Turn with me to John chapter
12. John chapter 12. Let's read verses 27 through 30. We could not get away from this chapter, the glory of it,
and the ones following. Oh my, this is a good time to
be here. After 13, our Lord walked on
feet and what all that means in his blessed sermon to his
disciples in 14, 15, 16, and that high priestly prayer in
17, and his crucifixion. Oh, my, what a blessed people
we are right now to be reading these words and hearing them
and especially believe. Verse 27 through 30. Now is my soul troubled, and
what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto
this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from
heaven, saying, I have both glorified and will glorify again. The people,
therefore, that stood by and heard said that it thundered. Others said an angel spake to
him. Jesus answered and said, This
voice came not because of me, but for your sake. I hope this
will be for our sake this morning. The Lord Jesus Christ has come
into Jerusalem. He's headed Heading to the cross,
he's going to the cross where he will be crucified. Verse 32,
he said, if I be lifted up from the earth, that means crucified
and will draw all unto me, all his people. He's coming to the
cross to be made the sin for his people. This is the Lamb
of God who has come into the world to put away the sins of
the world, the world of people. This is the scapegoat upon whose
head sins of God's people will be laid, and he will take them
all away. This is the serpent on a pole,
all bitten by this deadly disease called sin, and the serpent will
live by merely looking to him. Then our Lord will be buried
as that corn of wheat. You must fall into the ground
and die. But he will rise again and bring
forth fruit." And he said so. He said, in three days, I will
rise. And he will ascend to the Father.
He will arise. He will go to the highest place.
He will ascend to the right hand of the majesty on high where
he will sit, reigning and ruling over all flesh, watching over
the harvest. watching as his preachers go
out with this gospel seed with tears, and watch them bringing
their sheaves with them. And millions upon millions, fruit
found. But verse 27, he said, But now
is my soul troubled. This is the servant whom Isaiah
wrote, said, He shall not fail nor be discouraged. He's not
worried. He's not discouraged. He's not
troubled and worrying that he might fail or worrying that people
just won't believe him. No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. John 11, verse 33 says he was
grown and was troubled, meaning he troubled himself. He put himself
through trouble. But he was sent by the Father.
He was sent by his Father in love. The Father in great love
to these chosen ones and mercy to them. They didn't deserve
it, but God in such great love and such great mercy and tender
compassion, great grace, sent his Son into the world to die
for them. these people they chose and our
Lord Jesus Christ the son the blessed son came willingly he
came in love to the father and he also loved these people that
God gave him he loved them and scripture says for the joy said
before he wasn't troubled in that sense that this this might
fail or people won't accept me or I just wish everybody but
no no no no no It says, for the joy is set before Him. Scripture
says it pleased God, the Father, to make you His people. It's
talking about God's people. And Christ came, for the transgression
of My people was He stricken, Isaiah wrote. And He'll see the travail of
His soul be satisfied. You see, shall I bring to the
birth and not cause it to be born? He shall not fail. But our Lord
is troubled at the thought of being made sin for His people. He is troubled at the thought
of being forsaken of God. This is the first thing He cried
on the cross when He was hung there. My God, my God, why hast
thou forsaken me? He knew it must be. He knew it
would be. He knew he must be forsaken of
God so that you and I wouldn't be. He knew that he must be made
sin for his people. He must. So that you and I won't
bear our sin. He came to be made sin to put
away sin. by the sack. And he bore our
sins in his body on the tree. And beginning in the garden,
when he sweat as it were great drops of blood in agony, cried
out to the Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. Not that I don't, that he wouldn't
go to the cross. He just said that. Shall I say,
Father, deliver me from this hour? No, no. And the Father
gave him whatever he asked for. Whatever the Lord prayed for,
the Father would give it to him. He was not going to pray that,
deliver me. And in the garden he wasn't saying, I don't want
to go to the cross. He's saying, I'll die right here
in the garden before I get to the cross, at the thought of
being made sin. God's people's sins were being
laid on him, somehow in him, John, somehow in him. And he
was feeling the full effects of it, and knowing that God's
going to cut him off, and he's never been separated from his
Father. Never, ever been separated from his father. They won. His love, his life. And the son
was the father's life and love. His life was bound up in the
Son, like Jacob and Benjamin. And if the thought of being separated
from his father, even if it was just for a few hours, troubled. And they'd never seen
him like this. He'd never said this before.
