Good evening. Let's all stand
together and sing hymn number 257. 257. "'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
just to take Him at His word, just to rest upon His promise,
just to know the saith the Lord. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,
how I've proved Him o'er and o'er. Jesus, Jesus, precious
Jesus, oh, for grace to trust Him more. Oh, how sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to trust His cleansing blood, Just in simple faith to plunge
me Neath the healing, cleansing flood. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust
Him, how I've proved Him o'er and o'er. Jesus, Jesus, precious
Jesus, oh, for grace to trust Him more. Just as sweet to trust in Jesus
Just from sin and self to cease Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest and joy and peace Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
Oh, for grace to trust Him more I'm so glad I learned to trust
thee. Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend,
And I know that Thou art with me, Will be with me to the end. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,
Be seated, we'll sing hymn number 354. 354. What a friend we have in Jesus! our sins and griefs to bear. What a privilege to Everything
to God in prayer. Oh, what peace we often forfeit. Oh, what needless pain we bear,
all because we Everything to God in prayer. Every trials and temptations Is there trouble anywhere? We should make be discouraged. Take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so Faithful,
fair, we'll all our sorrows share. Jesus knows our every weakness. Take it to the Lord in prayer. ? Deep and heavy laden ? ? Gumbered with the load of care
? ? Precious Savior still our God ? Take it to the Lord in
prayer. But Prince despise forsake thee
Take it to the Lord in prayer If His arms He'll take and shield
thee, Thou wilt find the soulless there. If you have your Bibles with
you this evening, I'd like to turn to the book of Isaiah, chapter
62. Isaiah 62. For Zion's sake will I not hold
my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest until the
righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation
thereof as a lamp that burneth. And the Gentiles shall see thy
righteousness, and all kings thy glory. And thou shalt be
called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name. Thou shalt also be a crown of
glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand
of thy God. Thou shalt no more be termed
forsaken, neither shall thy land any more be termed desolate.
But thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah. For the
Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. For
as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee.
As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice
over thee. I have set watchmen upon thy
walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor
night. Ye that make mention of the Lord keep not silence, and
give him no rest till he establisheth, until he maketh Jerusalem a praise
in the earth. The Lord hath sworn by his right
hand, and by the arm of his strength, surely I will no more give thy
corn to be meat for thine enemies, and the sons of the stranger
shall not drink thy wine for the which thou hast labored.
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the
Lord. And they that have brought it together shall drink it in
the courts of my holiness. Go through, go through the gates,
prepare ye the way of the people, cast up, cast up the highway,
gather out the stones, lift up a standard for the people, Behold,
the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye
to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh. Behold,
his reward is with him, and his work before him. And they shall
call them the holy people, the redeemed of the Lord, and thou
shalt be called, sought out, a city not forsaken. Our most high and heavenly Father,
Lord God Almighty, we bow our heads and our hearts before you,
coming through your blessed Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Father, we thank you for your
precious word. Thank you for this gathering
of saints. Thank you for our pastor, who
stands week in and week out to proclaim the written word of
God Lord, we thank you for your perfect
faithfulness to us. Thank you for your endless mercy,
rich graces. Thank you for your power and
your might, for your perfect wisdom, perfect strength, perfect will. Lord, thank you
for Having chosen a people, thank you for revealing yourself
to us. Father, we ask that you would
send your spirit among us this evening, lest we meet in vain. Lord, we ask that you would speak
