Let's take our Bibles and turn
with me to the first book of 1 Corinthians. 1 Corinthians chapter 15. 1 Corinthians chapter 15. I'd like to read the first four
verses. of 1 Corinthians 15. And then we will ask our Lord's
blessing. The Scriptures say, Moreover,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto
you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye by which also
you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you,
unless you have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first
of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our
sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that
He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. Let's pray
together. Our Father, it is so good to
be able to call upon You in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
and to realize that it is by grace that this blessed privilege was
bought by the blood of our Savior, that it cost Him life, that we
might be able to approach You in Him with boldness, assuredness. Lord, would You bless the services
today? I ask You, Lord, would You save
sinners? Would You comfort Your people?
In these things we ask for Christ's sake. Amen. I said a moment ago that my heart
is heavy. I'm considering what I'm
about to preach. And the reason I know because
of the heaviness the seriousness. We're all sitting here alive
physically this morning. And I've entitled the message
that I'm about to preach, The Gospel. The Gospel. Someone says, well, that's a
nice biblical title. But here's the seriousness of
what I am about to preach. Romans 2.16 says concerning what
we are about to hear, the gospel, in the day when God shall judge
the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. I realize that there is coming
a day when Every man, every woman, Paul the Apostle says, no you're
not, that we shall all stand before God in the day of God's
judgment. We're all going to stand before
the judgment seat of Christ. Everybody that's ever been born,
everybody that's going to be born, Everybody is going to stand
before God. And the basis of that judgment
is going to be in that day, what do you think of Christ? Now that's the bottom line. What think ye of Christ? What is your attitude towards
the Lord Jesus Christ. Now that thought just arrests
me. It just causes me to stop fresh, Daryl, and just... Lord, I need for You to teach
me. Lord, I need a word from You. I need for You to speak to my
heart. I know I know this. I know this book right here.
I know this is the truth. I know it is. Almighty God has set forth that
He's not a liar. Men say, well, can you prove
it? No, I can't prove it to you.
But I'll tell you this, the Spirit of God proves it to His people. They're assured this is the truth. And since this is the truth,
I want to know this. Lord, have You given me a heart to
bow to this, to bow to the truth concerning Your Son? There is
but one true gospel. I know that. It is the gospel
of God's salvation. It is the good news to poor sinners. The gospel of grace. The gospel
of peace before God. Now here's the bottom line. Those words are easy to say.
I can say those words easily. Do I believe it? Do I understand
it? Do I know it? Has the Lord Taught me the gospel. As I've said before, if you'd
ask people, stop people, ask them, do you believe the gospel? I'll guarantee you, nine times
out of ten, they're going to say, yeah, I believe. And I would
say then, what is it? Tell me what the gospel is. And
all of a sudden, you're going to find a real blank look, by
and large. You're going to say, well, not sure. It is absolutely imperative
that when we stand and preach, that we preach the Gospel. Paul said, moreover, brethren,
declare unto you the gospel." I make known. I certify. I'm preaching the gospel. Now, Paul the Apostle said in
Galatians 1, verses 11-12, he sets forth the authority. This
is the authority. And I'm getting to this passage
of Scripture right here, verses 1-4. It sets forth the gospel. This is the gospel. We're going
to look at it. But here's the authority. Here's
the certification of the gospel. Here's the foundation. I certify,
I make known, brethren, that the gospel which was preached
of me is not after men. Not after man. That is, it's
not according to man. It wasn't devised by man. It
wasn't thought up by man. For I neither received it of
man, neither was I taught it, But by the revelation of Jesus
Christ, the Lord Jesus Christ, Paul said, Christ taught me the
gospel personally. The Lord Himself taught Paul
the gospel. He used means. First of all, He stopped him
on the road Paul was going the road to Damascus
and he had those letters of authority in his hands and he was going
to take... He was going after Christians is what he was going
to do. He was going to pick up those of the way. You know, Christians. And while he was going, the Scriptures
says that a bright light shined round about him and he knocked
him from his horse And the Lord called to him and He said, Saul,
Saul, why persecutest thou Me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord?
And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It's hard
for thee to kick against the pricks. Saul of Tarsus was a chosen vessel. That's what the Lord told Ananias.
We were talking about this at preacher school yesterday, how
the Lord used a man named Ananias. Long time he's ever mentioned.