I'm troubled. For 33 years He never said that.
I'm troubled. For 33 years He kept cheering
them up in their troubles. Cheer up. Be of good cheer. Why
are you so fearful? Peace. But now He's going to the cross. He's being made sin. He's going
to be separated from the Father, and He's going to be made what
you and I by nature love, and He pays it. Don't you wish sin
troubled you like it ought to? That's what He's saying here. The thought of being made sin.
Oh, if we can hear this without feeling that we're cold or dead
or asleep. We looked at this in the previous
hour, and we looked at this Wednesday. We looked at this the previous
Sunday, the previous Wednesday, the previous Sunday, the previous
Wednesday, because Christ and Him crucified is the theme of
this book. Jesus Christ. Notice how Paul
said it. I'm determined not to know anything
among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified. The man, his person,
his glorious person, and him crucified. His work. He came to be crucified. We need to see that. This whole
book is about Christ and him crucified. The theme of every
book, the theme of every psalm, the theme of all prophecy is
Christ and Him crucified. The theme of every true gospel
song, any true gospel song, the theme of it is Christ and Him
crucified. He is the gospel. The theme of
the song in heaven, what they're singing right now, is of Him
who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood. That's
Christ and Him crucified. They're singing of the worthy
one. For thou was slain and has redeemed us. That's the theme
of the songs in heaven. That's the one song. That's the
theme of their conversation. And this is the theme of all
who know Him now. This is the theme of all who
know Him now and worship Him now. This is the theme of every
man of God and every message of God. Say, preacher, you're
just repeating yourself. Yes. That's what Paul said, to
write the same things, to preach the same things. What's that?
Him is not grievous to me. And for you, it's safe. It's
salvation. Like that pole that Moses held
up. The only reason, the only purpose
for that pole was to hold up that serpent,
that brazen serpent. It was a picture of Christ that
all that were bitten may look to and be saved. Or else they're
going to die if they don't see Him. And this is what Christ
said a little later. If I be lifted up, I want everyone
in here to know Christ. I want everyone in here to come
to Christ. I want everyone in here to be with Christ someday.
There's only one way you're going to be there. To see Him. To look to Him. To trust Him.
To know Him. Who He is. Why He came. Christ and Him crucified. In
verse 27, look at that. He said, What shall I say? Father saved me from this hour? Before, one time they tried to
take him. Many times they tried to take
him, didn't they? Tried to kill him. And it said he passed through
them, for his hour was not yet come. He said this, no man taketh my
life from me. I lay it down of myself. And
actually, it was the Father that bruised him, that killed him,
that delivered him up for us all, God's people. It was the
Father that delivered him up. But until it was time, nobody
could kill him. He's immortal. But now he says
the hour has come. It's time. In the fullness of
time, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the
law, to redeem them that were under the law. He became a child.
He's the Son, everlasting Son that was given. Grew up? Why? Show us what holiness is? Yes, but not primarily. He did this as our covenant head,
as our substitute, as our covenant head. Everything He does must
be perfect to be accepted. This is our great High Priest. I don't grow tired of telling
this. I wish I could tell it like it ought to be told. But
this is why Christ came. You and I have sinned and come
far short of the glory of God from a child. We come forth from
the womb speaking lies, don't we? In sin did our mothers conceive
us, and we're brought forth with their sin on, and we start sinning
from the moment we're born. Yes, we do. We lie. We cry when
there's nothing wrong. Christ didn't. Sinless, perfect,
as a child. Oh, I pray with David, remember
not the sins of my youth. Do you? You look back on your
youth and you're ashamed of what you did? There's only one way
he'll not remember them. If they're under the blood, you
see, that's why Christ came. And as a 12-year-old boy, no
sin. 13! No sin! Always doing the Father's business,
the work. Always thinking holy thought.
