Alright, take your Bibles and
turn back with me to Isaiah chapter 8. Isaiah chapter 8. The title of this message, The Water
of Shiloh and the Light of Christ. The Water of Shiloh and the Light. Now here in Isaiah chapter 8
and verse 5, the Lord here speaks in verse 5, it says, The Lord
spake also unto me again, saying, Forasmuch as this people refuseth
the waters of Shiloh, that go softly, and rejoice in Rezan
and Ramallah's son. Now therefore, behold, the Lord
bringeth upon them the waters of the river strong and mighty,
even the king of Assyria and all his glory. And he shall come
up over all his channels and go over his banks. He shall pass
through Judah. He shall overflow and go over
and shall reach even to the neck. And the stretching out of his
wings shall fill the breadth of the land, of thy land, O Now
at this time we see Judah is again in great trouble, in great
trouble. They had a very evil king at
this time who had completely forsaken the worship of God for
the worship of the false gods of Israel. They had here what
the Lord said has forsaken the river of Shiloh. The river of
Shiloh. Now this river of Shiloh was,
is the fountain pool at the foot of Mount Zion. It's a fountain
pool, a river that flows gently. Now we know that this is a perfect
picture of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel of Jesus Christ. The peaceful river of the worship
of God by faith in Christ. Now the Lord promised His people
peace. As long as they worshipped, as
long as they served Him, as He has commanded them, the nation
of Judah would be at peace. But every time they followed
after other gods and forsook God's worship, they got in trouble. Every time. I don't know if you've
noticed this is a pretty repetitive thing with the nation of Israel
and the nation of Judah. So now God says, I'm going, I
will, because of your sin, raise up the king of Assyria. And instead
of a gentle water that you should have been drinking from, the
peaceful river of the gospel that you should have been drinking,
you've neglected that. And so what God promises is not
a peaceful river, but He likens the King of Assyria to a flood,
a flood, a strong river that overflows. He swears that the
King of Assyria should conquer Israel and Syria. So much so. That. Because they did not desire
God. Now. Reason and and Pekka, they
were the kings of Syria and. Israel. And they so despised
God is not even that God was so despised these men, they didn't
even mention their names. Look at this. He says he says
they are In verse 6 he says, They rejoiced
in reason and Ramallah's son. He didn't even mention them by
name. He despised them so much, he said, the son of these people. These men were, they so admired,
and these men were admired by the king of Judah. God doesn't
even mention these men. He despises them so much, and
yet they were admired by the king of Judah. So much so that they began to
neglect the worship of God for the worship of the false gods
of Israel. Now, children of God, let us
learn by this example. Not to envy the rapid movement
and excitement of false religion. See, God likens His gospel to
a peaceful river. Nothing really exciting there.
It's just a peaceful, gentle flow. But you see, the false
gods, they had all kinds of show. They had all kinds of spectacles. And so we are to learn this,
that we are not to envy false religion. Surely it is in our
flesh to be dazzled by the outward excitement of religious experiences. It is. We are all prone to this. And the moment we say we aren't,
watch out. If any man thinketh he stand,
take he lest he fall. We must acknowledge that we are
prone to this. We're not to be dazzled by the
entertainment and experiences of false religion, but let us
then rejoice in the quiet gospel of Jesus Christ, the peaceful
river. of Jesus Christ, let us be content
with the pure water of the river of life that flows steadily from
the word of God. How many today despise the day
of small things? I imagine that people would look
upon us as small and they would just as disdainful to them. You
know, a lot of people, they ask me, how many, how many of you
got your church? Sometimes I say, well, less than 500. But, you know, if you tell them
these things, you say, well, we've got a few, very few. And what they say, well, that's
despicable. You need to do something about
that. Nope. No, God do that all by himself.
God will. Don't despise the day of small
things. Don't despise the steady preaching
of the gospel of Jesus Christ. And say within your own hearts,
Am I so loatheth this light bread? You know, it's like this. It's
like saying there's got to be something more. There's got to
be something more than just the gospel of Jesus Christ. What
are you saying? You're saying, look, I loathe
this light bread. Isn't that what Israel did with
that manna in the wilderness? They got manna every day from
God. Angels' food. And yet what did
they say? Well, we want some birds. We
want some meat. You know what God did? He poured
down so much meat it came out their nose. Many of them got sick. Many of
them died. And so many today, instead of
the soft rivers or the waters of Shiloh, men say, man, preacher,
you got to preach it. You preach a lot about sin and
depravity. You preach a lot about God's
sovereignty. God's sovereign election, you
preach that a lot. You preach the redemption of
Jesus Christ often. He says that, he's not been listening
to me at all. I preach that every time, not just often. You preach
about the Holy Spirit and regeneration, what about me? That's what the
world is asking. What am I supposed to be doing?
