My Redeemer Lives!

Q: What does the Bible say about redemption?

The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is our Redeemer, through His sacrifice we are saved from sin. The concept of redemption is central in scripture, particularly regarding the person of Jesus Christ. Scripture teaches that He is our Redeemer, embodying the role of the kinsman redeemer as described in the Old Testament. In Job 19:25, Job proclaims, 'For I know that my Redeemer liveth,' indicating that redemption is both an acknowledgment of Christ's living presence and a promise of salvation through His blood. This is affirmed throughout the New Testament, where Christ's sacrificial death fulfills the requirements of God’s justice, enabling us to be redeemed from our sins (1 Peter 1:18-19). Redemption entails not only forgiveness of sins but also reconciliation with God, showcasing that our salvation is entirely a work of grace, unmerited by our actions.

Q: How do we know Christ is our Redeemer?

We know Christ is our Redeemer through scripture and the testimony of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. The assurance of Christ as our Redeemer comes from both scripture and personal faith experiences. In Job 19:25, Job expresses his certainty about his Redeemer living, reflecting faith that is echoed in the New Testament's revelation of Jesus as the promised Messiah. The work of the Holy Spirit plays a crucial role in this understanding, as He reveals the truth of scripture to our hearts (1 Corinthians 2:12). The Spirit assures us of our union with Christ, granting confidence in our salvation, as seen in Romans 8:16, where the Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. Without this divine revelation, the truths of redemption would remain obscured, emphasizing the necessity of being born again to perceive and believe in Christ as our Redeemer.

Q: Why is believing in the resurrection important for Christians?

Believing in the resurrection is essential as it assures us of eternal life and victory over death. The belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ is paramount in the Christian faith, as it confirms the efficacy of His redemptive work. In Job 19:26, Job states, 'though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God,' which reflects the hope that all believers share in Christ's resurrection. This victory over death is echoed in 1 Corinthians 15:55-57, where Paul declares, 'O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?' Thus, our faith is rooted in the reality that because Christ rose from the dead, we too shall be raised to eternal life, demonstrating that death is not the end but rather the beginning of a new existence with our Redeemer. This hope serves as a source of comfort and strength for Christians amidst the trials of life.

Q: What does it mean to be born again in Christianity?

Being born again means receiving spiritual life through faith in Jesus Christ and being regenerated by the Holy Spirit. To be born again, as described in John 3:3, refers to a spiritual rebirth that occurs when one places their faith in Jesus Christ. This transformation is a work of the Holy Spirit, who regenerates the individual, leading them to acknowledge their sinfulness and need for Christ's salvation. In Ephesians 2:1, it states that we were dead in our trespasses and sins, but through Christ, we are made alive. The process involves an inner change where the believer's heart is turned from a rebellion against God to embracing Him in faith, resulting in a new identity as one of His children (John 1:12-13). This vital experience empowers believers to live in accordance with God's will and reflects the promise of new life and eternal fellowship with Him.

Q: How is salvation depicted in the story of Job?

Salvation in Job is depicted through his faith in the Redeemer and the assurance of eternal life. The story of Job illustrates profound themes of faith and salvation despite immense suffering. Job’s declaration, 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' (Job 19:25), serves as a testament of his faith in God's plan for redemption. Despite facing trials that stripped him of all earthly comforts and possessions, Job maintained an unshakable hope in his Redeemer's ability to provide salvation and justice. His assertion underscores a belief in life after death, which aligns with the Christian understanding of salvation that encompasses both deliverance from sin and the hope of eternal life in Christ. Moreover, Job’s experience reflects the grace of God at work, demonstrating that even in suffering, a believer can cling to the promise of redemption, embodying the essence of being saved by grace through faith.

Luke chapter 20, verses 41 to 47. And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son? And David himself saith it in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. David therefore calleth him Lord. How is he then his son?

Then in the audience, all the people, he said unto his disciples, beware of the scribes which desire to walk in long robes and love greetings. and in the markets, in the highest seats in the synagogue, in the chief rooms at feasts, which devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers, the same shall receive greater damnation.

My, oh my. Lord Jesus, we thank thee for revealing yourself to us. Pray today if there's someone that doesn't know you, that you'd reveal yourself to them. either here in the congregation or as the word goes out on the internet, and the word goes forth into the world. We pray, Lord, that you would use it to save your lost sheep and build up your people. Give me clarity as I preach your word. Oh, and give us understanding by thy Holy Spirit, as otherwise we won't learn anything. And anything we learn, Lord, we're just boasting you more and more. We seek to glorify you in our lives and magnify you in our lives. And we love you again, as I said earlier, only because you first loved us.

