Once more, what a delight it
is to be in the house of the Lord. We're going to be in the book
of Numbers chapter 26 this morning, chapter 26. And we're planning
on having this as our time in chapter 26 this Sunday. But on your way traveling back
there, would you stop in the book of the Psalms for just a
moment? in the Book of the Psalms. It's good to see you, each one.
It's good to see the group that's on Sermon Audio or on Zoom, and
we pray that this will go out on Sermon Audio with much reception. We do not know the purpose of
God in preaching the Word except for what we read in the Bible.
And He shared with us in the Bible that His Word will not
return to Him void. but it will accomplish that where
into it was sent. We claim that promise every day
as we read it in the scripture. All right, here in the book of
the numbers, Brother Mike in his lesson brought up such a
point, excuse me, in the book of Psalms, Psalm 147. I read one time that a Greek
philosopher said, and he laid out at night on his back and
counted a thousand stars. Now that, he wrote that in his
book. There was 1,000 stars. Well, when somebody invented
a telescope, it went to 2,000 stars and then 5,000 stars. And then we heard that this great
telescope out there that's not bothered by all of the stuff
that's in our atmosphere has gone beyond. And then when they
get to the beyond, it's beyond that. Well, it is spoken of here
in Psalm 147, and it goes right hand in glove with our message
this morning. Our message title this morning
is God Can Count. God can count. Well, here in
the book of the Psalms, chapter 147, in verse four, it says,
he telleth the number of the stars, he calleth them all by
their names. Now it's amazing, the farther
the universe gets from us, that even there, God has put a name
on every star. And then for people to tell me
that God does not know, at this point, that He does not know
the number of people that will be gathered at His throne in
glory because He's waiting for them to do something, that tells
me that that person doesn't know that God can count. God counts
the stars. You know another amazing thing
about the universe is as far as they've been able to see there's
nowhere else in this huge universe that there is a speck of life
except on a little bitty blue dot out in the universe and here
God has chosen by his free grace and sovereignty to plant life. that in other things tells me
God can count. And He does it in the most gracious
way. And so would you turn back with
me to the book of the Numbers chapter 26. In Numbers chapter
26, God commands a census to be taken. In Numbers chapter
26. As we turn over there in Numbers
chapter 26, we read these words at the very beginning. And it
came to pass after the plague that the Lord spoken to Moses
and Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest saying, take the sum
of all the congregation of the children of Israel from 20 years
old upward throughout their father's house, all that are able to go
to war. Numbers chapter 26 verses 1-2. Here we find that God not only
can count, but He knew the count long before it was counted. These
people are going to have an assignment, and they're going to go through
the tribes of Israel, and they're going to come up with a number
of people that are of 20 years in age and older, those who are
capable of going to war. And they're going to come up
with an exact number, and we'll read that in just a moment. But
if you'll go to the end of the chapter, we find out that the
Lord shared this at the very end of the chapter in verse 64
and 65. It says, well, verse 63, And
these are they that were numbered by Moses and Eliezer the priest. who numbered the children of
Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. They're
about to cross the Jordan River. They're about to go up against
Jericho. They're about to do what God
has had for them to do. And then it says in verse 64,
but among these, there was not a man of them who Moses and Aaron
the priest numbered when they numbered the children of Israel
in the wilderness of Sinai. Now in chapter 1 of the book
of Numbers we spent about a month looking at the first census that
God had Moses and Aaron take. And they enumerated again all
those who were 20 years of age and older able to go to war and
they give us a number. When we were there, we discussed
this and found out that God is a God of exactness. You know,
when somebody doesn't round off and it gives you the exact number,
we can appreciate that. When we find out that God said
that there was at the last two digits were 39 instead of rounding
up to 40, we find out that God is a God of exactness. He has
