Start here in verse 9, and I'm
going to leave immediately after service. I'm going to go up to
Ashland to be in Brother Henry's services tomorrow. Show my respects
for such a dear, dear man and his wife and his family. Him
and Doris, I think we're married 62 or 64 years. I don't know
which, but it's a long time. And verse 9, and the Lord said
unto Moses, lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, and the people
may hear that I speak with thee, that the people may hear when
I speak with thee and believe thee forever. And Moses told
the words of the people unto the Lord. And the Lord said unto
Moses, Go unto the people and sanctify them today, and tomorrow
let them wash their clothes. And be ready against the third
day, for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of
all the people upon Mount Sinai. And thou shalt set bounds unto
the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that
ye go not up unto the mount, or touch the border of it. Whosoever
touches the mouth shall surely be put to death. There shall
not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through,
whether it be beast or man. that shall not live. When the
trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mountain. And
Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified
the people, and they washed their clothes. And he said, Be ready
against the third day, come not at your wives. And it came to
pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders
and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mountain, and the voice
of the trumpet exceeding loud, so that all the people that was
in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people
out of the camp to meet with God. And they stood at the nether
part of the mount. And Mount Sinai was altogether
on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in a fire.
And the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace. And
the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet
sounded long and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and
God answered him by a voice. And the Lord came down upon Mount
Sinai on the top of the mount, and the Lord called Moses up
to the top of the mount, and Moses went up. And the Lord said
unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through
unto the Lord, to gaze, and many of them perish. Let the priests
also which come near to the Lord sanctify themselves, lest the
Lord break upon them. Moses said unto the people, I
said unto the Lord the people cannot come up to Mount Sinai
for thou chargest us saying set bounds about the mountain and
sanctify All right, I want to talk about
tonight God's awful awful presence God's awful presence Now it's
a fact and we know this without a doubt that God's not like anyone
in this universe. He dwells in a world all his
own. Dwells and inhabits eternity.
That God's not like us in any way is obvious to any reasonable
mind. And the Lord, Jehovah God, had
manifested His power down in Egypt. Manifested His faithfulness
in bringing the people out and to keep them for 40 years in
the wilderness. now what he's going to do he's
going to make Israel know something about his glory something about
his glory his awful awful presence that he truly dwells in a light
that no man can approach unto that he is the only and blessed
potentate with all power with all glory and all might in this
world and he comes down in his awful presence and I tell you
it's a You know, God said over in Ecclesiastes,
enter not into his presence and offer the sacrifice of a fool.
For he's in heaven and you're on earth. So let thy words be
few. And God's purpose in coming down
on Sinai, look in verse 9. I want you to see this. We're
going to go down through these verses and see what's said. And
the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud,
in a thick cloud. So he's coming in a thick cloud.
Why is he coming in a thick cloud? Because his presence is to hide. He's got secret things. The secret
things belong unto the Lord. And I tell you, thank God for
the things that are revealed, but he has things that you can't
see. He's got a presence that you
can't see. And he comes down in a cloud, and that's his account
of glory. And that cloud shined. That cloud
had glory to it. That cloud had majesty to it. And he came down, and I tell
you what, all you see is a cloud. And I tell you, God said this
when he told Moses, when Moses come up there, he says, no man
can see God and live. No man, I mean you can't see
God and live the only God that you and I will ever see When
we get in glory will be the Lord Jesus Christ God the Father will
not be seen God's of spirit Christ is in flesh and the Holy Spirit
is a spirit and no man can see God and live And then it says
down in verse 11. Look what he says He said The third day the Lord
will come down inside of all the people inside of all the
people. And let me tell you something,
when he comes down in the sight of all the people, here's what
will happen. They'll see no image. There'll
be no image. There's no image of God. No man
ought not have an image of God. There'll be no physical bodily
presence, but they'll see enough in that cloud, in that glory,
in that shining, that they'll know that God was among them.
