Isn't it a blessing of God's
grace to be able to sing those words and mean them? I'd rather
have Jesus than anything. That's a blessing, thank you.
All right, if you would, open your Bibles with me to Revelation
chapter five. I've titled the message this
evening, The Purpose of God in the Hand of Christ. Let's begin
reading verse one of Revelation chapter five. And I saw on the
right hand of him that sat on a throne a book, written within
and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. Now Revelation chapters
four and five are a vision of man's history from the perspective
of heaven, not our view from down here, but from the perspective
of heaven. Now if we're gonna understand
anything at all about the events of this life, we're gonna have
to understand something about this throne. that's so prominent
in Revelation chapters four and five. Every event in human history
is directed from this throne. I'll tell you what this is teaching
us. God Almighty is the first cause of everything. Everything
that happens, he's the first cause of it. In this vision,
John sees someone sitting upon that throne. Now whoever it is
that's sitting upon the throne is in control. He's in control
of everything. He's in control of even you and
me. Whoever it is that's sitting on this throne is the one who's
in charge and he always does his will. Now the one who's in
control, not me and he's not you. He's not any mere man. This is God the Father. Sitting
upon the throne, He is the one who's in control of everything. God is in control of every event. He's in control of every person.
He's in control of every situation. Everything that happens, happens
by the will of God who sits upon this throne. Everything. Everything. Everything happens,
happens just exactly the way he wills. If he doesn't will
it, it's not going to happen. And if he wills it, it must happen
just exactly the way he wills it. Now, if we'd understand anything
about the events of this world, we've got to understand this.
God's in control of them. I don't know if you're like me.
I spend more time worrying about what's going on in this world
than I wish that I did. What is it that you're worrying
about? I mean, really, the things that's going on in this world,
do they make you worry? You know, we can look and say,
well, our world's gone to hell in a handbasket. We're worried
about it. Well, you be assured of this,
everything is happening exactly according to the will of God.
This thing hadn't spun out of control. God's in control of
it. Now that includes everything
that's happening out there in the world. But that includes
everything about me. God's in control of it. He's
the one who's in control of my life. When it is that I'm born,
when it is that I'll die. He's the one who directs all
the trials and heartaches that I will suffer. He's the one that
directs all the joys and blessings that I enjoy. This includes whether
or not I'm saved or I'm damned. God Almighty's in control of
it. That's entirely up to the will of him who sits upon the
throne. God is sovereign. Now that's
not just a point of doctrine. that separates us from the free
willers. This is a truth that comforts
and assures God's people, God's sovereign. He sits upon the throne. And John tells us that he saw
a book in the hand of him that sat upon the throne. Now, what
is this book? Well, there are three different
books we read about in Revelation. Number one, there's the book
of life. That's where the names of all of God's elect is recorded. Second, there's the book of works.
This book contains the works of everyone. And when these books
are open, all of us will be judged out of this book. The works of
all of our works are recorded in this book. This is the book
by which we will be judged. And then thirdly, there's this
book. This is the book of God's decrees from before time began. Now, what is it that we can learn
from John's vision here? Well, first of all, we learn
this. The book is in God's hand. Now, again, this is written for
the comfort of God's people. As much as we think our world
has spun off crazy, you just mark this down. Nothing's out
of control. It's well in hand. It's in God's
hand. This book of his decrees, of
his will, of his purpose, is in God's hand. Nothing's gone
out of control. It's in His hand. Second, we
learn this. God's decrees are complete. This book is really, it's a scroll,
and this scroll is filled with writing. There are no blank spaces
in it. It's written within and without
on both sides of the paper, and then it's rolled up like a scroll.
There's no room left to add anything. There's no room to make any changes,
it's completely filled. This book contains the whole
counsel of God. Nothing can be added to it, nothing
can be taken from it. And this book was created, it
was written, all these pages were filled before time began. Before God created the world,
he determined exactly what it is he would do. This is his will,
and this is what he's going to do. Then he created the world
to carry out his purpose, to cause everything to happen just
exactly as he determined for it to happen. And there have
been no changes to it. We don't need to have this mistaken
thought that God is somehow reacting to what men do and changing his
eternal will. No, God is doing his eternal
will. And all men are accomplishing
what he determined before to be done. That's all that's happening
here. And God does have a purpose.