to us through our pasture. Bless our hearts, nourish our
souls, I would ask that you would plant
your seed, cause it to spring up. I would ask that you would cause
your word to go forth all over the world, wherever you have
sheep, where it's written that they're
of all tongues, of all kindred, Wherever your saints may be,
we pray that you would bless them. Bless the gatherings. Lord, we ask that you would keep
us as we go our way. Let us not wander in this world
without you. Not to ourselves, but to this flesh. Lord, we ask for the Mercy for
those who are weak and weary, many who are going through great
trials, heavy burdens and heavy afflictions. Lord, there are many, and you
know them every one. Lord, again, we ask that you
meet with us here tonight. We ask that thy will be done in
all things, for Christ's sake, amen. Number 222. 222. There is a fountain filled with
blood Drawn from Emmanuel's veins And sinners plunged beneath that
flood Lose all their guilty stains Loose all their guilty stains
Loose all their guilty stains And sinners plunged beneath that
flood Loose all their guilty stains The dying thief rejoiced
to see that fountain in his day. And there may I, though vile
as he, wash all my sins away. ? Wash all my sins away ? And there
may I go by sea ? Wash all my sins away Thy precious blood shall never
lose its power. Till all the ransomed Church
of God be saved to sin no more. Be saved to sin no more, be safe
to sin no more. Till all the ransomed Church
of God be safe to sin no more. E'er since, by faith, I saw the
stream, Thy flowing was sublime. Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be, too, I die, and shall be till I die, and shall
be till I die. Redeeming love has been my theme,
and shall be till I die. When this poor, this pink, stammering
tongue Lies silent in the grave, Then in another sweeter song
I'll sing thy power, I'll sing thy power to save. I'll sing thy power to save. I'll sing thy power to save. I'll sing thy power to save. 48 Psalm. Psalm 48. Great is the Lord, and greatly
to be praised, in the city of our God, in the mountain of his
holiness. Beautiful for situation, the
joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion. On the sides of the north,
the city of the great king. God is known in her palaces for
a refuge. Now, they talked about two mountains
here, God's mountain of holiness and Mount Zion, Mount Zion. I want to talk tonight about
seven mountains, seven mountains. You know, when you travel in
America or any place else, you know, if you're talking about
mountains, they just rise right up out of be driving along, there's
these big mountains, like the Grand Tetons. If you've never
seen the Grand Tetons, there's not a picture to do them any
justice. You just gotta see them for yourself. The Rockies, the
Alps, these mountains just go straight up, just beautiful.
And oh my, there's such beauty, such grandeur is in them. And
the Lord's been pleased to play His glory and His grace in the
sight of all His creation, all of His creation. What better
description can our Lord give than the mountain in which He
talks about the beauty of His holiness? And you know, when
He makes up a mountain, splendor of a mountain, oh, some mountains,
beautiful mountains, superlative in beauty, oh, my goodness. But
the Lord declared His purpose to establish a kingdom. Establish
a kingdom. Kingdom inhabited by His people.
This kingdom's above all kingdoms, and His dimension's without end.
And this is His mountain, Zion. And that's His people. He calls
it Mount Zion. I'll go one of these days to
Zion's hill. We sang that old song to Zion's
hill. And you know God in His glory,
the end reason He unfolded creation from beginning to end, was it
magnified the glory of His grace in the redemption of His elect
people. And these people were hidden in Christ from before
the foundation of the world. And in order to fulfill that
purpose, He formed all the things that do appear right now. Now,
we talk about creation. We're talking about things that
do appear, things that you can see. When you look at the things
that God hath made in this world, we was at, Shirley and I was
someplace a couple, three years ago. We drove a long way to get
there, and when we got there, we went up this long, long mountain,
got up there, and there was still four or five foot of snow. You
could go over and stand on the snow. Now that's how high up
it was. And you start up them Rocky Mountains
and you go up there and you get so high that you'll get dizzy
if you get high enough, if you don't acclimate yourself to it.
