Let us turn tonight in our Bibles
to the book of Exodus chapter 21. Exodus chapter 21. The theme of the book of Exodus is
redemption. We see how that God redeemed
his people Israel out of Egyptian bondage. Exodus chapter 21 and
reading the first six verses. Now these are the judgments which
thou shalt set before them. If thou by an Hebrew servant
six years, he shall serve. And in the seventh, he shall
go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he
shall go out by himself. If he were married, then his
wife shall go out with him. If his master hath given him
a wife, and she hath borne him sons or daughters, the wife and
her children shall be her masters, and he shall go out by himself. And if the servant shall plainly
say, I love my master, my wife and my children, I will not go
out free, then his master shall bring him unto the judges. He
shall also bring him to the door. or unto the doorpost, and his
master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve
him forever." The Bible, the book that you have in your hands
tonight is the all scripture which is given by inspiration
of God. The word inspiration means God
breathes. God breathed. Peter wrote, for
the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but
holy men spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Now in the
many types and the many prophecies that we have in the Old Testament
concerning the Lord Jesus Christ and His saving work, His coming
into the world to save His people, we have what is called internal
evidence. In other words, in the scripture
itself, in the Bible, there's internal evidence that this book
is inspired, that it is God-breathed. Men, so many hundreds, yea, even
over a thousand years before the Lord Jesus Christ came into
this world, men could not possibly have written this book Speaking
of a person who was yet to come and the work that he would do
and describe him and his work so precisely in the types and
in the prophecies, internal evidence, internal evidence in the Word
of God that this is his inspired Word. We should all right now
just thank God. Thank God that He has given us
His inspired Word. Can you imagine what a dark place
this would be, this world would be, if we did not tonight have
the light of the Word of God. The Apostle Paul in Romans chapter
1, he makes it clear that all men are without excuse. Even
in those places where the Word of God has not come, Men are
without excuse because nature itself, we sang that hymn just
a moment ago, this is my father's world. And nature itself testifies
to men. There's no place, as Psalm 19
tells us, where God does not witness to his infinite power
in speaking this world into existence and his infinite wisdom in creating
the world, the universe that we live in. And so men are without
excuse who do not have the word of God because they have the
witness in creation that there is a God. And yet the Bible says,
no man seeketh after God. But aren't we thankful tonight?
I know we are. That we have the written word
of God. Now as I said, there are many
types. Many types and many prophecies
in the Old Testament which spoke of the one who was to come. And
so tonight, this has been on my heart for the last couple
of weeks, that we would look tonight at this type. This type of the Hebrew servant. You notice God speaking to Moses
said, now these are the judgments. In other words, these are the
statutes. These are the laws that God gave
to the nation of Israel and the one that we are considering concerned
the Hebrew servant. And it is intended, it is intended
to be a picture of our Savior. A picture, a type of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Now these types are shadows.
They're shadows, aren't they? The substance, the substance
of the shadow is Christ. This is a shadow, this is a type
here that we have and we know that it refers to the Lord Jesus
Christ. Even though the judgment was
given to regulate the conduct of the people of Israel concerning
a Hebrew servant But it is part of the all Scripture which speak
of Christ. Remember when Christ walked with
those two disciples on the road to Emmaus the day of his resurrection,
he said, O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the
Scripture has spoken concerning Christ. And all the Scripture,
we heard this a number of years ago, the Bible. It's a hymn book. We have a hymn
book before us in the pews, don't we, that we sing from. But let
me tell you something, the Bible is a hymn book. It's all about
hymn, all about Christ. Now, I know this passage is a
type of Christ. We know this is so because in
Psalm chapter 40, And the verse in Psalm 40 is quoted again in
Hebrews chapter 10, and it confirms the fact that this is a type
of picture of Christ. The verse in Psalm 40, it goes
like this. Sacrifice and offering. And we see that, let me back
up now, you see in verse 6 of our text tonight, the fact that
this servant was to have his ear bored. He was to be brought
to the post, to the door of the house, and his ear was to be
pierced or bored through with an awl. And in Psalm 40, the
Scripture says, and this is the Lord speaking, Sacrifice an offering
thou didst not desire. Now listen, Mine ears hast thou
digged. Mine ears hast thou digged. Plainly, clearly a reference
back to the fact that this Hebrew servant, he was to have his ear
bore through. Sacrifice and offering thou didst
not desire, mine ears hast thou opened, burn offering and sin
offering thou hast not required. And then that verse is quoted
by the apostle in Hebrews chapter 10, verses 8 and 9, speaking
again of Christ. When he said, Sacrifice, and
offering, and burnt offering, and offerings for sin, thou wouldst
not, neither hadst thou hadst pleasure therein, which are offered
by the law. Then said he, Lo, I come in the
volume of the book. It is written of me to do thy
will, O God. So this is clearly, it cannot
be questioned, This is clearly intended to be a picture, a shadow,
a type of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now let's go through the passage
looking at Christ. And let me preface this with
the words in Isaiah 42, when God said, Behold My servant. Behold My servant. Look. Look. Behold. Look at My servant. And
that's what we want to see tonight. as we go through these verses.
