964, please.
9-6-4.
There's a land that is fairer than day,
and by faith we can see it afar.
So the Father waits over the way to
prepare us a dwelling place there.
964, please.
9-6-4.
There's a land that is fairer than day,
and by faith we can see it afar.
So the Father waits over the way to
prepare us a dwelling place there.
There's a land that is fairer than day,
and by faith we can see it afar.
So the Father waits over the way to
prepare us
a dwelling place there.
In that place on the third day of
the morn, there was a sun shining bright,
and a spirit that was pure, and a
child that was blind.
In that place on the
third day of the morn, there
was a sun shining bright, and a spirit
that was
pure, and a child that was blind.
In that place on the third
day of the
morn, there was a sun shining bright, and
a child that was blind.
In that place on the third day of
the morn, there was a sun shining bright,
and a spirit that was pure,
and a child that was blind.
For the past two weeks now, we've been
going through what I've encycled, following the footsteps
of Christ.
And tonight we're going to follow the footsteps
of the young child Jesus, only two years
of age now, and we're going to follow
him down into Egypt this evening.
And we're going to see him in Egypt,
and we're going to follow him back out
of Egypt this evening.
But let's recap just this evening quickly what
we have already done.
You know, on the first week we followed
Louis and Joseph down to Najus, Nazareth, right
back to you there.
And you remember I told you that they
couldn't come through to Nazareth because of the
Jews that were being visited by the Monarchs.
So they crossed the Jordan up there, and
they came down what we now call the
southern side of the Jordan.
And down here at Bethabara, they crossed the
Jordan again, and came to Bethlehem.
And we had a whole evening looking at
the bones at Bethlehem.
Just look into the manger for this newborn
babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a
manger.
And we asked the question, who is this?
You remember the angel answered the question.
To the horrid end, we said to the
shepherds, unto you this day in the city
of David is born a soldier.
This was the soldier.
Is born a soldier which is Christ.
So this would be Christ.
Is born a soldier which is Christ the
Lord.
For this was Jehovah.
This was Emmanuel, which simply means God with
us.
And we had a whole evening looking at
the grave of Bethlehem.
And then when the child was eight days
old, we looked at the circumcision of the
child, and we took a whole evening on
looking at what this meant physically, and then
nationally, and then what it means spiritually.
And we had a great evening.
And then when the child would be about
six weeks old, we followed Lily and Joseph
to Jerusalem, where he was presented in the
temple according to the law.
And you remember that all his family came
in and brought a sermon he preached.
And you remember that Anna appeared suddenly, the
prophetess, and what adoration she poured forth.
And last, which we were looking at the
child when he was two years old, or
almost two years old, when the wise men
came looking for him.
And this was quite a surprise to some
in the class, and they came round and
expressed this afterwards.
You see, we get Christmas cards at times,
and there are three wise men on the
Christmas card, and I wouldn't know where you
would get the three wise men from at
all, certainly not from the Scriptures.
And you usually see these three wise men
in the manger, worshipping the bulb of Bethlehem,
and there's nothing in the Scriptures about that
at all, not in the very least.
And for some who may be here tonight,
and were not here last week, we need
to recap a bit, because it will set
in to what we're doing this evening.
And we're at Matthew's Gospel chapter two.
And it says here, Now when Jesus was
born in Bethlehem of Judea, and the day
was headed for King, behold there came wise
men from the east to Jerusalem, and marked
it, they are coming to Jerusalem today.
Where is he that is born King of
the Jews?
For we have seen this power in the
east, in that these wise men came from
the east.
And when you talk about the east, in
this book, east of Jerusalem it is, isn't
it?
We're thinking, a way across the Spyridon desert,
a way across all the counties.
And if on the night that Jesus was
born, his star appeared in the east, and
these men began following it, it was the
day or two before they came to Jerusalem,
I assure you.
Because they had to go right up the
belt of the Euphrates, right away on up
till it comes north.
And that's the point where they start to
come through the Spyridon desert toward Damascus.
And then they have got quite a long
way to come from there to Jerusalem.
And it threatened, if they were doing it
by camel it would be two years.
But this book declares that it was so.
You see they came to Jerusalem saying where
is he that is born king of the
Jews?
And we went into that last week.
We are come to worship him.
Firstly, when Herod became.
Because he was the king of that province,
Judah.
Ah yes, Caesar Augustus had placed Herod there
over the province and he was called Herod
the Great.
