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Sing A New Song

Psalm 96
John Chapman May, 19 2022 Audio
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In his sermon "Sing A New Song," John Chapman focuses on the centrality of worship and the imperative to sing to the Lord, as affirmed in Psalm 96. He emphasizes that singing is not merely a form of expression but a doctrinal act rooted in the acknowledgment of God's attributes, especially His redemptive work through Christ. Key arguments include the triune nature of God deserving praise, the transformation of worship through the new song sung by the redeemed, and the universality of this praise extending to all nations, including Gentiles. Scriptures such as Revelation 5:9-10 and Psalm 96:1-3 are discussed to illustrate the call for creation to worship God through song as an expression of His salvation and glory. The practical significance lies in the calling of believers to actively proclaim God's glory in their lives and communities, demonstrating the hope found in Christ and encouraging worship grounded in truth.

Key Quotes

“If a person refuses to sing unto the Lord here, you can be sure that person won't be there.”

“We sing unto the Lord who alone deserves to be praised in song.”

“No one knows this song but the redeemed... they may put a tune to it, but they don't know what they're talking about.”

“He shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with His truth.”

Sermon Transcript

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Psalm 96. Psalm 96. I titled the message, SINGING UNTO THE LORD. That's mentioned, I think, three
times here in this psalm. Oh, sing unto the Lord. And there
in verse 1 it says again, sing unto the Lord all the earth.
In verse 2, sing unto the Lord. And that's just what we did. Our singing was unto the Lord. You know, there's a song that
we sing, I couldn't think of the name of it today, But the
lyrics in it go like this, Let those refuse to sing who never
knew our God. If a person refuses to sing unto
the Lord here, you can be sure that person won't be there. If
they won't sing here, they'll not be there. Praise, singing,
worship starts here. This is where it starts. It starts
here. And it is perfected in glory. It's perfected. Now verse 1, O sing unto the
Lord, Jehovah. Someone mentioned this that I
was reading, I think it might have been Spurgeon, that's mentioned
three times, sing unto the Lord. It's speaking of the Trinity. All three deserve to be sung
to. Jehovah the Father, Jehovah the Son, and Jehovah the Holy
Spirit. All three. One God. Not three gods. One God, but there are three
distinct persons in the Godhead. And they deserve to be sung to.
Oh, sing unto the Lord a new song. A new song. Sing unto the Lord all the earth.
Many times in the Psalms we are told to sing unto the Lord. That's what it was back over
in Psalm 95. Oh come, let us sing unto the
Lord. Throughout all the Psalms, it
has a lot to say of singing unto the Lord. Put a tune to our praise. We praise Him, put a tune to
it. That's what He's saying, put a tune to it. Put a tune
to our praise as another song goes, tune my heart to sing thy
praise. We sing unto the Lord who alone
deserves to be praised in song. We don't deserve to be praised
in song. I know a lot of songs that are
written by natural men is in praise of men, praise of one
another, But no one deserves praise but our God. No one deserves
it. Not deserves it, but our Lord,
our Lord deserves all praise and all glory is to be ascribed
unto Him. And it says a new song, a song
we didn't know before. The song we just sang was a song
we didn't know before, but that's not the song he's talking about.
No, we didn't know this song before, nor did our ancestors
know it. It's songs of grace, which we
were foreign to at one time. Listen to this. Revelation 5,
9 through 10. Here it is. Here's the new song.
And they sung a new song. And here's how it goes. Saying,
Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof.
For thou was slain, crucified, and has redeemed us, He's purchased
us. We are a purchased people. Everyone
here who believes God, we are a purchased people. We belong
to Him. He bought us. Bought us with
His blood. And has redeemed us to God by
Thy blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation. And He's made us unto our God,
kings and priests, royalty. And we shall reign on the earth.
We shall reign on the earth, on that new earth. We shall reign. And this new song is a song to
Him. It's unto Him. Who has redeemed
us by His blood. One who has the power and the
right to open the book and loose the seals thereof. We sing unto
the Lord. Worthy. Worthy is the Lamb that
was slain. Worthy, worthy, worthy. And you
know, no one knows this song but the redeemed. No one knows
it. Oh, they may read this, what
I just read to you, and they may put a tune to it, but they
don't know what they're talking about. They don't know what they're
singing about. And here's why I say this. Revelation 14.3,
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne. and before
the four beasts and the elders. And no man could learn that song."
