Open your Bibles, if you would,
to Psalm 91. Tonight's message is called,
Seven Promises in Christ. Seven Promises in Christ. Psalm 91. We'll read the whole
psalm, start off the message. Psalm 91, Seven Promises in Christ. He that dwelleth in the secret
place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is
my refuge and my fortress, my God, in Him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee
from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisesome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his
feathers, and under his wing shalt thou trust. His truth shall
be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for
the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flyeth by day,
nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction
that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy
side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not
come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou
behold and see the reward of the wicked, because thou has
made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most high thy habitation. There shall no evil befall thee,
neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall
give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in thy
hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread
upon the lion and adder, the young lion and the dragon shalt
thou trample under feet. because he has set his love upon
me. Therefore, will I deliver him?
I will set him on high because he hath no one my name. He shall
call upon me and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him in honor him
with long life. Will I satisfy him and show him
my salvation? Now, we who are the Lord's people,
We rest in trust on the promises of God. We rest in trust on the
promises of God. We know that we are sinners in
everything that we do. We know that everything we do
is tainted with sin, and we know that left to ourselves, beloved,
we would be lost. And so we rest and trust in the
one who has promised to never leave us nor forsake us. And the promises of God, which
we find in the scriptures. Therefore, become sweet to the
believer, they become sweet to us because they point us to Christ,
they point us right to him. They point us to the one in whom
all the promises of God are fulfilled. Are fulfilled. And they point
us to the one who keeps those he saves. And that's the Lord
Jesus Christ. Turn, if you would, to the second
epistle to Corinthians. Second Corinthians, chapter one.
Now, Paul had told the church in Corinth that he would stop
in on his way to Macedonia. And after he had finished his
business in Macedonia, he told them that he he would stop in. And his plans were altered, though,
by the one who controls all things. See, Paul had made plans, but
the one who controls all things overrode those plans, overrode
those plans. And this so often happens in
our lives, doesn't it? So Paul didn't have the opportunity
to visit the Corinthian church during that time. And the false
teachers and those who would cause division amongst the the
Corinthian church sees this opportunity to speak evil of Paul and to
destroy Paul's influence within the Corinthian church. And Paul
writing to the Corinthian church made a wonderful statement. Look
at 2nd Corinthians chapter one, we're starting verses 15 and
we'll go all the way to verse 23. But within this text of scripture,
Paul makes a wonderful statement that ties in with the promises
of God. Look at 2 Corinthians 1, verses 15 to 23. And in this confidence, I was
minded to come unto you before that ye might have a second benefit,
and to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come out of Macedonia
unto you, and of you to be bought on my way toward Judea. When
I therefore was thus minded, Did I use lightness or the things
that I purpose? Do I purpose according to the
flesh that with me there should be yay, yay and nay, nay. But as God is true, our word
toward our word toward you was not yay and nay. For the son
of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even
by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yay nay, but in him was
yay. Now look at this. for all the
promises of God in Him, that's in Christ, in Christ, are yea
and in Him. Amen. unto the glory of God by
us. Now, he which established us
with you in Christ and hath anointed us is God, who hath also sealed
us and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. Moreover,
I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I
come not as yet unto Corinth. But look at verse 20. All the
promises of God in him, in Christ, are yea. And in him, a man. Now, that ties right in with
what we're look at tonight. All the promises of God. So when
you look, when you see the promises of God in the Old Testament,
they all tie into Christ. They're all fulfilled in him.
He's the yay and the amen of all those promises. Of all of
them. So Paul is bringing forth that
all the promises of God are in Christ Jesus our Lord to the
believer. And he's the object of our faith. He alone is all
our merit before God. All of it. Our justification,
all our salvation, all our redemption, and all our sanctification. It's
all in Christ. It's all in him. So let's go
back to our psalm. Now this psalm before us is all
about Christ again and his victory. And the believer who is in Christ
is safe. And Lord willing we will see
tonight in our study that what Paul bought forth is true, that
in Christ, all the promises are gay and amen. Just and even these
seven promises that we're looking at, they're all in him. And he is the believer's best.
