Oh, how blessed we are to hear what we hear, to know
what we know or rather whom have revealed to us. You realize what
all is going on right now in religion, what most people are
hearing, a lot of sentiment, I'm thankful. Matthew chapter 1. Matthew chapter 1. This is a story of a man, a woman
and a child. A marriage and a child produced. The whole Bible begins this way.
The man, the woman, in the garden, and the promise of a child. Right? That's what this whole book is
about, or rather who? The Lord Jesus Christ. Story
and every story in God's Word is of Christ. Christ is all,
many and all. In this story we have a spousal
and a marriage. The spousal and the marriage.
God's people were espoused to Him before the world began. Married,
united to Christ, the Son of the Most High God. We have a
revelation and a conception. The revelation and then the seed
conceived. That's salvation. The revelation
of Christ. The last book begins that way.
The revelation. The seed conceived, and then
we have a new birth. A birth, new life given. Christ in this woman. Christ
in you is the hope of glory. And from then on is persecution. Persecution. Until he brings
them out of Egypt. It's all about the Christ. This
woman, this man, their story, their marriage is all about Jesus
Christ. Look at verse 18 and 19. The birth of Jesus Christ
was on this wife. And as his mother Mary was a
spouse to Joseph, given to Joseph, perhaps chosen by the parents. That happened back then, didn't
it? The bride didn't have a choice in the matter. But the parents
chose the bride for their son. That's often what happened. Well,
that's exactly what God did. chose whom he would give to his
son and married, espoused them to Christ. They were married
before they were born to Christ. He said before they came together,
before they came together in that marriage bond, the consecration
of marriage physically, before they knew each other, she was
found with child of the Holy Ghost and Joseph, her husband,
said they were already married in God's eyes before it was consummated. But he was a just man, he was
not willing to put her away. You see all this. But you know,
this is a wonderful lesson of God's will in marriage and God's
purpose in marriage. For this purpose shall a man
leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and the
two shall become one flesh. This man, Joseph, what a good
name. Mary, what a good name. Joseph,
there's no clearer picture of Jesus Christ. No one who represents
Christ more than Joseph. Don't you love this? Mary. That
was Naomi, Mara. Bitter. Where'd she come? Bethlehem. To meet Boaz, the Redeemer. But bitter, it means bitter.
She was bitter. All that befell her. But Boaz bought it all back. He redeemed her. No more bitter.
Marry him. So this man named Joseph married
this woman named Bitter, and married her. Joseph was a just
man. Joseph was a believer. Joseph
was a child of God, and so was Mary. And that's important. This is what God has willed.
This is the revealed will of God. Listen to me, young people.
Marry in the Lord. That's what the Scripture says.
Marry in the Lord. Look for a mate who knows the
Lord. God will bless that union. He blessed this union. They both
knew the Lord and God blessed them. They both knew Christ. Christ was their life, both of
them. Christ was their life. Everything
from then on was all about Jesus Christ. Do you hear me? This
is the will of God. This is what God said. Marry
the Lord. They did not come together before
they were married. They were both virgins. Do you
hear me? Young men, do you hear me? The
same applies to young men as it does young women. Do you hear
me? This is what God says. God will bless that. Marriage,
the scripture says, is holy. God is the one who ordained it. He brought the man. But he said
it's a picture of Christ and his church. That's what it is
for the glory of God. It's all about Christ. So it's
a wonderful thing if it's in the Lord. Because the two become
one flesh. And they're one in Christ. But
you're going to have trouble no matter what. If you both know
the Lord, it's wonderful. But you're still going to have
trouble in the flesh, Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 7. Trouble in
the flesh. Mary and Joseph had nothing but
trouble. Then from this day forward, trouble,
trouble. They were persecuted, they were
afflicted, they had to leave their home. It was all for Christ's
sake. And then Mary lost her husband,
Joseph died. And then she saw her son, 33
years old, die. A sword through her bones. But
you know it was all for Christ's sake. It was all in the will
of God for these two joined in Christ. Nothing bad happened
to them. No evil befell them. Why? Because
they were in Christ and Christ was in them. Now that's a lesson. That's how it starts. It's marriage. Joseph and Mary. Now here's the
story. Joseph and Mary. It says that,
well, Joseph was of Abraham's seed. Joseph was of the house
of Judah, the tribe of Judah. Mary was too. You look at their
lineage in Matthew 1 and in Luke 2. That's the lineage of Joseph
and Mary, okay? They were both seed of Abraham. They were both of the house of
David, the seed of David. Why? Because that's where Christ