In Jesus' name, amen. Okay. We will be in the Old Testament today. in the book of Job, the book of Job chapter 19, Job chapter 19. Again, open your Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 19. Now we know from the Lord walking with the two on the road to Arimaeus, and we know by the teaching of God the Holy Spirit, that the Old Testament testifies of Christ. Christ is all through the Old Testament. Don't ever believe the lie that the Old Testament is for the Jews and the New Testament is for God's people.

That's a lie. This book is one book. In two testaments. And they both testify of Christ. Both of them. The Old Testament saints look to the Messiah. Coming. They look to Him. Coming to redeem them from their sins. We look back, don't we? To the Messiah who's already come. I preach a work finished. 2,000 years ago. And that same Messiah is going to come back again, isn't he? We don't know the hour of the day.

It may be when we're alive, but maybe when we're dead. And if it's when we're dead, we'll already be with the Lord, won't we? And that'll be glorious. That'll be glorious. Let's stand up together and read Job 19, verse 21 to 27. We'll read this together. Job 19, verse 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. Oh, that they were printed in a book, that they were graven with an iron pen and led in the rock forever. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand in the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eye shall behold, and not another, though my reigns be consumed within me. Oh, I love this portion of scripture. Job says, I know my Redeemer liveth. Who is that? Who's Job's Redeemer? Well, Job's Redeemer, if you're a born-again believer, is the same Redeemer we have. Do you know that?

He's the Lord Jesus Christ. Remember, he's the Word of God who became flesh, right? He was in eternity. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Same was in the beginning with God. He's God incarnate in the flesh. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

So when Job says, I know my Redeemer liveth, he's looking to Christ. He's looking to the Lord Jesus Christ. That's who he's looking to. The same one we're looking to. And look at, do you notice the confidence that he has in his Redeemer? I'm gonna die, but I'm gonna see him. Now that confidence isn't from anything he's done. Because there's no merit in us. We cannot gain favor with God by anything we do. Salvation is all in and through the Redeemer.

Redeemer brother Tom the Lord Jesus Christ the one who saved us from all our sins With the shedding of his blood, so it's it's a remarkable It's amazing And here's Job the oldest book in the Bible, and he's proclaiming beloved I Know my Redeemer liveth Do you know he's born again by the same spirit?

We're born again by I? I remember talking to someone at the restaurant, McDonald's there, some of those religious fellas I meet with. And I tell them, well, I'm saved by the same spirit Paul was saved, and the same spirit Joseph was saved, the same spirit Job was saved. Well, there was Old Testament. Well, yeah, you must be born again, right? Those are the words of the Messiah. They were born again just like us.

Scripture says there's one faith. There's one faith both in the Old Testament and the New. Faith in the Redeemer. The kinsman Redeemer. That means kinsman Redeemer in the Hebrew. A near relative. Christ becomes bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, beloved. He became one of us. The Word of God.

Is God incarnated in the flesh? Fully God and yet fully man. sinless And thought word indeed everything perfect even when he offers himself up Our sins are laid upon him Right he's made sin for us our sins are imputed to him Right he's made sin for us And he bears all our sin Isn't that amazing and yet he's still absolutely sinless and Because Hebrews says he offers himself up without spot. All our sins were laid upon him. And that's not all the sins of the world, that's all the sins of the elect of God. Who we do not know who they are, so we preach the gospel to everyone. And God does the saving. And we say praise his mighty name. Don't we? We're just amazed. We're amazed that we're part of that number that God has saved.

We see here in Job 19, a true believer, whom God earlier had called him my servant, and one that fears God and shuns evil. Job's a born-again, blood-washed believer. How can you say he's a blood-washed believer? Christ is a lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Now Christ had to come into this world and die, didn't he, and shed his blood to redeem us. But Christ has already been set forth as that for us in eternity.

It's absolutely amazing. And think of this. He was once wealthy. He had so much wealth. And now he's so poor. He's lost everything in the world. Has God let go of him? Has he lost his salvation? No. Can he lose his salvation by anything he does? No. He's one with Christ.

He was once healthy. Now he's sick. He's got boils all over him. He was once powerful and influential. And now he has these miserable comforters with him. That's what we call these guys. They're supposedly his friends. And look what he says, why do you persecute me as God? They're persecuting him. And the whole time, God's got a hold of him. Because remember what he said to Satan? You can take everything he has, but you can't take his life.

