Revelation chapter 14, we'll
read the first five verses. John writes and says, and I looked
and lo, a lamb stood. He stooped to conquer when he
came to redeem us, but oh, now he stands triumphant. A lamb
stood on the Mount Zion and with him a hundred and forty and four
thousand, representative of God's elect, having his father's name
written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven
as the voice of many waters and as the voice of a great thunder.
And I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps. And
they sung as it were a new song before the throne and before
the four beasts and the elders. And no man can learn that song
but the hundred, and forty, and four thousand, which were redeemed
from the earth. These are they which were not
defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are they which
follow the Lamb, whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed
from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb. And
in their mouth was found no gaol, for they are without fault before
the throne of God." Isn't that amazing? Today it will be our
blessed privilege to do what we've not been allowed to do
for a while, and that is to observe the Lord's Supper. And I pray
as we do that the Lord will enabled us to do as he said when
he first instituted it, first gave it to his church. He said,
do this, as often as you do it, do it in remembrance of me. As I've said to you before on
this occasion, let us come to the Lord's table reverently,
not lightly, but reverently, and humbly, thankfully, but not
mournfully. Not like we're approaching a
funeral, no, we're We're remembering our Lord's victory, His triumph,
His success, and we do so with joyful hearts. In Luke chapter
18, when that time drew near that He should go up to Jerusalem
for the last time, He told His disciples this, then He took
unto Him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to
Jerusalem, and all things, all things that are written by the
prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished." Shall
be accomplished. I like that. Accomplished. And all these emotions should
be found in the hearts when we remember Him. That is reverence
and humbleness and thankfulness and great joy. Mr. Spurgeon, He wrote some hymns. He wrote one especially for the
Lord's Supper. He said, Amidst us our beloved
stands and bids us view his pierced hands. Points to his wounded
feet and side the blessed emblems of the crucified. What food luxurious
loads the board, when at his table sets the Lord. The wine
how rich, the bread how sweet, when Jesus deigns the guest to
meet. If now with eyes defiled and
dim, we see the signs but see not him. Oh, may his love the
scales displace, and bid us view him face to face. Look again at verse four. Just
three words, and they are more than enough to fill up what time
we'll be here. Verse four, these were redeemed. These were redeemed. Does that sound uncertain to
you? Do you see any elbow room in
there for anything other than the redemption of God's people. Is there any room here for any
doubt that the Lamb of God did anything other than actually
redeem these people? Not all people. That's why for
the second time in those few verses we read, these were redeemed
from among men. Not with all men, but from among
men. Whatever redemption by Christ
was, whatever His purpose was, whatever God Almighty intended
in sending His Son into this world to be of perpetuation was
done. There is nowhere in the Word
of God, not in the types and shadows of redemption, not in
actual redemption that Christ obtained, not in the writings
and the epistles, never is there a hint that it was anything other
than something that was accomplished, done. I like that. Now that's a tough nut. That's
a tough nut for the three wheelers to crack. They try to, but they
just can't do it. I was reading a comment on one
of Don's messages the other day. Actually, it was the message
of Bobby Estes' funeral a few years ago. This man made the
comment. He said, a gospel presentation
from a Calvinist slant. Tough nut to crack. The gospel
in scripture is called the everlasting gospel. It was around long before
John Calvin. John Calvin ever came up on the
scene. John Calvin didn't design this
gospel, God Almighty did. This man went on to say, this
sermon comes peppered here and there with favorite Calvinist
text, seldom a whosoever verse preached from, of course. The
obvious check is that Calvinism, not attaining to the universal
offer of the gospel, quickly sinks into a warped and useless
hyper-Calvinism. Nothing could be further from
the truth. The real truth is, the real truth is that the man
who wrote that believes in a useless redemption. An atonement that
in actuality really doesn't atone. A redemption that really didn't
redeem. That's left like a grab bag. God throws it out there, it will
be effectual if somebody just happens to come along and pick
it up. God forbid, God forbid. No, that
man would be most comfortable with a fellow that I read about
some years ago. Someone said of this man, this
preacher, he said, that man believes that Christ did something or
other, which somehow or other had some connection with or other
with salvation. Nothing sure, nothing certain,
all ambiguous. Oh, did the death of Christ on
Calvary in and of itself actually accomplish, actually accomplish
what the triune God intended, or did he just make something
possible? It's a world of difference, Billy,
a world of difference. Was it merely a possibility redemption? That's not worth observing. Was
it a redemption that's contingent on something to make it effectual? Does it need another ingredient
or an addition of something to make it successful, to make it
work? Some refer to the redemption
of Christ, the atonement that He made by that, as a limited
atonement. And that's fine. That's fine
as long as we make clear what we mean by that. When I use that
term, which I really don't, but if I would, I want everyone to
understand that I do not mean, never mean or think that there
was any limit to the merit or the value or the efficacy of
that atonement. Oh, it's limitless. It's full
of merit, full of worth, full of value. There was enough merit
in the death of Jesus Christ to save 10,000 worlds of lost
sinners had that been God's intent. But it wasn't. But rather, what
did God intend by the death of his son? Was it God's purpose
for Christ to bear the sins of all men? To redeem all men? And to save all men? Well, if
that's the case, Jesus Christ failed miserably, didn't he?