No man could learn that song. Not in heart. No man could know
that song. But the 144,000 which were redeemed
from the earth. That's a symbolic number. Talking
about all the redeemed of God. But no one, no one could know
that song. They don't know it in their heart. They might stand up and mimic
the words, but they don't know what they're saying. They don't
know it all, but you do. You do. When we sing, worthy
is the Lamb, we know what we're talking about. We know the one
we're talking about. We know the one we're singing
to, don't we? And those who are to sing all
the earth, there's such a missionary spirit about this psalm. You
know, the Jews, they read the Psalms. How could they? How is
it? Well, other than willful blindness, they were willfully
blinded. But these Psalms tell us and are a prophecy of God's
saving Gentiles. Right here it is. It's to all
the earth. And we'll see more of that as
we go through here. The Lord made the earth, therefore all
the earth are to sing to Him. Did He not make us? as well as
the Jews, did not He make the Gentiles? Did we not come from
Adam? Did we not come from Adam and Eve, just like they did?
He deserves, listen, God Almighty, the Lord Jesus Christ deserves
our praise. He deserves our praise, us Gentiles. He deserves our praise for not
leaving us alone. You know, many of our ancestors
were left alone. They were left in darkness. Here we are. This psalm is for
us. This is our psalm. All the earth,
all the earth. And then sing unto the Lord,
in verse 2, sing unto the Lord and bless His name. Show forth
His salvation from day to day. First of all, it's our business
while we are here on this earth, whatever time God's given us
to live on this earth, It is our business to bless His name. Not just in this room, but out
there. Out there. Out there among the
sons of men. To bless His name. Tell the truth
on Him. How do we bless His name? Sing
unto the Lord and bless His name. How do we do it? By showing forth
His salvation. That's how we do it. by speaking
up when given the opportunity. When God opens the door, have
something to say. Be ready, be in season, out of
season, to give a reason of the hope that's in you with fear
and trembling. Not with pride, because there is such a thing
as pride of race, pride of place, pride of face, and pride of grace. And He says here, do it with
fear and trembling. Because He could leave you alone
like He has left others alone. He could do that. I'll have mercy
on whom I'll have mercy. Think about that. I'll have mercy
on whom I'll have mercy. And listen, show forth His salvation,
show forth His redemptive glory. in Jesus Christ and Him crucified. You know, part of the redemptive
glory of our Lord is this, He got the job done. Everyone for
whom He died shall be saved. You know, God's chief glory is
His redemptive glory. God became a man and took the
place of a multitude of sinners that He chose. He elected. And He died in their place under
the penalty of His own law. Isn't that amazing? That's amazing
grace. Now that's amazing grace. I sit
in my study and I think of things like that. I think, He died under
the penalty, a death penalty that was on me. The soul that
sinneth shall surely die. That's a death penalty. And He took my death penalty.
That's real. I'm telling you, that's real.
Would the God Him make it more real to us? Show forth His redemptive
glory. Show forth His grace. I didn't
deserve it. I should never speak to another
sinner. I should never speak down to
them. Because I'm on their level. The only difference between me
and Judas is the grace of God. That's the only difference. It's
the grace of God. We show forth His grace, we show
forth His righteousness, His right obedience to the law in
my place. It's His righteousness, saved
by His righteousness, saved by His blood through the preaching
of the gospel. It comes to us. God sends it to us. And here's
something, God sends it to us week after week after week. He feeds us on the bread of life
week after week after week. Oh, that's something to sing
about. Something to sing about. And how often are we to do this?
He says from day to day. It's our message. It's our life.
Christ is my life. Think about this. Now give yourself
serious thought about this. What is your life? Or I should
say, who is your life? What is it that gets you? What is it that motivates you,
that moves you? Paul said, for me to live. What
is it for you to live? What is it for me to live? To
get up in the morning. What is it for me to live? Christ. And I know it's not like it ought
to be. I know that. I get caught up
in things just like everybody else does. My mind gets caught
up thinking about things. It's totally useless. You talk
about a totally useless way to use your brain. I've got a lot
of them. I'm like, why do you think about
that? Why do you even expend the energy to even have such
a thought? Spurgeon has a message, Thoughts
About Thoughts. I think that's the title of it,
but that's what the message was about, thoughts about your thoughts. But to show forth his salvation
from day to day and declare his glory among the heathen. I'm sure glad he did. I'm sure
glad God sent the apostles out, that little group of men, he
sent them out, and Paul became the apostle to the Gentiles,
and then it just spread all over the world like a wave of the
ocean. It just went across the world. And here we are. You heathens. You bunch of heathens. God sent
the gospel to you and me. Us bunch of heathens. I'll include
myself. Us bunch of heathens. us, declare his glory among the
heathen, his wonders among all people." Don't be prejudiced
about it. That's what he's saying. Because
I'm telling you what, the Jews were prejudiced. I mean, that's
a worldwide thing, but the Jews did not want us in the house. They didn't want us in the house.
