Would you join me tonight in
the book of Zechariah? Zechariah chapter 9, and we're
going to be examining the last verse of that chapter. That verse
of Scripture, chapter 9 verse 17, shares these words. Zechariah chapter 9 verse 17. Now this chapter has been chock
full of rich blessings of Christ. That 9th verse, that we read
in the New Testament, the account of it, just chock full of rich
blessings. And this whole last part, well
the whole book has been just chock full of rich blessings.
But in this verse it says, for how great is His goodness, and
how great is His beauty. Corn shall make the young man
cheerful, and new wine the maids. Well this is a conclusion to
this chapter, And if, and I read a couple other translations and
they leave the two he's out of those verses, out of that verse,
the two he's. Well, I have to go by context. Sometimes that's the only way
that we can answer the question is go to context. So if you'd
look at verse 14 with me, it says, and the Lord shall be seen
over them. Verse 15, the Lord of hosts shall
defend them. Verse 16, and the Lord their
God shall save them. I think it is quite apparent
who the he is in this verse of scripture. Now one of the translations
put capital letters for the he. I think that that would be appropriate.
So, for how great is, excuse me, his, not he, his, how great
is his goodness and how great is his beauty. Now that word
for there gets us to review what has happened before this. Because,
all this other has happened because he, as it says here, how great
is his goodness. and how great is his beauty.
Now the result of that, as we found in other verses of scripture
in this book and in chapter 9, the result of that is abundance.
That's what it means when he says, corn shall make the young
man cheerful and new wine the maids. We're looking at that
from a spiritual application, from a spiritual context. And
we find that those beautiful pictures share with us that in
Christ Jesus, there is an absolute abundance of grace and mercy. There's no shortage. Everybody
is taken care of by the grace of God. Every member of the family
of God, every member of the New Testament church, the Old Testament
church combined into one, is completely and totally inundated
with the blessings of Jesus Christ the Lord. There's no shortage.
So that's what that's telling about, and we'll look at that
a little more. All that has happened before is as a result, all these
blessings that were bestowed in chapter 9 and chapters 1 through
8 up to that point, all of those blessings, all of the grace given,
all of the battles fought and won, All of the righteousness
imputed, all of the rich blessings of salvation by God are because
of what we find here in verse 17. These two phrases that are
presented share with us a great deal about our God. Now this
word goodness here that's mentioned in the first part of verse 17,
this comes to us from, it means a superlative concrete, the best. Absolutely the highest. Concrete. It is in stone. There's no variation
here. There's no variance here when
it comes to the goodness of God. It is the very best. Superlatively
concrete the best. So when we're looking at God,
we're going to find out that we're dealing with the very best
of all spiritual blessings. There is no seeds. There is no grit in the blessings
of the Lord. We're not going to knock out
a tooth when we chew on the grace of God. We're going to be richly
blessed by the grace, the mercy, the characteristics and attributes
of God are going to be a rich blessing. And everything about
salvation is a rich blessing to the believer. As we look at
this, we find that there are a number of examples of this
word used previously in the Old Testament. And one of these examples
has to do with Joseph and his dealing with his family, particularly
his father. So would you join me over in
the book of Genesis chapter 45, as Joseph uses the same Hebrew
word. Now, Joseph was bilingual. Joseph knew Hebrew and he knew
Egyptian. And he knows how to talk to his
brothers, and he knows how to talk to his father, but he also
knows how to talk to the king. Our Lord is a Joseph. He knows us, but he knows the
king. He knows how to present us spotless
before the king, but he also knows how to converse with us,
how to deal with us. So here in the book of Genesis
chapter 45, as as Jacob prepares to move down
to Egypt. Now, you know, I've asked myself,
now, why would God have Jacob and his family move down to Egypt
so that 400 years later he could take them back to the land? You
know, the same question comes up about why did God choose somebody?
It's his business. I have not figured out the reason
yet. But I know the reality of it. They started there. They went
down to Egypt. They spent 430 years down in
Egypt, and 400 years of that was in servitude. so that the word that was given
to Abraham might be fulfilled and that the sin of the Amorites,
the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. Now that's all
God has to say about it. So we're just gonna take that
to the bank. Genesis 45, verses 18 through
23. Genesis 45, verses 18 through
23. Now, Joseph reveals himself to
his brethren, and now he begins to talk about what he is going
to provide for his father. His father is still over in Palestine. His father has not been down
to Egypt. His sons have been down there.
