Well, it is good to see you.
I thank the Lord once again. I pray I never tire of saying that.
And I pray that I truly in my heart be made to mean it. It
is good to be here with you. I'm so thankful that the Lord
would give us a heart. Want to assemble in his name. Lord willing, tonight I'm gonna
be in Proverbs chapter 30. When I first started looking
at this last half of this 30th chapter, I read over the last
half and I thought to myself at that time, well, basically,
it's just a reminder said four different ways or manners of
scripture of the same thing. Well, I guess that's what preaching
is. Saying the same thing out of a different passage of scripture.
We say the same thing. But the more I looked at this
30th chapter, especially these last few verses, I began to think There's 31 chapters in this book. We're coming to the close of
this book. We're in the 30th chapter, in
fact, the last portion of the 30th chapter. And the more I
read, the more I'm convinced that the Lord, by His Spirit,
through these verses of scripture, is bringing us to remember again. It's almost, if I can say this
respectfully, as the Lord is saying, now, as I said, as I
said, hear this again. In conclusion, hear this again. Last time we looked in this 30th
chapter, verses 30 and 31, and we saw where we can't be reminded
enough to see the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ in everything. Last time we met, we studied
the glory and the strength and the beauty of Christ set forth
in a lion. And I don't know, I dare say
that I will be able to see one of these while life shows again
and see a line and hopefully by the grace of God be reminded
every time I see a line of the line of the tribe of Judah and
all of this creation sets forth the Lord. We saw in that passage of scripture
him as being pictured as the scripture says that 30th verse,
a lion, which is strongest beast. You say, well, that's just talking
about a lion, a regular lion. No, the Lord said, you search
the scriptures and then you think you have eternal life and they
are they, which testify of me. So when we look at something
in the scriptures, we see, or we're encouraged to see, we pray
that we see, The Lord. He who never turned away at the
calling of Jehovah. That's the nature of a lion. He just takes on whatever. King
of the jungle. A lion, picture of the Lord.
Let me ask you this. Did the Lord himself, not for
the joy that was set before him in the redemption and salvation
of his people, lay down his life For the sheep, he who is almighty
submitted himself. You look at a lion, see a lion
doesn't bow to anything. He humbled himself. He's God
almighty. He does as he willed in the army
of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth. And he bowed to his
father's will powerfully. mysteriously bore all the sins
of his people in his own body and suffered the wrath and justice
of the law. I'm talking about the one that
spoke this world into existence. The one that the angels, two
wings, they hide their faces, two wings, they cover their feet,
two wings, They fly and they cry day and night, day and night,
never ceasing, holy, holy, holy. That's him. The lion of the tribe
of Judah who humbled himself. Oh, the glory and might of him
who is this precious lion. Well, as we looked at the lion
last time, I looked at the next verse, verse 31. And I looked at three words in this
next verse, and it says a greyhound, a greyhound, a greyhound. Now, if you're like me, the first
thing I thought about, I thought about an animal, a dog, and he's
kind of thin and long-legged, slender running creature. And that's what I think about
when I see a greyhound. And naturally speaking, would
think that, that's what a greyhound is, a breed of dog. But in our
marginal reading of this scripture, I have a marginal reading and
it says, A horse. A horse. And the Hebrew of that
word, greyhound, is girt in the loins. Now that's the Hebrew interpretation
of a greyhound. Not a dog. It's a horse. But remember this, it's a picture
of the Lord Jesus Christ. and after many, many searchings
in the scriptures and seeking after the meaning of that horse. And I found it in Strong's, you
can find it in Strong's Concordance. You can look this up. Like I
said, I always remember this. I'm like Brother Henry. He said,
you think I just came up with this when I came up here? I pretty
well looked this up. Look this up. It actually means,
according to most commentators, a war horse, not just a horse
girt about the loins, but a war horse girted with all the accoutrements,
the equipment needed for battle. I was watching, I like to watch
all these kind of shows, you know, wildlife and stuff like
that. I was watching one the other day Soldiers. And what it takes, what it takes
to equip a soldier, infantryman, and the amount of money, I would
say now, at the time I watched the show about a year or so ago,
it was over $17,000 to equip one soldier. And I think, man,
there's a lot of soldiers, you know. So it wouldn't surprise
me if it wasn't close to $20,000 to get everything needed for
a soldier to equip him to go to war. When he's out there in
the field, whatever he needs, he needs. If he doesn't have
it, he doesn't have it. So what he needs is that which
is required for the fulfillment of his duty. Well, same here. a greyhound,
a war horse, one that is to be used in battle, a war horse. The understanding that this verse
speaks of concerning the Messiah The God-man, this is what God
called him. This is what the Spirit of God
set forth concerning the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. I mean,
I can see, can't you? Talking about a lion, seeing
the lion of the tribe of Judah. We talk about, you say, well,
it's just a lion. No, again, it's not just a lion.
