The Gospel According to Zechariah.
We're going to be in chapter 9. And this verse 9, we've been
looking at it for some time. It is certainly a pivotal passage
of scripture in the book of Zechariah. It is mentioned four different
times in the New Testament, each of the Gospels. It's mentioned
And it shares with us this wonderful information about the message
of grace to the church. Grace is the only thing that
can truly cause us to rejoice. And that's to rejoice in God
our Savior, to rejoice in the Lord Jesus Christ, to rejoice
in what He has done on the behalf of the church. And He's done
it completely successful. And it says, Rejoice greatly,
O daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Truly, as we look at the Lord
Jesus Christ and His ministry on our behalf, we have much to
rejoice in and we have much to shout about, and that is in His
person, work, and ministry. And then it says, Behold, thy
King cometh. From reading the book of Zechariah
and reading about the times of the book of Zechariah, it appears
that there was a lot of stuff going on at this time. So we
find that what an encouragement it was, no doubt, to the believers
in that day and in that time when this gospel preacher preached
this message and shared with the people Behold thy king cometh
to have knowledge that this king that has been promised from the
very beginning had been promised from the book of Genesis and
the church after they're regenerated realized that this promise was
made in the covenant of grace before the foundation of the
world that there is a king and and he is going to come to his
people, he's coming unto thee. Now it's so much better to find
out that the king thy king is coming. Not just a king is coming,
but thy king is coming. So the church has a king, and
this king comes for his people, and he comes for his people in
a way that they're unable to provide for themselves. He is
the only one that can make reconciliation for his people. In order to have
this kind of relationship, thy king cometh, The only way that
we can have that kind of relationship is that God has taken care of
every issue that prevented God's fellowship with the church. Now,
sometimes we hear people saying, our fellowship with God. Well,
really, it's God's fellowship with us. We have no fellowship
at all. God does not have fellowship
with us outside of Christ. And when we're in that state
of sin, we're in a state of unregeneratedness, uh... god has issues but he has
taken care of all those issues and he has taken care of the
issues that we are unable to take care of on our own and it
is described in this manner in this verse thy king has two high
qualifications notice that with me here thy king cometh unto
thee now notice this first qualification that he has he is just and then
it says and having salvation What two great qualifications
that we find with regard to the king of the church, the king
of his people, the king of righteousness, this king, the Lord Jesus Christ. And this certainly is included
in the greatest news that we could ever hear in our life.
And that is in the gospel that this king, the ruler of heaven
and earth is coming to his people. and that he is just and he has
salvation. This thought of being just, the
word is an adjective meaning just
or righteous and if someone or something is considered to be
just or righteous because of conformity to a given standard. Now when we read about the Lord
Jesus Christ, He has a righteousness, He has a justness about Him that
is in His very being. He is impeccable in His very
being. There was nothing in him that
was not impeccable. He is without sin. It is also
often applied to God, who is the ultimate standard. If there
ever was any other way, it would have to be that we would meet
the standard of God. We would meet the standard of
Christ. Now, you know, we may think that
we're going to meet that standard in our religion, but when God
saves us, we find out just how far short we have fallen of the
standard and how great a standard Christ has with regard to the
church. Now he has a standard about him
and that his righteousness he's just and he has the ability because
of his great power and his great ability to do this to impute
that righteousness to our behalf to us to grant it to us to give
it to us all of that great flawless nature imputed to us this He
is incapable of wrongdoing, and he speaks so clearly here of
our dear Savior, the Lord Jesus. Turn with me, keep your finger
right there, but turn with me to the book of Hebrews, if you
would, Hebrews chapter 4. Hebrews chapter 4, we find out
much about, or the book of Hebrews complete, we find much about
our Savior. But here in Hebrews chapter 4, we have this wonderful
verse about our Savior, the Lord Jesus, that He is just. He is the standard. He hasn't met the standard. He
is the standard. He is the standard of righteousness. He is the standard of impeccability. He is the standard of sinlessness. It's just hard for me to get
my mind around this because I am in sin. I was conceived in sin. I lived in sin. I was a sinner
in every capacity. And then to read about this one
who came in among us and settled among us for a season among humanity
and was without sin of any kind whatsoever from eternity to eternity. It's, well, it just turns out
it's great news for us that there's someone that has that ability
and he has that ability to take his righteousness and put it
to our account to impute it to us. Well, here in the book of
Hebrews chapter 4 and there in verse 4 15 it says for we have
not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feelings