All of them have been down there now. One has been down there
for some time, living down there, and that one required all the
brethren to show up, all the brothers to show up, and so they
do. And here in chapter 45 and verse 18, the scriptures say
this, and take your father and your households and come unto
me and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt. I will
give you the superlative, the best. Now that's what he's gonna
do. He is going to give his family the land of Goshen. He's going
to give them some of the most fertile land, some of the best
land of all, and that you shall eat the fat of the land. And
in verse 19, it shares this. Now thou art commanded, this
do ye, take your wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little
ones and for your wives and bring your father and come. verse 20
and also regard not your stuff for the good of all the land
of Egypt is yours the same word that we found over there in the
book of Zechariah the goodness of his goodness it is superlative
it is the best and here Joseph is doing this for his family
he's giving them the absolute best that there is there is Well,
we read a little later, too, that the Lord blesses them in
special ways. When there's darkness in Egypt,
there is light there. The Lord took care of them in
the land of Goshen, and they had many herds, so they have
grass to feed them. And then it goes on down here,
and it tells us, and the children of Israel did so, and Joseph
gave them wagons according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and
gave them provision for the way. To all of them he gave each man
changes of raiment, But to Benjamin, he gave 300 pieces of silver
and five changes of raiment, because he could and did and
wanted to. Why does God give different gifts
to different people? Because it's his business to
do that. And it's without question from the church. And to his father
he sent after this man are ten asses laden with good things
of Egypt." That word good there is the same word that we find.
He sent him the very best possible. The respect that he had. But
it also shares with us the commentary that we're going to read over
there in the book of Zechariah chapter 9. that when we're dealing
with God, He gives the absolute best. Now, when He gave His Son,
it is the absolute, well, we get to the conclusion of that,
that is the only sacrifice He could give. It's the only thing
that would take care of sin. Jesus Christ is the only Savior. He's the only sacrifice. He is
the only Atonement that there is. God gave the very best. Now, if you'll turn with me,
In the book of Exodus, chapter 33, we have the same word used. It's used in a little different
context, but it's used about God. We find in this passage
of Scripture that Moses desired to see God. No, I think that
is the request of every believer. Show me God. Well, here we are. This is the only place I can
show you God. I had a man tell me the other
day that he was in his room and it was dark, and God spoke to
him verbally. And you know what? This is the
only place. It is in the book. It's in the
Bible. Now how God does that to you
and how God does that to me, that's His sovereign pleasure.
He speaks to us in different ways from different passages
of Scripture. He doesn't just speak from John
3.16. I found out He spoke to me in
the book of Numbers. in various ways. In the book
of Leviticus, he speaks to his people, so that's his pleasure. Well, here in the book of Exodus
chapter 33, Exodus chapter 33 and verse 18, Exodus 33 and verse
18, Moses, he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. Now that is a wonderful request,
but what his expectations were and what God gave him are two
different things. God is going to share with him
that he is, and it is the glory of God, and we delight in this
glory, he is sovereign. He will have mercy on whom he'll
have mercy. That is the glory of God, is
his sovereignty and all the benefits of his sovereignty. Well, and
he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee. I'll make all
my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name
of the Lord before thee, and will be gracious, here's his
goodness, I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and
will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. You know that God
would be gracious and God would be merciful to one person is
all of grace. There is no room around it. We
have no merit in this affair. It is grace. But since we read
that He is going to show mercy and grace to a multitude, we
rejoice. We rejoice in His grace and in
His mercy. He says, I will be gracious and
whom I will be gracious and I'll show mercy to whom I'll show
mercy. It's not up to man. It's not up to you. You know,
I think probably Moses was a little surprised by what God's definition
of goodness was. What God's definition of show
me your glory was. Now just think of that. If you
happen to know anything about the sovereignty of God in salvation,
in this world, in disease, in peril, If you know anything,
you're looking at the goodness of God, that he would reveal
