For the most part, we'll be in
our handout. There's a couple of things we'll
be looking at tonight. So keep your Bibles close by. And we'll start with the handout.
As I said, the title for tonight I want to put on this is, What
Have You Seen? In Isaiah 35, verse 5 through
6, we read these words. Then the eyes of the blind shall
be opened. and the ears of the deaf shall
be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap,
as an heart and the tongue of the dumb sing." Robert Hawker
made a statement about that verse. And I want to read that quote
from Robert. It says, how delightful the prophet
preaches. how delightfully the prophet
preaches consolation to the Old Testament saints in the prospect
of their coming Savior. This was the one source of holy
joy to which the holy men of old were uniformly directed when
at any time exercise arose. He that was to come became the
running verse of the faithful song. We read that in Matthew
11 verses 2-3 and we'll read that all in just a moment. In
Luke 2.25-32 and I want you to turn over there if you would.
Turn in your Bibles over to Luke. I want you to read this with
me here. Luke chapter 2. And look at verses 25-32. We're talking about what have
you seen. And you'll see how that relates
to to our text here in just a moment. But Robert Hawker brings this
out. This is what the Lord used to
fill the hearts of the faithful, the song of the faithful in those
days. Look at this, what they saw.
Verse 25, And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name
was Simeon, and the same man was just and devout, waiting
for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost that he should
not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ, their salvation. And he came by the Spirit into
the temple. And when the parents brought
in the child Jesus to do for him after the custom of the law,
then took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, Lord,
now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to
thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
which thou hast prepared before the face of all the people, a
light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel."
Back in our handout, in the mid part of Robert Hawker's quote
there, And under the New Testament, he writes, dispensation, what
is it but the same to give strength to the hands that hang down,
to those who are in distress, in the assurance that he that
is to come brings with him the credentials of his commission
in performing the mighty miracles here described as should be accomplished. And we'll see that in Matthew
11 5. Robert Wright goes on to say, he says, I pray the reader
not to overlook the glories of his person, of whom these things
are said, and in the power of his Godhead, by whom they were
to be wrought. And with these impressions upon
his mind, let him turn to the gospel and see Jesus. the Lord
of life and glory, accomplishing wonders in the nature and grace,
both on the bodies and the souls of his people. Now let's turn
back to our Bibles again in Matthew chapter 11, beginning at verse
one. Matthew 11, verse one. And it came to pass when Jesus
had made an end of commanding his 12 disciples, He departed
thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now when John
had heard in the prison of the works of Christ, he sent two
of his disciples and said unto them, Art thou he that should
come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto
them, Go, and show John again those things which ye do hear
and see. The blind receive their sight,
and the lame walk, and the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear,
the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached
unto them. And blessed is he whosoever shall
not be offended. in me. That's our text for tonight. What have you seen? When the
Lord Jesus, we're back in our handouts again now, last paragraph
of page one. When the Lord Jesus had finished
giving his disciples instructions and was about to depart on his
own personal ministry, actually he had departed, John the Baptist
had heard of his fame and sent word with two of his disciples. And we know a little bit about
this wonderful man of John the Baptist from Matthew chapter
3. John the Baptist, in his ministry, was put in prison for honestly
telling Herod that his intention of taking his brother Philip's
wife was unlawful. And we'll look at that. We'll
look at this when we get to it in Matthew 14. But what a thorough
testimony! What a thorough testimony John
gave of our great Redeemer's person and His character. And
that not from a human authority alone, but divine as well. And
I've got it recorded for you here in the handout. This is
He whom I said. This is John writing, John the
Baptist. He said, this is He of whom I
said, after me cometh a man which is preferred before me, for he
was before me, and I knew him not. but that he should be made
manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing in water."
Page 2. And John bared record, saying,
I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode
upon him, and I knew him not. But he that sent me to baptize
with water, the same said unto me, upon whom thou shalt see
the Spirit descending and remaining on him, the same as he which
baptizeth with the Holy Ghost And I saw and bear record that
this is the Son of God. What is it you see? He now sends
his disciples, John the Baptist, now sends his disciples to Jesus
for their own conviction as well. Did John himself have any doubts
concerning Christ? Some writers have ventured to
think so, but let's look for ourselves. Turn over to the sermon
that's recorded in John, John chapter 3, and let's look at
verse 27 to the end of that chapter, and look what John the Baptist
preached, beginning at verse 27. Read these words. John answered
and said, a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness
that I said I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of
the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly
because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled."
