Amen. All right, turn with me
in your Bibles again of Proverbs chapter four. Our text will be found in verse
18. Proverbs chapter four and verse 18. But the path. Of the just. Is as the shining light. That
shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The path of the
just. The path of the just. I want us to enter into this
text this morning by asking five simple questions. Who is the
just? Who is intended by the spirit
here? The just. This man that walks
the path. He is a just man. Who is he?
Second of all, I wanted to see the path. What is the path of
the just? And thirdly, what is the light
that shines upon the path? Fourthly, how does it grow brighter?
It says it grows brighter. More and more unto the perfect
day. And the last question, obviously,
is what's the perfect day? We'll take this piece by piece
and see what the Spirit of God has intended by this passage
of Scripture. Now we know this, that the Son
in this passage of Scripture is none other than the Lord Jesus
Christ. You see this in verse 3, He said,
For I was my father's son. He's encouraging His children.
He's encouraging His children to wisdom and understanding.
And He uses Himself as an example. Who else could do that but Christ?
He said, I was my Father's Son, tender and only beloved in the
sight of my mother. Jesus Christ is the only begotten
Son of God. This is Christ who is here instructed. He said He was taught of His
Father. Verse 4, He taught me also. And said unto me, let thine
heart retain my words and keep my commandments and live. When Jesus Christ was made flesh,
I want you to understand the scripture says this. He learned
obedience by the things he suffered. It's Hebrews chapter five, verse
eight. He learned obedience, isn't that
something? He learned something when He
became a man. He was not a man before and now
that He is a man. He in humility. You see, the
Son of God learned humility as a man. He dwelt in this world and dwelt
among us and the scriptures are clear that He must learn by the
things that He suffered. He learned as He was taught of
the Father. And he was the most obedient
son. He was the tender son in the
eyes of his father. And he being found in fashion
as a man, Paul said, he humbled himself. Consider this, God humbled
himself. God humbled himself. He being found in fashion as
a man, as a body prepared Him by the Holy Spirit, He humbled
Himself and became what? Obedient to all the Father's
commandments. My Son, hear my commandments
and live. Who else heard His commandments
and obeyed His commandments but Jesus Christ? None of us. He humbled Himself and became
obedient unto And notice it's not just any death. He became
obedient even to the death of the cross. It's not like he lived
100 years and died a peaceful death. He didn't become obedient
and die a peaceful death. He became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross, suffering the wrath of God for
his people. so then I want you to consider
as we read this the great condescension of Christ how low did Christ
come how far did the Son of God stoop to save his people so far
that he became obedient Obeyed God as a man. So Jesus was given
as a man then as we know the Holy Spirit without measure he
was perfect in wisdom and Understanding and he did always that which
pleased the father Look at verse 10 of this chapter here He said
here. Oh my son received my sayings
in the years of thy life shall be many I have taught thee in
the way of wisdom I have led thee in the right path when thou
goest thy steps shall not be straightened that word vexed
in other words he's not going to be discouraged in anything
that he does and that what the scripture tells us Isaiah he
said he shall not be discouraged I think of those disciples how
often they were discouraged five thousand men and they were gone And Christ
was not discouraged. He said these were not my sheep.
These were not my people. He was never discouraged. When
I run as thou shall not stumble, take hold fast of instruction,
let her let her not go keep her and she shall she for she is
thy life. You remember the Lord Jesus Christ
in John chapter eight, he said, I do always those things that
please the Father. Who else could say that? Who
among all the sons of Adam's race could ever say that? Oh,
they can say it, but they didn't. Christ declared it to be true,
and he being wisdom itself, exalted the wisdom of God by declaring
the word of God. He said, whatsoever the Father
hath declared, He told me, that's what I speak unto you. I speak
unto you the words that I have received of my Father. What does that make Him? The
Prophet, doesn't it? Isn't that what a Prophet does?
Receives His Word from God and declares it to men. He is that
prophet that Moses spoke of. Remember in Deuteronomy, he prophesied
and said, there shall be a prophet among your brethren like unto
me. Now get that. Remember how Moses
got his word? He went up that mountain and
heard it from God, went down that mountain and told them.