It's not a random purpose. God has a purpose in everything
that he does. His purpose is this, the glory
of his son and the salvation of his people. That's why God
is doing everything that he's doing. That's his will. Now,
brethren, that's good news. God has a purpose that he is
going to accomplish. He has a people. He chose to
save them. And he cannot fail to do it because
that is his purpose. God is merciful. He's gracious. He has chosen to save a sinful
people who can't do anything to save themselves. God's purpose
is that he's going to send his son to save them. His son is
going to get all the glory and the redemption of these people
that God chose. That's what this book says. Now
that is so wonderful. That's so gracious and kind and
merciful. And John wants to know more about
that. I do too, don't you? Somebody
please tell me more about that. And when you get done, just tell
me more. That's all preaching is, is just
telling you more about that. About how God's purpose is for
the Lord Jesus Christ to save his people from their sin. John
wants to know more about that. But there's a third thing John
saw. He saw that this book was sealed with seven seals. The
seven is the number of perfection, completeness. This book is completely
sealed so that it cannot be opened. And I'll tell you what that represents.
We just sung it. We're not skilled to open this
book and understand it. Man cannot read or understand
God's purpose written in this book. The only way we can understand
what's written in this book is by revelation. Look over 1 Corinthians
chapter 2. These things that are written,
they can't be understood by our knowledge, they can't be understood
by our intellect or the accumulation of things that we've learned.
The only way these things can be understood is if God reveals
them to us. 1 Corinthians 2 verse 9. But as it is written, I hath
not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
But God hath revealed them unto us by a spirit. For the spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. So this book
is sealed and what it's teaching us is the only way we can understand
or know what's written in this book is if God reveals them to
us. John saw No man could read this
book, it's sealed. But he desperately wanted to
know what it is that's written in this book. So verse two, back
in Revelation chapter five. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming
with a loud voice who is worthy to open the book and to loose
the seals thereof. And no man in heaven nor on earth,
neither under the earth was able to open the book, neither to
look thereon. Now this strong angel, John heard
him crying, who is worthy to open this book? Who is worthy
to open this book so that God's purpose will be known to men?
And there was silence. No one answered because no one
was worthy to open this book and to explain what God's purpose
is, what his eternal purpose is. No one already in heaven. The other redeemed people already
there. The preachers, the apostles,
the angels, none of them could open the book. They all lack
the wisdom and the power to be able to open the book and to
understand it. No man who's on earth, none of the redeemed on
earth, none of the giants in the faith, none of the men with
all of the best minds are able to open this book and understand
it. No one in hell, not Satan with all his demons and all their
power, they're not worthy. No person in hell can come back
from hell and be able to understand and explain all of God's purpose
in these things. No one is worthy to open the
book. No one's worthy to look upon it. No one's worthy to even
make a guess as to what it says, much less understand it. So verse
four, John says, I wept much because no man was found worthy
to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. Now
John wet much because if no one can open the book, no one can
tell us what God's will and the salvation of his people is. But
more than that, John wet much because opening the book means
to be able to carry out God's purpose that's written in the
book. If no one can open the book and no one can carry out
God's will of salvation, then no one will be saved. If no one
can open the book, no one can carry out God's purpose of the
salvation of His people, there's no hope of salvation for me.
That's cause for much weeping, isn't it? That's a good cause
for much weeping. And I'll tell you what this is
teaching us. It's not good enough that God have a plan of salvation. I despise that term. You hear
it happen, people say it all the time. Something happens,
usually it's something bad happens. Well, God has a plan. God has
a plan. God has a plan for your life. God has a plan of salvation.
Well, it's not good enough just to have a plan, is it? God does
have, it's not a plan. God has a purpose. But somebody's
gotta carry that purpose out. And if that's left up to us,
God's purpose of salvation will not be fulfilled. We're not worthy. Now, election. Election alone is not salvation. Now, salvation must begin with
God's election of a people. God's got to choose a people
to save, because nobody will ever choose him. If anybody's
gonna be saved, God's got to choose them first. God does have
a purpose of election, but somebody's got to carry that purpose out.
If this book stays sealed, God's purpose will not be carried out.