Always helping people, serving people. Not to show us how, but
He's our substitute. He's our covenant head. He's
doing this for us. He's establishing a righteousness.
He's weaving a robe without seam, without spot, without blemish,
and us naked prodigals are going to be covered with it. Us sinful. Sons of Adam are going to be
covered with it. Doesn't that sound good? Like this. Want to
hear some more? Oh, if you know you're naked,
blind, miserable, wretched, you'd love to hear it. Tell me some
more, preacher. Tell this to me again. This is the cause. This is the
cause that Christ came for. Came for this hour. His finest
hour. You know, the sun is at its glory
at its zenith, at its highest point. When? At high noon, isn't
it? Christ is going to hang, literally
hang on that cross at high noon, twelve o'clock. And then the
sun's going to be black for three hours. Think about that. Why is that? Because he's the
center of the universe. This is what this is all about. This is the cause. Do you remember
the story of young David? Christ is called the son of David
for a reason. Young David was the king chosen
by God long before he sat on the throne, wasn't he? There
were some usurpers. There was Saul. He was not God's
king. David was always God's king.
He just remained. The fullness of time had to come. David represents the Lord Jesus
Christ. Listen, you'll be blessed by
this. He represents the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ is even
called the Son of David. All right, David came one day.
He'd been feeding his sheep. What was David doing before he
sailed the throne? Taking care of his father's sheep. Christ is always taking care
of his sheep. He's the good shepherd. But in
the fullness of time, God sent him forth as a young man like
David. All right, David came, sent by
the Father to inquire about the welfare of his brothers. And he came bringing them bread
and wine and cheese and fruits. And David came down where the
giants of the earth was defying Israel and defying God. Goliath.
Is that just a moral story about David's, how they can conquer
the great Goliath? No, it's about Jesus Christ.
Goliath was standing out there whom nobody on earth was a match.
He could crush them. They were all scared to death
of him. Defying God and defying the people of God. Goliath. Well,
here comes David. Here comes this young boy, Ruddy. Ruddy. And he comes out. And you know what he says? Now,
his brothers didn't want him. His brothers didn't like him.
His brothers were jealous of him. And they said all manner
of evil falsely against him. But David stood forth. And you
know what he said? Is there not a cause? Somebody's got to take his head
off. And I'm the man. Well, you're
just the man. You watch me. That's Christ. That's why he
came. Is there not a cause? What shall
I say? Father, deliver me from this
hour for this cause. Did David succeed? All of Israel depended upon David
killing that giant. Did he do it? That's what the
Lord says down here. He says, Now is the God of this
world, the Prince of this world judged. Right now I'm going to
take his head off. Jesus. They all tried to prevent
David from doing it. God said it. He's not going to
fail. And he did, David. He cut that
giant's head off and he stood with his foot on his neck, with
his sword in his hand. The very sword that Goliath was
taunting. With his head in his hand. Now,
salvation's done. here or not. That's what Christ
did on Calvary's tree, and I'm way ahead of myself. No, I'm
not. This is right where we need to be at all times. Christ came into this world for
this cause. He lived 33 years for this cause,
to die, to die. And you know what? As he is,
so are we. Those people were standing there,
and David watched David And, buddy, they took courage, didn't
they? What'd they do? They went out to fight after that. But they knew, John, the battle
was over. Our king won. What are we worried about? It's
over. And they went in singing. When
it was all over, what'd they sing? David hath slain his ten
thousands. And that's what we're going to
be singing. In the Revelation it says, they
sung a new song, thou art worthy to take the book, open the seals
thereof, for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God,
hast redeemed, by thy blood, not you and us. Not your blood
and our decision. No, sir. You did it. They're
singing unto Him. by your blood out of, this is
the world, out of every kindred, tongue, and people, and nation,
and thou hast made us unto our God kings and priests. And we
shall reign on the earth. And I beheld and heard the voice
of many angels round about the throne, and beasts, and elders,
and a number of them was ten thousand." We've been slain by
the same one. times 10,000 and thousands and
thousands of people, no man can number, but the captain knows
every one of them. Saying with a loud voice, worthy
is the lamb that was slain to receive power, or that is, for
us to proclaim, he's got all power. Riches, he's the unsearchable
riches. Wisdom, he is wisdom. Strength,
all strength. Honor, all honor, glory, all
glory, and blessing in every creature in heaven and on the
earth, under the earth, such as we are in the sea. All of
them I heard saying, blessing and honor and glory and power
be unto him that sitteth upon the throne. Not standing outside
your heart's door. He's seated on the throne right
now. He's the Lamb forever and ever. Amen. That's what they're singing
right now. There we sing anything else.
