Good evening, let's all stand
together and sing hymn number 257. 257. ? Tis so sweet to trust
in Jesus ? ? Just to take him at
his word ? just to rest upon His promise, just to know, thus
saith the Lord. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,
how I've proved Him o'er and o'er. Jesus, Jesus, precious
Jesus. Oh, for grace to trust Him more. Oh, how sweet to trust in Jesus,
just to trust His cleansing blood. Just in simple faith to plunge
me Meet the healing, cleansing flood Jesus, Jesus, how I trust
Him How I've proved Him o'er and o'er Jesus, Jesus, precious
Jesus, O for grace to trust Him more. Yes, it is sweet to trust in
Jesus Just from sin and self to cease Just from Jesus simply
taking life and rest and joy and peace. Jesus, Jesus, how
I trust Him, how I've proved Him o'er and o'er. Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus,
O for grace to trust him more. I'm so glad I learned to trust
the precious Jesus, Savior, Friend. And I know that Thou art with
me, Will be with me to the end. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er. Jesus, Jesus, precious
Jesus. Oh, for grace to trust Him more. Be seated. We'll sing hymn number
449. 449. To God be the glory, great things
He hath done. So loved He the world that He
gave us His Son, Who yielded His life in atonement for sin. and open the life gate that all
may go in. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Let the earth hear his voice. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. let the people rejoice. O come to the Father, through
Jesus the Son, and give him the glory, great things he hath done. O perfect redemption, the purchase
of blood To every believer, the promise of God The vilest offender
who truly believes that moment from Jesus a pardon receives. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Let the earth hear his voice. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. let the people rejoice oh come
to the father through jesus the son and give him the glory Great
things He hath done Great things He hath taught us Great things
He hath done And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son, but purer
and higher and greater will be our wonder, our transport, when
Jesus we see. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear his voice. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Let the people rejoice. O come to the Father through
Jesus the Son and give him the glory. Great things he hath done. Good evening. If you will, open
your Bibles to Isaiah chapter 11. Isaiah chapter 11. I want to start reading here
in chapter 10. Isaiah chapter 11, chapter 10, verse
33. Behold, the Lord, the Lord of
hosts, shall hop the bough with terror, and the high ones of
statues shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and
Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. And there shall come forth
a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of
his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall
rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the
Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of
fear of the Lord, and shall make him of quick understanding. in the fear of the Lord. And
he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove
after the hearing of his ears. But with righteousness shall
he judge the poor and reprove the equity for the meek of the
earth. And he shall smite the earth
with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall
he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the
girdle of his loins, and faithfulness shall be the girdle of his reins.
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall
lie down with the kid, and the kid and the calf and the young
lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead
them, and the cow and the bear shall feed. The young ones shall
lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
and the suckling child shall play on the hole of the ass,
and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockathrice den. They shall not hurt nor destroy
in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. And in
that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for
an enzyme of the people. To it shall the Gentiles seek,
and his rest shall be glorious. And it shall come to pass in
that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the second
time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left
from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathos, from Cush, from Elam,
from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
And he shall set up an enzyme for the nations, and shall assemble
the outcasts of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth. The envy also of Ephraim
shall depart, and the adversity of Judah shall be cut off. Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. But they shall fly upon the shoulder
of the Philistines toward the west, they shall spoil them,
of the east, together they shall lay their hand upon Edom and
Moab, and the children of Ammon shall obey them. And the Lord
shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea, and with
his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and
it shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over
dry shod. And there shall be a highway
for the remnant of his people, which shall be left from Assyria,
like as it was, to Israel in the day that he came up out of
the land of Egypt. And in that day thou shalt say,
O Lord, I will praise thee, though thou wast angry with me. Thine
anger is turned away, and thou comfortest me. Behold, God is
my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid.
For the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song. He also has become
my salvation. Therefore, with joy shall you
draw water out of the wells of salvation, and in that day shall
you say praise to the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings
among the people, make mention that his name is exalted, sing
unto the Lord, for he hath done excellent things, this is known
in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou in the
happiness of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in
the midst of thee. Let's pray. Dear Heavenly Father, we come
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior, our Redeemer. We come in His precious name,
Lord, seeking to worship, seeking to Learn more about him, seeking
to be drawn closer to him. Forgive us, Lord, of everything
that's unlucky. May everything said and done
here be for your glory. And we ask that you'd send the
Holy Spirit to Brother Billy when he stands up here before
us, Lord. Cause him to tell us about Christ.