That's cause for much weeping. There's no hope if this is left
up to me to try to open the book and carry out God's will. But
now all's not lost. Verse five. And one of the elders
saith unto me, weep not. Behold, the lion of the tribe
of Judah, the root of David hath prevailed to open the book and
to loose the seven seals thereof. Now here's the good news of the
gospel. We should weep much if salvation's left up to us. We're
not worthy to open God's book. We can't, even if we could see
it open, we couldn't understand what God's purpose is, much less
carry it out. But one of the elders came to
John. These elders represent believers who are from every
generation who are already in heaven. One of these believers,
this is one of the brethren, came to John and told him, now
don't wait. There's no reason for tears.
There's good news in Christ. And this is something every redeemed
person can testify to. God's book, God's purpose is
not gonna stay sealed. The Lord Jesus Christ has already
opened the book. Look at Hebrews chapter 10. Christ
is the one who opens God's book. He's the one who carries out
God's eternal purpose of redemption. Hebrews chapter 10, beginning
in verse four. For it is not possible that the
blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore, when
he cometh into the world, he say, a 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, in the
volume of the book it's written of me, to do thy will, O God. Above, when he said sacrifice
and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin, thou wouldst
not, neither has pleasure therein which are offered by the law.
Then said he, lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away
the first that he may establish the second. By the witch will,
we're sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all. This is Christ accomplishing
God's eternal purpose of redemption that was written in the book.
He's the one who carried it out. And Christ is the one, he carried
it out, and he also opens the book and reveals God's will,
God's purpose to his people. Look back at Matthew chapter
11. Matthew 11, verse 25. At that time Jesus answered and
said, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because
Thou has hid these things from the wise and prudent and has
revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for it seemed
good in Thy sight. All things are delivered unto
me of my father, and no man knoweth the son but the father. Neither
knoweth any man the Father save the Son, and he to whomsoever
the Son will reveal Him." Thank God for the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the revelation of the Father. He is the revelation of God's
eternal purpose of redemption for His people. Christ is the
Savior. And when we see Him, we see God's
eternal purpose fulfilled in the person of our Lord Jesus
Christ. And that's what John describes
to us here in the next verses. John gives us several descriptions
of the Savior that will bring comfort and assurance to the
hearts of God's people. These descriptions of the Savior
cause his people to bow to him, to believe him, to rest in him. These descriptions of our Savior
make us glad. The book is in his hand. He is
the one that fulfilled it. Number one, John says Christ,
he describes him as the lion of the tribe of Judah. Christ
is described as a lion. He's got the courage and the
strength to meet and defeat every enemy. Christ is described as
the lion. because he's the king of kings.
Just like the lion is the king of the jungle, Christ is king
of kings. No one can defeat him. And this
is no accident that John describes Christ as the lion of the tribe
of Judah. Look back in Genesis chapter
49. This is showing us that Christ is the savior who's been purposed
from all of eternity to open the book and to carry out God's
purpose of redemption. God gave us prophecies of that
all through the Old Testament, and this is a very clear one.
This is the prophecy of when Jacob was blessing his sons.
In Genesis 49, verse eight, Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren
shall praise. Thy hand shall be in the neck
of thine enemies. Thy father's children shall bow down before
thee. Judah is a lion's wealth. From the prey, my son, thou art
gone up. He stooped down, he crouched
as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The scepter
shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his
feet until Shiloh come. And unto him shall the gathering
of the people be. You see, none of this happened
by accident. It was prophesied all through
the Old Testament. And in the fullness of time,
at the time that God appointed when he wrote this book, at the
exact moment in time, the Lord Jesus was born of a virgin. Not
by accident in Bethlehem's manger. Right exactly where God told
us in the Old Testament he'd be born. The Lord Jesus Christ
came and fulfilled every Old Testament prophecy of the Messiah
because he is the one who was appointed to carry out God's
will. And the lion did it. He came
and he did accomplish God's will. Second, John describes Christ
as the root of David. Now here's a good illustration.
We can't open God's book and understand it. The root of David. Remember when the Pharisees,
they kept tempting the Lord, trying to catch him and trap
him, and they're trying to trick wisdom himself. And our Lord
said, boys, I'll tell you what, I'll answer your question if
you can answer my question. He said, the Messiah, the Savior,
whose son is he? Well, he's David's son. Then
why does David call him Lord? How can he be David's son and
David's Lord? These are the most learned men
in scripture on the planet. They couldn't answer him. And
after that time, they dare not ask him any more questions. Do
you know how Christ is the root of David? Do you know how he
can be David's son, yet David's Lord? If so, you're blessed. God's revealed that to you. The
Messiah, the Savior, must come as a man. Only a man can be a
substitute for another man. God can't be your substitute.
