O Lord, Thou Art My God

Q: What does the Bible say about the coming of Christ?

The Bible speaks of Christ's return as a time of triumph for believers and judgment for the unrepentant. Scripture emphasizes that the coming of Christ will result in two distinct reactions: joy and fear. For believers, His return represents the fulfillment of God's promises, where they will rejoice in His salvation. In contrast, those who oppose Him will experience condemnation. Isaiah 25 highlights Christ's triumphant return and serves as a prophetic assurance that He will gather His people while destroying those who reject Him. The events of His return are foreshadowed in the Gospels, notably in the promise that He will come again to receive His own (John 14:3).

Q: Why is exalting the Lord important for Christians?

Exalting the Lord is essential as it acknowledges His sovereignty and our dependence on Him for salvation. Exalting the Lord involves attributing glory and salvation to Him, recognizing that He is not only our Creator but also our Redeemer. Christians are called to glorify Him by reflecting on His attributes and actions, as seen in Isaiah 25:1. The act of exalting God is not merely verbal; it requires a heartfelt confession of faith that acknowledges His lordship over our lives, leading to true praise and worship. As believers proclaim His name and celebrate His holiness, they manifest their trust in His sovereign grace.

Q: How do we know God's promises are true?

God's promises are assured because they stem from His immutable nature and faithfulness. The truth of God's promises is grounded in His character as faithful and true. Isaiah 25:1 and 46:10 affirm that God's decrees are established from eternity and are unwavering. Throughout Scripture, we see that God declares the end from the beginning, revealing a consistent pattern of fulfillment. Romans 8 assures believers of their predestined purpose and the guarantee of their eventual glorification. Thus, God's integrity and power to fulfill His promises serve as the foundation for a believer's hope.

Q: What does it mean that God is our refuge?

God as our refuge signifies safety and shelter from life's storms and trials. The concept of God as our refuge, particularly in Isaiah 25:4, underscores His role as a protector during times of trouble. He provides strength and comfort to the needy and afflicted, acting as a haven from the storms of life. This refuge is not just physical but spiritual, offering peace amidst chaos. In Christ, believers find ultimate safety, knowing that He shields them from sin and spiritual danger. The imagery of God as a refuge communicates the deep assurance and hope that His people can rely on Him completely for their needs and protection.

Q: Why is the death and resurrection of Christ central to Christian faith?

Christ's death and resurrection are central as they provide the basis for salvation and victory over sin. The death and resurrection of Christ are foundational to the Christian faith because they fulfill God's redemptive plan. Through His sacrificial death, Jesus bore the sins of His people, securing their forgiveness and reconciliation to God. The resurrection signifies His victory over sin and death, assuring believers of eternal life. Isaiah 25:8 states that God will swallow up death forever, a promise realized in Christ's resurrection. This event not only confirms Jesus' identity as the Messiah but also guarantees the hope of resurrection for all who believe in Him.

