Mary, wife of Cleophas, and Mary
Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his
mother and the disciples standing by whom he loved, that's John.
John wrote this epistle of John, but he never refers to himself
by name. Several times in this book of
John, he speaks of himself. He calls himself one time the
disciple that leaned on the Lord's breast at the Last Supper, another
time the disciple whom Jesus loved. And then when Peter said,
what's this man going to do? That's John he's talking about.
He didn't call his name. He never calls his name in his
epistle. He refers to himself as the disciple
whom Jesus loved. But he said to his mother, Woman,
behold thy son. Now here's the pattern that I'm
using today. I'll give you, when our Lord
made these, spoke these sayings from the cross, I see three things
in each of these sayings. I see his office, particular
office in that saying. I see a particular basic doctrine
in that statement. And I see thirdly, a duty for
those who are taught of God, an example and duty, something
that we're to do or will do, understanding this office and
this doctrine. So here's the office here. It's the Lord our shepherd. The
Lord's my shepherd, I shall not want. He'll provide for his own.
He will provide. I'll not want for rest. He leads
me in paths of righteousness. I'll not want for peace. He leads
me by still waters. I'll not want for provision.
My cup runneth over. I'll not want for protection.
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me. I'll not want for
anything in the future. All the days of my life I'll
dwell in the house of the Lord forever." He'll care for his
own. And he looked over here and he said, And then he said to that disciple,
Behold thy mother. And from that hour, that disciple
took her into his own home. John took Mary into his home. Joseph evidently was dead. I'm
assuming that, but I'm certain it's so. He was dead. But our
Lord, even in the agonies of Calvary, even in the great awesome
accomplishment of redemption, is mindful of his mother, and
he instructed John to care for her the rest of her life. And
he cares for us, and that's the doctrine that he will provide. David said, I'm old, I've been
young, but I'm old, but I've never seen God's seed begging
bread. I've never seen Christ's sheep
going without, and you haven't either. One of the first things
I ask people that come by here begging, I've never seen God's
seed begging. I tell the preachers this over
television. I've never seen God's seed begging.
They can quit begging and prove they're God's seed. He'll supply. God will provide. And I tell
these when they come by here without anything. I said, do
you have a church home? Never. Never. You don't have
a pastor? They go here and there and yonder.
They're afraid, they're ashamed to say, no, I don't go anywhere.
One lady said, well, I'm radio. I listen to all of them. But, see, the Lord has ordained the
church to care for one another, to care for his people. And I've
never seen God say, beg and pray. Never. You haven't either, and
you never will. He will provide, that's it, he
will provide. And the example here set for
us is to trust him, to trust him. Trust in the Lord with all thy
heart, lean not to your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him
and he'll direct your path. I will trust the Lord at all
times, his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Listen to Psalm
34. They that trust the Lord shall
never want for any good thing. Write it down. That's a scriptural
guarantee. So he turns and says, Woman,
hold your son. Brother Dayen told me this morning,
said John was the only one that lived to be 90 years old. He
took care of Mary, I guess, a long time. Might have. But the Lord gave him those many
years. The rest of the disciples were
martyred. They were all killed. Everyone except John. Except
John. And in his old age, he was exiled
to Patmos. But he didn't live long enough
to take care of Mary. He lived long enough because
God ordained him to live long enough to take care of everything.
God gave him the orders and gave him the life. You see, if he
tells you to do something, he'll supply your needs. If he sends
you to do something, he'll supply your needs. He'll give you the
aid, he'll give you the protection, he'll give you the help, he'll
give you the provisions, he'll give you whatever he sent you
to do. He assigned John to take care
of his mother, he took care of John. That's right. All right.