They'll know that. You remember when Moses come
down off the mountain? When he was in the presence of
God and all he saw there was a cloud. And he had to cover
his face because it shines so brightly. And I'll tell you what,
so he said, I'm going to go and see no image. Shirley and I was
going home last Sunday night and I said, when I think of the
Lord Jesus Christ, I don't see an image in my mind. Used to,
you'd see an image. Years ago, you'd see an image
in your mind. But when you think of the Lord
Jesus Christ right now, do you see an image in your mind of
somebody that's got long hair and a beard? Do you see in your
mind a picture of somebody hanging on a cross and a crown of thorns
with just a little trickle of blood around his head? When I
close my mind and try to think of an image of Christ, I cannot
do it anymore. You know what I see? I see a
person. I see a character. I see one
with power, and glory, and authority, and grace, and mercy, and compassion. and the one that has all power
in heaven and earth and he's the one that gives life and has
the only one that can give life he's got power over all flesh
that he should give eternal life to as many as God's given him
and so when I think about Christ I see this wonderful blessed
person And I tell you what, he was so wonderful and so approachable
that John leaned on his breast. Every time you see John, he's
leaning on Christ's breast. And they said he's the disciple
who Jesus loved. And oh, Sinai was so high. Mount Sinai was so high that
when Israel stood down at the bottom of that mountain, they
could see that great cloud and even other countries. Mount Sinai
was so high that countries round about there could see that something
was happening up on that mountain. Something was happening on that
mountain. And I tell you, look, I want you to see Job 26. Look
over here in Job 26. I want you to see Job 26 talking
about God, talking about our Lord, talking about our Master. Job 26 and verse 9. Look what it says about God. This
is what it says about the Lord. He said, He holdeth back the
face of His throne. Holds it back. the face of his
throne. What is his throne? You know
what the scripture said his throne is? The heavens. That he dwells
between the cherubims. And watch this. And he spreads
a cloud over it. He said, you can't see God sitting
on his throne. Not God. And all beloved, and
I tell you they could see that something extraordinary in appearance
was taking place that day. And then it says again in verse
9, God came down also to put honor upon Moses. Look what it
says. Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people
may hear when I speak with thee. I want these people to hear that
when I speak with you, and when I speak with you, they'll believe
you forever. And Moses went and told the words
of the people unto the Lord. He said, I want people to know
that I speak to you. I don't speak to people apart
from you. And God will not speak to anybody apart from His blessed
Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. And that's why, beloved, our
Lord Jesus Christ, God said, this is my beloved Son, hear
ye Him. And here He was typical of our
Savior. Our Savior, I tell you, our Lord
Jesus Christ, God said, hear by putting my words in his mouth.
And I tell you, He said, this is my beloved Son in whom I'm
well pleased. God who at sundry times and in
divers manner, in time past, spake unto the fathers by the
prophets, has in these last days spoken by the Son. Spoken by
the son. I want you to see this in Acts.
I think it's Matthew 17 look here in Matthew 17 Here's here's
the same. Here's what happened on a mountain.
Here's what happened with the with the Lord's people listen
to Matthew 17 The first five verses here he is
typical of our Savior and You know, I'll tell you what, and
Scott Richardson, he's the first person I ever heard say this,
and it's true. God will not speak to nor be
spoken to by any member of the human race apart from His Son,
the Lord Jesus Christ. People say, well, I heard the
voice of God. If you ever hear the voice of God, it's going
to be Christ. If you ever see God, it's going to be Christ
by faith. If God ever comes down and visits you, He's going to
visit you in the Lord Jesus Christ. And I tell you, if we're ever
going to see a visible God, it's going to be the Lord Jesus Christ.
But look what it said here in Matthew 17. After six days, Jesus
taketh Peter, James, and John, his brother, and bringeth them
up into a high mountain." They're up on a mountain now. And watch
this, "...and was transfigured before them, and his face did
shine as the sun." Boy, the sun's been awful bright the last few
weeks, ain't it? I tell you, it beats down on you. And, oh,
and his raiment was white as the light. Just beautiful white
light. And behold there put unto them
Moses and Elias talking with him. Then answered Peter, see
he's there and I said transfigured right in the presence of him.
This is what we're going to see when we get into glory. He'll
be this bright, shining, glorious person. Then answered Peter said
unto Jesus Lord is so good for us to be here If it be your will
let us make your three tabernacles one for you one for Moses and
one for Elijah And while he is fake listen to this behold a
bright cloud Just like happened over here in Exodus a bright
cloud overshadowed them God came down And behold, the voice spoke out
of that cloud, which said, this is my beloved son, in whom I
am well pleased. Don't listen to Moses, don't
listen to Elias, you listen to my son. And you know what our
master told them Pharisees in that? They always said they was
Moses' disciples. He said, if you believed Moses,
you'd believe me. Why? Because Moses wrote in me. wrote a man and there was a back
over in our text there was a visible presence on that mountain that
day a visible presence when our Lord Jesus Christ was on that
mountain of transfiguration and when the apostles began to preach
on the day of Pentecost there was a visible presence of God
upon them called like coven tongues of fire they spoke in so many
different languages but there's a visible presence of God with
them And God did that, that they would believe the apostles. And
they would believe what they had to say. And so they believed. And that's why, you know, he
said that they was, God worked with them, give them many signs
and wonders that they might believe. And that's why He gave them such
power, such miracle working power. And that's why He said, I come
down to put honor on Moses. God put honor on His apostles
and said, these men got the message. How do we know? Listen to the
power they've got. Listen to the miracle working
they do. Look at the signs they do and the miracles that they
do. And I ain't no more, there ain't no more miracle workers
now. There's no miracle workers, there ain't no apostles now.