Tonight, I want you to open your
Bibles to Isaiah 25, Isaiah chapter 25. Last Saturday night, I preached in New Caney Baptist Church,
New Caney, Texas, where Brother Jack Shanks is pastor. Brother
David Pledger was there in the service with many of his congregation. Brother Jack asked him to read
a passage of scripture, to select it and read it, as our brother
Charlie did tonight, reading Psalm 91. Well, David read Isaiah
25, Isaiah chapter 25. And it was such a blessing to
me. I sat there and listened to him read that chapter, Isaiah
25. And I resolved at that moment,
last Saturday night, that I would preach from it as soon as I could.
And I realized that most scriptures in the Old Testament refer to
our Lord's coming to redeem His people. You know, He said in
Luke 24, He went back to Moses and all the prophets and the
Psalms, and He said, ought not Christ to have suffered and to
have died. And he opened the scriptures
to their understanding. And I realize that most of the
scriptures refer to his coming to die on the cross to redeem
his people from their sins. And I'm sure this chapter can
be used in that light. I'm certain of it. But I believe
that it better fits, this chapter better fits his triumphant return. and the glory that shall be ours
who know him, and the condemnation and judgment that shall be upon
those who know him not." There are two attitudes that men take
toward the coming of Christ. One is joy, the other is fear. There are two ways that men will
meet him when he comes, one to glorify him and one to run from
him, hide from him. And this chapter seems to speak
of his triumphant return and the glory that shall be manifested
in his coming. You know, he said to his disciples,
I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go to prepare a place
for you, I will come again and receive you. I will come again. And when he ascended back to
the Father, the angel spoke to the disciples and said, this which is taken up from you into
heaven shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go.
So let's look at Isaiah 25 and follow verse by verse as time
will permit. Isaiah says in chapter 25 verse
1, Oh Lord, thou art my God. Oh Lord, capital L, capital O,
capital R, capital D. That word is Jehovah. Oh Lord,
that is Savior. God my Savior. Oh Lord, my Savior
is my God. That's exactly what he said.
My Savior is my God. Oh Lord, thou art my God. Not by creation only, or power
and providence only, but thou art my God by covenant, grace,
and mercies. Thou art my God. You know, David
said that. He said, the Lord, the Lord God
said to my Lord, my Savior, sit thou at my right hand. And this
is the very foundation of all grace and all mercies and all
blessings. It secures all the rest when
you are brought to understand that your Lord is your God, and
your God is your Lord. He's God. Our Lord asked the
Pharisees and the Jews, he said, well, what think you of Christ?
What think you of the Christ, the Messiah? Whose son is he?
Well, they said he's the son of David. Well, he said, then
how is it David called him Lord? How can he be David's son and
be David's God? Now, you find the answer to that.
You'll have the gospel. That's what the Messiah is, our
Lord and our God. The Lord is my God. The Lord
is my God. Who is your Lord? If thou shalt
confess with thy mouth Jesus to be Lord, God hath made him
both Lord and Christ. All right, read on. O Lord, thou
art my God. My God. I will exalt thee." How
do we exalt the Lord Jesus? David said, come and magnify
the Lord with me. Let us exalt his name together. How do you exalt the Lord? Well,
you exalt the Lord by ascribing deity and glory to him. You exalt the Lord by attributing
the whole of salvation to him. You exalt the Lord by submitting
to him and receiving him. That's how you exalt the Lord.
How shall we work the works of God? Believe on him. These are the works of God that
you believe. That's what Paul said in 2 Timothy 1. He said,
I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded he is able
to keep that which I have committed to him. I will exalt thee, I
will exalt thee by ascribing deity and glory to thy name.
I will exalt thee by attributing all of salvation to thee. I will
exalt thee by bowing and receiving thee and submitting to thee."
That's exalting the Lord. Give him the glory, do his name.
And then he says, I will praise thy name. I will praise thy name."
Do you celebrate, do I celebrate the name, the attributes, the
perfections of our Lord? I keep back here in the back
of my Bible those seven parts of that name, Jehovah. We ought to praise his name regularly. I will praise thy name. celebrate
his perfections. He is Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord
will provide. That's his name. He is Jehovah-Rapha,
I am the Lord that healeth thee. He is Jehovah-Nisa, the Lord
our banner. He is Jehovah-Shalom, the Lord
our peace. He is Jehovah-Rehah, the Lord