of our infirmities. He's saying I Was visiting with a fellow
today and his wife has been very ill. She has a number of problems
health-wise and I I said, you know, it'd be easy for me to
say I understand how you feel but I can't and I cannot understand
how he feels in that situation. I can empathize with you, but
I've never been there. So I'm thankful that the Lord
Jesus can empathize with us. In fact, he can feel as we feel
because he has been among us. he has been among sinful people
he knows what it is so he says he really can know the feelings
of our infirmities he's been touched by them but was in all
points tempted like as we are but the great qualification about
this yet without sin so this king has promised to come and
in reality he came to Abel He came to Adam and Eve. He came
to Noah. He came to Moses. He came to
everyone that he's ever saved. He's came as a king, just, righteous,
impeccable, without sin, and able to impute to his people
his perfection, his sinlessness, accredited to our account. He's
yet without sin. This is such a blessing about
him. We know what it is to be a sinner. We know what it is to sin. But
he could only be touched by the feeling of our infirmities, yet
without sin. And another passage of scripture
that has been gone over many, many times, but here in the book
of 2 Corinthians, would you turn there with me, chapter 5? 2 Corinthians
chapter 5, as we think about this king being just, being righteous,
what a blessing it is. That's a qualification about
the king that come to save his people. No other person has this
qualification. No other person has this characteristic. No other person, no preacher,
no priest, nobody has ever been in this condition except the
Lord Jesus Christ. He is just. He is righteous.
Here in the book of 2 Corinthians chapter 5, beginning with verse
17, the scriptures share this. 2 Corinthians chapter 5, verse
17. Therefore, if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature, a new creation. Old things are passed away. Behold,
all things become new. And all things are of God, who
hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ. Now we didn't
do the reconciling. He does the reconciling. We've
been reconciled by God. who hath reconciled us to him
by Jesus Christ, and hath made to us the ministry of reconciliation."
Now, we can preach reconciliation, but we can't reconcile. We can
say that reconciliation is in the hands of God, but we cannot
reconcile sinners to God. God has to do that. He takes
the finished work of Christ from eternity to eternity and that
by that he can reconcile people it's the work of Christ and in
verse 19 to it that God was in Christ reconciling the world
unto himself not imputing their trespasses unto them. So when
we get to the next verse, this is what we're talking about.
We're talking about imputation. That's what we're talking about.
That's what God's talking about. That's the ministry of this passage
of scripture is that God is going to be dealing with imputation
of righteousness to us. He had our sins imputed to him. Let's read on here, because we
find that our king that's coming The King that came, the King
that will come back, is just. He is righteous in every manner. It says here, imputing, not imputing
their trespasses unto them, and hath committed unto us the word
of reconciliation. Now then, we are ambassadors
for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us. So when you
visit with a neighbor or a friend or a family member and speak
of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to them, we find out that
that is an ambassador. That is a, as it tells us there,
we are ambassadors for Christ as though God did beseech you
by us. So this is, this is a great responsibility
to hold forth the word of life clearly, uncluttered, and then
We pray in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God, for he
hath made him, Christ, God hath made him, to be sin for us who
knew no sin. He was never a sinner. He had
imputed sin put to him, and in that we might be made the righteousness
of God in him. So this king is just. He had
our sins imputed to him, and only the church's sins imputed
to him. Everybody sins had been imputed
to him the whole world sins had been imputed to him Every person
from beginning to end sins had been imputed to him then everybody
is going to be saved But he only had his churches his churches
sins imputed to him But he never ever became a sinner. He had
sin imputed to him He is the one that is called just and And
then it tells us there, going back to the book of Zechariah,
chapter 9, verse 9, this other qualification. What a glorious
qualification this is, mentioned here in Zechariah, chapter 9,
verse 9. He's just. Hallelujah, he's just. But look what he did. It tells
us here in Zechariah, chapter 9, verse 9, behold thy king cometh
unto thee he is just now notices and having salvation now it never
says having salvation possible he said here having salvation
this salvation is a done work it is finished work having salvation
hebrew word translated here And having salvation is a verb meaning
to save, to help, to deliver, to defend. It's a word that's
found in other places in the scripture and never does it insinuate
that I'll help you if you want it. That's not going to work
when we're dead in trespasses and sin. We need someone to do
something greater than that. and that is this king he's coming
he's just having salvation that's his name they shall call his
name jesus for he shall save his people from their sins The
underlying idea of this verb is bringing to a place of safety
or to a broad pasture that he's going to accomplish this work.