Right? My, oh my. Now note, he says over here in verse 21, have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched me. Touched me. Notice he didn't say Satan had touched him. Nope. He declared, God had touched me. And this is a mystery, beloved. Turn, if you would, to 1 Corinthians 2. This is a mystery that natural man does not understand. You know, the Lord saved me in my 30s. I did not understand this stuff all through my teens and my 20s and into my 30s. I had no idea about this stuff. It was the furthest thing from my mind. The last thing I would have ever thought about was the things of God. Because I was so wrapped up in pleasing the flesh. And I didn't even know that I was a slave to sin.

And that's where every one of us is by nature. Until God sets us free, right? Until we're emancipated by the blood of Christ. Right? If the Son shall make you free, you're free indeed. Isn't that wonderful? Look at this over, and he says, the hand of God touched me. Oh my, how's he been touched? Well, first in regeneration. And he must be born again. How could Job say, I know my Redeemer liveth, except for being born again? It's impossible. For those words to be truly heartfelt, unless you're born again.

Now, religious people can say, oh yeah, I love Jesus. Oh yeah, I go to church and I check the boxes and then I'm done. But to know that your Redeemer lives. Oh my. To know that Christ is my Savior is wonderful. And our confidence, again, is not in anything we do. Our whole confidence is in Christ and His perfect sin atoning work that He accomplished at Calvary's Cross by saving us through His blood and righteousness. And it's wonderful. It's absolutely amazing. Look at this in 1 Corinthians chapter 2.

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery. Even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world Unto our glory unto our glory Which none of the princes of this world knew for had they known that they would not have crucified the Lord of glory But as it is written look at this look at this let this just sink in People say oh, I gotta tell you I can tell you what heaven's like no you can't because I have not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for them that love him. We have no idea how beautiful heaven is. And heaven is going to be beautiful and something like something we've never seen.

You know why? Because of the radiance of Christ, our Redeemer. We will see him and everything else will just fade away, beloved. I'm telling you, it's gonna happen that way. We will not be concerned about a thing going on in this world. We will be so enamored and in love with our King, and it'll be love without sin. It'll be being enamored with Christ without sin. We will be focused on him. I hath not seen, nor ear heard. Most beautiful music, the most beautiful thing. I love birds, man. I can sit and listen to those little birds sing, and it's so beautiful to me.

Doesn't even compare to what God has in glory. Doesn't even compare. Lord gave us a little bird that sits outside of our one window. We keep our one window every day. You hear that little fella. It's three o'clock in the morning. Oh, it's just beautiful. And I thank the Lord for that. But that's nothing compared to what we're gonna see and hear. Neither hath entered into the heart of man. Think of the most wonderful thing you've ever thought about in your life. You've even imagined up. Doesn't even come close to heaven. Doesn't even come close. And look at this, which God has prepared for them that love him. Do you love him? Has he saved you by his grace? Look at that. That's all a gift. We don't deserve it, do we? We don't earn it. We surely don't merit it.

But it's a gift of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. But look at this. This great mystery, God has revealed unto them revealed them unto us by a spirit. We will know nothing about Christ and nothing about the scriptures unless God reveals it to us. And then you'll be consumed with him. It's absolutely amazing. Look at this. For the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God.

And we know from our other studies, especially in John, that the Holy Spirit won't testify of Himself. Here teach us the things of Christ. Right? So how could Job say, I know my Redeemer liveth? By the Holy Spirit of God. How do we say my Redeemer's alive? I'm going to see Him. by the Holy Spirit of God. Because he will teach us the things of Christ. My. I don't know many deep things, but what little I know, I'm rejoicing in. Isn't that wonderful? Isn't that wonderful? Oh my. It's beautiful.

Look at verse 11. For what man knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of a man which is in him? So we know earthly things. Even so the things of God knoweth no man but the spirit of God. Look at that. Look at that statement. Even so the things of God knoweth no man. That's us in our natural state. We don't know anything about God. Scripture says, there's none understandeth, there's none good, Right? There's none righteous. None of us. So this is our natural state.

And it says, but the spirit of God. Now look at verse 12. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, which is spoken of in the first part of verse 11, but the spirit which is of God, which is spoken of in the second part of verse 11. That we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

Brother Tom, everything we know about Christ, he's given it to us. That's remarkable. That caused us to rejoice, eh, Brother Brian? It's all been given to us. We can't boast in any knowledge we have about Christ, and we don't want to. Who do I want to boast in? Who do you want to boast in Christ?

Look what he's done. I was listening to Milton Howard this morning. He's a little five minute power message. I call him power messages. He does, but, and he kept saying, he kept saying, go and tell the great things that God has done for you. That's what we do. We don't have to bash people over the head with our scriptures. When the opportunity opens up, we tell people the good things.

