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A Hard Truth - 2

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• Exodus chapter 14. And I am going to take a little time extra to review the last message, since this is actually a continuation, and I certainly did not intend for it to be this long before I continued this message. So I want you to make sure that you have all these points and all these thoughts in your mind. So notice, if you would, in Exodus chapter 14, beginning there with verse one.

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• And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so. And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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• And he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.

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• And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.

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• But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

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• Now we're going to stop right there. We're going to be looking at the rest of the chapter momentarily. But the title of the message is "A Hard Truth," but still truth. And this is actually part two. And so I mentioned that there were a number of hard truths in the Bible. They're not only hard and difficult because of our ignorance, but also because they go against our flesh. I also pointed out, it is our lack of spiritual understanding, our lack of judgment that oftentimes makes it difficult for you and I to receive and understand truth. Moreover, you have to understand that those who are unsaved cannot understand biblical truth. I've had a number of people tell me in my ministry, "Well, I just can't understand the Bible." My response to that is this: well, either number one, you're not studying if you're a Christian and seeking the Lord for wisdom and insight, or number two, you're just lost.

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• Because the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 2, verse 14, "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." So the unsaved man does not have the ability to understand the things of God. And I pointed out in the first message how fallen man is proud and haughty and arrogant, and he thinks somehow that the world is anthropocentric. That is, that the world revolves around man. No, the world is theocentric, that is, it revolves around God. God has created everything for His own honor and His own glory. And God is not at man's disposal. Man is at God's disposal as well.

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• Now, I took a text and I want to just take the time to read it again to show you that there are indeed many hard things in the Bible. Here is what Peter wrote concerning the writings of the Apostle Paul in 2 Peter chapter 3, verses 14 and 16. He wrote, "Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction." So even Peter admits that there were some things that Paul wrote that were hard and difficult to understand. And he said those who are unlearned and unstable in the scriptures always wrest them to their own destruction.

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• You remember in John chapter 6, I pointed out how our Lord was teaching that He was the bread of life. And many of those people said to Him, "This is an hard saying; who can hear it?" And the next verse says, "From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him." In other words, they left Him because it was indeed a hard truth.

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• Now, what I point out is this. When we face a hard truth in the Bible, wonderful. We admit it. We confess it. We acknowledge it. It may be difficult. We may not have the grace or the insight to understand it, but we understand it is the Word, and we do not run from it, and we do not deny it. The Bible says in Deuteronomy 29:29, "The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law." So in Exodus chapter 14, you have then what I call a hard truth.

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• You actually have in this passage, the teaching concerning election and reprobation. Because you have in this passage where God, of course, has chosen the children of Israel and He has rejected the Egyptian. The Westminster Confession of Faith says this after talking about the doctrine of election. It goes on to say, "The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures, to pass by; and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin, to

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• the praise of his glorious justice." So you're going to see in Exodus chapter 14, this is exactly what happened. God saved some, and God destroyed the others.

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• Now, I pointed out in the first three verses last week, or last time I preached, there was a divine plan, and that divine plan, of course, was for God to get Pharaoh and all of his armies to chase the children of Israel in order that He might destroy them. And I also pointed out in Exodus 12 and verse 12 that God's judgments in Egypt was not just against Pharaoh and against the Egyptian people, but against all the false gods of Egypt as well. And so God, in His divine plan, did not lead the children of Israel out of Egypt in a straight line.

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• They could have been where they were going, the Bible says, actually, in 11 days, but He led them in a zigzag pattern. He said, in case they saw war and was turned back, and the Bible says, if you look at it in verse 3, God says, "For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in." So obviously then, God has the plan, and Pharaoh is going to think, "Well, they don't know their geography. They're hemmed in." And of course, when you look at this, and I pointed out how Pi-hahiroth was the Straits of Hiroth.

