Good to have Brother Todd Nybert
with us tonight and Brother Clarence Sharon from over at Lexington.
I'm so glad to have you here. So glad to see you. Appreciate
Todd coming over and filling the pulpit in my absence the
last few weeks on Tuesday evenings. And I'm thankful that God has
put him there as pastor for my daughter and her family. Doug
and Faith and the children with us this past weekend surprised
us and came over And I tell you what I tell them. I make it a
point to tell them every time I'm with them. I pull each of
them aside or tell them collectively how blessed you are of God to
have a faithful man preaching the gospel to you. A rare, rare, rare blessing. All right, turn with me, if you
will, to Exodus, the 15th chapter. And we will tonight pick up our
studies in the book of Exodus. While you're turning, listen
carefully. In the scripture, it's very, very, very important
to mark the first mention of a thing. The first mention of
anything in scripture gives a pretty clear indication of how that
particular thing is to be understood throughout the scriptures. That
rule of interpretation that is often spoken of, talking about,
is called the law of first mention. Tonight, I intend to preach to
you from the first song, the first S-O-N-G song, the first
one recorded upon the pages of Holy Scripture, the first one
recorded in history. There may have been other songs
we have on record. Poem in the world. Hundreds of
years before Homer's. It's sublimity and this grandeur
are simply unsurpassed by anything that have. And yet this song,
this piece of poetry is never mentioned. in any course of study
of literature, neither in high school nor in college. And I
tried to think today, to the best of my recollection, in the
Bible colleges I attended while taking English literature, it
was never even mentioned there. The song is found in Exodus 15,
beginning at verse 1. It's the song of Moses. Then
sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord
and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed
gloriously. The horse and his rider hath
he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song,
and he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will prepare
him and habitation, my father's God, and I will exalt him. The
Lord is a man of war. The Lord is his name. Pharaoh's
chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea. His chosen
captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have
covered them. They sank into the bottom as
a stone. Thy right hand, O Lord, is become
glorious in power. Thy right hand, O Lord, hath
dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine
excellency, thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee.
Thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
And with the blast of thine nostrils, the waters were gathered together.
The flood stood upright as an heap and the depths were congealed
in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue.
I will overtake. I will divide the spoil. My lust
shall be satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword. My hand
shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with thy wind. The sea covered them. They sank
as lead in the mighty waters. Who is likened to thee, O Lord,
among the gods? Who is likened to thee, glorious
in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Thou stretchest
out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou in thy mercy
hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed. Thou hast
guided them in thy strength under thy holy habitation. The people
shall hear and be afraid. Sorrow shall take hold on the
inhabitants of Palestinia. Then the Dukes of Edom shall
be amazed. The mighty men of Moab, trembling,
shall take hold upon them. All the inhabitants of Canaan
shall melt away. Fear and dread shall fall upon
them. By the greatness of thine arm,
they shall be as still as a stone. Till thy people pass over, O
Lord, till the people pass over which thou hast purchased. Thou
shalt bring them in and plant them in the mountain of thine
inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee
to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have
established. The Lord shall reign forever
and ever. For the horse of Pharaoh went
with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the
Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them. But the
children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. Now try to get the picture. This
huge choir, 650,000 men, plus women and children, millions
of people. standing on the Canaan side of
the Red Sea, as Moses lines out the hymn to them, one line at
a time, and they sing the song together, singing the praises
of God for the redemption they had just experienced. They had
just experienced it, and immediately Moses leads them in a song of
praise to God. When he had finished leading
the children of Israel in the praise of God, singing this first
great hymn, Miriam, the sister of Aaron and Moses, the prophetess,
we read in verse 20. Miriam, the prophetess, the sister
of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand. And all the women went
out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered
them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously.