Dare I preach anything else? I've got one message. And this
is how you know the false from the true. This is how you know
sheep from goats. This is how you know true worshippers
from those that pretend to. They worship the Lamb. They preach
the Lamb. They sing of Christ and Him crucified. for this cause. Then our Lord
prays four words. Four words. A four-word prayer
that opened heaven, and it might open our hearts, I hope. We're
not heard for our much speech. Verse twenty-eight. Father, glorify thy name. And that's it. And then it says,
then came there a voice from heaven. Oh, it was as a sound
of many waters. It was like thunder. Have you
ever... One time my parents were visiting
when we were building that house out there, and we were staying
in that trailer. And it was the most horrendous
storm I think any of us have ever heard or seen. And when
you're in a trailer, right, Stephen, when you're in a trailer, any
storm is pretty loud. Well, this was the big one. And
boy, thunder clapped one time, and that whole thing rattled. It woke us all up. And I was
frightened. Now, I have a wife and a child,
My dad was there. I wanted to run to my dad. This is what happened. God's
faith. And here's what his faith. You
know, God only spoke three times out loud after the Old Testament. Three times. All three concerning
his son. Once when he was baptized, This
is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." And then on that Mount of Transfiguration,
we took three disciples up there. This is my beloved Son, in whom
I am well pleased. Hear ye Him. And this time right
here, where Christ said, Father, glorify thy name, and God said, I have both glorified it and
will glorify it again. That's all. Oh my, may the Lord glorify His
name right now. May He thunder from heaven in
our hearts at least. Do you know our Lord Jesus Christ
taught us to pray? What was the first thing He taught
us to pray? What was the first thing our
Lord taught us to pray? After this manner, pray, Our
Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Amen. Hallowed thy name, O Lord. Hallowed thy name right now before
us. Please, glorify thy name. Our Lord said this now, verse
30, This voice came not because of me, but for your sake. Whose
sake? There are many around him. Our
Lord spoke effectually and savingly to his people. On the Sermon
on the Mount, what he said about your Father and you're the salt
of the earth, you're the light, that's to his disciples. That's
to his people. But everybody heard it. But he
wasn't talking to them. And what he said to them just
added to their condemnation. You understand? All men and women
are accountable because they've heard. And what our Lord said
here was to all men, that all might know, at least in their
heads, and hear the truth that this is all about His glory.