And then God says, listen, I've got a kingdom. I'm going to establish
my kingdom and it's going to be called Mount Zion. He said,
it's a beautiful for situation. You talk about a situation that's
beautiful. I've made this situation beautiful,
beautiful. But I think I want to look at
seven mountains, seven mountains. And seven in scripture, we've
always heard that, that just the number of completion, number
of perfection. And I'll tell you, the Lord's
want to manifest in these mountains, different aspects of his character,
different aspects of his purpose. THE FIRST MOUNTAIN, WE SEE IT
MENTIONED IN THE SCRIPTURE. THE FIRST MOUNTAIN WE FOUND IN
THE SCRIPTURE. ANYBODY KNOW WHAT IT IS? ABRAHAM
TOOK HIS SON. GOD SAID, ABRAHAM, TAKE YOUR
SON, AND YOU GO INTO THE LAND OF MORIAH, AND YOU GO TO THE
MOUNTAIN THAT I SHOW YOU, AND YOU TAKE HIM UP THAT MOUNTAIN,
AND THAT'S MOUNT MORIAH. THAT WAS THE MOUNTAIN THAT GOD
gave to Abraham and said, take your son, your only son, up that
mountain and offer him there for a burnt offering. And I'll
show that mountain to you when you get there. They started up
that mountain. They went both of them together
is what it said. And as they got up through there,
Abraham, Isaac turned to his father and said, father, we've
got wood, we've got fire, we've got everything we need, but where
is the lamb? God said to his son, said, Son,
God will provide himself a lamb, a lamb. And, oh, my, they got
up there, and here's God made a promise. God already made a
promise to Abraham that in his seed, and this is the only seed
he had. Isaac was the only seed he had. And, oh, my, and when
he got up there, I love the way he says that.
He found a ram caught in a thicket. I heard Paul Bayhead preaching
one time. He said, some farmer had a ram
that got out and climbed that mountain, got up there and got
caught. He said, but God had him there
for one reason, so he could be put in the stead of Isaac. And
they came down off that mountain. But Mount Moriah, and that's
what he called it, Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord will provide. God has always provided, and
he provided a sacrifice for Abraham on Mount Moriah. First offering
there that you mentioned about a place speaking of our Lord
Jesus Christ. And then another thing, Another
thing, and you can see this in 2 Chronicles 3, I can have you
look at it, but take my word for it if you will. That the Lord, on Mount Moriah,
the Lord told Solomon, build the temple on Mount Moriah. That's
the place that Solomon, God said, you build the temple right there
on Mount Moriah. built the temple, and it's called
Solomon's Temple. There's never been a temple like
it on the face of this earth, like Solomon's Temple. And you
go read about how he built it, but God said, you go up there
on that mountain and you build the temple of the Lord up there.
You build that temple of the Lord. And oh, my. And that's
Mount Moriah preceded the law which was delivered upon the
next mountain. The next mountain mentioned in
the Scriptures is this, Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai, everybody
knows about Mount Sinai. And I'll tell you, look over
with me in Exodus, over here in Exodus 30, I believe it's
19, Exodus 19. Go over here with me, let's look
at this. Look what happens. Look, start looking here. Exodus 19, 18, this is Mount
Sinai. Mount Sinai was altogether on
a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire, and the smoke
thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain
quaked, the whole mountain shook, And when the voice of the trumpet
sounded long and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake and God
answered him by voice. And the Lord came down upon Mount
Sinai on the top of the mountain. Moses called him up to that mountain.
Moses went up and he said, now you go back down there and you
tell the people lest they break through unto the Lord and gaze
upon and to gaze and many of them perish. only one person
allowed in God's presence at this time was Moses. The only
person that's allowed in the presence of God now is the Lord
Jesus Christ, and He allows us to come in the presence. And
He said, Don't have the priests to come. Don't do anything. Tell these people to get away
from this mountain, because if they stay close to this mountain,
He said, if anybody crosses them boundaries that I said, they're
going to die. They're gonna die. And Mount
Sinai is where the Lord gave Moses the written law. Put it
on tablets of stone, and it's in Exodus 20 when he did that.