is coming from. The tribe of Judah. Thou Bethlehem
of Judea, Judah, out of thee shall he come, who is to be ruler,
prince, king. Christ is the lion of the tribe
of Judah, isn't it? Bethlehem, house of bread, that's
what Bethlehem means, the house of bread. That's where Christ
came from. So Christ came, born of a woman. made under the law, to redeem
them that are under the law, the seed of David, seed of Abraham,
son of David, the king. All right, look at verse 20. Now the angel of the Lord appeared
unto him, he already appeared unto her, saying, Joseph, thou
son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for
that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. She's a
virgin, but she has a child. Is that important? There is no
gospel without it. There is no salvation without
it. This is what our Lord Christ Himself preached to the first
man and woman. That the woman's seed, a woman
is going to have a child, not from the seed of man. He's not
going to be born of man, but born of woman. The woman's seed,
a virgin. A virgin, Isaiah wrote, shall
conceive and bear a child. He's going to be that holy thing,
the Son of the Most High God. No seed of man in Him. No sin
in Him. The Holy One of God. The Son
of the Most High God. A virgin. If He wasn't virgin
born, then He was a sinner like you and me. And He didn't He
was a fraud. But he was, wasn't he? The virgin-born
Son of God. And verse 21 says, "...she shall
bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall
save his people from their sin. She shall bring forth a son,
and thou shalt call his name Jesus." Now, a child is born,
but the son is given. You know, it's never called in
Scriptures. Now, in verse 23 it says, "...she
shall bring forth a son." And it says she brought forth her
firstborn son, but he's never called the son of Mary. Not one
time we find in Scripture where he's actually called the son
of Mary. Is that important? One time Christ asked the Pharisees,
he said, what think ye of Christ whose son is he? They said he was the son of David.
He said, then why did David call him Lord? One time Mary came to him, they
said, your mother wants to see you. And he said, who is my mother? This is how he's about beginning
and end. This is the beginning, this is
the God manifesting. He chose a woman, she's just
a borrowed womb, like he borrowed that tomb. But he didn't begin
there. And he didn't end in the tomb.
He came out. Mary was chosen. Like all of
his people are chosen to receive this seed, she was chosen, not
above people, but among them, blessed among them. She's a virgin
born, okay? But this holy thing conceived
in her is the son of the Most High God. And he said, call his
name, the angel said, call his name, this is his earthly name,
this is what this newborn child, this holy thing, This man child,
this flesh and blood child is to be called Jesus. Call his
name Jesus. He told this to Mary and told
it to Joseph. This is his earthly name. Call
his name Jesus. What does it mean? Well, it's
the Old Testament name Joshua. You know the story of Joshua.
The name means God our Savior. God saves. Okay? What did Joshua do? Remember
the story. It says, "...No man stood before
him." No man. He came, he saw, he conquered. He took everything that belonged,
that God gave him for God's people. He took it. He conquered. He
led captivity captive. He delivered all his people.
He took everything for his people and gave it to them. That's Christ.
Call His name Jesus. That's His earthly name. That's
His earthly name. His name, the old writers used
to say, of humiliation. For God to become flesh, it was
humiliating. And that's what they were to
call Him. But do you know what you and I are to call Him? When
you hear the name Jesus, He said, hit your knees, and every tongue
confesses, Lord. He's the Lord Jesus. Because
that was His name before we got here. That's His first name and
always will be His first name. That's His title. You know what
we call the President of the United States? That's right, Mr. President.
Ricky, even his enemies, people that don't like him, must call
him Mr. President. You don't call him
Don. You don't call him Donnie. You
don't call him Donald. And you won't call him Joe. You'll
call him Mr. President, won't you? How much
more? The Son of the Most High God.
He said, you call me Lord and Master, and you say, well, so
I am. And someday every knee, every
eye shall see him as he is. Saul of Tarsus thought he was
just Jesus, didn't he? When he met him, you know what
the first thing out of his mouth was? Lord. No man will call him
that but by the Holy Spirit. But this was to his earthly mother,
and this man, his supposed father. This is the name he's going to
go by, and it means something. If you're going to use that name,
and God never gave names in the Bible that didn't have profound,
divine meaning. It meant something. Call his
name Jesus. It means God our Savior. It means
Savior, because he said, He shall save. He shall save. Who? Who's doing the saving? He. Might save, will save if
He let, shall save. Who? Anybody that lets Him? His people. Says, all that the Father giveth
me shall come to me. From what? Their sins. I just preached you the gospel.
