Exodus chapter three for our scripture reading. We'll,
we'll read through the whole chapter in our, our text will
be between verses six and 17. That's just chapter three. Now, Moses kept the flock of
Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led
the flock to the backside of the desert and came to the mountain
of God, even to horrible. The angel of the Lord appeared
unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. And he
looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush
was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn
aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And
when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto
him out of the midst of the bush and said, Moses, Moses. And he
said, here am I. And he said, draw nigh hither,
put off thy shoes from off thy feet for the place whereon thou
standest is holy ground. Moreover, he said, and this is
the title of the message. I am the God of thy father, the
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. And Moses
hid his face for he was afraid to look upon God. And the Lord
said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people, which
are in Egypt. and have heard their cry by reason
of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. And I am come
down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to
bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large,
unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of
the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites
and the Hivites and the Jebusites, Now, therefore, behold, the cry
of the children of Israel has come unto me, and I have also
seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppressed them.
Come now, therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that
thou mayest bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of
Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am I? That I should go unto
Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel
out of Egypt. And he said, Certainly I will be with thee, and this
shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee, when thou has
brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God
upon this mountain. And Moses said unto God, behold,
when I come unto the children of Israel and shall say unto
them, the God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they
shall say to me, what is his name? What shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I am
that I am. And he said, thus shalt thou
say unto the children of Israel, I am, hath sent me unto you.
And God said, moreover unto Moses, thus shalt thou say unto the
children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent
me unto you. This is my name forever. And
this is my memorial unto all generations. Go and gather the
elders of Israel together and say unto them, the Lord God of
your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and of Jacob
appeared unto me saying, I have surely visited you and seen that
which is done unto you in Egypt. And I have said, I will bring
you up out of the affliction of Egypt under the land of the
Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites, the Perizzites,
the Hivites and the Jebusites unto a land flowing with milk
and honey. And they shall hearken to thy voice And they shall come,
and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall
say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us.
Now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the
wilderness, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God. And I
am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not
by a mighty hand. And I will stretch out my hand
and smite Egypt with all my wonders, which I do in the midst thereof.
And after that, he will let you go. And I will give this people
favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it shall come to pass that
when you go, you should not go empty. But every woman shall
borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in the house,
jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment, ye shall put
them upon your sons and upon your daughters, and ye shall
spoil the Egyptians. Let's pray together. Our Holy Heavenly Father, We
come before your throne humbly seeking a blessing and your favor
for Christ's sake this evening. Pray that your spirit be with
us, that your message go forth. And we come boldly based on the
authority of Christ and his word. We plead Christ before you and
we pray that you'd be with us this evening and bless this time.
Comfort those that need comforted. we pray for ourselves. We pray
for congregations everywhere who are meeting even now that,
that you bless your word as it go forth, bring glory to your
name. It is in Christ's name that we pray. Amen. Again, our text is between verses
six and 17. And again, that's where we get
the title of the message there in verse six. I'm the God of
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob. He says
that three times just here in this one chapter and many times
throughout the Bible, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
the God of Jacob. We see there in verse six that
the Moses recognized the saying he recognized that he was talking
to the almighty sovereign, holy God. because it says in verse
six there that Moses hid his face. He was afraid to even look
upon God. He was looking at the sovereign
God. So let's look this evening and
see if we see what Moses saw in this phrase, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob. This text, again, particularly
verses six through 17, they're filled with God's promises to
Moses. filled with God's promises to Moses and to his children
in Israel. And we look through these promises
and we ask ourselves, are these promises also to us? Are these
promises that God is making to Moses, to Israel, to his people,
are these promises also, are they to me? And then finally,
we'll look through and see how these promises have been fulfilled,
how all of God's promises were fulfilled to Israel. They were
filled to Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob. They were fulfilled
here to Moses, how all of those promises are fulfilled. And what
I pray that we see is that all of these promises are fulfilled
for us in Christ. That's the, that's the topic
of the message. That's the point of every message
is Christ. All these promises are already fulfilled in Christ. And that's what I want to pause
and see. We want to see what are the promises
and who's making the promises and how are those promises fulfilled? And the answer is that they're
all fulfilled in Christ. We'll start at the beginning and work
backwards. They're all fulfilled in Christ. Now let, now let's
look at the promises and see how they're fulfilled. So first,
what are the promises? Look, look here with me in verse
seven, the Lord's promises. The Lord said, I have surely
seen the affliction of my people, which are in Egypt. And I have
heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters. For I know
their sorrows. He says, I have seen. He says, I have heard. God says,
I know. I love that there at the end
of that verse. I know their sorrows. That's
not only, I hesitate to use that word. That's not strictly, solely
a knowledge of the sorrows that his people have. It's an intimate
knowledge of the sorrows that his people have. It's a I know,
it's a I relate. I relate to have an intimate
knowledge of the sorrows that they have. Verse eight. I am
come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians
and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large
unto a land flowing with milk and honey. He says, I am come
down. I will deliver. I will bring
up. And you see a trend here with
the promise, right? God's promises are always, always
contingent on his will. Every one of these promises is
I will. I will. It starts from God and
it finishes with God. God is the author and finisher
of our salvation. I will. I will. They're, they're never, uh, they're
never based on a contingency with us. They're always a promise
of and from and contingent on God. They're a product of his
goodness, a product of his, his power, his sovereignty, his goodness,
his mercy. They're a product of that. They're
not a product of our response. They're not a product of us in
any way, shape or form. They're contingent, they're hinged.
