Psalm 77. Psalm 77 is our study
this evening. I'm entitling the message from
the words found in verse seven. Oftentimes it's difficult to
come up with a title, but we have found, I think, the words
in verse seven that'll be appropriate for the title of this message.
And just simply using the words found in verse 7. Will the Lord
cast off forever. Will the Lord cast off forever. In verses 7, 8, and 9. There
are six questions that Asaph, if he is the penman of this,
in his despair questioned the Lord concerning these things. Of which each question provides
its own answer. And this brought him to a good
conclusion. The problem is not with God.
The problem was my own unbelief. As he says in verse 10, this
is my infirmity. The problem's not with God, the
problem's with my own wicked heart. Charles Spurgeon in The
Treasury of David had this comment on this psalm. He said, this
psalm is for the experienced believer. It is a rare value
of their own inner conflicts in their heart. This is the same,
I believe, as the Apostle Paul, as we read just a moment ago
from Romans chapter 7. And he said, When I would do
good, evil is present with me, O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from this
body of death? There's a struggle and conflict
within the heart of every believer. Now an unbeliever doesn't have
this conflict because all he has is that old sin nature to
deal with. But in the new birth, God gives
us a new nature. We still have that old, rotten,
Adam, sinful nature, but by his grace and by the power of thy
spirit, he's given his people a new nature, a new nature. And there's a warfare that is
set up The heart of God's people between the old man and the new
Paul writes about that in Galatians chapter 5 where he said the flesh
Warth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh
and these are Contrary one to another so that you cannot do
the things you would I would if I could Worship God all the
time but I find it such a difficult task for just a moment to really
concentrate on him and worship him like he ought to be worshiped. Do you have that same struggling
as Asaph, the same struggling as the Apostle Paul? I think
every believer does. This struggling and wrestling
of the flesh and trials that come our way, trials that come
our way in this conflict we have, The Lord is sovereign over these
things. He sends these trials and difficulties
and troubles in our life to wean us from trusting the flesh. They
teach us the frailties of the flesh and the faithfulness of
our God. They teach us not to trust our flesh and certainly
let's not trust our feelings. But rather, at all times, as
we read in Psalm 62, at all times, trust the Lord. At all times,
you people. Pour out your heart before Him.
God is a refuge for us. Every time I think about feelings,
I think of that song or that hymn that Martin Luther penned
down. You remember? Feelings come and
feelings go. Feelings are deceiving. My warrant
is a word of God and nothing else is worth believing. And
that's true, isn't it? We don't want to trust our feelings,
because feelings are deceiving. His word, his truth is never
deceiving. His word, his truth always leads
in the way of salvation, pointing us to the Lord Jesus Christ alone
for all of our salvation. Now let's take a look at Psalm
77 for a moment. Let's notice verse one. The believer
here cries unto the Lord. As a child would cry unto his
father or cry unto his mother in a day of distress, I cried
unto God with my voice. It's a cry of the heart. Even
unto God with my voice. And he gave ear. He gave ear
unto me. Now what a privilege Children
have to cry unto their daddy who was able to assist and come
to their aid and cry unto mama for help or for milk or for food.
That's a blessing even that given of the Lord. But what a greater
blessing it is for a believer to cry unto God, the God of all
grace, who's the father of all mercy. The believer cries unto
the Lord in distress and the Lord does hear him. You remember
the instruction in scripture? Whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be delivered. I'm gonna call. If he says to
call, would it be, it would be nonsense not to call upon the
Lord for help because he is the living God. It says he gave ear. He gave ear. Now you think about
this. I cried unto God. God who is
almighty, God who is holy, God who is infinite in his being,
holy in all of his nature and character, even unto God, the
God of all the earth. And I cried out of my heart,
and I cried audibly with my voice, and he gave ear. He heard my
cry. Because he is a living God, he
can hear. He's no dead idol. Because he
is a God who is infinite in love. He loved his own with an everlasting
love. Because God loves his own, he
will hear their cry. Mamas have a special ear and
daddies have a special ear to the cry of their child. You ever
notice that? Even in the crowd, there's a
distinguishing cry that father or the mother can hear the cry
of that child and recognize it immediately. How much more? How
much more, our Heavenly Father, when we cry unto Him? He is the
loving God, God who is love, who hears the cry of His people,
and because He is a covenant God, The covenant God is an everlasting
covenant of grace. You know what? Now this is not
an arrogant boast. This is not an arrogant boast,
but this is true. He's bound himself to here because of that
covenant of grace, covenant of mercy in Christ Jesus. Our friend here Asaph did not
run into men for help, but he cried unto the Lord. Have you ever done that? I mean