These are they, these scriptures talk of him. Now, Graham, a war
horse. One girded about the loins, one
equipped with all that was required for the calling of His Father.
Father called Him. He humbled Himself. This is talking
about Jehovah's servant. Jehovah's servant. The Messiah
Himself, the God-man mediator, who is the Almighty Savior. He was given the responsibility. He was given, he was called of
God and given the responsibility of bringing all God's elect to
the Father. God called him. God called him. God called this war horse. God
Almighty called him to seek And to save that which was
lost. That was His calling. That's
what He said, I'm come to seek and to save. All that the Father
giveth me, shall come to me. He's going to seek them out.
Those lost coins. Like that lost sheep. He's going
to find them. They're His. They belong to Him. The Father gave them to Him.
And He bought them. with his own precious blood. So God Almighty is gonna bring
these elect to himself through the war horse, the one prepared
for the battle, the battle horse, war horse is what it means, war
horse. Everything that God demanded
of him, God supplied for him, he girded, he was given what
he needed for the accomplishment of God's purpose. Now, I cannot think of any passage
of scripture which would cover, I want you to turn with me to
John chapter 17. Oh, how easily we read of John
17. I'm gonna read verses one and
two. How easily we read over these
scriptures. and we just miss so much. John 17, one and two. These words spake Jesus and lifted
up his eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour is come. Glorify thy son that thy son
may glorify thee. Now here it is right here. As
thou has given him power, Thou has given him authority. As thou has given him choice.
You take that word power right there, I looked it up. I looked it up. You gave him
all power. You gave him all authority. You
gave him all ability. You gave him all liberty. You
gave him all right. That's what it means. Thou has
given him power. all power, all authority, all. Thou has given him power over
all flesh that he should give eternal life to as many as thou
has given him. The father has given him the
calling of finding, seeking out, redeeming, and saving the sheep. And the father equipped equipped
him, all the accoutrements, all of the regalia, whatever's needed
by a soldier, the U.S. gives it to him. Doesn't have
to go to war at his own expense. And the father gave to the son
all power in heaven and earth for this purpose, Pat, that he,
the son, should give eternal life to as many as the father
has given him. the Lord Jesus Christ. He needs authority. Scripture
says he is the King of kings and Lord of lords. He said concerning people born
in this world, he said all souls are mine. Can he not do with his own as
he will? He has an elect people that he
must save. Therefore, without exception,
all that the Father giveth me shall come to me. And him that
cometh to me, I will in no wise cast him out. To save some, to
save some, given unto him by the Father, he must rule over
all." I said, well, I don't see how he could walk by one and
save another one. God said that's exactly what
he has the right to do. Can I not do with my own as I
will? This is the God that we serve.
This is the mighty war horse, the one who has the ability.
I want you to turn with me to Philippians, Philippians chapter
two, Philippians two. Philippians chapter two, verses
nine to 11. Wherefore God also hath highly
exalted him and given him a name which is above every name. What did the Father give him?
What did the Father give him to make him worthy? What did
the Father give this war horse? What did he give? He gave him
a name above every name. that at the name of Jesus, every
knee should bow. Every knee. Every knee should
bow. Of things in heaven, things in
earth, things under the earth, every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. He has all right. Everything belongs to Him. Everything
that he needs, everything that's needed. Remember, he is the God-man
mediator. He's God Almighty. And being
God, nothing can be given to him. It's his by right. He's God. The Father and the Spirit, the
triune God, the one God. But as the Messiah, The one who
was called of God to be the Redeemer, all had to be given unto Him.
All power had to be given unto Him that He should give eternal
life to His many. He rules, knowing that He is
set forth. And this word is being the horse. That's what the Scripture says.
What is He? He's the horse. And again, look it up. the war
horse, girt in the loins. He is not this impotent so-called
liturgy God of this world's false religion, but rather the mighty
God who rules. I love, I love this. I love speaking
of him who is the boss. Who's the boss here? Brother
Scott said, who's running this show? The war horse is. I'm gonna get to a passage of
Scripture in Job in just a minute to wrap it up and I can't wait
to get there, but I'm getting there, Lord willing, I'm getting
there. He's the one that is in control. He's the one that every
knee bows, every tongue confesses that he is Lord to the glory
of God. Now let's hear the Spirit's revelation.
