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Clay Curtis

The New Song

Psalm 144:9-15
Clay Curtis September, 21 2025 Video & Audio
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Psalm Series

In his sermon titled "The New Song," Clay Curtis expounds on the theological significance of the new heart and song believers receive upon regeneration. He emphasizes that true praise is a response to God's glorious works, particularly through Christ's atoning sacrifice, as seen in Psalms 40, 98, and Revelation 5. Curtis illustrates that God's salvation is accomplished solely by His grace, without any contribution from human effort, exemplified in the intertwining of mercy and justice through Christ (Romans 10:4). The doctrinal significance lies in recognizing that the new song reflects not only individual salvation but also the corporate identity of God's people, chosen and redeemed from every nation, affirming the Reformed doctrine of irresistible grace and the union of believers with Christ.

Key Quotes

“This is the new song the Lord puts in our hearts when he calls us and regenerates us and gives us a new heart.”

“Salvation's a gift. It's a gift. We don't earn it, we can't earn it.”

“No man will give him all the glory till God gives us a new heart and faith to see that Christ is truly all in salvation.”

“Salvation is of the Lord.”

What does the Bible say about the new song in Psalm 144?

Psalm 144 speaks of a new song that believers sing, reflecting God's works and salvation.

Psalm 144:9 states, 'I will sing a new song unto thee, O God.' This new song symbolizes the transformation that occurs in the hearts of those whom God regenerates. In Psalm 40:2-3, we see a similar sentiment, where the Lord brings us out of our sinful nature and places a new song in our mouths, one that praises His glorious works in saving His people. This theme of a new song continues through Scripture, as it highlights that our praise is not based on our merit but rather on what God has accomplished through Christ.

Psalm 144:9; Psalm 40:2-3; Psalm 98:1-3; Revelation 5:6-13

What does the Bible say about singing a new song?

The Bible teaches that God puts a new song in the hearts of His people when He regenerates them, signifying a transformation in worship and praise.

In Scripture, particularly in Psalms, singing a new song represents the fresh work of salvation that God performs in the hearts of believers. Psalm 40:2-3 mentions how God delivers His people from their sin and gives them a new song to express their gratitude and praise. This notion continues through Psalm 98, where the call to sing is based on the marvelous deeds of God, emphasizing that our worship is centered not on our accomplishments but on God's redemptive acts. Revelation 5 also echoes this theme, where the redeemed from every nation sing a new song in recognition of Christ's sacrifice and His sovereignty over salvation. Thus, the new song embodies the essence of the faith that glorifies God for His salvation work.

Psalm 40:2-3, Psalm 98:1-2, Revelation 5:9-12

How do we know that salvation is a gift from God?

Salvation is a gift from God, as emphasized in Scripture, where it states that we cannot earn it but receive it freely.

The doctrine of salvation being a gift is prominently illustrated in Romans 6:23, which teaches that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. This indicates that salvation is not something we can earn or deserve but is purely a divine gift given to those whom God chooses. Ephesians 2:8-9 also reinforces this by declaring that we are saved by grace through faith, and this is not of ourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. This underscores that our salvation rests completely in the mercy and grace of God through Christ.

Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9

Why is it important for Christians to recognize that salvation is all of God?

Recognizing that salvation is fully of God underscores His sovereignty and grace, preventing mankind from boasting about personal merit.

Understanding that salvation is solely the work of God is crucial for Christians, as it establishes our dependence on grace rather than works. Ephesians 2:8-9 states that we are saved by grace through faith, and this is not of ourselves; it is the gift of God. This doctrine emphasizes God's sovereignty as He chooses whom He will save, demonstrating that human effort plays no role in our redemption. As Psalm 144 indicates, it is God who gives salvation, reminding believers that any attempt to claim credit for salvation diminishes God's glory. In recognizing that salvation is utterly His, we are encouraged to rest in His mercy, reflect on our own sinfulness, and respond with gratitude and worship rather than pride.

