Back in Hebrews chapter 2, I encourage you to have your Bible
in your lap. Was it Paul Mahan? Either it
was here or perhaps in Arkansas when I was preaching for him.
He said he likes to hear those pages turned. It's encouraging
to the preacher, and I think it's also good for you. If you
read along with me, I think it helps you to remember it, don't
you? read our text again in just a
moment. It'll be verse 10. Billy, before
service started, mentioned today, or tomorrow rather, being Memorial
Day and what that meant and how that applies today in observance
of the Lord's Supper. And I asked Billy, did you sneak
up there and read my sermon notes? Because I thought the very same
Tomorrow, of course, is Memorial Day. That's one of our country's
most poignant federal holidays. It's a day to remember and honor
those who died serving in the United States Armed Forces, men
and women, in defense of this country. And I went online just
to refresh my memory about some things, and like everything else,
5,000 sites dropped down. This one caught my eye. It even
had suggestions for Memorial Day greetings, and I copied a
few. It said, join us as we remember
and honor our fallen heroes. Let's use the day to count our
blessings and stand proud. Together we pay homage to those
who have given us our freedom, honoring our heroes who served
to hold our flag high. Thank God they didn't take a
knee. Today we honor those who made a great sacrifice for us. And we should. We should. Remember
and honor those who defended this country with their very
lives. The ultimate sacrifice. And of
course, you easily see the application there. To the Lord's Supper,
the day we'll observe that ordinance that Jesus Christ himself gave
to his church and commanded them, as long as you do this, do it
in remembrance of me. He brought in the Lord's Supper,
the very first one. Matthew chapter 26. I want to
hear them pages turn. Matthew 26, verse 26. I know you're familiar with this,
I am too, but I think we need to be reminded of it and pray
that the Lord will prepare our hearts to do as he commanded. Matthew 26 and 26, and as they
were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it and break it and
gave it to his disciples and said, take eat, this is my body.
And he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying,
drink ye all of it, for this is my blood of the New Testament.
which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say
unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until
that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom." Until I drink it new with you
in my Father's kingdom. And when they had sung a hymn,
they went out unto the Mount of Olives. Then saith Jesus unto
them, all ye shall be offended because of me this night. For
it is written, I will smite the shepherd and the flock shall
be scattered abroad. Again, in reference to Memorial
Day, I read this. I found this. Harry Truman, now
that was a few years before my time, but Harry Truman became
president when Franklin D. Roosevelt died. He was Roosevelt's
vice president for just 82 days before Roosevelt died and Truman
became the 33rd president of the United States. He was sworn
in on April 15, 1945. And of course, Lester, that was
during World War II. In the first six months of his
term, he announced the Germans' surrender. He ordered the atomic
bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which brought the war
to an end, forcing Japan to sign the treaty, and signed the charter
ratifying the United Nations in just six months. President
Truman said this. He said a lot of things I wouldn't
repeat. I heard he was referred to Curson Harry, wasn't he? But
he said this, our debt to the heroic men and women in the service
of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying
gratitude. America will never forget their
sacrifices." I hope that's true. I hope that's still true, but
I declare on every hand, I don't want to digress too much, but
I was, I think, watching the news the other evening with Robin
and I said, I don't recognize the country I live in anymore.
I just don't recognize it. But again, how much more do we
as believers owe to that one who we're told in this same epistle
of Hebrews, chapter 1, who, Jesus Christ, who, being the brightness
of God's glory and the expressed image of his person and upholding
all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself
Nobody else could do it. Single-handed redemption. When
he had by himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand
of the majesty on high. In chapter 9 of Hebrews, verse
12, neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood,
he entered in once. Once. Why once? Once was enough. Once got the job done. He entered
in once into the holy place, having obtained," past tense,
"'eternal redemption for us.'" In Hebrews 9, 26, "'But now once
in the end of the world have He appeared to put away sin by
the sacrifice of Himself.'" Man, that's worth honoring, isn't
it? That's worth remembering. That's something. We're just
saying Isaac Watts owed him at the cross. Was it for crimes
that I have done he groaned up on the tree? Yes. If you're a
believer, yes. Amazing pity, grace unknown?
