Scriptures Accomplished In Christ

Q: What does the Bible say about eternal life?

The Bible teaches that eternal life is knowing God and believing in His Son, Jesus Christ (1 John 5:20). Eternal life, as presented in Scripture, is described as an intimate knowledge of God and the Son whom He sent. 1 John 5:20 states that 'we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true.' This knowledge is not limited to mere acknowledgment of facts about Jesus but encompasses a deep, personal faith in Him. Believing that Jesus is the Christ and that He came into the world to save sinners is the essence of receiving eternal life.

Q: How do we know that Jesus is the Son of God?

The truth of Jesus' identity as the Son of God is affirmed through prophetic fulfillment and personal witness (Luke 18:31-33). The identity of Jesus as the Son of God is substantiated through both prophecy and witness. In Luke 18:31-33, Jesus foretells His suffering and resurrection, emphasizing that all things written about Him by the prophets will be accomplished. This prophetic fulfillment confirms His divine nature and role as the Messiah. Additionally, the belief in Jesus’ incarnation—God coming as a man—cements this truth, as John 1:14 reminds us that 'the Word became flesh' and dwelt among us. It is through understanding these scriptures and the testimony of believers that one can affirm Jesus as the true Son of God.

Q: Why is the resurrection of Christ important for Christians?

The resurrection of Christ is crucial because it affirms His victory over sin and death and guarantees believers' future resurrection (Romans 8:32). The resurrection of Christ holds paramount importance for Christians as it signifies His victory over sin and death. Romans 8:32 states, 'He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?' This verse underscores that the resurrection is not merely a historical event but the foundation of our faith, demonstrating that God accepted Jesus' sacrifice for our sins. Furthermore, it assures believers that through Christ’s resurrection, they too will rise: 'For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his' (Romans 6:5). Thus, the resurrection is central to the hope and assurance of eternal life for all Christians.

Q: What does substitutionary atonement mean?

Substitutionary atonement means that Christ took our place, bearing the punishment for our sins (Isaiah 53:5). Substitutionary atonement is a theological concept central to the Christian faith which expresses that Jesus Christ bore the penalty for sin on behalf of sinners. Isaiah 53:5 clarifies this by stating, 'But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.' In this view, Christ, who lived a sinless life, willingly took upon Himself the guilt and punishment that we deserved, offering Himself as a perfect sacrifice. This not only satisfies God's justice but also provides a means for believers to be reconciled to God. The implications of this doctrine are profound, establishing that our salvation is not based on our own efforts or righteousness but on Christ's sacrificial love.

Q: Why is faith in Christ essential for salvation?

Faith in Christ is essential for salvation because it is through belief in His person and work that we receive grace and eternal life (Ephesians 2:8-9). Faith in Christ is the cornerstone of salvation within the sovereign grace theological framework. Ephesians 2:8-9 articulates this clearly: 'For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.' This emphasizes that salvation is an act of God's grace received through faith, not based on human efforts or merits. True faith involves trusting in Christ’s finished work—His life, death, and resurrection—as the sole means of atonement for sin. Without such faith, individuals remain separated from God. Furthermore, Romans 10 highlights that belief in the heart leads to righteousness, confirming that genuine faith transforms the heart and directs one towards true obedience and love for God.

