Well, as you could see in the
reading of our text here in Jeremiah 15, this chapter, as it stands
on its own, could be described as a real downer, couldn't it?
And it seems as you read the rest of the chapter, if you haven't
already, that it continues on that theme. As you know, Jeremiah
is called the weeping prophet many times by many commentators.
But this chapter speaks of the coming destruction of Judah and
Jerusalem. It speaks of the captivity of
the nation. This nation was getting ready,
or being prepared rather, for the wrath of God coming down
upon it. They were going to go into captivity
for 70 years in a foreign country, Babylon, an idolatrous nation.
And yet God in His mercy and goodness is going to keep them
together And it's all by his providence to bring them out
of that captivity and even under the domination of foreign governments
after that up until the time of the coming of Christ into
the world. Christ who is the hope of Israel, the consolation
of Israel. But this coming destruction of
Judah and Jerusalem, this captivity, this conquered nation, this is
a testimony to God's justice. It's a testimony to God's certain
judgment on the Jews for sin and idolatry. And the lesson
here is really twofold. First of all, just what I said,
the certainty of God's judgment against all sin. I've entitled
this message Sin and Judgment. Sin and Judgment. Sin may seem
to go unchecked for a long time in our view, but you mark it
down. You rest assured that the soul
that sinneth shall surely die. The wages of sin is death. God judges according to the truth
and he must punish sin. He must do right. Mark it down. And we're going to see that in
the certainty of God's judgment against sin. We're going to see
it in several other ways, too. The second lesson is this. And
it's not really stated out here, but it's implied in all of Jeremiah's
prophecy within the context. And this is really Jeremiah's
main message to the nation, to individuals in that nation. And
that's this. There is absolutely no escape
From God's judgment against sin, from the wrath of God, the unchecked,
unmixed, unmingled wrath of God, accept the Lord Jesus Christ. Accept the grace of God in Christ. Now that's the lesson. You might
say that's the lesson of the whole Bible, isn't it? Christ
crucified and risen. Look at verse 1. Let's just go
through these verses. Then I want to draw some conclusions
about final judgment. But look at it. It says, Then
said the Lord unto me, God speaking to his prophet, his minister. And listen to who he brings up
here. Though Moses and Samuel stood
before me, And the idea is to intercede for Israel. Stood before
me to intercede. You see, Jeremiah had just finished
interceding for the nation. Praying for them. As I told you
last time, there was a point in Jeremiah's prophecy that he
really thought that God's wrath could be turned back by the repentance
of the nation. But you know what? I thought
about this and that. We know God's will is going to
be done. His sovereign will. Nothing's
going to change his mind or turn it back. When God purposes to
do a thing, He does it. He doeth according to His own
will. He works all things after the
counsel of His own will. But you know, I thought about
this in the ministry of the gospel. You know, we're to preach the
gospel. We're to witness the gospel to anybody who will listen. Now, we don't know who God's
elect are. We preach the gospel. And it's up to God. His power
to save sinners. He's the sovereign agent in the
new birth. But we're to preach to all people
who will listen and to tell them their responsibility and the
urgency of them believing the gospel. We're to preach to them
expecting them to believe. Now we know that all are not
going to believe. But just like Jeremiah, he's
like Paul. You know, Paul said, my heart's
desire and prayer for Israel is that they might be saved.
He loved his countrymen. As we're to love all without
exception, even our enemies, we're to wish the best for them.
And certainly the best is eternal salvation by the grace of God
in Christ. And so Jeremiah interceded for
his nation. And he preached to them as if
he expected them to repent. Well, we know they didn't. And
so God gave them up. And remember, he says, stop praying
for them. He says, don't pray for them
anymore. And here he says, then said the Lord unto me, though
Moses and Samuel, you know who Moses is? He was the giver of
the law. God gave him the law and he gave
it to Israel. He was the prophet. he represents
the law and Samuel he's the prophet he's he's the uh... represents
the school of the prophets but though Moses and Samuel stood
before me listen yet my mind could not be toward this people
god could not have a favorable mind or purpose towards that
nation and then he speaks some of the most horrific words that
i believe any person in in the annals of human history could
hear, cast them out of my sight and let them go forth. Cast them
out of my sight. Now, why do you suppose he brought
up Moses and Samuel? Well, certainly at critical times
in the history of the nation of Israel, Moses and Samuel both
interceded for the people and God heard and answered. Of course,
we know that was God's purpose all along. Moses didn't change
God's mind. Samuel didn't change God's mind.