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• There were mountains on each side. Migdol refers to a fortress. And so here you have the children of Israel now facing the sea in front of them with mountains and Egyptian fortresses on each side of them. And then, of course, Pharaoh and his chariots coming behind them. So obviously, God has a plan, and that plan is to entrap Pharaoh. Then secondly, I pointed out a divine prerogative, and that is to make sure that Pharaoh would indeed follow. Look, in verse 4, He said, "And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so." Now I pointed out the fact, yes, the Bible does say that Pharaoh hardened his own heart, but also the very first time this is mentioned in Exodus chapter 7 and verse 3, God said that He would harden Pharaoh's heart. I pointed out what the word "hard" means. It literally means to strengthen, to make oneself strong, or to become courageous or resolute.

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• In other words, all God did was allow Pharaoh to think that he could win, that he could defeat God, and that he could defeat God's people. That's all. And so God allowed him to do that. I quoted from Romans 9 and verse 18, which we'll look at a little bit later today. "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth."

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• And then thirdly, I covered a divine predicament. That is, here the children of Israel are in a predicament, a real predicament, because the sea is in front of them, mountains and fortresses on either side of them, and Pharaoh is pressing hard upon them.

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• Now, when you stop and think about the situation that they are in, you have to remember that most of the time our predicaments come upon us because of our own stupidity and because of our sin and because of our rebellion against God. But there are exceptions. Sometimes God sovereignly puts us in a predicament that we may learn His grace and His mercy and that He may also destroy His enemies. So it was God Himself who told Moses, "You encamp right here." Moses could have said, "Lord, that's not a good idea.

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• I mean, look, this is not tactically advantageous for us." But he didn't say that. He just simply obeyed. And of course, when the children of Israel saw the Egyptians coming, the Bible tells us obviously that they were fearfully frightened. And they said to Moses, "Would to God you just let us alone so we could have died in Egypt.

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• Now we're going to die in this wilderness." And then, of course, the Bible also tells us they have a faltering faith in this particular thing and this particular incident.

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• Now, remember, if you would, when the children of Israel are complaining and their faith is failing, they are just three days out of Egypt. They have already seen all the power and grace and mercy of God. And within three days, they've forgotten everything that God has done. And they're complaining. So here's the predicament. They can't go forward because of the sea. They have no boats. They have no time to build any boats. They can't go left or right because the Lord is in the fortresses. They can't go back, because Pharaoh is right behind them. So they are in the predicament where God has to do something. Or they're doomed. Isn't it amazing? Sometimes God forces us to trust Him.

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• We have to truly admit, yes, there are hard truths, but we're not going to deny them. We're not going to run from them. We're going to embrace them. Years ago, I was listening to Lester Roloff on his Family Altar program. He read from Ephesians chapter 1. And as he read, I was just absolutely electrified. I always loved Lester Roloff. He could move your heart. He often sang right in the middle of his preaching.

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• But he didn't have a good voice. It was a tolerable voice. But when he sang, he could move your heart. I've heard him sing and I would just sit and weep. It was not a beautiful voice. It was just the power of God in his singing. So I knew him personally. I was in meetings with him. I loved him as a brother. I loved him as a preacher. But when he read from Ephesians 1, I knew that he was no theologian. And I could not wait to see what he's going to do with Ephesians chapter 1 with the doctrine of election.

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• And you know, here's exactly what Roloff said. I'm quoting, he said, "I do not understand this doctrine. I cannot explain this scripture. However, it is in the Bible. And I bow to it. And God will give me light when I need it." You know, I thought, well, amen, that should be the attitude of every Christian. If you come across something you don't understand in the Bible, you just have to understand that, hey, it's there, it's in the truth, and you need to seek God for light. You know, the Bible says in Mark 4 and verse 33, "And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it." God only gives us truth as we're able to hear it.

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• Now, last week I talked about election and reprobation in this passage. God chose the Israelites and rejected the Egyptians. Today, I want to pick up where I left off. I want to begin with a divine providence. We've seen the divine plan, a divine prerogative, a divine predicament, now divine providence. So look in verse 13. "And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: but lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea."

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• Now, God has promised us in Romans 8 and verse 28, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." We know that God's providence is going to always work out that which is best for our good and for His glory. Sometimes we wonder as to why we are persecuted, hated, despised, chased and hounded. And yet, when you look at verse 13, Moses said to the people, "Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever." Let me give you a couple of things right quickly on this thought. Number one, only God's people see His salvation.