The word conveys the notion of deliverance. It reveals the protective
duty of a shepherd. That's what this word means.
It comes to us from a word that describing the protective duty
of a shepherd. Turn with me, if you would, to
the book of Judges, chapter 10, verse 1. This word is used over
there in the book of Judges, chapter 2, chapter 10, verse
1. It's the same word we find here,
and I find that it helps me to understand, and I trust maybe
it will you too, as we look at this word, Judges, chapter 10,
and verse 1, it says in after Abimelech there arose to defend
Israel Tola the son of Pua the son of Dodo a man of Issachar
and he dwelt in Shimar in Mount Ephraim now this is a judge and
did you notice what it says there there arose to defend that's
the same word that we found over there with regard to this qualification
of this king having salvation. He has come to defend. He's not expecting us to bow
to that in our nature, but He came to defend us from the very
beginning. He set a people apart from the
very beginning, and He will defend them. They cannot pass into death
through, they cannot pass through the gate of death until they're
born again by the power of the Holy Spirit, and He will guard
them until they reach that point. then he will open the doors when
it's Necessary when he when he wants it to happen and we'll
be in his presence But it is it carries this thought of to
defend. This is a Savior that will defend
He will defend his people. He has salvation. He will defend
his people and it is so valuable to the church to know that there
is a shepherd that will defend the sheep, that will save the
sheep, that will deliver the sheep. Another place that this
particular word is found is over in the book of Ezekiel and in
Ezekiel chapter 34. In the book of Ezekiel chapter
34 this word is again used The preacher Ezekiel was called on
by the Holy Spirit to write some words for the saints in his day
and in his time. And in the midst of that, he
was giving encouraging words just like Zechariah was given
here. He encouraged the people, caused them to hear the word
of God that said, Behold, thy king cometh. Now, it's going
to be some time before he comes in that physical way, born of
a virgin, laid in a manger in Bethlehem. It's going to be 33
more years before he comes to the streets of Jerusalem. And
this verse of scripture is literally fulfilled. But this king comes
every time in ruling power with justice and righteousness and
salvation in his hands when he saves his people from their sins.
in whatever era, whatever generation, whatever century, whatever millennium.
This is the king that comes. He is the king of salvation and
he saves his people as a king would save their people. In the
book of Ezekiel 34 verse 22, therefore will I save my flock. That's the words of a shepherd.
And that words, I will save, is the words that we find over
there. Therefore will I save. What a powerful statement to
know that this king, this shepherd, this savior, has the ability
and power to save his people and not put them in a state of
jeopardy. We visited several places over
there in Europe and had great walls. And people would get in
there and hope they were safe. You know, sometimes they were,
and sometimes they broke through that. Aren't you glad that nothing
can break through the safety belt that God puts around his
children? That there is no way that anything
can get to his people to remove them for the position that they
are as the children of God? Here it says, therefore will
I save my flock. and they shall no more be a prey,
and I will judge between cattle and cattle." It kind of reminds
us of Jacob over there when he took out the ring-streaked and
the speckled ones. You know, to most people they
were valueless, but to him they were his, and that's the way
he looks at the church. They look valueless to the world,
but they are rubies in His crown, if you please. They are His,
He came, He is righteous, He is just, and He has salvation. This word also reveals that salvation
only comes from God. So if you turn with me to the
book of Isaiah, Turn back just a little bit there to the book
of Isaiah and we say, read these words of the prophet Isaiah,
the preacher Isaiah, the evangelist Isaiah as he declared the gospel
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Here in the book of Isaiah chapter
33 and verse 20, Isaiah chapter 33 and verse 20, the scripture
says, look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities. Thine eyes
shall see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that
shall not be taken down, not one of the stakes thereof shall
ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords therefore be
broken." What metaphorical language we have here describing the Church.
