We're going to be in the book
of Judges chapter 11 tonight. Judges chapter 11. And there's
just so much in this chapter. And there's just little tidbits
all the way along. and we're just thankful for that.
I'd like to read, beginning with verse 12, because there's some
interesting things that are brought out in this passage of scripture
with regard to how God calls his ambassadors, how God calls
his ministers, how God calls his disciples. Many times we
think that there were just 12 apostles, and yet we find that
that term is used with regard to other people, other ministers
of the gospel in the New Testament. So there were those apostles
that the Lord Jesus Christ chose, those disciples that the Lord
Jesus Christ chose, one of them being the devil, and then we
find out that there was one selected there just before Pentecost to
take Judas' place, Matthias by name, Holy Spirit led the church
to do that, and then later we find that the Lord called what
we know as the Apostle Paul, Saul of Tarsus. And here in the book of Judges
chapter, let me get over there, Judges chapter 11 and verse 12, and Jephthah sent Jephthah sent messengers unto
the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do
with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? Now,
as this is written, it is almost, if we didn't know that there
was a messenger, we could back up and say that Jephthah was
over there speaking. because it gives us that impression
that he's doing the speaking. But we notice that it is through
an ambassador, it is through a messenger, and so it is with
us today. When we speak the things, spiritual
things about Christ, about God, about salvation, we should be
leaving the impression, this is what God said. It's not our
words, it's God's words. And God's word is so powerful
and it's wonderful for us. And once we deliver the message,
that person cannot ever get away from it. Now, we don't understand
that completely, but there's going to be a difference made
in that person's life from that point to his death. Now, we pray
that the Lord would use that message to save him, but if he
doesn't, it's still going to be they heard the gospel. And
they can never be the same after hearing the gospel. It just will
not be the same. We think about this, and it led
me to a passage of scripture that we have referred to a number
of times, and I guess that's a phrase I'm commonly using anymore. It's referred to us another place,
commonly used, but it's in the book of Matthew. So would you
join me in the book of Matthew? The book of Matthew chapter nine. In the book of Matthew chapter
9, we have these ambassadors sent, we have these deputies
sent, we have the one that is to walk for him, to speak for
him. And how many went, I don't know.
This I do know, there was no volunteers. They were called. as with Moses, that God didn't
ask him to volunteer. He said, you're gonna do it,
and Moses made all kinds of excuses, and he said, I'll take care of
that. And so he gave him a spokesman by the name of Aaron. Well, here
in the book of Matthew, the book of Matthew chapter nine, verse
35, if you look at that with me, chapter nine, verse 35, the
scriptures share with us this, the most important thing Chapter 9, verse 35, the most
important thing that we could hear about how he calls his messengers. Now, he didn't ask for volunteers. He makes a command. What did
he do with Matthew? Follow me. What do you do with
Paul? Follow me. And that's a command. It's just like the gospel. It
is a command. It's not a suggestion. It is
a command. He commandeth all men everywhere
to repent. And there's no suggestion in
that. It's don't take it or leave it. It is a command. Now, by
nature, we don't follow the command. And here it tells us in Matthew
chapter nine, verse 35, it says, Jesus went above. about all the
cities and villages teaching in their synagogues and preaching
the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every
disease among the people. Now how all-inclusive that verse
is with regard to the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ while
he was upon this earth. It does not tell us how many
messages he preached, how many times he spoke the gospel of
the kingdom of God. That's the same thing we preach
is the gospel of the kingdom of God. And it does not tell
us in that passage of scripture how many he healed of sickness
and every disease among the people, but it was significant. And then
he goes on, but when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with
compassion on them because they fainted and were scattered abroad
as sheep having no shepherd. He quotes the Old Testament.
And then he says here, but when he saw, excuse me, verse 37,
and then saith he unto his disciples, the harvest truly is plenteous,
but the labors are few. Now we know, and yet we also
know that there's not one extra minister and there's not one
too few. that would make God a failure.
