Thank you, Robin. Thank you,
John. Bear with me to Psalm 1, the first psalm. No, we're not
going to look at Malachi 3 tonight. Lord willing, next Wednesday
night. Sunday, I think, I believe we're going to look at Hebrews
12. But I've had this on my mind for weeks and couldn't get it
off my mind. It's a blessing studying it,
and I believe it will be a blessing to you. We've studied this, we've
looked at this together a dozen or more times, and it's still
a blessing. All of you read the Psalms, and
you no sooner finish the Psalms, you start over again. Well, the
very first Psalm is a real blessing. It starts out that way. Bless
it. And I thought about this. One way you know that the gospel
is gospel to you is called the good news. It's always new. The
gospel is Christ, his person, his word. The word of God is
called the living word. It's not just a dead letter on
page. It's God's voice, if he speaks
to you. That's why we sing these hymns.
asking the Holy Spirit to speak to us. That's why we pray, asking
God to speak to us. If he doesn't, it's just going
to be a sermon and these are just words on paper. So, but
if he speaks to you, and this is how he speaks, he speaks through
his words, he doesn't speak out loud. He doesn't speak in dreams
and visions and experiences and all that, he speaks through his
words. And if he does, you've heard his voice. You remember
that message? Words of life. And Christ is the substance of this
book. Christ is the subject of this
book. Christ is the reason God made the universe. Christ is
the reason he made human beings. Right? He's bright for his glory
and honor. This is one way that you know that you belong to him,
is you don't tire of hearing Christ. You love your Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ. You love the gospel. You love
to hear a man preach. You love to see him in this book. You remember the illustration
of pictures of your family? Well, this is, you know, the
Old Testament's pictures of Christ. If you love him, if you know
him, you don't get tired of looking at these pictures of him, do
you? Mindy fixed me the other night, fixed us. Roast beef,
taters, carrots, bread, iced tea. Now I've heard, I've had
that many times. But I'm telling you, I thanked
her and thanked her. I was hungry and I thought this
is just as good as the day I first had it. And Christ said, except you eat
My flesh and drink My blood, you have no part in Me. What's
that mean? That means we really do feed
on Christ. We're not here to give little
moral stories and tell you how to be a better husband and wife,
although Scriptures do that. But we're here to worship our
Lord. We're here to hear about Him. I want to build you up on
this faith, which is Christ, the solid rock. So, Psalm 1,
Christ has the preeminence, right? This has to be speaking of Him
first and foremost. Blessed, look at Psalm 1. I need
to turn there myself. Psalm 1, blessed, blessed, blessed
is the man. John just read to us. And Psalm
72, wasn't that a blessing? Listen to it again. Psalm 72. It says, Blessed be the Lord
God. Blessed be His glorious name
forever. Let the earth be filled with His glory. It says, His
name shall endure forever. Men shall be blessed in Him. All nations shall call Him blessed. This has to speak of Christ first,
doesn't it? And, as He is, so are we. It's those that are in Him and
those whom Christ is in them. Okay? So let's give Him the preeminent. And I'm going to speak very little
about us, a little bit. But blessed is the man. Oh, how blessed. How blessed
is a man, Christ Jesus. Oh, my. Blessed is the man. And he's distinguished here,
his blessed person, character, is distinguished here as much
for what he did not do as what he did do. Do you see that? Lest is the man who walketh not
in the counsel of ungodliness, nor standeth, doesn't stand in
the way of sinners, nor doesn't sit in the seat of the scornful.
Walketh not, standeth not. Our Lord is the friend of sinners. But He was not a sinner. Scripture
says He was holy, harmless, separate from sinners. In Him is no sin. In Him is no sin. And there's
a lot in those words. In Him is no sin. And if you're
in Him, what does that mean? That's right. But He had no sin. In Him is no sin. Satan came
to tempt Him as our covenant head. He faced Satan first time,
30 years old, as our second Adam. And there was nothing for Satan
to tempt. He tempted Adam and Eve and they
fell. But not the second Adam. See, all our salvation depends
on Him. He's a friend of sinners, yet
He wasn't a sinner. In Him was no sin. Savior of
sinners, but He didn't partake of sin until God made Him to be sin on the
cross. He had no sin. He was that perfect,
spotless Lamb without spot, without blemish, the perfect Sacrifice. He shall be perfect to be accepted.
He was. But God, in order for us to be
righteous, for Him to pay for our sins, He switched places.