Nobody can do that. God doesn't need to change His
mind. And Moses and Samuel both prayed for God to turn away His
wrath from the people. And it happened. But that was
God's purpose all along. Psalm 99 and verse 6. Let me
just read this to you. It speaks of Moses and Aaron.
You know, Aaron was Moses' brother. Moses and Aaron among his priests.
Then it says, and Samuel among them that call on his name. They
called on the Lord and he answered them. That means he answered
them favorably. But here he says, it's so bad
now in Israel that though Moses or Samuel stood before me, I
would not hear. I would not be toward. be favorable towards this nation
now there are two important lessons here and the first one is this
the best and most respected of men can do nothing to divert
God's wrath when God purposes to punish sin the best and most
respected you see all of us are sinners even Moses even Samuel
All of us, by nature and by practice, deserve condemnation and wrath,
even Moses and Samuel. You see, the only one who can
intercede for sinners towards God and always receive His favor
is the Lord Jesus Christ, the advocate of His people. You see,
even Moses and Samuel could not stand before God without a mediator,
Christ Jesus. He's the one mediator between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Moses had a righteousness, but
it wasn't his. It was the righteousness of God
imputed to him. It became his by imputation,
you could say that. Samuel was a sinner who had to
be washed from all his sins by the blood of the promised Messiah,
just like you and me. Moses and Samuel were both sinners
saved by the grace of God. They were sinful men who needed
the righteousness of God in Christ. And over in Job chapter 15, one
of Job's friends, this is Eliphaz the Temanite, he makes this statement.
Job 15, he says in verse 14, listen to this. He says, What
is man that he should be clean, and he which is born of a woman
that he should be righteous? Now that's a statement regarding
the state of man by nature. None righteous, no not one. Listen
to verse 15. He says, Behold, he putteth no
trust in his saints. Now God doesn't trust in man.
No man. Not even his saints. Who are
the saints? That's the sanctified ones. That's
the one God set apart for salvation in Christ. But God doesn't trust
in his saints. The only one the Lord God trusts
in is His Son. He said, This is My beloved Son
in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye Him. God putteth no trust
in His saints. Yea, the heavens are not clean
in His sight. Now the point is this. I want you to think about
it. Think about Catholicism. They
tell you to pray to the saints. Or pray to Mary. Say the rosary. They cannot help you. Now we
are certainly to pray for one another. But we pray for one
another not in the name of Paul or Peter or James or John or
Mary or any saint. We pray for each other in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ, our great high priest. And on
the basis of his finished work on the cross to put away our
sins and make us righteous before God. We don't pray through the
saints. They can't help us. And that's
a good lesson for this. The second lesson is this. Prayer
will not turn away God's wrath. You can get on your knees and
pray all night, all week, all year. And it will not turn away
God's wrath. He'd already talked about it.
He said, I won't, when they fast, I won't hear their cry. When
they offer burnt offerings, I won't accept it. You remember back
in Isaiah, when Isaiah was bringing the word of God to the rebellious
people of Jerusalem in his day, God said, I'm tired of you when
you spread forth your hands in worship, in prayer. I'll not
hear you. Prayer will not turn away God's
wrath, no matter how sincere it is and no matter how pitiful
it is. No act of devotion, no act of
obedience can turn away God's wrath. The publican prayed But
it was not his prayer that washed away his sins and made him righteous
before God. What did the publican say in
Luke 18? God be merciful. That word merciful
is propitious. That publican prayed not to be
washed clean or saved or justified based on his prayer, but based
upon the Lord Jesus Christ. The mercy seat. Now where to
pray? But all prayer is through Christ.
We come boldly to the throne of grace to find mercy and help
in time of need. Why? Because we have a great
high priest. Not because we hang a Saint Christopher
around our neck. No, it's because we have Christ.
