It's very important as we study these Old Testament
types, figures, allegories. If I had the time tonight, I'd
take you through the scriptures and show you that that's exactly
what he calls them. Allegories, types, figures, shadows,
patterns of things in the heavens. But it's very important as we
study these Old Testament types, that we understand what they
mean and why they're preserved and what it is that they teach.
You know, the disciples, after the death of Christ, were distraught,
confused, perplexed about the whole thing. And they walked
along that road to Emmaus. And the Lord joined Himself to
them, but He held back His person, so they didn't know who He was.
And they walked along, and He began to talk to them, and they
said... And here's why they did these
things, because they had a misrepresentation of the Old Testament Scriptures.
They didn't understand what the kingdom of God really was and
what that represented. They didn't understand who the
Messiah was, nor what He was, nor what He was coming to do.
And so they were distraught and so on. And they told Him, they said,
well, we thought, we thought, we thought this was Him who should
come and redeem us That's what we thought. And listen to what
the Lord told him. He still didn't tell him who
he was. But he said in Luke 24, 25, the Lord said to them, O
fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have written
and have spoken about me. O fools, slow of heart to believe
that. Ought not Christ to have suffered
these things and to enter into His glory? Isn't that what the
prophets taught? That's what He's asking. Isn't
that what they said? Isn't that what that's all about?
Isn't that the message of the prophets? Isn't that what the
whole of the Old Testament scriptures teach? And beginning at Moses
and all the prophets, He expounded unto them. in all the Scriptures,
the things concerning himself. That is, and I'm sure, that this
related to exactly what they were having trouble with. And
then down in verse 32, they said when he left them, he revealed
himself to them, who he was, and then he left them and walked
away. And I said, boy, didn't our hearts burn within us when
he opened to us the Scriptures? Showed them these things. Showed
them what they meant. Let me give you another reference
along the same lines over in John chapter 5. The Lord rebukes
the Pharisees and doctors of the law, those who were pretending
to be teachers, preachers, master theologians. And he points out
to them that they totally misunderstood and misrepresented the whole
Bible. The whole Bible. The whole of
the Old Testament Scripture, they didn't get one thing right
in the whole thing. Seems impossible, don't it? Until
you've dealt with religion a little bit, and then you understand.
They don't get one thing right. Nothing. And here's what he tells them.
He said, you search the Scriptures, John 5, 39. For in them you think
you have eternal life. And they are they that testify
of me. You will not come to me. That
is, to me as I'm set forth of God in the Scriptures. You won't
come to me. You come to self-righteousness,
and you come to works, and you come to reform, and you come
to all, but you won't come to me. That's not the end of the
lesson. You will not come to me that
you might have life. Verse 43, I am come in my Father's
name, and you receive me not. If another shall come in his
own name, him you will receive. How can you believe which receive
honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from
God only? Now listen to this. Do not think
that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one that accuseth
you, even Moses, whom you trust. For had you believed Moses, you
would have believed me, for he wrote of me. Moses did. But if you believe not his writings,
now that's what we're studying in the book of Exodus. That's
Moses writing. The Lord said, if you don't believe
these writings as they concern me, if you believe not his writings,
how shall you believe my words? Ain't going to happen. Ain't
going to happen. The tenor of the Old Testament
Scriptures is summed up by Peter in Acts 10, verse 43. It says, To him give all the
prophets witness that through his name whosoever believeth
in him shall receive remission of sins. Now I read those three
things to you because I want you to understand that what I'm
teaching about these things is exactly what the Lord said these
things represent. That's exactly what they represent.
Now with this in mind, turn back with me to Exodus chapter 5. Moses and Aaron are commissioned
of God to go into Egypt and speak both to the elders of Israel.
This is where he told them to go. Go down to the elders of
Israel. You do the signs. You take that
rod in your hand and you do exactly as I demonstrated it to you.
You demonstrate that to them. Exactly as you did your ham when
you put it in your bosom and it come out leprous, and you
put it in again and it come out clean. You go down and do that.
