This evening we'll be looking
at Isaiah chapter 59. If you'd like to turn there, Isaiah 59,
we'll look at verses one through eight. So let's read that together. Behold, the Lord's hand is not
shortened that it cannot save neither his ear heavy that it
cannot hear, but your iniquities have separated between you and
your God. and your sins have hid his face
from you that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with
blood and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your
tongue hath muttered perverseness. None calleth for justice, nor
any pleadeth for truth. They trust in vanity and speak
lies. They conceive mischief and bring
forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice eggs and
weave the spider's web. He that eateth of their eggs
dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. Their
webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves
with their works. Their works are works of iniquity,
and the act of violence is in their hands. Their feet run to
evil. They make haste to shed innocent
blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of
iniquity. Wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of
peace they know not, and there is no judgment in their goings.
They have made them crooked paths. Whosoever goeth therein shall
not know peace." Now, several thoughts immediately, as we read
this entire passage, we notice that two hands are mentioned.
the Lord's hand in verse one and ours in verse three. And
so the title of the message this evening is The Lord's Hand and
Ours. This chapter still addressing
the religious but Christless Jews as we saw in chapter 58
the previous chapter and we see in chapter one of Isaiah the
book of Isaiah is one complete, singular, coherent indictment
upon Christless, self-righteous, idolatrous religion, and also
a call of grace and mercy. The Lord starts here with, my
hand is not short that I can't save you. It's not a question
of what God can do. Notice he said at the end of
verse two, I will not hear. He will not. God will not hear.
It's not a question of what God can do. It's what he will do.
That's why the leper came to him in Matthew chapter 5 and
said, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. God can save
whoever he wants to save. So it's not a question of man's
will. It's a question of God's will. But this indictment upon
self-righteous, idolatrous, proud, a haughty, really, as the Lord
called out the Pharisees. They make a boast, they pray
in public, they like to impress people. Religion's always been
the same, Christless religion. But here he's addressing that,
but also the simple gospel call. God can say it. His voice is
not, notice there, his ear's not heavy that it can't hear.
any sinner that calls to him for mercy. So we see in chapter
50, we see in chapter 1 of Isaiah, the indictment upon Christ's
religion. He said, your religion makes
me sick. Even your solemn gatherings, your church going, makes me sick.
But then we have that pure, clear, beautiful, gracious gospel call
in that same chapter. Come now, and let us reason together,
saith the Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow. In chapter 55 of Isaiah, it's,
ho, everyone that's thirsty, come to the waters. Come and
buy wine and milk without money and without price. Come. Why
do you spend all that you have on that which is not bread? Come
to Christ and never hunger again. So all through the book of Isaiah
these same Wonderful gospel themes you need him and he calls to
all who will come And here God further identifies in this passage
in 58 here The problem and in these first few verses by contrast
is He shows that the problem is not with God, but with sinful
man. God's hand is able, but man's
hand is the problem. God's hand is mighty. It's not
limited. His hand is almighty to say,
but look at our hands in verse three. They're full of blood.
We're blood guilty. We've murdered God's son, the
blood of God's son, the prince of life is on. That's what the
message was in the book of Acts. You've killed the prince of life.
That's a message to every sinner. Your fingers with iniquity, your
lips have spoken lies. Your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
This picture of his hand and ours seems to capture the essence
of these first eight verses. And it's the gospel, it's the
simple Gospel God's hand is mighty gracious Even though religion
makes him sick. He calls come now and let us
reason His hand is mighty. It's not limited. He delights
to show mercy. He delights in mercy Proverbs
120 he said wisdom crieth without that's Christ Wisdom he's the
wisdom of God She uttereth her voice in the streets. She crieth
in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates,
in the city. She uttereth her words, saying,
how long, ye simple ones, will you love simplicity? She cries
in the streets. Paul said to Agrippa, this thing's
not done in a corner. You know that what I'm saying
is right. How long, you simple ones, will
you love simplicity, and the scorners delight in their scorning,
and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof. Turn. Repent. Behold, I will pour out
my spirit unto you. I will make known my words unto
you. He's going to have to, isn't he, if we're going to hear him.
Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out
my hand, and no man regarded. But you've said it not, all my
counsel, and would none of my reproof. God's hand is mighty
gracious though. Turn. Come. Here. Repent. Come and you'll have life. Come
and you'll have peace. Him that cometh to me I'll in
no wise cast out. God's hand is mighty to save.
Listen to Deuteronomy 5 15. Remember that you were a servant
in the land of Egypt talking to his people Israel and so They
typify the elect, the people of God. He's calling to sinners.
You were a servant, you were a slave, you were under great
bondage in the land of Egypt. And remember this, the Lord thy
God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched
out arm. Therefore, the Lord thy God commanded
thee to keep the Sabbath day. He commends us to rest in Christ.
He saved us by a mighty arm. Therefore, rest in him. Don't
try to do something to please God, to save yourself. Don't
go about as the Jews did, as Paul said, to establish your
own righteousness. God said, just stand there and
watch me save you. And of course, he commands a
Sabbath now. What are you going to do? Rest. Come unto me, and I'll give you
rest. Because he does it all. He accomplishes. Salvation for
his people though. We're sinful and our hands are
full of blood God's hand is mighty in his willingness to save Luke
5 12 listen what came to pass when he was in a certain city
behold a man full of leprosy Who seeing Jesus fell on his
face and besought him saying Lord if thou wilt Thou canst
make me clean And he put forth his hand and touched him, saying,
I will. You see, it's not a question
of what God can do. His hand's not short. He can
save everybody in the world if he wants to save them. We understand
that. I'll tell you how he saves them.
You come to him and he'll save you. Come to him saying, Lord,
if you will, I know you can save, I know your hand's not short.
But what I come to find out is will you save a wretch like me?
Would you have mercy? on a worm like me, and he said,
I will, I will. And he touched him, and immediately
the leprosy departed from him. The Lord's hand is quick to save. Listen to Matthew 14, 25. In
the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them, walking
on the sea. And when the disciples saw him
walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, it's a spirit,
it's a ghost. They were scared of ghosts, the
disciples. And they cried out for fear.
But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, be of good cheer.
Why? Because it's me. It is I. That's
the only thing that will cheer the heart of a sinner. That's
the only thing that will dispel the fear of a sinful man. It's me. It's the Lord. Be not afraid. And Peter answered
him and said, Lord, if you if it be you bid me come unto you
on the water. And he said, come. And when Peter was come down
out of the ship, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. I'll
tell you what, if you're going to go to him, it's going to be
a supernatural act of his power. Simon can't walk on water. And
when you're coming to Christ, you're going to be doing what
a sinner cannot do. Didn't he say no man can come? And then
he turned around and said, come. Well, you're walking on water.
How are you doing that? By his power. With the call goes
the power and the grace to obey the call when he's gracious to
a sinner. So he walked on the water to
go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous,
he was afraid. And beginning to sink, he cried,
saying, Lord, save me. He started thinking about his
ability to walk on water. or rather inability. He's looking
at the waves and the winds. He said he's thinking to himself,
I can't walk on water. Sure enough, he can't. And so he began to sink. Whenever
you look at yourself, you're going to sink. But you look to
Christ now and you'll be saved. He cried as he began to sink.
He said, Lord, save me. What a wonderful prayer. Lord,
save me. You talk about to the point.
You talk about honoring him and despairing of self. That's the
cry of a sinner that the Lord has mercy on. Lord save me and
immediately, what are we saying? His hand is quick to save. Just
in time, just as Simon was going under, the Lord immediately stretched
forth his hand and caught him. and said unto him, O thou of
little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? The Lord's hand is
tender and compassionate to save. Mark 10, 13, they brought young
children to him that he should touch them. And his disciples
rebuked those that brought them, but when Jesus saw it, he was
much displeased and said unto them, suffer the little children
to come to me. And forbid them not, for of such
is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, whosoever
shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he
shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms,
put his hands upon them, and blessed them. Our hands are not like his. Our
hands being full of blood simply means we're murderers. We have
the blood of God himself on our hands. Acts 3.15, we've killed
the prince of life. Acts 2.23, him being delivered
by the determinant counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have
taken and by wicked hands have crucified and slain. His hands
were full of blood too, but for a much different reason. He said
to Thomas in John 20.27, reach here your finger. And behold my hands, and reach
hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side, and be not faithless,
but believing. Look at the first two verses
of our text again. God's ear is not heavy that he
can't hear in verse one, but because of our sin and rebellion
and self-righteousness and evil pride and the idolatry that's
condemned all through the book of Isaiah, he will not hear us.
