If you join me in Numbers chapter
18, next Sunday, Brother Mike is going to be talking about
the widow's mind, chapter 21 of the book of Luke. And I said,
isn't that interesting? Because in chapter 18, beginning
with verse 24, but the ties of the children of Israel and through
the rest of that chapter deals with this. So we're going to
bring our second message in 35 years on this subject. It's just because that's where
we are. Now, we're going to find out, I don't care what you believe
about it. Some people want to tie it, that's
their business. I don't care. But I do find this, and I'll
bring that out next Sunday, the Lord loveth a cheerful giver
and not a legalistic giver. All right, enough said. And then
if you would, the Lord willing, the Sunday after that, we're
going to start chapter 19, which has to do with the red heifer.
and how it was used. And so, if you would like, read
ahead. Read the chapter 19 in preparation
for two weeks from now. Now, I can say that because the
Lord gave me some extra time in Denver. I had a big long table. I had my fire that was given
to me. I had paper. I even got paper
from the desk downstairs. I had run out of my paper and
my notebooks. So I just sat down and then I
got to visit with some dear folks that were living in there. So
the Lord gave me a lot of peace about not getting home. So it
just worked out for God in his providence. So I learned a lot
about God's providence. That verse I sent out that the
lot is cast into the lap, but what happens is of the Lord.
Well, this morning we're going to be looking here in the book
of Numbers chapter 18, and I want to read verses 20 through 24.
Numbers chapter 18, beginning with verse 20. Now this is a
real issue today. I grew up with this issue. I
was taught this issue that's brought up here, except I was
not taught the truth about what is brought up here. this even
so long ago, and I really appreciated those words, that we get to sit
in on what happened hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of
years ago because it's written down in our Bible. We get to
listen to the conversations that were taking place as God gave
these words to different prophets and gave these words to Moses,
and to hear what conversation took place in the council halls
of eternity between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Wonderful news went on for us and on our behalf. And that lesson
that the Lord taught there to those people there in Luke chapter
20, we got to sit down today with Him in the temple. The whole
chapters, He in the temple and teaching in the temple, and we
get to overhear it. And the Holy Spirit reveals the
truths that are contained in that message. So here, so long
ago, these words were written, but they're just as alive today
as they were then. And they declare Christ. I love
what the Lord Jesus Christ said about Moses. Moses wrote of me. And these words, as we see the
sacrifices that took place, we hear the Apostle Paul's words.
We preach Christ and Him crucified. That's what all of those things
typified. The Passover typified Christ and Him crucified. And
then we get to the New Testament and we see Him crucified on our
behalf. Well, here in the book of Numbers
chapter 18 and verse 20, and the Lord spake unto Aaron. Now, most of the time we find
the Lord speaking unto Moses, and Moses passes on this message. Well, I thought it was interesting
just to say this, as it's brought out here in our scriptures, the
Lord spake unto Aaron. Now, He's going to speak unto
Aaron something very, very important. And some people, I'm sure, that
were descendants of Aaron said, you know, this is all wrong.
This is all wrong. It shouldn't be this way. We
should get what everybody else gets. Let's listen as we read. Thou shall have no inheritance. Oh no. All that land has already
been promised. And Aaron gets the message from
the Lord. And as Mike brought out this
morning again, capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D, Jehovah
spoke to Aaron and said, thou shall have no inheritance. Now notice the next word in their
land. Neither shalt thou have any part
among them. And before we get too discouraged,
read the rest of the verse. For it says, I am thy part and
thine inheritance among the children of Israel. What a statement God
shares with Aaron here that even though there's going to be so
much of that property spread out among the children of Israel,
Aaron, you and your sons, And your family will not inherit
any of it. And this is the reason for it.
Now, when we get over there, we find that there were certain
cities that were set aside for these people to live in, but
they didn't have property like the rest of the people. And the
reason is right here in the book of Numbers, chapter 18 and verse
20. The Lord shared with Aaron, I
am who I hear Jehovah. I am thy part and thine inheritance
among the children of Israel. And then let's read verses 21,
22, and 23. And behold, I have given the
children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance,
for their service which they serve, even the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation. So there's going to be some tenths
brought in, some tithes brought in, and that's their part for
the service they do. Neither must the children of
Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation,
lest they bear sin and die. Now it hasn't been too long ago
we've seen a couple of incidences where the Lord had to take care
of some problems that the children of Israel had. Those ten spies. And then we read about Korah.