The horse and the rider hath he thrown into the sea. And so
all the children of Israel, and now with Miriam and the women
of Israel playing on their timbrels and singing and dancing, they
sing again the chorus and worship the Lord God with joy. Parts
of this psalm are found throughout the scriptures. David and Isaiah
both use some of the exact words of this psalm as they sing praises
unto God in their various passages. And then in the book of Revelation,
we read, if you want to turn there in Revelation 15, that
this great song of praise, this song of Moses, is called the
song of Moses and of the Lamb. And it's sung to the praise of
our God in the New Jerusalem. Revelation 15, verse 3. And they
sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb,
saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are thy ways, thou
King of saints! who shall not fear thee, O Lord,
and glorify thy name. For thou only art holy, for all
the nations shall come and worship before thee, for thy judgments
are made manifest. Now, it is obvious from the many
allusions to this song in the scriptures that the song is full
of spiritual instruction. Spurgeon wrote this, and I think
he's right. It is God's intent that from
the day of Moses downward, even to the hour when the flames of
fire shall lick up the works of men and the heavens themselves
shall be dissolved with fervent heat, that this shall be the
song of his chosen people everywhere. I can't tell you how often I
have repeated portions of this song in my own worship of God
as he has graciously delivered me from that which I thought
would assuredly be the destruction of my soul at times. The prince of darkness comes
and assaults with all the power of hell and the Lord delivers. And when I thought I was about
to be crushed, The Lord Jesus, our mighty man of war, the captain
of our salvation, arose and cast Pharaoh and his chariots into
the depths of the sea. And I came away singing, I will
sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously. He hath triumphed gloriously. And if there is triumph, it is
he who does the triumph. And if there is glory, it is
he who gets the glory. Let me call your attention to
two or three things and then let's look at the song line by
line. First, we're told by the wise
man to everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under
heaven. There's a time for the singing
of birds and there's a time for the singing of the saints. And
we read here in the opening lines of this song, Then Sang Moses. When did Moses and the children
of Israel sing this song? When was it that they broke out
into singing before God? It was when they had experienced
God's salvation. Back up to chapter 14, verse
30. Thus the Lord saved Israel that
day, out of the hand of the Egyptians. And Israel saw the Egyptians
dead upon the seashore. And Israel saw the great work
which the Lord did upon the Egyptians. And the people feared the Lord
and believed the Lord and his servant Moses. Then sang Moses
and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord. Only a redeemed
people, conscious of their deliverance, can truly worship and praise
God. Now hear me, multitudes there
are, many who come and sit on the pews where you sit and sit
beside you, come and go through the motions of worship, and go
through a form of godliness, and perhaps some of you, and
repeat the words of songs that you've memorized from your youth.
but have no worship of God in their hearts and no praise in
their hearts to the Lord God. It is but a form of godliness
by which men hide themselves in a refuge of lies. Only those
who know the blessed experience of deliverance, only those who
are conscious of redemption can truly worship and praise the
Lord Jehovah. Those who are yet dead in trespasses
and in sins cannot do so. When did they sing this song
of praise? There was no singing in Egypt,
only sighing and crying and groaning and lamentation. There was no
singing on the night even when the Lord God passed through the
land and preserved all the firstborn of Egypt and delivered them that
night. There was only screaming from
the Egyptians and the children of Israel in silent wonder adored
the Lord. As they gathered up the silver
and the gold and the pots and pans and walked out of Egypt,
spoiling the Egyptians. As they walked out of Egypt,
there was no singing. Not a word spoken about us all.
They simply walked out by the mighty hand of God in utter wonder. And when they came to the Red
Sea, only more murmuring and complaining and bitterness. But
when they walked across that sea and got on the Canaan side
of God's wrath, when they were at last delivered and Pharaoh
and his armies were drowned in the depths of the sea, then sang
Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord. A song breaks out in the heart
when grace is experienced in the soul. This song was not a
song to exhibit musical skill, but it was rather a pouring forth
of gratitude, thanksgiving and praise from the heart to God
upon his throne. Jehovah had redeemed them with
blood. The Lord Jehovah had brought
them out of Egypt. Jehovah had brought them through
the Red Sea and destroyed Pharaoh and the Egyptians in the depths
of the sea. And the Lord Jehovah alone must
have their praises. Their song was entirely about
Him. You will sometimes, you will
remember I will call your attention to a line or a word or something
in one of the songs in our hymn books. Some, many of them have
been altered with time. Some of them were written poorly
to start with because they call too much attention to you and
to me. They call too much attention
to our thoughts and our experiences because there's too much sentiment
and emotion and too little worship of God. And if we sing the song,
we will alter it to suit that which God reveals in his word
and to give praise to him. For the Lindsay takes great care
to pick out songs that are in consistency with the doctrine
we believe and the gospel we preach, and so it must be. If
we believe something, we won't sing otherwise. If you believe
free grace, you don't sing free will. If you worship God on his
throne, you don't sing as though God were not on his throne. If
your intention is to give praise to him, you don't call attention
to yourself. But most of the songs sung in
churches these days are nothing but emotion and sentiment. They
announce more our love to God than His love for us. They speak
more about our faith in Christ than of Christ's faithfulness
to us. They recount our experiences instead of God's mercies, and
they tell of human attainments and human deeds rather than Christ's
atonement and Christ's finished work. That ought not be. This
first song, the Song of Moses, is different. In verse 3, the
prophet says, I will exalt him. And that sums up everything.