Everybody's without excuse. See, all have sinned and come
short of what? Come short of what? The glory
of God. And I'm going to tell you in
a minute how. It's how they use this name. And I don't want to preach mad
at all, I want to preach glad. Because we know His name. And
I hope we'll be comforted. I hope we'll trust Him after
we see His name. Those that know His name, put
their trust in Him. That all men... He said this for everyone's sake,
but especially for those who know His name. Those that know
Him. Love him. Those that love him,
fear him. They fear his glorious name. Do you remember Psalm 91? Do
you remember Wednesday night, Psalm 91? It says, those that
know thy name. What about it? Well, he said,
I'll deliver them. I'll set them on high. He said,
I'll be with them in trouble. I'll answer them when they call
me. In my name. Not just say a word, but you
know who you're speaking of, and who you're speaking to, and
something about who He is and what He did. That's why you call. He said, I will answer them,
and I will honor them with long life. He said, I'll show them
my salvation. And when they see my salvation,
that's all they're going to see from then on. They're going to
dwell in His house all the days of their life, John, to see His
salvation. They know His name. They know
who He is. I told myself, don't preach too
fast. Listen to a young man. This is
what we do when you're young, you're nervous, you preach too
fast. Slow down. His name is who He
is. His name is what He did. Okay? Who He is is what He did. What He did is who He is. You understand? And you don't
let him be what he is. Let's see if I can make good
on that. That's what Dad always said. Let me see if I can make good
on that. This is vital. This is so necessary and vital
in this day. I did 28 minutes. I'll give you
a few more. In this day where the name of God is being blasphemed
on everybody's tongue and lips, isn't it? Religion is the worst,
people. Religion is the worst. Our Lord's the one that said
that to the Pharisees. He said, well, did Isaiah the prophet
prophesy of this people? This people draw near to me with
their lips. Preachers, religion, preaching
of God who's not God. Preaching of Jesus who's not
Jesus. Preaching of Christ who is not the Messiah. Preaching
man, it's not dead. And we'll have you turn to a
few scriptures, OK, and then I'll briefly give you some of
his name. All right. First Kings eight. Go to first
Kings eight over there. This is the prayer. And you didn't
have much singing this morning for this reason that I wouldn't
lose you. First Kings eight. is Solomon's
prayer at the dedication of the temple. I mean, some of you know
this is Solomon represents Christ, and this temple represents Christ,
and this prayer represents Christ's prayer. But look at what he said
in verse thirty-eight. I Kings eight, verse thirty-eight. What prayer and supplication
soever be made by any man, by all the people, Israel? which
shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread
forth this..." Why are we here, people? Why are we here? Why
are we here? We've got this plague in our
heart called sin, and we need somebody to do something about
it. We're calling on the Lord to... Alright, read on. This house represents Christ.
Hear thou in heaven, verse 39, thy dwelling place, and forgive,
and do. He's got to do it all. And give
to every man according to his ways whose heart thou knowest,
that is, those who come with a true heart needing forgiveness
of sin. For thou, even thou, only knowest
the hearts of all the children of men, that they may fear thee. Look at verse 43. Hear thou in
heaven thy dwelling place, hear in the name of Christ, and do
according to all that the stranger..." That's us. "...calleth to thee
for..." What are they calling for? Mercy. "...that all the people of the
earth may know thy name to fear thee." Did you hear that? I'm
preaching right now that you might know His name, first of
all, to fear Him. The fear of who? The Lord. It's the beginning
of wisdom. Saving wisdom. This is the first
way every child of God has got to know Him, got to come to know
Him, know His name. Turn to Genesis 35. and fear
him. David, listen to this, David
said this, a man after God's own heart, David said, see if
you understand what he said, he said, unite my heart to fear
thy name. Do you know what this says? I
do. The indictment against people
by nature is there's no fear of God for their eyes. And in
Isaiah 29, Isaiah prophesied, said these false preachers, they
teach the fear of God by the precept of man, meaning you don't
need to fear him. He loves you. Genesis 35, Jacob. This is when Jacob, the Lord,
tells him his name, first time. He was wrestling with him before.
The Lord came and wrestled with him back, and Jacob, that's his
name, he didn't tell him. Remember? Now he's going to tell
him. Look at Genesis 35, verse 9. God appeared unto Jacob again
when he came out of Paddanaran, and blessed him. And God said
unto him, Thy name is Jacob. Thy name shall not be called
any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. and he called his
name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God
Almighty. God Almighty. Go to Exodus chapter
six. Just a few more, okay? You'll
enjoy that. You'll be blessed. Exodus chapter
six. God Almighty. Now how does the
scripture begin? In the beginning God. How does John's Gospel begin?