He used a man named Ananias. Who was Ananias? Who's Marvin? Who was any other preacher? just
dust, a frail creature standing in a pulpit with fear and trembling,
standing before men and women that I know according to this
book, men and women that are going to stand before God. And
Almighty God has called me I am convinced of this, called, a
servant of God, called to be a preacher, God's servant. Who am I? The one before whom
I must stand. I must be obedient. I must be truthful. I must be. God sent a chosen vessel. Saul of Tarsus, and he sent him
to a man named Ananias. And Ananias, under God's instruction,
said, You speak to this man right here, and you tell him about
me. And the Scripture says that Saul
was led blinded. God blinded him for three days.
Brought him into this place. And Ananias came in and says,
Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus Christ sent me. to preach to
you. This is how God makes known His
Gospel. He sends a preacher. Scripture
says that the preaching of the Gospel is foolishness unto men. As I've said before, it's not
foolish preaching. But this that we're doing this
morning, this is to the world. This is foolish. You mean to
tell me that Almighty God is going to send a preacher, a frail
creature who in himself realizes, I know something of what I am.
I know. I know the frailty of my flesh. But I'll tell you, the message
that I'm preaching, this is God's Word. It's scriptural. It's biblical and it's honoring
the Almighty God. And this gospel right here sets
forth that salvation is totally all of grace. When the gospel
of God's grace is preached, this is what you're going to hear.
This is the fiber that's going to be woven into every message
that is preached concerning the gospel of God's grace. Number
one, that man is a fallen creature, ruined by the fall. The Scripture
says forth that in ourselves there's none good. None. And I'm telling you the moment
you think that there's something in you that's good, I'm telling
you the Scripture says it's not. There's nothing good. Man is
a fallen, frail, helpless, spiritually dead creature. The Gospel sets
forth. The fiber of the Gospel woven
into that message is that Christ has redeemed a people, given
Him an eternal election. Ephesians 1-4 says that. That's
the truth. That's the truth. God has from
the beginning chosen His people unto salvation. 2 Corinthians
2. That is the truth. God said that. And the Scripture
sets forth, John 6.37, that of all that the Father has given
Me, that's what Christ said, they shall come to Me. And Him
that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast Him out. I know
this. Man has fallen. Christ has redeemed
His people. He's paid their debt. He paid
what they owed. And the Spirit of God is going
to call them out. He's going to. There's no doubt about it.
The Gospel is the message that declares the truth of God's mercy
to a people that the Lord has everlastingly loved and they're
secure. They're secure in Christ. They
come forth from their mother's womb just like everybody else,
rebels against God, children of wrath, wrathful toward
God. That's what Scripture says. Almighty God who has everlastingly
loved them, those that He chose in Christ. He knows where they
are. He knows where they are. And
you know how He's going to get them? Here's how He's going to
get them. He's going to cause them because
He has predestinated them to the adoption of children by Jesus
Christ to Himself. The Scripture says in Ephesians
1, verse 5, this is what the Scripture says, that Christ who
has redeemed His people, Christ to whom they will come, God predestinated
them. He determined their destination
beforehand. Ultimately, they're going to
be with Him in glory. But do you know how they're going to
get there? He's going to cause them to sit under the gospel. Paul says, the gospel that I'm
not ashamed of. The gospel which is the power
of God unto salvation. The only message, the only message
that God blesses for the salvation of God's sheep, the gospel. Paul said, I'm not ashamed of
it. I'm not ashamed of it. And God's going to bring them,
and here's what's going to happen. They may not know it at first,
but they're going to be a desire. They're going to come. They'll want to sit under the
gospel. They want to listen to a message
that honors God, that doesn't give man any glory, doesn't pat
man on the back and say, you know what? The Lord sure could
use somebody like you. The Lord could raise up rocks,
Scripture says, to praise Him. But He's chosen men, women, frail
creatures that's going to glorify Him. and He's going to cause
them to come unto the sound of the gospel. He's going to get
them there. How did you get here this morning? How did you get
here this morning? Let me answer it for you. You
say, well, it's Mother's Day. It's Mother's Day. I decided... No, you didn't.
No, you didn't. I've got God's Word on this.