Ephesians 2:8-9, Psalm 144:10

Why is Christ's obedience important for salvation?

Christ's obedience is essential for salvation because it fulfills the law and secures our redemption.

The significance of Christ's obedience in relation to salvation is profound. Hebrews 5:8-9 highlights that though He was a Son, He learned obedience through the things He suffered, and being made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. Christ's obedience was perfect and absolute, fulfilling the requirements of the law on behalf of His people. He represented us as the last Adam, ensuring that His obedience credits us, allowing us to be found righteous before God. It is His obedience, culminating in His sacrificial death, that secures our redemption and justifies us before a holy God.

Hebrews 5:8-9; Romans 5:19

How do we know that Christ's obedience is central to salvation?

Christ's obedience is central to salvation because He fulfilled the law and received the punishment sinners deserved, making Him the perfect substitute.

Christ's obedience is the cornerstone of our salvation, as highlighted in Romans 5:19, where we learn that through one man's disobedience, many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Jesus Christ, the second Adam, came to fulfill the law and produce a perfect righteousness on behalf of His people. He submitted perfectly to the Father's will, even to the point of death on the cross (Philippians 2:8). Moreover, His willingness to bear the penalty for sin—representing His people—demonstrates that salvation is achieved through His obedience. This truth is confirmed in Hebrews 10:10, which states that we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Therefore, it is Christ's achieving obedience that secures the eternal redemption of His chosen ones.

Romans 5:19, Philippians 2:8, Hebrews 10:10

What does it mean that salvation is of the Lord?

Salvation being of the Lord means that He is the sole source and provider of our salvation.

'Salvation is of the Lord' encapsulates the entire doctrine of sovereign grace. Jonah 2:9 states, 'Salvation is of the Lord,' affirming that it is solely His work. This truth resonates throughout the Bible, emphasizing that apart from God's sovereign hand, humanity is incapable of saving itself. All spiritual blessings and the gift of faith are granted by God's grace alone, as seen in Ephesians 1:3-5, where God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world. This perspective encourages believers to recognize that their hope, faith, and salvation rest entirely upon God's initiative and power rather than any human endeavor.

