What Did God Pre-See So He Could Provide?
🗣️ Speaker: Pastor Derrel Strickland
The sermon emphasizes the significance of Jesus Christ's resurrection as the cornerstone of Christian faith, underscoring that without it, all belief and hope would be in vain. It further highlights God's omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence, and eternality, encouraging believers to recognize and surrender to God's greatness and providence, which is evident from the creation narrative to the fulfillment of prophecy in Christ's death and resurrection.
The core takeaway from Pastor Strickland's sermon is the central importance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ to Christian faith, illustrating God's foreknowledge and provision for humanity's greatest need—salvation and forgiveness of sins. It emphasizes the trust believers should place in God's omnipotence and His plan for redemption, as He sees and provides for our needs even before we are aware of them.
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Celebrating the Miracle of Resurrection: Unveiling the Power of God's Foreknowledge and Provision
As we commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it's essential to delve into the profound implications of this pivotal event, not only for our faith but for our understanding of God's nature and His intricate plan for humanity. This blog post seeks to explore the core message of a sermon that beautifully intertwines the narratives of sacrifice, foreknowledge, and divine provision, drawing from the rich tapestry of biblical stories to underscore the essence of the resurrection.
The Omnipresence and Omniscience of God
At the heart of the sermon is the recognition of God's omnipresence and omniscience. The scriptures remind us that God is everywhere and knows everything—even our needs before we articulate them. This understanding challenges us to broaden our perception of God's presence in our lives and the world around us. Unlike humans, constrained by time and space, God transcends these limits, offering us a glimpse into His eternal and all-encompassing nature.
The Resurrection: A Testament to God's Provision
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not just a historical event; it's a testament to God's ability to foresee and provide for the greatest need of humanity—redemption and reconciliation. Through the resurrection, God reveals His power over death and His plan for eternal life for all who believe. This event fulfills the prophecy and the promise of salvation, showcasing God's love and mercy in the most profound way possible.
The Legacy of Faith: Abraham, Isaac, and the Ultimate Sacrifice
The sermon beautifully draws parallels between the story of Abraham and Isaac and the sacrifice of Jesus. Just as Abraham's faith was tested, so too was God's promise fulfilled through the resurrection. This narrative highlights the theme of divine provision—God providing the lamb for the sacrifice, a precursor to providing His Son for the salvation of the world. This parallel not only deepens our understanding of the cost of our salvation but also God's unwavering faithfulness.
The Importance of the Resurrection to Christian Faith
The core message of the sermon emphasizes the centrality of the resurrection to Christian faith. Without the resurrection, our faith lacks foundation and hope. The resurrection is the proof of Jesus' victory over death and His divine nature, affirming our belief in the eternal life promised to us. This event encapsulates the essence of our hope and the basis of our faith, reminding us of the power of God's love and the reality of His provision.
Concluding Reflections: Embracing the Promise of Provision
In conclusion, the sermon invites us to embrace the promise of God's provision, manifested in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It calls us to trust in God's foreknowledge and His plan for our lives, encouraging us to rely on His strength in times of uncertainty. As we reflect on the miracle of the resurrection, let us renew our faith in the omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent God, who has already seen our needs and provided the most precious sacrifice—His Son, Jesus Christ.
The resurrection serves as a beacon of hope, a reminder of God's immense love for us, and a call to live in the light of His grace and provision. As we celebrate this cornerstone of our faith, let us hold fast to the assurance that God is always with us, guiding, providing, and sustaining us through every season of life.
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Use the questions listed below as a launching point to discuss the sermon points together as a family. These are great for dinner table discussions and small groups.
How does the concept of God's omniscience and omnipresence, as highlighted in the sermon, influence our understanding of prayer and divine intervention in our lives?
The sermon draws a parallel between Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac and God's sacrifice of Jesus. How do these stories deepen our understanding of faith and trust in God's provisions?
In what ways does the resurrection of Jesus Christ serve as the ultimate testament to God's power over death and promise of eternal life?
How does the sermon's discussion on God's foreknowledge and provision challenge or reinforce your personal beliefs about destiny and free will?
The sermon emphasizes the importance of the resurrection to Christian faith. Why do you think the resurrection is central to our hope and belief in eternal life?
Reflecting on the sermon's message, how does the idea that God knows our needs before we ask them affect your perspective on worry and anxiety about the future?