First, this type concerned a Hebrew servant. Notice that in verse
2. If thou by an Hebrew servant. Now it doesn't have reference
to any other servants, any other nationality of servants that
they might have. It has reference to a Hebrew
servant. Well, look back with me just
a few pages. Where did we find this word Hebrew?
Where did that come from? What does it mean? Back in Hebrews,
or back in Genesis rather, chapter 14. This is the first time in
the Bible that we see this word Hebrew. Genesis chapter 14 and
verse 13. And we read here, "...and there
came one that had escaped and told Abram..." Who? Abram the
Hebrew. "...if thou buy an Hebrew servant..."
So this is speaking of a servant who is in Hebrew. What is important about that?
Well, the name originated with Abraham, and it was to him, remember,
that the promise was given, the covenant was made, in thy seed,
in thy seed, all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.
Now God made that covenant, gave that promise to Abraham after
Abraham offered Isaac up as a sacrifice. Genesis chapter 22. In Romans
chapter 9 and verse 5, the apostle Paul, speaking of the Israelites,
you know, his brethren, his kinsmen, according to the flesh. He said
this about the Israelites. He said, whose are the fathers? The fathers. What does he mean?
Whose are the fathers? Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The covenant was made with Abraham
first, and thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
It was renewed to Isaac, and thy seed shall all the nations
of the earth be blessed, and again to Jacob. Paul says, whose
are the fathers, now listen, and of whom Christ came. Christ came, who is over all,
God blessed forever. He came as a Hebrew, the Lord
Jesus Christ. This type, this picture, concerns
a Hebrew servant. The Lord Jesus Christ, according
to the flesh, He was a Hebrew. Or as we most often refer to
the Hebrews as Jews. He was a Jew. He was of the seed
of Abraham, of the seed of David. And so that's the first thing
that I see in this type, this picture. It concerned, this type
concerned a Hebrew servant. Number two, this type concerned
a voluntary servant. We see that in verse two. If
thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve, and in
the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. The law proclaimed
and the law demanded. This was not up for debate. This
was God's law, God's judgment. You buy a Hebrew servant and
in the seventh year he goes out free. Free for nothing. Free for nothing. That's what
the law proclaimed. But he doesn't go out free. He doesn't go out free. He chooses
to be a voluntary, willing servant. Now, who would ever, who would
ever volunteer to be a servant? Who would ever volunteer to willingly
be a servant? Well, we know of one who did. We read of one who did. Look with me in Philippians,
keep your place here, but in Philippians chapter 2. Philippians chapter 2 and verse
5. Let this mind be in you, which
was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, thought
it not robbery to be equal with God, but made himself... You see, this servant is a voluntary
servant. He serves willingly. He made
himself. of no reputation, and took upon
him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men,
and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and
became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." Arthur
Pink, in his commentary of gleanings in Exodus, he points out this
contrast between the first Adam and the last Adam. You know,
the first Adam is the father of us all. The first Adam. The second Adam is the Lord from
heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ. The first man, the last man. First Adam, last man. Now, Arthur
Pink points out this contrast between the first Adam and the
last Adam. And I quote, The first Adam was
given the place of a servant, and he forsook it. He was required
to be in subjection to his Maker, but he revolted. And what was
it that lured him from the place of submission? You shall be as
God was the appealing lie which caused his downfall. Now, with
the Lord Jesus Christ, I continue quoting him, with the Lord Jesus
it was the very reverse. He was as God, yea, He was God. Yet he made himself of no reputation,
he voluntarily laid aside his eternal glory, divested himself
of all the insignia of divine majesty, and took the form of
a servant. And when the tempter approached
him, when the tempter approached the second item, the Lord Jesus
Christ, and approached him to repudiate
his dependency on God, make these stones bread, he announced his