All of God's promises are hinged on himself, on his power, on
his goodness, on his mercy, not on our response. They're always
contingent on him. When we go into a store and we
buy something, we buy something contingent on what we give the
store, right? I buy something from the store, I give them money
and I walk out. because we're equal, right? I've
picked up something and I've paid them for it. The store and
I are equal. We're on square ground. There's
equity. There's equal. I walk out the
door and then our, our, our fallen sinful nature is just on full
display here because if we can even think that there's some
attribute attribute of myself, an action that I can do or, or
some attribute of my character, that can make me equal with God.
That's what works religion is. That's what we're born into.
That's our sinful nature just clings to that. That I would
think that I could even get God to turn his head and notice based
on anything that I do or have done or don't do or haven't done
or won't do or anything about myself. If it starts with me
and I believe that I can get God's attention based on that,
is that not evidence of a dead nature? In fact, I wrote in my notes
and I underlined it a few times. If I believe that my actions
could even get God's head to turn his attention to me, then
I am dead wrong. I answered that, I underlined
that word dead wrong. And that's exactly right. And
we think that way because we are dead in our father, Adam,
and we'll stay that way outside of God's grace. If I could think
that his holiness would somehow turn his head change his direction
based on something that I have done or not done. My goodness,
arrogance isn't strong enough word. That's rebellion and sinfulness
and treason is what that is that I think that we could be equal.
And not only in my heart, in my sinful fleshly heart, not
only do I think I can get his attention, I believe I can get
his favor by what I have done or not done or think or don't
think. And I've sold God the Father way short and I've lifted
myself up way, way, way too high. Dead wrong. Thinking like that,
believing like that is dead wrong to my soul. It's thinking from
a dead nature and it will get me dead. That's a dead wrong. That I could get God the Father's
favor. Moses wouldn't even look at him.
He took off his shoes. He was on holy ground and averted
his eyes. that I believe I could be equal
with God. That nature from my father, Adam, no different from
the nature of Lucifer himself, who said, I will, I will, I will
be like God, right? Same, same sinfulness. And that's really the issue again,
that we inherited from our father, Adam, that, that nature that
is just so rebellious against God that in my own warped view
of justice, that I believe God owes me his favor. That's what
we're born into, that we believe by nature that God owes us his
favor. How dead wrong, how dreadfully
sinful, dead wrong. And even more so, and this isn't
too strong, in our nature, we hate him for it. We hate him
for it. that we're not equal. No different
than Lucifer. I will, I will, I will. No different
than Adam who took the fruit to be equal with God. Because
in our nature, we hate him for it. Turn with me to Romans chapter
10. And I say that, well, partially
because it's true and partially it just seems I've been bombarded
lately with arguments of a harsh God who is punishing
us for a little misconception that we're just thinking a little
bit wrong. And that's not it. We're thinking wrong because
our hearts are wrong and rebellious and God is just and damning us
for it. Romans chapter 10. Read through
the first 11 verses. Brethren, my heart's desire and
prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved for. I bear
them a record that they have a zeal of God, but not according
to knowledge for they being ignorant of God's righteousness, going
about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted
themselves under the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end
of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes. For
Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, that the
man which doeth these things shall live by them. But the righteousness
which is of faith speaketh on this wise, say not in thine heart
who shall ascend into heaven, that is, to bring Christ down
from above, or who shall descend to the deep, that is, to bring
Christ again from the dead. But what sayeth it? The word
is nigh thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart, that is, the
word of faith which we preach. But if thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine heart
that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth
under righteousness and with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation. For the scripture saith, whosoever
believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Righteousness outside
of Christ is dead wrong. What are those promises again?
