is sure, one little word shall
pay. The last without a penny. That
word of all earthly powers, no thanks to them abided. The spirit and the gifts are
ours. through Him who with us sideth. Let goods and kindred go, this
mortal life also. The body they may kill, God's
truth abideth still. His kingdom is forever. Now let's go to John 18. John
chapter 18. This is the beginning of the
crucifixion of our Lord. Christ before this man named
Caiaphas, the high priest. This is a profound paradox here,
enigma, paradox. The great high priest standing before this imposter,
this little high priest, almost entitled this, Jehovah, judged
by the Jews. Think about it. Jehovah being judged. Look at verses, let's read verses,
just a few verses, 12 through 14. Then the band and captain
of officers of the Jews took Jesus and bound Him and led Him
away to Annas first. He was the father-in-law to Caiaphas.
Apparently it was two high priests. Religion was so perverted. Caiaphas, his son-in-law, there's
some collusion here, isn't it? He was a high priest that same
year. Now, Caiaphas was he which gave counsel to the Jews that it was expedient, back in
chapter 11, he said this, that one should die for the people.
He didn't know what he was saying. God had him say that. Then look
down at verse 24. and sent him bound unto Caiaphas,
the high priest. Then in verse 28, they led him
after this. Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas
unto the hall of judgment before Pilate, that little fellow. As I said, this is the beginning
of the story of Christ and Him crucified. This is why Christ
came. This is the culmination, sum
and substance of the gospel. The whole story of the gospel
is summed up in this, Christ and Him crucified. That He came
as a substitute for sinners, as the Lamb slain. John preached
it. That's what John preached. Behold,
the Lamb of God. This is it. Of all the Old Testament.
Everything in the Old Testament pointed to this Lamb of God. Beginning back in Genesis 3.
And in Exodus 12. When I see the blood, it must
have a Lamb. This is the Lamb slain for the
remission of sins of His people. Now, this morning we're going
to look at Him before this man named Caiaphas, the high priest.
And as I said, what a paradox, profound paradox this is, that
the great high priest is standing before this so-called high priest. And it says in verse 12, the
band, then the band and captain and officers of the Jews took
Jesus and bound him, the band. Now in verse 3, it says Judas
received a band of men and officers from the chief priest and Pharisee. Now these weren't Romans, these
weren't Roman soldiers. These were religious people.
These were Sabbath goers. These were law-abiding, moral,
God-worshipping, it seemed to me, Sabbath-keeping men and women. You need to remember
that, because man hadn't changed. Truth hadn't changed. And man's treatment of it hadn't
changed. Now from the beginning, when our Lord began to preach,
and we've looked at the Gospel of John verse by verse, beginning
all the way back there in chapter 4 or 5, when He began to preach
the truth, the true God Himself, the truth, the truth of what
man is, who God is, what man is, and who Christ really is,
God, I Am, Why He came? In man's utter inability. No man can come. He began to
preach the truth of what man is, and light. Man loved darkness. He said, this is condemnation.
Light is coming into the world, but man's not good, he's evil. This is what Christ began to
preach, didn't He? The first message He preached
publicly was repent. Same with John, same with all
the prophets. Christ is that prophet. And when
he began to preach the truth, they got a council together immediately. They got a council together immediately,
because the truth exposes. This is what light does, it exposes
darkness. The truth. This is the first
thing that must be done in salvation to us. And so they immediately got a
council together. And this is why we read Psalm
2. It said that they made a council. Kings of the earth stood together
and people imagined a vain thing that they can stop God. And we're going to put this band
out. We're going to get rid of this
band. And they have a council. They met together in a council.
Well, Psalm 62 verse 4 says, they only consult to cast him
down from his excellency. That was the council they got
together. But you know, they took counsel
and God, the Scripture said there in Psalm 2, laughed. He that sitteth in heaven, laughs."
We're going to get together, us chief priests and scribes
and officers, and we're going to do away with this thing. God
laughs. See, this is something God purposed
before the world began. For Christ to come, put away
sin of His people. And these men are going to do
His work. They think they have free will. And they're going to do His work.