Oh, but there's a better prophet. Remember Moses said, he's going
to be like me. But listen, you need to hear
him. Moses exalted that prophet to come, Jesus Christ, who himself
received the wisdom of God, understanding from God, and declared that unto
us. You see that this man here, this
son here, is Jesus Christ. And not only was he the prophet
of God, he was the God-man mediator. He was the high priest, he was
the king. Notice this as he walked among
this among men, he never exalted himself. Exalted God. He never exalted himself. He
did not promote himself. But God did. God promoted him. This is my beloved son in whom
I am well pleased. Hear ye him. God exalted him. God said that's my son. You listen
to him. You listen to him. Why? Because he is the mediator. He's the key. He did not sustain himself in
that something he who made all that did not sustain himself.
He left that being sustained by God. And then what he told
Satan as he was tempted to make those stones bread, he said,
he said, I'm just going to live by what God gives me. And he was strengthened of the
father, verse 20 by son attend to my words, incline that ear
to my sayings, let them not depart from that eyes, keep them in
the midst of nine heart for their life under those that find them
in health to all. Flesh, you see, Christ, he inclined
his ear to the words of the father and he did not depart from them.
He's the only one. Therefore, Jesus is the man here
in our text. Therefore, we must understand
this. The just man in this text is
Jesus Christ. He's the only just man. He is the just man, the only
holy man that ever lived. He did no sin. But why should God the Son come
into the world and make Himself obedient? Why should He come
as the just man? He came into this world not for
Himself. But He did this for all that
the Father gave Him. So I want you to see this morning
that this is a dual purpose of this text. First of all, I want
you to see the just man, Jesus Christ, His path, He is the light
that shines brighter and brighter into the perfect day. But I also
want you to know this, that He was the just man so that He might
make us just men. This is a dual purpose of this
scripture. He is the just man. But listen, so are everyone who
believe. On him. You are justified. Justified. John Chapter 3 and verse 24.
Sorry 34. It says. For he whom God hath sent speaketh
the words of God. For God giveth not the Spirit
by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and
hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the
Son hath everlasting life. He that believeth not the Son
shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him. Don't you
see that the Father gave unto this just man all things? What
did he give him all things for? simply this the salvation of
all the elect the salvation of all the people that God had given
to him therefore Jesus could boldly say in John chapter 6
all that the father giveth me shall come to me and him that
cometh to me I will in no wise cast out I came not to do my
own will with the will of him that sent me and this is the
will of him that sent me that of all he has given me, I should
lose nothing. Boldly. Just man. Walked the just path so that
he might make us just. This is the purpose of the just
man. He did not come himself he came for his people
he is the just man therefore all who believe on him according
to the word listen or the word of God you who believe on him
you are just you are just justified justified look at Romans 3 Romans
chapter 3 and verse 23 for we all have sinned and come short
of the glory of God. We were not by nature justified. We were sinners. We all have sinned and come short
of the glory of God. David said, I was shapen in iniquity
and in sin did my mother conceive me. The scriptures are clear. We
came forth from the womb speaking. We were not justified by nature. We all have sinned. The scripture
says this. We were far from righteousness. You weren't close. You didn't
even come close. I didn't even watch a Kentucky
Derby. I think I got a highlight or
something like that. You know that horse that was dead last?
That wasn't us. We were one of those horses that
died. We didn't even make the race. That's how far from righteousness
we are. We all have sinned and come short. How short? I don't know if I
can even imagine how short we come. But notice this, how then are
sinners made just? Look at verse 24, being justified,
how? Freely. That's the only way. There is no other way to merit
this justification. We already missed the boat. Being justified freely by His
grace. You gonna be justified? It's
got to be by grace. And this is the grace. This is
the means by which grace has justified us through the redemption
that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth to be the propitiation,
the mercy seed through his blood, through faith in his blood, to
declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are
passed through the forbearance of God. to declare I say at this
time his righteousness how many times you got to say that his
righteousness his righteousness his righteousness we're justified
by his righteousness by his propitiatory act of all is offering himself
we are justified I declare, say at this time his righteousness
that he might be just and the justifier of him that believeth
in Jesus. Oh friends, we were not just
by nature, we were guilty. But how then are we made just?
By the justifier. By the one who justifies. Who's
that? God, it's God that justified. How? By the work of the just
man. I'm pointing you to the just
man, Jesus Christ. You need to be justified. Listen,
look to the just man. Look to the one who obtained
our justification. And what is this word justified? Justified means simply this,
innocent of all guilt. Innocent of all guilt. There
if any man be justified, he must of necessity be justified freely,
without cost, because he has nothing to pay. But our guilt... You know what God owes the sinner?