He was the king.
When Herod the king had heard these things
he was troubled.
Because when there is a king born in
your province you must feel something.
When Herod the king heard these things he
was troubled.
When he had gathered the chief priests and
scribes of the people he demanded of them
their Christ.
The Jewish Messiah should be born.
And they said unto him, in death may
heaven reveal for what it is written by
the prophet and now death will come.
And they could quote the scriptures.
Verse 7.
Then, then Herod, when he had frivolously called
the wise men he took them into the
palace got them privately alone and cried out
then diligently is the word that the Holy
Ghost used the time the star appeared.
Because I need to know the time now.
And he got the time out of them.
He got the time the star appeared.
And he sent them to Bethlehem and said
go and fetch diligently for the young child
and when you have found him bring me
word again that I may come and worship
him.
He had no notion.
When they had heard the king they departed.
And the fairness started again.
Verse 11.
And when they were come into the house
if you please.
That is not the danger sir.
I don't know why you got the danger
out of this at all.
You see, pets will not take time to
leave.
That is not the danger.
That is the house.
They are living in a house now.
They are not in the danger.
And when they were come into the house
they saw the young child and that is
not a danger.
I would have thought you would have caught
that on before now.
Why the child is almost two years of
age.
He is toddling about as we say.
This is no danger.
And this is no danger.
This is the young child.
And for the Roman Catholics in the class
the young child is close before the mother
here.
When they saw the young child with his
mother.
It says when they were come into the
house they saw the young child with his
mother, nearly his mother.
And said I am in worship to her.
Oh not on your life sir.
Just worship him and didn't bother worshiping her.
Why would they?
Oh she was a good woman and a
pure woman but you can't worship a woman
no matter how pure she is.
You can only worship God you know.
He was God and they were wise.
They knew that.
And so you see they are in the
house and they are worshiping.
And I think the Jukes must have thought
there was only three men because they opened
the treasure and presented gifts, gold, frankincense and
myrrh But there is no word in this
passage that says three men.
I wouldn't think that three men would start
out for more of the Calvary with three
camels.
I'm perfectly sure there was a troop of
them.
And I'm sure that's what aroused Jerusalem.
It says in verse 12 And being warned
of God this is where God enters into
this story that they should not regret the
herald they departed into their own country another
way and went back another way throughout of
the Calvary.
And when they were departed that's where we're
going to start this evening but let's get
this bit.
Verse 16 Then the herald when he saw
that he was mocked of the wise men
of exceeding loft wasn't he?
And sent forth and slew all the children
that were in Bethlehem and in all the
coasts thereof from two years old and under
Why that now?
Because he had inquired diligently It says actually
in this very verse from two years old
and under according to the time that he
had diligently inquired of the wise men I
thought you would get that.
You see these men saw the star on
the mount that Jesus was born and thus
they followed and it took them two years
to come and when they had come Mary
and Joseph were still in Bethlehem It was
easy to get out then and probably business
was even better there As an upper Nazareth
they were still here and he was fined
in the morning that they had a house
there You know when he inquired diligently he
knew that this young king is here somewhere
and I need to get him and I'll
have to slay all the kids from two
years and under which would tell you all
that I'm trying to tell you quite easily
and so you can see this this evening
Now this is the young child he's somewhere
about two years of age and this wicked
king did a dreadful thing but we need
to start off the chapter now verse thirteen
and when they were departed that is when
the wise men were departed the word the
angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in
a dream saying arise and put the young
child and his mother it's always put like
that in this wonderful book if you were
speaking about mother and child you'd put the
mother first this book doesn't worry about that
sort of sentiment this book talks about the
young child and his mother all the time
arise and keep the young child and his
mother and flee into Egypt and when God
says arise he means it and then he
says flee he doesn't mean fall and it's
most important to obey God you know because
God just doesn't talk for fun and he's
not there until I bring thee good for
Herod will seek the young child to destroy
him Herod wasn't worried about the virgin Mary
I assure you he was just worried about
the young child and so you see we're
going to think tonight about the security of
the sovereign because after all that God has
shown you he was born king of the
Jews and it's just because that he proclaimed
king that King Herod is still alive and
we're going to look at the security of
the sovereign and then at the latter part
of the chapter we're going to look at
the humility of the son because it's true
that he's born sovereign and son and it's
