If God would be pleased to impress
upon us the importance of what we're doing right here
this hour, of public worship, of hearing the word of God, of
worshiping him together, if he would impress upon us what a
blessed privilege this is, and how very important it is to our
lives, none of us would allow anything or anyone at any time
to rob us of this privilege. The Jews at one time was a people
honored of God. The Jewish nation, the Jewish
church, The Jewish people were blessed and favored above all
people in the world. They were the chosen objects
of all the providential favors of God. They were the chosen objects
of all the providential favors of God. God established his word
in Israel. and nowhere else. You just imagine, just imagine
what I'm saying. Just suppose, just suppose. I remember a day when, uh, you'd
have to drive long and far to find a gospel church. Uh, today,
uh, you can get, you can get to a gospel church pretty easy
in this country. God has raised up churches all over the place,
but just suppose, Just suppose there was just one place in this
whole country where the gospel of God's grace were preached,
and here we are. Just suppose. That's the way
it was with the children of Israel in their day. In the whole world,
in the whole world, there was just one place where men and
women could hear from God and worship God. in the whole world,
and that was in Jerusalem. God chose Abraham. God called
Abraham. God established his covenant
with Abraham and passed by all the rest of the world. God gave
his law to Israel. He left the rest of the world
to themselves. Do what you want to. Live however
you want to. Just left them alone. Just left
them alone. God gave the Jews the light of
divine truth and left all the nations of the world in darkness. For 2,000 years, God was known
only in Israel. all the rest of the world with
rare exceptions here and there to give an indication of God's
ultimate purpose to save his elect among the Gentiles. Here
and there, there was a Rahab, there was a Naaman, there was
a Ruth, somebody who had not been born the natural seed of
Abraham. But for the most part, the rest
of the world was left to grope about in the darkness of superstition,
witchcraft and idolatry and moral corruption of every imaginable
kind. But things aren't that way today.
Today, the Jewish people are scattered among the nations.
Mark read about the scattering of them in that time of Antiochus,
I meant, in that time of Antiochus coming in, or Titus, rather,
coming in and destroying the city. God scattered the nation. He so thoroughly scattered the
Jewish nation that there's not a Jew in the world today who
can prove his ancestry relationship with Abraham. Not a one. And
prior to that, do you remember when our Lord came into this
world and all you read through the gospels of all the objections
the Jews raised? Not one objection was raised
to our Lord's antiquity. to his heritage, to his right
both on his mother's side and on his adopted father's side
to be set on David's throne and be king of Israel because they
kept the records in the temple and everybody knew the records
were accurate. Now God scattered the nation.
God scattered the nation, so thoroughly so that the nation
of Israel, though gathered again as a nation since 1948 in some
sense, is a nation of unrest. It's plagued constantly with
war, terrorism, and civil strife. And the Jews' religion, the Jews'
religion, And if I have folks listening to me tonight who are
Jews and have not yet been converted by God's grace and don't understand
this, please hear what I'm saying. I'm not beating up on Jews anymore
than I beat up on Islams or anybody else because of your birth and
your heritage. But the Jews' religion is a dead
corpse, just a dead corpse. And the Jews have to know it,
who practice that religion. It's just an empty shell. It's
a meaningless, useless, pointless chanting of prayers and remembrance
of days long gone. The center of the Jews' religion
is just a piece of ground where the temple once stood. The whole
center of the Jewish world is that piece of ground where the
temple once stood. Some folks, being the idolaters
that men are by nature, call it the Holy Land. Just a piece
of dirt, just a piece of dirt. The Jews no longer have that
temple. They no longer have that priesthood. They no longer have that altar,
that mercy seat, that sacrifice by which God for 2,000 years
distinguished them from all other people in the world. Now, now, God has left them desolate, empty, cursed, dark, in chaos,
in confusion. He's forsaken the people who
were once favored by him above all people in the world with
the revelation of himself in his word by his prophets, by
his priests in the tabernacle so that the very glory of God
was seen in Israel. Why? Why has God forsaken the
Jews? That's my title this evening.