an exact number and he lets us know about it in chapter 1 and
chapter 26 of the book of Numbers That's why the book is called
that Two censuses are taken in this book in verse 65 and the
Lord's had said of them they shall surely die in the wilderness
and there was not left a man of them and The word saved means
except except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son
of Nun. Now God had told them years before
this, 38 years before this, this is what's gonna happen. Because
those 10 spies came back with an evil report. And they share
with us that they had no faith in God, they did not trust God,
they did not love God. In fact, they had no spiritual
awareness of God. They only knew him from a physical
standpoint and not spiritually. And we find with regard to Joshua
and Caleb, that there was another spirit in them. That is the spirit
of the Most High God. That is the new birth was given
to them. They knew what it was to be born
again. And when you're born again, you
don't have difficulty believing God. That is one of the gifts
that God gives to every one of His born-again people is that
He causes them to believe God. We believe Him because He gives
us the belief to believe Him. Now, a very quick travel through
this book. We're not gonna read it all,
we'll give that to you. But in the book of Numbers chapter
26, if you'll notice with me that every one of the tribes
is counted. Now Joseph is not counted because
he had two sons and both of his sons got to inherit. And Levi
does not inherit, but they are numbered. and they are numbered
from one month older. All right, let's just go quickly
through this, and then we want to look at the message, God Can
Count. If He counted all the stars and
named them a name, He can certainly know all those that belong to
Him. And that's exactly what the Bible tells us. In the book
of Numbers, chapter 26, verses 5 through 11, we have the enumeration
of the tribe of Reuben. And there was 43,730. It tells us back there, and I'm
going to read a couple of these, and then you take the time to
read through the rest. They are important. God wants
us to know that He is very careful on His numbering, that He has
an exact number, and He's looking at every tribe and every people. We just heard that read over
in the book of Revelation. Out of every tribe and every
people and every tongue and every nation, He has a people, and
they are His number of people. God can count. God knows His
people. He knows from the very beginning
to the very end how many will be in that great number. Now,
we don't know, and we're told that. We're not to know. We can't
know. But let's just look here in the
book of Numbers, chapter 26, beginning with verse 5, Reuben,
the oldest son of Israel. So it starts with the oldest
son, the children of Reuben, gives us some of the family,
and then it tells us there in verse 7, these are the families
of the Reubenites, and they that were numbered of them were 43,730. Now we follow this through 11
more times it gives us this kind of information about each of
the tribes. We have the number of Simeon
and Gad and Judah, Issachar, Zebulon, Manasseh, Ephraim, Benjamin,
Dan, Asher, Naphtali. And the total comes up to be
If we look at that, it tells us here in the book of Numbers
chapter 26 and verse 51, we have the total number of those who
are 20 years of age and older who are capable of going to war.
These were the numbered of the children of Israel, 600,000 and
1,730. That's how many were numbered. Now jump back with me, if you
would, to the book of Numbers chapter one. In the book of Numbers
chapter one, as soon as the children of Israel come into the wilderness
of Sinai, the Lord again commands them or beforehand commands them
to be numbered. There's a census going to be
taken. And remember that there is a difference by 38 years and
this number that we've just read about are those who were born
in the wilderness and had not been part of that fall brought
on the children of Israel, that judgment brought on to the children
of Israel by those 10 leaders, those 10 spies that came back
with an evil report. Here in the book of Numbers chapter
1, we read in verse 1, it says, And the Lord spake unto Moses
in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation,
on the first day of the second month, in the second year after
they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Take ye the
sum of the congregation of the children of Israel, after their
families, by their house of their fathers, with the number of their
names, every man by their pole, from twenty years old and upward.