Jonah 2:9; Ephesians 1:3-5

Sermon Transcript

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All right, brothers, Psalm 144. Verse nine, I will sing a new
song unto thee, O God. On a psaltery instrument of 10
strings will I sing praise unto thee. This is the new song the
Lord puts in our hearts when he when he calls us and regenerates
us and gives us a new heart. We can find it in several places
in scripture. Go back there with me to Psalm
40. Psalm 40, listen to this. This song's all about the Lord. It's all about his works and
his glory and saving his people. Psalm 40, verse two, he brought
me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. That is my awful sin nature,
my total pollution and sin and the curse. He brought me out
of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay and set my feet upon
a rock Christ Jesus, he established my goings, and he hath put a
new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God. Many shall see
and fear and shall trust in the Lord. That's what the Lord does. He gives you this new song to
praise him. This song's about his works,
how he has worked the works of salvation. Go to Psalm 98. I just want you to see three
places. The second one's here in Psalm
98. Look here. Psalm 98, verse one. Oh, sing unto the Lord a new
song, for he hath done marvelous things. His right hand and his
only arm hath gotten him the victory. See, it's not us that's
done marvelous things. We're not singing this new song
about something we did. We're singing about what the
Lord's done. Who hath believed the arm of, to whom is the gospel
revealed? To whom is the arm of the Lord
revealed? That's Christ. He's done wonderful
things. He got him the victory. Look,
verse two, the Lord hath made known his salvation, his righteousness
hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen, Christ
Jesus. Romans 10, Paul said, Christ
is the righteousness of God. He's the righteousness that God
provided for his people. He showed him openly on the cross
when he laid down his life as a substitute of his people and
justified his people. Look at verse three. He remembered
his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the
ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. He made
mercy and truth meet in harmony in Christ. What does that mean?
Truth meant that we had to die because we broke the law. We
had to die. God, for God to be just, everybody
he saves has got to die under the penalty of the law. And in
Christ, everyone God chose died in Christ. God is just, and he's
just to show us mercy. He's merciful because in Christ
he justified his people. He's just and the justifier. That's the new song. Go over
to Revelation 5, I'll show you, he said, He said he's made this
known to the house of Israel. Who's that? There's a lot of
talk right now about who Israel is. And Israel is God's people
made up of Jew and Gentile, God's people from every tribe, tongue,
and people on this earth that God saves, that God saves, that
He calls, that Christ redeemed. Look here, Revelation 5, 6. What, Revelation 5, 6. Let's begin in verse 5. One of
the elders said to me, weep not, behold, the lion of the tribe
of Judah, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book
and to loose the seven seals thereof. That's Christ. I beheld
him low in the midst of the throne, and of the four beasts in the
midst of the elders stood a lamb, as it had been slain. having
seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God
sent forth into all the earth. And he came and he took the book
out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. He
had to be pleasing to holy God to take this book out of God's
hand. This is the book of Providence, look here. And when he had taken
that book, the four beasts and the four or 20 elders fell down
before the lamb. having every one of them harps
and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints,
and they sung a new song. Here it is, saying, thou art
worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof, for thou
was slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every
kindred and tongue and people and nation. and has made us unto
our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth. And he says, And I beheld, and I heard the
voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and
the elders, and the number of them was 10,000 times 10,000
and 1,000 and 1,000. And what are they all doing?
Who are they all giving glory to? They're saying with a loud
voice, worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive power and
riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing. That means they all were saying
he alone is the power, he alone is the riches, he's the wisdom,
he's the strength, he's the honor, he's the glory, he's the blessing,
he's everything. And every All of God's creation
gave him the glory. He said, verse 13, and every
creature which is in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth,
such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I say,
blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth
upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever. And the
four beasts said amen, and the four and 20 elders fell down
and worshiped him that liveth forever and ever. Oh, poor folks
get caught up in all of the symbolism and they miss this fact right
here. The lamb is Christ. God, our father, seated in the
throne, Christ the lamb is in the throne and he gets all the
glory for salvation. He's the power, he's the wisdom,
he's the strength, he's the riches provided. He is salvation. He gets all the glory. This is
the new song that the Lord has to put in our heart before we'll
ever sing it. No man will give him all the
glory till God gives us a new heart and faith to see that Christ
is truly all in salvation. That's what Jonah was taught.
Salvation is of the Lord. Salvation is of the Lord. Now
in the remainder of this psalm, we're gonna hear this new song
and we're gonna see Christ get all the glory. David's gonna
give him all the glory throughout the rest of this song. Now first
of all, it's God alone who gives salvation. It's God alone who
gives salvation, verse 10. Psalm 144, 10, David writes,
it is he that giveth salvation unto kings, who delivereth David
his servant from the hurtful sword. David glorified God for
giving him salvation. David gave God the glory for
saving him. He, what does it mean to give
somebody glory? It means we don't say it was
of our will. We don't say it was of our works.
We don't say it was of our wisdom. We don't say it was of us in
any regard. If we say it was of us in just
one little bit, we're taking that glory away from the Lord.
Listen, if salvation's all of the Lord, that means it's all
of the Lord. That means he has to be all. And that's what we
declare, it's he that giveth salvation unto kings, who delivereth
David his servant from the hurtful sword. See, salvation's a gift. It's a gift. We don't earn it,
we can't earn it. We sinned in Adam in the garden,
in the first head, the first federal head we sinned, and being
born of that first federal head by natural generation, we came
forth with a corrupt nature, sinners. Couldn't do anything
else. We earned death. We earned eternal condemnation.
When God saves, he makes us know Salvation is his gift freely
given to whom he will. Romans 6.23, the wages of sin
is death. We earned that. The wages of
sin is death. That's what God owes every sinner
because of our sin is eternal death, eternal condemnation cast
out. But the gift of God The gift
of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. The gift
of God. Now, when you buy a gift for
somebody, let me ask you something. Do you just buy a gift for anybody? Or do you buy a gift for somebody?
You ever gone and just bought a gift for nobody in particular?
Spent your hard-earned money to buy a gift for nobody in particular? bought it home, set it up on
a shelf, just said, I hope somebody come get this. No, you paid your
money to buy a gift for somebody in particular. That's what God
did. He sent his son and he paid the
wages that his people owed. He went to that cross and laid
down his life and he bore the curse that his people deserved.
Christ died for somebody. He wasn't dying for nobody. He
was dying for somebody. He went to that cross and God
took all the sin of his people and laid it on him. The Lord
had laid on him the iniquity of us all. And he bore our sin
in his body on the tree. And our Lord Jesus Christ did
it that he might make his people the righteousness of God in him.
And that's what he accomplished. See, when he bore that curse
that his people deserved, he really bore it, he really satisfied
divine justice. That's why scripture says when
he had obtained eternal redemption, when he had obtained it, he entered
into glory. It wasn't that he entered into
glory hoping somebody would make his work effectual. He obtained
eternal redemption. Hebrews 1.3 says, when he had
by himself purged our sins, he sat down at the right hand of
God. He accomplished it. He accomplished it. That's why
it's free to us. It cost God his own son. He gave his own son. And it cost
Christ his own blood. He laid down his life and he
cost him his own blood. What I'm declaring to you is
Christ was successful at the cross. He accomplished redemption. He accomplished justification.
He fulfilled the law. He honored God to the highest.
He magnified God. He honored God. He honored his
law and God's well pleased with him. How did God save David? Well, the way he called David,
he illustrates spiritual salvation. He made David a king. How did
he do that? How was David made a king? Long
before God called David. God chose David to be the king. He chose him to be the king.
You know that's what God did with his son in eternity? Isaiah
42, one says, behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect, in
whom my soul delighteth." That's what God said of his son. He
won't break the bruised reed, he won't quench the smoking flax.
Who does that speak of? It speaks of Christ. And God
said he shall not fail till he has set judgment in the earth.