If that's so, he was a failure because all men are not saved. Either that or God Almighty is
unjust if all men aren't brought to glory. If Jesus Christ paid
for the sins of all men, and all men are not brought to heaven,
then God Almighty is an unjust, unfair God, either one or the
other, and of course, neither one of those things are so. I
prefer to refer to the sacrifice of Christ as a particular redeem
from among men, a particular effectual redemption. A definite
atonement. My soul, did Jesus Christ ever
do anything that wasn't effectual? I mean, did He ever, anything
He ever did? Anything He ever spoke? Anything
He put His hand to? Was there anything in which He
failed? Anything? From the first breath
He drew in that stable in Bethlehem? until He expired with His last
breath upon the cross. Every step from one point to
the other was the step of completion, perfection. He did everything,
everything, glory to His name, that God Almighty sent Him into
the world to do. And that's the only hope that
a fallen, guilty, depraved sinner has in such a redemption, a redemption
which includes atonement for sin. a satisfaction for justice,
an effectual deliverance from guilt and the power and dominion
and consequence, all the consequences of sin. Such redemption can only
be accomplished by one person, God and man, in one person. No wonder Paul said, great is
the mystery of godliness. Try this on. See if you can get
a handle on this. God was manifest in the flesh. Wow. As some of you do, I'm sure,
I also take some vitamins, some supplements in case there might
be a deficiency in my diet. So I take vitamin supplements.
Listen, the atonement of Jesus Christ, His redemption is not
in any way deficient. In no way is it deficient. It
doesn't need man's supplements. It doesn't need added to it man's
work, or man's worth, or man's will to make it successful. No, it's enough. In the Greek
New Testament, and I won't even attempt to pronounce the words,
but in the Greek New Testament there are primarily three words
commonly used in reference to the redemption of our Lord Jesus
Christ. The first word means to buy.
To buy. Bought. Bought with a price. This is how it's used in 1 Corinthians
6. You're not your own. Ye are bought
with a price. You're bought with a price. Another
word is not only to buy or bought, it means bought out of. bought out of. God's elect have
been bought out of the hands of God's offended justice by
the blood of Jesus Christ because that blood satisfied God's justice. They've been both purchased and
delivered. Both. The purchase guarantees
the deliverance. In Galatians chapter three, this
is how the word is used, verse 13. Christ hath redeemed us from
the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Chapter four,
verses four and five. But when the fullness of the
time was come, God sent forth his son, made of a woman, made
under the law to redeem. To redeem. them that were under
the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because
you are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of redemption of his
son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. In the experience
of God's grace, when he applies the benefits of Christ's redemption,
all those for whom he shed his blood, we have the sweet experience
of God revealing to us that indeed we are the sons of God. We're made to know. We're made
to know. Oh, wondrous thought that I am
his and he's mine. I've been bought. I'm not my
own. This is how it's used again in
Exodus 15. You remember this? This was the song that Moses
led the children of Israel in when they crossed the Red Sea.