No, God did. In a verse. He shall save his
people. Anything less than that is not
the gospel. It's another gospel. Any gospel
that says Jesus tried, wants to, and wants to save everybody,
can't, that's another Jesus. Got the wrong name. Name him
something else. His name ain't Jesus. Any gospel, any so-called gospel,
false gospel that says He came to save everybody and He shed
His precious blood for goats as well as sheep, that's another
gospel. That's a false gospel. If He died for people who are
in hell, then His blood doesn't save a flea. Right? First thing, He shall save His
people from what? Their sins, that's why He came.
The sin sacrifice, the substitute. God's angry with sinners every
day. The only one way the anger of
God is appeased, the blood of His Son. And if Jesus Christ
died for you, God, there is no condemnation. There's no anger.
There's no wrath. There's no judgment. There's
love. There's mercy. There's grace. And if He showed
you that, you ain't gonna die. It's the same story. Same story
about a son, a child-given son. Verse 23 says, Behold, a virgin
shall be with a child, and bring forth a son. Call his name...
You see, this is God with us. This is God in human flesh. God. That's His name. God. That's
what we call Him. The Lord our God. He shall save.
So, Joseph, verse 24, being raised
from sleep. That's a picture of salvation.
Oh, we've been quickened. We who are dead and trespassing
have been quickened. How did he quicken us? Through
the gospel of Christ. Christ revealed to us life, given
us life. And notice this, young people
again, verse 25, He did not know his wife till she had brought
forth her firstborn son, called his name Jeff. He did not. Here, chapter 2, here's the story.
You know it, but oh, may we hear it as if the first time. When
I read that, I was... Now, when Jesus was born in Bethlehem,
amazing. Did you read Spurgeon's article? Did you read that? I hope so. He said, there's nothing
more wonderful to think about anywhere. And I couldn't put
it all in the bulletin. It would have taken five pages.
It was from a messaging. And he went on to say the most
wonderful thing, like the angel did wondrously to Manoah and
his wife, was when the Son of God, not only being born, but
died on a cross. Old Charles went on to talk about
the most wonderful thing. Call his name wonderful because
the most wonderful thing he ever did was not just being born,
was dying. that he put himself right before
these people and spit in his face. How would he do that? He's got
to, because that's what God ought to do to us. That's what he did
to Miriam, who confronted Moses
and said, God said this to her, your father ought to spit in
your face. For the Son of God to come down
here, period, is wonderful, full of wonder and amazing, amazing
grace. But for Him to die on that cross
like a criminal before God, and God put on Him my sin, There's
nothing more wonderful ever. And all God's people whom Christ
really died for and those who know it, they're going to be
singing. They think He is everything to them. Everything. Wonderful. Wonderful. My, my. He was born in Bethlehem. My, my. of Judea, and we've already seen
that. The house of bread, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the
king's tribe, David's seed. Now the days of Herod the king.
Herod the king. Herod the king. Oh, Herod. Boy, he's a mighty felon. Boy,
everybody feared Herod. He's a puppet. He's a puppet
in the hands of this child. I don't... Herod the king on
the throne is in the hands of that child in that mother's arms. The king's heart, his heart is
in the hands of this Lord who came. Turn it with us wherever
you will. Herod said, this is what I'm going to do. No, you're
going to do what the king says. King. Herod the king. There came
wise men from the east. And it's true, no matter what
religion loves to say, wise men still seek Him. Well, they do.
Those who are truly wise, they seek Him. This is wisdom. This
is Proverbs 8. You see, with all you're getting,
wisdom cries. With all you're getting, forget
everything else, it's vanity. But with all you're getting,
get this, wisdom, which is Christ, the wisdom of God. The power
of God, the salvation of God, with all your giving. These wise
men came from the east to Jerusalem. That's where they saw a star.
Where does the sun rise from? East. There was an eastern gate
in the temple. Why is that? That's where the
sun came in every morning. The temple. The Son of Righteousness
came to the temple with healing in His way. From the east, he's
the son. Wise men came from the east to
Jerusalem. Jerusalem. That's the city of
God. City of peace. City of David. That's where Christ came. From
the moment he was born till the day he died, he was going, scripture
says, up to Jerusalem. Jerusalem was set on a hill,
Mount Zion, a lofty place, a place where God dwelt, Jerusalem, the
house of God, the temple of God. That's where Christ was born
from the day He was born to the day He died up. But I'm not talking
about that place over there that God's going to destroy it all.