Well, the Word is so beautiful. Here's the next statement. John
19, verse 28. And like I told you, these are
not in sequence in the scripture, and no one of the four Gospels
give all these seven saints. One's in Matthew, three's in
Luke, and three's in John. But none gives them all, so I
have to take you where they are. After this, Jesus, knowing that
all things were accomplished that the scripture might be fulfilled,
said, I thirst. What's his office here? The man. I thirst. Here is our Lord hanging
on the cross in the awesome heat, midday. It was twelve, you know,
this morning we read. They took him out to crucify
him. And he had been beaten with a cat of nine tails, thirty stripes,
twenty-nine. Thirty stripes saved one. Thirty-nine
stripes. He had a crown of thorns that
pierced his hands and feet. Fever. I thirst. Well, let me tell you something.
Can God thirst? No, but as a man he can. Will
God ask for anything? You know, he came to the well.
The woman, he sat on the well. His disciples went into the village
to buy food. Buy food for the Lord? He just
fed 5,000. But they went to buy food for
him. But now let me tell you something. Jesus Christ, when
he came to this earth, born of Mary, he became a man, 100% man,
subject to thirst and hunger, weariness and pain, and temptation
in every way. He tempted in all points as we
are yet without sin. And he could perform no miracle
for the relief of any of these things, not as a man. Now, he could perform a miracle
for your relief. for mine, or for the woman, you
know, with the issue of blood, or for the 5,000 to feed them.
He took five loaves and two fishes and break them and fed 5,000
people. But being our substitute and
our representative and our sin offering and our righteousness,
he's got to do what we are subject to. He's got to bear it. He cannot
perform a miracle for himself. He made the streams and the rivers.
He could have made it rain right then. Just let it rain. He said, if you enter the treasures
of the snow, can you say the lightning go and it goes and
come and it comes? Can you say the rain fall? He could have. But he wouldn't have been myself
to think he'd done that because I can't do that. I cannot do
any of these things and he can't. He's such a, he's an ominous
man. Now this, I ask two questions here. Preacher, do you have any
trouble, any problem with the deity of Jesus Christ? You say
he's God. Yes, sir, he's God. And I have
no trouble with that. Matthew 1.21 says this, the angel said, Joseph,
may we have a son. And that son will be the son
of God. You call his name Jesus, he'll
save his people from their sins. And this is according to the
scripture. which says, Behold, a virgin
shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, call his name
Immanuel, God with us." Joseph, you call him Jesus, he's a man,
fully a man. God calls him Immanuel, Immanuel
Jesus. Time shall be his deity, no sin.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. Here's three powerful scriptures.
I want you to look these up. If you buy a translation of the
Bible, you be sure and check these three scriptures. We have
the best translation there is right here with us, the King
James. But if you feel like you want some other, you check these
three scriptures about who Christ is. In Acts 20, verse 28, listen. Acts 20, verse 28, Paul says
to the elders at Ephesus, in verse 28, Take heed therefore
now to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy
Ghost has made you overseers. He says to the elders, Feed the
church of God, which he purchased with his own blood." Whose church?
God's church. Well, who purchased it? God did.
With what? His blood? Does God have blood?
Christ does. The God man. Now that which he
purchased. And the translation will have
to say it that way now. And then here's the other one,
next one, 1 Timothy 3.16. 1 Timothy 3.16, listen. Without controversy, great is
the mystery of godliness. God was manifest in the flesh. God, the Creator, God Almighty,
whom the heavens cannot contain, the earth is his footstool. He
was manifested in the flesh. He actually took up residence
in a human body. God did. That's right. He was
manifested in the flesh. Now here's another one. Hebrews
1. And he's talking here about the
angels. Paul's talking about the angels,
the excellency, the power, the ministry of the angels. But he
said in verse 8, First said and says, of the angels
he said, who maketh his angels spirits, his ministers a flame
of fire. They're great ministers of God.