The promises of God are, I have seen, I have heard, I know. I'm come down, I will deliver,
I will bring up. And, and, and we'd be going about
still to establish our own righteousness. If not for God who promises,
I will, I will, I will. Based on his strength, based
on his will, based on the depth of his goodness, based on the
strength of his sovereignty and his goodness, all based on him.
What else does he promise? Back in Exodus chapter three,
look with me in verse 11. And Moses said unto God, who
am I? That I should go unto Pharaoh and that I should bring forth
the children of Israel out of Egypt. In verse 12, and he said,
certainly I will be with thee. I will, I will be with thee.
And this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee. When
thou has brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve
God on this mountain. All those promises, right? I
will deliver. I will, I will be with thee.
I have come down. I will deliver.
I will bring up. I know, I intimately know the
sorrows of Israel. These are all promises of God.
I will. So who's making these promises?
Promises are only as good as the person making them, right?
To fulfill a promise, to accomplish a promise, that anything that
anyone says to us, that person that's promising has to be both
willing, capable of doing it, right? Also has to be able, have
to be willing and able to fulfill any promise that someone makes
to me. A person has to be capable. A
person has to be willing. The person makes a promise to
me, in addition to them being capable and willing, I want to
know a little bit about their track record also. Right? Very
interested in their track record. We had our house remodeled a
couple years ago. I was real interested in the track record
of the contractor that was inside our house doing everything. I
wanted to make sure he'd done this before. I can promise to come into your house
and redo anything you want me to. You see my track record? You don't want anything to do
with that, right? But I knew his track record.
He did a good job. I want to know something about
their history, their track record. Have they made this promise before?
Are they capable of doing it? Did they do it? Did they do it
well? I want to know, have they ever
failed? Have they ever failed? I want
to know that. And what is my confidence? It's
based on who they are and what their history is. Right? That's the oomph behind a promise,
right? That's my confidence behind the
promise. Who's making these promises here
that we're reading? And look with me still in Exodus
there, verse 13. Who's making these promises?
Moses said unto God, behold, when I come unto the children
of Israel and say unto them, the God of your fathers hath
sent me unto you and they shall say to me, what is his name? What shall I say unto them? God
said unto Moses, I am that I am. And he said, thus shalt thou
say unto the children of Israel, I am, hath sent me unto you.
I am. Children of Israel said to him,
what is his name? It's a good question. What's
his name? Based on these promises. What
shall I say unto them? The Lord answers, I am that I
am. I'm the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac. I'm the God of
Jacob. And his name speaks to, it speaks
to his character. It speaks to his goodness. It
speaks to his power and it also speaks to his track record. As
he said, I'm the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob. That's
his name. It's who he is. He says, I am.
And we can have confidence in that. College football fans see
all over the place right now, the whole name, image and likeness
deal. If you're familiar with the name, image, and likeness
deal of all college athletics in college athletics, now name,
image, and likeness is a big deal because college athletes
can be paid based on their name, their image, and their likeness.
Well, what is it about a college athlete that makes their name,
their image, or their likeness have any value whatsoever? Why
is their name, why is their name of a college football player
worth anything at all? Why does that have any worth to it? I
looked up. As hard as this was for me, I
looked up Ohio State's quarterback, C.J. Stroud, and then I looked
up that last name Stroud on white pages, and there's over 500 people
in Columbus alone with the last name of Stroud. Why does C.J.
Stroud's name mean so much? You know, he's signed name-image
likeness deals of well over a million dollars. Why does Stroud mean
anything? Why does it have any value whatsoever?
Hundreds of people living in Columbus with the last name Stroud.
But his is valuable because of who he is. He's the starting
quarterback for Ohio State. That's who he is. He's got some
power behind his name because of his title. His name is valuable
because of what he has done and because of what he's expected
to do. His name is valuable because of who he is. So CJ Stroud can
make a whole bunch of money on his name. His name is valuable
because of who he is, what his title is, and what he's done.