His ear's not heavy that he can't hear, but because of our sin. Our sin is the problem. He will
not. So it's a question now of his
will, not ours. The reason some are saved and
some are lost is not because God's trying to save everybody
and can't get it done because of their will. That's clear,
not just in this passage. It's clear as a bell here, isn't
it? But it's clear all through the word of God. He can save whoever he wants
to save and here in the beginning of the chapter He speaks about
those he will not save not that he can't he will not But at the
end of the of this chapter There are those a remnant according
to the election of grace who are just as evil and wretched
as the ones described in the beginning of the chapter But
he's going to redeem them anyway He said in verse 20 Look at verse
19 of chapter 59. So shall they fear the name of
the Lord from the West and his glory from the rising of the
sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of
the Lord shall lift up a standard against him and the Redeemer
shall come to Zion. And unto them that turn from
transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. As for me, this is
my covenant with them, saith the Lord, my spirit that is upon
thee and my words which I have put in thy mouth. Shall not depart
out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out
of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord from henceforth
and forever. And we'll see that in another
study. But that principle, that glorious truth of his almighty
power to save whom he will is right here in the first part.
Now he's going to save who he wants to save. His hand is not
short. The problem is your hands. It's
not that he can't hear you. But he don't want to. He will
not hear. That's what that means. He won't.
He doesn't want to. And there's not much mystery
about God, why God won't hear a sinner. You know why God won't
hear a sinner? Because he's a sinner. That's
why. But what is mysterious and glorious
and eternally wonderful and even angels themselves desire to look
into is that God will hear a sinner. He does hear sinners when it
pleases Him, when He is pleased to show mercy. Why will God hear
some and not others? Or a better way to ask that is
why in the world would God ever hear any sinner at all? That's
the question, why? Well, there are two things that
I know about that that I believe everybody needs to know from
the Word of God. First of all, in Daniel 435,
listen to this. All the inhabitants of the earth,
Nebuchadnezzar speaking here, the Lord taught him this very
dramatically. All the inhabitants of the earth
are reputed as nothing, and he doeth according to his will in
the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth,
and none can stay his hand or say unto him, what doest thou? You're going to have to acknowledge
the sovereignty of God in salvation. If you come to a God That's not
the God of the Bible. He's not going to be able to
save you. So you're going to have to come to this God, and He's a sovereign
God. He is the sovereign God. He doeth according to His will,
and nobody can stop Him or question Him, Nebuchadnezzar said. He
learned that. Have you learned that? In Romans
9.15. He saith to Moses, I will have
mercy on whom I will have mercy. Do you remember our text? My
hand's not short that it can't save, but he will not save some. He will not save those who are
steeped in self-righteous, proud, haughty, Christless religion. based on their religion. You're
not going to save that way. But he will save some by his
grace. He saves by his grace. He saves
who he wants to save. It's that simple. And it's not
because they're better or made a decision or anything. It's
not according to works, lest any man should boast. I will
have mercy on whom I'll have mercy. I'll have compassion on
whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that
willeth. Religion can say that till they're blue in the face
and people can throw their money at them until they don't have
any left. But it's still not going to be
of him that willeth. It's not going to be. If you
go to a free will church, you're probably not going to hear this
gospel. Because it is not of him that willeth. Nor is it of
him that runneth. That word means to strive. Salvation
doesn't come by your striving, by your working, by your trying,
by your efforts, by your going about to establish your own righteousness
as Paul put it in Romans 10. It doesn't come that way. How
does it? It's of God that showeth mercy. He just has mercy on who
he wants to. For the scripture saith unto
Pharaoh, even for this same purpose have I raised you up that I might
show my power in you, and that my name might be declared throughout
all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom
he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. He does
it for his glory. God is sovereign in creation.
