Now let's open our Bibles again
to the 17th chapter of John. I brought the introduction to this
message this morning, and I plan to bring another message from
this chapter this evening, John 17. Let me read a few verses. These words speak Jesus, and
lifted up his eyes to heaven. And he said, Father, the hour
is come. Glorify thy son, that thy son
also may glorify thee. As thou hast given him power
over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many
as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that
they might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom
thou hast sent. Now man could preach from this
chapter the rest of his life, and he would never fathom the
depth and the height and the width and the fullness of its
treasures and its riches And the Lord talks about so many,
many, many things in this seventeenth chapter of John. But principally,
he talks about five things that the Father gave to him, which
he gives to his people. Five things which the Father
gave to him in order that they might, through him, be given
to his people. And here's the first one that
he mentions in verse 2. Thou hast given him power over
all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou
hast given him. Now, my friends, usually when
we read this verse of Scripture, about as deep as we ever go is
this, that the Lord Jesus has power to save whom he will. And
that's true. There's a scripture over here
in John 5, verse 21, which declares the Lord Jesus is speaking here.
As the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them, even
so the Son quickeneth whom he will. And we who believe in what
we call sovereign grace and salvations of the Lord, we use these verses
quite a bit to to emphasize the fact that the Lord is sovereign
in salvation. If he's pleased to save one,
he'll save them. If he's pleased to save another,
he will. He will. If he's pleased to pass by someone,
he will. But there's something here, and
I tremble to approach it. I know so little about it. But
there's something here so vast and so magnificent and so important
for us to know and to realize and to believe and enter into.
Now, two things are clear here. And the first thing is this,
that the Father, and I don't understand, don't claim to understand
and be able to explain the Trinity. I know that the Lord our God
is one God. Here, O Israel, the Lord thy
God is one God. And yet, over and over in the
scriptures, we see this taught, that there are three that bear
record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost.
And when God made man, he said, let us make man in our image. And then he said to Isaiah, who
will go for us? And then our Lord Jesus, he said,
as the Father sent me, even so send I you. And he said again,
I will pray the Father, and he will send you the Holy Spirit.
And our Lord Jesus Christ, they said, well, show us the Father.
He said, he that has seen me has seen the Father. But God is three in one, and
in an eternal covenant of mercy before the world began, called
an everlasting covenant, an everlasting covenant. The Father, in that
covenant of grace and mercy, gave the Son a people. And the
Son assumed the responsibility for those people, and assumed
the responsibility to redeem those people. And the Holy Spirit,
in that covenant of grace, took upon Himself the responsibility
of calling them to Christ, bringing them to Christ. Now that's so.
And the Lord Jesus said that, that all that my Father gave
me will come to me. And He talked about the brethren
which the Father gave Him. And Paul said we were chosen
in Christ before the foundation of the world. God has from the
beginning chosen you to salvation. Known unto God all His works
from the beginning. So that's clear, that the Father has given
the Son of people. Now this is clear, because He
said that I'll give eternal life to as many as you've given. This
is clear, that the Father had given to the Son universal authority. In that covenant, in that council
of eternity, the Father turned this universe over to Christ. He turned the universe. He gave
Him all authority. You know, Christ said, All authority
is given unto me in heaven and earth. Go ye therefore and preach
the gospel. I have all power over all flesh. The Father hath
given to the Son universal, absolute authority," he said, over all
flesh. We're talking about over all
flesh, from the first creature that was moved on this earth
to the last creature that shall be disposed of. He has complete,
absolute, total control and authority over all flesh, all creatures,
and all things. That's what this is saying. And
then thirdly, the object of that transaction, the object of that
covenant, and the object of that authority is that he might, not
might as a possibility, but that he might be able to give eternal
life, eternal glory to these people whom God gave him in the
covenant. Are you with me? Now, this is
so important. Now then, no man who knows anything
about the Bible, no man who has any awareness of the Scriptures
or any understanding of the Scriptures will question the absolute sovereignty
of God Almighty. God is God now. Let God be God
and every man alive. Now, there's nobody here that
knows anything about the Scriptures. They will question the right
of God to do what he will with his own. Is that right? The right
of God. God, he said, can I not do with