We stand before God. We can have boldness to come
before God by the blood of Jesus. By his righteousness alone. And
so he says, cast them out of my sight here. That's the sentence
of death. Eternal death. You know what
that is? That's separation from God. What
a statement. You see, we don't want to be
separated from God. We want to be in union with God
through Christ. We want to be near to God by
His grace. But here He says, cast them out
of my sight, let them go forth. It's like the Lord when he spoke
in judgment upon the unbelieving Pharisees. Remember he told the
disciples, he said, let them alone. They'd be blind leaders
of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind,
both shall fall into the ditch together. Oh Lord, don't say
let me alone. And remember the false preachers
in Matthew 7. They came preaching in His name,
casting out demons, doing many wonderful works. They thought
that's what made them righteous before God. Only to hear Him
say, Matthew 7, 23, Then will I profess unto them, I never
knew you. Depart from me, ye that work
iniquity. Same thing, same judgment. Now
that's what all sin deserves. And the only way that it can
be any other way is through Jesus Christ and Him crucified. No
other way. So look at verse 2, it says,
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall
we go forth? Where are we going to go to escape? He says, Well, then thou shalt
tell them. Thus saith the Lord. Nowhere. Because those who are
marked for death, they're going to die. And those who are for
the sword, that is to be captured, they're going to be for the sword.
And those who are going to starve to death, they're going to be
for the famine. And those who are going to be carried away
to captivity, they're going to be captive. That's the choices
that you've got. Think about that. Death, famine,
bondage. That's the only results that
sin can bring. Nothing else. Somebody says,
well, what are my choices? Well, there they are. Because
without Christ, those are the only choices, spiritually speaking
and eternally speaking, a sinner has. And it all racks up to one
big thing, eternal separation from God. You think about that. That's
awful. And what's happened here, in
the day of grace, the answer would have been, well, to where
are we gonna go? Flee to Christ. In the day of
grace, that's the answer. When the gospel's preached, flee
to Christ. Flee to him, submit to him and
his righteousness. Plead his blood. That's the day
of grace. But here, what we have in picture
here, We have it in a physical manifestation of God's punishment
upon this nation, but it's a picture of the day of grace being over.
And it will be so with this world in the end. You know there's
going to come a time when there'll be no more gospel preached. And I believe I know when that
is. Let me tell you when. when the last one of Christ's
sheep is brought into the fold, whenever that is. And then the
day of grace is over. You see, now is the day of salvation,
isn't it? Don't delay. Verse 3, he says,
I will appoint over them four kinds or four classes. Your concordance may say four
families. of judgment, that's what he's
talking about, the sword to slay, the dogs to tear, the fowls of
the heavens, and the beast of the earth to devour and destroy.
Now what he's showing there, four kinds, four is the number
of the earth, and what he's talking about is this is the extent of God's judgment against sin
all over the world, not only to the nation here. That's the
picture. They're the object less than
is the nation. But this is what's going to happen
all over the world, and it's the full extent of God's judgment
against sin. There's no mixture here. It's
the unmixed wrath of God. There's no forbearance here.
There's no longsuffering here. You see, that's what he's saying.
And it'll be so bad that there won't be any graves. There'll
just be dogs to tear the carcasses, fowls of the heaven, beasts of
the earth to devour and destroy. What he's showing here is the
extent of spiritual eternal death. And there's nothing positive
about it. You know, sometimes I used to hear people talk about
hell as if, you know, there's going to be some place there
that they'll want to be. You know, well, I'll be at, somebody
might say, well, I'll be at the bars in hell. There are not going
to be bars in hell. It's eternal death. It's eternal
separation from God, you see. Look at verse 4. He says, I will
cause them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth
because Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for
that which he did in Jerusalem. Now, you know, Hezekiah, you
remember, he was one of the the godly kings of Judah and his
son Manasseh was probably the most wicked of all. It was under
Manasseh that they sacrificed their children to Molech in the
valley of Hinnom. And what is he talking about?
Was he going to punish these people in Jeremiah's day for
what Manasseh did? No, that's not what he's saying.