And now we're just a reminder here, folks, the warning is out. Don't come near the tabernacle
lest you die. And then it tells us In verse 23, but the Levites
shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they
shall bear their iniquity, and it shall be a statute forever
throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel
they have no inheritance. Now this thought in this declaration
is mentioned a number of times, so if you would join me in the
book of Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy chapter 18. Now,
when I was in church, I was taught that the more you serve God,
the more rewards you're going to get. And you know, when the
Lord saved me, I found out that is all bunk. And we're going
to see that the church has everything in Christ Jesus. there should
be no squabbling over some little insignificant particulars of
it when we have every, all blessings in Christ Jesus. So let's go
over here to the book of Deuteronomy chapter 18 and we find here that
the Lord once again shares with Aaron and the Levites, chapter
18 of the book of Deuteronomy, and there in verse 1 and 2, the
scripture says, The priests, the Levites, and all the tribe
of Levi shall have no part nor inheritance of Israel. They shall
eat the offerings of the Lord, made by fire, and his inheritance. Therefore shall they have no
inheritance among their brethren. The Lord is their inheritance
as he has said unto them. What a statement is made here
about what the children of Levi get as a picture, as the priests
and kings and priests of the Lord Jesus Christ that are brought
out in the book of Revelation. You're all, every believer is
a king and priest of the Lord Jesus Christ. And look what inheritance
we have. We have Christ. If Abraham had
just given a thought about it, he may not. If the Lord had not
changed his mind about what was important, if the Lord had not
brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, if as Stephen said
in the book of Acts, the Lord of glory appeared unto him, if
the Lord of glory had not appeared unto Abram down in Ur of the
Chaldees, He would not have been looking for a city whose builder
and maker is God. He would not be looking for spiritual
things. He would not have understood
that the inheritance that he had was far greater than anybody
else the world could ever give. All that a king could pass on
to his family doesn't hold a candle to what the church has in Christ
Jesus. Again, in the book of Joshua,
as the children of Israel arrive there, it's going to take them
from the point we are to the point here in the book of Joshua,
or to the book of Joshua, it's going to be about 38 years of
wandering. I recently read a book, I got
to read four books while I was gone too, books I had stacked
over here saying someday I want to read these. Well, I read three
of them going and one of them coming home. One of the authors
that I was reading about has a real trouble about the Red
Sea and he's trying to explain all of that and how tide and
wind, you know, if you don't know God, you don't believe God.
And you don't believe what God had to say about what happened
over there. You try to rationalize it and
try to bring it out and try to scientifically... You know, the
Lord is the God of science, but He does things oftentimes greatly
against what we recognize as science. He took his own wind
and blew back the Red Sea. As I've mentioned a number of
times, I had a teacher down in that Bible school I attended
for a semester. He said, it's a greater miracle
than I thought. They keep saying that the Red Sea was only five
inches deep and he drowned the whole Egyptian army in it. That's
a greater miracle than it says recorded in the Bible. Well,
this God does His things as He sees fit because He's the sovereign
over things. Now, here in the book of Joshua,
chapter 13, we have this mentioned as Joshua has, they've been in
there, they only lost a few men in all the time that they went
into every battle, and that was at Ai. That's the only record
of any of Israel being lost. The only graves, the only mourning,
the rest of it is they went into battle, but the battle was the
Lord's, and the battle defeated all their enemies for them, and
they went in and inherited the land that God had promised them.
In Joshua 13, Joshua chapter 13, verse 14, we read these words. It says, only unto the tribe
of Levi he gave none inheritance. The sacrifices of the Lord God
of Israel made by fire are their inheritance as he said unto them. And Moses gave unto the tribe
of, oh, verse 33, drop down to verse 33. And unto the tribe
of Levi, Moses gave not any inheritance. The Lord God of Israel was their
inheritance, as he said unto them. And this message goes on.
