Let us commence our service this
afternoon by singing together hymn number 95. The tune is Irish
160. And did the holy and the just,
the sovereign of the skies, stoop down to wretchedness and dust,
that guilty worms might rise. Hymn 95, tune Irish 160. ? Yet the lowly and the just ? The sovereign of the skies, Step down to righteousness and
dust That guilty world might find Yes, the Redeemer hath His throne,
His kingdom come on high. Sacrificing mercy, love of God,
the self-appointed light, Eternally die in Satan's face,
and suffer in his stead. ? For men who feareth all of grace,
? ? All men the Savior praise. ? ? Near Lord God bearing ? ? Wonders
dwelling ? ? In thy heart turning bright ? ? By this hour ? sinners
separate from heav'n, and rebels brought to God. and repent and lie in thought,
but make the serpent divine, and take my Let us read. together from the Holy Word of
God in the Gospel according to Matthew and chapter 27. Matthew chapter 27 and we will
commence our reading at verse 26. Then released He Barabbas unto
them. And when He had scourged Jesus,
He delivered him to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor
took Jesus into the common hall and gathered unto him the whole
band of soldiers. And they stripped him and put
on him a scarlet robe. And when they had plaited a crown
of thorns, they put it upon his head and a reed in his right
hand. And they bowed the knee before
him and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews. And they spit
upon him and took the reed and smote him on the head. And after
that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him and
put his own raiment on him and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found
a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, Him they compelled to bear his
cross. And when they would come unto
a place called Golgotha, that is to say, the place of a skull,
they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall, and when he
had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And they crucified
him and parted his garments and cast lots that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the prophet. They parted my garments among
them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down
they watched him there, and set up over his head his accusation
written, This is Jesus the King of the Jews. Then were there
two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another
on the left. And they that passed by reviled
him, wagging their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest
the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself, if
thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise
also the chief priests mocking him. With the scribes and elders
said, he saved others, himself he cannot save. If he be the
king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will
believe him. He trusted in God, let him deliver
him now, if you will have him. For he said, I am the son of
God. The thieves also which were crucified with him cast the same
in his teeth. Now from the sixth hour, there
was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about
the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli,
lama sabachthani. That is to say, my God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there,
when they heard that, said this man calleth for Elias and straight
where one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it with vinegar
and put it on a reed and gave him to drink the rest said let
be let us see whether Elias will come to save him Jesus when he
had cried again with a loud voice yielded up the ghost behold the
veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom
and the earth did quake and the rocks rent and the graves were
opened and many bodies of the saints which slept arose and
came out of the graves after his resurrection and went into
the holy city and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion
And they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake. And those things that were done,
they feared greatly, saying, truly, this was the Son of God. We'll leave the reading there,
friends. And may the Lord bless it to our souls and grant us
a spirit of real prayer. Almighty, most merciful and eternal
God, we have read together some of the most solemn things in
thy word, of thy suffering Son, and that we do desire, O Lord,
to bow in thanksgiving before thee, that having loved his own,
he loved them unto the end, and on such love My soul still ponders,
love so rich, so full, so free. We desire, O Lord, a heart of
gratitude, of thanksgiving, and of praise unto thee for Calvary,
where the lamb was slain, where sin was put away, and divine
justice was satisfied. We thank thee that he died for
our sins, and rose again for our justification, and has bodily
ascended into heaven and sitteth at thy right hand, and even now
is at thy right hand. For such an high priest we have
that is passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God. Oh, we do thank thee for that
glorious victory over sin and Satan and death. How true, as
the hymn writer says, God moves in a mysterious way, his wonders
to perform. And in that death, thy whole
church, thy bride, thy spouse has been redeemed and delivered. And death has been swallowed
up in victory. Oh, we do thank thee for these
foundation truths of our most holy faith. We do pray that thou
wilt meet with us here this afternoon and grant thy sacred presence
as we gather around thy word and as we gather around thy table. Do grant that we may worship
thee in spirit and in truth and that we may see no man save Jesus
only and that we may be favoured to touch the hem of his garment
and to draw from that sacred fullness that is in him. For
Lord of fullness resides in Jesus our head, and ever abides to
answer our need. For he is full of grace and truth,
and in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And we
desire, O Lord, a thankful heart for the wonderful glories of
Christ. and that we do pray that thou
would bless us as a church and as a congregation, that thou
would still be with us, that thou would still grant mighty
signs and wonders to follow the preaching of the word, that thou
would deliver us from the power of Satan, who is the separator
of the brethren, and that we desire, O Lord, that when the
enemy comes in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord may lift
up a standard against him. Oh, to hear us, Lord, we humbly
beseech thee. Sometimes, Lord, he comes as
a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Oh, to be delivered
from the temptations of Satan, from the power and the dominion
of sin, and from the ways of this world. And we do pray that
we may be like thy true sheep, that we may follow the shepherd.