I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider hath he cast into the sea. He thrown
into the sea. I will exalt him. That's the theme of the song.
It is the Lord himself. Someone said it is sweet and
good to rejoice in God's mercies, but it is sweeter and better
to rejoice in the God of mercies. Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say rejoice. Let your
moderation be known to all men. The Lord's at hand. Here's something
else. The Holy Spirit tells us in First
Corinthians chapter 10, he tells us distinctly that this is a
baptismal song. I've written a couple of hymns,
have one or two in our hymn book specifically about baptism. The
Holy Spirit here tells us that the children of Israel were baptized
unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea. So this first song is
a baptismal song. What's that mean? It is a psalm
or a song of consecration to God. Did you hear me? It is a psalm
or a song of consecration to God. Do you remember how Jephthah
spoke? He said, I've lifted my hands
to the Lord. I can't go back. There's never
a better song. In our baptism, we lift our hands
to God, devoting ourselves to Him willingly. and entirely. And every time we join in the
celebration of that ordinance with a newborn believer again,
we dedicate ourselves to our God deliberately, purposefully,
and willingly. And I'm going to tell you something
about serving God. Shelby and I have been talking
about this a good bit in recent days with reason. I've said to her several times,
You don't serve God on your terms. It ain't going to happen. It
ain't going to happen. Not with me, not with you, not
with anyone else. Some years ago, a friend of mine
told me he's looking forward to retiring once he finishes
his career. He wants to start preaching.
And he acted like that was something wonderful. And knowing that I
might lose a friend, I said to him, please don't. He seemed
to be shocked. I said, it will all be for nothing. God won't have you. God won't
have you. God won't have leftovers. They
may suit men. They may suit other people. God
won't have leftovers. We don't serve God on our terms. We serve God on his terms. Israel
came to cross the Red Sea and were baptized unto Moses, following
him with wholehearted devotion through the sea, giving up their
very lives to follow the Redeemer as he led them through the sea.
And so it is, they sang unto the Lord enthusiastically. It was a song of personal praise,
and yet it was a congregational song. All the children of Israel
joined together to sing this song because all of them had
experienced the same grace and sang with the same joy. Come,
you young men and maidens, ye old men and fathers, and let
us give praise to the Lord. Now, let's look at the content.
Moses began singing, talking to us about the character of
God as it's revealed in his work. Then sang Moses and the children
of Israel this song unto the Lord and spake saying, I will
sing unto the Lord for he hath triumphed gloriously. The horse
and his rider hath he cast or thrown into the sea. Read the
12th chapter of Revelation along with this blessed song and understand
two things. Number one, you and I are engaged
in an ongoing relentless warfare. There is a warfare, an ongoing
relentless warfare between the seed of the woman and the seed
of the serpent. between Christ and the devil,
between the church and the world, between the flesh and the spirit.
I recall hearing Ralph Barnard one time speaking about the newborn
believer, said he doesn't realize it, but when you come to Christ
in faith, you joined a conflict, a warfare, and you begin to engage
in a warfare of which there is no end until this world is ended. Understand that. We're in a warfare. Don't ever seek terms of peace. Don't ever seek terms of peace
between yourself and the world, between flesh and spirit, between
Christ and Satan. Such peace cannot be had. We're
in a warfare that will go on until we leave this world. But
learn this too. The warfare is already over.