We're dogs. We were dogs. He didn't want
dogs in the house. Like my dad, my dad, he said,
the dog's place is outside. He wouldn't let a dog in the
house for nothing. But that's the way he was and that's the
way he grew up. So when he comes to my house,
I put the dogs in a room. I put them up out of respect. But he's saying here, And He
declares wonders among all people. All people. There's such a missionary
spirit about this psalm. Such an evangelistic spirit about
it. He says here, declare, that is, not explain His glory. Don't try to explain His glory.
That's beyond comprehension. You know, I was trying to think
of how to express His glory, as I was putting this down. And
I thought, well, it's to declare His attributes. His holiness,
His justice, His righteousness, His grace, His mercy. That's
His glory, who He is. God's glory is who He is. He's God. He's perfect. in every way. We declare His
glory in providence. He rules heaven and earth. He
controls what goes on every day. We declare His glory and salvation
through the Lord Jesus Christ. But as I was thinking this, and
I was writing this out, typing this out, Exodus 33 came to mind. Turn over there. I kept just thinking, how do
you express God's glory? And you know what? I've learned
this. God can express it far better than I can. He can express
it. So just listen to Him. Let's
listen to Him express it. Instead of me trying to stumble
and fumble around up here to do it. In Exodus 33. Verse 13. Now let's go to verse
12. And Moses said unto the Lord,
See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people, and thou hast
not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said,
I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace. in my
sight. Now therefore, I pray thee, if
I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may
know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight, and consider that
this nation is thy people. And he said, My presence shall
go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him,
If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein
shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in
thy sight? Is it not in that thou goest
with us? So shall we be separated, I and
thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the
earth. And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also
that thou hast spoken, for thou hast found grace in my sight. I know thee by name. And he said,
I beseech thee, show me thy glory. Man, that hit me today. meditating and thinking and praying. How do I present this, Lord? You know, we live on this earth.
We live by faith, don't we? We live by faith. I mean, I haven't
been to heaven. I haven't been like Paul, who'd
been to the third heaven and saw things that was unlawful
to utter. But listen, he said, Show me
thy glory. And here's what God says. And
he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee. And I will proclaim the name
of the Lord, who He is, before thee. I'll proclaim the name
of the Lord, who I am. And will be gracious to whom
I'll be gracious. And will show mercy on whom I'll
show mercy. There's His glory. His sovereign
mercy. Here's His glory. I'll show mercy
to whom I'll show mercy. I'll be gracious to whom I'll
be gracious. And He said, Thou canst not see
My face, for there shall no man see Me and live. But you know
what? We now can look into the face
of Jesus Christ and live. He said, He that has seen Me
has seen the Father. We can now look into the face
of the Son of God, God Himself, and live. That's what John said
over in 1 John 1. We have handled it. We've handled
it. We have touched. We have touched life, we've handled
life, the word of life, we've handled it, we've touched it,
we've heard, we've heard the word of life. And we're still,
and we're alive. God said here, you can't see
my face and live, but I tell you now you can. We can see God's
glory, where? In the face of Jesus Christ and
live. And the Lord said, Behold, there
is a place by me. Ooh, there's one seated at God's
right hand. There's a place, there's a place.
By me, thou shalt stand upon a rock. Well, that's something
to die by right there, isn't it? I'm standing on the rock,
Christ Jesus. Thou shalt stand upon the rock.
And it shall come to pass while my glory, who I am, passes by. put you in the cleft of the rock,
the Lord Jesus Christ, and I'll cover thee with my hand while
I pass by." Isn't that something? There's God's glory, His redemptive
glory, His sovereign mercy. Why did God save me? Why did
God save me? The only answer to that question
is found in God Himself. You're not going to find that
anywhere else. I have loved you with an everlasting love. That's just way over my head. That's way over my head. There was never a time he didn't
love me. Now, to whom do we declare this?