true that it was because he was a
sovereign he had to be taken into Egypt
to be made secure but when he's coming
out this book talks about out of Egypt
have I called my son you must always
read it the way it's there you know
so this is before us this evening the
security of the sovereign and the humility of
the son and in looking at the security
of the sovereign we're going to look at
three things we're going to look at the
full knowledge of God this always blesses me
and encourages me and helps me because God
knows everything and let me say to all
and somebody here there never was a time
when we didn't know because I can take
you right back along the pages of scripture
to the very second when time begun but
I can take you all out of scripture
to a spot that's called this quorum the
foundation of the world before the hills in
orbit stood where earth received its rain before
there were any planets before there was a
solar system I can beat you in back
yonder I'm back yonder God knew everything he
made it now he wouldn't be God if
he didn't would he and some of you
will get problems with election it's because you
begin with election but the story never begins
there because it says whom he foreknew he
did predestinate predestination didn't come first you know
and Jesus says we're elect according to the
full knowledge of God the Father and get
your full knowledge into it and you haven't
much bother with it he knew everything and
we're going to think about the full knowledge
of God in this case of the security
of the sovereign this evening and then we're
going a bit further because we're not only
thinking of the full knowledge of God we're
thinking of the intervention of God because God
intervened in when Joseph didn't know when Joseph
did not know either the danger or the
difficulty or the disaster that lay ahead God
intervened as those men and we're not only
going to look at the full knowledge of
God and the intervention of God but we're
going to look at the guidance of God
because God intervened to guide Joseph all for
the security of his child and mind you
if you are his child there's a lot
in this for you to ask yourself I
think you can see the full knowledge of
God quite easily here it says verse 13
and when they were departed behold the angel
of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a
dream saying arise and take the young child
and his mother and flee into Egypt and
be thy there until I bring thee word
for for Herod will seek the young child
to destroy him now God knew all about
that in fact he foretold it didn't he
Herod hadn't moved yet on his diabolical work
but I think we must get closer to
this for now you know when you think
about the birth of the Lord Jesus and
when you think about the manger and think
about the young child in the house and
think of those very early days of the
babyhood and childhood of the Lord Jesus you
know there was a lot of people came
to see and because we always listen to
the angel saying unto you this day in
the city of David is born a Savior
which is Christ the Lord and the shepherds
listening with their very hearts stirred and saying
let us go now to Bethlehem and the
shepherds came to see him in the manger
for they were there already there's no doubt
at all about it and there's no doubt
at all that when he was taken to
the temple at six weeks old to be
presented to the Lord after he was circumcised
there's no doubt that all the children held
him in their arms and cried I have
seen thy salvation he also knew that salvation
was in the person and there is none
other name unto heaven given among men whereby
he must be saved neither is there salvation
in any other and Adam knew a lot
and then after two years the wise men
came along and they fell down and worshipped
him and he went into that last week
but you know there was another one after
of Bethlehem at the manger that we don't
see not here anyway but I'll tell you
where you will see it come with me
over to the book of the Revelation and
we're at chapter twelve the book of the
Revelation I wonder do you remember this when
we were at the book of the Revelation
Revelation chapter twelve verse one and there appeared
a great wonder in heaven a woman clothed
with the sun and the moon under her
feet and upon her head a crown of
twelve stars you remember us asking the question
who's the woman you know there's a lot
of women very important women in this book
Eve was a very important woman and the
blessed virgin Mary was a very important woman
and of course the bride which is the
twelfth of Jesus Christ a very important woman
too if you like to take the metaphor
on through of course Israel who is the
wife of Jehovah a very important woman and
the scarlet woman in the book of Revelation
is a very important woman there's a lot
of women you can take a lot of
notes preaching on I believe the woman here
is Israel and I think that God is
painting a picture of how she will look
when we finish with her now I can
tell you that she'll be clothed and not
buried with the sun and the very moon
will be under her feet and upon her
head a crown of twelve stars for there'll
be no loss five grand for all that
is and if you have any doubts about
my interpretation you'll read on and she being
with child cried for burning and breath and
pain to be delivered and there appears another
wonder in heaven and behold a great red
dragon you wouldn't have any problems about that
would you because if you have, have a