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou dwellest,
where thou causest thy flock to rest at noon. And, Lord, thou
hast given us an answer. If thou know not, O thou fairest
among women, O that we might follow in the footsteps of the
flock. and that we may hear thy voice even today, and that we
may truly worship thee and follow thee and serve thee in whatever
capacity thou hast placed us, that we may live to thy honour
and to thy glory. We do humbly beseech of thee.
O Lord, we do pray that thou wouldst graciously bless the
little ones, the children, as they're brought into the sanctuary
Bless them with that rich grace that is in Christ Jesus. In their
young and tending years, bless them with the fear of the Lord,
which is the beginning of wisdom. And oh Lord, we pray that thou
wouldst give parents wisdom and grace to bring up their children
and nurture in the admonition of the Lord. And we pray, most
gracious Lord, that thou wouldst keep us together. as a church
and as a congregation. Help us to love each other, serve
each other, bear each other's burdens and thereby fulfilling
the law of Christ. Lord, we pray for the young friends,
especially be with them and undertake for them and bless them with
that rich and wonderful grace that is in Christ Jesus. For
there is to the doorposts of thy house bring them to confess
with thy servant David, I love the Lord, because he hath heard
my voice, the voice of my supplications. Bless them, Lord, in the paths
of providence. Guide them in their education
and undertake for them. Graciously guide and direct them
in any future employment and grant them a partner in life
journey. For thou art that great God who
didst bring a Ruth unto Boaz, and a Rebecca unto Isaac, and
thou art the same God. Indeed, thou art able to do abundantly
more than we can even ask or think. Lord, we do pray that
thou wouldst graciously undertake for all in the midst of the journey
of life, and help us O Lord, that while our days on earth
are lengthened, may we give them Lord to Thee. O Lord, we do pray
to be made more spiritually minded, and that our heart and our affections
may be set upon things above, and that we may be enabled to
lay aside every weight and the sin that doth so easily beset
us, and run with patience the race that is set before us. looking
unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. Lord, we do pray
that thou would remember those of us who are now in the evening
time of life's journey and graciously prepare us for what thy will
is concerning each one of us. We would especially remember
dear Ina in her great age that thou would undertake for her
and grant her thy divine support and that at evening time it may
be light. We pray for this village that
the glory and light of the gospel may shine forth. May the power
that brings salvation be exerted in the word. May the strongholds
of Satan be pulled down and the kingdom of our Lord Jesus set
up in the hearts of sinners. And may the gathering of the
people be unto thee. And may the Lord Jesus be exalted
in all our assemblies, we do humbly beseech of thee. We do pray, most gracious God,
that thou wouldst remember all thy servants as they labour in
word and doctrine upon the walls of Zion today. And we pray thee,
the great Lord of the harvest, that thou wouldst grant the sending
forth of thy servants and the establishment of pastorates among
the churches, that it may be to the great glory of thy holy
name. And we do pray, most gracious
God, that thou in thy great mercy would hear prayer and send prosperity
and return unto Jerusalem with mercies. We pray, most gracious
Lord, for our King, that thy blessing may rest upon him, and
that wisdom and understanding, guidance and direction may be
given to him, and that thou wouldst give wisdom and guidance and
direction unto our government and those that rule over us,
we do humbly beseech of thee. We pray for thankful hearts. We thank thee for the table of
the Lord, And may we truly remember thee as we gather round it, for
we thank thee for the fullness it is in Christ Jesus, and his
love and kindness and compassion. We thank thee for our deacons
and pray that thou wouldst richly bless them. And Lord, we thank
thee for every mercy of thy kind providence, and we ask these
things with the forgiveness of all our many sins, that thou
wouldst come now and touch one's lips with a live coal from off
the heavenly altar. We ask for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. Let us now sing together hymn
number 93, The tune is Praise My Soul, 682.
