I'm going to ask you to take
your Bibles and turn with me to the book of Proverbs. Proverbs
chapter 20. Proverbs 20. I'd like to read verse 8. Proverbs
20 and verse 8. A king that sitteth in the throne
of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. Charles Spurgeon made this statement
about the Proverbs. He said the Spirit of God inspired
the Proverbs. They're not mere jewels from
earthly mines, but they are also precious treasures from the heavenly
hills. So that the advice we have here
is not only the counsel of a wise man, but the advice of that incarnate
wisdom who speaks to us out of the Word of God. is so true. As I've told you
before, when we see the Proverbs, when we read the Proverbs, there's
no doubt about it, it's good advice. But if it's only advice
that a natural man can understand, then we've missed it. If we don't
see the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ, we've missed it. Ask yourself every time you hear
a message. Put this sticker on every message
that you hear. Where is the lamb? Where is the
lamb? If it's just natural wisdom,
I mean, we talk about, I don't believe in abortion. I don't
believe in murder. I don't believe in adultery.
I don't believe in... But let me ask you this, all
the morality in the world is not the setting forth of the
glory of God in the face of the Lord Jesus Christ. There's one
message. Where's the lamb? Tell me every
time a man stands up, this is what I want to hear, you tell
me, what Almighty God has eternally purposed in the salvation of
His elect. You tell me how God has chosen
to show mercy and compassion to a people that He's everlastingly
loved. Don't tell me that God's trying
to do something. Don't tell me about a man's free
will. You tell me about a man's free
will and you're lying to me. But I know, I know better than
that. I know what the Scripture has
to say. You tell me about sovereign grace. Tell me how God Almighty shall
surely save His people from their sins. Now, let's look at this
Scripture. We're going to consider this
verse of Scripture in Proverbs, and may we be reminded, this
is God breathed. God Almighty breathed this verse
of Scripture. And the Scripture says that the
Lord has magnified His Word above all His names. God Almighty has
magnified His Word. We're dealing with something
here. That God Almighty has magnified above everything of Himself. I can't even enter into that. I want to, Neil, I want to, but
I believe it. Alright, here's what the Scripture
says. A king that sitteth in the throne
of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes." Now, if
we're talking about a king in general, just a king, well, examples
would be endless. I mean, we can talk about all
the kings that were written in the Word of God. We can talk
about, you know, but the wording of this Scripture sets forth
one. one only, the Lord Jesus Christ. The one that the scripture sets
forth is the only one who always sits. This is what, a king that
sitteth never rises, always accomplished. always resting, a king that sitteth
in the throne of judgment. This king right here is one that
has absolutely completed what he's everlastingly purposed to
do. This king here is said to scattereth
with his eyes All evil. So now let's just consider Him. We know where we're going. We're
going to the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. All right? I'm
going to just ask a question that you know the answer to already. All right? This King, who is
He? Who is He? This King that sitteth,
who is He? Well, everybody knows, but I'm
going to tell you something. We're going to say it anyway. He's
the King of Kings. He's the Lord of Lords. Listen
to Psalm 24, 8-10. Who is this King of Glory? I'm going to tell you right now.
Heaven itself is asking this question. Who is? You know, you
say, well that was penned by David. I understand that. But who inspired it? Who breathed
this? God. So this is the word from
heaven. Here's a question for all mankind. Now you listen up. Who is this
king of glory? Don't tell me what men say. Don't
tell me what men say he is. You tell me from these scriptures
right here. You tell me who God is. See this
is the problem today. Men are lying on God. That's
the problem. You know, I read in the newspapers
and I listen and I read these little articles and stuff like
this and I'm thinking, you're lying. You're lying. Who is this
King of Glory? Here it is, the Lord, capital
L-O-R-D, all capital, Jehovah, strong and mighty, the Lord,
mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates,
even lift them up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory
shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The
Lord of hosts. He is the King of glory, Selah. Now, there's There's one thing
that we know concerning this King of Glory. It's talking about
His victorious entrance into Heaven on His own merit. Now you think about, I'm going
to just make a few statements concerning that verse of Scripture
right there, that we're going to rejoice in. You hear what
heaven itself, heaven personified. Here's heaven asking a question. Who is this King of Glory? Who is He in His person? Who
is He in His nature? Who is He in His character, in
His work, in His office? Now heaven is not asking this
question because heaven is ignorant. This question, Fred, is for us. It's going to arrest our thought,
our conscience, our understanding. Who is this? Who is this king
of glory? You hear what heaven does immediately. Heaven asks a question and then
heaven answers the very question. Here's what heaven says about
it. The one who enters into heaven on his own merit. It says, the
Lord. Strong and mighty. The Lord mighty
in battle. The one that the scripture says
did not and could not. The one who finished the work
that Almighty God, the Father, gave Him to do. The one who led
captivity captive and gave gifts unto man. What did He do in finishing
the work? Well, I tell you this, He led
that which had His people captive. He led that, sin and Satan and
death and hell. Who's in control? As Brother
Scott used to say, who's running this show anyway? You tell me
who God is. Tell me who God Almighty is.