Our text is found in Luke 18. When you find that, I want you
to mark it well. We will constantly be referring
to that through the course of the message. We're not going
to read it first. I want you first, after you mark
that, I want you to turn to 1 John
4. I want to begin by reading a few scriptures from 1 John
4. all of these whole verses with
portions of them for time. God dwelleth in him, and he in
God." Now, chapter 5, verse 1, verse 5, verse 1, "...whosoever
believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God." Verse 5, "...who
is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus
is the Son of God." Let's read verses 10 through 13. He that
believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself. He that
believeth not God hath made him a liar, because he believeth
not the record that God gave of his Son. This is the record
that God hath given to us, eternal life, and this life is in his
He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son
of God hath not life. These things have I written unto
you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that you may
know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the
name of the Son of God." Now, lastly, verse 20. And we know
that the Son of God is come. and have given us an understanding,
that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that
is true, even in his Son, Jesus Christ. This is the true God
and eternal life." He's talking to believers there. He says,
"...and we know that the Son of God is come, and have given
us an understanding, that we may know him that is true." and
that we are in him. That is true. Even in his Son,
Jesus Christ, this is, he's the true God. And eternal life is
to know him. Now, do you believe in the Son
of God? I read all these verses that
said, that Jesus Christ is come into
flesh, that Jesus is the Son of God, is born of God, and so
forth, is of God. Do you believe that Jesus of
Nazareth is the Christ, the Son of the living God? Do you? Now,
do you believe that a man stood on this earth two thousand years
ago, raised in Nazareth, walked through
an area called Galilee, died on a Roman cross, this man
named Jesus. Do you believe that that man
existed? Do you believe that that man
was none other than God Almighty? Everybody believes there's a
man named Jesus. Now turn to Luke 18. Look over
there at Luke 18. Now, it is not the mere believing
of these facts that saves anyone. The believing of facts But believing
that a man named Jesus actually lived and that he actually died
on a cross, and that you may even believe that he actually
rose from the grave, believing those facts does not save anyone. That is not eternal life. James said, if you believe in
one God, you do well, because there is one God. If you believe
Jesus lived, you do well. He did. If you believe he died,
you do well. He did. It's true. If you believe
he rose from the grave, you do well. He did. It's true. James
said, but the devils believe that, and they're not saved. Right? It pretty much sums up preaching
today, though, to believe on Jesus, and you're saved. Everybody,
they measure time, don't they, by this man named Jesus? B.C.,
so many years B.C., before Christ, A.D., antedomino in the year
of our Lord, they measure time. Even atheists have to measure
time by the fact that a man named Jesus lived on this earth. But
that is not salvation. Romans 10 talks about something
to do with the heart. Romans 10 says man believeth
with the heart. He also said with the heart man
believeth under righteousness. It says something about Jesus
Christ being the end of the law for righteousness to everyone
that believes it. Do you know anything about that? Facts don't say. But the facts are clear. The facts are clear. And what I want to accomplish
by this message this morning Now, the Son of God came, God
as a man. God Almighty walked this planet.
You may or you may not believe that. I hope after this message
that you will believe, that you will know who that was that walked
this planet 2,000 years ago, that you at least acknowledge
it in your head, and hopefully you'll believe it in your heart.
But I can't make someone believe these things. His scripture says
to know him and believe him and love him is to have eternal life,
but I can show you facts from the scripture that such a one
was and such a one is, and he was prophesied of long. These
things were prophesied long before they ever took place. They are
undeniable. Let's read here in Luke 18, verses
31 through 34, and I want you to look at it. If anything, this will be interesting
to you. Luke 18, beginning with verse
31. Let's read it. Then he took unto
him the twelve, talking about Jesus the Christ. He took the
twelve apostles and said unto them, verse 31, Behold, we go
up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets
concerning the Son of Man. shall be accomplished. Read on. 4. He shall be delivered
unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully
entreated, and spit it on. And they shall scourge him, and
put him to And the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these
things. And this saying was hid from
them. Neither knew they the things which were spoken or prophesied
before that he was talking about. They didn't know the scripture,
and they didn't understand what he was talking about. You're
not going to be that way when you leave here. You're going
to see them with your own eyes. and you're going to know what
he was talking about. Whether or not you believe in your heart
is up to the Holy Spirit. But you're going to see it with
your own eyes, and we're going to be without excuse. And everybody
in here is going to stand before God and say, I saw it, but I
just didn't believe or be able to say, I saw it, and by your
grace I believed it. It says that all things were
written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man. They shall be
accomplished from the scripture. Let's look at some of them now.
Let's look at some of these things he said, and we're going to turn
back to Old Testament. He's talking about the Old Testament.
When he says scripture, he's talking about the Old Testament.