Christ has finished it. It's the battle that he fought
and fought for us and made us more than conquerors by his prevailing
over Satan and sin and death and hell as our substitute. Verse
two. The Lord is my strength and my
song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will prepare
Him in habitation. I will prepare Him praise wherein
He dwells, my Father's God, and I will exalt Him. The Lord Christ is my strength. And he who is my strength, my
only strength, has become in the experience of his grace,
my salvation. He is my God. I will prepare
him praises. My father's God. What kind of
language is that? He wasn't my father's God. My father didn't have a clue
who he is. How can how can this possibly
be something I can speak myself? It's covenant language. He is
the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He is the God of our fathers,
the God whom our fathers taught us to know throughout the ages. And he is the God who shall be
taught by us as fathers to sons and daughters for generations
yet to come. I will exalt him. I will give
praise to him. Verse 3. The Lord is a man of
war. Jehovah is his name. Did you ever notice how often
our Savior is spoken of as a man of war? The King of glory is
mighty and strong. He is that one who cries woe
to him that striveth with his maker. In Revelation 19, we see
him riding forth called faithful and true in righteousness to
judge and make war. He's over and over set before
us as one who is a man of war. He's the captain of our salvation.
John Trapp wrote, He alone is the whole army of men, van and
rear both. He sends the sword, musters the
men, orders the ammunition, and he gives the victory. Whence
he is styled the Lord, the victor of wars. Verse four, Pharaoh's
chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea. His chosen
captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. We live in this marvelous thing,
you read here about the Lord supernaturally, miraculously
drowning the armies of the Egyptians, the experienced armies of Pharaoh
in the Red Sea. Well, that's a fantastic tale,
but that's not what this is written to teach us. Read the scriptures
spiritually, so as to apply them deliberately to yourself as a
believer. Read them spiritually and read
them for the profit of your soul. Read them merely as matters of
history and you read them with no profit at all. Pharaoh is
but a type of Satan, the great enemy of our souls. His chosen
captains typify all evil, the terrors of the law, and particularly
our own countless sins. Our Lord Jesus, the mighty angel
of the covenant. Jehovah, our Emmanuel, our great
man of war with one sweep destroyed them all in his fury. And he
did it when he redeemed us with his precious blood. Back up to
chapter 14 again. The Lord says, behold, I will
harden the hearts of the Egyptians and they shall follow them. And
I will get me honor upon pharaoh and upon all his host upon his
chariots and upon his horsemen verse 24 And it came to pass
That in the morning watch the lord looked under the host of
the egyptians through the pillar of fire And of the cloud and
troubled the host of the egyptians Now watch this and took off the
chariot wheels And they that they drave them heavily hard
to pull the chariot through a pile of mud with no wheels. So that
the Egyptians said, let us flee from the face of Israel, for
the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians. Verse 26, And
the Lord said to Moses, stretch out thine hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their
chariots and upon their horsemen. And Moses did it and they're
gone. Let's see if we can find a New
Testament parallel. Colossians chapter 2 verse 13 and you being dead in
your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh hath he quickened
together with Christ having forgiven you all trespasses, blotting
out the handwriting of the ordinances that was against us, which was
contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his
cross. Having spoiled principalities
and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over
them in it." Revelation chapter 12, verse 9, and the great dragon
Was cast out That old serpent called the devil and satan which
deceiveth the whole world He was cast out into the earth and
his angels were cast out with him and I heard a loud voice
saying in heaven now is come salvation and strength and the
kingdom of our god and the power of his christ For the accuser
of our brethren is cast down which accused them before our
god day and night and they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,
and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives
unto the death." Back in Exodus chapter 15, verse 4. Pharaoh's chariots and his host
hath he cast into the sea, His chosen captains also are drowned
in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them.
They sank into the bottom as a stone. Thy right hand, O Lord,
has become glorious in power. Thy right hand, O Lord, hath
dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine
excellency, thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee.
Thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
And with the blast of thy nostrils, the waters were gathered together.
The flood stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed
in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue,
I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My lust shall be satisfied
upon them. I will draw my sword. My hand
shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with thy wind. The sea covered them. They sank. as lead in the mighty waters. Brother Larry, that is a beautiful,
blessed picture of sin put away. Who is a God like unto thee,
that pardoneth iniquity, that passeth by the transgression
of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger forever,
because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again. He will have
compassion upon us. He will subdue our iniquities.