Because he goes on to say here, Now as we follow Jephthah as
a type of Christ, he commanded, they went. and they delivered exactly what
he'd commanded them to deliver. In fact, our translation, and
I think all the translations leave us the impression that
if it didn't have that word minister there or a messenger, we'd say,
well, Jephthah went up there and spoke himself. Well, that's
the way it should be. We should walk away from a place
and they say, well, I think they've been with Jesus. No giving up. bringing our hands, it's just
that way it is. A person that makes effort to
select and call people into the ministry have just committed
a crime against heaven. This is a ministry left to God
alone. This is a ministry left to Christ
alone. He goes on to tell us, verse
38, pray the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labors
into his harvest. As we follow that in the life
of Jephthah, and we follow that in those messengers that were
sent up there, we're gonna see them several times. They're under
command of Jephthah, just as the ministers of God today are
under command by God. And I have known people who thought
they had the ministry of telling ministers what to do. I went to my pastor one time
and told him I don't think I'm saved and when I left I was called
to the ministry. And I've shared with you too
that many years later I got to confront him with that situation
and he could not or would not answer me why he did that. Well,
it'd be foolish on our part if someone came to us and said,
I don't think I'm saved, to ever leave them the impression, this
must mean you're called to the ministry. It's astonishing that people
would come to that conclusion. And many times, those people
that somebody calls raise havoc in the church. They have no settledness
in their message. They're just not given the message
of the Lord because they've been a human call. They've been, I
like the term, a long distance call and a local call. So many
of them. And I've known, I knew a pastor
one time that when his first son was born, he dedicated him
to the Lord and he knew he would be put into the ministry. fellow
is over 80 years old and he's probably spent as much time in
jail as he did anywhere else. So what we do to people sometimes
is atrocious. And as I said, I'm an example. I'm thankful the Lord gave me
the long distance call. I just, you know, it was so difficult,
so hard with a local call. And you had people proud of you
and everything else. Well, I have people that are
not proud of me now because the message changed considerably. Men and women, mothers and fathers
can not know the harm they do by doing that. In the book of
Acts, and you know, men also tell where a person should minister. I've seen that happen. You need
to go minister here. Well, I can go back to my own
history and after I surrendered to the ministry, it wasn't 24
hours and there were preachers saying, I need to go down to
Central Point and pastor. Well, I knew where Central Point
was, because I had two aunts that lived down there. But they
said, you should go down there and pastor. Well, if you don't
think that that is a pat on your back and a pride in your heart,
that you should go do what these guys said. And I looked at it
just that way. It was prideful. And I went through
the experience of being ordained. And the foolishness of that,
it was just astronomically foolish. I have my lap file, and that
lap file is my ordination paper, because the people that were
on that ordination, they couldn't agree on the gospel. They could
agree on the church, but they couldn't agree on the gospel.
So it was just a farce. And I lived under that for a
long, long time. In the book of Acts chapter 13,
we find out this is how it's done. Let's leave it alone. Let's not get involved. Let's
pray the Lord of the harvest that he'll send laborers into
the harvest. And then when it comes to putting
them where they need to be, let the Holy Spirit do the work.
And all we can do is thank God that he did that. So here in
the book of Acts chapter 13, Acts chapter 13 and verse two,
the scriptures say this, as they ministered to the Lord and fasted,
the Holy Ghost said, separate me Barnabas and Saul for the
work wherein to I have called them. You can't get much simpler
than that. You can't break it down any finer
than that. The Holy Spirit said, you separate. Now, the church was there, and
you know what the Holy Spirit impressed them to do? We'll pray
for you. We'll support you. will talk
well of you. Just take the blessing, greet
the brethren as you go." So it wasn't, they weren't put into,
they did not put Barnabas and Saul into a position. They just
followed what the Holy Spirit had said unto them. And there
was nobody that impressed Barnabas and Saul like the Holy Spirit
impressed him. And that's the truth about the
matter today, that that's just the way it has to be. It just
cannot be any other way. The Holy Spirit will direct His
people to be where they need to be. And if they don't go,
as they're called on to begin with, all we have to do is go
to the book of Jonah and find out the Lord's going to get it
done anyway. You know, he just got a free ride to most of the
way. Well, I should say he got a free ride all the way because
they threw him overboard and that great fish swallowed him
up and took him to where he needed to be. So he didn't have to pay
a dime for it. Well, he paid the fare that's
held us on that ship, but the rest of the route. All right,
would you join me back in the book of Judges now? Back in the
book of Judges. As we follow this theme out here
in the book of Judges, what a statement is made over the scriptures. As we've traveled through these
scriptures, Judges chapter 11, verse 13, if you'd look at that
with me, it says, I want to back up to verse 12.