Hark, the voice of love and mercy. Sounds aloud from Calvary. See
it rend the rocks asunder, shakes the earth and veils the sky.
It is finished. Hear the dying Saviour cry. Hymn number 93. Tune is Praise
My Soul, O say does that star-spangled
banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the
brave? ? It is finished, it is finished
? ? Here and now in Jacob's eyes ? ? It is finished, it is finished
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would ever show right and wrong. ? It is finished, it is finished
? ? Saints were dying, worlds reborn ? ? Finished all the trials
? It is finished, it is finished,
saints from all the world. ? Fill your hearts with new peace
generous ? ? Join to sing the reasoned hymn ? ? Saints, on
earth and heaven above ? Greatly Feeling to need the Lord's gracious
help, I would direct your attention to the chapter that we read,
Matthew's Gospel, chapter 27, and we'll read verse 50 for our
text. Matthew 27, verse 50. Jesus, when he had cried again
with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. Jesus, when he had
cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. The term ghost means spirit,
which means his holy human soul. Christ had a holy human soul. In the gospel according to John,
in chapter 19, It records the same thing, but it tells us what
he cried. It is finished. It is finished. What a tremendous
word. It is finished. Salvation's work
is done. It's accomplished. It's fulfilled. And here in the context and as
it goes on, the next verse and behold the veil of the temple
was rent in twain that means rent in two from the top to the
bottom and that veil was a very very thick veil so it was the
most remarkable thing that it was literally rent in two by
God at the voice of Jesus Christ and behold the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent. How true it is that it's often
been said the death of Christ was a powerful death. Now that's
a strange thing to say about death, isn't it? It was a powerful
death. Christ himself says in John chapter
10, I have power to lay my life down and I have power to take
it again. This commandment have I received
of my father." You see, this commandment have I received of
my father to suffer, to bleed and to die for the sins of my
people. It was a divine command from
his eternal father to redeem the Church of God and the only
way that the Church of God could be redeemed was by the Son of
God, Jesus Christ, in that holy human nature, dying. Let's just be clear, friends.
In his divine nature, he could not die. God cannot die. And the Son of God, in his divine
nature, cannot die. But God, manifest in the flesh,
he could die. He could suffer death. God in his divine nature cannot
suffer. It's not possible. He cannot
be tempted of evil. It's not possible. The Word of
God declares these things. But the Son of God, manifest
in the flesh, He could suffer, He could be tempted, He could
die. he could rise again and that
you know it says doesn't it in Timothy the Apostle Paul writing
to his son Timothy concerning the incarnation of the Son of
God he says great is the mystery of godliness God was manifest
in the flesh God was manifest in the flesh you know the Apostle
Paul in the epistle to the Hebrews, he very beautifully opens up
these particular truths, especially in the second chapter of his
epistle to the Hebrews. He speaks of the incarnation
of the Son of God. If you look at just at verse
6 in Hebrews chapter 2, and it says there, But one in a certain
place testified, and this of course is Psalm 8, What is man
that thou art mindful of him? Now he's speaking of man as a
created being. What is man that thou art mindful
of him? Well the son of man that thou
visitest him. Thou madest him a little lower
than the angels. That is man himself. The fact
that he's lower than the angels, he has a physical body, and a
spiritual soul. And because he has that physical
body, he is a little lower than the angels. Angels are pure spirit
created by God. Thou madest him a little lower
than the angels. Thou crownest him with glory
and honor. That's man in his creation. And it's set him over
the works of thine hands. Thou has put all things in subjection
under his feet. But what does he go on to say
here? In verse 9, but we see Jesus. He's speaking here, of
course, of the Son of God. But we see Jesus, who was made
a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death. That
was the purpose. That was the object. For the
suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour, that he by
the grace of God, that is by the divine favor and purpose
of God, should taste death for every man. For it became him,
see how it speaks so beautifully of his divine nature, for it
became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things in
bringing many sons unto glory to make the captain of their
salvation perfect through sufferings. He suffered for his bride, for
his spouse, for his church. He loved her with an everlasting
love. It says in Jeremiah 31 through, yea I've loved thee
with an everlasting love, therefore with loving kindness have I drawn
thee. And in that everlasting love
he came to this earth. He came here upon this earth
and he suffered and bled and died for the sins of his people. To deliver her from the curse
of the law, that is his bride. To deliver her from condemnation. There is no condemnation to them
that are in Christ Jesus. That condemnation of the law
has been taken away. He fulfilled the law on her behalf
and in so doing brought in everlasting righteousness. And then he was crucified on
the cross of Calvary. He that did no sin. We read in