unfaltering purpose to live in subjection to the Father of Spirits. Never for a moment did he deviate
from the path of complete submission to the Father's will. So this
type concerned a Hebrew servant And this type concerns a voluntary
servant. Now third, this type concerns
a loving servant. Notice that in verse five. A
loving servant. And if the servant shall plainly
say, I love my master, my wife and my children, I will not go
out free. in choosing to remain a servant
voluntarily, willingly, he had to proclaim his love. His love for his master and his
love for his wife and children. How does that relate? How does
this relate to the Lord Jesus Christ? Well, obvious, isn't
it? First of all, the servant who
volunteered, who willingly remained a servant, Even though the law
said he shall go out freely for nothing, the Lord Jesus Christ,
he could have stepped from the Mount of Transfiguration to the
throne of glory. But had he done that, all of
us would have been condemned forever. He chose to willingly be the
servant. The servant of old said, I love
my master, and the Lord Jesus Christ, the servant of God, He
said the same. You know, some people, they read
that Scripture where the Lord said, My Father is greater than
I. And for whatever reason, they're
blinded to the truth of the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. They're
blinded to His deity and somehow they think that He, the eternal
Son of God, is inferior and less than the Father. That is a lie
of Satan. The eternal Son of God is of
the same essence with the Father and the Holy Spirit. There's
no inequality in the Godhead. The Father is no more God than
the Son is God. The Holy Spirit is no less God
than the Son is God. There's one God, and yet in the
Godhead there's a trinity of persons. The Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit, but all of the same essence, and every
attribute Eternality, infinitude, every attribute that is true
of the Father is true of the Son and true of the Holy Spirit. Well then how could he say the
Father is greater than I? He is speaking as the God-man,
as the servant, the servant of God. It is only as he was made
flesh and made under the law, that as the servant of Jehovah,
he said, my father is greater than I. The law of God, which
as God was his law, When we talk about the law of God, let's remember
that's not only the law of God the Father, that's the law of
God the Son, as well as God the Holy Spirit. That's the law of
God. This was His law. And His law
required that man love God with all his heart, his soul, and
his mind. This the loving servant did. He said, I love my master. He had to confess that if He
wanted to remain a servant forever. I love my Master and the Lord
Jesus Christ, the God-man. He demonstrated His absolute
love for His Father, for God Almighty. He said, For I came
down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of Him
that sent me. And what was His will? That's
another message. He also said, I do always those
things that please Him. And in Matthew 5 and verse 17,
the Lord Jesus Christ said, think not that I am come to destroy
the law or the prophets. I'm not come to destroy, but
to fulfill. And look with me in Isaiah 42. I mentioned that just a moment
ago as we began But look at this here in Isaiah 42 in verse 1 where the scripture
says, Behold my servant. Behold my servant. Now look down
to verse 21. The Lord is well pleased for
his righteousness sake. Notice this. He will magnify
the Lord. I love my master. What is the
master's will? Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind. He will magnify the law and make
it honorable. He magnified the law and made
God's law honorable by his perfect, absolute obedience in every jot
and every tittle. Well, he not only had to confess,
this Hebrew servant, not only had to confess, I love my master,
but he also had to say, I love my wife and children. The Lord Jesus in what has come
to be called His High Priestly Prayer that's recorded in John
17. You know, He begins that prayer confessing that He as
God's servant had been given power over all flesh to give
eternal life to as many as the Father hath given Him. Eternal
life, salvation, is not up as an offer, my friends. He gives
eternal life. He, he gives, he doesn't sell
it. He gives eternal life and he
gives it to each and every one that the father gave unto him. Everyone that the Father gave
unto Him will be saved, shall have eternal life. Why? Because
He represented them as their surety, and He satisfied God's
law on their behalf, on our behalf, those of us who know Him tonight.