No one will be lost. His salvation is truly salvation. Why? Because He is just. And
He imputes His righteousness. God is well pleased. and said,
They are mine. I will treat them, well, the
Lord said, as God loves the son, so he loves the children. Goes
on to tell us, But there the glorious Lord will be unto us
a place of broad rivers and streams wherein shall go no galley with
oars, neither shall gallant ships pass there by, no offensiveness,
no offenders, Nothing will come and take away the state that
they have as being saved by the Lord and now verse 22 For the
Lord is our judge. The Lord is our lawgiver The
Lord is our King now notice after making all of those statements.
It says he will save us That's that same word. So behold your
King cometh he's just as and having salvation. He has it complete. He has the totality of it. He
left nothing up to chance. He leaves nothing up to the church.
He's taking care of it all. Everything that was required
by God is fulfilled by the Lord Jesus Christ. And then one other
place we'd like to look at is found over here in the book of
Zephaniah. Just back up there from Zechariah,
a couple of books. In Zephaniah chapter 3, we have
this word again. It's important that the Lord
teaches us over and over and over. This is my qualifications. This makes me the Savior. This is my qualifications. This
makes me the Good Shepherd. These are my qualifications.
You can trust me. How God grants us to trust, to
trust Him. He is the author and finisher
of our faith. He gives us the faith to believe
Him, to trust Him. And this is his qualifications.
I am righteous. I am just. I have no sin. And then, I have salvation. I can save my people from their
sins. In the book of Zephaniah, chapter
3, verse 15, we have this wonderful prophet, Zephaniah, small with
words, but large with meaning. Verse 15, it says here, The Lord
hath taken away the judgments. He hath cast out thine enemy.
The King of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee.
Thou shalt not see evil any more. How the Lord takes care of all
the issues. And he speaks of this in here.
Cast out the enemy. He's the King. And verse 16,
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not,
and to Zion, Let not thy hands be slack. Don't wring your hands. Everything is okay because he
is the Savior. He is just and he has salvation
and then we read in that passage scripture verse 17 I look at
look at this the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty
That's our King. He's mighty. He will save that's
that same word having salvation He will save it's not dependent
upon us to recognize it. He will save us even in our times
of most serious doubts He will keep his people. He will not
lose them. He will not give up on them.
Oh, how religion has changed God into something likened to
them. And if you're doing okay, he'll
help you, and if you're not, he'll forget you. That's not
this God. That's not this king. That's
not this savior. He has promised to save his people
from their sins. goes on to tell us there, he
will rejoice over thee with joy, he will rest in his love, he
will joy over thee with singing. So he is happy, he is glad to
do what he has done on the behalf of the church, that very thought
there, he will save. What a blessing it was to those
in the congregation of Zephaniah to hear about the Savior, he
will save. Zechariah put it this way. He
hath salvation. He is the Savior that saves His
people from their sins. He's the King. He's the King. Now, there is another thing that
is so important in this verse of Scripture in Zechariah chapter
9 verse 9. Did you notice that the next
word in that passage of Scripture, not only is He King, and we have
the qualifications for this King mentioned there in Zechariah
chapter 9 verse 9, It says, rejoice greatly. Church, rejoice greatly. Old Testament Saints, New Testament
Saints are going to rejoice in the same Savior, same qualifications
for their Savior. He is just. We're going to rejoice
in that. There's no sin in this one. He's
perfect in every way. He has all righteousness. He
is the standard that God will use of righteousness. Now that
standard is imputed to us. He says in this one, he's a king. And he's coming unto thee. He's
coming to the church. Coming unto the church. The church
is the only one that will recognize him as king. He is the king overall,
but he's recognized as the king by the church. King cometh unto
thee what a blessing he's gonna come to his people. He's gonna
come to them personally He's gonna come to them in Revelation
he's going to come to them in a manner that they are quickened
and recognize him and the church is able to say as Saul of Tarsus
was able to say Lord Lord That's this one the king he goes on
to say there. He is just and Oh, we could just
spend weeks on that very word about the being just, the righteousness
of Christ from beginning to end. But then he says here, and having
salvation, it's as an ornament that he carries. He gives it.