Open our hearts to him. Leave us not to ourselves. Help
my unbelief. We pray, Lord, for the sick,
I pray especially for Mike. Lord, I pray that you give the
doctors wisdom and clarity when they do what they gotta do for
him. I pray, Lord, for my family. I pray that you cause them to
see a need. I pray that you cause them to see that they need you,
that you are our only hope. Forgive me, Lord, of my sins.
I pray for you in Christ's name, amen. Hymn number 112. 112. Up Calvary's mountain, one dreadful
morn, walk Christ my Savior, weary and worn. Facing for sinners death on the
cross, That He might save them from endless loss. Blessed Redeemer, precious Redeemer,
Seems now I see Him, On Calvary's tree Wounded and bleeding For
sinners pleading Blind and unheeding Dying for me Father forgive him
Thus did he pray Meanwhile his life-blood flowed fast away,
Praying for sinners while in such woe, No one but Jesus ever
loved so. Blessed Redeemer, Precious Redeemer
Seems now I see Him On Calvary's tree Wounded and bleeding For
sinners pleading Blind and unheeding Dying for me Oh, how I love Him, Savior and
friend! How can my praises ever find
end? Through years unnumbered on heaven's
shore, my tongue shall praise him forevermore. Blessed Redeemer, precious Redeemer,
seems now I see him On Calvary's tree Wounded and bleeding Poor
sinners pleading Blind and unheeding Dying for me We've got a higher pulpit we
can put up here if you need it. Yeah. Okay. Well, we're grateful to have
Billy Argeropoulos with us. He's from St. Petersburg, Florida. He'd been here before, preached
for us with John Chapman, and got caught in some traffic. It
took him a while to get here, but he made it. He made it. Billy, you come bring the Lord's
message, what the Lord's laid on your heart. Good evening. Good to see everyone
tonight. It's a joy for me to be with
you and an honor to be with you tonight. I need your prayers
tonight. Took me a little longer to get
here than I thought. I sit for an hour on the interstate,
caught in traffic, but didn't think I was going to make it.
But all things are of God. Amen. All things are of God. Tonight, if you have your Bible,
I want to read in two different places. First of all, Turn with
me to Genesis chapter four. I want to read a little bit here.
And then I want to read some tonight in Hebrews. Genesis, the fourth chapter. And beginning at verse three. And in the process of time, it
came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an
offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of
the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord
had respect unto Abel and to his offering. But unto Cain and
to his offering, he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and
his countenance fell. And the Lord said unto Cain,
Why art thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou
dost well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou dost not
well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire,
and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel, his
brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field that
Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and slew him. The Lord
said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know
not. Am I my brother's keeper? And
he said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood
crieth unto me. from the ground. Now, if you'll
turn with me to Hebrews 12. Verse 22, I want to read verse 22, 23 and
24. Hebrews 12, beginning at verse 22. But ye are come unto
Mount Sinai, and unto the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company
of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn,
which are written in heaven, and to God, the judge of all,
and to the spirits of just men made perfect. And here's my text
tonight, verse 24. And to Jesus, the mediator, of
the new covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better
things than that of Abel. The Lord will help me tonight.
I want to preach to you for a little bit on the speaking blood. The speaking blood. Did you know the blood still
speaks? The blood of Abel speaks of sin,
guilt, and vengeance. But here in our text tonight,
the writer of Hebrews said the blood of Christ speaks better
things than that of Abel. Want to give you seven points,
if I can, and just touch on them briefly, not worry you. Seven
things that the blood of Christ speaks that are better than able. First of all, the blood of Christ
speaks of God's eternal purpose. When we think about the blood
of Christ, we think about what he did. for us. Most of us, if
we tell the truth about it, most of us go to Calvary and we look
at the cross and we look at him bleeding and dying and suffering
for us. But it goes way farther back
than that. It goes farther back than the
Passover lamb. When the Passover lamb was taken,
the blood was put on the doorpost. It was the type of Christ, the
lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. We even have
to go farther back than that. When we, as I read to you about
Abel, when Abel brought that little innocent lamb with his
throat cut, we have to go farther back than that. For our salvation,
is founded on the eternal purpose of God. The salvation of every
man is there. And if you don't have that to
stand on, you don't have anything. In Hebrews 13 and verse 20, the
scripture says, now the God of peace who brought again from
the dead the Lord Jesus Christ, that great shepherd of the sheep
through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect to
do His will. The blood of Christ speaks before
the foundation of the world. In 1 Peter 1 and verse 18, for
as much as you know that you are not redeemed with corruptible
things, such as silver and gold received by the vain tradition
of your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ. as a lamb without spot and without
blemish. And here it is, who was verily
foreordained before the salvation, before the foundation of the
world. My hope's in him. And before
there was me, you, anybody, God, in eternity past, chose a people
for himself. You say, why'd he do it, preacher?
