I guess I could do the same,
by the way. Okay, everybody. Okay. Okay. No. No. Thank you. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, my daughter walks, she
walks 90 minutes. My daughter walks, she walks
90 good days a day. No, I walk every day. We're not on the same page. We're not on the same page. But, you know, I need a bag of
rice, pancakes, after I get all my stuff. I'm hungry. Thank you. Thank you. I love that. Yeah. I'm glad you are. This is my
mom's line. She doesn't want to tell my mom
how she's doing. I worked with a girl once who
said, you know, they make really good brand new t-shirts. And
I said, you're gonna build a foundation for me. She was telling me that.
And I'm like, yep, I can build it up for you. And I built a
really good foundation for myself. I don't know how I'm doing. ? It's just the way it is ? ? It's
just the way it is ? Would you turn with me in your
Bible to Psalm 110? Psalm 110. This is the God of the Bible. I'm sorry to say he doesn't resemble
the God that's preached by most today. Psalm 110. The Lord said unto my Lord, sit
thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of
thy strength out of Zion. Rule thou in the midst of thine
enemies. Thy people shall be willing in
the day of thy power and the beauties of holiness from the
womb of the morning thou hast to do of thy youth. The Lord
hath sworn and will not repent, he will not change. Thou art
a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. The Lord at thy
right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath,
and he shall judge among the heathen He shall fill the places
with the dead bodies. He shall wound the heads over
many countries. And he shall drink of the brook
in the way. Therefore shall he lift up the
head." Let's pray. Our Father, we come again tonight
before your throne of grace. Thanking you, Lord, for your
great mercy, Lord, that you delight to show mercy, how grateful we
are. Thank you, Lord, for revealing
to us what we are, mercy beggars, sinners in need of a Savior. We thank you, Lord, for that
need that you've given us. For those that are whole have
no need, but we confess, Lord, that we're sick and have a great
need. Thank you, Lord, for all that
you've done for us. Lord, we lift up those tonight
that we pray for often, be with Brother Paul or be with Dee Parks. Those that we mentioned from
time to time now know us to all things. Could be your will restore
those that are sick to health. But more importantly, reveal
to them that you're on the throne. That you're in control and that
you do all things well. Be with us to the Lord. Be with
us Lord tonight in our. Our singing and. And in the preaching
of your word. Thank you Lord again for all
that you've done for us in Christ. It's in his name that we pray. And ask these things, Amen. OK, turn with me to him number
75 abide. With me. Hmm. Abide with me, fast falls the
evening tide. The darkness deepens, Lord, with
me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts
flee. Help of the helpless, O abide
with me. Swift to its close, empts our
life's little day. Earth's joys grow dim, its glories
pass away. Change and decay in all around
I see. just abide with me. I need thy presence every passing
hour. What but thy grace can Who, like Thyself, my guide and
stake in me? Gold, cloud, and sunshine, all
abide with me. Hold Thou Thy Word, be Shine through the gloom and point
me to the skies. Heaven's morning breaks and earth's
vain shadows flee. In life, in death, O Lord, And turn over to 209, if you
would. Grace greater than our sin, 209. ? Marvelous grace of our loving
Lord ? Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt ? Yonder on
Calvary's mount outpoured ? There where the blood of the Lamb was
spilled Grace, grace, God's grace Grace that will pardon and cleanse
within Grace, grace, God's grace Grace that is greater than all
our sin. Sin and despair like the sea
waves cold, Threaten the soul with infamous loss. ? Grace that is greater is grace
untold ? ? Point to the refuge, the mighty cross ? ? Grace, grace,
God's grace ? ? Grace that will pardon and cleanse ? Grace that is greater than all
our sin. Dark is the stain that we cannot
hide. What can avail to wash it away? Look, there is flowing a crimson
tide Whiter than snow you may be today Grace, grace, God's
grace Grace that will pardon and cleanse God's grace, grace that is greater
than all our sins. Marvelous, infinite, matchless
grace Freely bestowed on all who believe You that are longing
to see His face Will you this moment His grace receive? Grace, grace, God's grace. Grace that will pardon and cleanse
within. Grace, grace, God's grace. Grace that is greater than all
our sins. And turn over just a couple,
three pages to 216. Let's sing one more. Look to
the Lamb of God, 216. If you from sin are longing to
be free, look to the Lamb of God. He to redeem you died on
Calvary. Look to the Lamb of God. Look to the Lamb of God. Look to the Lamb of God. When he alone is able to save