look at verse 9 and the great dragon
would cast out that old serpent called the
devil and Satan all the names are there
so you can't be mistaken serpent, devil, Satan
Holy Ghost trying his best to keep you
right and now the devil's here it says
there appears another wonder in heaven verse 3
and behold a great red dragon having seven
heads and ten horns and seven crowns upon
his head and he stealed through the third
part of the stars of heaven and he
cast them to the earth and the dragon
stood before the woman which was ready to
be delivered for to devour her child as
soon as it was born any doubts about
the child look at verse 5 and she
brought forth a man child who was to
rule all nations now that's the Lord Jesus
you see sometimes we say that he came
from Mary and that was true in a
certain sense when the fullness of the time
was coming was made of a woman it's
a very wonderful thing but when we began
Matthew's gospel last week it talks about Jesus
Christ the son of David the son of
Abraham because he came from Israel God into
the flesh came from Israel and we should
forever praise God for them and the day
that he was born the devil was there
oh I know that you saw the shepherds
and I know that you saw Sinai and
Anna and I know that you know something
now about the wise men coming and let's
get this thing mixed up that all the
devil was in on the job you see
the word gets there verse 4 the dragon
stood before the woman which was ready to
be delivered forth to devour her child as
soon as it was born he never sleeps
in on the job that's one thing about
him do you see what God said now
when we are back at Matthew 2 it
says here verse 13 telling Jesus to go
and be God there until our dream is
good for heaven will seek the young child
to destroy him you see I believe the
oldest child was coming and he was using
hands somebody said to me how could a
man murder all of his children if he
was devil to life he could there is
never a problem then sometimes by some of
the things that I see and hear in
this province you would think there was demon
possession going on already I want you to
get this to destroy us all you know
it would be interesting for us only that
old clock that our sisters talked about I'm
praying for that clock each day you know
going to fall one of these days if
we were to take the times in Christ's
life on earth then the devil came I'll
tell you one or two of them you
can finish it after that he came as
the devourer as the destroyer that's one of
his names when the young child as soon
as he was born the destroyer was in
on the job look when we go to
Matthew chapter 4 and that won't be very
much see chapter 4 Jesus is led out
of the spirit into the wilderness it says
there see and when the temple came you
see he came first out of the storm
going to take the young child's life not
only God's enslavement now he comes out of
the temple going to try it another way
going to tempt the Savior and then you
find out as you go on through Matthew's
gospel let's come to chapter 16 and I'll
show you this chapter 16 I think it's
16 Matthew's gospel 16 verse 21 from that
time forth Jesus began began Jesus to show
unto his disciples how that he must go
on to Jerusalem and so for many things
of the elders and chief priests and scribes
and be killed and the rain began the
third day mind you we knew all about
what lay ahead no mistakes about that then
Jesus came and began to rebuke him saying
be apart from me Lord this shall not
be unto thee but he turned and said
unto Peter get thee behind me because that
was the devil again you see he came
out of the destroyer just as soon as
he was born then he came out of
the temple as soon as his ministry began
and as soon as he started to talk
about going to Calvary he came through Peter
out of an adventure he's going to take
the Lord's advice now far be it from
me Lord this shall not be unto thee
you will not go to the cross get
thee behind me and then he came at
last to Judas Iscariot didn't he for Satan
entered into Judas Iscariot to betray him let
me get this bit over just now you
see he left out every sign of God
that is he'll destroy you if he can
he bears the doubt of the roaring lion
seeking whom he may devour in the woods
and he'll devour your testimony if he can
he'll put you on a remnant too it's
called detention you'll be tempted but then sometimes
he comes through your death and oh holy
man yes my when I came to this
place over twenty years ago I was in
Broomfield where we were having revival meetings church
packed, bathroom packed old church packed, relaying it
in and all the rest of it and
God was blessing and three men come from
this church and asked me to come and
one of my greatest friends who was a
holy man of God he was Duke Quinn
and he was called Holy Jew and so
holy was he that the men in the
shipyard would be crossed in front of him
one day there was a queue waiting to
put in their beds and a big rough
man who would never reason that he would
do anything for anybody everybody was observing him
he came up the line and he was
crossing and striking and everyone turned to look
at him and the big man took his
cap off said Jew if I had known
you were in the line I wouldn't have
said it and I'm sorry that's the sort
of character Duke Quinn was he was no
mean child of God but he came round
and got down on his knees with tears
in his eyes and he said to me
don't you go to London but he was
wrong and he was terribly wrong and many
a day he came to this meeting afterwards
