Good morning. Let's all stand
together and sing hymn number 42. Hymn number 42. All hail the power of Jesus'
name. Let angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem
and crown him Lord of all. the royal diadem and crown him
Lord of all. Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,
He ransomed from the fall. Hail Him who saves you by His
grace, and crown Him Lord of all. Hail Him who saves you by
His grace, ? Crown him Lord of all ? ? Let every kindred, every
tribe ? ? Form this terrestrial ball ? To him all majesty has
cried, and crowned him Lord of all. ? Hear him, O majesty astride
? ? And crown him Lord of all ? ? From that with yonder sacred
thong ? ? We at his feet may fall ? We'll join the everlasting
song and crown Him Lord of all. We'll join the everlasting song
and crown Him Be seated. We'll sing hymn number
256. 256. When peace like a river attendeth
my way, When sorrows like sea bellows roll, me to say It is well, it is well with my
soul. It is well, it is well with my soul. It is well, it is well with my
soul Though Satan should burst it,
though trials should come, let his first assurance control you. that Christ hath regarded my
helpless estate, and hath shed his own blood for my soul. It is well with my soul. It is well. It is well with my soul. I see it. I sing for the bliss
of this glorious thought. I sing not in power but the vote. to the cross, and I know no more. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
O my soul. It is well with my soul. It is well, it is well with my
soul. And, Lord, haste the day when
my faith shall be sighed. The crown, dear old flag, as
a scroll. The throne shall resound, and the
Lord shall descend, even so well with my soul. It is well, it is well with my
soul. It is well, it is well with my
soul. Genesis 24, Genesis 24. I'll
read down through verse 9. And Abraham was old and well-stricken
in age. The Lord had blessed Abraham
in all things. And Abraham said unto his eldest
servant of his house that ruled over all that he had, Put, I
pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and I will make thee swear
by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that thou
shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites,
among whom I dwell. But thou shalt go unto my country,
and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. And the servant
said unto him, Peradventure, perhaps the woman will not be
willing to follow me unto this land. Must I needs bring thy
son again unto the land from whence thou camest? Abraham said
unto him, Beware that thou bring not my son there again. LORD
GOD OF HEAVEN WHICH TOOK ME FROM MY FATHER'S HOUSE, AND FROM THE
LAND OF MY KINDRED, AND WHICH SPAKE UNTO ME, AND THAT SWARE
UNTO ME, SAYING, UNTO THY SEED WILL I GIVE THIS LAND. AND HE
SHALL SEND HIS ANGEL BEFORE THEE, AND THOU SHALT TAKE A WIFE UNTO
MY SON FROM THENCE. And if the woman be not willing
to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear of this thine oath,
only bring not my son there again. And the servant put his hand
under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sweared to him concerning
that Oh God, our Father, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
our Savior, our Redeemer, the one who loved us before time
began, loved us with an everlasting love, and Lord, we come to thank
you, to bless you, to praise you, to worship you, hopefully
by your grace and spirit and in truth, worship from our hearts,
from our souls, and look unto you for all things that we need
in this world, especially what we need in this service here
today. And blessed Savior, I pray that
you'd be pleased to cause the gospel to run well here today.
Lord, you know the gospel you say has incorruptible seed in
it. That incorruptible seed must be sown in a corruptible heart.
