which Grace Babbitt, she's just
found out she has cancer, and she went for an MRI and a PET
scan today, and she don't know how bad it is, but they found
that she had it. Her son's a young preacher, a
gifted young preacher named Cody Henson, so remember them in your
prayers, if you will, and the whole family. They're real sweet
people, sweet people. You know the Hensons? Okay. Yeah, up at Danville, up at Danville. Okay, let's begin our worship
service tonight with hymn number 118, is that right? 118. When I survey the wondrous cross,
on which the Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count
but loss and poor contempt all my pride. ? Forbid it, Lord, that I should
boast ? ? Save in the death of Christ my God ? ? All the vain
things that charm me most ? ? I sacrifice Him to You alone ? his blood. See from his head, his hands,
his feet. Sorrow and love flow mingled
down. Did there such love and sorrow were the whole realm of nature
mine, that were a present far too small. Love so amazing, so divine, demands
my soul, my life, my all. Good to have the piano back,
ain't it? Hymn number 226, my savior. 226.
I am not skilled to understand what God hath will, what God hath
plan, I only know at His right hand, He is one who is my Savior. I take Him at His word and in
Christ This I read, for in my heart
I find a need of Him to be my Savior. That he should leave
his place on high And come for sinful man to die? You count it strange, so what's
did I Before I knew my Savior? ? And oh, that he full he may
see ? The travel of his soul in me ? And with his word contented
be ? As I with my dear Savior ? Yea, living, dying, let me
bring ? My strength, my solace If you have your Bibles turned to Exodus
chapter 35, you want to read the entire chapter And Moses gathered all the congregation
of the children of Israel together and said unto them, These are
the words which the Lord hath commanded that ye should do them.
Six days shall thy work be done, but on the seventh day there
shall be to you a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whosoever
doth work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no
fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day. And Moses
spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying,
This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying, Take ye from
among you an offering unto the Lord, whosoever is of a willing
heart. Let him bring you an offering
of the Lord, gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine lemon, and goat's hair, and ramskins
dyed red, and badger skins, and chitim wood, and oil for the
light and spices for anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
and onyx stones and stones to be set for the ephod and for
the breastplate. And every wise-hearted among
you shall come and make all that the Lord hath commanded, the
tabernacle, his tent and his covering, his thatches, his boards,
his bars, his pillars, and his sockets. the ark and the staves
thereof with the mercy seat and the veil of the covering, the
table and his staves and all the vessels and the showbread,
the candlestick also for the light and his furniture and his
lamps with oil for the light, and the incense altar and his
staves and the anointing oil and sweet incense and the hanging
of the door at the entering of the tabernacle, the altar burnt
offering with his brazen grate his stays and all the vessels,
the labor and his foot, the hangings of the court, his pillars and
their sockets, and the hangings of the floor of the court, the
pins of the tabernacle and the pins of the court and their cords,
the cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the
holy garments for Aaron, the priest and the garments of his
sons to minister in the priest's office, And all the congregation
of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. Then
came every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his
spirit made willing. They brought the Lord's offering
to the work of the tabernacle of their congregation, and for
all his service, and for the holy garments. And they came,
both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought
bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels
of gold. And every man that offered, offered
an offering of gold unto the Lord. And every man with whom
was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and
goat's hairs, and red skins of rams, and badger's skin brought
them. Every one that did offer the
offering of silver and brass before the Lord's offering, or
brought the Lord's offering, and every man with whom was found
shed of wood for any work of the service brought it. And all
the women that were wise-hearted did spin with hands and brought
that which was spun, both of blue and of purple and of scarlet
and fine linen. And all the women whose hearts
stirred them up in wisdom spun goat's hair. And the rulers brought
onyx stones and stones to be set for the ephod and the breastplate.
and spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and
for the sweet incense. And the children of Israel brought
a willing offering unto the Lord every man and woman whose heart
made them willing to bring for all manner of work which the
Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. And Moses
said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by
name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur of the tribe of
Judah, and hath filled him with the spirit of God in wisdom and
understanding and in knowledge and all manner of workmanship,
and to devise curious works to work with gold and in silver
and in brass, and the cutting of stones, and to set them, and
carving wood, and to make any manner of cunning work. And he
hath put in his heart that he may teach both he and Holeb and
the son Ashermeiach of the tribe of Dan. Them hath he filled with
wisdom of heart to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and
of the cunning workmen, and of the embroiderer, and blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and the weaver, even of
them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Our Father, we are thankful. and we can look in your word
and see the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. We can see who
you are and how you operate in this world, the wonder of your
grace and your mercy, and how you use and employ your creation
for the furtherance of your kingdom, for the glory of your namesake,
and for the good of your people. We thank you, Father, as such
knowledge was given to us by you through your word. We do
not wait for a voice from heaven, for we have it in this book,
the very words of the Lord Jesus Christ, the words of the Creator.
Help us, Lord, tonight as we look at this passage to see what
is before us and to rejoice in you for who you are. and for
what you've done. We pray for those who are sick,
especially those mentioned on our prayer list. Pray for them,
Father. We ask, Lord, that you'd be with
them. We would add to that prayer list Carla Henson, my dear sister
in Christ, and we pray that you'd be with her and watch over her
and cause those doctors to be great and skilled to find out
what her problem is. Remember Brother Perry, as he's
been re-diagnosed with his cancer, we ask, Lord, you'd be with him.
be with Sister Loretta, she's awaiting the procedures and we'll
find out exactly what's wrong with her. And help us Lord to
remember each other in prayer, to call each other's names out
to heaven each day and each night. Help us Lord to pray for each
other's welfare and health and peace in Jesus Christ. And help
us now to worship you, cause us Father to do so. we need to
worship you. We need to be brought down to
the dust where we belong and to lift our eyes to see him who
made us, called us, saved us, and keeps us. Help us Lord, we
pray in Christ's name. Amen. The title of this message tonight
is Wise, Willing, Stirred. This chapter And what follows
in the rest of Exodus to the end of the book of Exodus deals
with the actual construction of the tabernacle and all the
elements and materials needed to finish it. Now these chapters
are the verbal delivery of God's words to the people concerning
the making of the tabernacle. Up to this point in this book,
the words had only been spoken to Moses. God speaking to Moses
on how to do and what to do and when to do it. up to this point. Now the people hear the instructions
that God has given to Moses on the mount. Now there is no direct
explanation but the people hear this grand structure and their
reaction to these words there's no direct talk of the enthusiasm
that they naturally would have but these chapters do not lend
themselves to a verse by first exposition The context would
cause no explanation or senses needed to add to that which is
self-explanatory. What is remaining in this book
we've already covered in the words of God to Moses in directing
him in these other chapters concerning the building of the tabernacle.
Some things, however, are repeated in our text. If you were listening,
certain words or certain phrases occurred again and again. and
that gives the reader a need, if you will, to dig a little
deeper into the meaning and the cause of these words. The first
thing is the reiteration of the Sabbath day and with a specific
caveat that's not mentioned before. In verse three he says this,
ye shall kindle no fire, excuse me, throughout the habitation
on the Sabbath day. And that's not in any other instruction,
but it's found right here. The Jewish scholars assert that
no such words generally attend the Sabbath laws. Necessities
that required a fire were permitted. But here in this context, a fire
was not permitted, in this context. Now the prohibition is specifically
related to building the tabernacle, because this is what the subject
is. Many of the elements of the tabernacle required the use of
fire. Smelting metal, killing brick,
so forth. These things required the use
of fire. So what this is talking about,
this addition to the Sabbath command ensured that no work
was to be done on the tabernacle on the Sabbath day. Reason being
that prohibition was probably had to do with the fact that
when people are enthusiastic, And we know that they are enthusiastic
people about worship. Because when they made the golden
calf, they willingly gave up their bracelets and their earrings
too, and they were all excited to have a good time there. So
they are enthusiastic about worship. Most people, all people by nature,
in some way, are enthusiastic about worship. And they were
excited probably about the project. They probably desired to see
what it would look like once it was finished, and they just
might want to put in seven days a week to do it. And the Lord
said, there shall be no fire kept on the Sabbath day to ensure
that no work would be done on the tabernacle on the seventh
day. And the same edict is applied
there, the same law is applied, that if there is work done on
the Sabbath day, they will be killed. Death will follow. That's
the reason why this is unique to this passage of Scripture.