my own what I will? He said, none can stay my hand
or say unto me or question me what doest thou. God is absolutely,
immutably, unchangeably, infinitely sovereign. And then no one who
knows anything about this Bible will question the fact that God
has determined from all eternity to have a new heaven and a new
earth. populated by a holy people, a redeemed people, all of whom
will be like his son. But now this is what he's telling
us here. In order for God in his sovereignty, now stay with
me. Remember, and this is something we'll see in a few moments. Almighty
God, an absolute God, is absolutely holy, righteous, just, unbending,
unmoving in his His eyes are too holy to look on evil. He
said to Moses, he said, no man can look on me and live. He dwells
in a light to which no man can approach unto. God, your sins
have separated you and God. God as God, as an absolute, eternal,
immutable, holy, infinite, invisible God of holiness and righteousness,
can't have anything to do with people in sin. And God, knowing that, for He
knows all things, and God, with that on the program, God, in
order to preserve the world, God, in order to let the world
continue as a creation, God, in order to have a people, a
new heaven and a new earth, God, for His glory, in order to accomplish
this covenant of grace, has taken the whole world, the whole universe,
all flesh, all creatures, all actions, all their beings, from
the very beginning, out from under. Now stay with me. He has taken this whole creation
out from under the immediate rule of God as God, as absolute
God. Are you with me? In this case, he has taken, good
thing for you he did, he has taken this whole creation, his
creation, out from under, out from under the immediate rule,
or having anything to do with God as an absolute holy God,
and he has placed this creation under the authority and government
of a mediator. That's what I'm saying. of a
mediator, of a surety. Now, I can show you that in Isaiah
9, 6. If you're with me, you turn over
there, and if you're not with me, you sure ought to catch up,
because this is so important. You see, when the angels fell,
when the angels sinned, the angels which kept not their first estate,
that was it. They had no charity, they had
no mediator. Charlie, you see that they were
immediately reserved in everlasting chains in darkness unto that
great day. But even they come under the
authority of this Christ. In Isaiah 9, verse 6, listen,
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government
The government, the rule, the control, the authority shall
be on His shoulder, on His shoulder. And His name shall be called
Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father,
and the Prince of Peace. That's the Lord Jesus Christ. The running of the whole thing,
the control, the government, the rule, Back here in the Councils
of Eternity, before God ever created this world, before He
ever created this world, made man, He turned this whole thing
over to Christ. He put this whole thing in the
hands of the Mediator, the surety. He took this whole thing out
from under the immediate rule of an absolute God as God. Father! Father! And because of this,
and as a result of this gracious arrangement, a fallen race is
permitted to exist. A world in rebellion can't exist
if it's dealing with an absolute God. You see that, Paul? It can't
exist. It can't exist. It can't survive. God cannot permit evil to survive
in His presence. As a result of this gracious
arrangement, a sinful world is permitted to exist, a sinful
fallen race is permitted to continue. A sinful world coming into contact
with an absolute God must perish instantaneously, must. Men as sinners continue to exist
under the virtue and the charitieship and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The Son of God, our Mediator,
stands between a holy, avenging God and Adam's race, and He's
always stood there. And when God moves Him, when
it's finished, all God sent Him to do, it's going to melt with
a further heat. That's right. That's right. When it's all,
when the last sheep of Christ is brought to him, the heavens
and the earth will melt with a fervent heat, because it's
going to feel the judgment and wrath of God Almighty. Turn to
1 Corinthians 15. Now, you're going to understand
this a little better when I read this passage here. You understand
what I'm saying? Now, if I'm going to say something,
Repeat this before I read this scripture in 1 Corinthians 15. In order for God, and you see,
this world doesn't understand, doesn't have any conception of
the holiness of God. Herman, even the holiness people
you used to be identified with, the holiness they're talking
about is not holiness. It's not holiness. We're talking
about that infinite, immaculate, holiness of God, perfection. And nothing imperfect can survive
in His presence. Absolute holiness. Holiness. No evil, no sin, no darkness. God is light, in Him there is
no darkness. Not a glimmer, no darkness. And
darkness can't survive. In Him there is no sin, and sin
can't survive. And so God Almighty, in a cover
of mercy, took this whole thing and turned it over to Mediator on the promise that he'd give
them a holiness and a righteousness with God. Now look at 1 Corinthians
15. Now watch this. Verse 24, didn't
come at the end. That's what I'm talking about.