And he gave Moses the written law, and you know why he gave
Moses the written law? It was added, the law was added
because of transgressions. The law was added because of
transgressions. SIN EXISTED BEFORE GOD EVER GAVE
THE LAW, AND HE GAVE THE LAW TO MAKE SIN TO BE EXCEEDING SINFUL. MAN'S ALREADY A SINNER. GOD GAVE
A LAW SO A MAN WOULD KNOW JUST HOW BAD HIS SIN WAS AND HOW GRIEVOUS
HIS SIN WAS. IT WAS ADDED BECAUSE OF TRANSGRESSIONS. AND ALL SIN EXISTED BEFORE GOD
EVER GAVE THE WRITTEN LAW. And God would show when He was
on Mount Sinai His utter, utter hatred of sin and the certain,
certain death and doom of those sinners by giving this law. Giving this law. I don't want,
I'll tell you right now, I don't want to have nothing to do with
Mount Sinai. I don't want to have nothing
to do with Mount Sinai. TO DO WITH THAT WRITTEN LAW AND
THOSE DIETARY LAWS AND CLEANLY LAWS AND ALL THE LAWS THAT GOD
GIVES. I DON'T WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH
THEM. BUT, OH, MY, IF ANY MAN THINK THAT HE CAN KEEP THIS LAW,
BE REMINDED THIS, NONE COULD SET FOOT UPON THAT MOUNTAIN WITHOUT
BEING SLAIN, AND THE ONLY WAY MOSES COULD EVER SEE GOD WAS
was for God to put him in the cleft of a rock. And God shaved that law and gave
us that law to make sin to be exceeding sinful. And I feel
so sorry for people who honestly think that they could possibly
keep God's law. that they want it on their...
You know, men have been fighting for ages and ages about, we want
the Ten Commandments here, we want the Ten Commandments there.
There's a place, a courthouse in Texas that they're fixed to
put the Ten Commandments on the courthouse. And everybody goes through there,
is already a criminal by God's standard. You know, listen. The first law that God said,
don't you dare have another God before me. Don't you ever have any God before
me. Don't let it be in your imagination.
Don't let it be in your heart. Don't let it be your will. Don't
let it be your husband. Don't let it be your, don't let
nothing know God before me. And the second commandment is,
thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all your heart. That's
the second one. I've done lost the first one,
done messed up on the second one. Oh my, and oh my, I'm telling
you, Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai is not a place for comfort, and
it don't hold out any hope for any sinner whatsoever. It's a
place where whoa, whoa, whoa, and destruction is coming. and all of them who ventured
there. You know, in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, when Christian,
leaving the city of destruction, you know what the first thing
he done? After he went through that slough of despond, he said,
a guy named Mr. Legality met him. And he said,
you go up that mountain right there. And so he started up that
mountain, and there was a man met him up there named Moses.
Started up that mountain, Mr. Legassi, go up that mountain
right there. Moses met him up there and he
said, he just, he beat me and beat me, he beat me unmercifully. And I knew right then and there
that that wasn't the way to go. And that's the way it is. When
you come to the Lord, all he can do is beat you, beat you,
beat you. Beat you. Oh, my. And I, you know, I'll tell you
what, you know what the law causes me to do and what it causes you
to do? To run to Christ. To run to the Lord Jesus Christ. And when you stand out looking
for Mount Sinai, oh God, show me thy mercy. Oh God, please
be merciful to me. Oh, please be merciful to me.
And oh, that's why, how many times did the Pharisees quote
Moses' law to the Lord? Said, he don't even keep Moses'
law. Oh my, they didn't either. Let
me give you the third mountain. Mount Pisgah, Mount Pisgah. I know a lot of you've heard
of Mount Pisgah. Mount Pisgah, you know where
it was? It was a mountain right before you went over into Canaan.
And God took Moses up on the Mount Pisgah, took Moses. And he took him up there so he
could survey the land and look at all the land that he had promised
Abraham and promised all of his children. But Moses couldn't
enter into that land to promise. He could look at it, but he couldn't
enter in. And there's two reasons why he couldn't enter in. He
got up to go, he looked up on that mountain, and he viewed
that wonderful place. The land floor was milk and honey
that God gave him. But he couldn't go, two reasons.
One, he smoked the rock twice. And when he smoked it the first
time, that's the only time it's ever supposed to be emittin'.
Water's gonna come out from then on. But one time he got on that
rock, And those children of Israel got him so upset that he smoked
it again. He said, must I always put up
with you? Smoked that again. That's Christ
crucified. That's Christ smitten twice.
And oh, my. And another reason why he couldn't
go, because he represented the law. And the law can't take you
into the promised land. The law can't take you into glory. The law can't take you into a
land flowing with milk and honey. The law of Moses can't take you
over there. The law can't take you over there.
