Alright, if you'll take your
Bibles and turn with me to Psalm 110. Psalm 110. We'll be looking, read the first
four verses. We're going to be going through
the first four verses here in Psalm 110. I've entitled this,
God's Promise to Christ. God's Promise to Christ. The Scripture says 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 in the beauty of holiness from the womb of
the morning thou hast the due of thy youth. The LORD hath sworn
and will not repent. Thou art a priest forever after
the order of Melchizedek. Let's go and read the last three
verses here. The LORD at thy right hand shall
strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge
among the heathen. He shall fill the places with
the dead bodies. He shall wound the head over
many countries. He shall drink of the brook in
the way, therefore shall he lift up the head. The head. God's promise to Christ. Now
this past few months, I believe in my own experience as I've
been walking with Christ, I believe that this is, in the past few
months I've experienced some of the greatest trials I've ever
had in my Christian walk. I've experienced many difficulties,
and I've come to the point of great despair. These trials and
troubles have brought me to a very low place, a place where I even
despaired of hope or even assurance of the grace of God in Christ
towards me. And I know this, I am not alone
in these struggles, in these trials and these Despairs. These afflictions. John Newton
wrote this many, many years ago. "'Tis a point I long to know. Oft it causes anxious thought.
Do I love the Lord or no? Am I His or am I not?" Now listen,
I know that this struggle that I had is not common with me and
Newton alone. Every believer has had this struggle
in the flesh with the old man, and it is too common a trial
and sin of unbelief that overwhelms us. It overwhelms that even the
true child of God, But God in His grace has given us something
that we might have assurance, that we might have comfort and
assurance even in the midst of our greatest doubts and fears,
and you have it in your hands. It is the Word of God. It is
the promise of God in our hands, this Word. He has by His grace
not left this salvation to our imagination. or our feelings,
but He has given us His promise of salvation. Yes, His promise
is to His elect, but remember, His promises are not directly
to us. In other words, His promises
are not dependent upon us. They're not dependent upon our
merits, but His promises are always given to us through Christ. Through Christ. There is one
mediator between God and men, who? The man, Christ Jesus. Now we know that the promises
of God, the Scripture tells us the promises of God are what?
Yea and Amen. That's right. God's promises
are sure. They're sure. And they're immutable
promises. How? In Christ Jesus. Isn't that what the scripture
says? His promises are yea and amen. Where? In Christ Jesus. Only in Christ are His promises
sure and immutable. Now if the promises of God were
based on ourselves, If the promises of God were based on our merit,
then you can be sure that they would not be sure. You can be
sure that they would be mutable, wouldn't they? How is your faith? Is it mutable? If your salvation
was dependent on your faith, surely your salvation would be
changeable because your faith is changeable. Your love is changeable. So if the promises of God were
dependent upon us, they would not be sure, they would not be
yea and amen. But because they are promises
in Christ, they are yes and amen in Him. They are not based on
us. They are grounded and rooted.
Now, if our promises were only, yea and amen, if you felt it. What if the promises of God were
only dependent on how you feel about it? This morning, my feelings
are very few and far between concerning this because of the
great affliction and trial that's placed on me. And so, I would
surely begin to doubt if it was based on my feelings. But listen,
believer, it's not based on your feelings and how you feel. We
would have no assurance if it was based on our feelings. We
would have no peace or comfort. But this morning I want you to
be comforted. I want to take comfort myself. I want to be
comforted in this. That the promises of God are
yes and amen only as they are in Christ. And these promises
are only given to those who are in Christ. In Christ. Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with what? All
spiritual blessings in heavenly places. Where? In Christ. That's where all the blessings
are. That's where all the promises are. They are in Christ. Now, and so in this text, I want
us to see this, that all of the promises of God are first promised
to Christ. And only through Christ fulfilling
these promises do we have any confidence and hope of salvation. Look at this in verse 1. I want you to see, first of all,
God promised Christ something here. He promised Christ should
be king. He promised Christ that He should
be King. The Lord Jehovah said unto my
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand till I make thine enemies. The
right hand is what? A place of power, a place of
authority. God said, Sit thou at my right
hand, a place of power and authority, till I make thine enemies thy
footstool. Now this, This text of Scripture, you remember, this
one here, Jesus was asking the Pharisees who the Messiah was.
