I'm gonna ask you to take your
Bibles and turn with me to the book of Isaiah. Isaiah 63. Isaiah chapter 63. I'd like to look for just a few
minutes at verses seven through nine. Isaiah 63. The Spirit of God moved the prophet
Isaiah in something that every believer
in the Lord Jesus Christ truly wants to do. I would truly want to do this. Look at verse 7. I will mention
the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord according
to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness
toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according
to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. Let me ask you something. How
can we plumb the depth of the loving kindnesses of the
Lord? How can we praise as we would want to the
precious Deeds that the Lord has shown us. Whenever I was typing out these notes, every
time I would type in the word loving kindnesses, it always
tries to correct it. It says there's no such word. Loving kindnesses. It always
underlines it for me and says, you want to correct this one.
No, it's a correct word because God says it is. I beg to differ
with spell checker. But how can we properly? That's
what Isaiah said. I would mention the loving kindnesses
of the Lord. And what it is, When it says,
and the praises of the Lord, it's the praiseworthy deeds of
the Lord. I'd want to mention that. But
how can we celebrate? How can we mark? That's what
it means. Remember, mention. These loving kindnesses as we
would and render unto Him the thankfulness and the appreciation
of the mercy and compassion that He's shown us. Oh, the great goodness that he's
shown unworthy creatures. It's in this building right now,
starting right here. One of us in this building were
shooting. They were shooting. How can we mention the preciousness
of these things that God Almighty creatures of dust, the loving
kindnesses to the house of Israel. All these Jacobs, these hucksters
and supplanters, these hill catchers, that Almighty God been pleased
to make Israels princes with God. You know the sad thing about
it? I don't even I don't even think like I should. I don't,
I have, I have no sense. I do thank the Lord. I thank
the Lord, but I don't thank him like I should. I'm so, I'm so
pitiful. Oh, I would mention it. I would
mention these loving kindnesses. Oh, we contemplate as he said
he did to that Baby, that navel, you know, wasn't supple, navel
wasn't cut, that cord wasn't cut. That baby that was lying
there in Ezekiel 16, in his own blood, pitiful out there, just,
no one had any pity. He walked by that little baby
and he looked at baby and said, live. Looked at that child, rested. live. To think that for every
object of God's mercy in this building today, throughout this
world, the vessels of his mercy, that he was pleased to not leave
us to ourselves to perish. We deserved to perish. He saved
us by his grace. Saved us by the same power that
was needful to speak this world into existence. Same power that
said, let there be light, and there was light. Same power says,
live. Removes the heart of stone, gives
a new heart, gives us that heart of flesh that is tender toward
him, gave us new spiritual eyes to see, spiritual ears to hear. His voice, when He calls, made
us willing in the day of His power to come to Him. And the first time that we ever
truly heard, oh, we'd heard. We heard and we heard and we
heard, but one day, we heard. You start looking in those scriptures
and you're gonna find What has been said from the beginning
is throughout those scriptures, I remember saying that, after
the Lord revealed himself to me, I began to see something,
groping, and I could see through a glass darkly. I began to see
something, and see, and it became a little bit more clear, and
a little bit more clear, and I remember saying, this is all
through this book. This whole book says the same
thing. I never saw that before. I would mention the loving kindnesses. We all agree the Lord has shown
mercy to us. We're so frail to grasp the fullness
of his work and we're so weak and ignorant to praise him as
we should think about how much. We have not thanked him today. So we got up, failed to thank
him as we should, failed to praise him and to mention the loving
kindness. Now we're all guilty. I mean,
let's just go ahead and just be honest about it. But I'm telling
you, I'm so thankful that the Spirit of God was pleased to
tell us what we would like to say. This is what he did in verse
eight. Look what he, Spirit of God,
would like to set forth for us something that we would truly
want to mention. Look what he said in verse eight.