He made sin. Who knew no sin that we might
be made the righteousness of God in Him. You ever tire of
hearing that? I hope not. This is why he came. He came to bless us by taking
our sins in his body on the tree and giving us his perfect righteousness.
You know how many times this book talks about that? The whole
book. The whole book. He walked not
in the counsel of the ungodly. The wisdom, the thoughts of man
are only evil continually. Right? Look at Psalm 2. Just
turn the page. Verse 1. Why do the heathen rage? The people imagine a vain thing.
The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together. What do they all get together
to decide? It's against the Lord. Science, rulers, everybody. Against God. Listen to Isaiah 8. It talks
about this counsel. Our Lord said, associate yourself
people and you'll be broken in pieces. Gird yourself, you'll
be broken to pieces. He said, you take counsel together,
it'll come to naught. It's what God said. Counsel of
the Lord will stand forever. You take counsel together, it'll
come to naught. You speak the word, you won't
stand. And the Lord spake to me, Isaiah said, and you, with
a strong hand, I remember my dad used to lay his hand on my
shoulder when he would say something. Now you listen to that. It got
my attention. He instructed me I should not
walk in the way of these people. Don't say a confederacy. That's
what the council is all about. It's a bunch of rebels against
God. That's right. They only consult,
you know these verses, they only consult to cast him down from
his excellency. It's a confederacy. He says,
don't fear their fear. Don't be afraid. Sanctify the
Lord of hosts Himself. Let Him be your fear and dread,
and He shall be for a sanctuary, a stone of stumbling, a rock
of a fence to both houses, but a rock, a solid rock where God's
people stand. His Word. Our Lord didn't walk
in the counsel of the ungodly. He walked according to God's
Word. He is the Word. Nor do we. Welcome to Council
of the Ungodly. You know what our Lord said that's
in the world? He said all that's in the world. He said this is
all that's in the world. Remember that? All that's in
the world, lest the flesh, lest the eyes and the pride lie. He
said that's all that's in the world. Isn't it? Right before
the flood, it says that the imagination of men's thoughts was only evil
continually from his youth ahead. Look at the next line in Psalm
1. It says, Nor standeth in the
way of sinners. There's a way that seems right
to man. It's all wrong. And Isaiah 59 says, None call
it for truth. None plead for justice. Nobody.
None of that isn't true. Are there? Standeth in the way
of the sinners. The way of the transgressors
is hard. Christ said, take my yoke upon you and learn of me.
My yoke is easy. He said, you'll find rest for
yourself. No. Rebels. Rebellion brings hard
consequences. You know that? Rebellion brings
hard consequences. Obedience, submission, peace
and rest. He says in verse 1, Nor sitteth
in the seat of the scornful. Proud human beings are full of
scorn and scoffing and mocking, aren't they? Never been more so than this
generation. Proud, heady, high-minded, boasters,
loud talkers, big talkers, scoffers, mockers. Peter said it will come
in the last day. Cynics, sarcastic, witty, clever,
Fools. That's what they are. Self-righteous,
self-conceited. Let me see what this says. I
forgot. I wrote this down. Proverbs 30.
Proverbs 30. Let me see what this says here.
Oh, yeah. Turn here. Proverbs 30. Proverbs
30. Look at this with me. Verse 11. You have it? Proverbs 30, verse
11. There is a generation that curses
their father, does not bless their mother. There's a generation
that are pure in their own eyes, yet they're not washable in their
filthiness. There's a generation, how lofty are their eyes, and
their eyelids are lifted up. There's a generation whose teeth
are like swords, their jaw teeth like knives, to devour the poor
from off the net, and the needy from among men. That's this generation. Never fit a generation more than
this one. Scoffers, scorners, mockers,
you know, they're always light and full of levity and foolishness
and fun, very little seriousness, no wisdom, no integrity. Our
Lord was known for His solemnity, seriousness, earnestness. He
was a man of sorrows, wasn't He? That's the reason Scripture
says, let your laughter be turned to mourning. Oh, with the joy
of the Lord is our strength. But like Psalm 2 again says,
serve the Lord with fear. Rejoice, what? With trembling. Serve the Lord
with fear and rejoice with trembling. Only believers know what that
means. Rejoice with trembling. Oh my. The scoffers and scorners
are full of levity and fun and games, you know. sitting around
with a phone in their hand and levity in their heart. But I
read a book called Pilgrim's Progress of a man with a book
in his hand and a burden on his back. Fleeing the city of destruction,
running, running to the celestial city through a young wicked gate. You know what that means. Our Lord came with a book in
His hand and a burden on His back. To walk in paths of righteousness,
to stand in the stead of sinners, and to become our mercy seat. Look at verse 2. His delight
is in the law of the Lord. Oh, my. His delight. Psalm 40. Turn over there real quickly.