that to you. Goes on to say, and he said,
thou canst not see my face, for there shall no man see me and
live. And the Lord said, behold, there
is a place by me, thou shalt stand upon a rock, and it shall
come to pass while my glory passeth by that I'll put thee in the
cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass
by. And we sing a song about being
placed in the cleft of the rock. And who's that rock? And where
do we find a place to be hid from? In Christ Jesus the Lord. And there alone. We have no place
to hide outside of that. He places us in the cleft of
the rock. Who placed Him there? God placed Him there. God delivered
to him the greatest gift of all. He showed him his goodness. I
will have mercy and I will have grace, but I'll do it to whom
I will. How wonderful that is. And so
another illustration of what that word means. Now this is
the best grace and the best mercy. God is the provider of it. He
is not slack concerning his grace. He's not slack concerning his
mercy. He doesn't have a bad taste hidden. He doesn't put
a sour pill in some applesauce and expect us to take it. It
is gracious grace and it is merciful mercy. And how great is that? Well, let's look again in the
book of the Psalms as we think about this goodness of Him, the
goodness of His mercy, the goodness of God. In the book of the Psalms,
Psalm 25, We are called on here as sinners,
yet mercy has been tendered to us. Mercy has been given. I appreciate. The illustration the Lord shared
with us at a publican in the temple, and God gave him the
grace to say, God, be merciful to me, a sinner. And when that
man walked off, you know what the Lord said about him? Now,
it wasn't because he confessed that. He was only able to confess
this because he was justified. That man went down to his house
justified. Now that's why he confessed,
God be merciful to me a sinner. God be merciful to me a sinner
did not give his justification. But he was justified and God
said this is how a justified person will talk. Read the seventh
and eighth chapter of the book of Romans and you find the apostle
Paul is talking exactly the same way. That's us. That's where
we are in this world. And when God saves us, there
is a conflict that's going to be. Here in the Psalms, Psalm
25, verse 6, it says here, remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and
thy loving kindness, for they have been ever of old before
the foundation of the world be started. God does not change
his mind in time, but he had these characteristics and attributes
before the foundation of the world towards his church. Remember
not the sins of my youth, and please, not the sins of my old
age either, nor my transgressions. According to thy mercy, remember
thou me for thy goodness sake, O Lord. Because of your goodness,
remember me. You are the sovereign God. You're
the savior of your people. And as a result, remember me.
And he goes on to tell us, good and upright is the Lord. Therefore
will he teach sinners in the way. Thank God, around this table
is a group that the Lord will teach. Sinners. He teaches sinners
in the way. Now, we're born that way, we're
going to die that way, but thank God He intervenes with us in
this life and reveals Christ, and now He's going to teach us.
He teaches His people the Word of God. He teaches us about God.
He teaches us about the Son. He teaches us about salvation.
How good is that? It is perfect goodness what God
does for His people. In the 31st Psalm, Psalm 31,
turn there with me if you would. Psalm 31 and in verse 19, Psalm
31 and verse 19 it says, and this is the same word that we
found in number, or excuse me, in the book of Zechariah. Oh
how great is thy goodness. It is superlative, concrete,
the best. Oh, how great is thy goodness,
which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast
wrought for them that trust in thee because of the sins of men. How great is thy goodness, superlative,
beyond compare. That's what we have in this one.
And then over in the book of Isaiah, Isaiah chapter 63, we
have this word used again. Now, when we get to the New Testament,
we find something else about God. It is the goodness. I was
raised in false religion that you had to be beat by the law
until dead, and then God would save you if you cried enough.
The scriptures taught me it is the goodness of God that leads
you to repentance. He allures His people. He allures
His people by His mercy, by His grace, by all of His attributes. He allures His people. Well,
here in the book of Isaiah 63, Isaiah 63, we read these wonderful
words. Verse 7, Isaiah 63 and verse
7, the scripture says, I will mention the loving kindness of
the Lord and the praises of the Lord according to all the Lord
hath bestowed on us, and great goodness toward the house of
Israel." Now he's speaking about the church there. That's where
his goodness is toward. The house of Israel or the church.
Now, he presented that from a human standpoint to national Israel,
and it was not paid any attention to. heeded because they had no heart
to do it. But when it comes to the church...
