Turning again to the book of
Luke chapter 1, I'm entitling the message from the words of
Gabriel, the angel of God sent from the throne of God. In verse
13, the angel said unto Zacharias, do not fear, for thy prayer is
heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son. And here's the title of the message,
Thou shalt call his name John. There was a man sent from God
whose name was John. The same came to bear witness
of the light. John said, I'm not the light,
I came to bear witness of the light. Now it's very interesting
that the same angel that was sent to Zechariah to declare
that he would have a special son and the son's name was to
be John, which means gracious. The same angel was sent to Joseph
and Mary in the naming of our blessed Savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ. Call his name Jesus, that for
he shall save his people from their Sins. Aren't you glad we have a Savior
that really saves? He's able to save to the uttermost
all that come to God by Him, seeing He ever lives to make
intercession for us. Now as we come back to this story,
this true and most interesting story of a married couple, who
were justified before God by the blood and righteousness of
Jesus Christ. His name is Zacharias. His wife's
name is Elizabeth. And here we have the account
of them receiving the good news of this special son that they
were going to enjoy, whom they prayed for a son for many, many
years. And Elizabeth was barren, never
had any children. And they waited and waited and
waited, and they prayed and prayed and prayed. And God sent them
this special, special child. I want to begin at verse 8. Luke
chapter 1 verse 8. And we see right away that it
came to pass. Now as I've pointed out Before,
whenever we read, it came to pass, it didn't just happen. God brought it to pass. He said, I've spoken it, I've
purposed it, I will do it, I will bring it to pass. It came to
pass that while Zacharias, while he executed and went about his
priestly duty, his priest office that he serviced for the people
before God in the order of his course. And according to the
custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense on
the altar of incense when he went into the temple, the temple
of the Lord. Now I want to talk to you for
just a moment on this point right here about the priest's office. Zacharias was given a very special
duty and privilege to serve God. To be a servant of the Lord,
no matter what it would be, is a high honor. Paul often referred
to himself as the servant of the Lord. And this priest, Zacharias,
was given the privilege and honor of burning incense in the temple
of the Lord on that special altar of incense that was built according
to the pattern that God gave Moses. Now I take that to mean
he was in the holy place before the veil that covered the holy
of holies or separated those two places, the holy place from
the holy of holies. And he went about executing,
now notice this carefully in verse 8, he executed the priest's
office before God. Now what a high privilege, what
a high honor. Now this goes all the way back,
this burning of incense. It's not something just traditional. Turn back to the book of Exodus
chapter 30. This is what God gave to Moses
and to Aaron. Notice Zacharias is not only
the tribe of Levi, but he's also the house Aaron and this was
given to Aaron and to his family in Exodus chapter 30 verse 7
and Aaron shall burn there and that is on the altar of incense,
sweet incense every morning. When he dresses the lamps, he
shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighted the lamps
at evening, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense
before the Lord throughout your generation." This is what God
gave Moses and Aaron to do. This was originally given to
Aaron and his sons Not just anyone could go in there into the holy
place and burn incense on the altar of incense. Only certain
priests were to perform this service because this is the way
God ordained it, this is the way God ordered it, that the
priest would represent the people before God. Now remember what
the burning of the incense continually upon the altar, what it represents. What does it represent? Well,
if you study the tabernacle and even in the temple, the burning
of the incense upon the altar of incense represents the continual
intercessory prayers of the Lord Jesus Christ. That priest went
in every morning. and somehow they made that special
ointment that was put on those burning coals, and it perfumed
the whole Holy of Holies. It was done in the morning and
in the evening, and all this represents the continual intercessory
prayers of our Lord Jesus Christ. Turn to Romans chapter 8. We read in Hebrews 7 that He
is able to save to the uttermost, seeing that He is our Great High
Priest. He's able to save to the uttermost all that come to
God by Him, seeing that He ever liveth to make intercession for
us. You got Romans 8 there? Look
at verse 32. He that spared not His own Son,
but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also
freely give us all things? The gospel of God's grace is
free. He justifies freely by His grace
through the redemption that is in the Lord Jesus. Read on, verse
33. Who shall lay anything to the
charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who
is He that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea,
rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand
of God, who also makes intercession for us. And He does so right
now. and He has forever interceding
for us." Now remember too that Zacharias was the priest representing
the people before God. Did you notice that back in our
reading? Turn back there to Luke 1. All the people didn't go into
this holy place. Look at verse nine, according
to the custom of the priest office, his lot was to burn incense when
he went into the temple of the Lord. Now verse 10, while the
whole multitude, the whole multitude didn't go in there, they had
to have a representative man. The whole multitude of the people
were praying without, that is they were on the outside. They
were on the outside looking in. They were looking to Zacharias
to make intercession for them before the Lord on the altar
of incense at the time It's a time of incense. Now, Zacharias was
a priest representing those people, wasn't he? He was a representative
man. You had to be a priest to occupy
this position and this office before God. No one else dared
Now, what would happen to someone if they went into that place
and tried to take that office from Zechariah? What would happen?