And Lord, if you'll take that incorruptible seed, plant it
in a heart, and that seed, if I know if you plant it, it'll
bring forth fruit. It'll come and bring forth fruit
to your glory. Lord, save your sheep. Plant
that seed in the heart. plant that darkness, plant that
light in the understanding and dispel the darkness. And now,
Lord Jesus, we pray for those that, pray for Rick and Helen. Oh, Lord, we ask for your grace,
for your strength, for your encouragement for them, that you'd hold them
up through this great, great trial that you've called them
to face. And our blessed Savior, pray for Doc, others that are not able to be
with us through the weakness of the body, through providence,
through the trials that you yourself put them through. And we pray
for those here whose weakened body. Lord, we pray for them
that you'd strengthen them, encourage them, and enable them to be made
whole for your glory. And thank you for what you've
done for your people in this place. Bring glory to yourself
through the preaching of the gospel. For Christ's sake I pray,
amen. Let's stand together and sing
the hymn of the day in the bulletin. With broken heart and contrite
side, that trembling sinner, Lord, I cry. Thy pardoning grace is rich. And three, O God, be merciful
to me. I spied upon my troubled breast
With deep and conscious guilt oppressed Christ and His throne
My only plea, O God, be merciful to me. Once more he said, I have done
him for. O sinner told, to Christ the
Lord I gladly plead. ? Be merciful to me ? ? And win redeem from sin and hell
? ? With all the righteous ? I will, my rapture song shall ever be. I hope you're still in Genesis
24. I want to talk about a bride
for Isaac, a bride for Isaac. A lot of folks, when they read
this chapter, they just see a historical story. But this is one of the fullest
revelations of God's electing love and grace in this chapter. We see how Christ uses the Holy
Spirit to go after, to get a bride for Christ. And he goes to seek
a sinner, a sinner. And how that sinner's brought
to the son, to the bridegroom, how it happens. Now in this thing
that I just read to you, Abraham is a type of the father. Isaac
is a type of the son. The servant, Eliezer, is a type
of the Holy Spirit. And Rebecca is the type of the
sinner who is brought to the Lord Jesus Christ. Very simple,
very simple message. But I want you to look here in
the beginning. Abraham was old. He had a servant. He wanted him to swear that he
had take a, not take a son of the daughters of the Canaanites
or the heathens as among them. But he said in verse four, but
thou shalt go unto my country to my kindred and take a wife
unto my son. You know, this search for a bride
and getting a bride for his son originated with the father. It
was the father's purpose to have a bride for his son, to have
a wife for his son. It was the father's will and
purpose. son have a bride." It originated with God Almighty.
It originated with the Father. And God says, you know, when
I purpose something, so shall it come to pass. He said, the
kingdom of heaven is like a king who made a marriage for his son,
for his son. And you know all things, God
works all things after the counsel of his own will. So the father
said, I want a bride, a wife for my son. I want a wife for
her. And so it started with the father.
And that's what God did from all eternity. He chose a bride
for his son. They don't know it. She didn't
know it, but watch what happens now here and again in verse four.
He said, go unto my country, my country. Is there any part
of the earth that the Lord's not Lord of heaven and over? Go to my country. Well, everything's
his country. Oh, listen, the earth is the
Lord's and the fullness thereof. Everything in this world is in
God's every place. You can't set a foot not stand
on an inch of this world that God doesn't own. God himself
doesn't own. You know, old Scott used to say,
if there's a spot on this earth that God doesn't control over,
I don't want to stand on it. And I tell you what, God, this
earth belongs to the Lord. He said, go to my country, my
country. And look what else he says, and
to my kindred, and to my kindred. always been the Lord's people,
always been His people. Paul said, "'Would it please
God who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by
His grace?' He told Jeremiah, "'Before I ever formed you into
belly, I ordained you to be a prophet.'" And Romans 8 says this, "'For
whom he did foreknow, whom he did forelove, whom he also did predestinate." You know,
our Lord said, he's not ashamed to be called our brethren. God
said, he's not ashamed to be called our God. And just like
the prodigal, the father gave him what his inheritance, and
he went out and wasted it all. But let me tell you something,
He was always the Son. Even when He was out in the world,
even as out living the riotous living, He was always the Son. Always the Son. And then He said,
go to my kindred. Go after my people. Go to where
my people are. That's what our Lord is saying
here. That's what the Father's saying here. Now look at the
Son's position. You know, look down here in the
Son's position. This servant is wet. And he asked
God to direct him, and he directed him to a woman. You know, it
says that he went to a well, and he said, the woman that comes
to me and draws up water says, let me get water for you and
for your camels and for your animals. Let me do that. He said,
let that be the woman. Well, so his purpose is, TO GO TELL ABOUT THE SON. BUT
LOOK WHAT IT SAYS HERE IN VERSE 34. IN VERSE 34, HE SAID, I AM ABRAHAM'S
SERVANT. AND LISTEN TO THIS, NOW, AND
THE LORD HATH BLESSED MY MASTER GREATLY, AND HE HAS BECOME GREAT,
AND HE HATH GIVEN HIM FLOCKS, AND HERDS, AND SILVER, AND GOLD,
AND MEN'S SERVANTS, MAID'S SERVANTS, CAMELS, AND ASSES. AND THIS IS
THE KEY RIGHT HERE. He said, and Sarah, my master's
wife, bear a son to my master when she is old, and this is
the key, unto him hath he given all that he hath. The father's purpose was in the
son, and everything that the father had became the son's. He became the heir of everything
that the father possessed. And you know, the Father sought
all for the Son, and the Father's purpose is going to be fulfilled
in Him and Him alone. Look over in Genesis 25, 25.