Yes, again. And love beyond degree? Yes,
again. But drops of grief can ne'er
repay the debt of love I owe. Here, Lord, I give myself away. Tis all that I can do. Paul said, that's your reasonable
service. So let's ask God. Let's ask God
to enable us today to remember the one, the only one God made
to be sin for us, that we might be made the very righteousness
of God in him. I want to share just a portion
of an article that came across my desk yesterday. It's from
the bulletin. from Clay Curtis for today. There's an article by Mr. Toplady,
Augustus Toplady, Rock of Ages. But he said this, true believers,
after all they do and suffer, trust not in their doings and
sufferings, either in whole or in part, but in the atonement
made by Emmanuel's blood. And in that work of vicarious
righteousness, which Emmanuel accomplished, By his obedience
unto death, being freely interested in Jesus, they are saved by grace,
and the God of grace has all the glory. Amen. Now let's read verse 10 here
in Hebrews 2 one more time. For it became him, that is Jesus
Christ, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in
bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their
salvation perfect through sufferings. perfect through sufferings, it
became him, that is God, I correct myself, to make the captain of
our salvation perfect through sufferings. Christ our captain. There's the handle. There's the
handle. Just hold to that and you'll
be okay. Christ our captain. And I want
us to consider three things. And I'll give them to you, these
three things at the outset, and then the remainder of the message
will be the answer, the one answer, the same answer to those three
things. And the first is this. Think about this. Again, using
Memorial Day. Tomorrow, they will be remembered
that made, as we said, the ultimate sacrifice. Today, today, we're
remembering and observing the Lord's Supper, Jesus Christ who
loved us, John who loved us, Behold how He loved us. Having
loved His own which were in the world, He loved them until the
end, who loved us and gave Himself for us. Romans 5, 6, For when we were
yet without strength in due time, Christ died for the ungodly.
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die, yet per a venture
for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commended
his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us. Knowing what we were, he died
for us. Knowing what we would be after
we're saved, he yet died for us. Again, tomorrow, those will
be honored that gave all they could give." A man gives his
life. He's giving it all. He's giving
it all. You take a man's life, you do
it. I heard, I saw a cowboy movie, I don't know why it comes to
mind, but it said, when you kill a man, you take everything he
has and everything he was gonna have. Gave it all. Today, however, we honor our
great God and Savior, who gave everything. He gave everything. He emptied
himself. When he offered himself to the
holy Lord God, on the altar of absolute justice. Jesus Christ
held nothing back. Think about that. Jesus Christ
held nothing back. There was nothing left in reserve. God said, the soul that sinneth,
it must die. And he didn't revoke that holy
commandment. when he laid it and enforced
it and carried it out on his son. 1 Peter 3 and 18, where
Christ also had once suffered for sins that just for the unjust
that he might bring us to God. In time and in glory, today,
tomorrow, and forever, that he might bring us to God, being
put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. The
third thing. Again tomorrow, those will be
remembered who gave their lives for their country, whether they
did it willingly or unwillingly. Now let me explain that, and
it probably doesn't need explanation. There were men drafted in every
conflict. They were drafted because they
wouldn't volunteer to go. They may have given their life
whether they really wanted to or not. I'm sure none does. Oh,
but the captain of our salvation. This is what he said in Psalm
40. Of course, this is quoted in
Hebrews 10, but in Psalm 40, verses 6 through 8, this is the
son's voice, his word to the father, the promise of the son
to the father that sent him into this world. Sacrifice and offering
thou didst not desire. Mine ears hast thou opened, burn
offering and sin offering thou has not required. Then said I,
Lo, aren't you glad he did? Aren't you thankful he did? Because
if he didn't, we'd be in hell already or we'd wake up in hell. There'd be no other alternative.