And they quickly said, He's the Son of David. And Jesus, using
this text of Scripture, He says, How then did David by spirit
call Him Lord? You see, they didn't understand
that the Messiah would not only be the Son of David, but also
the eternal Son of God. The Messiah, the Christ, the
Son of David, according to the flesh, was promised to be God's
anointed Savior, and only the Son was purposed to be King,
to sit at the right hand of God. Here Jehovah promised the Son,
announcing Him to be the eternal King. The Lord Jehovah, the Father,
said unto the Lord Jesus Christ. Sit thou at my right hand, till
I make thine enemies. When did He say that? He said
that in eternity. He said that in eternity. This
promise was given from all eternity. In Psalm chapter 2 and verse
7 it says, I declare the decree. The Lord said unto me, Thou art
my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And in Hebrews 1.8 it says,
Under the sun He said, Thy throne, O God, is forever. Thy scepter, a scepter of righteousness,
is the scepter of thy kingdom. So we see this promise of God,
this eternal covenant of God, that God decreed Him to sit on
the right hand as the eternal King over all men, angels, and
creation, the sovereign Lord over all things, was given to
Christ, the Son of God, from eternity. Before there was ever
a sinner, consider this, before there was ever a sinner, before
Satan was ever created, before anything was ever made, God said
to His Son, Thou art My Son. And He also said to His Son,
Thy throne, O God, is forever. He promised to be King. He was given to be a King, and
not only a King, but a Savior. A Savior, a Ruler, a Deliverer. God the Father from eternity
purposed the scepter of rule into the hands of Jesus Christ,
setting Him up from eternity. Now if you go over to Proverbs
chapter 8. Proverbs chapter 8, the Lord
Jesus Christ speaking in His nature of wisdom. He says this
in verse 22. He said, The Lord possessed me
in the beginning of His way before His works of old. That word possessed
can be translated begotten. The Lord hath begotten me of
old in the beginning of His way. When was the beginning of His
way? That's an eternal way. There was never a beginning of
His way. It's an eternal beginning. He
was the eternally begotten Son. This is not speaking of Christ
being created, but one with the Father, equal with the Father
and Spirit, and He was God's King of all creation. For without
Christ, what does John say? Without Him, not anything made
was made. He was King over all things from
eternity. Friends, this Jesus that I'm
speaking of is not anything less than God. He is God. But himself as is God and God
was from the beginning the eternal king and ruler and sovereign
But then the scripture tells us in the next verse He says
I was set up from everlasting from the beginning or ever the
worth earth was what is this time? This is talking about his
office. He was set up to be Christ. He was purposed of God to have
that office of prophet, priest, and king, the savior of His people. It was covenanted by the Father
that He should be the representative of all His elect people, over
which He was made king. He was king. that He would come
and unite Himself to our nature and fulfill all righteousness,
the righteousness of God by His obedience. He would, by His own
faithfulness, die in the stead of His people. Therefore, as
King and Federal Head of His elect, Jesus came into this world
as a man and died in our stead. This is how the Scripture could
say He was for God hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew
no sin, that we should be made the righteousness of God in Him.
