my Redeemer lives. Job chapter
19. Job chapter 19, we'll read verses
21 to 27. Have pity upon me, have pity
upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched
me. Why do you persecute me as God? and are not satisfied with my
flesh. Oh, that my words were now written,
and they are. Oh, that they were printed in
a book, and they are. That they were graven with an
iron pen and lead in the rock forever. For I know, Job knows
something, For I know that my Redeemer liveth, for I know that
my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter
day upon the earth. Though after my skin worms destroy
this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God, whom I shall see for
myself. In mine eyes shall behold, and
not another. though my reigns be consumed
within me." Now we see the word redeemer in verse 25. This is a word that's familiar
to God's people. The definition of the word redeemer,
according to Merriam-Webster, is a person who redeems. Eastern's Bible dictionary defines
the word Redeemer as one charged with the duty of restoring the
rights of another and avenging his wrongs. Turn, if you would, to Ruth chapter
4, but keep your hand there in Job. Ruth chapter 4. We'll read verses 1 to 11 where
we see one of the clearest pictures of a Redeemer. This is a picture
of the Kinsman Redeemer. The Kinsman Redeemer, in which
we see Boaz as the Kinsman Redeemer and Ruth. The Kinsman Redeemer of Ruth,
which we know Boaz as Kinsman Redeemer, is a picture of Christ
and His Bride Beloved. Our Lord Jesus Christ is our
Kinsman Redeemer. He was bone of our bone and flesh
of our flesh. God incarnate in the flesh, beloved. Look at Ruth chapter 4 verses
1. Starting in verse 1, And then
went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there. And behold,
the kinsmen of whom Boaz spake came by, unto whom he said, O
such a one, turn aside, sit down here. He had business to do with
them. And he turned aside and sat down,
verse 2. And he took ten men of the elders
of the city and said, sit ye down here. And they sat down. And he said unto the kinsman
Naomi, that has come again out of the country of Moab, sell
the parcel of land which was our brother's ameliach. And I thought to advertise thee,
saying, buy it before the inhabitants and before the elders of my people.
If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it. But if thou wilt not redeem
it, then tell me that I may know, for there is none to redeem it
beside thee. And I am after thee. And he said,
I will redeem it. Then said Boaz, what day thou
buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it it
also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to rise up
the name of the dead upon its inheritance. And the kinsman
said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance. Redeem thou my right to thyself,
for I cannot redeem it. Now this was the manner in former
times in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning charging for to
confirm all things a man plucked off his shoe and gave it to his
neighbor. This was the testimony in Israel. Therefore the kinsman
said unto Boaz, buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. And
Boaz said unto the elders and to all the people, ye are witnesses
this day that I have bought all that was Amaliax and all that
was Chileans and Malans of the hand of Naomi. More of a Ruth
of Moabitus, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife,
to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the
name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren and from
the gate of his place. Ye are witnesses this day. And
all the people that were in the gate and the elders said, we
are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that
is coming to thine house like Rachel and like Leah which did
build the house of Israel. And do thou worthy in Ephron
be famous in Bethlehem. Boaz redeemed Ruth. Redeemed
Ruth. Now go to Leviticus chapter 25.
There's also the redemption of a poor man found in Leviticus
chapter 25. Think of how poor we are in our
natural state, beloved. Think of how bankrupt we are
in our natural state. We're slaves to sin. But one
of our brethren has redeemed us. His name is the Lord Jesus
Christ. Again, he's our kinsman redeemer. Leviticus 25, verses 47 to 49. and if a sojourner or stranger
wax rich by thee and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor,
and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the
stock of the stranger's family. After that he is sold, he may
be redeemed again. One of his brethren may redeem
him, either his uncle or his uncle's son may redeem him, or
any that is nigh of kin unto him of the family may redeem
him. or if he be able, he may redeem himself. So this is the
redemption of a poor man. And in Psalm 1914, the scriptures
declare this, that our Lord is our strength and our Redeemer.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
That's what he is. He's our strength and he's our
Redeemer. He's our strength and He's our
Redeemer. And this wonderful truth is brought forth all through
the Scriptures. That our great God is our Redeemer.