and thy great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he
hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according
to the multitude of his lovingkindness." Those are some big words that
share that we got a whole lot when God saved us by Christ Jesus. We have his goodness. It is superlative,
concrete, the very best. There is nothing that can be
better than that. It is absolutely the best and
it never gets bad. It always, from our standpoint,
gets better. The grace of God, the goodness
of God gets better over time as we learn, grow in grace and
in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. So this
great goodness towards the house of Israel, to how blessed is
that, that he would be interested in putting his goodness upon
his people. What is that goodness? We found
that that with regard to Moses was, I'll have mercy on whom
I'll have mercy. I will have grace on whom I'll
be gracious. I will, I will. And then, as
we read so often there in the book of Ezekiel, then you'll
know where you really came from when we see His goodness. We
know where we are. And then we thank Him the more
for His grace and His goodness. Well, turn with me, if you would,
to the book of Hosea. Hosea is such an interesting
book. If I ever get through Zechariah,
we might go back to the book of Hosea. There's so much gospel in the
book of Hosea. To have God ask a man to go marry
a woman of ill repute. And that is exactly what God
did when He chose His bride in Christ before the foundation
of the world. They were sinners. And the only way out for them
was to be redeemed. And that's what we find. Alright,
well in the book of Hosea chapter 3. Hosea chapter 3 and verse
5. Afterwards shall the children
of Israel return and seek their God and David their king. Now what encourages that? What
causes anybody to seek God? We read in the book of Romans
chapter 3. We read in the book of Psalms,
Psalm 14. There's none that seeketh after God. There's none that
seeketh after Him. And then we find here, afterward
shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their
God and David their king. Now, they really seek the David,
the real David. The one that David prayed to.
The Lord of David. And shall fear the Lord and His
goodness in the latter days. What day is that? When God's
grace reaches you. When God's mercy reaches you. That's the latter day. It's every
day God saves somebody. That's the latter day. That's
the day that the Lord has bestowed upon us the greatness of His
mercy and grace. And another, I think it's the
very next... Nahum. I should have put my marker
in there for Nahum. Nahum chapter 1. And verse 7. The Lord is good, a stronghold
in the day of trouble, and He knoweth them that trust in Him. What goodness that is that God
would know his people. And he is a stronghold in the
day of trouble. He's a fortress. He wraps around
his children as a hen does wrap itself around its chicks. This
is an illustration that we have with regard to the Lord. So the
Lord is good. Everything he does. You know,
every once in a while I have people say, well, the Lord is
good. Well, he's never been bad. Not once. Has the Lord ever been
bad? He's always good and His goodness
is superlative. It is to the very highest order. It is goodness to the highest
standard, to the highest order. It's God's goodness. It is heavenly
goodness. And another place we want to
look at is there was a man mentioned this in the book of Matthew.
The book of Matthew. They said, good master, Now the
first thing the Lord did, and I've had religious people say,
you see? Right there, the Lord said He
wasn't God. No, that's not what He's talking about. He's not
talking about that. In the book of Matthew, chapter
19, somebody came up to Him and said, in verse 16, Behold, one
came to Him saying, Good Master, what good things shall I do that
I may have eternal life? And the Lord didn't give Him
that. Well, get down on your knees, pray through. He didn't
even say, trust me. He said unto him, why callest
thou me good? Why did you call me good? Now,
if you'd have known the answer to this, you'd have had the secret
to it. But since you don't know the answer to this, why call
me good? There's none good but one, that's God. Now, if you'd
have really known me, you'd have recognized me as that. But since
you didn't, There's a bigger problem here. What good thing shall I do? Now I was asked that today by
a young fella. He said, someone comes to you
and says, what must I do to be saved? I says, I'm sorry, there's
no works in it. There's no works in it. What do you mean, there is no
works in it? When we say, what must I do? We are saying, what
must I do? What kind of work can I do to
be saved? It's of grace. Every bit of it
is of grace. There is no work in it. And the
work, the work of God, over there they came to Jesus and said,
what can we do to do the works of God? And his answer was, the
work of God is that thou shalt believe on me. Now that's God's
work in us to cause us to believe. That's the work of God. It's
not works of God, it's the work of God. And the goodness of God
leads us to that. It's the goodness of God, as
we find over in the book of Romans chapter 2 and verse 4, it's the
goodness of God that leadeth us to repentance. And then we
find out that that repentance was provided to us. It wasn't
ours to begin with. Our repentance is based upon
getting caught. That's all it is. It's human
repentance. When it's given to us, we find
out that we actually changed our mind about the gods that
we did have and turned to the God that gave us repentance. We no longer have any dependence
upon these gods. We are trusting God completely
and totally without reservation. There's nothing else we're going
to trust. and only God can give that to us. So, the goodness
of God leads us to repentance. It's not the law. It's not beating. It is the goodness of God. It's
the gospel. It's the good news. It's the
good news about a savior that actually intended to save people
from their sins. That's the blessed gospel. A redeemer that actually intended
to redeem people from their sins. Now, the next part of that verse
of scripture that we had in the book of Zechariah says how great
is his beauty. How great is his goodness. How great is his beauty. Now,
there's a couple verses that we want to look at here with
regard to his beauty, and one of them is found in the book
of Isaiah chapter 33. Isaiah chapter 33. Another one
is found in the book of the Song of Solomon, and we'll be there
just momentarily. But in Isaiah chapter 33 verse
15, as we think about his goodness, it's the goodness of God that
leads us to repentance. His goodness is declared to Moses,
I will have mercy on whom I'll have mercy. Paul picks this up
in the New Testament in the book of Romans and refers to that
and then goes on to say, and whom I will I harden. Now that's
God's business. I'm just going to let it stand.