When God parted the waters and they walked across as on dry
land. Thou in thy mercy, they sang. Oh, those thousands and thousands
and hundreds of thousands. This is a picture of what we
read here in Revelation. But they sang, thou and thy mercy
has led forth the people which thou hast redeemed. The same
ones that were in those houses where the blood was applied are
the same ones that crossed the Red Sea. Thou has guided them
in thy strength into thy holy habitation. Fear and dread shall
fall upon them. By the greatness of thine arm
they shall be as still as a stone, that is, God's enemies. Until
thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over which
thou hast purchased, thou shalt bring them in. and plant them
in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou
hast made for thee to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Lord, which
thy hands have established." And that's exactly what we see
here. We see the fulfillment of that
picture in Exodus chapter 15. As a matter of fact, here in
Revelation, look at verse 3, chapter 15. Revelation 15 and
3. The redeemed. And they sing the
song of Moses, the servant of God, and of the Lamb. And the
song of the Lamb sang, great and marvelous are thy works,
Lord God Almighty. Just and true are thy ways, thou
King of saints. Anything more marvelous, anything
that can compare to the redemption that Jesus Christ made for his
people. They've not gotten over it in
heaven. That's still what they sing about. The angels standing
at the door, the marvel of God's grace, the sinners. The third
word used for redemption is to set free, to actually loose. As he said concerning Lazarus,
now loose him. Loosen, let him go. It's the
word that would be used to describe the deliverance of a slave. And
in those days, and David refers to it in the 40th Psalm, they
actually put their slaves in a pit, a deep pit at night, so
they couldn't escape the owners, the slave owners. That's how
it's used. It's a word that would be used
to describe that deliverance of that prisoner from bondage
in captivity because a ransom had been paid for them. Psalm
40. He brought me up also out of
a horrible pit, out of the murray clay, and set my feet upon a
rock, and established my goings. The Lord Jesus Christ, the great
shepherd of the sheep, didn't come up to the pit and look down
and say, well, the rest is up to you. This is as far as I go. Look down and say, I can do no
more for you, except offer to help you if you can help yourself. You do something first, and then
I'll do something. You make the first move, and
then I'll make a move. A checker playing God is what
Donnie Bell referred to, that ass. Oh no, David sings, he lefted
me out. That's worth singing about, isn't
it? That's worth singing about. That's worth raising our voices
and hearts to God. Oh, he lifted me up. And in verse
3 of that psalm, Psalm 40, David wrote, and he had put a new song
in my mouth, even praising to our God. Well, who else would
he praise? Many shall see it in fear and shall trust in the
Lord. Well, he lifted me up. of the
deep miry clay, and planted my feet on the rock to stay. And
that is the reason I sing and I shout, for Jesus came down
and he lifted me out. Oh yeah, that's worth singing
about. And this is what Job said, Then he is gracious unto him,
and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit. I have found
a ransom." Remember what the Lord Jesus Christ said? Even
as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister
and to give his life a ransom for men. And God accepts the
ransom. God says it's enough. I require
no more. I'm satisfied. Deliver their
souls from going down to the pit. Sovereign grace arrest that
man. I found a ransom. Jesus Christ
is the lamb slain from the foundation of the world. It pleased the
Lord to bruising. Long before there was a sinner,
so many people foolishly think, because they think God's like
them, that Adam's fall and our fall in Him somehow caught God
off guard. I mean, it took Him by surprise.
And the purpose to save, the covenant of grace, wasn't something
from everlasting. It's something he thought about
after Adam fell. Oh, no, no, no. That's foolish.
No. Long before there was a sinner,
God had provided the Savior. Before the sheep went astray,
God made Christ the shepherd. Before we fell in our first in
the first Adam we stood in the last Adam before we ever broke
God's law Christ was our ransom before we became defiled and
polluted Christ was our cleansing fountain long before We incurred
the debt of sin. Christ stood as the surety to
pay the debt, to pay it in full. Pay it in full. It's so nice
when you've been making payments on a car or a home or whatever,
a loan, and you make that last payment. Now I think you can
finance cars for 72 months, 84 months. My, so that's a lot of
payment. Whenever you make the last one,
regardless of how long you've been paying, they stamp on there,
paid in full. Oh, you look at that and say,
oh, I like that. I like that. No more payments. Oh, God Almighty,
with a stroke of His divine justice on the record of every redeemed
sinner in the Lamb's Book of Life, He writes, paid in full. Jesus paid it off. All to him
I owe. Hebrews chapter 10, verse 4.