you, look to the land of God. When Satan tempts and bouts and
fears a sale, look to the land of God. You in his strength shall
over all prevail, look to the land of God. Look to the Lamb of God. Look to the Lamb of God. For He alone is able to save
you. Look to the Lamb of God. Are you a weary? Does the way seem long? Look to the Lamb of God. His love will cheer and fill
your heart with song. Look to the Lamb of God. Look to the Lamb of God. Look to the Lamb of God. For He alone is able to save
you. Look to the Lamb of God. Fear not when shadows on your
pathway fall. Look to the Lamb of God. Enjoy your sorrow. Christ is all in all. Look to the Lamb of God. Look to the Lamb of God. Look to the Lamb of God, for
He alone is able to save you. Look to the Lamb of God. Thank you, Shelly. Oh, that God
might enable us to look to Him, look to Him alone. Well, tonight we'll start a new
study in the Book of Judges. It immediately, as you know,
follows the Book of Joshua. So if you would, please turn
there with me. Judges, chapter one. You know, oftentimes when a well-known
person is introduced, we introduce them as one who needs no introduction. And why then are the introductions
for such folks so long, telling us what we're already supposed
to know? However, with that said, the book of Judges could use
a little introduction. And one of the things that we
should know is that the book of Judges, in the book of Judges,
the judges really don't judge. They were military leaders for
the most part called judges. And they were God called men
who initiated combat, who led and inspired Israel to drive
out their enemies. And the time of the judges describes
that period of Israel's history when it had no strong leader
like Moses or Joshua. The time of the judges is approximately
300 years in the history of Israel. And this book is rich in gospel
types and sheds. And it beautifully pictures the
church in this world, its failures, its weaknesses, and its deliverances
by the Lord at the hands of the judges. The book of Judges also
sets the stage for the book of Ruth. The first verse of Ruth
chapter one states, now it came to pass in the day when the judges
ruled that there was a famine in the land. And it's there that
we find the story of Naomi and Ruth and Boaz, the kinsman redeemer. And I had strongly considered
moving on from Joshua to the book of 1 Samuel. In the English
Bible, the book of Ruth follows the book of Judges, but in the
Hebrew Bible, 1 Samuel follows the book of Judges. So this had
a great deal to do with me deciding to study the book of Judges first. There are 14 judges spoken of
in this book. The apostle mentions four of
them in Hebrews 11, verse 32, Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah. In the book of Judges, Israel
is kingless. And it said that Israel did what
was right in their own eyes. We're told that in two different
places here in the book of Judges. Judges 17, six and Judges 21,
25. And pretty much those exact words. In those days, in the days of
the judges, there was no king in Israel. but every man did
that which was right in his own eyes." And this book, like all
the Word of God, is relevant and it very well describes the
world we live in today. How true it is that men and women
do that which they believe to be right in their own eyes. Not many today give heed to what
God's word says. In other words, Israel lived
with disregard toward what God had declared to be right in his
holy law, and it's no different today. What Israel really needed
was a godly king, and that's what God's people still need,
but that's what we have. That's what we have today. We
have a godly king who is God. He's the King of kings. He's
the Lord of lords who writes his law upon his people's hearts. We finished our study in Joshua
seeing that Joshua had died. Now Israel is faced with the
task to finish taking the land of promise. And we find them
here very unresponsive and reluctant to do so very much like the apostles
and the disciples in the New Testament, when they realized
that the Lord would soon leave them. And as Christ's servants,
they had totally relied upon their master for direction. As soldiers of the cause of the
Lord Jesus Christ, they couldn't make themselves move without
their captain to lead them in battle. So in the book of Judges,
we find Israel without their beloved leader, Joshua. And we
also find them from the last verse in the last chapter of
Joshua without their high priest, Eliezer. And we find them here
in the first chapter crying unto the Lord. And thank the Lord
or thank God that he does not leave us to ourselves. God's people today will never
be without their blessed Joshua, Jesus, Savior, who is also their
great high priest. Judges 1.1. Now, after the death
of Joshua, it came to pass that the children of Israel asked
the Lord, saying, who shall go up for us against the Canaanites? first to fight against them. And the Lord said, Judah shall
go up. Behold, I have delivered the
land into his hand." The Lord immediately answers this question.