He works all things after the counsel of His own will. You
didn't show up today by accident. You just think you did. Now,
you just think you just decided, well, I think I'll just go to
Katie this morning. Almighty God, before the foundation
of the world, He who declares the end from the beginning, purpose
chose that you'd be here today. And now you're sitting under
the sound of the gospel that we're going to look at right
now. Find out what does God have to say. I'm telling you this
message right here. I'm telling you this message
is going to come up again. This message is going to come
up again in the day of judgment. I write that down. Today's May
the 13th. May the 13th, 2012. This message
is going to come up again. And in the day of judgment, this
message as priests, do you see why I stand here as a frail creature? The seriousness of what we're
doing. This message right here, the awesomeness, the responsibility,
we must, we must, set forth the gospel. The gospel declares that
God's holy law has been honored. God's law. Everybody, we're talking
about the Ten Commandments. Everybody talking about, well,
they post the Ten Commandments, the Ten Commandments. Let me
tell you something. If men knew what the Ten Commandments
said and the responsibility of God's law, They would not even
remotely want to stand before God based on their obedience
to God's law. Law number one, thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all your heart and with all your mind,
with all your soul, with all your spirit. Now let me just
tell you this, everybody, especially starting right here, is guilty
of that, of not obeying. I have not obeyed the Lord my
God with all of my heart. You talk about a frail creature.
The Gospel declares that God's holy law has been honored. Our Lord and Savior walked this
earth, God Himself who came into this world made of a woman, made
under the law, under the responsibility of obeying God's law for His
people in their stead, I must stand before God holy. As I've
said before, how holy does one have to be to get into heaven?
Now, you listen to me. I'm telling you. I'm telling
you. How holy does one have to be to stand before God, to enter
into heaven accepted? How holy? as holy as God. As holy as God. Now, if you think
that in yourself you're as holy as God, you're sadly mistaken. You're sadly mistaken. How, how,
how can I stand a frail creature? How can this sinful creature
stand before God, holy, without blame? How? Only one way. One way. By standing before God
Almighty in a substitute. In Christ. That His righteousness
would robe me and cover me that when God Almighty looks upon
this creature, He sees His Son. Satisfied. Satisfied. Christ has honored the law of
God. for all that the Father gave Him. He came and He said,
I do always those things that please Him. That's the gospel. The gospel
declares that Almighty God has sent His Son as the representative
of all that the Father chose before the foundation of the
world and gave Him who is the surety God Almighty looks at
one of two men. And everybody is going to be
found in one of two men. Either you're in Christ or you're
in Adam. And in Adam, all die. In Christ, you'll all be made
alive. Two men. All men will be considered. The
Gospel is second to the declaration of satisfied justice. Paul says
in verse 3, I delivered unto you, first of all, that which
I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to
the Scriptures." Now, here's the thing of gospel. Here's what
the gospel sets forth. That Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures. Now, here's a question. Why did he die? Why did he die? Someone says, well, he died to
make salvation possible. The Scriptures doesn't say that.
The Scriptures does not say that. I challenge anybody to show me
where the Scripture says that he died to make salvation possible.
The Scripture says he laid down his life for his sheep. He laid
down His life. He died because when He went
to Calvary, 2 Corinthians 5.21 says this, He, the Father, made
Him sin. He made Him sin. You, my friend, and I are standing
listening right now to something that is indescribably wonderful,
marvelous, holy. I'm telling you that the Scripture
sets forth, 2 Corinthians 5.21 sets forth that Christ was made
sin for us. Christ who knew no sin, the holy,
harmless Lamb of God, made sin. He was made what we, His people,
are. And He was made sin for a particular
group of people, not for everybody. He said, I lay down my life for
the sheep." Where did he say that? John 10, 15. John 10, 15. I lay down my life for the sheep.
Well, isn't everybody a sheep? No. He told some Pharisees just
a few verses after that. He says, you believe not because
you're not my sheep. My sheep hear my voice. And they
follow me. When he died, he died according
to the Scriptures. Now, when did the Scriptures?
Now, when that passage right there was written, he was talking
about the Old Testament. When Paul the Apostle was writing
this to the church of Corinth, he was talking about the Old
Testament Scriptures. He died according to the Scriptures. That's what it says. See, here's
the problem. Men are standing up and they're
saying that Christ died. He died so that he could possibly
save everybody. That's not according to the Scriptures.