He's our Redeemer. The Word of God, the second person
of the Trinity, became flesh and dwelt among us. Dwelt among
us. He's the one proclaimed In verse
25 in our text, he's the one who Job knows lives, the Lord
Jesus Christ. Isaiah 54.5, the scriptures declare
this, for thy maker is thine husband. The Lord of hosts is
his name and thy redeemer. The Holy One of Israel, the God
of the whole earth shall be called. Shall He be called? He's our
Redeemer. He's our God and He's our Redeemer.
And it's Christ and Christ alone who redeems the people of God.
No one else. He redeems us from all our sins.
He redeems us from that which we could never redeem ourselves. How? By the payment of a ransom. Believer says, I found a ransom. It's the Lord Jesus Christ. Not
only is He my Redeemer, but He's my ransom. He paid everything
God demanded for me. How? With the shedding of His
own precious blood. Let's go back to Job chapter
19, verses 25 and 27 again, and marvel at these words. Marvel at the certainty of these
words. Marvel at the certainty of the
words of Job. Marvel at the confidence that
he has, not in himself, because the believer never has confidence
in ourselves, do we? No. But marvel in the confidence
that Job has in our great Redeemer. This is why Paul said to set
your mind on things above, and we know that's where Christ is.
He's telling us, set your mind on Christ. Set your affection,
your heart on Christ. On Him. Look at the certainty
in these words though. Look at verse 25 to 27. For I
know, Job's speaking with certainty
here. I know that my Redeemer liveth. Doesn't matter what men say.
Doesn't matter what people out in the world say about who they
think God is or who don't even believe Him. And we were in that
state, weren't we? Before the Lord saved us. The
believer says, I know that my Redeemer liveth. Do you know?
Can you say with Job, I know my Redeemer liveth? If you can, it's all by the grace
of God. Give Him all the glory and all the honor and all the
praise. I know that my Redeemer liveth, that He shall stand at
the latter day upon the earth, and though after my skin worms
destroyed will be buried, destroy this body, yet in my
flesh shall I see God. Here, see Him. He has a confidence
that He shall see God. whom I shall see for myself."
It won't be someone else looking at him and saying, oh, look at
him. It'll be me, Job says. I'll see him myself. I'll see him myself. And mine
eyes shall behold, and not another. Though my reins be consumed within
me. See the certainty that Job brings
forth in these verses? And we know, again, we know Job's
confidence isn't in himself at all. Because he directs us right
to his Redeemer in verse 25. For I know that my Redeemer liveth.
It's all about my Redeemer, he's saying. See, religion tells us it's all
about you, but grace tells you it's all about our Redeemer.
It's all about Christ. It's all about Him. In all of
God's born-again, blood-bought children who were chosen by God
in eternity, in Christ, God Himself chose His people. Chose His people. God Himself did this. Out of Adam's race, He chose
a people to salvation. before the foundation of the
world. And he did it all according to his purpose, to his eternal
purpose. All according to his good pleasure.
And it is Christ alone, for every one of those chosen people of
God, it is Christ alone that we say, I know my Redeemer living. And we're speaking of Christ.
We're speaking of Christ. Those whom God before had chosen,
had no merit, nothing to commend ourselves before God. God didn't
look down through time and see who would choose Him, that's
a lie from the pit of hell. No, He looked down and saw we
were all dead in trespasses and sins, and He had mercy on whom
you're of mercy. He saw us dead in trespasses
and sins, but our Lord Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, became
flesh. The one who Job is speaking of
here, became flesh and dwelt among us. Born of a virgin. Walked on this earth. Ate and
drank like we do. All without sin. Perfect. Then after living a perfect substitutionary
life in the place of his people, he willingly went to the cross.
This is the one whom Job's speaking of. This is the one who Job's
looking to. I know my redeemer liveth. I
know he lives. Do you? I know he lives, Job said. And
every believer says, I know he lives. He lived that perfect life and
then he died as the redeemer of his people. Bearing all the
sins of his chosen people. They were all imputed to him. Paid in full. And his very purpose
to come here is to be the redeemer of his people. Think of that. The whole reason he came is to
redeem us from our sins, to save us from our sins. And Job says,
I know my Redeemer. I know He lives. I know He does. And it is the Lord Jesus Christ,
the great Redeemer of God's people who by His self suffered in our
place on Calvary's cross. Fully satisfied the judgment
of God. Fully satisfied the justice and
law of God in full. This is the one who Job says,
I know my Redeemer lives. The very one who cried, it is
finished. This is the one who Job cries,
I know my Redeemer lives. He lived and He died and He's
risen again. Praise be to God. He lives right now in glory forevermore. And we shall see Him like Job.