And the answer is found in Isaiah chapter two, verses five through
nine. The answer is found many, many
places, but it's certainly found here in Isaiah chapter two, verses
five through nine. Isaiah two. The prophet of God
issues a call. Verse five, O house of Jacob,
come ye. and let us walk in the light
of the Lord. Oh, house of Jacob, come ye and
let us walk in the light of the Lord. Verse six, therefore thou
hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they
be replenished from the east and are soothsayers like the
Philistines. and they please themselves and
the children of strangers. Their land also is full of silver
and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures. Their
land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their
chariots. Their land also is full of idols.
They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own
fingers have made. And the mean man boweth down,
and the great man humbleth himself. Therefore, forgive them not. I do not suggest or imply in
any way that all Jews are reprobate and going to hell. That is not
the case. God has an elect remnant among
the Jews, just as he has among the Gentiles in all the nations
of the world. But the seed of Abraham, the
natural descendants of Abraham, The Jewish people as a nation,
as a church, are cast off, forsaken, fallen, and blinded by God. Why? The answer is twofold. It's twofold, and I want you
to get both answers. If you get both answers, it'll help you
to understand everything in God's providence, everything in God's
purpose, everything in grace, and everything in judgment. Why
did God forsake the Jews? Two reasons. Number one, without
question, the cutting off of the Jews was necessary. according to God's purpose, according
to God's purpose of grace and predestination. It was necessary
for the accomplishment of God's purpose of grace toward his elect
in all the world, toward the Gentiles, as well as the Jews.
Turn, hold your hands in Isaiah and turn over to Romans chapter
11, Romans 11. The Jews unbelief. Their rejection,
their crucifixion of Christ did not take God by surprise. It was intended and purposed
of God from eternity. Him being delivered by the determinate
counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by wicked hands have
taken and crucified and slain the Lord of glory. It was according
to God's purpose. But God didn't do anything to
the Jews to force them or compel them or to bend their will toward
crucifying his son. That arose from their own inveterate
hatred of God. Man's sin is purposed of God. That nothing man ever did, God
didn't purpose. Judas' kiss of betrayal on the
cheek of the son of God was as much purpose by God as Adam speaking
with regard to his wife and calling her name woman because she was
taken out of man. It was purposed of God. But God
didn't do anything cause Judas to come kiss the Savior's cheek
and betray him. God's judgment upon Israel. and God's judgment upon Judas
comes according to his purpose, but it comes because of their
transgression. Look here in Romans chapter 11.
The Jews' unbelief, their rejection of Christ, their crucifixion
of the Savior did not overturn or hinder or thwart in any way
God's purpose of grace. He did cast off Israel, but in
casting off Israel, he didn't cast off his elect. He didn't
forsake his Israel, the Israel of God. Romans 11, verse 11.
I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Did they
stumble just so they could fall because God likes to see folks
fall? Oh no, no, no. God forbid, God forbid. But rather, through their fall,
salvation is come unto the Gentiles. Oh, what wisdom! Oh, what mercy! Oh, what grace! God, in casting
off the Jews, through their act of rebellion, through their ungodly
behavior and casting off the Jews, God opens the door of mercy
to his elect around the world. And the only reason anybody in
Kentucky ever heard the gospel is because God cast them off.
You understand that? This is God's purpose. This is
according to God's will. Look at verse 25 in Romans 11. I would not, brethren, that you
should be ignorant of this mystery. Brother Todd and I were talking
the night before last, had a good long talk about this thing of
mystery. A mystery, a mystery is something
you can't understand. You can investigate all you want
to, you can't understand it. All you can do is embrace it. And
Paul said, I don't want you to be ignorant of this mystery,
lest you should be wise in your own conceits. That blindness
is in part is happened to Israel. Now watch this until the fullness
of the Gentiles become in. Now what's the result of that?
And so all Israel. That is those who truly are God's
Israel, the Israel of God, God's elect, those who are the spiritual
seed of Abraham. And so all Israel shall be saved. God did not in any way, I repeat,
compel the Jews to reject and crucify his son. He didn't compel
them to forsake him. but he did overrule their obstinance,
their rebellion, their unbelief. He sovereignly used their obstinance,
their rebellion, and their unbelief to accomplish his own purpose
of grace toward us. Surely the wrath of man will
praise thee, but the remainder of wrath wilt thou restrain.