Not only the revelation, but a question. that was asked by
God to every creature of the dust. He owns us all. Out of every nation, kindred,
tribe, and tongue, God got a people. He got a people in there, and
he's gonna ask the, I got a question he's gonna ask. You can turn
to, it's in Job 38. That's where I'm going with this. Ask every creature of the dust
who would dare to exalt himself above measure before the Lord. Job 38, turn with me there. I read over this numerous times
today and I thought, oh, what a God. What we serve, God. I love reading this. Such a thrill to my heart. Look at Job chapter 39, starting
verse 19, I'll go to verse 25. Here's what the Lord God asked
Job. And I thought of this when I
was thinking in light of men and women of this world that
think that they have in their hand, in their ability, they
have the right to accept to refuse, or to take, or to put off, or
whatever. They think they had the right
to deal with God like this. Here's what the Lord says. He's
talking to Job now, and he asked Job, has thou given the horse
strength? I think, as I just said a moment
ago, people have said, you know, well, I accepted the Lord. I exercised my free will. I gave
him my heart and the Lord saved me when I made the decision. And the Lord asked Job, have
you given the horse strength? Have you given the war horse?
Are you telling me that you're stronger than the horse? Has thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck? Did you clothe him, his power,
with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as
a grasshopper? You just, you walk through the
weeds and there's some grasshoppers and whatever, all these little
old bugs, and when you're walking through, they're scurrying away,
they're jumping out of your way. Can't you make, can you make
him afraid as a grasshopper? You think he's gonna jump at
your whim? You think you're going to snap your finger like he's
some kind of a cosmic cowboy or something that you, you know,
tell her that you, you know. Who do you think you're talking
to? The glory. Canst thou make him afraid as
a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is
terrible, is a terror. He poith in the valley and rejoiceth
in his strength. And he goeth on to meet the armed
men. He backs down from no one. And when he says he goeth on
to meet the armed, the armor, the armor. He meets what men
think is their security. I have created me a shield. I've
got me a salvation that I've created. He goeth on to meet
the armor. He mocketh at fear and is not
afraid. Neither turneth he back from
the sword. The quiver. And that quiver right
there is just what you think it is. It's talking about a satchel
thing that holds arrows. And the writer of the book I
was reading on this, he says it's like they shake this quiver
to show how powerful. This is how many arrows I got.
You sure you want to mess with me? Scripture says, the quiver
rattleth against him, the glittering spear, the shield, He swalloweth
the ground with fierceness and rage, neither believeth he that
it is the sound of the trumpet. He sayeth among the trumpets,
ha, ha. He smelleth the battle afar off,
the thunder of the captains and the shouting. This is the God
that we serve. This is the God that is ruling. This scriptural language of the
war horse. I mean, I think about the picture,
one I was thinking about this afternoon, I started writing
my notes and just came back to my mind. I'm gonna think, whenever
David, here was David. There's David, king, before he
was king. Just a shepherd out there, he
was gonna go up against Goliath. And he got out there in the field
They tried to load him up, remember how they tried to load David,
all that equipment and all that kind of stuff. And David said,
I've not even tested this. And David went out there and
he told Goliath, he said, you defied God Almighty and his army. Basically what he told him, he
said, I'm gonna take you down today. Here's Goliath out there,
had a spear, had a spear bearer with him and all his regalia
and all his accoutrements on him and battle armor and all
that kind of stuff. And look at this little nothing,
this little worm out there. Back his shield over his head
there. And David took one stone. David
is a picture of the The horse, the war horse himself. The horse,
the war horse that this world thinks that they have the right
to accept or reject or talk to him like he's nobody. The disrespect
that's given unto the Lord. And David took that one stone
and he took him down. That's, there's a picture, that's
the war horse. All of the pictures, just look,
all the pictures and the types of all these scriptures of the
battles that were fought. Joshua. All these men that went
to war, these pictures and type, this is what it is. The war horse
himself. Let me ask you this in closing.
Does it the Spirit's revelation of his majesty? Just rejoice
your heart. We didn't come tonight just to
fill up a few minutes, just 30, 35 minutes. I didn't come for
that. You tell me about God. Tell me about God Almighty. Tell
me about the Lord that I'm going to stand before just in a short
while. Tell me about Him who is majestic. Oh, may the Lord rejoice our
hearts afresh tonight to see him as a one by his power, his
might, glory, has pulled down all the strongholds against him,
put up by puny men that thought that they could deal with God
on their own standing. Lord have mercy upon us. Thank
you. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for this. Boy, I look back on those three
words right now, you know, the greyhound. I thought, oh, what
glory is found in him who is the war horse, girt about the
loins with power and honor and majesty for the fulfillment of
the saving of God's elect. and he fulfilled it. He finished
the work. May he be praised forever and
ever.