The law can keep you from getting there, but it can't take you
over. And Moses, God took him up there
on that mountain and said, Moses, look. Moses stood there and he looked
at that. I believe he probably, you know, I'm going to surmise.
I'm just going to quit preaching and tell you a little thing of
what I think. I think he stood on that mountain, and I believe
he wept. I believe he cried, standing
there. I've been with this bunch for
40 years, 40 long years. They're murmuring. They're complaining.
They're griping. their chiding, their anger, and
their sin, and their folly, and their wretchedness. He said,
I put up with them 40 long years, and now I don't even get to go
in. I don't get to go in. He stood
there. I believe tears run down his
face. But you know what God did after that? Scripture says that
God took him. God took him. And the scripture said he was
not abated and he had no abatement in his strength. And it says that God took him
and found him a grave and dug him a grave, God did, and put
him in a grave. And the scriptures tells us that
nobody to this day knows where Moses' grave is. If they had
any idea where Moses' grave was, You think millions of people
go to, them Muslims go to one of them hajis, and all these
other people go to all these pilgrimages and all that. Let
me tell you something. You could not, you couldn't have
enough room to get all the people to go to where Moses was buried.
They're still, still looking for the Ark, and if they find
it, make toothpicks out of it. But oh my, but are they looking
for His grace today? and however the religious men
of our day not cease to look for his bones, and we'll continue
to seek to find the freeborn sons of God with Moses' grave
clothes." Moses' grave clothes. Oh, my. Moses, bless his heart. But I tell you what, we'll see Moses again. We'll
see Moses again. But in the third, fourth mountain
is this, Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel. That's where Moses, that's where
Moses went up on that mountain. He said, Lord, I want to see
your glory. Show me your glory. And that's where Mount Carmel
was. Lord, show me your glory in Exodus 33. And that's where
he went up there and he had to put him in the cleft of a rock.
He was up on Mount Carmel. And oh my, there he was, he says,
no man can see me and live, and he put Moses in that cleft of
that rock. And yet, from time, every once
in a while, God'll give us a glimpse, just give us a glimpse of his
majesty. Give us a demonstration of his
sovereign dominion over everything on this world and in this world.
And over all the gods of man's imaginations, all the temple.
And another thing that happened up on Mount Carmel was this. You remember when we was going
through Samuel and the Philistines, they had a war with the Philistines.
The Philistines broke through and they took the Ark of the
Covenant. They took the Ark of the Covenant. They went and got
it and took it down and they took and they had a they had
a temple and they had a god in the name Dagan Dagan was his
name And they took the ark of the covenant and they put it
in there with their god And when they got up the next morning
Now Dagan had a head and he had hands and he had feet But when
they got up and went out there to look at him the next morning,
Dagan's head was gone, his feet was gone, and his hands was gone,
and he was laying flat on his face. That's the way, that's exactly
what's gonna happen one of these days when God comes and all these
gods are gonna fall flat on their face. No head, no hands, and
no feet. And that's what God's, what's
wrong with the gods today. They cannot do anything, they
can't carry you nowhere. They got no hands to comfort
you with. They got no brain to teach you
anything with. And oh my. And I tell you another
thing, here's three things that happened on Mount Carmel. That
was when Elijah, Elijah had those 450 false prophets of Baal. And he told all them prophets
of Baal, he says, now listen, we're gonna find out today who
is the God, the real living God. He said, now you fellas, They had a ditch dug, and they
put a bunch of water in the ditch, and they put a bunch of wood
in the ditch, and it was all full of water. He said, now you
call on your God, and the God that answers by fire, that'll
be God. Well, they started early in the
morning. And they prayed and prayed and jumped and shouted
and stomped around and cut themselves and everything. And Elijah finally
say, is your God went on a journey and he's not paying any attention
to you? Is he going on a journey somewhere? Has he left you here? And they went on and on and on
and on and on. And finally, Elijah, he prayed
a 67 word prayer And the fire of God come down,
and it consumed every barrel, consumed all the wood, and consumed
all the water, and made those ditches nothing but dust. That happened on Mount Carmel.