Corinthians he was made sin for us. As it says here that we've
just read together that he by the grace of God should taste
death for every man the believer when the believer in Jesus Christ
dies they sleep in Jesus they die
in Christ and they die in hope of eternal life in the resurrection
of the dead in that great day and my beloved friends this is
our hope resurrection from the dead Christ rose again and he
the Psalmist here he goes through or rather the Apostle Paul he
goes through the Psalms here and he says in verse 12 and it's
a quotation from Psalm 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren
that speaking of his resurrection in the midst of the church will
I sing praise unto thee and then again a quotation from the Psalms
I will put my trust in him and again another quotation behold
I and the children which God has given me for as much then
see how beautifully the apostle by the divine influence and power
of the spirit for as much then as the children that's his children
are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took
part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that
had the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver them
who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage. You see, for verily he took not
on him the nature of angels, But he took on him the seed of
Abraham down through the ages of time. There are those have
said that Christ. He was an angel of God see but
what the Apostle emphasizes here. He didn't come as an angel. He
came as a man. He came as a man. He came to
stand in the room and place instead of his people. For verily he
took not on him the nature of angels, but he took on him the
seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved
him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a
merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God,
to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that
he himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succor
them that are tempted. Says here in the Hebrews, the
Apostle, he was tempted in all points like as we are. I find
one of the most profound words in Holy Scripture. There's nothing
that your eye can come into regarding temptation that the Lord Jesus
Christ has not been there before. He knows what sore temptations
mean. for he has felt the same he was
tempted in all points like as we are yet without sin the apostle
says in writing to the corinthians that how that the lord jesus
christ himself he knew no sin he knew no sin Yet he was made
sin for us. That means he didn't do any sin.
He never broke the holy law of God. He lived in accordance perfectly
to that holy law. And he did so to make his church
complete. We just read here in Hebrews
chapter 2 and it says that he by the grace of God should taste
death for every man. For every man. Oh my dear beloved
friends, this is the way of salvation. It's through a crucified saviour. It's through a saviour that shed
his precious blood. The blood of Jesus Christ, God's
son, cleanseth us from all sin. Jesus, when he had cried again
with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. No man taketh my life
from me. He yielded up the ghost. It was a voluntary act of the
Son of God to yield up the ghost. It says in the Gospel according
to Luke how the Father into thy hands I commend my spirit and
in so doing he gave up the ghost. He entered voluntarily into death
itself. That's something that you and
I can never do. is what the Lord Jesus did voluntarily. He gave his life a ransom for
all. He gave his life a ransom for
all, Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice. And
even this in itself, my beloved friends, is a remarkable thing. We know from the gospel narrative
that They compelled one to carry his cross. They compelled one to carry his
cross. Why? Because he was weak. Because
he was weak. And yet here, in the clothes
of his sufferings, and after he'd been those hours on the
cross of Calvary, he cries with a loud voice. which shows us
I have power to lay my life down. He cried with a loud voice. And
so much so that it says here in verse 54, now when the centurion
and they that were with him watching Jesus saw the earthquake and
those things that were done, they feared greatly saying, truly,
this was the Son of God. Truly, this was the Son of God. Even the centurion, a Gentile,
he could see the miraculous things that were done. Truly, this was
the Son of God, Jesus. We had cried again with a loud
voice. You see, it says in verse 46,
and about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthanai, that is to say, my God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me? If you look at the first verse
of Psalm 22, and that there is the words of Christ, David speaking
in the person of Christ My God my God Why? Has thou forsaken
me? Why? Why was he forsaken and
alone? See See that's why Oh thou hideous
monster see What a curse has thou brought in All creation
groans through thee, pregnant cause of misery. Oh, the sin
of Adam infected the whole of his posterity. Because of Adam's
sin, we, every one of us, without any exception, are born in sin,
are shapen in iniquity. That is our sad and solemn state
and condition by nature. And there's only one, my beloved
friends, who can deliver you from that awful state of sin
and death that you're born in, and it is the Lord Jesus Christ,
the way, the truth, and the life. Jesus, when he had cried again
with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. You see, my beloved
friends, He says, doesn't he, to this end was I born. For this cause came I into the
world. To this end was I born. What?