What he's saying is that the sins of idolatry and debauchery
and depravity that were committed as indicated and as everybody
knew about Manasseh was carried on throughout the nation in this
time. These folks here were just as bad. I guarantee you that
most of them would have said, well, if you look back at Manasseh,
Manasseh deserves the wrath of God. What Jeremiah is saying
according to God's word is, so do you. My friend, that's the
way it is, isn't it? He says what Manasseh did for
that which he did in Jerusalem. You know, that's what that unrighteous,
legalistic, self-righteous judgment is all about. One sinner looking
at another sinner, judging himself to be better and saying that
the other sinner deserves death and hell. Well, let me tell you
something. We all deserve death and hell
based upon our works, don't we? Based on our best. Oh, you can
pick out some infamous, lowest, depraved sinners in history and
bring them up and say, man, I know that guy's in hell. Or that woman's
in hell. And you may be right. But here's
the fact of the matter. Oh Lord, if thou, Lord, shouldest
mark iniquities, would I stand? The answer is no. My only hope
is the hope that King David expressed. Blessed is the man to whom the
Lord imputeth not iniquity. Blessed is the man unto whom
the Lord imputeth righteousness without works. By the grace of
God, Paul wrote, I am what I am. And that's it. The only claim
that we have over the manassas of this world is the sovereign
mercy and grace of God in Christ. Now that's right. And if you
don't see that, you haven't seen your sin and your depravity. Those are just words to you.
I'm serious now. Look at verse 5, he says, he
says, for who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? Or who
shall bemoan thee? Or who shall go aside to ask,
how doest thou? How are you doing? What he's
saying there is nobody's going to care. Verse 6, Thou hast forsaken
me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward. They thought they
were getting closer to God. Their false preachers were telling
them they were okay, that God was smiling on them, that God
was accepting them. But they were getting farther
and farther away from God. That's what man's religion does.
It deceives him into thinking he's getting closer to God, when
in reality he's going farther and farther backward. Thou art gone backward, he said.
Therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee and destroy
thee I'm weary with repenting there'll be no pities what he's
saying here only an acknowledgement that they deserve what they're
getting justice Whatsoever we sow that's what we're going to
reap a Lot of people use that in Galatians 6 to preach salvation
by works don't they That's not what it's talking about. I guarantee
if you so works you'll reap death. I But if you sow the grace of
God in Christ, you'll reap life. God says here, I'm weary of repenting. The word there means relenting.
What's he talking about? Did God change his mind? No.
He's talking about holding back his wrath and longsuffering.
The day of longsuffering is over. It's not that the Lord ever changes
His mind or the counsel of His will. In this sense, God is without
repentance. In fact, in the book of Numbers
chapter 23 and verse 19, it says that God is not a man that He
should lie, neither the Son of Man that He should repent. Hath
He said and shall He not do it? Or hath He spoken and shall He
not make it good? Why would God ever have to change
His mind? You see, you know why people
think that way? Well, first of all, they misinterpret verses
like this, but the main reason they think that way is because
they think God is like themselves. What he's talking about here,
when he says, I'm weary of repenting, he's simply saying, he's speaking
of the conduct of his providence and the workings of it in time.
The Bible says in Acts 15, 18, known unto God are all His works
from the beginning of the world. He doesn't have to change His
mind. He works all things after the counsel of His own will.
And then from our viewpoint, there are times when it looks
like God does change His mind, but He doesn't. How do we know?
The Bible tells us He doesn't. He's simply saying, I'm weary
of relenting. God doesn't even get weary. How
do you explain that? It's just a way of expression
to our little old finite minds to show that the day of long
suffering and patience is over. Here's the day of wrath. Look
at verse 7. He says, I will fan them with
a fan in the gates of the land. I'll bereave them of children.
I will destroy my people since they return not from their ways.
They won't repent. Man by nature won't. Their widows
are increased to meet above the sand of the seas. In other words,
he's expressing how many widows there'll be because the men going
to battle will be killed. I brought upon them against the
mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday. Now noon, at that
day, noonday was a time that usually battles were not fought. Armies did not attack. And what
he's saying here is that this destruction is going to catch
you at a time when you're off guard, when you least expect
it. And he says, I have caused him
to fall upon it suddenly, you see, like a surprise, like a
thief in the night, and the terrors upon the city. And then he says,
she that hath borne seven. Now what he's describing here
is the total destruction of Jerusalem And he gives us several different
lessons here in objects. He says, like separating the
wheat from the chaff, it's like a sorrowful widow. And here it's
like a woman who's been fully fruitful, the number seven being
complete. She that hath borne seven, she's
been fully fruitful. But now she's going to languish.