And you tell them every word that I'm telling you. And they're
going to believe. They're going to believe. He
was to speak both to the elders of Israel and then to the king
of Egypt. And certainly this commission
is represented great commission given to the church to go into
all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. I can
see that in that, can't you? God send them down there to Egypt,
into this land of darkness and idolatry, and he's sending them
down there, and they go down there and preach, and they're
preaching to God's elect, and they're preaching to reprobate
men and women. They preach to both. And I can
see that represented in that. Without question, this picture
is the elect of God being called out of this world and separated
unto himself. I believe it clearly illustrates
the gospel coming to God's elect who believe it, rejoice in it,
and find hope in it. And then it also comes as a warning
to all who will not bow to this message. Certain don't. That's the message here in Exodus,
and you can see it. But the Spirit of God is pleased
to go beyond the surface with those that are His. And He tells
us in 1 Corinthians 2, yea, even the deep things of God, doesn't
He? And so that's what I see when
I see this. What I see in these two parties
to whom His servants are sent is one and the same man in figure. Are you with me? You understand
what I'm saying? I'm saying when he's preaching to Israel, he's
preaching to Israel. And when he's preaching to Pharaoh,
he's preaching to Israel. These two men, I'm going to show
you this, these two men are one and the same man. What's represented
in their ministry is the effectual calling of God through the preaching
of the gospel. And you cannot preach to the
captives without confronting Him who holds them captive. That's
an impossibility. That's an impossibility. If I
go to preach to the captives, that's what the Lord said. He
said, the Lord God has anointed me to preach the gospel to the
captives. Sends us out. Tells us they're
captives. Men and women are possessed by
the spirit and power of the devil. Preacher, you've lost your mind.
You've lost your mind. You're telling me that this works.
that this world, every man, every woman, every son of Adam is possessed
by the devil, that's exactly what I'm telling you. Well, preacher,
you've lost your mind. I've had men tell me that. Well,
let's see what the scriptures teach. Turn with me to Ephesians
chapter 2. Ephesians chapter 2. Let me see
if I can make good on that. Talking here to believers. Believers that He has prayed
for, that God would open their eyes to see these deep things
of God. And in Ephesians 2, verse 1,
it says, And you hath He quickened who were dead in trespasses and
sins. What does that mean? Go on. Wherein in time past you walked
According to the Course, that is the direction of this Word. Now listen. According to the
Prince of the power of the air, the Spirit that now worketh in
the children of disobedience. You believe it now? Every man,
every woman, every son of Adam possessed with that Spirit of
the devil. We preach the gospel to men and
women, and they disagree with our preaching. They reject our
warnings. They refuse to submit to the
Christ we preach. Why is that? Why is that? I mean, if language means anything,
what the statement I just made and read to you in the scripture,
there are no big words in that. I'd say a six-year-old can understand
the meaning of those words. what a fellow told me one time
about 2 Corinthians 5.21. I told him, he said, that ain't
in the Bible. I said, well, sure it is. I said,
2 Corinthians 5.21. I said, it's the heart of the
gospel. That's substitution. He was made
sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God.
Oh, he said, that's the old English. He said, that's the old English.
And I said, well, I've got a An Oxford English dictionary at
home that goes all the way back to when the old English was and
made means the same thing now that it meant then. It meant
the same thing. Why is that? Why won't men and
women, why won't they, why do they reject the warnings of God? Why do they reject the gospel?
Why do they refuse to submit to the Christ we preach? Why
is that? Why do they reject what's so clearly stated in the Word
of God? God chose a people. He said He
did. Read Ephesians. You can't read Ephesians chapter
1 and not come away understanding that God chose a people. Ain't
going to have it. Why is that? I'll tell you why. 2 Corinthians chapter 4. 2 Corinthians chapter 4. I'm making
this statement. I want to make it clear. I want
you to understand exactly what I'm saying. Every man, woman,
and child, every son of Adam from that day that he fell in
the garden to this present time and all the way up to the second
coming of Christ, every last one of them are possessed or
will be possessed with the Spirit of Satan. Every last one of them.
2 Corinthians 4, 3, if our gospel be hid. And it has to be hid
if a man won't have it. You can't see the glorious gospel
of Christ. You can't see the glory attached
to him and not fall at his feet. That's an impossibility. Well,
if our gospel be hid, Paul said, it's hid to them that are lost.