He said, to the heathens. That's to people like me and
you. And the reason for declaring His glory is this, in verse 4,
for the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He's to be feared
above all gods. He's great, great in mercy, great
in goodness, great in love, great in His person. Who is a God like
unto thee? It says over Micah 7.18. Who
is a God? I think I marked that, let me
see. I did. Listen to this, over here
in Micah 7.18. Who is a God like unto thee,
that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression
of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for
ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he
will have compassion upon us, he will subdue our iniquities,
and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Who is a God like unto thee?
Oh, is He not great? Is God not great? Well, if He
is great, if He is truly great, then He is to be greatly praised,
not lightly. It's not like, well, I don't
have anything to do tonight, I think I'll go to church. No,
no, no. He is to be greatly praised.
Now listen, from the time you and I get out of bed till the
time you and I go back to bed, God is to be greatly praised. I thank God every morning that
He gave me a safe night. Do you realize how vulnerable
you are when you're asleep? I mean, it's the next thing to
death. You are so vulnerable. You don't know what's going on.
You don't know what's coming and going. You're out of it.
You're out of it. And yet, He keeps us. His angels watch over us. They
do. They watch over us. They keep
us safe. No God like our God, Deuteronomy
32, 31, for their rock is not as our rock, and that's capital
R there. Their rock is a little r. That's
what it says here in Deuteronomy 32, 31, for their rock, little
r, is not as our rock, capital R. Even our enemies themselves
being judges, they know this. Even our enemies know that their
gods are not like our God. They know that. Pharaoh found
that out. 1 Samuel 2, 2. There is none
holy as the Lord, this is Hannah's prayer, for there is none beside
thee, neither is there any rock like our God. Solid, firm, unmovable, unchanging. And our God is to
be feared above all gods. You notice that? For the Lord
is great, greater to be praised, and to be feared above all little
g's. Bunch of little g's running out there. Bunch of little g-men
running around out there. Little gods. They think they
are. And they got their little deities. They got their little deities.
He's to be feared above all gods. And the reason is, this is the
reason, He's real. Our God is real. The gods of
the nations are not real. They're not real. Now notice
in verse 5 that the gods of the nations are idols, the work of
men's hands. Now how dead and how stupid you
have to be to whittle out, take a piece of wood and whittle out
an image on it, stick it on a shelf and then start bound down to
it. I mean, somebody can have an
engineering degree and he'll bow down to that thing. That
shows you how ignorant we are by nature. What we fall into. The gods of the nation, they
are just the work of men's hands. They are lifeless. For all the
gods of the nation are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
You know what they say, the One who created all this is our God
and He's God. He's real. He has to be real
or none of this would exist. What did your God make? What
did your God make? If you're bound down to a piece
of wood that's been carved out or a statue some craftsman has
made, what has that statue made? What has it made? In fact, you've been worshipping
it for 20, 30 years. Has it ever moved? Has it ever
spoken to you? I mean, you'd think somebody's
bell would ring, wouldn't you? It's never moved. It's never
spoken. It's never done anything. I mean,
you've been laying there in front of it, weeping and crying and
cutting yourself and doing all kinds of stupid stuff. And it's
just a dummy sitting there. You don't get anywhere with it.
You don't get anywhere with it. But our God parted the Red Sea.
Our God drowned an army. Our God flooded the world and
drowned everybody in it except eight people. Our God did that. Our God hung on a cross and put
away our sins. Did your God do that? Did any
God ever whittled out? Did any God that's ever been
whittled out by man, did you ever see Him hanging on a cross? Did you ever see Him dying under
the wrath of God? No. It's just there in the corner. It'll be there when you die and
your children and you've taught them to worship it, it'll be
there when they die. It'll never move. It has no mouth,
no ear, No no's, nothing. But our God made the heavens.
Yeah, you go out there at night and you look into the heavens,
that vast, unsearchable heaven. He made it. And all those zillions
of stars out there. You know, He gave every one of
them a name. He gave every one of them a name. And a reason
to be. They're not just out there for
looks. I think they all in some way
or some form have their effect on this earth in supporting life. I don't know how, but God does.
