I don't know if you remember
much about the message last week, but it starts out with, My God,
My God, why hast thou forsaken Me? And what would be the cause for
God to forsake His Son? Could be no cause in Him, Himself. Could be no cause in Christ.
So the cause was found in the holiness and righteousness of
God. when He made Christ to be our sacrifice, our sin offering,
our substitute as He stood in our room and in our place. We'd
all been forsaken of God had not God provided us a Savior.
We'd all been without God and without Christ and without hope
in this world had not Christ went to the cross bearing our
sins. He endured everything that was ours to endure. and he endured
them for a multitude that no man can number and because of
who he is and who he was and by virtue of his person he was
able by one offering perfect forever a multitude that no man
can number he was able to suffer enough because of who he was
In six hours, what you and I could have never ever satisfied God's
justice for in an eternity in hell. Because of who He was. Oh, what a blessed Savior. What
a blessed Savior. And I tell you, our Lord, it
was because of God's holiness that He was forsooken. And then one thing I remember
that just It just flabbergasts me. It just really does. Down
there in verse 6, when our Lord said, I'm a worm and no man.
I'm a worm and no man. Not only that, but I'm a reproach
of men and despised of the people. He so identified with His people
that He called Himself a worm. What we are. He so identified
with Jacob and Jacob's seed, Jacob's elect, God's elect. He so identified with them that
instead of being the great I am, he became I am a worm. And men
despised him, men rejected him, men reproached him. And yet,
beloved, he took that place as the Lord. Can you imagine how
low he came? Can you imagine how humiliation,
what humiliation, How low He come in order to take those words
upon Himself, I'm a worm and no man. And that ought to teach us, if
anything it teaches us that, oh God, teach us humility. Put
us down. If He comes so low, put us low. Put us down. Do whatever it takes
to put us in the dust and never let us get up again. If you would
do that for us. And on in it says there in verse
8, they trusted on the Lord that He would deliver him. Remember
that? And that's what they cried to Him on the cross. He saved
others, He can't save Himself. If you be the Christ, come down
and save thyself. If God will hear you, go ahead
and call on Him. But then our Lord said, He took
me from the womb. That's talking about the virgin
birth, the miraculous birth, the mysterious birth of the Lord
Jesus Christ. That God put his soul's seed
in the womb of a virgin by the Holy Ghost and brought forth
God's blessed Son. God prepared him a body so our
Lord Jesus Christ could live in this world, be a man in this
world. Be a sinless man in this world,
be a righteous man in this world, be a holy man in this world with
no sin whatsoever. But God prepared him a body for
one reason. To live a life before God that
only God could say, I'm well beloved, this is my beloved son
in whom I'm well pleased. And gave him that body so he
could die on a cross, so he could suffer on a cross and be nailed
to a cross. And I'll tell you what, though
he was made in the likeness of sin flesh, a man like any other
man when you looked at him. But he was not, had no sinful
flesh. And he said, which of you convinced
of me of sin? Nobody can convince Christ of
sin. I'm convinced of my sin and I'm convinced of your sin.
Don't take me, I don't have no, I look at you and I'm convinced
that you're a sinner. I'm convinced I am. But Christ
said who in the world can convince me of it? All right. And I'll tell you,
look what he says now down here in verse 12. Look what he says
down in verse 12. I'm going to pick up where I
left off last week. Oh my, he said many bulls have
come past me, strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round they
gaped upon me with their mouths as a ravening and a roaring lion. Now these, when he talks about
these, these bulls of Bashan, strong bulls, many bulls gaped
upon me with their mouths like roaring lions. He's talking about
the people who were great, the mighty ones, the people with
the power in that day that was gathered around His cross. He's
talking about the priest And the high priest that even tried
him. He's talking about all those priests gathered around him.
He's talking about all those Pharisees that accused him, and
hated him, and despised him. And hired people to lie on him,
and hired Judah for 30 pieces of silver to betray him. These
people gathered around him, the rulers, the centurions, and the
captains, and everybody that was anybody was gathered around
that cross. And there they was, our Lord
Jesus, hanging naked, rejected. And while they were hanging on
that cross naked and rejected of Him, they railed on Him, they
mocked Him, they derided Him, they scoffed at Him, stuck out
their tongues at Him, spit at Him, cursed Him. And you know
what's so awful about it all? If I'd have been there, I'd have
been in that crowd. I'd have been in that crowd.