Thou will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Brother
Bob, you like train stories. An old man sitting on a train,
reading one of those geological magazines years ago. Whether
his magazine was correct or not, I don't know. But he was reading
this geological magazine. He'd read that thing and just
laugh and lift his eyes toward heaven. And after two or three
times reading the same page, reading the same portion and
laugh and said amen, lift his eyes to heaven, the fellow sitting
beside him didn't know whether he was going crazy or what was
wrong. He said, man, what are you reading? He said, oh, I just
read here again and again that the depths of the sea, the deepest
place they've measured is seven miles deep. He said, well, I
think that's accurate, but why does that cause you to have such
joy and laugh? He said, because my God has cast
my sins into the depths of the sea. He's cast them into the
sea. not just the depths of some physical
earthly sea, but into the sea of his forgetfulness behind his
back to remember them against us no more, again, forever. Exodus 15, verse 11. Who is likened
to thee, O Lord, among the gods? Who is likened to thee, glorious
in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders. Among all the gods of the Egyptians,
whom he mocked in all the plagues he brought upon Egypt, among
all the gods that men make and imagine that they have upon this
earth, who is like unto thee? Where do you find a god like
our God? Turn on your television and listen.
Find someone who's speaking of a God like this. Turn your radio
on and listen. Find a preacher somewhere who
speaks of a God like this. Glorious in holiness. Fearful
in praises. Doing wonders. Glorious in holiness. So glorious in his holiness that
he will by no means clear the guilty. So glorious in his holiness
that the only way he will ever take sinners into union with
himself is if the sinner himself is made holiness under the Lord.
So glorious in holiness that when he finds sin on his own
darling son, he pours out all his wrath. with unmitigated fury,
anger and justice until justice is fully satisfied. So glorious
in holiness that none can be redeemed except in this way,
fearful in praises. What does that mean? So great,
so glorious, so wondrous in the esteem of his people, that even
as we attempt to worship Him, even as we form our words to
speak His praise, for the Darwin back in the office did just this
few moments ago, for the Bobby standing right here trying to
lead us in prayer just a few moments ago, Lord, we don't know how to speak
to You, much less speak of You. fearful
that even as we seek to honor him, we say or do or think something
dishonoring to him, fearful in praises, doing wonders, doing
wonders, not just who has done wonders or who shall do wonders,
doing wonders. That's his business. Wonder. All His work is like His name,
wonderful. His creation, His providence,
He's doing wonders. In redemption and in grace, He's
doing wonders. And in the experience of His
salvation, He's doing wonders. In the daily care of His people,
doing wonders. Verse 12, Thou stretchest out
thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. when the Lord God stretched out
His right hand with the glittering sword of His holy justice in
His hand and slaughtered His darling Son
who was made sin for us in His violent, furious wrath. He buried Him in the earth and the earth swallowed up our
sins. And it's demonstrated to be so
because three days later the earth cast out her dead and the
Son of God arose without sin unto salvation. He arose justified
in the Spirit. Verse 13, thou in thy mercy has
led forth the people which thou hast redeemed. Thou hast guided
them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. Oh, how sweet
to behold God's distinguishing grace set forth with such clarity
as it is throughout the scriptures. Who is it that came across the
Red Sea and is planted safe on the Canaan side of the sea? Why,
it is the people to whom God was pleased to show mercy. All
of them and none but them. Who is it that obtained mercy?