What constitutes this lostness? In whom? The God of this world.
That's Satan. Huh? In whom the God of this
world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest
the light of the glorious gospel of Christ should shine unto them. Satanic possession. What is that? Well, satanic possession is not
sitting in a padded room somewhere, foaming at the mouth, muttering
all kinds of obscenities. Although that could be included
in it. while they might be included in that possession, most of the
time it's just a satisfaction with the religion and rule of
Antichrist. That's what it is. It's being
satisfied with anything that's contrary to Christ. That's that
spirit of possession. You know a man is possessed of
Satan when he will not believe. How do I know that? Because our
Lord said, here's the condemnation, here's the problem, right here.
Light come into the world. Perfect light. And men love darkness
rather than light. Now man has to be possessed to
see perfect light that had no effect on him. It's demon possession. I'm telling you. It's to be possessed
of the devil to go to any so-called church and find hope in what
they preach if it's contrary to the gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Paul said, let them be a curse.
Isn't that what he said? John said, don't bid them God's
feet. Don't you say, have a good day.
That's right. If they come unto you and they
bring not this doctrine, he said, don't bid them God's feet. Don't
let them into your house. Don't feed them. Don't pay them.
Don't say nothing to them. Reject them. Send them away.
Go to the other side of the street. That's right. They're dead while
they live. They're reprobates. They're possessed. He said, if you so much as bid
them Godspeed, you're a partaker of their evil deeds. And it's
deeming possession to find a satisfaction in this world apart from the
hope of the promise of God in Christ. I'm going to show you
that in Scripture. The Lord told Peter that from
this moment he began to teach his disciples. He said, I'm going
to go down to Jerusalem now, and I'm going to fall into the
hands of the enemies. And I'm going to die. And I'm
going to be raised on the third day. Clear language, isn't it?
Peter said, Oh, no! No! Far be it from thee, Lord. You know what he told that man?
He said, Get thee behind me, Satan. Ain't that what he said? Get thee behind me, Satan, for
thou savorest not the things that be of God. And the Lord said to Peter, after
that, He said He turned to the disciples, and He said, if any
man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his
cross. Take up that offensive position. Take up your cross and follow
Me. Now what? For whosoever will
save his life, protect it, seek the preservation of it, find
some satisfaction in it, revel in glory in it, find anything
valuable in it, whosoever will save his life, he said he's going
to lose it. He's going to lose it. And whosoever
shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. That is, lose
it to the glory of Christ like the stars lose their light when
the sun comes up. They're still up there, but they
lose their glory, don't they? It's like that old canvas. You
ever seen an artist's canvas? It's about the next to nothing
stuff I ever looked at in my life. My sister likes to paint,
and I went with her one time, and she bought these things and
paid pretty good money for them. This canvas that you do oil paintings
on and I looked at that and it looked like an old pigskin or
something. It just, nasty looking. But that thing loses, it loses
when the fingers of the master paints on it. When he creates
the image on it, the canvas is lost in the glory of the painting.
You see what I'm saying? And that's what happens with
Christ. When you see the glory of Christ, everything here that
constitutes your life now just disappears into the glory of
it. To preach to sinners, that's what I'm trying to talk to you
about tonight. To preach to sinners is to confront
the principalities and powers that possess the person. Because
what possesses the man becomes the man. It becomes the man. And we want to separate these
things. We want to separate this stuff out. But you can't separate
it from a sinner. You can't separate that from
Him. We preach to men, but in preaching to men, and I realize... When you gather in here on a
Sunday morning, and there's visitors coming here, and I don't know
them from man to man. I don't know who they are. I
don't know what they believe. I don't know where they're coming
from. I don't know anything about them. When we preach to men,
I've got to realize that the person and power of him who holds
him and dictates his actions and wills is far greater than
I am. I'm no match for him. No match
for him. And I'll tell you, when a man
understands that, he'll quit trying to sit that man down with
human reasoning and try to convince him of anything. When you understand
the power that holds him, I'm telling you, Moses went down,
him and Aaron, and they preached to the elders of Israel, and
they believed. They believed. Nothing happened. And nothing's going to happen
until you deal with the strong man. You see what I'm saying?