Now he uses what he has created to accomplish his purpose. This
is wondrous too, in fact. In this we see the glory of the
manner through which he will and has saved his people. He
commanded the building of the tabernacle and the establishment
of the priesthood. and specified every element of
it. There's no doubt about it. It's all very well clear. We've
seen it before, how he said, this piece goes here on the garment,
that piece, and so forth, and all. And then, as we just read,
he called all these elements together, had people bring them
to the place for the tabernacle to be made. But the tabernacle
was a temporary structure. It was a movable structure. It could be transported and was
transported for the 40 years of the wilderness journeys. Though
there's no record of it having been erected in all of that.
We assume that it was because they did worship the Lord and
they did have the Day of Atonement, which was part of the use of
the tabernacle. But when the promised land was
reached, the tabernacle was set aside and a temple was built,
which was pictured by the tabernacle. The tabernacle pictured the temple.
In fact, the elements of the temple were the same as was in
the tabernacle only they were a little bigger. They were larger
because the temple was a much larger structure. What is the
temple in scripture? The temple in scripture is the
church. It's the church of the living God and it's said to be
the habitation of the holy priesthood. Now what was the tabernacle for?
Would everybody go in the tabernacle? No. God was there in the sky
and the glory and the priesthood was there. That's a picture of
God and His church. It's for Him and His priest.
And the church is for God and His priesthood, which are His
saints. Look at Ephesians chapter 2. In Ephesians chapter 2 it says
this, in verse 19, Now therefore you are no more strangers and
foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and the household
of God. and are built upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the
chief cornerstone, in whom all the building, fitly framed together,
groweth into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom ye also are
built together for the habitation of God through the Spirit." So
this is where God is and this is where his priesthood is. This
is what the tabernacle picture is. Now he has these people come
before the Lord and bring gold and silver and brass. Goat's
hair was to be weaved and spun. Badger skins, ram skins were
painted red and all these were made the different elements of
things. Silver rings were made to hang the curtains on. Silver
things were made to put in the ground to hold the posts up that
hold the curtains that surrounded the thing. Silver, gold, brass,
all this was brought. and it was brought willingly.
But this shows something about God. This means that He employs,
He employs His people. He employs a means to do His
work. This is wonderful. You see, creation
has already happened. He established that in the very
first chapter, the very first part of this chapter. Because
the first thing He said, You're going to keep the Sabbath. So
what does that tell us? You keep the Sabbath, why? Why
did the Jews keep the Sabbath? Was it because they was tired?
It wasn't because they was tired. It wasn't even because they had
worked a whole lot all week long. They kept the Sabbath because
God had created the earth in six days and all that was in
therein and then He rested from His work because the work was
finished. The Sabbath was a celebration
of the finished work of God in creation. Our Sabbath is Jesus
Christ. He is our rest and we celebrate
through the preaching and believing of the gospel that God has finished
the work of the new creation which we are in Jesus Christ. The means he employs is strange
and wonderful for the building of the temple of God. He will
employ the preaching of the gospel that begins with the declaration
of his sovereignty. That's how it begins. When Paul
quotes from Isaiah 52, explaining what the gospel is in Romans
chapter 10. He quotes from Isaiah 52 7, which says, How beautiful
upon the mountains are the feet of them that bring good tidings,
that publishes peace, that publishes salvation, that saith unto Zion,
Thy God reigneth. That's the gospel. That's where
the gospel begins. It's about His absolute sovereignty
in all things, in creation, providence, and in salvation. And God will
use unlikely characters to build it. The Lord declares first in the
Gospel of the Lord's Incarnation His coming down to earth. It
says that in John 1, The Word was made flesh and dwelt among
us. After His sovereignty was declared, He declares the Lord's
Incarnation and why He came. Matthew 121 says, Thou shalt
call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sin.