Chapter 14. Would you join me over to the
next chapter? Verse 3. For Moses had given
the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe on the other
side of Jordan, but again, but unto the Levites he gave none
inheritance among them. So we have constantly been reminded
that the Levites are not going to have any inheritance in that
land. And yet the Lord continues to
remind them that I am your inheritance. I am your great gift that has
been given to you. And if we read, would you join
me again in the book of Joshua to chapter 18. Joshua chapter
18 and verse 7. As the message continues to go
on, as they settle the land, continues to be brought up, even
as those smart, young Levites would come and say, where's mine,
where's mine, where's mine? God continued to remind them,
you don't have any but me. Well, you know, to many people,
that's not quite enough. To many people, it's not enough
just to have Christ. To many people, they want more.
They want to be able to say, I have a crown. I was visiting
with a dear pastor friend of mine who's planning to be here
in June. Brother Wayne, and I said, you told me something recently
that I just need for a message. And so I wrote him a text and
then he called me up and he said, yes, I was visiting with someone.
And this person told me that if there was nothing like rewards,
then why would I serve God anyway? And his eyes got about this big
around and he says, well, I serve the Lord because I love him.
I serve the Lord because he redeemed me. I serve the Lord because
he died for me. I serve the Lord because he loves
me. And this person again stated, if there was no rewards, then
I wouldn't serve God. Well, that really reveals a lot
about what the person believes to begin with, doesn't believe
in the Lord. So here we go in the book of
Joshua, chapter 18. And there in verse 7 it says,
Now, two and a half tribes asked for. asked for an inheritance on the
other side. It was well-watered, it was grazing
land, and Moses reminded them, why should you sit here and let
your brethren go to war? So they said, we'll go in and
fight, but if we can have this. Well, turn with me to the Psalms. Turn with me to the Psalms, if
you would. In Psalm 16, as we think about it closer to ourselves,
Okay, that's okay for the Levites. Okay, that's okay for Aaron.
Now, he didn't get in the land to begin with. He died before
he got there, but his son went in, and his children went in,
and his grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren, and so forth
went in, and yet, to the very end, they did not inherit the
land. They had a few cities given to
them, and the reason for it is the Lord said, I am your reward. I am your reward. Now, that's
just a picture to us of what we get in Christ. And everyone
that was ever saved in the Old Testament got the same inheritance. And we'll look at that in just
a moment. Our brother Abraham was instructed on that more perfectly
here in the book of Psalms 16, Psalm 16. The scriptures share
this Psalm 16 and verse five. The word of the Lord says, the
Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup that maintains
my lot. The Lord is the portion of my
inheritance. And we find that again, the Lord
is the church's portion. The Lord is the church's portion.
You know, in reality, we don't want the world as our portion,
because if the world is our portion, then we do not have Christ as
our portion. If our savings is here, and I'm
talking about spiritual savings is here and not in heaven, we
don't have savings in heaven. So turn with me back to the book
of Genesis where this all starts way before the law was given.
way before all of these things take place, before they came
in to begin their exodus, before they came in to Kadesh Barnea,
before the ten spies came back with a lion report, and before
Korah raised up that great rebellion against Moses and Aaron and against
God, we find that This one man is shared with us about the great
gifts of God in Genesis chapter 15. Here his name is Abram. It's not going to be very long
his name is going to be Abraham. And you know as we've heard read
in the New Testament how often those people of Israel wanted
to trace their line back to Abraham. They want, we be of Abraham's
children. We have this inheritance. Well,
look here in the book of Genesis chapter 15, and there in verse
1. After these things, the word
of Jehovah, the word of the Lord, came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram. Now notice this. I am thy shield
and thy exceeding great reward. Now when we hear that from the
Lord, it makes everything else pale, fall away. when we are
given the Word of God Almighty to our heart, that He is our
exceeding great reward. Now, it's not earned, it's given. This reward is given to us. It's
not by payment. It's not by our merit. It's by
the merit of Almighty God. Abraham looked for a city whose
builder and maker was God. We turn over there, if he'd have
thought about these things, he would have not been looking for
a city whose builder and maker is God. You know, when the church
has everything, and I mean everything spiritual, God has withheld nothing
to us. Now, we may not understand all
that He's given us, we may not comprehend all that He's given
us, but His promise is to us that I've given you everything.
I have given you life. I have raised you from the dead.