He is the believer's best. Now, Satan referred to the psalm
on the Mount of Temptation in Matthew four or six, he said,
and say it unto him, if thou be the son of God, cast thyself
down for it is written, he shall give his his angels charge concerning
the and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time
thou dash thy foot against a stone. So this psalm is all about the
victory of the Messiah, beloved. It's all about the victory of
the Messiah. And let us not forget that all who are in him were
represented by him. We were in him when he died on
the cross. I'm crucified with Christ, nevertheless
I live. We were represented. Just like
Adam is our federal head, Christ is our federal head. All who
are in Christ are saved. All who are in Adam are lost. All who God doesn't regenerate. Oh my. So this Psalm is all about
Christ and His victory. The victory of the Messiah. We are in Him. We are made righteous
by Him. And let us never forget that
the believer is always and constantly under divine care. This is something
for us to remember. No matter what we go through,
no matter what comes up in life, the believer is constantly under
divine care. You're not alone. No matter what
you go through, you are constantly being watched by Christ, being
watched by God. He watches over his people, his
people, no matter what we go through. and our protection comes from
him. We are protected in our trials
and tribulations because we are in Christ, in Christ alone. And
Christ is God, the word who became flesh, the second person in eternity,
and therefore all the promises of God in him are yea and amen.
Yea and amen. Let's do a quick overview of
the psalm before we come to the seven promises that I'd like
us to look at. Look at this in verse one. He
that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide
under the shadow of the Almighty. Now Christ alone is our rest,
our hope, our assurance, and our confidence. Our confidence
for salvation is only in him. He's the head and we're the body.
But look at the scripture says we abide under the shadow of
the Almighty. Under the shadow of the Almighty. God watches over his blood-bought
redeemed people. He watches over them. And we
come before our great God reverently, don't we? We come before our
great God reverently. And how do we come? Only by the
blood of Christ. Only by Christ. Only through
him can we even approach the holy God of the universe. Oh,
my. Only through him. He is the most
high beloved. He's most holy. I don't think
we fully grasp his holiness. He's so holy he can't look upon
sin. Oh, my. And we not only come into God's
presence, but but we abide there, the scripture says we dwell there.
We dwell there. Never to leave. As Brother John led the song,
we're we're in a shelter. Who's our shelter? Christ. He's
our shelter for eternity, beloved. My, it's wonderful. It's absolutely wonderful. Now,
I want us to think about this. He is the object of the saints'
glory while we're here on earth. And he's the objects of the saints'
glory in heaven. And the Lord Jesus Christ is
the Almighty God, and He's our Savior and our Redeemer. Now,
the shadow of the Almighty, this is what I want us to really have
sink in here. The shadow of the Almighty speaks
of the whole nature of God, including His holiness, His justice, His
goodness, His truth, his power, his wisdom, his prudence, and
all his perfections form a covering for his people. They form a covering for his
people, beloved. My, against which all the assaults
of his enemies and our enemies are vain. It's wonderful. It's absolutely
wonderful. Our salvation is wholly dependent
upon Christ. Upon him. And he covers us, but
we are in the shadow of the almighty, just like a just like a hen covers
her chicks. That's how we're covered in the
shadow of the almighty. That's our dwelling place. And
when we are in the shadow of the Almighty, we're safe for
eternity, for eternity. My, it's wonderful. So any assaults from our enemies
are all in vain, are all in vain as we're under the shadow of
the Almighty. Let's now look at verses three
to eight and take note of the word shall, shall, and shalt. What a blessed word shall and
shalt is, shalt is to the people of God. It's just a little word. Take note of it when you're reading
the scripture, shall and shalt. It'll bless your soul, beloved.
It'll bless your soul. Little words, but oh, What a
blessing is in them. Surely he shall deliver thee. There's no question, beloved.