Or excuse me, 5, Genesis 25, 5. And Abraham gave all that
he had unto Isaac. Oh, my. Father's purpose and all of His
wealth and all of His riches and all of His power, He gave
it to His Son. And the Father's purpose was
fulfilled in Him. And God the Father Himself says
to Him, to Him, ALL THINGS. JOHN 335, AND TO
HIM HATH HE GIVEN ALL THINGS. AND OH, I WANT YOU TO KEEP GENESIS
AND LOOK OVER IN COLOSSIANS. LOOK OVER IN COLOSSIANS NOW.
YOU KNOW, GOD GAVE HIM POWER OVER ALL FLESH. ALL FLESH. GOD GAVE HIM THE POWER OVER ALL
FLESH. HIS FATHER LOVES THE SON, GIVING
EVERYTHING INTO HIS HANDS. But over here in Colossians,
in chapter 1, look what it says about our Master, about our Lord
Jesus. In Him, in Christ, dwell the
fullness of the Godhead bodily. And oh, look what He says here.
And down in verse 16, talking about the Son's position. The
Father hath given everything unto Him. For by Him, by Christ,
were all things created that are in heaven, that are in earth,
visible if you can see it he created it if you can't see it
he created it if you see a throne somewhere he established it if
you see a dominion from sea to shining sea a Dominion he does
you see principalities? governments powers all things
were created by him and list of this for him and He's before
all things and by him all things consist Now look over in Hebrews
chapter 1. Go over to Hebrews chapter 1.
Look what he says over here about our master. You know, the father
loved the son. And I tell you, he said, oh,
my master, he's got a son. And he's given him everything,
everything. And look what it says. in the
first three verses. God, who at different times and
in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by son, now
listen to this now, whom he appointed heir of all things, by whom also
he made the world, who being the brightness of his glory,
and express image of his person, and upholding everything in this
world by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged
our sins, sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high."
You know, over in Daniel, it says there was a man, the Ancient
of Days was sitting on his throne, and a man approached him, and
the Ancient of Days gave unto him an everlasting dominion,
an everlasting power, an everlasting throne. And that's what the son,
the father said, listen, he is heir of everything that I have. And I'll tell you something,
when our Lord Jesus Christ, God's put everything in his hands.
Everything as old Barnard used to say that rise or wriggles
on this earth. God put it in the hands of his
blessed son There's not a soul saved except saved by Christ
There's not a soul priest to and believed and believe Christ
unless God himself chooses him and sets him apart And I'll tell
you that's that and then and if men don't you know If you're
looking for salvation any place besides Christ, you're looking
in the wrong place the long way And all the fathers said, that
servant says, my master has given everything to him, everything
to him. And now I look back over here
in Genesis with me again. You know, in fact, God gave him
a name, gave Christ a name that's above every name, every name
that's ever been named on the face of this earth. YOU KNOW,
SOMEBODY WANTS TO HAVE A CHILD, AND THEY START FIGURING OUT,
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO NAME HIM? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO NAME HIM? WELL,
GOD NAMED HIS SON JESUS. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE HE'S GOING
TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS. HE GAVE HIM A NAME THAT'S
ABOVE EVERY NAME ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH. HE GAVE HIM A
NAME THAT EVERY KNEE'S GOING TO BOW ONE OF THESE DAYS. AND
EVERY TONGUE'S GOING TO CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD TO
THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER. Now look back over here again
in verse verse 4 with me Genesis 24 for Now shall go unto my country
and to my kindred and take a wife unto my son Now let me ask you
something This bride didn't even know that the father was the
father where existed didn't know that there was a son She had
no clue what was fixing to happen. She didn't have any idea that
somebody had already said, I want a wife for my son. She was in
another, she was far off. Nobody didn't know her name,
didn't know where she was at, didn't know what she looked like.