And then it says here with regard to this one, lowly, lowly. It's amazing that in the same
verse of scripture, we have the word king, thy king cometh. And
we also have lowly. what a statement about him an
adjective meaning poor and afflicted lowly this is the lowly one what
a statement when he is already been declared thy king this is
speaking of the only way god could be just and justifier the
gospel of christ and him crucified he became like his brethren lowly
you know in reality We find that Christ was made a little lower
than the angels. Where does that put us? Where
does that put man? Where does that put you and I? He became like his brethren.
He took upon him flesh for the suffering of death. Now, that's
the only reason that Jesus Christ came in human form. for the suffering of death he
never came to set up a kingdom on this earth the physical kingdom
he came for the suffering of death he never came to heal everybody
of every disease he came for the suffering of death this is
his ministry lowly he came lowly the king came and lowly came
to this earth hebrews chapter two turn with me to hebrews chapter
two hebrews has just been coming up more and more often as in
our studies Whether it be from the book of Numbers or whether
it be from the book of Zechariah, whether it be from the book of
Luke, wherever we are, this is a wonderful passage of scripture,
wonderful book that gives us some insights with regard to
the purpose and coming of our Savior, the Lord Jesus. Hebrews
chapter 2 and verse 9. But we see Jesus, who was made
a little lower than the angels. Now Jesus was made a little lower
than the angels. But Christ is God, the God-man,
the Lord of the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with
glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, should taste
death for every man. Now, some people are going to,
my friend that I've been visiting the last almost two years, We'll
jump on that and say, look at that. See what it says right
there, taste death for every man. Let's read the next verse.
We got to go to the next verse, keep the context. For it became
him for whom are all things and by whom are all things to bring
many sons into glory, many children into glory. That's who he tasted
death for. Now we have to say once again,
if he tasted death for everybody without exception, everybody
is going to be in heaven and there's no need for a hell. But
we know the scriptures teach us that God has a people chosen
in Christ before the foundation of the world, and those are the
people that Christ came to taste death for. He truly tasted death
for all of his lost sheep, bringing many sons into glory, to make
the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering. For
both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all
one all of one for which cause he is not ashamed to call them
brethren now those on the left hand side he never called brethren
those on the right hand side he calls them all brethren blessed
are you to come to enter into a kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world in first john chapter four verse
ten we have this lowly lowly what it was for the king to give
up his glory for a season. He's yet king. He's in costume. Let's put it that way. He's in
costume. He came down, he's still king, but he has this flesh that
he has been given. A body hast thou prepared for
me. Here in the book of 1 John chapter
4 verse 10, the scriptures share this about our Savior. It says
here, herein is love. not that we love God, but that
He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our
sins. Propitiation, payment. He appeased
God, He satisfied God, He satisfied the law. He's the propitiation. Now He's the propitiation for
the sins of His people. He sent His Son, sent His Son
from glory to this sin-cursed earth. to walk among men. Now
we know that he did many things as an illustration, a physical
illustration of the spiritual things he's going to do. He raised
people from the dead, a physical illustration of the spiritual
blessings of raising people from the dead. He gave people hearing,
physical hearing Spiritual application, spiritual hearing, eyes taken
care of, mental things taken care of, all sorts of diseases
were taken care of, afflictions that were taken care of by the
Lord Jesus Christ during his personal ministry. But the goal,
the ultimate goal, was to press towards the cross. He came pressing
towards the cross. He set his faces aflint to Jerusalem
to go to the cross. no man takes my life from me
but I lay it down to myself I lay it down that I might take it
up again is what he said with regard to this and then in Hebrews
chapter 5 and verse 23 Hebrews chapter 5 well The verse I was looking for,
a body thou hast prepared for me. It's a quote from the Old
Testament. A body thou hast prepared for
me. This was the body. This is the lowly one that was
promised to come. He associated with sinners. And
then we find, going over to the book of Zechariah, in the few
minutes that we have left, would you join me again in Zechariah
chapter 9. Zechariah chapter 9, there in
verse 9, not only is He the King coming for thee, He is just,
He is righteous, impeccable, without sin, righteous, never
had an evil thought, never had an evil thing happen in His mind,
His heart, in His physical being. far beyond our ability to just
imagine, because we deal with that every day. Lord, I sin so
much more than I want to. One of the things in going through
the book of Leviticus was that offering that was brought. You
brought it because for sins that you didn't even know you'd committed.
