Numbers chapter 11, and I'd like
to begin reading with verse 6. We're going to read down through
several of these verses of scripture and make some comments as we
go. We'd like to entitle our message this morning, Is His
Hand Short? Is His Hand Short? We heard read
in that passage of scripture from the book of the Psalms,
Psalm 78, that it was the children of Israel that limited
God. They're the ones that limited
God. God is never limited except in our own thoughts about Him.
Here in the book of Numbers chapter 11 and verse 6 we read about
the manna. Now that 78th chapter, 78th psalm
is much about this historical event and the spiritual implications
of this physical event about the giving of manna and of the
giving of quail. Here in verse six, but now our
soul is dried away. There is nothing at all besides
this manna before our eyes. You know, down through the centuries
and even during the times of the Lord Jesus here in his personal
ministry, we hear people at the side saying almost this very
same thing. Is this all there is? We hear
these same words, there's nothing at all besides this man and there's
nothing. This one is telling us he's the
Christ, but surely he is mistaken. We know his brothers, and we
know his sisters, and we know his mother, and we know his father,
and we know where he was born, and also we be not born of fornication. Insinuating that his mother gave
birth to him out of wedlock. Well, it goes on to tell us here
in verse 7 of this about the manna, a brief description, the
manna. And the word manna means what
is it? That was the first thing that the children of Israel said
when this was provided to them. And we almost could hear say
in the time of the Lord Jesus, who is this? Who is this? Who is this usurper? Who's coming
and preaching these messages? Who's telling us these things?
Just as we heard this morning, those that trusted in themselves. What a slap in the face to everyone
that has ever been born of Adam. What a slap. Who have trusted
in themselves that they're doing a good enough job to satisfy
God. Who is this? the manna was as
corander seed and the color thereof was the color of medillium. Now
will you keep your finger there for just a moment and turn back
with me to the book of exodus. The book of exodus chapter 16
we have some further description about what this manna was like.
Now there's no way in this world that we know exactly what it
was like because it speaks so highly of the person Christ Jesus. Great is the mystery of godliness. Great is the mystery of God. Great is the mystery of Christ.
Great is how he could be God come in the flesh. Here in the
book of Exodus chapter 16, We notice here in verse eight,
let's read verse eight first of all, and then we're gonna
drop down to verses 14 and 15. In Exodus chapter 16, verse eight,
and Moses said, this shall be when the Lord shall give you
in the evening flesh to eat and in the morning bread to full,
for that the Lord heareth your murmurings, which you murmur
against him, and what are ye? Your murmurings are not against
us. but against the Lord. What was
it that we hear a prophet say about a king? You have not rejected
me from ruling over you, but you've rejected God from ruling
over you. How is that with us as natural
men about God's work and mystery of work in our lives? And then
drop down if you would, into the verse 14 and 15 of this 16th
chapter of the book of Exodus. And when the dew that lay had
gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a
small round thing, as small as hoarfrost on the ground. Now
this is, you pick it up and look at it, it's a small round thing. Now there's something about the
description of this being a round thing that speaks of the infinity
of our God, the infinity of the Lord, the past, present, and
future of our Lord. We have this in symbol form,
and it goes on to tell us, and when the children of Israel saw
it, they said one to another, it is manna. for they wist not
what it was. And Moses said unto them, this
is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. Now remember
last time we were here, we spoke about there in John chapter six,
about this bread that came down from heaven and your fathers
ate it. And what happened to them? They
died. But I am the true bread that
came down from heaven. I am the bread of life. I'm the
bread that can give eternal life to you. So this bread came down
from heaven. It was not something that they
manufactured. It was not something that they
gardened. It was not something that they produced on their own.
It was something that God gave them from above and yet Eating
it was not going to satisfy the spiritual needs, only Christ
can do that. So we have a description here
and how it speaks of our Lord. Now, if you'll go back with me
to the book of Numbers there, in verse 8, it tells us there
what they did with this manna. This is how they prepared the
cakes that they ate. This is how they prepared the
food that lasted them all through 40 years of wilderness wandering. It prevented them from getting
sick. It prevented them from losing their teeth. It prevented
them from all the things that the lack of proper food will
do. They had the perfect food, manna, this food from heaven,
this food of God, and this is how they prepared it. Now when
they came to prepare it, They are truly speaking of how the
Lord Jesus Christ and the Lord is going to be a benefit to us. It is not enough that God loved
the world. There must be something else
happen because the love of God cannot take care of the sin that
we have. There must be payment for that
and love will not pay for sin. Just having God love us is not
enough. We must have him die for us. We must have him crushed for
us. We must have him beat for us.