They minister to the heirs of salvation. But to the Son he
said, what did he say to Jesus Christ? Thy throne, O God, is
forever. That powerful. You want to know
who he is? Let the Father tell you. Thy throne, O God, is forever. A scepter of righteousness is
the scepter of your kingdom. I don't have any trouble with
the deity of Christ, but I tell you this, what I'm looking at
here, I thirst. And when the woman came to the
well and his disciples had gone to buy food, he said to her,
would you give me a drink? Isn't this awesome? Would you
give me a drink? Would you give me a drink of
water? Preacher, do you have any problem with his deity? Not
at all. Do you have any trouble with his humanity? Not at all. And I'll show you some scripture.
Galatians 4. Galatians chapter 4. Christ is a man. He says in Galatians 4 verse
4, But when the fulness of time was come, God sent forth his
Son, made of a woman. The only difference in his birth
and my birth is that I had a human father and the man's seed was
planted in my mother and I was born in the flesh. Jesus Christ
was conceived just like I was in the womb of the Virgin except
he had no earthly father. He was conceived by the Holy
Ghost in her womb. He's the seed of woman. I'm the
seed of John C. Mahan. And I bear his likeness. I bear his fallen nature. I bear
his propensity to sin. I bear his nature and unwillingness
to follow God. I bear his image in flesh that's
going to die. But Jesus Christ had no earthly
father. He's the seed of a woman. That's
what God said in the Garden of Eden. The seed of woman who brings
the serpent's head. And he was born nine months in
that womb. And when she was great with child,
they went to Bethlehem. He had to be born in Bethlehem.
So God made the whole nation go somewhere to be taxed. God
made a king, isher, rule, herald, that every Jew had to go to his
own city according to his tribe. And Mary, being of the tribe
of Judah, and the household of Jesse, and the family of David,
and Joseph being of the family of David, had to go to Bethlehem.
But that's where Micah said he'd be born. In Bethlehem, Judah,
whose grains forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
And Mary was great with child. Nine months pregnant. And she
had to ride a donkey all those miles. to Bethlehem, that Jesus
Christ would be born in the city of David, because he's the rightful
heir to the throne. That's right. And they went to
the inn to get a room. There's no room for them in the
inn. That's on purpose. You see, Christ has to be identified,
not with the high and mighty, but the low and lost. See, what
do they say? They have nothing, know nothing,
can do nothing, so the only place left for her to have her child
is in a stable. in a stable surrounded by donkeys
and hay, in a manger. A manger is where the cows come
and eat with the hay, and she clubbed all forth her firstborn
son and laid him in a manger and cut the straw around him.
That's right, in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Isaiah said he's a man of sacrifice
from the cradle to the cross. He's acquainted with grief. There's
no beauty about him. There's no finery about him.
There's no comeliness about him. There's nothing by which we could
desire him. There's nobody to say, look, here comes a king.
Staple. Surrounded by shepherds. He didn't
announce it to the king. They announced it, the angels
announced it to the shepherds out there on the hillside. God Almighty does away with everything
man's got to offer. everything, and does it in the
lowly fashion. He's a man. And she laid her
baby there, she nursed him, they circumcised him when he was eight
days old, they named him Jesus, and he grew up in a carpenter
shop. And he knew what it was to saw, and he knew what it was
to hammer, and he knew what it was to earn his living by the
sweat of his brow. And he had calluses on his hands,
and all these pictures of this little weak feminine Jesus are
an insult to him. That's right. They said, we know
him, he's a carpenter. Yes, sir. He's a man. That's
right. Hebrews 2, listen to this, turn
over to this one, Hebrews 2. Hebrews 2, verse 14. You see, for as much as the children
are partakers of flesh and blood, he also likewise took part of
the same, that through death, he might destroy him that had
the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver us who
through fear of death were all our lifetime subject to bondage.