They're going to do according to His will. The determinate
counsel and will of God. They're going to take with wicked
hands and crucify the Lord of glory and they're going to do
exactly what God told them to do. It says in Psalm 33, the counsel
of the Lord, that shall stand. It says, He brings the counsel
of men to naught. It says, He bringeth the counsel
of the heathen to naught. He makes the devices of the people
of none effect. The counsel of the Lord standeth
forever. The thoughts of His heart to
all generations. Now, several things I want us to see here,
several things to be seen here. Number one, the first thing we're
going to see here, and the first thing we need to know in salvation,
And we labored this point in the first hour. That man is an
utterly depraved and wicked creature. If you miss this, you don't know
anything. You don't know anything. Again, this is not doctrine,
this is a terrible reality. This is what God had to bring
us to know about ourselves. If the Lord ever shows us our
heart, but the Scripture says the heart is deceitful above
all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it? I, the Lord,
He knows it. I search the hearts, He said.
I know. God looks on the heart. And unless God gives you a new
heart. Nowhere is man's utter depravity,
depraved nature and wicked nature, sinful, evil will. We're talking
about His will. Nowhere is it seen more clearly
than at the cross. Nowhere. God says in His Word,
men patently deny it, but God says He looked down from heaven
upon the children of men to see if there were any that didn't
understand. This is what God says about man, but man just
patently denies it. See, if there's anything to understand,
to anything to seek after God. Isaiah 59 says, none calleth
for truth, none pleadeth for justice. Judgment's turned way
backward. That's Romans 1 in reprobate. Romans 3 goes on to quote that. None good. No, not one. Anyone
who thinks that man is basically a good creature, man has a free
will, He doesn't know God. He doesn't know man. He just
doesn't. This is the first thing. He's blind. This is the first
thing. And that person who believes
that is captive to Satan. Is a captive to Satan. Because
that's the lie that Satan began in the garden. Satan actually
thought he had free will. Didn't he? This is what Satan
thought. He still thinks he does. I think
he still thinks he does. Satan says, I will exalt my throne
to the stars, Isaiah 14. I will. God laughs. God laughs. And go on down further
down the chain, you got a little peony worm called man. Man says,
my will. If it weren't tragic, it would
be funny, wouldn't it? Man thinks he has free will.
And he's captive the whole time to Satan's will. And they're
all doing God's will. They're all doing God's will.
Now here at the cross, nowhere is this more clearly seen than
at the cross. More than anywhere else, the
will of man is seen. And Pilate said it in conclusion.
Pilate said this. He stood before everyone and
said, What will you do? What will you that I do with
Jesus?" That's what he said. And they all said, Jews, Romans,
people, religious, irreligious, they all said. Crucified, didn't
they? That's the will of man. Doctrine? Again, I keep pressing
this because people talk about coming to a knowledge of the
doctrines of grace. That's not salvation. You're born again. It all clears up. My pastor used
to say this, you don't arrive at Christ through doctrine. You
arrive at doctrine through Christ. In other words, when you meet
the God of the Bible, you realize He's God. You don't come, oh well, finally
I realize God's God. Let Him be God. Finally let Him... He must be born again. That's
what He said to that religious Jew. What will you that I do with
Jesus? That's what He said. And what
did man say? Kill Him. Kill Him. That's condemnation,
our Lord said. Our Lord said, this is condemnation.
Light came into the world. Men loved darkness rather than
light. Why? Because their deeds are evil. And nowhere is it seen
more clearly than Calvary. God became a man. God came down
on this earth. Holiness personified. Holy. Harmless. Oh, you know, we're loving people.
We love gentleness. We love meekness. No, you don't,
because it came. Gentleness came. Meekness came.
Holiness came, harmlessness came, the Lamb came, and men like wolves
devoured him. You say, I didn't have anything
to do with that. How long did you go without giving
him a thought? That means you could care less if he lived or
died. Somebody told you about it, you say, I don't care about
that. Guilty. Guilty. We see at the cross the
absolute sovereignty of God. We see the utter depravity of
man. And I had no interest in the Son of God for a long time.