He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from
the noisesome pestilence. Now in Christ Jesus, the believer
has been delivered, what, from the curse of the law, haven't
we? We've been delivered from the wrath of God. We've been
delivered from the penalty of sin. We've been delivered from
all our enemies, both visible and invisible. Surely he has delivered we who
are redeemed. We're purchased by his precious
blood. We're purchased by his precious
blood. And God delivered Christ from all his enemies, didn't
he? Why? But we who are purchased by his
blood, We dwell under the shadow of the Almighty. We've been delivered,
beloved. We've been delivered. Look at
verse four. He shall cover thee with his
feathers and under his wings shalt thou trust. His truth shall
be thy shield and buckler. Again, we're covered by the Lord
Jesus Christ. He watches over us. His wings
here are a metaphor, both for healing and hiding. Remember,
he he has both healed us. Right. And he hides us. And let us never forget, we who
believe are covered with his spotless robe of righteousness.
Right now. Right now, sinners clothed in
the righteousness of Christ, his glorious wedding garment,
and therefore we're we're able to enter into the presence of
God, aren't we? That's why we can approach the throne of grace,
beloved, in prayer. Because of Christ, his blood
and righteousness. It's wonderful. Look at verses
5 and 6. Thou shalt not be afraid for
the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flyeth by day,
nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction
that wastes at noonday. Christ Jesus our Lord is our
protector. He's our protector, therefore we shall not be afraid
of terrors of the night. And note again, thou shalt not
be afraid of the terror by night, nor for the pestilence that walketh
in darkness, nor for the destruction that wastes that noonday. We
who are redeemed do not, we don't fear the final judgment, do we?
And that's not a presumptuous thing. No. We do not fear the final judgment
as all our sins have been bought and paid for by Christ at Calvary's
cross. We'll never be judged at the
judgment of God because the judgment of God for our sins fell upon
Christ. Look at verses 70, a thousand
shall fall at thy side and 10,000 at thy right hand, but it shall
not come nigh thee only with thine eye shalt thou behold and
see the reward of the wicked. Note again here how protected
the Lord's people are. In the Old Testament, the plague
that killed the firstborn in Egypt of the Egyptians, but it
did not fall upon the Israelites. They were near, weren't they?
They were near to the Egyptians. They were close. But the plague
fell on the Egyptians but didn't fall on the Israelites. Because they were under the blood.
And that's a picture. A picture of we who are redeemed. We're safe in Christ. 10,000
perish on this side and 1,000 on that side. They go into a Christless eternity. But God's people, when they pass
from this life, go to glory, to be with the Lord. We who are
redeemed are safe in Christ. Again, thousands perish all around
us. But when the sheep of God dies,
they enter into glory to be with the Savior forever, forever. God's people, we have trials
and tribulations, don't we? We do. In the flesh, we do. But remember,
all those trials and tribulations are all by the will of the father.
They're all according to his will. And we behold and see the reward
of the wicked, don't we? We see the judgments of God upon
an evil race. And at the great throne. We shall
agree with the judgment that God passes down upon those who
rejected his son. But we'll praise God for our
deliverance. For eternity. For eternity. Oh, my. Let's read verses 9 to
13. Here we see the believer's refuge
and redeemer. And we know this is Christ and
Christ alone. Because thou has made the Lord,
which is my refuge, even the most high thy habitation. There
shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling, for he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep
thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their
hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread
upon the lion and the adder, the young lion and the dragon,
shalt thou trample on their feet. And Christ did all this, didn't
he? And he was protected and kept. And we see here, there's
no refuge and no safety, no security for the sinner outside of Christ. None. Sinner, friend, there's no security
in yourself. And we who are redeemed are blood-bought
sinners, aren't we? Who fled to Christ, who's the
only security, the only refuge, the only shelter. for our souls. And that's Christ. And the only
reason we fled them is because we were made willing. It's wonderful. We're hidden in Him, beloved. Folks are trusting in their religion,
they're trusting in their law keeping, they're trusting in
their works, but there's no safety in that. There's no refuge in
that. There's no security for anyone
outside of Christ. I don't care what you're doing. There's no safety for anyone
outside of Christ. And God's people are only safe
because we're in Christ. And we're only in Christ because
it pleased God to make us so. It's wonderful, it's wonderful.