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels, he took
on him the seed of Abraham, the flesh, wherefore in all things
it behooved him to be made like his brethren, just like us, just
like us, that he might be a merciful, faithful, high priest in things
pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for his people. And he says here
in Hebrews 4.15, turn over here, Hebrews 4.15, We were not a high
priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities,
but he was in all points, now write it down, all Tempted like
as we are, yet without sin. That's our Lord. That's right. So the office here, when he says
here in John 19, hanging on that cross, I thirst. I thirst. He really thirst. He really hungered. He really felt the pain. Our
Lord wept. When he came to the grave of
Lazarus and he saw the unbelief of his children, Mary and Martha,
and he saw the unbelief of the Jews, and he realized he's going
to bring Lazarus back to this earth, he just cried. The man of Solomon is acquainted
with grief. Yes sir, that's his office, son
of man. And here's the doctrine. Now
listen, turn to Romans 5. My friends, there are two atoms,
two atoms. It's just two men that God made. Two bodies God prepared, just
two. None of the rest were made that
way. God made Adam. There's a man, he made Adam in
the Garden of Eden, made him out of the dust of the ground.
God with his own hands made him out of the dust of the ground.
Shaped him, formed him, made him just like you. Made the eyes
and ears and nose and mouth. Put the heart in here and the
lungs. God made him. Prepared that body. And God breathed
into him the breath of life. He became a living soul. And
he stood for every one of us. He said, what about the woman?
He made her out of the man. She came out of Adam. But Adam
is a head. Adam's the representative of
the whole human race. He stood there. God made him
upright. God made him holy. God made him
without sin. He was naked. He was not embarrassed. He wasn't ashamed. God brought
him all the animals and he named all the birds. You called him
a rabbit because he called it a rabbit. You called it a horse
because he called it a horse. You called it an alligator because
he called it an alligator. He named all the animals. He
was the most awesomely brilliant. He lived 800 years even after
he fell. Even after sin came in, give
800 years, he was an awesome specimen, made in the image of
God. But we was all in him. Every
one of us came from him. He's the daddy of the whole outfit.
That's right. Everybody came from Adam. We're
one blood. All nations. And he stood for
us. And God gave him some instructions. Everything's yours, Adam. Multiply
and replenish the earth, subdue the earth, it's all yours, except
one thing. There's a tree in the midst of
the garden. Don't eat it. There's a symbol there that while
you are a king, I'm a greater king. There's a symbol there
while you are strong, I'm stronger. There's a symbol there while
you reign, I reign over you. And as long as you bow to me,
worship me, you're going to live. But when you sin, when you take
that tree, you're going to die. Well he did. The woman talked
him into it. He wasn't deceived. He wasn't,
the scripture says he was not, he was deceived. Paul quotes
that over there in 2 Corinthians, he said, I worry about you, he
told that church of Corinth, he said, I worry about you, lest
Satan, in his subtlety, deceive you like he did Eve, our mother,
that you leave the simplicity of Christ. She was deceived,
but that was in God's purpose. Did God know man would fall?
Of course, because Christ was the Lamb slain before the foundation
of the world. You see, that's so, known unto
God are all his works. And it serves his purpose. Well,
why'd God let him fall? Well, I'll tell you this, if
he hadn't have fallen, you would have. Would everyone, however
long man lived on this earth, he'd be always in the danger
of falling. Always. Because he's a man, not God.
Satan fell. The angels fell. Adam fell. Man under any condition falls.
But now, and watch this, because Adams is here, he's the representative.
When he fell, though, sin came into him, and listen to Romans
5, verse 12. Wherefore, as by one man sin
entered the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon
all men. It came to us through our daddy
Adams. That which is born of the flesh is flesh. And then God made another man. I want you to turn to 1 Corinthians
15. 1 Corinthians 15. There's another man God prepared
a body. That's what Christ said, thou
hast prepared a body for me. He sent his Son into the world
and God, this body of Jesus of Nazareth didn't come from Adam.