Then said I, Lo, I come, in the volume of the book it is written
of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within
my heart. John 6, 38, For I came down from
heaven, this is the Lord again speaking, for I came down from
heaven not to do my own will, but the will of Him that sent
me. I do always those things that
please the Father. John 10, Verse 17, therefore
does my father love me because I laid down my life that I might
take it again. No man taketh it from me, but
I lay it down of myself, willingly. I have power to lay it down,
and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received
of my father. And on another occasion, in John's
Gospel chapter 2, talking to the religious folk, he answered
and said unto them, destroy this temple, and in three days I will
raise it up. I come to do Thy will, O my God."
And this was the will of God Almighty. The will of God who
is in the heavens doing whatsoever He is pleased. And that God who
does whatsoever He wills, is pleased to do, was pleased to
do this. Isaiah 53 verse 3. He is despised and rejected of
men, a man of sovereigns and acquainted with grief. And we
hid as it were our faces from him. He was despised and we esteemed
him not. He was despised and we figured
he deserved it. Come down from the cross as they
mocked him as he died. We esteemed him not. Didn't see
anything. special about him, glad to be
done with. We can wipe our hands of him
now. We esteemed him not. Surely, verse 4 of Isaiah 53,
surely he had borne our griefs. Surely he has. Thank God he has. Surely he had borne our griefs
and carried our sorrow. What are we going to do now?
Oh, are we going to shout glory to his name? We going to spend
our lives praising our God? Yet we did esteem him stricken
of God, smitten of God, and afflicted. He's getting what he deserved.
Verse 6 of Isaiah 53, All we like sheep have gone astray,
we have turned every one to his own way. And the Lord had laid
on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and he was afflicted,
and yet he opened not his mouth. He is brought as a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is done, so he openeth
not his mouth. Yet, yet. Oh, my soul. It almost seems strange that
we come to this next verse considering who He is, God's only begotten
Son. considering that he always did
the will of his father who sent him. It seems at first strange
when we come across these words, yet it pleased the Lord to bruise
him. Crush him is the word. God hath
put him to grief. God has made his soul an offering
for sin. He shall see his seed, he shall
prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in
his hands. Yes, the Son of God held nothing back. In John 18,
we read this. I think this is one of John's
and my favorite portions of Scripture. I believe you told me that one
time, John. John 18, Jesus therefore knowing all things, this is when
Judas brought the mob to a familiar place. The Lord didn't try to
hide. Judas knew that place. They went there often. He wanted
to be found. Jesus, therefore, knowing that
all things should come upon him, knowing all things, went forth
and said unto them, Whom seek ye? Whom seek ye? Jesus Christ knew all that was
coming, everything, everything. Like Abraham, when God commanded
him to take his son Isaac, the promised son, the son of his
love. Abraham, take your son Isaac, go to Mount Moriah, and
sacrifice him. And Abraham obeyed. He and his son go for three days. Three days. Abraham thought about
that. Three days after God gave him
the command, they ascend Mount Moriah. Can you imagine? Abraham was
flesh. He was no different than you
and me. Can you imagine his perplexity, his confusion, his heartache,
his anguish for three days? I'm sure all he heard, Abraham,
slay your son. Slay your son. Three days he pondered what he
must do. The Son of God knew from all
eternity what lay before him. He knew, oh how he knew, that
when the fullness of the time was come, God's appointed time,
that he would offer himself with that spot to God. He was the
Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. When Jesus had spoken these words,
he went forth with his disciples, where was a garden, and into
which he entered and his disciples. And Judas also which betrayed
him knew the place, for Jesus oftentimes resorted thither with
his disciples. Judas then, having received a
band of men and officers, what a bloodthirsty mob, from the
chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns
and torches and weapons. Jesus again. Therefore, knowing
all things that should come upon him, went forth and said unto
them, Whom seek ye? All brothers and sisters in Christ,
isn't he glorious? Isn't he glorious? Oh, the great shepherd, as always,
steps in front of his sheep, leading the way, and he said,
Whom seek ye? You know the story. We want Jesus! We want him! They probably phoned at the mouth
with the rage and he said, you found me. I'm he. Had to tell them twice, didn't
he? Oh my soul, Jesus knowing all things that should come upon
him. Again, I repeat, Abraham had
three days. Jesus Christ saw this. Oh, he
saw everything. from eternity. John 12 and verse 23, And Jesus
answered him, saying, The hour has come that the Son of Man
should be glorified. Now is my soul troubled. And
what shall I say? Father saved me from this hour,
but for this cause came I unto this hour. When the shadow of
the cross was beginning to eclipse his holy soul, we read, that
he was exceedingly troubled, I believe in Matthew's account,
and very heavy. If you compare all four accounts
of our Lord's battle in the Garden of Gethsemane,
when he sweat great drops of blood, you look at the words,
my soul, Are they talking about Jesus Christ? We're afraid? Fearful? In agony? We've never seen Him like that.
