Occasionally after a service, it's not uncommon for someone to mention a passage of scripture that's special to them, that's kind of dear to them for any number of reasons. Maybe somebody in the family, it was their favorite passage of scripture, or just a personal favorite.

This passage, this verse is dear to me in that in that since years ago, shortly before my grandpa passed away, we were, a number of us in our family were kind of taking turns sitting with him. And one evening I picked up his Bible and there was not a mark in it, not a note, but just one. And it was this passage of scripture.

If Google can be trusted, I don't know, there's, I looked this up, there's 31,102 verses of scripture in the Bible. Well, this one, this was the only one that had any, it was kind of marked up and highlighted and had some notes, but the Lord willing, I'd like to bring a message from this passage this evening.

Let's look at it together. Psalm 111 verse 9. It says, He sent redemption unto His people. He hath commanded His covenant forever. Holy and reverent is His name.

Now the first question I ask is, who did all these things? We start this passage with He. Who is He? It's Almighty God. He. All things begin with God. If we turn back to Genesis 1 verse 1, we read this, in the beginning, God.

Let me read a few more scriptures to you concerning Him. In John 1 verse 3, it says, all things were made by Him. And without Him, was not anything made that was made. In 2 Corinthians 5.18, we read, all things are of God, who hath reconciled us unto himself by Jesus Christ. Colossians 1 verse 6, and these are just a few passages. But we read, by Him were all things created, which are in heaven, which are in earth, visible, invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created by Him and all things were created for Him.

We often refer to God's word, I've heard men say this, it's a hymn book, right? Why is that? Because it is all, all of it, from cover to cover, it's about hymn. God's the first cause of all things. All things in eternity, all things in times past, all things in the future, all things good, bad, spiritual, material, physical, all things in our lives, in our young lives, and in our older years. All things are of God. He, you see that He?

Now, I pray the Lord would enable us to see three things from this verse concerning him. I hope this is a simple outline, just three points. And these are right here in scripture. The first one is this, he sent redemption to his people. Second, he hath commanded his covenant forever. And the third point, holy and reverend is his name.

Let's look at this together this evening. Again, the first point, he sent redemption unto his people. Who are his people? Who are His people? Well, that word interpreted, it means a particular people, a nation, a kindred, a people. Over in Revelation 5 verse 9, let me just read this to you. It says, Thou hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood out of every kindred, tongue, people and nation. He is people. His flock, his sheep, that great shepherd that we read of, he has a flock, doesn't he? It's a people for which he died. It's a people which he saved. He redeemed his people.

In Matthew 1, 21, turn there with me, hold your place in the psalm, turn to Matthew 1, verse 21. and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save." He came to save somebody. He shall save. Well, who did he come to save? Let's read on. She shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people." What's he going to save them from? Read on. From their sin. Who did he come to save? He came to save his people. He shall save his people from their sin.

Our Lord said this, He said, I lay down my life for the sheep. It's a purchased people. He paid the redemption price. He purchased them with His own blood. Acts 20 verse 28, take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock. all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers to do this." To feed. Not to fleece, not to beat, not to chase away. To feed the church of God which He hath purchased with His own blood.

It's a people. came to redeem His people, a people from, they've been His from all eternity. He chose us in Christ, a people chosen in Christ from before the foundation of the world that we might be holy and without blame before Him, before Him in love. A people that they're His, we're His. By choice? By whose choice? I hear men say that. Men need to make a decision that men... He chose. And this is an amazing thought. We couldn't have believed this apart from Christ revealing it to us. He chose us.

In John 15, 16, our Lord said, You have not chosen me." That's plain, isn't it? You have not chosen me, but get a hold of this. I have chosen you. I haven't heard this hymn for a while. I think we sing it as a special, but listen to some of these words. "'Tis not that I did choose thee, for Lord, That could not be. This heart would still refuse thee, had thou not chosen me."

His people, from all eternity, a people that are His by choice, His choice. What else do we know about this people? It's a people gone astray. All we like sheep have gone astray. We've turned everyone to his own way, yet the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Our Lord told that parable back in Luke 15 about that one lost sheep. He said, what man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose just one, does not leave the 99 in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he finds it. He searches till he finds it. And when he finds it, when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, and he says unto them, Rejoice with me. Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep, which was lost.

One sheep. All that trouble, think about it, all that trouble for just one sheep. Sought out, found, returned to the bishop and shepherd of your souls. We must have a great shepherd. We must have a great shepherd. As sheep, we've wandered. We've wandered far from the fold. How far? How far? The scriptures declare, listen, that we're dead. Dead in trespasses and sin.

A people gone astray, yet we're also described as a kept. people. His people are kept by the power of God, a redeemed people. We just read that, didn't we? He sent redemption unto his people. I think it's safe to say if he sent redemption to his people, those people are going to be redeemed. He loved us. He gave himself for us. We're not redeemed with corruptible things, such as silver and gold and vain conversation. What are we redeemed with? The precious blood of Christ. As a lamb without spot, a people A people called. We're a called people. People called by the Spirit of God. He said this. He said, my sheep, hear my voice. And he speaks to us. He speaks to his people through the Word, by the power of his Spirit. A people he knows, he knows them by name. Think about that. Not only does he know it, he knows us by name. We see that over and over in scripture. Remember that? Zacchaeus, come down. Matthew, follow me. Lazarus, come forth. Can we put our name there? Has he called you by name?

And he knows his people intimately. He's one with his people. The hairs of our head are numbered. A people eternally his. Our Lord said this. He said, I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." He sent redemption to his people.

