wanted to do which is what God didn't want them to do that's how powerful Unity is for there where Unity exists God commands a blessing there is the place of unity that's where there is there that's your marriage there that's your home there that's your business there that's your church there that's your ministry your organization whatever it is you involved in there God and I like this command's a blessing and when notice it didn't say God suggests a blessing it doesn't say God implies a blessing it says God commands a blessing and when God commands a blessing can't no devil in hell stop that devil should have killed me before I got Unified he should have took me out before I got Unified but I'm unified now and can't no devil in hell stop me because God commands a blessing and what does he command life forevermore Abundant Life Miracle life life the ability to live life the ability to be Victorious Life the ability to win life somebody say life Abundant Life Jesus said I come that you might have life and have it more abundant [Applause] y'all not getting this [Applause] no look at the people celebrate me one two three four five six seven eight y'all not getting this [Applause] let me let me uh uh or uh talk about this Joker right here this man bought some flowers this guy bought some flowers for my wife [Applause] I said what the [Applause] I don't know I don't know what's wrong with him oh they're beautiful no they're not they're not beautiful [Applause] [Music] what I give to you better get out of here oh you bought that for me [Applause] I just forgave you for all that you did thank you I was about to say that there's no Unity here because he broke it [Applause] sit down for a minute thank you all for standing up and encouraging me amidst these other Jokers that didn't try to do anything [Applause] thank you I appreciate it thank you yeah I was going to kill you earlier but it's okay I want to show you a video that illustrates for a few seconds for two minutes it's a two minute video and it's going to illustrate the power of unity it's it's a it's a video of some buffaloes now it's a couple things I need to tell you one of the Buffaloes gets disconnected from the unified group and something happens to him or her or whatever it is it's a buffalo it and I want you to see what happens okay are y'all with me okay let's go to the videotape he gets attacked by some lions [Music] and they ended up tracking down that baby one y'all see the baby one right there now in the water is also a crocodile when you get disconnected from the body of Christ you are putting yourself in a position to be exposed to demonic forces and those lions and that and that crocodile are fighting for that baby buffalo but the peck of buffaloes decide now they don't quite know their power they don't know how awesome they are unified as individuals they can't they can't do it some of y'all are trying to win by yourself outside of the church away from the kingdom away from the body of Christ you can't win on your own God didn't design it that way you win when you get together with the rest of the body of Christ and you can be more than conquerors when you get connected to the rest of the body of Christ when you get connected with the body you can win they rescued a baby y'all see they got them they got the baby out of there and now and then you're gonna see this this is gonna happen in just about a minute's time you want to see the circumstances shift and now the lions are on the run and now the lions are being ran away are y'all hearing what I'm saying to you today do you hear what I'm saying to you today no weapon formed against you can prosper when you are unified when we on the same thing look at the lions running now look at the lions running all I'm trying to tell you is get into a place of unity Unity Unity [Applause] somebody help me give God a praise for Unity foreign [Applause] I'm I'm finished it's my first close right here God's desire is to anoint you go sit down don't sit down my ombre bear is about to sit down I need to kick y'all out of here I forgot what I was about to say some of y'all are disconnected you're not a part of the body you operating on your own in your own agenda in your own mindset you're not unified some of y'all come here but you ain't doing nothing you're off way off someplace else you don't join no Ministry and serve it in no capacity we can only be the church that we are when everybody does their part right now I'm going to make an appeal today number one if you're not saved you need forgiveness of sins Jesus will offer that to you didn't matter what you did he can make you an Aaron no matter what you've done in your past he can use you he will forgive you it doesn't matter how low you have fallen how ugly your sin he will forgive you make your way down here say you know what I want forgiveness of my sins come on and say yes to Jesus right now while the blood is running warm in your veins why you have life or maybe you're back slitting and you want to rededicate yourself to the Lord now right now this instant don't be ashamed would be the time to come we're going to shout and give God the glory the moment you step out and come or maybe you're unsure of your Eternal Destiny you have doubts and you want Assurance come right now or maybe you're already saved and you want to join the First Baptist Church of Glenarden right now would be the time to come right this system right this moment don't put it all thank you [Music] oh my brother [Music] come on [Music] thank you all the Christ to you will give you [Music] [Music] [Music] my life what's up [Music] you will give you [Music] [Music] [Music] to cry Give the Lord Give the Lord a shout for these Souls all right I need one more mail mail down here and one more female right here all right and we still got some coming amen [Applause] [Music] [Applause] how you doing [Applause] [Music] so proud of you wait right there right okay I need two female counselors for two females that I need counselors for okay thank you thank you amen hey the person behind you is a counselor they're going to take you to a room they're going to talk to you find out why you came what what you're responding to some of y'all getting saved you getting saved today some of you rededicating yourself to the Lord you're going to get rededicated some of you are coming to join the church you are joining a good church this is a great church okay [Music] let me pray father in Jesus name I thank you for each one of these that have come today and responded to your word I prayed about the power of your might you forgive them cleanse them plant them fill them with your spirit in the name of the Lord Jesus have your way almighty God in their lives in Jesus name I pray amen and amen [Music] [Applause] how you doing I'm so proud of you praise the Lord