Job's beholding Him right now, isn't he? Job's seeing Him, just like He
proclaimed, by the grace of God. Just like you and I, by the grace
of God, we'll see Him one day. We who are His people. By the
grace of God. Never forget that. By the grace
of God. And our great Redeemer, after
He had put away the sins of His people, He rose from the dead.
Put away all the sins. Put them all away. And He's forever
seated at the right hand of God right now. And the glorious gospel
of God's free and sovereign grace proclaims this one Redeemer that's
acceptable to God. The Lord Jesus Christ. One Redeemer. The very Redeemer that Job said,
I know that my Redeemer liveth, is the very Redeemer that every
one of us who are grace preachers get up and proclaim. The Lord
Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ. And the glorious Gospel of God
only proclaims Him. It proclaims Him as the only
Savior of sinners. And He is now calling by the
power of the Holy Spirit of God those whom God has chosen unto
salvation, His lost sheep. Just as He called every one of
us who are born again. God's people will be saved. They will be saved. They will
be born again by the Holy Spirit of God. They will be taught by
the Holy Spirit of God to see their need of saving mercy. We were taught of that, weren't
we? God the Holy Spirit taught us our need. There's a time when I didn't
even think I had a need. But I was so bankrupt and poor.
And I was in such need, and so were you. And God the Holy Spirit
revealed our need. Our desperate need of Christ. And God's sheep cry out for mercy. God be merciful to me, this sinner. And our great God calls us in
such a powerful manner with an effectual calling. cannot be
resisted. It's the power of God unto salvation. And God's people are made willing.
And then they believe on Him. They're born again by the Spirit.
And they believe. They're granted faith and repentance
to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. And then they cry out
with joy, I know my Redeemer liveth. I know He lives. And every one of the sheep of
God for whom Christ died for will be saved, will be kept,
will be with Him in glory. Ken say with Job, I know my Redeemer
liveth. I know He lives and that one
day I shall see Him for myself. All by the grace and mercy of
God. justified, called, redeemed,
saved sinners. All by the grace of God. Now,
the natural man will not receive these truths. Will not receive
these truths. Will not receive the great truth
as Christ is the only Redeemer. To him or her, this is foolishness. Surely there's something I must
do, they say. Or they just outright say, I
don't believe that. Well, I pray God will reveal
himself to you. Because if he doesn't, you're
going to perish in your sins. I pray that you can one day cry
out by the grace of God, I know my Redeemer lives. I know He
lives. To the believer, Christ is the
power of God unto salvation. And never forget the rock that
you were hewn from. Never forget the pit that the
Lord found you in. And never forget it's the Lord
who found you. Just like in Luke 15 where he
seeks out the lost sheep. The sheep isn't seeking the Lord. It's wandering around in the
wilderness. And the Lord seeks that sheep
out, doesn't He? And He takes that sheep and He
puts them on His shoulders. And He goes home and says, Rejoice
with Me. I found that lost sheep. all by the power of God. Never
forget the rock you were hewn from. Never forget that all these
truths, never forget this too, that all these truths that you've
learned from the scriptures were at one time hidden from you. They were hidden. They were hidden from you. And let us never forget that
it's God and God alone who has revealed Christ to us. Turn,
if you would, to 1 Corinthians, chapter 2. 1 Corinthians, chapter
2. Never forget that it's God who's
revealed Christ to us. And it's wondrous, isn't it?
