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Tim James

The Reason He Came

Isaiah 61
Tim James July, 28 2024 Video & Audio
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In the sermon "The Reason He Came," Tim James explores the theological doctrine of the purpose of Christ's incarnation, primarily using Isaiah 61 as a foundational text. He argues that Christ's mission was not merely to serve as a moral example or to die as a martyr, but to save His elect through His death and resurrection as the ultimate Redeemer. The preacher cites Isaiah 61, which proclaims good news to the meek, liberty to the captives, and healing for the brokenhearted, demonstrating how these facets of Christ's ministry fulfill the prophecy concerning the Messiah and accentuate the Reformed understanding of his role in effecting salvation. The practical significance of this message is twofold: it affirms the assurance of the believer's salvation, rooted in the completed work of Christ, and it emphasizes the glory of God in the salvation of His people rather than any merit on the part of those who are redeemed.

Key Quotes

“He came to save His people from their sins, to redeem them and sanctify them, to gather God's elect into one body and he made every one of these things an unqualified success.”

“If you are a sinner as is described in the Holy Spirit... it’s not because you studied. It’s because God revealed it to you.”

“Your salvation is for God's glory. This is what glorifies Him fully... His glory... only that which glorifies Him fully is the salvation He wrought by Jesus Christ in this world.”

“Not one of God's chosen shall ever perish. You can count on that. God's elect must and shall be saved.”

Sermon Transcript

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Well, it's good to see you out
this morning. I got some folks who are out sick. Loretta's not
feeling well. And I remember hearing your prayer. Julie fell this morning when
she got out of bed. So I don't think there's been any damage.
But I think Flora sent her to the emergency room anyway. So
remember them in your prayers. Seek the Lord's help for them.
Loretta's got stomach problems. So she's not feeling well. days trish robinette's birthday
i don't see trish so maybe she'll show up in a little bit happy
birthday trish we'll observe the lord's table after morning
service this morning and there'll be no afternoon bible study okay
also uh and prayer list sonja ledford uh kelsey farrell uh
the family of logan brooks i don't remember y'all remember greg
brooks i used to attend church here his son has been missing
for quite some time now You left a facility over in Waynesville,
got on a bus, went to Miami, and they've not heard from him
since. So remember them in your prayers. And also remember Perry
Shell. It's been said that his cancer has returned. So remember
Perry in your prayers, too. Let's begin our worship service
with hymn number 70, Holy, Holy, Holy. Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee Holy, holy,
holy, merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity. Holy, holy, holy, merciful and
mighty, Holy, holy, all the saints adore thee, casting down their
golden crowns up round the glassy sea. ? Cherubim and seraphim
? ? Falling down before thee ? ? Which were dead are dead
? ? Evermore shall be ? ? Holy, holy, holy ? ? Though the darkness
hide thee ? Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not
see, only thou art holy. There is none beside thee perfect
in power, in love, and purity. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty. All thy works shall praise thy
name in earth and sky. Holy, holy, holy, merciful and
mighty, God in three Persons, blessed Trinity. after scripture and prayer we'll
see hymn number 17 comes out of every blessing. If you have
your Bibles turn with me to Isaiah the 61st chapter. Begin with verse 1 and we'll
read through verse 11. The Spirit of God is upon me,
because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto
the meek. He has sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening
of the prison to them that are bound, to proclaim the acceptable
year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort
all that mourn, for to pour unto them that mourn in Zion, to give
them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment
of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called the
trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be
glorified. And they shall build the old
wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, they shall
repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations,
and strangers shall stand and feed your flocks. Sons of the
alien shall be your plowmen and your vine dressers. You shall
be named the priests of the Lord. Men shall call you the ministers
of God. You shall eat the riches of the
Gentiles, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves. For
your shame you shall have double. For confusion they shall rejoice
in their proportion. Therefore, in their land they
shall possess the double. Everlasting joy shall be unto
them. For I the Lord love judgment,
and I hate robbery for burnt offering. I will direct their
work in truth, and I will make the everlasting covenant with
them. And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and
their offspring among the people. All that see them shall acknowledge
them. they that are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful
in my God. For he hath clothed me with the
garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness,
and the bride adorned herself with ornaments, and as a bride
adorned herself with jewels. For as the earth bringeth forth
her bud, and causes the things which are sown in it to spring
forth, so the Lord will cause righteousness and praise to spring
forth before all nations. Let us pray. Our Father in heaven,
most gracious Lord, kind and generous, full of mercy, slow to anger,
we thank you, Father, that you, by your grace, have saved us.