Only a man can be your substitute. Only a man can pay another man's
debt. So Almighty God came as a man. What a mystery. Who can understand
that? No one. Who can believe it? God's people, those He gives
in faith. God Almighty became a man, and as a man, He accomplished
God's purpose of the redemption of His people. Only a man can
be a substitute for another man, but only God can make them holy.
Only God can make them righteous, so Christ, the root of David,
the God-man, accomplished God's eternal purpose and made his
people righteous. Look in Jeremiah 23. This was
purposed in God's book too. And he gave us a clear prophecy
of it in the Old Testament. Jeremiah 23, verse five. "'Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord, "'that I'll raise unto David a righteous branch, "'and
a king shall reign and prosper, "'and shall execute judgment
and justice in the earth. "'In his days, Judah shall be
saved, "'and Israel shall dwell safely. "'And this is his name,
whereby he shall be called "'the Lord, our righteousness.' "'Jehovah,'
said Kenhu." I didn't plan on going into this, but y'all got
a few minutes, don't you? Did he get the job done? That's
what he came to do. Did he get it done? Look at Jeremiah
32. I'm sorry, 33. Jeremiah 33. Did he get the job done? Jeremiah
33, verse 15. In those days and at that time,
why cause the branch of righteousness to grow up unto David? and he
shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall
Judah be saved." See, there's no doubt here, is it? Judah shall
be saved. And Jerusalem shall dwell safely. Oh, and this is the name wherewith
she shall be called the Lord our righteousness, Jehovah Sidkenu. I thought that was his name.
Jeremiah says it's her name too. How? Why? Through union with
Christ. He made her what he is so that
she bears his name, Jehovah Sidkenu, the Lord, our righteousness. Christ, the root of David, is
the successful Savior. He accomplished God's will. He
made his people righteous. Then thirdly, John describes
Christ as the successful Savior. because he has prevailed. He
prevailed to open the book. Now, you know, salvation is no
easy thing. God elected the people into salvation,
but accomplishing their salvation is no easy work. In order to
save his people from their sins, our Lord Jesus Christ had to
go to war. I mean, he went to war. He worked hard to establish
righteousness for his people so that he would be Jehovah's
Angel. He worked hard to put the sin of his people away by
his sacrifice. You know, these paintings that
people make of Calvary make just an utter mockery of what went
on there. Calvary was no picnic. At Calvary,
Christ was oppressed. He was afflicted. He was bruised,
put to grieve, not just by men, but by his Father. Not only did
he give his body to be sacrificed, he made his soul an offering
for sin. Oh, how he suffered. But his
suffering was not in vain. He didn't fail. Christ is the
victor. Oh, he's gonna travail. He's
gonna suffer, but he shall see the travail of his soul and be
satisfied. Christ, the captain of our salvation,
has prevailed. over every enemy. He's vanquished
them all. By his sacrifice, he made an
end of sin. Sin is no more for his people.
Christ made an end of it. At Calvary, by his death, he
crushed Satan's head, fulfilling the prophecy God gave to Adam.
At Calvary, Christ caused death to die. He made an end of by
dying as a substitute for his people. By his death, he brought
in everlasting life for his people. He prevailed. I like what Henry
says about this. Where we failed, and isn't that
everywhere? Where we failed, he has prevailed. He prevailed over every enemy. See, that's the assurance of
salvation for God's people. None of this depends upon us.
It all depends upon Him, and He's prevailed. He cannot fail.
Then back in our text, Revelation 5, verse 6. And I beheld, and lo, in the
midst of the throne, and of the four beasts, in the midst of
the elders, stood a lamb as it had been slain, having seven
horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent
forth into all the earth. Now here, Christ is described
as a lamb. Earlier, he was described as
a lion. Here, he's described as a lamb to show his meekness
and to show his humility, but especially to show this, to reveal
him as the sacrifice for sin. That's what a lamb's for in scripture,
a sacrifice. Now, you know that John was a
disciple of John the Baptist. I just wonder, did John think
back to those days when he was with John the Baptist? He was
there. He heard John the Baptist say,
everybody stop. Behold, behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world. There he is. Look
to him. Look and be saved. Look and live.