just cried and weeped unto the Lord and begged the Lord for
help, for mercy, grace to help in time of need. He is our first
and foremost help in time of need, is he not? Our Lord gives
us his promise. Turn over here to Psalm 50. Psalm
50. I'm gonna cry unto the Lord.
He will hear the cry of his children. Psalm 50. Look at verse 14, offer unto
God thanksgiving, pay thy vows, honor him, honor the most high,
and call, our God said, call upon me in a day of trouble.
And he said, I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. God is glorified in delivering
his children out of trouble. Remember the scripture from James
chapter 5 where it said the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth much I'm gonna cry our Lord teaches us turn to Matthew
7 our Lord teaches us We sing that song what a privilege We
have to take everything to God in prayer And then that song,
sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer. Turn to Matthew 7.
Let's read this verse here in Matthew chapter 7 about praying
unto the Lord. He says in Matthew 7, I believe
it's verse 7. Look what he says here, ask and
it shall be given you. Seek. Keep on asking, keep on
seeking, and you shall find. Knock, and I believe the tense
in the original is keep on knocking, and it shall be opened unto you.
For everyone that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth.
To him that knocketh it shall be opened. And he uses this illustration. What man is there of you of whom
if a son asks bread will he give him a stone? Well, certainly
not. Or a fish, would he give him
a serpent? Certainly not. If you then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more, how
much more shall your Father, which is in heaven, give good
things to them that ask him? I cried unto God with my voice,
even unto God with my voice, And he gave ear, he gave ear
unto me. Now look at verse two, in a day
of trouble. In a day of trouble, I sought the Lord. I mean, Asaph
said, I sought the Lord. My hand stretched out all night
unto the Lord and ceased not. My soul refused to be comforted,
comforted. In a day of trouble, You know
anything about trouble? You know, a believer is not exempt
from trouble, trial, and heartache. Our Lord said, these things have
I spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace, but in
this world you shall have Tribulation, trouble, heartache. In the book
of Job we read, man is born a woman in a few days and full of what?
Trouble, trouble, trouble. The Lord has promised us help
in trouble, but sometimes our unbelief is so strong and overwhelming
that we refuse to be comforted with the sure word of promise. He said, I stretched out my hand
all night. I cried unto the Lord all night,
but my soul refused to be comforted. That's nothing but unbelief. Instead of resting in God's promise,
resting in his word, look at verse three. I remembered God
and was troubled. I complained and my spirit was
overwhelmed within me. I remembered I was troubled.
I complained and was overwhelmed. Remembering the unfailing mercy. Now get a hold of this. Remembering
the unfailing mercy of the Lord and his eternal love toward us.
He said, I'll never leave you. I'll never forsake you. And then
our own unworthiness and unbelief before him. How troubling. God is faithful in all his doing,
all his way, considering how faithful he is, his unfailing
mercy, his eternal love, and then considering our unworthiness
and unbelief. How troubling is our lack of
faith. You remember what Jacob said,
Lord, I'm not worthy of the least of your mercies and of your truth. I'm not worthy of the least of
your mercies. and of your truth. I remembered God. What a blessing
to remember God who is God. But we shouldn't be troubled.
We shouldn't complain. We shouldn't be overwhelmed.