We must have justice meted out. God must mete out justice in
his son or there will be no salvation for anyone. Love is not enough. it does not pay for sin. All right, notice here in verse
8, and the people went about and gathered it, now notice what
happened, this is how they prepared it for their cakes, and ground
it in mills, it must be broken, it must be crushed, it must have
this happen, not much bread is made by whole kernel grain, It
must be broken. It must be crushed. It must be
made into flour or meat in a mortar. It can be
crushed. It can be ground in mills or
beat in a mortar. Now we've all seen those. Pharmacists
used to use them to make the medicines that were given, and
I've noticed they're on the shores of Goose Lake where I grew up.
The Indians left behind there many of their mortars and their
pistols. They would beat that stuff that
they were going to make into their flour, but it had to be
broken, it had to be crushed. My friends, the Lord Jesus Christ
came down to the sin-cursed earth for one purpose, and that was
to redeem his people. And the only way he could redeem
his people was to be crushed and broken. Isaiah 53 shares
a great deal about that, and then the very crucifixion that
Christ went through. My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me? What is he saying? I am grain
being pulverized. I am manna being broken. It goes
on to tell us here, beat it in a mortar and then it must be
baked in pans and make cakes of it and the taste of it as
the taste of fresh oil. Now that means it's the best
you've ever eaten. This is delicious. He didn't
make something for them. He didn't give them manna that
was like turnip greens. He didn't give them manna that
was so detestable to the taste. He gave them manna that was ground
or pounded or pulverized and made into cakes that was delicious. And my friends, if you've ever
tasted Christ, He is delicious. He is wonderful. He is not out
after us to beat us down. He's out to lift us up. He is
delicious. He's better than we deserve by
a long shot. So it was delicious. The taste was delicious. And
you know, the next day when they went out and got it and brought
it in and beat it, you know what the taste was like again? It
was delicious. The taste never wore out. But the taste buds The taste
buds. Now, they had problem with this.
Their natural inclination towards this was they, we're going to
find out here in the book of Numbers, they loathed it. You know, there's nothing worse
on natural man's pride than to hear that it's worth nothing. There's nothing worse on our
works is to find out they're not of any value. It is only
Christ and Him crucified that is of value, and He alone has
that taste that will satisfy for eternity, to taste that He
is gracious. How glorious is that? And then
in verse 9, And when they drew and fell upon the camp in the
night, And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the
manna fell upon it. Then Moses heard the people weep
throughout their families." What are they weeping about? They're
murmuring. You know, the other day I heard
a message, a pastor that's down in Australia. I heard him on
a sermon or on he was on live stream I was listening to and
he brought up that word murmuring and he said this comes to us
from a word that the doves do. Have you ever heard a bunch of
doves? That's murmuring. Murmuring,
saying the same thing over and over again, and usually it's
in complaint. Where's the food? Where's the
food? There was a movie I watched one time. It was an animation.
There was one part in it I really liked. That's what the seagulls
say when they're always speaking. Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine. Murmuring. They murmur, and it
is brought to the attention of Moses. And Moses does what we
should do when we are brought murmuring. Now, there's one thing
to murmur about things, and there is another thing to murmur to
God about God. In our natural state, that's
what we do. God is not right in this manner. I can just hear that Pharisee
You know, I've heard the message, but it's not right. And what
I have to say is more correct. I fast and all those other things
that were brought out there this morning. So here we read these
words. Moses heard the people weep throughout
their families and every man in the door of his tent. And
the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly. Moses also was displeased. And Moses said unto the Lord,
wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? Wherefore have I
found favor in thy sight that thou layest the burden of all
this people upon me? Have I conceived all this people? Now, there's a wonderful thing.