You should be preaching about what I need to get out there
and do. No, I want that gentle stream. of the gospel of Jesus
Christ. And that where the Lord leads
his people, he said, I leave them beside the still water. He restores my soul. That's where
my soul is restored. My soul is restored by the gospel. Well, preacher, you need to start
motivating people, start some groups. Start some programs. Get people
excited. No. If the gentle gospel of Jesus
Christ does not excite you, then I've got nothing else for you.
It is the gospel of Jesus Christ. You know what's exciting to a
thirsty man? Water. And what kind of water
does he prefer? Something gentle or a flood? Oh, he wants a gentle stream. That's what a thirsty man wants.
Why don't you become more like these other churches and entertain
people? Inspire them with testimonies. When are you going to start preaching
on how to series? You must be born again. How in
the world am I going to tell you how to that? Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. How am I going to how-to
on that one? Love one another. Can I tell
you how to love one another? I'll give you a step-by-step
instruction on it. No. That's something the Spirit
of God does inside of us. He gives us faith. He gives us
love. He moves us to serve. To despise the preaching of the
gospel is to despise the peaceful river of Shiloh. It's to embrace trouble. It's
to embrace trouble. The gospel of God's free grace
is one that sets men free from the yoke of bondage. It doesn't
put men in bondage. It sets them free from it. It sets us free by the obedience
and the death of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is the water then
this water that sustains us and moves our hearts to faith and
love. It is by this gospel of his love.
What constrains you from sin? You know, so many will probably
read here in a minute that says depart from iniquity. What's
going to constrain you to depart from iniquity? Will law constrain
you to depart from iniquity? Well, me telling you, hey, you
guys shouldn't be doing this. Is that going to constrain you?
No. What's going to constrain you
is the love of Christ. That's it. If the love of Christ
does not constrain you, I don't know what will. And how do you
know about the love of Christ except through the preaching
of the gospel of Jesus Christ? That's what it is, a constant,
repetitive, description of the love of God through Jesus Christ. That's what the gospel is. It's
a gentle message. It's a message without burden.
It's a message that lifts birds. It was God. So the message of Christ's death
and obedience delivers us from the bondage of the law. Remember,
it was God who demanded a lamb and it was God who provided one.
Isn't that great? How gentle is that water? And
now that the lamb has been slain, justice has been satisfied for
all the elect of God. Therefore, behold, and drink
from this spring. Believer, how much mercy do you
need? You can drink as much as you want. How much grace do you
need? Forgiveness, pardon, peace. Well, you can have as much as
you want. This river never runs dry. And even so, God has sent then
His Holy Spirit to quicken those elect, the redeemed sinners to
life and faith. How? By the preaching of this
gospel. No, this is absolutely true.
You know, the only people that despise the preaching of the
gospel are the lost. The only people who despise this
river, the river of the gospel, are the people that are lost.
Isn't that what Paul says? I think it's 1 Corinthians. I
didn't know what it is. 1 Corinthians chapter 1. 1 Corinthians chapter 1. Look at verse 17. For Christ
sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel. Oh, how are
you going to preach it? Not with wisdom of words, lest
the cross of Christ be made none effect. For the preaching of
the cross is to them that perish foolishness. But unto us, to us who are saved, it is the
power of God. We are living in such an age
where men refuse to obey the plain word of Scripture. There are perishing souls who
say that preaching is out of date. Preaching is not working. It's not working. You've got
to do something else. Gotta do something else. We need newer methods. We need newer methods to convert
sinners. We need some excitement, we need
something to get our attention, to get the attention of the masses.
We need some big names. That's what the world wants.