You see, Christ the King was determined to be King and sent
of the Father, and all of the sins of His elect were imputed
to Him, and He suffered the full wrath of God upon the cross to
redeem them by His blood, And because of his success. When
he died, he said what? It's finished. The work is accomplished. Redemption accomplished. And
what was the result of that? God raised him from the dead. But not only this, he raised
him to sit on the throne of God. He ascended. He ascended after
He accomplished the salvation of His people. God set Him to
be ruler over all flesh. Isn't that what Jesus said in
John 17? He said, I've finished the work that you've given Me
to do. As thou hast given Him power over what? All flesh. This was His right. to take that
seat at the right hand of God. Why? God promised Christ that
He should be King. He was King as God, but that
He should be King as the Savior and representative of all His
people, and that's exactly what took place when He rose from
the dead. He ascended to the right hand
of the Father and sits by the right hand of the Majesty on
high. But let me ask you this, what
good is a king without a people? Isn't that right? Scott, if I
said, there's King Scott. Scott, who are you king over? It'd be a mockery for me to say
that to you. It's a joke, because we don't have a people. What
good is a king without a people? It is a mockery. And what good
is a king without power? A king without sovereignty and
without dominion and without power is to be pitied and not
worshipped. Yet men would claim Jesus to
be king, but not have a people. They would say He rules from
all eternity, but they failed to recognize Him to have a people
from all eternity. They say He's sovereign and all-powerful,
yet they deny His sovereignty in the providence of all things,
and especially His sovereignty in the salvation of His people. This would be a mockery to have
an eternal decree of God that He should be King, accomplish
redemption, rise from the dead, sit on the throne, and not be
sure of ever having a people. That's a mockery. But this text
assures us that God not only promised Christ to be a king,
what else did He promise? He promised that He should have
a people. And that He should, in sovereign
power, rule over them. This is the promise of God to
Christ now. Thy people. Look at this. Verse
3, go back to your text, in verse 3, what did He say? He says this,
Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy power. Thy people. God sent Christ to
be King and Savior, and He gave Him a people. And
these people should be willing subjects. Now I got three things
about these people now because I know this. God promised to
be king. He is king. He is a savior. He does have
a people. But what causes our doubts is
this. Am I his. Isn't that what Newton said.
Am I his or am I not. Because all the promises are
yea and amen only in Christ. And if I am his Only then may
I claim the promises and be comforted by the promises of God in him. Now I've got three things concerning
these people. First of all, they are a given
people. They are a given people. Secondly,
they are a purchased people. And thirdly, they are a conquered
and kept people. Let's see this in order. A given
people. This is the sovereign election
of God mentioned in our text. Thy people. Now these people
were mentioned before we were people, right? I wasn't a people
yet, I wasn't you, I wasn't born, neither were you. Yet we are
thy people. We were mentioned here. We were
decreed here that we should be the people of God. This is the
sovereign election of God. In 2 Thessalonians 2.13 Paul
says, We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren,
beloved of the Lord. Why should we give thanks? Because
God hath from the beginning chosen you. What? To salvation. To salvation. These chosen ones
were given to the king out of love to be his children, to be
his people, and through him, the king, they should be made
accepted. Where do you find this? You find
this in Ephesians chapter 1. And we just read that verse,
Ephesians 1 verse 3, Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings
in heavenly places in Christ, according as He hath chosen us
Thy people. He had chosen us in Christ before
the foundation of the world. For what purpose? That we should
be holy and without blame before What was His motive? In love,
having predestinated us unto the adoption of children. How
should He do all of this? By Jesus Christ, by the actions,
by the work of the King, Jesus. By Jesus Christ, unto Himself, And what is the purpose of all
of this? To the praise of the glory of
His grace, wherein He hath made us, made us, made us accepted. He did something. He made us
accepted. The King made us accepted in
Himself. Jesus, who was appointed to be
King of the Father, was given a people, To be their surety,
to be their representative, and as their king He was sent to
save them. I thought of this illustration was David and Goliath.
What a wonderful thing that. Beautiful picture of Christ.
You remember David was appointed to be king. David was chosen
to be king. And then God sent that Goliath
out there and he defied the armies of Israel, defied God. And all
of Israel was in fear. No one could face this giant.
And yet here comes this little young man, this boy, with a stone
and a sling. And he stands before Goliath
and he said, This day the Lord God shall deliver you into our
hands and I will feed your bodies to the wild beast this day. Can
you imagine that? A giant standing up there and
he says, I'm going to feed your body to the wild beast today.
And you know what? When he picked up that spear,
David ran. You know who ran? David ran toward
him. What a picture of Christ, the
King. And how he came to slay our sins that we could not slay. How he came to conquer and bind
Satan that we could not bind. He came to conquer as a representative
for Israel. And He is not only David, He
is the stone, isn't He? The stone that David threw, He
is the stone. And you remember, He had no sword
in His hand. Christ in meekness, He had no
sword in His hand. How did He slay sin? He slayed
sin by the very instrument of the enemy, death. He took Goliath's
sword and cut his head off with his own sword. What did he do
with that? He cut the head of our sins off with death, his
death, his own death. Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
came and delivered with one mighty blow, delivered victory. And behold our King says this, All that the Father giveth, This
sound, does this sound, I mean this doesn't sound like us at
all. I mean I could say, you know what, I'm going to the store.