For he said, surely they are my people. There's something
worth mentioning. We are his people. According
to covenant mercy, we're his people. Now this is something
that is worth bringing up. You want something to say? You want to say something? You
say this, the Lord I believe, I believe this, I believe this
to be so. I believe that before the foundation
of the world, I believe that before there was any world, any
creation, when there was God, Almighty God was pleased. to set His love and affection. I'm going to just speak concerning
me. If you know Him, you can say this same thing too. This
is something worth mentioning. Before the foundation of the
world, God Almighty knew Marvin Stoniker in mercy. And in covenant mercy, chose
and put me in the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, I don't know any
other way to say it, except how the scripture says it. Chose
me in Him that I should be holy and without blame before Him. Before everything else, everybody
else, myself, I stand blamable. I stand with blame. But to stand
before Him, holy, and without blame before him in Christ. Now that's worth mentioning.
Of all the things that people wants to mention, now there's
one worth mentioning. He chose me to salvation. That's worth mentioning. Surely,
verse eight, they are my children. My people, I'm sorry. But look
at that second one right here. Children that will not lie. Children that will not lie. Children that will not lie. You
know what? Turn to Psalm 116. Hold your
place there. Turn to Psalm 116. Psalm 116. Verse 11. Psalm 116 verse 11, I said in
my haste, all men are liars. All men are liars. Now, the Spirit
of God was the one that moved David to pin that, the psalmist,
to pin that I said in my haste, in the time when all help seemed
to be gone, when the sorrows of death compassed me about,
all men are liars. Now there's not one man, not
one woman born in Adam that can be relied upon. We mean well, we mean well. But all we can do is fail. Every one of us is a liar. Every
one of us is a liar. Let me tell you something. Have
you ever been talking to somebody, and you're talking to them, the
conversation's going well, and you're saying one thing to them,
but you're really thinking another. There's really some things about
them that you'd really like to say, but you just won't out of
just being courteous. You really have some things that
you'd like to bring up, We're liars, we're all liars. All men are liars, but they're
liars about themselves. Man born in Adam, I'm gonna be
honest with you, being born in Adam, I'm not talking about the
revelation of the Spirit of God to my heart to teach me something,
but in my mind, being born in Adam, Do I really believe in
Adam being born that way, with that carnal mind? Do I really
believe from the crown of my head to the sole of my foot that
I'm nothing but a putrefying source? Do I really believe that? No,
I don't believe that. I'm not gonna say
I've been the best person in the world, but I'm gonna tell
you something, I hadn't been the worst. In my mind, I haven't been. I'm
just as good as anybody else. I've got just as good an attitude
and spirit. I've worked hard all my life.
My dad taught me to work hard, and I work hard. I've worked
hard. Taught me a work ethic, and I've
said, well, anyway, I'm not too bad. I'm a liar. Spirit of God has told me in
this book, I'm a liar. What do I believe? Being born
in Adam, what do I believe about God? Do I believe that God Almighty
is sovereign and he's got the right to choose one and bypass
another? Do I believe that in Adam? Do
I believe that? No, that's not fair. That's not
fair. But scripture sets forth, and
this is worth mentioning, that Almighty God has said concerning
his people, they're my people. children that will not lie. How can that be? They will not
lie. In my flesh, I know that they're
dwelling. No good thing. But let me tell
you, this is worth mentioning. And I cannot explain it any farther
than the scriptures reveals it to be. There is in every regenerated
vessel of God's mercy. There is a new man in that person. There's a new man there. That
man, the scripture says, whosoever is born of God sinneth not. 1 John 3, 9. Whosoever is born of God doth
not commit sin, for his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot
sin. because he is born of God. There is a new man in every believer
in the Lord Jesus Christ who is honest. He's honest. I've said before, I can see the
old man real easily. I can see him. I get a good glimpse
of him. But I believe by faith that there
is a new man in every regenerated vessel of God's mercy. And that
man doesn't lie. He don't lie. He won't lie about
himself. He'll be honest about himself.
He'll tell you just exactly what he is. He knows what he is. And
he's honest about it. And he'll tell you the truth
about God. He'll tell you who God is. I'm telling you, that's
a great mystery to me. I believe it, and I know it,
and I know what I am. Man, I'm telling you, there's
a struggle that goes on between that old man and that new man.