The key to this is according to the Scriptures. The gospel
does not, this is not the gospel. Christ died for our sins. That's
true, but that's not the whole truth. That could be deceiving. He died for our sins according
to the Scriptures. Whenever Adam and Eve sinned
against God, Genesis 3.21 sets forth this truth. When Adam and
Eve sinned against God, they realized that they were naked
before God. So what did they do? They got
them some fig leaves. And they tried to sew them some
fig leaves together to cover their nakedness. That's what
they wanted to do. We're not going to stand before
God like this. We're going to have ourselves a covering. You
know the only problem with that? God didn't accept it. The Scripture sets forth in Genesis
3.21, God made coats of skins and clothed them. They tried
to clothe themselves. Almighty God must clothe all
that He has everlastingly loved in Christ because they cannot
clothe themselves. What must I be clothed with? The Scripture says, the righteousness
of His Son. Stand before God robed in righteousness,
holiness, purity. And there is but one righteousness. And it's not the righteousness
that's produced by this filthy creature right here. I'm telling
you, I cannot. My righteousness is as filthy
rags. You know what that is. menstrual
cloths. That's what that is. Can you
imagine clothing yourself in that and saying, I think I'll
just stand before God accepted in this? My friend, that is the
most repulsive thought. You think of just that example. It's worse than that. I must
stand before Him. He died according to the Scriptures. How did the Scriptures say that?
When God told Noah, He said, you built an ark. Noah preached
120 years. And he said, God's going to send
judgment. God is going to send judgment. He's going to send
judgment. And he built an ark. And you
know how many people God put in that ark? Noah and his wife
and their three sons and their wives. and the animals. And the rest of the world perished. Why? They wouldn't come. They would not come. They would
not come. That ark right there was a picture,
a type of Christ. And everybody inside that ark,
when the rain started falling, that rain was a picture of the
judgment of God. How did Noah and his wife and
their family, how did they survive the flood? They were in the ark.
They were in the ark. When the judgment of God fell
on this earth, the only thing that protected Noah and his family
was the ark. The ark was Christ. That's how
he died as the substitute. We died in him. When those snakes
were biting, according to the Scriptures, how did he die? How
did he die? According to the Scriptures.
When those snakes were biting the people out in the wilderness,
those snakes was a picture of sin. What did God say to Moses to
do? Take a brazen serpent, make a
snake out of brass. That's a picture of Christ being
made. What was biting the people? That
was Christ being made sin. The snakes, a picture of sin,
biting the people, killing. Sin is what's killing people. That's why we're dead. He said,
you raise that brazen serpent up and whoever looks is going
to live. You say, well, that seems simple.
Unless God gives you eyes to see, you won't look. Why do you not look today? He
died for our sins according to the scriptures. Willingly. Willingly. No man taketh my life
from me. You see, I thought the Romans
killed him. He said, I lay down my life. I have power to lay
it down. I have power to take it again.
This commandment have I received of my father. He died as the
absolute substitute for his people. John 10, 15. God loved this world. He loved the order. Scripture
does not say that he loved every man, every woman without distinction.
He said, I hate the workers of iniquity daily. Jacob have I
loved, Esau have I hated. See, the problem is men stand
in pulpits today and they tell lies on God that God did not
say. Somebody said, boy, I tell you
what, that's pretty straight. That's pretty, I mean, you know,
man, you're making this thing kind of, that's kind of narrow. Woe is unto me if I don't preach
the gospel. I didn't make this up. I'm telling
you, as I said last week, if I can't back this up, if I can't
back this up, I better step out of this pulpit. And I better
be quiet. But if you've got somebody telling
you what God has got to say, woe is unto everyone that doesn't
believe it. I'm telling you, this is who
we're going to stand before. Man, I know how men are standing
in pulpits and just lying to people and just telling them,
God has a wonderful plan for your life and this, that and
the other. Let me tell you something. You better search the Scriptures
and find out what God's got to say. Be like those at Berea. Search the Scriptures daily.
Check up on me. Take your Bible. Go and get your
Bible and look at it. I'm telling you, this is what
God has to say. How can a man be just before
God? How can a sinner be just before
God? How can God be just? in dealing
with sin in me and justify a sinner. Only one way, I'm telling you.
God's not going to sweep this under the rug. Every sin, the
soul of sin is going to die. How can I live then? How can
I live eternally? Almighty God must have dealt
with me in a substitute. And here's the evidence that
Christ died for me that way, in particular. What's the evidence? How do I know? How do I know?