I do know this, they all have their existence for the glory
of Jesus Christ. I know that. I don't know anything
else, but I know that. I know that. Thank God I know
that. Our God made the heavens, and the one who made the heavens
is God. Now, which one do you worship? That one standing in
the corner, or the one who reigns over all, who sits on the throne
of heaven? Now, because of who He is, in
verse 6, honor and majesty are before Him. They are His. They
are His and no one else's. You know, men like to pretend
to possess honor and majesty, don't they? You see these pompous
kings coming in. I mean, they're all decked out.
They're just worms dressed up. They're just maggots with a purple
robe on. That's what they are. They're
just like me and you. But God, honor, honor, glory, and majesty, your majesty, are
before Him. They are His by right. They are
His by right. Strength and beauty are in His
sanctuary. Our God is no weak idol. He's
strong. Strength is this. And He's beauty. He's beautiful.
What was it the woman says in the song of Solomon? She said,
He's altogether lovely. Now when she goes to describe
Him, I don't think there's a wife
in here that's going to describe her husband as flawless. You're
not going to get described that way. Vicki's not going to describe
me as flawless. Whether in body or attitude,
spirit, she ain't going to describe me like that. But in the Song of Solomon, she
describes him from head to toe and says he's altogether lovely. All together. Lovely. He's beautiful. He's beautiful. In Him are combined, Spurgeon
said, all that is mighty, lovely, powerful, and resplendent. Now,
given to the Lord in verse 7, given to the Lord, O ye kindred
of the people, given to the Lord's glory and strength. Ascribing
to the Lord that which belongs to Him and that which He is.
That's all. You know, it's only right to
worship God. That's only right. To worship perfection. And this
is for all kindreds of the earth. Family worship is the best worship,
isn't it? It's the best worship. All the
kindreds. When your kindred are able to get together, and you
really and truly worship the Lord together, there's nothing
better than that. But when He says here, all kindreds
of the earth, He's showing here no respective persons. In Christ
we are one. We are not Jew and Gentile and
this and that. We're not that. We are all one
in Christ. Brothers and sisters. Born of
God. Born of the Spirit. That being so, listen, give unto
the Lord the glory due unto His name, bring an offering, come
into His courts. It's due, it's only right. It's
only right. Give the Lord the glory due His
name. Christ gave the sacrifice we
needed to stand in God's presence, now we are to give Him the glory
of it. The glory of it. And the sacrifice
and offering that you know what we give? You know what ours is?
First and foremost? Thanksgiving. Thank you, Lord,
for saving my soul. It's praise and thanksgiving. That's the sacrifice we give
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. In verse 9, "...Oh, worship
the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Fear before Him all the earth."
Oh, worship the Lord. Can't you just feel Him? Can't
you just feel the psalmist as he's writing this, and he's just
lost in wonder and praise and meditation of God's greatness
and glory, and he says, oh, oh, worship the Lord. Oh, let's worship
the Lord. But now let us do it in the beauty
of holiness. Let's not do it out of control. Let's not worship. The beauty of holiness is this.
Worship Him in truth. It's true worship. True worship
is beautiful. When it happens, it's beautiful. It's opposite of hypocritical
worship or mere formalism. And this is the only worship
that is accepted by the Lord. It's the only worship that He
accepts. It says in John 4.24, God is
a spirit, but I like to read it like this, God is spirit.
He's not a spirit among spirits. God is spirit. God is spirit. And they that worship Him must
worship Him in spirit and truth. And they seek as such to worship
Him. He seeks such to worship Him
in spirit and in truth. Lord, You know my heart. Peter
said, You know my heart. You know I love You. That's worship. That's worship. And here's our message. Now listen.
And say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth. Not some idol. The Lord does. The Lord reigneth.
The world also shall be established that it shall not be moved. Man
is not going to move the earth. It belongs to Him. He shall judge
the people righteously. God is sovereign. He rules over
all. Tell this to the heathen. Tell this to the world. Tell
this before kings and princes. Tell it that the Lord reigns. The Lord reigns. and He reigns
over all. The world is His, and He shall
establish it. You and I didn't create the world,
He did. It's His world. The earth is the Lord's, it's
His, and He established it. It's going to fulfill His purpose.