We thank you for the knowledge that this is what our Lord Jesus
Christ came in this world to do, to save his people, to glorify
your name's sake. We pray, Father, for those of
our company who are sick, going through trials, those who have
special sorrows in their hearts. We ask, Lord, you'll be with
them. Remember, especially Prairie Shell. She's got this cancer
back. Remember the others who requested
prayer. Lord, we pray you'd help them and be with them. Watch
over Julie as she's fallen this morning. Pray she'll be in no
injuries involved. Pray for the others who requested
prayer. Lord, we ask in the name of Jesus Christ that you might
be near to them. Cause them to set their affections
on Jesus Christ. We pray for ourselves this day
as we gather here to hear the gospel and to take the Lord's
table. and we do so with joy and thanksgiving and praise in
our hearts, for indeed you have covered us with the garments
of salvation. You have put praise and thanksgiving
in our hearts. We know that what we have, we
have because of your great mercy and grace. Nothing in us could
provoke you or move you to even consider us, but you by grace
have considered us. You by grace have covered us
in the blood of Jesus Christ. You, by grace, have opened our
hearts and minds to receive the truth. It's all you, Father. You've done it all, and we praise
you for it. Help us to worship you, as you ought to be worshiped,
for truly you're worthy. We ask it in Christ's name. Amen. Hymn number 17, Come thou fount
of every blessing. Come thou fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace. Streams of mercy never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me soft melodious sonnet
sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount I pitched upon
it, mount of thy redeeming love. Here I raise my abednee, sir,
hither by thy help I'll go. And I hope I'll have thy good
pleasure safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a
stranger Wandering from the fold of God Here to rescue me from
danger Interposed his precious blood Oh, to grace how great
a debtor Daily I'm constrained to be Let thy good Like a feather,
bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel
it. Prone to leave the God I love. Here's my heart, Lord, take and
seal it. Seal it for Thy courts above. Steve, Stan, have to look for
Grandpa. He's chasing the baby this morning. Let us pray. Father, again, we
come in the name of Jesus Christ, our merciful and gracious Savior,
who came into the world to save sinners. We know that apart from
your grace, nothing would await us but perdition, but you and
your kindness and mercy have given us all things. all things
are ours, and we are Christ's, and Christ is God's. As we return
to that which you've given us, let us do so with joy, hilarity,
thanksgiving, and praise, fully knowing and confessing where
we got everything. We pray in Christ's name. you. The. Roger, teaching back to Isaiah
chapter 61, this passage of scripture. Is that too loud? Huh? I better stick with the other
mic then. As I was reading this scripture
this week, considering and thinking on it, And the fact that we're
going to receive the Lord's table this morning, I remember the
poem. I can't remember the words to it. I've got it written in
my other Bible. But it spoke of the Lord's table as being
the place where only sinners are welcome. Only sinners are
welcome at that table. And I got to thinking about the
concept of sinners. I know everybody says they are,
and are willing to admit it to some degree. But for some sinners,
it has a meaning far deeper. It goes down to their soul and
their mind, and that's because God has taught them what they
are. The old poet said the sinner
is a holy thing, a sacred thing. The Holy Ghost has made him so.
You don't know you're a sinner as one who is described in the
Word of God. unless God opens your mind and
heart to show you what you are. Scott Richardson used to say,
never graduate from being a sinner, because the moment you graduate
from that, you forget God. Our understanding of the gospel
and appreciation of the gospel is singular and absolute. It
is proportional to how much we know about ourself as a sinner. He who is forgiven much loveth
much. He who is forgiven much loveth
much. Paul, after persecuting the church
and confessing to it, He said, this is a faithful saying worthy
of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into this world to
save sinners of whom I am chief. He received the mercy of God.
And it must have been a wondrous thing to him as he wrote the
words inspired in Galatians chapter 1 when he said, God separated
me from my mother's womb and called me by his grace to preach
the gospel, and I conferred not with flesh and blood. Oh, he
knew he was a persecutor of the church and was embarrassed by
that and ashamed of it. He also realized that that was
part of the plan for his life. It would bring him to the feet
of the Lord Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus. The Lord Jesus
Christ came into this world to save sinners. He said that many
times in Scripture. He said to those who were religiously
righteous and good men, who stuck by the times of prayer, who read
the Scriptures and wrote them down, who never missed a Sabbath,
never missed going to temple when the temple was open, never
missed debating the Scriptures, He said, I came not to call you. I came to call sinners, bring
sinners to repentance. If you are a sinner as is described
in the Holy Spirit, by the Holy Spirit, in this word, if you
understand it in that capacity, it's not because you studied.