Look at Romans 11 verse 32. God hath concluded them, all
in unbelief that he might have mercy upon all. Oh, the depth, oh, the depth,
oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and the knowledge
of God, how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past
finding out. All right, here's the second
thing, here's the second thing. The Jews' rebellion was exactly
according to the purpose of God. They're being cast off according
to the purpose of God. But second, the judgment of God
upon Israel and the judgment of God upon every individual
is the result of their own willful, deliberate unbelief and rejection
of the counsel of God against themselves. No man goes to hell
because God arbitrarily said, I'll have him and I won't have
him. No man goes to hell because of the decree of God. Men and
women go to hell because of the justice of God in dealing with
their sins. Punishment, divine judgment is
always just retribution. Divine judgment is always just
retribution. Look at Romans 11 again, verse
21, verse 21. I'll give you a minute to get
back there. God forsook the Jews because the Jews forsook God.
He left them because they left him. He blinded them so that
they cannot see because when they had his light, they refused
to walk in his light. Back up in Romans 10 verse 21,
it's got you, Bible's open there. To Israel he saith, all the day
long I stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gang saying
people. What a tremendous statement.
What a picture. The triune Jehovah. with all
his prophets, with all the apostles, sending his son into the world. The Lord God says, all the day
long, I've stretched out my hands to you. What a picture. Now, he said,
I did it to a disobedient and gainsaying people. Verse 21,
if God spared not the natural branches, Take heed, lest ye
also spare not thee. Behold, therefore, the goodness
and severity of God. On them that fail, severity. But oh, toward you. Oh, toward me, goodness. Goodness. Oh, God, thank you
for this book. Goodness. Goodness. Thank you for this house of worship.
Thank you for this people. Thank you for your word. Thank
you for the revelation of your grace. Goodness. All new goodness. If thou continue in his goodness. If you don't. If you don't, the
same thing that happened to Israel is going to happen to you. Otherwise,
thou also shalt be cut off. In our text here in Isaiah chapter
2, Isaiah holds Israel up as an example, a reprobate nation. to warn us of the danger of despising
the goodness, mercy, and grace of God given to us in the house
of God. May God the Holy Ghost be our
teacher as I show you four things in these few verses. Number one, here's the responsibility pressed
to all who are favored with the light of the gospel. God's prophet
calls for a sinful nation. God's prophet calls for a sinful
people to come to Christ, to trust Christ, to worship Christ. Oh, house of Jacob, come here. Let us walk in the light of the
Lord. I call you, come, come with me. let us together walk in the light
of the Lord. I call sinners everywhere I go
preaching the gospel, come, come on with, come with us and let
us walk in the light of the Lord. You see, it is the responsibility
of all to whom light is given to walk in the light God gives
them. The Jews had the light of God,
but they refused to walk in the light. And now they had light
that has become darkness. The light they once had, the
very, the very sacrifices and Sabbath days and temple and prophetic
records, the light they once had is now darkness. It's now darkness. They, Merle,
the Jews still read the Old Testament, same one you read. They still
read. And you read it, man, right here
we are in Isaiah. Oh, what light this sheds for
us. To them, it's just darkness. Just darkness. It's a sealed
book. The fact is all men and women by nature have the light
of creation and of conscience so that all are without excuse.
That's the doctrine of Romans chapter one. Every human being,
every human being knows that God is. They hold, they suppress,
they hold down the truth in unrighteousness. But every human being knows that
God is. It's impossible. It is impossible
for a sane man. Now, you might have some that
have lost their minds. That may be the case. But it's
impossible for a sane man to look in the mirror and take a
breath and say, well, I just kind of popped up out of the
mud. That's impossible. That's impossible. Not for a
sane man. And you look into the heavens
and see the witness of God's handiwork. It's impossible for
a sane man to think that just happened by a series of explosions.