And that may or may not happen. It just may not, I can't tell.
But the king said, all that the father giveth me, you know what
they're going to do, they're going to come to me. And when
they do, I'm not going to cast them out. Why? I came to do the
will of the Father which sent me, and this is the will of Him
that sent me to be king, promised me to be king, gave me a people. This is my promise. I should
not lose one, but raise them up at the last day. Now that's
the voice of a king. When He came into this world,
He was given a name, Jesus, for this purpose. Thou shalt save.
Thou shalt save. Thou shalt save who? Thy people
from their sins. And that's exactly what the king
did. Exactly what he did. exactly
what God promised He accomplished. Praise God for this promise that
the King, that the Son should be King, and that God gave Him
a people. You know, if there was no promise
of election, there would be no salvation? If there was no promise
of election, if there was no Thy people, there would be none
of us, His people. But because God promised Him
to be King, He also promised this, He should have a people.
And He promised those people would come to Him, and none of
them be cast out. And He would not lose one. Second
of all, these people are purchased people. They're not only given,
but they're purchased. Look at this verse 2 in our text.
Go back to your text. The Lord shall send... the rod
of thy strength out of Zion, rule thou in the midst of thine
enemies. Now Christ's people who were
given to Him from eternity, who He was promised to be their King
and their Redeemer, you know this, you know this, believer,
we were not born willing subjects. We were none of us desiring to
bow to Him. Matter of fact, to our shame,
we were born in sin and enemies of God. Now what the scripture
says, to be carnally minded is what? Death. To be spiritually
minded is life and peace. All of us by nature following
after the flesh were carnally minded and only result of that
is death. And this was our mind because
the carnal mind is enmity against God. For it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can be, Romans 8, 7. All of us of Adam's race were
born dead and trespassed, carnally minded. We were born carnally
minded. We were born blind to see our need of a savior and
said in our own hearts, we will not have this man to rule over
us. Therefore, friends, we read the
scripture, all have sinned and missed the mark of the glory
of God. All of us. We all are as an unclean thing.
All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. So then, it is impossible
for us to save ourselves. If someone were to invite you
to see the President, we would fix ourselves up. We at least
take a bath, right? We at least try to fix ourselves
up to be acceptable into the presence of someone who has power. Listen, we could never fix ourselves
up enough to make us acceptable in the presence of God. Nothing
we could do. And matter of fact, none of us
desired to do any of that. It is impossible for us to save
ourselves. It is impossible for men by their
works, religious deeds or merits to earn the favor of God. Who then can be saved? Listen to what the king said.
With men, it is impossible. But with God, all things are
possible. Salvation is possible only if
God does it. Only if God does it. So these
elect needed not only a king to rule them, but a Savior to
redeem them. A Savior. That's what we needed. I think of the good Samaritan.
You remember that man. He was robbed. That man who was robbed by thieves
and beaten and left for dead in the middle of the street.
That's a picture of us. We were robbed. We were ruined.
Our inheritance was lost. And we lay dying and dead in
the streets. And remember the Pharisee and
the Levite. They came and passed by on the
other side. You know, people think they're
mean. I don't think they were mean.
They just couldn't. They couldn't help him. Otherwise, they themselves
would be contaminated, would be unclean. They were going to
worship God. They could not touch him. What a picture of the law. The
law is good. If those men pictured the law,
is there anything wrong with the law? No, the law is good.
But the law must pass by on the other side. The law cannot help
us lest it defile itself. But along comes then what? The
Good Samaritan, which is a picture of Jesus Christ. He takes that
dying man. He picks him up. Listen, He contaminates
Himself. He picks Him up. He puts Him
on His own beast. He brings Him to the end. He
binds His wounds. He pays His debt and says, You
keep Him until I return. What a picture of Christ. He
came and bare our sins in His own body on the tree. He bare
us and our sin, didn't He? He was our King, our representative,
and He bare our sin in Himself. He paid our debt. He bound our
wounds. He gave His blood and paid for
this, that the Holy Spirit should keep us until He returns again. What a picture of our King! And
as King, He alone had the power to rule in the midst of His enemies.