and he said well hey didn't I make
the biggest blunder of my life you just
be careful who advises you cause you might
have to say to your best pal get
thee behind me Satan cause the devil will
come and you know those people who can
flatter all over you then betray you cause
the devil will use them oh yes you
know the devil was here on this job
wasn't he I think we've got to see
that and I think if you go through
the Lord's life you will find that the
old devil came and used Herod here and
then used Peter and then used Judas's courage
you and I have just got to make
sure that the devil doesn't use us against
some child of God just be careful now
and you see God knew this God so
knew he knew the devil was working as
soon as the child was born it was
he who revealed this in Revelation 12 and
he knew just exactly who he would hook
up to what to accept him after two
years back there now and when he had
given Judas his orders he said for Herod
we'll seek the young child to destroy him
don't you see that God so knows all
the time I think it's a great thing
that God knows when we don't see it
Joseph and Mary sitting in the house scrawled
to their ends about the Christ being born
and they simply don't know and they simply
cannot know there are situations where even the
best men of God don't know what to
do and there are situations where the best
men of God don't know the difficulties and
the dangers and the diabolical things that lie
ahead but there's one thing sure God knows
God knows God knows when the government will
go down God knows when some man in
the government will be taken by the devil
to destroy the church oh he does you
know it's a great thing he knows just
pleased with me to know that but he
doesn't only know the ends of England doesn't
he that's the bit which goes you know
verse 13 when they were departed behold the
angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in
a dream it must have been night time
arise that's the first word and take the
young child and his mother and flee and
be thou there until I bring thee good
stay and when God says arise and when
God says flee and when God says stay
oh that we would obey the Lord sometimes
God talks to us about things and God
says get out and from such turn away
and touch not the unclean and all the
rest of it and you never bother your
head about it I'll tell you you'll fall
into the devil's trap if you don't watch
because God only talks because he knows what's
ahead you're always safe obeying God you're never
safe when you disobey you see God intervened
in that Joseph he was just a carpenter
but would he know about what was coming
on the child of what was going to
take place down here in Bethlehem he didn't
know it was impossible it was a situation
where he just simply couldn't know but you
know God intervened right through scriptural like this
when God had to destroy the antediluvian God
told Noah so I say the things of
God are things not to reject things he
had never even heard about God intervened and
told you know when Lot and he was
the child of God he had a righteous
soul the book says he baxed his righteous
soul from bed to day and the lady
with the black slider stuck inside him a
place he should never have been in God
intervened to bring him out before he would
burn it you know I think that one
of the greatest things in the scripture let
me go back to Genesis 31 do you
see this Genesis 31 book of
Genesis chapter 31 you know old Joseph and
mind you he was a crooked character you
remember that he he bidded his brother right
at the beginning about the birthright and then
he he bluffed his old blind father and
then he whipwinked his employer stole the sheep
and then he ran away you know it
says verse 20 we are at Genesis 31
verse 20 and he should stow away on
a whale to live and material in that
we told him not that he fled so
he fled with all that he had took
the sheep rose up passed over a river
set his feet toward the Mount Gilead and
it was toward Lebanon on the third day
that Jacob had fled and he took his
brother with him and pursued after him seven
days journey and they overtook him in the
Mount Gilead and God watch that bit God
came to Lebanon the Syrian in a dream
by night and said unto him take this
that thou speak not to Jacob neither good
nor bad God and of thee I think
old Lebanon would have taken his life here
but he was a child of God he
may have been Jacob and maybe you are
Jacob too but whether you are locked down
in Sodom or whether you exist upon the
plain if you are a child of God
my dear God cares for you do you
remember Elisha away on Mount Japheth and the
enemy came to him all around the Mount
and the little servant went out with a
bucket to get water and saw the horsemen
and the chariots and said drop the bucket
round them and he said master what do
we do and Elisha said open his eyes
Lord open his eyes poor creature and when
the Lord had opened the servant's eyes the
horsemen and chariots of God were nearer and
Elisha said may that be for us son
or more than may that be for them
God had intervened God gets between you and
the enemy son I wonder do we believe
this you know I can carry this on
all night sir I can go into the
New Testament I see Herod arresting Peter and
in the night then Whitby would have brought
them forth to Bethlehem Peter's bound with two
chains between two soldiers and all the rest
of them keep the guilt sir ah but
God intervened I see Saul, Paul and Silas
with their hands chained to the wall and
