I want to mention a special guest today, Marty's brother Phil and his wife Marcy, who are. I live in Culpeper, Virginia. Good to have them. Our text today is Hebrews 11, 28. As we move along in our exposition through the book of Hebrews, we've come now In this great chapter of faith, the Hall of Faith, to this statement.
About Moses. By faith we read, He that is Moses kept the Passover. and the sprinkling of blood, Lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. Christ our Redeemer died on the cross. died for the sinner.
paid all his due. Sprinkle your souls in the blood of the Lamb. And I will pass, will pass over you. When I see the blood, I will pass. Over you.
Our text for today is the fourth. statement in Hebrews 11 that is an example of faith ascribed to Moses. You can trace them beginning at verse 23. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents. Then dropping down to verse 24.
by faith Moses when he became of age. refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. Verse 27, By faith he, that is Moses, forsook Egypt. not fearing the wrath of the king. For he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
And then today. By faith, Moses kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood. lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. Moses, one of the two greatest examples of faith in this great list. of faithful examples.
Abraham being the other significant one for whom a number of verses in this chapter is devoted. And Moses being the second one, and he and Abraham, the only two who have more than one verse devoted to a record of their faith. But as we come to our text today, which is about the faith of Moses, we also see a beginning transition to the faith not just of Moses, but also of all the Israelites. And we'll see that as we move on to the next text in verse 29. By faith they, not he, But they passed through the Red Sea and by dry land.
whereas the Egyptians attempting to do so were drowned. In fact, you even see that shift from he to they in our chosen text for today, verse 28. By faith he Singular, Moses. kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn, that is God, should touch not him but them.
So now we're beginning to move away from Moses the man to the nation that Moses by. God's direction and enabling led out of Egyptian bondage. And I think we should also understand that shifting pronouns in our text for today to say. that Moses' faith was used by God to impart and inspire faith in all the Israelites. We find them very unbelieving when Moses first came and said, God's called me to lead you out of Egypt.
They weren't so persuaded, but by the time God was done dealing with the Egyptians, the Israelites were fully persuaded and were exercising faith in Jehovah. God. From doubt to faith is what we see in this verse. But today the emphasis is upon the Passover. The Passover.
Inaugurated, as we shall see, in Exodus chapter 12. Continued to be observed by the people of God through all the centuries. Since Exodus 12, the first inauguration. Our Lord Himself gathered his apostles around the Passover table on the night of his betrayal. But our Lord As it were, concluded the observance of the Passover by the.
Commencement of the communion service, the Lord's Table. From the very elements of the Passover service, the unleavened bread and the cup. Of the vine that was used to institute this new covenant ordinance. But of course unbelieving Jews have continued to observe the Passover and still do today. It is undoubtedly one of, if not the most significant, of all the religious feast days on the Jewish calendar.
But let's notice how the faith of Moses and the Israelites saved them from the judgment of God. And I'll take a few moments to just summarize the Old Testament account. most of which we read in Exodus chapter 12. And then we will look more carefully at the New Testament text. In Hebrews.
1128 And then thirdly, we will look at New Covenant application of this New Testament text. And as time permits, maybe some additional lessons beyond that. A lot of interesting elements in the institution of the Passover in this Old Testament account. We notice as the chapter opens that God said, I want you to change. They First month of your year from whatever it was, and I don't know what it was before then, to this one.
Which we know was the month called Abib. wasn't mentioned in Exodus 12, but that in fact is the month in view. And God said, from here on out, This month, Ab will be... Your January, the first month of the year. which is to emphasize the great significance of this Passover observance that is given to them in the month of Abab.
Eliam was to be selected. You know the. account, I read it to you, on Abab X. Thou's selected lambs were to be slain by all of the households. represented by those lands lambs on Abab XIV.
So they took a lamb on the tenth and they pinned it up Designated for slaughter. until the 14th when the slaughter took place.
Now, I don't know of any place in the Bible that tells us why they had these several days to.
Now hold on to the animal before the um slaying of the animal. But it would seem likely to me that this was to give them the opportunity to observe the animal and make sure that it was a lamb or a goat without blemish.