What do you think God would do? Well, I'll give you some examples.
The people were without. They were not allowed to go into
the holy place. That was reserved for the priest
alone who represented them under God. Now, you remember the story
of Joab? Joab, David's trusted general. When David was killed and Solomon
began to reign, one of the last things David told Solomon to
do was to have Joab executed. Remember? And Solomon took the executioner,
Benaiah, and he told, Solomon told Benaiah to go find Joab
and kill him. Remember what Joab did? He ran
in to the holy place and laid hold upon the horns of the altar.
And thinking that that would save him from God's justice,
it didn't. But I went back and told Solomon,
you know, he's in the holy place. He laid hold of the horns of
the altar. Remember what Solomon said? You
go kill him. He died right there. You see, he wasn't a priest.
I'll give you another example of this. Turn to 2 Chronicles
26. There was a king. You remember
reading from 2 Chronicles 26. 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles
2. 2 Chronicles 26. You remember in Isaiah chapter 6
we read about the king Uzziah. In the year that king Uzziah
died, I saw the Lord. There's a very good story we
have here why Uzziah died. 2 Chronicles 26 verse 16. But when he was strong,
his heart was lifted up to his destruction. Now, Uzziah is the
king of Israel, but he's not the priest. As the king, he has
no right to go in there and to perform the priest office. When
he was strong, his heart was lifted up to destruction. Pride!
For he transgressed against the Lord his God. He went into the
temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense." Now
that seems to be an innocent thing, doesn't it? But it wasn't
his office. Watch what happens. And Azariah,
the priest, went in after him with eighty priests of the Lord
that were valiant men. And they withstood Uzziah the
king. And then him it appertaineth
not to thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to
the priests, the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn
incense, and go out of the sanctuary. For thou hast trespassed, neither
shall it be for thine honor from the Lord God. And then Uzziah
was wroth, and had a censer in his hand
to burn incense. And while he was wroth with the
priest, leprosy even rose upon his forehead before the priest
and the house of the Lord from beside the incense altar. And Azariah the chief priest
and all the priests looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous
in his forehead. And they thrust him out from
thence, yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had
smitten him. You see, you cannot take this
unto yourself and act as your own priest before God. Even the
king of Israel couldn't. And he hasted to go out because
the Lord had smitten him. And Uzziah the king was a leper
unto the day of his death. You see, you must have a priest
designated of God to represent you unto God. You cannot come
to God without a priest. Uzziah the king attempted to
burn incense upon the altar of incense, and God killed him for
it. You see how important it is to
have a priest, the designated priest, the one sin of God? Zacharias
here representing the people is a picture of the Lord Jesus
Christ who represents us to the Father. You see the Lord Jesus
Christ is the great high priest after the order of Not Aaron,
but of Melchizedek. He's the eternal everlasting
priest and his priesthood shall never end. Let's read about it. Turn over to the book of Hebrews
chapter 4. Hebrews chapter 4. The book of
Hebrews tells us a lot about the priestly work and the priesthood
of the Lord Jesus Christ. In Hebrews chapter 4, verse 14,
saying then that we have a great high priest. that is passed into the heaven,
Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For
we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling
of our infirmity, but was in all points tempted like as we
are yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, find grace
to help in time of need. For every high priest taken from
among men is ordained for many things pertaining to God, that
he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sin." Look at Hebrews 5 verse
4, "...and no man takes this honor unto himself, but he that
is called of God, as was Aaron." You see, the point I'm making,
turn to Hebrews 8, Hebrews 8 verse 1, The people in that day, they
had to have a priest to represent them before God. And all that
is a picture and type of the Lord Jesus Christ, how He represents