The only answer I can come up with is this, because he wanted
to. It pleased God. Moses told the
children of Israel to make you his people. Wasn't anything I
did or you did or anybody else did. God chose a people. He set his love on him before
the foundation of the world. And what he did before the foundation
of the world, whatever God decrees will come to pass. God always
speaks of things as if they've already been done. God doesn't
wait for things to happen. He knows the end from the beginning. He decrees the end from the beginning. And that being so, what God has
decreed in the fullness of time, it come to pass. For example,
Christ being slain before the foundation of the world. In God's
mind, it was already done. But in time, the Apostle Paul
said to the Galatians in chapter 4 and verse 4, when the fullness
of the time was come, God sent for this son, made of a woman,
made under the law, to redeem them that are under the law,
that we, God's people, God's chosen, God's elect, might receive
the adoption of sons. So the blood speaking better
things than that of Abel began before the foundation of the
world. Don't ever forget that. Don't ever forget that. That's
where our hope is, folks. I mean, we were chosen in Christ
before the foundation of the world. Ephesians 1-4, according
as he hath chosen us in him, in Christ. And that's where the
blessing is. That's where it's at. According
as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy, and without blame before him
in love." When I look at 2 Timothy 1.9, what a blessed thing it
is. You probably already know this, you know, because I'm usually
the last one to find out anything. In 2 Timothy 1.9, Paul said,
who saved us and called us. Did you notice the order of how
that's written? Who saved us. That came first. And called us. That's right. In the mind of God, I've been
in him since the foundation of the world. I can't explain that.
I don't know how, and I'm glad I don't have to. But I've been
in him. I've chosen in him who saved
us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our
works, but according to his own purpose and grace. which was given in Christ Jesus
when this happened, before the world began. Paul told the Thessalonians,
but we're bound to give thanks unto God for you, brethren, beloved
of the Lord, for God hath chosen you to salvation. through sanctification
of the spirit and belief of the truth, whereby he called you
by our gospel. The blood of Christ not only
speaks of the everlasting covenant, but it speaks of a chosen people. It speaks of particular redemption. Now, the Lord Jesus Christ was
given God's elect, those that God chose. Where'd he get them? Well, the Father gave them to
him. In the 17th chapter of the Gospel
of John, seven times, seven times, twice in verse six, but a total
of seven times, it speaks of those Jesus Christ said in that
high priestly prayer, that thou hast given me. And you know what? All that the
Father giveth me shall come to me. And them that come unto me
I'll in no wise cast out. And the Apostle Paul calls God's
elect the church. They are the church of the living
God. That's who he died for. He died
for the church. In Ephesians 5 and verse 25,
Paul said, Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church.
and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse
it by the washing of water by the word. So he died for the
church and for the church only. He told that to the Ephesian
elders in Acts 20, 28. He was about to leave and he
was telling them, he said, you ain't going to see me no more
in the flesh, but take heed to yourselves and to the church
of God, which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers that
you feed the church of God which he has purchased with his own
blood. The blood of Christ speaks better
things than that available. Then something that's very important
is the blood of Christ speaks of satisfaction. That is very
important. God hadn't forgot he is holy.
If you'll excuse me just a minute. God hadn't forgot he was holy.
He hadn't abrogated his law. The law had to be dealt with. The Lord Jesus Christ, when he
came, he came in Matthew 5, 17. I look at that a little differently
than I used to. He said, I have not come to destroy
the law or the prophets, but to fulfill it. What he's actually
saying there is I came to keep it. I came to keep it. He's holy, harmless, separate
from sinners. He As he faced Satan's temptation,
he defeated him. Not one time. He never had a
wrong thought, never wanted to bop somebody in the mouth that
didn't like him. He was tempted in all points
like we, but yet without sin. God's law had to be satisfied.