We need you to motivate us. I need to be motivated. This is not, was this not the
method of our Lord Jesus Christ preaching? This was the method
of the Apostle Paul to preach the gospel. Sent me not to baptize,
but what? Preach. So we, by the grace of God, will
do the same. Continual, steady preaching. Can you not see that we live
in such a dark age as was the age of Judah? The same situation
as Judah is our situation. We are ruled by wicked men. They
were ruled by wicked men. Are we not ruled by men who have
a lust for power and greed? We live in such an evil time
where where it's just seasonable that it's just fashionable that
women murder their own children. It's just a wicked time. It's
not new. Friends, what we live in is not
new. This has been going on for a long time, but we we are in
such a wicked age. We live in such an age where
the church so called has forsaken the plain preaching of the gospel
for the flash and entertainment of false free will works religion. And thus refused the gentle waters
of Shiloh for the gods of men. Men today have abandoned the
gentle water of the gospel of God's salvation by grace for
the raging river of the law. You know, there's no peace in
the law. I don't care how you where you put the law. People
say, well, we're saved by grace. But, you know, you got to you
got to try to obey the law. I don't care if you put it in
the front or the back. The law is nothing but turmoil and confusion. Why? Because you can't obey any
of it. Name one thing you've obeyed.
One thing. Because remember, to obey one
thing, you got to do it forever. You can't just do it one time.
Anybody got anything? I don't. Not one thing in there
I've obeyed. How many do we know profess the
gospel, even refuse to faithfully attend to hear the gospel? This is what happened to Judah.
They forsook the gospel. That's what God is saying. You
forsook my worship. And you went after... Uh, you
went after the wicked man, you went after their, uh, religion. How many of God's people I'm
not talking about going after religion, but going after the
things of the world family. How many, how often does family
get in interfere with the worship of God work? How often does work
interfere with the worship of God? No. People say, well, you just don't
understand my situation. No, I really don't. What I don't
understand is how that we should forsake this gentle water for
the things of the world. How should we forsake the pure
river of water of life for the broken cisterns of this world?
You suppose that our family or our jobs are going to provide
any of this joy that you need, any peace that you need? Any
comfort that you need? The only thing that supplies
that for the believer is the gospel of Jesus Christ. But I know this. These people
forsook the gospel. They forsook this river of Shiloh. And God chastened them. But notice
this. That Despite what God's people
do, and often we do fall into many foolish and hurtful lusts,
God will never forsake His people. Isn't that a gentle stream? Isn't
that a refreshing stream for you? God will never forsake His
people. All His people, all the people
of Judah, He will decree His enemies to overflow their banks. God will use the enemies of His
people and purpose them to chasten us. That's what He was doing
with Assyria, isn't it? He's using Assyria to chasten
His people. What do you think God's going
to do with those around us? He uses those things to chasten
His people, not to destroy them. Notice this. Look at this. He
says Assyria's going to come over like a river. Look at verse
8, and he shall pass over Judah, and he shall overflow and go
over. He shall reach even to the neck. You see, there's a
limit. That's pretty good, isn't it?
If you're in a flood and it comes up to the neck, you're still
good, right? You're still, as long as it doesn't go past the
neck. What God's saying is I'm not going to kill you by them.
I'm not going to destroy you. I'm only going to use them to
chasten you. And so then the question is,
have you forsaken the gentle streams of the gospel? And if
we've not, may God keep us from that. If we've been faithful,
who really gets the glory for that? You've been faithful. I know when I mention things
like this, you know, the only people who seem to be convicted
are the ones that are faithful. Nobody that's unfaithful usually
gets convicted about these things, but that's the Lord's business,
isn't it? But if we do fall into these things, listen to the call
of God. Come and drink of the peaceful
waters. Come and take comfort, you that
are chastened, that no matter the darkness of the age, no matter
the wickedness of our rulers, no matter how false religion
seems to flourish, Even when God's saints fall into grievous
sins, hear the comfort of this water of Shiloh. Look at 2 Timothy
2. Look at verse 19. He says, Nevertheless, In spite of all the wickedness
happening around us, in spite of all of our sin, he says, there's
nevertheless. No matter what or things are
happening or how things appear or how dark the age is, nevertheless,
the foundation of God. That foundation, God, as purposed
in eternity for the salvation of his elect, what does Paul
say? Standeth sure. stand as sure having this seal
the Lord knoweth them that are he is in this wonderful the Lord
knoweth them that are he is the fountain the foundation of God
that has laid for our salvation is what Jesus Christ no matter
what happens no matter how dark our situation the foundation
of God is sure why Because the foundation is Jesus Christ. The
foundation upon which our souls are built is Jesus Christ. And
so come now to this gentle water and find great refreshment. The
father had chosen us in Christ. The father has given us to Christ. That he should be our surety.