God saved my soul. I once was lost. And God saved me. I didn't save myself. God made me willing to come to Christ. God gave me faith to believe on Christ. And rejoice, beloved, because God doesn't save everyone. And people out there, false preachers out there saying God wants to save everyone. If God wanted to save everyone, then everyone would be saved. Right? God saves whom he wills, when he wills, as it pleases him. And that's the God of the Bible. That's what makes salvation so wondrous, that God would save a sinner like me.

My, you know where he found me? I was like a little maggot in the garbage heap of humanity. That's where I was. And he picked me up and saved me. My, oh, my. I was in a pit that I couldn't get out. And help came from above, beloved. Is that where you were? Praise God for saving our souls.

Hmm. goes on, which things also we speak. Paul didn't mess around with philosophy or apologetics. He preached Christ. I'm not saying apologetics is wrong, but I'd rather just preach Christ, as simple as I can. Christ saves sinners. The question is, are you a sinner? Has God shown you you're a sinner? I pray he gives you grace to flee to Christ. To flee to Christ. Cast yourself wholly upon him. And if he does, you'll give him all the glory. You'll give him all the honor and praise.

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, We don't, see, we don't speak in all this fancy language. Now, all of us could, but why would I preach in theological language? I love theology, but why would I preach in theological language that half of us couldn't even understand? That I can't even understand unless I go to the Google thing there and do a, I highlight the word and I click on it and it gives me the definition of that word. I'm going through a theology book with three, four other guys and oftentimes we have to stop and we have to highlight the word and look it up in Google what it even means.

It's a guy from the 1800s we're reading. He says more in 10 pages than I could ever say in 40 years of preaching. It's amazing. Look at this though. So we don't speak in man's wisdom. but which the Holy Ghost teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. We're to be like the Bereans, right? Just don't take my word for this. Search the Scriptures. Be like a Berean. Search the Scriptures. Oh, my.

And in verse 14, but the natural man received not the things of the Spirit of God. There was a time when I did not care about God, when I did not receive the things of God. People talked to me about God, and I'd say, get out of here. I don't want to hear it.

And now, I love it. How can you explain that but the grace of God? Right? It's only the grace of God that can do that. And we might not, some of us might not have said, well, get out of here in our words, but we were sure thinking it in our head, weren't we? We talked about it. I want to hear that. You know why? Because it pricked our conscience. It started to make our refuge a lie, thinking we're good people and that we can go to heaven because we're good. It started to make that crumble a little bit.

And what happens when the Lord saves you? He takes all that's gone, isn't it? And who's our foundation then? Amen, brother. Christ. He's our foundation. He's our rock. Oh, it's just, it's just wondrous. It's absolutely wondrous. My. Look at that again. What are the things of God to natural man? Look at verse 14. For they are foolishness unto him. I remember being in that state. Do you? Foolishness, what are you talking about? Neither can we know them. That's the other reason why we said, why we said, what are you talking about?

Because we could not know them, beloved. Back in, before the Lord saved me, I could have sat in here with you guys when you were younger, and sat beside you guys in the pews, and it would have went right over my head, man. Because I didn't understand the things of God. I probably would have left cussing and swearing outside.

But now, praise the name of Jesus. This is wondrous. God saves sinners. That's the greatest news I've ever heard in my life. So for you too, isn't it, Brother Brian? Sister Linda, it's the greatest news we've ever heard. Because we're sinners. I'm a saved man, but I'm still a sinner. But all my sins are forgiven by the blood of Christ. That's what's so remarkable. That's what's so amazing about the forgiveness of all our sins in Christ. We're free from condemnation. We're free from the law. We're free from the justice of God.

And in the natural way, what's the way up in the natural way? I'm gonna do this, right? The way up in a natural way is up. Pull up your bootstraps, we're gonna get this done. But you know, in the spiritual way, the way up is down. He must increase and I must decrease.

More about Jesus would I know. More about Jesus, right? Because if we're taking in more of Jesus, we're thinking less of ourselves, aren't we? My, oh my. Scripture says, he that humbles himself shall be exalted. Now we don't humble ourselves by nature, do we? But God humbles the proud, doesn't he? We're proof of that. Aren't we? We're proof of that. My.

In the natural world, to live is to live. Like, you live for whatever you can get. But in the spiritual world, the way to live is to die. In Matthew, it says, he that findeth his life shall lose it. And he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. Now we want to live for Christ when we never did before. Who made that change?

Only God. Only God. In the natural world, man finds satisfaction in their own strength. Right? Oh yeah, some do. But Paul declared, when I'm weak, he is strong. Why do you think the Lord keeps us a lot? Keeps us down a little bit? To magnify? to magnify his glory.