And isn't it marvelous that when one type of the Lord Jesus, Joshua,
is removed, another one is raised up in Joshua's place. That's
what the Old Testament does. It points to the Lord Jesus Christ,
who is the King of kings. And the Lord here is teaching
us that God's people must have Christ. He's the captain of our
salvation. He's our great high priest. And
Israel here asked the question, who shall go up for us? That's a good question. And the
Lord says, Judah shall go. Israel didn't ask, who shall
go up with us? They asked, who shall go up for
us? There's a big difference. One
word makes such a difference, doesn't it? You and I don't need
assistance in deliverance. You and I must have God deliver
us. We don't need Christ to go with us. We need him to go for
us. Salvation has never been, nor
will it ever be a cooperative effort between us and the Lord.
Salvation is of the Lord, period. Who else could it be but Judah? And who shall go up for us but
Christ who first came down for us? It's still a faithful saying. It's still worthy of our acceptance. Christ Jesus came into the world
to save sinners. And if you're a sinner, that's
good news because he is able to say, and he is willing to
say. You remember in our study of
Genesis back long time ago now, when Jacob would not allow Benjamin
to go down to Egypt. He was in fear of losing the
only son that he had left, Joseph being the other one, was in fear
of losing the only son that he had that was born the woman that
he truly loved. and Joseph being the other, and
it was Judah who became the surety and the willing substitute for
Benjamin. Hold your place here in Judges
and turn back with me to Genesis chapter 43. I want you to see
this. I wanna bring this to your remembrance.
Genesis 43 and look at verse eight. Genesis 43 and verse eight. And Judah said unto Israel, unto
Jacob his father, send the lad with me and we will arise and
go that we may live and not die, both we and thou and also our
little ones. Now look at this verse nine,
I will be surety for him. of my hand shalt thou require
him. If I bring him not unto thee
and set him before thee, let me bear the blame forever." My,
what a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, Judah is. Look at the
next chapter, Genesis chapter 44, verse 32. Judah stood before Joseph, not
yet knowing that Joseph was his brother. And he said in verse
32, for thy servant became surety for the lad, and to my father
saying, if I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame
to my father forever. Now therefore, I pray thee, let
thy servant abide instead of the lad, a bondman to my Lord. and let the lad go up with his
brethren. For how shall I go up to my father
and the lad be not with me? Lest peradventure I see the evil
that shall come on my father." Friends, the Lord Jesus Christ,
our surety, our substitute, our savior will not lose a single
one that he came to save. You can be assured of that. That's
what the word surety means. It means guarantor, one who guarantees
something, one who vouches for another, one who confirms, one
who upholds and is liable for another. In Isaiah chapter 63
verse five, I won't turn you there, but the Lord says, and
I looked, and there was none to help. And I wondered that
there was none to uphold, none qualified to be a surety for
my people." That's what he's talking about. He said, therefore,
mine own arm brought salvation unto me. And my fury, it upheld
me. Now there was none, the Lord
says, not a one, among angels or the sons of men to help and
assist the Lord in the redemption of sinners." When the scriptures
say salvation is of the Lord, that's exactly what it means.
The Lord Jesus Christ saved His people from their sin. Thou shalt
call His name Jesus, for He shall. He shall save His people from
their sin. Because of Adam's fallen state,
God's people are reduced to a low and a helpless condition that
none but Christ can deliver from. And our salvation is the sole
work of His mighty power. God is almighty. And the Lord
Jesus says, therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me. The Lord Jesus Christ is God,
saved his people from their sin to uphold, to be a surety for
his own satisfaction and appeasement of his holy law. And for no man
could appease his holy justice. And in this, Judah is a beautiful
picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. In Revelation chapter five, when
the beloved John wept because there was no man worthy to open
the book and loose the seals, the seven seals thereof, he cried,
who is worthy? And it was the line of the tribe
of Judah who prevailed to do so. Who shall go up for us? You know the answer to that.