Sometimes You might have an animal that's sick and you don't know it because the symptoms of the illness haven't. appeared yet. We have the same problem with humans, don't we? We get exposed to something, we think, well, I dodged the bullet, and then two or three days later, here come the symptoms, and we realize we caught that three days ago, but now we know we've got it. I'm assuming.
that it must have been something like that. But whatever it was, they were to take this lamb, keep it close by, perhaps even develop a what should I say? An emotional relationship with this animal, like a pet. Which then they're going to kill. To emphasize the severity of judgment and the The significance of this great requirement.
That must be Paid in order for judgment to be averted? Perhaps, I don't know. But I do know the details are given to us. The lamb is slain on Abab the 14th at twilight. And blood from the slain animal is collected in a basin and that blood is applied To the door posts and the door lintel.
roughly of the shape of a cross. And that blood applied and Then scene. By God Almighty. Is going to be the means by which those who believe the message of God delivered by Moses are spared the judgment of God that will come upon everyone else. After they have done this, they sit down to a family meal.
They eat the lamb. Roasted, even the cooking instructions are given here. It's very important. Do it this way. Do it this way, no other way.
Follow these instructions exactly. And so they roast the lamb. They eat it. With Unleavened bread. and bitter herbs.
You say, well I'm not real fond of the taste of unleavened bread. I'd rather have leavened bread. Yes, but God said eat unleavened bread. And there's great importance, great symbolism in that, which we won't even dip into it this time for lack of time. And you say, well, I don't like bitter herbs.
I don't like What what are what are better um Better things that we eat.
Sometimes I can't think of that green that's kind of like spinach, but Collards, if you don't cook it just right, that's a bit bitter, isn't it? Or Rhubarb. Anybody Enjoy eating rhubarb raw. That's pretty Pretty bitter, isn't it? There are a lot of things like that.
You say, well, I'd rather not eat. bitter herbs And God said, eat bitter herbs. And so you say, well, this isn't going to be... A very tasty meal. God said, it's not designed to be tasty, it's designed to teach you something.
The bitterness of sin. The bitterness of the sacrifice that is required in order to deliver us from God's judgment. And so the family ate the meal as prescribed, and they were to eat it. fully dressed and ready for departure. They didn't come home and kick off their sandals and kick off take off their street clothes and put on something more comfortable to enjoy this meal.
No. Wear your robe, be fully girded, wear your sandals, be ready to go. Because before this night is over, you are going to go and you are going to go fast. That was the instruction of God. And when they did this, they experienced the deliverance of God.
The judgment of God that was pronounced upon all of Egypt. and of which actually everyone deserved to receive this judgment of God, the death of the firstborn from every household, the death even of the firstborn of the domesticated animals and their herds and flocks. was going to be destroyed. But for those who listened to God, believed His word, obeyed His provision, put the blood on the doorpost, that was going to keep that household safe from this judgment. And thus The very term Passover.
When I see the blood I will Pass over you. I will pass over that household. I will. Passover. the judgment of death that otherwise would fall upon you.
And so we see the Passover instituted in Exodus 12. We see the Passover inaugurated also in Exodus 12, and by that I mean as Moses continued with the instructions of God. He told them this is going to become an annual event, not a one-time thing. You do it now. But then every year at this time, you're going to reconstruct this This activity as a teaching tool.
So that every generation will be taught and reminded of God's great deliverance. the no nation of Israel from Egyptian bondage. And Exodus 12 then goes on, as we read a part of that, to describe the experience that took place that night, just like God had said. At midnight, The destroyer came. And every house in Egypt where the blood was not applied experienced death.
And every house in Egypt that had the blood applied. experienced miraculous deliverance. from that same judgment of death. And we're finally told in the concluding verses of Exodus 12, a portion I did not read. that this Passover Deliverance, the departure from Egypt.
took place exactly 430 years from the day of their arrival in Egypt. I guess when when God Jacob and his family arrived in the land of Egypt. Four hundred and thirty years later, they departed from Egypt. That's the Old Testament account.
Now we come to our text in Hebrews 11, 28. the New Testament summary of that account. The New Testament application of that account. By faith we read, Hebrews 11:28, he that is Moses kept the Passover. and the sprinkling of blood.
Lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. A summary. A brief, concise summary, highlighting in this summary the faith of Moses. Which as we've already seen became the faith of the children of Israel as well. And there are three things basically emphasized in our verse in Hebrews 11.