It's not because you did the right math and arithmetic. it's
because God revealed it to you. None of us are any different
from anybody else in the world. There is no difference. If we
know something of the grace of God, it's because of the grace
of God. He must teach us. You say, well,
the preacher taught me. No, the preacher didn't do nothing.
The preacher told you something. The preacher had a report to
tell you. He don't teach you. He tells you. It's the Lord that
teaches. is the Lord who takes what is
preached and puts it in the hearts and minds and finds purchase
in the heart of His people. That's a work of grace. Preachers
come and preachers go. There ain't nothing to them.
They're nothing. But the Word of God endureth
forever. Why did Jesus Christ come into
this world is all explained here in what I read to you this morning
in Isaiah chapter 61 verses 1 through 11. Manifold reasons men recite as
to why Christ came to earth. Many say that Christ came as
an example of how we ought to live and it would not hurt anyone
to follow his example for he was a selfless man. He never
did anything for himself. He was always about the Lord's
business but that's not why he came. Others report that he came
to die as a martyr for a great cause. He didn't die as a martyr. A martyr is someone who dies
because he's caught and because he's punished and he can't do
anything else. Jesus Christ came to die in the
room instead of his elect and purchase their redemption by
his death. He didn't die as a martyr. He
died as a successful redeemer and savior. Others still claim
that he came to, his death came to express God's love for all
mankind. Strange love of that. We know
what love is. We love somebody. We will give
our life to save them. It's that simple. If you love
somebody, you'll take the bullet. You will. If you don't love them,
you'll step out of the way and let them take the bullet. But
the love that men talk about God has for all mankind has Him
stepping aside and letting them take the bullet. God loved His
people, and according to 1 John chapter 3, If you love somebody, you give
your life for them. You give your life for them. The love that men talk about
today is God's love is unrequited and weak and of no value. Now religion in general declares
that Jesus Christ came to make salvation possible, at least
they say that. But He didn't make anything possible
on the cross. He finished the salvation and
redemption of His people. Jesus Christ came to do the will
of God. And He said that particularly
in Hebrews chapter 10 when He sets forth the fact that He died
in the room instead of His people and perfected forever them that
are sanctifying by one offering. And He prefaced that by saying,
Lo, I come in the volume of the book. It is written to me to
do thy will, O God. Jesus Christ came to do the will
of God as our covenant surety, assuming our debt when we didn't
even know we had a debt. He came to save His people from
their sins, to redeem them and sanctify them, to gather God's elect into one
body and he's made every one of these things an unqualified
success. He's not trying to do anything.
The scripture declares that Christ came to save somebody and all
whom he came to save shall be saved. All whom. Isaiah 61 is a proclamation of
why Christ came. We see four basic things in this
passage of scripture. Verses 1 through 3 is a description
of the Savior. Verses 4 through 6 is a description
of the salvation. Verses 7 through 9 is a description
of the saints. Verses 10 and 11 is a description
of the glory. The glory. So-called scholars
and imaginary intellectuals have debated over years over who is
doing the talking here in Isaiah chapter 61 and verses 1 through
3. If you read commentaries, you'll find men actually argue
about that silly thing. But all they'd have to do was
look at Luke chapter 4, our Lord's first sermon in his hometown,
to know that this passage of Scripture is talking about Him.
Because when they handed Him the book, He was turned to Isaiah
61, to this passage of Scripture. And our Lord read this passage
of Scripture in the temple. And He looked Him square in the
face and eyeball to eyeball and He said, This day, this prophecy,
this word fulfilled in your eyes, this was talking about Me. This
was talking about me. Because our blessed Savior and
His work by God's grace and by His Holy Spirit says here that
He was anointed from heaven. That Holy Spirit anointing showed
first at His baptism when the Holy Spirit came down from heaven
and lighted on Him like a dove. And the Lord said, This is My
beloved Son in whom I am well propitiated, pleased, or satisfied. Jesus Christ is prophet, the
prophet, the one spoke about in Deuteronomy 18. They understood
that when they asked the question. Many of them, when they heard
him speak, they say, is he that prophet? That one that was prophesied
to come. He was priest. He's the great
high priest, the great high priest who stands for us, intercedes
for us, and he's the king. He's the king. He's the priest
that binds up the brokenhearted. He's the prophet that gives good
tidings to the meek. And he's the king who proclaims
liberty to the captives and sets at liberty them that are bound.