Wednesday night I was preaching and I felt like I fell flat on my face, man. I felt like it just, sometimes you feel like that as a preacher. You just feel like, oh man, I just, Chris goes, that was wonderful. Vicki's like, that was wonderful. I'm like, oh my. I said, I felt like I just went like this. But Donnie Bell said one time, that's to keep us preachers humble. And it's true. It keeps us down, keeps us from getting exalted.

Because it's Him that I want you to walk out of here praising the Lord, looking at Christ, going, what a Savior. Spurgeon one time, there was a young man who wanted to go see Spurgeon, but before he went to see Spurgeon, he saw this other preacher. And the preacher preached, I guess, a wonderful message. And afterwards, they said, well, he was such a good speaker, wasn't he? And he said, yeah, he was a good speaker. Yeah, that's for sure. And then he went to Spurgeon's church, and Spurgeon preached, and he walked out there going, what a Redeemer.

See the difference? The focus is on Christ. That's what I want you to, I want you to walk out and go, what a Redeemer he's preaching. What a Savior. What a Savior is Jesus Christ, my Lord, and He's mine. And if you're a believer, He's yours too. Mine. Isn't that wonderful? It's all about Him, beloved. It's all about Him. In the book of Ecclesiastes, it says this. Remember, man wants everything. I remember before I was saved, I wanted to get everything I could. I wanted to keep up with my brothers. You ever do that? You ever keep up with people? Vanity of vanities. That's what I learned. That's nothing but foolishness.

Listen to what Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes chapter 1. He says, vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. He had all the women he could get, he had all the money he could get, he had everything he wanted, and he says, it's all vanity. And he says this, I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and vexation of the spirit.

If you don't have Christ, everything else Doesn't matter. It's all vanity. People seek riches. They seek all these things in the world, and they die and go down. I was listening to Melton today, and Melton brought this up. He says, do you ever think of this? The world takes care of their body, and their cars, and all these things, right? Takes amazing care of them, but they have no care for their soul. No care for their soul. Isn't that wild? I remember being that way. Do you? No care. Sister Diane, we were like that one time. No care for our souls.

And God, by his grace and mercy, moved in our lives, didn't he? And now we know our Redeemer liveth. We know something now that we never knew before, don't we Exodus? Yeah. We know we have a savior. Jesus Christ, the Lord, the Messiah. The long expected one. My. Turn if you would to Matthew chapter five. Matthew chapter five, look at this. In our weakness, in our weakness, Christ is strong. And applications in this world show the believer in Christ, in heart and soul, the vanity of all things.

Everything we see, beloved, is temporary. Even each other. Everything in this world is temporary. Eventually, it's all going to burn up. And there'll be a new heaven and a new earth. And there are millions of things in this world to turn our interest from Christ. Millions of things. A little thing I hold in my hand sometimes. I use it to search scriptures, I use it for all kinds of good things, but boy, can that be a distraction for me. But you just have to learn, right? In moderation, everything in moderation.

Look at this. Look at how in these verses in Matthew 5, our affection and our love and our concern is turned from the world to Christ. This is how we overcome things in the world. Look at this, Matthew chapter 5, starting in verse 3 and going to verse 12.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. God's people are poor in spirit. We're bankrupt sinners who now we've been saved by the grace of God now. We're rich in Christ, but we're poor in spirit Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth now if you think you're meek you're not meek You're not God makes a person meek and they don't even think they are Look at this Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

You know who righteousness is there? Christ. He's the righteousness of God manifested. And what do we now do as believers? We hunger and thirst after him, didn't we? We didn't before. And now that we're born again, we hunger and thirst. Tell me about Christ. More about Jesus would I know. My.

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 the persecuted for righteousness' sakes. So that's for the sake of the gospel. For Christ's sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are ye when man shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For so persecuted are the prophets which were before you.

My. For the believer in Christ, to be full is to be emptied. Emptied of self. Empty of self. To be wise is to become fools for Christ. Someone want to call me a fool for Christ? That's a compliment. Thank you. My friends who I grew up with, they all think I'm crazy. What happened to Boyd? He had too many drugs one night at one of our parties. Nope. Not at all. Lord saved my soul. Mine.

To be clothed, To be able to appear before God is to be stripped of all our self-righteousness and clothed in the righteousness of Christ, which God does when he saves us. It's wonderful. To receive is to give, to reign is to serve, and to be rich is to become poor. Rich in Christ, but just a bankrupt sinner.

And this was Job's experience. He knew what it was to possess all these things. All the world can afford. And he felt the full impact of watching it all fade away. In all of it, he didn't sin against God. He said, the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Now that's God giving grace, isn't it? That's God. See, when he needed it, God gave it to him, didn't he? When we need the grace and strength to get through situations, God will give it to us. He always does.