First of all, obedience, secondly, deliverance, and thirdly, faith. Obedience. By faith, Moses kept the Passover. and the sprinkling of blood. He kept the Passover.
He took the instructions of God and he followed them. for himself and led the people of Israel to do the same thing. And so he kept the Passover. He selected the Sacrificial animals, exactly. He and they selected the sacrificial animals exactly in the way that God had prescribed.
They slew those sacrificial animals. in exactly the way that God prescribed. They ate, prepared first the meal in exactly the way that God instructed them to. And they consumed that meal as instructed by God. He kept the Passover, but it's interesting, it's such a short verse summarizing what he did that the Holy Spirit would inspire the author of Hebrews.
To add to the phrase, he kept the Passover, the phrase, and the sprinkling of blood.
Now We could say, well, that was part of the Passover. We read about it in Exodus chapter 12, and there were a lot of other things. that were part of the Passover that are not mentioned in this verse.
So why particularly singling out this element of the Passover when there's so many other things that also were a part of what took place here? And the answer, I'm sure, is that this emphasizes the extreme importance of blood. He kept the Passover exactly. as God prescribed it, And This part, the most important part of all, He did exactly what God said to do. in regard to the sprinkling of the blood.
That was an integral component of the first Passover that Was probably the most important component of the first Passover because someone could do everything else exactly as prescribed. Select the animal that God prescribed, Observe the animal for the days as God prescribed. Slay the animal as God prescribed. Roast the animal with fire, and the attendant. other foods that were to make up the meal.
Consume The the Liam and the other elements, exactly as God prescribed. But if they didn't apply the blood. to the door post and lintel, all of the rest of that is of no avail. they would have experienced the same death and destruction that the unbelieving Egyptians had. This is important.
By faith he kept the Passover. And The sprinkling. of the blood. That was critical. for their deliverance.
Why this strong emphasis upon blood?
Well, I can't give you the full answer to that. In fact, I'll start my answer by saying just because God prescribed it, and that's enough. We don't really need to know any other reason. God prescribed The shedding of blood and the What shall I say, the showcasing of that blood on their on their doors. God said it, and what is faith?
I do, I believe what God has said and act accordingly. God said it, I believe it. That's a short definition of faith. Faith is believing the revelation of God. and acting accordingly.
So Why apply the blood? Answer number one, because God said so. And that's the only answer we need, period. But there are some other considerations. Ah.
The Bible tells us elsewhere that Without the shedding of blood, There is no remission that is forgiveness. of sins. Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins. And so, why the shedding of blood? Because, as the Bible tells us elsewhere, the life of the flesh is in the blood.
Now we're beginning to get a little more understanding of what's taking place here. The life of the flesh. is in the blood. That blood is the Integral Element in our bodies which circulates and keeps our bodies functioning, and when that Blood. If it ever stops circulating, we can't live.
And of course, if the blood is removed, if it's drained out, we are for shortened to die. The life of the flesh is in the blood.
So the shedding of the blood, we might say, is the is the guarantee of death and it is the evidence of death. If you've got the blood of the lamb in a bowl, then the lamb is dead. And of course the application, I'm getting ahead of myself here now, but if you've got the blood of Jesus Christ drained out upon the cross, then Jesus is surely dead. The life of the flesh is in the blood.
And so blood speaks of death. If the blood is gone, then the life is gone. And so without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins. That is, without the death of a substitute, without the death of a sacrifice, there is no forgiveness for sins. And so, this emphasis upon blood is very important.
And it's not surprising, therefore. That we do have a whole category of hymnody that is given to emphasizing the blood of Christ. We'll sing. At the close of our service this morning, the one that I quoted a part of at the beginning of the message today. When I see the blood, I will pass over you.
We sing The choir sang it recently. There's power, power, power in the blood. Is that the one you sang recently? I forget, there's so many wonderful songs about the blood of Christ. And This is why.
Because the Bible emphasizes The shedding of blood as required for the forgiveness of sins. And so Faith believes God. With or without understanding why God said it, or why he's commanded us to do it. That's so important. Why shed the blood of this innocent little animal.
Because God said so. Why catch the blood in the basin and apply it to the door posts and the lentil over the door, because God said so. I don't understand the reason for this. God didn't say that you had to understand the reason, but He did say you have to obey my instructions. This is a strange thing, really.
