Good morning. Let's all stand
together and sing hymn number 475. Sorry, 474. We're going
to sing 475 next. 474. Not have I gotten back what I received. Grace hath bestowed
it since I have believed. Posting excluded, but I have
faith. I'm only a sinner saved by grace. I'm only a sinner saved by grace. Only a sinner saved by grace. This is my story. To God be the glory. I'm only a sinner saved by grace. Once I was foolish and sin ruled
my heart, Causing my footsteps from God to depart. Jesus hath found me, happy in
my case, I now am a sinner, saved by grace. Only a sinner, saved
by grace Only a sinner, saved by grace This is my story, to
God be the glory I'm only a sinner, saved by grace ? Tears unavailing,
no merit had I ? ? Mercy had saved me, or else I must die
? ? Sit at the Lord wing, fearing God's face ? ? But now I'm a
sinner, saved by grace ? I'm only a sinner saved by grace. Only a sinner saved by grace. This is my story. To God be the glory. I'm only a sinner saved by grace. Suffer a sinner whose heart overflows,
loving his Savior to tell what he knows. Once born to tell it,
would I embrace? I'm only a sinner saved by grace. Only a sinner saved by grace
Only a sinner saved by grace This is my story to God be the
glory I'm only a sinner Be seated and we'll sing hymn number 475. Redeemed, how I love to proclaim
it. Redeemed by the blood of the
Lamb. Redeemed through His infinite
mercy. His child and forever I am. Redeemed, redeemed. Redeemed by the blood of the
Lamb Redeemed, redeemed This child and forever I am Redeemed
and so happy in Jesus Christ No language my rapture can tell. I know that the light of His
presence with me doth continually dwell. Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed
by the blood of the Lamb. Redeemed, redeemed His child
and forever I am I think of my blessed Redeemer I think of Him
all the day long I sing for I cannot be silent His love is the theme
of my soul. Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed
by the blood of the Lamb. Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed,
His child and forever I am. I know I shall see in His beauty
The King in whose law I delight Who lovingly guarded my footsteps
And giveth me songs in the night Redeemed, redeemed Turn with
me to Psalm 24. Psalm 24. Read the psalm and hope by God's
grace I can say a few things about it. Psalm 24. The earth is the Lord's and the
fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein. For
he hath founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods.
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall stand
in his holy place, he that hath clean hands and a pure heart,
who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully,
he shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness
from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them
that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob." The margin says,
"'O God of Jacob, lift up your heads, O ye gates,
be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory
shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The
Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your
heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors,
and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the
King of Glory. Our Father, our Father, our Father, blessed God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. We
always come with thanksgiving, praise from our hearts, blessing
your holy name, attributing everything in this world unto you, knowing
that your will is done, irregardless of what people say, think, or
do. Your will is always done, always accomplished. The end
is gonna come just exactly the way, Lord, you have decreed it
to be. You declared the end from the
beginning and from ancient times. Oh, Lord, we know what the end's
gonna be. You've already told us in your
word. And Father, we've gathered here
to worship. We sing that hymn. We come to worship him, worship
him. He's our righteousness and we're
complete in Him. Help us to glorify His holy name.
Help us to lift up His precious holy nature and blessedness and
redemption and salvation that's all in Him. And Lord, we pray
for those that don't know you in this congregation, those who've
never believed, don't know what it is to have faith. don't know
what it is to trust you. So Lord, we pray for them, that
you would cause the gospel to run well here today, that you
and your sovereign mercy would sow that seed in the heart, because
we know if that seed is sown, it'll eventually bring forth
fruit to your glory. And Lord Jesus, please be mindful
of those among us who are sick, whose bodies are frail, can't
be with us because of their sickness and their weakness of their body.