Because we know left to ourselves, we would not seek God, would
we? Because the scripture says there's none that seek that to
God. We couldn't make ourself righteous by our own works, just
like no one else can, because the Bible says there's none righteous,
no, not one. We wouldn't understand the scriptures
outside of Christ and the Holy Spirit illuminating them for
us, because the Bible says there's no one who understands the things
of God. But praise God, it pleased him. to put us in Christ, to choose
us in Christ, before the foundation of the world. And the Holy Spirit
regenerates those for whom Christ died for on Calvary's cross.
It's wonderful. It's absolutely wonderful. It
leaves us in awe. Turn, if you would, to Psalm
142. 142. Look at this verse. We'll read
verse 4 and 5, but look at verse 4 here. Psalm 142. And this ties
in with, there's no security, no refuge outside of Christ. None at all. Look at what the
scripture declares here. In Psalm 142, verse 4, I looked
on my right hand and beheld, That there was no man that would
know me. Refuge failed me. No man cared for my soul. Amen. Now let us ponder, we who dwell
under the shadow of the Almighty again are only saved because
we are in Christ. And we looked at that earlier.
We're delivered from all judgment, all condemnation, and the wrath
of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. We are hidden in him. He alone
is our refuge and strength. And look at verse five. I cried
unto thee, O Lord. I said, thou art my refuge and
my portion in the land of the living. That's a believer's cry,
isn't it? Thou art my refuge. Lord, you're
my refuge. You're my portion in the land
of the living. And again, we who are redeemed have been made
willing in the day of God's power to flee to Christ. And thus,
he alone is our refuge and our habitation. And we love him only
because he first loved us. We come to him only because he
seeks us out. We're lost sheep, wandering around
before the Lord saved us. And we have made Him our Lord
and our refuge only because He made us His people. See, it all
goes back to Him. We had no power to make Him Lord
in our lives. We had no power to make Him our
refuge, The Lord has regenerated us. We're born again by the Holy
Spirit of God and we flee to Christ. He's granted us faith and repentance
to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. For he sayeth to Moses,
I'll have mercy on whom I'll have mercy. And I'll have compassion
on whom I'll have compassion. So then it's not of him that
willeth, nor of him that run it, but of
God, but of God that show it mercy. If you're here and you're redeemed,
God is showing you mercy. He's had compassion upon you.
And Romans 9, 15 and 16 very clearly brings that out. I'll
have mercy on him. I'll have mercy. I'll have compassion
on him. It's God's choice. It's God's
choice. And the believer spends their
whole life saying me. Me. Yeah, because it please God. Because it please God. And we proclaim to God be the
glory. Great things he hath done. Let's
now look at verses 14 to 16, and we'll see seven promises
to the believer in these verses, and let us remember what Paul
penned by inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God. What we first
looked at for all the promises of God in him are yay and in
him. Amen. Unto the glory of God by
us. So let us keep that in mind.
without freshen our mind, let's read verses 14 to 16 here. Because he has set his love upon
me, therefore, will I deliver him? I will set him on high because
he has no in my name. He shall call upon me and I will
answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor
him with long life. Will I satisfy him and show him
my salvation? Now, remember, the promises of
God are are something that we as believers we lean upon, don't
we? We rest upon the promises of God. And as we looked at earlier,
we see that all the promises of God are in Christ, yea and
amen. They're all in him. So the promises
of God are, Spurgeon used to say, read the promises of God
and just let them sink into your soul. And they can bring great
comfort during times of affliction or trial. They're just a real
blessing to have written to our hearts. Now, we've looked at
how the believer dwells in the secret place of the Almighty,
and God is his refuge and strength. And we know that this is only
true because we are in Christ. And let us look at these wonderful
promises with that in mind. And know that God has set his
love upon us from eternity in Christ Jesus our Lord. His love
has been set upon his people from eternity. From eternity. Look at what it says. It says,
because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver
him. God will deliver his people.