I'm talking about New Jerusalem, and heaven itself, where the
city of God is, come down from heaven. They said in verse 2,
where is He, that born King of the Jews? We've seen His star
in the east and come to worship Him. Where is He? Who are they
looking for? How do you know these fellows
are wise? What are they asking? What's their question? Like that
old wise owl. They're asking one thing. Who?
Where is He? Who? The King. That's who we've
come to look for. Why did you come here today?
Why did you come to this house of bread? Are you hungry? Are
you thirsty? What are you looking for? Christ
is the bread. Christ is the water of life.
Huh? The king? You need a king? We
have one. Where is he? He's in the house
of bread. That's where you find him, among
God's people. He that is born king of the Jews, as we've said
so many times, kings aren't voted on. Kings are born that way.
And Psalm 2, that's interesting. Matthew 2, Psalm 2. God says, I have set my king
on my holy hill of Zion. He said, you rulers, you kings
and you rulers, be wise now. Serve the Lord with fear, rejoice
with trembling, kiss the son lest he be angry. He's going
to lest he dash you in pieces with what? A rod. Look, read
on. Herod the king heard these things.
He was troubled. Yes. Everyone's hurt. Have they
not all hurt? Yes. And this whole world's in
trouble. Why is this world in trouble?
They believe not on Him. That's right. And they killed
Him. We killed Him. We killed Him. But God revealed
Him to us. We're the very ones that killed
Him, yet God had mercy on us. He revealed the Son. Verse 4,
He gathered together chief priests and scribes of the people and
demanded of them where Christ is. He gave them command that
when they found Him to come back, they didn't obey this ordinance
of the government. Well, shouldn't they? Not where
Christ is concerned. He has no part or lot in this
matter. He's only consulting to bring him down from his excellence. Isn't that right? No sir, we
ought to obey God rather than man. You come and he said, I'm going
to worship him too. You will someday, unwillingly,
worship him. This is interesting. This is
wonderful. This is a Herod, it's actually
a title, it's not the man's name, it's a title, like Pharaoh, like
Emperor. This Herod died and another Herod
came along, it was a different Herod. This Herod tried to kill
Christ. He couldn't. He can't. No man
takes his life from you. And no man takes your life from
you. And no man can take Christ out
of you. If you're in Christ and Christ
is in you, no man and nothing can separate you from the love
of God which is in Christ. Nothing. Fear not. Fear not. Well, Christ one day stood before
Herod. 33 years later, sister, he stood,
there he is, before Herod. Herod said, I'm going to kill
him. Now he stands before Herod. You know what Herod did? He said, I want no part of you.
He said, you got a part, alright. And you're doing what I say.
Isn't that wonderful? That's His name. That's His name. Herod, in pretense, I'm going
to worship Him, like most people do, pretense. But all will, every
knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess who He is. He sent
word to the wise men, they went to Bethlehem, okay? Let me jump
down here to verse 6. And let me say this about this. Herod had all those children
killed. Now we've looked at this many times. They fulfilled the scripture. Rama shall be heard weeping and
wailing. Rachel crying for her children. They were not. He had all those
babies killed, two years old and younger. Who did? Who did
that? God did that. You reckon nobody
for whom Christ died will perish? Nobody. What about those who
died for Christ? Not one. Not one of those babies
perished. And Herod did that. He meant
evil, but God meant it for good. How many thousands of children
went straight to glory and didn't have to live in this sinful place?
Betrothed. They were betrothed from birth
with the glory. Never married a physical man,
but boy, they got married in heaven. That's our wonderful Lord. That's
our wonderful Lord. Merciful, gracious God. And Herod
did all this at his will. No, he's doing the will of God.
Herod. Okay, down to verse 8. The wise
men, he said, go search diligently until you've found him. And so
when they heard the king, they departed, verse 9, and lo, the
star, the same star which they saw in the east, went before
them. Before this, they were thousands of miles from here.