Father, forgive us of everything that's unlike you and have mercy
upon our children, our grandchildren, and our great-grandchildren,
husbands and wives, sons and daughters that don't know you. God, you're the only one that
can do anything for us. Please bring glory to self in
this service today. For Christ's sake, amen. Let's all stand together and
sing the hymn of the day in the bulletin. My father's way may twist and
turn, my heart may throb and ache, but in my soul I'm glad
I know He made no mistake My cherished plan may go ? My hopes may fade away ? But
still I'll trust my Lord to lead ? For He doth know the way dark and it may seem that day
will never break. I'll pin my faith by all in him
he maketh no mistake. There's so much now I cannot
see. My eyes are born to see. But come what may, I'll simply
trust and leave it all to Him. For by and by, The mist will lift, and bring
it all to me. Be seated. Well, look back here with me
in the 24th Psalm, and the title of my message this
morning is Three True Things. Three True Things. We have the true God, we have
the true Israel, and we have the true Redeemer. And you know, we never fully
appreciate the Scriptures until we see It's a message of redemption. And it was, redemption was by
the God-man, the Lord Jesus Christ. God could only satisfy God, but
man could die. Man couldn't satisfy God, so
God and man united in the Lord Jesus Christ, and He redeemed
us by His precious blood. You know, redemption unfolds
gradually through the Bible You know you use first place you
see of course you understand the first five verses of Genesis
and the Gospels there as plain as the day of God said let there
be light we was in darkness God said let there be light We was
without form and void we had no nature our nature was We was
without the form of God or any knowledge of God. We'd lived
in darkness. And God said, let there be light.
And then, you know, he sent the spirit and it moved and brooded
over the earth and he has sent a spirit to us. And then the
Lord Jesus Christ came and he said, separated the light from
the darkness. He separate us from the darkness
and brought us into his light. and then you go and see what
happened to Adam when God had to clothe his nakedness with
animal skins. That's the first hint of redemption
in the Bible, and then it unfolds throughout the Scriptures. But
when you finally see and you understand that everything in
the Old Testament is about our Lord Jesus Christ and what He
did to save sinners, and as we see this message of redemption
unfold line upon line, Isaiah 53 is all about redemption. The
Lamb, the Passover Lamb, Abraham taking
his son on the mountain and a ram being caught in the thicket so
he could put him in his place. Line upon line, here a little,
there a little. But oh, as we better understand
and appreciate God's Word, I hope WILL APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND
THIS PSALM AS I HOPE BY DIVIDING IT INTO THREE PARTS. AND THE
FIRST I SAID IS THE TRUE GOD. LOOK WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 1
AND 2. HERE'S THE TRUE GOD. THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S, AND
THE FULLNESS THEREOF, THE WORLD, AND THEY DWELL THEREIN. FOR HE
HATH FOUND IT UPON THE SEAS, AND ESTABLISHED IT UPON THE FLOOD. THE FIRST THING ABOUT GOD, THE
TRUE GOD, IS THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S. THIS EARTH IS THE LORD'S. I KNOW IT DON'T BELONG TO MAN. I KNOW MAN THINKS IT DOES. MAN
CLAIMS TITLE TO IT. YOU KNOW, THEY BOAST, MEN ON
THIS WORLD, THEY BOAST OF THEIR POSSESSIONS. talk about all the
possessions they have, the power that they've got, the rights
that they've got. And men, you know, and they take
the earth and they divide it up. They divide it up. I don't know how many countries
there are now. There's a lot of countries, but they're divided
into countries, divided into kingdoms, divided into nations. They elect kings, presidents,
people of power, rulers, and they've been doing it for centuries
and centuries. But, oh, the earth is the Lord's.
Don't never mistake that. Oh, they divide them into little
countries and counties, and they divide them all over the place.
They divide them into states. Fifty states. How many counties? How many territories? And they
give them names. Tennessee, North Carolina, Kansas,
Nebraska, Alaska, Washington, name them, give them all names.
And then man, being what he thinks he is and all the power he's
got, they divide it into these states, and then they take the
states and divide them into farms, divide them into ranches, Divide them into lots. And they
go and somebody gives them a title deed to that property. And they
say they own it. But God said he doesn't. God
said the earth is the Lord's. Oh, my. It's not man's. It's
the Lord's earth. And I tell you, we're just tenants.
I'm going to tell you something right now. We're just tenants
living on this earth. No matter where we live, we're
just tenants. And we're subject to be evicted any time. We're subject to be evicted from
all of our property and all of our power and all of our possessions
because this earth is the Lord's and he just lets us live here
for a little while. It belongs to Him, and I tell
you, everybody on it belongs to Him, and He can do with them
what He wants to. The earth is the Lord's. Look
over here in Job chapter 41 and verse 11 with me. I tell you, you know, Men and women, we think we really
got something. We really think we're doing something.