People say there's an old Bible that's done away with. No siree,
Bob. If you do away with it, you might
have the wrong Christ. You better keep it around for
reference. Right? You might be worshipping
another Jesus. He said another one's going to
come. They're going to be worshipping him. Might be another Christ.
He said it better be the one according to Scripture. Better
keep it around, hadn't we? Make sure we've got the right
one. Alright, he said in verse 32, He shall be delivered unto the
Jews, the Gentiles. Turn over to the
book of Micah. I'll give you a little time to
find it. If you don't know where it is, you've got an index in
front of your Bible. Don't be too proud to look at
your index. I have to sometimes. I wouldn't tell you. But if I'm
hunting and searching, I want you to see this. The Book of Micah
is right after Jonah. Did the Jews kill Christ? Yes,
they did, but the Jews were under whose rule at the time? Roman rule. Romans are what?
That's significant now. Keep Luke 18. We're going to turn back and
forth. Micah 4 tells us about this. The Jews were a people
in bondage from the beginning. This is good. The Jews were in
bondage from the very beginning to Gentiles. From the very beginning,
Moses became the deliverer of the Jews from Egyptian bondage. Well, Christ came to deliver
a people also from bondage. But it wasn't Roman rule. We read that in John 18, didn't
we? He said, My kingdom is not of this world. Though they were under Roman
rule, though we are under Gentile rule, he didn't come to deliver
us from the Gentiles. He came to deliver us from our
sin. From sin and its bondage. Micah 4, look at this, and I
hope God gives you spiritual eyes to see this. It's beautiful.
Micah 4, verse 11, There also many nations are gathered against
thee, that say, Let her be defiled. Let our eye look upon Zion. It's talking about the Church.
But they know not the thoughts of the Lord. You got it? Micah 3.12, this is great. Christ
said, The world shall hate you, but I am for you. Verse 12, They
know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understood they
his counsel. He shall gather them as the sheaves
into the floor. The good wheat, and he's going
to burn them to death. verses 1 through 4. Now, gather
thyself in troops. Here we are, troops. We're gathered,
aren't we? Let's read it together. Troops,
Sergeant Parks, Private Cheesley. Troops, O daughter of troops,
you women, he hath laid siege against us. They shall smite
the judge of Israel, they smote the wrong one." He's our captain.
They came to smite us, but they smote him. They hit the wrong
fellow. Oh, my. They were the rod upon
the cheek, but thou Bethlehem." And here's a prophecy of where
Christ came from. thou, though thou be little among
the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto
me, that is, to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been
from of old, from everlasting. Therefore will he give them up
until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth,
that the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children
of Israel, and he shall stand and feed in the strength of the
Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God, and they
shall abide, because he shall stand." Are you looking at it
with me? I'll give you eyes to see this.
He's standing, and they're going to abide because he's standing.
He's standing before that one, that accuser, and they smite
him on the cheek. Why? He's standing in my place,
and they shall abide. For now shall he be great unto
the ends of the earth, and the remnant of Jacob shall be among
the Gentiles in the midst of many people, as a lion among
the beasts of the forest." So Christ was delivered up to the
Gentiles. His people were under Roman rule,
and Christ was delivered to Pilate, that Roman or Gentile ruler,
one day. The scripture says in Romans
8, verse 32, God spared not his son, but delivered him up. Or so. Delivered him up. Delivered him to his enemies. Men were the enemies of God Almighty.
He was delivered unto men. You notice there, Brother Henry,
it said the Son of Man, Son of God, can't be delivered. Only a man can. You can't take
God, but him being the Son of Man could. He was delivered,
the Son of Man was delivered to his enemies, men. He was put
into the hands of men one time. The Son of Man, Jesus Christ,
was put into the hands of men and women one time to see what
they would do with Jesus. Will you accept him, the cry
went out by Pilate, as your personal King or Savior? That sound familiar? What will you do with your free
will to Jesus? Here he is. Will you have him?