I've given you righteousness. I've given you hope. I've given
you peace. I've given every spiritual blessing to you. Now, we have
trouble comprehending that all the time in this flesh that we
live in, but we can go to the bank and say, He has given me
everything. Why would we quibble about some
rewards or crowns or a position? You remember what There were
two of those disciples. Mama got involved. Oh, Lord,
give me a favor. When you sit down, would you
let one son sit on one side of you and one son sit on the other
side of you? You know, the Lord knew what
she was going to say before she said it. The Lord had purposed
for her to say what she said before she said it. Had purposed
it before the foundation of the world that He might instruct
on these things. So if you'd read with me in the
book of Ephesians, this wonderful book of Ephesians, in Ephesians
chapter 1, we have this glorious statement said that should take
away all quibbling among the church, that should take away
all interest in those things that are so prevalent in the
worldly church. do this and you'll earn a reward.
Well, since Christ has done His part and He gives, what do we
read here in Ephesians chapter 1 verse 3? What do we read here? Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ. Everything that we
could, we can't even imagine it, but everything has been provided. What God demands, He provides,
and He has demanded that we bow and worship Him, the Lord of
glory, and He provides that to us to worship Him, and as a result,
we get everything that Christ has, and that is every spiritual
blessing. We can hear the Lord speak unto
Levi way back there in the book of Numbers and hear him say,
You will not inherit anything in this land, but I am thy great
reward. I'm thy inheritance. blessed
with all spiritual blessings and in that same chapter in verse
11 it says, chapter one of Ephesians verse 11 it says, in whom also
we have obtained an inheritance being predestinated according
to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel
of his own will. He has given us an inheritance.
Now this inheritance is far It surpasses anything that we can
imagine. I have not been able to read
the verses about heaven and comprehend them like I would like to because
I have a hindrance. I have the flesh. I have the
promise. You know what God told Abraham? God told Abraham, you're going
to have a son and he's going to be the seed to the Messiah. And you know what? God gave him
belief and Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for
righteousness. God gave him the belief that
this is God's purpose. And it counted unto him for righteousness.
He believed what was the impossible. He believed that he as a hundred
years old and his wife at 90 years old could raise up seed.
And yet he believed. And Sarah believes, it tells
us in the book of Hebrews chapter 11, that everything that we have
has been given. Now we are caused to see our
state in these matters, if you turn with me to the book of 1
Corinthians, chapter 4. 1 Corinthians, chapter 4, verse
7. Many years ago, when my printer
was down, I asked Brother Mike to copy this and print it for
me, and it's hanging in my study. So I can look up and see this
and be reminded of this verse of scripture. Here in the book
of 1 Corinthians, chapter 4, and verse 7. To be reminded of
this, Oh Lord, help us from getting haughty. Help us from getting
proud. Help us from looking at things
from a wrong perspective. Help us to look to you. And it
tells us right here, for who maketh thee to differ from another? I think some of you know, maybe
most of you know, that that brother I went to visit passed away while
I was gone. When I heard the news, I said,
you know, even if we are going to get to visit in heaven like
we do here, I'll never see him again. He had a little profession
of faith. Before I was born, he made a
little profession of faith. I never saw him in church one
time growing up. He acted a little religious once
in a while, but he passed away and I'm sure that Well, God doeth
all things well. I trust him with the matter. Who made me to differ? Certainly not me. Left to myself,
I'd be in the same situation he is, depending on a little
profession of faith, and a baptism, and the rest of the stuff that
we all depend on, and earning rewards. being faithful to God
because I want rewards. Well, here it says, who maketh
thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou
didst not receive? What do you have you didn't get?