You know, we got all our title deeds and all that, but this
earth, when you walk out in your yard, that belongs to the Lord. You go out and raise some corn,
that belongs to the Lord. Look what he said here in Psalm,
excuse me, Isaiah, what? Job 41, 11. Look what God says about it.
Who hath prevented me? And that word prevent means hindered
me. Who hath hindered me that I should
repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole
heaven is mine. Whatsoever is under the whole
heaven is mine. And I'll tell you, we're subject
to eviction any time the owner sets in the heavens. And I tell
you what, you wonder what he thinks about all of our title
deeds. We're the worms of the dust of
this earth. That's what we are, worms. Worms. Oh my, the earth is the Lord's. The earth is the Lord's. And
I tell you, we need to understand that clearly. You know, how many
people have been evicted I've been here 46 years. You
know how many people I've seen evicted? Shirley and I was talking about
it on the way here this morning. The scripture says our tale,
our life is as a tale that's been told. One of these days,
God's going to evict me and evict you. Three or four generations
from now, nobody won't even have any idea who I was, where I come
from, and what I did while I was here. Nobody will visit my grave. Nobody will have any idea who
I ever existed. Does that bother you? Don't bother
me. Don't bother me. When you know you're nothing,
and you understand you're nothing, then when you lose everything,
you ain't lost nothing. Ain't that right? Oh my. Then look what else it
says, the earth is the Lord's. And look what it says, and the
fullness thereof. Why does he talk about the fullness
thereof? Well, the fullness means it's
entirety. Entirety. You know, it means
all of its wealth is the Lord's. All of its life is the Lord's. The past, the present, and the
future, the fullness thereof belongs to the Lord. And you
know, the Lord has made this earth full, and He's kept it
full. Do you believe that? You know, How many people have lived on
this earth and breathed this air? You know why? The air is full. How many people on this earth
are breathing right now? Because the air is full. The
air is full. And oh, what the soil, the ground
is full. You know how many billions of
plants and how many much gold and silver and diamonds has been
taken out of the earth? And it's still got plenty in
it. Billions of plants has been on
this earth. Trees and flowers live from it. And how many people, how many
have gone and they started, God started in the garden building
trees, making trees, making bushes. And then because of man's fault,
there was briars and thorns and thistles. And yet God says that
the earth is full. We plant trees, still plant trees,
and still the earth is full? Still full. Still full. And all flowers, how many flowers
live on this earth? You know, I'm going to tell you
something. Almost all the flowers you see that are wild, that's
how they became the flowers that they are now because somebody,
God gave sense enough for somebody to breed them up and make them
out and make them things that we go and pay money for and put
them out and enjoy them. But they're the Lord's. They
ain't going to grow without the Lord. My mother-in-law, Ethel,
She used to raise a big garden. She used to raise a big garden.
And every time she'd plant a seed, when, you know, she'd put her
garden out, she'd plant her seed, and then she'd pray over it,
said, Lord, it ain't gonna grow if you don't bless it. It ain't
gonna have no beans if you don't bless them. Ain't gonna have
no corn if you don't bless them. And that's the truth. All God's
got to do is turn off Turn off the rain, turn up the heat, and
I tell you what, you and I do go hungry by the next two years. The earth is the Lord's in the
fullness there. The rivers, the forest, the fields, they
remain full. You know how many cattle eat
out of the fields? How many clothes have been made
from the animals that's on this earth? How many houses has been
built and people live in them? And they're full and hold together
by the power and sovereignty of God himself. They keep talking
about, you know, that the earth is, that the sea's gonna quit
producing one of these days. You go to a store, you can buy
shrimp. Where'd they come from? Oh my. And you know, God says
that this world was fitly framed by God and he upholds it. He upholds it with the word of
his power. He just has to say a word, holds
it up with the word, a word. He holds up this world with a
word. The earth is the Lord's and the
fullness there. How's he hold it up with these
with a word? Just a word I Tell you what Colossians 116
says this that all things that were created were created by
him and for him and that's talking about the Lord Jesus Christ and
all things consist of Him. The earth is the Lord's. I wonder
when He's going to evict us. Oh, my. My, my. And then look what it
says here now. The next word is, the earth is
the Lord's in the fullness thereof. And listen to this, the world
is and they that dwell therein." The world and they that dwell
therein. All that live in this world and
on this earth, every single one of them belong to one man, the
Lord Jesus Christ. Do you know that? That we're
His by creation. were His by creation. Oh, He
created us. Everything that was made was
made by Him, and there was nothing made made without Him. We're
His creation. He's the one that created us.