What was the cry, the clarion cry, the unanimous cry of everyone? Did some say, We'll have him,
and others say, No. No, everybody said, Crucify him. Kill him. We will not have this
man reign over us. Give us a thief and a robber.
That's what they're saying today in religion, aren't they? preachers
everywhere say, will you have Jesus? What will you do with
Jesus? Well, they'll have this little one in a manger. They'll
have this little one that they can do with as they please. They'll
have this little one that can't do anything unless they let him,
won't they? They'll have him, they'll have this one to heal
their arthritis, to fill their belly, to give them a job, to
give them a new Cadillac, but this one sitting, reigning, ruling
on the throne of heaven, dealing with them as he pleases, this
potter and their clay in his hands? They say, no, we don't
want him. Away with that gospel, away with
that Jesus, we won't have that anymore. But God's not offering him. You
see, God's not asking anybody what they'll do with Jesus, is
he? Huh? One time, one time, God delivered
this one up to the hands of men, and they killed him. God said,
no. We're not in the hands, he is
not in our hands anymore. We're in his hands. Do you hear
that? I would that the world could
hear that. because salvation is to bow down before this One
in whose hands we are, to see who he is. Do you take that for
granted? Oh, my. He was delivered. God delivered him to men, delivered
him to devils. You know, it says, As a roaring
lion, walking through the earth, seeking who he may devour, and
all these foolish creatures speak evil of dignity, as Jude said,
knowing not what they're speaking of. All these preachers today
who say, now resist the devil, step on the head of the devil,
you can beat him, just have faith, you're far stronger than the
devil. You ain't nothing. You ain't no match. Micah the
archangel wouldn't even stand up against him, would he? Micah the archangel who can destroy
a fourth of this earth by himself. He said, when he was confronted
with the devil himself, he said, Now, the Lord rebuked thee, Satan. He said, Satan is a roaring lion,
walking through the earth, seeking whom he may devour, and that's
you. And you ain't no match for it.
If you were delivered up to him right now, you're a goner. Adam,
the perfect man, the only one who ever lived besides Christ,
was delivered into the hands of Satan. Did he stand? He fell. Unless Christ was delivered up
before Satan for us, we wouldn't stand. Right? Peter, Satan is
going to sick you. Oh, I'll make it, Lord. I'll
stand. If nobody else does, I will. Oh, no, you won't, Peter. You'll
be the first one to fall. But, Peter, here's your salvation,
buddy. This is what's going to keep
you. I pray for you. Because a greater
than he is here. A greater than Satan. The one
whom he has to stand before and present himself. The one whom
Satan has to get orders from is right here. I tell you, he was delivered
to our enemy, and delivered to his enemy, and delivered to our
enemies. The law, we're cursed. The law of God, don't try to
keep the Ten Commandments to be saved. It will curse you in
that day. It will curse you. Cursing is every one that continueth
not in all things which are written in the book of the law, but do
not just the ten commandments, but all the law. To offend at
one point, the scripture says, is to be guilty of all of it.
God says you're both one, you're guilty of all of it. The law
is a curse, isn't it? Stand before God and say, all
these things have I done for my youth up? God says, no, you
haven't. I've got a billion things against you. It's a curse. It'll become a
curse, too. You want to stand before the law and God Almighty?
I want Christ to stand before the law. And Christ did. He stood before the holy law
of God and before man and devil and said, Somebody find something
against me. And even his enemies, even the
holy law of God, it requires absolute perfection in thought,
in thought, in word, In word, in deed, in motive, perfection
of heart, the law came and said, this man is perfect. He was delivered for our offenses.
He was delivered for our offenses, delivered up before the wrath
of God Almighty against sin. He was delivered up to God's
anger against sin, that we might be delivered from that anger. Or I could quit right now and
I'd preach the gospel to you. Huh? But the Scripture says Christ,
he said, he predicted I will be delivered unto the Gentiles.