To suffer, to bleed, and to die. And not only to remain there,
the wonderful glory is, my beloved friends, that the Lord of life
experienced death. It's a profound mystery, isn't
it? The Lord of life experienced death. You know, friends, I do not believe
for one moment there was any separation between the divine
and the human. In that body, that lifeless body
in the tomb was the Son of God. There was never any separation
between the divine and the human. And that is exactly what the
hymn writers alluded to. The Lord of life experienced
death. He was in that dead body in the
tomb. He was there for his people.
He was there that on the third day he might rise again from
the dead. And it said in one of the epistles,
by the power of the Holy Ghost, that sacred body of Christ was
united again to his soul. It's the soul that animates the
body. And so when that body and soul
were reunited together, Christ rose from the dead. He swallowed
up death in victory. He brought life and immortality
to light. Left in the grave were the sins
of his people. You know, it's a lovely expression.
I often speak to you about it. He rose again for our justification. The evidence that our sin has
been put away and atoned for is the resurrection. That's the
evidence that we have that Our sins are dealt with. It's in
the living Christ who swallowed up death in victory. And you
can be assured that if your hope is in this living Christ, your
death will be swallowed up in victory. And in that great day
when the archangels trump your sound and he will send his angels
to the four corners of the earth to gather his elect unto himself,
they'll be risen from the grave. This corruption must put on incorruption. This mortal must put on immortality. Then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written, death is swallowed up in victory. I do rather love those beautiful
words that the Spirit of God has left on record in the 13th
chapter of Hosea and the verse 14. I will ransom them from the
power of the grave. I will redeem them from death.
O death, I will be thy plagues. O grave, I will be thy destruction. Repentance shall be hid from
mine eyes. In other words, nothing will
stop me from doing this. Nothing will cause me to turn
back. Repentance shall be hid from
mine eyes. You know the the prophet Isaiah
in the chapter 25 I believe it is speaks there again of the
resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that
he himself would accomplish these things on the behalf of his people
and it says in Isaiah 25 and verse 6, and in this mountain,
that of course is Mount Zion, the church of the living God,
in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people
a feast of fat things, of wine on the lees well refined, of
fat things full of marrow. What is this? Calvary, where
the lamb was slain. What a feast of fat things there
is there. and he will destroy in this mountain
the face of the covering cast over all people and the veil
that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces and
the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the
earth for the Lord hath spoken it. Say divine command of our
eternal father and the purpose of the coming of Christ here
upon earth was to deliver his people from the curse of the
law, from the condemning sentence of the law, from death itself,
because that is what causes death, it's sin. The strength of sin
is the law, but Christ has come to destroy that and to swallow
up death in victory. Let us not lose sight as we meditate
on the death of Christ and the awful sufferings of Christ, that
the purpose and the object of it was to destroy death. And him that had the power of
death, Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded
up the ghost and the veil of the temple was rent in twain
from the top. to the bottom, and there was
an earthquake. At the death of Christ, there
was an earthquake. And the earth did quake, and
the rocks wrecked. Tremendous thing. You know, we
read of it, when Christ rose from the dead, there was another
earthquake. Look at the next chapter, 28,
in verse two. And behold, there was a great
earthquake, for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven
and came and rolled back the stone from the door. sat upon
it. You see the great earthquake,
tremendous convulsions, the Lord's people being delivered by an