He will accomplish justifying his people at the cross and he'll
he'll put judgment in the heart of his people. And later in Isaiah
42, he said, and God's well pleased for his righteousness sake. He
magnified the law and made it honorable. Well, when God chose
Christ, his elect, he chose a people in Christ, just like he chose
David to be the king. The Lord told Samuel, he said,
You fill your horn with oil and you go, I will send thee to Jesse
the Bethlehemite for I've provided me a king among his sons. That's what God declared beforehand.
He told Samuel, you go to Jesse's house, told him where to go.
He said, I've provided me a king amongst his sons. God said, I
provided me a king. Samuel saw Jesse's sons one by
one. They brought those boys in there
one by one. And they looked like they were
kingly. They looked like we'd think a king ought to look. And
the Lord said, I didn't choose that one. You can read about
this. First Samuel 16, Lord said, I
didn't choose that one. I didn't choose that one. He said, I provided my king in
Jesse's house. I provided one. He chose David. What is that picture? Picture,
Ephesians 1.3, let's go there real quick. Ephesians 1.3, here's
what it pictures. Everything God does in these
scriptures is either shadows and types of how Christ saved
his people, or it's illustrating how God saves his people. The
Old Testament's speaking of Christ to come in shadow and type. The
New Testament's declaring he's come. Here's the fulfillment
of all the shadows and types, Christ Jesus. So we see it in
the old and we go to the new then and we see how Christ is
the fulfillment. Look here, Ephesians 1.3. I said
to you, God provided David to be king long before anybody else
knew it. He chose David. Look here, Ephesians
1.3. Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ. He's writing here to believers
and he said, blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ who hath blessed us, now listen, with all spiritual blessings. That don't leave any out, does
it? With all spiritual blessings, in heavenly places, where? In Christ. How'd he do it? According as he hath chosen us
in him before the foundation of the world, that we should
be holy and without blame and love. And he predestinated us
to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to the praise, according
to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of
his grace wherein he made us accepted in Christ the beloved.
That's telling us, brethren, that before we fell in Adam,
before we became a vile sinner, a God-hating rebel against God,
before that happened, God had already provided a Savior. Doesn't
that bless your heart? That blesses my heart. Oh, that
blesses my heart. The only time that didn't bless
our heart was when we were lost and didn't realize what sinners
we were. When we didn't know that we were
spiritually dead and trespassing in sin, we hated that message.
When we didn't know that we could not make ourself willing to trust
Christ, we hated that. When we didn't know what Romans
8 declares that our carnal mind was enmity against God. When we didn't know, 1 Corinthians
2, that the natural man will not receive the things of the
Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they're spiritually
discerned. We have to be given the Spirit
of God. We have to be born again of God. We have to be taught
of God. We didn't know it then, and we hated that message, like
we saw in the first hour. Our heart was revealing that
we didn't know him. But now, now, He's the revealer
of your heart that he's given. And you say, bless God, I'm so
glad he didn't leave a thing in the hand of his people. He
gets all the glory. And then when Christ came, like
I just said, he laid down his life for his people. Whenever
he sent David, when the Lord sent Samuel to David, he told
Samuel, now you take a sacrifice and you offer a sacrifice to
me. Why'd he have to do that? We just read it in Revelation
5. Christ was slain and has redeemed us to God by his blood out of
every country, tribe, tongue, and people and made us unto our
God kings. We're seeing how David was made
a physical king of a physical nation. but in it we see a picture
of how God made us spiritual kings through the blood of Christ.
That's what the sacrifice picture that Samuel took with him. And
then so Samuel gets there, how was David made a king? Samuel
gets there and the Lord sent Samuel. He sent his messenger.
He always sends the messenger with the gospel. He sent John
the Baptist before him declaring the king is here, Christ has
come. And he always sends his messenger
preaching the gospel before Christ enters the heart and makes us
behold him. And Samuel, he told Samuel this.
Samuel didn't know who this king was that God had showed. And
the Lord told Samuel, I will show thee what thou shalt do,
and thou shalt anoint unto me whom I name unto thee. That's what the Lord said. So
all these sons passed by, and the Lord kept saying, that's
not him, that's not him. He said, you're looking on the
outward. He said, I don't look on the outward like men do, I