us before God. In Hebrews chapter 8 verse 1,
Now the thing which we have spoken, this is the sum. We have such
a great high priest who was set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesties in the heaven. When he had by himself purged
our sin, he sat down on the right hand of God." Now look at Hebrews
9. You see, the priest under the
law brought the blood of bulls and goats, didn't they? But it
says in Hebrews chapter 10 that the blood of bulls and goats
cannot take away sin. It pictured substitution. It
pictured satisfaction through a substitute. But the Lord Jesus
Christ came to fulfill that type for us. Now look at Hebrews 9.
Verse 11, the Lord Jesus Christ didn't bring the typical animal
sacrifice, did He? Hebrews 9 verse 11, But Christ
being come a high priest of good things to come, by greater and
more perfect tabernacle, not made with hand, that is to say,
not of this building, neither by the blood of goats and calves,
but by His own blood, He entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained eternal redemption for us. Now where did He enter
into? Look at verse 24, Hebrews 9 For Christ did not enter into
the holy places made with hands, which are figures of the true,
but in the heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of
God for us." Turn to Hebrews 10. We can read many, many scriptures
about the priestly work of the Lord Jesus Christ. There were
many priests under the law, their sacrifices were never effectual,
their priesthood was not eternal, it ended, but look at the priesthood
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hebrews 10. Verse 10, "...by
the witch will, we are sanctified through the offering of the body
of Jesus Christ once for all. Every priest, standard daily
ministering, offering oftentimes the same sacrifice of which could
never take away sin. But this man, after he offered
one sacrifice for sin forever, sat down on the right hand of
God, from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his
footstool, for by one offering he perfected forever." them that
are sanctified. Aren't you glad that the Lord
has provided for us the effectual, eternal, great high priest, the
Lord Jesus Christ. Now stay with me here. One of
the great blessings of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. It's
through His righteous obedience and through His glorious sacrifice,
putting away our sin. He appeared once in the end of
the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. The Lord
Jesus Christ has made us kings and priests unto God. You remember
what happened when the Lord Jesus Christ died? The veil of the
temple was rent in two. Let's read about that. Turn to
Matthew 28. 28. It would be better if we turn to
Matthew 27, verse 50. Matthew 27. You see, our great
High Priest, through His blood atonement, justified all God's
people with His own blood. And when He cried, Matthew 27,
50, when the Lord Jesus cried with a loud voice, He yielded
up the ghosts, The veil of the temple was rent in two, from
top to bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent,
and the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints which
slept arose, and came out of the grave after His resurrection,
and went into the holy city, and He appeared unto many." Now,
turn to Revelation, chapter 1. He has made us through His righteous
obedience, through His faithfulness unto God. He brought in an everlasting
righteousness for us. He put away our sin by the sacrifice
of Himself. Now He says, all you who are
laboring and heavy laden, He said, come unto Me and rest. Revelation 1 verse 5, Jesus Christ
is the faithful witness, the first begotten of the dead, the
Prince of the kings of the earth, unto Him that loved us, washed
us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests
unto God and His Father. To Him be glory and dominion
forever and ever. Now the Lord Jesus Christ says,
Come unto Me, all you who are laboring and heavy laden, I will
give you rest. Do you have a high priest like
that? Don't try to be your own representative
before God. Our Lord said, I'm the way, I'm
the truth, I'm the life. No man come to the Father but
by and through me. You see, we need a mediator before
God. We need an intercessor before
God. The Lord Jesus Christ is our
advocate. There's one God and one mediator
between God and man, that is the God-man, the Lord Jesus Christ. That's why Zacharias was officiating
in the temple for the people. And all that's a picture of Christ.
