Gospel—Bob Woods
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I'd like, if we could, to sing out of the little flock at it. The song I'd like to sing is in the little flock and I'd like to stand when we sing it and sing it heartily. It'll be No 257 #257 Let's stand.
And that'll be good luck.
4000 must be done.
Our sinful make my fall.
Upon.
Us, it was one.
Himself, because all I say is bloodstream too deeply more.
In love himself.
Thinking.
To pay all the deadly Lords.
Holy Day.
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And now we're closing.
By our friends and Savior.
That's it. That's my God.
And blink of mercy.
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Thinking about the, uh, the condition that that we're in is dead in trespasses and sins. Just look at a verse just to start. Look at Isaiah, the verse in Isaiah.
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Isaiah in chapter one.
In verse six, look at Isaiah.
One and verse 6.
From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is no soundness in it.
The wounds and bruises and putrefying sores, you know, when you think about us lost in sin, indeed, from the, the top of our head to the bottom of our feet, there's no soundness none whatsoever. And in, uh, psalms, David could say that in I was shaping in iniquity and born in sin. And so as we.
Think about that size or condition and then we think about how God is holy and, and cannot, uh, cannot look at sin and cannot look at iniquities. And then we think about the place that in heaven that nothing can enter that will defile. And so look at this, uh, verse in Exodus 13.
Exodus 13 and verse 13, you know, this is a wonderful picture of the redemption and how there was a substitute. And so as we look at this, the the donkey or the *** is a unclean animal. And so the question would be is how could something unclean be given to God? And so God made a provision for it.
And this is this is hit in verse chapter 13 and verse 13. And every first sling of an *** thou shalt redeem with a lamb. And if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck.
You know, there's a illustration with this and I'll see if I can repeat it. It, uh, was an illustration was used. UH-22 People, the, the priest and, and a poor Israelite were standing together with, uh, with an *** or a donkey. And this was the, the first sling of his flock. And he was there with the priest and he asked the question. He said, uh.
I have a very, uh, earnest question that I would like to ask you. I'm wondering if there could just be an exception that would be made just this once I have the this *** here and it is the the first thing of my flock, but I just wonder in in my particular case, could there be an exception made?
And the priest would say.
Well, the, the word of the, the law of the Lord is here. It says every first sling of an *** thou shalt redeem with the lamb, and if thou wilt not redeem it, and thou shalt break his neck. And so the priest then would say, where's your lamb? And the poor Israelite would say, I, I don't have a lamb. And I was just wondering if, if just in this case.
There could be an exception that would be made and the priest said no, there's no exception. There's either the lamb that would die or the *** will die, no exception. And so the priest then would say.
Go and purchase a lamb.
And the Israel, the poor Israeli Israel, I would say I don't have any money, I'm too poor. I can't, I don't have anything to buy a land. And so the righteous priests would again quote the the law of the Lord and say without exception, there has to be a lamb. Either the *** will die or the lamb. And so as we stop and think about this, really, it's a wonderful picture.
Of what God has done for us, he's provided the lamb. And you know, somebody here might say, could there just be an exception in my case? Could I just have one exception? Could I? And there's not. God must punish sin. And so here a lamb had to be had, had to be provided. So the poor Israelite would say, all of my hopes are dashed.
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Everything that I have is is in this this *** and so 1/3 Israelite that would have heard all of this conversation would have then come up to this poor Israelite and telling listen, they have good cheer. I have a lamb that we have put up and it's without spot or blemish.
I'll gladly get it for you. And so off runs this, uh, third.
To his home.
With the lamb. And here the lamb and the *** are standing side by side. And the the priest binds the lamb and cuts its throat it and sheds its blood, and the fire consumes the sacrifice. And so the priest then says, listen.
Your *** can freely go the LA. The lamb has died in its place.
You freely can take your ***. He's free.
So isn't it wonderful? It's really a picture of what God has done for us. It's really a picture of redemption. When you think about our condition before God and how God in His Holiness has to punish sin. God can righteously bless us because the sins are punished. Now let's just go. We're familiar with these verses, but just go to John one.
Go to John One.
And look at verse 36. This is John speaking to the other disciples and looking upon Jesus as he walked. He saith, Behold the Lamb of God.
And look over at Genesis 22.
Genesis 22.
And look at verse 7. This is as Isaac and.
Abraham were going together, and Isaac was going to be.
God had told Abraham to offer up his son as a sacrifice. And here's a question that Isaac asks. Look at verse seven and Isaac speaking to Abraham his father, and said, my father. And he said, here am I my son. And he said, behold the fire in the wood.
But where is the lamb for a burnt offering? Verse 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for burnt offering. So they went, both of them together.
How wonderful this this story is. Indeed. God did provide a lamb. God provided his only begotten Son to die in our stead. How wonderful that God.
Could come up with a plan to bless man and to do it on a righteous basis.
Look at First Peter 3.
First Peter 3.
And verse 18.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, that just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God.
And then look at Job chapter 33.
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Drove 33 and verse.