Because we know we're not deserving of Him. We're not deserving of Him, but
isn't it amazing that the one, the name that we may have once
cursed, now we say, He is my Redeemer. He is my Savior. He's my Lord. He is my Lord. His name is the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 2, verses 7 to 14. But we speak the wisdom of God
in mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the
world unto our glory. It was a mystery to us. We didn't know these things of
God before He saved us. Which none of the princes of
this world knew, for had they known it, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory. But it is written, I have not
seen. Look what's waiting. I have not
seen. You can look at the most beautiful
thing in this world. And there's some beautiful things
in this world. Beautiful places in this world, isn't there? There's
some beautiful places. And with the internet, now we
can go and look at some of these beautiful places that we may
not have ever been able to see. Those falls over in Africa that
are just stunning. Absolutely stunning. But look
at this, it says, I have not seen. Nothing that we've seen
can compare to what's waiting for us. Neither ear heard. Think of the most beautiful music
you may have heard. Think of the most beautiful thing
you may have heard. And things have a way of moving us, don't
we? Bringing us right back to where we were when we first heard
something. And can really touch us. But think of that, the most
beautiful thing you've ever heard doesn't even compare to what's
waiting for us. Neither entered into the heart of man the most
wonderful thing that you could ever think. The thing that which fills you
with most joy doesn't even compare to what's waiting for us. The
things with God are prepared for them that love Him. Remember this too. It says for
them that love Him, we love Him because He first loved us. Remember that. But God, look at this, look at
verse 10. But God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit. See,
we didn't know about the things of Christ. But he says here,
everything you and I have learned so far up to this state in our
walk with the Lord has been revealed to us. We can't brag on anything.
We can't boast about anything. It says here, But God hath revealed
them unto us by his Spirit. See, it's God who revealed all
these truths to us. For the Spirit searches all things,
yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things
of a man, save the spirit of a man, which is in him? Even
so the things of God knoweth no man, natural man doesn't know
these things, but the Spirit of God. And it's the Spirit of
God who teaches us, who guides us, who directs us. Now we have
received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is
of God. The Holy Spirit dwells within His people, that we might
know the things that are freely given to us of God. This salvation that we have in
Christ, this wonderful Redeemer, is freely given to us by the
grace of God, freely given to us. freely, by the grace and
mercy of God, according to His will and purpose. Which things also we speak not
in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy
Ghost teacheth concerning spiritual things which are spiritual. But
look at this in verse 14. But the natural man receiveth
not the things of the Spirit, for they are foolishness unto
him. Natural men and women, the words
of God are foolishness to them. Neither can he know them. Now,
he can read them. He can read just like we read
the scriptures. But he don't know them. You can
learn things, right? You can learn certain things,
certain things we can learn, but we don't know who Christ
is. We don't know who he is in our
natural state. That's what the scriptures are
bringing out here. But the natural man receiveth not the things
of the Spirit, for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know
them, because they are, what? Spiritually discerned. So everything we know has been
revealed to us by the Holy Spirit of God. The Scriptures declare,
he that humble themselves shall be exalted. We're bought low, aren't we?
What about Lo? Now, he that humbleth himself
shall be exalted is the opposite of natural man's thinking. But
this is a biblical principle. It's a biblical principle. The
natural world says the way up is up. You do all you can do.
Be all you can be, right? That's what the natural world
says. But it's the opposite. of the spiritual world, because
the way up is down. Scripture declares, he that humble
themselves shall be exalted, Luke 14, 11. In the natural world, to live
is to live, but in the spiritual world, the way to live is to
die. In the natural world, man finds
satisfaction in his own strength. He's very proud of his own strength,
but Paul declared in the scriptures When I'm weak, then I'm strong. So the scriptures declare Christ
must increase and I must decrease. John the Baptist said that. He
must increase and I must decrease. And what does God show One of
the greatest things that God can do for a person, whatever
the cost, is to show him or her, in their heart and soul, the
vanity of all things in this world. Ecclesiastes says this, "'Vanity,
vanity,' saith the preacher, "'Vanity, vanity is all is vanity.
"'I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, "'and
behold, all is vanity in vexation of the spirit.'" And this is
showing to God's people that all these things that we see,
are going to perish one day. Are going to perish one day.