Somebody was, Barbara was telling me this morning about this guy
says he had some kind of O.D. or something and passed out and
he saw Jesus in a tunnel. Wide, wide way down a tunnel.
And he said, Jesus began to laugh. Cackle at him. He said, now you go back. He
raised me and he gave me life. And he gave me life right there
and said now I'm going to start a deliverance ministry. Could you see the Lord Jesus
Christ? That's what I mean. There ain't no apostles. God
don't speak to people like that. There ain't no angels going to
appear to you. There ain't no voices going to come to you in
the middle of the night. And if you say God met you and talked
to you and visited you with an angel or something like that,
I'd tell you flat-footed that you're a liar. Wouldn't you? Flat-footed. The only person,
now listen, in the New Testament that Christ appeared to after
His resurrection was the Apostle Paul. He manifested himself to
Paul on the Damascus road. And then after that, on three
years on the backside of the Serabian desert, Christ himself
taught the apostle the gospel. Taught him things that nobody
else knew anything about and didn't understand. And I tell
you what, these apostles did these signs, miracles, and wonders
so that these people say, these men were with Jesus Christ, the
Lord of glory. now so God came down to honor
Moses and now look here now down here in verse 10 there has to
be a preparation a preparation look what he says here in verse
10 and the Lord said unto Moses go unto the people and sanctify
them today and tomorrow let them wash their clothes sanctify the
people Job sanctified his sons Job chapter 1 said perhaps they've
sinned against God. So he sanctified him when he
went and offered sacrifices Now you listen to me now God's gonna
come down God's gonna come down God has come down in the person
of his blessed son The God was manifest in the flesh and we
beheld his glory God without controversy came
down in the flesh and And before God can have anything to do with
anybody on this earth, they got to be made holy. They got to
be sanctified. They got to be sanctified. And
He says, you go down and sanctify the people. He didn't tell the
people to sanctify themselves. He says, Moses, you sanctify.
Now, I'm going to tell you something about sanctification. Sanctification
is not something that we do for ourselves. Sanctification is
not something we do for ourselves. And I'm telling you, if you're
sanctified, and this word sanctified has two meanings, being made
holy and being set apart. Now he said, these people set
them apart, Moses, I'm coming down. They need to be set apart
because I'm coming down. And God says, I'm going to set
these people apart in his blessed son because I come down. And
when God comes, you read it tonight, sanctify them through thy truth,
thy word is truth. And we're sanctified in Christ
Jesus. Christ has made unto us wisdom,
righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Now when some
people read that, they say, oh my, we got to get ourselves in
good condition. We got to start leading holy
lives. We got to change the way we do things. But oh my, he said
God's coming down. You got to be sanctified. If
you're going to have any deal with God, let me, you know, Let
me ask you a question. Can Christ or God be holier at
any one time than they can another? Can He? Well, if we're in Christ,
and we're perfect in Christ, and complete in Christ, and He's
our wisdom, our sanctification, our righteousness, and redemption. If we're in Him, would we not
be as holy as He is? Would we not be as sanctified
and set apart as He is? You see, people are standing
as in the Lord Jesus Christ. And these folks says, you know,
and this is one thing that people, they have such a hard time with.
And I did myself years and years ago. I thought, boy, boy, I've
got to do certain things to set myself apart. But here, He's
coming down. He's coming down. Moses, you
sanctify them people. God's coming down. Christ, sanctify
my people. Christ, set my people apart. Set them apart in the covenant
of grace. Set them apart in blood redemption.