No interest whatsoever. So I effectively, I killed Him. I crucified Him. Can't be indifferent. Then we see the absolute sovereignty
of God. The absolute sovereignty of God
is absolute, absolute meaning He controls everything, total,
absolute, total control of all things, all persons, all places,
all things, elements, angels, devils, men, everything, everyone
is absolutely under the absolute, total, control and reign of God,
that no one does anything apart from the absolute sovereign will
and power of God. All authority is of God. The powers that be are ordained
of God. Nowhere is that clearly more
seen than Calvary. And this is the message the Lord
used to convict those Christ killers in Acts chapter 2. Did
Peter stand up and say, now God loves you, and Jesus died for
you all, and He wants to be your personal Savior? That is not
what Peter preached at Pentecost. You know what he preached? You,
with wicked hands, have taken and crucified the Son of God,
but you did what God determined before to be done. Now, God has
sent this same Jesus whom you crucified on the throne of glory. And that's all he said. And Peter
sat down. What he said first was, he's
seated. Christ is seated. He's not outside
your heart's door hoping, wishing, wanting. He did a work that God
sovereignly purposed before the world began. And now he's seated
on the throne. And Peter sat down. You know
what happened? The Spirit of God moved and convicted
all those Christ-haters, God-haters, Christ-killers, look what you've
done. Cry, repent, call on mercy. Maybe, maybe He'll save you. Because He's Lord. Don't make
Him Lord. He is Lord. And your life is
in His hands. Your soul is in His hands to
do with as He pleases. He's seated. And they all with one accord
and one mind and one voice said, what are we going to do? And Peter said, repent, believe,
bow, confess Him. They gladly, gladly. Absolute sovereignty of God.
You know, this is what in Acts chapter 4, the early church quoted
in one of their first prayers, Acts chapter 4, the early church
got together after they threatened Simon Peter and the apostles
for preaching the truth. They told them, don't you dare
preach in this name, the Pharisees did, and they came back and reported
to the church that was meeting together. And it says, they all
lifted up their voices with one accord and said, Lord, thou art
God that made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them
is. And by the mouth of your servant
David said, why do the heathen rage? Why do the people imagine
a vain thing? Yes, the kings of the earth stood
up. The rulers were gathered together against the Lord and
against his Christ and of a truth against thy holy child, Jesus,
whom thou hast anointed, Herod, Pontius Pilate, the Gentile,
and the people of Israel were gathered together to do whatsoever
thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done." And they
were so glad. They all thought it was over
when he died. The disciples thought it was
over when Christ died. But it was. That is, Christ put
an end to transgression. That was what was over. The reign
and rule of Satan was over. That's what was over. And He
had taken unto Himself reign. He led at that point. And I'm
getting ahead of myself. I'm talking about the absolute
sovereignty of God. Nowhere is it more clearly seen
than at Calvary. Men did what they wanted to do,
but they did what God willed for them to do. Down to everything. It's almost like they were standing
over the side and said, and reading the book, reading the Bible,
said, what are we supposed to do next? What are we supposed to
say? He saved others himself. Yep,
that's what God said you'd say. Pluck out his beard. Yep, that's
what the Scripture said. Spit in his face. Yep, that's
what the Scripture said. You've got to do what God says. Look in our text, John 8. I tell you, I'm going to quit
apologizing for the way I preach. I can't help it. This is me.
This is the best you've got at this time. It's all I can do.
All right? I'm going to quit. Our Lord,
the seal of his house ate him up. I wish the whole world could
hear this. I tell you, it's not a world
full of good people. It's about to go down. It's an urgent message. That's who killed the Lord Jesus
Christ. And they still hate this message. The only reason you
don't is because God chose you. The only reason I don't, the
only reason I'm not, Mindy and I were driving to church and
we passed by that Catholic building. I told her, it's only by the
grace of God we don't pull in there. And then we didn't go
straight on Six Mile Post Road, we'd go down there and it's only
by the grace of God that I'm not under the law. I've got my
long beard, my hat, and she's got a bonnet on. We're worshipping
ourselves and the law and under the law. It's only by the grace
of God that we turned and went down here where people are going
to sit and hear about Christ and Him crucified and a sovereign
God and salvation of the blood. It's only by the grace of God. Look at verse 18. Here it is.
That's all summed up right here. It says that the band of the
officers, the Jews, took Jesus and bound Him and led Him away.
Who's bound here? Who took Him? Who bound Him? Who's leading who? Come on now. It's not as it seems, is it?
Things are never as they seem. God delivered Him up. Did they
take Him? He showed that in the garden.
They came after Him. They came after him and said,
whom seek you? He said, Jesus of Nazareth. I am. Boo! They fell out. No man take it
from my lap. I lay it down on myself. God
delivered him up. They couldn't have taken him.