Isn't that what we were when we found us? We were His enemies.
How then did He redeem us? How could He do that? God is
holy, isn't He? You bet he is. Look what he says
he's going to do in verse 6. What this king is going to do.
He shall judge among the heathen. He shall fill the places with
the dead bodies. He shall wound the heads over
many countries. Listen, this king is going to
judge. And everyone who has sin will
be judged and condemned. He will fill hell with the dead
bodies. He will. All those who are not in Him,
all those who are not redeemed by Him will be cast out into
eternal darkness, void of any mercies of God in everlasting
hell. But how then should He redeem
His people? Look at verse 7. He shall drink
of the brook in the way. Therefore shall he lift up the
head. What does this mean? What is this brook? That's a
brook, Kitron. You know, when David was in exile
because of Absalom, that's what the scripture says in 2 Samuel
15, in verse 23, it says, The country wept aloud with a loud
voice, and all the people passed over. The king himself passed
over the brook, Kitron, and all the people passed over toward
the way of the wilderness. Now, this brook, was not a clean
water. It was a sewage ditch. It was where all of the blood
and the entrails and the dung from the sacrifices were filtered
from the temple into this creek, into this ditch. And this Chitron,
it flowed from the temple with all of the blood and the refuse
from the sacrifices. It was a putrid river. It was
a putrid stream. Now, why should David have to
cross this? Why mention it? Is it really
that important? Yes, it's important. Why? This
is the same brook the Lord Jesus Christ crossed over the night
He was to be betrayed and crucified. In John 18 it says, And Jesus
spake these words, and He went forth with His disciples over
the brook Hitron. Holy Spirit's not putting anything
there to just fill up space, friends. It's important. Why? Because this is the brook
He should drink of in the way. This is how the rod of God's
strength should redeem Zion, is by drinking of this brook. King Jesus, in order to redeem
His people, must drink of the brook of suffering and death. His people were full of sin and
by no means could redeem themselves, so Christ, being given this people,
must have their sins imputed to Him and pay for them with
His own blood. He became a man for this purpose,
to redeem us, to be our kinsman-redeemer. Remember when Ruth, Naomi lost
everything, her husband? He lost all of his inheritance,
and Ruth and Naomi came back to Jerusalem. They were gleaning
as slaves in the middle of the field, just picking up scraps,
until when the kinsman redeemer, Boaz, bought her. And that's
what our Lord Jesus Christ did with His blood. He bought us. This is the promise of God. He
shall drink. The King shall drink of the brook
in the way. This is how He should redeem
His people. And what was the result? When
He drank our sin into Himself. The wrath of God without measure
was poured out on Him. What His people deserved, He
received. The full wrath of God and the
result of it was this. By His one offering, He hath
perfected forever them that are sanctified. All His people are
redeemed. This is not just a promise to
you, friend. This was a promise to Christ.
That He should redeem His people. And listen, He did redeem His
people. from their sins. And thirdly,
his people are a conquered people. As I've told you before, Adam's
race by nature are rebels. Now, when man was made, man was
made in the image of God a rational creature. He was. Adam was the best of us. Now, friends, if there was a
natural man that was the best, Adam was the best. The man was
made both with reason and will. And yet when he sinned, man's
reason became twisted and his will became enslaved. To what? Sin. He was born naturally, carnally,
in the flesh, bent towards sin. You know, even Paul said this,
that because of that old nature, I cannot do what I would. You believer, I know that's true
of us. We cannot do what we will. What would we do? We'd be like
Christ. And we find this in this flesh. We cannot. It's full of
sin. And you know what? This flesh is going to live sin
and die sin. Therefore, because of our chains,
no man is willing to come to Christ. You got that? Now listen,
I'm not making this up, am I? The King said it. The King said
it. No man can come unto me, except
the Father which hath sent me draw him. He didn't say it once,
did he? He said it twice. He said, Therefore I said unto
you, No man can come unto me, except it were given him of my
Father. No man has the ability. So what must his people be in
order to be his people? They must be conquered. It must
be conquered. Man is only willing to sin and
break God's law. He's only willing to worship
a God of his own making. But no man is willing to come
to Christ by nature. But those chosen people of God,
those redeemed and purchased people of God, what does it say
in our text? Look at it. Thy people, verse 3, where are
they? They shall be willing in the
day. of Thy power. They shall be willing.