our shepherd. He is Jehovah-Sidkenu, the Lord
our righteousness. He is the Lord's Shema, present. Lo, I'm with you always, even
to the end of the world. I praise thy name. O Lord thy
God, in awe and reverence I bow before thee. I will exalt thee.
I will ascribe to thee all the glory, and I will praise thy
name. Oh, to praise His name is to
celebrate His perfection. It's to confess His name reverently
before men. Now listen to me. My Lord's name
doesn't belong on a bumper stick on the back of my car. Now that's
not exalting His name. My Lord's name doesn't belong
on a sign waved around at an athletic event. I'll praise His name by confessing
His name before men. reverently, reverently in all. The old Jews were most careful
about how they used the name of God. Don't put my name on your bumper
sticker. I don't want it there. I won't feel exalted at all if
you put my name on your bumper sticker. I'd be humiliated. We
confess his name, we praise his name by praising his name for
his benefit. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and
forget not all his benefits. Healeth thy diseases, and satisfyeth
thy mouth with good things. Well, let's read on. O Lord,
Thou art my God. Jehovah, the Savior is my God. I will exalt Thee, I will praise
Thy name, for Thou hast done wonderful things. wonderful things
in nature, wonderful things in creation, wonderful things in redemption,
wonderful things in salvation, wonderful things in providence,
wonderful things in grace, wonderful things in his covenant and purpose,
and all the wonderful things that he'll do in the latter day.
Turn to Psalm 72. Psalm 72, verse 18. Listen to this scripture. Psalm
72. Well, let's read verse 17 and
18. This is the closing words in
David's prayer. He says in Psalm 72, 17, His
name shall endure forever. His name shall be continued as
long as the sun, and men shall be blessed in him, and all nations
shall call him blessed. Blessed be the Lord God, the
God of Israel, who only, who only doeth wondrous things." Oh, my God, Thou hast done wonderful
things. His name is wonderful, Counselor
of the mighty God. And then he says in Isaiah 25
verse 1, And thy counsels, thy decrees, thy purposes, O God,
are of old, and they are faithfulness and truth. The decrees and purposes
of our God are from eternity, known unto God all his works
from the beginning. Turn over a few pages to Isaiah
46, and listen to the prophet here. Isaiah 46. The wonderful
things that God has done are all done according to his will
and according to his faithfulness and according to his truth. Thy
purposes, counsels, decrees are of old, and they are faithful
and true. Verity and truth. Look at Isaiah
46. Verse 9, Remember the former
things of old, for I am God, and there's none else. I am God,
there's none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and
from ancient times, from above all the things that are not yet
done, saying, My counsel shall stand. Faithful. Hold that right there and go
back to the text and see what we're talking about. Isaiah 25-1, the last line, "...thy
counsels, thy decrees, thy purposes of old are faithfulness and truth."
They cannot fail. Now back to Isaiah 46, read that
verse again, verse 10, "...declaring the end from the beginning, and
from ancient old times the things that are not yet done, saying,
My counsel shall stand, I will do all my pleasure, calling a
ravenous bird from the east The man that executed my counsel
from a far country, yea, I've spoken it. I will also bring
it to pass. I've purposed it. I'll do it. I'll do it. Faithfulness and
truth. Great is thy faithfulness. Our
God is the God of truth. When he speaks, it's done. A
promise of God is as real and as genuine And it's true as an
act of God. All right, verse 2. You know,
he says this in Romans 8, whom he foreknew, he did predestinate
to be conformed to the image of his Son. And whom he predestinated,
he did call. And whom he called, he did justify.
Whom he did justify, then he did glorify. He did. It's faithful,
it's true. For thou hast made of a city
a heap." Now read this with this in mind. This is the final destruction. I told you that this chapter
deals with his triumphant return, with his return in glory, with
the reward that's with him. But everybody's not going to
be rewarded. Everybody's not going to look with expectancy
and anticipation to his coming. It says here that this is the
final destruction and total ruin of all who oppose him. No matter
how strong or powerful they may be, they shall be destroyed. Now listen to verse 2. For thou
hast made of a city a heap, a pile of garbage. We were driving two days ago
coming into the city of Columbus, and there are those big buildings,
and it's not a huge city compared to most of them, but they're
on the horizon with that big city. God says He's going to
make of a city a heap, not one stone left standing on another.