You know what He owes the sinner? Hell. That's the only thing God
owes you. And me. A just reward is hail, that's
all we have yet. It's here, hope for sinners is
declared. There are some who are declared
of God to be justified. Are you justified before God?
That's the question, isn't it? Does it matter about anything
else? Is there anything else that matters? Are you justified
before God? I don't care if you're justified
before men. Who cares about that? You can be the most moral man
in the world and everybody look at you and say, oh look how good
he is. You can get a letter signed by
all the religious people of the world as to your goodness. You
know what God will do with that letter? Burn it. What good is
it to be justified before men if you are not justified before
God? The only thing that matters is
to be just, righteous, holy, without sin. Listen, without
guilt. I want you to see this is going
to take a miracle. Because you are guilty. You are I am guilty. God can't pretend you're innocent.
You understand that? We pretend people are innocent,
right? So they do something that's guilty.
You rob a bank, okay, you're guilty. You get caught, you go
to jail, you serve your time, and the society says, he's paid
the debt, he's free. But you know what still remains?
His guilt. It's logged on the books. This
guy was guilty. See, God to make us just must
not only set us free, but actually remove the guilt. How do you do that? Because I'm not pretending, I'm
actually guilty. I have sinned against God. How can God justify me, an actually
guilty sinner? A miracle of grace. Miracle of
grace. The only way he can make a really
guilty sinner really innocent is by the path of the just man.
I want you to see the path. That the just man walked. In order to make you just. First
of all, Christ's path was a path of perfect obedience to God. This was necessary for justification.
Righteousness is necessary for justification. You can't be justified
without being righteous. Impossible. You need that. You
need righteousness. Jesus tells us that he did not
come to destroy the law, but to what? Fill it full. Fulfill it. He said, I tell you not one jot
or tittle shall be removed from the law until when all be fulfilled. He came to fulfill the law. In Isaiah 42 he says, Who is
blind as my servant? Who is deaf as my servant? What
does he mean by that? Christ wasn't deaf and he wasn't
blind physically. What does this mean? He was deaf
and blind to all sin. He could not sin. You and I cannot
not sin. Your best deeds are as filthy
rags. Is that true? Is that true? Do the best you can this morning.
I know you're striving to worship. You've done that good enough. You love him. You love him enough. You believe him. You believe
him enough. No. But Jesus. He. is the only one who obeyed completely,
perfectly in thought, in feeling, in deed, in motive, everything
the law required. I don't understand that because
I've not done any of it. I have no experience of that
physically. No, none. but the just man did he obeyed
the law of God and he said he shall magnify the law and make
it honorable you know what we want to do with the law we want
to chop it up and take the pieces we think we can obey Christ didn't
do that he magnified everything put it under a microscope when
Christ walked upon the earth you realize he was under a microscope
Everybody was looking at him. He said, I do all things that
please the Father. Which of you convinces me of
sin? That's pretty bold. So what do
you think everybody was trying to do? They were trying to find
some sin. You know what they found? Pilate said, I find no
fault in this man. His enemies Said this never a
man spake like this man. That's his enemy. He went over
him with the fine tooth comb and could not find sin. Why?
Because he had the spirit of God without measure. He was born
without sin. He could not be tempted with
sin. The son of God was righteous
from eternity one. And yet, as he became a man,
he was still one with the father. You got that? He said he said
something to this effect. He said the son of man, which
is in heaven. Now you got that. He was standing
right there. He said it. But he said the son of man, which
is in heaven. Why his unity with the father? He was one with the
father. He could not sin. So why must
he obey the law? Why must he suffer the hatred
and. Violence of men, because As he
obeyed the law of God, Jesus did it as a mediator. He did it as a representative
man. He did it for his elect people. You see this verse here. I know that's not the text so
that's why I didn't want you to turn there. I know I know
I got that text wrong. He did it as a mediator between
God and many said there is one mediator. There is one mediator
between God and man who the man Christ Jesus Jesus as the mediator
as the representative He represented all that the father gave him
so that when he performed all the righteousness of the law
as the just and he did it. So did all the elect he represented. Now you see this in Adam. You see this this matter of representation
in Adam very clearly when Adam said and died. You and I also
said And think about that. When he
sinned, as your representative, you sinned. And thus, when he died, you died. You see, he bore the weight of
his race upon his obedience to God. And he failed. And you say,
well, that's not fair. Oh, but if you ever see the grace
of God and the representative of Jesus Christ, you'd say, I
don't want fair. I don't want that. I need a representative,
man. You look at Adam and you say
that was the best of us and he failed. You do any better. You suppose you'd done any better?