He had everything he had reduced to ashes. Lost all his kids. Lost all his wealth. His wife said, curse God and die. He's destitute. Everything's gone in dust. And he's at the bottom. He's at the bottom. With no place to hide. And no arm to lean upon.

But we see that Job rejoiced in the sinner's only hope, beloved. Look at verse 25. Oh, this. This is wonderful. I know. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. Oh, he lost everything. I know that my Redeemer liveth. I know. How did he know?

By the grace of God. He was given faith to lay hold of the Messiah as his only Savior. And who is the Messiah? His name is the Lord Jesus Christ, God in the flesh. By faith, he looked to the cross. The coming. In the Jewish religion, someone's coming. Someone's coming. In the New Testament, here he is. Christ Jesus, the Lord of glory. Oh, it's wondrous, beloved. It's absolutely wondrous. Listen to Psalm 73, 25.

It says, whom have I in heaven but thee? Who do I have but Christ? I have my family here, but I'm going to die, and they're going to die. But whom do we have in heaven? Who do we have in heaven, beloved, but thee? Only you, Lord. Only you. There is none upon the earth that I desire besides thee. What a change God has wrought in his people by the power of God the Holy Spirit.

We only desired the things for ourselves and now we only desire Christ. Vicki and I, when we got married, first things we talked about is God first. Told our kids, we love God more than anyone or anything in this world. My daughter, she was so cute when she was little. She's like, well, why? Dad, do you love me more than God? And I said, well, I love God in a different way than I love you. He's my savior. He's my redeemer. I love you very much, but it's nowhere compared to how I love God.

And now she understands that by the grace of God. Back then, she's like, oh, OK. You know how kids are. They're awesome. OK. And as she got older, she started to understand, because she'd come to church with us, and even before I was called to preach, and we just loved to go and worship our God, worship our King. It's wonderful.

Here are some points here, several things here that stand out in Job's testimony concerning our Lord Jesus Christ. He says, "'For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.'" Number one, Job had absolute certainty in an uncertain world. That's what we have, eh, Brother Tom? We have absolute certainty that we are saved by the blood of Christ in an uncertain world.

Isn't that beautiful? That's glorious. Absolute certainty. And it's not based on anything we've done. It's all based on Christ and what he's done. I'll tell you what. Oh my, listen to this. Job could say, I know my Redeemer liveth like Abraham and Job. Job believed God's word. Listen to this. All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof is as the flower of the field, but the Word of God shall stand forever. Who are we saved by? What's one of his titles? The Word of God. Isn't that wonderful?

And there's nothing certain in this world, is there? No, not in the world itself. The only thing that's certain in this world is its destruction. When the Lord comes back and there's a new heaven and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. He's gonna fold this old world up and everything like it's nothing. Burn it right up and create a new heaven and a new earth. Wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Isn't that beautiful? And now, as believers, we know that God is, and what God has done, and who Christ is, and that Christ is God, reconciling us back to God the Father. Listen to this. 1st John 5 20 and we know that the Son of God has come. That's the Word of God. That's Jesus Christ.

That's the Messiah The one who said Joseph said I know my Redeemer liveth We know Something we know we didn't know this before that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding Look at that. We won't have an understanding unless God gives it to us That we may know him that it's true and that we are in him That is true. Even in his son, Jesus Christ, this is the true God in eternal life. So if you're trusting Christ, if you're trusting Christ today, you can have an absolute certainty in an uncertain world. I know my Redeemer liveth. I'm gonna see him again. He put me in the grave. But I'm going to see Christ, to be absent from the bodies, be present with the Lord.

Number two, Job had a true friend among false friends. We often call these friends of Job miserable comforters. You know what they did? They did like the health, wealth, and prosperity guys do. This is what they said to Job. You can read the book of Job and see this. They said, well, Job, there must be sin in your life for all this causing, all this time. There must be sin in your life. Must mean something you've done. Surely you got God mad at you.

And Job said, well, I just worship God and praise Him. See, religion will tell you it's something you don't. Grace will tell you it's the providence of God. God is not angry at his people anymore. Actually, we've been ordained not to receive wrath. Isn't that amazing? Now, Scripture says God is angry with the wicked. Hey, Brother Zang. That sound like he loves everybody? God's angry with the wicked. We were wicked one time, weren't we? Now, we're still sinners, but now we're saved. Now we know what our sin is. Now we still confess our sin to Christ, don't we? But unsaved people don't ever do that.