that he should be completely responsible for the salvation
of his people. Isn't that refreshing? That my
salvation is dependent upon nothing in me. Nothing done by me. It is completely the work of
Christ. Wasn't this the hidden wisdom
of God in the beginning? This eternal purpose of God? You know, when Adam was created,
he didn't know anything at all about the grace of God, the salvation
of God's plan, purpose. He didn't know anything at all
until when? After he sinned. Only after he sinned, God began
to, this river began to flow unto Adam. It was in that dark hour the
Lord came to him in his rebellion. And God shined the light of the
gospel upon the heart of his fallen son. He said the seed of the woman
should crush the head of the serpent and he should bruise
his heel. And it was not until Israel had
been in slavery for 400 years, not until their burden had been
more grievous Did God shine the light of the gospel when he said
when I see the blood I will pass over you? Here Judah was in darkness. Because
of their sin they were in darkness. The Assyrian army had come up
to the neck. But it was in their darkest hour
that God gave them light. God gave them light. Nevertheless,
you forsook me. You forsook my worship. I'm going
to chase in you. Now go to chapter nine and look
at verse two chapter one. Look at verse one. He said, Nevertheless,
look, I'm going to send all these things upon you and you're going
to be chasing. Nevertheless, It's not going to be to your
destruction. Look at verse 2. He said, The
people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. They
that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath
the light shined. Behold, in this text we see this,
we see in this the condition of every son of Adam is darkness. Every son of Adam is darkness.
A great darkness. A great darkness. Men are born
dead in sins and by nature love darkness. Rather than light. Therefore, we all by nature are
great sinners, unworthy of the least of God's mercies, unworthy
of any revelation from God, much less his kindness. Yet this is God's purpose that
his people who are blind by nature should be made to see a great
light. That those who sit in darkness
of bondage should be set free. I thought of this today. You
know, when the Lord was preaching his first message in the synagogue,
you remember he quotes from Isaiah, I believe 60, 61, I believe it
is. He said that he to set at liberty the captives. And I thought of a man in a dungeon,
you know, dark, dark. When that man is set free, he
set free into the light. Set free into the light. This
is what God does to his people, those who are in great darkness.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. They
that dwell in the land of the shadow of death upon them hath
the light shined. And notice there's the result.
Thou has multiplied the nations and not increased the joy. Now,
I kind of got kind of confused about this. You've multiplied
the nation, but you didn't increase the joy. I had to look this up.
That word not. It's better translated, hast
not, hast thou not also increased the joy? Hast thou not also? You multiply the nations and
you've also increased the joy. Herein is the joy of God's elect
people that we have been made to see the light of the gospel
of Jesus Christ. Isn't this a joy? This is how
God multiplies his church by shining the light of the gospel
and increasing their joy. Second Corinthians four six for
God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness has shined
in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. So consider this we who by nature,
even as others had no hope or ability to save ourselves, no
desire. For God, for the mercy of God.
Why we were blind. We were blind to our need. But now we see. We see tonight,
do you see your need? Do you see your need? How is
it that you see your need and some other man does not want
the light of the glory of God has shined in your hearts. The light of God's holiness has
shined in and now we know our need. And this is truly no joy but
grief in it. No joy but grief, sorrow. We once felt no thirst. No need. Thus, there was no sorrow. But
when the light shined in, there became a great sorrow. And what
satisfied is not just the light of our sin, but the light of
Christ. The light of Jesus Christ, this is the light of the gospel
that shined in our hearts. Are there any such sinners who
feel their need of God's mercy? And behold, the light that shines
from God's gospel. Behold, the only hope for such
people in darkness. In the shadow of death. Is Jesus Christ? Because in him
alone is joy and In him alone is joy and peace. All captive sinner rejoice there
is one who has come to set the prisoner free. Look at this.