look on the heart. So finally, this one, they said,
go get that boy out there in the backfield, David, go get
him out there keeping the sheep. And they brought him in, and
when they did, the Lord said, arise, anoint him, this is he. This is he. And Samuel took the
horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brethren,
and the spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
That's how God makes us kings. He sends the gospel to us, and
God's preacher don't know who God's people are. I have no idea
who they are. He told Samuel, you go, I'll
tell you what to do. What's he tell his preachers
to do? You preach Christ. You preach God. Preach salvation
of the Lord. And he said, and I'll make it
known who he is. He sends the spirit upon his
child, he regenerates it, calls us to faith in Christ. That's
how God makes known who he is. See how David gave God the glory?
He said, it's he that gives salvation unto kings. He delivered David
his servant from the hurtful sword. All right, secondly, I
want you to go back there to Psalm 144, and I want to show
you something here. It's all because of Christ's
obedience that his people are saved. Christ's obedience. Now notice verse 11. I want you
to hear this, and when you read these Psalms, I think Psalm 51's
the only Psalm you really can't read this way, but the rest of
these Psalms, when you read them, the first thing you do is you
hear Christ praying to God the Father, and you will see the
Psalms open up to you like never before. Listen, but hear right
here, hear Christ praying to the Father in verse 11. Psalm
144, 11. Christ praying to the Father,
he says, rid me and deliver me from the hand of strange children
whose mouth speaketh vanity and their right hand is a right hand
of falsehood. And here's the reason why, that
our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth, that our daughters
may be as cornerstones polished after the similitude of a palace.
You see, God only looks to his son, Christ Jesus. We can simplify
this and take out a whole lot of confusion if we just get this.
In the very beginning of time, God set up Adam to be a federal
seminal head. That means Adam represented every
child that would be born of him. What he did, they did. What he
did, we did. All that would be born of Adam
was represented in Adam. He sinned, he fell, we all became
guilty in Adam. And then because we're born of
him, we come forth with a sinful nature, dead in trespass and
sin. Christ is the last Adam. And God, he came, the Son of
God came down to represent his people. All who shall be born
of Christ were represented in Christ. And God only looked to
him. And so you hear Christ praying
as the one perfect holy, righteous servant of God, and he's praying
to the Father, and depending on the Father in perfect faith
as the one who's gonna perfect faith for his people, the one
who's gonna perfect righteousness for his people, the one who's
gonna be the holiness of his people, he's looking only to
God, the Father. And he prays, Father, rid me
and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth
speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. That's how he got on the cross.
It was God's will and purpose to put him there, but the Pharisees
and scribes were children of falsehood. They falsely accused
him. And they wanted him there because
they wanted to get him out of the way so they could go back
to their works and their charade of religion. But Christ said,
rid me, deliver me. He depended on the Father. And
he said, do this, that our sons and our daughters may be plants
grown up, that our sons and our daughters may be like the cornerstones
polished as in a palace. That's the perfect faith of Christ
looking to his Father, depending on the Father. Look back at verse
seven. Send on hand from above, rid
me and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange
children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hands
are right hand of falsehood. You can go sometime and read
Revelation 17. Remember the harlot babbling,
the harlot, the mystery babbling? She sat upon many waters. And
the scripture tells us, the waters which thou sawest, where the
whore sitteth, are people, and multitudes, and nations, and
tongues. There's a host of people that
are deceived in this world by false religion, and this harlot
Babylon, mystical Babylon, falsehood, children of falsehood. That's
what we all were by nature. Every one of, everybody got saved
by nature no different than anybody else in this world. We had no
reason for God to look upon us. No reason for Him to send the
gospel to us except for His grace. Grace, free. But here's the good
news. Revelation 17 said, These shall
make war with the Lamb. That beast and that harlot sitting
upon all those waters with those strange children, these shall
make war with the Lamb. That's what you see when Christ
walked this earth. The Pharisees and scribes and
Nicolaitans and Sadducees and the Romans and everybody that
didn't know God made war with the Lamb, put Him on that cross. And the Lamb shall overcome them.