Who made the difference, beloved? God and God alone. Isn't that glorious? He's given us an understanding of what we are, of who He is. He's God. You know, when Job says, Job could have said, my God saved me, right? Same thing, I know my Redeemer lives. I know my God lives. Because it's God who saved me from all my sins. It's wondrous.

So we can have a true friend among false friends. That's what Job had. And we can have the same thing. Look at this. Here's Job's friend. For I know my Redeemer liveth. And that he shall stand at the light of day upon the earth. Look at that. He's got a friend among no friends. You know that song we sing sometimes, what a friend we have in Jesus. It's true. He's a friend, scripture says, that sticketh closer than a brother.

Look at these wonderful words. I know that my Redeemer liveth. The word Redeemer is the word that stands out in this section here. From all the rest of this verse. I know that, look at how personal it is. Look at the, my Redeemer. Every believer can say that, can't we? He's my Redeemer. He's my God. Why is he my Redeemer? Because he saved me with his precious blood from all my sins. And this is, This is one of the most wonderful names of the Messiah. So significant. So comprehensive. So endearing to the believer. My Redeemer. My Redeemer. And the word Redeemer signifies a near kinsman who has the right to redeem.

He's bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh. He's a real man. God himself became a man. Fully God and fully man. My. He's my kinsman redeemer. He's my Messiah. He's the Lord Jesus Christ. And he has the right to redeem. He's the sent one of God. Why did he come to this earth? To save his people from their sins. How did he do it? By redeeming us with his blood. Isn't that glorious? And he did it all.

He did it 2,000 years ago. Does that leave anything up for us to do if he said it's finished? If God himself said it's finished, does that leave anything for you and I to do, Brian? No. We just look to him by faith, and that's God-given faith, don't we? That's why you must be born again.

It's wonderful. My. This is what Job's saying about the Lord Jesus Christ, that he has the right, when he says, I know my Redeemer liveth, Job's saying he has the right to redeem, and that he took upon us, took upon himself our flesh, beloved, and was numbered with the transgressors, yet sinless when he died. And he has the, think of this too, he's got the right to redeem, and he's got the will to redeem. He's got the will to redeem. He came here and set His face like a flint to Jerusalem to save us from our sins because of His great love for us from eternity. Oh, that's what motivated Him, His everlasting love for us. And then what did He do?

He went to the cross and he paid the full price for the salvation of our souls, which we could not pay one little piece of what we owed. How many times have we broken the law of God? Christ paid it all. James says, if you sin in one point of the law, you've broken it all. That's why what the law of God does is it shows us our sinfulness and our desperate need for Christ. And then God brings forth the balm of Gilead, which is Christ to our souls. And we praise his name for salvation.

It's wondrous. He paid the full price. Listen to this. For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with incorruptible things as silver and gold from your vain conversation by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. How are we saved? By the precious blood of Christ. Number three, Job had the promise of eternal life even in the land of death. Even in the land of death.

Look at this. Look at verses 25 and 26 of Job 19. Look at this. For I know. God's given him an understanding, hasn't he? That my Redeemer liveth. Now, I've never seen Christ, but I know he's alive. You do too, don't you? Oh yeah, we know. We know he's alive. Look at this. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.

Who taught him that? God the Holy Spirit. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, he's talking about his death, yet in my flesh shall I see God. Oh my, is that not similar to what Paul said when he said to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. He says, I know, I'm gonna die, you can put me in the grave. But I'm gonna see God. I'm gonna see him. I know that my Redeemer liveth.

My Redeemer, who's God, who's the same yesterday, today, and forever. He's not changed, has he? And if he's not changed, then my salvation hasn't changed based upon anything I've done. That means that my salvation's secure in Christ and him alone. And I say hallelujah for that. It's wonderful listen to these words here John 1 for in him was life and the life was the light of man Our Redeemer's life Eternal life it's in him and then John 14 6 Jesus sayeth them. I am the way the truth and the life Eternal life natural life No man cometh unto the Father but by me.

And our Redeemer died, but He rose again, didn't He? He rose again. Listen to this. 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. Look at those ones. Look at those. Sister Barb, we know our Redeemer lives, and He says to us, Fear not. Oh my! Fear not. Fear not the law of God, it's being satisfied. Fear not the law of the justice of God, it's being quenched. Fear not, because if you're a believer, your soul's being redeemed by the blood of Christ. Fear not.

That's God saying that. I say with Peter do you say with Peter and me Lord help my unbelief My I need Christ more now than I've ever needed him before My oh my He's the one that liveth and was dead and behold he says I'm alive forevermore amen and have the keys of hell and death. But he says, fear not, I am the first and the last. He's the Alpha and the Omega of our salvation. Because he lives, we shall live.