And this is our comfort too. If we're in him, if we belong
to him, he can't take us either. Or you're worried, should we
lock our doors? Somebody's going to come in and shoot us all. Where's your faith? Come on,
an early church. They took him. That's what it
said. They took him and they bound him. They bound him. Who bound him? There's a story in Genesis 22
of Abraham and Isaac that I love. And it says the father and the
son went up on that mountain, okay? It says when they got there
to the place that God had told him of before, long before this,
they got there. They got to the place and it
says the father, Abraham, took his son and bound him. Isaac's a 20-year-old boy. He's
big and strong. He's stronger than his father,
his old 120-year-old father. He willingly stretched out his
hands. He willingly said, here Father,
bind me. Bind the cord. This is what the
psalmist said, bind the cord, that sacrifice to the altar with
cords. Christ came willingly according
to the determinate will and purpose of God. It pleased the Lord to
bruise him. Did man bind him? No. There's a story of Samson in
the Old Testament. Go back and read it in light
of what I'm about to tell you. Samson is a picture of Jesus
Christ. Just like every major person in history, minor person.
He's a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, Samson. No one is more
powerful than Samson. Why did God raise up Samson?
To destroy the Philistine, to destroy God's people, okay? He
was strength. It says they tried to bind him.
They kept trying to bind him and nothing could bind him. Nothing
and no one could bind him. He had superhuman strength and
power. It's like He had all power. That's a picture of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Nothing and no one could bind Him. But because
of His love for a woman, a forlorn woman, Delilah. Now, no type
is perfect. You know that, don't you? No
type is perfect. That's why there's so many of
them. But in typical love, a picture of... Because of His love for
this woman, in weakness finally, became weak and died because
of his love for this woman. And that's a picture of Christ
in it, who was crucified in weakness. But no, he wasn't weak. But out of love to a forlorn
woman, a sinful woman, our Lord agreed to be bound, okay? But
what did Sapson do in his death? What did he do? They bound him
to the pillars of that house of wickedness. And in his death,
he brought down the enemies of God. Now you tell me that ain't
Jesus Christ. They bound him. No, he was bound
by his love to God. He was bound by this oath and
covenant that God made between he and the Father. He was bound
by this purpose and will of God. And he came for his love to a
sinful people, and in his death... You know who's bound? You know
who was bound? Satan was bound. Who's bound
here? Are you with me? They bound him.
No, you've got it all wrong here. You know what's happening here?
He's binding the strong man. Satan. Spoiling his goods. And Satan's thinking, I've got
him now. Like the Philistines did of Samson.
Ha! Look at him. They sported as
Samson stood there. They sported. Look at him. We've
got him now. No, he's bringing this house down. He's got you. You think you bound
Him? Isn't this glorious? You ever heard anything like
this? Bruce Crabtree said it one time
after he preached. He said, isn't this good preaching?
Honestly, people, who's bound here? Who's bound here? Who bound who? You know, men
still think God has no hands. He can't do anything. His hands
are tied. You don't know God, do you? Was our Lord's hands tied by
these ropes? That's what religion thinks.
He can't do anything unless you let Him. Now, we got Him. It's
Jesus. He's bound. He can't do anything. They put
Him on a cross. And they mocked Him and derided
Him and said, He saved others. Himself, He can't save. You know that's truth? The wrath
of man shall praise Him. The wrath of man shall praise
Him. Yes, He saved others. He's the only one that can. He's
the only one that did. In being crucified, that's how He saved
them. And in saving others, He couldn't save Himself. If He's
going to save others, He can't save Himself. He said, if you
be the Son of God, come down from the cross. He told His disciples
before He went to the cross, He said, don't you know I could
call twelve legions of angels? destroy the world? But no, for
this cause I came into the world." Man did what man wanted to do,
what his evil will wanted to do with the Son of God, but they
did what God determined before it could be done. And while on
the cross, seemingly tied to the cross, seemingly tied before
Pilate, he's manipulating this whole thing. He's controlling
it now. I love, we're not at it yet,
we're going to be, when he stood before Pilate. Pilate said, Don't
you know I have power to... Don't you know I have power to
release you? And he that sat in the heavens, don't you know
he laughed? They bound him. The Jews one
time before this said to our Lord, they said, We be not in
bondage to any man. Remember that? when they're held captive by
Satan at his will. So are all men. We have a free
will. No, you're held captive by Satan.