That's why he came. That's why they called him what
they called him. The Lord will call the most unlikely clerics
to preach his gospel. The twelve people he called were
unlearned, uneducated. It was said of them by the Pharisees,
These men have no letters. They're not smart at all. They're
fishermen. They're tax collectors. They're
publicans, despised. despise people. They were the
offscouring of the universe. That's who God calls. Remember,
salvation is by what? It's by grace. So whoever is
called must never be able to merit any favor from God. It's
totally unmerited favor. That's the language Paul used
when he's talking about the difference between the wisdom of the world
and the wisdom of God in 1 Corinthians chapter 1. First Corinthians chapter 1 verse
26 says, you see your calling brethren how that not many wise
men after the flesh, that means they're wise but not according
to what they themselves have studied and learned. They're
wise in the spirit because that's by revelation and not by a course
of study. Wise men after the flesh, not
many mighty Not many noble are called. We worship the mighty
and the noble and the wise. They're the heroes of our society. Right now there's an Olympics
going over in France, and a lot of our Olympians are winning
gold medals, and we like that. We honor that. A lot of you are
fans of the WNBA now, because Carl, what's his name? What's her name? Yeah. She's famous and she's made it
very appealing to meet people's mind to watch her play ball.
She's heroic to us. We like the mighty, but that's
not the kind of people God saves. They're not heroes. They're zeros. They're zeros. not many mighty,
not many noble are called, but God has chosen and called the
foolish things of the world. The foolish things of the world.
Why'd He do that? So when people look at the salvation
of God's people, they will be utterly confused. The kind of
people he says confounds the world. He says to confound the
wise of the world. You don't get it. You mean he
saved that person? That person? And God has chosen
the weak things of the world. And the things, in order he chose
the weak things, in order to confound the great and mighty
and the powerful. The world believes that the mighty
ought to credit salvation. They believe that the strong
and the brilliant are the ones that ought to be saved, because
they're the ones that can help everybody. They're the ones everybody looks
up to. God says, I choose the absolute worst that nobody would
ever look up to to save. He said, I choose the base things,
the common things. I think it was Abraham Lincoln
said, the Lord must have loved common people. He made so many
of them. But I am of the generation, if
you call somebody common, you're liable to get a fat lip for saying
it. common things. Just common. You ain't special.
You're common. The things which are despised
hath God chosen, yea, and things which are nothing, things which
are not, to bring to naught things that are. So no flesh will ever
glory in His presence. That's the reason why He does
it. That salvation that is wrought by Him will fix it so nobody
can ever glory in the flesh. No person can ever say, I had
something to do with that. Not if they're truly saved. Now,
if they're not saved, they'll say they had everything in the
world to do with it. But if they're saved by God's grace, they'll
say, I had nothing to do with it. He chose such, there could
be no question that salvation is by grace alone. This is the
means that defies the wisdom or defies the wisdom of the world.
Remember, God says in that very same place in 1 Corinthians,
He talked about the wisdom of the world and what it could not
do and could never achieve. In verse 21 of chapter 1, he
says this, he says, for after that in the wisdom
of the world, so he's talking about what can the world achieve
concerning God? what can the wisdom that man
have and i'm thankful for that i'm thankful that god makes natural
men wise that's why we have doctors and nurses and people we can
go to for help because they're wise but that wisdom will not
ever have anything to do with god for after that in the wisdom
of the world but after in the wisdom of god it was according
to god's wisdom that he did it this way The world by its wisdom
could not know God. God fixed it by His wisdom. Their
wisdom could never bring them to God. In spite of that, it pleased
God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. Through the foolishness of preaching.
Preaching is the only way for a person to be saved. saved by
grace but not without the preaching of the gospel better still only
by the preaching of the gospel is his salvation revealed cause
that's what really happens when you hear the gospel if you're
one of God's children you find out that God has saved you you
don't find out that you can be saved you find out that God has
saved you whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved." That's just a fact. Everyone who calls upon the name
of the Lord shall be saved. But how shall they call on Him
in whom they've not believed? So you have to believe on Him
in order to call on Him. How shall they call on
Him in whom they've not believed? How shall they believe in Him
whom they've not heard? So you've got to hear about Him
in order to believe Him, in order to call on Him. And how shall
they hear without a preacher? See, they've got to have a preacher
to tell you the gospel in order for you to hear, for you to believe,
and for you to call. And how shall they preach except
they be sent? So God's got to send you that
preacher so you'll hear and believe and call on the Lord Jesus Christ. That's how it works. It always
works through the preacher. And the Lord said in Ephesians
chapter 1, you believed after you heard. After you heard the
word of truth. Not before. After you heard the
word of truth. What's he talking about, truth?