Where were you, he asked Job, when I laid the foundations of
this earth? Well, he's sovereign in the new
creation too. We're created in Christ Jesus
unto good works. A new creation in Christ. He's
sovereign in providence. He does as he pleases in the
armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. He's
sovereign clearly in salvation. His hand is not short that it
can't save. And the second thing is this,
bless God, there's something else I know about this question
of why would God ever, why would he hear some and not others,
but more importantly, why would he ever hear anybody? In the
story of Luke chapter 18, verse 10, we have the answer to that.
Listen, two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a
Pharisee and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed
thus with himself, and his prayer is religious. It talks about
God. It talks about pleasing God,
doing what he thought God wanted him to do, because the Pharisees
were the religious leaders of that day. He prayed thus with
himself, though. He didn't pray with God, because
God's not going to hear this. You see, this is the same self-righteous,
proud religion that Isaiah condemned by the commission of God. And God said, I will not hear
you. And so it says, he prayed with
himself. A lot of people doing that. I tell you what, we're
all going to be praying with ourselves unless we come crying
for mercy now. That's what the publican did.
He said, God, I thank you that I'm not as other men are. He
thanked God for something imaginary. He thanked God for something
that wasn't true. Thank you, God, that I am not as other men
are. That's not grace. Grace is not that you're not
like other men. Grace is that you're exactly
like other men, but God saved you because he wanted to. Didn't
have anything to do with you or anything you've done or ever
have done or ever will do. So that's a lie right up front. I thank you that I'm not as other
men are, extortioners. One of the very first things
that the Lord called the Pharisees were extortion. You're a bunch
of extortioners. Thou dost protest too much. Isn't
that what they say? The very thing that you're saying,
I'm not, I'm not that, I'm glad I'm not like that. That's exactly
what you are. unjust, adulterers, or even as
this publican. I'll thank you that I'm not like
him." Well, there was one sense in which he wasn't like him.
I'll tell you that. The difference that God made.
He wasn't like him in that sense. The publican was sinless, and
here's why. But here's the Pharisee still rambling with himself.
He said, I fast twice in the week. I give tithes of all that
I possess. Still bragging on himself. The
Lord Jesus said, there are some that are going to stand before
him in the very day of the Lord and say, look at our wonderful
works. And he's going to profess unto them, depart from me, you
workers of iniquity, I never knew you. But listen, the publicans
standing afar off. He sat on the back pew, not that
there's any virtue in sitting on the back pew. But this shows
his attitude. He wouldn't even come close.
And he would not lift up as much as his eyes unto heaven. He was
ashamed to even look at God when he was asking God for mercy.
There is a sinner that acknowledges, Lord, I'm asking for something
I don't deserve. The Pharisee was thanking God
for something that he wasn't. And the publican is begging for
something that he doesn't deserve. and smote upon his breast, saying,
God, be merciful to me, a sinner." That's a lot like Simon's prayer
when he was sinking beneath the waves, because this man was sinking
too. That sinking beneath the waves
is a picture of our sinfulness. We're in trouble. It's an urgent
matter. We're hanging over hell by a spider's web. And here he's
saying the same thing, Lord, save me. How does God save sinners? By being propitious unto them.