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• That's what he was talking about. He said, "You stand still, you will see His salvation." Only God's people see His salvation.

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• Secondly, he also said in this verse, "For the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever." In other words, His salvation also includes the destruction of His enemies. Now, what God was doing in Egypt and at the Red Sea, God was sovereignly setting up His enemies for their destruction. He was entrapping them so that they could not possibly escape. Do you realize that God is doing exactly the same thing today? When the enemies are riding high and they think, "Boy, we've got the power and we've got everything in our grasp and under our control," hang on. God's not through yet. I want you to hold Exodus 14, but look in your Bibles to the book of Philippians, chapter 1, and notice, if you would please, verse 28. Philippians chapter 1 and verse 28. Here's a very interesting verse. Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians—go back, if you would please, Philippians chapter 1, and look in verse 28. Philippians 1, verse 28, look what God says.

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• "And in nothing terrified by your adversaries." Now, wait a minute. "In nothing terrified by your adversaries." Number one, we have adversaries. But God says just because we have them and just because they're in power and in control, we're not to be terrified by that. "In nothing terrified by your adversaries."

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• Now look, "which is to them an evident token of perdition," that is, of their destruction, "but to you of salvation, and that of God." So just like our salvation is of God, their destruction is of God. And God says, therefore, we should not be terrified of them. So what God did was this. He basically washed away all of His enemies in one stroke. Israel never saw Pharaoh and his host again. Pharaoh and his host were completely and totally destroyed. So here's my question. How can we be sure today that all of God's enemies are ultimately going to be destroyed?

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• And the answer is found in verse 14. Look at it. "The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace." Wow. I like to paraphrase that verse in good old South Georgia language. Here's what Moses said: "Just shut up and watch God take care of it. Just stand still, He'll do it." Ah!

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• Now, I want you to understand something. When God fights, He wins. When God fights, His enemies lose. When God fights, the outcome is absolutely certain. God will win. Now, let me show you our responsibility in light of when God fights or whatever God does. Notice if you would, verses 15 and 16. "And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: but lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea." Now, it does not really matter whether or not you are a leader like Moses, or you're just one of the people. Our responsibility is the same. Obey. And obey unquestionably. What did God say to Moses?

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• "Why are you crying to me? What are you hollering about? All you've got to do is lift up your rod. Tell the children to move. Get on with it." So it really does not matter who we are, we have to obey unquestionably. So, Moses, hold up your rod. Israel, walk, go, get moving. Don't stand here. Just do what I tell you to do. You see, the Bible says in Zechariah chapter 2 and verse 3, "Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness."

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• "It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's wrath." So we must obey unquestionably. So here is the divine providence. God says, "I brought you into this predicament. My providence will get you out of this predicament."

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• Fourthly, I want you to know—or I should say, I guess, fifthly—a divine praise. Look in verses—oh, verse 17, let's start there. He said, "And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen."

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• "And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night." Now watch.

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• "And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen." Now, let me stop right there just for a moment.

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• A divine praise—listen to me carefully—there will be divine praise in salvation. And there will be divine praise in condemnation. Let me say it another way: there will be divine praise in deliverance. And there will be divine praise in destruction. Ultimately, all will praise Him. The interesting thing is, the Bible says in verse 19, "And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them," to the Egyptians, "but it gave light by night to these," that is, the Israelites, "so that the one came not near the other all the night."

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• You know, there's a truth here that we need to understand. God's truth, God's Word, God's will and God's way is always light to His people. But God's Word, God's truth, God's will, and God's way are always darkness to His enemies. They don't see. They can't understand. Truth is often difficult to comprehend. And yet the truth of Exodus chapter 14 is this, that God is justified both in condemnation and in salvation.

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• One is going to praise His justice, His holiness and His righteousness, and the other is going to praise His grace, His mercy and His love. Now, I mentioned this in the first part of this message, and I want to mention it again. You have to remember that God does not owe anyone salvation. He didn't owe you salvation, He didn't owe me salvation. The mere fact that God saves anyone is just His grace and His mercy.