The Lord never complained about his ministry or mission in this
life. never complained he never murmured
we as humans even the best sometimes murmur but it's one thing to
take our murmuring to the lord and it's another thing to murmur
about the lord when shall i have flesh to give unto all this people
for they weep unto me saying give us flesh that we may eat
I am not able to bear all these people alone because it is too
heavy for me. And if thou deal thus with me,
kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in
thy sight, and let me not see my wretchedness. And the Lord
said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders
of Israel, whom thou knowest to be elders of the people, and
officers over them, bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation,
that they may stand with thee. Now the Lord is going to bless
here with 70 people that are going to help Moses with the
problems that he faces. And he's going to bring up their
600,000 soldiers. 600,000 soldiers. So there's going to be mothers,
fathers, children, Husbands are I mean wives and
the elders so two to three million people We're talking about here
when it comes to feeding them and I will come down and talk
with him That's what the Lord said with thee and I'll take
of the spirit which is upon thee and we'll put it upon them and
they shall bear the burden of the people with thee and thou
shall bear it not Thyself alone and I say unto thou unto the
people sanctify yourselves against tomorrow and it shall and you
shall eat flesh for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord saying
who shall give us flesh to eat for it was well with us in Egypt
therefore the Lord will give you flesh and you shall eat ye
shall not eat one day nor two days nor five days neither ten
days nor twenty days and But even a whole month, until it
come out of your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you, because
that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, have wept
before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? And Moses
said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen,
and thou hast said, I will give them flesh. that they may eat
a whole month, shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them
to suffice them? Or shall all fish of the sea
be gathered together for to suffice them? And the Lord said unto
Moses, is the Lord's hand wax short? Thou shalt see now whether
my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. And Moses went out
and told the people the words of the Lord, and gathered the
seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round
about the tabernacle. And the Lord came down in a cloud,
and spake unto him, and took the Spirit that was upon him,
and gave it to the seventy elders. And it came to pass, that when
the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not
cease. And there remained two of the
men in the camp. The name of the one was Ildad,
and the name of the other was Midad. And the Spirit rested
upon them, and they were of them that were written. went not out
unto the tabernacle, and they prophesied in the camp. And there
ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Ill dad and me dad
do prophesy in the camp. And Joshua the son of Nun, the
servant of Moses, one of the young men, answered and said,
My Lord Moses, forbid them. And Moses said unto him, envious
thou for my sake, when God of all the Lord's people were, I
would, God of all the Lord's people were prophets, and that
the Lord would put his spirit upon them. And Moses got him
into the camp, and he and the elders of Israel. And there went
forth the wind from the Lord, and brought the quails from the
sea. and let them fall by the camp that were a day's journey
on this side and a day's journey on the other side, and round
about the camp, and they were two cubits high upon the face
of the earth." I can't imagine. I've shot quail
all my life, but I've never seen them like that. It tells us here
that there was enough, that there was a day's journey on that side
of the camp and on that side of the camp. And they were, what? Two cubits deep. Six feet deep. Is the Lord's hand short? There are four verses I'd like
to return to and then spend some time on this subject. Is the
Lord's hand short? Now all of this happened as a
result of bitterness, murmuring, complaining by the children of
Israel. And we find out in the book of Hebrews that most of
those people had no knowledge of Almighty God. Most of those
people had no knowledge about salvation. They had no knowledge
of the new birth. They were Israelites in name. They were not Israelites in heart. Who is a true Israelite is brought
out in the book of Romans by the Apostle Paul, but the one
that Christ has given the new birth to. That is the true Israelite. Well, here, if you'd read with
me in verse 13 of this long reading that we made today, in verse
13, this is brought up. Moses says this, which should
I have flesh to give unto all this people? How in the world
can I provide flesh for all these people? For they weep unto me,
saying, Give us flesh that we may eat. And in verse 18, if
you'd stop there with me, And say thou unto the people, Sanctify
yourselves against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh. For ye
have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give
us flesh to eat? And then if you go down to verse
21, and Moses said, this, the people among whom I am are 600,000
footmen. And thou hast said, I will give
them flesh that they may eat a whole month. And in verse 23,
and the Lord said unto Moses, is the Lord's hand wax short? Thou shalt see now whether my