There he is. John had a vision of him in glory.
There's Christ the Lamb. Oh, what John saw on heaven,
on earth, is what he saw in heaven. Christ, the Lamb of God. But
John didn't just see a lamb, did he? He saw a lamb as it had
been slain. That word is slaughtered or maimed. He saw a lamb who'd been sacrificed,
slaughtered for sin. Now, John didn't see Christ there
with the blood flowing and in pain because of he was suffering
from fresh wounds. That's not necessary. Christ
only had to offer one sacrifice. By one sacrifice, he had perfected
forever them that are sanctified, so he's not offered again. What
John is telling us he saw is he saw evidence in glory that
Christ had been slain, that he had been crucified for his people,
that when he was crucified, why was he crucified? Why didn't
they just cut his head off? Why didn't they just stone him?
because crucifixion was bearing the curse. Whoever hangs upon
a tree is cursed. In glory, John saw evidence that
Christ died as a sacrifice for his people, bearing the curse
of their sin away. He saw those scars in heaven.
He saw scars in his hands, in his feet, in his side, just like
the disciples saw him after he was resurrected. They saw those
scars. That's what John saw in glory.
And I tell you what this is teaching us. The lamb, as it had been
slain, represents the eternal saving power of the sacrifice
of Christ. Dear dying lamb, thy precious
blood shall never lose its power. To all the ransomed church of
God, be saved to sin no more. There's power in the blood, eternal
power and saving power in his sacrifice. And John says he saw
the land, as it had been slain, in the midst of the throne. Christ
is one with the Father. The Father and the Son are one,
so He sits on the throne, just as His Father sits upon the throne.
He's one with His Father, there with His Father, bearing the
scars of His sacrifice. Now, why is that significant?
Because those scars are All it takes for Him to make intercession
for the sin of His people. You know, our Savior is not just
sitting there with His Father, looking down, you know, and seeing
the sins of His people and saying, Father, forgive that one, and
forgive that one, and forgive that one, and forgive, I died
for that one. All He does is sit beside His Father. He's seated,
waiting till His enemies be made His footstool, and all it takes
to make intercession for the sin of His people is His scars. Those scars he bears are the
evidence he died for the sin of his people. Then the father
always forgives them. His intercession is always successful
because he died to satisfy justice, to put away the sin of his people. And when by God's grace, We arrive in glory. No man's even sufficient to talk
about that, to imagine what it will be. Not just to be in a body without
sin, that will be wonderful, but to be made like him and to
worship him. face to face with nothing between. And as we gaze upon him, we'll
see those scars constantly reminded of how he died for our sin. And the theme of our song will
be thank you. Thank will all constantly be
reminded. Why am I here? He died for my
sin. and we'll spend eternity praising
for it. That's good reason, isn't it?
My good friend, Desi Maynard, used to sing a song. I love it.
She said, I'll be looking for scars up in heaven. Scars that
turn judgment to mercy for a hell-deserving sinner like me. That's what we'll
see in glory. And there, there will be no more
sin. Christ put it away. He's already
set us free from the guilt of it, hasn't He? His people. He
set His people free from the condemnation of it. He set them
free from the ruling power of it. But there, there will be
no more presence of sin. The only reminder of sin in glory
will be His scars that He bore to put the sin of His people
away. Oh, we'll praise Him for it forever. Then John says he
saw Christ with seven horns. Now I know you already know this,
but let me say it. This is figurative, representative
language. The things that we see in heaven
are not gonna be absurd things, you know, like Harry Potter world
or something. This is representative language.
And what it represents is power. Horns represent power. Seven
is the number of perfection, completeness. John saw Christ
the Savior having all power. Can that put an end to the thought
that He can fail? He's got all power. Would that enable us to rest
in Him? He's got all power. He's not going to fail. If He's
undertaken to save you, He's not going to fail. Christ, the
humble lamb, the meek lamb has perfect power. So his sacrifice
atones for sin. There's power in the blood. Now
this is written for our comfort and for our encouragement. If
the sacrifice for our sin has all power, then he cannot fail
to accomplish his mission and bring all of his people to glory. He has been given, he said, he's
been given power over all flesh to give eternal life to as many
as the father's given him. Then he can't fail to do it.