There's a constant battle. But God Almighty says, and this
is worth mentioning, they are my people, children that will
not lie. They will not lie. Here's the
last thing it says in verse eight. So he was their savior. That word was right there. It
actually is what it is. It means is, exists, remains. He is their savior. He is. He is now. He always has been. He's always
been. There's never been a time When
God's people were not the objects of His love, chosen, justified,
they have a Savior. A Savior. I need a Savior. I'm talking about I need a Savior
that will save me apart from anything. that I will or could
do. I don't have anything to offer.
I have nothing to offer him. I need him to save me because
in myself I am a wretched, hell-deserving sinner that possesses a righteousness
that is only described as filthy rags. I need him to save me. And let me tell you who I need
to save. Who I need to save me. I need
one to save me who has come into this world. I need God to come
into this world. I need God. Only God saves. Who can save? Who can save? But God. Everybody else is lost. There ain't but one that can
save. God, I need God, the only one that can save. I need God
and I need God Almighty because I'm guilty by nature. I ain't gonna lie about it. I'm
guilty. God's people said they don't
lie. They don't lie. They're honest. I need for God To come into this
world, I need for God Almighty to come into this world and be
made like I am, yet without sin. I need Him to come into this
world and be touched with the same feeling of my infirmities. I need Him to be tempted just
like I've been tempted in all points, like myself. And I need
Him to never yield to the temptation like I did. I need Him to take
and robe me in His perfect obedience. I need for Him to cover me, robe
me where everything that's seen by God is Him, His righteousness. I need God who is just to save
me by coming into this world I need for him to take all of
my guilt. I need for him to bear all of
my guilt. Take all of it. Past, present,
future, all of it. I need to take all of it. I need
for him to come into this world. I need for him to live for me
and let his obedience be charged to my account. I need him to
take all of my guilt. and bear all of my guilt before
God, and I need for God to deal with my guilt in Him, and I need
for Him to suffer the penalty. I need for Him to die for me,
because that's what I deserve. That's what I need. Now, that's
the Savior I need. That's who I need. I don't need
a Savior that's coming in here, telling me all I have to do,
because I'm telling you, I'm not gonna do it. I will not do
it. I needed for him to save me,
save me. But how did he do it? Here I'm
going to close with this, look at verse 9. In all their affliction,
he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity,
he redeemed them, and he bared them and carried them all the
days of hope. Bless God, exactly what I needed. He told me, that's what I did. I want to mention, I want to
mention all the blessed, loving, kindnesses of the Lord. I want to mention that. I want
to say what I need to say, and I thank God that the Spirit of
God was pleased to tell us just exactly what I needed to mention.
Here He was, Scripture says, Isaiah 53, for He borne our griefs,
carried our sorrows, yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten
of God, and afflicted. And now, Scripture sets forth
that He's raised seated at the right hand of the majesty on
high, but I'm gonna tell you where else he is too. He is the
angel of his presence who saved us. He's right here with us. He's promised he would be. He
said, I'm not gonna leave you. I think about that song we just
sang. He leadeth me. Oh, blessed thought
that he led me to this place right here where I'm at. I'm
not talking about just being at Katie. I'm just talking about
still being right here in his presence with him. Having loved
me in his pity and his love and his pity, he redeemed them, bared
them, carried them all the days of old. Said in Exodus 19, for
you've seen what I did unto the Egyptians and how I bear you
on eagle's wings and brought you to myself. Beloved, isn't
it wonderful to be able to mention the loving kindnesses of the
Lord? To be able to mention that which
is praiseworthy, that which has been bestowed, that's what he
said, I bestowed this upon my people. I was a savior to them. He who is the very angel of the
covenant, who has redeemed us, kept us, and right here with
us. I just thought that's a wonderful
thing to mention. I pray God bless this to our
hearts for Christ's sake. Amen. All right. Let's just take
a break.