That's impossible. That's impossible. Because God
has stamped himself on creation so vividly, every man who says
no to God is without excuse. Every man. Not only that, he
stamped himself on every man's conscience. so that every man
and woman in this world is plagued with something called conscience
from which he cannot escape. Conscience, conscience, conscience. So he's constantly aware of judgment,
getting caught by another man or getting caught by God. So
he sneaks around and does what he does. Sneaks around and hides. Little boys, little girls. Sneak
around and hide. Do what they're doing. Because
they know they're doing wrong. They know they're doing wrong.
And it continues through to old age. And they still sneak around
and think they can hide from God like Adam tried to hide from
God with a fig leaf apron. But conscience. Conscience either
excuses you and you think, well, I've done all right, or conscience
condemns you. It either excuses another or
it condemns another. Just depends on whether or not
that conscience has been seared. Every man has the light of nature
and the light of conscience in creation. The Jews had the blessed
privilege of having the light of the law and the prophets. You and I have something else. Turn over to Romans 2 Corinthians
chapter four. 2 Corinthians chapter four. You and I have the light of the
gospel. The gospel of the glory of God
in Jesus Christ the Lord. Look at 2 Corinthians chapter
four and verse three. If our gospel be hid, it's hid
to them that are lost. It's hid to them that are lost.
Paul was not like modern preachers. Paul didn't preach in such a
way that you could maybe understand what he did one way and maybe
understand what he said another way so that it didn't matter
whether he was a will-worship Arminian or a five-point Calvinist,
whether he was a Baptist or Presbyterian, whatever, he said, well, boy,
that was good. That's good. Ah, that was good. No, no, no. He said, we preach and we write
in such a way that there's no ambiguity. If our gospel be hid,
it's hid, then they're lost. Here's why. In whom? The God. Now, our English translators
translated that word God, little g, as if to imply that Satan
is the God of this world. Nowhere in this book is Satan
called the God of this world. The God of this world is our
triune Jehovah, in whom the God of this world hath blinded the
minds of them which believe not. You see, it is God who blinds
and God who gives sight. Lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto
them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and
ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face
of Jesus Christ." Oh, God, thank you for your revelation. Thank
you, you didn't leave me in the darkness of my own depraved heart. Thank you, you didn't leave me
in the darkness of my own corrupt, depraved world. But you, by your
word, by your spirit, shine the light of the gospel in my heart
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God beaming in
the face of the crucified Christ. But we had this treasure. Now
God's put this treasure in our hands to carry to all the world for
the saving of his elect. I've often wondered, God, why,
why on earth would you put this treasure in my hands? I wonder
every day, God, why me? What a privilege. What a privilege. To me, God has given this grace
that I should preach Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Why me? That the excellency of the power
may be of God and not of us. God's chosen to use broken clay
pots that can't hold water to carry the gospel of his grace
and the water of life to centers around the world. I know that only the light of
the gospel can give many women saving faith in Christ. But I
also know that if a person walks in the light God gives him, God
will give him more light. I know that because we have record
of it. There was a man named Cordelius, who was a just and devout man.