Oh, my, unto Him, Him alone, look and keep us all. And look
over in Revelations chapter 4. Look in Revelations chapter 4,
what it says about our Master over here, about our Lord Jesus
Christ. In verse 11, Oh, we're His by creation. Psalm
100 says, We made not ourselves, but He made us, and we're the
sheep of His pasture. Look what it says here about
our Lord in verse 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive
glory and honor and power, for Thou hast created all things,
and listen to this, and for Thy pleasure they are and were. Created. Oh, my. When somebody creates something,
you know, the potter has power over the clay. And he has the
power over clay. The potter gets him a piece of
clay, and he puts it on the wheel, and he turns it and turns it
and turns it. He makes it according to what he wants to make out
of it. And you know, if he decides that
pot is not worth anything, he'll throw it away and make him another
one. Make him another one. That's how we are. God, listen,
we're in the hand of God, we're in the hand of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and it's He that made us, not we ourselves. And then
let me tell you else how we're His. The world and they that
dwell therein, we're the Lord Jesus Christ by decree. And what
I mean by that, God decreed. GOD HAS ONE DECREE, AND ON THAT
DECREE, THE FATHER HATH GIVEN ALL THINGS INTO HIS HAND. THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON, AND
HATH GIVEN ALL THINGS INTO HIS HAND. YOU KNOW, LET ME TELL YOU
A VERSE OF SCRIPTURE. YOU LOOK AT IT YOURSELF WHEN
YOU GET HOME. JOHN 17, 2 SAYS THIS, THOU, GOD, HE SAID, O FATHER
IN HEAVEN, HE'S PRAYING TO HIS FATHER, Father, my Father, my
Holy Father, thou hast given him, Christ, power over all flesh,
all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou
hast given him. He got all power over all. Whose
flesh he got power over? Everybody's. Everybody's. Oh, my. Father, love is the son. You know, God made him heir of
all things, and by him, he made him heir of all things, and he
upholds this world himself. God, listen, I'm grateful that
Christ has the power. I'm grateful that he has the
power. Because, see, that takes the pressure off of a preacher. That takes some pressure off
of somebody trying to win somebody to Jesus. These soul winners,
they out here trying to do something that only God can do, that Christ
can do. But I'll tell you something,
beloved, God gave everything into the hand of His Son. That
means me and you, our sons, our daughters, Past, present, and
future, everything that we've ever hoped to and held dear in
our life belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ, and He can take
it when or whenever He pleases. He's the Lord. He's the Lord. I belong to Him. You belong to Him. Say, I don't
like that. I can't help it. He said, we'll not have this
man to reign over us. I don't care if you say that
or not. He still does it. I don't want him to have his
will in my life. Well, that don't make no difference.
He's gonna have it anyway. And then all we're here is because
he bought us and paid for us. Bought us and paid for us. To
this end, Christ both died, rose, and revived again, that he, he
should give life to the quick, the one that's already got life
and dead. Yeah. You know, the scriptures
talks about those that deny the Lord that bought them. A man
can deny all he wants to. He can deny the Bible, he can
deny God, he can deny everything he wants to deny. And there's
these false prophets and these people that they deny that the
Lord that bought them. And how do you deny the Lord
that bought them saying he bought everybody? And in the sense that
he died just for Everybody on this earth, but he died for his
people and you know the Lord the scripture says there's a
treasure in a field over and saw and Matthew 13, there's a
treasure here in the field You know what Christ did the trip
that he says that the Treasure the field is the whole world
and now Lord Jesus Christ bought the whole world To get his treasure
out of it to get his elect out of it, get his people out of
it. But he owns a whole shootin' match. He owns it all. He bought the whole thing just
to get his treasure. And then let me tell you something.