It is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should
take away sin. Wherefore, when he, that is Christ,
came into the world, he saith, this is God the Son speaking
to God the Father. Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest
not, but a body hast thou prepared me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices
for sin thou hast had no pleasure, then said I, lo, I come. I come
to do, not to attempt, not to try, not to take a stab at. I come to do thy will, O God. Look at these sweet words again
in our text. These were redeemed. These were redeemed. Does that make a difference?
Does that matter? Is that not why the Lamb of God
stands on Mount Zion as we read in verse 1, and we read, and
with Him? With Him? Because those that
are with Him, they were redeemed. Is that not why we read in verse
3, they are virgins? That is, they've not been defiled,
polluted, with the filth of Babylon's man-made religion. Why? Because they were redeemed. This
is why in verse 4 we read, these are they that follow the Lamb
wherever so ever he goes. Wherever he goes, we go. We follow the Lamb. My sheep
hear my voice and they follow me. You know, they don't rebel. They don't kick. They don't refuse
to bow. They follow me. If they're my
sheep, they follow the shepherd. They hear his voice, and they
follow him wherever he goes. Wherever he goes, Peter, you
can follow me now, but you'll follow me. Just not right now,
but you'll follow me. You'll follow me afterwards.
Why is that so? Because they were redeemed. As he said in John 6, you know
this passage. All, all, highlight that. Circle
it. All, A-double-L. All that the
Father giveth me shall come to me, and him that cometh unto
me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven not
to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this
is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all, all which
he hath given me I should lose, One or two know I should lose
nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. Boy,
he sure sounds sure of himself, doesn't he? No wonder even his enemies had
to admit, this man speaks like nobody we have ever heard. He's not like the scribes and
Pharisees. He talks like one having authority. He talks about
God like he knows what he's talking about. He and even got his father
said Behold my righteous servant Look at him. Look at him. He
shall not fail He shall not fail He shall not fail These are redeemed
That's why in John chapter 17, in that high priestly prayer,
he said, Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given
me, be with me where I am. They follow him wherever he goes,
that they may behold my glory. And we read in verse five, these
wondrous words concerning all of his redeemed, that they are
without fault before the throne of God. Why? How can that possibly
be? How can any man, any believer,
stand before the just and holy God that demands absolute perfection
and won't settle for anything less than that? How can they
stand before Him without fault? Because they were redeemed. And they stand there, robed in
that perfect righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. Perfect. Complete. Lacking nothing. And this is why we sing the new
song that only the redeemed could learn. In verse three, why? Again, because they were redeemed. I imagine, I imagine it goes
something like this, redeemed, how I love to proclaim it, redeemed
by the blood of the lamb, redeemed through his infinite mercy, his
child, his child and forever I am. Isaiah 43, verse one, but
now, Child of God, but now. Larry, I'm crying now, but now.
Larry, I'm hurting now, but now. But now doesn't change this,
but now. Thus saith the Lord God that created thee, O Jacob,
and he that formed thee, O Israel, fear not. Why not? For I have redeemed thee. I've
bought you. I've paid for you. You're mine.
I have called thee by thy name. Thou art mine. Oh, Bobby, I miss the he and
me. I miss them all. But that one, Bobby would call
and say, well, what's your thoughts? What's your message? What song
would you like sung? And probably the one I chose
probably as much as any other was, I am his and he is mine. Oh, I'm his and he is mine. Oh, hear your Redeemer say, I've
redeemed you. Hear the captain of your salvation
say, I've redeemed you. I redeemed you. I've called you
by your name. You belong to me. You're mine. You're mine. Oh, I like that.