When he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, Who's
he? That's Christ. When this thing
wound up, the Lord Jesus Christ, having done all he came to do,
is going to deliver this kingdom up to the Father. Even the Father, that's who he's
going to deliver it up to. When he shall have put down all
rule and all authority and all power, for he must reign, and
he is reigning. He's reigning. Jesus Christ is
reigning. He has full control, full authority,
full sovereignty over everything that riles or wriggles, as Barnabas
used to say, until he put all enemies under his feet. The last
enemy that he'll destroy is death, for he hath put all things under
his feet. Who's that talking about? The
Father hath put all things under the Son's feet. That's who put
them there. When he saith all things are
put unto him, it is manifest that he is accepted who put all
things unto him. Isn't that clear? Not the Father. The Father turned
everything over to Christ. You see, this little peanut Jesus,
this is the reason I'm alarmed and disturbed. These preachers
don't know what they're saying. They don't know nothing. This
is why I'm so alarmed. These hoop-de-doo fellas, they
don't know what's going on. They don't know what went on.
They don't know what's going on. They don't know what's going
to go on. They don't know anything about this. Verse 28, And when
all things shall be subdued unto Christ, then shall the Son also
himself be subject unto him that put all things under him. God
may be all and in all. Can you see that? That's glorious. As a result of this gracious
arrangement, even if there's anybody here tonight that's not
a believer in Christ, not subject to Christ, the very fact that
you're left to stand, that you hadn't felt the holy wrath of
God, is because of that arrangement, that covenant. That's the reason
I'm saying that there's a sense in which Christ's death is particular.
There's another sense in which it's universal. He bought the
world. It's His. You're His to dispose of as He
pleases. You're His. That dog out in your
backyard belongs to Him. I see people dedicating their
babies to God. Don't waste your time. They're
His anyhow. They're His. Everything's His. You're His.
You just breathe by His permission. And you see the whole object
of this, and I just feel like reading that again, verse 24,
1 Corinthians 15, then come at the end. That's what this thing's
all leading up to, the end, when He shall have delivered up the
kingdom to the Father. He's not going to lose a war.
All that my Father gives me will come to me. I'm going to raise
Him up. He's going to deliver everything the Father gave Him
the covenant to accomplish. He's going to accomplish it.
I'm going to wrap it up and bring it home. He'll deliver up the kingdom
to the Father, even the Father, to God, even the Father. When
He shall have put down all, when He's going to put down all rule,
all authority, all rebellion. That's the reason people say,
you know, they're always saying, well, let Jesus be Lord. Uh-uh.
He is Lord. And every knee's going to bow,
and every tongue's going to confess that he's Lord. He's going to
put down all rule, all authority, and all power. But he must reign.
He does reign. He's not going to reign. He's
always reigned. This has always been his. He'll
reign till he puts every enemy under his feet. The last enemy
will be any form of death. Any form of death. For he hath
put all things under his feet. But when he says all things are
put under his feet, it's manifest that he's accepted which did
put all things under him. And when all things shall be
subdued unto him, that's a glad, what a day that will be. That's
what you've been saying. Then shall the Son also himself
be subject unto him that put all things under him. Do you
see that? Go back to the text now, John
17. That's the thing I wanted you to see. so strongly. The Lord Jesus, praying here
in this high priestly prayer, He said, Father, Thou hast given
me, when? From all eternity. Thou hast
given Him what? Power, authority, reign. He rules, He reigns over all
flesh. Jesus reigns over His Church.
Jesus reigns over Jerusalem. Jesus reigns over Christians.
Jesus reigns over the whole universe. and everything that moves, all
authority, over all flesh. What's the purpose of all this?
In order that he might give eternal life to as many as God's given
him. Here the United States of America,
back hundreds of years ago, a land inhabited by savages, wild men, pagans even. Fellas got some ships and came
over here. And they established some kind
of government and so forth. And this land, this civilization
or whatever you call it, crept across this land. And when they
came, they brought these folks with them. And this land became
an inhabited land of folks with some understanding of God through
the years. And why was all this done? People
here, they were pagan and wild, and these folks landed. Folks
learned to clean up, straighten up, build. A land was established,
and this whole big island came under the dispensation of God's
grace. Why? To call out His people. That's the reason. That's what
this is all about. You multiply that by everything
that's ever happened in this world. It's in order that He
might give eternal life to His many disciples. And see, verse
3 says this eternal life is not just a belief in some doctrine. It's not just an hour of decision
or a trip down the aisle to make you accept Jesus as your personal
Savior. This eternal life is to know
God. And that's what we're going to
get into now in the next verse there. He said, here's the next
thing. He said, I have glorified thee on this earth. I have finished
the work you gave me today. Now, these people which the Father
gave him, you see, turned this whole thing over to Christ. But
the Lord cannot save by sleight of hand or hook or crook. He's
got to save by establishing and performing and perfecting for
these people a righteousness and acceptance with the Father.