He didn't partake of Adam's sin. He wasn't born of a man. God
made him in the womb of the virgin. The body has now prepared me,
that's what Christ said. And he's the second Adam. Now,
look at 1 Corinthians 15 verse 21. For since by man came death,
by man came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all
die, so in Christ were made alive. You see that? Now look at verse
47. The first man is of the earth earthly, the second man. The first man has been first
man ten billion, billion, billion men. No, just been two. I beg
your pardon, just two that God made, just two. The first man
is of the earth earthly. We were all in him, created in
him, came from him, fell in him, died in him, or dead in him.
But the second man is the Lord from heaven. Not a Lord, he is
the Lord from heaven. And as is the earthly, such are
they that are earthly. As is the heavenly, such are
they that are heavenly. As we are born in the image of
the earthly, by the grace of God we are going to bear the
image of the heavenly. Two men. And that's what it says
over back in Romans 5. You have to go back with me and
read this now, just a moment, Romans 5. We read there, by one
man, Romans 5 verse 12, by one man sin entered this world, and
death by sin, so death passed upon all men for all sin. Now
look at verse 19, Romans 5, by one man's disobedience we were
made sinners, so by the obedience of one we were made righteous. That's a man on that tree. That's
a man. But he's the second Adam. He's
the Lord from heaven. The first Adam is of the earth,
earthy. And he's the head of a human race, a fleshly race,
a fallen race, a condemned race. That man is the God-man. And he's been given a kingdom
of people that are going to be like him. Sheep, he calls them,
my church, he calls them my bride, he calls them my jewels, he calls
them my brethren. But he's representing them. This
man failed them, he restored their souls. In this man they
died, in that man they live. In this man they're unholy, in
that man they're perfectly righteous. He's their righteousness. That's
representation. That's what this scripture teaches. Now that's so. The old primitive
Baptists have a doctrine of two seed predestination. two-seed
predestinarianism. Not all of them, but there's
some who hold to the fact that there was Cain and then Abel
was born. And everybody that's in the line
of Cain is lost, and everybody in the line of Seth is saved.
That two-seed predestinarianism had to do with Seth and Cain,
but that's not so. But I tell you this, everybody
in the line of Adam is lost, and everybody that's in Christ
by faith is saved. Is that right, sister? Call that
two-man predestinarianism if you want to, but nevertheless,
it's two-man, Adam and Christ. There it is, I've just read it.
As we are born in the image of the earthly, and boy, we do bear
it, don't we? Thank God we'll bear the image
of the heaven, by faith. So what is our commandment? Be patient in your suffering
as Christ is patient in his. Let me show you that. Let me
turn to 1 Peter 2. 1 Peter 2, verse 21. 1 Peter 2, verse 21. Listen to
this. For even hitherto were you called,
because Christ suffered for us, leaving us an example that we
should follow in his steps. Let's follow in his steps. willing
to suffer for the glory of Christ. Now let's look at the 5th saying,
Matthew 27, verse 45. Now from the 6th hour there was
darkness over all the land until the 9th hour. And about the 9th
hour Jesus cried with a loud voice saying, That is to say, my God, my God,
not Father, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? This is what
we are viewing. Here is Jesus Christ, Son of
God, Son of Man, our head, our representative, our federal head,
our substitute, the Lamb of God, our Passover Lamb, He has all
the sins of all the elect laid on him. Our sins were laid on
him, of all generations, transferred to him. Like when Aaron held
his hand on the scapegoat and confessed the sins of Israel,
all the sins of Israel in type were transferred to the scapegoat
who was led out in the wilderness never to be seen again. But God
didn't transfer our sins to Christ in type. in reality. Jesus Christ hanging on that
cross is the world's greatest sinner. There's no way to describe
what he bore. That's right. In actuality, that's
when God turned his back. Fulfilling the scripture in Isaiah
59, listen, turn to Isaiah 59, Isaiah 59 verse 1, Isaiah 59. He who knew no sin
was made sin. Now listen to me. He literally
bore our sins in his body on the tree. He didn't die as an
example. He died as a substitute. He died
as a sacrifice. He died as a sin offering. He
was numbered with the transgressors. He actually was numbered with
us, and bore the sin of many. That's what the Scripture said. One of Isaiah 59, Behold, the
Lord's hand is not shortened, that he can't save. His ear is
not heavy, it can't hear. But your iniquities have separated
between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from
you, that he will not hear. My God, won't you hear? Where are you? Why have you forsaken me? Your
sins, those sins laid on Him. Do I believe this? Yes, I do. But brother man, you said that's
the Son of God, that's the Son of Man, that's Christ Jesus.