He said you multiply the nation. And not increase the joy that's
not also increase the joy they joy before the according to the
joy of the harvest as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. Why? For thou hast broken the yoke
of his burden and the staff of his shoulders, the rod of his
oppressor, as in the days of Midian. See, Christ Jesus came
to set the captives free. You see, this is the river, this
is the light that God shines. It is Jesus Christ, the Savior. He came to set us free from the
yoke of sin and bondage. Now Satan had deceived our mother
Eve, didn't he? He deceived her, but Adam was
not deceived. Your representative and mine
was not deceived. He willingly plunged his whole
race into death, darkness. But here's the light, that Jesus
Christ is also a representative man. and in the same way he by
his obedience with open eyes endured the suffering of the
cross for all our sins therefore come to the light come to the
river of Shiloh that tells us this that Christ by his one offering
hath perfected forever them that are sanctified Have you seen
this great light of the gospel? Have you heard the voice of the
one who sets you free from sin and death? Then let us continually
come and worship him. Forsaking all the logic and reason
of this world. Let us come and worship him and
behold him as he is the light of the world. God clearly then
describes him to us. Let's look at this in the next
chapter, in the next verse here, in verse 6. Let's read verse 5. For every
battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments
rolled in blood. But this shall be with burning
of fuel of fire. Now, God promises to deliver
His people as in the days of Midian, verse 4. I thought this
was an amazing thing. Religion is like a battle. False
religion is like a battle, it's confusion. There's a lot of confusion. But how God saves His people
is not in confusion but in simplicity. What effort did the people of
Jerusalem, the people of Israel put forth in the day they were
delivered of the Midianites? You remember he had those people
with the little lanterns, clay pots and horns and they said
they broke the clay pot and there's a little light. They were saved
by the breaking of a clay pot and a light and a shout. This is how we're saved, isn't
it? the breaking of the flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
shining forth of his victory and the declaration of the gospel
of Jesus Christ, not confusion. Simplicity. And then he describes
the one who comes to save us, Jesus Christ, he said to us,
for unto us, a child is born, this is how I will save you unto
us, a child is born unto us, a son is given. And the gospel
light reveals to us then the two natures of Christ. This term
child is used among men. And never do the scriptures speak
of God absolutely as a child, yet the Messiah, the Savior,
when he was born, the scriptures do speak of him as a babe. As
a babe, they speak of him as a child and as a man. And this child was given. For
a light. This is the fulfillment of what
God said to Eve. The seed of the woman. A man,
the seed of the woman, a man shall crush the head of the serpent.
Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and now shall
call his name Emmanuel. But this child was to be born
was also a son given. This child was born of a virgin.
It had a beginning. But the son that was giving had
no beginning. The virgin brought forth a child
that was born, but the father gave his son who was without
human birth. There was. A manger for the child. And a star
for the sun, shepherds for the child, angels for the sun. And when Jesus suffered. It was emphasizing his humanity
because God could not suffer, yet Jesus openly, constantly
professed his deity. So what is God saying here? A
child is born, a son is given. He's talking about the person
of our Savior. The person is to be God and man. God and man. Therefore, in this one man who
is both God and man. It was by him that righteousness
and redemption should come. It is by this one. He says to
sinners. Coming to me. All you that labor
and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Christ is the
Savior. He is the light. He is the river. Secondly, it says it tells us
for whom this child was born and son was given, he says. Run
to us. A child is born unto us. A son
is given. For whom did Christ come? We know this. He did not come
for everyone. He came for those that the father
gave him. When Jesus voiced his high priestly
prayer, go over to John chapter 17. When the God man, the child
born and the son given as our high priest, he tells us who
he came to save. Look at verse 2. He says, Thou
hast given him power of all flesh that he should give eternal life
to, who? As many as Thou hast given him. Look at verse 6. I have manifest
Thy name unto the men which Thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were and Thou gavest
them me. They have kept Thy word. Look at verse 9. I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but
for them thou hast given me, for they are thine. Look at verse
11. I am no more in the world, but
these are in the world, and I come unto thee. Holy Father, keep
through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that
they may be one as we are one. Verse 24. Father, I will that
they Also, whom thou has given me, be with me where I am. You see who Christ came to say.
As many as the father gave. On to us. He came to save his
elect people. This is Jesus Christ, the son
of God and son of man, he who is God manifest in the flesh.
in whom there was no sin, he became the spotless Lamb of God
so as to satisfy the wrath of God in the stead of his people. Now here's the question of those who are in darkness.
Was his blood shed for me? That's a question, isn't it? God sent his son to save his
people. The question is, am I His? Am I His? All those that are given to the
Father, redeemed by His blood, here's the promise of God. They
that walk in darkness have seen a great light. Every one of His
people by nature walk in darkness, but God swears they shall see. great light he will call them
by his spirit he will deliver them he will break the yoke of
their bondage not like in a confusion but like I said before in clarity he will conquer his people by
the light of his gospel and they shall believe on him. Now, thirdly,
the government shall be upon his shoulders. What does this
mean? This speaks of his victory. This is going to speak of his
victory. The government shall be upon
his shoulders. This means that he bears the full weight and
responsibility as their king to save them. When Christ came into the world,
God gave him a people. And He, as their surety and high
priest, the success of their salvation depended completely
upon His victory. His victory. The government shall
be upon His shoulders. And what's the result of this?