So there he was, delivered up to the Gentiles. Now, turn over
to, and look at verse 32 again, in Luke 18. And it says he shall
be mocked and spitefully entreated and spit it on. You see it? Now look at it, please. I want
you to look at these scriptures. I'll not keep you too long. Luke
32, Christ said, The Son of Man shall be mocked and spitefully
treated and spit it on. Now look back at Psalm 22. Psalm
22. And oh, I want to preach one time. One time, the blessed Son of
God, whom angels praise. Deborah, I'm talking about the
one before whom angels and serabs and cherubs and devils and God
himself is smiling at and praising and extolling and honoring, and
all of heaven is bowing before, and the altogether loveless Son
of God. An angel's praise subjected himself
to being mocked by worms. Mocked. He'd been mocked. He'd been taunted as a child
in school. This is what they did to the
Son of God. We may have been mocked, we may
have deserved it. The Son of God ridiculed them. They cleared their throats and spit in his face. What does man really think of
the Son of God? They spit in his face. There's
no more contemptible thing that a man could do to another man
to show his contempt than to spit on him. Why? What evil did he do? Huh? For which good work do you
spit on me? What did I say? You say you're
God. Is that right? Psalm 22, it says in verse 6,
Psalm 22, Christ said this would happen. Verse 6 through 8, it
says, I am a worm and no man. That is, everybody considers
me a worm. He's no man. Kill him like a worm. They said,
A reproach of men, despised of people. All they that see me
laugh me to scorn. They shoot out the lip, they
shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver
him. Let him deliver him, seeing he delighteth in him. Do you
remember the actual crucifixion of Christ, when everybody stood
around the cross and said, he's saved up there, let him save
himself. He said he's a son of God, we'll
believe him if he comes down. I'm mocking him. Even when he got thirsty. He's
thirsty, give him something to drink, give him some vinegar.
Now, I'm not trying to get you to feel sorry for Jesus. I'm trying to show you how far
he condescended, how far he allowed himself to be taken, to be delivered. He didn't have to put up with
anything. This song says he could have called 10,000 angels. Peter, when he cut off that fellow's
ear, Christ said, put up your sword, don't you know I could
ask my Father right now? And he sent twelve legions of
angels. How many is that? A hundred and
forty-four thousand, one of which would destroy it all. He said,
I could call as many as I wanted to, to destroy the world and
save me from this. What am I going to say? Father,
deliver me from this? He said, no, if I delivered,
you won't be. He said, For this hour I came
into the world, I came to die. I came to live and I did a perfect
job of that. He said, Now I come to die and
I'm going to do that right to you. Why? We'll get to that in
a minute. Psalm 22 says that they cast,
they mocked him. They mocked him. And over in
Isaiah 50, if you want to turn there real fast. No, you turn
to Matthew 27, all right? And I'll turn to Isaiah chapter
50. You turn over to Matthew 27,
all right? I want you to look at it. This
was the actual crucifixion of Christ, Matthew 27. Isaiah 50, Isaiah the prophet
prophesied, now remember Christ said in Luke 18, all things written
of the prophets concerning him shall be fulfilled. Remember that. The facts bear
witness of who this was. In Isaiah 50, verse 6, it says,
I gave my back to the smiters. Who? Isaiah? No, we don't read
anywhere where Isaiah was whipped. Isaiah says, I gave my back to the smiters,
my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair, I hid not my face
from shame and spitting. Matthew 27, verse 26, here's
his back to the smiters. It says that they released rabbits
unto them, and when they had scourged, Jesus whipped him with
a leather whip on the back, on the bare back, lacerating his
every arm, and delivered him to be crucified. Look at verse
29 and 30. And when they had plaited a crown
of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right
hand. They bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying,
Hey, O King of the Jews! And they spit on him, and took
the reed, and hit him on the head with the reed. Christ said, I didn't hide my
face from spitting, and I turned my back. They hit me on one cheek,
I turn to the other. Look back at Luke 18. Look at it now. Luke 18, verse
33, says they shall scourge him and put him to death. And there in Matthew it says
that when he had When they had fulfilled all these things, they
hung him on a Roman cross, and it says about the ninth hour, twelve noon, when
the sun was at its highest. That's twelve noon in our time.