Redemption is the unaided, unassisted, effectual work of Jesus Christ
alone. Perfect God plus perfect man
equals perfect redemption. And that adds up to this. And
you that were sometimes alienated, enemies in your mind by wicked
works, yet now has He reconciled in the body of His flesh through
death to present you holy and unblameable and unreprovable
in His sight. Jude, now unto Him that is able
to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before
the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. To the only wise
God, our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power,
both now and forever. Amen. Is our Savior able to do
that? Is he that mighty God? The everlasting Father, the Prince
of Peace, is he able to do that? To present us faultless before
the presence of his glory? Again, verse five. In Revelation
14, they are without fault before the throne of God. Oh, what a
redemption. What an atonement, what precious
blood that can do such a work of grace as that. When Christ
shouted in his dying breath, it is finished, nothing, nothing
needs to be added to the finished work of Christ. God's Word plainly
declares we have been sanctified through the offering of the body
of Jesus Christ once for all. That doesn't mean for everybody,
once and done. It's over, finished. That by
one offering has perfected forever, forever those that are sanctified. And you know these verses. Isaiah
chapter 53, the evangelical prophet, His prophecy has been referred
to as the fifth gospel, because it presents us a clear picture
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Isaiah 53, verse 10 and 11. Yet,
yet, it pleased the Lord to bruise him, to crush him. He hath put
him to grief, when thou shalt make his soul an offering for
sin. Then what? Then what? When God does that, when he crushes
him beneath the weight of his holy wrath, when he puts him
to grief, when he makes his soul, the soul of his darling son,
an offering for sin, then what? What's the outcome of all that?
He shall see his seed. Matter of fact, he shall prolong
his days. and the pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of
his soul and shall be satisfied. My soul, how in the world could
that ever be so if any for whom Christ died suffer in hell? How could it be ever said concerning
their Redeemer that he's satisfied? By his knowledge shall my righteous
servant justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities. There is absolutely no uncertainty
about what the consequences of Christ's atonement are. The Christ
of the Lord, the cross rather, the Lord Jesus Christ will never
be found, never be found to be a miscarriage. The text there
in Isaiah is talking about a satisfied Savior. When the Word of God
talks about the satisfaction of Christ, the atonement of Christ,
It's talking about two things, Christ making satisfaction and
Christ being satisfied with that. By His one offering for sin,
our Redeemer has completely satisfied the law and the justice of God,
and the Son of God shall be satisfied with His ransomed people. Satisfied. Our Redeemer shall be satisfied
with the results of His sin-atoning work as our substitute. Nothing
will satisfy Christ short of the complete salvation of his
people. Nothing will satisfy a believer
except the perfect complete conformity to the Lord Jesus Christ. As
the psalmist said, I'll be satisfied when I awake in his likeness. And both Christ and his saints
shall be satisfied. I've told you about a brother
where I pastored a little church. in West Virginia for a couple
years. Brother Waldo, when we observed the Lord's Supper, and
I would call on him to pray, he'd say, Father, the sacrifice
of your son, you feast on it, and we feast on it, and we're
both satisfied. You're satisfied, Father, with
it, and so are his people. Our great Savior shall be satisfied
in the marriage supper, of the Lamb when He sets down, and we
set down with Him. He shall see it through the veil
of His soul and be satisfied. That's real substitution. Any
doctrine that teaches that God will both punish Christ and then
punish those for whom Christ died as a substitute, that's
a lie. Oh, that's so dishonoring to
the triune God And that gives no hope whatsoever to a believing
sinner. That's not the gospel. That's
not good news. That's anything but good news.