Didn't know how she's going to be brought. Didn't know who's
going to tell her about it. She did not know anything. She's sitting over there doing
whatever she was doing. And Abraham already said, I want
a wife. She had no idea she was going
to end up being the bride to a son, to the son. And she didn't
have any idea that everything that he possessed, she was going
to possess. She was a far off. She was a
far off in another country. And our Lord Jesus Christ said
this. He said, I lay down my life for
the sheep. I lay down, and there's other
sheep which are not of this fold. And you know what he said? Them
also I must, must bring them. I'm not going to try to bring
them. I hope to bring them. I hope they'll come. But I'm
going to bring them. I'm going to bring them. And,
oh, according as he hath chosen us in Christ before the foundation
of the world. And this bride was afar off.
And, oh, let the Father giveth me. What did he say? Shall come
to me, come to me. And you know what our Lord did?
He said, I pray not for the world. I don't pray for the world. I
don't pray. I don't pray for the world. I don't even pray for souls to
be saved because I know my people. I know my sheep. I know where
they are and I know when I'm going to bring them. And the good shepherd has never,
ever failed to find his sheep and to bring them to where they
are. So the bride didn't have any idea what was going to happen.
Not the first idea. Then look what the Spirit's work
is, down here in verse 32. You know, he went down there
and look what he says. Now, they was going to Rebekah.
Maddie brought her home, and the man came under the house,
And he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for
the camels, and water to wash his feet. And the men's feet
there was with him. And there was set meat before
him to eat. Look what he says now. I will
not eat until I have told mine Aaron. And he said, Speak on. And the Lord, and that's just
what he said, and the Lord hath blessed my master great. Down
in verse 36, and my master's wife bare a son to my master
when he's old, and unto him hath he given all. And my master made
me swear thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the Canaanites
whom I dwell, but go unto my father's house unto my kindred,
and take a wife unto my son. And I said, my master, perhaps
the woman will not follow me. Let me tell you something about
this servant. First of all, he was the only
one who had authority to go down there and do anything. Nobody
else had any authority. Secondly, he was sent by the
Father. The Father sent him. And he was sent there to fulfill
a covenant, a covenant between himself and his servant. HIM
AND HIS MASTER ENTERED INTO A COVENANT. IT WAS BETWEEN THE FATHER AND
BETWEEN THE SERVANT. AND HE WAS SENT IN THE NAME OF
THE SON. ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS GO DOWN
THERE AND TALK ABOUT MY SON. TELL HIM WHAT HE IS AND WHAT
HE'S GOT AND HOW PRECIOUS HE IS AND HOW BELOVED HE IS AND
HOW THE FATHER LOVES HIM AND GIVE EVERYTHING INTO HIS HANDS.
AND THEN HE COME AND DECLARED THE FATHER'S PURPOSE. He sent
me, and I'm not going to eat, I'm not going to do anything
until I've told what I've come to do. And tell you something
else he never done. He never, ever spoke of himself. He always said, my master, my
master's son. I'm just a servant. I'm just
here to do what I'm told to do. He did not speak of himself.