Oh, let me see. We started. Verse 12. Okay. Verse 12. And
all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did
Joshua take and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he
uttered like... Oh, Joshua. Look at that. No wonder it's
not quite right. Thank you. Judges chapter 11. And verse
12, Jephthah sent messengers. Verse 13, and the king of the
children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, because
Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt from
Arnon even unto Jabbok and unto Jordan. Now therefore restore
those lands again peaceably. And Jephthah sent messengers
again unto the king of the children of Ammon, and said unto him,
Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor
the land of the children of Ammon. But when Israel came up from
Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red Sea,
and came to Kadesh, then Israel sent messengers unto the king
of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land. But the king of Edom would not
hearken unto them. And in like manner they sent
unto the king of Moab, but he would not consent, and Israel
abode in Kadesh. Then they went along through
the wilderness and come past the land of Edom and the land
of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab and
pitched on the other side of Arnan, but came not within the
borders of Moab, for Aaron was Arnon was on the border of Moab.
And Israel sent messengers of the Sihon, king of the Amorites,
and the kings of Heshbon. And Israel said unto him, let
us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place. Now, another situation like this,
we won't even take the water. That's what they said. We won't
even take your water. If you'll just let us pass through
the land, we'll take nothing. You won't even know we're here.
And they continue to say no, no, no. All right, and the Lord
God delivered Sihon and all the people, verse 21. Verse 20, but Sihon trusted not
Israel to pass through his coast, but Sihon gathered all his people
together and pitched in Jahaz and fought against Israel. And
the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into
the hand of Israel and they smote them, so Israel possessed all
the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country,
and they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even
unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. So now the
Lord God of Israel hath disposed the Amorites from before his
people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it, Wilt thou not
possess that which Chemosh thy God giveth thee to possess? Let
him take care of it. But you've been disposed. God has disposed you. God has
removed you. God has taken you out of the
equation. So whomsoever the Lord our God
shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. And now art thou anything better
than Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive
against Israel, or did he ever fight against them? While Israel
dwelt in Heshbon, and her town, and in Aror, and her towns, and
all the cities that be along by the coast of Arnon three hundred
years, why therefore did he not recover them within that time? wherefore i have not sinned against
thee but thou doest me wrong to war against me the lord the
judge be judged this day between the children of israel and the
children of aman this historical conversation that the messengers
bring with regard to Israel and with regard to the children of
Ammon and what went on. Now that's a wonderful refresher
course. that was brought up there. You
know, the same thing goes on today when we start talking about
ruined by the fall. It's a refresher course. Now
we don't want, before we're saved, we don't want to hear that. We're
not quite that bad. But after we're saved, we have
a ministry and part of that ministry is to declare ruined by the fall. And it's a terrible ruin. And
we, as we get older, find out it's worse than we thought. There's
not one thing, as God brought out with regard to the children
of men there just before the flood, every thought and every
imagination. And then to Isaiah later after
that, it says, from the top of the head to the bottom of the
feet, there's nothing there that qualifies into my presence, that
can come into my presence. So history of Israel and the
contact with the Moabites and the Amorites. So now the Lord
God of Israel has disposed them. Now, I don't want to stretch
this too far, but turn with me, if you would, to the book of
Genesis 15. Genesis chapter 15. In Genesis chapter 15, we should
not be surprised that the children of Israel spent all that time
in bondage in Egypt. It should not be a surprise to
us because the Lord shares with us here in the book of Genesis
that this information was given to Abraham. Now the reason for
that is it says here, that he said unto Abram, Know of a surety
that thy seed shall be a stranger in the land that is not theirs,
and shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred
years. Now we say, what did they do?
What did they do? Why did God do this to them?