You believe God. You believe God. How do I know
that Christ died for His elect? He said He did. That answers
it. That's the end of it. That's
the truth. How did He die? I'll tell you
how He died. He died justly. Because God's
a just God. Scripture says, Ephesians 53,
10, Yet it pleased the Lord. It pleased the Lord to bruise
Him. He's put Him to grief. Thou shalt
make His soul an offering for sin. He died forsaken of God. God is not going to look on sin
in pleasure. God's not going to sweep it under
the rug. I might let my kids off with
something. Now, I'm telling you, if you
do that again, I might have. Not many times, but I might have. God never. He's a just God. He died. The Scripture sets forth
for our sins according to the Scriptures. Isaiah 53.10 says,
He shall see His seed all that was chosen in Christ. And in
Christ, when Christ died, I'm telling you, all of God's sheep
were right there with Him. They were chosen in Him. Boy,
I'll never be able to thank the Lord for the Lord teaching me
something. Brother Scott, when he said many things, but this
too, he said, where God puts a man, puts a woman. That's where
He keeps him. God has chosen a man, a woman, and put them
in Christ before the foundation of the world. They've never left.
They've never left. Always in Him. He shall see His
seed, all of His sheep justified, sanctified, set apart, and glorified
already with Him in glory right now. As I've said before, you
say, I don't understand that. I know. I agree with you. I don't
either. But I'm telling you it's the truth. That's where He is. One day we'll see it. And we'll know Him as He is. Be like Him. He shall see His
seed. Shall prolong His days. Christ,
the substitute of sinners. He ever liveth to make intercession
for us. He ever liveth to make intercession.
I heard someone say one time, I thought this was so good, You
take a man who loves his wife. Somebody said, boy, I tell you
what, he lives to please her. He just lives. He lives for those
kids. He lives, if Christ ever liveth,
to make intercession for us. Ever liveth. The pleasure of
the Lord, that is, to save His people, shall prosper in His
hands. The Lord said, Luke 12, 32, Fear
not, little flock, for it's your father's good pleasure to give
you the kingdom. Not only now, with the earnest
of our inheritance being given us by the Spirit of God, but
eternally. This is real. This is real. We're
really going to see God. All that the Lord has called
out of darkness, given of heart, you're really going to see Him.
And soon, and soon, and soon. The Scripture sets forth how
Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures voluntarily,
vicariously in our place, and victoriously. And then lastly,
verse 4, that He was buried. that he rose again the third
day according to the Scriptures. Boy, that phrase right there,
according to the Scriptures. Here again, if I just said Christ
died for our sins and rose again the third day, that would be
buried and rose again the third day. That would be true. But
it doesn't set forth the Gospel. According to the Scriptures.
According to the Scriptures. According to the Scriptures.
What does Almighty God have to say? He was buried. Here again, the Old Testament. What did the Scriptures have
to say about Him being buried and being raised again the third
day? What did the Scriptures have to say about that? Well,
I can think of no greater Scripture in the Old Testament than the
one that our Lord set forth concerning His death and burial and resurrection,
he says, an evil generation desires, longs after a sign. No other
sign shall be given but the sign of Jonah. Jonah the prophet.
Jonah. What happened to Jonah? Well,
Jonah was a prophet that God had called to go to Nineveh.
God told him, he said, you go preach to Nineveh. And Jonah
was going to He decided that he was just going to rebel against
God. I don't think I'll go to Nineveh.
I think I'm going to get me a boat and I'm going to Tarsus. No,
you're not. No, you're not. No, you're going
to Nineveh. He got on that boat and he went
out just a little bit and God raised up a big storm. Boy, that storm was Getting ready
to sink the boat. What happened? Lots were cast. An old sailor said, somebody's
guilty here. What are we going to do? They
cast the lots and the lot fell on Jonah. And they brought him
up and Jonah told them. He said, I'm a prophet. I'm the reason for this." Well,
they tried to keep the ship afloat and everything. And Jonah said,
you throw me over and the sea will be calm. You throw me over
and the sea will be calm. And they threw him over. And
the Scripture says that a whale swallowed him. Now, everybody can debate that
if they want to. God said a whale swallowed him.