She's given up the ghost. Her son has gone down while it
was yet day. When I read that phrase there,
I thought about our hope in Christ, who is the son of righteousness
rising in the east. But you see, without Christ,
her son, Jerusalem's son, is gone down while it was yet day. And she had been ashamed and
confounded. And the residue of them will I deliver to the sword
before their enemies, saith the Lord. This fruitful woman will
lose all her children. That's what he's saying. And
there's the certainty of God's judgment. Now let me just conclude
with this. I want you to turn to 2 Corinthians
chapter 5. The Bible speaks often of the
absolute certainty of God's judgment against sin. And the certainty
of final judgment. If you doubt the certainty of
God's judgment, just think about Adam and Eve being cast out of
the Garden of Eden. That was God's judgment. In the
day that you eat thereof, thou shalt surely die. And they did
die spiritually. If you doubt the certainty of
God's judgment against sin, just think about the flood of Noah.
When God destroyed all but eight souls. If you doubt the certainty
of God's judgment against sin, think about the destruction of
Israel, not just here in Jeremiah's time, but in A.D. 70. Look at
that land now. But let me tell you something.
If you ever really doubt the certainty of God's judgment against
sin, just think about the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. He
who was made sin, who knew no sin. for us that the righteousness
of God, that we might be made the righteousness of God. And
anytime you see, so what does that teach us? Well, it teaches
the certainty of final judgment. And anytime you see passages
that deal with this issue of final judgment, the issue that
separates the chosen of God, the saved from the lost, is simply
this. What is your relationship with
the Lord Jesus Christ? Are you in Christ or not? It's not are you religious. It's
not have you prayed a lot. It's not how many times you've
gone to church or how much scripture you've memorized or how much
you gave or how moral you were. Are all those things important?
Yes, they're important. But that's not the issue. The
issue is are you in Christ? or not. How do you stand before
God? Are you washed in His blood and
clothed in His righteousness or are you standing there naked?
Thinking you're clothed with beautiful garments but it's actually
the filthy rags of your own works. Look at 2nd Corinthians chapter
5 verse 10. It says, for we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ. That tells us Christ is the judge.
In another place it tells us that Christ is not only the judge
but he's the standard of judgment. Acts 17 31 that I quote all the
time. How God has appointed a day in
the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man
whom he hath ordained and that he hath given assurance unto
all men and that he hath raised him from the dead. And it says
that everyone may receive the things done in his body according
to that he hath done whether it be good or bad. Now the first
thing that we need to know about this is what is God's standard
of good and bad? What does God say about the good
and what does He say about the bad? Well, He says, that there's none
righteous, no not one. He says there's none good, no
not one. When a young man approached Christ
on that issue and called him good master, not believing that
Jesus of Nazareth was God in human flesh, you remember how
the Lord answered him? He said, why do you call me good?
There's none good but God. If you don't believe I'm God,
that's what Christ was saying, is if you don't believe I'm God,
then don't call me good. According to God's Word, where
is goodness to be found? Is it in the works of man? He
talks about that everyone may receive that which is done in
his body according to heaven. Is good to be found in what man
does according to this book here? Well, the answer is no. Where is good to be found? How
in the world can a sinner be judged by a holy God who not
only sees what I do outwardly but who knows my inward self
better than I know myself? How in the world can a sinner
like me be judged good? And the answer is only in the
grace of God in the Lord Jesus Christ. salvation by the grace
of God. So what are these things done
in our body? What he's talking about is you
either have a life lived by the grace of God in total dependence
of Christ and His blood and righteousness as your only hope or your life
evidences your self-righteousness, your unbelief, your idolatry. This is the great determiner.