their feet chopped and their straps are harnessed
but God intervened He nearly knocked the prison
down yes well might we say hallelujah brother
that's our God He is child of God
are you worried about Bartholomew or Paisley or
anybody else are you worried because I think
you're looking the wrong horse never mind about
what the king will do whether it's King
Heath you're thinking about or Captain Heath never
bother about it you know God knows doesn't
He He knows what Bartholomew you might guess
what He'll say but He's not guessing He
knows and if you're this child He'll look
after you God is still on the throne
and He will remember to them though trials
may test us and burdens distress us He
never will leave us alone God is still
on the throne His promise is true He
will not forget you you know He'll intervene
oh you're going to see that in a
wonderful way before the meeting's over you know
let's get back to Matthew 2 you're not
in the hurry sir you've got your piece
with you all right we're back at Matthew's
gospel chapter 2 now let's get the hold
of this very carefully Matthew 2 you see
He guided Jason very carefully this is guidance
arise and I like this bit verse 14
when He arose He took the young child
and His mother by night I like that
bit, by night He didn't rest in a
whole lot of time you know if God
speaks to you tonight it's tonight you would
need to obey Him some people come and
tell me you know the Lord spoke to
me about believers baptism ten years ago you
know you were a long time to get
into your if God talks to you it's
tonight He arose that night it was a
good job He did because there were no
nights to be mixed with you He just
obeyed God promptly and I think He fled
that's what God said I'm sure if we
could see them going first taste they're going
down to Egypt you know you can see
how they're depressed now from death to reign
all down in Egypt I think they fled
along that desert route I'll tell you this
the willingness of Joseph is something that we
should admire we don't hear much about Joseph
but he was prepared for it, he always
did what he was told even when the
Virgin was graceless child and people were talking
about her and he was thinking in his
own mind to put her away quickly God
says don't even do that you know she's
all right so Joseph just took her to
be his wife he's a good character wonderful
character we can't waste time with that this
evening so you'll find that they go on
down into Egypt it says when he arose
he took the young child and his mother
by night and departed into Egypt and was
there until the death of Herod Egypt's to
bade the earnest that it might be so
do which was spoken of the Lord by
the prophet saying out of Egypt have I
called my son and the prophet said that
that's so good let's have a look at
that because there's something here I think the
young preachers would need to get a hold
of Ezekiel, Daniel of Hosea and Hosea is
chapter 11 Hosea chapter 11 God has taught
me here himself he's taken the message of
the prophet altogether and let him stand there
verse 1 Hosea chapter 11 verse 1 and
here's what God is saying when Israel was
a child that's the nation he's talking about
then I went in and called my son
out of Egypt ah that's the reference we're
getting back there that it might be so
do which was spoken by the prophet now
can you young preachers hear this you see
in Hosea chapter 11 he's not talking about
the son of God at all he's talking
about the nation of Israel he says when
Israel was a child then I loved him
and called my son you see the nation
was God's child too mind you he took
the nation down to Egypt to hide it
there during the famine so that's very fulfilling
too you see I've always taught you and
I hope you'll always remember this that every
phrase from the beginning of a sentence to
the comma every phrase be it long or
short has only one true interpretation this one
what is the true interpretation of Hosea 11
and 1 it's Israel and God is calling
Israel he called Israel out of Egypt you
know but I've taught you that while there
is one true interpretation there can be abandoned
applications so he can take that there now
and apply it to his own son ah
but that's application that's fulfilling it by application
that's very fulfilling isn't it because he called
Israel out of Egypt and he called his
son out of Egypt where he's going to
bring him out of Egypt in a moment
or two you know the day that I
was saved and became a child of God
I was called out of Egypt too that's
why I'm not in it because I was
called out of it I'm in the world
but I'm not out of it don't you
tell me you're a child of God and
you're still stuck in it because I'll be
there to help you and I know you
could be like Demas and Babaxios and love
this present evil world alright I can tell
you that he called Israel out of Egypt
that he called Jesus out of Egypt that
he called me out of Egypt but I'll
tell you that one of these nights one
of these job nights the Lord is coming
to there and he's going to shout and
he's going to call the church out of
Egypt out of Egypt I was going to
say stop it up there Jerzy but that
wouldn't be nice terrible friend we're getting
out of all these nights I'll tell you
we'll be called out we'll leave this world
of sin and sorrow for a better summer
life we're getting out you know he's going
to call us you see we work on
the application do you preachers quit now because
there's a lot of applications now yes I