Speaking about the friend of the bridegroom. He that cometh
from above is above all. He that is of the earth is earthly
and speaketh of the earth. He that cometh from heaven is
above all. Verse 32. And what he hath seen
and heard, that he testifieth, and no man receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony
hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath
sent speaketh the words of God. For God giveth not the Spirit
by measure unto him, that the Father loveth his Son, and hath
given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life, and he that believeth not the Son shall
not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. Now remember, the Lord had just,
in chapter 10, the Lord had just instructed His disciples on what
they were to expect. What they should go out into
the world to preach the gospel with. Nothing. He would provide
all that they needed and expect to be mistreated, to be handled,
and what message to preach. What was the message they were
to preach? The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. So this is kind of
a continuation on, but it's giving to others now. It's given to
the disciples of John the Baptist. Back in our handout, mid-page
two. Our Lord's answer to John's disciples
is a great blessing. Let us turn to some scriptures
which speak of the Messiah in the Old Testament and compare
them with the life and the ministry of Jesus in the New. And may
the Lord be pleased to show us the beautiful correspondence
between the two. And I put them all in the handout
to save us some time from having to turn to several different
places. In Genesis 3.15, we have it there,
it says, I will put my enmity between thee and the woman, and
between thy seed and her seed, and shall bruise thy head, and
thou shalt bruise his heel. Now this is the Lord, the Lord
is speaking of the devil, and the enmity is Christ. He says,
I shall put enmity between thee and the woman. Genesis 22 verse
17 through 18, the next set of scriptures we have there is,
that in the blessings I will bless thee and in multiplying
I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand
which is upon the seashore and thy seed shall possess the gate
of his enemies. We're talking about the promises
of God. That was a promise that God had
made a moment ago to that he would put enmity between the
woman and the devil himself. These are more promises here
that he's making to Abraham. And in thy seed shall all the
nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis 49.10, we read, the scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and
unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Now, there's
three promises of grace that are in the Bible. And this is
the third. Or actually, there's more than that. I'm sorry. But
this is the third one that is made. The first one is Genesis
3.15. And we just read that a moment
ago, where the Lord promised that he would put enmity, he
would put Christ between the woman and the devil. Here, the
second is in Genesis 22, again, that we just read, 18, and this
one we see here in 49, the scepter shall not depart Judah. This
is the third one given. And it gives an assurance of
the promised seed that the Lord, and who is the promised seed?
The Lord Jesus. The second tells of the blessings folded up in
him. And this, when the mercy shall be. Robert Hawker, again,
I quote, wrote these words. He said, the scepter did not
depart until Jesus came. For in the family of David, it
was continued even when Judea became a province under the Roman
government. Page three. In proof of that,
read scriptures in John chapter 19, seven, and I'll turn that
over and read that real quick, like, for those of you who want
to just sit and listen, you can if you'd like. In John chapter
19, we read these words, John chapter 19 and verse 17, and
we're talking about the scepter not leaving Israel until the
Lord had come. So here in verse 17, and he,
bearing his cross, went forth into the place called the place
of the skull, which is called, the Jews answered him, we have
a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself
the son of God. So we see in here that he's made
himself to be the word of God, and that's proof of what we're
talking about here. Again, and proof that then Jesus, the Shiloh,
was to come. Look at John chapter 19 if you're
there with me. at verse 15, but they cried out,
away with him. Away with him. Crucify him. Pilate
saith unto them, shall I crucify your king? The chief priest answered,
we have no king but Caesar. One more. And for the gathering
of the people, look over at Haggai chapter 2, verse 7. And I shall
shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and
I will fill this house. We're speaking about till his
people come with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. Again, back
in John chapter 12, there's one more. Verse 32, we read these
words. And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto me." Isaiah 35 verses 4
through 6, we read these words, so, say to them that are of a
fearful heart, we're talking about promises of God, what do
you see in the scriptures? Folks, there's a whole lot of
people who see how they have become better people by following
what they think they're following in the scriptures. I am so much
better now being a Christian than I was before when I was
just a drunkard and a biker and all that good stuff. Now look
how good I am. There are so many religions that
are teaching that very thing. I'm asking you, what do you see
when you look at the scriptures? The Lord told these men to go
tell John what they heard and what they saw. What was it they
saw? The blind received their sight,
and the lame walk, and the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear.
The dead are rised up, and the poor have a gospel preached unto
them. Do you see yourself? Do you see
yourself in those very things, or do you see yourself as something
righteous by what you have done? Listen again. Let me start that
again in Isaiah 35, 4 through 6. Promises of God. That's what
that was there. It's a promise of God. He's making
a promise that these are the things he's going to accomplish.