Someone gave it to you. Someone gave it to you. As he
goes on to say, now, if thou didst receive it, why dost thou
glory as if thou hast not received it? Now that's the state we're
in. Lord, if we have anything, you
gave it to me, because I don't have the intelligence of getting
anything left to myself. As a lost man, as a person without
Christ, we're dead in trespasses and sin, and we have nothing. We have absolutely nothing. The
man that said, You know, I'm going to tear down my barns and
build more and fill them up. That night, his soul was required
of him. And he lift up his eyes in hell
being in torment. And the man that had faith in
Jesus Christ was carried by to Abraham's bosom to heaven. Well, as it tells us here, it's
not us, it's him. Look at with me to the book of
Colossians, the book of Colossians. Colossians chapter three. Colossians
chapter three. As we look at this verse of scripture,
we find the sum and substance that is spoken of by the Lord
to Levi, or Aaron, over there in the book of Numbers, chapter
18, as he came and spoken to him, and he says, you know, I'm
not even sorry about this, but you don't have any inheritance
in the land. I am thy inheritance. Now, to some people, that's just
not enough. I'm sure that there were some
people in that group of Levites who said, that's not enough,
I want something. Well, those who had something
already given to them by the Lord, that was enough to know
that we have Him, and He is our inheritance, and in Him, we have
every spiritual blessing supplied. Well, in the book of Colossians
chapter three and verse 23, the word of God says this, and whatsoever
ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord, and not unto men, knowing
that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance,
for ye serve the Lord Christ." What is the inheritance? The reward of the inheritance. Same thing he said to Abraham
way back in the book of Genesis, I am the exceeding great reward. Every attribute is yours. Every purpose is yours. Every mercy is yours. Every drop
of blood is yours. Every bit of the love of God
is yours. Every bit of hope is yours. Every
bit of sanctification is yours. Every bit of preservation is
yours. Everything belongs to you. I
have given it to you because that is me. I am your exceeding
great reward. Don't look for anything else
because that's a bad sign. And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily. Verse 24 of that passage, knowing
that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance. Before the foundation of the
world, he had purpose to give an inheritance. And all God the
Father had to do is look over here to the Son and see the inheritance.
Every quality of this, my son, is yours. Every bit of his righteousness
is yours. So we come away unscathed. In 1 Peter, Brother Lauren read
this, but I want to read it again in 1 Peter. There in chapter
1, I'll read verses 3, 4, and 5 here. We talk about the inheritance. It does away with rewards. And
even in the book of Revelation, all those crowns are going to
be cast down at His feet anyway. anything that we have. And isn't
it interesting that any work that we do to serve the Lord
out of love follows us. It is not our presentation before
the Lord. Their work shall follow them.
Who's the most important? Him. If He has given us the grace
to serve Him in any capacity, they will follow us. They will
not be the presentation terms. And here in the book of 1 Peter
1, verse 3, blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten
us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
What? The resurrection is yours. The
resurrection of Jesus Christ is yours, all of it. From the
dead to an inheritance. Now this is just speaking about
our Lord. Incorruptible, undefiled, and fadeth not away. I had a
man tell me the other day how much he'd lost in his 401k just
recently. That, you know, we put some money
in there hoping for the best. But it fluctuates so much. I didn't, when I was first in
religion, I didn't even know what $30,000 was. And then Nancy
and I, 10 or 15 years ago, lost $30,000 in a day in a 401. But this, how glorious is this,
to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God
through faith unto salvation. All the keeping of God is yours.
Every spiritual blessing is yours. It belongs to you. God has written
it out. It's an inheritance. He is our
exceeding great inheritance. He is our exceeding great reward.
And he goes on to say here, who are kept by the power of God
through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last
time. You know, all of this is summed
up in what, as we read in the book of Jeremiah as the everlasting
covenant. And we read in the New Testament
about what is in the New Testament is really the everlasting covenant
held up. We know it is new because the
Lord came down and spoke about it, but really He's speaking
about that everlasting covenant. And before we close, would you
turn with me to the book of Jeremiah, chapter 31. Jeremiah, chapter
31. Here in the book of Jeremiah,
so long ago, we get to intercept in this message about the covenant
of grace that God had before the foundation of the world.
It is no wonder he came down to that priest and said, I am
your inheritance. The rest of the people get some
ground. But I'm your inheritance. You'll
not get any ground. But I'm your inheritance. And
here in the book of Jeremiah chapter 31, we read this and
it's quoted twice in the book of Hebrews alone. The sum and
substance of what we read right here. And the sum and substance
of this is what we read there in the book of Numbers chapter
18 and verse 20. I am your reward. I am your inheritance. You will not get what your brothers
get. Well, in that case, I'll take
you. Jeremiah 31, verse 31. Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah. Now, there was a reason for that. It tells us in the book of Hebrews
that it was weak through the flesh. What does that mean? We couldn't keep it. That old
covenant is weak through the flesh. Paul calls it the weak
and beggarly elements, the law of God. Now, he kept it perfectly. His righteousness is imputed
to us. He kept it perfectly, but we
cannot keep it. He says, and I'm going to have
to make another covenant. Now this covenant was not made
on the fly. This covenant was not made as
a reaction. This covenant was the covenant,
the eternal covenant, the blood bought covenant, Covenant of
blood made before the foundation of the world and it's revealed
here. He gave those Israelites the
old covenant. They could not keep it and therefore
he has this to say Not according to the covenant that I made with
their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand To bring
them out of the land of Egypt. That's what we've been reading
in the book of Numbers and which my covenant they break, although
I was a husband unto them, saith the Lord. I cared for them in
every capacity, and yet they could not be faithful to me.