And the captives it speaks of here are lawful captives. They
ought to be captives. They're captured because they're
sinners. And for them, he accomplished something. He accomplished something
without their knowledge, without their help, without their interference
whatsoever, without their even knowing it happened, until they
were told by some preacher years later. He accomplished for them
free justification, complete propitiation and satisfaction,
and perfect liberty. Perfect liberty. The Lord Jesus
Christ, by His obedience unto God in His death and His life,
and by the efficacious grace and power of Almighty God, has
brought the year of Jubilee in. That's what it talks about in
verse 3. Jubilee to provide the results of Christ's salvation.
The Jubilee trumpet was the gospel. To the penitent, which were like
ashes, He gives beauty of grace. To the mourner, He gives the
joy of forgiveness. to the one who is heavy laden
with sin and guilt, he gives the garment of praise. These
recipients of grace are called the trees of righteousness, the
planting of the Lord, which he said in Jeremiah chapter 32,
I planted them with my whole heart. I planted them with my
whole heart. This salvation which Christ accomplished
is for the glory of God. The spirit of the Lord God is
upon me because he has anointed me to preach good tidings unto
the meek. He has sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and to the opening
of the prisoners that are bound, prison to them that are bound,
to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord is the time we're
living in now, the gospel age. the day of vengeance of our God
that is to come. For vengeance, he says in Isaiah
63, is in his heart. But the day of his redeemed is
come. And he came to comfort all that
mourn. And this is not just general mourning, though he does comfort
those who mourn. He does comfort the brokenhearted. But he's talking
about those who are brokenhearted over sin and who mourn over their
own condition. To a point to them that mourn
in Zion. to give them beauty for ashes.
What are ashes? Used up fuel. They're not warm. They're cold. They are light
as the ether and blow away with every strange wind of doctrine.
It's nothing to them. He says, I'm going to give them
beauty for that. The beauty of holiness, the beauty of being
connected with the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord said in Ezekiel
16, their beauty shall be renowned. talk about the church of the
living God, talk about you. Her beauty shall be renowned
because they get it from me. Because I'm beautiful. I'm beautiful. Born to them beauty for ashes,
the oil of joy for morning, the oil of joy is the Holy Spirit.
The garment of praise for the Spirit of heaviness downtrodden,
beaten up, heavy laden. Children of God, praise God.
No trial is happy. No trial feels good. It's not
intended to. It's not what it's designed is. But if you're a child of God,
even in the midst of trial when you're broken down, in your heart
of hearts and mind, you can praise God for His goodness and His
mercy towards you. the spirit of heaviness, that
they might be called trees of righteousness, plantings of the
Lord. How come you're in that garden?
Because God planted you in that garden. It's all for the glory
of Christ, that He might be glorified. So your salvation is wonderful.
It's a wonderful thing if you experience it. It's a wonderful
thing that's taken place on your behalf by the triune Godhead. but your salvation's not really
for your glory. You will be glorified. Your salvation
is for God's glory. This is what glorifies Him fully.
He's glorious in creation, there is no doubt about that. He's
glorious in providence, there's no doubt about that. But His
glory, that which glorifies Him fully, and only that which glorifies
Him fully is the salvation He wrought by Jesus Christ in this
world. That fully glorifies God. Salvation
is seen in verses four through six, and they shall build the
old waste places, or waste, and they shall raise up the former
desolation. They shall repair the waste cities
and the desolations of many generations. The strangers will stand and
feed your flocks, and the sons of the aliens shall be your plowmen
and your vinedressers. You shall be named priests of
the Lord. Men shall call you ministers
of our God. You shall eat the riches of the
Gentiles, and in their glory shall you boast for yourself."