I like how old Augustus' top lady put it. From hence this
fear and unbelief has not the father put to grief his spotless
son for me. And will the righteous judge
of men condemn me for that debt of sin which Lord was charged
to thee? Complete atonement thou hast
made. and to the utmost farthing paid, whatever thy people owed,
nor can his wrath on me take place if sheltered in his righteousness
and sprinkled with his blood. If thou as my discharge procured,
and freely in my room endured, the hold of wrath divine, payment
God cannot twice demand, first at my bleeding surety's hand,
and then again at mine. I like this. During my studies,
I referred to Don, He made this comment in an article, in one
of his books, actually. It said, every saved sinner is
blood bought, mercy sought, grace caught, spirit taught, and peculiar
trophy of God's free, amazing grace in Christ. I like that. I like that. Very briefly, second
thing. When we read Christ has redeemed
his people, Is there anything that gives a sweeter comfort
than knowing that? Like that blanket my mom would
wrap me up in when I would get home late and be running up that
aisle scared to death. After dark, and I'd get in that
house that she'd tuck me in, I told you. And there that old
thing just comes floating down. And she tucks me in. I'm not
scared anymore. I'm home. I'm home. I'm secure. I'm safe. I'm safe. Oh, when I stand before God Almighty,
I believe that I'll be wrapped up in the perfect robe. of the righteousness of Jesus
Christ. Oh, in anticipation of that,
I feel warm right now. That feels good. That's sweet. That's cozy. Zechariah chapter
13, verse 1, in that day there shall be a fountain open to the
house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for
uncleanness. When with holy choirs were standing,
another one that Bobby would sing, when with holy choirs we're
standing in the presence of the King, and our souls are lost
in wonder while the white-robed choir sings. Then we'll praise
the name of Jesus with the millions round the throne, praising Him
for the power that reaches deeper than the stain is gone. Oh, praise
the Lord for full salvation. God still reigns upon His throne,
and I know the blood still reaches deeper than the stain has gone. The Passover, which was a picture,
a type of the Lord's Supper, the finished work of Christ.
We read in Exodus 12, then Moses called for all the elders of
Israel and said unto them, draw out and take you a lamb according
to your families and kill the Passover. And ye shall take a
bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin
and strike the lintel in the two-side post with the blood
that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out
at the door of his house until the morning, for the Lord will
pass through to smite the Egyptians. And when he seeth the blood upon
the lintel in the two-side post, the Lord will pass over the door,
and he will not suffer. He won't allow the destroyer
to come in unto you and your houses to smite you. And it came
to pass that at midnight, The Lord smote all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat
on his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the
dungeon, and the firstborn of cattle. And Pharaoh rose up in
the night, he and all his servants, and all the Egyptians. And there
was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there
was not one dead." Not a house. Death everywhere. Darkness. Anguish. turmoil everywhere except,
except in certain houses. And why not there? Because death's
already been there, John. Death already visited those houses. Look at the door of each house.
Blood on the two side posts, the lintel. That's the blood. That's the picture of the Lamb
without spot or blemish. God's justice won't demand payment
there. It's already been satisfied.
They're safe. They're safe. I like Darn's article
in your bulletin. He wrote, the slaying of the
Lamb of God would be meaningless if any for whom his blood was
shed were left to perish under the wrath of God. The Lamb of
God didn't die in vain. The picture of the Passover feast
could not be complete without every blood-bought sinner, without
every ransomed soul with Christ in glory. Can you imagine? I thought about this last night.
Can you imagine? Hearing the mournful cries all
around Egypt that night. Can you imagine the children
Israel in those homes? How they must have felt and then
they remember It won't touch us We're under the blood They
remember God's promise what we sang a moment ago when I see
the blood Nothing, but the blood when I see the blood I will pass
over you. I And thou shall remember that
thou was a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God
redeemed thee. Redeemed thee. Wherefore remember
that ye being in times past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called
uncircumcision by that which is called the circumcision in
the flesh made by hands, that at that time ye were without
Christ. Remember? Remember. being aliens
from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants
of promise, having no hope, remember, and without God in the world.
But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were afar off are
made nigh by the blood of Christ. And now, we'll observe the Lord's
Supper. And Christ says to each of those,
each of his redeemed, remember, I have redeemed you. I have redeemed
you. When this passing world is done,
McShane wrote, when I have sunk yon glaring sun, when we stand
with Christ in glory, looking o'er life's finished story, then,
Lord, shall I fully know, not till then, how much I owe. When I hear the wicked call on
the rocks and hills to fall, when I see them start and shrink
on the fiery day, Lou Gebrink, Then, Lord, shall I fully know,
not till then, how much I owe, when I stand before the throne
dressed in beauty not my own, when I see thee as thou art and
love thee with unsinning heart. Then, Lord, shall I fully know,
but not till then, how much I owe. Thanks unto God for his unspeakable
gift. He has redeemed us. God bless
you. God bless you.