You're going to have to deal with him who holds them in his
grip and in his power. The man who knows us, he just
throws away all hope of human reasoning and argument. He discards
all hope in his own talents and abilities, and he stands before
the sinner by the power and presence of God alone. That's the only
hope I've got. Only hope I've got. I've been preaching and
doing this for a long time, and I'm telling you, I've seen the
wasted time sitting down. And just look, I just want to
get them sometimes and shake them. Can't you read? Those words
ain't got but four letters each on them. You can't understand
that? What part of that don't you understand? But that's not
what binds them. That's not what binds them. There's
a strong man that binds them. It's not the children of God
that causes the preacher the problem. They'll believe. They'll
hearken. The Lord told him they would. But the old man of sin
has to be brought down by the hand of God to his knees. and
be made willing. And that old man is as much a
part of you as Christ is after your sin. And when you preach
to the sinner, you're preaching to Pharaoh. You're preaching
to the God of this world. You're preaching to Him who's
the God of darkness. He's the Prince of the power
of the air. And He ain't afraid of you. No,
He ain't shaking in His boots like those evangelists had you
to believe. He took on one of the greatest
men who ever walked this earth besides Christ, and it took Him
nothing flat to put Him down in all His posterity. He did
not pray to me. He did not pray to you. You better
listen to me. He came up before Pharaoh, and
Moses said, Thus saith the Lord. And that word I challenge you
to look it up. It's Jehovah. Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah, let my people
go. Exodus 5, 2. And Pharaoh said,
who is Jehovah? Who is Jehovah that I should
let, that I should hearken to his voice? Who is he? And that I should obey his voice
and let Israel go. I know not Jehovah, neither will
I let Israel go. My pastor 30 some years ago told
me one time that the gospel asks in the experience of grace, it
asks and answers four questions. The first of those questions
is, who is this man? That's what Pharaoh was asking.
He heard the message. He heard it. He heard clear exactly
what Moses said. And he said, who is Jehovah?
Who is Jehovah? He was ignorant of Jehovah. He
had in his kingdom advisors and priests and wise men to counsel
him and help him. They had what the historians
all call the book of angels. It was a book of angels and recognized
deities of the day. You know, our presidents stand
up and they say, well, we're Christians. We're saved. We're saved men and women. We're
Christians. And then they'll stand up and recognize Muhammad. Huh? Have some Egyptian man over
here to this country and honor his God and have things. I don't even want to get into
that part of it. I'm chasing rabbits. He looked in that book. He couldn't
find Jehovah. And I'm going to tell you In
this book, this world can't find Jehovah. Can't find him. He ain't there. They can't find
him. All his advisors, every recognized,
respected deity was recorded in the book, but there was nothing
there about Jehovah. None of the king's counselors
knew anything about Jehovah. And summing up this so-called
deity by its representatives, they're looking at Moses, a sheepherder,
and his brother Aaron. Moses, slow of speech, couldn't
even talk. Had to bring a man with him to
talk for him. And they looked at him, this
big king and all of his royal, and all of his big entourage
around him sitting in the palace, and they looked down on Moses.
and summed up his deity by what he saw, and summed up his deity
by the feeble words that the man spoke, summed up his deity
by these elders of Israel who were no more than slaves in his
kingdom. And he said, who is Jehovah? Huh? I had folks come in here
and sit down and listen to me preach, and they go out of here
while I wouldn't believe in a God like that. Huh? Who is Jehovah? You better find out who he is
because you're going to stand before him one of these days.
Jehovah. He's ignorant of him. He didn't
know who he was. Summed him up by what he saw
and what he heard. Let me tell you something. The sinner may rejoice in the
thought of another kingdom. He might rejoice in freedom from
oppression and trouble. But he's not going anywhere until
the king of Egypt is put down. He ain't going nowhere. He ain't
going nowhere. Believe what he wants to. Confess
what he wants to. Profess what he wants to. He
ain't going nowhere. He ain't going nowhere. Listen to this, Matthew 12, verse
29. Here's what the Lord said about this. He said, How can
one enter into a strong man's house? That's where they're at.