He never was afraid of nothing. Never. But when the... I'm having a tough time finding
words. But when the apprehension, the
reality, I don't know how to put it, of God Almighty making
him sin and therefore forsaking him, oh, when that began to eclipse
his soul, my God, he said, if it's possible, let this cup pass
from me. This cup. Three times he prayed,
Father, if it's possible, this cup, this cup. As he looked into
that cup of God Almighty's wrath, God Almighty's fury, God Almighty's
indignation against all the sins of all His people were brought
to bear upon one spot, one head, the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh God,
this cub, this cub. Nevertheless, not as I will,
but Thy will be done. In Matthew 26 verse 30, after
the Lord's Supper, we read, When they had sung a hymn, Christ
and his disciples, they went out into the Mount of Olives.
And again Jesus said, ye shall all be offended because of me
this night. For it is written, I will smite
the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.
Verse 36 of Matthew 26. Then cometh Jesus with them into
a place called Gethsemane, the olive garden. where there was
that olive press. Isaiah spoke of that, didn't
he? And saith unto the disciples, set ye here while I go and pray
yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,
James and John, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. And he said to them, my soul
is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death, tarry ye here and
watch with me. Stay with me. And he went a little further
and fell on his face, praying, oh, Father, if it be possible,
let this cup pass from me. And he came back seeking comfort,
seeking companionship. And what did he find? They were
asleep. They were asleep. He did that
over and over again, praying the third time and saying the
same words. And each time he came back, he
found them asleep. Imagine that. He wanted some comfort. Somebody. Somebody. Just your companionship. Just to know that you're there
and he came back and they were sleeping. Just sleeping. Remember
he was flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone. We see him
in the garden falling to the ground again and again and again
until the blood forced its way through the pores of his skin,
like those huge millstones that the grapes or the olives were
placed on, and another millstone on top, and it would just grind
and grind and grind until every precious drop of juice or olive
oil was forced from it. Can you picture that? That's
what Isaiah meant when he said, it pleased the Lord to crush
him. View him prostrate in the garden,
on the ground your maker lies, on the bloody tree behold him,
sinner will not this suffice. Isaiah 63 and 1. Who is this
that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Basel? This that
is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength,
I speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore are you red
in your apparel? And thy garments like him that
treadeth in the wine-fat? That was in the garden as well
as the cross. And his answer is this, I have trodden the wine-press
alone. And of the people there was none
with me. For I will tread them in mine
anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be
sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in
my heart, and the year of my redeeming is come. And I looked,
and there was none to help." None to help. Again, Matthew
26. Then cometh he to his disciples,
and saith," oh, I like this, "'saith unto them, Sleep on now,
sleep on now.'" Verse 45. "'Sleep on now, and take your
rest. The hour is at hand. The Son
of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.' I don't know how
much time there was, but there's the great shepherd. They slept. while he travailed, but now he
comes and says, just go ahead and sleep. And the faithful shepherd
watches over them. He watches over them. And then
the next verse says, well, arise, let us be going. Behold, it's
time. He is at hand that doth betray
me. Jesus, that's when this happens. Jesus, knowing all things that
should come upon him, went forth and said, Whom seek ye? Then the band and the captain
and the officers of the Jews took Jesus and bound him and
led him away. And there he goes. The good shepherd
goes to lay down his life for his sheep. In the account of Abraham offering
his son, we're told that When Abraham raised his knife to slay
his son, you know the story. God said, don't do that. Stop
Abraham. He stopped him. Lay not thy hand
upon the lad, neither do thou anything to him. And then God
provided a ram to take Isaac's place. But when Jesus Christ
was being made sin and suffering the vengeance of God, there was
no voice from heaven saying, stop. Was it? God didn't say stop. No, there
was no one found to take the place of Christ on the cross
because he was the substitute. No, this is what God spoke. Away
goes sword against my shepherd, and against the man that is my
fellow, saith the Lord of hosts, smite the shepherd. That's what
God said. Smite the shepherd. Many hands. were raised to wound him, none
would interpose to save. Oh, but the awful stroke that
found him was the stroke that justice gave." Matthew chapter, I'm sorry, John
19, 28, Christ is on the cross, and we
read these words. After this, Jesus, knowing that
all things were now accomplished, accomplished, that the scripture
might be fulfilled said, I thirst. That had to be accomplished.