This speaks of the restoration of God's people. ruined sinners. It's a gathering of strangers
into one body in unity and bond of peace. It's the making of
a grace sinner to be a holy priesthood. To offer acceptable sacrifices
to God by Jesus Christ according to 1 Peter 2. You don't need
some guy in a robe and a cloth with a collar on his neck. to
forgive you of sins or to give you absolution for sin. You don't need that. Because
if you're a child of God, God has made you a priest. And you
can approach God. You can speak to God on behalf
of others. You can make supplications and prayers to God. And you can
offer the sacrifices that is Jesus Christ unto God and is
acceptable by Jesus Christ. A holy priesthood, you'll call
it. A holy priesthood, a royal. generation, a royal generation,
and you're called the ministers of God, God's ministers, those
who are ministers of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. It
also speaks in this passage of the gathering of the Gentiles,
the Gentiles being gathered into the flock. Remember this book
in the Old Testament was basically written to and about the Jews
and their history. But so many times, especially
in the prophets, you'll find our Lord talking about the world
or the nations or the Gentiles. When He talks about the coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ in the 11th chapter of this book, Isaiah,
He talks about Christ being raised up as an ensign for His people,
as a flag, the gathering flag for His people, and the Gentiles
shall come unto Him. The Gentiles have always been
a part of God's plan of salvation. In fact, He's going to save people
out of every kindred, nation, tongue, and people and tribe
upon the face of the earth. Verses 7-9 speaks of the saints. For your shame you shall have
double, and for your confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess the double, everlasting
joy shall be unto them. For I, the Lord, love judgment,
I hate robbery for burnt offering, and I will direct their work
in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. And their seed shall be known
among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people. All
that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed
which the Lord hath blessed. They shall possess all the blessings
of God. then isn't that what Ephesians
chapter 1 says? Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with all spiritual
blessings. I know the world's religion promises
blessings, but you already got them if you're a child of God.
You're lacking nothing. You're not waiting for something.
You lack nothing. God has paid it all. God shall
acknowledge them as His own. He will bless this seed, this
seed, and He will have others acknowledge it also. In fact,
all that happens in this world is for the good of His people
and for the glory of His name's sake. I know that's hard to believe
and express and understand in the world in which we live, but
it's been bad before and it'll be bad again. If it lasts, this
world is not going to get better. Nothing's gonna make it better.
No one's gonna make it better. It's been on a downhill run since
Garden of Eden. Like a giant juggernaut, it seems
to me that it's picking up speed. Seems to me. I could be wrong. May just be my own opinion. It
seems like it's picking up speed to me, that juggernaut, going
faster and faster down to its final collision. This seed, the
seed of Christ, His seed. The Lord has blessed this seed.
The Lord has blessed them. He has called them, chosen them,
called them, and saved them by His grace. They are called in
Scripture the saints. They're not canonized by the
Roman Church. They're saints because they are
sanctified. and they are sanctified because
Jesus Christ has been made their sanctification. This is our sanctification. This is my righteousness. People
talk about righteousness. They talk about imputed and imparted
and things like that. I don't find that in Scripture,
imparted. I'm not righteous. There's nothing
about me that's righteous. They talk about the new nature
of being righteous. It's the Spirit of God in me. The Spirit
of God in me. I'm righteous by Jesus Christ.
He's my righteousness, my only righteousness. But if I got him,
I don't need another one. He is my righteousness. That
doesn't mean we won't try to do good. We will. With my mind,
I serve the law of God. With my flesh, I serve the law
of sin and death. We'll try to be good people.
We'll want to be, but I guarantee you every good deed you ever
do is going to be so full of sin it could send 10,000 worlds
to hell. Every good deed you do, all our
righteousnesses are as filthy, minstrous rags. It is a very
important language in Scripture, because when a woman was in her
menses, she was put outside the camp. Everything she touched
was considered unclean. If she sat on a couch or sat
on a bed, it had to be destroyed. And for seven days afterwards,
she could not come back in until an offering was made for her. Those minstrous rags were cursed. My mom used to call it that.
When her monthly would come around, she'd say, well, I got the curse.
Because it's a curse. It's called a curse. Doesn't
mean women are cursed. It sets forth a woman as the
example of all humanity. Cursed and in need of redemption. Why does a woman have men's disease?
to make a baby. And when the baby is not attached
to the womb, the blood flows. Why? Because there's no life. There's no life. All our righteousness have no life. Indeed, no conception,
nothing to them. And then we have for us the glory.
Verses 10 and 11. I will greatly rejoice in the
Lord. My soul shall be joyful in my
God. Why? Because He hath clothed
me with the garments of salvation. He hath covered me with the robe
of righteousness. As a bridegroom decketh himself
with ornaments, and as a bride adorn herself with jewels. For the earth bringeth forth
her bud, as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden
causes things that are sown to spring forth. There's a course
of action here. And we can look at the earth
and see. Flora brought some tomato plants a while back. some tomato
plants and said put these in the ground. We didn't know where
to put them so I had a pile of leaves over there. So we just stuck
them in that pile of leaves. Stuck up a couple of grapes and
went out there and there's tomatoes all over the place. Why? Because that's the way it works.