But that which is eternal is our Redeemer. The very one who
Job said, I know my Redeemer liveth. I know He lives. Turn if you would to Matthew
chapter 5. Matthew chapter 5. God the Holy Spirit shows the
believer in Christ the vanity of all things. in this world
and turns our interest in our affection, our love, and our
concern from the world to Christ. And that's a miracle of God,
beloved, that he does that. That's a miracle of God. Look at Matthew chapter 5, verses
3 to 12. Matthew chapter 5, verses 3 to
12. Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed. Are you poor in spirit? God's people are showing our
spiritual need for Christ, aren't we? For theirs is the kingdom
of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn,
for they shall be comforted. God's people, we mourn over our
sin. Blessed are the meek, for they
shall inherit the earth. Meekness is quiet strength. It's
not being proud, it's just quiet strength. And if you think you're meek,
you're not. No, this is something that God works in us. Blessed
are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness. Well,
who's our righteousness, beloved? It's the Lord Jesus Christ. For
they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for
they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are
they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for Christ's
sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when
men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner
of evil against you falsely, for my sake, for Christ's sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad,
for great is your reward in heaven. For so persecuted they the prophets
which were before you. They persecuted our brothers
and sisters just like they persecute us. So to be full is to be emptied
of ourself. To be wise is to become a fool
for Christ's sake. To be clothed is to be stripped,
right? What does the Lord do? We grace
preachers like to call grace preaching stripping grace, because
it strips us of everything that we would bring before God on
our own. And we're clothed in the perfect
spotless righteousness of Christ. To receive is to give, to reign
is to serve, To be rich is to become poor. And we know that
this was Job's experience. We know this. Job knew what it
was to possess a lot of the world's possessions, didn't he? He knew
what it was like. Now, we know he was restored
to the position, but he knew what it was like to have what
the world can afford. He was a very wealthy man. He
was prosperous in the eyes of the world. And then he felt the whole impact
of watching it fade away, watching it become ashes. contemplate the words of Job,
having lost all these earthly things, having everything gone
so quickly, being brought down into dust, having his wife say,
curse God and die, having lost his children, having
lost his wealth, having no place to hide, and
no human arm to lean upon, he rejoices in the sinner's only
hope, and he says, I know my Redeemer liveth. I know my Redeemer liveth. Truly,
ask was brought to a similar place as are all believers. When
asked to pen these words in Psalm 73, 25, he says, Whom have I
in heaven but Thee? That's the question of every
believer. Who do I have in heaven but you, Lord? And there's none
upon the earth that I desire beside thee. You are everything
to me. So consider these points about
Job's testimony concerning Christ our Redeemer in these verses
before us. Job had absolute certainty in
an uncertain world, didn't he? He had absolute certainty in
an uncertain world. He could say no matter what was
going on, just like we can as believers. Now we're not blind
to the things that are going on, we know. But he could say
with a certainty, I know my Redeemer lives. I know he lives. And nothing that goes on in this
world is going to change that, is it? Nothing's going to change. No matter what happens in this
world, it's not going to change the fact that our Lord still
reigns. Let that be a comfort to your heart, beloved. He reigns.
He reigns, no matter what. And like Abraham, Job believed
God's Word. He believed God's Word. All flesh
is grass, and all the glory thereof is the flower of the field, but
the Word of our God shall stand forever. And Job believed God. Now there's nothing certain in
this world, but it's destruction, is there? But we know that God is God,
we who are his people. We know that Christ is our Redeemer,
we know these things. So we can say along with Joe,
the only thing that's certain for us is that our Redeemer lives. He lives. We don't know what
tomorrow holds, but our Redeemer lives. And He holds tomorrow,
doesn't He? And all the tomorrows that will
come after that. And we know that the Son of God
has come and has given us an understanding that we may know
Him that is true. And that we are in Him that is
true, even in His Son, Jesus Christ. This is the true God
in eternal life, 1 John 5.20. So Job had an absolute certainty
in his Redeemer in an uncertain world. Job had a, second point
is, Job had a true friend among false friends. We know about
Job's comforters, don't we? They were not comforters. They were, as several commentators
said, miserable counselors. They persecuted our dear brother.
Their words were like knives. Job had a true friend, though,
among false friends. And that true friend he spoke
of when he said, I know my Redeemer lives. I know He lives. I know He lives. He's the one who stands out from
all the rest. And look at this word, I know
that my Redeemer liveth. Look at how this word stands
out from all the rest of the words here. I know that my Redeemer
liveth. My Redeemer. Redeemer. Oh, what a name of the Messiah. What a name of the Messiah. What
a significant, comprehensive and enduring name. My Redeemer. And truly this is a title of
the Lord that endears Him to His people. It endures Him to His people.