Discuss the significance of God providing the "lamb" in both the Old Testament (Abraham and Isaac's story) and the New Testament (the crucifixion of Jesus). What does this tell us about God's character and His plan for salvation?
Considering the sermon's insight into God's provision through the resurrection, how can we apply this understanding to our daily challenges and struggles?
The sermon concludes with an invitation to embrace the promise of God's provision as demonstrated through the resurrection. In practical terms, how can we live out this promise in our community and interactions with others?
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Connecting our kids to what we as adults are learning and hearing on Sundays is vital to passing on our faith to the next generation. Use the summary below as a great way to talk about the message we heard with your kids.
This sermon tells us that God loves us so much, He planned a special surprise long before we were born. He sent Jesus, His own Son, to be like a superhero who beats the one of the biggest villains of all—death—so we can be with God forever. It's like when you're playing a game and you think you're going to lose, but then you find the secret power-up that helps you win. God knows what we need before we even ask, and He always has a good plan to take care of us, just like He did with Jesus.
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The scriptures discussed by Pastor Derrel Strickland come from an era of great turmoil and transformation. They reflect the challenges faced by individuals and communities, highlighting the universal themes of faith, perseverance, and the strength found in unity. Understanding the cultural, political, and religious context of these times provides deeper insight into the enduring relevance of these teachings.
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Well, happy resurrection. Morning. The scriptures tell us he is not here.
He has risen. Matthew said it, Mark said it, Luke said it, and they all added as he said. They all added in some form as he said.
In other words, he told us that he was going to die. He told us that the kernel of wheat was going to be planted, but it wasn't going to stay in the ground. It was going to be resurrected.
Three interesting individuals, I don't know if you thought about it, but only one of those three was an apostle. One of them, the one that was apostle was a tax collector. Luke was not even a jew.
He was a gentile. He's the one that wrote the book of Luke. And he was a gentile physician.
And then of course, there was Mark, who traveled some with Paul. So only one of the three was apostles, but they were all three believers, and each one agreed on the key element. Paul tells us, without the resurrection, our faith or hope is in.
Might as well just go anywhere. If without faith and the resurrection, without the resurrection, we have nothing. Now, I want to use a couple of other passages.
I want to remember those passages. He is not here. He is risen, or he has risen.
But I want us to look at two other passages that I trust that will minister to you as much as it ministered to me today or this week. I woke up at 01:00 this morning and God kept adding to the message. So I decided I better get on to church before it got too long.
So I've been here since 02:00 so if it looks like I'm walking in my sleep, you know, that's about close to right. But Matthew, chapter six. Matthew, chapter six, verse seven and eight.
And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard. For their many words, do not be like them. For your father knows what you need.
Your father knows what you need. Your father knows what you need before you ask him. Man.
And then over in Romans, chapter eight, verse 28, one that I used a few weeks ago. And we know that for those who love God, all things, all things work together for good. For those who are called according to his to purpose.
Now, before we go any further, we need to clear the air. There's only one God, and you're not it. I know some of you thought, but we're not.
Now, this is important. I really think we need to understand that. Because sometimes we forget how big our God is.
See, God is omnipresent. You know what that means? That means he's everywhere. He's everywhere.
I don't want to burst your bubble, but if God could only be at one place, he probably wouldn't show up at Oxford today. I know you'd say no. He'd have been at the villages.
Chances are he would have had a better place to be. But he can be. Where? Everywhere.
He's omnipresent. Then he's also omniscient. That means he knows all things.
He's all knowing and he's omnipotent. That means he's all powerful. Then he's eternal.
That means without beginning or without end. So I don't know. If you looked at those four qualifications, you don't meet one of them.
I said, you don't meet one of them. I know. You say, well, I'm not there, but I'm there in spirit.
No, you're not. You're limited to where you can be. One place, but our God's omnipresent.
Our God knows everything. I know a lot of you are a lot smarter than I am, but you don't know it all. If you knew it all, you wouldn't even have to have to ask Google.
But we're not even one out of the four. Now, you say. Why do you bring that up? Because I realize that there's some things that are beyond our comprehension.
I said there's a lot of things beyond my comprehension. Now, I know a lot of you. Again, smarter than I am, so you can comprehend more than I can.
But there's a lot of things beyond your comprehension. The Bible tells us that God's ways are so much higher than our ways. Why? Because he's omniscient.