Everybody, you know, we talk about this administration, that
administration, what this administration's gonna do. Let me tell you what
God's administration is and who He is. It's the Lord Jesus Christ.
And you know what it says? He must reign till the last enemy
is destroyed and put under His feet. And I'll tell you something
else. He says, our Lord Jesus Christ
said, all power is given unto me. All power in heaven and earth
is given unto me. And Isaiah 9, 6 says this, that
thou shalt call his name Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the
Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace. And listen to this,
and the government, government is on his shoulders. Our government
exists because of him. We may not like it, but it still
is because of him, because of him. Oh, the earth is the Lord's
and the fullness thereof, and everybody, and the fullness,
and everybody that dwells therein. We're, all creatures are his,
whether you're a son or a servant, whether you're a sheep or a goat.
We're vessels of mercy or vessels of wrath. All of them are his.
All of them are his. And look what it says next. Oh
my goodness, I'm taking a long time on this. For he hath founded
it. What is he talking about? He
founded the earth. He founded the fullness thereof, the world,
and everybody dwells in it. He founded it. And he found it
upon the sea as established it upon the floods. This is the reason that all is
his, because he found it. He is the one that found it.
He hath founded it upon the seas. He created it all. It was God
who said, let there be light. It was God who said, let us make
man. It was God who said, let us do,
let us do. And then look what he said. He
established it upon the floods. You know, the water above and
the water beneath the earth all belong to him. And you know,
when you start talking about the seas and the floods established
upon the earth above, what an insecure foundation. What an
insecure foundation. You know, when you start thinking
about what God does on this earth, what an insecure foundation it
is. God is telling us that the earth, all that it is right now, it
ain't going to remain. It's not going to remain like
it is. No, no, it ain't gonna remain like it is. But I tell
you, we're like Abraham, we're looking for a city. We're looking
for a city which has foundations. A new earth, a new heaven, established
on the rock of ages. God is full of power, glory,
and majesty. Look in Psalm 50 with me. Look
over here in Psalm 50. God is full of power, glory,
and majesty. Psalm 50. Let's look at this
together just for verse 10. This is what God's talking about
now. He founded upon the seas and won't afloat. What an insecure
foundation. Oh, look what God said in Isaiah
50, 10. Every beast of the forest is
mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of
the mountains, Every bird that's flying, I know it, and the wild
beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I wouldn't
tell you, for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof." Oh, my. I ought to go over that
again. I ought to go over that again.
Oh, I tell you, that gives me such comfort. It gives me such
assurance. Oh, my. Then let's look at true
Israel, verses 3 through 6. shall ascend into the hill of
the Lord, or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath
clean hands, and a pure heart, who hath not lifted up his soul
unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully, he shall receive the blessing
from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy
face, O God of Jacob." The true Israel, Now, there's people that
actually believe that they have got that ability to go into the
hills, stand in the presence of God on their own. But who
shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? That's what he said. Who shall ascend into the hill
of the Lord? God dwells in the heavens. God
dwells in the heavens. Oh, my. He says, when thou enterest
into the house of God, be not swift with your foot, be not
rash to utter things, because God's in the heavens and you're
on the earth. Look over in Job chapter 11.