And so that's what he's saying here, I finished the work you
gave me to do. Now, Jesus Christ is the only
one born of woman who can truthfully say, I finished the work God
gave me to do. And here's the thing. Now, watch
this. It's emphasized here. He said, I finished the work.
Two things here, two or three things. First of all, he said,
I finished it. I fully and completely finished
it. There's nothing to be added to
whatever this work is. And the work is given over here
in Romans 5, 19. Listen to this in Romans 5, 19.
All right, it says, By one man's disobedience, the many were made
sinners. That's our identification with
Adam. So by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."
In other words, the Lord Jesus Christ came down here and did
what the first Adam failed to do. He perfectly obeyed God. He perfectly loved God. He perfectly
honored God. He finished this work God gave
him to do. Now, look at Hebrews 10. Hebrews
chapter 10, that's the redemption of our souls, that's a righteousness
which he perfected and imputed to us. Now watch this. In Hebrews chapter 10, he says
in verse 7, then said, I come, I come, in the volume of the
book, it's written of me to do thy will, O God. Above, when
he said, Sacrifice and offering, and burnt offerings, and offering
for sin, thou wouldst not neither have pleasure therein which are
offered by the law. Those were the types and patterns.
They never satisfied God's holiness. They didn't redeem the people
who offered them. These sacrifices didn't take
away sin, or they would cease to have been offered. But then
he said, Lo, I come, the Lord Jesus said, I come, O God. to
do thy will, and he takes away the first, that is, the first
tabernacle, the first priesthood, the first sacrifice, the first
covenant, that he may establish the second, by the which will
we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all. Every priest back there stood
daily ministering, often, oftentimes, the same sacrifices which can
never take away sin, but this man, after he'd offered one sacrifice
for sin forever, sat down on the right hand of God. It's finished. So look back at the text. Now,
you with me? I'm not going back over that first part, but I'm
going to take in verse four. He said, I glorified thee on
this earth as a mediator, as a surety. This thing turned over,
and he came to this earth, and the Father gave him a work to
do. Now, he didn't take this work on himself, God the Father
gave it to him. Turn to Hebrews 5. I'll show
you this right here. Hebrews chapter 5. This is every
word he speaks is so vital, so necessary, so important. In verse
4, no man takes this honor unto himself, but he that is called
of God, as was Aaron the high priest. So also Christ glorified
not himself to be made a high priest, but he that said unto
Lord, my son, today have I begotten thee." He designated him for
this work. He designated. So the Lord Jesus
said, the work of redemption, a perfect righteousness for us,
the work of redemption, a perfect sacrifice for us, the work of
putting away sin, a perfect sin offering for us, which He accomplished,
completed, went back to glory, He said, it's finished. The hymn
writer put it this way. Heart, the voice of love and
mercy, sounds aloud from Calvary. See it tears the rocks asunder,
shakes the earth and bails the sea. It's finished. Finished
all the types and shadows of the ceremonial law. Finished
all that God has promised. Death and hell no more shall
all. It's finished. Justice from her awful station
bars the sinner's peace no more. justice views with approbation
what the Savior did and more. It's finished. Here the Lord
Himself declaring, all is done He came to do. Sinners who for
sin despair, this is good news for you. It's finished. It's
finished. All is over. Yes, the cup of
wrath is drained. In the gospel truth discovered,
Christ the victory hath obtained. It's finished. All right, now
notice the third thing. Now, here's something that Brother
Barnard brought out in an article years ago. God was in Christ
reconciling the world to Himself. Then He says, I come, Paul says,
as an ambassador, crying, be ye reconciled to God. In other
words, the Savior enable God to be just and justify and reconcile
us to God. And there's a work which he accomplished
and finished in redeeming us. I have a righteousness, I have
a perfect sin offering. But I've got to know God and
believe God myself. So Christ said in verse six,
I have manifested thy name unto the man which you gave me. Thine
they were, and thou gavest them me, and they kept there thy word."