That's the word for mercy seat, where the blood was splashed
in the Old Testament on the day of atonement. And sinners were
made spotless in the sight of God through faith in that blood,
the blood of the lamb that actually takes away sin. He said, God, be merciful to
me, the sinner. Well, what else did he say? That's
it. That was it. And God said this, the Lord Jesus,
God the Son said this, I tell you, this man went down to his
house justified. That's how the Lord saves. He
takes your sins away. On Calvary he bore the sins of
his people in his body on the tree and took God's wrath for
that sin upon himself. He vanquished and drank dry the
cup of God's wrath for his people. Justified. Rather than the other, the one
that prayed with himself walked away still in his sins, religious
though he was. He was still in his sins for
everyone that exalted himself shall be abased And he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted Whosoever shall call upon the name of the
Lord God said I'll hear you you crying to him for mercy. I'll
hear you. I'll hear you Not only will he
hear you but he'll save you But are you calling on him to save
you? Are you calling on him to give you a chance? Are you thanking
him for the fact that you're better than everybody else, that
you've been smart enough and holy enough to make the right
decisions and do the right things? When somebody says, save me,
it's because they're out of options. Save me. Those who came to him there we
mentioned a while ago in Matthew 7 22. He said many will say to
me that day in that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied in
thy name and in thy name have cast out devils and in thy name
done many wonderful works and then will I profess unto them
I never knew you never did. That's verse 6 from our text. Remember verse 6 their webs shall
not become garments. Their works are not going to
cover them. Neither shall they cover themselves with their works.
Their works are works of iniquity. That's what the Lord said to
them there in Matthew 7. You're workers of iniquity. They think
they're doing good works. They're going about to establish
their own righteousness by their own works. And he said, that's
not going to cut it. It's not going to cut it. Plain as day. same language,
same self-righteous religionists, same problem. And then after
the Lord said what he did in Matthew 7 there, the Lord told
the parable of the man who built his house on the sand and the
one that built his house on a rock. Think about that for a minute. Right after he said to those
in Matthew 7, many is going to say to me, look
what we've done for you. We did it in your name. We did
it for you. He said, I never knew you. You're workers of iniquity. And then the next thing he told
this parable of the man who built his house on the sand and the
one that built his house on the rock. And we're not told what
either house looked like. You know why? Because what matters
is what it's built on. It's the rock that keeps the
house safe, not the design. Matthew 7, 24, listen, whosoever
heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken
him. Isn't that what they said? We
did all that you wanted us to do. Everything, every good thing
we could think of. What's the message of the Lord?
Keep the law. Is that the message of this book? Keep the law, do
wonderful things for God, or is it come to Christ? You think
about that. You read this book and report back to me. Whosoever
hear these sayings of mine and does them from the very beginning,
from the book of Genesis all the way through Revelation, the
message of God is come to Christ. Your only hope is Christ, his
precious blood. And if you do that, I will liken
him unto a wise man. which built his house upon a
rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the
winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell not. Why? Because, boy, he built a good
house. No, for it was founded upon a rock. Isn't that interesting? How the house was built didn't
matter. How strong his faith was, when
you build on Christ, you know, you got to have strong faith.
No, it just needs to be faith in him. It's what is it built
on? What's the object of it? I want
to have strong faith. I want to have more faith. I
want to believe him more, don't you? But my security is this. It's built on the rock, the Lord
Jesus Christ. If God's going to hear you, you're
going to have to hear God, aren't you? Isn't that right? He's whoever
hears these sayings of man and does them. Obey the gospel, not
the law, the gospel. And you obey the gospel, not
the way people obey the law. Because you see, our obedience
to anything, our obedience, is not going to measure up. When
God says, let there be light, and there's light, that'll measure
up. That sun still shines. Well, he said that before he
created the sun. But there's still light, isn't there? Because
God said it. God did it. It was by His power.
Paul said that's the power that we preach with. Not in your power. Your confidence shouldn't rest
in the ability of man, but in the power of God. His Holy Spirit. We must hear God, not as a condition
of Him hearing you. It's not if you will, God will.
You don't do anything first. God's salvation is eternal. He
chose his people before time began. But let me say it again.
You must hear God. And you've got to do what he
says. He says, come to me. And you're going to have to come.
What did Christ say do? What is the message of the gospel?
Not work, work, work, do, do, do, keep the law, keep the law.
The gospel message is that it's done. That all the work is done. Salvation is done. He says, come
to me and do what? Rest. Take my yoke upon you. Oh, a yoke is for doing work.