all that were able to go to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall
number them by their armies. And if we follow this down, we
find in verse 46 of that chapter, Chapter 1, verse 46, it gives
us the total. The list is the same. We have
the different tribes enumerated, people in the tribes, and the
number that was given. And in verse 46, it says, even
all they that were numbered were 600,000, 3,550. So in the first
one, there's 600, 3,055, and in the last one, 601,730. Well, all of that proves to me
God can count. He has a number. And He has a
number that's an exact number. It took them time to count these
people, but we find out the Lord has all that number beforehand,
before the foundation of the world. Now, in verses 63, 64,
and 65, we read there about God's judgment upon the children of
Israel, that all of those that were of a certain age and older
were going to pass away in the wilderness. That's God's statement
about that. They had this judgment, and we
find in the New Testament that God reports to us that these
all died in unbelief. That's the problem. They didn't
believe God. And who gives the people belief? God gives them belief. Who gives
them a heart to believe? It is God that does that. Well,
In the book of Deuteronomy chapter 2, and we would like to read
three or four verses that have to deal with those last verses
of Numbers chapter 26. In the book of Deuteronomy chapter
2, Deuteronomy chapter 2 and verse 14 and 15, we read these
words, and it just keeps bringing it up as we follow through the
scriptures what God had to say about this. Deuteronomy chapter
2 verse 14, and the space in which we came from Kadesh Barnea
until we were come over the Brook Zerud was 38 years. Why? Until all the generation
of the men of war, isn't that an interesting word used, were
wasted out from among the host as the
Lord swear unto them. What a judgment that God had
brought on the children of Israel in their unbelief. And that is
exactly what God will do. He will bring judgment upon unbelievers. Now, we find a message this morning
Brother Mike brought. He spent a lot of time about
one thief. There was another one there. You know what? He
died in unbelief. All right. Join me, if you would,
in the book of 1 Corinthians. This is again brought up in the
book of 1 Corinthians. God can count. And He's sure about that. And
He shares that information with us. And He's not fooled. He's not caught off guard. He's
not ashamed that He doesn't have the information. How many of
us have had that time when we should have got information about
a situation and it didn't arrive, or we didn't pay attention, we
didn't open the mail, and we got something and we wish we'd
have known ahead of time, but we didn't. Well, that's not a
problem with God. He knows everything ahead of
time. In fact, He has planned everything ahead of time, just
as He planned what's happening here in the book of Numbers.
In the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 10, verses 5 and 6. The scriptures share this, but
with many of them God was not well pleased. 1 Corinthians 10
verse 5, With many of them God was not well pleased, for they
were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples. To the intent we should lust
after not lust after evil things, as they also lusted." You know
what's the only difference between those who died in unbelief and
those who did not die in unbelief is grace. That's the only difference
that God ever makes among the human race. It doesn't matter
how good we are. In fact, we find out if we read
the book of Psalm chapter 14, Psalm 14, there's none that doeth
good. No, not one. It's not our good
works and our righteousness is as filthy rags. We don't have
any righteousness So the only thing that we find out in scripture
that actually makes a difference is God God makes all the difference
Those he smiles on, they have life. Those he does not, they
continue in their deadness. Again, in the book of Hebrews
chapter 3, we read this about this very incident that we just
read about in the book of Numbers chapter 26. In the book of Hebrews
chapter 3, Hebrews chapter 3, and there in verse 17 and 18,
Hebrews chapter 3, verse 17 and 18, God reminds us again, as
He has reminded us and reminded us, those people that died during
that 38 year period, those were dying in unbelief. Now in the
next chapter, first few verses, there is some girls, their sisters,
that come up to Moses and said, you know, We're not included
in a position over there in the promised land. Our father died not because of what his, he's
of the tribe that Korah was in. He said he didn't die because
of that. He died in his own sin and that is he just died. So
they're given an inheritance. He didn't die in unbelief. They
are given an inheritance. So there were those that died,
but here, read with me, in the book of Hebrews 3, verse 17,
But with whom was he grieved forty years? Was it not with
them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? And to
whom swear he that they should not enter into his rest? But
to them that believe not, so we see that they could not enter
in because of unbelief. You know, there's a rest that
God has. We read some about it. Brother
Lauren read some about it. They're in the book of the Revelation.
Some rest. No tears, no worries, no sorrows. You know what? That begins right
now when God saves us. It continues on through eternity.
Then we'll really understand it, but it is a rest like no
other. We rest from our works just as
God rested from His. We no longer bring our works
and try to trade them for righteousness with God. These people died in
unbelief. Well, they swear that they should
not enter into rest but to them that believe not. And then one
other verse found in a very short book, one chapter long, Jude,
chapter 1. Oh, there is only one chapter.