want you to get the hold of that
now let's get back again to Matthew chapter
2 I
want you to watch this bit very carefully
verse 19 we're at now because we've done
our bit about Herod verse 19 but when
Herod would die I wish every fellow died
and he died a very short time after
he killed the new children I'll show you
about that it was a very short time
he wasn't as big a man as he
thought he was the devil was only taking
the harm out of him verse 19 but
when Herod was dead behold an angel of
the Lord appeared in the dream to do
such an evil thing arise and take the
young child and his mother and it's the
same again mind you take the young child
and his mother and go into the land
of Israel for they are dead which took
the young child's wife and he arose he
always did what he was told and took
the young child and his mother and came
into the land of Israel but when he
heard that Archie lay up the green injured
ear in the room of his father Herod
he was afraid to go further but that's
just a proof to me that you know
he had a house down in Bethlehem you
see he was coming back out of Egypt
now and I made a little bit of
difference here so that you could see me,
I'm coming up not under heavy surgery injured
ear he was going back to Bethlehem some
of the boys were asking me about matters
but I think you can see this you
know he was heading for that spot and
then he heard you know God saw that
he heard that Archie lay up the green
injured ear injured ear that took nothing to
do with Galilee and he was afraid to
go further he was going to go but
now he was afraid notwithstanding being warned of
God and the green he turned aside into
the parts of Galilee so he couldn't go
further instead of coming on up here and
going on back to Bethlehem he came right
on up through the round here and went
to London now there's an argument about that
but I've taken that right it doesn't matter
some believe that he came on up past
this and went here or that he came
this way and went up the garden east
and climbed up there but that doesn't matter
I'm not debating what way he went or
this way that he went to Galilee now
that's very interesting too because it says in
the last verse this evening and he came
and dwelt in a city called Nazareth now
I want to tell you the truth about
Nazareth sir, you now Nazareth is not mentioned
once in the Old Testament it was mentioned
you won't find it there and I was
picturing it last time the other week, just
two weeks back and I was giving them
a whole outline of Nazareth which I don't
intend to do this evening and I was
talking about this stinking little town because if
there is a bat of the wrong place
in this world from right now even now
it is Nazareth it's one of the filthiest
and the smelliest streets 26 and while I
was talking and outlining and talking like this
there was a man down here at my
head and I could see him wide eyed
and looking up at me I thought I
was bending him and when I had finished
he came up and stepped to me and
he said you know I've never heard anything
like that in my whole life you know
I lived in Nazareth for 14 years and
he said you know it's for your sake
and God's sake he said I was on
the police and found the sign in fact
I was the most understood in Nazareth and
he said when you say stinking you can
put a chuck of a lass like that
and this fellow was astounded when I pointed
out that if the man he was this
too when he went down into Egypt and
he must have been he wasn't long there
you know and so much when he came
back to Nazareth just for a little day
or two he was there until he was
30 then he felt like this we don't
count the months just too much he was
28 years in Nazareth grew up in this
stinking place no one knew he was the
Lord of blood he could have built a
palace in one time you know but he
lived in a coffin in Sado you know
and he lived it all for a purpose
you know if he knew Jews of any
standard at all would live there he could
join a priest the Jews living in Jerusalem
were poor it's believed that more Jews came
to live in Nazareth than real orthodox Jews
you see when Philip went to the family
and said do we we'll find him and
we'll try Jesus of Nazareth their eyes just
went up to me like that can't any
good thing come out of Nazareth it'd be
rubbish because this shows the dire
poverty knowing you so much humility of
the Son of God that we're here after
you know friends we grumble sometimes if there
was a bit of a draft coming through
the door there's a slip off the house
or something like that or a spot of
dump in the corner let me tell you
that your Lord put up with a lot
that you got yourself up for 28 years
and you're supposed to be following him and
if we got this part of the talcum
there would be less grumbling out of us
the one who grumbles at the end of
the chapter you see it says and he
came and wrote in the city called Nazareth
that what might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophets he shall be called a
Nazarene I think you know that sometimes we
get this wrong there's a wonderful truth here
that we must get the hold of you
see there's an argument from the so-called
scholars because there is no way in the
Old Testament that it says he shall be
called a Nazarene and yet it says that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
the prophets mark when you'll be looking at
the last one that it might be fulfilled
by the prophets and we could easily find
that because that was fulfilled but what Matthew