They're down in Egypt. They're in a strong man's house.
Matthew chapter 12, verse 29. How can one enter into a strong
man's house and spoil his goods, except he first find the strong
man? The strong man, that's the problem.
The strong man. Somebody has to take him down.
Somebody has to tie him up. Turn your back, he'll cut your
head off. He'll stab you in the back. Somebody has to take him
down. Somebody has to tie him up, bind
him, take him out. Then he can spoil his house.
Then he can come into his house and take what he will. Having
said that, he turned to his disciples and he said, here's what that
means. He that's not with me is against me. That's right. Boy, we have an awfulest time,
awfulest time trying to discern Who's with Christ? Who's saved and who's lost? Here
it is, right here. He that's not with me is against
me. Write it down. There's no gray
area there. He that's not with me in total
surrender, with me in total commitment, with me in the harmony of purpose
and understanding and direction, He that's not with me is against
me. The strong man still sits on
the throne. That's right. He that gathers
not with me scattereth abroad. The effectual calling of God
through the gospel is about putting the strong man down. It's about
the sinner being made willing in the day of God's power. That's
what it's about. And that calling begins with
this question. Who is Jehovah that I should
obey His law? Who is Jehovah? Jehovah is the
covenant God of Israel. Now God is God over everything.
He's God over everybody, everything. He's God. But Jehovah is His
covenant name. That's His saving name. That's
God's covenant name. And He is the covenant God of
Israel. He told Moses, when you go down
there, you tell them. Moses said, when I go down there
and confront them, they're going to ask me who sent me. Who am
I going to? He said, you tell them I am sent to you. I am the
God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
He is the God, the covenant God of Israel. In Psalm chapter 2,
he said, I will declare the decree. The Lord has said unto me, thou
art my son. This day, this day have I begotten
thee. This day is that eternal day
when the triune God counseled together in an everlasting covenant
of grace. And God would save a people for
the glory of his great name and make them all to be sons. And
the first order of business in the eternal counsels of God was
to appoint a mediator king. That's Jehovah. Jehovah. By His hand, God will manifest
Himself to men. And by the benevolent rule of
this king, everything in heaven, earth, and hell is going to bow.
That's what He tells you at the end of that song. Kiss the son,
lest he be angry and you perish from the way. There are no alternatives. You kiss the Son. Bow down. Serve Him. This is Jehovah, the
covenant God of Israel. This is the Mediator King. This
is He who bears the name, the authority, the purpose, and the
glory of God to Israel. By virtue of God's covenant purpose
and grace in Him, everything else that is finds its being
in eternity. Everything. God appointed this
man to set him on his holy hill of Zion. That's the church, Zion. Set him on that holy hill. And
he said, anybody that's incensed against him, I'm going to laugh
at you. I'm going to laugh at you. Because
he's going to sit on that hill, and he's going to reign on that
hill, and he's going to glorify my name on that hill. On that
hill. That's his king. When we read
about the kingdom of God, this is what he's talking about. Everything
that's purposed to be by virtue of His office as the Mediator
King. Who is Jehovah? In Colossians
1, verse 15, it said, He is the image of the invisible God. That's Jehovah. This is His image. This is who He is. Everything
that you can possibly know that's revelatory of God, everything
that can be known, By man, you're going to learn in Christ Jesus
the Lord everything. He is the image of the invisible
God. He is the firstborn, it said,
of every creature. David said, the heavens declare
the glory of God. They're infinite in scope, filled
with wisdom and glory, filled with light and purpose. And the
firmament, he said, showeth his handiwork. You know what firmament is? That's
the environment. That's what the firmament is.
A thousand million planets and moons out there. Every time we
send out a probe, the farther it goes, the more it discovers.
It's just infinity out there. Only one of them, William, that
will support life. The heavens declare the glory
of God. Day unto day, utter speech, and
night unto night, knowledge. The day rules over the night.
It has the greater light. Take away the light, and all
life on earth perishes. There is no speech, no language,
for their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through
all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In Romans
chapter 1, verse 20, it said, for the invisible things of Him
from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood
by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead,
so that you are without excuse." We're talking about Jehovah.