Those whom Christ has redeemed. He will deliver them from the
penalty of sin. And he did, didn't he? At Calvary's
cross. Here deliver us from the curse
of the law. And he did. at Calvary's cross
and here also he delivers us from the wrath of God and he
did at Calvary's cross but he also delivers us from our trials
and troubles, which we go through in our lives. He delivers us. He delivers us. Psalm 59, one,
the scriptures declare this. Deliver me from mine enemies.
Oh, God, defend me from them that rise up against me. And
God delivers us from our enemies, doesn't he? He does constantly
turn, if you would, to Galatians chapter two. The Lord Jesus Christ
had delivered his people from their enemies. Think of this.
The law of God was an enemy to us, wasn't it? At one time it
was. It had a claim upon us, beloved.
It had a claim on us. But Christ has delivered us again
from the curse of the law. The law demands payment for our
sins. And what's that payment? It's death. So that sinneth it
must die. So what does Christ do for his
people? He dies in our place. He dies, our sins were imputed
to Him and He died. He died in our place. The full
wrath and justice of God was poured out upon Him. We can't
even, I don't even think we can imagine what that is. I don't
even think we can really enter into that. It's incredible. But to think that He bore all
the wrath and all the justice of God for all His people. And he's the God-man. Only the
God-man can do that. Only he who's God can satisfy
his own law. And he's the God-man. He's God
incarnated in the flesh. So God himself satisfies his
own law. God himself satisfies his own
justice. And God himself redeems his own
people. It's magnificent. It's wondrous.
It leaves God's people in awe. Christ died for His people, for
our sins. The believer says, for my sins.
And that payment is death. And Christ has paid it in full. Dying is our substitute on Calvary's
cross. Look at Galatians 2.20. I am
crucified with Christ. Nevertheless I live. Yet not
I, but Christ liveth in me, and the life which I now live and
the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved
me and gave himself for me. Oh, he's delivered us, beloved,
from all our sins. Then turn one chapter over in
Galatians 3.13. Look at this. Christ hath. There's
another one of those little hinge words. Christ hath. It's not
a maybe. You know, the way some people
talk out in the world in religion, Christ hadn't quite redeemed
everyone, unless you make it effectual. That's a lie from
the pit of hell. Look what it says right here,
in verse 13. Christ hath redeemed us from
the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, for it is written,
cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree. Our sin and the penalty
of our sin was an enemy against us, beloved. But Christ, the
sinless substitute, has died in the place of his people, destroying
that enemy. Purchasing us and redeeming our
eternal souls with the shedding of his own precious blood. For
as much as you know that you were not redeemed, you weren't
purchased with corruptible things, beloved. Silver and gold From
your vain conversations received by tradition from your father's
What were we redeemed with the precious blood the precious blood
of Christ is of a lamb without blemish and without spot First
Peter 1 18 and 19 and he and not only as he delivered us from
our sins and from the law of God and from the justice of God
and But He delivers us from all our trials and tribulations,
doesn't He? In this world. He delivers us constantly. He
keeps those He's purchased. He keeps those He's purchased
with His blood. He loves them. He loves them
so much He gave His life for them. Those He's redeemed through all
they go through on this earth, He keeps them. And He brings
them home to glory to be with Him for eternity. Salvation is
of the Lord. Who He saves, those He keeps. And He delivers us all through
our pilgrimage upon this earth, beloved. He is constantly delivering
us. It's wonderful. He keeps us.
And remember, too, no matter what we go through, it's ordained
by God. So He hasn't come to pass, but
He keeps us. And He'll take us right home
to glory. To be with Him. He's sovereign, isn't He? He's
sovereign. He's not just the sovereign over
the planet. He's sovereign over salvation.
And He's sovereign over whatever comes in our lives. That's. What a God we trust in. What a God we trust in, beloved.