word shall come to pass unto thee or not. Is the power of the Lord diminished? I tried to look up the third
law. I couldn't remember whether it's
the second law or the third law of thermodynamics. But one of
those laws tell us that everything wears out. Our cars wear out. We wear out. Apples rot. Pluck them. They soon rot. Peaches
rot. It's just the nature of things. They wear out. And it seems like
here in these early days after the children of Israel had departed
and seen such great wonders in Egypt, they were the witnesses
of the great wonders in Egypt that God spoke about. It seems
like that the Lord is on either the second or the third law of
thermodynamics right out here in the Sinaitic Peninsula. He's
wearing out. How can he provide for us? And Moses thinks about that. You know, I'm so thankful, but
for the church, the Lord answers for us. I'm thankful for the
church that the Lord intercedes for us. I'm thankful for the
church that he brings our petitions before him. We know not how to
pray as we ought, but he is able to take that and present it before
the throne of grace faultless. He is able to take care of our
prayers. He's able to take care of our
life. He's able to take care of us. And here we find he isn't
wearing out. He is as the power of God has
never diminished. The more it is exercised, the
more there is, it seems like. And so we find that this omnipotence
of God never wears out. There's never a thin time with
God. There's never a short time with
God. There's never a bleak time with God. He is always as powerful
as he's always been, and that is omnipotent. There's no measure
to it. Turn with me if you would to
the book of Genesis Chapter 18 for just a moment. Over in the
book of Genesis Chapter 18, In Genesis chapter 18, God is dealing
with his servant Abraham, and he has promised that Abraham
would have a descendant. Now, Abraham took care of it
one time by saying, my ward here, my friend here, the one I've
adopted into my family, he'll be my descendant. And the Lord
says, no, you're going to have a descendant. Well, Abraham got
to thinking about that again. He says, well, and his wife said,
take my handmaid and raise up seed. I can't bear children.
And so he did that. And then the Lord said, no, no,
that's not it. You know, that is brought up
a number of times throughout the scriptures about humans taking
care of the business of God. And it's never right. And this
one that was brought up is a picture of the flesh persecuting the
children of God. Well, God says here in the book
of Genesis chapter 18 and verse 14, I'm gonna do something and
my hand is not slack and my hand is not short. I will do what
nobody else could ever do. Here in the book of Genesis chapter
18 and verse 14 is anything He brings this up to Abraham
and to Sarah. Is anything too hard for the
Lord? Now, it is impossible for the
God to do some things. The scriptures tell us it is
impossible for God to lie. That's impossible. He doesn't
lie. It is impossible for God to sin. It is impossible for
God to be like we are, sinners. But everything else is possible. Here it says here, is anything
too hard for God? At the time appointed, I will
return unto thee according to the time of life, and Sarah shall
have a son. Now the problem that Sarah faced
is she's 90 years old. And the problem that Abraham
faced was he's 100 years old. And yet the Lord said, My hand
is not short." Now when he's talking to Moses over there and
all the children of Israel over there, he said, what I have said
I will accomplish. I have purposed it and it shall
be done. Turn with me just a little further
if you were Over there in the book of, we heard this read,
but there's a commentary on Numbers chapter 11, and that's found
in the book of the Psalms. I'd like to read that one verse
of scripture, verse 41 of Psalm 78. Psalm 78, Brother Craig read this. I just
want to emphasize one verse of that, and that is, who limits God? Psalm 78, verse 41. Dominic, would you put your phone
on mute? Psalm 78, verse 41. Yea, they turned back and tempted
God. Now notice these words, and limited. Where is the limit? Where is
the limiting of God? Right here. How many times have you heard,
my God would never do that. Where is the limit? We limit.
Now, it's only in our head that we do it. We're not limiting
God. God is omnipotent. He will never be limited. He
will never be brought small. He will never turn out little.
He will always be the almighty God. But the limit is in our
thought of Him. The limit is in our perception
of Him. And by nature, we're born with
a very small perception of God. I must submit my will to him
before he can do anything to me and it is absolutely contrary
to what the scriptures teach us and absolutely contrary to
the way that God saves his people. He is the one that is made that
has a will and he will perform it and he makes us willing in
the day of what? His power. Not our power. If it was left up to us, there
would be nobody saved ever. It shares there in that verse
of scripture, and limited the Holy One of Israel. Israel was
the ones that were limiting God in their own mind and in their
own thoughts, but God would never be limited. Turn with me, if
you would, over to the book of Isaiah, chapter 50, where it
shares with us that the Lord's hand is not short. It is not
slack. He will perform his business
every day of this world. In the book of Isaiah, chapter
50, Isaiah chapter 50, there is no limit about God. He shared
with Israel, my hands are not short, I will perform my own
purpose. Here he shares that continuously
throughout the scriptures. We're not dealing with a God
that can't do something, we're dealing with a God that is able
to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think.