Not only does it proclaim who He is, but it brings to us to remember the entire accomplishment
of our redemption is only in and through Christ and Christ
alone. And there is not a friend like
Christ. There is not a friend like Christ
in the office of Redeemer. He is the only one who is fit
for this work too, isn't he? He is the only one who is fit
for the work of the redemption of God's people. Because He's
the sinless, spotless sacrifice. And we're sinners. Could you redeem anyone from
their sins, let alone yours? Could I? No. But I know my Redeemer liveth. I know He lives. None but the Son of God could
perform this great work of redemption. He is the near kinsman, beloved.
And He has a right to redeem. He has a right to redeem. And beloved,
praise be to God, He has a will to redeem. Why? Because He loves us. And
then He prayed the price to redeem us. the shedding of His own precious
blood. This is what Job's saying about our Lord. He's proclaiming
that He's the only one who has the right to redeem. He's my
Redeemer. He took our flesh. He was numbered
with the transgressors, yet without sin. He was despised and rejected
by man. And again, he has the will to
redeem. He came here willingly, didn't he? Why? To save his people
from their sins, to be our redeemer. And he has the power to redeem,
doesn't he? Because he's God incarnate in the flesh. And he
paid that price, but if I turn a few words to 1 Peter, 1 Peter,
oh, this is wonderful. 1 Peter 1, verses 18 to 19, this
is absolutely wonderful. How are we redeemed? Not with
silver and gold, right? No. Can't buy your salvation. Can't work for our salvation. Everything we do is tainted with
sin. But look at these wonderful words
here. Look at 1 Peter 1, verses 18-19. For as much as ye know
that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things is silver
and gold. How much gold do you give to
the one who has everything? He owns the very gold that you
may offer him. We can't buy our salvation. No one can buy their salvation.
not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold from
your vain conversations received by tradition from your fathers,
but with the precious blood of Christ, with the precious blood of the
Redeemer, as of a lamb without blemish
and without spot. That's how we were redeemed.
We know the scripture declares that the life of the flesh is
in the blood, and he gives his life for his people. He redeems us with his own precious
blood, shed for our sins. He's the lamb without blemish,
without spot. He does this willingly. So we can see why Job said, I
know my Redeemer lives. And every believer says the same
thing. I know He lives. I know He lives. And then Job
had the promise of life eternal in the land of death. He said,
I know that my Redeemer liveth. When Ma Bell died, I was talking
to Donnie, and one of the things that he said to me, and I'll
never forget this, he called me minutes after Ma Bell died,
after Mary Bell died, and he said, Brother Wayne, she's gone
from the land of the dead to the land of the living. From
the land of the dead, this earth, to the land of the living. And
what does Job say here? I know my Redeemer liveth. He lives. He lives. So Job had the promise of life
eternal even in the land of death. And our Redeemer was then living
because he's the same yesterday, today, and forever, right? He's
unchanging, isn't he? He's the same. He was in the
beginning with God, and our Redeemer liveth because He's the life.
The Scripture says in Him was life, and the life was the life
of man. Then it says, Jesus said to them,
I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no man cometh unto
the Father but by Me. He's life. And our Redeemer died, and He
rose again, and He lives forevermore, the Scripture declares. And when
I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead, and He laid His right
hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not, for I am the first
and the last. I am He that liveth and was dead,
and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And have the keys of hell
and death, Revelation 1, verses 17 and 18. So because he lives, we live
also. He's the resurrection and the
life. And so we see here in verse 25, Job says, For I know that
my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter
day upon the earth. I know, I know he lives. And
then look at verse 26, And though after my skin worms destroy this
body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. I'll see him. Though I shall die, Job declared,
and this body shall go back to the ground and become dust. Yet I'll rise from the grave. I'll see him in glory. He's one
of the redeemed ones. And we know that to be absent
from the body is to be present with the Lord. The second we breathe our last
breath, we're in glory. We're in glory. And verse 27 says, whom I shall
see for myself. Job says, I'll see him, I know
he lives, and I'm gonna see him. And not another. Look at it,
mine eyes shall behold and not another, though my reins be consumed
within me. So Job, he was fully confident
that he'd see the Lord. What did our Lord tell the dying
thief, the penitent thief, today? Thou shalt be with me in paradise
today." That's marvelous. That's wonderful for God's people.