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, be strong. Fear not, behold your God will
come with vengeance, even God with a recompense. He will come
and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall
be opened. and the ears of the deaf shall
be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap
as in heart and the tongue of the dumb sing. For in the wilderness
shall waters break out and streams in the desert." What a delightful
message of consolation this must have been to the Old Testament
saints. in their expectation of their coming Savior. Words
to give hope to. Isn't that what we receive from
these New Testament words? Looking back on what Christ has
done? We have this hope that's within
us that maybe, hope, I may be one of those. Maybe I'm one who
was chosen to have the Lord as my substitute. I know this, that
according to Hebrews it says, let me just quote it correctly
here, it's part of our Bible studies and we've been looking
at this in a great deal lately. In Hebrews chapter 11 it says
these words, now faith is the substance of things hoped for.
The evidence of things not seen. What a hope we have. Our hope
is in Christ and Him alone. What a wonderful word of hope
that these New Testament words give to us, just like the Old
Testament words gave to those folks. Listen to Isaiah 61 verses
1 through 3. The Spirit of the Lord God is
upon me. because the Lord hath anointed
me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He hath sent me to
bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives
and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. to proclaim
the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our
God, to comfort all that mourn, to appoint unto them that mourn
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. Had there been a shadow
of doubt existing as to whom this blessed scripture applies,
the Lord Jesus would have fully removed it. When he, in his visit
to the Jewish synagogue, remember he went to the synagogue and
he asked for the book, and he read from the book, he read this
very thing that we just looked at here. And he sat down afterwards
and he said, In today, this scripture is fulfilled. He read it and
declared its accomplishment in Luke 4, verse 14 through 21. If you'd like, you can read that
at another time. But let me share another one with you from the
Old Testament. How about Isaiah 8, verse 14 through 15? And he
shall be a sanctuary. You know what a sanctuary is?
It's a hiding place. It's a place of rest. It's a
place to get out from the storms that are going around. A sanctuary,
but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to
both the house of Israel for a djinn and for a snare to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. That's the religions of the world.
That's what he's talking about here. It's going to be a sanctuary
for some, but for a stone, it's stumbling to others. And many
among them shall stumble and fall and be broken and be snared
and be taken. Oh, how I pray we can observe
the tender care of God over His people in times of trials and
tribulations. Next we jump to the New Testament,
bottom of page 3. For more assurance and more consolation
in the promises given of God to His chosen people. Romans
9 verse 33, as it is written. You know what it means when it
says as it is written? It's talking about the Old Testament.
He's talking about the promises that were made to God's people
back in the Old Testament. As it is written, Behold, I lay
in Zion a stumbling stone, and a rock of a fence, and whosoever
believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Page 4, 1 Peter chapter
2, verses 6 through 9, we read these words, Wherefore also it
is contained in Scripture. There you go, that's the same
thing as saying as it is written. Behold, I lay in Zion a chief
cornerstone, elect, precious. And he that believeth on him
shall not be confounded. Unto you, therefore, which believe,
he is precious. But unto them which be disobedient,
do you see the difference coming out here? In the New Testament,
the Lord is being very, very clear about two types of people.
Those who stumble over the word of God and those who hold the
word of God as precious. And he that believeth on him
shall not be confounded unto you, therefore, which believe
he is precious. But unto them which be disobedient, the stone
which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of
the corner and a stone of stumbling. and a rock of offense, even to
them which stumble at the word, being disobedient, whereunto
also they were appointed. But ye are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood, and holy nation, a peculiar people, that
ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out
of darkness into his marvelous light." What grace! What grace
our Lord inspired Peter to declare here in these verses. Two types
of vessels, as it is written again of the Old Testament, Jacob
have I loved. That's in Malachi chapter 1. Jacob have I loved, but Esau
have I hated. What shall we say then? Is there
unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses,
I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy. And I will have compassion
on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that
willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. I ask you again, what do you
see in the Scriptures? Do you see that very thing right
there? It's not of him that willeth,
nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy? Folks,
do you know how many people go to church and read those verses
and don't know anything about that? They think they've got
to go knocking on doors. They think they've got to go
winning souls for Jesus. They think they've got to walk
the aisle. They think they've got to get baptized. What do
you see when you read the scriptures? Do you see grace? Oh, I pray
that you do. Oh, I pray that you do. With
that in mind, this is the middle of page four. Let us consider
what gracious testimony the Lord himself provides for his poor,
doubting, fearful disciples, who in the absence of a higher
evidences can still say they love his name amidst all their
weaknesses and undeservings. He saith unto him the third time,
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because
he had said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou
knowest all things. Lord, thou knowest all things.
Thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, feed my
sheep. We're talking about the Lord
sending people out. He's sending these disciples
back to speak to John. He sent his 12 apostles out and
instructed them in 10. To give assurance, our great
and gracious Savior pointed these troubled hearts to three things.
First, He pointed them to the Lord Jesus Himself. He pointed
John and his disciples to himself and to his works. Look again
with me at verses 4 and 5 of our text in Matthew 11. And Jesus
answered and said to them, go and show John again those things
which you do hear and see. Well, what was it they saw and
what did they hear? They heard about a man. Remember back, what
was it, two or three chapters back, the fame had gone into
all the land. There's a man going about, and
he's healing people that we've never seen healed before. He
went up on a mountain and fed 5,000 people one day. We've seen it for ourselves,
or we heard it from others. He's pointing to himself, and
he says this. He says in verse 5, the blind receive their sight,
and the lame walk. Well, who is it that did these
things? It's this very one, the Lord Jesus. The lepers are cleansed,
and the deaf hear. The dead arise. The dead are
raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached unto them.
Who is doing these things? It's the Lord himself. Last paragraph
of page four, then he appointed them to the scriptures, the holy
word of God. He said, and in that day shall
the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind
shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness. The meek also
shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men
shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel." That's in Isaiah
29, verses 18-19. That's almost exactly what we
read there in verse 5, isn't it? Let's go on in Isaiah 42,
5-8. Then it says, Thus saith God the Lord that
he that created the heavens and stretched them out, he that spread
forth the earth and that cometh out of it, he that giveth breath
unto the people upon it and the spirit to them that walketh therein,
I the Lord have called thee in righteousness and will hold thine
hand and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant to the people.
for a light to the Gentiles. And here we go, once again, when
the Lord quoted those words there in chapter 11, verse 5, he's
quoting from the Old Testament. He's quoting from scriptures,
to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from prison,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house, I am
the Lord. That is my name, and my glory
will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven enemies. Finally, he points these men
to his own preserving allegiance to his people. Look at Matthew
11, verse 6, and blessed is he Notice he didn't say, blessed
is all men. Blessed is he. Blessed are the
ones for whom Christ chose before the world began. Blessed are
the ones for whom God the Father gave to the Son, whosoever shall
not. Blessed is he whosoever shall
not be offended in my name. Those who endure to the end.
who follow Christ, we're back in the handout mid-page, who
follow Christ unto death, who are not offended at Him, who
are not offended with Him, who are not offended in Him, have
evidence of grace in themselves. Listen to John 3, verse 16. Whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life. So what is it you see?
A true child of God will see this. I have nothing to offer,
nothing worthy to give. I am poor and completely destitute. God must choose me, for I would
never in my rags of filth have chosen Him. His blood, His obedience,
His righteousness is the only atonement for His chosen people. To the saved of God His word
comes in irresistible saving power. and I am kept by his power
alone. We kind of see it two ways, don't
we? In the flesh we see our deserving of death, yet in our spirit we
see God's grace in sending his only begotten son to be our substitute
in death. In our flesh we see as it is
written, there is none righteous, No, not one. There is none that
understandeth. There is none that seeketh after
God. They are all gone out of the way. They are all together
become unprofitable. There is none that doeth good.
No, not one. Their throat is an open sepulcher
with their tongues they have used to seek. The poison of ash
is under their lips, whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
Their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and misery
are in their ways. And the way of peace, have they
not known? There is no fear of God before
their eyes." That's what we see in this flesh, isn't it? We see
that very thing. Oh, I'm telling you, there's
folks who could teach and preach from their pulpits all over the
world who say, you can be a better person if you'll just do this.
like those people who used to run Amway. Oh, you can make millions
if you just do it this way. Pump you up. The Apostle Paul,
speaking of himself, declares this. He says, oh, wretched man.
Can you imagine that? The Apostle Paul, the one who
God used to write all these books in the Old Testament to the letters
to the Corinthians and so on and so on. This man, who was
a Pharisee of the Pharisees at one point, who knew more about
scriptures than most men will ever know, he calls himself,
oh, wretched man that I am. And then he cries out this cry,
who shall deliver me? from the body of this death.