I'm depressed, and he's all powerful. Now, we must realize that there's some things that we can't understand because I'd probably lose you in some of these spots. You're sitting there trying to.
How'd that be? I don't understand. The resurrection. I just know it happened.
I said, I just know it happened. He is not here. And over 500 people saw him in a resurrected body.
He's not here. He has risen. And so we can't get bogged down trying to figure some things out.
And so let me just remind you again, there's only one God and you're not him. Now, I'm going to be covering, so I'm going to have to preach fast. So I'm going to need you to listen fast.
Tell your neighbor fast, your seatbelts is going to get good. I want you to go with me all the way back to the book of Genesis, chapter 22, a passage that we read not too long ago. Powerful, powerful verse.
And I tell you, I hope this message ministers you half as much as it did to me. And if it is, you will leave here blessed. But Genesis, chapter 22, verse two.
He said, this is Abraham speaking. Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Now that's the key.
Remember Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you. In other words, go to Moriah. Now, where were they? They were in Canaan.
He said, go to Moriah and then drop down to verse eight. And Abraham said, God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering by son. So they went, both of them together.
And when they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. Let me just remind you, at this time, Abraham was 110 or twelve years old, 13 years old, because he had a son at 100. And now Isaac was a teenager.
How many thinks that that teenage son probably could have prevented his zero, zero year old dad from tying him up? So that tells me that he was willing. He was willing to. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, abraham, abraham. And he said, here I am. And he said, do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him.
For now I know that you fear God, seeing you withheld your son, your only son, from me. I think we can understand that. Only son later will play a big part in the New Testament, the only son.
And says, and Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold, behind him was a ram. What's a ram? That's a grown goat or a lamb caught in a thicket by his horns.
And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead. So Abraham called the name of that place, that name of the place at Moriah. But he called the name of that place, the Lord will provide.
As it said on this day on the mount of the Lord, it shall be provided. He said God would provide. And we need to remember that what we've always said, Jehovah Jireh means, God is my provider.
He said, God is my provider. Now, I know that I covered this recently, but this blessed me to no end whenever I saw this and understood that the word Jireh does not really say provider. The word actually means to see that God precedes.
And because he precedes, he can make a statement. I know what you have need of even before you ask it, he can make a statement that us would be asinine. All things work together for good.
To those who love the Lord and are called according to its purpose. How in the world could he say that? Because he precedes. He precedes everything in your life.
Now, again, that's one of those things that we could blow our mind trying to figure that out. I mean, just remember your third grade teacher, the one that had eyes in the back of her head? You tried to figure that out. How did she see what God sees? And because he pre sees, he can provide.
Now, now, where did this take place? A place called Moriah. You need to remember that. Now, let's back up to Genesis, chapter 15.
Genesis, chapter 15. Just pulling out some of the verses. Don't have time to read it all, but let's begin at verse seven.
And he said to him, this is, I am the Lord who brought you out from the Ur of the Chaldees to Chaldeans to give you this land to possess. Now he's speaking to Abraham. He had told Abraham, bring him out of ur of the Chaldees.
And. And he said, I want you to go to the promised land. I want you to go.
I'm going to take you to Galilee. I'm going to take you to Canaan. I'm going to take you.
And so God spoke that. Now drop down to verse 13. And it says, then the Lord said to Abram, know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners and a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for 400 years.
Now, I think you understand, I could get bogged down in any one of these little stories, so I'm going to cover them quickly. If you have questions later, ask gator. He'll explain it all to you.
But he told them. He said, now your offspring. Now, I have to remind you, at this time, IsaaC hadn't even been born.
It was all a promise. Even though he's in his nineties, he said, your offspring will be sojourners in a Land that is not there. Now, where were they when he was telling them they were in CAnaan? They were in CAnaan.
Oh, it says. And he said, but you're going to go somewhere, and you're going to stay there 400 years. But I will bring judgment on the nations that they will serve.
And afterwards, the. They shall come out with great possessions. And as for you, you shall go to Your fathers in peace.
You shall be buried in a good OlD AGe, and they shall come back here in the fourth GeNeratioN. Another way of saying after 400 years for the iniquity of the amorites is not yet complete. I'd love to be able to chase ThiS rabbit a while, because the AmORites were their ENemY.
And he said, they're still going to be in charge. Their time is not yet complete. Now let's drop down to verse 18.