Oh, that I may know Him and be found in Him, not having mine
own righteousness which is of the law. And then look over at
John chapter 16. Look at this. When does a sinner find out about this wrath of
God against sin in its reality now. I know people say, well,
I know even unbelievers talk about the wrath of God. Don't
get me wrong. You know, a tornado comes through or a hurricane
or something and they talk about the wrath of God. But they don't
really understand the wrath of God. You see, you don't really
understand the wrath of God until the Holy Spirit convinces you
of sin and of righteousness and of judgment. Look at John 16
verse 8, talking about the Holy Spirit when He has come. He will
reprove or convict the world of sin, of righteousness and
of judgment, of sin because they believe not on Me. In other words,
what He is saying there is that without Christ, the Holy Spirit
will show me that I am a sinner and without Christ I am nothing
but sin and can produce nothing but sin. and deserve condemnation. Verse 10, of righteousness because
I go to my father and you see me no more. That's talking about
Christ going to the cross, being buried and raised again the third
day and ascending to his father. Why? Because he established righteousness. The Holy Spirit will convince
me that my only hope of righteousness is in Christ. But then look at
verse 11, of judgment. because the prince of this world
is judged. Now, when was the prince of this world judged?
Well, read John 12. We won't turn there tonight.
Read John 12 on that. Christ says, now is the judgment
of this world. Now is the prince of this world
cast out. Speaking of his death, what he's
saying here is the Holy Spirit will convince me that my sins,
as they were imputed or charged to Christ, were all judged in
him on that cross. He died for me. He put away my
sins. By His stripes I'm healed. My
iniquities were laid upon Him. He was made a curse for me. I've
already been judged. The wrath of God that I earned
and deserve fell upon Christ. That's my only hope at the judgment.
Now look at one more scripture, Hebrews chapter 10. Look over
at Hebrews chapter 10. Sin and judgment, you see, that's
what it's all about. And it's either, listen, a sinner
is either going to stand before God on his own and be judged
unworthy, guilty, and condemned, or we stand before God in Christ,
justified, righteous, forgiven, having a, listen, having a right
and title to eternal glory because of what Christ accomplished in
His obedience unto death. I've heard some say, well you
can't say you have a right or a title to heaven. Not based
on anything done by me, you're right. But in Christ? Huh? Now think about it. He earned
a right. He gained the title to heaven
by his obedience and death for his people. But look at Hebrews
10 and look at verse 23. Here he says, let us hold fast
the profession of our faith without wavering, for he's faithful that
promise. There's the foundation of our
perseverance. He's faithful. Christ is faithful.
And he says, and let us consider one another to provoke unto love
to good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together
as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and much
the more as you see the day approaching. That's the day of judgment. Now
some say, well, you can look at it as the day of your death,
and that's true, but he's specifically talking about the day of judgment,
the day of God's wrath upon sin for the world. And then he says
in verse 26, for if we sin willfully, After that we receive the knowledge
of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins. And
you know what he's talking about there, that sinning willfully
means rejecting Christ. I heard a lady told me down south,
she said, well believers sin, but they don't sin willfully.
And I looked at her and I thought, I really did, I offended her,
I thought she was joking, I really did. And I said, are you kidding
me? You know, listen, listen. This is talking about those who
reject Christ. Those who reject what He accomplished. And if you reject Christ after
having heard and given some agreement to that, there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sin. What else are you going to plead
if you reject Christ? There's no more sacrifice for
sin. What else are you going to plead but His blood? If you
don't plead His blood, what are you going to plead? Yours? Your
prayers? If you don't plead His righteousness,
what are you going to plead? There is no more. There's no
other way. Christ is the way, the truth,
the life. No man comes unto the Father but by Him. So you reject
Him, there's no more sacrifice for sin. Verse 27, look at it. But a certain fearful looking
for of judgment and fiery indignation which shall devour the adversaries.
You see how important this is? And then he says in verse 20,
he that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three
witnesses. That was under that old covenant talking about capital
punishment. That was just physical death.
And that was a certain thing under that covenant. But verse
29, of how much sore punishment suppose ye shall he be thought
worthy who hath trodden underfoot the Son of God and hath counted
the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing
and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace." Now what is
that willful sin? You see what it is there? He
tells you in verse 29. Trotting under the foot underfoot
the Son of God that's not believing in Christ not submitting to Christ
and his righteousness He says in verse 30 for we know him that
has said vengeance belongeth unto me saith the Sayeth the
Lord I will recompense saith the Lord and again the Lord shall
judge his people It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands
of the living God What is he talking about? He's
talking about a sinner coming before God without Christ. Oh
my soul. What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Nothing else. And if we don't have Him, we
don't have anything, do we? Isn't that right?