Why is that, preacher? One sin, just one sin. and God can send you to hell
for one sin. You offend the law on one point,
you're guilty of breaking the whole law. The soul that sinneth,
it shall die. Cursed is everyone that continueth
not in all the sayings written therein. I was somewhere the
other day and there was some guys that were standing out on
Main Street in Safety Harbor and they had these big signs
and you know what they said? They said, quit sinning. And I'm thinking, I had to look
twice. Quit sinning? What about the sins that you've
done before? What's going to happen to them?
Oh, no. Folks, God's holy law demands
perfection. Now, I'll tell you this. Perfection
is what God demands, not close, Not 99%, but he demands absolute
perfection. That's the only thing he'll accept. He's that holy. Job said the
heavens are not even pure in his sight. Not one sin will ever
get by God. The wages of sin, sin's payday,
is death. Psalm 917, the wicked shall be
turned into hell and all nations that forget God. This had to
be dealt with. And the Lord Jesus Christ came
in a body like mine and like yours. And he fulfilled the law
down to every jot and tittle, dotted every I, crossed every
T. Went to Calvary for me. He satisfied God's law. And here's
the blessed truth I wish I could dive into and just swim in it
for a while. Galatians 2 20. I am crucified. Present tense. I am crucified
with Christ. Now, how can that be? How can
that happen? The reason why I'm crucified
with Christ is because I was chosen in Christ before the foundation
of the world. When he died, so did I. When he raised from the dead,
so did I. And he didn't ask me to do anything. I'm crucified with Christ. Nevertheless,
I live. Yet not I, but Christ that liveth
in me, the life I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith
of the Son of God, who loved me, who loved me, and gave himself
for me. And because that's so, and because
he satisfied God's law, Paul said in Romans 8 and verse 1,
there is therefore now no condemnation. to them which are in Christ Jesus.
Who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. For the
law of the spirit of life which is in Christ Jesus has made me
free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could
not do. In that it was weak in the flesh,
God sending his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin condemned
sin in the flesh. The blood of Christ speaks of
satisfaction. And because that's so, God can
be just and the justifier of those who believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ. Did you notice all these things
that I've mentioned to you so far has nothing to do with me? They have nothing to do with
you. It's for us. Folks, salvation's
all of God. God did all of this. Salvation's of the Lord totally
from beginning to the end. The blood of Christ not only
speaks of satisfaction, but it speaks of complete redemption.
In Hebrews 10 verse 14, the writer of Hebrews said, For he hath
perfected forever, forever, them that are sanctified. To be sanctified means to be
holy, means to be Set apart. Did you know we're called to
holiness? That's right. God chose a people
for himself that they might be holy. And he's not looking to
my flesh to produce that. He's not looking to your flesh
to produce that. It's already been produced, amen. It's already been produced by
the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world. In John
19 and 30, when Jesus made this little very short statement that's
so powerful, he said, it is finished. And you can't add anything to
something that's finished. Paul said in Colossians 2, verse
9 and 10, Ye are complete in him who is the head of all principality
and power. Yes, it speaks of complete redemption,
which is in his blood. Ephesians 1, 7, in whom we have
redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. According
to the riches of His grace, in Romans 5, 9, being justified
by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. Complete redemption. In 1 Corinthians
1, in verse 30, the Apostle Paul made this statement, but of Him
are ye made, M-A-D-E, made. made something you never were
before. But of him are you made in Christ
Jesus. Do yourself a favor when you
got some time. Go home and get your concordance
and look up the words in Christ and you will be amazed at how
many scriptures in the New Testament have the words in Christ. That's the only place to be.
is in Christ. There is no blessing outside
of Christ, no salvation outside of Christ, no love outside of
Christ. All the promises are yea and
in Him, amen. In Christ is where they are and
no other place. He's made us wisdom. He's my
wisdom. Righteousness, oh boy. Do I feel righteous? No. Do I look righteous? No. But
you know, when he sees me, when God sees me in God's sight, and
really this is the only sight that matters, is God's sight. When he sees me, he sees me in
his son. And when he looks at his son,
he sees righteousness. He sees sanctification. He sees holiness. That's right. We were made wisdom,
righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Now, how is all
this possible? How can this be so? Well, the
answer is in 2 Corinthians 5 and verse 21. For he hath made him. Now, the words to be are in italics.