On that day, the lord made a covenant with Abram, saying to your offspring, I will give this land. What land? The land that they were at. I will give this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, the land of the Canaanites, the Kenites, the Kenazites, the Kadamaites, the Hittites, the Perisherites, the Raphael, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Gerzites, and the Jebusites.
All of those people were their enemies. He said, and I'm gonna give you the land. But right now it's inhabited by all of these people, including the leaders who were ammonites.
I know some of you say, well, big deal. What does that have to. You know, my mother used to have a saying, what does that have to do with the price of ten? China? I never figured that out.
Anybody ever hear that saying? Huh? Yeah. I don't have any idea why God did some of these things, but I just know he had a purpose. You say, how do you know that? Because he always has a purpose.
Because, see, he precedes. And because he precedes, he can provide. Now, what did God precede? So he would be able to provide? They were going to leave Canaan for 400 years and would then return because the land right then was inhabited by all of their enemies.
Now, what's the significance of that? We'll get to that in just a moment. I'm not going to go there, but it kind of reminds you of this child that was born to Jacob. Now, Jacob was after Isaac.
Jacob was the one that's called the father of Israel nations. See, Jacob means deceiver. And God changed his name to Israel, but he had a son.
And that's where the jewish nation came from. Started with Abraham, but Jacob was the beginning of the jewish nation. And he had a son by the name of Joseph.
And Joseph was sold into slavery. Taken to where? Egypt. Taken to Egypt, where he was imprisoned.
And then he was released when he was able to interpret Pharaoh's dreams. So Jacob was down there all by himself. And after he interpreted the dreams.
Now, the interpretation is important because he told them that you're going to have seven years of prosperity, and then you're going to have seven years of famine. So you need to prepare for the famine. Now, I pastored for a short time in a real big farming area, and I love farmers, okay? So farmers, don't get upset with me.
But in one thing that I know about farmers, they weren't the best managers of money. Huh? They were not the best managers of money because if they had a great crop, what did they do? They went and bought more equipment. They bought more land because they were farmers.
They spent their money. And then. And you say, how do you know that? Because I can tell you, back in the eighties, right before I came here, many of them went bankrupt because they had three or four bad years in a row.
And gas prices went for the first time out. The roof and interest rates were 18%. They could not make enough crop to pay their bills.
Now, the only reason I bring that out is to use that as an illustration. God pre saw that there was going to be famine down there, and he had to make preparation for it. And we know that not only did Joseph save his family, he saved thousands and thousands of people.
You look at the news and go to Sudan and the different places where people are starving to death because they're in famine. God presaw the famine, and he provided by putting Joseph down there to prepare for the famine. And guess what? All those people he worked with were not godly people, but he went there.
How could that be? Because God presaw, he provided. But we also had to remember, what did God tell Abraham said, your family is going to leave Canaan, and you're going to leave and be gone for how many years? 400 years. You're gonna leave here for 400 years.
If we took time, we could find out that when Jacob's family went to Israel or went to Canaan, you know how many were in the group? 70. There was four of Joseph's family and 66 of the rest of them that he brought all the way. Now, just think about it.
Those 66 people were there around all those enemies. Guess what? They weren't strong enough to conquer the land. This will be another good sermon, Gator.
You can preach it sometime. I want you to think of something. Sometimes when we think God is nowhere around, he's helping us get prepared for the big battle.
He's making us stronger. Because 66 people could not handle all those Egyptians or all those, excuse me, not Egyptians. So they went down to Egypt.
And how long did he stay? How long? 400 years. Now, I know that's hard for us to imagine because most of us won't wait four minutes. 400 years.
And at the end of that 400 years, those 70 people, now, this is just estimated. Estimated between three and 5 million. How many of those three and 5 million is a bigger group than 70? And how many knows that God fulfilled the promise to Abraham, said, you're going to go for 500, 400 years, and when you leave, you're going to leave with a lot of blessings.
They basically ransacked Egypt. Now, they didn't take it. They were giving it to them.
They found favor. So they left Egypt much, much wealthier than they should have because they were slaves. But guess what? Because God presaw, he was able to provide, 70 people turned into three or 4 million people.
Remember God's promise, Abraham. They will come out with great possessions. Now, we don't have time to delve into the exodus, but let me just remind you that when Abraham offered that sacrifice of his son, the Passover hadn't even been thought about.