We're going to fix that to work. No, take my yoke on you and rest. You don't have to do anything
because Christ does it all. You're yoked to him now. And
he accomplished salvation for us. He lived for us. He died
for us. And we're just along for the
ride if we're his. What you do or don't do has nothing
to do with us getting the work done. Is that clear? Put my yoke upon you and rest. You'll find rest unto your soul. You know what rest is? It's not
doing anything. Salvation is accomplished. Look
to Him and live. It's not work so you might have
life. It's come to me that you might have life. It's not come
to me in work, it's come to me in rest. Salvation is not something
you do. Salvation is of the Lord. What
you do is what you need to be saved from. You see that Pharisee
saying, look what I've done. That's the problem. That's why
he went down to his house not justified. And what we do is because of
what we are. You know what sinners do? You
know why they're called sinners? Because they sin. That's all
they do. Don't try to be a righteous sinner.
That's a contradiction in terms. I'm a sinner, but I'm a godly
sinner. That doesn't work. That's a contradiction. Come
to Christ as your righteousness. All of your righteousness. and
don't try to make up for your sin. Nothing could possibly be
any more futile than that. Look at verse 5 of our text.
They hatch cockatrice eggs. What a bizarre and graphic description
of a sinner. They hatch cockatrice eggs and
they weave the spider's web. Isn't that strange? It's talking
about man's works there, clearly from the context, right? They
hatch cockatrice eggs. Do you know why? Do you know
what produces cockatrice eggs? Cockatrices do. That's what we're
talking about. The only thing a sinner can produce
is sin. There's only one thing that can
produce a cockatrice egg. And you know what it is? It's
a poisonous snake. That's what that is. It's a poisonous
snake. So you're going to produce poisonous
snakes. Paul wrote in Romans 3.13, their
throat is an open grave, with their tongues they have used
to seat the poison of asps. Another kind of snake is under
their lips. That's us by nature. And in that verse in our text,
verse five, look at it again. We weave the spider's web, and
he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed
breaketh out into a viper. We step on the eggs. We know
that they're bad. We produce something that's just
as evil as we are. We know they're bad so we step
on them trying to stamp that out and just another snake comes
out. You haven't gotten rid of your
sin by trying to do something good because what you did that
you thought was good was sin. You see that picture there? You've
just made things worse. The more you do, the more you
sin. That's why he cried out, Lord,
save me. God, be merciful to me, the sinner. What I need is mercy, not a shot,
not a chance to make the right decision. Every decision I make
is evil. Have mercy on me. It doesn't matter whether you
eat the egg or step on it. Some people think their good
works are good and that's what they live on. That'll kill you
too. It doesn't matter whether you
eat it there in verse 5 or step on it. You haven't helped the
problem. Because you are the problem. Let me show you another picture
in Numbers 21 4. Turn over there with me. That's a graphic picture of us
by nature, isn't it? Here's our hope. Numbers 21,
4. This is the people of Israel
traveling. It says they journeyed. Numbers
21, 4. They journeyed from Mount Hor
by the way of the Red Sea to encompass the land of Egypt.
And the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the
way, and the people spake Two words that are key, against God. There's our nature. And against Moses, God's spokesman,
wherefore have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the
wilderness? For there is no bread, neither
is there any water, and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the Lord sent fiery serpents
among the people, And they bit the people, and much people of
Israel died." Discontentment. Reminds you of the Garden, doesn't
it? The Garden of Eden. Paradise. And yet, not enough. Not enough. If I'm not God, it's
not enough. It's never going to be enough
for a sinner. And the Lord sent those fiery
serpents and they bit the people and much people of Israel died.
This is our sinful condition. Therefore, the people came to
Moses and said, we have sinned for we have spoken against the
Lord. And against you. Pray unto the
Lord that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for
the people and the Lord said unto Moses, make thee a fiery
serpent. That's strange. You think Moses
was thinking? Is that is that right? Make a
fiery serpent. The fairy serpent is the problem.
That's the problem. And set it up. Upon a pole. And it shall come
to pass. That everyone that is bitten
when he looketh upon it. Shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass
and put it upon a pole. And it came to pass that if a
serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass,
he lived. And the Lord Jesus said to John
in chapter 3, 14, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be
lifted up. that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish but have everlasting life. Amen.