You can just take your pencil. Rub them out. For he hath made
him sin. That's the way it reads. For he hath made him sin for
us who knew no sin, that we might be made, there's that word again,
made the righteousness of God in him. We sing that old song,
sometime my hope is built on nothing less. than Jesus' blood
and righteousness. On Christ, the solid rock I stand,
all of the ground is sinking sand." Yes, justified. Therefore, being justified. You
know, I quoted the verse earlier, being justified by His blood. We're saved from wrath through
him. What is just, what does it mean to be justified? What
it means is this, there is absolutely positively no sin in me, in God's
sight. Now me, I have to fight every single
day in the flesh. When I would do good, evil is
always present with me. Oh, wretched man that I am. You
know, I'll tell you this, the older I get, the more I see how
wretched I really am. And I'm not trying to be pious,
but every day that I live, the Lord lets me see more of my wretchedness. You say, isn't that awful? No.
It's not awful. I want to see how wretched that
I am. I want to see more of how there
is no good that dwells in me. You know why I say that? Because
it makes me run to Him. It makes me run to Him. It makes
me cry out to Him and say, Lord, I'm nothing. I'm vile, but you're
precious. I'm no good. but sure, everything."
Oh, praise his holy name. Yes, and since I'm justified,
since I'm sanctified, and since I have the righteousness of Christ
which has been imputed to me, Paul said in Romans 8, who shall
lay anything to the charge of God's elect? Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died. Yea,
rather, that he is risen again. Yes. People can say what they
want to about me and they can say what they want to about you. But who is he that condemneth?
It's Christ that died. Then, I'm going to go ahead. The blood of Christ speaks of
a perfect mediator. First Timothy 2.5, the scripture
says, for there is one God and one mediator between God and
man. The man, Christ Jesus. There's a man in glory. Yeah,
there's a man in glory. who's seated at the right hand
of the Father. He is seated beside Him in a
glorified body. He's been tempted in all points,
even as we are yet without sin. He feels every pain that I've
ever felt. He's felt every sorrow that you've
ever felt. He's felt every temptation that
you've ever felt. And folks, when we come to Him,
He's our mediator. He's able to plead our petition
to the Father. Oh, I'm so glad that I have a
mediator. Did you know you can't approach
a holy God without a mediator? You can't do it. There has to
be a perfect, sinless, holy mediator. And we've got one, the Lord Jesus
Christ. speaks of a perfect mediator,
it speaks of a perfect high priest, made a high priest forever after
the order of Melchizedek, without beginning of days, without ending
of life. In Hebrews 7 and verse 25, the
Word of God tells us that he is able to save them to the uttermost
that come to God by him, seeing that he ever liveth to make intercession
for the saints according to the will of God. He's my surety.
He's the reason I'm going to get the glory. He's the reason. I'm not the reason. You're not
the reason. He's the reason. He's our surety. When that everlasting covenant
was made, God gave his son the people that he chose, and the Son of God said, I'll
do it. I'll take care of them. When
he prayed there, John 17, he said, Father, all those that
you've given me, I haven't lost any of them. I haven't lost any
of them. Save Judas, the son of perdition,
that the scriptures might be fulfilled. And then we have a
perfect advocate with the Father. See, Christ is everything. He's
mediator. He's high priest. He's advocate. I got an attorney in glory. That's
right. First John chapter 2. Little
children, these things I write unto you that you sin not. And
if any man sin, we have an advocate, a lawyer with the Father. What we need an advocate for?