The intercessory work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now look back
at Luke chapter 1. Now here's the second thing I
want to look at, and we might not get much further than this
today, but verse 11. Verse 11 and verse 12. And there appeared unto him an
angel of the Lord." Now, he's in the holy of holies, he's in
the holy place rather, before the holy of holies. There's that
veil. There's the altar of incense
in front of him. The burnt brazen altar behind
him. The candlestick, the table of
shelled bread. And here it says on the right
side of the altar of incense, here's this angel. the angel that was sent from
the Lord, to the right side of the altar of incense. And when
Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him." Now
the angel of the Lord, Gabriel, actually really appeared to Zacharias. This wasn't a dream. He saw the
servant of God. And this angel had a special
message for Zacharias to hear. You're going to have a son, and
you're going to call his name John, and he's going to be great
in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord will bless him, and
he'll have a special ministry. And you're going to have joy
and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth. Now, what
about the ministry of angels? We read all through the Word
of God how the Lord sends these servants, these messengers, these
angels to do God's bidding, to do God's will. Now there's a
lot we don't know about angels, and I'm not going to embark upon
a study of the angels. But certain things we do know.
One thing is certain about these angels. They always serve the
purpose of the Lord. They are deeply interested in
the glory of God and of the redeeming work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Look over here at Luke chapter
2. The angels, the elect angels, the unfallen angels, They always
seek and are interested in the glory of God. In Luke chapter
2 verse 10, the angel said unto them, Fear not, the shepherds.
Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be
to all people. For unto you is born this day
in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And
this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find a babe wrapped
in harboring clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there
was with the angel a multitude of heavenly hosts praising God, saying, You see,
the angels are interested in the glory of God, glory to God
in the highest on earth, peace and good will toward men. We read in 1 Peter 1, verse 12,
that when the gospel of God's grace, the gospel of the Lord
Jesus Christ is preached, that the angels desire to look into
these things. The elect angels, in Hebrews
1, are called ministering spirits sent forth to minister to them
who shall be the heirs of salvation. Now, I've never seen an angel.
Don't know that I want to see an angel. But the angels are
God's servants doing God's purpose. The elect angels and even the
fallen angels. You see there are two races that
fell. Adam's race fell. And there was a host of angels
that rebelled against God that are reserved in everlasting chains
of darkness. But even the fallen angels, even
Satan himself, serve the Lord's purpose. The devil is God's devil. He doesn't do anything. He's
not out of control. He's under the dominion of God
Almighty. Now someone gave this illustration
about the angels. There were two angels. serving
the Lord, it would not matter to them if they served the Lord
ruling over a nation, or if they served the Lord sweeping the
streets. The angels would not care about
the position. The angels would only be interested
in this one thing, serving the Lord. Serving the Lord. That would be a great honor to
serve the Lord, would it not? May we be like them in that regard,
a willingness to serve Him in whatever capacity that He puts
us in. That's why Paul, oftentimes,
and the other apostles called themselves servants of the Lord. Willing, loving, bond servants
of the Lord Jesus Christ. I've instructed the men of this
church, if I die before they do, to put on my tombstone, Servant
of the Lord." That's a high title. The Lord Jesus Christ was called
the Servant of the Lord. Reading, willing, loving servant. Something else we know about
angels, they're not only sent of God, and they serve God's
purpose, but angels are never to be worshipped. Never to be
worshipped. Let's turn to some scripture
and I'll show you that. Turn to Revelation, first of
all, Revelation 19. You remember John, the apostle
cast out on that island, Patmos, and he was given a special revelation
of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, the Lamb newly slain,
the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Lord Jesus Christ. In Revelation
19, The angel speaks here, verse
9, Right, blessed are they which are called unto the marriage
supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are
the true sayings of God. And I fell at his feet to worship
him. And he said unto me, See thou
do it not? I am thy fellow servant, and
of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is
the spirit of prophecy." We're not to worship angels. Now, John
had to hear this twice. Look over at Revelation 22. Revelation
22. Verse 8, Revelation 22 verse
8, And I, John, saw these things and heard them. And when I heard
and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of an angel which
showed me these things. John, didn't you learn your lesson
already? We're so hard headed. Then saith he unto me, See thou
do it not, I am your fellow servant, I am a servant of the Lord, and
of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings
of this book. Worship God. It's a very important
lesson here. I want to get this point across.