Of a defense city, total ruin. Of a palace of strangers, to be no city at all. and he'll
never be rebuilt. That's what's going to happen
at his return. I want you to turn to Revelation 19. Let's
look at something over here. Revelation 19. Revelation 19 says, verse 11,
I saw heaven open. And behold, a white horse, and
he that sat upon it was called Faithful and True." That's who
we're talking about. Verse 1 says, "...his works counseled
the faithfulness and truth." This is the one we're talking
about. All right, read on. "...faithful and true, in righteousness he
does judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire,
and on his head were many crowns. He had a name written that no
man knew but he himself." He was clothed with a vesture dipped
in blood, and his name is called the Word of God. This is my God. This is the Lord my God. Listen.
And then armies which were in heaven followed him on white
horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his
mouth groweth a sharp sword, that with it he was going to
smite the nation. He was going to make of a city a heap, of
a defense city a ruin. And he'll rule them with a rod
of iron. He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of
Almighty God, and he hath on his vesture, on his thigh a name
written, King of kings and Lord of lords. And I saw an angel
standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying to
all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come, gather
yourselves together unto the supper of the great God. You're
going to eat the flesh of captains and mighty men. that ye may eat
the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of
mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit
on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, small
and great. And I saw the beast, and the
kings of this earth, and their armies gathered together to make
war against him who is faithful and true, that sat on that horse
against his army. And the beast was taken, and
with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him.
with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the
beast, them that worshipped his image. They both were cast alive
into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were
slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword
proceeded out of his mouth." He just spoke the word and all
the fowls were filled with their flesh. That's what we're talking
about here in Isaiah 25. Make of a city a heap. or this
tent city of ruin. The palace of strangers be no
city at all, and it will never be rebuilt. The heavens and the
earth shall melt with a fervent heat. And therefore, verse 3,
there are just two reactions to this, to His coming in power
and glory. Therefore, the strong people,
these are people who are strong in the Lord, in the power of
His might and in His grace. These are people whose strength
is the Lord God. What are they going to do? They're
glorifying Him. They'll say true and righteous
are His judgments. Brother Barnard shocked me and
the pastor at Pauline Baptist Church and everybody there in
the city of Ashland when one night he stood up and said, I'm
going to preach tonight on the subject when the saved shout
hallelujah while God sends men to hell. And he said there'll be mothers
and daddies present at the judgment, and when God casts the fruit
of their womb and the offspring of their loins into hell, they'll
say, glory to God, glory to God. Do you believe that? It's so
anyway. We don't have that mind now,
but we will have then. We're going to be totally committed
to God in such a way that we'll delight in his judgments. And
we'll not only be able to say amen to the destruction of people
whom we did not know, but we'll say amen to the destruction of
people we did know. Because true and righteous are
his judgments. Faithful and true, that's his
name. It has to be that way. They are going to glorify Him.
When are they going to glorify Him? When He comes in this power
and great glory in His judgment and wrath, those that are strong. I can do all things through Christ
which strengthens me. My strength is not in myself
or in my faiths in Him. They are going to glorify Him. Well, what about the rest of
them? of the terrible nations. And that word terrible is used
again and again. Terrible people, terrible nations.
Well, there is reaction. They are going to fear thee.
They are going to fear thee. Those with a good hope desire
His return. Those who have no hope dread
His return. Alright, verse 4. Now this is
the fulfillment of Isaiah 61. For thou, these strong people,
strong in grace, and strong in his might, and strong in his
power, and strong in his mercy, and strong who found their strength
in him, they glorify him because he's been a strength to the poor. He's been a strength to the poor
and needy. He said, thou hast been a strength