The Passover was instituted when. When Moses led the people out of Egypt into the exodus. So the Passover was instituted then over 400 years, 400 years after Abraham, or roughly 400 years, because it'd only be a few years after that that he went up on the mountain.
So for 400 years they waited. But because God presaw, he provided. Now, that's when the Passover was instituted.
And if we had time to stop and read the book of judges for a moment, we'd go to judges six. But let me just tell you what happened. A guy by the name of Gideon.
Gideon. Now, remember, I told you to remember Moriah, because Gideon was threshing wheat at Moriah. That's where he was threshing wheat at and hiding.
And it even gives the guy's name that on the threshing floor. And angel said, almighty man of valor. And he said, who, me? He was in hiding.
He wasn't a brave man. But guess what? Because God precedes, he provides. And so he provided for that man.
And the only reason I had to mention Gideon, because, see, later on, David bought that threshing floor. Where was that threshing floor? Moriah. The same place that Abraham was going to offer his son.
And David refused to take it for nothing. They tried to give it to him. And you say, well, he was king, they needed to give it to him.
No, David said, I will refuse to take something that cost me nothing. But I believe it goes beyond that because Jews were very, very controlling of their inheritance. The land stayed in the family name.
And David said, I want that land to be free and clear. I don't want it to be given to me, because, you know, if somebody gives it to you, they can take it back. But if you've got the deed in your name, if you've bought it, then that's your land.
And see, he bought that threshing floor. And it just so happens that when Solomon began to rebuild the first temple, guess where the altar was? Right on the threshing floor of Moriah. Because, see, God precedes, so he provides.
So the temple was built right there. That's told in two. Samuel, there is so much more we could share.
But let me get to the New Testament and what we know as passion week. You see, the same God had pre seen that you and I needed a savior. Now, in the Old Testament, when they offered a sacrifice, and I didn't even get into the book of Genesis in the very beginning, when was the first blood sacrifice in the Garden of Eden? When the angel or when God killed a sacrifice to clothe Adam and Eve so we could go way back.
We can make this an everlasting sermon. But in the Old Testament, other than prophetically, sins were not forgiven. They were covered.
They were covered. That's the reason they had to give a sacrifice every year. But when Jesus Christ became the Passover lamb, he gave his life once and for all.
And the sins which were. But God said, they going to have to have a savior. They've got to have a lamb.
They've got to have a lamb. And not just any lamb. See, Passion week last Sunday, we celebrated what? Palm Sunday.
What happened on Palm Sunday? And by the way, Palm Sunday is four days before the Passover. Four days before the Passover, Jesus, the lamb of God, came riding in to Jerusalem. Four days.
They said, well, big deal. In the Old Testament, when they instituted the Passover, the lamb had to be brought into the household for four days to make sure that there was no blemishes, nothing wrong with him. So what did Jesus do? For four days, he was in the public's eye, and they looked for something that could get him.
They finally tried to find a sin. They tried to find out why they could crucify him or how they could crucify him, but they never could find anything. Even though they looked for four days, the only thing they could find was that Jesus claimed to be the son of God.
And the reality is, we know that he didn't claim to be. He was the son of God. Hallelujah.
He was the perfect human sacrifice. Now, John the Baptist recognized him. Now, John the Baptist was related to Jesus in the flesh, but he knew that he was more than just cousin.
In John chapter one, verse 29, the next day, he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, behold the lamb of God who takes away the sin world. The first sacrifice was to cover an individual. Later on, it was changed to a family.
Then it became the nation of Israel. But now. Did you catch it? It's for the whole world.
The whole world. Jesus Christ became the sacrifice going to verse 36. It says this.
And he looked at Jesus as he walked and said, behold the lamb of God. And did you catch it? He says, this was slain before the foundation of the world. This before.
Before Jesus was ever born. Why? Because, see, Jesus God could pre. See, he could provide.
They needed a savior. You and I needed a savior. What about Luke? What did Luke say about it? Luke said this in chapter 22, verse seven.
Then came the day of the unleavened bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Okay, the Passover lamb. And I know there's debate on different hours and different things, but the best that I can understand and come up with is the same day that they were taking the lamb to be slaughtered for the sacrifice.
Jesus was going up to Calvary's hill. Why? Because he was a Passover lamb. Because Jesus or God priests, Saul.
So he provided a Passover lamb. Wow. He saw it, verse 19 and 20.
And he took bread. This was on the day of Passover. And when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, this is my body which is given for you.