The Father said concerning the Son, the one of whom this scripture
speaks, the King Himself, mighty in battle. He said, this is my
beloved Son, whom I'm well pleased. You hear Him. And listen to what
heaven says concerning this king right here. It says, lift up
your heads, O ye gates. Here is heaven itself commanding
the gates of heaven. Now you listen. Who is this king? I'll tell you who he is. He's
the Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift
up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting
doors, and the King of glory shall come in." You know what
heaven is saying? You open up the doors to Him. He who ascends
into heaven on His own merit, you open up. He's coming in. On His merit, He entered into
heaven itself, into the very presence of God Himself, into
the heavenly holy of holies with His own blood. That blood that
was shed in the putting away of the guilt of His people. The
Scripture says concerning these gates, Revelation 21-25, these
gates are not ever going to be closed. He is the forerunner
that entered into heaven itself as the absolute representative
of His people. And when He came in, they in
Him come in too, in His authority. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts. He is the
King of Glory. Now where is He now? That's what
I want to know. Here we're going to get back
to this, our scripture. Proverbs 20 verse 8. A King. A King. Not just any King. This
is the King mighty in battle. Victorious. And what's He doing? Where is He now? Here's what
the scripture says. that sitteth. Sitteth. That is, he remains in his abode. Where is he sitting? Well, the
scripture says in the throne, in the dignity, in the authority,
in the power of what? Of judgment. Justice has been satisfied for
a people that Almighty God everlastingly loved, here is the king, the
great high priest, sitting on the throne of God. It just thrills
my heart when I think that the God-man mediator, Almighty God
in human flesh, there's a man sitting on the throne of God.
as the representative, the mediator, the husband, the redeemer of
His elect. The one that the Scripture says
the Father is well pleased. And He Himself in His high priestly
prayer said this in John 17, verse 4, I have glorified Thee
on the earth, I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me
to do. come up hither, sit at my right
hand, until I make all thine enemies thy footstool." Upon
the cross, the scripture declares in John 19, 30, when Jesus, therefore,
had received the vinegar, he said, it is finished. And he
bowed his head and gave up the ghost. Right there, he declared, have
executed the great design of the Almighty. I, as His servant, have satisfied
the demands of His justice. Whenever the Lord Jesus Christ
went to Calvary, this is what 2 Corinthians 5.21 says, He,
the Father, hath made Him to be sin. for us, He who knew no
sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. When he went to the cross Friday
night, Brother Todd Nyberg made a comment on this. I thought
that's right. That's right. You read Psalm
40. Now this is a great mystery,
and don't ask me to explain it because I can't. I'm not even
going to tell you that I can't, because I'm not. I'm going to
tell you what God has to say, and then we're going to rest
right there. Whenever the Lord Jesus Christ went to the cross, the sins of His people that He
bore in His own body, were his, were his. He said, Psalm 40,
read it, mine iniquities have taken hold upon me. They are
more than the hairs of my head. I can't look up. When he went to Calvary, he bore
the sins of his people and they were made his. He was made sin. And Almighty
God dealt with Him that which was due us. Somebody would say,
oh I know if it was me, I know I deserved it. If He wasn't made
sin and made to be the guiltiness is what that word means. If God
Almighty killed him, Pat, and he was not making those sins
to be his, then God's not just. Somebody say, well, I don't think
he was dying for his own sins. That's not what Isaiah 40 says.
He made them to be his own. He finished the work. Now, you
listen. He having borne the sin of His
people and made that sin to be His, God in absolute judgment and
justice and wrath put it away. And likewise, He hath made Him
to be sin for us. He who knew no sin, that we might
truly be made the righteousness of God in Him. Are we truly righteous? Now you
listen. Are we truly righteous? You got it, Neil. If we're not,
Then I tell you what, you'll never see glory. If we are not
truly righteous, then we have no hope. As a kid, we used to play like.