24 Or verse 23, if there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among 1000 to show and demand his uprightness, then he is gracious unto him, and saith.
Deliver him from going down to the pit.
I have found a ransom.
What wonderful, what a wonderful statement that God could say, I have found a ransom. Isn't it wonderful to to see the plan that God has devised to bless man, to punish sin and to bless man? His Holiness was never he never deviated from His Holiness. How wonderful it is that he could do this just as He made a provision for that unclean animal.
You and I are a picture of the unclean animal. How could God accept man in his sinful condition?
He provided a substitute. He provided his only begotten Son to die in our stead. And so God can be just in justifying the ungodly.
And let's go and read that. Let's go and read in Romans.
How wonderful that God can do this. He can be just in justifying the ungodly. Look at Romans chapter 3.
And look at verse 26 to declare, I say at this time his righteousness, that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. And then look at chapter 4.
Look at chapter 4 and verse five. None of this is on works. It's it's all because of faith.
And look at the.
Look at verse 4. Now to him that worketh is the reward, not reckoned of grace, but of debt, and verse five, but to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justify the ungodly. You know, we can't even enter into such a thought that the ungodly could be justified, that God could be righteous.
In justifying the ungodly, how wonderful what God has done so that man now can be blessed. Now go to the same chapter, chapter 4 and verse 7.
Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Isn't that wonderful?
Isn't that wonderful that what God has done, it's a a blessed thing that our iniquities are forgiven and our sins are covered. Full atonement has been made, the price has been paid, the debt is gone. Isn't it wonderful?
Now the cost. Just go to this verse in Lamentations.
Go to Lamentations chapter 3.
You know, when we think about calories cross and what happened there, think of the awful mistreatment that man, the hatred that was poured out on the Lord.
But nothing compares to this the three hours of darkness where God made it out the atonement for our sins and punished, put our sins on the Lord Jesus and punished him for our sins. And so this is what the Lord this is prophetically this verse limitations 3 and verse one.
I am the man that has seen affliction.
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By the rod of his wrath.
So the wrath of God was poured out on the Lord Jesus.
It was not for His sins, it was for our sins. Our sins were born in His body on the tree.
Knowing Isaiah 53, we don't have to turn to it. It says that he was a lamb to the slaughter.
But wait, let's do look at there's a verse in Isaiah 53.
Look at Isaiah 53.
Isaiah 53.
In verse 10.
You know, to think that God would pour out his wrath on his Son.
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. He had put him to grief.
This is what I was thinking of. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin.
Shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. And verse 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied.
By His knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many, for he shall prepare their iniquities. How wonderful the Lord took our iniquities. He bore em.
In his own body on the tree.
Let's look at that verse in First Peter.
First Peter, 318.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just, for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. How wonderful that the Lord Jesus took our sins and his own body on the tree.
Now look at this verse in John 3.
John 3.
I'm really thinking of the word must MUST John 3.
In verse 14 and as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, Even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. You know we can it's a wonderful the next verses that follow we could ask the question why? Why did he have to and the answer comes.
Verse 15 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. You know what's so wonderful? We could stop here and we could all say how wonderful this is. But there's it's even more wonderful because it's not to a certain class of people, It's to whosoever will the gospel, this wonderful plan of salvation is.
Open to anybody.
How wonderful could it be? It's to whosoever will. It's not to a certain group of people.
It's to anybody. So have you, can you think of a of something today where it's open like this to anybody? God offers this to anyone. How wonderful because of what God has done, it's not selected to a certain group of people. It is open to anybody. How wonderful that we can proclaim the gospel to.
Whosoever will, how wonderful.
So why did he have to die? The perfect one that knew no sin? He must die, or mercy could not come.
To sinners such as you and I. So here in verse 15, this is the reason that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life, for God so loved the world.
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That he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever.
There it is again, Believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
And let's look at one more Whosoever, go to Romans 10.
Romans 10.
In verse 13.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How wonderful this plan of salvation goes out to whosoever will.
Now let's look at a verse in John 5.
I was thinking about our condition and how a dead person.
The provision that is that God has made its redemption. It's a a substitute died in our place. And so here look at this verse in John 5.
Look at John 5 and verse 24. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent Me hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation.
But his past from death into life. And verse 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, the hour is coming, and now is when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God.
And they that here shall live. You know, it's really remarkable statement, isn't it, that the dead can hear?
And, you know, it's a wonderful thing that dead folks like us that are born in sin, that are lost can hear the gospel and believe and be saved and have life. So what a wonderful thing to be able to read a verse that says the dead can hear and they can hear and believe and have this.
Everlasting life.
Now look at this other verse in Acts 13.
Another it's just as wonderful as the Whosoever Acts 13.
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Look at 38 Be it known unto you, therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins.
In verse 39 and by him.
All that believe are justified from all things.
Read it again. Be it known unto you, therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins, and by him all, all that believe are justified.
From all things, isn't that wonderful? It is so wonderful to to see that everyone that believes none would be refused. Not only is this open to whosoever will, but every single one that believes are saved and justified and not only justified from all things.