There's no doubt about it. No doubt about it. I'd have been
right there with them. But I'll tell you something that
our Lord said right before he gave up the ghost. He said, Father,
forgive them. They know not what they do. Oh, I didn't have a clue what
I was doing. But he did and bless his holy
name. I was forgiven when he prayed
that prayer. My sins were taken care of when
our Lord said it's finished. Forever. Forever and ever. And then look at how our Lord
describes his sufferings here. Look and start in verse 14 and
go down through verse 17. He describes what a condition
he's in and what a suffering he's in while he's hanging on
that cross. He said, I'm poured out like water. He was so He
was so dry, he was so under such stress and such soul miseries
and agony. And it was indescribable agony
when you look down at these things. And he was utterly, strength
was gone and he was poured out just like water poured out on
the ground. Poured out on the ground. And that's what he said,
all my bones were out of joint. When they nailed him to that
cross, they nail you in such a way that you can't hold yourself
up. And all your joints will start
to be pulled out. Shoulders, elbows. And I mean you talking about
suffering. And you know what the greatest sufferings he had
was his soul sufferings. Soul sufferings. You keep Psalm
22 and look in Isaiah 53. Look at his soul sufferings.
He suffered in his soul. That's where his soul miseries,
that's where he went through. I mean, it's something to suffer
in his body. But oh my, to be forsaken of
God is what he went through in his soul. His body went through
incredible, incredible agony and misery. shame and scoffing,
but listen to what it said here in verse 10. This is what he's
talking about. This is his soul misery. Yet
it pleased the Lord to bruise him. That means it satisfied
God to put him on that cross. God, listen to what it says here,
God put him to grief. And listen to this, when thou,
God, shall make his soul an offering for sin, his father done this
here, but he shall see his seed, the
seed whom Christ is dying for. He shall prolong his days, and
the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. Watch this
now, God himself shall see the travail, the labor, the agony
of his soul, and you know what he'll be? Satisfied. That's the best word about the
gospel to me. Satisfaction. Satisfaction. What Christ did satisfied God
in every way God could possibly satisfy. He gave all he had. And he could give no more. And
he was satisfied with what was given to him. And he took that
offering of our Lord Jesus Christ, took that blood, took that righteousness,
took that obedience. And you know what he did? He made it ours. That's what He said. You'll be
satisfied, God's satisfied with us because of what He did. And
listen to this, and by His knowledge shall my righteous servant, now
what this means by His knowledge is by the knowledge that He gives
us. acknowledge that He gives us of Himself and what took place
here. My righteous service shall justify
many. How's He going to do it? By their
iniquity. That's how He's going to do it.
That's how He's going to justify them. Now back over here in our
text, then look what He says here in verse, He said, My heart
is like wax. You see, His heart melted down
into His, down into His stomach got into his body. Just melted
down. That's why when that soldier
pierced his side, blood and water came out. His heart dropped. His heart laid down on him. And
it most likely busted. That's what we say down here.
If something else has burst. But down here it's busted. It
busted open. on him. Just in such agony. Then he says, my strength is
dried up like a pot should. Any of y'all got any clay pots?
Clay pots. That's a pot. It's clay pot.
He said, I'm dried up like a clay pot. I'm dried up like a clay pot
that's been broke. I'm so dry, my body and my mouth
and my thirst. I'm so thirsty that I'm like
a posture. I'm so dry. And then he says,
my tongue, my tongue cleaveth to my jaws. His tongue swelled
up on him. His tongue began to swell up
on him. And when he asked for something to drink, they gave
him vinegar. Gave him vinegar. And then, oh
my, his tongue so swelled up with thirst, and oh my, and he
says, he said to me, then you brought me into the dust of death,
you brought me right down till I died, till I died. He said, dogs got all around
me. He called them a bunch of dogs. Dogs, get on you. They've come past me, biting
at me, snapping at me, cleaving at me, going at me, barking at
me. And the assembly of the wicked got around me. And then he says,
Lord, they pierced my hands and my feet. They drove nails in
his hands and his feet. He is so stretched upon the cross.
And look what he says, you can see his bones against his skins
pulled out of the joint. And that's what he says next.
I may tell all my bones, they look and stare upon me. You can
see his bones so stretched out on the cross. That's what I mean. There's no way in the world.
This is how God describes what Christ went through. And it's
just impossible for us to enter into it. But every once in a
while God will let us think about what He went through. Maybe in
our homes, maybe in our cars, maybe in our beds. But every
once in a while He'll let us think about what He went through.
And He'll open our understanding and He'll open our heart. And
He'll touch us in such a way that all we can do is just say,
I'm so thankful that you did that. Lord, if you hadn't been
for what you went through and what you did, I couldn't be saved.
And I thank you for your sufferings. I thank you for your blood. I
thank you for your sufferings. I thank you for your mouth and
tongue cleaving to your mouth, to your heart. Wax broke like
wax. I'm thankful, Lord. I'm so thankful. Because without it, God could
have never been satisfied. And you think he suffered? You
imagine what people are going to suffer that don't know anything
about Christ. That's awful, ain't it? And then
he said, I tell all my bones that they should look upon me.
And all they pulled out, his bones were pulled out of jail.