to the poor and a strength to the needy in his distress. Turn
to Isaiah 61. Isaiah 61. He's been a strength, both spiritually, mentally, and
physically. Listen to Isaiah 61. The Spirit
of the Lord God is upon me. This is Christ speaking, the
Messiah. Because the Lord hath anointed
me to preach good tidings to the meek, gospel to the poor,
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty
to the captive, the opening of prison to them that are bound,
to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance
of our God, and to comfort all that mourns. to appoint unto
them morn in Zion in the church, Zion is the church, to give them
beauty for their ashes, and oil of joy for their mourning, and
the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they
might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that
He may be glorified. Whatever strength I have is not
to my credit at all. but to His. And whatever strength
I manifest, or whatever way I'm able to glorify Him, it's His
beauty, and my ashes, His joy, my morning, His planting. That's where it is. And that's
what it says here in verse 4. He's been a strength to the poor
and strength to the needy in His distress. Those two words,
who uses those two words all the time? I'm poor and needy,
poor and needy, poor and needy. Tell you this, I'm poor and needy. He's my strength.
Read on. And He's a refuge from the storm. Didn't we sing about a hiding
in thee? A refuge from the storm. What
is our refuge? Turn to Isaiah 32. Well, isn't
this the scripture that you immediately think about? Isaiah 32, 1, Behold,
a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment,
and a man shall be a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from
the tempest, As rivers of water in a dry place, a shadow of a
great rock in a weary land. Read my text again, Isaiah 25,
verse 4. Thou hast been a strength to
the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from
the storm, a shadow in the weary land from
the heat. I tell you, everybody doesn't
have that. Look at Isaiah 28 a moment. This
book just overlaps. Isaiah 28 a minute. Isaiah 28 verse 14. Here is the
religious who do not know His grace and
His mercy and His strength. Here they are. Isaiah 28, verse
14, Wherefore, hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men
that rule this people in Jerusalem, this religious crowd. You have
said it, verse 15, because you have said, we have made a covenant
with death. With hell are we at agreement.
When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it won't
come unto us. We have made lies our refuge. We have a refuge. God said it
is lies under falsehood if we hid ourselves. Therefore thus
saith the Lord God, wait, listen, behold, I, those people are saying,
we have a refuge, we have made a refuge. God says, I have laid
a refuge. I lay in Zion for a foundation,
for a refuge, for a resting place, a stone, a tried stone, a precious
cornerstone, Sure foundation, he that believeth shall not make
haste. But judgment, when God lays judgment
to the lion and righteousness to the plummet, the hail is going
to sweep away the refuges of lies. And the water is going
to overflow the hiding places, and your covenant with death
will be disannulled. And your agreement with hell
shall not stand, and the overflowing scourge shall pass through, and
you'll be trodden down or swept away with it. But not if you
have this refuge in verse 4 and 5. Thou hast been a strength, thou
person to the poor, strength to the needy, a refuge from the
storm. Christ is that refuge. Rock of
ages cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee. A shadow from
the heat, And when the blast of the terrible ones... Who are these terrible ones?
As a storm against the wall, keeps coming back at you, all
the time, at you, at you. Christ is that wall that protects
you as these terrible ones beat against you. I'll tell you who
they are, and you're going to read about them again in a moment.
Let me read it to you, just... I'll turn over here and read
it. I'll tell you who they are. Put on the whole armor of God
that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places. That's these terrible
ones. But when you are in Christ, in
the refuge, Behind the wall, they come against you and against
that wall which is Christ. They cannot pierce it. Listen to verse 5, Thou shalt
bring down the noise of these strangers. They are strangers
to God, strangers to the gospel, strangers to His grace, and strangers
to His godliness. He is going to bring them down.
As the heat, as the sun parches the earth in a dry place, God's
going to burn them up. The glory of man is as the grass
of the field, and the glory of man is the flower of the field.
And when the burning sun, the return of our Son of God comes,
He'll consume them with the power of His might, like weeds in a
dry place. Even the heat with the shadow
of a cloud, the branch of the terrible one shall be brought