Jehovah God. Appointed. Appointed. Appointed
of the Father. This Mediator King. Set Him on
His holy hill in Zion. Purposed everything in creation
in Him. And from that moment on, everything
that was created, all of providence, everything that happens, you
name it, it all has to do with Him. Who is Jehovah that I should
obey His voice? All things were created by Him
and for Him. And He is before all things,
and by Him all things consist. Who is this Jehovah? He's the
head of the body of the church. that King on God's holy hill,
who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things
He might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that
in Him should all fullness dwell. Who is Jehovah? He is the covenant
God of Israel. He said, I am the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob. It is the purpose of God behind
everything that is to save a people through the person and work of
Christ for the glory of His great name. That's why He created the
world. That's why He planted a garden.
That's why He created man and woman, permitted the fall of
Satan and his angels, permitted His presence in the garden. You
ever wonder how come Satan be in that garden? God permitted
him in there. That's why He permits and endures
the rebellion of this ungodly world of men and women. And it's
why God took to Himself flesh and bones and served under the
law and suffered and died on the cross and was raised from
the dead and ascended to the throne of redemptive dominion. And that's why He sends us out
to preach His gospel. Romans chapter 9 says, hath not
the potter power over the clay? of the same lump? Ain't that
how Adam got his being? Took that lump, picked it up,
created what he wanted to, didn't he? Who'd been my counselor? Who told me what to do? This
is God. He's the potter. Of the same
lump to make one vessel under honor and another under dishonor?
What if God, willing to show His wrath and make His power
known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted for
destruction? Why would a holy God do that?
Why would a holy God endure such rebellion, such indignity, such
treachery? Why? That He might make known
the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy which He hath
aforeprepared unto glory. Isn't this getting through? This
is Jehovah. Who's Jehovah? He's the King.
When did He get to be King? In eternity. Who made Him King? God did. God did. Ephesians chapter 1, listen to
this, verse 9. Having made known unto us the
mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He
purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation, you remember
what I told you that word means? Administration or trust. Let
me read it that way. That in the trust that was given
to Him, In the fullness of the times, he's going to gather together
in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, which
are in earth, even in him. In whom also we have obtained
an inheritance being predestinated according to the purpose of him
who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will,
that we should be to the praise of his glory who first trusted
in Christ, that's God. Now watch it. in whom you also
trusted that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation, and then were sealed by that Holy Spirit of promise.
The old man's power is broken when you can see him whose power
is greater than the one who holds you. That's right. Got that big
bubble over you right now, big sinful bubble over you. And you're
running around and you're bound head to foot because sin has
you tied up in knots. He's going to bring the strong
men down. And He didn't send an army to
do it. He sent a sheep herder down into Egypt with the Word
of the Lord. And He stood before those men
and told them who Jehovah was. And God demonstrated through
His preaching who He was. We talk about the Holy Spirit
and somehow we get this idea that we're going to wake up in
the middle of the night with this big vision in our head and all
of these things. And that's the Holy Spirit. He
came to me. Now I know I'm speaking in tongues
now. I'm doing this. I'm doing that.
I'm living this life. Let me tell you something. When
the Spirit of God, I'll tell you how you know when He comes,
He'll bring you down on your knees like He did Pharaoh. He'll
bring that sinner down. Down. He'll take the glory of
His flesh, His firstborn, and He'll slay them. He'll slay. He'll take all your righteousness,
all your glory, all your hope, and He'll kill him right before
your eyes and let him bleed on the ground. And you'll go down
on your knees and you'll be willing. And you won't be standing up
there with them thumbs and them lapels anymore talking about
who is Jehovah. He'll tell you who Jehovah is.
It's Christ. And I tell you, He ain't on the
cross and He ain't down in the tomb and He ain't in the manger.
He's on the throne. All that days of humility is
over. He's seated on the throne now.
And he told them boys when he left, he said, all power is given
unto me in heaven and earth. My soul! What kind of power must
that be? I can't even fathom a power like
that. All power in heaven and earth
given unto me. Now you go preach. Huh? Now you go preach. I don't care
if you can't put three words together. You go preach. Because
it ain't your preaching that's going to do it. It's my power.