Job chapter 11. Look what God says over here. Job
chapter 11, verse 7 and 8. Oh my. He said, who shall ascend
into the hill of the Lord? Canst thou by searching find
out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty
unto perfection? It's as high as heaven, what
can you do? Deeper than hell, what can you
know? What can you know? And oh my,
the measure thereof is longer than the earth, broader than
the sea. If he shut up, who can hinder him? And oh, he knows
how vain man is, how vain man is. Oh my. Let me tell you, God
dwells in a light which no man can approach into. And then it
says, who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Who shall ascend
up there? Who shall ascend up to where
God is? Listen to this. And when if you got there, if
you got there, who can stand there? Who can stand in that
holy place? Who shall stand in that holy
place? If somebody could ascend and dwell where God himself dwells,
who could stand there and abide there if they got there? Who
could stand there? When God says himself, I dwell
in a light that no man can approach unto. Oh my, I'll tell you who
does it, who can do it. He that hath clean hands, There's not a just man on the
earth that doeth good and sinneth not. The thought of foolishness is
sin. Oh, he that hath clean hands, and that word clean hands means
pure, no sin on them, never done anything wicked with them, never
done anything but honor God with them, who has never sinned. And then,
oh, my, look at this, and a pure heart, a pure heart, never imagined
or thought an evil thought. That's what a pure heart is,
never thought, never imagined or thought an
evil thought. Oh, my. And listen to this, not
only that, But who hath never lifted his soul up to vanity,
never lifted himself up to be somebody when he's nothing, never
lifted himself up to vanity. Look at me, look at me, look
at what I am, look at what I've accomplished. Never lifted his
soul up to vanity. Oh my, who loved God perfectly
and done nothing contrary to God Almighty. And listen to this
one. nor sworn deceitfully." Oh, my. You ever swore to a lie? Have you ever exaggerated something
or sworn deceitfully, sworn knowing that it wasn't true what you
were saying? Put your hand on the Bible. Oh,
I'll put my hand on the Bible that that's true. Oh, my. One who has spoken, wouldn't
we say, not sworn deceitfully, somebody who has spoken perfect
truth. And then look what he says, he
shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from
the God of his salvation. Oh, my. And who has met these conditions?
Who has met these conditions? Who met them? One man, one man,
the Lord Jesus Christ. He ascended. He has clean hands. He has a pure heart. Oh, never sworn deceitfully.
Oh, if any man convinced me of sin, oh, no man can convince
me of that. Who's met these conditions? The
Lord Jesus Christ. You know, look over in John chapter
3 with me. I want you to see this. This
is one of the most amazing things to me, and when I first saw it,
and I've thought about it so many times since. But who shall
ascend and dwell in the presence of the Lord? There's only one
man that's been able to do that. Look what it said here in John
3, 13. And no man hath ascended up to
heaven, But he that came down from heaven,
and listen to this, even the son of man which is in heaven,
he come down, he was there, only man. He said, no man hath ascended
up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, that's the
Lord Jesus Christ. Even the son of man which is
in heaven, HE DWELT IN BOTH PLACES AT THE SAME TIME. HOW DO YOU
EXPLAIN THAT? CAN'T DO IT. BUT THAT'S WHAT
IT SAYS. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. SO HE WAS
ON THIS EARTH AND HE CAN ASCEND TO GOD AND, OH, HE GOES THERE. AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. WE, WE SHALL ASCEND AND DWELL
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD ONLY, ONLY AS WE have been raised from
the dead and all our blessings are in Him and only in Him, and
then because we're in Him and complete in Him and righteous
in Him and accepted in the Beloved, we get to go. The Scriptures
tells us we're already seated together with Him in heavenly
places. How did we get there? Christ took us. How do we get to be in the presence
of God in Christ, except in the beloved? Oh, my. And let me show you something. You're talking about a wonderful
verse. Look in the book of Jude. Jude's
that one little chapter right before the book of Revelation.
Look at that with me in Jude. Look in verse 24. Oh, my. Oh, as I, Lord Jesus Christ,
been raised from the dead and all blessings in him, we dwell
in him and we're going to receive the blessings from the presence
of the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Look what he says here now. Jude 24, now, right now, unto
him that is able to keep you from falling. Oh, boy. something keep you from falling.
And listen to this, to present you faultless before the presence
of His glory. And you know what's going to
happen when that happens? You're going to be so full of joy. You're
going to be so full of joy. And oh, this is why it's going
to be to the only wise God. Listen to this now. Our Savior,
our Savior, our Be glory, majesty, dominion, and power, both now
and forever, and forever. Oh, my. Look back over in our
text now. I'll hurry. I'll hurry. This is a generation. Look in
verse 6. This is the generation of them
that seek Him. Listen to this, that seek thy
face, O Jacob. In the margin says, O God of
Jacob. This is the true Israel. This is the generation of them
that seek him, that seek thy face, seek thy face. Oh, God of Jacob. You know, oh, the God of Jacob, the God
of election, the God of mercy, the God of keeping, the God of
protection, the God of blessing, And you know what? Heaven's going
to be populated with seekers and finders. They that seek Him
with all their heart, they find Him. Heaven's going to be populated
by seekers and finders. You know, God says, seek ye my
face. And we said, oh Lord, thy face
we'll seek. He said, blessed is the man whom
thou causest to approach unto By God's grace, we seek the Lord. By God's grace, we seek His presence. By God's grace, we seek His mercy. We seek His righteousness in
Him, Christ. And you know, in Him, in Him,
we find all they need. And this is the true Israel.