Ask or think, we can't even imagine the greatness of our God. Here
in the book of Isaiah chapter 50, and there verses 1 and 2,
Isaiah 50 verses 1 and 2, the scripture says, Thus saith the
Lord, where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I
have put away? Or which of my creditors is it
to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have
you sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother
put away. Wherefore, when I come, where
Was there no man? When I called, was there none
to answer? Is my hand shortened at all that
I cannot redeem? Is my purpose to redeem shortened
by you? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke, I dry up
the sea. I make the rivers a wilderness.
Their fish stinketh because there is no water, and dieth for thirst. At my rebuke I do this. We have a remnant according to
the election of grace, and they're the ones that get the water,
and the rest, he says, I harden. Turn with me, if you would, just
a little further here in the book of Isaiah, as we read more
about his hand is not short. He's gonna provide six feet deep,
That for a day's walk and that for a day's walk of quail for
these people. His hand is not shortened. And
when it comes to our salvation, there's nothing lacking, does
nothing short. He's all powerful in our salvation
and our deliverance. And he is able to keep us from
falling. He's able to deliver us spotless. Here in the book of Isaiah chapter
59, The scriptures share this to our great rejoicing. Behold, the Lord's hand is not
shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy that he
cannot hear. His hand is not shortened. You
know, we used to have a friend that I don't know what happened,
but he had a birth defect and he had just little flippers.
You know, there's a lot of things you can't do. I'm thankful for the length of
my arms. I used to be able to hold sheetrock to the ceiling
so Mike could come along with a screw gun. And now that same thing as people
are saying, God's arms are just too short. He just can't reach
us. He can't do what he needs to
do. And hear the Lord's cries out.
Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities
have separated between you and your God, and your sins have
hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands
are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips
have spoken lies, and your tongue hath muttered perverseness. And
who's he talking to? Israel. and everybody else that
hears these words. This is the problem. We're the
problem. He's not the problem. He's not
short that he cannot save. His ears are not heavy that he
cannot hear. But the only shortness and the
only hearing problem is on our side of the line. Because by
nature, we cannot and will not trust a God that is all-saving. We need a God that we can manipulate. Turn with me, if you would, into
the book of Matthew. Matthew chapter 19, a discussion
about people being saved that are rich. Well, there's two kind
of riches mentioned in the scriptures, those who have lots of gold and
those who have a lot of self-righteousness. The Lord mentions this in the
book of Matthew chapter 19. Turn there with me if you would,
Matthew chapter 19, and there in verse 23. Matthew chapter
19 and verse 23, Then said Jesus unto his disciples,
verily, verily, verily I say unto you that a rich man shall
hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. Now, the only way
that a rich man can enter is when God intervenes. But he tells
us in the book of Romans, he said, not many rich, not many
wise. You know who God saves? Sinners. Unwise sinners, unable sinners,
sinners. Goes on to tell us here, and
again I send to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom
of God. Now I read a book one time that explained that by saying
that there was a door in the walls of Jerusalem called the
eye of a needle. And that if a camel came up late
at night, you had to get off of it and he could scoot through
there if he worked hard enough and get inside. That's exactly
opposite of what the Lord is telling us here. I don't care
if there was a door in the walls of Jerusalem called the eye of
a needle. He's not talking about that. He's talking about what
we have used to put a thread through. And it doesn't matter
whether it's one of those needles that they used to sew up sacks
of grain with. It's still impossible to get
a camel to go through it. It is impossible. He goes on
to say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. There
is no way it is going to happen unless God intervenes. It doesn't
matter whether we are rich or poor. It doesn't matter whether
we're male or female. It doesn't matter whether we're
bond or free. It is impossible for us to ever
come to God unless he does the work first. When his disciples
heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, who then can
be saved? And Jesus beheld them and said
unto them, who can provide enough food for all these folks? Who
can be saved? If that's the case, we've heard
all our life there is a door over there. And if you're a good
Jew and worked hard and paid your tithes and did your prayers
and did all that, you'll be okay. And you're telling us it's an
impossibility. Well, it goes on to tell us,
but Jesus beheld them and said unto them in verse 26, with men,
this is impossible. If I didn't have that screen,
I would put a line on it. It's impossible. With Moses feeding
that host, it is impossible. With the people of Israel feeding
themselves, it is impossible. Nobody can create quail. God
alone can do that. Nobody can create food. God alone
can do that. And nobody can create salvation. God alone can do that. And here
he said, with men it is impossible. Let me carry that just a step
further. With women it is impossible.