Well, it's above our pay grade, but if you'll drop down there
to verse 16, we find God's response to that. It says, Be, but in
the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the iniquity
of the Amorites is not yet full. Well, that's an interesting statement
that's made here with regard to the children of Israel going
into bondage in Egypt and doing it for 400 years. 30 years, they
were still under Joseph. And after he died, there a king
arose that knew not Joseph. And so for 400 years, they're
put into bondage. They're released on the very
self same day, 400 years after they went into bondage. And yet
we find out that the Lord says, the reason I'm doing this is
that Sinfulness, the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full. But when it is, I'm going to
dispose them. I will dispose them. I'll dispose
them out of the land. And that's why we find such success
by the children of Israel in Canaan when they went into the
land. the time of the Amorites was
over with, and they're going to be disposed of. Now, as we
think about this, this attitude is about like our minds at a
time when we would, that tell us that sin is beyond forgiveness. We just committed a terrible
sin and it is probably beyond forgiveness. Well, we find out
that the Lord has shared with us that there's nothing beyond
forgiveness. In fact, forgiveness took place
at the cross. And there's never a record in
all the scriptures that God was angry with the church. Lost or saved. Now, he's going
to correct them. He did David. He's going to teach
them. But we never find God angry.
Now, the reason for it is his anger is going to be turned towards
the Son, the substitute. His anger is going to be reserved
for him. His anger is not reserved for
the church before Christ, or his anger is not reserved for
the church after Christ. All the anger of God was poured
out upon the Son of God on the cross, and there is no anger
left, but he never had it towards the church. He reserved that
for his Son. Now, it doesn't mean that they
weren't sinners, and it doesn't mean that they were much like
servants. They were wicked, and they never
showed any interest in the gospel and never showed any interest
in the church. They never had any of that. They
were just like servants, if you please. God was ruling over them
in that capacity, but when the right time came and God saved
them by his grace, we find out that God tells us that they were
princes all along. That's what God's people are,
princes all along. So this thought that we have
here, now all the ways that the Bible describes this work of
Christ against sin are so many. We find such wonderful statements
in the Bible about a description of how God deals with sin and
how he describes what he has done with it. It's in the deepest
sea, thrown behind his back, far as the East is from the West.
All of those ways, but to the church today, those are wonderful
statements, but you know what the church hears today? Forgiven. Forgiven. I can hold nothing
against you because I forgave you for Christ's sake. So he
has taken sin and disposed of it, not to be answered for ever
again. Doesn't mean that we're not sinners
in this life, but it means that that sin will never have to be
accounted for in the sense being paid for on our part. Turn with
me, if you would, to the book of Hebrews chapter nine. Sin
has been disposed of, just like the Lord shared with regard to
the children of Ammon. He disposed of them. They have
no right whatsoever, claim to this land any longer. He disposed
them. Their attitude towards the children
of God, God brought it up and disposed of them, and they have
no right whatsoever to bring this up. Now, we're gonna find
out Jethro's gonna go into battle, just like we have all the other
judges, and whack, whack, whack. They're taken care of. They may
come with their mighty bands. They may come with their chariots
of iron. They may come with thousands of people, and they may be only
against 300 people, and it just shows us the wonderful miracle
of God's free and sovereign grace over all things to go have thousands
go up against 300, and the thousands are defeated. Why? The judge
of all the earth is taking care of his business. The sin of the
Amorites is full. and he will dispose of them. Now in the book of Hebrews chapter
nine, join me over there if you would, this book of Hebrews,
Mike keeps bringing out, it's such a description, or such a
commentary on the Old Testament. Such a commentary on the law,
commentary on the book of Leviticus, but a commentary on the judges,
because we have three of them mentioned in this, or four of
them mentioned in this book. But here in the book of Hebrews,
let me get over there, Hebrews chapter nine and verse 14. Just as God disposed of those
tribes and brought in Israel by promise, he promised to give
them that land, but he promised to dispose of the people that
were in the land. And it tells us here in Hebrews
chapter nine and verse 14, it says, how much more shall the
blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself
without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to
serve the living God? What's that mean? Works no longer
is an issue. We are at rest in Christ. He is our Sabbath. And as God
rested, he calls on the church to rest. works no longer has
any part in this. Now, in our religion, we had
all kinds of works oriented, but in this, in the church, there
is no works whatsoever that ever touches the heart of the Lord
and causes him to turn one way or the other. It's his work that
accomplished that. It is his work that accomplished
that. And in chapter nine, verse 26, we read this, as he disposed
of those wicked people, And the church, Israel, came into the
land to possess it. Now, you know, there are a number
of times we find that there was people there, that kind of was
a thorn in their side. Guess what we have every day?