I hope I can. Turn back to Hebrews once again.
The book of Hebrews. Now, there are a lot of people
in certain religious circles that think the Lord Jesus Christ
is a created angel or that He is a created being. Look at Hebrews chapter 2. He
is not. He is the eternal God. But those
who have that argument, and I had some in my driveway a couple
of weeks ago that did so. Hebrews chapter 1, we'll look
at verse 5. Well, unto which of the angels
said he at any time, Thou art my son this day, have I begotten
thee? And again, I will be to him a
father, and he shall be to me a son. And again, when he bringeth
the first begotten into the world, he said, Let all the angels of
God Worship Him. You see the point I'm making?
The Lord Jesus Christ is no created being. He is the eternal God. When Thomas fell down at His
feet and said, My Lord and my God. Now, if the Lord Jesus Christ
would have been just a mere angel, He would have said, Don't worship
me, worship God. But you know, Thomas would not
rebuke when he said, My Lord and my God. You see, let all
the angels of God worship Him. Look at verse 7, Hebrews 1. And
unto the angels He saith, Who maketh His angels spirit, and
His ministers a flame of fire? But unto the Son He saith, Thy
throne, O God. Who is the Lord Jesus Christ?
He's God. Let all the angels of God worship
Him. Thy throne, O God, is forever
and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Thy kingdom.
Thou hast loved righteousness, hated iniquity. Therefore God,
even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness." That
comes from Psalm 45, "...above all Thy fellows." Now look back
to Luke chapter 1, Luke verse 12. And when Zechariah
saw him, he was fearful, he was troubled. And fear, fear fell upon him. Verse 13, And the angel said
unto him, Fear not, fear not, Zechariah, for thy prayer is
heard. Thy wife Elizabeth shall bear
thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Gracious. Zacharias, we read in this scripture,
was a righteous Man, a sinner justified by God's grace. God
says so, verse 6, they were both righteous before God and blameless
before God. He was serving the Lord God Almighty,
yet when he met this holy angel, he trembles. Fear fell upon him. He knew by nature that this angel,
he knew by nature he was sinful and this creature said of God
was most holy. One reason that he fears is found
down in verse 19 and verse 20. We see in this man who is a justified
sinner and walking by faith, yet we see unbelief. And the
angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the
presence of God and am sent to speak unto thee and to show thee
glad tidings, these glad tidings, and thou shalt be dumb and not
able to speak until the day these things shall be performed because
You did not believe me. That's why he fears and trembles.
You did not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their
season. You see, faith and fear most
often reside in the same heart. We're talking about a believer.
Faith and fear. Most often reside in the same
heart. Why? Because of our sinful, sinful
nature. Look back over here at Matthew.
I give you several examples of this, of the apostles. Matthew
chapter 8, turn over there. You remember when they were out
in that boat toiling against that storm and the waves beat
upon it and the ship started taking on water and the ship
started sinking? You remember? Matthew 8, 25. And His disciples
came to Him and awoke Him, saying, Lord, save us! We're perishing! And He said unto them, Why are
you fearful, O ye of little faith? You see, they believed, but yet
they had fear. Then He arose and regrouped the
wind and the sea, and there was a great calm. But the man marveled,
saying, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and
the sea obey him? Faith and fear. The Lord said,
Be not afraid, it is I. Now, what's the remedy? Look
at Luke 1 verse 13. Here's the angel's encouragement.