Second, we read of a covenant, his covenant. It says, he hath commanded his covenant forever. His promise, His covenant of grace. David back there in 2 Samuel, he said, although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant ordered in all things. And sure, this is all my salvation. This is all my desire, though he maketh it not to grow.

an eternal covenant made with Christ from the beginning. Our surety, our sanctification, our mediator, the mediator of all those given to Christ by Almighty God. Listen to this passage of scripture. Just listen to it. It's from Jeremiah 32, 40. He said, I'll make an everlasting covenant with them. I'll not turn away from them to do them good, but I'll put my fear in their hearts and they shall not depart from me."

Listen to these words again. He says, I will. Who's going to do it? He's going to do it. I will. Not I might, not I will if you will, simply I will. God has made an everlasting covenant with his people. And he says this, I'll not turn away from them. We'll turn from him, won't we? But he will not turn from his people.

Listen to these words from Hebrews 13, five. I'll never leave thee, nor forsake thee. They'll never depart from me. More secure is no one ever than the loved ones of the Savior. An everlasting covenant. Listen, that's not my promise. That's God's promise. God, God that cannot lie.

Our Lord said this. He said, all that the Father hath given to me shall come to me, and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. all that the Father chose, all that the Son purchased, all that the Spirit of God calls to Himself. His covenant, it's an eternal covenant, forever. His people, His covenant.

And then the third point we read of His name. His name. Look at Psalm 111. Look at verse nine. Holy and Reverend is His name. Holy and Reverend is His name. You know men, men like titles. I was thinking about this, you know, sometimes you go into, I don't know if this still happens, you go into a bank and there's a, so that's the bank president's office and then you go in the bank president's office and they've got a big thing on their desk that says bank president, right? We like titles. Men call themselves most holy. They let other people call him that, or Reverend.

These aren't titles for men. Holy and Reverend is his name. One word, one word in scripture that clearly describes our God is holy. He is holy. Holy in reverend is His name. We read this, the Lord is in His holy temple. Everything about God, everything having to do with God is said to be holy. We read of His holy angels, His Holy Spirit. Back there in the Old Testament, His presence, it was manifested in one place, in the holy of holies. That high priest wore a miter, and on it was these words, holiness to the Lord. And without holiness, no man will see God. When He manifests His grace, His mercy, His love, It's in keeping with His holiness. God is holy. How holy is He? How holy is God? I don't think we can even truly enter into that. But listen, Adam, in his sin, was separated from God because God is holy. Moses couldn't look upon him and live because of God's holiness. Remember when Uzzah, he reached up to just steady the ark. And what happened? God slew him because God is holy. We read that the seraphims, they covered their faces before him. Isaiah said this, he said, I'm cut off. How holy is God?

Consider this, when his son, his only begotten son, hung there on the cross. God deserted him. God slew his own son when sin was found on him, when our sins were found on him. Holy and reverend. This is the message of scripture. His name is above every name. Jesus Christ is Lord. He's Lord of all. He's Lord of creation. We read that earlier. All things were made by Him. All things were made for Him. All things were made through Him. And He reigns over all. He has the preeminence over all things. He's Lord of heaven and He's Lord of earth. He said that, he said, all authority is given to me in heaven and in earth. He's Lord of the living, he's Lord of the dead. The Lord reigneth. He died that he might be Lord of the living and the dead. That's what scripture says. He's Lord of life. As the Father hath life in himself, even so hath the Son of God life in himself. And He quickeneth whom He will. He gives life to whom He will. He's Lord of salvation. Neither is there salvation in any other. He's Lord over all flesh. He said this, the Lord Jesus Christ said this, He said, Thou hast given me power over all flesh.

That one, that one born of the Virgin Mary, that one born in a manger, the carpenter's son. He was ordained of God. He was approved of God. He was predestinated of God. He was sent into this world as a man, God in human flesh. And then he was nailed to a cross, crucified, slain, put in a grave. But we read, God raised him from the dead. God hath exalted him, and in doing so declared to this world that he is both Lord and Christ. And to him, every knee is going to bow. Every tongue is going to confess this, that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. He has power. He has all power. over all creation, all judgment, all authority, all salvation, all life, everything. Everything is in Christ. Everything is in His hands. God has given Him a name above every name. Holy and Reverend is His name.

And his name and his character is worthy of all reverence, of all. We just stand in awe of him, of who he is, of what he's done, of where he is now. He's perfect. He's complete. He's holy. We shouldn't even speak his name without a solemn thought of who he is. We shouldn't use his name flippantly. We shouldn't use his name in vain, but with reverence, reverence for who he is. He's to be revered. It's said that the Jews of old, listen, They wouldn't even pronounce his name. We shouldn't speak it and we shouldn't hear it without a great honor and respect for who he is. His name is to be trembled at.

Back in 1 Samuel 17, again, let me just read this to you. You remember that battle, that battle that took place between David and Goliath. And we read this, it says that the Philistine, he said to David, he come out there and he spoke, and he said, come to me, and I'll give thy flesh to the fowls of the air and to the beast of the field. And then David said this to Goliath. He said this to the Philistine. He said, you come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield, but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts. The God of the armies of Israel whom thou hast defied, how did he come to him? In the name of the Lord. That name which is above every name.

And David said this to Goliath, he said, this day, will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand, and I'll smite thee, and I'll take thine head from thee, and I'll give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day, and to the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth, and all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

He alone is to be honored. He alone is to be revered. Holy and reverend. Feared and reverenced by all creatures, by his saints, even as the angels in heaven. He sent redemption to his people. He commanded his covenant forever. Holy and reverent is his name. All that he would enable us to worship him.

All right, Brady, come lead us in a closing hymn.