How is that? Well, it goes on here to say,
he is just. There's a qualification. Here's
another one, having salvation. talking about his character lowly
a body that was prepared for me God sent his son and then
it says in writing upon an ass and upon a colt the foal of an
ass now here he reminds us again of his great sovereignty now
when we get over there to the New Testament we find several
demonstrations of his sovereignty his sovereignty over the animal,
his sovereignty over the owner of the animal, his sovereignty over the situation,
knowing full well Knowing full well what was going
to happen there, we find here that he reminds us again of his
great sovereignty, his writing. Not unguided, but in control
of it. This same word is used to tell
us of his mighty power of our God. Two passages of scripture
in the 68th Psalm. Psalm 68. Two passages of scripture
in here. He's going to ride that colt,
that foal, that colt. If you've ever been around riding
stock, to have someone go up to an unbroke horse or donkey
and sit down on it, you're going to go for a ride. And the Lord Jesus sat without
that animal doing anything. He's demonstrating what he's
always done. He's demonstrating what has always
been in his power to do, and that's to control the situation. Nothing is by mistake by God. He never has to react. He's always
acting. He's acting on the behalf of
the church and on the behalf of His glory. He's not reacting,
he's acting. Here in the book of Psalm 68,
Psalm 68, in two places in that psalm we have the same word used,
but it's over something that we think would be more difficult
than that donkey. Now, if you've ever been bucked off
of an animal, it's not the being bucked off that hurts, it's the
landing. that's what hurts and it's not
any fun and then to realize that the Lord riding this stock animal
in psalm 68 verse 3 but let the righteous be glad let them rejoice
before God yea let them exceedingly rejoice sing unto God sing praises
to his name extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name
YAH and rejoice before him. That's a shortened version of
Jehovah. What does it say there? Extol
him that rideth upon the heavens. This is an absolute statement
about the sovereign mercy grace of God. He is sovereign in all
things. He's riding upon the heavens. He can ride upon the
heavens. He can surely take care of a colt. the foal, and he certainly
can take care of those who are like wild asses." That's what
Job says. Alright, in that same Psalm,
Psalm 32, excuse me, 68 verse 32, we have this, Psalm 68 verse
32, it says, Sing unto the Lord, ye kingdoms of the earth, O sing
praises unto the Lord, Selah, to him that rideth upon the heavens,
same word, Sitting on the foal of a donkey is not going to be
a problem, since he is accustomed to riding upon the heavens, ruling
over the heavens, and taking care of the heavens. Rideth upon
the heavens of heavens, which were of old. Lo, he doeth not
send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. Ascribe ye strength
unto God. His excellency is over Israel,
and his strength is in the clouds. What a statement. Now he's gonna
walk up to a colt, the foal of an ass, sit down. That's exactly what he does to
his people. He walks up to them, he's in
command of the situation, and he sits down, and guess what? God's people say amen. It's not out of anger, it's not
out of... I had it explained to me that
God is just wrong to impose his will on us. To me, it's the greatest
thing God could do for me is to impose His will upon me, to
sit on me, to saddle me, to do what was necessary in order for
me to know Him as Lord. And so we have a King, King coming,
coming for His people, coming to His people. He has the qualifications. He is just. He has salvation. He has salvation in his hands. He has it. And then, this one
is lowly, gave up the glory that he had with the Father before
the world was, came to the sin-cursed earth, lived among it, and then
went to the cross, and in every step he demonstrated his absolute
sovereignty over all things, and then reveals to us, I've
been sovereign in your salvation. You were a wild donkey. and I came and I saddled you
I sat on you and you're happy about it thank God for his great
work on our behalf and that verse of scripture I think is that
I missed is Hebrews chapter 10 and with this will close Hebrews
chapter 10 Hebrews chapter 10 and verse
5, Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice
and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared
me. God's saying that about his son.
A body thou hast prepared for me. And he prepared it. So we
find in this passage of scripture the great truths of God's work
for the church. He is the one, the King. He's
come to his church. He's coming to his church. He
came for his church. He will come back for his church.
And then the qualifications, he is just, having salvation,
and yet he came to this earth as a man without sin, went to
the cross, laid down his life, a ransom for many, went to the
tomb, was buried three days and three nights, and came out of
that tomb victorious over all the opposition and over all sin.
And now he sits at the right hand of the Father making intercession
for the church. We thank Him. We thank Him. We
thank Him. Amen.