That was prophesied. Now there was said a vessel full
of vinegar, and they filled the sponge with vinegar and put it
upon his sip and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had
received the vinegar, he said, it is finished. It is finished. It is finished. And he bowed his head and gave
up the ghost. Jesus Christ dies. Remember when he stood before
the tomb of Lazarus with weeping Martha, Lazarus' sister? And
he said, Martha, your brother's going to rise again because I'm
the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though
he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth
in me shall never die. Believest thou this? And in John chapter 12, we find
Lazarus raised and sitting at the table. Verse 1, then Jesus six days,
in John 12, six days before the Passover came to Bethany where
Lazarus was which had been dead. You had he quickened who were
dead. You're not dead anymore. whom he raised from the dead.
There they made him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus
was one of them that sat at the table with him." Yeah, he's not
dead anymore. He's feasting with the Son of
God. And then his sister Mary takes
that pound of costly ointment, because she seems to be the only
one that had a grasp of Jesus Christ's purpose, not even his
disciples did, in coming into this world. And she broke that
precious bottle of wine and sprinkled it on his head. You know the
story. Was it Judas? Yes. Why is this waste? Remember what our Lord said?
Verse 7, let her alone against the day of my burial has she
kept this. His burial. Doesn't that sound
strange? He raised Lazarus from the tomb,
and now he speaks of his own burial. Again, John 19 and 30,
and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost. I'm sure that many will be, and
rightfully so, will be remembered tomorrow on Memorial Day. And
I'm sure in World War I and II, all conflicts, all conflicts,
there's always casualties. There's casualties even for the
victor. And I'm sure that there were commanders and sergeants
and captains, Lester you may have known some, who led their
brothers in arms into battle and never returned from that
battle themselves. I've heard of some who have fallen
on hand grenades to save the life of their comrades. For a
long time now when I visited Mike Gibbons, man I don't know
if everyone's been in his house, but that man has got a boatload
of medals. Every time I brought it up, Mike,
what's this one for? He don't want to talk about it. But man, they didn't come cheap. I know that, but Mike just won't
say too much about it. And though many went to war and
never returned, Christ our captain did. Didn't he? That's what our
text says. Yes, he suffered and died, but
he didn't stay there. Martha and them other women that
had to stop their preparations of his body because of the Sabbath,
they watched where he was laid and then three days later they
come to finish the job. Remember what the angel said?
What are you doing here? Why are you seeking the living
among the dead? He's not here. He's risen just like he said
he would be. Now go tell his disciples. Christ
arose. Christ arose. Vainly, the hymn
writer said. Vainly they watch His bed, Jesus
my Savior. Vainly they seal the dead, Jesus
my Lord. Death cannot keep His prey, Jesus
my Savior. He tore the bars away, Jesus
my Lord. And up from the grave He arose.