And look what it says here in verse 18. They part my garments
among them and cast lots upon my vesture. You know that's what
they did. They were at the foot of the
cross, took all of his garments and cast lots for it, gambled
for it, gambled for it. Everything that happened to our
Lord on the cross is detailed in the Old Testament. Detailed.
I mean detailed. But look over here with me in
Acts chapter 13. Let me show you something. Acts chapter 13. Talking about everything that
took place on the cross was spoken of and shown. over and over again. In Acts chapter 13, look in verse
27. Look what he said here. Now this
is Paul and Barnabas preaching. For they that dwell at Jerusalem
and their rulers because they knew him not, and didn't know
the voices of the prophets, didn't understand what the prophets
were saying, which were read every Sabbath day, they have
fulfilled them, fulfilled what the prophet said, condemning
him. And though they found no cause
of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be
slain. And listen to this now, and when they had fulfilled all
that was written of him, they took him down from the tree and
laid him in a sepulcher. But God didn't leave him dead,
God raised him from the dead. When all things had been fulfilled
concerning him, concerning him, every act that men did at the
cross was prophesied in every single act. every single act
and then look what he says here in verse 19 and 20 you listen
now Lord now he's got his victory you know he's suffered now it
comes the victory here comes the victory our Lord said in
19 be not far from me O Lord O my strength haste to help me
now listen to what he says right here come and help me you know
he's gonna And look what he does, he says, deliver my soul from
the sword. And you know when it says that,
awake, O sword, smite my shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered.
He says, now it's time to save me from that sword. Deliver me
from that sword. And then he says, my darling
from the power of the dog. You know who his darling is?
You know it says in the margin, my only one. You know who the
darling is? What a blessed Savior we got.
After he went through all that, he said, they're my darlings.
That's my darling. Oh, my darling from the power,
from the hand of the dog. You got me, so let them go. That's what he's saying here. He says, they're my only one.
Save them. Deliver them. My darling. from the power of the dog saving
us and all talking about us what a blessed perfect Savior and
then he says save me from the lion's mouth for thou hast heard
me from the horns of the unicorn he said now he said Lord I've
accomplished what you want done save my people save the ones
I died for save them from the lion's mouth And then look what
he starts to say here. Here's his victory now. He's
overcome. He's out of the grave. And you know you can find this
in the Old Testament. You can find it in the New. And
this is in Hebrews chapter 2. And he said, I'm going to do
what I'm going to do now. After I've raised up, I'm going
to declare your name, my Father. I'm going to declare your name,
your righteousness, your holiness, your justice, your mercy, your
grace, your love, your power, your wisdom. I'm going to declare
your name. Who? Who with? Unto my brethren. He ain't going to tell it to
everybody. He's just going to tell it to those he knows. And then he turns around and
said, he's not ashamed to call us brethren. Huh? Oh, he said, I'm going to declare
your name in the midst of my brethren and in the midst of
the congregation. You know what I'm going to do?
I'm going to praise you. I'm going to praise you. I'm
going to praise you in my heart, in the middle of the congregation
of all of God's elect. You know what I'm going to do?
I'm going to praise you. I'm going to praise you, my Father.
I'm going to praise you for what you've done. I'm going to praise
you that you accepted everything that I did. You accepted it for
everyone for whom I died. He said, when I laid down my
life, I didn't lay it down for nobody but the sheep that you
gave me. I didn't lay it down for the
world. I laid it down for those who gave me out of the world. And he said, I thank thee, O
Father. Oh, you can hide these things from the wise and prudent,
but you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to reveal them
to babes. I'll be a baby, won't you? I'll
stay a baby. Stay one. Then, oh, look what
else he goes on to say. Ye that fear the Lord, Praise
Him. Oh, we praise Christ, we praise
God. And all the seed of Jacob, and
the seed of him, and all the seed of Israel. You know who
the seed is He's talking about here? That seed is all believers. It's all believers. Look what
He says down here in verse 30. Look what it says. A seed shall serve Him. And what's
it said? He shall be accounted to the
Lord for a generation for all his people. Oh my! He shall see the travail
of his soul. He shall see his seed and be
satisfied. You know, they're not all Israel.
Who are Israel? You know, he said he's Jacob's
seed. I'll tell you what. You know what God said about
Jacob? He said, I loved him. I loved him. I'm the God of Jacob. And he said, boy, I saved Jacob's
seed. People that he loved. And then
it goes on to say now, Verse 24, For he hath not despised
or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted. This is what Christ
has done for us and what God did. He didn't despise or abhor
the affliction of the afflicted. He did that. We are afflicted
and He saw our afflictions and He didn't hide His face from
Him. When He cried unto Him, He heard.