And one day, the angel of the Lord appeared to Cornelius and
said, go down, you send somebody down to fetch Peter up here,
and he will show you the way of life. And Cornelius said,
the angel of the Lord told me to send this hired fellow down
here to ask you to come up here to my house and we're going to
hear from you the way of life. And Peter came up and Cornelius
said, we're all gathered here this day to hear what God says
to you. And God was pleased to have mercy
on Cornelius. There were some folks named Priscilla
and Aquila. who took in an orator. I mean, he was a spellbinding
orator. I suppose in my lifetime, the
best communicator in public speech I've ever heard was former President
Ronald Reagan. That man knew how to give a talk. That's Apollos. He was a spellbinding
orator, a spellbinding orator, but he was confused. Oh, he was confused. And Priscilla
and Quilla took him into their house and showed him the way
of God more perfectly. He walked in what light he had,
but he didn't have much light. John's disciples, you remember
in Acts 19, Paul sees his disciples, John, and he said, Have you received
the Holy Ghost? And they said, what? Who on earth
is that? We never heard tell us such a
thing. What are you talking about? And Paul explained to John's
disciples the way of the Lord more perfectly. And I know this,
if you or I reject the light God's given us in this place,
ours shall be the greater condemnation. Turn to Matthew chapter 11. Matthew chapter 11. The Lord Jesus is speaking. I
referred to this this morning, but I want you to read it with
me. Matthew 11 verse 20. Then began he to abrade the cities
where in most of his mighty works were done, because they repented
not. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe
unto thee, Bethsaida! Now watch what he says. You talk
about a statement of divine sovereignty. This states God's sovereignty
as much as Romans chapter 9. He says, if the mighty works
which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they
would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. He said,
I kept them from having these mighty revelations from God because
they would have repented if they had had them. And I send them
rather to you, to you. And watch what it says. But I
say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
in the day of judgment than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which
art exalted into heaven, shall be brought down to hell. For
if the mighty works which had been done in Sodom, it would
have remained until this day. But I say unto you, it shall
be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment
than for thee. At that time, Jesus answered and said, I thank
Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast
hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed
them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed
good in Thy sight. Now, look what it says in verse
28. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and
I'll give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn
of me for I'm meek and lowly in heart and you shall find rest
unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden
is light. It is your responsibility and
mine to believe God's revelation and to obey the gospel of Christ. It is God's commandment. We're
responsible to walk in the light God's given us. And the greater
the light, the greater the responsibility. And this is how God describes
the believer walking in that light. Uh, man, we fall. We fall 10,000 times a day. We, we mess up. Oh, we mess up. We mess up all the time. People
I know. Legalistic fellows and fundamentalist
fellows and religious fellows, they think that, well, he can't
be saved. Men couldn't do that and be saved. The fact is, my
dear friend, whom I highly esteem, Mark Henson, sitting right there. commits the same sins over and
over and over and over again, day after day, just like his
pastor. You too. That's just fact. That's just fact. We kindly had
the ability, because we like to impress men, of controlling
what we do outwardly. But Merle Hart, you can't control
what you are inwardly. You can't control it. You can't
control it. And the Lord God graciously forgives
us. our transgressions and will not
charge our sins to us, which he charged to his son. But I'll
tell you what the believer does. He keeps on trusting Christ.
He keeps on believing Christ. He keeps on worshiping Christ.
The path of the just is as a shining light that shineth more and more
under the perfect day. Behold then the judgment of God
upon Israel and be warned. Because they ceased to walk in
the light, the Lord God sent them blindness. And their blindness
is so great that their darkness, their darkness is what they think
is their light. Now, look at the reprobate people
as the prophet describes them. Verse six, therefore, therefore, therefore,
therefore, whenever God sends judgment, there's a therefore.
Whenever God pours out his wrath, there's a therefore. Whenever
God sends somebody to hell, there's a therefore. Therefore hast thou
forsaken thy people. That's reprobation. Israel was
forsaken. Ephraim is joined to his idols. Let him alone. Oh, Jerusalem,
Jerusalem. Thou that killest the prophets,
and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I
have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens
under her wings, and ye would not. Therefore, therefore, therefore,
behold, your house is left unto you desolate." Reprobation in
Bible terms, as it's taught in the scripture. is the judgment
of God, which falls upon men and women because of their willful
rejection of divine truth. Yes, reprobation is as much a
part of God's eternal decree as election and salvation. But
God sends judgment in justice. He always sends judgment in justice
as the result of what man does in sin and rebellion. I repeat,
God's judgment is always a matter of just retribution. Look at
the next line in our text. The Lord God deals with men according
to their own ruinous path. The prophet of God describes
that path for us. Therefore, because thou hast
forsaken thy people, therefore thou hast forsaken thy people,
the house of Jacob, because, because what happened? What happened? God forsook them
because they were reckoned among the nations. They reckoned themselves among
the nations. They were replenished from the East and became soothsayers
like the Philistines. And they pleased themselves in
the children of strangers. to build up and fortify their
kingdom. They embraced the pagan idolaters among whom they lived
as their brethren and adopted their religion and incorporated
their religion with the revelation of God. God gave them his word, his oracles,
his prophets. but they sought the counsel of
astrologers and soothsayers, magicians and pagan wise men. God called for Israel to trust
him, assuring them that he would be their wealth and their strength
and their defense. But they filled their land with
silver and gold and treasures and horses and chariots. Nothing
wrong with having those things, but desiring them is evil. Disbelieving
God to get them is evil. Depending upon them is evil.