But after our Lord says that, in the beginning of that prayer,
as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should
give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. Then
five times in the prayer, you read through it on your own time,
and you mark, if you haven't done it before, and see those
five times where he speaks of the people who were given to
him, given unto him. And how were they given unto
him in these four relationships? Two are mentioned here in this
text here that we are looking at in Exodus chapter 21, his
wife and his children. But besides these two relationships,
we know that his people, those who were given unto him, were
given unto him as members of his body. He's the head. He's the head. And everyone who
was given to him in that covenant of grace makes up a member of
his body. Do you think the Lord Jesus Christ,
when you think about his body, that there's going to be any
members missing? Maybe there's going to be an
arm missing. Maybe there's going to be a few toes. No, no, no,
no. As many as the father gave him,
they're sure to be present. Why? Because they're given unto
him as members of his body. He's the head. And then that
other way, that other relationship that we think a lot about, and
we love to think about it, as sheep. A shepherd is not a shepherd
if he doesn't have sheep. How could you call him a shepherd
if he doesn't have sheep? The Lord Jesus Christ is a good
shepherd, the great shepherd, the chief shepherd, and yes,
he was given sheep. When I was in Missouri a few
weeks ago, a lady asked me right before the service, she said,
could I ask you a question? And I said, certainly. But I
said, could we wait after the service? And her question was
a good question, but she told me this. She said, I know that
God's people were not goats that are turned into sheep. I said,
well, you're right there. The new birth. doesn't turn a
goat into a sheep. They're lost sheep and they're
saved sheep. But all of God's people, all
of his chosen people are sheep and he's the shepherd. And the
good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But these other two relationships
here, I love my wife. What did the Apostle Paul say
in Ephesians chapter 5? Husbands, love your wives even
as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it. And then
you follow through that passage there in Ephesians 5, and Paul
comes to this end when he says, I speak of Christ. He said it's
a great mystery, but I speak of Christ. The church of the Lord Jesus
Christ, those who were given to him, comprise his wife. He's the husband, right? He's
the bridegroom. And his people are the bride. I love my wife and children. What about children? Well, a
man's children are his seed. A man's children are his seed.
And in Isaiah 53, in verse 10, we read this. Yet it pleased
the Lord to bruise him. He hath put him to grief. When
thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he, this one whose soul
is made an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days. and the pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper in his hand." I love my wife, the church. I love my children. Remember
one of his titles in Isaiah 9 and verse 6, the everlasting father. Yes, he has a people and they
are his seed. Now here's the fourth thing in
this title. This type concerned a lasting
mark. A lasting mark. In the type,
this particular servant had a lasting mark. He would always be distinguished. Let's just suppose in our minds,
here's a wealthy man and he has a number of servants. And they're
all out there working wherever he has them, working in his His
property, his field. But you see one man out there,
and he's different from all the rest. You say, what's the difference? He's got a mark. He's got a mark. He's got a hole in his ear. Those
other servants, they don't have a hole in their ear. This man
was always marked as a willing servant. and he was marked by
that ear that had been pierced with an awl. What does that speak
to you of? The Lord Jesus Christ, even in
his glorified body, he's marked. He's marked in his hands. He's
marked in his feet. He's marked in his side. And throughout all eternity,
we'll be able to look at this servant, the servant of Jehovah,
our Savior, and we'll always be reminded of His great love
for us. Because those marks, those marks
are there because of His love for God and for us, His people. And the last thing about this,
I want to bring out is this type concern perpetual, perpetual
service. Verse 6 says, Then his master
shall bring him unto the judges, he shall also bring him to the
door, or unto the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear
through with an awe, and he shall serve him for ever. The Lord Jesus Christ not only
served while he was here in this world by his obedience and death,
but now he continues to serve above at the Father's right hand. He continues there as our advocate. Remember John says, These things write unto thee
that thou sin not, but if any man sin, we have an advocate
with the Father. By all means, don't sin. And
we try to live without sin. But when we do sin, does that
mean we're lost? Does that mean that God's no
longer our Father? That Christ is no longer our
Savior? That our name has been erased
from the Lamb's Book of Life? Not hardly. We have an Advocate
with the Father. Jesus Christ, the righteous,
who is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only,
but for the whole world. There's only one propitiation,
my friends. Doesn't matter if you're Jew
or Gentile. There's only one propitiation
for sin that God accepts, and that's the blood, the sacrifice
of Jesus Christ. Perpetual service. And not only
does he continue there as our advocate, but he continues there
as our intercessor. Paul put it like this in Romans
5 and verse 10. He said, For if when we were
enemies, and we were, we were, we were enemies to God. And if
God had left us, we would have died enemies of God. and suffered throughout eternity
the wrath of God, the judgment of God. But Paul says, for if
when we were enemies we were reconciled to God, how? By the
death of His Son. Much more, much more we shall
be saved by His life, His life of intercession. He ever lives
to make intercession for us. What a blessing, right? What
a blessing to think tonight that at God's right hand, there's
one there who continually, always makes intercession for us. May
the Lord bless this message. And a beautiful type, isn't it?
You have to agree with me, I believe. A beautiful type of the Lord
Jesus Christ. God's servant, our Savior. Let's sing a verse or two of
a hymn.