It's a wonderful gospel, isn't it?
It's a wonderful plan that God has done that. He would devise a plan to bless you and I and to do it on a righteous basis. Isn't that wonderful?
Now it's just think about something. Let's think about the three hours of Jo judgment. All of us that have believed that penalty has been paid for the blood was shed and our sins are forgiven. Think of how the payment has been paid or justified. Now let's think about what if somebody were to reject it?
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How does God?
Is he is he righteous in how he would?
How he would.
Deemed punishment. What about the unrighteous? You know, uh, let's look at at, at our side 1St and know not only the verse we've read there in Acts, but look at this verse in Ecclesiastes.
About what he's done.
Look at Ecclesiastes chapter 3.
Chapter 3 and verse 14. I know that.
Whatsoever God, do it.
It shall be forever. Nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it.
It's perfect.
What God does is perfect. So when we look at how He's taking care of the debt that we've owed, but He knew our sins and he laid them on the Lord Jesus. The atoning work has been done. Whatever deemed necessary for every sin, He punished it. He knew them. He laid them on Him and punished him whatever was needed for every sin.
He took care of it. It's complete. Now think about somebody that would reject this salvation. Go to Revelations 20.
Golden Revelations 20.
We read this once earlier in the conference, but so let's read it again because it's another significant statement about the dead.
And look at verse 11. This is the great White Throne.
And I saw a great white throne in him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away.
And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God. You know, just as we read the dead would hear, hear, it's the dead will stand.
And so it says.
The dead smiling great stand before God, And the books were open, and another book was opened, which is the book of life, And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works, and the sea gave up the dead which were in it.
And death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them, and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire.
It'll be eternal punishment.
Where our punishment was meted out on the Lord Jesus.
They will have to stand, or they will be for all eternity in punishment.
So the righteousness of God will be meted out on anybody that rejects this great salvation. The punishment will be for all eternity. Think of the wonderful sacrifice that the Lord did. Doesn't it honor that sacrifice? To think that He took care of the punishment for every one of us, for everyone that believes on Him, it's been taken care of.
The work that the Lord Jesus did on Calvary's cross, doesn't it magnify that work?
So look at this verse in Job 36.
Very solemn thought.
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And it's about these that would reject and it would be cast into the lake of fire. Look at Job 36 and verse 18.
You know God's wrath poured out in those three hours of judgment on the Lord Jesus for our sins. Think of the wrath of God.
That think of the folks that would their be in judgment in perish forever in the lake of fire and look at verse 26. Behold, umm, look at verse 18, because there is wrath. Beware lest he take the away with his stroke.
Then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. There'll be no hope for a ransom in the lake of fire. It's eternal judgment. There's no hope. A ransom, a ransom won't work. Now look at look at for uh.
Look at the look at First Thessalonians 4. Those of us that know the Lord Jesus, we're, we're going to see our Redeemer, We're going to lay eyes on him face to face the one that died for us. And we're looking forward to this great event that can take place at any moment. There's nothing that would, uh, there's nothing that has to be done. We look, uh, for the imminent return of our Savior and let's just read it in First Thessalonians 4.
And verse 15 For this we say unto you, by the word of the Lord.
That we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them which are asleep.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise 1St and we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds.
To meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord.
That were to happen right this minute. Those of us that are redeemed, we'd immediately be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. The ones that have died in faith they too we would meet them in the air. If there is one that doesn't know the Lord is the Savior has not had the LO this substitution has not been redeemed.
Will never hear this shout.
It will only be for the ones that know the Lord Jesus as their Savior.
If there's a a person here that is not saved, they'll never hear this shout.
They will be left behind for judgment. And So what a wonderful thought to, to know that here shortly we're going to be able to see the, the one that died for us. You know, uh, there's a story about a, a fellow that was taking a, a voyage on a ship. And, uh, as he was on this ship, he observed the, the passengers on this ship.
And.
It was very, uh, obvious to him. Two passengers stood out. There was a young lady that was on the ship that was looking forward when they got to shore. She was going to be, uh, it was her wedding day. She was going to meet her bridegroom, bridegroom. And there also was a, a convict that was in, uh, cuffs and that when he got there, he was going to meet the judge.
And So what a contrast, you know, it's a reminder to us, those of us that are saved, we long for the day when the Lord will shout. It will be just like that Lady that was looking forward to.
Seeing her bridegroom with eager anticipation on the side of the ship, she scanned the shore, looking forward to a new home. And so aren't we the same, those of us that have been redeemed, We look forward to the shout and the time when the Lord would call us, uh, home to be with him and to be able to see the one who faith will be faith no longer. It will be be able to see the one that died for us.
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The contrast to to know the Lord as your Savior. What a wonderful thing to be able to think about what God has done in redeeming us, poor, lost, a Sinner, lost and undone, dead in trespasses and sins. Think of what God has done and how he's provided a a savior and think of how the floodgates are open to bless man and it can be done on a righteous basis.
Isn't it wonderful?
Let's see, let's sing out of our hymn sheet. And let's sing.
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Somebody start that.
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