How can the Father desert Him? I don't understand that, do you?
But I believe it. I believe it. I understand it.
I don't preach it. I do explain it. I can't, so
I'm not going to try. I'm going to quit right there.
His office? Sin offering. Substitute. Passover. The doctrine? That God may be just and justify
me. My sins and your sins are paid
for. They're put away. They're put
away. Christ bore them all. They're
paid for. That's right, that God may be
just and justify. You see, at the cross, God's
merciful, but God's just. God's righteous, but God's truth. So how can God be righteous and
set me free? How can God be just and show
mercy to the guilty? He can't do it. He can't clear
the guilty and be God. But at Calvary, his mercy and
his justice met together. His righteousness and his peace
kissed each other. in reconciliation. When Christ
died, the Father was pleased. It pleased the Lord to bruise
him. That's right. Well, what's my duty? Believe
him. They said to him one day, they
said, well, what shall we do to work the works of God? That's
what the Pharisees and religious Jews said. Well, tell us what
to do to work the works of God. He said, this is the work of
God. that you believe on him whom God sent. You start right
there. Be like this preacher. Believe
it, I do. Why do you believe it? God said
so. Explain it, I cannot. Preach it, I do. Understand it,
I don't. But I know this. I know this. Nothing's impossible for God
except a lie. he can create a well, he can
do that. If he can create a well out of
nothing, if he can go to a grave where a man's been dead 3,000,
4,000 years and there's nothing left, or a man's been buried
at sea and the fish ate him, and raise him from the dead,
if he can do that, he can do this. That's right, and I'm happy
with that explanation. With man, it's impossible. With
God, all things are possible. And this is what God has to do
to be God. Now, sin has got to be paid for.
All right, here's the next one, number 6, John 19. Listen to this, John 19, verse
30. When therefore Jesus had received
the vinegar. Just let me tell you a minute
here. We read that vinegar two or three times. He said out first.
They didn't offer him any water. But I didn't study this this
week, but I remember back kind of years ago, I looked up something
on this that talked about vinegar and gall and some kind of concoction
that they had to kill pain. Is that, have you read that?
It's something that they had a mixture that they kept trying
to get him to take, but he would not take it. because the pain
was what he was sent here to bear. He did not take any shortcuts. And this is, you look it up,
I'll try to and maybe next time we come together I'll have more
concrete information. But they were sent a vessel full
of vinegar, it's like a whiskey or a wine or something that they
had to give the victims to deaden the pain. And our Lord Jesus
Christ wouldn't receive it. But when they set that vessel
full of vinegar and put it on his mouth, he received that and
didn't drink it. He touched it to his lips and
he cried, it's finished. It's finished. That's the sick
saying. It's finished. What's finished? Well, John 17. Turn over there a moment. John
17. It's finished. Here's Christ our Savior. It's
finished. Verse 4, John 17, here's his
prayer. I've glorified thee on the earth.
That's finished. I've finished the work you gave
me to do. What was the work? Call his name Jesus. He'll save
his people from their sins. That's his work. That was instruction. He said, I've done that. Verse
6, I've manifested your name to the men which you gave me
out of the world. What's his name? Jehovah Jireh,
the Lord will provide. Jehovah Rapha, the Lord that
healeth. Jehovah Nisa, the Lord our banner. Jehovah Shalom, the
Lord our peace. Jehovah Ra, the Lord our shepherd. Jehovah Sidkenu, the Lord our
righteousness. And Jehovah Shammah, God is present. He's every one of those. And
he's manifested. It's right here. You see Christ,
you see God. Every name of God fulfilled in
Christ. I've manifested your name, number
6, verse 8, I've given them your words. He didn't say I just preached
them. I've given them to them. I've given them thy word which
thou gavest me. They have received your word.