low." The terrible one, none can stand against him. All right,
happy time now, verse 6, happy time. And in this mountain, Mount Zion, in this mountain, now you read
it like this, and in this Mount Zion, when he shall come in the
midst of revelation, power, and majesty and destruction upon
his enemies and all evil forces and the terrible ones, he's going
to spread a feast for his people. That's right. And in this mountain
shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat
things. When they are being destroyed
and swept away in the scourge of God's wrath and consumed with
the heat of His majesty and power, we are going to feast with the
Lamb. Read you about Isaiah 2. Go back
to Isaiah 2 and listen to this. Isaiah chapter 2. This is such
a promise. Don't leave me. Listen. Isaiah
2, verse 2. And it shall come to pass in
the last days at the mountain of the Lord's house, shall be
established in the top of the mountains, shall be exalted above
the hills, and all nations shall flow into it. Many people shall
come and say, Come ye and let us go up to the mountain of the
Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, and He's going to teach
us His ways. That's His feast. That's His feast. He's going
to teach us His ways. See, He showed His ways to Moses
and His judgments to Israel. I don't know His ways much. He's going to teach me His ways
in that day. That's right, I'm going to show you something here.
Now listen, we're going to walk in His paths. For out of Zion
shall go forth the law, the Word, and the Word of the Lord from
Jerusalem. Alright, back to the text. Let's see what we can do
here. all these terrible ones, judgment. But in the midst of that judgment,
in this mountain Zion, the Lord of hosts is going to make unto
all people, all of his people, a feast of fat things. What's these fat things? It's
a feast of his rich and wonderful counsels, decrees, and promises
fulfilled. Now I see through a glass dimly. I know in part. I tell you, when
I come to Scripture and start reading it and study it, I just
want to know so badly what it's saying. I want to know Him and
the power of His resurrection. I want to know His Word and know
His way and know His will and know His purposes, and I just
know in part. I prophesy in part. I see through
a glass dimly. My eyes are covered much like
Israel which has a veil on their eyes when Moses is read. You
too. We think we know something. We
don't know anything. He that thinks he knows something doesn't
know anything that he ought to know. But he's going to feed
me then. I'm going to sit What is the
feeding of the children? We're not talking about T-bone
steaks and sirloins here. We're talking about the children's
bed, the Word of God. John, all these mysteries are
going to be opened and these things I don't know are going
to be explained and God's going to take me back through my life
and show me why He did what He did. That's right. That's going to be wonderful
then. I'm going to see that even the wrath of man praises the
Lord. He's going to sit us down and take us through all these
things. We'll understand it better by
and by. We're going to understand it wholly and completely by and
by, not just better. We're going to know as we have
been known. And He's going to have a feast
of fat things, a feast of wine on the leaves. You know what
wine on the leaves is? Well, I'll tell you what leaves
is. Leaves is the settling and the dregs. It's what goes up
in the making of the wine. You moonshiners here know what
I'm talking about. I don't know what I'm talking
about. You moonshiners do. But this is going to be a feast of
wine on the leaves. Well refined. Well made. Left a long time. You see, this
feast has been preparing for years and years and years. This
time when the Lord, like He said to His disciples, I've got a
lot of things to say to you, you can't understand yet. That's when He's
going to say them. And it's been on the burner for
a long time. This wine's been on the leaves,
He says it twice. A fat thing's full of marrow,
of wine on the leaves, well refined. This is the best wine. They didn't
hurry up and make this happen. It's been there a long time.
These are things that the prophets desired to look into. He said when he comes, oh, there's
going to be mass destruction, terrible time. We're going to
see a world burn up. We're going to see the bowels
of their feet on the flesh of mighty men. But he's going to
take his people up in the mountain, meet the Lord in there, and they're
going to have a feast. There's going to be some things
revealed. Look at verse 7. He's going to destroy in this
mountain the face of the covering cast over His people and the
veil that's been spread over all nations. That's right. He's going to take away the covering.
He's going to take away the veil. When Moses is read, their face
is covered with a veil. But He's going to take it all