So we've seen very clearly in our text today that the very
idea of redemption is to buy or deliver that which was lost
or forfeited. And this by giving a full and
equivalent value for it. Again, we see this when Abraham
purchased a burying place from the sons of Heth. It was said
that he weighed and gave 400 shekels of silver, current money
of the merchants. Well, the redemption by the Lord
Jesus Christ of his people is so clearly taught all through
this book, isn't it? All through this wonderful book.
And it's taught, what's it taught? It's taught that Christ has paid
it all in full. When he uttered those words,
it is finished. It's wonderful, it's finished. Finished. All that we lost in Adam, we
who are the people of God, all that we lost in Adam when he
fell is restored in Christ. We lost fellowship with God when
Adam fell. We lost peace with God when Adam
fell. We lost the ability to be in
God's presence when Adam fell. And now we're sinners. We come
into this world sinners. But beloved, the Lord Jesus Christ
has redeemed his people and restores our long lost privilege. We now
We now have fellowship with God through the Lord Jesus Christ.
We now have peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ. We're
now able to stand in the presence of God, clothed in the righteousness
of Christ. And we shall be with Him forever.
None but Christ could buy us back, beloved. None but Christ
could buy us back. None but Christ could redeem
our eternal souls in the Son of God by price and by power. accomplish both these purposes
of salvation. He not only delivered us from
the wrath to come, beloved, but He brought us into the privileges
of a purchased inheritance, which we have only in Him alone. And we're born again, we're given
a new nature, aren't we? A new nature. We take away the natural enmity
of our hearts, and He makes us will in the day of His power.
And we are forever grateful. And we will be forever grateful.
It's His name where praise and glory. It's Christ our great
Redeemer. Who has delivered us from all
our sins. Every believer can say, I know my Redeemer lives. And every believer can say, it's
Christ who delivered me from all my sins. It's Christ who
did this. And Him alone. Beloved, He's
brought us from what? Death to life. death to life. And in and through the Lord Jesus
Christ, our Redeemer, we have obtained favor and peace with
God through His great redemptive work. And these wonderful truths
endear the Lord Jesus Christ to His people. We consider, when
we consider the character of our great Redeemer and the work
of redemption that He's accomplished for us, When we consider He who is called
the Branch, the Lord Jesus Christ, who in His human nature is bone
of our bone and flesh of our flesh, when we consider that
He's brought out all our salvation, we will cry out with joy, I know
my Redeemer liveth. And I'm going to see Him. I'm
going to see Him. You who are the redeemed of the
Lord, rejoice, because you've been delivered. You've been delivered. Christ is our deliverer. Christ
is our reconciler. We were at enmity with God. But
it's Christ and Him alone who's the great reconciler. Christ
is the bringer of grace. We do not seek the grace of God,
do we? We do not seek Christ, but He's the bringer of the grace. He's the one who's made us willing
in the day of His hour. He's the one who searches out
the lost lambs. And it's Christ who's our completeness.
Never forget that. Our Redeemer, the one we cry
out to when we say, I know my Redeemer liveth, is our completeness.
We are complete in Him. In Him alone. All believers. Every single one. And Christ
is our comfort, isn't He? Through all the perplexities
of life and the needs that we go through, He's our comfort,
isn't He? He's our comfort. And never forget, He's the supplier
of all our needs. And we're a needy people, aren't
we? We're needy people. And He's the supplier of all
our needs, beloved, as we journey through this world. And it's
Christ alone who is the great Redeemer of sinners. It's Him
alone. There's only one Redeemer. And
His name is the Lord Jesus Christ. Only one Redeemer. Only one. One preacher said, preach more
than Christ. God himself summed it up when he said, Christ is
all. I ask you this, what's more than all? Nothing. Nothing. But we preach Christ
crucified, unto the Jews a stumblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness.
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ,
the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Glory to our mighty Redeemer. Praise his mighty name.