Psalm 40. I'm not going to keep you long. Psalm 40. Psalm 40,
look at this. His delight is in the law of
the Lord. Look at Psalm 40, verse 7. Then said I, lo, I come. In the volume of the book it
is written of me. This is Christ. I delight to
do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within my heart. I have preached righteousness.
What righteousness? God's righteousness. What righteousness? Christ's righteousness. I delight
to do Thy will. He delights in the law of the
Lord. Thy law is within my heart. It
says in His law doth he meditate day and night. That's our Lord
Jesus Christ. Delighted to do God's will. I've got a long article going
in the Bulletin for Sunday. The measure of man. What makes
a man a man? Not a woman. Several things. Scripture. And, you know, our Lord, He delighted
in the law of the Lord and to do God's will. A real man delights in the Word
of God In His Word, He meditates day and night. And this reminded
me of Joshua. Turn over there real quick, Joshua.
Joshua chapter 1. The name Jesus is the Gentile
name for Joshua. Joshua means God our Savior,
doesn't it? But His delight is in the law
of the Lord, and in His law does He meditate day and night. Look
at Joshua 1 verse 6. God's instructions to Joshua,
who was a type of Christ. He's the successor of Moses,
isn't he? He took the place of Moses. Moses
couldn't lead in the promised land. Law can't bring sin. Joshua
did. That's right. Verse six, God
speaking to Joshua, a type of Christ. Be strong and of good
courage. For unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance
of land, which I swear unto their fathers to give them. Only be
thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded, turn
not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest
prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth. But thou shalt meditate therein
day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all
that is written therein. For then thou shalt make thy
way prosperous, then thou shalt have good success." Is that Christ
or what? Go back to the text. Truly, they
or they would speak of Him, aren't they? Christ came to do, to do, to
do. His delight was in the law of
the Lord, and His law doth He meditate day and night. He came
to do. And this is what Daniel said.
I don't have your term, but I'll read it for you. In Daniel chapter
9, you read it with me not long ago. It says, He came to finish
the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation
for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, Seal up the vision
and the prophecy that is fulfilled, the Word of God, and anoint the
Most Holy. This is He. Justified in the
Spirit, seen of anger, believed on in the world, received up
unto glory. That's Him. Look at verse 3. Now look at
this. And He shall be like a tree.
I'm going to come back to that. It says in 1 John 5 that as He
is, so are we in this world. We are blessed in Him. All men
shall be blessed in Him. Psalm 72 says. And men will call Him the blessed
man. He's the blessed man. We are blessed in Him. We're
accepted in Him. We're redeemed by Him. We're
saved by Him. In Him. But Christ and Christ
in you is our hope of glory. What does that mean? Well, it
not only means faith in Christ, love for Christ, but it means
this new creature in Christ Jesus, created in Christ Jesus unto
a good one. As He is, so are we in this world. 1 John 4, 17. And this is by
grace, this is by the new birth, this is being led by the Spirit.
We don't walk according to the course of this world. We used
to. And then what Ephesians 2 said, you were once children of wrath,
even as others, walking according to the course of this world,
prince of the power of the air, under his captain, but God. We're led by the Spirit of God.
We don't walk in the counsel of God, do we? What do you think
about what man says and thinks? It's foolish to sin. Hath not
God made foolish the wisdom of this world? Is that what it is
to you? Absolutely. You don't walk according
to the counsel of the ungodly. That's man's irreligious or religious
counsel. It's all wrong. We don't stand
with sinners. No way. We don't stand for their
causes. You won't find us down at the
courthouse, you know, in their little political causes and so
forth. We stand for the truth. When
David came, he said those great words. Is there not a cause?
And our cause is one. Not trying to save this world.
No. In preaching the gospel, we're
condemning this world. And we want to be crucified to
the world and the world to us. We stand for Christ and his gospel. Stand in him, stand for the truth.