Those who are by nature unwilling shall be willing. Now is this
a promise? It's as much a promise as Christ being King. It's as
much a promise as Him drinking of the brook in the way. It is
a promise of God. Thy people shall be willing. Who by nature are not willing. They shall be. When? only in the day of thy power. Only when God the Holy Spirit
comes in power and quickens them will they be willing, otherwise
they never will. They will be, Jesus said this to those Pharisees,
you will not come to me, that you might have life. The king who was given a people
died for those people. Listen, he must and will then
conquer them. That's what this text is promising,
is that he will conquer his people. He promised to rule in the midst
of his enemies. Were we not his enemies? And
what is the promise? He will rule in the midst of
his enemies. He will rule over his enemies.
And His people, who are by nature enemies, will be in the day of
His power made willing subjects. Made willing subjects. How? By the rod of His strength. The
rod of His strength is not only Christ, but it is the gospel.
The rod of thy strength shall go forth out of Zion, out of
the church, which is the preaching of the gospel. God sends His
gospel in power and that gospel binds Satan and subdues the old
nature and at the same time implants, imparts and creates a brand new
heart, a brand new nature that is willing and subject to believe
and love and serve Christ. That's what God does in the day
of His power. He creates something that was
not there. He makes us a new heart. That's what He promised in the
covenant. He said, a new heart will I give unto you. A new spirit
will I put within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and
keep My judgment. What are statutes and judgments?
That's not the law, friends. What is that? is to believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ. That's what the nature cannot
and will not do, that the new nature can only and always do. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Love the Lord Jesus Christ. Serve
the Lord Jesus Christ. That's what the new nature does. He binds the old man and creates
a new man. Is this your confession? Search your heart. May God the
Holy Spirit search my heart and tell me the truth. Is this me? Have I been bound? Have I been
conquered? Has Christ the promised King
come and conquered you? Have you been made to believe
on the Son of God? Is your heart and life bent to serve Him? I confess, not like I desire, and most surely not like I should, But I confess, it is my heart. It is my soul to believe on Him. This is one who has been conquered.
One who has been subdued, made willing in the day of His power.
Then believer, we are given the promise of God to Him from eternity. We were purchased by Christ in
time by His blood on the cross. And we are now conquered by the
power of His Spirit through the preaching of the gospel. And
now we who were His enemies willingly love, willingly serve, and willingly
believe. And not only this, Thy people
shall be willing, not only willing, look this other thing, in the
beauties of holiness. What does this mean? The believer
He has promised to the Son of God that His people should be
dressed in holiness. Now listen, that's a promise
of God to Christ. Christ says, look, your people
will be holy. Your people will be dressed in
the beauties of holiness. Believer, we stand, are standing right
now with God In true holiness. Pastor, I just don't feel...
Again, weigh with the feelings of it. Because that's... Even
when you feel holy, listen, I know your nature's not. You know your
nature's not. Usually when we feel holy, what
does that instill? Pride. But this is not a feeling, it's
a promise of God to Christ. Thy people shall be robed in
the beauty of holiness. What is this? We are robed in
the merits of Christ. Robed in the beautiful garments
made and stitched by His own obedience to God. That's what
we have. We have with His garments on,
I am as holy as the Holy One. That's a beautiful song written
by Joseph Hart. Beautiful words. That's true.
Whosoever is born of God, John says what? Sinneth not. Now what is he talking about?
Because I tell you what, by experience we can't say that, can we? Yet,
that's the truth. The new nature doesn't sin. The
old nature can't do anything but sin. That's how Paul could say, in
my flesh dwelleth no good thing, O wretched man, that I am, not
that I was, that I am who shall deliver you from the body of
this death. And then in the very next breath he says, I thank
God through Jesus Christ I have been, there is therefore now,
what, no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. Why? They're robed in His garment
of righteousness. The beauty of holiness is ours
by promise and by power of the Spirit of God giving us the new
nature. Therefore God may say truly,
I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their sins and iniquities.