Oh my goodness, do we need an advocate. It would amaze you
how many times Satan accuses you before God on a daily basis. You have no idea. I have no idea
how Satan, if Satan could, he'd destroy every one of us. Do you
know how bad Satan hates God's elect? You have no idea. But you know what? I've got an
advocate with the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ. When Satan
says he's sinned, you're to send him to hell. He's no good. He
broke your law. And the Lord Jesus Christ says,
I paid for his sins. I paid for them. And the Father's
satisfied with my payment. Praise his holy name. Yes, he's
a perfect mediator, he's prophet, he's priest, he's king, he's
all of this. Then quickly it speaks of absolute
sovereignty. John 17 in verse two, as thou
hast given him power or authority over all flesh to give, to give. eternal life to as many as thou
hast given him. That's right. Salvation is not
something that is owed to you. Salvation is not something you
deserve. Salvation is not something that
you can claim and say, God, you got to do it. No. The definition
of mercy is this. God grants mercy to those who
don't deserve it. God grants mercy to those who
are ungodly, those who are without strength. I've had people tell
me, it ain't fair. It ain't fair. that God would
just save some people and pass the other by. And they talk about
the fairness of God. Let me ask you a question. Do
you really want God to be fair with you? Do you? Do you want him to give you what
you really deserve? Oh, no, my friend. Mercy is not something that's
owed to men. Mercy is not something that's
paid to men. Mercy is something that's given
by a sovereign redeemer. Therefore, it's not of him that
willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. And you know, this same God,
our blessed Lord, He saves whom he will, but the scripture also
says, and whom he will, he hardened. You could have been hardened
had not for the grace of God. You see, you see people all the
time, and I see it, these religious people, and they put it, they
talk about how they're not drug addicts and they're not drunkards
and, you know, they're not whoremongers or adulterers or any of this.
And I say, man, I'm not like that. Let me tell you something.
Anyone who says that or anyone who says, I will never do anything
like that, anyone who says that has never seen who they really
are. before God. Now that's so. That's
so. Paul said, I'm the chief of sinners.
I'm the worst of the worst. I'm the rottenest of the rotten.
And whenever you find out how holy God is, you'll find out
how wretched you are. Then lastly, and I'll conclude
with this, the blood of Christ speaks of glorification. Philippians 1, 6, He that hath
begun a good work in you shall perform it to the day of Jesus
Christ. But in Romans 8, 28, when Paul
wrote this to the church at Rome, he spoke of it as already being
accomplished. And we know that all things,
good and bad, all things work together for good to them that
love God, to them who are the called according to His what?
Purpose. For whom He did foreknow them
and only them hath He predestinated to be conformed to the image
of His Son. and whom He justified, He glorified. Right now, and it's hard for
me to grab a hold of it, but right now, I'm sitting in heavenly
places in the Lord Jesus Christ. That's where I'm sitting. Yeah,
sitting in the heavenlies. Let me end with this. I don't
want to worry you. You know, Jude only has one chapter,
but it's power packed, a lot in it. They're at the end in
verse 24. Now unto him who is able to keep
you from falling. He's not dependent on me. Now
unto him who is able to keep you from falling. And not only
that, but to present you faultless, faultless, perfect at that day. I've heard people say, and you
hear this a lot, especially with religious Baptist people, you
know, they, you know, the flesh loves to be glorified and it
loves to rejoice. And I'm not discounting this,
but when they think of heaven, they say, well, I want to see
mom and dad, or I want to see son and daughter, and I want
to see brother and sister. I don't have anything against
that. But I'll tell you what, the first person I want to see
is the Lord who took my place. That's who I want to see. But I have one other thing that
I'm looking forward to. I look for the day. Look forward
to the day when I will sin no more. When I will sin no more. And it's all because of him.
On Christ, the solid rock I stand, all of the ground is sinking
sand. Let's pray. Our Father, take the message
tonight. Lord, use it, make it effectual
to every heart. Oh, Lord, comfort your people. I pray this message has been
a help to them. Have your way, Father. Bless
this church according to your will. Bless Brother Donnie. Oh,
Lord, help us to fight this fight of faith in this evil day. We'll
thank you for all you do. In Christ's name we pray. Amen. Donnie? Surely, surely, Christ is all. Let's do 125. Stan sang 125. Jesus paid it all, all to him
I owe. Thank you, buddy. Still speaks. Still speaks. Yeah. Speaking
in glory right now. Yes, sir. I hear the Savior say, Thy strength
indeed is small, Child of weakness, watch and pray. find in me thine
all in all. Jesus paid it all, all to Him
I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow. Lord, now indeed I find Thy power
and Thine alone Can change the leper's spots And melt the heart
of stone Jesus paid it all All to him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain,
he washed it white as snow. For nothing good have I Whereby
thy grace to claim I'll wash my garments white In the blood
of Calvary's Lamb Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. Sin, crimson stain, He washed
it white as snow. This is one I love. And when
before the throne I stand in hymn. I stand in hymn complete. Jesus died my soul to save. Died my soul to save. My lips. My lips. Shall still repeat. Jesus. Go back there and stand
by the door, buddy. All to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow. Good, good service. Good preaching.
Good preaching. I'll see you Wednesday night,
God willing.