And we don't sit in the seat of scorners, those that mock
and scoff the truth. I love Psalm 26. You can turn
if you want to, but if you don't want to, turn anyway. But Psalm
26. Is this not you? This is certainly
Christ. Without a doubt. Somebody said
it's a Messianic song. Well, yeah, all of them are.
But as He is, so are we. Look at Psalm 26, verse 4. I have not sat with vain persons.
I won't go in with dissemblers. I've hated a congregation of
evildoers. Will not sit with the wicked. Who's that? Our Lord said in the last days,
men will stand before Him in a judgment and plea. We've preached
in the name of Jesus. We've done many a wonderful work.
We've cast out devils. We've done all these things in
the name of Jesus. And He said, depart from Me,
you workers of iniquity. Didn't He? We're not going to
sit with the people that dishonor our Lord and leave salvation
up to man promote and exalt man's free will. No, no, no, no, no.
I'm not going to sit with, I'm not going to hear that stuff.
Are you? Can't tolerate it. I hate it. Don't you? The way they talk about our God
and about Christ, I hate it. We fear His name. And I hate
the way they use it and abuse it and blaspheme. I hate the
flippancy. I hate the carelessness. I hate
the familiarity. I hate the levity. I hate the
lightness. I hate it. I hate it. I hate
it. Don't you? David said, Do not I hate them
that hate thee? Yea, I hate them with a perfect
hatred. I consider them mine enemy. Butchers of souls. Read on down. It says in verse 8, I love the
habitation of thy house, the place where thine honor dwelleth. Don't you? Gather not my soul
with the sinner, and my life with bloody men. Verse 11. As for me, I preach the whole
message. With that title, but as for me, but as for me, by the grace of
God, but as for me, I will walk in mine integrity, redeem me,
be merciful unto me, my foot stands in an even place, and the congregations will I
bless the Lord. That's what we do here. That's
all we do here, is it not? Everyone in here is a witness
to that. That's all we do. We worship God in the spirit.
We rejoice in Christ Jesus and we don't use flesh. We have no
confidence. Away with it. Is that you? I can't stand and I will not
sit in a place with people that preach and believe anything less
than this gospel. Can't do it. Our Lord didn't. He had nothing but hard words
for self-righteous Pharisees. All the religious people. He
had nothing good to say about any religious person he ever
met. Not one. Orthodox, moral, seemingly, law-keeping,
Sabbath-keeping Jews, he had nothing good to say to one of
them. But he had nothing but comfort
and good news for sinners, publicans, and heartless. He said, they'll
be in the kingdom of heaven before you religious people. Didn't
he? And we won't sit with them either.
We're not going to join with them. We can't pray to a different
God. We're not going to join in their
prayer meeting. All right? He'll be like a tree. He shall
be like a tree. Oh, the blessed tree. Do you
know in Genesis chapter 2, a tree of life is spoken of?
In Revelation 22, same tree. Genesis 2 is a river and a tree. Revelation 22, a river and a
tree. Tree of life. Tree of life. In the garden, God planted a
tree, a tree of life. It still stands. It cannot be
uprooted. It cannot be cut down. That tree is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Look at verse 3. It says, planted by the rivers
of water. You know, Christ is all that.
He's the tree, He's the river, He's the water. That bringeth
forth His fruit in His season. God, in the beginning, created
trees with the seed in them. Fruit trees. Fruit trees with
seed in them. Anything more beautiful than
fruit? Nothing. It says He'll bring forth His
fruit. Let me read this to you. I won't
have you turn any more scriptures. I'll turn for you. But listen
to this in James. In James 3, verse 18, it says,
The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that
make peace. Well, who's that speaking of?
Well, we're peacemakers, blessed are the peacemakers, but who
first made peace for us by the blood of his cross? Christ. The fruit of righteousness is
sown in peace by the Prince of Peace. by the blood of His cross.