You follow that silly example, right? So it is with our Lord. What is the value of his name?
He says here, he is the, I am, I am. He was, he is, he will
be the same. Unchanging, unchangeable, no
need to change. Perfect yesterday, perfect today,
perfect tomorrow. Merciful yesterday, merciful
today, right now, merciful tomorrow. His name is valuable because
of who he is, because of what his title is, because what he
has done and because of what he will do. His name is valuable. He says, I am, he was, he is,
he will be, he's capable. And glory to God, he is willing,
willing, merciful. He's the God of Abraham. He's
the God of Isaac. He's the God of Jacob. He has
a very proven, perfect track record. No failures, none whatsoever. Let's look briefly at these promises
that God made to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Because
he told the people of Israel through Moses, I'm the God of
Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. That meant something to them.
They knew what that track record meant. Turn back into Genesis. We'll look at a few verses in
Genesis, starting in chapter 12. Genesis chapter 12. the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, the God of Jacob. Here in Genesis chapter 12 in
the first three verses. Now the Lord has said unto Abram,
get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy
father's house unto a land that I will show thee and I will make
of thee a great nation and I will bless thee and make thy name
great and thou shalt be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless
thee, and curse them that curse at thee, and in thee shall all
families of the earth be blessed. Lord says to Abram, I will, I
will show, right? I will show, meaning I'll deliver
thee out of this godless nation, this sinful nation. I'll deliver
thee out of this sinful nation. I'll deliver thee to life. I
will, I'll show thee a land. I'll deliver thee. Abraham didn't
seek God, God called Abraham. And he said, I will. He says,
I will make. Did he say that in verse two?
I will make of thee a great nation. I will create a great nation
out of a fatherless Abraham, who at the time was at least
75 years old. I will make a great nation out
of you, out of, out of deadness, out of nothing. I will make something
that isn't there right now out of nothing. I will create something
new. I will make of thee a great nation. I, the Lord, will do
that from nothing, from deadness, from the impossible. I'll deliver
thee out of sin and I'll create a great nation out of you. I,
the Lord, will do that. That's what he tells Abraham.
He says, I will bless in verse three. I will. I will bless,
I will keep, right? I'll draw you out. I'll create
a new creation and I will keep you. That's what God says to
Abraham. What does he said to Isaac? Turn over a few pages
to Genesis chapter 26. Here in Genesis chapter 26, let's
look at the first few, first four verses. And there was a
famine in the land beside the first famine that was in the
days of Abraham. And Isaac went into a Bimelech, king of the
Philistines, unto Gerar. And the Lord appeared unto him
and said, go not down into Egypt, dwell in the land which I shall
tell thee of. Sojourn in this land and I will be with thee.
I will be with thee. I will bless thee. For unto thee
and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, I will perform
the oath, which I swear unto Abraham thy father, and I will
make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven. And I will
give unto thy seed all these countries, and in thy seed shall
all the nations of the earth be blessed. I will give. The Lord says, I
will provide, I will give, I will provide, I will perform. He says,
right. I will, in verse three, I'll,
I'll perform the oath. I'll perform the oath, which
I swear unto Abraham, my father, I'll, I'll finish. I'll provide.
I will finish. Verse four, he says, I will multiply.
I will sustain. And of Jacob, look over a page
in chapter 28. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob. In chapter 28 of Genesis, starting
in verse 10. And Jacob went out from Beersheba
and went towards Haran. And he lighted upon a certain
place and tarried there all night because the sun was set. He took
up the stones of that place and put them for his pillows and
lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold, a
ladder set up on the earth. The top of it reached to heaven,
and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, I am the Lord God
of Abraham thy father. and the God of Isaac, the land
whereof thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. And
thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth. Thou shalt spread
abroad to the west and to the east, to the north and to the
south, and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of
the earth be blessed. And behold, I with thee, and
will keep thee in all. whither thou goest, and will
bring thee again into this land, for I will not leave thee until
I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. I with thee. The God of Jacob
shows Jacob the latter. I will provide access between
God and man. He says, I, in verse 15, I with
thee. The Lord promises oneness, oneness
with Jacob, a connection joining God and man. And he says further,
verse 15, I will not leave thee, a permanent bond between God
and man. So who's making these promises? God, who is the, I am God, God,
who is the immovable, unchangeable, sovereign God, God, who created
and, and, and sustains the entire universe. Listen to Isaiah here
in chapter 40, Isaiah says, this is, this is our God. This is
our, I am God who has measured the waters in the hollow of his
hand and meet it out heaven with the span. That's the span right there,
right? That's the power of our God,
right? Who's measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, meted
out heaven with the span, comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure,
weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance. Our
God does. I am. That's this I am. Isaiah
goes on to say, have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from
the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the
inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, that stretcheth out the heavens
as a curtain, spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Who's
making these promises? That great I am, the same I am
that was then is now, is today. Who's making these promises?