No. God was teaching us something
by this that you cannot sustain yourself in righteousness. You
can't do it. Therefore, Jesus Christ walked
the path of the just man by faith. He honored the law of God for
those he represented. Now consider that. I am righteous. By the obedience of another. I am just by the obedience of
Christ as my representative. Therefore, he said the scripture
tells us this. This is why you are justified
by faith. Jesus Christ, he came into this
world. He obeyed the law of God. It
says there is therefore now no condemnation. Those are in Christ
Jesus. Why? For what the law could not do and is weak through
the flesh. God sending his son in likeness of sinful flesh and
for sin condemned sin in the flesh that the righteousness
of the law might be fulfilled in us. You see, the only way you to
be a just man is the just man's path. That Jesus Christ obey
God for you. Therefore, the path of the just
is simply this. You that are justified by Jesus
Christ, what is the path of those who are justified? It is the
path of faith. The path of faith That was his
path, wasn't it? In Romans three, it says the
righteousness of God, which is by the faith of Jesus Christ. You see, the righteous man's
path was faith. He obeyed the law of God and believing God
constantly. Therefore, you that are justified,
what is the path of those just? It is simply this faith in Christ. Abraham believed God, and it
was counted to him for what? Righteousness. Counted to him
for righteousness. And so then no man is ever justified
by his works but simply by grace through faith in Christ. You
need to be justified. Listen. Believe. Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ. And it is counted to you for
righteousness. All who believe on Christ, listen,
you are justified. You are justified. Not by works, but by grace. For
God is from eternity, imputed and charged to our account the
righteousness of Jesus Christ. Who promised to accomplish it.
And even now we know he has accomplished all our righteousness. And this
righteousness is not only charged to us, it's given to us. It's given to us. We are made
partakers of the divine nature. God in the new birth has given
us the righteousness of Christ by the experience of grace in
the new birth. Therefore, you who believe on
Christ are. Righteous. I don't feel right. What does
it have to do with it? Remember, your righteousness
never came from anything you felt. Your righteousness did
not come from anything you've ever did. Your righteousness
has been wrought by the obedience of Christ. Therefore, it cannot
be added to and nothing can be taken away from this righteousness
that is now yours. Therefore, you are justified
before God. Justified. Without sin. Now doesn't it take faith to
believe that? Are you ever going to feel that?
You're ever going to get to the point, say, well, man, now I
can see it. I look at look at how good and I'm doing pretty
good. You'll never get there. Be like a little hamster in a
wheel. Oh, I'm going to get there. Get nowhere. Why would you even
run? Your righteousness is fulfilled
and you are justified. You are. Secondly, the path of the righteous,
the path of the just led to Calvary. The path of the just not only
was obedience to God, but it also was his death. If we are truly to be justified
and innocent of all sin, we must confess sin must be punished
by someone else. Sin. Must be punished. Again, as I told you, if you've
done a crime and you've committed a crime, no matter how you have
paid the sentence, you are still guilty. But in order to be justified,
you must be actually innocent. Free from guilt. This is why
Christ must have suffered and died upon Calvary's tree as our
substitute for sin. that as our representative man
was for our righteousness, so must our representative man suffer
in the place and bear our guilt. Let me ask you, how do you transfer
guilt? Something God has to do. It's
a miracle here. This is this is a work of God.
For God hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. Why? That you might be justified.
That you might be righteous. You can't be righteous without
the payment for sin. You can't do it. Go to Hebrews 10. I want you
to see how clearly, how perfectly the path of the just man paid. The debt of our sin. Hebrews
10. He's talking about that covenant
of grace. Talking about Christ to come, he said, Lo, I come
verse 74 in the volume of the book is written me to do that.
I will. But when he said sacrifice and offering and burn offering
and offering for sin, that would it's not. I don't want your sacrifices. That's not going to pay for one
sin. Neither has our pleasure therein which were offered by
the law. Then said I, Lo, I come to do
thy will. Oh, God, he takes away the first.
They may establish a second. I had to do that. We'll go out
by the which will. We are sanctified. We are made
holy. Listen, by the will of God. Why
are you holy? God willed it. God willed it. I'm sanctified
by the will of God. But not only by the will of the
Father, but by the accomplishment of that will of Jesus Christ.