Why would God choose this method? of deliverance for the people of Israel. Can you figure out the logic of this?
Well, you can, the more you understand the scriptures and more you understand that this is a type of the death of Jesus Christ, it begins to make more sense. But this is a strange thing. Take a lamb, slay the lamb, eat the lamb, catch the blood, apply the blood to the doorposts, and that. Will bring about salvation. You'll be delivered from the judgment that comes if you will do this.
This is my provision for you. Believe this, do this, and you shall live. That makes no sense to me.
Well, then you'll die, or your firstborn will die. If God said it, I must believe it. If I don't, I'm an unbeliever. If God said it, I believe it, and that's enough.
So, obedience and deliverance, and all of this, number three, by faith. By faith, Moses kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. By faith, Moses believed God's warnings of judgment. He didn't disregard God's warning that judgment is coming, and the firstborn of every household. Both man and Beast will die unless you do what I have prescribed.
Moses believed God's warning of judgment. Moses believed God's promise of deliverance. Moses believed God's prescribed method of salvation. And again, all of this applies. to salvation through the shed blood of Christ.
Those who believe. The warnings in Scripture about the judgment of God upon sinners. Those who believe that God has promised deliverance through the giving of your son. Those who believe that the way of salvation is trusting in the sacrificial substitutionary death of Christ upon the cross. And trusting in that alone for salvation, those who believe these things shall be saved.
And those who doubt them, scoff at them, question them, put their superior logic and intellect in the place of them and find the Bible's. Declarations coming up wanting shall Eternally Perish. What is it for you? You're smug. superior intellect over God's word, or your humble, childlike faith in what God has said.
The difference. is heaven Or hell.
Now we move on quickly to the new competent application, which I have already touched on because I can't hardly. Talk about the Passover. without rushing to its significance in Christ. But the Old Testament symbolism is clear. There's judgment.
The wages of sin is death. Judgment. is coming upon those who have sinned. But The old covenant also sets before us deliverance. In this case of the Passover, through a sacrificial lamb, a substitute that will die in the place of the firstborn.
Either the firstborn will die, and all firstborns, in fact, all of us. Secondborns, thirdborns, all the way down the line. All of us deserve to die because the wages of sin is death. But if you will believe God and accept this substitute that God has provided in the place of the death of the firstborn, you will slay the lamb, and that death will suffice. To Forgive you and your Firstborn.
From death. And so there's judgment, but there's deliverance through a substitutionary sacrificial lamb and the applied blood of that lamb. And redemption by the blood of a lamb, and of course. As the old covenant is making clear, is it's. Portraying what's coming in the new covenant, and this is a symbol of it.
But in the old covenant, God Himself made this provision. He told them what to do. In a sense, we could say God provided the efficacious provision. Lamb. And of course.
Ultimately, that's Jesus Christ. that God gave Because we didn't have a lamb that truly could be efficacious. For the deliverance from sin. But a perfect Lamb, a spotless Lamb, a sinless human being. He was also the God-man.
God provided. and said, this is the provision. And so we sing, I am redeemed, but not with silver. I am bought, but not with gold, bought with the Christ, the blood of Jesus. Blessed.
Price of love untold. And so the new covenant fulfillment is pretty obvious. God prescribed judgment in the Old Testament, and it came to pass. God explained the need for deliverance in the Old Testament, and it came to pass. Those who did what God said were delivered.
God prescribed the exact way of deliverance, must be meticulously obeyed. And God provided that way. The only way. And God has done the same in the new covenant fulfillment. The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians Yeah.
Therefore, purge out the old leaven. That you may be a new lump, that gets into another part of the Passover, the unleavened bread. Purge out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, since You truly are unleavened, for indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. There's the link. spelled out in New Testament language.
Christ is our Passover Lamb, given that we might have deliverance. for our sins. How wonderful.
Well, now let me get into some applications. First of all, about faith. People have trouble understanding faith. Let me read what Our friend who's now in glory, John MacArthur, said at this point about faith. He said, faith accepts God's provision no matter how strange and pointless it may seem to human understanding.
God's Or rather, good works seem like a better way. Faith believes God's way, talking about salvation. Faith accepts God's provision, no matter how strange and how pointless it may seem. To human understanding. Good works seem like a better way to many people.