The sun is at its peak, isn't it? The sun is shining in all
its full splendor and glory. The sun is lifted up. You know,
it said darkness covered the earth and veiled the sun, but
it was shining at its brightest. It didn't drop. He didn't die
of wounds inflicted. It didn't say that his head I
can see a man who shot or whatever, it says he bowed his head, like
taking a bow after a great performance. It must have been a standing
ovation in heaven. We're going to stand and give
an ovation. It says he bowed his head. Father, it is finished. Sovereignly, majestically, walked
out of that body, gave up the ghost. And Luke 18 says that he died.
He actually died. Christ said, but the third day
he's going to rise again. Why did all this happen? Why? Why did Jesus Christ endure all
this? And the point I was trying to
make, and you know, I'm not trying to get you to, when Christ was
bearing that cross toward Gargotha's Hill one day, it said there were
a bunch of women crying as you would have been had you seen
him, and all this agony. It says that no man was marred
like this man. His business was marred more
than any man. Nobody was evil, and no man has ever been treated
like he was. So behold my sorrow, and see
if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow, wherewith the Lord
hath afflicted me, men, devils, and God himself even. He said he was carrying that
cross through the dog out of his hill one day, and he said
the women were crying, and he turned to them and said, Don't
cry for me. Don't weep for me. I don't have to do this. If I want to, I can handle this
cross one meal a month with one hand. and ascend back to the
Father's throne. Go and weep for me," he said.
Weep for yourselves and for your children. Weep over the sin which
caused me to do this. Why was he doing that? Huh? The psalm says, why was he there? Huh? Jesus, the helper, the healer,
the friend, why? Tell me, why was he there? Huh? Because Isaiah 53 says, oh, my
iniquities. on him were laid. It says he
was wounded for my transgression, he was bruised for my iniquity. The chastisement, the whip and
the rod of God Almighty were laid on his back, Charles Hudson.
Why? It was meant for mine. Two words, if you don't hear
anything I said Two words will tell you what the gospel is.
If a man's not preaching this, he's not preaching the gospel.
Substitution and satisfaction. You've got to have both. Why
was Jesus Christ hanging on that cross? Why did he go through
all this? Because men took him and he couldn't
get away? No, he was being a substitute. A substitute didn't have to,
but he freely came to substitute for some people. Who? Time. The scripture says in that same
Isaiah 53, for the transgression of my people, was he smitten. Call his name Jesus, for he shall
save his people. God has an elect. You have any
problem with that? Oh, no. God has an elect, a chosen
people. He sent Christ down here to live
for them, to live a perfect life. And he did it, and he stood before
men and devils and God and the law and said, Who can convince
me of sin? And if he didn't do that for
me, then I'm going to have to stand before God's law someday
and before the devils who accuse me of the bugger and say, You're
guilty. And I'm going to say, yes, guilty.
But Christ was my substitute. You know what a substitute is?
Sure you do. You sports fan, you know what
a substitute is, don't you? When a man's standing up to bat,
he's getting ready to bat, the coach says, hey, you, you can't
hit. You're batting zero. You ain't
had a hit all your life. Get out. It shouldn't have been
the king, the home run king. He gets home run every time he
stands. It shouldn't have been the king
in your place. And he stands up and puts my sins away. He puts them out. He stood in my place. Christ
stood on the earth that day and said, Somebody find something
to convince me of sin, and nobody could. He was standing in my
place, before God, man, and devil, my substitute. And then when
he went to that cross, you see, God said, The soul that sins
must surely die. The way for you to see is death.
These aren't just scripture verses, this is the truth. And God says,
I want to hold you accountable unless you've got a substitute. If a man ever sees that John
Davis, he says, substitute, substitute! Come quick! Lord save us! Huh? Right? More than just believing on Jesus.
I need a substitute. God's going to hold me accountable,
and I'm guilty in every part. Christ said, No, I come. And
the volume of the book is written to me to do thy will, O God.