Set them apart in regeneration. Set them apart in calling. Set
them apart in the new birth. Set them apart. They're mine. And I'll tell you what, that
don't you know, and he comes down for one reason, so we can
hear him. Oh listen, and he comes down
for something else, to give us something, and we will not refuse
it, we receive what he gives us. If he's coming down to speak,
And God comes to speak in His blessed Son. Christ came down
to sanctify us and set us apart. And I tell you what, what would
you do? How would you? How could you
make yourself holy enough and sanctified enough to make yourself
acceptable to Christ or to God? How could you do it? What could
you do? What could we do? to make ourselves
holy enough, sanctified enough, good enough that God would accept
anything we had to offer. What? Thank God that Christ came down
to sanctify us. sanctified by God the Father,
sanctified by God the Son, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Three sanctifications.
And then look what he says in verse 11. Let them be ready.
Be ready against the third day. The Lord's going to come down
in the sight of all the people. Oh my, let them be ready. That's
what we tell people all the time. Be ready. Christ is coming. Henry Mahan was ready last Friday
morning. All the people we know is ready
how many people we know is ready When Christ come down when God
came down And that's what we tell folks be ready Be ready. Oh My and then he says they must
wash their clothes and he says there, you know, he said I And
make them worse their clothes. Now listen, God doesn't judge
us by our clothes. He doesn't do that. And so we
have to be clean outwardly. But if He wants us clean outwardly,
and you know we come to worship God and come to be in His presence. But let me tell you something.
The scripture says that He has perfected forever them that are
sanctified. And He says, wash their clothes.
Now let me ask you something. Is our clothes tonight, and they're
clean, and you know all of us got clean clothes on, don't we?
Good clothes, smell good. You reckon God's looking at our
clothes whether they've been washed right or not? You know what? You know what
the clothes that he's looking at? That righteousness of the
Lord Jesus Christ by which we're clothed. Oh my. Oh, we don't have to. Now, we wear clean clothes. I
mean, we try to. But oh my. Listen, when God looks
at us, He's not looking at this outward thing. He's not looking
at this. He's looking at that robe of
righteousness, that glorious righteousness that we're clothed
with in the blessed Son of God. He's looking at that. And if
He sees that, everything else is alright. And if He don't see
that, you're just naked as a jaybird in His sight. Ain't that right?
Everybody can understand that kind of language. In God's sight,
you just will not have clothes on. If you're not clothed in
the righteousness of Christ. And then he said, look at verse
12 and 13. He said, thou shalt set bounds
unto the people round about saying, take heed to yourselves that
you go not up unto the mount or touch the border of it. Whosoever
touches the mount shall surely be put to death. Don't even touch
it with your hand. You'll be stoned, you'll be shot
through, whether it's a man or a beast. And when the trumpet
soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. You know, God
set bounds about that mountain. And he said, you cross over that
boundary, and death was the consequences. And I'm gonna tell you what that
tells us. That God is absolutely unapproachable by such vile,
sinful people. unapproachable you can't even
get close to the mountain God is so holy God is so glorious
God is so righteous God is so just that he says don't even
touch that mountain the law says don't come near it won't let
us draw near it pronounces death God is holy and righteous he's
the creator he's the judge of all the earth and he must do
right And you know what sin is? The
scripture said it's a transgression of the law. It's a transgression
of the law. And that's the same thing as
going up there and touch that mountain. Death is going to be
the results of it. And I tell you what, God set
a boundary, and that boundary, beloved, we're going to have
to go inside that boundary and stay inside that boundary. And
I love staying inside that boundary. It's the will and purpose of
God in the Lord Jesus Christ. I want to stay right there. Don't
you? Yeah. Now I want to draw near
to God. But the only way I can draw near
to Him is through His blessed Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. And
thank God for the Gospel. Thank God for the grace that
came by our Lord Jesus Christ. And he says, now we have a new
and a living way into the holiest of all by the blood of the Lord
Jesus Christ. We not only come to the mountain,
but we come into the holiest of all where only Aaron could
go through our Lord Jesus Christ. Enter into the very presence
of God now. And then look in verse 13. There
was a summons given. Last part of the verse. When
the trumpet soundeth long, when the trumpet sounds long. I remember
years ago, Brother Henry brought a message on uncertain sound. And he used
that verse of scripture out of 1 Corinthians 14 that said, You know, every instrument's
got to give a sound. If it gives an uncertain sound,
every trumpet, you won't know what to do. If the trumpet gives
an uncertain sound, you won't know what to do. And he said,
here, this trumpet's going to sound long. And when that trumpet
sounds long, this is what you'll know to do. And you know, they
got, in the military, they got a trumpet to wake you up in the
morning, reveling. Ain't that right? And they've
got one, puts you to bed at night. And then when somebody dies,
they've got the taps. And when they have a charge,
you know, back in the day, when they had horse soldiers and that,
they had a trumpet charge. They had another trumpet retreat.