He's the one that told you you have a free will. Christ was bound. Though He was
bound physically. Here's the wonderful picture
here. He was binding Satan, the strong
man, and destroying his good. He's taking captivity captive. while he was being bound. And
they led him away, verse 13. They led him away. Who's leading
who? Huh? Who's leading who? Man doesn't lead God. God leads
man. Listen to this. I love these
verses. Isaiah 45. I am the Lord. There
is none else. There is no God beside me. I
girded thee, though thou hast not known me, that they will
know. They know from the rising of
the sun to the west, there is none beside me. I am the Lord. There is none else. I form the
light. I create darkness. I make peace. I create evil. I, the Lord, do all these things.
I do all these things. If you read Proverbs 16, 4, it
will change your theology, at least in your head. The Lord
hath made all things for himself, even the wicked, for the day
of evil. You say, then, God's the author
of sin. Don't charge God with foolishness. Who art thou to
reply against God? Shall the thing for him say to
him that borne it? Why have you done this? Romans 9, we're going
to get to that maybe. That's how Paul deals with that.
Hath not the potter power of the cloud. It's not of him that
willeth or of him that runneth. It's of God that showeth mercy.
Whom he will, he hardeneth. It's the Lord. I, the Lord, do
all these things. I, the Lord, do all these things.
Now the only way you'll like this is if God shows you what
you're capable of. If God shows you your evil nature,
shows you His sovereign mercy and grace and power, that you're
kept by the power of God, you're born again of God, chosen of
God, kept by the power of God, that you cannot keep yourself.
We talked about reprobate in Romans 1. It means leave Him
alone. And you and I, if God leaves
us alone, ask Simon Peter. If God leaves us alone for a
minute, you know what we'll do? Anything. Anything. It's like gravity. What will
happen if I let go of this bottle? Huh? What's this bottle going
to do? Can this bottle keep itself? Can it hold itself up? Can it
will it? Can it do anything? That's what
God said. That's your name. The Lord upholdeth all things
by the word of His power. If you find that out, you'll be crying unto Him. You'll
be calling on Him for mercy. You'll be asking Him, keep me,
keep me, save me, or I'll perish. Is God that worketh all things?
All things. God doeth all things on purpose.
But why, preacher? But then why this and why that?
Why is it? The thing formed can't say to
Him that formed it. Why? They reply against God. God doesn't give an account of
His matters to anybody. He doesn't have to. It's the Lord. That's all. Eli came up and said,
didn't he? It's the Lord. Let Him do what
seems good in His hand. God does all things on purpose.
But what? We don't understand. That story
of Abraham, it says, listen to this, and I don't think I've
read it a thousand times, It said, I think it's verse 9, it
says that after... I got to see it. I don't want to misquote it.
It says that after it was all over and the Lord showed them
the substitute, the ram caught in the thicket. You remember
that story? The Lord sent that ram up there before... Isaac's
not going to die. The Lord never did purpose for
him to die. He had a substitute waiting on him. And they saw
it, and after that was all over, they came down from the mountain,
and Abraham called the name of that place, Jehovah-Jireh. That
is, the Lord will see, the Lord will provide. As it is said to
this day, and here's what it said, in the mount of the Lord,
it shall be seen. What? What mount? That mount? Well, Mount Calvary. At Calvary,
it shall be seen. And someday, We're with Him on
the matter. It shall be seen. We all know.
All things will be clearly seen. Why? But until then, He doesn't
give an account of His matter. But we just say it's the Lord.
But it shall be seen. We're going to know even as we've
been known. But it has something to do with God's glory. God's
purpose that we don't know about. It's all so intimately connected. This over here, it has to happen.
Is it in the hairs of your head or not? No hair falls to the
ground without your Heavenly Father like the birds. It has
to happen. But I don't understand. No, you
don't want a God you can understand. That means He's like you. That means He tries things and
they fail. No, you want a God who... Known unto God are all
His works from the beginning of the world. Predestined and
ordered in all things and sure, it's going to happen. That's
who you worship. That's who you bow to. That's
where you'll get your comfort. God does all things on purpose.