He's got perfect power. He's in the midst of the throne,
ruling and reigning as the sovereign. He's not going to fail. Whatever
else it is we go through in this valley of death, I can tell you
how the thing's going to end in glory with him because he's
got all power. Then sixthly, John describes
our Savior as having seven eyes. Now again, this is not seven
eyes going around somebody's head. It represents Christ's
omnipresence, that he is everywhere at once. That's what these seven
spirits of God sent forth into all the world represent. Our
Savior sees everything. Then not one of his sheep can
ever be lost to him, can they? Now we're lost sheep. We don't
know the Savior. We don't know where he is. We
can't see the Savior. But he sees that sheep and he'll
go find him. He'll go bring him home. And in the darkness, a trial
and trouble and when the darkness seems so heavy, you think the
darkness itself is going to crush you. And you cannot seem to find
the Savior. You can't seem to see him. You
can't seem to find him in prayer. You read the word and you can't
find him. It seems like all you can find
is Judgment for you and mercy for somebody else. You just cannot
seem to find him, that the words on the page are just that, words
on the page. My dear brother and my dear sister,
you rest in this. He sees you. He sees you. And nothing will sneak up on
him, no trial, no tribulation, no heartache of this earth is
gonna sneak up on him and cause you to be lost to him. He sees
you. He knows. And he'll not depart
from you. He'll not leave you alone. And
then the seventh thing John saw is that Christ willingly took
the book and the father willingly gave it to him. Verse seven.
And he came and he took the book out of the right hand of him
that sat upon the throne. You notice our savior didn't
come and ask, may I have the book? He walked up there and
took it, didn't he? Well, that's just right. He's
earned the right to have the book. It's only right he had
the book. It's all about him in the first
place. It's all about what he will do for his people. It's
all about God's will and the redemption of his people through
what this man, the Lord Jesus Christ, will do for his people.
Christ is the mediator of this book. Everything about it ought
to be in his hand. He's the mediator of it. The
Father has willingly put all things into the hand of His Son,
into the hand of our Savior, because that's His will. That
was His eternal will that it all be in the hand of His Son.
So now Christ, our sovereign Savior, holds the book, showing
us that it's Christ who rules. It's Christ who reigns over everything
for this purpose. to ensure the salvation of His
people. Then none of them can be lost,
can they? The completion of God's eternal purpose is in the hand
of Christ. It all depends upon Him. None of salvation is in our hands,
is it? No, it's all in His hand. We're
not responsible for any of it. All of it is in the hand of Christ. That is what makes salvation
both sure and certain. It's in his hand. None of salvation
depends upon us. None of it. Jesus is not in our
hands for us to decide whether we'll accept him or reject him. No, sir. He's the king. You and I are in the hand of
King Christ. He decides whether we live or
die. He decides whether we're objects
of mercy or objects of wrath. It all depends upon Him. Then what is the only conclusion
that can be drawn from that? We're in His hand. He'll do with
us as He will, and whatever He does is gonna be right. What's
the only conclusion you can possibly draw from that? Let's bow down
and beg him for mercy. We're in his hand. He can have
mercy if he will. Then let's bow and beg him to
have mercy on my poor sinful soul. Let's beg him to do for
us everything that God requires. I'm not worthy. I'm not able.
He is. Not only is He able, He already
did it. Then let's bow and ask Him to
do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. That's a Savior worth
trusting in. He's worthy. The good news of
the gospel is not just what Christ can do. It's not what He might
do. The good news of the gospel is
He's already accomplished it. The gospel never tells us what
to do. It always tells us what's done.
Christ has accomplished it all. He's already accomplished eternal
salvation for sinners. Are you a sinner? Look to him. The great transaction is done. And if we do, if God in his mercy
and grace will allow us to see Him. If He'll reveal to us His
Son, that's gonna be reason to quit our weeping and start rejoicing
in it, in Him, in Him. All right, Lord bless you. I
appreciate your kindness and your love and your friendship,
your fellowship. I appreciate the invitation and
how much I love you and appreciate you. It's not just a word to
say to end the message, the Lord bless you. It is really my sincere
heartfelt desire that the Lord bless you through his word. All
right, thank you.