I will remember what? No more. Now look at this last part of
the people of God. It's speaking here, thy people
shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of
holiness from the womb of the morning thou hast to do of thy
youth. The promised people of the King,
here God displays that they will not be few but plenty. They will be born again from
the womb of the morning. This speaks of our spiritual
birth. Every one of them will be born
in the womb of the morning as the dew. Now, I'm sure when people
wake up in the morning and they, the dew's just there. You don't
have to have a rain. You don't have to have anything.
All of a sudden, it just appears out of nowhere. In the darkness,
it appears, and in the morning, you're able to see the dew. That's
how it is with a man born again of God. In the darkness, it takes
place in the inner chambers of the heart, doesn't it? God's
work takes place inside. And it works inside out. Religion
tries to work outside in. But God works in the darkness
of a man's heart and gives him life in the night. And then in
the morning, the dew is seen. It's a mystical work, it's a
spiritual work of God. From the womb of the morning
thou is the dew of thy youth. This speaks also of the multitude
of God's people. Listen, I don't know how many
people the king has, but I know this, there's a lot of them.
Can you count the dew drops on the ground? No. God says His
people shall be as the sand of the sea and as the stars of heaven.
A number which no man, listen, no man can number. You know what? I don't know who God's people
are. I can't go out and pick them out. Isn't that what Christ
told us? He said, look, sure enough, you
try to pick them out, you'll pull the wheat and leave the
tares. Every time. God has a people. God has a people. And they're numerous, friends.
We may see but few of them. But God promises by this text
that He has redeemed a multitude of people. Therefore let us then
preach the word, and let the seed fall where it may, and those
who hear and believe, we know this, they're conquered. Now
then, have you been conquered? Do you bow and believe on Christ?
Then let me let let us see the comfort of this. Look at the
next verse. The Lord has sworn and will not repent. Thou art
a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. You see, this
king is not only promised to be a king, but a priest. And
listen, this promise of God, this is the covenant. He said
the Lord has sworn and will not repent. What about my sin? The Lord has
sworn it and He will not repent. Christ is your priest forever. After the order of Melchizedek.
In other words, He had no beginning of this priesthood and He has
no end of this priesthood. So then Paul says, Who is He
that condemneth? It's Christ that died, yea rather
has risen again and is ever living to make intercession for us. Believer, God promised he shall
be a king and guess what? He's a king. God promised he
shall have a people and save them, guess what? He saved them. God promised that his people
shall be willing in the day of his power and they are all willing
in the day of his power. They shall be dressed in the
beauty of holiness and they shall be plenty. They shall be as the
dew of the morning. They have the dew of their youth. Freshness. This is freshness. This salvation is constantly,
perpetually fresh. New every morning are the mercies
of God. Our King now rules then as our
priest. Therefore, He intercedes for
us. And I'll close with this. Go over to Psalm 89. Flip over
there real fast. Not very far away. Psalm 89.
And this is for you in comfort. If you're struggling with this,
if you're having difficulty in the middle of your trials and
troubles, and you're not sure, listen, you believe on Christ,
that's the power of God. Look at this in Psalm 89, verse
2. For I have said, God has said,
mercy shall be built up, how long? Forever. Thy faithfulness,
Thy faithfulness, Christ's righteousness, obedience, and blood, thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish in the very heavens. I have made a covenant
with my king, my chosen. I have sworn unto David, my servant,
which is David's son and David's lord. This is what he sworn.
He said, Thy seed will I establish forever and build up thy throne
to all generations. Sinners, You will not find mercy
anywhere but in Christ. In Christ God has set a covenant,
and in His servant David's Son and David's Lord is all the blessings
of salvation. All the promises of God are yea
and amen in Him. And all that believe on Him,
we are His seed and established forever in Him. And God is faithful
to keep us safe until we reach heaven's shore. Now this is your
hope today. You're a believer in Christ.
You hold to this. God promised Christ. The only hope you have
is in God's promise to His Son. The only hope I have is in God's
promise to His Son. And listen, God's promises are
yea and amen. He made Him king. Gave Him a
people. His people are willing. Are you
willing? Then you're His people. He redeemed you. He saved you. And listen to this. He will keep
you. Does the king still not rule all things? Even your troubles? You bet he does. He promised. And that's a heck of a lot better
than any man's promise. That's a promise of God. I pray
God will bless this to you.