You know, people talk about truth a lot. I heard some guy, some
politician say, he said, there's a great number of truths. Well,
I guess there are a lot of things that are true. but there's only
one truth, and there's only one word of truth, and that's the
gospel of Jesus Christ. That's the word of truth. You
believed after you heard the word of truth. Well, what did
it tell you? What did the word of truth say? It was the revelation of
the gospel, the good news, the gospel. After you heard the word
of truth, the gospel of your personal possessive pronoun,
your salvation, good news of your possibility being saved? No, a thing that was already
in existence, a thing that was already done. A salvation has
already been accomplished, if it is a salvation. Not an offer,
not a proffer, but a salvation already done. What would the
gospel tell you when you heard it? The good news that you had
been saved. by God's grace. That's the good
news. Ain't nothing else good news.
You tell a dead man he's got to do something, that's not good
news. That's not good news. The gospel of your salvation.
It is a miracle of grace that such men would be endued with
wisdom and knowledge and stirred in their heart to preach the
gospel, to finish the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And that wisdom of knowledge, according to scripture, is Jesus
Christ himself. Colossians chapter 2 and verse
3 said all wisdom and knowledge is in Jesus Christ. All of it. Matthew said he's the key of
knowledge. The key of knowledge. In that
chapter we just read, if I went on to verse 30, we'd have found
this after he said not many wise, not many noble, and no flesh
should go in his presence, but of him are you in Christ Jesus
who of God is made unto you wisdom, righteousness, sanctification,
and redemption. And in Ephesians chapter 1 and
verses 7-9 it says, He has endued you. given to you all wisdom
and knowledge and understanding. He's abounded toward you in these
things. You see, as you walk this earth
as poor old goofy silly people, that's what the world sees you
as, foolish. Them believers, them Christians, ain't nothing
to them. As you walk in this world, you know things that are
of such great value that the world cannot ever know unless
God reveals it to them. you know it scripture says you
have an unction from on high you know all things
you have the mind of Christ this is what it says and this is the
truth a natural man don't get that he receiveth not the things
of the spirit the foolishness to him neither can he know them
nor discern them because they are spiritually sure but the
spiritual man discerneth all things yet he himself is discerned
of none. Wonder of wonders, that preached
word in the hands of the sovereign spirit gains purchase in the
hearts of the elect and they are born again, born from above,
born of God, that's what it says. you are born not of corruptible
seed, but incorruptible seed, even the word of God, which liveth
and abideth forever. No flesh is grass, as the flower
of the field that fadeth away, but the word of God endureth
forever. This is the word of God, which by the gospel is preached
unto you. Of His own will, it says, He
begat us with the word of truth. Included in that new birth is
the gift of faith. When God talked about the Lord
Jesus Christ in John chapter 1. In verse 12 he says, But as
many as received Christ, to them gave he power, or authority,
or the right to become sons of God, even to them that believe
on his name. And when you get that word even
there, that means there is no real division between the two
principles that are set forth. those who have been given the
right to be the sons of God are the same who believe on his name
that's what they say well how'd they do that? the new birth which
were born that's what they say not of bloods, not of ancestry
nor the will of the flesh, not your free will nor the will of
man, nobody else like you, savior but of God, that's how you're
born It is a finished work accomplished
by the means he has ordained. God is sovereign and he has ordained
his people unto salvation. The thing in this passage of
scripture that is notable is the willingness
of this people. This is one of the things that's
mentioned a great number of times. The willingness of the people.
to freely give up their personal possessions to make up the products
necessary for the completion of the tabernacle. They voluntarily. Can you use that word willing
freely over and over again if you were following along? Let's
look at a few verses back in our text just to show you what
I'm talking about. Look at verse 5. Take ye from
among the offering unto the Lord whosoever is of a willing heart.