In the beginning was the Word, and he was God. Who's he talking
about? Jesus Christ. When I'm talking
about God from here on out, I'm talking about Jesus Christ. Everything
I say about God, every name we use concerning God is talking
about Jesus Christ and the Father. You say, I don't understand.
I don't either. But I know he's God. I know they're one and the
same. Though separate, though not separate,
but individual person. God Almighty. God said, I am
God. Beside me, there's none else.
I'm God Almighty. God means create. In the beginning,
God created. God means create. You create
something, what does that mean? You own it. If you create something,
that means you're the potter, doesn't it? What's that mean?
They're just playing. This is where we're going to
start, okay? God made everything. He said, I am the potter. You are what? Clay. Clay has no say. I'm the potter. I'm God. Almighty. Almighty. All might. All power. That's why I keep
pressing this. Anyone who says, let God do anything,
doesn't know God, doesn't fear His name. You would never use
that term with the name God. Are you with me? When you use
the name God, it means Creator, Owner, Ruler, Judge in whom we
live and move and have our being. God. What can God do? Almighty. Exodus chapter 6. Look at this.
Exodus 6, verse 3. God's, verse 2, God spake unto
Moses and said unto him, I am the Lord, that's Jehovah. I appeared
unto Abraham, unto Isaac, unto Jacob by the name of God Almighty. But by my name Jehovah was I
not known to them. Now he brings a new name, Jehovah. Now every time you see this name,
capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D in the scriptures,
that's Jehovah. That's Jehovah, okay? Every time. Sometimes it's capital L in small
case order. But every time, it's capitalized,
every letter is Jehovah. Now God Almighty says, that's
my name, God Almighty. God. God over all flesh, all
mind, all power, all authority. And Christ said the same thing,
didn't He? He said, now my name is Jehovah.
Whose name? Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ. Would you turn
with me to Jeremiah 23? Anybody think I was going there?
Jeremiah 23. Jehovah. Lord. Now, what does
Jehovah mean? The name Jehovah means the self-existent
one. Self-existent one. And I was
going to have you turn, and I won't. Exodus 3, Moses said, Whom shall
I say hath sent me? And God said, Tell them I am
hath sent you. I am that I am. That's the same
word. That's the same name. Jehovah. Tell them I am hath sent thee. I am that I am. All right, let
me see if I can make this understandable. Speaking things I don't really
understand. But Jehovah means the self-existent
one. Self-existent, self-sufficient,
self-satisfied, complete, wanting nothing. We sang that song, not
wanting nor wasting. Not wanting anything. Stay with
me. Not wanting anything. God wants to do that. No, no,
no. Not God. Don't want anything. You and I want things. That means
we don't have them. And we desire them. Wanting nothing. Needing nothing.
Needs nothing. Needs no one. Learning nothing. Doesn't learn
anything. Unchanging. One of the last things
He said in the Old Testament was, I am the Lord, Jehovah. I change not. Therefore, now
you know this name. You're not consumed. Trust Him. You sons of Jacob,
you're just changing all the time. Do not be consumed. Why? In my name. God chose Jacob, didn't he? Loved
Jacob. Came to reveal his name to him.