Nowhere is that more clearly seen than at Calvary. Listen to this. I've always loved
this ever since I read it. Thomas Watson, an old English
preacher, said this. He said, God hath a hand in the
action where the sin is, but no hand in the sin of the action. I'll repeat it again. God had
the hand in the action where the sin is, but no hand in the
sin of the action. Meaning what? Calvary. That whole
thing was purposed by God. But men did what their evil hearts
wanted to do. But they did what God determined
for be done. The action, the results of it
was of God. The sin of it was of man. What
does God have to do? To make man sin. He doesn't make
man sin. Just leave him alone. Leave him
alone. Put his son in the midst of those
God-haters, what are they going to do? Christ said, leave him
alone. They said, tell them you're the Christ. He said, no, I didn't
come for them. He went about, you see, Robin, he went about
finding his sheep, and he found them, he preached to them, and
he chose them, and he revealed himself to them. But they said,
the Pharisee, they said, no, I didn't come for them. Why?
They're going to take me and kill me. It's got to happen.
You see that? He's controlling us all the time. Man's depravity, God's
sovereignty, and the last thing I want us to see, interwoven
in all this. God's amazing love, mercy, grace,
compassion, long-suffering, kindness toward us through Christ Jesus
our Lord. Because this was us. This was
me. This was you. And you were in
religion. I talked about Southern Baptist
religion. There right there sits Methodist religion, false religion,
false preacher. Right there sat a false preacher.
But God, but God, behold what manner of
love the Scripture says, what mercy. No one deserves a chance
to be saved like these people against Christ, Herod, Pontius
Pilate, the people, all of them crucified. But God, for His great love wherewith
He loved, Some, not all, but many. Amazingly. It's amazing
that God would love any. Isn't it? Isn't it? If you know
yourself. Amazing. Who hath believed our report?
To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? Oh, he'll grow up like
a tender plant, a root out of dry ground, no form, no comeliness,
No beauty in Him that we should desire Him. That's me. I don't
need Him. Despised, rejected of men. We don't need Him. We like our
religion. He was despised, men esteemed
Him not. Surely, He bore our grief, carried our sorrow. He was smitten of God and afflicted. He was wounded for our transgression.
Talking about His people, Israel. Transgression of my people. With
His stripes, we're healed. The very stripes that we caused. Oh, we're like sheep. You see,
we're not goats and then sheep. Always were sheep. Oh, we're like sheep. No, we've
gone astray. We've turned everyone to his
own way. And the Lord laid on him the
iniquity of us all. This ought to break the hardest
heart. It's just asking anybody to do anything. Just saying anything
about what man has done except to kill him. Just telling what
great things the Lord has done. He was oppressed and afflicted.
He opened not his mouth. We're going to get to that, maybe.
He didn't open his mouth. That's about all we do, isn't
it? We can't keep our mouth shut. Brought as a lamb to the slaughter
as a sheep before her shearers is done. He opened not his mouth.
He was taken from prison, from judgment. He was a prisoner of
the Lord. Who shall declare his generation?
He's cut off, killed in the land of the living. Why? for the transgression
of, God said, My people. This is the only way they can
be saved. The righteousness of God was
revealed, He said. He was made sin for His people
that they might be made the righteousness of God. Where? In Him. He made His grave for the wicked,
the rich, and His death. He did no violence, no deceit
in His mouth, yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him. He put
him to grief. He made his soul an offering
for sin. And he shall see his sin. The
pleasure of the Lord. He'll prolong his days without
end. And the pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper in his hand. He shall see the travail of his
soul and be satisfied. Any of you ladies ever had a
miscarriage? Terrible time, wasn't it? Mournful
time. Maybe you've never gotten over
it. Our Lord doesn't ever miscarry. No. Shall He not bring to the
birth and cause Him to come forth? Yeah. He'll see the travail of
His soul be satisfied. Is salvation coming to a knowledge
of the doctrines of grace? No. By His knowledge shall my
righteous servant justify me. He'll justify them. Why? Because
He'll bear their iniquity. This is all about Him, He said.
Therefore, God said, I will divide Him. I'll divide Him with the
great. He's their portion. He shall divide the spoil with
the strong because He hath poured out His soul unto death. He was
numbered with the transgressors. He bared the sin of many, not
all, but many, and He made intercession. He ever lives to make intercession
for the transgressors. God purposed all this, and Christ
performed it, and the Holy Spirit applies it. Salvation's up to
the Lord. Salvation's up to the Lord. Alright,
Brother John, you come. Let's sing number 33 in closing.
Stand up and bless The Lord. Number 33, sung to the tune of,
I love thy kingdom. The Lord. Number 33. Climb up and blend.