And in verse 5, verse 5. The history continues on. God
continues to remind people time and time and time again. What
is that? That's the gospel goes out. Remember,
we're ruined by the fall. Remember, we fell in Adam. Remember,
in all those, in Adam all died. Time and time and time again,
he reminds us of our history. He lets us know where we came
from. Never get so proud that you think you've raised above
that statement that God has made about us. Here in the book of
Jude verse 5, I will therefore put you in remembrance, though
ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people
out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed
not. Now he did a marvelous work, and it was a type and a shadow
and a picture of God saving the church when He brought them out
of Egypt. But we find that there was a whole bunch of those that
were brought out were not Israelites. Now they were by the name that
they had their lineage. They had their pedigree. They
could trace their line right back to Abraham. and they could
trace it from there to Noah, and they could trace it from
there to Adam. Now, if you can trace it to Adam, you fall into
the same circumstances that everybody does, and that is in Adam all
died. Now they were tracing their pedigree
back, but they were not spiritual Israelites. God had not granted
to them the salvation that he gives to his people. All right. I would like to say a few things
at this time about numbering and numbers, because God can
count. God has counted. He is not surprised. In fact, there is rejoicing in
heaven. over every one that repents. You know, it's just like the
music sheet. I wish I could read music. I
had a teacher that tried to get me to read music. And if I was
slow enough, I could go F-A-C-E and every good boy does, fine. That's what it is. I could do
that. But you know, I couldn't look over there and say, oh,
that's a C, and that's a B, and that's a so forth. It wasn't quick enough.
I didn't have the mind for it. Or I didn't apply my mind for
it. But you know what? God has this great sheet of music. Dan shared with me a picture
one time of that music score that, I mean, it had so many
notes on it. And this was just a small test for you to play
to show that you, I mean, it was, well, God has a music note
sheet that has everything that is ever going to happen, happening. And on it, there are notes when
he saves one of his sheep from their sins. He applies the salvation. And you know what? The chorus
rings out in heaven and says, Hallelujah! The blood of Christ
is sufficient one more time. But you know what? There's enough
notes for everyone, but not an extra one, and not one note too
few. He's going to have them singing
just as it happens. There's rejoicing in heaven over
one sheep that is found. And this is by divine appointment.
Well, turn with me there if you would. We just read there in
the book of Revelation chapter 7 and verse 9, but let's read
that again as we read in that verse of scripture that God can
count. God is a God of arithmetic, as well as science, as well as
horticulture, as well as all. You know what he said in the
book of Genesis about horticulture? everything brought forth after
its kind. And you know what? That is exactly
where we fall in our human position. We bring forth our children after
our kind, just like Adam did. And you know what? Every one
of them, even as kind and nice and sweet as they are in infancy,
they are all fallen in Adam. And they're all dead in trespasses
and sin. And as one man said, that child
is just as cute as it can be. here in the book of Revelation
chapter 7. One more time, Revelation chapter
7 verse 9. Keep in mind God had a census
taken, then He had another census taken, and the numbers are recorded
at the end of the census exactly as He determined. It doesn't
tell us how many total people there were, You know, that's
how scholars come up with, there might have been three to six
million people. Well, we have 600,000 that can go to war. Then we're going to have children
and we're going to have mothers and dads, we're going to have
brothers and sisters and all that. And they come up through some
manipulation of numbers and say, well, there's approximately three
to six million people. Nobody knows for sure, but God. And the rest is surmising. All
right. After this, Revelation chapter
7 verse 9, After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude. One thing, John was not granted
the time to count, and number two, it says he couldn't have
counted it. It's a number that no man could number. After this
I beheld, in lo a great multitude, which no man could number, of
all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before
the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms
in their hands, and cried with a loud voice, saying, This is
the church. Salvation to our God, which sitteth
upon the throne and unto the Lamb. Now, there's a number that
no man can number, but that number is known of God because God can
count. He counts all the stars and he
has them all by name. And you know what? He counted
all his lost sheep and he knows their name. And it is so much
knowledge about it that he's written their names down in a
book. before the foundation of the
world. It is called the Lamb's Book of Life. And when Jesus
had his disciples come back to him and say, you ought to have
been there, Lord. My goodness, we had such a ministry
out there and we had devil subject to us. And the Lord says, you
know, Be thankful that your names are written down in the Lamb's
Book of Life. Don't rejoice in those things.
Don't rejoice in your success. Rejoice in God's success. Alright,
so there's a number now go back with me to the book of Romans
in the book of Romans We have some more knowledge that God
can count it tells us here in the book of Romans chapter Chapter
9 Romans chapter 9 Romans chapter 9 and there in verse 27 now Read
this with me This is Isaiah. This is a quote
from Isaiah. How often we find the apostles,
as they were used to write the New Testament, how often they
were given a passage of scripture by the Holy Spirit, and this
passage of scripture from the Old Testament, because that's
all they had, and then from that, The Lord God, the Holy Spirit,
would reveal unto them the truths that lie in those verses of Scripture,
and they could share with us the truth of the gospel, that
God is a God that can count. And here in the book of Romans,
chapter 9, verse 27, Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though
the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the
sea, What's next? A remnant shall be saved. Now, if you go
back over to the book of Isaiah, it says, except the Lord of Sabbath
should have a remnant, then we should have been as Sodom and
we should have been as Gomorrah. What does that mean? We should
have been condemned with them. And without Christ, we will.