away then. I'm going to look into the mysteries of God. The mysteries of God. I've always
said he's too wise to do wrong. Too wise to make a mistake and
too good to do wrong. I'm going to really know it then.
He's going to show me everything. Show me everything. And then
verse 8, he's going to swallow up death in victory. He's going
to abolish death forever. And Lord, God's going to wipe
all tears from off your faces. Down there in Texas, a little
girl came running in crying, about two years old. I don't
know whether she was hurt very bad or not, but she thought she
was. And the more sympathy she got, the more she cried. But
her loving daddy reached and got a white handkerchief and
brought over and put his arm around her and dried her tears.
wiped her tears away. And everything got all right.
She just smiled, you know, and he hugged her. And that's what
God's going to do. He's going to take every one of his children,
love forever, called in Christ, redeemed in Christ, and he's
going to swallow up death, and he's going to abolish death forever,
and he's going to take the handkerchief of his grace and love and wipe
away every tear. And you're not going to cry anymore.
And listen to this, "...and the rebuke of his people shall he
take away from off all the earth." Now you listen to me a moment,
I'm going to close. "...the rebuke of his people shall he take away."
True believers are not appreciated in this world. They're not loved,
not true believers. They're not loved by this world.
They're hated. Their gospel is hated, their
doctrine is hated, their way of worship is hated, their life
is hated and despised. God's people have been martyred,
they've been maligned, they've been misrepresented, they've
been mistreated. It says here that they're going
to be vindicated. They're going to be vindicated. It's just like when the little
boy at school The little one they call a nerd that wears the
big thick Coca-Cola bottle glasses. And everybody picks on him, makes
fun of him, and laughs at him, ridicules him. All the big boys,
you know, put him down. And then one day a famous athlete
comes to visit the school. He walks by all those big fellas
and walks over that little nearsighted, freckled face, undersized urchin,
He puts his arm around him and said, this is my friend. Anybody
don't like him, speak up. That's right. He vindicated. They all wish there was him now. They wouldn't have traded places
with him before for all the money in Fort Knox, but they wish there
was him now. And I'll tell you this, God's faithful people have
been maligned and mistreated. and misrepresented, and lied
on and lied about, and criticized. But when He comes, He says He's
going to take away their rebuke. He's going to vindicate them
in front of this world. It's going to be the last thing
the world's ever going to hear, but they're going to hear that. This
is my beloved Son. This is my chosen servant. This
is the one you should have listened to, because in rejecting Him,
you rejected me. That's what he said, we'll take
away his rebuke. Look at that next line, for the Lord has spoken
it. That settles it. Scott said that's all there is
to it. That settles it. You're going to be vindicated. Oh boy, listen to this, and it
shall be in that day, what day? When the feast is prepared, when
the veil is removed, when death is swallowed up, when tears are
wiped away, when true believers are vindicated, it shall be in
that day, lo, they'll say, this is our God. Here's my God. Not the idols of Gentiles, churches,
and the works of religionists, but Christ the Redeemer. That's
my God. That's the God I believe in. That's the God I trust. That's
the God that coming in glory is my God. And I've waited for
Him. I've waited for Him. I've waited
through the darkness, and I've waited through the rain, and
I've waited through the dimness, and I've waited through the trials,
and I've waited for Him patiently. He's going to save us. This is
the Lord. We've waited for Him, and we're
going to be glad and rejoice in His salvation. I rejoice in
His salvation now, don't you? Salvation is of the Lord. And
it's not a big crowd singing that, but I rejoice in it. His salvation. And when He comes
again, we're going to rejoice in His salvation. Same message,
now and then. The last three verses, in case
you want to look at it later, still goes back to this destruction
element. He's going to wind things up. This world is going to wind them
up. Or let's sing that last hymn now, Mike, that you had picked
out.

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What does the Bible say about the coming of Christ?

Why is exalting the Lord important for Christians?

How do we know God's promises are true?

What does it mean that God is our refuge?

Why is the death and resurrection of Christ central to Christian faith?

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