The earth bringeth forth that which is planted. Our Lord is
saying when the gospel is planted it's going to bring forth fruit.
It's going to bring forth fruit. The glory is going to be for
God. Listen to the response of redeemed sinners to the experience
of God's saving grace. We rejoice in our God. We acknowledge
that salvation is God's work alone. We glory in imputed righteousness. We are confident of the salvation
of God's leg throughout all the nations. For as the earth bringeth
forth bud, the Lord said, My word is like that. Remember He's planted these as
trees of righteousness with His whole heart. And now he says
the word of God is like that. Isaiah 55, 11 says, my word shall
not return to be void. It shall go where I send it and
accomplish the purpose of it. And it's like what? It's like
the rain that comes down from heaven. It falls upon the flower
or upon the ground and makes the seed to burst open and bring
forth bud and life. That's how his word works. That's
not an instant process, we know that. We preach the gospel, God
uses the gospel, and somewhere down the road, it happens. I remember Ralph Barn telling
the story about holding a meeting one time, and about halfway through
the meeting, this girl come a-crying and carrying on. Said, he saved
me, he saved me. And Barn said, I didn't save
you. He said, I've never seen this girl. She said, well, it's
what he said. That's what he said. I said,
when did he say it? Ten years ago, she said. Ten
years ago, he told me. And I ain't got over it since.
It tore me up. Messed up my life. Changed me forever. Ten years
ago. We don't know. We throw the seed out there.
We scatter it. We don't know what's gonna happen.
But God does. And he said, it's like the flower.
Like a bud. not one of God's chosen shall
ever perish. You can count on that. God's
elect must and shall be saved. He says, As the earth bringeth
forth bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown
to spring forth, so the Lord will cause righteousness and
praise to spring forth before all nations. And though a new paragraph is
started, for a new chapter started in 62. I think this should be
read with it. Let's read it this way, for as
the earth bringeth forth her but as the garden causes things
that are sown to spring forth, so the Lord will cause righteousness
and praise to spring forth before all nations. For Zion's sake
I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not
rest until the righteousness thereof goes forth as brightness,
and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. This is the words of the Savior
speaking of His people. We'll now receive the Lord's
statement. This table is for sinners. God has saved you by his will.
He's saved you of what you are. And you walk into this table. But
he's also taught you what it means. That your salvation is wholly
accomplished when Jesus Christ and Calvary is filled. And in the middle. He spoke of that in the First
Commandment. I'm counting you now. I'm resting you now. I have shown for his death that
I am an angel. If that wasn't the blood of the
decoy, then I was saved from the demons of Christ. To rejoice, we can gather as
His children, as a family, as part of the family of God, and
take this bread and drink this wine and say, I am an angel. and will keep me by his presence
at any time. Not soon, I expect, but soon. Thank you. This is a great, this is a wonderful
proclamation. One of the three elements that
God has given church believers. In fact, he's given one of church
believers. It's just a process of seeing and ratifying. all the sinners saved from death. If you have no hope in this world,
save for Jesus Christ. There is no one better than the King
of heaven and earth beside him. When you take this tablet, you
say, thanksgiving, praises, and full knowledge of that death that is accomplished. And counting
2,000 years later, actually before we were doing that, and set off
wild, and accepted, and embraced by a lot of God. And in due time, we were spreading. on a high over a tree, getting
ready to pass out a feast. And wait, the beast, he gave
that beast a peaceful silence. And as he stood there
in his physical body, not bleeding at the time, he spoke of all
that would happen in just a few days. He said, hey, this is my
body, this is my body. It's a new car. So if you don't understand me,
then I'm a student. If you don't understand me, then I'm a student. I'm a student. A newcomer. A newcomer
who's got zero leaders. A newcomer who's got zero leaders. A newcomer who's got zero leaders. A newcomer
who's got zero leaders. A newcomer who's got zero leaders. A newcomer who's got zero leaders. A newcomer
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got Amazing grace, how sweet the
sound that saved a wretch like me that once was lost. But now I see. The moon has left the U.S.A. Beyond New York City. Namo Tosha, Niyurose, Niyagaya,
Tim James
About Tim James
Tim James currently serves as pastor and teacher of Sequoyah Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Cherokee, North Carolina.

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