This is when he said, I come to do thy will. What is his will?
That we be sanctified one way, through the offering of the body
of Jesus Christ once. How often are you sanctified? When were you sanctified? How were you sanctified? How were you made without guilt? That's what holy is, isn't it?
To be holy, there is no guilt in holiness. You're sanctified
by the will of God through this one means, the offering of the
body of Christ, and it was done once. It was done once. Now, listen, I said, I say this,
you. If you want to set yourself apart from me, that's easy. I'm sure that anybody could probably
be more moral than I am. You could sanctify yourself that
way. You set yourself apart among men. That's all you can do. You
set yourself apart among men. You know what that does? Genders
pride. That's it. That does not make you holier. This idea of holier is, you know,
that word I told you this before, that word holier is used one
time in scripture and it's used in a very negative way. I am
holier than thou. There's Isaiah chapter sixty
one, sixty five, I can't remember. Look it up holier than thou.
And it's God said that smoke in my nose. So you don't sanctify yourself,
anybody said they sanctify themselves Like I said, you can set yourself
apart by your actions, but that does not set you apart with God.
The only reason I am set apart to God is by the will of God
and the offering of Christ. I am holy, made holy by the will
of God and the offering of Christ. Look what he says. He said, Every
priest ended daily ministering, often the same times the sacrifices
never take away sin. But this man, after he'd offered
one sacrifice for sins, sat down, done. The path of the just man
is finished. He accomplished our salvation.
Sat down in the right hand of God, expecting till his enemies
be made his footstool. For by his one offering he hath
perfected forever, who? Who do you perfect forever? Then
that God willed to be sanctified and those that Christ died for
their sanctified. Set apart. Made holy. Perfect. Path of Jesus Christ. Was by
way of bearing our sins in his own body on the tree. The sinless
son of God made sin for us. and make no mistake about it,
he was made to bear guilt. Can God punish an innocent man?
Is that just? Is it just for God to punish
an innocent man? God tells us that's an abomination.
It's an abomination to condemn the innocent. So what happened at Calvary?
He transferred our guilt to one who had none. And you listen,
I don't understand it. I don't fully grasp it. He still
had no sin. He still did no sin. He still
thought no sin as he bore our guilt. The only way the guilty could
be innocent. is that it be transferred, moved. What a miraculous thing. That I, who am guilty, should
be justified. That I should be free of all
charges of sin. Quoted it a hundred times. In
those days, Jeremiah 50 verse 20, In those days, and in that
time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for,
and there shall be none. And the sins of Judah, and they
shall not be found. What is he saying? He's saying
they are justified. They're justified. Christ bore all our sin in his
own body on the tree. That was the path of the just
man in order to justify. bore our sins, therefore all
who are justified by faith in his blood. We to walk the same
path that he walked. His path was a path of faith,
so is our path. If you're justified, you walk
by faith. The just shall live out. How
shall the just live? Faith. Faith. Do you realize that that's the
only true mark of one who's been justified? Every other mark can be mimicked,
right? Every other mark can be can be
faked. One that can is true faith. You
know why? True faith endures. True faith has one object. Who justified you? Is that is that not a simple
question for you to believe? Who made your righteousness,
then a simple. The just man. Who's your offering for sin,
the just man, Jesus, a simple faith looks only to Christ, always
to Christ. And because of this, know this,
that our life like his will be a life of suffering. The path to God, my friend, is
very narrow. I'm talking about works. I'm
talking about the object of faith. There's only one. The only way
to God. Is by the path of the just man.
Isn't that what the just man said? I am the way. There is no other way. Kind of
narrow, isn't it? Isn't that narrow? We're not walking a tightrope
into heaven. That's I've heard that that's stupid. You're walking
a tightrope and you've already fallen. You don't even know it.
No. Mine is narrow in this Christ
is all my righteousness. Christ is all my wisdom. Christ is all my sanctification.
Christ is all my redemption. That's the narrow path of faith. OK, so we see the just man is
Christ, we see his path is righteousness, his path is obedience. This is
the third part of his path is. Victory. This is this is the
most glorious thing after he obtained our righteousness and
our redemption, what happened? The path of the righteous man,
the path of the just man, led to the throne. He sat down. Isn't that what
our scripture says? He sat down. You that are justified, the work
is done. You don't need to add anything
to this justification. You are justified. No matter where you
go, no matter what you do, you're justified. Why? Because your
justification had nothing to do with where you went or what
you did. Your justification rests in him
who sat down. And now he rules all things.