God required them to worship him, to worship him alone as
he reveals himself in scripture. But they filled the land with
idols. Well, we don't have a problem with that. Well, let's see. Idolatry
takes many forms. These Jews worshipped many images. They worshipped the works of
their own hands. I wish I had something here that
somebody's hands had made. I put my hands on this. Brother
James Rankin made that table right there. He made those tables
at my request, long before he died. And that table is something
he made. He formed it, he put it together,
he stained it, he put polyurethane on it, he brought it over and
set it right there, right there. But he didn't worship it. The Jews worshipped things they
made with their own fingers. Gods you could make like that
table. Gods you could turn out on a
lathe. And they called it worshipping
Jehovah. They worshipped the work of their fingers. We live
in a whole generation of folks who worship the work of their
fingers. Their will and their works are
their God. And we dare not sacrifice the
truth of God in order to get along with folks who despise
God's truth and worship idols. Idolatry involves the worship
of anything in the place of God, the worship of any image, the
worship of any false God. And it involves the worship of
God, pretended worship of God in a manner contrary to his word. It's idolatry. And the worst form of idolatry
is what the apostle calls will worship, the worship of yourself. God had exalted and honored Israel,
but they lowered themselves to the worship of stumps. The mean
man, the common man, he'd go get him a cypress tree or an
oak tree or a pine tree, and he'd cut it down. And he'd use
part of it to make maybe an addition on the house, and then he'd use
part of it to cook some stew in the morning, in the evening,
and then he would take the residue of it, whatever was left over,
whatever was left over, just the stuff that you'd normally
throw away, of that he would make himself a god, Isaiah 44
and 45, and the common man, the mean man, the stupid man, the
uneducated man, he would bow down and worship at the stump.
And right beside him would be the king, and the priest, and
the prophet, and the professor, and the educated man, and the
rich man, the high, and the honorable man, worshiping the same stump,
praying to a God that cannot save. A God who had less power, less
wisdom than themselves. A God that could move around
with them wherever they wanted to. Idolatry. Idolatry. The forsaking of the worship
of God is the path of ruin. Now, look at the reasonable punishment
pronounced upon them. Isaiah speaks in the last sentence
in verse nine and says something that seems shocking. It seems shocking. Seems shocking. He says, this man who has spent
his life, who did spend his life serving the salvation of these
people, he says, therefore, forgive them not. Therefore, forgive them not. What can he possibly be saying?
He's speaking not in a matter of personal vengeance or retribution
or anger. Rather, he is speaking prophetically
as God's prophet. Therefore, forgive them not. The Apostle Paul wrote to the
Galatians and said very much the same thing. I marvel that
you're so soon removed from him that called you into the grace
of Christ unto another gospel, which is not another. but there'll
be some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we are an angel from
heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have
preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before,
so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto
you than that you have received, let him be accursed. Let him
be forever damned. Because that's just right. That's just right. I encourage you again to read
the 19th chapter of Revelation. When all things are in and the
smoke of the torments of the damned ascend up into heaven. And all the saints of God gathered
round his throne, saying, Alleluia, Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent
reigneth. God did right. God did right. God did right in saving you.
Because he brought in everlasting righteousness and satisfied justice
in the person of his son for you. And God does right in damning
men. Because they take his revelation. and throw it away and say, to
hell with God, I won't follow him. To hell with God, I won't
follow him. I won't believe him. I won't
trust him. No, sir, not me. Therefore, when this is over, God, forgive
them not. And he walked. For God will not
forgive except he be a just God and a Savior. He will not show
mercy but through the sacrifice of his Son. He will not fail
to punish sin except you be found in him in whom sin has been punished
to the full satisfaction of justice, Jesus Christ the Lord.