God's purpose is going to be fulfilled in this world, on this
earth, for whatever period of time that He has set, and it's
going to remain. It's not going to fall off into
orbit. Man's not going to destroy it. It's His. It's His. Oh, thank
God it's His. Because He can correct it. Now here's where society stands
or falls. He shall judge the people righteously. No nation stands under a wicked
judge. When the judges become wicked,
it's a downhill slide. But the judge of the earth is
righteous. And this is why the earth is
established, because the one who wields righteousness, he
will correct things in his time. He will correct it. No nation,
but no nation stands under wicked judges. And when I was reading
this, I thought America, if she continues as she is, is in for
a real surprise. with all that we got going on,
all the immorality and all the stuff that's going on nowadays.
The judge of the earth will do right. That's what he's saying
here. He shall judge the people righteously.
He'll come. Let the heavens rejoice, and
because of this, because the Lord is the Lord, our God is
God, and He shall establish the earth, let the heavens rejoice. He's calling upon nature to rejoice. He's calling upon the angels
in heaven to rejoice. He calls upon men to rejoice.
Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad. Let the sea
roar, let it roar its praises unto its Maker in the fullness
thereof. You see, when Adam fell, creation
fell. Creation came under sin. Creation
grows. You can look over and when you
get time, go home. I don't have time now. Romans
8, 18-23. And then Isaiah 11, 6-9. In Isaiah 11 it talks about
the lamb laying down by the lion. And then in Romans 8, it talks
about creation itself as being made subject to vanity, and it
groans and travails until the manifestation of the sons of
God. There's a time coming. There's a deliverance coming. It's coming. Let the heavens
rejoice. You know, if we didn't have the
Gospel, if we didn't have the Word of God, there'd be nothing
to rejoice about. No. Nothing to rejoice about. And here's why I rejoice, because
God who is just rules the heavens and the earth. And let both angels
and men rejoice that salvation has come to the earth. The Savior
has come from heaven to save sinners, and sinners He's going
to save. And He's gone back to glory to
prepare a place for those sinners. Let's rejoice. We've got something
to rejoice about. Let all rejoice in the reign
of King Jesus. There's one seated at God's right
hand. King of kings and Lord of lords. And His kingdom is
an everlasting kingdom and His dominion is an everlasting dominion.
All other kings have died. All other lords have died, but
not this one. He lives forevermore. And let
the field be joyful, and all that is therein. Then shall all
the trees of the wood rejoice. Let the trees... I like this.
Then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice. Listen to what
it says in Isaiah 61.3. To appoint unto them that morn
in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness,
that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting
of the Lord. that He might be glorified. Oh my. Here's the reason for the rejoicing.
In verse 12 and 13 go together. Let the field be joyful, and
all that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the
wood rejoice before the Lord, for He cometh. Oh, you're oppressed. Sin oppressed you. Satan oppressed
you. Does this world oppress you?
He cometh. He cometh to deliver us from
it. He cometh to judge. He cometh,
and this is repeated, this is repeated to show the certainty
of His coming. For He cometh to judge the earth. Judgment
day is coming for both small and great. I don't believe that, do they?
People think we're just idiots. We talk about judgment coming,
we talk about the earth being destroyed, and they're like,
you fanatic nuts. I assure you it's going to happen,
just as sure as God's Word is. He cometh to judge the earth.
He shall judge the world with righteousness. And the people
with His truth, we've got to just judge, and He'll do right.
That's what Abraham said, shall not the judge of the earth do
right? Yeah, He'll do right. All He can do is right. He can't
do wrong. Let me read this to you. It's
from John Gill. He has come in the flesh, and
judgment was passed on Him for a multitude of sinners. Know
this. Well, that one was me. I forgot,
I mixed that in with John Gill. Here's what John Gill had to
say. Know this, judgment will be according to truth, according
to the rules of justice and equity. He will truly discern and rightly
judge. His judgment will be according
to His truth. He will approve Himself to be
the righteous judge, and His judgment will appear to be a
righteous judgment, for which He is abundantly qualified as
being the Lord God-omniscient and omnipotent, holy, just, and
true. It says over in Acts 17.31, "...because
he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness
by that man whom he hath ordained, whereof he hath given assurance
unto all men, in that he raised him from the dead." Has God saved you? Has God saved you? Do you believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ? You and I have something to sing
about. We ought to be rejoiced, just rejoice. He cometh. Our judgment's passed. Our judgment's passed. All right.
John Chapman
About John Chapman
John Chapman is pastor of Bethel Baptist Church located at 1972 Bethel Baptist Rd, Spring Lake, NC 28390. Pastor Chapman may be contacted by e-mail at john76chapman@gmail.com or by phone at 606-585-2229.
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