And if they gave an uncertain sound, them fellows hear that,
what am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do? And
that's the way the gospel is. You've got to hit the right note. That's what the dialogue message
was, sounding a clear note. When you hear that, when you
got to play that, when you play that gospel trumpet, whatever
you sing, you got to hear a clear note so people can understand
what you're playing, what you're saying. And oh my, and when you
hear it, when you hear that trumpet, you go up there and you take
your place. You take your place where you're supposed to be.
And when you hear that gospel and you hear that note, that
clear note, you'll take your place. You'll take your proper
place before the Lord Jesus Christ. You'll take your proper place
before God. You'll take your proper place. And where's your
proper place? In the dust. In the dust. Down. Down at His feet. And I'll
tell you, no man's voice could reach so many people. There's
over two million of them. And no man's voice could reach
so many people. But God's voice can. You know
how many people right now, right now around this world, are hearing
the voice of God? Oh my. Oh, how many right now. How many has had His voice? heard
his voice. I know I've told you this before,
but Herman, Mary, and Ethel, you sit right there. Herman was 75 years old. He died
when he was 92. It was in May. Do you know, last month, it was
in May. I remember that. He was sitting
there and he had been hearing the gospel for years. Heard the
best preachers. Loved Scott Richardson. Loved
Henry. He'd come to all the meetings.
But he was sitting there, started coming fairly regular, and he
was sitting there one day and he stood up and he said, I heard
his voice today. I was on my way out of the pulpit.
Seventy-five years old, he said, I heard his voice today. Boy,
listen, what do you think he's hearing right now? I miss him. I miss him. But oh, he heard that voice. God has got a multitude that
no man can number that's heard his voice. I heard it myself. And this old Joe says, once you
hear that voice, it ruins you for any other voice. You can't
listen to no other voice. And then look who comes down.
The time comes in verse 16. The time comes. And it came to
pass on the third day in the morning that there were thunders
and lightnings and a thick cloud upon the mount. And the voice
of the trumpet exceeding loud said all the people that was
in the camp trembled. Well, the preacher
comes down. You know who the preacher is?
God. God is the preacher. God's the
preacher. The Lord descended in fire. Look
what it says in verse 18. And Mousai and I was all together
on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire. Fire. And the smoke ascended up as
the smoke of a furnace. Oh, he came down in glorious
majesty. with his Shekinah glory. He come
down. You know what his pulpit was?
What his throne was? A thick cloud. Sitting on that
thick cloud. Come down in that thick cloud.
And his thrones, I'll tell you what, smoke ascended up from
that. And it says that the people in
the tramp, clamp trembled. And the whole mountain, the earth
trembled when God come down. And we know when our Lord Jesus
Christ comes again, this earth as it stands will melt with a
fervent heat. And look what it says here now.
I want you to see something. In Moses, in verse 17, And Moses
brought forth a people out of the camp, listen to this now,
to meet with God. Moses had to bring them. They
couldn't come on their own. They couldn't come at all unless
somebody else brought them. And we can't go unless somebody
brings us. Moses, he brought all the people
out to meet God. And all they're going to see
is a cloud, and all they're going to hear is a voice. The congregation was called together
by the sound of an exceeding, exceeding loud trumpet. And it
says there, in verse 19, the voice of the trumpet sounded
long and got louder and louder. Oh my, how'd the people react? Verse 16, all the people that's
in the camp trembled. Who trembles before God now?
Who is God? Who's in awe of God anymore?
Who stands in fear of God? Who stands about and trembles
at the majesty of God and the fact that we're going to actually
one of these days meet God? and approach Him and understand
that I tell you, He's not like us. And when we come to Him,
when we come to Him, we got to come to Him the only way He's
prescribed for us. And Moses said he took the people
out and Christ got to bring us and bring us to meet God. Oh, and then it says there were
thunders and lightnings. This struck all in the people.
And oh listen, now that we were filled with the awe of God, the awe of God. You know, our Lord
Jesus Christ said this, He said, wherever two or three are gathered
together, He said, I'll try to be in their midst. I'd like to
be in their midst. Maybe I'll be in their midst.