Oh, my. And I tell you what, that goes
to show us that God, He answered with fire. Our God's a consuming
fire. The God of heaven and earth has
no rival. God, and He does according to
His will in the armies of heaven. And among the inhabitants of
the earth, He forms the light and creates the darkness. And
He hath done whatsoever He pleased. And no man, no man does He ever
depend on and ask Him to do anything for Him. Oh, my, three things,
Moses up there, got to be head to The duck, Dagon, falls flat on
his face. Elijah gets fired down from heaven. That shows us that God is God. He is God. Here we give you the
fifth mountain. The fifth mountain. Look over
in Matthew 17. I think we'll look at this one. You know, the father, You know,
everybody knows about the mantle of transfiguration. And why this
happened was to show God the Father is going to show how far
above his son is above Moses and the prophets. It shows you
that. Look what he said here. Our Lord
said in verse 28 of chapter 16 first, He said, there be some standing
here which shall not taste of death till they see the Son of
Man coming in his kingdom. And that's exactly what happened
on the Mount of Transfiguration. And after six days, he takes
Peter, James, and John, bringing them up to a high mountain apart.
And look what happens. Transfigured before them, his
face shined as the sun. That's just like you did in Revelation.
And his raiment was white as the light. And here's Moses again. And there appeared unto them
Moses and Elijah talking with him. Oh, my. And I listened. Peter said, Lord,
oh, Lord, it's so good for us to be here. And it was. I mean,
it's good to be there. I love to be there. That was really something to
be there. But if he didn't let it go at that, he'd have been
all right. But that's not what he did. He said, oh, let's make
three tabernacles, one for you, one for Moses, one for Elijah. And while he yet spake, and this
is the reason this took place. Behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
them, and a voice from the cloud said, This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased. Listen to this now. Don't listen
to nobody else but Him. Him. Him. And oh, my. And the disciples heard it, and
they fell flat on their faces. And when they lifted up their
eyes, they saw nothing but Jesus. You know, Those men disappeared
in the light and the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. But this
is one of the most interesting things to me. Those three disciples
knew Moses when they saw him, and they knew who Elijah was
when they saw him. That's kind of interesting. But
let me show you something in 2 Peter 1, verse 17. I want you
to see this. I want you to see this, 2 Peter
chapter 1, verse 17. Let's look at this together.
Oh my, talking about the mount of transfiguration. Oh my, when
Moses and Elijah, they disappear in light of Christ and his glory
that was in him. And the father made it clear
that Christ alone is his spokesman. He's spoken to the fathers by
the prophets, but that he spoke now he speaks to us by son By
the son, but look what he said here in 2nd Peter chapter 1 verse
17 For we received from God the
father honor and glory When there came such a voice to him from
the excellent glory This is my beloved son. I WHOM I'M WELL
PLEASED, AND THIS VOICE WHICH CAME FROM HEAVEN WE HEARD WHEN
WE WERE WITH HIM IN THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. YOU THINK YOU WOULD NEVER FORGET
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WOULD YOU? YOU WOULDN'T FORGET THAT. BUT
OH, GOD MADE HIS SON. THIS IS THE RECORD THAT GOD HATH
GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. AND HE THAT
HATH THE SON HATH LIFE. HE THAT HATH NOT THE SON OF GOD
HATH NOT LIFE. And then let me give you another
one, two more. There's the Mount of Olives.
You know what's special about the Mount of Olives? Our Lord Jesus took his disciples
when he was going into Gethsemane, they went to the Mount of Olives.
He took Peter, James, and John, went to the Mount of Olives.
That's where Gethsemane was on the Mount of Olives. And there's
where he poured out his soul, poured out his soul, facing death,
facing the agony of death, facing the wrath of God and the cup
of God's wrath, pouring out his soul there in agony. Oh, Lord,
if there's any way possible, let this cup pass from me, any
way at all, any way possible. And oh, my. There was the bitterest
fight right there. There was a fight went on that
night between the Lord Jesus Christ and his soul and his father. Oh, such a fight went on that
night. He prayed and his sweat became as great drops of blood.