Well, let's just play like. We're going to do this. I'm going
to do this. Let's just play like. Well, let's just play. Let's
play this. Let's play army. Was I really a soldier? No. Was I really Superman? Let me
tell you something. God don't play like. Almighty
God is just. I'm a just God. What's He doing? I'll tell you
what He's doing. He's sitting. He finished the
work. And lastly, what is He doing
right now? He's sitting in the throne of
judgment Scripture says, He scattereth away all evil with His eyes. Let me tell you what God Almighty
is doing right now. He is ruling in heaven. He's
ruling. Psalm 115, 2 and 3, Wherefore
should the heathen say, Where is now their God? It's what David
said under the inspiration of God's Spirit. Our God's in the
heavens. Let me tell you what He's doing.
He has done whatsoever, He's pleased. He's done whatsoever, He's pleased.
Let me tell you what the God of the heathen... I'm talking
about the little g now. I'm talking about the little
g God. You know what the little g God of the heathen is doing?
He's trying to save people if they'll let Him. If they'll give
Him their heart. If they'll exercise their free
will. What free will? You're telling me that a dead
sinner has a will? Do you know I've never been to
a funeral and ever seen a corpse do anything but lay there? It
couldn't think, it couldn't open its eyes, it couldn't do anything. Why? Because it's dead. What is He doing? He is doing
whatsoever. He scattereth away all evil with
His eyes. Those two words right there,
scattereth away, they're actually one word, and this is what that
one word means. To toss about, to diffuse, to
cast away, to disperse. All of these truths set forth
what Almighty God does with His eyes. His eyes that are a flame
of fire. His eyes that are omniscient. He knows, he knows. Men think,
they think that they're hiding something from God. They do, they do. Listen to what
scripture says, Genesis 6, 5, And God saw, and listen to what
he saw. I don't doubt for one second,
in Genesis 6-5, that all these folks he was looking at right
here, they were doing just what we were doing. You know, they
had jobs, and they went about, and they married, and were given
in marriage, and they were building houses, and they were just, you
know, they were fine, upstanding people, I'm sure, in the community.
But let me tell you what God saw. Now listen to what He saw.
God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and
that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only
evil. Man looks on the outside. What
does God say? He sees the thoughts, the heart,
the imaginations. Almighty God sees what's going
on. That's what his eyes are. His eyes, our scripture says,
the king sitteth in the throne of judgment and scattereth away
all evil with his eyes. He knows, he knows. But the eye,
the sight or the knowledge of the Lord is against the wicked,
but toward his elect, to those that he's everlastingly loved
in Christ, the eyes of the Lord burn with mercy and compassion. Almighty God saw that the imagination
of man was great in the earth. Every imagination of thoughts
of his heart was only evil continually, but Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. Was there any difference in Noah
and everybody else? Noah was just as in his heart
and his thoughts and his imagination wicked. He was just as wicked
as anybody else. How do you know? It says that
the Lord saw that every imagination of the thoughts of man's heart
was evil. But God looked upon Noah in mercy
and grace. Was there anything in Noah to
merit that? Nope. All that are everlastingly
loved of God, all that He's chosen to show mercy, His eyes are gentle,
peaceful, and affectionate. His eyes are as the eyes of doves
by the rivers of water washed with milk and fitly set. That's
what Song of Solomon 512. But in closing, as the King that
sitteth in the throne of judgment, the king with whom all men must
deal, and we're all going to stand before God, without the
king himself who is the judge, the king himself who is the judge,
without the king himself being the glorious mediator between
God and men, without the blood of the King Himself that sitteth
in the throne of judgment, the one that satisfied Almighty God
for a people, without His blood being applied to me, without
His blood washing me, without this King who is the Lamb slain
from the foundation of the world, without His eyes doing away, scattering evil on
my behalf. I'm going to stand before God
and hear Him say, Marvin, depart from me, you that work evil. Bind him. and cast him out into
everlasting darkness. I'm going to tell you something.
The king with whom we dwell, with whom we're going to deal,
is just. I mean, thinking that we're just
going to play games with him, we're not. But, for his own,
for those that he's everlastingly loved, when Satan accuses and
don't think he won't. What did he do as far as Job?
When Satan accuses, when our conscience condemns the eye of
the king on our behalf. Now without him, he's going to
scatter evil and do it in me. Without me being covered by the
blood, this is what he's going to do to this evil. He's going
to scatter it. But for those he's everlastingly
loved, when Satan accuses, when my conscience condemns, because
he sees the blood, this is what the king's going to do. He's
going to take Satan and death and hell and he's going to scatter
them into the lake of fire. But he's going to scatter evil.
The King that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth
away all evil. You see, for those that He's
everlastingly loved, He's already put away the evil in the blood
of His precious Son. And having put away the evil
of His people in the blood of His Son, here's what Scripture
says, There is therefore now no condemnation to them that
be in Christ Jesus. May the Lord bless these words
to our heart for Christ's sake. Amen. All right, let's take a
break.