This do in remembrance of me. And likewise, the cup after they had eaten, saying, this cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant and my blood God foresaw. So he provided a lamb.
Now, Peter and the other disciples, they understood this. See, in the book of one, Peter, chapter one. Let me read a couple of verses.
This is awesome. First, Peter, chapter one, verse 18. Knowing that you were ransomed from the feudal ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without spot or blemish.
He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you, who through him, are believers in God, who raised him up from the dead. He's not here. He has risen and gave him glory so that your faith and hope are in God.
Wow. God pre saw, so he provided. Provided what? Whatever was needed.
The blood sacrifice was certainly needed. The greatest need was the forgiveness of sin, but, I mean, knows he provided for other things as well. Thank God for forgiveness of sins, because that's the most important thing.
But what do we read in Matthew? What did it say? He knows what you have need of even before you ask. And what did he say in Romans? That we read, all things work together for good to those who love the Lord according to his purpose. But I want us to back up one verse where it says this, and he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the spirit, because the spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Whoa. The Holy Spirit is interceding for you and I right now. Why? Because he knows what you have need of before you ask.
And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good for those who are called according to his purpose. Oh, he said, he's not here. He has risen.
God preached Saul, so therefore he provided. I want to let you know something. There's not a need here that God has not already seen.
I said there's not a need here that God's not already seen. There's no sickness that he did not know about. He knew it before you did.
He knew it before the doctors gave the report. He said, why would you say that? Because he precedes. Did you know there's not a bill due that he doesn't know about? Because he precedes the struggles you're going through now.
We love it when God snaps his fingers. Isn't that nice? When God snaps his fingers or when he just speaks it be healed or be delivered. But how many knows that? Sometimes there's a process.
I said, sometimes there's a process. Hopefully it's not 400 years, but the battles you're going through. God sees them.
I said, God sees them. He knows what you're going through. And it could be the reason he hasn't already taken care of it is.
Why didn't he take care of it 400 years earlier? Because they weren't ready for it. See, God may have some great plans for some of you young people, and you say, well, I wish you'd hurry up and do it. You're not ready.
You're not ready. And some of you old folks, you're not ready. You're not ready.
We have to wait because God precedes, and because he precedes, he can provide. We need to understand another thing. There's not a sin here that he has not seen.
So maybe your spouse doesn't think you need forgiveness, but maybe God knows now. He prophesied through Isaiah. I told you in the Old Testament, it didn't talk about covering.
But see, Isaiah in chapter one is prophetic about the new covenant, talking about the lamb of God. And he says, come, let us reason together. Your sins, which are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow.
And they're red like crimson. They shall be like wool. I felt so stupid when I looked this up.
That's a regular occurrence with me. But, Gator, I understood the crimson and that which is white as snow. I understood that.
But then he said, that's red. That crimson will be like wool. I was thinking of the texture of wool.
He's talking about the whiteness of wool. Whitest snow, whitest wool. Because I'm going to tell you, a clean lamb, the wool is very, very white.
That's the way he wants to make us. And the amazing thing is, because he's pre seen, he has provided a sacrifice that our sins, which were as scarlet, shall be like white as snow, and they're red like crimson. There shall be white as wool.
And the beautiful thing is, he is not here. He has risen. He has risen.
We serve a risen savior. He's in the world today. Come on up, worship team.
We're going to believe God. And if you're here today and you've not had your sins forgiven, you say, how easy is that? He's already preceded. He's already provided.
All you got to do is accept it. Just that simple. And the reality is, all of us were sinners.
All of us come short of the glory of God. But God has paid the price. He has paid the price.
He pre saw the need of a savior. And we have been redeemed by the blood, blood of the lamb. Holy spirit, we thank you for allowing us to be here today.
We thank you that we serve a resurrected savior and God. We know there's many, many, many religions out there, many of them claim a lot of things, and maybe some of it is true. But there's not a one.
There's not a one that has a resurrected savior. There's not a one that had the lamb of God that was slain before the foundation of the earth. There's not a one that precedes what we have need of.
So he can make a promise. I know what you need of, even before you ask that he can promise that all things work together for good to those who love the Lord. So, Father, we ask that you minister to us today.
Minister to us today as we worship you, as we praise you, as we invite you into our hearts and lives, and we give you praise for who you are and for what you've done, and we give you praise for it. Right now, in Jesus name, I'm gonna ask you to stand to your feet.