And part of that will, John, was to be my substitute and die
in my stead, the soul that sinneth. He was made sin for me, who knew
no sin, that I might be made in the righteousness of God in
him. And he hung there as Paul Mahan, greatest sinner who ever
lived. And God Almighty saw Paul Mahan, or whoever you are, hanging
on that cross one day, and he said, There you are. You've got
to die. And he died. He went through
hell on the cross. That's when he said, My God,
you've forsaken me. That's hell. And Christ went
through it for me. That's where I deserve to go.
My substitute. Well, here's the next key word.
You've got to have this. Did he get the job done? Is God satisfied with what he
did? Now, he took my place, and he
did all that on my behalf, O Burgasor. All that, a substitution. Did it work? Is there something left for me
to do? I'm back to zero. Now, just go
in and look at him once. I'm not trying to be cute here,
but this is about the way it is. Just go in and lay down a
bunch, and the game will be over. You'll win. Here's the moral. He's carried it ninety-nine yards.
This is what preachers are saying, isn't it? He's carried it ninety-nine
yards. How do you understand? Exercise your faith. Get in there,
and he'll give you a little crown. You'll get a trickstone from
Jesus. Do it! You know what would happen? Give
him the ball, give him your own soul, give him into your hand.
What happens, John? You'll knock it out of the water. You know
what you'd do? You'd turn the other way and
head the other way. Or you'd say, you'd drop it.
Wouldn't you? Christ had my soul from the day
he was born to the day he died, and now he has it still. It's
not in my hands, it's in his hands. I'm kept by his power. He doesn't give me rule over
my life. It's not in my hands to give
to him. I don't make him Lord. He's always
been Lord. And my life is, let him be Lord
over you. He is! And that's my salvation, you
see? I try to hand it to him and drop it. I fall, I turn and
run. But I'm in his hands. Henry said,
Henry Sowell, he said, You'll never perish. No. Nobody will
pluck you out of my hands. And you won't turn and run. Why?
Because I'm with you. Huh? You're in me. You're in
me. And Christ is satisfied. Satisfied. God, as the Scripture
says there in Isaiah 53, and I don't want to misquote it,
it says, When he shall see his seed, when God shall make his soul
an offering to sin, he shall see his seed. John, you know
this verse, Hebrews 12, for the joy that is set before him. Endured
the cross, despised the shame. What was the joy set before him?
John Davis. Jesus Christ 2,000 years ago
had John Davis? John Davis' face was running
before his eyes. I've got to save that old boy.
He cannot save himself. He's in a mess. He's a brand
in the burning. I'm going to pluck him out. Oh,
it's left to himself. He thought, not once a day, a
thousand times, I'm going to save this boy. Why? Why would
you do that? I've loved him with an everlasting
love. I've loved him with an everlasting
love. And he shall see that seed, John
David, He shall prolong it, and the pleasure of the Lord shall
prosper in his hand. He shall see the fulfillment
of his soul, and shall be satisfied." The scripture says that Christ
was like a woman giving birth on the cross. When Jesus Christ
did that work on Calvary's cross, he gave birth to children. Do
you know that? Not as many who would let him
give birth. Do your children say that to
you? Did Jennifer say that to you, Deborah? Now, I'll come
out of here when I'm good and ready. Is that what she said? Ah, just not ready yet. Deborah
said, you're coming out. You're coming out. And she travailed
in birth until that child was born. Did she come out alive?