is saying is that all the prophets said
he should be called a Nazarene you see
it isn't that any prophet in the Old
Testament used the word Nazareth or Nazarene it
was never used I tell you the word
Nazareth is not even in the Old Testament
and I don't think that Matthew is trying
to say that each one of them said
this categorically he shall be called a Nazarene
I think he's taking it in a general
fashion and he's saying all the prophets said
this that we would be poor and despised
and rejected and be counted as nothing can
any good thing come out of Nazareth and
all the prophets talked about his loneliness and
his poverty and being set at naught and
despised and rejected there's another problem and I
want to clear this up for good and
for ill because I think there's a great
mistake being made here let's go back to
Judges, we're at the book of Judges let's
go back to Numbers chapter 6 verse 1
let's go to Numbers Numbers chapter 6 verse
1 and the Lord speak unto Moses saying
he is giving Moses the Lord now speak
unto the children of Israel and say unto
them then either man or woman shall separate
themselves to a vow of a Nazarite to
separate themselves unto the Lord he shall separate
himself from wine strong drink and shall drink
no vinegar of wine nor vinegar of strong
drink neither shall he drink any liquor of
goats nor if not goats or even drum
of goats and all the days of the
separation shall he eat nothing that is made
of the vine tree from the chambers even
to the house now I want you to
watch the good thing which happens verse 2
it's the vow of a Nazarite it's the
vow of a Nazarite now come to the
book of Judges chapter 13 now and you
know it's Joshua Judges 13 chapter 13 and
we're reading a great thing and there is
a certain man of Zorah and I want
you to pay attention to that because that's
the kind of religion a certain man of
Zorah of the family of the Danites and
if you knew the person that God gave
to Dan you'd be able to find good
whose name was Manoah and his wife was
Baran and Zanoth and the angel of the
Lord appeared unto the women and said unto
her behold now thou art Baran and Zanoth
but thou shalt conceive and bear a son
no one shall beware our gravy and drink
not wine nor strong drink and eat not
any unclean thing for no one shall conceive
and bear a son and no evil shall
come on his head for the child shall
be a Nazarite unto God shall move he
shall begin to deliver us and of course
the child was Samson and Samson was a
Nazarite and do you remember over in chapter
16 let's go over there when he was
with Delilah and do you remember she chanted
him so many times verse 15 chapter 16
verse 15 and she that is Delilah said
unto him that is Samson how canst thou
say I love thee when mine heart is
not with me thou hast mocked me these
three times and hast not told me wherein
my great strength lies and it came to
pass when she touched him dearly with her
words and urged him so that her soul
was breached unto death that he pulled her
all aside and said unto her thou hast
not come originally upon mine head for I
have been a Nazarite unto God from my
mother's womb now he was a Nazarite now
when we come to our chapter this evening
which is Matthew chapter 2 and the chapter
ends like this he shall be called a
Nazarene you see sometimes people who can put
company and say now I'm not the less
never tasted wine of any kind he wasn't
even allowed to settle bricks and it says
that Jesus is a Nazarene and yet he
made wine and he took wine with his
disciples and so on you see the thing
that has not been seen all along is
this that all the difference between a Nazarite
and a Nazarene is not the same thing
when we talk about the being a Nazarene
we're talking about his humility and authority and
the strength that he was brought up in
let me tell you that all the Nazarites
were never a Nazarite something was born there
in Torah where is Torah?
I'll tell you where it is it's just
above in there just down south of Bethlehem
it's in the kitchen given to God you
see another house with a valve it means
beauty another image is just a man that
lived in the squalor of Nazareth and nobody
expected anybody of merit to come from there
isn't it thrilling tonight to know that God
will look after you no matter what happens
isn't it doubly thrilling to see your master
teaching the lawlessness we have been looking at
the security of the sovereign and we have
been looking at his humility of a son
now look, let me get this over to
you I know it's coming up to Christmas
and all the rest of it I've got
to go on with the job we're going
to look at the child growing and it
says he increased eloquent you know the modernists
love to come to argue with me an
old fellow came once and said didn't he
say he knew everything I said the scripture
says that all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge belong to him, he didn't have anything
to say about it I said Peter once
said Lord thou knowest all things he said
I can't say that he knew all things
when he increased in wisdom it's very subtle
isn't it then you begin to think about
the mind of Christ as far as I'm
concerned and as far as Dr. Martin Lloyd
-Jones and many other great teachers of the
word of God and Dr. Ryan said listen
the reading of Christ and the mind of
Christ is the deepest subject in the book
now that's what we're tackling next week and
you wouldn't need to miss it because I'm
going to explain to you how he knew
everything and yet increased in wisdom see you
then