Who else but Judah? Who else but Christ himself? Now in verse two of Judges chapter
one, we're told, and the Lord said, Judah shall go up. Behold,
I have delivered the land into his hand. Now let me give you
some words of encouragement from the Lord himself. His words are
spirit and they are life. John 6, 63. First John 3, 35. The father loved the son and
hath given all things under his hand. Matthew 3.17, and lo a
voice from heaven saying, this is my beloved son, in whom I
am well pleased. Matthew 11.27, all things are
delivered unto me of my father, and no man knoweth the son but
the father, and neither knoweth any man the father except the
son, or save the son, and he to whomsoever the son will reveal
him. Matthew 28, verses 18 and 20. And Jesus came and spake unto
them saying, all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And lo,
I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. So be it. And what's the Lord's
commandment to us? Well, this is the first and greatest
commandment. that thou should love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, that you should love the Lord thy
God with all your soul and with all your strength. And the second
commandment is like unto it, thou shall love thy neighbor
as thyself. Now, I didn't turn you back to
Judges yet. You may have turned back, but
look at Genesis chapter 49, verse eight. This is what, Jacob said
of Judah, Genesis 49 verse eight. He says, Judah, thou art he whom
thy brethren shall praise. Thy hand shall be in the neck
of thine enemies. Thy father's children shall bow
down before thee. Did you know that that's what
the name Judah means? It means he shall be praised.
Verse nine, Judah is a lion's whelp. That's a lion's cub, a
lion full of vigor and youth and strength and power. From
the prey, Judah's a lion's whelp from the prey. My son, thou art
gone up. This is speaking of the young
lion who retreats into the mountains after he's found his prey and
satisfied itself with it. And of Christ it is said, he
shall see the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied. By his knowledge shall my righteous
servant justify many for he shall bear their iniquities, Isaiah
53, 11. The Lord Jesus ascended into
heaven. and he sat on the right hand
of glory on high and he conquered sin and he satisfied God's holy
justice. He stooped down, it says here. He cast as a lion and as an old
lion, who shall rouse him up? Our Lord, the lion of the tribe
of Judah, a mature, powerful lion with full strength and kingly
wisdom. There's a reason they're called
the king of the jungle. And He has prevailed, and who
shall dare challenge His authority and rouse Him up? He did not
carry His prey off to hide in a den, fearing that it might
be taken from Him. He killed it. He stooped down. He devoured it knowing that none
would dare challenge Him. Oh my, we have such an almighty
Savior, such a sovereign Savior. Child of God, I'm talking about
your Savior. I'm talking about your Deliverer. I'm referring
to your Lord. Verse 10 says, the scepter shall
not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet. until
Shiloh come. And we know who Shiloh is. We
looked at that in a study in Joshua. And unto him shall the
gathering of the people be. As we saw this past Sunday, who
shall and who can condemn us? It's Christ that died. Yea rather,
that's risen again. and much more is at the right
hand of God, a place of power, forever making intercession for
us. And friends, nothing has changed.
Our need today is the same as Israel's. And the remedy for
our need is also the same. There's only one remedy, and
that's Christ. We need a righteous judge. Without Christ, we're as sheep
without a shepherd. Without Christ, we're an army
without a captain. And we cry, who shall go up for
us? And the answer's always the same.
Be it Joshua, be it Judah, be it Christ, who they both picture
and typify. Judah pictures the promised one,
for his tribe comes from the lineage of the Lord Jesus Christ,
who is our great high priest. And he's a surety of a better
covenant. We've got a better covenant.
He's our perfect righteousness. I need no other righteousness
but his. His is perfect. His is the only
righteousness that God will accept. He is the promised seed. Judah
is a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Psalmist said, the
Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is
the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27 one. We shall possess
the land only because Judah shall go up for us. Our Judah already
has. He's finished the work. The best
kind of work's a finished work, isn't it? And we are powerfully
saved with life everlasting. Why? Because it's Christ who
goes up for us. God has delivered all things
unto His hand. Now, back in Judges chapter one,
verse three. And Judah said unto Simeon his
brother, come up with me into my lot that we may fight against
the Canaanites. And I will likewise, and I likewise
will go up with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him."