Or did she have to accept you as her personal mother? Which begins first, life or faith? Life. God says, I'm going to
give birth to you, and you're going to whack. You're going
to cry. I'm going to smite you with the
word, and you're going to cry. What are you going to cry? Lord,
save me or I perish. Give me, don't give me Jesus
Christ or I die. make him Lord over me." He shall
see the travail of his soul. Were you satisfied with what
you got, Biblia? Were you going to send her back? Were you ever
dishonored? Every time that you go, she's
a rotten little girl, she's a sinner just like you, you're going to
give her up for adoption? Too late for that, you've got
too much invested in her, don't you? Jesus Christ laid down his
very last blood, he's not going to give them up. He said, You're
mine, you're bought with a price. I've got you. Nobody's going
to help you. You'll see the travail of his
soul. He's going to be what? Satisfied. And the Father says,
I'm satisfied with what you've done on their behalf. The Holy
Spirit says, I'm satisfied. Christ said, I'm satisfied. What
do you say, Senator, about what Christ did? Huh? Satisfied. Satisfied. substitution and satisfaction. And Christ said there in that
prophecy, he said to everybody, all the prophets, this testimony
of Jesus is a spirit of prophecy. And he said, all these things
will come to pass, testify unto me, and they'll scourge him,
put him to death, spit on him, shamefully entreat him, mock
him, all those things. You saw it with your very own
eyes. And it comes to pass, and it says, the third day he shall
rise again. Three days after he laid in that
grave, the stone rolled back, and heaven shouted. Oh, my, my, my, my, my. Wouldn't you like to have been
there? You know, Isaiah saw that. Joel, Isaiah saw that. Moses
saw that. when Christ came walking into
heaven after death. I'm going to say it sometime.
Moses and Elijah. I love this verse over in Luke
9, I think it is, where Christ transfigured himself on the mountain.
Remember that? Christ took James, Peter, and
John up on the mountain and says he transfigured himself. He peeled
back that brown robe, Nancy, that plain brown wrapper. He
peeled it back to see what was on the inside. And they saw the
Shekinah glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Jesus only,
they saw. The Son of the Most High God.
It says that when they saw Moses and Elijah come down and stand,
they were talking to him. That's the law of the prophets.
Oh, the scriptures are beautiful. He is the Christ, isn't he? Is
there any doubt in your mind? Moses and Elijah came down, were
standing on that mountain one day, talking to him. You know
what the Scripture said there in Luke 9, verse 31? You know
what it says they were talking about? We've got to do something
about this abortion issue. Moses said, he's a monk. We've
got to do something about praying schools. They're taking prayer
out of the schools. We've got to do something about
it. That's what Moses and Elijah
were talking about, isn't it? You know what it said? said they
were standing there discussing the death he should accomplish. Are you going to accomplish anything
by your death, Henry? You know, when I die, it looks
like, well, it's all over. He's done for now. He couldn't
do any more. It's over. It all just began. when Christ actually accomplished
something. He said, Nobody takes my life
from me. I lay it down. God laid on him our iniquity,
and Christ laid down his life as a sacrifice, as a sin atonement. Did he accomplish it? That's
what Moses and Elijah were talking about. They rejoiced to see his
day, didn't they, John? And they saw it, and they were
glad. That's all they wanted to talk about. That's all they'll
be talking about throughout eternity. The death that they killed him,
how they killed poor Jesus, the death he accomplished. The death
of what? The death of death! The death of death! That's what
he accomplished. Old death, where is thy sting?
Old grave, where is thy victory? My captain, that's where it is. He won it. He won the victory. All right, the chair will come
up, and Brother Joe will sing a song of victory. Hallelujah! What number, Joe? 127. I hope,
if you haven't seen in your heart his glory in all of this, and
believe it with your heart and rejoice in it. I hope you've
at least seen with these eyes. You have, if you've looked at
the scriptures, you've seen it. He prophesied of it, and the
prophets prophesied of it, and it happened. And now he is where he said he
was. And we're going to know someday. We're going to know. We're going
to see. as he is. I want us to see now. Salvation,
see that now. See his glory now. Now. All right, let's stand as we
sing this. May our sorrow pardon thee, for
the Son of God who came, who was sinners to be blamed. Hallelujah! What a Savior! In my place I will be still,
Fill my heart with His love, Hallelujah. Leave me alone. Leave me alone. Hallelujah, what a Savior! When He comes, our glorious King,
All His ransomed host, Then a new, this song we'll sing, Hallelujah,
what a Savior! True words. You're dismissed.

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