And then look what he did down in verse 53. He revealed the
things of Isaac, the son. Look what he did down in verse
53. And the servant brought forth
jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and ramed it, and gave them to
Rebekah, and gave also to her brother and to her mother precious
things. Oh, my. She started taking all
the riches, just a little of the riches that he had. First
off, he gave her silver. Silver always speaks of redemption. The tabernacle was built upon
silver sockets. Redemption. And then the gold
speaks of our Lord's deity. He is God. He was in the flesh,
but he was God. He was God manifested in the
flesh. And then the raiment brought
out all these beautiful clothes. Of course, that speaks of the
righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. She's got to have, you
know, if she's going to be a bride to the Son, she's got to have
the right kind of clothes on. She just can't go into the presence
of the Son just in anything. She's got to have on special
clothes. And I'll tell you what, the righteousness of Christ is
what that's speaking of. It's like the prodigal, when
he come home, the father said, bring forth the best robe, the
best. And then he says, put it on him,
put it on him, put it on him. And oh my, and look what it says,
he gave them to Rebecca. Oh, that was grace, gave them
to her. She didn't earn them, she didn't
deserve them, she wasn't expecting them. She didn't think that,
you know, listen, I've got this coming to me. I ought to have
this coming to me. No, she didn't do that, he gave
them to Rebecca. It was grace that gave them to
her and look what else and because of her relationship That she
is going to be married to the son. He gave to her brother and
her mother precious things Because of her relationship that she's
gonna have to Isaac even her old family God blessed even the
whole family I'll tell you the Holy Ghost Cannot comfort us
or have fellowship with us Until he makes known the Son. Until you understand the Son. Until you see that everything's
in the Son. Until he makes known the character
of the Father and the Son, he cannot have fellowship with,
and he can't comfort us. And preachers are going around
trying to do the work of the Holy Ghost, and trying to do
the work of the Holy Spirit. Trying to do God's work and talk
people into things. and get them to convince them
to accept Jesus, convince them to come to the front, convince
them to join a church, but oh no, that's not the way God works. The Holy Ghost comes and he,
you know, the scripture says that no man can come to me except
the Father, which sent me drawing, drawing. And everyone that hath
heard and learned of the Father, what does he do? He comes unto
me, comes unto me. And the Spirit takes the things
of mine and shows them unto you. And nobody, I tell you what,
if you want any comfort or any assurance, you know when you're
gonna get it? When you see everything's in the Son. Whenever you see
the holiness of God, the purpose of God, the predestination power
of God, the grace of God, everything given into the Son, the Son,
you know, you gotta know something about the Father. FATHER'S GOT
A PURPOSE. HE HATH PURPOSED ALL THINGS ACCORDING
TO HIS OWN WILL. AND THEN HE SAYS, AND HE ALSO
PURPOSED TO GIVE EVERYTHING INTO THE HANDS OF HIS SON. AND IF
YOU DON'T KNOW THOSE TWO THINGS, AND DON'T BELIEVE THOSE TWO THINGS,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY COMFORT. AND THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF
PREACHING IS. I'M THAT SERVANT THAT WAS SENT. I WAS THAT SERVANT
THAT WAS SENT. GOD GAVE ME THE AUTHORITY TO
PREACH IT. God the Father sent me in the
name of the Son. And I've come to tell you what
God purposed to do. He purposed to give us grace
in Christ before the world ever began. Oh, my. And I talk about the things
of Isaac. I talk about the things of the
Son. Oh, He's got all things, all things, all things. And I'll
tell you something else he didn't do. When he got down there, he
didn't walk down the street and said, anybody wanna be married
to my master's son? Anybody like to hear about my
master's son? I'll tell you what, you got an
opportunity to be married. You got an opportunity to have
plenty of wealth. You got an opportunity to accept him. He
never went down through there proclaiming that. He went after
one particular person. He went after one woman. And
God goes after one type of person, lost sheep. And when he finds
the lost sheep, what happens to him? He brings them to himself.