And what Judah is saying here is just what it says. He's saying,
you help me and I'll help you. But that's, Salvation is not
a cooperative effort. As we've mentioned in our study
of Psalms, everything that the Lord Jesus does for his people,
he does as a we. We don't do anything, but as
a we, we reap the benefits of what Christ has done. We are
accepted by God in the beloved, in Christ. Everything Christ
does for us, God accepts as our perfect work, just as if you
did it yourself. Judah said, you go with me and
I'll go with you. And I find it interesting that
verse four doesn't say, and Judah and Simeon went up, it says that
Judah went up. And it was the Lord that delivered
the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, to their hand. See that? And they slew them
and beset 10,000 men. It was the Lord that delivered
their enemies, but it was because the Lord had given them to Judah. And Simeon reaped the benefits,
just like we do from the work of our Lord and Savior. He benefited
from the promise that the Lord made with Judah. Everything,
everything that the Lord did, He did as a we. What a blessed
word us is in the scripture. Everything Christ does, He does
for us. Judah shall go up. And Judah went up. And the will
and purpose of God always comes to pass. And Judah went up and
the Lord delivered its head. And Judah went up and slew 10,000
men. You know, the vast majority in
this world believe that God is impotent instead of omnipotent. They really do. I grow so tired
of hearing men talk about God wanting and trying. Oh man, what
a low opinion. What a low opinion of God men
have and what a high opinion men have of themselves. The Lord
said, you thought that you were all together one like unto me,
but you're not, not at all. Nowhere in this book that we
call the Bible will you find a God who is foiled and frustrated. Nowhere in the contents of this
book will you find a Savior who's wanting and trying without success. I challenge you to show me. Many years ago when I first heard
the gospel, someone said to me, well, God is not willing that
any should perish. And my response was, then nobody
will be lost. And it took him back a little
bit. And he said, well, now I don't
believe that or there wouldn't be a hell. And I said, then you
believe God's a failure and an imposter. You see, because God
does 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 can find that in Daniel 4.35. You can't put handcuffs on God. And you can't question what God
does. Isaiah 14, 24, the Lord of hosts
has sworn, saying, surely as I have thought, so shall it come
to pass. And as I have purpose, so shall
it stand. That's the God of the Bible.
That's your God. That's your Lord. That's your
Savior. That's your Deliverer. We don't
have any confidence in ourselves, but we've got all confidence
in the Lord Jesus Christ. Numbers 23, 19. God is not a
man that he should lie, neither the son of man that he should
repent, change his mind. Hath he said and shall he not
do it? Hath he spoken and shall he not
make it good? The Lord thy God in the midst
of thee is mighty, Zephaniah 317. Friends, Romans chapter
8, 28 is just not the teaching of the doctrine of election and
predestination. It's a declaration of who God
is. And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are thee
called." Now listen, according to his purpose. God is a God
of purpose. And his purpose always comes
to pass. For whom he, did foreknow. He also did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn
among many brethren. Moreover, whom He did predestinate. Only God can predestinate, predetermine,
determine beforehand the salvation of certain sinners before they
were ever born. before Jacob and Esau were ever
born, before they'd ever done any good or evil. So we can't
say that salvation is based on God looking ahead in time and
seeing somebody would be a good boy and a good girl and choose
them based upon their goodness or their work. No, before they
were born, before they'd done any good or evil, God chose them
that the doctrine, that the teaching of election might stand. Moreover,
those whom He did predestinate, them He also called. This is all about Him, all about
what He does. It doesn't say anything in here
about what you and I do. Can you call yourself for dinner?
You know, I suppose you can if you want to be called crazy.
David, dinner's ready. Okay, I'll be there in just a
minute. That'd be crazy. One who believes
they called themselves to be saved is even more so. And whom
he called, them he also justified. He, he, he. And whom he justified,
them he also glorified. Salvation is all about what he,
God, does. What shall we then say to these
things? If God be for us, who can be
against us? Who shall lay anything to the
charge of God's elect? Nobody. It's God that justifies. Who is He that condemned them?
It's Christ that died, yea, rather that's risen again, who is even
at the right hand of God. We've talked about what that
right hand is. It's the power of God. At the
right hand, the power of God, who also maketh intercession
for us. Peter, Satan has desired to sift
you as wheat, but I've prayed that your faith fail you not.
And friends, when he intercedes and prays that your faith does
not fail you, Chris, your faith won't fail. We'll keep on believing
because of who it is that intercedes for us. Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ? Nothing, no one shall be able
to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus,
our Lord. That's where it is, my friend.
Our Lord said in John 16, 33, I've overcome the world. I'm not concerned about what
the world might do to me or anyone in it. My Lord has overcome the
world. He's not some mealy mouth trying
and begging and pleading Savior, wanting someone to just love
Him back. No. No, not in the least. The Lord said, I've told you
before it came to pass that when it come to pass, you might believe. Believe what? That Jesus Christ
is God Almighty, and He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased. Psalm 115, three. Salvations
of the Lord, Jonah 2, nine. in whom we've also obtained an
inheritance being predestinated according to the purpose of Him
who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will."