We ought to rejoice. But because of our sinful, sinful
flesh, oftentimes we're troubled, complaining, and overwhelmed
with most Even the small things, the small thing. It seemed like
maybe some of the big things we can handle, it's some of the
small things that get under our, the burr under the saddles, the
old saying goes. Look at verse four. Thou holdest
mine eyes waking. I'm so troubled. I'm so troubled. I could not, cannot speak. Now, you older folks appreciate
this more. I guess I'm one of the older
folks now. But how refreshing is a good
night's sleep? How refreshing? You know, young
people, they just sleep and sleep and sleep. They don't have any
problem going, it's getting up that's the problem. They have
no problem going to sleep. But I tell you, when you get
older, sleep becomes a very precious thing. Turn over here to Psalm
127. How refreshing is a good night's
sleep? But what's the flip side of that? Oh, I tell you, to roll
the bed and not be able to sleep. Look what he says here. Psalm
127, 127 verse two, it's vain for you to rise up early, to
sit up late, to eat bread of sorrows, for so he giveth his
beloved sleep. He gives his beloved sleep. Now, oftentimes, And I think about that verse
when I have a one of those nights when you just roll the bed and
Just things on your mind and you can't get settled down and
I Think am I the Lord's beloved he gives his beloved sleep I
think am I the Lord's beloved if his mercy cling on and God
forgotten to be gracious how distressing when we cannot sleep
How distressing when we meditate on our problems all night long
and then in the morning it says I'm so troubled I cannot speak. I was preaching this message
not long ago and a couple down in front of me I was talking
about having a sleepless night and Then waking up in the morning
and, well, how'd you sleep last night? Don't speak to me. And
the lady punched her husband and said, see. And that's oftentimes,
you know, when we have those nights that are so, so distressing. And in the morning we just, we
just don't talk to me. I don't want to talk about it.
And that's just the fact of this sinful nature. Look at verse
five and verse six. I've considered the days of old,
I've considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. I'll call to remembrance my song
in the night, and I commune with my heart, and my spirit made
a diligent, diligent search. Now oftentimes in trouble, We
look back to past experience to find reasons of hope. How
the Lord in times past, how he's brought us through those troublesome
times. You know, he said his grace is
sufficient for the day of trial. And we even look back further,
we look back to ancient times, to Bible times, and see how the
Lord has always provided for His people. He is indeed Jehovah
Jireh that will provide. We look back upon past joys of
blessing from the Lord and meditate upon His goodness to it, and
diligently search our own heart to find the reason of our unbelief. I don't know about you, but I'm
ashamed of my unbelief before God. That's the sin that he writes
about which so does, which so easily does beset us as we run
with patience the race that set the forth, looking unto Jesus,
the author and finisher of our faith. And that sin which does
so easily beset us and sidetracked us, and that's unbelief, unbelief. Now, look at verse seven, eight,
and nine. Six questions which are the result
of Our unbelief. Will the Lord cast off forever?
Will he be favorable no more? Is his mercy clean gone? Doth
his promise fail forevermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his
tender mercies? Now think about that, see? Six
questions, which are the result of our own unbelief. And here
we see the inward thought of a true believer before God. You
know, this is very similar to what's said back in Psalm 73,
another song of Asap turned back to Psalm 73. Remember when he
said, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked? I was envious
and foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. There's no bands
in their death, but their strength is firm." And then he says in
verse 13, Psalm 73, "'Have I cleansed my heart in vain and washed my
hands in innocency? For all the day long I've been
plagued and chastened every morning. If I say I will speak thus, behold,
I should offend against the generation of thy children.' When I thought
to know this, it was too painful for me until I went into the
sanctuary of God, then I understood their end. For God has set them,
the ungodly, in slippery places. Thou castest them down to destruction."
Now, back to Psalm 77. Let's look at these six questions
here, and I believe the answer to each one of them is found
in the question itself. Unbelief says, the Lord has cast
us away forever. But faith believes the promise
of God's word where he says, I will never leave you. I will
never forsake you. Never, never. Now that promise
is given to Joshua, but it runs all the way through the word
of God. He said, I will never, no never, no never forsake you. Our Lord risen. departing, ready
to depart from his disciples, go into all the world and preach
the gospel to every creature. And know this, lo, I'm with you
always, even unto the end. He's with us always. Will the
Lord cast us off? Oh, no, he won't. Will he be
favorable no more? Oh, no. Unbelief says the Lord
will not show kindness to us anymore. No more gracious favors
from the Lord, but faith says just the opposite. The Lord in
his loving kindness and his everlasting mercy unto his sheep, he will
continually show mercy to us for Christ's sake. And over here,
here's a precious promise you need to mark in your scriptures. Isaiah 54. Isaiah 54. I brought a message
from Isaiah 54 this morning. Look at verse 10. For the mountains
shall depart, and the hills be removed. But my kindness, my
kindness, he says in verse 8 of this chapter, but with everlasting
kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. But my kindness shall not depart
from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed,
Saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. Faith says the Lord
is kind and gracious unto his people. Will the Lord cast off
forever? No, he won't. Nothing can separate
us from the love of God which is in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Will he be favorable no more? Is God forgotten to be gracious?