A willing heart. Then verse 21. and twenty-two
and they came everyone whose heart stirred him up and everyone
in whom spirit made willing and they brought the Lord's offering
to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation in verse
twenty-two they came both men and women as many as were willing
hearted willing hearted and in verse twenty-nine it says this
the children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord
every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring all
manner of work They were so liberal in their giving that they gave
over much. They gave too much. They were
actually required to stop giving. In chapter 36 verses 5-7 it says,
And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than
enough for the service of the work which the Lord commanded
to make. Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed
throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make
any more work for the offering of the sanctuary, so the people
were restrained from bringing for the stuff that was sufficient
for all the work to make it, and too much." So they were just
given like crazy. Now their willingness to freely
and voluntarily give up their belongings is obviously set forth
in the Word of God. The Lord said when He promised
Christ to be who he was, a priest after the order of Melchizedek
to rule among the heathen, to reign and rule. He said in Psalm
110, verse 3, Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy
power. But also what they gave was most
likely other people's money. other people's money. They were
slaves in Egypt and it hadn't been long since they'd been out.
Only a couple months now passed by. They were slaves in Egypt
just months before this took place here. Slaves by definition
have nothing that they can call their own. Had they come out
just like they were, they wouldn't have had anything. They were
slaves in Egypt. But the riches they were able
to render were from the spoils of Egypt. This boils over, look back at
Exodus chapter 12. In Exodus chapter 12 verse 35
it says the children of Israel did according to the word of
the Lord Moses and they borrowed the Egyptians' jewels of silver
and jewels of gold and raiment you reckon they ever paid them
back? I don't think so. Most of them were drowned in the bottom
of the sea. And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight
of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as
were required, and they spoiled the Egyptians. They took or spoiled.
So what money are they spending? They're spending other people's
money. These things they brought. These things they brought. That's
significant. That's significant. The Lord
had made his people wealthy in preparation for building the
tabernacle, which is sometimes called the sanctuary. that was
intimated in Moses' prayer upon the deliverance on Exodus 15.
He called it the sanctuary of the Lord. The sanctuary of the
Lord. Bill Carver used to say this,
that once he found out that all he had actually belonged to the
Lord, it was easy for him to give it away. When you find out
that you don't have anything of your own, you won't hold on
to it so tight. you'll be free with it because
you didn't make it. God did. God did. This is the words of David in
1 Chronicles, I believe it's 2 Chronicles, but maybe 1 Chronicles. Chapter 29. resort to first cross was twenty
nine but who am I you just read about that the article by Greg
Yilkes but who am I and what is my people that we should be
able to offer so willingly after this sort for all things come
of thee and of thine own have we given thee other people's
minds It's the Lord's money. The Lord prospers His people.
It's also an interesting designation when the Lord referred to willingness
and wisdom. We read that, wise men, willing
men. This willingness and wisdom and
knowledge and understanding and skill was from the heart. That's
right, a heart of willingness stirred in the heart, stirred
by the Spirit we know in Exodus chapter 28 verse 3 said that
these wise men were filled with the spirit of God. God gave them
spirit and by that spirit gave them wisdom. It would do us all
well to remember that if we have skills, wisdom, knowledge, and
understanding that is not common to all, that it has been stirred
in our hearts for the Lord's employment and will in some way
glorify His namesake. this passage is the undeniable
fact that the Sovereign Lord employs the means that He has
created. A lot of people think sovereignty
means you don't need to preach. If He's sovereign, why preach?
Because that's the means He uses. He created the preacher. He made
the preacher to preach because that's the means He uses. He
is sovereign. he did not out of need do anything
he didn't lack any ability to do anything had he been so inclined
to simply by his word call the entire tabernacle into existence
in a moment he could have I mean he just said to the stars be
and to the world be and to you he made out of the dust of the
earth creation and the Sabbath the Sabbath says the work is
done finish work accomplished by the means he is ordained the
Sabbath rift is to be observed no fires to be killed for the
completion of it that's what that means our God wonder of
wonder uses his creatures to accomplish
his purpose. He uses you and me of all things
to accomplish his purpose. He told my sovereignty, my soul. Father, bless us to understand
and pray in Christ's name. Amen. All right.