Not after my will. Not after what I desire. but what He wills and purposes. It's God Almighty who declares
the end from the beginning and from ancient times, the things
that are not yet done. And what does He say? He says,
my counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure. It's God Almighty who calls a
ravenous bird from the east, the man that executed his counsel
from a far country. It's God that does this. And
it's God Almighty who says, I've spoken it and I'll also bring
it to pass. I've purposed it and I'll also
do it. Are we gonna argue with God?
This is what he says about himself. Who has measured the waters in
the hollow of his hand and meted out heaven with the span and
comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. Who has weighed
the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? Who hath
directed the Spirit of the Lord? Our being His counselor hath
taught Him." Does that sound like the kind of God that's dependent
upon man to give him or her his heart in order to say, won't
you just give Jesus your heart? Yea, before the day was, I am
he, and there's none that can deliver out of my hand. I will
work, and who shall let it?" Isaiah 43, 13. That's what God
says about Himself. Did God need your cooperation
when He spoke the worlds into existence? Even when the kings
of the earth stood up and the rulers were gathered together
against the Lord and against his Christ, Herod, Pontius Pilate,
with the Gentiles and the people of Israel were gathered together
to do what? For to do whatsoever God's sovereign
hand and counsel determined before to be done. In Job 42, 4, Job
said, I know thou canst do Anything. You can do everything. And no
fault can be withholden from you. There's an old saying, you
can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. But
the Lord can. The Lord can make a horse or
anything or anyone else do whatsoever He pleases. Jeremiah 25, 28. And shall be, if they refuse
to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say
unto them, thus saith the Lord of hosts, you shall certainly
drink. Men and women alike say, we're
gonna do this and we're gonna do that. And James said, all
of you that say today or tomorrow we'll go into such a city and
continue there a year, and we're going to buy and sell, and oh,
we're going to make a bunch of money. We're going to do well. We're going to do well. You ought
to say, that's what you ought to say, if the Lord will, if
the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that, but only
if He wills. If He doesn't will, it's not
going to happen. Thy will be done. That's what the believer
says. Thy will be done. We're not going to do anything
unless the Lord permits it. Who is he that saith, and it
cometh to pass when the Lord commandeth it not? If the Lord
says, no, it ain't going to happen, it's not going to happen. And
if the Lord says, this is going to come to pass, it comes to
pass. This is the God with whom we have to do. And I just grow
tired of hearing people lie on God. I make no apologies for
it. God certainly doesn't. How blessed
we are to know these wondrous things, and it's only by His
divine revelation and intervention. Even so, Father, it seemed good
in thy sight. All things are delivered unto
me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father, neither
knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. And he, and she, to
whomsoever the Son will reveal Him." Isn't that a wonderful
thing? Who shall go up for us? There's
One that already has. There's One that already has.
And He's our Judah. He's from the line of the tribe
of Judah. He's the Lord Jesus Christ. May
God be pleased to make it so. For God's glory are good, and
for Christ's sake. And the people of God say amen.
Amen. OK, thank you for your attention.
Shelly, let's sing one last hymn. 466 if you would, you can remain
seated. Christ liveth in me and I am
so thankful for that. 466 Once far from God and dead in
sin No light my heart could see But in God's Word, the light
I found. Now Christ liveth in me. Christ liveth in me. Christ liveth in me. What a salvation is that Christ
liveth in me. Verse four. With longing of my
heart is filled that like Him I may be. As on the wondrous thought I
dwell, That Christ liveth in me. Christ liveth in me. Christ liveth in me. John Hibbs, would you dismiss
us please? Thank you for this day. We thank
you for the message we just received. We ask, Lord, that you bless
those that were mentioned here for prayer, that you bless those
that we pray for often. Bless the sick and those in need
and all for whom we should pray for. We pray, Lord, for guidance
and direction. We pray for faith and belief. We pray, Lord, that you would
teach us to look to you for everything. We ask that you forgive us of
our sin, that you have mercy on our souls. Lord, walk with
us every minute of every day. Teach us our need of thee. We
ask these things in your heavenly name to be your will. Amen. Amen. Amen. You're dismissed. Thanks, Amy.