It's a God we didn't know at one time. He's been pleased to
reveal himself to us. My. My is wonderful. The next promise. Before says
it says here, I will set him on high because he had no in
my name. Believer in Christ has Christ
revealed to them by the Holy Spirit of God through the preaching
of the gospel. And we know His name now. We know His name now. He's the Lord in our righteousness. And His name is the name above
all names. The only name Whose salvation
is in? Scripture declares, neither is
there salvation in any other. Now, that's what Scripture says,
right? Neither is there salvation in
any other. So anyone who says there's salvation
anywhere other than Christ is lying. Because the Scriptures declare
in Acts 4.12, neither is there salvation in any other, for there
is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must
be saved. God said there's only one way
to be saved, and that's through Christ. And when it says any other, that
means you and me and anyone else. There's salvation in no other.
There goes Buddha and Mohammed and all the false gods out there. Dawn. No salvation in no other. No salvation in the church. No
salvation in your baptism. No salvation in your works. No
salvation in law keeping. Only salvation in Christ. Christ
alone. Oh, God's people rejoice over
that, don't we? We rejoice over that, that our salvation is in
no way dependent upon us. Now think of that, I was talking
to Brother Joe Terrell today, and Joe was bringing that out,
how our salvation is outside of ourselves, beloved. It's in
Christ. It's in Christ. And your salvation is not dependent
upon things you do. It's based upon Christ. Neither
is there salvation in any other. For there is none of the name
under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. Now,
some folks will say again, and I always have to say this, but
some folks will say, oh, if we teach that, people just go crazy.
No, they won't. No, they won't. The love of Christ
constrains. I know I say that a lot, beloved,
but it's so important to keep that at the forefront for us.
We don't teach antinomianism. We don't teach you can go crazy.
Not at all. Not at all. Do you sin more than
you want to? Yeah, I do. Can you not wait
until you won't sin anymore? Amen. Wouldn't it be glorious? It'll be glorious. We won't worry
anymore. We won't stress anymore. We won't
get angry anymore in glory. We won't have tears. Praise God. It'll be wonderful. Neither is
there salvation in any other. For there's none of the name
under heaven given among men whereby we must be, must be saved. And note in this promise, we
also see I will set him. We have been set on high in Christ
by God, beloved. It's his work. It's his doing. And think of this when it says,
I will set him, I will set him on high. That's high above our
enemies. That's high above our enemies.
We're exalted and seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, our Lord. We are set high under the shadow. My. The believer is in Christ, we're
set upon the rock, who's that rock, beloved Christ, Jesus,
the Lord, he is that rock that is higher than all. He is higher
than the angels. He is higher than the heavens. higher than all His enemies and
higher than all our enemies. He is seated upon the throne
of glory and He rules in majesty and power. And He who is seated upon the
throne of glory covers us, protects us, We are crucified with Christ,
risen with Christ, and seated with Christ in the heavenlies.
And the believer says, praise His mighty name. The third promise
in our text is found in verse 15. He shall call upon me and
I will answer Him. I will be with Him in trouble.
I will deliver Him and honor Him. Note here, He shall call
upon me and I will answer. Has not God answered our call
for mercy? Have not every one of us who
are redeemed cried out for mercy? And God's answered. He's answered
us, beloved. He's made us willing in the day
of his power to cry out by faith to Christ. And this is a gift
of God, to look to Christ. And he continues to answer his
people according to his will. According to his, not according
to our will. Nobody's gonna get God's arm and twist it. Folks
think that if we get enough people gang up on God, he'll change
his mind. No, he won't. No, he won't. No. I believe sometimes he leads
us to pray about his will. It's amazing. We cry out to Him
though, don't we? And He answers our prayer only
according to His will and for His glory. And God's people call
out to Him, don't we? We call to Him in Christ's name. We call to God. We call to Jehovah
in Christ's name. And because of Christ Jesus our
Lord, again, let us therefore come boleum to the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time
of need. Hebrews 4, verse 16. How can we and why do we come
to the throne of grace? Only because God's made it so.
And again, we can only approach the throne of God because of
the blood and righteousness of Christ. There's no other reason
why we can approach that throne. We've obtained grace and mercy
in and through Christ Jesus our Lord. The next promise we see
is also in this verse, in verse 15. God promises to be with us
in trouble and deliver us from those troubles. Look at this.