Preacher can't bring them, church can't bring them. But oh, he
didn't ask or seek everyone. He didn't walk down through there
and said, oh my, my master's got a son and he is, he's a wonderful
fella. He's a wonderful boy. I tell
you, he's just a great, great, and you know, he's just, he don't
have, he's not that much to him, but I tell you what, if you'll
just, if you'll just follow me and I'll, I'll, I'll tell you
something about him. But oh, that's not the way they
did. I looked down here and, Back over here in verse 5 and
6. What happens? And the servant said unto him,
said unto his master, said unto Abraham, that word peradventure
means perhaps. The woman will but not willing
to follow me unto this land. But she's not willing. What if
I find one's not willing? What if I find one don't want
to go? Must thy needs bring thy son again under this land? Here's
two things that he means. He said, if you find a bride
out of my kindred, out of my country, and she's not willing
to come, whatever you do, don't you take my son down. Don't you
take him down there and put him on the marketplace. Don't you
take him down there and let people make a choice. Don't you take
him down. Don't you take him down from
the position that I've given. Don't you take him down from
the position of power. Don't bring him down from position
of authority. Don't bring him down. I'll tell
you what, a lot of folks just use the Lord Jesus Christ as
a doormat, as a fire escape from hell, as an insurance policy.
But wife, she's not willing, but don't bring my son down there.
Whatever you do, don't bring my son down there. Don't you
dare bring my son down. Don't take him down there and
let folks make a choice and let folks see him. I'll tell you,
they're going to have to take what I say by faith. And oh,
look what else it said now over here in verse 54. Oh, after he
has showed everything that of Isaac unto Rebekah. Look at the power of the message.
You know, it gave her everything, the gold and the silver and the
raiment. And they did eat and drank, he and the men that were
with him, and they tarried all night. And they rose up in the
morning, and he said, send me away unto my master. Now watch
what happens. And her brother and mother said,
let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least 10.
The margin says 10 months. After that, she shall go. Oh, they wanted to, mom and daddy
didn't want her to go. Oh, don't go, honey, don't go.
Don't leave us. Don't leave your mom and daddy
and your brothers and sisters. Don't do that. You know what
he said? And he said unto them, hinder
me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way. Send me away,
that I will go to my master. Now watch what happens. And they
said, we will call the damsel and quiet her mouth. We'll ask
see what she's got to say about this thing. And they called Rebecca
and said unto her, wilt thou go with this man? She said, I'll
go. You go with this man, I'm gonna
go. He didn't have to beg. He didn't
have to plead. He didn't have to get on his
knees. He didn't have to cry. He didn't have to do anything
to beg her to go. He just proclaimed his master's
will, his master's son, his master's wealth, and oh, the power of
that message. She said, I'll go. Yes, I'll
go. And it was the goodness and glory
of the Father and Son that won that woman to her. Oh, my, others
tried to get her to stay. while longer, but she was really
willing and ready to go. And I'll tell you something,
when you get, when God does something for you, you know what you'll
do? You'll be willing to. How many here this morning are
willing to come to the Son? How many here is willing to come
to the Master's Son? How many people's Am I'm willing
I was willing yesterday. I'm willing today and if God
lets me live I'll be willing tomorrow. Oh My you know others
tried to get her to stay But it's like Paul. Oh My he was
out in the world. He was a mean man. He is a wicked
man, but then after the God Called him to himself and made him willing
I He had to be made willing. Everybody that's ever come to
Christ has to be made willing. And when are they made willing?
In the day of his power. The day of the power of what?
The day of the power of the gospel. The day that you hear about the
son and you really understand what's going on. And he, and
she went, he went down there and got a woman that had no idea
what was going to happen to her. When God Willing comes to bring
a soul to himself he willingly Comes to where they are and makes
them willing There's not anybody ever come
to Christ of their own free will Nobody has ever decided to follow
Jesus. Nobody has ever got up and said
I believe I'll just go with him to you know, no people do that
all time this I These big evangelists and all that stuff, what they
do is they'll plant people in a congregation. And you know,
when they give their invitation, they give their invitation, they'll
have these plants, you know, get up and start moving to the
front. That fella get up, that fella get up. Next thing you
know, they got folks just flocking down there. All they gotta do
is just get two or three people to make that move. And here they
come. God don't do things that way. Oh no, he don't have to
do things that way. You gonna go with him? I am gonna
go. I'm gonna go. She'd never seen
the son yet. She'd never seen the father yet. All she had done is heard about
him. But I tell you, you know, Paul,
God made him willing one day when he had warrants in his pocket.