Do we not see that very thing in our own flesh? Is that not
what we see as children of God? But then, in the very next verse,
Paul gives reason for the spirit to be cheerful. He says, I thank
God through Jesus Christ our Lord, so then with the mind I
myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of
sin. A child of God sees the truth
of the flesh. But we are also brought to see
the truth about Christ Jesus as well. Salvation is of the
Lord. Christ came to save sinners of
whom I am chief. A sinner with God-given faith
trusts His word. We joy in Him. We see peace with
the flesh in Him and Him alone. Romans 8 verse 1, we see these,
and I've broken this down because I want to talk a little bit as
we go through it. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus. Folks, we can't be condemned
if Christ was condemned for us. This is just another example,
and there's example after example after example of how this statement
that Jesus loves everybody is just hogwash. It's baloney. It's
just not true. If that were true, then there
would be no condemnation to any man at all that walked this earth.
everyone for whom was created would be in heaven, because their
condemnation was laid upon Christ. But that's not the case at all.
It says, therefore there is no condemnation to them, to them,
God's elect, God's chosen, which are in Christ Jesus, who walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Verse 2, For the
law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free. You battle it, you bring it right
down to this. We're talking about the battle
between the flesh and the spirit. But folks, God has won the battle.
We are more than conquerors in Him, as we read in Romans chapter
8. He's made me free from the law
of sin and death. Verse 3, for what the law could
not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned
sin in the flesh. For who? For who? For those who are in Christ Jesus.
That's who. See our great hope? See the wonderful
hope that we have as people of God? We have no hope, no confidence
in this flesh. Our only confidence is in Him.
Verse 4, that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in us who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. For they that are after the flesh
do mind the things of the flesh, but they that are after the spirit,
the things of the spirit. For to be carnally minded is
death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither can
indeed be, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in
the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh. Oh, here's our hope. Our hope is in grace, but in
the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. What do you see? I'm not talking
about what you see in this flesh, I'm saying, what do you see in
the Word of God? When the Lord instructs us, go
and tell John those things which you do hear and you see, and
then He tells us those things, what is it you see? We'll get
to that in a moment. Now, if any man have not the
Spirit of Christ, he is not of His. Verse 10 at the bottom,
page 6. And if Christ be in you, the
body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because
of righteousness. Page 7. But if the Spirit of
Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that
raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken. That's just
an old word that means made alive. Made to live. He will also quicken your mortal
bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you." In the Spirit, we see
Christ, God, manifest in the flesh. Folks, He has to be God
in the flesh. Only God is perfect. That man
who walked this earth has to be God in the flesh. Only God
can do what the Lord Jesus declares these men to go and share with
John about. Only God can bring blind who
can give sight to the blind. I'm not talking about physical
sight. I'm talking about spiritual sight
in order to see who he is. Only God in the flesh can. can
shed precious blood, perfect righteous blood, which is the
cost of sin, which is the wages of sin. We see in the Spirit
that Christ is God manifest in the flesh. In the Spirit we see
Christ perfect in every way, without sin, in full obedience
to God the Father. We sing that song, great is thy
faithfulness. I'm not talking about yours.
I'm talking about my Savior. Folks, our Lord promised that
He would save a people unto Himself in that great covenant between
the three and one back before the world was ever created. God
the Father gave a people to God the Son. God the Son said, I'll
save those people with my own precious blood. And God the Holy
Spirit said, I will call those people and give them life to
hear your truth. Our Savior. The faithful one,
the truly faithful one, did exactly what he had promised to do. In
the spirit, we see Christ who knew no sin being made sin for
us, that we would be made the righteousness of God in him. In the spirit, we see Christ
healing us from all of our iniquities and sicknesses and death. By offering Himself as our substitute
and by that one offering, He hath perfected all for whom had
been sanctified, set apart by God the Father from the foundation
of all creation. In the Spirit, we see Christ,
who is the Lord of all, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth,
Lord of all that is under the earth, and God the Father accepting
His Son's sacrifice, raising Him from the grave to sit on
His throne of all glory. In the Spirit, we see Christ
as our wisdom. We see Christ as our righteousness. We see Christ as our sanctification. and we see Christ as our redemption
and our glory is in Him and Him alone. Did you know that Abraham
saw this Christ in his day and was glad? Listen to John chapter
8, verse 56. Your father Abraham rejoiced
to see my day and he saw it and was glad. Oh, the joy that we
have in our hearts to see the day that Christ called us out
of darkness, to see the day that the Lord came to us when we were
dead in trespasses and sin and gave us life, to see the day
when we shook our fist at the Lord Jesus and said, I will not
have that man rule over me in the day of his love and power
when he came to us, made us willing, made us loving. How did he make
us loving? by revealing his love to us.
What do you see? Go and tell the world, Jesus
the Christ has come and saved his people.