Came to reveal what he, his whole covenant, sir. This is what I'm
going to do. Because I am. That I am. Oh, man, I wish I could preach
this. Jeremiah 23. Look at this. Jesus Christ is
Jehovah. He is Jehovah. You tell it to
those witnesses, so-called, that come to your door, and you watch
them get mad. He is. Our Lord said it in John
8, 24. Did He not say this? If you believe
not that I am, you'll die on your sins. Didn't it? He that's seen me hath seen the
Father. Words that I speak, the Father in me. I am. Thought it not robbery to be
equal with God? Because He is. He is what? I am. He said, I am the Good Shepherd. I am the door. I am the bread. He said, I am the way. Definite
article. The what? The truth. The life. I am. That I am. Name something. That's what he is. Jeremiah 23,
in his days, verse 6, oh my, it keeps, oh, the branch and
king. In his days, Judah, verse 6,
shall be saved. Israel shall dwell safely, and
this is his name whereby he shall be called, the Lord our righteousness. The name is Jehovah Sidkenu,
Sidkenu, the Lord our righteousness. Do
you know what that means? Yes, you do. You've heard it
a thousand times. Romans 10, 4, Jesus Christ is
the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth. And
Isaiah 53 says, Surely shall one say in the Lord, that is,
Jehovah, have I righteousness? He's the Lord, our righteousness.
Why? Because of God are you in Christ, who of God has made unto
us wisdom, and he's Jehovah. I am that I am. And who He is
is what He did. He established righteousness. But I'm unrighteous. Yes, you
are. But in Him, you're righteous. I don't understand. Just believe,
OK? Just trust. Psalm 19, I told
you that's a wisdom, and I said, you know, I memorized this, and
I've got to quit. They that know thy name will
put their trust in thee. They fear Him. They only use
that name in reverence and respect and thanksgiving and praise.
They make mention His name is exalted, like Isaiah 12 said.
They exalt His name. They fear Him. They believe Him.
They believe He is who He is. He came to do what He came to
do. They call on Him. You won't call on the Lord if
He's not Lord. When you find out He's Lord, you'll call on
Him. They trust Him. No sense in trusting somebody
who can't save, but you'll trust him if you know he's the Savior.
He's it. They'll love him. They'll confess
him. They'll confess him. Christ said this too. Confess
me if you don't. I'll not confess you. So they
go out and confess him. They confess him. They worship him. That's what
they do. They worship him. Let me give
you a few names in closing real quick. He's called the Alpha.
over in Revelation, John heard his voice and turned around and
Christ said, I am Alpha, the first. That was Christ speaking,
first. First born among many brethren,
first living one, first everything, first covenant head, first covenant
person, and Omega. I'm the last. I'm the end. He's the author. He's the finisher. He's the beginning.
He's the end. He's everything, and everything
in between. He's Emmanuel. Isaiah said, call His name Emmanuel. What's that mean? God with us. God with us. He came to save
us, and that's what He did. Isaiah said, call His name Wonderful. Call His name Wonderful. Wonderful
Counselor. He's our counselor. What do you
need to know? He's wisdom. He's our counselor. The mighty
God. Call His name the mighty God. Call His name the everlasting
Father. Call His name the Prince of Peace. Oh my. Call His name Jesus. Yes. Love that name. It means Joshua.
It means Captain. It means Savior. When we say
Jesus, we mean it, but we preface it with this title, Lord. He's the Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus Christ. That's who his name is. That's
who his name is. And that's what he did. And that's
who he did it for, his people. And it says in Revelation 19
that he had a name that no man knew, but he himself. And it goes on to say, this is
his name. The word of God. And in other places, it says
those that his people had his name written in their forehead.
What's that name? Think about Jesus up here? No,
everybody has that all over their t-shirts and cards and all that.
That's not the name. It's the word. That's what it
said. He had a name that no man knew,
but he himself. And this is his word. I mean,
this is his name, the Word. He's magnified his Word above
all his name. You know what's in our forehead?
His Word. You know what's in our heart?
His Word. You know what's in our songs? His
Word. In our prayer? His Word. The
heart of our worship? the word of Christ. And it went
on to say he hath a name on his thigh, King of kings and Lord
of lords. He didn't ask anybody to anything.
He just declared it. This is his name. This is who
he is. This is why he came. This is
what he did. This is where he is now. Reigning,
the Lord reigneth. Let the people Let the people of God rejoice.
Rejoice.