almighty Savior, by a Savior that has power to save, power
to redeem, power to deliver, power to reconcile. Now when
the veil of the temple was rent in twain, separated into two,
it signified the end of the Old Testament. and the rites and
sacrifices of the Old Testament, they were finished. We just sung
together in our hymn, finished are the types and shadows of
the ceremonial law, it's finished. It's accomplished, it's fulfilled
in Christ. The law was fulfilled in Christ. All that the prophets said were
fulfilled in Christ. of the Mount of Transfiguration,
when the Lord Jesus was transfigured before those three favored disciples,
Peter, James, and John. And they saw the Lord Jesus conversing
with Elijah and Moses on that Mount of Transfiguration. Elijah represents the prophets
of the Old Testament. Moses represents the law. The
law came by Moses, but grace and truth cometh by Jesus Christ. And it tells us in one of the
Gospels what they were speaking about. They were speaking about
his decease that he would accomplish at Jerusalem. That was their
conversation. The suffering Saviour. and what
he was going to do for his people, to deliver them from the curse
of the law, from the power of death, and so that they might
be free forever in his eternal love to be with Christ, which
is far better, which is far better. The veil of the temple was rent
in twain from the top to the bottom, finished. Everything
that the prophets spoke, They are all fulfilled in Christ. Everything that the law spoke,
they are all fulfilled in Christ, completely and absolutely. Perfectly. The apostle says,
doesn't he, ye are complete in him. That word complete is often
translated perfect. Or the other way round, complete,
perfect. He hath perfected forever. Doesn't
it say in Hebrews, for by one offering, he hath perfected forever
all them that are sanctified. What a wonderful thing to be
made perfect, to be made complete in a crucified Savior. Your sins
and your iniquities will I remember no more, no more. As far as the
east is from the west, so far Have I removed thy sins from
thee, O Israel? So far. I think it's in the last
chapter of the prophet Micah that we read there concerning
these wonderful truths of our most holy faith. Micah chapter
7 and the last few verses. Verse 18 of Micah 7. who is a God like unto thee,
that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression
of the remnant of his heritage, he retaineth not his anger for
ever, because he delighteth in mercy. When we see that the Son
of God manifest in the flesh, think of this word, because he
delighteth in mercy. When we see the Son of God living
here as a man upon earth fulfilling and honoring that holy righteous
law that we are broken because he delighteth in mercy when we
see the son of god condemned before the courts of man and
crucified on the cross of calvary think of this word because he
delighteth in mercy when we see the son of god entering into
the grave because he delighteth in mercy. When we see the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the grave, because he delighteth in mercy. When we see Christ ascending
bodily into heaven, because he delighteth in mercy. When we
think of those wonderful words of the apostles, such a high
priest have we, who is passed into the heaven, Jesus, the Son
of God, because he delighteth in mercy. He sitteth at the right
hand of the Father. He's there now interceding for
his people because he delighted in mercy. And then it says here
in Micah, he will turn again. He will save, he will have compassion
upon us. He will subdue our iniquities
and they will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Cast all their sins into the
depths of the sea. They will never be remembered
again. Oh my beloved friends, what glorious
dwell in our crucified Saviour. What wonders we see, what a fullness
there is in our Lord Jesus Christ. A fullness resides in Jesus our
head and ever abides to answer our needs. He's there now, interceding
for his people. I love that, what the hymn writer
says, "'Tis he, instead of me is he, when I approach to God."
The mediator, the one that stands between, that reconciles, that's
our Lord Jesus Christ, Jesus. When he had cried again with
a loud voice, yielding, up the ghost. May the Lord add his blessing.