That's the way that God should have prescribed for us to be saved. I'm sure that's the way that He'll accept if I do good works. How many people have you t talked to, have you asked about their eternal destiny and they've said something s like, Well, I think I've done more good works than bad works. I think I'll make it into heaven. Wow.
They've missed the whole point, haven't they? If you had done All good works, all of your life, except one sin, you are worthy of hell. All it takes is one. And believe me, if we're honest and discerning, we all know that we have all sinned thousands of times. You can't do enough good works.
to overcome that. We are saved, aren't we, by good works, but not ours because we can't do enough. One failure destroys all the good works. We're done. But we are saved by His good works.
Jesus Christ lived the perfect life, a sinless life, a completely obedient life. And in the substitutionary transaction that takes place in the mind of God when we trust in the Savior who died on the cross. God takes Our judgment and places that on Christ. God takes Christ's perfect obedience and credits that to us. We're saved by good works, but not mine, not yours.
And faith believes What God says, no matter Whether it seems to make sense or not. If God said it, be sure of that. Don't conjure up something that he didn't say and think he said it, and think you're believing God because you believe what somebody else told you God said, that isn't what he said. But if God said it, then we must. Believe it.
That's faith.
So, in Lessons on Faith, let me make several points. Salvation, it is true, is by faith alone, not by works. For by grace are you saved through faith. Not of yourselves. It's a gift of God.
Not of works. Lest any man should boast. That makes it pretty clear, doesn't it? You're never going to say, I did a good job. I lived a good life.
I Kept the law. I lived by the golden rule. I was a good neighbor. I'm good enough to go to heaven. How many?
I'm sure you see them, hear them from time to time. How many stories, how many jokes people tell about people going to heaven. And it's always based on good works. They're going to be met at the door by Peter, and Peter's going to examine them, see if you did enough good works to get into heaven or whether I'm going to send you to hell. Again, miss the whole message of the gospel.
That's not the way you get into heaven. It's by Faith in the Lamb of God. Salvation is by faith alone, but And this is also clear in our Text today. The faith that saves is never Alone. Do you see how Immediately, this text links faith and obedience.
By faith, Moses kept the Passover. By faith, Moses carried out the sprinkling of the blood. By faith he did that.
Well, are you saying that he pleased God and was saved by his works. No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying he believed first by faith. That's first. But the faith that saves is never alone.
If it is true saving faith, it will produce obedience. It will produce a desire to please God. And because of our remaining Adamic sinfulness, we never get that completely right. There's never perfection in our obedience. But, folks, if there's not a heartfelt desire to please the Lord, to live for the Lord, to do good works, then you don't have the faith that the Bible is talking about.
You don't have the faith that saves. That faith is never alone. It's always followed by Good works. optionally, but necessarily. How many of you have grown up in churches where you've been taught something like this?
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.
Now, it would be good if you would do some good works and get some rewards too. But if you don't do any good works, you'll still go to heaven. Wrong. If you don't do any good works, that's the evidence that your faith wasn't true saving faith. The faith that saves is never alone.
It's always followed by, it's always accompanied by. the fruit of the Spirit. It's always accompanied by Good works. By faith, Moses Kept. the Passover.
By faith Moses applied. The blood. Obedient works, therefore, are the evidence. of true faith. Faith and works are separate, they're not the same thing, but they are very closely linked.
Like the proverbial horse and carriage in love and marriage, you can't have one without the other.
Well, we know, unfortunately, that you can't have marriage without love. That's a shame, but it does happen. But, folks, you can't have saving faith without the evidence of works. It's not the works that obtain salvation. It's faith.
But faith that includes glad obedience is saving faith. Faith that Includes the desire for obedience is saving faith. What do you think we're talking about? What do you think the Bible's talking about when it says when we are saved, we have a truth. Changed heart.
Well, what changed in your heart if you're still living selfishly, unconcerned about pleasing God, and don't think that's important? What's changed? That's the way you were before you prayed that prayer and asked Jesus into your heart. Right. I move on.
Gotten really quiet in here. And it's usually quiet in here, but it's gotten really quiet in here. I hope you're understanding this. It's so important. Let's Consider a lesson about angels.
Is that in here? Yeah, he who destroyed. Lest he who destroyed the firstborn. should touch them. This destroyer is not called an angel, but it's clear that's what he is.