And in the book of Deuteronomy chapter 10, the reason is given,
the Lord said, I never gave you a heart to understand. All right,
let's read on. But this shall be the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith
the Lord." Now, there's two Israels here. There's the old covenant
Israel, and there's the new covenant Israel, and the new covenant
Israel has been around since Abel, around since Adam and Eve. The New Covenant is the covenant
of grace. The New Covenant is the covenant
made between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and
it's irrevocable, and it cannot be defiled. Now, this covenant
was made between God, the heavenly God, and natural man, and they
could not keep it, so therefore, he said, it is null and void. I don't have to keep it any longer.
I am not full. He kept it with them for how
many years and they continued to not be able to keep it. So
he said, this is the covenant that I will make with the house
of Israel after those days saith the Lord. I will, what? I will put my law. in their inward
parts. What's that mean? He's going
to regenerate His people. He's going to give them the Spirit
of Grace. He's going to give them Christ
Almighty. He's going to have all that Christ
had promised to do on their behalf given to them. They couldn't
keep it. They couldn't keep the law in
their natural state. So I must give them regeneration. And then I will put the law in
their inward parts, in their heart. They will love me. What's
he going to say here? I will put the law in their inward
parts and write it in their hearts. Now, one preacher I heard say
this about this passage of scripture. He said, this is what that means.
He said, to God's people, when they hear the word of God and
a passage that they've never been brought to their attention,
and the Holy Spirit reveals it to them, they say, that's right.
That is what that means. And they'll never say, I don't
believe that. Now, the parts that we don't
understand, we will never say, I don't believe it. But the parts
that we do understand, we have to realize they were revealed
to us. And we say, that is right. That's what agrees with everything
else. It's all of grace. I'll put it
in their inward parts and write it in their hearts and will be
their God and they shall be my people. What a glorious. And what did he tell Aaron? I'll be your inheritance. Don't
worry about the property over here now. He'll give us lands
and cattle and all that stuff just for our sojourning here
But this is not our home. We're pilgrims passing through
and what we have is Spiritual blessings and they're in Christ
and then it goes on to tell us in verse 34 and they shall teach
no more His neighbor and every man his brother say and know
the Lord You know who does who teaches that to us? That leper that was sitting blind
Bartimaeus, sitting by outside of the city of Jericho, came
to the Lord alone. Why? Because he knew he could
do something for him. He didn't go to some preacher.
He didn't go to some priest. He didn't go to somebody to raise
his hand or write his name down or have him come forward or come
to an altar. He came to Christ. And that's
where God brings his people. As it says right here, they shall
teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying,
know the Lord, for they shall all know me. That's what happens
in regeneration. They shall know me. They shall
know I am God, and beside me there is none else. They will
not trust in anything else. This is all my salvation, and
this is all my hope, and this is all my inheritance. Now it
does not stop us from serving the Lord, it causes us to serve
the Lord. We delight in it. It's not law,
it's love. It goes on to tell us in that
same verse, from the least of them to the greatest of them
saith the Lord, and what is the conclusion? I will forgive their
iniquity and will remember their sin no more. And the church just
stood up and said, Amen. I'll take that. Reveal to the
church to take that. I will remember your sin no more. I will forgive their iniquity
and will remember their sin no more. All the sin is put away. And we hear Jehovah speak to
Aaron. Aaron, you will not inherit a
thing in their land. I am thy exceeding great reward. And I believe Aaron said, amen. All the king priests of the Lord
do, the church does. Amen. No more works, no more
quibbling over rewards, no more quibbling over this or that.
Jesus is my exceeding great reward. Amen. Brother Mike.