I'm going to say that's the scripture. And I'm just going to let it
stand. I'm not going to try to get involved in it. Because God's
business is saving people. And that's what I'm enjoying.
His salvation. Isaiah chapter 33, and there
in verse 15, 16, and 17, it says, he that walketh righteously and
speaketh uprightly, he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, he that
shaketh his hands from beholding of bribes, that stoppeth his
ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing
evil. Every one of those things is brought out in the book of
Romans chapter three. This is just a summation of natural man's
condition, if you please. Over there, talks about blood,
talks about eyes, talks about everything. And then he shall
dwell on a high place of defense, shall he be the munitions of
rocks, bread shall be given him, his water shall be sure, thine
eye shall see the king in his beauty. They shall behold a land
that is very far off. Well, we look into the heavens.
But by faith we see it just as if it was ours. So, look at that
verse 16. He shall dwell on high. His place
of defense shall be munitions of rocks. It has an impregnable
defense. That's what the Lord said. We're
in the Father's hand. I'm in His hand. I'll lose none. The defense is impregnable. Cannot
get to God's people. Now God may permit us to be afflicted,
but you know what? Paul summed it all up when he
said, all of these things fell out for the fervence of the gospel. He was not angry with God. They
fell out for the fervence of the gospel. And then, as it tells
us there, thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty. What
did Job say? Job said, I know my Redeemer
liveth, and on the earth again shall stand. And though the worms
eat my flesh, yet shall I see Him. He had that faith given
to him that he would see the glorious Lord. Now, Job was talking
about the coming of the Lord and the coming of the Lord. You
know, to us in our day, we're looking forward to something
just like Old Testament saints look forward to the Messiah coming.
We're looking for the Messiah coming. We're looking for the
return of Christ. We're looking for Him coming
the second time. We're looking for Him just like
they did. The same faith that they had that the Messiah would
come is the faith given to the children of God today that the
Messiah will come. It's no different. It's by faith. It's not by sight. We, by faith,
trust what He had to say. We will observe this until His
return. The communion. Until He comes
again. Well, turn with me, if you would,
to the book of Song of Solomon. Song of Solomon. In the Song of Solomon, there's
a conversation between The Ladies and the Lady. The Ladies and the Bride of Christ. Here in the Song of Solomon chapter
5, verse 9 and 10. We're not going to read all of
this. This whole chapter is so wonderful,
but notice here in verse 9. The ladies, the daughters of
Jerusalem say, What is thy beloved more than another beloved? O
thou fairest among women, What is thy beloved? Asking the bride,
what is your beloved more than anybody else? What is thy beloved more than
another beloved? Why are you so attached to this
one? Why don't you have this one?
Why don't you have that one? They're all good looking guys. Why don't we have this idol? Or that idol? Or this idol? And she says, this is her answer,
verse 10, my beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among
ten thousand. She knew something about her
beloved just as the church knows something. This one is superlative above a myriad. Not just a thousand. Superlative
of a myriad. John wrote about the Lord when
He beheld His glory. How beautiful that was. And then
it tells us in 1 John, which we have seen with our eyes and
handled. What glory. What beauty He was allowed to
see. What beauty the church is allowed
to see in Christ. That He's more than just a man.
He is the Son of God. It's no wonder that religion
doesn't recognize Him as the Son of God. When God opens their
heart in salvation, they'll understand it completely. They'll have the
belief given to them to know that He is the Son of God, that
He's God the Son. There's no question about it.