So much speculation where they came from. Doesn't matter. God
doesn't tell it. Doesn't matter. But they came from the east,
and they saw this star, this star in the sky, okay? It brightly
shone, and the star told them, follow me! Follow me! So they did. They followed Him
all the way to Bethlehem where Scripture says it stopped. That star in the sky stopped. Where? Over that house where
the sun was. And that star shone right down
on that sun. Those wise men who saw that star
followed that star to where He was and they found Him. What
is that star? That's the light, the knowledge,
the glory of God. That's the word of God. In thy
light, we see light. Him, who's light. What's the
light? Thy word is a lamp under my feet
and a light under my path. It's going to lead me where?
One place, Jesus Christ. Every scripture, they say all
roads lead to Rome. Well, that's just not true. But
I tell you what, every word in this book leads to Jesus Christ.
This is a light of God's Word. And you know where it'll point
you? Jesus Christ. The Spirit of God is the star.
The Holy Spirit of God, He does one thing. He doesn't make you
talk like a blooming idiot. He makes you talk of Christ.
He talks of Christ. He doesn't speak of Himself.
He speaks of Christ. He takes the things of Christ
and shows them to you. And He takes these ignorant,
pagan, heathen people, supposedly wise, they're not wise until
they see Him. They're not wise until they're
seeking Him. Alright? He takes these, where are they
from? India? I don't know. These Hindus?
These Buddhists? And shines and gives them the
light of the knowledge of the glory of God. Where? One place.
One person. Jesus Christ. And brings them
all the way. They're going to have to come
from afar to see Him. Because He's in one place. That's the Spirit of God. That's
the preacher. In all of Revelation, these seven
stars in the hands of Jesus Christ. Seven stars. Not because they
are stars, celebrities, but because they bear the light. They shine.
Stars reflect light. They're not the light. They reflect
the light. Okay? But the stars point to
one person. Jesus Christ. If they're God's
preacher, they're doing one thing. Behold the Lamb. Behold the Son. You come where they are, they're
going to point you to Jesus Christ. That's the star. We've seen it
start. And they rejoiced with exceeding
great joy. It stood over where the young
child was. Came over and stood over him.
You know the story of the Ark. God gave the Ark of the Covenant. It was that vessel of mercy,
golden, but covered with blood, vessel of wrath. Judgment, bearing
the sin of God's people. And God made two cherubs, one
on the right hand, one on the left hand. And you know it said
those cherubs were made where their wings touched, and both
of them were looking down on that heart. Both of them. Joined together, their wings,
two wings, remember that. That's Revelation 12, supposed
to be this morning, it'll be later. They were both looking
down on that glorious ark. What's that? Peter wrote, which
things the angels desire to look into. What's that? The desire
of all nations. The Christ child. Are angels
listening to this message right now? That's what the Bible says. You
know that? They have it revealed to them
through sinners. They stood over where the young
child... and they saw the star and they rejoiced with exceeding
great joy. Do you still rejoice over this
gospel? Do you exceed it? But they came to the house, they
were coming to the house. This is where it was. The house,
the house, the house. They saw the young child with Mary, his
mother. And they fell down and they worshiped
who? Him. Well, there's Mary. There's the
Virgin Mary. They call her the mother of God.
Yeah, she's not God's mother. She's God's child. She's a sinner
saved by grace, like everybody else. The child is the father
of the mother. They came, led by the star, the
light showed them who to worship. It was Him. It was Him. They came and fell down and worshipped
Him. And they opened their treasures. In Him are hid all the treasures
of wisdom and knowledge. They opened up their treasure.
What was in it? Gold. Gold! That's what the ark was covered
with. Gold, wasn't it? That's what the brazen altar
was of. Gold! Well, that's Christ, isn't it? Frankincense and myrrh. Well, that's the very thing that
they embalmed his body with. That's the thing that the Shulamite
maiden said, his cheeks smell like myrrh. Myrrh is pitch. Yes, it is. The sap of a tree. Fragrant. Being warned of God, read on,
of a dream, and in a dream that they should not return to Herod.
They were departed in their own country. When they were departed,
behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream
saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee
into Egypt. Now listen carefully, this is
going to be a great blessing to you. Take that child and his
mother and flee into Egypt. I told you, we're supposed to
preach from Revelation 12. See, all this went together,
it's just... what do I preach? It's all the
same. But in Revelation 12, it says
that this woman with child was persecuted and had to flee into
the wilderness. And this dragon was after her.
That's not fairy tale. It's no cunningly devised fable.
This is the truth. Satan. And she fled into wilderness.