Oh, no. He does show continued favor
and mercy unto his covenant children. Verse 8, unbelief says his mercy,
is his mercy clean gone forevermore? And yet we read in the scripture,
his mercies are new every morning. It is of the Lord's mercies that
we're not consumed. It's not by works of righteousness
which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us. And
yet unbelief said, well, his mercy's gone. Is there mercy
left for me? Oh, unbelief says this. Unbelief said the Lord's promises
have failed. The faith of God's elect says
that all that the Lord has promised, He will perform. And you know,
He's made a lot of promises. Turn over here to Romans chapter
4. I like the last words of Joshua, his departing words, where he
said that all that God had promised, there hath not one word failed. All that God has promised. And
I'm of this persuasion here. Romans 4 verse 20. Abraham staggered
not at the promise of God to unbelief, but was strong in faith,
giving glory to God, being fully persuaded that what he had promised
He was able, he was able to perform. Anything too hard for our God?
Excuse me, oh no. Oh no, back to the text. Is his
mercy cling on? Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has his promise failed forevermore? Verse nine, unbelief says that
God has forgotten to be gracious. But faith says the Lord is gracious,
long-suffering, and abundant in goodness. And then the sixth
question is this, unbelief says this, hath he in anger shut up
his tender mercies from us? Faith, that's what unbelief says,
but faith says they freely flow through the Lord Jesus Christ.
And the people of God are crowned with loving kindness and tender
mercy. He blessed us with all spiritual
blessing in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus. Will the Lord cast
off forevermore? Oh, no. Will he be favorable
no more? No, he will be gracious to whom
he will be gracious. Is his mercy cling on? Oh, no,
his mercy is everlasting mercy. Does his word fail? Oh, no, his
word is certain and sure. Had God forgotten to be gracious?
Oh, no, he is gracious, long-suffering and merciful. Has God in his
anger shut up his tender mercies from us? Oh, no. No, not at all. You remember the man in scripture,
and I can identify with him so much, when the Lord said to him,
all things are possible to those who believe? And he said, Lord,
I do believe. Would you help my unbelief? That's
where I have a problem, with my unbelief. Lord, I do believe
you. Help my unbelief. Help my unbelief. You know, saving faith honors
and magnifies the Lord Jesus Christ. Isn't it honorable to
believe a man's word? It's honorable. And we honor
God by faith, being fully persuaded that all that God has promised,
he's able to perform. Lord, help my unbelief. Help
us to grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now look at verse 10. And I said,
and I can say with Asa, I said, Well, this is my infirmity. To
doubt God's mercy? To doubt God's grace? To doubt
God's favor? His promise? His word? Well,
this is my infirmity. This is my sinfulness. But I
will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High God."
Now here's Asaph's conclusion. This is my infirmity, my sinful
unbelief. Now I found this statement by
one who most of you are familiar with. You probably have his commentary
in your home, or at least in your computer, John Gill. John Gill, a faithful, faithful
gospel preacher. All the preachers that I know
read John Gill all the time. His commentary is very exhaustive
and very good. And I read something of John
Gill almost every day. He is my theological professor.
John Gill, he lived back in the 1700s, but his word is still
precious and precious. But here's what he said on this
psalm. Here's a faithful gospel preacher for many, many years,
and here's what he said on this statement. This is my infirmity
and my sinful unbelief. This is a sin against God that
I am guilty of in questioning his love. This is a sin John
Gill said, I'm guilty of, and questioning his love, disbelieving
his promises. It is iniquity I'm prone unto,
and a sin that easily besets me. Now here's this old faithful
gospel preacher. having the same exact problem
as this dear servant Asaph. And it's the same exact problem
that I have. And you know what the common
thread that runs between all of us? We have that fallen, sinful,
Adam, corrupt nature. He said, I'm prone unto a sin
that easily besets me. It flows from the corruption
of my nature and it is the plague of my heart before God. What
is the answer to it? Christ, the gospel of the Lord
Jesus Christ. When we believe not, you remember
that scripture? He abides as faithful. Now that's
not excusing our unbelief. But it gives me hope that my
salvation is not based upon my faithfulness, but his. Not my
doing, but his doing and dying. This I said, this is my infirmity. But I will remember the years
of thy right hand, the right hand of the Most High God. Look at verse 11. I will remember,
I will remember the works of the Lord. Surely I will remember
the wonders of old. Now I'm thinking of the scripture
here. Let me see if it's the one I'm thinking of. It comes
to my mind. Psalm 143, I think this is very
similar to a cry of David's heart in Psalm 143. I will remember
the works of the Lord, surely I will remember thy wonders of
old. Psalm 143. Now it starts out
almost the same way, verse 1. Hear my prayer, O Lord. Give
ear to the supplication, to my supplication. In thy faithfulness
answer me, and in thy righteousness answer me in the gospel. Enter
not into judgment with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man
living be justified. I can't stand before God on the
principle of my doing, for the enemy hath persecuted my soul.