All right. And then if you look at with
me in the same book of Romans chapter 11, Romans chapter 11
and verse 26, Romans chapter 11 and verse 26. Now he knows
how many was in the remnant. He knew exactly how many were
in that group of people, males 20 years of age and older, that
were prepared to go to war. He knew exactly how many there
were, and now the people did. Those tribes knew how many were
each. And God is going to use that
number for the division of the land. He's going to share that
there in chapter 26. If you have a great number of people, you're
going to get a greater piece of property. If you have a fewer
number of people, you're going to get a lesser amount of property.
That's what he's going to use it for. But here in the book
of Romans chapter 11 and verse 26, so all Israel, uh oh, We just read a remnant. Now that word remnant is used
in another verse of scripture where it says a remnant according
to the election of grace. A remnant. He knows the whole
number. but he knows the number that's
the remnant. And then he tells us here in
the book of Romans chapter 11 verse 26, so all Israel shall
be saved. You know, there's many people
in the world today that have miscrossed information. They hear something or they read
something and they go to the Bible to prove something. Now,
please go to the Bible. Read the Bible. Don't read the
book on modern what's happening in the world. A young man just
last week asked me, what do you think about what's going on over
in the Middle East? And I says, I think about it
about the same way as those people that were in 1917 in the United
States. We don't know what great conflagration
was going to happen. World War I, terrible. Nations across the world were
in conflict. But you know what? I know this,
that God was going to save his number. He moved somebody to
hear the gospel that would have not heard it where they were.
And the same is true right now. This is not the end of the world.
When the end of the world comes, God's people are going to be
in the air. the last person is saved, this is over with. And
here it says, so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written, there
shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness
from Jacob. We have a promise of a Savior
coming. We have a promise of a Savior
coming that can count. A promise of a Savior that will
not be surprised. Will not be surprised that Saul
of Tarsus was breathing out threatenings of slaughter. He already had
him marked that someday, very soon from that point, someday
he is going to go against everybody's prayer about Saul of Tarsus.
I'm convinced that there were people praying, Lord, kill that
man. Now, he's not, he's gonna go against their prayer because
it wasn't the will of God. His will was that this man be
saved. And he was saved on the road to Damascus. And he was
saved, not by his free will, but he did make him willing in
the day of his power. So, all Israel shall be saved. There is a number that is called
all. All Israel. There's a remnant. John chapter six and verse 37. John chapter six and verse 37.
Read this with me as we find that the Lord shares this, that
He is not a fool. He has a number. He can count. He was given a number before
the foundation of the world. He became a surety for a real
people. He was promised to stand in the
place for a group of real people. Only a fool would be a surety
for an entire mob of people. Do you know what a surety is?
That's someone that's gonna pay their debt when they don't pay
it. Boy, I've been told not to be a surety for people in your
own family. But to be a surety for a mob
that had no regard ever till eternity passes? Well, here we
find that the Lord Jesus Christ is going to be a surety, and
this is who He's going to be a surety for. shall come unto me, and him that
cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out." Now, in that
word, all is a number that you and I don't know. That's a number
that no man can number. But from the other side, God
that can name and not, no, let me turn that around, can number
and name all the stars can number and name all those that are in
that all. You know, you can say, all the
stars belong to me. And then we find a verse of scripture
that says, all of them are named and numbered by God. Well, here
we find the Lord Jesus Christ declaring all that the father
giveth to me in John chapter six and verse 36. I guess I read
the John 6, oh, verse 36. But I say
unto you that ye also have seen me, and believe not. All that
the Father giveth me shall come unto me, and he that cometh unto
me I will in no wise cast out. And verse 39, and this is the
will, which is the Father's will, which hath sent me, that all
which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise
it up again at the last day. I know the number. I know math. I designed algebra, I designed
quantum physics, I designed it, and I know the number of my people.