And he got up, prayed once, he got up, walked around. And to
ask him what's going on, he went and fell a little farther, went
a little farther and fell down again. Got up, walked around some more,
and third time he fell down again. And then he said, rise up, let's
go. It's time. They've come to get
me. They've come to get me. That
was old Mount Otis. Oh, my. I tell you, that was
he willingly there in the Garden of Gethsemane. He willingly drank
the cup of God's wrath. And I'll tell you what, one writer
said he was in the anteroom of hell as he gave himself up to
bear that awful, awful curse of sinners. Curse of sinners. Oh, my. Tell you something else
about Mount of Olives. When our Lord Jesus Christ ascended
back to glory, when they went out of Jerusalem, and he gave
those disciples instruction to tarry there until they received
the Holy Ghost. And he was standing on the Mount
of Olives when he lost gravity and ascended back to glory, standing
on the Mount of Olives. That's where he left. That's
where he prayed. That's where he left, on the
Mount of Olives. And they say that, Oh, I love
this. You men of Israel, why are you
standing and gazing up? This Saint Jesus that you see
go up, he has sent it into the clouds. He said he gonna come
in the like manner, gonna come back the way he did. And then
everybody knows what the last one is. El Calvary. El Calvary. El Calvary. Called the place of the skull. This is where God's spotless,
spotless Lamb was made an offering for sin
of His people. My wife and I were talking today
on the way home. Nobody, I've said this countless
times, nobody is getting by with nothing. Nobody on this earth
is getting by with nothing. I don't care what they do and
what it appears like they're getting by with. Nobody's getting
by with nothing. Even you and I didn't get by
with nothing. You know where our sin was punished? And we didn't get by with our
sin. We didn't get by with our future sin or our past sin or
our present sin. God took Christ and nailed him
to a cross. And when he was on that cross, he was bearing the wrath of God. He was bearing the justice of
God. He was bearing the curse of God. But The last word he said when
he was on that cross, the last word. The cross is the focal point
of all history. The focal point between eternities
is the cross. Everything before God ever created
the world pointed to the cross. And everything in the future
Well, it's back to the cross. That's the greatest event that
ever took place in between the eternities was Christ on His
cross on Mount Calvary. And the last thing, the first
thing He said, Father, forgive them. They know not what to do. But the last thing He said, the
last word He spoke, it is finished. and it was salvation. Justice was finished, the curse
was finished, the wrath of God was finished, and sin was finished,
and death was vanquished all by that one man on Mount Calvary,
all by him. He who knew no sin was made sin
for us that we might be made the very righteousness of God
in him. Seven mountains, seven mountains. God manifested himself
on every single one of them in a different way, in a different
aspect, in a different character. But he did. Our Lord and our God stand in wonder, stand in awe, that you'd manifest yourself
in so many ways, that everything you've done in
this world, you do it to bring glory to yourself and the salvation
of the elect through your son, the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank
you for what you've taught us, for what you gave us, made us
to know, made us to understand. God bless these dear saints as
they go their way. God bless my brothers and sisters
that are sick, Doc and Helen and Rick. And God bless those
who are taking care of them. Rick for taking care of Helen
and Janie for taking care of Doc. Lord, we love these people. That's why we pray for them.
That's why we mentioned their name before you. Lord, we've
mentioned this church before you, this congregation of believers.
Lord, stir in our hearts. Stir in the hearts of people
here. Stir up them in their hearts. Stir up the revival. Stir up their hearts to love
you, fear you, and desire you. Come to hear you. Hear what you
have to say to them. Forgive me, O Lord, and for everything
that is so unlike you. Bring glory to yourself through
all of us, for Christ's sake. Amen. He's the Savior of my soul Jesus,
my Jesus He's the Savior of my soul He's the Savior of my soul. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, He's
the Savior of my soul. He's the Savior of my soul. See you Wednesday, God willing.