That's what he did. The Lamb overcame them. For he
is the Lord of lords and he's the king of kings and they that
are with him are called and chosen and faithful. The Lord Jesus
overcame all the children of falsehood. How'd he do it? He
said, my kingdom's not of this world. If it were, I'd fight.
He didn't draw the sword and overcome them. How did he overcome
them? We just saw that text. He prayed to the Father and said,
Father, rid me of these false children. Rid me of these strangers
that have a lie in their hand. Rid me of them. Father, I'm trusting
you. That's what Christ did as the
author and finisher of faith in place of his people. What
does he call you to do now? Trust him. Believe him. Trust him like he trusted the
Father. and he even gives you the faith to do it. He says,
trust me. Brethren, the craziness going
on in this world right now, I preached the first half of this, I preached
on how do believers fight. We don't fight like the rest
of this world fight. Our weapons are not carnal. Here's how we
fight. We trust the Lord Jesus. We believe
on him. We call upon the King of kings
and Lord of lords. I'm not looking to the king of
this land. I'm looking to the king of his holy nation, Christ
Jesus. I'm not looking to one, one political
party or another political party, I'm looking at Christ who rules
the hearts of the king and turns it with us wherever he will.
I'm looking to the risen redeemer who's justified his people and
made his people holy by fulfilling the will of God and then comes
and makes us holy in our hearts by giving us a new heart. Was
he able to do that for you? Was he able to overcome you and
your sin and rebellion and bring you to trust him? Did he do it? Did he do it alone? If he did
it alone, then he's going to keep doing it. He's going to
keep saving you and preserving you. If you had a part in it,
then you might as well draw a sword, because you're going to have
to fight on your own. But brethren, he saved his people. He calls
us, what does it say, by grace are you saved through faith.
And this is not of yourselves. It's the gift of God, lest any
man should boast. We're his workmanship created
in Christ Jesus. He gave you faith by his grace. He quickened, even when we were
dead in sin, he quickened us together. By grace are you saved. He quickened us with Christ.
Regenerations of him, faiths of him. So now we see, we see
his power to save and we call upon him in all our time of need.
He's made us to be plants grown up in their youth. That's what
he interceded for. I want our sons to be as plants
grown up in their youth. I want the daughters to be as
polished cornerstone. And all his daughters are, they're
cornerstones in Christ the cornerstone. His people are, you sons are
plants grown up in Christ who is the vine. He said, I'm the
vine, you're the branches. Without me, you can do nothing.
This preacher don't give man any glory. This preacher just
keeps giving Christ all the glory. He won't give me any. He won't
tell me anything's up to me. Salvation of the Lord doesn't
say salvations of the Lord and you. It says salvations of the
Lord. Peter, when he was sinking down
on that sea and them waves was raging, he didn't say, well,
me and the Lord can get me out of this. No, he cried out, said,
help, Lord. He needed the Lord to save him.
You and me need the Lord to save us. We need the Lord to save
us. And all of these things he prayed
for here, they're just pictures of what Christ is to us. Verse
13, he said, he prayed that our garners may be full, affording
to all manner of store. That's grain, that's bread. God's
gonna do this for his people. If he's called you, he's gonna
keep you hearing the gospel of Christ, the bread by which you
have life. He's gonna keep his sheep. We're gonna bring forth thousands
and 10,000 in our streets. The oxen will be strong to labor.
He calls his people sheep. He's gonna keep calling his people
into this green pasture to feed upon the living bread, this green
grass of his gospel. He's gonna make his preachers
or refer to his oxen for the strength in the gospel. keep
his preacher provided, and give them strength to preach the gospel.
That's all of the Lord. Paul said, who's sufficient for
these things? We're not sufficient of ourselves
to think anything of ourselves, Paul said. Our sufficiency's
of the Lord. He's gonna provide, he gonna
give you your daily bread, just like he's giving you Christ the
bread. The oxen and sheep, that was riches in David's day. That
was a man's riches, his wealth. Christ gives us the unsearchable
riches of his full, complete salvation, and he's gonna provide
these lesser things you need. Romans 8 tells us this, if God
spared not his only son, but delivered him up for us all,
how shall he not with him freely give us all things? If God gave
his son for you, if you need If you need a piece of bread
on your table, he'll give you that. If he gave his son for
you to lay down his life and redeem you, if you need some
shoes, he'll make sure you got some shoes for your feet. And here's what all this, he