I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him. Trials and
troubles come to all of God's people, don't they? All of God's
people. There's not one. There's not
one of God's sheep don't go through something. All of us. Whether trials or
troubles come our way, we Now let us remember this. Whether
trials or troubles come our way, we are in the grasp of the Almighty. We're in His hand, aren't we?
We're under the shadow of the Almighty. He's covering us, beloved. He keeps us. He keeps watch over
us. We're in the grasp of the Almighty.
We're kept by His power. And what power he has. He's the Almighty. He has no
rivals to his power. Kings and leaders upon this earth
pale in comparison to his power. And this is the one who keeps
us. This is the one who covers us. And this is the one who delivers
us from these situations, from the trouble that we get into
and from the trials that we go through time and time and time
again. He delivers us. And think of this, I want us
to think of this. Every time we go through a trial or trouble,
this promise, and he delivers us through it, this promise is
manifested. Every time. We don't think that
all, but we think, oh, I'm glad to finally be out of that. Well,
praise God, you took me through another one, Lord. And that's
what happens, right? That's what it is. That promise
is manifested each time we're brought through something. And
it may be something that no one else knows. It may be agony of
mind. It may be agony of spirit. It
may be physical. It may be something that no one
even knows that we're dealing with. And the Lord delivers us
time and time and time again. And this promise is manifested
before us. Deliver here in the Hebrew means
to escape, save, and deliver, to bring into security. We have
a double deliverance, beloved, living and dying. We have deliverance
in trouble while we go through this life. And we have deliverance
out of trials and troubles, and God gives us strength and delivers
us from all our troubles, and this promise is fulfilled. And
then in our death, he delivers us into glory, beloved. It's
wonderful. It's absolutely wonderful. The
Master told us this in John 16.33. If you want to turn there, I'll
just read a little portion of this verse. John 16.33. The Master
told us this in light, in light of this little portion here where
it says, because he hath said his love upon me, therefore will
I deliver him. Look what our Master says in
John 6.33. In the latter part of the verse,
he says this. In the world, ye shall have tribulation. And we
do. We do. You shall have tribulation. And we do. But be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. We're in the shadow of the Almighty.
See how it just keeps going right back to Christ? Right back to
Him. And this is our Master's own
words. He delivers us, doesn't He? But be of good cheer, beloved
of God. I have overcome the world. Let's go back to our texts. The next promises I will be with
him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor
him. There's only one name. In which
the believer finds honor in. And that is the only name that
God will honor. The Lord Jesus Christ. The only
name that God will honor and what benefits we have in Christ. Again, he's called the Lord,
our righteousness. And the believer is clothed in
the righteousness of Christ and all of God's people, all the
saints of God in Christ are honored by God. As we are adopted by God, what
an honor that is. We are part of the family of
God. What an honor that is. We are chosen by God. We are redeemed by God, Jesus
Christ, the God man. We have fellowship with God.
We have fellowship with the one who is the sovereign king. over
all the universe. Now, think of that. We've been
studying in first Peter that you're a chosen generation. God's
people are chosen generation, right? You who are redeemed. Have been
chosen by God in Christ to have fellowship with him. What an
honor. And it's all in Christ. It's all in Christ. God doesn't bestow that honor
on everyone, does he? What an honor. For God's people
to be in Christ. And you see, all the glory goes
back to him. Because we glorify him. For having put us in Christ,
for having chosen us in Christ, for having redeemed us by Christ's
blood. for being regenerated by the Holy Spirit of God. We
give him all the glory. We give him all the glory. We've been bought into his kingdom,
beloved. All by the power of his all of the almighty God and
what an honor and privilege it is to be one of God's chosen
blood bought children in Christ Jesus, our Lord. Next promise,
I'd like us to consider is found in verse 16. With long life will
I satisfy him and show him my salvation. It says here, with
long life will I satisfy him. Perhaps a long life on earth,
but we know that this life is like a vapor. Rather, we've been
given eternal life, beloved. The long life spoken of here
is eternal life. It's eternal life. That's a long
life. That's a long life. Oh, my. And it's in and through the Lord
Jesus Christ. Turn, if you would, to Psalm
21. Psalm 21, we'll look at verses four and five quickly. Psalm 21. With long life, will I satisfy
him? Keep that in mind. Look at this
in Psalm 21, verses four and five. He asked life of thee,
and thou gavest it Him. Even the length of days, forever
and ever, His glory is great in thy salvation. Honor and majesty
hast thou laid upon Him. Oh my beloved. He asked life
of thee. Did you cry out to Christ? Did
you ask God to save you? He gave you life, beloved. And
it's in and through Christ Jesus our Lord. What a wondrous Savior. Remember what the master proclaimed
to in John 539, he said this search the scriptures for in
them, you think you have eternal life and they are they which
testify of me. Eternal life is only in Christ.