And then it tells us over there, and just in the few minutes I
have left, it tells us about the corn shall make the young
man cheerful and new wine the maids. This last part of verse
17, of the book of Zechariah chapter nine declares the results
of God and his salvation as it relates to the elect. There is
spiritual abundance. That's what that corn and that
wine talks about. There's a verse of scripture
that we read not too long ago over in the book of Amos that
shares with us much about this. Amos chapter nine. Amos 9, verse 13. Now here's
an illustration of abundance that the Lord gave the church
in the Old Testament. The preacher Amos presented this
to his congregation. The preacher Amos presented this
to the church in the Old Testament and said, this is abundance.
This is what it is like that all of the men are satisfied
with the corn and all the maids with the new wine. It's not that
they're going to get drunk and it's not that they're going to
just have corn. It's a speaking about the abundance of the mercy
of God. If If God would give His Son,
wouldn't He give us all things? That's what Paul mentions in
the book of Romans. So here in the book of Amos chapter 9 and
verse 13, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman
shall overtake the reaper. What is that talking about? if
you've ever done any farming, and your crop is so good that
you're reaping, and right behind you is the plow to redo the ground. There is so much abundance that
the plow is overtaking the reaper. Well, you're going to have to
stop a bit. We've got some to reap. What's that mean? There's
so much being harvested. And then it goes on to tell us,
and the treader of the grapes have that soweth the seed. We
can't take care of it quick enough. The abundance of the mercy of
God, the abundance of every spiritual blessing is overwhelming. When
we think we've come to the end of it, it is an abundance again. Grace and much more grace. Mercy and much more mercy. Love
and much more love. There's no end to it. That's
the illustration that he's making over here in the book of Zechariah
chapter 9. God's spiritual blessings to
his church is an overabundance. There is no lacking. There's no starving. There is
not like the times when Israel was under siege and they were
buying unedible stuff for a great deal of money. That's not the
way it is in the kingdom. In the kingdom of God, there
is no money to buy it and it's overabundant. It's so rich and
glorious. And over there in the book of
Romans chapter eight, Romans chapter eight and verse 32, we
have this brought out with regard to the Lord. He is our abundance. Oh my goodness, we never come
to the end of the many blessings that Christ has provided to the
church. We grow in grace and in the knowledge, and that's
on a daily basis. We go back to the scriptures.
We're reminded constantly about the gospel as it's found in the
scriptures. And here in the book of Romans
chapter eight, and there in verse 32, how glorious is this? It says in verse 32, he that
spared not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, all that he
intended to save, how shall he not with him also freely give
us all things? No lack, no lack. Look behind you, the plow's right
behind you. There's such an abundance of groceries, spiritual blessings. Who shall lay anything to the
charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies. How
great is that? That is this freely given things of the Lord
is to find out that we're justified and we're justified by God and
nobody can lay a charge to us. And then who is he that condemn
us? You know, we may take a knack at that once or twice a day,
but the Lord doesn't. It is Christ that died, yea rather,
that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who
maketh intercession for us. And then he goes on with that
beautiful statement made in the last part of this chapter eight
about his abundant mercy, abundant grace to the church, how this
is. So, The young men shall have
all the corn they want, and the ladies all the new wine, and
the church together will have every spiritual blessing in Christ
Jesus. No lack. The only lack is us. Boy, sometimes we take a beating. We beat ourselves. But all the
spiritual blessings that fall out from heaven. And I used to
hear, The Lord's going to send the rain of blessings, just put
me under a drip. Well, it's bigger than just a single drip. It's
everything God has for His people. Time and eternity are given to
us. We have this life to discover
some of it, and eternity to discover the rest. What blessings. So,
as we find, looking back at that passage of Scripture in the book
of Zechariah, just one more time, as we close this wonderful chapter
of the Gospel of Zechariah, for how great is his goodness. He's like Joseph, giving the
very best. And how great is his beauty.
Oh, anybody that knows says he's one among a thousand. There's
nothing like him. Corn shall make the young men
cheerful and new wine the maids, and the spiritual blessings are
overwhelming. We cannot come to the end, we
cannot wear it out, we cannot. It is the blessings of God to
the church. Now, Lord willing, we'll pick
up with chapter 10 next week. Ask ye of the Lord, rain in the
time of the latter rain, so the Lord shall make bright clouds
and give them showers of rain to everyone grass in the field.
Some more about the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank
you for joining us and pray for us. Remember these requests in
prayer too.