In Exodus 12, 23, it says, For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians.
So who's responsible for the death of the Egyptians? The Lord. And when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, The Lord will pass over the door and this. Not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.
Now there's a distinction between God, the Lord, and the agent of destruction whom God is going to keep from coming into the houses that have the blood on the doorposts and lintels.
So, in one sense, God is the judge, the destroyer, but he uses an agent called the destroyer. There's another time in the Bible when there's reference to this destroyer. In 1 Corinthians 10:10, nor complained, as some of them also complained and were destroyed by the destroyer. This is in the wilderness. And it's not talking about the Exodus, it's talking about complaining moments of which there were many.
In the wilderness wanderings, and on one or two occasions, God sent a destroyer, an angel, to To bring the judgment of death upon those who complained. He's called the destroyer.
So we are correct, therefore, in believing that. This one who brought death to the firstborn Was an angel. We might call him an angel of death. And then that leads us to realize several things. One angel.
Thousands slaughtered. Just a touch. At the first board the less the destroyer. lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them, just a touch. and instant death.
God has created and commissioned an innumerable host of angels. You say, did he need to do that? Couldn't he do it himself? Of course, he could do it himself. Just like he could proclaim the gospel to lost people without Unreliable Christians who've been commissioned to do it, but he chooses to use us to do that.
He uses us. Those whom he prepares, and he has commissioned a great host of angels. And the Bible tells us that angels are commissioned to defend God's people. Isn't it encouraging to think that you have a defender, probably your own angel? I Guardian angel.
I think we get that concept from the Bible probably correctly. Isn't it encouraging to think that your guardian angel is so powerful that all he has to do is just touch someone and they die on the spot? I mean, you're pretty safe, aren't you? But that angel will judge the unbelieving. Do you think you're going to escape the judgment of God?
With Angels like this. You are able. To bring about your destruction if you will not believe the Word of God. Perhaps a third lesson in the old covenant way of salvation. This always creates some.
challenging Thoughts? The Passover obviously speaks of Christ. We've seen that. It's a type antotype situation. The type is the Lamb, the antotype is Christ, the Lamb of God.
He fulfills the type, the symbol of the Old Testament, the Lamb. Did Moses understand the full gospel of Christ? There's reference to The reproach of Christ in the case of Moses in verse 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, For he looked to the reward. How much should we read into that phrase about Moses' understanding. Of the coming Messiah and what exactly, precisely he would do to bring about salvation, his death on the cross, his resurrection from the tomb.
And if we conclude that Moses understood that, Are we correct in assuming that the Israelites also understood the full gospel of Christ as we understand it today? And I can find no evidence for that.
So the question then is, well, how were these Israelites saved? And the answer is Multiple. How were the Old Testament Israelites saved by the sacrifice of Christ. It was a sacrifice that Christ made upon the cross that not only saved those who believe in Him after that death, but it saves all those who believed before Him. It's one way of salvation, Old Testament and New.
One way. They were saved by the sacrifice of Christ. But if they didn't fully understand the sacrifice of Christ, Then, how did they believe in that and were saved? And the answer is. They were saved by faith in the revelation of God.
In other words, whatever revelation God gave to them, They believed it. And God saved them. They didn't have to understand all the details. All they had to understand was that God is a merciful God, and He promised a way of salvation. He promised that one would come who would secure salvation.
And I believe the promise of God, and therefore are pronounced justified. They're justified by faith, like we're justified by faith. Abraham, Jesus said, believed in me. And we don't know how much he understood, but he was justified by faith.
So they were saved by faith in whatever God revealed to them. And the point is this, folks. demands, God expects, God demands that people believe whatever he has revealed to us. It's not for us to pick and choose. I like this thing, I'll believe that.
I'm not so sure about this thing, I won't believe that. Whoop, that doesn't sound like a believing heart. That sounds like some who's someone who's still Reserving to yourself the right to decide. What of God's word is true and what may not be true, what is to be believed and followed, and what doesn't need to be believed and followed. A truly believing heart is going to say, Lord, whatever you have revealed, I believe.
Help me to understand it. Help me to believe it, even if I don't understand it. If you reveal it to me, I believe it. And with that. I'll close.
Let's pray. Father, take your word and seal it to every heart according to the needs that you know to be there. as we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.