It's my power. And it ain't Christ in the manger,
and Christ in the carpenter's shop, or in the ministry, and
Christ in His humility, or on the cross. It's Christ on the
throne of accomplished redemption. And from the throne of His Father's
purpose and glory, He puts His rod in the hand of Moses, and
He said, go down to Pharaoh. There's not a time I speak, John,
that I don't look out here and Satan's out here somewhere. Sure
he is. Sure he is. Am I a match for
him? No. No. I'll just tie him up with doctrine.
No, you won't. No, you won't. You'll come out
the other side just talking to yourself. That's what you'll
do. He'll tie you up in knots. You get thinking you're somebody
with doctrine. God will send somebody along
and teach you that you don't know nothing. That's exactly
right. I got all tied up one day. I seen these guys coming. I thought
I was going to be a real smart aleck. And I seen these Jehovah's
Witnesses coming. And I thought, boy, I'm all prepared
for them, because they've been coming by here so often. I got
engaged with a conversation. I'm telling you, they had me
so tied up, I didn't know which end was up. I walk away here
talking to myself. What happened to my... You ain't
no match for him. You just tell him what God said
to tell him and then get out of the way. Who is Jehovah that
I should obey his voice and let Israel go? He's the covenant
God of Israel. Only one God stands on the other
side of the sea. Just one. The other one's dead
in the sea. Listen to these words of Isaiah,
and I'll close. Isaiah chapter 45, beginning
with verse 20. He said, assemble yourselves
together. Come, draw near together, ye
that are escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that set
up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a God that cannot
say. How much religion did I just
read to you there about in this world? How much religion is condemned
in that one statement? Pray unto a God that cannot save. Huh? He can't do nothing unless
you let Him. That's what men say. Well, here
it says they ain't got any knowledge at all. They don't know this
God. They don't know who Jehovah is. Pray to a wood of the graven
image. Pray unto a God that cannot save.
Tell you and bring them near, yea, let them take counsel together. Who hath declared this from ancient
times? Huh? The Lord said, I've been
telling you this since the garden. Who hath declared this from ancient
times? Who told it from that time? Had
not I, Jehovah? And there is no God else beside
me, a just God and a Savior. They none beside Me. Look unto
Me, and be ye saved, all ye ends of the earth, for I am Jehovah,
and there is none else. I have sworn by Myself, the Word
is gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, but unto
Me." Now listen, every knee is going to bow. That's what Jehovah
said. Every knee is going to bow. Every knee gone out of my mouth
and righteousness is not going to come back. Unto me every knee
shall bow, every tongue shall swear. All of them. Surely shall one say, in Jehovah
have I righteousness and strength. Even to him shall men come, and
all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In Jehovah
shall all the seed of Israel, all spiritual Israel, every saved
man and woman, everyone who believes in Jehovah, shall all the seed
of Israel be justified and shall glory in Him. Who's Jehovah? He's God. He's God. But He's more than that. He's
God our Savior. God our Savior. You think who
Jehovah is. This Christ. And when God appointed
Him and the superiority and glory and majesty that He pinned on
Him. And then think about this bunch of peanut people running
around while He said all inhabitants of the earth are grasshoppers
before Him. He sits on the circle of the
earth, Glenn, and the island's just a drop in the bucket. You
remember the old bucket? He's old enough to remember,
and you too. You pull that old bucket up, and you pour that
water out. Well, you don't strain that last drop, do you? You throw
it back in the well. You repeat. That's what he said
the islands are to him, a drop in the bucket. That's it. He's
Jehovah. And as we go through here, I'm
going to show you. Here's what he's going to do. Egypt had nine
deities. God had a plague for each of
them. That's how you're going to bring the strong man down.
He's going to kill his gods. I've told you this before. Brother
Bernard stood up one night and he said, tonight, he said, I'm
going to preach to you the God of the Bible. But he said, before
I preach to you the God of the Bible, he said, I'm going to
have to kill your God. And that's exactly what's fixing
to happen in Egypt. They're going to kill his God.