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• Now, I want you to turn—hold Exodus 14, but turn to Romans chapter 9 and get ready, because I want to show you exactly what God did. Look in Romans chapter 9. I've just pointed out the fact that God does not owe salvation to anyone. Why? Because "for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Sinners deserve judgment and condemnation and destruction. It's just that simple. Here is the fallen mass of humanity, all of us sinned in Adam, Romans 5, verse 12. 1 Corinthians 15, Adam was our federal head and representative. What Adam did, we did. So, I want you to picture this.

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• If you've ever gone fishing and stopped to buy bait, and they will always pour out the bait so you can see and hear all these worms just crawling and mashed together. That's kind of a picture of fallen humanity. I mean, we're just there. We're in our filth. We're in our sin. And if you can imagine a holy God looking at this mass of fallen, wicked, sinful, rebellious men. And the love of God comes up and says, "Save them all." And the justice of God comes up and says, "Damn them all." And then the wisdom of God comes up and says, "Divide the lump. Let some praise your grace and mercy and love and let some praise your justice, righteousness and holiness." You know what God did? He divided the lump. Let me show you.

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• Look in Romans chapter 9 and let's begin reading there with verse 10. There's personal illustrations as well as practical truth. Romans 9, verse 10. "And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

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• it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." Wait a minute now. The children weren't even born. And God said, "Jacob have I loved, Esau have I hated." I want you to understand that election is not of works. It's not a merit. It's pure grace. Jacob was just as wicked a sinner as Esau. But God chose Jacob and not Esau. Now watch verse 14.

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• "What shall we say then?" That is, what shall we say in light of this? "Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid." The phrase "God forbid" literally means "perish the thought." Don't even let it enter into your mind. Don't even think about this. Now, there's no unrighteousness with God. God can save or God can not save. It's His prerogative. It's His grace, it's His mercy. Watch verse 15. "For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." Now watch. "So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." So if you're saved, if you're saved, it's not because you made better use of your will than someone else. If you're saved, it's not because you ran well or worked well or did well or merited and earned. No. He said it's because of God that shows mercy. Now watch verse 17.

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• "For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?" Now what's this argument? "Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God?" Now watch, "Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?" Here it is. "Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory?" Did you hear that? God, the potter, hath power to make of the same lump one vessel of honor and one vessel of dishonor, and those vessels of dishonor,

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• He endures with much longsuffering. He lets them have their day. He lets them have their will. He lets them have their way. And the end is their destruction.

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• Now I want you to go back to Exodus chapter 14. Because what God has just done is He has saved the Israelites and He's destroyed the Egyptians. You know that He drowned Pharaoh and his host. The interesting thing is this. Once you see and you read about the destruction in Exodus chapter 14, in fact, let's read verse 27. "And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them;

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• there remained not so much as one of them. But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left."

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• Now, let's stop right there just for a moment. God has thoroughly, totally destroyed Pharaoh and his armies. When you get to Exodus chapter 15, I want you to see this song of praise. In fact, all Exodus 15 is just about praise. Let's begin reading with verse 1. Watch. "Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

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• The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone. Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake,

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• I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. The people shall hear, and be afraid:

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• sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina." Notice, if you would, God is honored in the destruction of His enemies. Wow. Wow. There is a divine praise. In deliverance. And in destruction.

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• Now, let me make some applications. I want to take the rest of my time and try to tie this together for you. The first one is this: all men were made for the honor of their Maker. And those whom He will not be honored by, He shall be honored upon. Those whom He will not be honored by, He shall be honored upon. I want you to look in your Bibles to Revelation chapter 19.

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• And then we're going back to Proverbs 16. Look in Revelation chapter 19. And notice, if you would, beginning there with verse 1. Remember, all are going to ultimately honor God, those who will not be—those who will not honor God, He will have honor upon them. Revelation 19, verse 1, "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia.

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• And her smoke rose up for ever and ever." What is happening when God's enemies are destroyed? God is being honored. God is being praised for His justice and His righteousness. If you look back in your Bibles to the book of Proverbs chapter 16 and verse 4. Proverbs 16. Notice, if you would please, verse 4. Here's a verse that you can chew upon. Think about this, meditate upon it. And think of it in light of what I've been preaching and teaching. Proverbs 16, verse 4, the Bible says this.