Egypt is called wilderness. Egypt is called this world. And
behold, this young woman with child was in Egypt, fled to Egypt. And he said, you be there. You stay there until I bring
you word. You stay there until I bring
you that. Because I'm going to call my
child out of Egypt. Now, go with me. I'm going to
close. Go with me to Exodus chapter 3. Exodus chapter 3. In closing. Exodus chapter 3. So the angel told them to go
to Egypt. And they were there until the
death of Herod, till the death of their enemy. They were there.
That it might be spoken of, fulfilled by the prophet, out of Egypt
have I called my son. Now Christ came into this world. The world was made by Him and
the world knew Him not. Why didn't all those people in
Bethlehem, since they heard, why didn't they all come to worship
Him? It says they all heard, didn't it? They were all in trouble. They all feared something. Why
didn't they come to worship Him? They didn't see that star. That
star wasn't revealed to them. God didn't choose them. He chose
these two lowly ones. By the way, a manger is a place
where sheep feed. He came with sheep, he laid down
his life for sheep, to save his people, his people, given to
him by God. All the sheep, all the father
given shall come to me, like these wise men from afar, and
Joseph and Mary were chosen by him. There's some shepherds on
the hill they came to to reveal the star, they saw the same star.
Well, he came to Bethlehem, the house of bread. Then they took
him to Egypt, and that's where he was until they were brought
out of Egypt. Well, look at Exodus 3. This
is a similar story. There's a deliverer born, whom Pharaoh tried to kill. You know what Pharaoh ended up
doing? Raising him. And that was the same Pharaoh
Melanie that tried to kill him that he stood before. Moses stood
before Pharaoh someday. And in power and glory and said,
you let my people go. You have no power except be given
to you God. The same one. That's who Moses
represents. Giver of the law. The redeemer. Except Moses kept the flock of
Jethro. Long before Moses delivered the
people, he's keeping the sheep. Like David, like our Lord. He
led the flock to the backside of a desert, a wasteland wilderness. Came to the mountain of God,
Horeb. Look at this, look at this, verse
2. Look, look, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a what?
A flame of fire. Well, you're preaching Judges
13. Yes, I am. You're preaching 1 Kings 18,
a God who answers by fire. Yes, I am. You're preaching Hebrews
12.29, a God who's a... Yes, I am. Because it's all the
same. It's all Christ. Amidst of a
bush, a burning bush, and he looked, like Manoah and his wife,
looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire. He wasn't concerned. Moses said, I'll turn aside.
God's going to turn him aside? Oh, He's going to turn him inside
out. Turn him aside from what? He's going to leave Egypt. He's
going to leave the pleasures of sin for sin. He's going to
abstain the reproach of Christ, greater treasures, and all the
treasures of Egypt. The approach of Christ, He's
going to follow His people in a wilderness. Why? He's seen
Christ. And here's what He said, and
the Lord appeared to him out of the book, Moses, Moses. He
said, Here am I. He didn't say, Here I am. He
said, Here am I. And he said, draw not nigh hither,
put off thy shoes from my feet, the place whereon thou standest
is holy ground, and so is this. Moreover, here's who says this,
I am the God of thy father. Read with me, come on now, don't
let me lose you here. Here's the end. I'm the God of
Abraham. I'm the God of Isaac. I'm the
God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face. He was
afraid. Look upon God. The Lord said,
I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt. I have heard their cry by reason
of their taskmasters, Pharaoh. I know their sorrows, quenched
with grief and sorrow. I have come down to deliver them out. of the hand
of the Egyptians and to bring them up, out of that land, evil place unto a good land,
a large land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the place
of the Canaanite. Verse 9, Therefore behold, a
cry of the children of Israel is come up unto me. I have also
seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppressed them. Come now therefore, I'll send
thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people,
the children of Israel out of Egypt. He called his son out
of Egypt. Our Lord literally came to this
place, sent by God, hated by the world, but he came into this
world to save his people out of it. Did he do it? Yes, he did. Yes, he did. This same child went up to Jerusalem
where he ascended a cross, where he put away the sins of his people,
where he bruised the serpent's head under our feet, led captivity
captive, and he went to the grave, separated our sins from us as
far as it is from the web, and ascended No place higher. The right hand of the majesty
on high where He sits and He's ruling Egypt. Until every one
of His people are brought out. In His name, wonderful. What
do you think about this message, Tammy? Wonderful. Isn't it wonderful? That's His name. Alright, let's
sing, At the Cross.