And verse 8, "'I have given them the words that you gave me, and
they have received them.'" My friends, in this part of the
prayer, our Lord begins to speak of His sheep, His elect, directly
of the disciples, indirectly of all men whom He redeems. Now, in verse 9, he says, I pray
for them. I pray not for the world. I pray
for them which thou hast given me. In verse 11, he said, Now
I am no more in the world, but these are in the world. Holy
Father, I keep through thine own name those whom thou hast
given me. Verse 12, While I was with them in the world, I kept
those that thou gavest me. I kept. Verse 24, Father, I will
that those whom thou hast given me be with me where I am. The
Father gave the Son of people. And the Son came down here, not
only justified these people and redeemed them and gave them a
righteousness, but He revealed God to them. He revealed God
to them. They actually, the Lord Jesus
Christ actually revealed God to those believers. He manifested
the name of God to them. Turn to 1 John, chapter 5. 1
John, chapter 5. 1 John 5. And my generation, my
generation is ignorant of God. I hear them talking about God,
but the God they're talking about is not the God of the Bible.
And they're ignorant of the character of God, they're ignorant of the
sin of men, they're ignorant of the personal work of Christ,
they're ignorant of these things. It says in 1 John 5.20, and we
know that the Son of God is come. into this world, and have given
us an understanding that we may know Him that is true, and we're
in Him that is true, even in His Son, Jesus Christ. And this
is the true God, and this is eternal life. Our Lord Jesus
Christ has a threefold office. A threefold office. He is prophet,
priest, and king. In the Old Testament, He had
men who represented him and pictured him in this office where Moses
was a prophet, but Moses was not a priest. Abram was a priest,
high priest. Abram went into the Holy of Holies
with the linen clothes on and took the blood sacrifice, sprinkled
it on the mercy seat, but Abram was not a prophet. David was
a king and ruled over Israel, but David was neither prophet
nor priest. But the Lord Jesus Christ came
into this world both as prophet, priest, and king. He's the king
who has absolute authority and rule. He's the priest who offered
up the perfect, acceptable sacrifice. And he is the prophet by whom
and through whom men come to know God. If you would know God,
you've got to know Christ. If you hear from God, you've
got to hear from Christ. And that's what he's saying here.
He said, I've manifested, I've revealed, I've made known your
name. And I don't have the time tonight
to go into all that this word name implies. But you turn to
Romans 10, 13 for a moment. Romans 10, 13. Now, I hear all
every preacher from the North Pole to the South Pole, quoting
this Romans 10, 13. In a very flippant, glib way,
they just said, Well, whosoever shall call on the name of the
Lord shall be saved. No truer word was ever spoken. That's
so. Any man in his desperation, any
man in his guilt, any man in his sin, any man in his hopelessness
and helplessness and guilt who calls Not on a God, not on any
God, not on any idea of God, but on the actual name of the
living God, shall this happen. But that's whether this one word
is what the whole promise hinges on. It's not on the man, it's
not on the call, it's on the name. For there is none other
name unto heaven given among men, whereby we must be savored.
Oh, what this name encompasses! Thou shalt call his name Jesus,
he shall save his people from the sin. Behold, the Lord himself
shall give you a sign. A virgin shall conceive and bring
forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel, God with us."
And so, I'm saying this to anybody that's out here tonight hopeless,
helpless, unable, guilty, sinner, vile, wicked, wretched, going
to hell, knows it. You just don't say, Lord, save
me. The thief on the cross looked at him and said, You're guiltless. You have no sin. You're the Lord. You have a kingdom. You're not
going to stay dead. You're coming into that kingdom.
He called on the name of the Lord, but that name of the Lord
included all of the glories of God and the character of God. The name is the character of
God. That's what I'm trying to say.
And what this generation just says, if you call on Jesus, you'll
be saved. But what's Jesus? Tell me about
it. Who is this Jesus? Who is this
Jesus? And that's what this is saying
in John 17. He said, I have manifested your name, who you are, who you
are, who you are. You gave me your words as the
prophet, verse eight, I've given to them the words that you gave
me. Your words, the words he said I speak, they're not my
words, they're words of him that sent me. And I've given it to
them. And they have believed. They
have believed. All mine. Now verse 22, we'll
close it out. And the glory which you gave
me, I've given them. The glory which you gave me.