We have sin that is a thorn in our side. but he has made it
so that that has been put away. All right, Hebrews 9, verse 26,
for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world,
but now, once in the end of the world, Now that kind of goes
over there to 1 John, talks about that and the rest of the disciples
as they wrote. We are in the last days, has
been the last days since the crucifixion of Christ till he
comes back. That's the last days. So it says here in the book of
Hebrews 9, verse 26, once in the end of the world, Hathi appeared
to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. What's he say about
that? I've disposed them. They shall
not ever come up against the church again. I have disposed
them. And then in the book of Titus, would you turn with me
to the book of Titus? Just as he disposed of those
many tribes and they complained and complained and said, this
land is ours and we're going to take it back and so forth
and so on. It's not theirs. It was God's land. He gave it
to the children of Israel and he's not going to renege on that.
Now, the physical land, yes, it's not theirs. We don't have
to look at it. When did they cease owning that
land? At the cross. There was no longer any need
for that nation to be preserved. The Messiah had come. Titus chapter
2, the book of Titus chapter 2 and verse 14, if you'd look
at that verse with me. Titus chapter 2 and verse 14
says, who gave himself for us, who Christ, verse 13, looking
for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God and
our savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us that he might
redeem us from all iniquity. What's that mean? I'll dispose
of it. I'll take care of it. I'll put it away. redeem us from
all iniquity, and purifying himself of peculiar people, zealous of
good works." Now, those works that God has given us are not
for righteousness. They're for service. They're
out of a loving heart. That's what God gives us, those
things. Now, in the book of Acts, a number of times, this phrase
is used, the forgiveness of sin. You know, I've mentioned this
several times. My dad was a historian. He could not leave the past alone. He kept bringing up the past.
Well, that's not what God does. He is not a historian. He forgives
us our sin, and it is far as the east is from the west. What
does it mean? He disposed of it. He put it aside. The day
or the time of the Amorites was full, and he took care of it
at the cross, and it was disposed. And the church shall never have
to deal with it again. hear the Lord saying, welcome
thou good and faithful servant. And we look at ourselves and
what is he talking about? I don't feel very faithful and
I don't feel much like a servant, but that's the Lord. In the Old
Testament, we can go over to Abraham. Well, let's back up
to Abraham, to Sarah, to Moses, to the children of Israel and
Hagar, Ruth, and look at their life prior to grace, and it's
not very beautiful. And we go to the New Testament,
and there's not a thought said about them in a negative sense
in the book of Hebrews. It is always by faith. Sarah
believed by faith. Moses by faith. Abraham by faith. That's God's view of the situation.
This is God's view of the situation. So it has always been in that
direction. All right. Just look with me
in the book of Acts. Acts chapter 5. Book of Acts
chapter 5. We read this. Just as he said, I've disposed
of them. I took care of them. And I gave that land to my people.
And they have that land, and I'm not giving it up. The same
thing is about us and spiritual sins. I gave them salvation,
and I'm not giving up. Acts 531, him hath God exalted
with his right hand to be a prince and a savior for to give repentance
to Israel and forgiveness of sins. I just got to say, what a wonderful
thing God has granted to the church, and that is the forgiveness
of sins. We'll never be brought up again.