He never fails. And they have known I came out
of you, from you, and they believe them. I've given them your word, and
they believe your word, and they know I came from you. That's
it, they've received you. Now I pray for them. I don't
pray for the world, didn't come to save the world. I pray for
those which you gave me out of the world. They are thine, and
all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I'm glorified in
them. That's what it is. It's finished. What's finished? The law is fulfilled. Perfectly. Moses wrote, you go through back
here, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, all of
those ceremonies and sacrifices and Sabbath days and feast days
and holy days and Sabbath days and all these things, a full
field. Let me show you that, Acts 13,
you have to turn to this verse right here, Acts 13. All the
Old Testament pictures, types, the Passover, the serpent lifted
up, the cities of refuge, Melchizedek, Acts 13 verse 29, you need to
read this and mark it in your Bible. Acts 13 verse 29, when
they had fulfilled all that was written of him, where was it
written? The Old Testament. They took
him down from the tree and laid him in a grave and God raised
him. That's right, he said I finished
it. redemption is finished, the law
is satisfied, the tithes are fulfilled, and the curse is removed.
He was made a curse for us. What's his office? Savior. Call his name Jesus. He'll save. He didn't say he was going to
try to save or put forth a strong effort or do all that he could
do. Now it's up to you. He's going to save his people
from their sin. What's the doctrine here? Particular,
effectual, discriminating, successful, effectual redemption. Substitution. Jesus paid it all, all the debt
I owe. Sin left a crimson stain. It's
not there anymore. He washed it white as snow. If
he paid the debt, I don't have to. The reason there's no judgment
for a believer is the judgment's already been executed on the
person of your Lord. There's no judgment. All right. What am I to do? Come
boldly before the throne of grace, that I may find mercy and grace
to help in time of need. All right, the last one. Luke 23, verse 46. He did say one other thing after
he said it's finished. And this is a very important
statement, Luke 23, verse 46. And when Jesus cried with a loud
voice, it is finished, then he said, Father. That's different,
isn't it? My God, why have you forsaken
me? No communication. Cut off. And here it's always finished.
My Father, my Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And
having said thus, he gave up the ghost. See him coming to
earth as our mediator. Father, forgive them. See him
as a man, born a woman, taking care of his mother, taking care
of his friends. See him as a man, tempted in
all points as we are. I'm so thirsty, so thirsty. See Him go to the cross bearing
all of our sins. My God, why have you forsaken
me? Hear Him cry, it's over. It's finished. It's paid in full.
All things are fulfilled. And He dies with these words
on His lips. My Father, into Thy hands I commend
my spirit. I'm coming home. I'm bringing
a host of people with me. to sit at your right hand. That's
right. He's our high priest. That's
his office. You've got to read Hebrews 9
with me. One verse over in Hebrews 9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates,
and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts. He's the King of glory. Look
at Hebrews 9, verse 24. Christ is not entered into the
holy place made with They'll never build another temple over
there. You can talk about all you want to, but that work is
done. Those sacrifices are over. You're
not talking about going in a temple made with hands. That's a figure.
But in the heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of
God. Two little words there. For us. For us. He ever lived to make
intercession for us. For us is an important word,
Frank. For us! for us, our representative. Old
Adam messed us up, but Christ made us whole for us. Oh my goodness. We're already accepted. That's
the doctrine here. We're accepted in the below.
Seated with him in the heavenlies. But what's our duty? I can't
think of but one thing to do. And that's to praise Him. Let's
sing number 488, I will praise my Redeemer. That's a good song
to hear. What shall we do? We'll praise
Him for all of His blessings to us.