He hath smitten my life down to the ground. He hath made me
to dwell in darkness as those that have been long dead. Therefore
is my spirit overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate. Then he says this, I remember
the days of old. I meditate on all thy works. I muse or ponder or meditate
on the work of thy hands. I stretch forth my hand unto
thee. My soul thirsteth after thee
as a thirsty land. So when we're in the dumps and
in doubt and in despair, what do we remember? Do we go back
and say, well, you know, I remember the time, I remember the place. Oh no, that's dangerous ground. Let's forget, as Paul said, let's
forget those things which are behind and reaching forth in
those things which are before. I will remember not feelings,
I will remember not the time, the place, the tradition, the
ceremony, I will remember the works of the Lord. What's he
talking about here, the works of the Lord? Well, his redeeming,
saving, mercy to sinners. Surely, surely I will remember
the wonders of old. Wonders and the works of the
Lord. The Lord, right hand, the most high God. Turn over here
to Psalm 111. Psalm 111. Look at verse two. Talking about the works and wonders
of the Lord. I will remember what he has done
for me, not what I've done for him. Psalm 111 is all about,
this whole psalm has to deal with, deals with the works of
the Lord. Psalm 111. Is that what I said? Psalm 111.
The works of the Lord, verse 2, are great, sought out of all
them that have pleasure therein. His work is honorable and glorious.
His righteousness endureth forever. He hath made His wonderful works
to be remembered. The Lord is gracious and full
of compassion. He'd given meat to them that
fear Him. He will ever be mindful of His
covenant. He has showed His people the
power of His doing, His works, that He may give them the heritage
of the heathen. The works of His hand are verity,
truth, and judgment. All His commandments are sure.
They stand fast forever and are done in truth and uprightness. I tell you what, what will gladden
our heart, what will rejoice our heart, is remembering what
God has done for us in the Lord Jesus Christ, not what we have
done for Him. I will remember the works of
the Lord. Surely I will. Remember the wonders
of old. Look at verse 12 in our text.
I will meditate also on thy work. And I'm going to talk about something.
I'm going to talk about thy doings. His doing. His doing for me. Salvation is according to His
work. According to His will. According to His doing. Not ours. I will meditate on the salvation
that's of the Lord. I will talk of His doing. Salvation
is the Lord's doing, and it's marvelous in our eyes, remembering
and thinking upon the salvation that's of the Lord. We cannot,
as believers, as we think upon His doing, think upon His work,
think about His Word, we cannot help but talk of His doing. Those who have seen Him speak
of His glory. Talk of his doing. David said in another psalm,
I believed, therefore have I spoken. We talk of his doing. I'll meditate
on thy work, his wonderful works, and talk of thy doing. Look at
verse 13. Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary.
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary, it's a holy way, a holy way. Who is so great a God as our
God? God who is really absolute God. God's way of grace and salvation
and providence are governed and ordered on holy, sanctifying
principles that enables him to be a just God and Savior. A lot of people in our day talk
about grace, grace, grace. You know, grace, God saves sinners
by His grace. I want you to turn and read this
scripture carefully with me. Look at Romans chapter 5. A lot
of folks use the word grace, have no idea about the biblical
principle of God's grace, saving grace, sovereign grace, electing
grace, redeeming grace, fetching grace, calling grace. But look
what it says here about the grace of God. Romans 5.21, that as
sin hath reigned unto death, Even so might grace reign through
righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. Grace reigns by righteousness,
by the righteousness that the Lord Jesus Christ brought in
an everlasting righteousness. The righteousness of God is provided
in the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Who is so great a God
as our God? Back to the text, verse 14. Thou
art God that doest wonders. Thou hast declared thy strength. Now whose strength? Thou hast declared thy strength,
His power. among the people. You know, most
people know nothing of the true and living God as He's revealed
in this book. Their concept of God is totally
foreign to the God of Holy Scripture. But His people know who He is
in the power of His glory, in the power of His strength. Thou
hast declared thy strength among the people. How much strength
does our God have? Is he limited in some areas?