Another one, and this is just prior to the Apostle Paul being
used there in Acts chapter 38, verse 38, Acts chapter 13, excuse
me, Acts chapter 13, they say that were ordained to eternal life,
believe. Let's back up just a few verses from that. In the book
of Acts chapter 13, Acts chapter 13 verse 38, it says here, be it known unto you
therefore, men and brethren, who's he talking to? Gentiles. The Jews here have already said,
and Paul said, you have judged yourselves unworthy of eternal
life, so he's talking to a bunch of Gentiles. There, as it says
in verse 38, it says, be it known, men and brethren, that through
this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. And
then we read, those who are ordained to eternal life believed. The
forgiveness of sins was granted to them. How glorious it is,
the forgiveness of sins, that that was taken care of. When
God dealt with those Amorites and Moabites and all those folks
and gave that land to the children of Israel, He disposed of them. That's what we read, He disposed
of them. and they were no longer an issue
in this matter. Every once in a while, they're
gonna raise their head up again, but we're gonna find out they're
gonna be disposed of. That's the glory of this great
God and our Savior, the Lord Jesus. Going back for just a
few moments here to the book of Judges chapter 11. In the
book of Judges chapter 11, verse 21, Judges chapter 11, verse
21, And the Lord God of Israel delivered
Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they
smote them. So Israel possessed all the land
of the Amorites and the inhabitants of that country." Now, we're
gonna find out with regard to this, just like we find in any
other place, that those who strive against God are found in the
glorious description in the book of Romans, where it says, excuse
me, the book of Daniel, all the inhabitants of the earth are
reputed as nothing. Now that's God's view about this.
The church is precious. Those folks, they are reputed
as nothing. And we read in the book of Romans
chapter nine, Romans chapter nine, verse 21, Hath not the potter power over
the clay to dispose of those he wants to? Hath not the potter
power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto
honour and another unto dishonour? I will dispose of them. What
if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known,
endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to
destruction? As we look at this, if those
guys had stayed home and not invaded Israel, just
like with all the other judges, they'd have just stayed home.
There wouldn't have been a problem, and they're not gonna leave their
army in Israel to be buried. But he's long-suffering, and
they come in by divine appointment, and God's gonna take care of
him just like he does all our sin. and that he might make known
the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he had
before prepared unto glory. Even us, whom he hath called,
not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles." And the church
says, hallelujah. As he saith unto Osi, that's
Hosea. In the book of Hosea, we have
some familiarity with the book of Hosea. It's a very interesting
book. A man is called on to marry a
harlot, raise up some children, and he's going to use that as
much like what we find with regard to Hagar and Sarah. It's going
to be an allegory. It shall come to pass that in
the place Back to verse 25. As he saith also in Osea, I will
call them my people, which were not my people, and her beloved,
which was not beloved. In the book of Hosea, I will
say to them which were not my people, thou art my people. What glorious words come from
on high. God giving those words to a hearing
ear. It shall come to pass that in
the place where it is said unto them, ye are not my people, there
shall they be called the children of the living God. Isaiah also
crieth concerning Israel, though the number of the children of
Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved. for he will finish the work and
cut it short in righteousness because a short work will the
Lord make upon the earth. And as Isaiah said before, except
the Lord of Sabbath had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom
and we had been made like unto Gomorrah. When, going back to the book
of Judges for a moment here. Judges chapter 11, verse 27. And this is the Lord speaking
through the mouth of Jephthah, through the mouth of the messenger.
Verse 27, it says, wherefore I have not sinned against thee,
but thou doest me wrong to war against me. The Lord the Judge
be Judge this day between the children of Israel and the children
of Ammon. It's very interesting here as
we find a number of other judges. Here is the Judge of Judges.
He's the Judge of Jephthah. He's the one that's directing
his paths. And then the king, it says there in verse 28, how
be it the king of the children of Ammon, hearken not unto the
words of Jephthah which he sent him. Isn't that strange? How many times a day does that
happen? Hearken not unto the king. Hearken not unto the king.
And yet we find in the scriptures that he is faithful. And Isaiah
said in Isaiah 53 in verse one, who hath believed our report?
And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? So we're going
to see that the children of Israel here have a revelation, they
have a judge, they have messengers, they have the Lord speaking through
them, and Jethro is going to be fitted with the Holy Spirit. What a blessing. And that's just
the way he does his business. He fits his people with the Holy
Spirit. And we trust him in the matter. And anytime it appears
that sin has raised up its evil head against us, we can simply
go to the scripture and it says, you have been disposed. Christ
has forgiven all our sin. And for us to say to anybody,
you're going to have to answer for that, is a discredit to the
Word of God and a discredit to the Gospel. Because someone answered
for it and his name was Jesus. Well, we're going to stop there
tonight.