It's only in Christ. Only in him, all the promises
of God are yay and amen in him. Our great God has promised eternal
life to his people. in and through Jesus Christ our
Lord. And praise God the scriptures proclaim grace reigns through
righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. The last promise of God to his
people. I'd like us to consider from this psalm tonight is found
in verse 16, verse 16. Look at this with long life.
Will I satisfy him and show him my salvation? Now, I'd like you
to turn to Luke chapter two, Luke chapter two. Note there
in the psalm. I'll read it again with long
life. Will I satisfy him? We know that's eternal life and
show him my salvation. Now we know we know that before
we were regenerated before we were born again by the Holy Spirit
of God. We were blind to the things of Christ. We did not
know who he was. We thought we knew in religion,
but we did not know who he was. But he's been pleased to reveal
himself to his people. He's been pleased to show himself
to us. Remember again, Joseph and his brethren, they did not
know who he was, but he revealed himself and then they knew who
he was then. Look at this though, in Luke
chapter 2, Simeon exclaimed when he held Christ in his hands,
we see him just proclaim who Christ is. Now, Simeon had been told that
he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
He saw the Redeemer of God's people. And look at what the
Scriptures say. We're starting in verse 25 of
Luke chapter 2. Luke chapter 2 verse 25. And remember our psalm, the last
promise. And show Him my salvation. So Christ has to be revealed
to us, right? Look at this in Luke 2, verses 25-32. And behold, there was a man in
Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. The same man was just and devout,
waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Ghost was
upon him. So he was waiting for the Messiah,
beloved. He was waiting. He was looking
for the Messiah. And it was revealed to him by the Holy Ghost that
he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
So he would not see death until he saw the Messiah. And with
with his eyes, not just by faith, but with his eyes, with his eyes. And he came by the spirit into
the temple when the parents bought in The child Jesus to do for
him after the custom of the law. What does God the Holy Spirit
do? He draws us to Christ, right? He brings us to Christ, right? Note there. And he came by the
spirit into the temple. And when the parents bought in
the child Jesus to do for him after the custom of the law.
Then took he up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord,
now let us thy servant depart in peace according to thy word,
for mine eyes have seen thy salvation. Which thou hast prepared before
the face of all people, a light to lighten the Gentiles, and
the glory of thy people Israel. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation. Has God given you spiritual eyes
to see Christ? Have you seen the only salvation? Christ Jesus our Lord. If he
has not, I pray that he give you eyes to see Christ, to look
to Christ, to look to him. We've been given eyes to behold.
We who are God's people have been given eyes to behold the
salvation of God by faith. We we haven't seen him face to
face, have we? But all he's been revealed to
us by faith with the eye of faith. We see Christ. We see Christ. There was a time when we didn't.
Now we see him. Oh, my eyes have seen thy salvation. And we praise His mighty name.
And one day though, we who by faith look to Christ, will see
Him face to face. Face to face. Our faith will become sight. Will become sight. So let we
who are the redeemed rest and trust in these precious promises
which we've looked at tonight. These precious promises which
are yea and amen in Christ. Let us leave here glorifying
God. Glorifying God for the wondrous
and precious promises from scripture in Christ.