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• "The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil." Hmm. But some praise your grace and mercy and love and some praise your wrath and your justice and your holiness. Hmm. "The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil." Here's the second one. Remember, Israel is at the Red Sea. The sea is in front of them.

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• The mountains, the wilderness, the fortresses on each side of them. And Pharaoh's on their rear. Oftentimes, when it appears that God's people are about to be overthrown and swallowed up, instead of it being a ruin of God's people and the ruin of the church, it'll end up being a ruin of God's enemies. We can sit back and whine and complain and say, "Lord, why are we in this predicament?

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• Why are things so against us and against Thee and against Thy Word? Look at what's going on in this world. Lord, we're so distressed. We're so upset." All God is saying, "Don't worry. It looks as if you're being set up, but I'm just setting up my enemies. And they will fall like ripened plums in the hands of God." So many times when it looks like it's up for us, it's not. It's up for them.

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• Thirdly, all men will know God either in salvation or condemnation, but all will know Him. I want you to look back in Exodus chapter 14. And God says this several times. But look in verse 4, it's interesting. Look what He says, Exodus 14, verse 4, God said, "And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know

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• that I am the Lord." Wow. How did the Egyptians know that God was the Lord? In their destruction. In their destruction. You can read the same thing in the book of Ezekiel. Most of the time when God says, "And they shall know that I am the Lord," it's always in the sense of judgment. This is the same truth that is taught in Philippians chapter 2, verses 9 through 11, talking about Jesus Christ. "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Do you understand? Do you realize that even those who are condemned, doomed and damned will at one point acknowledge and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord?

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• They should have loved Him. They should have served Him. They should have worshipped Him. It's too late, but they will acknowledge. And so they will know God. All men will know God, either in salvation or damnation, but we'll know Him. And here's another awesome thing to me. And that is this. The fact and the truth that God's enemies will discover in their destruction that the Lord God Himself is fighting against them. I don't know. I don't know if you can ascertain the horror of that fact. When you begin to rage confidently, and boastfully, and arrogantly, and you think everything's in your hand, all of a sudden you discover that the sovereign God of heaven and earth is fighting against you.

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• Look in your Bibles, Exodus chapter 14, verse 25. "And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians. And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen." Guess what? In the last moment, before they were totally, absolutely wiped off the face of the earth, they said, "Oh no, God's fighting against us." Wow.

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• Do you realize how all hope will quickly vanish when God fights against His enemies? That's an awesome thought. That you will at least realize one time that you've been fighting against God all of your life. And now God is going to fight against you. One last application. Equally true is that those who are saved will know and discover that their salvation is of God Himself, and that it was God who saved them. Look in Exodus 14. Exodus 14, verse 13 again, "And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace." Skip down to verse 30. Skip down to verse 30. "Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore." What did Israel learn that day? Their salvation was totally, completely of God.

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• It was not their works. It was not their merits. It was not their deserts. It was not their will. It was not their prayer. God saved them. God saved them. Jonah 2 says it like this, "Salvation is of the Lord." Only the Lord can save. Only the Lord will save. That's why the Bible says, "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord,

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• and he will have mercy." Salvation is of the Lord. It's a hard truth when you understand those who are destroyed are going to praise God's justice. Those who are saved are going to praise His grace. But all are ultimately going to praise Him. I don't know about you, but I want to be on the side that praises Him in salvation and obedience. And by His grace, and only by His grace, we are.

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• Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, we bow to You today. We thank You for Your love, Your grace, Your mercy, Your goodness and Your truth. Help us, Lord, to see and to understand and to know and be what we should be, Father. Teach us. Build us up in the most holy faith. Give us understanding. In Thy name we pray, Amen. Amen. This program was produced by Dominion Ministry. For more information about Pastor Weaver's sermons, you may contact Dominion Ministry by mail at 7400 Abercorn, that's A-B-E-R-C-O-R-N Street, Suite 705, PMD 175, Savannah, Georgia, 31406. Or give us a call at 912-925-0995.

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