Fear not. Fear not. Believe God. Fear not. Fear not. Now let me show you a scripture
over here. This angel's message. Turn to
the book of Acts chapter 27. The book of Acts. Here's the account
of the apostle Paul on a ship. He's a prisoner on this ship.
He's headed to Rome to answer for the charges against him of
insurrection against Rome. And in Acts 27, you got it? Remember
the ship was in a great storm and the ship was coming apart
and some of the men wanted to jump overboard and try to swim
to shore? Acts 27, 22. And now I exhort
you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of any
man's life among you, but the ship, we're going to lose the
ship. For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose
I am, whom I serve, saying..." Guess what? Same message. Believe
God, don't fear. Fear not. "...Paul, thou must
be brought before Caesar, and, lo, God hath given thee all them
that sail with thee. Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer,
Be of good cheer to underscore this, for I believe God. That is the great help for fear
is believing God. It shall be even as He told me. Now turn back to the book of
Isaiah. The book of Isaiah. And let's find Isaiah 41 this
time. We read from Isaiah 43 where
he said, I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name,
you are mine, fear not. I am with thee, I'll bring thy
seed from the east, from the west. I'll gather thee, do not
fear, believe God." But look at this verse right here. If
you have this circled in your Bible, Isaiah 41 verse 10, this is such a blessed, blessed
promise. We did recently, we worked last
week on a TV message by Brother Mahan that we're transcribing. And this was the text, Isaiah
41, 10. Fear thou not. I'm with thee. I'm with thee. You say, well, I don't feel his
presence. He didn't ask you to feel his
presence. He said, believe my word. I'm with thee. Remember
what our Lord said in Matthew 28? Go and preach the gospel
everywhere, knowing that I have all power in heaven and earth,
and lo, I'm with you always, even to the end of the earth.
Fear not, fear thou not. God said, I'm with thee. Don't
be dismayed. I am thy God. I will strengthen
thee. He's the Lord our strength. I
will help thee. Yea, I will uphold thee with
the right hand of my righteousness. That's Christ. Fear thou not. Look at verse 14. Verse 13, Isaiah
41. Isaiah 41, 13. For I, the Lord
thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying, Fear unto thee,
fear not, I will help thee. Fear not thou worm, Jacob, ye
men of Israel, I will help thee, saith the Lord. I am thy Redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel. Now look back to the book of
Luke. And let me wind this up. Fear not, believe God. And then he says this, your prayer
is heard. Your prayer is heard. You don't
need to be fearful. Your prayer has been heard and
your prayer is going to be answered. Thy prayer is heard. and thy
wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his
name John." You reckon God really hears our prayers? You reckon
God really hears the cry of our heart? Absolutely. Because He is the living God,
He can hear. Because He is the Almighty God,
He does answer our prayers according to His eternal purpose. Elizabeth
and Zacharias had prayed for many years for a child. Probably
50 years or longer, they had been married. And their prayer
was answered. The Lord always answers those
prayers that are prayed according to the will of God, in a manner
pleasing unto God, but always in a manner glorifying to His
name. We don't always know what's best for us when we pray, do
we? But the Lord does. He knows what's
best. Paul prayed for that thorn in
his flesh to be removed. God said, My grace is sufficient
for you. We are to pray unto the Lord,
and wait upon the Lord, being submissive to His sovereign will. We are to pray, Lord, not my
will, but Thy will be done. Waiting upon the Lord. Knowing
that our Lord does all things well. Pray and wait. They prayed for many years. Turn
over here to Psalm 27. I'll let you go with this one.
Psalm 27. Prayer. What a privilege we have
to call upon God in prayer. Our Lord said, all men everywhere
ought to pray always. Pray about everything. Psalm
27. I had fainted, verse 13, unless
I believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the
living, Believing to see. That's how we see, by faith. Wait on the Lord, be of good
courage. He shall strengthen thy heart.
Wait, I say, on the Lord. Pray unto the Lord, and then
wait upon Him. Look back at the text. Thou shalt
have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at His birth.