Listen to Isaiah 32. Listen to this. Verse 17. It says, The work of righteousness
shall be peace. That's His work. Peace. That will keep Him in perfect
peace. His mind is stayed on Him, the Lord. And the effect
of righteousness, quietness. and assurance forever. I'll never
forget when you first heard about this gospel of righteousness
imputed with that word. Will you ever forget that? Have
you ever gotten over it? Isn't it even better now? You
have a better understanding of it now. It's personal. It's personal. The effect of
righteousness is quietness and assurance. Quiet your conscience. heart, give you peace within
the Lord our righteousness. Jehovah said, can you? That's
peace. Keep you in perfect peace. His mind has stayed on Him. Of
His fruit, it says, His fruit, He'll bring forth His fruit in
His season. And His leaf shall not wither,
and whatsoever He doeth shall prosper. His leaf shall not wither. We do. Oh, we like, we wither. flesh, like a flower withered,
fadeth away. He never. He never. And it says, whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper. Isaiah, later on, prophesied
and said, he shall not fail or be discouraged. Isaiah 53 says,
the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. Our Lord
prospered in the work that he was sent to do. He didn't do
all he could do. Now it's, oh no, I hate that.
Don't you hate that? That removes all my peace and
all my quietness and all my comfort to say that there's something
left for me to do. And I hate that. That takes away
His glory. See, if Christ didn't do it all,
then somebody can share His glory. But He did it all. And whatsoever
he doeth shall prosper Isaiah, or Psalm 1 says. Christ is the tree. Christ is
the tree of life. Christ is of his fruit. Our Lord
said in the garden to Adam and Eve, you know what the first
thing he said was? Be fruitful. That's the first
thing. Be fruitful. And our Lord said
in John 15, herein is the Father glorified that you what? Bear
much fruit. How well have you done at that? He perfectly bore fruit of His
fruit, He said. We partake. Adam partook of that tree and
became a sinner. We partake of Christ, the tree
of life, His fruit, and become righteous. Did you hear that? You want me to say it again?
Maybe you didn't hear this. Adam partook of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, and we became sinners, and Adam all
died. We partake of Christ's fruit,
His fruit of righteousness. We become righteous like Him,
and we'll never die. That's what he said to Adam.
They can't partake of this tree right there. They'll live forever.
Not yet. They will. Christ is a tree, and you're
going to like this. There are several evergreen fruit trees.
In fact, most of them are. Citrus tree, lemon, lime, grapefruit,
orange trees are evergreen trees. Pomegranate is an evergreen fruit
tree. There's no fruit with more seed
in it than pomegranate. Where do you find pomegranates
in the Old Testament? on the hem of the high priest's
garment with bells. He goes into the Holy of Holies
bearing fruit for the people of God and ringing the bell. If the bell quits ringing, God
didn't accept the sacrifice. But he came out. Bells ringing,
fruit. Fruit. That's our Lord in it.
Evergreen fruit tree. But there's one that stands out
above the rest. An evergreen fruit tree. the
olive tree. In the tabernacle, the cherubs
were made of olive wood. They were made out of that tree,
every green fruit tree, olive wood. Every oil, in every, the
holy oil and all the oil, every time you see oil in the Old Testament,
it's olive. The light? The anointing of the
priest? That's Christ's blood. You understand? Beaten. Oh, I could go on and
on with this. Go on and on with this. Christ
is the tree of life. In Him we live and move and have
our being. I do want you to turn to one
more. Matthew 1. Christ is the tree of life. You
know, He is our family tree. You hear me? Christ is our family
tree. Matthew 1. Let's see if you're
in His family tree. Alright? You don't have to go
to Ancestry.com. Go to Matthew 1. I did that one time. You can
get plumb taken away with that. And I started looking for my
ancestors and I found out they were criminals. Matthew 1, here's our family
tree. You need to be found right here.
Is your name in this tree of life? Christ, the book of the
generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham,
Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begat Jacob. Any Jacobs in here? What's your name? Jacob. There's a female. Robin just
said Jacob. That's right. Jacob. Jacob. Oh, happy is he that the
God of Jacob. You know the story of Jacob.
Wouldn't take much for me to preach on that again. Look at
verse 5. Samson begat Boaz of Rahab. Any Rahabs in here? Anybody? I hope everybody. Heard the trumpet? Gave you a
token, a red scarlet line as a token of He's coming back for
you? You're hearing the trumpet again
and again and again. Are you getting tired of it?
Or do you want me to say it louder? If you keep hearing it, it's
not noise to your ears. And if you're still laying hold
of that token, that red line, you're a Rahab and you're in
the Lord's family tree. Look at verse 5, Boaz begat Obed
of Ruth. Ruth's in here. Is this God your
God? Is this people your people? He
called you out of a heathen land, heathen religion, did he? Have you met Boaz? Have you found grace in his eyes?
You're in the Lord's family tree. Ain't that good? He's like a
tree. And there are so many things.