All things. For one reason. Listen, we have
we have many things happen to us. We have many things that
are happening in this world that are very difficult to understand. Really, they're not, but we we
want a more complicated explanation. Everything that is happening
is that God should call his elect and keep his elect and bring
them to himself. That's what's happening to you
and everybody else. Everything. Is under his direct
control. You got that? I mean, it's not,
you know, when you you elect leaders, right? They you put
them in charge, but then they put little they put, you know,
bureaucracies over here. They don't know what these bureaucracies
are doing day after day. They kind of delegate that control
to other people. Christ doesn't do that. He controls
absolutely everything. Oh, but he controls everything. All power is given unto me in
heaven and in earth. And why do you do that? That
he may give eternal life to as many as thou has given him that
he might justify those he's already justified. that they might experience
this justification in that what you've. Isn't that what you've
done by faith? You've experienced this justification.
You are justified. Oh, man, what's the evidence?
Do you believe on the son of God? Faith is the evidence of our
justification. And the object of our faith is
the one that justified us. Thirdly, the light I'm going
to The light of the path, what is this light? Well, Christ is
light. You see how everything in scripture is for his points
to him. It's very simple. You open this
book and you say, OK, where's he at? That's what you do every
time. Where's he at? Oh, there he is.
He's a light. I am the light of the world. I am the light of the world.
He is light. By him alone is sin exposed,
and by him alone is salvation revealed. For God has commanded
light to shine out of darkness has shined in our hearts to give
us the light of the glory of God. Where in the face of Jesus
Christ, that's where I see the glory of God. That's where I
see my salvation. God's glory fulfilled. When God shows this shines this
light, what's the first thing you saw? Did you see your justification
the first time you saw this light? No, I saw my guilt. What light
does? Exposes things, right? Exposed
my guilt. Exposed me to the holiness of
God. And I found out I need to be
justified. But this light also revealed
something. It revealed Himself to me. This light revealed that
Christ is all my salvation. And look what this passage go
back to your text. It says the path of the just
is as a shining light that shineth more and more. Have you found this to be true?
That this light shines brighter and brighter I'm not talking
about me, I'm talking about Him. When we grow in the grace and
knowledge of Christ. That's what we do. I know this. The more I grow
in grace, the more I see my sin. It's always been there. I'm not
saying I was better last week than I am this week. No, I just
realized that I'm worse this week than I was last week. It
was always that bad. But as we grow, this light shines,
we begin to see more of our inability. But by God's grace, we see more
of His ability. My hope is this that I can see
more of Christ. You know what Paul said in Philippians,
he said that I may know him. Now, wait a second, Paul, don't
you know him? What are you talking about? You already know him.
No, I want to know him. You know him. I want to know him. You know about his salvation.
Yeah. I want to know about his salvation. Do you love him? Yeah. Do you want to love him more?
Yeah. How's that going to happen? By
seeing his love. When I look at my love, when
you look at your love, are you happy with it? Are you content
with it? Your faith? Look at your faith.
You content with that? What about your obedience? You
content with that? No, you'll never be content with
that. Are you content with his obedience? What about his love? Tim with
his love. What about his faith? Are you
content with his faith? And it's the knowledge of these
things that constrains me from seeing. Not the knowledge of my faith
or my love or my obedience that only excites sin. But the knowledge
of him keeps me from sin and the perfect day, what is that
the day when we experience our justification? When there will
be no more sin. That's the perfect day. In it. A day without clouds. A day without
confusion. A day without pain. Or sorrow. Or sickness. Let's answer the
question, who's the just man? Christ. What's his path? Righteousness,
obedience, and his vicarious death. His victorious resurrection. Why? That he may make us just
men. And what's our path? Our path
is the path of faith. And it shines brighter, the light
of Christ shines brighter and brighter until when? Until the
day spring comes. Isn't it amazing what you can
get out of one text? You can see Christ, you can see
that. I hope that was clear, I hope
that was plain. And I hope your eyes when you
leave here are looking to Him, the just man. Let's stand and
be dismissed in prayer. Father, dismiss us with your
blessings and mercy. Keep our eyes fixed upon him,
the just man, and his path. And Father, by your grace, keep
our eyes fixed on him, his love, his mercy, his blood offering,
his sacrifice, his righteousness. And by this, Father, keep us
always looking to him. Forgive us our many sins. And
I ask you to do this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.