With a mighty triumph o'er His foes, He arose a victor from
the dark domain. And He lives forever with His
saints to reign. He arose, He arose. I'm almost
tempted to ask you to join with me. He arose, He arose, hallelujah,
Christ arose. Remember, before He bowed His
head and said, Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit? Those
were His last words from the cross. But before that, He had
cried with a loud voice, My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken
me? And after that, he said, it is
finished. Surely he shall see him through
the veil of his soul and be satisfied. That night prior to going to
the garden, he told his disciples, when a woman is in through the
veil, she has sorrow. She has sorrow. Oh, my soul,
given birth. Us men don't know nothing about
that. I've been told we couldn't handle it. And I'd say we couldn't
stand that kind of pain. And I believe that's so. I can
handle pain. I get a little bruise or something, I'll milk it for
all it's worth. I've seen her get a knee replacement and it
didn't carry on. If I bruise, my big toe. But
he said, when a woman is in travail, she's in sorrow. Oh, but when
that child is born, she forgets all that sorrow, all that travail. Jesus Christ for the joy that
was set before him endured the cross, the joy of bringing many
sons to glory, the joy of accomplishing the salvation of his people,
bringing many sons, Romans 8 and 28, many brethren. Oh, our Lord shall have a glorious,
glorious crown. At UK, I'll wrap this up, when
I worked at UK, there was a fellow that would come down from another
shop during our lunch break because they would play cards, just no
cash. They didn't allow that, but they
would play a game of something or other. And each time before
he would leave the shop to go back to wherever he was supposed
to be, he'd turn and there he'd say, keep it real, keep it real. Every time, five days a week.
I mean, last thing he'd say going out the door, he'd look at us
and say, keep it real. I never did know what that meant.
I never did understand. He never did tell us what he
wanted to keep real. I know what this means. The very
fact that Christ our captain is in heaven is the guarantee
that I'm going to be there, too. Now, that's real. That's real. Otherwise, if one
sheep of those hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands and
thousands of thousands, if just one of those sheep perished,
Jesus Christ is a failure, and none of us would have hope. Now
think about that, but don't think about it too much. It's not worth
thinking of. Think about this, that the captain of our salvation
has obtained eternal redemption for us. Would you turn with me?
I want you to see this in the last scripture here in Galatians. Not Galatians, but Galatians.
I want us to look at something together. Galatians chapter 3. Galatians chapter 3. I am sorry,
chapter 2. Galatians chapter 2. Verses 12-15. Colossians 2 verse 12. Buried with him his people, buried
with him, that is Christ in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with
him through the faith of the operation of God who had raised
him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins
and uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with
him, having forgiven you all trespasses, blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary
to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
And having spoiled," you know what the word is for spoiled?
Disarmed. That's it. Disarmed. And having
disarmed principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly,
triumphing over them in it. When I looked at that, I remembered
a story. It made an impression on me.
And when I learned that this, in verse 15, having spoiled,
the word is actually disarmed, when I heard this story, that's
what I thought of. There was the story of a US MiG
jet fighter pilot. And he was flying in neutral
airspace over some country, a hostile to America. There was some radio communication
from the ground. And they say, you're in our airspace. And the pilot said, sir, you're
mistaken. I know where I am. I'm not in
your airspace. Several minutes of that went
back and forth. And then finally, the transmission
from the ground said to the pilot, If you don't leave immediately,
we're going to send our fighter pilots up and destroy you. And this was the US pilot's response. Sir, this is the most sophisticated
plane in the history of aviation warfare. And I know what you
have. And I also know my plane can
easily destroy anything you send up. He said, send them on up. I'll wait. There was silence. Silence. Oh, children of God, when God made his son to be seen
for us, he who knew no sin, he disarmed every legal claim against
us. He satisfied God's holy law. and justice. And if God be for
us, who gave us His Son, how shall He not with His Son freely
give us all things? One when He died, one when He
rose, one when He triumphed o'er His foes, one when in heaven
He took His seat, and heaven sang all hell's defeat." In Zechariah 13, We read this, in that day, there
shall be a fountain open to the house of David and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness. That's what Cooper based his
hymn on that we're going to sing. And there is a fountain on that
verse of scripture. And thank God, thank God, there's
a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel's veins.
and sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains. May we honor him this day. God
bless you.