His name shall be called Wonderful. Now you don't call anybody wonderful
that failed. No. His name by His people is
going to be called wonderful. Why? Because He bore the weight
of my sin. He bore the responsibility of
my righteousness. His name is wonderful. Why? Because
His grace is wonderful. His love is wonderful. His life
is wonderful. His death is wonderful. His person
is wonderful. His salvation is wonderful. He is wonderful. You know why? Because His people
wonder at Him. It's an amazement. He is an amazement
to us. Why in the world would you save
a man like me? You know, I wonder at that. God's people do and we call him
wonderful. Counselor. Counselor. Counselor is one who advises
us. I got a call from a brother and he wanted some counsel. Scripture tells us plainly that
it's good to seek counsel from people that are wise. How often
do we neglect the counsel of Christ from the counsel of each
other? Isn't he a wonderful counselor? He is, he is a wonderful counselor. Behold, in Jesus Christ are hid
all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. You want some knowledge?
Maybe you should go the one in whom all the treasures of wisdom
and knowledge are hidden. He's a wonderful counselor. You
need advice? Why are you asking me? You know, he lives. He is alive. And he does answer. He's a wonderful
counselor. Do you seek wisdom? Look to Christ.
Do you need forgiveness? Look to Christ. Do you need comfort?
Look to Christ. He's faithful. He's faithful. And all who believe him know
that he is the mighty God. We know that our Savior, our
brother, is our God. Our God. How often did Jesus Christ declare
his deity? I'm so thankful that my Savior
is God. Do you have any needs? Your Savior is the mighty God. Behold, the Redeemer is mighty
to save, whose power and will cannot be overruled or thwarted.
And His will is this, to bring you to Himself. Isn't that wonderful? His will is to bring you to Himself.
And His name is the Everlasting Father. Now, people get confused
about this. It's not really confusing. He's
not saying that He is the Father. The Father is the Father. The
Son is the Son, the Spirit is the Spirit. There is distinction
between the persons of the Blessed Trinity. What he's saying is
this. I'll give you an illustration.
The Scripture says that a man named Jabal is called the father
of the harp. What it means is he's the inventor
of it. Who's the inventor of your salvation?
Who's the author and finisher of your salvation? To us, He
is the Father of our salvation. He is the author and finisher
of it. That's what it means that He
is the everlasting Father. That means He's the eternal author
of it and the eternal finisher of it. Therefore, who then can separate
us from Him? and the prince of peace. He is
the prince of peace, the king of peace. You do not see that
he is the gentle water of peace. He is the sum and substance of
the gospel. He is the light that God gives
that shines out of darkness. He is our savior, the prince
of peace, for he has made peace by the blood of his cross and
the increase of his government and peace. There shall be no
end. And upon the throne of David
and upon his kingdom to order it, to establish it with judgment
and justice. Oh, that's good. You realize
that this kingdom is established with justice and judgment. In
other words, God is forever satisfied with the people of this kingdom.
Everyone who lives in it lives under the just and judgment of
God and are completely pardoned. He's established it. He's made
it. This kingdom is ordered in all
things. Now, what David said, it's ordered
in all things and what? Sure. Sure. And notice how I know that this
salvation will be accomplished. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts
will perform this. Is this not a gentle stream?
This is just a gentle stream of peace. Why? Because Christ has accomplished
everything. What's left for you to do? He's
done it all. Therefore, we praise him. We
magnify him. Simply by drinking. Simply by drinking this gospel.
Feeding opponent. That's how we serve him. We believe
in. You believe in. You trust it. You know what you're
doing, you serving him, that's how you serve it. I pray that God blesses you are
the stand be dismissed in prayer. Father, I do pray you be gracious,
refresh your people. Pour in the fresh water of the
gospel of Jesus Christ, who is the child born, the son given. He who took responsibility for
our salvation has accomplished it. So thankful, Father, you've
given us a heart to say he is wonderful, that he is our counselor,
our guide, our strength. He is the inventor, the savior.
The author and finisher of our salvation. He is our God. Mighty to save. And he is the
prince of peace. I'm so thankful that you've ordered
and established it by him. And I know that father, you will
bring us to yourself. This is your will. And we're
so thankful, Father, that no one can stop you from doing your
will. I pray even now that you'd call
sinners out of darkness, that you'd let them see the light,
drink of this river of water of life freely. I pray you'd
do it for your own glory, in Jesus' name, amen.