It was the people whom the Lord God redeemed. All of them and
none but them. Those who were redeemed by blood
on the night when the Paschal Lamb was slain. Who were those
redeemed ones that were brought out of Egypt? Every one of those
for whom a lamb was slain on the night of the Passover. All
who were brought forth out of Egypt were brought forth by the
arm of God, His stretched out arm of strength and of omnipotence. And all for whom mercy was designed,
to whom redemption was granted, for whom deliverance was accomplished,
were at last brought by that same omnipotent grace to God's
holy habitation. Now notice, Moses seems of this
as something already done. Something already done. He said,
you brought them, guided them in your strength unto your holy
habitation. They weren't there yet. They
were 40 years away. But Moses speaks of it as something
done. Because the work was done. When
God willed it, it was done. I can't begin to explain God. Don't try to. I can't begin to
explain what I mean when I state this. But for God to will a thing
is for God to do it. If God wills it, it's done when
God wills it. And God willed that we be with
Him in His holy habitation through the blood of the Lamb slain before
the foundation of the world. And guess where we've been all
this time? With Him in His holy habitation. And it may be a few
more days before we get there. It's done. Verse 22. And I will
sever in that day the land of Goshen. I'm sorry, chapter 8
verse 22 speaks of this distinguishing grace. I will sever in that day
the land of Goshen in which my people dwell and no swarms of
flies shall be there. And so it is throughout the days
of God's people in this world. God watches over his own and
does all things specifically for them. All things. The Lord
performeth all things for you. Did you get that, Bob? Just for
you. Just for you. All right, back
in Exodus 15, verse 14. The people shall hear and be
afraid. Sorrow shall take hold on the
inhabitants of Palestine. Then the Dukes of Edom shall
be amazed. and the mighty men of Moab trembling
shall take hold upon them. All the inhabitants of Canaan
shall melt away, melt away in fear. Fear and dread shall fall
upon them. By the greatness of thine arm
they shall be as still as a stone. Till thy people pass over, O
Lord, till the people pass over which thou has purposed. Those
things clearly were fulfilled. You can read about it in Joshua
chapter 2. The Lord sent his fear before Israel, so that when
they crossed through Palestina, the Palestinians did nothing
against them. When they walked through Moab,
Moab lifted not a hand against them. And when they walked into
Canaan, they walked into Canaan as conquerors, having never fought
a battle. And so it shall be with you and
me. All our foes shall be as still
as a stone when the time comes for us to cross over into the
land of bliss and glory with Christ. Our Savior will step
forward and silence every foe. Satan may seek to raise Moses
up to condemn us but the Lord Jesus will be found standing
beside his Joshua's. I got to meditating on that last
few weeks. Reckon why in Zechariah chapter
3 this picture of the Lord Jesus when Satan contends with him
raising up Moses before Joshua. Why does he choose to give us
the name of a priest Joshua, a priest who's unclean, a priest
whose garments are unclean, a priest who had been in Babylonian captivity. And as he stands before the Lord
in his filthy garments, the Lord Jesus stands by as Satan would
accuse him. And the Lord Jesus says, take
away his garments and put this clean garment on him and laid
before him foundation. and his name's Joshua. Know what
the name is? Jesus. Because we are one with
Him. Even as He is, so are we by God's
free grace. And Satan has nothing to say
against Him. And law has nothing to say against
Him. And conscience has nothing to
say against Him. holy, harmless, and undefiled
He is. And holy, harmless, and undefiled
Darwin Pruitt is in Christ Jesus the Lord. Verse 18, the Lord shall reign
forever and ever. Oh, what a great reason for joy
in the midst of all life's disappointments. Blessed be his name, the Lord
Jesus reigns and shall reign forever, else we would have no
hope. Verse 19. For the horse of Pharaoh
went with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and
the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them. But the
children of Israel went on dry land, in the midst of the sea. And then Miriam. Miriam the prophetess. The word is Mary. It's the Old
Testament word for Mary. It means bitter. Oh, how bitter
she had been all her life in bondage in Egypt. and bondage
to a corrupt, idolatrous, vile people. In bondage all her life,
but no more. Now bitterness is turned to joy. And Miriam the prophetess, the
sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand. And all the women
went out after her with timbrels and dances. And as they went
out after her, Miriam answered them, sing ye to the Lord, for
he hath triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider hath
he thrown into the sea. About the best explanation I
know of that, I knew a preacher years ago. It's been a long time
ago. Pastored a congregation in the
South, and there was just one black lady in the church. And
as you know, most black churches They'd do a lot of whoopee, jumping
around and screaming and hollering and carrying on. And she knew
she wasn't allowed to speak in services. And he got to preaching
one day on the redemption of Christ and that which he accomplished
on the behalf of his people. And he looked up, and that gal
was sitting back there about three-quarters back, biting on her finger just
while he was angry. That's it. Oh, redeemed. how I love to proclaim it, redeemed
by the blood of the Lamb, redeemed through His infinite mercy, His
child and forever I am, our Father.