In John chapter 17, and I appreciated what brother Wayne Boyd did with
John chapter 17 when he was here In John chapter 17, he went through
a few verses of scripture that just declared to us that God
knew exactly who He was dying for. He goes through John 17
and brings out, there�s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 different verses of scripture
in here that God knew exactly, Christ knew exactly who He was
dying for. He had a number And it was a
clear number. And it was a number he knew.
And he knows them by name. And he has their names written
down in the Lamb's Book of Life. And he's already been a lamb
prepared for slaying. He's been slain from the foundation
of the world. He has them in mind. He has their
names graven on the palms of his hand. He's not going to the
cross for a mob. He's going to the cross for the
church. In John chapter 17 and verse
2 we read these words, As thou hast given him power over all
flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast
given him. There is a number that God knows. Alright, in that same Chapter
verse 6, it says, I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou
gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest
them me. And they have kept thy word.
How did they keep the word? By the power of God and His grace. Those guys, they lied about God? They ran away from God? They
left Him alone? He's just like you and I. They
were. didn't predict that they would do that. He purposed that
they would do that, that he would be alone in his death. All right, in the same chapter
verses 8 and 9, For I have given unto them the words which thou
gavest me, They have received them and have known surely that
I came out from thee and they have believed that thou didst
send me I pray for them I pray not for the world but for them
which thou hast given me for they are thine and In verse 11
of that same chapter and now I am no more in the world But
these are in the world and I come to thee Holy Father Keep through
thy own name those whom thou hast given me that they may be
one as we are He can count God can count and he knows the number
of his people in verse 24 of that same chapter This is recorded
father I will that they also whom thou has given me be with
me where I am that they may behold my glory which thou has given
me for thou lovest me before the foundation of the world and
In 2nd Timothy, 2nd Timothy chapter 2, would you join me over there
in 2nd Timothy chapter 2 as we find these words about the Lord. 2nd Timothy chapter 2 and verse
19. 2nd Timothy chapter 2 and verse
19. We have this wonderful verse
of scripture and it says, nevertheless, it looks like things are rocky,
doesn't it? It looks like the world is coming apart. Oh, if it could, it would, but
it can't because it's contained by God. By Him, all things are
held together, consist. Nevertheless, the foundation
of God standeth sure. Having this seal, the foundations of God stand
assure. having this seal, the Lord knoweth
them that are his. He knows the number. He knows
the number. God can count. And it goes on
to say, let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from
iniquity. You know, that's a wonderful thing that those that are in
Christ, iniquity has been taken care of. There is a wonderful
verse of scripture found over in the book of Isaiah chapter
53. Isaiah chapter 53. This passage
of scripture in light of what we've read over in the book of
Numbers and through the other places that we've stopped by
this morning, just sit chills up and down my back. It was so
good to read this. Isaiah 53 is just a good place
to be anyway, but in Isaiah chapter 53 and there in verse 12, there's the word numbered here.
It says, therefore will I divide him a portion with the great
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he hath
poured out his soul into death. Now notice this, and he was numbered
with the transgressors. Oh my goodness. Right in the
middle of all those that he knows from before the foundation of
the world, you're going to find the lamb. the sacrifice, the
one numbered with the transgressors. He is with them. He is by them. He is in them. He has died for
them. This is the one that is numbered
with the transgressors. He's the one that knows them
and has their number. He's the one that was numbered
with them. He's the one that was numbered
with the transgressors. And what does that do on behalf
of the transgressors? It puts sin away on their behalf.
because he was numbered with them. He knows the whole number
and he is numbered with them. Oh, what a remarkable statement
is made that not only does God know every one that he is ever
going to say, but he also tells us that right in the middle of
them is one that was numbered with them. You know, the Bible
tells us that Jesus Christ became sin for us, who knew no sin. He had our sins imputed to Him,
placed upon Him on that cross. He bore out the very vindictive
attitude of Almighty God towards sin. Judgment against sin was
poured out upon Him. And when he came through the
end of it, he could say, it is finished. It is finished. All is said and done. He was
numbered with the transgressors. And so he telleth the number
of the stars. He calleth them all by their
names. He can tell the number of the church and he can tell
them all by their names. God can count.