says, verse 14, that there be no breaking in or going out,
that there be no complaining in our streets. Now, look around
in just this nation right now. Any complaining in the streets? So I get, you know, and here's
the thing. I told you this not long ago.
When I was a little child, sitting on a table, listening to grown
folks talk about Democrats and Republicans, they was complaining
and murmuring about the same things they're murmuring about
right now. So I guess they hadn't been our salvation, have they?
We still complain about the same stuff. There's still wars going on. So politics, politicians haven't
been the saviors, have they? Nations that were once thriving,
Persia was, Iran was Persia. That nation ruled the world at
one time. It's just a low country over
there now. Rome was bigger than that. They're not in power at
all. Babylon was bigger than them
all. Babylon don't even exist now. God raises up nations, he
brings down nations. He said, told Pharaoh of Egypt,
largest, richest, most powerful man in the world at the time,
he said, for this purpose I raised you up. He said, I raised you
up for this purpose, that I might show my power in you, that my
name might be declared throughout all the earth. Here I am, 4,000
years later, and I'm telling you about it. God said, I raised
you up for that purpose. Raised you up to throw you down.
Raised you up to drown you in the Red Sea. That was a man.
All them Egyptians that followed God's people into the sea, those
were folk, they were real human beings. God said, I raised them
up to drown them in that sea. Well, that's not fair. You want
God to give you what's just? What do you justly deserve? Outer darkness. wailing and gnashing
of teeth, the worm that never dies. That's what we deserve.
We've sinned against holy, holy, holy God. You know how we're
going to be saved? You know how we're going to please
that holy, holy, holy God? It's not going to be by our works.
It's going to be by God's son pleasing him. He said, this is
my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased. You hear him. You bow
to him. You trust him. Ah, but the Lord, when he saves
you, he's your refuge so that there's no breaking in nor going
out, and he makes it to where his people aren't gonna be complaining
in his streets. In heavenly Zion, in the heavenly
city of Jerusalem, there's not gonna be any complaining. and
you and me got this old sin nature. We might start complaining a
little bit about things going on in this world, but our Lord
in spirit takes you and he turns your affection to Christ and
sets you on him and reminds you, I'm ruler in this world. You
trust me and his people. We close our mouths and say,
Lord, whatever your will, your will be done. Here's where he
brings you, last verse. Happy is that people that is
in such a case. If he's made you a king, if he's
interceded for you and made you a plant of his planting and made
you a polished stone of his, in him the cornerstone, if he's
provided you the bread and he's made you his sheep and his oxen
and he's providing all for you, happy is that people that's in
such a case. Yea, happy is that people whose
God is the Lord. Scripture said, blessed is the
nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he's chosen for
his own inheritance. Well, that's that political nation
Israel over there. No, it's not. No, it's not. Read Romans 9. Not all Israel are Israel. Romans
9. They're not all Israel which
are of Israel, neither because they're all children of Abraham
or they're all children. Abraham had two sons. He had
Isaac and Ishmael. God said, cast Ishmael out. Abraham
made him. God made Isaac. God's people
are his chosen children of promise that he created. He chose us,
he birthed us by spiritual regeneration. We've been made righteous in
his son, holy in his son. He saves his children. His children,
that's who his Israel is, and that's who his holy nation is.
Heavenly Zion. You've not come to that old mountain
over there called Mount Sinai. You've come to Mount Zion, the
city of the living, the heavenly mountain. It can't be touched
like that mountain can. to heavenly Mount Zion, the city
of the living God, innumerable company of angels, the spirits
of just men made perfect. Christ Jesus, the mediator of
the covenant, that's who you've come to. And we're a happy people. We know whatever comes to pass
in this world, our Lord's ruling it, and it's gonna glorify him,
and it's gonna be for my good. I can leave it there, can't you?
That's fine with me, that's fine with me. I don't have to understand
it. I don't understand what I do know. So that's it. All right.
Clay Curtis
About Clay Curtis
Clay Curtis is pastor of Sovereign Grace Baptist Church of Ewing, New Jersey. Their services begin Sunday morning at 10:15 am and 11am at 251 Green Lane, Ewing, NJ, 08638. Clay may be reached by telephone at 615-513-4464 and by email at claycurtis70@gmail.com. For more information, please visit the church website at http://www.FreeGraceMedia.com.

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