You know, the sheriff comes, or the deputies come, and the
police come, and they got a warrant to come into your house and deal
with you, or arrest you, or whatever. Paul had warrants in his pocket
to go and arrest the Lord's people. And he had authority to take
them and put them in jail. Men, women, and children. But
one day, God, there's a light above the brightness of the sun.
It come down on him. You know what? He fell to his,
he got down. Oh, he got down. God put him
down. Oh, from then on, from then on,
he was willing. He said, wouldn't it please God?
Now, he was out here 30 years old. God made him willing one day.
He said, and then he found out later, he said, when it pleased
God. He found this out later. He didn't know it when God put
him down on Damascus. When it pleased God who separated
me from my mother's womb, called me by His grace. Why did He do it for? To reveal
His Son in me. To reveal His Son in me. And you know what? She left mama.
She left brothers. She left sisters. She left her
daddy. And you know what? For the glory
that was revealed to her, oh my, when he started talking about
that son. And I tell you, when she left
to go, you know what she had to do? She had to accept everything
by faith. She hadn't seen the son. She
hadn't seen the father. She just had to take everything.
She left there believing what that servant said. I ain't seen
my father, I ain't seen Abraham, and I ain't seen the son, but
I'm gonna go and I'm gonna meet him. I'm gonna go and see him.
She trusted everything to Abraham's promise that he was gonna give
everything to his son. Now, you know what the end of
this search was? You know what happened? It ended up being a love story.
It ended up being the beautifulest love story at all. Look what
happens now. Look down in verse 61. And Rebekah arose and her damsels,
and they rode upon the camels and followed the man. The servant
took Rebekah and went his way. He carried her all the way home. And Isaac came out, came from
the way of the well of Laharoi, for he dwelt in the south country.
Now watch what happens here now. And Isaac went out to meditate,
in verse 63, in the field at the end in the evening. And he
lifted up his eyes, he looked up, and he saw, and behold, the
camels were coming. He looked up and saw them coming.
It's like the prodigal, the father, you know, he was out on the roof
looking for the son to come home. looking for that son to come
home, watching out there, see that son to come home. And oh,
and look what happens now. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes,
and when she saw Isaac, she landed off her camel. She jumped off.
But listen to this now. For he, she had said unto the
servant, what man is this that walketh in the field to meet
us? The son's going out to meet his
bride. What's this? And the servant
said, it is my master. It is my master. Oh. Oh, my. And the servant told Isaac all
things that he saw her coming. And she said, who's that fella?
She got off that thing and went running to him. Peter did when
he found out it was the Lord there on the strap they told
all night. He jumped off naked to get to
Christ, to get to Christ. And look what happens now. And
the servant told Isaacs all things that he had done. Oh, listen. And Isaac brought her unto his
mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And listen to this. And he loved
her. And Isaac was comforted after
his mother's death. You know what we're doing? We're
like Isaac and Rebecca, lifting up our eyes, looking for the
Lord Jesus Christ to come. One of these days, we'll see
him as he is. But right now, we see him by
faith. But you know what? We come to him because he loved
us. He loved us. He's looking for
us. Our Father, in the blessed name
of our Lord Jesus Christ, thank you for allowing us to meet here
today. Thank you for your gospel. Thank you for your word. I pray that you'd be pleased
to use this your glory and the good of those who heard. Lord,
it's in your hands to do what seemeth good in your sight. You can bless it to a heart or
not. You can bless it to people's
understanding or not. You can cause people to see the
glory of Christ in it and the power of this message and the
love of Christ for his people God's love for her master. Lord, we thank you. Bless your
holy name. Bring glory to yourself through
us. Keep your people in this place safe, secure. Help us always look unto our
Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior, our Redeemer, the very lover
of our souls, We thank you in his name, amen, amen. ? There is a name I love to hear
? ? I love to sing its word ? ? It sounds like music in my ear ?
? The sweetest name on earth ? Oh, how I love Jesus. Oh, how I love Jesus. Oh, how I love Jesus. Amen. See you tonight, 6 o'clock,
God willing.