And oh, He heard us in our afflictions and when we cried unto Him, He
heard us. This is His victory now. He suffered
and now He's entered into His glory. And look what our Lord
says, My praise shall be of Thee and the great congregation. Now
you know what this great congregation is? That's when we all get to
glory. That's the only way it can be.
The great congregation, the great congregation, when we get to
glory, our Lord Jesus Christ will stand and the scripture
says that he'll put all enemies under his feet. And then when he gets to glory
and he has all of his enemies under his feet, destroyed the
power of death and everything else, then he's going to take
the kingdom and he's going to turn it back over to the Father
and say, Father, here, you've done all this and I'm going to
praise you and give it back to you. You and this great congregation,
I'm going to praise you. And then he said, you know what,
I'm going to pay my vow before them. You know what that means? That you gave me something to
do. I promised you I'd do it. And I did it. My vows has been
paid. This congregation proves it.
My vows has been paid. And then look what he says. And
the meek shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise the Lord that
seek Him. I love that. Those that praise the Lord, they
seek Him. And listen to this now. Those
that seek Him, you know how long your hearts gonna live? Forever? Your heart is going to live forever!
Huh? And listen to what he says here
now. And all the ends of the world shall remember, and turn
unto the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship
before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord,
and he is the governor among the nations. They are going to
come from all the ends of the world. all nations and worship
our Lord. In fact, Revelation says there's
out of every people, kindred, tribe, and tongue in the world. And that's what that's talking
about right there. That's what that's talking about. And then
you know why they're going to do this? Because the kingdom
is the Lord's. It's His. It belongs to Him.
And all they that be fat upon the earth shall eat and worship.
Fat, this fat here means to be fat on the gospel, fat on Christ,
fat on the things that he's done. And all that go down to the dust,
even those that are going to die, and not know Christ, that
shall bow before him. And none can keep alive his own
soul. And then listen to this. A seed
shall serve him and shall be accounted for a generation. Oh my. You want God's seeds,
you want God's elect, you want Christ's seeds. You know, let
me say this and I'll wind this up. Adam, we're all Adam's seed. Everybody that's born, Adam was
the first man. And all of us are in Adam's,
we was in Adam's loin when Adam sinned, we sinned. Is that not
right? As a representative man, we were
all in his loins. God charged us with his sin when
we come from his mother's womb. We were born into this world
lost. We was born into this world as sinners. And we grow up and
we live a life of sin until God by His grace saves us. Well,
Christ had a seed in His loins too. He had a seed in His loins. He was the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world. He was the eternal Son of God.
And Christ had all of His spiritual seed was in Him. And that's why, beloved, we all
have new natures. We had Adam's nature, now we
got Christ's nature. We had the mind of Adam, now
we got the mind of Christ. So we, you know, we're His seed.
We're in His Lord. And everything that we are spiritually,
now listen to me, I'm not talking about naturally, but everything
that we are spiritually, Christ had that Just like a husband
and a wife have a child, and it'll look like them. It'll look like them. Well, that's
what Christ did. He said, I want a people like
myself. God said, I want a people like my son. So he says the Holy
Spirit gives us a new nature, gives us a new heart, gives us
a new spirit, gives us a new mind, Gives us new affections,
gives us new emotions. Can you imagine when he gets
finished with this thing? So you see, that's what he said,
the seed shall serve him. And then they're going to come,
every one of them, all of this seed, going to come and declare
his righteousness unto a people. Now listen to this, they shall
be born. shall be born. Christ guaranteed that we would
be born of God. Be born. And listen to this.
And you know what everybody is going to say? All these seed
and all these people that's been born. Their hearts are going
to live forever. The ones that he praised and
called his darling. You know what he says? The Lord
hath done this. The Lord hath done this. Ain't
that right? The Lord hath done this. That's
another way of saying the salvation of the Lord. The Lord has done
this. Look at all that happened down through there. The Lord
has done this. The Lord has done this. Oh, Father, Father, Father, Father,
Father, our blessed Father. Our Lord Jesus. Oh, our precious
Savior, our blessed Savior. Oh God, get overwhelmed sometimes with what you did for us. Oh Lord, what you suffered for
us. And oh Father, bless it to our
hearts, bless it to our understandings. Please let us be taken up with
you. Taken up with your love, your mercy, your grace, your
power, your glory. be taken up with you. And oh
Lord, forgive us of everything to so unlike you. Conform us,
continue to conform us to the image of Christ our Lord. Thank
you for those that's gathered out. Thank you for those that
are listening tonight. And God bless them. Bless the ones here. Bless the
ones in here that are listening. And cause the gospel to run well.
We ask it for Christ's sake. Amen. Amen. Turn your eyes upon
Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of of earth will
grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace. We'll see you Sunday. Remember,
we're going to have a dinner Sunday. You know, if you don't bring
no food, bring a good appetite because there's going to be plenty
to eat. I can tell you that.