And as He is, so are we. You know, Isaiah 61 says that
we are trees of righteousness. You know that? That's what it
says. Isaiah 61 says that... I'm in song. Isaiah 61 says this. I've got to read this to you. It's hard work sometimes. I spend a lot of time with him.
He says, these people of mine, I'm going to give them beauty
for ashes, oil of joy for mourning. What kind of oil? Olive. Garment
of praise for the spirit of heaviness. They're going to be called trees
of righteousness. The planting of the Lord that
he might be glorified. The planting of the Lord. Whatever
tree the Lord doesn't plant is going to be rooted in it. As
you save yourself, you choose God, He chooses you. Huh? You
accept Him or He accepts you. Tell me that, Rahab. Planting. Trees of the Lord's planting.
Listen to Psalm 92. Listen to that. We've been planted. Those that be planted in the
house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They'll
still bring forth fruit in old age. Look at that, 80-some years
old. Look at that, look at that, look
at that, look at that. My dad was here until he couldn't
be here anymore. You bring forth fruit. Fruit
of what? Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
meekness, temperance. Fruit. Of his fruit. Why? Because it's going to show
that the Lord's upright. He's my rock and there's no unrighteousness
in Him. I love this book so much. The
Family Tree. Are you in it? Let me quit. Psalm 1. Psalm 1. The ungodly are not so. Now,
brothers and sisters, Christ died for the ungodly, didn't
He? And I hear some of you say, I'm ungodly. Ungodly means you
don't have a God. You know that? That's what that means. Scripture
talks about the ungodly and the righteous. Doesn't it? Now, godliness is not just some
standard of you know, morality that men make up. But it means
you worship God. You think on God. The things
of God are dear to you. You're not without God. You're
not ungodly. You have a God and you worship
Him and you believe Him and you trust Him. Right? The ungodly,
those who say, no God for me, they're not going to stand in
the judgment. They're going to bow at His feet. Isn't that what
you read, John? Remember Psalm 72? They're going
to lick the dust. Not us. We're going to stand.
How? In Him. With Him. He for us. And God will not stand
in the judgment of sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Listen to this now. Sinners in the congregation of
the righteous. Here's a mystery. In Him is no
sin. I've already told you that. In
him was no sin, in him is no sin. This is why the epistles
keep saying in Christ, the church in Christ. Paul said, I want
to win Christ and be found in Christ, not having my own righteousness
of the Lord, but that righteousness which is by faith of Christ.
You know what it means to be in him, accepted in him, found
in him. Righteous in him, redeemed by
him, in him. That's what that means. Like
a baby in the womb. Everything the mother is and
does, that baby is and does. Right? And we're in crime. In him is no sin. If you're in
him, you have no sin. Yeah, but I... In my flesh dwelleth no good.
That's right. And your flesh will never be anything but a
sinner. But there's a new creature in you, created in Christ Jesus,
and it's without sin. And that's the best I can do
with that. And no sinner's going to be in
a congregation of the righteous. You stand in Him, you have no
sin. Here it is. If you're righteous in yourself,
then you're a sinner before God. But if you're a sinner in yourself,
you're righteous before God. Like the leper. In Leviticus
13, the leper. Can you find any good spots on
you? Huh? Clean. Kate went, clean. From the sole of your feet to
the top of your head, you find any soundness in you? No? Righteous. He said, I didn't
come to call you righteous, to repent, but sinner. He came to
make us righteous. If you're righteous in yourself,
you're a sinner before God and you won't stand in the judgment. You won't be in the congregation
of the righteous. Because there are a bunch of sinners saved
by grace, made righteous by Christ. The Lord knoweth the way, verse
6, of the righteous. The way of the righteous? The
way of the righteous? Here it is. Listen to this. Psalm
25. It says He's going to teach sinners
the way. We know. It says, Psalm 25, verse
8, Good and upright is the Lord, therefore will He teach sinners
in the way. The meek will He teach His way. Job said, Lord knoweth the way
that I take. And I'm going to stand before
Him someday. And I'm going to see God. How's
that? In Christ. In the way of the
ungodly, we're going to perish. We're going to perish. Oh, blessed is the man, Christ
Jesus. We're blessed in Him, aren't
we? And you're blessed if He's in you. So blessed to be sitting
in a heavenly place, standing, sitting in Christ, our righteousness. Alright, stand with me.