I had one Wiseacre preacher tell me one time. He said, well, you
know, God is sovereign, but he is sovereignly chosen to limit
himself in the area of man's will. Well, that's just a bunch
of Tommy rot. That's just another way of denying
the gospel of God's grace, isn't it? Is God limited in any area? Not the God of the Bible. Whatsoever
the Lord pleased, that's what he did, he does in heaven and
earth, sea, and all deep places. He does according to his will
in the army of heaven among the habitants of the earth, and none
can say unto him, Lord God Almighty, what doest thou? The heathen
came to David and said, David, where is your God? We know where
our God is. We put him right over here. He's
still sitting over there. Where is your God? Our God's
in the heavens. and he hath done whatsoever he
had pleased. You see, his people know his
power and strength. God has declared it to them. Thou hast declared thy strength
among the people. That's who know. They know. God's people know who he is,
what he's done. Let's wind this up with verse 15. Our
God is not like their gods. Our God is almighty, sovereign,
majestic. He gives us some examples of
His wondrous doings. Thou hast with thine arm redeemed
thy people. the sons of Jacob and Joseph. The deliverance of Israel from
Egyptian bondage is always held forth in Scripture as a prime
example of the Lord's mighty power to deliver His spiritual
Israel from the bondage of sin by the blood and righteousness
of the Lord Jesus Christ. You ever notice they didn't go
through the White Sea, the Yellow Sea, the green sea, the blue
sea, they went through the red sea. What does that talk about?
It talks about blood redemption, doesn't it? It does to me. The Lord was a smiter and a destroyer
of the children of Egypt, but a mighty savior and deliverer
to the children of Israel. Remember what God told Moses? Stand still and see the salvations
of the Lord. Now, let me talk just a moment
here about this word redemption. Verse 15. With His arm, with
His power, He has redeemed us. He has redeemed us. Now, when
we talk about redemption, it's not a perhaps or maybe or could
be. In whom we have redemption, Ephesians
1, 7. Through his blood, the forgiveness
of sin according to the riches of his grace. We as believers,
we have redemption, deliverance from all sin through the blood
and righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. We have redemption. When we talk about redemption,
it's redeemed with his power. And by his power, the Lord Jesus
Christ, as our great high priest, he entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us with his own
blood." And 1 Peter, Peter talks about that redemption we have
in Christ. He gives a negative first. He
said, we're not redeemed with corruptible things, are we? He mentions silver and gold.
He mentioned money, morality, or tradition. But he said, with
the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are redeemed,
redeemed, how I love to proclaim it, redeemed, redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb. Now this redemption we have in
Christ Jesus is a particular redemption. It's an effectual
redemption. Redeemed, whom did he redeem? For whom did he die? his elect, his church, his chosen. He loved the church and gave
himself for it. God bought the church with his
own blood. I don't know why people find
that so distasteful. Why lost religious people find
death and atonement, and effectual atonement, and particular redemption,
they find it offensive. My soul. It's glorious. Those for whom the Lord Jesus
Christ died, he actually put away their sin and bought them
with his own blood, with his precious blood. That's why the
song of the redeemed is this, unto him who loved us and washed
us from our sin and his own blood, to him be all the honor and glory
both now and forever. Oh, what a great redeemer we
have. Oh, what a great salvation we've
been given. Oh, what a great blessing we
have by His sovereign mercy given to us to know the true and living
God. And to you who believe, to you
who believe, He's precious. Christ is all And in all, he's
not a failed savior. He's not a failed redeemer. He
is a savior who saves his people from their sin. He is a redeemer
who actually redeems his people. And not one of them will be lost.
None for whom Christ died will ever perish.