I am, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, the God who
promised, he promised Abraham to deliver him, to create in
him, and to protect the nation in Abraham. To Isaac, he promised to provide,
to perform the oath that he had made, to finish the oath and
to sustain Isaac. And to Jacob, he promised to
create access to God, to create oneness between God and man and
to create an unbreakable bond with Jacob. He is able, he is
willing. He has a perfect track record.
He's never lost. He's never quit. His track record is perfect. Finally, promises fulfilled.
So we see all of these promises, all of these promises are fulfilled.
And in the great, I am again, the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, the God of Jacob, absolutely finished and completely fulfilled
all in Christ. Um, turn with me over to John
chapter eight. All the promises in this chapter,
and you all know, all the promises from cover to cover are all fulfilled
in Christ, in Christ, in Christ. John chapter eight, starting
in verse 23. And he said unto him, ye are
from beneath, I am from above, ye are of this world, I am not
of this world. I said therefore unto you that you shall die in
your sins, If you believe not that I am, you shall die in your sins. Then
said they unto him, who art thou? Jesus said unto them, even the
same that I said unto you from the beginning. I have many things
to say and to judge of you. He that sent me is true, and
I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. They
understood not that he spake to them of the Father. Then said
Jesus unto them, when you have lifted up the Son of Man, then
shall ye know that I am, and I do nothing of myself, but as
my father had taught me, I speak these things. All of the promises
fulfilled in Christ. Turn over a few pages to John
chapter 18. John chapter 18, beginning in
verse four. Jesus, therefore, knowing all
things that should come upon him, went forth and said unto
them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus said unto them, I am. Judas also, which betrayed him,
stood with them. As soon as he had said unto them, I am, they
went backward and fell into the ground. Then asked he again,
Whom seek ye? They said, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus answered, I've told you that I am. If therefore you seek
me, let these go their way. The great, I am all these promises
fulfilled in Christ. All the promises of Moses fulfilled
in Christ and by Christ in Christ, through Christ, from Christ,
all the promises fulfilled through Christ. The, I am, do you remember
back when we began what he first told promised Moses, he promised
I have seen, I have heard, I know. I know the sorrows of Egypt or
of Israel, right? I know. How does Christ know?
How does Christ know my sorrows? How does Christ know my trial
in this world? Because he was made man. How
does he know my sin sorrow? Because he was made sin. And Christ is the only one that
could say that. I don't know your sin, not to
the intimate knowledge that Christ does. I don't even know my own
to the intimate knowledge that Christ does, because he was made
sin, made sin. How does he know? How can he
say that? For I know their sorrows. How does he know their sorrows?
Because he was made sin. He was made flesh and dwelt among
us. He was made sin for us. He who knew no sin, that we may
be made the righteousness of God in him. I've seen, I've heard,
I know Christ promises to Moses. I know. I'm come down. I will
deliver. I will bring up. All accomplished
by Christ and only in Christ, only through Christ. What did he promise to Abraham?
He promised, I will deliver. And he fulfills that promise
in Christ when he delivers his spiritual Israel from death in
sin to life in Christ. I will deliver, he promises,
and he has. We're born in death and we deserve
death under Adam. He's delivered us from death,
just as he delivered Abraham from a sinful, idolatrous nation.