There is no possibility. But it goes on to say, but with
God all things are possible. It is he that makes us both to
will and to do of his good pleasure. It is not in us to do that. Those children of Israel were
just as impossible for them to create food for themselves as
anything else. They could not do it, and Moses
could not do it. But who sent it? God Almighty
from heaven, bread from heaven, and flesh from heaven. Turn with
me just a little further over here in the book of Luke chapter
1. Luke chapter 1, we find Mary
the mother of Jesus having this comment. Mary the mother of Jesus had
to be a very gracious woman. To do what she did, to put up
with the ridicule that she put up with, to realize that she
was the vessel to bring the Messiah in the world. I'll put up with
this. Here it tells us that in the
sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto the city
of Galilee named Nazareth. Now that's six months after Elizabeth
is carrying John, the cousin, to a virgin, a spouse to a man
whose name was Joseph of the house of David, and the virgin's
name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her
and said, hail, thou art highly favored. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was
troubled at his saying and cast her mind what manner of salutation
this should be. And the angel said unto her,
fear not, Mary, for thou has found favor with God. Now, it
wasn't because she was good. It was because God is good. Grace
is not because we did something good. Grace is because God did
something good. And behold, thou shalt conceive
in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name
Jesus. And if we went over to the book
of Matthew, we'd find out, because he shall save his people from
their sins. and he shall be great and shall
be called the son of the highest and the Lord God shall give unto
him the throne of his father David and he shall reign over
the house of Jacob forever and his kingdom shall be no end then
said Mary unto well she understood who that was that's a messiah
and she said Mary said unto the angel how shall this be seen
i know not a man and the angel answered and said unto her The
Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest
shall overshadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing
which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And
behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son
in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was
called barren. For with God nothing shall be
impossible. I can cover that area with six
feet of quail if that's what I desire to do. And if I desire
to have a virgin conceive and bear a son, that's what I'm going
to do. And if I want a 90-year-old woman
to bear a son, that's what I will do. And if I want to save my
people from their sins, that is what I'm going to do. And
nothing shall restrain me or say unto me, what are you doing? Hebrews chapter 7 would you turn
there with me Hebrews chapter 7 The results of this almighty
power of God is to the benefit of the church Hebrews chapter
7 verse 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them. Now I love that. That's a delightful
passage of scripture. To save them. He is able to save
them. But read the next phrase. To the uttermost. He will save them completely.
He will save them absolutely. He will save them for his own
glory and his own purpose. He was able to save them to the
uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth
to make intercession for them. If we come any other way, there
is no to the uttermost. If we come in our own works,
there's not to the uttermost. Any other way, there's not to
the uttermost. It is only to come to God by
Jesus Christ. He's promised to save to the
uttermost. And finally, if you'd look with
me little book of Jude, only one chapter but full and running
over. Doesn't matter whether you have
a four-quart pan or a 24-quart pan, if you fill it full of water
it's full and running over. In the book of Jude verse 24,
notice this with me, just think about six feet of quail poured
down on this earth for those Israelites because they wanted
flesh. Moses couldn't provide it, There's
600,000 footmen here. What are you talking about? There's
not enough flocks and herds to feed these folks. That's what
he confessed. We don't have enough meat. The children of Israel. Is God
able to do that? And God said, is my hand short? And he shows us throughout the
scriptures that his hand is not short. Here in the book of Jude,
verse 24, now unto him that is able to keep you from falling
and present you faultless. Now that's an omnipotent God.
His omnipotence, His all-powerfulness is able to present the church
spotless. And we hear echo down through
the time, through the scriptures about everyone God ever saved,
just as that publican said to himself, God be merciful to me,
the sinner. That's who he saves. And then
he says, he'll present all of them spotless faultless before
the presence of his glory with exceeding joy." Now when God
provided all those quail over there, we read just a little
further, he is pretty wroth with their murmuring. But you know what? When he presents
the church spotless, when he presents the church faultless,
it's going to be with great joy. Is the Lord's hand short that
He cannot save? No. He will save all those that
come unto God by Christ Jesus. All sinners He will save. He
will save them to the uttermost. And then He will present them
gloriously in that day at the throne of grace with great joy.