Paul said it this way. He said, we are the true circumcision
which worship God in the Spirit. Rejoice in Christ Jesus and have
no confidence in the flesh. That's the true Israel now Look
at our true Redeemer. Oh, I love this. Listen, I Hope
I'm not wearing you The true Redeemer verse 7 Lift up your
heads. Oh you gates He lift up your
everlasting doors and and the King of Glory shall come in.
Who is this King of Glory? The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates,
even lift up your everlasting doors, and the King of Glory
shall come in. Who is this King of Glory? The
Lord of the armies in heaven, that's who he is, that's who
he is. Our Lord Jesus Christ has met
all the conditions laid down for those that would ascend into
the hill of the Lord and stand in God's presence. We come into
the presence of the holiest of holies, and by His own righteousness,
light and right and righteousness, He's entered in to heaven and
sat down. He by himself purged our sin,
sat down on the right hand of the majesty of heaven. His hands
are clean, his heart is pure, his soul loves God perfectly. He is the truth. And look what
he says, so therefore, therefore, lift up your heads, O you gates,
and lift up your everlasting doors. Let me tell you something.
The gates and the doors of eternal glory has always, always been
closed to man. Too many things to keep us from
entering in, but there's one who did. Oh, the Lord of glory,
the son of man's come to earth and his blessed, blessed work
of redemption is done. It's finished. It's finished
now. Gates, open up. Doors, lift up. Everlasting doors. Lift up. There's a king coming
in here. There's a king gonna come through
this gate. There's a king gonna come through
these gates. Lift up. Open up gates. Lift up your doors. Your everlasting doors. Somebody's
coming. Who is he? He's a king. He's a king of glory. And look what it says. He asked,
who is this king of glory? The Lord, the Lord. Strong, strong, all power and
mighty the Lord, mighty in battle, the captain of our salvation.
Oh my. So then lift up. He's won the
victory. He's done everything. He fought
the battle. He's strong and he won the war. He won the battle. He finished
it all. So lift up your heads. Oh, when this gates is up and
lift up your heads. And I tell you, all of them in
glory, lift up your heads. Look at who's coming in here.
Lift your heads up and look. Lift them up, you everlasting
doors. And the King of glory shall come
in. Oh, who is he? The King of glory, the Lord of
hosts, the Lord of armies. He alone conquered every enemy.
Oh my, he alone came to redeem. He is alone when he ascended. in this king of glory. And I'm
gonna close. And he took with him a multitude
that no man can number. Look in Revelation 6, 2, and
then I'm done. Revelation 6, 2. Look what it says, talking about conquering.
Oh, the Lord's strong, mighty in battle. The Lord's strong
and mighty in battle. Oh, my. He's mighty and strong. He won the battle. He won the
victory. He said, it's finished. Look
what it says here in Revelation 6-2. And I saw this man lifted
up his head, and look what he saw. And behold, a white horse,
and he that sat on him had a bow, and a crown was given unto him. And look what happened. He went
forth, conquering and to conquer. The true God, the true Israel,
and a true Redeemer. Oh, my. Our Father, in the precious,
precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ, how we bless you, how
we praise you, how we thank you. Oh, Lord, as we sung, our eyes are so dim,
so many things we can't see and don't know. But, oh, Lord, how
thankful I am for what we do know, for what you made us to
know. And Lord, we know that you're
the Lord of all, and that every one of us are in your hands.
And we'll say like Eli said over Hothni and Phinehas, it is the
Lord. Let him do what seemeth good
in his sight. Blessed be your holy name. Praise
be unto you. Save people in this place. Pierce the hearts, turn on the
light in the understanding, and do it for our Lord Jesus Christ's
sake. Amen. Amen. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Is there
just something about that name? Master, Savior, Jesus. Like the fragrance after the
rain. Jesus. Jesus, let all heaven and earth
proclaim. Kings and kingdoms will all pass
away, but there's something about that name. See you tonight, six o'clock,
God willing.