He delivers his people today from death. And what does he
say? I will create, he said to Abraham, I will make a great
nation of thee. I will create, that's life from above, Christ
in us, the hope of salvation. I'll deliver from sin to life,
from death to life, all in Christ. And he promised Abraham, I will
keep, Uh, look over in Hebrews chapter 13. I will deliver from death. I
will create life. I will keep Hebrews chapter 13
in verse five. Let your conversation be without
covetousness. Be content with such things as you have, for
he has said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. I will
deliver, I will create, I will keep. What was it he promised
Isaac? He promised Isaac, I will provide,
right? Look over in first Corinthians. First Corinthians chapter one
in verse 30, he promised Isaac, I will provide first Corinthians chapter one,
verse 30, but of him, are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is
made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption. He says, I will provide. And
he provides in Christ. Christ Jesus, who of God is made
unto us wisdom and righteousness, sanctification and redemption,
I will provide. According as written, he that
glorieth, let him glory in the Lord, right? I will provide.
He said to Isaac, I'll perform the oath. I'll perform the oath. In John chapter 19, when, when
Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, it is finished
and bowed his head and gave up the ghost. I'll perform the oath. He said to Isaac, I will sustain. Look over in Hebrews with me.
I will provide, I will perform the oath, and I will sustain. God, who at sundry times and
in divers manners spake in times past unto the fathers by the
prophets, hast in these last days spoken unto us by his Son,
whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made
the worlds. Who, being the brightness of
his glory and the express image of his person, and upholding
all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself
purged our sins, sat down, on the right hand of the majesty
on high, being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by
inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Front of which
of the angels said he at any time, thou art my son, this day
have I begotten thee. And again, I will be to him a
father and he shall be to be a son. And again, when he bringeth
the first begotten into the world, he saith, and let all the angels
of God worship him. And of the angels, he saith,
who maketh his angels' spirits and his ministers a flame of
fire? But unto the sun, he saith, thy throne, O God, is for ever
and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom.
He will sustain. Thou hast loved righteousness
and hated iniquity. Therefore God, even thy God,
hath appointed thee hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness
above thy fellows. And thou, Lord, in the beginning
hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the
works of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou remainest. and they all shall wax old as
does a garment. And as a vesture shalt thou fold
them up, they shall be changed. But thou art the same, he shall
sustain. Thou art the same, thy years
shall not fail. But to which of the angels said
he at any time, sit on my right hand until I make thine enemies
thy footstool? Are they not all ministering
spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of
salvation? But he said to Isaac, write, God said to Isaac, I will
sustain, and he does. He sustains his spiritual Israel
through Christ. And to Jacob, what did God promise?
To Jacob, he promised access to God, access to God. Christ is Jacob's ladder connecting
God to man. Christ is. He promised oneness,
oneness with God. Christ calls us his brother,
his brethren. He calls us joint heirs, family with him, oneness
with Christ. He promised Jacob a permanent,
unbreakable bond. Turn here over to Romans. Romans chapter five. And the first nine verses here
of Romans chapter five, a permanent unbreakable bond, therefore being
justified by faith. We have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom also we have access by faith
and his grace, wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory
of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also
knowing the tribulations work with patients, Patience, experience,
experience, hope. Hope maketh not ashamed, because
the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost,
which is given unto us. This unbreakable bond. For when
we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the
ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous
man would one die, yet peradventure for a good man some would even
dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while
we are yet sinners, Christ died for us, much more than being
now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through
him. That permanent, unbreakable bond, the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the great I am, all those promises,
I'll deliver, I'll create, I'll keep, I'll provide, I'll perform,
I'll sustain. Access to God, oneness with God,
a permanent, unbreakable bond. I have seen, I have heard, I
know, I know. I am come down. I will deliver. I will bring
up. All the promises of God fulfilled completely in Christ, our great
I am. And we bow, thankfully, and we
say amen. That's our responsibility to
it. That's our contribution, is to bow to his I will and say
amen. I think all the time how he said,
he doesn't need our praise. He could raise the rocks up to
worship him. He doesn't need our praise, but glory to him,
he sees fit to show mercy. Based on his character, based
on his goodness, based on his sovereignty, based on his name,
based on who he is, based on his track record, all based on
him. None based on us. And I'm thankful
for that. I praise him for it. Let's pray
together. Our holy father, I pray that
you bless your word as you see fit. Be with us as we go out
through the remainder of this week. Comfort as father, you
know, you know our sorrow. In this world and in our sinfulness,
father, you know, I pray that you, that you comfort. And we
thank you for, for access to your throne of mercy through
Christ. And it's in his name that we pray. Thankfully. Amen.