This is beyond my comprehension. I looked at this and I read Calvin
and Gill and everybody I knew to read. Nobody, nobody really
satisfied my heart on these things. I don't know Maybe sometimes
preachers and writers and theologians get in theology too much and
miss the real person, the beauty, the experience of it all. But
I know this. This glory here is not the glory
of his deity. I know that. Because he said,
glorify me with the glory which I had with you before the world
was. You're not going to participate in that. You're not God and you're
not going to be God. He says, The Word became flesh,
and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten
of the Father. And then it's not His mediatorial
glory, because it says that, I've given Him a name which is
above every name, that the name of Jesus ever kneel down, things
in heaven, earth, and under them. But what is this glory? Well,
number one, I go back to the Old Testament, and I see that
it's His redemptive glory. His redemptive glory. Moses said,
Lord, show me your glory. Show me your glory. And God said,
I'll be gracious to whom I will be gracious. I'll be merciful
to whom I will be merciful. In other words, that glory I
share with you. The glory of His mercy and His
grace. The mercy of God just flows over
me, under me, through me, about me. The glory of His mercy. It's the knowledge of the gospel
of his glory. My friends, I wish there's some
way that I could tell you what a gift God gave you when he gave
you knowledge of the gospel. When you were in that religion,
in that form, in that ceremony, ritualism, fundamentalism, You
didn't know the gospel of His glory. You talked about a gospel,
but it was a gospel, a fleshly gospel, a human gospel, a works
gospel. Do you know that by His grace,
if you've entered into His saving grace, that you come to learn
and appreciate and love and understand the gospel of His glory, the
gospel which gives Him all the glory? The glory, the praise,
the gospel that can really save my soul. He said, you've given me the
glory, and I've given it to them. The glory, the gospel of His
glory. Christ is the gospel of His glory,
and He's given that to us. And then thirdly, it's the glory
of His likeness. He said, now we're sons of God,
and it does not, it hasn't even entered our minds what we're
going to be. But when He comes, we're going to be like Him, like
Him. Incorruption, immortal, power,
glory, His likeness. You talk about beauty, you talk
about perfection, you talk about strength, you talk about brilliance,
you talk about genius, all the glory of His likeness. And then
another glory that He's given us, which was given to Christ. Let me read it to you. I reckon
that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared
with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Heavenly glory. Heavenly glory. It's this redemptive
glory. It's the gospel of His glory.
And don't take that lightly. I'm sold to know the gospel of
His glory. There's no salvation without
it. It's the power of God unto redemption. It's the glory of His likeness,
and it's the glory of His heaven. That's the reason I say a man
can stand John 17 the rest of his life. Way back before this
thing ever started, the Father turned it all over to the Son,
put it in the hands of the Mediator, under His Mediator, Mediatorial
Kingdom, His Mediatorial Kingdom, in order that He might have a
new heaven and a new earth and redeem a people. And the Lord
assumed that responsibility. He gave him a work to do, came
down into this world. And he walked on this earth in
perfection, but that cross had died in agony. He bared and rose
again, went to glory, and sat down. And through that glorious
gospel, he reveals to you, to you, you, you, you, who God is,
who God is. It brings you to love Him, and
believe Him, and trust Him, and rest in Him. And when He finishes
it, He's going to rack it all up, and He's going to turn that
kingdom over to the Father. Here it is. Where's Paul? He's
right there. Where's Marcella? She's right
here, Father. I brought back every one You
gave me, every sheep. I subdued every enemy. I conquered
every enemy. up to the Father. Oh, I tell
you. And then He says, I'm going to
give them that glory that you gave me. I tell you, this thing,
that's what I've been trying to say for these years, this
thing's bigger than a trip down that aisle. Take that picture,
man. This thing's big as guns. And nobody could do it but my
Lord. And when He died on that cause, He said, It's finished. I finished the work you gave
me to do. Now glorify me with the glory
which I had with Eve before the world was born." And I'm going
to share in that glory. I'm just waiting here. He calls
me up there. He calls me up there. And you know what I'm going to
do to get there? I'm going to fall at His feet. Just fall at
His feet, that mediator, that one who did it all. That's what
makes ridiculous all these things. I put crowns on all these different
fellows. Phew! You missed it! We gonna fall at his feet and
say, unto him be the glory. For he washed us from our sin
in his own blood and made us kings and priests of the Father.
That's a glorious gospel. And God has to reveal that. In
Old Man Richard you didn't learn that. reading somebody's book,
God has to reveal that. And I'm tired of people, and
this is what, I tell you, when you know this, it's what makes
that other stuff so sickening. Just be a person to that. When
you know this, when you know the greatness and glory and beauty
and power and sufficiency and efficacy of this gospel, it makes
all that other, how do you support it? How do you listen? Somebody
says, well, I still go to church because my young people like
it. You couldn't listen to that stuff if you ever hear this.
Hear it. Can't stand it. It's a shame
and disgrace to talk about, well God wants to do it and you won't
let Him. He's going to do it. It's finished. Alright, I come
lead us in the hill if you will.