The last point I'd like us to look at is Job had the promise of victory over the grave in a real inheritance on the real earth. Look at verse 25. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. There can be a new heaven and a new earth, beloved, wherein dwelt righteousness. My. You know Christ has already gone before us, hasn't he? Says this.

Let not your heart be troubled. Listen, I love how our Lord used one and two syllable words. He's the creator of everything. He's the God of the universe, and yet he uses one and two syllable words. If you look at most of his words, it's one and two syllable words.

And why does he say, let not your heart be troubled? Because our hearts can get troubled. Why does he say, fear not? Because we can fear. You know, I was in religion, and they said, Oh, you don't have to fear. You never fear. You never get anxious. You never get depressed. What? And then I found grace. And thought, oh, my. David was depressed. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquiet in me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. Right? Was Elijah anxious when he said, oh Lord, there's only me now?

Sounds like he was, and the Lord said, there's 5,000 who haven't bowed their knee to Baal. We're humans, we go through things. And as believers, we're just as susceptible to things as the unsaved people are. It's not a magic thing and whoop, now you're not gonna ever fear anymore. And you know what happens when people tell people that?

Their faith gets crushed when something happens. But it might not have been real faith at all. But they get crushed. And they say, oh, I don't want nothing to do with Jesus anymore. Well, maybe someone didn't preach the real Jesus to you. This is the real Jesus. Fear not. Why? Because all our sins are forgiven. Washed in the blood of Christ. And he's the resurrection and the life, isn't he? So Job had a promise of victory over the grave. I know my Redeemer liveth. My, oh my. Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. The words of Christ here.

In my father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again. He's coming again, isn't he? Might not be in my life, might not be in your life. Might be, we don't know. No one knows. People who say they know, they're lying. They got no clue.

But we know from the scripture when he says, and I, if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself. That where I am, there you may be also. Mine. He'll either receive us at our death or he'll receive us in second coming, won't he? Either way, he's gonna receive us. I don't get tied up in eschatology anymore. I used to get so worked up in that stuff. This is what I say, Jesus is coming back. I don't know when, and I'm just gonna preach Christ until I got no breath to preach him. That's it. That's what's most important for you, and most important for me, is Christ and him crucified.

Let's look at Job 19.26 and it says, And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I see God. Why? Because Job knows his Redeemer lives. Oh, isn't it glorious? He knows his Redeemer lives. Look at these words, Though after my skin worms destroy this body, Job's declaring that he is going to die.

Every one of us in this room is going to die. Everyone in this world is going to die. People do all kinds of things to get healthier and all this. Little do they know that they have an appointment with God. Every one of us do. And we don't know when it is. And it's good to get healthy. But know that you can add a second to your life. Not a second.

Mine. And he says here, though, yeah, I'm going to raise from the grave. I shall see him in glory. I'm going to see him in all his majesty. Wouldn't that be wonderful, sister? We're going to see him in all his majesty, all his glory. Brother Brian, they won't be able to wipe the smiles off our face, will they?

Oh, my. Oh, my. Listen to this in 1 John 3, 1 to 3. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be. What we shall be, oh my. But we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope, every born-again, blood-washed believer that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure. Wonderful. Now let's look at verse 27. We're close with this.

In Job 19, verse 27, whom I shall see for myself. Right? I'm going to see him myself. See, it's personal, isn't it? It's personal. And mine eyes shall behold and not another. I'm going to see him. I'm not going to see him through another's eyes. I'm going to see him with my eyes. Though my reigns be consumed within me, though I die, I'm going to see him. Now I see through a glass darkly, Paul says, but then face to face. Job expected to be raised from the dead, didn't he? With a glorified body and live forever with his Redeemer.

Listen to this in Psalm 1715. As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness. The psalmist is saying about the Lord, I'm going to behold your face in righteousness. And that righteousness is the righteousness of Christ. Because we have no righteousness to behold God, do we? Oh, no. I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness, for being conformed to the image of the Son of the Lord.

Isn't it glorious? What a Redeemer! What a Savior is Jesus Christ our Lord! And then listen to these wonderful words of Paul in Colossians chapter 3, verse 4. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Then shall, not maybe, then shall, because of his perfect work, because of his redeeming blood, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Now here's the question to all of us. Is Christ your Redeemer? Is Christ your Redeemer? Do you know that your Redeemer lives? If your answer is yes, then give God all the glory, give God all the honor, give God all the praise for his unspeakable gift, the Lord Jesus Christ. For he is the one whom Job spoke of when he said, I know my Redeemer liveth. Amen and amen. Brother Chris, can you close us in prayer?

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Why is believing in the resurrection important for Christians?

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How is salvation depicted in the story of Job?

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