And three days he was in the belly of that whale. And after three days, the Scripture
says that that whale vomited Jonah onto the shore. You say,
well, what was that all about? I'll tell you what it was all
about. That was Almighty God in the Old Testament declaring
how that Christ died, was buried, and rose again the third day
according to the Scriptures. You say, how do you know that?
The Lord Jesus Christ says this, Matthew 12.44, As Jonas was three
days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son
of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
God said it. That's what it was. You think
that was just a cute story? No, that was the Scriptures declaring
the Gospel, how that Christ died for our sins and was buried and
rose again according to the Scriptures, according to God's Word. Buried
and rose again. Now, is Christ risen from the
dead? And the Scripture says, 1 Corinthians
15-20, become the firstfruits of them that slept. What's going
to happen? I'll tell you what's going to
happen. Just like He was made sin, God chose a people that
He was going to save because He loved the order of man. He
wasn't going to let mankind perish. So He chose some. Revelation
4 says, Out of every nation, kindred, tribe, and tongue, He
chose a people that He was going to save. And He gave them to
the Son. He gave them to Christ. Before
the foundation of the world, they were Christ's. And He stood
for them as their surety. I'll answer. I'll answer. Knowing
that they would fall in Adam, He came into this world made
in flesh just like they are. of His people mysteriously, wondrously
in Him. And He walked this earth and
God Almighty watched Him. And Almighty God the Father said,
This is My beloved Son whom I am well pleased. And He earned a
righteousness for us that we could never earn for ourselves.
A righteousness in which we stand. Christ's righteousness before
God. But we have a problem. We're
sinners. How is God going to be just and
deal with our sin? Christ was made what we are. Sin. And God forsook Him at Calvary. God forsook Him and God's judgment
killed Him. The justice of God's law killed
Him. He died. He died. He died. And Paul says we died in Him in our substitute. And He was
buried. And three days later, He came
out and was raised for or because of our justification. God had
justified us before the foundation of the world by grace in Christ.
Almighty God saw this, the end from the beginning. And now,
here's what's happening. God is preaching through preachers. Paul says, we beseech you in
Christ's name, be ye reconciled to God. God sends a preacher
that preaches this message that the world says is foolishness.
Be careful. Be careful. Be careful what you
call foolish. Check it out. See if what I'm
saying is so. Almighty God is going to send
a preacher. And He is going to preach this Gospel, how that
Christ died, buried, rose again according to the Scriptures.
And the Spirit of God is going to take this message, the Gospel,
the good news of redemption, sovereign saving grace. Sovereign grace. Not iffy grace,
not maybe, not man's free will, God Almighty does as God Almighty
purposes to do. And the Lord God is going to
take this message that Paul said, I'm not ashamed of, and the Spirit
of God is going to bless it. And He's going to give His people
a new heart. Psalm 110 verse 3 says, and in the day of God's
power, they're going to be willing to believe it. They're going
to say, you know what? I'm going to take God's side
against myself. I'm going to take God's side against every
false preacher that's ever told me a lie. And I had a bunch of
them that lied to me. God's people shall be willing
in the day of God's power. And the Spirit of God will seal
them. He seals them. They're kept by
the power of God. Job said, Job 19.26, though after
my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh, In this flesh
right here, changed flesh, this is corruptible. It's going to
put on incorruption. It's amazing, isn't it? In this
body, this body. You mean this body? God's going
to change it. Whom I shall see for myself and mine eyes, these
eyes right here that I'm looking at you with right now, these
frail things right here, they're going to be changed. With these
eyes right here, with this hand, with these eyes, with these ears,
it changed. Job said, I'm going to see Him.
I'm going to see Him for myself. Mine eyes shall behold and not
another, though my reins be consumed within me, though the seed of
my affection, my heart, my reins, And they perish. This old frail
creature is going to die. But it's going to live again
in perfection. Now listen, that's the Gospel. That's the Gospel. Paul said,
I declare unto you the Gospel that I preached. It wasn't after
man. It wasn't after man. No man ever thought this up.
This is the truth. of God's glorious gospel in Christ. And the amazing thing is that
God's people, they're going to believe it. And they're going
to bow to it. And Almighty God in that day,
in Christ, will say to them, in Christ, well done. Well done in Him. May the Lord bless these words
to my heart and to yours for Christ's sake. Hey.