You know what He says? where two or three are gathered
together in my name. There, there I will be. There I will be. And this was
just the beginning of the worship service. Thunder and lightning,
the earth trembled. Clouds over the mountain, God
speaking. Trumpets sounding long. Now they're
just getting ready to worship. And oh God, in verse 20, I'm
going to wind this up. In verse 20, the Lord came down
upon Mount Sinai on the top of the mountain. You know, whatever
God does, He's got to come down. The Scripture said He has to
humble Himself to behold the things that are in Heaven. And
the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mountain. Moses went
up. God calls you, you're going up.
You're going up. And the Lord, He knows the presumption
of man. And look what He says to Moses. And the Lord said unto
Moses, go down now, God got you up here and I want you to go
right back down and charge them people, command these people
lest they break through unto the Lord and gaze upon and many
of them perish. And let the priest also which
come near to the Lord sanctify themselves, lest they break through
upon them. And God knows the presumption
of men. Go back down there and tell them. If you come here,
it's going to cost you. You're going to die. You can't
come. There's only one person that
I'm going to deal with through you. I'm going to deal with you
through Moses. I'm going to speak to Moses,
Moses is going to speak to you. You're going to speak to Moses,
Moses is going to come speak to me. God speaks to us in Christ,
and Christ takes what we say and takes it back to God. Ain't
that the way it works? And oh, he knows the presumption
of men. And oh, Moses said, no, they won't come near. They won't
come near. And I tell you, this tells us,
beloved, that God is only approached through one man. God was dealt
with Moses and the people through Moses. And Moses dealt with the
people to God. And that God will only deal with
His People on this earth through one man, the Lord Jesus Christ. And I tell you what, thank God
that He does that. We have somebody. I'm glad that
I didn't have to go to that mountain. Ain't you glad you don't have
to go to that Mount Sinai? Hear thunder and mountain? Let
me read something to you and then I will quit. Let me open
up with Hebrews. Let me see if I can find it right quick. I
think it's Hebrews 12. I think it's Hebrews 12. I think
that's where it's at. Nope, that's not it. I'll find it here in a minute. You know what I'm looking for
about the mountain? Yeah. Oh yeah, here we go. Here we
go. And it says And verse 19, the
sound of Hebrews 12, 19. Look here at Hebrews 12, 19.
No, verse 18. Look at this. Start right there.
Now here's the difference from what we just read. We just read.
Here's what Paul says about it here. For you're not come unto
the mount, that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and
are under blackness and darkness as tempest. And the sound of
a trumpet, like they said that sound of it, and the voice of
words, which voice they that heard, entreated that the words
should not be spoken to them any more. For they could not
endure that which was commanded. And if so much as a beast touch
the mountain, it should be stoned or thrust through with the dark.
And so terrible was the sight that Moses said, I exceeding
fear and quake. Now this is why he's talking
about what we just read. But this is the mountain we've
come unto. But you are come unto Mount Zion, unto the city of
the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an enumerable
company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn
which are written in heaven and to God the judge of all and the
spirits of just men made perfect and listen to this and we've
come to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant and to the blood
of sprinkling that speaketh better things than that of the people
two mountains we ain't coming to that other we're coming to
a new one Our Father, in the blessed name
of our Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you and praise you for
allowing us to meet here today. You're so kind, you're so gracious,
you're so merciful, and we bless you for it. We bless you that you gave us
your word. We bless you that your people
hear your word and believe your word. And we pray, Lord, that
you'd cause the word to bring forth fruit to your glory in
all of our hearts and all of our lives. May Christ, may He
get all the glory. May we give all the glory to
Him and through Him to you. Lord, we need you and we're so
thankful that you came down in the person of your blessed Son and came down in grace came down in mercy, came down
with salvation, full and free in your blessed son. We thank
you. Lord, bless your people as they get up tomorrow. See
them safely home tonight. Keep them throughout the day
and through the week. Keep them from heartaches and
troubles and sorrows if it pleases you to do so. Remember little
Kaylee. Lord, we pray for her and the
family. Pray for the Mahan family. Again,
we know that they rejoice, but also we know that they have a
heavy heart. They've lost a father, they've
lost a pastor, lost a husband, lost a grandpa. And Lord, we
know their hearts are heavy, but at the same time, they rejoice
greatly. We thank you for him. Thank you
for the wonderful testimony that Brother Henry left for his whole
life that we know him. Thank you for Christ's sake.
Amen. Amen. Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in his wonderful face. And the things of will grow strangely
dim in the light of His glory and grace. Good night and God bless you.
I'll see you Wednesday, Lord willing.